If your household is reliant on a gas-powered heater, oven, stove, clothes dryer or any other appliance this winter, you may take for granted the fact that the heat will come on with the quick press of a button. But transporting that gas into your home is no simple task, and involves quite a bit… [Read More]
Archives for January 2022
Vacation Sale for Member Whose Daughter Passed Away from Leukemia
Seventeen-year IBEW 1245 member Alan Camper tragically lost his 21-year-old daughter, Quincy, to leukemia in November. Brother Camper, who works as a substation electrician at PG&E, used all his vacation and available time off to support his daughter during this hard-fought battle, and the company has set up a vacation sale to help relieve the… [Read More]
Members Approve One-Year Agreement at Trayer
After a lengthy bargaining process, the IBEW 1245 members at Trayer Engineering ratified a new one-year agreement in late December by a vote of 25-19. The agreement includes a 5% increase for electricians and shipping & receiving members, as well as a .25% increase on the pension. The welders, machine operators, and material handlers who… [Read More]
1245 Gets a Tech Upgrade — Q&A with Doug Girouard
IBEW 1245 Assistant Business Manager Doug Girouard has been working with the union for nine years, and his responsibilities include IT operations, systems development, and financial analysis. Accomplishments to better serve the members of 1245 include design and implementation of a web-based pension calculator to facilitate comparison of traditional versus cash balance pension plan options;… [Read More]
Vegetation Management Inspector FAQs
We are pleased to welcome our new Vegetation Management Inspector members to IBEW 1245! Below, we answer your most frequently asked questions.
One-Year Extension Approved at LMUD
The IBEW 1245 members at Lassen Municipal Utility District (LMUD) have approved a one-year extension to their current agreement by a vote of 18-1. The extension includes a general wage increase of 5.6%, effective July 1, 2022, with no other changes to the existing agreement. –Mike Venturino, IBEW 1245 Business Rep
Members Unanimously Ratify New Four-Year MOU at Mt. Wheeler Power
The IBEW 1245 members at Mt. Wheeler Power have unanimously ratified a new four-year MOU, which was approved by the Board in late December. The new agreement includes across-the-board general wage increases of 4.25% for both physical and clerical in each year of the four-year agreement. Additionally, in year one, all Linemen classifications receive an… [Read More]
Two-Year Agreement Approved at Advance Carbon Products
The IBEW 1245 members at Advance Carbon Products have unanimously ratified a new two-year agreement. The CBA includes a general wage increase of 4% in the first year, and the second year increase will be based on CPI (min 1%, max 5%). All other aspects of the prior agreement remain unchanged. The 1245 bargaining committee… [Read More]
Appeals court deals another blow to contractor vaccine mandate (via Federal News Network)
The Biden administration received another judicial rebuke over its attempt to enforce a COVID vaccine mandate for federal contractor employees Wednesday. The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which was the first federal appellate court to consider whether the contractor mandate is legal, expressed a strong view that it is not.
Letter Agreement 21-62: June 19 as Paid Company Holiday
Following discussions between the Company and IBEW, the parties have mutually agreed to add Juneteenth (June 19) as a paid Company Holiday effective calendar year 2022. Title 103.1(c) of the physical agreement and Title 14.1(c) of the clerical agreement shall be updated to reflect June 19 as a paid holiday. All other terms and condition… [Read More]