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

Our club et..·(lIon of "£flee,, fur the next tWO
yu.s comn up In M~y Then OUI annu~1 P'CniC
wIll M In lune We look forward to th.1
Cu¥ C ... rn\. P S
Retirees Kick Off Year
With Two Great Meetings
RETIR EES CLUB Of LU. 419, BEAUMONT,
TEX._The 479c15 kIcked olf84 "'lIh ''''0 ~rut
mcetill&l If OUI comm.llen keep up the ,00II "'olk
we un look fo ...... d to .nothe. luper yeal
Oul JanualY meeun, lutured Dale ~"Jler . IIIIn
tn8 director of OUI are' lATe. Dal .. brou~ht UI an
tnfOrmallve n.rr allye Ind queillon period ~on'
cerning the hl. tory, methods, "m, .nd resu!15 of
OU I ve ly ,ueeenlu! ap P,entlee rraintnll p,oVam
He left ul "'lIh Wllm leprd, for hIm penonally
and lot of lcaptCt 101 the vaSt knowledge fOI h'5
wo.k that he evulenced Dale even lI.ye uS nld
limen a pat on the blck ... hen he uld thlt the
ucuAcct we made "'CIC nor In vain Then he also
poroted out that the lourneyman Wileman II slIlI
Ihe most Import.nt I.tl(ll In the education 01 an
appreouce
In Febluary we enloyed a V.lenune PallY and
welcomed fOUl new mem~.. Bob l'II,cr. lack
Taylor, and Dor01hy and Paul Smllh IOlIled uS In
,he coronation of ou, "Sweethurt 01 the D.y,"
5In"n, of V.lentlne son", pteknlalJ(ln of OU·
merOUl ~Ift" .nd Ihe enloyment of I vcry laSlY
luncheon prepated by Oul lady membC"lf-aJl of
thiS alon~ WIth ou"e,ulal bUllncl, meelln~ Vcral
Nerilnd was our "sweethea,t and she Won eyery
body', hUrl with he. charmro, penonallty Jt WI5
I ,rell pally Ind thelc .re 1-0 many people 10 think
Includln~ Lteand Aby McNeel. JohnOle Ind Faedcll
No.m, Mildred F.,I, M.udmr ~nd Harold W,I
illms. R L Webb, Lu cy FOICC, VI Clrouard, Lou.
ena Young. Sedalll Balllrd, Leoda Copeland, June
H.mllton, Ind Emml DavlJ A spec,,) lhlnks ,ll:OCf
OUI 10 Gamet Lee who furnIshed the musIc fo, our
HlngleS!
Brother lack Taylo. was .eeo,ltOl:cd for h.s 60
yurmem~l5 hlp.n Ihe IDEW leelnd AbyMeNeel
were ~Iven In ovallOn on then SSth ... eddm,
anOlvelUry We.ll welcomed Druce '.cobson, our
"eumer, blck f,om h" ~IIIt wnh hi' d,u,l;h,e. tn
Wnhln~ton , DC
We mee, II 1000 a m the flu, Saturday 01 each
monlh In the un,on hill, 10 .11 you arel retllces
come and loin 10 the lellowsh,p
It.oy F",,~. S(C
Scribe Notes Labor's
Fight for Survival
RETIRED ,'"EMBERS CLUB OF L U. 728, IT.
LA UDERDALE, FLA._ We filSt ~clm( ac·
quamted wllh the labol moYCmenl, lxil In .nolhel
crafr in the carly 19JOs ,od Ih,' 'I the WOIS' antt·
un",n. anll-labor penod we've evcr c.xpellenccO
Do you know we arc the only eounlly In the free
.. orld whe.e ,he labo. movement 15 fipunll for
sun'Ival
The Food Workc" Imem.llonll Unum worltCIJ
are bC"In~ thlown OUt of ... ork by the thousands
and rcplaeed by nonuOlon employee. fOI lUI th.n
half Ihen hourly wa,u. Ind to ordcr 10 lurVlve,
th~y h"'e 10 accept 11. Automobile, Stcel. Rubber,
Mmlng and Trochu arc leally taktn~ I be.llng
ThiS anli·labor altitude he,.n wilh the IIrin, of
Ihe II, 4OOal . ".flle controllers l,thc.e"Clalion
somewhere' The economy,s now up.ndlO,I; and
labor should be .el('lnln~ the" fOrint. b.rA.mmA
muscle, but Ihey h.,·c fa.led to do 50 M.naAemenl
d"ms , hat liS taclles arc ncce".,y for survival
Isn'l II IUS' plato old unlnn·busunA' What un we
as labor .ell.en do'
Many Members in Florida:
Others Busy at Home
RETI REES CLUB OF LOCA L 948, FUNT, Mlc n.­
OUf femen club IS sull r'O'IeS!lO~ and keepln~
aCtIVe e,'en though a 101 of OUI mem~,s Ire sl111
In Floncb lookIng lor wa,m 'pou
Had a Irtte. from Slrm S.mmons. who was south
of S, PettlSbur&. flonda Scems lIke Slim, AI,el
Ruthe.ford, Grant Wilcox, V,,!ll Haake Ind thell
Wlve$ had qWlr a P'CniC and lei to,ethel_almos,
enough to Slart a flollda branch of 948 rellleCi
On January 25, 1984, OUI club mem~ r l and Ihell
Wives ancnded a buffellunchcon II Pecl', Restau·
rani here In Fhnt, John Bond, local 948', bu"nen
man'Ae" wlS a ",e$t. Thelc wele no speethe. 0 1
formahltes. JU"' ~ood food
S,nce my last lelle" Tom LeWIS. one of ou.
