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Electrical Workers Minority Caucus
People
Looking back on Local 48
Charyle Molden found a job, and blazed a trail, as the first Black woman in IBEW Local 48.
Culture
Change makers: Electrical Workers Minority Caucus turns 50
The second Tuesday of each month, about two dozen members meet at the union hall to mentor and encourage fellow minorities.
People
IBEW’S DONNA HAMMOND: A lifetime of beating back barriers of race and gender
A dose of sass — and a sense of when to pick her battles — helped overcome many obstacles in an overwhelmingly white male construction workplace.
