EDITORIAL
COMMENT
Taxing Life
Support Benefits
Should Not Be A
Pa rt of Tax Reform
Last year during the Presidential
election campaign when the can-
didates of the two major polincal
parties, President Ronald W. Rea-
gan and former Vice PresJdent
Walter F. Mondale, were cam -
paigning hard to win the hi ghest
political office in the land, both
candidates were naturally espous-
ing their individual attributes and
campaign promises to the Amer-
ican public all across the nation .
Both candidates agreed, while ru-
sadi ng on radio or TV and in press
in terviews, that something had to
be done to lowerthefederal budget
deficit. However, each ca ndidate
had a different approach on tbe
Same issue of income taxes in
regard to helping lower the defiCit.
Walter Mondal e told the citi-
zenS he was going to raise their
taxes to help lower the deficit.
President Reagan, on the other
hand, emphatically said, " ] wlll
no t raise your taxes" and made it
a major campaign slogan. How-
ever, President Reagan should have
included the word direcLly in that
sta tement; and he also should have
made it clear which pan of our
society he wa referring to. Wa ltcr
Mondal e, no doubt, meant every·
body because in his statements he
was alway referring to fairness
and cquality. II appears that Pres-
lde nt Reagan meant only th e
wealthy and the corporate sector
in reference to his statement. This
is evidenced by President Reagan's
and his Admirusuation's pro-
posals to Congress on lowering
the budget deficit.
Under the gUI e of a so-called
" tax-simplificat ion " pJan, the
Reaga n Admilli tration has taken
a course of action in its attempt
to red uce the budget deficit that
would increase the tax burden of
working Americans. Part of the
scheme to reduce the deficit is to
tax cm plnyce hcncfi ts as income,
which would cost ,'lorkers who
have these protections higher fed-
eral taxes each year; and since
many Slates follow federal tax laws,
workers would pay an additional
higher state tax . The 10 s 01 tax-
favored stat us for employees' ben-
efi rs hould nOt be included in or
be justified by ngress as pan of
a tax revenue-raising plan. The
employer-paid benefits were leg-
isla ted as a preferential tax treat-
men< as needed prutectitJll for
workers and their families for in-
come security. These health and
insurance protections were gained
for workers by ha rd-Iougb t labor-
management relations. Worker
sacrificed higher w3ges and pay-
related job conditions in settle-
ments with their employers that
enabled them to have li fe SlippOrt
benefits.
Taxing employer-pa id We sup-
POrt benefit would lead to the
loss of group life and health in -
surance. It would lead to cutting
out pre ventive ca re, prescription
drugs, denial Care and vision carc.
[t wou ld also mean the loss of
education aSSistance, pre-legal
coverage and would cause undue
hardships by the loss of workers'
unemployment insurance and
wurkers' CUUlpeUSil llO.D. By l axing
benefits, the direct or indirect COSts
would encourage companies to cut
all benefits; and workers would
not be provided wlth baslc health
and econom ic security at the mOSt
efficient possible cost . 1.£ Congress
taxes workers' collectively bar-
gai ned life support program s as
income, that would put wo rkers
un a higilci income bracket With-
out a hJgher income; and there-
fore, workers would pay morc ta.~es
and havc les take home pay and
a lot less health protection fo r
themselves and thei.r families .
ongress is now wre tling wi th
ways and means to lower the fed -
era l budget. As with rna tissues
before Congress, the toxi ng of em-
ployee benefits will most likely
appear as part of a package, either
as part of a budget bill or a tax-
Simplification bH I. Write to your
Representative or Se nator and let
them know that you are opposed
to taxing employees' fringe benefit
programs as part of a. trade-off 01
an overall reduction in taxes or
loweri ng the budget defi ci t. By
acting now and adding their voice,
uni on membcrs can help t ward
the effort of preven ting taxing of
benefits which would mean that
mill ions and mi llions 01 wor kers
wou ld lose income and health se-
curity in the long n lll . America
needs tax reform, but it is not fair
to try to balance the budget deficit
by penalizing needed bcalth pTO-
tections of the workingpcoplc and
thClf fami He .
Charles H. Pillard
Internat ional President
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lnlernrllionill President Charles H. Pillard IS shown al the podium deliverirlfl his remarks to the delegates al the 1985 ISEW Construction and
Maintenance Department Conference Sealed on the dais are International Vice Presidents and Inlernallonal ExecutIVe Counol members
IBEW CONSTRUCTION
AND MAINTENANCE CONFERENCE
President Pillard is shown relating to the dele-
got(l!;. ISWI)!; that are causing a high rata of
unemployment in the oonstruction Industry
The 19 5 mEW CUllstru~lIull and
Mailltenance Department Annual
Conference waS held on April 1 ,
1985, in Washtngton, D.C.
Over 570 delegates representing
272 U1side and outside local unions
were in attendance at the aU ·day
Conference. Also attending were
mEW Internationa l Officers and In ·
tcmatinnal staff representatives from
the United States and .nada. The
Conference was chaned by !BE W Di-
rector of Construction and Mainte-
nance Ted Moseley.
International PreSIdent Charle H.
Pillard was the keynote speaker; and
in his rema rks to the leaders of the
illEW Construction Branc h, he re-
lated the many Issues th.t arc till
caUSing the conStruction indusLry lO
contmue to have a high rate of un-
employment. He poimed out lO lhe
2 I IBEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985
International Secretary Ralph A. Leigon. in his
,emarks. referred to the unfair policies of the
Reagan Administration regarding workers. the
poor and the etderty.
dckgales how th e econom ic pollclcs
of the Reagan Adm ini trat ion arc
destroying the effectiveness of the
free collective ba rgai ning system and
also bow the federal budget deficit
and the trade deficit of the country
are main lactors in preventing ~ hlll-
employment economy in the nation.
Speaking specifically on the ills of
the construction industry, President
Pil lard noted the loss 01 job oppor-
tunities lor mEW members caused
by the invasion of open-shop con -
tractors and the double-breasted pol-
icIes 01 the contractors with union
agreements ,
He made reference to fac ts show-
109 that the U.S. Labor Department
and the National Labor Re lations
Board have adopted antiunion atti-
tudes and regulatOry ptOcedures lbat
are instntmental in keeping the or-
Shown giving his repot110 the delegates is ISEW
Director 01 ConstructlOO And Maintenance Ted
Moseley. who also challed the Conference.
gamzcd construction industry de-
pressed. Tbe Davis-Bacon Act, the
Service Contracts Act and OSHA
have been so deregulated that the
legislative protections under the Acts
no longer exist for workers as in-
tended hy Cnngrcss. On a happier
note, President Pillard reported to
the delegates that tbere was J 00 per-
cent participation by the construc-
tion local in the Eleclrical Industry
Health and Welfare Reciprocal
Agreement; and be also announced
that the participation in the Electri-
ca l Industry Pension Reciprocity
Agreement had reached 66 percent.
President Pi llard also spoke on lbe
subject of mEW COPE and empba-
sized that organizing, education and
crainillg aJt! ~t..ill nUlnber-one priori-
ties in the mEW.
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Partial views of delegates to the 1985 ISEW Construction Conference 85 they listen int ently 10 speakers' remarks covering various Issues and
problems affecting ISEW construction locals and the organized conslruClion Industry. In the lower-rig hi -hand corner picture are several Local 26
JATC class representatives enJ~ying lunch with President Pillard and other International Qlflcers.
IBEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985 IJ
In the flbove pictures delegates are shown registering for the Conlerence and sealed at the tables listening intenlly to the Important messages and
information given to tho IBEW construction leaders who attended the Conference.

Intematlonal Repre- lnlemational Aepre- International Repre- Intornatlonal Repre- ISEW Organizing Di- NJATC Oi,,,,,\o, Andy
senlallve Jack Joyce: senlallve Arlie Heald: sentative Olck Strom - sentative Jim Sharp: rector Mike Lucas: Phillips: " apprentice-
''Wol1c opponunil les ' benefit lund portfolio berg· "Iurlsdlctional "collectille bargaining i:ermlnatlng agree- ShiP nalning"
and maintenance" data" problems" Ifends" ments"

4 1 IBEW JOURNAL! JUNE 198~

AI the podium !s AFL-CIO PreSiden t Lane Kirkland addressing the AFL-CIO Bulldlng and Construction Trades Department Leg\s\a1\\lB Con1erence.
He told the delegates that "the trade union movement must continue to light lor Ihe nghls of America's workers and do a better job of getting ou r
message aCfOSS to Congress and our fellow cltizens_ " Internation~ 1 President CharieR H Pillard Is seated second trom the lar lott. Also sealed on
lI1e daIs are officers 01 the Oepar1ment and general presidents of affiliated unions_ Lett 10 (lght are Operating Engineers President J. C. Turner,
President Pillard. Depanmenl President Robert A_ GeorgIne. Department Secretary Joseph Maloney , Laborers' PreSIdent Angelo Fosco. Asbestos
Workers Presid ent Andrew Haas. Plasterers' and Cement Masons' President MelVin Roots and Carpenters President Patrick Campbell

More than 4,000 AFL-CIO buIldwg

tradesmen, Including nanonal, local
and state leader demonstrated th cu
1985 AFL-CIO
I

c ncern about their respecuve unions'

leglslatlve I "ues at the AFL-CIO
BUlldlllg TrM"'s allonal Legis lauve

BUILDING Conference held lfl Wa htngeon, D.C.,

Apnl 15- 1 , 1985.
Roben A. GeorgIne, presideDt of

TRADES the BCTD, chaIred the Conference

of unton leader re presenting 15 af-
fi li ated unIOns and ncarly 400 state
and loca l buildmg trades counci ls.
NATIONAL Internatio nal PreSIdent Charles H .
Pillard, a vi ce preSIdent and membe r
of the Board 01 Cove rnors of the
LEGISLATIVE Department, led the over-300 IBE W
delegates who attended th e Confer-
ence. During the four-day mung,

CONFERENCE AFL-C IO BUilding and Construction Trades De-

partment Preskient ~obert A GeorQme, who
chaIred the Depat1menl's Natlooal legislative
Conferooco. ls shown giVIng hiS keynole address.
del ega tes roet and hea rd from prv rn-
m en t congTesslOnallea"er and went
to Capnol Hilltu mee t with sena tv rs
!o Ihe detegates and congressmen h> lobby issues
of legislative importance to urU. n
cr.ftrm nand th"r f.fillics _
In hIS keynote address PreslJem
_jrgine decla red that "building
lr"d::':3men must o r~anizc in to a m Jrc
poten t pulitlcal lorce-into an ag-
grc-sive bbbying arm fro m the !;fass
ruOlS f every sta te legIslature up h I
the halls of ongre ... "
Amnng legislat iv e is.,ues "I v;tal
concern discus ed dllnng the Cln-
ference were b,ll> a ~ainst taxes on
e!D[lloyec benefits, legisla t IOn to end
Lhe devious I'ractic of double breast-
Ing and leg Isla tio n that would give
construclnn workers the righ t to
deduc t theu travel expenses. Multi ·
lllcJia present.1tions and panel work·
sh 'p presented the de lega tes WIth
valuable IIlform.tlon that will help
International PreSident Charles I-t Pillard , left. Is shOwlI III c.liSl."'Usslon at the Conlerence with AFL-
carry o ut a plan of aetl on to combat
CIO PreSident Lane Kirkland . President Pillard Is a vice presldenl and member of Ihe Board 01 the enemlc of the o rganized con-
Governors 0' 'he Building and Cons"uctlon Trades Oepartment. struc tion mdustry.
IBEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985 I 5
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Senator Robert
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Congressman William Senator Chnstopher MIchigan Governor Congressman F. H. A~onse O'Amato
Packwood (R-Ore.) Clay (O-Mo) Dodd (O·Conn ) James Blanchard (0) 'Pet." Slark (O-Calll ) (R-NY.)

In their remarks to the delegates

atlending the Conference, promi·
nent members of Congress expressed
their support for legislat ive issues
important to all building trades unions
and their members. Covered during
the Conference were subject matters
on legal issues, apprenticeship. iob
safety and health care.

1985 AFL-CIO Intematlonal President Charles H. Pillard is pictured conversing with Department of TrBnsportabon
Secretary Elizabeth Dole and US, Senale Majority Leader Robert Dole.

BUILDING
TRADES
NATIONAL
LEGISLATIVE
CONFERENCE
PIctured seated on the dais during 8 general session of the Conference 81e, left to right, Sheet
Metal Workers President Edward J. Car1ough , Operallng Engineers President J C Turner and
Inter'naHonal President Charles H. Pillard.

Shown in dIscussion during the Conference are, left to right, ISEW local 26 Business Manager
Wade Sheriff, IBEW Construction Department Director Ted Moseley and ISEW Local 26 President
Harry Carter

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On thiS page and the fonowing page are pictures of lhe IBEW delegates who took part in the Conference and partlCtpated in Ihe visits to Capitol Hill
where they k)bbied their respective congressmen and senators on the needs 01 workers in the construction industry.

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l. ~
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tax ~uld
COO""" h~lth
t.. yO"' ooll,"'vciy b.<ga' 0'"
insurance plans. That means the more health coverage you and your family need , the more
tax you 'll have to pay. The older or sicker you are, the less take-home pay you'll
have. Congress is considering taxing your life insurance and pension plans, too.
But there's still time to stop it. Write your representative in Congress today.
Tell them a tax on sickness is a sick tax.
ISEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985 I 9

IBEW
1985
The 1985 mEW RegIOna l UnillY Con·
ferences marked the 27th consecutive
year for the annua l fou r-cities schedu le
of meet lOgs. A total of some 669 local
union anu :'Yblcln council delegates at·
tcnded, rep resenting IBE\¥ members em-
ployed in the electric, gas, water and
tr:lnsit ut ility systems In t.he Umtcd
SI:ltCS . The meenngs were conducted by
the Ul111ty Department staff, mcluding
Director Robert W. M acdona ld and In -
lcrn::monal Representatives Robert L.
Blentz, lames L Dushaw, Jamc~ M . Oz-
zcllo and Paul R. Shoop.
The initial ConferencC' wa ... In Boston,
MassachusettS, February 20-22, 19 5
Ddegales from the 2nd, 7lh .nd 12th
Dlstrlct> .ttended. On March 13- I 5 10
S.I, Lake Clry, Utah, delegate. from the
4th, th and 11th Distr icts attended. On
Apnl 2 delegates from the 5th and 6t h
DlstnclS :1ttendcd in ew Orlc-~lnS, LOll-
Isanna . San Dil,;;go, Caluoml3, was th e
site fo r the concludmg Conference where
lbe delegates from the 9th and 3rd D,s-
trict attended on April 2.3-25. Eaeh year
lh" Ullilty Department produces for the
Conference delegates new and updated
surv cys ~md materials WhlCh are deSigned
to ln10rm and assis t local unio ns
througho u t the year.
lac Cav:lllagh, Di:rector, IBEW Legis-
lative ActlvillCS, was present at each
Con(crcnce to speak to delegates con·
cemmg the past U.S. national elections
amI IBEW COPE. Brother Cavanagh'.
cand,d assessment of the 19 4 election
results and mSldc look at hiS re~pun~l ­
biliucs and work as mEW LCgl&l&ltivc
Director and Assistan t to IntCni.3tiotlal
Secrelary Ra lph Le igon, offered the Con-
f~n.:ncc delegates a revealing inSight to
the Importance uf LBEW COPE-II} achiev,
ing and maintaining benefits and protcc-
tIons uniquely afforded by laws and
admlOlStration of resources wlder the
United St:nes politica l system.
This ycar chief executive officers from
IBEoW·represented utility com panies gen·
erally scrving the region where the Con -
ferences were to be held} were in vItcd to
address (he dclegates on top ics from the
T11 a na(~Cml·nt perspective. Guest speak·
er at the Conlcrenccs were: in Boston,
Samuel Hu ntington, ChaIrman of the
Board, Prcsldent and ChId Exccu tI ve
10 I IBEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985
REGIONAL
UTILITY
CONFERENCES
OiAcer, New bngla nd EiectClC System;
in Salt L:lke City. James C. Tay lor, Pres-
ident and Chid Opera ling Officer, Utah
Power and Light Co mpany; In New Or·
leans, Roben W. Scherer, Challman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
Georgia Power CompanYI and U1 San
Diego, Thomas A. Page, Ch31rman of the
Boa rd, President :lnd Chief Executive
Officer, San D lcgo Cas :md Electric Com ·
p~my.
DIrector M.1cdonaht ,H..:tUlg a~ Confer·
ence chairman and general session mod ·
eratOr, welcomed the deleg3tes on beha lf
of Pr('sld(:nt Ptllard at each locauon and
mtroduced th e rcspectlyc International
Vice PreSidents :lnd lotcmatlooal Exec-
U[lve Council officers prescnt. The In ~
lematloo,1 Officer. briefly add ressed the
asscnlbly and rc m urkcd on arcas of p.u-
ticular conc(:rn Ln their respective areas.
Over the course of the two il nd one-
half days, the Utiuty Depattment staff
gave inruvidual prc entations on selected
topiCS. Lntemauon:ll Representative Bob
Bientz offered an tn-depth update on
medical COst-contamment acuviues j sio ns which covered the m.any Hems
health care beneAts and absent eeism
wit hi n the uuli ty indus try.
lntcmarional Rep rcsc ntatlve Paul Shoop
spoke Oll the impact of tech nological
change LO the workp lace, bri ngi ng into
lOCus the oeial and eco nOIDlC slufts
brought by 'he age of sophisticated com-
puters and roboti cs. He emphaSIZed the
redistribuf10n of work .and the need for
\V'orkcrs' rramlOg.
lntcmatlon.al Representative Jim Oz-
zello prese nted an ove rview an d wrap-
u p of the 1984 el ections wit h emphasis
on the U.S. congressional results an d the
outlook for wo rkers and labOI.
IntcrnatiuLlal Repll:scnlativc Jim Du-
shaw spoke On problems rela,ed to drugs
and alcohol abuse as labor-management
Issues in dispute. He covered medical
testmg for evidence of drug usc, personal·
property searches and Icgal tn1p licanons
to date, :110ng With nomnt rusive best-
effort app roa ches r:u m ailltmi)lIl,!;. safe
workp laces and workc'rs free of drug abuse.
Director Macdo nald addtessed the as-
sembly with the annua l report and out-
look of the WEW Utility Deparm1cnt.
The repon IS a complete overview of
Utility Dcpanmcnt Interests and rcspon -
sibdlllc.s for the prevIous year along With
:111 outlook lor 1985. ThiS mcllldcd slg-
IlIficant labo r negotiations amI public
UtiIa l Y COI11JlllSSjOO haPPcllIngs, orgaJliz ~
mg activity, strikesJ w3ge adJu tment ,
and o\lerall utilIty Llldusuy health and
problems 3S such reflects o n lBEW utility
mem bers. He reported thallhc problems,
inc:i udmg safetYI presently surrounding
cogcncr;ltion of clectncity have become
1110rc difficult for t he utility i n du~lry and
ils workers than any supposed benefit
for lhe pu blic or genera l con!)Ulllcr.
On the afternoon of the Arst day , fol-
10wUlg the Ullilty Department &taff pres-
cncanons, Dacctor Macdonald moder -
ated the general assembly workshop.
Dunng thiS period the delegatcs dis-
cussed many topics of overall intcn::,t a:,
suggested III wriung by delega tes rc '
sponding to President Pillard's letter of-
Confcrcnrc announcement and pfi.:rcg.1!)·~
lranon for the Confncnces.
Workshops were th e order ollhe entire
seco nd day, with the Utility Deportment
taU scrvlllg as moderators for th e ses-
uggested by local unions. lim Dushaw
c ndueled the Electrical Works hop, Pnll l
Shoop t he Ce neration Works hop, Bob
Bieritz the Cas Wo rks hop and Ji m Oz-
zello the Clerical Work hop.
During the third mornmg seSSion, fol-
lowing guest or staff presentations as
scheduled for each location, Director
Macdonald briefed the general assembly
on recent legal devel opmcnts lhat affect
Utility local unio ns. He covered recent
and pendi ng rulings and decisions that
local u ni on officers shou ld bc aware of
in represe nung m em bers and in the con·
duct of local union business.
Defore the c.onclusio n of each Confer
cncc, the delegatcs were each given a
1985 Utihty Conference book which
contained a complete text of all ,he staff
pre entatjons, along with more Ill -depth
reference material.
The 27th Annual IBEW Regiona l Uul-
Lty CU lJ (..;.Jl:J)ccs demo nst ra ted, by way
of continued growth in atte ndance and
good delega tc participation, that the goa l
of an active, well· informed mEW uti li ty
membership is onc that is contUluaily
pursued by utility 10c.1 union and rep-
resen t.lli Yes.
 Boston, Massachusetts
, & 2 Partial views of delegates attending a general session .

3 View 01 delegates attending the Generation Workshop

conducted by International Representative Paul Shoop.
4 Shown registering the delegates are International Rep-
resentatives Pau l Shoop, Jim Ouello and Bob Bieritz.

5 Pictured In Boston, left to right , are Harry Bexley, 4th IEC

District member; Bob Missey, 5th IEC District member; Jim
Mulloney, 2nd IEC District member; Wesley Taylor, IEC
Chairman ; 2nd District Vice President John Flynn; and 7th
District Vice President Orville Tate, Jr.
6 Shown at the podium speaking to the delegates Is Mr.
Samuel Huntington, President and Chiel Executive Officer,
New England Electric System, and seated Is IBEW Util ity
Department Director Robert Macdonald.
7 JOE> Cavanagh, Director of Legislative Activities lor the
IBEW, Is shown speaking to thE> delegates. Director Cavanagh
spoke at all four Utility Conferences.

ISEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985 I 11

 Salt Lake City, Utah
I Ihru 4 Partial views 01 delegates attending sessions.

5 At the podium speaking to the delegates Is Mr. James

Taylor, President and Chief Operating Ollicer, Utah Power
and light. Seated at the table, lell to right, are Internallonal
Representallve Paul Witte; 8th Distrlcl Vice President Jon
Walters; IEC Chairman Wesley Taylor; Ulility Department
Director Bob Macdonald; IEC members Bob Missey, Glen
McCall and Dick Acton.

6 A view 01 Ihe registration desk In Salt Lake City the first

morning of the Conference.

7 International Ollicers shown here during a break In the

sessions are, lell to righi , 7th IEC District member Glen
McCall ; IEC Chairman Wesley Taylor; 8th District Vice Pres-
Ident Jon Walters ; 11th District Vice President Jack Moore;
5th IEC District member Bob Missey; and 3rd IEC Dlslrlct
member Dick Acton.

12 I IBEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985

 New Orleans, Louisiana
1&2 Views of the delegates during the general sessions.

3 Partial view of the delegates attending the Generallon

Workshop.

4 Shown here are delegates attend ing the Clerical Work-

shop.

S Shown speaking to me delegates is Robert W. Scherer,

Chairman 01 me Board and Chief Executive Officer. Georgia
Power Company.
6 At the mike Is a delegate speaking during a general
session.
7 Shown attending tho Conference, left to right, are IEC
members Harry Bexley, 4th District; Dick Acton, 3rd District;
Tom Pursley, 6th District; Bob Missey, 5th District; 5th District
Vice President Dan Waters; 6th District Vice President Jim
Conway; and IEC Chairman Wesley Taylor.

ISEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985 I 13

 ~ -

"" -
~

San Diego, California

1 thru 4 Partial views 01 the delegates during the general
sessions.

5 3rd District Vice President Jack Barry Is shown at the

podium ~ddress l ng the delegates. Seated Is Utility Depart-
ment Director Bob Macdonald.

6 Pictured during a break In the sessions are. left to right.

9th District Vice President Jack McCann . IEC Chairman
Wesley Taylor and 7th IEC District member Glen McCall.

