The Metal Construction Association (MCA) acknowledged the IBEW Local 134 Headquarters/Union Hall and the Eleanor Boathouse, both located in Chicago, with the 2018 Chairman’s Award. The IBEW Union Hall won in Commercial/Industrial category and Eleanor Boathouse won in the Municipal category. The decisions for both awards were unanimous among this year’s panel of distinguished architects: […]
The Illinois, Indiana, Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting (III FFC) was founded in 1999 and set out to educate nonunion workers on the benefits of prevailing wage and joining a union. “We would get a list of projects coming up and we’d look through the newspapers and get our guys up to speed on what […]
The union membership rate—the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of unions—was 10.5 percent in 2018, down by 0.2 percentage point from 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in January. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.7 million in 2018, was little changed from 2017. […]
A circuit judge has struck down key components of West Virginia’s 2016 right-to-work legislation. Kanawha Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey issued the opinion Wednesday, three years after the Legislature first passed the law. “The new law will require unions and union officials to work, to supply their valuable expertise and to provide expensive services for nothing,” […]
The NECA/IBEW Powering America team’s recruiting efforts were on display at the 2018 NECA Show in Philadelphia. More than 2,500 local area apprentices gathered to hear from national leadership on what it means to be a part of the NECA/IBEW partnership. It’s clear they’re invested in building a workforce that’s ready for your next project.
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth invited IBEW Local 134 apprentice Lily Wu to the 2019 State of the Union address to highlight the diverse work field in Illinois and within IBEW 134.
Better Pay And Benefits Union members earn better wages and benefits than workers who aren’t union members. On average, union workers’ wages are 27% higher than their nonunion counterparts. More than 79% of union workers have jobs that provide health insurance benefits, but less than half of nonunion workers do. Unions help bring more working people into […]
IBEW Local 134 electricians and the Electrical Contractors’ Association of City of Chicago are Powering Chicago into the future.
I wanted to update you with the latest information regarding the pension legislation in Washington, D.C. As I stated in my previously, the joint select committee on multi-employer pensions was considering legislation that would do serious harm to both our NEBF Pension and our Pension Plan #2. I am happy to inform you that based […]
NECA/IBEW IN-TECH Director, John Donahue, has joined Powering Chicago as its Executive Director.
