1980-01 January IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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1579 Has Three Run·Offs;
Scene Favorable
~ LU. 1579. AUGUSTA, GA.-We hI'~. quite
probably, ~t II. prec:tdcnl In the IBEW with one
ntraJ election and Ihrnl rul'l-()lfI in I period
"tIf fout months bdore the omc~ of presidei'll
. and business manaacr Ind financial s«rcllI.ry
could be officially filUllilcd.
In the first run_off, President Art [dwards
•..,ent in by t OUt, ~OI" o'"cr Brother Richard
D}'$(In. and BU!II'\CU M ana,er Tommy Va.­
"brough edged Blother Rot lI uff by one VOle,
which resulted, by dircction of the International
-Representative prncnt, in alt officers bcina
installed.
~ Due 10 certain discrcpanictll_ Vice ]'ruident
Walen of th e FIfth District directed the Election
Commiucc, with the assistance of Fifth District
Jmcrnational Representativcs \0 conduct an­
..>Jlhcr election.
In Ihe second run-otT ]'(uidenl Edwards won
out over Ulothu Dyson by D votC of 214-166,
ind Business Manolltr Yarbrouih and IlrOlher
Huff lied al 1111-1111.
.. Thi$ tic, of course, eonslituted a thild run.off
for the office of bUSiness mana,er and financial
secretary, u officially lallied on Novemlxr 3,
' 11111 ( LRs present). BUlintSS Manaacr YII­
-tJrough, 2111, Brother !luff, 168, a majorily of
51 \'otes for Tommy.
_ All throu,h life, we wmelimes win and sometimes
10$e, and occasionally. it's disappointing
-to Ix on tile losin, end; howe~er, II would
behoove the losina (acuon, herc '" 1 ~711, to
plcdge Iheir all,oul luppor t for the prl'SCnt
.,ldminislralion Ind, despite pelllonality con·
iets, makc c\'ely effort and endea\'or 10 ha'e
armony in Ihe hall and on aU jobs Ihrou;h.
out Ihe jUlisdiction for Ihe bettcrmenl of OUI
iJames, our communily, our local and, pau_
mountly, our Blothelhood,
Our wOlk situation. o,crall, remains \'try
favolable with all our local Bloth elS dep ' 0'" Bobbl. Rutn. B. rb
Cen, tor, t'",a 1',ldl. 1I •• b W.lk", Ju n Coo~. 110M
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