Originally Posted by Ya Tu Sabes
Oh man! Has the labor movement sunk so low that folks don't know the IBEW?!! I must be more old-school than I thought. (Or maybe it's just the fact that I used to work for a labor union.)
The labor movement has indeed... my question for OP is more, what is your job? I missed the JIW reference, but being a member of a union isn't a job, though being an officer may be. IBEW members do a lot of different jobs, unlike some unions... For instance, members of my union (NULI) only have one job by definition. That said, don't blame me or my office for the decline (as the afl-cio would often like to do), for we all think its sad as well.
also on the the IBEW and recognizing union acronyms, I grew up knowing them. Maybe its growing up in philly that caused that but i think its weird. I've, for example, known for years about Local 98 in philly, not just because i have this job, but rather because i think you'd have to have your head in the sand not to know.
*edit* the last paragraph is in reference to philly, i don't think people in SF, for example, have their head in the sand if they don't know anything about IBEW local 98