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Archives for April 2013

Safety Report: Accident, Peer-to-Peer

On Friday, April 12, at approximately 8:45 p.m., there was a serious motor vehicle incident involving one of our EDSO Restoration & Control employees. A Troubleman out of the Napa Service Center received minor injuries when his truck (traveling east on Sage Canyon Road in St. Helena) left the roadway for an unknown reason and… [Read More]

Merced Retirees

The Merced Chapter of the IBEW Local 1245 Retirees Club was organized in early 2006. It was the fourth chapter to be organized. Today there are nine chapters altogether, spanning California and Nevada. Retirees attending the April meeting of the Merced Chapter of the Local 1245 Retirees Club are, from left, Irene and Jim Burgins,… [Read More]

Scholarship Essay: Stange Is Winner

Optimistic outcome of the defeat of 2012’s Proposition 32 By Mimi Stange   IBEW 1245 President Mike Davis, right, awarded the Sandoval Scholarship plaque to essay winner Mimi Stange. Her parents, at left, are IBEW 1245 member George McCrum and Dina McCrum.   Mimi Stange, a graduating senior at Arroyo Grande High School, is the… [Read More]

Edison Worker Electrocuted On Job

MENIFEE – The public was encouraged to make donations to a memorial fund set up for the Southern California Edison lineman who died in an industrial accident, utility officials said. Edison International, SCE’s parent company, already has donated $25,000 to the start the memorial fund for Jose “Raul” Ros, who was killed Thursday while working… [Read More]

Growth in membership

Growth in Membership By Ron Cochran In 2012 Outside Construction reported over 5 million man-hours worked. Tree Trimming reported 2.28 million man-hours worked. We have no tracking mechanism in place to track hours worked through all of the different utility hiring halls or to track temps working on NV Energy, Lodi, SMUD and PG&E properties,… [Read More]

Vacaville Unit changes meeting

Vacaville Unit has new location, date and start time   Unit 3812, Vacaville, has a new location, date, and meeting time. Meetings will now be held on the third Tuesday of the month at 4:00 pm. The new location is the Outback Steakhouse at 521 Davis St. in Vacaville. Lloyd Cargo, Business Representative

Alex Pacheco provides legal help

Legal assistance Alex Pacheco will be working with Local 1245 through end of year to assist Local 1245 Staff Attorney Jenny Marston, who is transitioning into her new responsibilities for representing Clerical members at PG&E. Pacheco served briefly as a legal intern for Local 1245 in the summer of 2010, while studying law at UC… [Read More]

Jim Brager fills in for Mike Grill

Jim Brager has been tapped to fill in behind Business Representative Mike Grill, who is out on medical leave. Brager, who initiated into the IBEW in 1975, is a PG&E Electrician working out of Fresno. He is also a member of the Local 1245 Review Committee. Thanks for stepping in, Brother Brager.

$1.6 Trillion in Corporate Revenues Offshore

By Kenneth Quinnell Re-posted from AFL-CIO Now Current laws in the United States allow corporations to use offshore havens to avoid paying their taxes and, if it’s up to many in Washington, the problem will only grow larger, particularly if the so-called “territorial” tax system is passed. The details of the use of such tax… [Read More]