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The Job of IBEW Members

EDITORIAL 

COMMENT 

The IBEW 

Will Meet The 

Challenges Of 

The 80's 

• We are well into a new decade 

- the 1980's. Obvious economic 

and political changes from the 

70 's are readily becoming apparent. 

With the past ten years 

still clear in our minds, what do 

the 1980's hold for the working 

people of our nations? Dramatic 

changes in the political views of 

many segments of both the 

United Slates and Canada are 

now showing themselves. Unfortunately, 

these changes are 

not in the best interest of 

workers. 

An ultra-conservative tide has 

swept American politics. In the 

Congress of the United States, 

the avowed aims of anti-union 

conservative groups are the 

elimination of historic legislative 

protections for workers. They 

want to see a national right-towork 

law, the elimination of 

Davis-Bacon prevailing wage 

laws (both nationally and at state 

levels), the gutting of OSHA, and 

in general much greater freedom 

for employers to do as they 

please regarding the rights of 

workers. 

Where do working people and 

especially members of organized 

labor head now in this kind of 

political and economic atmosphere? 

Many forecasters outside 

the labor movement would like to 

have the public view the goals of 

unions with suspicion. They 

would like to imply that organized 

labor is a big monster, 

always asking for and demanding 

unwarranted and inflationary 

benefit for their members. Do not 

be fooled by this kind of propaganda! 

The demands of unions 

on behalf of workers are for the 

good of all citizens, ironically, 

even for the ones who are paid 

to attack organized labor. 

I! is a good feeling to belong 

to an organization, such as the 

IBEW when you know that the 

goals of our Brotherhood are 

aimed at what is right and just for 

all our members. The IBEW will 

never lose sight of its single 

objective of bettering the way of 

life for our members and our 

families, of helping IBEW members 

achieve dignity and security, 

and of helping every 

member 01 this Brotherhood gain 

more than just a living wage. 

Every penny we win at the bargaining 

table, every benefit we 

gain in collective representation, 

our members deserve! 

The objective of the AFL-CIO 

and this Brotherhood in the new 

decade is to work for proper and 

adequate solutions to existing 

problems and gear ourselves to 

face new ones as they rapidly 

emerge. The social and technological 

changes, which will 

cause the challenges that no 

doubt will be prevalent in the 

80's, will successfully be met by 

the tSEW. 

Outside of national crises, and 

most important to working people, 

are the bread-and-butter 

issues. At the top of our list is 

working for an income that will 

meet the monetary demands of 

everyday living during the inflationary 

80's. As part of the picture 

for our economic future in 

this decade, we must look to 

what extent controls will be 

placed on high interest rates, on 

credit charges, and on medical 

costs. What remedies will be 

forthcoming for consumer protection? 

Of grave concern to working 

people, as we enter the new 

decade, is the possibility of a 

sharp increase in unemployment. 

This concern results from some 

policy makers who advocate that 

one way to curb inflation is to 

have a large number of jobless 

people, thereby slowing down the 

economy. 

The AFL-CIO and we, in the 

Brotherhood, disagree wholeheartedly 

with any plan or action 

that calls for anything less than 

full employment. Those who want 

to work should not have just a 

job, but a job at decent wages 

with a safe place to work. 

As we enter into the decade of 

the 80 's a period that could be 

the most crucial in labor's history, 

I am confident thai tSEW 

members will continue to be 

leaders, effectively striving for 

the aims and goals of organized 

labor. 

Charles H. Pillard 

Inlernallonal President 

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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD 

OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS 

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JOURNAL • MARCH • 81 

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CHARLES H. PILLARD, Editor 

EXECLITIVE 

DFFICEIIS 

CHAR1.'" H. PILLARD 

In,.,nlllon.1 P,"ldenl 

1125 lM11 St.. H.W. 

Wllhlngton, D.C. 2000S 

RALPH A. LEIOON 

Inltrn.llonel Sec,.,.!)' 

1125 151h SL. N.W. 

Wnhlnoton. O.c. ~ 

THOMAS VAN ARSDALE 

In".ntt/anal 1,..141_ 

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Volume 80, NO.3 

FEJ:lTlIJ:lES 

American Energy Week, March 15·21. 198 1 

faith Can Move Mountains, Maybe, but. 

March, 1981 

Senators and Representatives in the 97th Congress 4 

DEPAJ:lTIVIENTS 

Editorial Comments 

Safety Tips 

Research and Education Department 

An ISEW Consumer News Feature 

With the Ladies 

Local Lines 

In Memoriam 

National Electrical Code 

Seminar 198 1 

Safety Poster 

ON OUR COVER-All across North 

America, tBEW members are on 

duty 24 hours a day. every day of 

the year, keeping the electrical 

power flowing to homes and businesses. 

Pictured on this month's 

cover are members of Local 1900, 

Washington, D.C., workIng for 

Potomac Electric Power Company, 

and responding to emergency 

situations that often arise during 

winter storms In the natIon's 

capital. 

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AMERICAN 

ENERGY WEEK 

March 15-11,1981 

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International President Charles H . 

Pill ard , who is a member of the American 

Energy Week National Committee, 

requests that every IDEW member 

and their family become in volved in 

Energy Week \0 wh3tevcr degree they 

can. 

The IBEW, other labor organizations, 

civic and community groups, 

ethnic and minority organizations, 

trade associ3lions, and every aspect of 

American society, have joined together 

in support of American Energy Week, 

March 15 to 2 1, 1981. 

It is our sincere hope the programs, 

events, and information provided during 

American Energy Week will make 

every American citizen, young or old, 

more aware of this Country's serious 

energy problems, and what the alternatives 

a fC for the years and decades to 

come. 

H this Nation's rapid rise in the cost 

of living is ever going to be brought 

under control, we first must solve our 

energy problems and the related extremely 

high costs. 

It is imperative that every ci ti zen of 

th e United States be aware of our 

domestic energy options. We must 

look at the short and long range alternative 

sources and real istically make 

our choices. It is very evident we should 

not and cannot depend on OPEC oil. 

For the immediate future, and we 

are referring to the next 15 to 20 years, 

our only readily available domestic 

energy resources are coal or nuclear 

power. 

During the next two decades, we 

must continue to develop our other 

domestic energy resources, such as 

solar, hydro, shale oil, fission, fusion, 

synfuels, and geothermal, to the poi nt 

where it is economically feasible to use 

them to mcet our energy needs. 

It is imperat ive that these domestic 

resources be developed as expeditiously 

as possible if we arc going to provide 

STATEMENT OF 

Charles H. Pillard 

International President 

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF 

ELECTRICAL WORKERS 

AMERICAN ENERGY WEEK 

March 15-21, 1981 

economic secu rity for th is Nation's 

workers and for the workers of future " 

generations. 

We can assu re you the IB EW has 

been an d will continue to be in the 

forefront of supporting development of 

this Nation's domestic energy resources 

so that we may truly be an .. 

Energy Independent Nation. 

The IBEW Is hopeful that American Energy Week will help 

provide all our citizens with a balanced perception of our 

total energy needs. We must develop and use all our domestic 

energy resources, such as coal and nuclear power, and 

reduce ou r dependence on foreign oil, while at the same 

lime developing solar, hydro, fu sion, fission, shale 011, synfuels, 

and olher alternative domestic reso urces that will provide 

ene rgy security for the working men and women of ou r 

Nation. Without such a viable program, the economic 

security of our free society will be seriously threatened. 

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FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS 

Maybe, but ... 

Work, cooperation. contributions, 

personal lime, effort and a whole lot 

of caring made possible the mountainous 

display shown in the accompanying 

pictures. Of such ingredients is the 

Christmas spirit composed and with 

Ihat spirit afe imbued the people who 

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support the Marie V. Downey Memorial 

Fund of the IDEW International 

Office. 

Assistance from the fund is available 

th roughout the year upon appeal to 

and recommendation of the com miltec, 

• bUI the greatest bulk of its work and 

funds afC expended in WIHlt has come 

to be known around the 1.0. as the 

"Christmas charities," and partially exhibited 

in these pictures. For Christmas 

1980, the fund provided clothing, toys 

and sundry articles for 44 needy children 

and 22 indigent elderly persons; 

gifts bought and wrapped for 73 foster 

children; lap robes, shawls, foot warmers 

and afghans handmade for the 

elderly in both nu rsing homes and 

private homes; 82 dolls dressed (much 

of Ihe clothing personally designed and 

sewn) and distributed to needy children, 

some of whom were confined to 

hospitals; 10ys provided and delivered 

to 50 hospi talized, needy boys; contributions 

to individuals and various 

charitable organizations and special 

clothing sewn and provided for a litlle 

handicapped girl, pictured here. 

The fund came into existence in 

Shown Judging the fashions of the doUs 

are left, Thomas Hannigan, assistant to 

Secretary Leigon, and Anthony Salamone, 

assistant to President Pillard. Ribbon 

awards were presented to those who do· 

nated their time and talents to designing 

and making the dolls' clothing. 

1968 upon the death of 1.0. International 

Representative Marie V. Downey 

of the Electrical Workers' JOllrnal 

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Pictured is an overall view of the tayout of 

the clothing. gifts and dolls that were dis· 

trlbuted to needy children and Indlsent 

elderly persons. 

stafT. It was established as a memoriam 

in recognition, continuation and furtherance 

of her personal concem for 

the needy among us. It continues 

(Contjl/ued all Page 64) 

Pictured in the audi torium of the 

1.0. building, are the 82 beauti· 

fully dressed dolls. Majority of the 

dolls clot hIng and costumes were 

personally hand sewn by the con· 

tributors. 

One 01 the handicapped children who was 

a recipient 01 clothlnS and Sifts from the 

Marie Downey Memorial Fund at Christ· 

mas was Michele Dunn, shown here with 

Gladys Waddell, chairperson of t he fund , 

teft. and her mother Mrs. Dunn. 

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IN ITS FACT SHEET NO. 61 THE 

U.S. PRODUCT SAFETY COMMIS 

SION ADVISES TO REPORT A 

PRODUCT HAZARD OR PRODUCT 

RELATED INJURY, TO SEEK 

FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE 

TO U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT 

SAFETY COMMISSION, WASHING 

TON, D.C. 20207. 

Electrically operated toys and other 

electrically operated products intended 

for the IISC of children can be extremely 

hazardous for their young users. The 

possible dangers arc many: clecuic shock; 

burns, especially if the product has a 

heating clement; and a wide variety of 

mechanical hazards common to toys in 

general, such as sharp edges and points 

and dangerous moving paris. 

In 1973. the Consumer Product SafelY 

Commission issued safety regulations 

under the Federal Hazardous Substances 

Act for electrically operated toys. These 

safety regulations specify manufacturing, 

construction and performance requirements 

that arc intended 10 reduce the 

risk of injury from these products. In 

addition to these requirements, the regulations 

call for mandatory cautionary 

la bels on both Ihe articles and their shelf 

packages. 

These requirements address the major 

electrical. mechanical and thermal haz· 

,mls of electrically operated toys and 

Olher electrically operated children's articles. 

Some of the most important provisions 

arc listed below. 

j\1erh(lllical. 111e product mllst 

- have enclosures which arc strong and 

rigid enough to preserve tlie safety and 

inlegrity of various electrical components 

in the course of normal use or 

even if subjected 10 any foreseeable 

abuse. 

- have any potentially hazardous moving 

parts enelosed or gl1:lrdcd to minimize 

the chance of accidental cOnlacl. 

- h:'I\'c strong handles and knobs that 

wi ll not crack or break off even whcn 

abuscd. 

- if it has any pressurized enclosures 

(such as a steam chamber). be equipped 

wil li an automalic pressure-relief valve 

that will discharge in the safest possible 

direction. 

Toy sewing machines also must be de· 

signed in a manner that will minimize 

the possibility of a ehild's finger being 

pierced by the needle. 

Elec/riral. 

- All live electrical components must be 

securely enelosed. These enclosures 

must be designed so that they cannot 

be opened even with ordinary household 

tools such as 3. screwdriver or 

pliers. This docs not apply, for obvious 

reasons. to the housings of replaceable 

light bulbs. 

-Switches. mOlors, transformers 3.nd the 

like must be securely mounted to prevent 

any non·functional movement 

and possible damage. 

- Heating clements must be supported 

and prevented from making contacts 

that might produce shock haz.ards. 

- Products must not be desiglled for use 

with .... aler unless the elcctrical componenls 

arc contained in a scaled 

chamber completely separate from the 

water reservoir (as in toy steam engines). 

- I~roduc t s requiring cleaning with a wet 

cloth must be designed to prevent seepage 

of water into electrically active 

areas that might produce a hazardous 

condition. 

- Electrical plugs must have a fingerl 

thumb grasping area 3.nd must have 3. 

safety shield to protect small fingers 

from accidentally contacting energized 

prongs when the lOY is being plugged 

into a wall outlet. 

Thermal. 

- Products must not exceed ma .. imum 

surface temperature requirements. 

These temperatures arc determined on 

the basis of Ihe accessibility of a parti. 

cular surface, its function, and its 

composition. A surface to which a 

child cannot gain access, for instance. 

is allowed to reach a higher temperature 

than a knob or a carrying handle. 

Containers for holding molten compounds 

and hot liquids must be de· 

signed and conslrueled to minimize 

spills. No container should melt or 

become deformed when heated. 

Rigorous testing has been devised to 

insure that products conform to these 

requirements not only in ordinary use 

but also under condit ions of reasonably 

foresee3.ble damage or abuse. T oys are 

dropped, subjected to compression forces, 

and run continuously for long periods of 

time; motors afC overloaded; pressurerelief 

valves arc blocked; handles and 

knobs arc crushed. This is only part of 

the punishment that these products undergo 

in an effort to simulate the treatment 

they might receive in a child's 

possession. All products must still comply 

with safety requirements aller undergoing 

this testing. 

Labeling. The requirements specify that 

certain precautionary information will be 

contained in the labels on children's 

electrical products. The labeling is designed 

to help buyers choose the right toy 

for the ri ght age and to warn the user 

of potcntial hnz.1rds. 

The package of cvery such product 

must carry a c3utionary message and a 

minimum age recommendation. No item 

wit h a hC3ting element may be recommended 

for children under 8 yenrs of age. 

There arc some hobby items, such as 

woodburning kits, that reach \'ery high 

temperatures and that arc exempt from 

certa in maximum surface temperature 

regulations. These items cannot be recommended 

for children under 12 years 

of age. 

Certain areas of the product itself must 

31so be labeled: 

-accessible surfaces that exceed specified 

maximum temperatures must carry 

a warning of the danger; 

-toys with replaceable electric lights 

must carry a Warning of the m3ximum 

safe wattage for a replacement bulb 

and a notice to disconnect the plug 

before changing the bulb; 

- non replaceable lights will be so marked; 

"d 

- products not designed to be immersed 

in water must carry a notice to thai 

effect. 

A!1 cautionary statements that appear 

on the toy or its package must also appear 

in the instructions that must accompany 

it. These instructions must cover a!1 aspects 

of safe use and maintenance and 

must advise parents of the necessity for 

examining the product periodically to be 

sure it is in safe working order. 

These requirements help assure that 

electrically operated products for children 

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will be 35 s3fe as can reasonably be 

expected. But Ihis solves only part of the 

problem . Before injuries involving clcc- 

'fiCDI toys can be significunUy reduced, 

adults lIIust buy these products .selecth'ely, 

overs« their use in the home. and 

~ ~ p a ir or diKud them at the first sign 

of seriOU5 deterioration. 

S~/~ction . Do nOI buy an electrical toyor 

any toy- for a child 100 young to usc 

it safely. Always check the age recommendation 

on the shelf p3ckagc. Remember 

Ihnl thi.s is a minimulII age 

.. recommendation. If a lOy is labeled "Not 

Recommended for Children under 8 

YC3rs of Age," Ihis docs nol mean thai 

evcry child who is 8 years old is ma ture 

enough 10 operate it. The buyer must 

still take inlO account nn individual 

child's capabilities. 

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Ust". Read the instructions accompanying 

the product carefully and then read 

them with any child who will be using 

the product. Be sure that the child knows 

how to usc the item safely, understands 

all the instructions and warning labels, 

• and is aware of the hazards of misusi ng 

the toy. The instructions should be kept 

with the toy or in a safe place where 

they can be found easily. 

Supervise the use of any electrical 

product. J ust how much supervision is 

necessary is again a matter of judgment. 

.... Consider both the maturity of the child 

and the nature of the toy. For example, 

': there is ordinarily a great difference be· 

tween a 12-year-old playing with an 

electric football game and a 9-year-old 

usi ng a toy oven. 

Be sure that the plug of an electrical 

product filS snugly into wall outlets or 

.. (if they must be used) exten~io n cord 

receptacles. No prongs should be exposed. 

Teach children always to disconnect 

an electrical appliance by grasping 

the plug, not by pulling on the cord. 

child should replace a light bulb on an 

clectricAI toy as it is extremely important 

that the replacement bulb be of the 

proper wattage and the plug be disconnected 

when the change is made. 

If any product has been so severel)' 

damaged that adequate repairs cannot be 

made, discard it immediately. 

Bibliography 

Eleclrical PrOll!iCU. U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission Fact Sheet No. 

.2. 

EX"!nsioll Cortls and Wall Ollile/s. U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

Fact Sheet No. 16. 

FetJ"ral lIazordOllS SubS/OIlees Ac/. U.S. 

Consumer Product Safcty Commission 

Fact Sheet No. SS. 

For Kids' SulCI'. U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission. 

" Requirements for Electrically Operated 

Toys or Other Electrically Operated 

Articles Intended for Usc by Children." 

Cod,. 0/ FeJl'fal Regula/ions. Title 16. 

Chapter II, Part I SO:5. U.S. Government 

Printing Office. 

Toys. U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission Fact Sheet No. 41. 

Proposed Action Would Hit Construction Workers Hardest 

Alert: Virginia Seeks Cut-off of 

Some Unemployment Benefits 

The Virginia State AFL-CIO has issued 

an alert regarding pending action by the 

state of Virginia. The Joint Study Committee 

of the General Assembly is recommending 

that payment of the first week of 

unemployment insurance be eliminated. 

Under current l:lw, ..... orkers do not receive 

benefits du'ring the first week of 

layoff. However. after fou r weeks of layoff. 

Ihey receive the first week retroactively. 

Under the proposed change, they 

will never receive benefits for the first 

week. 

Not paying the first week would save 

employers 6¢ per week in tax . Paying the 

benefit would provide a ll workers in Vi r 

ginia unemployed fo r four or more weeks 

a maximum of $138 with which to pay 

utility bills, rent and 10 buy groceries. 

The Virginia Manufacturers Association 

and the Retail Merchllnts are heading 

up the campaign to slOp first-week 

payment. Union members must fight this 

proposed cut in benefits. Because most 

eon~truction workers who become un:mployed 

usually regain jobs within four to 

six weeks, this move .... ill impact them the 

hardest. 

What can you do to combat this serious 

reduction in benefits? Legislators re. 

spond to public pressure and opinion. 

Place calls to your representatives-let 

them know you want them to vote to continue 

payment oC the firs t week. It may 

be dillieult 10 speak directly to your legislator-if 

so, leave word with the office 

~retary that you called. and the reason 

behind your call. 

The General Assembly convened January 

14. If members arc nooded with 

calls and letters, we will win this issue. 

The Retail Merchants and the Virginia 

Manufacturers Association are lobbying 

hard against us. but, remember-tli!!!r,. 

arl! more workers than there are employ· 

us. Call your legislator TODAY. 

-From th,. Washington 

Bllilding Cra/lsmall 

Keep infants and toddlers out of the .. , M.l, n " ".1 I ,L r !I. 

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Storag~. All electrical toys should be 

put away in a dry storage area out of the 

reach of younger children immediately 

after use. 

Mailllenflllce and Disposal. Deterioration 

.. of electrically operated toys can present 

many hazards. Therefore it is necessary 

to check on their condition periodically. 

Be alert for broken parIS, frayed cords. 

and damage to enclosures of wiring and 

other protected components. Protective 

main tenance is particularly recommended 

• fo r those products known to have been 

manufactured before the Commission requirements 

went into effect in September. 

1913. 

Only an adult or responsible older 

Three yean ago, after banner headlines 

and froni page "news" stories 

blamed striking Mine Workers for dynamiting 

a $ 180.000 coal auger at the 

struck M & M Coal and Land Development 

in Lee County. the Richmond 

Times_Dispa/ch reported in an itcm 

tucked away in the second section of 

the paper that the mine operaton-the 

bosses-had pleaded guilty to destroying 

their own equipment. The charge against 

the striker.; was fa lse, but one more antiunion 

seed had been planted in the minds 

of good people who trust the news media. 

That's something for all of U5 to weigh 

and ponder. 

Virginia Governor John Dal ton should 

have done some weighing and pondering 

before he sent state troops to crack down 

on "union violence" at M & M Coal a 

few weeks after the explosion incidenL 

And he ought to do some weighing and 

pondering before he goes around the 

country bragging about how he gets 

lough with workers who go on strike for 

a fair and decent union contract. 

The ne ..... s media 13 ever-eager to re· 

port the sensational; violence makes for 

attention-getting headines. In the interest 

of fairness. however. whenever a situation 

has been misreported, newspapers 

should see that the truth receives the 

same amount of attention as the false 

reports. 

- From the Wasllington 

Building Craflsmall 

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ECONOMY IN 

DEPAFlTIVIEI\IT OF 

RESEA~CI-I J:lND 

EDLlcflTIOI\I 

Indicator 

Average Weekly 

Hours (Total 

Private Non· 

Agricultural) 

Average Weekly 

Hours 

(Manufacturing) 

January, 

1981 

35.0 

39.9 

December, 

19 .. 

35.6 

40.9 

January, 

1980 

35. 1 

39.8 

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The Shorter Work Week 

Total 

Unemployment 

Rate - 

7.4% 

• Se .. on.U~ adju5ttd 

Sou'c.: 6LS, U.S. Olplrtment 01 Labor 

7.4% 

6.2% 

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Time for rcst and relaxation; tim e 

fo r famil y; lime 10 take adv:mlngc of 

educational opportunities. A shorter 

work week-without loss of take-home 

pay and benefits-means different 

things 10 different people. It may be 

five 7-hour days, four 8-hour days, or 

some other variation, but whatever its 

configuration, the goal is the same. By 

reducing individual job lime. new jobs 

will be crcntcd. With new jobs come 

nc\\ employment opportunities for the 

currently unemployed and those just 

en tering the labor 11111rkct. 

The mEW and the AFL-CIO continue 

to call for the shorter work week. 

