EDITORIAL
COMMENT
JOBS ARE
STILL A MAJOR
PRIORITY
OF LABOR
As the new year of 1985 is ushcn:u
in, the majority of all segments of our
society is looking fOfW"3rd to a new
calendar of activ ities and events .in
the forthcoming year. Organized la-
bor, as in the past, is again formulaung
plans of action as it gears its efforts
wacrnevlng major goals that are needed
to he lp solve and overcome the eco-
nomic and social problems that bese t
members 01 unions both on th e na-
tional and local levels. Wh ile labor
strives for solu tions to the p roblems
and cri tical situations that hinderunion
member as they try to mamtain and
improve theu way of Hie, liJbor IS also
lending its strong band in the fight
for economic :md soc ial jus ti ce for 311
wo rkers, unio n and non-union ali kc,
and also (or a ll o ther citizens who
have no fonnal representative such as
organized labor to promote thcir ca uscs.
Organized labor stilllinnly advocates
that what is good for un ion mem bers
helps all workers and benefits the
country as a who le and mak es it a.
better place in which to live.
Howev er, the enemies of orga ni zed
la bor un[o.ct unalel y have been qult e
successful in the past few yea rs with
having the general public vi ew labor's
goals With suspicion, IIUnion bustcrs U
and their ilk like to imply that the
only lIltercst 01 organized labor is to
elfis hl y gain high wage in ord er to
de troy big business and to subjugate
large cOTjloC3ti ons to the will of unions.
Those im pl ic atio ns are ent irely un -
trtl~ . The rl e mann s that Arr. nllldr in
th e coll ective barga ining process on
behalf 01 union workers actually im-
prove the welfare of all, and ironica ll y
even benefit those who are paId to
d,srupt and attack orgaolzed labor.
Ccrtamly , decent w ages, good wo rk·
109 conditions and fringe be ne Rcs for
un ion members are th e number-one
pnorlty unions work for at th e bar-
gaining table in negotl3t1ons with the
employers. On the other hand, fa"
emp loyers 31so gain advantages at th e
sam e ba rgaining table m the settl e-
m ent chat is eve ntually reach ed be-
tween th e employers and th e repre -
sentatives of rhe wo rkers . Greed and
proAt can be terrible thon gs when used
against workcrs by unfau em ployers,
who WIll spend millions and m Ill ,ons
of dollars on "union-bust ingll activl -
lJCS fur the pu_
rpu.'Sc uf k r.:t:: PIUg a UlllUH
from im proving a worker's welfare at
the bargaining table and at the job
site. With a very anti -union admm-
is tration reelected to again occupy r_he
White House, labor-sponso red legIS-
lation will meet an even stronger re-
Slst.nce as the AFL-CIO and 1tS
uues continue to promote programs
In Co ngress that will help ove rcome
rhe econ omic and sociaJ ill thac St Op
the growth and progress of th e nation .
One 01 the most serious and graves t
eco nomic problems existing is that
molhons and minions of people who
aIe ready, willing and able to wo rk
arc s till unemployed and una ble to
And jobs.
One of t he Arst undertak ings of
labor wLll be to encoura ge the ne\y
Congress to initiat e specific legis la -
tion t.ha t Will s timulate jobs for every
ci tizen who is willing to work. T ho e
wh o want to work should om have
just a job paying meager wages and
working in a place that is unsafe;
workers should be paid decent wages
and have a hea lthy and sale environ-
ment at the workp lace. While the
national economy has s lowed down
again and could be quite possibly On
the brink of an ot her recession, pres-
ently all the atteotion concerning the
economy is being focused on the size
of the federal budget deR cit. The AFL·
CIO and its alfiliates will ouce again
cry to convince Co ngress that one of
the best ways to help lower th e budget
deRcit is to overcome the loss of
federal revenues due to unemp loy-
ment. Job-creating and income-gen·
erating programs would help reduce
the cost of un employment and we If. re
and bnng in millions and mIll ions of
do ll.rs through taxes collected on
money e.amed as wages, which in tum
lead to other chann els of fede ral tax
receipts. Therefore, jobs are still a
major priority of organized labor; and
I urge aJJ members of the mEW to
jom in the unity and coa li tlon of
organized labor's efforts to :1chJeve a
full -employment economy as quickly
as possible in the new year.
As we Start to live in this new year,
I am confident that .11 the members
of the Brotherhood will make every
effort possible in 1985 to help the
mEW remain a tOwer of umon strength.
To all IBEW officers, members and
thei r families l and to all the fri ends
of the lBEW and organized labor, I
wish a Most Successful and Happy
New Year,
afRI -
Charle.s H. Pillard
Interna tion al President
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Organized Labor Looks at Reagan
Tax Plans and Impact on Workers
The Tax Dodge
Preside nt Reagan didn't invent po-
litical gamesmanship, but he has ce r·
tainly raised it to all art form .
Take his proposa l-oo ps, the
Treasury Department's proposa l- for
a major revamping of the natIon 's
tax laws. It conta ins some good ideas
as well .s so me that are very bad,
and anything In It mayor may not
be supported by the president.
The recommendations a re based
on the Treasu ry Department stud y
that the preSIdent kept referring to
dunng the elec ti on campaIgn when-
ever he was que ti oned about hi ta x
plans.
The Secre tary of the Treasury as-
sured a televised news conference
that the new system would be" im-
pIc and faIr" and reflec t all li enor-
mous public inpul. "
President Reagan, the White House
tell s us, isn ' t so sure. But he will
consider th e repon , sec how the po·
Btlcal winds arc blowing, and decide
what to do about It. Anyway, the
president is reported happy that the
proposal doesn't con templa te using
revenue gaI ned by closing some 01
the most-notorio us corpnr3lc tax
loopholr to reduce the huclget defi·
cit.
Far better, as this admim trati on
sees i t, to gi vc another tax brca k to
lanulies afiluenL cnough to tuck away
55,000 a year of tax-exempt funds
mto IRAs. Bu t be SlIre that persons
wit h incomcs under $12,1XlO P.1y taxes
on dDy lUlemployment benefi ts they
receive.
Meanwhile, let the Treasury draw
Ihe politi cal heat away from the Tef-
lon ·coated White House.
Having ruled out additional reve·
nue, President Reagan asked hi
budget people tn come lip wi th a
deficit-reduction plan based on
spending cu ts. And indeed they did.
The cu tS proposed were described
by adminIstration offiCI al as " Ora'
cnnlan."
The definillon, in Webster's New
International Dictionary, Second
Edition , is " barbarously evere . . ,
harsh ... cruel."
That 's a bir description if th e pub-
Itshed reports of o me of the prov i-
sions prove acc urate.
2 I IBEW JOURNAl ! JANUARY 1985
But it seems tha t the president just
wants to look at the m. They' re not
hJ proposals, yct .
The buck, these days, never tops
anywhere.
Making an Impact
The election-n ight surveys ana ·
lyzed in thIS issue confirm that memo
bers of AFL-C IO llll lons voted for the
Mondale- Ferraro presidentia l IIcket
by a substanti al ly greater margin than
uther wurker .
Icarly, lh e effort the AFL-CIO
and Its affihate pu t JI1 to mforming
un ion members of the positions and
record of th e ri va l candidates had
:10 im pact.
Politica l educa tio n docs make a
differen ce.
The polls refute, con vinCingly, the
a. erti on by labor's foes tha t the
Wa hing ton Window
Reagan tax hike likely,
but who will pay more?
By Press Associates, Il1c.
Controlli ng th e mammoth federal
deAci t will be th e Ars t order of busi-
ness fo r the new 99th Congrcs Pres-
idc nt Reagan 's red ink is nOW ilo wing
at an ;lllnual ra te of $210 billion,
according to the White House's up-
wardly revi. cd post ·election esti
mate .
The deficit can be reduced 111 tWO
ways-budget cuts and tax increases.
No one, wi th the exception of fanat-
ica l "supply-siders, " believes Rea-
gan's campaign a scrt ioll that eco·
nomi c grow th will close the huge
gap between re venues and spcndmg.
Reaglln 's Treasury Departlllent has
been hnd at work for months devls'
ing tax schemes to be presented to
Congress and the public under uch
euphe m is ti c labels 3S "tax reform, "
"tax simplification;,' and "revenue
enhancement. "
In the 98 th Congress, among the
va n ous "flat· tax" bil ls introduced,
was o ne propnsed by conservative
"sl1ppIY'sid,'" ,ong rossman Jack
trade union leader hip is out 01 step
with the rank-and-Ale and cannot
spea k for its mem bers.
At leas t as ilnprc sivc as the 1Il·
di ca tcd 6 1 percent support for Mon -
dale was the aHinity of view (the
overw helming majority of uni on
menlbers on the Issues the AfL-CIO
conside rs most i mportant. These
view were sha re d by un ion memo
bers who voted for Reagan as well
a by those who voted for Mondale.
There is also a warning light In
the poll res ults tha t would be foolish
and peri lous to ignore.
Younger white workers, with fe wer
years of union membership and a
sho rter memory of how thing were,
are m st likely to differ with the
positions of their uni ons-and of theu
lin ion Brothers and is te rs.
That 's all educa tl n problem that
has to be add res cd.
Kemp IR-N.Y.) tu dism,lIl tl e the pro·
gressive income tax system that is
based on abil ity tn pa y.
A " modiAed fl at-tax" pr posal by
Repre entative Richard Gephardt{D-
Mo.) and SenatOr Bill Bradley (D- .J.)
would preserve the ba ic st ru cture
of the progressIve tax while lowenng
tax rates for most taxpayers.
Lowel rates
Flat-tdx plUpu>als wou ld lower tax
ratcs for indIvidual s and businesses
by ~ ndi ng many tax deductions, ex-
clusions, credits, prcierential rates,
and deferra ls of tax liability . Many
wea lth y individuals and corpora-
ti on that now pay little or no taxe
through killful use of tax loopholes
wou ld be payi ng more.
Since the 1950s, a proliIeratJon of
tax breaks bas cau cd the corpora te
share oCfederal revenues to plunge
from about 25 percent to 8.5 percent.
Over thi s period, the average com·
pany' effective tax rate- the per-
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 NOTICE
T h e Empl oyee Retirement Income 'ccurity Ac t o[ 11)74 provides t h.t a ll
pension plans s hould make availab le 10 their beneficiarie a Summary Plan
Description written in I.nguage calc ul ated to be understood by t h e average
ben eficiary. The IBEW Members Pens ion Fund Summ a ry PI. n Description
follo ws:
SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION FOR THE IBEW MEMBERS' PENSION PLAN
(ALSO K OW AS THE TRUST FOR THE IBEW PENSION BENEFIT FUND)
• The IBEW IS Ihe po nsor of the Memhers PensIon
Plan, established in the IBEW Consmu!lon as the iBEW
Pcn inn Benefit Fund. The IBEW IS located at 1125
Fifteenth Street, NW, Washlllgton, D.C. 20005 . The
Employer Identification umber of the IBEW i 530083BO.
The plan number .1Ssigned by the IBEW to the iBEW
MI'mh",s Pension Plan iDOl. lune .30 IS th e end of the
Plan 's fisca l year lor the purposes o( mainta ining the
Pbn's fiscal records. The lBEW Members Pens ion Plan
is a defined benefit plan .
The Plan Admini strator is the Imemauonal Secretar),
of the lBEW, Ralph A . Lelgon, who can be rcach ed b),
mall at Il25 Fifteenth St reet, W Wa h,ngton, D .C.
20005, Or h)' telephone a t 12021 33-7000. Ralph Letgon
IS the agent (or serv ice of legal proces should you h ay"
some leg. I process to serve. The Plan tnlstces, Identified
later, ma y also be erved .
ActIve " A" membership 111 the lBEW is reqUired f t
partl ci patlon in the Plan . Any member o( the lBEW may
elect "A" members hip by agreeing to pay th e app ropriate
per capita dues. T h e IBEW Con stitution provides that,
effe tive Janua ry I , 1983, each "A U member shall pHy
$16.30 per mo n t h, broken down as follows :
$ 4.67 in to th e Ceneral Fund
$10.00 Into the Pension Benefit Fund
$ . 12 into the Journal fund
$ . I I into the Ddense Fund
$ . 10 IIltO the Convention Fund
. 10 tOto the maintenance o( benefits for members
in military crv lce
1.20 to the Electrical Workers ' Benefit ASsociation.
As noted above, th e $10.00 port ion of du es reqmred by
the IBEW Constituti n is the source of contribution. til
the Members Pension Plan .
The kmds of ben efits payable by the Plan, the baSIC
requircnlclJts lor eligibility, and conditions relating to
In eligi bi lity und er the .Plan arc s u m m a rized helow :
l. Normal i'cllSIOI1. An "A" m e mber {the IBEW in
cn ntl nllOllS good s tanding with twellty 1201 or more ycar
immediately preceding his appltcation who ha atta ined
the age of sixt y-five 165J year shall recflve pensIOn
be neAt computed on the basis 01 two doIlars 1$ 2.00)
pcr month for each full year of such con tinuous " A U
membershIp.
2. Optional Early Rcl1remen! PensIOn. An " A" mem o
ber of the lBEW in conttnuous good standlllg With twenty
120) or m ore yea rs immediately preceding his application
who has attain ed the age of suny·two (62\ years may
d eC[ to r l'CCIVl: reduced pension bcnchts as long as he
Itves, computed un the baSI of twO dollars IS2.00\ pel
month for each full yea r of such contlllUOUS I' A " mem ·
beu,hip Il.:UUCt.:Juy
~ix anJ tW(' tlllrJ~ pen.:cnt 16 v \ '}ul for
each year or part thereo( th e said " A " m e mber was
under the age o( sixty·fi ve 1651 at the date (If hi,
retiremen t .
Optional Spol/le's Benefit. Each " A" member retired
1I1luer a Norma l or Early Pension may, in hell of the
payme n t of pe nsIons as olltlinco :lOOW', rlrrr to lI'rTivt'
a reduced pensio n as long as he It vcs. with the prOVISIOn
that after hiS death one-half o( such reduced pensIOn
s hall con llnUt to be paId to hiS 'POUSt· th erea(ter as long
as such spouse urvtves rum. The amount o( such
reduced pen ion payable under thIS election shall be
attu.rially eqU ivalent to the pension otherwise payable
J Ulsabul!Y Pension. An " A U member of the LBEW
who is totally disabled las defined by the Social ccunt)'
Admm lstra t ion) and has continuous good standing o(
twclIly 120) UI mure year ' Immelilatcly preceding hi
ap pltca tion shall receive disa bi lity pension benefits, if
s uch :Ippl icatill n is approved, com puted on th e ba IS o(
twO dollars 1$2.001 per month for each fu ll year of s uch
continuous " A" m e m be rsh ip, l3enefi ts will be paid Irom
the Arst o( the mon th in which the commencement o(
total dis.bility begins except tha t no period of total
(llsabtl ity h a ll be considered to commence before the
member has cotnpleted 20 or mor~ years of cUllununul;,
good stanrung a~ an "A" member.
4 . SpeclO l Vested Pension. An " A" member whll has
comple ted twenty 1201 or more years 0 " A " membership
in continuous good standing and who ceases hemg
engaged in the electrical trade pnor to the atta111mellt
of age sixty· five 1651 s ha ll, .r an appilcal100 is filed .nd
"pproved, obtain a vested right tn pension bencAts, but
1I 0t tli,abil ity pension benefit, or death benefit, . Th i"
vested right will entitle him to rccdvc, commenc ing at
age sixty-Ave 1651, pension benefits complIted On the
has is of Two ollars IS2.001 pcr month for each full year
o( stich con lln uOus "A" membershIp less Two Dollat"
1$2.001 per month for each year or part thereof the said
"A " member was under the age o( "Ixt)'-fivc 165 ) 3tlhe
date his appltcalion was receive d. The applicant for
vested pension nghts mu l malnl:lln his conlinuous
Igood standing as an " A" memhcr unnl the da te 01
approval 01 his application by the I.E.C., and shall, in
the evem of such approval, recclve a full refund o( 1.0.
dues from the momh foUowlng reCClpt of his applicatIOn
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 The period following t he recei pt of such arplication
shall not be count ed in computing the amount of vested
pens ion righ ' s. I, shou ld be emph as ized that tw enty 120)
Or mOrC years of continuous good s,anding, alone, does
not secu re a spectal vested pension . The condi tions on
ceasi ng to be e ngaged in the electrical industry and
making a timely (i.e., while still enjoying con tinuous
good standing) application must be sa t isfied . For exam·
pIe, a person With ,wenty (20) or more years of contino
uous good standing who works in ,he elecuicallOdustry
without maintaining membership loses any claim to a
special ves,ed benefit. LikeWise, a person wi,h twenty
(201 or more years continuous good standing who resigns,
IS properly expelled from lhe union, or i automatically
dropped lrom membership for a lailure to Stay current
with dues and or assessments, forfeit all claIm to a
specia l vested benefi t.
S. Death Benefits. Upon the death of a non·retlred
"A" member who then has a' least six 16) mon,hs
continuous and active good standing, the benefiCiary
named by the" A" member to receive the death benefits
payable under this paragraph shall be paid the sum of
one thousa nd ($],000.001 dollars if the said " A" member
died from narural causes or the urn of two thousand
1$2,000.00) dol " u s if the said "A" m ember died by
accidental means. Upon the dealb from either natural
causes or accidenta l means of an "A" Inenlber retired
u nder a Norma l, Early, or D isabi li ty Pension, the ben ·
eficiary named by the " A n member to rece ive the dea , h
benefi,s sball be paid a sum computed by subtract ing
lrom one thousand ($ 1,000.00) dollars, all pension ben·
efi ts paid by the lBEW Pension Benefit Fu nd to the
retired member.
Benefits can be waiv ed or lost under certai n circulll -
sta nces. Any member who desires to waive any portion
01 his pension, eithe r mon thl y or yearly, may do so by
no tifying the International Secre ta ry (the LS.). Any par·
tion of , he pension so waived will not be return ed to
lbe pensioner at a later date.
It is a condition for admissi on to pension benefit
including ves, ed pens ion right and the continuanon
thereof, that the member shall not perform any wo rk 01
any kind coming under the IBEW's jurisdiction ei th er
lor compensa tion or gratis lor anyone, except tha, a
member may work as an instructor III an lBEW recog·
nized apprenticeship program, or as an Electri cal In-
spector lor a governmental authonry where Electrical
Inspectors are not covered by an approved lHEW collec-
tive bargaining agreement .
An lBEW retiree shall be permitted to attend LU.
meetings without VOIce or vote_ He shall observe hlS
obligation of membership and show due obedience to
lBEW laws and the bylaws 01 its LU's. Nn member,
pensioner or benefiCIary shall have the right '0 a ign,
transler, sell, mortgage, encumber or pledge any pension
or death benefits. Any suc h action shall be void and of
no cHect whatsoever. So that such benefits shall not in
any way be subject to any legal process, execution,
attachment or garnishment or be used for the payment
of any claim against any Inember, pensioner, or benefi-
ciary, or be ubjec, to the jurisdictlon of any bankruptcy
court or inso lvency proceed ings by operation of law or
otherwise, the lnternational Executive Cmmcil (the I.E.C.I
shall have the right to postpone any payment under this
Plan to a pensione r or benefici ary . Any member viola ti ng
any of the provisions of the Consti rll tion 's Articles
describing the Plan, or any member aiding or abetting a
4 I IBEw JOURN AL! JANUARY 1985
member to do so, aftcr lllv cs tigation by the I.E .C. and
bei ng lound j\U ilt)', may be perman entl y ba rred from
ever participating in these benefits, and may be sus-
pended, expelled, or assessed a the I.E.C. may decide.
Years of membersh ip for the purposes of determining
the years 01 service for eligibili,y to a benefit arc
de,e rmin ed by lBEW records of dues payment. Credit
lor a year of service is given only lor lull year. Mo reover,
the pe ri od of m embership used in determining eligibility
or in computing benefits shall include on ly consecuti ve
years of "A" membership in good sta nding in the IBEW
a' the ,ime an application is requested, except that yea rs
01 membership when on pension or disabilt,y shall nOt
be counted.
App lications for penSlOn benefits shall be made 111
accordance WI th the FolJowing procedure :
I. A ,,,ritten request for a pension application must
be sent to the I. S. either by the member or his local
unton. The request hould include the name, local union
number, ca rd number, date 01 birth, and t he type of
pension benefit sought.
2. for all such reque tS, which meet the app ropriate
age and membership requirements, an application will
be transmitted to the member's local union Financial
Secretary who wil l present the application to the pro·
specti ve re,iree for com pl etinn. Participating With·
drawal Ca rd members will exchange ,h eir applicat ions
di rectly with the 1.0.
3. The Financial Secretary of the local union, upo n
receipt from lbe m ember of the app lication properly
filled out, shall place i, before the local unio n meeting
lor action, and il t he ac tion is favorable, the loca l union
officers shall answer all questions required and forward
th e ap plicati on, properly signed and ealed, to the Inter·
national Secre tary.
4. T he International Secre,ary shall pass u pon all
applications. Those that appear to be in o rde r shall be
placed on the pen ion benefi , roll upon receipt from the
L.U. of a pension withd rawal card-subjccl to the ap'
I prova l of the [nteroational Executive Council at i,s next
mee,ing. He shall report hiS actio n on each applica t io n
to the I.E .e. at its next meeting, with all t he records on
each application. Al l applications not passed by the 1.5.
shall be held over for action of lbe I.E.C. at it nexi
mee'ing, and ,he 1.5. will furnish all records and data
on tbese applications to the I.E.C.
S. Any member, on being notified tha, they are en·
titled to such benefits or rights, sha ll pay their per capi,a
'ax for the current month in ,heir local union, and be
issued a pension withdrawal card whlcb shall be signed
by ,he member before a wimes and forwarded to the
1.5. These members will be placed on the pension roll
the first of tbe month following lavorable action after
they have paid their dues in full to their local unions,
and sent to the I.S . their pension wi thdrawa l cards.
6. II the I.E.C. de,ermllles ,ha, any indiVidual who
has claimed a right to receive benefits under the Plan is
not entitled [0 receive all or any pan of the benefits
claimed, the I.E.C. will tnform the claimant by Certified
Mail of the determination and the reasons therefore in
layman's terms, wi th specific references to pertinent
Plan provisions and wi th a description 01 the review
procedures set lorth below. The I.E.C. will act on all
claims within ninety 1901 days after receipt of , he fully
filled ·ou t claim by the 1.5., un less special circums tances
arise, in which case ,he I.E .C. or [he I. S. will notify the
claiman t of uch special circ ums tan ces and will act
within one hundred eigh ty (180) days altcr receipt.
The appeal procedure is as lollows : The cialln.nt, or
a deSIgnated representative, may wit/un Sixty (60) days
after receip i 01 th e I. E.C.'s derual, submit to the I. E.C.
by Certified or Rc 'Istered Mail a request lor review. T he
cl3.lmant, or the designated representative, wil l be given
[he OpportU Il UY ,'It such time ( 0 submit IS~ UC~ and
comnlent S in '''flnng, and to rCVleW pertinent doc u·
mems. The deci"on will be made at the I.E.C.', nex t
regularly scheduled meeting, or, II the next regul:lfly
scheduled meeting is wit h in thirty [301 days "I reCClpt
of th e reque t for reView, the dec i Ion may be made .11
the second regularly sc heduled Illt'eting of the 1.E. c.
follOWing the rece ipt of the requeSt for revlCw. The I. E.C
will render its final decisioo wi th the specdlc reasons
therclorc 111 WrItlog, and will transmit It to t he c1almalll,
or t he represeillative, by Certi fied Mail, Within sixty
[60) days after the decis ion by the 1.E.c.
The IIlEW Members Pension Plan is a ullion dues
financed plan covering" An members 01 the Urlllherhoud
The ".sets of the Plan are held by the Tru t for the
[SEW Pcnslon Benefit Fund. The trustees 01 the Plan arc
the International President, In terna tlUlial SeClctary, and
th e member of Internationa l Executive Coun cil of the
[SEW. Their current names and addre ses arc as follow s'
Charles H Pillard l12S-15th Street, N .W.
Washtngto n, D.C. 20005
Ralph A. Letgoll l12S-15th Stree t, N .W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Wesley I. Taylor PO_ Box 33219
Indianapohs, IN 46203
Joh n I. McNulty 431 Wyoming Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503
I.mes F. Mullaney 6 Deacon Benham Drive
Stow, MA 01775
Rl eh.1fd I . Acton 1590 East 23nl St rect
Cleveland, O H 44l 14
Harry Bexley 501 Pulliam Sln:r!, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 303 I 2
Raben R. MIssey 2131-59th Street
St. Louis, MO 63110-288S
Thomas H. Pursley Drawer "J"
Galvcston, TX 7755 I
Glen G. McCall P.O. Box 3138
Salem, UJ{ Y('>UI
lames R. McAvoy 2750 Quadr. t., Room 12
Victoria, IlC, Canada V8T 4E8
The IBEW Members Pension Plan tS regulated, III
certain respecIs, by the Employee Retirement In come
Security Act [E RI SA). BaSicall y, the Plan is subject to
the reporting and disclosure, th e fiduCl3ry, and the
administration and eniorcement prOVisions of ERI A
(ERISA Title I, Parts 1,4, and 5). The Plan is not covered
by the Insurance prutC<:tlUlI vf thc Pension Ilcndh
Guarantee Corporation created by ERISA . ThiS IS be-
cause ERI A contaIns an exempli n fr m th e In~uranee
provis ion of lhe law [ERISA Title IV) for pbn s to which
there are no employer contributions_Thus, plans lunded
by union dues arc not covered. It) add Won, ERI A
COn r:l1ns cxclnpuons from the partiCipatiOn, vesting and
funding requirements (ERISA Title I, Pans 2 and ,I) lor
union dues Financed plans.
As a partiCIpant in th e IBEW members pension plan,
the provis ions of ERISA that do apply enti tle you to
certain rights and protections. Specifical ly, ER ISA pro-
vide thai you shall be entitled to '
• Examlnl-. WIthout charge, at the plan adl1l11ll tralOr's
office an d ~Il other specified locations, such as union
hall s, all plan doculllents, mclud ing the IBEW on tI·
tU !Jon " nu the rules and regula li ons adopted by the
I.E.C.
• Receive copies of all documents filed by the plan with
the U.S. Dcp.rllllelil uf LabUl , uch as detaIled a nnual
reports and plan desc nptions.
• Obtain copies of all plan documents dnd other plan
inforn1l1tlOn upon written req uc t [0 [he plan adminis-
trator. The 3dnlinistr:no r may make a reasona ble charge
lor the caples.
• Ohtain a . tatemcnt telling yo u the nature of benefit
you may receIve at normal retirement age (age (,5 ) and,
what your benefi ts wou ld be at normal retirement age
If you apply and arc approved for vested benefits . If you
do not have a right to a pension, the statement will tcll
you how many more ye",s of Illembership you need to
obtai n a righ t to a pensIon. ThiS Sta tement must be
requested in writing :lJ1d i not reqUIred to be glvc:n
more than once a year. The plan mll" proVide the
statement free of charge.
[n JddHlOn to crea ting nght lor plan partiCipant"
ER ISA Impllses duties u pon the people w ho arc re'pon-
sib le for the operatlon of the plan . The people who
operale your plan, called "fiduciaries" of the plan, have
a duty to do so prudently and in the mtere t "f you and
other plan participants and benefi iarles. No one may
force you to drop you r " A" membershIp 11ISt to prevent
you from obt3ln ing a pension benefit Or becau C YOll
exercise your rig h ts under ERISA. If yo ur Cl.lIl11 for a
pension bcn efi t is denied in whole or 111 pan you In USt
receive a written explanation of the reason lor the denial.
You have a fight 10 have the I.E.C. review and rccon;!der
your claim . Under ERISA there arc step you can take
to enforce the abuve rights. For instance, if you re4ue,t
materials from th e plan and do not receive them within
30 days, you may file suit in a federal coun . In su ch a
case, the court may require the plan administrator to
provide the matenals a nd pay you up to S 100 a day until
you reccI vc the matenal , unless the materials were not
scm because of reasons beyond the conlro l of the ad-
ministrator. If yOll have a claim for benefits which IS
den ied or 19n red, In w ho le or In part, you may file SUIl
in a state or federa l court. If it should happen that plan
fiduciarie mlSU e the plan's money, or If you are
discriminated again t for asserting your rights, you may
seek asSiStance from tbe U .S. Departl11ent of Labo r, or
you may file suit in a federal court. The COllrt wtll decide
who shou ld pay court COSt and legal Ices . If you are
successful the court may order the person you have sued
to pay the c co·t - '1110 Ices. II yuu Inse, the court m.,y
order you to pay these COStS and fees , for example, If it
finds your claIm i frivolous
II you have any questions about yo ur plan, yu u .hould
con tact the plao admiOl trator. If you have any Qllestlon
about thIS Statement or abuut you r nghts under ERI A,
you sh ould conta ct lhe nea rest Arra Office of the U.S.
Labor-Manage ment Services Admilllstrallon, DepJrt -
ment of Labor.
Please note that thi, sUlllmary plan de cnptl n I not
a lega. l docu ment to be relied upon as :1 source of rights
or benefits. It IS designed o nly to give notice and serve
as an informati on de vice. The statement with legal
SIgnificance conce rning the Members PcnSlOll Plan acc
the IIlEW Constitution and the appropriate Rules and
Regulations 1m the Plan adopted by the I. E.C.
IBEW JOURNAL JANUARY 1985 S
 IBEW CONSTRUCTION LOCAL UNIONS
PARTICIPATING IN THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY PENSION RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT
DECEMBER, 1984

ALABAMA INDIANA MINNESOTA 306 (1·0) AKRON

136 (i) BIRMINGHAM 305 II) FORT WAYNE 110 (i) ST PAU L '" (0 ) WARREN
443 (I) MONTGOMERY 481 (I) INDIANAPOLIS 160 (01 MINNEAPOLIS 540 (0) CANTON
505 (i·o) MOBILE 668 (I) LAFAYETIE 292 (i) MINNEAPOLIS 648 li-o) HAMILTON
558 (I) SHEFFIELD 697 II) GARY and 669 (I) SPRINGF)ELD
HAMMOND MISSISSIPPI 673 (0) PAINESVILLE
AR KANSAS 725 (I) TERRE HAUTE 683 (I) COLUMBUS
852 (i-o) CORINTH and
295 (1·0) L1TILE ROCK 855 (I) MUNCIE 686 (0) MANSFIELD
TUPELO
619 (1 ·0) HOT SPRINGS 1393 (0 ) INDIANAPOLIS 762 10) ASHTABULA
903 I') GULFPORT
700 (1·0) FORT SMITH 867 (1·0) SANDUSKY
1516 (1·0) JONESBORO IOWA 972 Ii) MARlEnA
MISSOURI
13 (I) BURLINGTON
CALIFO RN IA 55 10) DES MOINES 2 (01 ST LOUIS OREGON
234 (HI) SALINAS 231 (i) SIOUX CITY 53 (0 ) KANSAS CITY
125 (0) PORTILAND
405 (I) CEDAR RAPIDS 545 (, ) ST JOSEPH
1245 (0) WALNUT CREEK 280 (,) SALEM
704 (I) DUBUOU E 659 (1 ·0) MEDFORO
CONNECTICUT NEBRASKA 932 (I) COOS BAY
42 (0 ) HARTFORD KANSA S 22 (,) OMAHA
PENNSYLVANIA
226 (I) TOPEKA
DELAWARE NEW JERSEY
661 (I) HUTCHINSON 8I (I) SCRANTON
313 (I) WILMINGTON 126 (0) PHILADELPHIA
164 (1·0) JERSEY CITY
143 (I) HARRISBURG
DI STR ICT OF COLUMBIA KENTUCK Y
NEW YOR K 163 (I) WILKES·BARRE
26 (I) WASHINGTON 101 (0) SOMERSET
3 (i·o) NEW YORK 229 (I) YORK
70 (0 ) WASHINGTON 183 (I) LEXINGTON
25 (1·0) LONG ISLAND 375 (I) ALLENTOWN
816 (1·0) PADUCAH
41 (I) BUFFALO 4I 4 (,) LANCASTER
FLORIDA 1701 (1·0) OWENSBORO
43 (,) SYRACUSE 607 (i) SHAMOKIN
In (i·o) JACKSONVILLE 86 (,) ROCHESTER 686 (I) HAZEL TON
30B (i) ST PETERSBURG MAINE 712 (,) BEAVER
106 (I) JAMESTOWN
323 (1·0) WEST PALM 567 (I) PORTLAND 139 (I) ELMIRA 812 (I) WILLIAMSPORT
BEACH 166 (I) SCHENECTADY
606 (I) ORLANDO 237 (i) NIAGARA FALLS SOUTH CAROLINA
MARYLAND
676 (1-0) PENSACOLA 241 (,) ITHACA 382 (1-0) COLUMBIA
307 (0 ) CUMBERLAND
728 (I) FORT 325 (i) BINGHAMTON 776 (i·o) CHARLESTON
LAUDERDALE 438 (I) TROY
756 0·0) DAYTONA MASSACHUSETTS
724 (i) ALBANY SOUTH DAKOTA
915 (I) TAMPA 103 (t) BOSTON 840 (i) GENEVA 426 (0 ) SIOUX FALLS
1001 (;.0) PANAMA CITY 104 (0) BOSTON 910 (i) WATERTOWN 1250 (0) RAPID CITY
1205 (1·0) GAINESVILLE 235 (I) TAUNTON 1249 (0) SYRACUSE
1965 (1-0) TALLAHASSEE 284 (I) PITISFIELD
TENNESSEE
NOR TH CAROLINA 175 (i·o) CHATIANooGA
GEORGIA MICHIGAN
238 (i ·o) ASHEVILLE 270 (i·o) OAK RIDGE
613 (1·0) ATLANTA 17 (0) DETROIT 379 (i·o) CHARlOTIE 429 (1·0) NASHVILLE
19 Ii) HOUGHTON 495 (1-0) WILMINGTON 760 (i·o) KNOXVILLE
ILLINOIS 58 (II DETROIT 553 (,-0) RALEIGH 835 (01 JACKSON
34 (I) PEORIA 107 (I) GRAND RAPIDS 846 (0) CHAnANOOGA
51 (0) SPRINGFIELD 131 (I) KALAMAZOO
NORTH DAKOTA 934 (I·oj KINGSPORT
145 (1·0) ROCK ISLAND 219 (I) IRON MOU NTAIN
714 (0) MINOT 1925 (0) MARTIN
146 (I) DECATUR 275 (i) MUSKEGON
176 (I) JOLIET 1426 (0) GRANO FORKS
445 (I) BATILE CREEK TEXAS
193 (1-0) SPRINGFIELD 498 (i) TRAVE RSE CITY
OHIO 301 (I) TEXARKANA
196 (0) ROCKFORD 557 (t) SAGINAW
527 (I) GALVESTON
197 (i) BLOOMINGTON 665 (,) LANSING 32 10) LIMA
53B (I) DANVILLE 692 (i) BAY CITY 71 10) COLUMBUS
VERMONT
601 (I) CHAMPAIGN· 876 (0 ) GRAND RAPIDS 82 (i·o) DA YTON
URBANA 948 (I) FLINT 8B (0) CHILLICOTHE 300 (~ MONTPELIER
649 (1-0) ALTON 979 (i) ESCANABA 129 (i·o) LORAIN
70 I (I) GLEN ELLYN 1070 (I) MARQU ETTE 212 (1·0) CINCI NNATI VIRGINIA
702 (1-0) WEST 125 1 (I) SAULT STE 245 10) TOLEDO 80 1,·Oj NORFOLK
FRAN KFORT MARIE 246 10) STEUBENVILLE 467 (0) LYNCHBURG

6 IBEW JOURNAL JANUARY 1985

 637 (0) ROANOKE 483 (0) TACOMA 466 (0 CHARLESTON 377 (0) BEAVER DAM
666 0-0) RICHMOND 970 (i) KELSO- 596 (0) CLARKSBURG 577 (,) APPLETON
1340 (1-0) NEWPORT NEWS LONGVIEW 872 (0) BECKLEY 890 (i) JANESVILLE
968 (0) PARKERSBURG 953 (i) EAU CLAIRE
WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
73 (I) SPOKANE 141 (1-0) WHEELING WISCONSIN TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
77 (0) SEATTLE 317 (0) HUNTINGTON 158 (i) GREEN BAY TVA ('-0 )
112 (I) KENNEWICK 425 (0) FAIRMONT 276 (I) SUPERIOR
Editors NOte-u st of partlC/patmg Local Umons at press (Jme lor thIS month's Joumal

George E. Schuck, Jr.,

First ISEW Member To Exhibits and Mementos Of IBEW History
Head NFPA Panel Needed For IBEW Archives
International Presldenl Charles H. Pillard and Inlernalional Secrelary
Ralph A. Leigon announced that the IBEW Archives, which is housed at
the International Office Building in Washinglon , D.C .. is 10 be expanded
and enlarged. The IBEW Archives presenlly displays hislOrical exhibits,
equipment, memenlos and photographs of the Brotherhood's past sirug-
gles over the years for economic justice for members of (he Brotherhood
and is one of the high points of a visit to the International Office Building .
All IBEW local unions and individual members of Ihe Bro(herhood are
invited to contribule exhlbilS, mementos , pholographs and equipmenllhal
portray the historical past and growlh of the IBEW. Before sending any
of the above-mentioned ilems for use in the IBEW Archives, all contributors
are requested 10 send a description of exhibil s and memenlos and if
exhibit or equipment is large, a description and photograph. This infor-
mation should be sen I 10 Ihe IBEW Archives Departmenl. 1125 15th
Street. NW., Room 1001 , Washinglon , D.C. 20005.

Geo rge E_ Sc h uck, Jr., preSident, Loca l

Uni on 3, Ne w Yo rk Ci t y, has bee n ap-
po inted as chalnnan of a Natio nal Fife Craftsmanship
Protec ti on Associatio n T ec hni cal a m ·
mittce. Whil e m any LBEW me m be rs have C raf'L~mall s hip I!! 1I1t~ prlrt!I~ ..s ingredient or IIUln's l)rO~rl:"S , TId ') .... as Iru~ ill thr prc·

se rv ed 011 various NFPA Commit tees, l1If'thanical COl , bdtlre Ille days ur
the Indu5tria l Revulution , It ~as trut> as mllll Icurnl-d 10
Brot her Schuck ,s Ih e fi rs t ISEW mem ber ('o~ "ilh the machiM . 10 mr.\.t il srr'ic him in hh cSlrI} plodding .. teps for~a r d . II "'liS trut"

to be appolllted as a chairman of an NFPA
Techm c.1 1 Committee. Brot her Schuck
will cha ir Pa ne l N o. 17, which deals wilh
th e Nati onal Elec trI cal Code requite-
mcnts und er Arti cle 5 17. T hi s sec ti o n of
th e Nauo llal Elec tri cal Code cover NE C
reqUIrem ent s in hospItal s, health care
faciliu es, nurSing homes, chmcs and other
fa cilities where paucn ts seek m edlc.)1
alt enUo n. Bro th er Sc hu ck has 3n exper-
Ienced backgrou nd ill safcty code ma t -
te rs to q uull fy him ror his n ew po~lti on ,
Since 1976, he ha s represented th e \DEW
on Nati o n~l Elcc tri cal Code Comm_H -
tees. He a lso serves on the cw Yo rk
City Li cense Board as the " joum cy m ;l n
electri Cian " reprcsentative. H e 15 a It -
cen sed Instru ctor of elec tri cal InSt31la -
tion and practi ce, and ht: has served as <1
me m ber of the Natio nal Edu cati o nal Ad -
VI SOry Commiss ion For The Elec tri cal
Trades. The Broth erh ood extend best
wishes to Bro cher Schuck in his endeav -
ors 35 ch ~Hrm3n of FPA T ec hni cal
Committee Panel N o. 17.
in Ihe dOl S of our .!l Pf'C~u t ar expansion and indu...trial Kro ~lh ; it is trut> toda) as ~r fiter
challf.nges of Ii (': onlplu Itll« and IrchnoltJR.' undrr:amrd or h) our forefath e r1i .
The skill or Ihe crafbman is Ihe k~y"'lollc of uur sudelY. lI i:o. kmJ ....'ledJ!t' Inm ..f.)rlll" lln:lUm
Into rtallty. d('!ol~n lu tiJ hlJlldill~~. hnmes. hi~tnHIY~, hridj,:~" Ill' is 1111" "n·nl pruci icul
transla tor.
The skill of the craftsman cncompllSSt:S an Infinile ran~ or artis try. Ife can rashlon II
ma.slcrpit<:C In wood, lone or mttal (ollo",ing thc d esi~n~ from miniature or mil!.ht) 1)3t1 r rn!\.
He has the delia.tc tuuch for Ihe s mall and the !lure firmne for Ihe gn'at. li t can impro\ L'it'
in cunstru("liOIl " by C'flr " or read the mosl comple~ blueprint'!. Ill' is a lrained e)'e.:I perce l>li,"e
lIlind and an C'x lwrt IlIlIId .
Sound and Ihorough training In his Irade has made him tht h)di"pt nsable tink in Ih... l"illliu
Qr oJX'ralh'c knowl«lgc ~ hh:.h keeps our ch ilizalion functioning . Crarts nlaMhip ha.i 1:H"t'J'I hil~i
to our gro'"'tf1 ilnd prutlrc:ss In our ~esterda~·s . •. It isj,"' as indispensable loda) and ~IH be
tomorrow Il.~ Ihe accomplished j ournefman mo\t:'i. chanjt .nd adapts hilllS4?lt to meet Iht
u;'(,lin~ demands or an t\uh in2. j,:rnM in2 and chun.:hllt IcehnoI1l2) . \\ hatt!' t' r fUW ) c:oml'! . \\C
know that real crarts man'ihlp in the futurt . 3!> in tht' IHi!!t. 11I11 ~ 1 (ondurf'.
Thh ~ul(JV (If cr4jl1mnnlltlp 10'111 U$td (.IS (.I / ortlo'ord /n 0 PNJl rdm of II a HlI"rflr;a n of thr 8uUillng cmd
COlISrr,, ~rio n TraJn Orparlmrnt. A" L-CIO.
IBEW JOURNAL! JANUARY 1985 I 7

International President Charles H Pillard in his
address to the administrators and Irustees
Sl1es~ed the Importanco 01 the RsclprocHY
Agreements
0" ovtlllbcr and 9, 198~. ove r
150 admlIlisrrators, tmstees Hnd other
interes ted pa rt Ies m etIn W:l'=>h lllg-
ton, D .C., for the fourth meellng of
wellare and pension lunds panici'
pating In Ihe Electrical Industr
Health and Welfare and Pensinn Rc ·
clprocal Agr~ e m enb .
Th e purpose of th e mee ting was
to rev iew the progrc s and adminI S-
tration 01 the reciprocal agreements
.lOd to dl cuss common problem,
participating funds a re bCIng rhe
pn.rtIClpant~ were welcomcu l()
Was hIngton by In ternationa l Pre si ·
den t Cb arlc H. Pi ll ard an d Rohc rt
1. HIggins, excc ul ivc vice prcsidl! nt ,
.1Il<1nal Elerrrical C:Ontra CLOrs As
Robert L. Higgins. executlve vice president.
NECA. spoke on employer's perceplions re-
garding employee benehts
8 I IBEW JOURNAL I JANUARY 1985
Administrators For
Welfare and Pension
ReCiprocal Agreement
Funds Meet In
Washington, D. C.
Stlc lHtion . In his OpCIllllg co mments,
PreSide n t Pillard stl'esseJ the impor-
,"nce of recl proc it)' to IIlEW mem -
bers who must [ravel III o rder to
maIntall1 their employ m ent. He
pra"ed those LO a n endance lor then
uppon and noted that over 98 pcr-
cent of al l we lfare lunds al'c part ici-
pating 111 th e Electrical Industry
Hea lth and Welfare Reciprocity
Agreemenl. He reviewed the rapId
progress 01 the Electrica l Industry
Pension ReciprocllY Agreement and
annou nccu that InOrc tha n 50 pcr-
Ge nt of .111 pcn ion fund s ,He .1.lrcady
parll clpat ing. He pl edgcJ the cont in-
ued support 01 the LBEW in obtain ing
100 perccnt partl Clpa ll On In both re-
ciprocal agreement . Robert L. H ig·
gills welcomed the participants to
Wa sh.lngton and dIScussed contrac-
tor 's pt.:rccpuon rcga rchng e mpluyee
be nd; t,.
The two-day program was drvldeJ
he tween wdfare and pcnS10n issu es .
On both days Internali ona l Repre-
cn wove Roy Dickinson, who serves
as the reciprocal adminl trator, led
discussio ns on the ope rati on of the
reciprocity agreements. Botll agree-
m enu'i np pC.1r to be upcrntiog qu1te
well an rl accomplishing t he purpose
for which they were design ed. In the
welfare nrea there were orne prob·
lems reported On the time liness of
the transfer 01 contn bu lions . The
need to trans fe r paym ents 0 0 dme
eac h 1110 nth w a.s stressed. The re were
al.;;!") '«' \lI'm ] gnon suggestions on
c hanging some administrative pro·
ccdu rcs rel a ti ng to the Pension Rc·
ciprocal Ag reemenl. The remainde r
of th e fi rst da y of Lb e program waS
de voted to dlsc llssing health -care is·
SUl'S .
The first discu>Slon panel re-
Viewed methods their funds were
USIng to control IncreaSing health
carc Costs. Ronald Spangler, ad m ln-
I trator for the IBEW Local Union
995 ElectriCians Weliare Fund, and
Jo hn Ca lascibetta, admin istrator for
the Joint Industria l Board of the Elec-
LrIc.1 Industry, reviewed teps they
had taken to control coSts by estab-
lish Ing altemotive m ethod of deliv ·
erI ng beneHts, includIng a preferred
prnv id e r organization and a fund ·
spon ored diagnos tic center. T hey
also discussed o ther cost-COnt.ill-
m e nt measure . T he second major
topic reviewed was funding require-
mem for welfare plan . Clifford
Ruutll, consu ltant to the Maryland
Electri cal Industry Fund and the mEW
Local Union 26 Welfare Fund, and
Jere Brassell , consultant to the
Southern El ectri cal Health Fund. re-
viewed methods they u ed In prOj-
ccting ra te LOcrea es. They noted that
the increaslng cost p l eSSUICS for
mcJical ca re arc caus ing rapid in-
crea e - in welfa re fun d con tribu -
tions. However, failu re to promptly
lncrease cont ributi ons by th e truSt-
ees could cause dIsastrous re li l ts 1n
fu nding a plan . The impact of eligi-
bility rcqui rcmell l> Ull lunrung was
discussed by Warre n Charles, admlll-
1 trator for the II.IEW Local Union
125J and 567 Welfare Funds and
Floyd Davi , admin istrator fo r the
IBEW -NECA Hea lth and Welfa re
Tru t Fund. They rev iewed va riou
Partial View of adminislralors and rruSlees anend,ng Ihe Eleclrlcal Induslry Health and Welfare and Pension Reciprocity Agreemenl Meellng

methods for dealing with eligibility,
includmg hour banks and the need
to fund eXlended eLigi bilIty.
On Fnday, N ovember 9, the tna·
lority of the day was devoted to
discussing pension-fund mvest·
Dlcnts . The di sc Li ssion pa nel
cluded Steve Harrington, tru tee of
the Southern California lBEW-NECA
Pension Trust Fund ; Owen SchleiS'
man, trustee of lBEW Local 292 Fringe
Benefit Plan; and Wilham Lcfan·
check, adtnilllstrator for IBEW Lnca l
43 Electrlcal Con "actorS Pen ' Ion
Fund. They each de~cribcd how their
funds had partlclpated in Inve tment
[or construCtlllll projects which helped
t create employmen t 111 their areas.
Discussion of thi s sublec t was ve ry
in - spi rited amung those 111 .1ttcndance,
and many participants discussed wha t
thcir areas were dOIll!\. There was a
strong reeling th 3{ thiS I S one way
\~e can help comb" t the nnn·union
situation. The fi n;)1 sublect was a
discussion of the PensIon Equlty Act
which was led by Mike QUillIan,
Internati onal Representative of the
IB EW Department of Research and
Education. This new law WIll C.1U SC
many changes In the structure and
admim s tration or pension plane; and
muny 0 the changl!s were revi ewed.
The panelist alf made out tanding
prcscnt3tlOnS and con rnbu l cd to lhc
succes of Ihe program. The Oppor-
lunltY 10 meel and d,scu problem
proved most benefic,," In all who
allended.

Partial view of ISEW offICers and members alteod,ng lhe Health and Wolfare and PenSion ReCIprocity Agreement Meelmg.

IBEW JOURNAL! JANUARY '985 I9

 Local 25 Plays Role in Organizing
International GaInes for the Disabled
The International Games for the
Disabled were held in No sau County,
Long Island, New Ymk, Irom June
16 to June 29, I Y84 . This is t he firs!
time that these games, which are for
world-class handicapped athletes,
took place in the UnIted States. The
event attracted S(lIne 1,600 athletes
from 50 differenl coumries; and the
opeOlng ceremonies were attended
by both the preSident of Il,e United
Statc~ a~ well as the governor of the
tate of New York.
As Cdn well be Imagmed, the budget
for an eVent of thiS magllltude could
run several million dollar. In order
to aVOId havmg th e taxpayers of Nas-
gau COUnty pay entirel y for thi ,
worthwhile event, the county exec·
utlve of Nassau County asked for
the help of till' Cflmmllnity . This ca ll
for hclp was an swe red by litera ll y
thousands of volunreers und hu ndreds
of thousa nds of dollars in donations .
Among those volunteers anSwer-
Nassau County ElCecullY8 Francis Purcell, cenler with jackel, is shown with members 01 local 25.
10 I IBEW JOURNAL! JANUARY 1985
tng the call was Loca l 25. They pro-
vided the manpower to do all the
wiring of OlympIC Cen ter, which
was composcd 01 seven large tents
and numerous temporary bui ldings.
The work involved the installatinn
of:1I1 800-arll p ~crvicc, a distribution
center, the making and instaUati n
nf ~ome ,'l,600 fcct of temporary light
and power sl nngers the lnSlallation
l
of numerous panel and, finally, the
maintenance of thiS system for the
two weeks Ihat the Games were 111
progre s.
The work was coordinated by
Brother John Th oma, one of the
Industry'S top foremen. and Busincs
Representative Bill Lindsay. The ma-
terial was supp lied by the Nas au-
uffolk Ch.1Jltcr of NECA and several
Long Island electrica l supp ly I",uses.
Some 200 of our Brothers and SlSterS
were Invo lved 111 the lnstaliati o n and
Local 25, Long Is tand , New York:, Business
rl1~lintcn<lnce of O lynlpic PblZ3, with Manager Charles "Bud" Fisher works al the job
all segme nts of our local well rep- sile cllhe IntemaUonal Games for the Disabled
 Members of Local 25 are piCtured working In vanous capaCllles on Ihe Job site prior 10 the opemng 01 the Games

rcscntcd- dpprenu ces, r C (lrcc~, ou r

OrgJnlzing COlllmittcc l our Com -
mUnI[ Y Serv ice Cum m iltee, as well
a~ IIU melOUS Jobs 1I1 the inlmcciulte
vlcmity of Mitchel Park C mplex
where the Ga mes were held .
8 usm ess Manager Bud b shcr con-
tUlUall y remInds L cal 2 mem be rs
of the: need for union Illcm bc r& to
glvc b:lck to the conl llluni ty whH.:h
has su pported Ihe m .
The In tcrna[lon.1 Game, ror th e
Dlsil hlcd is anOlher examp le of LocHI
25' contlllutng involvemenl in com-
munllya ctivlties.
IBEW JOURNAL JANUARY '9BS I II

Seventh District Vice PresIdent Orville Tate , Jr , obligallng the erecled EM·2 Council oHicers. Left
to right are Vice President Tate: B. G. Crawford. chairman . Local' 227; Robert Hardwick. treasurer,
Loca l 963; James Johnson, vice chairman, Local 2174 : and ROber1 Elizondo. secretary . Local 110.
The ann ual meeti ng of the lB EW
EM-2 CNB Cou ncil was held re-
cently in Portland, Oregon, and was
well attended by de lega tes from tbe
affi lia ted lBEW loca l unions. In ad-
di lion to an agenda of regu lar busi-
ness conducted by th e Council, sev-
eral representatives of the co mpany
attended the meeting On the second
day and presented to the delega tes a
current overview of the CNB Com-
pany operat ions and their forec.st
for the future of the battery industry _
A lively genera l discussion fol -
lowed, penaining to a private review
progra m designed to control em -
ployee hea lth care costs_ The com-
pany was advised that the CouncIl
dele a tes were aware that health Care
costs were a conunumg problem and
that there is a vi tal need to control
escalation of health care costs_How-
ever, the delegates made i t clear they
would fi ght against any progra m to
abroga te provi ions of the current
agreem ent, wh ich gua rantees pay-
ment of benefits to th e employees
the lBEW reprc ems.
eventh District lmemaoona l VIce
President Orvdl e Tate, Ir., addressed
the delegates and gave fuji warning
of the res ults to be expected should
the Mondale/ Ferra ro ticket be dc-
fea ted in the presidential ra ce_
The electi on uf EM-! Cou nci l of-
ficers was held on the last day of the
meeting with sweanng in of the of-
ficers by Vice President Ta te . Cou n-
IBEW EM·2
GNB
Battery
Council
Meeting
Held In
Portland,
Oregon
cil Secretary C len McCall dId not
desire to be a candidate in the elec-
tion. Robert Elizondo, Local 110, 51.
Paul, Minne ota, was nominated and
elected Couoeil secretary by aeela-
mation.lncumbent office rs reelec ted
are : B. C. Crawford, chairman, Lnca l
1227; James Johnson, vice cha irman,
Local 2174; and Robert Hardwick,
treasurer, Loca l 963 _
Brother C len McCal l, bus iness
manager of Local 280 and Seventh
IEC D,strlct member, was pre ented
wi th a plaque by the Council mem-
bers and a new Cou ld battery by th e
compan y lur h is dedicated e{fon s
while se rvlllg as sec retary of EM-2
CouneiJ and as a member of the
National Negntiatin Committee_

,
"./ Walter Wells , vice president , GNB Batlarles ,
~ Inc., addressing delegates attending EM-2 Councfl
Delegates and International Representatives listening intently 10 (epons being presen ted to them Meeting

12 I ISEW JOURNAl ! JANUARY 1965

 depal'blient of Research
and Education

Preparing for the Inevitable

As the saymg gocs, you can't aVOId
paying taxes. However, with c~lrcf\.lJ
plan ni ng and preparation, yo u can avoid
a lot of aggmva tlon and worry. Yo u also
can avoid ovcrpaymcnto( taxc~ and avoid
th e possibility of any fines or penalties.
The key lies in careful prcpara110n,
The Internal Revenue ServIce IIRS I
trad itlonally sends holiday greetings to
America 's millions of taxpayers JI1 the
shape of federal income tax return forms .
You may have received you rs with this
issue of the IBEW IOtlrnal, We suggeSt
that you get toget h er all of the rece ipts.
withhold in g forms, and records lh3t arc
necessary for Aling your laX (o rm and
put them In order, together with the tax
fonn and Instru clions you recei ved an
th e mail. Then, whether you prepare your
own tax fo rm or have It prepared by some
other person, you will have all of the
essentia ls together In one place. If you
arc prcpanng your ow n form) be sure to
read carefully through the entire book let
of instructions before ~[tcmp t lI1g to fill
ou t yo ur tax form . You might want to
underhne LD bnght Ink those Instru ctl o ns
that apply to your claim.
Plan to Ale your 1984 IIlcamc tax
return form 3S ear ly as poSSible, espe-
cially if you arc expecting 3 return check,
and become as wcllmformcd as possible
on changes in the tax law th.lt "'.:J II affect
your rcturn and change in the lax form s.
addluon to the tncome tax ; but unlike YOll qual!fy fur tht: trcatment un your
other tax revenues, chiS additional tax is 19 2 r 198 Income tJX return .
carmarked to go lOCO the Socia l Secul'ity Ucginning an 1984, YDU may usc in -
Fund, come ave raging to compute your tax es if
DcducHons for no n-prescripuo n m ed· your In come cqu:1 1 140% of the ;Ivcr·
leal Items arc no longer allowed. Only a cable b:\ c peTiod Inco me foc 198 1.
cxpcnsc..c; Incurred for prescription dru c; 1982, and 1983 The thresh o ld for prc·
and LOsullO arc deductible as drug ex- 1984 tax years w.1s 120% of the preceding
penses, ehmmating the 1% -of-ad,usled- rour ycars. The effec i of averagin g IS
grOSS'lflcomc hmltauan for medlcme and usually to reducc your lax catc for the
drug cxpcndHures allowed las t year. cu rrent yc:u because you find yourself 10
The Tax Reform Act of 1984 a llows a an unusually ·llIgh t."lX hrackct. Th iS I S
ded uctio n (or amou nts spent for loug in g only true, howe ver, lf you wen.: 111 lower
Ibu t nOt meals ) w hile away from homt: tax brackets In the 19R 1· 19R3 pcnod than
primarUy for and essential to medlci.1 you arc IJ1 19H4.
can: . The limit on the deducti on L~ $50 The long-h..'rm c.apltal·gall1·ill1d-lo!!.s
pcr night pcr Individual. holding pcnod for aosets acqulfed aher
U your home is condemned or rend ered lune 22. 1984, IS redu ced from ° more
umnhabitable because of a disaster and lhan One year" to " more than SIX months. "
you arc ordered to dem o lish it oc n:loc3tC', Under pnor law, Obtall11J1g an autO-
you arc entitled to a casualty lu~~ de - mall c (ouc-month CX[Cn~IOll to August
duc tion . This change is retroactive to 15th to filc yo ur Furm 1040 aho exte nded
anyycarcndingaftcr 1981, so yo" should the time WLt h lll which yUll could sta rt
Ale an amended return (Form I 04QXI if an In divldUill Retir cment Ac a unt (IRA)
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX- CANADA AVERAGE
SOURCE : STATISTIC S CANA DA
OCTOBER, 1984
1981 = 100
HeBlth & Recrea-
A lIliums Trl'nspor. Perso nBI lion &
Month Year Co mbined Food HOUSing Clothing latlon Care Reading

Changes Oelober 1984 1232 1177 126 .0 113.8 124 ,1 1240 121.9
September 1984 123 .0 117.7 125,1 113.4 125,5 123,8 121.6
There arc some c h:mgcs m thiS ycar's August 1984 122.9 118.5 124,7 112.6 125,5 123,5 120.9
income tax return forms. so compare July 1984 1229 119.4 124.4 1121 1261 1230 120.4
your 1984 form to [he forms of preVlOUS June 1984 122.2 118.3 124,1 112.5 124.8 122,9 118,8
years and farml1an zc yourself With those May 1984 121 7 116,8 124,2 112,5 1234 1229 119,0
changes in order to cl1 mLnatc the POSSI- April 1984 121.5 117 ,2 124 ,1 1124 1230 1227 118 1
bility of errors,
There arc also so m l! c.: hilnges III the taX Oelober 1983 119,2 112.7 1222 111 I 121 1 It 97 1179
law, and we call yoU! attention to the October 1982 113.6
following changes 10 particu lar. Oelober 1981 t03 ,3
This yea.f, for the first tlmc, people Oelober 1980 91 7
receiving Social Secunty or Ra.llroad Rc - October 1979 827
tirement benefit '''' Ill be taxed on :\
NOTE CaJ'lada s Consumer Puce IndeK lor all uoms Increased 0 2 polnlS dvllr'9 Ine past mQntn or 0 2"...
poruon of those benefits If thelT ad,u')tcd ThiS equalled an annual rate of In(;Iea5e of 2 .1 ' (02" 12) The Increase In CPI dunn; tM past
gross mcome exceeds a certaIn leve l. year was 4 0 points or 3 ..1
Prior to 1984, these benefits were ex- Percent change belween two dales IS calcula ted by subtr!lCtlng the Inde~ number lor Ihe eanlE!f date
cluded from income In their cnnn.: ty . Irom Ihal l or Ihe later dato and dividing tho rosult bV Iho Indax numbor lor Lho oorlior dmEt. then
U you receive monthly retircment, ur- multiplying by 100
vivor, or disabi li ty benefits fro m 'oda l
EXAMPLE : For the period 01 OC'lober. 1963 to October 196.'1 1232 119 2 40 InOel( POints 4 0 dllll(!ed
Security or Tier I Raitr03d Retirement by119-Z ",, 034 JO. l00 34.
benefits, you may have to Include a
po rtion of these benefits 10 your gross Prepared by Department of Research and EoucallOn. lBEW . ....ember. 1984
Income. This t3.X WI II be collected as an
tBEW JOURNAL JANUARY 1985 I ,3
·lI1d ma ke .1 d educ tibl e co ntnbutl on
tarung wit h the 19N4 ret u rns, howcver,
paymcnt3 III a n fl{A for the prior yc.u
mus t be made hy Apn l I Si h
lilA'
~urcly. tht: une tax shelter that !o,ho ulJ
be c".bll,hcu Jj ., .11 pO>S lblc, the
IRA, which allow!:. every qualified mdJ
vle.lual to t.lkl: a dcJucllon a~ 111gh a",
2,000 nght (,1£ the top uf hIS earned
IIlcome . Th.u mCdn~ that. ]j yo u an: IJl
rhe .10 percent tJX bracket, lur tnMance
)'OU would 3utom,luc.ll1r hw.'c l your 198-1
tox p,'ymcnt hy 5600. For pllrpose, oj
determinIng 1!!J~lblil[y tor on IRA, an
IIl dlv ldual must h. lv(' ea rned compen:,a-
non, which mc:ludcs W<1gcs .tnd othe r
am ounts derived from person.11 :,CTVICC . .
IIl ch Hbnp; IWI C"arnlllgs from self-emplo y·
ment. Fur IH, A purposes, co m pcn s.H I n
docs nOl IIldudc pe nSions, Int erest. dlv,
IdcmJs, dl~.lbdJty In come, or .ll"nounb
rccelve J 111 the form of dcfl'TTCd cllmpen
<"allol1 .
Every worker Ilull l lllll' .m d part -tllnc l
under the a~~ of 70 1 ~ l lii chglblc to start
J11 IRA. Evell If >'OU :lrc an .Ic. tlve panlc-
Ipant m a quail cd employer plan 1111
eluding a ~ll11p ll ficd cllll luyl.:c pcnslon
and J Keogh planl or III 3 government
pl an, you indY tJkc an IIlCOIllC t<lX dl:-
ducllon lor yuur ca~h contnhutwl1 [0 all
IRA cach year Yuu Illay rUt 100''',,, (.I f
REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE
AND CLERICAL WORKERS
UNjTED STATES CITY AVERAGE
SOURCE . U.S_ OE PARTME NT OF LA BOR, BUREAU OF LABOR STA TISTICS
REFERENCE BASE, u .S. AVERAGE 1967 • 100
OCTOBER 1984
vour tarneu IIlCOlllc up to :t maximum
of S2,UOO-- IIlt li il n IRA 311I1\1"lIy . If you
cannot ,tUord to pu t 52,000 IntO In IRA
c;lch year, you m.ty pu t 10 a lesser .tmount
111l: III1Purt.Jll t 1I1111g tv IL'ul~mbcr IS th ai
Ih e .lIn ounl yo u dcpo:,il can be deducted
from your tJx.lhl1. mCOOl e, and It wlll
carn Interest or diVidends which accu-
mul:uc t:lx·free until you withdraw thl'm
rhl' ea rli est you can wlthdrJ\\· wlthou
penalty IS at the aoKt.: 01 :;yl •.
In t he ca..,t.: 01 ,I lll.ITTlcd couple, bot h
01 \\ hom Jrc l.·mrluyl.·u, c,lt.:h ... puu...c 1,.;.111
have an IRA and t.,: ach C.tn cOlllnbulc up
to S2,OOO annu.llly If one S pOil'>,", i~ not
e mployed .al Jny time dunng Ihe Yl',n,
the employed ';pnu:,;c can cnnlnbl..llc
m .U:II11Um of S2,'100 t o tW O IRA'i, one
for each SpOL1~C rh e 2,500 conlrlbutlon
C.1n he ulvH.led as the co uple SCl'S fit,
wllh nm mm,' Ih.m 5;) ,000 bC111J:: con-
t n butl.'d to ( )Ill' .ICCOlln[
You CVCIllUctJly roy ta.xe:, 011 yuur IRA
lllvc, un CIll and C,l1"Il lngs , hut unly J~ YOLI
Withdraw the fund", . T he cj rlie&t ~g(' at
wluch you call wlthd ..aw without rJ YU1~
:Iren;t!ty Icxccrt In the! case of dl s..rballtr
or death) IS -lV" You may delay with +
drawt11F: unn l yOll <1cw<l ll y fl.'UrC Then
yo ur lunds will he tJxcd a"i ordinary
lIleumc; .mo, prc"Iull1ably, YOll Will be 10
.1 Iowa [;"IX hrJck ct, bCSIU C'i gcttlng the
I.:xtra tax excmrtlOn hased on a~c . Ynu
I11U\t bcglll \,· lthd r3wlIl~ tht.: fund!'! h\·
tllL' .Igl." of 7(11
Apparel
Ik .1 W'Ut.: tha t y~JU Will h.lVI.! to [)<I)I U
penaltyof 10UII.I of th e :1mou nt with drawn
from .111 IRA befure the fig!.! of 59 11J, plm.
the regula r In come tax , and any pcn:lltt c~
that an"" from bre.k,"~ o u, of ,he IRA
IIlvestmcm HSclf. An IRA IS not a hun ·
term saving program, nor can It be a
uh ututC for ~1V lllg for an ~ m c rgt..:ncy
It 'ihOl1lcl hr mont' Y th.11 you can ;l(foru
10 put .away for a l{ln~ lime
IRA~ can be CMllh h !lh~d and tUn<.kd
through th e ~crvlccs or banks, savings
3mI )o,1n InstitUtions, insurance compa
rHt.:S, rcgul:ucd II1veStment CUmpilI1l CS ,
credit unJOn~ , .lIld other financ Ial IOMI -
tuuons . Pla ns differ 111 th e rate of rctum ,
,I the 1l1l1lll1lUm .1mount you mu st 11l\' CSt
to ~C l st3rted, 3dnllOl~tra()\'c Ices .:lOd
other charge:" IIt: Xlbtluy, and deJ;?,l'cl.! 0 1
rI!lk . II yuu arc cunslJ t.: nng an IRA, shop
:uuun J tlnd ue lerlllille w h Ich pl a n bcst
!lUll:' you an J yuur ,.;u.II :,. Fro m both a
tax -planl11ll)!, and financl:tI ' pla n lllllg
VICWPtHnt, IRA cont n butluns s houl d bl'
made J::' early III th e yt.:ar .IS 1)o!lslble
Th e cal lier you Stan you r plan, the carll~ r
yuu "tart accumul.ltlll)!, tax -defcrred
ca fT1Jllg!l.
All IRA cl)lltnbUllOn!l for a parllcu bl
)ll'Jr I1lU~l be made 110 Lner t han th e dut'
datc fur fi ll11 g th,1I year's tax return,
\\' lth U Ul rega rd [L) Jny film); CX I CI1~lCInS
that h3vl' bc.:cll ~rnntc.:d If you, for ex
ample, w.lnt to open an IRA for 1984,
the latc",t day you m.l)' do so IS April I.1\,
19 5, l ' VCIl If you rCCeJVl' all eXtenSIOn
of ttl11C 111 WhlCh tn file vour 19X-I 1.1'1(
rcturn
The IRA uc.x:s permit an mdlvuJual to
ch1lm ~I dcdu lIC..II1 fnr J l.ontnbuu(J1l to
In IRA , ('ven though tbe cOlllrinutJOIl
h,h n o t b~cn m.ldl" 011 the limc the leturn
l'i Hied, provI ded thJI the contnnutloll

Mon th Year
A U Item s
CombIned eo"" Houlmg Upkeep
• Transpor-
lallon
Medical
Ctlle
I ~ a tually nl,ldc nn 1,II l' Ithan Apnl 15th
Cl/n~cqucnt l y, If yo u \"crc to fi le yo ur
I YH4 t.IX re(lirn early 1I1 1985, clamllllg
OClober 1984 3 12.2 304 0 3355 204 8 3178 3837 your IRA dcuu(;lIoll even th ough YOll
September 1984 312.1 303.8 336.6 203.3 316.0 361.2 don ' t h(lvc the c,lsh 10 Il1Clk ~ thc contri
August 1904 310.3 304 .5 334.2 109.0 315.2 380.1 buunn pri or to fiJlllA, you C:1n thcn wall
July 1984 307.5 302.6 328.7 195.3 315.2 376.5 for yo ur t:IX rcftll,..! ltl gun ng six to 10
June 1984 306.2 301.8 326.2 196.1 315.5 376.3 wecks fo r the c heck to co mel.lnd use all
May 1984 305.4 301.2 325.2 1977 314.6 375.0 or Jl.1rt of the refu nd for t he IRA dcpos il
April ,984 304 1 3023 3??7 1~R 2 311.9 373.2 by Apn l 15. IY
October 1983 301.3 292.9 325.2 1996 3069 3609 0 1 course, II yuu wcre to claim the
Oclober 1982 293.6 IRA ucduc lion pri o r 10 making the con-
Oclober 1981 279.7 tnbuuun and then And thar you a.rc
Oclober 1980 254 1 ullab le to make the cOl1tTlbu ti on by April
Oclober 1979 2256 15, 19 5, all amcnJed (ax re turn should
bc filcJ .l~ soon as po. SIhie In order (0
NOTE The Consumer PJ.ce Index lOt aD dems IrlCreaseo 0 I ,~ x points. OUIl"9 lhe lasl monlh Or 0
nus eQua.11ed an aMuaJ fale 01 aner@.8se 01 0 :lti. 10 Q3 121 ThO ncro:l!:O dur"9 lhe put yeat
OJ-. elammate the claimed IRA conrnbutlon
If you do not then fi le nn amended rerum,
was 109 Index points 01 J b
the IRS IS empowereJ to exac t 3 nondc+
Porcent If"ICrellSt! ber.veen two dales IS calcu lated by SUbitactl"9 me ,ndel number IOf the ca'· ef ducuble negligcncy PCJ13Jty of 5% or a
date trom Inallor Ine laler dal e and diVId ing 1M resuh by ttle .noell numbel lOt" the earlier dale Ir'len fmud penall y 01 50% of ,he add",onal
multiptYIf'9 by 100
tdX oue
t:XAMPLE For the perIOd 01 Oclober. 196310 OctObel 1984 3122 30 13 109 IndeX po'nls; 109
divided by 301 3 036· 100 3 6~ A final rCnllnder- ll pays to be pre ·
pa rl'd Wit h all rcconh, rccc iptSt and l ax
Plepare(! by Department 01 Research aoo EducatJon, IBEW November . 199·, fo rm ' tugc l h..:r III \J nt! place; it !'{lYs tu
file cllr ly; il p.IYS to npcn.ln IRA account
,4 I IBEW JOURNAl ! JANUARY , 98~
 SJ:lFETY TIPS
for you and your family
1984 NATIONAL SAFETY CONGRESS
Tbe Nallonal Salety Council 's 72nd the National Safety Councol and has Robert E. Frat: LU .120
Ann ual Congre. , he ld in Chicag , Ill i· always had a good alt~ndancc of loca l Graham E. KclJ er LV .120
nois, chis past fall W,lS one of the largest union rcpIese ntativcs at the se sessions. Dona ld L. Mose ley LV JJ6
and mos t in form.1rivc wilh over 12,000 Those attendi ng have gained valua ble Daniel P. Mora les LU 503
attending and P~lrtI clp:lti n g 10 over 200 Infor m atio n to take born e to the SafelY Diana M. Morale. LU S03
separate programs. Committe...· III their loca l muon The loltn Noall LU 673
No maner whallhe attendee's concern foUowmg are some of the LBEW personnel Ann Miley LU124S
in ,he field 01 Occupat ional Health, Oc· an attendance a( mlS session ' D,ck Fulton LU1249
cupauonal Safety, Home Safe ty, Tmfflc Robert Langer)' LU1249
Safeey, Public Safety or Envlronmcnl:d George E. Smuh 1.0 C arol Urown LU J.l62
Hea lth, seSSIOns were avai lable co g:un Bo b Cru m 10 Ba rbam Moore LU 1362
informat ion and to o btain answers to Wi lila.m CO l1 kllll LU 3 Harty Hogr" hc LU 131i2
qu es tion s and conce rn s. Rus." Burton LlJ I H Bob Fntz LU 1379
The Labor Division of ch~ Councli mct Ron Ferrara LU IN Larry Tho mpson LU 1.379
fo r twO days pri or to the Congress with AI Mcdll1' LU 18 lohn L. Bachman LU 18YS
attendees partiCipatIng III the activ it Ies Charles "Tim " BaldwlI1 LU 25 LOll Ca\'31luccl LU 1898
of onc or more of th e 12 comnllttCCS I:.manucl Lamendola LU b Dick Wernick . LU 1898
discussing 1D depth variOus safe ty and Tom Leach LU 12(\ lane, lloylc LU 1942
health activities. DaVid 1. Cole LU IJI Dave Miller LU 1942
At the Congress, the opcllI n,g sess ion Robe rt M . Sable LU 160 Steve Wa s te l LU 1942
fea tured a p.'lncl diSCUSSIOn c nlltl cd "N a· AI Chcs ko LU 17" Paul Slagle LU 1985
tlonal Views on Hazard oml11 Unl ca· Pat McDo nald LU 176 Dca n WelT LU In,
tion ." La bor was we ll represented With Les Egbert LU 176 Mary Montoya LU 2300
Margaret "Peg'l Scminano, assistant di - Elm er SWCdrtngen LU 246 Iud, Ross LU 2300
rector of Occupationa l Health and Safety
of the AFL·C10, as one of ,he three
panelists. IBEW DELEGATES ATIENDING NATIONAL SAFETY CONGRESS
The Labor D IvI sIOn Scsslo ns at the
Congress were well attended wu h 150-
250 at cach o This year the e se,:,s ions
were primarily directed at hea lth prob-
lem s with Abby Ginsberg of tbe Institute
for Labor and Mental Health in Los An·
gclc!:o It:aulIIg a UI!:oLU!:o!:oIUIl VII "OI.:LUpa -
tional Stress"; Dr. James R. Hooge, chair-
man, Council of Psychiatry, Northea ,em
Ohio Unive r ity College of Medicine,
speaking o n "Wh ;lt If I ge t an ce r! /I;
James E. Verm eulen, execut i ve director
of the Asbestos Vict.lms o f Amcn ca,
makmg a mov ing presentatlun on
"Dy ang- A Hard Way to Make a LlvlIlg",
and a panci from the Canadli.n Alrlme
Fhght Atte ndants l11akl.l1g a prc~cntaliOn
on " The Invisible InJuty Idcaling ',ith
fatal accidents)." On the third day of 'he
Congress, the Labo r Divis,on had a panel
discussio n ent itled "The Tro ubled E.m·
ployce"; thiS session co nSisted of:l panel
from labor and m:m;tgcment of the Rail -
road Inoustry rhc;C'lI SlOe rhi'lf artlon,,, In
deaung wuh the rcgul:Hlon and reha -
bilitation of workers who abu c drugs o r
alcohol o n the ,ob.
In addition to the reg ul ar I:Jho r ses·
sio ns, many of the LBE W delegates 111
attendan ce attended an lBEW meeting to
discuss problems and activities going on
in the arc. 01 heal' h and .fety. The
lBE W has maintained it leadership In
the numberof local unions affihat ed wi th
ISEW JOURNAL I JANUARY '985 I 15
 ATTENnON, PRESS SECRETARIES
All leuers concerning Christmas panies must be reo

LOC~L LII\IES ceived at the 1.0 . on or before February 15, 1985

Christmas repons received aft er thet date will not be
prinled. Thank you for your cooperalion.

