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IBEW and Redding Settle Litigation

In supporting IBEW Local 1245’s fight to protect the vested benefits of our members at the City of Redding, IBEW 1245 Business Manager Tom Dalzell said it best when he wrote that employers expect us to keep our promises, and we expect them to keep theirs also. With that guiding principle in mind, Local 1245… [Read More]

Proposals exchanged with South San Joaquin ID

Opening proposals for contract negotiations with South San Joaquin Irrigation District are now available on-line. Members submitted proposals at the October unit meeting. The proposals were organized into an opening proposal by the union’s bargaining committee, and proposals were exchanged with the District in December. Serving on the union’s bargaining committee are Brian Nevitt, Jason… [Read More]

NCPA Pact ratified

Local 1245 members on Nov. 21 ratified a new agreement with the Northern California Power Agency, Business Rep. J.V. Macor reported. Locked ballot boxes were collected from the LEC & GEO facilities and transported to the Middletown Unit Meeting location for the count.  One judge and two tellers were chosen from the members present for… [Read More]

Redding Unit sponsors Youth Soccer

Youth soccer in Redding is getting a boost from IBEW Local 1245. In response to a motion from a member, Unit 3217 (City of Redding), used money from its unit fund to sponsor the community’s youth soccer field. “Getting our members more involved in the community was one of the main topics discussed this past… [Read More]

NCPA agreement ratification vote set

On Nov. 13, ballot envelopes were distributed to both the GEO and LEC facilities. Check your respective mailboxes/in-boxes at your headquarters for yours! If there is anything amiss with your ballot envelope and its contents, please contact your Business Representative, JV Macor, immediately at (707) 761-1948. In each ballot envelope, you should find the following: One (1)… [Read More]

Court sides with union in Redding lawsuit

IBEW members at Redding have shown unity in standing up for their rights throughout the protracted contract dispute and the related campaign to prevent the outsourcing of IBEW jobs. IBEW Local 1245 scored a huge victory for its members at the City of Redding when a state appeals court ruled in favor of the union… [Read More]

Wells REC Pact Raises Wages

Local 1245 members at Wells REC ratified a new four-year agreement that raises wages 3% each year of the agreement, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2013. The vote was conducted Oct. 31 at the Wells Senior Center. Other provisions of the agreement include: All work on holidays paid at double-time. Work over 12 hours on… [Read More]

City of Willits Pact Ratified

Members at the City of Willits unanimously ratified a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Sept. 14. The agreement preserves the current medical provisions and provides for a 2% wage increase in the first year. The agreement also gives members who want to transfer into a beginning level position the opportunity to do so before… [Read More]

WAPA Pact Raises Wages

IBEW members at the Western Area Power Administration have ratified a new agreement, which now awaits final approvement by the U.S. Department of Energy. The agreement includes a first-year wage increase of 3.76%, with wage re-openers in each of the final four years of the five-year agreement. Negotiating for the union were Jamie Freeze and… [Read More]

Berkeley Pact Ratified Unanimously

Members unanimously ratified a new agreement with the City of Berkeley on Oct. 25. The three-year deal maintains the city’s 8% contribution to the EPMC, 100% medical for Kaiser and a Health Net plan, and increases in the Retiree Medical. The agreement also provides for improvements in overtime language, compensatory time accumulation, and the temporary… [Read More]