Low Voltage Electricians Strike for First (and Last?) Time in Unit's History

Electrical workers picketed in Seattle. Local 46 is unusual among IBEW locals in having any effective right to strike at all—and the latest contract offer from the employer association, eight weeks into the strike, would take it away. Photo: Jorge Torres

https://labornotes.org/2024/06/low-voltage-electricians-strike-first-and-last-time-units-history

Update, June 7: Late last night, the union announced that members will have to re-vote June 10-11, due to "an error on the proposal that was presented and voted on." The results of the June 6 vote were not announced, but the union did say it was the biggest turnout in the unit's history.

Members of the limited energy construction unit of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 46 in Seattle will be voting June 6 on the latest offer from the contractors’ association, after nearly eight weeks on an unprecedented strike.

The current offer includes wages far below the union’s original demand, nothing on paid holidays except an exploratory committee that might not meet until September—and giving up the right to go on strike ever again.

The 1,023 members of the limited energy unit—mostly specialty electricians, and a few installers—have been on strike since April 11, in an unexpected shake-up of standard-practice contract negotiations.

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