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COVID-19 and Coronavirus News and Updates

Essential Worker Stories: Candace Koff

Four-year IBEW 1245 member Candace Koff, who works as a Police Records Technician at the City of Lompoc, describes her experience as an essential worker on the job during COVID 19.

Five Important Steps to Prevent the Spread of COVID 19

For more than three months, we have been working with our members and signatory employers on the Coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis. After several encouraging weeks, we are seeing record numbers of new infections in California and Nevada. It is not a disease to be taken lightly. Transmission of the mutated virus is frighteningly easy, and there is… [Read More]

Enel Green Power Workers Vote to Join IBEW 1245

After months of weathering management’s aggressive anti-union campaign, a group of Enel Green Power workers in Nevada and Utah won their election to become represented by Local 1245. The company’s union-busting efforts created a tense atmosphere of division and fear, but when the ballots were counted on June 23, the victory went to IBEW by… [Read More]

Essential Worker Stories: Lewis Pence

37-year IBEW 1245 member Lewis Pence, who works as a maintenance crew leader (hydro) at PG&E in Tiger Creek, describes his experience on the job during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Essential Worker Stories: Richard Porter

Five-year IBEW 1245 member Richard Porter, who works as a welder at Sunoptics, describes his experience on the job during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Procedure to Sign the Books at IBEW 1245

Outside line dispatch operating hours: 7am – 9am and 1pm – 4:30pm Application requests received after 4:30 pm will be sent out the next business day IBEW 1245 outside line dispatch has instituted new procedures during COVID 19. Please be prepared to complete the following steps if you wish to sign the books at IBEW… [Read More]

Updated Workplace COVID 19 Resources

A list of general COVID-19 resources grouped by agency, a section with resources on reopening workplaces, and additional industry-specific COVID-19 resources grouped by industry.  It includes a table of contents.  As with previous versions, it is intended as a resource and is not comprehensive.