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'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.

 

How George Brooks Protected Lineworkers and Changed History

 

More than a century ago, the IBEW’s George Brooks changed history, leading a fight in Washington state for the nation’s first-ever safety laws protecting lineman and going on to invent the adjustable Brooks Hooks that are still the model for gold-standard pole-climbers. Today, his legacy burns brighter than ever at Seattle-based Local 77.

 

Illinois Manufacturing Workers Win Multiyear Fight for First Contract

 

An arduous five-year campaign to achieve IBEW representation is successful at last for the more than 160 men and women who work at a Conagra cooking spray manufacturing plant in eastern Illinois, after they ratified a collective bargaining agreement between Danville Local 538 and the North American food conglomerate.

 

With New Locations, VEEP Helps More Veterans Go From 'Brotherhood to Brotherhood'

 

Glynnis Landfair has firsthand experience with how military members feel when their active duty ends.

 

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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