MAY, 1969 Oui-Iiil the People of the IBEW
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MAY, 1969 oui-iiil The People of the IBEW IBEW people are members of the largest electrical Be proud you arc one of the IBEW people-a union workers' union In the world and are citizens of the member. Unions exist for the good of the working two greatest nations in the .... orld. They arc good trade people. OUf union, Ihe IBEW. accomplishes what we unionists and responsible citizens. The)' and their cannot accomplish as individuals. In bargaining with families make up some four-million Nonh Americans. employers for employee benefits, all unions serve all IBEW people have organized 2,278 local unions in workers and add to the welfare of our countries. Unions the history of the Brotherhood. They are presently work-if their members work as a union. Accomplish operating oyer 1.710 local unions with approximately ments can usually be measured by the percentage of 20.000 local union officers. most of whom work full active panicipation by individual members. time at their jobs and serve their locals without pay. Attend you r union meetings. serve on committees, These union workers arc the union. They write their study your contracts. your bylaws, and the ISEW Con union laws and incorporate them into the I BEW Con stitution. Work togethcr to accomplish your common st itution every four years at an International Conven goals. You must contribute your time. your talents, and tion. They operate their local unions accordingly. They your money to make your union function properly. You are members of a democratic organization, electing their must be good productive employees to add strength to International officers and establishing their own laws your local union. Know your jobs; become the best for administcring union affairs. qualified craftsmen possible in your fields; be willing IBEW people have over 20.000 agreements with to produce-and produce a reasonable day's work. 30,000 employers to prove that unions work. Their Remember. not only is your employer in a highly wages, frin ge benefits. working conditions. and grieY. competitive market in the free enterprise system under ance procedures arc among the best of any workers in which we all work, bUI you. as a skilled and highly the world. productive union worker. must compete with non-union The 905,000 IBEW people join the other millions workers. Let's continue to improve ourselves as workers of union members in two great houses of labor. the and 10 increase our knowledge so as to strengthen our AFL·ClO in the United States. and the CLC (Canadian union in collective bargaining and to add to our benefits. Labor Congress) in Canada, to carry forward the You arc the union; be proud of it. Work to make it work programs that benefit all workers. their familics, and better. their nations. It is hard to imagine a plant, a building. a home, a IBEw people have aligned themselves with the room, or any manufactured goods in which electricity fastest·growing industry of this or any age. With this is not present or has nOl been present. IBEW people amazing source of ene rgy. work opportunities and the have a part in all of it. Be proud you are one of Ihe potential for enlarging the electrical workers' knowledge I BEW people. Be a !!OOO one. are never ending. The imporlance of education and training in the electrical industry is easily discerned. All mEW people must have basic knowledge to get in wilh and to keep up with the industry'S ever~changing tech nology. INTERNATIONAL PR ESIDENT EXECUTIVE OFFICERS THE ELECTRICAL WORK ERS' CII.\lII.E~ II. 1'11.1..\1(1 ' h ... , ..'.o ..,I'".ulu' I ~" ':,th SI .. /><. \\ .......I"n.ton. I). C ;f)Oj JOS."' 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