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• Time and time again throughout the past 

few years, the articles and editorials of this Journal 

have had to report to our members and other r~(tders 

th e steadily declining economy of thIs nation. Our 

country's economic problems have included the 

highest unemployment rates since the Great 

Depression of the 19305, the highest interest 

rates since the Civil Wa" the grt!C:ltest decline of 

America's productivity in history, the highest rate 

of inflation since the 19205. and unbelievable 

increases in the costs of food, housing, health 

care, and energy. 

To workers these facts have been very obvious. 

Every smgle American who works for a living is 

acutely aware of the decline in consumer purchasing 

power: of the unfair proportion of income taxes he 

or she must pay: and even of the uncertainty of 

thei r own contil1u~d employment in an economy 

of cu tbacks, slowdowns, and layoffs, 

With November 2, national election day, rapi dly 

approaching, we wish to examine for the benefit 

of our members the reasons for our faltering 

economy, the rt:!uuced standard of living of 

the American public. increasing prices and 

decreasing prosperity. 

The IBEW, along with the AFl,CIO and countless 

other organizations and individuals, believes that 

the reasons for the economic mess are clear: 

namely. Richard Nixon, William Simon. Alan 

Greenspan, Arthur Burns, and last. but not least. 

Gerald R. Ford. 

These are the men-the Republican Presidents 

of the past seven and one half yea rs and tht:!i, major 

economic adVisors-who by their economic policies 

have insisted that the way to fight inflation was to 

allow millions to remain out of work, the way to 

fight Inflation was to raise interest rates for 

mortgage loans and capi tal loans, and the way to 

fight inflation was to veto legislation which would 

have created jobs for hundreds of thousands of 

unemployed workers, particularly in our severely 

afflicted buildine trtlnes. 

A change in this intolerable situation is now 

available to us. For seven and one half long yea's, 

organized labor, speaking on beha lf of the 

unemployed. the poor. the elderly, thp. sick and the 

exploited. has been able to do only that: speak out. 

Now. finally, the opportunity is here to take 

these issues to the ultimate American forum: 

the ballot box. 

As you know, if yuu have read the pClpcr!;. or if 

you watched the Democratic and Republican 

Conventions on television, the two· party system in 

American politics is really at Its best this year. 

The platforms of the respective parties are as 

...llfferent as ni ght and day in the principles on 

which they are based. 

The Democratic platform includes in its wording 

a clear endorsement of the Full Em ployment and 

Balanced Growth Act. also known as the Humphrey· 

Hawkins Oill, II.R. 50 and S. 50. The Democratic 

platform favors enactment of a system of National 

Health In su rance, specifically the Kennedy·Corman 

proposal. Also included are enactment of more 

equi tab le tax laws (622 Americans with Incomes 

of $100,000 or more paid nn income tax in 1975); 

reform of the inadequate system of unemployment 

insurance; reform of the welfare system to get 

cheaters off the rolls and better provide for those 

truly in need; and a return to morality in foreign 

policy-tn tI United States which is a defender 

of freedom in the world, not an appeaser of 

Communist s. 

All of these goals for the linited States. and 

more, have been and will continue to be espoused 

by organized I

The Republican platform, as we might have 

expected, is committed to quite a different 

philosophy than thai ollhe Oemocratic Party. The 

Republicans say fuU employment must be achieved 

through growth of the private business sector. 

This means more tax loopholes. which they say 

. will lead to plant expansion, and therefore to new 

jobs. The economic history of our nation has 

proven this policy to be mIsleading. 

National health insurance cannot, the Republicans 

say, be administered by the government. The way 

to provIde adequate health care to more and 

more Americans, they say, is to "build on the 

present health delivery and insurance system" 

which, it has been shown, IS costly. unfair, and 

contains no incentive or ability to slow the 

disastrous increase in health care costs. 

The Democratic platform supports the need to 

eliminate tax breaks enjoyed by multinational 

corporations which export American jobs, technology 

and capital. It is the Republican's intent to create 

bigger and belter loopholes "to encourage more 

capital investment" and "hasten capital recovery." 

They do not ca re about job losses and the hardships 

unemployment brings in ou r country. 

The AFL·CIO ExecutIVe Council feels, as all 

conscientious working men and women in the 

United States of America must, that the cure for 

the ills of this nation, equally grave at home and 

abroad, is the election of a President and Vice 

President of the United States committed to a 

platform which will turn the country around, restore 

health to the economy, bring respect and decency to 

government institutions, reassert human values in 

foreign policy, and restore justice and equality under 

the law. 

In his acceptance speech to the Republican 

National Convention, Gerald Ford stated, "My 

record is one of performance, not promises. II is 

a record I am proud to run on." 

Organized labor does not see it that way. 

President Ford's record is one of recession, of 

personal tragedy for millions of unemployed 

workers, and of broken promises (remember the 

Situs Picketing "promise"?) It is a record of 

political expediency without compassion, and 

without Presidential faith in the great American 

workforce. 

President Ford and his administration's 

economiC theories of holding down the federal 

budget deficit and letting private enterprise work 

its way slowly back up the economic ladder to 

solve the inflated economy have not been and are 

not now the answer. Those poliCies have only 

escalated inflation. 

Republicans Will be trying to make a case before 

the American people this fall that the Democratic 

Congress has voted for such high levels of 

federal spending that huge national deficits are 

unavoidable and that balanced budgets are not 

possible. The AFl·CIO and its fflends 10 Congress 

believe the best way to reduce the federal budget 

deficit is to put America's unemployed workers 

back on the job and make them taxpayers and not 

tax users. The real facts show that President Ford 

vetoed every bill supported by Democrats in 

Congress that would have been a step in the right 

direction towards economic recovery for our 

country. As a direct result of his vetoes, billions 

of dollars were lost to the federal trea sury in tax 

revenues that would have been paid by the 

millions of unemployed Americans earning 

paychecks as was proposed in legislation by the 

Democratic Congress. 

Our responsibility as citizens, to ou rselves and 

to our free and democratic system of government. 

is to take part. I urge all members of Ihe IBEW 

10 exercise their democratic right to vote on 

November 2. Don'l be misled. All members of the 

Brotherhood and their families have been advised 

in this and previous issues of our Journal of 

what the real issues are. Therefore, we urge ou r 

members to support and vote for the Democratic 

slate of Jimmy Carter and Walter F. Mondale and 

all of the candidates who are being sponsored by 

organized labor in the congressional elections.

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WHERE THEY STANIJ 

Carter says, "Our country's single most import 

ant priority must be a job for every American who 

wants to work. Every person has a right to a decent 

job." 

" I am committed to the goa l of fu ll employment, 

and I am dedicated to positive programs to achieve 

that goal." 

He supports ba sic goals of labor-backed proposals 

on unemployment and asserts Joblessness can be 

cut substantially "without reviving double-digit in· 

fl ation," thus chaUenging the Ford assumption that 

substan tial government investment in reducing unemployment 

will cause higher inflation. 

Ca rter hopes "the private sector ca n produce 

enough decent jobs for all." When it can not, he 

says, federal programs shou ld be triggered to "provide 

funds for useful and productive public employment" 

in the cities and neighborhood of the jobless. 

He attacks those whose policies created unem· 

ployment and who would go slow in reducing it, saying. 

"When unemployment prevails, they never stand 

in line looking for a job." 

* * * 

Carter contends one of the most effective weapons 

against sharply· ri sing living costs is jobs, says "our 

first task" in fighting infl ation "must be to redu ce unem 

ployment." He points out "everyone percent we 

can cut from th e unemployment level will produce 

about $16 hill ion in federal revenues and will help 

forestall th e kind of budget deficits th at feed inflation. 

" 

"We will never end the inflationa ry spiral, and 

we'll never have a balanced budget." he says. "as 

long as we have eight or nine million Americans who 

are looking fUI jobs, plus another two to three million 

people who have given up hope." 

He deplores monetary restrictions and high in· 

terest rates as antl·inflatlon weapons and calls for 

"increased attention to the supply side of ou r economy" 

and for " strict enforcement of anti-trust and 

consumer protection legislation. " 

Carter JOBS Ford 

INFLATION 

The Vice-Presidential Candidates 

Under President Ford, unemployment soared to 

the highest levels since the 1930s-seven, eight, 

nine percent, according to "official" figures. But in 

rea l figures, which include millions of part·time 

workers and others so discouraged they've given up 

looking, joblessness has been 10· 14 percent. In the 

construction trades, it has hit more than 20 percent, 

over 50 pe rcent in some areas_ 

YP.I, Ford vetoed fou r proposals that would have 

created 2.25 million jobs directly and potentially 

Il/2 million spin-off jobs . He claims job·creating 

programs are "inflationary" and the country can" 

afford them. But the contrary is true. 

For every one percent the unemployment rate can - 

be cut, more th,w $16 billion in federal t~ x revenues 

will be generated and approximately $2.5 billion 

saved in unemployment compensation and related 

benefits for jobless Americans, reducing inffationary 

pressures, even leading toward a more balanced 

budget. 

President t-ord has made a decision to fight inffa 

tion by permitting con tinued high unemployment. 

As a result, we have both. 

* * * 

At the cost of intolp. r ~bly high unemployment, 

President f"ord has reduced somewhat the doubledigit 

inflation of the Nixon years. 

But the cost of living has still soa red by more 

th an 14 percent since he took office. It still erases 

workers' wage increases. Indeed, Nixon-Ford infla· 

tion actually hi:ls put American workers behind their 

1965 level in rea l spendable earnings-what they 

can buy with what they take home. 

The Administration has proudly trumpeted the 

reduction in the rate of living cost increase. But it 

only looks good in comparison to the 10·12 percent 

inflation that preceded It_ Certainly, whell we have 

seven to eight percent inflation, no one can suggest 

the problem has been cured. 

And the modest cut in the inflation rate has come 

at the highest of costs, joblessness for millions of 

workers. 

From official scoreca rd of the AFL·CIO, the voting records 

of the respective Vice·Presidentli:ll candidates: 

, 

SEN. WALTER MONOAlE (D) 

108 " right" votes 

8 " wrong" votes 

SEN. ROBERT DOLE (R) 

15 " right" votes 

7 J "wrong" votes 

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ON THE KEY ISSUES 

Carter TAX JUSTICE Ford 

. 

Carter calls for a "complete overhaul" and sim· 

plification of the lax system that would " lower taxes 

on middle income and low income families," and 

would discourage lax breaks for corporations that 

run ove rseas "while people who want work are begging 

for jobs bac k home." 

He lashes the loophole· ridden tax laws that let 

"the total tax bu rden shift more and more toward 

the average wage-earner" and points out, " The 

average family earning $ 10,000 a year pays a higher 

proportion of its income in taxes than a family with 

an ann ua l income of $1 million or more" and that 

"some of ou r largest corporat ions with extreme ly 

high profits pay no tax at all," because of loopholes. 

"There are not any hidden tax loopholes for people 

who draw a paycheck, but a lot of loopholes for 

people who are rich." 

Carter says, " All my life, I have hea rd promises 

of tax reform, bu t it never quite happens. We are 

going to ma ke it happen." 

In two instances, President Ford has clearly dem· 

onstrated that " tax justice" is a phrase foreign to his 

vocabu lary. 

In late 1975, he proposed a tax program that 

would have cost fam ilies with incomes of $5,000 a 

yea r or less as much as $400 per year per fam ily 

in additiona l taxes. 

The same proposals called for actual tax cuts for 

others, but his plan rewarded the highest earners 

with the highest cu ts. The AFL·CIO argued that the 

highest tax cuts shou ld go to the lowest· paid. 

In addition, Ford in December 1975 vetoed action 

by Congress that wou ld extend anti· recession tax 

cuts for individuals. 

In other tax areas, Ford says little about closing 

the loopholes for big corporations and wealthy in· 

dividuals which cost the Federa l Treasury billions 

of dollars. Indeed, he proposes new tax brea ks for 

most of them. Fo rd's idea in brief: Soak the poor 

and the worker. relieve the rich and the corporations. 

* * * 

Carter calls for a "nationwide, comprehensive 

health programs for all our people ." Too often, he 

says, "serious illness means financial ruin for a 

family, and too often a limited income means limited 

access to quality medical ca re." 

He also urges "reform of health delivery se rvice" 

and demands America have "quality health ca re 

available to all our citizens on a regu lar basis" under 

a "workable, efficient and fair system of health 

care, " a system that would provide needed prevent 

tive medicine. 

* * * 

14 (b) repeal-Carter says he favors repea l of 

14 (b), which pe rmi ts state open shop laws, and 

would sign a repealer if Congress enacts it. 

Situs Picketing-Carter says, "As President, I 

would have signed the common situs (equal picket· 

ing rights for construction workers) bill thai Ford 

vetoed. " 

Job safety-Carte r says, " I will vigorously en · 

force la ws protecting the sa fety of workers on the 

job. We must guarantee to every working ma n and 

woman a clea n, safe place to work." 

Odobe., 1976 

HEALTH CARE 

WORKERS' RIGHTS 

* * * 

President Ford rejects a national health insurance 

plan tha t wou ld protect all Americans. His major 

proposal has been for a " catastrophic illness" plan 

for the elderly only. 

This plan actually is a step bac kward for seniors 

in health care. Only one ou t of 300 elderly persons 

hospitalized under medicare would qualify for any 

payments under the Ford plan. Meanwhile, for all 

seniors it wou ld add up to $70 more a year in cost 

of medicare coverage and wou ld more than double 

thei r ou l·of·pocket medical costs. 

* * * 

14 (b) repeal-As a member of U.S. House, Ford 

voted "wrong" on three key votes on 14 (b) repeal. 

He said "my attitude today is precisely the same," 

meaning he'd veto a repea ler. 

Situs Picketing-Ford promised building trades 

unions more than once he'd sign equal picketing 

rights for construction wo rkers if Congress passed 

it. Congress did. Ford reneged on his prom ise, caved 

in to industry pressure, vetoed the bill. 

Job safety-Ford has supported constant efforts 

by conservatives to wea ken Job Sa fety law. 

,

FORD'S 

USE OF 

YETOES 

SETS 

RECORD 

N 

o PRES IDENT in this nation's history has used 

the power of veto as often or as ruthlessly as 

Gerald Ford. In the brief two years that he has been 

President, he has averaged more vetoes per year 

than any chief executive before him. While blaming 

Congress for inaction, President Ford has, through 

his 52 vetoes, struck down and frustrated one can· 

gressional initiative after another. 

While pursuing economic policies which have 

caused the highest national unemployment since the 

Depression, President Ford has vetoed four major 

job bills that would have created more than two mil· 

lion jobs. With the housing industry in its worst 

slump since the post·Worid War II era, the President 

vetoed an emergency housing bill designed to lower 

home mortgage interest rates-the best way to spur 

housing construction. 

Those in need of jobs and decent homes were not 

the only Ford veto victims. Singled out for vetoes 

were many of the nation's less fortunate and most 

needy citizens. An extension of the 1973 Rehabilita· 

tion Act to help advance employment and educa· 

tional opportunities of the handicapped was vetoed. 

Day-care funding legislation, which would have 

helped the states provide adequate child care ser· 

vices so that welfare mothers might become employable, 

was vetoed. Funds for help programs benefiting 

the poor who cannot afford adequate health care 

were vetoed not once, but twice. Even a minor tax 

relief bill to help the victims of flood disasters was 

vetoed. 

President Ford vetoed a major education appro· 

priations bill-reversing a trend toward expanded 

educational opportunities that began in the Eisenhower 

Administration. When Congress blocked Ad· 

ministration efforts to slash millions of hungry children 

from the school lunch program. he vetoed this 

legislation. He even became the first President ever 

to turn his back on the nation's war veterans by 

vetoing an increase in GI bill educational benefits for 

Vietnam veterans. 

When Congress refused to blindly commit itself to 

future. unspecified budget cuts, President Ford 

vetoed a tax·cut extension for low- and middle· 

income families that was essential to stHnulate the 

depressed economy. He vetoed legislation to keep 

the lid on inflationary oil prices while pushing energy 

industry proposals to force consumers to pay even 

higher oil and gas prices. 

Bowing again to the energy industry. President 

Ford vetoed a bill to boost the depressed maritime 

industry by requiring that a minimal percentage of 

petroleum imports be transported in U.S. flag ships. 

Not only would thousands of maritime jobs be reo 

vived, but by lessening the dangerous national dependence 

on foreign flag ships for the transportation 

of this important energy source, the bill would have 

softened the potential hardship caused by any future 

oil embargo. 

The veto of the situs picketing bill was disappoint· 

ing to the labor movement, but, more importantly, 

it proved that President Ford's promises are valueless, 

Supported by every President since ;ruman. the 

situs picketing bill was finally approved by Congress 

in 1975. Despite his public and private promises 

that he would sign the bill, President Ford yielded to 

pressure from far right, anti-labor groJJps and vetoed 

the bill. 

Thus the pattern and practice of this Administra· 

tion has been an abusive use of the veto. Sustained 

by conservative minorities of the Congress. President 

Ford has repeatedly thwarted the legislative will of 

the people's elected representatives. 

President Ford will have to defend his veto record 

in November. It is a record of .negativism and lack 

of leadership that cannot be defended or justified. 

•

~ Two Years of the Ford Veto Policy 

Check marked , Ford Vetoes directly hurt I IBEW me mbers and their families. 

1. Pay Irw:ruse lor deputy US. marshals 

H R 5094 

Vetoed, Aug. 13, 1914. No override at· 

tempt 

2. Animal hfllth ftsurch Irani prol"m 

HR 11873. 

Vet oed Aug 15, 1974 No override at· 

tempt 

.... 3. Federal nuclear ICcrdenl insuranct 

H R, 15323 

Veloed. Oct. 12. 1974 No ol'trrtcle attempt 

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4. Restructured linancinll of federal rail· 

fllllll wor~I!(\ '~IIt'ment sY"em-H R 

15301 

Vetoed: Oct. 12, 1974 Overridden. 

5 Continlline appropriar!ons lor Fiscal 

1975-H.J. Res. 11 31. 

Vetoed: Oct. 14, 19H House sustained. 

Ii. Continuing 'IlP/opn.,ions lor FiSCiI 

1975-H.J. Res. 11 63. 

Vetoed : Oct, 17, 1974. House sustained. 

7. Strenlthenrnl 01 frtedom of Inlormilion 

Act 01 1966---H,R. 12471 

Vetoed; Oct. 17, 1974. Overriden 

8. Slrenillllening r,der.1 ~I.ndards on 

rigllts of way .cross nation,l Wildlife 

r,fule IInds-H A 11541 

Vetoed Ott. 22, 1974 No owrride ,I· 

tempI 

9. Strengtllenlnl Film labor Contl.ctor 

Rellstr.lion Act of 1963- H A. 13342 

Vetoed Oct. 29, 1974 No overrrde at· 

tempt 

10. utenslon 01 Rehabihlalron Act of 

1973- H.R. 14225. 

Vetoed' Oct 29, 1974 Overridden. 

..... II. Incre&srng G.t. bill benefrts lor Vietnam 

veterans-H R. 12628. 

Vetoed; Nov. 26, 19H Overridden . 

12. lax relief lor 1972 llood victims and 

suspension of duties on llllC m.lerial 

import1-H R. 6191 

Vetoed : Nov 26, 1974 House sustained. 

v 13. Increased funding for the Willow Creek 

Dam Flood Control ProjKl-S. 3537 

Veloed Dec. 17, 1974 No override " . 

tempt. 

..... 14. Financial nsislance 10 TVA lor I)OlluIion 

control equipment- HR. 11929. 

Pocket veto, Dec. 23. No overrrde pos· 

SIble. 

15. Funds lor live fedef.1 hnUh prOlflms 

H.R. 1421 4 

Pocket veto, Dec. 23 

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cam'le 01 US. 011 Imports on US. fI'l 

shlps-H R 819J. 

Pocket veto, OK. 3~ . 

17. Strip Mining Conlrols-S. 425. 

Pocket veto, Dec. 30. 

18. Increased upense .!iowanefS for ciVil 

Ian leder.1 WOf~ers on oH,(I,1 busl 

ness-So 3341. 

Pocket velo, Dec. 31 

}9 fnunsed funds for nurse 11I1II1nl 

HA. 17085 

Pocket velo. Jln 2, 1975. 

20. Improved federal price supports for 

milk- S. 4206. 

Pocket wto. Jan. 3, 1975. 

21. Improved grade and quality restrictions 

under Agricullufal Marke ting Agreement 

Act- H.A. 2933. 

Pocket " 1o, J.n. 3, 1975. 

35 TohM;co Prv Suppor11-H.R. 9497. 

Vetoed Sept 30. 1975. Ho override .t· 

tempt 

36 &11001 lunch Funds-H RUn. 

Vetoed Oct. 3, 1975. Onlfldden. 

37. Foreign Mlsslons-H R. 12. 

VetGed Noy. 29, 1975. No override at· 

tempt 

"" J8 Tax Cuts-H.A 5559 

Vetoed oeo;. 17. 1975. Hou:Ie sus· 

larned. 

39. labor·HEW Appropriations-H.A. 8069. 

Vetoed: Dec. 19, 19 7~ . Overrrdden. 

22. utending time to use approp riations 

under rural environmental and conser 40. National Security Council membership 

vation assistance programs S. 3943. -S, 2350. 

Pocket veto. Jan. 3, 1975. 

Vetoed: Dec. 31, 1975. House sus· 

tained 

23. Renaming U S. tourl house in Grand 

Rapids. Mlch.-HA 11897. "" 41 Situs Pidelrng Aillhts-H A. 5900 

Pocket veto, Jan. 4. 1975. 

Vetoed : Jan 2, 1976. No overrIde at· 

tempt. 

24 Manllme Applopn.tlOtls .nd perm,t " 

1mbursement 10 U.S li:J\,n¥ vt~l$ 

damaged by fo",gn Ilal shlps-H R 

13296. 

P oc~et veto, Jan. 4, 1975. 

25. Suspendlnl 011 Impelt Fee Authorlll 

lion- H. A 1767. 

Vetoed: Mar. 4, 1975. No O'te",de .t 

tempI. 

26 Emergency Farm BIII- H A 4296 

Vetoed: May 1. 1975. House sust"ned 

27 SlflP Mining Controls-H.A 25 

Vetoed: May 20, 1975. House sus 

tained. 

28. Emergency [mploymenl Appropriations 

- H R. 4481 

Vetoed: May 28, 1975 House $US ' 

tained. 

29. Touflsm Promotion- H R 5537. 

Vel oed: May 28, 1975 No oveffhle ~I 

tempI 

"" 30. Emergency Housing Funds-H .A 4485. 

Vetoed: June 24, 1975 Hous. ' us 

I.ined 

Maintaining Oil Price Cont/ol1-H A 

4035. 

Vetoed: July 21, 1975 No override .t 

tempt 

"" 32 Education App/Oprlallons-H R 5901 

Vetoed : July 25, 1975. Overridden. 

33. Funds for five fdelll healt" plO' 

grams-S. 66. 

Vetoed: July 26, 1975. Overridden 

34. htending Oil Price Contrals- S. 1849. 

Veloed: :Sept. 9, 1975. Senate SUI' 

tained. 

42. Milk PrICe SuppoflS-SJ Aes. 121 

Veloed Jan 3D, 1976. Senlte sus· 

tllned. 

yo 43 Public Works Jobs-H A. 5247. 

Vetoed Feb 13, 1976 Sen.te sus· 

talned 

44 Day Care Stand.lds fundlng-H.R. 

980l 

Vetoed Apr 6, 1976 Senate sust.ined. 

45 Hatch Act Aeform-H R 86 17. 

Vetoed ApI 12, 19'6 House sus· 

lIined 

46. FOfelgn Military Aid-S. 2662. 

Vetoed May 7, 1976 No override at· 

tempi. 

"" 47. Military Construction Fundi ng- H.A. 

12384 

Vetoed July 2. 1976. Senate sustained. 

48 Improve COIl teasing procedu/es on 

federll I.nds. S 391 

Vetoed : July 3. 1976. Overridden. 

"" 49. Pubtic: Works .IobS-S. 3201 . 

Vetoed: July 6, 1976. Ovwldden. 

50 f ife Prevention Aulhoriullon-S.A. 

12~7 . 

Vetoed ' July 7, 1976. No override .,. 

tempI. 

51 local Income tn exemption lor memo 

bers of Congress-S. 2447. 

Vetoed : Au, 3, 1976. No override .t· 

tempt. 

yo 52. ulendrng [nvironmental Proledion 

Altncy fundrng- H.A. 12994. 

Veloed: AUI. 13, 1976 Nu oyerrlde at· 

tempt.

The 197 6 Presid~ntiaI Election 

• 

The Constitution of the AFl·CIO, in both its preamble and statement of objects 

and principles, commits the federation to political action for the betterment 

of American society. 

This continuing obligation. which we pursue at all levels of government. has 

never been more important to the labor movement. the working men and women we 

represent and the nrltian thnn it is today, 

At home. the American economy remains ravaged by seven and one half years 

of the disastrous economic policies of the NiKon·Ford Administration which have 

produced back·ta-back recessions. the highest unemployment rates since the 

Depression. the highest interest rates since the Civil War, the greatest deficits 

in peacetime and widespread deprivation and suffering. 

Public confidence in the American institution of government has been severely 

damaged. 

First. by the resignation of a Vice President scant hours before being found 

guilty of federal tax evasion, amid charges of numerous instances of bribery and 

other illegal acts. 

Second, by the resignation of a President secking 10 avoid certain 

impeachment for the attempted coverup of crimes against the Constitution and the 

people of the United States. 

Third, by the pardon of that ex-President by the successor he nominated, thus 

depriving the American people of a definitive resolution of the charges contained 

in the bill of impeachment. 

The current President of the United States has further damaged public 

confidence in government by pursuing economic policies that brought about the 

worst recession in 35 years, by seeking to impose minority rule through an abuse 

of the veto power unparalleled in American history, and by breaking his word to the 

American people. 

As a result. AmeriCM workers and their families have lost ground in their 

struggle for a better life, progress toward the goal of equal rights and equal 

opportunity for all Americans has been halted, and the gap between the haves and 

the have-nots has been widened. 

Around the world. totalitarianism is on the march. and freedom and democracy 

are in retreat. The traditional bedrock of American foreign policy-the defense and 

promotion of human rights and human freedom-Ilas been sacrificed to political 

expediency. The role of the United States as the moral and political leader of the 

free world is in serious question. 

The remedy for each of these ills is the election of a President and Vice 

President of the United States committed to a platform that will turn the country 

around. restore health to the economy. bring respect and decency to government 

institutions, reassert human values in foreign policy and restore justice and equality 

under the law. 

The Democratic National Convention, which concluded on July 15, nominated 

candidates and adopted a platform committed to these goals. 

Therefore, this Executive Council hereby endorses the candidacy of Jimmy Carter 

and Walter F. Mondale for election as President and Vice President. 

In addition, this Executive Council, pursuant to Article IX of the Constitution of 

the AFL·CIO called a meeting of thp. Gp.neral Board of the AFL·CIO on August 31, 

1976, in the Shoreham·Americana Hotel. Washington, D.C., to prepare for the 

campaign and mobilize labor's full support for the candidates we endorse. 

- Statement by the AFL-C IO Exec utive Council 

July 19, 1976 , Washington, D.C . 

