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Local 1245 Receives “Movement Builders” Award from Contra Costa Central Labor Council

IBEW Local 1245 has once again been honored and awarded for its outstanding Organizing Steward program. A group of Local 1245 Organizing Stewards and aspiring Organizing Stewards, along with Business Manager Tom Dalzell, received the inaugural “Movement Builders” award from the Contra Costa Central Labor Council at its annual Labor-to-Labor Dinner on September 17. The… [Read More]

Liberty Energy Planners Vote to Join Local 1245

The planners who work at Liberty Energy voted 5-1 last month to join IBEW 1245. A group of Liberty Energy employees who were already 1245 members brought up the possibility of the planners joining the union at the North Lake Tahoe unit meeting in July 2015. Since the planner group works closely with the line crews, the… [Read More]

Building One Vision Forward: 2015 APALA Convention

IBEW 1245 Organizing Steward Ivan Pereda and Staff Organizer Jammi Juarez traveled to San Diego in August to represent IBEW 1245 at the 13th Biennial Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) convention. This year’s theme was “Organizing In Solidarity, Building One Vision Forward!” The three-day convention featured a number of unique workshops, performances, strategy summits, town… [Read More]

Unions Celebrate Small Victory in Sonoma Living Wage Campaign

IBEW 1245 joined our brothers and sisters affiliated with the North Bay Labor Council to celebrate a small victory in the ongoing fight for a decent living wage ordinance. Supervisors Susan Gorin and James Gore have put a halt to the flawed living wage ordinance the county originally planned to put in place. That ordinance… [Read More]

PG&E CCFA Unit Votes 47-5 to Join IBEW 1245

On Friday, August 7, PG&E Computer Client Field Analysts (CCFAs) overwhelming voted to join IBEW 1245. Turnout was a record high. Of the 53 eligible voters, 52 cast ballots in the NLRB sponsored election, with 47 voting yes (90%) and 5 voting no. There were no challenged or voided votes. The vote culminated a five-month… [Read More]

PG&E Gas Distribution Coordinators Join IBEW 1245

On June 16, the Gas Distribution Coordinators at PG&E’s Bishop Ranch facility voted to join IBEW local 1245 by a margin of 2-to-1. The IBEW 1245 organizing team first met with the Gas Distribution Coordinators on April 16, 2015 to discuss joining the union. The NLRB election took place exactly two months later, using the… [Read More]