Keeping San Francisco
Bright for Almost 117 Years
For almost 117 years, Local 6 members
have constructed and maintained San
Francisco's various electrical systems.
Today, Local 6 is the bargaining agent for members working under more than 15 collective bargaining agreements, allowing the more than 2,600 members of Local Union 6 to provide labor and services to the citizens of Northern California throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and eastwards into the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Today, Local 6 is the bargaining agent for members working under more than 15 collective bargaining agreements, allowing the more than 2,600 members of Local Union 6 to provide labor and services to the citizens of Northern California throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and eastwards into the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
History of IBEW Local 6
Throughout the United States and Canada, the years between 1870 and 1890 saw many accomplishments in our trade. On Popes Day in 1871, Father Joseph Neri displayed an electric arc light in a Market Street office window of the Saint Ignatius College. This event, the first known use of electricity in a San Francisco building, marked the dawn of the Age of Electricity on the Pacific Coast... Electrical workers in San Francisco began organizing during the summer of 1892, and the National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers granted a charter to Local Union 6 on February 21, 1895. The following ten men were listed on the charter...more
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Meeting Calendar
07Feb 2012Unit One Committee, 4:30pm Auditorium
55 Fillmore St
01Feb 2012
Unit 5 Muni Railway, 4:30pm Auditorium
55 Fillmore St
06Feb 2012
Executive Board, 4:30pm Board Room
55 Fillmore St
08Feb 2012
General Membership Meeting, 4:30pm Auditorium
55 Fillmore St
16Feb 2012
Senior Sixes Retiree Luncheon, 10:30 AM Auditorium
55 Fillmore St
22Feb 2012
Executive Board , 4:30pm Board Room
55 Fillmore St