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Richmond, Va., Passes Prevailing Wage After IBEW, Building Trades Campaign

 

In a unanimous vote, the City Council in Richmond, Va., passed an ordinance establishing a prevailing wage for publicly funded construction projects, giving a boost to workers and a win for the IBEW and other building trades.

 

SELCAT Forges Lineworker Training Agreement With N.C. Community College

 

A new training partnership in North Carolina aims to help the IBEW recruit more men and women into lineworker apprenticeships and lucrative union careers.

 

No More Porta-Potties: British Columbia Requires Flush Toilets on Construction Sites

 

British Columbia construction sites just got an upgrade. Thanks to lobbying by the IBEW and other members of the B.C. Building Trades, jobsites with 25 or more workers now must provide flush toilets, a long-awaited improvement to hygiene conditions.

 

Group Effort Brings in Hundreds of Manufacturing Workers in Texas

 

By a tally of 197 to 29, workers at a new Siemens USA switchgear manufacturing facility in Texas voted Nov. 1 to join the IBEW and Fort Worth Local 220.

 

Hollywood Local Secures Contract Wins as It Marks Century of Solidarity

 

Hollywood, Calif., Local 40 has a lot to celebrate. The union representing members who work at the major motion picture studios secured historic wins in its recent contract negotiations, all while turning 101 years old.

 

Ohio Members Fuel Nuclear Energy’s Next Generation

 

The only facility in the U.S. that’s licensed to make the special fuel needed to power the next generation of nuclear power plants is fully up and running, thanks in part to the work of dozens of members of Portsmouth, Ohio, Local 575.

 

‘The Best Year Yet’: Chester, Pa., Local 654 Pulls Out the Stops for Toys for Tots

 

‘His beard is red instead of white and his sleigh is a Jeep Cherokee, but otherwise it’d be easy to mistake Fred Ries for Santa Claus.

 

IBEW Reaches Tentative Agreements with CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF Rail Carriers

 

The IBEW reached tentative agreements with three major railroads in October, negotiating a historic raise along with improvements to paid time off and health benefits.

 

Steady Grassroots Organizing Brings Dramatic Growth, Top Honors for N.C. Local

 

The largest negotiated salary increase in almost 75 years is heading to the paychecks of the more than 70 members of Victorville, Calif., Local 543, who operate and maintain equipment that keeps NASA in constant contact with its deep-space network of probes, telescopes and satellites.

 

IBEW Contractor Startup Class

 

One sure way to grow IBEW marketshare is to encourage more IBEW members to go into business for themselves. That’s what the Fourth District’s contractor startup class is all about.

 

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