Announcements

Ducks Ticket Drawing Complete: Discount Tickets Available

All Ducks ticket recipients from the drawing have now been notified via phone and e-mail. If you did not receive tickets, there is an option for union members to purchase discounted tickets for the September 5th Union Member Appreciation Day game at the link below: https://www.gofevo.com/group/ducksunionday2026

A Special Request for Members Under the Inside Contract

We have a special request for our members under the Inside contract, where you can provide valuable input that will help us in our contract negotiations that are currently in progress. We have placed a document titled “Inside Negotiations Member Request” on the https://48dispatch.com/ web site. Please log in and go to the Documents tab. […]

Residential Negotiations Update: Week of August 24th

The second session of bargaining for the Residential Agreement took place on August 24th and some progress was made. After some lengthy discussions on topics surrounding unit growth, market recovery and market share, and Category 1 language, we managed to make some movement on a few topics. NECA handed us three proposed tentative agreements and […]

Inside Negotiations Update: Week of August 24th

The Local 48 and NECA bargaining teams met on Tuesday and Thursday of this week as well as Tuesday of last week. We have not tentatively agreed to anything more. NECA told us today that they will not or cannot agree to modified CIR, putting the foreman call-by-name MOU into the agreement or even renewing that […]

Code of Excellence Class This Friday, August 28

All members are welcome to attend our Code of Excellence (COE) class this Friday from 1pm to 4pm at the Hall! The IBEW Code of Excellence (COE) for the electrical industry is designed to ensure the highest standards of excellence on each and every IBEW workplace. Leaders and members commit to demonstrating the IBEW’s core […]

Ducks Ticket Request Form for Game on September 5

We now have tickets available for Local 48 members to request for the Ducks vs. Boise State game at 12:30pm on Saturday, September 5 at Autzen Stadium! FYI, the ticket request process is different this year and is NOT on a first-come, first-served basis. Local 48 members that are current on their dues can request […]

General Membership Meeting on August 26

Join us at the August General Membership Meeting this Wednesday! It will take place at 6pm at the Local 48 meeting hall, with simulcasts at the Aloha Grange and the Longview Hall. Doors open at 5pm. We’ll be serving chicken fajitas in Portland, pizza in Aloha, and grilled salmon, burgers, and hot dogs in Longview. […]

Residential Negotiations Update: Week of August 10th

Negotiations for the Residential Agreement had the first bargaining session on August 12th. In that meeting we agreed to the same ground rules that are being used for Inside negotiations, then exchanged proposals and read through them. Both sides had questions regarding what the other side had proposed. Things stayed cordial throughout the session, but […]

Meet and Greet With Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Please join Local 48 Member David Myers and his wife Shannon, who are hosting a Meet and Greet & Fundraiser with Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. tomorrow! The event is in the Mill Plain area of Vancouver. The address will be provided to attendees 24 hours before event. Doors open […]

Inside Negotiations Update: Week of August 10th

The Inside Negotiations Committees met twice last week to continue discussions regarding the Inside contract. We met for a total of 6 hours and the only thing that we agreed on was a minor change to the Allen wrench requirement on the tool list. There has still not been an economic proposal from NECA or […]

Additional Update on Inside Negotiations

IBEW Local 48 and NECA met on Tuesday and Thursday of this week to continue negotiations for the Inside Contract. There was a lot of good discussion again and we did come to tentative agreements on a few language issues. See the PDF linked below for the agreed upon language changes. https://www.ibew48.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Inside-Negotiations-August-2026.pdf Thank you,Garth BachmanBusiness […]

IBEW 73 Go Fund Me for Wildfire Help

IBEW Local 73 Spokane has made a Go Fund Me to help their members that are being affected by the wildfires. Please donate if you are able to do so! https://gofund.me/a0cea5db9

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