About 60 Local 1245 linemen from various employers met in Vacaville on April 1, 2010 to start creating a linemen-to-linemen safety program. The linemen gathering–the third such meeting in less than a year devoted specifically to line safety concerns–was given special urgency by the death of PG&E Lineman Max Martinez on March 17. The accident… [Read More]
Archives for April 2010
Davey Crew Has 56 Years Experience
Davey Tree Foreman Pete Ely, right, has 25 years of experience as a union line clearance tree trimmer. But he’s just a newcomer–a babe in the woods as it were–compared to Climber Rick Roath, left, who has been keeping PG&E lines clear of vegetation for 31 years. They are shown here after putting all that… [Read More]
Borst: New York Got Into the Fight
By Ron Borst The support and the power from the people in New York who came to our rally was amazing. Talking to these people–whether it was Vinnie Alvarez from the Central Labor Council or Chris Erikson or Elliot Hecht or Austin McCann of the IBEW—you came away thinking, “These are powerful people.” They didn’t… [Read More]
Retirees Lead Boisterous Protest in NY
By Tom Bird It all started when one of our organizers saw an article that NV Energy would be getting an award for excellence for their benefits. The award was to take place at a banquet in New York City on March 25, 2010. We weren’t invited, of course. But we felt differently about the… [Read More]
City of Shasta Lake Agreement Extended
Local 1245 members at City of Shasta Lake on March 31 ratified a two-year extension to the current agreement. The vote was unanimous. The City had desired to get IBEW to contribute towards the employee share of Cal-PERS (8% for their 3% @ 60 Plan). The Teamster-represented Water Treatment and Distribution members at Shasta Lake… [Read More]
Redding Implements Final Offer
The Redding City Council on March 15 unilaterally implemented its “Last Best and Final” offer pertaining to the IBEW Local 1245 Electric bargaining unit. The Last, Best, and Final offer had been tendered by the City on Feb. 23. “For some 18 months, the members of IBEW 1245 at the City of Redding refused to… [Read More]
Borst: New York Got Into the Fight
Barg-Comm-Notice-4-2-10
Letter Agreement – Layoffs (Full Text)
Title-23-LA-4-2-10
Letter Agreement on Layoff Procedure
Title-23-LA-4-2-10
Safety Report: April 2010
Safety Report Fatality On March 17, 2010 we lost another young lineman, IBEW Local 1245 member Maximiliano “Max” Martinez, as the result of an on the job accident. Brother Martinez, a PG&E Lineman in General Construction, died around 10:00 in the morning while working in an underground J-Box in a residential neighborhood of Benicia…. [Read More]