IBEW Hour Power, a national online news program that highlights the work of the IBEW and NECA construction work, published a video featuring the story of Steve Fife, a local journeyman electrician who was named the international union’s 2012 Instructor of the Year. The video explores Fife’s role as a fourth-year apprentice instructor at IBEW…
On a picture-perfect night in front of more than 5,000 opening-day fans, the final 5-0 score in favor of the Jamestown Jammers was the only downside in an otherwise successful Mahoning Valley Scrappers game, sponsored by the NECA-IBEW Electricians. The collaboration of electrical contractors and union electricians from the Mahoning Valley brought 100 friends and family members to the game,…
An 8 year-old girl from the Big Brothers/Big Sisters mentoring program will throw out the first pitch at Opening Day for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers with an assist from the NECA-IBEW Electricians. As the corporate sponsor for the June 17 game’s fireworks display, the NECA-IBEW Electricians received the opportunity to throw out the game’s ceremonial…
An incident in a nearby district illustrates how “moonlighting,” or working a side job for pay outside of your employment agreement, can go terribly wrong. A union electrician – a lineman at a utility company – was asked to help out a family friend who’d gotten what he perceived to be a high estimate to…
IBEW Local 64 Business Manager Jim Burgham wrote an op-ed that was published in Sunday’s Youngstown Vindicator. The opinion piece explored the NECA-IBEW Electricians’ substance abuse policy and its impact on workplace safety. May is Electrical Safety Month and one of the sometimes overlooked facets of jobsite safety is a drug-free workplace. As excerpt from the article:…
More than $50,000 was raised for Cancer research at the Liberty Relay for Life the weekend of May 17-18, and once again Jason Rubin from CR Electric and his crew played a pivotal role. CR Electric and members of IBEW Local 64 in Youngstown set up the lighting and power needs for the corporate tents…
The Business Journal and its “Daily Buzz” online broadcast featured Tri-Area Electric’s project at Salem Community Hospital today. Click here to access the Daily Buzz page, then play the May 13 edition and scroll ahead to the 4:58 point for the Tri-Area story. In the segment, reporter Jeremy Lydic interviews Tri-Area project manager Michael Johnston about…
High school sports is big in the Mahoning Valley and it’s among the favored causes of the NECA-IBEW Electricians. The group of union electrical contractors and electricians from IBEW Local 573 in Warren and IBEW Local 64 in Youngstown committed to a sponsorship with Liberty High School that includes signage on the football stadium scoreboard. The sponsorship…
Members and retirees of IBEW Local 573 of Warren spent the better part of the day providing electrical service to the more than 80 corporate tents being set up on Courthouse Square in advance of this weekend’s Relay for Life event. Retired past-president Jeff Brown initiated the community service project 15 years ago as a…
The Business Journal’s Jeremy Lydic wrote the following article about local electrical contractors in the latest print edition of the Business Journal: As the latest energy-efficient technologies become the norm in construction plans, electricians must be knowledgeable about green products and techniques — and that begins with a solid grounding in education. So says Thomas…