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Local 111 History
December 19, 1907
Local 111 Denver, CO was chartered as a lineman local on Dec. 19, 1907 with eight lineman and wiremen from the Denver Gas and Electric Co. and the Colorado Telephone Co.. It was preceded by Local 121 in Denver which was active from 1900 to 1907.
Linemen from the Denver Fire Department alarm headquarters and Denver Tramway Co. joined the local, bringing membership to about 100 men.
1908 - 1918
1920 - 1923
A series of strikes, beginning with the violent 1920 Denver Tramway strike, decimated Local 111's membership. By 1923, membership in Local 111 numbered fewer than a dozen men, all Denver Fire Department linemen.
The small group of linemen kept the union going and operating. Following World War II, returning servicemen initiated a drive to organize Public Service Co. In conjunction with three other IBEW locals in Boulder, Grand Junction, and Alamosa, the organizing effort was successful and employees at Public Service Co. ratified a statewide contract in 1946.
1923 - 1946
1948
Local 111 changed its classifications to utility, outside, maintenance, and fixture manufacturing and continued adding more.
Local 111 celebrated their 80th anniversary by publishing a history book titled “The Long Journey”. Local 111 represented nearly 5,000 members employed by Public Service Co., Colorado-Ute Electric Association, rural electric associations, Line construction companies, electric and gas utility-related companies, and both private and governmental institutions in the electronic, television, telephone, and instrument control fields.
1987
July 1st 2019
Local 969 was amalgamated into Local 111 and all Members who were 969 Members became Local 111 Members.
Present Day
Local 111 currently covers the classifications of electrical manufacturing (em), government (govt), line-clearance tree trimming (lctt), maintenance (mt), outside (o), professional, technical, and clerical (ptc), radio-television broadcasting (rtb), sound and public address (spa), and utility (u).