Founded on March 30, 1943, this partnership has enabled professional
electrical contractors and skilled electricians to work together
and continues to provide training, advanced technologies, and safety
programs for the electrical industry.
Today, the JIB is a multi-employer organization that has become
a role model for labor-management organizations throughout the state
of New York and the country, and whose primary goals and functions
are training and continued education for its workers. Through the
JIBs Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program, apprentices receive
a five-year training course, including 8,000 hours of classroom
and on-the-job training.
The board also administers all the plans and benefits that are
collectively bargained between Local 3 and the employer contractors
of New York, as well as coordinates all labor-management efforts
for its 13,000 construction electricians and its 300 affiliated
contractors. Over 25,000 families benefit from the employee benefit
plans created and maintained by this innovative organization.
"Our mission is, and always has been, to provide a productive
dialogue between labor and management, and to promote advancement,
safety, and cooperative working relationships between electrical
contractors and Local 3 IBEW," said Larry Jacobson, chairman
of the Joint Industry Board. "Together we work hard to develop
the human resources, programs, and tools necessary to best serve
our members, the electrical industry, and the community of New York
City."
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