Current News Stories
Market Mess Causes Trillions in Retirement Losses
The current crisis on Wall Street is hitting working people where it hurts – their pensions.
Bad Faith Bargaining Prompts Activism at
Milwaukee
Broadcasting Local
Decades of labor cooperation have taken a nasty turn for 40 Milwaukee Local 715 members at Journal Broadcast Group, Inc., where the employer seeks to slash the work force in half while refusing to bargain with employees.
IBEW Statement on the Immigration Raid at Howard Industries
The massive August 25th raid by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Howard Industries in Laurel, Mississippi, removed nearly 500 immigrant workers from Howard Industries...to a detention center in Jena, La.
Countdown to Nov. 4: IBEW Launches Political Web Portal
On television, on the Web and in your mailboxes, the gloves are coming off and the rhetoric is getting nasty. We must be getting close to Election Day.
Businesses Seek Colorado Right-to-Work Law
Labor unions have united to beat back a host of anti-union measures placed by business groups on the November ballot, including a right-to-work proposal.
Nebraska Members Help Bring Presidential Debate to Your Living Room
The first presidential debate between Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain was one of the biggest media events of the year, with an estimated audience of more than 70 million Americans.
Obama Pledges Support for Defense Department Workers
Department of Defense unions that have been locked in a protracted conflict with the Bush administration over its union-busting National Security Personnel System have received a strong pledge of support from presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.). The coalition includes the IBEW, with 12,000 members at the department.
Constellation Energy Group on Sales Block
Two years ago, after a $12 billion merger between Florida Power and Light and Constellation Energy Group failed, President Edwin D. Hill released a news release on why the deal died
FairPoint Halts Verizon Transition Until January
Citing lack of readiness in its move to run Verizon’s landline services in Northern New England, FairPoint Communications on September 15 pushed the “cutover” back to January 31 – the date FairPoint will assume control of the lines.
Plot to Disenfranchise Voters Facing Foreclosure
Is there anything more outrageous than sub-prime lenders who deliberately sold mortgages to homebuyers they knew couldn’t make the payments? Read this and then decide.
Fundamentally Sound? - A Message from President Edwin D. Hill
"They say the Wall Street billionaires were working way into the night the week-end before the stock market meltdown on September 15, worried about whether their firms would survive..."
Citing Radiation Hazards, IBEW Opposes Alltel/Verizon Wireless Merger
The IBEW is objecting to a $28 billion merger between Alltel and Verizon Wireless out of ongoing concerns that workers may be exposed to harmful levels of radiation.
Mass., Verizon Business Techs Celebrate Organizing Victory
Verizon Business technicians – along with labor, community and political leaders – came together at the Greater Boston Labor Council’s annual Labor Day breakfast to celebrate the successful outcome of their two-year struggle to achieve union recognition.
Wisc., Interview Highlights Labor's Gains, November's Importance
For Green Bay, Wisc. Local 158 Business Representative David Jungbluth, the importance of this year’s presidential election can’t be emphasized enough.
Expert tells Organizers: Understand and Engage the Generations
When Jeff VanKooten, a generational studies expert, asked baby boomers to stand up at the 2008 Membership Development Conference, a powerful point was instantly made.
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