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July 1, 2025

Think Small to Win Big: Three Tools to Grow Your Local

July 1, 2025

Illinois Program Increases Renewable Training, Prepares Young Workers for Electrical Career

July 1, 2025

IBEW Member in Mass. Senate Honored for Commitment to Working Families

News And Updates

Wiring the Freedom Train

July 1, 2025

On Feb. 4, 1975, Newberry Electric Corp. in Richmond, Calif., received a call from the Freedom Train Project asking if a crew of electricians could be ready tomorrow. Time was running short, and the company needed 12 train cars to be custom wired with only nine days until delivery.

July 1, 2025

Right to Collective Bargaining Nears Final Approval in Vermont

June 1, 2025

Tough Conditions No Match for New Orleans Members Renovating Iconic Bridges

June 1, 2025

Curbside Charging in San Francisco Delivered at Hall’s Doorstep

June 1, 2025

A Q&A with Mike Smith: New IBEW Appointee Has Veterans’ Backs

May 1, 2025

IBEW Sisters ‘Take Over’ Illinois Capitol for Tradeswomen Lobby Day

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July 1, 2025

A New Issue of The Electrical Worker is LIVE

Call Your Senators: IBEW Jobs at Risk if Senate Fails to Restore Renewable Energy Credits

President Cooper: The IBEW Is ‘Wired for Change’

Bringing Holiday Joy to Sick Kids ‘a Privilege’ for Long Island Members

Ohio Training Guidance Counselors to Promote Building Trades

Women’s Committees More Than Double in First District

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January 13, 2025

Hollywood Local Secures Contract Wins as It Marks Century of Solidarity

In Breakthrough Agreement, Boston Broadcast Members Win Pension Benefit

New England Broadcast Local Enforces Wage Law for R.I. Members

With First Contract Secure, PGA Freelancers See Good Days Ahead

construction

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June 13, 2025

Call Your Senators: IBEW Jobs at Risk if Senate Fails to Restore Renewable Energy Credits

President Cooper: The IBEW Is ‘Wired for Change’

Ohio Training Guidance Counselors to Promote Building Trades

OSHA Issues New PPE Rule, Arc Flash Guidance

Chicago Local Expands Opportunities for Apprentice Applicants

‘You Made Us Union Believers’: Boston Members Shine in N.C. Storm Recovery

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May 9, 2024

Los Angeles Local 18 Program Expands Career Opportunities in Civil Service

In New Brunswick, Sense of Trust Powers an 8-Decade Relationship

Right-to-Work Ends in Michigan as IBEW-Backed Law Takes Effect

Local 6 Members Mark 80 Years of Cable Car Work

manufacturing

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March 14, 2025

Chicago Local Expands Opportunities for Apprentice Applicants

Group Effort Brings in Hundreds of Manufacturing Workers in Texas

Illinois Manufacturing Workers Win Multiyear Fight for First Contract

Cutting-Edge Training Rolling Out for Battery, Manufacturing Apprentices

‘Never Give Up’: Toyota Expansion Has N.C. Local Going All Out to Organize

Ohio Manufacturing Members Speak Up, Win Overtime Boost

RAILROAD

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December 20, 2024

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

‘Historic’ Agreement Brings IBEW’s Amtrak Employees Improved Wages, Incentives

New Federal Rules Will Increase Safety for Rail Workers

Jackpot! IBEW Helps Make High-Speed Rail a Winner for Workers, Passengers

IBEW, Other Union Workers Lock In Federal Protections on California High-Speed Rail

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March 18, 2025

Alaska Members to Install High-Speed Internet for State’s Remote Population

Rhode Island Local Organizes Charter School Teachers

Illinois Local’s Broadband Work Is ‘Through the Roof’Thanks to Biden-Harris Programs

IBEW Asks Feds to Honor Pledge, Save Jobs at Beloved Alberta Radio Station

‘Exciting’ Agreement Brings Fiber Jobs to IBEW Lineworkers at Alabama Power

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June 13, 2025

Call Your Senators: IBEW Jobs at Risk if Senate Fails to Restore Renewable Energy Credits

Illinois Local Hopes Peaker Plant Organizing Success Starts a Trend

Ky. Co-Op Workers Persevere to Win First Union Contract

Ohio Members Fuel Nuclear Energy’s Next Generation

From Pole to Podium, IBEW Members (and Their Kids) Shine at Lineman’s Rodeo

Organizer, Activist, Inventor: How IBEW Pioneer George Brook Protected Lineworkers and Changed History

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