It’s an article of faith in the labor movement that progress is possible, that you can make things better, that it’s worth the fight. Local 1245 retirees held true to this belief in the years-long battle to get PG&E to pay more toward their medical premiums. They fought the good fight, and no one fought… [Read More]
Lemoore Unit Has New Meeting Location
Unit 1128, Lemoore, has a new meeting location. Going forward, meetings will be held at 788 East “D” St., Lemoore, CA. Meetings will continue to be held on Thursdays at 5:45 p.m. Dates for the remainder of 2009 are: Sept. 10, Oct. 15, Nov. 12 and Dec. 10. Bob Dean, Business Rep.
Retiree Letter: Let’s Have Some Compassion
Editor’s note: The following e-mail from Local 1245 Retiree Club member Walt Korus Jr. is printed here with his permission. To the Editor: I believe the most important part of health care reform is getting health care for all American citizens. At the last meeting of our retiree club I was really upset at the members… [Read More]
Important Information Regarding Recent Changes to the PG&E 401k Plan
Dear I.B.E.W. Local 1245 Member, For the past 25 years, Merrill Lynch and I.B.E.W. Local 1245 have worked together to provide financial planning, pre-retirement preparation, and asset management information to P.G.&E. employees and their spouses who are at least 45 years of age or on LTD. In the past, Robert Gallo, Dave Brantley, and Jon… [Read More]
San Francisco Makes Deal to Close Power Plant
Editor’s note: This story by Robert Selna appeared Aug. 14 in the San Francisco Chronicle. The heavily polluting power plant on San Francisco’s southeastern waterfront would close by the end of next year under a legal settlement announced Thursday (Aug. 13) between Mirant Corp. and City Attorney Dennis Herrera. The 40-year-old fossil-fuel plant, which officials… [Read More]
Former IBEW Business Rep Carves a Reputation for Himself in Retirement
Editor’s note: This story by Kristofer Noceda appeared June 5, 2009 in The Daily Review.It reports on retirement activities of Joel Ellioff, a long-time business representative for Local 1245. Reminders of some of Joel Ellioff’s most interesting experiences can be found on his collection of walking sticks. Ellioff, 66, spends endless hours carving stories and random designs into… [Read More]
WILLIE LaBARBERA SWORN IN TO ADVISORY COUNCIL
Willie LaBarbera, left, a seven-year member in the Utility Services and Maintenance Unit at Modesto Irrigation District, is given the oath by President Mike Davis at the July 25th meeting of the Local 1245 Advisory Council in Vacaville. LaBarbera will represent Irrigation District members on the Advisory Council.
MEMBER LETTER: UNION SHOULD COMMEMORATE HENRY MILLER
To the Editor: I am writing this letter to express my disappointment with the Utility Reporter. Not once anywhere in your publication was the anniversary of Henry Miller‘s untimely death mentioned. There was nothing! There are two dates that should be significant to all of us in the IBEW. November 21, 1891 and July 10, 1896. If it… [Read More]
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS CONFERENCE: A LOCAL 1245 PERSPECTIVE
By Bill Wallace I would like to thank the Executive Board for sending me to the Alliance for Retired Americans Conference in Washington D.C. It proved to be quite invigorating. The major underlining themes at the conference were: í- Develop a partnership between retired workers, union and nonunion worker’s and use this strength to insure… [Read More]
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED BY IBEW UNIT AT CITY OF SANTA CLARA
Unit 1411, Silicon Valley Power/City of Santa Clara, has elected new officers. The new chairman is John Sanders. The new vice chairman is Dan Ryker. Ed Giardina will continue as unit recorder. Bill Brill, Business Rep.