7 Shown here i. Ihe Utility Departmenl 91aft. who conducted

the four Regional Conferences. Left to right are International
Representatives Jim Ouello. Bob Bierllz. Paul Shoop. Direc-
tor Bob Macdonald and Jim Du.haw.

l ' \ IBEW JOURNALI JUNE 1985

 Retired Vice President John J. Regan Dies
The Brotherhood was saddened to
learn of the death of retired Second
District International Vicc President
lohn J. Regan. Brother Regan passed
away on February 4,1985; and at the
time of his death, Brolher Regan was
a 7J-yea r member of the IBEW.
Brotber Regan was born on January
II, I 92, in Cork, Ireland, and came
to the United States as a very young
man. He began hi electrical appren·
tlcesh,p on June 12, 1912, and was
Initialed into Local 103, Boston,
Massachusetts. BrOther Regan soon
became an aCllve trade unioni t and
served Local IOJ a an ExecutIve
Board Incrnbcr, vice president, finan-
Cial ecrelary and buslncss manager.
In 1939 he wa appointed Interna-
1I0nal Vice PreSIdent of the Second
0, trlct, wlucb is comprised of aU
the New England State . He wa
Retired Vice President Frank T. Gladney Dies
The Brotherbood was saddened to
learn of the death of retired Tenth
District Internationa l Vice PreSident
Frank T . Gladney. Bro ther G ladney
passed a way on May la , 1985.
Brother G ladney was born on Feb·
ruary 17,1910, III Newark, New Jer-
sey. He was initiated into Local 748,
Jersey City, New ler ey, On February
27, 1927. As a member of Loca l 748,
he held office as recording secretary
and financial secretary and rose to
the POSH ion of general chairnlan. On
June .16, 1946, he was appomted as
;m International RcpreSCnt3tlVC as·
signed to the Tenth District .taff.
Brother Gladney e tabli hed a fine
record for his organizlIlg abtlities and
servlclllg railroad local unions and
system eounclls of the IBEW. On
June 1, 1969, he was appointed Vice
Prc idem of the Tenth District, wluch
is comprised of all the railroad luris·
Construction and
MaIntenance Conference
(Continued from Page 2)
International Secretary Ralph A.
Leigon, in his remarks, tOld the del-
egates that the Reagan Administra-
tion' cconomlC and social policlcs
were detrimental to the progres. of
all workers, and that fairness and
equality for all Americans were being
leopardized by LI,e Adnunistratio n's
des ire to lowe r the defic it by making
workers, the poor and the elderly
bear the grcote$[ share of Ihc burden.
DirectrJr Ted Mose ley, the lBEW
Construction Department s taff and
the lBEW department dm,ctors cov-
ered vanous industry subiects III panel
dISCUSSIOns, with questions and
commentS taken fIom the delegates.
A display and demonstration on fiber
opti cs was presented to the de legates
by lBEW Director of Skill Improve-
ment Ken Edwards. T he delegates
elected at every subsequent ISEW
Intcrna tional Convention u ntil he
reti red in Ju ly, 1968 .
The entire Brotherhood recognized
Brother Regan down through the years
for h,s leade rship and executive abil·
Ity. Dunng hIS tenure as vice presI-
dent, he served on several IBEW na-
tional committee and was appointed
by the governor of Massachusetts to
the state board on atomic and eneq,'Y
malters. John Regan' dedicated work
for hiS local umon and his many
years of dedicated and loyal service
as an officer of the Brotherhood was
Instrumental 111 maklllg the IBEW
the bastion of trade ulllon strength
and uruty it I today. All the officers
and member of the Brotherhood ex·
press since re sympathy to Brother
Regan 's family and fnends.
diction 10 the United Sta tes and Can-
ada . He was elected at every sub 'e-
quent International Convention until
he retired on Apnl 19, 1976. While
he was representi ng the railroad
nlembers of the IBEW in the United
States and Canada, Brother Gladney
became wcll know n for his legisla-
tive ability on railroad matter> . He
played an inlport3nt role in the shop-
craft union's gams made through the
negotiations between the AFL-CIO
Railwa y Employee Department and
the RaLlwa y Carriers. Brothel Glad·
ney was a staunch trade unJoni s t and
Will be remembered by the lBEW for
his hard work, IIlcere dedication and
devoted loyalty to the Brotherhood.
All the officers and members of the
Broulerhood express SlIleerc sympa ·
th y to Brotber G ladney'S family and
friends.
al 0 viewed a film on cooperation
betwcen labor and management and
iob producllVlty.
In U1C afternoon SC>SIOn a general
diSCUSSion waS held With the dele-
gates representing the Outside Can ·
structlon Branch loca l unions. The
e"ion dealt with the problems fac-
tng the OutSide Construction Branch,
with many of the delegates partiCI -
pating in the diSCUSSIon.
ISEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985 I 15
 OPEN PERIOD FOR IBEW PER CAPITA REBATE PLAN
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1985-86
In 1981 , .he 100cma" nal Execuove Counc.1 approved a
procedure to enable members :md .agency fcc -payers to request
a refund of that pornon of .helr annual per capllas whIch the
international spends on pohucal and idcological activities that
arc Dot reasonably rcb.cd to the lBEW's collective bargaining
respons.bilities. The open period fo r requesting a rebate of
dues or fees paId dunng the luly I, 1985-lune 30, 1986, fi scal
year is July I -July 15, 1985. Ii you wIsh to rCglstcr your
objection to th ese kmds 01 expenditures and to request a rebate
fQr the ne xt fiscal year, YOU T request must be received In the
office of tbe lotematioo.l Secretary, I 125· 15th Street, N.W.,
WashUlgton, D .C. 20005, belw••" luiy 1 tJDd luly IS. 1985.
During the year. your request will be kept on Alc and your
PER CAPITA TAX REBATE PROCEDURE
I Any member of the lllEW, and an y nonmember who pay'
agency sbop fees pursuant toa collective ba.rgalntng agrecmenl,
sha ll ha ve the ught to oblect to expenditure. of hjs or her per
capll' t3)( by the lBEW for pohue.l and IdeologIcal purposes
not reasonably related to collective bargaimng. A member or
nonmember who pc'rfCCtS rus or her objection pursuant to th e
procedures set forth below shall be enotled to a rebal" of that
proportion of per capita taX paid to the lBEW whIch I .lIocated
(or such purposes.
2. ExpendItures for poh uea! and Ideologteal purposes not
reasonably related to collective borg.,OIng mclude any m.de-
1.1 to or 00 behalf of candIdates for pollUcal office, or pohtlcal
partlcs or orga mzatlons;
Ibl to suppOrt actlviti. directed at innuenclng legi$latlon
which IS not reasonably related to te nns and conditi ons
of employment of those represented by the lBEW, and
Icl to or on behaU 01 ideological, chantable or rehglous
3C tlVlti CS or causes nOt reasonably related to coUcctJ\'c
bargaining.
.3 ObJections mu st be nud e 3nnuall y, In WI llin g, addrcssed
to the Imcruauonal Secretary II.S.I at the International OrA ce.
112S-15th Slte"t, N.W., WasblllgtOn, D.C.lOooS. Oblcctions
mUSI be reccived between July I and luly I ~ of each year.
Obleclions recClved dunng that period shall be eficc tivc only
for expendlturcs made du rms lhat Ii cal year, Jul y I lO lune
30.
4. By November I of each year, the I. . sh. 1I calcula.e the
rcbntable share of per capita tax for the preceding fiscal yeaT
as follows The 1.5 shall determine the .otal operatmg ex-
penditure made by the lBEW for all purposes du rUlg tbat fiscal
year and the total expend it u res made for rcb:uablc actlVltlCS
The I W11l then calcu!.tc the ratio of rebauble expcndllures
to total expenditures, That rallo will COnStItu te! the rcbat.Jblc
s,harc of pe l capna tax owed to an obJcctor for tha t yea r
The 1.5 WIIJ then rebate rhC' appropnatc amount to each
obleCto. who has perlected b,S Or her objection. along with an
cxplanauo n of how the dmou nl was determined The rebate
chec k and explanation WIll be sent by reglstCfed or cc ruA cd
mati
5. An objector who liJs..:Jgn..'c!J. '''Ilh rhe: proportional alloca-
tlon madc by rhe 1.5., In th e belJef that It docs !lot !lCCU l'otcly
16 IBEW JOURNAL JUNE '985
per cap .ta~ wtll be deposited 10 dn toterest-beanng c.,crow
account You wll1 receiv e your rehate, with mlcrc t, 10 No-
vember, 1986. after the close of the 1985-86 fi scal yea r.
No spt..""ClaJ Form is reqmred to register your o bJect Ion .
However, If you request a reba te, please include your full
oame. your mailing addres,. the local union /0 IVluch you
pay dues or fees. and your card number (if known). In addition,
if you move dunng th e yea r, please advise th e Internati onal
~crCtaryl to make sure you can be IOCtltcd when Lin! Ichine
checks arc mailed.
The lUEW per caplla rehote plan, '5 approved by Ihe IEC, IS
.. follow :
rencct the expenditures of the lllEW III the are.s deBned as
rCbat3bl c, may appeaJ to th e InternatIOnal Executive Council
Ithe IEC). Tbe ap peal must be made to ,vnting and must be
tecelvcd In tbe office of the 1.5 witlun 21 days of receIpt of
the rebate check. The u:C shall conSIder and decide the appeal
at ItS first regular meeting after receipt of the appeal Tbe IEC
.hall nOllfy the objector in wnung of its deci ion and its
Icasons IherdoT, by regIste red or ccruficd mall.
6 . An o bJector who dl sagrces with th e dClermmol1on of lhc
IEC mal' appeal to an Independent Umplte appototed to
accordance Wlth par.gtapb 7. The appeal must be made m
wnung and muSt be received In the office of the 1.5 wlthm
21 days of the date on whicb tbe objec tor recctVes tbe LEe's
deC ISion. The Independent Umpuc shall have tbe nuthon ty to
review the 1.5. 's dcccrmin3lto n 3S to the rebatablc proportion
of the objector's per capita t.x. The Umplte's decI Ion shall
he in wnting and sball be Issued wlll"n a reasonable Ume.
DeCISIOns of the Umpire shall be final.
7. The lndepende", Umplte shaU be appototed by the In-
ternational President, with the ap prova l oj the LEC, and shall
be a person who is I10t oth erwise associ ated With the ISEW or
any of it ,Iiflliates. The COSt of the Umpire's servi ces and
co",s of any proceedings befole tbe UmplCe shall be borne by
the lBEW. indiVIdually ,"curred coSts shall be btlrne by the
party IOCl1mng them.
S ObleCtion to rebatoble expenditures made by lite local
umon [0 which a member pays dues, or to which it nonmember
pays agency fees, mus t be m ade ducctly to the approp nate
local UllJon. Each local ulllon .hall estabhsh procedwes wbereby
oblectlons may be made, hall dctenntne the rcb"able pro-
portion of its expenditures for each year for which dn oblection
IS properly filed, and shall makc a/JOual rebates, w.th wnncn
cxplao:HlOos of how me amOllnt was determll1ed, 111 response
to properly filed objections
An oblector wbo dJsagrccs Wllh the proportional reb". made
by htsor herlocal union. '" the beltcf th.t 11 does not accuratel y
rene t the local uruon's ex pt!ndltUfcs In arca~ defined as
" ,hatahle, may appealLO the I~ ., and then to the Independent
Ump ire, according to the procedures set fort h 10 p:u:tgntphs
5- 7 Jbovc.
 depal'bllent of Research
and Education
The Human Costs of Reducing Social Security COLAs
The Reagan adrmnlstratlon and ti on pruposed by the nonpartisan Na- year fOI the 1986-8 peri,," , and $7 ·
som e members of CongTcs'/ In a tional Commission on SOCIal Secu- bilhon in 1989. The modest- but
misguided effort to balancc the fed- rity Ref rm to ensu re the long term ful l~ast-of-lrvmg adjustments prom·
era l budget, appear to be breaki ng solvency of the ocwl Securtt y re- Ised to Social Security ben efit recip·
their word to the Amencan publi c. urClnent income system. BenefiCia- lents as part of that 1983 compronll C
They are pu~ h ing for lim ils nn <"11"- ries were a su red that the SOCial arc now bell1g threatened
of-lIving ad,usm1ents ICOLAs)w So- Security sy"cm was ound and would
cia l Security, Railroad Retlrement, be as far into the fUlll re 3S reasonable
[,urchasing Power
nulitary rctirelllcnt, and ciV1I servIce rrOICC tlOnS can be made, that IS,
retlrement benefi ts-agam-cven ahout 50 to 75 years . Current and A, the CBO has concluded, " Cur-
though these arc not the expense luture rellrees were assured that the tailing COLAs would achIeve "gnil-
crea ting the Reagan "cficlt. sac n fices that were parl of that com- Ica nt savings but would do so at the
Under their plan, recipienlS wuuld promi se wou ld make the ystcm cost of lowe r Incomes for Ihe poor
rece ive a cos t-of· h ving InCrease for sOLIn" .lIId that no fUrlhercuts would JI1" Ihe l1eM-pOOr, as well as fur those
the first 2 percent of infl ation and be nccc,",,,y. In better financ,,1 pOSit tons. " LlDl'
fo r any mllation rate greater than 4 Those saC rifices Inelu"ed a ",x- Itlng or freezing COLAs would have
percent, but nothing for the 2 pe r- month postponement of the fu ll more devastating percentage eflccts
centage POLOts in between. COLA . Ever since, that delay has on the Income of low-income fam-
The Congres IOn3 1 Budget Uffice produced, IS producing. and will con- ilie and the elderly poor than on the
(CBO) says that such limits on CO- tinue to produce a npple ellect of income of families well above Ihe
LAs would cause 650,000 people to be nefit re"uctlons every year of thi poverty level. Families above the
fal l below the poverty level over the decade. The to ta l benefit reductio ns poverty level and most employed
next three fiscal years. Two·thuds range from $S-bl lhon cach year for people have some leeway as to their
of these newly poor would be elderly, the 19 3- 85 penod, 56·btlhon cach earnmgs and the If consumer spend-
m ost of them Social Secumy ret i-
rees. Social Secunty con tltutes th e
maJor SOurce of income for mo t CONSUMER PRICE INDEX- CANADA AVERAGE
remees. For slDgle retiree, Social SOURCE. STATISTICS CANADA
Secunty benefits ave rage on ly $450 MARCH, 1985
per month, for wido ws, 5400, and 1981 = 100
for elderly couples, $776. Many re· Heallh & Recrea-
ceive far less. All 110m. Trln.por- Persona ' lion &
Month Vear Combined Food Housing Clothing laUon Cs .. Reading
The official poverty ltne in 1984
was 510,1110 a year nf Income for a M,uch 1985 1257 120 1 1279 11 5 1 1292 125.5 123.3
family of lour and 56,280 for an February 1985 1254 1204 1275 t 14 6 128.6 1257 122.7
elderly couple. The CBO lIldlcates Ja nuary 1985 1246 11 9.1 1272 112.6 128.4 124.7 121.4
that the loss per lamily wou ld be December 1984 t24 t 11 77 126.7 113.6 1274 124 4 121 .5
approximately 5410 a year-meas- November 1984 1240 11 7.7 126.6 114.3 126.7 124.4 122.2
Oclober 1984 1232 117.7 126.0 113.8 124.1 124.0 121 .9
ured in 1983 dollar - by the end of 1230
September 1984 t 177 125.1 1134 125.5 123.8 121 .6
the three· year period.
Any curb on Social Secumy ben· March 1984 121 2 116 B 123 B 1125 t 22.8 12 1 3 t 17 B
efits-be it a limit on COLA or a March 1983 1158
freeze on benefits-would be hard to March 1982 1080
Jus tlly, especlally m view of the fact Mi::m:;h t981 96.8
that prescn t and future Social ecu- March 1980 861
rity benefit recipients have already NOTE Canada s Consumer PrICe Inde)! lor all Ilems Increased 0 3 pomts during me paSI month or 02%
m ade sacrifices. Wealthy lIldlviduals Ihls eQualled on annuel reto 01 Increase 01 2 4 ~ O 2 U
•12) The increase In CPt durmg the pas!
I(

year was 4 5 points or 3 7·"

and corporations, who have benefit·
t ed from the administration's tax cut
and tax preferences, never make
comparable sacnfices.
Porcont ChsJ'\ge between two dales IS calo,l191ed by subtracting the Index number lOt the earher dale
from INU for the later dale and dividing the result by tn. Index numDer for the earlier d.lla, then
mul1 lplvmQ by 100
EXAMPLE : For Ihe perlOl;! 01 March. 1984 10 March. 1985 1251 1212 - 45 Index polnl.S .4 5 dlooed
by 121 2 .037). 100 ~ 7. 0

1983 Co mpromi se Prepared by : Oepanment of Research and Educallon. IDEW , Apri l, 1985
In 1983 Congress enacted legisla-
r ~~w JUURNALI JUNE 1985 I 17
illg habilS. Must Sucial Sewrity ben· The Social Security trust funds
,uuying the basic principle of ,~orkcr­
eficiarie have very modest incomes ea rned cntttlements. were brought into the federal budget
to start with; they cannot cope with in 1969. Their large surpluses, at that
any cuts. They have to suffer thc Self-Sustaining Progra m time, helped to cover up the costS of
insurmountable consequences. the Vietnam war. Under a law sched·
Social Security is a elf-susta ining uled to take effect in 1992, Socia l
COLAs arc often referred to as a pwgram t hat is financed by payroll Sccmity incnme and nutgo will no
benefit Ilincreasc." That is a nlisno· taxes on workers and employers. longer be considered as pan of the
mer. COLAs, afte r all, are nothing These taxes total more than current Unified federal budget. oeial ccu-
but an attem pt to preserve the pur- benefit payments combined with ad - rit y cannot then be used a a cover
chasing power of very modest Social ministrative COSts. The Social Secu-
SecuIlty benefits. When the limiting to hide the high costs 01 other federal
rity retirement trust fund is nOw programs. It should not be used that
or freezing of COLAs is enacted, the running a surplus. lt is estimated way today.
living standard of millions of Amer· that th e surplu s will total $150·bil·
icans is adversely alfected. T he im· lion by 1990.
pact upon the elderly, the disabled, Conclusion
Social Security and the other reo
and the widows and children who tirement benefit programs that arc It i evident that any freezing or
receive survivors' benefits is over- threatened with COLA limits have limiting of retirement benefit CO-
whelming. They have no other meanS not conmbuted to our nation's budget LAs places unfair burdens on those
of addmg to their small and lllllited deficit. On the contrary, with out the people in our society who are the
incomes. Median Socia l Security Social Security income surpl u , the least able to absorb CU t in their
bellefits al ready hover at the poverty federal deficit would be even greater. modest incomes 30d who need in-
level. Imagine what a blow it would The Sodal Security sUfplu is ac- come protection the most- the el-
be to these bcncHciaries to see the ir tually masking fede ral programs that derly, the disabled, widows, and sur-
purcha ing power lo wered even fur· do not produce their own meome viving children. The human costs
ther! and programs whose extremely high are belittling and undesirable.
Some legislators have proposed that spending needs to be pared down to The administration's exorbitant
COLAs he given only to the low· amounts that American taxpayers budget deficits arc the resul t of tax
income Social Security beneficiaries . are willing to finance. There is no giveaways and excessive military
This suggestion would underm.ine justification for limiting or freezi ng spending. These are the Issues that
the Soc ial Security program, making Social Security benefit COLAs to pay should be addressed in order to re-
COLAs the basis for a type of mcans- for the excessive cOStS of other pro- duce the deficit.
tes ted welfare assistance and de- grams III the federal budget. The IBEW is unalterably opposed
to any efforts by Congress and the
administration to tamper with Social
MARCH, 1985 ScCUJil and other reLirem,enl benel1t
REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE plans that are now solvent and run-
AND CLERICAL WORKERS ning surplu ses. We stand firm i n our
UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE
cOlnm.itmcnt to oppose any liluits or
SOURCE: U.S . OEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
freezes on COLAs that have been
REFERENCE BASE. u.s. AVERAGe 1967 = 100
legislated after great sacri fices on the

Month ...
Atillems
Apparel

, Camb lned Food Housing Upkeep tatlon

& Transpor- MedIcal
Care
part of present and future Social Se-
curity benefit reciptents. The human
costs are too great even to be consid-
March 1985 315.3 309 .3 338.2 204.2 318.7 394.6 err.d.
February 1985 313.9 309.0 337.2 200.7 316.3 392 .0
January 1985 312.6 306.9 3357 198.5 316.7 389 .3
December 1984 3 12.2 304.7 335.0 202.1 317.9 386.7
November
Oclober
1984
1984
3 11 .9
312.2
303.7
304.0
334.4
335.5
204.2
204.8
318.3
317.8
385.6
383.7
SUPPORT
September 1984 312.1 303.8 336.8 203.3 316.0 381.2

March 1984 303.3 302.1 322.9 198.0 308.9 372.6

March 1983 293.0
March 1982 282.5
March 1981 265.2
March 1980 239.9
NOTE: The Consumer Price Index lor all Items Increased 1.4 index points dunng the last month 01 0.4%
This equalled an annual rate o f Increase of .. 8'. (0 4 )( 12). The Increase dunng the past year was
120 IndelC painls Of 4 .~.
Percent Increase between two dales Is ca\Culated by SUbtracting the index number lor Ihe earlier
dAlfllrom thaI lor the later date and dlvldlno The result by Ihe inr1ex numhAr lor Ihe RAnlAr dAIA, than
mull l p~lng by , 00.
t
EXAMPLE: For the per~ of MarCh, 1984, 10 MarCh, 1985: 315.3 - 303.3 "" 12.0 indelC points; 120 divided
by 303.3 .., .040 x 100 ""' 4.0....

Prepared by: Department of Research and Education, IBEW. April. 1985. COPE
18 1 IBEW JOURi'lALI JUi'lE 1985
 S~FETY PS
for you and your family

LOOK AT IT THIS WAY

IT'S A CUTIING MACHINE!
The U.S. Consumer Product Safely Commission esti- , After purchasing a new machine , read the safe oper-
mates that more than 50,000 injuries serious enough to ating insltuclions included with the mower. Learn the
be treated in hospital emergency rooms are suf1ered controls well enough to be able to act instantly and
each year by individuals In ac~idents involving power correclly in an emergency.
lawn mowers.
- Only experienced people should operate the mower.
One major factor Involved In power mower accidents is Adult supervision Is needed when older children are al-
machine design. Knowing what sately features to look for lowed to use the mower. Younger children should never
when purchasing a new mower can significanlly reduce operate power lawn mowers.
your chance of injury.
2. BEFORE BEGINNING TO MOW
Other factors are operator carelessness and unsafe
work habits. Especially susceptible to InjUry are the oper- • Clear the yard of stones and other debriS. These can
be ejected with great force through the discharge chute.
ators who mow their lawns when tired, upset, or in a
hurry. • Wear sturdy shoes and close-lilting slacks. Never
The U.S. Consumer Product SaJety Commission otters operate the mower in bare leet, sandals, or sneakers.
the lollowlng suggestions lor the purpose and sate use 01 • Be sure the grass is not wet. Wet grass is slippery
power mowers: underfoot and can cause both the discharge chute and
the blades to clog .
1. SELECTING THE POWER MOWER
- Be sure that the discharge chute has a dellector
plate to direct machine discharge downward. This plate
should be in use when no grass-catching bag is at-
tached.
, The mower should have a foot guard in the rear to
keep the operator's foot away from the blade.
, The fuel exhaust should not be located on the same
side of the machine as the discharge chute. Sparks from
a backfiring engine could ignite a grass-catching bag.

