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Toronto with an Eye to
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North of 49°
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Au nord du 49° parallèle
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Matthew Ostrowski

Remembering Brother James T. Kelly

Infrastructure Law
Promises IBEW Jobs Ahead
Let's Get to Work

A top priority for the IBEW and the AFL-CIO became reality Nov. 15 when President Joe Biden signed the historic $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law.

International President Lonnie R. Stephenson and 11 other IBEW members attended the White House ceremony, which fulfilled Biden's campaign promise to address America's pressing infrastructure needs while using skilled union workers to do it. It will be the nation's largest infrastructure investment since at least the construction of the federal interstate highway system, which began in the 1950s.

Roads will be improved. More Americans will have access to high-speed internet. Fewer will have to worry about unsafe drinking water. And those projects just touch the surface.

IBEW members will be there every step of the way, in construction, utility, telecommunication, railroad and wherever there is a need. The wave of work will open the brotherhood to more American workers and make it an even stronger union.

"I could not be prouder of the IBEW members who have long called for transformative investments in infrastructure and are now ready to get to work rebuilding this country," Stephenson said.

"Our IBEW brothers and sisters will lead the way in modernizing our nation's electric grid, building out the charging infrastructure needed for the wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles, buses, trains and trucks, ensuring that broadband reaches every corner of this country, and continuing our critical work as the power professionals who build and maintain the grid that makes life in America possible."

Stephenson thanked members and allies for contacting senators and representatives urging them to vote for the bill. It passed in both the House and Senate with bipartisan support, a rarity in today's national politics.

Stephenson:
Building Paths to the
Middle Class
Cooper:
The Year of the Worker

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Harold Ebersole;
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