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EW Category: Transitions

Myles Calvey

RETIRED — After 20 years of service on the International Executive Council, Myles Calvey is stepping down. He will remain business manager of Boston Local 2222 and be replaced on the IEC by Boston Local 103 Business Manager Lou Antonellis.

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November 1, 2025

Frank Muia

APPOINTED — Third District International Representative Frank Muia was appointed international vice president for the district, replacing the retiring Dennis Affinati on Nov. 1.

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November 1, 2025

Dennis C. Affinati

RETIRED — Dennis Affinati, a dedicated IBEW unionist with a record of organizing success, retired as international vice president for the Third District on Nov. 1. He had served in that role since 2022, when International President Lonnie R. Stephenson appointed him to succeed the retiring Michael Welsh.

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November 1, 2025

Brian K. Thompson

DECEASED — Brian Thompson, whose devotion to improving the lives of IBEW members began as a Florida power plant apprentice and drove him to the helm of the union’s Fifth District, died Sept. 19 after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 68.

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November 1, 2025

Kevin Curran

RETIRED — Telecommunications International Representative Kevin Curran, who served as the Brotherhood’s lead negotiator with AT&T for most of the last 15 years, retired effective Sept. 1, ending a nearly 40-year career in the industry.

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October 1, 2025

David Johnson

DECEASED  —  David Johnson, a retired Sixth District international representative who was known for his wealth of knowledge and teaching skills, died July 4. He was 77.

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September 1, 2025

Carl Lansden

DECEASED  — Retired Tenth District International Vice President Carl Lansden, whose dedication to labor was rooted in his father’s death in a coal-mining accident, died on June 20. He was 91.

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September 1, 2025

Vair Clendenning

DECEASED — Retired First District International Representative Vair Clendenning, who was as passionate about protecting IBEW members’ rights as he was about seeing the world, died May 20. He was 80.

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August 1, 2025

Jim Brimer

DECEASED — Retired International Representative Jim Brimer, a leader in the Nevada labor movement who was known for fighting hard for IBEW members, died at his home in Las Vegas on May 24. He was 80.

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August 1, 2025

Lawrence Curley

DECEASED — ­Lawrence “Pat” Curley, whose calm but tenacious manner led to organizing and bargaining victories throughout a career that

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July 1, 2025

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