Thirteen IBEW 1245 members attended the 29th annual Electrical Workers Minority Caucus (EWMC) leadership conference, which took place in mid-January in Houston, TX. This year’s conference centered around the theme of “Bridging the Divide: Standing United for Justice, Equity and Diversity,” and brought together minority members from dozens of IBEW locals across the US and… [Read More]

In what has become an annual tradition, IBEW 1245’s fifth class of organizing stewards flooded into the first Advisory Council meeting of the year for their formal swearing-in. The 142 activists, clad in their signature blue shirts and jackets, raised their right hands as they took the oath, vowing to “further the purposes for which… [Read More]

Enthusiasm is contagious – and union activism is the kind of enthusiasm that spreads at a breakneck pace. For a prime example, look no further than the 2019 class of IBEW 1245 organizing stewards. When the union officially launched its ground-breaking organizing steward program back in 2014, the inaugural class was comprised of just 28… [Read More]

Approximately 30 union members from across the state participated in the fourth annual California Utility Gas Workers conference, which took place in Palm Springs in mid-December. Members from IBEW 1245, ESC Local 20, IBEW Local 465, and UWUA Locals 132, 483, and 522 attended the two-day conference, which was geared towards strengthening the coalition between… [Read More]