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The Current is distributed quarterly by IBEW 1837 stewards at worksites. You can also download the most recent edition here. Highlights include:

   PSNH Fights Bid of Working Foremen to Join IBEW 1837

   Members Ratify 5-Year Deal at FPL Energy Maine

    WGME Unfair Labor Practice Trial Set for March 4th

The Current is distributed quarterly by IBEW 1837 stewards at worksites. You can also download the most recent edition here. Highlights include:

NLRB Denies Right of PSNH Working Foremen To Join Union

Special Feature: IBEW 1837 Members Help Bring "Labor 2008" Into Their Workplaces

Automated Meter Reading Has A Big Impact on Workers

The Current is distributed quarterly by IB

June 27, 2008 - The National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. has denied IBEW Local 1837’s request for review of the decision rejecting the effort of PSNH Working Foremen to join our union. This effectively ends the months-long campaign to allow these workers to join IBEW 1837.

Tentative agreement has been reached at Granite Ridge Energy in Londonderry, NH, for a first contract between IBEW 1837 and NAES (North American Energy Services). Following a union election and months of negotiation, the parties today (March 18, 2008) reached tentative agreement on a three-year contract package. The package will be voted on by eligible employees at Granite Ridge on Monday, March 24 between 4:00 and 9:00pm at the Plumbers and Pipefitters union hall in Hooksett.

Each year, the Union Plus Scholarship program offers college scholarship money to union members and their dependents. Applications for the 2008 program are now available and the deadline to apply is January 31.

You can find out more about the program and download an application at theUnion Plus website.

Waiting for the Last Ballot Team to Come In



IBEW 1837 members at FPL Energy Maine today ratified a new contract by a comfortable margin.

With wages structured to create incentives for training, the new contract restructures the way employees move through their career paths by allowing advancement to higher classifications immediately when employees obtain the required skills, without having to wait for openings.