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of the h~cuuye B ~I(I. w~ ~II mIss JIm and h,s
knowledge of $I~am StatiOns and other uen To
»y r,m is OUlspohn would be an understatement,
but thIs trait I p e r ~o nally mlU. In hll off hours,
Ihe raismg, Ixurdmg, and training of horses, and
hrs recent vcnture In ralsmg reJllslcred Polled
Herefords [hts plldc and lOY), along wilh 97 acres
to fa rm, kecp 11m, h,s father, ',m, SI" and brother
DaYid, who now "vu m OhIO, on the run 11m and
hi, WIfe MIlly haye two daughtcn, Denls.c and
Tncla, who have Ihell own pony "Doc" to care
fOI .
In NIagara Fall, lut Ch"Slmn leuon the city
put On a " festlyal Of llghl'" dIsplay, thanles 10
OUI members from Ihe Falls. Besldu In utide .n
Ihe Falls papel thanking them lor the ll help, a
leiter wu sent to Vice President Sob Cleary com·
mending those who helped 101 their community
Splilt. In ,hatletlel Henry I Kallas, fesllval eha,,·
man, staled hIS npllmism on the continued success
of the Fes1JHI
Now that "'e have a home, Buslnen Managcr
flanagan and Pruident Banks ale trymg to locate
p,ClUrl'S 01 Ou r pUt and present members on the
lob. II you should have any and thm k they would
be usefulm doc umenting the h,story of thIS loul,
please gCt m touch w.th the office. larger pnnn
arc deslled, and prov.s.on, may haye 10 be made
for those warllmg to keep their O1iginals Morc on
thIS later
[will close WIth a commenl For ycars no",' large
Amellcan corporations have been movmg thel'
manu(actunng operation! oyerseu Ruson cheap
labor Now that labor force whIch rece,yed uten
live ua,mng by thc Amencan corporations are
busy counterfellmg and drasllcally under~dllng
the s.ame Who losul Not lUst Amencan I.bor, but
Amencan bu.mus .n tums 01 bl/horlS of dollars
III profitl
MA RK II STf. FI'" ..., PS
Many Traveling;
Agreement Reached
LU. 1140 Ii,0$.eml, NEWPORT NEWS, VA.- Work
for our mdoor w,remen 15 better Ihan II was onc
year ago, but II hu a long way to 10. Many of OUI
Brothers arc work.ng out of town, thanks to our
s.s ter locals who arc wo.kmg OUI u ayehng Broth
elS.
Our NegotIating Committee reached an agree·
ment with our conuaclon on a conllact for ,nshle
wiremen. Thanh to our Ncgollatmg Commatce
who wele Kermit Ames, Tom Eyeret, Ho ward Day,
Cene )ourdan and Steve Stump
On March 10, 1984, our local held III Annual
&'nquel. More mlormation In the May /ouTna/
Remember, hemg • good uOlon membe. staru
wnh be.ng a good Amencan, If you are nOl reI'"
{(fed to yote-reg,ster ThIS 15 the year we can get
cYen WIth Rooald Reagan
EDDtti Con , V P.lp,S
Scribe Urges Union
Members to Stick Together
LU. IlS9 luI, CIIlCAGO, I.LL.-On lanuary 16,
1984, our local unioo s wore .n Robert C. Kell cr as
our new local pres.denl. AboJworn In were Steycn
Martinez as V.ee pre"dent and r-"chael M.lclI. as
Eneullve Bou d member at Crawford Slallon Th"
Isdue to the re cent retirement of Ou r past pruldent,
Ralph Phelps, Ralph has always bee n an aC\lve
membcr 10 union malleu and .n the pU t sllI·and·
a·half years he served u union pruldent, he brought
about a great deal 01 changes, all for the benerment
of the local and It' member •. Ralph will be mhsed
by us all, and we all wish hIm the yery ben m h,s
rtrirement. Good luck, Ralph_
Now II the lime for all 01 us .n iJS9 to pye Bob
Keller all the support he needs In the coming ~eau ,
as he 5ervu u our new president It seems to me
Ih.t in the past yean our local has been dIvided,
which only SerVe! one purpose-the decay an d
destruclion of • grcat umon body. The Company
loyes to I(e this flghtmg and endlcss argumg.
"Sule," you say , " let 's all coope.a.e, but 1 don '.
Award
Ralpb Pbllp' 01 lIKal I3S9, Chiu,o, m., .bi.d
frOOl Ith, atnpll I n .llf1ulI of apprcciltion from
thc NAACP. From Ilh to .Igh. arl William Frank.
lin, Fisk S.ation/Donald Pi.u, Fisk Station, retilcd ,
Ralph Phelps, lo.mrr local prnldent r and Robert
C, Krlllr, Crawford S t~lion, Inca l pre ~ ldent .
