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VOL. 20 | NO. 5 | May 2026

Workers at Crypto-Mining Power Plant Win First Contract

New York Siblings Embody 180 Years of Local 3 Brotherhood

Retired Seventh District IVPs Celebrate 65 Years of Commitment to the Brotherhood

Clean Energy and Union Labor Intersect in N.J.

Local 222 Opens Hall in Puerto Rico

From the Officers

IBEW Story

Alen Astafaj, journeyman wireman, New York Local 3

“Prior to joining the IBEW, I was working for UPS. I took a job there...

North of 49

Power at Work

3 Utility Locals Honored for Protecting IBEW Jobs

Three locals were honored by International President Kenneth W. Cooper at a Washington event in...

Transitions

Circuits
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Grounded in History

All Aboard the Brotherhood Special!

Delegates’ Train Ride to 1925 Convention Electrified Their Bonds A century after an epic train...

who we are

Louisiana Local’s ‘Lighthouse’ Creates Safer, Stronger Community

Baton Rouge, La., Local 995 can now play a leading recovery role in a state...

LOCAL LINES

Brother Dave Roth recently retired after years of service as Local 1’s treasurer, business representative and financial secretary.
Local 71’s rendering of its new meeting hall and training center.
From left, Local 97 member Drew Bucktooth, Assistant Business Manager Tom Ontano, President Mike Shelby, Business Representative Travis Dam and Vice President Joe Peluso.
Local 103 hosted the first annual invitational basketball tournament with Indianapolis Local 481, with members ready to play!
Local 125 crews from Michels Power and Sturgeon Electric Building upgrading lines in Boardman, Ore.
From left, Local 237 members Andrew Reed, Rod McGill, Mike Baker, Jim Lines, John Scherrer and Nick Coyle volunteer at the Marine Toys for Tots Christmas toy drive at Amazon’s Project Fifi jobsite in Niagara, N.Y.
Local 245 rang in the new year with more than 600 members and their families to support the Toledo Walleye hockey team.
Local 269 members and their families get ready to march in St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Mount Holly, N.J.
Assistant Business Manager/Organizer Jordan Mueller and Brothers Mark Miller, Luke Bocook, Brodyee Hallowell, Brandon Hallowell and Jack Gillespie stand in sub-zero wind chill conditions for Local 601.
Local 617’s scoreboard installation at El Camino High School in Oceanside, Calif.
Local 807 President David Fuller with Brother Keith Goss, who retires after more than 37 of service, including as shop steward and vice president.
Local 1245 Business Manager Bob Dean, a Navy veteran, listens as Business Representative Mike Tilden, a Marine Corps veteran, speaks during the local’s inaugural veterans gala.
Local 1347 launches a new podcast, “Wired for Work.”

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In Memoriam

Members for whom PBF death claims were approved in March 2026.

Reports

2025 NEBF

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