Our MIssion

Welcome to IBEW 35! 

We are the men and women of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 35. We are two thousand people who have earned our living and raised our families by working in the unionized electrical construction, maintenance, and telecommunications industries in Connecticut. We are your Sunday school teachers, your volunteer firemen, your civic leaders - we are the fabric of Connecticut.

Local 35 has been in Hartford since 1913. We have many faces. Sometimes we are the third generation of craftsman whose forefathers founded our local. Sometimes we are youth learning a new trade and sometimes we are a newly organized electrician. We have many faces - but one voice.

We pride ourselves on being the finest craftspeople in the world. We are committed to ongoing training to keep our skills on the razor's edge of the newest technology as well as passing down our knowledge to the next generation of electricians. We stand for decent wages and innovative benefits so that our members can live the American Dream.

Our home is at 208 Murphy Road in Hartford, where our offices and our training facilities are located. Our building is filled with activity day and night, as it is the center of labor activity in Connecticut.

From the beginning, Local 35 provided the opportunity to its members to live the American dream – decent pay and benefits so our members could raise a family with the respect and dignity every American deserves.

We stand for everything that is good about America, democracy, fairness, equal opportunity, quality workmanship, and the chance to live the American Dream. We are Connecticuters that are proud of our heritage and skills. If you are a non-affiliated electrician or contractor or a person that is interested in learning a trade, we want you to join our growing ranks.

Please contact us with your questions!

Michael L. Nealy, Business Manager

 

Per Capita Dues

Dear Brother and Sisters of Local Union 35,

The delegates of the 40th IBEW International Convention, which was conducted in Chicago, Il during the week of May 9th through 13, 2022, approved several amendments to Article IX of the IBEW Constitution. Accordingly, effective July 1, 2024, ther will be an increase of one dollar ($1.00) for the per capita that is  paid to the General Fund only. The following rates will apply to IBEW dues payments. 

Please note that the Per Capita Dues for 7-2024 are as follows.

Packed Turnout as Local Re-launches Retirees Group

More than 90 retired members and spouses turned out for the first meeting of a revived IBEW Local 48 retirees group in Portland, a decade after the program went dormant, generating nearly 50 ideas for activities ranging from volunteer work and tool donations to new apprentices to regular social meetups across the metro area.

https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/03/packed-turnout-as-ibew-local-48-re-launches-its…

County Projects Draw Packed Crowd, Opposition at Planning Meeting

Hundreds of Franklin County, Missouri residents filled a high school gymnasium to oppose rezoning agricultural land for two proposed data center campuses, with local trades union representatives countering that the projects would bring thousands of union jobs paying over $100,000 a year while a planning commission recommendation still awaits final county commission approval.

https://www.firstalert4.com/2026/03/18/franklin-county-data-center-projects-draw…

Tax Exemption Debate Heats Up

Virginia lawmakers are divided over whether to eliminate a data center sales tax exemption that cost the state an estimated $1.9 billion last fiscal year, with teachers and fiscal advocates calling for repeal while IBEW Local 26 and other trades unions rallied to preserve the incentive they say drives well paying union construction jobs in the Commonwealth.

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/virginia-debates-data-center-tax-exemption-…

Shifting Politics Scramble AI push

Lowell City Council voted 10 to 0 for a one-year data center moratorium after IBEW members and neighbors clashed over a Markley expansion, illustrating the broader political squeeze facing Gov. Healey as consumer anger over high energy costs collides with her AI driven economic agenda and a stalled data center tax exemption that remains unfinalized 16 months after she signed it into law.

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/shifting-politics-around-data-centers-scra…

IBEW Addresses Misconceptions About Proposed Data Centers

IBEW Local 271 Business Manager Jeimeson Saudino pushed back against claims circulating at a packed Sedgwick County town hall, saying modern data centers use closed loop cooling systems rather than millions of gallons of water daily and pointing to projects in Oklahoma and Kansas where data center development reduced local property taxes.

https://www.kwch.com/2026/03/14/electricians-union-addresses-misconceptions-abou…

OpenAI Bets on Union Labor to Scale AI Infrastructure

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a formal partnership with North America Building Trades Unions at a BlackRock infrastructure summit, committing $1.5 million over five years to support NABTU training and recruitment as the company projects it will need 20 percent more skilled tradespeople than currently exist to hit its 10 gigawatt compute target by 2030.

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/11/openai-building-trades-union-data-centers