Sparks and Quills: The First IBEW Locals in Fort Wayne
Andrew Hollins
Abstract
This document is a very brief overview of the International Brother of Electrical Workers and its Local Unions in the Fort Wayne area. Most of the information contained in this document will focus on the early 20th century.
The founders of the IBEW understood six basic points about
the construction industry that they applied to their efforts
to organize a national union. Each of these principles is listed
below. Also, each point poses a question that we must answer
today, just as our founders had to answer it a century ago.
