Eric Wolfe is communications director at International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 1245.
IBEW 1245 members swarmed across the Napa area in the hours after the 6.0 magnitude earthquake on Aug. 24, responding to over 400 PG&E customer calls of gas odors. In many cases, a visit by a gas serviceman was all it took to address the problem.
Legendary community and labor organizer Fred Ross Sr. will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame, Gov. Jerry Brown and First Lady Anne Gust Brown announced.
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Employees at the City of Lompoc chose to be represented by IBEW Local 1245 in a union election conducted on Jan. 29. The union received over 90% of the vote.
“It was pretty overwhelming,” said Local 1245 Business Rep. Junior Ornelas, who was active in the election campaign. “It wasn’t just the utility group, it wasn’t just the water department—it was wall to wall. It was everybody.”
The employees were previously represented by an independent union, the Lompoc Employees Association (LEA). Members of the LEA’s board of directors played a pivotal role in the campaign to select IBEW Local 1245 as the employees’ bargaining representative.
