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PG&E Wants to Add 500 Megawatts of Solar

Pacific Gas & Electric wants to boost its solar output by adding 500 megawatts of photovoltaic power in California. The utility wants to invest at least half of that in solar panels placed on commercial rooftops and on ground-mounted modules that PG&E would own and operate. The other half is earmarked for long-term contracts with… [Read More]

DESPITE STIMULUS MONEY, BAY AREA TRANSIT FACES ARMAGEDDON

Editor’s note: This story by Gary Richards appeared Feb. 23 in the San Jose Mercury News. An AC Transit spokesman called the cuts “catastrophic” and predicted steep fare hikes and deep service cuts. Bay Area transit agencies are reeling under the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding – and can only… [Read More]

Canus Pact

Members of Local 1245 at Canus have ratified a new three-year agreement effective June 1, 2009. The company made the offer before formal negotiations began and Local 1245 agreed to present the offer to the members for a vote. The agreement provides a 3.75% general wage increase each year for three years. The agreement also… [Read More]

Retiree Letter: Thanks for the Raise

Dear Mr. Dalzell, I want to thank you and the members of IBEW 1245 for passing the recent increase in the PG&E pension for Surviving Spouses.  My husband, Al Meyers, was a line crew foreman in Auburn and on Long Term Disability due to a job injury for almost one year when he died in… [Read More]

UNIT 3012, USBR, MAKES CONTRIBUTION TO DISABLED VETERANS

Unit 3012 continued its tradition of donating funds to help veterans when it recently earmarked $300 from its unit fund to assist disabled American veterans, Advisory Council Member Mike McKay reported. The unit, representing the US Bureau of Reclamation/Folsom CVC, donated $200 last year to Operation Homefront, an organization that assists returning veterans and has… [Read More]

PG&E POWERPATHWAY OFFERS CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR HIGH-DEMAND ENERGY SECTOR JOBS

Pacific Gas & Electric’s PowerPathway—a best practice workforce development program—is collaborating with community colleges, workforce investment boards, labor, government, and industry partners to systematically prepare individuals for energy sector positions. Two PowerPathway programs are taking applications now: City College of San Francisco “Bridge to Utility Worker” program (limited to veterans*). 1. Starts in April 2009…. [Read More]

Santa Rosa Retirees Club Re-Elects Officers

The Santa Rosa Chapter of the IBEW Local 1245 Retirees Club unanimously re-elected all of its officers to a new term at the monthly meeting on Feb. 3. Re-elected were Larry Mead as Unit Chairman, Dave Santori as Vice Chairman, and Ken Rawles as Unit Recorder. Business Rep. Joe Osterlund reported to the group that… [Read More]

RETIREES SOUND ALARM ON HEALTH COSTS

Local 1245 retirees are sounding the alarm about the cost of health care as the union resumes negotiations with Pacific Gas & Electric over health care benefits for active and retired employees. Local 1245 met with negotiators from PG&E on Jan. 7 and 26 in sessions largely intended to research the facts that will be… [Read More]