Through negot iated shorter work week 

contracts. the), expect 10 establish a 

trend that will pave the way to legislative 

action and an amended Fair Labor 

IBEW Agreements by Industry for 

Work Weeks of less Than 40 Hours 

Industry 1971 1981 

Amusements 0 17 

Broadcas ting·Recording 104 138 

CATV 0 10 

Construction 38 98 

Maintenance 59 82 

Manufacturing 93 108 

Marine 0 1 

Motor Shop 16 18 

Paper Mill 1 1 

Project 0 I 

Repair & Service 11 53 

Sign 4 11 

Telephone 7 16 

Utility 36 78 

Warehouse 14 45 

Others 4 7 

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Stan dards Act. II3 EW un ions are lead· 

crs in negotiating shortcr·wcek contracts 

wi th no reduction in pay and 

benefit s. 

mEW Itecord 

In 1964, there were 40 m EW agree· 

ments with a standard work week of 

less than 40 hours. This number reflected 

a 33 percent increase over the 

previous year's fi gu re or 30. By January 

1969. lBEW local unions had 

negotiated 3 19 agreements providing 

ror work weeks of less th un 40 hours. 

Another 22 percent had been added by 

1971, for a total of 388. This figure 

stands at 705 agreements for 198 1. 

You will note in the accompanying 

table a breakdown by weekly hours of 

collective bargaining agreements in 

198 1 providing for work weeks of less 

than 40 hours. 

Scheduled Work Weeks of less Than 

40 Hours, 1981 

Hours of Work 

Number of Agreements 

39Y.do 35 441 

35 227 

l ess than 35 37 

Total 705 

Other Surveys 

In December 1979, thc Industrial 

Union Department of the AFL-CIO 

published a comparative surveyor 10 1 

major manufacturing and non-manufacturing 

agreements. T he agreements 

represent a sa mpling, selected for their 

pattern effect, from more than 50 dif ~ 

fcrent un ions and include five negotiated 

by IBEW locals. or the total, 80 

agreements show schedulcd work week 

figures with 13 for less than 40 hours; 

four for 37Y.!: hours; one for 361,4 

hours; seven for 35 hours; and one for .. 

34Y.!: hours, 

T he Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. 

Department of Labor, in 1980, published 

a study, CharaCleris/ics of Major 

Coifecli"e Bargaining Agreemellls, 

Jalll/ary I, 1978. Bulle/ill 2065. This 

study was pulled from a total of t ,536 • 

agreements in effect on or after J anuary 

I , 1978 and covering 1,000 or 

more workers. O f the 1,358 providing 

for scheduled work week hours, 145 

(10,7%) were for work weeks of less 

than 40 hours; 137 for 35 to 391h 

hours; and eight for less th an 35 hours. 

November 1978 statistics from the 

l3u rcau of National Affairs, Inc., a private 

institution that provides specialized 

information services, showed 

seven percent of its basic pallerns 

sample of 400 contracts ihat provided 

for specific weekly work schedule data 

were for work weeks ranging from 35 

to 371h hours, 

A Continuing Issue 

The dominant labor issue of the 

18305 was the 10-hour day. The National 

Trades Union, the first attempt 

toward a national labor fcderation, had 

as ils major objective winning a 10- 

hour day for federal government workers. 

This became a reality when on 

March 31, 1840, President Van Buren 

issued an Executive Order establishing .. 

a 10-hour day for federal employees 

on public works without reduction in 

pay. In spile of Van Burcn's order, it 

has been estim ated that the work week 

avcraged 68 hours in the 18605.

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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX- CANADIAN AVERAGE 

Mo." '"' C_b,ftft! , 

SOURCE, STATISTICS CANADA 

DECEMBER, 1980 

.... Heohlt. & ItK'.'" 

All II.",. 1'0",,"," P ......... I tion& 

Ho .. oi~ ClothinG lol;on Co,. ..·odi"1J 

December 1980 221.3 277.0 210.2 185.0 213.7 2077 180.5 

No"ember 1980 220.0 273.9 208.7 185.0 213.1 207.1 180.0 

October 1980 217.3 270.9 207.1 182.9 207.3 204.6 179.3 

September 1980 215.4 269.8 205.0 182.S 203.5 204.0 176.6 

Augu$! 1980 213.5 265.5 203.3 180.3 203.1 203.2 176.4 

July 1980 211 .5 261 .8 201.6 178.S 202.2 199.8 174.6 

June 1980 209.9 259.5 200.1 178.8 199.4 198.2 173.2 

May 1980 207.6 253.8 198.6 178.3 197.3 197.5 172 .S 

December 1979 199.0 244.3 192.2 169.4 188.7 188.4 1642 

December 1978 181 .3 

December 1977 167.2 



NOTE , COllado'. COlllUm,. P,;., Ind,. lo.r all i',m. ;1I•• eooed 13 ;nd"" po;n .. du,in'il ,h, 1011 mon'h 

Or 0.6'110. Thl. ,quail" all olllluol 'Ole of ilK ...... 01 7 1 ~ (11 X 06). 11., ;n"'014 du.in'il 

'h, po.' y,o. woo 213 poill" 0' I t . 1 ~ 

h,.,", choll'il' belwHII Iwo do'" b o:olc .. lo'ed by wblrocli"'il Ih , indn "u",be. '0. Ih, 

ItOrlier do', 1'0'" .hol 10 •• h, 101 .. do', and dividing Ih, ... ult by .h, ind,. numb,. '0' .h, 

1tO,li .. do'" ,he n ",.. hiply;n'il by 100. 

EXAMPLE, for Ih, p .. ;od of o.c,mbe. 1979 10 Decembe. 1980: 221 .3 - 

12.3 d iyid..! by 1".0 = .112 X 100 = II 2 ~ . 

P"PO'..! by: o.po""',n' of 1I ...... ch and Ed"colioll. lIEW, January, 1981. 

1990 = 11.3 ;1101 .. po;II"/ 

DECEMBER, 1980 

REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE 

AND CLERICAL WORKERS 

UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE 

SOUR CE 

U.S. Of PART ME NT Of LASOII BUREAU Of LABOR STA TISTICS 

REfERENCE IAU, U.S. AVERAGE 1967 = 100 

Appo,,1 

A1I1I,m. 

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T.on$po', Medltol 

Mon'h llO' Combilled food Hou.ing Upk eep 'o,ion Co .. 

December 1980 258.7 267.6 277.1 182.9 261.9 277.6 

November 1980 256.4 265.7 273.7 183.3 259.7 276.3 

October 1980 254.1 263.4 271.0 182.8 256.6 274.3 

September 1980 251.9 261.9 267.6 181.4 255.2 272.2 

Augu$t 1980 249.6 259.2 265.8 177.9 253.5 270.0 

July 1980 248.0 255.5 265.1 175.4 251.9 267.8 

June 1980 247.8 252.7 266.9 176.0 250.6 265.9 

May 1980 245.1 251.0 261.7 176.8 249.9 264.9 

December 1979 230.0 241.8 243.6 171.4 228_3 251.7 


December 1977 186. 1 



NOH, Con." ..... P,; .. Ind .. for all ii,,,,. ;lIc.lO .. d 2.3 ;lId ... poi .. " du,ing ,h. po" mo",h, 0, 0.9'110 . 

lhi, Iq"olled all onlluol '01. 01 ;nCflo.e of 1 0 . 8 ~ (12 X 0.9). Th e ;nC"Oie;n CPI during ,h. 

pall yeo. woo 18.7 pain .. a. 12 . ~ "' . 

P.,nn' ;n .. eo .. bel_e" two dol •• i.

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HOW TO FILE AN 

AUTO INSURANCE CLAIM 

A sickening sc reech of brakes and 

the groan ot crushed meta\' Accident. 

The scene occurred 18,100,000 limes 

in 1979. 

If it happens to you and you arc 

not injured and no one in your ca r or 

the other cars is injured, you can can· 

sider yoursel f fortunate. 

But, fin ancially, most motorists find 

that in an accident nobody wins, everyone 

loses, to a greater or lesser degree. 

Your policy may not cover all repairs 

under all circumstances; there mily be 

COSIly delays in the final settlement and 

you may pay the penalty of still higher 

insurance premiums. 

But you can hold down your losses 

and expediatc settlement by knowing 

what to do after the accident. Insurance 

adjusters find that many motori sts 

become rattled by the experience and 

forgel the simple inst ructions which 

most insurance companies provide. 

First of all, be prepared wilh your 

own relevant dOli a before slarling out 

on even a short trip: license, regist ration, 

insurance identification ca rd and 

instructions. 

Should you become involved in an 

accident, tum off the ignition and don't 

ligh t a cigarelle. It could ignite spi lled 

gasoline. Exchange necessary information 

with the other driver. You will 

need his o r her name, address, telephone 

number, insurance company and 

policy number. Take note of Ihe license 

plate number and get the names and 

addresses of passengers and witnesses. 

In addition, jot down the fa cts surrounding 

the accident. Detail the positions 

of the cars, their approximate 

speeds and the direction each was 

traveling in. If you have a camera with 

),ou, take photos of the vehicles and 

surrounding sce ne, including skid 

marks. 

You may be asked to draw a diagram 

of the accident scene by you r 

insurance company. Describe the extent 

of the damage in as much detail 

as possible. Keep conversation with 

the other driver to a minimum. 

Report Ihe accident and ils circumstances 

to the company as quic kly as 

possible . 

Accidents involving bodily injury 

mllst be reported immediately, regardless 

of cost. In 1979, there were 2 

million disabling bod ily injuries and 

51,900 deaths. It's also a good idea 

to notify the police even in the case 

of a minor "fender-bender," according 

to Nathan Silver, chid of the Consumer 

Services Bureau, New York 

Stale Insu rance Department. The police 

report will protect you in case the 

other driver should later decide to 

change his story, Silver points out. 

In a growing number of cases, 

motorisls are asked not to report the 

accident, usually by the driver at fault 

who offers to pay the damages himself. 

This usually indicates th ai he has been 

in several accidents and is fearful of 

insurance company reprisal. Although 

it's not breaking the law to not report 

to an ins.urance company, fail ing to do 

so is risky, si nce the other parly can 

later sue you for bodily injury, and 

your insurance compnny can disclaim 

any responsibility in an unreported 

mishap. 

If you do not have collision cove r 

age and your car has been hit, insurance 

companies advise you to fi rst 

notify you r own company, Ihen geL an 

estimate of repair costs and forward 

it to the other party's insurance company 

with a leiter explaining the circumstances 

of the accident and when 

and where the damages can be inspected. 

Always deal with insurance 

companies by mail, experts advise, 

aher the initi al phone call for instructions. 

Keep copies of all correspondencc. 

The insurance company may not 

agree that ils policy-holder was at 

fault, or it may decide, as in one recent 

shopping center misha p, that its policyholder 

was only 75 percent to blame. 

The claimant was paid only 75 percent 

of the rcpair bill. In a minor intersection 

collision, both insurance companies 

refused to pay for repairs, 

claiming that the olher party's "negligence" 

contributed to the accident. 

Ir you are unable to get prompt attention 

on claims settlements, you can 

turn for help to the State Insurance 

Department , applying either in writing 

or by phone 10 the State Department 

of Consumer Services. 

In a se rious accident, insu rance experts 

advise you not 10 say " I'm all 

righ t" until you are sure, since auto 

injuries can show up later. Your agent 

can advise you about " no-fault" benefits. 

In states with no-fault laws, personal 

injury protection cove rage is provided 

10 all insured drivers. This coverage 

reimburses policyholders for their own 

medical expenses and lost wages without 

regard to fault. In Slates without 

no-fault laws, medical payments coverage 

is avai lable with limits up to 

$25,000. Standards and coverage vary 

from state to stale. 

(Copyright J98J by Esther MargofillJ) 

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WIT'" T"'E L~DIES 

The Sweet Strains of Suzuki 

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For many Americans, thc "sounds of 

Suzuki" bring to mind thc rhythmic throbbing 

of n motorcycle. Olhers, however, 

may associate this famous name wit h thc 

melodic strains of violin, cello, nutc, or 

piano played by accomplished child 

musicians. 

Hundreds of thousands of children thc 

world over have now experienced thc educational 

program developed by Japanese 

musician, Shinichi Suzuki. The results arc 

moving and myth-shattering. Guided by 

the special leaching techniques of thc Suzuki 

method, even pre-school children 

play classic works with finesse and feeting. 

In concert, their innocent ViflUosilY 

often brings lears to the eyes of amazed 

li steners. 

As thc 1980's unfold, Ihc first generation 

of Suzuk i-Irained musicians has already 

reached maturity. Dr. Suzuki, now 

83 years old, was pursuing violin studies 

in pre-wa r Germany when he be

LDC~L LINES 

Certificate of Completion 

Ceremony Held 

L. U. 1, S f. I.O UIS, l\10.-On December 8. 

1980, Local 1'5 Joint Apprenticeship lind Train. 

ing Commiuee hosted ilS biannual Cerlir,cale of 

Completion Ceremony, for the new Journeymen 

who had completed their apprcl11iccship~ within 

the I;lst two years, at Ihe Ilenry VIII Inn and 

Lodge on North Lindberg Boulev:ud. 

Following a cocktail hour and D delicious 

dinner consisting of salad, steak, po1310, beaDS, 

lind cheC'Secakc, Ihe program began under the 

direction of master of ceremonies Donald 

Gralike. Business Manager Donald Bresnan in. 

troduced guest $peakcl'$ Jack Keane, the direclor 

of the Missouri Department of Labor and 

Industrial ReI:nion5, and International Vice 

"resident Jack Moore, who conveyed his can. 

gratulations [0 the aradualCS and gave an im. 

promptu speech concernina both the personal 

and financial rewauls thrse Ihothers could n. 

pe

jurisdicllon. This, they U)" il jU\1 l1le bellinn;nland 

they will punue Ih;5 rn.l!.ltet to brill, all 

cable TV in our jurisdiction untlcr our contract. 

In 1979, we spOnsored D baseball lellm known 

a5 the Steamers. llesiltc:s beln, Brothers 01 work. 

these kUru; enjoy their leisure hours IOllclhcr 

pla)'ing b~b311. They hope 10 have the members 

come OUI and cheer them on nUl -Soellwn. 

Thank you, men for repr_nlln, UC\. 

Ahhough ,,·t're in the mid~t of • cold "inler, 

the member)hip has already proposed plans for 

tbe 1981 p,cnIC. nus is one WlI)' 10 offset tile 

lII"inter season. 

The knowled&e our union member. n«d 10 

" cev lhem se l~ c:s in tile bat barla,nin, pOSition 

is al their disPOSlIl. Courses 10 keep us abreast 

of any ncw leon"ld 

.·wller. 

Ms. Montanez Is Assistant 

• 

El ectrical Tester 

LU. 

II. 1.05 A.NGELES. CAl--r-hr,an'l 

Monlane2 hi~d inlO the CilY of Pasadena on 

June ]6. 1969. lIel firM dUlin as • Ifpi~t (']erk 

.... ere in the Usht Department WarehOll'>t. Ms. 

Monll1nez came 10 the City of I'audcna ... " h a 

Oe.ica[ A.A. Dell ree from Pasadena City 

College, 

In J ll[Y. [971 she wa, promoted 10 intermediale 

clerk and her dutin eh:1n,ed to seaetllry 

10 Ihe pO",,,r d,slribulion IUfl'C'rinlentklll, 

Laler thl $lime year her 1,I]e wu chon,ed 10 

inlermediale IYpiS I clerk. In December. 1972 

she .... as promoled 10 ~ Il io r lypi51 derk ... il h 

added rn ponSlbitilin. still wa!lill" for the 

!.iSh! IXpartment. 

In Aueust, 1976 she tr a n ~ f e rr c d to lhe CU\ 

to mer $en'ice Division P5 B meter reader, D$ 

nqe ..........." ~h· 'd JO'J u , plnl. Ku.Un., Itll 

10 ".bl••• e C.... lIa ...... er, 111", hllHII, I'm 

s.:".J

Awardees 

I.onl l.f. Pfllria, U1 ~ I"H~ .. II, Hid h. • ......... 

dh.ller. T .. e .. I,.jj.·e.)ur ... "'~ ... 1.11 10 "."1. art 

SI" nl., Fo .. l.r, Ck.,kJ M.IOII, Bema.d C.rrIIlWn, 

II . .. ..,. R ~rl h , .nd l)onl.ld " ~m"'n , 

Retirees 

R ~ I I"'H 0 ' I'M, kll 10 rllthl, . ... , ....,.. Slo!lIlIt r, 

Do_ WIlli •• I., .. 1'11 •• 1." and Clink. Ma.old, 

Awards Banquet Held; 

Work Scene Holding 

LU. J.&, "EORIA. II. Grccllnp from Ihe 

I·eori~. G..lC'sbu,&, .nd QUlnc), ~ren of l ocOlI 

". We had our award, dinner In )).,cem!J.t,r. 

Ont of local )4'~ memoc.s .c,·ci>ed 01 40·y~~. 

pIn and one re,e,~ed a lS·ye~. pin. They lire 

Russ Ilagemeyer .nd Robc:rl Sherer. We Ire 

ver)' proud of Ih~ men. OIMr"S ... ho recclved 

pms were Roben Bcnnctl, Cart IJ nrnhar. CONN._ I am unablf 

10 rcpon any contlu,ion 10 Monloe Tree and 

Teleprompler of WorCe!.ltr negOlialion~, as Ihe), 

ale buIll in plOgrt'SS ~ t Ihls lime. Teleprompler 

has been extended for 1 ...·0 .... eel..1 and Monroe 

has nOI been brOUl hl 10 a sali,faclory con· 

clulion al Ihis lime. I am quile confidenl Ihal 

bol h . hould be pUI 10 beu priol 10 .he neu 

i',ue of Ihe Journal. 

We afe certainly in Ihe "dcep f, ('e/e" here 

in Conneclicut. 12' belo.... III m)' house Ihis 

a.m. and Ihat is ralhe. unusu~ 1 for liOulhrrn 

New Encbnd. We ha'"1: been h'l ""Ih quite a 

~old snap Ihis year and it has been rdleded in 

lhe way Ihmg5 have ~ I o ... ed do ... n. 

We had one o f Ihe failroau job bid'! open 

111 ~ember and a p:nclal ronll:l~lor ~ Ihe 

low b,dder. We ""II ha'e 10 K

• 

Brothers Larry 01i~ia, Don Morpn. and 

PCIC Baler recenlly enjoyed a '-cry 5ucce",,(u[ 

hunlin&: !I'P 10 ~M!ld!1n. Wyomina. The trip 

IUled 10 dan and a~ l~ ph01I)'J ~U~l. 

u,arpshooung KCmcd to be lbe Ot(kr of the 

day. Lalry broulJhl alonl [0 our mcenn, phOl0S 

of the trip sho ... ,", lhe beautiful cDunlry in and 

around Sheridan. Th~nks. Larry, for )haring 

wuh us ... h~t must ha"c been a mOM enjoy· 

able Irip. 

Buy Union! Bu)' American! 

SAMl>LL C. BAlli', P.S 

Steward 

"'OIhU One "llt"."p of I_a! "" SulU~, 

Is thf, .1~.n,nI 

II' lI."ItOIdI C •• C_P."1. 

Pickets 

W-.s~ •• 

IIrvlhfcn D .~e X.bu, Iot'I, and Ed "HOlle II", 

_ho .... .... pld;d dwl, 'n "'''.10''. Snllle. 

Get-Together Held; 

Election Coming Up 

I~ U. 46, SF.A'r r Lf' ... \VA-S II .-ArOUJld Ihe mid· 

die of Ihi~ ",omil, wc'll be h:lVinl! our l"lRual 

union dance and BCI IOItClhcr. If )'ou w~nl to 

h~I' c D good time, be sure and auend this 

event. All you have to furnish is yourself (~nd 

a jug if you w"h) and every thin. else il pro 

',ded. iueh D5 the iCC!, mixer, band. As always, 

~'e have a .prend ut 0111 at the ~orld hmous 

K,liowan RrstaurJnt .bout half way throullh 

,he eyenin ... 

Sorry to hea, ~' e offended some memMrs 

"00 happen to be dectlical IIbpc

Tournament 

GoodCalch 

Retires 

, 

I'ollnnt ll W.I ~ ht , Hert· 

la., 01 Ihe Loo:a l 5' , ~ 

Dati .... Tu., .«enU, ..._ 

II",d. 

- 

ShOWD a", ..,_Mn 01 Local 57. SaU Lab Cllr. 

Viall. III tM loll lou ... mt nt. u n 10 " a~ 1 are 

Ron Ma,. Clh'ln 81n Iard, JI",u IIt rd. a nd 1I1 ~l n t 

Ntwma n. 

Awardee 

Dtl fl~ t fl are ' ho ..... al tilt 14lh a nnual Start Con· 

~e ntlon 01 tht Vla b State AF L-CIO. lAft 10 " a bl 

a re Blabot N . ...... n. Fnoub Rhea rccrh"nl lilt 

C ...... M u n, A .. a rd; Ken Roht n , on; a nd F.ddle 

Ma,n.. Man seated I. un lde"tlfied. 

eculive Boald membtrs Jeff Benson and Paul 

Newman. SI3te l'rcsidcllI Eddic Mayne c:llled 

the con"cntion 10 order and Governor SCOIl 

M. Mallbeson ga,'e a wdooming address. 

Frnncis A. Rhea, retircd member of Local 51, 

was awarded thc George Mcnny Award. The 

purpo!tC of Ihis award is to recognile the recipienl's 

outstanding service to youth Ihrough 

Ihe program of the Boy Scout$ of America. 

l'Au~ NtWMAl'I, I'.S. 

Retires 

Brothe. AI Lotkmu Fe 

... ut, .nnoun .. d hi' .~ 

tt ... ment. 

Brother Lockman Announces 

Retirement 

~ L.U, 58. Dl."1'Rorr, !\1 ' CII.---Greetings from 

... Detroit Brothers Dnd Sislers! Ibolher .... 1 Lock· 

:t man. 3 distinguished member of Local 58 for 35 

u years, announced his reli~ment at Ihe Inst mema: 

bership meeling. Al"s contributions to the local 

~ .re cndless. lie was chairman of the Educalion 

:::; Committee for IS years: he ser~ed on Ihe 

« Entertainment, Scholarship. Finance. and Strike 

:z Commit lees; was eJected to Ihe EJo;unlining 

~ Board; to the office of trcasurer; and in ' 954 

o be was instrumental in lhe foundinll of our 

.., Credit Union. lie has remained on ils llaard 

15 of Directors and served 3J secretary ever since. 

eD lie has served as a go-bet .... een for the retirees, 

wivC5, 3IId widows group; he was elected to 

the Execulive Board; and he "'orked .... il h 

16 Il rOlhcr H Ujlh ToU to eswblish the local Schol- 

"rotlou 'hr D o n o ~ a n o f I.ou ' u. n . trolt, J\U t h., 

.how, htl day'. nl t ~h, 011' tM ~oas t of On~o n . 

