IBEW Local 231

10/13/2026

THE APPRENTICE BESIDE YOU
The apprentice working beside you today may be the foreman, instructor, steward, officer, or mentor of tomorrow.
Take the time to teach them not only how to be a great electrician, but what it means to be a good union member. The future of the IBEW is being trained on our jobsites every day.

10/10/2026

⚡️ Discover how Prevailing Wage laws strengthen the IBEW, ensuring fair wages and supporting skilled workers in the electrical industry. 💪🔌

10/08/2026

Every job we perform is an advertisement for the IBEW.
Quality craftsmanship, professionalism, safety, and productivity help create the next opportunity for union electricians. Take pride in your work because your name---your contractors name—and the IBEW name—is attached to it.

10/06/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1C5nA4obPC/

10/06/2026

That IBEW ticket in your wallet represents more than where you work.

It represents generations of electricians who believed skilled labor deserved dignity, fair compensation, safe working conditions, quality training, and a voice on the job. Carry it with pride-and represent it well.

10/05/2026

Iowa’s Building Trades are deeply disappointed.

IBEW Brother Senator Tom Townsend offered an amendment to SF 2508 that would have required developers receiving expanded tax incentives for mega projects to enter into Project Labor Agreements.

PLAs help ensure these taxpayer-supported projects are built with fair wages, good benefits, strong safety standards, and a skilled workforce.

Unfortunately, the amendment was voted down.

If Iowa is going to provide major tax incentives to attract billion-dollar projects, Iowa’s workers should benefit too.

Remember who stood with working people — and who didn’t — on November 3rd.

Every name in red below voted "Nay" on IBEW Brother Senator Tom Townsend's amendment to the bill expanding tax incentives for a mega project. The amendment would have required the developer to enter into one or more Project Labor Agreements, which protect worker safety and guarantee fair wages and benefits.

Remember this on November 3rd, Siblings.

Amendment read as follows:
NEW SUBSECTION. 22A. "Project labor agreement" means a comprehensive pre-hire collective bargaining agreement that is negotiated between an eligible business and an appropriate labor organization and that sets out the basic terms and working conditions for that project.

2. Page 2, after line 9 by inserting:
Sec. ___. Section 15.494, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. h. The eligible business must enter into one or more project labor agreements for any construction to be performed for the project.

3. By renumbering as necessary.

Sponsored by:
Sen. Thomas Townsend
Sen. William A. Dotzler, Jr.
Sen. Tony Bisignano
Sen. Catelin Drey
Sen. Liz Bennett

SF 2508.4579 (3) 91

10/02/2026

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1082126664573522
“‘Out of sight, out of mind’ isn’t how Iowa’s union members and veterans see the war. Watch their response to Rep. Hinson’s comments—and hear directly from the people who believe these sacrifices should never be forgotten. Share this video.”

10/02/2026

There is strength in numbers - but only when those numbers stand together.
Thousands of individual workers can be ignored. Workers who speak together with one voice are much harder to ignore. That simple idea is the foundation of the labor movement.

10/01/2026

10/01/2026

Don't wait until you need your union to get involved with your union. Attend a meeting. Volunteer at an event. Ask questions. Read your agreement. Help an apprentice.

The strongest unions aren't built only when there is a problem - they are built every day by members who choose to participate.
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