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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1928 fonds
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1928 fonds

  • MS-9-52
  • Fonds
  • 1937-2015, predominant 1955-2015
Fonds includes financial, legal, administrative and human resources materials dating from the local's founding in 1955, providing insight into the development of the organization's policies and procedures, and also illustrating the broader labour movement and role of unions in shaping the political and social landscape in Nova Scotia. The records provide evidence of the union's administrative and operational functions and activities, including contract negotiation, grievance administration, dues remittance, pension fund administration, membership and labour advocacy, workers' training and education and strike coordination. The records were created by the local's office staff, business managers, executive board, elected officials, Board of Trustees, membership and business associates. Earlier records (pre-1955) became part of the IBEW Local 1928 archive when other IBEW Locals were amalgamated with 1928.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1928

Associated unions

Subseries consists of the administrative and operational records of associated local unions kept by IBEW Local 1928. The majority of these records became a part of the IBEW Local 1928’s records as a result of the amalgamation of locals. The IBEW Systems Council U-29, made up of a group of Nova Scotian IBEW locals (1818, New Glasgow; 1089, Sydney; 1866, Malay Falls; 1867, Milton; 1876, St. Margaret’s; and 2146, Amherst) and Line Construction, represented the employees of the Nova Scotia Power Commission (NSPC) until 1972, when NSPC merged with the Nova Scotia Light and Power Company (represented by IBEW Local 1928) to become the Nova Scotia Power Corporation. Between 1973 and 1975, those locals that were previously part of U-29, transferred into Local 1928. Other IBEW Local records include those from 1165 (Windsor, Nova Scotia) and 1432 (Prince Edward Island).

Subseries also contains agreements, by-laws, and constitutions of other (non-IBEW) labour unions that IBEW Local 1928 worked with.

Financial records of IBEW Local 1928

Series contains significant financial records, including cash books and ledgers for IBEW Local 1928 accounts, loans, and expenses. Financial records accumulated from other IBEW Locals at the time of their amalgamation with 1928 in the early 1970s (i.e. 1165 (Windsor, Nova Scotia), 1089 (Sydney, Nova Scotia), and System Council U-29), are also included in this series.

IBEW Local 1928 Executive Board (e-board) Committee

Subseries consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, and general records of the IBEW executive board, which includes seven members elected at large and four table officers (President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, and Treasurer). As the executive board also served as the trial board for members' alleged violations of union rules, trial board correspondence and minutes are also included in this subseries.

IBEW Local 1928 office staff

Subseries consists of administrative files used and/or created by staff in the IBEW Local 1928, including correspondence, reports, photographs, and surveys. The subseries includes records relating to the construction, lease, and insurance for the IBEW Local 1928 offices in the J.K. Bell Union Centre, Bayers Lake Industrial Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Training and education records of IBEW Local 1928

Series documents the local's efforts to provide access to educational and training opportunities, primarily to enable apprentices to become journeymen and for journeymen to upgrade their skills. Records comprise general training materials, enrollment and evaluation records for training courses, including shop steward schools. Apprenticeship records are listed under their own sub-series.

IBEW Local 1928 apprenticeship training and education

Subseries comprises apprenticeship committees' minutes and reports; correspondence and teaching materials regarding apprentice education; and signed apprenticeship agreements between employers (i.e., Nova Scotia Power Corporation) and individual apprentices, along with correspondence outlining the terms and conditions of the agreements. The subseries also includes minutes from meetings of the Joint Apprenticeship Committee (JAC) between Nova Scotia Power Inc. and IBEW Local 1928.

IBEW Local 1928 membership records

Subseries consists of records regarding memberships, including membership lists, membership cards, correspondence with members, and reports by members.

Subseries also includes correspondence, reports, and membership lists specific to the Labour Pool, which was formed in 1993 through negotiations between IBEW Local 1928 and Nova Scotia Power. The Labour Pool began operation in 1996 and is a union-maintained list of IBEW Local 1928 members, managed by the Labour Pool Administrator and supplied to Nova Scotia Power for casual and term work on a rotating basis.

Nova Scotia Power pension plans

File contains copies of the Improved Pension Plan for employees of Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, Limited (1955, revised 1970); the pension plan for employees of Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) (August 1992; September 20, 1993); and the pension plan for employees of acquired companies of NSPI (August 1992; September 20, 1993).

Negotiations

Subseries consists of records relating to the establishment of and changes to collective agreements, primarily with Nova Scotia Power. IBEW Local 1928 also negotiated collective agreements with the Berwick Electrical Commission; the Towns of Antigonish, Liverpool, Lockeport, Shelburne; the Region of Queens; and the Municipality of Shelburne. Negotiations files for these towns and municipalities also contain correspondence, member lists, health and safety committee minutes, and grievance records.
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