Category: Good of the Union

Project HELP offers free, impartial, and high-quality information to anyone with claim-specific questions or concerns as well as general information about Washington state industrial insurance (workers’ compensation) for work-related injuries or occupational disease. Additional information can be found at the Project HELP website.

2025 IBEW Pension Benefit Fund (PBF) Increase Please be advised that there will be a two dollar ($2.00) increase for the IBEW Pension Benefit Fund (PBF) contribution starting January 1, 2025. This increase was approved by the delegates of the 40th IBEW International Convention in May of 2022. This increase

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2024 IBEW Per Capita Increase Please be advised that there will be a one dollar ($1.00) increase for the IBEW Per Capita starting July 1, 2024. This increase was approved by the delegates of the 40th IBEW International Convention in May of 2022. This increase applies to “A” and “BA” members.

IBEW Local 89 Celebrates Historic Milestone as Oregon Legislative Assistants Approve Union Contract Mount Vernon, WA | October 31, 2023 – IBEW Local 89, a dynamic local union representing workers across the Northwest United States, is delighted to announce a groundbreaking achievement as Oregon’s legislative assistants become the first in

Read MoreOregon Legislative Assistants Ratify Bargaining Agreement

IBEW Local 89 eagerly anticipates welcoming Oregon’s legislative aides into our union – a historic milestone as they will become the first legislative aides in the nation to get a union contract with guaranteed wage increases, benefits, and worker representation. https://www.opb.org/article/2023/08/31/oregon-legislative-staff-union-contract-capitol-lawmakers

Are you looking for work in the Telecom Construction Trade?  IBEW Local 89 has Telecom Groundman and Telecom Lineman prevailing wage jobs currently available under our outside construction agreement.  If you or someone you know is interested in the telecom construction trade, please call the Union Hall at 360-755-6900 for more information and to find out how

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2023 IBEW Per Capita Increase Please be advised that there will be a two dollar ($2.00) increase for the IBEW Per Capita starting January 1, 2023. This increase was approved by the delegates of the 40th IBEW International Convention in May of 2022. This increase applies to “A” and “BA” members.

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During the legislative session, bargaining was temporarily paused, allowing the Assembly and staff the necessary time and resources needed to focus on their responsibilities in the legislature. Despite the pause in negotiations, the union, legislative aides, and branch representatives continued working collectively, addressing workplace issues away from the bargaining table as brought forth by the bargaining unit. Safety being

Read MoreOregon Legislative Aides Union Bargaining Update

From the NW Labor Press – May 18, 2021 A Northwest telecom union is raising the alarm about Ziply Fiber, which bought bankrupt cable/internet provider Frontier Communications in April 2020 for $1.3 billion.  IBEW Local 89 represents Frontier’s 700 Oregon and Washington workers in a collective bargaining agreement that runs through May

Read MoreIBEW 89 warns labor strife may be coming with purchaser of Frontier

NACTEL Badges NACTEL Badges represent your educational expertise and can be obtained without having to earn a full degree, saving time and money. With help from NACTEL’s partners AT&T, Verizon, Lumen, Frontier Communications, IBEW, and CWA, the digital badges were created as a visual representation of your skill set that

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