Certificates l'lca"'l h.,; JJvIM.'d uf the fllllowm,t.; membc:r de:nh .. Labor Day Pride
dunn~ thc month uf I. IObt l . Lnwd l E, Buxton ,
production on pensum, InltlltteJ NOHmb~r, 1958,
' .. mes t Br<lnc.h. wlfI:m.!n febNJry, 1969 1Wllh<lm
F. Klem, .... "cmJn ,)n pl:n~ion Much. 1945; Hem)'
Wolff, productIOn on penSion, October. 19·61 Lui ..
.\1 Ta ylor JlrodUC llon, OI.IOtk:I, I96Q, md TIna
'" York rnwJuctlon. I.. nuny, 1982.
ROfllfl.TEl .... r.. P~

Local Hosts State

8rmhe l Frrdt' l ick ZaJ;"f. It'll, :II t'Ct'pIS his pr... <;t" n -
u l iOn lor SO )urS o f mt:mb~fs tti p in loc.. 1 I.
Pins Awarded For
Electrical Conference
LU. ] li.o.t'IU.II,,;o \l ~l.In lJl, E: \\ ' O RJrr: , ~ . Y.-
BJ)'bl:II}·I.&nd L,,(,;~I .\'!l Wuc"nnnll\ Cenaer In
Southh.llnptun, LunR h.lilfld, hn!lotcd the 198.1 New
Ycuk IJte Electrical WlJ l kcl~ A!>s(lcIJtlon Confl: r-
cncc, Nn\'clllb": l I thwugh UVCllIbC I 3. The New
York Sute Elec lrl cal ASSOCIlUOI\ brings togeth~r
bustncss m.tn.&iters ,tnJ Jgent" of mEW loc .. 1 unIOUS
throughout the \lJtc of New YIltk. $0 lh;n they
molY shut wllh each other the problems J.od M).
IUllons fOlclO)t the c:leCtnCA ltndu try nuewldc. It
con!>1 IS til bU'.IInes :lll,enl fr om c ..'ery sector 01
Ihe t'lectrle~1I mdu~try includm& mal'1ubc[uring.
!>lIpply, re~earch, ulIlltics :lnd construction.
PfC"'>CIlI 1\1 add res"! t hc Confc renee was !.BEW
PlcsHJent ChillI!: .. Ptllilid tn hi S remarks he com·
phmemed the cw York Stale Eltcnical Associ Loc31 8' nOll e i.s shown mo\,iug do ..... n th e s u c et.
auun lor leadul)t thl: ..... ay 10 the electrical mdusuy
an ~t .... York_ Pre'l,dcnt Plllll rd reported du t (he
nothmg would be r.n.,lblc But that 's whllt broth
Thlld DISIIICI ul the IDEW , which mcludc5 Nc .....
crhood is about!
YOlk, It"d Ihe dm'c U1 OPE eonlrlbutlons. Presl
dcnt PllIiIIJ noted Ih:oII tCCIJlf<KIlY hilS been achll:ved
CIIUCK PArn.ATII r s

50-Plus Years of Service
L • I 11,e.m,!pa&'rul, ST. LOU I , MO.-The ac-
comr;anymg pho10s were liken dunng .I speCial
urder of bu .. m(~'1 ill the rcgular uRion meeting
plt~~ldc.J over by Prcsldcnl DOllald Craltke and
Bu !nt'S! Mlln2~Cr Donald Bresnan the presen-
IIUlon of pin!! and certificates to re t ired member!!
wuh 50 yca l ~ or mOlt: ,1'i!HlCHltIOn wllh l.ocal I.
These 1Irt' llrothe r... who hOlY&: ..cen the local's
formJtlvc ye,H:§, the limc\ bdorc pall.! \'3C:3 11 0n~,
bealth ilnd wclfuc plans and .innumes. men who
hl"C' known the Ceprt Ion )'CUJ, the ..... ,u y~1
.&mJ the ;rJvanc~menl'i ImltJe through a robu:it tr"de
o'g.1m :.atlon, Although all \..-c: re nOI able to 311cnd
the formal pre,cnullon, lilosc preScnt stood befo.e
.hl! a~sl:mblt'J active mcmbcnhlp m the honor of
their lenu re w rl!cclyt: the fitting ackno ..... ledgment
oLa haU ·ce nt ury·plus In the brotherhood ola proud
organlZlltlon CongnJtulauons on 65 YClUS of memo
MfShlP to Ed C Gnt"st"mer IIml [r"tn L;lDg 60
yeOln 10 Sylvesler KopU, 55 ye,us to John Fuc.hs
Fred Craf, Lyndall Lcster. tester VUI;I and William
Walsh , and :;0 )le2l',\ 10 RIIYlnond Carvcy, John
M,m f rank Slock8lau~ncf and Fredenck Zage r
"'m
<D
01\,
s all a re wcll a ....'lIrc. II good many of \;abor's
fncnds rccelved ncftllllvc re'lulu In the general
>- c!l":ctlcl1l j and sut-h rC'Iuhs wil l !nakc the casks of
a:
"":::>z your rcprcsenuuycs more ,"hfl\cult In spite of the
"m.t;ndou:, the Con«leu J(:matns essentially the
It
...,"" Ume "nd the !oc;us In thl! FIISt , Second. Thud and
Ninth DlslnclS tt:mam In fnc:ndly hands. c\en In
..J
Ihe sloom th(l e remams ;1 f(w r.ays of sunlight!
""a:
Z Olfflcull a<; It mllY be to watch f,vorab le-candldates
lose m their hard fought huh, thc locnl Wishes to
:::>
o..., th;1nk those n\clnbe rs whu wurked Ih c rcglstranon
dIlve, m:mn ed the phone and polls :and partlc. ,
paled In the del lNnl pn>ct'ss for Ihe bt:'nefit of .lit
Reg:u dleu of litlme ddc31l1o on ovember 6, nunc
can Sly thai Lou! I's Brothers and Sisters shirked
any responsibili t y to work chrou,Rh and .....lthln the
16 process tOl t be advancemen t of <lll ""orklng rcoplc
m health :rnd welfll rc benefit .. thfuujo;hou t the lBEW
with thc eXl.cptlon (If IWI) Ineal lIntOt..... Ind it is
upcctcd the) WIll "glee shortly
Also ple'ent (0 .tddJt!Io the Conference was
Imclnlllon.&1 Tfe.t!iUrel "nd nU~lRess Manllge. of
Local J Thom.tS Van Ar d"3ltl Inlem.:allonai Vu::e
Prcsldtnt lohn I. Ibuy ! Intc:mJllon.lI £.xeCUl1\1C
Coundl mt:mber lohn McNuilY I President of the
New Ynrk tillt: Ar t ·CIO tdwlIrd L Clellon') pres·
IJCIH. Ncw York City elltral t .. bor CounCi l, and
Anll",.lal 'Sec retary of Local 1, Hury Van ArsdJ;it
h geneT. I coun clio the Nl:w York.
partment Ilf lJhor lee mtth! .:md the' eonsulunt
,;mrJ aClUllry In J"Cno;mn and .nnulIV funds. Leon,ud
O' 'iulhnlll
Labor Day Parade
Biggest, Best Yet!
LU. 8 (ii, TOLED O, 0 11 10 ·COUi.I d.3y Brothers
and ~lo; l er-ll Local S WAS proud to Jgaln paruclpim:
In the beSt r;ullde m northwcst OhiO and SOUthCilS I
Michigan The Brothc rs and Sistcrs p;trtlC IP3 lc III
every areil of thc pannle from plannmg to the
fcslivities dfter
Fifteen thousand unton Otulhtrs and Sisters took
to the sucels ~n Toledoo\'l,;r the L... bor Day hohday,
with mOlLny ml1le 1;11 Ic:;;a!lol .. not her 1::;,0001 Immg
the pa t b uf thespc(,;tilculn! Floal'i man:hmg. bands.
J rum lind bugk glil"1 eIJUlpmcnl IInJ dlgtlllaneS
fr om Toledo and thc .,urrllundll1~ areln moved to
tbe Ill)lJlnd 'Iuumb 01 lhe StlC"ct
It WA't \I pl uud day for labor and prouder yet for
loca l R IS host f thc officia l AFt C IO l;1bo, Day
PICl11e ihn\l'I"l"ld~ rO.lml.:d to hve music and ate a
too of hot dOA5, ind IOO -plus ~~lIon' of beer ~'e rc
(on~umcd Thllnk ag.lln to ;1.11 our Brothers and
!~H 'i ters ..... hn go unmeollnncd wllhout whose help
Members are Proud
To be Union !
L, .9(0). C HI CAGO, I LL- Threatemng sku:s did
not SlOp lhc IlIlgut .lnd longt'!lt parad~ wnltngc.nt
from mJrch.ing down Buul Mleh in the Annual
Chicago D~y Parade . Loc... 1 9 Iponsorcd 8ve floa t5
dcplc ll nK many asrcelq o( our trade In the ChiC;
goland aru. The fluolS we l t: nOi pno;'lIvc: displays,
but uther .active ",ork log clIamp l1!5 of CT A, CATV
!c.. ble televlslonl. IKJl;l.I ,lOd Ilghling jobs. The
ule Dc· 11<"' t were by far the blQest. loudest .and bnghte51
of all In the Par .. de
Ove. 'l00 mernbers ;rnd lhell f,;u11l11~ marched
between the float.!!. All mnrchrr5 we re decked OU I
III whitt" h~ . d hltts dl'Jpl.lY~llg thc mEW inSignia
.ami larKc Local 9 uc t-uls Eve ryone wore: bu tto ns
p roclJlming pride In 1w.lng un ion members :.Iud
th31 the labor vOice 15 sl1l1l1lfong In Ame rica. The
marchers all earned pennanu rrOC'lalmmg theu
Jllegunce to Lou I 9 :and the labor movement The
Local 9 family alld t heir 1l0JIS sltetched fOl two
and onc·hllf city block Many of the specta tors
ehce ll!d the mllrchl.: l!J lind we rt' very Impressed
with the Im ri e.lte working 00.11$
On the tCVICWtng stllnd were ma ny notab les from
clry nnd stall: ("Ioli uc:I hlc.go Mayor H llro ld
WJ shington donned a Loca l 9 hnrd hal and waved
IILoeal9 JXnnant He cheered .:and encou raged tbe
local 9 grour' . calhng them " tbe beSt to the city. ,.
Tbls. of cours~, brought a loud theer from the
marchers and 3 fe~· loud hluL__ from tht' truc.k
horns. Othcr digni tSllcs also cheered In recogn it ion
of the ImpreSSIVC l OCa l 9 flo t ill .. There is no dou bt
In anyone 's mind that t h ~ Loca l 9 tradit ion of being
the biltgUI and be8 t In Ihe Labor Day Parade. IS
ContlOumg The recognition by dlgnl t ancs and
spec.tators hdf15 !o~tC J the Local 9 name Ihrough
OU Ithe aru. Pcoplt: c.. n now .appt ecllte the excel·
lent lob done in t he I ru by Loc:.al 9 members. The-
9 nllme spreads at-fIlS!l mllny aspeetS Ih.t affec t
people 's lives fr om CTA, to sl~naJs , 10 hgJHln~, to
S rc ala rm s, to ca bl e TV to the eOlltriJ,Ctt,lt'i, through -
out Chicagll Jllnd, Our pri de wa ~ eViden t :u the
Parad~
B~h i n d
the scen s were many membe rs who
worked h:ud in eoordm:mng, develop ing, bUilding
and transpo rting the 111)l1ts Th ey all desc- rv t ~I pllt
on tht back and many words of than ks fill a job
welJ done. We ;ue proud of our mem bcn who
~' oJun t ee r ed and mnched . They have continued
the Parade tndulOn and helped to srrud our p nde
In beang Local 9 membc!rs lind dlIIt the vO ice of
Ilibur 1:0 ~ II (] :o 1r ~ulS. A :Ol'c"' IJI uv le uf ll llJlIJ..1t &ue~
to tbe following for allowang us tbe usC' 01 thc:u
trucks and m:m:ua l Meade Elecl rl C IlfUllt<i lue'il
dent , loseph LI::.zadro, Utility D),namic." and liS
pre!:ldent, Wllh:lm Spenc!:!r! Line S)I tem. Jnd tlf
presldcnt, Rick LaLond , Stcl,ger Curnmunleallon
and ItS presldenl , Cenrxe !-.Icigerl A M ablll J llIl
Its preSident, One Hoff r !lnd the CT A .lnd IU
cha lt m:ln MIke C.ardl lh. We Ilpprecl,uc 1111 ,hcy
ha\'e d on~
lohn 'olan, ad m inislr :uj"t a"si"tant, P'tRots 181:.\\1
Lo(:aI17, Drtroit, Mich ., Duth Plaqut' 10 lIusinbS
ManaZtr Petu McManus on behalf 01 Ih e zrldu-
Itin~ :apprcnliec • OUI deepcsi app rtcininn II)
Brother Roger B:allr:nger, who donated Ihe: hand-
mOlldr: woodcn plaque to tht Brotherhood .
Business Manager
Oullines New Agreemenls
L U. 17 (o& ul, DETROIT, I'll II _-We h~d our
Apprentlce G I 3du~tlon !)lIInel Danee on Sefllcm
bel21 I hope everyune enJoyed them .. dvcs Con
gratulallons to all the nc:w ImCcmen OInd lou rney
man ttee tllrnmll:U
Our ~mce l e symp.lth y to Brothel D~nDY PUtS
and hIS family 00 the pa~"'I11"; of theH bduved son
Danny, Jr Blather , )'OU OIIIC very tio!tle 10 us here
OIl th e loul. Jnd my good !flend, I cant tdl )'ou
the sorrow I fell to hear of the IIccldent to young
Dann),. Also, III B'oln!;"r CC II Y Crc:clle, With our
pl' I SODlil 1I'I\'0Iv(:01l:nl with you, we were deeplv
gneved to be;u of lhe p.US1n& of yl'ur bclo\'cd wife ,
Rabble Remember , Sr the rs, we no w have a pOIck ·
age for th!' j;lIeVm& IlIol1Hlle<; 10 nc:lp ...·uh Ihe
problems Ihal follow the death of ;I loyed on!;
On the6·17·A Agrccm nt , manyof our members
h.ave been ICllt to New Tersey tU wurk nn II tower
iob We atc looking II) gCllhe ALBAT ~llIllcd agJUI
with the work beganntnA to plc.k up
On the 6' 17 B Agreement , our commercu l cun
uae lQr~ have hcen bldlllng a 11)1 of new wurk, and
things seem II) be Inlprovlng !:omt' Motor Cuy
Electric w.u awardcJ 11 o nc ' )'(';'1 milllnlCnlnce.
agree ment for Ihc Cit)' of DctrrJlt
On lhc 6 , 17 urr Agreement, we hHc PUt on
",mr I'; nt'w Irt'" rnmmmlapp.cntlec! , and bope ·
fully by the New Year ..... e Will add alllJlhc:r IU 10
20 new men 10 thl " agrccl'ntnt On cptcmbcr JO
the ne ..... agreemen t was ra t lAcd with lin ,114 percent
yote. Th iS was II one )le.R 1 agrec m eru tJllell fOI wages
on ly
At W}':lndotte, congratulation, on the romfi e.-
tion of YOll r new agreement, :.1 !lew (L)U r yl!IU a,ll ice'
ment with only ph.ls,," to look forwJ ld to 10 the
fUIU le.
Rem ember, Broth!' r! and SiSters, Ihe holiday
seaso n IS J warm. fncll dl y. (O\'lIIg tJOle of ),C,U I o ur
f.lmil le .. depend on us [Q be there Pleasc be cspc-
CHi lly careful and alert
Shown in then twO pictuU's of tht' Local 18. Lo
Ange lc", Cal., Annua l Pin Prenntation IrC Ihe 25,
10, ]5, liD, 015 and 50-year pin r ttipu~. nl.s : 101'
AllemOllnd, urti.s,_ BOlUS, SOilm uti Bl OWn, ' u k
Imt , Donald J~Y, Chules Se hul u., Petri Vosburg,
Robert Wilson , Gtorge Allen, J~ Arsena, Rqben-
dey Addns, IJllrfdl Auh, Cha rles Brad)', II., Felis
("',.r\' an lt~, In,jng Foxman, Nowland Co,eellwnod,
( Inte r A. Ktlly, N,'lt han Lnd.s , ShiltO Maruyaml,
Dl u t ll j\hthi , Eugt'ne Morri\on, The-odo re Pa.
qna, II.cnnl'th PlIul, williOllQl C. Poe, ,"tt iHonl Pul·
\'t.r. Paul D. Quilty. Ricil.1.d Spln~~ La Vunt Tie.
man, Vincent Villard, C, Bluer, Oaude Bau~her.
Hl'rbeft Oa\ idgc, Peter OeSp:lfl, Roberl Frrris , Dale
C ibbcl, O. Kenneth Giles, Gran l L_ 11 2n50n, Jr. ,
Huold Jl u t on, Frank V. Kucera, Terence F.
O'Nei ll. Jllck Prunk, Orlie R:IInson , HoDc:lIl. ~ieh.
ard~ . Richald w. Smith, Joseph I. Vali ch, Willia m
Wa~ner , Willililm Waholl , l'larry 8enll l'll, Ccorge
Dryden, 1I0w.1rd M.1nSUf, Joseph O ' Con nor. LouiS'
Rlehudson, Joseph Wtst on~ WIlUa m E. Bowers,
Pat Burns, Naylo r Jones, Virgil C. McCo nn aughy ,
Contlld W. Nelon, Gordon I. Robins, Jamc.s R.
Terry, R. C. Quac:hnbusn, ,. P_ Yate ,Robtrl Bruet
.lnd Charles mOllI'-
Local Needs Linemen,
Wiremen for Jobs
L.U. 18 tul, LOS ANGELES, CAL-l.ocal IS is an
due necd of 70 11lurneyman Imemcn and lin equal
amount of dectflcal mechaniCS (Iournt}man WlrC'
menl fO I penn2ncnt Civil service lobs The cu n ent
uIary 15 S 1730 ptl hour, excellent reuremt"nt rl.n
lind hee medical and dcotal benefitS fill Ih~ em
pluyee 'oum~vmOlln Imemfn lQ lc.rt5ted hou ld
contact Warren Larsen, De.p:I!tmeol of Water and
POWt'I, cttV of Los Angeles, 11.131 48! ·C;6J7 Elec ·
trlcal mcchanlc~ Uourntyman wlItmcon i shou ld
CllnUc t Mac Connors, Dep3rtmem of Wattt and
Po ...... n. CIt)' of l os An.gelcs, {I III 481 6f.91
Local \fl 's annual pin pr(:senl.ltLon was well
JII~nd{'d and enlo~'E:d by ;III . e:lke ~nd refreshments
""ere servcd ;15 ......clI as pictures uken of all our
"old· tlmer'i "
Ro .... Fr KRAit", I'
Scribe Reports On
Two Major Jobs
L.U. 24 (l,s pa ,cs&'COIIt ,'l, BALTIMOR E, MO .- M~IL.'l 1
l{: nOVatllln 2n d construc ti on projects arc cu rrently
under way in the do ...... nto ...... n a lca of Ballllm)IC city
surrounding t he Inner Harbor TW (I malor hOlds,
Construction Jobs
1111 1111
hll~' n here lItr hllrli~ Ilavh, g~nl'nd (orrm.ln;
Da\e .'t \ urpill" fO l l'man, and D~\e V~o, t.hop
Stew ~td On the hhimort Pin, Il otel job_
the Oa)'" Inn lJnd B21tlmnre Plaza Hmd . .... ere
2warded In the lntcrpnse llectnc Cumr;lllY
lh t I)a)'s Inn ~tJllC:d electrical coo.struClLon 111
September 198J and fUlures nine floors uf hutd
'race Ind OIn 1l1.lImnlng nyc Icvt'l parkm~ ~U&~
ThiS slruclu r ~. locoued 011 Ihe. cmne.r of Horluns
Pi2u .1nd Lumb.ltd Sucet, also Includes a restau-
rant IndOOI rooland peenhouse Electrical <:r:f1,'tce
was accomph'ihc:J b" Iht mstall~lIon of a thret-
ph:a e,.1.000 Jll\p. 110·20RV POWt"f source lor light
10& and po""tr An ,;,nnunnucd fire .alana sy lem
tS also tndudt'd (tn thl" JOb. whlr'h " prJlkr'tl" Il ut
al 11 men lJrolhtl!i 8.11 Himnnn .and Ron Wright
2rc foremcn nn the prOleel, lind Ed Hughes IS the
~hol'l8 t ewud TIllS ctlntrac.l. awarded Jot $800.000,
,""u scheduled to be completcd In November, )98J
The Howard Inhns(l[l Baillmure plaza Hotel,
localed .II lilt' Int(,rqCClion uf Pr:all and Eut~~'
Suc(:u, bC'~~n work In Novembtr. 1983. ThIS hOICI
tndudn a 10 5tory, 365 room structure .d,omed
b)' In elJthlJtorypuklllxgaraxc A t'OQl lestaurant
lounge, ballroom and mcellog rooms 3re ~Iso 10·
caled ther The c:lt:c lllcal contuet, e tlm2tcd at
$01 mIllion, (c .. lure ~3 ,OOO·am p servIce dlstnbutcd
b)' 480,277 ,20M and I2Uvoll po.nds for hghtlnJ:,
poWel , .and bOlh·r and waler pump mot o r contro l
Telephooe, annuncI.lh-d fi le .alum 2nd six low
voltage, h«hlln.R moduledimmlllgsyslemsarcalso
bclllg tn'iillltt'd ihutlacis C1llulac 011\ 15., Sr, and
Da\ c Murphy ,lie the fOlemen on thc ,ubI and Davc
Voso IS th e shop stew,lfd, Presently pcaklng" out
at 12 men , thIS , (Ih 15 scheduled ILl M- complcll~d
an Ftohru.IIofY , 19Ro;
Ruf.;UI. M I..MII, III P.S
Okloberfes\ Greal;
Bike-a-Thon Held
L.U . 25 (I.o,m&'utvl. LONG ISLAND, N. V. -
G l ec ll n~" 8.0IIu::15 and SISlelS Autumn on Long
~ Island this yta l W25 mJgnlflceot Most members
wou ld he: hard p l e\i~ed In recaillng II bc:uer In dian
summer, pelf!!!!t weather for an Oktobc.tfest. Tha t 's
lust ""hilt our Enterta~nmen l Commmee aid on
~aLUlday night, Uct oher lU, 1984 The festlvltles
we le he ld at Local H's meel lng h:l ll with all the
nom pa -pa thcy could muster with 2 Ge rm an blind.
Ge rm an danC('13l1ml evcn bdl rangers To get Ihern
HI ti ll! t»Hu l , 27r, IJeL.'lple In .l.tlend,mc:e reeCly ed
feathered Alplnc hau and nosulglc beer mugs. A 17
 hO I :lOd cold buHet uf all the lIadlll(lnlll dishes
""':lS se rved with "Ienty of beer Brothe r John Ian·
ton and hIS committee Jld an cxcellcnI loh
Uniort\lnilldy, thc: weather w .. , nOl '" CClfJpcr
alive on Septe:mber 15, 1984, fo r oul fU'th Annual
Blke -A-Thon Forty fo ut u dc rs weathe red a I:un-
stonn and pedalled lor 1.5 mlle~ 10 rllI1se money fO I
II dialysIs Illil chme to be don.Hed In .Inu l hO~Pllill
These machmes cost In exccss (If S 10,000 each
810lhu 0111 Myers and hiS C nHlIun lty Servi ce
Commlltece havc purchased three: of these mao
chLnes to dll.te . The COl'n mu nllY Service Om ffilt
tee: and all participants In the elk ·A·Thon :lIe 10
be congratulated, nOI only for thiS eyent, but also
for the: w nderful lob they do all year long for
many GOod C;:.:Iur.es
Spealung of good deeds, 1 would like 10 urge our
Brothers .'tod Si s ters to Y!!i,ll our Sick or shUl ·!n
members when you ge t the chilnce Tilke along
~('mc "ha tos of your iob, they mak(' grtat cOllver ·
Ullon lind are gu~ rant tc::d to hit their .pmlS.
See you m:xt month With a Icpon on our Christ
mas Parry. Un III then mike the mectlng, make
II difference.
!1M CAkU.V, P_S
Health and Welfare Plan
Turned Around in 1984
LU. 26 (late I, W lUNG TON, D.C.- Brothers
and ine rs, we have finished tbe year 1984 J and,
IIdd.mg the plus(t and minuse:s, I feci Local 26 hll;5
come' out with the pluses on lap
The blgg~t dluppolnlmeDt of 198J wu the
pnsldenual race_It !items Ihat W.shm.v;ton. D.C .,
and the stale of Minnesota were the " oddballs" 01
the ",,'hole country If lhat 1$ udd, we an very ploud
to say that we an~ odd We {edlhe Rea(!,an .dmln
islfollion doesn ' t want to destroy olg:ml2cd labor-
thty want to break ont: 01 our I('g~ and keep us
c:nppled and humble. Mr. R~&an IJ .mom enough
10 know that owunoul UI, tbe budding of thiS
c:ountry would go downhill vuy rapidly . We ale
gOIng to hive to hv(' with him another four years.
:and It won ', ~ easy We wdl have to keep abreut
of Mr. Reagan and hiS admlmstratlon to sec what
thcy ilTe up to ThNe IS talk th.t he Will not raise
tani, but thai all Ou r franGe contrabullon!l Will ~
tued !suc:h u our health :lnd welfale, J'lemllon lind
annullyi. Your Socul Secunty 11.1 rate w,1I be
Increased In 1985, 1986 and 1988 H th:lt IS not
Inc:reasing lax(',£, I would lake to know what he
calls JI . We h .... c to keep In contaCt ....·uh ou r
senuors and eongrcu.pcople and lei them know
our feclin,s , and thai we necd thclI support te·
gardlng cenaln bills that Will be coming OUl I am
sute Ih.u your bUSlnc$$ managel Will kttp you
abrtaSl of all the: Important bills ",hen they are
presented. Brotherhood IS nceded now m OrC than
eVCI III vu.lci lu U'YIV\:
We arc happy 10 report tha t in 1984 we: turned
our Heahh and Welfarc around hom be:mg m the
red to bemg In the bla c k with , ImJe o ... er S1
million Th.u cerr,unly helps our re~~ei j fOI tilt
101.$1 three ye.:us we lost approxlmaltly $1 mllhon .
The local unIOn IS 'IlIti In good Anandal shape
with o ur 1v~ percent a~sessmC'nu liopc-fully, we
w!l1 be abll! 10 StdY III llus l)(JlIolllvlI The PCllloI\J1I
Fund IS dOing great . tnrtmg In I.nua ry. 1985 It
will pay $30 per month rei year for all lutu rc
serYlee: Th.ll up from S27 . 7~ The rewed Broth ·
.
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II: crs will I(:U:J .... C ;I 't IICU,cut IIII. IC" e Ikglluung 1[1
lanuuy, 1985 _Last, bUI nOt leut, all (our Brothers
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who wam t work orr: wo rk ing We hope to be
ahle to continue thIS precedent through lhlS new
.
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II:
ye:u
Local 26 IS saddcoe:d to report th~ deaths 01 the
follO Wing remed Blo,hcn : Victor B !lodgcll, Sr.,
:> John F. McG inn, Sr., and Wllhllm r. Murra)' Ou r
o-,
5111l,.CIC I,;vuJlJ lcHI.I;!::t tV thc.=lf luved ontl
Smce QU T IUt arllde, the follow ing Brol hers
have remed ' IlOYDf E. eritc:hfield. lanleR W. Wells
dnd Cuy T . Hulto. OU I beSt wldH:S tQ thc:m for :I
hll'lPY .1Od he.lthy rt:ll remt:n t
18 W ..... DIl H SlIlRllf, fp. ., B.M .
Scribe Urges Members To
Get Politically Involved
L.U. 14 !\, t rn ,rts,splI& U IV ), PEOfUA , ILL.- W<: JI,
II looks lIke we arc :s tu ck WHh fOlU more year:s of
RC;l g311 Wh:1.I bothers me even more tllIm Ihll.t IS
that II c(:ordlnt: to the cxi t polls bett~r than 40
percent 01 unll)O labor \'OIed for hIm . I And It hard
to behc\'e that a union man would IIc lU311y vote
for him . I-Iopdully, you gOI rid of your Republican
$el1a tOI or c:ongressma.n and c:lected 4 fnend of
I.,bar
We 31e gOIl1& to haye to sud: together now more
than evet bec:ausc hke Rcagan saul., he's gomg to
finis h What hI! stJlted. We: all know what that
me.:ms So:U YOUI next uDlon meCtlng .... htn th y
lare lookmg for volunteers, heads of co mmittees OT
evcn someone 10 walk II pick et IUl e, sund up and
lend a hand. Don' t sit bad and let th e othc:r guy
do It Get lDvoJvoed.
Sc:c you at Ihe next urn on mectlDg t
ClUe; HAPP. P S
Local 41 Looks
Forward To 1985
LU. 4 1 (l,se,rm&.splIl, BUFFALO, .Y.-Now lhac
the hohday season hIlS IUSI ahom run us course,
most of us :.nc alrcady bcgmmng 10 tile of the
Winter season . Whenever pOSSible we take e\'ery
opportunuy to tblnk of the new Yl!ar lind whal It
may hold for us and our (amilies
Local 41 looks lorwant to 1985 becllu5c 'he past
lew years have shown that the mcmbc l!.hlp 15
~eoml[lg more m,,·olvc:d .
The apprenueu kcep eomm, up with oew ,de".,
to assert themselycs In the communuy. Their
im'olvcment ""llh the hOU5lng complcl1 on for II
slam stilte trooper didn 't go unnoticed, nOr have
Ih!:'11 endeavors on beh:l li of the RODJld McDonl1ld
!louse Protect, Children's Hospnal, COPE. vol ·
unleenng for plckeIU'I&' nOr the JedLc.atlOR to them
applenucC$hlp ualDlng. E.a.ch year Local 41 takes
&rc.atcr pnde In ItS newly ulmed loumc.ymen,
because It seems thcY' ye got wha l 11 takes and .lIe
wlllmg to do their part.
Thc vanQUS committees of Loc: .. 1 ~ I suc:h u
Journeyman Educanon , COPE, Family PICniC,
Me:mbcrs·Only Ounng, Safery, Community Serv-
Jce s and the PcnSloneTS Oub Kem to always me!h
togethel 50 that thc members can constantly ben
efit from thelf efforts.
The Credit UOlon IS const.antly attempting to
Impro ...e the Servlc:es available to liS membe,s and
all indications are t hat h s services 3ft HllIng the
ftnanCllI1 needs tlf many of our members .
lust a reminder' When )'OU move: or change YOll.
addrcs" ple:asc make sure that you call the loc.aJ
umoo office and give all the tmportant mformatlon
including you. phone numbel If w~ aren 't .aware
01 a change of address or phonc numher, you may
miss OI.U Oil some informatIOn Ihat mlRtu be \'ery
necessary for you Or your family
ROB[Jl;T P. KA 'i ZUIKlW<)IU , P _S.
Local in Negotiations,
Looking lor Apprentices
L.U. 42 (o,elll \',nb,govt&' eml, HARTfORD ,
CONN.-Our local has been suc:cessful in achIcv,
mg IccogmtlOn as the bargaining agent fO I the
flrnc1I1C"tlon group at WVIT, Cbanne l 30. The le h3ve:
been twO unsuccess fu l Orgam zlng dll YcS III ,hell
51.UOD, o ne by the mEW and one by the Tea ms ters
We havc now been succcssful; II.nd we rep rescnt
c.:Ol:meeCIS, photographers, cdn nrlt :\nd nnw flro·
ducllon at thIS {aclllfY.
Ntgo1l811Ons were scheduled 10 !:Ila ft on Novem·
ber 13 and 14, so by Ihe t ime thi S IIllIcie appears
we: should be prc- II y we ll wrapped up.
C PTV, Channel 24, bas signed our englncer's
lIgl'e emenl, so thai wra ps up that station fo r another
yeM along with Verm ont Educallnnl&l TV i n But ·
Ilng ton . So you can sce It has bee n It very actlve
yea r lI\ the Broadcast DiviSion of l oc:t142.
Tree lri mmlng negotiations lir e unde r way with
Crew
Httt 1ft !lome: mc:rllbc:u o f Local 112, Ha rtfo rd,
Co nn ., working 10f Lewh; Wnmd in Vtnnnnt.
F,om leh 10 ri&ht Ire R. Tr em bla y, lim HUM ft ,
Larry Mc.Oo nald, Melvin Spoor lind Russell MoorC'.
Hen is ano th er picture
of the Lewis Wornd
enw in Vermont.
Asplundh, IJne:e:· Flcu:hel, Lew1S T ree and Tree
PIt::llcl vatlUlI.. nl~ IIgreemcms all run out 10
December :lnd January , So you c..an $t:e wt: SUIt:
have a busy schedule ri&ht now.
Telephone ConStruction negOtt.uoDS are under
woy with NECA, and that shou ld be wu pped up
very aho rdy.
Thcre IS a hl line Job out to bid on Northeast
UhhlY PIOPUtlCS as of thiS ""'rilmg along With ~
enul'll.. nf di'llnhllllon lobs The hdme 15 a con un-
Ullion of the (Xi lin& ;~b being done by Power
Constructo" The dlnnbutlon is m MystiC, Con·
nectlcul , and Creat 8:11l1oglon, Massachusetl$
Therc seem to be a numbc.r II I small lobs tha t
keep commg out In lue:ccl5lon It would be nice 11
'Wt could tet our teeth IntO somt: work of large l
t:C. but I guus 'We should be ple;ased with at leaSI
belOg hae:k on the propt'rty and workmg. The small
lob size of short durat ion makes it so mewhat
diffic:uJt to bnng t hc m.. npower back 1010 Ihe arell_
S(I far , we have been lailly suc:cessful tn keepl.D&
C\'eryone Id.Hvtly happy. This bas been the best
yea r since 1974, We an lookinS forward to coolin-
uang work opportunities lor a while to come.
We arc very IDtt'Tcsted In acc:epung applicatlons
lor young people between 18 a.nd 24- yeus of age
with a high school diploma for ou r appren t ice
progtam. If anynne IS Intcrcste.d, t bcy should can·
tac t the un t n hililo
Be American, buy Amt"rlcan
IA,\\U D Fus£R, r S
Apprentices Take Oath;
Reciprocity Discussed
LU. 43 !i,rl5&tm), SYRACUS E, N. \' .- AI our No·
vembet meeting local Presldt"nt Jim Ryan admined
the 6econd·year 3pprotnt lCI!! dllss as nl!!w members
o f Local 43 . The second·yeal cl ass Includes Roo
Abfllntes, t eYe Drothe rs, Keith Denjanlll'l, St l!!ve
Cassd lmry, David Chernotli, D:mlcl Gallagher,
Mark Knapp, Shawn labul, DJvld Leavitt, M31k
lumb, Dcmnls Mllhllr, Sieve Sgroi, Marnn Shute
and Michael Walsh ,he oEnecn and all m em bers
of the local ex tend thell welcome to these: new
members lind :a1 ~n Ihrir hr_'I1 WI ~ ht ' fn r 11 long :l mi
succe,sful tareer I Ihi n k lhe oblIgatIon oa tb IS
wor t h secmg. II.nd time spent ref]ec tin g upon the
mCl&nmg III w..:iJ wurth while : "I, in the presence of
members of lhe IntCln.Hiol'l aJ !lrot.herhood of Elee·
tllcal Workers, promise II.nd agree to con form to
and a bide hy the c,nst-ltution a nd I.3ws of lhe

Clambake
BrOlhl:!1S John C rcrlr:y, Pa ul ROll se IUd Ed Kold t':-s
at ou r Clam bd ,t' ht ld in Ault u.U .
'BEW and icslocal un lon<; . I w ill further the purpu::. ...
fur whu:h the mEw t5 institu ted. I w,1I bea r aile-
glanc~ 10 II lind will not sJenftet: ItS IntcrCSI in
:lny manner ..
TlIU:".. ~' U I J~, I thmk you wi ll .~ r{,:c:. II fC liS
Impo nan t and have as m uch m Clllllng wJ a y as
the y llid at th e tunc tht'Y wett: wn tten, when you
consldc r the pUSII l(ln orga ni ze d labo r I, in speci fi ·
call y. We certainly c:lnnot (om lde ! our prl.:SlCn l
gove rnment In Was hington very fnendly, an d the
proble mll we ha ve.: wlI h the n on -UIllCIn clem en t IIrc
311 too o bvIOUS We art: now, :iRd will bc:, going
thrOl ltl\ «'lm r Vl' ry c:r1t1cal t l nl CS. tl mu tha t ~k­
mand we stand togethe r T here IS no wom [ OT
d iVIsio n within ou r ranks It IS h ea h hy 10 J lugn::c
a s long as Ibe dl sagree m n lS 4rc plOlnpl ed by ;)
de sir e 10 Im prove our loed and Its mcmb4: rsb l p
Now IS a good ti m e 10 rc-read t he oat h all o f us
took ilnd t h lO k 3boUI t he Icsponslbl lll u:s and ob
liga llol1s t.h:ill go wllh It
T h e reci procal agreement that was leceot ly ex-
ecuted in our dl'Strlct WilS the m.1n lOP IC 01 dl$
cusston :ill ou, wclJ - ilttcnd~d Nm'cmbc . mCl:!lI n K
BUSiness Manilger Diln Bov.J fielded many ques-
tions on the subleCt from the members hip Impor
U nt Issues arc diKu"sed at .11 t he meeti ngs, and
It 'S well wouh the li me It t3ke~ III . It",-nl.! DeCI-
s ions thill . Ie made holvc: il profound effeet 00 our
(ulurc, and youl opinIOn IS Imponant Buy UOIon ,
buy hmenun
AMULL
Dues Increase Approved ;
General Fund Depleted
L U. 46 (i, e&. e m !. EATTlE , WI. B.-A t the ScI'
Itmhtr grnnll mce ll ng. the membershJp of LCX:fll
46 approved a much · needed due:s IRc,e:llSc . The
local union pomon IS now $2 ,50 pt::. mon l h b,u lc
d ues and one and one-hali of the gron working
assessmcni . For the pUt tWO .Ind une half )'enrs
the Ilcneflll fund has becomc deplcll!J due 11) t he
lack 01 wOl k 10 Dur lunsdlCtll~m. We hlH'e cut stlLff
and Services 10 Ollf members, ;lnd this" dlfHcuJt,
especially when we have been one of the senn
cities targeted by Ihe ABC We h llVC lus t ;II the
barg:unlng table lhe~e PolS! twO )'car due to t hc
Inc rease In so·callcd melll <shop .iJCIlVl1Y , ;1nd one
third of ou r NECA ChGp ter IS 1I0W non union It
is sad 10 sec Ihe detC l lOra l lon o f a I':rcll1 VlgUIIU..t t lllll
lake NE e A Iha t WoI S bu dt by t he effo rtS of OU t
m embers ove r t he ye:HS, T he relanun tlhl p bet wee n
(BE W :lnd NECA In co ltl e IS poo. , but we arc
hoping 10 PU t su m e progJII,m l5o I"'gllt ne r 1:0 Iha t we
can wo rk .. 5 a te :lln to rcbUild the . elatlons ln p we
vncc h .. J. mEW ilUJ NEC A hJ ye sct the IO duJtry
su nd:llrJ, fo r over 60 yc.:lrs co llective ly, 3nd n ow
wc have ;1 doub le standard, one fo r the (SE W and
one fur Ihe non ·Ul1lC,}[]·st1OP NECt\ m ember We
Will continue to wOIk LO mf'nd thl;o,c Jlffl;ll;ll(.es
DUli ng the h olulay se3son a 101 of Ihings came
to my mind We have not scen things like thiS
s mce the 1930 , bu t we mus t be:u 10 mind t hat
we must ~I \'e Ihanks for wha lt' vC'. WC' havt- h r r;tll<;r"
the. l'. 1$ alwapi so meone who lolC.t:S a tougt1 er
expcllcnce III hie situations.
uw I~' lime to shUt" ..... lth Ihose Ie 'I fon unale.
Now IS a ume when all membe.s of Loca l 46 musl
.... ork Illgelher as II family. Now IS the l1me for all
eicctllcians. techmcians, mau: n ~ lundlers. shop·
mc:n , mo tO I Winders. c t c , It) band toltethc l (or lhe:
kood of all [hope that dunng Ihe hllhd.JY seasem
WI:: all u:lh,: cled upon where we have been, wbe re
wc arc now and where we arc gOlllg
Local 46 lllRce l ' and members want IU WIsh YOIl
Ihe best In .he commg yeal
DA \ L fU RIJA "'. 8 ,vi
Officers
PiclUn d a le Ih t' rnen tl y r lecH' d O£fi Cl'- f !l 01 Local
4 7, Wh itt ier, CaL , "" ho recei ved the oath 01 o lS u
fr om fo rm u Local 47 Bus inns I\-\ nna gu and ' n ler'
na ti on a l Rt pn:sc nl3t ivc AI ClIlIgh li ll _ ( 8wtlu: r
ClJ lIgh li ll is wo rk m g for Loca l 47 , on ce again, as .J
busint'ss representa ti ve.) Fro m left 10 rig ht, bac k
row, arC! AI Co ughlin , Exec ulive Boar d m embe r
Ktn lack son , 8 usi ness Mall :lJ;cr. Fin oncia l Se:c. e-
UIY !t Ole San h uUI , T rl'il!l UI t:r Zilu e Y UUIIS ,ill d £x-
Ccutivt: Board mem ber Haro ld Duch. nan. In the
h onl row are Exccut h 'c Board mern bus Doug
Nr lso n, Ktnny St ch l!)l, Dave !t\ eMillan , Pre5id em
loci Wi ll ill m s. Reco rdi n g Senet.ar y SIJn j1 II" 11 0 (,
Viee p.t':side.nt Neil Dong and Extc ulivc Ooard
llI ~m b e.r D, ve. Ca m pbdl. Eu cu cin Board mem ber
Bil l Bogi n of t he Nttrt hern Di visiun is nu t pic t ur ed.
First Northwest States
Electrical Competition Held
LU. 48 (i& rb !, PORTLAND, ORE.- TIUrlce:n
l1edghng clcctncuns from fou r Northwe n Jt:l IC:S
(ompcted ,a t the Me t ro Elee lllcal Training Cen l e r
In Po rt land on SuurdilY. October 6. 1984, for the
11111:' of UUlstamling Non hwest State Groldu.ale of
1984 The matter W;)S se llied aftel In all -day
(ompt::llt1on consISting of ....·rit ll:n (Urn, m.J lenal
ldenuAcltlon. rC'Ildc:nual prolec t , hand bendm, of
bot h rigid condUit and EMT Ind an Intnellle O1UIU I '
control prOlect
[kmonsllolung thc:u lob skills wl:re threr: lOp
apprentiCe gr.aduIle5 from Al.ilskll Hury Cul liton,
IVIC Spul .. lt .wJ Cl.llg Wenzlick) t .... o top .I ppre:n ·
lice gr.1ldu;ltcs from Idaho: Reece Burke ;lDd Tim
Wud l four tOP appre n nce gr.ildua tes from \'\.'a.sh ·
IOAlon . DaVId Rin k of Pasco, Cui 8u$ wcll ::lind
John We)' 1 o f longVIe w I ud Ron Ruekdashel from
Spokane. and lou r tOp appn:ntlce ~.adu;ues from
Oregon Nllncy 8oc:k , Pa tric k HC:lvey and leon.ard
Hufferbel !rom Ponland, and Paul I {orvalh from
Eugene
'fhell prol!:'t!! were fudged for nCJmess. accu ·
IJ(Y, plOpcr usc of mate rl3ls, code 3nd time fO I
tOmpletlon.
Judging the COn leit were an clectnea! Cl)n ll ll t:,
to r, Si ll Shi rd, of Watco Electric, PonLand, an
clec lrical ln spcc ro r fr o m Vam:uuve r, Wa<;hl ngtOn,
Genc Fletd lc r; :a nd.a )o um ey m an deC l rl Cian from
rOHland , Oregon. Bi ll Hm ln n Swn n g t he eve nt
..... ere Carl SOTenst:n, SUi t direc tor for the Bu rea u
Contest
At the Nonh wul St atu ContU l held on Occobc.r
4. 198 " . Wert, letl 1(1 ri3ht. Ed Rhc:IIume, bus iness
mlnaAf". lon l 970. Lonxvie w, Wuh. 1 Ed Barnes,
bu slneu m anlst r, Lon l 48 , Po n land, O rc..1 Ca rl
Bus well , wi nn e r, Locil 970; T inl C, ulh ie.r. ma n·
ager, O leeo n-Columbia Ch a plC~ l, Nt-C A.l :lind Olin
hddi.;, tr;a in inx d IU!Ct Or. l, "ct ru Tu in in" Ponland,
Ore.
of Apprentlcc'Ilup and Tllllnmg.. and 0111 Mun-
mngs, dc:c:.tll c;aIIMrt:(; IOI from McMinnville. Or·
egon
TUlllInK DuecIor Dan Fadells .nnounced che:
conteSt WlIlDel5 at I dual' purpose banquet lot the
awards pIC tnUllon Jrld for Mell O graduating ap-
p rentices First pillec CJ rI Bu~wcll, Local 970. whu
wor k, for L K Com5uxk, Iccel veJ an IIlscnbr.t.l
.....a lch. second pillce Patrick Heavey. Local 48.
who work~ for the pori o f f'o tl f3,nd , won a poruble
rJ.dlo 1 .lnd t hud pla ce : Nlln cy Bock, Locel 48, an
employee of Chrt"Cn,oD Electric, was a warded 3
Can un came ra DaV id Rmk o( Local 112. P3SCO.
ti ed fo r Ih ml plac.c Tt1c first three winners arc
h om em ployeu se rvi ced by Ihe Oregon ·Columbl.1
C hllple r 01 NECA
M a k !n~ lhe pre:sl:n tatlons of pltzes, Ce rt tflcult:S,
Wl~l es li nd pic kets WCIC Ti m G au t h Ie r, chll ple r
ma nill!al and nll b Agct:, prcsH!cnt of O regon · Co·
lum bla C ha ple r, NECAI ~ n d from La<:aJ 48. IDE W,
Presi dent ' erry Bruce and Bus iness M an ager Ed
B:r rnC!.ll, along wllh !HEW Inte rna tiona l R~ p r c.scnt·
a live Herman R T~c:pJe
COspon5ollng the fi rst com pCIII U,m wC le the
O regon olumbla Chllpte l o f NECA and Local 4
o f the ISEW Ih ruugh t he Mctro Electrica l T ra in ing
T ruSlstnff A.uultlng the Me llOstaff were Tr aining
Di recton Tom NiC hol!, Don Ivory, HI li Wilcoxson,
Leon Cro rne:r and Mike MurphYI and BuslOCSS
Man aJ1,cr Ed Rheaume 0' L.oca l 910, each uf whum
s uperVISed one Ilf Ibe competitive even ts.
Among the honored Iluesu wc n: IEC mcrniJt::1
and bUltneu man.ger of Loc,] 280, Clr=n McCall,
fO rTn er bus lOcs~ ml1lnager of Local 48. Arthur Bau-
de. , and !C\'cual apprentice InJitruc t ou from ehe
Mc tro p ro,;,.m
The .pprcnllcC'shIP ,;u,du3Ies, contes .. n IS, com '
rn llt ee Ind guc:sn had I \'c ry !lpcclaJ evening en·
loyan, an excellent mellil ~oclalizlnll and eelebut
1011 both evenn
EnthuSla~m fu r cunlinUln,!; the Northwest Slates
compellllon W:lS hcatd from ;Ill qUJl1efS
IrH lrrT~AN P,S
Life-Saving Action
Taken By Brothers
LU. 57 Io, u &.t1. hLT LAKE CITY. UTAH- The
local unIOn would ILke to ~ke thiS opPQrlunl1y 10
'"
'"
commend the lollowln& Brothers JOt thell effQrt'i '"
In :ntempllng to $:tve the hfe of "" Dcon Taylor.
Brothen Hrent l'lalll, Uoug 1 rapel, Mike Palmer
:lind Pat Astlll ....·e le wo rkmg .1 the lob loca t ion
m:.:11 the rCSldence: o f M r. T 2y lor Brothe. Planl
wu gOIOR to the truc k when he 5aw Mr Ta),lor
lall , IJnu he II:,>fllIlUlcd 1lIlILICJ I.i1c1y lie l:.oI l1f' d for .J
«
J.!SIStanc.e hom the cre"" 20d rCSUllcltatll1n ..... as z
p(.rforme:d Emergency hell' ..... ;J~ called fo. , and t h e a:
crew hnd rcvlved f\ h T :l yIOi by the li me r a lamed· ::>
Icr; OIfnHJ, which W;!$ Wll hlll mInutes. M r T aylo l
o-,
W3S breli thlOg on his o wn wh en he le ft 10 the
ambul an ce The: me n tt" Tllf!d la lc r tha l M I. T ay-
101's hellrt fll il !.'d that evc nlll,g III Ih c hospit al, bu t
the ir qU ick responSe would hi ve sa ved h is life bad
h Ili heart been IItf(m ~er 19
 Effort
Cndilcd witb. UIe-uviol t Hem arc 5C"tf al Broth.
ers (ro m Local 5'. Sail I..IIkt City . lalt. From Id.
to ri&hl art 8.othus Brtnt PhI"l, Mike Palmer,
Pal Astill, Doug TrlPCH lnd Denni Nicho ls.
Crew
Brothe rs workins in the P.,k Cit, IIfU lUI summer
wert, teft to ngh •• Jury Edwards, Dicit Ciorda no.
Paul Snarr, Loul Pali and . Ie Pdc.h .
The four BrOlhu$ :ut. all 10urneyman linemen
aDd work fo r Utah Power and light Campany In
thl! Salt Lake D I\'ISIOD
We take grt at pnde In the fa c t they Af t membns
of OUt local Umon and commend them f OI tln:L'
abIlity to respond to the ~i I UatlO I\ the way t hey
did. They arc all :II c redit to ou r Brotherhood
Tht' work situation In the ouuule (ons tn.u.:tlon
mdustry h.:1IS been f:lll, and thc U tah Power Ilnd
Light Company h.u employed a good numh1::r of
our members aed ttavcltnl Brothc:u dunn, the
summc:r mOlllhs Both Wasluch ·Oynalectnc and
the l.E. Myers Comp.my b.. ,'c du,tnbull on dock
Cfc: ..... S w orkin& on thtil property. COn5trucUoO
Uml Chairman S K. pdc h and I had Ihcoppoftunuy
10 SlOp and ~e tbe crew of Brothel Dlck Clo.dJ1no
an thc Park City UC:2 thIS summe •. Workm& on
the crew ..... ith Du: 1t were Brothers LoU I Pall Paul
Snarr and Jerry Edwards, Brother Edwards I~ aiSQ
a member of the loul uOlon Executive Board
fep rcscnung our Construcuon Unll. ~Ilh Winte r
on Its way, we hope to keep tht: ma jo rity of o u r
construc ti on members employetl..
NORMAN R. BIlO ..... N,
Work Scene Improves;
Members Must Unite
LU. 58 {i,tm, piI&. nb}, DETROIT, MI CII.-Oea r
Brothers and SISlc:rs ~ The work situation In thc
Dctroit area bas Improved greatly 1hanks 10 an
upswing In the auto iadustry. We havc PUI many
of OUI members back to work Althou&h condltlODS
"'m'" b.ave Improved, we !ltJII hue IIJ~e tu 450 tnl:1lJbc:rs
on the out·of· work liu Belle River is winding
down wllh less th.m 100 men left on 1he lob,
PoletOwn and Pontia c M o t o r ~ are the curren l hot
lobs H opefull y the steel mills will stan construe·
tlon :soon
In the early part of Noyember, our loca l union
had tbe pri vilege::: of basting a ully f01 Geraldine
Furaro, Thanks (0 PreSIdent Mike Hogao , BUSiness
Mallager Tom Butler lind Registrar Bernie Labo·
witch, .along with many others, the rally wu a
gJ ta I su cCC$S
Local 58 and myself would Itke 10 upress our
luncerc thanks 10 Brother Bob Klnsora for hiS mallY
Rne articles and photos thai have IIppeored to ,he
lournlll.
A word of thanks to Brother Bemie Labowltch
20 who h:ls ~halled ou r Political ACll on Com mittee
Ejection Rally
Mu, Fruato addresst a c.apad ly crowd it Local
58', meelin, h:a ll,
!PAC) ScrnlC:~ hI! bet:n gOlOg 24 hou rs a d.1Y (0 gel
Our pro· labor candIdates dccl(d No ODC reah.: :es
what .a lhallkless lob 1I can be 10 gcl people
Involved Thanks apln, Be.mle, fo r y ur unendmg
elfot!
Wub the upcoming yea l we, ali muon men and
women , mu st sl d ... e 10 umte We lost a ma lar
eleclion whe re we saw mOsl of our friends 10
goyC,'mmeJlt defealed , OUt of this delelll we C<ln
Ull lle , ba nd tngcthC I a nd bcetJmc s trong. We can
Sl:ttt nOw to gee pro· labor people hack In power.
At th ll eime I ","ould like to Wt~h eYeryone a
Happy and Safe Holiday Sc.:&5on, For those Brothers
and Sisters who lue on the road, I hope the eomi.ng
year provld 5- us with enough work to keep you
home with {nends and fIImll.,. .
Dr.NNI~ DLvuN, P S
Scribe Says, " Let's
Practice Brotherhood"
LU, 66 {o, u,t:.. tl, HO U TO , TEX .- The construc ·
u on wo rk In thIS area 15 very bad :It th e present
time, .nd it looks .as If it may .ltay thac w:IIy fOI
se yerlll mOnlhs. Many of vur Ihotht:rs arc: on the
RS road tttlvellng. whic h hilS n(lt been necessary In
chit loca l forleyen l yC2n. We would like t o Ihank
OU I sister locals that lire helping UI In our lime 01
need , OUI tnCtnbt.15 Will do thell best to uphold
the quality workman hip cxpccted from (BEW
melnbers
It seems to become InOle eYldenl when ehe work
IS .Iack, but I know It IS becomln~ mOle prevalent
all Ihe lime Wh.t I am talking about is " broth ·
erhood and uni oOls m." Ttl panphrlSe I great
Ameril:an II F. Kltnnedyl. " Don ' t adl wbat your
unlfJ" c.an do for you, bWJI whal can YOll do fot your
unl onl " All you hea r "nyrn O It~ 1$, " I c:lln' t affo rd
to lose my job, so r am not gOtn,ot to SAY rt nyd l ing
about , eom ptlny or It fellow work er breaking Ih e
contrA ct Or safety rulu ." [liS II Slid slluation when
someone forgets ch ilt if II wasn 't fOllhe union you
wo uldn 'l have that job to stoUt with I thmk some.
of o ur members IIle loobsh enough to believe that
II comp.3n), 'A'ouid be glvmg them the same rile of
pay and benefi t$ If he dIdn't belong U) Ihe uni on
To these members I say, " Wake up before It IS 100
la iC." You are hdpln& t o dClllOY UnlOntsm
More sad newSo-t wo of our IImthe,. employed
by Hl.&J> were InvolYed lIllIn lIec ldent with their
eOlllp.Jny truck on Se.l'Jtember 22, 1984 , Brother
Benson G. Brown, )ou mcyman hne.mlln. WIU killed l
and Broth er Wlllle C . Moore, hud lineman, was
burned senousl) and passed away on O ct ober 18,
1984, OUf sym~lhy and brotherhood go to both
of thell lumhcs.
Coroe 10 the meetUl&S aad help make. our union
something to be proud 01 IQue.ad of ItnDS back
and C'lillclzmg those who .re IIttendlng and try,"&
to make OU t union a beller and stronger orgaru·
:lIllon
DoN Ho uu , P.S
Mourned
Loc:al n, Suttle, W;l5h.,
mourns th~ dea tb of
lonl l imc memberSu,n '
Icy L Bowen.
Members Attend
Governor's Conference
L,U. 77 (Q,U m t), EAlILE, WASH.-Thc gover·
no r's Safety and Hc:alth Confercnce was held No·
vember I and 1 In Spokane, Washington. The
Conference WilS welllHended by officers and staff
of Loc.al 71 and II numbt:r of the local OlStOct
Safety Corntnltlee me.mbcrs
The Iheme of the Conferenc.e W.J$ "'When £.afet)'
lind Health C t Qw, ACCIdents Ole ." The keynote
lIIddrt.ss was given by Dr Donald D. fi s her and the
topic of his speech was "The IhiStneS5 of LiCe." He
covered nreS! and the effect if h:. s on lhe health
of the individual. I-I e rela led how Stress can cause:
.II number of scrious iIlncsses such as hean attack,
stroke'J and the re hu e ...en bee a evidence 01caace r.
He stressed the Ullportaace of controlltng StrC:5S
10 YOUI work hfe as wcll as YOUI persoaal life in
thai Stress can be me<hcally treated
The elecmcal uullty rand was co·chaired by
11m ICier from PaclAc Powel' and Ltgh1 and Lou
Wa lter, vi ee pre.sldent of Local 77 . Qne of tbe
tOpiCS cove red in thiS panel was equtpmen l used
around energLZed conductors. The pand Cooslst.ed
of. Dumber of ull.llsportation and equIpment mao·
agers hom ... ulous ut ilities from the su te of Wash·
Ington They dltl:ussed the methods used in in ·
spectlng. mlllOt.ining 01 equIpment used ;around
ener~lZ~d conductors, IS well as general haz:IIds
to be: Aware of wh en uu ll: iog this type of equip'
ment.
Th e panel was well rece lved by the participantS
aDd crclI lcd :I g lea t de.al of diSCUSSIon by Ihose In
attendance .
Allo cove red in the panel were fa laLmes and
ncar misses occurring tn our industry .5mce the
lut &ovemor's Safety Confere nce.
A pole·eop rescuc competition was held With
Snohomish Count)' PUD wIOnm,g. firs t place, wah
Sc2ule City Light commg III second
The ConIerence concluded wnh an el[cellc:m
presentation by Leon.trd Rmg. professor from
Auckland, New Zealand, who spoke on ' 'People vs
Machines" and stressed the importance of design·
1It,ot C(IUlpment, tools lind the m eans by which we
do ou r work With comforl And sa felY of the ope ratot
in m ind.
Sun ley L Bowco, an :lClive member of Local 77
IBEW fo r 47 years, passed away Detober 6, 1984.
Stan worked fOI Seattle City Light a a 5ubnatlon
operator for many years. He wu a .5u,unch m.d
dcdu:llted union member and ""'U initialed into
LOGal71 on Octobc.r 3, 1931. Hc: served liS r«ordiDI
secretary for 2J yea rs and wal IOsuumenul In
bnngmg about blghtl wages, good worki ns; con ·
dilionl lind frlOge benefits. We sincerely cxcc.nd
our sympatby to hu "",ife Mary, hiS thrte chIld ren
lind 13 grandchildren .
CHARLa P SILV£IlNAlE, 8 .M
 Crew from the Past
Pictured h tn t' loe .. l 79 , ~l'racu~e' ,
N. Y., hi-lill t!
Cfew in 11J 10. h om It·ft 10 ri ght in the iront row
Ut Dirk ft'lYfU , Ori:ln Rellhan and Dill Fikc l b:llck
tOW, ldl to ri, hl . Bill Ryder, Ed KinK . Ink O ' Brien ,
lr., Oidl I)chwan ke and Ill .. Villilcl',
Two Locals Share
Offices, Paper
LV. 79 (ul. YRAC lJ'iE, 1 .Y. 19S5 IS hert ;al
r~ady_We: hopt C'\~ryonc cnloyed a Merry Christ
m.u Jnti J Sate .and Jo}flll r-.:('~' Year
QU I local ,,'hce h:l5 hcen rcmoocled , ami ou r
mccllng loum has IM:cn dC"I~nl!d 10 equlIlIy sh.uc
.....lIh Our slS":r local (4R4, whic h I( 00\\ occupy1ng
Lhe office next to Outs. rn 3 )0101 chort between
Loc.a 179llnd lflcal 1484, the ' ....·0 olhcc<; have b('!cn
desIgned give U~ more room (0 ' Illcctlnjt" and
III
kc:ep the cOS tdo\\'n by equlIll)' sp litting the b ill
Ttu' .... Ull.Up\;1 move by b Ih locals .2.nd .tnOlhu
511!p forward In strcngthenlng ou r UnIon, together.
WI! rl!l1rl!'cnt 1,000 I!mrluyees Wc would like ro
thllnk both Elliecutive Boards and nlfict:r~ (m ag.;1m
w() lk mg tORethcr u) u~at1: our 5Y!'otCm for the good
of Its members
A 5pec IIII me-:llng was held between Loca l 79
and Local HI80l EXCClIlIVC Hoards and officers In
November to examine our local paper to U)' lmd
Improve II Our bl(l,8CH eunce rn w:as to Improve
the Input frum OUt nlt'mhr-rs QU I local pllpt' l WO.S
$larted by tht' lI'11erc:St of the mcmbershl(lln rudlng
anicles :loout othel dcp,utmcnu' activities. which
LD our d~lly lobs, .nd bC'tau'$e of the sIze of our
local, we don't liec_ In order 10 accomphsh Ih1 5,
we need Input lr u n1 ou r members Our eom mlltce
can d(') the work, but we need input to m .1ke: our
p.1per success fu l Remcmbcl, the SO-50 rafne IS
the mle 'Ul1f'{1rt for nu r local papel
1984 was a Sloud year (Ill loca l 79 Lei 's work
togethel and m.2lke 1985 another good yeu
WiLlIAM C WARNER. P .S
Members
LOCi I 80. Norrolk, Va., Prl'lldl!n l " Ink" Hicks
in l erruplS Joml' Intcn .. c c(l nvcna l ion wilh ' r lir ~d
membcr "Ca tfi .. h" Elliott (01 som t' cbm c.howdt.l.
Scribe Updates Reade rs
On Members' Activities
L.U, SIl li,o,rt :!o &.:ra1. NORFOLK . VA, - In a couple
of wcck&. RUIlIlI RC<I!;an wtll be sworn II'IlO the
office of Jrruldcnt for another term, J've heard ulk
from union membe rs th41 Reagan for anOlhel foul
),I!a rs ..... 111 mt'an the end of unlons_ The only thtng
that ..... tll ktll Ihe union m ovement 15 tbl! lack of
need and th.2l l, my frr t'nds, WIll dd;n u ely nOI
Picnic
At lIur O CHl bu Pic n ic Execulivr HU :l r.J l1I ~ rn bHs
" liOlmi C'" Vaughn ;and Jim Armistud, Ir " ou,
tn;ll'ler eh eis . e(l(l k th.2l l l:aS I burgrr lor an anxlo u5
" ,aLk " Hic k<; . ..... ho is ......2I iting in Ih l': bac: kKtoUnd.
h"PIWI1 IImlt'r th,or; Rt'flUbhu.f1 oIdmlntStlallfln 1 he
Anl e ll c:.~n \Htlkcn WIll find Ih~t they ",,111 necl.!
the union mme than e\'er
I hope th~t \'O U and your lC)veJ ones lud:l Merry
(h " '> lm o." and Will have :l Conti New Year
AIlt: 1 fllU I years of hald knllck~. Bruthus Ian
Sulton, D.lvld WI lkerson .and D3nlc:! Cr.un wtre
IIlh·.2In eC d to luurneyman Wiremen ConKrJlula
IlUn\1
At uur IInembe, mc=c:tmg fnur mnrc Pl!"orle
nude Ihc=u ohliR..lItlon 10 tnt" tt.l~k unlitn m()vc,
men! They were lahn C. Greene. Idfc.ry AI.an
Miller "nd Mitchell Wa yne Callow.ay, allllpprcn
ti le: wlremcn. an d Fredcrlek WIlliam HUr'll,
grounJ "I .1Il Cu n ~la tul.illlOns . fellow ~, )'ou 'le the
" rt~ht Sluff "
Bfo~heu Neal MeltoD . CeCil Olrver, ~nd "Sob"
Hllltnl/urn wen: oItiJl'J Iu UUI !'ol!..),. I•.,t "" du; .,
vl'mhcr mcelln~ We ¥o'15h these BIUlht'ls .... I!II and
conllnue 10 offer our prayers to .all of nUl ~Lck
members
Al~,o at I)U I 11I!l1 meeting the memh~nhl(l 'tODd
for n momenl 1)( !'ollence! In memory I, f Brillhers
" r:lt-k " fu k :rnd Vlrgell\hllc, whll flil'lSel! 3way
In Ocwbcr Our pr..llycrs go OUI to therr lovcd ones
I'vr ht'OI ld nfllhm~ hut good wmdor; hnm the
nu~ rt'lbc, Ih"t attended Ihe Come !l ome tn Local
Union ,11.0', hll Picnic held in October We enloyed
.11 ~()rt (II ~ood food mciuJlnl: ebm dlowdcr.
homem:lJc thili. b:l!becueJ chicken, "'nl dnp.
hllmbur.ltcr Jnd ~Ssotted .. 1~d5 WhIle Ihe kid!!;
rode: the ponies, their dJddlcs pJ3ycd hOI!c5noc5.
Then' were al 50 some m lerCStl n!; ~lmc'll 01 vollcy ,
hall nnJ fnmh nll fOf the energetic The Cuen Cn! 1I
an d O\lJ ....·e l ~C'r Companle::~ wt lC ,erlc~enlcd- all
lhlS and the en lert..unmenl o f .:I bluegrau band
E\'cryone J:,Ot to ulkC' home a Halloween pumrktn
and a (ull stomilch A spC'clalthank~ to the:: l odll~s
who b~kc::J th~ ~oodie5 !hI': unIOn IH're tn m:akC'
thiS 3n Jnnu31 "flail
RAy M[YlIt~ , P.S
On Job
r ictultd are rntmbl!l5 of Local 82, O.t' lon. Ohio.
IIlhe Non·ft\cral .. !,.;rb, WPAFB, GlrI'n,. Com pany
of Ohil.l. From left 10 right .:Ire T ony T ru rJ d"l el
Victor farmtr , Itt' '''''a rd , C hick OC'glt'f. fOft'm.nj
l:rmc:: ~ Osw:ah: Mike Arn ru; To m ,.,bhoneYI Ron·
nie SlIIi t h , Charlie Hil lI smolll , dl1d nOli Deslu ,
Gcnen l for e.man .
Work Scene Good;
Free Health Fair Held
L.U. 82 lI~o', DAYTON. OHIO- Huw1.i~ . J.,.,)
am happy 10 rt:pon t hat ....·e have no one on Book
One wbo docsn t want to ~ thcll': Nume.ou~ lob5
ha\'c been m.anncd ""htlc the Immediate future
outlook IS good due to the refitting o f . malor papel
m tl l In OUt lunsdlcllOD Hopefully. wt' can recIp-
rocate Ihe work and hosplla lrr y of <I II you loca ls
that h ave bee n cmploying ou r Brot hers and Sh t ers
o ve r the laSI few ),ears Thu. II es pccla ll y good
news after the sad outcomt: (If the pr eSIdentia l
deulun
Several nc"" eoouactors hJVC SIgned 'gJt'emehts
With our Ioc:al We welcome: the m ~nd louk forward
10 working ",,'uh them
Recently the AFL CIO Laoor Ot'p:utmenl liang
With the United W~y. conducted .. HC:lhh F.2I11
pr(J~ r am al our hOiIL Flu vaCClIle!l. hl(lflU prt'-S.sule
checks ~nd ma ny o ther medlcallc l tcnang servlccs
wen: perflll med free of ch:u .l:c, The turnQut ....as;
gllod anti Sil\t:d a lnt of hl ,d earlll,d cnsh Spcaklflg
(Jj moncy. o ur Cu:Ju Union hlU J,uHcd:l Founders'
Scbul2 rstup Program 10 the .amoun l of $3.000. open
to duc" ra)'tng members on ly Loan nlAeer Denn)
Wcll~ al50 t'lUends hl5 slOCere th~nk!. to the memo
bers for their cooperation dUflnlt the ree:cnt ceo
numlC pcnod
Rewed em d isability pen"Hln thl"i rermJ I!> 1)3ul
Co nl ey, De:lth s oj letrred member. ,uc Ivor Ka.rb
.and Elbert Christl;!n. The lattel was 45 yurs old
The nc ....' edi tion of the l BtW pocket h.tndbook
15 now a ... alhhle . alon,!!: with urdued InformatiOn
ceH1ccrnln~ lec hOlcal lOUlne}man coul~e<; ami ,>em '
HUI5
L~5t m o ntb I reported Tom J IJlcher.a$ bemp; the
IIppolnted lrea5UICf It should h,\'e leold finanC ial
5ecrC: l .ary
In cll1<;In,l;. pl c:!,;c work !!:tfdy oml 11Infe'SsII1Il:l lJy
V ll ' OR FARMI R. P S
Scribe Looks To Build
A Better Union
LU. 84Io, U . I~H·.2I h'1. ATLANTA., ,A,- II.lrrY Ncw
Ye:ttlll '13 tit tl e tOO early to lell bcc.lust:" lot wdl
dcpend un what you arc wllhnlt to du to m:lke dus
nut yea I a good yea l fo r Loe :r l M4 lind you
WC$hould re:alize our Br thclhood wu not built
by people who Uld. " l et ~omcbody c l<;e do H •
Members should le:lln 10 work logclhl!r In a true
!.Plllt of Brotherhood, IIII\'e fOI better worklnB
eond illon, higher wages lind more bent:HI5 fOJ all
Lneal 84', ht'airh and tiS Ilhlht)' 10 do the tKst lob
po!tslble fur ItS members dl'penJ on Ihe Intelest
~nd partlClp"tlon of the m ernbers I beilt:\'c mOSl
membe rs of Local 84 havt: found tha t whll
strengthen s our 10c.2l1 benefit. them
l1u~ le arc many wa}'s 10 bUIld a ~lIonKcl and
mote dlectl\!! 10.21 1 flete .2Ire .I: few Ih.1I comc to
mInd
Fust of ~lI .. tt(n..i loc~1 \,Inlnn meettng, fegula rl y
and s u ppon thc:- .:.Jctl\·llIes of our local. Also, ~et 10
know Luc.. 184 's officers Gtvt' your full support to
orgOlnLZmg cHarts that Local I!J m:lY attempt to
accomplISh. Re.,d the IlJ EW fOlltlwl, loutnl,1 of
la/J(I[ and lIthc l UIIIOI1 pubbe.uluns Ihe key IS to
Slay tnflll m ed Bc a good umon spokeJlman on and
off the lob, Don't Ignole- the fact Iha l wc must WLO
cnmmuntly support to ICWC\'t titt1ter succt:ss rn
org.2lol:mg and ralSlOg In'lOg 5t.ambrJ~
Support the AFt·ClO', Commlltce on Pohucal
Educ;luoh ICOPEI wllh your voluntu), con tl lbu
lions You will be help ing to defeat nu , enemlcs
:Ind dect our fri ends to flubh c o f(h:.e. Thl§ HI .m
InveS l men t In lhe future
Don 't fo rgct to look fot Ih e unu1I1 h.bel Ihe ne.le l
time you buy &ooJ~ :rnd o;erV I Le~ >-
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In l!oUmmary, try 10 bve: by tile phllolopb)' tholt «
Loc. ... 1 84 ISn't somethmg SCP,lIatc to you It 15 :::>
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you-)'ou and o thl!r people hke )'ou. who do the
same kind of ..... ork..Ind Sh:lfe thc= Slme: .loa Is That 's
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whu our 8rotherhnoJ Is all :lhuutl YC=5. H:lI'PY ~
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LU. 861i. Ms,em"-sp. " RO C HE .... £R. N.l', Tht
dt:cllon I S over, and the peo plc have spoken One 21
 ml8hl ask , " Wh3t people h"ve spllkcn;" CCIl:nnly
ntH the unemployed or nea l-unemployed, not the
.. cn lw CIII;:('n~ whQ wondc l d.:ay 10 day if thclr
SOl..lflll!.cCUIl I), wil l remam tnHICI, not Ih c h ungry
lind poo r, not tb e mnlOrll ll.:s, ... IC., Clc Well, wh at·
eVer, we hllve: four marc yeus (If the arne: to look
for ..... ;ud III; maybe by then l'nou!!h 0' the IUOOJlllg
work fmc:~ will ser th e IIghl :and ~deC1 .o rneo ne
who WIll work for them :lind correci lhe mom)'
inadequaCies th,1I eXISI In IhlS ( "unl ry
I wn uld like to Ih :mk at Ihl S tune the many
" 86crs," Ixnh ac l n't' and retlled, ""no spcnt many
hours pholling 3nd getting kttcr~ Ollt to the mem
bership while working on th e itcglsl uHlon and
Elt:cllun CommJllee . Your ctt urt~ whde tlnsuc·
ct's.!liul, :lIe greatly applecl(ucd
Thanks to T erry Conhe.ld)·, loe LnPl.ac a , 11m
Pierce. Mike Volpe. AI ]lowen, Bud Kelly. lohn
Effinl:,er, Cordll~ Rusch!:.r, CeOf,lote Macomber, D ic k
Mitchell lind all othe l 5 I hllt helped In lIny w;ay to
m.lllke 86 's RegIstration :md Elec tion Commlltcc.1
success, As the olu Sllylllf,; guc,+, " W ,1l1 ' nl 11 (':11 1
year" lor In thIS case four Yl:3 151 We wi ll he bnck
and :I WHlner next lime
' TIl neXI month
RICfIA'U"I Ml rcnLLL, P S
Fishermen
En joy in g t he my a l Ihe Blu efi s h TO UlnamU I are
Broth ers Allen " 11. , 1," , e Heri es . nd , dI e Ge no"tse
o f Local 90. New Huen , Conn.
Sho wn h e re en jo ying it good day of fi sh in, a rc
Brot hCls John Hr.ndrbl: frQm Loca l 828, Bowlin g
C rcr;o, K1., a nd Bro l her Kt.n h , i.!! Il", 'r. , [.o('al
01 82, EUft.k.1 , C OIl.
Three of Four
Candidates Reelected
L, U, 90 (i&.e.m J, l'\l'£W HA VEN, CO NN.~ Dc::.plte
the unfonunale rcsulls In Ihe presidenulil election,
three of the fou! candldalcs fur Con~ l cs~ who we re
end or ed by our local we're rec.lech:d Congre5s'
woman Bllrba u Connelly anti Congrc!.smen Druce
Morn!!lvn an d Sam Gc idcn50n were not affeclcd by
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the coal ' lad ph enomenon tha t 'IHeeteu muny mh -
crs. Our congra t ulations and suppcm 3re extended
\0 each o f them .
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Z The LOClll90 BluetLSh Tournament rrcwcd ag:Ufl
(0 be socce'ssful wllb ovel 40 members lakmg to
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the high seUl :I good time wu had by all . Flfst
pntt! was awarded to Brother O.ave RoblDson ,
~~coml pn:te w(!nt to Brolher Onn McCu rry, son
of Brotbt.'r Mlke M cCurry, a n d the thl rd prl2:e went
5..., to Ca l tnen Scolla fro m Local 3:5. A speCial nou: of
thank~ to Brothe r Roy "Red dog" HII!n<;on fm hIS
efforts tn o rganiz.ing the evcnt and Brother rim
"Flash " Jepson for t b(! plCtUle!!.
0\'(.. 52,000 was colh:clcd to r the Annual
Tha.n1o.glVlOg Dnve ""hlch ~n~l'it5 orphanages
22 Ihmu&hQUl QU I area . Our thanks to all those w ho
helpell m ;)\.;t' l l\l ot wonh""hlle fund lal 5'('1 a sue·
ec)sful o ne
Picnic Fun
A speCial ~ull ll Dlnnc l · Danct: III which we Will
be cclcbra llng Ollr lI 'hh snniveu:a ry II In I he wlITks
It now OllPC/HA i t wlll be hel d 1I1 IU ll C . 111(!as e nHlke
an cfftm lei IHtt' nu thlS lestlve occasl n.
RUlUAT CORkARO, P.S.
Golf Tournament, Electrical
Association Elections Held
L,U. 9!ol (i&c llI l, PHILAU ELI'I'11A , IIA ,_ Local 98'$
I ~th AnnUli) Golf Tourname nt was held on Sunday,
Oct o ber 1. 19H .i , 3t the Ramblewood Country C lub
1[1 Mt L.ul ci. Nc"" ' crsey. A l:IIst mInu te change
had to he made by the Gull C o mmitt ee when
Willow Brook C (') untry Cluh '~ m'w ba:ud of dlrtt·
tors wlIntcd (0 hmlt Ih e numbel of goller ;Iud
C;lt1'1lm tne dny Wl' had Il,;served Acuns:. qUlcldy,
Frank 31U13" rind Gel,rJ\c QUlDn were able: t o
sccurc Ramblcwood Golf Cnurse and S!lVC the Go lf
Tournament tillS year F.lghty sevcn ,ltolfc rs turned
OU I on Ih l q bcaullful tall day , SOIl1I,; t(l have fun ,
olhel.$ IU do Sum ... !ocnousj;olfing This yur' $ betl~1
go lfer mcluded low-glOss WlOncr, Lynn McQuade,
2Dd second low ,i;rt):o;s rcc~plent . Bill Millford, Motny
;lddltlunal prizes W('I(: aW31det.l lit the dmne l fol ·
l o w,n~ the ToumamCnt. Some of Ihese Included
10w'll el WInner, 11m O ' Dorc; second low· nct, Bill
Wlm J) c:1()SCSI to the p ill, lynn McOuclde l ~l1d Ihe
longes t dnvc, Jim O ' Don:. C hildr ll! n hop t uwud t he Iln islllin r al Ihe picnic,
Ch:urman Frank CMo!"n ;and hu Coli Com mil'
tee of George Qumn. Frank M3gce, Bil l Ward ,lnd
Valda OOlOg t bc . cgls tcnng of the guells were
Chesltr Pondo dld an t"Xcellc:nt ,o b In maklllg
arran,l!.emCl1lS :md oblalmog pnzes fl'll the WlnnrlS Nikki Jo rdan .and Lmd:l Iunes. T.1ktn~ pICtUles was
In Oc.tober Ihe Electnc.1! Mechamcs' Assocll1(lon 11m Class. A very speCial tnanks tOOuI' C(M..lrum3tUl ,
lEM AI of Local 98 hdd its no m ina t ions lind clec · H3 rold D . Jone5 . Wc ale sorry If Yi)Ur name wasn ' l
1I01l The fo llOWin g mem bers ~ I e Ihe o!; W nfHecrs mentIOn ed, bu t thank you a ll w h o helped In tn:lk ·
:1 1111 d ll l!~ I Or5 for 1985: prC'sldent, F'l:d umptl)n ; in~ Ih e PU;llIC n succeS5
vice pn:sldent , T om Ne1150n; recUI'dmg 5ec re tary, RICJ IARO Wn:l.ANt), P "
Fran Walf;h. h.j treasu rer, 8111 Gardner , and finan ·
CI.l1 5CCtct:lry, John tlhon . The fJeCtCd Doolrd o(
Direct ors are Ed CopPl[]ger, Jr., roc: De.tr~ , Do n Efforts Should Not
Elfteth, M:annlc Crcc.n, Tom Lang:an, hm MJcktn, Stop After Election
Funk Ma,ltel' , h., Rick M3nano and '1m Mank .
AI tlus ome 01 YCo'IT, local 98 would like- to wish L. U. 103 (l,u&.csl, BOSTON, MASS.- In t he "'.like
a ll !SE W me mhc l ;'I Happ y, Sllh~ and ood New of the pn!slde n t 's landslide elec tion, will II be 100&
Year before tnl: conr,;<rVilU 'IC, right' WlOg IdcoloKIl"5 p rey
on ue .'s unnln worke rst The front ~a.Ke headlines
H E-NRY f.-tu lUI"", , IR , PS
allhe 80s1(111 G/ohl! lhe day alre! rhe dcctlon read,
" Reag3n Vo ..... s To Continue" Pullclcs "/ I.. ) ux
Members Enjoy IdOrm- nlll tn. cancepl thai would dll.1Wil)· with
most deduc l ions ) Ib.1 go 3hcr tbe middle ·class
Annual Picnic enlltkm~m prORrams suc h 3S ve.tcra ns' re t llemem
... U, 100 (i,o,I'III&'ns), FR ESNO , AL.- l lm artl · benefit!! , {cdoe ra! hea lth progr3ffiS lind poe rhaps even
cle, being wnllcn In Nuvcmbe l, wdl ~('ell1 vc ry s tuden l lO;lns :.g31n; le,J Reagan has pll1c:ed Socul
late In Lom lIlX; bUi here II IS anyway Secu rilY off· llmlt s but h 3S s:lld there IS .a " need to
FirSt Ihll1~ Local 100 would like to s.:Iy thank look :It " Medicare , the hea lth ·care !lyuem (or t he
you to Bulle_Ah Maples for hIS c.HurI \0 the' pas I elder ly \\'Ill Reagan and his buddies. t he " rtpt
YC::l I S as p'ess seC l el:;lry A ,ub well done 11'1 ..... ork ···for · k"s Olganl;:.atl ons be gOln~ .he l om
Well , go m~ back a few months , Loc;!.1 100 had Jobs f SWille rs lind Sisiers, please heed the call of
115' Annuill l'ICnlC on AugUSt 25 :H ClOVIS L3kc5-. your um o n when Ihc)' ask your hl'lp an hattllng
Thl'r!; W!U plenty of sun, fun, food and d rmks A th e an ll ' Unll)l1 .
HHlll ( I I 800 pcoplc, IIlci 1.ld m g u n IOn mc:mbcrs 3nd T he budding boom CCUllnucs In UOSl o l1 Figures
t heir f,'lInd l c~, at t ended We wuuld like It) t:! k c relcased In eArl y Novem ber by the !;lty III Boston
t hiS tunc to thank all i hose who helpt'll m:lke the rc\'caled Ih lH Ihe re ..... 11I be S 1.3 balilon Invested In
construcuon proleCts In the nexl fe ..... )'urs The
JHCnlC a succeS5.
oakln): the meal .... ere Frcd Boyds lUn, SCOtt finanCial dlSlIlC I Will ge l :l millo r face · Jilt ..... lth the
Inttrnallonal I'lace PrOleC t . ..... hlch IOciudel two
Boydstun, hm Boydstun, ROD 1);;1\,15. Tex Wa t kinS,
Stevc l"kss, Bill Hammund, Ray MI IC.heJ , Brad Cir cula r towers, 35 and 46 st oric5 hIgh, and t h ree
Couc.hman/ Lloyd H3nscn, Nc!son Sc h oonma k er rcc.t:l.ngul a r bUl ldmgs, I l , 19 an d 11 Slo n es h igh.
and 101m Sa lvnson . Ser .... ing Ihe bee r were Chr is l eo Purce ll unfo rtu nately was unsuccess ful In
Vollhufch, lack Wood, Ray Mecanea, lerry Wa lker,
leo Ed ..... ard$, Neddy Hernandez, OUUA Deppe, Cary
h is bid fo r the state scoa t l! In the Second Plymouth
DlSt n ct . J wuuld hkc to t h30ic th~ people who
Mull, Dallcll Mull, T,J(o rd Mull, [hll luhnsoo and
Larry Kdlerhals. Srrvmg the: 50das and snQw cones
contnbuted thell time c:lmpalgIllnglor Len. Through
a grass · root.!! cHulI by umon members spll'!:ldlDg
t he WO ld .:IooU\ Leol he made' an Implc.... sH·c: sho ..... ·
wete Paul NewD1an, Bill Mdle:r, Dan Vawtcr. Bo b
Betsc.h, Darlene Clay, G , rg lordan, Ca ry Garan l.
Bob i-I amm, Heather M iller, Oavid Jones, 'eff Chaf-
est an d lac k Wood .
iog. dr~wlnA O\'Ct JO,OCXl \'Otc:s In hiS fitst Iry In
SUItC polilics
Remcmber, buy Union , buy " made In the USA ."
DOII\S Iht: games were Rle h a.n l WII::lllnd, Bu rl eigh
Mnpic$, Tom l e'hmlln, Lllune WI chand, St eve P2d·
BII.L M O UNEAUX, p .S,
Ilia, lohn nal l'Y. Tom EII'50n and Ncddy Hernan -
de;: S~rvln, the lood were: Bill l-lammond, Ma y
Exhibits And Mementos 01 IBEW
Hammuntl, Tex WatklOs. loyce WatkinS. Barba ra History Needed For IBEW Arch ives
Boydstun. Donna Bodie. Carok Hes' lind leoDlc
See Page 7.
Hansen , AI the popcorn boolh were Ed and Pa tl

