Every day, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano provides up to 75% of daily groceries for 178,000 individuals – approximately 1 in 9 residents in the region. IBEW 1245 has a long-standing relationship with the Food Bank, and over the past decade, the Executive Board, Advisory Council, members and staff of the union… [Read More]
IBEW 1245 Executive Board Announces 2020 Scholarship Winners
The IBEW 1245 Executive Board is pleased to announce the winners of the union’s 2020 scholarship contest: Shawn W. Beverlin, son of 22-year IBEW member Shawn P. Beverlin from NCPA, has won the Ron Weakley Vocational/Trade School Scholarship. A graduate of Kelseyville High School, Beverlin is currently enrolled in Northwest Lineman’s College, and looks forward… [Read More]
Former IBEW 1245 Organizing Steward Appointed to Winters Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees
At the end of 2016, I became involved with the union, thanks to longtime IBEW 1245 Organizing Steward Steve Marcotte. He never gave up on recruiting me to be an Organizing Steward, and he always said that I would be good at it. At first, I was unsure if it would be something I would… [Read More]
Union Hall Access During COVID 19
As part of our ongoing effort to keep members and staffers safe and healthy during the COVID 19 outbreak, access to our union hall and dispatch office are limited to the hours of 7am-9am, and 1pm-5pm. The doors remain locked throughout the day, and a staff member or security guard is regulating access to a… [Read More]
April Unit Meetings and Advisory Council Cancelled, May Pin Dinners Postponed
Due to health and safety concerns surrounding the ongoing COVID 19 outbreak, all of IBEW 1245’s unit meetings for the month of April have been cancelled. The April 25 Advisory Council meeting has also been cancelled, and the Service Awards/Pin Dinners scheduled for the month of May have been postponed to a later date TBD…. [Read More]
IBEW 1245 Member Killed in Off-Road Vehicle Accident
It is with a heavy heart that we report that earlier this week, an accident in Santa Rosa claimed the life a new IBEW 1245 member when the off-highway vehicle (OHV) he was driving went off the road and down an embankment. The member has been identified as David Romero-Mendoza, age 31. He was working… [Read More]
Thanks to IBEW 1245 Members, The Future is Bright for SMUD’s Community SolarShares Program
Solar power is one of the world’s fastest growing renewable energy sources, and there’s no doubt that solar has played and will continue to play a big role in helping California meet its ambitious clean-energy goals. In fact, many IBEW 1245 members employed by public and private utilities and contractors have been working for years… [Read More]
Jody Castro Joins IBEW 1245 Staff
In early March, Jody Castro joined the IBEW 1245 staff as a Business Representative, representing the T200 and T300 members in the Diablo division of PG&E (encompassing Brentwood west to Concord and south to Bishop Ranch). He is taking over this assignment from Mike Adayan, who has moved into an administrative staff role with the… [Read More]
2020 North Bay Service Awards
Photos from the IBEW 1245 Pin Dinner in Petaluma on March 6, 2020
Local 1245 Organizing Stewards Join Electrical Workers’ Lobby Day
On Feb. 25, a team of 13 IBEW 1245 organizing stewards, along with two staffers, joined the California State Association of Electrical Workers for its annual Lobby Day at the State Capitol in Sacramento. The union members-turned-lobbyists focused on three important and complex topics: 1) ensuring that the new green economy provides high-road union jobs,… [Read More]
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