A Sunday, Oct. 6 Youngstown Vindicator front-page feature article explored the challenges labor unions face in attracting the next generation of talent to skilled trades careers, and it included commentary from NECA-IBEW Electricians’ Jim Burgham, business manager for IBEW Local 64 in Youngstown. Burgham said applications for the Youngstown electrician apprentice program numbered in the hundreds…
VEC, Inc.’s Owner and CEO Rex Ferry has been to dozens of NECA national conventions throughout his career, but this year he has some homework to do before the show. VEC is a NECA-IBEW Electricians member contractor. Ferry, who served as president of NECA – the National Electrical Contractors Association – from 2009 to 2011,…
NECA-IBEW Electricians was represented among Mahoning Valley participants in the 16th annual United Way Day of Caring. The event is a community-wide day of hands-on volunteering. Jim Burgham, IBEW Local 64 business manager, joined a crew of colleagues from among the Western Reserve Building Trades Sept. 6 to both set up the “opening ceremony” breakfast…
NECA-IBEW Electricians member contractor VEC, Inc. made quite the impression on one Mahoning Valley educator who spent a week there this summer as part of a job shadowing experience. Canfield special education teacher Rachel Camuso was one of 21 Mahoning Valley educators who participated in a job shadowing session as part of the Educator in…
High school graduates who feel that college is not for them are finding it tough in today’s market. Yet opportunities exist for those with good math backgrounds and a strong work ethic for a career as an electrician. After all, there aren’t many jobs in which you could be making well-above average wages like you…
Since the onset of Akron Children’s Hospital of the Mahoning Valley establishing its Boardman campus, NECA-IBEW Electricians contractor Tri-Area Electric has benefitted not only in contracts to perform electrical services there, but Tri-Area’s employees and their families have had fond experiences with the hospital’s quality patient care. When the opportunity presents itself to give back,…
The 2013-14 OH-PENN interstate region economic development magazine debuted this week, and it features a full-page NECA-IBEW Electricians ad on the inside front cover. The OH-PENN print publication and website promotes the Mahoning Valley and Mercer/Lawrence County business climate to a targeted distribution of individuals and businesses considering relocating here. From a marketing standpoint the publication…
Bruce & Merrilees Electric Company, a NECA-IBEW Electricians member contractor based in New Castle, was recently named to Pittsburgh Business Times’ list of 2013’s “Best Places to Work in Western PA.” Bruce & Merrilees was recognized in the “Medium (51-150 employees)” business category and will be honored at an awards luncheon Oct. 31. “It’s fantastic…
Electricians from Santon Electric installed a 100-amp service upgrade to a home in Austintown, the owner of which had fallen on hard times and had her utilities shut off more than a year ago. NECA-IBEW Electricians, a collaboration of union electricians and electrical contractors, covered the $1,500 electrical upgrade cost as a community goodwill initiative. The homeowner…
More than 100 members and friends of the local building trades, including heavy participation from among the electrical workers, combined to raise money for the Mahoning County United Way during an annual Bike Run event last weekend. (See WFMJ media coverage of the event here) “The Building Trades/United Way Bike Run is among my favorite…