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Category: Construction and Maintenance

SELCAT Forges Lineworker Training Agreement With N.C. Community College

A new training partnership in North Carolina aims to help the IBEW recruit more men and women into lineworker apprenticeships and lucrative union careers.

January 17, 2025

No More Porta-Potties: British Columbia Requires Flush Toilets on Construction Sites

British Columbia construction sites just got an upgrade. Thanks to lobbying by the IBEW and other members of the B.C. Building Trades, jobsites with 25 or more workers now must provide flush toilets, a long-awaited improvement to hygiene conditions.

January 14, 2025

Hollywood Local Secures Contract Wins as It Marks Century of Solidarity

Hollywood, Calif., Local 40 has a lot to celebrate. The union representing members who work at the major motion picture studios secured historic wins in its recent contract negotiations, all while turning 101 years old.

January 13, 2025

Edmonton Member Earns National Honor for Safety, Performance

Renee Melnyk found a path into the trades when she completed the Women Building Futures program in Edmonton in 2005.

January 12, 2025

Ohio Members Fuel Nuclear Energy’s Next Generation

The only facility in the U.S. that’s licensed to make the special fuel needed to power the next generation of nuclear power plants is fully up and running, thanks in part to the work of dozens of members of Portsmouth, Ohio, Local 575.

January 10, 2025

From Pole to Podium, IBEW Members (and Their Kids) Shine at Lineman’s Rodeo

IBEW members took home a number of prizes in the 40th International Lineman’s Rodeo, including first place in the overall

December 20, 2024

Tennessee Local Expands Its Reach With Lineworker Scholarship Program

In an effort to meet the demand for more lineworkers while also investing in the local workforce, Chattanooga, Tenn.,

December 20, 2024

Steady Grassroots Organizing Brings Dramatic Growth, Top Honors for N.C. Local

A quadrupling of membership in the past four years helped Raleigh, N.C., Local 553’s Rob Axford capture the Organizing Business Manager

December 13, 2024

Chicago Local 134's Robert Hattier has been teaching firefighters and other first responders the basics of electrical safety for nearly 10 years, with a focus on solar, energy storage and electric vehicles.

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.

November 13, 2024

Organizer, Activist, Inventor: How IBEW Pioneer George Brook Protected Lineworkers and Changed History

They gathered in the lowland forests bordering Seattle, arriving by wagon or horseback for secret meetings under the shroud of

November 12, 2024

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SELCAT Forges Lineworker Training Agreement With N.C. Community College

No More Porta-Potties: British Columbia Requires Flush Toilets on Construction Sites

Hollywood Local Secures Contract Wins as It Marks Century of Solidarity

Edmonton Member Earns National Honor for Safety, Performance

Ohio Members Fuel Nuclear Energy’s Next Generation

From Pole to Podium, IBEW Members (and Their Kids) Shine at Lineman’s Rodeo

Tennessee Local Expands Its Reach With Lineworker Scholarship Program

Steady Grassroots Organizing Brings Dramatic Growth, Top Honors for N.C. Local

Chicago Member Has Trained Thousands of First Responders on Electrical Safety

Organizer, Activist, Inventor: How IBEW Pioneer George Brook Protected Lineworkers and Changed History

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