As Congress debates the Build Back Better Act, one key provision designed to encourage rapid adoption of large-scale battery storage will, perversely, have the opposite effect. As currently drafted, it is not financially feasible for regulated utilities to install these modern, efficient batteries that are essential to ensure renewable energy sources, like wind and solar,… [Read More]
IBEW Coalition Intervenes in NV Energy EV Transportation Electrification PUCN Docket
During a recent meeting of the Nevada Association of Electrical Workers, the four IBEW Locals in Nevada, including IBEW 1245, agreed to form a coalition to intervene in Public Utilities Commission of Nevada proceedings (called Dockets) which directly impact IBEW members and our work. The coalition, known as Nevada Workers for Clean and Affordable Energy… [Read More]
Local 1245 Helps Propel Mia Bonta To Victory in Assembly District 18
IBEW 1245 Organizing Stewards assisted with the special election for CA Assembly District 18 in support of Labor’s candidate, Mia Bonta. The special election was held on August 31 and our candidate won a decisive victory. Organizing Stewards Alvin Dayoan and Foster Goree helped setup canvassing, phone banks, and texting with the staff of the… [Read More]
SB 270: A Win for Organized Labor and Public Sector Employees
On Monday, Governor Newsom signed SB 270 (Durazo) to create penalties for public sector employers who refuse to provide information on their new hires and employees for purposes of contact by the bargaining representatives. Several years ago, IBEW 1245 joined with other unions to advocate for a bill that requires public sector employers to give… [Read More]
Protect Our Progress — Vote NO on the Recall in California
Millionaires who want to roll back worker protections in California are funneling big money into a campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom. If they are successful, we’ll lose many of the hard-fought gains we’ve made on higher wages, paid sick leave, and safety on the job. The recall backers are part of a national network… [Read More]
IBEW 1245 Supports Passage of the PRO Act
Our nation’s labor laws are woefully outdated and have become ineffective as a means for working people to have our voices heard. Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the most significant worker empowerment legislation since the Great Depression, but an anti-worker majority blocked it in the Senate. That piece of legislation, the… [Read More]
Take Action: Tell Congress to Pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework
Our crumbling physical infrastructure desperately needs investment – just as the American workforce needs access to the good-paying union jobs that will grow our economy and improve living standards. America is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, but our infrastructure ranks 13th in the quality of our infrastructure globally. We can modernize… [Read More]
IBEW 1245 Gets Out the Vote in Assembly District 18
For over a decade, as a union attorney, a union representative, and Vice Mayor of the City of Alameda, Malia Vella has fought for prevailing wage, Project Labor Agreements, good health care, safe working conditions, and quality career pathways. Vella has directly helped the IBEW 1245 members working at Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) by rallying… [Read More]
The Limits of Labor Law – and How the PRO Act Can Fix it (via IBEW International)
America’s current labor law leaves much to be desired from the worker’s perspective, according to new research from the Economic Policy Institute. But there’s a way to fix it – if Congress decides to act. As just about anyone who has ever tried to organize their workplace can attest, the deck is stacked against them. It’s… [Read More]
Conservation and Labor Groups Praise NV Gov. Sisolak’s Signing of SB 448 to Support Clean Energy Economy (via Western Resource Advocates)
“Recovery from the COVID 19 pandemic has been much too slow for Nevada’s working families,” said IBEW Local 357 Business Manager James Halsey, IBEW Local 396 Business Manager Jesse Newman, IBEW Local 401 Business Manager Jacob Haas, and IBEW Local 1245 Business Manager Bob Dean. “Now is the time for Nevada to incentivize and approve infrastructure… [Read More]
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