As concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic mount, Local 24 Business Manager Pete Demchuk has received the following communication and policy from IBEW International President Lonnie Stephenson and National Electrical Contractors Association CEO David Long: “In recognition of the current emergency in our nation and the
❎❎❎ CANCELLATION ANNOUNCEMENT ❎❎❎ The regular membership meeting, originally scheduled for next Tuesday, March 24, 2020 has been cancelled in accordance with MD’s state of emergency and social distancing recommendations.
Please be advised that our annual Substance Testing and Tool & Boot Sale, originally scheduled for Thursday, March 19 through Saturday, March 21, 2020, has been canceled in light of the growing concerns around COVID-19. Every effort will be made to reschedule this event once the
Too often in recent years, corporations have come out on top in any dispute or issue that has pitted them against their workers. Even more distressing, laws that were supposed to guard the rights of working people, like the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), have
Baltimore City Council is introducing Project Labor Agreement Legislation at its meeting, Monday 1/27 at 5 p.m. at the City Council Building (100 N. Holiday Street, Suite 400, Baltimore, MD). The Baltimore & D.C. Building Trades is asking all construction tradespeople, especially those who live
Stephenson: ‘They Are Trying to Kill America’s Multiemployer Pension Plans’ IBEW International President Lonnie R. Stephenson is asking active and retired IBEW members to keep up the pressure on lawmakers to reject a disastrous multiemployer pension plan circulating in the Senate. The plan, introduced by
Brother Tim Medford is asking for prayers for his daughter, Megan Harris, and her family, especially granddaughter Kayleigh Harris. The entire family of five were in a terrible car accident on 12-27-2019 and they need your prayers. As explained on the GoFundMe page established in support of their
Why does Santa take presents to children around the world? Because the presents won’t take themselves! And the members of Local 24’s Children’s Christmas Party committee like to help Santa out as much as possible with all those presents, so they are cordially inviting our
Local 24’s RENEW committee and the Metro Baltimore Council AFL-CIO have teamed up for a Holiday Food Drive to benefit union member families and others in our community who are experiencing challenges and could use a little help this holiday season. The drive is ongoing
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) issued a report earlier this month that details numerous ways in which President Donald Trump, through his appointees on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), has weakened worker protections and rights, and given employers ever more power. In a press
