IRA : THE LARGEST ENERGY BILL IN AMERICAN HISTORYThe Biden Administration and Congress have won a historic achievement for IBEW members and their families with the Inflation Reduction Act. The enormous energy and tax package will put IBEW members to work in family-sustaining jobs for the secure, self-reliant grid of the future.  |
Administration Tackles Supply Chain Disruptions, Computer Chip Shortages With Made-In-The-Usa PolicyBeefing up domestic supply chains while strengthening security and competitiveness is behind the new law incentivizing the production of critical computer chips here in the United States.  |
IBEW Members To Meet Unprecedented EV Charging NeedsNearly $5 billion in new electrical vehicle charging systems are on the way, and demand for qualified installers has never been higher. That’s why President Lonnie Stephenson has launched the Talent Pipeline Challenge to get at least 10,000 electricians across the U.S.  |
Pres Biden Joins Union Members to Celebrate Multiemployer Pension BillIn July, President Biden traveled to Ohio to celebrate the most significant effort to protect multiemployer pensions in 50 years. |
DOMESTIC RENEWABLE MANUFACTURING RAMPS UPThe Biden administration invoked the Defense Production Act to ease supply chain issues around solar panels on June 6, while continuing its investigation into possible Chinese trade violations.
Taken together, IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson said the suite of executive actions will build America’s energy arsenal and spur domestic energy manufacturing while reducing energy costs, supporting good-paying union jobs, and strengthening U.S. energy independence while maintaining strong labor standards.
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8M NEW JOBS FUEL STRONGER EMPLOYMENT MARKETNearly 8 million new jobs have been added to the U.S. economy since the end of 2020. This means that employment is nearly matching pre-pandemic levels from two years ago. Construction is among the leading sectors for job growth, and that is only likely to improve as funding for infrastructure projects resulting from the historic new law comes to fruition. |
Apprentice Introduction of Pres Biden At IBEW WorksitePresident Biden traveled to Portland, Ore., on April 21 to visit the site of a massive project to upgrade the Portland International Airport and discuss the infrastructure law’s role in transforming the economy of the Pacific Northwest.
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Presidential Meeting to Strengthen Labor UnionsPresident Biden met with IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson and labor leaders to discuss strengthening America’s labor unions and  |
IBEW Members Highlighted at White House RolloutMembers of the IBEW were front and center for President Joe Biden’s White House announcement of Siemens USA’s plan to invest $54 million to expand its manufacturing facilities, a growth that promises to bring at least 300 new jobs to the company’s IBEW-represented workplaces in California and Texas.  |
Pres Biden Celebrates the IBEW in Historic Convention SpeechPresident Joe Biden electrified the IBEW Convention in Chicago on May 11, drawing thunderous cheers for infrastructure projects that will employ IBEW members far into the future, championing unions like none of his predecessors, fighting to cut taxes for working families and make billionaires pay their fair share, among other historic progress and plans for a better, more just America. |
VP Harris,Cabinet Secretaries Meet with IBEW Members, Visit Training CentersVice President Kamala Harris traveled to Durham, N.C. to call for more unionization in the state.  |
From the Top-Down, A Pro-Worker, Pro-Union ToneThe opportunity to bask in the glow of appreciation for working people does not come often, particularly in the presence of high-ranking elected officials, including th |
Biden Administration Plan Would Raise Wages on Federal ProjectsA labor department plan to strengthen federal prevailing wage rules and enforcement under the Davis-Bacon Act would put more money in the pockets of an estimated 1.2 million U.S. construction workers.
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IBEW Participates in US Trade TalksU.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai met with business and labor leaders at the Port of Baltimore on March 21 to discuss Atlantic trade with her counterpart from the United Kingdom. Discussions over terms of a bilateral trade agreement between the two countries under consideration previously changed when the Biden administration took over, said Baltimore Local 24 President Sam Curreri.  |
Delivering on the Infrastructure PromiseModernizing the electric grid. Decarbonizing transportation. Investing in the future. Good job opportunities for Americans. All are moving forward with the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the largest infrastructure law in generations – and with it jobs for IBEW members in nearly every branch.
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Publishing a Roadmap of Infrastructure OpportunitiesJust in time for the flow of resources to fulfill the promises of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed on Nov. 15, the White House is amplifying how to capitalize on the historic funding opportunities.
Each project in the largest ever investment in transit,broadband rail and clean energy will come through state, local and tribal governments. |