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Page 2 and 3: EDITORIAL COMMENT POWER OF THE PRES
Page 4 and 5: • 1984 IBEW Construction and Main
Page 6 and 7: C./flomia Georgia 100% lInlal 100%
Page 8 and 9: IBEW 1984 REGIONAL UTILITY CONFEREN
Page 10 and 11: .. Nashville, Tennessee .. ".2 Dele
Page 12 and 13: • Tucson, Arizona #1 Pictured her
Page 14 and 15: .SEW Local Union 1510, Starkville,
Page 16 and 17: International Vice President Dan Wa
Page 18 and 19: PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION: A Lesson
Page 20 and 21: ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY HEALTH AND WELF
Page 22 and 23: Tight at the deadlme. It someumes I
Page 24 and 25: LOCflL LII\IES Caucus -----. Local
Page 26 and 27: urly retuemenl We ue very I'roud of
Page 28 and 29: !I.mhe. Weyel dunaled countlen hour
Page 30 and 31: w Z , " 28 8i11 5w~nson will Ix tak
Page 32 and 33: 30 Graduation Shown nctiving plaquu
Page 34 and 35: • Not to Vote Is Inexcusable LU.
Page 36 and 37: w z ~ , 34 Members Shop S I~w~ld To
Page 38 and 39: 36 be"n We will contmue [0110 ahead
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EDITORIAL

COMMENT

POWER OF

THE PRESIDENCY

BEING US EO

TO DESTROY

LABOR UNIONS!

It is a matter of record that ever

since its beginning organized labor

has heen a stalwart champion promoting

and fighting fo r the economjc

and social progress of union

members and thei r fa milies. Labor's

political views always have

been pointed in that direction.

The mai n political concerns of

labor have been the bread-andbutter

issues and how they affect

the standard of living for affiliated

members. And in carrying out this

obligated duty, all workt:rs have

reaped the benefits of labor's efforts.

Down through the years through

hard work and progressive actions,

lhe working people have become

the backbone of the nation. Trade

unionists are loyal, dedicated citizens

who beli eve fi ercely in protecting

the freedoms they enjoy

under our trul y democratic form

of government.

When the mEW and olher affiliates

of the AFL-CIO sponsor and

work for the passage of legislation

that will bring union members

more protection and security, the

effort is done on a bipartisan basis.

The labor movement is not now,

or ever has been, bound to any

one pohtical party or parties. The

Democratic Party has had a favo r

able balance of legislators who

have lined up on the side of the

workers, and organized labor has

supported those politicians who

are friends of trade unioni sts. This

does not mean that we do nOt

judge each politician on his or her

own merits, or his or her voting

record or his or her stand on issues

vi tal to the we lJare of labor. Si m·

ply stated, we work for the eJection

of friends of labor!

However, each and every affili·

ated member of our Brotherhood

and members of other unions have

had, and still have, the right and

the privilege of voting to the dictates

of thei r conscience and the

political candidate of their choice.

This is the way it should be and

there is no other way in a democra

cy of free people.

However, I feel that your elected

officers have an obliga tion to render

honest and sincere advice ac·

cording to our best knowl edge and

experience. This is not a prerogative

which we choose to assume.

It is a responsibility which we are

duty-bound to carry out. We want

only to keep the record clear, as

we relate to mEW members. Unless

we can effect a change and

we rid ourselves of the anti-union,

union busting crowd that now occupies

the White House, and rid

oursel ves of some of the unnecessary

legal restrictions fo rced on

legitimate la bor unions by our

enemies in the Administration and

the Congress, it will be the end

very shortly of all the gains won

by our life- line-the collective

barga ining system- as we know

it today.

We also think that our prestige

as a world power will continue to

deteriorate as it has in the past

fe w yea rs, unless there is a change

in tht: Administration. They ta lk

a good game of human rights, while

at the same time they are insensitive

to the wants of workers, the

poor, the sick and the elderly.

The Reagan Administration by

using the power of the presidency,

is trying to wipe out all the gains

the trade union movement has

made for workers in the past SO

years. In this issue of the {Dumal

and in the two previous months,

the Research and Education Department

articles ha ve thoroughly

outlined the power of the office of

the President. T he articles also

have cl early laid out the way the

Reagan Administration is using

the power of the presidency to

literally destroy the legislation that

gives workers protection and se·

curity under laws passed by Congress.

The articles al so discuss the

way that President Reagan is

claiming economic recovery while

usi ng budget cutS to cause further

suffering for millions and millions

of the unemployed, the poor, the

sick and the elderly, which in

rea lity causes the COStS to taxpayers

to increase.

I am sure that after reading these

most informative artic les, our

members will have a better understanding

of why the AFL-ClO

and its affiliates want union members

and thei r families to turn out

on Election Day in substantial

numbers to make sure trade union

votes help vote the Reagan

Administration out of the White

House. Labor correctly wants to

replace Ronald Reagan with a triedand-true

friend of working people

and their unions, Walter F. Mondale.

Charl es H. Pillard

International President

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Volume 83, No. 6

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD

OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS

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JOURNAL ' JUNE ' 1984

I

CHARLES H. PILLARD. Editor

FEF1TLI~ES

President Pi1Iard Announces Completion of Electrical

Industry Pension Reciprocal Agreement

tSEW Construction Local Unions Participating In The

Electrical Industry Health & Welfare Reciprocal

Agreement

ISEW 1984 Regional Utility Conferences

Per Capita Tax Rebate Procedure

ISEW Local Union 1510, Starkville, Mississippi,

Ratifies New Agreement, Phelps Dodge Wire &

Cable, Inc.

IBEW Fifth Oistrict Leadership Training Program

New Brunswick Locals Hold Founding Meeting of

tSEW Provincial Council

Phelps Dodge Corporation: A l esson in Union

Buslingl

Your Vole is Your Voice

DEPA~TIVIENTS

Editorial Comment

Research and Education

Safety Tips

Local lines

In Memoria m

Rel1ections

ON OUR COVER-This beautiful

summer scene is 01 the Teton Range,

Grand Telon National Park, Wyoming

ISEW Reoptocal Agreements, the Per

Capita Tax Rebate Procedure, t984

Utility Conferences, and numerous

other impof1ant stories highlight this

most Inlormauve June Issue

June, 1984

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1984 IBEW Construction and Maintenance GI ~

International President Charles H. Pillard Is shown announcing the completion of the Electrical Industry Pension Reciprocal Agreement during the

ISEW Construction Conlereoce held on March 31 , 1984, In Washington, D.C. President Pillard slaled thaI he 9Kp&Cted lull participation in the

agreement by all IBEW construction local unions.

PRESIDENT PILLARD ANNOUNCES

COMPLETION OF ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY

PENSION RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT

International PreSident Charles H.

Pillard, in his comments to the lBEW

Construction Conference held March

31, 1984, in Washington, D.C., announced

the completion of work on

the Electrical Industry Pension Re·

ciprocal Agreement. His announcement

was greeted by enthusiastic

applause from over SOD local union

delegates at the Conference.

Pn:sident Pillard noted that members

of the International Office staff

had worked diligently during the past

year on this program in conjunction

with the mEw attorneys and the

Martin E. Segal Company, a wellknown

pension consulting finn. They

reviewed existing local union pension

plans and reciprocity agree-

2 I lBEW JOURNAl! JUNE 1984

ments covering construl:tion members

and did extensive research on

reciprocity administrative procedures

and related legal issues. President

Pi ll ard stated that developing

a pension reciprocity agreement had

proved much more difficult than the

welfare reciprocity agreement because

of the many legal requirements

of the Employee Retirement Income

Security Act and other legislation.

In introducing the agreement, he

stated, " International officers, members

of the International Office staff

who have worked on this agreement,

the mEw attorneys and the Martin

E. Segal Company are satisfied that

the agreement is the best possible

arrangement, given all of the administrative

and legal complcxit.ies and

the existing Structure of the local

union pension funds and local reciprocity

agreements." President Pil·

lard then discussed the benefits of

the welfare reciprocal agreement that

[HEW members have enjoyed and ..,

pointed out the need for immediate

action by the trustees of all mEW

local union pension funds to adopt

the pension reciprocal agreement. In

concluding his comments, President

Pillard to ld the delegates, " Your In - ~

temational officers fully believe that

this is the right thing to do and will

be mOSt beneficial to all mEW construction

membt:rs, and we intend

to do everything we can to obtain

full participation in thiS agreement."

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At the end of April, COplCS of the

agreement and explanatory materials

were se nt to the business managers

of alllBEW construction local unions

In the United States for thelT review

and fo r review by the boards of trustces

of their local union penSion funds.

It IS anticipated that local unions'

funds will begm becoming partlcs to

the agreement in latc Mayor early

June, at which time the agreement

will start to function. Lists of local

uOIon funds partiCipating In the reciprocal

agreement will be published

In the 18£W {ouma] periodically and

will be supplied monthly to local

umons whose funds arc participat

Ing_

The Welfare Reciprocal Agreement allows a parttc

Ipant'S home fund to request payment for the difference

in the home fund contribution ratc and the

participating fund contribution rate if it is small er.

Some funds arc requiring these payments. Traveling

REMINDER TO TRAVELING EMPLOYEES

employees should be aware of the rules of their home

fund and make the additional paymcms in

C./flomia Georgia 100% lInlal 100% Michigan (COII 'I) 100%

11 '&0 los Angeles 84 0 Atlanta 226 Topeka 557 Saginaw

100 1&0 Fresno soa I Savannah 271 • Wichita 665 lansing

234 1&0 castroville 511 I Valdosta 304 0 Topeka 692 i Bay City

302 1&0 Pleasant Hill 613 i&o AUanta 661 Hutchinson 876 0 Grand Rapids ~

340 1&0 Sacramento 779 1&0 Columbus 948 Flint

413 1&0 Santa Barbara 1316 i&o Macon 979

Kentucky

Escanaba

100%

428 1&0 Bakersfield 1531 I Albany 1070 MarQuette

440 1&0 Riverside 1579 i&o Augusta 101 0 Somerset 1251 Sault Ste. Marie

442 i&o Redding 183 i leXington

477 i&o San Bernardino 369 i&o louisville

Minnesota 100%

482 1&0 Eureka H.wall 816 i&o Paducah

828 i&o Bowling Green 110

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51. Paul

551 1&0 Santa Rosa

1701 i&o Owensboro 160 0 Minneapolis

569 1&0 San Diego

Idaho

591

100% 242 Duluth

i&o Stockton

617 i&o San Mateo 291 1&0 Boise

292 Minneapolis

louisiana 100% 294 Hibbing

639 i&o San luis Obispo 449 1&0 Pocatello

130 i&o New Orleans

684 i&o Modesto

343 i le Sueur

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194 1&0 Shreveport

952 1&0 Ventura

329 0 Shreveport

1245 0 Walnut Creek IIIlnoll 100%

446 1&0

Mlnlsslppl 1000/.

Monroe

9 0 Chicago

576 1&0 Alexandria 480 i Jackson

34 I Peoria

661 1&0 lake Charles 605 0 Jackson

Colorado 100% 51 0 Springfield

901 1&0 Lafayette 852 i&o Corinth

117 1&0 Elgin

12 '&0 Pueblo

995 1&0 Balon Rouge 903 1&0 Gulfport

134 I Chicago .-

68 I Denver 1077 1&0 Bogalusa 917 1&0 Meridian

145 1&0 Rock Island

111 0 Denver

1529 I laurel

146 I Decatur

113 1&0 Colorado Springs

ISO Waukegan

969 1&0 Grand Junction

Maine 100%

176 Joliet Mlnourt

567 i Portland

100%

193 i&o Springfield

1253 i Augusta I SI. loUiS

196 0 Rockford 2 0 51. loUiS

Connecticut 100% 197 I Bloomington 53 0 Kansas City

35 i Hartford 309 1&0 Collinsville Maryland 100% 95 Joplin

42 0 Hartford 364 Rockford 24 i Baltimore 124 Kansas City

90 New Haven 461 Aurora 307 i&o Cumberland 257 Jefferson City

208 Norwalk 538 Danville 350 Hannibal

488 Bridgeport 601 i Champaign & Urbana 453 Springfield

649 1&0 Alton Mauachusettl 100% 545 St. Joseph

701 I Glen Ellyn 7 Springlleld

702 i&o West Frankfon

Del.ware 100%

36 Northampton

Montana 100%

313 i Wilmlnglon 96 Worces ter

103 i Boston 44 0 Butte

Indiana 100%

104 0 Boston

122 Greal Falls

16 i Evansville 223 I Brockton 185 i Helena

Olstrld 01 Columbl. 100% 153 i South Bend 224 New Bedford 206 0 Helena

305 Ft. Wayne

26 i WaShington

235 Taunton 532 i&o Billings

481 IndianapoliS

70 WaShington

256 i FitChburg 623 I Butte

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531 La Porte 259 Salem

768 i&o Kalispell

668 lafayette 284 Pittsfield

697 Gary & Hammond 437 Fall River Nebras.ka toO%

Florid. tDO% 725 Terre Haule 522 lawrence

106 0 Tampa 855 MunCie

588 ; 22 I Omaha

Lowell

177 1&0 Jacksonville 873 i Kokomo 265 I Uncaln

308 i&o 51. Petersburg 1393 0 Indianapolis 507 i Grand Island

323 i&o West Palm Beach MIChigan 100% 1525 0 Omaha

349 1&0 Miami 17 0 DetrOIt

551 i&o Santa Rosa low. 100%

19 I Houghton Neyada

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606 1&0 Orlando 13 i Burlington 58 Delroit 357 i&o las Vegas

676 1&0 Pensacola 55 0 Des Moines 107 Grand Rapids

728 1&0 Ft. lauderdale 173 I Ottumwa 131 Kalamazoo

756 1&0 Daytona Beach 231 SIOUX City 219 Iron Mountain N,. 100%

915 i Tampa 288 Waterloo 252 Ann Arbor HampShire

1001 i&o Panama City 347 Des Moines 275 Muskegon 421 Concord

1205 i&o Gainesville 405 Cedar Rapids 445 Battle Creek 490 Dover

1965 1&0 Tallahassee 704 Dubuque 498 Traverse City 719 ManChester

4 \ IBEW JOURNAl! JUNE 1984

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0 Salt lake City

52 i&o Newark 8 I Toledo 414 , Lancaster

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102 1&0 Paterson 32 1&0 em. 607 Shamokin 354 Salt Lake City

1&4 1&0 Jersey City 38 Cleveland 654 , Chester

211 1&0 Atlantic City &4 I Youngstown 6IlS Hazleton

Vennont 100%

262 i&o Plainfield 71 0 Columbus 712 Beaver

269 i&o Trenton 82 1&0 Dayton 743 Reading 300 , Montpelier

35B 1&0 Perth Amboy 88 i&o Chillicothe 812 I Williamsport

400 1&0 Asbury Park 129 '&0 lorain 1319 0 Wilkes-Barre

Virginia 100%

439 1&0 camden 212 1&0 CinCinnati

SO ,&0 Norfolk

, 456 1&0 New Brunswick 245 0 Toledo

Rho de 'sland tOO% 467 i&o lynChburg

581 1&0 Morristown 246 i&o Steubenville

637 i&o Roanoke

592 i&o Vineland 306 1&0 Akron 99 I PrOVidence

666 i&o Richmond

675 1&0 Elizabeth 411 0 Warren

672 I Front Royal

540 1&0 Canton

South Carolina 100% 1340 i&o Newport News

573 I Warren

New Mexico 100% 382 1&0 Columbia

575 I Portsmouth

611 1&0 Albuquerque 485 0 Columbia

&48 i&o Hamilton

776 1&0 Charleston Washington

&43 I Carlsbad 669 I Springfield

46 Seattle

673 i&o PaineSVille

76 Tacoma

883 I Columbus South Dakota 100%

New Yort 100% 77 0 Seattle

688 1&0 Mansfield 426 1&0 Sioux Falls 89 0 Seattle

3 1&0 New York 762 i&o Ashtabula 1250 1&0 Rapid City 191 Everett

25 1&0 long Island 867 1&0 Sandusky

483 0 Tacoma

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41 I BuHalo 972 Manetta

970 Kelso-longview

43 Syracuse 1105 Newarlt Tennessee 100%

86 Rochester 175 1&0 Chattanooga

106 , Jamestown 270 1&0 Oak Ridge West Virginia 100%

139 Elmira Oklahoma 100% 429 1&0 NashVille 141 '&0 Wheeling

166 Schenectady

3B4 , Muskogee 474 1&0 MemphiS 317 '&0 Hunllngton

181 Utica

444 Ponca City 760 1&0 Knoxville 425 i&o Fairmont

215 Poughkeepsie

584 Tulsa 835 i&o Jackson 466 , Charleston

237 Niagara Falls

590 Lawton 846 0 Chattanooga 596 i&o Clarksburg

241 Ithaca

1002 0 Tulsa 934 ,&0 Kingsport 872 i&o Beckley

325 Binghamton

1141 Oklahoma City 1925 1&0 Martin 96B '&0 Parltersburg

328 , Oswego

363 New City

438 I T .. y Texas 100%

Wisconsin 100%

501 1&0 While Plains

Oregon 100%

59 1&0 Dallas 127 , Kenosha

631 I Newburgh 48 , Portland 60 I San AntOOIO

135 La Crosse

724 I Albany 125 0 Portland 66 0 Houston 158 Green Bay

781 , Plattsburgh 280 I Salem 72 Waco 159 I Madison

B06 Ellenville 659 i&o Medford 116 Fort Worth 276 I Superior

840 Geneva 932 I Coos Bay 278 1&0 Corpus Christl

377 0 Beaver Dam

910 Watertown 301 i&o Texarkana 388 I Stevens Point

> 1049 0 long Island 324 i&o longvJew 430 Racine

1249 0 E, Syracuse Pllnnsylvania 100% 390 0 Port Ar1hur 494 Milwaukee

5 I Plnsburgh 460 i&o Midland 577 Appleton

10 , Bulter 479 I Beaumont 890 JaneSVIlle

North Clrolina 100% 56 foe 520 I Austin 953 , Eau Claire

238 1&0 AsheVille 81 Scranton 527 I Galveston

, 379 1&0 Charlone 9B Philadelphia 583 i&o EI Paso

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495 1&0 Wilmington 126 0 Phllade(phia 602 1&0 Amanllo Wyoming 100%

553 ,&0 Raleigh 143 Harnsburg 681 i&o Wichita Falls 322 i&o casper

163 Wilkes-Barre 716 I Houston 415 , Cheyenne

229 I York B50 i&o lubbock B60 I laramJe

North Oakola 100% 367 '&0 Easton 898 1&0 San Ange lo

71 4 i&o MlOot 375 I Allentown 920 i&o Abi lene

1426 1&0 Grand Forks 3BO Nornstown 1151 I Tyler Tennesslle VallllY ~ulhori ty

IBEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1964 I 5

IBEW

1984

REGIONAL

UTILITY

CONFERENCES

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The 1984 senes of 1SEW RegIOnal Utll·

II)' Conferences marked the 26th con-

5CCUUVC year for the annual four-cities

meetings of local union officers and del

egates representing mEW members employed

in the electric, gas, water, and

mansn unllty systems In the Umted

States.

A total of 667 local umon and utility

System Council delegates responded to

international PreSident Pillard's letter of

conference announcement and registered

dunng the conferences, which were coodueted

by Robert W. Macdonald, Utility

Dcp3rtmcnt Dlrecwr, and International

Representatives Pau l R Shoop, Robert

L Bicntz, James L. Dushaw, and James

M. 022cllo, all serving on the Utility

Dcpanmcnr staff

The first conference was held In Indl'

anapolis, Indiana, where delegates from

the 4th, 6th, and 8th International Vice

Presidential Districts met on February

22, 23, and 24. Nashvt!le, Tennessee,

was the Site for the meeting of dcleg:Hcs

from the 2nd, 9th, :md 12th Lnternatlonal

Vice Presidential Dlstncts on March 27,

28, and 29. Kansas City, MISSOUri, was

the host city for the 3rd and I I th lnll:r·

national Vice PrCSldential DistrictS on

April 17, 18, and 19 1 and Tucson, ArI ·

zona, welcomed the eombmatlon of the

5th and 7th Intern:1tLonal Vice PreSidential

Dlstncts with delegates from the

southernmost portion of the Umted States

The coruerence sessIOns were held over

a two-and-onc-half-day period at each

location. The agenda started With earlymornmg

registration of delegates and

dlstnhulion of conference work materials

overseen by thc Utility Department

!Half. The Department st3ff prepares for

each yca.t's conferences by producmg new

and updated surveys and materials whi ch

are deSigned to mform and assist local

unions III the conduct of utility industry

relations and aid In labor agreement negotiations.

Kenneth Edwards, Director, IBEW Skill

Improvement and Tr;umng Department,

was present at each conference to speak

to the delegates about ,ob testing III the

utility mdustry. Director Edwards' presentation,

as introduced by Bob Macdon·

aid, "addressed the Issue of employers

testing for job transfers, promotions, and

6 I IBEW JOURNAL f JUNE t964

career entrance poSitiOnS, one of the

most Important cha ll enges IBEW utility

local umons will face m the years to

come."

Commenttng on the yearly roullne of

Utility Conference scheduling. Director

Macdonald remarked that the continued

good attendance at all of the meeting

locations hkely reflects a combll1atlon

of factors. "The Regional Ullin), Conferences

arc deSigned to prOVide mEW

utility local ulllons with an overall exposure

to nallonal and local variations

In working condl tlons, safety procedures,

and gene ral developmcnts In the utility

mdustry. Also, changing the mectlng

sites provides local umons at least an

occasIOnal opportumty to send delegates

where travel IS IlllnlmIZed," said Uob

Macdonald after the conclUSion of thiS

year's Utility Conferences.

"The working plan for the conference

agenda is tht resuit of ongOl1lg InterolCtlon

on utility Issues between IBEW unl

Ity local umons, with the Intcm:Hlonal

VIce PreSidents and the International

Office and Utility Department with the

support and approval of PreSident PII

lard," explained Bob Macdonald.

Acting as conference chairman at each

location, Director Macdonald welcomed

the delegates on behalf of International

PreSident Pillard, and Introduced the respective

Internallonal Vice Prcsldents

and International Executive CounCIl

mcmbers prescnt for each conferencc.

Each Vice PreSident commented briefly

on matters of Importance and concern to

delegates from thelT respective geograph

Ical areas. Without exception, the indi

Vidual International VIce PreSidents

shared with the delegates their views on

the Importance of the 1984 nauonal cleclion

year. The coming clectlon k>r pres·

Ident of the Untted States was also the

tOpiC to which International ExeculJve

CounCil Chalrnlan Wesley I. Taylor spoke

at each location except Tucson, where

hc WdS unable to attend due 10 other

demands of hiS schedule.

The delegates also heard theIT respcclive

International Executive Council

members urge the Importance of local

ullIon members taktng an active role 10

the primary and general elections and

con tributing to the education and regiStrauon

of potential voters by every avail

able means, especially by suppomng mEW

COPE.

The first morning geneml ~ess l on con- ...

tlnued with Director Macdonald address~

mg the delegates with the Report and

Outlook of the Utility Department. ThiS

report was a comprehenSive revlcw of

the Dcp:mment's activities and a prolected

look Into areas of general Importance

to local unIOns haVing utility IU- ....

risdictlon. Explored dUring the Duector's

report, with the aid of charts pro1ected

overhead, were statiStiCS of employment,

negotiated wage Increases, and orgamz·

Ing activity In the uulity Industry Macdonald

commented, " You have heard

about massive layoffs, wage cutS, givebacks,

take·aw:IYs, etc., In Amenca's Industnes.

In the utlhty Industry we have

been IIIvolved in some tough negotiations,

but we have been able to resIst

mnst proposa l ~ for malor changes."

DlTector Macdonald urged the deleg;ttCS

10 become personally mvolved In

orgamzmg efforts saymg that "The best

orgamzer IS the mdlvidual !BEW local

union member who IS known, trusted, ~1

and respected by hiS or her fncnds and

nClghbors who work In the unrepresented

sector of the mdustry, and Will

let them know that the mEW wantS to

help them "

Workshops were the order of the enme .,

second day, With the Utility Department

staff presldm~ as moderators fo r the ses·

slons. Paul Shoop conducted the Generation

Workshop, Bob SI CntZ the Gas

Workshop, '1m Dushaw the Electncal

Workshop, and Jim Quello the Clerical

Workshop. Films, photo slide prcsenlations,

and videotape programs on safetyrelated

ncm~, work u:cbmques, and tOp-

ICS of general interest to utllity local

umons were scheduled through the conference

sess ions and workshops. The Department

staff gave mdlvidually prepared

presentaUons dUring the general sessions

on the first or thud day.

At the conclusion olthe 1984 Regional

UuLty Conferences, Director Macdonald

bncfed the delegates on legal developments

which have occurred over the paSt

year and which affect mEW local umons

havmg utility jurisdiction. A complete

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Indianapolis, Indiana

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Partial view. of

general sea,lonl

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#6 Shown here Is • portion of those participating In the Clerical

Workshop al Indlanapolla.

.... #7 In this photo delegate.er. shown during 8 Generation Workshop

se •• lon.

#8 Pictured In Indlanapolla are, 181110 righi, Jon Wallers, 8th District

Vice President; Glen McCall, 71h lEe District member; Wes Taylor,

lEe Chairman: Bob Missey. 5th tEe District member; and Jim

Conway, 6th Dlatrlct Vice President,

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Nashville, Tennessee

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Delegates

117 Shown here In a humorous moment, a bit ot HawaII II brought

to Nalhville for the benefit of t2th District Vice President John

Hightower, wearing hat, who had voiced asplraUons of visiting the

Aloha State. Local 1260 Business Manager Norm Ahakuelo, right,

presented the would-be traveler with. poster, lela, sun hat, and

flowers. Sharing the tun waa 2nd District Vice President John Flynn.

left, and 9th District Vice President Jack McCann.

#8 International Officers attending the Nashville Conference were.

left to right. 9th District Vice PreSident Jack McCann, 12th District

Vice President John Hightower, IEC Chairman Wes Taylor, 7th IEC

District member Glen McCall, 2nd District Vice President John Flynn.

4th IEC District member Harry Bexley, and 6th IEC District member

Tom Pursley.

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Kansas City, Missouri

#1 Delegate'l

112 Delegates

#3 Delegates

#4 Delegates Partial vIews of

general sessions

.+'5 Delegates

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#6 Delegate.

.... #1 Delegate.

I #8 Taking lime oul to pose tor this photo In Kansas City, Mo., left

to right, are 11th OI.ltlct Vice President Jack Moore, 5th lEe District

member Bob Missey, l at lEe DIstrict member Jack McNulty, lEe

Chairman Was Taylor, and 3td District Vice President Jack Barry.

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Tucson, Arizona

#1 Pictured here ent the Utility Department staff, lett to right,

International Repre.entatlves Jim Dushaw, Sob 8leritz, and JIm

Onello, Utility Department DIrector 80b Macdonald, and International

Repre.entatlve Paul Shoop.

112 Shown In this photo Is Sth District Vice President Dan Waters

addressing the meeting. Left on the dal. are 7th District VIce President

Orville Tate and Bob Macdonald. Right lire 6th lEe DI.trlct member

Tom Pursley, Sth IEC District member 80b Missey, and 4th IEC

District member Hany Bexley.

113 Ken Edwards, ISEW Director 0' Skill Improvement and Training.

In thIs photo II explaIning a personality-type test the delegatel had

lust finIshed takIng.

#4 The weather in Tuclon cooperated to make polslble outdoor

reglstrallon of delegates.

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117 Delegates general seaalons

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10 I ISEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1984

OPEN PERIOD FOR IBEW PER CAPITA REBATE PLAN

FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984-a5

In 1981, the International Encuuve Counctl approved a

procedure to enable members and agency Icc-payers to request

a refund of that portion of their annual per capita which the

InternatIOnal spends on political and Ideologu:al activities that

arc not reasonably related to the IBEW's coUecttvc bargalnln&

responsibilllle5, The opcn period for requesting a rebate of

dues or fees paid durmg tbe ,uly I, 1984-/une 30, 1985, fiscal

year is ,uly I- ,uly IS, 1984 If you Wish to rC&lsler your

objection to these kinds of expcudnurcs and to request a rebate

for the next fiscal year, your request must be recel vcd In the

office of the International Secretary, 112S-15th Street, N.W.,

Washmgton, D.C. 20005, between July I and luly 15, 1984.

Dunng the year, your request Will be kept on file and your

per capltas will be deposited In an Interest-beanng escrow

. accounl. You will receive your rebate, With mterest, In November,

1985, after the close of the 1984-85 fiscal year

No special fonn IS requited 10 register your objection

Howevcr, If you request a rebate, please Include your full

name, your malhng address, the local unIOn to which you pay

fees or dues, and your card number !if known)_ In addition, if

you move dunng the year, please advisc the International

Secretary, to make sure you can be located when the rebate

checks are mailed

The exaCt amount of the rebate c.1nnOt be calculated until

the close of the 1984-85 fiscal year. However, as an cstlmate,

the rebalLlble share for the 1982-83 year [the last year for

which figures arc presently aV;lJlablel was 4.9%. Thus, the

rebate for the 1982-83 fiscal year [when the annual per c3plta

was $ 54 .001 was $2.70.

The IBEW per capita rebate plan, as approved by the IEC, IS

as follows:

PER CAPITA TAX REBATE PROCEDURE

'

I . Any member of the IDEW, and any nonmember who pays

agency shop fees pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement,

sha ll have the right to object to expenditurcs of his or her per

capita tax by the mEW for political and Ideological purposes

not reasonably related to collecllve bargaining. A member or

nonmember who perfects hIS or her obleeuon pursuant to the

. . procedures set forth below shall be enutled to a rebale of that

proportion of percaplla tax paid to the IBEW which is allocated

fo r such purposes.

2. Expenditures for poh ucal and ideological purposes not

reasonably related to collective bargamlng mclude any made:

fal toor on behalf ofcandid3tes fo r pollucal office, orpollucal

pan ies or organlzatlonSI

(bl to support activities du ected at IDJlueneing le&J.slation

which is not re.asonably related to terms and conditions

or employment of those represented by the lBEW, and

fc) to or on behalf of ideological, charitable or religious

activit ies or causes not reasonably related to collective

bargaining.

3. Objections must be madc annually, m wriung. addressed

. ' to the International Secretary !I.S.) at the International OfBce,

1115- 15th Street, N.W., Wuhmgton, D.C. 20Cl05. For the firs t

year this plan is m effect, Jul y I, 1981, to June 30, 1982,

objections must be recclved In the office of the I.S. between

Oclober I and Octohcr 15, 198 1. For eaeh year thereafter,

objections must be received between July 1 and July 15 of that

yea r. Objections received during that period shall be effective

...., only for expendlturcs m.ade dunng that fiscal year, July I to

June 30.

4. By November 1 of c.ach yur, the 1.5. shall calculate the

rcbatable share of per capita tax for the preccdmg fisca l year

as follows; The 1.5. shall determme the total operating expenditures

made by the IBEW for 311 purposes during that fiscal

year, and the total expendHures made for rebatable actlvitlcs.

....- The 1.5. will then calculate the ratio of rebatable expenditures

to t0l31 expenditures. Th:1I ratio will constitute the reba table

share of per capita lax owcd to an obiector for that year.

The 1.5. will then rebate the appropriate amount to each

objector who has perfected hiS or her obJection, along with an

explanation of how Ihe amount was detcrmined. The rebate

check and explanation will be sent by registered or certi fied

mail.

5. An obJeclor who disagrees With the proporuonaJ allocation

made by the I.S., III the belief that It docs nOt accurately

reflect the expenditures of the LBEW In the areas defined as

rebatable, may appea l to the International Executive Council

!the IEq. The appeal must be made In wntlng and must be

reccJVed 10 the of Ace of the 1.5. wlthm 21 days of receipt of

the rebate check. The lEe shall conSider and decide the appeal

at 115 first regular meellng after receipi of the appea l. The IEC

shall nOllfy the objector In writing of ItS decision and ItS

reasons Iherdor, by registered or certified mall.

6. An objector who disagrees with the determlIlatlon of the

IEC may appeal to an Independent Umplle appointed in

accordance With paragraph 7. The appeal must be made In

writing and must be received in the office of the 1. 5. within

21 days of the date on which the objector receives the lEe's

deCision. The Independent Um pire shall have the authority to

review the 1.S.'s determination as to the reba table proportion

of the ob,ector's per capitn tax. The Umpire's deciSIOn' shall

be in writing and shall be issued within a reasonable lime.

DeCISions of the Umpire shall be fi nal.

7. The lndependent Umpu e shall be appointed by the International

President, with the approval of the lEe, and shall

be .a person who is not otherwise associaled with the lBEW or

any of its afA hates. The cost of the Umpire's services and

costs of any proceedings before the Umpire shall be borne by

the IBEW. Indlvidually incurred cOSts sha ll be borne by the

party incumng them.

