A private, publicly-funded non-profit organization promoting workforce development in the Austin/Travis County area recently published a profile on IBEW Local 520 first-year apprentice Abigail Leighton. The article can be found on the Working in Austin website, which is operated by…
As positive cases of COVID-19 spike across Texas, Local 520 Business Manager Ben Brenneman offered words of encouragement for members of the IBEW Local Union. His remarks were first posted as a video on Facebook. Brenneman first explained the rolling…
The proud members of IBEW Local 520 continue to give back and support small businesses and organizations in the region during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In San Angelo, where a second Local 520 Union Hall recently opened, Organizer Diarmid Campbell…
During the Depression of 1893, the Pullman Rail Car Company slashed workers’ wages by 25 percent, while leaving in place the charges the workers paid for company housing and the prices they paid for goods at the company store. Facing…
As the members of IBEW Local 520 continue to work on projects in Austin and surrounding central Texas communities, one local girl made more than 100 cloth masks for the members to wear. Gracie Espinoza, 11, is the daughter of…
Throughout the unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic, IBEW Local 520 embraced a variety of methods to quickly inform members about various developments and safety information. This included posting videos on Facebook, visiting job sites to ensure safety guidelines are…
On March 2, eight members of IBEW Local 520 donated sports equipment to Callison Elementary of the Round Rock independent School District. The community involvement project was organized by the IBEW Local 520 Electrical Workers Minority Caucus. The IBEW Minority…
From October through December IBEW 520 helped make this past holiday season special for underprivlidged children in the local Austin community. The IBEW Local 520 Minority Caucus organized a toy drive so that struggling families around Austin could have a…
