Painters and Allied Trades Labor Management Cooperation Fund

The organization was established under the national Labor relations act, sec. 302(c)(9) and the Labor-Management Cooperation act of 1974 to advance the collectively-bargained finishing industries through communication, trust, and mutual respect between the international union of Painters and Allied Trades, afl-cio (iupat), the finishing contractors association, and the signatory employers of iupat. The organization is the: (1) primary resource for the leader education, knowledge exchange, and networking that improves the capabilities of the unionized finishing industry's workforce. (2) recognized leader of a Labor-Management cooperative approach to advance the collectively-bargained finishing industry; and (3) driving force in expanding the cooperative initiatives to additional finishing industry association and union entities at all levels.