Electrical Workers (IBEW) International President Lonnie Stephenson (at left) is retiring, effective Jan. 4, bringing an end to a nearly five-decade active career in the union. During his tenure as international president, Stephenson helped the IBEW’s organizing efforts reach new heights as membership grew yearly. He deepened the IBEW’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity, stewarding the IBEW Strong program to bring more people of color and women into the union. “President Stephenson leaves behind a great legacy. We are a bigger, stronger and more diverse union than we were seven years ago,” said IBEW International Secretary-Treasurer Kenneth Cooper (right), the union’s incoming president. “I am committed to building on that legacy as we work to fulfill our fundamental mission: ‘to organize every worker in the electrical industry.’” Comments are closed.
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