Ultium Battery Plant Energizes NECA-IBEW

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Heading into 2021, local electrical contractors and union electricians were hopeful the year would lead to steady, solid work. Driven by one particular project, the NECA-IBEW electricians experienced “the largest number of man-hours that anyone can remember,” says Tom Lipka, executive director, Mahoning Valley NECA Chapter, referring to the Ultium Cells battery plant in Lordstown. An IBEW union official says as many as 450 electricians are on-site working. The stea