Unit 1411, City of Santa Clara, has rescheduled meeting dates to avoid conflicting with other unit meetings served by Business Rep. Bill Brill. Brill has recently taken over responsibility for the Santa Clara unit from Sheila Lawton, who has been re-assigned elsewhere. Meetings for the rest of 2009 for the Santa Clara Unit are as… [Read More]
Redding Unit Has New Meeting Time
Unit 3212, Redding, will now meet at 4:00 pm instead of 5:15 pm. Dates and location remain the same. Kit Stice, Business Representative
City of Santa Clara Agreement Ratified
Local 1245 members at the City of Santa Clara ratified a new four-year agreement by a nearly two-thirds margin in a mail ballot counted on May 15. The agreement provides wage increases of 5% in years one and two, and 4.5% increases in total compensation in years three and four. The term is December 2008… [Read More]
Redding Maintenance Unit Ratifies Contract Extension
By Ray Thomas The IBEW Maintenance bargaining unit at the City of Redding voted overwhelmingly on April 27 to accept the tentative agreement for a contract extension. Negotiations for the Electric bargaining unit is temporarily on hold pending a decision on an Unfair Practice Charge filed by the union in February. Since last summer IBEW… [Read More]
Truckee Meadows Water Authority Pact Ratified
Local 1245 members at Truckee Meadows Water Authority have ratified a new three-year Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement exchanges the Team Incentive Award for an additional 3% dollar for dollar match into 457/401a retirement plans. Negotiating for the union were Jackson Bergland, Jon Rouse, Travis Bunkowski, Steve Eno, Chip Chadwick and Chris Hires, along with… [Read More]
AGREEMENT EXTENDED AT CITY OF LODI
Local 1245 has negotiated a two-year extension of the current Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Lodi. With the extension, the agreement now runs through 2013, Business Rep. Sam Glero reported. The agreement was modified in the context of recent economic events that have taken a toll on many California municipalities. Under the revised… [Read More]
DESPITE STIMULUS MONEY, BAY AREA TRANSIT FACES ARMAGEDDON
Editor’s note: This story by Gary Richards appeared Feb. 23 in the San Jose Mercury News. An AC Transit spokesman called the cuts “catastrophic” and predicted steep fare hikes and deep service cuts. Bay Area transit agencies are reeling under the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding – and can only… [Read More]
UNIT 3012, USBR, MAKES CONTRIBUTION TO DISABLED VETERANS
Unit 3012 continued its tradition of donating funds to help veterans when it recently earmarked $300 from its unit fund to assist disabled American veterans, Advisory Council Member Mike McKay reported. The unit, representing the US Bureau of Reclamation/Folsom CVC, donated $200 last year to Operation Homefront, an organization that assists returning veterans and has… [Read More]
UNION RESPONDS TO ROSEVILLE BUDGET PROBLEMS
Local 1245 rejected a proposal by the City of Roseville that IBEW members give up their 5% general wage increase for 2009. The wage increase in 2009 was the regularly scheduled increase for the third year of the current four-year agreement. Because the agreement is a legally-binding document, city management cannot unilaterally roll back what… [Read More]
MEMBERS AT AC TRANSIT RATIFY NEW 3-YEAR AGREEMENT
Members of IBEW Local 1245 at AC Transit ratified a 3-year agreement on Jan. 20 by a vote of 17-6. The agreement provides wage hikes of 1.5% effective July 2007, 1.5% effective July 2008, 1.5% effective July 2009, with an additional wage increase of 3% for all classifications on July 1, 2009. Also included was… [Read More]