8. Objections to rebatable expenditures made by the local

union to which a member pays dues, or to whlch a nonmember

pays agency fees, must be made directly to the appropriate

local uruon. Each local unIOn shall estabhsh procedures whereby

objections may be made, shall determine the rebatable proportion

of ItS expendllures for each year for which an objecllon

IS properly filed, and shall make annual rebates, with wTltten

explanations of how the amount was determined, in response

to properly Aled objections.

An objector who disagrees With the proportional rebate made

by his or her local union, in the belief that it docs not accurately

reflect the local union's expenditures in areas defined as

rebalable, may appeal to the IEC, and then to the Independent

Umpire, according to the procedures set forth in p3ragraphs

5-7 above.

lBEW JOURNAL I JUNE 1984 I 11

.SEW Local Union 1510, Starkville, Mississippi,

The members of TSEW Local 1510

voted to r~tify their new agreement

on February 18, 1984, after lengthy

negotiations which started on Jul y

22, 1983, with their employer, Phelps

Dodge Wire & Cable, Inc.

This is the first agreement with

our employer si nce the bargaining

unit voted to be represented by Local

1510 on June 6, 1983. We were delayed

during these negotiations due

to the State of the economy and the

price of copper decreasing cO. Istantly

along with the fa ct that Phelps Dodge

was in the process of se lling thei r

wire and cable manufacturing plants.

We were assisted to our contract

negutiations by International Representative

Herman E. Holley from

Ratifies New Agreement

Phelps Dodge Wire & Cable, Inc.

the mEW Fifth District Office.

At the writing of this Journal article,

the membership drive is going

very well. Of the potential bargaining

unit total of 183 employees, we have

signed up a dues-paying membershjp

of 13 1 members. We will continue

to encourage membership in our new

local union as we know that the

strength of a local union is no stronger

than its weakest member. We must

encourage OUI office rs and stewards

to continue the good job of contacting

non-members for their membership.

On February 25-26, 1984, I attended

the scheduled Fifth District

Leadership Training Program held in

Birmingham, Alabama. Vice President

Dan Waters and his staff conducted

a very informative program,

and J am sure it will be helpful to

me as a new officer.

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We received our first general increase

in wages after 22 months at

the signing of the new agreement.

Our bylaws have been approved and

we have elected officers. Our charter

has been installed and our new COIl- ....

tract has been approved. We now

face the future with enthusiasm that

we have a voice in our destiny. Thank

you all for your support during our

times of need.

Submitted by:

Robert Evan~ ,

President

OfIicers 01 local 1510 taking oalh 01 oHico, lett 10 righi, are Donald

Gandy, Presidenl Robert Evans, Dona Walker, Kenny Ward, Howard

Cooper, Johnny Watson, Bemard Roberson and Robef'I Stallings.

In this rear-Ia-Iront view 01 the ratllicatlon meeting Is InlematlOflal Rep- ' 1

resentative Herman HOlley Pfesentlng contract lor ratification: Internationat

Representative Joe Davis is on extreme right.

Rlght-Iront 10 leh-rear view 01 Ihe ratilicalion meeting.

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Lett·lront to right-rear view 01 the ratilication meeting.

.. International Vice President Dan H. Waters welcomes the delegates to

\he Fifth Olstrkt leadership Training Program.

Founh District International Executive Council member Harry BeKley,

second Irom lelt, attended the two-day session.

IBEW FIFTH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP

TRAININC PROCRAM

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Business Manager Bob Benton 01 local 824, Tampa, Florida, Is shown at the microphone during

~ , a question-and-answer period.

A Iront-to-rear view 01 the 177 delegates In 8nendance al the !wo-day leadership Training Program.

The Fifth District held a districtwide

Leadership T rai ning Program

on February 25-26, 1984, in Birmingham,

Alabama, for all local union

office rs from Alabama, Florida, Georgia,

Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto

Rico and the Canal Zone. According

to the comments of th e delegates in

attendance, the program was well

received and very timely. Many of

the delegates, due to a large number

of elections in the District, had not

had an opportunity to attend a prior

Leadership Training Program. There

were 177 delegates in attendance.

Local 136 Business Manager Jim

Mulli nax and other officers and

members graciously acted as the host

local union. Their cOlllributions to

this important conference contributed

to making the program a tremendous

success. The red carpet

treatment, hospitality, shuttles to

and from the airport, and the sightseeing

tours furnished to the delegates'

spouses, reflected the planning

and hard work put mto preparing fo r

the success of the program.

International Vice President Dan

Waters, his staff and the delega tes in

attendance want to take this opportunity

to thank Business Manager

Mullinax and all the other officers

and members of Local 136 for their

dedication and contributions to the

success of the Program.

ISEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1984 I 13

International Vice President Dan

Waters called the Training Class to

order promptly at 9:30 a.m. on Sat·

urday, February 25, complimenting

the delegates on the good attendance,

thanking his home local union, 136,

for the hospitality furnished the delegates

the previous evening, and

wishing all a successful Training Pro·

gram, Vice President Waters intra·

duced Local 136 Business Manager

Jim Mullinax of the host local union,

and Brother Mullinax welcomed the

delegates to Birnlingham, Alabama.

Vice President Waters introduced

the international Representatives as·

signed to the program as instructors:

Maurice Conway, Joe Davis, Mike

Emig, John Erickson, Wade Gurley,

Hennan Holley, Mel Horton, Bob

King, Doug Monson and Jimmy Russ.

Representative Holley acted as co·

ordinator of the program. The in·

structors were well prepared and

professionally delivered their as·

signed portiulls of the program. The

format of the program was proiected

toward furnishing most·needed in·

fonnation to the local union leader·

ship for their everyday operation of

the local union. Subjects covered were

the mEW Constitution, basic laws

and policies of the lBEW, organizi ng

techniques, history and structure,

citizenship responsibilities and po·

litical education, and how to conduct

a hearing.

in response to the very ImpOrtant

1984 upcoming national elections

and the importance of the IBEW·

COPE, a motion was made at the

closing of the program to accept can·

tributians from the delegates 10 at·

tendance to be forwarded to International

Secretary Ralph Leigon for

COPE. A total of S 163 was contrib·

uted by the delegates and forwarded

to international Secretary Leigon.

Vice President Waters adiourned

the meeting on Sunday by thanking

the delegates far their attentiveness

at the mt!t.:ling, for their contributions

to COPE, and to Local 136 for

the hospitality shown to the dele·

ga tes during the two·day program,

stating that there would be subse·

quent Leadership TralOin~ Programs

in the future.

The left Iront-to·rear view of Ihe delegates in attendance.

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Here are several parllal close·ups 01 Ihe delegates In attendance al the Program

.

New Brunswick Locals

Hold Founding Meeting

Of IBEW Provincial Council

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Shown In this view of the delegates at the meetll'lg Bre. left to right. John Cole, business manager,

Local 2309: Ed Thornton, U. C .. Local 1733; Kirby Daley, president. local 1150; Gary Savoie,

business manager, local 2166; l.Joy(I French. business manager. Local 1555; and Kevin Daley,

business manager, Local 502.

,

In this picture of the deleg8l8S In 811endance are, lel1 to nght, WOfmclc Pnc9, U C, Local 2228,

Paul McGee, treasurer, Local 2282: Francis Isaac. financial secretary. Local 2282: " Pop" Henry.

president, local 2282; Jim Stubbs. treasurer, local 1688. Andy Reid. president, Local 1688, and

Gregg King, U. C., Local 2166.

On March I, 14 delegates repre·

senting 10 of the 13 IBEW locals in

New Brunswick met to diSCUSS the

fo rmation of a provincial mEW council.

International Representative Bob

Whitehead chaired this first meeting;

lnternational Representative Ken

Woods from the Toronto office was

in attendance to convey the support

of Vice President Rose to this initiative

of the New Brunswick locals.

Items of mutual concern discussed

at the meeting were organiZing, raiding,

public rclations, courses and

fi lms, negotiations and local union

membership involvement. It was

shown that an IBEW provincial council

would be beneficial to all, bnnging

all branches of the Brotherhood

together throughout the province and

on a local basis, Le., Moncton area,

Saint John area, etc. It was decided

to ho ld further meetings of this nature

once a yea r in the fall. At the

next meeting we will di scuss "terms

of reference," officers and the like.

Negotiations are proceeding at a

snail's pace, with New Brunswick

Power attempting to remove timehonoured

provisions of the collective

agreements. We still maintain that

these arc to be retained, and also we

arc looking to an 1I1crease in wages

and benefits contrary to what other

people might be domg.

The Clencal Committee has been

struck and is at work negotiating a

collective agreement. Members of

this Committee arc Gloria Lindsay,

V. P. St. Stephen; Marsha Simms, Pt.

Lepreau; Sheila Chase, Fredericton;

Pat Murray, Moncton; and Roger

Daigle, Bathurst. During this period

of negotiations, the Committees

would appreciate your support and

feedback on various items. This is

best done by attending your unit

meetings

Fnlternally yours,

Colin Nichols, President

ISEW JOURNAl/JUNE 1984 I 15

PHELPS DODGE

CORPORATION:

A Lesson in Union Busting!

In an attempt to set the record straight,

a close exa mmatlon of the Company's

actions during the past two years IS

necessary. 1 his Company dalllls that

"umon busting" is not ItS pnmary goa l

and that us actions are simply an attempt

to conllnue operating In a depressed markel.

Anyway, here arc the (acts; draw

your own conclusions.

On Apnl 7, 1982, Phelps Dodge announced

that due to the deflated pnce of

copper, which was selling for 70 centS a

pound at that time, the Company waS

shutting down operations for an indefinite

period. George Munroe, president

and chairman of the boord, stated that

the Company could no longer afford to

sell capper for less than It cost to produce.

On April 27, 1982, Jack Ladd, director

of Labor Relations, infonncd all unIOns

representing Phelps Dodge employees that

the Company was mterested m mterlm

negotiations for the purpose of negotlatmg

concessIOns. Also mcluded In the

letter was an announcement that George

Munroe planned to VISit each of Phelps

Dodge's Anzona properlles com mencmg

with AiD. Mr. Munroe planned 10 hold

public mccungs with employees and their

families In May [0 explain the economic

conditions and reason for the shutdown

The response to Munroe's VISit was nm

to hiS hkmg. Only a few laid-off workers

listened to his attempt at Individual bar·

gammg. The general consensus of opm·

ion was, " We have an agreement until

July I, 1983, and we can live with It."

The Joint Bargaining Committee also

Informed the Company that It was not

mterested in mterim negouatlons, which

did nOt make Phelps Dodge Corporation

particularly happy, to say the least!

Phelps Dodge's Arizona properties remained

closed until October, 1982, at

which time the Company resumed operations

and ca ll ed back 70 pereent of

those who were laid off in Apnl. Thirty

percent remained unemployed. Copper,

at thiS time, was selling for about 115

cents a pound.

In January, 1983 Phel ps Dodge an·

nounced that It would contract OU t all

mamtenance work on the companyowned

IOwnsue, hospual and general

offices III Morenci lOa pnvate Contractor,

disregarding the faCt that craft uni ons

had been dOing this work for over 30

yea rs. Invitations to bid the work were

sent to several non-union contractors. In

February the work was given, over the

oblections of the umons, 10 a non-union

contractor who had almost no experience

m the maintenance of hospu3l 3nd office

equ ipment.

Negotiations with all copper compa·

nies began in March of 1983 which wa !o

somewhat earli er than the regular May

contract opemng date. The umons and

most companies felt that for the first

time in 20 yea rs a stnke could be avened

10 1983. A pattern settlement was reached

....'1th Kennecott Corporation m May which

called for retenuon of COLA, no wage

Increases fo r three years, concessions 10

work rules and the medical plan. Before

the July I, 1983, expi ration date, all

companies, with the exception of Phelps

Dod~e, agreed to the pattern settlement.

On June 28, 1983, Phelps Uodge gave

the JOint BargalOmg Committee ItS final

"take it or leave il " offer. The offer

contained so many concessions Ihal the

terms put forth were ones the unions

could nOt reasonably be expected to 3C'

ccpt, alld the Company's mSlstence upon

these terms could only provoke a smke.

Picket hnes were fonned 011 July I, 1983,

while at the same time Phelps Dodge

announced that it would continue to

operate with salaried personnel and ul1lon

members who chose to cross the picket

lines.

At thiS pomt the events that took place

between April, 1982 and July I, 1983,

must be analyzed. When the picket lines

were fonned 10 Jul y, 70 percent of the

Company's employees had only worked

eight uu t of the last 15 months, and nOI

to be forgotten were the remaming 30

percent who had not worked al all for

15 months. Those who had returned to

work, as well as those who had nOt, were

In debt to the Company fo r company·

owned housing and credit extended to

them at the company Store. The Com·

pany had an outside non-umon contractor

(Q maintain the company·owned

townsite, hospital and general offices.

WIth unemployment runmng at 10 per·

cent nationwide and at 50 percent in the

Editor', Note: The above arucle was submmed by Ronald L Magoon, assistant

bUSiness manager and press secretary of Local Union 518, Globe, Arizona.

Also partiCipating Ul the smke against Phelps Dodge arc members of the

following IceaJ unions: Local 434, Douglas, Arizona; Local 523, Aio, Anzona,

and Lucal 583, [ I Paso, Texas.

St:He's copper mdustry, a large labor pool

was ava ilable to the Company. So It

appeolrs that everything was progressmg

according to plan. The groundwork had ~

been laid.

The eventS that followed July I, 1983,

arc history now; 400 National Guard

troops and 325 state police were sent to

MorenCI. The Company has con tinued

to operale their plants in MorenCI, Aio,

Bisbee and Douglas using "sC1bs" hired

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YOURVOTE

ISYOUR

VOICE

Your vole is your voice. If you

didn't vole in the last. presidential

election-and then were

aULOr work due to the high inter·

est rale I>oiicics of the current

Adrninistr-ation -don't voice

your anger now.

If you didn't vote in 1980. don't

voice yOlll'unger' now hecause

your Davis-Bacon wuge prot.ections

have been gutled by this

Administration.

If you didn't vole in the last

presidential elcction. don't voice

your frustration now because the

CUlTcnt Administration raised

your taxes to give rich I>coplc a

tax break.

No. Don't just scream ahout

your troubles. J)n sOlllrlhillfl

a/WId it - register and vale!

The President we eleclthis

year will decide our nation's

course for the rest of this century.

We can continue down lhe

same rocky path which the

Administration took tiS ovC'r the

las t. foul' )'Car5, or we can change

for the hetter. Take a quick look

at. the record of the presenl

Administration:

• Forced more construction

workers out of work lhan at

all.\' time since World War II.

• Caused workers to go without

work IOIl(l!T than at. any time

in history. Johless workers

searched an average 20 weeks

in 19&'3 hefore finding a joh.

• Forced workers to pay 11/0/'('

in taxes, while the rich pay

less. Workers who earn

825.000 per year pay $185

morc in laxes. while those

earning' mOI'c than $200.000

per year gct II SGO.OOO tax

break each year.

Waller :'Ilondalc would change

all that. lie understands thc needs

and concerns of workers. lie

won't sacrifice our johs just to

reduce inflation. He will lead liS

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toward prosperity Cor (1/1

Americans. not jllst the rich ancl

the powerful.

The first step down that path

is for you and every voting·uge

memherof your family to register

to vote. If you don'l take the

first step. don't bother coming

hack in a year and complaining

ahout the latest anti·worker

aclion of this Administration.

YOlll' vote is yoU!' voice.

Use it.

FOR

THE PEOPLE

HTlw 1\ FI. ('10 suppurt.s Ihl' ,'an

did:u'\ of \\'aitl'r F. l\londal.· fur

1'1'\'~i; ll'nl "I thl' t' niled Stat,,~_

Thl' l'~l'l'rJl( 10('1

ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY HEALTH AND WELFARE

RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT PARTICIPATION

INCREASES-AGREEMENT MODIFIED

Since OllT last repOrt in the January,

1984 !oumal, participation in the

Reci procal Agreement has again increased.

Ninety-seven percent of all

welfare funds covering IBEW construction

members in the United

States now participate in the Agreement.

Only 10 IBEW local union

funds are not currently participating,

and many of the trustees of these

funds arc continuing their effons to

secure the benefits of reciprocity for

thei r members.

Now that participation in the

Agreement has grown so dramaticall

y, tbe Agreement was recently

modified to require traveling employees

to have a closer rel atiunship

with their home fund. Specifically.

an employee's home fund will be the

welfare fund covering the IBEW local

union of which he is a member if he

has worked or been eligible (or benefits

in that fund within the paSt six

years. The alternative definition of

Instead of mvcsting 10 new plants and

machinery and creatlOg lobs for the future

of Amenca, corporations have gone

on a takeover binge and have engaged in

leveraged buy-outs, stock speculauon and

wild bidding Wllrs.

These actions arc designed to achieve

enormous profits for till.: already rich

without adding a single additional job.

They do nothing to improve th e competitiveness

of American 6rms in the

international arena but rather amount to

little more than execu tive mud-wrestling.

Tax policies and bank lending policies

fuel the craze for the buying and

selling of corporations.

In these takeovers, no account is taken

of the interests of the employees involved.

Employees arc traded and bartcJC::d

as chattel in the corporate wars for

control and fast profits. Workers' wages,

working conditions, pensions and even

their jobs arc threatened by divestitures

and takeovers.

The takeovers arc encouraged by the

Reagan deregulation feve r and the failure

to rigorously enforce antitrust l:aws. In

the oil industry, takeovers have substantially

reduced competition, leaving COIlsumers

at the mercy of a few large conglomerates.

Takeovers have changed the make-up

of financial institutions. Bank and thrift

bolding companies engage in interstate

banking.. as well as in brokerage activities,

savings and loans, insurance and

other activities all intermingled in a new

On a Takeover Binge

an employee's home fund is the fund

in which he is currently eligible for

benefits if he intends to return to

work in the jurisdiction of the local

union covered by that fund as soon

as work is available.

An additional amendment rcstriets

a traveling employee 's right

to elec t reciprocity transfers if he has

become eligi ble for benefits in the

participating fund in which he is

working. The Agreemclll continues

to limit an employee's right to elect

reciprocity transfers if he is working

in the jurisdiction of the local union

of which he is a member. As noted

before, the reason fo r these amendments

is to provide a closer relatio n

ship with the fund that is named as

the home fund and to carry out the

purposes of the Reciprocal Agreement

to provide coverage for the

employee and hi s family whclc they

li ve.

conglomerate operation.

In the media, concemrafl nn 01 ownership

threatens the promise of a free

press.

Executives have devised special pro·

tectlve devices to take care of them·

selves- so-ca lled "golden parachutes"

that provide large hanuses and buy-outS

if a fum is sold or merged.

The new tax law's accelerated depreciation

provisions encourage the acquisition

and divestiture of assets strictly

for tax avoidance, not for investment

purposes. Some firms are bei ng bought

solely for their tax losses, to be used to

reduce (aX liabilities.

Banks aid and abet the takeover mania

by extending tens of billions of dollars

in credit to competing takeover aspirants.

These credit commitments tend

to raise overall interest rates and limit

the ability of banks to make other, more

productive loans. In thc leveraged buyout

schemes, a few executives obtain

bank loans collateralized by the corporation'S

assets to purchase controlling

slOck interest in a corporation.

The laissez-faire poHcies of the Reagan

administration encouraging takeovers

and cannibalization of corporations must

be changed. The interests of employees

and consumers must be taken into account.

The tax policit:s and credit policlcs

that favor takeovers need to be changed.

-From a statement adopted by the

AFL-CIO Executive Council, May 9, 1984,

Piney Point, Maryland.

International Representative

Ralph T. Mack Dies

The Brotherhood was saddened by

the death of lntcmational Representative

Ralph T . Mack who passed

away suddenly on May 2, 1984.

Brother Mack was born on September

19, 1920, in C lark, South Dakota,

and was initiated into Local 472 in

Redfield, South Dakota, 011 September

12, 1952. He latcr transferred his

membership into Local 330 located

in Webster, South Dakota. Brother

Mack served as business manager of

Utility System Counci l U-26 (ro m

1958-1961 and also served in that

capacity of System Council U-26 from

1971- 1974_ He a lso served as business

manager of Utility System

Council U-13 from 1965-1974_

Brothel Mack was very active as a

member of the System Councils' Negotiating

Committees while serving

as business manager of the Councils_

He also served on the South Dakota

Personnel Policy Board which covers

all State employees under the merit

system . On March I , 1974, Brother ,

Mack waS appointed an lnternational

Representative by Lnternational

President Charles H. Pillard and was

assigned to the Eleventh District Vice

Presidential Staff. As an Internati

onal Representative, Brother Mack

served the Brotherhood in servicing ...

all the branches of the mEW loca ted

in the Dakota areas. Brother Mack

WaS known as a devoted trade uniunist

and was a loyal member of the

IBEW. Sincere sympathy is expressed

to Brother Mack's family and friends_ ,

18 \ IBEW JOURNAl/JUNE 1984

depal'bnent of Research

and Education

The registered voters of our nation 3fC

facing 3 prcsldcnual election, thc outcome

of whlch IS vlul to thc healthy

funcl/OIung of our economYI the wellocing

of all American cItizens; and thc

continuation of legis lation that provides

fo r safe and healthy work places, decent

wages, and thc fIght to 10111 lIIllons for

311 Ameri ca n workers. Because of thc

Importance of thIS election, we have

call ed thc attention of thc voters to thc

powers that reside wuh thc office of thc

President The two precedmg Department

of Research :lOd Education columns

pointed out the PreSIdent'S powers to gct

IcglsJalJon through Congress, thc PresI

dent's ability 10 affect eXlsllng legislatIon,

:md thc PreSident's lI cense to extend

hiS philosophy through the hundreds of

people he appOlll1S to Cabmet positions,

federal agenC Ies, federalludgeshlps, commISSIon

.. , t:lsk forces, workm,l; groups,

etc.

SpeCIfically, the Reagan AdnUlusualion's

rewriting of regulations and nonenforcement

of laws deSIgned 10 help

Amenca's workers and all of ItS citIzens

have dlmlllished safety and health protecllons

In the work place and envltonmelli,

h:lve undenntned consumer pro·

tectio ns, and hllve weakened laws

designed 10 protect workers. children.

the elderly, and the poor

In aclchllon, the Presldcnt's sense of

priorities III :llIocatlng federal funds to

vanous departments and :lgenClcs h:ls

destroyed the effecllveness of those departments

and :lgenelcs 111 carrying OUt

thelT duties. The lack of funds and the

subsequent cut III personnel have cnp·

pled the enforcement of labor standards,

the gathenng of vllal labor StatiSti cs,

occupal1onal safety and health regula·

tlons, environmental rules, and consumer

protection laws, whlledevast:lttng

programs set up to aid the needy people

of our nation

The admlllls tmtlon's clallTlS of economic

recovery arc a cover-up of the

unj ust Reagan budget cuts ami mIsgUided

allocation pnontles that, through cuts

III food stamps, otlH'r nutrition programs,

educatio n, and loh tralmng. cause further

suffenng for the mdiJons of Jobless, poor,

chddren, and elderly who already suffer

from inadequate nOUrishment, eduea·

tlon, and tramlllg. These budgct cuts only

increase long-term public cOSts.

THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY

The Executive Branch and the Allocation of Federal Funds

Budgetary I'rocl.'ss

Every year, the President submits hiS

budget fOJ the new fiscal year wnhlll IS

days after Congress convenes. There arc

three malll steps III the budgclHry process:

! II executive formulation and trans·

mltul, (2) congressIOnal action, and

(31 budget execution and control The

President controls th e first and thml

StCpS of thiS process and exerts conslder:lble

IIlfluence on the second step.

The Prcsldent's budget, or finanCia l

plall for th e federal govcrnment, reveals

hiS philosophy and priorities It IS the

climax of many months of plannlllg and

analYSIS throughout the executive branch

and of preparation of budget requests by

the vanous agencies and departments.

The President's budget covers the budget

year and presents gUidelmes for the four

fiscal years beyond the budget yea r. The

budget transmitted to Congress thiS pa~t

February IS for fiscal year 198.1, which

begins OctObcr I, 1984, and ends September

JO, 198.1.

Congress can approve, nuxhfy, or diSapprove

the PreSident's budget propos:lls.

Usu:llly, however, the PreSident's budget

scrves as :I st:lttlllg pomt for eonJ.:res·

sianal budget pl:utnlllg, and many of the

less'comroverslal elements of the Pres

Ident's budget arc adopted with little or

no change. First, Congress enacts legiS'

latlOn to authorize agency and depart·

ment programs :lnd to proVide gUid:lllce

on funding levels It then enacts budget

aUlhorny, which pennllS agenCies to

spend money. Some spendmg IS author·

IZed annually, !'tome fo r several years,

and some IIldefimtcly. Congress consld·

ers budget totals :lnd then completes

action on mdlvldual appropnatlons and

revenue measures. The congressional

budget aCllon beglDs 10'/1 months before

the new fiscal year, and often concludes

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX- CANADA AVERAGE

SOURcE: STATISTICS CANAOA

MARCH, 1984

.

1981 • 100

H.ILlh & Ree, ..·

All It.ml Tr.nlpor· P.r50nll

Month V.al Combined Food Houllng Clothing 1II10n c.~ RI.dlng '""

March ' 964 121.2 1168 1238 1125 122.8 121 3 1178

February 1964 120.9 115.9 123.2 111.5 124.1 121 .0 117.5

January 1964 120.2 114.6 123.1 109.0 124.2 120.3 1164

December 1983 119.6 112.5 122.7 111.1 122.7 120.0 117.5

November 1983 119.2 112.1 122.3 111.4 121.3 120.1 1180

Oc1ober 1983 119.2 112.7 122.2 111.1 121.1 119.7 117.9

Seplember 1983 118 5 111.5 121.4 110.6 121.6 119.5 117.7

August 1983 118.5 1126 1208 110.3 122.6 1190 117.3

March 1983 115.8

March 1982 108.0

1089 1190 I09S 1197 116.6 1138

March 1981 96.8

March 1980 86 1

March 1979 788

NOTE Canada s Consumer Pnce InGell lot .. i1&m1 II'Creased 0 3 poinIS dunng !he pasl month, or 0 zo..-.

thIS equlned an annual .al. oi inc( 12) The inclaase In CPI doling Ifill pa.!lt

yeai' was S 4 poiIlIS. or. -,..

Tight at the deadlme. It someumes IS not

completed by September JO, so then,

Congress enacts temporary appropriations.

After the appropriations and tax

hlllll arc approved by Congress, they arc

transmitted to the President for his approval

or veto. Sometimes, the thrent of

a presidential veto !e.g., Reagan's warn·

ing. "Any further reductions would be

counter to our national secunty and could

not be :1ccepted "1 keeps congressIOnal

aeuon In check.

Once approved by the President, the

budget becomes the baSIS for the finan·

cial operations of federal agencies and

departments dunng the fiscal year.

Amount!> appropnatcd may be withheld

by the President for policy and othcr

reasons. However, any admlnJStratlvcac·

tlon to postpone or eliminate authOrized

spending must be reported to Congress,

which may overturn deferrals and which

muSt approve any rescission (pennancnl

cancellation of eXisting budget author·

ny).

The budget dollar for fiscal ye::ar 1985,

as prolecled by the President's budget,

will come from the folloWing sources:

S .36 indiVidual mcome taxes

.29 social Insurance receipts Ipnmanly

payroll taxes on wages

and salanes, most of which arc

paid equally by employees ::and

employersl

.20 borrowing

.08 corporallon Income taxes

04 excise taxes

.03 mlscell::ancous receipts

S 100 budget dollar

It IS easy to sec that the o rdinary

CItiZenS, the workers of Amenca, mordmatcly

provide the largest source of

Income for the feder::al government.

Reagan Budgets

Since assummg office, the Reagan

Admmistratlon, without concern for the

consequences, has CUI the fundmg of

p ro~rams deSigned to protect 10bless

workers, cut support for education and

tralmn&. weakened SOCial programs,

slowed down energy development, diminished

support for economic development

and mfrastructure mvestment,

and cut funding for health care and cd·

ucation :111.1 fUI millions of ehlidrcn lind

the poor. The Census Bureau reports a

sharp increase in the number of Amencans

hving below the poverty level; more

children and needy mothers than ever

arc m poverty. The admlrustration's sense

of pnOfltles In allocating federal funds,

coupled with ItS tax cuts that have benefited

corporations and wealthy indiViduals,

IS dlvidmg America into a two·class

system of the " haves" and the " havenots,"

or the rich and the poor.

The follOWing shows the funds CUI by

the Reagan Administration since 1981

from programs deSigned to help the people'

20 11BEW JOURNAL / JUNE 1984

S 260-bilhon CUI from retirement

programs overall-Social

Seeunty, elvli serv

Ice penSions, veterans'

benefits

27.0·bdhon CUt from mcome sccumy

programs overallfood

stamps, unemployment

IIlsurance,

housing aid, Aid to

Families with Dependent

Children jAfOC)

18.S·blllion cut from health programs

overall (Yet, in

the case of Medicare

cove rage for the elderly

alone, the federal Advisory

Council on Social

Security is recommendmg

flIl sing the age

of ellglbihty, imposing

new taxes on workers,

and rompciling Amer

Ica's elderly to pay more

for hospital care.1

13.7-bllhon cut from education and

social service programs

overall

25.0-bllhuLI cut from employment

and trammg programs

overall

SIIO.2-bilhon total funds cut 1981-

1984

The PreSident h:ld asked for evcn dceper

cuts. HIS last three budgets reduced the

rate of growth uf nondefense spendLng,

yet spendmg In fiscaJ 1985 Will exceed

the 1981 levels by 41 percent, and the

President is asking for even more cuts

II) programs dcslgned to help people.

The Occupational Safety and Health

Administration jOSHAI, the Mme Safety

and Health Administration, and the En

vlfonmental Protection Agency have had

thcir congressIOnally-mandated progums

for elean air, clean water, control

of tOxic substanre!i, clean and s::afe work

sites, etc. drastically underfunded, understaffed,

and undcrnuncd since the

Reagan Admimstratlon came mto of Ace.

The 1985 budget speCifics that OSHA

and the Mme Safety and Health Admmistratton

Will COnlll1UC to revise or ehminate

standards that employers conSider

burdensome.

The President's 1985 budget is tilted

tOward heavy military spcndmg. with

more cuts in progmms to help workers,

students, the elderly, the Sick, alllI the

poor. The budget calls fOT reduced fundmg

for the Department of Labor's Employment

and Training Admmlstratton,

unemployment benefits for railroad

workers, and retirement benefits for fed

eral workers, beSides another year of

severe pay curbs for federal workers.

Under the proposed budget, the elderly

and needy would be reqUiTed to pay more

for health serviccs; most students would

(Continued on pal;c 66)

REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE

AND CLERICAL WORKERS

UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE

SOUACE: U.S. OEPARTMENT OF LABOA, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

REFERENCE BASe. U.S. AVERAGE 1\M1 '" 100

MARCH,1984

ApPflrel

Ailltemi Tranlpor- Medical

HaUling Upkeep • tatlon Co"

Monlh Vee. Combined

'''''''

Ma rch 1984 303.3 302.1 322.9 198.0 308.9 372.6

February 1984 303.3 302.1 324.2 195.4 307.7 371.3

January 1984 302.7 299.4 324.7 195.3 307.9 367.5

Decembe, 1983 301.5 294.0 324.2 198.1 308.2 364.3

November 1983 301.4 292.6 324.5 199.7 308.2 362.9

October 1983 301.3 292.9 325.2 199.8 306.9 360.9

September 1983 300.8 292.6 3253 1993 305.5 359.2

AU9uSt 1983 299.5 292.2 324.3 196.3 304.1 357.9

March 1903 293.0 290 7 319,2 194.0 288.6 350.0

March 1982 282.5

March 1981 265.2

March 1980 239.9

March 1979 209.3

NOTE eon....mer Pnee II'IdoIt kif .. Items remalflftd IJOChanged .. 303 3 (Iunng !he monIto 01 March The

inae.,. M1 CPI during the past year was 10.3 poonlS. or 3.5"4

P8fCWlI inctease between two dates Is calculaled by IUbIracmg !he ~ numbef 100 me Nf\oeI

date rrom that kif !he later dale and dividIng !he rnuh by !he Index number tor !he " ...... dele then

rru~bylOO

EXAMPLE' For the pe.-Ioci at March, 1983 to March, 1984 3033

by 2930 • we:. "I( 100 - ;':''110

Prepared by' Oepartmenl or A,"arch and Educat~n. ISEW, April, 1984

2930 _ 10 31nde. poonll. 103 dMded

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SI=IFETY TIPS

for you and your family

..

SAFETY COMMITTEES-A NECESSITY

,

'

In 1962 the Brothers and Sisters

who were delegates to the International

Convention in Montreal, Quebec,

added a provision to our intcrnational

Constitution requinng Safery

Committees. This provision (Anicle

XVlI S(.'C. 16) stales, " Each Loca l Ullian

shall have 3 safety committee which

shall : investigate and report serious

accidents and fatahties; cooperate

with the lntcmauonal Office In safety

matters; promote safety; and cooperate

with safety organizations as

determined by the Loc31 Union and

as directed by the International Office.

"

The IBEW has for many years urged

jOint Safety Committees where employers

Will cooperate to promOte

safety and health In the workplace.

