Remembering Brother James T. Kelly January marks the 129th anniversary of The Electrical Worker, and one man was instrumental in its creation and in the union’s very survival in its earliest years: the IBEW’s founding Secretary-Treasurer James T. Kelly. Brother Kelly was born on a farm in Overton, Pa., on March 29, 1860. After …
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.
Building America Back Better: Biden’s Agenda is Working for the IBEW Negotiating a Bipartisan Deal with Congress for More Jobs, Cleaner Infrastructure President Joe Biden proposed the largest investment in American infrastructure since World War II at the end of March, after being introduced by Pittsburgh Local 29 member Mike Fiore. Four weeks later, he …
June 2, 2021 Related Articles Biden Announces $2 Trillion Plan to Build Back Better Biden Stimulus Bill Promises Cash for Struggling Americans Seats at the Table: Biden Appointees Give Workers, Unions New Clout in Washington President Joe Biden proposed the largest investment in American infrastructure since World War II at the end of March, …
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 …
New Bill Would Restore Tax Deduction for Union Dues, Other Worker Expenses April 21, 2021 Four years after the income tax deduction for union dues was ripped out of the U.S. tax code, pro-worker lawmakers are fighting to bring it back and, for the first time, make it available without itemizing. The Tax Fairness …
Traffic signal management across Maine has been largely nonunion for decades. That’s about to change, thanks to a successful relationship-building effort across the IBEW’s Second District. Maine Traffic Signal Overhaul Will Be ‘100% IBEW’ March 23, 2021 Related Articles Local 1253 President Joins Sit-In to Fight ‘Dead-Wrong’ Tax Bill Maine Member Tells Senator: ‘The …
February 17, 2021 Related Articles Biden Supports Union Apprenticeships Biden Fires Union-Busting NLRB Lawyer, Names Pro-Worker Champion as Chair The First Energy Bill in Half a Generation Means IBEW Jobs, Now and in the Future Labor leaders invited to discuss jobs, infrastructure, stimulus spending and more with President Joe Biden last week say it was …
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 …