, Always start the mower outdoors or in a garage with

doors and windows open. Never operate the mower
FOOT GUARD DEFLECTOR PLATE where carbon monoxide lumes can collect, such as in a
closed garage or basement.
ISEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985 I 19
3 . WHILE MOWING
• Never adjust or leave Ihe machine wilhout stopping
the mower and disconnecting the spark ptug wire. A
large number of injuries occur when operators aHampt to
unclog the discharge chute or blades while the motor is
running.
• Atways watch your foo ting, particularly on slopes.
Steer a hand mower across slopes, never up and down.
Then if the machine gets out of control, you will be out of
its way.
• On the other hand, a riding mower should be driven
up and down slopes for stability.
• To protect your legs and feet, always keep the
mower llat on the ground. Never lift, tilt, or pull it toward
yourself. Never raise the mower to use it to trim the tops
of shrubs or hedges.
20 I IBEW JOURNALI JUNE 1985
, Keep children and pets at a safe distance and al-
ways check their location before changing direction with
the mower. With an electric mower, you should also
watch the cord to avoid running over it or entangling it in
the machine .
4. THE SAFE USE OF GASOLINE
Gasoline has become such a part of everyday life that
many people tail to appreciate how extremely dangerous
it is. Gasoline vapors can be ignited by the hot manifold
of a mower or can travel invisibly along the ground and
be ignited by a nearby open flame. The following precau-
tions should be taken when using gasoline:
- Check your fue l before starting to mow. Avoid refuel-
ing a hot machine. Wipe up any gasoline that spills white
refueling.
, Gasoline should be stored in a well·ventilated area
in tig htly capped , approved safety cans, away from chil-
dren, living quarters, and any flame or heat source.
, Never fill the tank while smoking or near an open
flame . When there is gas in the tank, do not store the
mower near any flame or heat source.
The material for this article comes from the U.S. Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission.
 LOCFlL LII\IES
Brother Retires
Bob 0\1011 ~nd Steve Engli~h nank 8rot he r Joyce
as he acct:pts the card and. $100 bill prl':~rnlt'-d b)'
Jub Ste ward Juhn Pll s.
Brother Joe Joyce
Retires
LU. I (1,t'RI,spa&' ft sl. ST. LOUIS, MO.-The .IC·
cO(llranYLR~ phOtUg(Olphs wen: taken MaICh. 29 :u
an aftcl work ~:lth('nng to cdeb, .. te th e ROlli work-
UllI1by uf BI OI her luc loycl.':. A group of wtll Wisher!)
cmployco on the forJ MOtOr Comrliny prOICCt In
Ha:dwood buvcd the ram~ and lliol flic lam, to
converge at the Ten Ts Lounge: tor ;1 few hours of
reluatLim In hunur of loe', long tenure: In the Joe",!.
As at all au~h occasIOns, there WilS II S(off both of
lOy In lulRllmcnlllnd of sorrow In departure for II
m.m who !OJ"C"l hn hictlmc IS a stron&. iuppoltn'(
mr.mhrr IIf it 111(11111 mgamullon With the respeci
that growl with tlillC, ""Ie bId a fond farewell 10 .
friend. a Brothe r. an honDl;ablc m;an Ik~t of luck.
JOCI
IU5t a reminder that as thiS amelt' 15 published,
lnc.l I .....111 be hosung the 41 ~t Annual IHEW
Bowhng Tournament OD lune 7, 8 ;and 9 al the
Tropleann.J ;lnd Crossroads alh:y, In Clayton. It
ha, been SIX ye:arS Since the eyent was held In Qur
.area, and CQmml ltee ChairmeD 1rY Telchorst and
Ceot&c Bre"mm have been hard.t work to Insure:
that thJ. yur 's Will be: bellCf than cver All ar-
rangemcnts, including a Satu%da)" nigbt banquet al
lin; Cl,ulull J lutd uvcllouktn~ the hutorlc 5t l ouis
nllerfront , will h:avc bet:n made 10 affurJ ou , guests
a lime second to DOOt'.
Ple.ase bc ad"'lSed of the followmg dellh' dunng
the month oj March : Ru:h:m:l L V:lUdcvclltl!'I,
wtrem un on pen sion, initiated febru ary, 1951 , Fred
L. Duk e, rC !Udenll uJ 011 pensian/ Oc tobe r, 1952,
P,entlcc Robert, reSid enti al Q il pCIl!llQn , Marcb.
1963) Joho W . Bock. wireman 11n Jl~ n !ll(1 n, OCccm ·
ber, 19U/ .lnd Thlllnas E. ~y,am, r""'ill.lcntllll, s...:p
lember. 19ti9
n..,af-Rr r ~,A N . I'S
Bit 0 ' the 'rish
Shown In chI. piceure are Ihe 8rOlhr:rt who rep-
ren nl cd Lonl7, Sprin&6eld, Mas~., in t ht' Hol yoke
Se. Pa1flck' s D~y r . rade. l ell to right are Jackie
BrunuID , Bri an Co llins, u.IIi, Uille , Pruidtnl'ohn
Colliru, Gary Orrnnlln, Tom Mumy, rbil Co llinl.
Jim SWOtChlk , Tom O 'Connrr, Jot' Sulli van a nd
Dou& Soomal\.
Book Finally Clears;
Remember Coors Boycott
LU. 7 (il. SP RI NCF II:: LD. MA S . - Wc= all kncw
spnng WIS Ilm ost he re when Lt w~ .. lime to mtltc:.k
..... L1h the Arl ·CIO for the lIoJ yu k c St "utu c k 's
Oay 1'1u;~dl! Wh :1I il ~r,",6' tlint. we hAd jmillLll; the
m3ny o ther LJllllln~ rna rcJllng w&tthcr 10 show
~nlul J1 r' ty Aml)ng \' llr':lt'ive!!o and bl.'lng vlslh le to the
communny ThC' crowd was cSllln3lcrJ II 2~O,OOO
:lOd prc~cnlcd U'i with a !;rcac publi c . cla lloM
opponunllY th,u wc tt",k OUV3ntl&e Ilf l OC':I] 7
was n:prl.'serltcd by lackle BrulltQU, Ivc SullIvan.
T om 0' onncr, Phil Co llinS. 00118 IlotJm an, Ilre'l·
Ident John 011111". Cny Brenn.)n, Tom Cullrn.!t,
Btun Keeley. !tWin Coll m s, Cr;llX Llttie, Tom
Murr~y, T:lour;l Shcu · Ko n and Irm ~ wOl ch:a 1t We
thank the"ie Sluth!:" Jor dOnJttn8 a SunJ.;ty to thr=lr
loc;ll unIOn
Wa lk m our Ilm!>dKlmn IS finDny 't,ullng to
lak~ off wnh our book c1':;l(lllg for the first time:
in m;irty m on th" We hiVe some IUlc proJCI:.CS
pC.Jkmg IILnJ ground brcaklOl; f(1I Olhr=n The 1m·
mC'ul~te 'UIUt': loo k., bnghl for ~prHlgflclJ
Con~, allJlall(m' 3fe to ord er for loe Sullivan
bc.m~ ;IIPPolnlrd to All • \'" (.,,n(.y oJon the £'A.;tUUUlUg
Board ,nd fo, 11m IIllulthan upon ending hiS bach ·
dorhood 11m 's SColA WJs well allended and Inuch
cnIUYC,J by mem})c:r, 01 loca l 7
BoycottS t "n ~ Ii vc ry cfftctlvc wc.,pon uled by
the union consumer to prote:st the a c uun~ uf an
anllworke. compJoy Tht dfecuvcne~:. uf • boy
c.ou c an be 5C'cn .... nh rrprd to the 4.S pen,f.n\ dl\~p
In salcs fOf 'uJulph COOt$ 8r~wC'ry , IS reponed lor
1984 Coon I nOI evcn No. I In Ihe Ruclty
Mnuntatn su t n, IhclI home territory , No .... Coors
IS cxp.andlll& mto th.: New England .rc~. 10 bolsl er
sales Ut ', sho.... COOrS th,u wc 111 Ma!lsachu'iclts
do nOI 'orget the .ctlons of a uruoD· buillllg com '
pany.
CoorS' unu.IR 'W.as ' arced to slnke In 1977 Oller
basle humlln tI~hl ISSUes. Their unlon was bUSied
by strlkebruke.,!, ami a boycu n c<l11 WII!II Issued
and sancltoncd by the AFL-CiO , Sume Ilf tht
hum an dignity I $.~UC' th.at cau,c:d the . trlke and
suI! elejSl al the CI')O rs comp30y arc (11 mandalory
he deu~ ctu r t ellU wl tb question!: cone~lIung sCM u.1
pracucc8 alld poli ti cal, rd i~ r Ous ;lod Anancla l su·
tus, (2) f9 rccd sea rc:. h llnd se rzure by Coors' " prlv,u e
police" who se.Hc.h cd, :It wdl , vehLcles, clothing.
l oc k r.r~, lu nch plIll:., f. 1r.1 rr fll'lal mulci mriln 1In '
ml."d I3tcd l .,chllr~ c,I,ll complC:lc, untciI!lp nablc can ·
uol: Coor.s d\: mdlldcd umlate ral concrol OVer pro·
moti onS, ch;tngcl In sh th schcrJulc.s .ond layoffs ,
(4\ no senmmy nxhlSj {SI ukty .1nd bealth Viola
IIO[]Sj 161 fl ce InJ l'Clt d15crimi.nuion , (7) unfllrr
labor pr3.CIlCC'J
If VOli remembe r Ih.1t tbcst Issue~ tb:lt roreed
the Brewery WUlken Luc:al 366 out on stnke m
1977 sull eXIM , )·I)U Will rem ember nOl to buy
Coors beer Take note- -Cuors produces arc $(1 11.1
under Ihese /lvc label, COOlS. COOlS Light, lie.
m.:ln Joseph 'S IH6ij, Colde n lllgcr and Killian 's
ln sh Red Addltluo .. llIllormatlOn can he ub t.,rned
by wnung thc Coon Boyco lt Commrtlct'", 30;1j6
Lell1nglon Avenul'".l nd Floor, EI Monte. C.J lt..fu mla
917J l ofC:all jlU81 40 1011J
Attend )lOUt unn>n m tung l
Sa\(. SA"''''.'' P 5
Building Renovation
1i
Pi ctured Iii Foreman Ch.rle$ Knauer of Loca l 24,
Sahimolt, Md ./ an d Cen'I .. 1 Electric Pre~idel1t Ed
Little on Ille I ltr a' the Commt.ret Ex-chang.:
Iluilding jnh.
Shown, Idt to rl, ht, at the Com mf'ree Enbange
8u ildins .re Stcw"d Ski p Pu.ee, Robt'rt 8lumbe r.
and Chilorlu "' .. aut!.
on
Union Labor Renovates
Commerce Exchange Building
L.U. 24li •.s pa,e'&'CI I"'I, BALTIMORE, M.D.- MaJo.
Icnovall0n ,md c:on";UUClIllil I .. eu rrerl1l y undt'.
way in tbe 8.,ll.1l11o,e metropolitan ala HlJl els,
amusement ccme" and comme, clal butl.lmgs make
up the malum, uf ,hIS WOt1c. , and we at LOCl114
He pleased In 'ice thai mn.. t nf rhr .. r JlIl1)('CU Itn:
being built by union I.,bo, ObVIOus ly, ihe com
merclal and muustnal or,a.lu:auoDs It) OU I :lrca .,on
demand .. qu;aIItY IlroJuel and now, as In the past, 0>
caU on tbe BalumOlr BUllrJlng Trades to find thr
w
skills rcqum:d to complete these tasks z
One of Ihese p rolccts, the Commerce: Exchange ,
::>
SuildlDL h:l' almoSt rc;achcd com pic lion ThiS
hiStoriC, SIX $tory struc t u re was onglnaJly the
Chamber of CumnH!n:.e liutldmg and bcg:m "PC'
allons m 1906. The cU ll cnt owner, the USF&C
Company, gavc top pllorlly to prOte CtlDg the ollg·
lOa! intenm :md t'reserv\l\g the baSIC $1f\le\\l le .
The elc:cuita l contra ct, ctttm.1ltcd ,n $100,000, wu
awa rd~d 10 the Cl!lllra l Electric Corporation, .a nd
tbe wOlk bC,i;an In lunc, i91:1 4 The fo reman on the
ptQjec l Is Brotber Chul es Knauer, wll o, togethe r
with Prc'mlt'llt Ed little, explaLnC'd the V3110U5 21
 fUnclions and Op(:utWDS 01 the BUlldmx and dlf
ficulue$ dUring renQ\lauon . Great p",m . were IlIken
[0 keep ,he BUIldmg's tenanlS HI opcntlon durmg
fl!muddll1g , dnd our members suppln:d It'.mptJr3r),
po ....cr .and lighling ..... herever nceded :IS 'Wdl liS
removIng prevlousl)' IDsulled, unslgh(ly tiectnclil
work Pr(.'scrvauon of the hlStOlle, OInate walls
also mennt channelmg the plaster for piping ..... lIh
1111 t:-.pvscJ LUlJlC UJ l,.uJlJUlI:..
Working togcther with the union electrlcal·cn·
glneering fi rm, SCOtt and Landers, our members
were able 10 meet thelT ... .:mous dendhnctl by wOlk·
mg n flexib le ov~rtlme schedule The IOtn l recon·
struction \<io',:U cstlmilted at 54 .5 million Jnd wIIJ
mclude commercial office:: 5p':l(:e .IS well as a com·
put~r d.ua center. The new electrical mstllJJauon
C'onSI!lL'i (If a 3.(J(l()·amp. thfl:e· rhne. fOllr· wlI~'
.sCrvICC ....·h,c.h s leps down 10480·277·yoll bus·ducl
mers feedln& 120·208-voh panels for power .md
lighting. OUI members also Inslalled the nrc IIlarm
~y~ l em lind en ... HQnmental ·ccmuol i\I)'su:ms ukin,!t
grtnt ellre nOt 10 damage the surroundm~ IntCflOl
Brother Skip Pc;trcc is tbe stcward on the lob,
wtlleh peaked out at 10 mcn and is sc heduled for
compil!tlon In JUlle, 1985.
Eleelru::al wo rk 01 thiS nature must be pelforrned
with gre~t care by respoRlHble, skilled crn.fume.n
who undersund tbat precision, coupled wuh lhe
dcs1fe 10 do It good lob, is nCl!e5sllry for sUl!eessful
complctlon l-ortunale1y, the uSFaC Company
decided to work With toeal 24 memlxrs falher
tban gambling with Ollr sloppy, unknowlcdgc.:I.bJe,
DODunlon competition, and Ihey arc vel')' plea.5cd
wllh the finished product.
ROGE.R M LASH lit I'S
Life Saver
Plclured here" MJ.ke Murphy, left , who uvcd the
life of Dr() ltll~r Ceorge M.orris of Local 26, Wash-
il1&IUn , D .C., whil e working on the Lill o n Bionct-
Ie job io R.ochille, Maryland . AI rl'~11 b the
IIncUla n un lhle jub, Dill 8li n ldlU m.
Pin Recipients
8us ioc..s~ Man.agc.r Wadr Sheriff, 'f.,
second hom
Ith , j" .d1lJwn with I..on l "l6 ml'mhr,<; whn frt'ri .... fci
.crvic.e pi n~ at Ihe l'thrc.h mUl ins-. From Id l to
righl;'lft William l. Tefl~ll, III , 35 )lears) 8101hf'.r
She riff, Anth ony W. Lombardi, 3S y ll'.lTS) Al1hur
M. MtKnc:w, Jr. , 35 yurs, Daniel J. Mc:Quaid, )5
y~.rs, Harry J. Noyes, Jr. , ] 5 }'Ht51 and Joseph F.
w for yoo r lutu rc and the future of loca l 4 1/ and if
Z Wood, 40 YUr5.
...,
::::J
Brother's Life Saved ;
-'
«
z fo rce ..... ork ers to undergo l i ~ dctector tests and
a: Radiothon Huge Success
5..., l.U. 16 {ietcil. WASlllNGTON, D.C.-On Moate.h
II, II} 5. Brothel GeQrge Moms wu tytng ID oan
del;'ncal pand on '" lemodehnJl: lob III littoo
Bioneuca III Rockville, Maryland. Ihother Morns
did not know Ihat someone. had back· led the panel
whh 277 volt!, and be recdved an cleculul shock
22 10 bUlh bBnds an~ was knocked unc(,,",clou&. MIke
Murphy. on H. 1 tr3Inl!~, was working ncar Brother
Morns He- wen! t(l hts !lId, rc:moved him from tbe
hvll' curreRI and appheu CPR 10 reStore hiS brealh ·
IRg. He then ulled f~1I Ihe rcscue squad. The docttu
and panmcdl\,;1t fcd 111",1 MI~c MUJVhy ' !> ql.lU:,I..
response sa ...ed BrothCI Moms' life .
Mike Murphy nas been worklOg Oll! of our local
kif seven mOn1h" H e I!I !l1I1I on plObation for
memhersh lp In Lou! 26 MIk e ..... as In t he Artny
for fou r· and a·haif years, nnd Ihat is ""here:: he
reec h'cd ht~ CPH. lultling His fa th e r, Fl oyd Mur-
phy, is a Iliumey m an. Wlfcmall, and hiS bHlthc r
DenniS IS :1.11 3pprenllce electrician . Mike IS mar
ned and has three children Doth he and GeorgI!
Morri,. wlI're working fOl Dyn~Jl!'clric . Local 26 is
"cry £ollunale to bllve such a.n outS landing young
mlln 10 Ihrn emr!o),. The EKccullve Boald passed
a mOllon on March 27 10 recommend tbat thc
Imernoatlonal award Mike Murpby a Lift: Saving
Award.
w.:~126 would like coconAu lulate the follOWing
Blathers who received lhell service pms 3t QUf
March 8 mectlng: Wllliain L. Te lfctt, 111-35-yca r
pin} Anth ony W. Lomb:ndi-35 yea rs, Arthur M.
McK new. Ir -35 YCo.fS l Daniel J. McQua id-J5
years; H a Iry I. Noyes, 11 .-35 yl!nrs; and Joscph F
Wood-40 yeBrs .
The l.eu kcmi:a RadlOlhon 'Was a huge success/
and ..... e ulSed ovel SJ,800on behalf of t he dectrlcal
mdustry . Our thanks 10 Ihc following for their
KC:nerouS domltlol1:. 8Iumcmthal·K.abn Electflc,
Bume::tI Jense.n Corponlllon, Coasul Electric ,
Baloer·Colman Rul, Control &. lntcrlocking lo c.,
Eiel..t Ji'::'lll MIHlllen\J1l e a ConHruCtlOn, McGlynn
Eh:e.l riC:, SubSiallCm reM CcJmpony. Total ElecHic
SlI'tvice, Prcston Walker Elc!.ctnc, Patnck SIgns,
Satfillo &. Rhoades, McChes ney, Pync &. DUllcan,
Dominion Elcctn c.:l l Sllpp ly.lBEX 50Cl31 09;. Welf:ut
Fund, Retired Mcmbels lu b of Local 26 and the
Mctropolitan W~ $hington Council Our th~mks
also to all of you who partiCipated in any way to
hc.Jp make. I~HS worthy cause: I suc:cess.
Since our lasl al1lcll! rt.' lned Brothers Herbert C
Stogner, Sr., .:lind Ch~rlf."s M Smith h3\'e passed
away. Qur thoughts and players .are with thell
loved o ncs
Three of Qur Brothers have rClUed smee OUT last
arude-Leonard E Eckc lI , Charles A. Deck and
Gordan R. BOllder OUI besl Wishes for :I happy
and hea lth y retirem ent .
WADn H. S IU'.RII I'. IR. B.M
Coors Continues
Antiunion Stance
LU. 34 li,c.m,n.s,!lpdl.catv), PEO RiA , ILL-ThiS
mOntn I would IIkc to reprint ponions of an luncJe
Ihal appeared In Ihe Febru.uy 7 labor p;!pc r
"Bo),e.o lled bet r sold 10 IIhnols ..• COOlS beers,
the subject of a nail on wide union boycott Since
1977. IS attemptlOg to ptay PeoTL3 and m ost of
illinois after being. . nt rooueed In the ~ ute IdSt
week.
"Th e Adolph Coors Company of GCl lde n, Colo·
radQ, whIch brews Coon, Coors Light, He rm an
l o~cph 1886, .:m d Cui den lagcr beers;, lind Klllums
Irish Red Ale, h.1S been denounc.ed by orgamzed
labor, mmoruy grours, 'Women 's organi:.atlons,
cnvtronmcntahns. and rellpous ,aDd student groups
concerncd about freedom <lod Justice.
"The five ~ers JnJ ales brt!:Vo't:d by the firm a re
00 the AFL.· OO Execullve CouncIl's nanonal 'Don' t
Buy Llsl.'
"The trouble 011 Coors dates back {O Apnl 5,
1977, when about 1,500 membc.rs of AFL,CIO
Brewcry Workers LCfCIlI 366 struc k the brcwery
aher manaJ:;t.'mcltt tIllitsrcd on regress ive cba.nges
Ibat would navt,.' un (ll.: numed scn.orilY righn, reo
duced shIft pay and given superviso rs the righl to
body sC;lrchu al :m y time.
.. 'Coo rs has (llaeed a puce ug on human nghtS
and IllS up 10 the labor movemenl ta ensurc there
IS no profi t in denyjn& Coors' workers thell hum .. n
nghts,' AFL·CIO Pre~hknt eeorge Meany said 10
1978. . ofAce-rs. Thcy're always looking fm a few good
" Earli er, Mc.an), wlIlm:d tha t Joseph Coors Is nm
JUSt trying to break the Brewery Worker Lrn;1I1 bUI
Sllld , ' He Is trylllg to uC~II"Y Ille h.uJc m o vement
an that IIrea lie: 15 Hymg to l ake aw.ay thc consu ·
tUllon.a1 nghu of a.1I workers.'
" Mcany asked that labor (onunue: to bo),cott
Coors 'ullul Coors underliunds thai "'nu:ru;an:i
....· 111 lIut buy the products 01 .:l eumpany Ihal
vlIJlau:s human nghts.'
"The 'Hnke lIIg:rlnst Coors la'iled I R munths until
8n.:wcry Workers Union 3M WI" litloX lll na:J ," lin
ci ectlon III whi ch st nkmg Uluon m(mb.: r:; wcre
not IIlluwl;d to C;lst thCIr ballot .
"Accordlll,f: to Rohe n S Co(mey, exeCUlive edl'
tor of Press Assoc, Inc .• II Wll..,luIlKIOII. 0 C.,
(U~lInrZlltion thai rcports 00 Ih e aCIlVllles of labor,
COOl S remain" 10 hot waler with many g.oups
'Joseph Coors IS vlole.ntl), antIUnIOn,' said Coone),
'He broke thle Brcwery WUlkt:l~ UllIllII!o ilt tb~
planl '
"lnle AFL· CIO r(:PQrts Ih at Coors has broken 19
unions establi shed by Coors employees a ve. the
past 20 years.
"OuTIng tht: Umted Fa rm Workers sinkC'. W11·
1I:1n1 K Coors, semOi mem ber of Ihe brewery
fjHn dY j boasted that he would buy scab gr.l pes a nd
~IVC Iht,;.Ul liWoIIY to fr iend!.. The 5.tme membt: r of
the Coors f.. mlly actively lougln JglUnJit thl: pas·
sagl: ot thl: Civil RIghts Act.
"Peter lockisb. presideD t of R. I Distrlbullng
Comr.tny In rcona. lase week begin co distribute
draught beer to Peona. Tazewell . Marshall and
Woodford Counties. He. sild can and bottled Coors
Will bt' available In thll' arca In hue March O f elli rly
Apfli "
Unlll ncxt month. be umon, buy union and
attend you r local union mee ll n~1
GRlC HAA I'. P.S.
Negotiations, Picnic,
Outing Are Topics
L. U. 4 1 (i,u,lm&spa), BU FF ..... LO, N. Y.- Hopefully
.lIS you rc:ad thiS lhc In.S lde Wtrc:men' i Agreement
Will be settled and all tbe tmporunt dectsions
conclI'rmng the fut u re of the union clectrlcal In'
duStr)' addressed. DeCisions arc dlfflcull to make
:IS a genc:r.ai ru le for most peopl!!, but Local 4 1's
members have sho ..... n lime and again thc lr wllI-
Injlncil to meet problema he::1d on and not jus t
:iUrVl"'C but prospc l .
Th iS summe r we'lI all be bus)' with some social
event' Inat shQuld give us (In oppo rt unity to come
logcrhl!1 m the splTllof brOl he:rhl)()(l EvtryoRl.· I"
anxlOusI), awaumg the greal unvellmg 01 "Case.y"
Fegcf lind ou r wOIld ·be.tlng:wftbali telm Remem-
be •. tiS 01,1 1 tc-am SO~ f S to greater andg,caler heIghts,
we can .11 ~ a part by chccnng them on to v!rrflry
after VIctOry RIght, Tom~
Thursda}', lune 20, we'll be havHlg ou r Local 41
NIght lit Ihe Races) tlckets alC available at the
nffkr. the' (";rrdll I lnlOn and frnm varmu!! Clffke: rs.
We shou ld suppo rt thiS aCllv lty, nOt on ly because.
It 'S a. good nighl, but because Uu£inl o R:l ccway
eroploys ou r members.
The Mcmbcn·O nly Outlng iI· sehedu led (or Slit·
urdll)', August 17, at cbe Lamn Post In the past
four yeats, we've not only hud Ii greal time but
gre.::.t weather t (J go along wllh the day . Tu:klelS
~' III he- <lV;:lIhbl r <II thr offir:r. Ihr rU'clll Unlnn,
and (rom your office.rs and su:wards It' s always
great to get together, and Ihc penSII.)Reel S look
forward I II that day so Ihey cao remllltsce .bout
days gooe b), . They aha h,l\'c • lot of good ideas
you don't belie ... c me, ask them
O ur Fa mil y O ut ing a t D:men Llike is slotted for
tbe urnc weekend in Septe::mber unc:le Joe
O'Connor could usc some help, and If you'vc got
IIny Ide;u t o belp m.lke: thl~ YClir' s OUllng c:ven II
gte.ller sucCess, eall tb~ office so we can (lass )'ou r
tdtil dlong 10 ID~.
For :lny of you ..... ho ale bowlers. call the olfi~
:rnd we 'll put you to touch with the: lugue's
bowlers, not greal, good 1£ ,uSI fiDe
ROBERT p K", S'Zv~o""'''IU ) 1>.$.
Negotiations Upcoming ;
Work Picture Better
LU. 42 (em.o,clI'¥,flb &;OVI). H A RTFORD.
CO L N.- pnn" has amvcd m New England and
With it II &ood work picture for the lIIlmedi:ne
fUlwe We have scver.1 ,ub, In the bidding process
as of Llus wntlng There alC some dl"tnbull0n lobs
out for bid an western MaSJachu5Cu and Con-
nccueu, along with sumc H;ln,ml I n work cur-
rendy In proglC~s
There ate ~ number of tfilll'iC and hlghwlY light·
tnt lobs bClnK bld and in proglcs We. lnc cunently
bctng plagued by nonumon and Kenert! contractors
biddIng the !'lIevadan.!: rate: ,obs. The Iq~lslature is
(u neatly considering Inc:re:ulIlg Ihe prt:vatlmg r,IIC
minimums fur ,uate Jobs. Thu will serve: to make
it more Jlfnc:uit for us 10 keep any kmd of a handle
on the sm.Jll lobs The nonullI on group IS getting
bluer and these bills In Ihe: unte Icgl sl atuu." arc
gQmg. tu hd" t!l\:1n We c.e rt'.lm ty hll .. e OUt wotk
cut Ollt fur us III th e fUlu re.
We J.rc prepa ll ng ttl St:lrll1ego ll l1ll1,Jn!i lit Wa t er-
town for au. d isp:lIc ll group Vctntont ETV We lite
!lIsa 5t:lun,IC up forconnruclton ncgotil:ltlons through
