Building America Back Better
Biden's Agenda is Working for the IBEW
How President Biden’s actions benefit working families and IBEW members
President Biden toured the Ford electric F-150 plant in Michigan on May 18, highlighting his American Jobs Plan and the importance of remaking auto manufacturing to help curb climate change.
The Biden administration fired Equal Opportunity Employment Commission general counsel Sharon Gustafson in early March after she refused to step down.
Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was sworn in as U.S. labor secretary on March 23, the first union member in 45 years to lead the Department of Labor.
Eighteen Republican senators joined all Democrats to support Walsh’s nomination, voting 68-29 to confirm him.
"I spent my entire career fighting for working people, and I'm eager to continue that fight in Washington,” Walsh said.
The House of Representatives passed the most significant potential change to labor law in more than 70 years on March 9.
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act, passed 225-206, with the support of all but a single Democrat – 213 had sponsored the bill – and five of 211 Republicans.
President Biden has signed the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act, one of the IBEW’s biggest legislative priorities.
With Biden’s signature, help is on the way for troubled pension plans and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. The new law also provides temporary relief for single and multiemployer plans in good standing, including IBEW plans like the National Electrical Benefit Fund. It accomplishes this with no reductions in benefits for participants.
President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan on March 12, sending more stimulus checks, helping vaccine distribution and re-opening schools. (The plan also included a fix for multiemployer pension plans, which you can read more about below.) These measures have helped individuals, states and communities recover from the year- long pandemic.
President Biden promised to put America back to work. On March 31, he shared his plan to deliver, with a historic $2 trillion package to rebuild a diminished infrastructure, battle climate change and take on global competitors.
The eight-year proposal will put the United States on the path to a revitalized domestic infrastructure while creating tens of thousands of jobs in several of the IBEW’s core sectors. Biden’s plan will:
A pre-apprenticeship program bringing South Coast residents into high skill, high-pay, careers in the union Building Trades.
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Women, people of color, and veterans are encouraged to apply.
IBEW International President Lonnie R. Stephenson issued the following statement regarding Joe Biden’s clean-energy plan:
“Vice President Joe Biden’s clean energy plan is more than just an ambitious and comprehensive blueprint to combat climate change and put our country on the path to a sustainable future. It is a massive investment in millions of American jobs, doing everything from rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure to retrofitting tens of thousands of homes and offices.
The first page of the IBEW Constitution begins with a declaration:
"Our cause is the cause of human justice, human rights, human security."
It’s a powerful statement of the values that IBEW leaders and members pledge to uphold when they take the oath of membership. And combined with the union’s first objective, to organize all workers in the entire electrical industry in the United States and Canada, the message is unmistakable.
IBEW International President Lonnie R. Stephenson issued the following statement in reaction to the death of George Floyd: “The men and women of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers stand with the millions of Americans demanding a full investigation into the death of George Floyd, an African-American pinned down by a white Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on Floyd’s neck as Floyd pleaded, ‘I can’t breathe.'"
Great article. Critical thinking and Fact checking go out the window nowadays. This article admits it is a conditioned response intended to elicit fear and outrage.
2018-2019 Several contractors partnered with IBEW Local 223 completed the addition of a 333 MW gas turbine to the existing Canal Plant constructed in 1968. The addition of a General Electric new technology peaker has given this power generation facility greater flexibilty to meet the changing demand in Southeastern Massachusetts. At this projects peak there were around 80 IBEW Local 223 members
IBEW Local 223 has set the standard in the Southeastern Massachusetts renewable energy market. Delivering the highest quality products with the competitive edge needed to succeed. Our partnered contractors have been able to deliver their projects on time and under budget through their commitment and trust in the membership of Local 223.