Background:
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers started at 1891 until about 1900, the IBEW sought to consolidate its position as the bargaining representative for all electrical workers. On May 1, 1900, organized electrical workers embarked upon a campaign of concerted activity. Nearly 100 workers struck for the eight-hour day in Rochester, New York; linemen employed by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company struck in Springfield, Massachusetts; 1,500 electrical workers in New York City ceased performing their jobs; and 400 electrical workers in Philadelphia walked off their jobsite. Records indicate at least one strike in 1900 concerned safety: Electric-light workers in Baltimore struck over an increase in wages, basing their demand on the increase in voltage which made their work more hazardous.
While many of these strikes were unsuccessful, one two-week strike resulted in a signed agreement. An IBEW local in San Francisco signed Independent Electric Light and Power Company to a contract providing $3.00 per day in wages and an eight-hour day for linemen.
Total Members: 750,000
Mission Statement: 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, 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.
Members Benefits: This Union provides Safety Protections, Guaranteed Overtime Pay, Job Training, Pension, Seniority Rights, Negotiated wages, Leave of Absence, Negotiated Health Plan, Paid Vacations and Holidays, Defined Work Schedules, Arbitration.
Current Issues:The most current issue today New Report Challenges Outsourcing Myths the article says: "It’s one of the inevitable laugh lines in tens of thousands of workplaces, public and private. A senior manager tells workers that some of their duties will be outsourced to cut costs. Around the water cooler employees snicker about how contracting out work often backfires, costing employers more than they save." The negative consequences of outsourcing outlined in the report are: reduced accountability and transparency in government services, fewer whistle protections and reduced worker wages with benefits.
Sources: http://www.ibew.org/IBEW/history/1891_1920.htm
http://www.ibewlocal1.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=40
http://www.ibew.com/articles/14daily/1403/140326_report.htm
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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers started at 1891 until about 1900, the IBEW sought to consolidate its position as the bargaining representative for all electrical workers. On May 1, 1900, organized electrical workers embarked upon a campaign of concerted activity. Nearly 100 workers struck for the eight-hour day in Rochester, New York; linemen employed by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company struck in Springfield, Massachusetts; 1,500 electrical workers in New York City ceased performing their jobs; and 400 electrical workers in Philadelphia walked off their jobsite. Records indicate at least one strike in 1900 concerned safety: Electric-light workers in Baltimore struck over an increase in wages, basing their demand on the increase in voltage which made their work more hazardous.
While many of these strikes were unsuccessful, one two-week strike resulted in a signed agreement. An IBEW local in San Francisco signed Independent Electric Light and Power Company to a contract providing $3.00 per day in wages and an eight-hour day for linemen.
Total Members: 750,000
Mission Statement: 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, 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.
Members Benefits: This Union provides Safety Protections, Guaranteed Overtime Pay, Job Training, Pension, Seniority Rights, Negotiated wages, Leave of Absence, Negotiated Health Plan, Paid Vacations and Holidays, Defined Work Schedules, Arbitration.
Current Issues:The most current issue today New Report Challenges Outsourcing Myths the article says: "It’s one of the inevitable laugh lines in tens of thousands of workplaces, public and private. A senior manager tells workers that some of their duties will be outsourced to cut costs. Around the water cooler employees snicker about how contracting out work often backfires, costing employers more than they save." The negative consequences of outsourcing outlined in the report are: reduced accountability and transparency in government services, fewer whistle protections and reduced worker wages with benefits.
Sources: http://www.ibew.org/IBEW/history/1891_1920.htm
http://www.ibewlocal1.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=40
http://www.ibew.com/articles/14daily/1403/140326_report.htm
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Edwin D. Hill - International President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Salvatore J. Chilia - International Secretary Treasurer of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
International Vice Presidents of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
William F. Daniels - First District of Canada
Frank J. Carroll - Second District of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Donald C. Siegel - Third District of Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Kenneth W. Cooper - Fourth District of Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia and District of Columbia.
Joseph S. Davis - Fifth District of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Canal Zone, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
Lonnie R. Stephenson - Sixth District of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Steven M. Speer - Seventh District of Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
Jerry Bellah - Eighth District of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.
Michael S. Mowrey - Ninth District of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Pacific Islands
Robert P. Klein - Tenth District of Arkansas, North Carolina, South, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Curtis E. Henke - Eleventh District of Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Noth Dakota, South
Group of members - of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union.