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

' bers with any new additions to their iamlltu Also
fat tbose members aod their familIes who have
been sick or hOIPuali:ed, ler '. see you 00 your
feet rul sooo Don't forset we hive i very .cuve
~ Commuolty ServIce Commmee who are always
rudy and wllltoS to help those In Med. Unul latCf
let's thInk brothNhood, Ind leI's hear from wme
of you reund memben
R.u POLHKY, P S
Scribe Urges Members
• To 'Build Our Union'
LU. 647 (u), LITTLE ROCK, ARK.-Dropouu ,nd
people who WIll not lOin the unIon m,y nOt re,lIze
!hat the unIon sull controls them IS long u they
. hold a lob wHhln the barplnlnS unit The umon
\I also legally requued to represem them Non·
membe .. cannot Vote on proposed eonuacu or
elect Iheu oUkers ,nd Icplcsemallvu They do
.., ~ot haH Ihe Aceldenul Death and DIsmember
mem Insurance from Amcncan Income Life thaI
is coooecled 10 UOIOO membershIp Also, they may
not rullze that union due. aoe lax deduel1ble
l. It 15 our lob as umon members to comact every
Dew workef and explain that the nbry aod benefits
we enlDy hne b«n negotiated over many ye", by
!he unIon ThIS 'sn'l expl,med by m,nagement
We ale fon unlle If they even menllon the uOion
. TherefOle, illS up to us, ,fter new employeu have
been told by mausemeot of the salary and benefits
they cao receIve, to explain Ihal the eomp'oy ,5
DOt !lvln,; these of Ihelr own Inc Will They are
~ pall of the un,on eootract
New emrloyen frequently uk. "Whlt Sood "
the unum!" Wnhout , umon, the employer can
be a dlct,uor People who have worked for nOll'
uruon employers reahze the Import,nce of a umon
.... JI they ha"e been .duKd a lalK, we.e replaced by
some new automated equlpmeOt 01 dlupeed with
Ihel1 emplo)'er's pohc,cs and dCClSlons Wllhoula
uruon md,vldWlIs arc SUb'KI 10 cvery llrbnrllry
deCISIon 01 mana,;ement The umon prOVIdes Ihem
wnh a ,"cvance procedure $0 they are nOI subJecl
~ tOarb,trllrydeCLSIOnS. Managcmenl dee'5mns must
ab,de by Ihe conllactual slindards. Without ..
uOlon mana,;emeOl can promOte theu favorltcs
UnIons provIde, scOlomy system for qualified
"'orker~ of lon~ servIce Without II UnIOn Ihe
A :mployer seu the salary aod hours of work In
wmc CiSCI a minimum wage law 5en Ihe mInImum
wage A5 pall of a unIon you have s!lenglh
10 numben, and through colltttl~e bar,;alnm,; you
ot negotiate wa,;u, houn and wo.k",g (ondmons
wllh members of managemeOl on II bUls app.oach-
109 equahty. You WOO 'I find answclI 10 all your
problems by beeomln,; a unIon member; but as a
unIon membe., you WIll hive Ihe light to cxP'C$s
• your ,ob problems and have them consldcred
The ongm of !lade un Ions IS usually dated alound
,he late 17005 You could say Ihey were born oul
of necessHY, and mOjI 01 oul general10n has 10'
... gorten Ihe v,olent employer reSlSliince 10 union
OfpOIUIIOn. BuslOUS and profeSSIOnS havc Iheu
"unIons" by Ihe ddinlt10n of the word In Webner's
d,Cllonary, "a coniederlllon of mdlvlduals las na·
.... lIons o. JlCrsonsl lor $Orne common purpOse. "
althou,;h they arc known as ISSOClatlons O. $Orne
other ",Ie
The National ubor Rclallons Act s,~n emrloyecs
Ihc ",;hI to self·o' g.;IOIutlOn, to form, ,om o.
