October 2022

IRA : The Largest Energy Bill in American History

The Biden Administration and Congress have won a historic achievement for IBEW members and their families with the Inflation Reduction Act. The enormous energy and tax package will put IBEW members to work in family-sustaining jobs for the secure, self-reliant grid of the future.

Boston Local 103 fifth-year apprentice Lovette Jacobs introduces President Biden on the South Lawn of the White House.

IBEW Members to Meet Unprecedented EV Charging Needs

Nearly $5 billion in new electrical vehicle charging systems are on the way, and demand for qualified installers has never been higher.

The IBEW continues its national push to certify and train members to install EV charging infrastructure.

Administration Tackles Supply Chain Disruptions, Computer Chip Shortages with Made-in-the-USA Policy

Beefing up domestic supply chains while strengthening security and competitiveness is behind the new law incentivizing the production of critical computer chips here in the United States.

The Biden Administration and IBEW seek to build more domestic semiconductor factories (IBEW-built GlobalFoundries plant in Malta, NY)

IBEW/NECA Partnerships Tapped as Apprenticeship Ambassadors

St. Louis Local 1 Electrical Connection and Chicago Local 134’s Powering Chicago have been chosen as U.S. Department of Labor apprenticeship ambassadors.

A new U.S. Department of Labor initiative is widely promoting the use of registered apprenticeship programs like Portland, Ore. Local 48's.

IRAPs Scrapped

The Department of Labor put the final nail in the coffin of the Trump administration’s attempt to allow industries to water down training standards by cheapening the value of the gold-plated labor-management apprenticeship model that has served the IBEW for generations.

IBEW members strongly support high quality registered apprenticeship programs, the gold standard in the electrical construction industry.

Former AFL-CIO Staffer Named as Top Presidential Labor Advisor

Celeste Drake has been appointed President Biden’s top labor advisor. She served as the first-ever made-in-America director at the White House Office of Management and Budget since 2021, where she helped develop and implement domestic policy.

Fueling the Growth of Domestic Manufacturing Jobs

After more than 1.3 million jobs in the manufacturing sector were lost to the depths of the pandemic in 2020, recent data shows manufacturers have added back 1.4 million factory jobs, adding 668,000 additional manufacturing jobs since the Biden administration began.

Richard Trumka Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Biden posthumously honored former AFL-CIO President Richard T

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.