1984-04 April IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

.: Stewards Seminar Held;
Board Screens Proposals
l.U. 131 (II), ALBANY, N. Y.-On Suurday. Feb·
luary 4,1984, a slcwards scmmar wos held al the
Thru,uy H~ a t l Houst In Albany Stewards and
ollken wc,e ,n ... ""d fr om locals JJl, 1369, 1311
and IJ8S of our hSltrn D,vls10n, and In splle of
" the "'mIn ,,·cathe. conrlulOns, auendan .... w.s
very good
Dave Wnghr, Don Ragone and Ri ll Cu"e., prt~
.denlS of locols 137. 1385 and 1371, rc~pccllvdy.
",mdy presIded Over the JllOg. am, whIch was pre
sented by the New YOlk School of Indu5mal anJ
labor ReiatlOnso! Cornell Unlyelsr.y. The m~"uc
.,,1$ were Bernard Flaherty. boor relauons 51'"
111._ claliu, .nd Alice Brody. Jalm. educatlun spec,.),sl ,
both 0/ Cornell Unlv • • ~"y
Ms. 810dy opened the Semma. ","h a pw~r.m
on the PlOP'" h.ndhn~ of gll ...... ncu, whIch con
SISlcd of. que!lJon and an~w~r sess,,;m with ..ome
d~balt amQng Ihe rarllC;lpant~ Mr f1ah~rly Ih~n
p r e.en t ~d .n instruCtive $e5510n on " The UnIon 's
Duty of Fall Representallon " ThIS, 100, consIsted
... 01 ud,cnce palll(lp3110n Df qU(StloM, answerS and
de bale, along WI th .ome val u .b l ~ InSUUCllon Irom
MI flah~lIy _ Ms Brody Ihen presc;nted. blld 'hde
Jl log .. m enlltled " VDT'S and the WOIkplact "
Th" IMtruCllon period waS lollowed by IWO
gucsi speakers who sharcd SOme of thell own
Inslghl anJ CXPC II ISC on loday" Uluon mallCU
flank M. n saId a few WOlds on havIng mOl e
seminan 01 ,h,s type IIIvolvlng • g, cat" ' numbe l
. of u"l lt y unlOM throughoot the Thlld D'SUltland
Jl lovldmg • wldN !lnge for the exchange 01 Ideas
Ed laspel, [nIClnallon.[ Rep lell"nlatlV( and mem·
1>1:. 01 Local IJ7, Ihen spoke briefly .oout Ihc
dangers In loday's Con UaCI negotiations 01 "take·
>way'" by companlU, Illoleby weakening the ba.·
ga""ng pOJ IU On 01 t h~ U nlOIl . nd, of course, .e·
sultmg In wtahl Contlacts Ed .Iso mcnUOlled the
ImPO'lanCe of olganl~mg a~ many new groups as
poSSIble, especl.lly m Ihese days of dec.easlng
umon membe. shlp A buffel lunch wu plov,ded,
'/' making Ihe entlle p.opam ~(ty Informauve, ~n
t~nalning and enloyable
On Monday, lanuary 30, 1984, Ihe Executive
Boald mel in a special .eulon for th~ ,,,.ecmng 0/
p.oposal. submlllcd by the mcmbe.~hlp 1m our
~ pcomlnC conn.ct negotlallons_ The!;e proposals
We le Sent to the Easlern D'VISlon 100ni 8oa.,d for
lunhel .clccnlng and Ihen to System Coulicll U ·
.. 11 10l finahzatlon bdo. e being exchanged wnh the
company ,n Malch
ThaI '. all 10' now See you al Ihe nnt umon
meeung
ROBERT I FAlIY, I'S
Unions and Contractors
Must Work Together
L. U, 119 li &ul, ELM IR A, N. V._Thl~ ~p'lOg Ih(
wOl k P'CtUIC In our arc. IS a bn b" ,hlel. W,th
wOl k al St loseph'. Ho'pnal and upcommg wOl k
,n otbel pa" , 01 QO. t~ .. nory, we m.y sec SQme
01 our lonc· travelilng B,olhe.s coming home
The Sialt of ou. ,ndustry IS not whal any 01 u,
would h ke il to bc The ad ve nt of Reaganom,cs IS
lUst one morc arrow In Ihe backs of unions and
wm ktng men and wOmen of OUr counllY_ T be laoo.
