Mike Saner and Mark Taylor hired as business reps

Local 1245 has two new business representatives: Mike Saner and Mark Taylor. Both appointments were effective March 2.

Mike Saner, 49, is returning to the staff after serving as a temporary business representative in 2008. Initiated in 1985, Saner worked as a lineman and subforeman in PG&E General Construction. He was elected to the General Construction seat on the Local 1245 Advisory Council in 2004, and served on the bargaining committee for PG&E wage re-opener bargaining in 2005. His General Construction staff assignment covers the San Jose area, the Central Area (roughly, Oakland to Stockton), and from Sacramento north.

Mark Taylor, 55, a Traveling Control Technician at Diablo Canyon Power Plant, was initiated into the IBEW in 1978. He has represented Diablo Canyon employees on the Advisory Council since 2000. His staff assignment is Diablo Canyon and PG&E Los Padres Division.

We wish Mike and Mark the best of luck in their new assignments.