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Local 24 Member’s Memoir Doubles as Guide to Apprenticeship

“I got in because my dad was a member.”

February 1, 2026

Putting the Sparkle in Indy’s Holidays

For the 63rd year, Indianapolis Local 481 apprentices and journeymen donated their time on a November Saturday to turn the city’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument into the holiday season’s Circle of Lights.

January 1, 2026

Taking It to the Hill

In a whirlwind day of advocacy on Capitol Hill in November, local IBEW leaders and members attending the union’s Government Affairs Conference collectively took part in 176 meetings with Senate and House lawmakers from both parties. Armed with policy briefs on a wide array of IBEW priorities, and workers’ rights and safety more broadly, visitors explained how various bills would help their members or hurt them.

January 1, 2026

‘Union Rights Are on the Ballot’

IBEW canvassers and phone bankers are busy every autumn in New Jersey and Virginia, where legislators and statewide leaders are on the ballot in the odd-numbered years between federal elections.

January 1, 2026

Pa. Rail Members Help Reach Milestone on DC-to-AC Locomotive Conversion

Thanks to the work of IBEW electricians with Altoona, Pa., Local 2273 and a spirit of solidarity with other trades, 1,000 upgraded Norfolk Southern locomotives are in service throughout the eastern half of the U.S.

January 1, 2026

Delaware Local Celebrates Return of IBEW Apprenticeship at Amtrak

Apprentices from Wilmington, Del., Local 2270 were honored in September as the first graduating class of IBEW-educated railroad mechanical journeymen electricians in three decades, thanks to a recently negotiated IBEW-Amtrak training program.

January 1, 2026

Groundbreaking Labor Leader Erikson Retires From IEC, Local 3

International Executive Council Chairman Chris Erikson, a leader in the Brotherhood and all of American labor in his nearly 20-year tenure as New York Local 3’s business manager, retired effective Jan. 1.

January 1, 2026

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.

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.

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.

December 1, 2025

Local 24 Member’s Memoir Doubles as Guide to Apprenticeship

Putting the Sparkle in Indy’s Holidays

Taking It to the Hill

‘Union Rights Are on the Ballot’

Pa. Rail Members Help Reach Milestone on DC-to-AC Locomotive Conversion

Delaware Local Celebrates Return of IBEW Apprenticeship at Amtrak

Groundbreaking Labor Leader Erikson Retires From IEC, Local 3

Ninth District Hosts Emergency Mental Health Summit

IBEW Technicians Shine in Drama-Filled World Series

IBEW Locals Reach Out to Spanish Speakers, Offer English Classes

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