Get connected with the IBEW — on the go. Check out the latest news, view exclusive videos and learn more about the best trained and most qualified electrical work force in the United States and Canada wherever you are with the IBEW app.

Available for iPhones, iPads and Androids, the app features:

• The latest updates from the IBEW News Blog

• Videos from the IBEW media team

• Information on joining, and on your rights at work

The average smartphone owner now spends more time browsing the Web using smartphones than computers. And with the number of iPhones and Android devices activated expected to surge past 1 billion worldwide in 2012, the IBEW app is a timely new way to keep working people plugged into the biggest union of electrical workers in North America.

"As one of the first unions to have its own smartphone app, the IBEW is showing it's ahead of the curve, making sure members and others interested in the labor movement are connected no matter where they are," says Media Department International Representative Mark Brueggenjohann.

The app is available for free download.

iPhone and iPad users go to www.apple.com/iphone/from-the-app-store

Android users go to www.market.android.com. It can be also downloaded from the market app on your smartphone.