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

appreciated VIce PresIdent HightllW" r being ab le
to be wIth llJ 101 Ihls event.
As everyone know!. wOlk IS temble and I dun't
see a light at the cnd of the tunnel Everywhere I
call the locals havc hundreds on Ih clr books. many
1~ bf them their own membu!. TVA', Dlvis'on of
Power Construction 16 in the midst oflayinj: nil
and Dillard Smith COn6lfuction Company hn been
workmg 32 hours a week fnr qUite a while.
We IIOve becn In negOllallon. wl\h ,evual of our
co-ops. and ra ises have been in the 4 percent range.
We arc turr ently in negollations wah the Chat·
lanooga ElecIIie Powel Board. OUI Negotiallng
.. Committee COOSIS" of Huold Beckum. Pat Mauldto.
10m GIlliam. Lemon Thomas. lohnny Robells.
John Noll and myself.
We have seen attendance at OUr regular umon
mcetings /all off. Everyone that can needs to attend_
Regubr meetings u e the third Thursday of every
month and the Executive Boord mecling 15 thf firSt
Thursday 0/ evcry month. See you there
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Scribe Calls For Retirement
Of Reagan, Republicans
L.U. 861 (j&.ol, LAKE CIlARLES, LA.- We cllt~nd
OU I condolencu to the bmily of IlrO!her Ronnie
Lane Ronme died In a moto"yde aC'-'ldent lanuary
21.
.... It seem!! Amellca Isn·t slandlng u tall as I'lesl'
dent Reagan would hh us to believe nOr is Ihe
economy on Ihe ups wlllg at th~ ra le he would hke
us to believe. If II I' 18 Mr. Reagan says. then why
~ are linu at the employmem 01 should I say unemployment
office so IOIl~1 These good people
aren'l standIn g tall. They have to swallow thclI
plide and ask fOI unemployment benefits which
some have never bdorc;n thc lI lives had to do. In
.... the Ihree months I was off work I drove by the
unemploymem office ahnost daily gom~ III and
fr om the doclOl, therapIst and ou r union hall and
not once did I see anyone who looked happy to be
there. These people Want \0 wOlk bUI can't find a
lob because Mr. Reagan and M. Tleen gave Ihelr
~ lobs 10 non-union and oUI -o/-state wOlkers. You
won't find Mr. Reagan nOI Mr Trcen III any of
these lincs. You won't see th"m 10 the soup kItchen
lines. commodi lY hnes. Ilgmng up for food stam ps
_ Or welfare. SlIlce they're nOl III any of these Iincl,
.... how can they sec the hunger in the ution. These
non-union and out-n/"tUe workers didn't gel the
jobs because they work for leu, but because thcy
don't b~long \0 a unwn. They are n't asktd to lake
• pay cuts. Ooly ulllon members arc. I quOtc in pMt
from an amcle whIch appeared III the Lake Cha rles
Ameflean Press recently. datelmed Washington.
IThe BUleau of Labol Sta"~lic5 . III anothcr rcpOIl
• ~~~~~~;i;fgl~~ee~~nn:ml;~~:~ t;aa!'~i~~s~~~a~!~:
beeo heaVily uOlorl1zed. said Ihc findlllgs reflected
" lower avoragc pay gains for blue-collar workcrs. '·1
The Republicans want tWO c1asscs 0/ pcoplc-
...: the rich and the poor, and Brothers. if We Sli on
OU r hands and don·t get out th., yur and retire
M,. Reagan and a lot of olhcr Republicans they
Will have It thCH way bdo.e 1989. So IIrothers.
... let·, gel out and do in Washmgtnn ... h31 ... e did
helc to LOUISiana lut October-give Mr. Rcagan
and Ihe OIhel Republican, ea rly I~urement They·"c
ram ed it. They ....·orked hard day and night for
three yeau to ge t u' and Ih,s nallOn mlO the mess
we are today with unemployment and hunger
When they get ud of us they will tum on the non·
UIIIOn WOlkers and everyone w,1I wOlk for minimum
wage Or less. It 's not go"'g to be usy.
