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Chicago Local Expands Opportunities for Apprentice Applicants

What does a local do when it has more apprentice applications than available spots and a need for workers in its manufacturing arm? If it’s Chicago Local 134, it brings them together for a job fair.

March 14, 2025

Group Effort Brings in Hundreds of Manufacturing Workers in Texas

By a tally of 197 to 29, workers at a new Siemens USA switchgear manufacturing facility in Texas voted Nov. 1 to join the IBEW and Fort Worth Local 220.

January 13, 2025

Commitment and persistence helped oppressed workers at an eastern Illinois manufacturing plant, pictured here before its 2024 purchase by Conagra, successfully organize with Danville Local 538 and ratify a first contract.

Illinois Manufacturing Workers Win Multiyear Fight for First Contract

An arduous five-year campaign to achieve IBEW representation is successful at last for the more than 160 men and women who work at a Conagra cooking spray manufacturing plant in eastern Illinois, after they ratified a collective bargaining agreement between Danville Local 538 and the North American food conglomerate.

November 8, 2024

The recently announced Clean Transportation and Advanced Manufacturing Electrical Training Trust aims to craft apprenticeships for workers in battery and advanced manufacturing. Photo Credit: San Diego Local 465.

Cutting-Edge Training Rolling Out for Battery, Manufacturing Apprentices

Specialized apprenticeships across the IBEW are on the way for members who work in the battery and advanced manufacturing industries, thanks to recent efforts from local leaders throughout California and in the union’s Ninth District office.

October 18, 2024

Greensboro, N.C., Local 342 needs hundreds of new members to construct and maintain five massive Toyota EV battery facilities near the two pictured. Photo credit: Toyota

‘Never Give Up’: Toyota Expansion Has N.C. Local Going All Out to Organize

The leaders of Greensboro, N.C., Local 342 are suiting up for what could be 10-fold membership growth in the coming years, now that Toyota has announced a plan to nearly quadruple its battery manufacturing footprint in the state’s Piedmont Triad area.

May 24, 2024

Ohio Manufacturing Members Speak Up, Win Overtime Boost

Oxford, Ohio, Local 2287 Business Manager Pam Combs works alongside fellow members at a Schneider Electric plant in the southwestern

January 12, 2024

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Chicago Local Expands Opportunities for Apprentice Applicants

Group Effort Brings in Hundreds of Manufacturing Workers in Texas

Illinois Manufacturing Workers Win Multiyear Fight for First Contract

Cutting-Edge Training Rolling Out for Battery, Manufacturing Apprentices

‘Never Give Up’: Toyota Expansion Has N.C. Local Going All Out to Organize

Ohio Manufacturing Members Speak Up, Win Overtime Boost

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