The Importance of Public Works Projects
President Biden was already slated to visit Pittsburgh on Jan.
Scott McCoy, Business Manager
Build Back Better
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Mandating PLAs on Federal Construction ProjectsPresident Biden on Feb. |
Recommending EVITP in EV Charging Buildout |
Keeping PromisesOn the campaign trail and throughout his presidency, Joe Biden has promised to be the most pro-union, pro-worker pres |
A Published Roadmap of Infrastructure OpportunitiesJust in time for the flow of resources to fulfill the promises of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs A |
Administration Delivers on the Infrastructure PromiseModernizing the electric grid. Decarbonizing transportation. |
Appointing Former Mine Workers Official as OSHA HeadAfter nearly five years without a confirmed leader, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is headed by worker safety advocate Doug Parker.
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Boosting the Power of the Federal Workforce; Hoping it’s ContagiousIn a welcome reversal from past administrations’ attempts to stifle the power of unions in the federal sector, the Biden administration is actively encouraging more worker participation in collective bargaining.
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Giving Pro-Worker Appointees a Voice on Federal Labor BoardContinuing a trend of filling labor-related posts with experienced pro-worker nominees, President Biden has selected Susan Tsui Grundmann and Kurt Rumsfeld for seats on the Federal Labor Relations Authority. |
‘He’s Scranton’: IBEW Member Meets President Biden in Childhood Hometown
President Biden appeared at the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton on October 20 to promote his domestic agenda and the hundreds of thousands of jobs that will be created to rebuild the nation’s degraded infrastructure.
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Winning Passage of the Build Back Better ActRelief for middle class families is one step closer with the passage by the House of Representatives of the Build Back Better Act on Nov. 19.
Like the infrastructure bill, the Build Back Better Act will make transformative investments in future generations, the health care system and public schools. |
IBEW Lobbying Effort Hours before House VotePassage by the House of Representatives came only hours after the IBEW launched a lobbying effort involving hundreds of IBEW members working the phones in an all-out push for a vote on the infrastructure legislation that ultimately passed both chambers with bipartisan support.
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IBEW AT WHITE HOUSE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SIGNINGWith the stroke of the pen, alongside more than 10 IBEW members and a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House on Nov. 15, President Biden made official one of the biggest infrastructure investments in U.S. history.
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