Tag:Women in the Trades
For International Women’s Day, and throughout the month of March, we’re celebrating our IBEW sisters and women in the electrical…
“It is definitely an advantage to work in a unionized environment. We are the best trained and have the most…
“One day you drive by that building and think to yourself – I was part of that.” – Kim McQuhae,…
In celebration of the upcoming International Women’s Day (March 8th), we’re giving away free vintage pins! Simply complete the form…
Karen Pullen named Chair to the Ontario Building & Construction Tradeswomen Committee
Karen Pullen, IBEW Local 353 executive member, is Chair to the newly formed Ontario Building & Construction Tradeswomen Committee (OBCT).…
One of Ontario’s First Woman Electricians Tells Aspiring Apprentices to “Just Go For It”
Sheryl Maisonville became Ontario’s first woman journeyperson electrician in 1979.
Two female power technicians – a line worker and a power station electrician – talk about why they passed up their other career options for the power trade.
A female electrical apprentice talks about her experiences as an apprentice, what she thinks about the electrical trade, and how she became an apprentice.
Since 1926 IBEW Local 115 and its ECAO partners have been delivering world class electrical services in Belleville, Brockville, Cornwall, and Kingston.
IBEW Canada joins the Canadian Labour Congress in calling for proactive pay equity legislation, a national childcare framework, and paid domestic violence leave.
As International Women’s Day is March 8, there’s no better time to pay tribute to our sisters on the tools. Learn how they rose to the challenge of electrical trade and built a great career.