President’s Message – January 2025

Kicking 2025 Into High Gear

Happy new year everyone,

I hope the holidays were good to you and your families.

As the New Year starts, it’s time to kick it into gear. With the recent interest rate cuts, we are hopeful that this will help us in our efforts to create more work for our members. Your staff is continuously working hard to fight for more work within our jurisdiction, whether it be through pushing for legislation for our members, or at city council meetings urging politicians to approve project labor agreements or community workforce agreements in our area.

Politics are an integral part of the labor movement when it comes to jobs for our membership. Regardless if you like politics or not, it is necessary in our line of work to be politically active as union members. We are always looking for members to aid our efforts in this area.

Please attend your unit meetings and speak with your local business agent to let them know you’re willing to volunteer when the time comes. If you need to know when your unit meeting is, please look at the calendar on the local’s website IBEW11.org.

And finally, if you have committed to a New Year’s resolution to get in better shape this year, please look into our options with our health plan. I’ve mentioned one in the past called Betr Health, which has helped me tremendously. Feel free to reach out to the health trust for more information on this program, or I can give you some information from my experience with it.

As always, it is a pleasure to serve our membership. If you need anything, please do not hesitate to reach out.

In solidarity, 
Alton Wilkerson 
7646570
IBEW Local 11 
President