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IBEW History Flashcards

1
Q

First telegraph station was built in?

A

1848

Chicago, Illinois

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2
Q

St. Louis local Union loaned _______ to the National Union

A

$100

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3
Q

The Wagner Act allowed the IBEW to do what?

A

Organize Utility Companies and Manufacturing Plants

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4
Q

NBEW was changed to IBEW in ______

A

1899

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5
Q

When was the Telephone Invented?

A

1876

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6
Q

When was the IBEW busy?

How was it busy?

A

1941-1946 WW2

95% if Electrical Installations

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7
Q

The National Electrical Benefit Fund was created in ______

A

Agreement signed in 1946

Effective in 1947

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8
Q

Henry Miller passed away in _______, due to ________

A

1896

Fall off Pole

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9
Q

What was the first electrical accomplishment?

A

The Telegraph in 1844

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10
Q

Women first joined the NBEW in _______

A

1892 at the second national convention

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11
Q

When was the NBEW created?

A

1891, St. Louise

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12
Q

Nuclear Energy started to take off in the ________

A

1960’s

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13
Q

First Central Power Station was built in _______, _________,_________

A

1882, Pearl Street, New York

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14
Q

Thomas Edison created the _________ in _________

A

Incandescent Lamp, 1879

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15
Q

How many IBEW members supported Reid-Murphy?

A

3/4 of the total membership

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16
Q

When and where were the first Telegraph lines installed?

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1844, Baltimore to Washington D.C.

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17
Q

Conventions between ________ and ________ were postponed, why?

A

1929-1941, the Great Depression

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18
Q

The NEC is updated how often?

A

3 year cycles

19
Q

When did the anti-Union political philosophy begin? Who was President at that time?

A

1980’s, Ronald Reagan

20
Q

IBEW membership increased reached 1 Million Member in what year?

A

1972

21
Q

Electronic Voting was proposed in ______ at the IBEW National Convention. It was used in _______.

A

1991

1996

22
Q

President Hill took office in _________, at the ________ National Convention.

A

2001

36th National Convention

23
Q

Telephone Unions Joined the IBEW in ______.

A

1955

24
Q

The ________ was created in ______ to protect Union organizers and Union workers.

A

Wagner Act

1935

25
Q

Who became the first paid IBEW Official?

A

Grand Secretary Treasure, J.T Kelly, in 1892

26
Q

Who was the first paid IBEW President?

A

James McNulty

1903

27
Q

Who was the first NBEW President?

A

Henry Miller

1891

28
Q

Who was the first Secretary of the NBEW?

A

J.T. Kelly

1891

29
Q

What was the rules for the NBEW Apprenticeship system?

A

3 years minimum
Must be under supervision of Journeyman
2 apprentices to 1 journeyman

30
Q

Telephone Operators joined the IBEW in _________

A

1912

31
Q

What is the “Reid-Murphy” Split?

A

6 year Internal Dispute that nearly destroyed the IBEW

Began in 1906, peaked conflict in 1908, ended in 1912/1913 due to Supreme Court

32
Q

Lonnie Stephenson became International President in ______.

A

2015, 39th National Convention

33
Q

After WW2 the ________ began and membership ________

A

Open Shop Movement

Fell

34
Q

The Electrical Workers Benefit Association was formed to do what? When was it created?

A

Provide dignified burial

1921, effective in 1922

35
Q

Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer became _______ in _________

A

New positions

1895

36
Q

What is the Taft-Hartley Act?

A

1946 Law, that gives individual states the Authority to outlaw Union shops in their Jurisdiction

37
Q

Unionism was born out of ________-

A

Poor safety and work conditions

38
Q

First National Convention was how long?

A

Seven days and nights

39
Q

The IBEW experienced its first significant amount of growth during _________

A

WW1 and even more in WW2

40
Q

The Panick of _______, was the first economic turmoil the NBEW dealt with.

A

1893

41
Q

The International Office represents 6 areas of the Electrical Industry. What are they?

A
  1. Utility
  2. Construction and Maintenance
  3. Broadcasting and Telecommunications
  4. Railroad
  5. Manufacturing
  6. Government Employees
42
Q

Total membership today

A

725,000

43
Q

How many local unions in good standing in 1941

A

869

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