pol]cIU 01 thIS dmlnlSllallOn h,nt of 19th·centory
Ihlnk,ng Ann-unton and anu·labo. arc wltcb·
words 01 Ih,s .dmlnl5t.auon Anyl hlOS Ihat sop·
portS Ot guards the working force of IhlS counuy
" now ,ub,(el to slanderous SC lutlny and unbe·
lievable degradallon
Tht union conS!rUCIlOIl penon IS sublecled 10
speclalanenllOn /rom thlS nOn·umOn f.ellon T he
thmking 01 10 yurs ago or evCn five year. ago
muSt be ebanged ,f We arc 10 sUJv'~e ,n many
areas Non·un lon .hop' have taken OVe r most II
nO I .11 of Ihe res,den lial .nd hghl comme. clal
work . These a.e the blcad' l nd·buttc' accounn Ihat
union COnll.cI015 depended on fOI so many yu. s.
Now IhlS wOlk " fil lin& the bank acc;ounlS 01 non·
umon contratlon en abling them 10 grow lugcr
and l."el, thus .. kIng th., wOlk away to"m Iht
trllned un,on ("It,n,an
Thc dlY, of conttactors and unIOns S,tlU'j( on
oppUSHe "des 01 the I~ble ~ r c (o m m~ 10 all end.
The wodd and OUI IIIdu$uy are ch.nglng bSICI
than We lie kecrlllK up with II The.~ lie W'Y',
and we must find them !O ,ecoplure Ihe wurk thn
We have losl and are losmg
The unIon contlaetot ~nd un,on membe. have a
vested In le''''1 \0 Ih,s bus,ness We prov,de a
"~Incd and suptl"" wo,ker The contl.tlu. agrees
10 hlle unly union ~mp l uycu Tlus .g.cemenl can
work unly ,f Ihe CQntr.clulalld unUIII. can t aplure
Ihe work aVailable
Throullh Ihe yca". unlun member. have had to
lace many advelsarlCS and SC;lbaek. We nlU'1. lnd
we ""II 11)111 togelhr as In Ihe put, In uverCume
IhlS late.t th,e3t 10 Ihe hc~ collcct""~ bJIj(JIn108
.ystem
The Annual Stag OUIlng w,ll be hdd un luly 21,
1984, .t Ihe H~IfIS H,ll Youth Camp 1 bave 1\ un
gd soo.ce that Ih,S IS gom& to be Ihe be" oOllng
In ,everal years_ The Outm~ Commlilee IS wOl k,ng
hald to plOv,de mOl" .ellYlIIU .nd betlcr food and
dllnk to r the best lime ever, 10 ma.k thu dale 011
your calcnd., and we will ~ee you Ihele
TOM B~£ClII:K_ I' ~
Members
Shown at Ih Decembel mtt ting 01 Local 141 ,
Wh u ling, W. Va., wht l t tht y let tind Ihri. 1C,,·ic;t
pin ~, alt, left 10 tight, Rob"l L. I"cuughlin, 20
YU ISI Cha.les S"ahl, 1S yu n; Robert L itelfer,
lS run, and Geolge E, Nc" 30 yurs.
MOlt mt mbt n who rfetl~ td pins at Iht mutiog
&It, Irft 10 light, Ironl l OW: Louis W. Youlkoyic;h,
30 yun, I.'an Lu Lewis,)5 YU'" u(Ond .ow:
Btrnard P. Kdly,)O yu u , lIarr y T. Ollh, 25 yu •• ,
Ch .. lu Kni ght, 25 yca,,] Il ro.y C. MiliCI, lS yca," ,
,\trlvio A, Fankhou$tl, )5 YUI., Chu tt . A. Lapin.
kl,)S yurs; and, back row: Myles B. Wilchey,
35 YU ll.
Christmas Party Held ;
Service Pins Awarded
L.U. 14 1 Ii,o,u& eatv), WIt EEUN G, W.VA .- AI our
Ircul .. meellngof December 16, a Christmas pany
lor the membersh'p wu held WIth the dual pu .pose
of dI Smbut!l1S1cnK,h·of 'setvICe p,ns to Ihote d~·
se. VlO g NO I all ihole eligIble we I