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VOL. 20 | NO. 4 | April 2026

Tennessee Local Keeping Members at Home With Modular Jobs

Trump Administration’s Labor Law Enforcement All but Disappeared in 2025

Business Manager Educates Senators on Trump’s Attack on Power Projects

New NLRB Attacking Historic Gains for Workers Under Biden-Era Board

From the Officers

IBEW Story

Richard Douglas, retired journeyman, wireman/foreman, Washington, D.C., Local 26

“I graduated high school in 1972 in a small, blue-collar neighborhood where many of my...

North of 49

Grounded in History

How the Earliest Sisters Helped Shape the IBEW

Mary Honzik couldn’t have imagined her present-day IBEW sisters, women who string high-voltage power lines,...

Circuits

organizing wire

Indianapolis Local Organizes Public Defenders

When lawyers are involved in union matters, it’s usually to support or oppose the workers’...

Transitions

Spotlight on Safety

New California Law Requires Defibrillators at Utility Worksites

With an assist from Diamond Bar Local 47 and Vacaville Local 1245, the Justin Kropp...

who we are

San Francisco Member Looks Out for Workers as Airport Commissioner

Jose Fuentes Almanza had just started his San Francisco Local 6 apprenticeship 25 years ago...

Local Lines

Local 24’s swearing-in ceremony.
Day of Service volunteers at the Local 46 union hall.
Local 66 members, union leadership and company representatives gather following a ceremony recognizing life-saving actions that exemplify the highest standards of safety, training and brotherhood.
Jack and Donna Cox playing Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Local 68 holiday gathering.
Congratulations to Bob Keller of Local 82!
Mick VanNatta, Local 104’s northeast apprenticeship coordinator, will be on hand at the Local 104 Rodeo at Kimball Farm to explain the rules and ensure a fun, fair event for everyone.
New Local 134 members of the Metra Engineering Department: (from left) Arturo Perez, Patrick Stanik, David Valenzuela, Elizabeth Davis, Omarr Robinson and Danielle Pawlak.
Morrisville Water and Light Local 300 members celebrate with Nick Leblanc.
Local 340 members at the EWMC National Leadership Conference: (from left) Justin Hill, Troy Takara, Geary Silva, Vanesa Ruiz, Khalid Saleem and Erik Lopez.
Local 440’s newest facility, at 1605 Spruce St., Riverside, Calif.
Members of a 702 receiving their 55-year pins: (from left) David Smith, David Houseworth, Walter Jackson, Ronald Waldron and David Walker.
Costco field leaders and Local 728 members: (from left) Charles Schieder, Ian Stearns, Chadwick Thomas and Robert Kramer.

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

In Memoriam

Members for whom PBF death claims were approved in February 2026.

Notice

41st Convention Nominations for International Office

Reports

IEC Minutes – Special Called Meeting – November 2025

IEC Minutes – December 2025

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