Pres Biden Joins Union Members to Celebrate Multiemployer Pension Bill

In July, President Biden traveled to Ohio to celebrate the most significant effort to protect multiemployer pensions in 50 years.
The Butch Lewis Act was one of the IBEW’s most pressing priorities when President Biden signed it in early 2021. Saving hundreds of plans from insolvency and shoring up the backstop Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, this special assistance program will ensure benefits to multiemployer pension participants through 2051.
“We turned a promise broken into a promise kept,” Joe Biden told a crowd of union workers in Cleveland on July 5. Among those in attendance were... Read More
Build Back Better, October 2022

Charity Softball Tournament

On Friday, Oct. 21, four unions will compete in a charity softball tournament at the Yard Goats!
Come join in on the fun, raise some money for charity, and have an entertaining evening at one of the best minor league baseball stadiums in the country.
Game 1: AFSCME Council 4 vs. Connecticut State Building Trades Council
Game 2: AFT Connecticut vs. Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association
Here's everything you need to know:
Event: Labor Charity Softball Tournament
Location: Dunkin' Donuts Park (Yard Goats stadium), 1214 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103
Date: Friday, October 21
Time:... Read More

Empower Retirement Update

Your retirement experience is getting an upgrade …
There’s a lot to look forward to with your new Empower experience! Join Empower for an educational opportunity to review the new features, tools and resources that can help you achieve the future you imagine. Learn more with Empower’s interactive educational web series.
Register for the session of your choice at upgrade.empowermytime.com
Here is a listing of scheduled Plan Sponsor Webinars.  Please use the below link “Information For October 2022 Plan Migrations” to register.  I would encourage registering even if you cannot attend... Read More

The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) Survey

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the National Electrical
Contractors Association (NECA) continue our commitment to promoting and embracing a culture
change throughout the Electrical Construction Industry (ECI). The IBEW and NECA fully support
identifying how the ECI can implement changes across policies, practices and initiatives to foster
an inclusive work environment that elevates respect, acceptance and equity.

The IBEW and NECA are partnering with The Center for Construction Research and Training
(CPWR) and invite all personnel to participate in a... Read More

CT AFL-CIO Labor to Labor Canvass

Any volunteers for walks or phone banking please call the hall and talk to John Bellemare at (203) 265-9533 ext. 5
Connecticut AFL-CIO
LABOR TO LABOR CANVASS
SEPTEMBER 2022

Join your fellow union members for canvassing when we will knock on union household doors
to talk about issues and educate members about labor’s endorsed candidates. Before you go
out canvassing, you will receive training, a prepared script, and a list of union households in a
neighborhood. You can pair up with another union volunteer.
 
We will supply coffee, donuts, and bagels too!

Saturday, September 10th... Read More

YES for Freedom to Vote Early

Click the attachment below to view the Connecticut Statewide 2022 Referendum Campaign

Pres Biden Celebrates the IBEW in Historic Convention Presidential Speech

President Joe Biden electrified the IBEW Convention in Chicago on May 11, drawing thunderous cheers for infrastructure projects that will employ IBEW members far into the future, championing unions like none of his predecessors, fighting to cut taxes for working families and make billionaires pay their fair share, among other historic progress and plans for a better, more just America.

"The only reason I’m standing here now as president of the United States is because the IBEW came on with me early,” Biden said as he arrived on stage at the 40th International Convention... Read More
Build Back Better, July 2022

IBEW Training, Workers Featured in EV Network Rollout

EVITP-credentialed members will help build out the nation’s electric vehicle charging network. IBEW training includes EVITP, which is also a short course available to journey- level members.

Federal guidance for the creation of a national network of electric-powered vehicle charging stations explicitly recommends that agencies consider the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program as they look to spend billions in funds allocated by President Biden's infrastructure bill, which passed last November.

The move is an important first step in following through on Biden's pledge that America's expanding EV charging network will be built by IBEW members.

"We're pleased that this guidance sets the foundation for the development of national EV charging standards... Read More
Build Back Better, July 2022

Presidential Meeting to Strengthen Labor Unions

President Biden met once again with the leaders of America’s top labor unions in March. IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson is pictured third from left in the back row.

President Biden met with IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson and labor leaders to discuss strengthening America’s labor unions and support workers. 
“Together, we’re building the economy from the bottom up and middle out,” Biden tweeted after the March 8 meeting, the latest in several gatherings Biden has held with labor leaders. The meeting in Delaware was organized by President Stephenson and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, who is also a member of the IBEW.
Build Back Better, July 2022

From the Top-Down, A Pro-Worker, Pro-Union Tone

The opportunity to bask in the glow of appreciation for working people does not come often, particularly in the presence of high-ranking elected officials, including the President of the United States.

But that’s where Duluth, Minn., Local 242 President Kyle Bukovich found himself on March 2 at the University of Wisconsin-Superior with President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Sens. Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith (both from Minnesota), and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.

“It was great to be in the same room to be with so many legislators and elected officials who fully support... Read More
Build Back Better, July 2022