The California Advanced Lighting Controls Training Program (CALCTP) is starting to build momentum. Classes are being offered across the state including a Beta class at the SLO Electrical Training Center. For more information, take a sneak peak of the website at http://www.calctp.org
You can also go to the newscast link below...it is a excellent report! Attached is a link from ABC News Channel 7 that aired Friday July 16th highlighting Kathleen Barber and San Mateo JATC: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=7557383. Please check it out!
Presenters from the State Building Trades Council and the CA Labor Federation provide a bird’s-eye view of the major changes we face in construction as the U.S. moves toward a “green” economy and to discuss the effect this has on workers.
Key Points Covered in the Workshop:
• Defining and shifting to a green economy
• How going green affects construction
• Why it’s important for contractors and the union workforce to take the lead
on green jobs
• Policy changes enacted to address global warming and organized labor’s response
• What it means to have LEED certification for a building. What the new CalGREEN building code is all about.
• The role of the construction industry in reaching energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy goals.
• Good and bad aspects of green jobs from a worker’s perspective
International President Ed Hill has directed all Local Unions to implement a Market Advancement Agreement to recover the work that we are not currently doing.This agreement will include two new classifications; Construction Electrician and Construction Wireman.International Rep. Steve Ray will be at the meeting to present the structure of the agreement.It is important that you attend so that you understand the purpose of this new agreement and the negative effects of maintaining the status quo or inaction.
Local 639 members installed the PV Solar on the Habitat Project on Saturday November 7.
Many thanks to these IBEW Volunteers helped on the Habitat for Humanity project in Grover Beach .
Solar PV:
John Brewer, Derek Ehinger, Ben Goldman, Chuck Headington, Andy Hill, Bill Leslie, Hank Lewis, Lyle Nighswonger, David Schmidt, Bob Steil, Will Thompson, Jim Woeste,
Mark Battistoni, Joe Diaz, Bob Flynn, Joe Fitzer, Michael Fletcher, Tim Friend, Steve Keiffer, Chuck Headington, Jesse Isaacon, Hank Lewis, Dan Miller, Dave Moran, Nick Napoli, Jason Perry, Rory Reynolds, Mike Ruch, Mark Satterfield, Jimmy Solis, Josh Stitzer, Eli Stone, Will Thompson, Cory Wyatt, Fabian Chavez and Matt Flores.
