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This Constitution,
and all acts and proceedings which in the future and in due course may be enacted, shall be binding
on all Local Union Officers and Members. As amended at the 37th IBEW Convention at Cleveland,
Ohio - September 2006
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers® . All rights
reserved.
Declaration
of the
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS®
Our cause is the cause of human justice, human rights, human
security. We refuse, and will always refuse, to condone or tolerate dictatorship or
oppression of any kind. We will find and expel from our midst any who might attempt to destroy, by
subversion, all that we stand for.This Brotherhood will continue to oppose communism, Nazism or any
other subversive "ism".
We will support our God, our Nations, our Union.
OBJECTS
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.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
For Local Unions
1. Opening. (See Ritual.)
2. Roll Call of Officers and Reading of Minutes.
3. Communications and Bills.
4. Reports of Executive Board and Officers.
5. Propositions for Membership.
6. Reports of Candidates.
7. Balloting or Voting for Candidates.
8. Obligation of Candidates. (See Ritual.)
9. Reports of Delegates and Committees.
10. Reports of Accidents, Sickness or Death of Members.
11. Roll Call of Members. (Optional with Local Unions.)
12. Unfinished Business.
13. New Business. (Matters relating to any election and
installation of officers.)
14. Good of the Union.
15. Receipts and Expenses. (Read Constitution.)
16. Closing. (See Ritual.)
READY REFERENCE FOR
MONTHLY DUES PAYMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE THROUGH LOCAL UNIONS [OR TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER BY "A" MEMBERS HOLDING PARTICIPATING WITHDRAWAL
CARDS]
**Effective January 1, 2007:**
"A" MEMBERS - "BA" MEMBERS
$11.00 Monthly Dues- $11.00 Monthly
$12.00 Monthly PBF Contribution
$23.00 Monthly Total
**Effective January 1, 2008:**
"A" MEMBERS - "BA" MEMBERS
$11.00 Monthly Dues- $11.00 Monthly
$13.00 Monthly PBF Contribution
$24.00 Monthly Total
**Effective January 1, 2009:**
"A" MEMBERS - "BA" MEMBERS
$12.00 Monthly Dues- $12.00 Monthly
$13.00 Monthly PBF Contribution
$25.00 Monthly Total
**Effective January 1, 2010:**
"A" MEMBERS - "BA" MEMBERS
$12.00 Monthly Dues- $12.00 Monthly
$14.00 Monthly PBF Contribution
$26.00 Monthly Total
**Effective January 1, 2011:**
"A" MEMBERS - "BA" MEMBERS
$13.00 Monthly Dues- $13.00 Monthly
$14.00 Monthly PBF Contribution
$27.00 Monthly Total
Reinstatement fees are required of all members who fall three or more months in arrears.
Reinstatement fees for "A" members are $30.00 (which includes $5.00 to the LocalUnion, $5.00 to
the International Office and $20.00 to the IBEW Pension Benefit Fund), while reinstatement fees for
"BA" members are $3.00 (which includes $1.50 to the Local Union and $1.50 to the International
Office).
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Article I - Name and Constitution 