Local Mourns Two
Longtime Members
L. U. 104 l0&'u), BOSTON, MA SS. - Local l04 wa s
shocked rc ccnliy by the death» of tWO long time
members, both wuhan the s nme week . Brothers
John Adamovich and Patty Lyn ch p35scd a way jus t
six days aparl. John Adam o vich served on t he
local 's Execll ti ve Board and WliS il past rl:c ordmg
secre tary. Both John I1 IHI ]l311Y worked 111 the
cons tructIon bran ch :md both were working fOJ
th e tr ansi t autho rity at the tim e of theil aC3 th s.
Th ey will be Io ns remembe red and mLs sed by all.
The work PIChlJC IS :I httl e bettef he fl'. We have
somc dlsmblltl o n lind tr anSm iSSion In prol':re5S.
It ', been a long time co ming , hop ef ully It will last
:I long while .
Two Broth ers have annnunccil the Ir rCtlfcmCnt.
BrOlher Harold LaRose ,lnd Ilrntht:r George G U':C Il '
wood. All of us wish th em the very bes t in their
retlrement
Rcm(.'mbC I btJY Amencan
to
R ()!) I H.T E WARn, I3 .M
Steward
HiHo ld Million , s huwn ill this photo , is t he Luca l
108, Tamp., Fl a., stC!wa rd at 'h e Tam pa Tribun e..
New Retiree
Here, Bu sine ss Mana ger Jim Rl)w land , belt, pre ·
sentS an 18 £ W walch 10 Drothtr lohn Ne wkirk,
who ret ired o n August 3 1, 1984 ,
Stewards are Important;
Political Battle Continues
L. U. J 08 IQ,u ,llIt,t$l,S.nJar ,ces, rtD,ftS,sPll,cm,Ca l \'&, t),
TAMPA , fLA.-The T nmpa Triblwe IS cc:ntra l
Florid.a's major n~wspapcr , :Ind alt ho ugh I t IS iI
fairly comp lex ope rlmon, ou r Maintenance Uni t .
consisdng of ciec trl c! .1n s, mac hlnlSls lind s rauon ·
at)' engineers, fun s very smoo thly . The: mam rca '
son wc hav e so lew pr oblems is pic t u red here.
BrQth er H(lfold MUlton has bee n th e stewa.rd the re
sin ce li S in CClltlOn, sume 14 years o r mo n~ . Tht' re
arc sevcu l unions Involvc::\1 In th is ope ratIOn , and
from time to tim e there a rt: ju ri sdk t lonal problems
to be reso lved as we ll li S t he no rm al cveryd ay
problrms wIth In nnr ,Iwn nnll I\m lh l' r M ln Hm 11>
a very cllp.,blc imhvlduul wh o so lves m os t of th ese
problems on a Jally baSIS. He IS the perfect example
of why the stewards ~rt: th e h.1 ckhone o f j local
uDlon. Busine ss MUn:lger Jim Rowland has often
saId, " [t wOl.l ld be virtually Impossib le to ruu a
local union without good stewa rd s." A steward
who performs like Br other M ln ton is one o f our
local un ion's grell!!!st assets . We wou ld like to
Ihank BWlher MlIlt On lOT Ius Jong ye.lrs ol lAtlhful
seH'lcc, :l t1 d we commend hun on a lub well donc
In our T ampa Elec tric U III l, we had ano th l!r
longti me member retire . Broth er lo hn Nev.·kirk , a
selVlce hn cman, who be came a nll'm ber in 1952,
retired effectlve!: August., I, I!JM As has beco m e
a traditIon a t Local 1O~ wlll,;11 H rnt.:m bcr rC:l ches
retI rement age, Brothe r Rowland pre~cntcd Brothe r
Ncwkirk with an IBEW watch. We hope Brother
Newkirk cn JOyS th l! w <l H;h and ha s a lo ng and
en)o y.1ble rellr ement
In oth er news 11f t he II)c:lI, our LIlle Unl!, as
repo rt ed by !Jrot h(.' r Cd M.mhall, IS ho ld Ing liS
own . We have ,I few Inlvd cr9 workIng al this time,
;![I J l1 11; I C I~:I 1'(J!.~llllll(Y Ih.lt mot!,: may be P U t OU t
in the ncar future.
W e continl1e III ne gu tl a tl ons at Publi c Cas. Thc
fedc ral m ed lll tOl IS stil i l!l\Io]vcd, and it d oesn 't
appl!a r thnt .a G~ lIl etnellll G ncar It ]'; u bvwu & thst
t he company IS Ir yU\~ tl) nre[lk u s by forclIlg :t
strike. What they d on 't undCr5 u nd IS tl1:l t tht'y arc
underC Stima llll.g the ir empltl),ecs' dc t ermin atlo n
In h:lVI' :I ilt'Cf' n l C'fIlllrtlr l A .. I IH' wI' RII1I'r {'(lOis
and gas IS In mo re ([e m.1 nd, we are In hopes the
company WIll chang e Its position a nd nt:gO li ate to
a cQncluslon
Well, the electIOn IS overl and m " ny of u s who
worked h;trd III th e MOnJllle c<l mptlt gn may feel
our figh t is lost. UUI as Mr . Monda l/: san.! whe n he
conceded the electlon, we must think o f IllS defeat
as a begllHllf1/o: nuh cr than th e end. We must
COllltnUC our fiAhl t [1 end Pfesnlcnt Rca1/:an's anl] '
uni on policy tn the comins. fOIll yenrs as neve r
before . We must also con t inue, u be st We c.1I1, t o
educllu! the estimated 47 pen;;ent o f un IOn members
in thiS country who voted for H. eagan We IllUSl
educate t hcm to the fnctth:lt h iS ptlltcle~ arc gOing
to destroy o rganiu:d Ja bo r !j we don 't wake up 10
Ihls reait zatlon . We need 10 stick toge t her now
mUle I h'llI I:\'C I , :IlIJ we 1111I"t II cve l fll l ~ t! t UIIC " ~ I )I
important truth : " Untted we stllnd, dI Vid ed we
fa l l. "
B. R. B ENCTf. R \>.5 .
Celebration
As sis tillli Du.s in ess Man ager Marl c ne loens a nd
Broth tr Frank Tooze or Loca l Ill , Deliver, C olo .,
enjoy the ee leb rllion upollthc retu rn of Colo rado·
Ute st rik ers,
Local Members Return
To Work After Strike
L.U. II I (o&u), DENVER, COLO ,-Alter a three·
week SUlk!:, Local I I I clc ll cal wDrkcrs at Colo·
rado·Utc ElectTll; As:mCllI lI lI U went ba ck to work,
angry, resentful and fearful thaI reprisals would
await them, bur vowmg not to bo w down (0 lh e
d lctato ll a l IllllJ1.1ge m cnt of the Si lltl!'~ ~cc(md larg-
est electric: utility . The dispu te Is n ot Over.
The 74 clerica l work e rs (68 of whom :lre women)
and th~ 5(}() ope rU lllmr. und mnllHcnnnct.'! wo rk er:.
wh o supported th em, mClllbe l S of IIJEw Lucalll l ,
went back to work fo r two rcuons : Flrst : Th ere
was clear cV ldence thll l o lorado· Utt! manage ment
c.(lIl lcl nOt 0(1I:r.111: th e. power pl:l!1t:'i m \lc h lo ng!:r
without se nOU3 dis rup tions tn power and plant
breakdowns . rim..! that h:tp pe ncd, t he Strike would
have ltdt thouMm ds of I;Onl!i lllner s wllh o ut power
as cold weath er approach es, The po t cntl;tl endan·
germent of lives wa3 toO great. Se cond : The small
co mmUniti es, parucula ll y Craig where the strI k es
occurred, were fa cing ccononlle di Stress. ra ig
alone had (n'c r a 10 percen t u nemployment rate
before Ihe stnke began . Another 4UO Pt'fSfln$ (l UI
Stewards
Pictured, leh to right , i;§ St eve ,r\hrtin, chid s tew-
ard, Color ado-Un' Electric A.,:!;Qc htiQrl , li n d Ra lph
Bilbis h , chief ste ..... ard , Cu loradu- Ute Elect ri c As,
socia tion , pUllin g in lI\ilny 1011.11 hours during t],,:
st rike.
o f wor k for II long clur~lI on In thIS (l1wn would
havc n o t on ly bce n a h3 rdshlp on our peopl e bioi!
the communi t y '5 well
We find It cOll lempublc tha.t C u! o rado· Ute never
expressed :lny cuncern IlV e r either the sa fety of
consumer!l or t he well being 01 the communi lies
"sc rvcs It dec lines to discuss how " ment " would
be pa id, II III fact It ever wou ld be: It refuses to
guaranlee Ihllt the pay pirul would ntH be ,USt arl
indefinit e fr eeze on woIRcs. It refu ses to proVide
safeguards to cllmina t e fav o ml sm or discrtm in a·
tion . {t rc{u'!es to ~llow employees the- tight to
protest Ori O subrn ll for alb ltr:tltl)n any pay d eCISi on
an empl oye-e feel s W;I$ unfllirly mad e,
Co lo rado · Utc has reve rt ed to a dictato ri al, re'
pressivc and dlScnmmalory manage ment st yle
whlch effe!:cttvely says. "E mpl l,yec$ be damned
Th e pu bllc be \larnned "
We urgc consu me rs of lhc rl1 lal electric a SSO CI '
atlon boards p u rchasmg pOWl'r from Co lorado U te
to demand the ll o wn boards Inve stt ga te Co lo rado·
Utc's disregard o f th e publtc s afety ;l1)d int erest .
fn llN L O ... VIl;, PS
Work Scene Dismal;
Brother Baugher Elected
L.U. 112 (I), KENNE WI CK, WA SII.- The work
pic ture fo r Loca l 112 IS about a s dismal as the
preSldl!lHlal d ectlo t\ Il!tu fll~ WI!I·C. T hefl! arl! cur-
ren tly ap p ro ximately 300 peop le 011 Book I, with
six eubs a lso on the out·ol · wo rk list. The calls
tha t have bee n tricklmg in have been of a sh o rt
niltUre, with nLl large ioba brCIIKln8 m the foresee ·
able future.
The re have been some c.ha nges In Our heah h lind
welfaIe with regard 10 cblm payments. One of thc
rhnny,I''! I~ IhM iI ~I'rnn d nru ninl1 1"1 nrrr,Mry on
cena m surgi cal proccdmes Membel s of ot her loca l
unions who arc:: sull cUglblc und er Local 112,73,
or 497':5 Inland Emplte Electt1e al Workers Health
and Welfa re Plall shou ld contac t tocal 112 for a
copy of th t chall!:cs.
Recen tl y it was lcarnl! d thllt the El ectrlc .. l Work·
ers, as well as o th er cra its, will wo rk under a new
Site Stab ilizatIOn A/o:rCCJI"1Cllt a t Hallford . The In ·
t em.1ti Onal Olflces ul the Vario uS c rafts, li S w ell as
our own, ratified an agr eement tha t freezes our
wages. c u t ou r tr avel pay to a SIO·per ·day malO -
mum and p roVided a no·stnke/no-Iockout da use.
Mos t o f tb e crafts were dismayed at che lack uf
commUnic atl on betwee n the 1.0.s lind the local
unions before the rallflc3tlon
So f.. t some of Our local Bro th ers have had s u ccesS >-
a:
du ring t he archery e lk stll Go n. Steve McCalmlLnt. :§
bull srcwBn! 101 Bcclue l at WNP-l, and Jllck Sand · z
vlg fro m Empll c tlel; tfl c bu th took a "smoothu:"
on Oregon 's c arly hunt . Apprenll ce T ony Thoma$
...,«
from Yakima tonk n nl tr. ~f1ikc eArlier thi:i yea.
with hiS bow. On t he sa m e: hunt L:llry C., baldon
stuck a retarded buck .
Local 112 would li ke t o th:lIlk. Oli Ve: Rink of
Yakima fOI reprcscnttJ1.,g uS In Po rtland, Orc~on ,
at the Northwest Elcctncal Compt: tition :II the
M elfO TralllUlg Center. Dave co mpeted agains t 13
other COnLes tants fr o m Wasillngt o n , Alaska, Id.1ho
and Oregon and finis h e d thi rd . "Good lob, Dave. "
I Qffcr my deepest sympath lcs to the faml h es oj 23
 au ' 'I.'c~nlly tlcccoI sc:d member!l We wd l llllSS Mark
Daly, a founhyear appren t ice wh o Will$ hlled in
an auto occldcnt on Seplember JO, 1984, and Ca ry
Ogburn, .... ho .lls a died befo re hiS time aflcr havlflg
diabetts lor many yea rs when he du:d October 15.
1984 . Also, I WO of o ur fI.!' tlred membcrs, AJ Cren·
5haw ""ho had lit·, 11 n: urcd !tinCt 1973, pas~d away
e ptember 2\ IIJ/U .lnd Cu Kuuon , who retued
in 1980, rJ~'!e4 aWiY NO\icmber 6, 1984.
There wr n' two blight spots an an othe rwISe
dlsm.1i c:lct t lOn 11\ 1 November Flr~t. Covernor
John Spellman wol "\udl.' ilted h)' Sooth Cardner, aDd
our fonner:& ~1~ t.U\t hu InC5 agen t Forrest Baugher,
was t'lected to repre5etl t the 15th DIStrict wht.le
dcfel1tLng an m c umbl.'ot Repubhcan Congl:ltu!a ·
lions, Forresl :mJ g{)Q(lluck In Olympia
l..AlUl't VOUl'o'T. P.s .
Negotiations Beginning ;
Grievances Pending
LU. 125 to,u&'cat1'). PO RTLAND. ORE.-We are
p, ~ently ge.. nng up for negoli.tlODS ..... lIh PaCific
Power ;and light I only tlrnl: Will tell wh:.It the
outcome Will be.
K~lIh Neff lamed the s taff as th e repre$enu.u . . e
ror members Wa lkI ng under the BPA Agreement
I 2m cnnRdent the mcmbtlshtp WIll be.lp Kctlh
throu&h these difficult limes, espc:ciaUy with the
pr oblems we arc .11 lacm.tt wllh the Departme.nt
of Enrrgy.
At thiS ~' Tltln~ PP&'l has ukcn the position
that WDC lWei tern DiltnbUlion Center) is an
enuty of P.ClfCorp and nOl a ran of Paclllc: Powe.r
and light ampan)' Th'$ IS the canunumg sag;a
of "dlveulfYlnA·out of the regulated Industries"
and eroding the bugltnlng unll which. of cou rse.
pUIS morc (I' II hurden on the "C:Ole units " of the
local Union The loul fully txpcCt5 to set. more.
2nd mOle of thh. Iype oC dive, ific.:alion by the
prh'lI e utjlhln: for the followmg u:asuns III tu
gc:.1 o ut of the regulated Industrlesl 111 10 ~parale
and ....·uken the eXisting bargalolng units! ;and ill
10 cause I separallon of membershIp. From what
the s l .ff and offl eers h.ve obsen.·ed ....,hllll! out m
the Acid among the mtmht.rshlp. lhls c.aUM .;and
effcct is helpin& tosuengthm the bargaining units;
attendance IS up at the unit meetings, and a larger
rrrl'rnrJllr of Ihr mrmhf'r"hll'l I~ g~ltlng more
IDter~ s ted in "grau roots" bargalntn&.
Albltratlon cascs 10 theloc:al : Sid MIllman , Clark
CounlY PUD, arhllratlon rullng ..... u r~tnSlate.mem
wllh back SUY and beneAts minus a two· week
susptnSlon, Ted Sullivan, city of Monmouth. ....... 5
relnst.ted with no back pay beCIUK the a.rbiLnitor
ruled Ih.t be was disobedient under the gUise of
the work· now /gfLevc· later philosophy IU soon ..s
Ted was relns talcd, the t Hy Implemented :II layoff
50 the local Will probably be pursuing this through
othcr meant
AI lhl5 time tb e loclIIl does not bave the results
of the 38 grievances Rled against Pon land General
Electric on behalf of the employees ..... ho supposedly
defllludcll ag:llnst the I;:omp:any Ho pcJully, Ibe
maloney of the.osc members who ~' cre given twO
weeks 011 ..... lthou t p.y WllI bc rCimbursed fo r the
Company " error on thl) IS ue.
The: laclIII needs the: membership 's suppo rt and
backing chrough these hard tlmcs, mo re so now
Ihlln e\'erln our recent history Reganlko:s of what
happens, rc.membc:r, t he ptndulum Will SWing back;
"''" and we .... 111 have: o ur day In eoun
'" BIU MIUU., B,M.
>-
~ year 's C\'Cllt, hdd a l Knuse 's Halfmoon Beach,
:::>
z Don Senac Named
,« Outstanding Apprentice
L U. 130 (I&o), NE W ORLEA N. LA.-Congratu ·
lallons to Don Senae for belDg named Local IJO 's
Outstanding Apprenti ce fOI tile paSt ye:u. Tile
ace(lmpanymg pu:turt WIIS taken by Mr. John Tauzy
lit the J6 t h AnnulIl SSAC, which was held in Hot
Spong'>, Arkan:uI5. The Confere nc:e was attended
by Apprent icesh ip Direc.tor Morty Bramgh a n,
Brot he rs "Inky SlIn(.hcz, Joe Foster rand Raymond
COUUII lejl le6e:IHUlg L{.eMt Un ion 130 J reprel!oen t ing
24 NECA we re Mr. f u n k PUlltinl, Mr. Henry Ama to,
At Conference
--- ...
At t he 36th Annu al SS A hcld rece nt l ., in Hot
Springs, Ark ., I re, blt'k row, Icrt l et riKht, JOt Fosiu,
commil1errnans Raymond Co tton, com m iuu-
ma n; Ue nr)' AnlutI, cu nlln itleemanl lind Russel
lI o wlry, co m mi tl erm::rn , I II t he ir unt ro ...... left 10
right . :lre J. O. Sa nchu, secreta ry) MorlY 8ran-
ighan J direc l or, Don tnae t o uu tandin g applll!.n-
liclI!j Frank Pn lli ni, ch ai rn" n l In d John Tauz,..
com mi tt eenum. T hese Hrolh c:.rs are me m ne.rs of
l ocal 130, New O tleauli , La.
Mr Russ el Howley and Mr ,oho Tlluzy
One more thing with ref;ud 10 the Apprenll re·
.ship Committee, th ey hll'o'e bee.n offcnng molDY
courses for journeymen. Whcnevc.r there are enough
IIJUIIIC:ytue:.1I IlItctested In II parllculu cour~ 10
m.:lke:. up a clus, the d irector has the course .set
up There h~ve bee.n three cour es held recently.
Each subleCt la5ted thtce to fo ur nigbts. In the
paSI, :I lot ot member. complained th:tt DOlhl.D.g
was offered for lourneymcn Wdl . the courses are
being offered ~nd ht:ld . So pltJ $e t:loke advantage
of them by conta r:.tin& the l1pprenllceship office.
AI Ihr peclal mre.ung called to diSCUSS , he
market-recovery pr oposa l, Ihere was a very large
crowd . A. Bostick , W . Duc kel, H. Carver, ,. Toups,
,. Pardo, O. Munch, I. Hudley, A. Hams. D . Her-
nandt:2, E. Tyler, H Hilli S,S l.IVle, T Torres, R.
Schnefler, C Rochon, [ Laoorde, K. Seals and I.
O . Sanchez all spoke . Some spoke for . some ag;ainst
and some wanted more informati on .and clan6ca·
Clan. By tbll! ume: th IS geu punted, e\'cryone: Will
kno w th2t the malotllY of the members present
voted not t o make tbe change.s lbal were 5uggested.
Only lime Will tell If the deCl!llOn Ih:1Il was made
wa.s ught or wrong. Whether you agreed With or
were agllln"l Ihe , h.uxc •• uMC)tcJ. Ihi) ""11) .... lua.l
the bU511le:.SS manager's olAee 5hou ld do If Ih ey
thmk the problem dleulcs It The busmess maD ~
alller's office. pres ldenl , or any other officer or
member of thiS local tihou ld never be- afr~d to
bnng an Issue before Ihe membership no maHer
how emotional Ihe Issue IS Any mc:.mbtt who
dot n' t know thil t w e have a proble:.m !>tHer come:
10 the hmng hsll III Ihe morlllng~ Just look at tbe
unemployed Its! of hew: r than 500 members. The
last time I 51W It thl5 had wa' ITQund 1970 One
of the m~ny differences between lhen and now
was in 197() there were so me lister locals that
cOll ld hc.lp U" today th ere lIen't,
I hop~ eYuyone hCld enlo),able holiday s and the
employment situati on Improves soon
DAvll A. NI ClI0L50N, P S .
Scribe Reports On
Ann ual Steak Roast
l.U. 137 (1.11, ALBANY , N. Y.-S lnce this letter will
not n:ach you un li t thr cold m on lh of Janllary, H
may be ;a pleasant diverSion to look b.ac.k on our
Annual Ste;ak Roul hc ld 111 \ 1 St"ptcmbcr Thn pa\1
was run by our Troy Unll The comm ittee wa s
chaued by Troy Chid Steward Brian Kllgallon
The co mm it tee members were Ku rt Maschews ki,
Troy Service Deptl ll ntCnt j Mlkc Ma rlin from H y·
dros) Bruce LaPierre. Troy Gas , Tim Dug;an rep·
resenled the Tny el lng OperatOUI Ccny Mooney,
the Troy LiIle: Depa ll nll.' nt ; and Mike: Beye r. me
Troy Cllble Spilcers.
The to tal nltendlll1ec ....·u 103, ..... hich includt'd
19 rcu rcc& lind II MUCIt.8. A. fe w of those who
re ce ived honorary B\lcSt tic kets we re lntcrn ational
ReJl1e~e:nlatlve" J:tek MeDrrmc lt .lnd C.d '.I~p~r,
bo lh paS! prctld nlS and still mcmbett of Local
Steak Roast
]n tunatlo nlll Repreu: nt atlvf. a nd Loul 11 7, AJ-
ba ny, N. Y•• orfice:.u at th ll! AnnU III Sl u k ROIS I. lf.h
lio righ i , :HC In tc.rmlliun al H eprcse ll.a ti,,~ Ed IlI!t-
per~ l oca l 137 Presi de nt Davt Wright, Vic e Pru i·
dll! nt Fran k Z abi nsk i, Troy C hid Ste ward Brian
Kilgallon, Inlt rn a tiona l Rc ptc.srn utiYII! Jack
McDcrnl olt li nd 1.0ellil l 37 Rt!.(ording ee t!;ta ry Bob
Jones.
Thrll!e:. Local 137 paS I prcsid e:.ntS, lefl 10 right~ arll!
In t~ rn .uio na l Reprr.srntal i" r J.uk l'I\r Ol'rmft ll. Tom
Franklin .nd Int e rnat iomll Rtprese.nl ati ve Ed JU-
pe r.
137, Don R~.s8on(", plelldeot 01 QU I flfter loe.1
13B5; Ed Nowak, also (I f 1385, and Ed Czerwic.k,
vice prcsldent 01 l ocill 1371. Rt:tlle:C1i, of coune.
also rece ived comphmc:.ntary lIckets and we re also
gven Loca.l 137 bilseball till',
Of course, II go~ wlthoul sayang a gnod lune
was h .. d by all , with ,ood food .tnd drin k 1.0
abundance Ooor pn:c$ WeJe awarded. whicb In·
c.ludc:d dmners :at vanous reSlaUf;1l,ntS III the capllal
.m.
That 's all f r now ~e you .It the monthly
meeung
ROJIlRT J FAJIY, PS
Local Celebrates
70th Anniversary
LU. ISO ll,em.ru&'-Ipa}, WA UKEG AN, [lL.-ln
September Loul 150 held Ita 70th Anwversary
Party. whic h wu a big suc:cess Several hundred
people showed up for the:. fun The food and servic.e:
were great, and the musIc WIIS great . I know.
because Ihe dllnce floor Wil l lammed evcry t ime
they played There was a good mix of people thert:.
Many old timers .howed up I I wellu many young
.:Ipprenlices. It W.:IS a good Idea to hold the banque t
ID a hotel. SIDCII! many people were able to get a
room upstairs and lave themselves the pnce of a
DWI I look mllny rliCtUrel tbat nl~t .nd made :I
nUisance OUi of my sel f for nOl hing, srnee only
three pictures punted! lind these we, en't any good.
I think. my camera has died.
Well, on 10 be ll er thangs Many of you W i ll be:
harry to hr"M Rit'll lhvl1~ I' hat' k In work li ft er .:I
very long absence. Aho, congr:ltu laUOD' t o Mlck
Taylo r whose Wi fe h.d a b.by reeenlly. Local 150
g;amed some. melobeu dUllng the fal l KeIth lothe r
was brou~hl In as Group 3 liS pan 01 h h empl oye r's
shor IS being org.ni:r.ed Dennis llc fbl.d came back
In after trying 10 run hIS own shop for scvc.ral
years. Now a word about union businus. or should
I say nun· unl on busIness We are asking t bat you
do Dot pa lrrmi:r.t: 84 Lumber sUlce all but one
bu ild ing In lake County Will pUl up non-union,
and they OIC not U'Hnf(lInHII1 mlit e riAI hAndlen or
truc k drivers. A lso the:. new sn1.:lllshopping cen t er
ilt Rou l e", 2 1 and 1321. bdnl pu t u p toully non ·
un IOn.
 Fmally, OUI condolences. to Kenneth Umbdcn-
stoc.k who 105t his wile, and to KIm lind K:trrcn
Kobcrnlek who lost their newborn
Happy New Year'
SnvEr>! L. STRETI.:-I I, P S.
Scribe Asks for News ;
Big Job on Horizon
L.U, IS] li"u,rtb&.sp~), OUTH BEN D, 1 D _~
We'll stan Ihl:5 month'~ Ie-ut, with a n Irnp;usioncd
plea lor neW . I'Ve always got something to say,
and even though I try to ,Ian t my V1CW5 tow ard
what the ma iority of tbe Brothers a rc SPYing HI Ihe
h all. you may not agree, Maybe there ~rc Ihmgs
hDp~nlll& on ~'our lob or In YOUI shop Ihat ale:
newswurthy If you an~ not good wllh words,
scratch out the Ideas ; and I'll dcan up t he wOlds.
If you are good With wonts, Write them down, Jnd
they'll be sent In. We haven 't put any pictures In
Inldy, the rCli son 15 th at we Jon't have IIny We'!.l
be gla d to send in sna ps hots of t he guys on your
lob. The beH w ay to get these to m e!s leave them
lit the hall The best ume to lenvc them 15 at Ihe
UnlO[] fficeung. espcClally thc upcomll\~ meellngs
ootlaCI pmposols will be- takeR :and discussed 31
the meeUng:!! from oow uOl ll t hc conlHlctlS setded.
Let 'S gl\'£ our Negotlallng Te.1m all t he .I mmuru-
lion pOSSible In the It labor· management JI cus-
,ions, We can on ly do th is by givlnl; them t he
benefit of ou r IJe.l!I.
Are you !Ired of not getting a raise! Arc you fed
up with the Vac:mon Fundi Do you thank the
IIpprcnltce:s Ihowd start .at a higher pcrccnugc
Theo come to ,hI." meetings and aif your \'ICWSI
It·s time to $tup le tung II mlOolity of OU I Brothe~
uletate policy lind make legislation t hat allcets ou r
emlre local. That', light. Lc'Is than 50 percent of
om mcmbCf Sll1p Att en ds nny gl vcn meeting. Th is
15 where bylaws are: passed and YOUI monl!Y IS
spent. OUI nonh·of-the:·bOldcr Brorhcn; lUlve: no
cx~use, as Umt t rnedlllAS are .3lso held every
monlh Comj: to onto of Ihucon the first Thursday
of thee month Either one of the office rs who 'Illcnds
this meeting or Rick Stee:le will bring your ideas
to the South Bend mecnne. II yo u don' t 10, don 't
!;flpe about Lt later. IWhy doe~ every new slette r
hAVe a pollticsl harangue 10. itO.
Cood lu ck to the guy, who have hung up the
tOQIs and taken up Ihe fishlOg rods. These [leW
relUee5 Include Ed Pendergr:Jss, Don Feldman
Frank De C\'t. Clyde Relll, Ja m es WOOdley and
btlleve It or not, Steve Danldowlc:z., We. Wish these
BrothelS tbe ~st of lu ck with thelt new·found
leisure and ul/o:e th em to stay in touch.
Legislation Is pending concerning.1 dog track in
the New Uuflalo i l ca. The Hut ste p In thu prOCess
I' to legalize dog r.. eing. 111 Mldllgan The peop l!:
of the New 8",1,,10 area have already exp ressed
thclI wlllm~n ess to have the nack. lfle House has
agreed to pass the dog blll, and the gO"'i!'trior has
s:ud he would nOI veto Lt. The ... o te in tht: Senate
15 very C10Sei :and ....'hlle our ha ll is putting on
pressure lor p:ISSlIgC of the bill, all om Mic:hlglln
Brothers can help by wrmn.g you r scna{or,. Th!!
COst of the track alone 1$ prolected at S 1" to S25
mllhon_ ThiS facdtty. [llus s:Helhu: ,HOIt:Cts like:
mOlds and rntau ( ant~, would make for nOI only
:an :abundance of work in our arco1I, but also :m
ancu:.1!te of the tax boae Get those:: cards and lctters
on
oon you wU I be tI;'cclving ;I Slg n;lIurC' c;nrd for
t he N Oire Dame CrcJ it Union. Fil l it out :lIl d mai l
Il III 3S soon 3$ you can. No one's account at Tower
WIll b.= closed or 113nsfcll cd, so It 1.'1 up lu Ille
IndJ\'lduaIIO dce.ule the depoSition of that .account.
But the conU:l.GtorS .ue going 10 be: sending the:
V.aculon Fund 10 the- Notre Dame Credll Unlon l
Cl;nd If )'OU Want to be ablc IV get your mUIICY, )'OU
!llUs l have u c:ml un file- w!lh them ITo fUither
sho ... !! a pUl nl down YOUI thrU:ll, t h iS VaC ati On Fund
lI ansfcl is th e kind of .'Ituff wc dccid~' ,at the
nu!ttmgs).
This nelet part 15 dm:etcd to other local, lD the
country; If we clon ' t have a reciprocal af:reemcIH
.....it b you, we would IIkc one W rite o r call our hall
to lhltl.ue the nc,,:C::l;sary p~rcr ..... ork,lt's enough of
.a h.assh: tu ~iI ~'Il the mold, but It'! made cuicl
kn{lwlng your PcnslOn, Hc ahh and WdhlfC IS beang
t.Aken carl' uf at hume
DALE L... 1i 10;1 P S
Awards
11h't\lted are the reti reti Broth ers Qf Lon l 160,
Milln ea polis, 1\\ ;1111., wh ll received tI !cir SO-)'ea l
lUe:mbe.rship awardll recellt l y, III the: back row, left
10 dght , arc R.y Ring , I)I\' e Ring :lind Geo rge
K(IC!hlef; fr Qnl row , Irh In fi J;: ttt, Eugene- Burkh;tn.
Il:. W. " I-larry" EkSlnnd a nd K.. G. "Gus" Gerdin,
the ret irees. All Ihll~_e were chuter mtmbus of
Lonl 160.
Cooks
Rod Wifocr I Dd Bob Kalstabaklr.eo. Ire $hown
cookiDg oae o( lhe Heliue ril." .at t he Pig RoaSt .
Members Receive Awards,
Enjoy Pig Roast
LU, 160 lo& ul. f;lI Nl\EA I)OLlS, M1.'lN.-At l1
recenl ml:ctlnR, (If the lucaJ 160 ICtllce", Icurcd
Brothers E.lI~l':nc Burkhart k W "Hall)' '' Ekstlaml
.nd K.C "e",y" Ct'rdm wer..: presen[!,:d with the:
llJfW 50'yellt member pin and 3wllrd . r hes-.: three
lirod lcrs have the ir slgnJllIreS on the lat.:! t '5 cha rter
dUled August. I ':MB. Brothel Gcrdln spokt! .. t the
mectlng and rcmlnded Ihe members of the stnke
.II NonbcHl \lllteS Ilowel Company PIIOI 1U thc
union tc;;;CI\'i l\g:a contrac.t At the umt: the Team
$len had lecently sculc\llInd were solidly behind
I)ur pl.'uplc Thc Northeln States Powel Company.
FIfth StrCet UUIIJlIlg, w:t!) Inw o n hl:alllig fucL anJ
the Te am ste rs' refusa l t o dcllvf: r W.15 mS!rumenta l
In $clllln~ Ih!! stnkl' 1 he IlIcmbcrs uf Local 160
hllve henclitcd by the fl)lcslgilt uf thc'ie Olcn who
SaW the need to orgam:!c ~u thai wmklllg cond, ·
lions for men an..) women coulJ be Improyc::d. We
congratulate tllesc Brothcn .and arc rnvlleged to
folio ..... In their footstcps Loca.ll60's RettrtesChlb
mel'n on th!;' /oulth I hur~dllY 01 C'tlch momb lH
10 00 a_m at LIlt!a l 16U's hull Brother Ray RlIlg IS
thl' current challt1lan :JI\d w(luld be ~l aJ to h3\'e
you att~nJ
The Old TlIlll:IS Party wu bIlled as ~ 1'11\ RoaSt
and ....·;lS a glglnlle suc~ess. Unolflcl.tl records
indlc.ttcd 500 10 600 peorle lIt«~ndcd , :r.nd thc pork
tan OUt for Iho~e lalecomcrs 8rolhl.:r~ BIll Cook
anti Tom Knl!blel ..... ele t-hlllrpt:lsoos respull'olbic
for ~ettll1g Lt ,111 togt:tho.; , They did an \;x.,;el1ellt
~Iib and ::II C to be commended, There wert IWO 140-
pound cntten in th e cookers, which Wl,'re lltu:ndi:d
b)' Brothers Rodncy R_ Wernct and Ron.lld 0
Kaisillbakkell who did an excdlcrll ,ob. One af the
enl1ers w:as Sluffed with 4U pounds of ..auerkr:aul
lind JU pounds of amont';: MaUlh'w<llI! tml\ lu ~ay
tAc least. The members 3fC 3~lung abuut rll,!.Xt yea l ;
Witch for the pOt tl!rS :and COme e:uly.
ALfRED C BIN£:, P.S
Newly Elected
Pic t ured iii t he new £s-
ecuciH BOlUd member
of 1.ocal 165, Chicago,
m ., Ch a rl ie l'o\cCafthy.
Staff
Shown a rl! $OITl~ of Local 165's staff lIl~mbe rs: Idl
10 rig ht u e John lIecimovic h, Jim Lumy and
Richard 1'I\0sny. (hid s l tw a.d ~1 and Robtrl Rengt-
sen, bu sincss< :lgcnl.
Board Members Elected;
Staff Meeting Hel d
1..U, 16$ ttl, C HI C ACO, ILL.- At ourcll;'ctlon held
I;JSI )'ca!, .all IIlcurnbcrH ~' ... re: Itdccted to th(-
ExecutIve Board and one nC':w membe:r, Char les
" M.lo.;k" McC.arthy. The Board now con!i\l;U ui
'Ir:ve n membcn dcctct.l Ol 1.1 rge
n obe n Bellg15Cn, bU ~l!1c'l~ ngent fU I Lm:al 165 ,
eillHted with .. lew of Ihe cllld st~\Yt!nls 31 :1 recent
mcr::tll1g of Ihc :olaf( members of the IOC;lIllo diSCUS.!.
Jlvc:OliluJC 3UlIlhe covennA of all o1L'rnbcr~ on the
~pm·o(f compames of the Bell System
LA ..... Rf: .... CE F BUilL, r.s
Broth ers Daughtrey, Lowery
Mourned by Local
l. U. 17 5 (l ,o,em,c&'mll, CHATTANOOG A,
'0
TE N.-We :UI! saddencd to Icpori th;llt Hmlher
Ddlughllcy, UIj(;.JIIlz'cf·busmc=ss Icrrest'ntGtI\'e
Executive Board chaIrman, ApprentiCe hip Com
mita:e m ember and longtime officer, succumbed
ttl cancer on Sunday, November I I , 1 9~;1 He fought
IImne-month bailie wLth CllIIC CI , but ~ h rpcd ,~W !l )'
011 Velcrall~ DUll . Wc Will ml~3 Ill, strung lead!!I'
&llI p and hIS constant commllm~nl [0 o, .. kll1g thl!>
loc.JI the beSt It could bt Ii I have eYer met a
6ironger union m.ln than I. O. D;Jughucy , I clo not
know it. We did an arude: 111 thIS lou rnal In tbe
month OJ! lUll .. , 1984 .I~\lt I D ~rut hl"'- ('lonlntH!.
II(ln$ 10 the e3\1$e of thc \abtH movement 1 would
urgc )'OU III 1\11 btlc k and ICtid "
On Novrrnber 13, the d.IY IIf BlOlhl,:t D.1l1ghtrcy's
fune ral l'ICrVICC:, 8rOlhCI Bill Lowery, bUSIIlCS5 man ·
a~l:l · fill.1uo.;l .. 1 !oCC.lt:Ury of f1U f loc.. 1 reccl~'l!d word
of the deuh 01 his youngest 50n, Roben Robert
w~s a member of loca l 175, and he, too. had waged
II leHlE b.J.lllt: wllb cancel I-I e was N )'C'III S of age,
aCtLve In hl<'. local serving ,H, one 01 the doorkeepea,
;IIIJ will cc rt.lII'dy be mi ssed by jlI! 01 UE ,
Let me urg~' you to remember these famllles in
you r prOlyen and rcmemb~'r the he ll tll!;C' Ihey lelt
us Lei's continue (0 m;tkc our local bettel br:causc
they came OUI way
Wl!.dom T rust you I h OPC.'5, nOt your feau . 25

