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IBEW

American  
  1. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.


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When the vote to unionize passed in 2021, an estimated 400 to 450 Colectivo employees joined the IBEW.

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2022

The federal government sued IBEW, so I was one of the people they were forced to pick to train.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2021

A parade on Friday from Kilmainham jail, where the Rising’s leaders were executed, was led by a band from the US ironworkers union, IBEW, and another from Dublin.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2016

All around Illinois, men and women are unemployed, including many of our brothers and sisters in the IBEW.

From Chicago Tribune • Oct. 25, 2011

Jim Spellane, a spokesman for the IBEW, said the strike occurred because Verizon "came in with an extreme set of proposals and never really moved off of them."

From Time • Aug. 20, 2011