Welcome to the website of IBEW Local 103

Just as new technologies continue to emerge and evolve in the electrical and telecommunications industries, so too does the role of technology in communications continue to grow. In our continuing effort to leverage the most advanced and efficient means of communicating with our members, contractors, industry leaders and the general public, it is my honor to welcome you to the official Local 103, I.B.E.W., website.

The mission of Local 103, I.B.E.W., is a simple one – to provide the most skilled and productive workforce in the world, while at the same time protecting the rights and benefits of every worker. Our success in training and developing workers who deliver on-time and on-budget projects and foster a safe working environment speaks for itself. Our members and contractors have been literally lighting the skyline of Eastern Massachusetts for over 100 years.

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Local 103, IBEW ~ Election Results

Local 103, IBEW - Election of Officers - May 3, 2008

Total Members Voting:  2856 (49.33%)

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Chair of Organizing Roundtable Named

Bill Corley, an Organizer with IBEW Local 103, was named the new Chair of the Organizing Roundtable this week. Brother Corley has had a long and distinguished career organizing workers and bringing them into the Labor Movement. "Bill Corley will be a great steward of the Organizing Roundtable as we seek to move the Organizing agenda of labor in Massachusetts forward. We understand that Organizing must be linked to everything we do - politics, legislation, community service, everything. Bill Corley understands that and will help the Organizing Roundtable continue to be a very effective endeavor of this State Federation. Bill Corley will be a great chair and will work closely with current members of the Roundtable, as well as recruit new members so that we keep heading in a positive direction for workers," said President Haynes.

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Florida Open Shop Workers Strike Over Unsafe Conditions

Fired up by unsafe conditions on a school construction project in thinly-populated south Florida, over a dozen nonunion workers walked off the job and turned to IBEW's Florida Initiative for help.

"Nonunion workers going on strike is unheard of," said IBEW organizer Jon Dehmel of Tampa, Florida IBEW Local 915, praising the courage of the crew, who stayed off the job for three days.

Workers for Tampa-based Energy Electric have reported that scaffolding on the job was held together with tie wire.  Painters were using gas-powered sprayers without proper ventilation, spreading fumes.  Workers on the roof were throwing concrete blocks to the ground. Concrete was being ground without proper dust control.

Bush Suspends Davis-Bacon

Proclamation by President Bush, Dated Sept. 8, Suspending
Davis-Bacon Act Application in Hurricane-Devastated Areas

Proclamation by the President: To Suspend Subchapter IV of Chapter 31 of Title 40, United States Code, Within a Limited Geographic Area in Response to the National Emergency Caused by Hurricane Katrina

A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

1. Section 3142(a) of title 40, United States Code, provides that "every contract in excess of $2,000, to which the Federal Government or the District of Columbia is a party, for construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of public buildings and public works of the Government or the District of Columbia that are located in a State or the District of Columbia and which requires or involves the employment of mechanics or laborers shall contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid various classes or laborers and mechanics."

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