Mourned
Busin Clii RCpfCSenU.
tiv,.-Organiur and [)I.
el:utin lJua rd Chai r-
nUll J. O. n aught re), of
lelc. 1 175, Chatta-
nooga, Ten n., p:rssed
away r~.:entl)' .
Robe rt lowuy. righ t. son of Business I'th.n:ager Bill
LOWUf, and mem ber of Loul 175, lIIbo passed
away recently in Chattanooga, TrUll .
Remember The bcst way 10 lueered in !afe I to
lIct on the adVIce wc II\'C to olbcn Also. we're
nm put on IhlS urth to S~ through each other
but 10 St:C each other through
Thank you lor every prayer, ('\'cry encou raging
wo rd, evc ry ex pression of concern lind every show
of love you hnt extended to the: D'\I~htrey and
Lo wrl)' f.amllu:s On their beh:alE. we apprCCl:IIC
you :lnd you I Support
by God blus C U at the next umon meeting.
C. E. DUNNlNC, P S.
K~~ IMH.", AfoST P
Negotiations Continue;
Work Outlook Poor
L.U. 177 li&ol, lA CK ON VILLE, H.A. - Electlon
DlfIY, 1984 has com.:: Dnd gone, tlnc! we sid l ha vc
Mr Re3gan 3S prcSldent. The VCJlCS th:.t were east
H:p,escnted only S2 p~reent of th e people who
could have: \loted Old you cut you r baUot and
v.n It (o r the Mondale· Fcnaro tlcktt! l( you did
vote thc ....·rong lIeke l , why did YOU I .,t: you better
off now man P)U were (OU I )'ears agor As we btu
the lerms like no lues In tht nCxt four years, do
we bche\'c itT I dOIl't' The n ch ...·,11 be thc bene ·
Ih:lant:s of .11 the IUlure LaX CU tS, not the middle
dass workmg man As the m::xt (our years go on,
let us Ir)" to cOUnt OIlitht prumlse:s IhBt were: m;ade,
OInd no t kept, by the presldelll The ymtrs have
been le d down th e (OS}' pa th o tl ce m Ufe, only t o
find It fuJi 01 thorn ..
The: work sJtu:mon here in the Jacksonv ille ;uta
IS 'inll not vcry good Some o( thc lob arc in Ihc
Winding down .. t'f;cs, whalc otbe:n have nOI really
gOt gomg The 5aln l Luke's lob IS IIbuut over. and
the Prudenlla l lob 15 holding ItS own The c031 ·
fired powerhouses art la kmg a few m en every now
lind then-nothing to pack ytlu , bags and head
ou th for. The smaller work seems 10 be getting
>- aw.y from us mOlt and more. Wc have a sc;ale set
0::
« up to gCl some of thl' ,moail wo rk, bUI we are not
:::> get ling ou r share of II It secms as t hough I1U , fau
~
-,
contractors are not geared fO I the ~mf\1I type wo rk ,
some they bLu, but lor most of I t they aTe out of
....
«
the ball park.
z The negollauons go 011 2S our de.ldllhl.' Comes
0:: tlOJCI and clostr , Sevenl items ha\e to be wOlktd
5-, nUl As soon a somethlDg is decided, It will be
put In the Journal 8y the tlmc thi S ntwttcn er IS
publi shed, we will be 10 1985. Tht Christ ma s
'cnson wl11 he I)VCt Prcsldent Boh Smtih and hIS
commIttees worked very hard t o have three paltles,
I hope thcu clforll we re not in va.n_ The. e IS qUite
26 • bit of wOlk involvcd 111 selun, Ult .In), type 01
a(ovnY I so whc.n .ukcd 10 help, uy yt'-S oncc 1O;a
whIle, It make II rastcr for :all of the committees
nus pltSt year was the Srst one III scveral years
, h.t we dLd not field a softball learn. We did,
h o~ HI ha\'e several new member, 10 the Coif
A O(l.:lIIon. The Coif Assoelallon had .boul 10
toumaments, the last nnr: held a t Jekyll Island.
Thl ... was a tWo· day even t, WLth Salurday nurly
W Ll!;lu~d (JUt by a hu rricaf'Lt: The weather held OUt
fe ll I ..... ell, .1nd twu J ays (I( good go lf were played.
Trophies and gIft ccrufi e:ltc!I wen: pfC'IentCuto Ihe
Wlnne lS, A huge Hlrrl ... 01 bar b..que was .II the
huspuahlY loam, 3'i WiI'§ an am ric supply of re ·
freshmc.nts Wdl dont HI ,Ill who made Jl1I11 work.
In clOSing, J would like to a!ok, why when \IoC
b;ugam for wages, we all stic k togcther Jlt a group,
but when It comes to some tlu og tha t concerns us
U !nlleh, :I ple~udentllil e\eC tIllLl , we all go (Iur o.... n
w,1.y~1
Bitt Cut", P.S.
Scribe Says Make
Resolution to Attend Meetings
L.U. 180 li&.01. VALLEJO. CAL- With tht new
ye., here. the time for N e w Year's resolullons 1S
hen::' I Wish Ihal ;all the mem~,s of thIS local
would resoh-t to .Illcnd at Icast fou r meeungs \I)
the next year. With 311 th e dlfh:ren l problems lacing
U'I, 1t ~ILTC would be nice to get some fresh ideas.
Become an aClLve pm II Cl pant tn YOU I Unlon l It may
tJo )·O U some good
HL1PPY New Year
0,\\,10 \tNUlI.,." P S.
Work Still Depressed ;
Retirees Complimented
LU. 183 (I,cm&. spa1. LEX I Gl'ON . Kl' .- Crtet
lng' 10 all our lBEW SLSters and Brothers! We
enlC::rcd ou r holad .. y SCU(1n with Imle to rej icc
abuut Our consrrucllon Ltld ustry IS 511 11 Ltl an
eXlremely depressed St.ll e Work In our lunsdlctLon
" al ben very poor, and ou r future shows sm;aU
Improvement bUI In from o ur norrn;al employment
levels
The electIon sure did nOl go Ilkt we ",,·ould deSI re,
but I hope OUf ;actor wIll Impr o ve on hiS pe rf orm·
an ee 1I{ the pa sl four yen ts. If the scri pt 51a)'s the
Sllnu', we are In a hel l o f.:L 101 of tr ouble
I WnlH 10 I:lke thiS opportUnll)- ICI lhllnk .. II ou r
8rolht!u In other locals who hOl\'e employed our
members 3nd hope Yo eean rtCLproC.1IC In the futuf(~
T o all our members, O UI o(ficcrs and 1111 ou r
Bro thers and Sister! III Ihe mEW , tocal 8.; wi shes
e3eh and ever), one of you J joyous anu pnlSperDU5
19$5.
Compliments are In order fo r OU I Rctlle:es Club_
Although thCtT ch.l rtcr IS relauvcly new , It has had
extremely udsfymg rC lults. Keep up the: good
wmk , and 1111 re ll!ccs who arc nOI p:lrtlClp3llng.
Ih eLr monthly rm:ctLtlg dlltl.: Is t be thml Tuc!lday
lit 6:00 p. m at Ihe: Uni on hall Cume on lind jom
In th fun'
Remember_ do nOI (orgel yoU! union and the
benefi ts you have: dcn\ed from yOUf limitation
Thlllk UllIon and be um o ll '
l ACK PARKEY, BM .
Deregulation and Consolidation
Take Their Toll
L, , 11) 91 t1. fT. M YER I FLA.- Deregulallon and
consoltdation art: finall y bcglllnlllg to tAkc Ihelr
tOil The com pany has org.lOlzcd a new nOn · urlIOn
comp;any to hand le their de rcgulated bus mess.
They a le In Ibe. process of 5elhng allthelt mam·
tenance. contracts 10 th" ne .... eomrany , .nd ....·heD
thLS IS accomplished, the)' Will 1111 lon~ef need
equi pment mstalle r I t:p;amn~n Th e El.j ulpmc-n l
De partm ent has been toltl ln e:Xpe.CI Ihelr lobs 10
be ph.std out within the yur .
Con'iohdatlon IS al U IlIltmg ltS toll a the com·
PIlUY bungs 115 various functions to one cen u.l1
loca l Ian The;' clOilm thai they can do Ihe same
amnunl of wo.k with lc5!o rt.·uple. In tnt' rUt thiS
ha!J nm pTt)Vtl1 to be true hUI ou r uman meml'M= I'S;
must .!luffe r before the)' Rnd thlll ou t
f haye a fee lmg 10 the nex t f~w mon th'! wc arc
all tn for some unpl c;ulIlll surpnsu. At thiS lime
.... e have nOI h;ad anyone Itld off, bllt we han been
~vcd by relmng em ployees or thosc who have
quit The annux of Northe.rn .. hu lIIc-reued our
work load right no w, and thL5 ha5 hdped also. Our
bustlless managcr h3S worked dllLgelltl), with lhl":
company to In su re that everyone that WJnlS a lob
ha'i Ime: some whe.re
We had tWO membeu, lenre IhlS paSI month
Brother [noch Collin! li!:tueJ aite. 18 faithful
YCII,,>. ;and Brother lohnrlle White rctlrcd aher 31
YC;.ft tj ",crvl ce We Wish them both good l uck 10
Ih cn future endeavors.
Remember, II you dldn I !.Ike th e ume to vote,
)'OU 111t\'c no right t o gTlpe
Run E Bt"...,tT'l'", P 5
Member Pays Tribute
To The Labor Movement
L. U. 20011 u ), CEDAR RAPIDS . 10\\1,\- !nce I am
rdatlvely nt: .... at bcmg p. e.!,s ~cletaJy, you 'lI have
to ben wah me for a whIle un l il I get th e hllLn, or
,h.
I wou ld like t o .!Ie.e rnote people get !LU I lind
uttend local u mOn Illeetlngs. Flam looking over
attend.1nce sheets lit thc E·BO;lrd meetLng. lI hJrJI)I
pays 10 hll\'e Business Agent Bllltngs wasting h15
ume driVing :til over the .. t'le [0 hold mcetlngs
and no t ha\' c a quorum , So please make an eHort
to make a mee ling; you may be surprlM::d lind ICJ rn
sutne lhin8,
Thl" arbll lll tLOn case on Mu Rouler was upbeld
In (;1\101 of the company wtlh the declsLon eQmln8-
NovemM.r I kotz-Ie. was Il"rmtnaled b)' the com-
pany lor taking a bag of Ice (01 b.~ penonal usc
We had a eouple of hot bowlers shoo li ng In the
low. J::Iecllle Bowling LClIgue In Cedar Rlipids Ih,S
fall Steve Tcufel, 201, o pc ratOr al Pra m e Crcek,
shot a 736 Duane LonR, 198, mechomc at Ihe
Du ... nc Arnold Energy Cenler. shot II 700_ Both
have shu t preVIous 700s
I urge you 10 send any tnlurmallon of IntClest 10
me .. bout Local 204, OIht:(wi!;e I'll write about
local news.
!II cI(l~ung , I wou ld Itkc to pay tri bu te to OIl fnend
of nunc Bnd the locpl Tl1l'i man was not II lw ayt II
uni on member oInd n()t 11lwa)'s a frL\~nd o( th e
um on Following is bu leiter Cood luck Bob!
Dc;&r Waynl".
It Is with regret that I lind I musl rCMgn (rom
my poSIti on as COPE Comm ittee Ch ..mman and
a.. tbe DAre Jomt Safety Commlttec Chl&lrman
and Operallons Department Umon Steward
When I staned at DAEC In January of 197 , I
w:u very su PleiOUS and ctltlcal of labol unions
At lhal lime, somewhat n:llvcly, I thought I could
fighl wh:1I I conSI dere d 1I1H1 Am cnell n and an ll
bus ill cu UI\lon actlYII)C S by refu sLng to lOIn By
refusing to join. I may hilvc hurt the unum, bUI I
hU ll myself more. I h.ad no votce il, the union, no
willy 10 change wh:n ! dLdn'l lake' about the uRIan
and no ~' oIy to help maLntaln or promole what J
I.hd hke .bout the UDion.
I ha\'c lea rned to rc:speci Ihe integ ll ty of ou r
local union, 111 c mEW Intcmallonlll UOlOn, and
the American labor movement Ifl geneul. f wlll
never regret havlIlg lomed .and been aeuve In OUI
uRlon I ::lIn ptoud to hut' he.lpe.d negOttlllC some
of Local 204 's first·m · t he· nallon pro~essl'\' e labor
a~rct:mcnlS . I have the hLghesl reg3ld fo r )'ou, the
ofAccrs and membcrs of th e un ion t lea\'e )·OU all
wLth '1LOcere gralltude IInu best wi s ht:3 lor the
conllnueu succt:ss of l oca l l().$
Rohel! , Hovey
Work Scene Slow;
Brother Builds Boat
L U. 223 IiI. 8ROCKTOt>., j\1A SS.-C recllngs
Bro thers alld Sisters. We hoi\(, 1051 ar IhlS willing
 Boat
This is Rolly Euns of Loc.aJ lU, Brockton, Mass' l
attht Inlunat ional Steam bon Rrgatta in Clayton.
N. I·.
r · __
• )lean All officc rs and Eltccutl\'e !.loud member ..
Rn lly ., Jtoki ng the boi ler rnginr which i~ in the
fo rrground.
one of our flne Brothcrs. Aath uuy ''Tuuy'' C.aC.CI
.hni, to a hea rt IlIaclt He Jnlncd tht loc.lIl In 1946
and ItCHed In 1983 aher 5<:''o'1Og 37 ytar-s_ Ton)"
yoo W ill ~ ml551'd, rest 1n PC.:lCC t Brothc:r.
The work plc:ture in ou r .rea 1$ slow, 3nd 1 would
like to thank tbe locals t hat a le hclpLoJ; us Wllh
lohs dU Jlng U1I!1 slack ptrLod B0510n ha s hdpcd us
Wllh lobs tha t have kept so m e: Brotber close r to
home to bt Dca r Ihru IJimalu:s. Un(olluo\1u:ly. at
thIs time we h3'o''' many Olen on the: bench.
This mOnth you e:c:.a plctun: of tht " lna Ann ..
This sltek·lookIng. 25 foot boat., run by a two
cylinder, I;Qmpound-buLIt steam cnj1.anc: of 3fl JHO)t·
IInotedy nye horsepo ....'ct Brother Rolly Evans 15
the rrouJ own er and budder of thJ5 craft
lie ma.de the castings and matched the pa il s
himself f r the home bUilt bOile. :amI engme that
goes approximately scvtn knot, wlih (ou r bags of
wood you Cllln gel a whole d:lY 01 pln,ulc HaVing
.ibo buill Ihe craIt ..... lth a steam stick lind II canopy,
you Jlct the feehng that Katharme Hepburn and
Humph rey Bogart arc about to IUrH l li t: HI. ... t bend
In thc " Afr ic:an Queen"
There :l rt [I!wer Ihan 250 u/l of Ih ls typl:'. In
the U.S and Canad a Rolly has won tht firs l place
IIItr;: .nMtlullal trophy .lnd a pl.tque 10 PUt on hIS
boat In lhe Steamboat Regalia, Clayton, New York
1n closing. don't 'orgct, "Sec you at the ncltt
meeting," on tbc sccond Wcdnesd:ay of the mODth.
8uy Ame:nc:m, be un ion pr ",1. r.nrI he with you
alw:ay,l
KIN B [ N~ N, P.S.
New Officers Elected;
Track Club Third
L. U. 245 (o.u,govt&'rlbl. TOLEDO, OIliO-Oc lo,
lM: I mlu ked Ihe: e lecllon of 245 fi1c;I!JS. The fo l,
lOWIng w ill hold thcl r ofl1cc:I fo r II l h , cc·ycar term .
Prc=sldent alll Thomas, Vice President Ray Zych -
OWICZ. Recordmg Secreury JIm Robc:lts, Business
M:m2Ste r Fred Hcan(y. Trr.1"mrr.r Dt)uglas Ca'1~.. d:a,
Exee:ulI\'C Board member:. 8111 D,uey. DIck Bell,
Charl ie McGhee, Dick Osenb:augh, Tom Saunders,
Bob Wcave:r and Clul Yenuc.k, lind ElUtmmmg
Board me:mbcrs John Cann ~ n :and I:lmcs I loward,
The Toledo Gla ss City Striders Tu ck C lu b had
award s prescnta tions III 245's hall 10 December.
One hundred and fort y kids from agcs8 10 18 have
btc:n :ably coached by K.T . Minor, Frcd Carter and
uwreDce Campbell. J he Club boaslS a IbmJ-in-
the n.uIn" rat'"~ IInJ qu allflt'li 11 m rm"r .... na
tlon.lll)- Mentor R.T Minor txlend.s h iS p.ttltuJe
for thc suppOrt or thc loca l
Sob h.lstt"cn wa .. nppulIltcJ he.1d cook Hf the
uni on hnll's kl l c h c~, 1\1 the Novcmber meetmg,
Chef Bob's first dfort Ic,lIu ' eJ knocker ~and
wlthcs, corn chowder anJ hand- b.l llcreJ unulI1
rmgs Wha t a treat l Happy New Year l
It.., R~RERn.. P p;JIlIClpue iD a hlnepolnt selecllon prog,rltm _ Thc
New Officers Chosen ;
Contract Talks in July
LU. 2491u ), GENEVA, N.Y .-To those membe r..
that were unable to IIttend the s pecial Seplember
mttlmg. the local had thc nomlnallOns of of(jcen
ami £Al:l"ullVl: Bu"ui nlcmbcts fot the next three
ran Unt'ppo5ed, so there were no ballnts flI election
1he (lfncers anal Exccu tl \'( Bt)drd members were
Il W (J/I\ III 011 the regul:af loe.ll umon mee t ing
Th e olfl ce rs.lre" follows pr esldent, lohn Oak..
GencvlI fidd lester "A", \'ICC president. T R
GrtOdeile, Auburn hncnun flrsl class, secleury,
rhr,yl Rucklcy, Auburn metc. ruder collcoct t f
(lnl1nClill sccrc ury.l;l ck hnnlll~, Cencva eOtl5l1uc ·
tlon clc l k " A" , and Il c.bure l, Etl ka FOlh l! r~!lI ,
Geneva Mett'r Dep:lltm clU cl erk. The Execullve
n :ud consists of Chnt AI/ter, G. cen id,Ste, chid
powcr rlam labol(~ l . Lll11l11C LaBa n , Glecmdge
sWLlchbnard operalor, Jilt" Las.agna. C('neva electriC
field pl:mm.~ r " A"j £. I C room. Greemdge .ep;IIr·
m:ln, ;lnJ John "Hupo" Evangelina, Newuk
hnl'm:an flrst class.
I ptlsnnally woultlillu: to eUIl.ltrillulau~ and thank
aU orAccrs and E.. Boaro IlIcmbers returmnA to office
fOlthls new te.nn . l:a m looking forward to Wa lki ng
wu h all f them
IIU t reeentiy a llcndcd .a ThmJ Dlstnct Utility
\Vol kshop Conference: In Plll!.bu igh Pennsyl\':anl .a.
Cheryl Buc klcy :a ll endc:d the Conference also. As
u''''II I, It was a ve ry InhHm-lHI \'C rneC ll nF: Manv
<hfiC:lclLt Issues were li LScu'Ised at great length A
few lIernN thai w ere dl~cl.t5$cd we le b inding arbl '
tr.atlon, em ployee ''iUS I;tnce progra ms [Dru.lt and
I\lwhn l ACII. Jnl'U ll nn fl'r'l 1I0[:a1 uOlons). IW\) ·
lIer systcms, .md ont It em Ihat always seems to
keep l e;a ppC:lfLng, call HUt faiIUIC' t o rcsptJnd, 'lJfeed
ovcruml' and stand by (my ThiS tOpIC was diS'
cU'lscd at ~rc:at l ~nAth by tht: Third District dele-
g:HCS. Many dlffercnt procedu res all thiS tOpiCwert:
brough t up s u ch as stlln d by pa y when on call,
wh Ich mllny locals reCCI\'C now and have: agr~ ­
mellU a~ such III their 'nnt r~ c t s_ What with cut-
b.Jcks 0111 ave, Ihe utility mdustry In production
fo,cel, thiS may be Mlmclhln,k to fi,1\'C: much seflous
thought to an the Vl"ry nU l future
Remembcr, Brothers lind SlsIers, we h;lve .a can ·
traCt with New York StJtC Elec tr ic and Cas cutrllllg
up In July. If the lBI:.W IUllma' IS on time, you
kll(lw yuu wdl 51111 hllH! Iline to submll lIny
prnposals 10 the E eeuuve Board or the locill offl·
loCI' I"clore Ihe dt:.Jdhne whIch IS po.. ted un loca l
bulll'tln boards_ Alsu. Ihr Ulleflon for propos:al!'l
al e alsH postNllhclI:
Ag;}ln, members of Local 24Y, I . m askang lar
your help . If Ihere IS Iny m'w", 1I " m no any toPlt
hcnene:I:lllo Ihe memhershlp or un ion you would
lIke: 10 !Ice: In thc IOUfJldJ. please contac t me I can
as ure )'OU It ..... Ill be In Jlunt I\1'ioIl, any snaps hots
Itl:udll1J.: the local o r II ," memilc rs also c.an be
used
In dosmg. au. pr l'sldcnt lohn Oaks, .....anted me
10 remind lIll rnembC' I" 10 plca!>t partlclp;UC In
ylJUI local meetings held Ihe fou rt h Th uud3y of
every mon th ilt the Amencan LegIOn 1I1 (..tnev", at
8 '00 p.m. Please atlcnd j It 'S )'our local
T R GooDUI.£.. V I) P S
Members Get Ready
For Negotiations
L. U. 2 6 1 Ifllar ,mIl8u~t), (l "01 ON , CONN.-As thc
yl!a r 19S4 goes IIHO hlStory and 1985 is 10 from of
1,18. to d., wb:at we can to make it a good yenr, we
have 10 s top and take a look at what tile new yeat
bas to offer The fint mllor conce rn of our me-mbe ••
ID ,be flew yen .... 111 be our work contrac t Our
rre em contract ClCpUCS on the last day o f lunej
and with the ending (If any CORU3Ct, there come
the anXieti es and the wuhes of each membe r tha t
our NcgotL;llIng Comm itt ee :lgaln Will do Ihe great
Jub they ha ve so caJlably dOllc i n the pas t IJI IlilC
!)eptcmbe r the Metal T rades Council 100tlO1t cd a
survey-of-benefits poll and a kcd lhe membC'.r to
survey batiOl would delermlne wha t Il'::HIS wc.rt
thlC most Importan t to nut members. T be nine
Itcms fo r ou r members ' consideratiOn Wl::rc m·
c reased pensIOn bene(lt'l, aodllluna l holtdays, im·
proved !tlck II:'.L1v(!, pcrccntoj;e w:lge Incre.lIe, across
the·boa rd wagc m crt-ue. Improved grtevance rro
ccdure, optic~ 1 rl,n, cost 01 hvmg ad,uslment lind
Imr.o~-ed SIOCK saving plan All survt:y ballou bad
to be signed and rl!lllIn~tltn the .are~ !Icwild On
Cklobcr 2, 198 4, pre· negouAuon t.alb began The
Mel3i T rade CounCi l amI the company L1gr cd
Article 40 [..... ork IHa cll ec,) would be t he flnt
dl~cu5se d ! Il ' S bcen the firs t issue in the pas l thrce
or f ur contractS II Articl e 40 can be ftsolved
WIthout undue dclay. \I would open the doors to
continued and . pC=lhap!I , an c:.arly slgnmg 01 our
COn llJ.CI The problem with Arnde 40 15 nOI cbc
concept but the need lor more arbllraHlrs, (aster
settleme nt s, e.tc , Hopefully our Negotlatlng Com-
mittee can O\'en;omc. lhl~ cri tical hurdle and pia·
ce:ed to othcr i m port:anlllrc:as of our ncw c: ntrll CI
1 he USS Henry M lackson fACially IUIUe'J the
.\'y's fleet. It 15 the fifth Tndenl submaTlne to
do so CommissIOning cr.rtmonu!;s wert held at
Ihe N.aval Underw.ltcr Syst em Cenlcr 10 New
wlldull, CVUIJCl.lICUt, on October 6, 1984 8efol!:
hlS death In Sep tember of 19&3, Senator 'n e:lc,on,
frl,l m the state of Washmgt on and the unking
Democrat on the Se n:lte Armed Scrvices Commit
lee, WIIS tl pri ncipolilponloro' the Tud('nl pr0r.nm
THOMAS , . McCo\·(II."l, P S
Local Contemplates
Joining Blood Bank
L.U. 270 (i&.ol. UAK RInCE, T ENN.- There luve
been Je\'era l diSCUSSIons recendy 31 ou r Union
mecungs about the Jlonlbl1 l1Y of ou r 10G31 union
10m lOR tl Blood Bank Wc qUI Ie frequently h;lve it
membe r Ihat need! ,("veraJ pmts of blood, .. nd It
IS usuall)' quite an elton 10 And enuugh donors; 10
rep lacc the blood A luge number of OUt members
be long to MedIC, 1ll1 d thc)I recommcDd It whole
hea lt cdly We have:\ lepruent.1tive 01 MedIC com
ing OUt to ou r nex i meeung. $0 I am sUle Ihat
Local 270 .... 111 soon belong I U ~UIIU: t~Jle of mood
BanK
1 W3$ 311111c lrrltatcd:lt the turnout [01 oU ll oca!
unIon elections 10 lune I felt like cvery mcmbtt
shvu ld h.Jve voted Si nce the) had the opportun ity
to vo te 111 persOn, by nl3 chll1C or by absen tec
Howevcr, :a5 the Rn:a l t.1 l1 y wa s t;lken, we had 80
percent of Qu r ellf1;lble members votlOg, Thill Is not
Md III all when yuu run'ilIlrr th:al some of the
loea1l bad around 30 percent paruclpation I'm not
too thnlled ilbout OUI ul1Ion mectmg attcnd:anet
(19 plCrcenl) fOf Ihe past yeal, but I gue s thill 'S
~t;,.)u1 avc:rage.
'",ME... A . Curl', 1'.5.
Buyers Club Plans
Ham Dinner
LU, 275 (i,em&'eiln'l, MUS KEGON, MI CH.-
I IIIng5 :Ire slow 111 "tuske~on as we bn'e 105t Itlme
/0:00<1 lobs to non·unlon CO'lt utHlrs OU I h ll ~H II:'~$
tlgeut has bel ped ail h e can to aid our COlltr:letors
In hlddlllg on some of thesc lobs, We try to uphold
:l dccent-hvlng wagl" scale and J;u:aramec quality
WillI.. $ville of thelC' ,,,n musl be worklnR fa,
nuthlllg
RI~hl no .... the- onl), Lhlng promising for u u thlC
MuskC'gon 1-lIiton Jloltll'rolect The c lly amI the
dl!ve lopcls h:tve flnllllv sU rmolln l ecl , hr lil!ll loop·
holes and have Signed lin: C:onlraCts, 01,.11 bastc
sealc for JourneYI..,cn I' SI5,01 Pf: r hour. We have
not had a raise In quite a wh ile. Tb~ re IS not much
S('n~t H\ r al~tn! your wales w hen you I1rC' u-ylllg 27
 tn get all the WOl k ),ou can for ),our m~n Th~Jt' IS
also nOI mue h s ns~ In u king in II I lI rg~ number
of apprentices when t here is no work lor them,
and the)' have to 5 11 on the bench o r travel , whIch
15 awlully ha rd On an apprentice The national
trend has bee n less and less wo. k fa. ow Journey
men around t he country hom article,> In the I O llf
nor I behevt' I gre.t dea l should be consldctcd
about the num ber of l (turne}' m ~11 rct Hing I[J ~ local
I[J re lation to Ihe num ber of new ap prentices. We
have tr.ained some of t hese boys j and we have th~
best m~chamcs In the busm~ss to o{(~r the public,
to no lI\lIllm some C.I\CS
Once agam thIS fur the loca l union Bu)'/!u Club
IS having I Fund·RaLsing Ha m Dmn er. I urge all
our mem bers to II ttend th is Dinne r :lnd h('lp tlu !>
organlza ll on OUI. :.IS they have hdpe d out union
people when they have need of a hosplul bed .
crutches, Clines, walkcuo and even bedpans. at no
charge 10 the uscr for thIS serVice Usually our
local buys enough tic kets for I hlS Dinne r to send
all our rctlt4:es a mi t hei r wiv es to tillS Dmne r for
Iree Th l ~ ye.1 r, du 10 t he sit uation of OUT trea su ry,
we regre t we are unable to do thIS W e have lost
some of our memberstllp by withdrawal I 2m nOt
talklDg abou l thost who withdrew becaus~ of hard
limes, bUI the men who w~rt. In a pOSItion 10 help
ge t us w rk in some of the locaim d u5 tri es
It IS RIce at th e mee ti ngs to sec a face o r I wo of
a reured membe r Although they have no vOice 31
the meeting. at least they Care enough lIbout the
org2Jl1::atlon to be slIlIlnterc-sted In It
Recently one of our ncwcr contractors. HarTY
Stapel , a longtime 275 member, gOt a ,ob on a huge
supennarkel Ibey a rc bUilding 111 Muskegon The
rellson I mention thiS 15 thai Il3rry got the work
des pltc all the bids by the non -uRlon contractors
Harry o pellics under the company nil me of Elee·
tncal Contracllng Service of MuslceJlo n
Bob Castle, a re ll red member, has been 10 th..:
Vets I lospi ta l In Ann Arbor, Mlehlgan, bU l lS now
.at home . We wish him luck.
IAMB " SNAPfU " 0 ......15, P.S
New Officer
Pictured is Broth!!f Du ld B. 8mler, the new hu~i ·
ness m a nager 01 l.oca l 29 1. Boise, Ida.
Nine Apprentices Finish;
1985 Looks Promising
L..U. 29 1 (l,o, l &rt 5), 1I0 ISE , I.DA . - 198 4 has been
our beSI year m severa l for IIlslde conslructLOn
hcre ID v.'eSlcrn Idaho, due largdy to thle expandmg
c:leelfonies industry In the Mea. with 1985 prom·
1$1Og to be anothcr good year
Brolhc l DaVid BU ll er was apPOlll1ed bUSiness
agent In lune, aft er bcmg co:u:ed off the BOnanz.1
Powerhouse job in Vernal, Uu.h Good luck on a
tough lob, Davc!
local 291 hu complcted nlDe e1ectncal appren
lice, thll yeu, lDcludm, Mike Cre~ory , KeVin
Hubble, Alan Peterson. Mark Panney, Pat Thoma'!,
J\.llk~ T ipton. Pa t True, T i m Ward lind JLm Wood ·
head. ctllA clites we re presen ted at 11 Saturday ·
afternoon piCniC hdd September H In honor tnc
complclinA ellectncal apprCllllces In CORIUnCII On
'With completing apprentlccs from all o thcr budd ·
Ing tude!
May 1985 find us all with lOe rellsed pros perity
and a Slrong Brotherh(lod . We WI$h to ext~n d II
lpeclal greCtLng to all our Brothert and SISterS un
the road, whom we have nOl forgotten .
28 RANDALL A. AMIUlHL , P.S.
Minneapolis Skyline
Changes This Year
L U. 292 ( i .~ III . rt b, r u,lIp:l&. c3l\1 , 1\\ IN NEAPOI..I
Mil N. - Mmneap\lhs ' thlfdlllll ...st bUlldmg IS
neann, co mpletio n rhe 584 foot , 'I l -floor Piper
Tower Will be occu ,'IIcd by liS fir:.;t t WO mlior
tenants, Pipe r Jaffery Hoppwood, In mvcSlm em
firm . and Camp bell MlIhune • •m a d vertlsm~ a¥.ency.
by t he An t of the year
The lob slarted ovembcr 22 . 19M 1, with a nn
stnke, all · unlon, pre lob agreeme nt The To.... el .
which IS liS percent Ilrfi c~ space , has fh'e below
ground p arkm~ level'!, flve noms for mecharllcal
eqUipmen l anu t WI) flom s for retad tenants, ton
neeleu by t he Mlllnc.:lpo lLs Skyw.:lY System As of
thIS wtlling, thoe bUllthng IS 70 ("Icrcent ren ted
The gener .. 1 contract I a lo int venture by Devco
and Krllus Anderso n The electrrcal Contt:lctor IS
Hoffmann El ectric 01 Mmnc.3poll:s The re: arc: four
elcc ttl c-a l services to the building. ....·1Ih about 1,400
fcet of bus duci touiLn,ll 11.000 :lmp~. T hc emer ·
gency system IS powered by a 1,000 KW geneulor
The manpower sho uld puk.at around 65 · 70 local
291 mcmbc'fS The rrOlect 's general foremen arc
JIm Ander on and huelt Eidem .....·" h foremcn
Ardell J ohn~on. Tim Cunmngham. M ike Sha nnon
and Rod Wntta ll The '>tcward I Bruc e FTiistad
Dos " Rm " LAII. \OS PIl.E5.-PS
Economic Situation Bad ;
Some Activities Halted
L.. . 294 ti,u,r.m,nb,lIs&'s pal HIBBI NG, \I N ' .
Ithmk the Mmnesota vtHers can hold Iheu heads
high shoWIIlK the world they a re Ihe Gnly SI;lIC 10
vote fO I Walte r MonJ;llc [t W3S clearly lhc JOJl;lc:l l
choLce :1'> northe rn Mmlleso t:r I'> III n very bad
econO lllLC samlllOn QU I local ha'! 80 pe rcen t out
of work ur working In other loc.alf> There arc fe ..... er
locals c:llhng for peo ple as we, organized labor , alC
gcttlng only :I.small percentage of the construc tion
....·ork "cross the co un tl y. T here I~ t:l lk agam of fuJI
shut-downs or at lC.:ISt ltlrs;e cu tha ks In produc ti on
In our Taconite plants J cross the Iron R3nge. ThiS
upcommg year look even slower Ihan 1..1S1 }'car as
Ihe (("(lno my has not IInpro\'cd
We mU\1 keep a VIKII (In the Rcpublll.":ans fo r a
stepped up allack r)ll OIgamzed I:lbor There IS IIIlk
of nn n onill ·'lIght · lo·work" bemg pushed for Any ·
one wh o hu wo rked m any state with the " fight ·
to'~'ork " c.m tell }' OU H IS one of the greatut
detcrrents 10 organized labor
Wc have st opped all o u r ChtlStm.1s Partie and
Summer PicniCS that our (ocal used 10 pUI on for
free. We had t o CU t !R t O:1l1 OU I programs; :'Ind we
still do not have our Apprenticcshl p Program, and
thai IS onc ("Irogum that is the lifeblood of :lny
local We h:lld one self PlIY Chnslmu Party Ihis
rear rn 1.oc LiI 294 , Ur1H 2, In Bemldll, Mmncsota ,
held at the Turtle RLver Club on Deccmber 22,
1984. wuh Dallt:1I Od):lc~ard as party cha irman .
AI thiS IImc we w l ~h everyone II Happy New
Yea l Buy Americ an :.i '> you arc one i he- muon Rnd
buy uOlo n
E. l.LRlIV LAIiDl. P.S
Programmable Controller
Classes, Annual Picnic Held
LU . 295 li,o.u,nb .rl'l,C'm &sp.al. U TILE ROCK,
ARK . Thc second jo urneyman class on Pro·
gr3mma ble Con ll oilef" WIIS com pl ettel ( Ill Novem ·
ber 1, 19&4 The plClUre shows BUSin ess Ma." ger
Denlon !.;lIking to Ihe fi,st class which W:lS com
pletcd on Junc 30, 19R4 Altendmg the flrst class
werc Brothers Bill Denton. Don Albtr~on, Don
Hunte r. Mike BCnlon, Clyde Norman, Mike Rob·
ens, Don T ho m as. Mrke You ng. IJnl Denton, ji m
Willian .. , DnVLU M ~ lIh ews , T Ulnmy Hl ll ty, Cuy
Spann, l.ilrry Seller . Dilvid \lenlon, Robert 8udt r.
Roy " Bn" Burnett. lad l.ovett. Ron lynch ~md 11m
Mrnor
Award
Bu sin ess M.anag.!!:r W. G. " Gen e" De.ntCln, right , 01
Loc al 295, little Ro ck, Ark ., is shown presrntinc
Brolh er Rand)' Brnum with a pl:aqu ~ s ignifyin g, his
Apprl"nlier ollhe Year Award .
Class
8u~ in ts i't1anagr:r W. G. "Cclle " Dtn lCHi is shown
add rtss inA the First Prog.ramm.a ble Controller Clas
for journ t yman wi rem en .
Attending the second class were Brothers Mi ke
Alberson, M.ark Allen. Randy I3cnton, Cliot Thomu,
Charle s Butler, C . T Upshaw . D;Jve PhIpPS. Ted
Leggm, ' 1m Weatherford, Larry Minton, I 8. Ev.all
Paul Kyze r, Jim Fugate, D3leD3dey , Don Ranggold,
l arry Cren shaw, lack HubbJrd Russell CWIn .
Ihooks pOOn and DOll Ful m er
The tlurd class Wi ll pr obab ly be sta rt ed III mid
'anuJry loc., 1295 ,ourneyman wuemen IDtere.sl(d
m thIS course may conlllCt ASS1stant Bus mess
Manage r 'ames Salkdd for lunh~r information
Oil Saturday, eplcmber 22, 191t4, Local 295 had
its Annua l Picnic . BaTbecuc and all the tn mm mgs
werc '!e rved. T ht rlllly condl1lon sta t ewLde and
th~ con t inued threat of rllm reduced the size of
Ihe customary turnout BUSlne S Manager W. C
"Gene " Denton Invltcd guest speakers rcpresent
109 campa igns of Sta t Cand n8110nal ofAccs' ClImo!)
for gllvelnOf. PryO I lor lhe U. Senate and Monda le
fo r pr~sldc n l
Local 195 P r~ident Mike A..1ber50n chalred the
Picnic Commillec fo r 1984. Commll1C:c members
mc1udcd Brothen Don H ume r. Mike Benton. Mil
ton Lee, Charles Butler and James Salkeld
On T h ursday, Oc tobe r 18, 1984, the Create l
little Rock Join t Appre nt iceship and TflllnLng
Com mittee hAd In Annual Completion 8anq lle~
at the Ramada Inn In orth liltle Rock at 630
p_m Broth~r Randy 8cnton wa, th~ " Outs tandmg
ApprC'.nocc Wileman " In add ilion to the plaquc,
Brother Ben t on rccc lvc:d an engraved c-ollec.tOr'lI
folding knif . First run ner·u p Aaton M a uld in re-
ceived:l plaquc and second runner ·Up Bren t Wats n
also received a plaquc In rceognmon of thelr o u t
standing perfonnancn as apprentl ccs . Brothers
D.mny Brown. Larry Dcnton, Wlilic Ga nnon, Cal
vm HUrI,on. Ke Ith Nichols and lohn Ramscy have
comple l ed or Wi ll soun complete thc lr appre n ll ce
ship tra ining.
I am writing thiS a lti cle on Novem~r 7, 198 4,
the: "Day After" Eicclion Day All of u.s, bclog
locaJ of8ccrs, jOurnc),men, appren l lccs. all the
other cTafts, have work ed hard dunng lhe e lecllon
ye a t of 1984. All of Ih e c an d idate. we su pport ed
dId not WLn. Th e only A rkanus Sta te AFL· CtO·
cndoue d !;;llmlld!1le to luse was Monda le.
With RC.1g.1n being reelect ed presldcOl, the Eu·
lure don nOI look .good fo r us 10 org.lnized boor
Our fU l ure Wllh Rugan;15 preSident IS u ncertain,
 you c" n be su re We have IU\ friends \1'\ till:
hUI
Whll e I lo use
On behalf of Cene, C iani :and myself, ..... e hu pc
YOli bad ~ Merry C hns IIlt as and Happy New Year
IAMI'S SALKELD, A.5.~' B M
Outside Construction Slow,
Inside Construction Better
L.U . 322 II ,n, u.f' m!ilgovl '. CAS PER , WVO.-Bclt
WI he) to "n mtw mt'mhcr' <lod the ir famdll!s j [
wuh you IIIl a m os t su("ccssful and liappy New
Yur We thank, fro m th e bottom of OU I heans,.:I 1I
th c loca l UOlOns wh o h,ve provided e.rnp (QY\l\cnt
fnr OUI Ii I O: l ubc u . ... l't pec iol than ks lo r thc: bro
thcrhoo d th:u has been (x ll:nd l.'d 10 our me m beu
while a ....·a)· from hom c :and bOlll}'
19850 should bnng <;OO1e much-nct;dl:d relict tor
ou r inSide constru cti on meLll ber, Wtth the scrub
bcr~ At Ihe 11m Bridge r PlUtH and thC' Ch~v ron
Phosph.H e Comple:t " Rock Spnngs, w e ho pe to
have m :an y of our memhe r ~ C'mployed by I.:i t C:'i rH lnt:
and utly summ er Ou r In'mle agrecment IS no w
approved and 'cern' to bung with II Ihe pe ace
nccdeo bel ween us Ind ou r t:'mplo)oers t(I truly
meet the ch:tllhmgt!o of Ihc future together
Outside conSlluct1on I'J vcry s low 2nd WI,: (;cr
tam ly ha r e that thc Bu,t'.1u actulllly c:ontnt:ts the
much · talked:lbout 3'4S·KV Ime hom Therm poh!l
10Alco\'.1 We .a rt' tol.1 tha t \I shuuld he.- outlur bid
tI'IIS Winter
Hot I)rnngs, Tn ·Cuun .y ~hnshone RIver And
R,verton V.Jlley REA A~rt('rntm'j arc:: ill open at
thiS ume :lnd hopefully Will ha\'c been !out"ccsdully
concluded:n you , (,:2d thl~ arudc. In this shdtC1C:li
lndust r)' the -employers ",ttlu ..... unbuly demand
log onc(''iSlons from thclr empl(I)'ccs \\ e mus t
build ou r r;l oks In each 1UJ\ 10 p,csen t .I unlteJ
h OI\\ \ 0 thc!oc unbu d... m.and" I :lsk cuh REA
member to com mll 10 hrtnKInX 10 one co·workcl
to .1 cu \ dy p<lrtlClp.ue 10 uur union dUllng Ihl:!
comang )'ear
Ou r Manut,l(;tuTIIlJ; Unn ,uccessfully ddeau:d
Ihe NLRB deceruficatlon L.lSl year. and we art 'm re
to meet lJt'w challenges dus yeu LeI us unne :lnd
stand \ oF,elht:'1 (or the well belDI' of all
Union me:ellng5 .nC' Ihe .. tcnnd ~AturI1.1~ of och
mon th at 10:OO.;lt m .11 unulI1 hl:adqu.;lt n eu Ilc a
parllClpiin', and It Will ""\Irk
Retirees
Mrlircd nt tm bcu of Loul 324, Lon.ivie w, Tex.,
b:tlck row . It II 10 ri llh l , Joseph R. Reel, M Uon
.1ft,
Amutrong. Cordon Pruitt, W.h e r Sipes and R. W.
" Rlf'd" Thompson; and fm nt t uw. Id , 10 rillhl, T.
P. Onison, D. C. nddtr, Word Bu rkett, L. D.
Co tton and 1, A, BtrilU,
Meeting
All ert Coo k , president of Loca l 7 16, spea ks to.
meu in g or II ..: A,k ·La·Tex Bund ing :and Con~ t rtl c·
tion Tn du Cou ncil.
Work Slow, IU ""urry ;r buut ....·n,1I wt:' think VI h:cI b'C:lItt~r hi'
ncve r n cds nU l ~'<l t e a!\;ltn
Many Traveling O n II m ore: poSl t n 't! nllle , In Loc::.l 3Jl·s IU II $d u;·
\\m\ ..... e dui a 5 wel\ " .$ W I." have ev er. Our fnends
loU, 324 ti,o&'em), LOl\:(i \ilEW, TEX ._ As ""'c
enCl'r In to t he wlt\tc r fIlmuh .. nu r ..... u rk lit cen:llnly w o n m o .... o f Ihelr r;J ets, ~Ild w e dcle.a rcd the b:ld
follo ..... rn ,i: p.'u u cnds II IS qUltt :.111'1';. and a Icrt of prorCll iu n~ aotl pn ssctl In c AOM on,es
Qur Brothe r" arc OUi of COWII ....'urkln~ I wHu ld likt to thank I II Ihc members whQ
The ,elued members f o ul lo",al ,;ut IOgethe r helped on Inc election : tlie I'o llllca l Action Com
dunng the munch III October T he y a ll ~em to millet th e memhers Ih:n \o'lHked on Ihe dlfferen l
enjOy seeing th ell friends ul the pUt, and I hope um palf~nl! and Ihe NAP progralll I would il ke 10
1i ~ \ t heu namd, but wuuld u rcly m ISs :I lot of
..... e ~an .,ta ll hnmp, regular gel IUgcthcrs so we
CJ n all Slay 1/1 (lluch the pcople Ih.at helped Ih ,u I 'WW.il 1 ra l hc~ .and al
the get-()ut tht'- vlltc;.!rr ve un tlt'(.I 1I1t1 Day Thllnks
I would like to ta ke thIS opportunity to thJnk
If It wa n ', fO J ylnn ... Hurt~ . ..... e ....·ould rHit hllve
Allen Coo k. p rl:~Ht c nt III Loca l 716, m lIou o,;roo,
bl!cn 'II ..ucccssiul!
Texas. fl lf Ill" .. prrrh and palllC l p~ 1I 0n 111 OUI Ark
L:a ·Tx n u"dll1~ Jlntl Construtll(rn r ' JlJl!~ Council Tilt '>lIola Cb la Ct·ntC I fur OlCUP:IIIC1n:t1 SlI fe l ),
lInJ H ~ oi lth will hJVt· Irce nC.1lIo,l{ tesls at the loca l
meeting 8rutht r Couk I ~ ccnil in ly .m a<;"c i In
Ll"lcal 71fo. lIon.1Il !JUke a n FthruO'lry K 1~'6S. starling oi t 9' 00
~ m CAll Iht! unlQn l)lfh:c 10 .!tlgn ur by Febru:uy
' 't .. Hi\H \'V Ht"TIIIUIl\ r Ii M
7, l yJtl'; !on you clin ht scheJ ule.! rUl Ihc tC~1
~tVcm'" pcrcl.'.Oltlf h eallnSt prohlems of th,,'it:' tc!sl cd
Label 'i0 "t lTe I;ully hl~h Th"', an excellent ch.1l\ce
10 e"ulhlt,h the b.ut leHd .,1 \ 'IIU I h eat mg.
R" IlA,ML\ R. CONWAY PS
This PlJRIsnt lbde Possllie Marchers
By U1UO" WAGES
" T hi s PlIym rn l ~h dl' Possible by Un loQ W~g~s,"
ILabd COllftl:~" of Loul 332. ~an lusc, e. 1.1
Local Promoting
" Union Wages " Label
L..U . l l ! li <tl. ' A, lU" t.• CAL,-IBE\\ t oea' '-32
"':IS "unton ..... lIlte Iolhel .. ,'>ee :lcc(,!mp.ln)"lng piC·
IUle) al'adllble In shcet .. Ilf ",It Mint mum orJer b)
m.ulilt five shl.'l;'l" tnr S5 00 They atr" iLll'iOa ... ~il.Jble
In o rher d'::n Dmlnol ll(ll\l) 25 ~hCtl"', SIS; 100 §hects,
$30, 250 shecn $:Sn. ';00 sheet ... S 750. 1,000 ~hl!c15.
SIFi . aod 2.500 ~he( I !o SlSQ The l.abels .1re ~!I'
lI\ch by 1 ~ Inl..ht ... whnt wlIh Muk IHlntlng:and
,eU-sticklO,It; If \'IIU .... anI 10 ordn. send )-uur p.ay.
lIlent .... lIb the order and chccks made UUt IU ISEW
Local l.ll Ou r ""lIltn~ :add l es!I- ,\ 1870 Slone
A",muc . San 10..c. (;.hfomla 9512.5 119.l The b ·
bc:ls (:In be rUI un t'our checks 520 lulls. etc. Since
they,ut' M·1t \lldnng Ihcycan be rem oved Anather III lit" l' I,IIUIU.!. officl' rs .and mcmbus or
Loeal l.)b ,
U~ IS 10' put them uo ")IOUI uedn e.anh on Ihe
oUlslde Ilf . hc clwclopt.: }'uu st'nJ )'OUf rayment In
Chit'a30 , III ., puti ei pal e io Ih e Illin ois labol·spon-
Ortd r orch Light Paradt hl'l" un Ocrobt'f 30, 1984.
I would be II1 IC" re .. ted 10 knowrn~ of Dlhe r UteS
The 1984 c-INliun We lost the big ont', so ,II I
I,.;ln ) ay IS If you wlJrk for .livm~. you should nan
Illinois, Indiana Units
Sa\'lllg your muncy Reagan has w;vc r bC'C'D our Lose Some Members
fnend, bUi w ed eo keC'p us a Imlc bit hllppy Bue lo U. 336 (I&'ClIItVJ, CIIICACO, IlL.- The I.lYlllf In
no", he \!o a I"m ... -duck president .lInJ J i.tCt.n' t ha ve 1\ ITI" win h.l\·e been ltllf'lemcflled by the time
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i Address CHANGED? i
II Brother. and Sisters. we
want you to have your
N~ME ........ . .. .. . . .. .. .. .... 1
1
JOURNAL! When you NEW ADDRESS " .... .. . .. ... . .......... . I
have a change of ad- ........ I
dress, please let us ...... C;,y ..... , .... , .... 'si~t~ ' l ID Cod. : In
know. Be sure 10 in- PRESEI'lT LO CAL UNION NO. •.. •. ... . . . . . . . . . :ll
clude your old add ress I
and please don' l forgel CARD NO. . .. ........................ ......... 1
, >-
to fil l In L. U. and Ca rd (II ulI l(flQwn choc k ..... it" l OC II Unto"' l ~
No. This Inform.llon will PENSION MEMBER 0 : z
~~d h~~~~'.~~ ~~~c~~~~ OLD ADDRESS ....••••..... " .. .. .. . ..... .. .••.•... : ~
ords straIght. ,. ... cit; .. .. ,.. . .. .... 'S;~I~' , . . . . . . . .. .. iip• cod~'" , ~
:~!rUun~::' ;~.'!(I:.~ FO RMER LOCAL UNION NUMBER •... .....•....•••..• I3
I ".'s numbs" 01 bofll. Mill To: Circulation Deparfm ent : ;
I International Brotherhood 01 Eleclrical Workers I W
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I 1125 15th Street, N.W., Washinglon, D. C. 2DOD5 I
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 you read lhis arm:le . Tn e ulIglUalllrOpt:lse d laYQH
c;l lled for i rf"du c.uon 10 the ..... ork force of 250-
plus mc=mbers in (lll nOls. That numbe r has been
reduced t o 138 system t echnlc.Lans, five cle rks lmd
12 MiO jobs in illinois. Our In diana Unit wtUlose
tWO system t echniCians ;lnd 51" MLO memb<:rs.
Most of th e red uc.tlon in layoff was due to transrcrs
10 othcr ('ompamcs. The number .... u furth~r reo
duced by a mandatory SIPP offer fat Arn s m,.m ·
bers and lob plao:ment back 10 illinOIs 8ell . The
unum tn cd 10 gOlld AT&T into makmg an SI PP
OHCf In UlloOl' BeU 10 crealC morc lob o~nlngs;,
lhey rOOsed. It sho uld be notl"d IhlH hl'fo rl! eithe r
com p3ny hiIes off the S tn~ct, 1h ose reople who
were (:.lid off have recall rights at lh~ oper1J rin,g
c.ompany and AT&T AI thc time of th is writing,
fln3. 1 numbers lire not Ilnnwll rl u(: to S[PPs and lob
place m ent:!,
The Chic.1go Fcdem, icm f La bor .:and the JlhnolS
State FedcflJUon of Labor requeste d ou r pa rt lci pll
lion III Ihr r:hH:;rgn Torch Light PBrll dc. M:lOY of
ou r mc mber~ volunteered the ir time :md ene rgy to
thu e.vent. Thank yo u to everyone fo r makrng
yourselves ,w;1i1able to become mOle poli ti cally
awa.re,
factoriCS h;a\'c m o w:d off· s hore, wageJ have been
reduced and emplayment opportunitleJ hllvc de-
clined. The no n'Uman wo rk force Struggllllg JUS t
t o hold IbC l r O ~'n lObs hllve stopped trylnJ to get
pay eq uiCY with thc-Ir union courncrp.ut.l .tnd .lIt
LDStcad askmg that out lupton1 siandnd 0' hVlng
be decrcased. They.ask thill iDslcad of chel r moving
ahcad, we m o ve bilck. Their pos Ition IS lustlAable
In lhllt big bu ine.ss has placed Ihe blame an lInlons
for hIgher prices and closmg faetOnes They were
the on cs bun thc most by the poitCJcs of t he Ian
four yeus. Unro n people who eoo t lnucd t o work
were largely unaffected and dId not cry OU t about
the inJustices. We have OUI wages a nd ben efits l so
when .....e heard of lhe~e travesties, we ius t tu rn ed
our backs au d Igno red lhem. H urnh leu me, to hell
with you l
Vice Presiden t !lush ta lks about " they " whe n he
spea ks of tb e elec l o flne . He Ihinks peo plt have
forgotten t htu " plaee" 10 som ety He feels pc-ople
with money and pOSItion should not h,we to as·
sodate with people with o u t it. Working pc:ople
should not be ::rble to affo rd t he same kind of bouse
or ear or V;l ca ll Qn or heaJth care Of sc:hoohn.g. He's
n ght, we ha\'~ forgonen OUT place. We' rc wrJr lll ng
pc:ople, :and we bette r not forget II '
AUUlT I. hAt-.-n.."I, RS. ·T-.EA30.
Local Manages To
Survive Hard Times
LU. ] J () U,O,tl5,c m &'ltpil). SACRA}t\.E TO, CAL -
Rcct:nll)' thiS writer rcaJ a tru e survival Slory
aballl two Ida ho dee r huRters, eaught In a klll cT
snm..'sto rm, ..... ho h3d to m.3kc: a. tunbly dlfRcuh
J C!..lltIUU . They shot theI r beloved horse$, c rllwl ed
mSlde the carcasses, IlIld sUT'o'Ived the Sionn , ha rc:.ly
They dId what t ll ey had to do.
Here al l ocal .340. we 've. 11.1'10 done wha t we. had
to do lU SU fVIVe o ur cconomi c &lo rm . Non.unlon
hI[ thiS IOwn ilke (1 hlin:1rd, they w ere uking
C\'cry laO, big an d sm.1JI, li nd the two·gate sys tem
bas made pic kets useJc.ss. Cons truct Lon III not n
deregul:Hcd Indunry, iun like Ihe "Irllnes amI Ihr
tJ.i.ltoads. It used to be t hat lo w umon · bldder got
the job. Now we have eom pctltion that we neve r
>- had befo re, .Hld low bidder get the job, pe ri od
II:
-< We' ve survlvf'"tl hy lakm! big wale t\US and
:::> mak10g Pro1cct .agreements. None of us like It , but
z It had to be do ne, or the re W.:IS a very fc:.,1 chllnce
...,"" thin Loc.. 1 340 was going to go out of eXistence •
-' Now, it looks hke we ' re lUmmglhls thm~ a.round.
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II:
We b.lve J 50 local members on rbt books, but
th2ot's not tOO unusual Ih lS lime of year. It looks
:::>
o..., like we may h"'e a dece.nt Wlm cr If so, It will be
the fi rst aile In (jUl ie ~ while
We h;a ve a new assistant business agent, C huek
Beard, who WIll work with Busmess M anager Chuck
Cake and ASSistant Bus m ess Agent A C. Steel man
All three: of them will soon be working wllb ;I new
30 S18,£X)Q com pu t er in the business oUke . l ynn
Pnrkyn hall rcplJ ccd lohn Lange U ti th(' FX r<C'! It L.... C
Board.
We h.:ad II telephone I'ot t'r f L'glS lrllt ltm drive, trying
to Canuet eve ry !Jne II f nUl 9OO'plu!l members,
a5lrlnf. rarh member tf he 01 she wa, regis tered 10
votc. The rcglst.r:U1on ~f1VC Went ~'c\l We also
found "bout lCK) InvalllJ t elephone numbt::fS. One
pohtlclil comment OOllald Devine, Ron"ld Rco.·
~an' s head 01 the White H o use Offi ce 01 Peuonnel
Managemtnt, ordered we st.ates of Tcxu, New
York "nd OhiO, all heided by Democnulc govcr
nors, to SLOp Vo t er regl'ltratlon drH"CS lumed at
regtste nng sta le employees Oth erw l ~e. Mr Dc
vine mumatcd, Ihe Re"gJn JdmmlsrUllon wou ld
CU t off fedet,, 1 funds to th ose StU ttS All thr ee "Utes
refu sed . Te)l:ls Covc rIl or Mark Whitt: went one
s tcp furthe r: He pcrsoll .llly h"ndcd OUt voter· reg ·
lstnrt lon c..ll ds to state employees
Have :t good Win te r
Dle )( II E,tITON, PS
Blood Drive
S hl)~' D 1t the "Blood Drivc: a rc: nH~.mbc.u A.rt
ne y, Ic: It. alld Mikr. Lor.schr..
local's Annual Picnic
Tremendous Success
L U. 349 (I,o,u,mps,r.m ,rtb, ns &'spa" MI.AJ\lI , R A.-
The Entcrurnmen t Committee PUt o n 11 J1l ca t
prcnlc (Ius yellr In memor)' o f Will "lm H. L.:anger,
Jr., b(Jm lanuary 28, 1918, dIed Februll ry 1, 1984
Bill w as tnitia t ed lnto l ocal 349 011 Pebru fuy 20,
1949. He WIIS prc$u]cnl for 15 yea rS, 1960 through
19"15 . He he lped organi:te one 01- the Urst union
picnu:s In 1956. It w as t hro ugh hi!. gUld l.l nce tha t
tht: loc al un ion advanced wi l h all the. be nefits .....e
CI1IUY lodny . I l hought th~~ was outstanding to h9VC
a (Henle In mem ory of II member who in 111$ UlriC
was re spo nsible for so mllny benefits He and our
EnterulLnme.nt COm fllltt ee always have pUI to-
ge ther m.lDy evenu that ar c very successfuL We
had frec beer at the (Hcnle from II 00 3.m. to 3 :00
p rn, hlt$ of tlde5 for tlll th e c.hlld len under 12
)'ears of age, h e:-e bal-b-qUe chicken, h.amburgers,
hot dogs Ilnd lhc 1ri mmtnt: The re were lots of
hIM IInrl r1rnry fif pll 7.r.~ lit the games and faces. In
the tug- o- war, apprenclces v.s. loumeymen, 01
cOllrse the 10urneymen won The e~· throwlDg
come5t was won by ,df M!;.E.lroy a.nd hiS fianc.ee,
Dawn . Brt'lIkdoi llclng WAS WOn by Wayne Stewart
and his guest Ir a. These youn g boy, s howed III lot
of class
Now I want to go ,,11 the way back to 1955 . C.u l
Taylo r, retiree, who u suI! ~o ing stronn.1 lke many
ot hers wh o helped ma ke ou r 11 111 0 n , we don 't (orge tj
th l5 makes everyone prouJ III thclr Union We all
like to look Ullo lhl; p3l>1 . and .... 1: find men Irke
Ta)'l or thai playc d a blS part In what wc respect
and admire . Asl have sta ted before in past aruclcs,
Inese men have spent long hours IIl1d d,ys con'
lllbutmg to these c.ommittecs and events I have
rud In Lhc mlDu t cs that Carl spent m uc h ume:
2nd was very acuve on boards . He orgamzed one
ol the fi rs l plemcs m St:ptcm ber o( 1955 hdd 00
I..lIbor Day at the same pl;lce. L:ner in the e \'c.nmg
he ~t.a l ed we all p:uaded In II labor Day P3ude,
we lormed on S W EIghth Sweet and matched
down Eighth lind o rth on Biscayne Boulc vard,
throwing out infl ated 349 bal loons . TbL,s wn Lin:
first J:49 picnic ever beld a.nd w.as organized by
Carl Taylor. As h e. stated, t he nnly COSt t o tbe
local I,lnlon wa s 5600 (OJ cvt.tythlng/ and be bad
11I tLC-S for :.111 Ih e contests ;lnd pItney of food and
Pabs t Blue Ribbon bect for everyonc. How times
ha\'c c.ha nged. Now it's no longer S600, i t 's more
IIkc ove l $ 10,000 and no La bor Day f'a r3.de. Well,
let's change 311 of Ihh . Next Se plcro hcr. I'Vl'n if
I t '~:l little hOl, let's get out of our atr c.ond l tioned
homes and PUl Qn II strong LabUl Day Para de. Get
in touch wll h yo ur o fA cc r·, and m.:ake this event
h,1J1pcnJ
Thanks, Carl Taylor, for II great Input liS t his
an ic.le goes to press. Le i us s ho w lhe peoplc labor
" Suon!; and al .....ays wtll be strong. We ....·ould like
t(l see ail unions, especially 349, bac k Ihc Demo·
curic c4Indid3te.s bere: In O"de County. We could
Wtll aoy eleetlon aod put Ihe people in tha.t would
be 2 help to labor. l ocal 349, get aCLIve and come:
to the mee.tlngs , le t us .aU show we C20re about o ur
!lnl on and the success of labor.
Support your Blood Ban k; keep in touc h with
tht: dates commg up. Also support your Stew.aId 's
Mo rt gage fund. This Fund IS growmg and will help
lhc: young iamllu::; 111 Iht: IUh.lle l membe T~, m.a.ke
lhis fund ;I success .
Unti l ne xt mCJnt n, m3.Y God protcc r and be with
you and your families,
CH,tIRL.ES E. " 8 U8I>Y" Er..I.lUTT, V.P.· P.S.
i n Ih is ph:tuJe B rutlu~. f l eU Rowe, Loul l52 , ....D-
sin g, ""ich., sah~ lf director, i. prest'Dling th~ 18EW
Ufe av ing Award to Broth er Lia r d Ness.
CPR Instructors
PictuIt'd are thr u of the cardiopulmonary (CPR I
in Ituctors. Ltlt 10 right ar~ Rick L Wilbur, Charlie.
t·.1Y and K" n Uudle:,.
Brother Rowe Highlighted;
Employees Learn CPR
LU. l 5'2 (ul, LANS lNG , ftUCll.-Brolher Jd"f Rowe,
age 42, born in LAnSing.. Michigan, attcnded Gier
Park Elementary, Pa ttengiU Junior Hi gh . Eastern
High Scbool and Is tbe saIe ty directul fU I Local
352. 1-[( h.1S worked lo r Ih e Board oj Wu er .. 011
ugh t fo r 2J )le.atS .lin d has been;! Inem bc r of Ihe
local (or 2J YC4I n Jeff is a W<il I Cr sc:rviccm:ln wOlk-
ang OUI of t h(! Wa ie T Depa nment toellled on HlI~eJ
Street hr re In Lansl n" and bi s ho bblcslln lc rcslS
:arc phologuphy, motorcyde riding Itou!'lngl lor
Christi a n Moto rcycle Associa ti on and being
membe r of t he Nn ll ooal Sa fety Co un tl l, Lanen
n tVl sion He Is not \c n 'tng .0, or mteres ted In
scrvln f; m. Clny ot her union offi ce at I h is tlmC", bm
hl s ph ilosoph y Of cuncc rn o; PCIU 10 lng tlI t he unIOn
m o ve m ent al e, "Loca l 352 and t he olhc: r Ull llJ!l'
acron the COUniry .should band togethe r fur sw:rwh
10 encl111 lllge law'S to be passed to p rOlect the
worxeu from h;auuduu5 ffilitClI:tls and C(lInf\antc:!>
that Ihmk nOlhmg of nSKmg ~·o ,-kt'r.s· In'f's III
hmbs 111 un5 .. (t: workang ~ondltJonst' T hc PO$lIlOll
of UOIOI1 s;lll"lY Llut:ctLll ClUSl5 beclIuse of contrJC[
I.1ngu3llc, .1Od Brothl!; r Rowe 'A'as appurrltl'd IU Ihe
poSltlm1 l!tree yea rs .:Jgo whro Brother LJrry 8rn .... n
wa~ promoted to th<: pasmon of Board of WJ.tc.t
lind Llghl Safcl)' t)lre~101 Pan uf the duties arc tU
cQ·chalr II iOint (u lBon .1ml manageme n tl slIfety
mee tll1 ~, conduc i mOIl.h ly safety In :'ipcctlon .. With
a Ill nn llj.:cmtll ' Tl'l'1 rcscma t h 'e, invcstiSll tc SC,TlIJU!o
aCCl dcnu and ~cn tl C:Opl C:~ of C\'cry AC(ld':llt to,:, lilt,.
lBEW's SafelY Depaltln"'''t
Recently the Boa rd of W:Her and Ligh t conduCll'd
cardlup\l!monary rcsuscH:Hlon tePRI classes fur
lb I"mplol'l"cIi, which eotlsl!t t!d of lec(url!r., prilCtlcc
on ·Annu:- ::md dolts n:prescnllng Infan ts. etc., ;IS
weB as 3. Wllttc:n cum on allihe materLal covered
In t.1\e \f;\\ning. se 51011:1, Upon ~uc.(.essful ct'tmplc
tion we were RW:lldrrl rrrnfiral1nn from Ih(' Amn ·
Ican Red lOSS 101 compJetlng a baSIC life support
course an ca rd lopulll1ona ry rcsuSeltallOn Many 01
the HlSII UctOrs, certdi~d J5 Ifls t ruclo rs by the Red
Cross, were unlQn me mbe rs, and in Ih is rc p<.mcr 's
oplniQIl, \1\1:)' Ihd an excellent lobI 1 am sure: t hat
I am nol :llone 111 tillS up lnlon . 1 understand Ih:1I
there ~ rc to be! refresher Cou rses m the fUlurc . At
lhe BOArd C.1c11 depa rt mem has 3 Safety AdYl.'lory
Commilice conSlstmgo! equal rc prcscnt.Jllon from
union .and mllnagcmcnt employees who mee1 once
.a mum.h IU51 PI\OI lodcpartmcnul saicly meetings
The AdVisory Cummll1t<: bas no power 10 spt'nd
monIes Ot 10 ch,1ngc safety rules In thC' Board 01
Water and LIght Safety M::mual, bUl makes rec'
ommendatlons to the lOin I Commlttce conSl.sttng
of the UniO rl b U.'HlIl''JS agent, presidcnt, safelY di·
rCCl or, etc., and re" resen r.Hiv t5 ot upper nldl1olge-
m cm to expe nd m onie~, ame nd safel )' ru lcs, del !!t&!
safl: t y rules, incorporate new safety rules, e tc
In t he Line Depa rt ment. the mee ting agenda far
t he Adv liO rl' Com ml ll ec conSJlitS of reVIt! "-' 01
s.a fe lY suggcstlons from de pa rt ment employees;
Icpo n on hazard rcportS submlttcd and review 01
corrective aUlon ,akenl rcpolt on number of mlury
~('eldem repons and n:Vlew of cause and correcnve
aClion laken, n!VlCW a nd submit recoll1mCncl:mllos
fo r unS9re condltions or work procedures nOI !iub-
muted by II h:lZlIrd repa rtl rCVlew of nlles In Salety
M:l.nu al tllddHU)n3! a mendmt: nl s, r C ~'lslons,
mIDs)1 recammcllCl.H lon of tO pICS far sa fety mee t·
Jn~ nnd ,afcty prl)graml ot her sa fe l Y buslncss M t
On Ih e n!:;cndll J AdVISOry Comm itt ee rci.:lt1 onshl p
with 'omt Com m lttCc (bazard report or problem
that Clmnot be resolved 31 deparm1 cnlill level,
proposed 5Ilfety rule: levisions!. and go over · n~.lf·
miss· acclI:lent repons DIstribu tio n of Advisory
Commiltec: meetmg mJDU leS IS as follows: depart
mem supef'o'l lon, depanrncn l Adyisory Cummll-
tee members, umon ufc l Y d'N::CIOr, Board
and Light SllfelY adminIstra tor
Water 0'
Happy Ne ..... Yl'll r, c\'crrone'
jUIlJoIl'ATJI.!CK H ARPSTER, I'.!).
Labor Chief Speaks
To Local Members
L.U. 364 (i,tJn ,rt,;,5pllt.L c .ilv}, RO CKFORD, ILL.-
A{tC'f our IIiS I regular vmon mee ti ng. wh ich ..... ;lS
held on Octobe l 15, l oc.:a l 164 nlld the , 'e3It hanOI
to have Lane: Kukl aml, preSideD! of the J\ Fl CIO,
u lk to U& 300U I tnc. {utUI\: of th~ wo,kmg pelSOR
In thu COuntry. He went on to uy l ha l the wo rk 109.
muldl ('·c!aS5 In(h \'idIl111! milS! nO I (.111 infO:I p:l I'
tern of lazmess bUI musl conslSl end y .....ork for OUt
Labor Chief
Ii
In ,hi .. p i c~\)(I:, Idl to tight, ;l I t. A1'>~ i ... taU\ 8 U'iin'l'.i.
Manage r i\,i kit Ft' II, c r, Pres ide nl Lane Kirkbllul
:md A §~h l:tnl Du ~ i Jl e.:Ios lttanager To m Eschen.
futlJrc rill" IS t he fi rsl lltnf: Rockford hJ~ ever had
Ih e IHlY llq:I' III h;\vI' Mr KHkl ;l nd \\p ~ lh uq We
th'lI1k PreSIden t Kuk l.lnd an d h i:\. Wi fe for bemg
Willi u.. and h.:lrrlOg to stimul..ltc 1"11 1l1le l eSI III
uu: fUHl/e
WUl k In our Alt.:.;! IS huldmg ItS uwn ...... Ith Book I
clc;lt ;lnd .l~lln thiS monlh we werc IIble IU PUt
some Htlok II r'i'0plc to .....ork. Hopefully, wllh rJ
$tnAll de,,"Ieol'\it,: III Iht' pJlme InlereSI U I C, more
eomp,;mle~ throu~hoUlllw, cuunuy Yo III SHire PUt
un,. JllIUl' dnllan bJ<:k into IhclI bU~InI::!>~es 3ml
com petc wllh Ihe foreign markets
The BYl on Noclear SI,ILUIn recClvcd their license
It) load fuc! the first of Nu"cmbl'r \\pun prolectell
full p OW':; 1 itl1 Un it lin Feb rua ry of 19ftt;.
LlII:ul ,l6<l wl~ 1 1C~ a ll Ilf yuu and yuu l famllu:s
had a blco,st:d ChnMmas ::md ;1 Ha ppy, Pro~f'CIO U $
New YU I MJY the Loru nchl)' bless cach of yU\!
10M K,,,,t'MI n. l' 'i
Local Celebrates
70lh Anniversary
L U, ]75 Ii), A L",ENTO WN, PA .-Word~ c.JnnPI
deSCribe the ultra gain 70th AnnLyeuuy Dinne r·
dde ·
DJ.ncc. WI: ct~kh ta r " lf on O,lnhrr 11.1 The :dilllt .... u
held allh~' Hotd H ili on In AlI cn ll1WI1, 0 ... , I CtllcC~
w Cl e wc ll repfl"~en t cd. T h e me DU consisted tlf
r ' ltne li b of bed and Il lmm in);s PreSiden t Richard
Foltz (lpcne&! the occasIOn by wtlCOIllIO& al l 111
IIw.;nd:mec Alter our s3.1u t e 10 the flag. Ihothc l
Donald Kernn:hellJffe led our InVQC~lIIon Brothu
Thumils RUlel yo 3s tu3slm~st("L HI'Ii ,okes kepI the
audience laughing thruughoul hiS preScntat10n. FO I
Ic:mark , loseph Sp;arks, IllternOlt lun.a1 RcplcscnI
alive uf the Thin.! District. s pok.e for union pon·
c1rlcs., la!)e Wdls Schouiery, a .::andld:H.e :l.t lhe
ume for II cungrt!!!oMonal seat, spoke on hC I !t[cumc
tic.; Wl lh unIon o rganizi ng. The Ho no u bh: DtHla ld
Wieand strcssed the lIl1porU nce of I:c tli ng out the
VOte In Older 1(1 have Ihe u.:prcse nt nll nn t hAt In bor
dese rves. The gues t spc;1ker, In tc rn atlUnal Exccu
tlve CI.ILlllcli me ml:".'. loh" McNuh'l, rcliycd Ol'
g" !iI~t:J lahlJr from itS begJlJmng. He lalked ~bout
thc tt!iHlun~ why ..... orkels. are urgnnl;.!cd and ur,J.tcd
all 10 con ti nue the tr3dltlOllS st3H1:d hy OU I fore
'llhel DJncmg WJS prOVided by ll.i l! btest banJ In
tl)Wn, " 8ud Il.ader," A. diSC lockey plilryed Iht:' 1:lleSI
lUl lun.;,lot addu\onal CnlCna.mme.nl. T hroup;hout
Ihe e~'entng drinks well.' plc:ntlful. Tb e: dance noor
Yo';I') Rller! w1 th menyrnake rs Everyone w as Yery
pleased lind hlld II ma rvelous ti me We thank t ht
Gala
Also cnioring Ihemsc lVes .;I1 Ih e h nqu el arc, Id l
til ri ~ h l ,
Rand y Pa rks 4I nd wile lu dy, Ed Plu iu a nd
guest Cin d y W Ulim ct, DO li Par k s lIud wil l! ' oy ee
:lIId C:arol ft\ ink a lit! hli s ban (1 e d , p re's" st'c rt'U ry
III I.l \H loc al.
Uim(IUel Cornmlllee lor OIl job well done
Brothel Anthony "Tony" ').1\1er .and his Wl(e:
DolorCJ ttHcled from Orl.1ndo. rlondA, 10 .mend
our COIla Brother $;1Uc r IS cn!Oyln~ letlrc:metllllnd
tr~vdro lh~ f:.utheSI lO come lO our 70th AnI\WCt·
sary Banquct. We certamly erllo),cd hl~ company
;1nd Wish him wtll for m,my ye.u~ of It'tn emenl
II IS .....ah deep regret I repon the 10 5 of retiree
ChJ .les " Tom" May Tom diet! tin All S,llnt', Day,
N on~mbeT L. We convey nUl cundulences 10 hiS
faml ty ,nd loved ()ncs
Il t: A I1l !!rJcan l Bu y A m c n c:Jnl L1yc nowl
ED Ml e ll\:, rs
Two Plants wi ll
Expand in Future
l..U. ] 88 (i,e m,rls &' pal, STE VE S POI NT, \\'15.
-I n ine Immcdlalc past we ho1Vt' had II few of our
aJlJlrc:ntlct's " turn Out," :lod .... e ha\e now Sicked
them on the world ThclI name .. lin: LOI'li Johnson,
DaVid Northup. SCOll Olson, Michael MCHdrzyck"
Ronald Mc E..Iche n, DaY ld Hl.lu'IC I and Mark An
duson.
In th e: nea r fu ture thefe ...... tl i be c(p ,l n~ l u lI wo rk
;a tthe 0 ·1, To mahaw k Pnpe:f Mil il dUll) {O l Con
soltdatcd Papc rs in Wisconsm RJpids In IYKS. The
" WlInden ng mE W T nbes 01 Israel" might come
bac.k to " Ierusalt-m" ne:CI yc:.ar' AI this ume we
~IIII have ove l 100 loume)'man Wiremen on 800 k
I
Well guys, the election IS llyn. lOll we ;rre 111
tlouble: for the. n~xl fnUJ years '\JOI nnly ,n iH , with
the :l.ppOlntmc:ots Reagan wlll be making to lile
Suprc m eCou n 3nd the N LRR we will beln u(lublc
'{IT the next .10 YC;tlS. As Reagan uys, " You :un'C
'ie\!Tl nOlh lllg yt:'t ." For ex:am p le, wi th th l! I)re!cnt
Ild n ll l11 Str:lIl l;1l1 we havc no labor controls on Ihe
nnw of mlC \ n .. ll(Hi u t ...."' llIllit ,\ .. \1.. ~t l ~ "I~)' v ( Yvu-
-'
ker&, New York, what hapPcl1cJ to thcII13JC p :aycrS'
SII ml lhon gH'eri 10 OtiS Elevator 10 pr'o\'Jcle II
""z
a:
'ceu re, local, American tax basc lri thC:1f cttyl O t iS :::>
went mulunltlol1aJ, the mOllcy IS gonc and t he ..,o
pl:lnt IS do mg. Sound f3mllia.r1 You can multiply
th~s to lhl! lUth power How do you hke 11 Dowl
We m ust evangelize Ihe non · unlOn wo rkc.: r, .;I,
we d td In l ht P;';St. ta kmg conuol DC our b:mlnng,
ludicia l, c xecu ll vc. econom i c and leglslatl vc sys· 31
 lems along the gUiddmes 01 the: Bill of RIght
Above: .all we must eliminate " The- Golden Rule
(Congu:ss"- thcy th at has tbe gold- rule!
Once agai n we chank all of Our SISle r lncah ,
ever)'whe re In the nation, for helping us Ut.lt In
pJ:fccmcn t
ALLAN M C; E"'C H[N, r .S.
Hero
Showu in Ih ili pic:lUre, teh to right, Irc I-h:,le Cile,
business managcr-Gnancial secretar),. Local 396,
Las Ve&u. Nev., Ind u ri A'lorgenstern, PBX per·
son, Cmtrlll Telephone Complln y, who WI5 aw:ardrd
the 18 £ W Lile Sn'i ng AWiud.
Brother Morgenstern Hero ;
Sister Coates Retires
LU. 396 lu&'t), LAS VEGAS, NEV.-it was wllh
gu::at prade- on behal( of Intctnal1on.d Pre:Sldent
Ch;uiu H Pllhud, IOlernationaJ Sec letary Italph
A., leigon, Ninth DIStri ct V,ce: Pn:.~lldent S. R.
" lack" Meeo.nn and officers and members of Loca l
396, thar J had the hOllor of preSenting an IlJEW
Life lIVUlK Award to Brothel Carl Motgenl'ltcrn,
Cen tral Telepherne Company PBX pc:r:Sol'l. who hll
bt:tn eredltcd With uvang the hfe of lin IIn~wc:rlOg
SU\"Ice oper.1tor, Helen provine . ....·hen he found
her unconsClOUS on the 0001 dunng :I routlnc
scrvlce etlll Slmher Morgc.nsl~rn', qUick actlnn
• nd efficlcnt admmlstration of mOUlh to -lntluth
rcsu8C:lutlOn slIved her Ide. Local J96 eXpre sses
sincere npp lt'CUlllOn 10 BrOlhcr MorS;L'nsccOl, CX"
It:ndlnK congnlu lutlons and best wushcl ironl thl'
enure Brotherhood on lecelvmg tbe lllKhcst iaw:lrd
rhe 18£\'" hu to oHer HS l.JfeSil\' lO~ AWlird Plaque
Brothcr ,Mo'8~nslcm "".as ~150 a ....·;uded Ccntcis
prestigio us Humanll::man Award fur hIs res ourc e·
lulncu
Slsu:r Dd la " Re l h" Coatl:s, CcnH:1 OpeJ(UOI,
member I)f loca l J96 and mt.'mber of Ihc mEW fo r
J2 yeall, Iccendy retired trom Cen lral Telephone
Com pllny _ SIster Coa tes was bonored .1t Il;ver.\l1
re:tll('meOllun,heons. Belh stated tha.t u:uu!me:nt
probably dtdn 't change he. IrfC' 100 much the
blg(teSt dl({erence IS thac 311 those chsngs she O(,\'('r
blld lime 10 do wrll now become: all th ose: thing,;
stu' can ' t aUold 10 do, Throughout Beth 's .n years '
I~nurc , the se rved (he local well In m:u1y offices
lUlJ as Il SlewMd an d ge.nwne frl cnJ to her co
worker'S Hcr dedication and dele rmrna tu,lI1 un
behalf of or&ani:ed labor was gr~atlv .pprcca.lted
by the loc~ , and she truly Will be ml.;.sai " Cr~nny, "
cong.3tul.ltluo5 upon your retirement from Centfal
Telephone Company, the local Wishes yuu wtlJ
LocoIl 396 members on respectlvC' ptOIH!flleS ,
Celltr!)1 Tell::phlme Company, Centel Businc$S ys ·
tems, CP Natlon:ll Corpora non alld NCV3l111 Power
>- Company, Can bc proud of their 1984 United Way
a:
«
:::>
Involvemcnt . Ccntml Telephone Company em ·
z .s
ployeC's' contnbu tl on \\.'as a whoppang 121 ,000-
that ' , .II record to be proud of In :lny campan)'
!!i Con~:Jafuliltom from the Brotherhood
~
« I\s thl" 3rtlde IS belD& wlItten. J-Llllowe('n gob·
z I1ns have Itturned to hiding. electllm resuhe; Will
II: be known .... orld wide, and preparallons :lte ove l
:::>
o
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by the membe rshIp for the holldll)" sellson. How·
eve l, II wlls nOI :1 happy time fo r approxlI111lldy 40
ope rators who were aHeeted by iI force redUCtiOn
scheduled between November IS and Dccc:mbcr I ,
1984, The rc:ducllon became DC'CCSSIU), dUe" to
Centd', irnp!emCmllltOD of automatic ctC"du ·c.arJ
SC'rvICC' thai no longer requires ~pe:ra t ol IntclcC'pl
Using touch ·tonC' and Ic:c:\ In eledlt ·cud numbc:rs.
the swltchln& 5)' tern aUlomallcdly (oaRrleres ,he
cal1.11te OMS toll,swltchlng systcm slmJlI ~' eltm-
ma t es lobs. If Cen tl al Te le phon e- Com pany IS nol
success ful in proVidIng AT&T traffic 0+ servll~e,
e)tlr opcra tor wack lo rc;c WI ll be reduce d approxi-
mately 100 addltiomti lobs All I can say at thIS
poin t is that the union 15 keepmg ItS finge rs croosed
Maybe somC'day delegulallon Will be: bistory, al·
though It Will neve. be like: the ",good old days."
Nevada Power Company contributed S1. 5 mIl ·
hOD to the UnJvcr~llY or Ncvllda .11 Las Vcg,n 10
I S 5100,000 annual payments 10 be uullzed III
esta bl ishing an engineeri ng college un the Las
Vegas campu,. N ev ada 1'0Wl,;I Cllmp::rny Presiden t
Charles lenzle expl.nilled on Illc.1i television th3t
thiS corporate gilt wuuld be denved from the
$40,000,000 profit the co mpany made last ye,iIl
The aru!1J31 gIlt! would nUl be p .. ss.~d on 10 'he
Io<:al ute payers lhc umon applauds Ne"'ada
Power Company In thelT dio rt s on bcha.lf of Ihe
communityj it I! tru ly II wo rthw hi le endeavo l .
H Qwc~'e r , les, thAlI 24 hours after their an nerUnce ·
ment, the company Informed the Ioc.al. th.1t due
10 e.conomICS, some of OUI membe rs at the Rdd
GardDl:r Cenenltlng Stallon north of La, VegaJII
would be I~as'§lgned 10 spla t shIfts, working week ·
ends (QI straight-tIme hourly nne of pay lust how
long do you uppose: It wllllllkellfftttC'demployecs
to recoup SI ,5 mlltwfI! It 's pure. and simp lcj they
received thell Chnstma ~ gunsc lonl; before Thanks·
gl 'o'lng!
MOlU CILE, B.M · F '
Begin New Year
With Involvement
L.U. 398 (u), C UARLES TON. S.C.- He-lio a&a lJ)
frDm 398, 1 hope in the nC:! 1 fUl ure 10 be able again
to cume out li nd take M.un!! phOlOS of the Brothers
lind Sisters In 398, and to be Ilble t o attcnd some
of the lol3nd DlStrlc.t meellngs m WaltC'looro,
~nmark. lind BC'AUfolt (;alwQys IHlve my camera
fJn h.tnd ar all the CbarJe.sron Tndi'nl ar~~ mc('t·
lOge; , So come ou t to one of the meetings 3nd show
YOU I support 3nd hive your photos laken .
'limes L Rowe, WdlrllmS StIltion , won th C' Oc·
tober Charleston tllct:ting door pri z.e
Our local's condolences lilt WIth 'oe F Mock,
Sr. , Charlt!'ston l\.C' r\'lee tepresentatlv'!.', on the dc.:tth
of hiS m o th!;"r, J.nd loe r Mock, Jr., Ashey Phos-
ph;nc Ro.td Eit"crrl.c Ope:UltlOIlS, on the death of
his gnndmother Also to Ch.lIles F. Hancoc:k. on
the death of an unclC' Brother H3ncock 15 employed
at Plant HJgood
As tb e new year COQles Ill, let's aJi take some
Cl{(Ia lime "mJ sec" we all cnn f ;jch contr ibute a
lade more to Ihe \oc:11 union and the Brotherhood
Membership involvement Ilnd cmhuslasm IS Ih e
answcr Your lucal l't r.>nly as snong as you "":lnt
It to be Only your pe l.!>!)na) Jnd dtdicned lOvolYc-
ment Will m;ake our l()C al unio n viable ;lind pIOS'
perous In the fU lure- YVlt1 future Let me ag.illn at
till S tlme mcntlf)l1 Ihe local 's fOUf mceung loe3-
!lonS-ln Charleston !It the mEW 776 umon hall
on SeibcrHng £toad m Cha rl cstun Heights; rn w :ll·
tc rboro at the Amtnc.1n Lcglon POSt No. 93 h:all
on Highway 15 otth, In Dcnmark 31 the Fire:man ' s
Hut off S.C . 18, .. nd io Beaufort ilt the ne ..... File
m3lJ'S HilJI
On the local ' s Inlured/ slck 11M IS Dil\'Ld K. Ross,
Charleston £JcctllC OperlltiOnS,
The (lnl)' other news to rcpoft On lS the plOblem
In SummerVille. +lnd I'll leave Lt III tha t. That 15
oil fO l thIS month
htrmRIL K LlE MtTIi TREAS · P.S.
Labor's Friends Win
In Area Elections
LU . 405 (i,spa&rtbl, F.O I\R RAPIOS, IOWI\-
Wdl, hC le we a re with fou r more years of Ronald
Reagao. Appa .endy t he Amencan wo rker ha.5n ' l
h;ad enough yct We: did real well In t his area We
elected T om Ha l kln I.bol 's 'nend, ::rnd had tWO
ieglsl.atOls taJ8e led by the Rcpubhcans (eelecud.
Olle leg:rslator had hcr opponen t hit her hard fO l
\'otmg nn flrevallmg wage; but labor r:alhed bc.hand
hel", ;rnd the wonl
We hllY C: t ht follo..... lOg members who have beeD
on th e sick list : Tom Delanc.ey. Mick Shea, '1m
Ryan, ScOtt Ski ll ing, Don Ht:necke and W(l.1t lo nes
II Js !)lwlIYs sad to report th e death of a Broth er or
SiSler. Brother Charlie St ephens passed IIway. HI!
wu mlliated tnlO the ISEW IUlle, 1944. He retired
Fd'lruary. 19S1, H e. waS 67 .
The Ced.u R.apids B'Uildlng Tude, held therr
AnnUli Hunter:;: Pancake BrC'ak(~t November 3.
We have sevt lal pnzes for that drawn b'om the
Ilcken. First prize wa s a new Remmgton 360
shotgun which was won hy one of our 405 memo
bcrt, lId l H.{Ines. CoagrntulsdonyJ Two $50 pri zes
Wefe also given out , th~se were WOD by Dotl Sun lcy
and Clair ScOtt. $even $25 pnzes wert" awatd~d,
oInd one of these .....as WOn by RIchard Vogel DC 4()S .
We have tWo new reUn:es on OUt tiSL lerhn King.
IOttlaled $eptembt:f 16, 1953, retir~d on November
1. 1984. Ch.arles Sova, ,"ltI'ted September 28,
1949, lelited on Novc.mbcl I, 1984. tveryone wishes
these tWO Bn:lIhers m a ny happy, deserved yell rs of
reti rement .
I can't n:pOrt anyt hing on the work slIo3tion , it
IS no bettc i In 405 .
One IllS! thlngl would like to remind the: BrothC'ls
lind Sl$~(!:rs IS lhlll the uni on IS only as ,good 35 you
m .. ke it and that means sueDdmg mee ting•• We
have Brotbers and Sisters who don' t attend meel'
lng, regularly. Our att endance hu gooe do wn very
muth to where you hav e only .II few making dec.i·
510ns al3 meeting ilIld the rest griping, Attend and
be:: .a pllrt of your um on! People who represeot us
on Ihe lob should keep informed an union affllllS
Onc way to destroy II union IS 10 nO[ corne to
meetings, then gnpe about wh at the body and
officers dccuh:d upoo!
I was preCin ct captalll .. gam thiS year. I weruld
like til ~l1d I had all union people he lpmg ; IlIn
DuUy, Iron Wo rker, DareD Utley, Irml Wotker ls
sonl Manny Unhc, Laborer , and I,m Beninaus,
Pipe Filter Thanks, fellow Broth!::,!
CLtrro1Ull-lIccl:-l~. P S
Representatives
"tL: FtT -
or
(hre arf' lhle lepreM!o l3t iYIU tbt: Oulldlng T radleS
whic:.h olak e up Ihe f:ncutive or Ibe ",ltJe fia Coun-
cil 01 u bor. From le ft 10 ri, h. arC' M, We bbel ,
Operolting £ng;nu.rs; L. Cook, Ullited AIIDW liol)
IFi ll trsh C. Vict or, Brieklayu J L, Vollrath, In-
!;ulator j P. Salisn'Y. iBEW , , . Ahehc:son, P a iDI~r:SJ
D. Bac ks, Op('l1llting EII.g.ill ecrsl Dale l\!;htOfl, IBEW ,
R, Cra wford, Elevilto r WOlken , R. Gllrvey, Boil -
trma kers, and I, I\'leCambly . pfe Id('nt , CFL, IP hot o
eeru n e.y of Lo~l 424, EdmontOn, Alta,)
Exxon Boycott Successful;
"Dream Home" Built
L. U. 424 (i,o,u ,n ,mO,1t b , II S,s pll,C'r ,Cli/tm &.JI$). ED·
MONTON, ALTA. -T be past f~w mont h !i h;l.vt
been very busy for thiS loca l m C'vCIY ..... ay , exc.ep l
fllr p~llIlOg people to work. Unemployment among
our mcm~rshlp i5 still very hJgh wah n(l Imm~ '
dLate rehef in Slgb t .
May 27 Wa the date of OUI Annual Unloo PicniC
Due to qUilsl ' lm:lerneDt weather, only llbou l 100
people tumed ou t at Bo rdl'n Park fClr the fun even l
During the cou rllC of the aftern oon, mall)' hot dogs
;Ind solin!! Were cunsuUl(!d by kids and v.rrentS
al lke _There were: games md prlZt'S {Ol atllhe kids
One of t he hlghhghts of th e plC::n,,: WIIS a "kids
llgultlst adults" tug·or-w.u At chit time ( w(lu ld
like to enlef .It protest to the judges chlu thC' Iuds
won by sht!C'r tllckuy lind dece.it I know we won't
 Volunteers
T h eM! lU~ su rn t'- (If t he I11tmbns 0 1 [,.0(111 414 who
d on~ted tke lt hours to tornp lett'- the " Dren m '·Iome. "
In th e top lOW arc V.ir lend e nning, Marv Rti ch,
OOU~ Dal y, Mik e Yco m ansJ Willy Pctu, Gcorge
Chatlcllllturian :lind GcorJ;«' Sun ley; in Ihe bottom
row IIrt! Frank C:upino, Bill Overland , lldnhafdt
I Ulk~ch :lI . Mike Kunl and urI!. 'R onan.
be so cuy to defeat next l'car tHn though ,ato
urnr: down pretty heavy II few umes dunn, the
aficrno<m, all the Iuds-both )'oung And old-
allo}'cd the (vent and the opponunllY to meet
Ihcu co workcrs ' bmlllU. Thank$ to the members
of Ihe Unll One executive lor a fine tob In rai sing
the m o ney and o lga n l";:log the eVent. Ou r o nly hope
is tha t th e wU t hc r m3 11 will coope rate lUSt a h Hl e
more for th e: gala aifail planned for 1985 PLCIUICU
Ille snrne of the d u ld rcn WLth their trophies :md
rlhbon s won In th e mlln)' rnees and cvc:nts.
Som e mon lhs a.go I reported to yuu thllt E<;sQ
Resources had de:ci ded 10 usc: non · uni on w rkers
on I'h,Hlt 1 and II tn the CQ ld like lIte.:l I hAd asked
.:I ll members 10 sprl!'ad the word thnt we <;hould
boycott tuo jEXXON I and thei r product s Many
of you wro te letters to Mr Pell!' rSe n and recelvcd
answers from him Many others SCnt ba ck th en
c redit cud. wah expl:ln:ltJOn5 .:IS 10 why you
weren 't IMlerestedin them anymore. Wdl, 11 w rked"
and we elln congratulate ou rselves fO I OUI p:ln in
hclpinA E.s 0 Resources Canada, lt d. to re:alu:e
that to do a iob well, you have to usc qua.llflN aml
c.xfltlU~ nr:c:d labmu flee.usc of the boycon and
o ther problems, J'OSlubJy on sue, Pha<;cs III and IV
hne been awarded unton to Dillingham lind the
electrical to Che mco Elect ric, ltd. Now we m us t
.pve o ur ocst cHon 10 ensu re t hai Ih c qu:a!atr of
theSe ph~ sts ou uhmc s ,ha t of the fl ut tWO . I kn ow
thllt ..... e can do it T hank, for all the s u p pOrt from
:I ll of our BrOthe ls anJ SLStCrs, wh ic h hel ped vc ry
much In the decisl on·ma klng of E~so Resources
At till' lQCJ I 424 Unit I Mee ti ng in M ay. 1984,
we:. wl!'re pJt'sscd to pre'l;cnl so me of o ur members
wilh service av.' ,;uds We would like 10 e xtend 10
Brothen Lilley and Sosnows ki a sincere thank you
for many ye:.ars of sen 'ICc as umon members, and
for letl1ng the IBEW be :I pall of you r w(1rkmg
Irvcs. May you en lOY you I U:lirr:mtO I yeau, know-
Ing thAt you Wt' I(, .some of th e ~5t there ,ue in
this pro vince . And not to forget B. o.her Kcn ltu , ·
cell, a th~nk you for you l 2.'l yt'ars of dedu::allon
and.ll h o~ for a lew mo rc YUr! of help and se rV1~e
to the 18EW, Thanks and eongra l ul:mon 10 ali i
In the 5P' lRg LOC4I14l4. along wllh orner bUlldlllg
!l ades dfih:ucs, banded tOAethe r to try to hc:lp the
Northern Alberta C hIld ren's Hos pita l Foundat ion
in UISlnst monies fo r the ll much·needed hosPll31.
Mr L,ury McDona ld, International Repre.!tcn t:l ltve
for t he Tcamsu.' rs, dt.:velo ped an idc::a whu:1t wuuhJ
sce t he hUlldmg of a D lca m Ho m e with volu n tee r
Iobou r :and donations fro m the vauo us 8cgl11 cn ts
of Ibe cons tructIon Industry. Labour DlIY, 1984
sa w th e offiCIa l o pen ing of the Dre am Ho me at
5704-181.st Stret:t In Edm ont on, Albt·rtll This
2,000 square foot homc, which featur es soch ecm·
forts lIS • laCUUl, IW O li,er1aees, four bathrooms,
txe r e l~C ruom. double allachal gllr.agc and mQny
morC', was raffled off on NO\·mlbc.r JO. 198" . Brother
Ceorge Ch~uehlltumlll of Lonl 4 1 4 was ID (hllge
ol Ihe tl c kets.ales for tb e protect.. The hou~e::, valued
at approx imately 5250.000, Will be open d,u ly for
vl ew mg, and tlckelS arc ava il llble o n sLte at well
astn roug,hou lth e:: Edmo nton a rea from Ulnon hall s
;Inti m,.mhl"u.
The: pro iet ti If successful. could ra lte as mu ch
as a hli lf-nlllllOn dolla!!! for the Hospital One
fc atun.' O ll hl ~ beautiful hOlile 110 ,m Alllana In:aung
and liLt (OmlttlOnm,g unll va lued at over 51 3,000
and H. the first unit of ItS lund In tht.· provance
Also tndude::d In Ihe futures Ire II cornruten:ed
secun t y 5Y$1tm , bUllt'ln \ at uum svstcm, a ce:: nllal
OlL,SI( y$l(tn lind the home u furnIShed ,u well
11 15 the firsl5uch prOlc:' c t unLJeru.ken to tbu txt.:n t
by the bUilding I rad~, amI IhlS SCribe WI"hc5 II
every .UCCI!~S
PLCIUu:·d with th l,!; arucle are: some of the mun~
tb llon ~O l1\em~rs of om loca l who gratuitously
donat ed m.tny, m.lny huur~ tu sec Ibat Ih u home
w a~ C'urnplcted on ti m e. Th ese BrO lhers ""'r: le pre::g.
t:nt to I CU','JC a s m all loken of the loca l's app re!'
cuuon fO I n lob ..... ell dune I am slI rc tha t the
chI ldren pf No rthcrn Alh 11;1 al ..o thank yuu
I w l<;1I In rcmllld ",II m embers of the r gular
monthly rllCCllngs held on the thud Wednesday 01
evcr; month for Uml I and thc th!rJ Thu rsday 01
c\cry month fo r Unlt .3 an Fo n McMurray Outi ng
these ti mes " I hu::h uncmploymcnt, th e local ner:ds
yow UPfllU! more than e:: ver Your tnpUI IS needed
so as to du(ct aur 1()C,;a1 un I pIth 10WIud 5('Cu rllY
and lu .... cr unemploymcnt fo r our memMIS
LAI\IlY l£.MMO~ I' S
Retired
Ja m es Re id rl'cl'utly re·
tired u buslfltu ulllll '
~I~r of LocaJ4J8, Troy,
N. Y.
Officers Elected ;
Business Manager Retires
L.U. 4n (il. TROY, N. Y.-Loc." 438 held t"1t"Ctl ons
recently, replaclDg, among othe , ofAc ers. Bro the.
James Reid, re i iring bUSin ess mln.lgu. joining the
IOClt In 1946, 11m st:rvcd ao; vl(:e p, cslden l, ltC:I$'
urer, Iln:encial secre lllry. Til Chy N CgOtLlltlng
Co mmitt ee membcr, App rerHLceshLp Cn mrnlllCC
m ember lin d for the past nine ye3u. as OU I bU Siness
m nn:lgcl /101 cc ru ml y served ou r electrical union
.....ell. whether workUlg as a lOUln eyman wir eman,
fore m an. su perin tenden t Or In IllS many olhe ,
admlrllSUaUVe offices
BlOlll cl 'obn Macaulay replaced Brother Rc.ld III
bu sine~ 1 mlLLnage.t aft er !>C'rvlO~ as trt.:asu l er of o ur
local for three year!. We Wish John the bes. an hu
new lob
The o thcl e lec ted offict"rs l it: plcsldent, fred e,
Ick Trimm, vice preSident, DaVId Bure l n:cnt dmg
scere::ta IY, V Donud CunnlDxham , 6n~neu l sec..
retary. Frederick Nusbe rger, lI easu ler. Douglas
Wilkie , and Executive BO:l rd ,lImcs ha ltl and,
D.mel C()(I lcc, R.lYnlond Dunvage, Mleh;ael
McClu.?llccy, Ir , Wllha.m O 'Conno r, Ill, a nd MI'
chllc\ C reaney.
School ha. . slarted once again fo r ou r apprentt cu
The , (Hile Appr cnllces hlp Ulm m lttee:s fro m l oc a ls
4.18, 7211, Alb,1 ny, and 166, chenl.'!clady, nre r4,1'
spo ns lble fo r the traini ng through even ing cirlsse$
and o n t he: ioh e xperi cnce::. lourn ey m an chssc.:s Il rc
:also offered fur those who want 10 shfl rpclI their
skills or ic:::ern new o nes. One t.lass offe lcd 1111.5
yt'lIr L~ Fllnrlllnlt'nt111"1 of !'rOff)\;" rnntrnl I\nll In-
UrUOl Clltaelon. T illS year reSIdentia l Wllemen
('ou rses are 11150 bemg offtu:d
Local ;I",S meCI" regularly on Ibe: first M onwy
of each month Pl e.:lse plan to a llend Ihe next
meeunj; Thi5 15 YOUI un IOn, and 115 5UCCe$'J IS
your Ic')pcmslbillty Current trends of government
and bWlllcss a n: nOt bdplng oU! caUse! If we a rc
to SU.rVlve :15 a union, we 1I1U St beco me mOlt:
mvnlvc;d in bUi lding a stro nlcr body. T ogethe r we
can Improve what we: havc mherited from ou r
hard work inA Brotheu , but Without every une, we:
~.n: nOt II !Hro ng uni on Aprrcnu eu ar e required
to a ll cnd ,II mon thly m ecling~ a5 p~.rt of Ihell
trammg Jo urneymen, whe re arc youl
1 Itg.etfully e:nd thiS report with the writtng of
the de.l lh5 of two Brothers Anthony AlJano, an
employee of ScOIl Pape r Compllny m Tleo nderoga,
""';IS I..llIeJ tit "Hi lI l.ItullluLiJc al,.l,;lIJc:'lIl AUKU.ltl 27,
1984, and lawrence ,. Lavigne, ''Tall Larry. " died
on Septembc l 5, 198<1, after. long illness Ou r
o;ymrathy to bot h of their families
StYMOUa " Huu" WOOL'i[V. P S
Work Outlook Good ;
Plant Expansion Planned
L.U . <l4 5 Ii &~ p:t !, !:IATILE CR.EEK, MIC H. C rte t .
ing, to:a ll OU I 8ro th ers and S!sll' rs from Loca l 44,
The wo rk ou tl ook for the wint er nhclld loo ks vc ry
good fo r our ;lI el We wou ld like to th.1Ok :III of
Ihc peopl e who havr: hel ped us from lansing.
Ka lamazoo and M usk.egon whC'n we necded II It
sure does feel good to be thanking those peo ple
because Ihll me.lDS work Iti ,going well for us
Hope fully , We can Iceep II up fnr t he nut year o r
more
We tU~t received word th.at Nlppondc.nso Com
p.any. Ltd , 1$ gOlog to expand their pl.;al'll In Battle
C rf;ek to 500,000 squaH.· feet They Will spend close
to $1 00 milhon to complete Ihe struc ture and to
equ Ip II They proJect that they wllI !::'m r loy d os!::'
to 500 peo ple wh en it gou IIltO lull ope rati on .
That Will he a big plus fo r our ale:a not o nly beclluse
of th e: eXpJnSI OU, bul It pl oba bl y ..... 111 bll ng Olher
Alm s IOtO ou r IIte:l .
To the members of Loca l 445: If you belong to
our J-iell ic h lind We lfare Plan, please ta ke a fcw
m inut es to sit do wn and read your booklel lis ting
all of the ('ovcrales that a rc provided. It Will be
very h elpful If there: IS C\'e:: r I need for using 1t . I
JUSt found OU t th e hard ..... ay Ihat there arC' a 1m
mO le be:nefhs thaa I t hought the re were.
Hn e a good . !laic mo nt h.
fOllf'o! Mc Av urrt. P S
Scribe Looks To
A Brighter 1985
LV. 459 \u.c:m&'et:5 ), JO HNSTOWN , Ph . ne
can only hore Ihat 19850 w1I1 be a bette r yea r fo r
the people of our area tha n wa'l; ISJS4 . It would be
nice if WI: dldn 'l necd tht· fl}od pnntrles, c:neq;y
;JSsisllln c fi nd health ·care assista nCe programs In
1985. We, liS a lOCI I, cou ld !l se II be ll er yellot. 198 4
.....assome what of a bad yeilr fo r us An ancially, with
alf CtmdlllOn et breakdowns lind other expenses we
J U (J'l UUIIII .. Il ,. ... I,;UI.
O n Ihe loclLiscene, 1985 Will be.lli year fo r more
mvol"e::me::n l The rumors arc OY'"I about carl)'
rc.Ulemenu, P05Slble. layoffs, TMJ, elC. Thele Is
much for us to keep up on . J-Iopc.Iully, lb e mem o
bt-rs blp Will help With IheLr tnput before thins
happen, nOl ilIlIer Some specul.u e Ihat thIS Will ~
II ctluQI yea r for th e bbor movement In the alea
The oCAcers lind u ccu llve Board members of
the loc:11 ....·Ish 10 eurnd a Happy Ind Safe ew
YlCar It} $Ill
,0"(1'''' SANNA, P.S
Brother Thompson Retires ;
Work Scene Weak
L.U. 474\1.o,r lll ,'lb,ft s&'spa). M EM PH IS . TENN,-
By the time th is IS printed . o ld Sama shou ld have
Vlsltc:d you The,e arc a few people like myself
wbo havc bee:n blld, and he ..... 111 probably pao;s U~
by
A rctlfcmtnt pany w,*, he ld fo r Brother Harlan
Thomp\nn With ~ It: w Brothcn .nd wive, attend
11'Ig.. Bro ther Harlan w.u II Rne mt:nlber of IBEW
Local 474 1m many yeaf$ Emoy 'ow rellrement ,
Bro th er, ) OU e.arned It. :LInd may you Ime many_
many mo re yean.
The good l ord saw fit to Spllle:: me a few mOl e
yea rs a h e r heliU surgery. I hope he see fit to spare
organt y.ed IllbOlllfter the actor gOt b~ck in office. 1
hope the mllny pe:ople wh o vo ted lOf hi m arc n5lH
and thlll I am wrong. Bul I do not W:lnt to hear tbe:. 33
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Party
Then pictures ~ h ow the Re tireme nt Pan)' £0 1
StOlhu U:ulan Thompson of Local 474 J J\1tmphi s,
Trull.
tr)'mg ~nd the mO.ilnlOg from the people who votcd
for him In less Ihan tWO yeus, many of your IIX.'
deductions that )'OU had claimed may no longer lK'
thefe such as mOll g:l ges, In terest on homel!. and
many more . P'C::llocnt Re.::lgan s'lId on teleVIS ion
he wou ld nO t nHSC: taxes. Wh;u do you chink he is
doioS when youl deduc t ions lu e CU t Out l If [ W:J.5
• M 1tIO~ miln, I wou ld be l thlll large corpOratiOns
and biS buslOes~e.!J, d o not lose Ih elT deductions
LeI us DOt )uvt OUt OUI senior citizens YOUI
Soc ial Secumy "" III be cambmed With welfare 10
some (o rm Of Ihe other, and It Will probably be
laud All tr Ron.•dd Re...g1D took office the firs t
Il mc, he wanted to raue rctuemcnt to age 61 , Ial(
appomon Soda! Security; and hc a lso wanlcd to
tax you r unemploymelll on a weekly baSIS .
'-low ~nyon( could see fit to vo te fo r Ibis milo
IS ImllZlng to m e. As I said, I st and corrected , ;and
I hope I am wron~ , A leopard dou noc (bange hiS
spocs, Look wbat h3ppened to Clllifoml:l when he
wi) gove rno r. The sute prospered very much, but
the worlung people and the pOOt p:oud deaIly Th e
thin" he IS proposmg to Ihe: nation show there IS
no way anyone wllI comc OUt good (,Kcept )/our
very neh people. Yo u kn o w Ibe Lo rd said th e meek
sha ll mhe nt the earth. Given enough tlme, M r.
Re:t g.an will have: It '0 me ssed up the mt!c k WIll
nOt want It
As t he w(lrkmg sccne goes, II look, rough r .Ind
I would hke to S.1)' t he elec tio n dld Dot hcJp tb e
prolpc:cu aoy We bave approlUmatdy ~O on the
books with many more upected to be 1:l1d off by
the tlmc lhu arllcle 15 pranted.
Until next umC', may Cod bku you
DoNALD R Bocu, P.S
Members' Children
Receive Scholarships
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II: L..U , 488 Ii& mt ', BRIDCEPORT, CONN.- As the
COS I of educ2uon conunues to ns~ wi th tAch
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COn5~CUtlVe )ltar, u OnlcaUy financial ISSIS!anee
decl io C'l more SlpllAcantiy (or the wOlkmg class
8U$IRt'-S5 lind governmen t art n longer meeting
the needs of the working class . Therefore, the
prlm ac)l of labo l o btaining financIa l as sista nce (o r
the ehLl d ren of w o rkJ ng~oplc hos bccomc. Increas-
mgly mOre ul'lpOll:mt. No c hild should be de prived
of educallonl cspteially o uutandlOg c.hlldren wh o
ha ... c:: the pottnu:tl tQ be our leaders of tomorro w
Two !lwolarsh lr award of $1 ,000 each were
pruenled 10 tWO oUlStandlOg childrcn of joul[]C'Y ·
man eleelllcians from Loca l 4-88, Thanks 10 Local
34 488', Scholarship Fund, a portion of the ir costly
Gifted Students he to take an .3Cllvc p;art lit one of your onion oS
functlons o r aCI1\·ttles a ),e.lT
If we all adhcnd to only one of thue rCfOflltloRS.
what an unbnub!c group Local 4911 would hecome
ANtlllt CII.L OIERU. P ,So 8 R
Pictured is Sh ell e), Ann
Ib yes, dau ghtcr of Lo-
u l 488, Hridgf p0rl ,
Members
Conn., member T homas
IhI ),e!. who i.!! :it fccipi-
r.OI of :it ~cho l arship.
Patrick B. O 'Connor, Ir.,
pictured herr , is th t sou
of hukk O' Conncr ,
ud :also a rccipient of II t.rt :uc mcmbers of Local 497, Wen atchee, Wa h.,
Local 48S 's sc holar - on tbe jo b: hICk ro,"" , Ic.h to risht , Ken Ach60n
ship. and Bob Cifford ; middle lOW , Itlt to right, AHkt:
Kontos, A1ikc: Baird , Apprclllice Rod Cic.r and Di ek
Monroe) and knec.lin g, Itft to rixtH, Apprentices
MIke. Pr ey an d Ie.uy Rice. Al so wo rk ing on this
project but n(lt pic tured :.rr St e ward Hud l acks tadl ,
Rick Wall er and GeoTl;c Calltcrbury.
educlltlon tlJS beeo allenatcd fOI thcsc tW O select
child ren
Shellry Hayes. daug.hlC~ r of Ml a nd fl, h ~ lllOma!
lIa),es, 15 I'I nl:' o f Lh ~ rCl;;lpltnLS of Loul 4RS '
~c.h o l ,lI~hlp . Shelley gradu.;ated h om TomngtoD
Ihgh School and now is anendtng; Western C n
ntctleut Stille UmverSlty whc l C she IS m atormg 10
pre law In the future she: hopes to tH: a Corpo rate
lawye r, a nd her ultlmatt goal is t o be cxtremd~
. ucccuful a t hc r profeSSion . Shelley aho enjoys
tnvchn~ lind am m als .
PlIllICk B O 'Conoo r, Jr., son of MI and Mrs
ratl1 k O'Connor, IS .also.;a reCipient of Ihe 5chol·
.ushl" P.lIr1l;;k 15 :I graduatC' from orlh w c:ftcrn
RC&l on 7 whue he w as a member cf the National
H unor SOC1Cty. band pr es ident and a I(Clplcnt of
the: M.lrInt "Semper Ftdclts " Aw.:ud. Hue is thc ~n t nl Wuhi n l tOn HlJspital piping
Pa lli ck IS now iucndmg C larkson Unlvcr.5lty iob .
where he hopes 10 beco me pronC It~nt 111 e lectriC a l
cnglnee nn8 He a lso COnlLl1UIC,!. Ie cnlOY pe rforming
dlffe renl Iypcs of musIC 00 the cru mpet
Work Has Been Good
Once 1I~:lln , Loc:al488 eongr:ttu,!atcs Sheltey Hayes But is Slowing
lind Patllck O'Cl'lnner I'In th ell notcwortby lIe.;a·
LU. 497 li&e}, WENATCIlEE, WA II .-Wor k 10
Jemlc ;achievements, and beS t wilhes for aU future
the area bon been good IhlS p.st ye,r The local
t:ndeavou .
WAS ,b le to PUl some of our,;ood traveling 8rOlhltrS
fRlI.~ K J CAflI\OL.L. IJI.., 8 .M to work fo r a sho tt lim e, bUI noW It IS slowing
do wn WIth oa t bIDS cOlOlng up 11 IS the same old
510 ry when the Republicans are 11\) they Sl.:l rve you
Scribe Says to Make for three years then fe.ed ),ou for one ),ear (ju st
Union Resolutions belore election). Elcctions (I re o ve l now, lind we
lire hJokmg agalO at som e lean YClirs
L. U. 494 (i,em ,llI t,rt5&..sp;al. ft\ILW AUK££, WtS.- H o weve r, we did have o nc grea l and encou raging
Wcll, the holid;lYs h;l\'e come and gone , and I hope: eve.nt happt:n In thl! Sillie on Elce ll on Day. The
you enloyed ),ours as muc h " I C:Dloycd mine nate of W.:nhingtOD was fortunate' enough t o rJeet
liave you kept all your C'W Year 's rcsoluuons or De:mocr:n Booth Cooner lor 5ovemor, whu:h meant
ha\c YOIl broken them a h e~ dy f Old you really the unlCa ung of an Incumbent Rcpubllcan gover·
m.ke anyl 11 not, let m e share with you some nor
ll"solulIOns tha t we, as good members of the IBE.W, On th e bnghter SIde, thc add ition to 01.11 Wen·
should :tdopt and foll ow aU ye:.a t long. atchee liospltal pro ves lhnt um o o eu ft smansh tp
l e:t me sU rt wi t h one of the mos l Im portant · IS a live and well 10 Loc41497 and Hooper Elecrric
attcnd UIlIQn m ecllngs. I knc)w m ' I of you ClIn ' t
mukc all the meetings, but why not try II) make
The wo rk performcd by handa OU t of LQcal 497 has
been app lauded by aU who h.:ave toured the: hospll:t i
Ihem quarterly. Thai 's only fou r lime, a year. pt<llCCl
Wb at a boost tha t would be ' 0 umfymg the local
ReSQlv~ no ..... 10 be: pan of the Labor O;ay Par~d e
CllI.Y1'ON M !!-tITH, n .M .
MlIkeoi ruolutlon 10 take onc o( the classes being
pUI on by Ih e lATe. Havc one of you t rcso lutlons
IBEW Caps Are Here;
New Treasurer Appointed
ATTENTION, L.U . 500 lu ), SAN ANTONIO, TEX. -The mEW
PRESS SECRETARIES ca ps a rc In T hose who Intended th e Nov ember
umon meeung were the fi rst to rccelve them,
AUletters concerning Christmas parties mUSI absolutely fre e. All you h.:a ... e t o do 10 XC't yours is
be received al Ihe 1.0. on or before February attend the. ncxt uRion meeunA By the way, lbcy
15. 1985. Chrislmas reports received ahe, come in colon 0 1 re.d, blue and black Do not pus
Ihal dale win not be prinled. Th.n~ you tor up a freebee.
your cooperalion. Hopefully. by the lime Y(lU rud t)1I5 column,
negnll:mon5 will have lKocn comp lrted , but Ii nOl,
keep Inlormed ,md ;t11e-nd those special union
meeting'
I'
Harvey Susmllln Qur newly lIIppcunled Il easure r
,uc(;eedlng Albert D'OrMlgna, who retired re(;cn tly .
Thl' local w.1nu to thank Brother D'Onogna lo r
the service he has rendered AI wu one 01 only a
fc w mllln ·olAee member.s who gave of his li me
and e.fforttO help promole Ihas local. Thanh agam !
Htre II "'lshing all of you the very bcst fO I 1985,
and It$Ol'Ile to yourself 10 "lend more unn:," meet -
Inss and get aC11 vc
Happy New Year l
RocUl. KI.AfkNlIl. P.S.
Unemployment is High ;
Business Manager Appointed
LU. 502 li&.eml. SA INT JOH , '. H._ The ncow
)'ea r finds thiS local sull $u{feTlng cUrt:lm: un '
employment, bUI .,1 lenl a lew members are going
OU I IC) wurk A5 of rllI~ li me Ihl!' pota,h mine 10
Suuex is beginning to tw c, and plospecU for tillS
lob look /auly good , aiso, work at the loe.ll pulp
mall wal l soon be breaking.
Uavld Mcl'hc;uson has been apPOInled business
manager lor the remainder uf Ihls lum, and tht'
bco5I 01 luck goes OUI t o him Irom everyone:
II " With sorrow thl1 I report the pUSln& of
Bro,htr 'ames "11 m " MCCIDDI'>, 01 member of DUI
utllit), local. hm ', son PUflck 15a m~bel uf Lu!"al
SOl, and lam was well known to many members
of Ih lS loc~1 who wurk 10 the residential area . Jim
will be missed by everyul1I.' who knew him .
Ri!mcmbc r, pli!asc allcl,d your unton rnecllng as
)'UUI \'UII..C ,IIIIJ u , )iulUlllt ;ue Uup\'lrtJnt. Unti l nClCt
month
C I {U-:R y BP,fL-CS, r .s.
Stewards Prowam Held ;
Safety Committee Formed
l.U. 503 IU&11. MONRO E. N, Y.-I am saddened
to repon Iht' dealh 01 Bl other Tom O ' Bnen He
Was a dISpatcher at Ihe -';ptlng valley upeu ung
Ccnlcr Ou r decpcsl symralhy gou OUt to his
(amlly Tbeo(fkcrs and Int'mbersof Local ~OJ al"o
ulcnd Ihell deepc:sl "ympalhy to Brmht'l Charles
Ambrose and bmlly On the recent 10 , 01 Ihtlf
daughter.
I know It 'S long ove ldue, but the local would
h kc to clI tt'nd bela ted co nKra tlllali nns 10 Ma li lyn
Farr on her 40 ye.a rs 01 ,crv lclt to Orange and
Rockland Ulilines and her yurs ;IS a member of
local S03
Hlghlaod Tt"iephune nuw has a Safety Commit
tec wllhlll Ihe local Members of Iht Committee
.a rc Wah FeUer. lam Vloletto and I'al Palmer Re·
mt'mber, safety 15 Ihc respumllballty of each mem o
ber of tht lo(al.
n November 17the local had J train!ng program
for Its slcw.Hds . I'm SlHe cve ryune whl) attended
thIS sem mar ,,",cnt :away Wllh ntw knowh:Jge 10
labor .elations. As tIm es are c.han&mg In labor
rel:lll an , II Iii Imporunl thu our s[cwarrl~ arr :a ..
knowlcdgeable as POhlblt', M) tht')' Gan represent
our local (0 the best 01 the II .Ibllluu. I think thiS
tramm~ IS a fint for ~OJ. and I would like to thank
PreS ldenl 80b Clt rola lur hiS cHolI s 10 m3ke thiS
pn~~lh1e
l.."RRY MAIN'>, P
Local Honors
Retiring Officers
loU, 508 li&.ol, SAVANNAH, CA.-On October 6,
1 9K~, Local 50S held a rt'llrCOl~nl part)' honOring
rcurms Business Manllgcl Mlcha.el J. oumhan and
Prc ~ ldcl'lt Walter M Crllwfo rd SI'CCllti nWlUl l'Ij WI'T!'
pl escnlcd to bot h men (mlhelr many colHnbu llOIlS
10 the loc al union lind lhe labor movement in
general to ~m comment$ Mike CQumh:1O stressed
tht' nt'cd for Slrong unny, full SUpPOIi t)l the Il)(;al
IImnn offirerll and clearly pOinted OUl'the ft&ht is
nOl :11 the unioo hall but ouuade:1I Ihe ballot bl))I:.
T he program also honored allremed members and
Officers
Left to right alit Edgar Rook~, .a~!ii!iu nl bu siness
mllnll gcr, Leul 1579, Reo Nc pty, aSS :Slant busi·
ness lIIona gt' I, Loca l 6 13, I nd lell)' Counih,n,
bu in es manage" Local 508. Savannah , GlI., alln
IBEW Convenlion.
Tournament
Barry FitLpauid, and Bllich OU'i n all reCtlll Shark
Tournament .
sp4.:c Ilf I ICUl:SIS A dance ftdlowed IIw';Hd s and
kn\lwlc.I ~Il1~ nls
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The Annual 508 Trou t nnd Bass Tourn:lmC:nl
was held Oewher 20 Top hon ors for thl." most
t10ut and h"ss caugh l ...·t'flI 10 ' 1m DotsOn, I, lind
Jim Donon. I' ~cond plaec wenl 10 OIClc.lt' {'t'III,
h15 daughter Laura and 51ster Regina... Thud rl3ce:
wenl fa John and Nlln cy Skinner
The rttlred member:l.of L'K:ill ~OH held Ihcll fi lst
orgtlnl:;ltlon.J 1 mt;c:ung O .. tllhc l 2~ tu e ~ la"lt~ll "
Rctl red Me mbers Club Informal Ion was sent (I"J
all retired nlembers II cknow1t:dgang the plan If you
a le a IClUcd membc l (If loc.al ,OM and did 11 \
recelv thll mformallon, rlca~e Cfln torc t Iht' local
Unlon office OUt 1970 IntcNutiolU1 Convenllon
took pUSIIU't' IIction on behalf of tBEW rre l etl rcd
and retlled members Tht" COll'llCDUon resolv ed tU
promole and support Rcured Members Clubs j to
promOle .and SUflpon prC' rtlm,m ent prog ram h to
prOnlOle ;lntl suppOrt proll;llmn IU !nt'ct Ihe ne~ds
of our rt'ttrl.!d members , and to IUOnH'lt e ;rnd SuppOrt
thclT IfltereSt In local , tlUll' "od national polhical
affairs II Io\.·as fUrlher ICfiul"'cd Ihat all ReiIlCe$
Clubs lIff1l1ate with Ihe National COunCt! of Sc:nUlr
rlll",.n~
To all IRE-W 'i08 offkl'l". members 3011 IhC'1T
f;lmili~ .Ind to all the {lIcnds of the rBf.W and
orpnrlcd labor, r Wish • Most Successful and
Happy New YC31
Many Politicians
Attend Picnic
loU. 510 (I&.spa), AUSTI • TEX.-Our Labor Day
PICniC wu held the weekend bdore Labor Day,
AugUH 15, 198·\ Ttl<: Inc:atlClll was Lon~ Park,
named fOI our formci CII)' eounctlwom3n, [mnlll
I.nnr, Mn, Lon.\! has b~'cn j) lon~tlmt fr lcnd of
labol In Austin and 11115 workeJ diligently for the
welfare of "usun for .as long :u this reponer CAn
remember Our bUSiness lTl03na,ser, Walter Timber
lake. extended an mVlIlIIltOn 10 Mrs Long, .and she
aceepled And allC'nded OUI Piehlc. Seycral othe.r
local pohut'llIn'i' .15U II l1endcd Belween 500 and
600 Brothcr, and Suttrs anli Kuests attended the.
PICnle, and all eOlG)'ed the day . 1\ tent was set up
fOI Iht' rClUed members, and ahhaugh 1 did get
pIctures of orne, t did nOI gel a eoum of all reTlleeS
ID attend:mce \Me can be proud of our reu red
mt'!nbt'rs, fO I they laid the ttroundwolk fo r thiS
local umon
On Ihe Picnic o rnml ll cc.', lohn Carli!;on 31ransttJ
for II clown lor the kids ' entertammeot Wherever
the do ....'n went, he hlld • crowd with him. and
they weren 't all Illtle kid .. cuht't yours truly
OIIU,'CJ hIS .eu .also. DaVid Sehuesslcr WIIS In
t'harKl" of coulong There wa~ rlenty of Kood bar
becut', put~IO slllad, bc~n s .. ml all th~ Inmmlng'
for ~vt'ryonc DaYld did an u:ccllcnt lob! Bob
Carleton lind Olin SchIeffer prOV ided wooo for
cooking. Don Pnce 3CqllllCd Lhe duur pnu'i, AI
Boehm wu In eh,ttge of hauling tables and ch .. m
from th e h.all to Ihe i'l(:nic site, .Ind Walter Tlll1
berlake Ilnd ">taff ..... erc III (h:n~e of getung the
paper goodoS, (,,!ling hard ..... are. &lIc, cte. Malk Win ·
kelmann Wil~ an rhMgr nf Ihe beer. A blli Ihank
you go<:s nut to all .... ho hod a hand 10 IhlS PicnI C'
It WaS .I blA success ami enluyed onJ aPPlcclated
by 311
hll<1 WVKt&, P.C;
Local Starts 50-50
Raffle for COPE
L U. 551 lI,o&.cml, SA 'T A ROSA, CAL-Grect
lOgs. BIOIheis and SISler'l. fWfO a ,c'fOewhat sopy
local. The nunS arc upon US I 11011 ..... blle Iht' f!l.rmers
are ha ppy, It 8t'ems ram ma kes evcrythLng grow
bu t <:onS ll uetlOn .
Commendu!lcms arc III order iur Hlother Rich
EdgllJgton for SUrllng.a 50-50 raflle at uman meel '
ings to benefic COPE as ...·ell as the wl[mcrS . COPE
ueket.!i can al .....II)'s be porchased .II lhe union hall
Hals off III~Q ttl BUSiness Managcr Chuck Cllkc
and Wah Hurlholl of Locals 340 amJ 442 It'spec
lively. Both ICClli s ha'llc had "l(Hit than their share
nf problt:ms recently. but, through hard ....ork and
new me tlltJds, lite tnklll!o( great 61",le, in rcgaminl{
lo r un · Reagalllng l thcir w(Hk . C rcl.ht must also be
gaven 10 thl!' olReen and members of thes~ local'
fOI supporung Ihclf bUSiness mllnagcl~ during the$c
Irylng IImeili
The buslncn man;!gcr. officers 2nd membiC" of
Loc..al JJO descrve an ClItra th.ank you because ot
the follo ...·lnt 5wry Wuh all of the rroblt'lns Ihey
have In Ihell local and with al l of Ihe IItnc~ tllcy
spe nd trying 10 solve Ihcse problems, they still
Hnd urnc to run a raffle Ihal WIll bencHt the
Sah'a tlCrn Army. The ralllt' IS called "Opelatlon
Chiistma~ 8Ilskel ," and the pr o fir ~ Will go to Ihe
SIIIV.thuu AtIlIY 5\) Ilut they e.tn help thc need)'
The Sacramentu Electrical ContuClon Auoell
UOO 15 also helpmg with thiS (H OICCt and dest't\'t's
a (olaf crecht lIIlsa.
On a sadd<:r nOle , Brother Richard B. IlII)'ne dlcd
In O(;WhN WI:' have no uCUlll .. u tu Whll c:,rust'd
hIs dea l h.
BrOlh er Illlm Del Ian rctir~J effective: November
I, 1984 We lI'I.!' sure thllt all of the Brothers who
know lohn Will Wish hio\ well
Th(' 1rK',,1 nnlnn would like the followmg listed
uavdlOg Brutht'ts to coni act Ihe olOet' as soon IS
poSSible. I Bits I), L. Connel C T En'lSon, C
R. Grey, G Hamlhon , R lohnson. K E. Launch
S. C. McCl urkin. R NOlcnzo. E G O'Sullivan, P
PaCini , D. W PalloD, L. A, 1)0 ..... efs. C. Rodngucz,
F. R. Schgo, R A Soloma.n, D. SplIIrks, C. L. Walker,
R. Whl l t'. M A Wllhams, 1 Younf:, G. Bowman .
D. C. Brook ", T Jarred SCHell F Recvt's, W
Schi.IJer, P E Strom. T Thom ps nand W W
SHahlln
Tbls Will be: It uoul nUl momh Be sure'lo
suppa n your local and attend the loul meeun~s
ScoTT L. ColltAllO, P.S -'
[k)W H (,.;UIIIARD, PS '"a:
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Scribe Explains Importance 'l
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of Picket Lines
LU" 558 (l,o.u,utv.rlb, ru,eUl$.spal, SII EF'FIELD, !!!
AtA.- GreelinS', Brothen. Recently bu.ildlo,and
uades has had a pIcket Ime against K·Mart on 35
 Flore-nce Boule:v.rd In Flore:nce: Thous,h K·M.n
h.ls bee.n huvd)' pillronlzcd by union people for
the: many ye;us they have been In bUSIOUS, they
;app.ate.ntly fel t Ihey didn ' t nee:d Ll bor when il came
to remodeli ng Ihdr 'tore, because the ..... ork IS
bemg performed un flli rl y ThiS $ltu3tiOn, II ! ..... e
know, Isn ' l uncommon 10 this day and lImc; bU I
what 15 uncommon and dlsgusung IS how man)'
rlCOple, who arc Juppose:dly I.Jbor people or bmll)'
members of labor rcorle. arc nagrantly crosslOg
nUl picke l h seems hke one 01 thelt most fre·
quently uscd uc usc~ I~ they have to get In t o the
phannacy 10 pick up medicine _ Though iI IS (mc
olthe bette r excuses we've heard. II JllSI isn 't vahd j
because as you know, preo;c n ptlQns can be U;lns·
fC l red to Olher phannacle:!I. ellher by the IndiVidual
or by ,heir phYSICl;l1'I
II IS hard etlll ulh when walk.lng a (>H.: kcl line 10
de.ll with people who e ron the hne who nav e no
tabo r connec ti o ns, hUI to see a uni on membe.r or
fllmaly members wit/) arc connected With Illbn r
cro ! H IS lust completely inc:xcusable Ce ll lllnly
blue·light specials o r dQuble-coupon day .. me:ln
less t us than an o lgam:::allon wbu: h htl! provide.d
U-5 wtth the standard of liVing we no w enloy
Ubol t! lhwal1ed o n cvery Side c\ery dllY wtlb
antl · UDlon people lrym~ to tear us do .... n Can we
not reaht-e as umon members that the only way
1(1 lu:e:p (lur nrgant:a n on which 15 our fUlure ,
IOl.1Ct 's 10 SI:md behind u Cen alnly we all reahze
Ih :u If we are tOO busy 10 wa lk IHeke l hnes 0 1
partiCipate tn local umon huslness, the very leaH
we un do IS honor pi cket hnes!
We- all kno ....• what picket hnes art desljtned for,
:and " 'e kno ....' that the only way tbey are 5ucce5sful
11 to iIohow the bUSiness world what effect our
bUYing power has on thei r own economy . The only
way to clem on strate is to have people: to suppon
au. pi cket line!. "you r family does n' t knuw whal
a picKct line look, like. II IS yOUl lluty 10 show
them , Tell ihem that If they' re unsure a'bout ..... hat
15 t;Olllg o n, to lurn around and IC<1'ic. If you lI.re
gUilty of crOSSH1g one, for whatever relu o n, you
should be thorou8hly dls,uSlcd wuh youls-dr. and
should make a H~soluu l) n Ihat II WIll n~verhaJ'iPe.n
a~11n
l~t 's all ge l bRck tel the Brother put of our
Bro lherhood, pUlling the good of th e BrQthcd'lOod
bdore th( few cenu we may save by bUYIll& non ·
unton produc t s, foreign products or C.rOS!lng a
pi ckel hne. We have strength only m numbcn lind
Will be: totally desuoye:d If we reve" to seUi shness,
Before clo~ung. let me emphaSIZe that our picket
hnt al KMall IS by no mtans a faIlure . bcC2USe:
.....'t have lurned n13ny around, but our shOWing
....·ould be m rc Imp reSS ive if those had turn~d
Ifound that should have
G1.YNN MURRAY. I' ~
Work is Slow ;
Look for Union Label
l.U. 567 (il. POR T LAND, ME.-As [ Wfltc tha,
lhl' nctwo lks h:lVe jll!! .,nnounced tha i RcagAn hilS
bccn reelecled preSIdent I can't belleye Ihat any
union member m Ihelr nght mind cou ld "Vot e for
Reagan _ The Issues wefe clear ..... Ith the vcry sur·
vlval of the: labor mo\'ement at stake The people
have $polc.en. lind we: Will nne to live ....'uh the
le!'iults
Work m OUI arcs II stili slow WIth the , denal
'"<D hit moving very Ilowly . How many of you union
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Brothers 2nd Istc15100k for Ihe u n ion label! How
many of you buy ' ·I'I'\.1de In USA"! Every time you r
a: hard ·earned dollars arc spent on uRlon· made. prod·
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:::l ueu you arc insuring that dc:cent pay and wo rkang
Z condulons Will continue lor others.
~ I'll end with.a Ihtle reminder that the u.I\'ehng
Brothers or S151CI$ who ..... ork with you tOOOlY may
;;! bt: yOUl boss lo morrn .....
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Unions Should Be
A Political Force
L U. 369 (i,o,u,e.m,lU,.5pdl. mtL 5.1\.."-'" DIEGO, CAL.-
Now tb21 the electIon \lover and the new preSident
Will be tn.-u,;ur' leU In januilry Itt .. consldC'r o ur Booth
o pti ons (Of action The pla ce lor o ur ntXl move as
labor Democrats is In Ihe Congless. L,lI!:xu 's mtt:r·
CSIS should be: Singular 10 ou r expcndttUfcs in
poh tlcs A candIdate IS tither pro· lahor or nOI . and
hJS ulue to us is clear·cu t. Our powe r In lhe
electo n l rroce$$ beglDS 10 S.n Otego poh t lcs
Unmn s .. ho uld reahze their full pOlln ll ... l :IS a
pclttl c;lllo rce We need new 'rtlll '·C Ideas tor the
go!.
Our dec rest condolc:oces IIl1d pl olyeis go 10 th e
famlhe s of Wi lham ·'BIII' Robinson and Ferre.ll
Wi lliams T hco;e men p3 ~"'l:J ;1 "".1'1 tn Sept embcr
clue tll on· t he ·ltlD lnlune~ while- .....orki ng for Ca
lcwo Electric . Th ese gooU BrothelS of toc21 569
Will be" ml ued by all lI e re is th e Loca l 5? S, O lldlilnd , C at , NE A and
A nJ hnillly a speCial thaok& 10 the National lATe l oint T rad ... Show booth. In5truet Ot Art
Lca,;u e Ch.amplons, the San Diego P.ldres. We have N un~ a nd lATe nh~_mbe:f Ed Nfwinhllm .I re shown
.....;m ed a 10nR ume for the pennant , and It 1:5 sull II th t booth.
quite un beh evahle , lalute the IC'am lind ItS fans .
Ihe 10lh pl:1>-c l
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Advertisement
Scribe Relates Union-
Busting Tactics
L. .589 (rtl. IAMA ICA, N. Y.- Labor reiauons 0 1
unioo bu ling' You deCIde fur yourself. r have
rccenl ly aequuell a copy of a li st of some of the
taCtiCS Ihut "r used by one 01 many union ·busting
firms While reviewlDg thIS list. I ..... as not at all
surprlscd 10 find Ihat mosl soundc::d somc::whal
lamilla r I havc: "su~ d b~l n w .1 !ummary 01 these
lteInS and wa ~ w o ndenn~ If our m embers would
recoglllz.t 3ny A Local 595 adVUlise n1 enl o n Ihe back (If an
(I I Try t o confuse the :,enl o nty SYSlcm wltb
Ala m eda Counl Y l ra n~ it bus.
rcga rd 10 prom otions and O\'I: III O\e to get empl o),-
ees ,ealnus of one Imothe r. (21 O r4w OUt gricvaoeu
as 11)0)\ as posslh le. jJ) Th reaten em pl oyees if tbey lIlonths. an d we feel we re:aehed app roximately 1.8
file gru:vancc!i or safety complilinu (-I.) Increase: mtlboll people a week. Next we pu t po!ten on the
diSCipline for even mm or offenscs to cause an bllck of 140 Alamed2 County nanslt buse!, and
over load fOf the Union, slnwmg down thell eHee- the exposure rate IS approllimalely 2 mIllio n people
uveness (lio l llo'hkc: sUle employt:t: get 311 benefit .. wee:k NeXt, storunl:, aftel ThanksRlvin&, ¥I'e had
books o r letters on 11'Isut.ance beneAts, prOSIOOS, a rlldlO commeu:.ialthal waS heard on RGO radIO
cle ., I;lymg th:n the com pony glvcs these, nOt Ih:n 8' every olher workday between 6:00 a m and
tbey arc ulUon ·n egotlated {6] In crws£ mGnage 800 a.m . It is 3 5nappy lillie unglc th.u getS your
merJl (rnJflU 'S or s ubHrfUle /ournell. 17] Get your he2d abobbm ' and you r (oot ntappm '_ We fed bei ng
s toollllgcon- big mouth employees {evcry arCli hu n rJldlo rC:l ched somewhere betwet.l) five and six
themllo ctllicl%e union ofAcl.1h and union duct millIOn people pel wcek Our goal. of course, is to
{You know who they ard l81 onvmce the ~m ­ Improve the Imale of the IBEW, to ge.oera le mOle
ployees Ihal ) ou are on theu !tIde about 10b· c1an lob, for the unIon eonlfaelOl and OUf ....'orkers, to
tn c r~ase 01 11'Ieentlvc-s, but the union has tied your heir re.lch Ihe publiC and promote a po5illve at-
hands (91 Convince the employees that you agree titude to""ard the org.1nl2Cd sector of the eleclocal
wilh theH r roblems, hUI Ihe Uillon has to do Industry Wc: have: been ab le to put Ih ls program
som cthlOl;, 11 0) Las! but n (H IcaSI, the company into opcrallon and keep 11 eon unumg by the 10
m usl become the " Big Brother," Ihe good gu y, 2nd cenlS· pet-hour contrtbu ll on that was negotia t ed
the union becomes the cnemy . By the ume t be for t he Organlzln~ Department
truth is known . they won't trust the union anyway Las t month 1 told )'ou .bout Local 595 lind NECA
Did Iny of Ihc aforementioned Items nog;ll bell I laking part 10 the ABC trade show; I have tnduded
Unlo n ·bu·ntn& firms arc Hymg to convi.nce yo u
tbat )'OU hllve III " nght ' lo-work " for less . Do you
a picture: of our iomt booth thiS month
Wishing everyone well
.....anl to! P"VL D . CWV[I.LO, P .S .
'OliN A CAC CIAN O, GtN . CHMN
Business Manager Returns ;
Local Runs Company Settles Contract
Advertising Campaign LU. 601 (i.o& ul, AMARrt.LO, TEX. -I-Iappy New
L . 59S li&. o), OAKLA 0 , CAL- Let me optn Ytar l Let ' s hope 1985 rr oyes to be a good year for
lhlS article by wishing evuyone a Happy cw .11 of us.
Ye.ll. I am glad to r~port th:l.t our buslOcss mam.ger.
ThiS lanuary IIrucle has 10 be \0 the ha ods of David Lindley, Is back It work ..rler suffe ri ng lrom
the / ournfll by Nove m ber I S, 50 I wlIltcd 10 get Ihe
election resulu so I would have some good news
a ma:mvc hea rt ' lI i1c k and by·pass su rgc l Y David
has:l lob where be catches more hell from everyone
to repOrt I .. hould have sen t an my report ~a r ly. and geLS Vtry little thanks I know prr50nlllly Ih2t
and It would have been eaJu:r 10 rully mean Happy Dnld .and his asSistant. Red DeW rd. pUt til maoy
long hours above and beyond the call of duty, One
New Ye.11 By now )·OU know all the bad ne ....'s of
the elecllons and see what the fumfl~ has io StOff of them IS always therc .nd willing to pUt in the
for us We now have an c:ven blggcr lob ahead, SO CXtU lime when you need them. I would like 10
lel 's ge l on ""Jlh It and sec whllt wc can do . take thIS oppo rt unity to lell DaVid and Red that
In the put issucs 1 have l old you about some of we rc a lly do 0P Pl ee iate the lob they lire doing and
our pro&rAms tha i we lUI! t rymg 1 have some more 10 uy, " T h:1ok you ! '
mformallon fOl }'OU, In June we St:1rte d an adyer· Southwes tern Public eryice Company hllS lUSt
tilling c.1mp.lllgn. T he Bu t step was to h;u 'c poStr::rs se ttl ed Ihelr contr-act They Signed a th ree·yc:u
c.onu;lct wah :I. whoppln. 4. 75 pe rcen t Increase
1nstalled In 90 of OU I Bay Alca Rllplli Transit n.uns
(BARTl so as people tra\'cled to wo rk and p13y they thIS year and tbe second ~lnd t hi rd Y(lIr, open to
would rud our Idvcrtl'lement5 aboul sk illed clec · negotiate wages and bc:neliu
tnclan!l of the IDEW. We '(;onllnued this fa. thlee SPS has had a few promotions and tnnde,.,
Jon.t!& Statton Jamie Sayle, pl oml)u:d h um msttu ·
ment appren tice, thiId year to fo u rth )'ell1; Denver
City Planl : Dec Cr;lbuee, promoted from plant
"hcmlSt C 10 B By the wa)" I hllvc ht,ud from
rehable source that Dt:e hu been dOIn~.IIn excellent
lob. MUle lovell was promoted 1,0m s laOon dec ·
tnetln :lpprcntice to st<llion electric:llll1 joumey-
man-congl3lulanons, MUle; Pl.an t X· Byron Irons
trom instrument apprcntlce thlld year co founh
YC:H! Cunnmgbam SUHon: T I Howell from pbm
Opt:HUl)r SIX months 10 A. ConStrucllon SerVIces
Ricky Tipton from dnver lind eqUipmenl ope rator
to he<lvyequipment oper.llor
J am happy to announce th ut SPS h:as a new
depende.nt at Harnngloll StatL on . Kathy Lender
mao had II bounein, baby boy, Polter. born Oelobcr
U , 1984 MI)\h~ 1 ami sun a ll! JUlIJg gn':;.Il. I wilnh:J
co gct' a plchae, but thiS o ld rcpo rt er w:n too slow
in finding OUt All other great evcllI 1 ;un bappy to
announce Is Carl a nd Usn Buill!!), arc expect Lng-
pnrellt:; The bLg eVent will be aroll nd th e Fourth
of July. Can you thmk. of a bl'(ler t ime to bri ng
.another Hulsey into thc worhl!
I h,\'c news from Fisk Telephone thiS month
Rl rk SlIlttll b<1" m<1de Emr loy("C' of tllC' Yur Rick
hu been ..... "h F1Sk for d ucc yean ~,nd IS a service
temmc.ian. B,ent Owens hilS made Employee of
thc Quaner and has Also becn With the company
three ycan ~nd LS II scrvice technician .
I ulkt:d wnh f.dgil Maxwell frum ASARCO, and
he said you ASARCO men need to Start :l1It"ndlOg
you. UOIOD meetings Ttli,. IS a ncw year and a
good way 10 $t.an Out tS 10 get lnvolved, especially
when it ant-cIs your lob IlluH pl.lts food m the
mouths, c:.Iothcs on Ihe b:n: k~. and a roof over Ihe
head5 of your families ). Let' s start the new year
ngillt attend your um on meetltlg_
[ t Is with a heavy hea l! thot I report th e loss of
eve of our members. Edd Lt: Fussell was laken (rom
us :;alter a ha rd-fought battle with Hlness . Edule
Was a l8-ycDr member and known .a nd loved by
all. Witli~ m W. PhtliJps wn~ 0'1 young, .Jcuve SP5
member with three years membersh ip. William R.
Tn bbh: was .",l w an ac\l. ... e SPS member whh 3'1
years membe lshlp. Em m ery L. KiSQr was an Sf'S
re tired mem ber wilh 3l ye:u l me m bcn;hip_ U!i:t
was Norm:m C. Pe rry, a former consltuc l ion memo
bet of IhlS loca l who transferred to Loc :aliJI after
seven yea rs membership herc, w"h 22 yellfS tOlal
Our deepes t sympathy LS extended to al l ollhese
fllmllu:s 10 then losses_
Until nexi mOll1h
DoN SHERM"N, £IS.
Rescuers
Pictured here, left to rig hi , arc Local 603, &aston.
Pl., linenltn Cbude. E. Ma rshall, Ric:k F. Feiler
lind Rubert £. Hunl, who we re cre d it ed with saving
III fell ow work e.I's life .
Three Linemen Noted
For Rescue Efforts
L U. bOJ tu), EASTON, PA .-CI.lIde E. Marshall,
Rick f . FtllC-f and Robert E. Hunt lilt duet MC'l
Ed linemen who .....ere res:ponslble fo, saving the
hfe of ,~ Ogden. age 2J Hc hid gone anto a ditch
to book up a sewer (Or .a hOme In a development
north of Stroudsburg. Pennsyl vania. A co-worker
o( Ogden's uug II way enough dm so thl: mlJ.n (ould
breathe, c.alled the liOcmc:n 10 ht lp, then went to
telephonc IQr lid .
Marshall's Creek FlTe Chll;1 SCOIt Dnesb.aeh,
who dlrected tb e n:Scuc, cred Ited th c th ree 60J
linemen with sav ing Ogden'a life by hdping 10
un Cover him and baHlc.adlllg IhClht ch WLth lumht.: r
so II wuuldn 't collapse agtllO . w dl J~w.c lO all
tluec flom your fcH ow 6rOlhCIs at Local 60.1
:t RI'mrmhrr, If }'nl1 hll\'r ""yrhlllr. fl i m tcrt;Sl to
be seen In the IOl.unal. plc;I;"c ,lIro••·ud II 10 me .11
my home IIddress (1f.ll the n .. xt m,IIHhly mcellng
T ~) \' LEIlOI, R.S
Pirlllfj·d arr IWU l11t'mlwrs (If Lotll 6 ] 6, Torollt o,
Ont. , ,ohn Dela ne" lind ()on Oubrick hom Unit
ll , to;hehc n er-Wil mol Hyd ro, who st.aHcd Ihe Lin e
HUlUd Display CeD Il C.
Members Staff Line
Hazard Display
L.U. b36 'u~s.Sfla&.rr). TORO TO, ONT.-On
September 21 and 22, 1984, iO KlIchcoer iU a local
mall. approxlmatcly 12 union members plus sume
mllfla!,;cmeDt pcrsonnel volunlecred the It IImoe 10
Sla(f:l "Lmr: Hazard Display Ccnln:" This disp];ay
Will used til make the public aW:!. le of the very
dange rous slIuunons that cou ld occur m Ihe evcnt
thai contact of cJlc rgLzt'd buried and oV(;rht'ad
conductols was made TillS dlspl:!)' w;as vc ry W!!l1
roec(ivcd by the public nnd by th~ Commlsslun ,
Wll1 Ch than ked Ihe: union members who vo lu n -
teered therr lime
Il1 t t.ma tlon.a1 Vice Presiu~n l Kcn G. kose an
nouneeu thu lhe mEW first DLstrict, Can ada, wilt
he: hosting the mEW Convenllon in Septembe r,
1996 In T OIOIHO, Ontario. H c: alsu rcmmded Ihc
memben~up of a rc eommc.nda tlon from Ihe 1984
FIIS I DISl n Ct Prosre55 Mectlng thal a fund be
csuhluhcd 10 help cove l the expc::nses .asSOCiated
with hosllng.a Convenllon of such rnagnltude The
recommendation il a one-tune contfLbu tl on of
$1 00 pcr member ThIS rceommend;lU(m was Slip·
poICed by the Ex:ecuuve Board of this local. Also
dttcusted was. a leiter hom RIOt her Rooe on ~
l e«(Jlt rc:quest of (ormmg 12· hour slu fts. He Ar,lllO
leml nded thost" Involved th~l :lIlything longer than
In elght· hour day IS against ISEW policy as .p-
proved lit the last ConY~n tlon the IBEW fough t
h:nd to reduce the hours of dally labour and IS nOI
10 (IlVOlU of now mcrea'Hng them
The Office ;/Illd Frofesslonal Empluy!;':e, Inter·
national Union has now rcmcd pal'! of our bUl ldmg
rllt 25 irelll Avenue, effectIve November l , 1984.
Brother Nick Gr:l~ has rctlred {mnl AU·] Toron t o
afu.:r 3B years of service . We. WIsh him a harr y
lewcJnem Congr31U I!lIIon s to Brother J. Saunders
who Ilu tllken Ovt:r lIS UOII 19 chal l rn.an for Guelp h
lI ydro, drld to Brother Ch.ulle Bowye r Irom Unit
2 1, WlIldsor...... ho lS the DiStnct dLcector of the
I l ortjcullur~ SOClet y of 0111;1110 He wu III attcnd ·
IInee by inviu.llon al the Faltficld Pllrk near KIO~ 5-
Ion dutlll& the recCnt VlSn of Queen Eh~belh
Best wl.!.bes fOI a Prosperous "nd Happy 1985.
H"'Jl(JlO C VIoNeE!, P.5.
Members Raise Money
For Poor Children
LU. 6l9(i,o&'rrsl, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAL-Tht:
party held .U Ihe Regional Cenlcr (or the undcr
pllvdeged chI ldren of San LUIS Obispo, led by Our
Public Rdallons CommLttee headcd by Conrad
Michel, Rcd Sundberg and Clb Wilson. was Ihe
bl.ggc.st and bes t yet held so f.u . Some $4,000 waS
ra {s..... d a t Ihe pnll y (0. the unfOrlUnale children of
Winners
h ow n hrrt, left 10 tighl, u e HarTY Long, Loca l
428; ROD Blake-f, Local 413, R;lDd y Ct:& rk , Local
bJ9; lind Mari lyn C lark. IPhotos :lubmi ll ed by
Lou l 639, S.. n Luis Obispo, e llL )
,be COUnty , the bluest aml'Hlnl r;llsed so (af III thl:'i
good cause in the lis t Rve years.
We would lik e 10 commend and congratulate all
who helped PUt Ihl s logclher a[]d pacllclp:ucd in
It-liS .....orthy eVent . Th ese Brotheu and SiS l ers :lIe
shOW ing In tlecd$ Whll l bro therhood is a ll abou t .
You arc all <I e reult to the mEW (01 hl'lpmg. YOUt
fellow -m lln n you luv~. And Icl US Say thunk you
10 all you tfiJvehog IJruth<:rs of tbe lBEW from all
over the country who lite a lw ays so gene l ouS wah
your timc and monc)' for Ihese WOrthwhile cvel1lS
for the poor of Iht s c.nunty
Buy Ametlcan
Work Picks Up Slightly;
Brothers Out Organizing
LU. 640 li,u/tm,nb,fu& sp:l l, PHOE NIX, ARIZ.-
lust, iC""'lmu to let .all of you good Brothe lS an~
nterll know th:ll we 're lull :lhve md kiekLn8 bere
In the valley of Ihc SUIl I can' t bellC:vc lh~t at t hIS
wnung wc' re )USl twn wctks away from Thank'!',
giVing aud the lcmrcUUUre IS still in the 8<H.
Walk has picked up a little: ~mcc: my laH repon
Bro t her Dan Polla rd t~11s liS that hc has c1earcd
ou t 140 men since Octob!!r 5. This includes ,our·
neyman wiremen. apfHt'nUC(S and reSIde nti al wirc·
m en. Things must be looklll8 up since Bechtcl
Corporal Ion hascnllcd for 13 mcn in th e P;lU week.
Cannon Wend l h;l5 aho br:cn c.;a llLng for men evcry
d ay for th e p:lSt tWO weeks Lc\ 's hope thai .hLs 1$
a good s ign for better days to come.
81 0 th er Mike Crox t on and Dave Wheelcr have
on
bcen OU I C\'ery day be:nung the bushes trying 10
'"
u rgarllZC SQme of these Ihops. The latest to ~Jig.n
op have been Crllcralt Elceltlc and Can BrO thers '"
Electric. FrOM ....·ha l 1 gather, all o[]e man shop~
Ih" 'tgn the books h.ad to ...'Ithdraw theu names
frum the book,; as of Nove.mbcr 13_ Apparently
thiS Issue hal'i coml! dueellv fr om Ihe I 0
II ,Iways !ilddt.nA mr whr-n Onr of my dUIU:A Hi
10 Inform the membc:rshlp of our recenl louts
QUI sympalhy goes OU I to Ihl! t:.mlhes and 11II::"d~
(If the follo..... m~ Drothcn: Ivan Wmfrey, Joseph A
C,een, lacob Rausch, W.llace Btrch, Roy A. Dug·
gel , j.C. Thomas and B,lI Por t er These One S. ath ·
ers hay!! m :.kets that da t e bac k to 1936.
OUt c.omrnunllY d,d manllge to Win In SQmc
areas 01 t be lalest e lcction, with Marcia Weeks
gainIng a slx -yeu scat on the: Corpot"J. l lon Com·
mi ll ee, Or .1,1 5 II IS more comm ooty called. the 37
 orrUpllQn C(Jrnmlllee Wr. are st\.lek with PreSl
dtnr RCi&iJn agam lor .mothe:r four YUJ', and God
only kno ws wh:u he \1\'111 do to w in that time
Well, thAt .bou t wraps It up for another IUlle I' m
aot lomg to urge you to a tt Cnd your nut unton
meeting Jlnel: Lt docsn't do any good anywlly. It 's
always Ihe same: face!l and t he sa me oneS that art
commi tt ed to making the im po rtnnt decisions that
keep Qur local unton a live. Un t il nc)Ct month,
think safelV, !l tay hea lt hy and hue a VelY Pros·
perous Ntw Yell r
RA Y Pou.sn , P.S.
Scribe Urges
Action on Jobs
L.U. 647 {u t, U TT LE ROC K, ARK.- By the lime
you rud th iS, the elec tion wd l be ove r, In (nct , I
.:1 m wriling thiS on EJecuoll Day, and the outcome
will h.ave been decI ded by the peoplc III a free
SOClet)l lhat has th e pnvllege 10 l·o t e. for t hlS we
s hou ld be thankful.
For those of us who know Wh illt the Rr.pubhcan
P.any hu done to tbe labor unions, 11 will be a Slid
day if the DemC)(:J:llle Party loses In thts c.lcctlon .
Onc dung that the Repubhc~n P~r1 y is. dOing to
the Amencan pubbc Is c osting tbe 1.oor people
lob! we e:lin ' t afford to lose. I Wa! ullung to OU I
mtt-rnatLOO IlI Represen ta tive recently, alld he in ·
formed me thll t th(,' pap!!r mil l in Camden, Atkan·
us, was befOg c losed l and he IS mcc llng with other
paper mill o(fiCials wtth t he possi bili t y of l&n ot her
plan t d osing.
It U OlJr hope IhiU p roper aCtion can be t~k en by
whoc:ve l IS elected _ We are lOSIng 100 mllny iobs
to the overst:as market t o let tbi. problem go
un~tll:ndtd. Whoever is elected, we urge them to
.olye these pro blems: and get the Wa lkin g people
blck on .he lob making a IJ\'lng for their families.
Lu. W IL LIAM!, £l .S.
Scribe Names More
Unit Officers
L..U. 659 (i,o,u,em &'catvl, !llEDf ORD, OR.£._Work
on con!l truc tl on is windin g d"wn. wnh Wint e r nOt
looiling good . gain thlS )'cal. We en loyed more
employmr:nl so fltr this yeu thlln ....·c h,,'c In Ihe
la&! low ynn, oind that Will still s pOtty 1'he,e I ~
talk at scvend p rol c cts commg up lor wiremen,
but not eno ugh 10 come ncar 10 dea r Book 1 A
good portion of ou r construc ti on ha nds .a le on the
fOlld, wh ic h brings u p I poi nt which I'm Sure m nny
of you pro bably can't undersund any m Ore: than
myself, llnd thllt is the numbe r of LUE W c ons tru e·
tlOn loc::a h not participating m thc Pen5lQn Recl -
p, CJC ll y Progrllm .
If we ue trytng to promo te brotherh ood ~nd
spread It f3lther, II seems lhlS wou ld be one olthc
tir't places t o pU(;IIc.e whilt .... c pr c:lch. I rellhzc
thai the ItS( Is finally geeeing bigge r .JJ rhe ume.
Dunng t belc limes when robs and d o lla,~ 2 r e both
so h&llrC 10 eorne by, is it 100 mu ch to ask thlll lh t
m oney that was negotiated fo r the min Oil the Job
should foll ow t he m ao after tbe: lob! [ Icallzc tha t
being a negotia ted Item, the co n trat lOn have a
Vo te In Il , but le t's fac:e It, ho w m ll ny yean Is It
gom& to take to get our acts together! HQpdully,
not mu ch longer
As I reported 10 a prevlou. neWJIC1U:r, I am
gJVIn& the names of m o rc: 01 your Unit oIAce .,·
Cum, Pass, chahm.a.n, Cary Holm) ,ecretary, Bob
Lope' l Klam.u b Falls, cbaJrman, T o m MelcilU,
sc~r('tary. hm Henderson, Medford, c.halrmm, le Roy
lindgren, !lecre t ary, roc Fed erico) 1o1t Sha5t'l, c hair·
man , Joe lo hnsonl sec reta.ry, Ron Callpaln , Rose·
burg. cha irman, Marc Z urc her) sccrctaryj Ron Jo nesl
;t SpnflgRclJ, c ha irman, lim Bl;o wn , sccrt'(lIry, SalJy
z Terry, T oketee, cha umilll , Robert Slay t oo, sec le·
a: t.ny, Roger Lec, Yre ka, c hairman, Tom SehuelerJ
:>
o
-,
sc-cretary, Kor:I ly Gibson, lI.nd City Roscburs,. c ha lf·
mOln, Milton Leach l sccTeury, Ca rol Dennoetl. The
members of the Loca l 659 Safety Com mlllee :lie
thalnnan. Ted Swarm; secrelllry, SteVe M aynard,
Ron , one-s, Bob Colhel , Bill Turner and Larr), Rusl
(frOlD Executive Board). T hei r next meetLng ..... 111
38 be in April. 19 &5 and a.gain in Septemlx:r. 1985.
\\'lIh th:lI, I Will close for n o W G el out and
a ltcnu th ose Villi mettlng5 It only requlres II
couple of huuu J monlh, :lind it 15 rOUT unio n
H.... ROLD , . Ku;\"!, P.S.
Graduates
Pi clUred are th e gra duat ing apprentice of lo c-1I1
668, La fayette , Ind . In the [,o nt row , left to right ,
art St eve Kerkhovc , M ike Fisc he l and lim pen cuj
secon d ro w, ltd, t.o right, G re" Hum phr ty, lohn
Wiggins, M.ike Nt lson, Ji m Frus ho ur, la y Blac k-
burn and Cli ff Mun nt'y.
"Dunk Ronnie"
Here i5 Brot h er Don Se hciber dresse d ~s Ronald
Reilgan in t he d unk tank al CLC L;ahor Day in
La fay ett e, Ind.
Labor Council Provides
Labor Day Fun
L.U. 668 ,i,u, ru& s p'" J..AFA'I' ETTE, I TO ._ The:
Nonhwest Central Labor Coune ll sponsored a La·
oor's Day Bt ColumbIan Park o n September l. The
m o rnlllg slllTled OU t with pol ni c;J 1 c.a ndid;J tes glV '
i ng spece hes. AI noon t hert: was ;Ii c arrY'1n picn iC
lunch . Then In the .aft ernoon the rides li nd zoo
we re opened up. T hese werc Iree fa , all union
members and thd r fa mil ies. The Union attendan ce
was highe r than t tlc Cou neLl had antlcipated, but
the public ilttcndancc was lowe r than figur ed. Two
unIOn bands provldcr.! mU$IC in tht afu:moon_ Loc,1
Brothe r Tom Allyn performs .u: drummcr for ODC'
of the b"'nds. Two othe r Brothcls, lUoy Simpson
and DlIl'e Smith, IS delegates 10 NWCLC. pla)'l:d
If. large part In orgdDlI.mg the d .. y's festivitie s.
The re ..... 01 5 II dunk t:lnk CI up .....ilh Don Scheiber
wC3finga Ronnie RClgln mask. He neve r had lime
to dry off. I heard him tell onc little kid aftc r he
hild been dunked Ihat she must hllve co me fr om ;Ii
un ion famlly_ "'~ seemed to be o.ldmouthing union
labor;li loti guess he ....·u ge tting what he de:!u! rved_
On Octobc l ;) the La{:liyc lt e Budd ing Trades held
their 18th App, r:ntlce hl p Completion Ceremony
and T uumoRl;a1 Banquct _ h ..... u held fa honor 111
of the cufu' apprentices who h:ad completed thcn
uamrng m lb epa stlhlec. ye.a rS. Many d id not show
up (0' the gradultlon ce rerno n),. Ca rpente rs hlld
the highest percentage In attenda nce. We onLy had
n me ou t of 40 prr.$ent . I am su re many were
working OUl of t own) but sevcra l cou ld care leu,
which is vcry bad. The gu est speaker ....·as Professo r
Lloyd S. Jones, " professor of Construc ti on Tcch ·
nology and CiY II EnglDcenn~ at Purdue University .
The local's Soflball T u m d idn' t do tOO wd l tim
)·ear. 11 mu st have been t he new shIrts th at thc
lQuI bougbt fn, them In the p~st they spon,orcd
themselves aad dId pretty ...·ell. They did tl nhh
chlrd 10 the Letllsuc TOLJrney. BellCf luck next yC:l I ,
""y~
RAN DY TH OMPSO N, R.S.· p S
Local Celebrates Anniversary ;
25-Year Members Honored
LU. 683 li&c lTl}, C OLU!tt BUS j OJUO-I had no
art,,:Je In " Locli l Lines " last month because t he
de.adli ne was bc:fo re the electiun and tne p\.l blica·
t ion date IIlte r. Whlll could I say? Our candidate
Wit S 20 pOintS behind in th e poll s with li ttle ch"nce
of pic king up .
And It happened Rona ld Rcag:ln was el ected
with a teCOtd number of Americsns votlng. We got
the people OUt, and they voted for , cllndldate
commuu:d to our demise. Now we re.2JJy alt on
the ropes I can on ly hope tha t the un ion memben
who voted for tblS admm15ua.tion know lomet hing
that I don 't, a t they wake u p 10 lime to stave off
this admini stratio n 's co mmitment t o dest ro y w .
The Red Cro:is Bloodmob lle wa s at Loca l 683 on
Octobe r 25. One hu ndred and t hree of our members
nnd wlv t.:$ gave blood to keep our Blood Blink
mUlc t .
On November J OUI local celebuted its 60tb
:liJ'all\veuary with :I dinner ·dance at the Col umb\.ls
Sber.aton Plu... If u reirelhlng to .fee how well a
bunc-h of ton s\ru ctlon workets can clean up and
to sec the beaullful people to whom they lie
marned_
AI the party short speec.hes were ,g,lven by Local
683 I',c,u~en t Terry Nicodemus and BuslOcss Man -
:lRer M.L. "Joe" Hoover. The local received II
proclama t ion from the CQUnty commlS!lloners
laud ing liS 60 years of sc rvict: to It!! membett and
thc Jlu bhc In Columbus. N icodemu s :and Hoover
presented a silver bo wl to out only b vlng charte,
member, AI M eier.
At the party the foHo wmg m embe rs we.re In·
ducted IOta the 10c:aI'slS- Year Club: H oward Dav-
tdson, 'a mes Dixon, Robert Elder, Albeu Cartner,
DaVid G reen, Cletu!. Haublel, Charlc.s Holley, LoUIS
Jacobs, James )eakins, Robert LISt on, Kenneth Met·
calf, Harold Ni chols, John O ' Oay, John Penny·
backe r, Robcrl Reeder, Richa rd A. Sc h neider, 'ohn
Eugene Th ompson, Rona ld Vargo and R.a lph Wells .
Jdck Noon \s the president of tbe Local 683 25·
Year C lub, 'aek Rush is thc vi ce president and
Paul Dorny IS , be seclctary
The e\'enlOg was capped off with mu.slc and
danCing by the ,group "Cc1~b r at~ on ."
It t5 with So me regret that 1 announce that this
will be my t"St ~ nide in " Lou I Lines" I bave
en joyed w ritmg tbis article fa , over six years but
it is lime It) PIiSS t he pen on. I holi ve .appoi~ted
Local 683 Vice PreSident Pilt Clrcelli to be ou.
press .sec retary. I' m sure th at rat Will keep you
in fo rmed of w hat is going o n m l oca l 683 .
I hope you aU had II: M erry Ch rist mltS Imd :I
HDPPY N e w Yur, Cod bJess you llll .
T EJUl Y NICODEMUS, PR[s,
Retirees Honored ;
Softball Team Wins Trophy
l.U. 697 III, GARY AND HAMMON D , .lNO .-
Local 697 enJoyed a busy social summer and fall
$ell sonl I wi sh our wo rk w ou ld have been as good ,
On Se ptember 29 a banquc l was held a l tb e
Brolldm a r COtl!l(t'y Club honor ing 26 n~wl}' gr.1d -
uated Itpptentlces. Our congu l ullllti on s to all. Spe-
cial recogniti on to Carol llOCk, our first femille
luum cymll n, and lun Shoemaker, number one in
hi S gratluaung du.!!.
OctObe r 15 was anathel bIg evcnlng. We honored
Inem bers that retired m th e lut yellT, rlu$ 25-,30-,
.35·, 40- and 45-year PIOS were awarded SpeCial
award, were gi ven to Wilham Mc Bnde with 50
ye:lTS In the mEW and Dan iel GlIlb:tn wllh 55
yeoll r$. Wow l M ost of us weren't bo rn wh en t hese
genth'men SU rf ed rheir Cuccr,_ Ne .....ly retired
rnem'bc rs a re Arnold AIW3tc.r, DeTine 8ghls, Charles
Beanbl ossom , Ben Bielski, Kcnneth Bius, Hllry
8rahos, I. Rex Casford, At Cy ga l, fl oyd frazier,
Raben Cresham, Wayn e Hahn, Waite , Hewitt, Sr.,
Walter Juergens, Fred Ke dman, Jr ., R.une Lllutz·
enh.ise r, Ger.aJd Lmdner, fa" Loman, Dooald
M c Phee, Edward M pore, Jelf M oore, Wtllard New·
Com, Daniel O'Nedl, C.arl Pit t m3n, Hal'Old Reid
WIlliam Schlinge:r, Ed Shllc,any. f ranCIS f llC y, lame~

