PG&E SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR EARTH DAY CLEAN-UP California’s parks need assistance. You can help by joining the 2010 Earth Day Restoration and Cleanup on Saturday, April 17. PG&E is a presenting sponsor of the 2010 Earth Day Restoration and Cleanup, in partnership with the California State Parks Foundation. Over the past eight years, our PG&E… [Read More]
IBEW Website Now on PG&E Intranet
NEW IBEW WEB SITE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON PG&E INTRANET The new IBEW Local 1245 website, available on the Internet since Jan. 22, has now been loaded onto the PG&E Intranet. Members using PG&E computers can now access the latest union information by selecting IBEW from the “My Stuff” drop down menu on the PG&E@Work… [Read More]
Stewards Mull Over Host of Problems
PG&E STEWARDS CONFERENCE: STAFFING, SAFETY, DISCIPLINE Staffing, safety and escalating discipline were among the major topics highlighted at the PG&E stewards conference held Jan. 22 in Sacramento. (See separate story on upcoming Clerical bargaining.) Staffing levels of PG&E are inadequate to meet the workload in both gas and electric, according to Business Manager Tom Dalzell…. [Read More]
Clerical Stewards Gear Up for Bargaining
CLERICAL BARGAINING: A NEW DAY, A NEW GAME Preserving our standard of living will be a major challenge as Local 1245 gears up this year to negotiate a new Clerical labor agreement at Pacific Gas & Electric. At a massive PG&E stewards conference held Jan. 14 in Sacramento, Business Manager Tom Dalzell said the union… [Read More]
UNION SIGNS LETTER AGREEMENT TO AID FAMILY OF NOEL SMITH
UNION SIGNS LETTER AGREEMENT TO AID FAMILY OF NOEL SMITH Local 1245 signed Letter Agreement 09-50 with PG&E under the provisions of Section 111.15 of the Physical Agreement to allow employees to voluntarily sell vacation and transfer the proceeds to the family of Noel Smith, an apprentice Water System Repairperson who was headquartered in Burney. … [Read More]
PG&E MISSED MEALS: GROUP 3, PHASE 2
PG&E MISSED MEALS: GROUP 3, PHASE 2 PG&E will make offers in November to another group of employees and former employees in the company’s on-going effort to ensure compliance with California state labor laws concerning missed meals in the wake of recent court decisions. The upcoming offers will be the second phase of offers to… [Read More]
NEW PENSION CALCULATOR FOR PG&E RETIREMENT PLANNING
NEW PENSION CALCULATOR FOR PG&E RETIREMENT PLANNING IBEW-represented employees can use a calculator now available on the Pacific Gas & Electric Intranet to create an estimate of their pension. The estimate that is produced by the online calculator is exactly the same as the estimate that would be produced by the HR Service Center when… [Read More]
IN MEMORIAM: HAROLD LYNN LOWERY
IN MEMORIAM: HAROLD “LYNN” LOWERY IBEW Local 1245 member Harold “Lynn” Lowery was fatally injured in a fall on Oct. 7 while working on a pole replacement in Garberville, CA. Brother Lowery, a General Construction lineman for Pacific Gas & Electric, was initiated into the IBEW in 1979. He had been at PG&E since 1997…. [Read More]
PG&E CAMPAIGN FOR THE COMMUNITY: SEPTEMBER 21 – OCTOBER 30
PG&E CAMPAIGN FOR THE COMMUNITY: SEPTEMBER 21 – OCTOBER 30 PG&E’s 2010 Campaign for the Community runs from Sept. 21 through Oct. 30. The campaign is a pledge drive to raise money for schools and charitable organizations. Local 1245 members can make a pledge to the nonprofit organization of your choice. Members can pledge online at… [Read More]
PG&E Crews Work On Reconstruction in Wake of Dobbins Fire
A fire near Dobbins, CA (Yuba County) was sparked by a bird in a power line on Aug. 14. The fire burned nearly 3900 acres before it was contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The fire threatened a power house and transmission lines and destroyed two residences. IBEW Local 1245… [Read More]