Preamble to the Constitution of the IBEW

The Objects of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are: To organize all workers in the entire electrical industry 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 of 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 and higher standard of living; To seek security for the individual, and by legal and proper means to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of our members, their families and dependents, in the interest of a high­er standard of citizenship.

Notified Meeting

 
!!!Notified Meeting!!!
 
Please be advised our next scheduled union meeting will be notified November, 6th 2008
We will be discussing and voting on our $.50 wage increase for December, 1st 2008
 
We will also discuss and structure our referral procedure.

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Annuity & Pension

 
Dear Member:
 
 
       Recent developments and instability in the financial markets are quite likely causing you concern as a participant in the local 490 pension fund as well as your personal
annuity account.
       As a trustee of both of these funds, I feel you should be aware of our current status.
As has been widely reported, much of what we are experiencing now can be attributed to an

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Labor to Labor Walk

Saturday, October 11th
 
This Labor walk is being sponsored by the IBEW
We need high member attendance.   
Please call Joe Howard if you can participate.
 
What: Labor to Labor Walk in Nashua, NH and Dover, NH

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Grand Opening!!!

IBEW Local 490 and NECA NH Division
Open New Hampshire JATC Electrical Industry Training Center Facility in Concord, NH
 
Event for state-of-the-art, solar powered training center attended by NH State Senator Lou D’Allessandro, State Officials and Construction Industry Leaders
 
Concord, NH – On Saturday, August 23, New Hampshire Senator Lou D’Allessandro joined with other New Hampshire officials and leaders from the construction industry at  a cable-cutting ceremony that opened the new IBEW Local Union 490 / Joint Apprenticeship Training Council (JATC) Training Center in Concord, New Hampshire.
 
The electrical training center is a state-of-the-art 8,080 square foot, 1-level facility with 7 classrooms and a large lab designed to enable electrical training that can simulate conditions in the field.  At the New Hampshire JATC training center, apprentice and journeymen electricians gain a hands-on, broad based electrical training for all skills they will use in the field, ranging from pipe bending to Programmable Logic Control (PLC), from power generation to lighting systems, from AC/DC theory to innovative, emerging technologies, including solar/photovoltaics and wind energy, and the installation techniques of all electrical systems.  An emphasis within the JATC electrical training program, which is co-sponsored by NECA and IBEW, is Safety Training.  IBEW Local 490 has 350 members and the New Hampshire JATC currently has 60 electrical apprentices enrolled in its five-year training program.

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Election Results

                                             Local Union 490, I.B.E.W.
                                                     Election Results
 
Office of President                                                                       

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