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EW Category: EW December 2025

Michigan Local Successfully Lobbies for New ‘Responsible Bidder’ Rules

Lansing, Mich., Local 665 joined other unions and signatory contractors to get a local ordinance amendment passed that more comprehensively determines which contractors will be awarded local construction projects.

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December 1, 2025

The Right of Reciprocity

The first health and welfare plans offered by IBEW locals appeared in the 1950s. Locals soon established trustee boards to administer these plans, similar to how their pension funds had been managed since the 1920s.

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December 1, 2025
Common Job-Related Mental Health Distresses Graph

Le message de la FIOE sur la santé mentale : « La solidarité sauve des vies »

Un nouveau rapport des Syndicats des métiers de la construction du Canada (SMCC/CBTU) a examiné la santé mentale de ses membres et a formulé des recommandations visant à réduire le stress en tirant parti de la solidarité inhérente aux syndicats.

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December 1, 2025

IBEW’s Message on Mental Health: ‘Solidarity Saves Lives’

A new report from Canada’s Building Trades Unions examined the mental health of its members and offered recommendations for reducing stress by tapping into the solidarity inherent in unions.

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December 1, 2025

Kevan Link, building and bridge electrician, Philadelphia Local 744

“In 2008, I dropped out of college. It just wasn’t for me. I was looking at my future and couldn’t

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December 1, 2025

An Abundance of Giving

It’s that time of year when IBEW brothers and sisters are filling food pantries and delivering meals, running toy and coat drives, spending days off wiring the holiday displays that light up our cities, and finding so many other ways to share our good fortune.

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December 1, 2025

Tomorrow’s Leaders, Today

Longer ago than I’d like to admit, I was once a young member of the IBEW. I was full of ideas and energy and ready to take on the world. But I didn’t really know where or how to start.

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December 1, 2025

Ninth District Hosts Emergency Mental Health Summit

More than 100 people from Pacific Northwest locals, NECA chapters and the mental health industry convened at Portland, Ore., Local 48 in October for a transformational summit on mental health.

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December 1, 2025

IBEW Technicians Shine in Drama-Filled World Series

For the 26th consecutive year, IBEW broadcast members provided the sights and sounds for Fox Sports’ coverage of the World Series, which was transmitted to viewers around the world.

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December 1, 2025

IBEW Locals Reach Out to Spanish Speakers, Offer English Classes

Locals across the U.S. are reaching out and training workers in the native language, and it’s yielding promising results.

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December 1, 2025

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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