The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 223 was founded on January 22, 1902. Eleven men signed the Charter, which began IBEW Local 223. They joined together to bring : fair wages, safety on the job, and trained workers to the electrical industry. As the years went by, electrical workers from all over Southeastern Massachusetts were forming IBEW Locals. In the years to come, there were IBEW Locals in the cities of New Bedford, Fall River, and Taunton Massachusetts. In 1988 the IBEW needed to consolidate all of the Local unions from the Southeastern Massachusetts area into one, based in Lakeville, Massachusetts.
IBEW Local 223 is affiliated with the AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts State Building Trades. We have active delegates to the Southeastern Massachusetts and Brockton Building Trades Councils, the Plymouth-Bristol Central Labor Council, and Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council.
Cities and Towns in the Ibew 223 Local Jurisdiction Include :
Barnstable County
Bourne
Barnstable
Brewster
Chatham
Dennis
Eastham
Falmouth
Harwich
Mashpee
Orleans
Provincetown
Sandwich
Truro
Wellfleet
Yarmouth
Bristol County
Acushnet
Berkley
Dartmouth
Dighton
Easton
Fairhaven
Fall River
Freetown
Mansfield
New Bedford
Norton
Raynham
Rehoboth
Somerset
Swansea
Taunton
Westport
Dukes County
Aquinnah
Chilmark
Edgartown
Gosnold
Oak Bluffs
Tisbury
West Tisbury
Natucket County
Nantucket
Norfolk County
Avon
Holbrook
Plainville
Randolph
Stoughton
Plymouth County
Abington
Bridgewater
Brockton
Carver
Duxbury
East Bridgewater
Halifax
Hanover
Hanson
Kingston
Lakeville
Marion
Marshfield
Mattapoisett
Middleborough
Norwell
Pembroke
Plymouth
Plympton
Rochester
Rockland
Scituate
Wareham
West Bridgewater
Whitman