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Archives for August 2011

NTSB Report on San Bruno Explosion

August 30, 2011

The five-member National Transportation Safety Board cited PG&E‘s lax approach to pipeline safety and the inadequate oversight of two government agencies in the probable cause of the most devastating pipeline accident in a decade. “Our investigation revealed that for years, PG&E exploited weaknesses in a lax system of oversight,” said NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman… [Read More]

PG&E Pitches Jobs to Linemen

August 30, 2011

LINEMEN WANTED PG&E Steps Up Recruiting   PG&E wants linemen. Faced with workforce shortages and looming retirements, California’s biggest electric utility has stepped up its efforts to recruit journeyman linemen. In cooperation with IBEW Local 1245, PG&E in August hosted three recruitment meetings—in Redding, Turlock and Sacramento. Linemen working in Outside Construction made up a… [Read More]

OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

August 22, 2011

  Local 1245 Office Manager Tonya Alston provides this timely reminder about breast cancer awareness. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Please encourage your female family and friends to have annual mammograms and perform regular self examinations. Early detection is key to determining the type of treatment you receive. Your family history of breast cancer… [Read More]

PG&E Knew Welds Were Vulnerable

August 22, 2011

The following story by Jaxon Van Derbeken appeared in the Aug. 21, 2011 San Francisco Chronicle. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. knew in 2008 that the San Bruno gas line that later exploded and the network of smaller pipes it fed had multiple potentially at-risk welds, but decided to spike the system’s pressure so it… [Read More]

PG&E Open Enrollment

August 22, 2011

Open enrollment for active employees at PG&E to make changes to their IBEW-negotiated medical benefit at Pacific Gas & Electric is Nov. 3 to 17. Open enrollment for retired employees is Oct. 19 to Nov. 2.

Redding Water Crew

August 22, 2011

                          An IBEW Local 1245 water crew in the City of Redding Maintenance Unit, with the thermometer hitting 100 degrees, worked into the late afternoon on Aug. 19 to make sure that water service was completed to a new home on Deodar Way… [Read More]

GOP Tax Hypocrisy

August 22, 2011

Republican members of Congress were so adamantly against taxes they brought the U.S. government to the brink of default earlier this month rather than agree to raise taxes. They believe the Bush-era tax cuts for the rich must be extended basically forever. But now, less than a month later, some Republicans have changed their mind… [Read More]

Origin of Faulty Pipe Still Unknown

August 20, 2011

The following story by Eric Nalder was published Aug. 30, 2011 by the San Francisco Chronicle. ASHBURN, VA. — Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has been unable to provide federal investigators with records showing where it got the pipe that exploded in San Bruno, officials said Monday – a failure that has major implications for… [Read More]

Mazzanti Report on San Bruno

August 20, 2011

Each member of the NTSB investigation panel into the San Bruno explosion was asked to submit a “Root Cause and Final Recommendation” report. The following report was submitted by Local 1245 Business Rep Debbie Mazzanti, who served on the panel.   Cause of the Explosion After many months of investigations, interviews, and inspections, it is… [Read More]

Rally Defends Social Security

August 19, 2011

DEMONSTRATORS URGE SENATOR FEINSTEIN: DEFEND SOCIAL SECURITY   By Ken Rawles   I attended the Aug. 17 Rally for Social Security in San Francisco to tell Senator Dianne Feinstein to be a Champion for preserving Social Security with no new cuts. The California Alliance of Retired Americans (CARA)  was one of the  co-sponsors of the event that… [Read More]

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