- aSSISI labor or,;antZil10nS .nd It makes It an unlau
labo. praCllce for Iny employer 10 IntCrlele with,
rcstulO or coerCe employees 10 Ihe exerCIK of
theu IIghn ,;uarllnteed 10 the ACI
.,. It IS Imperative Ihat we remam a $lIon,; union
to be able to mllntliln OUI standard 01 llvml(,
rrosperny. sccumy and mdlvldual dlgnuy
801 Moon, P ~
Apprentices Graduate;
New President AppOinted
" L.U. 649 li,o,u,rtS,spa&'caty), ALTON , ILL.- The
monlh 01 December brought the gradUilon 01 10
app.entlces. A dinner Wall given In th eir honor by
the Local 649 App.entlceship C"mrmltee and WaS
Graduates
M.m ...... ol the 1983 Local 649, Aholl, III" lopp.cntieuhip
Craduating Clan arc _hown with
guulI;. Fro llt row, IcEtlo ri ght, iIIf Brian McMllhonr
R.lph Bechtold, Robert Whitlock, business m,n·
.ger; fred Redd, apprentieu hip ullinins dilfetOI
chai.man; Rick Corman, App.tnticeship Com·
mittte !;tcrelary/treasu. er. Back row, lelt 10 .ight,
arc D.ve McGivtl, G,ry lenki,,!, It .. D"'ayne
Stllars, W,yne Robeen. lohn Mi lloy Ind Randy
Malone.
30-Year Members
Thirty·year-pin rnipienlS sho ..·" here II Ihe Local
6-19 , No\"Cmber of, ]913, Pin Prcunlation Aw.rds
arf, f.ont row, kneelin" lefl 10 ri,hl, Rod Bailey,
lohn Downn, Hen.,. ,~ cCoy, Howard Siever ,lid
John Stricklin; back row, lefl In riSht, Vic Wtber,
Don lIorney, Dale Barttls, Calt B.imer, Bob Coli·
man ,nd Bob Kulp.
held at Lottco ' ~ Rntau'~nt 10 Codlrty, IIhoolS
Dinner Inv"allons were extendC'Cl to Ihe aprren
nces' ...·Ives, luche.s and thell SpOUKS. wllh PlcstS
",clud",g Busmess M,nager Roben Whtllock,
Wegman Eteclllc V,ce p.es,dent Doo Wegman and
hl~ WIle BellY, and former Apr'CnIlU,hlp Commlllee
member lack Tuclh and hIS WIle Charla
Our cong ' ~lul,"ons ale extended 10 the new
lourneyman Wiremen for completion of theu .p'
prenllceshlp tr~mlOg, The oe .... w"emen arc Den
n,s Underwood, Wayne Robeen, John Malloy, Bllao
McMahoo. Dwayne Scll •• s, Ron Cllomen, Cary
Jenkm,. Ir, R,ndy Malone, Dave McClvel and
R,lph 8echlold
The A .... a.d' Dmner held Novembel 4, 1983,
prOVided II muns to g.;Ilher members of Local 649
loselhe. and ~y tIlbu.e to IhOje members wllh
miny lUIS of stU"eC to the IBEW I know I have
meolloned the pm prcsenUllon preVIously, how
eve., there Ire members slIlI yet 10 be lecoSOlZed
In thiS column Shown In the photo arc members
WIth 30 yeau of KrVlce. Brothers, thaI IS qune a
long span 10 thIS mduslfY_ The pm p.esenlitlOn
award, hllYC gIven thiS local a ehaoce aod a stall
10 pthe. loose IlU wllhln the un,OO body C,,'en
time, IhlSIISk WIll be IceomphshC'Cl I would hke
10 apoloSlze to Brother 8,11 Downey for m1Ssrclllng
hIS name. 8111'5 pholo for 4.0 years ,e,Vlce was
featured III the Februuy Issue of "Local Lmcs."
A sad note was brought 10 everyonc's .lIenllon
at ,he February 10, 1984, umOn mceting BIOIher
James 8asl, a hneman al Umon Elcctllc, passed
away In February. Brother But was another of the
long lisl of 649 members With 35 ytan of 5clVICe
10 the umon.
At ,he regular umon meetmg m lanu~.y, PIes,
dent Ga r)' Walker's reSlgnallon Ictte. w~ . ,ud to
the union body. Brother w al ker, elccled in the
1993 clecflons, hiS chosen to leave the duties 0/
president As many know, BrOlhe. walker pel
fOlmed hi. duties well 10. the short time he "O'ed
A flne electriciao and good umoo BrOlher, Cary is
thanked for hll Involvement and WIshed Ihe best
10 the lutule
B.other Cordon Admue was appOInted by the
Eucutlve Board 10 fill Brother Walker', term IS
prC$ldenl Cordon has been IOvolved in the local
10. many yean sC!vlOg dlllerent funellons, such IS
the App.enueuhlp Commlnee and u:ccuuve Board.
