The IBEW provides unmatched training and continuing education opportunities for inside construction electricians and apprentices.  We’ve also secure some of the best wage packages in this sector across the country.  Ask us how much you’re missing out on.

We represent linemen, groundmen, equipment operators, boiler operators, I & C techs, maintenance mechanics, electricians, welders, control room operators, and dispatchers.

Then, there are the meter installers, meter readers, field reps, clerical workers, cable splicers, substation electricians, warehousemen, communications techs, fleet servicemen, and relay technicians.

We also represent thousands of people in the Gas Industry from clerical workers to the employees involved in the construction and maintenance of gas transmission and distribution lines.

The IBEW supports utility workers with cutting-edge training, advocacy for fair work conditions, and a path to a secure retirement. Be part of a system that values reliability and the individuals who maintain it –> Ask us how.

IBEW manufacturing members, employed by companies of all sizes, produce a wide array of product. 

The highly diversified list of products manufactured by IBEW members includes electric motors and generators, light fixtures, all types of household appliances, broadcasting and entertainment equipment, telecommunications equipment, and scientific and medical equipment.

The IBEW is proud of the work our members do and we want to let people know about the quality products we manufacture. Check out IBEW Made to see what products we’re making.

IBEW members across the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors are engaged in every aspect of the industry – television and radio stations, network operations, public broadcast stations, recording companies, closed circuit television and production companies.

Our members benefit from crucial advocacy, progressive training programs, and a bond that ensures you’re never facing industry challenges alone. Connect with us to learn more.

In Canada, approximately 71% of all freight is shipped by rail. IBEW members play a major role in keeping this vital mode of transportation rolling.

Railroad Signal and Communication members inspect, test, assemble, install, dismantle, rebuild, overhaul, adjust, wire, and calibrate all electrical and electronic equipment and components throughout the country that serve for the protection of the population at large. One of the significant tasks is making certain that all railroad crossings in Canada function properly.

IBEW railroad communications technicians perform all types of work generally recognized as communications work per their agreements with various carriers. They work with microwave, radio, fiber optics, telephone and other communications devices, apparatus, and equipment in the course of operating, maintaining and repairing these systems in shops, yards, buildings, locomotives and all areas necessary for proper communication in Canada. The IBEW also represents several other classes of railroad workers as certified and per agreements with particular carriers.

A sizable segment of IBEW members work for the Canadian government.

In naval and coast guard shipyards, naval ordnance plants and various defense activities, electricians, linemen, gyro and electronics technicians, electric-crane repairmen, and others are essential to the defense of our nations and the safety of our people.

IBEW members work aboard ships, on all types of transmission lines, in all kinds of shops providing maintenance to federal buildings and equipment, on communications work of every type, on navigational locks and dams, on hydro- and steam-driven electric power generating plants, and on numerous jobs in every branch of government service. They are employed in many federal agencies, bureaus, and departments.

In Canada, IBEW members perform highly skilled electronics work in several departments of the Treasury Board of Canada, NAV Canada, and the North Warning System.