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Thank you to everyone who submitted their names and essays for the 2022/2023 IBEW First District Scholarships Award; we received entries this year from 239 applicants. A random draw was made this morning at the First District Office and Congratulations to these ten applicants!!!                      …

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                         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  February 17, 2023                                                                           …

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Sixth District International Vice President Paul Noble, a longtime IBEW leader in his home state of Illinois, has been appointed international secretary-treasurer. He began his duties Jan. 4. Noble replaces Kenneth W. Cooper, who was appointed international president following the retirement of Lonnie R. Stephenson. Both moves were made and unanimously approved by the International…

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https://ibewhourpower.com/category/presidents-message/ Kenneth W. Cooper grew up in a house with no indoor plumbing in one of the poorest neighborhoods of a dying Rust Belt town and then joined one of the smallest construction locals in Ohio. On Jan. 4, he took over as international president of one of the most powerful labor unions in North…

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IBEW members worked around the clock to restore power to Atlantic Canada after Hurricane Fiona battered the region in late September. “This storm surpassed anything I’ve ever experienced,” said St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Local 1620 Business Manager Don Murphy. While Fiona was technically a post-tropical storm when it made landfall in the maritime region,…

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Moncton Local 1555 is a small local union. It is tucked into three counties in southeastern New Brunswick and has 135 members. Growth has not come easy. When it reached an agreement with a small contractor two years ago, it was its first successful organizing campaign since 1969, said Jason Hamilton, who was hired as…

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