Who is the IBEW?
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is an organization run by its members and for its members. We are a union dedicated to the basic principles of organized labor and are the largest, strongest, and oldest union devoted to electrical workers.
We are affliated with the AFL-CIO, giving us the combined strength of 10.5 million workers. There are more than 725,000 members of the IBEW in more than 900 local unions established throughout the United States, Canada, and U.S. territories.
Our jurisdiction covers all branches of utility, construction, telecommunications, broadcasting, railroad, manufacturing, and government. The International Office is headquartered in Washington, D.C. with district offices throughout the United States and Canada.
Declaration of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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Our cause is the cause of human justice, human rights, human security.
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We refuse, and will always refuse, to condone or tolerate dictatorship or oppression of any kind.
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We will find and expel from our midst any who might attempt to destroy, by subversion, all that we stand for.
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This Brotherhood will continue to oppose communism, Nazism or any other subversive "ism".
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We will support our God, our Nations, our Union.
The objects of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are:
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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,
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To promote reasonable methods of work,
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To cultivate feelings of friendship among those of our industry,
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To settle all disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if posssible),
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To assist each other in sickness or distress,
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To secure employment,
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To reduce the hours of daily labor,
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To secure adequate pay for our work,
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To seek a higher and higher standard of living,
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To seek security for the individual,
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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.
IBEW Local 236 supplies skilled electricians to 95 contractors throughout 13 counties that make up the local’s jurisdiction and has played a major role in construction projects throughout the Capital Region.
Being an IBEW Local 236 electrician enables you the ability to receive the best wages and benefits for your hard work. In addition, Local 236 offers continuing industry training to all apprentices, journeyman wireman, tele-data technicians, and construction electricians, keeping them up to date and knowledgable with the latest industry technology and work processes.
As a member of the IBEW Local 236, you will have the opportunity to vote on everything that we do as an organization. From contracts to pensions and healthcare, you vote and you decide!
