Season’s Greetings: On behalf of the First District Office and our entire staff across the country, I would like to wish you all a safe and happy holiday season. Please let us take this opportunity to thank our IBEW members, from our local union leadership to each and every IBEW member of our Local…
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2022-2023 IBEW 1st District Scholarships
MWG Apparel, AIL and TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, in conjunction with the IBEW First District, will be offering ten (10) scholarships in the amount of $2,000.00 each to all IBEW members and their families that are in studies pursuing a post-secondary diploma or degree. An application must be submitted into our office no later than…
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IBEW, CN Forge a New 3-Year Agreement
After a lengthy negotiation process, which included a two-week midsummer strike followed three months later with binding arbitration, IBEW members who work for the Canadian National Railway reached an arbitrated bargaining agreement with the company Oct. 11. “Strikes are obviously a last resort, but over the summer it became clear that our members needed to…
MorePRESS RELEASE – IBEW President Lonnie R. Stephenson Retires, International Secretary- Treasurer Kenneth W. Cooper Named New President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2022 The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers issued the following statement: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers President Lonnie R. Stephenson is retiring, effective Jan. 4, bringing an end to a nearly five-decade active career in the union. “It’s been the honor of my life to serve the members of the…
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Dear Sisters and Brothers, Remembrance Day was first observed throughout the British Commonwealth in 1919. It was held to pay tribute to the end of the First World War through the signing of the Armistice Agreement on November 11, 1918, at 11 am. It is because of the brave men and women who have served…
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