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Your Union, In Full Color: 2024 Photo Contest Winners

As a window into our union and the diverse and fascinating jobs our members do, you can’t beat the annual IBEW Photo Contest:

March 24, 2025

OSHA Issues New PPE Rule, Arc Flash Guidance

IBEW workers have additional safeguards while on the job thanks to a new rule on personal protective equipment and guidance on arc flash hazards.

March 18, 2025

IBEW Reaches Tentative Agreements with CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF Rail Carriers

The IBEW reached tentative agreements with three major railroads in October, negotiating a historic raise along with improvements to paid time off and health benefits.

“These new agreements are a historic step forward for rail workers across the nation, and I’m proud of the efforts of IBEW railroad members in helping secure a fair deal,” said IBEW International President Kenneth W. Cooper. “Our workers help move America, and this agreement recognizes the value they bring to the rail industry.”

December 20, 2024

NLRB’s Captive Audience Ban Opens Door to Organizing, but Locals Urged to Act Fast

Employers lost one of their favorite union-busting weapons in November when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that captive audience

December 17, 2024

Salt Lake City Local 354’s VEEP graduation cohort from earlier this year. Greg McMurphy from the Electrical Training Alliance is to the far left, Utah Electrical Training Alliance Director Mike Lanoue is in a dark shirt and tie, JATC Instructor Nick Bryant is fourth from the right, and Local 354 organizer and Eight District Veterans Committee representative Tony Sorro is to the far right.

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.

November 7, 2024

Founders’ Scholarship Open for 2024 Entries

Applications for the IBEW’s Founders’ Scholarship, which is awarded on a competitive basis to members continuing their studies, are now

March 28, 2024

A More Perfect Union: Reflections on 50 Years of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus

For 50 years, the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus has been, in the words of President Emeritus Robbie Sparks, the conscience

March 13, 2024

IBEW Wins Upgraded Pension Benefits for Members

The IBEW and its contractor partners have agreed on a historic package of retirement benefit improvements. The union and NECA

February 13, 2024

Honoring Veterans with a Smooth Transition to the Brotherhood

Hector Carrillo has a path to prosperity, and it happened by accident. Carrillo was an Army paratrooper stationed at Joint

November 21, 2023

Your Union, In Full Color: 2024 Photo Contest Winners

OSHA Issues New PPE Rule, Arc Flash Guidance

IBEW Reaches Tentative Agreements with CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF Rail Carriers

NLRB’s Captive Audience Ban Opens Door to Organizing, but Locals Urged to Act Fast

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

Founders’ Scholarship Open for 2024 Entries

A More Perfect Union: Reflections on 50 Years of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus

IBEW Wins Upgraded Pension Benefits for Members

Honoring Veterans with a Smooth Transition to the Brotherhood

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