Graduates
Shown In the recc nl Ap prentices h ip Cra duu ion
Dinne r, $ponsorcd by the Joirn Appren li ces hi p lind
Tnining CommiliU tJATCI, ,;he !'1 .. Ju aiu IIf Local
697, Ga~)'·tbmmond. Ind. Fmnt row, seated, are
Ron Wa ndas ie wicz, Trll cy Ihll , Da \'c Kou. Cllrol
Li n ck and Ja ck Ch:IYez, st.cnnd row are Mike
J(lhIJ 50n. Paul Sanden, Mike Gukey, M ik e W3g.
ner, One Sitnc hak, On e Bh:c man and Tom Nier·
me)'erJ imd chi rd l OW IIn~ Greg Bunl , Steve Sh l;llW,
Jim Shoemaku, Jeff Schumann , Dne Wilkins,
Duid T o~h illd S,C:VC lIuifruan. Not pic lu rr.d:
Wi lliam 8oland . Mik e Oaugheny, Kin K, bdhl,
Guy Porc er, Harry 53\'ag(', I,., ROD Ta rgc lt ;a nd
Paw C. Yugt r.
C Wilkcr son . lohn Young :md Keith Shephard
Men receiving pinS were, 25 yeats AClc DoZier.
Hubcn [h,eshman, Ralph lihrcshman, Delln
bao on, Rlybum Killion. Ronlld Koom: DU3ne
'0-
MJShle r. Robell Moehlman. Thomas rhiner, 10hn
Poloncak, Robc=rt Ralhburn. Roben Rosenau, R:ty-
mond Schmllz, Richard Schu dwvske and Paul
SQbkoWIC;t, 30 y<:an' A.rmand I. Sohovm:. Tbomu
Buck, I Rex Cas ford. Albell Hagy. Ka rl Hoover,
Wa lter Kaszak, Ttren(;t Lorden, Eugene lOlles and
MJchael Schreiber) 35 years: lohn Bl ossom, John
Ma loney, Bobby Pium" n. Kenneth Str.fl kll , C ha rles
Ambrose, Wtlbur Dekcma, Geo rge Fossey, Kennclh
H.am ilton and Ceo rge Po pe l 40 yenrs Tom Alvar-
ado and Ed wa rd Moore l lind 45 years' Wi lliam
Blaney, Joseph Fe no, Anlhony Ma z ure, l l " and '
A. Me)·er.
Th e follOWing paragraphs are wrhlen and sub·
mitted by lay Ca rre:tt Than ks. lay
l,.oc.lI 697 383lD fielded .. Softball Tu.rn Ih lS
summer that partlcrpaled an tW O area leagues Th<:
Te:.am '5 combmed rC'cord W.lS JJ wins and mne
losses ..... llh a thlrd ·pl:acC' fimsh at thC' Omm Sports
Complex. Bringing the trophy luck 10 Ihe umoa
ball ""'ere Manager lay Carren, Coach Tom O;lvies
and KC'vln BC'ekham, Dave Butman. Ca ry Boyer,
P~uI8rown, D~ve Faulkner, Rlco Hernaadez, StC'vC'
Huffman, SCOIt M:auch. Paul Prond%.IMki, ' aha
Il,\ldd, lelf Schumann. Steve She rC'r, Terry Such·
elskl, StC'ye Suckcrt. Bob Tonolano and Bob Zank
The above playus abo partlclpa lcd In the: 13th
Annual Fourth DISHICI Soh hall TI)urnarne:nt ho:'ltcd
IIns year by Local 58 U1 l)ilt 101l, MlchlEan. In
addition , a second team managed by George Dop-
pler was fo rm ed for IhC'To urnlltnCnt N e ither t cam
came bnck as "n ffi cH11 wmners," hut dunks)::o to
our Brothcrs in De lloi t fo r a we ll · n, cn)oyablc
weekend.
Officers and membr:rs of Local 697 would like
to takC' this o PPOrt Ul1llY to wish everyone.1 Happy
New YCill
LLQf'/AIH\ A J3kzozKrEwlc.:2. I'S
Work Holding Steady;
Election Disappointing
LU. 700 Ii, o&.spa', IT. SM ITH , ARK .-So far the
work has hl"ld ur 10 Ih.. Fr Smrrh M"~ Tne
M:acsteel lob IS wmdmg down to IUs( _ couple o(
crews , however, Bc.:lchr:1 at ukc One I" lak!nJ:. up
thC' slack fo r maybt: :a couplC' of months All of us
in 700 c.an be thankful for wha t work we h:ave had
in 1984 . It has sure been better t ban the t .....o
pre vIOus yea rs . In Ihlnk m g back, most o{ the
election yc:ars seem to h:ave more work In them
tban othe r yC'an . Strange. I,n't itl Th ere: IS Blot
of la1 k of Job, commg. and hope of ou r gettmg
some of it} but 10 !:Ilk of "jobs coming" IS a lot
like ~rollnJ hu~ n"InJ:" they don 't employ mllny
peoplC'
ThC' election IS now hlstury I douhl II1;at thu t'
Will be :I recaunt I <:an relate With Whll 'cuC'
lackson SlLd, " I am smtiln, lhrou~h m y u," .ar<; •
What un you exJlC'Cl whe:n 4, rr:rcC'nt o f Ita' u nlun
member went wllh Rug",n I SU$pcct Ih.. l most
of mal 45 rercent ,lie member. who m .lJ e enoudi
money on buytn~. houlcor some Otht f In ' C\lment
dunn,; tbe days of II Jll rle mfl :ltlUn Ihal they now
think they are ""eahhy ennu~ to be Reruhlrc.ans
I know thiS is nOl true with all who didn ' t J!:Iy
with tl1e unIOn endn r5emf!nt , bUI I'll het It covers
mosl Anywa y, Iha: lill' I" C:,\~t , and lhe next yea r I
think will tell ""hue wc ,u e ~ o lnR and how fast . J
don'l kn ow a bout ou, ~UI nxht now I count II lIS
Qne: of lIl y blc'l"IIIJ:~ th.lI Mr KeAllan can't run tor
II th ud tcnn.
Buy Am erICa n. buy unilln , huy Ol'r..
ROI~ Nrv l, IU Ill., P S
Preparing the Feast
Pielured whh the " guest of honor" at Iltc LUl;:al
702 , W. FunkfOrl . 1\1., I-log nOllll are, Idt to rigb t,
Brad [Jaku , Andy 1' ~IIl.,u"""i, IC lI'f Stl.'ward and
Ron Moonley.
Hog Roast Held
For Local Members
LU. 701 (i ,O, t.I ,uow ,em,ru, tlb,sp",I&'ea lv), W.
FRANKFORT. IU ••- Loc.1701members whowotk
fUI IIIuum CUII)UIHlucJ Telephone: Company reo
eenll)' held" 1I0Jt Roast:1I Lake She lbYVille There
were games lor th e ehl ldrcn "nd prl%.d .... ere glvC'n
The Roast lor the members wu msdt: po'S$lble
Ih rough the 50 ~O Club conl libu tlonJlIt Ihe ~(:n­
tr:al meel1ngs hell.! bf thr: []lern~f:s;luJl Smr:r Iklty
La ..... rence and he r hush.lnd Jerry generously do
nated th<: 180 pound h~
Thr Plrnu' OIr.;1nI7Inr. rammlllt'e con~lsted of
Chairman ferry Stcwart, Joe Ann Lee, Cheryl 'imuh
and Perry Lawyer. M.l0Y othu ntcmber!lo ,abo dl)'
nau.:d Ih ell tUne ;and I<lbm 10 ,hi' (\'ent Ma ny
lhi1nk!l to aU of you t
Local702h:n :.pp raxLmatc ly.150 nlcmncrs wmk ·
LOll: ro r Illln Uls Con, olldlJtcd Telephone: Company.
OUf contract coyers plan I. cnmmcr ctal""nd traffic.
We, as a t e Olhet Iclephor\c comp:UlICS, CXlle n enc·
mg layoth a nd loss 01 members through attral n
due 10 Ihe Imlll"try dercgulillloll and Icchnofofl:Y
changes
0""'10 E M LNIILV , PS
Golf Outing, Stag
Picnic Enjoyed
1.. ,,7 12 Ii.C,C'tn,cal V&SO l·tl. BEAV ER. PA .- The
local uRIan held II Annual Culf OUClng anti Stag
PIcnic on S,uurdltY, September IS, 1984 We ....·anl
10 "'lu"lul 111 srr-rul Ih.nlr 111111 rn .11 Ihe Ole mbe-"
01 the Sporu Committee fOr ,hclI cifous The:
oUling b<:~n with rain , holding up the shotgun
Start for o nC' h:al£ l1ou" hut ~Iorplng Ion,. cn o ujth
for everyone 10 comrlcle thdr 18 h()IC'~ There:
w<:re 150 Brotheu teeing off, mcluding thou fr om
surroundlllJ; local unions, at Rolling H III~ Coif
Course, Lnwr ncc Coun ty, Pennsylvar'u a. A. varu.:ty
of puns don.ted by o ur contractors were won by
the parti Ci pants
After the m:llch the golf U In vcJ 10 Splin g
Golfers
Pieturtd :alt thrC'e of Ihe members of Local 7 12,
Oea l'u, Pol ., who helped t o o rganin tke Loc.'IJ 712
Coif OU li ng. From left t o ri ght life Willis Kaufman .
T homas launoH :lind Torn Ct·kovkh.
Wll ter Acre S where Ihey lomed ot her membe rs fOf
ou r Annual St~g PicniC whe re load and dunk was
iJ\'ailablc for all C.ard games, dice games and
volleyball were cnltlycd by 1111. but ..... tre held up
slightly because. of the damr, cool we:lthC'r Doo r
rriz s donllted by our contractors wer e won by
some 01 our lucky Bro thers Ag.1in ""'c thank ou r
SportS Cummillec for a well -o rganized e:vent .
The work plctule for Local 712 sull remalUS
very good beC;lUSC at the- work on HeavC'r Valle-y
Powe:J Sta ll on No land a refueling ouug<: on Unll
No. I WC' also huC' a numbC"r I]f sm.11J labs lD
progrc.ss The ourlook for the "" antC'r monlbs fC' .
maiOS good
QUllntematlon.1 Representative:. EdWin 0 Hill.
fo rmer buslncss mana';CI of local 711. rs pJf!sC'Dtly
recupC'ratlng from open·he:a rl su rgery. A double
bypas!O W.\llS pc: " o rmed ,, 1 Allt.ghcny GC'ncnl Hos
plulm PllunurRh anti hr 1"1 dnUlt'. vrry wi'l !.
C I'Olll .f On.IIAuM. IR . B M .
PrC'sidenl Lonnie Hunley and Busineu Manager
Earl ei"~f$ of Local 760, Kno:nillr, Tfnn., with
"01111,. IIOUI 1111: Kuu ... , illt Art" Ct:.utr"J l<Ibu l
Co un cil ffJt bUI attcodan('C' a t Labol Da)' Bash al
SU:lhau$.
Work Picks Up;
Participate in Union
L. U. 76 0 (i,o,U,Jl s$.s pal, KNOX VILLE, TENN .~
Thc nl em bers and lamilics partlcipated in the
l..abOi DRY Hash un Ihe Wo rl d's Fait slIe a t the
Slra hl1 U5. Thr:re were lood, c lowns, ndes aDd fa mI ly
cntf! n ammem fo r the day. local 76O ..... u presented
an award for haV ing Ihe m ll"lt union TnC'Tnbcrs In
att~nd3nce"
The: Bash was spoo50red by thc Knoxville Area
'"
'"m
Central lahor CounCil AFt ·C10 Some of labor's
fncnd$ unle by to say hdlu. Oilit of whom was
>-
a:
AJbcrt Gore. It He 15 running for United SUICS
~natc thl-'j yeal Allm all II was a fun day. and_ '"
::J
Z
good time was had b,. all ...·ho attwded «
...,
Our work has picked up a Illtle Two or more
lobs have opened up The,. wll1lasl w ithe first of -'
the- ye~r _ II IS nut enough to PUI our members to «
z
.... ork It bom<: We hav<: " lot on the: out-of-work a:
IlSi workln~ out uf tuwn BUSiness Mana,l!;c r Earl ::J
Selye rs IS: Itylng 10 malntaIf1 the contracts Ihat w e ...,o
nave and ,get more work for OUI rnem~rs . Th15
has bccomr: mOle dlHlculi each day with IhC' 000'
un ion shop working the unemployed ""ho have
bten la Id off from pl ants ill tbe are:a. With no bope
of going brick 10 wo rk, they arc working lor reduced 39
 w .. ,~" lUSt to hu'e a lub Thl'i IS Illst ont nf Ihe
prohlems faclDg }lOUI loul toda}l
Wuh hlgh unemployment employers asked fo r
pay tuUi It ' s hu d to get ~ 'c ll lcmcm of any land ,
the local has to ma m taln wlla l wc have. Volun le(!f
your h(! lp by i tt endlrlg th(' nex t rncC::tlng and be a
p:m of your UOlon ,
School
LOCi I 773, Windsor , Onl " ~ppr c n'it-('s recc i\'c in·
Slrll ct ions ~DoUI night school program me al th e
uni o n Inin ing entre.
Pig Roasl
Sh own ;a bove are some of the Chatham members
and their Families who atl clldcd tlU! labo ur Day
Pi, RoilSt.
Local Needs Work;
Members Enjoy Pig Roast
l..U. 771 (i,o&.as), WlND O R, ONT.-Greellngs
from Ihc sou thernmQst local III Canada. At the
time of th is writing, ..... e slIlI hnve a large nu mber
of OUr members 1.0 both th Wind SOl an d Chath:lOl
Units unemployed. Any help fo r work which our
sister locals \D C2nada or the United St.ues may
Jlve UJ would be greatly .ppr~CJ;,ucd and returned
to the ncar future
Our Local 773 apprenticeship night school Syued
up fo, lInother yea r lU SI blt College, Pnor to
d1l' yea r's rught ·school programme stam ng. we
held an ;l ppren tlce meetln" al the UnIon hall The
Apprenllceship COll ndllntrodueed I hlS }'car'$ m ·
SfrUCcors to , be ;apprentice" Ind the lextboolu
wcr~ dls t nbuted to each of the students The
Coundl Informed thc apprentlces that a mark of
S puceRt .....ould be rcquHed on all tesl.s In order
not to wnte the nn.le.s am A number of pucllc.1
;and tduc.Jlonal semmars In adJl1lon to me rt:gular
nI!tht school bave h.:cn !cheduled for tbe 198 8';
Ichool yeat Fusi ' nnd ~ccond·ye:u s tudents we re
mfonned thai I I wou ld be mand l\to ry fo r them to
lakt: a spec.lal welding coune (or electrica l appren'
uce!.
E.lch yur on Labour D.ay weekend, the membtt
of OUf Chatham Unit stage a tbree,day PI& rOllst
on BrotheJ Sob Purdy'S farm near Highgate, Or'!'
t .. no The last rwo years my f.tmdy .. nd I ha\'e h .. d
the pleasure o( attend 109 the pig roast and SPCndln5
the weekend wah Our Ch:uham members Brothel
Purdy prepa red twO piSS for the OtClISIOIl, which
1:5 p1ob.ably why they dec idtd to call It a "pig out"
on the T·shirts which were worn by the members
:lnd theIr lamdies Man)' of our members brQugh l
their nallen, campers .and tents for t be ",'eekend
on the Purdy farm Thtrc was sWlmmmg down on
Purdy's Pond, \·ollcyb.lI, basketball and cndless
l'IJngmg at the c3mpAIe al nlihl. Sunday's dmner
40 turned out to be a full sca le banquet with food
spn.:J.d Qut O\t:.r numcruu'io Lnle rILnH. l.Ibh:"t pl.ceJ
enJ I" end. ~tween the great food. e(lld beC'r
J:oIlUt''J Bnd SlllglD,R, II was hard tn lo.ly which we
hk~d Inc: hest I suppose II wa ~ IU<i t the ~ood kehng
une gets In H:.e lllg so many 0 1 our mem be rs and
theu farnl il c( soclllllzlnSl with one anOl her on
Laboul Da)' ihcn: wu (lIlC Lncldent t his year, It
seems somcu n t: thou)Cht 11 woul d bt' funny tn put
a Ulccoon In t he hU~lne!iS manager 's tent Will.!
holll( t~t they ~.m,cd (osee ," could 51111 m Dn :
.:5 'I:5t as I used til
Special helln ,hi" munth lo Corky Melnnl!, Local
7131nternallonal Replc~e'nt.II\·e nu t In Wlnnlpcg
Manll(Jba
Un til next mon t h, AnuJ luck .1nd remember to
IIttend yOl,l r local Untlln mc e tlng~
o.1Ut. RVAs. B M
Elections Bring New
Faces; Courses Offered
L.U, 804 (i &oJ, KITC II ENER., ONT.- Lrl!t:lIllgs
from Centul On ta no. It hilS been some. tllne s ince
we h3ve made a con ili nulloll to tbe loutntJl, and
as g result we: hav!.': numerou~ thIngs to sh:ue .... lIh
,ou
EJec.tions In June bllluJ:ht St) me Rev. f.Jllces to the
Ex -So.1!d, but BusJnt""~ \111Jl.JIIgcI Chinle Mc.Kenzle
retained hiS pOSition Out IOe.JII1 has seen a large
sho rt age of wO lk SiOCt 1978 and 1979, tn the eXlent
that the sccretuy In the unllln office has had hours
reduced and the asSISUlnt bUSiness manager was
laid off All thiS IS due tl) a Jack of funds, ..... hlch
comes wah loog·term unemplo)'ment We give
credit 10 che 1l1t'.mbC'rshlr lo r h.Jllngmg H1 thele ,OSt
the ume Some peorle havl." had to coter Industtle!
outside of cOnStrucllon l but IOf(un.:atcly. few lUe
droppmg them member hips We do apl1ml$lIeally
ex-pect to have some work In thc future , be II
micro· tcchnology ,t Ihe University of Wa t erloo
Ene rgy Pll rk iO Bru c County or som~ of the
Hospit al expansion
Also adding to the problt:rn IS a lengthy trike
between 1..oc:t1 17 fillnd Onlano Hydro where:: ont'
Sixth o( our Ioc.:al W:U emJ)lo)'ed as uavclle.r:5
Hopefully, fOI aU LR\'olved III that dispute, a resolve
IS fortheommg In the near future. We. thank M2ny
10clll, fOI then II.!JSlstlince In past years, lind we
have people who wdl1t3ve l now if there I~ II husy
local
In the pas t yea r ....'c hll\'(' hosted welding counes,
bUle , IntC rmedLate and .advanced pte count, and
stewards COurse . We have seen poslt1Ve ,~suhs
hom all these courses
It was rdruhlng to \11 III the firSI me:eung 01
the new b;·8oard until 12:.10 a n1 wuh much of
the lime spent dlscu sln,l; a \II-or k· recovery pro'
~rllm T rull', thIS must be on the agend. I){ mllny
loca ls today.
The Soc1I11 Com rrullet: IS to he commended fo r
th(! lr dances recenlly, lind Ou r Picnic, which WII S
held .1Iurdll)', August 25 II was a great family day
at BlOgem3,n Park
At tbls tlmc \II'e utend thanks to Blother
\1cKcnzle for keering u, .. II ....ell mformed on
recent happenm~s Ihrou~h thiS regulal ne.\II let
ten
IlRAY Wtl"-ON, P.S .
New Scribe
Catches Up
LU, 806 (i,c lhm), FI.Lt. ' VILLE. . Y.- In thts,
the first lett«:'1 from u In a while, we' ve gOt some
eatchmg up to do, We losl Some Brothe r.., and they
lire sorc ly m issed· Pre," ccretar)' Lou OUbll'ltr,
lohn WlO t crbc rgc r, "r, "ZI~Y" Slursen, ehllnc r
membe.r He rbe rt St.l tltnn :lIld Hury IrWin, Rest I[J
peace.. We gained, too. The Davises, the MIke.
f'opoullo /("'IRsl, Ihe Cll/Ok S, the \.Vorl.UU, the
Hurls, the Wal.shc!Ii and Ihe Woarne RUl-ers .added
tax deductions
At elections 125 1 lune 8u !. mc~S NI.,an.ger Morn'
Mil ler ra.n un o pposed Pre51dem Sal ACClIt!,h was
reelected, and AI \13ynne ran Ul1lJppoo;cJ (OJ \'Ice
president The Exceullve Soard e.le.Cled wu Pc,,:
Cbusi, Le roy Conntll Warren HenlY, Lou Ko;::·
lowsky, lohn Kru!lher, Ron Menop .nd lack Win·
tc rbt:rger Lllter In the year Leroy Connell re Igned
due to IlIncn. and T im Doyle, Ir., was :tppolnted
to t he Stlllrd Luuy should be back working by the
11m!! thiS goes to punt T he Enmlntng Boa rd
mcmbers are Str.:vc: 001\1\5, Bob Metlop lind Frank
Morg.lD; the lreaJuler IS Tom McElrath, and th~
rtcordmg secfeury IS Bob PomC'rant;:
ThlS spnns and slimmer saw 1I great dinner
dance and clambake Members alsoparuclpatcd m
a blood dnve, workon ,communlty pl Oleel:5, as well
as 10 the po lL tu:al cam pllign Presldc.nt Kirkland
visited KlOgStOn In Octo ht'r to urge on our clfofts
Congrll t uilltlons to Ihe C\a~s of '84 Lee Alltson
Bob Head, Andy K:;H~d Q ntes and hm Sau, It Also,
welcome to new membcu Mike HameR, Debbie
Hot.tgcr , Tim McDermott. Davl! Scche, Ken SUt ,
lon, JlIck Walsh , Chm bnos, Randy Pan, Cary
C recne , Ferrell McElrath, Chris laffer.I • ." H.men ,
Gerr)' Ole,s, Ir Leroy Helms lene Deee~are , Oa\'e.
LII:htenber.'! Roger Ad 11 and Tom Sm llh
To (Ju r Brothcrs fal Ilileld , ..... e lust wan t to say,
"Wi!h you were here " It 's betn II dlscourat:IO&
national elecllon, but one has to remember being
nght IS no gua lantee 0' a maIOnt)·, Often enough
10 polillC:s the losmg p~ny uentulilly wins the
racc of Ide,as and 'lice .. some of Its WI hu earned
OUt j'lc:asc w n ce
Happy ew Ye;u
RIC'J{ MOLoovrR , PS.
Scribe Discusses
Election Results
L U. 86 1 (i&ol, l.AKE CUARLES, LA.-We extend
our condolence, to lhe family of Blother R. C.
T:IIlIm.a n, who pal'llied I1way It!cently. We wish .1I
ou r sick members a speedy rec.overy,
Weill It's all over but t he cry ing, is the saymg
goes R.on.:ll id Rcag.:m did II agun lun as Ihe poll s
predicted. It Is ve.ry hlrd to be.lte.ve that SO many
workinZ people votC'd for a rept!:at o( the I.st four
year$ It $Cems that the reople ..... ho were. hurt the
most helped put him back m. Thmk about It .:I
IlIIle. The poll. predlctcd he netded 67 pCII:e.nt of
rhe white' vote JD vrdt'T 10 beal W.JIIJter Mond,a le 60
pe rccnt· 40 percent Also, big busi ne.1I and the n ch
3re. nOT in the m a lority. T hat mean! thll t a large
percenuge of the middle· and low ' lncorne Iud to
vote Republtc.:an to give him thiS mlitglD Remem ·
ber, he dId It to us beforel and he'll do II ,cam.
only woru thiS lime bec.:ause he won't be runrung
agam In 101,11 years. Chances are be won 't set\'C'
out th~ full fOUl )'UB, SO m all probabtllty he ..... 111
do 11 all In 1985 lust like he did 11 In \981 I don' t
remember the enet words, but It gots somethIng
like thl$' " They came (or the Jews lind I soid
not hing, they calnt! for the CothoBclI ;ond I sald
nothm81 Ihey came for my b ro t her li nd st!l1 I.uid
nOlhing, then they clime for me and there wu no
one left 10 spcak ..
I'm not tOO happy With our neWJ medl.:ll ellher
It sce.ms thlll as soon u the' rUl,lln on the £.:au
Coast sIarted c:omlR': 10 they s t arted predic:ting
tbe rC:Stllts, lhcy lUSt couldn't ..... ait f r the polls
to eJosce I n the coual, MOUl1taln a.nd PaCific ti m e
;:;on es, Tha i affccted the vot er t UIOOll 1 and vot e
results mOfe thaJ1 some peop le realize. Voters Ul
California !UIH l ed leavmg the ... oung lines sbortly
after 700 p,m ute "oters, I'm sure,l.n other areas
didn' t even bother to 10 to the polls because t he)'
felt thell Vote wouldn' t malle.r .t that POIr'! t , Our
congressmen lind WOmen should pau a law O"t:T
Mr. Reagan 's \'et o, If necessary, that \'Oll ng results
not be released by the poll offk,,'s for lit lust 24
hou rs after . 11 poll.. affected ale closed
Righ i here ut Calcaslcu Pansh jCoUll t yl, w h ere
unemployment Is t he highest in the Stll tC', Mr
R~g.Jlln gOt S I 4 pcreeDt of the votes. 15 it ;&ny
wonder be ca il led 49 of SOs latesr The Democ r:atu:
Party aod the Oelnocuu bOld best w.ke up .:an d
band togethcr. Maybe, JUS t maybe, thC' next four
yean ""111 Wilke \1$ up and band U:5 together.
MAIl1'tNTIlOY, P.S.
 USS Lexington Arrives
At Naval Shipyard
L U. 901 (gOY, '. PHILADELrHIA, PA .-Ah~r tw:l l1g
sometlmes -on- 'gun lind sOlnl!tlmes ·oH OlK.lIn the
carnrr USS Lexington .amv~d at the PNC;Y to bC~ln
hu nmc-month overhaul
MOst of t he work on th e carrier will be 'itnU;:lur;l!
such as removing hel wooden fhl1.h1 deck lind
replacing. same w Ith steel. Although the work
package fOJ the elcctncal group I! sma ll it nonc·
Ihe:lu5 will pick up the slack as many sh ips fimsh
then overhaul and return 10 the f1I::Cl
As Ihe UsS Folt~tal nears her complruon date,
the sh ipyard IS gunn& up for the uU\'a) of the
U5S lnd~p~ndtn ce. the third c.me, to be OVI:I-
hauled ID the SLEP Program She IS due to :IImv!:
at the shipyard In Apnl of '85 With the uperllSC
and lessons le;arned on the two prCVIOU5 ea rners
in the SlEP Program. r'm confiden t Ihc USS In
dependence Will bt" complete:d In Icss tlme lind
With less COS I .
Congt.ltuiatlons 10 Philip Rowan "nd Mike Pc.;.
::.aoo wbo ....ere appoInted MTC stewards h om
Local 902 by Busmcss Manager Stcve: 011 omo
Phd, who works out of Shop 0 99 lie:mpory
~rvlce l, IS very fam llt'lI Wllh problems thn eXISI
1ft Shop No. 99 .tod h.u been de"ltng with them
very c1fccth'cly I'tlkc, who works ou t of Shop No.
51. IS a welcome addliion to an unders laffcd Shop
No 51 SlcwOI rd list_ Ste ... e I:' conlidcnI both m en
Will be Anc SlcwOIrds and serve the membership
wcll
PreSident John "nnlln reports Ihal Ihc workl oad
In the dcctrlcal group IS very heavy S ho p No 5 1
IS lookmg (0 hire 80 electrlcl " n , ThIS wo rkload
Will continue IOta 1985 _ Also" ou r membersblp
since lohn look o ve l as presulem ha<; In crea sed by
over 30 pel cen t Presldenl Annan wnuld like to
thank alllhe officers, stewards and members ....·ho
were responSIble lor this tncre:l.Se 10 membcrshlp .
Pe rbaps WIth thiS big lOercase In Ill cm bt:rshlp Inure
members will attcnd our gcnerlll m e mbL"r'shll'l
meet ings held the thlld Wednesday of eac h m an lb
al the SeafJrcr's Int ern.monil l Unlun . 1..,0.1 Somh
Fou ll h "ineel. Phtlade l phla, Penn sylvama
PA Ul I P ~R I'1t.II"" I- ~
Local Becomes Signatory
To Pension Agreem ent
LU, 910 ti&.m), WATE RTO WN, N, y, , IlI'i I\lollth
Local910becaml!slgnatorylo IhenalJOnal PensIon
Reciprocal Agreemenl . Th" 15 a big shot 10 the
arm lor th e andustry fo r the man on the road thl ~
me.ans gNllng; QU I whal he pUIS In , whlLh IS only
nght II w il l assure that Ihc monc), he: contnbute
WIll be accredIted to hiS respccll\"C local 's rellle
ment progum As members We" mu s t all r.llrtl Cl rlltf:
10 o rder to be ne fi t
The Buddmg and Grounds Committee 01 Local
910 has ~c:n dOing .....·ork to upgrade and Dl,lnUIn
the unio n haH Bonme Klo<;te r, :I m emOc " <; WIfe.
has bt"en hued liS mamrcnanc.: pCl 50n for cle.a rung
and g.:ner.ll clean-up and bas done .an exedlen l
Job. The apprcollcc:s have wlllmgly don lied du.·1f
time to pamt Ihe cI:lssrooms It "s amllzmg v.h;l! a
hille paml c.:IIn do A bIg Ihank.s to all ....,ho ha\'e
contnbuted time to malOulDlOg the hall
In d05lng. le t 's keep m mmd the way<; to bc:al
non, ulll o n We: must keep .1n o pen mInd .mJ rn:
wdlmK to listen 1£1 new Idc;ls
M UII .... l l EROMIl. r ~
Many Members Traveling ;
Members Attending Reunion
LU. 9 15 tia. m t l, T AMPA, FLA_-AI Ihu W'1tln~
many of our Brothers ;Ire un the ru.ad rh.mk s to
the many locals around Ih e cuunlry thJI MC helpLOg
o ur Iravehng Brot hers! Many 01 ur members li S
wclt as our sistc:r Loca l J08 member .. attended the
16 th Annua l JBEW Reulll o n In StJrh fl Jge, MassJ'
ch usetts. Th e accompanying ph oto wu sent to me
by Broth ers Don Boothc, Terry DavIS, Matt San '
difer, M ike H utlo and SIS l er M anuCle Mil le. of
Loca l Um un JOS. The banncr was made by Bchndll
Reunion
Local 915 , TlImpa. FIa _, Ind local 308 rcre ntl ),
IH ended t he 16th Annual IRI:.W Reunion i n 1lI1 '
bridge, M.uo;. II Uf i~ a banner nudf' b~ a nltOlbe:,' ,
wirt.
D.;I"'I~ the .. ,It tit lUI ) 1)"\1' Thc r..:unlOn w.as
July .lO to AUII;U t:; A _tlf,J lime w~ h3d h\' all
Wllb the .I\hc:nt oj ReJ_.:rnonllc" "m! 11\ lou r
yeu ute.n Ilin we he It: In FlundOi l f t hal inK
rrobl e nJ \ thilt o;lIellh Ihe Im.a!;II1J Il Un 'iundarJs
h.;lve bct'n lti.U:c:J, md\~IH: 1II.1:.aIll ... m~ mC.;Isure!>
h.il ... e ht.:en t.aken .1\ well .,\ ., r~'Ju( tll.n I>f .... .tge
sC.llcs, nothm,lt ~tems to tK: worktn,;. III J.:JIn b"ck
o ur lo"c5 IU'lt rt:(,:.cn tly wc h iHI t lile d u~e UU I .. talf
o r bu<;mes~ lepre..c:n t.IU\ r,;.\ HIlU' J);dll\ BmlhCI Slim
Cd l, nur rcpfI.:\ent J U\,e hi \lut "Ilut h erll " Ie". hold
to be leI go Brothtr CIIl ....-1 11 b< a ~rtJt lo~s_ I-Ie
worked hili..! J nd h as CUlltrLbUII:d much tn the.
'iucce"'i In th e Ft MYl'1'I dl l.'lI ,), wdl a .. Ihe lUll ..
dictum ,)\ J Yo. hllh:
Service Pins Awarded ;
Brother Rilette Mourned
L.U . 948 ti,tl1l,rtlt&.spal. FLINT, M l e l l. "A I our
AUl-lu ~ 1 I11CetmA J 'o mm lll cc Clf duct, membcrs,
I-Io)'d I hOi Ihll C a rl .l ml JIIlI Inhll lIcn::,H. was
oIPI'"llll Cd Itl\;Ul1 tJl!t JII o f the rCll fl:C'i nllhe mEW
loca l In the sute The Committee KUI Il~ht down
tn hU',nc~, and m ,nl ed Icttl.' lS In Rl"tlrCe\ Cl uhs of
.. 11 IIJt:.W I' K.:,II \ III t hr.: \ Id t~·, pmp(hlll,!; .a IlHnt
l'nee llll,!; h I du cu~~ pfl)bltm ~ tlut ml~ht 3110SC and
"Hect th e welfate of retlted ml'mhers Tn date the
rcspun se to (lUI lcttcr~ ha., heel! prnl:tll.:,ll ly nil. W e-
have "!nee lellrncd th at "cry fl· .... loc.lh 111 t hc: 'itall:
ha,'c ;lCllV!: RClll et'~ Cluh\ "'In!.:!,; IlUl RfIIUI1I\ Mill
mlt"r!';,led In h"\'lI\~ Uc.ll J. Inn'Unlit WI! .. auld
still li ke ttl he.lI ir(Jrn "II n'u r('J mt:mbcl' .... h'l
.....l)ulJ be III l l'rC"tl"d III .. u lh ",Re' tllRcJlle r
Ou r Illc~ IIU "1 lec:el\t;tJ umfllll("\ Jill.!" fI~ year
pili (01 8rulhc:r Bob Mlllc'lIIltl;&tt'~lm lil l Y arld:t
:';O"yeJ.I pill lI' r 8ruthr.:r hm Dun!.:"n 1II111;&led In
191J Our "'lnCeft c.mstrOlcul"llon ttl twuh m..:n
Locall)J,,! I..:utcc, h'1\"c l.tIInrletcJ Ihc 100n..!"" r e
..... ork .arnund til l' \11111111 11 .. 11 fO I thr ~CIII We
rC11 ~und p.1I1I-\..lrdllun born .. lut III (lito lh e l:!>. :.£1
" m"Jt.: Ihc Job much Icl~ work We .lIt cllntem
pl .il ung dlllllf: mil'nlen.ilnee (11\ Ihe kUllthm: 1m Ihe
..... lII ler .:lind nrcr"">;If)" Y.ilnl work
r-.n\'emhcr .... .1<; a rnonth 0 1 del1\lOn lUI mJny 'If
!lU I mcmhc l \ )on\e In.aJ..:d 111":11 \.,1r "ltd tt.1lleh
lur tb..: Hck lu Flafld" lind othe r Ittlt dlc~ cJ In
bll,i:ht cololed Walln clu\he~ lind hliltlcd ,Kun~ IIlI
dee r .,e.:ll"110 ~'h'l.h ojlt:ncd In mId N on·mbt.: 1
Smec my latOt IClle l firOlhc. IlIhn Rdelte p "<;~t'd
:lWIIY luhn WJ'lt line I)f ClIII .;I(,II\·C IIwmbct.. our
synlpJlhy ,l!.t:les II) Mr Rllcuc Jnd 100mily
We wuuld \1111 li ke ILl sec mOIl" o f tb e rr.:tII ed
membl.'n. c.:ome III ou r mce tm,f; ~ and ,R('I lIetl\'c In
ou r "UILn.t: q
l . [ lllL! l'-WIUhll\ P Mh
Local Has Small Jobs ;
Most Agree ments Settled
L. U, 953t i ,u,I ,CII1 ,C:lt" &'s r ll j, ..: ,-, C LA1H E, WI S,-
IltJ pefu lly, yuu ,lll su rVived Ih e holidays lind didn't
have to go intO de bt to pav for th em bkt I dld _ Y(IU
wou ld thmk we wu uld lcarn when wc Act old er
tha i It 'S Imposs ible t u keep up w\th the lo ncses
WIIIII 'S thc o ld saylllg. " So soon we get so old, but
so btc ....·c ge l so sm.H1 " Whoevc. ald that mu st
hiVe. had me LO mmd, RC.1l1y, we hope you all had
happy and healthy holiday s and that ),OU .arc able
ItJ xe.:!"' )'our New Year 's reso lutions for at leaSt
10 da ys Of so
I pt:r~nnally haven ', recovered from November
6, 1984 ye t I must be one of tho se diehard Oem
(te UItS whn 's \een thc light at Ih(> end u! the: IUnnel
;illld couldn I dll much about II .... hen II W.1S blo...... n
I)UI O h wtll " h o pe. for the best; the DUlorlly has
spoken, It won I take. lonl; 10 find out wh.a l Mr
Relll;an meant whe.n he saId. "You .1111 I seen
nOlhml; )·C.I .. Whilt m Orc c an t a)·'
It "s hern kmd of qU lct In UU I lut:.al Some small
Jubs &omg o n m ou r .1!U-1 USl enou ~h to keep our
wlrcmen off the unem ployment rnll' , yet ou r books
lUSt nevel ccrn to bt: completely cleare:d Most of
ou r agreement!> a le sCliled, ;lnd lakIng IOtO con
~ Id c ral ll)n ,,"h.n"s been happentng 10 the econom ...
I guess you could uy ....·c·vc h.ld some lallly decent
5ettlemtnts
"hhough at thIS "'nun~ Ihe w e;lthcr hasn·t Men
IUf. b.ld. I do knov. thaI whde ,. ou .1 re 'I'OIdI08 thiS
arti cle: yo u 're prob.1bly looking out .11 a cilupl e of
fe.:t of !inc" anJ the temrerOillurC 15 " mlnlJs and
)'ou're \n)ndcnng .....,hcn IS It gOing (Q stOr Well.
while. )·ou re wondering. wh)' don't you g.1thc r up
50mc suRJlte<; lIon" Ihat you wuuhl hkc to havr me
pnlll In you I newsleller Send them to Ihe of fice
I would apprcCJ;lIc II J.nd so would thc members
"S you have prob.1bly noti ced. wh en I have to lind
my own I O;UC" to pllllt. r ,i:CI carncd awa'lo' a lillie
at rully much more lC1 rem n or sav, m I shall
do ..e 1m no .....
May 19KIi he your mosl pro:.pelOu!. and hedlthy
ycar ever :md may e ac h ,,'ea l ,lftC' be bette r ch3n
th e: o n e be fo re
Buy unum "rn,HI..: In th..: USA Att end your
unlnn meetings.
Scribe Urges Unity
During Hard Times
L.U. 995 (i,o,nb, m&'s pal, BATON RU UGE. LA _-
Thefe arc du<;t and spider wch.. 011 th e \'Olmg
ma chlnc s u~cd In I he preslli cntHiI eJecllon. With
the Re .. g.ln - Bu ~h VICtOry, ....'c in th e labor move
ment arc m fo r " rough umcs " Many of you. for
you have made n o secret (If It. supporu.:d uh aah
hUII 'lih RCIO,lld Rca~at1 . and with hiS Will I'm will
Ing In "gll dnwn \>-lIh rou" lu~t ,0 I C3n SJ)" ,, [
told you ~o'
\'/11 ':11 UfIl.:III1=cd blxu had pcaked and h;ld :.t" rled
ItS down ..... ,mf !ikld I wrote 10 thcse \'er)! pa8cs tbat
"Therc wa mure. co a IDb Ih,n II chec k " LIke
evcn ' th ln#: elo;c. II fcll on Jcd ea rs. and h.udl)
.1n)'lhmg .... a.. done 10 "~Icm Ihe IIIJe " • Altho ugh
tt s nt\'(f too l" lc. II IS later than )'OU thmk' It IS
.I liec th.u endurance I'> an In<;lIumr:nt of o;u l\l\"a l
haJ bUI ~hat thc Brnthc,<; and ';IHer., III o rga mzed
l.a bm ",e h,l\'IOR to 'cndu re todOif on some lobs
IS pHIlUI . dlSRUstml; ~nd. 111 Ihe:: end. Will damage::
thc tUndlllun<; ....·e·"'c wurked <;0 h.lId fm O\'e l the
)-ears
1 h e '·'ll Ia<;t I'\"e:: gOt you 11\(>1 .a b.llld' .atllude
o f :Klme cuntractor:. I:' mas I difficult to cope ""' lth .
.and whelher o r not \o'e deserve thn I c:annot Judge
I uppO'ie ~m e of Ull do and some of us don I To '"
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;l1I"f Ihl s I might add tha i the con tract DlS mav be:
J:.cttln~a Imlchcl plromsomeof ou r own membe::u l
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MJn _ th"t W/l hud 10 s;ly! But If I mu .. t dodg~ th e >-
0::
truth. I wo uld pudel ,h':l1 Local 995 gel It~df «
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"nothel ple ..s secrel a r,.. The key w o rds In la bor z
a le bruthe rh ood and unltv . .lnd tOO many of us «
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hIve lost tr3ek of the m e3ntng of a rnam=ed labor
If 3ny 01 you duubl my sm t.e lllY or kno~ledgc --'
t;unt;C lmng labm, l u~t iliap " hoe to mc: , ;lnd III
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fill )' u m on my tfforts to c:am Il hVlIIg smce the 0::
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age ( I f lh' o
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Som etlmc" .hro ugh .al.h'c rs Il Y an orgalllzallon
call recuvcr and co me back !il lOngel than before,
hut u nl y If It5 mcmbers are willing to " hoc the
row," '0 t() speak ('ve s aid II many times, and J.... e.
ne.1rd Illany of you say thtl t "If 1 har.! to do it all
U\'CI ap,aln. 1 wmildn 't ," Thlslc a\C us with . " W ill 41

