IBEW Local 292
312 Central Ave SE, Suite 292
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Main (612) 379-1292
Fax  (612) 379-9326

IBEW Local 292
2803 Clearwater Road
St Cloud, MN 56301
St Cloud (320) 253-1292
Fax  (320) 253-3014

Fringe Benefit Office 
6900 Wedgewood Rd N. Suite 425
Maple Grove, MN 55311 
 Main (763) 493-8830 
 (800) 368-9045

Hiring Hall  (612) 378-2860
Hiring Hall Fax  (612) 379-3445
Mpls JATC (763) 497-0072
LEA JATC (763) 571-5922

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Latest posting 09/23/2016

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The Minneapolis Electrical JATC‘s Continuing Education Registration begins Tuesday, September 6, 2016. 

Visit their website at www.mplsjatc.org. Click on the Continuing Ed Registration link and log-in to your account.

More classes will be added throughout the year. Check the website and class list frequently for additional classes or changes to classes.

 IBEW Local 292 is looking for volunteers to Door knock or Phone Bank the Labor 2016 campaign.

Contact Ray by email rz@ibew292.org or phone 612-617-4238.

Standing daily shifts Monday- Thursday 3:30 pm- 7:00 pm or 5:00 pm -8:30 pm.

These are Union Member to Union Member Calls.

Members we need your Help!

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Local 292 is currently negotiating with FOX TV. The labor agreement has been expired for 6 months. Please call the following management personnel and let them know that you support our 45 members working for FOX TV.

News Desk/Tip line 952-946-5767

General Manager Sheila Oliver  952-946-5601

V Pres News Marian Davey 952-946-5639

V Pres Engineering Robert Wilmers 952-946-5703

V Pres Human Resources Kate O'Hara 952-946-5607

V Pres Finance Sheri Randall 952-946-5629

SALTING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE NOW!!

If you are interested in salting, please contact IBEW Local Union 292 Organizer John Lutz at 612-617-4249 or jl@ibew292.org

The Birthplace of a Union to

be Reborn as a Museum

Brothers and Sisters:

As many of you know, Local 1 in St Louis Missouri has taken on a challenging project. Local 1 is restoring the boarding house that Henry Miller stayed in while he and 8 other founding fathers organized the IBEW. For those who are unfamiliar with who Henry Miller is, Henry is the founder of the IBEW. 

On February 9th, the members of Local 292 passed a motion to support Local 1 by purchasing a granite bench.  The bench will be a lasting feature of this very important piece of our history.

There are many ways to show support of this project. Local 292 would be happy to forward any personal donations to Local 1. Also, any member may, if they choose, send donations directly to Local 1.  Checks or money orders can be made payable to the Electrical Workerss Historical Society: IBEW Local 1, 5850 Elizabeth Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110 or Donate online at nbew-ibewmuseum.org 

If you choose to donate on your own, please see the attached link. There is a brief article and the list of funding levels.  http://www.ibew.org/articles/15ElectricalWorker/EW1512/index.html

Please show support of this project as it is who we are and where it all began.  

Great turn out at the December General membership meeting!

Retiree Christmas Luncheon 2015

mplsjatc.org Classes are now available to view and available to register on Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 at 8:00 am.

This year the JATC will be offering 3 day classes in our new Welding Lab. The class will be self-paced and designed for those that want to start learning basic welding, those that want to enhance some existing welding skills and those that really want to concentrate on becoming proficient in welding.  Since these classes are self-paced, one may sign up for as many 3 day classes as desired.

All skill levels are encouraged to register and attend our classes with a certified welder as instructor.

NFPA-70E available 11/21/15 7am-3:30 pm.  This is the only NFPA-70E class scheduled for the year.

Also OSHA 10 & 30 classes, First Aid/CPR & AED classes, COE-PRO10 classes and 1 Leadership class.

Keep your license up to date-Minnesota Electrical license required Continuing Education (16 hours) by Highly Qualified and State Approved Instructors.

CONGRATULATIONS!

To the Golden Valley Softball teams that Local 292 IBEW has sponsored for the 2015 season, upon a sucessful season.

On June 9th, Sisters in Solidarity will be collecting supplies for St Annes Place, a women and children's shelter in North Minneapolis. We will be volunteering there later in June and would love to show up with a bunch of needed supplies to provide them from Local 292.

Items they are in need of include:

New -

• Dr Brown's Bottles
• Diapers (particularly sizes 2, 5, 6)
• Wipes
• Underwear 2T-5/6
• Baby first aid kits (includes clippers, thermometer, basic baby health check items)
• Flip Flops

Gently Used -

• Bath towels
• Twin and Full size sheets
• new and used dish sets
• new and used pots and pans

Please bring these items to the next Union Meeting on June 9th. We will be at the door collecting the donations. Thank you!

The result of the Inside Agreement Contract Vote is posted on the Member Downloads page after you login.

Save Our Jobs - Stop Fast Track Now! Tell Congress that America needs jobs, not bad trade policy.

What is Fast Track?

• A process used to negotiate 2,000+ page trade deals, written by corporations to sidestep our democracy

• Unnecessary legislation that will pave the way for trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
• Fast Track will let the President negotiate trade deals behind closed doors and force Congress to vote on those deals without making any changes or amendments
• It will mean our elected representatives in Congress give up their authority to review and amend trade deals, which removes any chance of improving deals that hurt American workers

How will it hurt working families?

• Fast Track will ship American jobs overseas
• Fast Track will drive down wages
• Fast Track will stack the deck AGAINST the middle class and FOR corporations
• Fast Track will destroy our system of checks and balances and give a blank check to the executive branch

What can you do? TAKE ACTION!