These committees are advisory only,

as federal law clearly provides that

it is the employers' responsibility to

provide a safe and healthful workplace.

These committees do have a

very important function, as they provide

a means for employee coopcration

and input to safe and healthful

work practices. They do not, however,

replace the local union's Safety

Committee required by the Constitution.

The local uOIon's Safety Commit·

tee has specific duties that have been

outlined in detail many times 10 '.he

past. One of the very important duo

ties is to review all accidents involv·

ing local llOion members, and to

investigate IOdependently sen ous and

fatal accidents. Serious accidents

would IIlclude any IIlcidents of elec·

trlcal shock o r any other accldcnt

requiring lost time. If any inlury

prevents a member from performing

the normal duties of his job, it should

be classified as sen ous.

Many local unions report a ll 10-

juries to our International Office

Safety Department whe ther or not

they arc se riOliS . These reports arc

deeply appreciated, as they make it

pOSSible for the Internallonal Office

to detect trends and to advise International

Representallves servlOg on

various standard-setting commlltees

as to the nature and extent of accIdents

and injuries III any particular

arca. The Safety Committees of all

local unions, however, should be reportlllg

at least on the serious and

fatal accidents.

In IIlvestlgaltng an aCCident the

Safety ConullIttee IS attemptlllg to

find the true ca use of the aCcident

ThiS IS sought not to place blame,

but rather to make recommendatiOns

which can be furlllshed to the

responsible employers as 10 preventallve

measures th"t would aVOid

future aCCidents of a Similar nature.

QUlle often we find accident reports

that give no true Indication of the

causative factors. Safety Committees

frequently overlook factors such

as Inadequate training given to the

employee, inadequate supervision,

lack of proper tools and/ or safety

equipment, defective tools or equip·

ment, or pressure 10 speed up the

job. Many times onc or more of these

factors arc the truc undcrlymg cause

of the aCCident. EqUipment f:Hlure of

ladders, aerial baskets, scaffolds o r

other work eqUIpment should be re'

ported to the International Office

Safcty Department when discovered,

regardless of whether or not an injury

IS caused by such fadure.

In addition to IOvesligaung and

reportmg these aCCidents and recommendations

to the International

Office, the Safety Commlltee should

make short reports to the regular

local union meetings. Members of

the local union Safety Commlltee

may also be appomted by the umon

to a Jomt labor-management safety

and health committee If such IS negotiated

with their employer. Any

work involving inspection of the

workplace must be coordinated

through the business manage r in cooperation

wllh hiS responSibilities

for negotlatmg with the employer.

The IBEW has, at various Conventions,

including the most recent In

Los Angeles, California, rccOIllmended

that local uniOns affiliate

With the Nallonal Safety CounCIL

President Pillard has on several oc·

caslons written all local ulllons urgms

them to do so. Membership and

paruclpatJon, where poSSible, III the

National Safety Council provides resources

through pubhcallons and

matenal which can be helpful to the

locallllllon Safety Committee. Local

uOIon s deslTlng information as to

membership and particlpallon mthe

National SafelY Council should write

to the International Office Safety

Departlllent for IIlformation. Among

the matenals available from the Na·

tlonal Safety Council IS a book of

over 300 pages enlltled Prorectl1lg

Workers Lives (a safety and health

gUide for unIOns). Thjs book was

written by and for ullIons. It can be

of great va luc to local union Safety

Commlllees, as it explains methods

of investigating aCCidents, as well as

providmg gUldclmes on common

safety problems and health hazards.

While a copy of thiS book is furnished

to the local ullIon with the Council

membership, additIOnal copics can

be purchased, If deSired, for all Safety

Committee members.

The local union Safety Committee

does not hnm ItS activities to safety

and health on the job. The lives of

our members arc Important to us

whetheron or off the job. As marc than

three-fourths of their time is spent off

the Job, off-the-job safety programs

should be considered a very Important

part of the local ullion Safety Com·

mlllee's program_ DefenSive dnving

courses, seat bel t campaigns, fires.lfety

programs, first aid and CPRclassesarc

JUSt someof the activities in which the

Safety Committee can serve in this

important arca .

IBEW JOURNALIJUNE 1984 I 21

LOCflL LII\IES

Caucus

-----.

Local 1 Hosts

Mock Political Caucus

L U. I II,em ,§pak ' ul, ST. LOU IS, MO.- Wednu

day, Mareh 28, laW lou! I ', Votunlary fund hosl

a mock political caucus In conlunctlon with Sheet

Metal Wo rkers Local J6 for tht pU'po$C 01 cducat·

mil: both membership. U 10 what wu 10 be cx·

~clcd dutlng the upcolnlng MISSOU ri Ucmoc'lllc

Wud and Township mus mtellnk' on Apnl 18.

Sellmn.nll "",h an mllOOuctory specch by Locil I

Presiden' Donald Gr.hkc uho/lmg the audience

on the cllileal need 'Of ,rail 100\' labor 5Ul'port

101 Walter Mondale, the ""',,'\lntl', p.allram I'roceeded

wIth rhepnncip.1 speaker, Pr ofessor George

Bayk IPoliliul Science DcpJllmcm, UmvuSIIY of

1011Slo1I1I1 prO\l,dmll the memlxrshrpi w'lh I dctailed

account of the procuses mllercnt In the

~l! lsoun nliClI, system The d,nus"on rndudtd

"hpbIIIlY, requuemems 10. aucu. VI.b,llly, ddegne

~Iecuon In the fOUl "ages 01 the system,

melhodology 01 caucus 1 .... "ehlOs. and tlClicl UKluI

10 mUlmlIln, d«bled VOle l rle~nce 10'0

dcleptc rldelence As of thll W'lIIn" the effect

0/ labo. JLJrIICIJLJllOn 101 MlSsou,,', IDle 10 the

Dcmocullc campJ1&n of198~ hn YCIIO be detftmlncd,

but Ihal dClelmlnllLOn Will nOi be lor lack

of plepllIlion of our membershIp In thIS mOSI

crucial elcelOon yu.

On , mOlc &ambel nOle, .... c Wish 10 Inform thc

membership 01 Ihe du.h of Ihe 10CJI '1 oldest

p.uenl membel, Brolhel WLlh,m A Pillman

Brother Pallman, Inllllted In lO L~al I on Aplil

12, 1912, died on Malch 21, 1984, ~I age 94, haVing

been a membel LR good standlOg 101 71 yu.s. It 15

" 'lIh IlI"Ith iI .... C and respect we nOie thc PUSIn! 01

a Brothel who hvcd thrOUkh almost all 01 the

loc.I', forrul1vc yun and who wu 5ti!! allcndlng

lunClLons of Ihe Retuce', Club I I lite 93'

Pleasc be 11,0 adVised of Ihe follOWing dCJths

du.ing the month 01 Ma.ch Earl Kl ein, ...·!I"man

on pensIOn, Initiated May, 1941 , Vernon Reslngel,

r.oductlon. Novembel. 1979, FOlle,t A.mUlon"

producuon on penSIOT!, November 195 1, Ed .... ard

~dlo. fr , Wllem,n on penSion, October, 1946;

JOKph S Llbelton, ...-ueman on pens.on, Apilt

1950 1 OlIver W",hhn, .... "eman on penSIon, luly,

1924, A"hol Peck. ma,ntenance on pen~lon. No·

\'embel, 1945, Gcolge Ricc, .... "em.n on penSIOn,

Apnl, 19-17, and Huold G,neu, .... "eman. luly,

19M

Ronn El:AN, P S

Pic'ured with Ihe Lou l ) df leg u ion lhil allended

Prf5 idenl Clu ry" instillation are AFL-CIO Sec,

rt ury,Trtuuru Thomas Donahue, etnte. , Ihild

' rom right, ' ront lOW, Pru ide nl Clu ry, Ind .eeond

'rom light, I.onl ......, TI,olllu V.n Arsd. lt, b u ~ i .

neu mJRlge. of LIKII l.

Former Officer Named

President of State AFL-CIO

LU. J ji,o,em,u,gon llmu), NE W \'OAI(, N. Y.-In

h,s IOlugu •• 1 .

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menl If mtt/ested to attendlllg, caU tbe hall and

Iuervc ~ SpOt fOI you and yo ur spouse_

The Local I 118EW Apl"cnllCC Dlnner·Dancc 15

,cheduled for Seplember 21 PU I IhlS date on your

calend~1 and nonty Ihe h.1I ,f you are mterU led

III attending

BIOIher Lcs McNally of Wyandolte look a fall

ID Malch and 15 in the hospital w'lh a broken back.

Our prlyers and Ihou!thu arc wllh 001 other Broth·

cIS, Ihchard Thocl wbo I. hospitalized, and Terry

lones who suffclcd a hean attack

Unul the nUl luue, work ... fc. wear your safClY

,I,utl Ind Cod ble"

Power Plant

Also ~ h o ... n I I tbf plonl ore Roger I .. ash, lr., local

p.r.CUIIOn

III 197J and was mcxhReJ 10 handle coal m 1979

due to Ihe ""ng eosl of lI,l and the aVlllablilty of

coal The r rOlccl IS Ioc.lted belween fort Small·

wood Road and . be Palapseo RIver and " adlacenl

10 the uisting Wagner Slat Ion POWCI House Unit

I, when on hne, will burn 257 tOni nl COil per

hour and WIll produce 'pprOJ.,mately 620 mesa'

Wattl of loul power. Thecoal Juppl y, when comiq

off the bUlel, WIll be handled firSI b~ Ihe bJrle

unloadu, operatmg al 4,4SO Ions pel hou., loaded

onto a conveyor sy~tcm, whICh wtll ellher tauy 1I

to a lIorage .ru, 01 !raMpart ;t dileclly 10 ,he Unit

I elUsher where II IS crUShed. burned m bml~l ,

cr.haulled Inlo Ihe prcelp"atOI syslem, cleaned.

and Ihe pUle exhaust UtlS IhlOUdt Ibe 70~ 1001

smokestack The tOlal opel~unn 01 th,s pl.nl .nd

its backup, conllol and survc,lI~nce !yncm' IS In

tOO U.ltnSlve 10 dcscnbe here

The Blumenthal Kahn Electrical Comrany han

died the An,l coal converSIOn inSIde Unit I The

Comrany b., a tOial of Il men hue .1 Ih" time

10 comrlelC tbe JOb S ...!'CIVIJIOn Indud~J Cener.1

fOleman lohn Penn 'nd fortm.n Ron 8bck"wICz

BIOIhcl Lou Clark" Ihe shop Slew~ld ~nd clInducted

Ihe tour lhrough Ihe plant The 81umenthal

COn traC I Slaned III November, 1982 and ended In

M.y, 1984 They peaked OUt 1\ 12 men

Many of our othCl COntraCIOI$ conmbuted Ihe

10lal cleetliClI tonSUUClLon " SIIndon Sbores

Among all of Ihem, II limes, there .. cre l'iO men

on Ih,s JOb. ThIS JOb Ian a loul of II yu'~ .nd

w,lI be completed at a IOtal cost of S4 U m.lllon

Baltimore Cas and Eleclllc le]1,eStnIaIlVe

[)Qug Bayne clImmcndcd the Local 24 membtfS

who particIpated III Ih" proleCt for tbeLl bUt

slandlllg workmanlh,p and fOI an "."ellent ufel~

rtcord

For Ihe fUIUre, Unit 1 Itands dLleClly nC~1 to

and in an aimosl mlllOl ImalCe of Unit I bITIng

any Unlolenen holdups In Rnanclll&, demand o.

mattll.ll, Unit 21S scheduled In St311 UI 1911~ and

reach complellon In 1988

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Scribe Asks Members

To Boycott Montgomery Wards

L.U. 26 (iau), WASIIINCTON, D.C._ Local 26

would l,ke t(l bOnOl tbe follow,ng B,olhcu thaI

have 'tILted .,oce the Iir" of the ytlr. 1984 S~en

l . AOIlelM-r~ nonn,1 relllemen', Allon'" M Bn

.It, urly letLlemenl, Edward S. Clerlllak, nmmal

retllCmenl. WIlham I Creamer, nonnal reltlc·

ment, Wyatt T . Hackncy, d,ub,luy reUlemenl,

Lloyd D. Lott, early retitement, lohn I, Noone,

tally rcmcment, lohn J Reclor, dl5ab,hly tCli rc'

ment, Malcolm E. Co~, tally reurcmenl, TillY B

Milam, ca,ly retircmenl, and frederick ShcfAcld,

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urly retuemenl

We ue very I'roud of IheK BrothelS thai have

pven many YUII 01 10y.1 serVice 10 Ihe IBEW .nd

Loc.1 26, We wl$h ueh Ind every one of Ihem

God" speed and a healthy and h.ppy ICllltmenl

AI Ihi, wliling. local 26 i. knocking on thc dool

of ~ leured Blolhel! We arc very r lused Ihn

01,11 pensIon lund 15 "ill Vtry healthy and able 10

support this flne ! ' OUP 01 BrOlhels and 5poUse.

In Ihe Wuhm,lon_ DC, a.u we are very U",SCI

aboul Monl,l!Ome ry Wa,,11 For yUI$ "'C hne done

IhclI wo.k and have done I ,000.1 lob lor them, but

It "cm! s.nct MobIl 011 hn liken conllol of them,

Ihey have dedded to ,0 non union "'"h no concc.n

for Ihe wO lkms people In 01,11 area, 101 we wC le

Ihe oncs that supponed them by our buying pOWCI

Now we arc uklq for youl help We hne ",Ickeled

Ihelt Slorcs and IIMI handbilled Ihem We hope

Ihat II you hue. credit card Irom Monl,omery

Wards you Will CUI II up, .nd mill n blck 10 Ihcm

and uplam In a short nOle why you dld!lO 11 Ihty

cln let by wnh ",ayln' lub-standard wages 10 Ihe

conltr1JCIIOn workers, whal do you thlOk Ihey will

do 10 Ihe\l employecsl ThclI own lob. WIll nOI be

,.Ic A5 rna$! 01 you know, ,he WashmglOn, DC,

area IIID Ihe lOp flve /0' coS! 01 liVing. Fo r a young

eieclIInan mechanIC 10 buy a hOl..lsc to Ihe Wuh·

mSton area. tl lake. nOI only h.s "'ages but hl5

w,le ', aha So, p/C

Credit Union

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• Lonl 4], SY.lt UU, N. Y., Cordit Un io n Vier P,uidut

Funk "ilf and SU'rU' " lim Corbett loo k

, On 8! P'nidcn, Bill Ryan rud5 a britf hislo,,, of

tile Cndi. Union" Iht' fi,n Annual PInyon

Mao ch 24.

First Aid Class

Snond-yur .ppornliet Paul Bon prltlicu m oo.h.

lo·m(lLuh rcuuciulion on Hainin5 nunnr~uin

.. dUlinl fi,ii Aid Cion held by Ihe Saft'I)' Commlun,

Ihe lIut OM My adVIce: would IK III IN you.

I!ckel~ early. I WIll run PICIUIC$ of the pUly In the

upcom.nl .stun of , he /oufnlll

To acco modalc the 1UI" number of members In

ancndance, OUI "pnl union merlln& was held II

rhe Kni ghts of Columbus Hill ThIs mee ting was

pUIICU].,]y rmpolt"nt because 8U5m.,SI ~bna,cl

O .. n So .., d,Kuncd at l'Ut Icnl:.h the ,""ukel

Recovery P lo~ , am bemg undertaken by OUI local

and other bUilding .radu In the .,ea The mem

bershlp hurd m~ny rntNUllng ~nd, in most cues,

d"turb,n, eomm .. nts fr om the ,uUt spu k .. rs ",ho

Iddrused us Am ong thc Jpukeu "'cre Mr Orc",

G.bson, chlptu of NE CA, MIke BI ....)', reglonll

d"eClO r of NECA, fr~nk flcarrJ, bUSiness manager

of Plumbeu LoeJI S4, Ind Mr Elrl Ibll of th ..

Syracusc BUIlders Ex chanle All spoke on vanous

tOplU andlocund on the many problem, orpmud

labor ,s havlnK 10 Ih.s aru and around Ihe country,

especially Ihe nOn union problem ",hleh has be

come the llOlle b'"C51 th,UI to orpmud labor

Many quullons from the Ooor wCle a,."",ered by

Ihe tpe~kelS, Ind Ihe members' 5u"eJ1l005 "'ere

d"cusscd at glen kngth Bu, incu Manlgu Ilova,

who, along "'lIh thc officelSof Loeal4J, hu ",orked

vcry hlld Ind lonloo the mllket Iccovery luue,

asked everyone .n auendan .. e 10 ,ubmlt Ideas o.

ton$lrUCIlVC comments III the board as they snug

lIe 10 find a solution to IhlS moststnOUJ problem

In the pUI, olpnlzed llbo, has IU IVIVed the all.ck,

and und"rmln,nl of bl, bUSIness, th .. I",edelence

Ind apathy of ,ov.. rnm .. nt, and d,fficult econom,c

times. Su rv,val depended upon membell slandrn,

loltelhel "'''h a commllment 10 Ihell unlllns and

to the labol movement 10 general. No one should

thrnk Ihll uMbY'Slh,c",u arc any Ie" Knous,lhe),

arc nOI . The names have changed, but Ihe game IS

sull the same-the totll ..!tmlOallon 01 olpnl!eed

labor We mUll not leI thl' hlppen

Buy Union, buy AmellCln

S"MUEl C. B A~.UI, PS

Over 400 on The Book;

PAC to Hold Casino Night

l..u. 48 HlIl m ), PORTl.AND, ORl.-Well, ag~m

II'. my ud duty to .cport that the "'ork Il!llallon

hur IS pool Although "'e rolled through the book

onte thl' lut yell thmks 10 the Camas Papc. 1'01111

lob. II .5 cxpccttd Iha, th .. re WIll be ave, 400 on

the book a g~m III june LeI'. hore thu ,orne of

thue ,umored lob, b, eak loose soon

The Ed,,!)n Pen'lon T,uII h.~ reddlned Ihe

'·(sIIng ICljullcmcnu to alia", 101 pensIon ray

menl, 10 members ..·.. h five Q' mo,e yun or

tredlted ,cr" Iec. I'Jymcnls "'Ill be bJscd on a

pcrcenu, .. u/ a lully VUltd pen ...,onel er hour, look whal II COS tS u. loope.ate

and CUIS In.o proAls. They "'erc pleu ed thlt M •

Reapn .... If dOlnl somethlnl aboul umons; and

th .. y were lure that when he , I rcelectcd, th .. unJOn

working man Ind ",omln would be nothing more

than an unplcasant memory

[n thc othct famtly, a lillie boy asked whac leam

those men belonl ro. "'el" they on h,s dd'llelm

A. h15 dad nplalned "'hy people arc UnlOO .nd

thn because of thc un,on he "'IS able 10 r,ovlde

his bm,ly wllh the s.andard of loVing Ihey ellloyed

,,>day. ",hy unIOns IIC Importanl Ind Ihe ,Mit

Ihey slIlve 10 Iccomrhsh, I felt hope thll nO! III

15 lost for .hel Novembel ",e w,lI hve RUIt~n .

$200 pcr·hol,ll ,obs and no ",hiS. 01 "'e ""II hiVe

,nti, wllh fall wages and benefit~ and a chnnce \0

re~a! the unlU5t JaW) Ind CUl tLSC OU I nplIs The

chUlcc " cludy ours

Allend your locII unll mccunl, that I} wbere "

all beltlnS

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Honorees

Pic"ned bele aff hono.ees Ca.y Prejean, lell, ~nd

C .. I Wert!, riShl, Robel! M(Klnemb., bUJinu.

manasel of l.oul 60, S~n Anlonio, Tn., b ill thf

crnU I .

Two Local Members

Honored at Banquet

LU. 60 {ii, SAN ANTONIO, TEX.-On March ' II

the Sin AnlonlO AFLelO .ecogmud IU51 I few of

the many, m.ny OUl5tlndmg Brothe,s and SlSte"

of orpmzed labo, dUflnllhe Fourth Annu,l "Labo,

Honors Its O",n" Banquet n Vllllta Assembly HIll

Aiter thc introducllon of mlny dlSllngulShed guestS,

and opemng ,,"em.. nlS by M.Ster of Cercmomn

Lopn S I ~wa n and Harry HubbJ,d, ple"dent, Tens

AFL,CIO, Ihe rca' ~tuS of the Iho'" "'e.e ,"uo·

duced These "'cre , 01 course, the BtOthtIJ and

Siner. who "'cle choscn ., hono,en from Ihe

.. ariou. local unions lor Ihell oU I5t,nd,", conlfl·

bUI;on. 10 Olpnlzcd labor

Th" yur Loc,1 60 deCIded Ihlt "'e had IWO

descr","g Blothers, Ind the follo"'lng. reprmted

from Ihe banquel r,oglam. tells about Ihell dedI·

cllion aod .ehlevements bellet than I could

"The Internauonll B,othe,hood of Elcctucal

WOlkerl LOClI Ulllon 60 I, Jlmud to lubmll 15 our

honOltes fm 1984, Brothen Gary PrelCJn and Carl

Weyel

Ihmhct P,eltan has been I membe, 01 Loc.1

Unton 60 SInce NovemMI 6. 1957, dunnl whICh

tIme he served on the Local Un.on E..,cu t l~e Board

and 'spltsenlly .e r vrnga5 , eg1Str ~r Brothel Plclean

II also pretend y lelv'"g on Ihe Afl.·CIO CouncIl

Execullve lIoald. ' s lXmOClllle execu"v .. tOm'

mlltCCman Ind h~1 donlted countless houll of hIS

lime to helJl wllh d"ferent I.bor fun ch ons and

Jl0]; IIul clmp'l,os Brother Ple)Cln K r~ ed IS co·

thallman of thc labor Day Jlar adc fOI three yean

and 11 co·chaHman uf Ihe " L.bo, Honou Its O ..·n"

A",,,ds Banquet Blather P,c,ean sull finds lime

and enelgy to parllCl pale m h,s nCIghbolhood

allllls. He ,I sponsor of C,ey f Oltsl, Tens. Youlh

Club .• e,ved on the C I ~y FUlcS!, Te~lI, Cur Coun

CIl fm Kveral years and se, ved as pollce chId of

C , ey FOlesl for twO ),ellS Local UOlon 60 II rloud

01 Brother P,clun 10' hIS cOnlnbuuons to the labor

movement and the communHy, and "'e Ire ploud

10 honor him ""th th,s .",.rd

BrOlhel Weye' hu been I rnembcrof Loul Union

60 slIlce February 7,1968 PUOIIO rnlennl min

I.L\Cmen t ","h Nnh ~n Alterman Elec m e Company,

!I.mhe. Weyel dunaled countlen hours nf h., ume

to help with difle,enr I.bol funcuons, JH1hucal

campa.gnl, loul un'[)n cnmmitteu, served ci~ht

ycar' as p.t:Sldtnt "I the local unlun-from 1973

10 1981-.nd It presenl]y Ocmoc:rlut p.eclnCI

CQmmHleCm~n m h .. p.umct, Brother Weydlull

limb "me and enel~y 10 help wllh Ihe riecrncal

.nstalbuun (li lhe " Runald McDonald House'" now

~Lng bUill. sc, vel on Ihe Baud of Dnectoll uf

COSS ... T ICh.ldren'. Oncolugy Serv.ce1 Qf San

Antonio. TUIS!, is involved with thc YMC ...·

Ind.an Cu.du·Flther/Son P,ol •• m Ind WIS pIcked

" Fa.her ollhe Yu." for 1979-80 'or T"o"y UnLled

Melho"h,1 Weekday School

local Umon 60 IS I'llOud alld thank'ul 10' .he

cODtnbuuorll made '0 the bbot moyemem Ind

Ihe communilY by Brolher Weyd U "'·e honor him

wi.h .h.J awa rd "

To"l"'v DAVI~. P S

Retiree

B,olhu V'rner, .ighl, . rceivu Onr 01 hi l Ifl;'r·

mUl gif .. " bit pillr.

Credit Union Meets;

Brother Varner Retires

LU.1611,cm,ruIlJpal, T ACO.'tlA, WASII.-C.eel

.ngs from Locil 76, hope IhlS nude flnds ,II

mem~rs m good health, npeclilly those uavdLl\g

Work ' $ 51111 ,low Jlound the area with no relic!

.n .ht nUl future

Thr Annual Credit UllIon Mreung WIS held on

March 3. 1984, n Ihe Local 76 bUlldmg The

meeunl WII very well attended, wllh III havLI\' a

good ume aite' Ihe merunl pUI of the evening

wu linlshed, Many Ihanb tU the Crcdh Union

olflcers and Ilaf' who d.d Ihe $CtUP work

,.0.5 the summer scason draw. ncur. let', not

oye.do the suenuous SJH111 af;I'Wlt,tf_ [yel)' ~e ••

members suffer pulled musclu, heart attacks and

.elatcd ,uffenngs by tl)'lnl to do tOO much, tOO

qu.ckly W .. m up!

Mo.e and mo.e we in the bUildmg Irades are

~,nl ...,eked by the anll'umon .,cuu of the

Rugan admimsllanon. l ook I.ouml you, how

man~ union mem~n do you kn ow our of WQ.kl

LOSing thell s.cJf.e5leeml We mu!' WUll to Ihe

~St of 01,1. Ib.lily 10 ciCCI Walle. Mnndale .. OUI

nut p.elLldem

Brother Ha.old Varner of Tacoma .elLled in ea.ly

February. Harold has h\'ed 10 Tacoma, on and off,

tlOC" 19-' I He JOIned th .. 18EW in 19-'2 and hu

g.vcn 42 ~u •• 01 ded.caled sc.vlce Fo •• he lasl

few yeall, he had been employed by T.cQma Boat·

buildmg, whe.e he was p.omoted 113 ~u~"nund

ent lor the day on hll lasl day 01 ~"'Ice Srothe.

W.~ne TnUI ".tacnted " Hal" wl1h • plaque .nd

gIft ecrunca,e purchncd WIth donanQns gathered

f.om lellow wOlkera, There W •• lllO a pany Jl:lyen

for h.m rn the electric Ihop wl1h cake Ind dllnk,

whc.e 1cllY Hahn, shop IUjlCnnlclldenl, p.escntcd

h.m wl1h a Tacoma Boat belt buckle Plel50C 10m

UJ .11 .n w.sh.ng fhl and hll w,fe Alice a happy

and wonderful relLlement. Thanks. Hal

fkA"'~ Hrnozon, P S

Bowling Tournament Held;

Negotiations in Progress

LU. 19 lui. SYR .... CUSE, N,Y.-Thc Service Dcpanmen,

of t.oc:al 79 hdd then Nrnlh Annual

Ik.>whng Tournament on AI',,1 I ~I r.tmollt unn,

We had IO·R ve man tc.ms Bowlml\. dmn .. r ..,d

doOl pnles made II • Jlnl )"OUt turns loge,ht. for

nel.l yea.

OUt COntraCI wllh N.ap" Monawk eapLled MIY

31 Th.s .. "de IS be.ng wflncn 10 Apfll so " It

Impon.ble to .. ~ .nYlhmg at Ihllume. P.oposall

f.om bolh tht System Counc.1 and NMPC haye

befn each.nged Ind n"sollallOns Ire in prog.ess

You. officen and Eneu"'·e I\o.Jrd w.1I ~ on lOp

of all ac"v.uu Ilopdully. we Will have a wo,kable

conllact al Iht' lime In any event, you. ofAeeu

Ind EnculI\'e Board mtmbC'n WIll be ablf 10

answer Iny q,ueStions you may have

Summ .... 5 hCfC and II'S vaC.llon 11m .. We WISh

III a safe summel

We haye a local of uYe r 9-'0 members; thele arC

many aCILVLtlu 10101 nn. and wc would hke to

Write about .hem, but we need you. mpul We

can 't wnre about Ihmgs .f you donI lell us So.,

you gel a hole m-one 0. catch I lIophy Ash, lei us

know

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Work Scene Slightly Brighter;

Retirement Benefits Increased

L U, 80 li,o,.ullspa), NORFOLK, VA,-Well, wh.t

do you knuw, II looks as If wOlk If bcgmmng to

look a lilrl .. hlightci afound Local 80. Several on

the ~nch hne ~en .eferred our, .nd hopelully

many mo.e Will be PUt 10 wo.k 10 the weeks ahead

Bustness Manale, Richard Sykcs Italed that "

looks 1 101 belle. now than II hll In the p.aSt yea.

o. IWO. Mlnagemenl and labor Ire workmg 10·

lether to do Iheir be5' to tccaplure work Ih.1 hu

tradLlLonilly Ront UOlOO, WorkmR IOgcther, and

nOI 38'1Inll neh orh ..., i ~ the Inlwer 10 many of

th .. problems The pnma'r ,oal 01 ou.lotll unIon

IS to secu.e lob. locally 10. our membeuhip. When

thIS happens. Ihen Ihese conlllClO1l and Ihe 10\1"

neymen whu wenl open shop WIll have w,~hed

Ihey had Sllyed union.

F.om ,he W"e Ole lourneyman, "Cood ludge,

ment CUOlU fr om upeflence. EXjlCILence comes

frnm 1

wt' mlJJed aU~lnC>5 R~pl~~cnlatlv~ I ~y w,l·

h~mt, bolh In Ihe Qfllct' a!)ll at the Conle. ent'e,

bUI undersland he " rccQvcnng nIcely f.om hIs

1 ,u' lIny and w,1l be: back soon

Th,. ),u. ~nd Ih,s PUtICU!J1 lime IS a .. cry hu§y

one fm uu. local Within thl§ nUt Ih.ee monlh

r f!Cngd ..'e have h.d tn.1 bo"d hUlln!:., Ife ne·

,0ll'llng nr ..· CQntraCII for ou ' Ceneral TelephQne

people, bolh O.e&on and W.sh'n,ton Cuntd em

pIQYt'u, and w,lI abo host thc Telephone Confe. ·

tncc in Seattle, W a~hlllgton, which ht:~n Apnl

JO

Outs.de conStructIon members wo. klng at I kn·

kel •• nd McCoy "e lull on ~llIh, .nd oUI~,de

COOSINCtloo Eucultv" bId mt'mbel Da .. e W~lke.

~ has be:"n workon, tcmpouIIly for Ihe local trymg

IQ .un down Iud. ,nd pIckel thIS unton bu§lt.

LcRuy Sml lh w,1I be filling III lUI CellY Nagel on

the JOulhcfII ale. ud Rue Highlower wtll be dUll'll

rhe .,me lor Sandy NICholl. In the nQllhefll ~ICa

dUlin, the upcumml: Gencul Tclephnne nelOlI'

UQn.

We"e hoping all oU I membe,s w,1I unne III help

and ben wlihes fo' Ihese 1"'0 mtmbeu, Ihe stall

and the NegollUtng Comm"'ee wllh Cene.al Tel,

ephone Dun'l ~lluwQth eu to bad mouth the URlun

Th.n .11 of us wurkmJ: toltelhel, and that '~ ·all

We ,01 '

Local Endorses

'" Four Candidates

L U. 90 (i&em), NE W II A \' EN, CONN.· -AI our

Apnl meeung ou, loc.l unton endo.sed 10111 u.n·

dllLltu fo, Cong.en ThQ5C mcumbenl~ .Ie rust

D"I/1CI, Da,bua Kennelly, Second DIS"ICI. Sam

Celdensen, Thud Dl~"'CI, Bruce MQlII WIl, and

Flllh Dmll'l. Wilham R'lchfo, J Tltell endOlSe·

ment was hued on thell bbo. vmlllg .t'cOI d whlcb

IS 94 pe.ce", lor Kennelly and RJtchlu'd acca.dm&

10 Ihe AFL·Cla YOUI 'UPPOH lUi Ihese candida lei

's UHnu,1 IQ Iht Iab(Of mQ\'Cmcnt u .. dl .. OU r

awn loc.1

AI the same mct'llIlg We h.d 1Il""ed Con!llus·

man MOlJlwn to speak tOOll. mcmbcuhlr Unabk

to attend ,n pC I~m because of a budget m(etln& In

Washmgl"n, wc WCle .bk 10 set up a commUni'

caUons system with him dlleell), from hIS Qiflec

m Wuhm,IQn He ~pokt Qn rHlblemt toncemlng

Ihe budgel, unemployment, Impo.ts . nd the DIYIS·

Bacon Act HIS mntage .boUI Rug.nomln nm

wo.kong was obvlQUI. and the need ,0, a new

,dmmuuauun I' of lhe IItmost ,mpotlance

UpcQmmg evenu ,nclude the men', ouung. the

family QUltng and QUI Annual Golf Toutnament

pl.not.! 101 lune

RnnllT COllllAll.\), P S

Brother Frank Groome Dies;

AFL-CIO-COPE Banquet Held

L.U. '18 \i&em l, PJllLADELPIJIA , PA.-Loe,1 98

bas bceo .,dden~ by Ihe death III Btothe. Flank

C .oome F.ank. wlto was $t. uck by, ca. whIle on

a picket lone, had been ,n a CQma smce May 25,

1911J, hc nC"Clle,'lnt'd CQnKIQUinU$ The ofRnls

and membels of Local 98 send Ihell c"ndolences

10 Frank', ... ·,fe and hil lamlly

The 351ft Annual AFL,CIQ-COPE Ball'lUCI was

heldQn i'blch 10, 1994 at the Phlladdph" Ctnue

HOlel All of the mllm labol O'pntZiIiUnS m Ihe

CLl~ wele leplcJented mcludm& Local 98 OUI

dclepuon ..·as huded b~ Buslnnl Mlna,c. I,m

Mackm and Plu,denl r,cd Compton Many p"'m

menl labol and poliucal figolcJ addlcJsed the

gathelln!:. Two malol Ihemes no!!c flom the

speeches. The fI.sl WU that labo, hu IQ IUe old

bshlooed mt'lhods to help Ihell candldlltS "'In,

they have 10 gQ doOi 10 door and lei th~ VOtt VUI

Tht' Ktvnd Iheme. ICpelled by man~ spe.kers,

wu Ihlt labol, m Ihe Phlladdrhll Uti. w'"l;o all

Out for 'UPPOI! 01 Waher Mondale fQ' plu,denr Qf

Ihe UnIted Statn The 110'0 mlm spe,keu of Ihe

ntJlltt we.e Un,,~d Statn St'nator Arlen SpeCIOI

Ind Phlladelphll's Mayol W Wtl!lOn Coode Sen

11m Speelo' , who made hg.ht of bem& lite Qnly

Rcpubltun In the ....,m. ~laled Ihlt "I~b", " ~

vcry ,,"hle IVICe m PennsylYanll," and .he c"II~~1

IlSue fQl all P~l1n\ylv~ntan5 ,s to gct ~"rlc h~ck

IQ willk The last ipc~k Cf uf tlte e",·ntng was Ihe

newly eI~c l cd and hIghly enclgCllC \\~Ylli W,hon

Goode The mayor Silted thn tht' ""y " on .ltt'

move, 'nd .hat Ihe hlpest PI"''''Y QI It" .dmm·

,Straunn I) 1 "bu,n a sIIonl; IQC~1 ecnnomy and

to keep rhlbJclrhlan. w

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8i11 5w~nson will Ix takl~ Bob', rllce, IS 8111

was apP

hIm the ~C'1' be!t In h,s MW JOb Wdcom~ batk.