tbe summer It 1.}Ok, like Illlng, Wilt continue to
be busy right tbrough St'(lIcmht=t wnhuul any lei
ur
It aPrt."al Ibat a ,haTe of our c.on!itnlCli.on wOlk
hill returned, and the economy hu loo,e.ned up
lUst ~ lutle I ;lItl hoplDg to cume up With $Ome
relatively decent .agreemenl5 thiS ),ea l
Ik AmenClIl. buy Amellc.an The Ii>b you save
may ~ yuur ow.,
IAMt..!. O. FIl ..... ut. p ,S
Graduates
Gu d uatiDca pprc-n t ice Roben Delucia ,«tivts h is
ctn i6G1 lt from l ATe memben Ernie .Kuhn of
Kalin fJ«h,C aud John lhulli vI Lu~a 1 43, Syra-
cuse, N.Y. The &rad ua lion dinDI."r and ce rrmonia
we re beld clUlier tbia: ,car.
Gradua tin g appr(:ot lt-e Kc hb Prignon I ccepl5 h is
ce rli fica t e fro m l ATe f11embe r8 Ernie Kuhn lind
John Raull i.
Officers Working To
Secure New Jobs
LU. 43 ti,rlsl!leml. SYRACUSE, N. Y._ ln Aplll our
loc.l observed a moment of 511ent~ for retired
Brother Ralph Wals h who paued aw.. y on Marc h
25, 1985 BlOthrr W al~h was born on October 21.
1915, and was Inlllo1fr:d mto Ihe IHEW on May 12,
19~ _ Amons the con trac ton RJllph worked for
dunng hiS ca reer wl lh Loul4J W l!U." Bee: Eltetnc,
R.andall ElectriC and K.ay ·R EIt:clrIc. QUI local
WI hes to extend i1l SlOeere symp.tthy to Brother
Walsh's Wife, P.nn el .... nd chell famIly
On .a h.apPlc r l10tt SrOlher Tony RJgbl aDd h iS
w1ft, Cheryl .• dded II baby ,irl, Toni Beth, to their
family . T oni Beth WI ' born on Marc h 11 and
weighed 5 po unds, 4 ounecs OUf locill Wishes for
Tony lind hi. fAmll, all th e belli In the fUlure: .
At the Apnl meetmg 8u inC'S!! ManAger Dan
Bov.a reported Ihllt c:nlllnU; 1 nCKOlllllions we re plO-
ecnhnSI and by the time thu .a rticle 15 pllnted. we
shou ld be wurkang under a ncw agreement_ Wo rk
In our :lrc:a t.untlnuc:~ 10 be slow at Ihu; time . Most
of OUl pr oblem" on I llm Ju re everyone knows.
cenler around Ihc oonunlon clemcnt III our arC'a
BU!"me$S l'<honoiKu B4JV:I amllhe office" of ou r loca!
areworkln~ hud In an attcmpi lo turn Ihe'lt\1auon
around '111<' ('!whlcrn dtd not OCcur overmght, and
It ccru mly Will nm be ~l lved overnight . I can
3ssure yuu, hn"'eh:1 Iholt (lur loca l I' nut sutlng
still w;Ilchlflg t he w",k CVoll'tllolle, We art." aggres-
sIVel y gOing alter new .... urk .lnd hopc our effurts
Will produce lob .. 1m HUt ltourm:ymcn
On M ;(rch .\0. IV>! ';, lIut L Il-UII Unum hosted 11 5
second Annual .et ,T08l:1hcr OIl Arneflcan Lq:lOl1
Va llc)· Pos t 111M! Credit UnIon rn:slIlclH and
Brothe r nlll J.l.Y.111 J::lVC 11 IHlef hl .. ,nry un c redit
un lonll Jnd th~ phdll!lHllhy of our Cu:dll Unwil
The Incssagc was, and I!I, 111.1 1 crc iJll Uni Ons eX ls I
solely for Ihe bcnl.'th uf then' members, ilnd anyone
who has hau occaSIO n III uC1I1 wnh our Credit
Union knows Ihe a t ... ur,)cy IIf Ihlll mes ..uge . Ours
IS one of the finest credit UnltlllS a roun d-finest
because of the dcdlClllinn of IU oificers who h.we
un.§dfishly cunlllbu led cuuntle" hour towltd
tlus goal. We ar..: .. lIlt,1coldy miJebleJ to these:: men
for th(:1l sacnflccs. The parey IIself waS, II usual,
II great sueces" The food WIJ outSt.:mdID& .lnd 1I
r;DOd lime wa~ h.aJ by nil Srccla l Ihllnks 10 the
commIttee, which cun !Sted uf Brothl."!S PCII."
OhvLJ and 11m Rpc of Loal .sJ and Bob Lyon of
SIC'JlmfillC'fS loul KIM
Buy ulllon. huy ArnerlC,:an
S"M S"U{". A'•...,. 5 M
Local Implements A
Market Recovery Program
LoU. 46 1I,t.m, ft b,rult.spal, SEATTLE, WAS II .-
Crl."etil1gs from LtlCal 46 The Wireman's Unit tn
local 46 hlls hl."cn sl rugg l ll1~ lIuuu"h him! limes
thcse last few )'C::lU . We h3VC scen mnlor shifts III
Ihe markeptace, numely, the Intrusion o f rlonumon
COntractlHS lOti) ,h ... cU lllmer clll1 lind m dustrJi11
construction market . In ..n a tl empt to regain a part
of the market. thc busmes offlce pUt:l m otion on
th e:lloor to Implemt=nt .. Mlrkel Reco\'ery Program
that would ulilize PIOlect Lllnlll:'d Agreements
The mem~rs werc concerned th.ll prolect conccs-
sions w ould set II flreceiJent for lower w.:t.gca_ Tht:
mOl 100 failed by Sill v",e~ In li S wake the members
agreed uron Ihe necd IU ;lppt.. nt II ~Ieefln.l; CUm-
mIttee.
The Slet'nn,; And Mllrkt't Reco very Comm11lcc
mel weekly fur 11 weeks The tormal w~~ (Ipcn lO
all members , anyone could sH an and VOice Ihe.lf
COOCerD5 and suggesllon .. After tho roughly dts'
CUSSing, our guals ilJld .e <;pol1~lbl l l t le s. t he problems
In .:t.ChlCVltlll them :lnJ all the pOSSible 5(l lul lIlns,
they Invltcd COOlrllClOn 10 loin them and express
thCII concern .. Thcn II Wll$ tlmc to m eet wllh thc
bUSiness 1l1:lIlolgcr, lu!! Wileman l eprc SCnt a uves,
the preSident of tile loelll and the Executive 8o;Jrd
member, A(ler.nn ClI:tCI1<1IVC' dlScuslilon, JI became
apparent Ihlll i he Wl(c man '~ Uilit ncells to utlh zc
Proj cct Limi ted Agrcemcnu 111 Ihelr IIttcmplS 10
rcga irl the commerCllll IIml indus lrlal lobs they
have been Iuslng II) nOnUllltln ~ht)ps
ThlOughnut the II meetmgs the ~ lecnng Com-
mittee reJitz.cd thai thclI piopouis would hendi!
a ll thc unUlI o f our local Through cdue.a tl on and
undcrslandmg thc member .. hlp can Icam 10 aVQld
such laue In thc futu. l.", With the Impl ementallon
of an ,ctlve lind focused .:t.dycrusmg prozr3.m, we:
can educale thc "('Ieculcal cun)umC'r" .boUI ,he
v.:t.lue of skilled, QuaillY craftsmen and Ih c products
they produce
Th ... Iuca l mourns the (1Jllvwllll\ mc;mbcrs wh o
reecmly passed awny : Cad lso m , Inillated N o vem·
ber 10, 1943, d le.d March II , HISS, OQuglas H.
Lowe. mitlaled fc:bru:H), 28, 19.16. dl cd February
23, 1985, Evcrt L. lllllkln, lniullted December 2.2,
1941, died M.uw 10, 198'1 Ralph 0 Shaw. mlll -
au:d Octobu 13, 194J, dIed r cbru.:t.ry 27, 198';j and
Ron:lld O . Sibley. Initiated May S. 1974, died March
II , 1985
DI"""L IIlIIUIlIIlT, " S
Joint Association Meeting
Scheduled in July
LU. 48 (1&'1151, PO RTLAND, ORE.- AJ I Wllte
thHi article III 11lId· Aplil. I can report that Local 48
has .:t.boul 4<;0 members un Ihc OUt of w(Uk It .. t
We expect a number of moiJtr:llc - ~I:C lublt and
perhap s somc skids wo rk to rcd\lcl: IhlS number
du n rtg lht spnn~ andsummel H\'W ~"C f , t am sUti!
thete Will still be " numh ~ 1 IJf tlUI me m be r.. ItIlV-
d.mg thcn.
A few H'm inde rs to our lrllvclmg BrOtheu ~ Au·
gust IS the month to relUm to the- hall fo r yml r
yc~rI, re-Sign . The s late of Oregon cu rr ently has
.a ye.r1y conunutng educatIOn rcqUI(cmt:n t for ft:-
newal uf 3. lou rneyman'! license Metro Elcctncal
Ttammg Tru..t \ .. !!.chcdu lmK CI"tu hum $:iIlurJay
ilissc:s th.n lulflU IhlS rC\lultt,:ment COntilt:l Dan
Faddl Of Ken Fry at (SOli 2/17-0756 fo r more.
dctaJls I1lhere I! enj}u~h ,"letUI. they m.ay sehed·
ule: OOlt c.1.15ses In Augu!>1 10 acc;IImm,tdlitc ttaV-
cling Brothers La t but nut IU'i1 a rcmmiJcr .aboUI
Loc.. 1 48 's recorded ttkrhone mt5.!l.J~e D I.I 284--
4848 to hC.lI1 about 1111 thc u(lCofnln!: rlews. the
tepon IS updat~d dally
A loint Orc:gon -W.I.shlng,ton A~S<X.I .. th)O of [.Icc-
IrIclll Work er meetmg IS ~chcduled for luly 26-
27 at th~ Red li on ~he r .,.ton 111 Ponland Then;:
Will be a larl;c mecllnll; un ,\.1Iun.lIlY al wh lc b our
Interrlauona! Vice Preuden t will iJll'Ieu~!i 1.0. IS-
~ucs, and common ,g031s and problem! among
NOIthwcst loealt;. Contact the hall fO f mor~' Infu
If you arc \l\t\!lcslcd \1\ \\\tcl"lomy"
One of th e m.w)' differences between th e union
CODstruc tiUn Imlu5 11 ), li nd Ih l." llunUnllln li l."~mcnl
15 tbe su ppurt we .l:1\'C III ... h.anIY or~Jn.lZallons .
Local 48 dcclnct3nS voluntecred th e.l r labor lind
Olson E1ectflc rf(lVl ded Ih e malenal and tools to
rewlJc an oldel , IWu''ilury hou"ie tn Vancouvcl ,
Washi ngton Tht: faCility I known II~ Sh.ut: Huust:.
and Il W\U pro1nde mut.h ·nct.lh:u u:.nlpouf)I hous-
109 for Il3n'iu.·nt5 Cene fletcber. II Wllshlnltton
St;(le. dcctnt.11 tnspenm and mcmhc:. of local 48,
spe.arhcaded the lob lourneymen Cuy Fouytcr,
Ken Halfleld. Dick !-I ansen, .:t.nd rcslde.nual ap
pre.ntlces Mike Flelt.hcl and Illn Su,le'i'ile CUll lll b
uled .. S:llurd.ll)' of thell own lime 10 hel" wllh the
pr Oleet Tbank! fo r your efforts
l UI LITTMAN PS
Unionism 's Ideals
Need Renewal
LU. 5 1 lo, u,t, lu t'& rlh ). SPR 1N ,FII:.L['>, ILL.- A!:>
one looks over thl: vafiouslabor IIgrecments whIch
go¥cm thl! WQ1\t\,," I.:OI11.11\IOns. WOJ1,C$ "nil benef\n
of Ollr locaJ unlun mcmber'ltllf'l, Ulle 111Is t o .1 ppre·
nuc the Joc.:t.J union DUI! to deJ lc!ltlOn, acriBce
and hard wo rk over the )le~J$, tllese Jabor agree-
ments have provnled an avenue enab lin g the mem-
bership t o pru~pc:r, nchlcvc f'in~na:I.a1 SIOl bl la ty and
good fonune. Many, If nOI a malomy, of today' s
wOl klng Blolher .. anJ ISlers h.we had thu legacy
handed to them on a .'\Vl."' plaucr, W \0 s~ak.. w
Many of our union Brothers .lind Sister did not
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experience the C reat DepreSSion, the lough, .nu-
,::>
umon organazml; I1ghls and lunX sin kes. nor havc
they WInked ..... lth,n the lB EW where there we.rt
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no pensions. SlC~ IC.lIve, medlc:!1 tkne8u, V3C3uon II:
lind senIority. 10 mention a few beneftn ::>
With spllrsdy Ailed union halls un mcetln&
o,
mghts, ,h ... a pathy of today's mtmbtlslup I$t=vldenl
and fnghtcIl1n8 M;lny hue become compl:lcc:nt
with the good life. To so me U's their local union's
bult t hat their lut wilge Increase wllsn't cnough
for the m or that their lUI &rh:vancc Will! without 23
 Crews
PiclUred is Iht' L. E. Myers rrew QR 1l8-KV line
in O~ub)'.1Uinoi s. tAft '0 right are BrOlht l5 Hub
£riduOD. Bub C hriM a, Rod IOhMtln. lin, Carlock
lnd Dan Mlhnke.
The Ulinol. rowu CompillQJ' ForcSIIl' Crew i
s ho wn be rr ; lell 10 tiShl, Broth,.,)' fred Buc k and
,im BOt-hrr. lPhmo5 hom \..onl 5 1. ~pnn~Rt'ld.
JIl l
mcrlt At • company tunctlon somt' so -called
B'Othc , ~ and Sis ters can'l wall 10 run down thelt
loe.1I III anothel Ul:uon memht"r 10 anyone who w,1!
llstcn When the It local asks fo r help o. sel!! a
cou rse of dlTC:ction to follow, some tu rn II dca l ca r,
I have een sifUatlOn5 whe re Ihc mcmbl',.. h,p llas
llad the uppullulluy 10 show a company unity li nd
the true: mca ning of unionism and brl)thcrhC1od.
only to Rnd out that :II piu ocu lar member'! wo rt!
wu not h i S bond
We qUibble over [fIvlal matte rs ..... hl le malor
I ~uu p",as u.s by ThC" truth II ucms oill'Jltlmcs
vffuldi Ui. 1~",llt)' IS SOmtl~Hn& nun,. rrder noc
10 I.ee M.ny rrder the o~llneh nratesy- to hide
their hrad!!. IR ,he: sand aDd hope: the: b~d Will
dlSappur by Itsdf lust mOlYbc Mr RC~.Kan anti hI!!
pohclCI WIH do fomctbing ponu,,'C tor Ihr: union
worklDIU'COplc Hist ory hu provcn th" we all set
a lullr tougher and ale: Willing 10 do mO il: when
OU r bdhu ale t:mpt-y and we hurt In Ihe: pockct
Don ' t SCI me wrnng. J don 't want 10 _Ive all dlC
c redit to Mr Rcagan for the union man and wom·
an', plight foday "h erc are good lind hrld, llI O labor
and anllunlO l1 n both SIdes of the Ilisle, Demo ·
c ratlc and Re:rubllcan alike If we lIrt" to survive
In tlu: wOlkr lacc, It Will be up 10 LIS 10 turn Inc
program around We must all Ston dOing (lur pan
and praeuc-lns tnc philOSOphy and Ideals of umon
ISm ill home and In Ihe workp12ce Attend your
local unlCm n'lt'etmgs 1111s IS whe:rc It all beSlO'II
or II Will bt thC" cnd Tbe legacy wt': ""'111 leavt': 10
cho e who lollow us is up to each of us , Sec:: )IOU
.11 .I t the nut uClon meeting'
DaM R1"'AIL\ PS
Apprentice
w ExeellO Y!: 80llr\.l to Icplace JIm Valen ti ne and 611
Z hiS unexpired term Brulhe r Wa lle rs IS a loumey
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~ quaJlfit':d tn 5C l vt': :15 the hxal'~ prt'sldenl
~ PlctLlrt.d Ir.ft to rith l aff. Rroth~r Pal rld, O 'Do ... d.
ouutlodlns .pprentict, iLDd Loul60,San Anlon io,
24 Tn ., BUIIolnrs5 M ana gc::r Roberl C. Moczne:rnb •.
Annual Picnic to Be Officers
Held on August 24
LU.6O (iI, SAN ANTOSIO, TEX . Thu. \It':3 r luc:ll
60 was pnvlhged til hll',t the S131t: Appn:nlltc::
ConteSt This ycar the; outstanding ... p~.enllcC" was
Brothe r Patnck O 'Ol)wd Ahhuu!:h he did nOt come:
OUt on tOp, he shoulrlll'ri Vt'ry ptnud. 1 know the:
rest of us IrC . Con):ratu lauulI'>, p.IIrrlckl
The loc.a l's AnnUlll ll'lt.lIll: Will be hdd at Com·
m.:rne:he Park on AUAu~1 2.1 More deuils 3 S they
become al'lIaiahle
Aftt' r numerou., dd.1Y~ . Ihe fi esta Plaza Mall!!>
opcn fo r bUSiness Till'> umque ,s tructure IIlciu des In Ihis pielure Brother lim Vale.nti ne ha nd.!> t h ~
1II 51011;(: ,uca In Ihe cl!nt~r 01 the mall fo r numerous gavt!1 10 ne.wly t': 1t':clll!d Prll!side:nl Lou Wahll!t, ~~I
kinds ot producuon numbers, c::tc ConKralulauoDS 77 ,Sealde, Wa, b., who will nu Brolber V.'eDUDt ,
to Brother Ron Lee and cr~ w for. lob well d~nt': unuphed tum of olBcc . Brotbtr Dick Becker, whu
If you w(luld like to sC"e a great e:J.ample of h. bee n elt':t::ted LO 611 the uneKpi red term o' vice
b. otherhood OIlIend Iht local IlnlOO PICniC pnsidll!nc Ic:ll open by Lou Waltt'r , look.. on .
rOM""" DA\'IS P S
Work Scene Improves
Slowly but Surely
L. U. 68 til, DENVEH , COl..O .-·1he empluyment
scenc has betn Impruvlng a l lin e\ler·so·slow pact,
bu t a t lellSt It Is moving In Iht': ligh t di rection
Over llie 1"':loL 18 IllUlIlhs, Ollr loul k.u ,sClnC' fr om
m ore than 500 c leCtrlCIIUlS on th~ Ou t of work list
to apP.Olumatcly 240 pre!ll.'ntiy occup)"lOg Book l.
QUick (0 take aJ\lOInt,lge of chI.' sllUation, tht BIOI her lim Vale:nlinC", oihown hue:. re''Ii,nt':d as
IOCii ECA body hl1~ pcoposed ;I oe:w P;lY CUt Ib)1
ru c~idl!nl of Local 77 dUll! 10 ill ht .lhh .
could pUi us It llPJHOI(!mately 60 pe.cent of OUI
hourly KOlle of two ye .. rs ago Along with lb.1 they
offer a shdlO, wl&,e K.i.lle upw.ud of $2 .00.
n lind ba" been a mC"mbt":r of cht' Ioc;.al'.!. Execull"t
BaarJ fo r chc pOl 1 four yeus. Dick I J journeyman
There l!i some work f'nmml up ;trnund Ihe cnrner
IInemilin employed by the W.sblngton Wttcr Powe r
to offer I bit of .good news Un fortunately, tht':rC' IS
ompany .nd hves In Cllll l" ston, W:t')hln8tOn I
not enout,h 0 1 II big ~nou&h 10 prOV ide any rt'a l
kno ..... both Lou 1lI0d Dick Will do .. good ,ob In
Salv,Hlon to 01.1 1 SIIUatlOrL BudweisC"T ha~ broken
Ihclr new offices, and t as k tha t all mcmbtutxlcnd
50me ground In the nonhern 1I1e3 of our lurisdic·
lh~ lupport th ey oeed to fu l611 the dUties of thell
li on, but pn),.;rc:ss 011 b\.llldln8 th e bre wC'ry hu
r ~.a lly be~n dragglllJ.:
office
AnlHhel successfu l unit ,"onfcrenc:e wa s hc:ld
New B\lS\ne.~:Io Ma n:\!I.~ 1 P.l1 R~I II 'j ha.s appom ttd
Mar di 3D, 1985, at the EKecutlvc Inn III Scuttle
Drolher Pat PJnian :U :,I n :lulslant and d is pa tch er.
Roll r.;\ 11 h'Hilr.a tl"d , here we.re qUite :I lew new
The new I~ader,sh lp 15 looking It some ne ..... ide..
delegate to the confe rence, wbl ch added to the
that may not only hC'lp out ouc 'of-work 6rOlhe:rs
tonc of the mccllng.
OIlJd S,sters cope with Ihell on:lt.31. hut a lso faclh
Longllme member and one: of Our srw:akc rs on
tate their sec:iong employml,:nt The Bmes ha\le
sa.(~IY was fred Klt(m~t:.r, who !sthe chief cill!Clncal
been tough on us, but hopefully we ba\lc l urned
utet)' In p«:tor for the WlI5btnglon Statt': Oepul
the: come:r and are on 01.11 way 10 bellel tlrnt':s
men t 01 ubor Indusmes S ince the IllS[ unit
RAMO VU.A pS merLmg 10 APIII, 1934, thc::.(t': hnt': bt":cn four fa ·
uhucs, and ftotd oomphmc::nted Local n me.mbets
wh o wOlked on the commit lee 10 reVI5C Charte.r
Walters Is New President; 44 01 the Wl$hLngcon Sla te Ele:cttlcal Safety COOC::
Unit Conference Held lason KIn~ dnecl o r of Coyernmcn l Relallons lit
Puget Po wer, spoke 00 Ihe chanJ;es now ~OIl1S:: On
L.U. n lu,u&'nHl, SllATTu!, WA SI I.- The bee.
In the utilities-conservati on and low· Income
utlve Aoard re lu ctll ntly accepted the .eslgnatlo n il l
we lHhe ring progra ms He :advl scd tha t LoeMI 77
Blocher Jim Va lenti ne u president of Local 77 . Jim should cOllll nUt tQ stay InvolYtd 111 the polluca l
s,erved Ollr loca l as ItS pres ldcllI for the raS I IWO arcnll
ye:us, and pnor 10 Ih :1I he wu our \l Ice rresldcnt.
M.lo. c Fu:t., '" JIlc:... hH of the AmerlC.ln Nuclea r
Ht. abo servtd for !lC"tu\ )'U T' as a mtmbel of Society, s bo wed films on nuciur power .aDd bow
lht' local uolon's Exe:cutlve Board.
c::ffecllvdy illS wo rlang In European counilles He
'1m has betn a mc::mber of Loc~d 77 fo r 6 YUrJ, felt It could work equ::llly a.i wdl 10 the Unltcd
and dUTlng tbat ume laVt vl1~('lfi hly o( hl$ lime 1:llft If nudur JHOJecli wete .3l1owed 10 be eom ·
and talents 10 further t hc purpose of tht IBEW and
pleted
01 Local 77 We all owe a lot 10 11m fo r the .....o rk
8111 Flack, I..oc:al 77 lobbYist , ~ave a report on
that ne has put fortb on ou r ~hlllll, and WI: Will
the bills affectmg thc cit':c lIIcalmdustry He t':m'
miss him as an ofAcer I[] our local
phaAlzed the Importance of the loca.I ', pollucal
On ~b.lf of :all the member of Lou i n, I "".Int
In\lolvemcnt-we muSt CicC I people: who are: gomg
10 ellll:od ou r bcst Wishes to Bro ther VllIlenttnt': .nd III prutect our lobs and (uture
hiS love ly Wile, lOIS, for mnny happy years of
rCllrc m er'l1 in the future
The evening ba.nquet prOVid ed Ih e delegates wllh
the opportunity 01 revieWing th e day 's business
Vice President Lou Walters was el ected by th e
8ml olh!: 1 relax.lng conYcISacion
CHARLES P Sl LVUN .... U 8.M.
m a n lineman employed by Seat tl c City Lig ht lind
bas beca a membc:r of the IBEW fUl l S YC.l1lII auJ 01
member of tocal 77 'mce April. 1985. Lou has
served as a busmes.s; rep re:sentallvt' on I..ocal 71',
Local Plans Participation
In Workshop. Special Olympics
sui( fOlI'WO'Jt~1$ and h.u, l-ened as Vlce prt':5uJmt l..U. 79 tal, S"' RAC\JSE, N .Y. In Ihe very nur
of thc local for the r:alt two yCl1rs . Lou bas bell!n
very aCU \'e tn .11 pha~ vi 01.1' local and IS well
fUlult. au . local union pl..1!11o on holdmg :tn m.
house Stew.ards Tr;lImns Wo rkshop. We Will aI ·
Brothe r Dl(:k Bc:c ke:r ..... ,u ill 0 e:lcclcd by the
tr-mrll 10 gell the WOlkshop 10 cht': role of the
$tew,m.l II) h iS day -to·day dc::.alln~s wl1h lht': peoplt
ExecLimc Boald a~ VIC\." prC51dcDt vi thc locl l and bc u:prC5cnu as. well as the comNlly me of the
Will serve the remamder of ll' Olhel Lou Waltcu' subJects we Intend to cover arc tbi:' dUlle, and
tcnn. Di ~ k Dec ker ul!!-o servcd on tbe staff of Local 1 C',pon.!llbjJ!tj~s of s lew..1rd~, the: !:thur lI,pL'cmcllt
 At the Jobsite
PiClU ltd ill , lac lillc !.:few un 1111: Ro u lle 57 project,
m~mbcu of Loca l 79, Syracuse, N,Y., Hill Ryall.
Trd AIII!I1.hau SCf and Dill Hth erli M.
Also shown ae Ih e Rmlte 57 JllOjc t'1 arr, lefl
righi, Ray Vallllce, prc.siden l Or 1.O(lIl 7"1,
RUlka, John Ozikuwsld and Lettn Capone.
Imcludmg docum ents under the IUr1~,hctloll uf Ihc
3~reC I1l CIll; I c:, sale l )' book. beneAu boo k, job
cllllssll1cauon 1113llual, ctc.l. O\IT nricvlIncc prl)(e '
dUle (ou lhmng the "how-to" as pectS 01 filing a
gnevant;,:l, how to p resent .. ca:o.c lind a bnef
t:xp illnotloll (If how arbll ratlOn works As chll.r
man, I'm std l In the process of Analizmg the
program and Will nOllf), stcw"rd~ by mild of the
Workshop details
Plans arc alsobclIl,l:, nudl: fu r tb e lucn l l(l aClIve ly
pM I iC1 r aic In the 1985 New Vtlrk Specht l OlympIcs
Summcr Game", to be Iwld 10 Sy rlleusc on lune I"
through 16. We a ll: J!> kmg ou r mcmbcrs and fam
ili(, 10 ge t Ulvulvl;i.I II I 11m. ","ullhwlule pruleet
For more IOfmmation plc.1Se conUC I Gencral
Clu lJman Genu Monteleo ne, Vice Ch.:a irmiln loe
Tumolo, TlCkcl'> Dan C(ltl~hl l ll, Dt)lllIll()ns-30b
Kn:nnc h , Vo lu nl~erb Ce nu MOIlU:l cIJIlC or Of A
cluls-Daye Mahoney
The AJlnual Go lf Tournament, IOln lly ~pfl ll ~u r cd
by Locals 79, IJ H" and 201M, h"d u:nl.lIlvcly been
~rhrdllll',II()f JUIlC, bu t due W :J ~cheduhng con fl ic t
Ihe Tourney w ill have HI he pustpllncd Lncal 79
Cha Hm-an Ke n McAnd rew I~ trylll~ to nu d down
anotber otnc, and he bopes to have dClllds snon
f're!>ul elll RIlY V{lILtlce has apPointed Brother
Richard Mlclucls as (lur ncw prc ~ .. sccrctary. I
would Itkc to congr;)!ula te Du. k as we welcume
him to 1115 flew pOS!. Lou k lng furwnrd to yOur
futll re ;)ItKles allli wl'.hmg you the best of luc k , t
sign off for flOW Wit h lim. n!lIllndt'r, "0 111 c;lU ~e IS
the ca li se uf human IU Sll ce,"
R'I'>l>lll J Klt.I.,I!'>!'" V I'
Members to Attend
Political Convention
L.U. 80 (I,o,rt s&.s pa), NOKtULK, VA. A f(!w o f
Local SO's rnemheH arc Jlcttlng Inv olved They
were elec t ed .1t> Jclega le:, or llhetlllllC S to th e
Virginia St :lte De mocr.IIIL Con venti un 10 be held
tn I\ Ichm6nd th<e n l ~ t lJiul vt rum:. i ll ey will
attempt to pick the hC!H pe rsoll to run on thc
DemoclJtlC tll:ke l 101 the ofOce nf ~uvcln or A
spectal tbanks is In oroer fur these Srol hers tor
t h clt ti me lind effon.
I don 't k l\uw whll they a le. but the re ;lI e sume
