Jim Burgham, business manager for IBEW Local 64 in Youngstown, was appointed to the 8-person IBEW International Executive Council, effective this month. He’s the first local officer to ever hold this position. Burgham represents District 3, comprised of Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana and Michigan. His business manager role with Local 64 will not change….
Almost there. Former U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant James Skok and his family are weeks away from moving into their nearly completed Habitat for Humanity home in Austintown, and this week a group of journeyman electricians from Dickey Electric and electrician apprentices from the YJATC did the finishing work on the home’s electrical service. The Skoks…
The 2014-2015 edition of the OH-PENN Interstate Region Economic Development magazine has hit the streets, and it’s hard to miss the splash made by the Youngstown, Warren and Western Pennsylvania union electrical contractors and IBEW electricians locals. The NECA-IBEW Electricians group placed a full-page ad on the inside front cover that touts, in part, “We…
He’s amassing quite a hardware collection, and by all accounts at the July Mahoning Valley NECA chapter meeting he’s well-deserving of these and many more. Rex Ferry, owner and CEO of VEC, Inc., was presented the James Robert “Bob” Pritchard Electrical Industry Award with his family by his side from a distinguished group of executives…
Electricity is powerful. It’s also dangerous. Main Lite Electric Company, Inc., a family-owned contractor based in Warren, ensures that its staff takes safety seriously every time it signs on for an electrical project. It’s more important to them to complete the work correctly, and safely, than to rush through a job and make a mistake…
If you were at the Mahoning Valley Scrappers home opener June 17 it was hard not to notice a huge presence from the NECA-IBEW Electricians. The group of union electrical contractors and members of IBEW Local 64 in Youngstown and IBEW Local 573 in Warren sponsored the post-game fireworks display, featured an ad in the game…
Volunteers from IBEW Local 573 in Warren teamed with the Trumbull 100 organization to hang nearly 100 flower baskets throughout downtown Warren this weekend. The community service project was formerly organized by longtime electrician, electrical contractor and community servant Bill Horton, who passed away last year. “This is Bill’s project. We’re just proud to carry on…
Mahoning Valley Scrappers players and front-office personnel offered pitching tips and a behind-the-scenes stadium tour to U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant James Skok and his family during Scrappers Media Day, Tuesday, June 12. The NECA-IBEW Electricians, who are sponsoring the June 17 opening night’s fireworks display, donated its first-pitch opportunity to the Skok family to honor James…
The current issue of the Business Journal includes a feature story on NECA-IBEW Electricians contractor Datacom Inc. and its recent move to a larger showroom to accommodate business growth. View the Business Journal article here. Last month we featured an article marking this news and other happenings at the North Lima-based electrical services shop. Datacom, founded…
There are many challenges when working with electricity. That’s why customers need an electrical contractor with the experience and know-how to provide a variety of solutions. University Electric has fit that profile in the Mahoning Valley for almost three decades. “We specialize in commercial and industrial building projects throughout northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania,” said…