I’ve known Russ Shewchuk for a little over 4 years. Russ was elected as IVP around the same time I was elected Business Manager of 2330. Local 2330 was going through a rough patch at the time. We were under International Trusteeship for almost 3 years at the time I was elected Business Manager. I requested a meeting with IVP Shewchuk so we could discuss a plan to move forward. I asked IVP Shewchuk to put us in a room with IP Kenneth Cooper, which he did. IP Cooper advised us to come up and implement...

I’ve known Russ for over 20 years. I’ve watched him as Organizer and then Business Manager for Local 2085 then as International Vice President of the IBEW. He has made the hard decisions while lending a helping hand whenever the need arose. If you are attending the IBEW International Convention this September in San Diego I urge you to consider voting for Russ Shewchuk. There is no shortage of things that need to be attended to at the IVP level and Russ is up for the job. This is not a popularity...