IBEW Local 300 Votes In New Leadership Slate

On July 1, Jeffrey Wimette started a three-year term as the union's business manager and financial secretary. Wimette, who holds a degree in architectural engineering from Vermont Technical College, previously served as assistant business manager. He has been a licensed Local 300 electrician since 1999 and has an extensive military history with the United States Army Reserves. Wimette currently resides in Bristol with
his wife and three children.
I am honored that our membership placed its confidence in my leadership capabilities and pledge to further cultivate this organization with the
full cooperation of our signatory employers and existing members, Wimette said. In today's economic climate, unions will certainly ensure that working Vermonters are employed by socially responsible businesses that pay a living wage, healthcare and retirement benefits.
Local 300 constituents also elected George Clain as president, Maureen Bothfeld as secretary and Marcel Cote as treasurer. Jim Cushing, Louis LaCroix, Jim Genovisi, Angela Perron, Kevin Stevens, Ed Provost and Michelle Stines all earned seats on the local union's executive board. Wimette will oversee an appointed four-person staff that includes Clain,
Jean Watkins, Matt Lash and Holli Vidal.
ABOUT IBEW LOCAL 300
Based in South Burlington, IBEW Local 300 serves 1,200-plus working Vermonters at some of the state's most successful businesses, including American Electric, Ben and Jerry's, Brown Electric, Burlington Electric
Department, Central Vermont Public Service, Century Electric, Entergy-Vermont Yankee, E.S. Boulos, Green Mountain Power, Peck Electric, Sherwin Electric, Vermont Gas, Washington Electric Cooperative and several municipalities. Local 300 members earn a living wage, healthcare coverage and best-in-class retirement benefits. The organization is part of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and represents
approximately 750,000 laborers in utilities, construction, telecommunications, broadcasting, manufacturing, railroads, government
and more. The IBEW has members in both the United States and Canada and stands out among AFL-CIO unions because of its size and highly skilled constituency.
For more information, contact Marketing and Business Development
Director Matt Lash at (802) 864-5864, [email protected] or www.ibewlocal300.org.