More than 250 food processing workers are fighting for a union at the Olam Spice and Vegetable plant in Firebough, CA. The mostly-immigrant workers at Olam are seeking to join Teamsters local 890, and with just two weeks until their union election, they reached out to IBEW 1245 for support. Of course, Local 1245 didn’t… [Read More]
Five Ways Unions Are Trying To Get Their Mojo Back
by Josh Israel, ThinkProgress This is an excerpt from a ThinkProgress article. To view the full article, click here. Training A New Generation Of Leaders Though the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245 is one of the more successful local unions – with a large base of well-paid workers in California and Nevada – a few… [Read More]
Connecting to the Community: Fresno Charity Bowl
The IBEW 1245 Fresno Organizing Committee found a way recently to connect to the local community and have some fun doing it. Welcome to the IBEW 1245 Fresno Charity Bowl! “We had 48 bowlers and 13 additional friends and family attend the event,” said IBEW 1245 Organizer Jammi Juarez. Several young children participated in the… [Read More]
IBEW 1245 Organizing Stewards make a difference in June 2014 Primary Election
by Rebecca Band Ever since California instituted the “top two” primary system four years ago, the state’s Primary Elections have become more exciting, unusual and important than ever. Unfortunately, many of California’s voters don’t realize how essential these primaries are, and turnout is traditionally quite low, which means some races are won or lost by… [Read More]
June 12: Special Book Event with UC Berkeley Labor Center’s Ken Jacobs
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Robert Reich, Maria Elena Durazo headline IBEW 1245 leadership seminar
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich doesn’t mince words. He lambasted President Obama’s recent public appearance at a Bay Area Walmart, calling whoever made the decision a “numbskull.” And at a leadership seminar this week with 56 IBEW 1245 activists and LA Labor leader Maria Elena Durazo, Reich declared that the US economy is “rigged”… [Read More]
May 9: President Obama at Walmart in Mountain View — Join the Rally
VIDEO: The next generation of IBEW activists
//youtu.be/P-_GS0E0L4A It’s a problem every union faces. How do you motivate and mobilize the younger generation of union members to grow the labor movement. Here’s one IBEW local that’s doing a bang up job of it. VIDEO CREDIT: IBEW International
Organizing Stewards help Taylor Farms workers fight back
By Rebecca Band Spitting. Swearing. Threats. Armed Guards. For 900 workers at Taylor Farms in Tracy, the union election at the end of March more closely resembled a prison riot than a civilized example of workplace democracy. Taylor Farms, the largest supplier of fresh cut produce in the United States, hired 10 union busters who trolled… [Read More]
Combatting the Lies at Taylor Farms
Here is the latest update from IBEW 1245 Organizing Stewards Rene Cruz-Martinez, Erika Barron, Carl Olguin and Nilda Garcia, who are on the Teamster organizing drive at Taylor Farms in Tracy, CA. The union busters have continued to pound employees with misinformation and are quite aggressive. The recent company ploy has been to advise employees… [Read More]