nceci

July 04, 2008

Welcome

Message from the Director

Welcome to our website. In an effort to maintain a “level playing field” for the electrical industry, the Northern California, Contra Costa, San Joaquin Valley and Redwood Empire Chapters of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) local unions 180, 302, 551, 595, and 684 partnered in the creation of the Northern California Electrical Construction Industry (NCECI) a labor-management cooperative trust. NCECI was established in 1998 to combat the unfair and damaging contracting practices, and to ensure better and more productive standards for wage rates on public construction projects.

NCECI provides assistance to workers, contractors, public agencies, and the general public to promote compliance of public contracts, public works and prevailing wage laws. NCECI has established itself as an innovative and progressive leader of compliance enforcement within the electrical construction industry, from bid protest to criminal prosecution, government relations to legislative action and awareness, the NCECI team provides top-quality enforcement for the entire electrical construction industry.

What's New at NCECI

Helix Case

Posted On: Apr 01, 2007 (09:05:04)

A California District Court judge has denied a motion by a nonunion contractor for an injunction against the Public Works Compliance Program of IBEW and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA).

Helix Electric asked the court to deny compliance program representatives access to the addresses of its unrepresented employees when they investigate prevailing wage issues.

The company argued that addresses would be used for organizing and harassing employees.

The District Court held that the IBEW/NECA monitoring and enforcement efforts serve the public interest because "the purpose of prevailing wage law is to benefit and protect workers on public works projects."