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Yerington Retirees Club Presents Donation to Helping Hands

IBEW Local 1245’s Yerington Retirees Club presented the Helping Hands organization with a $500 donation towards their program. Helping Hands currently has 160 seniors or disabled clients, who are transported to Carson City, Gardnerville, Fernley, Fallon, Smith Valley and Wellington to doctors’ appointments, pharmacies, shopping, food pantries etc. The nine volunteer drivers only receive $.40… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Members Reject Four-Year Contract Extension at NV Energy

The IBEW 1245 members at NV Energy have overwhelmingly rejected a four-year extension to the current collective bargaining agreement, which is set to expire in September of this year. Of the 407 IBEW 1245 members at NV Energy, 270 (66%) cast votes. The final vote tally was: YES: 24  (8.9%)    NO: 245  (91.1%)    Void:… [Read More]

1245 Yerington Retirees Club Supports Mason Valley Fire Dept

Yerington IBEW 1245 Retirees’ Club President Tom “T” Bird presented a donation to Mason Valley Fire Department Fire Captain Amy Dodge, to purchase volunteer equipment. Pictured, from left: IBEW Local 1245 retiree and retired Firefighter Jim Hill, EMS Captain Patrick Watson, Yerington High School exchange student Filip Rajpert, EMS Fire Fighter Ron Durst, MVFD Captain… [Read More]

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]

Nevada will strengthen vehicle emissions standards as ‘Clean Cars’ state (via Las Vegas Sun)

Nevada became the country’s 16th “Clean Cars” state on Friday after the State Legislative Commission passed the regulation on an 8-4 vote. Clean Cars Nevada will provide Nevadans with more choices for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles beginning 2024 and will strengthen vehicle emissions standards to curb transportation pollution, Gov. Steve Sisolak’s office announced Friday…. [Read More]

Growing the Workforce of Tomorrow Through Apprenticeship at NV Energy

Right now, linemen are in high demand to perform critical infrastructure upgrades for a resilient 21st century grid — and growing the journey-level workforce of tomorrow means a big emphasis on apprenticeship training, right here and now. Apprenticeship is where the next generation of linemen acquire the skills and training needed to ensure they are… [Read More]