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IBEW Local 21 Archived News Stories
March 2010
PRESS RELEASE - IBEW Telecom Union Says New AT&T Contract Won’t Allow Any Changes to Health Care Benefits for Union Members or Union Retirees
Tuesday, March 30, 2010-To view the press release click here.
IBEW Employees and Retirees at AT&T Have Benefit Protections
Tuesday, March 30, 2010- What AT&T didn’t say was because of last years bargaining IBEW members and retirees have their benefits guaranteed through 2012. [More]
CEOs Called to Congress to Back Up Health-Bill Costs: Bloomberg Video
Monday, March 29, 2010 – The CEO’s of AT&T, Verizon Communications, Caterpillar, and Deere & Co. have to appear at a hearing April 21, 2010 to discuss the expenses related to the law according to lawmakers in our nation’s capitol.
AT&T Must Appear Before the House Energy and Commerce Committee
Friday, March 26, 2010 - Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Henry Waxman has already asked AT&T, as well as other corporations, to provide evidence to the Congress to support their claims. Waxman also stated that AT&T's claim is in conflict with two independent estimates that have been made. [More]
What Does National Health Care Reform Mean to Me?
How will Health Care Reform affect me?
How will it affect my family?
Who is watching my back?
Who will explain all of this to me?
These are questions that everyone is asking - and answers are everywhere, on TV, the internet, in newspapers, and even on our cell phones. We caution all members – that some answers are correct, many are not, and many others questions can’t yet be answered as of today. It all depends who you get your information from! [More]
Illinois Judge Tells ICC – Reject Verizon-Frontier Deal on Landlines!
From the IBEW International website, this is a breaking news item in the ongoing industry story involving our unions, Verizon, Frontier, consumer groups and numerous other interested parties
We encourage all members to follow The Verizon-Frontier Story, one with potentially far reaching negative effects that will impact thousands of IBEW and CWA jobs, quality of service issues for consumers, devastation to communities and the different reasons that these types of strategic moves by industry giants in telecommunications and more take place in the first place. The IBEW and the CWAhave intervened in state proceedings on the proposed sale in West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington State. We are also intervenors in the case before the Federal Communications Commission. [More]
IBEW Founders’ Scholarship Deadline is May 1, 2010
Offered by the IBEW International, and to be used solely by IBEW members, the IBEW Founders' Scholarship honors the dedicated wiremen and linemen who, on November 28, 1891, organized the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The IBEW Founders’ Scholarship Program is a valuable benefit and we encourage all members to apply.
This award is for $200 per semester credit hour at any accredited college or university toward an initial bachelor's degree in an approved field. All materials must be postmarked prior to May 1 of the scholarship year. [More]
The IBEW TheElectricalWorker’s Channel on YouTube
February 27, 2010 – For decades the U.S. Space Program and NASA have provided good employment for tens of thousands of workers – good union jobs, including hundreds in the IBEW. From the IBEW’s The Electrical Worker Channel, click on the arrow below to watch the rally to save jobs in the U.S. space program.
CROSS BOX SAFETY ALERT
A safety alert was issued for all of the new 3-M aerial cross boxes with the model #3M4295. No member should climb up to these boxes unless they are properly trained on the new access process. Without this new training, the only way to access these 3-M boxes is with the use of a bucket truck. [More]
Hour Lunches in I&R
As many of you are aware, in I& R, AT&T management is mandating that our members in Illinois take an hour lunch effective this Sunday, February 14th. The hour lunch was implemented in Indiana a couple weeks ago. All good Union members understand that no work is to be performed during lunch or break periods or other unpaid time including before work. [More]