As Shell Oil considers plans to build a billion-dollar ethane cracker plant in Western Pennsylvania, the IBEW is assertively positioning itself to win construction work for its signatory contractors.

Recently an IBEW international film crew was in the Mahoning Valley gathering interviews and footage to include in a sales video touting the IBEW’s unique capabilities to service Shell’s needs with union electricians from among the local workforce.

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A homeless shelter in downtown Sharon is expanding into Trumbull County.

Joshua’s Haven is in the process of renovating an old grocery store in Masury in Brookfield Township. On Thursday, students from the fourth-year apprentice class of the Electrical Workers Union were busy putting in new wiring for the building.

YOUNGSTOWN (February 13, 2013) – Jeff Barber was re-elected president of the Mahoning Valley chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) at its annual election meeting held recently. He will serve a second one-year term as the group’s leader.

WARREN (February 11, 2013) – Trumbull County union electrician Steve Fife was named the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee’s “Instructor of the Year.”

While he’ll be formally recognized at the IBEW’s national Construction and Maintenance Conference in Washington, D.C. in April, a local celebration was held in Fife’s honor at the IBEW Local 573 Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in Warren.

As published in the Mid January 2013 issue of The Business Journal … Union electricians, contractors see steady rise in work. A combination of work expected from major projects and a projected increase in smaller commercial construction activity bodes well for business in 2013, according to the National Electrical Contractors Association/International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. […]

Electrical Contractors Award 5 Scholarships to YSU Students Mahoning Valley NECA Chapter recognizes local engineering scholars YOUNGSTOWN (Dec. 18, 2012) – Five local Youngstown State University students were named recipients of the Mahoning Valley National Electrical Contractors Association’s annual scholarship. The students were recognized at a luncheon in their honor hosted by the YSU Foundation […]

Boardman Township Trustees presented a proclamation commending work done by select, local businesses who stepped up to donate construction services for a local family that had fallen on hard times. Santon Electric was named within the commendation. The gesture was part of the Home Builders Association’s fall project, and involved cleaning up and making necessary […]

Gary Gulu, owner of Gulu Electric of Youngstown, contributed more than 100 hours of union electrician labor to install the electrical services for the rebuilt American Legion Post 472, a high-profile community project on Indianola Avenue in Youngstown. In addition to Gulu Electric’s services, the Youngstown Labor-Management Committee of NECA-IBEW Electricians contributed $1,000 toward the […]

The NECA/IBEW Electricians donated funds to support the renovation of Rayen Stadium on Youngstown’s east side. Its donation will be memorialized with an 8-by-8-inch brick on a wall within the facility. “Our contribution acknowledges the union electricians and member contractors who attended Youngstown City Schools, and reflects our support for this well-deserved project that will […]

Youngstown State University’s student NECA (National Electrical Contractors Association) chapter brought home the national championship at this year’s NECA Green Energy Challenge in Las Vegas Sept. 30 after its proposal to decrease the energy consumption at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor was chosen as the best nationally. The team rehearsed its finals […]