Negotiators from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Communications Workers of America, representing nearly 40,000 striking Verizon workers, announced they have reached a tentative contract with Verizon. “This agreement will keep good middle-class Verizon jobs here in America, while getting our members back to work serving the consumer,” said Boston Local 2222 Business Manager Myles Calvey. Calvey chairs IBEW System… [Read More]
Archives for May 2016
2016 San Luis Obispo Service Awards
Photos from the IBEW 1245 Pin Dinner in San Luis Obispo on March 18, 2016
Quick and Dirty: PG&E Gas Teams Compete for a Ticket to the International Gas Rodeo
by Rebecca Band When they’re working in the field, PG&E gas crews generally like to take their time and do the job right. Safety and accuracy matter more than rapidity when it comes to tasks like installing new gas service for a customer. But at the Second Annual PG&E/IBEW Gas Rodeo on May 21 in… [Read More]
New California Gold Rush Beckons Wind Developers Off Coast
When turbines start spinning at the first U.S. offshore wind farm near Rhode Island later this year, some energy developers will already be eyeing a bigger prize. There’s a steadier, harder wind blowing off the California coast. Those reliable Pacific gusts could yield nearly a terawatt of electricity, 13 times the capacity of all the… [Read More]
SMUD Pollock Pines/Fresh Pond Unit Sponsors Knotty Pine Lanes Junior Bowling League
Unit #3912, SMUD Pollock Pines/Fresh Pond, recently made a Community Fund donation to sponsor the Knotty Pine Lanes Junior Bowling League. The league is designed to give kids ages 5-21 a fun, rainy/snowy day activity during the winter months, when there is not a lot to do outside for the kids in Pollock Pines. The league encourages… [Read More]
Local 1245 Retiree Crafts One-of-a-Kind Coffee Table for Weakley Hall
Weakley Hall has a wide selection of unique union memorabilia on display, but nothing compares to the one-of-a-kind coffee table that IBEW Local 1245 retiree Ron Borst recently hand-crafted out of the IBEW old union logo that used to hang over the reception desk. Local 1245 Business Manager Tom Dalzell came up with the idea… [Read More]
VIDEO: Keep Diablo Canyon Open — May 2016 Update
Sean Stevens Joins Local 1245 Health & Safety Committee
Sean Stevens was recently appointed to the IBEW Local 1245 Health and Safety Committee, replacing recently retired SMUD employee Mark Flanders. Sean is 20-year IBEW member who has served on the SMUD safety committee for the last five years and the apprentice committee for an additional five years. Sean works in the Underground Network Department… [Read More]
2016 Sacramento Service Awards
Photos from the IBEW 1245 Pin Dinner in Sacramento on March 11, 2016
Competición y Camaradería: Tree Trimmers Soccer Tournament in Fairfield
For the second time in as many weeks, eight soccer teams, comprised of IBEW 1245 Line Clearance Tree Trimmers from across the northern area, hit the field to show off their skills and compete at the Tree Trimmers Soccer Tournament in Fairfield. The event has become so popular that the union now hosts two separate… [Read More]