Brothers and sisters, in just a month, you will be heading to the polls. In many states, early voting has already started.

I have been clear about where I stand and why I support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Their record at every step of the way has been 100% pro-worker and pro-union, and they have earned the IBEW's support.

But every IBEW member's vote is their own choice, and I respect whatever decision you make in the voting booth.

However, my job as international president is to take a hard look at where each candidate stands on the issues that matter to the IBEW: jobs, our rights as workers and the place of organized labor in society. And tell the truth about who is on our side and who isn't. Not just in words but in deeds.

Former President Donald Trump likes to talk a good game about supporting workers.

That is why every undecided IBEW member must take a good look at Project 2025, which reveals just how hollow that talk is.

Project 2025 is a 920-page policy manual designed as a roadmap for a second Trump presidency. It spells out what Trump and his allies hope to accomplish if he gets another shot at the White House.

This includes recommendations to abolish prevailing wage and project labor agreements, put an end to overtime as we know it, and even loosen child labor laws. You can read more about how these and other Project 2025 policies would greatly harm our members in this issue's cover story.

It also recommends allowing companies to take away unions mid-contract, banning them from voluntarily recognizing unions and making it easier to retaliate against union organizers.

That is just the labor section. On energy, it calls for repealing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, which would kill tens of thousands of IBEW jobs nationwide.

It also calls for the elimination of federal support for nuclear power and clean coal technology, which would be disastrous for our members.

If any of Project 2025's recommendations went into effect, it would mean fewer jobs, lower pay and a weaker voice at work for IBEW members.

The Trump campaign claims he does not take Project 2025 seriously and that it does not represent his platform.

But there is an old Washington saying: personnel is policy. Former Trump officials authored most of Project 2025's chapters, including the labor section.

Some are veterans of Trump's anti-union Labor Department.

Donald Trump may not be concerned with the details of policymaking, but Project 2025's authors are, and it is more than likely that many of them will run the show regarding labor policy if he is elected this November.

Project 2025 represents a clear and present danger to the IBEW and the labor movement.

We have made so much progress under the Biden-Harris administration in the last four years. Joe Biden appointed officials supportive of organized labor and ensured that we had a seat at the table regarding legislation and rules that directly affect us. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have shown in action they plan to stay the course, and I am committed to fighting to keep our nation moving forward when it comes to workers' rights.

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