The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Canada is the largest electrical industry stakeholder in Canada, representing nearly 70,000 skilled tradespeople across the electrical industry and various related sectors, all vital to building and maintaining Canada’s infrastructure and powering its economy. The past month has been a whirlwind of debate, discussion, and decision-making as Canadians…
MorePolitical Action
FEDERAL ELECTION 2025
Statement from IBEW Canada The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Canada represents nearly 70,000 skilled tradespeople across the electrical industry and various related sectors who are vital to building and maintaining Canada’s infrastructure and powering its economy. As the number one electrical industry stakeholder in Canada, during this federal election cycle we continue to…
MoreIBEW Local 213 Responds Quickly to End Unfair Lockout of Unionized Rogers Employees
Rogers Communications has ended its nine-day lockout of 26 Kootenay technicians after swift action by IBEW Local 213. The technicians voted to unionize last year, and bargaining began in June 2024. Rogers proposed a one-year agreement backdated 10 months that would cut wages by up to 24%, reduce benefits, slash vacation time, and eliminate RRSP…
MoreAlberta Local Helps Defeat Foreign Worker Plan
The importance of political relationships was evident in Alberta in December, when Edmonton Local 424 officials helped persuade the provincial government to squash a plan to import construction workers from the United Arab Emirates. “Employers have used programs like these to drive down wages and working conditions in construction,” said Assistant Business Manager Scott Crichton,…
MoreIBEW Int’l President Ken Cooper Addresses Delegates at DNC
width=”1920″ height=”1080″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”> Transcript: Hello, I’m Kenny Cooper, representing 840,000 IBEW members, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The IBEW powers America, from fire alarms to solar farms, nuclear plants to battery plants, storm restoration to power lines. We’ve been doing it for over 130 years. Today we’re building a new energy future while…
MoreCanada Enacts Anti-Scab Law Unveiled at IBEW Local
*This article was originally published in the August 2024 issue of The Electrical Worker Online The IBEW and all Canadian unions celebrated when anti-scab legislation prohibiting companies from bringing in replacement workers during work stoppages sailed through Parliament and received royal assent. Bill C-58 prohibits employers from hiring scabs to replace union-represented workers during strikes…
More