39th IBEW®
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

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Welcome to the 39th IBEW International Convention in St. Louis, honoring our 125-year history and laying the foundation for our future.

Convening on Sept. 19, the Convention is the most important gathering of the IBEW and fulfills the mandate in our Constitution to choose our leaders, set and confirm our policies and renew the values at the heart of the world’s greatest union.

The 39th International Convention is also a homecoming, a time to look back to our founding here in 1891.

If you plan to attend, this website will provide valuable resources about the convention process. You will also find a checklist for what you need to bring, a schedule of events, the order and timing of votes as well as a calendar of the social events that have been planned.

Selection as a delegate to the Convention is an honor and responsibility. And this year, our convention happens with new executive leadership, a crucial election in the fall and unprecedented economic challenges and opportunities for organized labor. The officers and staff look forward to welcoming you to St. Louis.  

Delegates and Alternates:
Don’t Leave Home Without These Items

If you are representing your local union as a delegate or an alternate delegate, please remember to bring the following items with you:

  1. Your copy of the credential; the original having been sent to the International Office
  2. Your dues receipt showing your dues are paid through September 2016
  3. Photo identification, such as a driver’s license

PREVIOUS CONVENTION CITIES:

 1. St. Louis, MO - November 1891  
 2. Chicago, IL - November 1892   
 3. Cleveland, OH - November 1893
 4. Washington, D.C. - November 1895
 5. Detroit, MI - November 1897
 6. Pittsburgh, PA - October 1899
 7. St. Louis, MO - October 1901
 8. Salt Lake City, UT - September 1903
 9. Louisville, KY - September 1905
 10. Chicago, IL - September & October 1909
 11. Rochester, NY - September 1911
 12. Boston, MA - September 1913
 13. St. Paul, MN - September & October 1915
 14. Atlantic City, NJ - September 1917
 15. New Orleans, LA - September 1919
 16. St. Louis, MO - September & October 1921
 17. Montreal, Quebec, CAN - August 1923
 18. Seattle, WA - August 1925
 19. Detroit, MI - August 1927

 20. Miami, FL  -  September 1929 
 21. St. Louis, MO  -  October 1941 
 22. San Francisco, CA  -  September 1946 
 23. Atlantic City, NJ  -  September 1948 
 24. Miami, FL  -  October 1950 
 25. Chicago, IL  -  August & September 1954 
 26. Cleveland, OH - September & October 1958 
 27. Montreal, Quebec, CAN - September 1962 
 28. St. Louis, MO - September 1966 
 29. Seattle, WA - September & October 1970 
 30. Kansas City, MO - September 1974 
 31. Atlantic City, NJ - October 1978 
 32. Los Angeles, CA - September 1982 
 33. Toronto, Ontario, CAN - September 1986 
 34. St. Louis, MO - October 1991 
 35. Philadelphia, PA - September 1996 
 36. San Francisco, CA - September 2001 
 37. Cleveland, OH - September 2006 
 38. Vancouver, BC - September 2011