hke th'5 guy as a union offlcel, or I don't iLke the
wa y my 6hop slewa rd handled my grleyance." GIYe
them. chance, they mIght make a mIStake now
and then, bUI haven't you at one IImc or anothe. 1
Start attendIng the re~la r mon.hly meetings, meet
the offlcers and steward5. Get small, get Inyolved
Con~ntUlallon5 to Ihe mcn an d Womtn II Craw·
ford Station's Electllc.1 Mamteunce and Electllcal
Opcra tlng D e p~f\mcnts. hoth wllh 30 ye ars
and no 10$[,"me accidentsl keep up the good work
Also at C raw lord Stallon, M,chael Albano, Op
~rallDg Dtpartmcnt, was named Proof the Ouartcr,
congiat ullllOn5, M.ke
Hltlo off also 10 the men and women In the
Electrical Operating Department at Fl5k Stillion
wnh 14 years and no 10sI-IIme aCCIdents Also It
FISk SlIlIon, good luck to lack Webster and WII ·
lIam Bucnho/er on thell rtCCnt .curcmcn'5, Re'
cent rctlrement! at Crawford Ire Ken T oman,
Harold DaYis, MIk e Kusecck, lohn Galni.k, and
!'re d H a~Jc r Cood luck to al1 of you,
In thc future, anyone wh o ha newsworthy m·
formallon concerntnJl our locll's members and
fam.l,n should contact DanIel FIIl:maullcc, fIsk
StallOn, 01 Clarence A 2..mon, Crawford Station
CLAIlUOU A Zr'lON, P S
Linemen
liere Ire SOmt of the ntW Hnlmen ofl,oul 1367,
Chicago, III., It Chingo Sout h, overhud. From
Ifft ,0 ri ght 1ft Mike F.oSt, Plul WUlhersby, Puc
Cooney, StUt Schulu, Dtnni, Ma"n i~, Bill Don·
o~it( h , and Ray Su omek. lIenr, Gomn i~ nOI
piellurd.
Pension Benefit
Agreement Outlined
LU, 1367 luI, CHICAGO, ILL_Stamng the month
0/ April, we will be recflvlng OU ! pay Incrcase that
we accep.ed in 1983_ a two' year ~~rcement. Al so,
our pension rc,opene. was voted on .nd counted
February 6, 1984 lust a parllal summary- the offel
on the penSIon plan IS C5u mated 10 avera~e 4633
cen lS pc. hour It movu our ullmated funge
bc:neflts to a new average oiaboul S6 8678 In hour
There is I new fOlmub for harga.ntng Unl1 em·
ploytes rellllnr; early tn 1984--rctirce', tnC renes
an lY~rage of 19 pClcem or .n avcra]te ,"Clta~ o(
51 9000 Ind full penSIon al a8e 60. The prov,"on
w.1I be rc .. lsed to proy.de . spouse'l beneAt lor the
s urvlvltlg SpOUSt of an em ployee who dies belole
. ell r~lO cnt after complcllnJ\ iO o. mOrc years of
Anniversary
loseph StAO and his wifl Julia celebrale their SOth '"
wddinr; In niYClury. Congrallllarions 10 the happy
couple.
credit se rv,ce PenSIon beneflts will be calculated
as th ough the employee rellTed at age SS the day
before h •• death The spo\l $e .... 11 continue to
reeclve medIcal npen~e plan coverage with pte·
mlums plld for tnmely by Ihe Company_ Tbe ...
med.cal (oyerage Will be IClmtnalcd .f the surviv·
.ng spouse r(marlles
The pensIOn plan, effecllye January I, 1984, for
Se rV. Ce aher December 31, 19J6, the sum of 1.40
percent of the h.ghe" average annual base pa y
'llal ned dunng a pen od of /lye Con.Ccullve years,
multiphed by a clcdit scry.ce to a maxImum of 3S
yurs plus (was 1.2S percenrl. The Social Security
adjustment w.ll be reduced to 30 percent ladjust· ...
ment was 4() pe rcent). Th.s was just apulia!
summary, evtryone was milled the complete
apeem~nl
AI the regular mcellng of Loca! 1367, held It the
HIlIstde Hohday Inn, President AUen Young an· ,
nounced the new appointment of stewards to Brothel
Ronald Royse, stockman, Chtcago South, and 10
Blother Arthur Tuckcl, Purchasing Dcp.rtment,
office apphllrlce. .,
CongrallllallonS to the follow.ng on thell recent
promollons, B.other lerry Clo'nI~ k promoted to
crew leader, \lndergrouod, ChIcago Sout h; Brother
Raymond Stakenas prom()lcd to s.cnlor \tee tnm·
mer, Brother Henry Ctllen promote d 10 s.cnlor lice
1I1mmCl; and Brothel )nc Wasek Ichld steward
overhead) p.omoled 10 crewleadet, Ch,cago South.
Atthe Decembel uecul1ve Board meellng, Pres·
Ident Allen Young announced thai Ihe Utility
Conferenee, held Fe bruary 21-24, was to be attended
by Vice Prcsldent John Quealy, Execull ye · ~
Board Chi llman Bill K o ~l owsk i and ExeCUllve !Ward
Sec l et~r y Gabc figunoa. The IlhnOls Sute Con·
fer ence and U-2S Council meeting was held March
5-8 and was to be attcnded by President Allen ,
Young, V,ce Presidenc John Ouealy and E~ecu llve
Board officer RIch Rubas
Ne ws from ChIcago Central-congratulallons to
the followlOg on theu promollons co hnemen on ..
Dtcember 19, 1983 Bro thers AntOniO Cun·
nlngham, LUll R.yell, Steven Shereyk and Dennis
Duckworth
Celebrating a company ann.yersary, wllh 30 J
years, congratulations to Edward Biehnski, oyer·
head (IiCUllman, April S, 1954.
The nClIr legoLar mee llng of loul 1J67 will be
heldon Apnl II at Ihe HLilside Hol .day Inn starting
al 800 pm The ExeCUllve Board wili meet on ~
Ap,,1 2S al 7;00 I' m
W'shlnl all our members and thell bmlhcs a
h.ppy and blcs'