Tripartite Alliance

Construction lodge leaders have been meeting with Boilermaker contractors and their customers to identify problems and find solutions since the mid-1980s. This tripartite alliance between union, contractor, and owner has grown from a small group in the Ohio Valley and Northeast area to an annual nationwide meeting of several hundred representatives. The success of these meetings in generating solutions to industry challenges soon led to a national meeting.

At the annual MOST/Tripartite conference in Myrtle Beach, representatives from each of these groups identify problems they are experiencing and form committees to search for solutions.

Many good things have grown from this alliance, most notably the Common Arc Welder Certification Program and MOST.

In recent years, the national tripartite conference has been augmented by regional and local lodge conferences in several areas of the United States and Canada.