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Pili A ",erica Ilnc/..- 10 " , or#.· 

rO(~ ' Cllrlcr/J/ont/(li..-/Vol·. 2 

The Ame rica n people ha\'c an opportunit y this 

Novcml)Cr 10 eket a presidcnt who can re~t ore trtl!>t 

ami confidence to go\'ernmelH wh ile pUlli ll/ol all end 

to eiJ;ht }ears of tlcl'bi\c. negat ive :-.;ril\on·Ford policie ~. 

J illllll} Caner will be that presidcnt. and he Ili ll bring 

AmCrita together :Igaill. 

Jillllll), Carter has taken a strong: st:md 0 11 the 

Odob ••• 1976 

lJu c~ t io n s of joh~, i .. flalion . IIc:,lIh eire, t.IXC\. e nergy 

autl ..11 thc olllc.· i~~ucs that arc illlpon:lIll to worl. ing 

l)Cople. The C ; lIt e r' ~'d o ndal c tidet is p ledged to lead 

thi~ country with wbdolll ali(I \'hiol1 ratll er than the 

bllmders and \,CtOC5 of the la.!>t ei/ollit )e:ll"". 

Jimmy C:lrtt:r ha ~ \;I id that full em plo)llIc'H- jobs 

for :ill . \llI cric; II I~-,holl lci be the fir't priolil)' of :m y 

J.;"\l~I IIII ICnt. \\' illl fillU II) C:,rtcr alltl \\'aher :o-. Iollll:t lc 

wc will PUI .\lIIcril.1 lJad., to \,'o r!.. :lIId bri llg :\mcrica 

togcthe r ag;)ill, 

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FIFTH 

PROGRESS 

Jackson, Mississippi 

RighI: Filth District International Vice President 

Dan H. Waters. who chaired the 1976 Fifth District 

Progress Meetm~, IS shown addreSSing the delegates. 

lower lelt International President Charles H. Pillard spoke 

to the delegates on overall progress of the IBEW. 

lower nght: International Secretary Ralph A. Leigan 

reported to the delegates on the sound fmanclal 

~t.:Jtus of the Brotherhood . 

• The 1976 Fi ft h District Progress 

Meeting was held in Jackson. Mississi 

ppi. on July 23 and 24, 1976: and 

pre~cnt was by far the largest crowd 

of delegates and guests in attendance 

al a Fifth District Progress Meeting. 

The Mi;pcrience for the delegates 

began when they arrived at the 

Jackson Airport. in Ihe form of COU To 

te~)' carl and ehauITeurs to tran ~port 

them to the elegant Jack~on Ililton 

HOlel. the site of the meeting. This 

free tran~porl(ltion for Ihe delegates 

was conlilltled throughout the e\'ening, 

tak ing them to and from varioll-'i 

dining and pleasure spots in the area. 

The aUlomohile~ were chaulTeured :tnd 

furni\hcd by members of th e various 

local lInion~ in the Jackson area. 

T he meeting was opened by Vice 

President Water" on Friday morning; 

and the opening prayer was given by 

the \{e\'ercod B. I. Anderson of Ihe 

Aha Wood~ Prcsb}tcrian Church, 

Ilrother Tommy Beck am, Vice Presi· 

IIEW Joutnot

O.IDb • • , 1976 

Delegates are pictured attentively listen i n~ to remarks 01 

the speakers. 

The Administrative Assistant to Mississippi GovernOr Finch, 

Bob Perry, welcomes delegates. 

Overall view of the delegates. 

I 

dent of Ihc Mi ~s i ssip p i Elcclric111 

Workers and Business f\.'ia nag';-T of 

Local 1435, Jackson. Mississippi, 

welcomed Ihc delegat es to Jackson. 

Brolln:1 Bcckam wa:'> ~ub~ti l lliing for 

Brother Jimmy Russ, President of 

[he Mis'iissippi Electrical Workers aod 

busi ness manager of Loc:.1 90), who 

was prevented trom bct111; pre,em hy 

a ~criOILS illness in hi, immediate 

family. 

('I:IIU,," Ram~c) , prt',idcrli of the 

Mi'si"ippi Siale AFL·C IO. IV;l' Ihen 

introduced to Ihc ddcgalc ~ by Vice 

P rc~idcnl Waters. Brotha R,mbC} 

gave a vcry inspiring :lddrC

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Pictured. left to right, are Fourth District lEe Member Harry Bexley. Filth District 

Vice President Dan H. Waters, Sixth District lEe member Thomas H. Pursley, 

and International 1 reasurer Harry Van Arsdal~. 

InternatIonal Representative Wade 

Gurley at the podtum conducting the 

Utility Wo rkshop du ring a question 

and answer session with the delegates. 

encouraged Ihe delegates 10 gct caught 

li p in the cn[hul>insm of the district 

.;;'nfT. I:rkc Ihe message back home 10 

their membership. and cdl/calc them 

on the tremendous potential for growth 

and improvcmcnls in this Dist rict. H i ~ 

rcmarh included onc nOle of warning 

10 an) locals who will nul ur cannot 

police and organize their territor)': he 

.... nrncd Ihat their jurisdicllon will be 

given to a local union ""hich will enthll~ 

i ;I~licnlly wo rk fo r Ihe lop priorili 

cs of Ihe Fifth District. 

Ilrothcr Wal cr~ ended hi~ addrcs.~ 

wilh a very slrong ple,t for [he delega[e~ 

:l11{1 the entire 1Tlel1lhcr~hip to 

get registered to vo[e, and ~i'e thai 

their fami l ie~ and fri ends arc registered 

(lnd then to get out :tnd vote for the 

Carter-Mondal!' tidel on election dllY. 

Intern:ltional Prc,ident Pillard addressed 

the meeting prior 10 [he lunch 

break. Pre\ident I'ill:lrd gllVC:l straightforward 

,md in~pirin,l.! taU .., touching all 

hranche~ of the BrotherhCKXI and cO\ering 

every ~ lIhj cr.:1 of intere~t to tbe 

d dcgatc~. lie reported llwt lhe IRFW 

i\ still \lrong :'Ind linancially ~und in 

spite of the economic me!>' the nation 

12 

is in in genenl. He Slrcsed the importance 

of our local unions n:maining 

strong in order to maintain the 

benefits already ill our wi)rking agreements. 

which were obtained hy our 

predecessors through \trcnglh lInd 

unity. 

r resident Ptllard stated that a complete 

and lotal endor ... cmcnt by Ihe 

AFL-CIO. the mEW, :1Il.! all org:lniled 

labor should be made for the Carter 

Mondale tidet und [h:1I I'..,cr) thing 

possible should be done to rid our 

na tion of a ll Kcpublic:m incumbents 

who have hcen a part of the Ni>.:on 

Ford uisaslcr te:Ull. He cmph a ~ilcd the 

fuct that Ihe C'lIrter-Monunle tir.:kct is 

the only hope we ha\c. and we must 

do our utmost to see that the ('arter 

Mund:Lie dream~ bccome rc:t l itie~. A 

complete Democratic ,>weep of the 

White '·Iou'!! lind of Congrc~\ i, the 

only hope President l'illard \ee~ for 

~elling our country halk to "or!.. 

I)re~ident l'tllard :IIJmoni~!leJ Ihe 

Ford Admi ni~lralion for the rece"ion 

we ::arc still in and for failing to do 

::an)thin~ abom the major problem, of 

\lnemplo~menl. ta .. ,dutm. the hi~h 

intere~t ratC". housing. transportation 

and ~ocial and health needs of our 

Nalkm. He \aid he ;JIIJ all lahor 

k"d~n arc very lIluch disturbed he 

ClUI'e Ihe Ford Admini~tr;lliOf\ ha~ no 

plans for correcting thc e:::onomic mes 

we arc now in. 

I'resident ]>jll::ard recapped his personal 

efforts ::and the effort of the 1.0 . 

~t;l fr made during the IOIst few months 

in support of the recentl)" p::assed Pulllic 

Works Bill. which W:I~ p::asscd by both 

Houses over Ford's \eto. I-Ie applauded 

Congress for the over-ride of Ford's 

\'1.'10 becam!' it m::ade billions of dollars 

available for the nation's municipalities 

which arc in desperate neeu for va rious 

renovation lind con~truct ion projects. 

This " ill have it most favorahle impact 

Otl thc unemployment ligures which, in 

turn, will h:lvc a f'lvoralllc effer.:t on 

thc recession. 

President "ill ani chided th e 10c:I I 

unions. a~ well as the 13rolherhood n\ 

II whole. for the poor job that ha~ been 

done in organizing ::and leaching real 

trude unionbm to our mcmhers and to 

the public, :Ind in eSlllbli!>hing guud 

labor relutions " ilh m EW emp]oyel'"'i. 

We must do a beller joh in the\e ::area~ 

in ordcr to maintain our rightful positiutl 

wi!lu!! the indU5try. 

Pfl-sident Pillard e1dcd hi" rem3f!.~ 

oy urging the dcleg;lle~ to take the 

me\\age, of the Progress Meeting bac!. 

to thetr membership ::and help Ykc 

President Waters make the plnns for n 

oeller future come true. 

The ilfterr.oon ~e\~ion of Frida} wa~ 

dc\oll'd 10 Ihe various work'hops for 

the dilTere/U branche~ of Ollf Brotherhood. 

-I he ;\Ianufncturing. Utility. 

P;lpermtll. and Radio-TV hranche~ 

\PC~ll "pproxim:tlcly one h(lur in their 

~clJ.lrnle workshops and then came 

together in the main b::allroom for two 

very imporl:IOt subjects. T he Construe- 

I[lEW Journol

. 

Delegates fep resentlnl Filth Dlstnct 

constructio n local unions are shown dunng 

a weU·attended Construction Branch 

Wo rXshop . 

lion branch spent the entire afternoon 

di'>Cu~,in8 probkm~ unique [0 their 

mcrnbch. primarily the new and rcecntl" 

m:80lialcd NErA·IO[W Agreement. 

which ":I~ overwhelmingly endor\cu 

Senior COllll1lj~~iollcr K. B. 1 a) lor 

of the Federal Mediation ;md ConcilialiclO 

Service's Region 3 Omec in 

New Orlean .. prc

EIGHTH 

DISTRICT 

PROGRESS 

Denver, Colorado 

Right : Eighth District International Vice Presi· 

dent l awrence C. Fa rn an is shown addressing 

the 1976 Eighth DIstrict Progress Meeting which 

he chaired. 

International President Charles H. Pillard is shown address· 

ing the delegates. Seated. left to fIght. are First Dlstnct 

Internat tonal Vice PreSident K. G. Rose, the Rev. Thomas 

L. Guinn of King of Glory Lutheran Church, International 

President lawrence C. Farnan, R. D. Grinstead, 

ness manager of Local 12, first District tEe member Ralph 

Halloran, and Filth District rEe member Robert Missey. 

• On Thur\day. August S. 1976. in 

the l\ IIle High Cit) of Denver. Colo 

"Ido. the new home Cit) of the bghth 

Di,trict Onicc. the Eighth D, 

Wife. Roberta 

International Pre,ident Charles H. 

Pillard was given it standing oV:lIion 

after hi~ presentation which .... as de. 

scribed by ~o m e of lhe delegales as 

tBfW Journat

Left: International Secretary Ralph 

A. Leigon Informed the delegates of 

the status of the IBEW funds and 

the overall sound financial structure 

of the Brotherhood. 

Far Left: International 

Treasurer Harry Van 

Arsdale's remarks were 

well received by the 

delegates to the Eighth 

District Progress 

Meeting, 

Left: Wesley l. Taylor, 

Chairman of the IEC, 

also addressed the 

delegates and spoke on 

IEC matters. 

• 

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"pulling it on Ihe line." I-li\ enlightening 

rcmarl.\ gave all in attcndanee 

a new in~ighl into Ihe hig role the 

IBEW mu~t and doc\ 1'1:1> in 10's 

labor movement. 

Following his addre\\. International 

Vice President Ken Kose of the hr~ t 

))I\trict pr.::,cn!cd a hook to I'rc,idcnt 

Pill,Hd from tile Canadian illemhers 

commemorating the Uniled Slates 

Biecmcnnial_ 

Harry Van Arsdalc. Jr., Interna- 

lional r rca'>lIrer. a~ ah\ay~ captivated 

all those in allendance with hi~ rem:lrh. 

In the aflernoon scs,ion. th!1cgatc.~ 

heard from Nurman Pledge. Presiden\. 

Colorado Labor COllncil and a 

memher of Local 113. Ralph "' Dutch" 

I.. Hnlloran. Internation:il I xecutivc 

COllncil member. FiN Di~lrict. bll\j· 

ness manager I.ocal t39: Kobert K. 

;l.li~sc)'. Inlern:llional Exectuivc Council 

member. Fifth District, business 

manager local 2: John J. Donlon. 

hu,>ines~ manager. Colorado Building 

Construction Trade~ Council. memo 

ber. Local 113. and A. J. Phillips. 

director. Na!ional Joint Apprcn!iceship 

,ll1d Training Committee for lhe 

FIc.:trical Industry. 

Their rcmarks were directed at 

problems \\c all face a .. \\-orking men 

ami women and ~uggcs t ed way.. of 

remaining a s!rong and viable force 

Oclober, 1976 

1S

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first District Vice President K, G. 

Rose presented to PreSident Pillard 

a book commemorating the United 

States Bicentennial as a gilt from 

Canadian IBEW members. 

Norman Pledger, preSident of the 

Colorado State Labor Counen and 

a member of IBEW Local 113, 

Is shown along With VICe President 

Farnan welcoming PreSident PIllard 

to the state 01 COlorado. 

Local 68 delegates are 

pictured with Int ernational 

President Pillard and 

Internallonal Vice President 

Farnan. Left to fight: Keith 

Baihff, Bernard Feldman, Robert 

Renslck, Dave Crane, Ed 

Chappel, Tony S.rbm, Ed Eubank, 

President Pillard, Greg Martinez, 

Jim MOrris, Business Manager 

Robert Legino, and Vice 

PreSident Farnan. 

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in helping our great cOUllIry to O."Cfcome:. 

lime of harlhhip. 

Frida) morning Ihe Jdcga[c~ and 

gllc~t~ "cre honored 10 hear from the 

Governor of Colorado. the I-Ionorahlc 

Richard D. Lamm. 

The general sc,sion then brol..c so 

the delcg,llc\ could p:lrlicipatc in various 

workshops on the ~ubjcct.s of I rials 

and Appcah. National Labor Rel:, 

lions 110,.(d. Arollr:ltion.Ncgoliution 

T re nds. Organiz.ing the Non-Union, 

" 

Con~lruction. and ·· )-10 .... to Unscrew 

the S}'tcm:' which dealt with oblaining 

go\ernmenl information and documenlS. 

All agrt'CJ the .... orbhops .... erc 

not ol1ly thought-provoking bUI inter~tll1g 

ami enlightening as well. 

~Iosl of the delegates C\pre\scd their 

satisfaction on thb new concept and 

\~ere :a~ured by Vice Pre:si\lent Farnan 

it .... ould continue. and new ideas 

would be incorporated to make the 

Progre~ s Meetings interesting and edu- 

c.ltional for all delegates. 

r he delegates were given a compre· 

hellSi\'e e"planatlon of the new Pension 

Reform Act by Intern;lIional Represcmative 

Roy Dickenson of Ihe Inter- 

11:1l;ona1 Ollice. 

On Friday evening the annual banquet 

was held. It was preceded by a 

cocktail hour hosted by the Colorado 

Slate Conference of Electrical Wo r~ers . 

The highlight of the evening was the 

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Labar Fights 

Right-to-Work 

Through the 

Ballot 

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Gene Denton, bUSiness manager of l ocal 295, little Rock, 

Ark., pauses a moment In the arduous task of checking 

147,850 petition Signatures to place a reVIsion to the 

Arkansas ConstItutIon allowing union security agreements on 

the November ballot. 

! 

A confrontation of historic proporlion, 

i~ ~hlLp ing up III Arkan~a~. Here 

\~hcrc the nlllion's first w-callcd "righltn-work" 

I"w was pa~~N 32 }car

11th DISTRICT 

PROGRESS 

Des 

Iowa 

• The Flcvcnth District Ilrogrcss 

~Iceling W:1S held In Dc~ l\'loincs, 

10',1,',1. July :!9. 30. 31. :11 the I-lilton 

I-Iotd. with appro"

y 

• 

499, :Ind 55 , 10 be the temporary 

cha irm:m. .\ I:n: Wilkinson, Iruining 

direclOr. ~Ii~..ouri Valley Apprcl1I iceship 

and Training Commill CC. a menlber 

of Local 55, gave the invocation. 

The delegate, were then "clcomed 

to Dc, Moines by Hugh Clarl... I' rl- fall 

and help ekct our friends in Congres\ 

and. abo. ciCCI a President Ih:1I will 

worl.. for the working people. The 

ch,lirmnn~hi p of the Progress l\'leeting 

W;I' then tu rned over 10 Eleventh I)i, 

trict Vice P rc~ id ent lac)., Moore. 

Vice President Moore welcomed nil 

th ... delegates to the meeting und u!> 

, ured them of a vcr}' interC!>ting and 

informative meeting. 

The fea ture ~peaker of the "rogress 

\keting was International P f\.~idcnt 

Ch:lrles H. Pilla rd. who received :1 

,LUlding o\alion upon being intro· 

duced hy Vice President ~' I oore . Presi 

(kilt Pillard ~poke on man) prohlems 

facing the ISEW. He :llw gJVe a 

complete rundown of the different 

dcp:lrtmen t~ of the Brolherhood. Pr ... J.iden 

I'illurd informed the deleg;ttes that 

the I HEW was the second lar!!est 

union in the AFL-CIO. and attributed 

that , ta lCmCn t to the fact that We :Irc 

a united labor group and hnd ).,ept 

p,lce "ith the times. President Pilla rd 

condemned tbe Ford Administration 

Fi rst District lEe member Ralph 

" Dutch" Halloran IS shown greet ing the 

detegates. Seated. left to tight. are 

Vice President John Flynn, President 

Pillard. and Vice PreSident Jack Moore. 

for it~ stnnd on thc cconomic condi 

ti on~ of the countr)' and its stand on 

uncmplo)mCnL He ~Iid. in rCJlity. that 

the Wh ite HOllsc belie\es that it is 

perfectl} aeceptahle for millions of 

wor).,Cr\ 10 remain unemployed. while 

their tamilies do witholJt man) of tnc 

necc\\itie, of life. P re~ident Pillard 

!>1:l ted Ihal the economic conditions of 

this country could be re\e~ed if indU~ 

l ry would quit exporling jobs. He 

pointed OUI that. given the equal opportunity 

of worl... the Americ:1O 

worker can compete favorabl) with 

any worker in the world. At thb timc, 

Inrge corporations ure tal..ing profits 

made from our lahor ;tnd arc building 

modern raclOrie~ on fo reign ];Inds. 

I hese com panics urc then returning 

their prooueh to thi~ country for su lc. 

while the products from our outdated 

factorie, can be, for the mo~t plrt, 

only sold in this cOlilltr) bec:Hhc of 

the rc)triClions placed on ill1por t ~ by 

mO~t for~i!!n governmenh. 

'1 he other International otlicc~ thnt 

addre'ised the morning "",~slon werc 

cO/lfitlllf',1 011 pi/Itt' JJ 

International Representative Paul Shoop from the 

IBEW Utili ty Department Staff IS stlOwn participating 

in the Utility Workshop along With International Repre· 

sentatives Ken Sawyer, lefl, and Ralph Mack. right. 

Delegates a ttending the Manufacturmg Workshop are 

pictured IIstenmg to tlte remarks of a fellow delegate. 

Ed France, assistant 10 Secretary lelgon. conducted 

a semmar lor financial secretaries attendmg the 

Eleventh Distrtct Progress meeting. Seated is Vice 

PreSident Jack Moore. 

Odob." 1976 

Retired IEC Chairman E. J. ··ReK" Fransway a fter being 

introduced by Vice President Moore made a few remarks 

to the delegates from the Iloor. 

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National Electrical Training Directors Conference 

• I he 1'Ilh annual meeting of the 

'\Sat,orMI I lcemeal D'fCCIOf\ J\,>'-OCia · 

lion \~a, rc!;cntly held In William~hurg, 

Virginia. June :!O ·:!-4. I n attcnUalll.::c 

Ilerc '/4 training uirCdor, from \'ari 

OU\ par" of .he l'niH'u o;;talc~ and 

(anad•• . 

Hlghllght\ of .he Conference in 

duded group \\ork~hop, on varl{)U~ 

malter, ~')IKCrnll1g appn;nIICC\h'l) and 

tr;lIlllllg. \la~, of improvmg rTogram\. 

.md concern, :.\ 10 Illc (!eH:lopmcnt 

..:If lulllre \:(;,II,mCI1. 

And~ I·hillip~. dir.'clor. 1\';,lional 

JOll1l Appr ... rltl~·c\hip anll Trommg 

(olllmrllcc. n'portcd on the annual 

meeting of the NJATC', current prohlem, 

ral.:mg apprcnti.::c,hip program' 

in the chxtrical con~lnH:llon Indu~lr). 

and the ..:ontmucd need for {mlenng 

good arprcnticc\hip and journc)'man 

training fJrogram~. 

Ken Ld\\anh. Dircdor. ~J..111 101- 

fJro\-cmcnt I rarning. rCfJllrlcd on Ihe 

l:urrcnt aLlI\ Itlt:~ of Ihe I cder,,1 Com 

millce on Apprt:nlicc~hip. on pwpu,cd 

pic.::e, of legl,lation. and tht: o;urrcnt 

'taw, (If govcrnrncmal rl.'l:ul

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POWER PLANTS 

YES! 

Colorado and Oregon in November 

A Close-Up Look at a Reactor 

Octobe,. 1976 

An aerial view of Trojan looking 

across the majestic Columbia River 

into the state of Washington. The 

city of l ongview, Washington, 

appears to the right across the 

Columbia. Snowcapped Mt. St. Helens 

dominates the scene. 

• T he lille. Colorado and Oregon in 

November. is not from II po:.lcr promoting 

Iravel \0 those bc:nuiful ~tatcs 

in tatc atllunm hefore sc\'crc winter 

weather begill~, bill ralher. it serves 

as a reminder that once ag:lin obstructionists 

arc taking 10 thc polls \0 slOp 

nuclear power. Voters of Colorado and 

Oregon will be askcd to decide Ihc 

fa le of nuclear power in their rcspec- 

"

TroJan's fuel storage Pit 

showing workers IIIOl/IIlg a 

fuel bundle, This is new luel 

and has not been In the 

reactor. When lUl'l IS lemol/ed 

from the reactor (spent luel) 

for storage here. the fuel 

storage pit Wilt be IlIled with 

water. The purpose 01 the 

water is for shielding to allow 

workers to safely ~18t1dle the 

spent fuel About one·ltmd 

of the fuel 1

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l'lboT 10 insure thaI llllclclr power is 

Ihe rllQ',[ economical. cll\ironrncnlail} 

acceptable .. md .)afc mc:ms of energy 

for a p,lnicuJar arca, 

A {our-YC:lf ~ile ~clcction study. 

compklcd in 1966. ~c!cc l cd the present 

sile on Ihc Columbia River. 73 

milc\ upstrc.ml from thc I110Ulh and 

five miJc~ upslrc:un from Rainier. 

Oregon. Portland i~ 32 'lir miles away. 

Thi, choice wa~ made bccau~c of [he 

;lvai l,lbility of adequate water ~up pl }' 

from Ihc rh'cr and Ihc cJo~c pro:.:imil) 

of the imcrconnection "i[h IJonnc\'ilk 

Power Admini~lration's high \ollage 

grid ,lI1d Portland General Electric's 

Ir.Ulsmission system. 

Sc\cral fcaltlfCS of Ihe Trojan sile 

gih' il ,HI :tcsthctic appeal. The rapid 

rISing. forcst-co\ocrcd Ollliincs of the 

Coa~1 Range Mountains 10 the \l.eS!. 

the "ide Columbia Ril'er to the east. 

and Ih(" natllral state an: :ullong ils 

pleakilled personnel 

arc required to operate Trojan. 

Sc\'elll)'-five of these arc members of 

Local 125 which represents the bargaining 

unit. The bargaining unit at 

Troj:ln includes 10 licensed operators. 

20 non-licemed operators. 22 maintenance 

men, 8 instrument and control 

technicians, 12 health physics/chemistry 

tec hn icians. and J 

storeroom 

cominlled 011 page 32 

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• 

IBEW 

.. 

DISASTER 

DAM 

Face 

• 

The Teton earth· filled dam broke on 

June 3, l~/b. Sen(hn~ 250,000 acre-Ieet 

of water to violently destroy several towns 

and cities In Idaho, 

"

• 

O"e>b .. , 1976 

• Over 100 Local 57 mcrnll\:T\ faced 

one of the greatest disas!Cf\ in our 

history. On June 5, 1976, at :lppro.~im:ltcly 

12 :00 noon. the Teton eanh 

filled dam. loc.lled 12 miles north 

cas! of Rexburg. Idaho. gave wlly to 

250,000 acre-fect of water. It completel 

y dc~lroycd Wilford. the majorit }' 

of Sugar City. alld all of Rexhurg 

b\lsinc~ s district and 20 percellt of all 

homes in llial area. 

Since Thursday, June 3,1976, 

engineers :Hld oflicials at the newly 

completed Teton D:Hll had noticed 

water leaking from the canyon wall 

on the darn's downstream side . By 

5.1tl1rday morning. onc leak nC

were lined o fT thei r foundlllioll~ llild 

carried ,Iway. The water lore crops 

from Ihe ground and coverell fertile 

Ikl\h with ;,~ much as four fcet of 

gr .. vel ,lIlli ~ih. 

Ibilm.llltracks twi~led like pretzels .. 

under the unfathomable forcc of thc 

"".!lCr. Ko,llh were CUI into piece, ;101.1 

lefl:l\ i\l;lIl(l\ of .... phalt after the 11000 

churned through Power polc\ ;llId 

trec' were w.l\hed .1""") likc '0 I1mn} 

match\lick' in a ,wifl ,tre;llll 

The lIon,1 walers reached Rc",hurg 

t 

" ere :lnlOng thc businesses which 

.' 

Founders' ',I 

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD 

OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS 

" 

• The mEw takes great pleasure in 

announcing the Founders' Scholar· 

ship Program for 1977. 

The IBEW offers to its members a 

m3Kimum of 12 Founders' Scholar· 

ships annually for full·time, university 

study leading to bachelor's de· 

grees in specified helds. The number 

of scholarships awarded is deter· 

mined by the number of qualified 

applicants--one scholarship for each 

25 qualified applicants or major frac· 

lion thereof. The scholarships are 

worth $2.500 a year for up to four 

years of undergraduate study toward 

a bachelor's degree in any of the ap· 

proved fields fisted in this announcement. 

They will be granted on a com· 

petitive basis to qualified candidates 

from aU branches of the ISEW. 

The ISEW Founders' Scholarships 

honor the small group of skilled and 

dedicated wiremen and linemen who, 

in Novembe r, 1891, organized the 

International Brotherhood of Electrical 

Workers. 

la~w 

Jou,,,,,,

• 

r 

Scholarships for 1977 

Eligibilily-IBEW members who have 

been in continuous good standing for 

at teast four (4) years by the time 

they begin college study or are orig· 

inal members of a local union char· 

tered less Ihan four (4) years are 

eligible to apply for the Founders' 

Scholarships. It Is further required. 

where applicable, that apprentices 

shall have completed a full, formal 

apprenticeship as established in 

their trade and area. 

