COVID-19

COVID Benefits for Members

Please see our updated breakdown of COVID Benefits for Building Trades Union members as of 1/7/22 for navigating COVID exposures:

Temporary Emergency Paid Sick Leave
Paid Family Medical Leave
Earned Sick Time

MEMBER (Self only) ISOLATION

The first page of the IBEW Constitution begins with a declaration:

"Our cause is the cause of human justice, human rights, human security."

It’s a powerful statement of the values that IBEW leaders and members pledge to uphold when they take the oath of membership. And combined with the union’s first objective, to organize all workers in the entire electrical industry in the United States and Canada, the message is unmistakable.

Helping America Dig out from Under the Pandemic: ‘Shots in Arms, Money in Pockets’

President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan on March 12, sending more stimulus checks, helping vaccine distribution and re-opening schools. (The plan also included a fix for multiemployer pension plans, which you can read more about below.) These measures have helped individuals, states and communities recover from the year- long pandemic.