130 years ago, April 30, 1894 a few brave electrical workers in Spokane formed a Union, "I.B.E.W. Local #73". At that time, it was actually N.B.E.W. National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, before our Canadian Brothers and Sisters joined us.

Please take some time to reflect on the creation of the IBEW and our Local and remember the brave men and women who from the beginning have fought and sacrificed to ensure its existence so that electrical workers and their families can realize a better life through IBEW membership.

Also, it takes some time to reflect on what each of us can do to keep our union alive and growing. How we must uphold our Oath of Membership and ensure that the Object/Goals of the IBEW are realized by us and for generations to come. As IBEW 73 members, we not only inherited the benefits and the opportunities that were created and built upon for the last 130 years, we also inherited the responsibility to grow and strengthen our union, so it lives on for future generations for another 130 years and beyond. 

In Brotherhood/Sisterhood,

Ken Brown

If you look close at the banner you can see where the stitching was removed from the N to make an I after the N.B.E.W. became the I.B.E.W.