The elections of 1926 and 1927 were carbon copies of the earlier elections. Business Agents Regan and Capelle set their sights on the work of installing telephone conduits and wiring within the property lines of buildings, which up to now were done by non-union or "company-union" employees and pick-ups in the telephone and telegraph area. Several work stoppages and picket lines were established until the matter came to a head when Local 103 members, under the direction of the officers and foreman, Jack Cronin, installed a private telephone system at the Statler Hotel, (now called the Park Plaza), and after many meetings with the telephone company officers (who argued they would rather see the work go non-union than to the IBEW, but whose employees at the switchboards and operators were members of the IBEW).

Business Agents Regan and Capelle would also become involved in lengthy negotiations with the stage hands union for the inside work in theaters and the new "Vita-phone" sound motion picture equipment, as well as the electrical work in vaudeville houses. The courts and mediation meetings between the I.A.T.S.E. (International Association of Theater and Sound Employees), in 1927, would result in this work and the tremendous amount of work in the telephone industry on private property being awarded to Local 103.

In 1927, the Claude Neon Light Company of New York gave the rights on luminous tube signs to C.I. Brink Company of Boston, a notorious anti-union company. Business Agents Regan and Capelle fell into negotiations, which would lead to Local 103 dominating the neon sign industry in Boston when an agreement similar to the sign agreement Local 103 had with Donnelly Sign was reached and Local 103 men lit up the city's bijoux and signs.

In September 1927, Local 103, after a twenty-seven year campaign, organized the Herbert S. Potter Company of Boston. The Potter Company worked exclusively on the property line installing wiring in houses of materials supplied by the Edison Illuminating Company.

At the International Convention held in Detroit in 1927, Local 103 Financial Secretary, Jack Fennell, was elected to replace Brother Jack Smith, of Local 103, as International Vice-president, and Brother John Regan, our Business Agent was selected at a special meeting of Local 103 to fill the vacancy in the Financial Secretary Office. The International Executive Council member, Frank L. Kelley, was reelected and E.L. Dennis, a former Business Agent, was the chief investigating officer of the Boston Licensing Board, raising havoc with haphazard non-union contractors applying for permits in the Boston jurisdiction. Theodore Gould and Harrie S. Goodwin, teaching youngsters electricity in the Boston Schools, and Martin Joyce, a former President of Local 103, Secretary Treasurer of the Massachusetts State A.F. of L. John Regan was serving as President of the Massachusetts State Building Trades.

It was the first time voting machines were used and removed forever all night counts and ballot stuffing problems. Election results could be known within an hour or two of the polls closing.

Up to now, members received a death benefit and Journal Article for that portion of their dues to the International Union, which was returned to members. The rest went to finance the International Office.

At the 1927 Convention, the International Pension Program was enacted. The pension - $40.00 per month for members who were 65 years old and who had 20 years continuous standing was funded by .37 cents a month. The first three Local 103 members to qualify for the International Pension were Hans Edenborg, Thomas Powers, and Jess Webb.