Utility
The IBEW Utility Department represents workers at the majority of investor-owned, rural cooperative, and government-owned utilities in the United States and Canada, as well as thousands of workers in the natural gas industry.
The department provides assistance to more than 430 local unions in North America, supporting some 250,000 utility workers.
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The IBEW’s Utility Members are employed by a wide range of companies including: Investor-Owned Utilities, Cooperatives, Municipalities, and Government. The department provides assistance to over 250 local unions in Canada and the United States, supporting some 200,000+ utility workers.
The IBEW represents employees at:
- 83% of all organized utilities in the United States and Canada
- 90% of organized investor-owned utilities
- 96% of the organized rural electric cooperatives
- 76% of the organized municipal utilities
- 100% of all organized federal utilities
- The IBEW represents workers at 66 out of 94 operating nuclear power reactors in the U.S. and 1 Canada reactor in New Brunswick Canada.
In the utility industry, the IBEW represents linemen, groundmen, equipment operators, boiler operators, I & C techs, maintenance mechanics, electricians, welders, control room operators, dispatchers, meter installers, meter readers, field reps, clerical workers, cable splicers, substation electricians, natural gas technicians, water sewer distribution technicians, utility telecommunications, warehousemen, communications techs, fleet servicemen, and relay technicians, among others.
