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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union that represents approximately 820,000 workers and retirees [1] in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, [3] Guam, [4] [5] Panama, [6] Puerto Rico, [7] and the US Virgin Islands; [7] in particular electricians, or inside wiremen, in the construction industry and lineworkers and other employees of public ...
In 1891, Henry Miller founded a national organization for electricians at a convention held in his house in St. Louis with the local union being the first to join. [2] The Local 1 members continued to meet in rented facilities until 1928 when they purchased a former church in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. As the union grew and the ...
In 2002, he moved to Las Vegas, where he became assistant business manager of the local, and succeeded in organizing workers at the Nevada Power Company. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2006, Cooper was appointed as a full-time international representative for the union, covering its fourth district, and then in 2011 he was elected as a vice president, with ...
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Shuler first became active in union work after college. Her first job was as a union organizer for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 125, working on a campaign to organize clerical workers at PGE. [3] [5] [7] She became a lobbyist for the IBEW in 1997, representing the union before the Oregon Legislature.
Local union members elect their local officers, negotiators, stewards, and delegates to the regional council and national convention; set policies for their local, including financial decisions; suggest bargaining demands and vote to approve the union's full list of contract proposals; vote to ratify or reject contracts and supplemental ...
In 1956, Hill joined IBEW Local 712 in Beaver, Pennsylvania as a journeyman wireman, graduating from the apprenticeship program in 1960. Becoming active in his local union, Hill was elected to the union's political action committee in 1961. In 1964, Hill was elected vice president of the local, eventually becoming president.
In 2015, IBEW Local 1 in St. Louis purchased Miller's home where the union was founded with the intent of celebrating both the life of Miller and labor history. [4] In 2016, the Henry Miller Museum opened as part of the 125 anniversary for the IBEW.