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VOL. 19 | NO. 9 | September 2025

How Rank-and-File IBEW Members Sealed a Successful Deal With CBS

TVA Privatization Push Could Jeopardize 10,000 IBEW Jobs

New Lineworker Training Center Coming to Tennessee

From the Officers

IBEW Story

Jessi Webster, journeyman wireman, foreman, Salt Lake City Local 354

“In 2016, I was bartending, and I had a couple of regulars who would come...

North of 49

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Power at Work

Code of Excellence Helps IBEW Members in Oregon Quickly Smooth Project’s Start

Ninth District leaders and members of Medford, Ore., Local 659 are crediting teamwork for helping...

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‘Phenomenal’ Women Pipe Tappers Win Second National Title

On either side of a pressurized water pipe, the women known as Grit City Grind...

Spotlight on Safety

Planned Labor Rule Changes Are Bad News for IBEW Members, Working Families

Proposed changes by the Labor Department would make jobsites less safe for IBEW members working...

Local Lines

From left, Local 17’s Jacob Johns, Abdon Espinosa, Hanna Shader, Luke Hudson, Dillon Rose and Dominick Gutierrez.
Congratulations to Local 43’s class of 2025!
With deep sadness, Local 47 announces the passing of former Assistant Business Manager Rodney Thomas Peterson.
Local 71 Brothers Josh Malone, Calvin Martin, Pablo Tepesano and Jordan Perdue teeing off.
Local 131’s new journeymen of 2025.
Local 141’s newest journeyman wiremen: from left, Jonny Jacobsen, Kylor Basich, William Garamella, Max Mendelson, Brenden Duncan, Kyle Reilly, Cameron Ross and Nolan Kirchner. (Not pictured: Jackson Palkovic.)
Local 237 welcomes its newest members.
Local 349’s graduating apprenticeship class organized a charitable run/walk in partnership with Shake-a-Leg Miami.
Local 481 retiree participants at the John Payne memorial outing.
Local 483’s big peanut butter haul, which this year collected seven pallets of product!
Jarrett Clem, former business manager of Local 601.
From left, Local 611’s Darrell J. Blair, Kenny Ortiz, Business Manager Alfonso “Fonze” Martinez, Ray Cantrell, Jason “Hippie” Bowers, Joaquin Garcia and Rudy Duerson.
Partners with Local 1347, DeadBreak offers proven leadership in underground utility work. From left, Mark Savage, Business Manager Andrew Kirk and Josh Adams.
Local 1701 recently celebrated its 74th anniversary.

Find out what’s happening at the IBEW’s more than 800 local unions…

Retirees

Local 3/North Jersey Chapter retirees at the Long Island Education Center in July.
From left, Local 11’s past Business Managers Joel Barton (2018-2023) Brian Benefield (1994-1997), Floyd “Skip” Henke (1984-1991) and Marvin Kropke (1997-2018) at a recent Retirees’ Club luncheon.
Local 35 salutes George Brooks and Robert Dynak, who took part in an Honor Flight in Washington, D.C.
Local 134 retirees in attendance at the June 11 luncheon honoring members for their years of service.
From left, Local 257 retirees John Leslie; Dan Lindenbusch, Steve Jonas, Kenny Schulte, Ron Burkett, Mark Gilmor, Jim Winemiller, Greg Baquet, Don Bremmer, Sam Binkley, Don Stradford, Rick Stokes, Bill Jurgensmeyer, Larry Jones and Jim Breid.
Local 488 held a memorial and pin awards luncheon for retirees in May.
Local 654 retiree Mike Greskoff and his wife, Dayna, attended IBEW 654 Day at the Park on May 31.

Keep up to date on what’s happening with IBEW retirees across North America…

In Memoriam

Members for whom PBF death claims were approved in July 2025

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