Applicants are required to lake the 

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), which 

will be administered in communities 

throughout the United States anrl 

Canada on November 6, 1976; De 

cember 4, 1976; and January 22. 

1977. Applications must be received 

by the Sr.hnlarship Selection Com · 

mittee by January 31,1977. 

Complete information on require· 

ments. instructions, and official ap· 

plication forms may be obtained from 

your local union or by mailing the 

coupon below to: 

IB EW Founders' 

Scholarship Administrator 

1125 15th Street. N. W. 

Washington , 0 . C. 20005 

Please note. this Is an adu lt prugldm 

for 'BEW members only. It is not 

open to sons and daughters of memo 

bers. unless the sons and daughters 

themselves

Sixth District Arbitration Institute Held at School for Workers 

Arbllratlon 

Institute, held In Madison, WIS., July 

19·21. 1976. are Dennis Garofoll, 

Bobby Hausman. and William Parker. 

• T wentynine I'ar t icipant~ a"'ailc,j 

thcm'>Chc-\ In the laIc" of the continu 

Ing 'ii"(th I)'\tril' \ artulralion Ir:uning 

rr{)gram~ ,pon'>;HII T urn Ill;lnagcr. and \·cr· 

non J. SJucr, chief 'h~\\.lrd·\icc Ilfl'~I' 

dellI, Local 230-1. 

-~TffiNMloNAlBR~HffiHooDoFrrE~R~ALwo~ERs-' 

1125 15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 

Enclosed find my Check (or Money Order) lor 

each. Total 

Name 

Address 

City/State 

Local No. 

Card No. 

Lighters at $3.25 

The above listed articte Will be supplied only when the proper amount has 

been remitted. Postage and ellpress charges are paid by the Internationa l. 

All talles included. 

z,. 

llEW Joltlno! 

:1 

j

Teton Dam Disaster 

('OIllIllIlI'(//rOIll fJ(j~e 17 

, 

po\\.:r due 10 thc main lransmi\\ioll 

11111.'_ and suh~tOllillm iJeing dC\Jroycd. 

rheer.:") workcJ 14 hourl; rt da~. 

~C\l.'n day, ,I wcd .. 10 rep!:!ce lr;IIl~' 

mi"ion lines and to rebuilJ \li'lrihu(iulI 

f.J~ilitic, and sen"icc connCClion~ [0 

1'10111(,"\. 

A~ for our memhers in thc urc,\ 

who h;uJ cornplclc dc~truction. onJ~ 

,HI C).::\\ilnCS\IlCCOllnl Cilll dc\crihc 

wh,1I it \~a, like 10 live through a 

C.lt,hlroph.: of lhi .. nallirc. 

·'It 'Iarled Ol1t a hcallliful d;l~ ,Inu 

within a r ... \\1 hour,. we wen: informl,,1 

Ih'L! [) di,a~lcr Wh about 10 occur. No 

I'nc I

Nuclear Power 

comilll4ed from page 23 

PCf'iOllllC1. All :lrc employees of Portland 

General Electric. 

Prior 10 Trojan. Ponland General 

Electric's gCllcr:l! ing planl~ were hydro. 

Slill improvcml.'llt pl:l)'cd un important 

role in del.'eloping thc nccc,· 

:':Iry know-hm.1. 10 Hccompli,h the 

technological jump from hydnl to 

nuclear. The IIJEW lake ... great pride 

in il:> mcmhch :11 Troj,H1 and their 

accomplishmcnl~, 

Jack Kcgg. tlll.sjnc~~ manager of 

Locol 125. i\ .. l~o prc~jdcnt of the 

Oregon St:IIC A,sociation of E!eCHical 

Wnrlcn. If those dUlie, wen.! nol 

enough. Prc~idcnl Boh Kennedy of 

Ihc Oregon AFt-CIO :Ippoinll:d Jack 

to thc Steering Commiucc of "Joix 

and Nuclt'ar Energy:' a coalition of 

!:thor :Ind rn,magcmcnl. 

Bob M,uJ.lrj\ is the hU5inc,s rcprcsenlati\'c 

of l oc:}1 125 a.'>signcd to 

handle matlerted by 

Rohcrta Farnan: it wa~ enjoy.:d by all 

Ihe Joldies. 

Bringing a new dimen~ion to the 

pr()(;c~dings W:I .. the alt~ndancc and 

comments of Tom Van Ar~d:lle. bu~ine

handYlnan's cotnet 

, 

• Here's an updated version of ~ 

America's popuJur folk·aT! patchwork 

design. We've crea ted a project that 

only requires fahric, scis~ors. our pattern 

and a lillie glue. The Gingerbread 

House and Victorian Mansion 

pictured here make atlraclivc wall· 

hangings th at suit uny decor. 

No-Sew Patchwork 

One of the dr:lwbacks to patchwork 

design has always been Ihc limc-consuming 

stitchery involved. But by 

using Ihe new fabric glues on the 

market. anyone who can Clll a piece 

of cloth becomes ;1 ·'folk-artist." Our 

step-by-step pilln has conSlnlction 

photos. concise directions, :lIld a complete 

materials list for your convenience. 

,. 

To ohtain No. 585 No-Sew Patchwork, 

send $2.00 (includes first class 

p0~1,lgc ,lilt! handling) hy cash, check 

or money order. To obtain our new 

book. U-B ILD P'!!lerns for Belter 

Living. send 1.25. Addrc.» eoll orJl:ls 

to Steve ElJing~on. c/ o: 

IBEW JouTilal Pattern Dept. 

P.O. 110x 2383 

Van Nuys, CidifoTilia 91409 

11 th District 

;. CQlllilllli'(I/rom poge 19 

Second Di~trict Vice Presidel)! John 

Flynn. Sixth District Vice President 

Thomas E. t.1aJone. lEe Chairman 

Wesley Taylor. First District lEe 

member Rulph " Dutch" Halloran, 

Second District IEC member James 

Mulloney. Fifth Distri ct IEC member 

Rohert 1\·l isscy, and Eighth District 

IEC mcmber Herb Fulton. 

Th.:: Friday afternoon session was 

broken inlO three different work_ 

shops. International Representative 

Tom Hickman conducted the manufacturing 

v.orkshop. International 

Represcntnti\'c Ken Sawyer the utility 

workshop. and itu crnational Rcpresentative 

Ray Edw'lrds the construction 

worbhop. 

I)articipanls of thcse workshops 

wcrc International Rcpresentatives 

Roy lJlckinson. Paul Shoop, Harold 

Baker, Ralph Mack: 

Labor Representative 

Department of 

Robert Henze, 

o.,Iobe., 1976 

who ~roke on the nll vi~- Racnn Act: 

Business Managcrs Charles Swore, 

Local 405, who ~poke on the C IR 

and Doug Heiden. Local 1362. who 

spoke on tmining of ~ t e .... ards; and, 

Roben i'- lissey. lEe Fifth District. 

who explained the n..::w NEBF proposal 

betwccn the [(J EW and NECA. 

After a complete expl,lOation of this 

propoSlII. Ihe delegates gave President 

Pillard and the olher omeers, who 

were respon~ible for negotiating the 

changes in the NEIlF, a ~tanding ova_ 

lion for a job well tlone. 

The speaker on SalllrdllY morning 

was our International Secrctary Ralph 

Leigon, who was warmly welcomed 

by the delegates, Secretary Leigon 

gave n delailed financial rep0r! of all 

the funds of the Brotherhood. nnd 

stated thai in spite of lhe present Cl:() 

nomic conditions our financial situation 

WIIS still healthY, 

The next speaker WIIS Harry Van 

Arsdale. [nternatiOlwl Treasurer, who 

shared with us his many experiences 

in Ihe labor movement. 

The Saturday morrung session also 

included reports by numerous delegates 

from their local uniolls concerning 

problems and progress from their 

locals since the IlI~t Progres.., Meeting. 

Vice President t.loore reported on 

amalgOlm;ltion and hsuance of new 

charters lind olher pertinent milltcrs 

involving the Eleventh District. He 

also thanked the delegates for lheir 

allendanee and nne attentIOn during 

the meeting. He a s~ured the delegates 

that he and his starr would be aV:lilable 

to assist the loell l unions in whatever 

..... ay possible and looked forward 

to a fine rel"tioll~hi[J with each and 

everyone. He urged the delegates to 

work actively in the November election 

and support thc Carter-Mondale 

ticket. 

33

WANTED BY THE FBI 

Upon the written request of the Federul 

Bureau of Investigation the /DEW 

101lrnll/ is printing the (olbwing description 

of a man who has been employed 

as an electrician and is CUf' 

rently being sought by the FBI. The 

101mw/ is filli ng the request of the FUI 

in what we belie.".: to be public service. 

No. lJ IBrw Cut Out 

Tie hc $2.25 

No. U lapel Bullon 

(~ in.) $2.25 

No. 3J Pin 

(for ladies) $1.50 

JAMES KIODELl MITCHELL 

James Klddell Mitchell, who has 

been employed as an electrician, Is 

currently being sought by the FBI lor 

unlawful interstate flight to avoid 

prosecution for rape. 

Mitchell has been identified as the 

person who entered an apartment in 

Burlingame, Califomia, during Ap!"iI, 

1973, and again during August, 1973. 

raping the female occupant. He is also 

suspected of a similar rape during 

May. 1973. in San Mateo, California. 

A federal warrant for his arrest was 

issued on August 28, 1973, at San 

Francisco, Califomia. 

James Kiddell Mitchell, also known 

as Joseph KiddeU Mitchell, James l. 

Landcaster, James louis landcaster, 

and Joe, was born August 22, 1927. 

Mitchell is 5'10· , 180 pounds, has black 

hair, brown eyes, a ten·inch scar across 

his chest, a slll·lnch scar on left bleep, 

and a tattoo of a small " 0" on right 

bicep. 

He has been described as athletically 

Inclined and neither drinks nor smokes. 

He is an avid volleyball player and jogs 

on a regular basis. 

If you have any information pertain· 

ing to Mitchell, you are requested to 

contact the nearest FBI office. whose 

telephone number may be found on the 

first page of most local telephone 

directories. 

No.6J 

lapel Bullon 

(1/, in.) $2.15 

.... 0 . IIJ 

CuH Unks $4.15 

_",0. I tJ Badge of Honor 

(5, 10. 15, 20. 25. 30, 

35. 40. 45 V,s_). Tllis 

Ilem is also IYlllable In 

a pin fOI 5. 10. 15. ZOo 

Z5, 30. 35. 40. 45 V's. 

, 

• 

.~ 

.. 

Anti-Inflation Act: 

Conodion 

Regret Supreme Court Decision 

• CLC President Joe Morris expressed 

regret 3\ the July 12 mling by the 

Supreme Court of Canada Ihal the 

enactment of the federal Anti·lnflation 

ACI was constitutional. 

"With all due respect 10 the Justices 

of the Court, we arc nOI satisfied Ihat 

the position taken by Professor Richard 

G. Lip'cy in his contribution 10 

our factum has b..-en tldcqulIIcly dis 

CUSM!d." Morris said. 

Professor Up"cy. profcs~or of ceonOll1ic~ 

,II Queen's University in 

K ing~lon, Ontario, had prepared an 

economic analysis of Canada's inflationary 

performance for submi~sion to the 

Supreme COUft thai contended inflalion 

WllS nOI of crisis proportions and 

therefore the government WliS not 

justified in impo~ing wage and price 

control ... '1 ho.: document wa~ signed by 

38 leading Canadian eeonomists. 

"The Court has accepted the Anti· 

Innalion ACI a!> necessary em!!rgency 

legislfllion." Ihe CLC President con· 

Justice 8eetz disagrees 

with majority decision 

Not :. 11 membeh of the Supreme 

Court of C:UllId:t werc convinced thaI 

the federal Arui·inn:uion Act was constitution;11 

ulthough the mujorilY of 

the members chO)e to avoid the arguments 

advanced by the CLC. 

In a diw:ruing opinion J uly 12, 

Mr. Justice Jean Reetz argued the 

Act was an assault "in a frontal way 

and u largc scale" on provincial 

powers. Mr. Juqice Bectz's opinion 

was concurred in by J ustice Louis 

Philippee de Grandprc. 

Justice Ileet/. contended the aCI :md 

il~ guide, "directly and os tcn~ibly 

interfere with classes of m,lIters which 

have tnvariably been held to come 

within eiICcimive provincial jurisdic. 

lion. more particularly property and 

civil rights and the law of contract." 

Parliament could decide to control 

the wagcs paid by provinces and 

municipalities or mo\'c into thc area 

of rent controls. a tradi tiona l area of 

provincia l concern, he said. 

A continuation of this li ne of rcasoning 

would rapidly lead 10 the dis- 

Odob ••• t976 

Labon,- News 

tinued. "Yet. a~ "C :lrgllel.l in our fac· 

tum. the Canadian e1(perience with 

innation is neither unique nor critical 

by either international standards or 

historic Canadian standards. 

"Our position has nOI so much been 

refuted. as it has been avoided. The 

Court has taken the po!>ilion that all 

it requires frOIll the government to 

support its contention that there was 

a cr i ~is is m:tleri:.1 that 'there is a 

rational basis fo r the legi,lalion.' 

"T his not only avoid~ the question 

of whether there W:I~ :1 crisis in 

OClOber. 1975, ..... hich could have jus. 

tified Ihe Anti·lnnution Act, bul it 

also appears to give the fede ral 

government a C:lrte hlunchc to deelare 

any situation un emergency and define 

ia powers accordingly. 

" In fact the general implication 

of the Court'~ decision renders im· 

possible a cle .. r definition of the 

federal government'!> cconomic decision-making 

responSibi lities." 

appearance of the federul nature of 

the constitution wit h ih di~tribution of 

powers belween 1':lrliament lind the 

provincial legislatures, J udge Ileetz 

wrOle. 

Although he accepted inftuion as 

the reason for pa~ing the Anti 

Innation Act. the Supreme Court Justice 

di~agrced that innation was the 

subject matter of it. Property and ci\'il 

rights arc more Ihe subjeci mailers 

of the law. he contended. 

Sayin g the legislation cannot be accepted 

on the grounds tha t it is 

necessary for peace. order, and good 

governmcnt, he addcd that the law 

could not bc justified on Ihe basis Ihal 

a national emergcnc)' c,.'(isted last Octobcr 

when Ihe government announced 

the anti·innalion prOlmmme. 

He argued Ihal there was no clea r 

sign:!1 by Ott awa that it intended to 

enter the area of provinciltl Jurisdiction 

becausc it fel t th!!re was an 

emergcncy a nd that thc absence of 

such a signal "is f:ltaJ." 

The decision 

The Supreme Court of Canada, 

in a seven-Iwo decision announced 

July 12, ruled that the fede ral 

Anti·lnflalion Act is constitutional. 

But the nine justices were 

unanimous in their rejection of 

the attempt of the Government of 

Ontario to place all public em· 

ployees in that province under the 

Anti·lnflation Guidelines by order· 

in·council. 

Following the ruling, in a special 

sess ion of Ihe Ontario legislature, 

the minority Conservative govern· 

ment s upported by Ihe Ontario 

liberals, inlroduced relroactive 

legislation, by which the federal 

Anti· lnflation Guide lines now legally 

apply to public employees in 

Ontario. 

Majority in survey 

believe wages 

firmly controlled 

When the federal government first 

brought in it

Rail unions accept Hall report on two-year pact 

Canada's railway unions have 

agreed to a two-yea r contract providing 

95,000 railway workers with 

wage increases of I I and 8.15 percenl 

pills a cost-of-living adjustment 

(COLA) over the life of lhe new 

contract. 

Agreement between the 16-union 

member Associated Railway Unions 

tlnd the rail companies was announced 

following an IS-hour o;lrgaining ~cssion 

involving federal Labour Mini~tcr 

John Munro. 

Thc scuiemcn t, which was approved 

by Ihe Anti-Intlation Board on J il ly 

12. is based on recommendations contained 

in It conciliation reporl by 

Justice Emmel[ 1-1 :111. endorsed by a 

I11Hjority of railway workrr~ in CilTl)' 

June, and comes morc lhan ~L~ months 

after the prcviou~ contract cxpircd. 

The contract cO\crs operating and 

non-operating employees (l~ well as 

skilled shop trades working for [I 

nlilway companies across Canadil. 1 he 

current [!Verage wage for the group 

is $5.50 an hour. 

Negoliations began last fall just before 

Ihc introduction o( wage controls, 

bul later ~t;llIed when Ihe comp,lIlies 

in~i~tcd thaI lhcy could not olfer any 

more than the guidelinc~. 

In his conciliation report. H:!11 

criticized the companies for hiding 

behind the guidelines instead of bargaini 

ng. but respected the un ion I)osition 

that he basc hi~ recommendations 

for a SCUlcment without reference to 

the wage guiddine~. Hall advised 

Settlement at II lilld S.15 perccnt over 

two years. 

The unions' joint negotiilting commillee 

initially n:comnlended acceptance 

of the concil iation rcport. but 

a later meeting of union ollicers decided 

to recommend rej..:ction. 

When it was plll to the members 

the vote wa~ clo~e, but after a few 

days of sorting Ollt returns it became 

clear a slight majority favoured acceptance, 

Manitoba introduces new occupational health law 

The Workplace Safety and He.Llth 

ACI, a new comprehensive occupational 

health code, was presented to 

the Mani toba Legi~I:'Ilure last month 

by Labour Minist..:r Russ Ilaulley, 

The new legi~lation will provide a 

"single, compreh~nsivc, and integrated 

system of hlw and :\dmini~tration for 

the S too milch legislation without 

regulations," he said. "We spend 

too much time trying 10 figure out 

wh3t Ihe govcrnment wunts. It's not 

clearly spelled out :Ulywhere." 

One reporter at the scene assc~!>ed 

the imp:!et of Ilautin's slutement by 

sa) ing "casual conversation with convention 

delcgates indicated lhat ~up· 

port for Paulin's position may be 

fairly widespread here. 

"The feeling seems to be thut 

l'alilin's stalemcnt-or one like it 

W

.' 

Chartered Accountants 

question cost of 

controls 

When the government first inlroduccd 

its wage and price control progrumme 

laSI October, the business 

community lay strangely ~ilcnl about 

[he cffccl~ of the programme. Bul 

il slarted 10 sing oul when draft 

regulations on prices and profits werc 

introduced fI few wcck~ ago. 

The Canadian Institute of Chartered 

Accollnlarll~ was one organiZation thai 

spoke lip about the proposed clll11lgcs 

in the anti-inflation progrnmrnc. Thl! 

institute ~talcd the proposals may delay 

jnvc~tlllcnt, boost the jobless ratc 

and slow down economic recovery. 

But perha ps Ihis line from a brier 

it pn:scrllcd 10 federal Finance MiniSler 

Macdonald tells the true story 

why the management side is now starl. 

ing to complain. The brief s,lid the 

dr:lft changes would produce gre:lter 

equality and efTectiveness, hut it questio 

ned "whether this equity h ilS not 

been achieved at a cost which Ihe 

bu~iness community will find impos- 

Tansley must 

CPU decision 

~ible to pay:' 

It would seem that the chartered 

accountants arc saying th:1t controls 

:I re fine for the workers but don't let 

them apply to bll5ines~, 

And if the noises thlll Jea n-Luc 

Pcpin is starling to make I1rc nny indicMion, 

the Anti-Inflation Board is concaned 

aboUl this new-found equity 

too. He has promised Ihal as a resull 

of all the bll~iness olltcry, he is going 

to recommend chill1ges in the regu lations 

to Finance Minister Muedonald. 

The likelihood is that bu~iness will 

benefit from Pepin's suggested rule 

ch,mges. 

The Canadian L'lbour Congress has 

Mgued consbtently si nce the heginning 

of the anti-inflation I)TOgT:lInme that 

its renl intent was to control only 

wages. St,lIements such !IS those by 

the chartered accountants would indica 

te Ihnt hlls i ne~s shnred this belief 

hut ccrtainly wasn't going to ~ny anything 

about it. 

• 

review 

Energy prices 

to soar 

The cner'gy component in the Consumer 

Price Index cun be expected to 

surge ahead in September fo llowing the 

liffing of a freele on the prices consumers 

pay for gns and oi l. August 30. 

An increa~e hud been e"

safety tips 

for you and your family 

Personal Protective Equipment 

Occupational Safety and Health Standards 

• 

, 

From IDEW Safety Gu ide for local Unions 

"For those members covered under the 

United States labor Management Act of 1947, 

amended, safety work practices and/or rules 

arA mandatory subjects of bar~ajning. Th is applies 

to obtaining or exceed ing ISEW minimum 

recommendations, or exceeding those that have 

become law by acts of Federal, State or Local 

Governments," 

OSHA Standards are minimum standards. 

Subpart I-Personal Protective Equipment 

It 1910.132 

General rcquireml'lIls. 

(a) Appl,c"tlOfI. Protccti\c equipment. induJing personal 

protective equipment for eyes, face, head. and e)( 

tremities, prOiccti",c clothing. rc~piralOr}' devices, and protectiye 

shields and barriers, shall be provided, used. and 

maimained in ;1 ~:lllila r )' and reliable condition wherever it 

is neces§a ry hy rea~on of ha1anh of processes or environment, 

chellliclil hazanh, rad iological hazards, or mechanical 

irritants encountered in II manner capable of causing injury 

or impairment in thc fun ction of Hny p:m of the body 

through absorption, inhala tion or physic:.1 contact. 

(b) Employee-owl/('(1 eqllipmrllt, Where employees provide 

their own protective equipment, the employer shall be 

responsi ble to assurc it~ lH.lequacy, including proper maimcnance, 

and sanitation of such equipment. 

(c) Desigl/, All per\Onal protective equipment sh:.11 be 

of safe design and construction for the work to be performed 

§ 1910,1 33 Ey(' and fllce protectioll, 

(3) Gelll'rul, (I) I'rotcctl\e cye and face equipment 

shall be required where there hi a reasonable probability of 

injury that can be prevented hy !>ueh equipment. In sLich 

cases, emplo)'crs shall Illake convenientl) aYailable a type 

of protector suitable for the worl 10 be performed, and 

employees shall usc ~ u ch prOtectors. No unprotected person 

shall knowingly be 'iubjccted 10 a hazardous environmental 

condition. Suitable eye protectors shall be provided where 

machines or opcrations pre~nl the h:lzard of flying objecls. 

glare, liq uids. injurious r:.uiat;ulI, o)r a combination of the~c 

h:l:tards. 

(2) Protectors sh ri ll meet th e fOllowing min imum requirements: 

" 

(i) 1 hey shall provide adcquate protection again~1 the 

particular hazards for which they arc designed. 

(ii) They shall be reasonabl~ comfombJe when worn 

under Ihe d c~igllated condit ions. 

(iii) They shall tit ~n ll gly and shall not unduly interfere 

with the movements of Ihe wcarer. 

(iy) They shull be du r:lblc. 

(v) Thcy shall he cap:lhle of heing disinfected 

(Yi) I hey ~hall be e:l~ily cleanahle. 

(\'ii) Protectors should be kept clean and in good repair. 

( 3) Person!. whol>C vi~ion requires the lise of corrective 

lenses in spectacles. and who arc 10.:4uiled by this standard 

to wear eye protection, shall wear J,'Oggies or spCC1:'clcs of 

one of the following types: 

(i) Spectacles whose protective lenses pro\ide optical 

corrcctlon. 

(ii) Goggles that can be \'oom o\cr corrective spectacles 

without disturbing the adju'ilment of the spcctacles. 

(iii) Goggles Ihat incorporate correctivc lenses mounted 

behmd 1110.: Plo)te.;:Ii\'C ICMes. 

(4) Eyery protector ~hal1 be di~tinctly marked to facili 

tate idenlificluion only of Ihe manufacturer. 

(~) When lillljtalion ~ or precautions arc indicated by the 

manufactu rer, they shall be l r:tn~lIlilled to the user ,lIld 

cllre t:tlen to ~ce that stich limitntion~ and prec:lLllions arc 

strictly ob~erved. 

(6) Design, co n ~lr li ctio n . te~tiIl8, lind usc of d cvicc~ for 

eye and fllce prote, nllS\S, gases, smokes, 

sprays, or val>ors, the primary objeed pursu:lnt 10 the following requirc· 

menK 

(2) Respirators shall be prodded by the employer when 

such eqUI pment I~ ncce'!>.try to protcct the health of the 

emplo)ee. T he employer ~hall provide the respirators whidl 

IIrc applicable :md suitable for the purpose intended. The 

employer ~hall be respon~lbJc for Ihe estahlishment and 

lll11i ntenanee o f :1 respirutory protect iyc program which 

ISEW Jo ... nol 

I 

1 

J

shall include the requirements outlined in paragraph (b) of 

this section. 

(3) T he employee shall use the provided respiratory 

protcction in accordance with instructions and training received. 

( b) U/'quin'lIIems lor a minill/al acceptable program. 

( I ) Written standard o]}Crating procedure.!> governi ng thc 

selection and usc of resp ira!O~ shall be es t abli~hc d . 

(2) Respirators shall be selected on the basi" of hazards 

to which the worker is exposed. 

NOTE: Space limitations prevent the full publication 

of Ihis lengthy section on Respirator} Protection. 

Full te'l;.l of ~ame may be obtained from 1.0. Safety 

Dcp;lf1rnC nL 

* 1910.135 Oc('up:lliou:d head protection. 

Helmets for the protection of heads of occupational 

workers fro m impact and penetration from falling and 

flying objects and from limitcd electric shock and hum 

~halJ meet the requirements 3nd specifications established 

in America n National Standard Safety Requi rements for 

Industrial Head ]'(otcction, Z89. I-J969. 

§ 1910.136 Oc('uputiollul foot protection. 

Safety-toe footwear for employees e _____ _ 

Rubber insulating s[cc\"es _______ _ 

§ 1910.138 Effcclil'c d:lIcs. 

Sumr/ard 

J6.6-1967. 

J6.7-1935 

(R 1962). 

J6.4-1970. 

J6.2- 1950 

(R1962). 

J6.1-1950 

(R 1962). 

16.5-1962. 

(a) The provisions of this Subpan 1 shall become effective 

on Augmt 27, 197 1, except that: 

( I ) Any provision in an)' other seclion of thi\ subpart 

which contains in itself a specific effective d3te or lime 

limilation shall become effecthe o n such dale or shall 

apply in accordance with such limitation; and 

(2) If any st3ndard in 4 1 CFR I':ut 50-20"', other than 

a nalional consensus Siandard incorporated by reference in 

§ 50-204.2(3) ( I ). is or becomes applicable at any time 10 

any employment and place of employment, by virtue of 

the Wals h-Healey Public Con tracts Act, or the Service Contract 

Act of 1965. or the Nal ion31 Foundation on Arts and 

Humn nities Act of 1965. any corresponding established 

Federal standard in this Subpart I which is derived from 

"'1 C FR Part 50-204 shall also become effl'Cthe. and shall 

be applicable to such employment and place of employment. 

on the same dale. 

!:i 1910. 139 

Sources or st:U1dards. 

.' 

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Sec. 

SOllrce 

19 10. 132 __ ___ ______ 4 1 e FR 50- 204.7 . 

