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Answering Prayers in St. Louis

Always stalwarts of their community, St. Louis Local 1 and its NECA contractors jumped in to help in a big way after a deadly tornado ravaged areas of north St. Louis in May 2025, leaving residents traumatized amid $1 billion in wreckage.

June 1, 2026

W. Va. Members Help CSX Switch Some Locomotives From Diesel to Hydrogen

The only shop in the CSX railroad system where locomotives are being converted to use hydrogen fuel instead of diesel is in Huntington, W. Va., and highly trained IBEW electricians are playing a crucial role in ensuring that these conversions are completed thoroughly and safely.

June 1, 2026

Amid Record High Temperatures, Washington Leaves Workers Out to Dry

With temperatures soaring, heat safety should be top of mind for everyone who works outdoors. Just don’t count on much guidance from Washington.

June 1, 2026

Local 6 Members Rise Hundreds of Feet to Light Up the Bay

Thirteen years ago, the Bay Area’s second-most-famous bridge took the spotlight away from the Golden Gate Bridge.

June 1, 2026

Critical Course Aims to Help Members Address Jobsite Harassment

Declaring that intimidation and discrimination have no place in the IBEW, International President Kenneth W. Cooper and International Secretary-Treasurer Paul Noble emphasized the importance of Bystander to Upstander, a program designed to give members useful strategies for intervening to prevent on-the-job harassment and bullying.

June 1, 2026

Retired Seventh District IVPs Celebrate 65 Years of Commitment to the Brotherhood

Orville Tate and Jonathan Gardner took very different paths to the IBEW.

May 1, 2026

New York Siblings Embody 180 Years of Local 3 Brotherhood

The term “brotherhood” has always meant more than just “co-worker.” It’s a reminder that being an IBEW member means you have a family outside of your blood relatives. But for the Doyle brothers of New York Local 3, their biological family has long been intertwined with the IBEW.

May 1, 2026

Answering Prayers in St. Louis

W. Va. Members Help CSX Switch Some Locomotives From Diesel to Hydrogen

Amid Record High Temperatures, Washington Leaves Workers Out to Dry

Local 6 Members Rise Hundreds of Feet to Light Up the Bay

Critical Course Aims to Help Members Address Jobsite Harassment

Retired Seventh District IVPs Celebrate 65 Years of Commitment to the Brotherhood

New York Siblings Embody 180 Years of Local 3 Brotherhood

Local 222 Opens Hall in Puerto Rico

Clean Energy and Union Labor Intersect in N.J.

Workers at Crypto-Mining Power Plant Win First Contract

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