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Yerington Retiree Club President Thomas Bird Receives Award from Nevada AFL-CIO

IBEW Local 1245 Retiree Club President and NARA President Thomas Bird (aka “TBird”)  was awarded the Mike O’Callaghan/Samuel K. Lumke Teamwork Award at the NV AFL-CIO 62nd Constitutional Convention. Additionally, TBird advocated for the passage of NARA’s amended resolution to add a retiree organization representative to the Nevada AFL-CIO’s Executive Board. TBird was ultimately sworn in… [Read More]

Yerington Retirees Donate to Worthy Causes

Yerington IBEW Local 1245 Retirees distributed their 2018 community funds to two non-profits in Yerington over the summer. The Lyon County Museum provides a unique overview of Yerington’s proud history, and the Helping Communities Coalition works with local food banks to help those in Yerington and across the state in need of nourishment.

Retired Business Rep John Stralla Visits Advisory Council

Back in 1970, the founder of IBEW 1245, Ron Weakley, hired a Local 1245 member named John Stralla to join the union staff as a business rep. Stralla was well known around the union as a dedicated member of the Local 1245 bargaining committee at Sierra Pacific (now NV Energy). He proceeded to serve the… [Read More]

Nevada State Office Candidates Express Support for Unions, Opposition to Question 3

Nevada Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Sisolak, along with Kate Marshall, candidate for lieutenant governor, and Zach Conine, candidate for state treasurer, stopped by the July Advisory Council meeting in Reno to express their support for unions, as well as their opposition to Question 3, the energy-deregulation constitutional amendment which will once again go before voters this… [Read More]

Collaboration and Question 3: Advisory Council Hosts Q&A with NV Energy CEO

In 2016, Nevada voters overwhelmingly approved a deceptive “energy choice” ballot question, which would allow the state to deregulate its energy market. If enacted, this policy would result in higher energy prices, large-scale job loss, and potentially even “energy deserts” in some rural parts of the state. This measure, known as Question 3, is a… [Read More]

NV Energy to double renewable capacity — if voters reject retail choice

NV Energy announced plans Thursday to essentially double the utility’s — and therefore Nevada’s — renewable energy, but predicated the $2 billion investment on voters in November rejecting a state constitutional amendment to establish a retail choice electricity market.