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‘The Best Year Yet’: Chester, Pa., Local 654 Pulls Out the Stops for Toys for Tots

 

‘His beard is red instead of white and his sleigh is a Jeep Cherokee, but otherwise it’d be easy to mistake Fred Ries for Santa Claus.

 

IBEW Reaches Tentative Agreements with CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF Rail Carriers

 

The IBEW reached tentative agreements with three major railroads in October, negotiating a historic raise along with improvements to paid time off and health benefits.

 

Steady Grassroots Organizing Brings Dramatic Growth, Top Honors for N.C. Local

 

The largest negotiated salary increase in almost 75 years is heading to the paychecks of the more than 70 members of Victorville, Calif., Local 543, who operate and maintain equipment that keeps NASA in constant contact with its deep-space network of probes, telescopes and satellites.

 

Tennessee Local Expands Its Reach With Lineworker Scholarship Program

 

In an effort to meet the demand for more lineworkers while also investing in the local workforce, Chattanooga, Tenn., Local 175 is partnering with area organizations and utilities to offer a pathway to a career that is often overlooked in schools.

 

NLRB’s Captive Audience Ban Opens Door to Organizing, but Locals Urged to Act Fast

 

Employers lost one of their favorite union-busting weapons in November when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that captive audience meetings are illegal, reversing a precedent set in 1948.

 

Steady Grassroots Organizing Brings Dramatic Growth, Top Honors for N.C. Local

 

A quadrupling of membership in the past four years helped Raleigh, N.C., Local 553’s Rob Axford capture the Organizing Business Manager of the Year award at the IBEW’s 2024 Membership Development Conference in Chicago, an honor he calls “overwhelming.”

 

'I Want Everyone to Know' Baltimore Local Keeps a High Profile Outside the Jobsite

 

Just about everyone who's toured Baltimore Local 24's training facility walks away impressed. As with any IBEW local, it's a site for excellence. But not everyone in the community knows that — at least not yet.

 

Chicago Member Has Trained Thousands of First Responders on Electrical Safety

 

IBEW expertise covers just about every aspect of the electrical industry, and sharing some of that knowledge is one way members give back to their communities. For firefighters and other first responders in Illinois, it's the safety training from Chicago Local 134's Robert Hattier that they keep asking for.

 

Rhode Island Local Organizes Charter School Teachers

 

Job descriptions for a telecom worker and a teacher don't have much in common, but both have a right to be heard at work.

 

IBEW Contractor Startup Class

 

One sure way to grow IBEW marketshare is to encourage more IBEW members to go into business for themselves. That’s what the Fourth District’s contractor startup class is all about.

 

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