Quick links+
The IAM Union is calling on all members, allies, and community supporters to mobilize now and push back against renewed efforts to privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)—a public institution that for more than a century has provided reliable, affordable energy to millions and supported thousands of good union jobs for decades.
This is no hypothetical threat. Citing sources, The Atlantic is reporting that some members of the Trump administration are advancing an agenda to sell off the TVA to the highest bidder. The TVA board – now with only three members instead of its usual nine – has been told by the Trump administration to fire its CEO or risk being replaced.
So far, the board has declined to do so, noting it had no cause and that the TVA has followed the Trump administration’s instructions of “unleashing American energy and achieving American energy dominance.”
Privatizing TVA would:
“Privatizing TVA would be a disaster for our members and for working people across the South,” said IAM Union Southern Territory General Vice President Craig Martin. “It’s a direct attack on union jobs, on affordable power, and on the idea that public resources should serve the public—not billion-dollar corporations. We will not sit back while they try to sell out our future.”
“TVA was built by working people, for working people,” said IAM Union International President Brian Bryant. “The IAM is ready to fight tooth and nail to make sure it stays that way.”
HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO:
📝 Send an email message to your Senators and Representative, telling them to protect TVA and union jobs.
📞 Call your Senators and Representative at 202-224-3121: Tell them to oppose any attempt to privatize TVA or weaken public oversight.
The IAM has stood strong for working people for generations—and we’re not backing down now. Help us protect what’s ours. Help us protect the future.
