Scenes from the IBEW 1245 Clay Shoot on June 16, 2012 Despite temperatures ranging up to 106 degrees, a nice breeze made it a great day for shooting as union members shot down clay birds at IBEW Local 1245’s Sporting Clays Shoot in Dunnigan, CA on June 16. To download any of the photos below,… [Read More]
Archives for June 2012
Letter from Tom Dalzell
Dear Local 1245 Member at PG&E, Inside this special edition of the Utility Reporter you will find the complete text of our tentative agreement with PG&E for a new three-year Physical agreement and a new three-year Benefits agreement. You will also find summaries of the two agreements. On approximately June 20th we will mail you… [Read More]
Bains Investors Made Over $100 Million
Cambridge Industries, an automotive plastics supplier whose losses had been building for three consecutive years, finally filed for bankruptcy in May 2000 under a mountain of debt that had ballooned to more than $300 million. Yet Bain Capital, the private equity firm that controlled the Michigan-based company, continued to religiously collect its $950,000-a-year “advisory fee”… [Read More]
Weird Time for Workers in America
Why Become Active? By Eric Wolfe It’s a weird time for workers in America. Consider the following: Worker productivity is rising, but workers’ income is not. Medicare is one of the most successful programs in history, but there’s a serious move underway in Congress to dismantle it. Republican superstar Paul Ryan is proposing huge new tax cuts for the… [Read More]
Members Win Prizes at Clay Shoot
The First Annual IBEW Local 1245 Sporting Clay Shoot, held June 16 in Dunnigan, CA, featured competitive shooting, a delicious barbecue lunch, plenty of cold drinks, and a lot of family fun. Trophies were awarded for the best shooting, but the real action was at the raffle table, where unionists and family members picked up… [Read More]
Local 1245 PZ Golf Tournament!
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G. W. Bush Still to Blame for Economy
by Frank Newport PRINCETON, NJ — Americans continue to place more blame for the nation’s economic problems on George W. Bush than on Barack Obama, even though Bush left office more than three years ago. The relative economic blame given to Bush versus Obama today is virtually the same as it was last September. Gallup… [Read More]
Los Banos Unit has new location
Los Banos Unit has new location Unit 1115, Los Banos, has a new meeting location. Effective immediately, meetings will be at Mountain Mike’s Pizza, 509 Pacheco Blvd., Los Banos. This will be the location of the next meeting–June 19. Mike Grill, Business Representative
California PERS to Raise Premiums
By Dale Kasler The California Public Employees’ Retirement System plans to raise health care premiums to its members by an average of nearly 10 percent next year, one of the biggest increases in recent years. The increase of 9.6 percent would be more than twice as big as the rate hike that took effect for… [Read More]
Rich Lane hired to help with safety
Rich Lane to assist with safety issues Rich Lane joined the Local 1245 staff on June 4 in a temporary assignment to assist with several safety initiatives, including the start up and running of the first-ever Local 1245 First Responder Training program. This program is designed to increase safety awareness for firefighters, police officers, public… [Read More]