IBEW Local 557
Serving Gratiot, Saginaw and Tuscola Counties
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    • 2024 ENDORSED CANDIDATES

      Kamala Harris & Tim Walz

      President & Vice President

      Kyra Harris Bolden

      Justice of Supreme Court

      Kimberly Ann Thomas

      Justice of Supreme Court

      Elissa Slotkin

      United States Senator

      Michael Lynch

      CD-02 Representative in Congress

      Kristen McDonald Rivet

      CD-08 Representative in Congress

      Clinton St. Mosley

      CD-09 Representative in Congress

      Adam Zemke

      Member of the State Board of Education

      Ted Jones

      Member of the State Board of Education

      Denise Ilitch

      Regent of the University of Michigan

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      Regent of the University of Michigan

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      Trustee of Michigan State University

      Tommy Stallworth

      Trustee of Michigan State University

      Mark Gaffney

      Governor of Wayne State University

      Rasha Demashkieh

      Governor of Wayne State University

      Jasper Martus

      HD-069 Representative in State Legislature

      Mark Zacharda

      HD-071 Representative in State Legislature

      Amos O’Neal

      HD-094 Representative in State Legislature

      Rudy Howard Jr.

      HD-096 Representative in State Legislature

      Jack Tany

      Saginaw County Commissioner District 2

      Tarsha Works

      Saginaw County Commissioner District 3

      Christopher Boyd

      Saginaw County Commissioner District 9

      Lisa Coney

      Saginaw County Commissioner District 10

      Michael Webster

      Saginaw County Commissioner District 11

      Vanessa Guerra

      Saginaw County Clerk

      Tim Novak

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      Brian Wendling

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      Ruth Ann Knapp

      Saginaw City School Board

      Carly Hammond

      Saginaw City Council

      Lisa Ingram

      Saginaw Township Clerk

      Marianne Bird

      Saginaw Township School Board

      Cym Wienecke

      Tittabawassee Township Trustee

      Jamie Westphal

      Carrolton Township Trustee

      Tom Meyer

      Frankenmuth Mayor

      The next Union Meeting will be on October 1st at 5:30pm.  


      UPDATED JOB REFERRAL POLICY IMPLEMENTED 9-1-2024

      IBEW LOCAL 557 REFERRAL POLICY

      1. Registration on the “out of work list(s)” shall be done during normal business hours of 7:00am to 4:30pm, Monday-Friday.
      2. The Business Manager and/or his duly appointed representative is responsible for filling calls in a timely manner as needed by employers.
      3. You must be laid off to be eligible to sign the out of work list.
      4. It is your responsibility to notify the hall of any changes of phone number or other changes that may occur.
      5. When work is available applicants for employment shall be referred in chronological from Group I. When Group I is exhausted, applicants shall be referred in the same manner from Group II, then Group III and then Group IV.
      6. Registrants must re-sign monthly, beginning on the 10th and ending on the 16th of that month. You may use one of the following methods to remain on the “out of work list(s)” and re-sign:
        • In person
        • Fax: 989-781-0563 - Please include name, phone number, card number, and original sign date.
        • Email: jobline@ibew557.org – Please include name, phone number, card number, and original sign date.

      IBEW Local 557 utilizes a “bid system”. Call 989-781-0516, Extension #3, after 4:30pm each business day to bid on any calls that may be on the Job Line. You may also view job calls for the day on our website – www.ibew557.org

      When leaving a message on the Job Line voicemail to bid on a call, please provide your name, original sign date, job preference, and a contact number you can be reached at if called the next day to be offered the job.

      Please make every effort to make yourself available to receive a job offering phone call from the Union Hall. If the Union Hall reaches a voicemail, the registrant will have 5 minutes to respond back to Local 557 or receive a strike.

      Registrants shall be allowed two (2) strikes without penalty. At the third strike, registrants will be removed from the list. When you receive 3 strikes, you will need to re-register. Regardless of the number of calls, you may only receive one strike per day maximum.

      Strikes will not be issued for the following calls: Reduced rate jobs, Short Calls, Emergency calls, or Specialty calls that may require special skills, abilities, certifications, climbing or specific training.

      Please refer to the IBEW Local 557 Collective Bargaining Agreement for additional details and procedures, if needed.

      Local 557 - Over 90 years 

      of Quality Electrical Installation

      On November 29, 1929 the Charter to Local Union 557 was granted and signed by: 

      Fred A. Ross, W. J. Atherton, Winn Wilder, Richard Reinhardt, Alvin Darling, James Nolan, George D. Beck, Charles M. Berger, Conrad LaLonde, John R. Reams, Lester LaLonde, Charles Hendricks, Daniel Kearns, Murray Sills, Walter J. Behm, John Goodrich, and William C. Smelley.

      The following facts were provided by the International Staff to the delegates at the October, 2006 International Convention in Cleveland, Ohio:

      Saginaw, Michigan received their charter from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on November 21, 1929.  Prior to that, three other cities were given the IBEW Local Union 557 designation, they were

                  Ryolite, Nevada in 1907
                  York, Pennsylvania in 1913
                  Minot, North Dakota in 1916.

      Saginaw had three other IBEW Local Union designations prior to being assigned its current 557 designation.  In 1895 Saginaw was Local Union 78, then in 1900 it was Local Union 145, and the last designation was Local Union 476 in 1913 before finally becoming Local Union 557 in 1929.

      There also was an lineman local in Saginaw, Local Union 831 that was amalgamated with Local Union 17, of Detroit, in 1936.

       The other IBEW Local Union in our area was Local Union 1288 in Caro, established in 1941 which ceased to exist in 1944.

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