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Why we should all fear Carpenters Local 57
There are many missions in organized labor. Working together to achieve the goal of protecting workers, bargaining for better wages and benefits, gaining market share within an industry and a city -...
Entertainment Unions Outline Industry Reopening
This story was written by the IBEW Media Department. The havoc the coronavirus is wreaking on the entertainment industry was the focus of a national media call last week that included the impact...
IBEW Union Turns Moonshine into Hand Sanitizer
This post was written by the IBEW Media Department “With many members of Gulfport, Miss., Local 903 still working, keeping their families safe requires a plentiful supply of hand sanitizer....
IBEW Members Sequestered at Power Plants
This post was written by the IBEW Media Center. Several dozen IBEW utility members have been sequestered at their work sites in California and New York since early April to protect critical power...
Members Helping Members in a Time of Crisis
This post was written by the IBEW Media Center. As volunteers delivered care packages of food to Chicago Local 134 retirees and widows at the end of March, Elbert Walters said it was a little like...
How Unions are Bargaining Coronavirus Protections
With coronavirus spreading throughout the world, workers in a number of industries have faced uncertain futures. Sports leagues have been canceled, and jobs have shut down. However, for some union...
Trump Budget Cuts Thousands of IBEW Jobs
This article was written by the IBEW Media Department President Trump’s 2021 budget cuts new ship construction by 20%, killing 10 new ships – some for this year – and...
Podcast: The Big Union Fight Over Medicare for All
Plus should we fire Will C for sleeping with Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports? Congress passes the PRO Act, American Factory wins an Oscar, Trump is banning unions at the Department of Defense, and we...
Congress Passes PRO Act
The Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act has passed its first hurdle as the Democratic-led House of Representatives voted to pass the bill.
Podcast: Trump Exit - Will Liberals Leave if he is Re-Elected?
Christopher Dale calls in to talk about whether liberals will leave the country if Trump is re-elected. Trump is also at it again, this time hiring union-busters to oversee the agency that is in...