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IBEW LU 130
Wednesday, 07 April 2021 / Published in News

April 2021 Newsletter


Brothers and Sisters,
I hope everyone had a Good Friday and a wonderful Easter. As we move into the second quarter of this year, we expect employment to pick up as some calls have went through the books. All indications point to our work opportunity improving in the next few months…

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IBEW LU 130
Wednesday, 07 April 2021 / Published in News

Remebering former Brother Joe Mendel- Local 3, New York


It is with a heavy heart that I share some sad news. As you may or may not be aware, one of Local 130’s dear friend and brother Joe Mendel, a retired member of Local 3 New York has passed away due to COVID-19.

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IBEW LU 130
Thursday, 25 February 2021 / Published in News

Newsletter- RE: Motion to Move Membership Meeting Date

Dear Brothers and Sisters:
The IBEW Local 130 has recently received a motion requesting that the monthly general membership meeting shall be scheduled to the Second Friday of each month….

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IBEW LU 130
Tuesday, 09 February 2021 / Published in News

Building America Back Better Biden’s Agenda is Working for the IBEW

How President Biden’s actions benefit working families and IBEW members…

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IBEW LU 130
Thursday, 10 December 2020 / Published in News

December 2020 Newsletter

Brothers and Sisters,

At the Union Meeting on November 12, 2020, it was unanimously approved to add the $0.35 cents that was allocated to wages to our Annuity. The new package will be: Inside Wage $31.65, Retirement $5.83 (Local Pension $1.88, Annuity $3.95), Health Fund $5.92. The contract will expire on November 30, 2021 ….

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IBEW LU 130
Thursday, 22 October 2020 / Published in News

Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with this ’60 Minutes’ interview?

With 12 days to go before an election in which he is currently a clear underdog, President Donald Trump has latched onto an issue that he seems to believe will change the trajectory of the race: His decision to abruptly end an interview with Lesley Stahl of “60 Minutes.”

Yes, you read that right. And, no, I am not joking.In the past 48 hours, Trump has sent four separate tweets about the interview, which he abruptly ended after 45 minutes. And just before noon on Thursday, he released 37 minutes of the interview his Facebook feed — writing “look at the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of 60 Minutes and CBS.”

Trump’s been threatening to release the video for days now.

“I will soon be giving a first in television history full, unedited preview of the vicious attempted ‘takeout’ interview of me by Lesley Stahl of @60Minutes,” Trump tweeted just before 9 a.m. ET Thursday. “Watch her constant interruptions & anger. Compare my full, flowing and ‘magnificently brilliant’ answers to their ‘Q’s’.”

(Quick sidebar: I know this isn’t the most important thing in that tweet, but who is Trump quoting when he calls his answers “magnificently brilliant?” Himself? Stahl? No one?)

That tweet came less than 24 hours after the President tweeted a series of images of White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany presenting Stahl with a massive book — with some pages that appear, at least in the pictures, to be empty? — filled with “the many things we’ve done for Healthcare. Lesley had no idea!”

And Thursday’s tweet came less than two days after Trump, shortly after ending the interview, tweeted out a video showing Stahl not wearing a mask. (A person familiar with the situation told CNN that the video tweeted by Trump came in the immediate aftermath of Trump ending the interview.)

All of which prompts a very simple question: Why?

Like, even if Stahl was attempting a “vicious…’takeout’ interview” of Trump — she, of course, was not — why would the President of the United States be spending this much time exposing that?

Will that change a single vote on November 3?

If you like Trump and believe the media is a) biased against him and b) hypocritical about mask-wearing, you could believe his claims about the Stahl interview. And it would confirm everything you already think about Trump, Democrats, the media and this election.

If you don’t like Trump, you likely will see this latest tweetstorm as yet more evidence of his thin-skinnedness, his inability to face tough questions and his propensity toward prevarication.

If you are undecided about whether to vote for Trump — and this group matters by far the most, because the President needs to win lots and lots of these voters to have a chance at making a comeback — is this really the message that is going to persuade you to be for the incumbent? That a journalist, according to Trump, didn’t wear a mask for a portion of an interview with him? Or that this journalist was unfair to him and was engaged in a “takeout?”

