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The Boilermakers and Ironworkers unions have much in common when it comes to skills, expectations of high-quality performance and attention to top-notch training. With the recent adoption of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, both unions have something else in common: We can both expect to have a big skilled craftsperson availability problem – but only if we don’t act strategically … and together.

Without our alliance, and the much-needed trained and ready-to-go workforce it provides, both unions stand to lose out on many, many near- and long-term job opportunities coming available to our contractors and employers. We both stand to lose ground with our contractors and employers. And we all lose out to nonunion workers.

The Strategic Skilled Workforce Alliance pulls skilled craftspeople from both the Ironworkers and Boilermakers unions and ensures our contractors and employers’ jobs are manned by the highest-quality, trained and ready-to-work men and women.

It only makes sense for our crafts to work together.

This alliance is a win for Boilermakers and Ironworkers. It’s a win for our unions. It’s a win for our contractors and employers. And it’s a win for American infrastructure.

We’re stronger together, and we look forward to a bright future for our members and our unions.