3r-htp Fund. nnd scl"ed on nlany more commiuees 

and did volunteer work 10 help the local 

union. 

Whal an imprer ~ident of the 

mEW. She also served as secrelary under 

Business Managefll lawrence DaISeY. Hank 

Boggo;. 10hn L. Redden. Jerry Johnson. and 

the prese nt bnsincss manager. James Foreman. 

Gene Brown. al$O In office secretary. was 

Ihe master of ceremonies for Ihe auspicioliS 

occasion. As the planner of the retiremenl 

party, Gene arranged an u:ccHcnt and thoughlful 

program to honor Minnetl. 

"'hny of tbe business man3~rs Minnetl h3d 

served under were present and each presenled 

her with a rcd rose nnd 3 symbolic gifl. Each 

of the pas' business mana~rs related the story 

of how Minnell hcl~d Ihem. Each reclllled 

the very skillful and smooth way Minnetl 

guided the local union from one business mnn_ 

ager to lhe nexl and mainlained the con· 

linuity of lhe local union and the sanity of 

the husiness manap;er. They all cxprused their 

thanks and appreciation to a very wonderful 

lady_ 

James Foreman prCienled Minnell wilh I 

special remembrance from the enlire membership 

of Local 59 for her many years of dediealed 

service. 

Mllny of Ihe members and their wives .... ere 

pre

• 

Apprentices 

1.4:11 10 . ll~ 1 a,e app,," .. lkd CIooo, IQ IIdo hl • •••• 

• S«>II Sotnn. J o"~ .'o.;te. , and ,\t.tIr M .... II • • 01 

~ I ... Sr. .. Alltonl", Tn., HMO"""'!!". Mome o f 

Ib"l. P""~" I J. 

. 

Pa r1 01 , b, ...... d In the ...-1>001 .. othlH>p b."" .... 

....... 

Inl.,n3110nal R ~pre\enlali... "'1-0 all.ndln8 

..-ere Instructors Tom Caldwell, lJob Cald"'cl1, 

Jobn Neal, Orent Tyrotr, lIob W~ton, and 

lATe members Carl Wcyd (president of 60), 

Charks Lorenc: (chairman of l oc:ll 60 1:.>. •• 11. 

live 803.0,1), and Richard Alterman and Jerry 

Gucldnu, ContrxtOI'l. 

I would jiLt 10 lilL. Ihls oppOrlunl11 10 'loa)' 

"helIo M 

10 all our !troche" on lhe road. We 

... sh you an 'h" hesl Ind hope 10 !Ie. you all 

~". 

As your new pr.ss ~cr.lnry, ... ,11 try to 

submit articles and phOl00 of ,111.I.S1 to nil. 

Any help will be appreciated. 

Remember, work safely. buy union. an" 

please allend your union me.llnl. 11K: pl,let 

.... hert roll can milke Itunp happen. 

T OMMY O w.$, I'.S. 

Christmas Parly 

All'" ...... O lld ....... DIriI_ ..... 1,. of lAnJ 

U, o-e.~er , Colo., s..toI __ Ie "".. III. ..... 

~ '.11.1 I .... d'Dd ..... Ifn ...... _ .Irq ....... 

Jlro,bu Ed 1'.:11 .... " . .. 110 IH: I~d , I •• Oil' ,Irll. IrffiI 

to .ake , "r ~ Ibal tath t "Ud r~u l " d Ih. co~d 

Illt. 

Children's Christmas 

Party Held 

LU. 63, IJP.NVER, COLO.- On Dfclmbe. 13. 

Ouf local union's annual child.en'. Ch.istmas 

pany was MId. The local union's En'Ulainmerll 

Commillct, working wilhin ils budgel. wa~ able 

'0 PUI on .his )'t:ar's parly, by legwork, loo~inl 

through Ihe paper for sal~, and .hen spendm, 

hours pbnn,n,. (\ccorat.ns. Ind pUllin, il III 

logelhc •. II rolher M.ke Cooper and his commillet. 

are to be commlnckd. and from Ihi' 

Itporlcr, a lIP of Ihl h.d hal for a ;ob well 

daM. 

Brolher Cooper "-::1nIS 10 u.cnd h.s Ih.rnh 

10 all of lhe members "00. by sho"'"11 up al 

lhe puty. made i •• he ~uccer,s " In'. In add.· 

hun, he "ould abo like 10 , clay h" Ihanl\ 10 

Ihe memben "'00 gave lhe .. I,me and 1 .. lent; 

1l ,1I and Sandy Long Bnd Ihe" son lI rad; Gene 

Shipman and his daullhl.r Jnne; Tl,lny lI.ealu 

and his wife Rose and Iheir son Tony, Jr.; 

Jim Campbell Dnd h,s d~ughlc, Tanisha: John 

and Carol Gorton and lheir dauchler Nane!!e; 

Oarence McCracken nml his sons 10hn and 

Mark; and Orolhcrs il riDn Miller, Ed Eubank. 

Jeny Dales, Jim Ma.Ilt'It'. Malk Marquel. 

5Ie"e Matney. Dill lIu,ht', Clt'n I 'cnd l ~nd. 

Rudy Nol1cnberCt'r, Tom GIbbons, and 1I0w. 

ard Jones, An added Ih3nk~ 10 Chris 5irb;n 

and 0 111 lIughe:s, .... ho added Iheir laleAls 

.... orking ., Ihe parly c1l,1wns; 10 DrOlhelS Glt'n 

I'endland and Bill l..(fuJI, .... ho wor~cd as 

$Iaud·ins for Sanl. Clau,. AnOlher spe~;1I1 

Ihanks gMS 10 MIke " Ilonnie" Coopt'r. hi. 

... ife, and Iheir chlldlcn. Caley. Am y. MILe, 

and Chll~lopher, "'ho huna in the-.e for Ihe 

... hole rilk. 

Appro11malely 732 eh,ldren of 01,1' member 

~hlp allendt'd. Add 10 Ihal al Insl one adult for 

each Ind you're c1DM' to lhe 10lal IlIendloncc. 

Any of our memben "ho dldn'l alltnd Iho, 

)'t:ar's pany beller gel OUI Ihal 1981 calt'nd~r. 

ci.de Dc«mbcr. then zelO ,n on .he date 

as iI'S foCI. As lhis i~ue of the }o"",u/ is 

arr;,,;n. al OUI membefll' home lI1a"alu Iml Gl"OItlc" of Local , .. 

Tac_ .. " ..... ~Ioo ... 011" , ... aif' "" _~ /Y t

State 1I0use of R ep r~ntati v6. Orother Scau 

lives in SuILon, Was hiniiton, and has ~cn I 

lonltime member of Local 77. IIrothcr ScOIl 

hu done I line job in the House of Reprcaentliltives. 

Good luck 10 both of these Brolhtn. 

With the overwhelmin, changes; in the legisllll' 

tive houJe$, labor candidates wil! need .. areat 

deal of hclp from the labor movement to be 

able to hold off adverse legislation. 

N elotia t io n ~ ore goina hot and heavy 

throuahoul the stile. At every barllininl table 

...-e are fftionl I stiff ruinlnce .... hich is directly 

IIIttributlble to the re!iul ts of the recent election. 

On behalf of the members at Seattle City 

Ught .... e are appeolina an ad~c rse decision to 

the Slipreme Court over the institution of a 

pel'3Onncl system based on the merit system. 

Construction remains to be very slow acrOloS 

Wuhm,ton and Idaho. We have many members 

on the books. The locaJ is Slanin, many 

different ne,Otiallon5 It the presc nt time. 

RrCIIAl.D N . Roous, P.S. 

Christmas Party 

LIme Mtn AlP,. lIark>... ..1,.. lb. I>rlp of btt 

d.dd7. J~ 111.10 .. , Il lb 10 Sura. 

Christmas Party Held; 

Many Brothers on Bench 

L tJ, 80. NORFOU;:, VA..-Many thanks to 

our l..ad'e!i Auxiliary Ind the officers of tocal 

80 for malon, the Innual children's Christmas 

pany I hlllppy time for III " -00 Ittended. ~ 

attendnnce .... ell lurpued the previous years, 

~ "'hic h mnde for a joyous time for all. As al 

... wayl. there WD~ plenty of good thlni' to ut 

J: and drink and 1M children really took advan 

~ laiC of all the ,oodies, Of courw, it '"ouldn't 

< have been I real Chmtmu party ...-ithout lkar 

:::E ole Santa Oaus (yours truly) being there Ind 

::r \l5leninl 10 all the children tell whul they 

~ wanled for Chri

• eah, beaulifully deeorMed approprialciy for 

Ihe occasion. Our Ihank~ and Ihe r eli~es' 

Ihanh 10 all lhoMl who ron!(ibUled In wbat· 

eve r way 10 make this parly D"aln a great 

sucecss. 

011 anOl her subject, work In our a rCD has 

dec reased, causillg us to again revert to our 

slwrlu worl.:w~I.: . The projeded work piclUre 

.. loob good but probably .... ilI nOt be bere until 

late 5pring or early summer. Unlit then, Sla y 

.... arm ~l1d 5D ve your money 10 pay Ihose OUI· 

of ·~ I~ht ulilily bills. 

R ICIIARD Mne!!"1 I., I'.S. 

B.M, Writes About Bui ld ing 

• Proiects in New Hoven 

L,U. 90, N I-;W lI AVI-:N, CONN.- Restoring 

some of the "tiller and the aelivily Ihal once 

ul~ted in New Haven'. Iheatre dislrict Is ~ Io wly 

beromln, a .ealilY. The ot.J Taft Iiolel, named 

diU U.S. I'resident William lIo .... ard Tart, is 

localed In the Iheatre dlstrkt thnt once wa$ 

the main DHracllon for city viSitors, Yale stu· 

"I d ent~, Il'Olilical figures, nnd SInge ftn d screen 

personalit ies, II is prese ntly being renovated 

and wrll soon become a dlSlinctive living com· 

plex for Ihose ..... hose means allow them 10 

hve In elegance. 

The renovation and reslorallon will relaln 

and reelplm some of Ihe beautiful architectural 

splendor of this "rnnd hotel wh ile afTording it ~ 

tenants nil ultra· modern luxuries. It wi(] soon 

_ be a mOSt benutlful living plact. Some apart· 

ments .... 1l be renled al SSOO and more, giving 

an indlcalion of .... hat Ihis place, afrer r~no 

Yallon is rompleled, will have to oller. 

Electrical in s t a llall o n ~ are being made by 

Ihe l'orlche51H Eleelricul Company, Localed In 

Portchc,ter, New York. General foremon Snl 

Vi\,Co llle and approllimnLcly 12 wiremen alld 

apprenlice! are eu.untly on Ihe job. Sleward 

• John I' ierpont has Indicaled that our jurlsdic' 

tionaL problems of a nlinor nature ha"e bl:cn 

handled wcll by the trades Invo Lved, atle~tlng to 

lhe mlher good rapport e~istlng among the 

trades in the New Haven area. Tile project 

co~lina $10 million plus Is ncaring COmplelion. 

We arc anticipaling fUlure plojecis in the 

the"l .e di~lricl, Including a eomplele renovo· 

lion and . t";loF.llion of lhe Schu bell Th e31~. 

The Schubert. over the years, saw the initial 

pcrform;lnccs of musical, Qnd plays deslined 10 

. 1M: acdrllmed on Brondw ay in New York City. 

Co r"I!.I cration is now being gi ven the project; 

federal granlS are beln; Klughl and jf all goes 

well il )hould be a muhl·mill;on·dollu in· 

ve)tment. 

Work al the La ..... rence Memolial lIospil31 in 

New London continues 10 progress. The Ed· 

Mo. Electric Company I' making Ihe In)talla· 

lion,. General foreman h cl.: L1racken and 

5leward Joe LaValle (breeder and keeper of 

five hllrses ) are anllcipmlng alLdltional work 

there In the nepr future. 

lI.ecentty, the Local admit1cd a number of 

new Ipplenli«"s; included amon" the group 

is the fi rst Local 90 fem ille 10 gain adml~slon. 

Li~elle Lussier has lhal honor and distinction. 

L i ~elle'~ dml and brother ~re both members 

of Ihe organization. and nlollg with all of II! 

arc vcry proud of her accompli>hmellts. 

Other apprentices ad milled include I' aul 

Card, Gube Smyles. Jr .. and t arry Toth. We 

welcome all of the new nppre ntices and .... is h 

them nnleh 5 U CCO~. 

Th3r\~ ' 10 at! our "'ler 1 0c~1s for employ· 

Olent a~'iSla n ce rCl1d ~re d II ~ utong the WilY. 

Or('1( 1'"NA',Ross r, II .M. 

Members Charitable; 

Work Scene l ow 

L.U. 95, JOI'LIN, MO .-Ch rl s tm~,tim e found 

Lo c~ 1 9' busy In its nnnuni pr ojc~ t of 'hin; 

ChriSlmas baskell for the needy. Members 

donnted thl'ir time, money, lind food supplies 

for the ba~~els. Several baskets "'-ere give n out. 

/I.'lembe" on the eomminee ""ere lI,others Greg 

Reber. Tom Wade, and Mark Wis",ell. 

At the present time, our work is Vl' ry low, 

""Ith ovcr half of our journeyman wircmen on 

lhe hench. Several of our members arc work· 

ina in olher locals and our than~s "0 to too.e 

l oca l ~ for providing ..... 01 1.: for our m~mbelS, 

Our apprenlice,hip ~c hoo l i'l p ro~re,,-\in; vcry 

wcli. We think we hJve a good ~roup of 

youna. mcn. but wilh our low nmount of work 

..... e ha\c ~ome of Ih~m not workill~. 

It I, "'ith sad regret ""e rCpOrt the dealh of 

one of our re\i~d memben. Urothcr Bill Ilens. 

II rothn ilells ..... as an a'ti.·c union n.cmber. lie 

Krved PS recording lecrcttlry for several )'Cdrs 

and W:l~ al

the construction t.-:lde $Olid. Vcry fcw job§ 

arc calling for mCn and many proje~t5 are 

aWamnll the Ihaw beforc I","y strum fonh 

..-ith IMir ,"'Ork. May 5prinl renew )'11u and 

your hopes as il renews the Irees and 1I0wen 

while it brings fonh a fresh life with a chance 

10 be born .. ain. 

Recipient 

1-10,4 b.d .. of Local Itl, ao._. rot &5&-. II alto .... 

~Idq a p"".e fot" loll ""I",_n, fro- rotarl), 

Alktu. AI50 ........ n art ....... 5hHllan ... ho .... a 

10"" ..... for .1oyd ."HII H _ a ..... '...,'0., and 

BlIJ.\a_ 1\1 ........ Old. 1\10II.II ...... 

Utility Work Expected 

To Pick Up Soon 

L.U, 111 . DEN\,":R. COLO.-We have had a 

fair winttr $0 far with the linc construction 

,,·ork. The ulilily work hu been steady and 

work is upected to pick up this sprin ... 

Business Manager John C. Meadcn altcnded 

a trustees meeting for li nc construction Decem· 

ber I, 2. 19110, in Denver Colorado. John was 

pleased 10 reporl Ihal. along with other benefits, 

a dental program will be DYai lable crfectiYc 

March I. 1981. and al!;O the life iru;urancc 

coverage was increased 10 $5,000. The life insur. 

ance increase was effective January I, 1981. 

Please check your new booklet for information 

~oncerning all the new changes. ror the benefit 

o f some of OUt new Hrother5 and Sisten in the 

\oc:I.1 union. Uneco i$ tho: Line Construelion 

Benefit Fund .. hi~h conts Ihe Unil I construc· 

tion hands and the Union Power and Sturgeon 

Garages. Nelson Tree Company, DaYcy Tree 

Company. and Asplundh Tree EJ.pc:rt Company. 

Local III has continued to lrow durinl lhe 

past ycaf and Bu,iness Mana;er 10 hn C. 

Meaders h ~s made some changes in the ollicc 

Ihat were needed to meet the demands of lhe 

gtowinl membershIp, 

One of the changes i$ th3t Ihe office is open 

from 8:00 a.m. till 4 :45 p.m .. with the IlInch 

ho ur \xing from 12:00 noon lill 1:00 p.m., and 

the olliee is dosed during the lunch brcak. 

Remember 10 attend )'11ur unil meetings and 

be aware of what is hnppeninl: with your union 

and your job. 

DELPll

• 

of the tlectronics in ,Ju ~try and we oc I. oc:ol 1\3 

welcome the work and the dean industry \0 our 

area. 

JACK KI'UIIX)1!, n . M . 

• 

Initiated 

Ne .. l, Inillated IMmben 0' 1 __ 1 117. £1.ln, III., 

kit 10 rI,bl, art ... .. , I>rl.\lioll, Tim K~II~"bel1tc •• 

Pal COif"" l\I a,l< Ju .... , and To- Bcmadoa" 

Two Members Mourned; 

New Me mbers Initiated 

LU. 11 7. ELCIN, ILL._ We, the membership 

of I.ocal 117, WIsh to n press our dee~l 5ymp:uhy 

10 11K: famIlies of IJrolher Tom Torrance, 

whose wife passed away recently; and IIrOlhcr 

lIenny B cn~on, who w a~ the o ld es t member of 

our local. Benny received his 6O-year ~rvi~ 

... award in 1969. lie was an old soldier in our 

union when limu '"'cre lough. II W D~ the o ldlimen 

hke Benny who buill our union inlO the 

o r,anilalion il is IOODy, and it is up to 11$ 10 

carry on thi, work . nd keep our union sirooll. 

The five apprcoliccs of Ihe 5econd·yea r clnss 

were initiated iota our locnl unio l1 followinll 

thei r ooe·year probation. Conllralulnlions, 

gemlemeo. on becomi oa m EW members and 

" members of Locnl 11 7. We welcome you into 

our Orotherbood aod look forward 10 workinll 

with you. 

Members should llave been pleued 10 note 

tho 11.22 percenl interest earned on their Vaca· 

tion Fund checks received in Febnmry. It's nice 

to know th at our money is in competent lu nds. 

As of this wrilioll work is slow. wit h 20 pe r· 

cent unemploymenl. Let's hope th at the econ· 

omy will tum I round in the monlhs 10 come 

and result in a prosperous yeu for us all. 

. TOM E81l1T. 1'.5. 

" 

. 

Mourned 

R ~tlt~ d fiO..,-u . IBKW .... mltf •• B..,rllu ~ .. mOtl' I . 

B. ku. Lonl 134, pu~t d ....., ,tUIIUI. lie hi pIe. 

l u~d but wUb bl, .. 1ft luanU .... hen he , et olv~d 

hI, " ·rut pI" 1..,1 AUK"'" 

Work Scene Expected To 

Pick Up in Spring 

t .U. 130, NEW ORU:ANS, I . A._G recliog~. 

fcllow frosl·bi11cn survi vors! I hope everyone is 

ready for a busy spring IIC350n. For one Ihing. 

the wOf k situation is expected to pick up eon· 

siderablr foUowina the usual winter s I Ul!.ii~ h ne". 

Contra ct nellOtiations will 100II be under way as 

the present allr« ment expires in May. What's 

more. the polilical seeoe will no doubt be 

heMinll up in advance of Ihe eleclion of local 

officers this June. Sounds ex ci ting. huh? Well, 

here', one w ~ y of pUlling all thnt in perspective. 

Remember ba~ k fi ve or seven ye ars when 

everybody said union construction workers we re 

priclIIlI lhemselves out of the mar ket? Now the 

outra/leous in nalion of recenl year5 combined 

.... it h inadequate raises have made am lobor the 

billlle~ t bargain since the IndiaR$ sold Man· 

h ~lIan for trinkets lind beads. Maybe it', II bit 

of lin cxnllileralion, but il seems like we could 

lIet In acro;.s·the·board (benefi ts and wages) 

SO percent raise and still not catch up 10 where 

...·e ORce we re. Out don't hold YOUl b'C3lh 

wailmg for that kind of a COOlr3Cl. Instead of 

Ihal. do iIOmething useful. Gel iovoh'cd in Ihe 

cominll eleelions and take an interest in your 

local bUSlrlCSS. Wh y not Ihrow caution 10 lite 

win d nnd become a candidate for office ! ~ 

AI H I D W. 1I0S11CIo:, 1',5 

500 Jobs Expected To Be 

l ost in Next Five Years 

I..U. 137. AI.BAN \ '. N.Y.-At Ihe rcgular 

mcelmll 00 December 17. 1980. I'.e,ident Dave 

Wrilthl annouoced 10 Ihe- body Ihal lhe: IJ rolher. 

hood ....·ould lo«e 100 job'< per year over lhe 

next five rears. The reduction is !O be accom· 

plished throUB h attrition, not a layoff, and will 

aITect Ihe coli.e Niaga.a Mohawk I'ower ('or· 

porolion Sy lI e ( omp.n, for J 5 l U .... 

Stewards Seminar Is 

Being Planned 

I-U. 165, CIII CAGO, 11.I~-J> lan' are in the 

m~~'"a for a ~Iewudl seminar. 10 be held 

March 1. 1981 (lcnTalivcly), al the Midland 

Ilole!. T his wi ll be an 31l·day affair. More 

information .. rll be mailed to :t!1 stewards. 

I AW~~NCIl F . IIt ~ II L. 1'.5. 

Insid e Electricians Get Rai se; 

Brother Penta Mourned 

I..U. 166, SCII ENECfAOY, N.Y,-T he inside 

elcc tr icilln~ had n raise, wltielt became effeclive 

h nuary 1. brinllinll oll r base rale up 10 $13.20. 

Whal .... e need now is workl We are sliIl experi· 

encing hillh Imemployment wilh aboul 40 per· 

eeol unemployed. and manr members worked 

only a few .... ee ks OUI or the entire year. 

On Janll~ry 

9. 198 1. re tired member, Thomas 

" cn ta, Iln~sed R .. ay. Tom wu nn active member 

fo r over 44 years, including servinll on The 

ExccUlhe Board for multiple terms. Upon his 

relirement. he joined Ihe Retirees Club and 

became presidenl, an office he held at Ihe lime 

of his dealh. We extend ollr sincerest sympaThy 

10 hi, family. 