Time Off
Pic uued hc.re 11 f t Lou l 995, Ba l o n Rouge, La.,
elec t ri cians with s ome fr ie nd! and a G ulf o( Mu l t o
catc.h!
rne younger people be ....'lll1ng cnough :lnd pallent
enough to climb b.1ck up the htW "
Many tImes YOll have read in these: pages how I
led about the pcopJe who art pllld, weill mijtht
add, to work bard tn the Interest of big business
One such gentlem an is Ed Steimel w ho 19 pre~l d cnt
of the LouiSiana Associlltlon of BusineSS an d In ·
dust ry . While we Si t tal king about i t , " M r, Ed" is
stimng it up aga ln l He has ha rshly C U t]C IZCll
Governor Edwin Edwards because Edwards ..... as Ln
'ayol of c o llecuve b.argaining fo r 5choohcadu:rs .
M.I . Steunel at a recent .. n,sh l·lo· ....·ork" mectlDg
t old of hIS ,urn, whu:h IS to nd the St .1tC of politi -
cians who wo rk against the interests of the b\,ls i
ne smen In LouiSiana, and when thn 15 iccom -
plished. to put " right -to· work" mto the LOUISlllna
Consti tution . DOD' I let th iS hap pen l
A lot 01 you will not VOII!' fen t he De mocrats
bee-allsl!' of tbelr hberali ty Wel l, If you thin k t he
far left is bad, you will nOI wan t t o Ilve un del a
go vernment that movt.s t OO far 10 lhe ugh t . Wh a t
IS happenmg m Northern Ireland t oday wiU seem
like:t picme when compared 10 what could happen
10 thIS country when the extreme right IS reached.
You thmk ilbout It. As .he Jlepubhc:ms see It, Ihe
party of the Dr.moe.rals IS compnsc:d of many
segments of .soctely, ..... hllt' lbt'll paTty le:tns toward
busmess and the rich. In July of 198.1, on the
edltonal page of the Baton Rouge 51tH! Times.
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thet e was a ple-tute of a cow sepan led in to different
sec t ions by dotted lines ThIs draw mg wu overly
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suggestive of a libe ral puty and depIcted IIse H as
~ln g a "canthda tc·o n·lhe-hoof" T he dra wing s ug'
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-, ges led tha t t h is "candidate" rcpresen tcd the fol·
...J lOWing grou ps: Itbe rals, AFt-CIO, NOW, Jews,
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yuppies, blacks, Sun Belt, Rust Belt, farmers, Hu·,
pamcs an d gays. I think it is self-upl.:ma t ory, and
you don't ha ve to be t OO smart 10 BlUre It OUt
Q N ow, none of us will have to hke 01 dlshke any
of thesc grouP" but, unless you <l Ie Willing and
~ lIble to klll olf, by lIny met hod , any of these groups,
'!! then you WIll havr to acknowle.dge thelt c.xis ttnce .
On the o lhel hand, if you thin k that no one ou t of
42 t hcsf: gtOU ps bclongs t o t h e Re publican rUty, t he n
you bcl l4.' vc Bury Coldwater Will Pll.Y $15, an houl
to get hi" letluce cut l
Ucrc'. wt.hm, you lOIS oC luck In the future.
Ser you next month
Pen MACALUSO. R <;.
Scribe Catches Up
After Layoff
L. U. 11 02 (r m), CO VINCTON , KY.- Well , lolks,
it's me Ilgain fil'l aJ ly. t am sorry th.1I [ hay.: nO I
..... ritten In a while, it slipped my mLltd
They ha ve h u ed a fe w new peo ple In the l)reS5
Depan men t , lind, hopefully, the work Will bold
ouL t wenl b:u:.k 10 OctcMr, and 1 am very bappy
to be back after being off lor ove r a year.
I hope evcryonc hod • RIce ChuSlmas ~XI
month 1 will have .!tomcthll1& 10 H'PC, I .about the
Chnstm~s Part)' herc at 1102. 1 will try to get some
pictures to send In .
I wou ld ltke 10 say thai I 11m J\lad 10 be baCK In
Ihe CirCU li 8 tcake l Dcpil rtrnen t, and I hope I will
not be gelling laid off any more.
[ would like to 811)' happy hlrthday 10 Brothcr
O;llvld Foley of th e Welding Dc::plI fttnCn t, who Will
be haVing II birthday a t the end of the month
So long unlll next month.
BAIUIAIlA SPiCUI, P.S
hown (In the plebt IInr at W8K8-TV in Alpr na l
Mich ., is Dan MOrri s, busi ness man.gu , LOCiI
1106, Mu on, Mich., lind Bob Edm o nds, nsi5U nt
bus lnclS m a nagu. u Udn g II) Ih ~ tf i ki n li r mploy-
er.$ of Ihe statlu n.
Strike Continues, Oth er
Settlement Reached
L. U. 11 06 hllL cat vl, r-\ A 0 , , MI C H.- Employees
at TV SlillIon WOKB m Alpena walked of( their
lobs on October 4, 1984, M:uuse of c.ontinulng
unlah labor practices and sulled negotia1i on
Fifteen dencal, lechni cal and news depart.ment
employees h3'Ve been on Ihe p,,: ltrt Ime. fOI onr
month, as of Ih lS wIlting On 'February 10, 1984 ,
the cmplo)'cu of the sliltion gaincd barg:u ning
righu when Loellll106 Wi' c.ertified by the N LRB
10 he thr h:lrgll m m g agenl Artc r mun y bargll m lng
Ih:ssio ns, no ,1g rcemcnl cou ld be u:achco .
In August the BaIrd Issued a multi · ltem com ·
plalDt ;gams! the em r loye r, cI ti ng bad fil ith bar -
g.:umng, relalllltlOn and dlsc. n mln:llu on ag:llinst cm ·
ployees. The m:lltler wu scheduled to go to heanng
on OC(Obcl 1 S. Iusl puor to the dlltc of healing,
Iht' employer agll:td to lin Inforn\:II1 scltlemcnl
which postponed t he heanns indefinitel,. ThiS
propo!co sC ll lcmcnt waS met by t he loul with
OblrCtlOOS, and An l1mc:nded com plamt WiI$ rued.
Unlllthcsc c.om piainl5 nrc fo rmally sett led :and
the em ployer mGl kcs lIg.ht lIS wrongdomg, Ihe
SUlking c m ployce s ar.: dC:l ermlncd to Sl Ick to-
get he.r In 901ldaruy. Adven l!ie: rs have been asked
to show their neutra lity in t he strike by pulling
Ihelt ads from t he station . Mliny have lespondrd .
Dunng th e t.lcc.tlCm e.a rn p.aJgns, poi. t ll:I.llnS: werc
Il5kcd to show theu neuua.lity In the ss me fas hion.
Only DemUCra11c. ca ndLd"e, responded and With·
d re w thear lids Bargalnmg has c:onttnucd betw een
the part ies Sinee t he sln ke bega.n, bU l ll ltlc move'
men t has been made
In ol her maHeU, a Wn i U1Cl lc ttl Cmcnl has been
reach ed with Al I·Tron ies, loc ., 01 a. n le C reek.
Th ese negotiltlons began lQ M. rch li nd e nded in
October. Included 10 , he agreement, which wllI
expire on March I, 1986. IS a 67-ct:nt,pcl'·bour
wage Increur Wllh some other I.:lDgu2ge cbanges,
thiS w111 Mcome the: firs l con u act for thiS group
under toeal 1106.
KElnl A. FLEWEl.UNC, P.S
At the Picnic
Pic tured, t o l igh t, a t the Loca l 11 16, Tu cson,
Ari ~., pic n ic IlrC eake crelltor, ba it er. dec OUl o r
Moll ie Es par" Picnic Com mittee C haiml an Genr
P t nt ~ IgfUI job, Gene h Ri ta Es cobar , wife of
Brolb t r AI Escobar, an ot h er ..... ho has gin o mu ch
lime, !a lt.nt a nd t'UOrl 10 eoo king m ue h of t he
dt li dous food we hvc all cn ioyt d 111 our picnics ,
nd Vice Pre$id t nt and Pi cn ic Co ouru ll cC. m em bet
Cind y Whilt', who spi:.nds I'n ll eh t ime arrang io g,
sc.hedul in g and onJ5ee ing the yout h ga m es, as
we ll as m i n )' o t her needs of Ihe. pi cn ic as t h ey
Clown Li nd a fthld on ado kept t he littl e o nes en-
te rt a ined in a "Hy pro fess ional m anne l . G rea l jo b,
Linda , a nd yo ur e.fJoru. a re uiJI bring relived by
. 11 ages of "youth," Our ph otographer. Brothe r
lArry "\:I n in of Connruelion , d id a fanta s tic jo b.
T h a nk you for t he best plcl u rr! we' vc had.
Negotiating Committee Needs
Members' Support
L. U. 11 16 (u,e.m&t rt r), T UCS O N, ARI Z.- Happy
Ncw Yea r to yo u l On behalf of the ofAceTS and
myself, our w ish for each of you IS that 1985 will
see all your goals and cleshes fu lfilled.
Welcome to ou r new me m bers-f·rom AJam it o,
Tom Malone, Troy BUlk. Dave Krrk, BIll Thomp-
son , Mark Johnson, Mike Fox, John Ry;aD and
Lonnie Moms) from TIP. Tom Johnson; aDd from
Davey T ree, Alejand ro Terlln. Congratula u ons to
Davty T r ~ who arc 100 percen1 unioD, an .accom·
" lishmcn l to be proud of!
Congratu lations, Dorothy Dick, on your retue ·
m emo En,oy and do all those thmgs you have
a lwa ys wa n ted to do. We a ll wish yo u th e best.
Bro t ber Warren Ande rty, we ( on grat u lu e you for
bem g the wan ner of the door prize III N ovember.
The donors wh o helped make ou.- pico ic t be
Ittmcodo us success it w:as a rc hea rtily thanked by
a1l Brot hers ind Sis ters, and to s how your appre·
(ia llon, panQnlZ.e .nd personally Ihank them.
Broth cr C huck BanDmg dOnaled tu ll the beer, and
Ken Mcm lt of the Marana LoungelHldeout Saloon
donated Ihe other half of the elghl kegs of beer.
Also consumed we t e tw o d thcioUJ eakes, c beeses,
chi ps, di ps, 410 hamburgers, 32.5 bOI dogs and 6S
gnJlons of Mc D onal d 's J1un ch. The raffle pru es tba T
 wC're domlll ed we, e, Fran k and Elvllia Acust :l, the
beauu fu l Peps I cl ock) f rank McColl um. th ~ wood
tOys, Bo b MlI tt LS, the bac kpa cks and pins. AI and
Ri ta Esco bar, the b rass ca n d l ~u ck holder; T im
and Doe Bra dy, the AM/ FM clock , adl o; M~ ry
Heodn ckson, Ihe add ress h oldc r, and Be nny An-
zald rn , the gorgeous murOI pla nt stand. T o each
of you, than k you fo r you I time, diort conce rn
hanng and canng. I do It Ot h avc atist of the luck y
rcclpicn ts-sorry
As of t h iS wn ung. the Ncgoll anng Commlltce-
LS agam n e-go ll3n ng fo r U5 'U ~l belore our 6 r~t
vote negotIa t ions had ce<lsed , TI P felt thell oiler
was a fin c on c: andducon ull ucd the talks Ho w('\·('I.
when thc: vote was In lind \I was so strongly
,ejected, afte r a couple of weeks the negOD:ltioOS
resumed. Blo ther iIInd Sisle rs, h,n e you e\'er really
considered wbat e Hons, what StrCSS and strain and
wh at concern fo r us and also OU I future 3 I egn ll-
allng Committee endurt':sl Do )·ou realize what
OUI ot':gol1<lIors mu I encounter on the. lob c;l ch
day, plus the s train of " t he ba ll lc of wits," and
w hat the families of these Brothe rs and Sisters
bravely llnd pallcntly and loyaUy do their best to
.suppan du ring these Irylng tlme.sl Take the tlme
to let Bu smess Manager Jerry M.lkol\·sk l, PreSident
Larry O re.ndu£f. Vice I'Jc$ ldcnI Cmdy While ;lnd
Execuuve So.ud member Pennie Conger know that
you appreciate them and that you uppOrt them
We all rtap the benefiu of th eir strenuous labors
Let's show "" e do care and give the hlmd of aprr c
clauon to them and their ramdlc~ They are con-
ce rned for you-nuw It 15 your turn to show )'our
,g.ra tl tude Davey Tree nego 1l 3l1ooS .lTC presen tly
he ld in a bcyance un ti l t be TEP contract t Cttl ed
We ale saddened an d OU I sincere "}'mpathlcs a rc
ex tcndt':d 10 the fa mily of Sister Donna Cordu n
SISU:. COldOn ~'J" only 42 and succum bed to
can ce r
BE" MIL~ l, P 5
Display
He re is a picl ute of t be fai r bootb spo nsor ed joindy
by Loc. l 115 1. Tyle r, Ttl., and t he local NECA
cl1 apter at t he East T u as Fair
First President
In thi pietule Frt d McC lendoo, fin t p ruidtnt QI
local nos, G,inrs villc, Fla., rece lvC$ hi s plaq ue
ftoru lim \\,illiarn~ , bus inc .... m a nl!:l'r, du rin l1.: th e
l...oIbor O" f Fi ~ h Fr) .
Work Scene Good ;
Fish Fry Great
L U. 1205 ti,o&ul, CAII\ I:.~ \ ILLE, FLA .- BrOlbers
,m d Sisters Your ' O\'lng repon e! IS back 0 0 , be
lob I wil l dn my bc~ 1 to ket'p }OU Ifllorrned about
~'ha t IS 8°101: on In OU I locdl unum. nnd rna) be
fuss at ya'lI oncl! Ln" '"' hllc. If )'ou hne a.ny thing
you ....·ould !Lke to sec m print, submll It to , he
h.all, nnd I Will WIltC It up
A I IhlS wll llnf, uur wQrk sltua llun IS good All
tho~c whu ....' ;H'II to ,",'mk aTe dOlnR so. We .l lso have
,a fe w u :1\'(! h ng Urothcrs cmplo)'cJ I'm afr aid this
1~ not gO Ing tH he a hln.'!, term cund lt1 un t hn ugh t
IJnle~s w e rick lip 'ionl e n1l) l e wUlk, th angs wil l bl':
tough .ISiI, n. We have bee!! gc ttl n~ plenty M pro m ·
lSes. but no t muc h hilS broken T hcI(! IS som e wo rk
gntng o n al C e ur~l fI P:.cdlc III P31i11ka We l!re nemg
wa lched very closely to ~ee wh.lt km d of sh owing
we will m a ke com peting ""lth tWU u t her mills
employmg non umun I.. bor U r' [II tilJ!> p Oint, we
alt~ domg dJmn gtJlld . let !o ~h(lw th em wc can d a mn
~urc to do the lob. Wh,1I we do on thiS one WI ll
su rd }' have an eli ect on the amount 01 work we
get on thl~ md l In the fUlUre
II',> a hI! laIC w hc r("purllng un our laom Day
Fish Fry, hut I·m gum,; to gJ\'e It ;1 shnt anyhow
We gOI a way hom the catl!rcr-. till Illl .. 001:. and
we ha d a good old Fish Fry We had mullet. catfish
beans. sla,..·. corn 00 the cob, boi led peanuts and
plcnty of ~el and ~Orl dunk!> BrothcI C~ h'lIl
Bennett PJckcd UJ' the fi .. h fur U". ht' turned It o\er
to Mannn 81Y.lot .Ind th('\ \Htt.: off to the races
:1nJ .1 good lime was had by all
The high POInt flf thc day wa s wh en we hon ored
uu r retired Brothers. They ,",'c;re pre.sented with
plaqu es and lBEW jollckels and sho wn t hat JU St
bec.ausc they ;lt e ret ired and no t in daiJy con tact
with us. th lt t hey arc by no m eans fo rgutten 1
hopt': tha t a ll t hese good re ur ed Brothers en joy m ell
retll'tment fo r m an y m o re yeats They did t hen
ume aod p, id tb elr dues .lOd are sure I':nn tled 10
sm ooth sa lllog fr om no w on Good luck, re t lre!;: s
A note of " thaoks" goes out h om Ih e memberS'
of o u r local to all of those wbo hel ped m ake !,lur
Ftsh Fry , success· OUr Recreation Commlttet'
cll.lIman, Manun Bryant, Ca lVIn Senne l! , Donald
Suggs. CO .... bo)· HID~n. Che~ler Walke r, W. S.
Bro wn, Ronnie HJIles, ,ohn l uke. Crug Watson.
Cu.ig Crosby. Royce C rn'es, Billy \ bnlO, Richa rd
M elto n, and Inst but nor least, OUt busJlle5S man·
ager, '1m WIII13ms, and I sure ho pe I did not miss
imyum! Thank you all fO I a lob wdl donI::.
Brothers .Ind Slstet s. It 15 ume for me to ~tart
(lIcking on you agam OU I unions are vcrv raptdly
gOlog down the tube!.. and unless Wt' do som('th.ang
about It. we are 10 big trouble _ Sit back and ask
yourself, do I make .l union meennK o nce m ,
wbLiel When I'm on the: lob. do t gtYe the Plan hiS
money's ,",'onh~ When J don't gel II iOll::man's lOb.
do J pOutl When the loh h.:as a Imle ove rt ime, do I
try to ell t m); Brother 'S thro;at O\'er III When there's
a K'Cavy lob gomg. do I try and lump over my
Brothe rs to ~et II ~ When )'uur 5tC!"'3rd com('5
around ",uh a p~ II t10n fill a Brother 10 need, d o
you dig dcep t o hclpoutr Ounces 3re, II you e.l.c 't
answer these que!ltlon!l tn your mmd and leel good
about them you could be a poor umon O1 emb(',
Brothe lS a nd Siste rs. Ihesc arc thmgs we sh ou ld
be thinkin g 3bout re3 1 ha rd O rga n ized labor is
going do wnhill every do3 Y, o3 Qd we arc thc only o nes
wh o can save the da)' How abuut a lt of us wo rk mg
for the co mmC)l1 gt)ud, le l '~ lake ' .trc o f each othe r.
Let 's PUt tne " b" back In " bro t he rh ood." II we
don' t, one da y we Will loo k .1 t each ot he r ,IOUsay,
" Wha l hap pl' ll clJl " In Ihe mca n llmt". be good to
one anothe., sm illC!, an d I h urt' we set! each OIher
at the next u ni on mee t ing
RONALO ' B ONES: BItU-';ELLE , P S
Local In
Contract Negotiations
lo U. 1238 lui, W1LM INGTON . DEL- AI the pI t'S
rot ti me tbe local 's NegulIatlng Committee IS
actl\·e1y negll1lO1t1ng J full con u ;tc l wit h Ddmal\'a
Pow e r. Bob Deul(. k, Intcrnallona l Rl::prl::senu t ive,
:1nd Business ~bo 3Ker Mento. thc UnlOO's chIef
negouator'S, bot b , epon that bargaIning has proven
\ '(; I Y dafflcuh at t h iS poln l nu~ prl;'''cnt agreement
expired on Oecembc=r J'i, 19K" Members sbould
consult union bulletin bouds for curren t \Dlor

