Government Employees

The Government Employees Department serves IBEW members employed by federal, state, provincial, and municipal local governments in the United States and Canada; as well as those in the shipbuilding and marine industries. 

IBEW members work aboard ships, on generation and transmission, in maintenance to federal buildings and equipment, communications and navigation and much more. They are employed at government-owned utilities like the Tennessee Valley Authority and Bonneville Power Administration, in national laboratories like Sandia and Brookhaven, in every branch of the armed forces, national parks, among other government agencies. In Canada, IBEW members perform highly skilled electronics work in several departments of the Treasury Board of Canada.

The Government Employees department serves as a liaison to many federal government agencies, private employers, and departments of the AFL-CIO. Additionally, the department monitors important legislation, advocating for laws that preserve, retain, and improve jobs and benefits for IBEW members.