Get Out the Vote 2024:
Members Hit Pavement, Phones to Fight for Pro-IBEW, Pro-Worker Future

 

From city halls and state legislatures to Congress and the White House, IBEW activists are making a final push this week to urge their brothers and sisters to vote for candidates who will always put workers first — and to do it now.

 

Training, Jobs, Pensions: Harris Has Workers’ Backs

 

She cast the deciding vote to save union members’ pensions. She broke a Sen­ate tie to make historic job-creating investments in U.S. energy production and high-tech manufacturing. She’s visited IBEW training centers nationwide to promote union apprenticeships. She even headed an unprece­dented White House task force on organizing and worker empowerment.

 

Harris Running Mate Tim Walz ‘One of Nation’s Most Pro-Union, Pro-Worker’ Governors

 

Tim Walz, a veteran, union member and football coach, and Minnesota's two-term governor, brings a record of radically improving the lives of working families to Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' ticket.

 

Spike in Union Election Petitions Means More Power for IBEW, All U.S. Unions

 

Petitions for union elections jumped 27% in the last year, according to figures from the National Labor Relations Board that prove that workplace activism is flourishing under the Biden-Harris administration.

 

Cutting-Edge Training Rolling Out for Battery, Manufacturing Apprentices

 

Specialized apprenticeships across the IBEW are on the way for members who work in the battery and advanced manufacturing industries, thanks to recent efforts from local leaders throughout California and in the union’s Ninth District office.

 

Local 1928 Members Save Heart Attack Victim, Earn Lifesaving Award

 

Ten members of Halifax Local 1928 employed by Nova Scotia Power will receive the IBEW's Lifesaving Award after they saved the life of a retired member who was working as a supervisor in a power plant when he suffered a heart attack.

 

IBEW Contractor Startup Class

 

One sure way to grow IBEW marketshare is to encourage more IBEW members to go into business for themselves. That’s what the Fourth District’s contractor startup class is all about.