19 10.133(a) ________ ANS I Z87. 1- 1968, Eye and 

Face Protection . 

19 10. 134 ___ ____ ____ ANS I Z88.2-1969. Standard 

1910. IH 

Table I- I. 

1910.135 _____ ____ _ _ 

1910.136 

19 10. 137 

Practice for Respiratory Protecllon. 

ANSI K I3.J-1967. Identi fi cation 

of Gas fl.lask Canister. 

ASN I Z89. 1- 1969. Safety Requir..:ments 

for Industrial 

Head Protection. 

ANSI Z4 !.l- 1967, Men's 

Safety-Toe Footwear. 

ANS I Z9.4-196S, Vent ilation 

and Safe Practices of Abrasive 

Blasting Operations. 

Ii 19 10. 1 "0 

Standards orga ni1.:llions. 

Specific sland3rds of the rollowing orga nization have 

been referenced in this part. Copies or Ihe referenced materials 

may be obtained from Ihe issuing organizalion. 

O

'Nitll tile ladies 

Great American Women 

(T"i~ arl;('/~ iJ ("ol/li/llI(.'(I/,ol/l hnllllomh.l 

Franc"" Perkins 

• Franccs " erkin,. friend of thc worl..· 

ing man and woman, "ho became the 

fi rst woman I'rcsidcrllial C:rbinct memo 

ber. was born in Hoston, I\ l a~'iachuseIlS, 

on April 10. 1882. 

Her parents believed that people of 

intelligence :Ind po~ilion were expected 

to help olhcr~, hut they did not bclieve 

in careers for wOlllen. 

M j~~ I' cr kin ~ gradU:lIcd from M ount 

Holyoke College and earned her 

Master of Am Degree 011 Columhia 

Unh'cr\iIY. After teaching o n the col· 

lege level. she [urned her inlcrc\t to 

the working mtlfl and woman. even 

hiring hCr\clf out as a domestic to 

learn fiN -hand the conditions on lowpaid 

joh~. 

lI.:!r fir\1 puhlic onice was that of 

cxcculi\c 'cercI:!r), of the COil\ull1e!"'l 

League in New Yorl.. City. and ~he also 

served on thc New York Commillce 

on S.t(et}-. formed :trter 146 workers. 

who .... ere locl..ed in their place of 

worl.. to I..ecp organilcrs out. were 

I..illed in a lire . or the lire ~ h e said. "J 

felt I must \car it not only on my mind 

but on Illy heart as :1 never-la-be· forgalien 

reminder of why I had to spend 

m} life lighting conditions that would 

permit 'lieh a tragedy:' 

In 1911, .. he m:trried Paul Wil ~on, 

:mu the couple hud one child. 

During World War I. she served as 

eJu.-cutivc director of the New York 

Council of Organilation for War Serv. 

icc am.! wu~ appointed a commissioner 

of the New York State Industrial Corn· 

mi,sion. serving until 1921. and again 

from 1919 to 1933. She wa) also II 

member of the 'ew York State Industrial 

Board from 1913 to 1933, serving 

as its chairm:tn for three )ears. While 

formed to help unemployment 

and industry. She designed 

plans for fl lHW to lix minimum wllge 

in Alhany. she wa~ insln-mental in 

gelling la ....... pa~scd which provided for 

factory in~pcction and limited hours 

for women rand children. 

In 1933. she reluclanlly agreed 10 

become I'resident Roosevelt·s Secretary 

of Labor on the condition that he sup· 

port her program for economic reform. 

She was re:rppoi nted three times. 

Under I) re~ident Roo~eve1t. she 

helped cstahlbh the Public Works Admini~tration. 

.. 

and ma:o:imum hours for worl..ers. 

measures .... hieh became n part of the 

Nalional Reco\ery Ac!. 

The Works Projects Administration 

and the Ci\ ilian Conservation Corp~ 

wcre in part the outgrowth of her de· 

sires and plans 10 provide employment 

for million, of worl-..ers. She fllro 

pla)'ed a large role in creating the 

United Swtes Employment Service. 

which. during World War 11 . hec;mle 

the nucteus of the Manpower Commission. 

Although Madame Perkins i~ not 

usually credited with helping to form 

the Social Security Act. ~hc w;r~ one 

of its creators. She also helped crente 

federal laws guaranteeing \·:triou~ kind.!> 

of weial insurance and the right to 

bargain collectivel}. 

Among the books ~he wrote i\ " '1 he 

Roo5evelt I Knew." publi.!>hed in 19-16. 

Madame Perkins died on May 14, 

1965. 

Ele:mor Roos('l'elt 

Eleanor Roosevel t, an humanitarian 

who earned the title, " Fi r;t Lndy of 

the World." was born in New Yurk 

City on October [1. 188-1. 

Although )he wn~ from a family of 

wealth and social prestige. ,he beeume 

aware. :11 an ea rly age. of the plight 

of the poor. 

A pl:lin and rather awkward child. 

she was plagued with fee lings of inadequacy 

and self-consciousnesS in her 

early years. 

She married Franklin Delano Roose 

... elt in 1905. and the couple h.ld seven 

children. One died in infancy. 

In 1911. when her husband became 

II New York State senator, Mrs. Roosevelt 

began 10 take an interest in 

political affairs. often allending sessions 

of Congress. and she allended 

her first national convention the fol · 

lowing lear. 

During World War I, she became 

invoh'ed in Red Cross work. helped 

with canteens. and visited hospitals. 

Her interest in political and social 

work actually began when. in 1920, 

she joined the board of the New York 

Le;lgue of Women Voters. 

When 1\ l r. Roosevelt contracted 

polio and became paralyzed, she guye 

up her olllside interests and nursed 

him buck to health. Afterwards, she 

becnme linance chairman of the 

Women's Division of the Democratic 

State Committee, 1924-1918. and in 

1928 became a member of an ad ... isory 

commill ee in charge of women's activities. 

the Democratic National Campaign 

Committee. In :lddition to her 

activitie~. ~he also taught at the Too· 

hUllIer School for Girls. 

When Mrs. Rooscvelt became First 

Lady, ~he immediatel)' set out to impro\e 

the .... orl..ing conditions of the 

White HOlisc sen ants. and ~he became 

deeply immersed in politic,11 activities 

and social worl-... which embraced hundred' 

of causes. 

As a sounding board for her husband. 

~lrs. Rooscvelt traveled .... idcly. 

giving lectures and spcflking to labor 

and Wa~hing 

union le:lders, la bore r ~. 

Ion dignitaries. Shc was also her hu~b:lI1d'!> 

most trusted critic. 

A controvCI"l;iul figure. "he wrote on 

puhlie que~lion~ for magazines and 

conducted a question-and-a n ~wer collimn 

for the L(U/it.'f 1/0/1/(' JO/lrl/al. She 

aiM> had a weekly radio progTflm. and 

,Ilmo\t until Ihe end of her life wrote 

"My Day," a syndicated column for 

newspaper~ throughout the country. 

Mrs. Roosevelt "ponsored the Nation!!1 

Youth Association. which pro· 

... ided jobs for needy studenh during 

the Depression },e,\TS. :lnd she fought 

for the cau~e~ of minorit) grollI'. 

After her hu~band'~ death in [9-15, 

Prcsident Truman appointed her a 

delegate 10 the General Assembly of 

the United N:uions. She received a 

thou~and letters a week the Iir~1 yea r. 

which u~ually consisted of rcquest~ for 

help. 

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy 

named her a delegate to the General 

Assembly's 50th ~cssion. 

In 1962. Mrs. R oo~evel t election· 

ee red for the New Yorl.. St:rte Democratic 

primary campaign. and died a 

fcw momhs laler at the age of 78. 

Mrs. Roosevelt publlshcd a number 

of books: WIII'II You GroM" Up /0 

VOlt' (1932). It's Up to Woml'fI (1933). 

A Trip /0 Washingtoll wilh Bohb" (/lid 

lImy (1935), My Oays (1938). I f 

}' ou Ask Ml' (1946). and her autobiograph)", 

This Is My Siory (1937). 

A melia EnrharC 

Amelin Earhart. the first woman to 

cross the Atlamic by air. W:lS born in 

Atchinson, Kansas. on July 24. 1898. 

A t the encouragement of her father, a 

lawyer. she became a lover of the outdoors 

and of sports. 

Wh ile on vacation from a Pennsylvania 

College. she visi ted T oronto, 

Ontario, where. moved by her com pas 

~ i on for wounded World Wflr [ service· 

men, she dropped out of school and 

tBEW Jou,nol 

" 

, 

"

, 

r-----------------------------------, 

Clluck Short ,Ibs, about l pounds 

Slh, ~ppe ' . Ind flou, 

2 tlblupoons veSel.b'. 011 

1 cup water 

Barbecut'tl Short Ribs 

'A teaspoon th yme '."""11 

"II cup c h ili 5&"c. 

I cup (I pound) whot. potatoes 

Season meat with sail lind pepper, roll in nour. !hen brown in the oil 

in heavy kctllc or Olilell o\'en. Add the waler and thyme. Bring to boil, 

cover and simmer om: and one-half homs. Add chili sauce lind simmer one 

hour longer. or until tender. SI-im off fal. add po'aloes. and simmer about 

10 mrmues longer. Makes fOllr 10 six servings. 

'I. pound u" pork, diced 

J pounds c;t,,>c:k to. ste"', Cut In I'h-Inch 

1'1..:..- 

2 cups finely chopped onion. 

2 I'een onions, finely ,'Iced 

] clove BI,lIe, crushed 

I

local les 

Credit Union 

The loan Comm," •• of Lout \ , St. louis. MO •• 

Credit Union h."dIU aU app',,;:alton' for loan •• 

The~ a,e lall to rIght, Oavld Kohlmann. Leroy 

Kenm. dire" •• 01 Ihe C'ed,t Union. Franc,. 

Tell., Tom j.nnln&~ and not pruenl. Bill 

$crlool.ed. Thi ~ may be the 

case with the EI«trif:al Worl.ers No. I 

Credit Union, becau~c \I hen il comes to 

borrowing mont) for a bo;.1. car, or ju ~ t 

a vacation Ihe Credit UII'Utl '~ prices are the 

best in to\O,n, 

The Credit Union was founded by a snlRl1 

group of member~ of Local I for the disti 

nct pur~ of pro\ idmS our members with 

the advantage of borrowing money at are· 

duced rate and thcn ~haring in the profit! 

that result from their borro\O,ins, Since that 

meager ~tart in 1944, the Credit Union hu 

grown lind now has as~el~ of ()vt"r $719.000 

with 1.1 59 membeD of Loc:1l I actively 

participating, 

The Credit Union '~ function~ are simil ar 

10 Ihat of a banI.; upon receiying ;. mini. 

mum deposit of S25 from an)' member of 

Local I or his immediate famil y Ih'ing in 

his hou~ehold, they are i"ued a ,a\ings 

book. Once a )'car the ~a>cr rece;"c, interest 

on hi ~ ~I\ings: Ihe amount of mtere~t paid 

dcpem l ~ on the profits for the Pa5t year, for 

Ihe last three con\ecutivc )car~ n 5 pcro;cnt 

intcre)1 has ~n paid. Eycr), member of the 

Credit Union recci\C ~ life in~urance in the 

amount IIf his account up to :. maximum of 

52,000 "I>

June 25. The main speaker was Sllmucl 

Cader, regionnl dire

departlnent 

of Research and 

Edllcation 

1 ....... i. 1 

ECONOMY INDICATORS 

1.diutlr u tlSl I'H~ry 1916 Yur Al' 

7,506,1KXl 1,290,000 1,924,000 

h t.' 

u ...... IoJ ......, • 7.9% 1.8% 8.5% 

(Au,••" ]916) ""',uII. 19151 

"""'...:l iOll 130.4 125.1 118.4 

,...... (HI.,., 1916) (Jul,. 191~) 

(1961::100) 

Implications 

• The l ale~1 available unemploy. 

ment figllrc~. for AlIgu~ l . 197(i, show 

an unemployment rate of 7.9 !'Jerecnl. 

which means that 7.~Oh.OOO fellow 

American workers arc out of work. 

T hese \UllIsIICS illso reveal Ih:lt 

2.387,000 people. represcllting 31.2 

percent of Ihe 101:11 unemployed. have 

been Qut of "ork (or 15 weeks or 

longer. 

The monthly statistics on unemployment 

compiled by the AurC3u of 

Labor Stat'~IICS. U.S Department of 

Labor. identify the unemployed by 

their per'lOnal dlaracten~lic~. bbor 

force experience. and the kind~ of johs 

they ha\-e held- adult males. adult 

females. tl,.'enager~. white!>. bJack~ . 

other mce~ . heads of hOU'lehold~ . vel· 

emns. non -veterans. white·collar wor~ers. 

blue·collar workers. service 

workers. farm workers, government 

workers_ etc. 

Ik hi nd the St:ltj\lics 

While Ihese monthly statistics dn 

provide in fomlation on the nat ion's 

economic well-being. Ihey give no in · 

dication Ihat Ihey reprewnt peoplehuman 

beings who arc Irying to support 

t hemsclve~ and their familiel>. 

young hopcful~ who arc seeking their 

fi rst job. older women trying to enter 

the Job market bccauq- of necessity. 

people who have 10 change job .., people-millions 

of people-losing jobs 

The unemployed in these statistics 

are people who are able to wor~ and 

who want to work: they just arc unable 

to find work. -Ineir productivc capacity 

is lost to the nation. Because Ihey ha\e 

no or lillie income. they lire unable 10 

contribute their )lIar.: of UI'!(C' to the 

operating hudget~ of the nation. the 

states. and their commllnitic~. Thdr 

purchusing power is greatl) reduced. 

thereby Htrecting the income of mer· 

chant~ and Ihe dealers of service', 

Those who had savlllgs :tCCOlints h ..... c 

.. 

depleted or are depleting those aceount.s, 

reducing the operating finances 

of Unemployment 

of bank~ and other [inancinl institutions. 

Those who arc able 10 qunlify 

for unemployment insurance bene/its 

or other public assi~tann: arc IInintentionally 

draining federal and slate 

funds. 

Social Aspects 

UnempJo) ment creates problems for 

any unemployed worker and for hi ~ 

family_ The §()Cial and psychological 

aspects can be ~evere. While most 

Americans ha\e watched their standards 

of living erode during the dual 

period of reccssion and inflation. man)' 

of the unemployed have suffcred set· 

backs from which they may never 

recover. For some. the experience has 

proved to be a struggle merely to 

survive_ 

Their mental stund .. rd of living has 

also been atTected. as they h:lve hud to 

m ~ lke painful decisions-food on the 

table or a roof over their head~? School 

c101hes to buy or medicine for the sick? 

Depression. suicide, divorce. alcoholism. 

drug abuse. and crime have sometimes 

been the end result of the feHr of 

harassment. unpaid bills. idle hours. 

loss of sclf-esteem. and deterior:lling 

ramily relationships that foll ow exten· 

~ive periods of unemployment. Families 

further hit by a catastrophic illness 

have suffered total financial ruin. 

Unemployment s tati ~tics do not reveal 

Ihe number of young people who 

have given up Ihelr dream of a college 

education because Iheir P,IICnts beell me 

unemployed: they do nOI reveal the 

etTects on young children forced to 

grow up in unhealthy environment~: 

they do nOl re\eal the p ~)'eho l ogical 

"~mage to or the billerness of children 

who milS! watch while their unemployed 

parent~ lose hope and selfe~teem 

_ They (10 not reveal the number 

of persons who will never he ahle 10 

return to their former line~ of employmcnt 

bu t who. inste~d , will hnve to be 

trained for u new line of work and, 

oftcn, be relocated. 

........ 183.1 179.3 176.7 

"k. In" .. (Au,usl. 1976) (.1."1"". 1975) 

(1961 :::: 100) 

• Seaso 

" 

a 

I 

ly Adjusted 

Sources: BlS. U_S. Oepartment of labor 

U.S_ Oepartment of Commerce 

Etrects Vllr), 

The implications of unemploym~nt 

vary with the particular ~tatus of Ihe 

unemployed individual. and while il is 

diflicuh to mea~ure all of Ihe impacts 

of unemployment. some effecls arc discernible, 

1 he \ery high rale of uncmploymenl 

for teenagers has hrought about serious 

social problems fUI Ihe country us 

a whole: al Ihe SlIme lime. it has been 

somewhat damaging to the developmenl 

of the teenagers a~ responsible 

members of society. 

Unemployment among wi\'cs tf)'ing 

to cOler the work force has created 

Serious psychological slre~s for many 

of them and has profoundly affected 

the ~Ianda rd of Ij\lng of their families. 

The vcry high ratc of unemployment 

for women who head households is a 

mailer of deep concern. because one in 

every three of these families is living 

at or below the poverty level and Iherc 

has been a large increase in the number 

of thc,e households in recelll years, 

One in eight families in AIIII':liea is now 

hemtcd by ~I woman. 

Others Affecled 

Millions of persons arc not officially 

counted as being among the unemplo)'ed 

but. beca use of their unique 

situations. arc sutTering similar psy. 

chological, fina ncial, and social stress 

and strain, There arc. for instance. approximately 

one-million "discouraged 

wor~eTh," who are joblcu. want ..... ork. 

and ure available for work but are not 

looking for jobs 1x'C3use they Ihink it 

is illlpo~~ible to find a joh. SlOce they 

arc not actively seek ing ..... or ~. they arc 

nOI included in the unemployment 

count. yet their nCl-ds und the implication 

.. of unemployment arc the sa me 

for Ihem as for those oflicially counted 

as being unemployed. 

The "underemplo}ed." those persons 

who work at jobs that do nut fully 

ulilile their educalion or skills and. 

tBEW Journat 

·1 

1

, 

• 

' 

- . 

- 

therefore, receive wages !.:.'IS than those 

10 which their education and skills 

would entitle them. could also be included 

among Ih(Xc who sufTer because 

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX- 

JULY, 1976 

of the high ralc of unem ployment. 

Those persons who work "part time 

ror economic rcasons"~flcn for rctlsons 

beyond their comrol- arc counted 

UNITED STATES AVERAGE 

Source: U.S. Deportment of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistiu 

Revised Index Series 

Reference Bose, U.S. Average 1967 = 100 

APpofl' 

H,.I'h 

& Tronspo.· & • • , - 

Month 

,~, 

C • .,billed F~d HOI/lillg Uplup lal,Oft r,OliOIl 

July 1976 171.1 1821 177.5 146.5 167.6 163.7 

June 1976 170. 1 180.9 176.5 146.9 165.9 162.8 

May 1976 169.2 179.9 175.6 146.8 163.5 162.1 

April 1976 168.2 179.2 175.9 145.7 161 .3 161.4 

March 1976 167.5 178.7 174.5 145.0 159.8 160.6 

February 1976 167. 1 180.0 173.8 144.0 158.5 159.7 

July 1975 162.3 178.6 167.1 141. 1 152.6 154 .0 

July 1974 148.0 

July 1973 132.7 

July 1972 125.5 

July 1971 121.8 

July 1970 116.7 

NOTE, (o ... ua. , "'iel Ind •• for oil il, .... I .... ,..,.ed 1.0 ind • • pOi"" during ,he po.1 aonlh, 

or 0.6 %. ,IIi • • q ..... n. d 0" o .... uot .ole of in«,.., .. of 7.2% (12 X .6 % ), Th. In«_.1 

in (" du.i .. g 110. POI ' ,-.nr wol 8.' poi .. ", 0 • .5 .• %. 

'.".n'oll' in,,_ •• b. l .... ee" Iwo dOl., i. cntculo •• d by lubhoding ,h. Inde ... ua· 

be, for .10. 10.li ... doll 1

cO/lliIl/H.-1i /rolll page 43 

cropping up ",eeldy to Iry 10 eliminate the 

hard-faught-for conditions g:lrnered by our 

predecessors in the labor movement. For 

instance, "open-sky" means that all crafts 

will work a~ many hours per day as possible. 

liS long as I'oe:lther or daylight permits. and 

at the basic wage rate. 15n't thaI beautiful? 

Another super whamo is '0 h:we mal..e up 

da)~ on Smurda)s or SUndays, also at the 

basic rate of pa) 'Whene\er lOoeather or delay 

is a faclOr. The 5.1d PlITt of these intended 

S

Beautiful Weather Abounds 

For Local Picnic 

I •. U. 38, C LEVELAN D. OH IO-Except for 

a few light showers we had a beautiful day 

for our family pk,nic. Sunday. J uly II. held 

at one of the nicest amusement parks in the 

_..; country, Cedar Point. 

The gates opened at !O a.m. and our 

members poured in. approximately 600. with 

their families. You cannot imagine the feel. 

ing of pride all of our officers and commilleemen 

had just talking to our Brothers 

and their families. 

First on the agenda was signing in for 

door prizes. This was handled by Ruth 

Brunner and her husband. Edwin. Ruth has 

been an emplo)ce of the union for quite a 

while :Ind her husband Ed was the past 

financial secrelary of our union. A job he 

held for 28 years. 

Next. the members and families waited in 

line where el'eryone received a gift. Wi ves 

received two beautiful calfee mugs; designed 

just for our union- white background with 

_" an imprinted 1.0. decal and our local number 

printed on the base. Young girls received 

a while ~un haL young boys a bat 

and ball. and our ml'mbers received a 

handle Ihat v.ill iii any thermos. 

Afler the members rCi.:eiveU their gifls 

..... and hauled in all their food \0 the pavilion 

they headed out for the park and the rides. 

" A few of them. both young and old. looked 

a little upsd after trying OUI a new ride 

installel.! Ht the par~ c:llled the corkscrew. 

A lillie idea of what happens on this rideyou 

go b:,rreling along in a car and then 

suddenly the cllr m:1~C s ;1 complete loop. 

You can ima.;:ine the ~en~ation e,'eryone 

had on this ride. 

After everyone h;1I1 Ihcir fill of rides v.e 

had a rame. 130 gift certificate~ were ramed 

off. Each eertifieale sa\e the v.inner quite a 

variety of ~ifb to choose from. 

WILU..,'I G..,RAI'rc. F.S. 

Local 41 Graduates 

, The Cia" of '76 

L.U. 41. ItUF"-AI.Q. N.Y.- The Class of 

'76 took almost a, long 10 culminate their 

graduation :15 il took our nation to plan its 

200th birthdHY celebration. Nevertheless. 

Ihis 23rd class of ;1pprenticeship !raining 

showed a spirit of their own with unionism 

and leadership rhrown in for good measure. 

They refuscd to cross the picket lines SCI 

up b), the employees of the Hearths!one 

Manor, the site of the usual banquet fare. 

and wailed over a month 10 take their lovely 

wives to a well-deserved party 31 the Pellamwood 

House in West SCllc. Paul C. Kozlowski. J"mes D. Lomas. 

Barry L. McLaughlin. Kenneth Meyer. 

Edward C. Miller, Jr .. Charles P. Moore. 

Richard Nader, Robert B. Noody. Jr., 

Gerliid T. O·Connor. Zelda J. Rhett. and 

Kurt Vogel. 

J ohn F. Fuchs was unable to attend the 

banquet be~ause he h:ld to take his place "5 

a member of a wedding p: l r l ~. so we all 

extend congratubtions ;ond be",t wishe, to 

John. Ed Bukat)' sen·ed as the cta ~s repr~ 

""ntative and did a conlmendable job. Iflddemally. 

Ed also has a degree in Mechani_ 

cal Engineering and used 10 teach before 

joinin.ll our program. He :>.1)·S if he gelS any 

more degrees. he may moonlight as a 

thernlOmeter. 

G.nOR BACllOWSKt. P.S. 

Picnic 

I . 

Here are scen"" of the annuat picnic of local 

46. Seallte Wast!. 

Fire Control Panel 

ThiS is a fire control pane! for PaCific N.W. BeWs 

new buildinS in Seattte. 

At Work 

Steve Vondetle wires panet for A. Wilcox. Seattle. 

Wash. 

Work Almost at Standstill 

In Seattle Local 

L. U. 46, SEATrLE, WASII._At the present 

writing. problems combineu v.ith summer 

doldrums have work here almost al 

a S land~litl: new starts :Irc wailing for Ihe 

eleclion results. 

Local 46·s annual picnic was enjoyed by 

all. Our v.eather was especially cooperative. 

perfeci picnic weather_ 

NEWT MALLETT, 1'.5. 

.,

Pin Presentations 

Floyd H. La •• on .eee.v.d (j.O.y ... pin. al Ihe 

pensioners' banquet .ecenlly held by Local 48. 

Portland. 0 ... 

F ..... man V Hya" and Edmund J_ BOhm reo 

c,"v .. d 40-yea. p.n., 

Ma.k Flores. F.ank O. Ba .. , Chl,I •• J. Ca,v.U. 

and Doyle W Lov,n. 'ecetved lO'YIl. plnl, 

Cecil G. Wh eeler. Th.odO,. R. Flook. Theodo .. D. 

PeI",S. and A. a. Remley .. c.l .... d 25'Yllr pins. 

Pensioners Attend 

Banquet and Tour 

L. U. 4S. I>()R·I1. ANIl, ORE,-Approxi. 

matrly 130 retiree attended the 25th llnnual 

pensioner~' banquel held on Ihe Ri\er Queen 

on Ma) 25, 1976. The River Queen is a 

large ferry bo.1l mude OVer inlo a fabulous 

ealing place :IS well a, an O:NS for thirsty 

tm\·eler,. The bo)'~ )turled 5ho .... ing up about 

5:30 p.m. to rene" old acqu:linlance~ :md 

t:lke care of Ih :1I e:ve:r-consuming IhirM. The 

social hour b :1 \ery poPlllllr time for ~tory 

lelling. The pen)ione" "ere: honored by the 

presence o f Intermuion:tl Vice I're,idenl W. 

.. 

L Vinson and Intemationnl R epre~ent: l li\'e 

Herman Teeple. Others who occupied the 

hcad table were Dusinf:$S M:mallcr Arthur J. 

lJauder; Local 48 Pre)ident Ed"ard L 

Barnes: retired International Representah\'e 

Gene Heiss; John Clolhicr. president of the 

Retired Membef"!i Club; and pensioner Fiord 

H. Larson. a 6O-}'ear member of Ihe IHEW. 

Following the speech ma~ing and dinner. 

service pins "ere a .... arded 10 the follo\Ooing 

pensioners: 6()-.year pin-Flo)"d II. u.rson; 

40-ycar pins; Edmund J. Uohnl. Charles 

Davis. and Freeman V. Hyatt; 35-)ear pins: 

Uerbert T. ArrO\Oo~mit h. Dale BlIl C~, I-I:lfry 

S. Cargill. Donald Casey, Fran~ A. Dark. 

5:mlUel I>. Filker. R. Le:c Garreu, l loyd G. 

I - hlll ~on. Francis R. Hcnk le. R:llllh I. Iioit. 

husen. Alfred W. I-Iolleland. Edwllrd l. 

J ohn~on. Merl E. Junes. George Knox. 

Glcnn W. McConnell. Aubra Ray Mah:llley, 

Cleve Moore. John W. Olson. John J. 

Reiter. L10rd 51. Gcrmain. Ernest rllu ~ky. 

A. A. Thibodo, G. E. Toutant. Ilo)'d Wilson. 

Harler O. Youngblood. and J. N. 

LaBranche: 30-rear pins: Fran~ O. B:tir, 

Charles J. Can·ell. Mark 1'I0re\. lind Doyle 

w. Lo'ing; 25-)c;,r pins: Theodore R. 

