News
The following is news from IBEW Local 29.
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6 Reasons Why Unions Are Essential to Creating Broadly Based Prosperity
At the end of March, the Roosevelt Institute launched a new project, the Future of Work, which takes a look at the changing landscape in the area of workers’ rights and representation in the political and economic...
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Stop Buying Yuengling Beer!
Beer Baron calls for right-to-work tax reform in PennsylvaniaBy ASHE SCHOW | AUGUST 29, 2013 AT 4:55 PM Want more beer? Of course you do! Well, it would be a lot easier to party if unions and...
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
On behalf of the staff, Officers, and Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 29, we would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a safe, healthy, and prosperous New...
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More than 140 members of the Utility Workers Local 180
More than 140 members of the Utility Workers Local 180 in Altoona were locked out from their jobs at FirstEnergy. Collective bargaining is a process and the workers wish to continue to try and reach a fair contract,...
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29 supports WINS
Local 29 is now a sponsor of Workers Independent News. The People's Mic with Doug Cunningham place the issues and the voices of organized labor and working people on the radio airwaves. Please listen to their daily WIN...
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Giving thanks for all we have and our union
Message from the Staff, Officers & Executive Board of IBEW Local 29At this time of Thanksgiving we here at Local 29 would like to pause and count our blessings. The freedoms of this great country in...
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Jim Dushaw, IBEW Officer & Local 29 Member Dies
James (Jim) Dushaw started a career with Duquesne Light Company in 1959. Jim worked his way up through the Company's T&D Department, becoming a lineman and later a crew leader. Jim became active with our Union,...
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We are endowed by our creator certain inalienable rights
This Fourth of July we will once again declare America's independence and stand together, united by the common yet powerful idea of inalienable rights and the belief that everyone is created equal. In the U.S...
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IBEW Apprentices Rescue Seniors from Pittsburgh Nursing Home Blaze
Pittsburgh Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 5 members are being credited with saving dozens of local senior citizens from a fire that tore through a nursing home June 25. Community College of Allegheny County...
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Labor Day Parade September 2nd
Labor Day Parade and Picnic, Local 29 shirts and hats for all, Monday September 2nd watch for details on meeting location for this year.