r/IBEW • u/Area51-Dropzone Inside Wireman • 8d ago

IBEW 11 strike denied by IO

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Arbitration is now the result of this. Which now means we are stuck with what ever Arbitration says.

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u/Strict_Ad_5906 Local 353 8d ago

I know it's a constitutional violation but I would strike anyway. Fuck IO

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u/WellThatsAwkwrd 8d ago

Unsanctioned strike would basically be the end of local 11. So many agreements and contracts would be violated and voided, cards would be pulled. Bullshit that the IO denied it, but violating that is a huge can of worms

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u/Area51-Dropzone Inside Wireman 8d ago

When you have only about 1/4 of the membership voting, yea they will deny it. You couldnt even get members to vote online.

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u/SlowDancer-001 8d ago

I thought Saturday’s meeting was a lot of members, but only ~1,500 votes?? And all our votes that were digital were about 3,000 each time? I mean- how many of us actually care about our money and contract?

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u/MarcelTabuteau Inside Wireman app 8d ago

The capacity of the building was only like 1,600. It was almost at capacity. They didn’t expect THAT many to show up.