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Representatives from the U.S. Department of Commerce recently visited Rockford, Ill., Local 196’s training facility. The department’s Internet for All program is tasked with ensuring that every address in the U.S. can connect to reliable and affordable high-speed internet within the next few years, and it’s bringing a wealth of work and organizing opportunities for Local 196 and other IBEW locals throughout the country.

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

The Biden-Harris administration’s bold legislative plan to expand broadband internet access to every part of the U.S. is bringing a wealth of work and organizing opportunities for IBEW locals throughout the country. Rockford, Ill., Local 196 is one example of this.

September 19, 2024

Vigilance Helps Bring a Contractor in Ontario Back to the IBEW

Several years ago, members of Kitchener, Ontario, Local 804 started taking notice of a nonunion contractor doing business in the

September 19, 2024

W.Va. Local’s Big New Building Will Deliver Training Closer to Home

A huge new state-of-the-art training facility now sits behind the union hall of Huntington, W.Va., Local 317, making good on

September 19, 2024

After multiple attempts made over decades, call center workers at Southern California Edison finally won representation. Members of the SCE volunteer organizing committee, from left: Katie Smith, Paloma Gonzalez, Martin Gaitan, Norinda Ojeda and Norma Diaz.

Persistence Pays Off With ‘Long Overdue’ Win at California Utility

It was decades in the making, but the call center workers at utility company Southern California Edison finally have a

September 18, 2024

Local 569 Powers Up First Electric Tugboat

Members of San Diego Local 569 built a shoreside microgrid charging station for Crowley Marine Services’s eWolf, the U.S.’s first

September 18, 2024

Harris Running Mate Tim Walz ‘One of Nation’s Most Pro-Union, Pro-Worker’ Governors

Tim Walz, a veteran, union member and football coach, and Minnesota’s two-term governor, brings a record of radically improving the

September 12, 2024

How a California Local Got Its Own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club

There are a lot of kinds of clubs at IBEW locals, but Sacramento, Calif., Local 340 may be the only

September 12, 2024

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris put an exclamation point on the most pro-union presidency in American history when Biden signed the Good Jobs Executive Order on Sept. 6. Photo provided by The White House via Flickr/Creative Commons.

Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Protections for All Workers on Federal Projects

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sept. 6 that enshrines across the federal government the labor standards included in his signature infrastructure and manufacturing laws.

September 6, 2024