Flool. Theodore D. Peters. A. U. Remley 

and Cecil G. Wheeler. A good time "as 

had by all and the: rctirees "ish to thank 

the local for sho",ing thcm a good time. 

They have done this for manr yeaf"!i lind 

deserve ollr gratitude. 

I-orl)-cight members of Ihe Retired Members 

Club too~ a trip 10 Ihe Trojan nuclear 

plant localed ncar Rainier. OreJ:on. We ",ent 

by bus and upon arriving at Ihe Trojan plllnt 

\.Ie signed in and were given hard hHt. to 

make thc lour. FirSI we viJ,ilcd the 499' 

cooling lowcr. \.Ihieh is localed a ,horl dis. 

lance frOIll Ihe Columbia Rh'er. then 011 to 

the gencrator building "here Ihe four tur_ 

bin~. geller:ltor. and exciler :Ire loc:ued, 

Next we weill to thc conlrol cenler "hich 

was quile elaborate. We ended our trip to 

Ihe Trojan plant by visiling Ihe museum 

located in the visitors center "hich i~ dc 

~igned to pro\'idc a beller undehtanding of 

the alom and its role in helping to 1111 10- 

d ay'~ energy need~. I should a l~o :Idd thai 

one of our mcmbers. Brolher W. E. Zingsheim. 

a 72-)'ear member of Ihe IBEW who 

was celebraling his 92nd birthday. m:lde Ihe 

trip \.Iilh us. So you sec. wc in Ihe West 

neVer give up. 5ubmiued by old-timer's 

correspondenl Frank A. Hart. 

At. Ft::LU,R, 1'.5. 

Brother Lyon Retires; 

Negotiations Fill Schedule 

L U. 49, PORn.AND. OK E.- On J uly 2. 

1976. UrOlher Leo C. L)on rellred from 

Re) nolds Melals Company after 33 )"ears 

of !>eT\'ice. Leo scn'ed as rccordlllg secrel;lry 

for many years. and he prO\'ided u~ "ilh 

e .~cellent notes of our meetings o\ler Ihe 

years. BrOlher L)'on was an -An member. 

Each retiree from Reynold~ r«ch~ a 

ca~e: and an Accutron watch in appreciation 

of his sen' icc. Leo was no ellceplion as our 

pictures ~how. Leo is presently vaC3tioninl 

in Colonldo and Local 49 "ill ha~e to ":lit 

to ~how ils :lppred:ltion until his relurn. 

We wi~h }'ou Ihe best of Cver),thin" in your 

retirement. Leo! 

The summer has finally :,p]X!afed arop our 

fair city. We ofren think we :Ire for!!otlen, 

Retiree 

a'olher Leo C. Lyon. who wo.ked at the Reynolds 

M,lal' Coml>any lor 3l yea's. ,ecenlly ",I .... d 

from Locil '9. PO!1land. O.e. 

The cake 81vln 10 B,olhe. Lyon 'eads. '-No mo,e 

.. cllll .... nO more venl lanl. IUM Rand R." 

for rain is 50me" hat con~tant herc. And 

c\er)one trie) 10 enjoy these first days bef;IlLl!>C 

)OU ne~er lnow about Ihe \.leather. 

We "elcome the ~un on a similar grandiose: 

seule us \001.' do \i)itor~ to Portland. Our 

wekomes arc a, bi!! :1.) thc North"e)t itself 

as con~cntiol1 deleg;lte~ can lell you. 

We hH\'C becn \cry bll~y with negotiations 

Ihe\C pa~1 few munths. Thb mu~t be the 

year fur e\lcr)une to negotiale. a~ strikes are 

apparent in the North"e~t. Geneflll Electric 

~ellled after t\OoO du}s .... ith our members on 

the bricks. bUI ror the most pari. Local 49 

hns settlcd .... itholll n ~Irike. Thc \.Iork load 

has been lip :md do\.l n. and at the time of 

thl' \.Iritmll. mosl nil of ollr membcr~ are 

wor~ing. 

Happy birthday, America! 

ALUN F. MURRAY, I>.s. 

18EW JOUonClt 

., 

.-

, 

Upward Bound 

BusIness Manase. O,tey Welker. Jr.. On duty 

....,th the 183.d Taclinl FlaMe. Group. Buslneu 

Manaser of l~al 51, Sprlnglleld. III., Just completed 

two weeks of acl,ve duly. 

Reverend Oenis Mac~essy II Holy famIly Church. 

Oglesby. III. FlI1her MackUly wo,ked as an elK 

•• ician ill the '4~ lind '50s. 

.~ Two Brothers Look 

Skyward for Career 

L.U. 51. SI'RINGt'JEU>, IU ••- LlX"al 5 1 

Busincs:, Manager Orle) Welker, Ir .. ha~ for 

[he p3~1 several years ~penl his vacation on 

aClive dUly with the U.s. Air Force. He 

serves as a U . Colonel and Commander of 

," the 1 ~l3rd C()mm lln kaliOl1~ Flight of the 

J8 3ru Ta ~lical Fighter Group. The 183nl is 

an I lIjnoi~ Air Nmionltl GU;lrd Unit of the 

USAF Tactical Air Comnmnd based al 

Springfield. Illinoi ~. flying the I-.:I·e I'hantom 

Jet. Bu sine~s Manager WeiLer scrwd on 

active duty from 1951 throuGh 1953 :md has 

been assigned 10 this unit l>ince 1963. He 

r«enlly (:ompleted a t"o-\\eeL a(:ti\e duty 

'. tour. 

In the late 40, and early 50s Denis 

M acl.:e~sy \\orLed for 1 1Iin()i~ I'o"er Com· 

pany in the old 5te:m1 heal plant in Bloom· 

inglon and laler. in Ihe meter department 

at the service area. It .... as al that time he 

decided not to tr~ his hand al line "orl.:, 

but instead. trade in hb hard hat for the 

collar of a Roman Catholic priest. At 

present the Reverend Denis M:lcke.'>!;y is the 

pastor of Holy Family Catholic Church in 

Oglesby, l!linoi ~. 

We h:we recently' won t ..... o important 

arbitration cnses a~ninst G.:ner:11 -I elephone 

... Company of Illinob. These cnse~ involved 

employees who were dbehnrged for refu~ing 

,..,... to accept lo ..... er paying clerical job afler 

being injured. One was a job rehlled accident. 

th~ OIh~r was not. In both cases the 

Oc' obe(' who care about the organized 

Iflbor mowmenl and the way of life that 

result~. 

We e:1O ~how the union 'pirit on!.'e a~ain 

Ihat was felt by tho~e Brothers 79 years 

ago so tlwt 79 ycar~ from now H youllg 

elcclriei:,n may look bad on us ,Jnd say 

that we made it through Ihe~e hard times 

by pride. fortitude. and most of all. brother. 

hood. 

KL ... E\II.s. P.5. 

Work Scene Slow; 

Progress Meeting Report 

L.U. 68, DENVER. COLO.- J ust when 

things start 10 look up-skid,. and again our 

10000al has close to 100 people on the bench. 

WorL is on the shorl side .... ith the job at 

the Hender'\On Mill and Mille coming to a 

SlOp on part of the job. The eCOnOm) here 

in the MIle High City and ~urrounding areas 

h tiGht. \\ith just a re\\ job~ ~ tarting. and 

those ~tar tinJ,; are on the smafJ size. Rumors 

continue thaI the po\\erhou5e planned for 

Bm.h. Color:ldo. will be breaking ground 

near the end of September. Let"s hope thaI 

Ihis time at lea~t Ihe rumors art Irue. '01 hich 

would bring some relier to our work picture 

in the future. 

.. 

J ust completed the Eighth D istrict Prog-

trend,. ur~;lni1.ing 

ress Meeting, held this year in Denver, lit 

the Cosmopolitan Ho tel. This was our ne'" Iy 

appointed Vice President Larry Farnan's 

firs!. Ilaving been a delegute. I'll report 

here. the meeting WllS a success. President 

Charles I'ilhlrd addre..scd the delegates assembled 

o n the IUEW's part in the AH · 

CIO " 1'01 the Workers Bac t.: to Worl.:" program. 

also touching on olher problems of 

orgrllliled laoor Ht this time. Internalional 

Secretary Ralph Lei!;on and Internationa l 

T reasurer lIurT)' Van AlYlale al..o ~poke to 

the delegate, on the i~~ucs confrontin ,ll Ihe 

tBEW 111 Ihe rorr,>,'nt time. Some of the 

other gllest 'lJ'Cal.ers "'ere Vice I'r ... ~idcnt of 

the Fir~t Di

. 

Ihe \'ole could go eitht'f way so a reporl 

on it will have to wail unlil dler the count. 

Snohomish lind Wahkiakum l' UDs have 

both accepted olfeh of $9,22 ptr hour on 

the joumcymlln lineman scale. 

The propo'iCd initiati\e 333, which would 

have restricted public employees pensions in 

Washington Swtc. h a ~ died :, na!llr:.1 dellth 

from a lad, of ~ufticient signntures to get it 

o n Ihe ballot, 

T he proponentO 

to be voted on. Local 80 has endorsed the 

follollling: Jimmy Carter for President. Billy 

O'Brinn in Che~: l peake for Congress. Bob 

Wa~hing ton in Norfol~ for Congress, Ad· 

miral Zumwald for Senator. Remember to 

ha\'e )'our III hole family go and vote. 

T al king about vot ing, I heard an oldlimer 

telling :111 apprentice. " I can re 11tc11tber 

when it wasn't fl u ~h ots polil icians passed 

out on Elettion Day." (I wonder whal il 

""S?) 

Visit our ~it~ Brothcrs in the hospital or 

at their homC'>, \\>herever they might be, 

Chec~ lIith Ihe union office and see who i5 

,ic~ . We wish a speedy rccmery to Brother 

t-r.tn~ Tebault who has b«n in the hospital 

llOd is nOIll recovering at home. 

Say, lei me hear from you Ilrothers who 

are on the rOlld or retired. You m ~y h:i\'e 

som.:thing for the J OImwl-li~e pictures, 

etc.-which )'ou want us to usc in our next 

article. (I>lea5C send picturn, not negati ves, ) 

Did )ou I.now th .. 1 most of the fool prints 

on Ihe 51,nds of time lIere made by lIIorl. 

shoes? 

Word 10 the wise: Let your light so shine 

before men Ihat they may 'iec your good 

wor ~ s and i:ive glOf)' to your F:,ther II'ho is 

in heaven, f :-.Iall, 5: 16) 

J, D . Ih")LLOMON, J It .• I'.S. 

Members Brave Rain 

For Fun Picnic 

L,U. 86. ROCll t::sTER, N.Y.-On Sotturday. 

August 7. 1976. many Local 86ers braved 

the rain lind cool temperature to attend our 

annu:lI ]litnic, Th(he thaI attendcd lIere 

trealed to II good time a~ usual by Terry 

Kavunal1h and hi~ committee. A spetial 

thanls to the retirce~ that graciomly gave of 

Ih.:ir time to help wit h rcgi~tration, etc. 

The yOllng~lers enjo>·cd pony :Ind mechaniC1l1 

rides and plenly of fOOl race) fur prizes. 

In addition this )'ear a ~uper magic and puppel 

show intrigued the ~iddie~ and many 

adull! as lIell. Our 1:ldin pla}'ed their u~ual 

bml10 11:'I11~~ und m:mllged for the most part 

to stay dry \I:IOY ni~c prius from some of 

our fine COntr.ttlOn lIIere di,trihuted and 

Ihe)' lIere greatly appreciated b)· all of 86. 

Our Adult Educ:ltion Commiuec has been 

very aclive recently setting up various 

courses to leep ollr tourne)'men properly 

upgraded. to provide the inuuSlry the very 

best tr:lined men. Code. steward, lilld foreman 

cOllr~c~ huve been oITered lind currently 

36 of our fine .. t nrc in Ihe Jlroce~s of 

cornpleling a lIc1dinll cenifi,ation coursc. 

We hope to have photollraphs and an article 

500n on thi~ ~lIbjcct. 

A~ 1If,' IIpproath Election Day (Tuesday. 

November 2. 1976) we should be giving 

\'ery serious thought to IIhom lie y,ill entrust 

Ihe leader\hip and direction this cOuntry 

will be taling in the ne:\1 four yean. 

Certainly no one elln be sluisfie

Fatally Stricken 

At the AWllrds Nlghl 01 lout 98, Phil .. dalphlll, 

PII .. B,olhe. William H. Specie i. shown reGe.ylng 

hi, 60 yell. pin from hi. IOn, Bill. Jr. Also shown 

••• In lo,nlllionlli Rep.n'nlatlve Josepl'. 5p"h: 

F'ln

, 

On Th e Job 

- --.. 

Pioneers 

Brothar lowen HUll! of local 124, KallUS C,ty, 

Mo.. alld tlls wlfa, Ga .. tdlno. beside w"gon 

whteh wu part of the 61eanlenlllal Wagon lraill. 

Convention 

by Denny Liston ;"Ind Ihe relirees Oighl by 

Chet Wright. Ille handicap iacl..p-ot winner 

wa) Ed fledsworlh and Ihe longest dri."e 

winners wcre 10m Mortallaro and Jim 

MaUol. C l ose~t 10 the pin winnen. were Dale 

Shaw and Chris Bmler. Last but nOI least 

W:l~ Ihe high score award which wenl to 

Emit "Ollke" I)lIcolllontbicr. 

Final prepnr:lli()n~ are being made :11 Ihe 

Kemrer ,\rcna in order Ihat Kansas Cily 

pUtS it best fool forward in hosting the 

Repllblican National Convcntion Ihe week 

of AliguSI 16. Wc hope all the delegates 

:md IhOh('. :lssoci:lIed wilh thc Con\enlion 

ha\c It pleasant slay in Kansas CiIY. 

JIM KENNARD, P.S. 

Old-Timers Night 

Warren OrHlla, Larry Dulalley, Vlneant Mannino. 

John lYllch, Ernie SlchSfl 01 C6S. JIm eox and 

Eugene M"YI, aen.ral loreman, shown at C6S 

compla~ al Kemper Arana III preparallon for 

Republican Nallonal Convention. 

~-;:;;;:;;;. are.. held Its old·tlmers 

I pict u.e. 1 .. 11 10 .i81>!. are 

Doll Emons. ":''''~':''! Board member; Herman 

Teeple. Internatlon~1 RQpresenlalive: "Red" Sisk, 

treasure" Clint Ford. busIness representative; 

alld Ralph Mesick, £~ecU l ive Boald member. 

Many members 01 Local 112 and "avel;"1 

Brother'S a.e wO'~lng on the Washington Public 

PoWI" Hllnford nuc'"", plan: No.2. shown in 

. these th.ee pictures. 

, 

,~ 

struction in our jurisdiction :lnd three hydro 

powerhouses on Ihc Sn:,kc River. 

With Ihh work [here has been an influ.t 

of traveling Brothers employed in Ihe jurisdiction 

and we want to compliment thc 

traveling Brothers on their as~islallcc in 

m;mning our jobs. and also their coopen. 

lion in assi,ling the 10c;11 rcprcscnlillivcs [0 

keep the varions job probJem~ under control. 

With this cooperation. lhe LOI,:/,I J 12 

members and Ira"eling Hrolhcrs have I.epl 

Ihc labor dbpulcs [0 a minimum. 

The photograph:. arc of prdabri\:alcd conduil 

on Ihc Wa~hinglon public po"cr supply 

nudear projcci No.2. This is a joinl 

venlUre conlracl. Fischbach-Lord Elcclric. 

Brolher Jim Rhodes is clcclrical supcrinlen. 

denl and Ihe Local I 12 sicward on Ihis 

projeel is Brother Ken "Sleambollt"' Siunley. 

Loca! 112 l\!SO ha~ conlraCI wilh /-I llico. 

Inc., who m;"lnuf;"lcwrcs cleclrkal panels for 

Ihe nuclear induslry worldwide. which ;"Ire 

fabricaled and wired by loc;11 112 members. 

GWIICC R. EI.(;IN, B.1>1. 

Local 124 Members Drive 

Bicentennial Wagon Train 

..... L.U. 124, K.t\NSt\S CITY. MO.-On May 

S, 1976, Ihe Bieenlennial Wagon Train arrived 

al Trail T own USA. home of Ihe 

OctoDer, 1976 

Front tow. leI! to .IShl. are Tom Holbrook, Carl 

Tutorlno. business represelllatlva, local 124. 

alld Ed Drake: back rOW: Emit "Duh" Docoulom. 

bier. Lee Halilla, Berll8rd Gnel kow. R e~ Schul, 

Charles K.amp •. Jim Wut. sene .. 1 fo.emPIl, alld 

Owell Williams Dte shown InSide Kempe. Arena 

while work Is p,o&llIslns to prepare lor Re· 

publican Nallonal Con~entlOIl. 

Bcnjamin Stables. Of imporlance was Ihe 

f3ct Ih:1I pari of Ihe old 5.,nl:1 Fe Trail runs 

through thi~ properly. Hor

Old·Timers Dinner Held 

In Podland 

L,U. 125, I'OUTLANI), OKE.-On August 

9, 1976, Local 125 held ib lInnual oldtimers 

dinner. This event i~ held every 

year In hunor thO'>(,' of our retired lIIemOcn 

who lire on IIIE\V pen~ion and have rcached 

the age of 65. We presently have SSS \1110 

arc In Ihi~ c;uegory and I ~O of them Ilere in 

;Iltendunce :It the dinner. 

Inlern:llion:11 Vice '>re.. ident Vin~on \\as 

:Ible to attend and I'isil \lith hi, old huddiel. 

Vince \\a\ bll'.ine\~ manager of the local 

prior to the time he bo.:came Vicc I'rclident 

The highlight of the e\'enin~ \las the 

awarding of 50-)ear pins to 10 of the oldtimer;. 

1"h0!.C' receiving Ihe pins \ltre S. Mc 

Dougall. W. S. PaUcrson. H. Schatl, I n. 

Webb. J. II. Will.in~. R. L. 1);lI1iell. II W, 

Griffith. W. W. Helms. M. 8. Johnson. lind 

G. G. Lunde. 

I're,idcrW Dave H .. rmon, 011 hehnlf of the 

local. pre~ented Martin Dahl wilh :t pilir of 

l ijEW cuff linl.\ :111,1 a rie-tac, Murtin ha~ 

b.."Cn ollr recordinll ,ecretary for many }e;lf'i 

and will be going on IHEW pcn~i(ln :It the 

end of SepICmher. The staff ;tnd the I n .. u 

tive Uo:trd \lill mb~ Marlin and e~pecially 

Ihe fud!!e hi, lovel} wife ,ent to the Board 

meelillg prior ro Chri'itrnas each }ear. M.lrlin. 

mal.e lure thi, praclice I.eeps on evcn 

(hollgh YOIl arc rei ired. 

Negoli;.tions with the IIlility companicl in 

our area hllve heen n.lher hectic thi~ YCM. 

I'ortland Gencntl Eleclric Illcmhu~ 11ftYo' frjectcd 

their ,elllcment three rime, :tnd [Ir.;: 0111 

to a vote for the fourth lim.;:. Clark COllnty 

PUD rejected their set1lement and arc OUI 

to II I'ote for the ~econd time. ,\Iun)' of Ihe 

27 contr:tct, "e lle!;Otiale euch )e;t( MC 

waiting on Ihe~e two emplo)'er~ to ~Ille 

beforc Ihey \I ill ~eltlc. 'I"he Honnelille I'o\lcr 

Ad",iubll;ttion. a federal agency. \I!tIch 

oper;ltCi the Northwest tran,mi\\iOIl J!rid. 

ratified their contract \lhich providc, for a 

journe)'mun lineman rate of $9.22 per hour. 

T his hourly rale seems to be the c,lablbhed 

rate for mOSI of our uti lily conlr;lct~ in the 

area. 

Our line con~lruc l ion member~ are I.eep 

ing bu)y bUI We hal'e no big jobs. just 

~mall ones coming up jU~1 often enough to 

I.ccp the membcf$ \lorl.;ng. A\ u~ual. Ihc 

environmenl.-..li~l~ ;u" at it [11,::lil1 tr)in& to 

delay "arts on SCI'e-ral nuclear :lIld coal 

plants in our area. They have- \IIccccdcd in 

thC'ir effort\ to ,e-t a nuclear ban on the 

ballot in Ure-!!on and WashingtOIl. 1"he 

Oregon AFL-CIO. al their conventioll. came 

OUi in suppoort of the Electrical Worl.ef~ in 

opposition to this ballol mea'>ure. Wilhout 

the-sc planl~. many people will be out of 

work bcC:IIISC the enen;:y forec;lst ~how a 

definite energy crisis for our large manufaclUrilig. 

mrlal :In,1 Ilimber plant~ by the 

rear 1980. Not only do these planl .. \upply 

needed energy for jobs in the plant .. listed 

above, but they also create jobs for con 

~ t ruction workers 10 build thc plnntll and 

Local 125 con~ t ruction people: 10 huild Ihe: 

tran~mi~,ion line~ from the plllnt~ a~ \\cll a~ 

creatc m:lny ncw jobs for Loeal 125 mcm- 

1x: 1 ~ lu 0p"l ule Ihe~e sarne p1:IIlIS. 

To those Illcmbers who say we ~hould 

stay ou1 of city, cOllnly, state. a nd fedentl 

politic). I ";tnt 10 once: IIGain lell you we 

hale to become- involved Of \Ie "ill e:nd 

up .\.eein,!: our io~ lcgi)late:d a\\ay. No matter 

\I hilt we: Ilegotmle inlo contracts with 

our emplo)ees. it e:m all be "ipcd 0111 by 

the: action of our elected gOI·ernmenl 

omcial~. The only wa) \(! pr~I'ent il unci 10 

mn!.:e surc they will li~ l el1 to your pition is 

to be able to IUlk to Ihe~e peuplc on a per 

\onal b:lsi, by becoming inl

into law in Louisiana. Though some 20.000 

AFL-CIO members picleted on the slale 

Capitol steps 10 Oppo!>C paSs,1jle of this unwanted 

and unneee\.,ary legi~lation the law 

was signed by the Governor [lt1d goc, into 

effect on Oclober 2. of thi, year. Some of 

the pielures of thi~ action [Ire endosed with 

~ Ihis leller. It is hoped by Ihi~ !>Ctbad: 10 

labor that our passive AI-I .( 10 Brothel'l 

and Sisters will resolve to ,upporl and eled 

people "'ho arc ~)mp:lthetic 10 or.,;:tni/ed 

labor's goals. 

On the Ecol job in Re\Cf\'e. l.ouisi(ln3. 

which is ",inding do .... n ..... e had ~ome ua\cIing 

Brother

o f the work we have lost in the past. 

T hrough a concerned elJon in t ~ past few 

years we have rcco ~ere d some of the work. 

but there is more to get. and we will. I will 

be on t ~ negOliating team this year. On 

beh:1if of the rest of the commiltee I want 

to n~s ure all the Brothers that we will do 

the best we can: there is quite a bit of time 

and elJon put into Getting a good agreement: 

we need YOllr help nnd cooperation to as' 

sure that 1111 parlies invoh-ed will gCl a fair 

shale. The committee thi~ year v.ill o;ee 

Brothers Jim Jeffords. Auggie Kcgcbein. Bill 

Gthm. and lilternate~ Ronnie Peacock and 

Jack Docl.ery. Meetings .... ith Ihe contraclors 

will tale pilice at le: I ~1 twice :1 month: :L11 

that trampirc~ "ill be brought b .. cJ. to the 

bod)· for approval or di:.appro\al. 

At present we hllve ~everal B rothcr~ \\ho 

nre 1I'0rkinlt out of lown. I he locals that 

hllVe helped u~ in this time of va!>t unem· 

plo)ment are to be thanked for the way they 

have accepu:;d our II rothef': ,hi .. i~ Iruly :1 

grellt ~how of brotherhood. Thanls again 

from all of u~. !\I ayhe this f'-ovcmbcr lIIe can 

all get together nnd elect a I'resident that 

will give us some relief in Ihe Meas that lIIe 

nttd il in. Let Amnicll I.no .... that labor is 

concerned. und Ihut we CllrC. Let our \oices 

be hC:lrd on Election Day. 1976. 

W. G. ··UILL" GEl1M. P.S. 

Service Pins 

Membe.s of Locat 184. a .. tesburg. III .. who 

• """Ived their 3().yelf pins ... e. teft to rrght. 

Lo.en Hinch ... V. O. "Sud" Ma.kee. lnd Elmo 

Sas,,· 

Pina for 25 ye •• s w".e ()RT. I.A.-Louisiana·s 

union members were the victims of the pas· 

~:Lgc or a "union·bUSling" "right-to-work" 

law. 

Th" Louisiana A FL-CIO and the ne .... ly .,.. 

orglLuizcd 1.0uisianH AlIilmce of Business Indu\trie~ 

fought a fierce baltle in boIh houses 

of the leghlalure. State AFI ·CIO I'resident 

Victor I!u~,ic 11,'.1 the union floor bailie. 

while LABI'~ leader. F.d Slime\. led the proponent'~ 

,ide. LAB I fought organized labor. 

)et org.lmzcd thelll'\Clvcs. 

There "ere ..eventl ~ey factors for the 

p~ge of the law. A major factor v.as the 

fact union men

liS in cumparing c " IH.li d nte~ nnll evenw:llly 

choosing the one thill will do the mo~t 

good for onr cOllntry. 

T he Commillce on Politic:d Education 

ICOPF) \\a\ cr("ated by the A I-! ·( 10 to 

keep union m("mberl informed :1\ to (lund fact\ 

and figures. YOUf 52.00 dU'l:ttion 10 CQI>F 

m;l~es thi~ f'O~,ihle. L et"~ :111 choo,e \li'>l!ly. 

then ,ole in 'o\Cmher for the be,t l':lm,lid:lle. 

Our comtruclion y,or~ ha, been dO\ln 

and unemployment 0111 of conlrol fur 100 

long for U~ lu ~il on Ollf duff, and nul t;l~e 

full adnlllluJ!(" of IlIlf riglu 10 vole. 

Sec )011 at Ihe ne.'il fegulnr meeling. 

IhMOI!) /\ EA ... l\\OI.U. II \ 1 

.. Trades Council Supports 

State Democratic Senator 

..r L.U. lIJ, IIHOCKTON. MASS._The 

Brockton Building Tr:".l c~ Council allemkd 

a brunch un June 6 fur Ihe reelection of 

.., Democralic $cn:lh)r Rubert I\l cCnrlhy. 

In allen(i:lnee were B rolhcr~ I' Tlmk 

".. Muruno, Bill Mci ntyre, Joe Sirtoli, Dkl 

Bevis. Man ny And re, Joe Giovundlo. and 

Juhn Revi l. 

Senalor McCarthy i~ I I ,launch bn!: ~ cr of 

rubor ,Inu is duing hi, besl tl' get Ihi~ "~ic l 

dog" of a slate bad un i t~ feet. For Ihis 

reason lile Building Trm 1c ~ ClHlllCi l of the 

G reater Brockton area i, bading him. 

