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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1837 is proud to represent approximately 1,650 working men and women all over Maine and New Hampshire. Most of our members work at electric utilities or broadcasting stations throughout the two states. We work at companies such as Central Maine Power, Public Service of New Hampshire, and WGME-TV 13, just to name a few!
IBEW Union Local 1837 maintains two offices to better serve our members—one in Manchester, Maine and the other in Dover, New Hampshire. The office in Maine includes a separate building with a conference room and meeting area for union programs and training sessions.
Local 1837/CMP Contract Vote
March 9, 2010 - After 2 delays due to storm restoration, IBEW Local 1837 members working at Central Maine Power Co. voted on a new contract today. After a full year of negotiations, nearly 10 months of working without a contract, the membership voted to accept the company's final offer. The final tally of votes was 68%-32%.
CMP Contract Vote Postponed While Crews Work to Restore Power
February 26, 2010 - Around 650 IBEW members at Central Maine Power will have to wait a few more days to vote on a new contract offer. The vote originally scheduled for Friday, February 26 was postponed for a few days while CMP crews kept busy fixing down power lines.
“Because of the storm, we will have members that will be deployed to various work locations,” said Bill Dunn, IBEW 1837 Assistant Business Manager. “Because of that, we have rescheduled the ratification vote for a new contract until next Tuesday, March 2.”
UPDATE: Due to ongoing restoration work, the vote has been rescheduled again to Tuesday, March 9.
CMP line crews were out in force Friday morning working to restore power to as many as 130,000 homes and business left in the dark by Thursday’s powerful storm. Winds greater than 60 m.p.h. in a number of communities caused widespread power outages throughout the CMP service area. In neighboring New Hampshire, roughly one third of the state or about 330,000 residents and businesses were without power, and Gov. John Lynch declared a state of emergency.
Negotiations Begin at PSNH
February 24, 2010 - Negotiations with Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH) formally began today. Following weeks of preparation, the Union Negotiating team, consisting of members from both IBEW Local 1837 and Steelworkers Local 8938, sat down across the table for opening statements and an initial exchange of proposals.
Due to the inclement weather and the nature of our work keeping the power on during such events there were some empty seats on both sides of the table and participants in jobs related to power restoration returned to the field immediately following the meeting.
The parties have set a full schedule of dates running through May of this year. The current collective bargaining agreement is set to expire May 31, 2010.
