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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 administration began.  |
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 for generations. 
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IBEW/NECA Partnerships Tapped as Apprenticeship AmbassadorsSt. Louis Local 1 Electrical Connection and Chicago Local 134’s Powering Chicago have been chosen as U.S. Department of Labor apprenticeship ambassadors. 
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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 T  |
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. |
Apprentice Introduces Pres Biden At IBEW WorksitePresident Biden traveled to Portland, Ore., on April 21 to visit the site of a massive project to upgrade the Portland International Airport and discuss the infrastructure law’s role in transforming the economy of the Pacific Northwest.
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IBEW Now Participates in US Trade Talks |
8M New Jobs Fuel Stronger Employment MarketNearly 8 million new jobs hav  |
Domestic Renewable Manufacturing Ramps UpThe Biden administration invoked the Defense Production Act to ease supply chain issues around solar panels on June 6, while continuing its investigation into possible Chinese trade violations.
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VP Harris,Cabinet Secretaries Meet with IBEW Members, Visit Training CentersVice President Kamala Harris traveled to Durham, N.C. to call for more unionization in the state.  |
Presidential Visit to IBEW Work SitePresident Biden traveled to Portland, Ore., on April 21 to visit the site of a massive project to upgrade the Portland International Airport and discuss the infrastructure law’s role in transforming the economy of the Pacific Northwest.
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Milestone Federal Policy to Empower WorkersThe first-of-its-kind task force that President Joe Biden created last year to identify ways that his administration can help empower workers and strengthen unions has returned with nearly 70 recommendations for federal agencies to pursue. 
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Biden Administration Plan Would Raise Wages on Federal ProjectsA labor department plan to strengthen federal prevailing wage rules |
Pres Biden Celebrates the IBEW in Historic Convention Presidential SpeechPresident Joe Biden electrified the IBEW Convention in Chicago on May 11, drawing thunderous cheers for infrastructure |
IBEW Members Highlighted at White House RolloutMembers 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.  |
