On June 2, EIMA staff members met with leaders of the Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Association to discuss ways in which the organizations can collaborate in advancing the EIFS industry.
Organized in 1864 during the Civil War, OPCMIA is the oldest building and construction trades union in the US. The union amended its constitution to include Canadian workers in 1887. As an affiliate of North America's Building Trades Unions, OPCMIA today represents more than 50,000 plasterers and cement masons who work in numerous industry segments, including EIFS, for the purpose of protecting and promoting the quality of the industry and livelihood of its members.