Austin'

I krln Ihls amde purposcly shorl fOi 5p~~C

~ 'U&Qns, bUll want [0 add my personal admlrallon

fo. g,,;nhc. Henry from Ihe ~e. y H.5lume I vlmw

h,m In Ihc h05pllal ' honly .£tt. tht acc,dent, until

." Ihls day, hIs cheerfulness and p05111~C a Ullude

h.~ e be:en a .cal m~PlJallon 10 me In my book he

10. .cal rna ..

Award

Life Saving Award Presented;

Picnic Location Changed

L U. Ill io.ul, DENVER, COLO.-lIlt wllh &rUI

plulule Ihall am .epollln! Ihll Ihe hl!hesl hono.

wail beStowed 10 ou r me","'" SlOlhc. LlIuy Hathon

Busl .. en M~na lle . Muon p.uenled Ihe IBEW L,fe

SavlfI, Awald 10 Brolhe. 1I0lhon al the Icgular

u .. lon meCting held during th e month of Milch

for Ihe Intumountam RUf.1 Eleetne A'soc,a,i"n

~mployeel

On luly 12. 1983. B'Olhe. L .... y Howl .. nd ~nd

BrOlhel La"y Hlthon wele .nl~ed 10 check OUI

a Ihree phase tra .. sformcl b~nk m the Suubu. ,

DIStIICI LallY tlowland climbed Ihe pole 10 e:.hcck

one of Ihe CUI·OUIS 10 sec If II nceded IU be: Icpbced

Uc wu In the procusof conneC lln", Ihe fuse lump~ r

blck On Ihe main Ime when he time InlO eOn!.le:.1

wllh Ihe p"m"y vohaK~

8'0Ihe:.1 Hathon's COnKICnllOUI wOlk allllude

and qUick luponsc 10 Immedille poJe. tOf! .escue

. lesulted m p.eclOus lime Broth~. Howland needed

lor ant chance:. of .u. vlval

Once agam the tUlOln, and u/ety P'OII, amS lhe

IBEW hn wOlkcd ha"l and Ions ' 01 havc affo.'!ed

Ihe 0ppollunll Y fOI conllnufd well be: ... S for one

of Ou r memb e l ~

On behllf of Loul I I I, Internallonal Brothc.

hood of Elecl!1ul WOlke.s. I would like ' 0 con

""ubec BIOlher Ha.hon

The Ptcmc Commmec hn mformed Ihal Ihl5

tnr', p,cmc ., be,.., moved 10 a new locallon

A,a ... II will have a mounlam K llln& wh.ch w,1I

be nUr Barley, Cololldo. The p,cnrc hu been

planned for ' une II wllh mlny neW add u Ions

Hopefully Ihl, t n. MOlhcl NIIU.e wHi prOVIde us

wi lh plenanl wcalhe. UOWeVCI, to the evem . he

doc!n 'l, the , h e will ,ccommodate all OUI memo

bers and Iheir fam,lies indoors should il become

necel .. ry

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Graduation

Shown nctiving plaquu II the Lou] 1l0, Ne w

O,lnnl, La" guduuion ctlcmoniu "t, 10ftground,

Joe T.uuh and Sand,a Verdun, back

, round, Funk P" lIio i, Mrs. Jo.t T.usch, lohn

TIUI)'. lot foslu .nd "pp.colin Directo. "huy

8nni , II~ II.

Delegation

Thuf I rt Loul 130'1 dtlrgun 10 this fUt'S AFL·

CIO Convention, I' Qnl , ow, Id. 10 righl, .. t Charlie

AU$lin, lo.t Pudo .nd Don.ld Mtytr" buk

lOW, Id.lo right, l.r Eddir C,t tin, Mike Dell'O, I. no,

Pit Rodriguu, Vic Buu lt ILouisiln1 AFL·CIO

,.uidtntl. AI Bon ick !L

Teams

ShO"' 1I al ,bt IBEW Bowlins TOUmlmfnl it NtwJl:ud

0'Il El ec tric', Tnm. From 1, 11 10 .i,hll,., Mike Soduo,

Aay 110hz, Bob Vedder, Phil Lolb .. i, and Phil

Vedder.

A.lso In Aususl Ihfft W,II ~ • plcmc held 10'

the mcmlM:.s of Local 1:'0 and .hell fam,lu:5. This

p.cnoc w,1I1M: held from noon 10 sunKI on Sunlby,

"Ug"IiI 26, and w,ll be fre., Thefe w,1I be plemy

. of food and dronk. a5 well as pmu fOI tht kIds

For the adulu the.t ....," be fOhball, ~olltyb:o.lI,

and hOl3cshocl, so rcmembtr 10 keeJl .hal date

open

The I'lcluru lh,~ month uc hum Ihe lBEW

BowlHl~ Tournament held 111 A!I~n!lc ClIr, New

lersey, dunns .... rnl The men wuuldn't lell me

how Ih,,)/ placed, but they dId have a ,fI;ood lime

bowlm«. drlnk,ng ond g.:.mbhn,fl;

Tom Rneo ,ndu;"IU \hl' .bulll the lime you

rud lhll IlIlCk he w,1I be lIymS 10 fOlm a code·

Upd4\C dass ThIS wtll be about a th'ff nlAht

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Not to Vote

Is Inexcusable

LU. 180 (i&o), VALLE IO, CA L.-C.eeungl from

V,U(IO, Br(>lh~n and SISlfrs. /fopduJJy, by .ht

Ilmt Ih'5 IS jI,il1'f,1 Wt will lit tx~nencm.llllll

tmr10ymcnt again

L h(l~ cveryone \,'H', In .he I'rcsuJcnhal pnmuy

All lime .. ,hen"c mu~r 'urr"" bbor,und,dalct,

[ find n mncusablc nm 1(1 vOle' The J"ncnl

admmuuauon 15 nOI I ..... ,·s tncod, we mil,. do

('vetylhm! In OUI 1'0"'('1 10 ddul It Mosl of the

I,, ()blcms bemg tBEW labm (an be .unhUlc.1 III

polltlc_lun thmk aboullI From CI'Y councilmen

10 the pruldent of the Unlled SUtU, pohtlcs I,

the name of the game, lnd we Irt t05mgl One vote

clln make a d,lfcfI:ncc

Remember, 5afelY.s C~Cl1'onc'J ,ob Ancnd your

unIon mecllngs'

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Scribe Denounces

Ex-Members

L.U. 23 1 (i,u,em,nb,ClI¥&spa). SIOUX CIT Y,

IOWA- Early In the momh of Ap ril, Local 2Jl

.., 105t II vc ry respected member wIth the passmg 0/

Brothe. William Bleth. II 's always $.ad [0 .tport

a death of a mem~r , but especially when it's an

a~tivc membu w ho has been cheated in life by nOI

bemg IIble to tnlOY any of the Jc,ucml'nl YC:1II5 we

aU work fo r and hope to CnJoy. adl w ill be mIssed

by all of us as he was II good mechamc, and [ never

met anyone who dIdn't conSIder hIm II fnend

OUf deemc,. ordmancc he re In SIOUX CIty, the

Board 01 Eumincr5and their lun have come under

fire by OUI non-Union comJ\C'llUon. h', lromc Ihat

In thiS local union, to due, 1111 01 our pro blems arc

commg from lormel IBEW members With the

advent of OUt slow economy, we had thl! handful

of weak members who wue looking fo r Ihe nsy

wayOUI and Ihe qUick buck I »y " wnk" member$

as Ihey we re the ones who rnely attended union

meetings, never lin fOI an office or volunteered

for a commmee, They look whatevel Ihe system

had to olfer, bOI neve. con m boted aOYlhlng, TheIr

acno", make II most dIfficult 10' Ihe rut of U5 In

the electncal mdustry who have fought for what

we have and would b ke to sce our standard 01

linllg tmproved m the yurs to come By uymg 10

double and tuple the number of electrical contractor!

without mcreanng the aVlllable wo rk. com-

J'lC'lIl1on w,ll dnve Ihe .ate down 10 what was p"d

in the 1940, and 50,. T hese are the same type 01

members who weren't happy WIth the ncgollated

senlcments because they weren 't high enough and

werc always grumbhng about everything m gene.a)

After the plumbers hemg on Slnke fOT Ihe Lasl

II months, it's aheady happemng to their industry.

Thelf one·mln shops arc now apprlnchmg 30, and

I've heard 01 cuu whe. e Ihey' rc losmg lobs to

each other at $5,00 an hour and Ius. JI we're really

the mOSI mtelhgent of the craft,. I hope we wake

up bdo.e II'S tOO la IC. One-man shops, which

continue in businus lor an extended period of

time, aTe defeating what we are trymg to aceomphsh

10 thIS lime 01 hIgh unemployment. We don'l

need IBEW contuetOlS; we need IBEW "employ

Ing" contraeto. s If we all SUrt pulhng mlhe lame

di rcction instud 01 trying to self·destruct, we

mighl be around lor the list century

This IS election yeu lor the p.esldent 01 our

country and many 01 OU r local unton$ A ,oad

voter turnout I~ the $Iarl of plrtlCIPltIng 10 our

SYSlem, whIch l et~ thost who ale candIdates know

you ate interested and clle about shapmg Ind

prolectlng your fu tore.

GAilY GIUEH, PS

Local Registers Voters,

Discusses "Striking"

L.U. 245 (o, u,Bovt$.rtb), TOLEDO, OHIO_VOter

reglstullon has been one of the focal pomts m the

last seve .. ! months. QU r COPE Committee and

some aClIve members, depulY reglstran, have ex·

J'lC'dlled the dnve As 01 Milch ]1, ]984, OhIO'S

new, mai]-m Votet Icglsl/alton should be a poslove

aClion 101 all OhIOans wllhng II) .egI5Ie. Fou.

mOle yean of ReaganomlC! WIll he dCVlstnmg to

the Amencan worker.

March 3] marked 245', Annual Stewards and

Officers SemInar. Labor lawyers and a ledcral medlllor

we re leatmed speakers. The luue of IlIIke

was the '"P' C discussed, mcludmg pICket hne duty

It wu n Oled that the beSI strike IS the onc that

doesn't OCCUI, when the membershIp IS satisfied

w" h Ihe proposals No lob action hal to be taken.

The present l,bor ellmatc ha rdlydlclalu Ihe afo. e·

menlloned, whICh necessitates our ptCSentlllon.

Mock picket !tnes we te assembled as well as

ca plains 10 review aCllon on strtke hnes The four ·

hour bnefing was followed by • luncheon.

)'10'1 ROUlITS, PS.

Service Awards

Pausing 10. a mOlll enl alter rtcei"ing 2S-yu, serv_

iet awuds I I I recent Loul 146, Sleuben,·ille.

Ohio, Dinner-Danef are Rrothcn " Bulch" ,'l1 c

Elhanty, Idt, and Don Cronll. 'l:ot piclulfd lie

Brotheu Ku Lantz aD d Bill Skttns_

Tht Local 246 l O- ycu ·Jtrviee·award w innfl ~ in·

clude Buuhers Bill Durbin, left , and loe lI.ger.

NOt piclun d il Blothel Dick Funck hauscl.{Phot05

submitted by Bob l. E n~e ll , pr es~ secretary.)

Locals Struggle

With Late Winter Storm

loU. 249(u), GENE VA, N. Y.-On Wcdnesday, March

29, Wt received a laIC wmtel snowstorm Of an

early spnng one AI any ,ate It dlopped OVCI a foot

of Wet heavy snow on ou r arca In the local 249

alta, we dldn'l hive tOO much lIouble However,

local I] II 10 Elmlla, one of ou. brOlhel locals,

had many problem! There wu over th. ee feCI of

snow on the Inri dropJ'lC'd by the storm Mlny of

the othu locals 01 Syslem CounCil u- 7 sent crews

to ElmHa to aUISt wllh the $101m reSIOUllon

Auburn SCnt SIX mcn' chlcf hneman Ken Smuh,

Paul Granato, Ran "Birthday Bay" Pucoek and

fi rsl-c]an linemen T R Goodellc, Roger Tumbef

and Nell Vanllcw. Geneva and Newllk hnemen

we.t chId lmeman Norm Lee and first·class

hneman Ted Youngs Newark chief was Charhe

Tomaln and Jobn " Ha'l'PO" Evangelist!!,

Wllh thc eXlfa crew! the malOIllY of the problems

the Slo.m "used we.e cluned up and moS!

everyone's power was back an by lue Friday mght

We can all be thankful thaI II finally qUIl snowmg

and II wa.med up some to allevllle problems. l eI'S

hope thaI is all the snow ..... e get unlll December

I'm sorry I don't have very much new mforma

\lon to fepOIl on OUI re'OfgamZi\lOn of OUI local

unIOns ThiS IS a bIg undertaking. and the plesent

System CounCIl mem~1S are pumng much lime

and h.ud wo.k IntO Ih>~ . When you do sce nOIlRcallon

01 this SJ'IC'Clal meellng. to explam thl! new

concept and .e-organlzallon, make sUle you attend

as It WI!] he an eXltcmely ImpOrtant mceltng You

WIll ~ gIven much advance nouce of II, so let',

not hear any ncuses why you ~ n ' l make the

meeting Bcheve me, they h,,'c all been used

~fo.e, and most alcn 'l really 100 vahdl

Along these . ame hnes I lU51 Want to say II

doesn't take tan much 10 ruhle thaI wllh Ronn ie

Reagan 10 office the pUt Ihree yeu s, o.,.nlzed

l.bor has been hiS prime "whlppmg boy," and We

have had a very hud row to hoe So It 15 lime we

all stalled woklng up and ge umg mvolved 10

UntOnlSm agam beforc It IS tOO laIC Remember,

the unIon IJ only as strong as liS members because

you lie the uOlonl

The Loeo] 249 union OIeeling IS Ihe fourth Thu. ,

day of every month at the Amencan l egIOn .n

Geneva, 800 p.m. sba.p! Be there>

T It Cooouu, V P./P,S

Record Breakers

Ont of tht , eeo.d-settin, working ItanlS al Elutric

BOl t thaI ,howed Iht wOlld thl there is "ill pride

and ~ kil1 in the Ame.ica n craluman. Left 10 righ I,

back lOW, lie Le nny Ziolkowski, Tony Stu'g;s,

SItVC Doylci front row, left to rig hl,a. e len Tanley,

Rick Sanzi, Doug Howard ,nd ICily Weu, m ~ m belJ

of llxa1 16], GrOton, Conn_

Local Members Show

Great Skill , Pride

L U. 261 (mar,mo&'ct), GROTON, CONN.-In thiS

everyday workm,!! world, c r aft~ p eople arC pomted

at and critiCized wtlh d~l m 5 made by some that

tod.y's working people are nOI perfolmmg Ihtll

skIlls at the levels e~pccted of Ihem 11'5 hard to

belIeve Ihey are talkmg about the Amencan crainman

In the last tWO years, our members have

receIVed congratulations from Bustncu Managel

Arnold Pmk$lon and management people at the

Eleclllc Boal for outstandtllg performances m submarine

conSlfUCllon The fir" 01 these ~w a fd ·

wmntng tum elfons went to a group 01 outSIde

cleelllClans that tesled and loaded 126 two-volt

battefies mto a nudear submanne Each 01 the

batlenes weIghed 2,600 pounds and bad 10 be

placed m a tallm made ballcry compartment. Thl8

ope' atlon was done m lecoTd·bru kmg lime and

needed a high level 01 skI ll 10 petform ThIS record

has been challenged but never broken

The second and mosl recent of the ''''ards went

to anOlhe. group of OUISIde cleCIIIClanS who, wllh

some well ·CJ(ec uted learn work, set a new record

for the tn5lallallOn 01 cellam wlleway hangclS

abolfd one 01 our neweSI Tlldent submarines.

Aboard a TIldent subma.ine srace IS always a

luxury and mIles and miles 01 elecmcal, electromc

and special·purpose cables mun be mstalled '"

sJ'lC'CI.lly made cable hangers to operate the so·

phtJllcated eqUIpment so neeenary 10 the lunCllon

01 loday'a modern nucleI! submallne The award·

wmmng wOlkmg team conSisted of Lenny Z,ol·

kowskl, Tony Sturgis, SIeve Doyle, len Tansey,

R>ck Sanzi, Doug Howard and lerry Wesl ThIS

group of outsIde e)ectnClan$ combmed Ihell s kIlls

and talent and mstalled 474 Wll eWay cable bangers

in one eight·hour shift usmg the electrical a.c slud

weld'"g method ThIS mme Ihan doubled the old

record of 172 Thl' record wtll be part 01 Loul161

and Electric Boat h'5Iory fo. a long IImc COllgrat ·

ulallons to thIS wo.kmg team agam 101 Showm8

the wo rl d that thcre IS stIll pndc and 5hllm Ihe

Amencan craftsman

B.ll Bode, Max Ranhel and PCle lamu )Olned the

ranks 01 the Tellled In March, 1984 The olflce!!

and members .....'sh them a long and healthy reo

tHemen!. ;t

The nut generauon of nuclear·powcred attack en

5ubmallncs WIll be called the "SSN-l1 Class." The

firsl SSN-21 Class submallne would enter Ihe neet W

In 1995 5

A Ipeetal thanks to lean Ruudl, Elccme Boat'S ...,

IOPI CS td1\or, 10. g.antmll my PICIUIC requcu

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Members

Shop S I~w~ld Tony Corsinl and Gent ral Fort man

Jack wumt ra of Loc31262, Plainfield, N. J., discuss

the mo~in& and handlins 01 compute r equipment.

luly I. 1984. The SIO mllhon deemca! contract

wu awarded to Mus Electrlc Company from Rus·

ton, Musachusctu, on 100ni VentUrC wllh the Nordling

()(:an Elecuie Company of Summit, New

Jersey

Jersey Central Power nd light 1$ supplYIng t ..... o

15 K V f~ .. ders. The buildw/: IS clecuieally selfcontamed

wllh emergency powel supplied by two

3200 K.W Ulrbmc5 U IS K. V. The 120,OOO-squarc-

1001 data tenter has a raI sed computer floo r uea

of IWO acre". T he ckctncal WOIk 15 bc:mg compitIed

HI thrtt phases. The fiul phase was completed

In ome weeks and consisted of the rnam

compute. 1100' I ,ra, enyltonm~ ntal systems and

clecmul systems, all of whIch are operatlonal.

Work on the second ph a~e (the completed bUlldmg)

15 prescnlly under way The third phase, the UI'S,

WIU come on hne luly I, 1984 TOlal manpower

pc~ked al 9Q men with tWO shlhs. Supc,,·islOn IS

being efficlcmly handled by field Prolcct Super·

Intl'ndem Nicholas Cocn frnm l ocal IOJ, BoslOn,

Ma uachu~ctls, and General Foreman lack laca·

men from Local 262.

At-rnfONY CoII.SlNI, I~ ., l'S.

Members Receive Awards;

Twelve New Members Join

L U. 266 (u), PHOENIX, ARIZ.- Ou. !oca! I~ proud

to .cporl that tWO 01 our members havc received

CUStOme r Service Awards from the Salt River

PrnleCt. Wanda Waldo ltom the NO rlhwest 8usiness

Office was named Cunomer ServIce Cll'rk of

th~ 'l!l~ rt cr. Wanda recclved a certlflcate hononng

her accomplishment as well as a $SO.OO savings

bond Wanda IS not only a tremendous U5el to the

Northwest Offi ce, but ,he also serves Local 266 as

our very ca pablc recordmg secretary. Shllley Spor·

rer wu selected the CUStomer Service Clerk olthe

Year. Shilley IS from the Mesa Business Olfice and

receIved a rolMllIe, a 5100 saVIORS bond, and dinner

for two at her favori le .eSlaurant. In addition to

being chosen for that mosl presllglous award,

Shi rl ey re ceived the " Money Bag" award lor the

most accurate cash balanCing. The Customer Servo

ICes Department places a great deal 01 Impollallce

nn ex pen, yel congenial, customCI relations. Each

cUSlom~. Jervice Aff"nI is tethnically the "Salt

Rlvel P,Olett" 10 Ihe I'yes 01 OU r customeu Bolh

Wanda and Sh illey have ploven themselves to be

model examples 01 Ihe type of agent that projects

a pomlve Image of the Salt RIver PrOlect to the

service community. The PIOject conllnually smVe!

to malOlain 11 respectful code 01 conduct-lrom

Ihe 'OUline dally arl'VIIlCS \0 the aC lions Ihat may

become the oblecl of public anenllon It 15 Wllh

Ihu th ought that lotal 266 15 utremcly proud of

Ihese lad,es SlOce they !epreStnl the quality of our

unton membership!

OU I aSSIstant bUSi ness manage", Danny Me·

KlOn ey and Terry MI1\ CI, attended the Industrial

Rebllons Researrh .... sSOClauon yearly conference.

"AmNlea Works When .... mellca Works," held from

February S Ihrough February 8. Delegates Irom

bolh management and labor toralled about 650 and

rep,u

Ihould CMHOI .11 polmca! officn Tht fWeD!,

Jllle, counl)' and CII)' polmca! officn COnt IO! all

OUI Ilvu by Ihe .alu we ray 10 dcclnclty. Pl.

lood. dOlhln&, etc , Ltt U$III wOlk togelhel 10 gel

iflendl 01 labor In office to p' Otcet our ,obs, homes

and OUI ve.y lives

We a.e hippy to announCe IWo ItCenl blllh!

BrOlher And.e ..· M'Slle and hl~ Wife Deborah h ~d

a baby boy bo.n nn rohrch II. 19114, B.nlh ~ 1 B,uce

Blclland and hl~ Wife DOI!)!h), had ~ b~by b"v.

N~lhan I'~ul . bolO on March 21 . 1984 Congrltu

lauonl.nd beSt w.shu 10 bolh of the~e bmll,cb

Now on a nd note, we report Ihede.thol Brolhc.

Kenneth r Gddakn Brothe. Ken nelh died on

March 1.1 He WU lOlUIIW mloou.local 10 August,

• 19,,1 and .elUed ApllI I , 1981 Our condolences

&0 to hl~ fam.ly

BrOther5, we hue une uf the malor contnhutolJ

to the con'!Cr~~Il~e Hcru"'g" foundation the NalIonal

" R.ght co WO lk" Ilur lcs~ 1 Commlll""'. the

Mounlam St~ICJ L..,;.:rl Foundation Ifrom wh e.e we

gOt lames Wattl and Phylhs Schlally's aRll EMA

Eagle Fo.um fh" cumpany's nam" IS Adolph

Coo. s, which makes Ihe scab bi:e n called Cours,

Coou L.ghl, ilelman Joseph's 1868 and George

Kllhan's IIl)h Red Ale The Coo. s lI.ewery has

been on the ArL CIO Execul1v" Council's ulluul

bo)'cutt list SIIlce APIlI, 1977 Picas

36

be"n We will contmue [0110 ahead [t hal come

down to. delayed pu,h by labofj If we ever pUI.

I.fllel on.n issue, thIS 1$ [he ume. We hne many

people on our sIde Many bo:oheve we should hive

• fll, nandard of Ilvl~ nOl liken away

Recemly the counlY commlUloners met, and

Ihe prev.ilinC wace was the luue Due 10 lOme of

the commISSIon bemg absent It Ihe IImc 01 the

meetin" the remllntng commissioner, t.bled Ihe

mouon 10 appe.1 to a I.ICI dlle The commISSIOn

ch.mbel wu filled 10 capacity WIth Loc.l 349

members and other t!llde ~ Our ludeu wele there

to rcprestnt us, md udmg 8ulmcJS Managel Art

fernandez, Plesldenl Mart y Chew, AUluants 8 11

Riley, ROel SImpson and MIke 8eU, and AI Clynn,

fin.ncial secretary Kenny Weill, preSIdent 01 the

bulldmll n.dn, lind the KJut Ed Steventon, Judel

of the AfL·CIO m South Flonda wue thelc 1I1so,

To Illy Ihe leul, II WIS IIlledl but I would like 10

tee the 8rothers overflow InIO the Illeen 10 Ihow

this com minIOn we lIe Stf(1011 We meln bU.lnul

10 Cet the prev"hng wlIlle back 1010 the COUnty

We lie looklnll forward for the .ppcalto comr up

.galn loon. Our mayor and the commiuionetl

wililhen h.ve to lIive the prev'lling w.ge .tronll

con.ider.tion for III working people,

8rothers, let 1,1$ b.ck the florid. AfL-CIO, b.ck

up you r local, .ttend your unton meetings, thIS IS

Important to make Local 349.tronger Mond.le il

labor'. min, this II the time when we e.n ellcrClte

oUl llren,lth Let'l sbow Ihem how IIIOng we can

&l:t We can help put Mondale in II our next

pruident CO OUI Ind vOle.

Unul next monlh, may God proteCI ~nd be wuh

you and your famIly

CHAIlUS E " BoBn" ELLIQTT, V P · P.S

Officers

Pieturd II 8rother Larry Roach, presldenl of Local

]51, La nl lng, Mich.

!telt I. 810ther Mill G. Zemer, bUl inell m. nager

of Loe.1 ] S2.

Officers Spotlighted;

Local Helps Community

L U. ]:.2 (II ), LANSING , MIC!t.- Mecl P'Uldent

Lar!}' Ro.ach and 8uslness Mlnager Mill C Zemer

of Loc.1 3S1, 18EW In answer to • qucstlonnlllre

I h.ve developed for union officers, 80ard membcrs

Ind IIId,Vldu.1 members, 8rotber. Rouh Ind Zc

mer gave me the lollowmg Informanon Prelldent

Ro.ach, ale J6, was born In Lanlms. MichIgan, and

attended Lanamg E-utern HI&h School and Lansln&

Community College, He has worked for Ihe 801rd

of Wa ter Ind L.&ht for 18 yurs and has been a

member ul the unton for 16 yea ts. A lourneyman

hneman worklllg OUt of the Construction ServIces

Centrr at I UO South PennsylvanIa Avenue, Lan

lIn" h •• hohbin IIC bowlln,l and skiIng and he

sen ed on the Safety Commlttcc pliO! 10 bellll

dected r .esldent H .~ concernl !'Crtamlnll 10 the

unIOn movement ~'e the lack of cnncernlintercst

of UntOn OIembcn 10 &et lnvolved m LID-IOn busmas

(Loc.1 3S21 and the m~ ny compantes who arc IfYI~

to bre.k L1nlOns He tecently mlllled Clthy Sin •

dmOl, r«Old,n& se

served and lhe ofl1cel5 fur the ynl we re ticcld

0001 pilUS .... ~re ~IVCil 10 erc"e mtelnt dunn~

the meelln,and to Ihedell,f(hl of the lucky .... mneu

DancIng 10 lIve music followcd umd midnight

We Wish 10 conl.uulale Ihe elected officen and

Ihe office manale., hll lee Cox, and h,s Ible stall

lor anolhel good Credit Unton yur ;tnd anothel

Sne rany

Our regul" P,OVO Unit Mcellng and SlIg Puty

was hdd In February The pallY 15 an annual.ffall

The bUlmen mel'''", was ,hon, but the rany

IIscif and Ihe .00ull~,"1\ take a lot longer A

dellclOu~ buffet dmner was selved 10 Ihe deli&ht

and enlOymenl of evelyone The funned lumbo

. shllmp seem to I\et bo:ttcr each yeu and the members

who attend IUlcly cilloy them I have bo:en

trYlnll 10 "UCI/be the ~ood food Rived 1/ thll

P,ovu 5lKiai fU I .cveTaI years now, bUI benellllll,

you membe., thaI have ne"er a"e",led should

come nell' YUI and be the ludIC ConK ratulatlonS

10 the commilict fnr anolher fun r~"y

Tml'iM A Bl1~l ... ftARIt, P S,

Local Adopts New

Residential Agreement

L.U. J571i,0&'cllAS VEG AS. NEV. At a )reclal

mccl/ng the mrmm,rshlp vO/ed /0 adupt a ' esldcn

lial agreemenl The VOle WIS lJ2for andJI ag.unll,

Ihls comn to a tO/al of 263 VOlct CUI ThiS IS

arr",xlmalcly 25 percenl of Ihc Conlilrucllon Unit,

which seeml like a velY pool _how'"l1 for such an

Important Inue, Thc member~hlp had lurneddown

two prevlou~ res.denllal agreements It looks hke

Ihey have begun 10 ~e the h,hl, thai we Ire be.n,

u'en ,live hy Ihe non unton IaClor The name of

the game .s 10 com~tc with Ihe non un",n work

force ThiS hu been a lIeSi m the n&ht dllt

w

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phySIc' Jt nerythlng i. approved, the wOlk will

stan In the late '80s with completion scheduled

10 1990 n I con of $1 to S5 billton. At present

DeKalblS In eompt'tHlon wllh areu In euher Texas

or Utah.

Thr newly formed PoiLucll Action Committee

(PAq hu started .Iund d",·c to suppon candidates

for labo. The Idea we have IS 10 have every member

donJle one hour of pay per yeal The response hn

been uemendous wtth mo,e than ISO memlX'n

joining the fi rst week Thanh to Larry Klelgaard

lot Ihe wO lk he hu pUI ,nto this In making it I

5urr,~ ~ .

Locil 364 IS In the proceu of ehangm~ the local

pension fund . Hopefully we WIll be able to cover

members from difluent 1~15 so Ihey would be

able 10 lecelVe cvuythmg Ihey pot mlO the fund

Recip,ocal agreement ;s the InSWc t 101 all locals

but unul that happt'n" lei'S all try tn make some

"""uv, ehanges to help oor tnvthns Brothe,s

Rememhcr to talk positively about union l.bo.

and uninn jobs because you lUSt don 't know who

may be hstcnm,.

TOM KINI>RlI), P ,S

Union Members Join

Electrical Clearing House

L U. J69 (l,o,u,em,rlb,rll,es3tfpa), LOUISVILLE,

I\Y._ The Electrical Clearing House 01 LOUisville

,$ an or,an,:/:alion whose litated purpose is to

promole the professIonal ImprOVeml'nt of ItS memo

bers, 10 cncoura/:e fellowsh,p between COntraCtors,

dlstnbutors, utillty companies, inspection depan·

mentl, etc., 10 promOle edocatlon nf LIS members

and to promotC leg,slallon for safety l!I the usc

and dis1flbul1on of electricily. The moulhly meel·

lOgs I .e generally een leled on. presentalion grven

by I factory representalive about hll produci. Re

cent lopk. h n~ included p!entm cables and Aber

OP" ' ''', troubleshooung bigh·intensity d,scharge

hghlin, and a very .nfo.mauve ,eport on ehangCl

m the 1984 Natlond Eleclnca! Code ,Iven by Dan

Strube of Ihe Sine Fire Marsh.l's OIHce.

In the pUt Ih'5 forum hu been used as a trammg

ground for nou-union electnctans and W", spanc]y

~ lI tnded by union members. Throu,llh the eflorts

of the ofHcers of Local 3611, nVCr ] 20 un,on memo

bers now belong 10 thIS urgaOlullon and I\lend.

ance ,s way up ]n February the dection 01 o/Hcen

was held and Ihree union members won key posu.

