YOUR FUTURE IS BRIGHTER
WITH THE IBEW 326
Chartered August 18,1917
Who Is The IBEW
“The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is committed to improving the lives of North America’s electrical workers and their families. With more than 725,000 members, the IBEW is among the world’s strongest labor organizations, representing workers in a range of skilled occupations in a wide variety of fields, including utility, telecommunications, broadcasting, manufacturing, government, and railroad. Formed in 1891, we have earned our reputation as the oldest, largest, and most professional electrical union in the world.”
- To organize all workers in the United States and Canada, including all those in public utilities and electrical manufacturing, into local unions
- To promote reasonable methods of work
- To cultivate feelings of friendship among those in our industry
- To settle all disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if possible)
- 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
- In the interest of a higher standard of citizenship and by legal and proper means, the IBEW will seek to elevate the moral, intellectual, and social conditions of our members, their families and dependents
What Is A Union
Improving the Lives of Working Families
A labor union or trade union is an organized group of workers who unite to make decisions about conditions affecting their work. Labor unions strive to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation.
Why Union?
When workers come together as a group, they give themselves a voice in the workplace through a guaranteed contract. Some of the benefits of having a collective bargaining agreement:
- Higher wages – fair rates of pay, periodic pay increases, shift and grade differentials
- Better working conditions – job security, safety and health protections, seniority, and fair treatment
- Reasonable hours – defined work schedules and paid holidays and vacation
- Solid benefits – health insurance, sick leave, and pension
- A voice at work – formal steps to settle contract disputes through a set grievance procedure
Collective Bargaining
Collective Bargaining – Collective bargaining occurs when a group of people, such as the workforce at a company, band together to increase its negotiating power. For instance, a single worker might feel that a certain new safety measure should be implemented at work, but he might have limited power to get the company to install the new measure. If the entire workforce is made aware of the need for the new measure and bands together to pressure the company to install it, there is a much greater chance that the company will comply. Labor unions band workers together, allowing the voices of individual workers to be heard and possibly made into a goal of the union. Unionized workers typically elect representatives to bring concerns to the union’s attention. Collective Bargaining makes sure changes are negotiated rather than imposed.
IBEW Union Authorization Card
What is union authorization for representation? The authorization is a card or petition signed by an employee indicating a desire to form a union at their place of employment. The authorization states that the employee “authorizes the IBEW to represent them in collective bargaining. The overseeing agency (NLRB) will require that a majority of you sign cards authorizing us to represent you before we can seek to be recognized as your exclusive bargaining representative. The cards are a way of proving that most of you want the IBEW to represent you.
All information is strictly confidential and never shared with the company
Right To Organize
Employees shall have the right to self-organization, form, join, or assist labor organizations, and collectively bargain
35 Things
35 things your company cannot do when you trying to organize a union or during an election campaign.
Authorization Card
Employees shall have the right to self-organization, form, join, or assist labor organizations, and collectively bargain