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Biden Administration: Labor's Saving Grace
According to Politico, former Vice President Joe Biden is working with unions much more than any other Presidential candidate in recent memory, giving them hope that a Biden Presidency will mean good...
"I'm just a Lineman from Penelec"
Tom Whitehead has met heads of state and dined with Academy Award-winning actors. He’s consulted with some of the most respected doctors in the world. He’s traveled the globe and given so...
The Energy Future will be Union Built
This post was written by the IBEW Media Department Hundreds of IBEW members could be working as early as next spring on construction of the New Jersey Wind Port, a massive project that has union...
IBEW Swears in First Female International VP
This article was written by the IBEW Media Center. Fourth District International Representative Gina Cooper has been appointed the district’s vice president, making her the first woman to...
Trump's Going After Social Security
This post was written by the IBEW Media Department President Trump pledged Aug. 8 to pursue a permanent cut to the funding of Social Security and Medicare if he is reelected in November.
Biden's Election Vital to Organized Labor's Survival
If you, like millions of Americans, have been paying attention to the course our country is on, you are worried about a crashing economy, a global pandemic, and the largest protest movement many of...
Building a Stronger Local Union
This post was written by the IBEW Media Center. The first page of the IBEW Constitution begins with a declaration: "Our cause is the cause of human justice, human rights, human security....
Major Organizing Wins in the Midst of a Pandemic
Even in the middle of a pandemic, workers are organizing. Elections were delayed for a few months while the NLRB figured out how to work from home, but they have now restarted and many employees are...
Podcast: Labor's Strategy to Elect Joe Biden
Austin Keyser the National Political Director of the IBEW calls in this week to talk about what their union is doing to get Joe Biden elected and gives some inside strategies to get their member out...
IBEW Launches Grassroots Campaign to Elect Biden
This article was written by the IBEW Media Department. The IBEW officially launched its grass roots campaign with International President Lonnie Stephenson calling this fall’s election...