The Line - Leadership to Membership

In this episode, President Cooper and IST Noble talk with IBEW members and organizers at the 2026 Membership Development Conference in Atlanta, GA. 

President Kenny Cooper sits down with the new International Executive Council Chairman Joe Calabro. Calabro, longtime business manager of Local 1158 in Newark, N.J., will lead the IEC when current Chair Christopher Erikson of Local 3 New York City retires at the end of the year. 

On the latest episode of the IBEW Podcast we sit down with Fourth District International Vice President Austin Keyser, and talk about the IBEW's record breaking membership growth.

On this episode, President Cooper and Secretary-Treasurer Noble talk with David Long, CEO of the National Electrical Contractors Association about the state of the industry.

In this episode of our podcast, President Cooper and International Secretary-Treasurer Noble, talk with IBEW Construction Department Director Matt Paules about meeting the demands of the data center boom.

This week, President Cooper talks with Walt Ingram, CEO & Executive Director of Union Sportsmen's Alliance about IBEW members and their love of outdoors.

In episode three, we're discussing the Family Medical Care Plan. We'll continue our discussion with Darrin Golden from the National Electrical Benefit Fund and chat with Ed Allen, Business Manager at IBEW Local Union 66 in Houston, TX.

In our second episode Kenny and Paul talk with Darrin Golden, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the National Electrical Benefit Fund. Hear how the fund provides world class benefits to our union family.

This is the first episode of the IBEW's new podcast, The Line - Leadership to Membership. International President Kenny Cooper and International Secretary-Treasurer Paul Noble take you inside the IBEW and offer thoughts and insights on our union, the electrical trade, and organized labor.