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Archives for March 2010
NV Energy Bargaining: Major issues remain on table
An Update from the IBEW Local 1245 Bargaining Committee IBEW Local 1245 and NV Energy continue to bargain at least two and, most weeks, three days per week. To date we have met with the company at the table approximately 38 days. We have tentatively agreed to approximately 23 modifications of the collective bargaining… [Read More]
Sacramento RT Issues WARN Notices
Sacramento Regional Transit management sent out WARN notices on Feb. 12, indicating that layoffs are coming. WARN, short for the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, is a federal law enacted 21-years ago that requires employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of plant closings or mass layoffs. This latest development comes on the… [Read More]
Dalzell: Surge in Member Involvement
By Tom Dalzell, Business Manager The loss of Howard Stiefer several weeks ago is a loss without measure. As all who knew him know, Howard was an extraordinary man – a journeyman’s journeyman, a unionist’s unionist, a leader’s leader. As a Local 1245 member, a Local 1245 officer, an Assistant Business Manager, and lastly a… [Read More]
Safety Report: March 2010
SAFETY REPORT: Near-Miss Reporting Works, Odie Returns, CDL and Blood Alcohol By Ralph Armstrong On November 30 and December 1, 2009 Business Manager Tom Dalzell pulled together a group of Lineman from different Utilities and Municipalities that Local 1245 represents with the focus on what, we as a union and we as Lineman can do… [Read More]