Ostrow Electric and IBEW Local 96 Underway with Worcester Red Sox Polar Park

August 11th, 2020

Electrical project team of 60 union electricians expected at peak construction; Architect: D’Agostino Izzo Quirk Architects (DAIQ Architects), Somerville, MA; Construction Manager: Gilbane-AECOM Hunt, A Joint Venture, Boston, MA; Owner’s Project Manager: Skanska USA Building Inc., Boston, MA Worcester, MA – On May 15, 2020, Worcester-based IBEW Local 96 signatory contractor, Ostrow Electric Company and its crew of Local 96 electricians started electrical construction work at Polar Park, the new home of the Worcester Red Sox, located in the heart of Worcester’s historic, resurgent Canal District in Kelley Square. The ballpark is the signature project in the current redesign and … Continue reading Ostrow Electric and IBEW Local 96 Underway with Worcester Red Sox Polar Park


Mass Electric Construction and IBEW Local 96 Underway with Solar Farms in Charlton, MA and Uxbridge, MA

April 3rd, 2019

IBEW Local 96 signatory contractor, Mass Electric Construction, has been awarded and is underway with two large-scale solar projects in Central Massachusetts: a 6.3 MW ground-mount solar array in Charlton, Massachusetts and a 2.8 MW solar array in Uxbridge, Massachusets. The Charlton project commenced on March 29 and a crew of approximately 40 IBEW Local 96 electricians is expected to perfomr installations at peak construction. The solar array is expected to be completed within three months. The Uxbridge solar farm will be constructed with a crew ranging upwards of 20 Local 96 electricians at peak construction, with project completion expected … Continue reading Mass Electric Construction and IBEW Local 96 Underway with Solar Farms in Charlton, MA and Uxbridge, MA


IBEW Local 96 – Union Position on Worcester Red Sox Polar Park Construction

February 11th, 2019

Why Polar Park and the Kelly Square Development Should Be Constructed with Skilled, Reliable Union Labor As the City of Worcester and its residents anticipate and plan for one of the city’s most important and dynamic developments in its long and storied history – the construction of the Worcester Red Sox Polar Park, as well as the surrounding development and redesign of Kelley Square, the highly skilled electricians of Worcester’s electrical union, IBEW Local 96, and our union’s signatory contractors are uniquely well-qualified to adeptly handle the project and its many challenges with on-time, on-budget electrical construction services that also … Continue reading IBEW Local 96 – Union Position on Worcester Red Sox Polar Park Construction


IBEW Leaders Mobilize on Capitol Hill to Stop Multi-Employer Pension Plan Reform

December 10th, 2018

December 2, 2018 – Washington, D.C. – On November 27 to 29, IBEW Local 96 Business Manager Thomas Maloney joined with IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson and 200 IBEW business managers and pension trustees from throughout the U.S. to successfully head off an attack on Multi-Employer pension plans that Congress was considering during the current legislative session.


Local 96 2nd Annual Chili Cook

November 27th, 2018

Congratulations to the winners of the Local 96 2nd Annual Chili Cook off. Pictured is- 1st Place Winner, Yussef Khalaf (center) 2nd Place Winner Scott Perkins (right) and 3rd Place Winner Krzystof Pelic (left).