members of ou r unIOn who nul' nut be fulfllllllg
the nbltl;lIllon they look when they ,olllcd our
unlCJll ihes..: 8JOt h er~ II1l1kc: I hclU~ c1v cs ~tartc
around th e union h<llll and ll su ally pay t h t'li thles
annually. These m embe rs, because WOIk was s low
III Ihe a lca and beca\I'C .he)' cou ld nOI o r would
no t travel, decIJeti to br: Ihe ll own contractor. Thl"
Members
I)iclured arc membe rs of Loca l 80 , No rfo lk, Va.,
w h o wo rk un OCU D Elec tri c' s day sh ih a l Ih e Funl
Plan I. Kneeling. leh 10 righ t , Bi ll lI udscHI, RUII
Molt and Jimmy Webb ; I I} ' h l' far Idt, s ittinJ;, is
Fortman Mikf Je nningsl sl:IlIding, lert HI tigh t .
j\h'li ~ a Snultin, Slim Bradshaw , Gary Norma n , Greg
Teller, Nkhard I'rice, Bruce Lewis, newty Il u rllc r,
Or)'0111 l:.V3 I1 S, h1ike J UIII;'S. " Wh hic " lohonllt'tt and
Bill O riskrll. T h ~ htad belongs to Lart)· lus nt'.
tQ
PiC l ur f d aff SOmf of Ihe workers in th e n ight lihift
. t the Ford plantj left to .ight , Neil Melton. Ben-
jamin TYlcc, An Guy, Foreman Marv in T3um,
" Woody" Greg.o ry a n d Ca ry Ka Vl; hilk ,
is a ll weiland good forsomc of QUI best cuntfnctur,
gOt their start this way . The mcm bc rs l'm Wlitln.:
about n cvcr bo1hcrcd t o stgn.ln .IstrCC:I~leIH bel...lu :,e
they prubably though t th ey d idn't need onc. WronA!
SUInC III thesc mem bers dnve amund with more
matcrialm the back Ol lhelr HUlks t han Westtng-
house hOi .. Hock on their shelvu. I thtn k yu u
Brolh ers \hould come clea n, l urn over a ncw leal
and SI/o:Il thr: a~l cement. Yuu n eve. know whe n
your SISter's kid nl1ght 10m tht:: Almy, tlnd a good
Ivumcymao ur apprentiec could help Yl)U tllll n f n
IIKht Split Who knows, by glYlng your Brolh!:r a
lob It IlIIAhl keep him horn e w1\h h iS f:tmdy o r It
nllght iu st k ee l' hlln frorll dlilng what yuu're dotn~.
You cert:unly don't n ced any m ure compe lilion.
Huw can we expcct o ur bUSine ss nlJl1agc r 10 o r'
Willize Iht: unorga ni zed when be has to spend hiS
li me be lilA pfJitce man If we don't knu¥o' who you
:H~, you \10. If thc tool b e lt fi l S, wear II
Congra lul3ttons to Brothe l Mi ke ;1111.'( a lld hiS
Wi le, KUllherly, on tht: Milrch 10 bltth o f Ertn
Wesley
I\u sl rcad Ilro thcr RU:s.!>cll falley':' letl cr tn Ihe
editor of our local newspape r, J nd I :lArcc with h Im
whul eheartedly We mu~t buy American. I wondcr
If Ihe JJ.panl'sc hao bc~n tilt; VI CI UIS III Wurld War
II. would the J:l p.anc.!>e peuple toda y be scurry ing
IHound to buy.l chc<lp ford o r Chc:vy
Brothe lS and Slstc rs, I'm ~Irry I didn 't sce you
Jt the 1;1\ 1 Ullllm mee lln ~. I was there Wll erc we re
you l
R... vMJYIM~,lt S
We Must Not Allow The
Taxing of Our Benefits
L.U. 86 (i,rts, em&spal, ROCH EST ER, N . V. In an
cfftln It! In c. rCll~e (:IX revenues, our federal govern·
mtln l hu', propo',~d tnxlllg employee bcndits, '1uc h
as health. life and d isabI li ty an SU rJIKCS as well;)s-
l>ume 1)cII\1U1l As you know. the se benc fits arc
ccrtnm ly flot luxury ILeITIS but neces.Sitles t h.1 1 we
and our fami lies absolutely req uire, We. havl: wnrhd
hltrd lIml Ilmg 10 ~ain these bcnefits to now h aye
lh,,:m threatened and ddUled by legl'llllllO l1 thll t tS
directly a uned at t h e stfugglmg wmkln g men nnd
Wl1l11en of In" coumry. while potentia l tax doltus
arc looph oled fi'lr the weliithy and cu rpu ra tr: gian t s
wh o P3Y little Qr no tax do llars.
It 's tunc tha t a ll of our legu la lOt5 heat from uS
in the fo rm of IHOl e st lCllcrs or phone calls. We
as k that e very tax payer Wil le o r call the ir sena t ors
and rcprtsentatlves Immed tately 00 the above 15·
sue , and su ggest to them t h;lt they raISe Impa rl
tax on many o f the produclS ttl3t are des tr o ymg
Our empll)ymc. llt 1I11UIII1()n in this country and
res truc t ure th e !:IX burden to a f:llr s ha re for th e
em p loyee lind th e cmployc r, bo t h lalge a nd s mall
co rpUI3 t1 0 n s. 'l ilts IS a vcry cnt lca l issue With far·
rellchl n.: r anlilicll l1 on~ tha i tC llulrC u ur Im medla tc
allentlUn
Some very Inform;)tivc worJs 11 11 Ih lS ISSUC c an
b4: foun d Ifl Pre Iden! Pt lla rd 's co it uI\3 1 com m cnts
10 Ihe IIIt.W IOllrtw/ of April. 1985
Unit! Ill'X ! rIllJllth
R1 LilAIUJ W . MlrCHELL, P .S.
Journeywoman
Pictured i~ Prc.d dtnl lI ugh McGuire prcslenti ng
Lizclle Lussier with a plaque on beha H of Local
QO, Ncw IIl\'en, Conn., on becoming Ih e tirst
;o urn eywo l1utl in Ihe local's hi story, Bu siness
Manager Oiru E!>pul>ilu luuh Qn .
Members
Sh own Is Hrulhrr Sal D t Pino express ing his Opill o
1011 11 1 a rcccril Ullllin me cling liS COllct"rncd Brother
Plu l Peter SO Il l i ~ lcm :HICUl i vt"iy.
Dinner-Dance. Outing
Coming Up
L.U. 90 (I&'cm), NEW II AV EN, CONN.-Numer
uus Inlclespcr\u n '! rccclllly cunvc t~ ed un the sta lt
c apaa l in Il.lllfurd III prn te.)1 o f a propo!>ed btl l m
willeh t he pn::val ltng ·ralc Illbs wu uhl h.we a n Ill '
c l e.. ~ed COlltnct price. With thousan ds o f union
.."''"
c lllft~l'el '!llIh 1I1l 1ht' scene, our VII':""' pOln l was well
w
taken The htl l whldl was suppu,>ed In have been
Z
~'u t ed on th.lI ¢.lilY wou ld 11:Ivc U1t re:tSed the prc · ...,
:::l
v:lIltn~ rille bld dlnt: of contrac t! fr om 550,000 to
S500,000 un flew l:.onStruC li lin cun n:t cts Also pro
~,e d W ,15 to Incr~.ue the prcv.uhng rill e on ren
UVlIIlIIn JHuICI..l.,lrnm SIO.O()O tl) SO;O,OOO With th e
large amuunt uf unulO prtlle ~ l er'i ,":lkm~ Ih clr
rre ~e ll ce felt. l l ous~' Spcak,,: . R E. Vall No rs l ldnd
"n l l'r!illIll'" 11 multOIl to postpone the vo tm g unl11
;In VICW!! CUI1t;c..n IllK t hiS htl l cou ld be examll1cd
O n c week later It W3S ;l nnounccJ tha i the It! prc ·
sentntlves voted to ItI crcasc Irom $50,000 to
S200,DOO the amount III which the prev;lIlmg ra le 25
 would be enacted on new conslfuctlon ca ntraces
and hom S 10.000 to $0;0.000 on renuv.1l1un cun-
fuca As 01 ch is wnllnF.. 11 only nC'ed~ Uu! gnv er·
nor's signuure to bc-co Ole law hange5 In law ~
s uch as lh l !!o ,u~ t :uJJ to Ihe: lIuublc,omc: prublems
of orpOIud 12bor
Our congratulauon.!i to LIZCIII! LU$Slcron bt-com-
Ing the fhu ,ourneYWOrndn in local 90's his tory
Congratulations 10 MIke O'Shea who has bcen
added as the newest member of the Executive
Board
UpeomlOg tvents 85th Annlver aly lAd Scroll
Danner-Ollnee on June 8, Park PI:lz:l1O Nc:w H,yen,
membership Dunn, on Aususl 17 at Re~dand
farms, Nonb Branford
Be In\'olved, and attend uOion meC'ung<;
RO IllIlT Coltll.A1l0, P 5 wit h Ihe aid of mC'.mbers of Loca l 100, Fru nD, Ca l.
Local Represented At
AFL-CIO-COPE Banquet
LU_ 98 (I&.eml, PHI LAOELPIIIA , PA,- The 36th
Annu.11 AFL -OO-COP£ Banquet wa!! held on
Ma rch 1, 1985 , ae the Ph iladelphia Ctntte I-IOICI.
All the major labor o rganlziUlons In the: chy were
rC'plt'SC'nted, mcludm& Local 98 Our dclepuon
was headrd by 8u.!iLOeSS Manaller 11m Mackin 2nd
Prf!suieot Fred Compton Many prominent labor
and pollttcal "lures addruscd t he gathering dl.lrlnll:
the cvcmn&. The malO speaker of the IlAnquet was
United States Senator Jo:u.:ph Blden fl'
the statC' of
Delaware . Senator loseph Hlden, who IS onc of thC'
mo t dynamic speakC'1S In the Senate, IS an atten-
lion g.elte r and ha.5 been mC'ulioned In I":lny circles
as II possible prt:5ldenllnl ellodld:llC 10 1988. The
5C:.oator spoke of tht Ills ollhe Dcmocutlc:: Pauy,
how mimy of thelt members are .spht and DOl
unlled Oil m.any ISSUei and courses to take _ He
c::.ntlcl2cd the labor leaden lor wh'l tbey are not
domg and thl!o pUlse-d orgaRlzed boor for all the
g.2.10S It hu made to belp the Iil tl e guy In hiS
eHon s to obtain 5eCunty aod I ,afe wotkplace T he
scnllor went on to Slate I hllt it 1$ a crllne that wc
as labor people allow oursclves to be lumped In
With speclIllOH'rest group,.. " We II I C not lookmg
fo r favors for ouulclvc.,. but IhC' Ihlngs ..... e h.a .. c
aehleyed In the paSl, such as. Social S Cunty,
pensIOn . health and wtlfare ba\·e benefited all
worke.15 In the Unltcd lales "
I.oc.al Pre.5ldcDt Fred Complon rC'ceDt ly an -
nounced &.hat Inlemallonal President Clnrles PII-
l.ard has aJlpomted Local9S's Brothu Bill W\.mmek
to Code-MaJung Pand No.2 rcpresc:n llng the: THEW_
Brother Wu'anick ha' been II stalwan In the usc
and enforcemen t 01 the CodC' In Ihe Pluladd(llu a
arca He is cun cnlly on the Boa rd of Directors of
the IAEI (Jllu:rnlillonlll ASSOCiation o( Electrical
Inspeclonl and is the: tbud-yur lD~truetot lit Local
98 's Apprentice: Schoo l Bill b~ wtllked lor and
gOUC'R nthers to actlvdy pattlelp:llf- In makml
re~olutlOns to the National Electnc::..al Code th.u
Will make our I b as construction workers ufer.
We at Local 98 would lake 10 congruulate BIll on
Ius appoinlmen t and Wish blm good luck
As of t his wming, negotiltions fo r our contrlltt
.arc nearing a dClldline. Talk on t hc Job II thll t we
wi ll strike for the first t ime or tha t maybe there
will be a laSt-minule se ltl erncnt lIS the re was tWO
yeats ago.
Since PrC'Sldent Rugan decertified t he air tu.f8c
controllen, tht trend In the COUOlry IS to but-kle
the Unions, make them weak and mllkt them give
w Up what tbey worked 10 h.ard for . PhlladelphLa Is
z no excC'puon, With close to il billton I.n construc-
:::> UQn prOJect, on the booles and In Ihe plannm&
-,
Stages, our COO ll aC IO. S also want us 10 ' ft~rze Dr
glve back w.ge, .end be neAts [t seems that the
constant as kmg of la bur to give bock ls nil dfon
to do away with the middle clan. in socicty Jf
these s teps conanue- we will bt- b~ek 10 II nmC'
whcn there was no SocJaI Sccumy, peop le worked
SlZ or uven daYla week for SUiJlght time Ind there
wen: only tWO d:aues of people, Ihe rl eh ':lRd the.
workinr; cia»
26 H tNRY MUR.IlAY, 11\., P 5
Powerhouse
Piclured is Ih r Fti~nl Can ,1 Powerh ouse:.. It i.s one
of Ih,te powtrhou.§C-! allh e Friant Dam briar; bui lt
At Job Site
Shown in th t d ilehrs
.li e Burl ei&h Maplu,
lut, and ROD O' ''i.
rir;hl, ",olkin, II WH I'
land s Coll egC'.
Hotel Project Union ;
Fiber Optics Course Held
LU. 100 (i,o.em& n sl, fR ESNO, CAL_- I hope.1t
you membC'rs arl! en,oYlOg thiS beautIful wC'.2.ther.
It sure IS nlct
Welt, here's what'S bappening al Local 100_ As
of Apn l 9, we have 70 members on Book One
m:ll nly bcCJlusc Helms Creek, one of the Luge;
(Iowuhouse lobs in Our .1 r(:.1, I;ud off be. l wecn 40
and 50 men. Work in the shops has also slowed
down. The rC'mOOd work al thc Helms ere-col,
Powerhouse IS on scbedule and should have been
finished by the May 1 dC'adlme_ The FrI:ant Pow-
C'rhouse PrOlect should be ullmg 10 or morC' mC'n
in Ihe weC!k to come . It IS :also ncarmgcumpleuoo
to thC' nellt few months.
And now for the b.2.d news_ The Avual Prison
lob has bcen postponed until fall because Avenal-
.rea people Ilre makmg cou rt appea ls 10 stop the
Prison from being built . We were :all hoping the
PriSon would h:ave staned by this t ime.. We'll h:aye
to wai t and sec.
liC'le 15 some ne ws you will IIke_ in ,une a $9-
million hotel IS gomg to be bUilt nC'llr the Fre-sno
All TermmaL All c.~fts Will bc- unton. Guaraoteedl
On Marc::.h JO the- locaJ NECA ofHtc and the
lBEW Joinl App rennceshLp aod Tnunmg Commu -
tee: pur on II Aber optics class al Flesno ClI'l College
for all ,oumeyman wlfemen and union cont rae. ton.
T he Fiber O ptics Cou rse coycred theory of opera -
lion, Installallon of nbC' l -opuc cable, tes t mg and
connecting We bad a class of 29 guys. I IIl tended
the class th at day, and I know we all ica rned a lot
and we re enligh tened about (h I: usC' of dlls ne w
kmd of cable_ We Wish 10 express our tha.nks to
the S.2.nta Clara Coun ty IATC wbich graciously
provided the trUDIDg matcllal, and IOSlruelOlS fO f
IhlS Coursc_
Don 't forget that the Local 100 Picntc is. COIIllO,
up in a few mon ths , PU t August 14 on your
ca lcndlll 11 Will be at OOYlS Lakes aglun_ You Will
be rec:C'IVlng information abou l It 10 the m:all.
That's .:a ll the news I could find. Have a good
mentO .
RJCHARD WI£LAI'lO, P.S.
The Hagedoorns-
A Racing Family
L U. 102. (I&.o), PA TERSON, N.,.-Pe.rhaps the beSI
ti t le h11 IhlS aRlde IS "The F.amlly Ihat Rac:c:.
Winning Family
Pi C'turrd is Blothr.r John Ib3t.doorn, I mtmber of
Lau l 101, Paterson, N.", I nd hij child ren Pr t C' r
af'ld D:a wn ill nd in3 In h ont of somr 01 the ma ny
Iroph ics won th rough BMX racing .
Piettued is O.:rwn Ha-
Itdoom wit h OM 01 hf-f
latC'Jo t :olIcquisi l ions-a
troph y al nll)SI ;as lall as
li he il.
Together Wins TogethC'r_" Bro ther John HagC'-
doom , hiS wtle, anc'l, and theu IWO chlldrm
Dawn Ilnd 1'C'tcr tr.:rvel to compete 10 BMX Bicycle
Mo lO CroS5 racC's sanctltJned by the N~ t ional Bi ·
cycle League 8M){ fll c-Ing c('Inslsts of a. series of
races or he:ll !! Wllh compctllors diVided IntO groups
hy lI&e lind sex. Thert IS:I group for e~ch age i rom
510 18 lind other groups lor adults up ttl 4 1 and
oyrr. Nlltl on;al races arc he ld almost weekly from
November until September, with pom ts given for
ntst 10 eighth place finlshcs A person 's lOp five
national! In tcrms of polnliouis goes 10 make up
hiS 01 her noking in Ihe ,rand nauon.ls held on
the Labor OilY weeleend Up to 2.tXXl pwplc CQm-
p«:te In the nallonats C'.eh wcC'k and marc Lhan
3,000 (onlcstants VLC' lor top honors n3 t ionwlde ID
the grand nallonals. Maga.:Ltnes with rankings,
cyent ne .....s and Siones form thC' foundation for the
support Siructu re.
Brothe l John nnd h iS fllmi ly hsve been compc ung
fur aboul three yun, dod las t year John fintshed
fifth U'I the nallon in his dau, and hiS d.:rugbter
Dawn finished third at the gund DltiOnal,. but IS
rankC'd slJtlh baKd on last year ', Rntshes Tlus
year Is another nory_ Dawn. who Will be 12 ar the
grand national 10 LOUISVille, Kentucky. has not
lost a race or heat thaI she has compC'led 10 thLS
yea r, and In her 6vc na ll onals she has amassed II
101111 of 170 pOIRIS, IhC' most poSSible, and IS ranked
Nu. I for 19611 Da ..... n olten competes In open races
with older glrl~ and boy.s fo r added difficulty and
10 keep t ke wlllning edge finely honed. John has
nOI fa ted:ll well but IS :51111 rankcd No. 5 nlllona lly.
Pete will be 13 wben hr rllces 'llhegrand nat lonals_
Nancy kcC!p' thC' rt'eoru .nd makes. Yldc:o lapt'!
lIccounc of aU the meets.
The Hagedoom' $ mlerest In raCIng hOls gl'len
them. ehanec 10 navel cxtcnslYC'!Y throughoul
the eaStern half of the U.S and to ..tnture as far
West IS Oklahoma. Dawn 's success and prowess
has not gone unnou(ed, I nd she has lusl signed a
liponsorshlp con tract wit h MUlmum, 111 8MX bi-
cycle mtlnul ac t ut ing company. Sponso rsb ip con -
t;lsts 01 suppl ying u nifo rms, bike pans and the
like . AI Cawn', success rnes like Ihe mornmg
lun, surely she Will be cven more widely reeog-
nr:cd.
We Wi s h Ihc.m fortune and VICtOry :11 the grand
n4110nal lind beyond.
LftlNll CollTlJaftll, P.S.
Why Blame Unions?
Look at Companies!
L U. 108 (O, u,m •• u.Ii,I11II,tt.!li,rtb,ns,spa,l!m,Cal\·&"),
TAMPA, FLA.- We remain f:urly busy In Ihe local
alibIS Ilmt'. We hilYC IU'>I wr<1ppcd up neg01l:lll0115
101 the dtllhpcr~on$ on Surntel Elt!ctrlc Coopera.
U\le' property. We were ple.as3mly surpnscd It
the Cooperative's alUludc: thiS year We made
substanual chllnJ(t'!I In the :lgrcemcnt lor the bel-
u:lmcnt of Ibe employees lIlIll.also made substan·
nOli gam, 10 Ihe <I ' ca of wages. Our members
very s.atlsned with the package. which ......1!!. lie
ccptc:d by uniinUnllUll VU l t: of Ihc people. L('w ~s
Smith and M"f')' CtlJPlLloIlI ~C IV t'J un the NegOli ·
:wnA. ommllu'e. lIod ..... e: would IlkI!' tn commend
both for .I loh well done
we are bc~lnnlll& IlcgutlaWJnS with Aspiundh
Tree l:~PCJl Comrlny an d C~ntd C.bJcvulon.
8mh of Ihc'ic contractor, 'He Importanl to us
because they arc the. un ly foUl COntr:actur.s dOing
Ihu type of WOrk In nur IUrlsdlctlon. Neg01l.atmg
hlghe, wagcs :and h.' ltl'r ht"n('f1t'l are very d.Hicuh
bel;:aLl.sc 01 the unilermlnlng t'lf('l;:t5 of the unfair
contractors dUIIl& the same Iypc: of WOrk OUI f.illr
COD1riCIDr~ ,III: h.VIIlK;I dlftlcuh time m,untaanmg
(he work bec.Juse Ihey arc prcsently providing
beller wages and bendlt.!l The employe(', of these
unl.Ju contraCWrs don', .e.lhze It but an undcr
aunlnR U.$ they arc al$o undennJrung themselvcs
They don't fuh:.t: thai ....' hen the fau conluclOrs
a n~ tone Ihe scah: .... c set will also be I;one, and
the rale'j and benefits will drop draslH:.aUy
As bst rerurtc:d. less dUD 18 p~rl;:~nt of the
Amencan wo rk (o, ce 15 orgaoJt:ed. We ale blam('d
(0. hip mfbuon Inw pfOducuvuy aDd any othe r
problem that mi&hl bc:f:all our nallon whIle con·
,Iomell", such a' Geneul DynamiCs and Cenera l
Electric ale '.Jrmg the taxpayl!:u for huodreds 01
11111111..1113 of dullars nch and e\'~ry y~ar-S 500 (0'
• washer, SI •.SOO for a wrench, 1315,000 for a
company P'IIYI $1 mllhon for company 5Clllln J.rS;
plane tTlpS; and any o ther r:x~nses they (~el like
charging 10 1.15 loS t.lXp.YCli All uf these lUC p.:ud
without que'Hwn by tb(' govemml!:nt But what do
you Ibm lc the rneJul paints as the " bad guy" an 99
percent of Ihe C' coil OVe.runs' You gm it- unions'
We a.e blJmcd bccJu.Je of our high wagcs and
bencfils, c;lin you believe lIt Doesn't II.seem strange
tbat our me.l51y .... ages and benefits (compared to
th e hundredJ 01 millIOn., of d.,lIus s loleD by cor-
ponuolU 5uch J" r. F am' C 01 :IIC always front
ragc Item and alC blamed for Ihe blgh COSt of
1I\'lOg' II IS obv\Uus Ihat the corpora te bosst.S .... ho
CODtrol t he rna/Cl lllY of the m ed ia would like
nothlO~ bette, than 10 see orgao lZtd labor de·
s troyed $0 Ihal thell philosophy can ru:,vad. They
~Iu:v(' the nllny 11.1.51 should serve thc few (cor
porOitc bosses)
We mU5t rem alii strong Iond Aght the allempt Ii)
destroy or,ganJ.li:d IIIbt.u A.!i I've slIted before,
" Umt('d we 1tand ..
8 R Brl'Oc.Tu.. PS
Local Presents Two-Year
Proposal from Company
LU. 11 110$..ul, DENVER, COLO.- tsu51Oe.SS M.an·
agel Rober! Mason ha~ been presc nting the Public
Service Ca mp.;"y uf Colorado 's proposaJ SIOCt
M.,ct! 15 Due to the m.J0Y UnitS lOvolved, thl3
requ lrcd 27 Scp' r" t meeting! , ulmuI4tllll'>UU Aplll
19. This p.opos.1 c.lls for I tWO ·yur .agreement
with 4 ~Icent wage tnLlt'.ues e.aeh yell There
wert'. many lanl;uage changes to the ag,eement In
addition t(.l 50n1e fringe ancrenel bemA p:ud by t he
emp loye r.
Helping BUilneU Manllger MOisoo Ol:gotlat e Ihe
fout separall: .~fCe m enti wt're DaVid William s,
William ' ohn&on, John Stevenson and Cerald King
for Public Service Comrany of Colorado, DaVid
Shltk, VI C nyd c r and D wlghl Solberg fo r Western
Gas Supply! Andlcw Arclla no and Setty Oilku for
Pueblo Cil3 and fl,.l cl, and Don Sch midt and Ron
l olin 101 Publle Se ,vlce Company of Colorado
me ter re!ldcrs "nd !)Id t'l lead er"
The coopetll t\ cm of all cons tr uction members In
utlllZ.lng the dupa tch number, 13031 733 ·3665, IS
Proposal Meetings
W t"fe
Slluwn .Ire air .. nu.mbi!'r.5 al the flliAC.J lIOD
mceling.
mosl al'lrreUJteJ by the Cons l fUctl(}n Office and
secretarial ';1.Jff ThiS number ....'ulO,H.l II('d lor the
clu:luslve purpou of cunstructloo C(tnccms and
mqulnes In orJc r for the Io<:allocffci,:tlvc:ly ~'Vlec
the: en tlle local union mc:m~rshlp. }'OUI cooper
IItU)ft IS rl\<Olu 4gcd
Work safely . .Iml IOta)' Infulmed by attending
your unHm mccllng~
I UII~ l D.WISo, PS
Four Brothers Receive
50-Year Pins
I-U. 11 2 til. KE NE\\ICK. WASH. "'punK b fought
.J v. dtome rehef from wlnter ·s grip I\tlrmally . hl'
SI&nals the Sl Ut of Vanou! ,obs thmughuut our
lunsdH.llon. htl .... "V!"f. ~lIn1!"nnr muSl havl: hold eiff
pluss In JnJ dldn't heOi. thc slftI'll hC'ClIuse th.lt IS
ccrulnly n(lt the u~e thiS YC.J r Empue Elcc tnc:,
one of 111's III~er conlu(.tOu, IS haVing one of Its
slowe~1 spfln~" There arc curr~ntly J2.} lourncy'
men on Buok I and 21 Ipprentlce.5 00 th e books
There arc: u\'er 100 Local 112 Bluthers on lhe toad.
antS we would hk~ to thank the loc.al Unions In
New York, Everett, S.1lt Llokc and the 8. y Brell. of
Cahlurma fur plovldlO.jI; ....·o. k fo r the mal0tllV of
011 1 Brothu ... Oil the road
We would like to c.:ongr.lIulate fuur uf our Blodt
ers whu hllYe earned 50·yelol pln:s flOllJ Ihe IHEW
Tht:y alC H.awld W, U;lUm, 00. " Buck " IImrdYI
E'T1 DlIYld:s1l11 alld Wahc r 'aseh ek. lind speCial
eongrBwl2t10nS to F'.Jok " THone " Mille, who has
e,Hnl'd h i'; ~5 year t"n
Rcc.ctl lly, LIIC ISEW I II Federal C rcdlt Union
held IU Annulol Meeting Threc m('mbcrs dec ted
10 Ihc noard oj Om:ctOrS wefe Denms Wtlh1m.5on.
Oc:.nnls Brown lind Ch.ls Wlkstrand Anulhc l lI('m
on the .1gcnd3 (or the Annual Meclln~ was a
proposed name chante to Kenoewlc k Community
C redit UOIon . Tbb proposal proVl"L1 to be very
unpopular w ith Ihe m a,omy of the: IB EW men,hers.
We bavl!: hlld elgin memhrr'l o;lJU I Ihl'1I 'etlre-
ment SIOCe the Hut of the ),ear, lind h om Ihe sound
o( IhlRgs. thcy Will be busy unehng around the
COUD lty, fl$hlll~ golfing, el c They arc Allan F.t·
el de, '.mes Klsner, Robell Sella rds, MarVin May