Fair Promotes
IBEW Work
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L.U. 11 51 li.u,em&.spal, TYLE R, T EX .-ApproXI
matdy J 60,000 Visitors to the East Tex.lS Fa u
Address CHANGED?
f ylel, Texas, wen: made o3W4re of the accom plish Brothers and Sisters, we NAME
m en ts of the IB EW I hr ou~h , dIs play of piCtures want you to have your
consisti ng of a. ealandma rks whIch had been safely NEW ADD RESS
JOURNAL! When you
wm:d by IBIW members 10 t he pUt yc.:US. T hese
Included p h o tos of th e lib rary, the . u pon, the
have a change of ad-
dress, please let us Cuy S1ale ZIP COde
m,lI. the CIVIC Theatel . hanks, !ohoppmg ceRlers
motels, dc panmelH St OICS, ....·.!>Ie·ueatment plan ts know. Be sure to in- PRESENT LOCAL UNION NO.
aod m.any others clude your old address
Th e dis play coolluned 24 8 x 10 colored plc t ures,
hlghltghu:d In t he cente. by, 15-mch [BEW em·
blem, and a t t he tOP was a I;u ge sign whIch spell ed
and ptease don't forget
to fill In L. U. and Card
No. This information will
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progr.1m med by ou r progt.m mable cont rol ler. "Old
Max " !rucltn anJel IU SI sa l the l e and did IOO,OCXl
s wltc hlO g o~ ra tlo n s t h ro ughout the enu re f'l r
.Iod n e ver m,d!.' :I sou n d
and keeping our rec-
ords stra ight.
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Tht! exhIbit was plepa l ed by the tl am lng d lll:c tor FORMER LOCAL UNION NUMBER :::J
loca' unions. we must o,
Ray Patt erson, and the mE.W se cretary. Fanmc
COWJtd. The booth wu spo nsored by both (BEW ,,
I have numbers or both. M.il To· Circ,l, tion Department
lAca l 115 1 l1 nd the loca l NEC A c h apte r T he boo t h
wa s manned dUling f'llr t lln e by t he tr aining d ,·
rector a nJ th e 3pp renttc e wirem en o f LOcal 115!.
,, Intern.ti",1 Brotherhood of Electrical Walkers
1125 15th Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20005
M .R. PATTUl.S01'l. T il. O IR 43
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 matl oo COD Cerl\ln~ conuact !!lclllc.:ment, meetings
or d;llte$
The locaJ ', Strike Commluce-, aller sC\'eral
months of plannin& reports th.al Ibe appropri;tte
plans luwe b4::en finlhzed 10 CIK of coouaCl im
pa5Sro Chairman of IhlS yur$s 5111ke Commll l ~
IS Brother Bobby Johnson h om the Cas Dlsmbu·
lio n Dep.au menl If yo u ate Interested In volun
troenngyo u. heir t n Ihe CommlttCe, contact Bobby
1.1 , any UOIon of lice! fm m'olma t lOn
GrnRLl TINUll llU, P.S
• mUSI be compettu ... ro In order to regain the work
8rOlhe i ApplclOlI Ind ",her ho no rt!t' (rom elluide
line cenuruction Ind Sacnmento j\\un ici pl l Ut il·
iti u Di5trlct.
Brother Appleton Honored
For Years of Service
LU. 1'245 (o,u,t, tm ,un·, trtr,JovI&pet1. WAL1'IlUT
CREEK, CAL- Exetullve Board mcmbt.r Lyman
.\-'orrlson .ec:rntly had the hono r of presenun,
outsldc co nstrucuon hneman PC ' Bill" Appletun
with a str\'lce plaque 10 rc=coKUluon of Applelon's
4.4 yurs with IHEW
MOrtl~on p:utlclpated In a SeOlor Members Rcc ·
ognltlon Dinner held \0 Sacramento, whtre mem ·
bers iTe m Sacrament(! Munll;:lpal Utlhtle$ DIstrict
Ind ouulde lme construction were h "nored (01
tnell 20, 25, 30 And .15 yean of membership In
mEW Honored members recelvcd serVLce pinS .and
buckles dcsignaung thc Lr mony ye:U3 of mcmbe r-
ship in the UOlon
Brothcl Applcton , who reccntly rClLred, began
hiS carcer as a hnem~n In Ih e laiC 19305 In Mem·
pbLS Tennestee In the yeus thlt followed, hit
wo.k look him to 38 stal~S, 10 India, SaUl.h Arabia,
and Caracas, Vene::ueh
Appleton ·s Wife Ann uys th'l she ,nd thell
leenage: on are happy 10 h . ... e 8111 at home with
hiS gl obe· trottmg work da)'s behind him
At the: wnner thele was plenty of remmlsclIIg
:lmong OUlslde hne :lnd SMUD mcmbel s.
lAc. II MLNA1.LY, B M
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« Safety Fund Wins Award
• Lineman 's Safcty Training Fund, rece:n'c=d lIn(1thcI
-' LU, 1249 (o,u&'uty1. SYRACUSE, N. Y._I ·m Will
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z Lng WI' IWO days ahcr the preslJentlal c:.1!eclt on,
a: so my SptnlS ate not tOO high. Wc' re sluck ...... lIh
:::> the: anu· workc.r poliCies of the: Reagan ,dnumstra-
Q lion for anOlhe. foul yrau. The btst we can do
;: now IS 10 WIsh our p.esent Supreme Court mem ·
w bers who h .... e .an)' feelings for the poo r and worklnK
!!! class a lung. happy hfe. You can bet thai Ronald
Rugan ', and Jcrry Falwellls appolntmenn to the
44 Supremc COUrt, who will !lervt ovcr the next
Graduate
Rand), Fle t ehef rccdves his journeyman line.JIlao '
diploma an d is congratulated by Business M:lna ~u
And y Mihok, Lou l 1149, Sruc use, N.Y,. with
Appr~ ll1lce Coo rd ina tor Bob Shullt.r look.i ng on.
At Work
Pouring footcrs on the POWIe. Construc tor's job II
Oswego. This is Dick MOOD's crew milking ,h ~
pour. BiJl BlICk is the su perinl endenl on the job.
I nd Higgy Dafoe is gc nrra l forr.man .
genera tion, will be no mo rc than lackcys for big
bU5lness . OrgaOlzed labor Will uutli ... e the whole
bunch of them However, allli ' lIlIIon pollcu:s over
Ihe nexl fOUl yean ....'111 make It a rough road f r
us, lind shou ld Reagln gr1 lIny more appoinlmellts
to the Supreme Cou n , thro al rcady hoslIle court
....,ill hlt ... e evt'ry f:ur and reasonable tabor deCISIOn
eve. the last 30 ye:us reversed. Reagan bas 1Ilrelidy
dealt u .. severe blow IUSI by mSllluIlllg Repub-
hean poltcy HIS deplesslon COSI OIg2nlzed labo.
about 1.6 mllhon members durinX tbe first lWO
yellrs of hiS fHe$ldl'nc.y. down 1017.9 pcrccm of
Ihe ....·olle. force: Ul 1982, from 20 9 pc=rcent In 1980.
The only bught spOt, as I see It, I thaI by the lime
he gets done stidang it to ewery worker an the
COUntry, they will come nocklnli III to orgllOlze so
they clln demand their lights back I 'm gomg to
try and Ignore 111m for the: oe:X I fuur YMrs before
he gives me ulcers lalong with the shaftl .
Loca l 1149 didn't hold lIn apprcnticc workshop
and graduation thu year As "'ppreDIICC5 graduate.
we .ccogmz.c thl:m at:l UDlOn mcelmg and BUSiness
Managc=r Mihok presents ahem with thell dlplo·
mas Cuduauons will be held bi· yearly from DOW
on , .... lth all apprentices grsdullttl'lg dunnK that
PC=ItOO btlng honofed
I hnen 'l much to report on Marcy South thiS
m o nth The Power Autboflty IS stall waiting 00
the Publtc Service C ommiss ion 's dC=(: ISlon aooUI
whethet 11 can be built, and iI so, whuhcr It bas
to be .II smgle C ir CUit or double C ir CUit The :an II ' ,
arl: s ull spending t:1Kpayc=rs ' money trylRg to 11'1'
te ffere with 115 COnStrUctIOn . Hope to ha ....e some
next momh's ,ouma/.
Our SafclY Department, the: New York State
Awud of Honor at the N:monal Safcty Cong.ess
In Chlc~go, which was accepled by Safuy Director
Bob Langtry on October 13. ThiS IS the third )' 1:<11
m a row thai the Safcty Fund has won an award
This IS qUill' an aCl:ompllshment, bt:C<lU~e: 10 win
m a.ny sucl:eedmg year you b....e to show consid·
crable Imptovcmc.nt In YOU I pm.&Iam ovel the
previous )'I:ar. Congratulations to Bob Langtry for
hl$ Rnl' work With the safety prograol (Rlc h.ard
Fulton was granled Ihe Pn:sldefll's ll:lIcr for hiS
dedlcatlun to utelY lind union a(.livtties . He was
lecog0l1ed for the many houts of hll own time he
pends on tUC.bmi Red Cron and CPR cI.. sscs,
Ittendlng numcrous meettngs for union and poli t·
le,t ClU.scS, testtnK UfdY equipment whent\'er
and wherever rl.!quired, and education and tralrung
Cour5a attended Con".ttulallon" Dick. md thm..k
yuu for ),OUI mllny conlrtbutlOns to th e ufet)'
program RDLI
My lepu r! (.In work Ihl S munth I!> ShOrt-H 'S
s low. Pro teCt your IIvl'lIhoodl Work safely! Buy
un lonl Combat obsuucuonls tsl
RlctlARO FULTON, P .S.
Local Adds New
Contractors to List
LV. 1l5J (I). AUCU TA, ME.- The 'C$ldenual
and commercilil contractors ' ltst tS expand1Og. (1.'s
glut seclng the uOIon IOtcrelt bACk 10 those .rellS.
Few members hue guped .bou t the low scale. I
gather some members don' t understand tb at wro
we 10SI.
During the recesston, I remembe red members
soaying that they 'd even lake a low ·scale lob. How
quickly we {orge t l Have we fO lgotlcn what It ....·ou ld
be like Without the umon conditions and our
do uble·dtglt hourly sc.alel Think' Do not fo rgetl
Reahze this • onc.:e Ihe work" back In our hands,
we ean gam suprell with new con trac tors, new
memben and pollltciaos. We need strong political
dOUL Furthermore, \I\,' e nced 10 stand bdund our
pohticlans. h 'l not what the union can do for you,
It 'S what you can do for the union Havcn' t we
le.amrd our lusOR yet i Thank you, A( ....·ood Broth·
elS, Rehable Electric , Bllley PIckrel and Mdhlc..eo
Brothe,,_
Brothe. Ollvld Tlldcr reSigned liS Ihe local ' s
prcsldcnt. He hall: acccpted a superin l endeot pOSI-
tion with Wade Searway . Congratulations and
good luck. Keep up the good work l We Wish to
share ou r exp rCS!UOn5 of thoughts, ptllyelS and
sympll thiu at tne pan ing 01 Brothers Kenne t h
Rancourt', father, Sun ley Fish', father lind Ve rnon
Smith', m other Brothe r Bob Aube, you' ll!: 1I tough
coolCll'1 Hc'. been baek to the hospi tal for more
tests since his hea.rt ,"aclt. We're happy to beal
be' , m Xood o;PlrtU :lnd anJtlous to grot back to
work Wtll, that depends on the test 'I'sulu. A
conXlatulatory welcome to Brother fone" AustJo
IS a newly sworn In mcmbt l And last bUI DOt
least, :I ht-atlY we.lcome to OU t uawe.ling Brothen
on the SL Regll job 10 Bucksport
Remember fellow membe:rs . cold· weather
outS ide work. can bring froslblle . Watcb for frOSt
on the Sled Keep an eye on the wlnd· chill faC l or.
Ltt 's tfy 10 1IV0id the commoo cold, flu and accI-
dents . Bundle up and atay warm!
Htto ... CIIOW·SCHLEClrrEJl. P.5.
Mourned
hown Is Loca l 1307, Salisbury, I\' d., BrOlhe.r
Mic.h acl A, Ih slings, righ i, who dird in ~n lIulO-
lIIob ile accldtn l No\'tmbtr 8, 198 .. .
Brother Hastings Dies
In Car Accident
LU. 1107 (u&ca l \'l, SAUSBUK ·Y, MD .- It IS ..... lth
deep "On Ow thlll I repOl t the dC.3th of Brother
Mlch, eJ A. Has llngs, On November a,whUe on
h IS way to wo rk, MLke WIS involved in an auto·
mobile accide n t a nd died Im m ediately. A mem ber
of thi s Jocal since Seplember, 1983. M ike was 14
yeals old. He was slIlgle amJ 'fYaa a vJalllll:qulVlueul
O~ra tor a t Indian River r1:lnt He was a bright.
consLderau:, friendly and hl~h·s~urlled yount: man;
and It was my pleasurc to ha\'c been fllt:nds With
h im. 11kc wilt be [J'u5sed by aU who knew him.
Our deepest sympalby gou to ills pa,ems :and
flt-mlfy.
Until nexi month, stlength In unu),
N\I C~I"tL A OrNNIS, F P.S
"Look to the Future" ;
Arbitration Still Pending
L.U . 1339 lu), BUFFALO. N.'i.- Huppy Ni.!w Yc,1t1
Once aga in we embark Into a new yell-II.:so1u·
tions beul ,& m lldc, part ics being heid i It sure ly isol
great tim e of th e year. Optimism and looking
to ward the future hl·lps. kt.:ep a ll our dleams alive
If November's el ection did n ot turn o ut Ihc way
you hoped, we should all pull togethu now in the
vein of coopc liHlQn 10 I:Ct thc best oUllif what .....e
have . On that nOle let's face It , we do have a lot
T he response you, ou r members, show for the
United Way and so man)' voJun tee r aenVllles 10
you r wmmunuy snow, ho ..... much you du ca.c.
Th erc arC times whcn the unrelenllng SO li CitAtiOn
from , u seems, every chan lY gCtS you down, blu
remember, the poor of the wo rld a rc staJ'VIOIt for
less than we dtscard each week The graphic PIC '
turts of Ethiopians dytng before te leVision came ras
stilt circulatmg In my brliln only reinforces how
lucky we arc to be free In Ament:a. not whether
we ale Repubhf;,1D 01 Ol;mocrat
The Ime a rbitration IS again SC t back untd Jan·
uary due to the inability of the parti es to rellch a
common date In December as o rigma lly planned.
The Systcm CouncLl IS continuing to stay abreas t
of thIS and all problems that come up. The arbl·
tra tion, a long with a. very long agenda o f c urrent
problems, kc eps 11 11 t he offi cers o f all the locals
very busy answering th e queStion of why so much
time IS Spen t m .!Jyracu§c!. I th:lnkcd the f.1mllles
of the Negollation Commlltee for putting up wi til
th e .absence of their loved oncs las t May. Let U$
keep m rnmd Ihe hours away frolll hume Ihc
oLAce.s and S)'stem Cuun~ 1 1 Jclcg;"tc!l put Ill. R~·
alizlng that whi le some of ou r officers are OUt of
tOWD, tb e umon office 15 manned very capably by
ASSistant BUlOmess Manager Hec t Or TllU"Ilind Vice
PreSIdent KC\'ln Long
Let'S ba~'e a great year I Come on up to the
meeungs Ind heu what 's gOing on- the ..... hole
5lOry
New Journeymen
Pietured, left to right , are the LOlI;al 1]40, twporl
Ntws, Va., s:raduates, Char les FulJte, LOLlis RID '
dall, Franklin Goodson, DlVid Breen , C un ls JI.
menez and Lee Bumgardner.
Oyster Roast Terrific;
Seven Graduate
I...u. 1340 li,o&em l, NEWPORT NEWS, VA.-Happy
New Year ! On Fnday, October 19, 1984, Local I 40
beld Lti Annu.:d OySII:1 Roul) and as usual every '
ooe had a great time. We: had 11 spre:lld th at wouldn ' t
qu it. It included everyt hing fro m chlC:ken to chow·
de r and, of course, oyst ers, [f you o ld n't aBend,
you ml~5ed .a great time. It was .Kren t to s(!e some
of our Brothers we hadn ' t seen in years, I didn 't
gct Ihe pictures back III tlmc for lhlS arudc , bu t
yOLl can StOP by the haJJ and uke a look at the
snilp hots. I wou ld like LO thaok evcrYl1ne who
hdped make tillS Oyster Roast a succcss. tSf'cclally
ClIluli SiIIUHd~l! and Jerry Stranon.
The SIx th Annual Klate H QIt ApPlenliceshlp
G l aduallon was held on September 28, 1984, at
thc f-I ampton Holaday Inn. The event was OIut:nded
by the gu.du.1te:s, Kh.te Holt executlves, Apprcn.
tlceshlp Commltlec memlw::rs, IBEW Reprcsc:ntJl'
1I\'cs and Invltcd guests. CongralUlallons ID lhe
10IJowlnggudu.1te:s: Le:e Bumga rdner, DaVid Bteen,
Charles fuller, CUlm lamentz, Loun Rand.1iI,
Franklan Goodson and Len Harns.
I hope )985 bnn,&!> WIth 1I plen t y o f work and
good time:s, but with Ronni.e in for fOLlr morc yun,
I don 't know . All I kno w IS 1 did evcrythlng I cQuld
for th e DemOC l aliC candIdates, and I hope you ,ltd,
too. I wi h t here ..... 3S some \Oo'ay th.1 1 the peop lc
who vo t ed for Re:agan would be th e first to be laid
off or have t lle ll taxes r3 lsed. but It doesn't work
tha t way. l.et's get Invo l ved pohll cally m [ 9!i5
We will be elec t ing a new go\'emor this ycar, and
let's make surc thc new go ve rn or is a ffl end to the
wmkmg people uf thiS Commonwealtll
RCllI\.m!x I, lou)' Alli ~ l i,-.HI dolld UllIuwHladc Inod·
UtlS
Eouu:Co n. V p,·PS
Swearing In
President Tim O'Leary of LOCll11l47, Cincinna t i,
Oh io, :!i wt.:n5 in newly ap pointed Ene u t i".: Board
m cm beu Charles Rob ins on, East Bcnd Station,
alld David Campbell , Ol'e rll ead, Northern Oil'i·
s[o n. W e:.are looking (orwnd to working with thue
fin e Brothers. Broth er William Scnmid was acting
clulirman and Broth er Gregg Benn ett was acting
5tCreUry.
Certificates
Loca ! 1347 honors members with 35 years or Dlore
of mcmberllhip. Fcturth Dis tric t Intern ati onal Vice
Pn:s ident B. G. Williamson and internationa l Rep·
rcsentati'Ve Paul Witte wcre 011 hand to preselll
ce rtificale ~ IU membe rs. Alte r Ih e mceting cvery·
one. had plenty of food and drinks. Thanks 10
Broth trs Nick Crec!), Tim O'Lea ry , 'im Ellison,
Ken Puwt:.ll . Si eve Feldhaus, Ray Koub a, Mike
w inkfield , D:tve D.ubfo and Ed Drad y.
Contract Expires in April ,
Local Wants Input
l..U. 1347 lu1, C INCI.N ATI, OHIO- TlIl~ lettci
won ' t be yery lon& lust to the point.
On ApnJ lour eontUC!l IS up. We haye IU Slick
Io&ether. Our Negotiating Committee needs any
Idea! you have and that me.ans from all of us OIl
Local 1347
Mrnrl the r.nntrllet hook lnd ask yout!!telf if you
agree with everything III it. If not, wme It down
lind gIve It to anyone- 00 the Comnllttec. Now IS
the IIm~ to actl
This yea r':!! N cgotla tlng: Committee conSISts o f
TI m O'Leary, Wli liam IJmgle, Mike Wmkfldd,
Uavld Ha / bro, WIl ha m 1)chmld, FranCIS Ke.lly, Ralph
Chllifin, lame! Bentley, Michael CUlig;!.n .:tnd Nic k
Creco.
One mort thmg, We need a lot more people at
the union meeung~, aJ\d tho!c peo p[c are you. You
are the ones that make thu loc.al strong.
RAy 1,,'1, P S
New Retiree
Pic tured is Brothtr Au·
gun " Aug!" Reuher of
Loca l 1361 , Pekin, Ill .,
wit h his te lephone!
booth . Brother A u gl re-
tired August 20, 1984 .
Brother Beuller Retires,
Brother Rivard President
LU . 136 1 Iu t. PEKIN , ILL.-KIOlher AugUSl Heu lte l
01 Km cald Station reliled ... ugusl 20. "Augl," as
he WJS caJJed by c\lcryone lilt Kmcald, laned with
the Edison -system In 1947 lifter ser'Vmg In the
melLillll1l IIHIlUlII:," t.!UIIU,K WUlhI W"n n Augl W;lS
In the Engmecnng I)lvlSlOn m charge of stcam
Winches, etc
Starting as a bOiler dune r and then gOing to
helper In botl4!1 mOLnlenllnCI!, Augl worked hIS W.:1y
up to first C[aS50 bOile l mechaniC . Ourm,g thiS lime,
he laid boxcar :IIfte:r boXCJt of a rc brick In the old
bo Llers Augl transferred to Klnclld Station In 1967
whefl~ hi' An l ~hr.1 filii Ill" ,1 4 yraro;:t<. sentor " A"
Ill t:challic It t ~ gmng tu st:em Slfange not seeing
Augl 8t.1 ndmg St.1th1g :I t a slllg Ime spewing slag
and Watel all over with th e look li11 h iS facc. " Wily
md"- "W hy nowl"
AUgl pl;!.ns 10 ta k e It ell y and work In his yard
and ga rden, Many people have bud baths, foun,
talnS, ctc . III thCII HoVden1 1 bu t Augl hIS a tclephone
booth, "full sIze " Tbc StuI}' behind thiS IS, while
rl rl\'mg a "ahle crane u Kincaid 51.llIon. he ran
over a telephone booth that w.:as on the corncr
The phone booth WIS a remement ,sIft from hiS
fellow workers at Klllcald Station lD u:mmd hIm
of all of U!l Good luck and happy letllcrncnt AOBi
Loc.ll IJ61 elected .1 new prcsldent In the last
dectton. Walter Rivard from P,a;wCllon Station
Wa h replaces Henr), Mag,g,. ..... ho h.a~ bcen m .... Qlved
~,un l on rtptutnt.lIlVc. foro'o'c.:r.30 run A person
cannot s:ty enough or Write words enough to show
the aceomplashmcnts Henr)' Magg has achlcv~d
for Loeal 1361 In hiS year~ 3$ II leader . Many the
penon Will receive benefits, monctary or r!lhn·
WI$e, because of Ih e dedication and lime put In by
a man who (Jol 01\1)' hlld one g031 Iwhich W;lS to
do hiS beSt for someone else, not thinking of
hWlsclf or whut hi: was $ a crlflc ln~ whde he was
Irylng to ~(}Iv~ II problcm or ncgQll aung a new
proposa l), bu t also loved every minute of what he
WrI~ dOing A man who lIved, breath ed and bellcvcd
Ihat a working man's ng[lI !!. showed he was pro·
tected anu hOllored A mOln who eould go to a vicc "''"
preSIdent, pr csnlent or a toreman and by a snake
01 tile Iland, st-al a mutual unuclsundlllG tll al was
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honored llnd re!pecl.:d by cvet)'one on both sides. II:
0{
A man ....·ho could ..... alk IIHO.a plublcm KnJ "C I Y
qUietly scttle u with hiS dlgmfied, humorous Ie·
:::>
z
mark and keen sen!>e of fairness A man who ..... :IS «
-,
not educ.ated In the fine eo lieges of OU I land Ihke
-'
Ille people Ile ..... as. tolkmg (0), but cduc.:l1ed In the «
......Iy of.a working m.an , alway thlnkmg of the man z
who ha, to work fur hiS money, fight for bu II:
:::>
<;ompcn!)ab[e rights, Aght raCism, bigotry , hills and o-,
people who bave neyer worked as a worklnlt man
has to
HaVing wOl ked alongsld~ Henry for many ycars,
I ha~'e thIS to ur, "Th.2;n k!l, I-J eoryl FOI you s howed
me whall! good union o ffice r shuold be. You taugh t
mt: p:ttl~nce and fo resigh t, You sho"""cd me trUS t 45
 Ln people coin be more n!w:udlng th':Jn h.ue You
showed me how a peISon c.an stand 10 feel taller
than his ad\'crsary even ".,'heo he bas lost; because
you nCVf!r onef! lowertd your moral standards or
ques ti oned anyotJe else"
Th ank )·ou. He nry, lor All you h3ve done , <lnd
Godsr ecd In :mYlhtng you do i n [he fu ture
RAYMOND COLLlNCWooD 1'.5
At Meeting
Others in attenda nce at this meeti ng fro m Loca l
136 7 included, le ll w right , Ri cha rd Rubas, Exec-
uti VI'. Boa rd officer; Bob Bl'.rgr<l lk , treasu rer ; and
All en Young, president.
Local Planning
Retirement Party
LU. 13671u ), C H ICAGO , I L L~Stanlfl.g thiS New
Yea r, 1985, w~ ex t end a Wish for healtb, happiness
and prospenty to all our members to the comms
year.
At the Septembe r Exec utive Bo.ud rneetlllg, we
welcom ed new me m bers mto Loca l 1367: Ma ry
D,ulmg. Gerry Brooa, Robert QuasthoH and Karl
Pa tzek . And at the OCtQbef lxecutive Boa rd meet ·
109, we weicQmed new memben John IpPQhto.
George YOllog and Alvrn Blue.
For t b~lr ~'ears of secvicc, we congratulate the
follo .....lDgc.debraung c.ompany annl\,e.rsants: With
44 yc:ars----.-un derground cable splll:er Henry VOIth,
January 24, 1941; W ith 42 years-overh ead cu"
cu it man Arthur FiJis, January 29, 1943; wilh 38
years-su bs t3tion electriC31 m eeh.3 ni c Ja lnes Hand,
January 7, 1947, wi t h 37 years-underground c rew
leader Leonard Chudz ik, January 22, 1948, unde r-
ground c rc"" leader Tom Mo rrison , Janu.uy 17,
1948; underground ere ..... leader Frank Bane, lanu ·
,U}, 29, 1948/ and overhead Cl ew leader clarence
Bellen , '.muary 20, 1948, with 36 ye:ar&-dis·
patcher, field serVice, Ceorge Bobaboy, January 28,
1949 , overhead clfcultman Cha.rles Dowdle, ' an·
uary 12, 1949 j substuion crew leAder Leo li ma ·
no ..... sk.i, Jan uary 21, 1949 i mobile mechanic James
.
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Hughes, J;llluary 18, 1949 , substation crew leader
Joe Arm ato, Jan uary 10, 1949\ With 3S years_
senior stockman Ma llhew Kosmlder, January 9,
1950 , seruor tree tummer Robert Zlt-rden, January
:::J
o-, 10, 1950, v.i th 34 years---averbcild crcw leader
Thelon Slmkins, January 24, 1951, with 33 years-
overhead crew leader Edward HiCks, Janu3!), 31,
1952, witb 32 ea rs-overhead lineman special
Pete ubrowslu, lanuary 16. 195J l buildmg se ....'icc
Eugene Khmowskl, lanua.ry 26, t 953; wi th 31
46 years-mobile mec ha nic Ch;l rlie Wash mgton, )3n'
U.lrt' oJ, 195-1, !tc::nlllr tr ee trlmllln Eus;.:nc KU=I
emkow$kl, lanuary 5, 195 ~1 and with 2.;' years-
underground Cn! ".,' leader Dougl;as Flkc),'i . bnu:ny
25. 1960
plan s arc already bemg mllde :md mt'-eungs bdd
by the C tllC:lgo South Relllemcnl lub for anolher
Re t irement Pany lust some of the: new re t irees
lhat we Will be honoring are Bob Teeling. Bill Rego.
Bill Co tt rell , Ch3 d ll! Bah r, Le Roy Labedz a nd Rob·
ert Dahan . T bis is not;a comm itted li st 35 of th is
wriung Toe Part)' will be held at the Beverly
woods Restaurant sometlme In Fdnu3ry More
det alls t o follow m (utUIe. 15SUt'S of the IOlJIna/
The nex t legular meeting of Local 1J67 Will be
00 lanuary 9, 1985, at the HLllslde Hohda)' Inn,
!.tarnng at 8:00 pm Sho .... your support by bemg
In attendance:. As you arc u:admg thiS m the fBE.W
Journal. ta ke .1 lew mmutes and wnte do ....·n the
date of ou r mee t lng. U you need a ride or dl rec t tons,
cuher coman you r steward or give mc a call at
415·0440. Be an active m c mber for '85. The Ex-
ecu t ive Board wIll m eet nn January 23, 1985, at
222 West Ad a ms at 7'00 p.m. Support COPE reg·
IStlallons by Rich Rublls a t the regubu meetmgs
of Local 1367
And lasll)'. m~- \uy spec.lal Wish of lo\'e IS
enended 10 my precIOus b.lby girl. BTigette Ann,
whQ Will be twO years old on lanuary 2J Happ)'
blfthday. IIIII~ one l
Local Has New
Press Secretary
lo U. 138 1 (uow), HI C KS VI LLE, N . Y.~Al ben E.
Seheme.ich, ....·ho has ~en our press secretary, bas
mfQrmed ou r presldeDt, Edward f . Muldowney ,
that dut:' to pU50na] reasons, he wtll be unable 10
continue a prc.-.s scC ret,acy . The officers and mem o
bershlp apprecia t e alilhat Bro t ber AI h.ls done in
t rYUlg to have an amcle lD each lSsue of the Journal.
As the new ly appOl nl ed press secretary, I will do
my best to COTlunue III BlOther AI 's footst eps I'm
requcs t lng t hat the membersh ip send all items of
interes l to the union office at Two Somerset Av·
enue, Hlcits\'llle, to tbe attention of the press
sccrc lary .
It IS with lOY and sadness that Brmher Jerry
DeMalCJ IS Ie:tuing, FOI those who don't know,
lerry has been a shop ste ...·;I.rd lor many ye:u-s :lind
has also se rved as an Executh'e Boa rd member for
thIS local. Jerry wll l be missed by all his associates
In the union office and WIll retain the ,1dmlra tl on
of aU those mem bers wbo have me t .lnd worked
wll h Jerry t hrough the yea rs
Un t il ncxt momh
ROaE.flT R Bwsol'l P.S.
Scribe Catches Up
On 1984 Events
L.U. 14 00 (u }. lNDlANAPOLl S, lND.-A new yur
is ahead o f us, and anoth er }'ear h .. s passe<i-ooe
filled wnh lots of happenmgs for our local.
In April we: he ld 3 Mont c Carlo Ni gh t tha i was
quite succc!!!s fu l and en joyed by all w ho a ttended.
In June ..... e started seilm& jacket:> Vo' ll b our LBEW
logo on Ihe back , These lacke.ts are really Dice, Bod
we h3\'e had lots of purc hases with others still
a\'aI1ablc- In Septembe r we held our second annual
Labor Day PICruC and were mvolved \0 tbe Labor
Dar Paude do wntown.
Ou r oDce-a-montb mt'm«rshlp met' u ngs have:
betn very dlsappolDIHlg m alU'_l]dance. We bave
evcn ins tiga ted a dra ""'ing at each of these mee ti ngs
for fr ee dues fo r six up to 12 months. Still attend·
ance has been very light .
We :llso hold stewa rJs ' mecungs once a m onth
[0 discuss gri evances and problems m em bers of
each depa rt ment a re havmg. These junctions a rc
lor the benefit of e:u:h member of the local All
l b3t IS asked in Icturn is attendance on a regular
basis and p.nicipation to the bes t of one's 3blht)'.
Rcmcmbcr~ 19 5 IS the year of negOt ia tions' The
lou] need! alllhe: 5uppon It ~n get
Ou r Negotia t ion Committee was elected at tbe
November meeting The Dam es are not avallable
ilthlS wnun" but thl:Y Will have a long and tougb
lob ahead uf them, which could he m:lde lighter d
the}' have the .!IuppOrt and creauve Interest of each
one of OUI members
The ovember meeting wa5 also the !asl one
held at Mlehlgan Street loca l I().lS has Mlld lht
buildmg. and now ..... 1.' must Gnd a new location
n ils m fn rmatlO[) v. III be posted on all UOIon boa rds
throughout th.: compJny
I would like to thank the E·Boa rd tOr seiectIDg
me as the reC ipient of t he " Jerry Ni,x Man of lhe
Yea r" Award for 1984 It IS a great honor. As I
stated uJlOn ItS presc.ntallon to me durlllg the
October meeung. t here a re olhec people just as
deserving , people on the Recreatlon Commlttce
who do such fine lob~ on all our activities, and a.1I
the olhers who suppon the local with {helf lime
and mterest.
I enclose portions 01 .a le lt tr penned by Brothel
Clarence E. Mobley, h ., wich a ppeared In the
November 2 issue of the M ain/we:
"Remember your fust car! Remember how proud
}'ou were: of it l Remember how it dro\'e; and no
mauer ..... bat you did to it, It seemed mdesu ucriblei
Then sOIDl.'thmg h:llppened Can; weren't c.an; any·
more. At least not as we knew them They btgan
failing 3p3rl 3S you drove them off the de.aler's lot.
American cars, good 01' American know·how, pride
and craitsmllnsnlp had all $cl!med to vamsh The
prices haa gone up; the quallt was almost non'
exls li:nt , Then 10 the late 70s a nd utly 80s , the
American consumer fOllght back, They discovered
Japan.!
"Ttu! Amencan autO workers gOt a rude a wak
~rung , The}' woke up one morning .md someOD~
had dosed Iheu playhouse . Auto workers lost lbelT
lobs, thousands lost thelf homes and mllny mOHO
tbelf famthes because of theu bu.rdens.
" Don 't mlsundersl3nd. It ""3sn'l all t be fault of
tbe worker. Shoddy, cheap, Inferior matcrlals .....er~
used Management purebased tblS Junk :lind ""an l ed
the same lIu31Jty to be manufactured hom It as
befO re. But COStS bad been skyrockeung and 3 profit
bad to be mam tained-somehow again the good
01' dol lar. Flna lly cooll:r heads prevailed and a.mong
other thmgs "Quality IS Job O(1e" was born. Work
ers ~lIe proud agam Companies arc proud of tbel!
product agaw .
"So, why am I ..... nung thts .311 do ..... n 10 sha re
with youl Haven't we been burying our hC:lids in
the sand lind ignoring all of this, saying,. " POOl
guy!> ; thank Cod I .....ork at the Gas Company . The)'
can't get Tid of us. " We ll, wake up. boys! Remember
the Air Tfilffic Controllers?
"Ente.r Miller Plpelme, Mobi l Wash, Porta ·Lube,
PllLktrton! O ur rt'placements! Cost effic u~ncyl Have
to m aintai n profit. Well , m a ybe nOt a profit. We:
arc em ployed by a public chari ta ble trust. Aren't
we~
" All these guys arc the same as Iilpanese, ready
to take OUt ,obs! f say, W~}' don'r desenn: them'
They didn 't spend the laSl SO re.us inslllllng tlllSl
and confidence in the public. T he only ch.aDce wc
ba\'c is to show $Orne pnde, Amerie.an pride and
c.raftsmanshlp!
"U OUt Negoti a ti ng Committee is to bargain Jor
all . io b sec u ri t y, le t 's gIve tb em some t hing to use .
( Wc ' rc~ tbe best named, m ost kno wl edge able m en
fo r the job. Pnde IS cODtagious! What ha ve we gOt
to losd"
[ bQpe everyone has a Prosperous aDd Safe Ne .....
Year l
MALA CHY O'CO-..rSO Il, P_S
Union's Work Is
Not Finished
L. U. 14 70 (em&. cat vl, KE ARNY. N. I.-Ou r Ke;un y
Works is wmdi ng down ge ntly. and soft ly he m g
PU t to ICSt.
T he Imp.act of the closmg IS cushIOned by tht
protective te.rms of our union con trac t, In ;1n
nrdr:rly, duwn-QUI demablhzatioD reminlsceDt of
the end of World War II. The soldie rs of Kearny's
industrial force lue gradually being eased mtO a
ne .... way of life- .... hlt Se\'CUDce aUowanccs, pen·
s lons and mnge benefits including iab-search and
placement programs. Toget her witb the govern·
 Being Drained
lDnwin& submi lled by
Loc.:al 14 70, Kc~rn y, N.'.l
ment and the company, much mO l c can be done
to c~sc th e plIght of thi S dosmg In the nallonal
l.ntercst.
What once w:u an AmcnC.lIn Indus t ry .... Ith Amer-
I~ n 'm ade cqUipmcDl through Amellcan lobs IS
ebblflg h om OU I s h o res, exampl e The produ(;tlon
of phones in OUt sister-plant Indlanarolls has been
aU bu t ....'Iped ou t permanently. At firs t when
AT&T s ubcon tracted (helT Codaph one frOIn Indl'
anapolis to anOlhcI American firm , It appe ared
that the wO lk would rcmolO II) the good olt:' USA.
Aft er gcwog the work, tha i fi rm announced they
wil l shut do wn its Am enca n manufa ctu re lind wLlJ
have th e pho nes made In a new plant ac ross the
Pa clflc Howev ~r, theI r s.a Jes and markettng wlll
continue in the U.S. More and more of our work
will con lln ue to slip 3way Kearny to Dallas
and Orlando and then Ko rea, MalaYSia and cven
BorneO.
AT&T'! vice presid ent of components md elec-
troniC syst ems, 'ohn M Nemecek , lustdies the
O rl ando enterpnse by s ta ung the "nec:d for lOpe-
clali.ud d un rooms and suppOrt faclliues gro.....s
eorrespo ndmgly Orbndo was deSigned Wi th thiS
fe ahty specdlcally m mmd" Cou ld nOllhts re31lty
have bun reahLed hue m Ke4rny Or [ndunapoil:o,;1
It seems 100 l:one now. but wh:n lf suddenly it is
realt::ed Ih,1 th ere IS cleane r all for dean rooms
m Borneo! Coodbyc to OriandG-goodbyc:, Amer'
ieal Now 15 the lime for our governmen t to budd.
not to tea, apart, a nd 10 take Ih l:: pl l::\'enu.uvl::
measures to ~e that Aml::llcan Jobs do not dr-un
away as With the Codaphone
Thl:: COD!eque[]ees of the govcrnment's d~veSti ­
lure of AT T were reV ie wed al OU I last EM ·3
CounCi l mCl::tmg and Will be the .subject of fulther
study OU I work 15 far from finished If we do not
W3nt the supenonty of AmeTi can commUnlC3t10nS
to faJl by thc wayside With the rcl:ll ed loss of
Ame!lcan Jobs l Fne[1ds and mcmhl'rs must all ra lly
to the ddense of our mdustry, to rem.lln 10 the
fo rdron t of wo rld co nlmUOlcati oc ~ :lnd reLHcd job
opport um tles. Th IS IS the time , he re .....e :ne at the
Yery beglOmng of a ncw ycar, 19S5 What ben!.':r
time cou ld the re be! , "'any of us h.1vC rc loca ted,
somc of \IS have reti red o r are aoou t 10j all · m ·ali
thIS IS th e fi rst year of .I ne ..... W3y of Ide It IS the
t~me to Wis h eYl;:ryo ne the best of eve!')'thlng, good
hcalth 2nd Inend~hip .
At V CERlt-:O, PRES
Employment on the Rise ;
Annual Dinner Party Held
LU. 1484 (uowl. SYRACUSE, N , Y.-Unll 2 of
local 1484 cdebrated lUI second anmversaf)' thiS
)·ut. lames Rebbeo r IS the currelll Unit ehaJrmac;
lean DeSantis, ~ICt chiHm:lO j and Mary Hough IS
the recorder. The Um t Include:s t echnica l, orfice
lind dellcal employccs of Niagal3 Moh:.1",,'k Power
Corporation Ul the Fulton, Oswego and Volney
lll eas
Our employment Is on the rue at inC l'o\1le
POlOt 1 Nuclear Station, whi ch 15 under COn5lruC-
uoo nur Os wego The plant 15 curren lly more
than 82 percent complete with the hel p of IEEW
Local 328, Teamn crs \.ocal 3 17 and 16 other local
uruons.
Unit 1 h eld its Annual Dinne r Part y at the
Corners tone Restaurant in 05wego, New York. II
was good to renew old acqUQlOUn CeS and make
Dinner Party
Lon l 148 .. . Syruu§e , N.Y., ofGcers ,II the hud
uble at their Annual Dinnu Parer ut', left to right,
lames Re bbr:o r. unit chilirmiln; Jean Dc antis, vict'
chai rman : Wahc..r ,"dasse" , local presidenl; and
Marl' Ho ugh, leeordu.
Buffet
Sampling the fOQd u t, left to right, lor: .11 ,,'m iller,
Ian Lt'ODUd and Pal Yab lonski n tht' Loul 1484.1
buffr:l .
new onc;s. The turnout was trememlous, as we-
M:em t o have more members attendmgl.lni on func·
IIQns when drnner IS served
Local 1484 PresltJcnt Walt Massey welcomed the:
partiCipantS He IntrodUCed Vice Presldenl Cbarles
Borell, Treasurer Mike Beck, Recording: Sec retary
Harold Guay, Executlye Board Chlllrm:l.n Scott
HarriS, Secret;tf)' Bob Waack ,1Od P,esS Sec retary
Tibor Helc%. Brotber Massey "Iso tb.lnked Mary
Hou?h for s.ettmg up the runner 'ulangcmenl<; The
food .....as deliCIOUS and pienuful Everybody had a
good time
While- Unit I holds its membership m eettngs on
the flrst Monday of the month li t the DA Lodge
on We st T hud Street to Os ..... ego. Local 1484 me m·
bers med CVl!ry second Monday ntght at 615 West
Genesee Stree t It) Syracuse. l et us all attend on
the secund Mo nday mght a t 611) Wc .. t Genesee
Sue:et an SYla cuse. Let us a ll :ut enJ uur mun lh ly
uJll on m(ctLllgS.
I wlsn you 311 a Happy New Year Thi n k UOlOD,
be unIOn lind suppun your u nHln
TIIHlIl HI lI7, P .S
Two Awards For
Scholars in 1985
LU. 1499 lun). OULSEA, ....\.-\SS.-EU:.abcth PlIes,
chalfperson of the M.ary RokH:}u Scholarship Com ·
mutee. Wishes to 3noouocc: th.at two S1.50 .awards
.....111 be rn3de tn 1985. SODS. grandsons, d:1ughrers
and glllRddaughten of local 1499, UOi t" members
who .are high school M!DlOrs or .... ho may he entenng
their firs t col lege: yea r In the 1.111 of 1985 .,Ill' eligible
to arply for a MlllY RokickI Schola rsh ip Award
Students compete fU I a scholarship 00 an academiC
b;,slS wuh rde lencc to finanCial nl;!cJ and.an ~~ay
on the labor movement
An Independent SclccllonCommlttcecomposc:d
of recognt;:;ed :H:.1demlc, plofes!ol onal .ami labor
representatiVes will examine the complcte rec(l rJ
of each scholarship .app!ti,::lnt Apphcall on forms
WI th comp lete det;"ls Will be available from Sis ter
Pires and sbop stewards De.dllne fo r submllling
lIpph catlllD IS May 15, 1985.
The 1984 re:c ipleOt of the Mary RokIcki Schol·
ar sh lp Awa rd was MII::.hcle Rapoza, granddaughtC!r
of Juanne Rapoza uf Dcpartmc.nl 63 at Corne ll
Dubiher Electronics Plant o f New Bedford, Mas·
Scholarship
Chairpe rson Elizabeth Pir~ofLoc.aI1499 ,Che1su,
M;ass., l~it . pltunlS tbe Mu)' Rokic ki Scho larship
to 1984 winner ....\ichele Rapoza.
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Shown, Ie.ft to right , are Joanne Rapnu , Chairp er-
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son Eliube lh Pirell , ,\\ichcle Rapon and Fun k
Akucewkl., vice pres ide.nt or Lucal 1499.
sachusctts Mi chelc IS :ltIendlDg Bridgewater State
College and IS malonng in computcr ;analysIS Yo ur
continued suppan of our fund · raiSIng acu vlIles
WIll cnab le us to make futurt= aw.uds
FRANK AII': ULLV.ICL, PS
Scribe Explains
Secu rity Clauses
LU. 1501 lem&mo}, BALTIMORE , I\\ O.-Reuu·
ment-Brolher John Smaua JellIed after ·n years
of dedIca ted s~rvlce The memb~ rs In the area
INtw Yorkl g.ave ,ohn .a retirement puty, and a
good time was had b)' all ,ohn Will be sorely
mlsscd and lough to replace. Joho ",nd Dons plan
10 travcl the coun try . Good luck '
Vnlon secllflty- Mast barglllnlOg conu:tclS con-
lam a u Dl an'.'lCcurlty proVlsltm rcquulO& employ-
ees to become unton members and mluntaln their
membershI p In good st.andlO g :1.5 a condition of
eoo t lllucd employment In additloo , con tractS often
mclude a clause provld lOg for th e: employe r to
deduct umon dues fro m ~ployee5 ' wages A unt on
may be ent itled to demand the dtscbll.fge of an
em ployee ..... ho falls 10 lOin the unIOn :tud pay dues.
An arb ltr atO I m3Y uphold the d lschargc o f a[1
cmployee for fa iling to m a trH.111l uOlon member·
ship. Uncl er uDlon ·shop agreementS, ,he obliga ti on
of worke rs trl JlJtn tht" unU'l n 15 clear and under·
s l;lIldablc to ernp loyet;s .
Types of union seclIn f y- There arc a num ber of
unton secuTilY clauses; loUowmg al e the pnnclpal
ones (al Thc uOIon·"bop cuntraCt requires non-
union nc ....'·hues t o becomc members of tbe uOion
wlthm • prcscnbed pe l u>£! alter tne umon·sbop
con tr a CI becomes effective Unron membersh ip-
!bl Appheauon of MembershIp-Can an employee
be conSidered • Unlon member If he has nevel '"
<D
slgn~ an appbcauon ca rd? Often when a union
'"
and:.1 comp3ny sIgn a CODtract With ;I mamteDance-
of-membe rshIp, uOIon· shop 0 1 o tn e r union secu-
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rity proYISIOn, the probl~m comes up of dete-Tmm-
:::>
mg whic h employce.s: wert' uRion membcts at the z
nme the (O[]U:lct .....,u signed One arbltruor h.as
.
laId down the follo w mg standards for dClcmurung
what conslltutCS UnJO[] membershIp 111 The em· -'
piol'ce mu't h~ve paid his first month's dues! (11 Z
The uDlon must ha\'e Issued him an official reClClpt II:
:::>
fo r the first month '§. dues paymen t; :and 131 The o...,
union must bave furnlsbed hIm wlIh lin offlclill
mcmbclShip card showmg that the employee has
becn accepted for m em bershLp. O nl), U the'e con-
dltl o n s a rc fulfilled , necurdlllg to the arbit rator,
cil n an employee ~ conSIdered iI!- hilvtng joined
th e union. Ic) Absence of Escape Clau!e- In the 47
 Retiree
Pic tu red hf't~, le h 10 righ t, Irt Mr. a nd MIS. Ro be rt
Kinkn t tJ g UHI of ho no r Broth er ' ohn and Do ris
Siutu l Bus iness MU:IIgII' r of Loca l I SU I, 81111i·
mort, l'I1d " Dion F. Gu thrie, Flna ncbl ternary
a nd Ea t Coa51 INo rlh) Busineu Re prt'lic ntal h' c Ed
Ia cono .and his w ife E, 'elyn .
Hefe Bus in rss RlI'prll'sent:lllh' c· Finan ci al SI!c.rt'I:llI'},
Ed 13eono, left ... long with Bu s.l ou M:anagu Dio D
F. G uthrie, ",hi, pu:unt Jo hn Sin ana with II video-
u ssttte recorder, which "'" ODe of O1ln y gih s
loho recdved for his 42 yen s of sen ' jce.TlIII' V R
was pr ese nted 10 him by th e m e mbers Ind {riUlds
of lo hn in tbe arU . Th e alfa ir WI hdd in Lo nl:
(s l.and , N ,Y. John was aho • chut er member of
thi' local.
abstncll' of an escape cla use III renewed me m be r·
shlp· mllJnttnance agrtll!:menu, can :II worker resign
from thc union OD the date aD old contract CXpll CS
and. DC"'" one becomes dfccllve f MOSI .ubllraIOr5
hold that the uDlon·securJlY rehulonshlp betwcen
parlles to Ihe ContU!:1 Is .a continulDg one which
may be intcrrupted only by ' Olm.al aClion of the
p.llues and nOl by an Indn'IJua/ who has beneAted
by the contract. U tbe parties do not provide an
" escape " period, thcn n one can be Imp/JcJ Onc
ubuutor wnh lJuS Vle'l4' siud Ihllt when lhe partlcs
toa labor contract reso ll 10 tvery known le!:hrllque
10 con t inue then relationship, that contlnumg
eh.uacter should be: recognized and given effcci In
procr:edmg5 such as a rbllratlon In tim clISe !he
arbitrator said smce u wu a collective agrcement,
no 51ngle wurker had any powcr t Crealtl:ln UC:lp<:
prnod not prOVided (Of by the contract
IUIIY W INkllR. P.S
Local Faces Crucial
Negotiations in 1985
LU. I S0i {e m l. WALT II AM, \ A S.-~ we btgm
a new yUr, I think It IS imporurll 10 discuss
several issues Ibat wc will almoSt ccrumly bco:
faCing for the next four yearS Fm th05e of us In
organized lahor, the reelec ll on of PreSident Reagan
to Ihe White House prest'nts the greatest challengc
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a: t he trade union mo\'cmcnt h 3~ fa ccd III over h31f
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a centu ry FOI t he nex i fuul yca,s, the chnllenge:
Will be oot only to movc forward in o ur fight to
""-, bettcr t be worlung conditions (Ot all Amcllca ns,
bUI to lco:talR thco: nf;bts we have alre..ldy won. The
past four years of Reagall have spawned some of
the most bruul attacb o n the nght' of wo ,kln~
peo rle that Amcllcan" uOIon or nOI, have e ver
scco:n
Wc havc witnco:ssed usaulu on every phue of
o rg.lDl:ed bbor And us Ideal From PATeD to
Greyhound to the Blldlsco Ihlllk.upicy Cue, the
ngbu of workers 10 organ ize and p,rtlelp,te In
c.ol lecllvc ba rga ining have been rillc ed In Jeopardy,
48 The proposed cutS In SOCial Security, un employ ·
menr miuun c and Medu::ue lave ICUr.uJlz~J the
lives of the Jobless lind Ihe elderly The Ihreal 01
cu tb.1Ck, In fedenl a , ... stllne(' Int ca lleftc tUlllon
and the fHeSldco:nt 's !ncpt h:mtll lllg '" dc:allnl With
the I.: ugul dellclt In U n ited Slates history have
RUed Our children 's 'ulures ~·lth unCCUlLmlY and
despalt All of thi S wt' SJ'" In tht' Illst fOUl )·c.1rbo,
and you c.all be c:cl1am th ere Will be. male (If the.
sa mt' In tht' IlC!III f(lur TlI C' nC1II1 fo ur yeaN m.,.
!lee OTRIIII I::CJ lahUl figllllnK fQ I m h fco: In thiS
C.OU Il II Y, lind to survive ""C mUS! ,0111 11111 Spitl l r
tru e uOIon so lidarity ,
Th u~c: II f U'l III l oclil I r;or; shl)U ltlal<;{I he IIwarco:
thnl IYII:Ci 1'0'111 be II uucl:iI ye.1 1 fill us 10 that we
will be. negollating for.'l new con UOIe t, ilnd wco: ClIn
be certain tha i tne Raytn eon Com pany will be:
pn:pllu:d 10 give our NcgulI:wng Tum II!> s uffell!
fighl 10 rc.ccnt ),Cllr!ll OVt'r th pllst 14 yellrs . nur
loca llc.ader hlp hu been so successful In wlnnmg
beller wage.' and benefits fm our member that
the unnrg.amzed cllmpa ny clnployccs huc Ixglln
attempts at formmg lhell own um on Membe rs of
Loc.al 1505 elln uke pr ide in the be l that at last
ne~otllltionJ our leadership s ucceeded In wmnmft
II contr.ct th.t greally IOcrca'Oed III benefils
One of Ihe I U ..'ions we have bcco:n so IU cessful
IS becllu"e Ou r N gOl hlllng T am h:as .ac led with
Ihe full tru I and support of the m embership. In
orde r 10 con t in ue ou r IUCCC5lI, your suppo n is of
the u t most im po nance.. As we. bc:sm the new ye:iIII ,
le i us resolve tU J'lu t :a~ldc: '11)' pol lli ca l dlfle.rcnccs
lind lOin lugethe.r In tint' Unified efforl If there ;a.e
any mcmbt rs who Wish 10 conllnue to Illn rhe
names of dISco rd and dlvlSlvenen, their only re o
ward 'WIll be the scorn Ind con~empt 01 thell
BrOlhers lind ,'Oler$ 10 'l4'hom thcy 'WIll h:ave donco:
a grul dls~lvlce Suppt')rt you r uffiurs and e·
gOtlatln~ Te.lOl it IS yo ur unity th.u m.akcs them
strong
PEnR F CAMrRATO. IM P _S
Company Leaves Area
In December
L.U. 15 ] 5 1t.1II1, . MILWA UKEE, WIS,- Havmg
been on Sick leave, I missed the big layoff T here
bn't mueh to lepon either The company "".:1$
UCklOft to Ihel r pbms In lenc South ro-h iwAuic.e.e,
Wl5consll1, by Dct:em'bc r 31 A skeleton crew IS
still working. ShlPPlOg OUt the remllnS won ' t lake
very lon3 It IS very sad bUI nUl of aur coouol.
Loc.al ISJC; hAd II bhonlife, :arid I Will proud t o
be a part of II . II was Ihe beSt local union lft'l4'hlch
I was a member The: oHlccr5 did an C':IIt:ellen t lob,
Ind I th. nk Ihem for a loh well dnne
II has beCI1 a ch:allen,Rc to put oul an :article each
month when lh ptlntl ng was 10 fol low twO months
I:lte l Ily Ihe orne Ibb article appears, Appl et on
Ele ctric, Lighting DIYls lon, Will be no more So I
"/ly farewell 10 Ihe IREW memhe ls hlp and Local
1'535 .ood luck, and Cod bless my fri ends and
ex -co· worker:) of Loc .. 1 15JS MilY the N e w 'fear
bring them new jobs, tlealth lind happmcss.
"/'Ic y MAM ~IIALL PS
Apprentice Receives
life Saving Award
L.U. 1547 (i.o,IJ ,e ,n&e m ), ANC I-IO RA C£, AJr:"- A
Local 1547 apprentice ltncmlln , Russell " Ru5ty"
'os ..... lak, ..... ho has been IIw.rded the IBEW Llfe
<lVID,/!. AWlIrd, WI'S further honored thiS fllllllt the
Fifth Annulil ovtl110 r's Snfety Confe rence. He
was IHtScnted witb a 1984 Covernor'. Li fe Saving
Award by the COmml'i$ltlllcr of l aoo r, lam Roblll -
son 1 hiS IS the second yu r Ihe !;alety """3 rd has
becn «I\'cn
Ru.ny ', Life <;avln~ AWilrd wa, ~\'en for hiS
qUick aUl on In $4Vln~ II fello ..... lineman fr om
(e1l310 d(';lth b), electrocution
Durmg the spong of 1981l 'l4'hlle wOlkiDg lor
Cny Electric In North Pole, AIII'ikll, lounldt' hH
b3nk,1 Ru!>ty' s paJlnc~ came. ullO ducct and M')lld
eonuct with:tn energized 7,lOO·phue conductor.
IJllnury condueHlI was t hou~hlto be oco:enclgtzcd,
but Will back fed from Itn(uhe r duee llon Rust y'.
partner leathed 01,11 10 commen ce 'l4'ork when
Honored
Ru&.se.1I ;' Rus t y" )oswi.k , an 'ppre Dlic:e line man
of Lot al . 5. 7. Anc ho rage, Ak,. 'l4'as awarded the
ID EW LHr Su in g AWlird as we ll as bc.ing ho nored
11th", Fir\h An n ual GoYf rn o r' . Safety Confuence.
cuntact 'l4'A.I m:ade. Both men ..... ere 00 I 45 '{oot
pole Rusty , 70 percent apprentice ) used a hot·
Slick to kn()(k hiS pa n nco:r loose_ held hun with
tU!ltcco:th and by Ihco:collal whi le he ngged to lower
hom
I\s .a I'CSUIt of Ihe qUick rco::aetlon. Rusty' , pan
nc r's II le was saved.
We art proud t hllt the clfort~ of OU f a ppren lJcc
naming hAVe rctel ved pubhe recogn ltjon. lind we
dlRnk Rusty for bemg able to func l lo n with suc b
A cool helld dunng a shuiltion of such gra ve ur·
gency.
Annual Banquet Held;
Brothers Complete Classes
L. U. 15 76 (ul, LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK, N .I.-
On S.curd,y, September 19, 1984, 'l4'e of l.ocal 1576
had our Ann u:.rl Banquet . It w.as h el d a t the Cen ·
tcrton Coun try Cl u b in Cen tenon, N c'l4' lerse y.
The eveni ng began with hOl s d'ocu vl es and o pco:n
bar from 630 to 7:30. The opcn bllr continued
t h roughout the evemng. DlOner bega n .II 7:30 with
lit tosse:d ulad :and seafood bisque soup. ChOice of
pnme nb o r lobs t er 1.1.11 Wllh c r",b Impul.Il was
sc rved 11$ the ('nlrcc. SlUffed pClllltoc.S and green
beans With a l monds complimented the entree
Cherry cheesccake aod coffee followed for deS!>UL
Hono rcd guesu for thc evcnlng Included tbe:
Ple:slden l of U-2 I..ocal S"'slem Council Ch:arlie
Wolfe , ex·presldent of Loc al 1368 lohn SCimeca,
PreSident of Local 853 and Cbll rman of we Ex·
ecutlve Bo:ard '1m M cCowan and the ir WIVCO:S. Char·
he Wolfc wa.s askco:d 10 spuk, and staYing lD form,
hc kept II sha ri and /tiwee l. He thanked the loeaJ
for extending the lDVllallon to thco: guest! and
WIShed good health a nd an e nioyable evcmng 10
the members m :Htcndance.
Afler the bUSiness al hand was completed, the
dan Cing began A diSC lockey proVided non-stop
musIc from 9 :00 p.m to 1:00 a.m. raogtng from
the 1950510 the 1980s
Th rou,;hout thco: evening dla'l4'tng5 were held to
&Ive the many door pn2t:S The banquet COOrdl'
nator, Barbara Breuer, set to the tuk of duwrng
.and dlStnbuling thco: door Prizes
To .11 prt'-Senl the banquco:t was eonsldered a
success, and pbns are in the works for next year's
banquet.
In o l hcrlocal news, Diann Wood, Wife of Brother
Shc rmllil Wood gave bUlh to 11 boy, C raig. Othe r
bi rth s recorded Wi th the loca l were Brother M ike
and Dana Panko, Michael T odd, Bro th e l Mi ke ami
Laufle Brau c hle , Chrlstle Monel Brolher Bob Ro·
man ofs ky and lu~ Wi fe announced the birth of their
SOil Robe rt .
In Au~u'Ot Bro th\!r Paul Williams and S lsrcr Bev-
elly Conners wco:re rnamcd. On Seplember 8, Brother
'ohn SUrceYlch and lou Msboney wue :llso mar-
fled In thoe month of October, on the Ill l h, Brother
Steve "Clyde" HassJc.r IlDd 1111 R2yme r uchangC':d
weddmg vows.
to olher neWI, Cui Marshall, Joe $om:a, Id
Deppc. ,.t:k ':lOOmonls and Ceorge SCimeca a ll
conciudco:d Phase lU Machmist Traini ng .1 the
IIlem Nuclear T raining Center on Oct ober 12,
 IY!H . O n Ocw bcr I ii Cn , l anJ l u~ rcpull c!.! tI)
Salem C encr.' l lng Sta tion! and Ed , Jac k and Ceo rgc
re po rt ~d to I-lope Creek C cn er:rl lllg Slation 10 begI n
work as C rade I m achi n ists
On Sl:ptc mbc, ttl .. spc.l ke r fo' Nula po!l-h, .'I
Ph iladelplll:l ba"cl! f:roup. came II) o ur Septe m be r
regular meeti ng He .,poke on a vam: ty o f IOplCS
r~ngln g from Ihe "Rlghllu·Know" At l, recent
!I ~belitos etth:me n n .l nd thc mAn y way t he or
gamzlltio n hel"., 115 nu.: rn bl'r!l
One fJ f Ih e bl~ I~SUCS IS h..z a rdous che m lcab
ThrouJth Ihe wtiTk of nrgalHullfms such as phl la
posh, cnm ('lJ n ic" 4rc now rcqulr d h}'law 10 supply
a lI .. t (If all d1t~m.cals lh.l l alC conta ined on the
tub site Becau .. e II I tlll'lllll~ lerm dfce , ". haUl rdous
chemic.l1t have becume fine of the m:un focnl
points of thll IVOUl'
We, ,he lDc:rnben ul Loca l 1576, Icel thoU Pbll ·
aposh IS a worthwhile ur~alllZJHlon and many havc
.1I1oc.lIed .. pe.ccn l .l ~e of thell Umted Way dnnn
uons 10 go tOWII;Id tnerr C.lUSC
Anotner POint 10 keep In mind IS that thl; Phil ·
;Jposh So.lUd con",'>n of only UOWII tncmbc l ~ W(lrk
Ing tow:mt ..afc (:.UOdItIUI1 .. fur umon mernbt:r ..
Unul n~xt mon th l
Speakers
Speake, ,, a t Ih~ f' re- retirrment mee ting were, left
to righi, Joe I\bll inx ly. 0011 8 allrn o n, Ken "b rl-
dox, 8u5i n ~u Man ~gtr Ha rold Haggru, Loul 170 1,
Owen sbo ro. Ky., :t nd u rr y lawler.
Rally
OWtN~HU KU
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Membeu 01 Loca l 1701 shown attu ding ill polit ical
r<l ll y in O wensboro ar e, le't t l) ' ight, Bobby rU,
Larry Rob y, Ri c hard 1 !rurIlson, H a rold HaMe ll ,
Boyd Jac kso n, Pit Carrico, Dern.lld Murphy and
h y "ar dr n
Officials Describe
Retirement Options
L.U, 170 1 li,o,u &er !l), O WENSBORO . KY.- lIIL:a1
1701 hrhl .1 pr,· ' r( IIfI' mrm mrrtlllg nn Or.roht' r '}.o
to mform allmu.' n:S led members wha t is JV.l Ilabk
to them upon thtu retirement On hand to sptak
..... a~ Ken Maddox lhrectur "I ,hc EWBA In WIIsh
mgcon , DC. , 10 expl.lllR lile benefit .. :I\'a llable under
th e EWBA pl.an Don Da lt erson , In IBEW Rcp re·
sl'ntallvt: from t he Fou rt h Dlstnct office. c:..plalneJ
bene fi t'j ilvarlllhlt.· umlel t h e IBE W plan The ad
nllrllSlratur o f t he N LCA mEW wdf.lI c Tru~t fund
L.arry LJwier, IiIltcnded to exp iolin the re llrements,
o pti ons and benefits fur rC lirecs and answcl l'!.!
quest IOns regard illl( the HC.l lth and Welfare Pl an
Joe Mll tttn;: ly hom the SOCia l Secu rit y o{fict w"s
also on hand III l'Xlllnrn Sue lILI Secu ri ty " II!.! McJ
Icare bencfhs. Elcetl1c:t l wI)tkc rs J nd thClr spouscs
who partl cl putcd In the prog ra m foun u It oo th
IO t CreStlll g (liid very Ili iorm " lIvc
Now fur II co up le of Im portan t remrnders.. With
120 lourne ymen on our o u t o f wo, k lis t , man y arc
1111 d Ie In.. J hl!d\.ll1~ iur cm plv)·mcm . Tu 01 :11"''''1'1
YUU I p O~ Il Ll)n un \lu r uu t ·u( ..... m k h~ l , you must
rC·'jI~n Ihl' Ih l every 30 day~ ThiS rull' h.I'! I'Icl' n
III tile J/ot, ecnl l'n i Since: 197K
An Iline, Im poru n l m:attCI 10 k ee~ 10 Inlnu I..
the self p:tyment lor bea lt h J od wclJlIr c II I~ CJ t h
indiVIdual', responSibility til kcl,.·p up wnh when
se lf payments ure due If ynu wl~b YIlU Ina)' l,; heck
w ith thc loca l unulO fi ' " l. 31l Ihey nl.lY .llrc.ldy
have th is In fonna tlllO, If ntH they Coin J,;el It for
,ou
finally. Jnyune who wnu ld i1 kc an y ," lonnatlOIl
the f"'lT1wf e llA Lin ~l hy r.llhl·r (linin IInr.
111 l ilted III
lhc press sec.et;u)' or II'"J\IIl~ the mfnrmll lt on III
thc untllO h311 PhlHogrJphs tlkcn .11 unuln fum.:
IIUns lire pU'llcLi ml II hullctln bnard at tile hall Olfld
.. rC flec 10 memhers .... ht' ll IIC ....· photo'! :r rc flO"'tcd
Seven I phu tu)!I.. ph!< .11l: ;1\ aLlahle nll ..... at lh~ honk
CII~( 10 Ih e m cc tmfl: room of the UlllOn h.llI
Attt'nd thc UI1H111 m ee ting tnlS monlol It'" on
tht' th ud MIII1 I1.1.,. III 7.\0 Sl'e you tlH.·fe
RJ~ II .. lUI" TIIO.'l.I~ll"", (l S
This h I pietu rc I.If Bro th er uo Mo rsr, receml v
deccln ed ..... lro ,,«'n ed a!> a bL\<;in«'~ .. rcprcstnu th c
and a~!i'i.!<ja nt bu .. rlle~') lII;Jnagf'r uf I {Il' lI 1 17 10. 1 (I ~
AngC' lc , Ca l.
Brother Leo Morse
Mourned by Local
L.U. 17 10 lUll, LO!t AJ\CELE~ , CAL. Thl .. lllul
union W'S Jddcncd recrolly with tht pa!lo.'lilng IIwaf
uf nur hclllved tncml OInd 8rothcf. leu Moue Leo
was .. ch.1fte. me-mber nf th . ... local UnlnD when It
w ..~ 11()1 fllrmcd. w;r;y bold 11\ lune (I( )lJI'\ 1 Belore
Iholt be "',I .1 member lIf local II I~EW locau:d
10 los Anfl;cle!'t lco retared In 1972. but bcru.r hiS
rct ltcment he cClolllbutcd m.l.ny hours of hu !.bYI§
IImllllKht .. hclptnK nur mcml'l"r\ with chell mllny
pmblcm ..
In hi '''rJ CIt )'.t).,& bU'l.IIH.:')" II.:prCSCnrJUH ilnd
''1''I~t~n' bU'IIDe s man.ager lo r loe.ll 1710. he
II""K~1t14lcd 111 .. 11., LUIlIl ..... t~ SUllie ul 1I1""~ ;fKle\;
m~ntS 0I1C' tile ~.!it1l1Ih~ clluntry. hal nnne-, !I1lne
way 01 WolAcS, benefItS and 1.lOgu.l c
I could ~\I 1m .. nll IHI abolll hl~ mllny .. chll: ~·c
lO~nl~ .I ~cult1 pb .. hcd lo r th ... unulil and lUI ~'ath
one or lIur members uve l hi!> )'ca r). with U'i. but
bc5t uf 1111 he was ~ fneed C Ot onl), 10 lIlj but t
e veryone hI! tll\llheJ We believe we were the tl.,;hrr
fill h.lv1fl;.\ kllo"'n him I"Ic .... 111 bc missed
LHRIRr~oL"/'01I 8M F S
Moncton Power Pacs
Are Softball Champions
L.U. 11)3 (uJ, FR ED ERI TO N. 1'0'. 8 . Monti 1'1
Power P;lC'l c.lme IU the 'junn)' banks o j Ibe MIT
amlenl on Augu~t 11 JIlIJ 26, nll t Iin ly Itl e.nIOY lilt:
Iremendous weather, but to make .t clean swcep
(If the ir A;lme" HI eliptUTC tht: 19A4 c h.lmrlUn~hlp
Rt:~.I(J I t:<;" IIf the /'lnt: d fun n( la"l yc:u' .. cham
rl on 5....·tl1 t Hu,Lt'l. In the tough ~osl tl o n of comln/<;
bllele. nn c.,undny til WIO t UUt ~tr~lghl J:ames, ,ht)'
we lt: sucl.clIsful 111 (W\I ~ames, but thc MunCLHn
Ma chllle ro lle d on In th c thJTJ gamc to win under
the 10 lUll lult:
It W~ .1 11 cxcdlen t 1ULlrnnrm:nt III every !len!'>e l
th t games Wt lC p laycd on bo th sides of th e M,, -
amlcill R lve l '1 h l! blldge lit c wc listle was "Iud l)'
m ined, but the wcat he r .In d the people In the urea
mode \1 1\ Itlr any rnCI'nvl'nience
Presentation
BU!li n tSs ,\hnager Oert En ll). of I I)e.ll 171l, Fred·
t ricton, N.D.• p rcs~ nt a &..... t l til rt ti.er Pat II t bt r.
fIJ I It:a,... o f "en'i cr 10 th e" loca l.
Team
La !!1 )' ear's nu mbel on t t u m . Sel" let Ce n trc 5"' ('1 1
Ho,;!>, \H! f «' ru nner~·u p Ih i~ r~af
unda.y momJO~ round Inr A.ehl;l, Jnd l·o[e .. un
Cove MechanlcaJ f.lClnS ca~h othtl In !teml·fin.ll
plav Ahhough ClIlc'ion CU\'C \ ' cehalllc,,1 gOt a..... n
"'·lI h 01 big Ie-ad e;ul)· III Ihe gaOlc-, the Reb~1s came
back IJtc 10 the gamc tUlle and then Ic.lol the g.arne
1111 their ""10 The S..... eJ! HIJ~!t \\e!lt {In Ul t.leku
the humctu ..... n lcarn, C h .. tbllm <":h:nhilm tn:n
.... "11 the valulllt CUUII uf J1ltchc, Ha ll V Ma clean.
could not slow tbe S"'cJI B ogs on the'.r Q'i,Jlch to
the flnal' The SWcat Hog~ "'Cnt on t o ddeOit (hI!
R.ebels '.iU that thcy could Icach rhe Mnnttnn Pu .....c,
P.ar'
Afte r a close sun the ,.ame broke ()pen III 13\ 0\11
of the Moneton Power Pacs. and then they bardv
looked haek FTOm the Mnnewn Puwel P;tCS beneh
ume a p!.llyer tn .III theu tJnu.: .. bv the-
Uly se Sdhveau, ""bose sund,ur pl.lY~ had .1101
n~mr: uf
to do wllh lhtlr success In wlnnlOg lhl!! ,hOlmpl·
ooshlp At the close uf rI.1}. IntcrI\;ltHlnoil RI;PI C
KtlI.lU\'C: for ISE\\' Bob Whneh t,ld lind Bert E\'.tn ..
bU50lncso" m;r;na,l;CI, lOCJ11 n, rle toted tho: II1!§cph
Ru ..s.cll,\.\emonal TfIIl'h'f IU Ihc 'lun ctull l'n ....·u
rJ~ The tmph} "'..1). Ii , .. , ple .. elHt:d III !YX! b)
lane Russcll "nd sons Duren ,1nJ <.:hn\tophcr
The (jweat Hogs "'·ere p. esenacd .... tth thc runnel
ur trt.lphlCo; KeVin Lord reC'clVI,:J ,h~ Mil t V,Iluablc
I'l.lyr l Award
I8EW All 'ita, s.clectlun .. W~'re COllch ,\hutl.,;c
falliel, Moncton, Pll chel Harry M,ldcan Ch.llharn,
CatCher, Run Gaddl!ss, Rebel s, hr!;( Ba!;!:. Ed AI
senault. Rcbds, Second Ool~C . 11 m Uell , Coleson
Cove Mcch.lnlCJl 1 Thud 6He , Cd l c~ A, ~~ n.luh
Moncton; !lhortstop. l.unt I.ud,ne, Ltuth.lm. klght
Fldd, MauTlce Cortnl~r. M oncwn, Centre field
Bub C~rI~nd Swcat HUF:'i <lnd Lell field. Ct.llg
\\'rllr'ilOn , Mon(.l l1 l1
Th.e Red l llnt£'l n MVP lt op hy IllIlhe "iWC!U lI o~"
wcnt l O {eve Thurrotl
T he orguOlzcrs of the tourn.:rrnent ex tcnd spcclal
th.lnks 10 'fom MJ.c ;\ 11Ilan. Ch.alilum Alsu, a \Ote
uf thanks to OIg;tnn:atlun5 whll iJun lneJ I" I..C!>,
trophlc~ e4Ulpment ;lnd l c:frc~ llIllent~ . IndudlOg
lJ.bJtts Brcwery and Alcx;mdcr Keith rdlesh
meots. Locals 1733 .lind 2309 supp!ted hOllis, han
JI\J 10 tnopbl¢~ Al illnu, VAlve rlltln~. ~lJ ~ ptrcd
R I M place trophIC!, to che wlllnlllSt teulO The UI
J.\JIlIZcrs nho l!xlcnded a "Ole IIf thankto 1\1 Ihe
pl .. )'c . ~ hI( lhelr :o;pllrhm a n slllp, thc um pires,
!memen. 'co ren and e\'e ryoni! who helped m3kt:
the I ou rna m cn t :.I succcss W llllt: Su ttoe "...3$ dt:
elareLi lhe unoffiCial (a n uf Iht: Tuuru:unent
On Scplem ber 14, 198 4. Ii re tlre ill ent pany wa5
b~·ltl fo r Br other P,tI r-t r-hl'rI hy h l~ (n· wnrkll' r.,
Broth er I-Iebert w:ts gre:n ly moved by 11 11 of th\s 49
 ~xp r ~5sed
his besl wishes 10 ~\'e ryone t;Clfi'
and
c~med lind hoped Ihat .. II th~ ~ople concerned
have .. long 2nd full futw~. Brother Hebert WliiS
pr~senled with VUIOU$ gIhs from his co· workers,
,long with, retuement pm and cheque from Local
1733. Brother Hebert ....'lIs presented wllh a gavel
lor hIs yearS of holdlnS offict in ow local as unlt
ch2irman and president. Tbe gavel was mlldC' by:l
reuree from Loe-a11918. Burlyn Hirtle
BlAT EVA-'s. P.S
Pennsylvania Adopts
Right-to-Know Law
I.. . u. 1851S (em), LA U RELDALE, PA.-Grc.l!ungs.
[n I h~ arclil of hea lt h an d safety, I am happy 10
repOrt tha i the Penns yl va ma Scnate and House
bave adopt ed I historic agree m ent on chem ical
right ·to· know Iq;lsl:lt lQn Wllh Str ong blparu s:an
s uppOrt . The ap;reement hammered out among
boor, bu6lOe!.s and Icglsbtlve leaders creates thc
moS! comprehensive and .....orkable right · to· know
law to the n:ltion. The agre emen t was reachcd ;after
months of Intense negotiations.
Thanks for the thousands of letters, peutions,
posu:..ards and the ralhes, lobby days and press
conferences whlcb made clear bo ..... tmportant thiS
legislation IS to workers
Keep safe and cod bless you
CLAD YS WElll'iiCll;). P.S
Scribe Laments
Results of Election
LU. 1908 lul, COCOA, FLA.-I am ..... nllng tblS
nght aher the electlon . As everyone knows, Walter
Mondlille lost lIod so did labor Ac(.(](dm,g to the
polls, 46 perce.nt of the union membe rs who vored
cas t tbeir ball ot! f OI Reagan , ThIS mllkes me ..... on·
de r If we, the union aCtl Ylsts, are In tune with the
gc::neral membership, or If th e membership JUSt
doesn 't feel the union· busting policies of tb is
admmlstra l lon arc th.a t lmport ant. Maybe we failed
to mfo l m the membe rship, I don't know , bUll fc::c l
we must reevaluate our posItion and find ou t what
the membership wants from us
On the local level on ly tWO of our ~ndorsed
candidates won IrJ Ihe e:lecllon, lind I don 't fc::e l ou r
endorsemen t bad much to do with their victories
I guess the few of us who dJd work In the campaigns
lUSt dldn 't do enough Perhaps our country IS lUSt
tOO COO.servo1l1Ve, I don ' t know I guc:ss I'm just too
tlred and depressed to reason real well nvu now
1t'!!I been a long four months workmg campaigns,
putting In a lot of ume and effort and the1'\ lOSing
.so badly I would like to tbank our membe.rs who
worked In the V2nous campaigns, and the candl'
dates thank them abo Pe rh;ap!!I In 1986 we c:ln uy
iii different approiilch. We wIH have to do better If
we hope to prOgre.f;s 10 the futu re.
As 1985 IS a Ilegotiatiolls year, you should stan
Ihinkmg about any con n 3CI proposals you wam
to pUi m. More m formation regardmg thiS will be
posted on the bulletin boa rds shortly.
I ..... ou ld hke to take thiS oppoftunllY 10 Wish all
of you a Ha ppy and Prosperous New Year. Hope
to see you at the hall on Tuesday th e 81h at 8:00
pm
TURY l KAM.\1ER, P S
Labor Day Rekindles
>-
a:
«
Solidarity in Nebraska
:::> LU_ 1974 (if.m), OMA HA, SEB.-A festive and
z Prosperous and PwduclI\'c New Ycar
,
« spill led pa.ud~ ralhe.d umonlSIS celc.bul1.ng then
sohdanry dunng lhe annual Se:pa:mbe:rfe.s t held m
Omaha Oil t abor Day weekend.. The union cdc
~
a:
brants honored theu paSt and renewed then com
mltment to a Sllong union future.
:::>
It was 2 busy time for Local 1974 PreSIdent Ken
,o M.us, who started t he d3y m31chmg io tbe Soli·
dancy Pa.rade and .....orked the demonstration booth
ror the Neb raska Industmll UnIon (IUD]. leaVing
only for a short time to present a S2,OOO check to
Muscui.ar Dystrophy f r the unton emp loyees of
50 Western E,lectrlc.
Parade
Pr esident Kt-n Mau , Local 1974. Om. ha, Neb.,
le.ds the L.bor D. y Puadr. in Oma hll . " It sho ws
WI" are solid in OmIllHI ," SIIys Ken.
" II was long day lind in tere sting day," sai d
II
Ken . " Il would be difficult for an ybody not to get
caught up in th e fes tlvitles. It was labor's day, and
it tOok me: a couple of days to wind do ......n after it
was over ..
Do....... w M . WIECZOR.E k, P.S.
Retirees Club Discussed ;
Work Still Sluggish
L U. 2084 (rm )1 SY RAC USE. N.Y.- Retired mem-
bers of our local uOion have u:prrssed an ml~lrst
In formmg a rr:tu~d m~mbf:rS orgamzation for Ihe
purpose of rene ..... mg old acqualntancc:s and n-
e:hangmg Iden. Stan Clark, prC'sldenl Qr our local.
statrs that the Idl!.1 IS currently under consldera -
1I0ni and lIS soon as m()re IOformauon is available,
it w1l1 be passed along
A yet, no s.ood news to n:port concC'mmg ou r
work SItUll tiOn New Drd~ rs arl!: S"lill very sluggIsh.
Our !oc.1l conducted a campaign bill:: for Lhr:
presldelll1a l elec tion Lo addition 10 the preSidency,
all r local opcn ly cndOl~cd sc veral pro' labor can-
didates In aU I cn mmUnlty ra CeS and sla tewide laces
as well
fOllN M FU.AJ'I'.LLO, P.S
Members Vote
Dues Increase
LU. 2100 (u ), l OU I VILLE, KY.- At the (ktobe,
general membcnhlp merung. the members over'
whcllllJngly voted for a dues muease Th~ $4.73·
per·month inC ruse was nece.s ary to offsrt the
surging COSt of ubitrations. local 1100 has had
oyer 40 eascs arbllrated or scheduled rOI arbilliluon
In 1984 1 Of Lbese cases, Local 2100 has won O\'et
70 percent I The maJ0rtty yote echoed a resoundmg
me.ss.a,ge to management hele at LouisYllIe G2.s.
and Elecrnc : We, thr membership of l ocalll00,
r(m,un unlled and dClcrmmed In ou r efforts to
secure mdUStllallusllce tn Ihe wo rk place
Brother Ron Whittaker, "Electric Dls tllbutl 0n
Executive Boa rd member, was one of the fortunate
few who wItnessed, In pe rson, the first of tht
presidential debates st:&ged he re in lOUISVille on
October 1, 1984. Drothe r Wh ittake r ...... as the onJy
2100 membe r lucky enou~h 10 get tlckets to the
gal a affair
I .....ould like to congratulate aU the elected
offiCials of the many locals, along with the ir reo
spectlve childs and shop siewards, for a lob well
donI: You are the nucleus and backbone of this
grea l Broth erhood You have proven, lime .and time
4galO, that when the gOing gets tough, the tough
g~r gOlOg Keep up the good ..... ork In 1985!
I hope every membet .and thell famlhes hne ~
MIKE DAY)!,. PS
Local Co-Hosts
Progress Meeting
L. U. 2104 lul, NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.-Tb e 1984
Thud DIS tr ict Progress M~etlflg. WIth Tnu!rna·
tlonal Vice Pres ldcllI I J. Barry as pn:sldlDg offic.er,
was held on $c ptember 20 .a nd 21. 1984, at the
Niagara Hilton and Ih~ Niagara Fall s Internalional
Convenuon Centc.
At Meeting
Inttrnational Pte.tid ent Chul es H . Pillard, Inle.r-
na li onol Vice Pre si d ~nl J. J. Barry , New York Power
AUlhori l lJ Cha irm an lohn S. Dyson and New "York
SU It AFL·CIO Preslde.nt Edward C lnry are shown
" th e Thi rd Dis niCI Progress Meeting recently
held in Niaga n Falls, N. Y. Local 2104, Niagara
Fa lls, N.Y. , rep resen ts IB EW worke.rs at the New
York Po wer Authority's Niagara Power Pro ject.
Some of the more than 135 utility delegates at·
t t-nding the Third District Progre5§: Meeling are
shown taking pan in " Uti lity Workshop . The
Progress Meeting was recently h ....ld in Niag;na
Fall s, N. Y.
Locals 2. 104 and lJ1 were honored to be the
hos.ts for the meeting in this city famous fo r t he
Falls and a rich heritage of su ppOrt fo r organlzcd
labor.
BOIb loca ls prOVIded ,"formation on dining.
shopplOg aDd touring SIIes 10 an effort to make Ihe"
delegates' stay as pleasunble and productlye as
pos~Jble
T he tremendous service and cooperation of the
Niagara Hilton staff and management were appr~ '
eiated and nOled by "'lslUng delegates and orficers
from Loc2J 1104 :altke.
A hIghhgbt of the meetlDg e\'ents ""as a tour DC
the Niagara Power PrOICCt arranged hy Pr~ldent ­
Busmess Manager Ed lr-W1S Over 115 dc.legates
and family members who toured the prOlec t were
Impressed and awed by the iz.e, cleanliness and
dficH:ncy of the New York Power Authonty's
largest faclhty. fnendly greclIngs and thorougb
explarratlons by Local 2.104 members Ray Mac·
Kenzie, Sal PassancsC', Bob Ta ylor, Cballie Cos·
tello, Jerry Haynes and the sccumy deparunent on
dUlY, to name only a few , added to th e enJoyment
th3t many de.legates rcpealedly discussed upon
returning to t he Hilton and the Con vention Cente r.
A special Ib an k you to Nels Frank, chief of
photograp hiC servicC!!l at the Niagara Project, is
also 111 orde r. He made hm Hou gh, one of our
uOIon photographe rs, avai lable. Thaok you, Nels,
and th.ank you, Jim, for the excellent coverage.
The superb speake-n, mc1udlng Loternationa l
PreSident Pillard, ..... ere enthuslasllcally rc::ceh'ed
by over SOO delegates who were to attend.mce for
the vanous prese.ntatlons. The de1rgates' attention
.....as rapt :lad their Inten:sr genuine". The SC$$100S
were Informall\'e and Important 10 us all
The officers and members of Loul 21().l hope
I.h..n all In attendance enjoyed tbe meeting. the
bospu;aluy Ihat wa5 furnished and that everyone
had a safe Journey home . We look forward to s~eing
aU of you agam In t ht ncar future!
As ..... e t n ter a ncw year, It IS appropriate to reflect
upon 1984 and c:arc.fully look 10 t h~ year ahe:ad
We should be proud of our achieve mcnts and bope
{o r con li nued progress In 1985
Acco rding to a New Yor k POWIt' I Authori t y pub-
hcauon. CU l1 l! n l~, Ihc f'owc r AUlhOflt)' had sa les
of 227 billion Kilowatt hours and revenues of
$6-J6 I m ill IOn fo r the first SIX mon t hs a f 1984 ,
Tb ose huge sales and revenues wo uld not have
Deen possi ble ....·\th oul dedicated. skilled and pro-
dueth'e empl oyeu. Tho.: Pow e r AuthOrity IS for-
tunate 10 have many !'nlplllYcc groups ,hlat can-
wbua: 10 liS well·bung. Employees provide the
wyola-day expcruse. s ..... eat ami totl the PQwer
AuthOrity needs to be a successfu l or~nlzauon
Ou r human energy IS tr:lnsformed Into the electn-
cal energ), that benefits so many throughoul Ne ....
York stat e There ..... ould he no Powe r Authoruy
Without us
Local 1104 and LOc.l I 2031. OU I compamon local.
arc IWO of tbe Power Authorlty's mOSt valuable
em plo yee groups W e salUlc our Brothers and SIS-
u:: rs from lllcal1o.U fOJ Ihelr support (If o ur dfortS
as ~'e deal ..n i h t be Po ....·er Auth ori t y .a lhe loca l
level We also appl;lUd Ihem for the conmbullon
lh ey have madl' to the abtlllY of the Powe l Au
t h o rlt), to meet With the su cu:~s It did In 1984
We. WISh everyone In Local 2032 :I hsppy and
pros pe rous. 191:15 We exteod that same greeung 10
:Ill OUT BrOl he rs anti Sist ers 111 the IBEW
Howeve r, 1985 doe .. not 31"Ve ~' l1h out ItS lo re·
bodmgs. A fC(ent Associate.d Press a i ll cle quo tes
AFl ·CIO spokesman Rex Ha rdesty as saymg. " The
Reagan receSSIon CUt deeply mto unton mem be r-
ship " Aecor(hng 10 th(· article. Ih e Labor Depa l1 -
m enr 's Bureau of la bor StatistiCS said there "", ere
O\'U one mtllio n m em bers in th e IBEW in 1980 .
Bu reau o f NatIOna l AIf3 HS 51a ll Sll CS fLU 1982 If]
dlcate less IBEW members Tha t IS :I slgOlfican t
drop and mus l be attnbuu:d, In part, to the Reagan
receSSlCm of 1981-82 and thc Re3g.ln admm15tra-
tion ·,. .attitude ag.unst orgaOlzed 1a bc.1I The best
wa)' to coumc r t hIS dtsturbmg trend IS wllh re
newcd vIgor and solidari t y a t the local level. The
officers and Ea: ecu tl\ c Board members of Local
2104 urge .all members to attend mec t lOgs and
become actlo,lc ",olces In local m311ers
Congutulauons to M l!chanlc "C" Tom Ca ld .... e:Il
and hiS Wife loon on the blTtil of thelT third
grandchi ld, Ashley loan_ Sorn on c Jltcmber 29.
Ashley wetghed to at H rounds. ~ ounces Best
....·tshes to e\'eryont: tn the Cald\'oCU famtl)
Man) speCia l ,grOll ps tour the Nla,g.ar3 Po ....er
ProleC t on J feguJ.u basts as part of the normal
ope ration of the Community Rcl allons lkpatt-
menl. One recen t group of VISitors deserve:. sjlt:clal
men lion
T wen ly·elght trade uRion ists tro m m~Dy parts
of the ~·o r ld. ]Deludmg Thail and. IndoneSia, Mel!
ICO, Honduras. Indl3 and 'lCveral Afnca n and South
Amcncan countri es, to name on ly ;a lew. VI sHed
Ihe N iagara Prolec t. These labor leaders w erc 1II
the Un ited SlateS to stu d y t he role tlf the AFL·ClO
and Ul1Ions in gene ra l to Ibe preslJen tla l electiOn .
They were here as paft o f t ile Age ncy for In terna·
1I0 nai Development under tb e auspi ces of t he
Labo r Department 's Burcau uf In t l' rna ll o nal La bor
AffaIrs
As members o f a reSp cted Internati onal Unton .
we can be prou d o f what WI: havc do n l'.l1 the local
level as Ihe s HuAAle fo r be ll er safety cOfld ltlons,
..... ages and dlgrlllY co nllnucs on a global sca le.
OnCe ag;Hn , Happy New Year to you alit
\'vIWAM PATtRSOt- . PS
Scribe Quotes Letter;
Local Helps Charity
L U. 21 45 (soVII. VA ll.EJO. C A L.-On bthalf o f
the president of Lo<:a1 214 5, Alvm M oore, the vice
pru tdem. Ken Kelly. the bUSiness manager. Dan
SI IYen on; and the othcr o f6 cers and members of
our loc.al, 1 would lake to wi h you .all .:t Happy
Ne ....' Year. Prosperous 15 OlCC. but healthy b bettc r
Ask any ncb invalid
We begin the first buslOcs o f the n.ew ye3r ~'Ith
old busin ess. First, a letter w the secretary 01 Local
11 45 from :I Jcad(.' r of th iS publicatIOn The teller
IS from Brothe r W. C " BIll " Bruyn . It IS da l ed
Septembe r 17. 1984 , pos t m:trked Otuwa, Canada .
I am going to quo te scycral pa.r:agraphs In excerp t.
" You ma y be su r-po sed at lhis, fo r many yea.rS T
have wan ted to drt) p you a lin e to let you k n ow
Socializing
1'11fiDbers 01 Loca l 2145, \ ;diejo. Cd., ocialil.e
afte r Ihe regu lar metling. This is jU!it as im ponanl
:IS Ih e bUJ.ineS5 :I t hand dllriojl; th e meeting_ Don' t
lorget to ,e ll lh t'm that you ~a ..... Iheir picture " ere.
Here is ;II ga t herin& Ctf me mber s 01 Loca.l 2 14 5
enjoying a bit 01 eamaradt'riC" in a local piua parlo r
after the mee ting. Renon lIaley W.tl~ dilicussing
Ohm~ Lt"",· with !thrinus Chris tensen ; Tom Wra t·
!l.on mi sundusl ood. li e !IlUu~ht she "'as making a
mOl ioR_ li e seconded it_
how much we Jpprecl.ate your repo n s 10 the lBEW
Journa1 The boys III Local 2228 have a sa)'lOg Wl'
read foc's column. Local 221R Includes Canad ian
g()\'t~rnment t:!ecuOfllcs teenntc ians fr om C025t to
COllt. agnculture:, avutlon. Coast Cu.tlrd. com
mumcallons. e t c lit was OO!(_-d that I uSl;d 10 wtlte
thiS column for l ncal 2117\
We hd ve .a faiT tde.. of ""h.tt you :Ire talkm,g
.about when )·ou ...·nte repo tu on gO\'crnmen t man
age m ent and labor rela llon<;h l!",C: \.V a)' baek wh.:n
I used 10 he an old melch.:ml Navy radioman ..
Thank 'Ii OU M I , th.·lI WdS a \ery ....·dl-wlltten
lettc:r and was gre.atly appreCi ated Our best pe r'
sona l rega rds to )·ou and to (he membe r ~ 0 1 Local
2228 Th l' Plcsldc:n l (If Lucai 2145 was so un pressed
wltb the qua h ty of thi S comm uOica lJ on Ihat he
prevailed u pon Sis ter Sheila Winsow to r'-!ad it to
the 3ssembled bod)' 01\ t he rCJ:u lJ l mct: II ng. The
lett cr was we ll rt:ce lycd. lind we wer" certa inly
glad to h ea r from you
It cm Irom our vice prestdent, Keo Kell y. A1on~
With Dun Br o wn and She t!:1 WIII SU W . Ken attended
the Ninth Dlstlic t Progrc<:s Mee tmg held In lou
Vegas. Nev3da !-Ie wante d to thank Loc.ah 357
and 396 lo r the use 01 th('tI h()splI::tlhy roo m s and
the luncheon chcy prOV ided For theLr hos pita l".,.,
t he office rs ;md E·1\w rd meR\btrs really deserve a
well dont' Broth cr Kelly noted thaI Broth e r R.T
&HUS m:ldc the prcs.cntatllm and gave the UatnJng
D unng the u:gul 3r mcet mg that followed Ihat
e\'cn t Stster Wan ow presen ted her typically e,x·
ce llen l. comprehen<:!Vt' and artlcula le report on
that sublecl
Dunng thl; month of DetUDeI OU I shi pyard made
It poSSible fo r all of us to pUUClpatC to a gre.tlt
wo rk of charny This 1'1 called the Cumbtned
Federa l C.:Imp:ugn Thlli Campalpl h.as ~oome an
annual tr':ldltl ooa.1 event. Mr r McCI.uy, sUpl!r-
intcndent of the Elecuu::aI C rou p. served 35 .h l:'
clv than chairman for the prOlect , and D;J\'c Tu!:-
f.enb.acb :.I::n·ed dS Ih ove lall coo rdmato r Different
mdl vtdu.als h:ld dlffe rCni 3S:ngn m cn lS There ..... e re
cha trpc rsull s. tealll persons, team leaders. etc. A
small group o f th ree or four ~lln c ll oncd ,IS a tcam.
Our g roup was desLgnated .3$ T eam Nine . ThIs
group conSis ted of my self, M Ichael Kleckl. ,ohn
Dees and Kathy Peacock Kathy wa s no o rdinary
pC3cock-no fa ncy feath e rs-iust a very pre tty lady
wlth:l champagne pC lsnn.:lluy In ,1ddll lOn t o thiS,
she IS an excellent extemporancouli spea k er Othe r
m embcT5 of our group we re C tndy Davis. P3ul KOI
and Michael COSta Each tca m member mad!' a
Vcry VAlid oontn bu ll o n te) the prOlect .
My " m essagc" ....·as :I bit dtffere nt fr om the
mhl!rs. My fe eling IS tbat. poss lblv. the very best
reason (01 contrtbutlng to a comm urulY works oi
chanty IS .a selAsh ODe. Wh at l otS ,uouad comes
uound_ \\'e .11 Deed. li n le heir -.om cllmc<:
ConSI de r. If you .... 111. Ihls scenano: Theft' m.a)
be a ume In which an elected Icpresent auve may
con cel\;lbly "Hemp' to Impose hls/het rersoll31
philosophy on Ihtn jt'l tha t affeci and cuocem you
A weUarc-oncoted hbcriI.1 may Jlro,ect .an anll-
military a ttitude, not In .... h.at they titll you: they
"'ill ah.,:u}·s leU you Whdt they thmK Ih:ll you
....aot to b ea r: but an how Ihe~' \'oce on V3110US
military eKpendltures TheIr perso nal phdo:.orh y
can hayed dec.ldtdly adve rse IOfluence on the
desrtn}" of your pl.l ce of em ploymeOl. ~nd. more
lmpon :tn tly, on our m llt ury poStu re
So rnethlOg li ke that h:lppcneJ to the !lum er"
POint N :lva l Sh ipyard The crlng re:o.:o.man that W:lS
suppc)s-ed to repre.')Cnt the em plo)'ees of thalldctllty
h;ad o th er pnon tl es. 10 fact . hiS ant l-mlltu l Y pOS
tu re su rcly mU'it ha\'c helcn a C(lntTi bUlI l1/o: fac lOl
to [he cloliu rc of that faclltt~ I'll tell you I1 C
thlllg He nevcr answered one smgle lette r request ·
ing hiS suppOrt . He o bViously could not. to g,ond
conSCIence , suppon Iha t faclltq· ommunlly sup
port was only luke ..... ar m Too many IIIde pcnd cnI
connact rs coveted t ha i propl'lt}· fur Ibl'lJ U W Il
pu rposes
As fa r as the CII \' was cUlH.l·mcd. they felt that
they could lecoup ally lo~t Icvenues caused by t he:
closure by tnt'.rcasmg ... chleula l ra rk tng fines and
Improvlllg Ibe dfectl ... C:'ne~ .. of the ticketing of
parked cars
You I contflhutlor:s to our cummunlty ch.anllts
rna )" be remembered al .a future lime by the com
mumty In genera l If s-omc anu-nllluary, welf.ue
on ented Itmouslnc liberal decide .. to VOlC .lgamst
yOU r b<tn IOttrts tS. Communit\' SUpport may make
the difference.
New buslOC:''is ' / t" ne"'" ol lr Cr all Cd llll'r lUi Ihe US
Nayyc the Theodore Roosnek .... .1 .. l,lunched 3t
Ne .... port :-..l ews VUglOliI. Can )'ou name the Arner
Ican preSident tbat rdu<:ed III let the dV)' budd
II'
Trophy
The p re.sidelll of Loca l 2300. Broomfield, Colo .•
Judy Will iams, holds lhe tr ophy awarded 10 t h e
loca l for their Oou in the L.ttbOf DolY pande.
'"'"
Local Has Full Employment; '"
Union Hall Bought
L . 2.300 (e.ml. BROOM.FIELD, COlO. -Tht': month
of Se pl ember \<\as ;ll good month for our loul. We
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e.me re d a fl();llin tbe l ~bo r O.ay P.u.ade ....·Ith ~vcr.al !Ii
of our local ht:autle$ In lovely costumes urging
people 10 get out and VUl e, We ~cre le.ally pic.;(SC'd
to be ;lwuded Hrst pn:.e for ou r entry. The ph oto
sho ws our presldt'n t . Judy Wllilams, aftef she re -
ceI ved our trophy at the ~O\C I Ar ea Labor F\:J -
eutton meeting
We :a rc pleased to nme" o ur loc al I ~ s huwlng full
employment with no one rema lO lOg 00 th t: recall
IaSl, w'ilh lhc compolny co nt inUing to hu e more
peo ple . The business is rC:llly bloommg.
We a re fin al lz.in g thc lI e:!! on our li rs! unulli hall. 51
 We li re bUYing ~ bUilding With 16 offices, wl'u ch
will gt"'C us much · needed sp~Ce'
CHURl£. HLENKJ:R,. P 5
Clerical Group Ratifies ;
Technical Contract Pending
L.U . 2309 (u ), FR ED ERICTON, N. B.- Thi s local
has rust rallHed a new two,yea r a,gree m t:ot for OUt
cle n cal group employed b)' New Brunswick Puwe r
In splle of the provIncial government U:Slfam t5,
some J:aJn~ were real lzt"d Improv~meDl§ w~re made
Classmates
Hc rc are t he member$ of Loca l 2309, f re.deric:lon,
N. B" who a ttended Ih~ Septembe r 8 a.nd 9 Shop
Sl ew .. rds Course in Saini John, N .D,
In iob secll rit)', maternity leave and ben eSts, adop-
lion leave, lob shanng. bracket compresSIOn and
wages. Tbaok!; go t o the N egollallllg Committee :
Pat Murray, Gloria lindsay, Cuol Cbase, M:ushll
Simms <IUd Roger Dlagle for a lob well dooe..
T ralru ng fo r our shop stewards aod Ex ecu ll\'c
Board members I!> prCtly well com plete with a shop
ste~·.ards course held O il September Band 9 and a
leaders bip eOl,l rse o n October 13 and 14. Interna·
nonal Repr esenta t ive Bob Whitehead conduc t ed
both CO llrS~:'i , and he was aSSIsted In tbe leadership
cOll rse by International Representative PhlJ Flem-
mmg from Newfoundland Alstl In a ttendance were
members hom oth er locals lD OUI area .
WelI. negotlallooS for ou r technical group have:
been ongomg for the pas I: 10 months. At the lime
of wfltmg tblS article, we have lus t rece ived our
" finoll " oHc:drom N. B. Power. Talks we re dugging
un t il Conciliator Bob Kenny WlIS appomted by the:
PublIc $crvice Labour .Reianon Board . With h.is
help we were able to hammer OUI a tentative
a,greement; now iI is up t o th e members to decide .
The Ncgollating Committee has. work.ed long,. hard
hou n . and ho pefully then work has pald off
COI.IN N ICHOLS, P.S.
Officer Reflects On
Events of 1984
LU. 2323 {tp, tt & lal. CRA NSTON, R.I .-We would
h ke. to take tins occasIOn to Wish o ur me mbe rs,
thcir families and our fflends everywhcre a Blessed
and Happy Ne w Year filled with the fu lfillment of
.alt yo ur drcam~.
1984. certain ly hilS been a tumu huo us year fo r
[elcphooe workcr s AI somc POlDt in lime. lust
about e\'crythmg has happened m al could happen.
'"ma> DIVestilllre saw the end of an eUI and In the shon
ADDRESS CHANGES!
Brothers and Sisters, we want
you to have your JOURNAL! When
.J you have a change of address,
«
z please let us ' know. Be sure to
a: Include your old address and
OJ
o..., please don't forget to fill In L.U.
and card No. This information w ill
be helpful in checking and keep-
ing our records straight. Use cou-
pon on pages 29, 43, and 54.
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Having Fun
,\hmbers of local 2JH, Cranston. R, I•• tnjoy ill
" tlull y C ull y" at t he An nual Di nner· Dance held
:;al the Rocky Puint Palladi um in Sept embe r.
space of a year, II 15 unbe li evable the cha nges we:
have stcn In the o pera ti on of wha t uscd t o be
called the BeJI System Now thc umon's honzons
encom pass many new compames, mcludmg A TT·
COM, Arns and NYNEX in the New YorkINew
En,g.l;md , rea.
1984 bas scm tbe :adVf::D t of early m centlves,
programs deSigned to ehrrunale jobs and to thm
out the: wo rk for(e. In 1984 the membership of
this local has gone from 1,300 to approximat ely
1,850. Th is reflec ts normal rellremCntS and deaths ,
but mos t ot a ll t ht: "C () l d~n Handshake" policy .
Divestiture, while i[ broke off the closeness that
union m embers previousl y had, $cems to have now
come tbe full ci rcl e and IS ba\'ing the dfect of
dn\'iog our member!.hip, regardless of c.ompany,
doser t ogether, Our Annual Dinncr·D:ance held in
September cen :Jinly was proof of thai when over
I, (00 mf::mbe: rs and their guests enjoyed a woo '
derful evenmg at the Roeky Pomt Palladium. Plans
are under way to make this an alln llal event
On behalf of the officers of Loca l 2313, we Wish
one and all a Harpy N ew Yea r.
' A M ES F. K ILEY ,
Union Working To
Ease Divestiture Problems
LU . 2l'l6 tU,lp,u&'c:alvl. MO TPEUER , VT.-
We ate sull running mfO pJOblems because ot the
contmued dIfficu lty AT&T IS bavmg to adapt t o
thc competitive td eeommunicatio ns ellVlron·
ment, since the brea kup of the wn ole Sell System
nation Wide . A I! we hear IS surpJus, surp lus, CUI '
back, cutbac kl Naturally o ur mem bers wonde r
where "io b securi ty" emers the pictUIe . For the
seco nd lime aro und, the compan y o£lered SIPP
tSupplementa.1 lo eom e Prutect ion Plan) and VlPP
tVoluntary [Ilcamt Protecti on Planl to eligible CIIl '
ploye:es in hopes that it would take c.u e of the:
present sUJ'lllus condllioll in AT&T Informanon
Systems If tha t IS not successful, the umon meets
With tbe New England Te le phone Company to
work ou t detai ls of a " truc · up" procedure . The
umon 's posltlOn is Iha t t hlS procedur e should be
canva ssed by semo rit y
Beillg affiliated with t he Ve rm ont State boor
Council, of wht ch I am executIve vicc "resaie nt,
l' m proud to ano ounce that all of the Iabor·mmded
Vermont candldates endorsed by tbe CounCll were
s uccessful on Novembe r 6. As a mute r of faCt, we
bave ou r fi rst woman governor, Madeleine Kumn
She IS also the third Democra t ic. governor ill Vu·
mont hlsl o ry. We an: w:ry proud of wha tever pan.
we played In bnngmg thiS about!
l ocal 2326 IS also proud 01 II ~ members who
have pledged to the Unit ed Way through payroll
dedu c[1 on . It appear s th at we w!l l reac h o ur goal.
Neighbors helplfl& neighbors l a good way 10 Slart
the New Year.
Assistant Busmess !I.'t anager Frank Johnson lD
bls repon for Trd Uk lells mr; tba t in TSPS the
comp3n}' has devised ;t. differen t way to evalua te
o pe rator r erform;mc:e. He: feels the new method IS
a step m the right dueclI(m It should be a more·
appropriat e mcasun= of o pe rator performanc e and
case the present pressures on the lob. Frank would
like to 13ke thJ S opportunltr to thank the stewards
m the Traffic Department las well .s In Plant ) 101
the eoope ranon the y h:lVe shown him in the P3!H
year, and WI!>ht"5 all the membership hapPiness
and good fonune in the year ahead.
Come to Vermont , wh ere democracy IS still
..... o rkln ~
" ... 11 ... 1< l l FORTIER B .M
Brother Resen Receives
Award at Luncheon
RETIR EES A.SSOCIA n ON O F LU.J, EW YO RK,
N.Y., I • fLO RIDA C HA.PT ER- We held our lOth
Annivers:ul' Luncheoo :It the Boc. POinte: COURUY
Club on October 30. 1984. Upon r=nuy to the
magmficen l io)'er , one be com es <lw il.e of peo~le in
a festi ve mood . Th e South Florida C bapter waS
well repl esented and was wd comed by O IU chan-
m an , T ony BadamI. The Luncheon was diligently
managed by Sidney GarAn kl e ;lnd his silent part ·
ncr, his lovely ..... ife Thelma His com mittee co n·
Sisted of three prOSI namely. Anhul Weston, Leon ·
<lId Offncr aod Charles Danels who performed t,h~ 11
many and ...-a ned tasks devotedly. T he del.iclous
m eal was a fruit CIlP, a cboice o f boneless bre..aSl
01 chic ken , fish o r veal scallop\OI, coHee a nd sher ·
bet with creme puff fo r dessert. The musIc added
to the cnr oymenl With the pleas ure of dandng.
Our ch:urmao opened the lestIvitles with the
mem be rship rec Iting the pledge to our flag . Manny
Lefko witz de li vered the Invocau on. C eorge Resen
was called to the dai ~, and t he chairman eloquently
e xpressed tbat behind eve ry man '~ success is a
stlent pa rtne r a nd invited hiS WIfe Zelda to share
the honor With George, Oll r man of the year. C eor&e
was OnC of thc onglnal ch:arter members when th e
Club .... as orga.oued :n the SpaDlsb Rlve:r lun,
Delray, by the late AI Mackie and roc Jacobson In
19 74. He w as elec ted tJeasurcr and perfo rmcd his
dut ies of aCCountlng procedu re with dedicatioll to
our chapter fo r 10 years. He thanked the commit ·
tee , supe rvised by the Vice chalfman, Anthony
Badaml .at thai time, who sel cctC9 him from a fie ld
S.M .
of eight cand idates. HI S son and daughter we re
beammg With pride and pleasure and cbee.red and
applauded . He accepted the plaque and made ;t
pleasant speecb . ReCeIVBl& ecnificolteS of appreci ·
atlon were Leonol rd Offner aDd Bema.rd Feldman.
Our cha pl er, members Uld office rs extend their
beSt wishes and congutu!ations to He nry Immcs
:aDd hiS lovely w afe Lou ise who ha ve celebrated
thel! 62nd wed dlOga nntv(!1sary and wisb you botb
a speedy recovery toward good hea lth and haPPI'
ness. Our ladies were delightfull y su rprised to
receive a travelen clock as a souvenir, and Henry
KoSter deliv ered a talk for the womcn's Equ.II l
IUghts Amrmdment to receive rec:ogru t ion for eo·
ham:ement OppOrtUniti es. We were happy to see
lohn Kelsch dil1ndng ;lfter hIS bout ....ith surgery.
A moment o( silent prayer was held ill memoria.m
for OUI depaned Brotbers, and the luncheon, like
.11 we have attended, ended With hllppy smJJes
.; lter vlsittng with our Sou lh Florida Chaplel a nd
reealhng fond memories of thc pa st and hope fo r
a healthy fu ture.
The besl of health to all of us.
DA YID Bu..NC P S
Ladies Auxiliary
Holds Elections
RETIREES C LUB OF L. U. l , NEW YO RK, N, Y., S,
flO RIDA CH APTER-Out nc ..... ly elccted Worn·
ens AUXiliary prcsi dent of the South Florida Ch.:r.p·
ter, Clara SchercT, appealed to our membership for
a family · style organizati on , T hanks tothe foresigh l
of Presi dent Joe Bonn, t oge ther with th e coord I
nation of legislator lrvlOg Do bbms
T he ladles orgamzed thea officer s and a rea cap'
[a1OS for the vallOUS dls tncts m such an exuberant
m anne.r Lhoilt it quickly brough t out blddm uleo ts
th,n Were both pleasant and productlye . So wei ·
come_. President Clara Sche re r, Vi ce President
Cbarlolle FQx , Secretary Tillie BenBe.1d and Cap·
lams Annf:: Boon, Ann D obbms, FrelcL! Sch wac k,
Rose Kmg,. Sara Bahas. El bel Albert, Hazel Kreltzl".f,
 AUKiliary
hown hue are som e or _h e m embers of 'he Ladies
Auxiliary CO",Dlitler of The Ret ire e Club of local
3, New York, N. Y., South Florida Ch.. pl er. From
left 10 right 1ft Ethel Al bert, Freld:ll Schwark, S:u a
Habits , DOli), Gabriel, Sy lyi a M itzner, Pre side nt
Cbra Sc.lil'n r, Secretary T illie 8enJieJd, Anne. Bono,
Vice President Chulouc Fox , Ann Dobbi ns and
Rost King.
DorOi by Cab rl el, Sylvla Mltzncl , Josephine Cam-
bria and li llian Teich
All of our ladlts are cordully mVlled to 10m the
newly formed auxilia ry ollhe South Flonda Krlu
t~ Chapur.
To do a lob properly IS m [he D,l1ur(' of lrvlOg
Dobbans Besides plllYlng the plano, he IS also ;an
tnvenuyt pnnler, ...,ho pt:lsonally donned hlS pnnl'
ers apton lIind a hat folded from a ncwspatx'L Th,n
is typical of a pnnter',dc vi! and produced beautiful
matllng cuds of symp.;alhy, congratulations, bUlb ·
d.;ays, anmY~rs.a.nes and &(.t,\<\·cll ThiS good mem-
ber presented thts h~ndso me correspondence ma-
tI::nal to the L.dlC~s I\uxlh.a ry fO I a good stan lIke
placmg good-luck money Hl a PUISC for a luc.ky
bcgrnnmg. The :lclu:l1 purpose 01 the ladic::s Aux·
iJi.a ry is 10 allow for a broader raoge of (ommUnl-
c3.lion .and [Q keep In touch with members. espe-
CIally mcapacJt :Hcd members, so that no mfmbcr
IS Out 01 mmd.
Max Koamtn! IS ve ry pl c-.m:d with the fo rma li o n
of the L:adles Auxil lnry
LOUIS B... KITS P S
Members Attend Conference,
Many Topics Covered
RETIREES CLUB OF LU. II , LOS ANGELES,
CAL-Our jtenen:1 membe rship mt:t'ling on (k.
lobt=r 10, )984, was called to o rder ;I[ 10:00 a_m_
In the lBEW local 11 usembly hall by OUI presI-
dent, Ralph larkIn He led us In the salute to our
Amen c:ln fla&, followed b) a mtnutf of slknce
With re\'crence to those members who ue no longcr
with us. M embers celcb ratmg October bmhd.;ays
rem.;amed standmg. and we all wis bed them many
bappy rt'.tU1QS
It W;tS good seeing. the mcmbers .ag.1n .... ho had
been :I .... lIy on YaC~Hlons Bruthcl and SISlel c hi ck
and Rita Sheldon VIi)Hcd th e Cleat Wall m Chma.
Brother and Sister Phll Jod Tina Trusso \'Islted
rc(;ltlves In Italy. Olhers had Intcre:illng mps.
although In not such fo ul way pla cc'l Blotlu:r AIel(
and wife Lee Endc traytlh:J throughout the USA
In the II Yety pal3tlal home on wheels When ctmc
permits, we hope to hcar Ln morc dC I:II1 abouI the n
expe.nenccs.
Mmutes 01 tbe prevIous gene ul ;tod ExccutJVC
Board m eetlngs ....·ere rcad by Sister Edn:l Larkm ,
secretary, and approvcd Brothel Frank Slnl:khn,
ueasure" reported th.at OUt b.ank b;tlances arc sull
In good standing. Brother Clyatt Manuel , c hauman
of the Nomln.un& Commillet', &aH bls rcport and
Itsu~d th ose persons nommated for the VUIOUS
offices. VOtlfl& Will u.ke place: ,a t our next regular
meetlDg on !'I o Yember 14 We urge all mcmbcrs 10
attend and mak~ ,hen vOices hc.,d
The lollowlng. 3re new members who have IOlned
our Retirees' Club, :lnd we welcome them Char les
and K:uhlcen Berger, Graham and Margaret Cook,
Walter D, Hosc, Henry ;tnd l eon;t Snider, CL. and
WUda Zarnake, Paul Cohcn, Herbert Millon and
Henr)' Mundo. Wc IDVltt: you to pa rti Ci pate in our
actl vlll es, Wb lCb Will enh:rDce our endeavQr,.
Bro thers Ge ne D ro~ln and Tom Wesl It'JlOrtcd
on the: Conference hdd In Fresno, Octo!x·,l lhrougb
5 by the C:rlJfo rnta Congre '!, of ScmHl'lo. lI} which
Ihey ....·C'ot as our deleg;llts Brothel CII U" Holl'
day, who was presldeDt of the CCS , had .. very
dlverslf1ed agenda, whi ch he ch.;aIn~J There: .....ere
';45 delegates from vanous clUes In C~hfornla. All
were very pleased to b:lve the many lOples o n
senior CI tizen,' needs covercd so thor oughly of
course, Me:dlc.;are, medical and housmg ISSUes and
the presidential elec tion were emphasiud. There
wele worksho ps co venng new Idea, fo r Club ac·
tlYItles. and alilhese Will be revlewt'd In our oext
ShOtT Cltcutt ne ..... sletter
Bro tb er" kip ' Henke, aSSistant business man ·
ager, l oca l II, gTt!cled us .'11 our meellng, and we
members a rc plea scd 10 have him as he bnngs us
up' to-date on wha t Issue!;. arc uf IffiporUm:c to us
an d the men In the workfit:!d
Sister Jeanne Col hc r uatodl1ced QU I speak er for
the day, Ma rt:l BezJlfe , WhllSC tOpiC w,u" " H11w to
AVOid Pro b.atc and Save T:Lxes." The Bczaire and
Bezolrre law firm glyes Irec eSl3 t c'pl,mn ing scmi·
n:lrs so that the gencral pu blic c,an ayold the agony ,
fruSlt:ltlOn and 5ubst;tnual expense of proba te. ThiS
5ubject 15 Yery Intc restmg and tlmciy, and our
members . rc g r.teful to Sister leannt: hH hrrc:fio rts
on our beh.;all
Brotber Trusso .;and Slste. Ceorge conduct cd the
raffle after the mccllng \oOo.;as adjou rned, and we
congregatc~d sn the dmmg room for a lovely lunch
It was good scctng Brother and SIster H.ar'l' and
Edllh Ward bWlly ~rVtn& hambu lgeu, hot dogs,
wuh all the tnmmtngs, dunks and cookles_ They
..... ele .Ibly aSSIsted b)' 5lStt:r Ann P3)·tOn. Th.nk
you all lor your \<\' onderfu l coop!:rallon
£intER GEORCI. P 5_
Service Pin
Leonard M etzer. a re-
tired member or Local
1, ew York, N_V_, re-
eenlly rc:ceiyed his 70-
yur pin. Brolhcr
Metzer, who is 88 yea rs
o ld, is prescot)" living
in Deland, Fl..
Club Makes Plans
At Area Restaurant
RITIREES CLUB OF LU. 183, LEXL.'iGTON, KY .-
On October )6, 1984. the r(mccs held then regular
meeting at the Wt tern SI:::lIn& Steak Hou')c t\
great m eal ..... ;;1'1 sc rved and enJuyed by all whu
atlended OUI thanks LU the managr::r and W311 -
lesses fo r the excellent St' IYICt:
The Qldest member to attend was ZllGk " Pappy "
Lec ZaGk ha s been a member o( Local IliJ (or 54
yea rs. Most all the o lder rncmlx:rs hayc worked
lot Z:Ld: o r WIth him . Hc .1150 has two sons and
one grandso n who arc m em bers 01 Local 183. We
hope to sce hIm and hn wli e Eliz:lbcth .;at many
more meC ll ngs
At our f"uv ember mec llIIg we d iscussed plans
lor a Decemhc.r meeungand poI -luck dinner Blothe,
Rogcr 'ones agrced to fUrnlsh.1 ounttY ham_
We would likc to thoank Local 183 and all mem-
betS wbo hnc gIveD us so much tuppon ID many
""a)'s i olnd many thanks 10 Lola. the '!ecrctar)". who
IS always wl lltnK to Icnd a helpang h.;and
lL'Io'lor L \\.u:l.Y. PII£.<>
Local Celebrates
80th Anniversary
RETIREES CLU B OF L.V. 261, I' LA.lNFIEL.D , N. ' . -
OU I local celcb la ted aU I 80th OIl1ll1Vcrsary Oil Dc-
lO~r 21, 1984, by haVIng a wonderful dinner a t
the new Some:rset H lllOn HUlei The food was
good, thc mus Ic beautiful and the speeches wc:re
lew :lnd short.
Brothel Harry u n gave the blesSing before the
meal Introoucuons .;and masur -ol·ce remony dll-
ties ..... e re shared by BUSiness Maoa.gc:.t Bob C.;ar1
wlIgJlI and PreSident Pal O'Oonnell. Both did .a
first -class lob
Cuests lDuoducrd from lhe Intem.t.llonal office
were Thud Dutrlct Vice PreSident Jack Bury. who
gave us a few words of praise and encour.;agemcot
International ReprcsC!JlIauv!: Crotn t Ta.te, and J.;ack
McNulty, bUSiness m:lnagcr, Scranton, Pennsyl
vania, and member of t he )nlernallonal ExeCUlllIC
CounCIL Many 01 our SISler locliis ' bUSiness man'
agerS wc re also mtroduced .
Retired members wet<: inVIted a.. guestS and were
presented IBEW wllstwatc he s as rhanks fo r Ihclr
contributi on to th e RO years of hie at Local 262_
DanCing fo ll o ..... ed the dinner and specches. A
wonderful time was had by oil , Thonk )'Ou loc al
262, hc re's 10 !oID more good yell rs ..... ah plcnt), of
work
Retirees Elect OHicers,
Keep Members Informed
RETIREES CL B OF LU.1 IO , TICA, N.Y.-We
have a.n actlye Rell.fecs Club of 202 mcmbt"n OU I
01 J 19 retllees We welcome all lagara Mohawk
retlled pusons 10 our Club Our mcetmgs are held
tn the Elks Club, Uucoa, on the third T ucsday 01
e!o'cry month at 1030 a m.
We baY!: hod many IOlormatt~'e s pe.akers dunng,
thc p.ast yur. Chuc kle C.arl of Local JIO keeps us
mformed of tbe local 's activities We h~d 0 To..... ne
hom the . .M Syracuse officc mfotm us and an'
swer whatever questl o ns we hud abnut our com-
pany benefits, A repreSentatlye of the loc al Social
Securit y office brought us up lo-date on SOCIal
Sec urity qllc'!om\s TWIce tillS )'ca r we have had a
nurse f, am the Centra l New YOl k Lobor Agency
present al uur mee tI ng III glvc tiS irCI;! blood prCSsure
tes ts. We U :pe:Cl to have mO le: of th ese mte rcstmg
;lClIvlllCS In th e fu ture
In September we honored our rctlnng prc$lde nt,
Al Brown, for his elgb l ),e:lU :IS preSIdent of our
C lub AI and hiS Wife arc now o n tben winter
v.;acatlon In Flond.;a
OUT sodal aCtiVItIes Include t ..... o blS parties each
)'car. We ha"c one pUI)' In Decembel and onc In
July We h:lVe about 150 .;atlendlD~ these: p.aHles
Those III attenda.nce mclude our members cmd
rnellspousc5, whu arc mcluded with each ml:mbcr_
We have a good meal lind fellowshIp wltb ou,
longtime fncmJs
New officers were elected thiS year: Pre Ident
Bill Tenbnnk, Vice PreSiden t 11m Rlce.;a rd l. Treas-
urer Bill Scbell and Sceretary Mary Schult:: DI-
re clOrs arc Harry PIIU!. Allen Newton, lon n Fahy,
Mike M cDermott, Bill Budlong, Ossn: Mdl oney
and AI Fr:tnkland
We apprecI:lteali thc suppoftand help we receive
from Local 310. We belleYe: In t he union and
suppO rt thell organiullon. All )'ou retirees come
and jam with us at our m ec tlngs.
AL h ...... "LA:-:D P S
Club Members Discuss "''"m
Results of Election >-
c:
RETlltf.ES C LUB OF LU. 347. DES MOINES, «
:::J
IO\\'A-Tbe to ptC 01 conversatlon.;at our o\em-
Z
her meeltng follOWing the lecent decuon dealt «
...,
....·I lh thc reasons for tbe ddeal of Wallet Mondale
Therc wcrc y.aned oplDlons exprcssed, but the --'
gen~ral cO£l-'>cn~us W.lS th.n Mr. Mondale wa.s too z«
Itbctal ;tnd the geneu! public tOO conser... a.u\·e c:
Everyone: kno ..... ! tha.t taxcs to aid the poor, the :::J
o...,
helpless, dls:rbled :rnd unem ployed ale unpopular
..... lIh a large pOUlOn of the gcneral public This IS
uue, although lude 01 no concern IS manifested
I.D rfga rd 10 the tax· dodgeu who take advantage 01
the talC-eSC3pe loopholes that COSt the government
millions of dollars 53
 Tht: thing thai bothcled me rnO!;1 durm, th('
pollUc.1 campaign wa the rderence to organlzt'd
l.lIbo,.lIS a 'Ipe-Claliniercsi. the anit: rence belnlt thai
labor unll.:ms we le an ('vII to be aVUlded Not once
dtd I hear IIny refer n ee as to what labo,'s InlcreS I
wu. Surciy, noone can flnd f3Ult Wl tb tbe "~ Objects
of the IHEW" a'l shown In the fll EW onsl iUHi n
Thefe 's nn dout'll nUl that Sunlltl l' purposes arc
exp rtSsed by aU other affiliated unwns However,
the only thing the public see In dally pubJa cations
makes rdc lt'ncc to the occasIOnal w.lI)",ud unIOn
n{ficer
The dtortc .. \ tne AFL-CJO 10 ltel OUI the vott
In ,ts dt."h I" IrCI lI!o Irl!:nd~ and defeal UO;
cncrnu::". '" l"lt flllt .. tOiallo~s Heu~ III Dc!. Mmnl"s
;lnd Pulk Coun t)' W.. ItC I Mundalc (.:arned puct! ·
cally every prcl,.lmt. We c;ln till be proud n l th3t
In ftl tl, v.'C' even Jduet! a Do.;ntocnll 10 lepl ace II
Republican ,cnatu[
AI It1l 'i IIme:a numb"" of our "r; ulIwntrd " n!tuces
31(' ht'adan./t for ~I)ulhern dll1h':l to :lIVold OU I Iowa
wWIe, Thl- melns th" It II very ,mportJnt for
us §l.aY · ~t·homn 10 . If:lOle to .ttt'nd.all m("ci
lOp Lookmg; forwald III ... eel"~ }'OU :11 BI~ht)p on
Iht' ~('cond 1 hUle.d::lll' al nl","
FIUI1 H I'llwilh P ~
Club Takes
Annual Trip
RETIREES LUB Of L . ] " Y, MIA I, "I , FLA. -
The 1("J""1 on our annual tllP ttl Disney World "".1
• good {lnt' Ihal muns t'\'C.~ryone made the tnp In
good hulth _ \.\'e s{\Cnl most 01 our time al EpcOi
.lI$ 1\ '" mO~ 1 !ntere<;t!n" flU .:adult", and tht'f e wele
new .dus. lind Mmlnco III ;l n~w edllbn . We. hold
a Ih , rc·dilV tllP by bus that rncluded a dlOne.
theater one cvenlOg Th e play WI!" IITtH: Mnn of
La Mancha " We WI!:i1! to tlUlnk Slam am! Ounhy
Edwards 1m cugantzmg Ihl &'liP Nu:k Del Come
was ;aPPOinted to the Su;:k CummIH":c, .... hlch
.mounts to malllcg card~ to Ih e Ick AI Rc:uhlcJ
gJ"e .t.alk on hosplullzlltjon III Ced.arsor Leb:mon
He said tnt" pt'up[c tre"'ted him roy:lIlY and, lIS ),ou
01 rc.',lc(.tI m Thosc ~rt' alv. .. \ the vlul e!cmt'IHs
.... k,th alC' e ....cn tlal to tht 0.:IIn1lnUa1l0n of .lIny
OI';"'DuaLJon We arc InJecJ J;Jrtun.llte to be blessed 198 5 W ill Be A
~lIh IWO such stal .... a rt , h .. le and he::l".,. indlVld
uals May they t llllllnuc to 1I\'c In good health ~ Most Importa n t
tht'Y may se rve u'> fo r many yean to C(\I1\t'
WLllLlim Rill/;;, a pt.:rcnl1l31 worker lIf thl:" Club,
Year for Working
was el ec ted as V1CC prcsldent. Pat Burke, lohn
Ftenen, Stcpnen Huny ad l. Robert Krl'l.cr, Wli lu m
People in
Oldh.am Walter Slcmb",b and Alfred So kol wc:re W ashington, D . C .:
elecled 10 the Exccul1\'e Baud I\lben Do"'k w,,, Congres s Will Be
appolOted >15 press ~crt't;uv 01 hlC.lIJ ('"ents
The hosts for tht' ncxt two )c.lI!J, afC l..rgl~munJ
81':oska. Joseph Budo 11.1 , ral Donn. Bruce fuc;!(k
Consid ering
loeC l8comazzl, lake Keldcr Charles Kelh , Cemj;C" Ma SSive Changes
M cCallum, Stanley Mally . Uon Man<;nn O,;tYIt!
tttlCIOI1 . Waltet Nlt:'lh~ Wilham N lt<;chl.' Stc in Taxation t hat
rlten Ryt.:::e r, fllhn Scdl:lk, rhll Stell'l, Mllnn)' Stem
hardt. Henry St.assun, Charles Wd ls and HarT)
Could Aff ect All
Wl1kcl UlJ; Get well c1Inls well' ofdc lI~d 10 he Sl."nI W orking
It) lhese .1I111'/{ memb~rs :11 Ihelr hom~s l\uJnl ph
E.ngds. John l:aqulth, lester S,emon :and ChJrlu Peopl e ..
Wbltt-Ie),. If IS .2lw.2Ys ourlondcst hope ro SCC' lht'!c
Blothen recove r .lind r er"onaU.,., IUln Voun 1..1" :a,':OIm
In D fnend!)' ami blolherly con(anul,U1un 3t O Ut One of the be st
mC'ttLIIF,
Smce OU I 1.151 Annu31 Meetmg O",en Me
buys for IBEW
Inemey Harold Boyle, loscph l,;tvonky Bcrn.lId M embers in
HOU li han and Ello Ch lefl c have: all beclI t>lkt'n
fr om our nlldst by the hand of the AlmlxhlY Cud M aking Certain
Ma) He t.:akt' them undel ~hs pruttctlve (.;a re .. nd their Voice s and
RI\C them peace and elern",1 rcst tn I It HC3\'C'nfy
Rc,lm For .....·hlle th\:y laved among us, 1htv .Iwan Concerns Are
ulC'd tn do the \"t'ry h~1 they knt",", ho ....
STlMl["" I H IJ"lVA,!1I I' ~
Heard in the
Nation's Capital Is
Scribe Encourages Members A VOLUNTARY
To Keep Fighting CO N TR I BUTION
Rt:TIREES CLUB OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLA.
(l.U. 1088 SPO OA)-Th e le$ult~ of the prL'51 '
to
dcmll.al eleclion should bt" DO C3use for gloom and
doom \V"h Sakel and Bush alrc..lldy runnIng for
the 1988 Republican nomlnatlOo ..... c · re needed

