What does a local do when it has more apprentice applications than available spots and a need for workers in its manufacturing arm? If it’s Chicago Local 134, it brings them together for a job fair.
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.
An arduous five-year campaign to achieve IBEW representation is successful at last for the more than 160 men and women who work at a Conagra cooking spray manufacturing plant in eastern Illinois, after they ratified a collective bargaining agreement between Danville Local 538 and the North American food conglomerate.
Specialized apprenticeships across the IBEW are on the way for members who work in the battery and advanced manufacturing industries, thanks to recent efforts from local leaders throughout California and in the union’s Ninth District office.
The leaders of Greensboro, N.C., Local 342 are suiting up for what could be 10-fold membership growth in the coming years, now that Toyota has announced a plan to nearly quadruple its battery manufacturing footprint in the state’s Piedmont Triad area.
Oxford, Ohio, Local 2287 Business Manager Pam Combs works alongside fellow members at a Schneider Electric plant in the southwestern Ohio city. She doesn’t have
