Objectives Of The  I.B.E.W.

 Objectives

To organize all workers in the entire electrical industry in the United States and Canada, including those in public utilities and electrical manufacturing, into Local Unions.

To promote reasonable methods of work.

To cultivate feelings of friendship among those in our industry.

To settle disputes between employers and employees via arbitration, (if possible).

To assist each other in sickness or distress.

To secure employment.

To reduce hours of daily labor.

To secure adequate pay for our work.

To seek the highest standard of living.

To seek security for the individual.

To elevate the moral intellectual and social conditions of our members, their families and dependents, in the interest of a higher standard of citizenship, (by legal and proper means).

To enable the IBEW to continue to play a positive and stabilizing role in our industry for the benefit of its membership, participants, customers and community-at-large.

To promote positive relationships throughout our industry exemplified by our labor/management cooperation.

Why UNION?

In union there is strength! When workers join together for the good of all, you effectively give yourself a voice in the workplace through a guaranteed contract, just like the boss has!

Without a union, your slice of the "job rights" pie is very small. The only rights you have are statutory rights such as minimum wage, overtime after 40 hours, and unemployment insurance.

With a union, you keep those rights and also enjoy negotiated wages, leave of absence, negotiated health care, defined work schedules, grievance procedures, seniority rights, pension benefits, arbitration, paid vacations, safety protections, job training benefits and a voice that must be heard!