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Training, Jobs, Pensions: Harris Has Workers’ Backs

 

She cast the deciding vote to save union members’ pensions. She broke a Sen­ate tie to make historic job-creating investments in U.S. energy production and high-tech manufacturing. She’s visited IBEW training centers nationwide to promote union apprenticeships. She even headed an unprece­dented White House task force on organizing and worker empowerment.

 

Harris Running Mate Tim Walz ‘One of Nation’s Most Pro-Union, Pro-Worker’ Governors

 

Tim Walz, a veteran, union member and football coach, and Minnesota's two-term governor, brings a record of radically improving the lives of working families to Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' ticket.

 

Illinois Local’s Broadband Work Is ‘Through the Roof’ Thanks to Biden-Harris Programs

 

The Biden-Harris administration’s bold legislative plan to expand broadband internet access to every part of the U.S. is bringing a wealth of work and organizing opportunities for IBEW locals throughout the country. Rockford, Ill., Local 196 is one example of this.

 

Vigilance Helps Bring a Contractor in Ontario Back to the IBEW

 

Several years ago, members of Kitchener, Ontario, Local 804 started taking notice of a nonunion contractor doing business in the local’s jurisdiction, and they had a hunch.

 

IBEW Lauds the White House’s Heat Safety Moves

 

The IBEW’s Safety and Health Department is applauding the Biden-Harris administration’s recent efforts to further protect millions of workers in the U.S. from heat-related illness and death by pressing forward on the process to create a first-ever blanket federal heat safety standard.

 

Local 569 Powers Up First Electric Tugboat

 

When the developers of the first fully electric tugboat in the United States were looking to plug it in somewhere in the Port of San Diego, they turned to the charging station experts with San Diego Local 569 to build the first of what’s hoped will be many such shoreside stations.

 

The Members and the Work: The IBEW’s Nonpartisan Federal Strategy

 

In a U.S. presidential election year, it can be easy to get caught up in partisan fighting and forget who your true friends are. Fortunately, the IBEW’s policy agenda, from new nuclear jobs to apprenticeship standards and speedy permitting, cuts across party lines.

 

Persistence Pays Off With 'Long Overdue' Win at California Utility

 

It was decades in the making, but the call center workers at utility company Southern California Edison finally have a voice on the job, thanks to the efforts of a dedicated volunteer organizing committee and Diamond Bar, Calif., Local 47.

 

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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