• Call Congress at 1-855-712-8441 and tell them to put the brakes on Fast Track RIGHT NOW!
• If your representatives are FOR Fast Track or UNDECIDED about Fast Track, tell them you and your members are constituents who oppose Fast Track
• If your representatives are AGAINST Fast Track, make sure you thank them for their support
CALL CONGRESS NOW AND TELL THEM TO SAY NO TO FAST TRACK ' 1-855-712-8441

NEC Challenge returned to its roots at National Training Institute's trade show Last weekend, NJATC’s National Training Institute (NTI) Trade Show shook up the NEC Challenge with some special appearances, new platforms and record breaking scores. At our first 2014 trade show stop (and the trade show where the NEC Challenge first began last year), participants answered quiz questions about the NEC posed from NFPA staff members and got the chance to explore the all new NEC Challenge online game at the booth.

  The action heated up with the live questions as some of the country’s top NEC Code masterminds competed for the top spot on the Leaderboard. All participants that answered their first NEC Challenge question correctly were entered into a drawing for our prizes. The select few who proved their expert knowledge of the code competed to win the Leaderboard by correctly answering as many questions in a row as they could.  

  The Leaderboard came to a showdown between two members of NJATC Local 292. Derrick Atkins and Paul Holum are friends, co-workers, and according to last year’s champion Derek Vigstol, “They taught me everything I know about the code.” Paul led the field at the conclusion of day one with a score of 22, which was matched early on day two by Atkins. Looking at the rules and seeing that a tie at the top of the Leaderboard would be determined by a random hat drawing, Paul stepped up to take fate in his own hands. Answering a record-setting 36 straight code questions, Paul established himself alone at the top of the Leaderboard and in the annals of NEC Challenge history.

  More prizes were handed out to those who answered at least one code question and Beau Burton won the iPad drawing of over 170 entries.

  Derek Vigstol, last year’s NTI Leaderboard winner and first ever NEC Challenge champion, stopped by the booth to show off his championship belt, comparing it to this year’s all-new version up for grabs, and told this year’s challengers how his experience with the NEC Challenge has helped in his classroom teachings.

  Look forward for another opportunity to play the NEC Challenge and earn a spot in our 2014 championship Sept. 28-30 at the NECA Conference and Trade Show in Chicago. If you won’t be in attendance at NECA, play along anytime online to sharpen your skills and for more opportunities to win weekly and monthly prizes.

  Thank you to all the participants and NTI for a fun show! And, congratulations to our winners Paul Holum and Beau Burton. See you in Chicago this September!

http://nfpatoday.blog.nfpa.org/2014/07/nec-challenge-returned-to-its-roots-at-national-training-institutes-trade-show.html

Letter from IBEW Local 160 regarding IBEW Brother Brett Binman and Joshua Roberts:

Good evening, I wish I was contacting you all for a business reason, however, that is not the case. As many of you have heard, there was a very tragic incident that happened in our local on Monday. Two fourth step apprentices' were involved. Joshua Roberts is in stable but critical condition at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis MN, but it is with a heavy heart that I also report that the other apprentice has passed away. The details of the accident are very vague as of now as it is under investigation at this moment. Please see the obituary below and PLEASE pass it along. It would be wonderful if we could show Brett's family that we really are a Brotherhood/Sisterhood and turn out in numbers. Please make a point to pray for Josh and his family while he fights to recover from his injury's and pray for Brett's family in their time of need. Sincerely, Charlie Sable

Brett D. Binman, age 26 of St. Paul Park, died July 28, 2014 as a result of injuries sustained at work. A celebration of Brett's life will be 1:00 pm Saturday, August 2, 2014 at Kok Funeral Home, 1201 Portland Ave., St. Paul Park. Visitation will be 4:00-8:00 pm Friday, August 1st at the funeral home and also for one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in the Cottage Grove Cemetery. Brett Daniel Binman was born October 3, 1987 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Daniel and Patricia (Jackson) Binman. He grew up in the St. Paul Park area and graduated from Park High School in 2006. Brett went on to attend the University of Michigan and received his Associates Degree in Electric Lineman Technology. Brett was a Harley Davidson enthusiast and a devoted friend with a contagious smile that would light up any room. Those around him knew he was full of life and a hard worker. He was recently engaged to the love of his life, Ashley Rageth. Together they had remodeled the house that they recently moved into. Brett was a proud member of the IBEW Local 160 union and made some good friends with those he worked with. A great son, brother and friend to many…he will be truly missed. He is survived by his parents, Patricia (Tim) Grover and Daniel (Joni) Binman; siblings, Aaron Binman, Demetria Binman and Brantley Roedler; fiancé, Ashley Rageth and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, close friends and union brothers. He is preceded in death by his grandparents Robert and Niki Jackson and Arliss Binman. Casketbearers will be Daniel and Aaron Binman, Tim Grover, Casey Castillo, Lucas Majerus and Randy Siegert. "WE ARE BRETT STRONG"

The newly-elected officers of IBEW Local 292 were sworn in Tuesday night, July 8 in front of the membership: Business Manager, Peter Lindahl; President, Dan Ferguson; Vice President, Scott Lindquist; Recording Secretary, Todd Huttner; Financial Secretary, Mike Heimerl; Executive Board members, Marc Anderson, John Hall, Myles Lembke, Dan McConnell, Jeff Orth, Rick Ramberg, Kurt Tulp; Examining Board members, Joel Dammann, Todd Folta, Edward Garcia, Gerald Jones, Aaron Piffer; International Convention Delegates, Marc Anderson, Jim Felicetta, Edward Garcia, Mike Heimerl, Oneka Jenkins, Gerald Jones, Dan McConnell, and Rick Ramberg