Category: Membership Development

Ohio Training Guidance Counselors to Promote Building Trades

Thanks to the IBEW and other members of the Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio Foundation, guidance counselors in the Buckeye State will now have the information they need to present trades apprenticeships as a viable career option on par with four-year colleges and the military.

March 18, 2025

Ky. Co-Op Workers Persevere to Win First Union Contract

Ky. Co-Op Workers Persevere to Win First Union Contract
Nearly a year and a half after they eagerly voted to join the IBEW, workers at South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. in December overwhelmingly approved their first contract with Louisville, Ky., Local 2100.

March 3, 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

B.C. Apprentice Is First Member From Canada to Win Coveted Organizing Award

Justin Santos, an energetic apprentice using social media to help squash myths about unions, was honored in August as

December 19, 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

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

‘I Want Everyone to Know’ Baltimore Local Keeps a High Profile Outside the Jobsite

Just about everyone who’s toured Baltimore Local 24’s training facility walks away impressed. As with any IBEW local, it’s

November 13, 2024

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