Why Choose Union

When you join a union, you are joining the best. The training you receive at IN-Tech will prepare you to join the great ranks of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 134. Being what some consider as the best electricians in the country you will have the opportunity to live your best life. You will earn a high wage and excellent benefits that allows you to live out your dreams.

When you join a union, you gain a family. Local 134 members support each other when things are going good and especially in times of need and difficulty. The Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) of Chicago and Cook County work together with Local 134 to support those members that choose to pursue a college degree. The classes you take at IN-Tech earn dual credit towards an associate degree at Daley College. If you choose to pursue a bachelorette degree at Illinois Institute of Technology in the Industrial Technology and Management program Powering Chicago has a tuition reimbursement program available for 134 members.

The Helping Hand Fund is a charity started by 134 members that raises money to support 134 members in their darkest moments and when they are most in need. This is the standard of Local 134 and the ECA. The union industry takes care of their own and the communities they live in.

Members of Local 134 and the ECA support many community charities. If you are looking to give back to your community, you can provide that support by being a member of a union. Check out www.poweringchicago.com for examples of how the Union electrical industry supports the community.

 

 

“The very life blood of a craft union is the apprentice training program.”

– Thomas J. Murray

In 1913 Local 134 and ECA began what is now know as IN-Tech. The apprentices of IN-Tech are the life blood of NECA/IBEW. At IN-Tech you will learn the skills, safe work practices and values that it takes to support the great unionized electrical industry of IBEW/NECA.

Choose union and IN-Tech for yourself, for your family, and for your future.