The Electrical Worker

Vol. 19 | No. 5 | May 2025

IST Noble: IBEW at Center of a Nuclear Power Revolution

IVP Cooper: ‘Every Worker’ Must Be Engaged in Safety

FROM THE OFFICERS

Standing Up for Our Rights

EW May 2025, From the Officers

Standing Up for Our Rights

As Americans, we hold dear the rights enshrined in our Constitution — the freedoms of...

EW May 2025My IBEW Story

My IBEW Story

Edna Michelle Wright, journeyman wireman, Montgomery, Ala., Local 443

“My father was an IBEW member, and I remember all the picnics, Christmas parties with...

North of 49, EW May 2025

north of 49

Toronto Local Displaces Rival, Adds Members and Contractors

Toronto Local 353 is the IBEW’s largest local union in Canada, with nearly 13,000 members,...

Circuits

IBEW Utility Director, San Diego Members Celebrated by Labor-Management Group

Retiring Utility Director Donnie Colston, a 45-year IBEW member and longtime leader, received a surprise...

Circuits

‘Lion the Electrician’: Ontario Member’s Book Connects Kids to the Trade

Like a lot of parents, Steve McKeown could recite his children’s favorite books by heart,...

Transitions

Sherilyn Wright

Paul O’Connor

Joe M. Fashion

Neil Tyree

Power At Work

Apply Soon for Founders’ Scholarship Worth Up to $24,000

The application deadline for the 2025 IBEW Founders’ Scholarship is June 1, and International President...

Power At Work

Freight Rail Members Ratify New Agreement With Wage, Benefit Gains

Crucial economic and workplace benefits are now in place for the nearly 3,500 members of...

Who We Are, Electrical Worker

who we are

‘We’re Fighting for Them’: Georgia Utility Local Grows in a Challenging Environment

Atlanta Local 1997 came into being just six years ago, following a successful organizing drive...

EW May 2025, Local Lines

LOCAL LINES

Local Lines

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

Who We Are, Electrical Worker

who we are

‘We’re Fighting for Them’: Georgia Utility Local Grows in a Challenging Environment

Atlanta Local 1997 came into being just six years ago, following a successful organizing drive...

EW May 2025Grounded in History

grounded in history

Hands Across the Border

With a flick of a switch on Nov. 23, 1981, Mayors Bert Weeks of Windsor,...

Organizing Wire

organizing wire

Reworld Workers in N.Y., Pa. Prevail in Organizing Fights

Workers at waste-to-power facilities in New York and Pennsylvania overcame intense corporate resistance to unionizing...

Letters to the Editor

Navajo Nation Memories

In Memoriam

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Vol. 19 | No. 5 | May 2025

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

IST Noble: IBEW at Center of a Nuclear Power Revolution

IVP Cooper: ‘Every Worker’ Must Be Engaged in Safety

Standing Up for Our Rights

Edna Michelle Wright, journeyman wireman, Montgomery, Ala., Local 443

Toronto Local Displaces Rival, Adds Members and Contractors

IBEW Utility Director, San Diego Members Celebrated by Labor-Management Group

‘Lion the Electrician’: Ontario Member’s Book Connects Kids to the Trade

Apply Soon for Founders’ Scholarship Worth Up to $24,000

Freight Rail Members Ratify New Agreement With Wage, Benefit Gains

‘We’re Fighting for Them’: Georgia Utility Local Grows in a Challenging Environment

Local Lines

‘We’re Fighting for Them’: Georgia Utility Local Grows in a Challenging Environment

Hands Across the Border

Reworld Workers in N.Y., Pa. Prevail in Organizing Fights

Letters to the Editor

In Memoriam

Reports

IBEW Merchandise

IBEW Merchandise

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