relllCCS, pISsed away. Tom was 78 ycar50ld Mem
ben ... ho h"'e worked 10 our IUII~,cllon m the
pUt WIll 'emem~, Tom U I lupertOlemlen. of
lohn Jl,hllci E1ectoe Co. 11m "BuIBcr" Dav" I' "
home reeuperanng f,om open hun su"ery " lISt
rcpoll Jim 15 51111 plenty SOTe
Relllee 11m Plllen,cr has bC"~n havmg 'Iune a
Nllie over • streel·w,d,.nln, p.Olcet 10 Holly,
Mlchl,an I.m IS protestlO, the Jl IOtrct because of
the Ananc .. 1 h •• d~hlp to the P'opc"y owners on
low .nd find tncomes. Our group IS suppomn,
hm In hIS plOteSt
To III IBEW membeu pilnnln, a Vleallon Ih"
.umme., we would hke to uk thll you try to VIlli ~
Au,oworld, fhnl's oew Iheme palk opening luly
" 1984 Maybr we wtll see you thele
GOOllel NtCHoLS, Pau
Meeting Speakers Discuss
Income Tax and Health Costs
RETIR EES CLUB Of BREVARD COUNTY [La· "
CAL 2088 SPONSOR)--AI our Februlry meel1ng.
newcomcis Elht .nd Marione Norton, Dan and
Mary Connolly, and !amcs Williams were wei·
cumed EIIII rC'lIed from Local 177, Dan hom 358,
.nd 11m frOm 20R8. We app,eciate Ihem showtn,
up, .nd look forward ro ,helt pafllClpallon Iwe
need.lI the help we c.n gel l]
Gunts introduced wele Ed Lone'gan and Lew ~
lohnson Ed ,•• membC"1 of the Steelworkerl, and
i. consldelln, .. amng I locil S,ecl ... orker .etl,ce
, roup Lew il from Ihe lTV Ind Newspaper GUild
He wOlked In New York ducctly under Crolge
Melny, Ind helped And uylum fO I lIade unlon •• ts
PlllOlled in CommuniS! or fl5{:l5\ countries
Ceo.ge ~hlltl of the AARP an$,.,e,cd in detail
'IuClIIOnt .ubmnted aboul Income .., prOVISion,
Ceorge .• ellled from ,he U.S Deparlment of State . ....
m.nafiU the IRS·AARP Tn Counsehn, for Ihc
E.lderly [TCE! Plogram ,n B.evard and Indran R,ver
CounuCi
On ,he Itate !ellul,IIVe hont, a bill to permn
lenlOl1 the usc of absentee bllton hIS been .t
introduced In the House ThIS IS Ihe ume b.lllhat
AOI c1ob~,ed tn I Sen"e comm", .. e lUI YU I, due
to pan to a eommumcallon I"Jure Imon~ InIC.
eSled pallles
Of much VUle, Imponance 15 a bill 10 .r,"ato
skYlockelin, hospital COSts DUlin, lhe pUt th.ee
yurs, Ihey hve n$Cn at a ra te ,h,ee limes that of
the CPI Thele IS no IUSI1AUIIon lor Ihls nulla·
Keou, ,0u,lOg The b.1I would hmlt tnc.eases to
Ihe CPt plus 4 percent ClI.eepl in most unusual
CllcumSlancCJ. A. 500n u the bill ~elS a numbe"
we .hould III gel bC"hmd II with phone call, and
letteu SllIe Senato, lohn Vogt II I eo·spon50r
Alon~ onc w,"1 of Ihe CLC hall was the Mondale
phone bank_till phone • • n all bpen.e of Ihc bank .
IS paid from the Mondale camralgll fund, and a
nommal hoully IIle pard Hours arc from S ro 9
pm-which generally doel nOl appell to rellleca
who hke 10 be home ~f(l l e dalk. However, we
can-and will- hclp 10 olhel way •. to thr dayhght ' •
l",clI D. CUUll , PS
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Internallonal Brotherhood of Electrical Workers-Pension and Death Benefit Payment Report
NUMBER ADMITTED TO PENSION LAST MONTH
TOTAL NUMBER ON PfNSION
IB£W P(NSION
8ENEfIT fUNO
639
76.804
ELECTRICAL WORKERS'
BENEFIT ASSOCIATIO N
NATIONAl rurnlCAL
BENEFIT FUND
327
34.755
TOTAL PfNSION PAYMENTS LAST MONTH
S 4,343.805 .81
$ 6,554,706.75
TOTAL PfNSION PAYMENTS LAST 12 MONTHS
S51,649.176 .05
$75 ,446 ,381 .02
DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST MONTH
S 136.027 88
S 983,219.05
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DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST 12 MONTHS