IBEW (Electrical Workers) Local 1 in St. Louis has provided the best trained and most professional electrical work force to the Gateway City since 1891.
And it makes sense. If you are looking to wire a building, you call the union that is focused on the electrical trade.
But now local Carpenters' union head Terry Nelson, with the support of UBC President Doug McCarron, is attacking Local 1 and trying to stealing its work.
Instead of organizing nonunion carpenters, Nelson is signing sweetheart deal with nonunion electrical contractors and lowering wage and benefit standards set by the IBEW over generations.
Not only does it violate the principles of union solidarity, it's a safety hazard. IBEW electricians go through years of training, both on the job and in the classroom; Carpenters don't
But the IBEW and the Building Trades are fighting back, telling Nelson and McCarron to do their jobs and stop wasting rank-and-file carpenters’ dues money raiding other unions.
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