Video Message Greetings: On September 30th, 2021, Canada’s unions marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on this day by strengthening our resolve to fight for Indigenous rights and justice. September 30th is now recognized by the Federal and some provincial and territorial governments as an annual statutory holiday. This day has also…
MoreVigilance Helps Bring a Contractor in Ontario Back to the IBEW
*This article was originally published in the September 2024 issue of The Electrical Worker Online Several years ago, members of Kitchener, Ontario, Local 804 started taking notice of a nonunion contractor doing business in the local’s jurisdiction, and they had a hunch. “Our organizers kept seeing this company showing up more and more on resumes,…
MoreLabour Day Message From IVP Shewchuk
Video Messaage from Russ Shewchuk: Greetings: Workers have always had a profound impact on communities across the country and around the world. Fighting for better working conditions, health and safety on the job, better wages and pension plans so they can retire with dignity. Over the last year, workers and labour leaders across the country…
MoreIBEW Int’l President Ken Cooper Addresses Delegates at DNC
width=”1920″ height=”1080″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”> Transcript: Hello, I’m Kenny Cooper, representing 840,000 IBEW members, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The IBEW powers America, from fire alarms to solar farms, nuclear plants to battery plants, storm restoration to power lines. We’ve been doing it for over 130 years. Today we’re building a new energy future while…
More2024 Cash Draw Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the first and second $5,000.00 draw and the final $20,000.00 Grand Prize Cash Draw; tickets were drawn at the IBEW, All Canada Progress Meeting on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, in St. John’s, NL. The winners are as follows: The winner of the first $5,000.00 draw, holding ticket #0086…
MoreB.C. Local Moves Quickly to Be First With Veterans Committee
One year ago, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Local 1928 steward and Royal Navy veteran Pete Cool was reaching out to members across Canada about an initiative to increase opportunities for veterans in the trades. That objective celebrated a milestone when Vancouver, British Columbia, Local 258 became the first Canadian local to have a chartered Veterans Committee….
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