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EW Category: Power At Work

Apply Soon for Founders’ Scholarship Worth Up to $24,000

The application deadline for the 2025 IBEW Founders’ Scholarship is June 1, and International President Kenneth W. Cooper encourages interested members to submit their paperwork as quickly as possible.

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May 1, 2025

Freight Rail Members Ratify New Agreement With Wage, Benefit Gains

Crucial economic and workplace benefits are now in place for the nearly 3,500 members of the IBEW’s railroad branch who work for freight carriers in the U.S. now that the members have ratified a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the National Carriers Conference Committee.

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May 1, 2025

Patience, Relationships Lead to Big Win for California Local

San Bernardino, Calif., Local 477 officials saw attempts by the union trades to form a working relationship with their community’s public school district come up short for more than a decade.

So just over two years ago, Political Director Ben Pratt and others within the local decided to try something new.

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April 1, 2025
Members of San Diego Local 569 built a shoreside microgrid charging station for Crowley Marine Services’s eWolf, the first fully electric tugboat in the U.S. Photo courtesy of Brian Campbell, Local 40

Local 569 Powers Up First Electric Tugboat

When the developers of the first fully electric tugboat in the United States were looking to plug it in somewhere

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September 8, 2024
Turning out in unmissable numbers for City Council meetings proved crucial for the members of San Diego Local 465 in their successful fight against a job-killing ballot initiative to give the city government control of investor-owned San Diego Gas and Electric.

San Diego Locals Flex Their Muscle

Local 465 Members Help Stop City Takeover of SDG&E M ore than 1,500 IBEW members who work for San Diego

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September 8, 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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