He’s Scranton’: IBEW Member Meets President Biden In Childhood Hometown

President Biden appeared at the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton on October 20 to promote his domestic agenda and the hundreds of thousands of jobs that will be created to rebuild the nation’s degraded infrastructure.

 

There to meet him backstage was Scranton Local 81 Business Manager Mike McDermott.

 

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Former Mine Workers Offical Appointed As OSHA Head

After nearly five years without a confirmed leader, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is headed by worker safety advocate Doug Parker.

 

“Finally after 1,747 days, @OSHA has a champion for workers right as its director,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. “Doug Parker will advocate for safe working conditions for all and hold employers who violate workers’ right accountable.”

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Rely on IBEW’s Charging Infrastructure Expertise

President Biden signed an executive order targeting 2030 as the year that half of all passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2030 will be electric.

 

He was joined by auto company executives in the August 5 White House announcement, when he emphasized the transformative infrastructure potential of his Build Back Better plan.

 

Pressing Congress to Pass Build Back Better Agenda

Historic and transformational change for America’s infrastructure and jobs is the order of the day on Capitol Hill as
negotiators seek to construct legislation containing President Biden’s bold plan for America.
 
 
At issue are plans to build the charging infrastructure necessary for widescale
adoption of electric vehicles, buses, trains and trucks and create hundreds of
thousands of jobs in roads, transit, the electrical grid, passenger and freight rail,
broadband and water infrastructure.