IBEW Local 300 Electricians Pitch in at Garden Show Show benefited the Central Vermont YMCA

Barre, Vt. - (March 17, 2008) - The Central Vermont Garden Show recently
welcomed electricians from the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers Local 300 into the mix.

Seven IBEW Local 300 members volunteered nearly five hours apiece March
12 to help set up tables, chairs, displays and brand new electrical mats
for the event.  Volunteers included Kyle Brown, John Burditt, Tiffany
Copley, Randie Dayton, Steve Edwards, Katy Ramstack and Greg Tessier.
Copley, Edwards, Ramstack and Tessier are all central Vermonters.

"The IBEW was proud to partner with the Garden Show, as several of our
constituents reside in the Barre area," said Local 300 Marketing and
Business Development Director Matt Lash, a Granite City native.
"Community service dovetails with our union's unwavering commitment to
social responsibility and the common good."

The 2008 Central Vermont Garden Show ran at the Barre Civic Center March
14-16 and featured landscape exhibits, a garden railroad, floral
competitions and educational workshops.  All proceeds benefited the
Friends of the Central Vermont YMCA, while the electrical mats - used to
safely cover power cords in pedestrian and vehicular traffic ways - were
later donated to the City of Barre.

"We were so thankful for the help from IBEW electricians," said Garden
Show Chairwoman Jeanne Daniele.  "Their much-appreciated volunteerism
embodies what union labor is all about - hard work - and certainly
helped make our first-ever promotion a success."

ABOUT THE IBEW LOCAL 300

Based in South Burlington, the IBEW Local 300 serves 1,200-plus laborers
throughout Vermont.  The organization is part of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which is headquartered in
Washington, D.C., and represents approximately 750,000 members who work
in a wide variety of fields, including utilities, construction,
telecommunications, broadcasting, manufacturing, railroads and
government.  The IBEW has members in both the United States and Canada
and stands out among the American unions in the AFL-CIO because of its
size and highly skilled constituency.

For more information, contact Marketing and Business Development
Director Matt Lash at (802) 864-5864, or
www.ibewlocal300.org.

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