The planners who work at Liberty Energy voted 5-1 last month to join IBEW 1245.
A group of Liberty Energy employees who were already 1245 members brought up the possibility of the planners joining the union at the North Lake Tahoe unit meeting in July 2015. Since the planner group works closely with the line crews, the members thought that the six planners at Liberty may want to join IBEW 1245.
Two of the planners are located in South Lake Tahoe, and four are in North Lake Tahoe. The seasoned members in the South and North talked with the potential new members and had them sign authorization cards for IBEW 1245 to represent them.
The union contacted the NLRB in last week of July to set up the union election. Ballots were sent out on August 7 and were counted on August 25. We are currently in discussions with the company to integrate the six new members into Liberty’s existing collective bargaining agreement.
–Pat Waite, IBEW 1245 Business Rep