be rry, Rdl HUM. LecRoy Whll oey, St eVe M ille .
.aDd Leslie V.u-IOH;e
We have been S3ddencd by the deaths of fOUl of
o ur tIl\"mbcf 5 Since the A. st QI th e year. They were
lohn Melde r, W, f . "S horty" Dare. Alva Wllhams
and Lester Drex ler. We ex l cnd OU I sympntl'lICS to
all theIr families and fri ends.
tARRY YOUNT, P S
Graduates
ShOwn is Ihc Local 124 IIpprrnlict 3 r~ du'lling daso;
of 1984.
Local Holds Ceremony
For Graduating Classes
L.U. 124 11,.sc,em,lm,ru&'splIl, 1(ANSAS CITY,
MO.-Do Fnda y c\ (nlOK. Febru.. ry I Ii, 1985, at
730 r m at the Westin Cro ..... n eCnlel Hmd ,
officers of Local 12.1, IATC, IA TC tn.'nructors,
N ECA Board membcr'i Ihe gradulun, cl.ls!le.s of
the 1983 and 1984 apprenll(.:c$. tht' t:udu:lleJ of
the 1983 and 1934 changc ofdllS~IHc4110n c1Jsses
.and thell AueSt.!; R.J thcrtd to (:.ch:b liltC and honor
tllu~ 1',I:U:1Il who wt're now n:c." J:nlzed OIl lou r
neyman w iremen Thc Ceremuny began with 1:11
blelling by father Fr,lIlk Murphy of Roc:khufSl
Co Ucgc. followed by .In c:xc.:dlc:nl ,§Ie~k dlOner
A.fter the ..ill.UJ.et Bu..!;un.:. M ..na!.~ 1 bml i)ucou
10mbICr addres~d the new tuUJnCYll'U:O, as did
NECA Charrer MIoD:lger Robelt Ibmc:~ . NUl,
lhose bc:lDg honortd were presented With thcn
cUllfl e.ut~ 01 «(.ompktlUu .wJ a I"un ..e rued;lilhon
FOrty thl ce members of Loul 114 IccelveLlthe u
15 ycar strVlce pm, .at the AtOllal meetmg 00
March IJ Tho$(' present ..... crc Eugene C ensi.
lerry P O.1VI.5. Benn)" W Del)"" H1;u",ltd O. Ibdey,
l'homas W I('Hues. How.uJ W Juhn ton. Chllrles
l. ,!)nes, Chnton 0 Klinge. Thom35 C. Koehly,
LlOdcll K Lee. C3rl W LlOdsay. totaunce T Llv,
Ingston, II, Lury E. Lusht'r, Cltnn D M .. llutt,
Cmvt r E. MOIrtlll, Ml ehu l C. Mull('r, Edwa.d T
McCormic k, Denms 1 McKmney , ~"vc D. No"ak,
Ste"e D Nlchob.on, Douglas C IJh llllpl , Samuel
V:ugas Qnd Wayne Mitc hell, lint.! the follo ..... lnl;
were recognlzed . James 0 Ch.ilnI'Y, James D Dick·
erson. Cary M Ethington, Ilimes P Ccdnlllla\,
Mlchlle l l. . Hall, Cha.rles K. I-b,n :n , Wilham J
liernn./:lmcs: R. L3nes, Jotl!ph W Moll olt, It ., John
H MOleno, 'r Si e ve W. Norland . St(\lcn L. Wflght,
Jnhn M Evans, Dale M I loard. And.ew Inze n llo,
Wayne N Mitchell, lames W Moo re, Edmund F.
MY~\lka . J.JOles T Orl~ndo 2nd Mlc hatl D . Rlmel.
ROBE.RT J MALONf, P .S.
Local Has 20 Contracts w
z
Open for Negotiations ...,:::>
LU . 1'25 (o&.u), PORTLAND, ORE.-A.s 01 IhlS ..oJ
wfllln~ the local ha$ 20 (:Onuactl opcn fOl negO' ~
tlatlons Th e most cutlca! cun tla ct lit t he prC$cnt a:
lime til thl! PP &"l contu.ct . T he V() t e(JI\ the ottg,lnlil :::>
contract amendments from thc eomp::m y was very
o
...,
dose-I he count bClIIg 703 to reject lind 1.1 to
a cc ept.
Basie I9 S UI:S arc lhe overtIme rille , sic k JCllve,
allocation of W() t\l; aSSIg,l\mc\\lS 1lIHI Irce'Z.lng the
m cdlca l premiums p.aid by Lhe company. PP&'L 27
 ani), made $IB7 mliliun laSI ycal and can 't qUl t t:
pODY up enougb money for the people who made
them lh~ir money We'rt: told the "utra" mOOlts
:ue not In the proJected budgeL
Columbia Rlv!H PUD .should olive theit COntf<1ct
siJ;ned and In p!.ace by thc lime ,he members
receive lhl!> Juurnal In IhemalL We would like to
thank Pat H:ubl!On lind thc other membe rs at
Columbia. River PUD for thclr help In Qlganl2:lnJ:
this prolcct.
Tne: cons lruet lon baUot will be gomg oUllurlhe
Ihud time I\pr1l12. The CQntractors have "bottom
hned" the '(llIr locals and s latcd tbat the next l ime
we HlIt)lIlUI iJlu: 1111:: ,:,rfCI thc)' mdkc nedrly 3.5 we]1
u the first Ih.ee Ihey made.
Everyone be: s u. e lind wnte your congressman
reg:udmg Ihe tax:ulon of benefits. Donliid RCKan,
the prc.sldent'. chief "dvlsor on tax pobcy, hIS
proposed taxing employer ·paid lifc IDsur.anCe pre·
miums, laXlng 100 percent of ullemployment Ln·
iurlnce, IOOpercent 01 wu,kcrs' compensa'ion And
100 perCcnt of 1I1l)' l"mployef·pald educaILo1l31 ben-
efhs Remember, thtst arc not consHlered m-
c reased tax<!s, these a le " revenue cnhanceIS,"
Wrltl" your congressmen and tell them what you
thmk of "revenue enhance l' ." Do It tod.:aYJ 10'
morrow will be tOO hlle.
Bn.L MI LLE., 9.1'11.
Pi(,lUrrd I, Richard L. He be brand, Gna ncial seCfe'
ury, Loca l 129, Lorain, O hio, p. esent ing a 65·yr:u
cul ifica tl" t o h a rles C. S.. uer. Brot her Saut • .31s 0
received a di amund·studded pin ce rtif)' in s h is 65
yun of se rv ice- to Ihe IBEW.
Brother Sauer Receives
65-Year Certificate
LU, l19 (i,o&.spa). LORAIN, OHI O- On Fnd.3Y,
March 22, 1985, 9O·year·old ChaJle$ C. S;aller rc'
cel\'ed a ct.rtlflClltc and iii dlamond,sll.ldded lapel
pLl1 cC.IIIYlng 65 years as ;a membe.r of mEW Local
119, Lorain, OhIo. Richard L. Hebcbrand, finanCial
sccrl"tary 01 Local 129 mllde the prcsentatlon at
Amherst Manor Nursmg Home, wnh member! uf
ChllrJie's family In at,u:ndancc. Ch(l.rlie, as he IS
bctt!;r known, held 1111 afflee, of the local UfllOIl in
his yea ls as II membe l) lhe lasl of record as busllless
manage r III 1944, Be.rvlllg 10 that capacHy for IS
puor years Mr. Hcbebraod served part 01 hu ap-
prenticeship whh Mr. Sauer, as did sever.al 01 the
present members of Loul 129.
Mr. Sauer became.a mcmbe r of Locil 12!11O May
of 1920 at the age of 25 aDd .....as nurly a chartcred
on
mcmber byt Ihe cha rier wn Issucd an 1916 and
'"
m
was closed IUS! a few months carlle r In 1920
w Charln:, In Ihe labor movcmcm and as an ofAu:·
Z holdet Ln his muon, was :u:;tl¥e Lfl (chalterlng other
...,
::J
citlCl m t o the ISEW and ac ti ve in thc E1 yna Central
-' Labor Council and Lorain Coun ty Cenlfal Labor
"z Council Cha.rlle cao look back on a rncmlx:r)hil1
a: of some 10 membe:rs to a present rosier of ovcr
::J
o..., ISOMrmembers.
S.3uel has tWO sons and a stepdaugbler. HIS
o (dc..st .san, AlVin, IS .also.a membt f of Loesl 129,
nerclUcd In July, 1984. Hi.s youngcstson, Kenneth,
IS employed b), BendiX Heavy Vchlcle Systcm$
Croup III h.allottt=', NOllb Carolina . Hlli step·
28 d.aughltr, Mr MuvlnC: lHubc,rt l Westfall, h\let in
Elyn ,L, OhiO. He has been married to F(orence (01
42 yearl
Ala 6S year member of Ihe JBEW, lit the :lfte or
90 yeals, Charlie IS both the oldest Ln ase: and
m~mbe l~h lp in lBEW Local 129.
M! S"UCI lJul ..llc:J tbe (lrsl Io1lktnl: JlI~turc: ml
chme In ElYria, OhLo. Charllc was a.lso general
lur~mln of tbe electrical work whtIl8endlx · Wett ·
mghousII: was bUi lt in Elyn;l, OhLo, an 1941. He
hal bee n I member of the M.::I8unlc org"mutlon
and Eagles lodge lor over 50 yeafS Anti IS a lormer
m ember of thc IOOF.
Local 129 has been servLng Lor.1m Coun ty with
exccllclHly t"jtLal1fkrl ;lnr! rr.1lncd c:iecniclllos (or
the p.:lSl 70 yea IS. This has been accumpllshed by
the de:dlc.:lle:d officers aDd members of IB[W local
129
Eo Koa...u., PS
First Hall
Th r.Sf Ire plc turu of LoC'.a 1 no, e w O rlean., Lt.,
f\rft un ion ha lt, ..... hick was located at 528 8 1r.nville
SUeet and Willi bQut;:ht on ' .. nuary 17, 19'2.9.
Scribe Looks Back
At Local's Beginnings
L.U. 130 (i&o), NEW ORLEANS, LA .-On June I I.
1900, B.others T . C. Zlt&lt:I, J. ,. Glhlll, L. V.
Lindsey, P. C. Ryan, T . F. Hawk.m , P. Dabbl, A.
M. Monogbm. G. W. Kendall, Jf., M. ' McGovern,
C. MOIZ,kc, C fc rras and W. A. DLlzt:ll Clllne
logether to sign the chane.r tb3t c.eated (BEW
Loc;l1 Union 130. Alter 85 yea rs Ihis local is in I
lliK flght .... lLli the Itnliunion force, fo r iu lurvwlIl.
Hopefu lly with some of the. movcs t hut t he local's
membership haS made, this loca l ""LlI not only
survive but it will pu t thc anliuRlon forces on the
dtdense I think Ih3t If we itiCk. togethe r thi' local
Will be "round for a long IIm~
Tbe ac.c.ompanylOg pictures a re: of the fiUl hall
ever owntd b), thiS local, which was loCI ted lit 518
R1C~, n"llIe Succt. It was bought on IlnUllY 17, 1929.
for 137,500. Llst enmg to some of th~ old· tlmers
talk ahout that first hall, WIth ItS old elcvator, It
sounds like tbere werc some hvcly mcclings. 11 IS
nQw bc:ang used as a fumllure warehouse On
Di::Cell~bc r 30, 1963, the home :HISOc.LatLOn pur·
c.hucd the building at 1B06 Canal SUcet for
$'263,500. On March 12 of last yen l , the local m oved
imo Lts present home a t 3200 Rldg,clilke Dri yc.
The r ~vcnuc thai was supposed to be generaled by
Ihe: r(.nlal , a lthough il bas nOl re:ached e:XpCCUtu,)nS
yet, IS (mpro¥mg. Coupling tha i With Ihe hlAb
unemployment, thc re i, a (lUge s"tral.D on our
gencr<J1 fund If "" f! ColD hold aft to what we have
unlillhe w[,IIk SLllUln)n ImprOves, I thmk we Will
be. bettcr off. There are .aboU I 150 members on the
road :It thi S tunc.
The pictlJr~s and prirl"'c In'mm;-lIIon on the dif·
(erent bal ls were fUrllIsheu by Brothe. John A.
Cuirovn:h. )1.
O,..Vf A NICHOL!oON, P .S.
What's Happened To
"Good Old Days"
L.U. 135 li.u,cm &' rls), LA CROSSE, WI S.-Creet·
liltS to al l fmmds 01 orgonlzed lobor. 8ythe time.
th iS issue of the Journal teaches you, many tBEW
local unions with Inside Construction Agrt..'e men ls
wHl have concluded lhcH negOllatlons for another
ytA I. ThiS yC'ar. as III Ihr (l:l'\I , n Ul reQuI:S(&at tbe:
bargammg table were mel with a cool recC'ptlon.
This ye~r, however, tven m os l of our cmrloytrs
were concedmg that their employees wen~ dcsc.rv-
int 01 , w:age iocrease aher accrplml; token 10'
creases 10 the healtb lnSUIQ,nce contribution the
pan tWO years. Tbe pmb(em, thouf,h. the emplQY-
t'rlsuted, was thaI If tbey gnnted II wage Increase
It would mcr~se Ihelr costs In an alrt~dy hJghly
compeutive mluket. It 's the old, Aood news · bad
news SitU3tioD. T he good nelNs wl5 t h.t they llgreed
with us thai we deserved a wIIge mcrerHIC, the bad
ne:ws was Ihat they could nOl affo rd it again this
yea r.
TIUTty yun ago wbrn I was in high school l
remember heanng older people: talk about the
"good old d:ays." I remember Ihinlung at the time,
what cuuiJ be bt:lh::1 th.U) Ibe pruenll Now, JO
yUts laler, I, too, can remember Ihe "load old
da)'s" of fuU employment, travelers workmg lD our
jurisdlCtl OD, fun at the bargaining table: and Ihe
only probl~ms we hl1d Wtt~ RIlInA rtquc:.su for
manpower. Those were the "Zood old days" to me,
and hopdully wc will sec them agam ,orne day
[ n ever realiz,ed how pow e rful OrA(lOIzc.d labor
1N a$ mud I bea rd all Ih(' Wf!l' !'. Ilf lhc a::ou ntry
blamed OD organi7.ed labor. We eviden tl y (oo trol
the economy 01 the count ry because we arc blamed
for t be COUntry's financl.1 problem" :lnd we must
conu·ol ~is country's work force because I've he;3 rd
us blamed for the mass exodus of lobs bein& ex·
!Wiled overse.3s. I'\le even heard us beln& blamed
for t.h~ high COStS of medical treatmenl m Ihls
COUlltry . People are saying Ibllt If II wasn' t for t.h~
doctors' union medll;;al lIutme:nt would oOt cost
50 much. I can live with t hb blame IS long as
people: continue to blame orgaruzed labor for push-
ing tal socia l security, medica re, me ..hclIlde, AilC,
nld to r the c:ldedy and d aY ' ca lc cen ters. H at8 off
to organIzed l;abor!
Until next month .
C!IW..D A. JENSEN, n .M.
Brother Regan Honored
For Heroic Actions
L.U. 137 (ul, ALBANY, N. Y.-On Februuy 12,
1985, Harry Rose, clue' line mecharuc, and Tom
Regan, line mechanic, hot lUck, both of North
Alban y Garagc, saw ,moke eomang hom the door·
way of 330 Oraoge Strec.lm Albany. Brother Regan
im mediat ely called on th e t ru ck r:ldlo to Al bany
Electric ,tnd asked them to lummon thc fire de-
panmCll1. The two men then TIll dOWQ Ih(' "lrr:ct
to thc bUlldmg. They found Ihe en t ire firsl Ooor,
!Deluding the doorway. engulfed in fi:amelj Ilnd
two young girls were scream.ing for nelp hom <1
wlOdQw DO the lOp floor.
Brother Rose: ran back up th~ !Ottcet 10 wheu~ tbe.
bucket truck was loca t ed. Suddenly, III t he win·
dow, on the tOp floor blew OUI, IlIc.1udlDg tbe: one
where the guls were. Flames poured from the onc
where the girls werc . ilealizing thai the buckct
wou ld not ge t the rc in li mt lO htlp, Broth e r Regan
yelled t o Ih egifls to jum p. The youngest glfl, Ibout
14, was afr aId; but he )'clled be would ca lc h her.
She su it hcsita ted a momCDI, but Ihen .11 a t once
sbe dove beild fi rst OUto( the WIndow . Tom eaug}l[
the gul In midau. The Impat.l knocked h im. 10 the
ground, ;lnd be momcn!Htly lo.t his brellth. He
gOt to hu ff:c tj bUI hc.fore be could cv~n r~gllm hiS
b.eath, he looked up and saw the othe l gul Dn the
W;l)' down. He stepped under ber 10 bre.k her fall,
and she hu him fuJI force II'. OSS the: ,best. Qnce
again he was knoc ked t D th( &fOund with the girl
on lOP of him , She wu scrtaming thai she could
not movc her leg The heat from th e burniog
bUilding wa s n o w Intense: So. Brother Regan Clilr
nt:d the. gil l $e.vt'-rOlI Joors down the Strcct and
placed her on the step. of a houK, By now the fir~
dep:mme:nt and re"C.m: squad had ;arrived .. nd took
thiog. In hand
For rus un scl6:.h ction and (or nsklllg his r,lwn
wdl being tu ll'4SISt In thc resc ue of the two )'oun,lt
gil Is, Brothcr Regan received the NUlg:na Mohawk
wfe Saving Award. ThiS Award was prest:nted by
M IKe ahill. Caplul Area gt:ocr.l1 manager, at a
luncheon al Ihe Albany Fo rt Orange Club, AlbUiY
lI.nt: SttwarJ fom Pllmero u:pre.sentcd Local 137
a t the preKnlAlion. 8.0lher Regan 's mother and
Wife wcrc "aclously UlVired by the Comp.my (0
attend The Honor;lble Thomas Whalen , mayor of
the City of Albany, and seve ral officers of the
AJbany Fare Oepanment were also presenl
On Much 29 Brother Regan 's heroic aCIiOllS
were honmed by the cily of Albany at City 1-1:111.
/lobyor Who len presen ted Tom wnh the Key 10 the
CiIY He IS only the third person ever to recel"'c
such an honor
Brother Rcpn '! .cuon! have bc:en revu:wed by
the Uec.U ll ve Boa rd, and approval was pven 10
PreSident Dave Wnght 10 nommate hIm (or the:
IDEW lIfc SaVinA AWOIrd
Thu 's ,II lor now. If you ha ... e any il ems of
lo tcrest you would hke to sec JD OUI local ncws·
letlc r, plc;ltllc CQntac t me
ROBERT J FAtlY, P ,S.
Shown in th is plelu rr: a rc lOme of Ih e mem bers in
a lt tnda n cc at t he SIC'wa rd Tr.in1ns Meedns ht!:ld
by Loul 160, Minnea polis, Minn.
Award
P!ct urd Iclt to ript:llt Geolle Koehlel l president,
Local 160. presentin, Brot her EugeDt June5ki wit b
an IDEW life Suin, Award.
Local Conducts
Steward Training Class
L.U. J60(0&.u), MI NEA PO LIS, MIN ,-A Stcw.
a.rd TralnJn! Mei:tlli& waS. hdd o n Marc.h 9, 1985,
lithe loca l uOlon h:all wIlh52pcopie In :attendance
We wele pie ned IU sec 50 many pve up ;II warm,
beautiful d.lY
The mOmJng sess ion wu pre.se nted by BII1 Bnan
and Connie Howard (rom the law firm of Robms,
Zelle, Larson &. JUpl;!n , TheIr tOpIC of diSCUSSion
wu " "" rusmtnt In the Work Area" The :after·
noon session was conducted by the local UniOIl
staff and Wiu gea.red 10 gnev2.nc.es and Lhcu proper
handlJn~, ketpmg 10 mmd the wrlle r of the grlev·
ance, th e stcwlud's Icsponse, ExecUl ive Board ac·
tion And the business miUlager'. response, A lunch
was prOVided 9t the noon break , and a free social
hourw ;l ~ pro"'lded by Sam furer from theAn'lcnc:.1n
{neome Insuranc;e Com pany.
The co mmentS (,om those In ;ltle ndancc were
all positive, Wc wish 10 thank the m embers a nd
partlcipann at tb is trainrng se slun
Al II rc«m membershlp1Tle~'mg, PreSident Couge
I Ko~hler presen ted the (SEW Life ~a"'1D8 Award
to Brother Eugene Juncsk} fo r hiS dfilln In Stl Vtng
the hfe 01 Brother George Zurbcy_The loca l unHln
agam ukcs Ih lS opportunity to DICe' congralul:a·
tum! for Il ,ob well dum::.
AI o:n the mecung PreSIdent Koc=hlct JlteKOled
• 'emee cap 10 Brothu John Backstrom Brolher
Il:a ckSlrom cxrlles~eJ hiS thanks and uld he was
proud 10 be: pan of [he (HEW and In r~ruculH of
LoaII60
ALf RlO C Blst, P.5.
Retirees
Pictured lire- some. of Ib e newly reti red membell
of Local 1'5, Chkag(), UI. Fi r/:it row, stilted, leh 10
fiShl , .re Bernard Adolp b, fnnce! V. Barker, JamltS
" Brennan, Robe rt E. Carl, Leonard C. Chri t!.t n-
,,"on, Jllne!i Derrico, Harry J. Fanning, Edith Glt,·
lon, Helc.n Jouf:a t, £Iea n or S. Karko lind I."eo"a
l.Jtbudd' l back row, sunding, left to right, a rt~
Rilym ond unge, RlIfmond A, Lundsglllrd, Ray·
mond Marci n iak, f.OIrline unn, O,a rit" A. Pele r-
Itn, DOl ls J. Pete.rson, Richard H. Proet Ul, e le:a nQf
nll ey, Roma n S. Szubka, M arjorie V, Va n Do rn ,
Ite.o c C. Wisniews k i, Jo h l! L:a lly and Ooul d W,
NOl ds t rum,
Brothers Haak. Mackey,
Sister Hill Are Winners
LU. 165 til, C HI CAGO, I LL.-The follOWing pea·
pic were left off the relnces list we s uhlnJlII:d
recently , Abo rcurmg in 1935 lu e nernard Adolph,
lam es Demeo, ,aml::s Gaonon, Edith CICaSoll,
Elc:lllor Kurko, RIchard P roctor and lames Wad-
dIck COlll{ratulullons ;Ind good luc k,
Winners of OU r COPE RaIne: first prize. .II SSOO
U Savings Dond to P;lul E. 1-i2ak, ,econd through
slx,h flflZC$ of $100 U _S SaVin&:, Bond, cach went
to D;ave Mackey, Sy lVia HIli Pu Ja ckson, Bill
S.;aUhCff and JJrne:s Leamy
l,.I\WIt(NC£. F BIUlL p,S
Scribe Looks Back To
Local's Beginnings
l..U. 175 (i,o.em,c&'mc), CHATfANOOGA.
TE N.- An o ld mOUDI~tnecr from WC-SI VU/l:lnllll
wu celebrated for his wisdom. "Unc:le Zed, ,. a
youn8 man asked, "how did you get so wlsd "
'Wa n', hard," Slid tbe old mao. " I've gOt good
,udgement Cood ,udgement COrnU h om upcn ·
enec And expcnence-wdl, that coma from h ..... -
109 bad ,ud&cmcnL It
There 's:I lot of truth 1.0 the above !'!llIteme:nt-
we've all been the re, There h:15 never been J (UIUIC
without II pasl, and II d0C"5 us good to look b.lck
t o our pll~t to chart our course:: fur the 'ulure, I\s
many of you kn ow, our local WII! ch.allc::red b;ac.k
in 191 2 dUllng. lime when It ..... u might)' unpop·
ular to h ..... c .. unllm card, much less ~ found wuh
one on your person In those days there WAS Vi!ry
lit tle o f anYlhulg, espccHl lly moneYI bUI o-..r loal
Brotherhood sacnficed to s.:e thll t OU I local sur ·
vlved those hard times, and 11 nOI on ly Iurvlved
but 11 ha s lived to see:: the days we n()w enJUY, It
Wil l not unusu3. 1 lor chose few who we re employed
to meet at the local hall on Fnday lind d ivide up
tl1ch cllrfllnl!.S wllh those w hu were nUl fortunate
to have II Job Bro t hers :1Od Sisters, th:at 's c:aUed
Officers
Pielure.d . Ie Lout 175, Chao.noos., TeDD., As·
I i 1:1101 Busjness Manage'·Trca~urel and Oi~·
pa tc.he r Broth~r Bob FOSIf<r, .and BIDther Don
O.u&h trey, Examinin!!l Board ch.lmlln , discussing
• problem .
Old Pro
Brother Faye cal, the
old golf prtt lind 101lg-
lime member, nevu
miiJ'it'. I union meet·
jng. WI' need more like
him.
.
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brotherhood! Wouldn 't It be great If wc hnJ tha t
tame eoocern .md commllrn cnl loJJ yt
QuJtt: • fe w of thosc men never bllcked off bu t
s lood In Ihe gnp, (:utl1ful In them ,u ppOrt :lind
promotion of the IBEW. mllll1ta llH n~ then lohs
With Integri l Yand proVldlllg !olron); IClHlcrshlp O m:
~ u c: h pcrson was Bro thcr C. A, "Ch;trhe " Str;twn.
Brothcr Strawn served hi! loca l l:a llhlully liS an
MAcer from Ihc: cady 30s unlll h n corcer cnded
with hi s re li remcnt DUring thtl~e years he jlcrVc d
on the Executive: Board fr om 1936-.39, as a. fiU -m
busmess manager {or II few ml)mhs in 1945 and os
trellSUter fr o m 194 7-66. That 's 19 years a.s Heas·
ure r-qulte a record, When you look back you Will
nnd shaduws of men lakc Brother Strawn loom ing
over our shoulders urging us 0 11 lind on , Thc'ie men
h:ad the ! plru of Wmst on Chu rchill, who said,
" Nevel, Nev er. Never, Nc ... c;r QUi t," .1Ind UI dnwn,
giVing probably the ShOtlCSl speech m h istory to
hiS alma mater 8y Ihe. w:ay, Loul 175 hH hnd
only 9 trcasurers In then 73·ye.a, hl5lOty
Smce our las t anicle we havt: experienced IWO
deaths In our mldst_ One 10 the reI un of Brother
[a,1 A.shmore and the othel being Brothcr Cha rlie
Romans. Bromer Ashmore w.a l etm::d .and Brother
Romllns WIlS unly 37 yean o ld. t "'ICtlm 01 c.ncer
80 th a. these bmlhc.s ha ...e I)ur liccpesl sympalhy
tlnd Slnccre praye rs.
TVA continues HI lay 011 employees, and wc
have some 30 men on Book One. but 01.11 c.omract
work bl! picked up a little whleh Ius oh§et some
of the l:ayo!fs
A Wo rd of Wisdom Ii 1<; wl<;er 10 cho<Ke what
you uy than to say what you chon,e
Remember: One persoo With a bdld IS equal 10
II fOlce of 90 who only have interest
M. y Cod bless' C·U at Ih e. next union meeting
C E. DUI'IiNiNc, P.s '"
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KtN IAMl'> A ....T p_S
w
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Members Must Work ..,::>
For Economic Justice ;i
L,U. 176 (i,m&!o'pal, JOLIET, ILl...-C<KKJ wea lhc::r z
IS upon us 19no bere 10 the Mld""r:$t-:a lot betler a:
than when I ..... rote In the middle of February with
two fcel of snow on the. ground WHh b.aseball
is..,
seuon on in way. summer 11 right a,ound the ~
comer wh:a t I also hope HI flgh l ar o und t he corner w
is .n awakening o f the labor movement to the !!!
e rosIOn of worker,' righu ,lOd 1he gcne ral economic
