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Archives for June 2010

Trumka on Two-Tiered Society

The following article by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka was published June 22, 2010 on the Huffington Post. “Wop.” “Hunkie.” “Polack.” “Kike.” When I was a kid growing up in Nemacolin, Pa., those are some of the slurs people used for us. Why? Because our parents or grandparents came to this country from somewhere else, fleeing… [Read More]

Diablo Canyon’s First-Ever Alert

ALERT DECLARED AT DIABLO CANYON–FIRST EVER  This story by David Sneed appeared June 24, 2010 in The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif. For the first time in its history, Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant Wednesday declared an alert when unhealthy levels of carbon dioxide flooded into a lubrication oil storage room at the plant. Workers had finished… [Read More]

VIDEO: Pickets in Reno, Vegas

NV ENERGY CAMPAIGN Video montage includes new clips from Reno picket and Las Vegas picket. Watch PG&E Clerical bargaining committee add support to the NV Energy contract campaign DATE UPLOADED: 6/25/10 CREDIT: IBEW 1245 Media

Polls: Jobs Bigger Concern than Deficit

Senate Republicans on June 24 once again blocked legislation to reinstate long-term unemployment benefits for people who have exhausted their aid, prolonging a stalemate that has left more than a million people without federal help. Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell said the bill would have added to the national debt if it had passed. The… [Read More]

Frontier Unit July Meeting Change

FRONTIER UNIT CHANGES DATE OF JULY MEETING Unit 4014, Frontier, has moved its July unit meeting to July 27. This is a one-time change. Sheila Lawton, Business Representative

Meg Whitman’s Phony Jobs Plan

CEO MEG WHITMAN’S JOBS PLAN: ELIMINATE, OUTSOURCE, DOWNSIZE If she is elected governor in November, Meg Whitman wants to “run California like a business.” So what does that mean for California’s working families? Whitman has a history of layoffs, outsourcing and exorbitant executive perks as CEO and Board Member of eBay. While on the campaign… [Read More]

VIDEO: What’s a Good Clerk Worth?

What’s a good clerk worth? Video explains what’s at stake in PG&E Clerical bargaining now underway DATE UPLOADED: 6/25/10 CREDIT: IBEW 1245 Media

RT Negotiations: Little Headway

On-going budget problems continued to complicate labor-management relations between Sacramento Regional Transit and IBEW Local 1245 going into the summer. The District and IBEW agreed to mediation in an attempt to reach a collective bargaining agreement and held their first meeting with a mediator on May 5, but no follow-up meeting has yet been scheduled…. [Read More]

California Targets 33% Renewables

STATE AIR BOARD OKs 33% RENEWABLE ENERGY RULE The following story by Wyatt Buchanan appeared Sept. 24, 2010 in the San Francisco Chronicle. The California Air Resources Board approved one of the strictest renewable energy regulations in the nation Thursday (September 23), requiring utilities to get a third of their energy from renewable resources by… [Read More]