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Continuing Education Classes for 2025 Wednesday Evening Classes 5:00pm - 9:00pm February 26, 2025 CLICK TO REGISTER March 19, 2025 CLICK TO REGISTER April 9, 2025 CLICK TO REGISTER April 23, 2025 CLICK TO REGISTER May 7, 2025 CLICK TO REGISTER Saturday morning Classes 8:00am - 12:00pm  March 8, 2025 CLICK TO REGISTER March 22, 2025 CLICK TO REGISTER April 12, 2025 CLICK TO REGISTER April 26, 2025 CLICK TO REGISTER May 10, 2025 CLICK TO REGISTER   JATC Training Director Tom Sportini can be contacted at 203-459-0836 with any...
Richard Herlihy Memorial Scholarship Before his retirement,  former Business Manager Patrick Donahue made a proposal to the trustees of the Education Fund to rename the annual scholarships. The result of that proposal was to rename the annual scholarships in memory of past Apprenticeship Director Richard Herlihy for his commitment to educating the members of Local 488. The Local 488 Education Fund helps to relieve some of the financial pressure created by the skyrocketing cost of a college education through the funding of two (2) four-year scholarships valued at $6,000.00 each ($1,500.00...
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TO: All NECA Chapters and IBEW U.S. Local Union Business Managers CC: All NECA and IBEW District and Regional Field Operations, Officers and Staff FROM: IBEW International President Lonnie R. Stephenson, NECA CEO David Long SUBJECT: Questions and Answers (Q&A) - National Disease Emergency Response Agreement (NDERA) DATE: March 19, 2020 In response to the release of the National Disease Emergency Response Agreement (NDERA) on Monday March 16 that was designed to address the current national public health emergency and to provide guidance for our industry, we have received a number...
NECA/IBEW Agreement to Suspend the National Disease Emergency Response Agreement (NDERA) This Agreement is made and entered into by and between the National Electrical Contractors Association (“NECA”) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“IBEW”) (together the “Parties”), and it is applicable to all firms and IBEW local unions that sign a Letter of Assent to be bound to a construction agreement between any chapter of NECA and any local union of the IBEW. Effective June 1, 2021, the National Disease Emergency Response Agreement (NDERA) entered into by the parties on March 16...