IBEW LOCAL 841

Good news to our members and utility workers of Alabama. House bill 368 has passed and is now law. It gives utility workers the same protection as Fire , EMS and Law enforcement. You can read the bill on its own page House bill 368.

IBEW Local Union 841

Welcome to the IBEW Local 841 website. We hope this website helps to inform and educate our brothers and sisters on what our Union does and can do. Our local was chartered on December 1, 1953, and after 50 plus years, it continues to represent workers on the property of Alabama Power Company in generation, transmission and distribution. We have approximately 625 members in the Birmingham, Calera, Tuscaloosa and Winfield areas.

Our focus is the same as those of our founding Brothers of the IBEW, safety, fair wages, benefits, working conditions and representation for workers in the work place. We hope you visit and enjoy this website as we work in solidarity as a Union.

Casey Shelton
President, Local 841

         IBEW LOCAL
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From the STEWARD UPDATE

The Corporate Horse

The Dakota Indians of North America passed on this piece of wisdom from generation to generation by work of mouth: "If you are riding a dead horse, the best thing to do is dismount." In the corporate world, other things to be tried include the following:

*Change riders.
*Appoint a committee to study the horse.
*Arrange to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
*Change the form so it reads, "This horse is not dead."
*Hire outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
*Harness several dead horses together for increased speed and efficiency.
*Donate the dead horse to a recognized charity and deduct its full original cost.
*Declare that the dead horse has lower overhead and is therefore more cost-effective.
*Promote the dead horse into a management position.

Welcome Brothers and Sisters! Working families need our help! For to long workers have been denied the right to organize a union in their workplace , even when a majority of the workforce voted yes to become a union shop. The employer delays the process and harasses the employees while trying to get a first contract in place.The EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT will : have stronger penalties for violation of employee rights when seeking to form a union and during negotiations of a contract.
We need your help in the millon-member mobilization campaign go to www.freechoiceact.org to sign the petiton and help future Brothers and Sisters get a better way of supporting their families.