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]
PG&E & Union Examine Gas Challenges
Pacific Gas & Electric is facing unprecedented challenges in the gas side of its business. On Jan. 21, PG&E Senior Vice Presidents Ed Salas, Geisha Williams, and Helen Burt met with IBEW Local 1245 Business Manager Tom Dalzell and approximately 30 IBEW members at Weakley Hall in Vacaville to review the current challenges and the… [Read More]
GAS TRAINING FACILITY DEDICATED AT LIVERMORE
Pacific Gas & Electric formally dedicated its new gas maintenance operations training facility in Livermore on Dec. 3, assuring that its IBEW-represented gas employees will continue to be among the best-trained in the country. The dedication was an opportunity for both management and the union to acknowledge the critical link between training and safety, and to… [Read More]