Pacific Gas & Electric is reporting a problem with the 401K match for IBEW members. The following information is being posted for our members at PG&E’s request: There was an unexpected error in the implementation of the new $0.60 company match for 401k. This is a known issue…there is no need to call Payroll… [Read More]
Archives for January 2011
NLRB Threatens to Sue States
This story by David Moberg was published by inthesetimes.com on Jan. 14, 2011. Reacting to state efforts to undermine workers’ right to organize unions, the National Labor Relations Board has threatened to sue four states if they did not acknowledge their recent state constitutional amendments violated the U.S. Constitution. On Thursday (Jan. 13), the… [Read More]
Wobblies Target Starbucks
Each year since 2008, members of the Industrial Workers of the World Starbucks Workers Union had demonstrated on Martin Luther King’s Birthday, protesting that the company’s baristas who worked on the holiday were not given holiday wages. On Jan. 17, members of the organization held a roving demonstration in Lower Manhattan that they said was organized… [Read More]
Armstrong Testifies at OSHA Hearing
OSHA HEARING ON CRANE AND PPE Ralph Armstrong and Ron Cochran represented IBEW Local 1245 at a public hearing of the OSHA Board on Jan. 20, where public comments were accepted on the proposed changes to cranes & derricks, personal protective devices, hazardous assessment and equipment selection orders. “The hearing chambers were packed full of… [Read More]
SWIP Update
By Ron Cochran IBEW Local 1245 on Jan. 18 met with Wilson Construction, the contractor that has been awarded the 30-mile substation project outside of Ely, NV. Members of the local building trades council were also in attendance. It was a pre-job meeting to go over work assignments. It still looks like the job will… [Read More]
Mentoring “Ride-Along” Project
By Ron Cochran IBEW Local 1245 is starting a new mentoring program for Outside Construction members who are interested. The goal of this program is to expose the Outside Line apprentices to what goes on inside and outside of the union. There is a lot of work on the front-end of line and substation… [Read More]
Burney Unit Has New Location
BURNEY UNIT (FRONTIER) HAS NEW MEETING LOCATION Unit 4015, Burney (Frontier), has a new meeting location: Gepetto’s Pizza, 37277 Main St., Burney. Meeting dates and time remain the same. Sheila Lawton, Business Rep.
Re-Sign Calendar for 2011
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Wellington Installs SmartMeters
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PG&E Splits Contract – en Español
El sindicato ha dedicado una gran cantidad de tiempo y esfuerzo al contrato de poda de árboles de la Costa Norte entre Davey Tree Surgery y PG&E que fue sometido a licitación. El personal del sindicato asistió a dos reuniones en Ukiah y tres en Eureka con nuestros miembros para comentar sobre la información que… [Read More]