Unit #1112, Bakersfield, has moved its meeting time from 6pm to 5pm. The meeting dates and location will remain the same. –Mark Rolow, IBEW 1245 Business Rep
Archives for May 2019
Letter Agreement 19-11: JDLOP Update for Building Department
Letter Agreement 19-10: Transmission and Distribution Control Center Ad Hoc Changes
Letter Agreement 19-09: Amends 2nd shift hours for Electrical Maintenance to coincide with the existing hours for Mechanical
IBEW 1245 Members From SMUD Help “Light Up Navajo”
Electricity is something that most Americans take for granted. When we go home at night, we know that we’ll be able to turn on the lights, charge our cell phones, take a hot shower, grab some food from the fridge and heat it up in the microwave. But for the 300,000 individuals who live on… [Read More]
Video: IBEW 1245’s Hunter Stern Discusses What’s Next For PG&E’s Workers (via ClimateOne)
IBEW 1245 Assistant Business Manager Hunter Stern appeared on a ClimateOne panel entitled “How Climate Broke California’s Biggest Utility.” In the excerpt below, he discusses the future for PG&E workers. Listen to the full recording here.
Members Approve Successor MOU at City of Roseville
After overwhelmingly rejecting the City’s Last, Best and Final offer, the IBEW 1245 members at the City of Roseville have approved a new three-year successor MOU with an 83% yes vote. The City Council subsequently approved the new agreement. The successor MOU includes a 2% salary increase (or market adjustment if the market adjustment survey… [Read More]
Local 1245 Members Place Second at SDGE Rodeo, Third at LADWP Rodeo
IBEW 1245 members and PG&E Linemen Jordan Chene, Jacob “Floppy” Hunt and Dustin Curry took second place overall at the San Diego Gas & Electric Rodeo, and third place overall at the LADWP Lineman‘s Rodeo. Way to make us proud!
Local 1245 Members Compete at APPA Lineworkers Rodeo
The City of Redding sent four IBEW 1245 members to the American Public Power Association (APPA) Lineworker’s Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colorado on March 29-30. Pictured on the left is Chris Bryant, on the right is Jordan Michaud. Their team placed 30th out of 78 Journeyman teams. Local 1245 members from City of Roseville,… [Read More]
PG&E Lost Longtime Tree-Trimming Contractor as Scrutiny on Utility Mounted Over Wildfires (via KQED)
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s contract with one of its largest tree-trimming contractors ended as state regulators and a federal judge ratcheted up the pressure to bolster the utility’s vegetation management program.