UPDATE: On Oct. 4, IBEW 1245 filed two similar charges with the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) on behalf of IBEW 1245 represented employees who work for the US Bureau of Reclamation and the Western Area Power Administration.
On Sept. 30, IBEW Local 1245 filed four unfair labor practice charges with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) against the City of Oakland, Port of Oakland, City of Berkeley, and City of Alameda, alleging that each has violated California public sector labor law by refusing to bargain over their respective decisions to implement vaccine mandates and the effects of those decisions prior to implementation.
“We filed these charges not because we oppose vaccines, but because we oppose employers unilaterally imposing mandates on a unionized workforce,” said Local 1245 Business Manager Bob Dean. “We firmly believe that this type of mandate constitutes a mandatory subject of bargaining, and we will continue to push back if and when employers attempt to impose such a mandate without going through the bargaining process.”