In late September, a group of IBEW 1253 and 567 members met each other at the airport before heading off to the 2024 IBEW Women’s Conference in New Orleans. They didn’t all know each other very well and they all came from different backgrounds. But what they shared in common was the experience of being …
Key Points Employment of electricians is projected to grow 6% annually until 2032 — twice the rate of all other occupations — with about 73,500 job openings each year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. More electricians retire or leave the job each year than come into the profession, leading both labor union and …
NECA & IBEW Announce LifeLock Coverage for Family Medical Care Plan Participants NECA CEO David Long and IBEW President Kenneth Cooper are pleased to announce a new benefit available to all participants in the NECA-IBEW Family Medical Care Plan (FMCP): LifeLock identity protection coverage. This valuable benefit will be available August 1, 2024. …
IBEW 567 member Kilton Webb gave testimony at The House of Representatives Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC), which houses the Climate Jobs Taskforce. The task force hosted a Clean Energy Jobs Roundtable to lift up the important role unions play in building the clean energy economy and implementing the Inflation Reduction Act. SEEC asked …
Central Maine Power line crew in the Augusta area, c.1900. The supervisor by the wagon is Col. William H. Williams, with Herbert Rideout at the the top of the pole.
IBEW 567, Apprentice Kilton Webb speaks about the Apprenticeship and clean energy jobs in advertisement aimed at Maine Democratic Congressman, Jared Goldman.
Flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, President Joe Biden signs an executive order Monday creating the historic White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment. Cabinet members and top advisors comprise the task force, with Harris as chair and Walsh as Vice Chair. They have 180 days to recommend ways …
Building America Back Better Biden’s Agenda is Working for the IBEW Finally, A Union Member as Labor Secretary For the first time in 50 years, the Department of Labor will be headed by a dues-paying, card-carrying union member: Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. “Walsh understands that good jobs, collective bargaining …
Maine Med. asks nurses to attend training with anti-union consulting firm PORTLAND, Maine — The struggle over whether nurses at Maine Medical Center will unionize is heating up. Multiple nurses say hospital administrators are requiring them to attend training sessions with an anti-union consulting firm. In an internal memo sent to nurses, obtained by …
