50 <strong>of</strong> the h~cuuye B ~I(I. w~ ~II mIss JIm and h,s knowledge <strong>of</strong> $I~am StatiOns and other uen To »y r,m is OUlspohn would be an understatement, but thIs trait I p e r ~o nally mlU. In hll <strong>of</strong>f hours, Ihe raismg, Ixurdmg, and training <strong>of</strong> horses, and hrs recent vcnture In ralsmg reJllslcred Polled Herefords [hts plldc and lOY), along wilh 97 acres to fa rm, kecp 11m, h,s father, ',m, SI" and brother DaYid, who now "vu m OhIO, on the run 11m and hi, WIfe MIlly haye two daughtcn, Denls.c and Tncla, who have Ihell own pony "Doc" to care fOI . In NIagara Fall, lut Ch"Slmn leuon the city put On a " festlyal Of llghl'" dIsplay, thanles 10 OUI members from Ihe Falls. Besldu In utide .n Ihe Falls papel thanking them lor the ll help, a leiter wu sent to Vice President Sob Cleary com· mending those who helped 101 their community Splilt. In ,hatletlel Henry I Kallas, fesllval eha,,· man, staled hIS npllmism on the continued success <strong>of</strong> the Fes1JHI Now that "'e have a home, Buslnen Managcr flanagan and Pruident Banks ale trymg to locate p,ClUrl'S 01 Ou r pUt and present members on the lob. II you should have any and thm k they would be usefulm doc umenting the h,story <strong>of</strong> thIS loul, please gCt m touch w.th the <strong>of</strong>fice. larger pnnn arc deslled, and prov.s.on, may haye 10 be made for those warllmg to keep their O1iginals Morc on thIS later [will close WIth a commenl For ycars no",' large Amellcan corporations have been movmg thel' manu(actunng operation! oyerseu Ruson cheap labor Now that labor force whIch rece,yed uten live ua,mng by thc Amencan corporations are busy counterfellmg and drasllcally under~dllng the s.ame Who losul Not lUst Amencan I.bor, but Amencan bu.mus .n tums 01 bl/horlS <strong>of</strong> dollars III pr<strong>of</strong>itl MA RK II STf. FI'" ..., PS Many Traveling; Agreement Reached LU. 1140 Ii,0$.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 <strong>of</strong> OUI Brothers arc work.ng out <strong>of</strong> 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, <strong>1984</strong>, 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, <strong>1984</strong>, 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 <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong> • 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 <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong>flcel, 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 <strong>of</strong>flcers 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 Pro<strong>of</strong> the Ouartcr, congiat ullllOn5, M.ke Hltlo <strong>of</strong>f 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 <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong> the ntW Hnlmen <strong>of</strong>l,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/ <strong>April</strong>, 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, <strong>1984</strong> lust a parllal summary- the <strong>of</strong>fel 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 <strong>1984</strong>--rctirce', tnC renes an lY~rage <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong> an em ployee who dies belole . ell r~lO cnt after complcllnJ\ iO o. mOrc years <strong>of</strong> 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, <strong>1984</strong>, for Se rV. Ce aher December 31, 19J6, the sum <strong>of</strong> 1.40 percent <strong>of</strong> the h.ghe" average annual base pa y 'llal ned dunng a pen od <strong>of</strong> /lye Con.Ccullve years, multiphed by a clcdit scry.ce to a maxImum <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong> Loca! 1367, held It the HIlIstde Hohday Inn, President AUen Young an· , nounced the new appointment <strong>of</strong> stewards to Brothel Ronald Royse, stockman, Chtcago South, and 10 Blother Arthur Tuckcl, Purchasing Dcp.rtment, <strong>of</strong>fice 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 <strong>of</strong>ficer 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, <strong>April</strong> S, 1954. The nClIr legoLar mee llng <strong>of</strong> 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'
Picnic Fun Socializing wtlh Prizes ,.ven OUI] ISomelh.ng hke our 1" onee ... l11 you are ",!erested, all you have 10 do IS Knd me you. Plme and address. Send It 10 me, AI V. Cellno, 1 Cemnl Avenue, Kurny, New Jeney, [BE W Local 147007032 I th.nk th., '$ a wonderlul ,dea, and each yca. we can all sec each olhel one day a year. Se nd your Iellel n soon as pOSSIble, 01 it 'I too late Many 01 Out ,cured members ",.11 b
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