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Archives for November 2011

PG&E Offer Will Go Out for Vote

General bargaining between IBEW Local 1245 and Pacific Gas & Electric concluded on Nov. 30 with the union receiving the company’s ”last, best and final” offer for both the Physical Agreement and the Benefits Agreement. The Local 1245 Bargaining Committee is remaining neutral on both the Physical and Benefits offers, allowing members to decide for… [Read More]

VIDEO: 1245 Members at PG&E Conduct Hydro Tests on Gas Lines

  //youtu.be/U6F5CGvx8-o PG&E GC GAS PG&E is testing its gas transmission lines with high pressure water. General Construction Gas Crews restore the lines to service after testing. DATE UPLOADED: 11/28/11 CREDIT: IBEW 1245 Media

AFL-CIO Youth Strategy Meeting

YOUNG WORKERS DISCUSS STRATEGY AT WEAKLEY HALL By Lloyd Cargo IV In a meeting sponsored by the AFL-CIO and held at IBEW Local 1245’s Weakley Hall, 32 young workers and students met to discuss ways to unite and energize young people from both public and private sector unions, as well as students from local colleges…. [Read More]

Calpine Workers Will File for Election

  Calpine Workers at the Geysers announce intent to file for union election; Management’s anti-union campaign is condemned Nearly 50 Calpine workers and their supporters gathered at the Little Red School House in Cobb, CA on Nov. 17 to formally announce they will seek union representation by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245…. [Read More]

Bargaining to Resume Nov. 28

Negotiators for IBEW Local 1245 and Pacific Gas & Electric continued bargaining today, but were unable to reach a tentative agreement for a new labor agreement covering the Physical bargaining unit. The union and company plan to continue negotiating on Nov. 28, following the Thanksgiving holiday. The terms of the current labor agreements will remain… [Read More]

Carlos Amezcua Fatality – Update

ACCIDENT CLAIMS TREE TRIMMER CARLOS AMEZCUA New information shows he was wearing safety harness Note: This story has been updated to reflect recently-obtained information that Brother Carlos Amezcua was wearing a safety harness at the time of his fatal accident. Carlos Amezcua, a line clearance tree trimmer foreman with Davey Tree, died in an on-the-job… [Read More]

Cargo Sworn in to Advisory Council

Lloyd Cargo IV was sworn in to the Advisory Council by Local 1245 President Mike Davis on Oct. 29. Cargo takes the Sacramento-area seat being vacated by Lou Mennel, who has been tapped to join the Local 1245 staff. A PG&E Gas Service Rep, Cargo has been active in the local’s leadership development program and… [Read More]

SMUD Members Shine at Rodeo

Local 1245 members from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District competed with distinction in the 28th International Lineman’s Rodeo in Bonner Springs, KS on Oct. 15. SMUD fielded two journeyman teams and one apprentice. The SMUD journeyman team of Lucas Raley, Branden Carter and John Moe finished sixth out of 35 participating journeyman teams from municipalities…. [Read More]