December 2024
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Also In This Issue IBEW Shines
at Lineman's Rodeo

Kids Steal Show
at Side Event read_more

Union Elections Surge
NLRB Records 27% Jump read_more

Truckloads of Toys
Local 654's Massive Drive read_more

North of 49°
B.C. Apprentice Is
First Member From Canada to Win Coveted
Organizing Award read_more

Au nord du 49° parallèle
Un apprenti de la C.-B. remporte le prix d'organisateur syndical de l'année read_more

My IBEW Story Robert Seekell read_more

Grounded in History Resilience and Relief at Pearl Harbor read_more

IEC Minutes - Feb. 2024 read_more

IEC - Special Called Meeting read_more

IEC Minutes - April 2024 read_more

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THE LIGHT AFTER THE STORMS
IBEW Members Step Up to Restore Power, Hope After Hurricanes Helene, Milton

Natural disasters don't always wait their turn. Some arrive on the heels of the last one, carving deeper and wider paths of destruction and putting even greater demands on the IBEW workers who not only restore power but also help restore faith among suffering people that life will go on.

Early this fall, Mother Nature landed a one-two punch on Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas with hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Thousands of IBEW members in the Southeast — linemen, tree trimmers, outside construction crews and gas system workers — and hundreds more from as far as the West Coast, New England and Canada helped devastated residents take the first steps toward recovery.

Their communities had been wrecked by wicked winds and historic storm surges. Without lights, power, internet and cell service, millions of people were isolated, afraid and unable to communicate — until utility crews made their way as fast as they could.

"This is by far, and it's not even a close second, the largest natural disaster in this state's history," Atlanta Local 84 Business Manager Drew Stover said after Hurricane Helene.

As always, it was exhausting, dirty and dangerous work. But there were also joys — a crew that saved a life, gracious and giving victims and the kindness of children, like the little girl who tugged on a member's shirt and handed him a homemade thank-you card.

On pages 4-5, you'll read about moments of generosity and high spirits and brotherhood amid the perils of day-to-day life as a lineworker in the most challenging of circumstances. read_more

  Local Lines

From the OfficersCooper & Noble:
The Bonds That Unite Us read_more

TransitionsWilliam W. "Bill" Riley;
Philip Horrell;
Zac Cassidy read_more

Power at WorkCalifornia Local Negotiates Historic Raise for NASA Contract Workers;
IBEW Reaches Tentative Agreements with CSX, Norfolk Southern,
BNSF Rail Carriers read_more

CircuitsTennessee Local Expands Its Reach With Lineworker Scholarship Program;
IBEW Members to Benefit From Job-Creating $250 Million Grant to TVA read_more

In MemoriamOctober 2024 read_more

Who We AreHonor Flight Brings
97-Year-Old IBEW Retiree
to Hallowed Grounds read_more

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