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4th District COPE
(Politics and You) 


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2008 IBEW COPE CONTRIBUTIONS

 

The 2008 election year yielded the highest contributions ever to our IBEW COPE fund and your hard work and commitment paid off big in the Presidential Election. . Also we had significant Federal, State and Local success.

West Virginia- Number 1 Nationally IBEW Per Member Contribution

Ohio - Took back the House, turned Ohio Blue

Kentucky - Gave Mich McConnel a Run For His Money

Maryland - Elected Frank Kratovil, Jr. to US Congress

Virginia - Elected Mark Warner to US Senate

Increased Fourth District Local Union Participation

In 2007, 55 Fourth District Locals participated in IBEW COPE of a potential of 106.

In 2008, 66 Fourth District Local unions participate at some level in IBEW COPE.

Also we had significant Federal State and Local success.

Contributions

2008 National IBEW Cope Contributions ---------------------------------------  $9,634,615.93
2008 Fourth District Contributions ------------------ $1,380,202.18 or $25.90 Per Member
2007 Fourth District Contributions ------------------ $1,010,924 or $18.98 Per Member

YOU SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.


The following are the State-by State totals by per Member Contributions:

National
Ranking

State

Total

Per Member

Total
Locals

Locals
Participating

Locals Not Participating

1

West Virginia

$124,249.36

$42.54

10

8

2

3

Ohio

$705,079.49

$34.53

52

36

16

5

Kentucky

$176,511.24

$31.04

12

6

6

11

Washington DC

$269,441.94

$23.75

6

5

1

25

Maryland

$41,906.12

$10.87

10

5

5

27

Virginia

$59,537.03

$10.71

14

6

8

Congratulations to:

Local 26, Washington, DC, who contributed the most money $259,844.44 or $29.93 per member.

Local 246, Steubenville, Ohio, who contributed $42,421.18 or $196.39 per member.

They are the top contributors of the 2 categories.


Twenty (20) Local Unions will receive the IBEW Fourth District Award for exceeding the average per
member contribution of $25.90 *
Thirty four (34) Locals in the Fourth district will receive the IBEW COPE award for exceeding the
national goal of $10.00 per member.

They are as follows:

Local 246 Steubenville, OH *

$196.39

Local 306 Akron, OH *

$33.52

Local 575 Portsmouth, OH *

$119.17

Local 968 Parkersburg, WV *

$32.29

Local 573 Warren, OH *

$93.28

Local 26 Lanham, MD *

$29.93

Local 317 Huntington, WV *

$83.98

Local 666 Sandston, VA

$24.93

Local 540 Massillon, OH *

$83.72

Local 596 Clarksburg, WV

$24.42

Local 683 Columbus, OH *

$74.01

Local 1340 Newport News, VA

$23.29

Local 466 Charleston, WV *

$71.27

Local 688 Mansfield, OH

$22.65

Local 1105 Nashport, OH *

$68.81

Local 64 Youngstown, OH

$21.76

Local 972 Reno, OH *

$68.72

Local 141 Wheeling, WV

$19.74

Local 82 Dayton, OH *

$68.16

Local 71 Galloway, OH

$16.85

Local 369 Louisville, KY *

$62.45

Local 24 Baltimore MD

$15.11

Local 212 Cincinnati, OH *

$61.78

Local 578 Frankfort, OH

$12.42

Local 673 Mentor, OH *

$60.39

Local 38 Cleveland, OH

$11.86

Local 648 Hamilton, OH *

$46.48

Local 70 Forestville, MD

$11.00

Local 8 Rossford, OH *

$40.50

Local 307 Cumberland, MD

$10.86

Local 129 Lorain, OH *

$35.25

Local 1701 Owensboro, KY

$10.79

Local 2035 Moorefield, WV *

$34.81

Local 2357 Weirton, WV

$10.00


Thank you to the following Local Unions who participated in IBEW COPE-2008:

West Virginia

141

317

466

596

968

978

2035

2357

Ohio

8

32

38

39

64

71

82

129

212

245

246

306

392

540

549

573

575

578

648

673

683

688

696

972

986

1047

1105

1194

1224

1347

1377

1466

1507

1691

1985

1996

Kentucky

369

816

1627

1701

2100

2220

Washington DC

26

70

121

362

1900

Maryland

24

307

1307

1501

1805

Virginia

50

80

666

813

1142

1340


Salvatore (Sam) J. Chilia

International Vice President

 


 

Cope Awards Presented at the 2008 Progress Meeting




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