In a whirlwind day of advocacy on Capitol Hill in November, local IBEW leaders and members attending the union’s Government Affairs Conference collectively took part in 176 meetings with Senate and House lawmakers from both parties. Armed with policy briefs on a wide array of IBEW priorities, and workers’ rights and safety more broadly, visitors explained how various bills would help their members or hurt them.

Among many issues, they urged support for the PRO Act to make it harder for employers to derail union organizing drives and argued against the Developing America’s Workforce Act, which would erode apprenticeship standards. Pictured below, an IBEW delegation from California meets with Sen. Adam Schiff. Subjects included reviving federal energy tax credits and resuming infrastructure and clean energy projects canceled by the Trump administration.