Comments of Members that have joined the IBEW through |
Organizing |
(Text and pictures from IBEW Fifth District Page) |
The best way to understand the effect of becoming a union member is to see and hear the new member. The experience of transition from non-union to union can be both frightening and exhilarating. It is an experience that is lost on many union members who began in a unionized workplace. Because the strength of unionization in the United States effects all American workers, it is important for as many workers, union and non-union, to experience the feeling of becoming union - even if it is through the proxy of another. The following are the words and pictures of newly organized workers:
"What the IBEW has meant to me since being
organized..."
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* The IBEW has meant a great deal to
me by changing my outlook on how the working man has been treated by non-unionized
businesses. * The way the Brotherhood works together to create a better working environment for its members. * The rights that are established with a collectively bargained agreement are issues that the average non-union working man can't get otherwise. |
