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2020 General Election Endorsements — California

With so many large-scale changes facing the utility industry and the labor movement, IBEW 1245 remains focused on identifying and backing candidates who understand and support our positions on labor and energy policies. We are a single-issue organization, and the well-being of our members at work is our single issue. We understand that there are… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Joins California Labor’s First Virtual Biennial Convention

In the summer before every General Election, representatives from hundreds of unions across California come together for the California Labor Federation’s Biennial Convention, where they discuss endorsements for state-level electoral races and ballot measures, policy positions, and other important matters. Due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, this year’s Biennial took place virtually on Zoom, with… [Read More]

Retiree Perspective: Looking Beyond Ideology

There may be a lot of us who do not support or would vote for a Democrat in 2020. I had mixed feeling myself in 2016. But we need to look beyond ideology and confront reality. Are we or the country better off over the last four years? For myself as a retiree, I got… [Read More]

An Extraordinary Moment

In my lifetime, our country has never been as politically divided as it is today.  What I am writing today is not about politics, it is about people. With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the presumptive nominees for Democratic party, we have two politicians who have personal relationships with Local 1245. I spent the day… [Read More]

Just the Facts: SB 350 (Hill) – Golden State Energy Act 

On July 1, the Golden State Energy Act, SB 350 (Hill) became law.  This is known as “Plan B” and was pushed by many legislators to create a mechanism in which the State of California could step in and take over PG&E in case the Company failed to emerge from bankruptcy OR fails to operate its… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Lobbies to Restore Funding to Paradise Irrigation District 

Buried deep in California’s 2020 May Budget revise, the Governor and his staff cut $7.3 million that was previously budgeted to help fund the Paradise Irrigation District (PID) rebuild its water system, which was devastated by the Camp Fire in 2018.  The District needs the State money to keep its current operations afloat and to plan the overall rebuild, as more residents… [Read More]

Local 1245 Organizing Stewards Attend No on Prop 22 Virtual Info Session

COVID-19 has resulted in a massive spike in unemployment, and now, more and more jobless workers are endeavoring to make ends meet through app-based services like Uber and Lyft. For these workers in the ‘gig economy,’ exploitation and wage theft run rampant, and the corporations do everything in their power to prevent the workers from… [Read More]

Union Members Help Propel Natha Anderson To Victory in Nevada Primary Election

On Thursday, June 4, 2020, members of several different unions in northern Nevada joined together virtually for a phone bank to make phone calls for Natha Anderson, a Democratic candidate for the state Assembly District 30. Natha Anderson is a second-generation Nevadan and a fourth-generation educator. She has taught at several middle and high schools… [Read More]