A littlc bri ghter ne ws-all of our members 

at Taconie Telepltonc Corp. receive d yenr-end 

bo n uSC'~ r~nllinll from $30 10 $400. 

Alw ftt Tnconic Telephone. a g.rievance o,'er 

Ihe biddin. of a job in "commereial" Uh'e 

members bid the job bUI lhe company hired off 

lite slreet) 1001;.5 DS thouah il may 110 10 IIrb;· 

Irution. 

For nil our lI rothcu who ha ve ~u rrcred 

unemployment as we hove, we hope for a 

busier and morc profltuble )ear. 

SK IP GOYl:nl'. r.S. 

l ocal Faces New Year; 

Slowest Work Scene Faced 

I- U. 175. CIIATI'ANOOGA, TENN.-AI· ::. 

It>ollllh the ne w year does nOI look as rosy for « 

those of I" ,0 the eon~trl\elion trlldcs U il does ~ 

for lOme OThers . ....·c are lacing 198 1 with II 101 ~ 

of optimism. Labor caonOI afford 10 look bac k· a 

wnrd.i-we mUSI alw aYI look fo rw ard Dod oul· .., 

ward. Q UOling ,he Inte Gcor\IC Mcony: " It is a 15 

fact of life Ihat everythinll tlt ol concern s ~ople ID 

conce,"s workers Dod Iheir unions. I.abor', in· 

Icre5t mUSI be broad lind ..... e eannol I fford nOI 

10 be deeply in" olved in all Ihal a ffeclS labor 21

and the American worker. American union! 

have been and will rempin the only major pd 

>'ale U.S. orlaniuuion whose JOle purpO!Ie is 

advancing the eaU5e of American workers." In 

\981 our worker. will contInue to build SIrOnier 

and more effeclive lrode unions to protect and 

advance their colLective interest. In Mr. t-Ieany's 

13st editorial he said. ~ Labor will ne~er quil. 

We ne~u ,he up the fiaht-no matter how 

lou,h the odd" no mailer how lonl il taku." 

I hope our local and our people will learn 

from the e~amples of lhe past. bolh aood and 

bad, and face th is year with the same deter. 

mination thai this ,reat labor Leader of our 

immediate pasl did. 

toeal 11~ is facin, the slowest period of 

work it has experienced in many years. The 

overall picture looks dim for 5e,'ual months. 

for • chan,e "'e will hne 10 Iell tra>'elina 

Brothers who are seekin, work, to look else· 

where. 

This is a ,ood time 10 tdl our Ira>elina 

Brothers how much we appreciale their contribUI",n 

10 the work picture in our jurisdictiOn 

We hope somewhere down the road th:1! prosperity 

will brinK us back tOKether. The Tenne""e 

Valley hn gOt to ,row and you can rest 

assured that toeal 115 intends to arow with il. 

OI'Ice apin death has invaded our ranks and 

we are saddened carly in thi. new yen to lose 

Brothers Charlie Voun, and Tom Fuller. We 

will miM these men wno put many YCP rs and 

much hard work into the Brotherhood-but we 

have consolation in lhe facl that tach lef! D 

rlne JOn in the local to carryon the tradition 

Ihal Ihey belie~ed in. 

22 

Lum, we wi~ you a swifl and speedy recovery. 

From Biu; Ind Pieces: Our weallh depends nOI 

so much on what we have as what we can do 

wilhout. 

C-U a! the ne"t union m«tina. 

CItAI1.U DUNNtNO. P.S. 

KIlNNf;TII JAM I'.S, A$Sr. P.S. 

local Brothers Donate labor To 

Underprivileged Chi ldren's Project 

LIJ. 177, JACKSONVILI. F ... FLA.-Every year 

for the past 22 year" thue hp, becn a ChrislmD~ 

party for the underpriYileaed chiLdren of Jack. 

sonyille. This party hu been ron by former 

Judsc: DoICas DllIke. Last year saw nearly 

)0,000 children receive 10YS, candy, and enjoy 

a party. The 10Ys ore collectcd all ycar lona. 

and are repaired by volunleers to aive to thor 

less fortunate. In yul"$ put thor to)'1l were 

picked up and stored in warehouses 111 over 

town. This year, throu&h the efforts of the local 

business people, property was obtained and a 

buildin& was started. Brother Georae Shuman, 

president of the Brkkml50nJ toeal 2. was 

instrumental in geuinl the building trades in 

Jacksonville to furniSh all the labor to build 

the buildinl; Judge Dt1Ite calls it the 12. days 

of Christmas. 

Once lhe land was cleared, the various trades 

did their thina. On SaturdllY, November 22. 

apprcnticcs of Local 177 did the wirinl- Sianin, 

early Saturday momina. lhe follow;n, appren. 

tices proceeded to completely wire the buildinl: 

first year, Billy Foley, Da~id Miller, John 

Moody, Jim Osteen; set:ond year. Charles Cook. 

Edward Cook, Cumminp, Joel Danid. DuM! 

Aecha, Ronnie llillinbotham. Charles Kelly. 

David Taylor, Rick Taylor; third year, Willie 

110pkins, Terry Meeks, Ernest Strickland, Michael 

Vince, Bud Hisman; and fourth year. 

Eddie Barris. A lot of credit aoes to the direc· 

tor of the ap!,renlia proalam, lind the inSlmc· 

tors. Tommy Gilmore. l1 ubert Rill', Jcrry Davis. 

Eddie Powell, and John McNally all acted as 

coordinators for lhe wirin, project. 

1be project "" ent "" ell; aside from the pOwer 

being turned on by the cily, all WDI ready. 

Labor is JOmetimcs WDY back in the minds of 

the pUblic; Ihis project wu a product of the 

labor mo'ement and bus;ness to help the un"ersary. Most of all it 

will be in honor o( Dill McBride. MoSt of us 

know lJill as the former business manager of ' 

Local 181 from 1951 to 1965. We also remember 

that in 1960 Bill nellOliDted our Pcnsion and 

Welfare Plan. lie later became an International 

R~prC5Cntal;"e or the Third District under Vice 

President Andy JohnllOn. He then became Anisl' 

lint 10 President Charles l'iIlard and held Ihnt 

position lin til his recent retircmenL This is I 

prOtid moment for 181 and it Ihould be quile 

an affair, so don'l mIn ill ... 

JIM O'LEAU, P,S. 

At Christmas Dance 

t..dl 10 11. "t R .. lnen Manuer M. V. Sl\tpberd an ... 

P.~ ld . nt Mould S",ltll of Local 19), S".lnafi.ld, 

IU ~ "r_ nl I st-yu. pl. aDd riI.U ... "' Brot"'. 

CUbt11 l!ldUt ... L 

Christmas Donce Held; 

B.M, Shepherd Resigns 

LU. I". SI' IUNGFIt:LD, II..1-We had our 

annual Chfl51mDS dlnce December 12. 1980, Dt 

the K.C. Club. Sprinlllleld. Illinois, wilh approJ: 

Imntely )70 in attendance: Bill Norvell and 

Gerry Schull:t were the co-chairmm and, with 

OUI a doubt, this wn the best dance or an. 

The band played music that could be danced to 

by most alL Die , roupi and the food WaJ excel· 

• 

• 

Lelt In .tahl, d ...... ln. for 0100. ".Ila, •• e Viet! • 

I'.u tde .. t Cerald khulh, I'ruldcnl Ronald Salt", 

51.yea. _e_bet' CIIbm SklbUdJ, ... d Aul ....' 

Bu,tnetS M."a..,. Bill N ...... ell. SlIo ... n I.. fronl 

~ ""... In •• d"". prhe b rell,cd ...,mber Jerome J. 

K on", • •

, lenl and §erved by Stu IIunt, who has txen in 

th is busines, for • numtxr of ycn rs. It was 

expressed by many thaI they had a good lime 

and lefl around 12:00 midnight wit h a feeling 

of complele U lisfaclion. The K.C. Club will be 

available for our ntU dance Iccordin, to Co 

Chairmen Bill Norvell and Gerry Schilitz. II 

111'0' our honor 10 present Gil Skibitzki with a 

• SO·year pin and cilation 

President Ronald Rea,an named Donovan u 

the new SKrelary of Labor who "'e hope will 

nOI support an)' k l islalion that will advenel), 

a ffecl the lives of workinl men and women of 

our areat countr)'. The ntxl four yeMJ will 

require complete !oQlidarit)' txt,,'een the mem· 

bers. the \oc:ll unions. Ind lheir International 

o/flt"CrJ to oO'ercomc any IttemplS to deSlToy 

_ what ..·c hao'c 10u&ll1 for SO long Ind hud 

over the Pist ~;II,," Unity d«1 mean one for 

11 11 Ind all for one! 

When you receive this lener. I will have 

ment and I wall. 

Luckily. the wall had I w",dow which he broke 

and hpt hil head from being compltlely 

cru~hed IIrother KOCHer had SC:'-rral facial 

bont~ hruten as well ., his "'fl foOl. left lep.. 

ripl ~ ... and right h,p_ lie ,~ rceooenn, II 

home Ind hopCli thai time 111',11 mend hi. injul >C< 

LeI Ul III re",",mber job \IIfely. 

The local ha, suffered • Jo..s in lhe- duth. 

of retired Il rolher~ 1 C Cockerham. ~ta>lon 

W. Thnma •. and l "le~ ~· I SompaYlac_ Brolhel 

Codelham .. a~:\ membel for 15 )"e3r~. Il rother 

Sampayrlc WIS 1 retired clecuical contractor. 

.... hoCs. I nd bingo_ Special cucsts for the 

day werc Il 

G. Wiliiam'lOn, FOllnh Districl 

Vice Pre.idenl: William Rothe-n. business man· 

ager; Jad. G1ca'iOn. pluidcnt~ and Oan John- ... 

son. JATC d .. e~lor. MemberJhip in the Retirees g: 

Club is not mandatory bUI is recommended. ... 

Membo:r5h'p in the Retirus Club is open to.11 ::r::: 

retired members of tile 1oc.1 1$ wetl IS Iheir u 

widowS The club sponsor. ~ummer picnics. a ~ 

Th3n~~l!rvin. p3rty. a Ch,islma5 party. and ~ 

monthly ~e t .to.et hers . 2:i 

The reillees of Local 212 were called 10' c( 

gCIhe-r to celebrate Chl'stma" December 10, ~ 

1980. ThI5 pany WD.5 open to .11 relired membcnr J 

of the local II well .5 wido ...... The local .... ., s: 

proud of the great allendnnce of relirees at 

th ese part'es. ~ 

T he Joint Apprcnticuhip and Traininl Com- III 

millce of Loc.1 212 will be Inking applications 

for apprenticeship with the local March 2·6 and 

9.\3 from 9;00 a.m. unlil 12:00. All applicanls 2 3

2' 

must have lived in the jurisdiction of Local 2 12 

lor a period of one year prior to appliC1llion. 

Applicants mUd hne a hiah school diploma 

or equivalent and be you nger th~n 24 yea" of 

age. There "1'111 be a rea,isUation fee of SIS.OO 

to aid in deCenin, the ro§t of testin .. 

App]ications ... ill be taken" the JATC OffICe 

at l OIS Vine Streel in Room 2035. 

ROIIUT I.r.WIS, P.S. 

Make Benefits Reciprocal 

Among locals, Says Scribe 

L U. Ill, BROC"YON, M ASS.-Our main ott. 

jective as union Ilrothe" is to hdp one another 

as much as possible. As you all know. health 

and ... e]fnre and pension, are a number one 

ncccssity in our lives and a prime dUlY to our 

fnmilies. Without this, I. .ickne,", (let alone I 

tragedy) may hit our loved ones, and we could 

be in bi, financial trouble. Our Immediate s.iSler 

locals hne ruliud Ihis, and arc reciprocal 10 

one another 10 Brothers It'll'elin, to their Irea 

to work will have coveraJC. leI's "'011.: tUlCtlo~ , 

and help bring aooul Ihe Rood In ourllCh'CS and 

make health and welfllre and pension a ]00 

percent reciprocal 10 all locals In the ]BEW. 

I am ~urprivd Ihal the Inlernational hu not 

lei a standard pOlicy 10 Icrompllsh this. II 

IICems to me Ihnl a Brothcr working. no mailer 

where it may be. has earned this fringe bene/it 

as part of his hourly wa,ll:e. and it ri&hlfully 

belongs 10 him. 

From Business Manager John Rcvil:The work 

picture is the ..ame, w,lh about 40 m.embers out 

of work. Pilvim I will be callin, for men won 

Ind by 5Pnn, lOme jobs will be breakin, 

enough 10 put lOme Brothers to worl. Hope. 

rully, we will hal'e full or clo!IC to full tm. 

ployment. 

1I0pe III OLl! Il,ut"er, in the !DEW hnd I 

Merry Christmas and. HIPI')' New Ye~r that 

will ]15t the whole of 1981. We of local 221 

Brocklon. Massachusctts, .]10 w,!>It our ron· 

tractors I lot of IOOd luck in biddinc work 

10 that not only tM-Y, but ooth of us will be 

financially stablc. 

r UNel' J. I ANNONl. 1'.5. 

At School 

o 

• 

8ho .. n II ,... a pp,u ,l.. Nbool o f ...... a1 119, ,,_, 

Va " rroal row. tffl 10 n . hl. a", Rk hanl SlIJ'd~" 

/ll l.I

Honored 

IfODD~ foe- J S ,Uri of ~ I... to l..00:I01 UlI, 

SI . .....,DTtII., O~ID, 1.11 ID riebl. a~ 8roth ..., Frsnk 

J ds ~t , Jobn u nhard, . nd Rk l1ard RobfcrU. NDI 

pk l .. r"N Is 8rolbfcr WIIII. m RDM,,-. 

Tb1111-1nr ",," 'Ice pta ~lpknlJ . re BrOlherl 

Oewo MeKal, Idt, and Marlo Florl ~ n. Not pk· 

• I ..... d b Brother II. L. Konl. 

and their bdics received gift! ranging from 

toaster ovens to telt-vuion stt!, ca.,h awards to 

radiO!.. 

The Brethren also would like to thank Ihe 

entire Dirmer-D ance Committee for another job 

well done. Donating many houn of their spare 

time were I'resident Elmer SweJringen; Brothers 

Chuck Winters, chairman; Earl Gailey; Jack 

En!tcll; Ed Lloyd; and Ernie Magyar. 

BOB L. ENSIlU .. , 1'.5. 

Thanked 


Dandnlt Is ., lu finHI al Ihe ann ... 1 Chrl. lmllII part,. 

.. ·1II1 fTHn .u, "rotbns, ud .. ·h·H. l a lbe fo< • • • o .. nd 

.re M •• I nd M ..... J.)·le 1 .. ldla ... 

5qucehr, with the fin~l score being Local 948. 

22, and l.ocal 252. 21. Maximum errort was 

displayed by bOl h tc~m$: good g3me, gl1y~. 

On October I I a roa§ t was given in the honor 

of former npprentice inSiructor George f'erros. 

We wish to express our special thanks 10 

George for tbe IJ ye3111 of loyal service he: g:I\'e 

to tbe local as apprentice instructor. We aOO 

wish the best to Robert Kosky ~ successor to 

George. A heartfelt Ihanks 10 Ihe many Dllend· 

ing apprentice graduates who Showed thei r 

appreciation for ..... hat Georee has done for all 

of us through the years. 

CongrDlulMions to Ihi! year's apprentice graduates; 

Ronald Cochran, !lrade O~rk. !l ilJ 

manco. Tom Killle, Kurt Lentz, Robert Turner, 

and Kenneth Watson. 

The annunl Christmas p~rty was held December 

I): appro~imatcly 400 persons joined in the 

celebration. It was II grcat success and everyone 

had a arear time. The Entertainment Commiuec 

....·ent out of ils way 10 produce a ..... onderful and 

memorable Christmas party. 

The work silUation Ihil year hM remained 

down, ..... ith December being tnc ..... Ol1lt so fllr. 

I'rospects for spring look some ....·hat beller pmviding 

the interest rates remain stBble, .... ilh 

some ......,rk $taning in the hckson area and the 

possibility of some ..... ork al the Universily of 

Michigan. 

Local 2S2 wishes each and every one of )'OU 

II vcry pro,perous 1981- 

DAytu F. Mot.Tol'l, I'.S. 

event wou ld be something to remember: the 

date would be lkeember 7, 1980, tnc place The 

Groton Elks Oub in Groton, Connecticut, and 

the Iype of affair would be a Chrislmas dinner. 

dance, A happy hour started Ihe evening'. 

aCliyilies, wil h members offeri ng scason's greet· 

in8l'l 10 all wit hin hearing distance. A huge u 

ce llenl buffet menl was served pnd the evening 

was rounded Olll wil h good conversation and 

dancing to Ihe musical sounds of a lalenled 

group called "Pipe Li ne." There we re many 

Ihnl aided Ihis successful evenl bUI special 

thanks goes to Brother Nelson Smilh and friend 

John Marcel: bolh men worked throughout the: 

evening so Olhers could enjoy this end-of·ycar 

celebralion: aU members .... ho attended ",ill 

remember the second·shift Christmilli dmner • 

dance of 1980 for many yeaN. 

Th~nks to decuicnl steward Charles Witl for 

information furnishcd on Ihe seeond·shift Christ. 

rna, dinner-dance. A "yery well donc" to 

Brother Gerry l 'is~atcl1i, who colle~ted $30) 

from members for tbe "Tonm,), Fund." The 

fund is area . ....·ide and is uscd to help need)' kids 

ut Christmas. 

TI10MAS J. McGovuN, P.S. 


AI I". e h.b.t ..... p • • 11 1>1 L",," 171 , WI~hlta . " _nt., 

Bf.n Dld,.non I • • u tty K nO .., a, be 1. 1$ S. nl. 

.. hml he ... nt •. 

10' I .. ,0\0r Ceor,., I' ~m» of Lonl 251. Ann Amr, 

M "' b ~ ... ~£l~es Cbrblmu pr.~nl I nd . ... nt al Ihe 

ro.,1 .I~e n In hll 110 ...... 

Scribe Recaps Events 

Of Past Year 

I ~ U. 252. ANN ARBOR, Mle ll.-The )Cllr 

started out wilh the controversial six townships 

of Li vingston County being tied in wit h the 

insurance rcciprosity by the International. T he 

redprosity agreement was tu rned do wn by the 

body for Ihis reason. 

The new administrators of the local's insurance 

pilln now in elIect are Folgol·Sheridan &: 

AnociBttS, )I)S South Stille Street, Ann Arbor, 

Mie hillln. The administrator of claims is now 

Maryann Douchonnel, .... 110 is replacing our 

former administrator, E1mcr Wilson. 

A hotly contested softball gamc--joumeymcn 

"1. apprentices-wDs slated for August I. The 

final outcome of the game ended wilh the 

journeymen as "ictors. ..... ith the seore bting II·S. 

The annual soflball game wil h Flint Local 

\148 was held September 7. Flint ..... on by a 

End-of·Year Celebrations 

Enjoyed by Various Shifts 

LU, %61, GROTON, CONN,-AI a job site 

where 20,000 or mOre people are employed and 

I I different unions Dre pClive, it becomes rather 

difficult for anyone business manager to see 

all the members he represents to extend to them 

sea50 Il's greetings. and a strong and united new 

year, and lll~ il becomes marc di ffi cult to have 

an end-or-the·year cclcbrution when membcl1l 

are actively em ployed on all three shifts; to 

compensate for the difficulty in schedulcd work. 

ing hours, each shift selected their own rom· 

mittee, lime, place, and type of celebration thaI 

would best ~ uil their working shift. 

The lirst shift selected Tom D ugas. Vinnie 

Billnco, 1.10 Miller. RUM Slonski, Dob Wayne. 

Wayne StanhollC. and Robert Leonard to organize 

the season's festivities; the pl3ce approved 

by the commillee for the 1980 cnd-of 

Ihe.year celebration was Ihe Fleet Reserve 

building in Groton. Connecticut, just a short 

distance from the Electric Boat. thus making it 

easy for all members to make the stop ",lt hollt 

gelling off the beaten pm h on Ihe way home. 

!lusi ness ~hnager Pink$ton arri"ed ellrly ",ilh 

former ll usineS!! Manager of Lo~lIl 261 Ray 

Oi Censo. All nchanlCd the holiday Ircelin~ 

toasted each other', good fortune. The 

good friends and tnc good food and a beavy 

work load Ihat ..... ilI take US deep into Ihe gOs 

made the: spirit of the holidays casy to enjoy. 

The second shift selected Donald Smith and 

Joseph Murtel to head the Christmas 1I0liday 

Commillee and both members agreed that the 

Apprenlieu Dou. Ma.h" O n nt ~t Kills, Sluen 

Jan,b. Llnd. a Phillip" Oon Saxt. Ra,mond !gnn" 

. nd Ihelr .. Ioes D' ~l rlfrl t nds .. all pallen!l, at tbe 

. tal1 of the b .. lft l Unto 

Santa Pays Visit 

At Party 

I ~ U . 27 1, WI CHITA. KANS.-Sanla Claus 

paid a visit 10 the Wichita E1eclri~al Tnininl ... 

Cenler on the eveninl of December 18. He ... ~ 

gave out candy canes to all of the lillIe ones 

pn~h ~b t;;; ~e~~c:e:~~anu~ f:r c~ ~:~~!;,~· and ~ 

bought and prepared ham and turkey. Eve ryone

On Job 

tmuition to live liP to and I kno w lhat Ihe 

pre~e n t a dmini ~ lralion does its besl to make 

yo ur slay;!. happy one. 

In closing. let me say. there is a new shipment 

o f c;!.pS and jackcl$ available al tbe hall. Please 

patronize tbe union label and keep ollr unions 

sIrong. One way 10 kee p OU I"5 SIron, is by 

unending union meetings. 

UnTO M ENIIIlZ. 1'.5. 

Honored 

, 

Good Form 

lI .o l~u Ma rlo Ma rllau , lefl, and appnnlln .. l re· 

maJl A60lph " Vo,l" Aln . u 01. Local 118. Co ...... 

C hrb d , Tn •• InK'E oul n>ndul' . , • 10·ear pins: 

W,lIiam Cullip. J esse Robertson. E'erell Wood· 

lIead. Karyle aro .... n. Van A. Do.,. Eldon 

Dram:r. Roy Hummack, Henry HIIT'I. I eonur(l 

Meek. un d Leon Vo.trcl. 35 yellr pins; Nick 

lIassick. Harry Buckmaster. George Cush'n •. 

Cc~i l Dean. Wallace Everisl. Eugene I riend. 

