Over 98 percent of the electricians who have joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in the last ten years in North and South Dakota are still members today. That's got to tell you something.

Since 1891, the IBEW has represented the men and women who power North America, striving to live up to the goals of the preamble of the first Constitution of the IBEW:

"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 citizenship."

The IBEW founders had lofty goals, and more than a hundred years later our thousands of members and their local unions still strive for these goals.

 

The Dakotas and western Minnesota are served by four Locals: Local 426 serves eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota with headquarters in Sioux Falls, Local 714 serves western North Dakota with headquarters in Minot and Bismarck, Local 1250 serves western South Dakota with headquarters in Rapid City, and Local 1426 serves eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota with headquarters in Grand Forks and Fargo.

Our members work for the best electrical contracting firms in the Midwest, all members of the National Electrical Contractors Association, Dakotas Chapter.

If you're an apprentice or journeyman electrician looking for a better future, we invite you to join us. If you're a visitor to our site and want to know more about careers in the field of electrical construction, page through our site and feel free to contact any of our local offices.

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