IBEW Members to Meet Unprecedented EV Charging NeedsNearly $5 billion in new electrical vehicle charging systems are on the way, and demand for qualified installers has never been higher. 
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IRA : The Largest Energy Bill in American HistoryThe Biden Administration and Congress have won a historic achievement for IBEW members and their families with the Inflation Reduction Act.  |
Administration Tackles Supply Chain Disruptions, Computer Chip Shortages with Made-in-the-USA PolicyBeefing 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. 
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So-Called IRAPS ScrappedThe 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 
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Fueling the Growth of Domestic Manufacturing JobsAfter 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 administ  |
Pres Biden Joins Union Members to Celebrate Multiemployer Pension BillIn July, President Biden traveled to Ohio to celebrate the most significant effort to protect multiemployer pensions in 50 years. |
Former AFL-CIO Staffer Named as Top Presidential Labor AdvisorCeleste 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. |
Richard Trumka Honored with Presidential Medal of FreedomPresident Biden posthumously honored former AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka with the Presidential Medal 
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