Cl~rcnce Frerkhs. Robert l lall. OrVIlle lIarne.s. 

Junior limC'

ing nn d Con~ t r \l cl jon T rade~ Unkm' and their 

Union Contractors Campaian in the 51111e o f 

MinnCSOli1 10 " lIuild M innesota wilh Q uality &: 

Pride," 

We're the men (lnd women of the M innesota 

AFL.-CIO lIuildina nnd Cons1ruclion Trade 

Unions. We're building mOTC Ihnn houses, factories, 

schoob, Dnd many kinds of industrial 

products. We're buildinll the whole American 

way of life. 

We',e buflfilll, eharDcIU. In ounclvtS. In our 

communities. In our youn, people. Pari of the 

menn;na Ihal comes with mcmbeuhip in a 

build in, Ira~ union is Ihnl a ~r5(ln's chnrnCler 

mkes on .... hoksomc valuH lh~1 affect his 

everyday life. 

W,.'". b"lIdl", t/isciplillf. The AFI.-CIO Itnde 

unions build di'Ciplinc inlo all of their Iraining 

programs and the discipline learned there ~hows 

up in daily life. 

W,.'re bui/,II .., 

pride. " ride i. part of the 

reason men and women lx'long to Irade unions. 

Ileeau~ they're proud of their work. of their 

union. nnd their contributions 10 their communil 

ie" our memben ilIu$trnte the ditTerence that 

pride makes in ony lask. 

W ..',.. bulldilr, gOQ

a.1u,i"i~lc'c.1 Ic~b Ill b " ..,,,,I II "".I ,cpmb 11".1 

Ihre

and Vacalion PI Dn~. A VISIOn ure plan wu 

adopled and wagC'S were increased (wIth COLA) 

by)) percenL The Ptlur Chemical conl.actl 

were sclllcd aftcr Ion.. hard bal'llining sesliona; 

the IUlcst wille plchge ever offered by 

Pfiur at any or thcir plants was lained, 43 

!'Itreenl over three yeal"$. 

JIW ""'NllI'IS, P.S . 

• 

Presentation 

New Journeymen 

ProtIl row, Idt 10 riPI, 

II. FIJ'fr, I . P ... lowk .. I . Hy_" J •• , ~" ... aai 

- blek ro"', B. Jl u,Ms, C. Forth, K. Bo,. ..... , J . 

B .. taant, B. WIlMMl, R. Marb, II. Ballet", B.,.;Inai 

Ma..aca- J. P. K trrl .... Jr .. J. II."" .... II. 

DiLac:a, Sr. 

Th," 8,otMn of LOBI llf, S..kllioon. S~t., who 

numeJmu 

Ua •• n , Ind S. S~hrotdu, j(>l/me,·ma .. rlulroalo 

IHh ... I .... 

Awardee 

. IIf .. II Ihe 010 ... do .... m .... IrIt". a. 1M ... nu~l 

Chrblmu PI"', of Loca. 313, Wllmlnl lon. Otl. 

Local 313 Holds Annual 


L V. )1l, WILMINGTON, DEL.-On Deccm. 

ber 6, 1980. LocIIlD held its annLlal Chrislmas 

pany. This was lhe finl yur the party WIS 

held in OLi. own hall. Srother I,m lI uucy, lr" 

. and lhe enlire Entertain~nl Committee arc 

to be congratulated on a job well done. Santa 

wu there 10 lislen 10 III the children's reQUC511 

for 10YS; a down !'Itrfor~d for the children 

and adults while Ihe resl of the commillec 

minaled wilh everyone. There wn plenty of 

food and rcfreshmenl' for an. Ind having Ihe 

parly in our hall Idded 10 Ihe fun had by all. 

. Thanh. YOLi IUYJ, for I fine party. 

A couple of our I.Irothul and their wives hDd 

new oddition! to their families recen ll y. BrOlher 

and Mrs. Joe Czerwinski have a new son and 

Urother and Mrs. Jim Hussey. Jr" liso have a 

new baby boy. Con,rtllulal;ons! 

II is wilh sadness Ihat we reporl Ihe recenl 

passing away of three of our members. l.lrothcrs 

Joe Rooney. Louie D·Amico. Dnd Grorle 

. Thompson all left us ",ilhin the lUI monlh or 

so. Our decpest sympalhy is utended 10 the 

member$' families and 10Yed ones II Ihis lime. 

All of LIS who knew thesc men feci :II loss It 

their plSliing. 

Thai is III the neWi for now. so I'll lay ben 

""i~hcs to III for. happy and prosperous 1981 . 

R. F. Moou, P.S. 

Work Scene Slows Down 

For local 317 

LU, ll7, II UNTINGTON, W.VA.-The work 

picture has slowed down again in our area 

due 10 Ihe «onomy Ind .... cather condilions. 

We have many tabs Ihal Ire on Ihe drawin, 

boards for both inside Dnd line work, but these 

Ku.IooI,.. a _ r4 _11""rs. f ...... ' ro .... kft 10 "'111. 

. .... Mkh.1 aanh ."d P""ilk .. , Arnold SI .... Pi 

hack ro ... , Rol>


AI lbe Cb.btm .. Pa rU of ~ I 357, Lu V~ IIU. 

Nu .. S ..... Cia ... ( B roth ~ r SIo.", Saa."' .......) U. t ~ ... 

at ,.. t. .h l ~"" JuUe u4 Joa-Ie Md)Ollllld, , ~ n 111m 

.. ha' tMl ... . , ,.... CI .. b lm-. 

8 .... 11 •.,. Jim !'Ibr.. l .... nc! 10"" •• rtye al Ibt O.b{. 

" lOS p. rt,. 

Brothers Ambrose Feeley, Sagie Sagre~tano, 

Ronnie upinou, and unny Ro!oS, and the 

helpers were Molly Wynn, Cathy Trobiani, 

Carol Graham and daughter. Unda Yate" alld 

Cheri Smith. The kids were presented such 

gifts a§ SlUffed animals, transistor radio~, gamu, 

foo tballs, basketball" IOccer balls, bracelet', 

necklaces, and phonograph records, 

The kids were served goodies such n cup. 

cake" ke cream sandwiches, pop and candy 

canes, 

The patient parenlS were served beer, potDtO 

chips, Dnd mixed nutl. T he hall was nry well 

decorated fot the theme of Christmas with red 

paper belts, red .nd white streamers. and a 

pllce especially for Santi and his gifts with a 

NOTlh Pole atmosphere. The paTly was well 

planned and everythina turned out fine. The 

"cul,h, wh

Iribuled. A very spe~ia l thank, to bp ~ ket Chair_ 

man Art lRekcr and hi' hel~r" Sian Chrisli8n, 

Milch Chrislian, 10e Mudd, and Jim M ~Nay. 

These mcn manned Ihree tru ~ks till midnight. 

IRcember 21. dislributing 16 baskel! in the 

Louisville Itea, Words can not Idequately u 

press our ,",I;tude 10 these men. 

From Ihe Mp;ntenance Division ..... e Ire proud 

to Innoun~e I new five-ycar I,.eement wilh 

. Ame.; ~an Standard Company. Amerlean Stand. 

ard ;5 knowrl for I 10", strike every three year .. 

The new I,recmerll was reached sill monthJ 

before Ihe oJd upiraliorl dlte. WIIH alone 

added up 10 I 60 percenl plu! increase. There 

were increa~ in pc'rlsion. hospitll~;ation . life 

insuran~e, derlllt!. and I bonus ror ".nin. early. 

1\ bi, harld 10 Drothers Bud Mctxlrlger Ind Bill 

Call.han. our maintenance assislants. faT I job 

... t11 done. 

Somethin, 10 look for_The Teamsters Ire 

makirl, I bi, move in our area to or,anize the 

unoT&anized. Could Ihere be an ele~lrician 

Teamster in our future or pc'rhaps ),0"'$. 

JIM E'OlF..J(IJ

The 11K.I officers once ',:lin ... ould like to 

u!'&e you to anrnd the m«tinp., if at .11 po$ 

,ible. Remember you hlvc no rilht to complain 

.bout how things arc bein, done unlus you 

comc and speak up and do your best to chanlC 

them. 

Format for Apprent ice 

Selection Ready for JCC 

BOB ) 0'"'1:5, I' .S. 

I~U. 41-&, .;nMONTON, ALTA._By the time 

this submission appe.rs in print, 5pr;n, and 

warmer weather may be on its way back to us 

herr: in Northern Al berta. bu t r'glll now, in the 

middle of December's chill, many of us would 

like to join our Brothcrs in the Southcrn Cali· 

fornia locals. 

As we reported in the June. 1980 iuue. a 

srut deal of committtc work has been and 

stm i$ in prOjlrlWi ... ithin our w.:,.1. In fact, 

many people bcsidu the officcrs and bU5inus 

office arc Sivinl up moch of their frn: time in 

an aUempt to advance Ihe local union and the 

unioniud sector of the industry. 

Some time ago, the Joint Apprenti ..:'ship 

Committee bcgan meelinls on ways and means 

to improve upon Ihe apprentice selection, lind 

to upgrade Ihe criteria of qualifications for 

union aJ'prentices. 

Lately this committec hu been mcetin, twice 

a month, and is now ready to presenl I format 

of qualifications Ind procedure for app.entice 

ulection to the Joint Confnence CommiUtc 

(lCO, 

If it is accepted by Ihe JCC, the procedure 

and criteria still mu~t be accepted hy our 

Edmonton Contractors' ,eneral meetin" but 

with !lOme hdp from the contractors who arc 

on the Joint Apprenticeship Commillce, "e 

"'ould be able to come to alreemcnt Ind have 

it adopted IS practice. 

The Joint Education Commil1ee has hod 

many meeting, over the past year and very 

,honly should be m~ k inl a dc

whose name I'm nOl allowed to use in Ihis 

article. 

The job consisted of remodeling 11 large ware_ 

house and shop area huo corpora Ie headquar_ 

lers for a fOOl product line and Ihe Id oelltio 

n of the parent company', wo rldwide comp 

UI .. r center. 

The orne .., were nke. but Ihe computer ccnter 

w:u mind-boulina wilh all of the systems. 

back-up systems. fire and smoke alarm systems. 

Dnd mO lor generators, but nOlhin, wu 100 

boUling for the Brotliers inslatlinl these systems. 

and the workmanship was an indication 

of Ihe quality our memben arc capable of. 

Kl!ml Ilnl:5, I',S. 

Mechanical Bull 

Bull Provides Fun; 

Work Scene Good 

L.U. 47? BEA UMONT, TEX.-Well. 1980 i~ 

sone and wil h it the IIfen! 1980 me~h~nichl bull 

riding conIcs!. Tile third_yenr class of Dawson 

8arrow5 challenged all first-year ,[a~§n that 

included inslructor, Larry lI ich. Fred Fisher. 

and Dan Fells .t one of the local dance hnll5 

for "Clas, Brallging Rights." The following on 

Ihe scene accouni is from Ihe losina instructor. 

Dawson narrows: 

"OUI of Ihe 26 riders only nine managed to 

sustain the trcmendous ride of the mechanical 

bull. T he highest total points leored was 17 by 

Dawson Barrows, which was a total from two 

ridu. Four other .pprenlices from his class 

completed the ride, two of whom had IS poinl' 

and the other two had 14 points, for. totnl of 

6~ points. The fint-year class. which had only 

one leacher ridc--and Ihat was Dan Fell_had 

Ihree women apprenlices eomplete the ride wilh 

a total of 36 poinls. so I rel uctantly say that 

the first year apprentice, received the "brallllln!l 

rights" for the Dull Kldlnll Contest. The third 

yell r is claiming thn t the flrst yeDr bought off 

Ihe mechanical bull's operator that control~ the 

spin of the bull 10 allow the womcn • much 

- easier spin thDn Ihe thlnl-yur clas~ received. 

All I can say about those "brnlllling riwhls" I_ 

th ll t fi rs t year sho uld be Ihnnkful for the tluee 

women npprenlice, who hnd a totnl of hnlf 

thei r tOlnl score for the contest." The Il ull Riding 

Contest was a great deal of fun for all th ~ 1 

we re irlVolvcd. with mnny bringing Ihdr Wife. 

girlfriend, husband, or boyfriend. 

I feel thai events of th is type brlna the 

brotherhood doser tOlle lhtr Dnd allow people 

in the trade 10 ge t closer together_what else is 

the w ew for Iha Tl to promote brotherhood aTld 

friend,hip fo r aU that are involved in it' If ~ny 

furlher oonlesl& arc pe rfor med by ehaUenieJ 

olTered nnd accepted, I will write the Jou,,,n/ 

and lei the country know how ..·e do thlnlS in 

Texas. As Ihey 53y. "No where else bUI T eU5." 

The new building is progressing real nice and 

by Ihe lime Ihis article is rtad. it should be 

almost complete. 

Work h!ls ~en good but is slill kind of 

dr3&&ing due 10 Ihe anllcipaled slrike in April. 

[001£ Wt51!, I'.S. 

Brother Winter Mourned 

By l ocal 480 

L. U. 480, JAC KSON. MISS,-The members of 

Local 480 were saddened by the dealh of 

Brother J. T. "Smokey" WiniU. IlrOlhcr Wimer 

w:u one of Ihe old-timers. And those of 1I~ who 

kne ..... him .... ell remember him os a li rother who 

always brought a little life and laughter to Ihe 

jobs on which he worked. The dealh of several 

of our members. recenlly, make, us reali1.e how 

frai l life is and how certain deDlh is. 

When we take Ihe above facts into conlideration 

and remember we hove just stalled a 

new yur with our resolUlions, lel's nol be lu 

in carrying them out. I hope that ",hen we 

were making resolUlions 50me 01 Ihem d~alt 

wilh ~inll bener union members and dolnl 

more to help Ihe cause of or,anlzed labor. 

Brother Marty Erickson, past president of 

Local 480. recenlly look a superinlendent'S job 

"'llh Bechtel. Marty .. ent to • job in ~h~higDn 

and .. e all wish him the very ~st. 

Ihuy L. 11 .1. ....... ".5. I'.S. 


Thue IWO UU" she .. Ih. n ltUH of I.otal ' I t, 

I",II. ""I... II~ . Ind .• al tbe Cllfl !>I..., P"-'1 h. td In 

11

Brolher lkn Lueu and ,elin~" .... mold Sfler. 

qUISI and Inner Hansen 

Ihl Mendenhall Ind Joe Gonzal" ,"ere 

sworn in n memMr, of LOCiI HI al our 

Oeecmbl:r metlin&. Conllululallons 10 bolh of 

YO II ~ '"'t wlnl 10 ~ you Dt $Omt of our meel· 

inas Meelings are held on Ihe seeond Thursday 

of every month II 8;00 p.m. in Ihe Labor 

Center. 

Thanh 10 Brolher Bob Turner for Ihe fine 

food at our lUI meel ing. Real IGOd! 

Safety first I,ain-On chan,es or I dditions 

10 ener&ized cireuits or equlpmenl earry;n, 440 

volts 01 over. as I safely meuure. IWO or more 

journeymen mUSt ," ork togelher. one standin, 

by bUI both wearioll rubber IIlove!. Keep Ihis 

in miod. It eould SRve a life. 

lI;ememMr to Illcod Ihe meelln&S of your 

loc:ll uoion. Gct mvol.ed. 5« ),ou ne11 monlh 

lowoUo C. McMAHON. I'S. 

Olficers 

WllloOn. journc),mln wileman; Terry McMinn. 

Itneman. Servinl Ihe Ilunll ville Unil ate chair. 

man. Don Williams: vice chairman, Jerry Davis; 

recordln& secrelary. Raymond H amilton~ Executive 

l!.oard. Henry lIawk rns. l immy Wuren. J. 

D. Harris. and l ohnny Il urchfield . .... ppoinled 

as usi~ t unl 

bus;ne", manpilers by Brolher Wat. 

kins ..·cre Frtd .... lIen, Lee Broadfool. Jr .. Ind 

Gene Yell. Con&nlulllioM 10 nch mi n. 

The candidlles who won ...·'sh to uprC'$1 

theor heartfelt Ihanb to the membl:l1ihlp for 

theor support in the PISt. IS well IJ sincere 

SOliCItation for conllnued future support. 

In Ihe busincss mana,er eltction. one membl:r 

of ~58 was parll~ularly plea~d .... Ilh the 

OltlComc. Brother Tom Walkin s. 41 ·yeu member. 

cast his VOle 10 help elect his IO n. Doul 

Wal~ins. as business manaa:e •. 8 rolhcr W.I~ins 

tS Ihe only business mlnager ever e1c"cd in 

5~8 whose falher Is lIS() I member of our local. 

Con,ralulatioM 10 bolh IMse men ..... ho surely 

Ire very proud of each olher. 

GLVNN Mu.uv. r .s. 

Honored 

URR Training Center 

Left 10 rl.", I ... /l1I~ , NaPP(. TOlY Co.-kIlo. " t lt r 

Perro. Ind Juhn "h.III" of Lonl stt. hllll ..... 

N.V. (See Loc1II 519'. Itll .. for Ann.tllre Rooill Tnrfllon MOlo", P "'. 

··Ihc champion bulldn •. " 

L. U. 589. JAM AICA. N.V_The Iccompanying 

photos show Ihe work our local is involved 

In. It .... us wilh IIreal cooperation Ihat th ere was 

I IIrand lotal of 1.500 motors (Iraclion) th. t 

were ~plired or rebuilt for 1978. II WIS with 

enthusium Ihat Ihis wu accomplished. For 

'979. the IOU!.! was inc~a5Cd 10 2.480 wi lh Ihe 

increased foru of three shihs. 1I0wcvn. in 

1980 we dropped oil 10 1.500 19ain due 10 Ihe 

faCI thll we had cau,ht up 10 our back-loa Ind 

are ridina smOOlhly ahead of the same. We do 

have Ihe grealtst workina force 10 ,el I job 

well done. With I II Ihis amazina worlo. we were 

able 10 let many new machines 10 do I rlntlstic 

job. and it was 111 

due 10 Ihe Ireat ellort of 

drive aod willpower of our usiflant foreman 

John Vlnn. lie may be I "gruffy old Mar" bLil 

well liu crw;t .... here it·, due. As Ionl IJ he 

trtlll our people .. ell. I know he'lI lei the cooperation 

he wlntl. Go get 'urn. Johnl 

The other photo show' our CPR proaram in ,.. 

Iction. Do yo ursdves a favor and. for your 

family. sign up for Ihe program. Olher craft, 

are Iryl na 10 lake th is program away from us: 

don'l leI it happen. Call the union ofllce now 

Ind ,et your name on Ihe program. 

Another IGOd deed done by Ihe employca 

of Ihe LI RR II the Morris Parlo. Shops Ind the 

Dunton Shop WI5 Ihe donation of your pennies 

to Ihe Penny D ri~e rUn by yo urs truly for Ihe .. 

benefil of the Iioly Anaeb Nurse..,. in conjunc • 

lion ..·ith the locil Kn ighl.§ of Columbu,. .... 

donalion of $ 1.300 wu presenled 10 Ihem Ih i~ 

p'St week. We will POSt a ICller of .ckno wledlemenl 

as $OOn IS it is rcce:ived. 

Ollr IVP. Andy Ripp. visited ollr loc.1 union 

"fIlee thIS put .... eek and il W.S 3 &real plusure 

again 10 M talkin& to him on several inues II 

ha nd. The visit w .. u JUSt 100 shorl . .... ndyl 

I usl • word of eaution to anyone out of 

serv ice who hu bce:n ,ivtn doctor', Idvice of 

bed rest. II means just IhM. so don'l lry 10 110 

0111 of your house because Ihe "lIoon sqund" is 

wllchina every move you make. Alfeady we've 

had two dismiuals. Tl ke the advice of your 

dOClor Hteral1y. 

ANTliOfolY COvtrn.Lo. p.s. 

,

Ch ristmas Party 

8to1heR, ... "" If the .ew addItion! 

local 592 Holds Annual 


LV. 592, VINt:LA NO. NJ.-On Ikcembtr 21. 

19110. our annual Chlistmas p3rty was held at 

our local union hall. The turnout "·u tre· 

mendou!. A speciDI addition to our pany this 

yeor wu the appcannce of Cnptain Ilob. lie 

fueinD!cd the children wilh magic Dnd fancy 

bDlloon~. 

lhen, nl 2:00 Sonln CI~lIs arrived. Each child 

wu filled with the wonder of Christmas as 

Santa listened to Iheir Christmn lift requests, 

and each child ..'as giyCn I wonderful gift. 

A. fabulous bullet lunch was served to bolh 

parentJ and children. all compliments of Local 

~92. 

We would like to thank Harry Lindo;cy ollce 

'aain for doinll a line job u Santo C13U

x 

~ 

< 

:> 

3. 

Graduate 

LI.. Jam~ L Danld, m~mber of 1.0

Mourned 

I.oo;a' 641. lIamllton, 

Oblo, moum!I tbe deA th 

0' Brotber Arch R. 

RunJ. 

The too:a t also mourM 

tbe pantnr 0' Kenneth 

Carpente r, Sr. 

Two Brothers Mourned; 

Completion Ceremonies Held 

I ~ U, 648. IIAl\lILTON. OIllO- h is a sad 

duty to report the deaths of two of our local 

Brothers. Brothers Arch D. Evans and Kenneth 

Carpenler Sr" passed on since the last report. 

Brother Evans served on the E~ecUlive Board 

cisht years and as vice president of our local 

for six years. He was awarded a SO·year pin in 

1974 nnd was a 56-year member of the IIl EW. 

" rot her Evans worked for Foothill Electric 

durinS Project 600 Dnd many yenrs for McGraw 

Construction. 

Brother Kenneth Carpenter. Sr .. was initintcd 

into the IIlEW December 2. 1946. Brother Carpenter 

served four years as a member of the 

Executive Boord, Rnd on various other committees 

of Locnl 648. Drother Carpenter had been 

foreman, cable splicer. and steward On many 

jobs in the local's jurisdiction. 

The deaths of these two Brothers will leave p 

void In this local that will be hard to fit!. Our 

derpest sympathy to the~e two Brothers' fam· 

iliu. 

I.ocal 64S JATC held completion ceremonies 

at the local's holl on November 15. Brother 

Andy Phillips. director, NJATC, and Albert 

Kyde. Ohiu State Apprenticeship Council member, 

presented certificates to Brothers Larry 

Cronas, Jim Thomas. Dill George, Robert 

Peters, Ri chard Leugers, Gil Lowry, Charlu 

Rice. Mike Abrams. Ralph Olinger. D ave 

Setsu. Ken Rh odus, Marc Bank$, Dave Schlie$< 

man. Joe Schueler. Mike Wolpert, and SCOll 

Snively. 