1·lave you gOllen anything good in Ihe 

m:til lale!y'! I dun'! mC,ln your ul1employ_ 

,- mcnt check or 50l11C of your favorite bilh. It 

seCfm a, Ihough nOlhing in Ihc mail Ihc,c 

...- \Jays i> good ncws. Whal I :1m referring 10 

now i, liler;tlllre frum :111 anli'lInion group 

called "Americnn\ Ag:liml Union Cuntrol 

of Gu\·ermenl." 'Illeir lilerC~ prinled on il. y,ith :1 

liule nOle ~I:tling their oppo~itiun II) a prouniun 

bill thut i~ cl)ming up bcfllre Ihe 

House or Ihe SennlC. Wh,t1cvcr you du, 

don'l di~:trd thh ti!er:tlure-'Impl) crU'>~ 

OUi thcir oPJlQ\jlion tu Ihc "bill"' :lnd till in 

your pro-union ~otc for Ihc bill: :tfler all. 

lhey h:td Ihe cards printed and ;Iddrc,..ed. 

and Ihe only thing }'ou had I" d(1 lIa, fill 

in your name and pul on H pu,Iltge ~Iurnp. 

Geuing tlael 10 Ihi~ :Inti·union group, 

they cull uniun peoplc hoodlum~ :md IhuI:-!>. 

and nCCII~ uniuns of deSlfU) ing Ihi~ coun- 

!- Iry. T hey belie"e Ihe unly Ihing u n ion~ ~Irhe 

for is poy,cr. Thc) h.\\'e a legal :Iclion 

deparlment Ih:ll y,iII: l ,si~I Hn) group in Ihe 

country ngainst going uniun. or )I:IIe and 

federal bi1l~ thaI come up in favor uf 

unions. T his group b gro .... ing hy teaps and 

bounds. If you don't Ihin~ ~o, H'~ :lI1y non 

Ir:lde~man and he will Iell YOIl Ih:ll "~ou 

,", guys aren't worlh all thaI moncy per hour 

and fealherbedding:' mill 10 'lOp Ihal pidtlins 

and get back to work. 

1·lave Ihese people forgo11e n ..... hal unio n ~ 

ha"e done for Ihe ..... orking cJ, ' ~S A nwrica n ~ ! 

Ottob. r, 1976 

Have !hey fOfgotten how their fa lhers 

worked 12 hours a duy. six d ay~ :1 wed. 

under deplorilble conditions: children \\ere 

PilI to \\or~ be!:l1l1se their f:lmilie) could not 

male enough money 10 eilt. but Ihe 01\ ncr 

of Ihe mill lived in a c:"lle on Ihe hill. 

How nbout imporling of fordl,ln labor 10 

"orl cheaper becHu,e Ihe people "cre 

M:lrling 10 form unions and \\erc lired of 

living in comp:lny houses. lrading :II com. 

pan) store •. nnd gelling no mOne}. 

If il y,eren'I for union5, lIould there be 

n Dep.lrlm,·nl of Labor of thi. gm("rnmenl, 

or even OSHA? These org:lni7.ation~ arc 

sIril' ing for \\hal IInion~ have been doing 

for )e"", bUl their invol\'cmenl in polilic, 

,hoy" too much pafliality :IOd Iheir gear~ 

grind too ~towly. 

\I" dun'I fOI"l;el-lool for the unilJO I:!bel. 

JO"'[I'II L GlOIAN[LlO, P.S. 

Scribe Leaves Message 

For New and Old Members 

L.U. 2JI, SIOUX CIT\', l.\.- I·or 1ho:.e 

Hpprentices Ihal have jUsI completed their 

lir~l ycar .lIld nrc now iniliated into lhe 

union. here j, a reminder thaI a \Irong IInion 

i~ buill upun iI, members: so do ,I\!end 

union meetings. r his doe~n't onty apply 10 

the up prenlkes: this Hlso ~pplie~ 10 lhe 

journeymen in our local. Our turnOul~ Men 'I 

100 b:ld bllt I wOlil d like 10 sec ;1 few new 

faee~ :11 Ihe meelings. If yO Il h;)Ven't attcnlled 

lalely cornc OIt down ;lI1d ,ee us, 

we're a frien dly hllnch of Brolhe rs. 

Well. it look~ likc winler h right around 

Ihe corner now so be prepared for Iho)e 

cold d ay~ lIhcad. Check Ihal furn ace OUI 

and Give Ihe blowef a few drops I)f oil and 

male sure your chimney has plenty of dntw. 

J"d Ii).,e to Ih3nk the member\ of the 

Snmmer Picnic Committee for anolher job 

weJl done. 

I've nOliced Ihb year Ihat onr IOC;11 h:t\ 

had a 101 of new birlhs, so congratulalions 

to Iho,,

Picnic 

UI! tD "sht arc O/Dthe.s RIo.~t>oe "onte.l. 

Broth ... He.b Vuly'3more Ind Joe T.ylor, Ind 

the .unn ... ·up. B,OI"'" Gus 1I,,'.nS,II, Ind 

Tom SI"'8hl_ 

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~ 

-rfl1~ .l l",~~~, t~t~f.~~I~1 

I., ' - - ' ~-t~~ ,""/ _. : ~ __ ~ 

..••. .- •• - f 

. ~ '- ...,. - ... ' 1;'/ 

The da)'s acli-ilies includ.'d:1I\ adult egg_ 

thro\ling c-onle r om 

Siraight and (iu, "irlanlliti, ",cre runnen,· 

up. 

On behalf of I ()Cal 2-16. I'd m.e 10 thanl 

the Picnic COmmlltl"C fllr Ihe time and 

effort that Ihe) put intu maling Ihi, picnic 

one of the nu,,1 ,u

, 

- 

Picn ic 

8a,!>e} 

pok~ 10 clim b, :md more. There "~'rc a hOI 

pepper eating CO nl c~1 :tnd I'>cer drinling con 

IC_' for rhe big ",id.,. To 101" il tiny of our {'ount[l 

in 1968. :md ~c have becn forced to "'car 

the -dead ('hiclen" of conservalism .. boo! 

our ncc~~ ('~('r ,ince. There is "idhpre;.J 

llnemplu) men! among Ihe ~orling da~~ of 

~'ilil'en,. un('heded infl;.tion on item, Ih"l 

\\or~ing people mu.t buy in ord(' r to ~ur· 

lil·e. weh II, food. clothin'!. s"wline and 

r~nt. I·r,).:en wage~ and run:!way pmfih for 

thc eorporale and mullinalional fat c;oh 

hlt\c becom~ a w:ty of life. Yet we arc 

being tolJ Ih:'1 ~orking people are rc,pomi· 

blc for Ihe majority of OUT nation'S i lln c~~e" 

I lhlor) re ll ect~ that ellcrll reces.ion of :.n) 

,igniliclln('e Oller the past ~ o yeah h .., 

"

happened during :I Repllblic:tn Admini~[ration. 

No\cmlxr 2. 1976. is election day in the 

Unjted S t a[e~ .uld rulc~ which gO"ern \otcr 

regi\lralion require Ihal n person n lll~1 be 

regi'lcred by or before October 12 in order 

10 he eligibile to VOle in the No,ember 

gelle[';11 election. 

A~ election dll} dra ...... ncar, nd\ocates of 

the "right-tu-work (or le",~" law and Itepllblic:ln 

candidatt;

• 

Champions 

,...-~- 

At Picnic 

60-Year Awardee 

.... 

• . j~ 

Tlte you". 1000y. IIt .. d from 11011. 

b~ IIy'n. ".oss I ..... fi"islt Ii ..... 

_n tit ••• ace 

Show" ilrc Il'Ie Comm""'ly (leChlC !)Ow!!". 

champ1o". of Local 306, IIkro", Oh,o, 

,ummcr ami IInce :Igain Ihe (tJlnnlllnlty 

, 'l' .. 'lric 11':1111 \I", CHIlI nell dlalllpioli. 

OUI" 1t1l':,1 Unllln g,llf UUIIn~ II:" lIon 

by lcn) ~c;iI\ \Iilh ;I 1.,\\ 1:1'"" 71). 1),In 

{jend h:ul " I"w nel (,/l I)",c IJllllolI nnd 

Did Cn,ll') 11,1

e:luty of this plan i, that you \\ill reap Ii 

larger financial gain in the long run, "hile 

depriving h i~ majesty of a part of )'our 

hard·\\ on g:uns. 

The seeond proposal requires that \\e rise 

up as one \oiee and immedi;lu:ly deluge our 

Siale repre~ntative~ with an a\'alanehe of 

!cHers. The\c leiters ~ h oul d demand thut the 

people be given the opportunity in Novem· 

ber 10 vote for the rep:al of this Ill. \ 

Students of history \\ ill r('Ca1\ that prohibition 

wa~ vcry ~hort·livcd when the out· 

cry Was he:lrd from the mul1itudc:~. We are 

the nlullilude ~ of tOll:IY. If \\1' arc to rid 

our\ch'es of this alb:Hross, we 100 mll~' r.dsc 

our \'oicc, in olltr' l ~ed tlllison. 

lii\lOry h;l, also )ho\\n Ih;lt it j, impos· 

sible \0 ~uhj ugate a ~ople if the) arc l\e1\ 

informed aud educaled. A frcc prc" and 

Ihou,,:,"d~ of lolumc\ :tl:tilable 10 U\ from 

many ..ourctS male it inexeu~:tble for ;1 free 

people, ~uch ,LS we Me, 10 ailo" our~eh'e~ 

to be ~uhJul;ated by :my form of poli,ical 

demago~ucry. 

An e\cellent discourse on the Iriul, and 

trihulations uf the willmon llIan in America 

will be found in William M anchester'~ bool 

entitled, ~The Glory and the I)reanl," This 

is .t narrative history of America from 1932 

to 197:!. Upon reading this bool, I wa\ 

Slrlld by the )imilarity of attitudes tOIHml! 

the common man belween th~ of lIerhert 

Hoover and th;!\ m:m in Trcnton. I-aeh has 

shown a rernarbbk lIi)o{lain for the little 

people. Do "c ne~d :1 go\ernor l i~~ that"' 

I Ihin~ not! 

WAITLR " PAt'I"" YOCl\l. I' \ 

Degree 

College and 1,IIer was appointed a trllstee 

of the College. 

]> 01 E. Damiani ha ~ been hlbincss m:mager 

of Loc:II 3(,3 of thc IBFW in Rocl 

land and p.lrlS uf Or:mge Counlles for over 

29 )ears, and also \.C(\cs as president of 

the Roclland County Buildin!; and Con· 

struclion T mdcs nnd Central Trndcs 

Council. 

Pat, \\ho h,ts been a member of the: 

IIJEW for o\er 39 years, recently celebrated 

his 40th wedding annhe~.uy \\ith his \\ife, 

Ann. their the children. their families, their 

~i~ i:r:mdehildren. and friends. 

\\,L.. .... l1me an ;lI1llual e.ent. All the p.L1 ' 

ticipanb werc ("nlhthia'ti~ t"w"rd e

all IBEW Locnl 369 mcmbch \\ho ,.Te emplo}cd 

on Ihe po .... crhullw jut> :II Ghent. 

Kenlud}. til is rumored lh .., Ihc\ "en," 

• f;on~ i dcring th.mging Iheir na~lc \0 

, 

Champs 

Tournament Ct>amp,ons Tum No.1. left to "gilt. 

front row ar" 08",d B l a~e. blltbOy. M,ke Mullarkey. 

Ronme Cox. Charloe Whelen. R,thard 

Jo nes, Co",h Ed Blllkot: back.ow: Dillie [lians. 

Dennis Becker. Bob Blocher, George Si ranlle. 

Greg Kinsella. John Ragl.nd. ;Jnd larry Hanke. 

··Shoc~c r ~." 

rhe ··ShocJ,.eh'· mcmbcr$ arc 

"Shoded" h} Ihe end uf their ~C'Cond g'lme. 

[X,pile having the lotuk,[ cheeri",; 'C'li()n. 

Ihc grealc)1 comhined c\periCrunncr Slc\c ~illiman, 

Ihe "Shocler," Iml their fir\\ g:mll.' 10 Local 

369 Team No. I and their ~«:\md game [0 

I oc .. l 369 TC:tnl No.1. 

Tne IBnv I.oeal ,('9 Team No. I "'ent 

on to "'in Ih..: !\lurnamenl. umjcf ... ;.I~>d. lhe 

ehampion,hip lOame "'a'> .. du ..... eont ... ~t ",jlh 

Ihe f'ipdiu ... r,. 'he I I.x-trician, !"e;tm No. I 

als eaptur ... d fiN place in ho[h [heir 

leagIlO:" the I\u.'sd.-y night Ic,LgUO: at 51. 

Barlholomew and Ihe Frida) night Jc,Lgue 

at Bhhop D:llil.l. The~ \lerc [h ... onl) indu,· 

[ri.. l I ... arn ill e"",h of [he npen Ica~uc,. r he} 

were 11·1 in fc)!uhuilln 1c:Lglle pili) fur Ihe 

sea""n and qualified f.lr thl' (ih I mlrnH· 

ment h) \.Iinning the league ... A, o f this 

\.ITiting th ... team \I,t~ preparing fur the Flee· 

trical Wor)..cr, fuurn,nlWot in '-:.'\.1 Yor).. 

Cily. 

Th ... ",omlllun hond of hem!! eu·"ur)..er, 

on many jon.. and earning :. hI illS in Ihe 

~ame in d u~lr} g'-"'" [hi~ tournam ... nt an un· 

\I,ual ;.if of fel1o\\,hip :.nd pnl\ id,'u H form 

for a " ... d. ... nd uf compo.!litilc fI::creatinn. 

E~cellcnt ~porl,man,hip ",I' Ji'pla)cu 

[hruughoLLl the tournament. Ililh Ihc lu\er, 

ahlays eonJ;r Ihe bc~t "r clerylhing ;)!Id 

rn:111\ ~enr~ of !:lund health and p1c",ant 

liling. Brolher P. J. I.IIl·a, reI ired on lune 

11 from SCi (iCQ\ \\aiterboro If:ln,mb· 

,iun ;md di'lrit:omion department. 

I hum,I' I . \larlin "a' ,lppoinlCd \(t Ihe 

1.)Car, I 'l'CIII"e Hoard. Brother \I.lrt;n i) 

emplu~ed at ("anad)~ power 'Ialion. 

Our loe.-! union .... ould Ii)..c In I!ilc a 

"'arm \lcleome tn our newe--[ m ... mhcr. Guy 

..... I "mt> of the I aber Place line ~·r~" 

\lure W~ Brolher, have hc~n in 10e:ll 

,Ire" ho,pit;II\. Jame~ D. \\eeh. emplo~ed 

;It Ihe "it. M.Ltthew~·llram:hlillc I &D. i, in 

[he (harle,[on Vet~r .. n, Admini,tr,,[i .. n 

I/mpil"l: Wt>Odru", W. lI ue)..~. empl,')ed 

;11 Ihe (h;lfk,lOn·raber Place T&D. ;, in 

Ruper lIo~pital; ,111

At Meeting 

mcmber~ lu cn,ure Ihal our luc,,1 union con. 

linue~ II) be an clrcClin:: ~pul.c\man fur Ihe 

Brolher. of 3911. 

The ofJker. uf 1 11;;;11 WII h;IIC prai'>C.'d 

Ihe gt'eat job ;md "orl. Ih.11 Ihc 1,)1;,,1", pre-.\ 

~ecrc l ;!ry has been Ihun!! ,ince: hc II;'~ ap· 

poinh:d by furmc! ~\l1I I' rc~idenl W. C. 

Reilly nnd rcappuinlcd 11) pre,cnt 3\1l'! I' t'c,idenl 

Itunald K n\tcr. 

1 11.11)1111(1.: I '\\IIIII. I'S 

Service Award 

- - 

Recipients 

Scribe Reports on A 

Variety of Local Activities 

B ' othef~ JOhn J Oe Sac~. C. L a.ownl"e, and 

Ronald KOSI •• Dr. shown ., Ihe July me .. trnS 

01 LI I' ll I' Rant! It Il"M I'S 

Sixty Men on Book 

In Local 405 

I •. U, -I DS. CEUA K KA I'II)S, IA. _ Let\ 

h:I'c the bad nello, fir,\. A~ of Ihr, d.lle in 

AU!!lIst, l oc:11 40S 1m .. about 60 men on 

Awards 10' ~ nHnlmum 01 20 years we'e p,e, 

sented 10 membe.s o f Local .05. Cedar Rap'ds, 

la. front ,ow, relt to "ai'll.•• a Al Soukup. 

DeLaIne Ch",eh. Kenneth Buck. Mlh Shaa. 

BUSIness M.na ••• Charles Swo,a. 1111'1 Ols,",cl 

V,ce P.e~iden' Jack Moore. Jake Kobes. and Bob 

Niccolli; back 'ow GI.,n Pesek. James Will. 

Roland frlnk. Mlka Po""" ... Don Ba'ge •. AI Ba~· 

sell. Jot! [nnla. John King. -BIll Evanl. Ind Cene 

Hpyslell. 

A mInImum of 2S yaars. f,onl 'OW. left to "sht. 

I,e Ernest Bu,d,ck, Larry Wellenhl.I". MIke 

Ma.kham. MIlo "Inkl, BusinlSS 101." .... Ch •• II' 

Swo.e. 11th Ol"""t Vice P.esidenl Jack Moo.e. 

Cacil Ch",lenUn. and Medin Kimball; b.ck 

row' Jam"a Ryon. Donald R~od. Ceo,,,. She"lf. 

Donald Smit h. Morris Pallen. Af thur Tlylor. and 

Ivan Lawson, 

"II" 

l 

A mtnlmum el 30 ye.rs· Mel~ln "Doc" P"CI 

.nd Ed Teahe"" WIth Business Manag., Cha.ln 

Swo.. and 11th Oislricl V,ce P.nidenl J.Ck 

Moo •.,. Paul Mo,tenson. and Chafin Stephani. 

• 1 , 

B,olhe.s Leo JUI' . lell. and Hugh Reine'. , r.hl. 

hIve 'e(:eivt-

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bool.. I and Ihe \\>ork piclur.: d".:~n' l 1001.. 

:my beller for n while. 8 usi ne\\ ManHger 

Chud. Swore 'lit' the zany piclllre look~ 

good for the fUllirc but there urc :1 lot o f 

Rrothcr.; going IlilhoUl pa~che:ch right 

now. 

Our are:a will ha"e Ihe 'hopping mall 

slurting. the: Chic (enter i~ to ilet under 

way this fall. the General Milh pllmt with 

n ,Inl'tk eon.eT\iOll pr08ram i, coming "1'1, 

lind the SC",llge di'po,al plant i~ to he II biil 

one. So, it WllIlth iI()od for spring hut il 

doc,n't help much right now. 

On :1 more cheerful II"k. Ille IIwnth of 

July was II llolaMe olle for I IICIII 405. 

lI u~ i ne~~ Mll/illger Chud; Swore propu,ed 

the e\tnhli'hment uf the omce uf lI"i,tnnl 

bu\ine" m'lmliler. glvmg a vcry cummend· 

ahle prcscntntinn of his purpc,.;c lind the 

potenti,11 dntil-'" df nn a,)i)tanl. I hi, was 

paN~d by the memherI:llld Ihal the 

coroner·, report said he died from ek'Ctrocution. 

We e,tend our pfl)Crs ;"Ind ~)'mpathy 10 

hi1 fumily. Hrother Marl. will be mi"ed 

I'ATRtCK T . /)OItOVO tt, I'.S. 

Loc",1 449 Mourns Passing 

01 B,oth. , O,d 

l..t !. ~49 . "OCATt: I.I .0 , IDA.- Memblanding. and OJ deep love 

tow,mi hi~ fellow man. Smol..ic .... ollid nl 

'0111)'\ ta~e the time 10 tall... :anti more important 

Ii,ten. to ;,11 tho~e he came in conlaCt 

with. l ie was a man who IImler,toc.1 Ih~t 

torotherhood i~ givinf: anti ~h:1rinil more than 

talin!e ;Ind demanding. lIis contrihutiom to 

449 and the llibor movemcnt will Idng be 

remcmhcrc:d 

On a brighlcr note. eongraWlatioJl\ nnd 

thanl..~ arc in order on two (Ot'"t~. Alv:a 

L cwi~, ~ltClrical contractor. relircd thiS ~Utnmer 

after 32 yean of work and ~rviC'e. A, 

one who worked for Aha both as (In apprenll~C 

and IJler as a journeym(ln. I'd Itlc 

to \:1) thanl..s for promoting and IIsing 

union llibor a nd fo r demanding craft~mlln· 

~hill lind qUllli ty in our induMry. Congratula· 

tions to HrOlher Ron N ugent (and wifc 

.. 

Alice), 30-)ear employee of Alva l ewb

ElecTric. for being selecTed manager in The 

new husiness n:nTure Fairlllay Electrical. Inc. 

One final thought! If you enjoy )our 

sland:lrd of livin);. huy American and !,:h'c 

another American ;1 chance for It good life. 

TI U J IN~I."". p.S. 

Laid-Off Members Return 

To Work 

L . l t. ~6 S. SA:-.I OIt:GO, C \I..-We :Ire 

happy 10 report Ih,11 all of Ihe apprenliee 

linemcn .... ho .... crc cuI b;u:L due \(J lad .. of 

\l01'J.. Ilcrc r~indcnl\l!'~d on Augu~t I), Along 

... ilh th c,>uthl) anu Ilr"lhcr 

Jerry ~t;lge. prc,idenl Ilf the .... inter league. 

It:" ;!rranged fur Ihe ICOlguc );:lmc\ III he 

held on Tue"d,l) nii:hl' thi, \C,lr, bqlinning 

in 5.epleml>cr:'1 ',ui,IIl;t] l ane'. 

Almtht all !"Tafh h:l

. 

Loca/We 

BrOIl'>., Charles ro •••• 01 Local '116. Wo.ce ... ,,,, 

Man. cllt'Cks h., ." links III p.epanl\IOn for 

11'0.. Worcester O,eante"",a' p .... d.. a.Olher 

FosI., drove II UDal In Ih. pilII'd. and donated 

hIS Um.. au"n.1S "'."aae, J immy O'COrl ... e. 

.. b" '1;11Ce,; Ireasurer. Ma..: Cumming.\; E~c':1IIhc 

lIoanl. James Edwards. Roger Fnllier. ami 

h i Fnlo"".·: und Examining Board. I ' ran~ 

Knisht. Tonc)' Cates, Ronn ie Cod mall. lint! 

limy R:l)'. 

II )' Ihe lime you read Ihis arllele. our 

npprentit'c school should be slarted. T his 

"

me~ns that II'S time to budle dO" n :Ind 

stan studying again, 

Brother), II'C have been h~ving a good 

turnout at our meeting e"cry month. but il 

eoult.! be e\ien better. Let"s all try h:,rder 10 

have a loo-percent :I1tendlHlcc. and aneml 

the meeting on the second Fri(hL~ of eadl 

mont h. 

That"~ all for Ihis time. 

NORMA" L. O'Nul , I'.S. 

Workers 

AI'>\.1 rem:llnll1lt til.' ,.ul1e ., the .... url, llul 

IwL Some memher~ ;Ire .... urLing in Ila} 

City. MichigUll. MinnclLlwli,. Minne'>ota, 

Indiana. and Alas\..:!. 

I h:ml you It. (ICiety lhe,e good !'Cople 

C\hL So leI it be recorded. Mr. Dillion. Ihlll 

nil member, of Ihc I II I W II fC ~n(ld cle~ · 

trici:ms. 

Some of our It..:al Brothcr .. are \lorling 

on Ihe Irun Ran~ e Or ,huuld I sa} Ihe 

Iron R

een hit alread~ "ilh our major heallh and 

. So1f'::IY problem. and thaI i ~ Ihe an it u d ~ of 

our immediall: ,upeniwI'>. We hale :I fell 

"ho realize Ihe probl.::m~ "e hale In Ihis 

area and Ihe) are cooperaline. Wh) Ihe 

obno,iou~ lie" of Ihe..e othen. i~ re,ll1) un· 

bdicl'able, \I IlSt are the )lIunger people "ho 

have made the ~ uperli>ory lelel ph) ~ I~'all~' . 

bUI are totall} menially unlil for the job of 

leading and direcling. Their Ihin~ing c'lp .. city 

is lery limited b) Iheir :Icl i un~ on Ihc noor. 

., M r. Pallison. plea~e Iwlc. )tlll \\ill h;]\c 

a ffi:ljor problem unle" )011 ,Ie[, in :tIId 

correcl Iht' corlilc mind, of thc

someone isn't OLlI there trying 10 nr~an'~c 

all those rat olllfi ts, lIow come Ihe bu,inel>~ 

manlll-ocr c;,n', come out to our job and 

selile our griewmces and, when \\>e call the 

oflke, why can'l \Ioe Get someone who ~no\lo s 

ho\lo much dues and dealh benefilS are? 

So I thought I'd 10 dOYon durinllhc da) 

:1111./ find out just how legitimale Iho\C expenM" 

are, I he bu~iness manager can't be 

eH:rp .. heTe and in lhe office So he has an 

asshlanl 10 cover the ground he can't co~cr, 

I II Ihe me:,nlime, while they are alii, someone 

hilS 10 an~\Io'er Ihe call from the con_ 

tractors for Olen and locale Ihe one, \Ioaiting 

for job-.. ...0 enter the tli'patcher, Then 

Ihe re'~ all Ihat boo~\Ioorl 10 leep up 10 d;,I(' 

and in 1;ood order and ;,11 thai correspondence 

from nut of town, men wanting 10 pa y 

d ue~ or find OUlthc Inh:~t :,1 home :md "hen 

Ihey can get \Ioorl al home. l euen.; from the 

J.D. nod other locnh mu,' be :IO '\Ioered. so 

we nH'~1 have our book~eeper and ~ecrd:,ry. 

Let's not forget our apprenliec" Their 

records nlU' t be kept liP: progre~, reporl, 

from employer and schoul IIrc kepI. School 

nwleri:,1 mu~1 be 1(lflked l,fler. 

Afler ~pen ding ~ometime in the ollke and 

n",in{! around il bci::ome~ clear Ihal il lale~ 

a hll of eIToJ'110 ~cep thing, going ~muothly. 

Juhn Milll..e\ich, our bu~iness managl."r, 

Frcd \ Jart'na. assiSlant husiness Olanager 

and Jerry ,\!nrellu, (lur (.Ii~pMcher, h:wc Iheir 

hamh full \Ioith job grie\:LOces, joh placemenl~, 

Incetin{!~. etc. Anna Glenn. our bool , 

leeper. and Irancie Kaufman leep bu~) 

wilh alt Ihe p:,per \l.orl. Bob Highfill anu 

M:I\ine lI orc:hila~ 

handle e\er)lhing pertaining 

to our apprenlicl:', 

All in :,11. il\ an experience e~cry llIeOlhcr 

5hou1l.l '>(."C'. i ... t~. 

he ;lcthe al Ihe meeting,. I i"l of 1111, be 

there and Ihen 1i~len Hnd learn, Couperale 

and he hclpful, ('(IO\truclive I."ritici'm i ... good 

bUI gripinp. and complaining \Ioilho," ;,llern:tth'e' 

don 'I help. Per\()n:,lIy , I think I1.c·re 

duing goml \\>ith Ihe people I1.c've gOI I hope 

thcy leep up the good ",orl. 

Toronto Local Holds 

Election 

I n MRO~, 

!'.S. 

