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Archives for February 2012

VIDEO: Hold the Pull

This video offers a powerful message on what’s at stake every day when we go out on the job: our lives, and those of our co-workers. //youtu.be/WVJKpyqo1Uk DATE UPLOADED: 2/22/12 CREDIT: Storefront Political Media for IBEW 1245

Minority Caucus

Service, involvement, action Electrical Workers Minority Caucus The Electrical Worker’s Minority Caucus held its 22nd Annual Leadership conference at the Oakland Marriot on January 12-15. The conference brought together a diverse group of over 380 IBEW members from around the country. IBEW 1245 was particularly well represented in conference activities, with 61 attendees. IBEW Local… [Read More]

Equal pay for women: a long journey

The more things change, the more they stay the same. If you’re a woman worker, that is. Nearly 50 years after passage of the Equal Pay Act in 1963, unequal pay remains a corrosive problem for women and their families. When President John Kennedy signed that legislation, he called it “a first step.” He might… [Read More]

Dalzell: What’s Next in Negotiations?

What’s next in PG&E negotiations? A message from Business Manager Tom Dalzell From my conversations with hundreds of our members at PG&E over the last two months, I have heard one theme repeated over and over – given all that our members have done for this company during bankruptcy, during the Accenture Business Transformation, during… [Read More]

PG&E Contract Ratification Vote

IBEW Local 1245 members at PG&E turned down both the Physical and Benefits contract packages in a ratification vote tabulated on Feb. 17 at Weakley Hall in Vacaville. The vote on the Benefits package was: No: 4,364 (67.7%) Yes: 2,085 (32.3%) The vote on the Physical package was: No: 3,406 (63.5%) Yes: 1,959 (36.5%) Serving… [Read More]

Winnemucca unit location

Unit 3317, Winnemucca, meets at Round Table Pizza on 1043 W. Fourth St. in the Raley’s Plaza in Winnemucca. Meetings are still second Wednesday of every other month. Next meetings are April 11 and June 13. Meeting time is 7 pm. Pat Waite, Business Representative  

Ukiah Unit meeting time change

Unit 3417, Ukiah, has a new meeting time: 5 pm. Meetings will continue to be on Wednesday of the first full week of each month. Location remains Ukiah Garden Café, 1090 S. State, in Ukiah. Ed Dwyer, Assistant Business Manager  

Tragedy Averted by Jason Tucker

JOURNEYMAN HUMAN BEING Tragedy averted by quick-thinking apprentice Jason Tucker had been an apprentice electrician for exactly one day when he was confronted with his first journeyman test. Cresting a small rise on a busy two-lane thoroughfare in Auburn, Tucker was surprised to see an elderly woman a short distance ahead of him, sprawled in… [Read More]