The Objectives of the IBEW

• To organize all workers in the entire electrical industry in the United States and Canada, including all those in public utilities and electrical manufacturing, into local unions
• To promote reasonable methods of work
• To cultivate feelings of friendship among those of our industry
• To settle all disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if possible)
• To assist each other in sickness or distress
• To secure employment
• To reduce the hours of daily labor
• To secure adequate pay for our work
• To seek a higher and higher standard of living
• To seek security for the individual
• And by legal and proper means to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of our members, their families and dependents, in the interest of a higher standard of citizenship

—from the preamble to the IBEW constitution

What does IBEW Local 684 have to offer you?

• The union wage from the first hour of employment with a contractor
• Employer paid pension plans
• Employer paid health insurance for you, your spouse and your dependents
• Conditions of employment that are covered by a contract
• A training and apprenticeship program
• A career that you can work at until you reach retirement age
• Being a part of a brotherhood of electricians
• Having paid Local 684 business officials promoting the interests of the membership