I.,U, 636, TORO'l,,'TO, ONTo-Another '5 

\OIe~ and yllll \1001111.1 ha\c b, ,IOd Ihe (nu\,on 

Count} Dam proje~" nre h;1Iing en\ir~,"_ 

ml.'lll;,1 dela). 

We halc 'el'el":.! "pprentILc, \Ioh" compleled 

four )ear~ (If apprentiL'c,hip Irl,illillg 

in Junc and \Ioe nITcr our cnngnLlLll:lli~,", 10 

Ihem. 

B. T. "p[:-1 NIlI ' 1(\N, 1'.5, 

Bylaw Changes, New Dues 

Structure Voted On 

I •. U, 659, i\lfI)FORD. ORE __ Here it i~ 

July. lind our local ha~ \'oted on its b)la~' 

ch:IOge, and new dll~ structure. Ooce aguin 

Ihe feeling .-.eemed 10 be brothc rhood aoo\'(' 

?" when Ihc \'uting \Ioa~ tabula led. Although .... 

II was a poor 101,,1 number of \oters, the 

percentage of )~~ \o'e ~ \Ioa~ really o\'cr 

Whelming. 

Again, our locul ha~ a change in \tarr. 

IJrolhcr Jim CIlTli, h reliring a~ bu~inc~~ ~ 

repre'cnt;,tivc and Brother lael.. Jonc:o. \Ioill 

be ta~ing hh place. Brother Jim and hi, 

wife, \Ioe undel"iland. arl.' going 10 dn a lillie 

Ira\"eling and "rocl hounding." II will prubably 

t a~c him a lillie \Iohilc tOilet ;I\Ioay frum 

driving :Lfler bcing a rep in this local. We 

\Ioi,h Ihe be~1 of Iud to hOlh of Ihcm, 

Brother bel J ()ne~ is (' wircmnn ,IOd ha, 

been nn acthe loclII member fur a 10n1,: 

lime. He tm~ been an apprentice te:,chcr, :.n 

F.\CCUlil'c flnanl member, and :1 Negolialing 

Comn1iUee member in Iht pa~I , 

lIelcome lacl a, a member of 

We'd like 10 

our \laIT and..ll 

\Ioe \\>i~h him the be ...!. Wc believc he will he 

:, rcal : ' ~~C I 10 \Jur l\Ka!. lL~ he h:.' been in. 

Ihe pa'I, 

Aho, Brulher Del MeGinni, ha ~ gone 

bael to the tool, becau,e of illne\, in hi, 

famil y lmd Ihe need to be cloo.c 10 home. I 

lnu\lo I'm nOI alllOc \Iohen I sal thanl~ hi 

Oct for Ihe filiI." job he performed "hile n 

bu,ine,s rcpre!>Cntaliw. 

rhe Oregon SI:,le Wireman's \pprentiec- 

,hip Conte'l for 1976 \10 ill be held in Medfonl 

thi\ )ear on Sl'ptemhc:'r 18. It promise, 

III be a re"l good time for e\'eryonc llOd \Ioe 

hope 10 h:I\ ..' :1 {!()()() turnoul to h;lcl our 

nc\lo juurne)ml.'l1 (Iml join Ihem in all evening 

tlf fun ;lnd brotherhood. ,.. 

OUI\iJe line \Io\.rl ha~ picked up fairl) 

\Iocll. B Ol1l~ ;IfC cic:,r, bUI ~Iill mO'.lly ~m: , 11 ~ 

jllh~ The hig joh in eastern Orcgoll is ~Iill ..... 

a wa) nU In\ide \\>ireman wor~ is the bc~t il 

ha~ heen in the pa~1 )elLr "nd a half. \Io,\h 

hlJtlk~ null' clear Ruscherg I (Imber ("11m, 

pany i~ /.loing ~Irullg llOd ~ h ollid turn OUI ,n 

he a job thllt "ill require ;l 101 IIf people 

Abo. thc hmpital joh in Rosebcrg i~ fillHII) 

brc;,lil1g, and w.lrk in Ihe Klamath Falh 

area is riding up 

\VI.' \Ioill ha\e " Conference CommiUee 

meeting cumin!; "I' in Seplember. Wc had a 

rc;,l g(K)(!lurnollt ;,1 our hhl one-. 

Our furnu'r blhinl.">" manage-r, Kenneth 

Phillip" i, reporled to he doing real "ell 

,incc hi, hearl \urgcr}. 

Gue" I gOI a liltle "Ollnd up Ihi, lime. 

hut if any of ~(III BrOlher, or Si,l('r, ha\'e . 

ne\loS item\ )"OU would h~e in Ihe joufnfll. 

plea..e ~nd them 10 be. I can u..e all the 

hclp )011 e;1O ghe Thanl }ou. 

H~IWID Ktl" , P.S, 

Members Receive Wage 

Increase; All Working 

l" lI, 697, G/\ RY ""'I> 11,\,\1,\10",0, 1"'1), 

On jllly 5 of Ihi, year nllr \Ioorl..inJ; mem. 

I>c" recei~ed :J nice incre:"c in the ";I~e,...... 

Ih :'nl.~ In efforts of our NegOlialing Com- 

I1ll11ce. ' 4 

Journeym:11l wlLges arc now $1 1.'10 pCI' 

• 

IIEW lou"",1 

•

e prc'>Cnted a SO-)c:u pin. In mhlllJl)n. 

about 11 member~ .... ill reccile 1~ -) e: l r pins 

• :}no we will pr e~e nt retirement lSifl~ 1

Family Picnic 

Loc.1 112, aIllVI" P •., held ,IS 3"" .. 11' poe,,'c 

.ece"tI~. Hire g,oll>e' o..il Ch .. rch .rICI hll 

famll), Irl 'hOw" e"10)';"8 themul"e •. 

a,other, a.rry l(owIII>C,,"nd Wednesda} in June, 

The majur uni"er.l held Iheir po'li ll Un\ rd 

If ill, hu~ine,~ mam'Ker: Geurge Ocrhaum. 

Jr .. presidenl: l)elHI ) "'hepard. recnrdmg 

seefelary; Ihrry Smilh. treasurer; and I' mnl 

\I cC raden. \iee pre,idenl 

One change llid lake place 011 Ihe [!~c eu· 

live B.Jard IIrlllher Miner \lontilli uld 1(>1 

\ecl rcclectilln alld was replaced by Uruthcr 

Will ic G]as~ There "ere also a few chitnge~ 

on the cornmi n ees. We woluld like 111 Ihanl 

all formcr cummineemen and (.nken fur 

Iheir service' fur the past IhrC(: )'eM~ 

The ... orl situation in this area is ~tead) 

A large percentage nf eonstrU"liun is indu', 

trial J unes and Laughlin. Ilal>c;od.: and W.I · 

CI'~. and Ihe Shippingport I'uwer cum pl e~ 

cmploy a largc number of membe .... 

01 N /'oI S TRO ~I"1 IT .... 1'.5. 

RICII HI)"I"10N, I'.S. 

" 

Local 713 Strike Continues 

At GTE A.E. Inc. 

LoU. 713. C IIICAGO, 11.1 ,. -Mler IJ "eels 

of ~I rile OI l GTE Autolllalie Electric. Inc .. 

Ihc piclct line continuC'i to be mannco.! by 

Ihl: mcmbers of I .lCal 71.'- \leellngs N: 

"..:en Ihe com pall) allll Ihe ullion .... ego 

Iinting ("olllmitlee, c"l!1po.cd .,f ml:mbcrs 

who wurk at G1T. I'ith lIu \i n c\~ \lallager 

fl arry Wea\"~r. Ass'~lant Ilu,illc\s 'hll1a Ke r ~ 

Jerry $auriol aud Jnhn ( arrigliu in attend· 

:",,,e II~ wcll (j ~ the feueral medialUr. arc 

nuw laling placc dail) 1 hc ba~i~ of the 

taIls arc a "ml·"r-lil ing dau~e . an im· 

p((IIed husrilali/.a11011 rlan. and an im· 

rrulcd ~cni"ril) clau'>C We arc hllpcful Ihal 

Ihere "ill he an agreerm:nt Icr} ShOrll) 

In Ihc paSI 1111111th . beside Ihe G'IT negotiation~. 

Rusine" 'Ianager lIarr) Wealer 

alld A~~islant B II~inc.s Managcr'" Bill 

Pmlda and Angelo GCT\:.~il' have ncgotiated 

ncw agreemelll~ at lI uh rtectric Com· 

pan y. I,here a three ·~en r e,m tral'l wa~ 

signed. and with Ihe l\I etropnlilall Chkagoland 

Sw'tchhoaru A~SllChlli"n whcre II IWI1. 

)'ear cunlract .... a~ signed Al\o, in Ihis paSI 

munlh. the uni "n held demand meetings and 

sent rellpcnin! letten on pn:'lCnl agreemenlS 

10 Meador IndUSlrie,. Inc .. Allcorn rIorence 

Corp .. 1I0,hne Elcclrie (onman), Willia ms 

rlcctronics. Inc .. and (" J AndeT\on & 

Compan) A~ can be '\Cell Ihe hminess 

nlanager and a~~i~lltnt~ "ill be husl "ilh 

ConSlanl negotialion, fur ~ume lime 

We report IhHI I ~e"ulhe Bmml melllber 

Chucllee Kielma hal had :. scri" u~ oper;l' 

ti on and we wi.h hilll well alld hope for a 

successful and ~ peeu ~ reem-ery 

Many of our shops had va"alitm period 

in August and hy no ..... m,KI arc ha" k lin 

full schcdule lI ope CICf)lIne had a restful 

"acation 

JOII" J C'"RIC.IIO. P.S 

Traveling Brothers Hold 

Mini-Reunion 

L.1I. 728, FT. I.A' IlEHIM LE .. I ~ LA ,- "s 

)nu pmhHhly know hy now. Ihere lire 1I 

bunch or 121« nr other~ up here in Washing. 

tOil Slate. So whal would he more natural 

th311 to gcl Ihem all ,,>sether for a mllll· 

reU!li o!l~ That's ju~t ..... h:.1 happencd recently 

al Ihe \Ia!e park in Yal ima 

Tho,\;,: Br Ul h er~ who allended were 

Charlie File. J im Da",lins. Frcd Mounts. 

Ronnie and lI eroie Sampson, $cott Mitchell. 

Jeff Handley, 'like \lilan, and. of course. 

yours Iruly Brother Mile Murphy also 

stop['Cd by bri~ny. but we didn't gel 10 see 

him 

Amung ,he llrother~ Ilhn didn 't make il. 

for (lne rea~on or anolher. were Gerry Co~. 

I'ele MalallHiage. Juhn Price. Mik;,: 

and 

$cOlt Morang. Dale Berry. and Frank 

Rced. ThO"\: ..... ho didn't male it mi~d out 

on one hell of a ,nod tinle.' 

Snme of us who uidll'l lnow ea"h olher 

got acquainted. and Ihtl5C of us who did 

5 .... arped ~wr ies and rebuilt every job in 

soulh norida. 

llrOlher Frank Reed wasn'l able tn get III 

the reunion due to an unforlunale a"eidenl 

"n Ihe job. While moving a Iransformer at 

Ihe Trident site. it gOl loose frum Ihe rig· 

ging and a J ohnson bar came up and hit 

f-r .. nl III Ihe I..nee. bre;Jlmg II Hc's been 

laid up fur qUlle a "hlle. bUI .... ill h"pcfull) 

be bacl w wurl '\o.m. 

B U~lnes~ 'Ianager Ji m Weldon Ic\b me 

thi ng'\ :lfC ~ull prell) bleak in \U IIIIY I lorida 

ThiS " Repuhliean cure" for Ihe r eces~ i()n 

should he rememhered on Elecliull D Ol} 

Organized lahor needs 10 get (lUI and lote 

S\ww Ihose puliticians "here lie siand 

If )OU arc nnt registered. gel dowil (tIld 

dn ~n Y(lU and eligihle memhcrs "f yuur 

fa mil~ If ).lU·re nnl w"rling. there , hould 

I"II,! no C~CU5e ftlr ~uu nol In be registered. 

and 11111 W lule ]1'\ nnl Ihat you don'l hal'c 

thc lillie 

We need lu ciCCI f,i('l/ds tor labor Gerald 

Furd i~ ,"', our friend His letoes of bol h 

silus picl cting and Ihe Ilumphre),.l lllwlinJ 

bill {Ihe one guaranleeing elcry American 

a Joh IIhn wanl~ onel pro\'e Ihi, faci 

J Ilerbcrt Burle has nat OUI jOld U5 he 

ha ~ nn usc ror organilcd 101 om l et's PUI 

him {In Ihe uncmrln) ment hn.., 

Ynur Ineal COI'E Cummillee and Ihe 

IJ rtlward f"ederalion of Labor hale cn d (l r ~ed 

canuida l ~s. Do )Our part to PUI Ihem in 

omce. and get u~ back ttl w{lrl 

Until nC~1 mllnth 

LIR\' Corf'Ou.. P.S. 

Local Co-hosts State 

Electrical Conference 

LU. 756. ])A \'TO .... In : ACII. I ~ L ,\ .-O\'cr 

Ihe wcelelld of J uly 10 ;lIld I r. ] oCHI 756 

:lnd Local ;!O!!S. nf Coco: ...... ere CO·hO,I' nl 

Ihc H ol"ida Fleclric:11 Worler. Aw:x:i:llion 

Confercn"c hclu n l WoHie~ MOlnr l odgc in 

Cocoa lIe:lch. 

., he r~ ccUl"'e Buard, "f bolh loc:l1- 

worled logelhc:r on thi,. and much credil 

,hould be ghen 10 Ihe Brothel"'< and Sisters 

of I ne:.1 20l«K for the fine job lhey did. along 

.... ith Iheir hu"inc.~ managcr. Bill Hamillon, 

and pr~idel11. (hartie Ikll. 

Therc w~re Iw() meelings of Ihe confer· 

enee held \)11 Salurday. July 10_ Spe(j l ~r' 

from Ihe l ocal~ allending told of Iheir prob· 

I c m ~ .... ilhin Iheir juri,diclion". One problem 

Ihal clime "I' cOI1'\i,lcnll y among con'truelion 

t(IC;II, wa~ ",hool,. Since Ihc prevailin!; 

walle ,cale\ werc rcmOlcd by Ihe IlorioJa 

L e~i, l alUre in 1974 o n ~ch()() 1 con ~lr u e t io n. 

m!K! of Ihe ne..... schools bcin~ huil! are 

done by non,"nion "onlrneton. Other prob, 

lems wilh Ihe non,union elemenl "ere rt', 

porl~d. hUI Ihe mcs\tlge wa~ loud :1I1d clellr 

as far a\ tabor lcgi~I;l tion is concerned We 

as IBFW m~mbeN arc goin!; 10 have 10 leer 

in formed on Ihe candidates nlllning for o mc(' 

wilh COPI· rerorK CIC. VOle for Iho\(! .... ho 

.... ill help tahor. :lIld police Ihc~~ people afler 

Ihey ~et in "nlee becau~e it .;eem~ to be 11 

hahil for Ihcm 10 bnc:l lIW:lY from I:lbor 

when :1 bill IIffeeli ng labo r "omes "I'. 

Our ne .... Int('rnation,,1 Vice Pre,idelll of 

Ihe Fiflh Dillrict. Olin Wateu, could nOI 

all('nd Ihe conferen"e bc:"ame hi ~ " ife .... a~ 

ill. We ,inecrely hope Ihal ~hc: had a \pC"'C"dy 

reCOler) Hm! b in good healt h b) now. 

]1 geh repcliliou~ to give an unplea~nl 

lIorl.. pkilire ('lI"h monlh. So a ll t cun say 

is. it' ~ th(' lame 

II i, .... ilh greal rcgret thnl I r('porl thc 

tntiie dealh (If ilrolhcr J lle Jan·i,. "hu died 

Jul)' 3 I. Joe W:I\ nil lIclive )'ou ng Illan. in· 

vol veu ll\ :1 COllCh for a lillie l(,lIgue Icam. 

• 

.. 

, 

. .

and also was a member of a bowling tcaol. 

OUf sincere S~'mpathy goes Oul to Joe's 

f;lmily and his loved ones. 

LoOIS H I DOI.COCK, P .S. 

Volun teers 

Contractor Herb Kaplan. Jilcil Wln,,.,/:Ir'E('r, 

MI~" Mednick. Business M~""8er 01 1.0

in achieving " ~ettlemen! which was approved 

by better Ihun H J·lo-I majority of 

Ihe membehhip. 

The L(II;al 827 Swtey,ide Softball Tournament 

is PrtJgre~~ing o n ...chcdulc. with divisio 

nal pluyotl\ completeJ in three divhiom. 

the winner~ being H ad.en~ucl uni l I for the 

!-Iudson dh'i~ion. Newnrl. Doy,ntown unit 14 

for the F»e\ division. ;Ind BurlinglOn lInit 

22 for the Cenlral divi,ion. 

After the playofr~ in the sou thern, north· 

ern. and Raritan divhion ~, Ihe state championshi 

p games will be pla}ed in Yard\i1le. 

New Jersey, for the lOurnnment trophy. 

Local 827 hus won ;.nother NLR B election. 

thi~ one covering the Iho rlingtun CATV 

group. Barg;lin;ng agenda, have been pre· 

pared for thi~ group and for clear CATV of 

Bnyville. y,ilh --F-- Bo:ard member; J. \Ie 

Laughlin and R. Blael. heading up the negotiations. 

This 10c:1I recently won an arbitration 

award in which Ihe ;Irbilrator ruled thaI Ihe 

company had acted arbitrarity by failing 10 

promote on... of our nll·m""'r ~. instead o f 

hiring a new emplo>ee. '1 he company W;I~ 

directed to promute the griev;lnt and tu pay 

b:Ll:k-wage difTerence~. retroactive to 1973. 

On July 9, 1976. Ihh l(II;al filed a complaint 

in Ihe Uniled Stille, Obtrkt Cuurt 

bringing civil :H:lion ag:!in New Jer--.e) Ikll 

for it~ f,tilure 10 comply with the arbitration 

,!wurd. 

--E" !lo;ITd member Neal Anderson h:l~ 

announced Ihllt the printing o f the bargaining 

questionnaire is ncarin@: C,)mp1etion. \\ith 

mlliling 10 the mcmber ~ won afterward. It i~ 

hoped that thi ~ will becnme an illlPOf1(lnt 

tool in forming the national and state\\ide 

h;lrgainins :Igenda~ for next )e:lr"~ negotialions. 

LOI."al ~27 ,alute~ lJrmher O'lIlald TIII",,1. 

~ecreta T y-tre;, re~ident Robert "Snow" Coe made a few 

comment~ on the A I-L-CIO F.\ccUlive Ho:!rd 

meeting th .. t wa~ held in Buton Rouge on 

Ihe fir',t of tlli, month. Brother Robert 

Langley reported on the Sollthern SlatC' 

JATC Convention held in New Orlean) Oil 

the 27th through the .lOth of July. Brothers 

Langley and Mil.e Nelson y,ere the two 

ollht;mding apprentice. gr:ltJII;lted this year 

and both attended the Convention. Brother 

I:lIlgley e.\pre-(;

• Retirees 

Brothe. AI C .... Loul 983. Muskegon, MIch .• 

rigllt. rennlly reti,ltd. He I, Ihown with Vice 

Pre.lde"l Elton "Ton y" Pe,ry_ 

8,0Ih" Hlnk BIUen, second f,om left. "liD 

r etired. Ot he •• In the plctur •. left \0 right, Ir. 

Bulln.u Manl8" DIck CIUl" Hank'5 wife. 00"" 

of Ihe .. ,wind depart,,,,,,,\, .. ,,ol his two son~ out 10 teach 

them thc art "f Ir"ul fhhing lind gnl 

, "slunked" by his 5e,'c\I-)ear-old'! We l now 

ymu aOSlO.er. Ray, he hafl II gmKl teacher. 

Could be ,. , 

Weleome back 10 work, some of rou sick 

Q,tob. r, 1976 

members Cora Ma.,well, Gil Berry, and 

Paul C\)lier ha\c returned Larry Bird W:IS 

bacl f\lr a couple "f ",eel~ after a IonS 

bout with a painful ~['Imincd anklc, re.:ci'cd 

while pla)ing ball Hut his goud health "as 

nut hmH li\cd. He had an unfnTlUnlltc aed· 

delll while riding hj~ mutun')dc and ha ~ 

been hO'iplUtlized with a ) nu guessed it 

brillen :tnkle plus ()Iher euntusimu lind 

problems. Larr) might appreciatc a cheery 

l'n rd or call from his fricnd~, 

Dlhen on the ~icl list wh" "uulJ "b.l 

lile hi hear fwm lOU arc Helen Ibdi· 

sau~ka5, Vivian Chancy. Ray (Ie\eland. 

!lob Willson, and Ted \lorti\edt. 

ORIN O''\IALlI_l', P,S. 

Speaker 

Mr. VIClor Bussie. president of Ihe loul',ana 

"'FL·CIO, addresses workers aller p.'!.lIae 01 

the ",lahl,IO·work" bill, (Photo slIbmltted by 

loenl !l9S, enlon Rouse. \.;1,) 

Passage of 'RTW' Creates Bloc 

Vote Among Union Worters 

L U. 995, " ""0", RO UGE. I.".- \lr, 

Steimd, h)' the lime Ihi~ ~tor) is plt"lhhed. 

the "right.tn.work" hill "ill he old h,LI, :1)' 

though 1'111 SUfe you :111(1 y"ur cohorts "ill 

~1i11 be gloatin! o\'er your iII·gotten gain~ 

I gue;;, we of organiled labor should he 

ud, hUI do )ou lnow that we arcn'\. Oh. 

we Ire di\appointed bUI \\C ha\e o'en:omc 

IlUger ubslaclcs than )ou'lI e\'cr pul hcfure 

"' A ~ 

a matter of facl, I tloi"l "e .. we )nu 

it large vole or thanks. You have succeeded 

where Mr Bussie h:ls failed. Yes, ~'()U 

created a hlnc \'ote amung the worling people 

(If thh state You ha\'c brought mure 

100c and appreciation 10 our great leader 

than he has ever had "dore. You han: had 

ii, Mr Steimel You shall reign for a ,hnrt 

"hile. then back to Arlan~a5 \lad.e Mr, 

'Ihoma, Il ud~on can return with you 

\/I>W for you, Mr, John lIainkel. Jr You 

a~k for unit y and r,eM'e in the state, Let me 

tell )·ou something When we were walling 

in thc hut sun witb our Ortl~ weapon, ~illn'. 

"c hcard your bunch declare thai fegard· 

Ie" of what happened. Ullli~ianl needed 

Ihi ~ infa mous bill Very ",ell. Mr Ilainlei. 

rou now have it. I love my stale as we 1111 

do, hut I don't gi"e a damn for the sh:qlC 

)'OU helped pUI it in T hercfure I "") I" ~.lU 

I'cace alld unity will come when rnur ~ind 

is out uf oOice and Ihe working pe"ple arc 

again being represented, 

'\'0, \Ir. Edwards. I haven'l {nrgotten )IIU 

1 would likc for you to e'plain the out·"f. 

~tate~ fhat a rc manning the johs 1,,,,1 hy Ihe 

A H ·( 10 craftsmen. Yes, 1\I r ldward ~, thaI 

i~ riHht Maybe you ~hould send tho: IJ(lrder 

Palrol on lmmo: of Ihese jobs and cheel 

them oul, for some of the.w men had ao.:· 

cent~ ' ou might Slart al the (ibcy.Geig), 

plant. What is a politician thinling :I"nul 

when he helps non'resident, non.voting, and 

nun·union men repillce me" who ha,e tlll:ir 

whole Ihes in\~ted in L(luisiana'l YIlU al~" 

a,led for peace, but I Ihink >"u arc '\II~ljnll 

your lime. I a~l "f ~(1U thi~' ['Ilril~r help Il~ 

get Ihis fur hig husiness

Caucus 

leI! 10 ",hI '" R Foun"ln. busl~n m""I'!r. 

l ox.l 1381. H.chv.lle. N.Y.: J. MCD.inn.:r Dunnie John"1II; 12_ 10 If>· 

lear-old girl~. \\-inncr Sherry (oHiIl': I ~ 10 ~ 

16-).:"r-old 00),. "' lIl ner !locUli lIn Ian: ~O 

.IOd o~er girl, lied hy Il rend,l I'V;1Il' ;In\1 

Noni Sntilh: 20 lind Iller but,. ",inner K o~ . 

Gordon Iu, u~II"II: Ihrec-Iegscd race fur 

etJllple" v.innC'f ROil :lI1d IIrend:1 FV;ln\; ami 

200 pollnd, and o\er, " inner W(,), ne ( hm n. 

i,t('r. !'rile.. I>.er.: ilwanled 10 all Ihe ..... inner .. 

r he picnic WOl\ concludcd '" llh an evelllllg 

of bingo. and many nice prizc, "'ere ~"e n . 

E\'er)""lC r . e tal ~ cd In had a w'''tderful Wile 

ill the picnic. Ihan~' 10 all Ihe har..! \\\lrk 

done b} Ihe Picnic Cunllnittc(', con\hling of 

Chairman RII,\CII Wallie. John Ca~h. D.mn) .r 

Gr;t\ill. "nd Carl \louhon Th,lnlo:., itU}). 

(or ;molher greal lime al Ihc picnic. 

J IM ,\ 10N II ITII. 1'.5. 

IIEW JOln"",1

Pre paration 

- 

Bargaining representatives Riley and Peddle e~· 

plAin prnf'O~ ~1 'r> members III the Sa int Jllhn 

unO! 2 o f Local 1148, Fredericton, N,B, 

Th. Nellotialir'lI Comm,lIee makes preparations. 

Local 1148 Submits 

Bargaining Proposals 

- L.U. 11 -'11. FREm.:RICTO:"o.'. N,II.- Aflcr 

:~gbhn\I~~~l t~ ~s o~:::~~'I~~~o~r~':~I~ I;': ~l~: 

New Brunswick Telephone Company. limited. 

About 9S percent o f the collective 

agreement has been I,:overcd. T he major 

Ilems at t 

leadeN is 10 rcgi,ter nnd l'OIt'. Remember 10 

:I"~Llre America a Triccntennia!. RegiMer 

and vote in Ihe Bicentenni:l!. 

G~ORG t 

Local Active in Several 

Negotiations 

1-. l lNURI LLI , I'.S. 

LU. Il-l5. "AL:,\lJI' CIU-: t: K. CAL- The 

Cit)' of Redding and I ()cal 1245 h:!ve 

reached :tgrc

pt!n.-.es while a~~igned out of lawn: and im. 

pro\'cd denIal plan from lO percent 10 80 

percent for covered eXpenJreS. 

A one·year u!;rCCmCnl betwecn l.ocal 1245 

and Ihe Cily of Healdsburg provides for a 

4 percenl s ... n ... ral wage incre;"e for the 

1;leclric Ixpartmenl and a 7 percent gen!ral 

wa~c incrc:l!oC for all o lh er~: a fully p:lId 

dent:11 pilln for employecs-S25 deductible. 

pa}~ 80 percenl of co\ered services: deferred 

vacation clau,e: and I'ruvidc~ for rcpluce· 

ment of J;la~.,e, bro~ctl on the job. 

