July 2023 - IBEW Government Affairs

Promoting Energy Agenda, Biden Administration Highlights IBEW Partnership

Leave a Comment / Build America Back Better, Construction, Government / Elizabeth Whetstone

IBEW members are central to the new economy due to the future-forward policies championed by the Biden-Harris administration. Called the Investing in America agenda, a companion high-level administration roadshow highlights recent laws like the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act. President Biden and Department […]

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Building Boom Turns Ohio Local into Training Model

Leave a Comment / Build America Back Better, Construction, Government, Utility / Elizabeth Whetstone

Columbus, Ohio, Local 683’s membership is experiencing explosive growth from work at data centers, hospitals, battery plants, industrial solar, and other renewable projects. The building boom is making the city’s central Ohio construction local union one of the fastest-growing in the IBEW. “We have a dramatic need for workers,” said business manager Pat Hook, citing

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Bureaucratic Speed Dating: IBEW Connects Loans with IBEW Employers, Signatories

Leave a Comment / Build America Back Better, Construction, Diversity, Government, Utility / Veronica Romero

The Department of Energy Loan Programs Office aims to put thousands of IBEW members to work. On June 13, the IBEW Government Affairs Department convened a meeting with DOE LPO Director Jigar Shah and IBEW employers to discuss LPO’s billions of dollars in loan opportunities, all with the goal of creating more IBEW jobs. “Our

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‘Extremely Valuable’ Infrastructure Database Goes Live

Leave a Comment / Build America Back Better, Construction, Government, Utility / Veronica Romero

A powerful new tool providing real-time updates about federal infrastructure investments will be key to IBEW’s efforts to win the billions of dollars in new work opportunities approved by recent laws. The searchable database gives users the ability to find out about project announcements. This includes loans and grant money resulting from the Bipartisan Infrastructure

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IBEW Contractor Touts EV Network with DOT Secretary Buttigieg, Gov. Whitmer

Leave a Comment / Build America Back Better, Construction, Utility / Veronica Romero

IBEW Detroit Local 58 member Bill Baisden joined Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in a May 16 press conference announcing the first U.S. Canada electric vehicle corridor. The corridor is a critical link in the network of 500,000 charging stations that President Biden has repeated publicly that IBEW members will build.

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