On June 10, the first ever coal-to-nuclear project broke ground in Kemmerer, Wyoming. More than 500 IBEW LU 322 construction members will build the historic project, and TerraPower will retrain the existing IBEW utility workforce to operate it. TerraPower is building the $4 billion commercial power plant on the site of a coal plant that […]
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The IBEW mobilized quickly to help block an anti-project labor agreement amendment proposed by GOP Representative Matt Gaetz during a congressional committee meeting on the National Defense Authorization Act. The National Defense Authorization Act authorizes the nation’s $850 billion defense budget and sets Defense Department priorities every year. The proposed amendment would have exempted the
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On May 7, the IBEW hosted senior Biden-Harris administration officials, Members of Congress, several unions, Germany-based conglomerate Siemens, and IG Metall – a German union representing Siemens. The leaders met at IBEW headquarters in Washington D.C. to discuss increasing high quality employment at Siemens plants. The pro-labor Members of Congress who attended the meet and
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