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Designing and Maintaining 21st Century Electrical Systems

Affiliated Jacksonville Electrical Contractors not only maintain electrical systems and wiring, we desgin them Our contractors are skilled trade’s people and are experts in the design, implementation, and installation of the electrical and energy management systems and are regarded by the industry as highly trained professionals. You can be assured of absolutely sound engineering... more ...

Pres Cooper The IBEW Is Wired for Change

Meet The Jacksonville Electricians

A common, prevailing notion in the Florida construction industry is that it costs more to work with organized electricians or electrical contractors. Jacksonville's customers and business owners are increasingly recognizing this as a myth. Sure, you can always go the lowest dollar on anything in life. However, it is also always true that you get what you pay for. Going for the lowest... more ...

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River City Brewing Demolished for Apts, Restaurant

https://residentnews.net/2022/08/08/river-city-brewing-company-demolished-for-planned-apartments-restaurant

Source:news4jax.com

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Parent Concerns Rise Over MPX

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/08/07/as-school-year-begins-concerns-over-monkeypox-rise-among-parents-local-doctor-says-dont-panic

Source:news4jax.com

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IBEW Members Highlighted at White House Rollout

Members of the IBEW were front and center for President Joe Biden’s White House announcement of Siemens USA’s plan to invest $54 million to expand its manufacturing facilities, a growth that promises to bring at least 300 new jobs to the company’s IBEW-represented workplaces in California and Texas. Siemens makes components that support a variety of technologies, including electric vehicle chargers, computer circuit boards and the file servers that fill data centers. The company’s planned expansion will send about $40 million to Pomona, Calif., to build a new hub where Los Angeles... Read More

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Presidential Meeting to Strengthen Labor Unions

President Biden met once again with the leaders of America’s top labor unions in March. IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson is pictured third from left in the back row.

President Biden met with IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson and labor leaders to discuss strengthening America’s labor unions and support workers. “Together, we’re building the economy from the bottom up and middle out,” Biden tweeted after the March 8 meeting, the latest in several gatherings Biden has held with labor leaders. The meeting in Delaware was organized by President Stephenson and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, who is also a member of the IBEW

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IBEW Training, Workers Featured in EV Network Rollout

Federal guidance for the creation of a national network of electric-powered vehicle charging stations explicitly recommends that agencies consider the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program as they look to spend billions in funds allocated by President Biden's infrastructure bill, which passed last November. The move is an important first step in following through on Biden's pledge that America's expanding EV charging network will be built by IBEW members. "We're pleased that this guidance sets the foundation for the... Read More

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From the Top-Down, A Pro-Worker, Pro-Union Tone

The opportunity to bask in the glow of appreciation for working people does not come often, particularly in the presence of high-ranking elected officials, including the President of the United States. But that’s where Duluth, Minn., Local 242 President Kyle Bukovich found himself on March 2 at the University of Wisconsin-Superior with President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Sens. Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith (both from Minnesota), and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. “It was great to be in the same room to be with so many... Read More

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