He 15 wlShC'Cl the ben IS he executes hiS new
dUlln
1983 was qUlle a yu. 101 Local 649 No! oilly
have we seen Ihe beSlnn.nl ala ne .... localadmm·
15111110n .nd the forw~.d movement 01 tbe local
IIself, but every malor eonUICI was up lor nego·
nation. The lasl conuact belO'; worked On was
Apu Oli llormerly Clark Olil. The new manage
meO! was very ,ough to deal with and a few (onces
lion. wele made. bur In all, the plant elKtllCtanS
malOtalned an alleeahle worklOg cOntract A5
mentlooed p.evlously 10 Ihe last irucle, Union
Eleelllc .. IIf1ed thell COntract as dId Shell Oil and
the Olin Corpor.llon The Wileman agreement
bem,; sell lcd, thln~s may qUlel down a bit, bUI
neve. lor IonS A personal oOle to D~d Rawwn,
your lime IS coming up neKI, Pop More latel
TU.R" WILI1ITE P S
Scribe Urges Members
To Become Involved
LU. 659 (I,o,u,cml!t.eatv), MED FORD, ORE.-Well
here we go on a new yell I certnnly hope 11 15 a
belief one allifound lor organu:ed labor. He.e, as
everywhere, thlnl5 are pretty bad Seems hke we're
n,;ht back to the same " bull c.ap" that our ex
Prn,dent NIxon was shovehng OU1, only Ih .. lime
they don'l evrn 5peak ola pnce Iteeze-II '5 Slllctiy
drop Ihose wll';CS' It's worklOg~lhcy a.e d,v,dlO';
Ihe worklO'; class mOle each day. All seCllons of
Ihe loc.1 are under attack by Ihe employers who
want 10 like advantage 01 !he limeS
On Ihe bn,;hlel Side, the Central Labo. Council
10 the Rosehu.,; I.ea appealS 10 be gCl1lng , hnle
betlc.orpnlt-ed Throu,;h a combmed dlort of the
different local unIons, a nIce. Chllstmu "'as en
loyed by members 01 the Woodworkers fam,hn
that lie 51111 on slnke aploS! lOUls,ana Pac,fic
Corporallon. Donations 01 everylhlOg Itom cloth·
lOS and food '0 toys for the kIds mide Ihmgs a
lillie OICer dunn,; Ihe holidays for Ihose IOvolved
The employe •• are IIkm,; advan'age of hard
times 10 lurther d, ... de Ihe trOOpS by semng up
MIckey-Mouse arbllra1lon cases to PUI financ .. 1
burden, on unions, It seems_ Everyone should
Ihlnk about these Ihlngs when problems come up
on the ,ob. Don'l play mto the umon bustelS'
hands Rcad YOUI ag.eemenl and know where you
lIand. It's you. umon and II only ..·,11 Clast II liS
membets arc In!(rested m 11 It's not lust an office
clew and ElICCUllve Board aod dues thar ale "neve.
low enou,;h "Gel 011 your buns, become IOvolvcd
So to a meeun" go 10 Ihe polls and ICI 's look like
Ihe grut organ,zallon we a.e'
The work SlIuauon lemllns the same Uoem
ployment 10 th .. local umon IS hlghe. Ihan (Ve.
U rverywhere elst HOpelully. IhlS win chin,;e In
the luture. I luess If nothlllg else, the Amellcan
people can take p"de 10 the fact thar Ihey hne
fioally made Ronald Rugao Ihe ictOr be neHI was
In Holly .... ood. bu. It sure a5 hell IS cosunl them
mare Ihan a matinee ticket. As everywhere ciS(,
walcs arc ';010'; down and pncn arc gaIn, up
NegotlatlOnS lie harder Ihan e"cr Ihls )'ur It
seems as though Ihe employers "',11 g~d Ihe hands
1010 more .nd mOre "blllltlon In an ellort to b.eak
umons
The Wlremeo have lUst completed another loor'
neyman HalOlOg class III ,hell effort 10 upgrade
Iherr craft I would hke to mentlon here that the
Oregon ilale license qu~lIflcatlons are changms as
01 thl' year They lie gOlOg ' A requlle code and
othcr ~I"OU' classes belore lenew'ng O r ~goo JOU l'
neyman inSIde wileman licenses SlllllOg In 1985,
So, you Brolhe.s and SISters from out·ol·stare locals
holding Oregon license, may want to contaCI Ihe
Departmen t 01 Commerce to gel ill the detaIls.
Dun't leI your liecnse uplre! I've been thlough
that 10 mnother 51ate and u', no. wOll h lhe husle
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