Thanks for your interest in membership in the National Electrical Contractors Association!

Electrical contractors count on NECA to deliver the resources that help them make better business decisions, provide excellent customer service, and take advantage of innovative technology. NECA’s national office and local chapters advance the electrical construction industry through advocacy, education, research, and standards development.

NECA members from all over the country were asked what they thought were the most valuable benefits of belonging to NECA.

• Provides a professional peer network I can’t find anywhere else – NECA offers the best networking and business growth opportunities in the industry through meetings, peer counseling, and collaborative venues.
• Gives me a voice in my industry – Whether it’s lobbying on Capitol Hill, forming strategy partnerships, or labor negotiations, NECA members know through NECA, they have direct ways to influence the factors affecting their business.
• Supports my business – From education and industry research to marketing support, NECA helps both small and large electrical contractors find the solutions that help grow their businesses.
• Saves me time and money – NECA contractors have access to member services and benefits that saves their companies time and money, as well as technical expertise and exclusive industry research.
• NECA does not offer any specific services for non-union employing contractors, who comprise a small percentage of our membership.

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Adopted by the NECA Board of Governors on October 24, 1987

Article II, Section 1 of NECA’s Constitution defines members as “…any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of ’electrical contracting’. In this instrument ’electrical contracting’ shall mean the business of erecting, installing, repairing, servicing or maintaining electric wiring, devices, appliances or equipment, including purchasing from suppliers and selling or furnishing manufactured parts and products.”

NECA’s publicity implies that it undertakes to render management services to, and serve the best interests of, each of its members. This gives every applicant for membership the right to expect that the acceptance of his application means that the Association can and will provide him management services and promote his business interests.

Based on labor policy adopted by the vast majority of NECA members, labor relations services have been, and are projected to be, one of the foremost services desired by NECA members. To be effective at delivering these services requires the establishment and maintenance of harmonious relationships with the corresponding labor union including the commitment to support mutually desirable goals and programs. The promotion of such goals and programs will at times be in conflict with the interests of electrical contractors who are not signatory to union labor agreements.

Accordingly, NECA cannot appropriately serve all interests of both signatory and non-signatory electrical contractors. Until such time as the labor policy and labor relations interests of the majority of NECA’s members change, it must place the interest of signatory contractors above those of non-signatory contractors.

NECA will not, therefore, provide services which are unique to the needs of non-signatory electrical contractors and which would conflict with the best interests of signatory electrical contractors. Further, NECA and its chapters should investigate the special business interest and labor policy of each applicant for membership, and if they are found to be outside the scope of the Association’s services or in conflict with any of its policies, the applicant shall be appropriately advised concerning the Association’s limitations in providing him a service and promoting his interests.