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In Memoriam: April 2026

This list shows members for whom PBF death claims were approved in February 2026.

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April 1, 2026

Local Lines

Find out what’s happening at the IBEW’s more than 800 local unions.

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April 1, 2026

San Francisco Member Looks Out for Workers as Airport Commissioner

Jose Fuentes Almanza had just started his San Francisco Local 6 apprenticeship 25 years ago when his father — a union-represented janitor — suddenly passed away.

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April 1, 2026

Alan Cutler

RETIRED – After 25 years with the IBEW, Seventh District International Representative Alan Cutler retired on Feb. 1.

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April 1, 2026

Brent E. Hall

RETIRED – Tenth District International Vice President Brent E. Hall, who followed in his father’s footsteps in becoming a leader in the U.S. labor movement, retired effective April 1.

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April 1, 2026

Curtis Sharpe

APPOINTED – Curtis Sharpe, a longtime union activist who helped instill the IBEW’s Code of Excellence in thousands of Tennessee Valley Authority workers, has been appointed by International President Kenneth W. Cooper to serve as international vice president for the Tenth District.

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April 1, 2026

New California Law Requires Defibrillators at Utility Worksites

With an assist from Diamond Bar Local 47 and Vacaville Local 1245, the Justin Kropp Safety Act is now law in California, protecting lineworkers from the kind of accident that took the life of the bill’s namesake.

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April 1, 2026

Indianapolis Local Organizes Public Defenders

When lawyers are involved in union matters, it’s usually to support or oppose the workers’ quest for representation. But for Indianapolis Local 481, the attorneys were the ones organizing for better wages and working conditions — and bumping up against the same anti-union management tactics that often occur when workers try to organize.

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April 1, 2026

Le local gagne une autre unité dans la signalisation routière

La section locale 258 à Vancouver en Colombie-Britannique a remporté une victoire de syndicalisation importante avec le vote récent d’un groupe de signaleuse routière et signaleur routier sur l’île de Vancouver pour être représenté par la FIOE.

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April 1, 2026

B.C. Local Earns Another Traffic Control Triumph

Vancouver, British Columbia, Local 258 scored a big organizing win when a group of traffic controllers on Vancouver Island recently voted to accept IBEW representation.

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April 1, 2026
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