From the Electrical Worker Archives

Solar Alliance: A Strategic Partnership Wins Work and Fights a Common Enemy

Brian McPeek II’s father worked nonunion almost his entire career. Until last year.

August 1, 2025

New Training Fund Gives IBEW a Leg Up in Advanced Manufacturing

The IBEW’s electrical expertise has never been limited to construction or line work. It’s been critical in utilities, transportation, broadcasting and the internet, among many other areas.

August 1, 2025

New Texas Law Protects Utility Workers From Harassment, Assault

Lineworkers are used to working under dangerous conditions, from downed power lines to high-voltage electricity. What they shouldn’t experience on the job is harassment and physical assault. A new law in Texas aims to correct this problem.

August 1, 2025

N.Y. Local Targets Racetrack Workers for Membership

Hundreds of men and women care for the thoroughbred horses that run at New York’s Belmont Park and Saratoga racetracks. Organizers at New York Local 1430, whose members service those tracks’ communications systems, are trying to bring them into the IBEW.

August 1, 2025

Letters to the Editor: The June Electrical Worker’s cover story

The June Electrical Worker’s cover story, “The Invisible Injury: Breaking the Stigma Around Mental Health,” sparked an outpouring of reactions from readers. These letters, edited for length, are a small sample of members’ responses to the article.

August 1, 2025

Illinois Local Lets Women Know ‘There’s a Spot for Them’

The Lisle, Ill., Local 701 Women’s Committee hosted a gathering of area women to show them what a union electrician can do — and look like.

August 1, 2025

IBEW Scores Another Xfinity Unionization Win in Massachusetts

Xfinity workers in Massachusetts celebrated another organizing win after a decisive majority of network maintenance technicians in Yarmouth voted in May to unionize with the IBEW and Middleboro Local 2322.

August 1, 2025

IBEW Apprentices Take Home Medals at Skills Canada Competition

Apprentices Tyler Green and Zack Russell represented their provinces and their locals with top-notch skills and professionalism at this year’s Skills Canada National Competition.

August 1, 2025

Dalton Thompson, apprentice wireman, Lansing, Mich., Local 665

“I did electrical work before I joined the Army. It was commercial industrial nonunion work, and I did that for

August 1, 2025

D.C. Local Partners With Nonprofit to Introduce Teens to Trades

For Roberto Gomez, the construction trades are more than just a paycheck. They’re a ticket to the middle class.

August 1, 2025

Solar Alliance: A Strategic Partnership Wins Work and Fights a Common Enemy

New Training Fund Gives IBEW a Leg Up in Advanced Manufacturing

New Texas Law Protects Utility Workers From Harassment, Assault

N.Y. Local Targets Racetrack Workers for Membership

Letters to the Editor: The June Electrical Worker’s cover story

Illinois Local Lets Women Know ‘There’s a Spot for Them’

IBEW Scores Another Xfinity Unionization Win in Massachusetts

IBEW Apprentices Take Home Medals at Skills Canada Competition

Dalton Thompson, apprentice wireman, Lansing, Mich., Local 665

D.C. Local Partners With Nonprofit to Introduce Teens to Trades

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