Council News
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Apr 18th/Council NewsOur 2016 Legislative Agenda
Recently representatives from the 15,000 member IBEW Utility Labor Council of NYS lobbied lawmakers in Albany to ...
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Apr 17th/Council NewsThe Utility Worker Assault Bill
Support A4738-A (Moya)/S2251-A (LARKIN) This legislation elevates assault of a utility worker in the second degree to a...
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Apr 14th/Council NewsWho supports the Utility Workforce?
Another successful IBEW Utility Labor Council Lobby Day has come and gone. Below is a recap of what happened on Tuesday,...
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Mar 10th/Council NewsAct Now: Upstate Energy Jobs Coalition
The Upstate Energy Jobs Coalition wants to thank you for your continued support. Your commitment to New York’s economy...
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Jan 15th/Council NewsIn Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Eighty-seven years ago today, a great American, humanitarian, and civil rights activist was born; Martin Luther King, Jr. ...
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Dec 21st/Council NewsHappy Holidays from the Utility Labor Council
From our families to yours, we want to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and a Happy New Year. Seasons...
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Dec 18th/Council NewsPSC Advances Transmission Upgrade
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today voted to further its Alternating Current Transmission...
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Dec 16th/Council NewsNo More Delays
BEGIN TRANSMISSION WORK IMMEDIATELY Well intended obstructionists from the Hudson Valley have delayed critical...
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Dec 07th/Council NewsUpstate New York's nuclear plants support 25,000 jobs, industry consultant says
This story first appeared on syracuse.com, written by Frank Knauss. SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The four nuclear power reactors in...
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Nov 23rd/Council NewsNYS PSC REV Hearings
All across the Empire State members of the NYS Association of Electrical Workers and the Utility Labor Council of NYS...
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Nov 23rd/Council NewsNew York's Dirty, not so little Secret
There is a disturbing trend in New York State to import more electricity to service the State's power needs. Exporting jobs...
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Nov 20th/Council NewsLocal 3's Erikson to Chair IBEW Executive Council
Local 3 Business Manager Chris Erikson is taking on a larger role within the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers...