IBEW Local 48 Mission and Core Values

Core Values

• Honesty
• Quality of Work
• Training
• Customer Service

Code of Excellence

• Exercise safe and productive work practices
• Perform the highest quality and quantity of work
• Utilize their skills and abilities to the maximum

IBEW construction members will:

• Arrive to work on time, ready and willing to work.
• Follow appropriate employer and customer work rules.
• Promote an alcohol and drug free workplace.
• Work in a safe and healthy manner.
• Give 8 hours work for 8 hours pay and ensure supervision has been notified when we need to leave the jobsite.
• Respect management directives that are safe, reasonable and legitimate.
• Respect the customer’s rights and property.
• Respect the rights of our coworkers.
• Utilize the skills and abilities we have learned to gain a competitive advantage.
• Take care of the employer’s tools and equipment as if they were our own.
• Refuse to condone any act of property destruction, including graffiti.
• Start work on time, work until the appropriate quitting time and limit break periods to the time allowed.
• Use the proper tool for the job while maintaining personal responsibility for our tools.
• Only sell merchandise or collect funds as authorized by the Business Manager of the Local Union.
• Perform personal business, including cell phone use, during authorized break periods only.
• Never participate in job slowdowns, disruptions or activities designed to extend the job or create overtime.
• Always strive to conduct ourselves in a way that promotes a positive image of the IBEW.