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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 ...
On December 5, 2008, members of UE Local 1110 at Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago, when the plant closed with only three days' notice to the employees, occupied the plant in protest of the closing and company's failure to pay employees their accrued vacation pay, and payments required under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining ...
The Spectrum Strike was a workers' strike involving 1,200 Spectrum workers in New York City. [1] [2] The strike began on March 23, 2017, [3] when 1,800 Spectrum workers walked off the job in protest of a plan by the company to replace its union healthcare plan and union pension with a company-run healthcare plan and pension plan. [1]
The pay hikes and other agreements in the proposed contract would cost the city $55.9 million to $111.8 million annually, according to the DWP. A 2021 DWP report found that electric mechanics ...
In December 2023, Dougherty was convicted of 70 counts of embezzlement for stealing from IBEW Local 98 while he was business manager. [3] Dougherty was convicted along with former union president Brian Burrows and four other union employees for stealing hundreds of thousands from union accounts to pay for personal expenses. [3]
In 1968, Canadian NABET locals achieved local autonomy followed in 1974 by full autonomy. These locals are now part of Unifor . In 1987, NABET lost a 118-day strike against NBC , losing 200 union-member jobs, accepting a "watered-down contract", costing the union $700,000 a month in strike benefits, and costing strikers an estimated $44 million ...
NECA currently has 119 local chapters across the United States, with a national headquarters in Washington, D.C. At the local level, each NECA chapter is an independently chartered organization with the autonomy to elect officers, determine priorities, set member dues and service charges, and help negotiate labor agreements with their local International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW ...
Unity Partnership dues are slightly higher than the combined national, state, area and local dues fully affiliated AFL–CIO unions pay, on average. When a union applies for DLA status, the AFL–CIO will clear the petition with existing affiliated unions with employees in the same jurisdiction(s) to see if there are any objections.