Founded: In 1890
Where it was founded: St. Louis, OH
Union Members:
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Membership Development Department is committed to improving the lives of North America’s electrical workers and their families. With more than 700,000 members, the IBEW is among the world’s strongest labor organizations, representing workers in a range of skilled occupations in a wide variety of fields, including utilities, construction, telecommunications, broadcasting, manufacturing, railroads and government. The Brotherhood has members in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the Panama Canal Zone, Guam and Saipan.
Mission Statement:
To organize all workers in the entire electrical industry in the United States and Canada, including all those in public utilities and electrical manufacturing, into local unions;
To promote reasonable methods of work;
To cultivate feelings of friendship among those of our industry;
To settle all disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if possible);
To assist each other in sickness or distress;
To secure employment;
To reduce the hours of daily labor;
To secure adequate pay for our work;
To seek a higher standard of living;
To seek security for the individual;
And by legal and proper means to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of our members, their families and dependents, in the interest of a higher standard of citizenship.
Where it was founded: St. Louis, OH
Union Members:
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Membership Development Department is committed to improving the lives of North America’s electrical workers and their families. With more than 700,000 members, the IBEW is among the world’s strongest labor organizations, representing workers in a range of skilled occupations in a wide variety of fields, including utilities, construction, telecommunications, broadcasting, manufacturing, railroads and government. The Brotherhood has members in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the Panama Canal Zone, Guam and Saipan.
Mission Statement:
To organize all workers in the entire electrical industry in the United States and Canada, including all those in public utilities and electrical manufacturing, into local unions;
To promote reasonable methods of work;
To cultivate feelings of friendship among those of our industry;
To settle all disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if possible);
To assist each other in sickness or distress;
To secure employment;
To reduce the hours of daily labor;
To secure adequate pay for our work;
To seek a higher standard of living;
To seek security for the individual;
And by legal and proper means to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of our members, their families and dependents, in the interest of a higher standard of citizenship.
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Edwin D. Hill - International President
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Jon F. Walters - International Secretary-Treasurer
NEWS
New IBEW Ad Celebrates American Manufacturing
From high-tech lighting to state-of-the-art defense technology, good jobs are still flourishing for many skilled IBEW members crafting products right here at home. And as some companies “re-shore” products previously made overseas, American workers and consumers could both stand to gain.
The new national ad – entitled “Proudly American, Proudly Union”– celebrates the craftsmanship of thousands of members in our manufacturing branch.
Featuring shots of workers on the job, the 30-second spot shows the depth and breadth of our members’ work at companies across the U.S.
IBEW Unity Fund Critical To Fighting Anti-Worker Agenda
The Koch brothers are trying to buy elections. Anti-labor lobbyists helped defeat VW workers’ effort to organize in Tennessee. And right-to-work may be coming to states like Missouri, Ohio and Maine if anti-union lawmakers succeed in carrying out their corporate donors’ wishes.
The enemies of working families have deep pockets we can never match.
But collectively we can make a difference, and that’s why the IBEW International Officers created the Unity Fund in 2011 – to give local front-line activists vital resources in their efforts to defend hard-won gains for working families across the U.S. Since then, members have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to help take on anti-union lawmakers in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Florida and beyond.
But the fight is getting tougher. Americans for Prosperity – an arm of brothers Charles and David Koch’s massive anti-worker network – spent nearly $130 million in 2012’s election season alone. Right now in Missouri, the American Legislative Exchange Council, the Chamber of Commerce and other well-funded groups are piling on the pressure to pass right-to-work in the very state where the IBEW was founded.
New IBEW Ad Celebrates American Manufacturing
From high-tech lighting to state-of-the-art defense technology, good jobs are still flourishing for many skilled IBEW members crafting products right here at home. And as some companies “re-shore” products previously made overseas, American workers and consumers could both stand to gain.
The new national ad – entitled “Proudly American, Proudly Union”– celebrates the craftsmanship of thousands of members in our manufacturing branch.
Featuring shots of workers on the job, the 30-second spot shows the depth and breadth of our members’ work at companies across the U.S.
IBEW Unity Fund Critical To Fighting Anti-Worker Agenda
The Koch brothers are trying to buy elections. Anti-labor lobbyists helped defeat VW workers’ effort to organize in Tennessee. And right-to-work may be coming to states like Missouri, Ohio and Maine if anti-union lawmakers succeed in carrying out their corporate donors’ wishes.
The enemies of working families have deep pockets we can never match.
But collectively we can make a difference, and that’s why the IBEW International Officers created the Unity Fund in 2011 – to give local front-line activists vital resources in their efforts to defend hard-won gains for working families across the U.S. Since then, members have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to help take on anti-union lawmakers in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Florida and beyond.
But the fight is getting tougher. Americans for Prosperity – an arm of brothers Charles and David Koch’s massive anti-worker network – spent nearly $130 million in 2012’s election season alone. Right now in Missouri, the American Legislative Exchange Council, the Chamber of Commerce and other well-funded groups are piling on the pressure to pass right-to-work in the very state where the IBEW was founded.
Sources
http://www.ibew.org/ibew/departments/membership.htm
http://www.ibew.org/IBEW/history/Form%20169%20-%20History%20and%20Structure.pdf
http://www.ibew.com/articles/index.htm
http://www.ibew.org/ibew/departments/membership.htm
http://www.ibew.org/IBEW/history/Form%20169%20-%20History%20and%20Structure.pdf
http://www.ibew.com/articles/index.htm