Bob Dean is business manager of IBEW 1245, the largest IBEW local in the country with 29,000 members. For the past seven years he has helmed the local that represents members across Northern California and Northern Nevada, in a wide variety of specialties – from clerical workers to linemen and substation electricians to manufacturing. CSAEW…
The IBEW 1245 Delegation to the IBEW Utility Conference, Chicago, May 20-21, 2025 Chicago, Illinois – From May 20-May 21, 2025, Business Manager Bob Dean led the IBEW 1245 delegation to this year’s IBEW Utility Conference. The annual event took place in Chicago, Illinois. IBEW Utility Locals from across the United States and Canada gathered to…
June 24, 2024 [San Francisco, CA] Local Unions of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), the world’s largest union of workers in the electrical industry, today announced the creation of the Clean Transportation and Advanced Manufacturing Electrical Training Trust. This new apprenticeship training initiative draws on IBEW’s 133 years of electrical experience to prepare…