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1918 Constitutional amendment renders actions of conventions final.

1920 Council on Industrial Relations founded. IBEW headquarters moved from Springfield, Illinois, to Washington, D.C.

1922 Electrical Workers' Benefit Association founded.

1924 Research Department established.

1927 Pension Plan established by Detroit Convention.

1929 IBEW moved into its own building at 1200 - 15th Street, N.W.

1946 Number of vice presidential districts increased from 10 to 12; National Employees' Benefit Agreement signed by IBEW and NECA.

1947 Permanent National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Electrical Industry formed. Progress meetings for vice presidential districts instituted. National Electrical Benefit Fund went into effect.

1950 Members voted to submit to referendum vote the holding of the International Convention every four years instead of every two. Affirmative decision reached in 1952.

1954 Chicago IBEW Convention was the largest labor union convention ever held in the world.

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