IBEW Local 488 Features

When it comes to Electrical Work, cutting corners can cost you!

Are you an electrical worker looking for a fair labor rate, health & welfare benefits, a pension plan to protect your future, safe working conditions, specialized training and representation in employment disputes? Consider this: Electrical Contractors often belong to associations that were formed by employers to promote and benefit their interests such as: Associated Builders and... more ...

Industry and IBEW News

Union Rights on the Ballot (EW)

https://ibew.org/electrical_worker/union-rights-are-on-the-ballot/?ref=ew

IBEW members conducted intensive get-out-the-vote efforts in New Jersey and Virginia's November 2025 elections, helping elect pro-worker governors and substantial majorities in state legislatures. The campaigns emphasized how union rights, collective bargaining, PLAs, and worker wages were directly at stake in these crucial odd-year elections.

Introducing : Thomas Spellman, JATC instructor (EW)

https://ibew.org/electrical_worker/my-ibew-story-thomas-spellman/?ref=ew

Boston Local 103 JATC instructor Thomas Spellman shares his 35-year journey in the IBEW, from childhood dreams inspired by union electrician uncles, through a workplace injury at a non-union shop, telecommunications apprenticeship, work on Boston's Big Dig and at Logan Airport on 9/11, to becoming a full-time instructor training the next generation of electrical workers.

Juhasz: Administration's Vendetta Against Wind Is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-vendetta-wind-gutting-jobs-raising-prices-1235471067/

Baltimore IBEW Local 24 fights to save offshore wind projects after Trump administration cuts $700 million in funding and issues stop-work orders. The article examines how these policies threaten thousands of union jobs at Maryland's Sparrows Point Steel offshore wind hub, eliminate clean energy supply that would power hundreds of thousands of homes, and contribute to rising electricity costs nationwide.

NECA, Local Donate $15k to Food Bank

https://www.egcitizen.com/2025/12/30/558981/electrical-trades-give-15-000-to-food-bank

Electrical contractors and local union members donated $15,000 to support a community food bank, demonstrating the industry's commitment to community service and helping families in need during the holiday season.

State Bond Package Steers $31M to Hartford Development Projects

https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/state-bond-package-steers-31m-to-hartford-development-projects/

Connecticut's State Bond Commission approved over $31 million for Hartford economic development projects as part of a $3 billion bonding package. Funding includes $17.5 million through the Capital Region Development Authority for downtown parking garage repairs, Capitol Hotel renovation loans, and $6.5 million for North End affordable housing and daycare projects led by Mutual Housing Association and Citadel Community Development.