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Alaska Members to Install High-Speed Internet for State’s Remote Population

Providing reliable internet to Alaska’s villages and its rural Indigenous population has long been a challenge, due to the remoteness and lack of infrastructure.

March 18, 2025

Teachers and other staff at Highlander Charter Elementary School voted overwhelmingly to join Cranston, R.I., Local 2323 in August. "Steve let us know that there's a seat for us, too, where we're the experts and the IBEW gives us the voice we deserve," said Michaela Wnuk, a math specialist and one of the lead organizers.

Rhode Island Local Organizes Charter School Teachers

Job descriptions for a telecom worker and a teacher don’t have much in common, but both have a right to be heard at work.

November 8, 2024

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Commerce recently visited Rockford, Ill., Local 196’s training facility. The department’s Internet for All program is tasked with ensuring that every address in the U.S. can connect to reliable and affordable high-speed internet within the next few years, and it’s bringing a wealth of work and organizing opportunities for Local 196 and other IBEW locals throughout the country.

Illinois Local’s Broadband Work Is ‘Through the Roof’Thanks to Biden-Harris Programs

The Biden-Harris administration’s bold legislative plan to expand broadband internet access to every part of the U.S. is bringing a wealth of work and organizing opportunities for IBEW locals throughout the country. Rockford, Ill., Local 196 is one example of this.

September 19, 2024

IBEW Asks Feds to Honor Pledge, Save Jobs at Beloved Alberta Radio Station

Local 2228 member and CKUA’s Cassia Fedoruk stands in front of the Edmonton radio station’s album and record collection, considered

July 15, 2024

IBEW members at Alabama Power are learning how to splice fiber optic cable. Foreground from left: Patrick Sims and Dylan Garner. In back, from left: Bradley Anderson, Lynn Garrison and Ronny Monk.

‘Exciting’ Agreement Brings Fiber Jobs to IBEW Lineworkers at Alabama Power

IBEW utility lineworkers in Alabama will soon be running fiber-optic cabling for broadband internet, thanks to a recent agreement with Alabama Power. The pact stands to have far-reaching job-growth and training implications for IBEW utility workers across the U.S.

May 8, 2023

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Alaska Members to Install High-Speed Internet for State’s Remote Population

Rhode Island Local Organizes Charter School Teachers

Illinois Local’s Broadband Work Is ‘Through the Roof’Thanks to Biden-Harris Programs

IBEW Asks Feds to Honor Pledge, Save Jobs at Beloved Alberta Radio Station

‘Exciting’ Agreement Brings Fiber Jobs to IBEW Lineworkers at Alabama Power

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