IBEW 1245 Members at PG&E, We recently signed several letter agreements with PG&E in response to long-time concerns and staffing issues in some of our most crucial areas and departments. You can find the letter agreements at www.ibew1245.com/pge. While these agreements do not address the entirety of our PG&E membership, they do open the door… [Read More]

The Company and Union agree to modify Section 208.2 & Section 308.2 of the Physical Agreement with payment at the rate of two times the employee’s straight rate of pay under the conditions below, for classifications within the following JDLOP’s: Materials Distribution and Division Materials Departments including Gas Transmission & Storage; Division Gas Service Department;… [Read More]

The Company and Union met to discuss the challenge of retaining and attracting specific apprentice and journeyman classifications (listed in Tables 1 – 4) within the San Francisco, Peninsula, De Anza and San Jose divisions. This agreement addresses the critical staffing levels within specific headquarters listed in Table 5 and Company efforts to attract and… [Read More]

The Company and the Union have been in ongoing discussions to address hiring and attrition challenges at multiple Headquarters and Promotion/Demotions Areas in Gas Operations within the San Francisco, Peninsula, San Jose, and East Bay Divisions. Staffing Gas Operations committed to fill 103 IBEW-represented entry level positions through a phased hiring plan through December 31,… [Read More]

In an effort to improve efficiencies in ways that produce more value than the costs associated with employees taking the company vehicle home and to minimize cost and maximize site availability, Company proposes to modify Section 202.19 of the Physical Agreement in order to allow employees in PG&E Hydro to participate in a voluntary vehicle… [Read More]

The Company and Union have discussed alignment of next lower classifications to Apprentice Cable Splicer, Apprentice Lineman, and T&D Equipment Operator classifications. The parties agreed to amend Letter Agreement 19-03 – Job Definitions and Lines of Progression for the Division Electric Department Office and Transmission Distribution Department as contained in Attachment A. Changes appear in… [Read More]

The Company and IBEW Local 1245 recently discussed the parties’ shared commitment toward driving safety. Specifically, the discussion focused on a joint agreement of a pilot program utilizing the Nauto system of incident based in-cab camera technology.

This letter captures the agreement reached by the Company and IBEW with respect to the IBEW newly organized Outage Planner unit. The following details the agreement of the parties: These positions will be covered by the IBEW Physical Agreement and those Titles and Exhibits, as appropriate, for exempt Region or General Office employees. NLRB Case… [Read More]