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Archives for April 2014

Hold the Pull continues safety outreach

By the end of April the IBEW 1245 Hold the Pull committee will have completed 10 presentations at locations ranging from the Livermore Training Center, Northwest Lineman’s College, PG&E Bay Region and Sacramento Sierra Safety Kick-Offs as well as NV Energy in Reno. The balance of the year will include another 9 presentations already scheduled… [Read More]

Landmark agreement on Gas Service, ratification vote begins May 12

Gas service work has changed, and a landmark new letter agreement negotiated by IBEW 1245 makes sure that workers will be properly compensated as PG&E continues to improve the safety and reliability of its gas service. Letter Agreement R1-14-17, which is subject to mail-ballot ratification by the affected members, will expand and strengthen the Job… [Read More]

Overview of Proposed Letter of Agreement 14-17

GAS SERVICE DEPARTMENT – JOB DEFINITIONS AND LINES OF PROGRESSION   Provides for 67 promotions (approximately 10% of workforce) 50 Lead GSRs 17 Service Mechanics Initial staffing of Lead GSRs will be one in every headquarters with 8 or more GSRs or above, there are 29 – 31 headquarters with 8 or more. The Company… [Read More]

Questions and Answers: Proposed Letter of Agreement 14-17

  HOW DOES TITLE 202 HOURS CLARIFICATION WORK WHEN CHANGING A SERVICE EMPLOYEES SHIFT? Excerpt from Clarification of Title 202 Shift and service employees: Temporary changes of an employee’s work hours and/or work days shall only be made after the provisions of Section 205.3 have been applied and exhausted. Excerpt from Title 205.3 205.3 FILLING… [Read More]

Outside Line Report, April 2014

Another month has raced by; everyone continues to work very hard.  The April 12 Merced soccer tournament turned out very well; the weather, food and games all were just as ordered: perfect!  The second soccer tournament, scheduled for Fairfield on April 26, was rained out—although the rain had passed the City of Fairfield would not… [Read More]

PG&E workers join tele-townhall onproposedcontract extension

More than 1,200 IBEW 1245 members from PG&E joined a tele-townhall with Business Manager Tom Dalzell on April 29 to hear first-hand about the proposed one-year contract extension. The high-tech tele-townhall tool automatically dialed in thousands of members at PG&E who were able to join the call simply by answering their phones. The tele-townhall also… [Read More]

Keep the Clearance adds new company to Close Call program

IBEW 1245 is adding a new line clearance tree trimming company to its Close Call program. Utility Tree Service recently requested that IBEW 1245 business representatives conduct informational meetings about Close Call, the union’s self-reporting near-miss program. This program was started initially by a request from Davey Tree as a way to increase employee awareness… [Read More]