Volunteering in Peru Creates 'Full Circle
of Help'
Electrical Workers Without Borders Make Simple Fixes With a Lasting Impact

EWMC Gives Back
Year-Round
Photos From
'Day of Service'

North of 49°
Alberta Local Helps Defeat Foreign Worker Plan

Au nord du 49° parallèle
Le local en Alberta aide à défaire le programme de main-d'œuvre étrangère

Shawn Barton

Black Leadership From Chicago's South Side to
the Sears Tower

Auditor's Report

THE APPRENTICESHIP REVOLUTION
A Faster, Smarter Approach to
Turning Out Journeymen

The IBEW needs more journeyman inside wiremen. Hundreds of thousands more.

"There are two, and only two, ways to get more journeymen: We organize them or we build them," said Todd Stafford, executive director of the Electrical Training Alliance, the IBEW training partner. "Every apprentice that tops out at one of the 270 training centers in the U.S. and Canada is one less journeyman the IBEW has to organize."

Last month, The Electrical Worker highlighted the almost universal boom in demand for electrical workers in nearly every electrical industry: energy, manufacturing, transportation, data centers and carbon reduction.

"I've been saying for years that we will not be able to indenture our way out of our manpower needs. But we can make our apprenticeship program — as good as it already is — bigger, shorter and more effective," said International President Kenneth W. Cooper.

The Electrical Training Alliance has been planning for a radical increase in demand for construction electricians for about a decade, Stafford said.

"We asked ourselves: 'How much more could we do? How much faster could we go? Could we support 70,000 apprentices? 100,000? Then we set about creating the physical infrastructure and the computer-based curricula, classes, videos, simulations and tests that would make it work," he said.

Cooper:
A Stronger Apprenticeship
Noble:
Celebrating Black History

Governor Visits Boston Local to Sign Historic Clean Energy Bill;
Montana Local Partners With Utility on Training Program for Tribal Members

December 2024

'You Made Us
Union Believers':
Boston Members Shine in N.C. Storm Recovery