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Thursday May 23, 2013 - Memorial Day is the unofficial start to the summer holiday season. While the day honors those who have given their lives defending the nation, the weekend also marks the beginning of grilling season. Read the AFL-CIO, Union Plus and the Chicago Federation of Labor's suggestions on how to kick off your summer with a great start with union-made food and beverages. Also the National Safety Council released its estimates of fatalities from traffic crashes for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend. The Council estimates 407 traffic fatalities and another 43,500 medically consulted injuries may occur over the traditional summer kick-off weekend from motor vehicle collisions. Read more on both stories by clicking the headline above.


Tuesday May 7, 2013 - 4:00pm (C.S.T.) – The membership of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers System Council T-3 (IBEW SCT-3) employed by AT&T have voted to accept the tentative agreement that was reached on March 26, 2013.  The new four-year agreement covers over 6,500 employees working nationwide for the company. Read more by clicking on the headline above.


April 22, 2013 – The latest issue of Frontline is hot off the presses read it now by clicking the headline above. We remind all members to work safely. If you are restoring service to customers after the most recent storms make sure to use all of your safety equipment. The danger you can’t see could be the most serious. If you have pictures of storm damage and IBEW Local 21 members restoring service please send them to power@ibew21.org and we may post them online or in a future issue of Frontline. Remember, “No job is so important and no service is so urgent that we cannot take time to perform our work safely.”


April 19, 2013 – The membership of the IBEW has voted and accepted the agreement negotiated between the IBEW and Frontier Communications.


April 12, 2012 - A new tentative agreement has been reached between IBEW Local 21 and Comcast covering their employee’s working in Chicago’s Western Suburbs.  Their current agreement expired on April 30, 2012.  More details on the agreement can be found by clicking the headline above.


Monday April 8, 2013-Today a wage and benefit aid was added to the IBEW Local 21 website.  It contains information that illustrates benefit increases and compounded wage increases over the life of the 2013 AT&T tentative agreement. Get more information by attending a contract overview meeting they begin tomorrow. To view the document click click the headline above.


A new link containing detailed language changes in the 2013 Tentative Agreement with AT&T has been added to the IBEW Local 21 website.  The document may take some time to load.  When viewing the PDF it is best to let the entire document download before changing pages.  View the document by clicking on the headline above. An AT&T contract overview will be given at the April Unit meetings. All members are encouraged to attend and be prepared for a long meeting. We understand that many of you will have questions and comments. All members are asked to be patient so all of the material can be covered and your questions can be answered.


More information can be found by clicking the headline above.


April 1, 2013 - View a copy of the summary by clicking the headline above. An informational meeting to discuss the agreement will be held on April 8th at 630 p.m. at Fatty's Bar & Grill located at 1312 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Illinois.


Tuesday March 26, 2013-5:10pm (CST)- Earlier today the IBEW announced a new tentative agreement was reached with AT&T. This update contains more information on changes made to articles, appendixes and memorandums. For more information click the headline above. A detailed explanation will be given at the April Union Meetings.


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