PG&E STATEMENT ON THE OPENING OF GENERAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH IBEW LOCAL 1245 Fellow Employees, Earlier today, the PG&E and IBEW Local 1245 bargaining committees met in Vacaville to begin general negotiations for a new PG&E—IBEW Physical Agreement. After remarks from IBEW Business Manager Tom Dalzell and PG&E President Chris Johns, the two committees exchanged proposals…. [Read More]

PG&E BENEFITS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE As of May 6, 2011, IBEW 1245’s Benefits Bargaining Committee has received approximately 500 proposals. We may receive more once the Physical Bargaining Committee completes sorting their proposals. We are currently reviewing and prioritizing individual proposals.  IBEW 1245 and PG&E are scheduled to exchange opening proposals on June 7th. Your IBEW… [Read More]

 PG&E BENEFITS BARGAINING UPDATE During the week of May 10 the Local 1245 Benefits Bargaining Committee continued  prioritizing proposals. We also began calculating costs on various proposals and formulating our final proposal. Our goal is to develop a  final package of proposals to exchange with PG&E on June 7, with the exception of medical plan… [Read More]

PG&E PHYSICAL BARGAINING UPDATE The PG&E Physical Bargaining Committee had a small committee group in this week as  proposals keep trickling in. We have received over 1870 proposals and the small group inputted them into our data base. The full Committee will be in next week to continue to develop the list of proposals that will… [Read More]

PHYSICAL AND BENEFITS COMMITTEES BEGIN REVIEWING MEMBER PROPOSALS PHYSICAL NEGOTIATIONS The Physical Bargaining Committee met all week during the week of April 25-29, reviewing over 1800 proposals that were sent to us for consideration. The last day for submitting proposals was April 30. The Committee will work during the week of May 2 trying to… [Read More]

PHYSICAL AND BENEFITS COMMITTEES BEGIN REVIEWING MEMBER PROPOSALS PHYSICAL NEGOTIATIONS The Local 1245 Physical Bargaining Committee spent the week of April 18 sorting all the proposals that were sent electronically and from unit meetings. Currently, 1646 proposals have been submitted and the Committee will continue to accept proposals through April 30. The Committee next will… [Read More]

NEWLY-RELEASED NTSB DOCUMENTS RECOGNIZE IBEW MEMBERS QUICK RESPONSE TO SAN BRUNO EXPLOSION This story by Garance Burke was published April 14, 2011 by the Associated Press. An off-duty company mechanic helped battle a deadly, gas-fueled inferno outside San Francisco by responding on his own before Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials recognized one of their… [Read More]