PG&E’S 1963 BLAST AN EARLY WARNING ON LINES’ SAFETY This story by Jaxon Van Derbeken was publish June 26, 2011 by the San Francisco Chronicle. A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. gas pipeline running up the Peninsula into San Francisco has a long history of cracked and poorly constructed welds and even exploded once –… [Read More]
Archives for June 2011
Floods, Fires, Feed Nuclear Fears
FIRE AND FLOOD STOKE FEARS AT US NUCLEAR FACILITIES, BUT OFFICIALS SAY RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS ARE SAFE This story by Tom Zeller Jr. was published June 27, 2011 on the Huffington Post. With the specter of the devastating March 11 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant still fresh in the public mind,… [Read More]
Charley Souders Hired
CHARLEY SOUDERS HIRED FOR PUBLIC SECTOR Charley Souders Charley Souders, a distribution system operator at Merced Irrigation District, has been hired to be a Local 1245 business representative. Souders, 31, has served the union in several capacities: as show steward, bargaining committee member, and recording secretary for Unit 1122. He also was part of the… [Read More]
Lineman’s Rodeo: Application
28th Annual International Lineman’s Rodeo & Expo October 12 -15, 2011 Bonner Springs, Kansas Hosted by Kansas City Power & Light and Westar Energy All IBEW Local 1245 Apprentices who have completed one full year and are members in good standing are eligible to apply. Eighteen (18) Apprentices will be chosen by drawing in August…. [Read More]
Tom Bird Eulogy for Kelley
IBEW Local 1245 Retiree Tom Bird offerred this eulogy at a memorial service for Sylvester Kelley. Sylvester Kelley, better known as Kelley by those who worked with him, was a man who spent his career working in the electrical trade for 40 years. He was a man of great convictions, passion, safety driven, who always… [Read More]
IO Selects Jennifer Gray for Convention
Gray-Selected-6-23-11
Urgent Hold the Pull Bulletin
HTP-Flyer-6-22-11
Lineman’s Rodeo: Come on Apprentices!
Rodeo-Flyer-6-28-11
Jobsite Fatality: Jon Christensen
JON CHRISTENSEN DIES IN JOBSITE ACCIDENT Jon Christensen, a lineman from PG&E’s Tracy yard and a seven-year IBEW member, was fatally injured the morning of June 21 while working in Tracy. He is survived by a son, and by his wife, who gave birth to their second son today (June 22). PG&E, in a preliminary… [Read More]
IBEW Convention Delegates Elected
IO-Convention-Delegate-Results-2011-6-21-11