Archives for October 2015
Dispatches from Suriname: October 30, 2015
Read the Day 1 dispatch here. Read the Day 2 dispatch here. Read the Day 3 dispatch here. Originally designed to improve worker safety, Brady Hansen’s SABI project has also caught the attention of the Suriname utility’s executives for another reason. Reliability is becoming a growing concern for EBS customers, who are referred to as… [Read More]
Control the Pressure Report: November, 2015
The Control the Pressure peer safety committee is changing the way they will conduct their informational presentations going into 2016. In the past, they have enjoyed invites to safety kick-offs within the PG&E gas LOB, enabling them to address large groups of gas workers. In the future, the gas peer group will be reaching out… [Read More]
Keep the Clearance Report: November, 2015
The Keep The Clearance peer safety committee has received two requests from tree companies to go on a peer program speaking tour in support of tree worker safety awareness. Davey Tree asked that KTC visit all of their work yards in 2015-16 to promote worker-to-worker safety and expand the safety steward base in those respective… [Read More]
Hold the Pull Report: November, 2015
Peer consultant John Kent and committee member Mike Van Egmond made a return trip to IBEW Local 1547 in Alaska during the first week in October, travelling to five additional locations in Alaska to aid in the effort to expand Local 1547’s “Keep Out of the Bite” peer to peer initiative. There is one more… [Read More]
Safety Report: November, 2015
Fatality: On September 30, 2015, PG&E Electric Crew Foreman Clifford (Cliff) Bengs (40) out of Redding was fatally injured in what appears to be a rigging incident. Cliff had been employed with PG&E since 2002. He was married with two small children 1 and 3 years old. An accident investigation team was pulled together the… [Read More]
Save the Dates: Family Soccer Days/Reserva Las Fechas: Dia de la Familia y Futbol
Outside Line Report: November, 2015
WORK OUTLOOK Work has remained strong with an overall increase throughout the jurisdiction, especially in transmission, over the last couple of months. As of Friday, October 23, 2015, we had 12 standing calls for journeyman linemen in California, all of which are transmission jobs. As we enter the fourth quarter of the year, we expect… [Read More]
Letter Agreement 15-45: Extension of CDLA Hourly Wage Rate to the Painter A & B Classifications
Letter Agreement 15-42: Vacation Sale to Benefit Member who Lost Home in Fire
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