Next meeting July 3, 2008, 6:30 p.m. - Please join us!

Jon Wolfe was the winner of the EWMC raffle.  Congratulations Jon!
President
     Porfirio Raya, Sr.

Vice President
     Richard Hudson

Secretary Treasurer
     Terry Akins

Executive Committee
     Roy Frampton
     John Rodriguez
     Jose Sustaita
     Ned Williams
     Larry T Wright.

To All Sisters & Brothers,

 

The IBEW has addressed the issues of discrimination and its impact in the labor movement and on the IBEW membership. The delegation at the 37th IBEW International Convention September 2006 in Cleveland, Ohio agreed to a resolution to address diversity and full inclusion.

This resolution provides the International President the authority and responsibility to devise a strategic diversity plan for the IBEW membership and to study policies and procedures related to the recruitment, hiring, access to education, career paths, mentoring and leadership to realize diversity as a core structural element to achieve inclusion and full participation for all members at every level of the IBEW.

IBEW Local 124 is now recruiting any members interested in becoming members of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus (EWMC), anyone interested please contact Pete Raya at the local union business office. This organization helps promote the policies and procedures related to diversity and full inclusion for all members.

Porfirio "Pete" Raya, Sr.
            Chapter President
 

The EWMC has a long history. In 1974, African American and Hispanic delegates met during the 30th IBEW International Convention in Kansas City, Missouri and formed the EWMC to address the lack of minority representation and other inequalities within the IBEW.

The EWMC is a strong advocate for equal rights, opportunities, and greater minority representation in the IBEW.  In 2007, a group of 124 members organized a chapter here in Kansas City, with the following objectives:

  • Promote equal opportunity for minorities.

  • Foster leadership development and empower minorities to become active participants and leaders in the IBEW.

  • Promote, support and assist the organizing of minority workers in the IBEW.

  • Encourage minority workers to be greater activists in community and political affairs.

Copyright 2007 IBEW