Augre Schoenbaehler, Hayef Electric, pru.dent,

Ed HIldreth, v.ce presidentl Ken Rice. sergeant"

3rm. Thue m~mbers will be assctS 10 this orga·

mUllon. There II valuab]e "amm,ava,lab]e herc

lor I modesl Ice. Local members ale encouraged

to cheek With thc hall for dellils on membership.

Perhaps as good union members we can alsn en·

hghtcn $Orne of the olhen .n auendance as well

There arc still (joue a few of our consuuclion

memben working nut of town. Unemployment

here IS near 30 percent and thele IS no bllt ,ob m

SIght Ihal will allev'ate thissiloatron The solul1on

is to , egain Ihe Walk thn has been lost to the non·

unIon (On"actoll. Reuntly Ibe local chapter of

NECA sem cards to the members of Local 369

urging Ihem to ·'Get Involved- 'flend your unIon

m~Iing5" Thai" gond dVlce. It IS I1me to take

aClion nn Our problems

Sec you at Ihc mecllngs.

GR.Ee'6 dde!:"ion con"~"Jlg of Merlc Gile,

bUSlnCSS manager/ finane.al.eerelary; B,lly BUllon,

h" quahfled wtldel, Nevada Powel Company, VIC·

toril Hams, senior cle, k, Ne\'ldal'nwer Company,

Ind Ira Patnck, journeyman hneman, Nevada Pnwer

Company, recently ,clurned Irom NashVille, Tennnset,

after attendong Ihe IBEW 26th Annual

Rcgronll Uuhty Confer~nce. Oc!cv.IC& reJ>O rl ed

that the UnltlY Conference was held in COnlunC·

lion wilh IntelOotional Vlee Prcsldenlial D.suicu

Twn, NIne, and Twelve, and was well organo:ed

wllh very enh,hlening and mlormillve wOlkshops.

MedIcal coSl conl3l!1mC!ll5. calelena benefil

plans, abuse and stress in the work pilce, labor

and Ihe 1984 elections, plus an updat( vf , e(.enl

lellai dcvdopmen\5 thn alieci olliity Inc al un,onS

by Rob Macdonald, Ol r ~cto., Utility Department,

were among the many SUbleC\5 coveled thlOUghOUI

the conference wotkshop5

The Las Vegas delegnion would hkc 10 lake thiS

opponUfllty 10 Ihank the Internallonal Vice Pres·

Idenl$, alon, wllh Ullhly Department D"~L t o r

Bob Macdonald, for conductln, and dcsigning a

conference thaI will Im prove the posi lion 01 unions

In the utilily IIIdustry.

Wilh election yur at hand, be aCllVC ,n the

po1ilIcal process and ta kc a lLllle tl1 \1a t>me to be

proud of you. UOLon,

MrRLl CIll, B.MJ f .S.

Sign

ElECfRlCITY

We Delivet:n

24-Service.U

This Ilgn tells it like it Is! (Photo submiltt d by

Local 19H. Charl eston, S.C.)

Local Welcomes Its

Newest Members

LU. J98 (u), CII ARLESTON, S.C.- Fiut I would

like 10 welcome our newest members into lhe Incal

union Ind Brothe,hood-I.L. Wright, I.A. Horley,

limn Smllh, B.S. Bad,ell, K. R. Marlin, W R. Par

kcr, Paul Fruie" W.A. Stewan, A. T , Rodden, E T

Spnru, G.O. Bowen and R.E. Slmerly.

The CharlCSIOli Apnl meeILn8 dool pn le was

won by 10hfL Vlck. John .. a lourneyman hneman

II the Mount Pleasenl Electric OpellllOnt. The

CharlC5ton Ap ril meCtin, waunended by B,others

hom the followi", wOlk alell Hollywood, Ha·

good, Garage, Sob·Sullon. Stores. th,h LlOe, MI.

Pleasenl and Ashley Phosphale. The ran k .nd Ak

now has receIved Ihe new COntract books. Please

remember Ihu \•• three·year boo k, so (tid it,

know It, Slick by It, and keep II In I u fe pllce.

Aho remember SlOp Ihe free·riders Ind scabs.

SIgn Ihem upl

Who's the union I You II~, get IIIvolved. don't

be a dummy. Anend yom untOn mecungs, look

for the umon lahel. and buy umon products and

services as you wOllld h~ve umon wallU paId UnlO

, 0 0

What I rcally w,lIIed 10 report on hasn 't hip·

pened y~I, and mOSI hktly won ·1 take place due

tn. Bcs. nnt uy anymore Some people can'l

"'In hut for," long. Thele .sn'I IOO much to leport

on thIS month, so I 'll close fnr now

f L §Mlnt, TREA§ IPS

Dance

Commhlee C hairm ~ " Ptlt M,ycf

400, A, bur), Park, N.J., left nnltl, a Dd relind

member Lou IIlIvey, right, and others en joying

Local 400'5 dinner-dance.

Blood Drive

Brothel Don11d Eallwood dnnaling blood It Local

400', ' t eenl blood dri'·e.

Service Pins Awarded ;

Brother Maxwell Retires

L U. 400 (1,03tcw), ASBURY PARK, N.I.-OUllocal

held 115 AnnOll Omner·O.nce rn February I t Chlls·

lie's Rest.urant III Ocean Townsh,p. A vanelY of

deliCIOUS hor5 d'ntuvrt s, an opt'n bar. full·course

dInner and musIc fOI d.ncln, wcre enioyed by

those who a\lended. Years·of·service pms we,e

grven OUt In members with a mmimum of five

yelr~ .n the local.nd lor eleh IddIllonal Hwe year,

of s.crvtCe. SpeeLlI recognillon waS grven 10 Brother

William Dc Rosa who reee,ved his 6O·year pili and

10 Brnther Loo Harvey, h.s 55·yca. pin. An added

tooch wu the prcsentallon of g,flS by BuslIIc.ss

Man.ger 'ames C rallon to thc offlee staff in ap·

preClIuon of the fine lob they do.

(1)l Annual Blood DTI~e wa, abo held III Feb·

ruary . The dnve thIS yeat d,d not meet the expee·

IJuons of the Committee as at timn there seemed

to be more techniCian, and volunleers than blood

dnnors. The Blood Olive I, one of the most 1m·

portant funclion, held by Ihe local. II allows us 10

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luv~ the av •• lab.l"y of blood for OIl1selv~s nil (lu r

famll.u in lime, of need and .Iso the grau/YIIII

knowledge thai the lurphu wIll be used fOT IhOH

less fOllunue. There .5 nO .oom lor Ipathy In Ihl5

program Donaung should be eon1.d .. red a pnVlleged

obhgauon by all IhOli~ ..... ho are med.cally

able 10 110 so

At a I~cem meelln&, Cen.ge MuweJl, our w~ld

Lng school Instructor of seven yeus, announced

h., re",emrnl anll wu presenrcd .....,,11. p laqu~ by

Pres.dent f.ank Van DUlcn Durmg the paSI seven

YUII Ceorge has turned OUt many But-cl.ss ,,'dd

ers who hne been a c.cd" to OUr local A plaque

wu Ibo r.esentd to B.other Ph,1 Heneman for

h,s wo.k In "mng up and be,mnm, Ihe oll,ll;mll

weldmJl school

Brother tbrohl Cross WIS p.es .. nted "'nh Ilold

wuch In recoJlnlllon of h.s .eeent .etu.. menl W~

woold like 10 w.,h Ha.old a healthy and hlrry

lutu,e

On a lid nOI~, we would hkc 10 up.en OUI

sympathy 10 Ihe famIly of B'Olh~r Ron Cahou.y

who passed away I~~ently Run was one "I 0'"

yoon,el members IOd w.ll be m.ssed

[n closlDg, let'. keep .n m.nd Ihat Ihe uadc

deficit 01 the Uoiled Slaiu is sull mcrea~IDJI , hIS

un only eonllnue 10 lead to 105tlob, Ind lDeom ..

It may take a little 10nJln 10 shop but. "huy

Amenun

Scribe Acknowledges

Political Participation

L.U. 405 (i,lp'& II b), CEDAR RAPID S, 10 W" _

Htte II hOJlin!: In /lnd all Our tuvclH'A B,olhelS

.nd SIUtts ule and well As fa. 15 wo.k, thele IS

nOlhin/: ]l:o.,d 10 '(poll

W~ do have some .elLlees 10 .ellOlI Ch~de, R

Swope .cll.ed Ma.ch I, 1984, was Initiated 111101

to Ihe board The board K.cen, ,II plOlt"m~ md

has onrut 10 !USI what c"mp.mel Ie' people 10.

on lh"'lob Iu.nonlt 101T ). If , cenaon ~omplny

applte! for reople 10 wOlk for" '00 .he orr, Ihe

employe. gets .e.mbursed LD lome cues op to SO

pe.eent 01 the person's wage II Ihe company has

• unum, the labo. pe.son on the bond hn to make

'UI~ thu they gel Ihe UntOn's hlessong ~Io.e the

company geu any p~ople

In the eon$truclLon bo"nus Ihe I,bo. pelson

musl Ite thai the non un",n "nt"ctO' dOUD I

gel any of these Ia,d,otl JICC>plc Our ,ood un.on

connaelo.s have a harll enoo/th lime eompelln,

..·"h the non·onlon conllaClor now; Ind .f he we.c

10 ,et some OIT ~oplc ~nd gCI Ic.mbLLrs~d (wLlh

001 tax money), our (onu.elms wouldn'l Sllnd a

chlDc~ blddLD, "OIk 'galnS! that kond of eompe

11110n

The ITPA p,o,l;l.ms Ire good JI.og.ams tf thcy

Ue .-un IIghl , and to be . un fight, the labo. pelsoll

On that h

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fam.lles. Ii anyonc Ihmks • membl:. n,y' ,cu~e

m h.s un.on lor r.(~uge or peno",1 pm, he .s

(r.:y Some h,.c I .... dly bl:cn Invol~ed 10 use Ihe

Union as I Slcrrm,ll: IlonC, but ,hey have bl:cn few

Molt meellnBs some of us I!lend you don', set

rresllge, you dont droJl names, you don't mike

money Every membl:r 01 the 1\,11;.1 (.411 help, we

deJlcnd 011111 of you Othel than the ofRcen, mon

of UI IrC on aJl~mlcd lObs, fUSI becaUK we Ire

hue The pay 18 bad, but , he benelhs many_

On the locil scene, I 1m .heady comJl lling .hc

nc .... lener for luoe. I eneoulage all of you 10 Knd

me .nylhinB you would like .u sec In 1.- .ec.pCl,

pOems, ,oyullng worthwhIle Thl. new.lctlu un

bI: I good link In our cham of communicalion

Le.', n y 10 mike n work I can'l ~IOml'IC IU usc

Ill. bu. SoC> bl I h"'en I lecel~ed much !>O .helt'J

plenlV 01 'race '0 fill

A, ,hl~ I""nl I would lIke 10 think ,he Ann'¥cl

ury Comm.nn mcmbl:u lor III the ",olk they

dill Thcy ga~e I'lenty of lime, lalel1l, and dl ..." .0

makt ,he celcb.luon • • ulny Mike WtJsh. Vera

Ilunell, RICk Schubl:rt. Gelry So",elh, Bob Hanley.

Ed SchullZ and Bill Young d,,1 a fine lnb Thanks

fOI helping Ihe local

In dOLling. buy UnHm, huy Amuican, and 8I~t

us VOUI SIlPI'OIt

Ihal a comrany may rdocale frum a unIon IU a

non·unlon pl.nl cvtn while. conl" CI wllh a unIon

15 ID fo rcc-.f Ihe comr ,ny has .. usfled 'ny ohh·

lalion it has 10 harl'1D .boul lhe ded'!on Such a

move would h.ve been h.arred only If Ihe union

had s~c l flc contflcluallangu.ge r rohlhlllng man·

agemenl hom unilalcrally makmll the dccision 10

movc Now, the Suprcmc COUll wllh lIS bank·

ruptcy rulin, Ih.ellens col1ecllve ba'lamm, In

Ihe un.DlmOUJ deCision, the COUll ruled Ihal a

h.ankruplCy coun m.y free • company hom 115

UniOn (OnllaCtS w"houl rcqulII", proof Ih.t Ihe

COnl rae!! Ihreaten Ihe company" survival. The

comrany mU~1 SImply show lhll Ihe Contrac" lie

• financl.l "burden " Thele IS no .ellon to ne,o'

IIl1e Wllh the UDlon when Ihe company un un,·

laleully Implemenl changes liter flhng for bank·

ruplCY, Now lei'S lalk about i" cOme lUes 00 you

fcah~e that the mllomy of Ihe l,,&c eorJlOralions

pay hltle, and mosl pay no, Incnme In but recelvc

large refunds from the 111.51 ThiS IS due 10 Ihelr

,blIIlY 10 use tn Ihdlu, Ind 10000holu Thll IS

unfal! to the wOlklng ~nple of Ihe Urulcd States

wh o carry the bUIIlen of the Inc(lme IU syslem

We need a work,.,g min'. pru,denl, and Walter

Mandate IS II

Vale for Ihe cand,d~IU endnn(d by YOUI local,

Ihey ne Ihoroughly IUCllChed by you. Pohuca[

Educallon Commlllee.Jf Y(lU hne any qUC5tinns,

nur new PEC ch.i,man il MIke Fishel

tklNAU) l ADAMS, pS

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Family Outing

Shown hUf, Idl 10 ri&hl, . rr Gu.ld Johnw n,

uelSllrer, holdinl d.LI, htrl Mr lody, Annond Souu)

and 811ddy C.,ba, ,rfo.din, 5ft.CII' y,.t the 1'84

famil y OUlin"

Scribe Reports On

. Leadership Training Program

L V. S08 Ha n), SAVANNAII, GA.-Buslln, the

bUIlding Ifades .s lu51 r.ft I'll the bIg bU5lntJs

attack on work,n, Amelleans Throul,h the 8u!1

ness Roundllbk Amellca'. top corporate cucu'

lives du(cted the hlllh JIOwe.ed 10bbYlnl camp",n

thll defuled ubo. l aw Rdorm In 1978. They are

the ones whn h"e .nll·labol cunsulunts and law·

.. ye rs {O Ilnp worke" from JOlmn, unIOns The lamc

cnrpo •• le glanll thaI p,omote "lJ1Ifn·thop" can'

urucllon work push 101 Slate "1I,hl·tO-work" laws

and lie ag.lnS! cuJleelivr h.arllalnlng IIghlS for

public wo. kers. They close dnwn pl.nt. In unIon

10Wnl, mOVIn& the work ehtwh~ r e, lu dC_lioy

[nd u5l lLai unions

The labor mn~emen l .sn't Ihelt only talgel In

1977 the Husine" Roundtable beal [(II,.latton tn

... lei up • federll .gency 10 proleel eoruumell. In

1978 II successfully backed bIg las: CUll ' or the

l u ~ r Itch. ThiJ year, 11 ', lead!ng thc .\lack on

health and nfcty laws and trYlllg to kIll a hill

.1I0wlng consumers 10 ILle convLClcd p"ce ftxc .,

fo r dam.gu. Please suppon YOUI bUlldlll1l .nd

cnnSHuClion trdes and help us fight back

Duling the mnnth of Febluary, Intelll.llnn.1 V'ce

President Dan Waten conducted • lc.dcuh,p

Tlllnlll, Prnv.m In Bllm'ngham, Al.b.m., fn.

lepresenUIiYH from rhe Y'flOUS 1000ls oIlhe Flflh

D'SlnCI We were V,clously gleelcd by hU$1 loc.1

lJ6 of Bumlngh.m BUSlnus Mana,er MLllImn

.nd hll Slaff d.d .n execllent lOb ,., m.klng .11,.,

Illend.nce fecI .t home DUlln& Ihe thlce day.

Ihal followed, VICe Presuknl W,ICrS .nd hiS ,"ff

prcscnled • very IOformattve P'OVam, prnYldlnll

Intern.uon.1 Rep. esentatlves and loca[ umon .ep

resentallYU wllh mfOlmallOn on Ihe hlSiory and

IlruelLlle of the IHEW, thell dUIIC5 and le5I"II$I'

blhuu under Ihe Cnnnituunn, Ihe pohClu and

procedures nf Ihe Inleroallnn.[ Office and .fOme of

Ihe problems bCIn, oul umon loday m carrymg

OUI In neC(llsary attiVlUe5, I persnnally enjnyed

Ihe rlogum ~nd Iht orportunllY of meellnl Ihe

lepruent.IlVU on the local and Inlernallona[ [tY·

e[s Jnd lhe Invltatlnn 10 mect WIth Intcrnatlon.1

VIce P' (5,dCnl Waters .nd BLI'lnus M.nalle. Hi llY

8edcy. 1.o

w

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mOllal Award fOI outstandm~ ~pplcnllce wu p.e

~nted by Ralfth Moo.e 10 Keilh Butle. A fine

Ichluement by Kenh Also gradu.llnt; but unable

.0 .tlen'" ,,·e.e Sco.l\()ume, Robe .. Emhorn, Wayne

Hudy and Let Mc.nck Congtatullllons 10 .11

It',"'u.te, YOII tOO, lohn

Sec you a' the Coil Toumamentl

l"c K Tt TU~, l'.!l

Members Walk Picket Line ;

New Apprentices Sworn In

L.U. SS I 11.011(' 01 1, ~ ... NT A ROSA, CA L._Grcel

mgt. B.Olher, and S,sters. from dr)' .nd be,ull!ul

nonhem C.hlomu

The bustnelt manage., R CIa.ey. ~nd the office'li

of our loul would hke to thank Ihc followml

B.olhen 101 w.lkoo, the p,cket hne 10. ,he loc:l.I

umon O.n Bell. I.ek Buckhorn, ScOIl Gorhard.

Hal G.o,beck. W,lliam Johnson. Slc¥C lohll'>'l'"

Blld ,ones. Bob Key. Vance lo~c . RIch Mahe •• RIch

Mlytolfa .nd Tom Plepe-nbllnk These B.othelS arc

to be commended lot dOll"lng thcu tunc !O hcl~

.he localm thue tryIng times

AI thIS lime We want to welcome .ht follOWing

'rrlenllce5 who we.e sworn into the local IlI1Inn

n Ihe Union mee'"ll& In March I Bro ... n. 8 Cun

nm~Jum K lenntnl5. S Leshe. F Lowale •. /lot

McClean. L Mellen. I Na~aroff. V Whltehurn and

f Zielke lusl •• cmlnder to IhcH ne'" membe ..

Ihat they should .IIcnd the unIon meellngs anJ

,el InvolveJ In the local umon

At Ihlt IIme.l ... ould hke.o aJd.csllhe lI,olhe.

.. ho l(temly .... ote me de~rlboog h,mself IS •

.e~lslered Democ.at and IBEW mcmbe ••" whIle

10 Ihe ume pen· stroke decleelOg hl l dC~OI'on 10

Ronald Re~gan

You sty [ "Iound all ... el." Th.s ell he. means

Ihlt I Ilosh when [ write. or yoo bel,eve my

IhlOlllng II '·.U weI" II Ihe I."el I I the c.st. I

belone yours moSI have d.o ... ned some lime ago

You lear W.lt~ . MOlldale because you belong 10

a &rOUp of peorle ... ho "have more drive. highel

]05" and '"treale wulth .. You ,hlOk Ihal hc "

gOlOg lO " lake it a ... ay ..."h Ia"nus" Could II be

thl! l'part hom you. hlghe. 101 '1'011 I.t: able 10

"crUle Ih,' ..·t:l.lth because: of the deeeni unIon

w'lu you earn .... agt:s Ihat arc due 10 no ,mall

rart 10 Iht: po!tUC'lns and b",·m.ker. put 10 oillce

by AfLCIO hacklOg]

Pe rh.pl l am "all weI. " bUI] belle~e .hlt:l. man

should be .ble 10 folly support hIS ...,fe .nd I~mlly

wllh the ... agu he ea,ns from an honnt e,gh. hoon

wo.k. I dun't bcl,rvr. he should have '0 spen'" his

other w.king hou.s "s",vlllg to improve hIS wealth'

III Older 10 accomph~h Ih.,

I e.n'l help bUI wonder ... here the IlbOl mo~e·

mentlO ,h., coontry would be today II ou.lI.oth",.5

of yeu. pUI. ""ho risked rhys,cal .buse and ,n

CI.eCIUlon for 00' uke . ... ou1d have had YOUI

rhllOiophy

You .150 $Urpon Rugan on m01l1 g.ounds be

cause: fClry t"false prorhCI5 ,h.ll I1se', hl ... ell

soppo.u h.m Th,s ihould come 15 no lurpfLse. u

Rugan would be Ihe pelfecl Instrument of Fal

... cWs 20,h centu,y nuclear holy "'u agamn the

huthen commuOls" hlwdJ mUSt beltcve, as

Rcag.n does, Ihl1 II is beltro In apend muncy on

nudu. IIms Ihan soclIl r . o~.ams . 11m IUU I neW

Ch"'IIan. but I have p.oblems behcvlng thn nuk

109 'he Soviet tlderly, while Jelling ours starve to

dUlh, II' ,'cry Chruu:l.n IIOlullon 10 Ihe ploblcm

01 senIOr ClfLUIIS bulth CarC

It is doubdul I could evcr IWlY you. thinking.

but JW,h.p5 I m.ghl IUge51 ,h.t '1'01.1 leUlm.ne

youl patlllOIl IS a [)croOCIII•• umon membel .n'"

I Chrlsuan

In clOilng. lun remember 10 .epste., 10 VOle and

to IUpport you. loc.1 uOIon

ScOTT L GOTlI""I(). I'S

Dow H GonlA.RD, P S

NASA Researches

TVA Coal Plant

I." U. SS8 11,II.U.cat ",nb.n •. r m8L.p.). SII El'FIELD.

ALA.-C.eellngl. B,o.hers. Congr .. ulatH)n, 10

memben of our local who .. e.e IOvolved m Iht

construclLon and maontenance of TV ... ·s ~0~1,""·

IRC~lIon plallt bu,h on the TVA .e!>C'VlIIQn hele

NASA offiellis arc vls"'ng .he rlant 10 r~!>C.rth

the fea$lb,lny 01 bUl ldm& such a rlant at thc

Kennedy Space CeOle. at C.pe Canave r~l . flo!!d.

If hoilt NASA oll1clal, t,lIm.le Ihe plam could

u~c Ihe Sl'aCe ~&ency .bout SI mllhon p ~ . shunle

rh~1 10 fucl co,"s alone. and .hen surply decme,

lIy fOl .he lac,hlltl loclled .. the Kennedy Spa~e

CenlU. Wt h~ve always been ploud 01 members

lor bemg 'I'al' of Ihl' lechnologic.1 ad~ancement.

and we arc h~rpy to sec someone die be~mlllnl

It) &oCe the ,mportanCt of .uth a r.ol~rt

A .emmde. to .11 "hglblt members to gel 10

.. olvN With Ibe /ftuees group A 101 .s areOm

rhshed Ihrough thc tlfnlls of IhlS ~roup, and

everyone IOvol~ed has • • eally good lime You'll

be .ble 10 ~el .ucquamled ..."h members you

Ita~cn'l J('en ,n yUIS

rln, lie ""II b .. n~ r . e,ent~J at local umnn

meeting' to members w,lh l5 o. mo.e yurs of

se . vl~c. II you become ehglhle 10 rece,,'c one,

rlease come and le, us ,ha•• ,t wllh you Many

members hive ~ha . cd evenlllhl' happened in the

PUI 10 ,hclI workmg upellcncC'l. and we baH

1,(1)' cntoyed hurong them

Une final .cmlndcl hJ..,,,~ you to get m tooch

with me .f you have any,hmg you would hkt 10

have submmtd 10 the 'ouma!. ThIS I) your Imcle.

and ",'e want .t 10 be miolmillve as ""ell as

enlrrtamlOl Yoo un help mr 10 :l.ceomphsh .h,s

gUll by sendmg mformalton Ihal .. ould be of

,nte.eSI 10 OUr local UOlon mcmbcrs. such ..

.etl.emrnts. unosu.llOh$, elC Plus

SISttrs, we should h~ve been noufied hy the chai,·

man of the Jomt Benefit Trust Ih'l ou, D

..

Governor

Brorhtr B.uet Pop~ 01 Loul 640, PhorniJ, A.il.,

, .rrll Co v ~ .n o . Brutt Babbi u al Ih ~ Founh An·

nual ACBES Award, Ibn'lUrl.

Picnic

Ilelpin, out on Iht u ,,·in, Hn ~ al Ih r .tctnt lon l

plrnk ale Bloth~n Ernir C Uit irl. clm lI e " ~f h tf

and CafY "Animal" Fuller.

"always good, wholuome Ilm,l)' fun, new membtrs

•• e .I..·.y. welcome For all )'ou unemployed

membt .. of Ihe Bus Club, .cmembe.thllthc.e is

no ch.,ge for you who Wlnl to Iltend St.e you all

I I the ntX t dClby.

As of ,h,. date Ihue .re now less than 600

10urneymen Ind apprcoIIL". employed II the Palo

Verde Nudu, GeMlIllnl S"llon Wllh. 30·man

layoff laS! week, and more expected Ihis week, the

figules arc npldly gornl down Our in lown wOlk

IS lIi1l nOI pwgrcning hke we wcrc IOlIclpallng

Appareolly OUr conlllCIOII wlnt to Wilt unlll

negouallons 10 deCIde our final ble Lei', nOlII\'e

up; rememhel Ihal moS! loul~ .round Ihe country

are feeling Ihe lime prUIulu Lookoog II the

March ,ssue of Ihe Journlll, I $t:e whe.e Local S8,

Delloll, Mlch,,,,n, had I,CXlO membcn on liS boob.

1 would llso hke 10 .nfo. m Ihis membtrshlp Ihal

"'e .Iso hive the Loc.I640 Bible Commllltt avarlable

lor 111 those who ale inte.ested rn parlle'pal'

inl. ThiS ministry II ,vall.ble to meet I],,, sprnfual

needs of OUr local uOion membc .. Ind Ihell bm·

Ihes rn • vallety 01 w.ys. ASide from makrnl )·ou

aWare of its existence, Ihis Commitlee II plepared

to offer IUldance Ind pllyen to the I.mihes of

.eeently deceJ$ed membt ... It IS IImel Irke IhlS

when a \rule consolinl may be the key tn our

problems. If you led Ihlt you may need Ihe !re[p

of Ih,S Commillee, conllCI Brothcn lohn MeIer,

MIke Fone 01 Blad MoUman.

In conclUSIon, 1 would hke to exprns my CoD'

palulilions 10 the local union C.rdlt UOion

Brothers Russ lenson, lohn Slarkel and Ihell w,ves

were on hand II Ihe picnoe to hand out ,nformauon

10 thr members .nd (Indy 10 the kId, illSl for

showlDl , linlc interest ID th" Commrnu_ You

would bt ~urp . is~d wh., Ihey hive ,01 10 offer If

you Want to live money on C.I insurance or ev~n

life insurance, take lime to fllk 10 Ihe officers of

this olganizalion. [I has really come a long way.

Apparenrly for III IhoH membt" ,hal seem to

have 10110tten, the Slullng hme 01 ou, monthly

unIon meelln" i. 7:30 p m. every thud Monday

of th~ month. Unlll nUl moolh, 8c:oole and Owlghl

lod the rut of Ih., fine memMuhlp .uppol! you.

fUlure ! Buy Amelltan

R.o.v POU$r.Y, P S

oUlllrrl IIull. OUr $J1CClallhanks ,0 OUIIO Blorhel

Travl' Fulle. and hiS w~ll·lo r med l'ouP 01 hrlpeu,

on puttrn~ 00 onc morc very succudul pIcnic.

Thcy made thla an enloy.blc and memorable day

101 cvcryone.

Much 17 was a mOSI memoublc day for Brolher

Brucc Pope, anOlhe. fine membtr of Local 640

Brucc 100" pUI pndc ID btlnl': the cmccc .1 the

Founh Annual ACBES A .... ard Banquet .1 Ihc U·

dUJ"'c Hyall Rc,cne),. The Allzonl CouncIl of Company Reverses Itself

Blae." En,mttrs and Sc:ienllSIt IACBES) was urabli'hed

lor Ihe purpose of providm, a medIum for

After Grievance

the n e.h.n,e of mlormallon .mon, mlnofltre,ln L.U. 647 (u), LITTLE RO CK, ARK.- ln Ihe Septem·

technology Ind 10' Info.m,n, Ihe mmonty com' btr, 1982 ISsue of Ihe Journal. [ repolled thn

mum!)' of nI'I'0IlUDl\IC5 In the en,ioeelin, Ind A.blllato. Prcston Moore Iwarded Blother Grel

sCIence Aelds S,nec Brothel Pope'l goal In edu· Marshall hIS promollon 10 CICCllic,all'~ bdpcr at

calion I' 10 acqulle an cleclncal rnllneelln, de· the Lake Carhenne Steam Elecllic 5tallon Ab6,

,ree, he ddlnllcJy fit In U a tull mcmbtr of thlt al the ume lime, he ruled Ihar complellon of Ihe

dIJlln,ui. hed IrouP 01 individuals. Brucc wal,ble TIIC course (In 10· planl "udy coulse) beforc btlO,

10 add a Irul dul of 10'11 1011 chlun cven whrn ehg,ble 101 promotloo, WII outS,de Ihe lerms and

In!lnduCln1 d.stlngulshed IUnt speakers such as sc~ of rhe agreement He Idused, howeve., to

Covrmo. of Am:ona Bwce Babbitt, and krynote direel the company 10 .emove Ihe employee Ihey

spc.ke. Dr Lee B.owne, dIlCCIO. of Second.ry had hued from Ihe eleclIlC,.n helpe.'s pv.IIIOD

School RclallOos at the C.lilornl. Instllule 01 natlnl thaI '·such lelief docs not fall w)lh.n rhe

TechnololY In Pasadena, C.lllorDia Brothe. Pope authonty 01 the l,bIUltO. " The company then

,lYe honorable menllon 10 complDiu such IJ was faced wilh I decis,on on .... hal 10 do wllh Ihe

Motorola, GTE, 0"".1 and ITT Coune. fOI Ihrlf employee hi.ed .head of the 901119012 hrlpen

pall In recognIzing thiS greal talent that Ihis memo Should Ihey file hIm, demote him (placinl hLm II

btr.hlp hu to olle. the rommunhy. AmonI': Ihe Ihe lowcst seniority of Ihe 9011/9012 hel p ~u) 01

dmnrllutsrs represenllnl Local640wNe Busrnen allow hIm to rcmlln as an electrician's helpell

MaOlger DIc k Weiland and his lovely lUes", MI They look Ihe posh ion that they were not wrong

Ind Mn Dale Eutridgc Ind Mr Ind Mrs. Il.Iy to hlle him in the fllJl place, and although the

Polesky Thl.nk you, Bl\lce, 10' lOuooucrng us 10 .. blllalOr dllecrrd Ihem to promote Brothe. Ma r·

thl' flne 0'I,nI21110n

shall, they would also leave Mr AblOD (hlled 10

I onee .pm .... In! to remind Our mcmMllhip good lallh) in Ihe posItron wrth BrOlh .... Manhall

lbou, th~ ml.n)' BJ$s Tourn~mentl th~, IJke pbec IS 10 abtnalloo to .ceommodate the I lluallon II

Ihi' time 01 year Tllls b Ilw.ys an rOloy,ble nenl Mr Aislon ""~re 10 luvc the JOb, br would nOI bt

Ihl! Is app.eculed hy III who allend. Cuh II":CS replaced. Thll deCISion gave rISe to the grleunce

are 11 ..·.y. on hand for ,he wmners rn vaflOUI by .hr remarnlnl90II /90ll helpers, because, ,I a

evenu Blnlcllukc pb)'cd hoSi 10 Ihe latut derby JOb for loother electrlcran', helpe. dId tI.st, 1\

Iha, offcled a few fine trophlts to lOme of our should bt filled .ccordlOltO Ihe agreement. Theil

mosl seuoned Inglen Compeun~ 'p,nll a good grievance IdvaRced Ih rough Ihe complarnt prace·

rumout, Brother lerT)' Eastr. was able to take fl,n dure, WI! rescheduled once, and so much atlenuon

and second placc wah 1"-0 fine catches for \hc d,y. given to Arbltrnor Moole'. aWild at the heuinl

BIOIhe. Mike Ka.lyle ,,'1.$ .ble to prove hi' plSl land 10 pou · hcarin~ brie"l, Albillaln, Leeper rc'

flshrn, SlOliel 10 me by IIklnl fl,st PflU for 10111 quested addllional bncfs bt filed lilS deCIsio n WIS

overall welghl compeuuon. Congratulallons, Mike_ received only recenrly. Ir WIS answered In favor of

As usual the regula. Satulday nisht fish fry was Ihe union. The company musl remove Aiston from

enloyed by all who p.rllclpated. Since Ih" event the lob What shoulll they do wilh him/ Now they

deCIde they .hould consult the Blolhc.hood before

maklOg , hI! deCISion. If they h.d a,lecd wilh thr

Brothelhood In the first pl.cr, Brother M.nh.1I

would have been J'lomoled IDd B.othel ""5Ion

hu ed n a 901119011 without thr discontent .nd

dam'lIe to mOille. The issue Is comrliuted by

lOll' _dllIIlODll 9011/9012 helpers btln, hlled du.·

109 the grlevance/arb.tratlon pracc ... Glen Allton,

the pelion hired OUI of line by the comp.ny,

beelmc a membe. of Ihe locl.I, Ind one of the fou r

helpelS hu accepted a promOllon 1010 ope.alloM

The union'. deCIsion Will be Ihc . ubleCt of my

nUl ,mele

Aoa r.1oou. PS

Brothers Provide Fund

For Needy Families

L. U. 64' (1,O, u,lIa,IP'8.",,' "I'), ALTON, 1Ll--A

wrrtmen'. NeIOIlIUn« Commlltre WIS .PPOlOted

by P,esrdenl Admlle. It was .noounced 1\ the

Mlrch union meelinl thaI the Commutee mcm·

ber. would M Brolhcrs Bid Wheaton, Bill Downey

Ind lohn Ad n ~y. A speeial wiremen'. meeting wu

held .. the hili Ip.obably by the time thi' . eport

locS to p.es.). The meellng w,ll be. meanl lo r ,II

WHemen and app.cntices to j!;lve theil in put for

the upcomon, contract The CommUter Will need

.11 the suppon Ihcy can Ie, for IhiJ COOIIICI,

BlothelS, w Ict'S,CI OUr aC I to,ether early.

