The IBEW Local in Lynn got a new contract in 1920; $1.10 per hour and a 40 hour work week. The work situation was good - everyone working on a number of large jobs around Boston. At the annual election, held in June, the following officers were elected in Local 103:

President - Martin T. Joyce

Vice President - John J. Regan

Financial Secretary - John T. Fennell

Recording Secretary - Frank R. Sheehan

Treasurer - Theodore Gould

Press Secretary - George Capelle

Trustee - Rudy M. Marginot

Business Agent - John J. Queeney

Inspectors - Walter P. Crowley and John J. Flanagan

Foreman - Edward P. Leeman

Executive Board - George E. Capelle, Frank L. Kelley, John J. Regan, James T. Kilroe, R.N. Marginot, L.W.E. Kimball, Stephen J. Mealey, Edward C. Carroll, Frank R. Sheehan, and Martin T. Joyce (Board of Ten)

Examining Board - George E. Capelle, Frank R. Sheehan, John J. Regan, James T. Kilroe, and R.N. Marginot

Candidates could run for multiple offices at this time. Martin Joyce continues to be the Massachusetts State A.F. of L. Secretary Treasurer, and Frank Kelley was still International Executive Council delegate, and Jack Smith was the International Vice President.

The new Executive Board, acting as the wage and condition committee, went right to work on the 1921 agreement. Changes had to be presented to the employers by October 1, because the agreement called for a three month notice of change. The first change was to be the biggest stumbling block. All the Building Trades negotiated with the "Master Builders", not the sub-contract employers. The sub-contract trades - electricians, sheetmetal workers, plumbers, and steamfitters could see better wages and conditions by negotiating with the sub-contract employers rather than the "Master Builders", who up to now, negotiated all trades, especially the carpenters, bricklayers, and laborers, whom they employed directly. Also proposed was a nine month agreement, so the contract would expire in the Fall instead of the Winter, when most jobs were closed down anywhere in the cold Boston area. A forty-four hour workweek; a .50 cents per hour wage increase to $1.50 per hour, $1.70 for Foremen of 3 men or more, and .75 cents for helpers. No man to be employed less than 4 hours per day. Full expenses for men working out of town.