Brothers Ken Pennington. Charles Liuel. 

Terry Nisbet, and Richard Wilson were given 

certificates for residential wircmen. 

Journeymen Paul Blakely. I r .. Dill GeorSe. 

Larry Gronas, J(obert Peters. Dan Rapier, 

Lnrry Sackenheim, Ben Suttmiller. Jim Thomas, 

and Mike Wilson were given certificates of 

completion fo r II journeyman welding course. 

by h ck Wiley. secretary of the local's JATC. 

Guest speaker fo r the evcning was Dr. D. 

Russell Lee, Duller County superin tendent o f 

schools. retired. Other glles1s included Brother 

Dill Rothert. business manftger of Local 2 12, 

and his wife; ll ro ther Dan Johnson. traininJ 

director, Local 2 12. and his wife; UrO!her Dab 

Carver. trainins director, I.ocal 82: Mr. Don 

Eberwine. director o f Adult Education at D. 

Russell Lee Vocational School. and his wife. 

On Saturday, December 13, Local 648 hosted 

the second annunl Chrislmu party for the 

local'. children nt the hall on Millikin Road. 

Highlights of the day included 1\ magicmn. 

clowns, the "Cookie M on~ t cr" and II visit from 

Santa Claus. Everyone who attended this fun c. 

lion had noth ing but pmise for the fine job by 

Ed and hne Crowther5, Mark and Dinne 

Crowthers. John and Wil ma Crowthers, Phyliss 

McClure. Mrs. llob Campbell, Peggy Cloud. 

Dnd Susan Hendrichon. It was a fine job, well 

done. and D great job. 

Still no "official" word on the Miller job 

yet. but hopefully nellt month. 

One rmal note; ConGratulations to Brothers 

Dave Schticsman. Mike Wolpert, Joe Schuler, 

a~d SCOl! Snively, our lo cal's n ew~st inside 

Wiremen. 

Until nCKt month. please drive carefully. 

ART Tl!r~ ER, I'.S. 

Work Scene Remoin s 

Some in l ocal 659 

L.U. 6S9, MI-:Ill'ORO, OR E.- The work picture 

in thi' loc31 is still about the S:UllC as 1 

last reported. The utilities are still pretty busy 

pnd line construction work is hold in" Ull fairly 

well, but the situati on for inside wiremen is 

prelly bleak. There may be 50me work fo r the 

Medford area wiremen later this year with t31k 

about a new high school, some shopping centers 

and mining operations. Ilopefully. some of ~he 

Brothers will be able to work at home for" 

cbange. The Roseburg arCH has R possibility of 

onc of its major mills doinG some good-si7.ed 

projects, but it looks like the closest !lOme of liS 

will get to home is Coos Bay on the coast. I'm 

not complaining-iI's just the way it is. 

By the time this article is printed, the Execu_ 

tiye Board of the local will have had their first 

meeting of the new year. The new time for the 

board mc e tins~ will be the rlrst SatUldny of 

each month in the union hall in Medford starlinG 

at 1:00 p.m. Perhaps this will make it 1110r~ 

convenient for all involved DS that is the Salurday 

of rD ch month when the h311 is lI orl1131ly 

open. 

Remembu to ge t out and attend a unit meetins 

and. nL«!, "buy union made product •." 

Hope cveryone has a happy and prosperous 

1981. 

11 ~~ O1.ll J . KLI,n, I'.S 


AI Mld·CII), t':]~drt

ThaI's abollt it fot thIS month. R em~m~r to 

do Ih ~ b~s t job you ~a n at wo rk. An tlJEW 

electrician has II past Ih1ll h ~ can we ll b~ proud 

of. fo r h~ is • member of the bell e. Don't le t 

do ..·n the reti red and deceased Brothers who 

fOllghl so hu d for the pri nciples that made 

o ur Bro the rhood whot il is. Anend meetings 

and Ee t involved. Remember, "The smallest 

d""d is bener than the grandesl inlenlion:' 

Buy American·made, union-manufactured 

prod uctll 

Work Scene Remains 

Some in local 692 

LU. 69l, RAY C ITY, MIClI ,-W ~lI, we're into 

a new yeM Hnd hoping it can be P prosperous 

one for all ollr Brothers. 

There's not much new to report this month. 

as our work piclure stayed preny milch the 

same. T he Midland N udear Plant is continuinJ.rn E. VO""ll leafed, 

Ro!>r.. ........ ~. d . Willard Palm l ' ~r, SffPhfa 

" dam .. C toll(e B .~ ' , and William R. Io:o.....,~k . 

Not plelu •• d ... Jorom. Ihhl, An thon, I. o..Rosa, 

J •., Uo f). GrUOtl, lIarold E. K.dlnil, Rayolf;md 

K .. us, and r ... 1 lIo .. nau. 

25-Year Members Absent; 

Moil Service At Fault 

L.U, 697. G ,\RY ANI) HAMMON I), IN O_ 

M ys t er;Qu~ly absent (rom o ur locar s Old. 

Timers Nillht Wtf. the induc.ees to the 1S-Year 

Club. On the night of the ceremony Il usiness 

Manager Robert Laller began to announce the 

new 25-ycar men when he noticed thn t IIOlle of 

the recipients wue p .. esent to receive their 

a .... ards. With tongue in chtek. Bob olfered an 

I apology to those p . e~r.. for the my~Ierioo~ 

!d absence o( Ihe 15-year members. Did the local 

:( officials fai l 10 nOli fy the inductees? Were the 

:::E Brother! boycotting the fest;~i t ies? J',hybe they 

:J .. ere all working overtime on the load. Maybe 

< thcy letire'" and moved to Florida. No, my 

Z dear Urothl"r$. the "llprit to Ihis dastardly deed 

~ wa~ Uncle Sam's mail "rvice. The lellcrs 10 

o nOlify the 2S-year inductees wfte nevu deliv· 

-. cred! I'm happy to say that the following 

month·s rll ee t ; n ~ enabled th e Brothe" to r c~eive 

m 

their much·deserved awards. 

The holiday season !.Cems 

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spirit of living and sharing 

friends. In k ee pin ~ with Ihis 

to brinl out the 

with fam ily and 

true spirit of th e 

holiday season, Ihis 11X:31 IInion's Brothers 

donated a few evenings d uring Ihe holidays to 

visi t Ihe ..·idows of o ur deceased members. 

Usuall y two Brothers team up to visit four or 

five ladies. They present their Yuletide hosless 

wilh a grecting card, a monetary gift, and a 

I .. o-pound box of candy. 

Originally conceived by retired Business 

Agcnt/ Dispalcher C. O. Wil!1On. the Christmas 

Commiltee i~ devoted to kecping the widows 

informed of Ihe hoppenin8s of the local and 

their late husbandS' friends. Many of the Broth. 

ers· wives aCCOrllpany their husbands on their 

vi.its. In mDny caSH lonatime friendships are 

struck up by thc,~e v isi l ~. T he wi dow! feel a 

sense of sharina, as well they should. for the 

apprenticeship )UrS they ~",ed as faithflll 

SPOIiSH to thei r electrician husbands. The painstuking: 

efforlS of Christmas Committee Chnirm:m 

Robert Anadell seem to be worth it when 

the Brothers report back to the IIoor at January', 

first rCllut",(y scheduled mee ting. II·s nice 

10 know thot the local doesn·t turn a deaf ear 

on such an important group of ladies: and. 

secondly. that Ihe ladies enjoy the Brothers' 

visits so much. 

JA MPS I'. MI CHA~1.5. 1'.5. 

Ollicer 

$ho .. n I, J . Uar>"el .'.,.u, hll, ln." manDJu · fhun· 

riat .. c .... a.,. of Lonl 101 , Wu t F raaUol1, III. 

local 702 Negotiates 49 

Agreements in 1980 

IhU, 701, WEST FRAN"J.' ORT, II.I.,-Ilusinns 

Manager J. Ih rvey F ryer r~por1ed as fol - 

10"'5 Dt our Januory 2, 198 1. local union meel_ 

mg. T he local negotiated 49 labor agr""ment$ 

in 1980. Th c~e agreement~ wac reached wilhout 

e~crcising our right 10 strike. We currently have 

398 membus working for 77 inside eontrnclOrs. 

Inside .. ork is slowing down and 36 are now on 

Ihe bench. 

T here are 320 men wotking for 2J outside 

contractors and 48 men were recently idle from 

one job in Missouri. President Cancr sisned a 

bill alllhorizing a co~1 gasification plon t in 

I'erry County. Ill inois, wh ich is in our 10ca1"s 

jurisdiction. 

We JUSt completed n~&otiations on a contnci 

for Mt. Vernon Indostrial Electric. a new e!cc 

Iric mOlo r shop in our ~ .. ea. We have an orsan;~ing 

drive under .... ay at World Color Cable 

TV in Mt. Vernon. Illinois. The building trades 

arc COOr>

Send in News Items, Says Scribe; 

Holiday Events Enjoyed 

L U, 716. IIOUnON, Tt:X_Grcctina5 to all 

members of 716 and the ISEW. I would like to 

take this opporlunity 10 e~plain somethina. not 

only to the members of Local 716 but to all 

members of Ihe ID EW who receive I I m,rnal 

each month. 

To start With, the preS!! secr~tary who submit, 

the articles for publication is only lin elect,ician. 

he is ROI a repOrtu or newspaper editor. Secondly. 

he is sometimes hard·pressed to eome up 

wilh an article for the l ou,mll e~ch month. as 

the gr1icl~s you are readin, this month were 

wrilten six w~ks alO, .nd therdore. KCm like 

old new,. Last. but by no meallll le u t. some 

Ihin, that bas been uid over and over at the 

union mulin*, by mysclf Ind Allen Cook, our 

president, ;, that I unnot write .rticles month 

after month that are of jottre'l to evcryone. 

Thai is why I apin uk for your hclp--b«ause 

this Is your ItmflUlI too. If you would like me 

to PUI somethina in th e Imm",1 you liod inter· 

cSlina about your ;ob or whDiever, Knd it to the 

.. local union to my attenlion SO I can get it no 

later than the lirst of the month. If you W3nl, 

include no more than IWO picturu wilh de5Criptions 

and names. The artide ~hou ld be clear 

and to the point. It's yo ur lou"'I>I, why nOl 

contribute to i1. 

Local Uoioo 716 hod a llreat holiday season 

Ihis past De~mbu 5tartin, wilh a party for our 

Relirees Oub. It was a areat suceess god all who 

.. .!lcnded rcaliy eo;oycd the food Dod fruit 

baskets ,h'cn as door prizes. On D«ember 20, 

Sanla Dod his helpers made an carly visit 10 lhe 

union h:l11 for I party for .n the members' 

children. He brouaht presents for .n 1hcJ.se who 

came. Punch and c:ook~ wcre 5C'rved and eartoon 

films ",·tre shown. Old Santll even broulht 

with him I samplinl of the thin*, he would 

have for the children ChristmD.S D:ay. 

t That evenin, a dance wu held It the union 

hall for the members. wilh breakfast se ....·ed 

afterwards. I cnn nlltst 10 the laci thDI the 

baod W81 excel1c:nt ~od so was the brcakfasl 

thai followed. Then. on New Yepr·. Eve, the 

fest;yit~f jU$t seemed 10 pick up where they left 

off at Christmas. in brioginll in the n~w year. 

1\ ,reat deal of thoob If due 10 n Inrge group 

of people without whom we wouldn't hove had 

ne:lrly os much fun. To nnm~ n fcw-all our 

contrDctors who un'ICllhhly ,ave u~ the grcat 

oumber of door pri1cs for our donees. such as. 

color tel e~ision~. miero·wave oven, auns. small 

appliancu, and much more: also, our fin~nd31 

secrelDry, the Enterlainment Commille~. Allen 

Cook. our president, Dnd to all the ,iris who 

helped with buyin, and decOralinlJ th~ union 

hall. Thanks to all for. joyous holiday season. 

Unlil nut month, "II see you .t Ih~ union 

Local 724 Members Light 

Albany's Christmas Tree 

JOItIol D. \luII!, P.s. 

IAU, 724, ALD,\ Nl ', N.Y.- In conjundion with 

Ihe S3Ivation Army Chriqm~, Dli'e, member"! 

of Local 724 li,ht the Christmas tree in front 

of the Education lIuildin,. The Ii,htinl of the 

tree 5iana1s Ihe !.tDrt of the holiday sea§On for 

the people of Albany. 

For the oomrlNion of their Ipl'rentke~hip 

pro,ram, we oon,ratulate Kevin Call1ldo, Mike 

Cipressy, Dan Cori.5. 

Tree Lighters 

Mrmbr-n of l.oJIpcd Ia to .Ir " ht ll", .. I I 

Ihe ... nual Oponl house !If L...,.I 121, t'",rl L. lld .... 

dalt, t". 


llroilln- Du. Durum roo"',. a bur 111M u .. IIII 

Chrbl ... Parlr . 1 TV hn. 

Christmas Party Enjoyed; 

Open House Held 

IAU. 7211, FOR'r I. AUDEROA U .... 11LA.-Our 

annuaJ ChriSlmn J'prly wa ~ held at TY J'ark 

IInder sunny skie!. With lingerin, memories of 

Inst year's torrential rains still in the minds of 

mlll\y of our members, it was gmtifyin, to :lee 

the great turnout we had. It would be difficult 

to namc all the llrothers and their wives who 

helped to make our picnic $0 suceessful, $0, 

from all of us. thank youl 

The Io

Presentation 

Rr."ht . Stanlty ChruUana of IAnl 806, Ell t n ~ l1 ~, 

N.V ., p..,.tnc, u IBEW lI,ull1w lo. ed .. a ll _ h"n ~ ln . 

~.III b l t lll to 8u s tn~" Manalu Morn, Miller. 

Some time ago the column named the states 

that bnve " Buy USA Products" legislation. Similar 

legislation ..... as introduced in the House of 

Representatives. Hamilton Fish, Jr .. (R. 1~) had 

no iniliative to declare his oon~H;:tion. Matthew 

Mellugh (D. 21) voted against the legislation. It 

is a I;OHowful affair for the voters who unknowingly 

cast their ballou f?r congre~smen who 

favor foreign imports. ThIS was theIr o~portunity 

to show eviden~ of concern 10 their con· 

slituents for Ihe c

On Job 

Retirees 

R~rJl''''J, kIf to ".hl, ••• Buf ".rk .. , II .. " Du". 

!lIonet C.llo".,. Bum •• II .I~, Vk D.~I •• p. O. 

R1~h, ella.l« lileplclon, Tom T homp,.,n, Gle" 

T Aylor, Ve .. 11 O

Mondale. ... hiJf. sening in the HOUK. voted 

jU51 like Uubert Humphrey. right thue bt$ide 

llborl 1t'\I be "Fighl for Fritz" in 1983. 

Mr. Ru.:an. who is repultd 10 be '·lo.ded" 

wit h rtol common sense, leaves a 101 to be de 

~i red where it concern, "book lcarnina." llis 

education. complete as il was. louched not 

UPOIl «onomics, needl of the "slreet people" 

or forei&n mailers! The makeup of his ubinel 

hili already ptoyen 10 be a bigger lask than he 

can manage. 

I sincerely hope Ih~1 the Mondales I.e more 

"PlY shunt," when moving inlo the While 

HOUK. thin were Ihe RealinS with Jerry Brown 

and the Carte". 

!I'll Ix: March and kile·flying lime when 

you are reading thi, story. To Ihose of you 

who suppOr!ed Mr. Keallan il will be IIO rl of 

a special event, for just about. at this lime. 

Mr. RUlan and his "corporale cohorts" will 

be letHn, the unions to "Go fly .. kiter' 

Enulfl Enufll Enum ) wiD see you neJ\ 

month. 

I '~'-Il MACAtuso. K.S. 

Retires 

Dinner 

Presentations 

SlllU E ... ent. R. t. l .... of """.1 "56 . .... utn .. Or1I1. 

K ..... . dl'td ,.ltI. JI run of "" ... 1« .. lIh Go"ld 

II. UeriQ. S~ h .. M .... flI lOS l'ft'O,dln. 1«..,1." at 

.. ~11 .. • "etII~ . _ lbe £u..,,,tI.. Board. ....'1 10 

rlllhi .re ...... lde"l ROD.llI 11 l1li' ....... VI« .. ~. I 

~1.r1ID SlmploOD, F. ...... I. Rablo., a"" FIDU .. I. t 

Se .... I • • r Hubon M HU. 

Dinner·Donce Held; 

Half of local Unemployed, On Rood 

L.U. 1070. MAMQUElTE. Mlell_Local 1010 

brought in the new year Wilh a dinner parly 

Ind dance. which anracttd 230 members and 

IUeSIil. For many members who have been on 

the road in rccent months. it was In oppor. 

tUDlty to renew Icquaintances. Followinl a 

5te.k and seafood dillner. Ihe dance listed 

un til 3:30 a.m. Music 1"15 proyidtd by the 

Ouerll Clly Rockers of Mlrquelle.. 

We 5t;11 hive Ipproximltely hllf of the locil. 

n. either workin, on the road or unemployed. 

15 we f,ce Ihe hardest winter in Kveral years. 

I-Iowever. wilh work beginning to develop in 

adjacen t locals. tllere may be relid In 8ilhl 

by sprinl. 

As of Ihis writin •• Brother John R. Downl. 

Jr" hu ree .. ived his blchelor de,ree in elec. 

trical eng,"unnl from Michi.:an T«hllololic.1 

University. John is • journeyman inside wire. 

man and also holds I masler electrician licen~ 

... from the slate of Michillan. He was a 1980 

g:: recipient of.n mEW Scholarship. We commend 

John for his dedication 10 the industry. Ind 

:r ofTer beSI ",ishes for the future. 

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local 1081 Honors Retirees, 

New Journeymen at Banquet 

L.U, 1061, MII)VALF., UTAH- Members of 

t ocal 1081 reccllily ,athered to honor their 

relired membcllI Ind new journeymen II In 

.nnual banquel. 

Newly retircd membelll. Hugo 8ianchi and 

Danny Merlin, .... ere presented with an cm. 

42 bossed willel Ind. $100 check. The 10c.1 liso 

honored its new journeymen. Gordon 

Delkin. Robcrt Bain. and Parris O. neddo. 

IntcrnUlionai Representativc Vincent Pearson 

was liso prcunt. 

Memlx:rs enjoyed I social hour. omner, and 

dane,"g afterward. 

A. D. 8l!Au. B M. 

60th Anniversary Celebration 

Sho.-n .t lbe 6Cl1~ .11111......,. ulobralloll of ....... 1 

I If5, Ne_. 01110. a.." kll 10 rlPI, Dt .. )cHorne1- 

_II Ke. khullan . ~U ... I ... boll, Jdl' SI."tOIl, 

Stue U.'.plo .. PILiI Ilro ..... ,"" II. (hM• • 

Hollf1!d .1 IIIe eo"'bra,looo. lefl to .t .~ I , ,.., SIU 

DlIUII, Dau B"n, CIIa."" 1IosJoto. Mo .. Cenlu, 

Wlttla. 1011"- C\J"de 'hl1l1, £-.,. Slrltl''''' ' Jolla 

Cok>pr, ••, Freel Mf1H. 

local 1105 Celebrates 

60th Anniversary 

I_U. 110.5, NEWA RK, OIllO-We celebrated 

our 6O\h Inniversary wi,h I banquet at Silt 

r ork Sllte Ladle on Nov~mber U. 1980. 

Those present had an enjoyable lime. SeNice 

IWDrds were presented and the new journey. 

men and apprclltlces were reCOIniled. 

Work is still not good in our 'rea, but It 

appears to be pickin.: up somewhat. ~hybe by 

spring wc will have III our members blck \0 

work. 

ScOTT t . STICItLB, P.s. 

Certificates of Appreciation 

Presented to Members 

L U, lIt6. T UCSON, ARI1--The union 

awarded Brother James Oramhall of G.li. 

Sister Mary Kelley of Southwut Gu. and 

Brother Roy lloon .. of TEP certificates of ap. 

preciation for Iheir work IS deputy rcaistrars 

in 1980. 8roth .. r James Bramhall WIS noe IVlil. 

able for the phoiO. 

In lasl montb', Joumtll, the portlble transformer 

voltalts 5hould have beell 138.000 volts 

10 -46,000 volts Ind 46.000 voles \0 13.BOO volts. 

Sorry, my I1naer didn'l work quite dlhl. 

I would like to share my Christmas aift wilh 

,II of you-a v~ry inspirin, and Ihought. 

fillinl one. ) hope you enjoy il \00. 

"Go placidly .mid the noise Ind haSle. and 

rememlx:r what peace there may be In silence. 

As far .5 pouible. without surrender. be on 

lood lerms with all persons. Speak your trulb 

quietiy and clearly; .nd listen to others, even 

the dull and i,norant; they 100 haye their 

$IOry. Avoid loud Ind alllressiv!) persons. tb ey 

ate ve~ation s to the spirit. If you compare 

yourul! wilh others. you mny be .. ome vlin 

Ind bitter; for 111"11' there will be greale. 

Ind lesser persons than yourself. Cnjoy your 

achicvem .. nlS IS well IS your planl. Keep 

interested in your own career. however humble: 

il is a real possession in the chanlinl for. 

tunn of time. ElIcrcise clution in your busi. 

ncss Ilflit1; for the world is full of trickery. 

81,11 let Ihis not blind you to ,..hll virtue there 

is: many persons 'Irive for hiah ideals: Ind 

eyerywhrre life is full of heroism. Be yourself. 

E.~pecially do not feign affection. Neither be 

cynical about Jove; for in tbe face of III aridity 

and diKnchJntment, it is perennill as the 

.--Tlke kindly lbe counsel of the yun. .. acefully 

surrenderina the th inlS of youth. Nurture 

Slrenath of spiril to shield you in sudden misfortune. 

But do not distress yourself with 

imagining,. Many fears are born of fatigue Ind 

loneliness. Beyond , wholesome discipline. be 

gentle with yourself. You Ire I child of the 

univfrse, no less Ihan the trees .nd the liars; 

you have a ri,ht to be here and whether or 

not il ill clear to you, no doubt the universe

1 unfolding as iI should, Therefore, be III 

reace wilh Cod. and wh'lever )'our labors 

tnd aspirations, in lhe ooi5Y confusion of life, 

tCCp pe3ce with your soul. With .11 ils .ham, 

Jrudgel")', and broken dreams, it i$ .. ill a 

aut,ful world, Be a rdul. Sln"e 10 be 

appy." The above was found in Old Saini 

auI'. Church, Baltimore, d3ted 1692. 

