Labor Helps Defeat Anti-PLA Amendment
June 10, 2024
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
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Pres. Biden Says IBEW ‘Critical’ to Energy Transformation
April 26, 2024
Five years ago, Joe Biden addressed the IBEW Construction and Maintenance Conference while running for president. Months later, he became the 46th President of the
Solar Good Jobs Summit Draws Labor, Developers, Utilities to D.C.
April 22, 2024
The demand for utility-scale solar is high, and the need for skilled labor to install it is just as strong. Now the IBEW, Laborers International,
IBEW Well Represented in President Biden’s State of the Union
March 19, 2024
IBEW members scored high-level attention at the State of the Union on March 7th. Not only did several IBEW members attend the high-profile event, President
IBEW Kicks off Grassroots Campaign
February 23, 2024
It may be February, but 2024 is also a big election year – and that means the IBEW Government Affairs staff is gearing up for
Biden’s Accomplishments for IBEW Members: Unveiling New Sector Fliers
February 15, 2024
NEW GRASSROOTS MATERIALS FOR YOU! Get ready for an important update from the IBEW Government Affairs Department! We’re rolling out a new set of fliers,
Record Wind, Transmission Project to Employ Thousands in N.M., Ariz.
January 26, 2024
Though the SunZia project has been on paper for more than a decade, shovels are in the dirt now in part because of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, signed in 2021 and 2022 by President Joe Biden.
Labor Standards, Record Funding Announced for Las Vegas-to-SoCal High-Speed Rail Project
January 3, 2024
IBEW members will soon be on the job building a high-speed rail network linking Las Vegas and Southern California following a $3 billion federal grant
President Biden Returns to Delaware to Announce Billions in New Amtrak Funding
December 15, 2023
As a senator, Joe Biden spent years riding the passenger rails from Wilmington, Del., to Washington, D.C. When he returned to the Bear car shop
Biden Administration Pledges Billions to Jumpstart Hydrogen Development
November 21, 2023
“The use of hydrogen as a low-carbon, environmentally-friendly alternative energy carrier and fuel is very promising and has the potential to support upwards of 700,000 jobs domestically,” said IBEW Government Affairs Department Director Danielle Eckert.