Attending the EWMC conference this year was such an awesome experience! I have always wanted to attend since I started as an organizing steward, and was so happy that I finally got an invitation to attend this year. I am sad that it was during a pandemic and I didn’t get to experience the conference… [Read More]
Archives for January 2021
Small Town, Big History — IBEW 1245 at the City of Gridley
The city of Gridley, CA is a small town of around 7,000 residents, and the 22 IBEW 1245-represented electric utility workers, maintenance workers and clerical personnel are proud to keep the city running. Living and working in a small town comes with a special duty of staying responsive to your neighbors and keeping your community… [Read More]
“Human Justice, Human Rights and Human Security” – IBEW 1245’s 2021 Class of Organizing Stewards Takes the Oath
Over the past eight years, IBEW 1245’s organizing steward program has, without question, transformed the culture and power of our union. From its humble inception in 2014 with just 28 stewards, to the new 2021 class of 144 stewards, the program has ballooned in both size and scope, and is now known coast to coast… [Read More]
Steve Lange Appointed to Local 1245 Executive Board
Eighteen-year IBEW 1245 member Steve Lange has been appointed to the IBEW 1245 Executive Board. Lange, a GC Gas Foreman who works at PG&E, previously represented GC at-Large on the union’s Advisory Council. He has served the union for many years as a shop steward and safety steward, and is also a longtime member of… [Read More]
Unions just got a rare bit of good news from the Supreme Court (via Vox)
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear a bloc of several cases that threatened to impose dire financial penalties on public sector unions. The cases all involved unions that charged fees to nonmembers that were legal at the time the unions collected those fees, but were later declared illegal by the Supreme Court… [Read More]
Letter Agreement R1-18-08: GC Lead Pipeline Inspector (Revision to 18-04)
As agreed, to in Letter of Agreement 14-39 and pursuant to Section 304.4 of the Physical Agreement, Company proposes to create two lead level classifications, Lead Pipeline Inspector – CWI (Certified Welding Inspector) (52111405) and Lead Inspector (52111406). These classifications will be added to the General Construction (GC) Gas Line of Progression, Section 600.13, Exhibit… [Read More]
Letter Agreement 21-03: Gas Control Center Extended Temporary Schedule & Alt HQ (supersedes LA 20-51)
The Company and Union have agreed to extend a temporary work schedule for all System Operators and temporary assignment of some System Operators to an alternate temporary headquarters (Vacaville, Brentwood Compressor Station (Brentwood Terminal), or the San Ramon Valley Conference Center) as detailed below…
Biden Nominates California’s Julie Su as Dept. of Labor Deputy (via Bloomberg Law)
Su has earned high marks among labor leaders and worker advocates over her decades fighting for low-wage and immigrant communities, initially as a civil rights lawyer and for the past 10 years as a state official.
Goodbye and Good Riddance: Biden Fires Labor Board’s Peter Robb (via LaborNotes)
On his first day in office, newly inaugurated President Biden sent a letter asking General Counsel Peter Robb of the National Labor Relations Board for his resignation—and advising him that if he did not resign, he would be fired. Robb refused to resign; he was discharged the same day. No other GC has been fired… [Read More]
California Line Clearance Tree Trimmers: Setting the Standard For an Essential Industry / Podadores de árboles para el despeje de líneas de California: Estableciendo los estándares de una industria esencial
Haga clic aquí para español With the end of 2020, a year like no other that I can remember, I can’t help but look forward to the challenges of 2021. However, 2020 wasn’t all bad for Local 1245 members working in the tree industry, and many of our other work groups. It was the first… [Read More]