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Organizing Stewards Featured on AFL-CIO Blog

At Northern California’s large Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245, three dozen new “organizing stewards” in the class of 2015 have big plans for the coming year, says Eric Sunderland. Without a major election on the calendar, he says: “We should be able to do some serious movement-building this year.” Started about 18 months ago, the… [Read More]

Organizing Stewards Gear Up for an Action-Packed Year in 2015

by Rebecca Band IBEW 1245’s ground-breaking “Organizing Steward” program has only been in effect for 18 months, but it’s already making a remarkable difference in the culture of activism in the union. “We stood with teachers on strike in Medford, Oregon.  We provided bilingual organizers to the Teamsters in two hard fought organizing campaigns. We… [Read More]

Pitching Hope: Doing Democracy the Old-Fashioned Way

Article by Eric Wolfe Photos by IBEW 1245 campaigners In an election where endless political attack ads were selling cynicism and fear, IBEW 1245 members were on the ground offering something even more important than victory. They were pitching hope. Hope that ordinary citizens can make a difference, hope that politics can save the middle… [Read More]

Strategic Action Helps Defend IBEW 1245 Members in November Election

IBEW 1245 organizing stewards helped carry several candidates across the finish line in the Nov. 4 General Election, demonstrating that strategic political action can defend working families even in an election where corporate candidates won most of the battles nationally. Successful negotiations in the public sector can get ugly fast when the wrong people sit… [Read More]

Members Help Get Out the Vote in Redding

For IBEW 1245 members who work for the City of Redding, local elections can make a huge difference – not just in the way their city is governed, but also in the way their union contracts are negotiated. In the last election cycle, a pro-worker candidate for City Council lost by just eight votes, and… [Read More]

1245 Organizing Stewards Leaflet Apple Stores in Fresno and Sacramento

Whenever Apple releases a new iPhone, there’s sure to be a long line of excited customers at just about every Apple store across the nation. Despite the overwhelming popularity of Apple’s products, the company refuses to pay a living wage to the security guards and janitors who work tirelessly to protect and maintain the company’s corporate… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Launches Eight-State Election Campaign to Defend Workers’ Rights

This fall, 35 IBEW 1245 members, along with three 1245 staff members, are joining Get Out the Vote (GOTV) campaigns at local Central Labor Councils and State Labor Federations in California, Nevada, Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. 1245 is returning to Alaska to support our sister local, IBEW Local 1547, who requested our… [Read More]