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Archives for September 2018

IBEW 1245 Leaders Featured at #LaborClimate Conference

September 11, 2018

As the Global Climate Action Summit kicks off in San Francisco tomorrow, IBEW 1245 Business Manager Tom Dalzell and Assistant Business Manager Hunter Stern will be featured speakers at the UC Berkeley Labor Center’s #LaborClimate conference. The event will be livestreamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ucberkeleylaborcenter and all are welcome to tune in and watch (off the clock, using personal devices)…. [Read More]

Report: The Role of Distributed Energy Resources in Today’s Grid Transition

September 11, 2018

Electricity grids across the nation are undergoing a rapid transition. The principal contributor to this transition is the increased deployment of renewable energy resources by utilities, driven in part by declining costs of these resources relative to conventional, fossil-fired resources. A second factor contributing to the current grid transition is increased adoption of distributed energy… [Read More]

Unions taking an old-school stand against National Grid

September 11, 2018

1,250 United Steelworkers members have been locked out by National Grid for nearly three months, with no end to a fierce contract dispute in sight. Every day, the locked-out workers are out picketing company facilities, holding demonstrations, heckling replacement workers, and documenting what they say are numerous safety violations by inexperienced contractors and supervisors now… [Read More]

In Memoriam: IBEW 1245 Business Rep Richard Dunkin

September 9, 2018

It is with a heavy heart that we announce that former IBEW 1245 Business Rep Richard Dunkin passed away on August 25 at the age of 74 due to illness. Brother Dunkin was initiated into the IBEW in 1967 as a groundman, became an apprentice lineman in 1969, and topped out as a journeyman lineman… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Endorses Feinstein for US Senate

September 7, 2018

The IBEW 1245 Executive Board has voted to endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein as she seeks re-election to the United States Senate. “Senator Feinstein has a long track record of supporting workers’ rights and the issues that matter most to Local 1245 and its members,” said Business Manager Tom Dalzell. “She stood by our members as… [Read More]

Yerington Retiree Club President Thomas Bird Receives Award from Nevada AFL-CIO

September 6, 2018

IBEW Local 1245 Retiree Club President and NARA President Thomas Bird (aka “TBird”)  was awarded the Mike O’Callaghan/Samuel K. Lumke Teamwork Award at the NV AFL-CIO 62nd Constitutional Convention. Additionally, TBird advocated for the passage of NARA’s amended resolution to add a retiree organization representative to the Nevada AFL-CIO’s Executive Board. TBird was ultimately sworn in… [Read More]

Business Manager Tom Dalzell Urges Gov. Brown to Sign SB 1090 (Diablo Canyon Joint Proposal Agreement)

September 5, 2018

The Honorable Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Governor of California State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: SB 1090 (Monning) – Request to Sign Dear Governor Brown: I am personally writing to ask you to sign SB 1090. This bill would direct the CPUC to approve the agreement closing the Diablo Canyon plant in 2025 while retaining… [Read More]

New Study Confirms: When Unions Thrive, Every Worker Wins

September 5, 2018

This Labor Day, a new study confirms something union members always suspected was true: unions are good for workers. All workers.

Local 1245 Hosts Safety Professional Training

September 4, 2018

On August 22-23, IBEW Local 1245 hosted its fifth annual Utility Safety Operations Leadership Network (USOLN) Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP) certification class at Weakley Hall. The two-day training is designed to prep existing and hopeful safety professionals into the discipline of utility safety leadership, regulatory statutes, human performance and general tenets in the field of… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Members From TID Place Second at Pacific Northwest Lineman’s Rodeo

September 4, 2018

IBEW 1245 members Dustin Krieger, Josh Kilna and Steve Johnson from Turlock Irrigation District came in second place overall in the journeyman linemen competition at the  25th Annual Pacific Northwest Lineman Rodeo 2018 held in Gresham, Oregon on July 28, 2018. They also took first place in the wire down event and second place in the … [Read More]

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