A round 01 appiauu for our UOion Elecnic

B. olhel5. They we.e .esponsrblt:, aloog with Local f

309 and Local 1439, for the succeSi of Ihe cODln·

bUllon "nn to Ihe nollar More Funll ctllbli..shed

by Union Elecrne. By eonrnbullnll peDny In hour

fr om thei r paychech between luly I, 1983, and

)une 30, 198"', Ihese Blo,her, h,vc raised 133,783

so fa, The Fund providct aid 10 familoe, in nced

01 U'l5lanCe on paymenl 01 utility bllli. At the

Nllional Electn cal WeekfEIpo Banquet on March

ll, 11114, held io the Cefnnles CODventlon Centrr

10 St LOUIS. Local 649 lece,ved Ihe "We C.re

AWlld" prurnled by Ihe St. Louis Elecllical Board

AplO, union labol shows com P'SS Ion for others

Well done, B.olhers 01 U.E. The membt"h'p,.·

lute. you

Spe.k,nlol the bro, whlcb seemrd to ,0 over

lu(tculully, I &01 to ICC firsthand the chanl':,nl':

techoololY of OUr trade Programm.lble controlle ..

were a b.,p.n 01 the Expo. Square 0, Wutlnghout-C

and Tun InUl\lmenu wele lUll .. few of Ihe

companlcs With di~ p lays dcmonslfallng the glOw

Ing usc 01 pelSonal compule" io the ;ndullry. The

Expo proved to bt IOlelestinlt!) say the leut

Rderring blck 10 Ihe NcgollAl\nl Commllteel,

1 would hke to like Ihe IImr to lecognlze thOle

Brothers who selVed on Ihe Committees I.,t YUI

As It i. known, rvery contract npiled lUI yell

11 '. a thankless job at Umrs, but luckily we h.ve

B,olhe .. who I.e concerned Wllh the job The

followmg t-ClVed on the NCloullin, Comlltee for

1983 f(om Cb. k 011: B.othell lohn Wlymire ind

Te.ry Brown, Shell 011 Brothers Dave AYles, Kenl

Lytle, AI Ceor,e and Ed Boone, Olin Co. porallon

BrOlhcrs ~I Simmons, L. Beilovich, G. Atwood Ind

R. ltuteheDt_ Wire Comminee; P.ul OI05le, Bob

Whitlock, hm England ("oemen leprcsenlltive),

lohn Adncy and Gordon Admire. Union Electric:

BrolhelS Ca.y K,,,cald and Bob Campl6n Apprt·

Clallon 11 gIven to you Brothers 101 your ellmu

Special thanks 10 all Brother. who have "rved in

Ihe pa$t Your time hIS grven us all many btncflr$

MOle next lime.

TERRV WrlHm, PS

Construction Looks Bad;

Local Elections in June

LU. 6S' (l,o, lI,ema.ell vi, MEDFO RD, 0 RI!._I h.d

belle. lei on Ihe ball and gel out . few lines thi'

monlh. I lpolo"ze 10. Ihe ,aI's lD .rticles, bUI

thlllP;> ale so slow hert thaI even [ Ian 0111 of laIc.

to tell.

ThIng_ ~re "ill .cal busy .. Ihe hill. whit with

nelouauonl lor", on eoosl.nrly 1\ Item, Alw,

there are In abundance of arbluallon elSe. gOIRIl

While I WII In the »n flancl'co B.y • • e.slgnn8

booh, I u n Inlo quite I few of our local Brothers

One of them WII Brolhel GWlge Pudeen who IS

hvang III lhat a. e~ I kn uw \hll I, lue, bUI our

t.,mgaluJauons go 10 Geolge 011 UVlng .nolhel

. BIOthel 's hfe while wOJklng in the Maltlncz a . c~

I don 't haYE all of the detaIl., hUll do knnw Gcolge

IccelYrd .n award IOJ the aC I Keep up the good

wOlk, Geolge

Thangs arc $nll looking plelly bad In conSHUC'

lI un Some of OUI Blothe., ale 11111 In North

Oakoll, Call1orl11a and who knows .. hele else, Oh,

al~o "hello" to Du:k In South Carohn. GueS$

Ihere 1$ a Imle work 111 the J.!.>ulh and cut, You

know, Ihe Chinen hn the n~,lnn Ihe head when

they called Ih,s "The Yur of the Ral "

This I. an elecllon yur, so leI'S .11 g~1 OUI ami

VOle and get "Bonzo" off our bach'

Unlll nUl lime, If anyone has somelhln~ Ihat

WII] au,,, wllh OUI ncwslellel. send II 10 me or

Ihe hall Remembel. II 'S YOUt news/tllet IltId YOUt

lourn.1 Also, evclyonc gel to Ihell Unt l mcellll&

Our local hu declton of offlccrs Ih'$ yu. Elec·

. 1I0ni by Icc. el ballol w,1I be In Jun e

Sec you at a Untt meenng

H J\~(JLlJ

Local Prepares for

Contract Negotiations

1 KL[V[, P.S,

LU.61S (ia.ol. ELiZABETH,N.I,-AI OUI februar}'

meeung Ihc memhershlp dlscuued OUr upcomln~

cOOllaet nCItOllallOl'lS BU5lne51 M.n.,r:er Nell Boyle

flul hnefed the membeuh,p on how POllllCS, Ihe

economy and Ihe challenge by non'un,on conu.c·

lors for OUI wOlk mUSI be: consldelcd whcn draft,ng

r .opoul$ fOI negollallons When Ihe membershIp

I'lcsenled the changes Ihey would I,ke 10 see m

the J~lecmenlJ . the meClm,r: Mcame vcr}' Jrulled

.. 101 n IeUt .n hour .nd ~ half. By Ihe ume the

smoke cleucd, Ihe commlllct had I ullOnaJ Ia ~t

0/ r ropos,IslO p,esenl 10 Ihe contllClO'S

The nHI urdcl of bUSiness w~~ Ihe mO~I C " l U I

Chance." developed by l oc.1 640 of Phocnlx, Ar

l:tona, and IheH local NECA ehaplcl u a tool 10

help combat a non' Unl on Situation '" Iheu area

As I wuched Ihc mone, II cerumly hll home, and

I am ee" 'm the olhel memben r .esenl felt Ihe

ume u I did Although Phoenui IS 2, c:. ~rr'(nllcc

Wallen Hye., son of II.Olhel Norman Hyer

ELVIN E hI\N§. P S

Brothers at Power Plant

Take 10 Percent Pay Cut

L U. 692 II&.sl" l, IIA Y CITY. ,,"ICU.-As mOSI of

yO Il know by no w, the SlOthe" "'Olklllg at Ihe

Midland Nucleal Plan I lie rrurnlly work"'lt 1m

10 pc. celll Iessl th" WII cllecl1ve " PIt! 1 IIhybe

IhlS 10 pe.eenl cut w,11 ,elsume olou. unemployed

of I I he Mnch and hack 10 wUlk II Iu.e " .uuullng

\hlt we know OUr [nte.nallonal " working for

" us ..

The IBEW IS 5ull surporllns Wallel Mondale 101

the Ocmoclalle c.andldJle fUI rrcs.denl [I IS \'cry

,mponant Ihat wc conllnue 10 surport him when

we YOie

Ounng the month of "rrll, Floyd Young, IIUI

businds man.#ef. ~nd Mahlon H.nd., lellIed

B.other, wne bolh ho,plllhted FlopJ Yuung 8ul

Irred • heart allack In carl y ApIII

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Scribe Notes Referrats,

Upcoming Elections

1,.U. 100 {I.o&~p. l, FT. SMIT H, ARK-Some .e

fenals IIC tw,"'g Wllllen .n Ihe olAce 01 Loc.1 700

Thl' is indeed. wdtume thangt J wllh [ (Quid

Sly Ihey were bemg Wllllen .0 local con "~ C I OU,

but th" IJ nor the casc S~ ' lIenl Eleclltc IS uklllg

up Ihe slack al Ihe $Ieel mIll. This IS not 10 say

that local cont/aclou hne nOI picked up somt

ut/. wOlk IOlhe paSI couple of ..'eeks. Ihey hlH.

.nd even If mon of \I hu been 10' shOll calb, II

sU' e has hcl~d

Thc No I Book 5ull hIS III too

m.ny on II, bUI It sUle look bellcr Ihan, monlh

ago.

Our praye.s IIld condolences 110 10 Ihe fam,llu

of 1I

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yourstJf ... h" mosl of them h.d to SO baek to "'0' 10.

for in ... agn and !)codltl_ The Republ,c.n IIckel

tdls you they ...,11 reduce your UlIU, well, friend,

they SUrE will do th~t , You ... ill And tha, you ... 11]

ray no taxn ... hen you don'l have I lob, I .eaUy

dnn't think orplllzcd labor, U ... e know it, un

toounue through 'our mo.e yUrt of Rupn We

have .I.... y. beheved there Illtrenlllh III numbcu.

Let'. prove II in November '8.4

Buy Americ.n, buy union, buy COPE!

ROONEY GU£I, PS

Committee

PictUrEd is the N'lIoti'linll Co mmiu u 01 l oc:aJ

702, W, Fr.nkfon, III" which birgalned with TCI

G.owlh, Inc, t,.t,ft to .I, hl 3re Bob 11111, sieward,

G.ry Ro.n, businus ' ep,uenillin, .nd Cnill

Fah.ingf.t,

Committee Reaches

Tentative Agreement

LU, 702 II,o,u,uow,em,' U,nb" p',I&'calvl, W.

fRANKfORT, ILL - TCI Growth, lne., of Caner·

VIlle, 1Il."OIS, ... hich IU. I purch:ued Clblcvl~mn ,

.nd the Loc.l 702 NClj:ouattng Committee have

rElched lenlallve agreemenl on a Iwo·yell con·

trlCI The Commlllee eon515U of Bob Hili, IleW·

I.d, ... ho h .. been wllh C.b!evl.ion 12 yca •• )

Busmen Repruentauve GIfY RNn, .nd CIIII

Fahllngel, • fOUl year employee 01 CablcvlIlon.

TCI Growth p .., .. uiu uble IC rVlce 10 ClllerYllIc,

MU'1'hy. bo.o, HUTln, EnCrllY, CUlllvllle, WUt

franklort, Johnson Cuy, l-iamsbulI .nd Eldorado,

IIlIIIOII. The Comr.ny It hcadquartued III Denver,

Colorado, and cuTtently emploYI eis,ht ~ople III

Ihls bargaining unit.

D .. vII) MeNtElY, P.S

Pageant Winner

This is Beth Ann Rem·

mick, dau,h.er ul

Brother Gene Rem·

mick 01 Local 714,

Minot, N. D., who WIS

HlcclCd " Min Minot

Wi nterlClt,"

Some Members Selected

For State Convention

LU. 714 (l,o,u,llr; nbl, MINOT, N,D,-

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H ~ ' f Ire 100lf of tht DlembclJ of Locca' 75J,

Sp. ing6tld, Mo., t nioying tht local'. " 6,U-fn,"

music put, . nd gtl-IOlc,h, •. from If II to . ight

lIt Dun Moolf, bu si n ~J managu , Doo Lurnf,

htfOd"f Board m,mw" and M'$. Lu. v" .

Band

Wfrc ,II prov.ded by Iht lout union Culminating

the eycmng'. /UUVIIIU wu the Iw,nhng of door

rnzn-thrce union-made Zenull "If viSIon ~I$

Winning Ihe Sprlngfleld mlnUf.flurd TV's Wf'f

Ric hard Smuh, Local 753 memlxl lnd an fmploye,

of CU's Elecmc Lme Dcp~ltmCnl, lacque I'laste.

Loul 75J mcmwr and an cmrloyu of CU's CUJ

lomel Selvlce De pallment, and D~Vld Dodd who

works In the E.ngmccnnll [)cranmenl II enr

Ullhll'5 Ind" al,o I r roud memhe. of Loxal 753

AI In any orpn.zauon. you gft out ,,/ YO\I, umon

wh., you IIU I InID II This WI5 uempllfied by the

luge lu.nOul ~n d g

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Ih.1 Iht .tno.. ~uont ,,·e.e neeuu..l' ~n.l ..."ul.l

allow III to make bellet 1151.'01001 fllc!oCnt \l t lllliti

In p'rlleul~., we ~Ie very proud 01 OUI new bee.

uuve Board and commlU~ room .nd Ihe tude

Imr.ovcment cbuu wh.ch lie now bem, eon·

dueted m ou. new m~"n, h.:IJI. In Ihe PUI, m.ny

01 our membe.s hid compl:uned aboul Ihe condl'

11011 of ou. mcelln, uea, 50 we mMlllited a IOlal

new bee hft mcorpotaun, a new cennal '1. eon·

dillonln~ 8~I~m .nd large rooftop ~enltlallnn unllS

Mlny of 01,1' members look pnde m pClson.Jly

Ullll1nl with Ihe .enovallons, and unfonunately

due 10 lick of ~pacr m Ihi~ a!tlele an~ the feu 01

mluml tomtont'S n.me, we are on.ble 10 rnnl

all YOUI namn In the loum,,/ .rude We would,

howe>'e., hke 10 Ihank each .nd eVfry one 01 you

fa. your ded,e.110n 10 your unIOn, Equally unpor·

t.nt wallhe l urport shown by Ihe member.hlp.t

• lime when unemployment w ... IncfC'ulOl .nd a

/!entr,1I slowdown m con"rucllon u.sl m .. ny daubu

.boUI Iht eomplel1on of Ihe wo.k The enllle tffort

wu a Ane e:umrle 01 wb~1 we as lI.de unionists

can accomplish when we PUt OU. mmdl and laboul

to IOmethlnl

Our Hockey Team rttently had the OppoltUnlly

of playing m Ihc list AnnuailBEW ol'e Hockey

Tourn.ment honed by loc.189a.n I'elelborough,

Onllllo. OUI learn drew l oc .. 1 J5J, TO.OnI O, IhlS

year', Tourn.ment rUDner·Op m thell f1nt g.me,

and lOCiI 586, On.w., laS! yell's Tourn.ment

",nncl up m thell lecond game II Ihe.1 compclI

lion Althoup OUI liqUid I~t both thell ",mCl.

all of UI leI! th~1 Ih.s yeu's tnm wu Ihe finul

tum yet II'~I loc.l 77J h~i fielded nn beh.llof

Ihe membe .. h.p. we eon/IInul .. te Coach Roy ScOl t

.nd Tramel lohn flmillne lor much hard "'o.k and

dedlcauon Congtalul.uon. lie allO III o.der lor

hOlI loc.1 89-' lor • succel5ful Toumamenl and

local 530, Slm.a, Ih., yur'. TDurnament wmners

AI the p,uent lime, we have apPloxlmuely SO

pelcem of uu, "clive (On5"U£lIon tireilielant

unemrloyed Ind on Dur oUlol,work II~t, ThIS

fllu,II0n has recenlly come upon os .ftel h,vlllg

apPlo.ulIlately JOO 11~>·rllel s .n uur Ilealasl _urn·

mCI II the helpl of !.he CII pl.nt C

I wIsh, . , 'hu Ilm~, '0 .[50 «Inlratub,t •

lOu,hw~s' Loulll.n. m.n, Charl~1 Ellil, I m~mbe .

of Ope.alln, En'ln~ell Loca[ 406, Be i. con51.uc·

lion Jupt"nn,endenl for Nichols Consnucllon

Compln~ hfrt. He was pin of . H.st for NAS A',

Space Shullle .ecovery prolram Charle.walcalled

10 Mobile, AJ.bam., .Ionl wllh • mobIle enlne,

wh Ich I. one·of·. kind It i. the only one In the

U.S wuh the aballlY 10 hIt the load lequlled Ue

unlo.ded the S",ace Shuttle Enllrrmc from IIOP.

JI.oeIIl! 141 and loaded u onto. speclIl uailer 50

"could be transported to the World', Fan In Ne",'

Olluns I'm sure Challes felt ,h,s was. "UI

honor 10 be sdcc,cd lor ,hI' ,ob. I have known

Charles fOI 21 YUrI, Ind I fed lIke NASA and

NIchols Con5nucuon eho,e hIm to do Ih,. first

IImc ven,ure becaulloe ,hey needed ,he beSI man

aVllbblc, and he was thell man Coolratulallons,

Charles, and thank you, Lak~ ChJllu, Loumana,

made ,he nallonal new, ""n. Thll Illhe kInd of

",ubl'CHy we need We're r roud 01 you. Charles

Me you nu, month

MARTIN TROY, l'S,

894 Hosts ISEW

Hockey Tournament

L.U. 894 (i.o), OSIIA W A, ONT._ The ucltcmcnt

II ovet, the equlpmenl packed away lor .nothe,

Kuon .nd the h.!"py ,wlld wmner. hive ,one

home. Thus end, Ihe 21n Annual IBEW Hochy

Tou.nament fOI anolhu yu.

11111 ye.I·, Tourn'ment, hosted by Loc.1 894

.nd held In the faIr clly of Pelerboroup, attracled

lOme Il turns .nd apllrotlmarcly 100 VIJIIO"

Alter two days of uCllm, hockey, the powelful

Local s.J() tum from Sarnll emu,ed II the wonhy

Winners of the " A . champIonshIp The Ik,lled and

'wtalented Loc:al586 Ottaw, ,um pIcked up the "B"

champIonshIp

The abov~ ,nfo.mallon II, of cou'$(, melely

JUIIUlcal and tells only hall the ,"ory of • Hne

weekend. The othel half WI!! tel! 11$ of a ,mall but

dedlcncd ,roup of Local 894 members who worked

for a yur PUIlIO, to,elh~r a weeltend to remember

Included In the packagc was • "Will to· WI!! pea·

ric" hospltahty room on Fllday evenln" Mlrch 9,

ind i lomptuous binquet and dance on Ibe Sat

urday. Head "hie ,ueul at rhe eveollOcluded h,.

wOIshl!", the mayn' of Pcte. bo.ough, Bob B"ku

and h" du.mlng WIfe judy, represcntlng the Na·

lIooal Elecllleal Conlfacrlll, ASSOClll1on WIS Cal)l

Can and hll WIfe Jun, our proud president, BrOlher

Roy Wray, our hard workmg hU5meu mlnasCl,

Brothe, Bob Hlll,nd h,s WIfe Pat The FilS! O,stllct

Office was Ipcndldly replcsenled by Brothcr and

M.s Keo Wood Our VIce p,eSldcnt, Milk LummI',

d,d. Hne ,ob u mastel of celemonlU .ndLlltlC

J ohn" Manume bId on I ,rell pro,ram of musIc

Ill! the ""ee smlll houn

Also eoolllbolln, to • ,nod weekend was the

~pt"CI,"lly negollated hale! room rlln .nd leaSOn

able bnque, ,"nd lefrnhment ehar,u Th" was

made poSSIble by the fine effoll of Local 894

members ""ho ralud some $S.ooo 10 sub5ldl:e the

Tournament It WI' IOdeed a ,rand eumple of

eooperallon and blotherhood

The weekend al50 turned out fine '01 Local 894

centre Dan Mahoney, D.n nOI only KOICd twv

game, wlOnlnl ,0.1. wllb ,"onds to 'v bu, also

WOn the Pan'50nle VCR

A g'Ut weekend was lIsa ~nloycd by Loul 894

left ,wln,e. Tom Shau&hnuliY Tom was ,"warded

the Local 894 Most Valuable I'layel award Well

done, Toml AI50 In the "hippy" eale,ory IS the

l.oc.1 1681 Sudbury Bockey Tum, they won the

SO-50 draw Ind ldt Petelborou&h lOme $451 better

off Sudbury WIll bc: hoslln, t h~ Tournament fOI

Ihe Ant lime nUl ~ta. Cnod luck, ladsl

A 'peclII vote of thanks ,OCI to Loc.1 894

amb.udoll of goodwill, namely the good people

WhO hosted our vIsilln8 teams I nd mlnned the

bars, etc In clOS101\. a helny Ihank you 'o.1! our

Vll1l 01S. [t WII , reat ha vlO, you. See you all '"

Sud bury

SAM B AC~INC,

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Local 902 Sponsors

Two Softball Teams

L. U. 'XlZ I,on l, PH ILADELP HIA, PA.-Once apm

it', IImc to phy ball and both Local !ilO2 IOftball

teaml (Shop 67 anJ Shop 5 1 t Ire rc.dy to play bill

Shop 51, ""ho ""On Ihelr d,villon lut scuon bu,

loS! In pl.yoffs, hu two new coach" II ,he helm

D,vld Early, Shop 51 eleCIIIClln, IS hud cOlch,

Ind a551$lant coach I. Ted Daku,mow, Shop 51

cleulicun, and member 01 au' Execu,,~e Board

Bmh coaches ~PV I1 that many 01 the ballplayers

on I ... year's champIOnshIp team WIll be returning.

anJ m~ny new ""O!opecu have $Igned up

lohn O'Malley, the pt"renOlal player·hud coach

of Shop 67's Bucball TUm, .epoll. he II Iudy to

play lohn, who alw.y. manage. to make thc

playoffs, 15 looking forwa .d to I ,nod sea50n Many

of tnt yell's vetelans lie .eturnln" and the re arc

many new and promISIng pf(npect~ nYlns 01,11 10,

the tum

Is There A Light At

The End Of The Tunnel ?

L. U. 910 !ib-m), WA TERTO WN, N.y.-tn bad

economIc limes, peorlc arc ,enelilly wllllOg to

acce pt ku IUSI to ply the b,lll, We bave .~en thIS

In IOCINy 15 a whole, and more JpeelHcally 10

orgaOlled labor Vlnu'Uy all malOI labol uOlon,

have made concesSIons to lOme Jelree r.tlny

onIOns .n the Th"d DUInct hue nOI only nego

tIlted 10' less than the" usual ,,105, but some

tuvc even (cne,ollated and m.de concelSlon. 10

thell on"n.1 conllact I gueSllll1 OUI 01 neCe55lty

Ihat when the e«lnomy of • nallon IS 10 trouble

Ihen evuyone mUll suffeT 5Omtwhat.

Well, PreSIdent Reagan .. tellm, U5 that our

wo,nes arc ave, The «onomy 15 on an upswing

and 01,11 economIc wo>c:. arc • thlOg of the past I

wDuld nuly hke 10 bellcve thH w~ can KC the

h&hl a •• he end of the ,eCesSlon tunnel we hue

been In for the la51 few yurs, but I only sec

darkness. The county where Local 910 I. head

qualleled has a 20·percent plus unemployment

IIle. [ wonder If Ihole who If'e unemployed lIoee

any h&htl

A lede •• 1 adVisory panel II gOIng 10 help our

elderly sec Prcludcot Rugan" IIpt at the end 01

the tunnel. They are recommendm, IIISlllg the

fUglb,lity age lor Medicare reclpienu to 61. They

also ,ecommend ta:lInl employe. plld health 10

IUfance benefiu. As SocIal SCCUllty Stand. II prCJ·

cnt, I cannot collect full 551 beneflu unlll 1 ani

66. Only 30 male years and I can lellle! The hllh'

1151,[1 glowln, at the end, but th~ tunnel,s,ettm,

lon,er

Recently I talked WIth lou, ,tlllcd 910 mcmben

anJ theIr consensus of OplOlon WIS one of pes"

mlsm They wOlked hard In Ihe conStrUCIIOn 10

dutll')'.ll of the" lives only to have to worry ahoul

what CUt 10 thell beneHts «Imes neRt They wele

.11 vel')' happy tbat those 01 us who lie workmg

arc conlllbulln, tv thell retirement benefits. bUI

arc .1 ..... glad Ihey are lei lied bee,"use of thell

pessImIsm of the remement lunds JO Yel., Irom

.ow

All of thIS spIel lcads up '0 one thIng nil.

Novembel we all bave a chance '0 Imp,ove eco·

nomIc condlllOIU throu,h vOlin,. please, get YOUI

Blother, and 5"ters. leured o. not, to fell"e( .nd

Yale. G,ve them a "dc, hne • p.lly, bUI VOTE'

Maybe under the nUl admlnlStrallon mOle of u.

WIll ICC I lI&ht at the end ollhe tuonel

IAMlS C. !llW!'". rs

June Is Election

Month for Local

loU. 9JZ (I.el, coo s BA Y, ORE.- It'J always.,d

to report the death of • Blolhel, .nd II seems like.

,hI, local has ha d III ,hale of Brothe r, PlUlng

away . ecently. I reyet to .eporl th~ pusin, 01110'0

Brothers, RIC Richter and Harold Com"" B' olhe,

Richter 5erved hIS app.enticeship in COOl Bay

working 101 Ma15hfleld Electnc, whIch hIS fathel,

the lite Tony R, chte., owned RIC was in IVld

IlIlor, .kydlver Ind motorcycle enthu",,1 R,e

wOlked and tuveled in many flatU, and more

lecently In Callfo'OIa where he JUlSii-ed .way March

29, 1984. B,other Ihehte, WIJ J9. Also, Brolhel

Harold Combs of Falcon, Kentucky, a membel of

LocaI9Jl, pUKd ,"wayan Match 26. 1984 Blothel

Com'" wu 61

Our sympathy ,O>C:! OUt to the

fam lhcs 01 theJ.C loved onu, and OUt local moums

the rllSl", of thCJ.C tWO departed Brothers

Th~ month of June IS e[ettion lime for our local.

50 II'. important Ihat you ane.nd the meellng and

VOle OfRe~fI 10. the nUl thlee years WIll be

elected. InJ yool Input II Important A uOlon If

only.s good .. liS members If you Want a gnod

Illong UniOn, onc that you can be proud of, ,et

Involved, allend the m«lIl\&S, have a vorce and

VOte' You can make Ihe dIfference.

Ou, ,ove,nmenl, ,od the Rca",n admlnlSllalion

In parlleular, IS dorng evcrylhm, they can 10 bust

the UnlOnl. A few month Igo Ihe Suplerne COUll

rulcd thll fallln,. busmesJ.Cs may eKapt" union

COntllCIS by fllln, '0' bankruptcy even If they can't

plOVC the" .urvival is It Stike, Can you believe

III They lIy 11 '1 enouch IllS! to show that a umon

conlllCt would be hunlcn!Ome and th" the em

",Ioyeu /aVOI c.ncelling Ihe agreement Ou. AFL·

CIO luderl lie currently leeklng a congrenlonal

reVlllon of the nallon's bankruptcy lawl as a result

oI.uch .n OUlla8rous ruhn,

Whal the ,overnment " dOIng '0 us " bad

enou&b, but I JUSt un't belreve it when I hUT 01

employeu vonng to drop the umon I pess pt"ople

lie ,USI plaIR lIupld or they'le ill lor b" buslRen

I know of two bU$loUJ.CI In NOllh Bend whele the

employees have voted to d,op the umon, II these

",rople want to wOlk 101 substandard wa,u aod

under .ubuand'rd workln' condmo05 wllh no

representallon, then they deJ.ClVe everythm, they

,el, and I ,\urant~e you they'll ne"c, ,et any of

my bUllnu.

Wo.k IR th,) area IS snll pleuy poor Th ..

IUmmer mlghl be a hnle bener Ihan iast, bUI I'm

lure II wvn 't even eomc close to pumnl motl of

01,11 Book I h.nds back to work. So when you come

IOta Ihe hall to SIlO the book, don't IUSI slam you,

hand all the counter and uk to IIllk 10 Ihe owne,

'uS! holler, "Wherc 'S the beef!" Have a grUt sum·

me l, se~ ya II thc hill

New Scribe Talks

Of Poor Work Scene

8'Ll "kCAHIIU, r s

L U. 9H !I,o,ulll.ulvj, KI NCS PORT, TENN.-As I

read ,,"des wll(ten by othel IIr01heu m "Local

Llnu," tl')'IO" to ,et .orne. Ideas 101 my firsl IIlIcle.

I find ,hI! most arllcics .re aboutlhe lime tOPIC_

unemrloymen, and non unIon COmpt"flIIOn We

lie ,"II ,om, to have to PUI our thmkm, CIP' on

Ind flnd the IOlulion to theJ.C problems IoOOn

The WOlk Illuallon maul runsdlCl10n II, 15

ulu,l, t~ lII hle. There IS lou of new work gom, 00

helt. bUI non umon Ius absolulely taken over M

we 1Ioee. our umon COntr,Clo .. 5lfUulm, and even

,om, non·umon. 1111 ~ery dllAcult to lake. Need·

leu to "'y, most 01 us lie on the road. CoaSI '0

coa~t Local 9Ja WIshes to Ihank all of Ihe locals

IT PAYS

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who have been p",vldmg our travcllng memM'~

w"h wo.k

Cet out ~nd SUppoll labor cho'cts of JNlhue~1

eand,dall.·s, attend )·ou. umon meeting! and work

ufdy

Bu....,- H DUlS, P.S.

Local Sends Best

Wishes to All

L.u. 948 U,~m , ns&s pa ), fLINT, ,\\ICtI.- Wuh

spnngtime here ag~ in , thing ~ ale lookmg bette •.

The sol! league " gomg IU'Ong at thIS time

M~ke su.e you get OUt md support Waher Mon·

dale tvelf chance you get, unless you still want

the other man who is break.ng us up

I hope everyone h~5 a good ume over the Fourth

of )lIly. We he.e at local9~8 Wish eytryont~ good

summer

DAvrD GoULO, VP P 5

Presentation

Pietu.ed, lell 10 ri , h" Irc R.L. " Bob" Andenon of

Lo cal 949, Burn5l'iIle, Minn., Robe., Bigwood and

Business Replu"nurive lay Fridrich~.

Scribe Praises

Company Boss

LU. 949 (u,,,m,t&utyl, BURNSVILLE, MINN.

How many charrmen of the Bna.d of DlleelO.S of

an mvtstOf ·owned ulihry can boast of re ceiYing a

umon rackct. Not very many I UFC'C I

Robt:n B'gwood can Bob IS the ehnman of Ihc

Boa.d 01 D"eclon and past pJeiidenl of Orter Tatl

Power Coml'lany, Fergu, f alls, Mmne50ra He 'c'

Uled lanuary I, 1984.

I flul mel Bob m 1961. He was the company

p"uonncl manager, and 1 WaJ a new bUSiness

• ep. csenlallye 10. Loc:al 949. We became good

fncmh a. Ihe )'cars passed by. Local 949 has always

had a good ,,:I"IIOn~hl p wllh the offlce. s of Oner

Tall Po ....·cr Company. We beheve we c~n Mlle.

ser~ OUI membe.s by establIshing friendly re!a·

Ilonsh,ps wllh OUI membe. s' employers lithe.

th~n by Mlng m,lnant.

How many local un.ons n"gollare dllectly wllh

the p.esldent of an m,·estor·owned utility during

conuact ncgolJatu",s/ We do .. 0"". Talll'owrr

Company Th" hu been so for as long IS I can

.emembcl 1 behc~e It shows rhe company" Slncele

concern 10' thell employeu .... hen rhey scnd Ihell

chId offlcen 10 Ihe ncgolulmg uble We on the

Umon Commlliec JOkrngly say, " Well, the man

wc ue ncgOllallng wllh d0C5n'l h..-e to spend a

dIme or a quallel on ~ phone call 10 uc ,f we h ... t'

1 deal." (eonnaerl

I was asked to attcnd Mr. BIgwood', .ellTement

pany bur because 01 a scheduhng conflict wu

unable to do 50. It wu our Inrenuon 10 prneor

Bob wilh a umon jacket at h" party

P,cluled h"re II Bt15rness ReplesentallVe lay

Fnedllchl, Robert BIgwvud and myself the day ..'"

pluented the unIon iaekel. The pictore wu laken

by Bob'. lovdy WIle Barba.a

We all wtsh Bob and Barba.a many happy lellre·

menl years

R. l ANI)[RSON, B M

Fish Story

G ... I" and Tra~ii 10hMon. son~ 01 mtmbe. Gavin

lohnson of Local 9:;3, Eau Ciaire, Wis., ~ h ow 011

rhi. crappiu caught on a . retnt Ihhing nip.

