IBEW Tour benefits CSA Emergency Fund
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Last chance to sign up for the IBEW Museum Tour tonight at 5:30p (update: tour
canceled; stay tuned for updates on when it'll be rescheduled), which
offers a very special 1-hour guided tour of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum in downtown DC and benefits the Metro
Council’s Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund. This is a
unique chance to tour the IBEW museum – usually only open to IBEW members –
and trace the fascinating development of the electrical industry over the last
century through displays of equipment used by union members going back to the
1890’s, including a collection of lightbulbs spanning more than a century. The
brief tour will be led by IBEW Museum Curator Curtis Bateman. The
$15/person; $25/couple cost goes directly to CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund
to assist area union members in need; payment (cash or check) collected at
door; Click here to RSVP. NOTE: attendees at both tours will each
receive a pair of free
passes to the DC Labor
FilmFest!
Coming Up: Free Tour of Ben Shahn WPA
Murals (Thursday, 12
noon; 30-minute
tour)
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see historic murals from the New
Deal era, including Ben Shahn’s stunning “The Meaning of Social
Security.” Free but click here to
RSVP; VOA, 330 Independence Avenue,
S.W., Washington, D.C.
- Bateman (left) shows Ann Hoffman (NWU) old
IBEW dues ledgers during a 2012 tour; photo by Chris Garlock