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 …
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 …
Updated information you should be aware of: Effective on the closing date of the transaction, Empower Retirement (“Empower”) acquired the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company’s (“MassMutual”) retirement business. We are thrilled to welcome you to Empower Retirement! This introductory newsletter provides an overview of some of our current offerings. In the future you can expect …
#53 Royce Stiles TO: Team Sponsors, We would like to thank you and your company for offering to help out with the financial requirements needed to compete this upcoming season. Motocross is a very exciting sport that teaches kids many skills to be successful in life. Royce is nine years old and lives in …
January 5, 2021 IBEW Members Leading the COVID Response IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson Speaks About COVID-19 One year after the first cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in North America, vaccines from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Moderna are on the verge of becoming widely available. …