Brothers. If it·5 good fm Ihe wQ.king people. u',
ne vu easy to accompli sh. bUI logethcI we can
achIeve our Koal-early .etiremcnt for RcpubHcans
NC~I month_ hunger In Amenca
M"Ml·IN T~ov. I' .S
Local Struggling for
Full Employment
L. U. 873 (iacml, KOKOMO.IND.- Atlhis "'flling
Local 873 is 5lrugghng to kee p full cmployment
for our "'SIde wircmen We have only I~ local
hands on Ihe bench. we hope only tcrnporalily. All
01 our apprenllce. arc work",&. bUI Ihe thud-ye ar
dan., 51111 IfY"'!,: to get enough ltme In to be
Indentured In\(} the unIon I rcgret to rcpoft the
unpredi ctability of the ncar futu re/ what', new I
Local IJ7J had hoped HI employ mOlt travde.s than
II seems we WIll. Maybe work wUl pIck up
The manufactullng sector of Our local at Kolux
Is nO w in ncgoliatloO$. We w,sh Ih em the best of
lu ck and all of ou . support
I can'l help bUI menllon the evcr prescnt fact
tbat this local. like many othe rs. IS loslIlg most of
the small constr"Clion lobs such .s reStaurantS
an d small m.nuf.Clurers. 11 Seem! .hat all 01 .he
lo ... ·proflt lobs 10 tJus area get overlooked or IUSI
dls.egarded Many of these lobs have been brllu~ht
to the allcnllon 01 ou r contr'C\(}1! and 51111 no bids
turned In and no contrac.s ,worded. "Tou small.
no pr Onl," IS all I hear Th .. rea lly maku me JO re.
bu t I don 'l have a 50lu\lon I wISh! did We used
to make money on tlllS work I H~" e we "15t ~"tten
g.eedy. accepllng ,,"ly Ihe '· b,~ " lob./
See you all at the UOlOII nlectln~
Workload Increases;
Forrestal Refloated
M"'fl~ llll"'''ti I'S
L. U. 902 lsoV II, I'IIILADELPIIIA . PA .-One of the
nrSt malar m.tc9tonc' to be achieved In the l)VCr
h~ul of thc USS f'o "e$l~1 wu ~ c~llmplished on
lanulry 26. 1984. Appr O~llllatc!y IWO monlhs ahuJ
of sthedule, the f"0"f51~1 was tJken OUt of drydock
and scta/loa! Her bollom work, propdlc". shafts.
sea va lves. palr ll "'~. CIC .• wa~ completed and .e&ted
,allsfactorily The emph ~s " ,s now on getlln~ her
ens",cellng space re~dy lor "Ught off e,,"mlOalion."
Shuing Ihe spolitghl "'I\h the cngmeerlllg
spaces arc Ihe catapull •• wupons c!evatou, raJlrs.
commumcallons equipment anJ missile SyStems.
Thnc arcn now I re 10 Ihe I1ls .. 1lallon phase of
h~ r overhaul There 15 pl enty of work to be done
doWn5tream. bu t Ihe push is un '0 complete Ihe
1'011(5111/ ahead of schedule
Munwh,le wmk on the waterfront contlOUCS 10
be heavy. At presenl three w~r shi p s arc in Ihe
,h,pyard fo t thell regulat ovclhaols, WI th mOle
sc heduled 10 amve wllhln thc next few months
The work furct III Ihe Electflcal Group (onllnue5
10 Inc reast as Ou r wOlkload incrcasu Let ' ~ hope
thi' tr cnd con\lnue,
Due to lhe Illcreue of eieetrllnlc mechamcs and
~ l cc ll itl~ns wOlklllg oUl5Ide the Electrical GIOUp,
BUSiness Mana;:cr Steve DiTomo has appointed
many new ! l c w~ld s \() covel 0111 Il5ter shops. The
101l0wIIIg I!! a new. upd~ted LOCAl 902 st(ward~
USI showing thell areas of re ,poll5lhilllY CI. rk
LUZI er. Shop No 3. High Vohage Seell"n/ Alan
TUllle, Shop No. 6. Num""c~1 Control/lohn Doyle.
