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IBEW Local 890 Mission Statement


International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 890 was chartered on February 6, 1919 as a labor organization under the terms of the Constitution of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and has jurisdiction in most of southern Wisconsin.

Our Objectives Are

  • To promote reasonable methods of work
  • To cultivate feelings of friendship among those of our industry
  • To settle all disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if possible)
  • To assist each other in sickness or distress
  • To secure employment
  • To reduce the hours of daily labor
  • To secure adequate pay for our work
  • To seek a higher standard of living
  • To seek security for the individual

And by legal and proper means to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of our members, their families and dependents, in the interest of a higher standard of citizenship.

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Local 890 Office 

1900 Reuther Way
Janesville, WI 53546
Phone: 608-752-0321
Fax: 608-752-1262

Ben Myers, Business Manager/ Financial Secretary
Garrik Harwick, Asst. Business Manager/Referral Agent
Kyle Haney, Organizer
Billie Lucas, Office Manager


IBEW Local 890 Officers


Benjamin Myers, Business Manager/Financial Secretary
Robert Walters, President
Alex Brellenthin, Vice President
Garrik Harwick, Recording Secretary
Nate Kalas, Treasurer
Nick Bell, Executive Board
John Bennett, Executive Board
Shawn Carlson, Executive Board
Greg Humphrey, Executive Board
Greg Phillips, Executive Board
Dan Reuter, Executive Board
Rob Rygula, Exam Board
Jason Trumpy, Exam Board
Garrik Harwick, Exam Board