Community rallies to save power plant

Vets get preference in
L.A. apprenticeship

Workers' rights cases in the hands of the courts

N.H. utility workers win a voice with the IBEW

Local 25 members mobilize against ALS

New exhibit highlights Portland local's past

Gone fishing: Local 3 member competes for
big bass

North of 49°
Utility Workers Return to Work after Lockout

Au nord du 49° parallèle
Retour au travail pour les travailleurs des services publics qui étaient en
lock-out

Winning Back the Work
Buckeye State IBEW on
Road to Recovery

Five years after the end of the worst recession since 1929, Ohio is inching its way back to economic recovery.

The state lost tens of thousands of jobs in manufacturing, services and construction as a result of the 2008 crash. Cuyahoga County, home to the state's largest city, Cleveland, shed 120,000 jobs alone.

As elsewhere, construction was particularly hard hit. Industry unemployment spiked to more than 20 percent in 2010.

Jobs are finally returning, with the construction industry adding more than 190,000 jobs in 2013, but there is still a long way to go before full recovery sets in.

For the IBEW and the building trades in general, the Great Recession wasn't the beginning of tough times, but the continuation of a challenging environment that had eaten into union market share for decades. Outsourcing had eroded Ohio's industrial base — bread and butter work for the IBEW — while aggressive nonunion competitors dominated the small construction market, as big industrial jobs became scarce.

Nonunion contractors had also been making big strides in other sectors traditionally strong for the IBEW, including large commercial and hospital jobs.

These are the circumstances IBEW's recovery agreements are meant to address: winning work where the IBEW isn't doing it and taking back market share from the competition.

And in Ohio, these efforts are starting to bear fruit, at last putting the Buckeye State IBEW on the road to recovery.

Hill: The Debate We
Need to Have
Chilia: Diverse Pathways to Community Engagement

A Winning Play;
IBEW Family Tree;
Shout-out to Standout 'Brothers'

Paul Simon III;
Tony Buccella

Maine Verizon Business Techs Join IBEW;
Workers' Rights Victory in Saskatchewan

November 2013
December 2013

Local 3 Member Beats Cancer with Help from Friends and Strangers