Extensive benefits are available to IBEW Local 322 signatory contractors

As an open shop contractor, you are involved in every aspect of your business, which takes away from your primary objective of growing your company and securing more projects. Compare the differences between non-union and IBEW signatory contractors.

Drawbacks of being a non-union contractor

Spend money on help wanted advertisements
Must interview prospective employees
Likely end up hiring employees with little or no experience
Negotiate with each employee individually on wages
Purchase healthcare as a small group
Start a retirement plan with no guarantee on returns

Benefits of being an IBEW Local 322 contractor

Have flexible workforce/manpower when needed
No need to interview prospective employees
Receive only qualified electricians
Employees work under a contract, which sets wages
Participate in a jointly administered healthcare plan, pension plan and apprenticeship program, which covers all employees
Participate in retirement plans
Ability to run your business as you like; we will not take over your business
IBEW 322 wants your company to succeed because we succeed together!
Union construction workers are good for productivity.

Studies have shown a union construction industry workforce is 17 to 34 percent more productive than a non-union construction workforce.

Thanks to collective bargaining, union construction workers can focus on doing their job and not worry about money. By earning a livable wage, with great health insurance and retirement benefits, tradesmen and tradeswomen know they are able to take care of their families.

Additionally, by receiving industry-leading training, they are able to quickly produce high-quality work. They work safely and do their job right the first time.

As a union contractor, you have access to a supply of qualified manpower. IBEW Local 322 has over 400 tradesmen and tradeswomen in good standing, with more being trained every year.

Across the country, the IBEW has more than 840,000 members, who all receive similar training and are ready to work in any state.

Local 322 supplies our contractors with only highly skilled, highly trained, fully licensed and drug tested qualified electrical workers and apprentices. You can hire an employee for one week or a lifetime – depending on your needs. For example, if you win a bid on a three-month project, which requires 30 electricians, you will not have to interview any candidates or suffer the risks if you make a bad hire. You will have the necessary manpower on the date you need, with the knowledge they will all be qualified professionals.

All it takes is a single phone call.

Furthermore, you are not stuck with an employee who does not work out for your company. We will work with you, to make sure your team works. When the project ends, you can take however many electricians you need to your next project, while the Local will work to place the remaining electricians in jobs with other signatory contractors.

Local 322 provides industry leading training through our Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC). This department of the union/contractor team is charged with the responsibility of training all apprentices and the continuing education of our journeymen, masters and supervisors. Our JATC is registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, guaranteeing a high level of instruction and training to both apprentices and journeymen.

Upgrade and continuing education classes are also available for journeymen!

Page Last Updated: Sep 09, 2024 (11:45:28)

Extensive benefits are available to IBEW Local 322 signatory contractors

Drawbacks of being a non-union contractor

Benefits of being an IBEW Local 322 contractor

Union construction workers are good for productivity.