From the Finch campaign:
Today, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 488 announced that they are supporting Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch re-election bid.
“Bill Finch received our unanimous endorsement because he has been a champion for the Electrical Workers and all of Bridgeport’s working families,” said IBEW Local 488 Manager Peter Carroll.
The IBEW Local 488 was founded in 1913, and currently represents approximately 500 members
“Every major project in this city has been on time and on budget because of the skilled union labor that Bill Finch puts to work. He’s growing local jobs in the economy and making Bridgeport an even better place to live and work by building new schools, housing and attracting new businesses,” said Carroll.
Nationally, the IBEW represents approximately 750,000 members who work in a wide variety of fields, including utilities, construction, telecommunications, broadcasting, manufacturing, and government.
“Bridgeport is moving in the right direction, and my friends at the IBEW have played a major role in this transformation,” said Mayor Finch. “I want to thank all of them for their support, but more importantly for all of their hard work that they’ve been doing right here in Bridgeport. I’m truly honored to receive their support for my re-election campaign.”
The IBEW Local 488 is the latest of several public endorsements released by Mayor Finch’s re-election campaign, which include:
· U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal.
· U.S. Senator Chris Murphy.
· Congressman Jim Himes.
· Governor Dan Malloy.
· Attorney General George Jepsen.
· Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee.
· Former Bridgeport Mayor Leonard Paoletta.
· Former Bridgeport Mayor Tom Bucci.
· Former Bridgeport Mayor John Fabrizi.
· Bridgeport Firefighters Union.For more information on Mayor Bill Finch’s re-election campaign, please visit www.billfinchformayor.com.
Big fucking deal.
I second that Big Fucking Deal. BTW how many of the membership live in Bridgeport?
My thought exactly, Andy. How many members actually live in Bridgeport?
They moved their office from Bridgeport to Monroe.
This isn’t very illuminating.
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Wow, this is a big fucking deal, no? 🙂
Congratulations to Mayor Finch, I will assume they will work to get the Mayor elected as they will be working and spending money in Bridgeport over the next 20 years contributing to the realization of Steelpointe and every project coming down the pike. I am sure current students at Bullard-Havens will eventually be working on Steelpointe. I expect the other campaigns do not think this is important, but it is.
What’s next?
Electrifying news … NOT.
Peter Carroll making sure his brother stays employed. Mr. Carroll loves Bpt so much, he decided to build the union’s headquarters in Monroe. Can’t make this stuff up.
I’m shocked!
I hope all the offices in City Hall North that haven’t been upgraded within the last 50 years are retrofitted for 220v outlets, because come November 3, those hundreds of paper shredders working overtime are going to put a mighty stress on that old wiring–and on the local electrical grid. (Is that why the Mayor was in such a hurry to jam those fuel cell units into Bridgeport industrial spaces?)
What position does IBEW Local 488 Manager Peter Carroll’s brother have with the national IBEW?
Does it matter? It was a unanimous vote.
His brother works for the city of Bridgeport.
The same can be said about the Police Union. How many police officers actually live in Bridgeport?
Northeast District VP. Made sure his brothers were city electricians, so now they each have two pensions, city and IBEW. The city electrician jobs have been basically for the good old boys in the union. Or city residents willing to play ball with city politics when told to do so. Plus they get paid the prevailing wage, around $30 plus an hour and no construction site layoffs.
When Pete left the city to go back to the union some 20 years later, he didn’t go as a field electrician. He went back as the Business Agent/Secretary Treasurer–the boss. Don’t know how and why membership allowed that to happen. When he left the city he got in trouble for double-dipping his city payout. It was swept under the rug.