The annual General President Advisory Committee (GPAC) convened this week, and IUPAT business manager/secretary-treasurers from throughout the United States and Canada came together to talk about the course of action our union needs to take to grow our union.
GPAC is an opportunity for those who administer the training and education programs under the Finishing Trades Institute, direct our labor-management partnerships in LMCI, oversee our political action initiatives, institute our organizing campaigns, manage our industry pension fund and oversee member services to personally meet with and brief local leaders. This ensures that timely information important to our members returns home with our local leaders to better serve the membership overall, and to successfully execute strategies that strengthen not only our union, but the organized labor movement overall.
More details to come…