A vel")' happy birlhday 10 Sisler Pat Danile 

n Tcnncs5Ce. 

Our very besl wishCli for .. speedy recovery 

.0 BrOlher Tony R"lIIiero, who re

At Hall 

Rdern.1 ... Kn BIJSIIo .... P rtildnt C_Ie 

Shulk . .. ' Lonl IUt, SJ....., .~, N .V .. a n .bo .... 1.1 

1"* _ 50 .. b it 

Blood·Pressure Taking 

Hok 010. 

most every mtm~r .. ho has wanted to travel 

bas ~cn found I. job outside our jurisdiclion 

somewhere. 

Our one Iransmission job for Con-Ed isn', 

largt enough to handle more Ihan a vcry few 

mem~rs who were on the books. The rdl of 

our jobs consist of a few traffic signal con 

IraCIS for DOT and sm~1I substation CXp3!l _ 

sions for privnlc indUSlry. 

In the past 011. main sourn of employment 

has b«n for the New Yorl; Siale power com. 

pani~ For some re3$On during Ihe 1151 few 

ytal"!i Ihis .. ork has dricd up 10 the poinl " 'htre 

it is practically non~xiSltnl. 

I SUppo$e Ihal the power company empio),us 

at first find Ihis situation to their advantage 

in the form of additional overtime. 

but il may someday come back 10 haunt them. 

No company can exist forever ..... ithout a 

market for their product. UnionJ are no different. 

The product of our union is skilled 

labor. Without a customer who needs our labor, 

our union members are in a position where 

they must find altern:uives for employment. 

Someday po"'er rompanies. through nC(Cessity. 

will be forced to rebuild their Jines at a 

much more rapid rate Ihan they do no... if 

they plan on continuina a reliable service. 

Eventually the po ..... er companies are goina 10 

be required 10 hire outside help or be at the 

mucy of the Public Service Commission. When 

this lime com~ if there arc no union contractors. 

thue will certainly be an abundance 

o f non·union ones that will spring up. There 

is no doubt in my mind that their employees 

will show no qualms about undercul\ing power 

company employees' wageJ, working under substandard 

condition$, and ,lovin, voltages dictated 

by their employer. 

Now. if you say this can never happen. you 

hid beller think t ..... ice. Labor Jaws chanle 

cYery day and in recent years they arc a]mOllt 

exclusively at labor's e~pense:. The P ublic 

Serv ice Commission cares less who does the 

work as long as it's done as cheaply as possible. 

A good illustration o f this is Ihe recent 

44 appointment of Rose Mary Pooler to the commISSIOn. 

She certainly is no (riend of the po .. er 

companies or of organized labor. 

In Ihe wo rds of Ben Franklin, ~We must indeed 

all hang togelher. or most U!;uredly, we 

shall han, separately." 

'--"t·, protect our livelihood; Work ufelyl 

Buy union! Combal obstructionists! 

Sister Pi rtle and Members 

Spread Christmas Ch eer 

R'CHUO FUUON. P.S. 

L. V. 1306. DECAT U R. ILL.-Christmas 1980 

may be over but. after talkinl to Sister Joyce 

P,rtle. my ChriStmas spirit hIS been rene .... ed. 

For the past IS years Or so Joyce has been 

giving Christmas panies for some of the nurs_ 

ing homes and social service organizations 

around Decatur. Some of her p3T'ie~ in pas, 

years have included visit5 to Websler Hall, 

llIini ~I ouse, Pershing Estates, Community Cen. 

ter and Nonh Park. Every yen as Christmas 

drlws near, Joyce rounds up her hclpers Ind 

,ets blUy planning where she will tlke her 

Christmas cheer. J oy~e says she always tries 

to go "'here she'S needed Ihe most. 

In 1980. Joyce .... s Issisted by Brother Mark 

Doyle. 1150 known as Santa. Ind Sisters Mary 

Graham. Debr. William$, Virlinia Huggins, 

and Nant')' Hlyes. The group managed to take 

the Christmas spirit to Decalur Community 

Center and North Park. The visits included 

gifts for al! the residents and a Christmas program. 

Sister Sharon Hill baked 20 dozen 

coolies for the hent. 

Aftn talkin, .... ith Joyce lOU can sense a 

,enuine love for people and a 5trong desire to 

help .. here help is nl'Cded. All of us could 

stand to learn some thing from loyce about 

Ihe true meaning of Christmas. I'm sure that 

an the people she has given Christmas parties 

for over Ihe years " 'ilI remember her with a 

warm ferlin,. 

J. "MtKI!'" CUTU. P.S. 

Clothing Drive 

1I1 ~"'~n of Lonl IJl7, Salt, b .. .,.. ~"".. 4dlyc-r 

0101111 .. 10 " on,. CH I~ ...... ' 1 10 flltll ' *'"£ VI« 

".e.;1dQ1 R'J M JI~ •• P~1dH 1 _ M -.pll,., a 

~Ipft .. I~ lIolt,. Ctlli n ... d F..' cnolh~ _ .d 

_~ . Ceot"Itt W illie. 

local 1307 Halds Christmas 

Party for Holly Center 

L. V, 1307. SALISB URY, MI>.-On December 

19. 1980. Local n07 lool Christmas to the 

Holly Center in Salisbury. Mar)·land. The Holly 

Center is home for about 2S0 retired men. 

women, and ~hildren. The .esidellIs of the 

center .... ere visiled by Sanla Claus. and fruil 

and numerous (0)'5 "eTC do naled 10 Ihe center. 

Reprnenlinl Local 1307 at thIS aflair .. ere 

Robert Murphy. Ol.nd MlIls.. Groree White. 

David Insley. David Adkins, R.y Miller. Wanda 

Adlins, Charles 1·landy. and of course Santa 

Oaus. During this year's party "The Outcasts:' 

• Salisbury IrCD band. provided musical entertainment. 

We would like to thank them for 

donating thtir time for this Worthy cause. 

Alollfl with the party .... e ran our most sue 

cessful clothinc drive to date. The clothes "eTl 

also donated to the Holly Center. Thanks i( 

our m ~ mbershi p mDny useful Ihlng! were col' 

lected. This .... a5 the fifth year we put a parI) 

on for these: people . nd planJ are already bein, 

made for next year. 

At our January membership meeting we I~ 

cepted seven new members: Jane Bailey. Denis! 

Iludson, Vernon Holland. Eugene Pumdl, 

Gloria T ingle, Charles Gibson. and TimOlh) 

Dykes. 

Unlil nUl time; live betler. work union. 

E. D. S,,,u', FS. 

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n lo 10 • ftftC of \tie Otth_ parfJ' 0' Locai 

un. CiIld ...... tI, Ohio. 

Lile-Savers 

ID.:W I.Ife_S • • tn. A ..·a rd, wu e p .... eOlled to i.O 

on.m !>e........', 10 rt _t.t . ... Wall •• Cob, a .. ardee; 

J tmm, Carpenler, _"'d ...; .~ d C.Orjle M"Ula. Jr., 

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life-Saving Awards 

Presented to Two Brothers 

I_V. u .n . C INCINNATI. OII10-0n December 

12. at our local union Christmas party. 

the highest .ward the IBEW has 10 ofler. the 

LIfe-Saving Award Plaque. W31 presented to 

Brothers Grorge Mullins. Jr .• • nd Waller GelZ. 

for saving the life of Brother hmes Carpenter, 

who ..... as injured August. 1979. 

In a leller from Mr. Charlu H. Pillard amI· 

Mr. Ralph A. Leigon thcse paragraphs wcre 

wrillen: 

"II is ",ilh creal pleasure thai ~our Inte. 

national Office ,.,nds you two Life-S.aving 

Plaques 10 be presented to Brothers GeQrle 

Mullins, Jr . • nd Waltu Getl.. members of your 

local ... ho have performed the ,reatest service 

.. hich man can perfonn on this eanh. the 

!living of a human life. ~ 

"Will you prnent the Life·Savinl Awards to 

Brolhers Mullin. Ind Getz ... ith our congratulations 

and Our Ilr:llitude? And may we extend 

• 

our con~nlUlat;on~ and appreciation to Local 

1347. the local whi"h. wilh the above awards. 

has sponsored nine members whose qui~k think. 

in, and courale preserved Ihe life of a human 

being:' 

• 

By the ..·ay. Ihe turnoul for the Chrisunu 

party "3$ Ireal. And for Ihose of you .. ho 

missed it. or for some reason couldn't come. 

he.e is a list of prize winners. 

T V set winners were Ilarry Thieman and 

Ed Brady. with Dave Yingling receiving the 

chain!llw. The ham and turkey winners wue 

Jeff Marx. Ken Schalk, Ray McClure. Bob 

Vau,hn. Harold Mullins. Fred Shatzer. J im

a,.,. Due Barbro •• nd Monte Uuer. Smaller 

prize winne,., were Dean Bryant. n iU Rmy. 

Lloyd Andre .... $, Tom Mollett. Dan Dorke. 

Claude Drown, and Terry Burge. 

A special th anks 10 all who were on the 

Entert ainment Committee, Dnd volunteer. for 

the Chr;stma.s party. 

Until nelll month. please make every ellort 

to attend your lonl un ion meetings. 

R. B 'OXTfU IA ~, I'.S. 

Members of Local 1359 

nfer Golden Years 

of employment. Many look for Ihil Init in 

othe,.,. but seldom do they duire it in them. 

selves in their dealin.s with others. This trait 

is lae klnl in today', business world 10 th e 

c.ttent that no one trusts Ihe other, or even 

gives consideration to those who endeavor to 

hold 10 these standards. but fail time . nd lime 

'Iain because of Iheir hum.n fraility. Even 

manJlemenl has reached I new low; the)' ex· 

peel the local and ill membcl"$ to live up to 

"oral" a,reemenls .nd we upect the ume, bUI 

when Ihe agreement i. put in ... rit ina it is exaelly 

the opposite of what had been Ilireed 

upon. Rel ations between the local and management 

lhould be so sincere. that Just .... ord 

spoken would be the Ii,nature of lhe Plct Ind 

The Old Days 

L.U. 1359. CII1CAGO, II.I_Eul .... riIlJltl J.I1: I handshake the sn!. Out not tod.y. Brother. 

Thill ..... u1 mllll lito/lid e(J/ (Jlld dd"k, (J"d YOII'~e lot to read every line. interpret nery 

[ 11/01 Ihe gCQd oj (JI/ his Illbo,. It Is Ihe IIJ/ word. and nen the upense of I lawyer simply 

oj GOII. Once ag ai n we come to Ihis time in 

This phOlo .'" tah,. In the '201.. C ... 10. Idutll1 

bc~311~e we ha~e " lost fa ith" in one another. 

life when ..... e want to utend our best wishes 10 

the tae .. 1Hrl1 

What is it going to take to make us "

19SI: Don Mehring, March 21, 1951: rUlfne 

Peters, March 12, 19S I: and Malion PyTl, 

Man:h 14, 19SI ; sLipplyman Emmell KIU~fr, 

M ar~h 12. 19SI: "Oles supplyman Pf ni~a 

Johnson. March 19. 1951; sub!iuuion electrical 

mechanics John Mowziel7., March 14, 19S 1 nnd 

John Ki nes. M1"h 13. 19S I: Rnd underground 

crew leader Chester Sick. MDrch 26. 19SI. Wi th 

25 years. conllraluJations to o~clhead crew 

leader John Karlic. March IS, 19S6; under. 

Iround cable troubleman. Joe Chico. M ar~h 8. 

t956: underaround cable splicer Thomu Weber. 

March 26, 1956: and Undcrllound protection. 

man Waher Wisniowicz. March 12. 1956. 

Happy St. Patrick's D.1.Y on Much 11 and 

we weloome: spring on March 20. In do~inl. 

ju~ t one last remondcr to our union I hothcr~ 

"nd Si~tcrs that the only 5\1fe way to act a fnir 

contract is to show our oflicers they h~e our 

complete support. Ue there al Ihe nUl meet. 

inl. Wedncsti3y. March II . Sec you Ihen. Tlllnk 

Honored 

RICI! Ih;aAS, P S 

1"f,W ~Prbflltatl.q a~ ........ 1'f.o" 

local 1464 Offers Various 

Types of Training 

R.5. 

I_U. 1464, KANSAS crrv, MO._ We ha~e a 

group of apprentice lineman Iphcerl statted 

in our joint apprenlice f'lOIram, the fir!! since 

1910. There ...·ere Iwo groups of 12 Slarted. Af 

Ihe ple!>C:nt lime. Ihere arc 19 in Ihe prOgram. 

with a make_ up class planned for the near 

fUlure. We hDve a Iraininl yard SCI up at Ihe 

Ransu Cily Po"'er and light Company Pole 

Yard for ~a,ious smits of the traininl program. 

We have alw beaun givinl Ihe basic training 

lor operators 01 back_hoes, trencha. load-lib,

Schooling 

At Council Meeting 

A pauenger wilh 8rorher Godwin was not in_ 

jured and lI i11y himself ~us lained a 51iallt arlll 

sprain. 

DeLand h3S 3 n ~.". (aeility that has lona been 

needed. Ind I formidable employee 10 o~rare 

it. With Ihe advent of an eleclric lift and 

B rot~ r Jerome Bnrkum Sullivan, DeLand can 

finally repair its own vehicles. Brother Sullivan 

has done In outstnndin, job in the performance 

of hil duties and all o ( us Dppred~le hi' dedi_ 

calion. 

By the time Ihi' ,cts to the press the new 

year will h~ well on its way, I.et's mnke tllis 0 

sa fe and prolperou$ 19111. 

S, L NASI!, 1'.5. 

Loul J6J P. e., Id~"t Pal O.IIIla"I, r"" ld~"1 AI 

Ctrlno of 1470. Ku mr. NJ" ... d W •• e I Kt"U .. 

O.lrmn W . H ~ r Nu..,nr f"""d time to 110ft fo •• 

.... I' ~ IKU ., • re.onl £MJ ClIun. " IIIf ~ rln r of 

Wul ..... £1.

48 

Brother Mich.td SiY~Jlian handled $econd bau, 

Brother Mike Thompson gave UlI strength with 

his b;it and glove al .hon SlOp and Brother 

Keith Cocco pbyed third base, In the outfield 

wt. h~d Ihe big alove or Drolher Tom Crowley 

in cenler, Brother " aul Sol1lce in lefl, and 

Broth er Ste,'e Condcnlio in tight. II rOlhu Cpin 

was catchinG, The rest or th e team consisled of 

Urolhers Ed Iacono, Tom Byrne, Harry VardQ' 

ku, Frantz Bonavenlure, C .. los Acevedo, Urian 

GyOfy with M iH Jean Marin a.!I our teore, 

keeper, Brother Mike Thompson wa lked away 

With four trophies, MVP, rookie of the yelr, 

homt. run IUnl, and tht. league trophy, I hope 

we don'l have any trouble signing him to • 

connaCI next year, 

Well th:II's it IJ rolllCtI, see you all in Ihe 

nut iuue. 

J UlY WtNklU. 1' $. 

Atbittotion 

1 •• 11 10 .t ~h ' a~ Intun.llonat Representatt .. llou. 

Wd .. nd, PrtUclt.nl Lco"".d Mb!ilnp le of l,.onI 

1!oN. Indl ... a""lls, ' Md., In,~ .... tloaal R~Pf"",nta . 

Ih'n SlOe Ba","" .... 0.""10« you .... and Ckalr. 

.... of Jolt G ..... n Maarlce JolI_. 

l ocal 1504 Optimistic 

About Arbitration Outcome 

L.U. ISO"" INOIAN .... OI.IS, IN O,_lo

Sar·S·Que 

issue of th is mag31.in~. Our confidence is .... ell 

placed in these individuals. u well U in eyery 

o ther officer in o ur local. 

One final note I would like to mention. Our 

hearU ale with Nick Pelosi and Bob Sa)'1a. 

Nick recently w:as !liken ill by a hurt ailment • 

... hile Bob is pl~ntly hospitaltud for a $till 

undi.,n

pen5i~e on the ma rhl loday, but )'et the)" 

ch()()5e to build their facililY by paying such 

sublltandard WaJ:~ lIell. six bucks an hour i$ 

barely above po~erly le~eI. 

What i$ the 5OIulion 10 this SOrl of problem 

which confronts us all1 We surely ne.:d to "'ork 

toward solving il. 

NOI that it .. ould turn this job around. but 

ma)he it "'ould hdp .. hen Robbins and Myel"$ 

builds anOlhcr rlanl. if many of )·ou Brother$ 

and S.sters .. rote to them upr~s;ng )'our 

dissa tisfaction: Robbins and Myers. Inc .. 1345 

Lalonda Avenue .. Springfield, Ohio 45.501. 

To you traveling Brothe..... I again uk YOII 

to drop me a line. in C3fe of the hall, with any 

news or photos for the JOItrlwl. Lei me he:tr 

from YOII. One fmal word, Il rothers, let's all be 

proud to be union electricians. 

IIlAI. J. SCtIlH ... t~. h, PS. 

Brother Wes Prohor 

Retires 

L U. 2067, REGINA. SASK._BrOlhel Wn 

Prohor. special equipment operator. Regina. 

Snhtchewan. Canada. retired from the -Saskatchewan 

Po ...·er Corporalion On De.:em~r 

)1, 1980. He started as a labourer in IUS in 

Regina. Throllgh the yean, he served the Cor. 

poration as a caretaker. Iruck driver. ulility 

man. wmch truck operator. equipment operlllor. 

and special equipment operalor. 

Wn ..'as an active union mem~r and !OCr-'ed 

on the Pre.retirement. SupennnuJlion. 3nd Ne. 

gotiating ConlmilleC5. Also. he was unit chair. 

person and vice chairperson in Regina for 

several years. 

On behalf of the members. ueculive. nsistant 

busin e~s manager. and myself, .... e wish Wes 

:tnd his wife. Doreen. good health and a hl'ppy 

retirement. 

A. A. HU t, B.M . F,S. 

Awardee 

Sh" ...·n u ~ ~h- b •• hJJ Ion, ... r~ lo: ~ . .... rd If CeOI1l~ 

WHltaDlS 01 Lon l 2131 , Oakl.nd, Cal. O. his Idl 

b .hop 1 1 ~ .. a,d P . .. I Bro ..., and .1 .I, bl b Pm! 

d ~ nl 

1M 1Ic.,_e. 

Busi ness Manager Writes About 

Wages and Inflation 

LU. 21J1, OAKLAND, CAL- During Ihe pasl 

tWO years American workers hne reali7.ed the 

most severe cuts in real earnings in recent history. 

The averlle worker's real income has 

dropped by 10.2 per~nt because nelOtiated 

pins have been oUl5lrippcd by infbtion and 

laxH. We gained an average of $29.71 per week 

or 14.4 percent sioce August, 1978. BUI in real 

after·lax buying power we are down by SI8,74 

Or I 10.2 peT«nt decrease.. Mr. Reapn, in spite 

of this revelation, insisl5 th" minorities .ren't 

findin, jobs because the Sl.IO pcr hour mini· 

mum waite is roo hi,h! 

In manufacturin ... e have fared lillie beuer. 

From August, 1978 to AUluSI, 1980. W31C"S 

gained S39.48 pcr week (approximately '0 cents 

per hour per year). However, tIX C"S increased 

57.2S and innation C051 us $'1.45. so we end 

up $19.22 behind. a cui of 8.9 percent. 

The nearest estimate Ih Wl far puts non·union 

50 worlr.ers .t a full )0 percent lower than union 

members (how they arc sUfYi"ing is anyone', 

gUtS5) Dnd familiC!i; even when the husband 

and wife work, urnin. minimum wa,es. they 

are wen below the 10"ernment"s ~po"erty Icvel. 

The worst aspect of the current labor picture 

i$ the fal'l Ihat non·union workers 3te 51iU 100 

terrified or tlw: bo5s to find the courage 10 or· 

pnize, and most union members are 5Iill too 

busy to lei ;n~o"'ed (ucept to niticiU: 'he 

dforts of stewards and repS.). 

Of course, being an eternal optimist, I can'\ 

help but think thaI the besl union members are 

the worlr.crs who h3~e to Kralch and claw their 

WlIy back '0 decent wagH by finally realizing 

that no corpOrotion is the sHgluest bit inter. 

ested in raising the workers slandani of li~ing 

at the expense of profit~. No one cares one whit 

how tough it is for you but the union. which is 

made up of you and IS many as will stand up 

with you. Don'\ be f()()led for a moment, the 

wotk will be done a\ the lowest wagc an em· 

ployee will accepl. Union workers consistently 

make more (althoudl nevcr enough more) be. 

cause to g~ther you r~presen\ a very persuasi"e 

arlument. 

What kind of po"'er .. e will repreRnl after 

Ru;:tn gets through with us is anolher mailer. 

It isn't really h:trd 10 filure out why the labor 

mov~menl b)cked Carters mtseuble record 

over Reapn. When Reapn won. the oil com· 

panli'S &ledully declared thai they were "de· 

liahted.- 

leI's hope Ihe Republicans don't find it any 

easier to undermine a free bbor mo'"Cmcnt than 

the Russians do in Poland. 

Rom It W. LUIGt 015, 8 .1'.1 

Scribe Reports News 

Of local 2145 

LU. 2145, VALLEJO, CAL.-During ThankS· 

giving week, two separate grouM merged 10 

have one outstanding lunch hour. It was a pOt 

luck lunch-Or>e of Ihc bC!it r,'c had in yea~. 

One group was Ilin Brew's, the other was John 

Rosenberg's, They are invoh'ed in the B3rb 

o~erl'laul pro}«'l. TheR t.·o supervisors h3,-e 

distinctly different personalities-Bill, low pro. 

file, a quiet dignily; John. well. bst year his 

subordinates VOted him as an oUllitanding super· 

visor. These two uniquely different personalities 

add up 10 dynamic combination of supervisory 

ability. They hve a IrOUP of combined talcnt 

Ihat includes nalllCll like CflIbue.:, Blakefield, 

Griffin, lIali. Harris. Sail, Penny, I'rushko, 

ROler lIenry. and Dave Wright (jUSt a few that 

come to mind). 

The regular me.:tinl of the Local on De.:em· 

ber 10 anracted a gatherinl of about 80. We 

had some distinguished visitors. I rernernb:r 

Reinl Richard Burris. Alan CoalS, George 

Anderson, and Joe Sandoval. The president, 

Wal t BUf1:dak. In"oduccd them, The local had 

scored a viCtory in obwining for Kowena Smith 

the ratinl! of instrument mechanic. 

