LOCAL 1245 NEWSPAPER, WEBSITE WIN AWARDS
Clerical workers in Santa Cruz show their support for the union negotiating team during Clerical bargaining at PG&E in 2010.
The Utility Reporter story on the contract organizing campaign during Clerical negotiations at PG&E won first place for Best Organizing Story in the 2011 labor journalism awards sponsored by the International Labor Communications Association.
The story, “Everyone Showed Up,” showed how solidarity and activism among the Clerical workforce–including the actions of dozens of worksite volunteers–helped produced gains at the bargaining table.
The Utility Reporter also won first place, Best Publication Design, for a feature on retiree activism at NV Energy called “On the Bus: Retirees Put Campaign for Benefits into High Gear.”
A photograph by Local 1245 member Andrew Sabin, was awarded second place in the Best Photograph competition (see photo below).
Business Manager Tom Dalzell won a third place award for Best Column with an essay called “Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid”, which warned members against believing company arguments concerning two-tier wages.
Local 1245 won another third place award for Best Multimedia Campaign, which consisted of newspaper articles, radio ads, commercial newspaper ads, television ads, and internet advocacy for its campaign to resist NV Energy’s attempt to take away retiree medical benefits.
This photo by Local 1245 member Andrew Sabin won second place in the ILCA photo competition.