conditiOns of Amencan men and women 29
 w~ sho uld nOI h.H· ~ o ur hc.alth :md 'Wcifue
I;ontnbullons IUCI.! ill all . We should nOI be: made
to c:nry tht U'lcome tax burdcn while h\mdll:ds-
t.h.at'S nght, hundu:ds- of corporations p2y no
mcome tax at aJi and some corpoJallons get a In
rebate of m.lhons of rl o lta r ~. C E, Doe,"&. Dow
ChemIca l, Tennl!co and San ta Fe Sou th ern Pacific
paid no lederal mco me taxes and received tax
reb;ltcs of lo Ll billion on top of t hel t $1 3. 1 lI1I 11I1i1
m domestic profi t OVC I the 19 1-83 peri od
It sUle50unds li ke some s hady dealing.. au : ,Il,OIng
on. but It I~ aU le&3] because tha t 's the way the
tax st ruc ture bas been deslpteiJ by UU I Ix:luvtd
Presiden t RC2pn aod hls rlghl wing follower!. We
should not have to take a CUt HI waAes while
corpor.ale proB ts cbmb to record hel&hts. We should
no t have to wal ch ou r Jobs dISll l1Pt:~1I .l::' t he ("ilul·
ti Oalion31 corpo rati o ns move oversea s w here, oncc
ag3in , the tn struc t ure IS s lich th at t he prontS
they m .. kt' iIIrt' Lu cd 31 a Itsscr latC t h:l o those:
made here In thc Slales
Wha t CIIn we do~ Wh a t can I do 10 hclpl The
ans we r IS sarnplc; th.: work 10 Im plement the
ans v..' e r is it neve r-ending cho re Some of t h.:n wOlk
Includes UUIDI$ tlte be::.l lub pOSSible every day and
promoung Unionism by wh;altve . means poSSible-
nOI shoppmg at a nonumon st o re. o r one th a t has
been bUilt m:munao n j buymg made-in-che-USA,
unlun- m ade IIIWUI;Il'> whe.neve.r paIJl1 bl.: ; helping
a Brother Of SUi ter who IS do wn on his luck! a od
finally, a nd may bt the most d l(flcu lt, wo rk m g and
SlJl VlIl g fo r elected 016cl2 1s who th ink like we do.
Wltll tLe IJlU ~C I ~ople ,U olll 1c vels of O Uf guve rn
men t, we can c hange the laws that arc unlau to
A.me n ca n wo rke n .
Wc can ge t this count ry o n a nationa l polity (If
growth .I nd prQ&rUS Without lowc n nJ: OU I sta ndard
of living so th.1t we can look fo rward to Ihe day
when our chIldren can wo rk at t he !radII" and make
thelT d, eams com e Hue a lso
Sec you 8t t he ncxt uDio n m~ell n g .
MARK B"vult.'V P S.
Nice Weather Encourages
Golf, Softball Games
I... U_ 177 li&ol, JACKSONV ILLE, FLA .-Good
news we now have a fe w u:l ... dtfl In the lurjJ·
dU~.l ion. The wo rk on lhe powe rhouses is co m ing
right a long. as is work DC som e of Ihe olher p roleCtS
In the area. Work seems t o be stea dy at t he rUl pCI
mill s, 2nd \hI!! con ve n t ion center is IJn ~(' h l·cl ll i r
A ni cc-size jo b a t th e Rege nc.y I.C. Pe nne l' storc
has taken care 01 a bo ut a dozen me n unulthe fal l.
It IS a load ftcli ng to have eve ryone WOT k lnJ; who
.... ant. to, 3110, it it nice 10 sec $Orne of Ihl" Ihnrhl"r'l
w bo have been o n the rQad for t hl!;: pliS t fe w yea rS
Welcome home to the Brothe rs who h ut been
!tway, and welcome lO the 8roth.:u who ate hcrc
lUSt for a w hlll'
Now that Ihe wuther 1.5 gel ll n& n lcc r C':3ch day,
Ihe Coif ASSOCl3 11 0n h as had two tourna ments.
Tb e tournamC'.nt a l Wi llow La kes was atlen d"d by
ahoUl ~o Rro thcrs. Th e wmne rs a t that tourn a me nt
wcre H o ward Hus key, low nell Ars t OI.Kh t, ai l!
Gray, C harhl!! Watkml, Don Poa.g, ,econd nIght,
lim Aides, M.ac HIres, Wh itt Bo rcn, thmJ flig h t,
James N olan, Bob Lust. Bill A rch ef The othet
tournament was hdd at 'a,ksonvllle Seach. Low
net was ....·on by Bill euy FU.! it·f]lght wtOners we re
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Mac Hires, AJan Llbrandl, Ja ck Mllcrllgesl s.:cond
flight, Bllt A rc.hcr. Ral ph S tllrl ln~ 0,11 ArcheI . Thc
'" thud (Jight w lOnc:rs w en! l am~s Nolan, Sill GC'hm,
w
z Mike Ml!DOn:lld . T he tournamen t at Jax Bea c.h h ~d
:> oye r 45 gol fc.rs .3 ltending. As morc and m o te 8rQl h-
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ets are co m lnA ho me , wear e h .. ving a bet te r t urn OU I
;It each tournam cnt. We hope to bavc ma ny m o r~
z tou rna mcnt's t hi s ye ll II ho pefu ll y we cn ll h il OVe r
a: SO in the ODC'S tha t arc C{lmlOg up
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Not 10 be:: I h ghu:d, the soil ball Icam has IU.st
begun to play As soon as I can get .some m ic r-
matlon. I w\1I put It In the {ouma/. I 11m surc that
we w,1I field .a WlnnUl& tum a5 WC h:lve In the
p.ast. Also, we cxt cnd ou, best WIShes In Ihe
upcomln&season to a U t he S rother ' who arc coach ·
30 ing Lillie League learns
On Ihe 1~lh of M.aTl:h .ll the ft llled mcmlll;n ' uuud M.aybe not Out b ow long has 11 hee.n since
mOllthly meeting. WC' had kind 0111 .spccilil C\ltlll Y(1 U"'OC sloppe4, even for lus t .I couple Q( nunules,
Service pinS werc prescnl~d III (uur rctlred Broth .and soaked your lungs with flt:~ h alT I don't meao
ers. lholher.eCalcn FaKIR IIml . 0 Nlotun received lust brcoalhang deeply, bUI 3clu.;al1y ieehog th3t
60 yew I 11111:0, 0 II "1.. (.k " hnmn rctcived a 55 breath from thf: tn.!i1dc out . Maybe YOIl didn 'l mak,.
yea r Vll1 Ilnd Mans NlOlon received Il 50 yU I run those tWO mJnu\e~ any longer, bUI by pracuctng
Our cOR,ltr:t tulatlons to the c fine lh Olh ers and tht: occ.3S1on:d ex:etC ISc uf consc Ious breathlllg, you
m:tny mu re hA PPY and healthy ye ars ahead It IS can make those tW O OlLnuu::s mtan mo re than if
re.lIy ~ r "lIt U) see t hese Brothers, .1nd ID molt you'd le t thr.-ttI s li p hy un nnll ccd.
Cases thell hc:a lth 15. good AI we- see and ulk to Wht:n thuse tImes come by, when the re seems
th e m , we come to realize tha t they IHe the back to be rcally n ..Hhlng to be: h:appy ab{)ul, the: Sim ple
bonr 01 aU f OrA8.0IZllIOn We owe mllny thanks to .aCt of a consCIous breath of fresh all can tell us
tMt'~e 8f[Jrhcors ,nd rhC lr t'l/m •• tn organlzmg tbe something Thm~s may .Ktf bettel, lhty may ,get
unClrjt;l nlud Many years wel e hard ones lor t hese worse , but euher way we have come tbl5 far And
BrothclS as wa.gt'!.S Wt.IC nluch less tblln 11 dolla r an If we do no more lomorrow than to StOp and enloy
houl lIlnd co odllloo Werc not IS they a rc todoy. anothe r brcath .aguD, we. ml~ht become surpri sed
T hings we- lake fa, granted wc,1!' the d,tllms of at how much more. mCillmng our lave~ Will h.ave
t hese Brothc rllo when they wele wnrkln$!. with thclI Ki:.ITIID VIR P.S.
t ool:- Healt h and welfllfe, penSIon and ", «caucm
arc luSt a fe w lh ll\gs th.lt come t o mmd. Aglll n,
congra tula t ions and thanh.
Rcccntly the fo un h ' )'car appren tices t ook the" Vacation Money Available
cltyeum T we lve of t hem passed llnd will add to
the number of city IIcenlies we control. Good luck
To Travelers
to all 10 tbe yurs ahC3d as journeymen L.U. 1IJ1 (i,c:;ltv&rm l. EVE RETT, WAS I-t .-A WOld
to tJllvdt:ll:o w lto may h.lve wo rked 1n Ihe iurisdlc
BJLL CUlM P.S.
l ion of Lneal 191 tntht pasl The re:maybtva cli lion
money CQmlllg to you. We h.ave Many nam es all
Stop, Enjoy Life QU I hooks o( thosc who have v;lC3 t ion money
IiIvill ldMI:, Lu t addlcsses dre L1Ck lRg. A phooc call
To the Fullest or a le ll c r 10 t he locnl could brt ng yo u 3 good
L.U . 189 (111, SIOUX C IT'Y , IOWA- Co ngratulll - fe lurn .
l iOns a re in order fo r t wo 01 t he Sr thcr~ of l OCBI HllVlng bCl: n t h rough a .ccen t la wsui t w ith a
18'9. Dlln H artl y, a c crtLAeti .... dJcl at Ibe IOWJ la,~c IIUIlU I IIUIi
l.oontractor. 111 5 Inte resting to n ot c
l>Ublic Se,V'I:C Company 's !'ort Ne21 plant, was tha t Ihe same contractor h:as 6 1e:d for bankruptcy
p r ~c:nte d wllh a di ploma for tht complellon of and WIll In _11 ltkelrhood be out of ou r halt. It
thl.! Mecham Appren t iceship Program Also Ie ' appC3 IS , lr3t some cont ractors btd so low 0 0 C(ln-
U:IVln, I(cognitlon In dlplom. fo rm WII.5 AI WillIS 1...,ls lhol l they ,ut IO~lng their eom p.mes_SUI@ly,
of the same plant. who w.slol'merly :l lIllflptco t lce th iS IS another example lha t c.om peu::nt eS li ma t ing
10 the Instruments and on tl olil Dep.utmco l . We and plo\'cn Unton employecs mcn:ase c hances for
all: gla d 10 see t hese Brothers become ,ou rncyaneo a suectssful busincss fo r all conccm@d Bidding
.1nd th e dforts of their ltUri wS rr'w llrd"d with uJl J)ru Aubly low o n jobs to CUl Qth us OUt b as bee n
SucceSS In the Program costly fo r ~ 1I c mployers and can't do al1y lh ing bU I
p n ng Is Hl th e All . fi rm ly pl:l n tcd r and su mme r hult all elec trl c.11 eOn!focto" .
IS Ilis t II pec k a way . Strllnge-u the yelll8 gC t We lin COnt in uing the od module wo rk a t t his
notched on ou r bC'lu, Ihue 5c.1son:s sli p It.S eaSily ti m e ..... ith 100 percent wages fi t ill I.n fo rce:. It
PUt us as the weeks lind dllYs d id w hl!!l1 woe we re
younge r. Arc we slowl V becoming Ihe VICll ms of
continues to be: dlfAcuh Wi th other nea rby loca.ls.
domg the same wo rk and taking a 20 percen t c ut
ou , agrngl i ltlu:: to IhlOk nOl Pelhllp5 H's JIlSt thai
III wages ThIS btddtog war Clln ani,· be a step down
.s we Arow older, OU f t boughts llnd ou r laves lor sll Bro thers Wl1h addltlon:l l u am ing li nd t be
become crowded wi th all of the nappenlngs we
u pgrading Qf sk ills l ha t mcmbcr$ are domgon tb cir
uH cxJX'IJ enees We sPtJ tl l~h t Ihell] an our hnu rc
o wn 11m .... C.Uts do not sec:m In be 10 o rder. We. at
aorl ltvc loward them_ Once they havt become PllJ't
of our past, we relive Ih em in our m em o n es. 10 so Local 191 contin ue to stri ve fo r f3ir wllge s and
wor kin g cond itions for OUT me m bers. Le t 's al l pu ll
dOing, we give li ttle o r 00 con5idcrau un to t he
mo re: trl v!lI ) dRil y eve nts whIch sd d{lm see m WOr- togc lhcr, Brothers. Th e 80s. is not a t ime fo r us to
be to com petlti nn With eac.h o tht r. Be 30 Ameri ·
th y 01 o ur no tice.
tf l here IS lOY secret to youth, 11 mnst i Uldy ca n- bu y Amencan!
mUll ~ In d ie ell m llla tl on of' li me u n such be: Dvut..LAS M cDoNALD. P.S.
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, Brothers and Slslers, we NAM E ............... . . .. ....... .. .. ... ... . ........ I
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, have a change of ad· ... . . . C;iy -. -. .. . , .. . .. -. -si~ t ~ •.• - • - - .. . •• - zip' c;,d~ .. -
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know. Be sure 10 in·
I elude your old address
I end please don't forget
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'nt.ruli.n.1 Brolfle,h,od 'f Electric,' W,rI1ers
1125 15tb Slreet. N.W. W"hingt ... D. C. 20005
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Members Must Maintain
Positive Union Attitude
L.U. 194 II,o&',Spal. SHR EVEPOHT, lA.-The work
lO ou r ;lrtll picked up II h u le wlIh Ihe coml"S of
Sprmg We slIlI have aboul SO Olcn unemployed,
hQwever. OU I I.lmun connac.lO~ arc tdhng us lh.to\
they Ire trylDg to gl."l :l11 1he lObs they un. lAnd
II 't u:nalDly about tlme !1 Hopefully thl" t-(fnrt Will
pUt all of 194 's C'kctncul1ls back to work . Thr- ~.uJ
pari 1$ rbll we h;1\'C 10M many ciCCHtCllloOS dunng
the PIISllwg years of high unempluyment It sccnn
th,U OU I" {lock has scatte red Joll o\'cl lhc area Some
of OUf Brolhers haY!!:! laken mliimcn.:ancc Jobs, some
have gone Inl o o ther hnc:~ of work 2nd some h:l\,c
committed the "uitun:lle Sin " 1)1 bCl,; omlDg a n\,ln
Ulllon c!Cc:trlCLl1n Those who un] c h oQ$c (0 do thIS
have IUU Dd the gomg pretty rough. though, because
the TrBl1 Board hu dC.:Jh With e ac h nne severe l),
und p , omp,ly .
SUme of ollr Illcmbcn h.:Jv c tried gomg !tItO
bU$mcss lor themselves and haVe! discovered thaI
beIng a contraClo r LS not" bed o f r Q$CS_ The on ly
blight thing I can see IS Ihllt the conU:u!totS we
had befo.e the reCCSSllJ1I a.c slI H In busmess, stili
1tounl1a.nd jOlcc:olllmg to how they lell II I stiU 110 1
making any moot)' on Ihe lObs they gel. J h.nt
h end lhat Slillcmcnt 101 III lellst 10 )'C3fS; but I
have seen the facts and figu re"" and tb e IBEW
rnc:mocr IS the one who conllllually il.as to "ve
:imd give so that other may p.ospe. It seems The
Dnly W3)' to cb.ange thiS atllludc IS 10 be unltl:d as
II unron and II Brotherhood We have slowlydnhcd
away from the concept of a Ul"lIo n . Uy being Dnlled
we C...1n IlccQrnptlsh the goats \hal win ll\~e(l u!.
solvenl for future gene rauons. C hdnges hilve to blC
m.lde but Ihe problem I' thal WI!! arc the ones who
have to do Ihe c hanging till the Ilmc. We need 10
convinc.e oursdves tha t we Bre not t o ully the
rrob lem .lnJ develop a POSIt!\·C i llicude to change
thiS concept Then nnd only thcn Will we be on
tl,,,, ug!ll fl.,l"J Iu JI:I;UVC'Y VIlU nught even can -
VII1 CC yoursc:lI to ;utend .ill un1lm mecllng and get
JIlvul vcd l
So me members cu mpl:lLn that Ihe sta rt mg Illlle
lo t mu mcc lln,g 1.5 too !J le \Ye only h.nl: UIII::
mee ti ng Jl month; t haL 'S 11 nlgtns OU I of 365. Th iS
is on ly lin excuse. I'm aftald. If you want to keep
a Job, make good wages unJ keep the cundinens
you h.ve, You beller wak e up to thc bets. Wh en
It comes 10 feeding your i:amtly, "you wtll wo rk "
somewbere, but ....'hy walt un,,1 then tl) get m -
volvcd If you pick up th e: nCWSJl3pcror t'ven IlSlen
tl) the: news, you elln $un!:ly !tec Ihe problems of
Ihe world ~nd ou r community. These problems a rc
ntU ~OIl1' to simply 10 aw~y, SOl'neone has to &Cl
tnvol ... ed and lry to ehan«e Ihe SIIU:ltlOn Brothers
lind SI~It~,., now II the ume: lor ~ch one of us 10
do OUI part Look al youndf 111 the millor and .ask
Ihe <lILC~1I0n, " What have I done fo r my union' '',
:and before you leavc Ihnl mlrtOr, answlC r the ques-
tl Oll
Sri:e you at the n\":)l.1 OH!C1mgl
RON .... LD L.... NDRy. PRC.~
Members Attend
Telephone Conference
L.U. 199111, IT. MYE RS. FLA .-On Marc~ 26-29
Busincss Manager MIke: HUlchmson and elect ed
dcl ct;3\c VIC Stone attended, T CC-3 mee t ing and
the Telephone Conlerl"rH::c HI New Orl/::.aD!I. The
folloWLnfjt ue a few of tbe fa cls they brought back
tu th e mem bership.
Baslully, tbe tc:le phone Industry IS changmg un
• d;ay lo·day baSIS. Great nndcs are being ~nadc In
the electrOniCS lCod of ou, Industry ; ;and all o f these
~dvancc:s afEcct our JObs, [utule and security. For
4.'Xample, take fibe.-optlcs Tlus advancement means
th. 1 the telephone eom pan y WIll need (ewer cable
spliccrs tor both consuueuon and mamtlCnance
purpuSe.s Coing to VOU'! me.lns We need fewlCl
cic.k5 dOIng fiJrng and upJlmng_ Tbese :lre ,USt
twO cx:amples. but aU departments lue alfc:clt:d.
All delegates also receIved mau:nal from t he
llilW Resea rch afld Educutu)Il Dcpurtment con ·
n'rnmg pn'rl!lI l l"ml'nf 11 1'011'11"" beneflts and Ih e
Rellrcmcnl EqU it y Act of 1985. Th is mate rial will
be helpful 10 Ollr N ego tilltrn8, Team in June 01
1986.
The bIg message recely\;,d was Ihal t'ilch Union,
s~pa r atclylind togct her, mu I work lo wllrd the
slime purpose We nClCd to Q(~DlU our (Olea
..tick to~ether, educ:.;lte ou , membe rs and bJtv~
classes fO! the members and ,ob stewards.
We nced lO recruit new members ;lnd show we
h.avc strength MO'>1 IInponantly, everyone nC:ed,!,
to "Hend their scheduled me~lIngs To sum it up,
most of ,he changes LO th e Indu stry lUIC n OI bene
ficlalw Ihc umons j and we need to ch.mgc Ihal
Labo r IS t3kmg a hll on Ih e ChLO. but we need to
KCI up fighting.
Ru uy E. BE/"lNt:rr P.S.
Snowstorm
1n lhi~ pielu.r~ .. ubmiued b,. bea l 204~ Cedar
RlIIpidl,lowa, you e:1n nt tbc aftereffect of a March
snowstorm that leh thousands 01 Iowans withDut
e leeuidcy.
AJ you Un !ec. in thi.!! pi(lurc:. no bl.lcktl 01 Itvol.5
IIfC nceded £or thl!st polh.
Scribe Notes Members'
Excellent Job
L.U, 2.0 4 (ul. CEllAR RAPID, IOWA-On Mlitch
J iI snOwstorm moved through the: northl"m (Mfl
of l o wil lea vlIJg thouslInds uf Iowans wltbout clec.·
Inc SC r'VllCe hI! up tl) s ue day, Wea ther condllions
Includeu high Winds. nlln, ICIC a.nd ~no""' . Mud rOAds
.II I 0 urne into pllaY for lim' new, uymg 10 gel
\1\\0 ;Ln:as t o work.
low,. Electric pcrsonne l from Cedar Rapids, Wd ·
Ilamsburg.. To ledo, Nl·vad:r., M.3rsha llto..... n, Boone,
Pe rr y, Ic ffe rson and GUIde. Center repo l ted 10 the
aift!c.lcd 3n.:as. Company me t er rcadets and gas
scr"'I Ce emlltoyr:es irom th e ;f{eelcd a reas Joined
to stt englhen Ihc wurk forcc
It IS believed thai 400 pol es Illus hardware were
repl3ced. Work hOU l8 wen: (rom 6 a .m . to 10 p.m .
Problems faced ranged from b e k of food and lOom.s
to a s h ortage uf matena l ~nd ,;asollDe,
Tu IIIl IndlYlduals Involved: 1\ sou nds :II! II you
responded morc Ihan adequately. It 3m2Zts me
thlll unul somethlnn 11$ drastic as thts happens
you li re ukl"n for granted, the typical public lees
you on dllily roullne lobs aod aU they see 1-5 therr
IIgh l bl1l nsmg. When I !I,Hted with I E .• Ihe
prlCvlous elgtll months [wu an applt.nnee Iam:man
for l E Myers I thuught I w.anted to be a hnemlJn
but we haLt a Matc.h ICC storm that changed my
mind, and I ended up in II warm pow erhouse ..... Itb
no regrets. You linemen lind IISSOCla lC classdlea
1I0llS deserve a pat on the bllck fran extremely
well -dune lob
JIM SCOTT, II,S.
Graduation Dinner
Held in February
L.u. 211Ii&.0), ClNCINNATl, OIll O-Tbe 1985
'ATe gradwlIo n hononng the apprlCDIlc-es hlp class
of 1983 wu held february 9 at thc Marrl OH mn.
The fe$(l\'ulcs beg,an at 6:30 with cocklalls lIod
hors d 'ocuv," followed by an e,,:ccllerl1 prime nb
dUUle,_ Jlbls WiS , spedal ocC3,ion fOI Ibe new
lATe Commil1ec whieb was appolOtc:d to .eplace
me rebd NECA ClJtnnllttCe members. On behalf
of the nCw contuelor nu~ mbers, we would IlklC to
uy lh.llik y.:.u fUI a Iuh well Julie '.III :>u",b :.1&ult
notice. The new COmml ll lCe nJcmbcr", :lie: N:;at
Mayers. Bob Scherrer ~Ild Russ Miller
Sh o nly after dlOner Mr. She rr~r prc:slCntcd each
appren t ice wllh .. c:enIAe.uc of completIOn fOf hiS
or he.- dforts during th e four yea rs of tnll nl l1K
Am o ng fhe people who deserve speCial reeogn.tlon
is AnJrl"w MU lf ay, who compiled the highes t
o ... t:rall ;lverage of 9S pc: reent . He was pre se nled
with a pl:l.que llnd II $50 pnze fo r his achIevements.
Along With Mr . Murray the fo!l o wmg graduales
:nt:l.lned a scholaSllc a\'CllI,ge beller than 9U pcrceOl
o"c.r ,he yeal !>: I EU<ll!'mIeYl:t . M. P. hrr~l, S
Dossenbaclt. K H:lIl , G Mudlcr, 5, DeFlglio, J
Tarvm , D _Sharpt', R Menkc, II . Resch, W. Meyers,
R Kraus, A I MuskoVIh, A. SCOII , 'II . Riley, K
ntc:h.,d. l'. Biker, J. Steinle, n. fiec.kcr , MMe·
Dermon . D . W:lI1er.son and R Knap p
Pe[baps the most o Ulslandmg feat wa$ .Duamed
by those With perfec l ancndance over the:: four
ye,IIS. They Jle K BIJI:l,!>, R C1IIIstllUIIl, W . Clean·
em.s, M H, U, R. K:n.hm:m. A I Muskovl1l, R.
Schwu:r, 0 Sha rpt' and T Sneed . Conl'3tul:llions
are In o rde, for c:ach of these men aod women for
1111::_11 hard wurk lind uetermlnatlon.
HonorlCd gueSts fur the evening wc.e AJ Kyde,
U S Departmen t of labor, lim Pate, lAiC, l oca l
648, Dgn Surnbroc-~. CinCinnati NECA, and the
nfAce rs of Loca l 212 . W. Rotherl , business man -
agerl J Gleason, prtJIJ n l , R lewi~, VIce p.-esi-
dt:n t , Exccutiv Goard membe.rs F Bmler, R. Unme.
S Hill . R. jenn;cn and W Wha len.
ROIJ. f,P,T W Ll lJo'l.S, Jl .S.
Officer Ends Term
Of CIR Service
LV. 131 li,u,em,lIb , ~ ' v.spal, SIOUX CITY,
IO WA-The May SfiSI Otl oi tbe OR marked ,be
end of my five ·year Icrm as .a member of th.s
orgaruza l ion OunnK my lou, lerms as bUSiness
managcrof thiS local UOlon, I have had the oppor·
lunllY 10 serve on many civic, pubhc .nd labor
commlttee.s, but none which offered the cballenge
or satLshtction that working With lhl! ouncllon
Industrial Relali ns did, It ·s unfo rtunate thai
e Yeryone io the bbar mOveDllCnt cannO I JlolrllClp .He
in a group such as tht: Council whic h Huly hn the
10m t inccrlCslS of Ihe tndustry at hean when thcy
ma.ke' their deci sion s.
l'n1 sure ther~ ale skcptu:.s 011 b0111 sldcs who
question the falftu':5,s ami Wisdom of Cuuncil de·
cislons/ but, fr om une whu has becn there and had
a firsthand took al how II work!;, (' m :!1I1tlsl1ed OU I
iuJ u!)"), il)' III guuJ IlilnJ1;. l11c plind mClllueUilue
to p·not ch, both unIOn and employcr Su pporting
staff from thlC IHEW .:lind NECA do one darn Sood
It)b In htlpmg our indus"y tun as trouble -lree as
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pu!>slble IlnJ rarely, If e ver. ge l any credit or th;ank!li. w
l'eoplc like Robert Dunleavy .and Muok Hughes z
should be congutula1td fOllhlC job they have done. ,
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Personally, I'd like lU thank PIC-Slden( Pillard
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lind 'VIce ProideOl Moore for pVlDg m t' the op- «
portunitY to work with $lIeh a distinguished group z
a:
Fo r thos~ ('mJltoyet~ lrnd unt(tns who have ado pted :::>
Ih e Moolfll:d COunCil Lan~uage, I can only $lY thlll o,
I thmk you 've madc a big mls{~kc: aod laken a Sll;P
rn Lhe wrongdlrec lH1nJ bl,lt the Couneil ..... IU .:IIlwIIY$
welcome you back SIXty four ye::irs of suceen Is
hard to match and ImpOSSible to bea t l
CAA.Y CILliUT, P .S. 31

