Our history dates back to over 35 years. Prior to 1983, the Newfoundland Telephone Craft and Operator Bargaining Units were members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 1615. Craft and Operators broke away from the International Union to join an all Canadian union, The Communication Workers of Canada (CWC) and became Local 410. During that same time period, an organizing drive successfully unionized the Newfoundland Telephone Clerical Group for the first time.