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EW Category: Cover Stories

The DATA CENTER Surge: A New Generation of IBEW Jobs

Monroe, La., isn’t the first place you’d think of as the center of a trillion-dollar global technological revolution.

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May 1, 2025

Your Union, In Full Color: 2024 Photo Contest Winners

As a window into our union and the diverse and fascinating jobs our members do, you can’t beat the annual IBEW Photo Contest:

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March 24, 2025

The Apprenticeship Revolution: A Faster, Smarter Approach to Turning Out Journeymen

The IBEW needs more journeyman inside wiremen. Hundreds of thousands more.

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February 1, 2025
A person holds an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers membership card in the foreground, while various images of Vice President Kamala Harris at union-related events form the background.

‘A True Believer’

How Kamala Harris Built a Record of Standing With Labor – and the IBEW

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September 8, 2024

2023 Photo Contest Winners Power in Pictures

From the ground to the sky, from wide shots to delicate close-ups, nothing captures the heart and soul of our

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April 10, 2024

Reflections on 50 Years of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus

For 50 years, the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus has been, in the words of President Emeritus Robbie Sparks, the conscience of the IBEW.

Since its inception, the EWMC has been organizing and pushing for a more inclusive union, one that, in accordance with the IBEW Constitution, seeks to represent all workers in the electrical industry.

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March 15, 2024
Over the next five years, thousands of IBEW members from the Construction and Railroad branches will help build Brightline West, a high-speed passenger rail line connecting Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The private enterprise is backed by a $3 billion investment courtesy of President Joe Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Jackpot

IBEW Helps Make High-Speed Rail a Winner for Workers, Passengers Japan’s bullet train turns 60 this year, Eurostar turns 30.

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February 9, 2024

Hydrogen: Fueling the Future

IBEW Members Already at Work as New Industry Powers Up Hydrogen, the fuel that can burn in turbines and emit

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January 3, 2024

About the Electrical Worker

The Electrical Worker was the name of the first official publication of the National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1893 (the NBEW became the IBEW in 1899 with the expansion of the union into Canada). The name and format of the publication have changed over the years. This newspaper is the official publication of the IBEW and seeks to capture the courage and spirit that motivated the founders of the Brotherhood and continue to inspire the union’s members today. The masthead of this newspaper is an adaptation of that of the first edition in 1893.

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About the IBEW

The IBEW represents approximately 860,000 active members and retirees who work in a wide variety of fields, including utilities, construction, telecommunications, broadcasting, manufacturing, railroads and government. The IBEW has members in both the United States and Canada and stands out among the American unions in the AFL-CIO because it is among the largest and has members in so many skilled occupations.

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