It pays to work union. Far more than “having a job,” being an IBEW electrician means having a career with a great wage, health insurance, pension, and oppo
IBEW Local 640 was chartered in 1925 to provide the best-qualified Electricians to our signatory Contractors and to provide livable wages, health and retirement benefits for our Members.The Local 640 Jurisdiction covers Maricopa county, parts of Pinal County and most of Northern Arizona.
In Arizona, the IBEW is the only organization that certifies the skills and knowledge of a Journeyman Wireman, and then backs that certification with a guarantee to the employers who hire them. Our members typically enjoy long careers as the recognized professionals in the Electrical Industry. From major construction projects to emergency service calls, the list of projects that our members have proudly built is large and varied. Our Contractors and Members have done extensive work at Arizona’s largest schools and universities, including large solar installations, and have been involved in most of the major sports stadiums/arenas in the Phoenix Metro area. In addition, IBEW 640 was highly involved in the construction of the Palo Verde Nuclear Facility in the 1980s. More recently, we have built many of the high-rise and renovation projects in downtown Phoenix. As new green technologies are incorporated into the nation’s power grid, Local 640 leads the way in our ability to train and provide qualified manpower for solar and wind installations in the quantities that will be required to complete these large-scale projects.