Gener:11 negoliation~ ha\'e been concluded 

between Loe:11 1245 Ilnd Ihe Tri· Dam proj· 

ect resulting in an 1111 percent general .... ag ... 

incrca!rt retroacli,,: to M :lr~h t. 1976. and 

p:ly for 25 percent of unu,ed ,ic~ [ell"e 

ul'IOn retiremenl. 

Current ncguliaJi~e~ s(>rrow in Ihe 10') of 

1 .... 0 nwmber.. 

f-h. M:lry C're\\d~on died frum e;lncer 

Jul) Ii). 1'J71i She worled fur the infurmalion 

center ,inee Ol'Ccmbcr '17, 1975. 

Ri c~y o. Kel sli n ~ \las lilled in nn :llI1Omobile 

accident AUllusl I. 1976_ lie had 

.... o r~cd for the EIe ~tr ic Ohuibution Dep:lT1· 

menl three )'cars. ninc ll1unlh~. 31 d;IY,. 

Cw RIW RI ""1 MOW. P.S. 

Retires 

B,Olho, Arthur D. Cantwell. LaOn~ involled 

in Ihi\ dcci,ion to cllthae~ Ridseland', 

oper:lling .... or~ force. We don't have 

to lile it. but .... e Illt!>t li\e with il 

Rldl,:eland Sllllion hll~ Iln e\cej'ltinnally 

Good ,,,fety record 1I0itlg. AI Ihe lime of I hi~ 

, 

..... riliull. il~ record i~ 1.020 d(IY' .... ithout a 

di~abling accidenl. That's approximatel) 1.4 

million man-hour). 

Good lucl.. in the future 10 all Ihrc( gen 

CT:llmg silltions :Ind let's all conlinue til up· 

hold our safely rec(lrd\ and @:" h\'Il1e e\er) 

day \afe Ilnd loOund . 

The dicliofwry defines ~lIfety :I~ the qUlllity 

or condilion of being ....:Ife. 11 (.I'tO mention, 

freedom from danger. injury. or damaj!C. 

This freedom is hard enough 10 attain in 

e\'er)day life. let :llone under indll~trial condilion,_ 

In our Bicemennial ye:lt. \lhen \Ie 

celC'brllte 200 years of freedom for our country. 

ollr gO(lls for the fUlure ~houkl inclilde 

freed om from danser. injury. :md damage. 

Unlike our counlry ..... hkh fought 110:10 on 

hllGe: ,caih to will IiIur frecdom. freedom 

from dllnger. injllry. and damage can onl} 

be achie\'cd throu8h the comhined dr .. m of 

llEW Journ,,1 

• 

, .

, 

individuals. Only through the elTort of every 

si nJ;Je individual can we allain truc safety, 

Each :lOd everyone of liS must constalllly 

.§trivc: to approach evtry ~irun lion with II 

proper Sllfety aniwde-:l safely attitude calculated 

to bring liS snfely through :.11 of 

lire'~ endeavor. Whether it be :11 work or at 

play, we must Hpprouch cueh c0l11biualiol1 of 

cjrClln1~ t :lnces with I.no\\lcdgc, common 

~cn,c. and awareness. 

Developing a proper safely (l!lilude is 

hard. Throughout our liVe, we lIrt f:l~cd 

with dcci~ions-~hould we do it this \\ay. or 

wou1(1 it be octter that 1'.':1)'. do I have 

enollgh lil11c now or should r WHit? Thc~c 

que,lion) nrc our crossroad~ which help liS 

\n develop our ~afclY allitudcs. This i~ called 

the school of hard "noel,_ \I/e must refine 

our experiences dow n to a fine point of 

judgment on which we enn rely in any 

future encounter. We mu~t ~eep in mind that 

no one person is infallibJc. Ollr \;,fety programs 

al work arc the fine siftings of many 

ca~e~ amI a, a general rule can be accepted 

liS:, wor"in!: hypothesis in many e:I'C"S: ho" 

ever il i\ up 10 you. the individual on the 

~pol, to cumplcle the jtJb~ anu I>c .,ble 10 

w:ll1.: away ~afely. They say that the environment 

shapes the man; with a properly s:lfe 

environment we would have no accidents~ 

Thai would be a utopia. for no en\'lrOnment 

i .. entirely safe. HOl'ever, we may help 10 

shape our environment by usinjl: the proper 

frame of mind when we live Ol,r live~. Our 

world is (raught Wilh uangers. hut hy laking 

them on one by one we m;,y overcome all 

lhe ob~I:,cle .. in life's palh. So in Ihe future. 

let' .. ketr ,:'Ikry in oLir thollghl~ nnd :Ietion~ . 

The Cfll~adc of Mercy b due 10 Slart 

shortly and we have always been generous 

in the p:"1. OIIT donations go a long way 10- 

wanl helping Iho,e more un fortLln:IIC th;,n 

oLll"'iClves. P!e:.sc open your hearls and 

purses and give to Ihis great cause. 

J OSD'II J KA1N, P.S. 

O

On Jobs 

Brothe r Ed BO'Jas, Loca l 141l. Toledo. Oh,O. 

gel$ rcady 10 10 on palmi a t Divis BesU! 

nuclear power plant. under eonstruubject 

to an injunction, the no·'trilc clau'\( in the 

contracl.s was nOl Ihe reason for upholdiny 

the injunction in Ihe earlier ca\C~. White 

wrote. 'nle AFI -C IO joined with the Stedworker~ 

lind the two loctll unions invoh'ed in 

pre:.entillg argumenlS in the ea\c. The labor 

brief ~a id Ih;.1 Ihe 1970 decision "defined (I 

'narrow' ;.rea where an injunctiu n :lgainst 

a !>trike d.>Cl\ nut deITact from Ihe core pur. 

po>c of the Norris-laGuardia Act and is 

nece S~!Lry to ,·indk:ue the n~ti ona l labor 

policy f:woring lhe vo lunt llry ~e tllement of 

labor disputes b)' arbitration." 

In Ihe tJ uff:llo Forge

Cookout 

The ret" .. es recently anJeyed a cllrport c .... kout. 

Se;>tod ~". Broillers Waller Allen. T. (. Schneider. 

J H. Gibson. and J. N . Tllurmond, 5Iand,n8: 

W. O. Thempson. H. M. Vence, W J, Htmd"cks. 

J. O. CaNer (host). ~nd S. L Fo •. 

Election Held; 

Work Picks Up Considerably 

L U. 1579. A UG UST ,\ . GA.- AI our regu_ 

.. lur meeting \If Jul} 12. the prim.try ilem on 

thc 'It:enda .... a' the ilhHlllallon uf Hur ncw 

...-- uOlcers for the eo>uiog Ihree }C'lr,. 1\11 

I)fIiccr) "cre pre,cnt :lIld 1'1' "ere hunured 

10 ha"c IJrothcr \I:lfioll hl\. p",t rre~idclll. 

in aUcndance 10 UO the honor. :It Ihh in· 

~ta l lalion. We Il ere ul,u fortunate 10 hale 

outgoing Executive Uoard menll1cl' Gulden 

....- C(,~ t o 10 serve as phot

Officers 

Shown at a recent m .. eunK 01 l",ei 1887. 

Nape ..."Ue. III" I .. tt 10 ne"' ...... FInancIal Sec· 

,etary P...... Ne,lson. Voce P,esident WIllIam 

enffln. P'eSlden, R,cha,d C.ane. Reco,d,ng 

Sec ... t ..,,. Ih,y BlIs" ... nd JOhn SchmId •• se'Se .. nl 

a. a.ms. 

Exeeu"~e BQ.llrd ..... mbe's. 1 ..', to "ehl. • •• 

B,olhe,s Tom Prosse,. Je.ry P .. ge. Oon ZuehlU. 

Jim G,ence •. end Jack lie,menz. 

, 

II 

Stew .. ,ds. Ioneelone lefl to "8"'. a,e F,an'" Bc'" 

and Oon Woods; sUond,ng: Jaclo Helm .. nl. Cd 

O·Ha,a. Ch"clo p .. mcs. J,m Ploch .. r. Bob floss. 

J,m Ch .. v",,,. and Don Webe •. 

Local 1887 Holds 

Election 

LV. 1887, ., ,\I'ER\ II. L F.. II.L.-AI ollr 

regular meeling on July 27. I 97(), I ,)Cal 

111117 elected Ilew oflieen fur thc nc\t Ihrce 

rears. They IlI'C pfe~idcnl. Kichard ('rnne: 

vice pfe~idcll1. William Griflin; recllnling 

~ ... "CrClar)', Kay BIi,h; Irca,"rer. Jol1ll Col· 

well. Jr.; and financial scnetur}. Peler 'eil· 

JIm 

The E\cculhe Hoard memhcro. :Ire 

B r"lher~ 1)\llll,ld /uehlkc. Jerry I'agc. Jud. 

Ihemenz. James Grenccr, and Thomas 

Pn>sser 

I.ocal l~lt7 would liLe Itl c\tend co~s, 

Si,!er lIc1en Saner i~ a real pfoud 

grandmolher She "'t~ prescll1ed with a 

gntndchild on the fUllrlh (,f Jill) ('nn· 

gnlllmitions, Ilelen SiSler Annie Tiger i~ 

rcal pruud of tw" "f her daughler~. Onc (If 

her dlltlghle~ ",ill he allending \ecretarial 

">Ch('ol in 'I al1ahu~~ee and her olhcr 

daughter. who al",a)~ tl,ld her Mom shc 

"anted In be a dudur. will he fulfilling a 

it(etime dream, 'hc "'ill he enlcring medical 

seh!),)1 ,\nnie. )(lU ha'e a lot ttl he proud 

of. Sl\ter I (>ui~e Baile, ha~ juined the ran~s 

or ~erlic.! mtlm~ and dad~ ','ui~e'5 son i, 

now \talioncd in II Silt, ()~Iahuma. Ann 

((,gswcll's son j, ~lll1i,,"ed ill Ari/ona, Joe 

Wi..cl)·s son is ~tlllitlncd in Georgia, and 

my 5nn is in Jllpan, We sure dt! mi\s them. 

We successfully negotiated a new allfeemcnt 

wilh T rim T rac in Miami and a rc 

now getting our proposals togethcr for the 

coming nCloliations with UunLer Ramo. 

Any suggestions for the committee" 

We arc still faIrly busy in Holl),II'(KJU and 

the \1iami plant is holding it~ own and we 

~ecp hoping rnr Ihe he\1 More w(lr!.: 

I'll say ~tl l(mg ror now and hupe all or 

you get OUi and vote Ihis )ear. Your VOle .;. 

counts \laLc il Ihe righl one. Ilc~1 w-j,hcs 

from lIoll)'w(lod. 

R OSL V II I ~ ROSI'. 

Dinners 

I' '" 

TIM offic ... 01 Local

unit 3 i~ Kevin '·ellow,. son 01 Marie 

Fellows or H YHnni~ ACD, who will 1I11cnd 

Cape Cod Comllluni!) College. The )chol· 

aNhip) of S200 each were presented to the 

• winners by U usin{')~ M:mnJ,:er Vir~inia Lar· 

~on at the Four Hundreu C lub in F:I ~lO n, 

where \Ie were joined by ~e\'era l mcmber ~ of 

the Gre

JIIW Jou,nol ~ 

Dart league 

M,ke DiUon, local 2330, St. John's. Nnd .. h;>d 

the highest three.da't I,",sh In pl.yoff". He '" 

shown .... "h f"" ,cam lrophy. 

MembcA 01 ,he championship .eam. 'e" 10 

"ght. a,e Tom Sm''''', r ,ank ee,esfo.d. and M,ke 

Od'on. M,n'nl f.om Ihe pho.o a.e caPlain lloyd 

Clcks. M'ke Squ"u, and Wayne R"ynolds. 

I 

, ~ 

lift 10 "I'" "" Pal McG .... I. ",g~'t In," 

darts; Rog'" V,ncenl, most 'uns; M,k" C,Uon, 

mOSt linishe_h,gh,"1 .nr"" d3f' t.nish .n pl.y· 

offs; Terry langdon, hlah"'" .~"'8e: .nd len 

Mu.phy, hlSnes. Ihrel·d." b.""k 

Local 2330 Has 35 Percent 

Unemployment 

L. U. 2330, ST. JOIIYS, "FlD.- Thh h 

Jul} a ... Ihh lell.:r i, being "rit1.::n. and by Ihe 

time you rctld (hi, item il will be fHII. The 

con~lrucli(Jn in d u~lry "ill be J,!c:,ring up for 

Ihe "in'cr 'Iowdo"n. but in Newfoundland 

if it sl"w) :m}more, il will be in rc~er'>C. To 

dale "e are running about \~·pucenl un· 

employment "ilh another 10 percent off 

"orl.; became of ~lrilC'i. Wi.h 'cry lillie ncw 

com.ruclion re;ldy 10 ,tllrl we ,hou!d have 

long 1inc~ :tl the unemploymenl office this 

" Inler. 

I "auld lile 10 lal.:e Ihis opportunity to 

re mind you member, '0 nolify Ihe union 

olliee when you become unemployed and 

tll!ai n "hen )011 lind "orl: this hdp" keep 

.n.el of you. e\pccially "hen Ir}ing 10 fill 

job opening,. AI-.o ;! remin.ltr !(J ),I)U "nem· 

plo~ed member, to ~eep a con~t;lnl checl 

on your Ueallh and Wdf:lre I'I,ln. 10 male 

,ure you do nOl f,,11 .Iul of henclil. 

il, l ember~ .,f IInll f) Ilerc t:i~en in,true.ioll 

tin hit:h·voh1 \)mpalh) 

10 .heir familitK. 

R.\II'1I F~tBIIU I \', 1'111 s. 

Recipienfs 

Inle,n"tlon.' Rep.es.n,.tive s. T. ScOIl, I", •. pre 

"n'ed ce",I,c.'es 01 com ,,",I"'" 10 .... mbeA 01 

local 2338, Albema'Ie. N.C. Reclp,,,nTS. hont 

'ow, lell 10 "Shl, B.a Pe' .y Bulloc~. bUilnen 

•• p'esen'ali~e; Ann Mabry; Peggy K,mery. E~· 

ecul,~e Board member: and EIt •• bel" Cn"slian. 

".a,,,,,,r; back .ow· C. L Mab'l'. p,es,dent. iOnd 

L .....,,,nc,, H~"ey Ind ,-".ry B.nlon, ".wa,ds. 

Colleen S' . ,ne" Is "01 shown. 

Certificates of Completion 

Prese nted to Members 

I .. U. 23311. AL II E'\It\H.U:' N.C,-On July 

26. 1976. InICTn:lli()nal Repre!>Cnlall1l" S. T. 

ScOIl presented certifica.es of comple.ion for 

our lcadel5hip Inlinin!; course. which was 

held for uflie er~ and members of Local 233" 

in Albemarle. North Carolina. We thank 

ltrolher Scan for le:u:hing thi~ eotlNe an" 

"e Ih:,"" all Iho\e members "ho p:lrlici· 

pall'd 

We tlTe alo;;o proud 10 announce Ihal our 

ll1emhcr~hip b i:rowins bill "il] Ihere is 1I 

Int of \lork 10 do before \\e reach Ihe .100:, 

perc.::nt marl. Our Mcmhcl"ihlp Commll1ee 

j, y,or\.lIlg haro.lcr Ih.ln c'er III ..e,ure eVen 

cmplo)ce "ho l'~)me, 10 \\-orl.; ;\1 I edera! 

l':ldfic I lectric C.)mllany in .he Albemarls,.. 

plnnt. 

We \,ould lile It) hring our ~i~ter local~ 

up 10 d;lIe on the pr,}gre~~ OUi' locat ha~ 

made. I ()C;II 2J311 held an ' ;Ire bdng rdll~laleU through 

the effon, of I'a"> Bulloc" anu our com· 

mitte.::. Keep up the good "orl. I'"t. "i.I\. 

Ihe continued cooperation from Ihe: ollken,'" 

membc:h. and the Inlerna.ional omc .... We 

"ill continue lo"~rd a lOO'pereent IIn;onemployee 

job. 

M \1I 1"N L 

One·Year·Old Local 2373 

Submits First Letter 

JLNNIN("S, P.S 

L.U. 2373, 0511K0511 , \\lS.-We: Ihe mcm· 

bers uf Local 2J13 wOllld II l.:e tn la~c Ihis 

oppl>r!unily 10 inl roduce oursches '1) lOu. 

We: arc a new local. being less than ooe 

}ear

~ new Ihing growing and learning. we have 

made our mistakes. but learned; we have 

won a few because we did profit and karn. 

I would li ke 10 remind I}ur members who 

• sometimes get discouraged with the progress 

we have made in this our year of infaucy. 

When our local was created one ye:IT ago, 

we had \'ery little bargaining power be- 

,' cause we l}ur~c1ves were not solidly united. 

Most of us bad worked toget her only week~. 

al the most months. 1'\ew people were coming 

in daily. Some were lea\ing. ]\ Iany, espe· 

dally among the women. had had very little 

contact with a union before 

These dr- 

..- cumstanccs placed the company in a \'ery 

favorable position at colltract negutiations 

... time. Thanks to the efforts of our negotia· 

tors many of the benefib which manv memo 

bers take for granted. such as payhikes, an 

afternoon brea k. beller insurance benefits, 

• more paid holidars. and. mOSt important 

these days. a COSI of living raise, wcre won 

for us. 

However. this our first contract is for 

~ Ihe most part worded tl} favor the company's 

poinl of view and so places our 

., stewards and Gric\'ance CommitteI.' at a 

disadvalliage. They must wage thcir fighl 

• within our agreement. We arc. howe\·er. 

learni ng e\'ery day. Our officcrs and any 

intercsted Brothers and Sisters we could 

muster together were scbooled in the in· 

~ lricacies I}f being a steward and dealing 

with the company. Where there was con· 

fusion II few leaders started to emerge. 

Mistakcs were studied and analyzed so they 

wouldn't be made again Complete ~cords 

were made of all confrontations with the 

com pan) for future rcference. The International 

was consutced In other words, we 

a rc moving forward. We will enter our next 

contract negotiations much older. stronger. 

~ ,"d w;"'. h , 'h' m,,"';m, w, m," wo,' 

with whal we ha\'c and get the most from 

-~ it \\'e can. This requires the full support of 

our members both at the meetings and in 

) th(; plant. for unity and singlencss of purpose 

will prove 10 be our strength. 

On July 14. another big slep fono.'ard 

was taken with Ihe installation of our fiMt 

.t fult-Ieon (three years) omcers. Up until 

'- 

this time the omces had been filted by 

Brothers and Sisters elected 10 temporary 

terms. A special vote of tbanks must go 

.~ here from .. II the membcn to Ilrother Merle 

Andresen. who stepped up frum the vice 

presidency during the mosl diflicull time \I) 

assume the presidency and leader~hip when 

~ our then president left the eomp .. ny 1)C· 

spile a personal battle with ulcers he b3t!led 

the company in such a way that gave us alt 

stature and integrity. 

Our new president is Charity I' uhl; vice 

president. Greg ~li ggins: recording secretary, 

Karen NmotllY; financinl secretary. Karen 

I- Sehomiseh: treasurer. Len Ochowicz. The 

Executive Board con~i~ts of \lerle Andresen. 

Sandy Mitter. Dave Sa!e~. Kathy 

Slavik. and Tim Bitney. They all need ami 

deserve our full ~uppl)rl. 

Things look good for us right now a~ 

concerns the amounl of worl available. New 

emplo}'ees arc slill being hired regul;lrly 

... and many arc working overtime. Our future 

together looks very promising. 

• October, 1976 

JUDITH K AI'U7.11. P .S. 

C o ntracts Und e r Tremend ous 

Managerial Pressures 

SYSTEM COUNCIL T·6, nOSTON, 

!\IASS.- T he three cimtTactS (accounting, 

planb and tranie) !I!"e under trenl\:ndOllS 

managerial pre~"llres. I o,~ of worl due to 

UUlOlll:lIioll. compel it ion. ;Lnu the pour ~'\:o· 

nornic ~ituation has eau'oed managelllel1l to 

exploit every \\ea~ne'8 and enid:: in lhe 

contnlct 1:lnguH!:e to further their own ends, 

I'm afraId labor has II tendency tu ()\'er_ 

look a dangerous potentinl in contract lallguage 

if the danger is nut app;lfent Of im. 

minelll. I\ lanagement oft cn has Lhe forcsight 

to include a bit of langu:lge which may nUl 

have immediate lIppliclllion but for \\hich 

management will ha\'e ;1 planned usc well 

into the future. Somc!imes a membership 

ulldcr the prc.~sure of the dollar v:llue or II 

"total paclage" contrnct ratifies. e\en 

against the f"t.'(:o1l1!l1endation of its leaders, 

language they later regret 

Sometimes management slips a bit nf language 

into a contract Of removes a word 

which creates no problem at all for Ihe life 

of that cont ract but then the futlov.ing contract 

management adds or remo\'CS a word 

or paragr.lph which acti\'atC$ or opens up 

the previously negotiated language. Too 

orten a membership only seeS the wage 

package and a few weeks' retro money, and 

buy langullge they lh'e to regret 

An issue I'm sure will C(Hlle up in '77 is 

plant layoff on less than a New England 

wide area. and if you feel like a challenge 

look. into the pros and cons of that sub;Cct. 

I would expect management to exploit geo· 

graphical differences to the fullc.~t on Ihat 

subject. play u~ off one another as they 

have alwa)·s done. craft against craft , craft 

\·s. noncraft. eOnlnl.et against contract. 

J ust in closing, I have the feeling many, 

many. grievances that should ne\'er gel 

beyond the first or second level of managemenl 

are now gning all the way to the lOp. 

e\en to arbitration It i~ still true that a 

unified work. group, a foreman's crew, a 

second liner's group can ha ve great per· 

sua~i \'e pow.::r and get resoh'CS of mltOy differences 

nt a lower level the name of the 

game is unity and well thought-out posi tions 

and actions. 

J AM~S A, ~ I ULV [Y , CJlltMN. 

Newly Formed Retirees 

Club Submits Resolution 

R I ~T IIH ~ ES CI. u n 0 1- L I!. 8, TOI.EOO, 

OHI O- Whereas, our late Brother I-'rnnl C. 

Fi~eher mnde many cxtr:wrdliUtry contributions 

to the labor !ll(wement during the 40 

years in \\ hieh he served in various union 

'>flices. including p r e~ident uf 11lIeTliationni 

Brntherhoud ()f Flcctrical Workeu Local ~. 

:.s prt:~ident of the funller AI L Centra] 

Labor Union. and as p!e

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Scribe Writes About 

'Right to W ork' 

RETIRED ~ n:.\ III": RS CLu n OF L.U. 

4!!!!, URII)GU'ORT, CONN.- The re ti red 

members cnjoycd sume hilrtrhy allheir meeting 

as our president. Joseph 7 :thurnad.). 

relld a ICllcr he received from the " Rightlo-Work" 

organil.

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Prll),cr Jor O u r DCCCll",-·d JlIt'm hcrs 

Lord. /IIake /IS all'llre {,lIch day ol /he opporllmilie.\' IQ St:rI'C lIlIll 10 gll'C, llnd IIwJ.e liS ghui for '''l'lII. MoAe 

liS concerned {I11l1/01'il1g ;/1 litis life, and serel/e in Ihe kllow/c(/ge of llii/e to come, where we will be IlIIiled 1I';lh 

ollr IJrolher.\' ami Sislers \l'ho {'mered before liS. AliiI'll, 

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The Autumn wind blows strong and 

clean 

• Which clears the sky so bl ue 

Refreshing all the earthly life 

From summer's heat and dew. 

It bares the trees of all their leaves 

And makes our neighbors sad 

While raking them upon a heap 

to put them in a bag. 

For laws were made we cannot burn 

Them as we once did do 

For fear the smoke would make us 

choke 

Our lives it could undo. 

But if the laws were made for them 

Who smoke those ugly rOOIS 

And drag it down within thei r lungs 

I wouldn't give a hoot. 

For the smoke of leaves is fragrant 

As il whiffs about my nose 

It hasn't harmed me any 

For sixty years or SQ • 

So why not let us burn our leaves 

Which truly'S not so bad 

For bagging up those leaves takes 

lime 

And makes trash men really mad. 

• Another thing I'd like 10 know 

or whal are these bags made? 

The stench from the incinerator 

" Seems the war is back again. 

For poison gas which once was used 

To kill is now outlawed 

Returns to haunt our nalion 

From these bags where leaves are 

stored. 

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leaves, Laws, and 

Food for Thought 

JOhn Christia n Sprunl 

Retr.ed ",_",be. 0' Lou l 3 

N_ yo . ... N.Y. 

Solidarity 

G randpa is a lineman, 

Pop's a narrowback, 

Brother John's apprenticin', 

He cleans up the shack. 

Mam,l runs the PBX, 

Sister's in TV. 

The whole dum family's 'Icctrical, 

Except the dog and me. 

L Elke 

Me mb40r of Loca l 191 

Eve ratt, WUh. 

A Victim of the Auto, 

Since I was a boy, you see, 

Cars have been a part of me. 

Even my initials are 

CAR. 

I lie beneath the ru nning gea r 

Transmission oil runs in my ear 

Mud and grease get in my hair 

I even sometimes almost swear. 

With battery acid in my eye 

I bump my head and almost cry! 

For mine has been the fate of those 

With fingers smashed and skin off 

nose 

Who never said, "Begone thou lout 

I think I'll take up catching trout 

Or maybe chasing rainbow's ends. 

Or just relaxing with good friends." 

The world goes on midst my turmoil 

And liule plants pop from the soil 

The birdies sing, the flowers bloom 

While aU around me lovcrs spoon. 

I watch the dawn, I breathe the air 

But I'm not going anywhere- 

For cars still have mc in a spell 

1 can't escape it short of-Well 

Even my initial !> are 

CAR! 

Cia", A. Rahn 

Retired me"'be. of Local 292 

Mln .... polis, Mlnn, 

In Memory of Gary 

I won a medal overseas 

Helping Olhers in necd, 

Buried this medal with my son 

Praying some day justice will be 

done . 

A youth strong and true 

An apprentice often ridiculed. 

He lost his life in helping others 

Like so many of our past Brothers. 

Our other son who survived the 

crash 

Once saved a youth from drowning 

South of the Atlagash. 

Think before you ridicule a Brother. 

Would you give you r life to save 

another? 

We see the youth of today 

Wearing their hair style a different 

way. 

Who are wc to judge a few 

Regardless if he is French , Swede, 

or Jew. 

Ask yourself am I onc of God's 

chosen few 

Because I've paid my union dues? 

Andy An denon 

Membe. of local 567 

Po rtland, Me. 

lucky Guy 

There was a guy who worked with 

me 

Who never once was late; 

In fact, he usually was the one 

To unlock the entrance gate. 

We used to kid the guy a lot 

About the extra time 

He gave the corporation 

In return for nary a dime, 

And oftentimes come quitting lime, 

As if he didn' t know, 

He'd fini sh up and tidy up 

Ere he'd sign out and go. 

But we don't kid the guy no more, 

'Cause where do you think he is? 

In that room across lhe hall; 

He's president of the biz.. 

H. E. Wlnnemo._ 

Rel l.ad m_mbe. 01 Loc.I 51 

$p.lnlfield, m. 

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This man lived 

because another 

knew what to do! 

How about you? 

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What about 

those who 

work 

with you? 

Don't "learn , 

some First Aid" . 

LEARN IT . 

ALL! 

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