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Archives for February 2019

IBEW 1245 Speaks Out Against CPUC Decision to Cease Redacting Names in its Upcoming Report

Vacaville, CA – “The union is outraged to learn that the CPUC’s Safety Enforcement Division plans to make the names of many hourly employees public in its upcoming report on how PG&E complies with requests to ‘locate and mark’ underground facilities prior to excavation in the area,” said Tom Dalzell, Business Manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical… [Read More]

March Meeting Date Change for Diablo Canyon Unit

Unit #1220, Diablo Canyon/SLO, has moved its March meeting to the 27th to accommodate members working on the outage. The time and location will remain the same, and the meeting will return to its regularly scheduled date the following month. –Pat Duffy, IBEW 1245 Business Rep 

Dalzell to PG&E: Reconsider STIP for Regular Wage-Earners

In response to the company’s decision to cancel the 2018 STIP payments, IBEW 1245 Business Manager Tom Dalzell sent the letter below to PG&E Interim CEO John Simon today. John, While the number of Local  1245 who are STIP-eligible is dwarfed by the number represented by the ESC and the number of non-bargaining-unit employees, an… [Read More]

Splitting Up PG&E Would Not Make It Safer

On Feb. 22, a misleading opinion article appeared in the Sacramento Bee with the headline, “PG&E says splitting utility would improve wildfire safety, but there’s a downside.” We’d like to take a moment to set the record straight and dispel some misinformation. In the article, columnist Dale Kasler cites PG&E’s latest CPUC filing and erroneously… [Read More]

Submit Your Proposals to the PG&E Benefits Bargaining Committee

Last year, IBEW 1245 members at PG&E overwhelmingly approved a two-year extension to the physical and clerical agreements. That extension did not include benefits, so this year, Local 1245’s Benefits Bargaining Committee will have the opportunity to negotiate over the PG&E benefits agreement. As always, these changes begin with you. You can submit your proposals… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Joins AFL-CIO Civil and Human Rights Conference

Every year, the National AFL-CIO honors the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a special conference focused entirely on civil and human rights, held over MLK Day weekend. This year, three IBEW 1245 members attended the unique three-day conference in Washington DC. For all three 1245 delegates, this was their first trip to the… [Read More]

PG&E Cancels STIP Payments for 2018

Earlier this year, PG&E had asked the PUC to approve $130 million to pay its annual STIP (short-term incentive plan) compensation to salaried employees (other than officers). On Friday, Feb. 22, PG&E announced that it has cancelled the 2018 STIP payments due to bankruptcy. The annual STIP payment is not a bonus, despite how it… [Read More]