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2009 IBEW COPE CONTRIBUTIONS

Congratulations and thanks to the Members and Local Union Leadership of the IBEW Fourth District Local Unions for their continued effort to raise money for the IBEW National COPE Fund.  In one of the hardest recessionary years our country has experienced in decades, our Fourth District Local Union Members continue to support our political voice loud and clear.  Although our numbers were down from 2008, all can be proud of what they accomplished in 2009.

Contributions

2009 IBEW National Cope Contributions---------------------------- $5,503,960.11

2009 Fourth District Contributions--------- $928,286.71 or $19.38 Per Member

(2008 Fourth District Contributions----- $1,380,202.18 or $25.90 Per Member)

  • The Fourth District ranked third of all the Districts for total dollars contributed to the National IBEW COPE.
  • Kentucky ranked first nationally at $26.64 average contribution per member.
  • Ohio ranked second nationally at $25.26 average contribution per member.
  • West Virginia ranked fourth nationally at $19.48 average contribution per member.

State contribution totals by per member and Participating Local Unions:

National

Ranking

State

Total

Per

Member

Total

Locals

Locals

Participating

Locals Not

Participating

1

Kentucky

$169,132.40

$26.64

12

6

6

2

Ohio

$508,084.73

$25.26

52

32

20

4

West Virginia

$58,740.28

$19.48

10

5

5

12

Washington, DC

$129,883.27

$10.98

6

5

1

21

Maryland

$33,813.55

$7.58

5

4

1

39

Virginia

$28,632.48

$4.46

14

6

8

 

Congratulations to:

  • Local Union 369, Louisville, Kentucky who contributed the most money of all Fourth District Local Unions to National IBEW COPE, $150,160.00.  They ranked #4 for total contributions among all IBEW Local Unions.
  • Local Union 573, Warren, Ohio who contributed the highest per member contribution of all Fourth District Local Unions to National IBEW COPE, $99.71.  They ranked #3 for per member contributions among ALL IBEW locals.

Seventeen (17) Local unions will receive the IBEW Fourth District Award for exceeding the district average per member contribution of $19.38 *

Twenty eight (28) Locals in the 4th district will receive the IBEW COPE award for exceeding the national goal of $10.00 per member. They are as follows.

Local Union

Amount

Local Union

Amount

Local 573 Warren, OH *

$99.71

Local 575 Portsmouth, OH *

$22.30

Local 246 Steubenville, OH *

$92.82

Local 306 Akron, OH *

$20.07

Local 683 Columbus, OH *

$76.53

Local 1701 Owensboro, KY *

$19.43

Local 82 Dayton, OH *

$60.77

Local 540 Massillon, OH

$19.09

Local 1105 Nashport, OH *

$59.44

Local 968 Parkersburg, WV

$18.68

Local 369 Louisville, KY *

$57.27

Local 64 Youngstown, OH

$14.52

Local 673 Mentor, OH *

$55.64

Local 26 Lanham, MD

$14.17

Local 212 Cincinnati, OH *

$46.50

Local 24 Baltimore, MD

$13.65

Local 972 Reno, OH *

$44.27

Local 578 Frankfort, OH

$13.38

Local 596 Clarksburg, WV *

$43.97

Local 141 Wheeling, WV

$12.39

Local 8 Rossford, OH *

$38.18

Local 129 Lorain, OH

$11.87

Local 466 Charleston, WV *

$34.79

Local 666 Sandston, VA

$11.08

Local 648 Hamilton, OH *

$28.91

Local 70 Forestville, MD

$10.24

Local 317 Huntington, WV *

$25.19

Local 38 Cleveland, OH

$10.07

 

Thank you to the following Local Unions who participated in IBEW COPE in 2009:

 

Kentucky

369

816

1627

1701

2100

2220

 

 

Ohio

8

32

38

64

71

82

129

212

245

246

306

540

549

573

575

578

648

673

683

688

696

972

986

1047

1105

1224

1347

1377

1413

1466

1507

1985

 

 

 

 

 

West Virginia

141

317

466

596

968

 

Washington, DC

26

70

362

1200

1900

 

Maryland

24

307

1307

1501

 

Virginia

50

80

666

813

1142

1340

 

Salvatore (Sam) J. Chilia
International Vice President

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