Why IBEW Local 607?

You deserve a voice and representation at work. If you are paid the prevailing wage, you are paid the fairly negotiated wage agreed upon between electrical workers and their employers. If you are paid an employer’s “shop rate,” you are being paid less. If you work on a prevailing wage job within IBEW Local Union 607 Jurisdiction, you received a raise on September 1st. We believe this is the wage and benefit package that you deserve every day. A fair day's pay for a fair day's work!

You can unite and have representation at work. The result will be a higher standing for you and you coworkers, and your employer will be among thousands of successful union electrical contractors, including several dozen in this area. Click below to get started.

Even if your employer keeps you on prevailing wage jobs, there are other fairly negotiated benefits that they are not required to provide. Below are some of those examples.

Premium Pay for Foremen and Annual Raises for Every Worker

If you are a foreman on a prevailing wage job, your employer may be paying you the same as the workers you are directing. IBEW signatory contractors working in the jurisdiction of Local Union 607 pay foremen an additional $3.00/hour. General Foremen are paid an additional $4.50/hour. 

All union electrical workers on these jobs get an annual raise on September 1st. When non-union employers are awarded a prevailing wage job, they are now required to give electricians the annual raise as well. This is required by state law. If you have a concern about how you are being paid, please contact us.

You should never be paid laborers’ scale for doing electricians’ work.

Sick & Accident, Economic Hardship, Dues Relief, Short-term Disability and Death Benefits

According to the Social Security Administration, one in four workers will be disabled for three or more months during their careers. If you are unable to work due to an illness or accident as a member, we have a fund to provide financial relief. This fund is well established and has existed for many years. There is also a fund in place to pay the member's union dues and our health care includes Short-term Disability benefits, life insurance, and an Economic Hardship safety net to cover premiums.

Better Retirement Options

It is likely that your employer is putting all of your retirement contributions into a 401(k) or profit-sharing plan and only matching some percentage of your own out-of-pocket contribution on "shop rate" jobs. As a member, you will enjoy not only a defined contribution retirement plan with world class investment options, but also two defined benefit pensions which provide income for life. As for the monthly dues your employer may have warned you about, they get you an additional lifelong pension benefit that alone will pay enough in the first ten years of your retirement to give you back every penny you've paid in monthly dues and more.