IBEW Local 1517
Serving The Sandhills for Over 40 Years
One Goal, One Craft, One Community
At IBEW Local 1517 we want to invite all members of our craft, our other local Unions, and our community to visit this site to get the latest news regarding politics, labor, and the rail industry. But we also want more than that. We want to reach out across the web to stay in contact with our brothers and sisters across this nation. This site will strive to educate and inform all visitors who seek knowledge and who want answers to the most important questions.
Get involved!
Meetings are held every 3rd Tuesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. MST at the CLC Hall at 723 Flack Ave Alliance. Once ever quarter our meetings are held at 4:00 p.m. MST (March, June, September, December)
JUNE Meeting Agenda:
Motion to Amend Bylaws to Reduce officers Salaries by 40% (Official Vote)
2024 Contract Wants and Needs
Shop Status, Shift Changes, Furloughs ETC.
New Hire Feedback
Open
IBEW Local 1517 at a Glance
What we Do
We are a small rural local but we have a mighty task. Situated in Alliance Nebraska and covering outlying points in Wyoming and Colorado we are tasked with repairing and maintaining a substantial portion of the largest fleet of locomotives of any Class 1 Railroad. BNSF Railway has a tremendous presence in the Powder River Basin and provides logistics to deliver enough low sulfur coal to generate roughly 10 percent of the electricity produced in the United States of America.
union responsibility
As an IBEW local we have a continuing responsibility to provide our members with the respect and dignity they deserve in the workplace. We strive to adhere to the IBEW Constitution, our 1983 National Agreement, Local Bylaws, and the safety plan provided by the Carrier.
“There is a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls”.
Walter Reuther, 4th President of the United Automobile Workers
Contact Us
At IBEW Local 1517 we want to hear not just from members of our local but friends, family, neighbors, and anyone who has a question. We always do our best to give feedback and answers and we look forward to hearing from all of you.