IBEW – People's World

UAW wins tentative contract with GE Aerospace

September 17, 2025 By Werner Lange

Strong action and cross-union solidarity by workers pays off with gains in new contract

Electrical workers sound alarm on Trump’s TVA privatization scheme

September 16, 2025 By IBEW

TVA was founded in 1933 at the height of the Great Depression because investor-owned utilities refused to invest in what was then the poorest section of the country.

Verizon continues to demand givebacks from workers

September 4, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Unions took to the streets to show mass solidarity for their bargaining teams, with rallies all over the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.

Workers want tax-dodger Verizon to settle contract dispute

January 27, 2012 By Gabe Falsetta

Several hundred CWA Local 1101 Verizon workers and their supporters rallied Jan. 26 in front of 140 West Street to say, "Settle our contract!"

Verizon bargaining resumes, workers end strike

August 23, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Some 45,000 unionized Verizon workers, members of CWA and IBEW returned to work at a minute past midnight on Aug. 23, ending their 2-week strike. The old contract was reinstated, pending the outcome of re-started bargaining...