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COVID Positive Nurses Told to Go to Work
Across the country, COVID-19 cases are spiking. Harkening back to the dark days of March and April, hospitals are becoming overrun with sick patients. This is putting a strain on nurses and doctors...
Wind Energy Will Be Built Union
States across the country have begun to institute new rules aimed at lowering their carbon output from energy production. To reach this goal, investments need to made in renewable energy producers...
Federal Unions Seek Reset with Biden
For the last four years, federal unions have faced an onslaught of attacks from the Trump administration. Some have been huge, like his attempt to end federal pensions or his executive orders that...
Longshoremen Union Leaves the AFL-CIO
For 61 years the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) has been a member of the AFL-CIO. That partnership ended this week with the ILA voting to disaffiliate with the labor federation...
Stadium Work Brings Good Union Jobs with Diversity
This post was written by the IBEW Media Department. A strategic partnership between two IBEW locals in Massachusetts helped union electricians win work on a minor league baseball stadium while...
Union Organizing Wins in Texas, Tennessee, Virginia
Every week more and more workers begin the process of joining a union and giving themselves a voice at work. Across the country, these successful organizing efforts are continuing even with an anti-...
CWA Responds to AT&T COVID-19 Outbreak
Despite 30 employees at an AT&T call center in Tustin, Calif. testing positive for COVID-19 and a probable fatality from the disease, AT&T has not agreed to allow all employees at the center...
On the Front Lines of the West Coast Fires
This article was written by the IBEW Media Department. After 16 days working 16 hours a day, Medford, Ore., Local 659 member Colin Farrell took a break to make a phone call. Less than 200 yards...
Police Unions Push Bill to Regulate Protests
During the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer, Seattle Washington became a flashpoint in Trump’s campaign against protestors. He held up the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, an...
Vermont Strengthens Union Laws
Following the Janus decision in 2018, a number of states began instituting laws to strengthen unions' ability to collect dues and represent their members. These laws helped to keep losses to a...