A Real Fishy Story;

Labor Supports Mondale

LU. 9:;3(i,lI , t ,e m ,ca tv& ~ pa) , EA UCLA IR E, WIS.

I kctp hunng about all th" big ones you fdloWl

arc catching out thc.e. bot nobody 5c"ms to want

to oller any proul (plcroltll of them. Well, lellows,

lake a look at ,hc.. ~ (;JJPJnes, caught by C.VIn anrl

Tuy .. lohnson, rhe 50nso£ mcmbe,C,vln Johnson,

Black R,ve. Fall$ ElectrIC Utility. Nnr tOO 5habby,

huh, fetlows1 Come on, let', gel 50me of those

p.ctu.es In so we can brag 11 op a hllle In youl

I,"'rnal.

Not much 10 ICPOII at rI", lime. IXnnis IS sllll

hard at " u)'mg ro settle Ihe ..... eman _"e,ment

As I h~d reported ta.lIe. , II explled Ma.ch 1 The

contraClors seem to thmk the only cUle 15 for the

members 10 b.eak do ..... n rhell wOlkmg conall:ons

and glYC lip thIngs that we.e negouared In

In bleaks lor Ihe wuhhy will d"vt Ihe economic

dusc. 01 OUI country even IUllhel Irall.

Rea,an ' •• blllty 10 "blo ... on by" the !,lOblcm5

In hIs admlnlnUUOn u il they don't nut 01 1\

lUll "uen'l In th.t bad," 15 Iml:lnJ: The hll ~ I

of hi. appOIntee. and .uppan personnel ale lelli

- many u) the admmlsuallon', rroblems At one

ume or another, h.s ~Je have manlged to ahen

"e neafly evuyone In Amellea and hall the rUI

of the world 1 would Iurposc Ihey "'ele arpalmed

10 theu fIOSIII01" bcUUK they had beliefs m line

wLlh theH leadel

The sood n,,"'.lllhe.e ,.e people in Ihe polItical

Kene who dlugree "' L1h Ru,~n .nd wIll leve.sc

.. hl$ anll peorle poheiu For our rUI we mUl l help

Ihosc people 1010 ofRn, MI they Can help us

Sn'>'( C. Mt\Ulll, 1\ M

Retiree

Brothu Cero CUJlmlno 01 Loc.1 995, Blton Rouge,

La ., il ihown hert ... ith hiendJ u he hngt II all

up. Enjoy rtlir,mt nl!

... Scribe Talks About Union

Management Partnership

LU. 995 (I,o,nb,fI.6.tpa!, BATON ROUGE, LA._

Cnllclsm IS an ImporUnt functton In, democulic

soclelY How could Ihert poulbly be f.ewom 01

speech wllhoUl III Cn1lcl.m must be used CalC'

fully, or .t. effcctlveness WIll become mOOI

I've been known to use Cl111elSm on occUlon

IOd ... !II wnuoue 10 do 10, bm Ihere will be no

... cover'up, not fO/ the government, the [!:lEW, the

loe"l unIon or anybody elscI Weak I' the orgaOl

uuon 0 1 person Ihlt muu Itclele 111 " gOln~, on"

.nd cannOl ",lrVlyt th., Icrullny of honeuy and

decency! This phliotophy 01 alillude, I miVIl .dd,

applies equally al well '0 management!

[ don'l even .emcm]x,r t~[hng anybody thai I

WII a Wfllel, but you can wdl believe ,h .. what

you rud .n Ihese pagu II no ca.dessly fOlmed

opmlOn, hut luher many houn of Ic.dmg both

,.del of an issuell .... 11, of courK, for I mUll, Ilay

wllhm I framework 01 • glvcn "'I of rules, bOI I

wltI have 10 do " my way[ Wuh 30 years in

olp.n.ud llbor, 20 II an of Ace holder, I thInk

m"ybc I know. hllie lboul wh.1 •• goIng on'

Collrellve b"rgalmng musl be proglculve

RegreSSIon 15 an adm'$slon 01 hlYlng gone too fll

.. Thele can only bc progre'IJ ,f rhere IS confidence

• nd a mUlu.1 underuandlOg ]x,1 ... een workel and

employer! Never, bUI never, should Ihefe be a

vlol.lIon Of a btealung of a eonuact II and when

ellher p'lIy, bound 10 a COntrICI, Ines 10 push

Ihe OIher IOro a corne., L1rend, u) b,eed bad filth

and uUlIponJlbllllY Thele muSt bc ""Iulle dcahng

on both 51dCl of Ihe uble, Also Import.nt I' Ihat

Ihere musl bc I

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lU~ee WIS Ihe Impacllnd application 01 alb,uauon

deelllnns on Ihlt lanlUaee,

On Siturday. Reprcseolau~c DavId Hollmer of

the 57th D,slnct lalked lbout Imp'ctlnll public

rollcy. The Ilewalds we,e lold how laws arc made.

whele Ih~ rnl power In the piocess cornu from

lod wh.t tin be dnne to gel In~ol~cd

Alone the $,Ime sublect matte •• Sam FIshman,

plc.,dent of Ihe MichIgan AF L·ClO. spoke 00

laool 'l In~ol~ement In politicI, He sttencd the

ImpoltanCe 01 e ... ery Union member gemne in

volvrd He 1150 c:mphulzed tbe labol movemc:nl ·'

~peclII mtelCSt IS nm being nallow bUI uthcI a

bl~d spectrum of I5WC5

AI the Conference ended, the ftewa.ds we.t

asked 10 fill OUI I sUlvey on the p.o,ums Ind

matcllal cove.ed They all felt that " was very

,nformluve Ind Intc.esnn, and gave IIenclal com

menlJ to the s.oome

Kunt A Ft.~wlL~IN C., P !.

Scribe Updates Readers

On Member Activities

LU. 111 6 (u.em&tru). TUCSON. ARIZ.- Con

Jl,lltI.llatLont, S.other 8erme Yuung. on you r com

men

COOliaCtiog IndlUl ry III Wu h ln~HIn, 0 C III Feh

ro. ty The 1n1ll.1 dispute .tOH when two of th~

COnll.CIO.' working on thc PowCl hn k 1 ' , ole~ I ,

Commonwulth Elecnrc .nd Power Clly COMtf\lC'

tou. IcfuM'd 10 p.y Ihc Increased pensIOn Contri

bUllOns which Loc.1 124S had negotlaled w.th thc

!'.Iamm.1 Eleclnc.t ComlaclO' S ASSOCiation dIce.

IIVC lune 1, 198.3 The COntractors claomcd Ih.1

thc mCfuse of 75 CCntS 10 hour IIld 001 arply 10

them because of the PIOtCCI Av«mcnt ~o"elnln~

wo. k on thc Ime

AI Ihe Couoc.1 On Inllus",~1 Rcl.llons hcanng

held II the ShcIIlonCuhon HOlel, RoblO~n and

Dalzdl ugocd that Ihe I',otect Agreement should

nOi be. IOlnp.eted to I r ply to be.ndltt, lUst wagn

Alte. a p.csentallOn 10 the Council wh ich laS ICIi

mOle Ihan an hoo., the tWo .ep.nem all~ n from

local 124S got hack on I plane anll hradcd back

to C.hfo.ma to ~vc Bosmes~ Mana&c' lack McNally

a .epoll thc nUt day

A wcck latCI the Countll's dee.s.on arr ived In

Walnut CICek Tht Council had votell unanl

mously to uphol ll Local 1245's pns,"on "I kncw

Ihat wc'lI m.lle a good argument," 5alll Dalzell,

"bul with almoS I 5200,000 al itake, I didn'l want

to tempI fa lc wllh Ill)' pledlcllonS BOlh Jerry

Robmson Ind Intcrn allOnal RCpleJC m lliVe AI

Caughltn helped me p l e~ l e the usc, '011 we lUS t

made a good, solid p.elCnlallon'· As a ..,suh uf

Ihe Council's dcc'. ' un, Commonweal th and Po wc.

CHY w.1l be Icqullcd to mah .elloaClive rldmg a luffle .. ~a l clUJ II

Ihe .. n,on hall for (onSUUCllon .nLl m.mtenance

of lIaffic s.gnals Mo.e aboUI thIS nUl month

I ha~c dchbtlucly lelt .he wotk SlIuauc:rn unlll

laSI [t 'S nol .'tIY 1l00d 1I&h1 now lobs arc fln"hmg

Up but nOI many new oncs arc 511111n~

Maybt:

whcn nc!ouallons arc "'lIlcd, Ih.nll' WI[] pld up

a huk tlope 10 have belle. news on IhlS nut

lime I'I00ecI you. livelihood' WOlk ufdy' Boy

unIOn' Combat ObSIIUCIIOIll5IS'

R"ItAIII' fUI r,,,,,. I' ~

Several Jobs Possible;

New Contractors Welcomed

L.U. 125) Ii}, AUGUSTA , ME._Weli. ~p"ng has

!iplUnlt, thc g •• ss hI) liZ, wondcl whelc the ,obs

I"

Fu. SI.IIel5, SI. Rcgll Paper Cnlllpany III lIueks·

1'011 has finally I.ven Ihe No 8 boiler thc IIlccn

IIghl aher a one'and a half )'c~ . Llelay Reier" l! to

C T MaIO Wert slow. but picked op by May Ind

Will peak OUt 10 m.d OctO~' Hopefully no morc

dd ays

Bo.dc r EleClIlC h.~ a tub III Mad.son .eplae,n&

geoc.ators of 40 cyclcs to 60 cyclu The change

WIll alto allcct mOiors, transfo.mers ~nd olhel

,elatcd cllu.pment fob peak out WiS III m.d MI)'

Thcrc', a poss.b.llty of mo.e COn".CIS commg uut

Non·umon Dav" Ele""c domrn~1(d thc wo. k at

M.d.wn fOI qUill' • wh.lc So .• 11 you membeu

Llown thele wOlkrn .. show DavIS what qu~IIty

umOD cllfrsmaMhlp" all .bout'

Two small (onllaets 'I~ manncd by Vanco and

UTE Syslems Inc It I~mu R.vrr Pape. Comp~ny

(folmcrly Dumond Internallonal raper Cumpany!

10 Old Town

Wc'd hke 10 welcome LITE IL.dlllnll InSIlU

n.cntlllon, Telephonc anu Electrlcal rowel In

lIaliallonl SYJtclll. Inc, 10011. hM of umon ton

lIaClors Our ne ...·C$1 aJd.uon wn lbll'e

Elcclllclins Elilmmllllt Board by Covemor II'CII'

nan. Second, Blolhel Wood .ow CUtc, I." Un,,"nl

bu,;neu agent, wa' arpo.nled 10 the M •• nc Ad

Lunch Break

tint') a happy bunch n ughl durinl lunch b.o .

.. Ih SI. R c ~ J! iob. On Ih Itft art Blolhel!, f,ont,

Bob McG uilc and, bide, Mikc ''' , quis, on Iht

rilhl lit , hont, Bob Clark, ca.""n" l, nephtw 10,

back, B,olhu Norman Chlk, SI., Lou l 12S) ,

Augul la, Mr.

~ISOly CounCIl on Vocallonal Educ~lI"n Cunll'l

ul"","s 10 Ihe both of yuu

We would also li ke to nplns OUI sympathy and

5hare UU I Ihoollhts with BIOIher Danny Motanll

upnn Ihe p~ .! ," gofh . ~ w. i ~ And laSt bu t nO I lea~1

leured Blolhe. Unci ··lelly" ltllison had I J" oh

but 15 now back home . ccupe ra ll n ~ and &Ol n ~

Ih.oul!.h hom~ Ihe u p)' Stay wlih Ii'

Hlu", CIKl ... · SOtlU; IInR, P S

Contract Vote

Thuc l ie 10mt of Ihe mf mbers of Local 1161,

Pl blh , Fla., who IlIfOed oUl lol Ihr eonrrlCI ~Otr .

Fish Fry

1I ~ . e Iff sonlf of thf mrmben enjoying Ihc Fit h

fl)' hdd in ,\\lIeh.

Local Rej ects Proposals ;

Everyone is Working

L V. IZ6) lui, 'ALATKA, FLA.-With m.lLIcl

weathe., the &mdls of b.J. b' II oC anLl cookouts ;,e ..

In the III In March 00. p . c~.dent, lohn IUlratnck. *

Ind hIS w.lc Tc. ry treated Local Ll6J m~mbc . t

wllh . F.sh Fry Ind liush Puppy Fetd that wou!J ~

make I W ~ldol f b.Jnquel look like I tnlek All 0 1 ::J

Ihe memben wanlto think thcm fo r thclI unll"nA ...,

dfort s Ihal mlde " a hUlle success

II', Ihc !.Ime 0111 nory wllh our conlUCI, IhlOW

a cl,urlc "I "II bus. Ihell shovel c . ~p, I wandel

why nun3!:emenl dou Ih"cooulel aftc. con" ,cli

Looh like Ihcy would have lcarMu thell lesson

hy now L do nOI havc Ihe Jr~CC 01 ,he ;nchn.lion

to &0 inlO dCIl1b. Bot Oclc:rbe.. JO, 19BJ, OUI

contract WU pUllnlo I.mbo. Now fOI fl vc monlhs

negoliations, ZIlch T he COSt of II vin& docs not

negollatt, .nlflUt rales do not nego""e; g .. ohnr

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price. do nOl negou.te Yet we h.ve Ihue L1em,

and m.ny, many mOIl', hUlln! us month .fter

momh wLlho ... ! Delou.llon [t Kerns tbe w'IIIng

,arne is On again. [vcryont know. management

un Win I ""llIIng &arne, we proved thlt the 115\

linke-nobody won Of courK, we dId keep 01,11

KIf-rcspect Management .pm will t"th ncry·

one in I Weill. moment, .nd bmgo, the clap looks

bite. IId-bl!

[can', I.ke c.edlt tor !),e,n,. put Kcr 01. grul

Dude, but I knew the YOle on the ncw propo5.l,

would be: •• uoundlog NO What. turnout we

had! l for one, am ycryJ,oud of .11 tbe mcmbc:rs

In 01,1, 10(.1 They.howe dedlc.tlon and, 10' some,

• Imte sacnRcc ICllin& to the hIll 10 CUI thell

ballots. The putI'll pIus-nOlI' 10 .11 IhlJ was the

!null of the VOle-A" oyc .... hclmmg NO

The new 500 KV hnc., comlnlt .Iongtmumhly

hcryonc IJ WO, kmlt m::.dy We hue. fe w ContraI' l

(;few. wOlklng, ud It lookt ,ood 10. Ihe nUl yur

lor t"'~ryone , gemng ~ lillie o ... ~rtlme u .hc equIp'

ment arrlvu. E ... eryone .... ants to hring Ih,s one In

early We ~re looking lor I bll co mplellon BUI

ma,cri,1 ;s a problem

We had a little rough wcather dunng Christmas

and New Yel1's, Hele in North Flollda we Ictually

had fOU l hard frcnet. Thll mc~ns 15'0 19degrccs

lor eight 10 10 houri. Believe me. lor the oranges.

lems Ind other crops it ""IS deVlstllln" I know

10 you ~y. up Iherc In 10 degreCi below IerO. my

weather lookt mild to you lI ut belle ... e me, we lie

not prCp;lIW lOT the cold And It , ure ""IS cold 10

" I WIll keep you JIf'\~ted on our eomrlct plogrelSl

I hope II geu berter than II "

nelll meellng

Workshop

St-e evcryone II the

Lu YATU, P 5

Shown 15 Terllncc Connoll, profeno. a. the Unl·

vU5hy of 1l1i" u i ~, "u.i,ult of !.aborind In d u ~ tr i ll

Rdatlonl, who il I pu kinS '0 • gloup of Local

1J06, Decatur, Jll., I.ewardt and ofll cen at

(fnlly held Sttwlld T •• lnlng Workshop.

PfoluWlr Connoll'pukl wllh "cwarGI from Local

1J06.

Local Conducls First

Stewards Workshop

L U. 1J06luow', DECAT UR, ILL - On ~Iurd.ay ,

March 10, 1984, BUllness M.nage. Ibyes pruenred

the AI" 01 . semI annual Stcw'ld TraInIng Work·

shop Among the l pe.kell were Orley Welkcr hom

Ihr !;uth D,nnct Ind Terry Conno.s. prolessor

Irom thc L.bor and Indust"al Relalions In5litute

at the UmvellllY 01 illinois. O,lcy Weiker pre·

tenled to u • • ome of the problem' lhll union'"~

laccd wllh in th~ upcomm.tr; ciettion. He uplamed

10 ul Ih .. thc t.ndidate hatked by organi~ed labor

II Ihe M~I candld .. c lor the Job, and Orl~y en·

eoula&cd us 10 Itllveiy wmk hu the clcellon of

labor unJ"bte~

Tnr)" Connors rxplalne

.

officers, [ Bon d and Ile wuds bn n, you Ihe .esull.

of man y man hours of wOl k, and Ihe delivery of

Ihls vu t inlorm'lIon IS for Ihe be tlcrment of us

.11, speakm, to hur oun.elvu lal k IS not our

hobby

Salurday, April 7, the Anuual Slewards Scm.nal

wn held II the Mar)'&old Manol The ,tewards

who took the time to ;mend, IS d,d the offlcell.

shared m a unique learnml cx]!C rl encc Dou, Ban

tic, attorney .nd labor edUC'IO!. dellvtled. lovely,

enh&htenlDI and d,vcrloC' P'Olum Oul thanks 10

Doul and The Cornell School of labol Studlcs 101

luch • fine progum Ask YOU I Steward, I'm sUle

he 0 1 Ihe would be ,lid to Ihlle Ihe In fOlmatlOn

.cqulled that SaWlday AI:ro add.essm, Ihc scml

nar welc Bus.nuJ Alent flan'l~n, AS5'SI.nl Busl

nus Alenl Tllu. and Prcsldenl B.nks. All added

Ihell own CXPCIII SC, Pa llLcul.tly tntuuu nx WC IC

Ihe commen ts on COPE . nd Ihe upcoming elec·

IIOn5 lIe(IO'·' commentS on the dues IInrCIUle of

Ih'$, (ompaled to olher locals, brougbt homc Ihe

faCIi Ihll for Ihc patanee we ray each week we

certamly ue well . e pr e~cnlcd wllb I strcngth

second 10 nonc

The day YOu l(ceiVe IlllS /OIlIllU/ will bc Ihe Jlan

of a new contl~ct ,f ,II lOCI well Bellll.n opllml~t

I'm sUle II Will The lonl weeks IIf ne,oltllt"nS

n e OVCI, and thc 1'\LfleatUln VOIC th" m'Huh IS a

glcal lime 10 lIall attendonl Ihe meeunls on a

legulll baSil Plene don't be huklul Cnme up

and 5ec whal'S 10lllx on You. p'C$cnce 15 .mpo.

tanl, youl vote nn the (Qnllan IS Imroll~nt, 11 ,s

YQU. VOte m the n~uonll ciectlQns Nobody II IS

.mpo'laot ., YOu. came on up, yoo m,ghl rven

enl0Y It'

\\AIIIIO" STlIIA" P S

Service Awards

Sho ... o Icceiving hi. 20-yrar ..... rd is Brothtt Gent

Inrdan, lonl 1J40, Ne ... po rt Nt .... , V.,

Recei .. in ~ Ihei. 25-yu. I wa.d~ lie. Itf! In ,il h.,

BlothelS lim PickenJ and Bobb, Ra. bo ur,

Annual Banquet.

Institute Held

L U, IHO (i,o&.eml, NE\\ POAT 1'o£",S, VA.-On

March 10, 1984. local 1140 hcld liS Annual B~n

quet II the Ch.mb.:daln Hottl on h'llouc FQrI

Mnntoe A fine hulkt WU Klved wh,eh mcluded

evcrythm, from Scaluod Ncwbu ll( to a Sidc of ",ast

beef. MUSical ente.tamment wn plov,dd by '·South

Bound" A dozen 1.1, &0 Ane Amcucan made J;.lts

we,clliven oUludoor p,.zes I would like 11.1 thank

Tcn)· C15\Onllu~y and CeOlI~ Martin who went

wnh mc 10 pick OUI Ihe Jl:lltS AWllds Wf le l'ven

10' Rve, 10, L~, 20 and 25 ycali 01 sUV'Ct_ If you

did nOt a tl~nd the b ~n q ue l and you leel .hal you

lie entitled to I serv,ce award, CQntaCI the h.l1

Thanks 10 Ru,.neu Agent SIeve Slump who made

mOSI of the arr angemenlS 5lnl(le·handedly

On March 17 Ind II, 19114, Sieve Stump Ind

my"U attended Ihe 181h Annual We ekend Insn

lutt nf thc V"I'OU SUIt AF t ·CIO Ex cellent dlt

eUSi.On~ .. ere held Qn un.on buslI"" huhh Ind

safely and Ihe unIOn'S role m pohtie. (pallicul.,ly

Ihe m", meetmp for the Democrallc nQm.na

\\onl

Ithmk 1984 Will pro,·c 10 be an ,ntcrUllnl ye ar

~J far n pohuu 11IlhIY Will be sadly

mISsed

How m,ny of yQU BIUlhell wcnl up to P.u,dcnt

Henry Magi( and told h.m how much you app.e

clned Ihe fine lOb done on Ihe peMlon pl~nl II

you have nOI, then you should, becau" II I' one

heck 01 a ,uod IQb lIelllY 's one Qfthe few people

yuu Will neve. hea. aslunl lor wORb of Ihaoks o.

blowml( off On .. hn a ... ell lob he has done Well

Blothen. you hellelled,.:e what you h~ve bceaoJt

you w.ll not Rnd anothcr hkt him fOl I lon, lime

Hen.y hn dedlClled hu ume. bolh f'C150n~1 and

wOlktng. ttl keep Ihmgs hummln, He has flen

fleed h,. pnylte lime, money and uen h1l Mh,ng

lime jwhlch ,I probably Ihe latgest ucrtllce 01 ,II'

.nd neve. 5a,d a word about ,lor 11$11 Ihal II be

any d.lfclcm BUI come nn. Brolhe", dOn·1 you

thmk he dcs.:U'u lome words 01 Ih.nk,1 If you

don't I","h,ch IS YOOI IIghll, 1 pe,soullv ","ondel II

you have anYlhm, to thook wllh We arc now

holdOOJl: nUl UOion meellngs" ~ new plact lei·'

~how IIU. ar r ' CC,allOn for 3 Il.Ib ... el1 done by

shOWing up ~t the meet 109, Who knows, you

mlllhl even learn somclhm, aboUI what', go.ng

on be)ldc. whal the company want' you 10 know

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At Work

Pictured hfl~ ~It Brothel Bill Kelty, leh, lineman

[nu, ~pftia\ l • • nd 8.0Ihe. Gary I(.well, mrehni.:

Ip" ucdlencr), bOlh 01 ChiuKO NOrlh and mem

~"ol loul 1367, Chingo, III.

Retiree

This i ~ Brolher George Divine, former nrw ludcr

of tht Onrhud Department JI Chiugo Soulh,

who is in his 12th yur of rtlirrmf n1.

Scribe Reports On

State IBEW Conference

Lu. n67[u ). CIIICAGO, I.LL.- Thc Ilhnoi$ St. It

mEW Con!.,,,,,,,.c was hdd In Springfield, IIhnol!!,

n the St.lt House Inn on March 5-8 Au.:ndmg

this lmpOIt~nl Cnnlurnee was Prcs"ltnl Allen

Young. V,ce Pluldent John Qunly and Execuuve

Bolrd ofRer! Richard Ruins. On Ihe Am day of

bUSiness. thaI bemg Ihe System Counc,l U·25

mcctlllg. the '1u",um consisted of "II loc.l prcsi·

dents and vice presidents and ddcg.nu. The ICm.iningd.ys

consi,,~d of speak~rs from local IJ4,

Brother Joe Duffy, seC retary, Local 165, Brothel

Roben Dahlke, lfea1Urer, telephone company, Sy,·

tem Counc,1 Ch"nnan Jamn lockwood, and

Brother hed Smith, ehamnan/". the Hltno;s S tat~

Conference. Our Sixth DI$lrlct Rcprncnlallve,

Vtee PrCltdent /1m Conway, and the attorney gen·

cuI, Nell Hanigan, spokeaboutlhecurrent admlO'

l$trallOn in governmenl and how they IrC gomg

.boUI trying 10 delele UnionS

There is tng money and big business UlII)'ul& to

&et flehe r by deplivmg cver)'onc of a fall wage and

benefits. T hey have the mon~y 10 hirc I.wyell and

to find WIYS of ,etung .. d of union contracts. It is

I .ulllY and we must nOI gel complacenl with our

jobs. We mun attend union meellngs, support our

officers and gtt non·union people Itarted In JOlning

the IBEW way of life. What can w~ du 10 protec t

our lobs and our union way of hfel Go to the polls

and Vale for union·supporting candidates. Vote

Rtagan OUI aod ueryone clst that triu to dcstroy

th~ untOns. We have Walked hald aod fought for

what we have, dun't l~t them take 11 away. VUle,

gCt eycryone IOvolved. family, fnends and nelghbolS_

We Can do ii, and we w.ll do 1l at the JI(lJls.

Brothers, don' l becomt eomplaceDl, fight for your

righls and your "mlly.

At the March 14 Tegular [Ilcelll\J: of local 1367,

Prcsident Allen Youn, announced the new ap'

plIlntment 01 steward to Brolhe. Joseph Bleers,

Overhead Departmtnt, ChIcago Ceona!.

Congralul.1l0nS ue ClIlended 10 Bloth"r 11m

RlOld~n , who WIS appolOted 10 fill the .. acaney on

the Executive Board lrfr hy Bill KozlowskI , who

was promoted to mana,emenl.

Celebr."ng I JO'year company anOl .. ~ r"ry, con·

gtatulations to B.other Ch.rlu MaeSw.in, Trans·

portallon Departmenl, lune I, 1954. CongT1ltula·

lions to Brother Dennis fudala, promoted 10

circultman 1\ Chicago North BUI of health and

hapP,nelS arc ClItcnded 10 Brother 1

dffl510ns on Shol~ham Wcrf nm ours. bU I we suff~ 1

Ihf consequenc.,.

COll.l:r.uub!lons 10 Rusmcis "'tm Funk Lorn·

budl F r~nk rC1:tntly rfcelved an ~wlr d for 20 yeau

of SUVICf II I volunlcu IIrtman In Ihe IlIcksvllie

File (kpulment Dunn, thOle 20 yells, Funk hid

,one on 10 become I company capilin P' esenily

he 's .he company KUfllry. Abo. cQlLgratulauDns

10 Ch"I,,:. Walters on hll 351h Krvlct anOlversary,

and 10 AlIhca Kessler lrom Customel Rebuons on

he, Itten, IfUlemenl

The Ma.ch of D,mu " W.lkAmencl" "'U held

on Sunday, Apnl 29, belmnlnll al 8 JO a m Aboul

10,000 Long Island r",denu peofIle of all.ges and

from cvel)' K,menl of the communuy, parllCI'

pa.ed 10 ,he lOkllomtlc, (18 mllul walk The

monty raIsed help$ Ihe M.rch of D'mes conunut

lIS public and r .ofeulon.1 hulth educallonal pro·

grams and communny and med,c.1 Krv,ccs limed

1\ Ihe p.evenlLon 01 bmh defeclS

Unlll nu, month

AI Su n"IUK II, P S

-: Picnic Set for July 28 ;

Training School Graduates 24

LU. lUI lu\, MA YWOOI>, ILL _Tht dalt of Iht

1441 pICniC hn been .nnounced u luly 211. 1 9~4

ThiS year, once '''In, II WIll be held al 1I0hd~y

Park In Inglulde. [. w,ll future free Ice erum,

soda POP and beN for everyone, bingo for Ihe lad'es,

&Jmu lor Ihe kId s, and pee wee Jl:olf ThiS yur

.I-tO Will ftllure a WI.e. shde .nd ILl bwilS .o drlve

on the WaIN Milk you, (.Iend.. and plan HI

'!lend

Ou. loc.1 bids, b,e .. ell and good luck 10 .he

followml .eCenl .NLlees Walte. leschke-Ove.

head, Ellm, Donald W.dolny-Sub SlIlIon Con

"NelLon, Cltnba,d, and Lenny M~n and hm

PhllllpJ, botlt of Ovcrhud, Aurora

PresIde", Manln hn asked 10 say .hat penOt!'

cally the WOIker', Compt:n$allon Comm,"cc send,

Out • qucslLonn~L1e 10 ~II mcmbe" that may be

enlliled 10 COmpenS~1I0n due 10 • "'olk lelated

mlury He UatU ,h'l ,n order fOI Iht Comnllttee

10 propedy follow up on ,hek acCident., II il of

u'mos' Imro"ance ,ha, IheK quellionnaILU be

filled out wmpletcly and relurncd to Ihe Com

,"mec 1/ you have any 4uUllons or problem,.

plnse COlllaCI you, "eward

On Ap,,1 10. We arc proud CO ann"unec ..... e hid

24 men Jl: 1 ~duate from our '>IIIILng Lllleman '&

TUln,nt Sehool Undel Ih~ ueellent ,u'elage of

hnem~n lury TIl. k·_Glcnhd" l, CUrl Kowalski

EII'n and BIll GIelow-OVA, Ihe follOWing mcn

ate now "un the hne" Cuy johnson and Pele

Mmaljfa ILl Aurml, luhn Gonzalez and Gralt: Ke '

,elan In EIII'n, Sine Ed"'a,d"loe Klemencle, and

Bob l--Ioovcl ILl Bolingbrook, lohn KIrUIIL., Vern

COVlllglOn, CIa, k Montgomery, SIeve Ikin! and

Itrry I)cBruyne 10 Glenbald, and IIn.ily, Plnkey

,amet, Randy Green, Pelel CISme)l., Cary CII

bellO, TellY Whebn, Woodrow Boone, Mike

McNully, lohn oUKl!, Randy Chipman, I,m

MeCu,l, Mlchul Re and MIchael Vanco 10 OVA

We wI~h Ihf beSI of luck 10 all of IheK men,

and may Ihe)' all be bles~ed wllh sale ..'o.k .tto.ds

and accldenl free workdays

Scribe Takes Note

Of Mondale's Record

hmH .. n, p,>

LU. U 70 lema.ulvl. KEAR N Y, N, J, Many yeau

alo Iioid our cnme membership .hat I .... ould nOl

~el ILIvolved III pollllCS. whether \I be local or

natloul BUI ,hI' "me around In 19114, Ilhlnk and

haH 10 aCI dlffe.ently I ha~( wI.chtd Ihe Dem·

OC,atlC candl(latcJ ~nd .he II"'Y .wo ca nd,d~tc ,

Ihn Imr , c~!('d me Wfle Revclcnd /cHe la ckson

md Wallel " FTllz" Mondale I know that Ihls lime

around" would be villually 1 1I 'p"'~lbJe 10 ciCCI

Reverend Ilck-tOn, bU I .he day w,lI come whcn a

bbek man wtll be elecled prnldem BUI, h ,e"

i5 1984. and Ihe onlyundidalc Ihat Iruly Ic r .csel1l,

Ihe ocmoc. allc IdeololY IS Walter Mondale

He WIll ImplfmenL I'.ogums 111 help III "",

Members

No, this WI!; 11 0 . Flo.ida, It wu OUI . id c ou, com·

pany,lIn.

""ople One Ihmg " fOf sure-SoclII SC1:L1 l1 ly wdl

be ""fe I h~~e watched Han and I behne he "

eoniuSln, and Irym~ 10 &lve .he Imp,esslOn Ihal

he 's a new Kennedy Have you watched him lately!