That seems very, very unlikely, given that every poll suggests the two issues voters care about far more than any others are Covid-19 and the economy. (I checked these polls for how many voters said “adversarial interview with ’60 Minutes’ reporter” was the number one issue facing the country. Couldn’t seem to find it listed.) When more than 222,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus — and we appear to be in the midst of another boom in the virus nationally — it’s hard to imagine a less important issue than how a reporter treated Trump.

So, then, why is he spending so much time talking and tweeting about the interview?

As always, the default answer is because he wants to — and there is no one around him able to tell him that whether he was fairly treated by Stahl has roughly zero impact on voters at this point in the election. As November 3 has drawn closer and closer, Trump has retreated more and more into a campaign strategy that can best be described as I-do-what-I-want-when-I-want-how-I-want. His entire presidency has been like this, of course, but he’s really turned that approach up to 11 in recent weeks.

To the extent there is any strategy behind this move — and I tend to believe there is not — it’s simply to throw more red meat to his base, many of whom think the media is out to get Trump.

And this will, uh, prove that. Or something.

But Trump’s base at this point is nowhere near large enough to win him the election. He either doesn’t get that or doesn’t care.

(Original article published on www.msn.com.  Click HERE for the full story.)

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IBEW LU 130
Thursday, 22 October 2020 / Published in News

Louisiana AFL-CIO 2021 Scholarship Opportunities

In March of 2021 the Louisiana AFL-CIO will be awarding three $1000 scholarships!
All contestants must have their application materials postmarked by January 8, 2021, and …

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IBEW LU 130
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 / Published in News

November 3, 2020 Open Primary/President/Congressional Election. Endorsement List

No matter your party, or the candidates you choose to support, please make sure that you and your family members are registered to vote. Why is it so important to register to vote? Because you cannot exercise your civic rights or even sign a simple petition, if you aren’t a registered voter. Your brothers, sisters, and community need to make sure you are registered to vote. On the local level and on the national level, we need more friends who support the rights of union members, friends who will stand firmly against those who are working to defeat us. We need representatives in Washington, D.C. who support us consistently, by supporting project labor agreements, voting to invest in our nation’s infrastructure, and advocation for policy that creates and protects our jobs while ensuring safety for all workers. We encourage everyone to support the roster of Labor endorsed candidates to vote on Tuesday, November 3rd . They are the ones who support us. Early Voting start on 10/16/2020 through 10/27/2020 (Except Sunday)

No matter your party, or the candidates you choose to support, please make sure that you and your family members are registered to vote. Why is it so important to register to vote? Because you cannot exercise your civic rights or even sign a simple petition, if you aren’t a registered voter. Your brothers, sisters, and community need to make sure you are registered to vote. On the …
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IBEW LU 130
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 / Published in News

NEWSLETTER 10.14.2020

On November 30th there will be a wage increase of $1.15. This is the last increase of the current 3-year contract that will expire next year. We will discuss and decide where the increase should be placed (wages and/or benefits) at our next union meeting on Thursday, November 12th. Please make every effort to attend … [click here to download the whole file]

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IBEW LU 130
Friday, 25 September 2020 / Published in News

Newsletter 09.25.2020 IBEW Local 130 Election Results


Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As you know, on September 12th Local 130 conducted an election to fill all offices for the next three-year term. The results of that election were as follow:…

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Recent News

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    February 23, 2023

    On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, Local 130 will provide an opportunity for its members to learn more about their Employee Benefits… .kl-blog-post-img{display:none;}

  • Sun Life Insurance – Beneficiary Designation Form
    February 9, 2023

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  • November 2022 Newsletter
    November 16, 2022

    Brother and Sisters, At the Union Meeting on October 13th, the members voted to allocate the $1.20 pay increase accordingly: $0.50 cents to the Inside Wage, $0.50 cents increase to our Annuity, and $0.20 cents to our local Pension. The new wage rate will be $32.75 per hour…. .kl-blog-post-img{display:none;}

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