IBEW History Flashcards
First telegraph station was built in?
1848
Chicago, Illinois
St. Louis local Union loaned _______ to the National Union
$100
The Wagner Act allowed the IBEW to do what?
Organize Utility Companies and Manufacturing Plants
NBEW was changed to IBEW in ______
1899
When was the Telephone Invented?
1876
When was the IBEW busy?
How was it busy?
1941-1946 WW2
95% if Electrical Installations
The National Electrical Benefit Fund was created in ______
Agreement signed in 1946
Effective in 1947
Henry Miller passed away in _______, due to ________
1896
Fall off Pole
What was the first electrical accomplishment?
The Telegraph in 1844
Women first joined the NBEW in _______
1892 at the second national convention
When was the NBEW created?
1891, St. Louise
Nuclear Energy started to take off in the ________
1960’s
First Central Power Station was built in _______, _________,_________
1882, Pearl Street, New York
Thomas Edison created the _________ in _________
Incandescent Lamp, 1879
How many IBEW members supported Reid-Murphy?
3/4 of the total membership
When and where were the first Telegraph lines installed?
1844, Baltimore to Washington D.C.
Conventions between ________ and ________ were postponed, why?
1929-1941, the Great Depression
The NEC is updated how often?
3 year cycles
When did the anti-Union political philosophy begin? Who was President at that time?
1980’s, Ronald Reagan
IBEW membership increased reached 1 Million Member in what year?
1972
Electronic Voting was proposed in ______ at the IBEW National Convention. It was used in _______.
1991
1996
President Hill took office in _________, at the ________ National Convention.
2001
36th National Convention
Telephone Unions Joined the IBEW in ______.
1955
The ________ was created in ______ to protect Union organizers and Union workers.
Wagner Act
1935
Who became the first paid IBEW Official?
Grand Secretary Treasure, J.T Kelly, in 1892
Who was the first paid IBEW President?
James McNulty
1903
Who was the first NBEW President?
Henry Miller
1891
Who was the first Secretary of the NBEW?
J.T. Kelly
1891
What was the rules for the NBEW Apprenticeship system?
3 years minimum
Must be under supervision of Journeyman
2 apprentices to 1 journeyman
Telephone Operators joined the IBEW in _________
1912
What is the “Reid-Murphy” Split?
6 year Internal Dispute that nearly destroyed the IBEW
Began in 1906, peaked conflict in 1908, ended in 1912/1913 due to Supreme Court
Lonnie Stephenson became International President in ______.
2015, 39th National Convention
After WW2 the ________ began and membership ________
Open Shop Movement
Fell
The Electrical Workers Benefit Association was formed to do what? When was it created?
Provide dignified burial
1921, effective in 1922
Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer became _______ in _________
New positions
1895
What is the Taft-Hartley Act?
1946 Law, that gives individual states the Authority to outlaw Union shops in their Jurisdiction
Unionism was born out of ________-
Poor safety and work conditions
First National Convention was how long?
Seven days and nights
The IBEW experienced its first significant amount of growth during _________
WW1 and even more in WW2
The Panick of _______, was the first economic turmoil the NBEW dealt with.
1893
The International Office represents 6 areas of the Electrical Industry. What are they?
- Utility
- Construction and Maintenance
- Broadcasting and Telecommunications
- Railroad
- Manufacturing
- Government Employees
Total membership today
725,000
How many local unions in good standing in 1941
869
