On Nov. 14, IBEW 1245 Organizing Steward Pete Sandoval (blue shirt, far right) joined a picket line in solidarity with UFCW Local 8 Rite Aid workers in Fresno who are fighting to maintain hard fought health care benefits.
Solidarity in Action: Local 1245 Organzing Stewards Join UDW Child Care Provider Union Organizing Blitz
In late October, ten IBEW 1245 Organizing Stewards participated in a three-day organizing blitz to support the United Domestic Workers (UDW-AFSCME) as the endeavor to give a voice to California’s struggling childcare providers. This is the second UDW childcare organizing blitz that Local 1245 supported in 2019 (read about the last blitz and learn more… [Read More]
Local 1245 Retirees Stand in Solidarity with GM Strikers in Nevada
Members of IBEW 1245’s Reno/Sparks Retirees Club demonstrated their solidarity with 50,000 striking GM workers by joining a march and rally outside a GM parts distribution facility in Stead, NV, about 15 miles north of Reno. “Great experience! The UAW members were very thankful and amazed at the turn out to support them. They had… [Read More]
IBEW 1245 Stands in Solidarity with Striking Teachers in Sacramento
IBEW 1245 Organizing Stewards Nilda Garcia and Darla West, along with Staff Organizer Rene Cruz Martinez, stood in solidarity with striking teachers in Sacramento as the teachers urged the school district to honor their union contract and re-direct funding back into the classrooms. “The school district has backtracked on the collective bargaining agreement and engaged… [Read More]
IBEW 1245 Joins AFL-CIO Civil and Human Rights Conference
Every year, the National AFL-CIO honors the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a special conference focused entirely on civil and human rights, held over MLK Day weekend. This year, three IBEW 1245 members attended the unique three-day conference in Washington DC. For all three 1245 delegates, this was their first trip to the… [Read More]
IBEW 1245 in Solidarity with Striking Oakland Teachers
IBEW 1245 staffers Al Fortier (left) and Fred Ross Jr stood in solidarity with Oakland teachers who went on strike on Feb. 21, 2019. Learn more about the strike and lend your support at https://oaklandea.org/.
Unprecedented Solidarity: IBEW Members from a Dozen Locals Band Together to Stop Question 3 in Nevada
Whenever other IBEW locals are under attack, Local 1245 never hesitates to dispatch our own activists to assist our brothers and sisters in their fight. Now, as Local 1245 members in Nevada are facing a massive attack of their own, IBEW locals from all around the country, including many locals that we’ve supported in the… [Read More]
“Show Me” The Votes – IBEW 1245 Organizing Stewards Help Overturn Right to Work in Missouri
When a group of anti-union lawmakers decided to impose so-called “Right to Work” in Missouri in order to weaken unions in both the public and private sectors, the working people of the “Show Me State” decided to fight back. They quickly collected more than 300,000 signatures to place Right to Work on the ballot as… [Read More]
#WeRise – Local 1245 Joins Janus Day of Action in Sacramento and Fresno
On Monday Feb. 26, as the United States Supreme Court began to hear arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, union members all across the country hit the streets to demonstrate the importance and value of a strong and united Labor Movement. The anti-union interests behind Janus have pushed this case to the nation’s highest court in… [Read More]
Transforming the Dream to Reality: Highlights from the 28th Annual EWMC Conference
IBEW’s Electrical Workers Minority Caucus (EWMC) held its 28th annual conference on Jan. 10-14, 2018 in Detroit, MI. This year’s theme was Transforming the Dream to Reality: Achieving Political, Economic, Racial and Social Justice. More than 550 IBEW delegates from across the United States and Canada attended this year’s conference. Local 1245 sent 19 delegates… [Read More]
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