The meetings listed below have been scheduled for IBEW Local 1245 stewards at PG&E to discuss the tentative agreements and company offer. Local 1245 staff and negotiating committee members will be present at these meetings to present information and answer questions. Meetings will be held on company time. In addition, Benefits and Physical committee members… [Read More]
Archives for December 2011
LMUD (Susanville) Has New Unit Dates
LMUD UNIT HAS NEW MEETING DATES Unit 4012, Susanville (Lassen Municipal Utility District) has a new meeting date. Starting in February 2012, this unit will meet on the first Tuesday of the month. For the next few months, the dates will be: Feb. 7 Mar. 6 April 3 May 1 June 5 Location and time… [Read More]
Frontier Members to Revote Offer
NOTICE TO ALL IBEW LOCAL 1245 MEMBERS AT FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS (ELK GROVE AGREEMENT) See links below to all relevant documents Dear Members, As you are aware, Frontier’s Last Best and Final Offer dated Oct. 12, 2011 was rejected by our membership in a recent vote. Following the membership rejection, the company requested that the union… [Read More]
Dalzell Recovering from Infection
TOM DALZELL RECUPERATING Local 1245 Business Manager Tom Dalzell has been in the hospital for the past few days, where he is recuperating from an infection. He has been well-attended by his family and is not receiving other visitors at this time. Although the infection was serious, he is making steady progress and a full… [Read More]
Dalzell on Huffington Post
CAN A GREEN COMPANY HAVE A DIRTY LABOR RECORD? This post by Local 1245 Business Manager Tom Dalzell was published Dec. 13, 2011 on the Huffington Post.In the past few years, we’ve seen corporation after corporation try on the mantle of green. Most of that has been good — America is moving towards energy independence,… [Read More]
VIDEO: Gov. Jerry Brown stands with Calpine Workers
//youtu.be/OUy8qtDF5vs VOICE ON THE JOB Gov. Jerry Brown backs Calpine workers’ quest for a free and fair union election DATE UPLOADED: 12/13/11 CREDIT: IBEW 1245 Media
Farmer Letteron Brown Meeting
LETTER TO CALPINE EMPLOYEES ABOUT MEETING WITH GOVERNOR BROWN Hello all, We had a very successful and productive day yesterday in Sacramento. We were able to meet with Gov. Brown! He asked many questions about what we’ve been doing and about some of the issues we’ve been facing. He’s very concerned about some of the… [Read More]
Sacramento Rally for Calpine Workers
CALPINE MANAGEMENT FLEES CORPORATE OFFICES RATHER THAN MEET WITH WORKERS Calpine workers and their supporters in the Sacramento area rallied in front of Calpine offices near the state capital on Dec. 9, but found those offices abandoned when they tried to hand-deliver a letter to Calpine management. Management‘s decision to… [Read More]
Calpine Workers Meet with Gov. Brown
GOV. BROWN MEETS WITH CALPINE EMPLOYEES, PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR FREE, FAIR ELECTION The union organizing drive at Calpine’s geyser plants got a major boost on Dec. 9 when California Gov. Jerry Brown met with members of the Calpine organizing committee and pledged his support for a… [Read More]
Waiting on Final Language of Offer
The IBEW Local 1245 Bargaining Committee for current negotiations with PG&E is waiting on the final draft language from the company. After receiving, reviewing and making any necessary corrections, the IBEW committee will make it available on this website. Please make every effort to attend your January unit meetings as we expect to have more… [Read More]