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New MOU Approved at City of Berkeley

IBEW 1245 members at the City of Berkeley recently voted to approve a tentative agreement on terms for a new MOU, effective October of 2018 through June of 2020.  Upon City Council approval, members will receive a 3% cost-of-living adjustment and a lump sum of $2,000.  Effective October 21, 2019, there will be an additional… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Family Distributes 120 Bikes to Children in Lompoc

IBEW 1245 member Dorine Fabing and her husband, IBEW 1245 retiree Mark Fabing, organized their 12th annual Brice Fabing Memorial Bikes 4 Kids drive in December of 2018. The drive is in memory of their son, Brice, who died in 2005 at the age of 17. Thanks to the Fabings’ tireless fundraising efforts, this year’s… [Read More]

New Three-Year Agreement Ratified at City of Willits

IBEW Local 1245 members at the City of Willits recently ratified a three-year successor MOU, which was subsequently adopted by the City Council. High points of the agreement include a one-time ratification bonus of $1,000, as well as a 2% wage increase upon adoption by council, another 2% in July 2019, and 2% in July… [Read More]

Members Ratify Three-Year Agreement at NCPA

In November, IBEW 1245 members at the Northern California Power Agency ratified a three-year agreement with the Agency, which was subsequently adopted by the NCPA Commission. The agreement, which runs from Dec. 23, 2018 through Dec. 18, 2021, includes 2.7% general wage increases, along with 2.5% labor market adjustments, in each year of the agreement… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Member Elected to Hercules City Council

Fourteen-year IBEW 1245 member Dion Bailey is no stranger to serving the public. He’s made civil service his career, and currently works as an airport duty manager at the Port of Oakland. For the past five years, he’s also sat on the planning commission for the town of Hercules. And on Nov. 6, 2018, he… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Members Approve New Agreement at City of Vallejo

On Oct. 22, 2018, Local 1245 members from the City of Vallejo ratified a table agreement, with a 96% voting yes out of the 94 votes that were cast.  The City Council subsequently adopted the agreement on Nov. 13. The two-year agreement, which was reached after seven months and 16 positive and productive bargaining sessions,… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Member Runs for Local School Board of Trustees

Rodrigo Flores is a 19-year member of IBEW 1245 and works at the Merced Irrigation District. As a Local 1245 organizing steward, Flores has been involved in a number of political campaigns to help get out the vote — and this year, he decided to embark on a campaign of his very own. Flores is… [Read More]

New MOU Ratified at Paradise Irrigation District

The IBEW 1245 members employed at Paradise Irrigation District have ratified a successor MOU by a vote of 20-3. The Irrigation District Board subsequently approved the MOU at its Oct. 17 board meeting. The newly negotiated successor MOU includes a 5% general wage increase retroactive to July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019. The agreement… [Read More]

Members Approve New Agreement at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

IBEW 1245 members employed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at Shasta Dam, Folsom Dam, New Melones Dam, Friant Dam, Sacramento and Tracy have overwhelmingly ratified a new agreement. The final vote was 96% yes to 4% no, with 90% of the members voting. The three-year agreement includes general wage increases of 2.78% in 2019,… [Read More]