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EW Category: EW May 2025

Joe M. Fashion

Joe M. Fashion

DECEASED — Joe Fashion, a dynamic business manager who built Toronto Local 353 into a powerhouse and represented Canada on the International Executive Council, died in November at age 88.

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May 1, 2025
Sherilyn Wright

Sherilyn Wright

RETIRED — Sherilyn Wright, senior executive assistant to the international president, retired April 1, capping a four-decade career that took her from meter reader in Denver to the executive offices of the IBEW and the halls of Congress.

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May 1, 2025
Neil Tyree

Neil Tyree

DECEASED — Retired Eighth District International Representative Neil Tyree died at his home in Helena, Mont., on Feb. 27. He was 83.

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May 1, 2025
Paul O’Connor

Paul O’Connor

RETIRED — Paul O’Connor knew in the eighth grade that he wanted to be an electrician. What he couldn’t have anticipated is all that the profession would entail for him over his 40-plus years as an IBEW member.

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May 1, 2025

Standing Up for Our Rights

As Americans, we hold dear the rights enshrined in our Constitution — the freedoms of speech, worship, assembly, the right

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May 1, 2025
Edna Michelle Wright, journeyman wireman Montgomery, Ala., Local 443

Edna Michelle Wright, journeyman wireman, Montgomery, Ala., Local 443

“My father was an IBEW member, and I remember all the picnics, Christmas parties with the union renting out an

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May 1, 2025

La S.L. de Toronto supplante son rival et ajoute des membres

La section locale 353 à Toronto est la plus grande au Canada. Elle compte environ 13 000 membres, mais ajouter à ce chiffre demeure une priorité absolue.

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May 1, 2025

In Memoriam: May 2025

This list shows members for whom PBF death claims were approved in March 2025.

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May 1, 2025

Local Lines

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

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May 1, 2025
Ambassador Bridge at Night

Hands Across the Border

With a flick of a switch on Nov. 23, 1981, Mayors Bert Weeks of Windsor, Ontario, and Coleman Young of Detroit adorned the Ambassador Bridge with a glowing “necklace of lights.” The project on the 7,490-foot bridge was unique. Twelve IBEW members from Windsor Local 773 and Detroit Local 58 worked together for eight weeks at heights over 400 feet above the Detroit River to link the U.S. and Canadian borders electrically and put hearts aglow in their respective cities.

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May 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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