November 2025

2025’s IBEW Government Affairs Conference opened Nov. 17 to nearly 450 members, a record number of IBEW attendees. In this story: The two-day event held steps away from the Capitol follows blowout election victories for pro-labor candidates across the country just two weeks earlier. Despite the recent government shutdown and lingering air traffic hiccups, members […]

For IBEW members, energy jobs have driven record membership growth across the country. But the sustained campaign by the Trump administration against renewable projects has turned potential into disappointment, particularly in the offshore wind industry.  Between the lines: A project to build more than 100 wind turbines off the coast of Maryland’s Eastern Shore recently lost a $47 million