Shop No.7, Public SyS tem , T,m U. banskl. elec-
1I0nic lU~II11 C lOr. Appren\lee Sehoul/ John Annan,
Shop No 51. Roild"l~ 1000, Rob I). Icy. Shop No
51. USS Forre lw/I Paul Gu.nacma. Shop No 5 1.
USS 1'011 (.11111/ !oe Natarclla, Shop No. 51, USS
Forlnra// [)~nni8 1\~I\ler. Shop No 51. USS For
rtJla/, Eulonce I'olk. Shop No 67. BUlldlO~ Il l ,
and LallY PackMd. Shop No. 99. USS FOlres!al
1' ... 1J1 I 1'f.MI·U.lI .... F S
NLRB Issues
Anti-Worker Decisions
L.U. 915 (;&'ml). TAMI'A, FLA.- The I\e~/:an
admlnlsuolion c"nllnuu lt~ anll-workc. poliCIes
The new Nallon.1 Labor Rel~llon~ nOlld (NLRll!
maiolllY ithree mcn,bers appOInted by Reaganl has
jU5t recently overlUfIl~d a 1975 precedent redU CIng
job prot(ctirllliur wmkcrs No longer con ..... e count
on the NLFlJl f'lI rceour$C ah cr belnll fir ed for
plole~tin/: unsa fe worklll8 conditions. Recent de·
clsions affect a truck dllver re/us"'l; 10 dllvc a
Iruck because of malfunct luninl\ brakes. which
caused hIS firing The truck could not be nHd and
... as scrapped. AccordlnK \0 Ihe NLRB 110 /edc r ~1
law was broken! They tunher uld. " We arc nM
empowcred U) correC t all Im morall ly··1 The con, '
Bell Ringers
Shown, leh to ri ght, Irf Brothers Mihon Peru.
Thomu Kaistr. Marcclino Rodriguez Ind Chulie
Wadf, part 01 our annual Solvation Arm)· workforce.
Once again Local 915, Tampa. Fla., . urp" . ed
. Il othH labo. unions in Iht .' e ~ ;n .oul coll tc­
I;ons.
pany responded by ,"YIn!;. ·· We Can t have people
calli n~ Ihe poitte all the t"n~ .. Althou~h Ihi. case
did not Involve any unIOn Or organizing clfon. II
was deAnllc1y a poltey .eversal from prevIOus
admlnlStrallons. Only one Demoerotlc oppmntce
opposed Ihlll dccmon. He was a holdover from the
Carter admllliStratlon
These kllld! of dec,slOlu ~I e bccomlOg mOre and
mote commonplac e wilhln the frame ..... ork of the
current rro - bu~lnu$ IclmintSlfallon Often we don't
always hcarof every m.ndate that alters our qualilY
of IHe, we only Itve wllh the consequences of nOl
beIng able 10 have mcantll~/ ul Input If polllies
have , lt ercd OUr hfe /or Ih e worse. Ih en poJiIl~
can aho alter our h fe for Ihe bellerl The time fOf
change IS rapidly ap plflach,ng. Our opportunity 10
http ou15el"e5 comes nn Ihc IlrSI Tuesday of No·
vembe. ne sure you ore quahned 10 make thIS
change by nnt only reglstcflng, but vOllng as ..... ell
We need to sUP POrt Ihose people who have a proven
hiStory 0/ hclplllg Ihe ... or king people The AFL·
CIQ has endorsed Walter MOlldale as Ihe m~n who
can make Ihe d,fference Ithlllk he can.
Bo~ K,,"£Il. P S
Brother
licit Is I pJc.u.~ olllrOlher lIu.eh Glau 01 Local
953. bu Cllirf. Wi ~ .• with . ht sn,;lt thai madt
him h iend~ ... hercvtr he Wfnl.
Brother Glass Retires;
Scribe Stresses Unity
L.U. \153 (i.o, t .~ m .cat'·&.5p'l. EAU CLAIRE. WI5.­
from all the memb~r s of th" grca. local to our
good IIl(lld an d U!uon IIrothtr. Butch Gbss. we
wanl 10 say drank, Thanks for your many COnt,,·
bUlluns du"n~ Ih ose m~ny thankless yurs you
served Uf on lhe E~ ecu "ve Board. Our sincele
wishes 10 you and yours Ih •• logelher you Will
ell!0Y many hiPPY and hC3lthy. well ·deserved ye~"
of !("rement We ..... on't lor~c. you. BUlch. and
when you 're "oveltng .ruund the good old USA.
dlllp uS ~ card W"h Ih,~ arllclc IS a pIcture 01
Hu.ch wllh Ihat smile he had 1m evelybody. Th.
smile that made Jum f"ends wherever h~ Went
Kecp on ,mllin!;. Bmchl
Wdl. looks hke Howard and hIS cummlttee
settled the Dalfyland I'owe. AII;rce.ncnl . Mort on
thn next time
Oenllls and hi' commlttCe arC Sill! gIVIng If hell
wllh Ihe "'''cmen', ~gr~emcnt What can 1 .ay; 45