Manufacturing workers and IBEW 1245 members at Delta Star are proving that when working people stand together, they can make a difference for themselves and their fellow workers. Break room upgrade. The 150 employees at Delta Star’s San Carlos facility have had access to just one refrigerator in their break room; it’s decades-old and quite small. The workers… [Read More]
IBEW 1245 members at Trayer approve new agreement
IBEW 1245 manufacturing members employed at Trayer Engineering Corp in San Francisco voted and passed a new agreement on June 16. The agreement provides workers at Trayer with a guaranteed 2% increase in base pay effective June 30, 2014, another 2% increase in base pay by June 30, 2015 and a $500.00 lump sum payment in their next paycheck… [Read More]
New Manufacturing Unit Holds First Stewards Conference
Shop stewards from IBEW local 1245’s new manufacturing unit came together at Weakley Hall on June 18 for their first stewards conference as IBEW 1245 stewards. These 13 stewards represent more than 500 manufacturing workers at 10 different employers that manufacture everything from museum lighting fixtures to the Mars Curiosity Rover. Most of them… [Read More]
Keeping things bright at Borden Lighting
article by Rebecca Band photos by John Storey What do the California Academy of Sciences, Ross retail stores, the Alpha Omega Winery, St Teresa’s Church and the new BART station in San Bruno have in common? They’re all a little more inviting thanks to high-quality, sustainable lighting designed and assembled by IBEW 1245 members at… [Read More]
Members vote to approve agreement at Lockheed Martin
After 9 days of bargaining, IBEW 1245 reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin on April 8th, and the membership voted and approved the agreement on April 17th. IBEW 1245 members at Lockheed Martin will receive a 3% lump sum of their last year’s earnings, as well as lump sum payments of $1500.00 for the first, second… [Read More]
Tentative agreement at Lockheed Martin Space Systems
IBEW 1245 has reached a tentative agreement in negotiations with Lockheed Martin Space Systems. The union bargaining committee began negotiations with the company on April 1, in Sunnyvale, after accepting member proposals in February and March. The tentative agreement was reached April 8, in the form of a company Last, Best, and Final Offer, which… [Read More]
Sunoptics negotiations make progress
Meetings set for March 27 to update employees Photos by John Storey The IBEW 1245 Sunoptics bargaining committee has met several times since Sunoptics employees voted for union representation in January. The IBEW committee has met four times with company negotiators, most recently on March 19. Company negotiators travelled in from Baltimore, MD and Crawfordsville,… [Read More]
IBEW 1245 members at AnsaldoBreda keep Muni healthy
Story by Eric Wolfe, Photos by John Storey When a San Francisco Muni vehicle is damaged in an accident, it is shrink-wrapped in plastic, loaded onto a flatbed truck, and taken to the doctor. OK, maybe not a real doctor. But the IBEW 1245 members working for AnsaldoBreda Inc. in Pittsburg, CA are the experts… [Read More]
Todd Shiels appointed to Advisory Council
Todd Shiels has been appointed to the IBEW 1245 Advisory Council to represent the manufacturing sector. Shiels, 41, works for Lockheed Martin Space Systems, one of the nine manufacturing companies now represented by IBEW 1245 after the merger with IBEW 2131. Congratulations Brother Shiels!
Sunoptics bargaining gets underway
The negotiating committee for the new IBEW 1245 bargaining unit at Sunoptics met across the table from management for the first time on Feb. 18. The two sides exchanged proposals on non-economic issues, according to Business Rep. Cruz Serna. Economic issues, as is usually the case, will be addressed last. The union committee plans to… [Read More]