A
know \I dldn't (.0:.1 him 4 eenl Also, It on ly takes no ..... mOJe th:m eVerl fortuoately . neither h.a
::I M t'dll:.are c.ard Wc also h>lve a card from the 11011"....,000 tr3lOing. 3 definitC' JSSCI in a telt'vLsion
Concerned Senlon of Dade Be ~1Jft' and check Into I&C.

•
Ihas deal If )'OU necd ho~pLta h 'ZatlOn. We dLd nUl come OUt 1110 ..... el! III CO Unty com
OUOI pn ze .. wcrc furmshea.! by lun and Dot miSSIClm:r electIOns One labo l ' enllo l ~e J t audu:late
Edwards. wupped Klh, Mrs Di lby. covelorc"! the W3S t'lected Howevcr, tWO re:alC'st3tt' brokcr -ooc ked
Reyes, ~'''rdrull, Ted lind Ella Mayc Auc. avo' candIda te defu tcd (fl cnds of IaOOr Cenl"Jally ,
c.lIdos. the Rc)·cs. w,~pred A.lft~ Door prIzes WI::Jt' rt'all"state brokelS op('ose labor goals bUI Ihe) IIfC
",",on by MI'I Del Conlt. 2n enve.lope; Mrs , Auer sm",11 and .....o lk ",r(J\.Ind the clock ,f neec af")
envelope , CeCil fagan . envdof\C , Cecil O '&ucndo. It "'"' ' .5 &000 to sec Bro the r Lonnlc M .. 1' recC'.lve
wupped gift , \15 Schubert , t'lIvdupe, Mrs Poz hI 50 yur pm .nd tcniflute I wa hiS hel~1 In
the ~ UmIl1 C I (If 1934 He had a saymg l!abghtly Exhibits And Mementos 01 IBEW
U.lISCTC, w,apped 8,11, Mr.'i ulun, gupdrujt j Mrs
Malec-he en gr;apefrult , M I , ltcublcr, nOc.ado5 1 laundered herel. " Wc don', let thm~s m~ss u!> ur History Needed For IBEW Archives
Mrs. Perez, avocadolL l Mrs . Darby, wrllpped ~Ift l We mess up thm~s "
See Page 7.
Mrs. Reyes, wnppedltilt l Mad elon Edw llrds, grape lAC K 0 ClJ lIR lt P S
frUII ) Mr,. Rallley. wrapped gift, Mn Hadden.
gr,;tpt'frull , and Mrs Puh'e l , eooaSlcr
M, , Reye brought homemad~ crLXheled doll:s
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I
I Address CHANGED?
that :she prt'5cnred for '1I1e Slim Edwllrds milO I
duecd hiS brothcl Ir om Southern Cal ifornia Our
meal was topped by ch Icken and fLce The nee WL15 I
furnuhed by Ana Reyc:sl It ..... ,ua yellow tlce c()C)kt'd I Brothers and Sisters, we NAME ... ".... . .............. ........... _. _ ..... .
aod flavored IUo;t n ghl We hlld a Rood J$501tmCJll I wan I you to have your NEW ADDRESS
of ,'egcl ables, sahlds .md dC!lsel'l tn cClmp lCie our I JOURNAL! When you
lunch I have a change of ad- ........ , ... . .. , .. .. ·si~t' .... , , . , .. , .. zip' cOde ' ..
Tro AUER. P.S. I dress, please Iet us Cily
I know. Be sure to In- PRESENT LOCAL UNION NO. . . .... .. ............. .
Club Elects Officers I elude your old address
I and please don'l forgel CARD NO . .. .... ................................ _..
At Annual Meeting I to fill in L U. and Card III unknown - cheek .llh Lot'.1 U,..Of\)

TIlE RETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 488, .RIDGE· I No. This information will PENSION MEMBER o
PORT,CON '.-ThcClubheldllsAnnulllMccun,; I be he/plul in checking
o n October 17, 1984, and ree lected loseph Zaho, · I and keeping our rec- OLD AOORESS . .. ......................... I
I ard. straight.
nacky .u prc ~lIden ' (or the- 131h yell Cuo;tavc
Herm onltc was also Ict:lcel ed fur Ihe 131h year as
I ...... ciTY .............. "si~l~ ............. iip' c~~ ... II
sec reta'yuellsult"r nu.' ill · lated number IJ does I " you h.ve changed I
not hold .Ill.' ~UpClllddou. terron lor o ur Club h I looa/union., we musl FORMER LOCAL UNION NUMBER ....••........•... J
rlther decotc! to us al IhlS lime thai these tWO I have numbe,. 01 bolh. Mail To· CircuJaUtn Department J
vcnenhlle and wdl hlu,d IllOlht'u hne rendered
",Imost 13 )'un 1)1 con lllent and dedlCfued s(rVlee 1 Int.ruti,"al Brotlterh ood ,I Eledrlcal Wor1lers I
to our Club Etch In hIS own unique m:mnel al wlI)'s
lOOk. fll5udlOUS ca l c 10 perform all the eS elliial
I 1125 1St. Street. U', Washioct_, D. C. 20005 I
54 dutlcs relating to their o fflce.IO Ib e hif-be"l degree ... -----~------- - ------------------- _ _ _ _ _ _ I
 INIVIEIVIORIJIM
Pra yer for O ur Deceased Members
Comforl Ihe loved 011 e., of out' decca,ed mCIIli>crs, Lord. Look aft", th em wtlh l endemcs' n., <I worlh y
shepb erd looks "frer fm fl ck. Lei th em 110t want for peace or {or those necess Ities which our Brother>
and Slste" labored 10 provIde. Keep Ihem sa{e ullIil it is time (or them also 10 go home. Amen.

EWBA Death Claims Paid in October. 1984

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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers-Pension and Death Benefit Payment Report

IBEW PENSION ELECTRiCAl WORKERS' NATIONAL rucrnlCAL
BE NEFIT FUNO BENEFIT ASSOCIATION BENEFIT fUNO

NU MBER ADM ITIED TO PENSION LAST MONTH 502 427

TOTAL NUMBER ON PENSION 78,21 1 36,578
TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST MONTH S 4.444 .988.94 S 7,292,283.69
TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST 12 MONTHS $52 ,589 ,1 96.64 582 ,414 ,022.28
DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST MONTH $ 114 ,41 0.1 7 S 843 ,91 1.89
DEATH BENEFITS PAlO LAST 12 MONTHS

Wash ington Window tee on Taxation recen tl y rde:tsed a
IContinued from Page 2) study hawing thaL IllX breaks al-
lowed corporations and Ind ividuals
ce ntage of its domest ic income ac- to escape $322 billion in taxes in
tually paid en [he T rc. ury-h.s
fi sca l 1984.
dropped from 4S percent 10 27 per·
The l udy provides Congress with
ce nt.
Corporations gOt t hei r biggest tax lO!om13uon it can u e to selecl among
break in 1981, when ollgress en· variou o ptions to raise reven ue. The
acted th e adminis trati on's supply - list of tax expend itu res in fiscal 1984
side Accelera ted Cost Recovery ys- included :
• The dcductibilILY of mort gage
tern IAC RS I. Companies were al·
lowed rapid tax write·off for their in te rest on nwner-occuplcd homes
l
and en ergy property, S24 billion.
• Net exclusion of pen ion con-
tributio ns and earnings Ln employe r
pl ans, $47.2 bil lion .
• Exclusion of employer contri·
butions for medical premi ums and
medical care for employees, $ 17.6
billion .
• Th e oil and gas depict ion allow·
ance for energy companie , $ 3D nu l-
lion.
• Exclusion of interest on general

ca pital investments in sle.d of depre· $23. billion . Deferral of capital gains purpose State and local government
cia tln g the lTI accon.ling to the tradi - Oil home sa iesl $4 .9 bi llion . debt, $7 .7 billion.
Lion.J "useful life" concept. Am ong • Ded ucti biU ty fo r cbaritabl e con-
• Acce lerated dep recia tion for tributlon , other than educatlon and
the T reasury Department's tax pro- c rporations under lhe 198 1 lax
po als I a modifi cat ion of the ACRS hcalLh, $425 mi llion .
changes fo r plant and equ ipment, Wo rking people wi ll be watching
boondoggle for big bu siness. $ 10.2 billion . cia ely as t he administ ration and
Congress ional s tud y • lJusiness investment credil other Congress move closer to actio n on
tha n stock ow nership, st ructure re- the defici t problem. The question
The Congressional/oint Commi[- habilitation, reforestatio n, leasing is-who will pay?
56 I IBEW JOURNAl ! JANUARY' 985
 REFLE T
Cold loneliness
The bare urdllLh
hive rs in the brisk wind
Wi shing it had leaves
To protect it f rom
Winter's harsh coldne ss .
It 's wis hing it co uld hea r the
Pitte r-pa tt er of squirrels to
Keep him company
On all tho e cold afternoons .
The poor, litt le branch ,
W is hing it wa anywhere,
Anywhere , but here.
leal'l McGinnis, Age IS
O.u8hl~ r of Oon McGinnis
lOColl 23 1. SiOU l City. low"
Winter
Frost, lik the whiskers of a very
old man
Lays li ke a mask o n the fa of the
moon .
And an age-old dread invades o ur
hea rts;
It seems that winte r ha come too
soon.
The cold , hard winds of Ihis new
season
Whip nud e the su mmer's shade
Irees.
Shive ring and silly the willows
mourn ,
As Ihey're stripped of their last
russet leaves.
Then comes white silence. tea lin g
in
To enco mpass the world , as with
secrets to keep .
Bringing glassy ponds and frozen
breath
Ann fin gerli ng i,i,lp" a, roof top'
weep.
Like swi rlin g o nfetti , the snow
flakes fa ll.
Now growing wh it er and lazie r and
fa t.
And soon Ih ey've pa inted two-
toned forests,
With tree stumps dressed in
ermine hats .
And we in ou r tender and
pam pered sta te
Hurry indoors to warm frosted Prudhoe Bay
fingers
I've m~l II ldllY di fferent people
And toast our backsides ncar a
from all walks of life,
hea rth
Work in g here in Prudhoe Bay ,
Where the fragrance of popcorn
home of Ihe Northern Lights.
linge rs.
W here the land is barren , and
Sadden ed that Autumn mus l come
there's seldom any signs of life.
to an end ,
But at night it has the mosl
We bemoan the o ld , n ver ca ring
spectacu lar display of aerial
to guess ,
beauty known to man.
This season that's only ju t dared But the real beauty Ihat lies in this
to begin, land , known to all as the las l
Decked out in a virgina l dress, front ier,
Is O ld M an Winter , Ih al clever o ld Is the many different people Ih at
man, come here, workin g side by side
Come to s Our and r move all w ithout signs of ma lice.
trace
We all eem 10 come w it h the sa me
Of a year now dead , thai spring in lent , in hopes that when we
might be born leave , we 're able 10 enjoy life at
In clean sed and unb lemis hed its fullest exlent.
places. A" d jf it ut!
~U , then it's God's
1(1,1""(, Campbell wi sh , b ut jus t th e ight alone of
Wi f~ of Chl'! C'lmpbe ll
all God 's children, wo rking hand
loc<ll 125. Porl l,utd. Orl'.
in hand, gladd en my heart to no
end .
Phillip FoIb.I,. Miitt'r
Membtr of Loc .. 1 1547
Retirement A.nchor.as • AI.;,
For 42 yea r , I've been working in
my trade ,
And I look back wilh pride on the
friend s Iha l I've made.
But like Ihe o ld adage : All good
things must end ,
It's time to hang it up and
retiremf'nt In bpgi n .
I'll hang up my level , my Kleins and
my ru le;
For wha t I'll be doing, I won' t need
any too ls.
No more stu b ups, no more st ub
downs ,
No more panels to level , no more
fixture 10 take <lown .
It's JUSI fishi ng and fun with family
and fr iends,
And try to live life full y henceforth
10 the end .
When I co me 10 th e end and
before the Gatc I stand ,
St. Peter will say, " We lco me in ,
retir ed eled rl c man ."
1R• .,.mond C. t-I ..milton
~be..- of l oul S58
Sheffield, AI• .
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20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 "I" 25 26 27 28 29 30

APRIL MAY
S M T W T F S S MTW TFS S M T W TFS

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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 234 567 8
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 "I,. 24 25 26 27 28 29

J LY AUGU T SEPTEMBER
S M T W T F S SMTWTFS SMTWTFS

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7 8 9. 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 1213 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30

OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

SMTWTFS SMTWTFS SMTWTFS

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 345 6 7
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31

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