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Local Unions
"No. 105 feels the responsibility which is placed upon it ... but we expect by constantly keeping the seed... well-watered... it shall spring up and its branches reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific."
-- James Donaldson, LU 105, The Electrical Worker, April 1900
In the nineteenth century, the isolated successes of electrical worker local unions inspired Henry Miller's vision of a national trade union. Within one year of the Brotherhood's founding, the early leaders had brought 45 local unions under its banner; today, that number stands are more than 900. As in the early days, IBEW local unions have a great deal of autonomy to address conditions in their communities and jurisdictions, but the bond of Brotherhood unites them in strength and solidarity. |