Brother Virail Lawson will cnter a hospital 

for an operation. T here must have been a con· 

siderable amount of mental an,ui_h for Dan 

Silverton. llis boy .... as hospitalized a~ a result 

of a motorcycle aecid~nt. l ie W31 seriously in. 

jured. Why don't you send Dan a card for his 

son; il would do much to che.:r h,m up. lI is 

name is Kenn. 

lIenry Harris served as Ihe chairman of the 

dinner that follo .... ed Ihe meeling. On th~ Din· 

ner Commillee .... ele Luke WeaHr, Mary ZitI· 

insky, and Jtm Kane of 61 Shop. The dmner 

was an outltandinl success. 

It was a tim~ for dinners-and lunches. The 

"n"cs" had a lunch tht W3S unbelinabte. It 

w,n another potluck spread lhat threatened 

to dl'Stroy aU hopes of ... eilhl reduction prGlram. 

You d.dn·, know "'here to belin, 

On December 4, the ~\Pyor of San I'nncisco 

participated in the ceremony of Ihe lighting of 

a lianl candelabra, the tradilional lighting of 

the menorah in observance of ~I anukkah in 

Union Square I'arlr.. In Denver, the ACLU is 

challengin& the display of Ihe Nalivity, a Christ· 

mas display that Den"er officiab place on City 

lIall steps. A ,roup in Denver claims thai Ihe 

preseoce of the displly allech thelll-3nd that 

il is in violation of the Conslitution (this was .. 

I judge's opinion last year) Ind that it should 

be taken down. 

If you missed the Electric Shop Christmas 

dinner..(iaoce, shame on you. Nut year the 

chainnan of the Shop Recre.uion Committee 

will be lI-hrinus Chflstensen. 

In the next column, I will .... Iile about the 

apprentices Ihal recently gradUDted-and louch 

on our nuclear group. .. 

JOS(PII SCAVONE;, JR., 1'.5. 

Brother Marshall Mourned; 

Work Scene Very Slow 

I_U. 2173, LYNCIIIIU RG, VA.- With udness 

Local 217) regrets to inform Ihe Brotherhood ... 

of the death of E. W. Mar5h1l1l, Jr. Brother 

M a~hall will be deeply mis$cd. Our sympathy 

is eKtended to his wife and family. 

Work i$ still very slow here in Lynchburg. 

The table accessory " beginning to grow and 

the orde~ for the new line of transformers 

look good. Industrial products. subsl.:ltion. and 

polC'·type transformers Ire holding their own. 

Anend3nce at our me.:tinp is on the in· ,., 

crease, I 1m happy 10 report. Our members are 

showing more and more intcrfS\ in the bU5inns 

of the local. 

N. S. Ciliaham has been chosen as our memo 

ber of Ihe monlh. Nod came to ,,'ork for II . K. 

POrter on July 15, 1963. lie is a charter memo 

ber of Local 217) Dnd has been Dctive in our 

union as prnident, trusurer, shop steward, .nd 

is now a member of the Executive Board. It is .. 

our belief that this m:tn has he lped this local 

as much or more than any othcr member in our 

Brotherh()()d. Ollr congratulalions go 10 N. S. 

Callaham IS Member of the Month. 

In closing, remem~r Ihat the du..s .... ere in· 

creased $1.00 per month January I. 1981. See 

you at the nut union meeting. which is the 

fourlh Sunday of C3ch momh. 

Until nut month, lake care and stay .... ell. ... 

Wtl.UAM II. CUASV. P.S. 

Mourned 

Best Wages and Benefits 

Won By local 2188 

8rothtr H . S. "Slu" 

"d~""k of Loc-.l 2' 18, 

Shru~"orl . L • ., I. 

mouflled bl lbe ... ~ .... 

IIC,.. 01 lbe ,...,..,. 

LU. 21SII, SIIRE\ ' t:f>ORT, LA.-Despile the 

recession in our economy and the e'·er·increasing 

inflation rate. the year 1980 and contraCI • 

negotiations brouihl tlte best W3le and benefil 

increasa ncr for members of Local 2188. We 

arc I()()king in anticipation of a promisinl year 

in 1981 . 

The officers and membeu of Local 2188 were 

ud

I 

I 

local 2222 Celebrotes 

10th Anniversary 

k~ u . 122%, HOSTON, MASS.-On January 1. 

198 1, Ihis \ocal c~lcbrDlcd the 10th anniversary 

of the issuance of its charlcr. Follow;n, a \2- 

yca. cnmpaiB" by the lUEW, an election was 

conducted in Dt

IDlking wilh in Ihe f~~ 1 rnort Klllbli,hmt'ni In 

Ihe buildin, where our union offiery hiPPY day for 

Vicki Ked. local treasurer. and husband Terry. 

Maril Jenny. adopted daulhter, WII brouahl 

into the home al the age of four days ...... n of 

us wish them Ihe best. We arc very very de_ 

Ii,hled. 

Eotll K OItOUT. PS, 

System Council Signs 

Apprentice Agreement 

S, 'STEM COUNCIL U·%6-System Coundl 

U-26. IBEW .• nd North"t'Stern I'ublle &rvice 

Company ha~e emcred into I joint apllren.ke. 

~hiro ~£rermcnt. for the trDining of Ipprenlice 

linemen. 

This .. rcement comes 50me 14 yurs ,ftel 

Ihe subject ...·u firM discussed bet ..«n the 1"0 

p.rties. Th~ System Council is ~ery plea!oC:d thai 

Ihis .,reement hu finally b«n fi,ned. 

The signinl ceremony was held on Dlttll P .."1 1c- .s.n'ke CRIllPI.,., Rk brd 

In.b. l u pertnl'nd~al, n ......., 5.0 .• t'oorlllwUItn> ... 

r"bIk So ... ke C ...."".,.; w_ 1Ie-... er. rftGnlt •• 

~"''''' NO

, lainer and (alent coordinalor, Frank Radice, 

Edward Russell, and Joseph Davis. 

A .horl meetinll preceded th e dinner pre. 

"'- sided o ver by Chllpter Chairmlln 8emnrd Monlrose. 

After the .aJule 10 our Hall and the .ingin, 

of our Nntional Anthem, honored and 

invited lIursts Ind officiais of our union and 

llSSOCialion were Introduced, 

J ACIt IIALrU N, 1',5, 

• 


.. 110", • • e . Gme 01 Ihe Gflie." .. ho "Ue II Ihe p." " 

Ale. ru.tman,

plicauons for much nceded aniStance from the 

Social &rvicH Department and Orother Ross 

Waf It the union hall from urly morning till 

I;ue Ifternoon several da)'1 helping those wbo 

needed Issistance.. 

Our United Fund Drive WIS Igain very sue· 

eeuful and Orother Ross ehaired I committee 

made up of three retirte couples. Thew six 

people made almost 80 presentations, showing 

• mo~ie .nd livin, a short talk: at tach presen· 

tation. Some days one or more lave the Uniled 

Fund ftppeal at dght in Ihe morning and even 

in the Inte evening. It wasn't unusual to make 

three presentation, in one day. 

Uecause of the ucaHant work of tile Ross 

Commillce, a Certificate of Melit WIS liven to 

tlli, aroup. 

Our Retirees Associalion is ~try proud of Ihe 

m~ny line "'Iivilies we arc Involved .... ilh. If it 

is picket line duty. I)(,in& p~lIl)(,arers. visilin, 

Ihe lick. and other types of charity, our mem_ 

1)(,., . re Ihere. 

Oh yes. Ihcy arc deeply involved in Ihe elcc· 

loral procrs5es and Vil.lly inlerested in Ihe 

i ~sun Ihnl affect OUI workin, Uro thers and 

SiSler' U .... ell as how Ihese is~uH concern Ihe 

h : ",d i~appcd, the poor. and Ihe leniors. We Dre 

,cry concerned about Ihe well·l)(,in& of Ihe 

.... ido .... , of our retirees, 

As can rndi]y I)(, seen "'e arc not 10la/ly 

involled in parlies and ,ood times .lone. More 

of our IlJEW retirees and their locals should 

hecome IImliated wilh tile National Council of 

S ~ nior Cni~ens. particularly Iho~ in Ollio. In· 

diana. and Michillan. Please ... rite me II Local 

~8 . 

JO$[PII M CCUTIIY. Sr.c. 

Retirees of l ocal 82 

Hold luncheon 

IIIEW Rt-; ruum MEM Il t-:RS CLUB 011 I~ U . 

12. 1}'\,"rON. OIllO- Tlle November 30, 1980. 

m~ctln& was a lunchcon held al Neils lIeritasc 

I lou'>\', Daylon. Ohio. There "ere $ 1 in .t· 

tendance, and il was chaired by President I/ ugo 

(lnio. The prnidenl .nd his omcrrs are doinl 

• line tab. 

F UNC'i S 0 WO" [V , P S. 

Retirees Hold Annual 

Christmas Dinner 

RETIRIII) J\n:I\IRt-:RS CLUU OF L..U. 10J, 

Uo~-rON, MASS.-Another yur has (ornc and 

gone .nd il ended very happily wilh our annual 

Chri~lmas dinner, We h.d 90 members Ind 

&ue ~ ls .... ho fat down 10 a ~ery luty rOUI buf 

dinner with .11 Ihe fixin,s. We also had I piano, 

and Wlnp were fnjoyfd by .11 for IWO houri. 

We ... ere upecting a word from Dick Monahan 

Bnd Ille Pension Board on an in e rca~, bUI the 

fcstivities ... ere concluded before he Irriled, 

The Board hilS labled the question and "e mUSI 

,it I;gll, and hope for the best. 

PinJ wrre presented by Vice Presidenl John 

E. Flynn 10 Ihe follow;n" members: Rocco 

Crea. SO years: Arthur Mellett. 60 years: Dnd 

narney Noonan. 70 years. 

Cribba,e winnen for the )ur ...·ere .warded 

Iheir prizes al Ille dinner; the fol/owinl memo 

:t: 1)(,,. ... ere the year's w'jnners; Charlie Theissen 

u and Leroy UC'Stick. 

~ Our November meetinl was a joinl .ffair .... ith 

::::E I birthday party for our Oldest member. Barney 

:::J Noon.n .... ho wu 92 years old. was presc-nted 

0( wllh an ISEW emblem dock. "'hich WIS en· 

Z .raved "IIh his name. birth date •• nd his date 

~ of initialion into the mEW. There wn also I 

o birillduy cake. and we aI/ lIad a piece of il. 

..... We nn now look for .... ard 10 our annual 

.. 

March dinner . .... hich will bel htld on tile 191h 

of tile monlh. We can upcct to have the usual 

Irish dinner of corned b«f .nd nbbage wilh 

50melhina 10 wasb il down. 

EDWAlD J. SWEIINEV, R.S. 

Retirees Hold 

Ch ristmas Party 

RETIREt-:s CLUB OF L.U. 364, ROCKFORD, 

ILL-Rehred membelrs of Local l64 held our 

Bnnual Christmas parly at our regular meeling 

place on December 10 bUI .... ilh an added at· 

Ira~lion, We had the ladies of Ihe Ken-Rock 

CommunilY Center serve the dinner and they 

did themselvcs proud. We h.d bi, plates of ham 

lind lurkey, corn. peu, 1I0t bread. maslled 

polaloes and ,ra~y plu! • bra relish tray and 

topped off with pumpkin pie and whipped 

cream. Afler • fusl like that it i! plumb sinful 

10 have 10 ,0 b.ck 10 beans Ind blcon again. 

The entertainment WI$ taken carc of by Our 

own meml)(,n.. Mrs. Harold Propp. Mrs. JamC'S 

McMallan .• nd Mrs. Edward Johnson, who SCI 

up Ihe lable decorations; the AI Winters 

lounded up Ihe bin,o equipmenl. In bcl, everyone 

pilched in and helpc4 us h.ve I load lime.. 

The only sour note w.! Ihe filet Ihlt some of 

our meml)(,rs were on tile .ick list and ...·ere 

unable to IIl1end. I luess il is Ion much to ex· 

peel tllM w;lh a lI'ouP like our, e_ery Ihin& 

lihould be perf~ct. Neverthcleu, we miss the 

ones who are absent. 

In the coming monlhs we are planninll sev. 

eral new aetivilies lind "·;Ih OUI Irowing memo 

bersllip we Ire able to do IlIin&s thlll we were 

unable 10 do in Ihe past. The faci Ilia! we have 

brou,hl tile bdie, inlo full participation in lhe 

activities of our Iroup lIu helped U5 immensely. 

Why Iry to "'ork .... illl one hand lied behind 

your b~ck "hen you can use both haods? 

We "ould .1....)'$ like to hur from our re· 

tirees ...·ho arc OUI of lown to know how Ihey 

are gcuin" nlong. 

Retirees Hold Christmas 

luncheon 

tU; nRO:S CLUB 011 L. U, 37S, ALLEN· 

TOWN, PA.- Tlle Relirees Club held their 

Chrislmas luncheon on December 10 al Ihe 

ViIIllle Inn. The commillte did an ClIcel1enl job 

in seleCl,nl accommodations. We "'rTe Krved 

family slyle .... itll a choice of fried chicken 

and/ or bllkrd ham and four enlrees, Wi,li all 

Ihal food il ~hould haye belen called dinner. 

II appears thai "''C need Inolher omCet fat our 

club. one tllat Is I memory ;OU(I. IS our presi· 

dent, Art Weiand. forgell Ihe dates of meelings 

or tile timc SCI for the meetin,," 

Christmas Luncheon 

Thuc 10'0 ph,OI", tho .. lhe IIIt .. lM:n of lhe RtrJ"q 

Club of I....,.l 37S, A llt nlo .. ·n , PI., . lId Ihtlr ' ''Utl 

I t Ih. Chrhlml. "",.h...,n. 

We can depfnd on the women, .... ho In: faith· 

ful in .ttendllnce al our meelings. The .f,er· 

noon wu compleled with cards and bingo 

&ame'. 

_ 

S. WALT[I S~ lI m. I'S 

Retirees Club Holds Eighth 

Annual Christmas luncheon 

RETlRt-:f) MEMIIERS CLUB Ot-' L.. U, .59.5, 

OAKLAND, CAL.-Once Dgain. ladies Ind 

lenllemen. members of our Retirees Oub" 

Illhered al the Elegant Fanner Kesillurllnt on 

Decembcr 16 to share the ,ood fe/lowsllip and 

the fUliyilics of Ihe season. A capacity aroup 

WII) in . ttendance. and each person received 8 I 

lift u part of our Yuletide &ason latherin,. 

A new slale of offieen. will be ,worn in It 

our hnuITy meeting. Increased membership in 

the ~st year h:.., bun allained. II our newer 

retirees joined us in our partie'S. field tr;p5,'" 

barbecue. and Iwo ovcrnighl Reno Irip5. 

A cordial welcome is extended 10 any reo 

tired Urolller from any IBEW local Iivinl in Ille 

Day Area. 10 come join our meml)(,nhip and 

shate our load limes. 

IIC'SI wi~lI" for a goad 1981. 

Btu K AU tloUN. I'.S. 

PRESIDENT PILLARD APPEALS TO IBEW LOCALS 

TO ORGANIZE RETIREE CLUBS 

International President Charles H. 

Pilla rd rcnewcd his coli for TBEW Local 

Union! to establish club program! for 

their relired members, 

Citing the resolution Ihat .... as passed 

al Ihe 1970 m EW Convenlion "Ihat al1 

W EW Local Unions form retiree Clubs 

~ nd affiliate them with Ihe N,ltional 

Council of &nior C il izen5. M 

he stated 

that now more than eVer before our 

senior cilizens need to be united so Ihey 

ca n focus on iSSUeS Ihat llre ~ilolly im· 

porlanl to their well·beinS. 

The uncertainty of .... hB! direction the 

new admini~tration and Congress '" ill 

lake rellardin, proarams that hll'e sup· 

ported the needs of our senior citizens 

is cause for serious concern. Med icare 

and Social Security have long been favor· 

ite larselS of Ihe "tisht wing" conserva. 

tivcs, 

Locals interested in forming rctiree 

clubs may recei\'e helpfu l pamphlets on 

the 5ubject by "'riling to: 

IlJEW Special Serviccs Department 

1125· I5lh Street, N.W. 

Washington. D.C. 20005 

In addilion 10 the pamphlet MA Guide 

to E ~lablis hin g Retired Members C lubs," 

inforrm' lion is a l!\O available on Medica re 

5 uppl~men t al insurance Ih rou£h Ihe No· 

lional Council o f Senior Citizens and a 

boolo.let on Pre· Retirement prOlnams for 

lIcti"e members who will be seek in, retircmcnl 

in Ihe near fUlure, 

t ocal Unions who ha~e Retiree Clubs 

and may not have 1'C1;t;I'ed • CertirlCate 

of Recognition from the International 

sjlould ,ubmil a list of Ihe club', officers 

10 Ihe IIl EW Special Ser~ice$ Department 

10 reccive the certificate. 

An up to date lisl Qf IBEW clubs will 

enable u. 10 forward a ny vital informa· 

lion perla inin£ to the retiree movement 

as it becomes available,

Utal 

II\IIVIEIVIORIr:)M 

Prayer for Our Deceased Members 

/-fere we fiofl Ollr !,icIUJs who have departed dllring this season 0/ fla/ure's inactivity and decay. Falher, grant 

that as the earth is rebom in the spring, so 100 willlliesc Brothers and SiSlers be rebam illto clemol life. 

Lord, help liS who remain renew Ollr faith as the mystery of spring shows us the renell'al of your fOliC. Ame1l, 

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frtlm, ", H. L. • 1,600.00 

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" Ilfill I . c. . . 1.500.00 

Kanl • • A. 1' ••• ) ,600.00 

1I.,n, O. H . • 1.600.00 

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MII,olt, C. J. . 1.600.00 

Mllnt, f . A •••• 1,1500.00 

KnudSOI. H. L , 1.600.00 

lIlt111111.,n., A. 1,600.00 

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TOIII p,yments •..• 1602,113.35 

International Brotherhood of Elertrical Workers - 

Pension and Death Benefit Payment Report 

NUMBER AOMITIED TO PENSION LAST MONTH 317 

TOTAL NUMBER ON PENSION 70,653 

IBEW PENSION ruCTRICAl WORKERS NATIONAl mCTRICAI. 

BENErIT rUNO BENEFIT ASSOCIATION BENEfIT f UNO 

TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS lAST MONTH $ 3,954,437.03 $ 3,538,133.73 

TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST 11 MONTHS $47,118,777.58 140,387,11 1.18 

OEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST MONTH 

DEATH BENEfiTS PAID LAST 11 MONTHS 

$ 117,915.81 $ 

• 

through the support of IBEW Inlernalional 

O ffi ce employees (members of 

Local 2 , O PEIU) and sta ff members, 

their spouses, retired em ployees and 

staff, International Officers, various 

District staff members, ind ividuals, 

friends who have heard of ils work, 

and memorial contributions, 

The demands upon the fu nd grow 

larger each year at the Chrislmas season. 

Many organizalions and individuals 

now depend upon us fo r the help 

they so desperately need, We hope we 

may continue to help them. 

To each of you who contributed to 

the fund duri ng 1980, in whatever 

form, a heartfelt "Than k You!" from 

Ihe members of the committee. From 

those who recei ved the benefit of your 

help, both young and old , the message 

is reflected in the face of li ttle Michele. 

You be the interpreter. 

Upon the occasion of her retire ment, 

Ihe members of the commiltee woul d 

like to extend especial thanks to Chai r 

woman Gladys Waddell , whose dedicalion 

and selfless expenditure of personal 

time and effort has been an inspi 

ration 10 us all and has so contribut 

ed to the success of our underta k 

ings. 

- The Ma rie V. DOlI'ney Memorial 

Fllnd Committee 

AFL-CIO REGIONAL MEETINGS PLANNED 

AFL-CIO President La ne Kirkland 

has announced a series of seven AFL· 

cia regional meetings for early 198 1 

designed to bring togethcr fede ration 

leaders, state and local officers and 

national and regional staff to discuss 

strengthening the fedemtion's structure 

and programs. 

"As we enter the AFl -CIO's centennial 

year," Kirkland said in II letler 

announcing the conferences, "it is 

time once again to re-examine labor's 

aspirat ions and challenges, 11 is time, 

too, to sirengt hen and nourish the 

local roots of our movement. T he 

confe rcnces are designed to produce 

a frcc now of ideas, opinions, and 

evalua tions of labor programs at all 

levels."' 

The regiona l mcetings, which begin 

in March, are an expansion of the 

area conferences formerly conducted 

by the AFL-CIO's Committee on Po· 

litical Education. The expanded sessions 

"wilt concern all aspects of the 

AFL-CIO." Kirkland said, 

Kirkland , AFL·CIO Secretary- 

Treasurer Thomas R, Donahue and 

AFL-CIO department heads will participate 

III each of the two-day confe 

rences and meet with state and local 

central body officcrs li nd the federa· 

tion's regiona l and CO PE sta fT, Rep· 

resentatives of the Coalition of Labor 

Union Women, the A. Philip Randolph 

Institute, Frontlash, the National 

Council of Senior Citizens and 

the Ltbor Council for Lllli n American 

Advancement also have been invi 

ted 10 attend Ihe conferences. 

"The New Year bri ngs both opportunities 

and challenges,'" Kirk land 

said. "We mean to take full advantage 

of the new possibilities by 

strengthening the structure of the 

AFL-CIO and the two·way now of 

ideas." 

The meeting1 wi ll be held : 

March 5-7, in Philadelphia to include 

Pennsylvania, Ohio. West Virginia, 

Delaware. Maryland, Kentucky. 

Virginia, and the District of 

Columbia. 

March 9· 1 t, in Boston to include 

Massachusetts, New York, New Jer· 

sey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, 

Maine and New Ham pshire. 

March 19-21 , in Chicago to include 

Ill inois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin. 

Indiana and Minnesota. 

March 26-28, in San Francisco to 

include Cali fornia, Washington, Oregon, 

Nevada, Hawa ii and Alaska. 

March 3D.April I, in Denver to include 

Colorado, Montana, Utah, New 

Mexico. South Dakota, Wyoming, 

Idaho, Arizona, North Dakota and 

Nebraska, 

April 2·4. in Atlanta to include 

Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, 

Mississippi, North Carolina and 

South Carolina. 

June 4-6, in New Orleans to include 

Lou isiana, Okl ahoma , Arkan· 

sas, Texas, Kansas and Missouri. 

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56 I IBEW JOURNAL/ MARCH 198 1

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