Welcome to the website of Local 258 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, British Columbia, Canada.

Local 258 represents over 3000 working men and women in the province of British Columbia who work at BC Hydro, power line companies, as utility arborists, in traffic management and in the electrical manufacturing sector.

We are proud of our long and dedicated history and invite you to browse our website.

* PLEASE NOTE: Official union meetings for Unit 5 and Unit 4 (Nanaimo, Courtenay Port Alberni, Ganges & Campbell River) have been updated. Please click here to check your on-line 2010 Unit Meeting Schedules.

IBEW FIRST DISTRICT SCHOLARSHIPS DEADLINE Feb. 26, 2010

Five (5) Scholarships in the amount of $1000.00 each will be made available to all IBEW members and their families, in full or part-time studies in pursuit of a post secondary diploma or degree. Deadline for application is February 26, 2010.

Click here for details and to download the application form.

IBEW International President Ed Hill updates members
on the State of the Union

Watch the video here.

Canadian Labour Congress launches Pensions & Retirement Security Campaign

Over 100 Local 258 Shop Stewards gather for Activists Conference

Find out what they were up to.

Local 258 members support vital burn wound research with $100,000 donation to VGH & UBC Hospital Endowment Fund

Read more here.

Annual Local 258/BC Hydro Golf Tournament raises $9,550 for
MS Society of Canada

Read more here.

Current issue of The Hotline - Winter 2009 - is now available on line

Business Manager Doug McKay discusses upcoming bargaining for 2010. Read more here.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR LOCAL 258 LINEMEN

Burnaby, July 30, 2009 - Please contact Jim McKay, Local 258 Dispatcher at 604-524-3547 with your I.P. date of completion and certification number. 

IBEW Local 258 claims victory with appeal court win in fight for injured worker

Burnaby, May 7, 2009 - In a decision handed down by BC's Appeal Court, IBEW Local 258 has been successful in defending workers rights. Read more here.

National Consumer Boycott of Old Dutch snack foods

NOTICE FOR OUT OF PROVINCE JOURNEYMEN

November, 2008 - Please review requirements for working in British Columbia as an Out of Province Journeyman.

Download more information here.

BC Citizens for Public Power

Find out what is happening to our public electrical utility in British Columbia as it is being privatized by the BC Liberal government. Click here.

John Calvert on BC Hydro's amazingly bad deal for ratepayers

We give big firms $15 billion. We get higher prices, no assets, no guarantee of supply. Click here to read more.

David Schreck on The Privatization of BC Hydro

Political pundit David Schreck, former NDP MLA, exposes what the BC Liberal government is doing in their ongoing "Privatization of BC Hydro". Click here to read more.

NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE

Murray Dobbin: "Partnerships BC: More is Less"; from The Hotline, March, 2006

Health & Safety - Know your hard hat

The story of Nova Scotia's Private Power Problems, from The Hotline Spring 2005

IBEW 258 Personal Accident Insurance Offer