The 10th District of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is comprised of proud union members in sixty-six Local Unions in Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Each Local is part of one of the most progressive unions in existence, the IBEW, representing some 770,000 members in the United States and Canada.
Involved
in the leading edge of technology, IBEW utility members from all over the
country are involved in maintaining power to homes battling some of the most
adverse weather conditions to see that people have heat and electricity. In
fact, its almost impossible not see the results daily of IBEW members at work.
In
the Utility Industry, the IBEW represents linemen, groundmen, repairmen, machine
operators, watch engineers, boiler operators, turbine operators, switchboard
operators and dispatchers. And of course there are the radio dispatchers, meter
installers, testers, clerical workers, cable splicers and welders; all doing
their job so that we may have electricity in our homes.
The IBEW represents thousands of people in the Gas Industry from clerical workers to the employees involved in the transmission, distribution and maintenance of gas lines for heat and other uses. They provide gas safely to our homes and businesses.
Inside
Wiremen install the electrical systems in residential, commercial and industrial
buildings. It requires five years of apprenticeship and on-the-job training for
someone to call themselves an IBEW Inside Wireman, insuring that your home,
office or workplace is a safer place to be when the work has been "union
installed." Our members have been trained to read blueprints and to install
and service complicated electrical equipment from small voltages to high
voltages, not leaving you with "loose connections," one of the leading
causes of home and industrial electrical fires.
The
next time you relax at home in front of the television, stop for a moment and
remember the workers who made America's favorite pastime possible. IBEW
Communication Workers work behind the scenes to insure that your television is
there for you. In a field of continuing changes in technologies, IBEW members
stay on top. Cable Television uses thousands of IBEW members in the
installation, maintenance and operations of television delivery systems.
If
you talked to one of your friends today over the phone, chances are IBEW members
were involved in seeing that it was possible. The greatest communication system
in the world is no accident. IBEW members have been there from the beginning;
erecting poles, stringing lines, and bringing the world into your home. From Ma
Bell to the hand held cordless phones, IBEW members have been there doing
quality work. Telephone linemen, cable splicers, station installers, plant
engineers, draftsmen and all the other IBEW members made it possible for you to
place calls to your friends.
Yes,
the IBEW is proud. We are proud of our record of achievements, both individually
and collectively. But we can't stop until all workers are given a chance to
bargain collectively for better wages and better working conditions without the
fear of losing their jobs or the security that they worked so hard for. If you
would like to "be union" or to help unionize the place where you work,
contact the IBEW. We can show you how and we can help you. The only
qualifications you need is to be interested in making your world a better place
to live, having a voice in your own future, and then be willing to do something
about it.
International Officers/ I.V.P. Districts/ I.E.C. Districts of the IBEW
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