How he pu" hIS ",III hand III h,s JAckel pockel

and uSCJ Ihe ume ,eslu,n a5 Kennedy did ! I fed

we don't ofed In Imltato. If one can', be oll,mal

and act ILh Ihey we.e C'Uled, Ihen cOf'ycalJ

should nOI "y 10 fool Ihe people

Scum, lIart vOled 21 Ume, a"",1lS1 b,lI~ .hAI

would ha"e been helpful io, Ihe people He vOled

Reagan 's way, aod Ihese votes us, we.e dls.l~uous

for ou, counu),

FIllz Moodale I~ good for Ihe eOLlnny, llnod fUf

labor and WIll do a magnlllcenl Job. H" cxpellenee,

c(lmbtned w"h h" IIIlel"'y and ltonUty. make.

hIm Ihe bc:st man 10 h~~c Ihc honor of runntng un

thc D~mocu"c \lck~1 lor P' UldCnl of the Unlled

Su,u

I Inlend 10 camp"'II" VI~Otously fn , Momble, for

lied secu(c Ihn If he $hould hi' elreled, he would

be tht besl man IU help mf III myoid aile UpOII

ICtllel1lCII1 We have One ~C I O ' In W UhLlI~I"n ~I

,hi' lime alld we ctrtalnly don 't need a copyul

"101 to fill Rugan', shoes ILkc lian

"bou, thrce ye~" ago, I JIC.sonally spnkc w"h

FIII2 Mondale at Ihe Mudowland, H,lton lie held

my hand and I rctall h,s words. he SlId, "Allh"

cOUnlly SLlre IS faced ..·"h many problem, clu,ed

b)' Rcapn, .nd I am a""d Ih.t If he hn hIt way

he Will Iry 10 do a ..'ay wllh OUr Soclll SeeuII')'

prOlnm, and SQmc day you WIll rcmember my

wo.ds .nd ... y F"l: .us "lIhl." Well. I do .cmember

h" ,,'ord,. Dldn'l.he Reagan admmls.ulIOn make

In allcmp' 10 make many chanil:C5 III Ihe Snelll

Seeullly r,o"am' H'$ wo,ds hne been flUC Ind

Ihl s , ~ one Slttll1g ,USon why I'm backlnll Mond~le

100 perCent no. because SQmebody ,old me 10

bcack hIm. and nOl because Ihe IBEW told me 10

back him I'm backlll, Mond~l e hec~ust h" word.

we.e Indced tNC

TOIII.he employees who ldl Weslcln Eke,"cmake

If your busllless .0 USt youl "ole lor Flit:

MondAlc, ior you kno .. me and b. be 1\ fn. mt 10

back ~nyone, bUI Fill: needs help and I ""elld I"

help him all I can, and wllh YUUI help we un du

11 Your vot( lor Mondalc IS no, a ",,".ed v"'e, II

" a ..

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wllh a Jl-ynr un.on pm and a SlS chcck from our

local 1491 Bcst of Luck "Uncle Bud."

The.e WIS a)l:ood lI111lout of OUI unUJn Brothers

and Slste., to \'ote on our unton eonuaci. On Ap,,1

5, 1984. dlCI thrcc-and·J·half months of negot.a

ltOn S, nur union con uacl WIS s.gned.

Alocr! W. "Pee Wce" Grellory, on h. ~ way home

one evening. had hIS '114 Fo.d Ranger hIt broadSIde,

caU!Jng It 10 fllpon in sIde. Pee Wee was unlnlured.

We wcre a ll g.ateful for Ihn

In closlnl. lei us .11 work safdy whatevel our

lob mlghl M'

Scribe Notes Absence

of the Union Label

I,.. U. 1501 (rm&mol, BAlTIMORE, " l O.-lt ,eems

that a week docsn't go by that I don't nottce the

la~1 on a product Ihlt onL ~ w~, produced to the

UnIted StaltS or Cornada, but t5 now done overseas

It IS " source 01 COn$lanl ""laIlOn to me My

.eaclion is thai I want to fight back. I Wanl 10 lurn

thIS mtoluable $"uallon around I know that you

are concerned, also, bUI JUSt whal can be done!

The Unilcd Slalu speciflcally needs enaClment

uf I." trade bws Ihal WIll prcserv~ A"' ~ f; c~n jobs

agaInSt runaway employers and la .... s Ihat WIll

ulabl"h mdusmal JIIlhcie, to PUI our c"'zen, to

work. unlonunatdy, thc UnilCd State, govern·

menl conllnues to encouragc U.S. manUfaCIUren

10 move thell produ(lion 10 faC IOII C$ ro foreIgn

countnu, Thele en,ou, agemenu I speak about

lie' a body of lax lawl glvrog spccbJ tU bl~;

of Ihe sludy. Hopefully, we wIll keep OUI lob)

lune 17 II Falher's D~y, Hope.1I dd. ha ve a

"C ~ I dayl June .Iso mCln, thc end of the school

year, Please witch out for the child.cn Many

btkcn arc out on lhc I II«U and careful dllv'nl "

I mUll Have a ,ood day!

Kecp up wllh youl union! Allend thIS monlh's

m«uns 00 lune 10, 198", ar Pulaski Inn, Cudahy,

W,sconstn .• t 1000 a m Rdlnhmenu arc servcd

aftcr Ihe meelln,

N ...,,

•

Retirees

Apprentice Mike B,own 01 Loca11 7n , Ba rrie, Onl.,

is no"," at homr on weekends, in good spirits and

On Ihe road to rccovery.

II

Bit of Nostalgia

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Rel;,;ng Ap. il I was Pa. Rkf, ' member

170 1 fo r 20 fu ••.

April I, Par RICC, and May I, FTaOCi5 Murphy

Brothe.s Roust and Murphy lomed tht IBEW In

194J and 1946 Icwectlvcly ;15 members of Loul

16 BOlh became chafi N members of Loul 1701

On Apol IA. 1951. Brothcl Rice was obhgau:d In

lm.al 1701 on March 14, 1964 Togclhcr these

,hrte havc coombutcd 10 organized labor for DYC,

99 yun. II long. happy leisure retirement is w,shed

louch_

[ leglct 10 IIl/OIrn you of the deaths of BrothelS

Shurlcy McLlmo.c and Gene Welk Brothe.

McLimo.f' wa~ a m~mb cr of local L 70] SlIIte May,

1971, ;tnd wu working at tht 0 B WIlson I'ow

c. houst when he became III and died unexpectcdly

al the age of 49. BrothCI Wells was a member of

the IBEW tinCt 1945. In 1951 he bec.;amt a charter

member of Local 1701 and 'tilled from .he tr~de

m laIC ]973. 80th WIll be mIssed by thell fnends

and eo· w O lk~l~ OUI deepCSI sympathy to thei.

famlhn

Now for olher notes 01 InIC le.1t .... t our Malch

meeting, the Properties Committee reponed that

Ihey hd made the fln~1 paymen! on our p.operty

and bUIldIng and that a mortgage burning was In

o.der. flnallyl au. penSIon plan has recelyed Rnal

IRS apP lOyal .... Summary Plan Descriplion of th"

plan wLlI be sent 10 each participant, hopduUy by

the end of Ihc quallel. Cuncnlly ovcl400 Brothers

f, om OU I 5'Sle. locab are on OUI out·of·work hst.

All members arc encouraged 10 Wille thell cun·

g.cuman and uk Ihem to suppon the Redcn,o

Bill Fm more Inlolmauon concernmg Ih,s bdl.

CO lU aCt YOUI local union 'lfflce.

Propo"1510r a new wo.klng agrcement hclween

Ihe Soulhcrn Ind,an. Ch,pler, NECA lind Local

1701 have been exchanged, b .." no formal meennp

have beeo held as 01 IhIS wrlllng. The Big Rivers

UnH 01 local 170] IS cUllCnrly In negollanons for

line,.· con lllCt, whtch WIJ due Apnl 12. Mo.c

nCWI concerning bolh CO nlrarr.~ in my nellt illlcle.

Unlll Ihen, buy union ind attend the monthly

meetrng

RICHARD THOMSON, P.S

Several Members Retire;

Two Brothers Thanked

L U. 1733 (u), FREDERICTON, N.B._Recent rc·

Ulemenu show memhcu of local 1733 oP"o& 10

cmoy hie In the relLled ranks. These members lie

Blolherl Denml Lebllnc, Harry Cole, lames Buck·

ley, Edward C rlnl, lloyd Bnus, Polydore lnille,

The tUm from Lonf 625, Nov, Seotll, Iflf< Ihe

tha ll e n ~e by Ihr Ru clouche Boys. Good rifoll,

Brolhelll.

Gordon Davenport, Alfred POllra5, George .... I$en

auit, CheSter Canam, Rene Thel1auh, SImon label,

Sldn~y Kilpatnck, Wall~~t' HeenaD, Cedi BUill,

Delbert McLeod, lames Molton, Au.de Hachey,

Allbe DOI",n, Roy FranCIS, Marven Celklc, .... lIhur

Donovan, Adci.,d Basque, Beverly Carter, CeCIl

Mac[)onald, Albert Turnbull, Rell Magee, 10( Daley,

Anhur SaUCIer, .... ntoine Soucy, Charles Holt, lun

Lavoie, lohn Mclean, Rnnald StOne, Rosalie Ther·

'.lUll, YYon letel, COldon He ..... ", C.arroll Hoopet.

HUllS Smuh. Gordon Machrlanc, lames Wallace,

lesley Brawn, Pulley G reene and Wivel Dc

Melchanl Best wishes to thcse members 101 a long.

enloyable and healthful letilemenl

OU l lhanks go OU I to Ihe Ruearch and Educatlon

Department for the fASt analySIS, put to~e l her on

short nOIlCC. of one of OUI cmployn~' RnlillClaJ

.cpons OUI membels lie apprec,allve 01 thl'

servICe

A VOIC 01 thanks was extended to Blather! Renc

Thelli"lt and Chalire Pierce from UnItS 5 and 7

101 thc •• efiollS and the support Ihey gave towlld

thea brOlher members dUllng then le rm of of lice.

Brull,cl Th ..,.. ull hu accepted a lob oUlsidi' Ihe

ba.galnrog unll, and BrOlhel P,ercr has mo,·cd to

Beechwood Plant Wc wish thcm well ro Ihell new

POSlIlOnS

BI n Ev ANS. P S

Negotiations Under Way;

Meeting Stresses Safety

l.U. 1739 (iko), BARR IE, ONT. - ThlS )·ur's new

COOllact negolialHros nC well undcr way ","lIh ve ly

hnle p,o,l:less 10 report II Ih" lime

.... 1 our Februuy meellng the Conslrucllon Safety

ASSOCUllon of On

you won'( lun IMO thc Comrany IWIt

And 10 all you blhul, Harpv hthus Day

lOll" R DALlY, I'S

' Scribe Answers Criticism

Of Mondale Candidacy

L,U, 1908 (ul, COCOA, FLA.-At thll wnllnll I am

prtp.nn8 10!,:0 10 Tall.h.n« to .nend the flon d.

AFL·CIO COPE Le815bu~e Conference, alonl with

rrelldcM Schanl::en While Ihnc, we WIll be talk-

1111 10 OUr stale le,,~lalOl5 about blllJ Ihlt Will

dfeel U$ nOl only u union membe l ~, bUI III our

dally llvu 1 upeci Ihat Ihll yur 'u In Ihe put

we Will have 10 slM'nJ more ume 10bbYlOg .galnSt

bad bills than we w.ll "'ork,n!': 101 good ones One

bill, H JJ9 would make a local ulllon and It I

officera rnpons,ble fo r the .Cllonl of any 01 11 8

members on a picket hne, unlus Ihe union could

prove II had nothln5 10 do "·lIh Ihe leI What Ih,s

IS uymg IS the unllm IS ~ulIty unless It can prove

. II 15 Innoccnt ThiS II onc mOle anempl 10 weaken

' unions 10 thll stale and musl be dde~led

I'm proud of 0111 mcmbcuhlp'. ,c5p(1nK to Ihe

so·called enntraC! offer the company had Ihe Cum·

millee bnng back 10 a vOle Both the System

Commmee and Ihe System Council unanimously

recommended we lu.n thiS pack.lte dnwn, .nd we

did. In OUI local, 68 pClcenl of Ihe membels vOled

.nd lurned 1\ down by I I $-1 mal!,:"', and IYlilem

-w.de II was .bour 24-1 'gainsl II

I have lecelyed lOme CllliCISm .bout my culumn

.eprdm, labor'. endo.semen, of Walre, Momble

I would I.h to cxpl~m my feeirngs on ,hI' en

du,Kment and why I Ihlnk It II n&ht When an

Olpnr::allon, be" l.bo,_ the AMA ollhe Nallonal

"Rlgh' to·Wolk"Commltree, cndorsu a cand,d~le

fa, office. Ihey Iry 10 find the undldate who Will

help therr memMn the mosl m rt,l!ardJ to the

o- &oat, of the o.ganrullon ThiS IJ done by sc.ecn

mgs. eheehng rl5t vOlin, Ic(o.ds. Ind whl! the

cand.date', sund on the l,suel II T h( lut Ihrte

yur, hlye shown Ronald Rupn 10 be unbu to

Ihe wOlkl", men and women of IhlS (uunrry From

h.s n~c k lO' of the NLRB wllh ,nhunlOn pcurle,

10 the Lobo. Departmenl "Yin!,: 10 ,l!UI Ihe Da""

Baeun ACI, tu hiS tax cun Ih.t helped the n ch •

helluya 101 mOre Ihan Ihe wo,kers, Rugan hiS

shown hi' dl~,e,arJ fOI Ihe wUlklOg cllSJ .nd hiS

favontl$m for the nch . nd powe. ful Waitci Mun

d~le h ~ s shown hi' 5UpJlOII fO I us m Ihe pUI .nd

desCfYU OUI IUPPOII now If wc don', 5Urporl and

hel p Ih05c who 5uPPOri us, how c~n wc c~p

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elecuon, ummll it so Ihat " will be pnnted alter

the elecuon. I certainly hope Ihat the ultimate

impacl of chanlle In cuher de",non wIll be a

bcneRdal one to you In due "'OU ISC The Cnnstltutional

proti ScAVONE, IR , PS.

Local 2154 Celebrates

20th Anniversary

L.U. 21S4 {ul, SUFFA LO, N.Y,- In 1984 oUllocal

WIll co mmemorate OUI 20th yellIn uiSlence With

Ihe IBEW.

Twenty years ago .he fnllow.nR n enl5 look

pl,ce, as close as can be determtned, on the fol ·

Inwmgdaled: On Febluary 24, 1964, m cascnumbel

3-RC·3287, an elcetlon was hdd 10 dc termme if

the IBEW would be th e bat gaming agent for the

P&'M wOlkers nn Ihe propt'rly of Iroqun.s Gas

Corporation.

On Malch 16, II .... as de tCrmlOcd by the NLRB

tbat the I8EW waJ, in bct, the winnel in that

eleellon. The fIrI! officers to hcelected 10 negotiale

the fi . st agreement wele president, Allen Becker.

vi(e pre "dent, TImothy Tolin, rcco. dlng secr~ta r y,

[d Walsh, !lnanetal secretary, Marlm Ernsl, u us,

Ulel, Stanlcy Bosinsk., ExeCUlLve Board chatrman,

Daniel Mlodozenieci Executivc Board, Ray Greenan,

Andlew K)cldgaa rd, Ferdman..! Polinski, Rny

Weaver, Chules PUIV100, Frank Andelson, RIchard

Blood and Norm Koch.

The first contrlct '.-as latifled on .he 7th of ,uly,

1964. and appro"ed by Internalloul Plesldent Gor·

don M , Fleeman on Jul y 14, 1964.

The nflltial charter was issued to Ihe local on

M~lrh I, 1964. The follow1Og names are hued 1'1 1'1

Ihal ebaner Bernard K Pearson, Norben Edwatds,

Rob~rt Bahr, Frank Anderson, JO$e ph Flmeno,

William GUlnane, Ted Trewillel, Rny Weaver, Paul

11.055, George Kuh,shlan, John Suchy, Joc Heckert,

Dick Siadelmaiet, Don Murny, John Kellel, Leo

WlDna, Charles Snyder, Paul Ga nnon and Frank

Kimmm.

Ten of thue members arc slIll aCllve 10 the local

un IOn, thlce have re s.gned, nyC rellled an d one

plOmoted 10 management.

0 1 Ihe origmal offieeu, S. SOSinski and M EmSI

still hold oillce in the local union. Of the chner

members, R. Bakel IS the only ~c tlve o/fi",< r nf thc

local ull1nn

In 1966 Ihe Wellsv.lle area was acquued In Ihe

following ciccI ion, Jim W~ sson, Arst ExcculLve

Bond member of that aru, paruc.pated .n nego·

llalLOnS In L966

In 1914, IroquOIS Cas became Na\!onal Fuel Gas

Respon~.ble for organizing our 10..:.1 werc Inler·

nalLon~1 Rcplcsentallvc Inhn PatlL",k Dalyand Jnhn

MtDermoll, John Da ly .s s'nce deceased and lohn

MeD", rm olt is 51 ill replcscnting the IntemalLonal

staff on our behalf, although 10 1973 and 1975 the

COntraCt mceunllS ..'ere eondueled by RCT'resenl'

auve Ed ward ju per.

We beheve thu under the gu.dance of Ihe mEW,

""C hur r.~med not only the beneAls wh,"'h we

negollaled, but rnpeel ollhe company.n aeh.cvlOlL

OUI goals

In a shOll Ave yeau, we w.1I be celebraung nur

~tlvc r annivelsary. It ce n alOly would be pfOpe r 10

cons.der some SOrt of funclLnn tn commemorate

our 25·ycar annlverury

In the meantlmr, l believe 1\ gocs wlihoUI saymg

that many Ihanks ale 10 order 10 III those wbo

sacrHlted and had anythmg to dn WIth the Iut 20

years, and conglltulalLons tn all.

STAN BosIN 5 ~1 ,

L'Article de Section

Local 2253 En Fran~ais

8 M

LU. 2251 {Ill, MONTREAL, QUE.- Nouc seelLon

locale a it ~ tondee en Mars 1968, d~ i a 16 ans, .1,

lalbit que des tvtncmCllIs marculS SUrv.ennCm

POUI se d~cider i placer un amele dans ee /oulnal

de la FlOE. Tout de rmt remenl, un de nOS Confrhes

. elllitcs,le Confrere Leo toley Ittcignalt SOa,,"~e ,

com mc membre de nOlfe F utcrnit~ . II lut IOLIL~

en 1931 it ]a Seellon locale 56] C{ il lfaYllllaLl •

ce moment Ii pour Ie Canad.en Pactflquc_ Nous

I',vons lnvilc ~ assisler;i nntre asscmblte rtguJih e

du moi, de novembre 1983 pour lui d ~eer n e l Ie

cerufleat aHCllanl SCi emquanle ans "" lu. re

menle un bouton'; eel elfet, T ousles Olflciers et

lei membres PIClentS onl pu constater la v.tali l ~

etl'cnergie du Confrele Foley qui a mainlen,nl 80

ans. 11 hall a ceo mpa gn~ de son fill Donald qui

travaille aussl l CP Rai! comme clecnicicn el II

nous a d.t quc son cpouse ~lIi t 10ujOllrS i ,et e6tt.. ~

Le Coofrhe Foley nnus I l clal~ quelqucs ane",doles

i scs dehuls rranillant .ur Ics locomollvC5 d.esel

CI plusicurs nnl dcrides l'assiStanee. 11 a ttlmmc

son travatl au CP ",omme contremaine. Dans IIeJ

moments de 101S"5, ,IIaJl parlle de clubs $OCIIUI,

.lleneonlie souYenl les aUIlU IC!lai tb de CP rail

1I des rcunions orRani,ctl pour ",cux·d. Nous $OU'

haLlons 'U Confrere Fnley ain51 qu'~ son tpou.$C: ..

plusieulS anntes de bonheul ainsi que 1a sanlt

pou. qu'lls comlnuent 1 jouir plemcment d'une

re\ralle b,en mt r il~e.

L'aulle cvenemenl qUI S'UI dt roult CSt eelul du

Conlrere Robe rt Wil,on, t1eetrieicn aux Alehers

Angus de CP Rail, membre de nOlle Secllon loelle

qui leprcsenlera nntre Pays, I.e Canada l UX Jcux

Olymp.ques d'hlver it Saralevo en Yougos!.YIC en

1984. II sera Ie fteineul sur 1 '~q Ulpe de bobsleigh f'

~ qualle personnn, it I'ttait sw- la meme cqulpe

lors des )eux olymp.ques d'hlvel • Lake P1actd,

New YOlk cn 1976 el sa part icipation celie , nnte

sr r ~!l.a delmere aux leux Olymplquu. Le Confdre

W.lson I dtbutt snn . pprenll$uge au CP Rail en

1972, .1 est devenu tlectllc.en en 1976 el II trname

pl~sen (cm e nt enmme t1e",trtelen aux Ateliers An·

gus NOlie Section local rhhse que Ie chOlx du

Confrhe W,bon COmmt reprtsenunt nntre P,y • .A

aux Olympiquel CSt un honneul dont nOU$ snmmCl

tOUS !lers t l un tOmHt fUI formc pour alder celui·

CL • p~yer CerlatneS dtpenses non Icmbourstu p .. r

Ie Comut Olympique. Le Confrhe lames Fredenck

a CtC Ie coordin'leur de Ia campagne de I. sous·

eripllon qui a CIC un luceu CI dlficrenlS L1em

IUlent vendu! pour ohlenlr celie rcussHe, Nntre

employeur CP Rat l n', pas voulu conllibucr un

IOU POUI e etl~ htnemcllt el e'e5t unc du raisons

qu. nous a mCller i faLle quelque chose pour Ie

Confrhc W,]soo, Tous ses compagnnns de travaIl

et les Ollleers de la Fr.temLlc I'ont cncouragt el

nOUS lulsouhaLlnnslnus Ie pl us de l ueeu poSSIble

1015 de cn jtux Olympiquct de 1984. Nous allen·

dons neC .mpatience lu rtsultllS du tvcncmenu

au~quel. pa rlL tl~ r nn l Ie Confrele W,lson el meme

si I. thance ne Ie lavolise pas nous uvons pem'

ncmmenl qu'd donnclA Ie medlcur de fui ·mcme

pOUI l'bonneul du pays qu'il Icprtsente Bonne

chance. ~

JII CQUES T1LEMBLAY, P,5.

Scribe Calls for Unity

In Face of Business' Attacks

L. U. 2286 luI, BEAUMONT, TEX.- Wage coneel·

s.ons and freezes, takeaways, and even the poss.ble

lOll 01 lob, have unfortunately become the f,,·loo· ...

",ommon env"onm~nt m whl~h the Amelle.n

worker hu to surv.ve_ B.g husmess has taken lull

advantage of the cUilent eeonnmie slluation 10

order tn allempl to gam Ihe urper hand ovel

orRani:ed labor. With no regard for the I.vehhood

of LI S work ers, b.g buslneu hn caocfully B.me "! LIS

wrath al organ.;ed labor. B.g busmess has taken

lull.duntage nf the opportLLnlty affolded Ihem by _

Ronald Reagan and hLS Republican .dmml$tration

In an cflnrl 10 crush organ,zed labol. In some cases

II hu appeared bIg bU$mess has won and Ihe union

has lost, Hnwever, ap pearances can be and are

dece.ving. BIg business ca n dosc liS fac tories, shut

down assembly hnu and layoff tIS worken , but

Ihe onc Ihing b,g buslOns unnOI extlOgu.sh is

the will to surviVe and remam sn onll, We, U onion

members, each possess the lOner strength to SUI- ~

v.vc and wLlhstand any problem plcsented 10 u.

BIg busllless feels the trend today 10 AmeILca "

away from orllanizcd labm IOd lowatd the trend

of workIng lor low wagu and no beneflls. How

wlong Indeed i.thll Iheory, Inr Ihe day WIll come,

and very soon, when b.g bus.ness WI]] pay deafly

for Ihe1l cold, unfeehng regard fOI nrganl;ed labor,

Unions and Ihell memberl will indeed Iurvive,

grow, and gain IiI renglh in Ihe knowledge Ihat OUI

delCtminalinn and unity wI[! withstand Ihe hard

ILme~ .nd Insure a bngh!er fu.u.e 101 us all Don '!

lJ~t LIp .arWlJvt in ee! !OUp, and ,o~clhel we

wIll bc:ndh from a bene. way of hfe thlOugh

Cl!&ani~ed labor

NfoNCV TIHIIOO ... UK, P S

Bi-Annual Meeting Held ;

Tax Seminar Sponsored

LU.lJ09 [II), FREDERICTON, N,8.- Thls was a

very bUl Y wInter for OUI local, especIally regaILling

negollalLonl. Talks wLlh New IIrunswlck Power

concern.ng our techno cal g.oup arc progreumg

~ , lowly , however, ,orne gams have been realized.

Our group employed by Brewer's EOle.pnsu has

rcac hed an Impaue m negolLalLons wLlh .hell

rmployc. _ MI Paul Le page, a Depanmcnt of Labour

conCIliator, has been appomted 10 help resolve the

dlspu.e Mosl of the conn aet language IS out of

Ihe way, however, moncy i~ the big slUmblmg

block The clt"cal group, also employed by New

... BrunSWIck Power, ~thercd proposab and bellan

talks 11'1 Aprd and May

Samt lohn was the host CLlY 1m the b,·annu,1

meellng of the Atlanllc UILlllY CounCIl, a body of

IIIEW locals reprcsenllng work ers empluyed by the

VInous power gencrallng and d'$tnbullon com·

paoles 111 the Adanllc . c~m n These mcellngs ne

very bencAclal 10 all wh u .IL

w

z

,

"

54

01 IDa" "~~IC In JOulh flollda, and he II ~ptln~o/ing

a dme 10 p.d. up 300,000 names 1

second ume Clve him a ullat681-0S12, hc would

apprecluc 11 _ Nick DdConte blOUghl UB mfur

m .. uon on a local cruise Meet our new mtmbel,

lohn Slcnsk,

Door pnzu were won by faye Lott, Belly Dcl

::I COn te, Ella "bye Auer, Ehnbelh ~hJJm er, An" ..

H.awkms_ Irene Hadden, An. Rey", Edythe Creen,

losephme Edelen, 8cny Rllney, Irene BenlCh and

Anne tte Ch.land The mam coune of our mul

was prepared by Cladys O'Quendo, whICh WI)

I~U beef wllh a Sp.nlsh flavor, I real latly dish

We had a good lurnout with plenly IU eat "Corky"

Edden and hIS Wife IOR phlne 'UpcrVI~ the lood

placement for our buffet-type meal, they made an

, appetizing display Mike Chiland lang "Danny

8oy" while we Were utlnll Ptuldent Many Chew

and AUI,tanl Bu,mU, Man'Ker B,II R,ley drorl'C'd

by to VISit with u, We wound up our mcelinK

wl1h bmJl:o

T w AIJ(~ , P S

r-~'" Celebration

Left 10 ri ghl l rt Pres ident RobertI, Ruuell, B.othtr

George Gur, Busincu Mana,ller lames W. Ma,all

and Rflirru Club P. uidul Ur .ben l. Llnll ( UIling

the IOlh I nniveru ry ukt_

-Club Members Celebrate

Double Anniversaries

RETIR EES CLUB Of L.U. 180. NORRISTOWN,

' A_-On Tu(Joday uenln" Feb.uary 16, 1984. the

relOlen and Ihel( guC$u celeb.ated the .. 10lh

anmversary 15 membe., of the IBEW Reurers Club

AIMI,n anendance to help cdeh.ate we.e member,

.. mlhe Executive Board Ind thell WIV". commlt\ct

members of Ihe locil umun and cunLlaCIO .. "gned

With the local un,on The evenmg Jlaned with

cockla.b, hOIl d '~uv . CJ and a general gCI-lo

gcthe. Th"

was lollowed b, an enloyable bullet

d,nne. whe.e you we.e able 10 Klrel Ihe food 01

YOUI tlSlr and UI u much as yoo deslled Altcr

dlnnerlhe plcsldent 01 Ihe P.ellf

11\1 IVIEIVIORII=IM

Prayer (or Our Deceased Members

Lord of mercy and forgIveness. look WHh gentle kindness on the souls of these. our Brothers and

S,sters. who have so recently felt us. Thou who so loved th e workmg people of the eanh, that Thou

earnest to earth and lived and worked among them. show co these workers Ule fuJI measure of Thy

love and compassIon. Amen .

EWBA Death Claims Paid in March. 1984

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Inlernalional Brolherhood 01 Eleclrical Workers-Pension and Dealh Benefil Payment Report

NUMBER ADMITIED TO PENSION LAST MONTH

TOTAL NUMBER ON PENSION

TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST MONTH

TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST 12 MONTHS

DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST MONTH

IB£W PENSION

BENefiT fUND

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77,131

S 4,405 ,776.73

$51 .933 .057 .84

$ 97,334.69

meTRICAL WORKERS

8£NfFll ASSOCIATION

$ 982.249 .24

NAnONAL rucTRtcAI.

BfNffll FUND

$ 6.963.284.68

$77 ,315.220.28

,

.,

PHElPS DODGE CORPORATION:

(Con till ued from page 16)

become involved in the dIspute. In·

volved, mdeed! He seems more preoccupi

ed with the president 'S reelection

campaign thim becoming involved with

anythmg.

The dilemma of how to StOP union

busting in America is not simple. If ever

orgamzed labor needed to rally around a

common cause, It is now. We must stop

68 I ISEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1984

the trend that IS now upon us. We must

awaken to meet the challenges of com·

panics like Phelps Dodge, Continental

A.lflines and Greyhound Corporation. The

most effective way to do this is at the

ballot box in November. The most im·

ponant year In the history of organized

labor might iust be 1984.

A Ana l analysis of the actions taken

by Phelps Dodge over the past two years

causes us to question the real reason the

Company shut down operations III 1982.

Ii the Company could not operate wi th

copper selling at 70 cents a pound at that

time, how C3n It contlnue to oper.:ne now

when copper is selling fo r 8 cents less? "1

Doesn't the Company's stated reason

seem ra ther illogical when the fa cts arc

examined? Do the facts lead to the conc1usilJlI

that union busting W3S and still

IS the Company's primary goal? Draw

your own conclusion.

REFLE T

Happy Father's Day

I was his pride and joy as a tiny

arm's·length wonder,

Something of a blue color, yet

beautiful in his eyes.

This tiny wonder was the firSI of

four o f his flock to

Carry on his name, his flesh and

blood, and all th e

Treasures of himself.

As she grew into a fragil e young

lady, ca rrying on

So many of his trailS, he protected

and taught he r well.

Giving her the best of everything

he could ; giving

Himself, his love and caring. She

loved to hear him talk,

listcning endlessly, he was her

love; no o ther man would

Ever know the love that was held

so special in her heart

As this man.

And she grew to be a woman, he

followed her through all

The steps, guiding her every inch

of the hea rtbreaking

Way. Hi s lillie girl was growing up

and he knew he was

losing her. Watching it ha ppening

and loving her so that

He knew that letting his little girl

go is what was meant

To be. Becoming harder and harder

to let his only precious

little girl go.

She's exploring the world now as

he once did but, Daddy,

Not losing any of your love,

knowing ri ght from wro ng

As you've taught and are still

teaching. Her love for

Him is stronger than ever beforeshe

misses him desperately

At times, wanting only his

company, lo nging to hear him

Talk as he had when she was a

child.

This man in her life has been her

life. He was there

At the beginning and has seen her

through everything, and

As he matures in his age, the roles

will change, fo r she

Will see him through all the steps,

gUiding him through

Every inch of the heartbreaking

way- loving and ca ring as

He once did. He will always be her

only true love in this

l ife and the nex t.

8e.....tine~

Wile of bnd.lll ~

toe.! 2337, f.iriIeld, Tn.

My Grandfather

He was a very special man

I wish you all could meet,

Tall and thin with big blue eyes,

A charm no o ne could beat.

He broke his back for everyone

And wouldn't take a dime.

I wish 1 could have see n him more

often ;

It's too late now, it was his lime.

He was a very special man to me,

And giving was his style.

Whether it.was candy, money o r

lays,

He always gave a smile.

Although no one is perfect,

He came very close;

There were times he showed some

anger

E!ut I still loved him the most.

He never showed a bad side to

anyone,

He always stayed on top .

J'Jllove him forever, very much

Because he was my Pop-Pop.

M.ins. Tortorici, . se IS

04ustuer of Vk lOt Tortorici

LoeAl 3, New Yorio:, N.Y.

The Master

He was the master and I was the

second of his two sons,

Fo r my brother died when I was

only one.

Altho ugh a little man and me his

number one fan ,

I'll always remember him being

one hell'va man .

He taught me to share, care, love

and respect,

Neve r to indulge o n other's privacy

o r retrospect.

His advice, I didn't always take

For I lea rned by my faults and my

many mistakes.

His wisdom of lea rning by books,

Doing a challenge of chances he

took.

Wo rking hard all of his li fe,

Ca ring for his daughters, son and

his wife.

I co uld go on and boast of all the

things he's done,

But I want to remember the times

we had the most fun .

Th en life began to pass him by;

He knew his body would never lie.

So he accepted what was meant to

be,

Then he was taken from my

mother, my sisters and me.

So let me say, as the master is laid

to res t,

J became the mister, and I pray to

be his equal best.

Tim Murphy

Menber of Lonl ]90

I'ort Arthu" ' e>..

Come June

I saw the silhouette of Jun e

From the waning side of May.

Framed by the light of a ri si ng

moon,

To cast her shade my way.

And admiration turned desire,

When viewed her gracious cha rms.

In love as hot as burning fire,

I wait with open arms!

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Thanks to Four IBEW Members

Who Were Wearing Seat Beltsl

Local Union 1116. Tucson. Arizona, ISEW Members Cal

Ishikawa, George Lucas, Jerry Figuera. and Manny Ruiz

were In this truck and thanks to each of them wearing seat

belts, no one was seriously injured.

Brothers and Sisters, please buckle up every day, every

timet As evidenced above, seat belts do save lives.

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Photograph compliments o( Joe Kantz. Tucson Electric Power.

AN IBEW MONTHLY SAFETY REMINDER

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