(The following was also published in the (Youngstown) Business Journal’s Growth Report 2016) Each year the electrical industry experiences significant advances in technology, both on the jobsite and in how individual contractors run their businesses more efficiently. It’s a constant state of learning and adapting to new tools and ways of doing things, coupled with…
Eyes were opened. Questions were asked. Connections were made. Youngtown Area Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee director Ed Emerick co-presented about the benefits of organized building trades apprentice programs to Mahoning County high school guidance counselors with peers from the Plumbers and Pipefitters and the Builders Association. “It was a unified message about encouraging the right…
Mahoning Valley NECA and the YSU Foundation held its annual luncheon to honor NECA scholarship recipients at the Youngstown Country Club on Thursday January 14th. 2016 scholarship winners are John Fromel, Ethan Parks, Elias Rafidi and Daniel Vodhanel. All four students are also members and officers of the 2016 NECA Student Chapter. Dr. Ted Bosela is the…
We recently created a Facebook page dedicated to promoting news and events among the IBEW locals and member contractors, and to elevating the profile of the electrical industry in the Mahoning Valley. Stop by regularly for the most up-to-date information regarding local NECA-IBEW chapters and for news regarding things in the trade, such as openings for apprenticeships and blog…
A joint labor-management committee of union electricians and electrical contractors in the Mahoning Valley has established a scholarship at Youngstown State University to help its members earn college degrees. The Mahoning Valley LMCC (Labor Management Cooperation Committee) Scholarship was funded by an endowment from IBEW Local 64 in Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley chapter of…
The Mahoning-Trumbull AFL-CIO Labor Council executive board collected toys for underprivileged children in Mahoning and Trumbull counties at the organization’s Christmas dinner last week; the 10th straight year it has done this. Jack Morse, business manager for IBEW Local 573 in Warren, and his colleagues on the local’s executive board donated bicycles for the second…
At a time when donations have been down, the members at IBEW Local 573 stepped up with a check for $1,230 for the Warren Family Mission. “We passed the hat at our monthly union meeting and, as per usual, our members were more than generous in their support for wanting to help the Warren Family Mission,” said…
NECA-IBEW Electricians member contractor VEC, Inc. was profiled in a Business Journal feature article this week. The piece recapped a recent realignment at the company, which involves the moving of four business units under the same name, VEC, as well as recent growth that has contributed to one of the company’s best years ever. Further, Jeff…
Hundreds of people spent part of their Sunday raising money and offering positive vibes for the young son of a building trades executive who’s battling leukemia. Support for Sean was held at Youngstown’s Stambaugh Auditorium, and included a pasta dinner, raffles and auction items, and was well-attended by the community and many in the building trades. NECA-IBEW…
More than 50 Trumbull County guidance counselors were put to the test this week to see how much they knew about building trades apprentice programs. As part of an event hosted by the NECA-IBEW Electricians at Squaw Creek Country Club in Vienna, guidance counselors from nearly every school district in the county heard from Warren…