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VIDEO: Watch W.A. Chester Cable Pull
ISLAND IBEW Local 1245 crew pulls cable on busy traffic island for W.A. Chester. San Francisco, CA 3-6-10 DATE UPLOADED: 5/20/10 CREDIT: IBEW 1245 Media
W.A. Chester Cable Pull (Photos)
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Writing Contracts, Resolving Disputes
By Ron Cochran There have been ongoing organizing, jurisdictional disputes, termination cases, class action grievances, oral grievances, written grievances, and two duty of fair representation charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board. All in all, it’s been another great month in the HH and construction area. As for organizing, it’s been a real… [Read More]
Employers Who Misclassify Workers
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March Ends With a Bang
By Ron Cochran March has ended with a big bang. We all pitched in and helped with many different activities while continuing to support our main staff assignments. Mark Rolow is a new staff member with a PG&E-GC assignment and will be helping Outside Line as needed in the southern part of our jurisdiction…. [Read More]
National Outside Portability Agreement
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Diversified in Rugged Terrain
IBEW Local 1245 members working for Diversified Utility Services installed new 115 kv transmission lines last autumn, creating a new circuit to improve load capacity and reliability to an area historically fed only by PG&E. The new circuit, from Trinity Dam to Weaverville, CA, runs from United States Bureau of Reclamation through WAPA, connecting to… [Read More]
Second straight year of growth
By Ron Cochran We have had another record year for the second straight year. The growth in percentage in 2008 was over 29%. 2009 was nearly 7% over 2008. We have become very diverse and are constantly organizing. Although our pole replacement work in Outside Line was all but stopped in 2009 on PG&E… [Read More]
Many First Contracts Signed in 2011
OUTSIDE CONSTRUCTION HAS RECORD-BREAKING YEAR IN ORGANIZING AND NEGOTIATING FIRST AGEEMENTS Local 1245’s Outside Construction had another record breaking year in 2011. Staff organized and negotiated 39 first agreements and 9 project labor agreements. We’ve also had contractors expand their scope of work, and we’ve renegotiated dozens of agreements. First Agreements: CONTRACTOR WORK/AGREEMENT DEERPATH AMI… [Read More]