Service Pins
Ru:ipieoLS 01 IO-yut IBEW 5e r" lcf pins 'lIfe Eddie
h\rClain, CJla,l cs McGill, Paul KloO!>lclman, Joe
Cosunzo, R,lpn Bort'lli. ';IIm c,!! Carr ami Michae l
furell.
Athletic Association
Camp-outs Coming Up
L..U. 237 (;1. NIACA RA FALLS, N.Y.-The '0('.1)
work picture: 110 stili bad The: Nltte; ,ob IS sull 10
the talkmg The Dupont cell 100m lob IS
SI:l&C.
dcfinlldy gOing to be here. hue no st.w ing date
has beeD se l. The: new Dupont lIiubst.alion has
tan ed, McC:abr l:.it'ctnc: bOllSlhc: lIoundlng. Buffalo
Elcc.tnc the underl,roucd (ondult and Fcrgusolt
Elcctrlc the: wire and IlOcwork
The local lAT nRS ~r aduatc:J five apprentices,
they arC. Cr;lIg Blackwel l, Cary Flore, Gary Mu:h lll\.
Patrick Murphy and Mlnanne \Vln08ut'St Congra.t.
uhmoDs.
Wh:n .... as Dan Lowes showln& people: In his tux
III his weddtng reception!
Is It lrue Sttvc: Zambow calle d Bob Knox collet
to get a fide tu an uve l tlme lob
The Athleuc ASSOCiation camp· OUts a rc father
and sons and d~ulhten, June 14, IS and 16; and
sug. September 20, 2 1 and 21. 80th arc at Camp
10, Allegany Sta u: Pa rk
The meetings lIIe 51111 the thlld Thurscby, 8 p.lIL
al Ihe Elk's H.. lI, Third Avenue, Town of Ntaglra
JIM TUaUfJUtV, P.S
Members
w be IIwa re of Ihe proposals Ii the company follows
Z SUll. as It hoa.! 11\ years p;lSI, they won ' t gel Ycry
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Local '245, Tole do, Ohio, membcff line up fOf
-' rdrcs hm enu It the h all following rh e Annual
« Bowl ing Tournl lll l":nt.
z proposal, ple.ase help him 10 aoy way possible . We
II:
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Q Scribe Says "Oppose
Proposal to Tax Benefits "
L, • 245 to ,lI ,g.,vtlllrtb), TOU!DO, 0 111 0 - The
majOrity of our OUI Ide Lmcrncu, ..evc-raJ humllt'd
able men, arc '1111 without wOlk lub5 b.we ~1:Jl
32 'K.a.r c~. Denolt and Luna olfe. d some work, but
IIhcr SC\'cra l wed.!OI they wCle com~lcH~d Rcpcms
1)1 conS lru ctllln in CaiL lornu havc ('pcll ed new
~ue.u Somc mem rs have: de4.lcJ In go Wl.'.St,
OIhers can't .If1~"d til reiu(:ate lIml hope fo r ncw
SUins doser tn h,'me Most have worked tWa or
Ihlt~e munth ~ annu..1l1v lor the pUt flY~ years Many
o lde r Imtmen are scektn~ {h~ahllitV ~nefi t 5, as
knct Jnd bJck rra hl c m ~ :lre nut tJnu~uJI .1ftu
climbing towelS Jnd roles for molny ) d h Reccl\t
anA compc"o"tmn IS an01hl!'1 sl4l("" ",·I"U(!t c:arneJ
and 1:11 n~hlfu lly theus lU<:" I~n't cnl)ugh 11 tht:
mcn havc 11111 het!lI disqu311tle~.f, dll'y've been dis ·
cIIIII:rged In t he fumc of budget cua, Ihls Amtru::a
has Mcome ;I col d and uncanRg 'Il:rp In the fJcc .
Re.1goln 's" t' w Deal Repuhllcan~" IS no deal al
.11
III an atlelllJH to reduce fcdc:ul deAclls, the
Rl'a~a1J admmlStrau o n has iJo:;tt l1ll1rrH:d to mi ddle-
cI.aS5 Amenc;;t Faml$ 10 (IPplJSC 3ay PlOpo!;.aJ 10
tlX the' bafg,ml!'d for fnngl!' bcl'ldu arc :av:ail:ablc
al Ihe umon h;all Yuu, the membtrs, arc u.ged tt)
Wil lI! rnemheu of Ihe U .S I-I ou'le of Representa
lIyes and Sena te The time to aCll s now l Tell th em
" H.ands off our life support bcndit ."
11M ROft£Rn., P.S
More Honorees
BrOlbtr Ed Kendzlorski recrutly WIiS hOOOfd by
LoCiI '246, tl!'ubc.nvillil' , O h io , 101 more th;an 30
yurs o f service. to the lDEW. Not pictured but a lso
recc.i vingl()..yul pin .. wer t Brothtrli lim Fe r&u.so n
and Art Hoi iDIU.
Shown rece iving 3S-year se l\'ic~ pin art BrOlhers
Bo b JonQ, le ll , and Robe rt R. Ensell. Not pictured
is Brothe.r Jim Uimd.
Negotiations Ongoing :
Support Your Officers
LU. 249 lul, CENEVA, N. Y. - By the: lime thiS
Issue of the mEW /ournlll rellch~ you, the: mem
hershlp, Syslem Counci l U·7 and NY E C Will
hnve been negotiating p criodlc~lly 1"IVl:r t wo weeks.
AJ I am writing thiS dunng Ibe Arsl part of April.
I can't know how much progrtu wdl have bC'en
madl!'. I know thai CauDctl U-7 went In with some
excellent proposals h om tbe II loclil uOlons II
you 311cnded Ihc last umon mectlngs, you sh uld
se n ous unul the Jast lew days uf negOllallt1n5
U you ate rClluesu.-d by any offi!.;!!r to provide
fu m with any Iypc of m form:lIIon on any Item or
.ill benc.At from th IS. II IS vcry Importanl thlll If
your loul fllll:.sldcnt or officc" come to you and
need ),ou, ~UpP.)Jl lh.:n ,",au sUP1'Ori t.hem . Yuu
have elected lhcm, lind ncgQlllltlll1; IS ran of therr
lub~, and Ihey knuw whal l hcy du T hey .. Iso hB ve
~ n InlernatlonJI Rcprcscnl3t1v\: with Ihem 101
15sisrolncc whn IS very knuwledgeable and abruSl
of all current contr.JCl$ and negotlalioos. When
Ihe local pU~5l denc comes bol k hum negOllallons
Wtlh;1 COn ll:lCI package .and hold"l a ~p(,cla l mcetlns
to cxpLnn It, :1I11:nd Ihe IlIccllng! LISlen to hu
.tdYlce 011 the Cfl nuact and lollo w hIS re-commen
dallons. AlaIn, thts is :I mlilor pin of hiS declcd
loh ••and he Will accer' o nly wh ile IS best {or ;:all
Ihe members
Ken Smith, unl!' of OUI '>t:III,.r ch id linemen 10
'he Auburn area, lecently .t lli ed Production and
tlellcal cowOIkc.'J and hle nds of Ken 's bad a P;lrty
tul..e1chratC" his retrrement. The Auburn LlnelnllD 's
Orf;.101 ZoII10n prcs:cfucU Ken wun a plaque, dcnm ·
Ing Ken's mRny years of nOIOI'lOUS work as :ill
hncmao Also, eO~Qlkers ami mends pvc .. gift
to Ken We all WIsh rum many harpy years. of
Ill't Llcmcnl .
If ;lnyone In the loc.. llil? area has any Hcms 01
In lerest 10 the loell l or tbe UOIOI\, plCASC get lhem
fa mel .lInd I WIll get them In the IBEW Journal
Don 't forget , mcellng5 arc on tbe fourth ThurS-
day of the mon lh Jt 8 p.m. It the Amencan LtStlon
In Ceneva, New YC:Hk
T R O'-.lf)H l l., V P.· p S.
Annual Banquet
Pictured .re IJIll'mbrrs 0 ' da~ Loul 261 , GrOton,
Co nn ., Rel ire.ment Club tnloying casual talk a'
Ib e: t b ird Annu.1 RttirtmeDt Club Banq uet) left
to righi, Roe. slc.r, Waluk, M ll rl e l, Mrs. Mu,c1,
Dorotby nd Twiss.
Members a nd ,;ues ts e njoy the sod. I bour priOf 10
di nn c.r; Irh to right, Charl t'J Ind .M rs. Bahr, Uniou
Safe t y In.spu tol Tom Duga" Esec:uti"e C(l namit·
'um~D Chie an d M IS. McCollmbs.
Retirement Club Is
Active and Strong
L.U.26 1 jmar,mo&'e'l,GROTO , ONI.- About
four yl!~n a~o a few concerned, rellted Ell:cU"lc
Boa t shl Jlynnl people g:Hhered i l thl! Loca l 21'U
bUS-Inc S ofBce lind requl:sted aSSistance from Busi ·
ness MllOage. Arnold Pinkston In the formlnl 0111
rellrement club At Ibllt pOIn' tn ume tbere were
no te:uremcn l clubs in eXistence In .oy of Ihe 10
loca l!> Ihal make up tbe Mctal Tr ad~ Cou ncil of
Groton, nor hu Iherc becn IIny record of a re tire ·
ment club to the 40'ye,u hfSCOry 01 the unlOn5 at
the Electllc BOllt. There Were those skcptlC$ who
beheved there would be Yery httle Inteu:SI In a.n
orgJruzation of thts Iype antllhat In a short pe riod
r time even the bellt: ver!l would becomc d,scuur-
aged due to the IJck of inlcrest by potenual mem -
ben. Ludcnhip tlecllons were held by Interested,
, cured nl.1c1car shIpyard craftsmen, aod the officers
elected wuuld he reqU ired to pUI a 101 of .. )TIC and
effort IIl IU Ihe newly formed Off;!1nr:z:auon 10 (..n:lIlC
an mtr:reSI Fr:2nk "Sinn" Roc.sslel' was elected
rU!!;ldenl . c:ncrgeuc Charles 8,ker Ylee president,
11m Lamb would be elecled Ireasurer and kccp«
of the mOnies, ;1nd l.cu OeRo<;u:r .....ould ' ('CIUJ the
mcctU1I' and the club' , act,vllId for the future .
The newly dect ed offi cers a.ad the harJworking
me m bers pro ved to the olher t cu rcd trade m e mbers
uf Ihe Metal Tudes Counci l 'hat Imcre'Hcd mcm ·
bers could .nd would m ake 3 retueml'nt club
become II realllY
for thr('e of Its fOUl yeu'> of rJ:1'.>tcnce, the l<K~
161 llc tlTe m ent Club h;IJ arr anged ;1 yearly SOCial
ho ur and banquet for ducs-paYlng mtR.1ber~ and
gue!l". The event , 111 lIS county, h.n :ilways bee n
paid for h om the luh '", account Amon g the
InvlI('d guests thiS ~ea l we re BuslOes<; Mlin'Se l
Arnold Pmkston Ind Mrs. Pinkston, Pr css Seere-
tat')' "'forn M cGovern .nd Mrs McCovctn, Umon
Safety [mlpector Torn Ou,"u and Mn. Dugas, Ex-
CCUtl VC Lommltttemllrt c hiC McCoomDS and Mrs.
McCoornb. and s('c(lnd s hih Electllc lIl Steward
har le s Witt, Jr. The nlghl WaS enjoyable ami all
kot!w l1uI I thIS CiuD and these rntmbtra would
JI' ln celebr;1te the ir elluu:nc.c next ycar
A srectal th.anks 10 the Loc21 261 k c llt emcnt
C lub fo r their invltallon and thell hosplt.lIIlY_
Tw o of our nuclea r .hlpy~ rd c." ftsmcn, AI Slit·
bet and Tom Funk dc~erve spc:cial r('co,otOl tlOn for
their Pl1rtlcl patlnn III the Eh:ct n c: Boa l Bl ood M o-
bale 11rogr;a m AI Sllcbtr has glytn 7. gall ons. of his
blood, and Tom Fnnk has t n'en .. I &allons Have
you gm:n blood luclyf
illn MA", Mc Co\l a,., P S
Brother Carr Retires ;
Negotiations Are Under Way
LoU, 162 (1&'0), PLAINFIELD, . J.-C()o,;r.a l ula-
rlons .rc extended to our newest rctlred mernbc:r,
Brother Hilny Cillr Bro ther Can ..,.;15 Indenture d
Il'Ito our local 10 1949, li e se rved aC ll vely on m;1I1 Y
comm ittees dUTln~ hi S 36 yc:ars of serVice, Includ-
ing 12 ycars on the fATe . Hh experlcnce: and
knowle.dg.e. wm bc:gJt.at ly 1)l \.s~cJ.. On behAlf of the:
membership, I wl5h H ... rry the best 0( luc k and
haJll'me55 for tbe future
Cungrsllul atlon, .re abo ex tende:d to Brother
P;1ul Sm ith on the coml'le u on of hiS apfJfenllccshlP
(1II1Um,;
Contract negotta li os arc no w lmder W:lIy , iltld
OU t Ne~otlaung Commlttce bas ItS work cut OUt
fot them . I wou ld a'ik Ih at the membership pUt Its
fulJ support behmd the: Commmc..~ I undClstand
th .. , not evcryonc Will be h.1PPY with the outcome
of these tallu) but c('ml:!mb~t RI thei S, W I:! art. a
umon Wc .IC hVlnl In some very unCert:1I1l hmes
A lot of peop le OUt thtre wuuld be ju sl as happy If
the un ion movem el1l was OUi ofbuSIOC U We must
Slick togcther .nd alht as ont Unltcd we: stand,
diVided we fall Come OUt to the mectLnA~, and
sh ow your suppOrt Qu. IUlure d('pcnds on II
Until next momh, thInk lind work union
Lit" M I.;CONNELL VP PS
Union Shops Awarded
VA Hospital Contract
LU. '292 (i,em,lI b,n s,r'."&sp.t, MJN [APOLlS,
M1NN,-£lectn c Rep:ll r & CtJn5lrUe1l0n, Premier
El('ctrle, ('Ie.son W,l cl)x :mJ Slarbud Prum o Elec-
tnC have been awarded the ele Irl cal COlllra Cts on
the ncw VClerans h O!'i J'llt a lln Mlnnc2poils . ThIS IS
the hugcst fcdel~lIy funde:d bUlldmg COntr3Cl In
the Slale or Mmnesota', h l~(Qry Con$trucllon
s~rted 10 tbe bU of 1984, and the complell o n dale
l !'i the fall of 1987. Electric Repall $. Construc tlcm
wa s awarded Ihe systems work. Premier IS hand l1n&
the s('rvlce .. nd puwer d' '.l rll butum " u: r5nn Wilcox
h.d the first phut of the temporary wiring SU I
bll d Promo has the remainde r of ,he I('mpo rary .
The new racllily Will be- cun"llucu:d nn the: pruent
"u,\\u\ds south..... CSt oj the. t.lU~tlRg VA hll~pltal
Th'$ Uacre blu ld lns Will haye 1,400,000 square-
fee l of noor space It wtl l pn) vlde 845 p.ltlent beds,
20 spe ci ... lty :are .. s fOt n rc "'tln~alld recuvery lOomS,
laboratories, research, .and diagnoslIc areas. An
underground c ydoHun wil l be: PUt of the Rad iology
Department. A 5CJlarlite cneq;y center Will hnu <;e
the boiJers and cblllers
Here lire some of the m;1ttri .. ls lh:u ....·1 11 be used,
At Job Site
Pictured aJr_~ome of thl!' l.uC'a l 292 , M in ntapolis,
M inn" members wO l kin~ on Ihe ne w VA hospiul
whQ wo rk ror ERC .nd Prrmier Elt:ctric: larry
O.. t iewln., Stut: Oo'trOO1, Ktvln C.1I1~' , Rie h • •d
Che!i\C'y , l'Itl!:ve CIaYP;llch, Robert Co pus, La rry
Dilmd el , Dunald D u pa" , Ti m ot h y Fis h, Delmar
lhll1stn, Scott "'&&Ins , 020 ry~ jeli ne k , Runnhll oh n.
son, ~ h rldcm loo u, 'rfl rey Meo t h. Cyn th ia Mills,
Kc:rk Nelsu n, Erie 0 150n, Thom.s Pend roy. r,.. nk
Rll5~iC'l/ 8i11 Richmolld, lohn Rust , Wes le, c hook,
Michat l Si r;1ny. Gl!'ne s.w.. n ~ on , Ro nald V. llef.
David )lalen, Bob Huberty, luhn Schmitt, KC"in
Rrach and Doug Olson .
lUSt to ~IVC you .n
Ide;l "' the m.:llgllltutie uf the
pWlect E1ec tnc Rep"lr ..... 111 b.: U!llog the foll o ww&
160.000 fect of .i b,. :I ind 6 by 6 wue ..... J)' (1)1
dlStnbulllI1l 111 p(lw~r, hghun,; anJ systems, 600,()(X)
.ec t OJ condu it lor tlghtlR~ b lan ch cilcuns .and
sys te m SI JO,OOO fett of fct.:der .,;onJult fIJI sy:it.:.ms,
1,500,000 feet of br311 h WII!:j 2.1,000 fect
derg. ounJ fccdclS, I'1l""'t"r :md syuem,; ;1od 20,000
u'
un ·
light fixtures PremlC'c E.lect m: h.as l5 Unit subs;
4U,OUU fect of pnmllry dlstllbuuon cable. II 1\ V,
Sl.x 750· KW gener.ator • 3S,OOO feet or fect.ier clIn
dun, 500,000 It:c t o j brJnc h CUCUI I cOlldlJ lI .
1,600,000 fl'c t o j branc h CII CU Il WlfC I 530,000 feet
of feclle r WIT!:", SO{l h!:":lllwa ll units; all the m"ln
hlgh YCl1ul:C serv ice equ qlll11' n t , and 6,000 fec t 01
primary fcede r co nd Uit fo r N~P sc rv lce
The fo re m en for ERC .IIC Oon Mu:gel. ~c n e llll
foreman , and lenemen Larry Sehuht , Rlehald
Chesley and eh:ules Th lelge~ Fo r Premier the
~cnt:ul/urcllliUl I~ DUUK Ol\un, 01111.1 tlu: lull MC W:Utl
IS Joe Rya n
Dof'l 'Rw " tAIlY'N, PM l!. P S
~ i c'urt d.Ut local 294, Uibbinl:, Min n., Bruthc:rs:
atl~ n din, t he: louJ' monlhly mteting.
Apprentices
Pictu rcd are: nit 294.2 hemidji, Minn ., apprrn·
lice'S brinl i Worn in on Ft'bruu)' 21, 1985.
Work Scene Still Bad ;
Brother Thronson Is Mourned
L ,294 (l,u,l!':hI, rc b,rt!lo,t. "p:lIl. II IRIH G , ,' ti N
SemI!: r:&fls of our ,!tl eal COUntry n.lve h,ld an
Inc r e a ~e In hUlldlng. hut ourtlrcrn Mmn..:sota IS
sulllO a dq'lu::''ied Sl;1lt Tbe fnQn&tc r lan t , have:
cilled II few of thell pr odu(' l lUu r er't{mncl bllck.
but they are f.. ,lro m thear maxImum ca pac ity Our
whol e local economy depends \)Il the steel cum
pam~ S. ConMructJOn IS atm(ln nonexistent We
a.R:U..R WJnt 10 Ih;1nk the many Ioc.al'!i Ihat have
giv en ou r loc;&1 Brothers wo.k We hnre we un
repay them when and If our econ my Improves
We ,lit" "dJened to . epJIl the r.a~'iln~ .awav on
Marc il 1 1. 1985, ol8rot h e l [kmuv;1n H Thw"'>On
of H lbb ,nJt MlIIll c,>Ola Bl(1thl,· ' Don ....." s mlll ,lIcJ
mto thc Im.JI m M.l1Ch, lY-I" . .Ind Icu rcd un
Fehruary I. 19M.l We cx t t nd HUt ~ymr;llhlt: :' lII hi ..
Widow {fI~ n e, lind bmll~ t 101 NH~ wmk.~J m:llly
lobs with "Iother Don ;and ....'111 nll \ \;1 gout! fnellli
and 8.tHher
Until next n\(lmh, buy Arnl"rle.1n, lor the bluest
u!a son , becJu~e you ate IIIIC
E II Ruy LAHJ)l , P.S.
Picket Line
In Ih h pic-t ut(' l..ocal 300. Montpelie:r , Vt ., BusiDt'SS
Manastr I. O. M errigan, second from Ielt; Rod
Allen, linds ty Catcs; :lind Wayne lewell of Eno.. -
burg StrUt and Sewtr Dtpuuuent .s how th d r
s upport for sul king Wal U li nd Lig ht Oc p.. ll men l
Brothers.
Shop Stt-wa rd C IC'g Cla,k and 8111bull Ken nison
at~ sh ow n on the picket line for the Enosburg
Wate r ;li nd Li,ht De panmtnt In Enosbwg hlisl
VI.
Work Picks Up,
But Some on Strike
L.U_1OOIi&ul, MoO T PE Ll ER, "T.- Work IS pick·
the CQIISCruCtlQ I1 Unit after. slow WlOler
Ing up In
with Mi lli ke n 8ro t hers Inc: of PurtlaDd, M ,IOC,
gc:mng the Rad lss.o n Hotd ell panSlUn a nd dH~
BUllmgt on Square ('''pansloo. Ah cr many years of
OUI ConlrlleltJ rs successfull y doing th c cable work,
ru,\-1 for the RrM li me let rhe contract go r3t Th:n
I'
bSled only about three week, It now being done
by Pccit EI('ctnc, Essex JuncHon, Ve.mont. a union
<00 \1a< \ 1,)1 cmr1o'fmg. our memMrs ,
The St Alban , Enosbu rg Unit hC'ld li S Annual
w
Fish Fry In conlunctlon with Ih clr Mas ch nl l'l'n ny, z
As usu lI l, It was a huge succc~~ ...,
:::>
Brothel R,lph Sawyer, who reured from tb e
ConSln.actu:m Unit HI 1971, lolled Mlilch 16 after II
long Il1nc s ~ Our sympathy 15 extt;nded to Brother
-
~
~
Sawye r's bmdy a:
The VIIIJIC of E[I(lsbur~ Water :UIIJ l..lght De · :::>
partmcnt ha. bc:en forc ed OU t on !l trlke by the
...,o
comm lllsione r 's refusal IU at.;cc pt the fedcral mc·
diator' s , nd {act · flndlllg repmt~ l hty have bt:cn
,- worlung 'Imee Augu!lt 23.1 984, without 3eOnUt;tct.
The comml &luner's U[lWIIIIRKIIC5'Q to ba rgalR ha<;
bee.n a big factor 10 the dlfftt.;uhy In nego ualmg a 33
 n~w (OOtUltt As of 11115 Wfl1lng. we arc unsure 115
to how !(mg ~hc stnke will 13st, Assistance on the
pkke t line hus been gtven by the Enosburg Street
;and Sewer eU'Iployees who have given up their
IUDCb houn :Jnd alter·wark ume ta w;,Ilk the hne
wuh lhe LlglH Dep:mment members. Addillonal
$upperr ha$ CQrne h am the CVPS·St. Alhan.! mem-
~r'i , wh o have also walked Ih e line.
BETTY AlA. RS
Union Picnic Set
For August
LU.305 (iA..s p;al. FT. WA YNE.IND.-Hdlo, again,
110m Ft. Wayne. Welt B.roLhers and Slsters, IInOlhcl
month ha!f COlne and gonea ulld work hilsn't picked
up hke most of u.s expel;tcd A$ a m;.llter QI f;,lct,
It dot;,sn ' t look :1.5 promlSlng as we first thought
BUI there Wlllllil1 be more production he le than
Ihere has been for a few yenrs
The Enterllnnmcm CommHtCe has sct Augus t
2.04, 1985, 1I~ the date for the un ton pn;nic. It '$ &Olng
10 be: a real mce pICDlC-_ lOll of food , d.rmk and
pn2U. The Enteru.rnment Committee: Iiso IS now
workIng on Ihe: Chnstmas pliny) hopefully II '5 nm
1110 liltC to get a hull.
We ato(! lignin saddened to report the de.llh of
another Brother, Paul Cliffold " Cy " Correll Cy
W.il.!!i uutl3ted on Aprllll , 1952, he retired June JO,
1976, and dlcd on Marcb 28, 19 5. All uf us III
l.ocol305 e:)Ilcnd OUI symp:lthlcs 10 Cy's £:1II1I Iy
Until next time, Il remindC::1 I U all of yoo alls -
tocrat boy umon-made: In Amenca
RANDY S'l.tfn~, ,1S.
Shrimp Feast
Pict ured :lie MC!rubers of Lou l 313, Wilm ington,
Dd., during the: loca f'. Annual Shrimp fust. As
you can see, Ih~rt' W.;LS pl~nl1 01 !uloM (or tv"",,·
• n~
Members Enjoyed Annual
Shrimp Feast
LU. 313 (i&5 pa), WILMI CTON, D Et.- flack 01'1
March 22, 198 5, o m Annual Shrimp Feast wu
held, with our 300 local Brothers consuming 500
pounds of sbnmp, do~ens of tilW and sturned
clams , raw !iIInd Ined oysu:r!! and, of (OU lse. lOIS of
cold beer .
UJ
Z pcnsit)n funds i n Pa lm Deach Coun l Y projects, said
Once th ey had their fill of !lealood, st'Jl'Ilt:" local
...,
:l
Sr thers s.:rt down for lIome cud plaYing. ""hlle
...J others wacched the NCAA semifinlll bll~kclball
< game o n !ill 7' £001 SC rl!eD TV Thanks to cveryune
Z th:H the Hilton prolect had c.eatC'd about 300,000
a: wbo helped out wllh the Ic~l'Iup afte:rwuds.
a
...,
OUI yeArly Shn mp Feast conLlOu r s to be one of
Ou r most popula r act ivltlcs held dutlng the YCllf,
and is only 0ilCD to local Brothers.
~ Plans arc bCing made now for a Crab FeUI , ""hlCh
!!! wi ll be held .lit the end of the summer and Will
IOcludc family members.
34 RICIIAIW R W I\CNE.'Sl.. ,It , P .S
REA Celebrates Union Built
50th Anniversary
loU. 322 (I.o.u,c,em&'govtl. CASPER, ",YO ,- Th IS
YCIII is the Colden AnOlVCI Sa!1' fo r the Ruul E,lcc·
mHclition Administr.atlon Th(" LBEW ;Ictlvely SUIl'
poncu nou aSSisted In pJllcill& t he ncccu:lry leg-
Isla t ion on tbc slatutC books for the: c re'lli on of
the REA_The IBEW is p.oud of ,hi, .nd other long·
-
tenn e fforts on programs bene6c.lal to rUlat Ame.·
'co
The Rural Electrifl Cluion Administ.nllOO h!ill
taken a Slrong pt.1 11100 on the ng}ll to orgamze.
REA Bulletin 109·2 makes thiS statement: ""It is
the pOlley 01 the United States, as e XJlIened .e-
pt:3lcdly by Acts of Congress, that ~mp l Qyces hilve
tbe right 10 org.a1lli-C :lI1d barRsm collec ti ve l y."
L.oC!ill I 312.15 proud thai II represent!li the cmployees
of lhe followmg Wyo ming Rur~ Electric Cuoper-
;allvn: B1& Hom, i'lot Spnl1gs, Lower Valle)" Rlv,
erton VlIllcy, Shoshune River Power, Til Coun ty
and Whcllllilnd REA Every AmcnC all shou ld unite
tbe rUl al AmcnCil to mllke Congress understand
the Rc.a,;;an ;admmlstrauon IS wrong Ru ral declO·
f1c.;I.lI o n Is truly one of the greal success ~t()nes Df
thiS nil lion beneliung all or Amene" .
Plull s nrc under W:1y by the Inside l ATe to ho ld Thcst picl1Jn:s s ubmitt ed by .Locil 323, West P.. 1ru
the App rentice Compicllon Ceremony Oil atur' Ouch, Fla" art of (he HihoQ Airport C c.nue, an
d;ay, August 17, 1985, at the HotldllY Inn 10 Doug- impf'tssivt lll8-room h"l el and Ihru-story offic.t
Ln, Wyornlng_ These pilins Include II membership ' bllilding built 100 p~rcent by union workC!n,
plfl prcscntatlon honottn.l:; those membcrs wltb 20
or more years of COllttnuous good standlllg. PIcase
mark your calendlus. All thlS lO OK place at the ncw HlllOl'! AHPOft
[n:mic members are also remmded that Code Centre, an Imprcs!>lve 248' loa m hOlel !iIInd three-
Courses WIll be conductCd on June 22 and 2J in story ollke bUilding bUlh 100 perccnt by \JOlon
Cilsper, Roc.k Sprmgs and Cheyenne . The ccou rses workers_ Need I say It 'S one ocaullfullob! We must
have been approved by the Wyol1l1 ng s uite chief applaud Buslncss Manage r Hudspeth on IhlS lie·
t omplishml!nI because he has worked very hard
elcc tru:al mspectol for Ihr- 16 h a Ul S tequLTed to
re.nr-w yuur Itcense to make thang bener for un ion cn.fnrnt'n ID aU
Cungrl&tulallons arc In order fOI our new iour lroildes Lei 's gtvt' aU these ludcn .. big b!illnd fo r !ill
neyman hncmen . Brothers Dave Nu:kcrson , leve lob bemg we ll done nolV, lind for lobs presently In
F, Cr!t:t alld Gco lge Clvens have successfully com· progress fO I uur IUlu re.
plC'led the II app l entlcr:~hIP with the Mountain Brothel's and SiSters, Inyest your money in unlOIl
States Llrle Construe-tors fATC, We wish you a ptodlJUS and union work Don' t let your money
lons and successful cucer be lDvested in the nODUDIon clement
I would offer PreS:ldent R.::agan and hIS adman· 00 you know where your mClnt:,. is bc in& In -
lstruion th e followlIlg thoughts h om.:t grea t man ycsted!
of our (las l ' "The m:18S of mankind bas not bec.n EUGfNE W WOODWAJU>, P .5.
born with s!illddle! on their backs, nor a favored
few lborn l to ride them . .. Thomas Jefferson
Make your umon Slron&,. attend youI' loc:al unIOn Quite a Catch
nll.:etlllg the second S:nurday 01 cach month at 10
a.m. 1 wish all of our Brothcls and Sisters a safe
and enloyable summel
KErTH LARSEN , P.S
Invest in Union PiCtured is Brothe r ,. A_
" AI " Young 01 Local
Projects, Products 324, Loo.:viC!w, Tel .,
L.U.l2311,0,u,u,.rt b,n .s&'spa), WEST PALM BEACH, an d bis 63-pound eaL·
FLA .-Local 323 hn a new ou d ook for the word 6.h.
fait Flcmdll AfArmauve Investment Roundtable
(fAIR ) I~ a commine.:! which was formed 10 provide
a new VI(W of IQ\'enm(nts bclorlKIOJI: to Ulllon
(lahOlmen' s umon pcnslon and annuItY moneys .
Th ese IIlVc$lmentS are In compliance III aU limes
whh the Employ m cni Rc t irement Income Seeunty
A"
Ceorge L Hudspeth, busmcss manAger of Loc:l1
323 , Roben Monka, administratOr of pen Ion and
welfare programs of the lJ S. Depamnent of Labol '
Robert Georgme, pn:sldco t of the Nallona l Build·
109 and Construction Trades of the AFL-ClO ; and
Curt Gowdy. Dot(d SpOl1scaster, spoke here at Ihr:
Flortda Labor Man;ae;emr:nt CouDCtl Brother Hud ·
speth, also ChamTIiln of a. group Invutlng union
the lunds had earned 14 percent Inlereslllod:ll 10
percent equity poSItIOn from th~ S2,S ' nulhon 1:00 '
strUl:lIon loan to the: Hilton . ROM:rl Ge.orgme uid
Shown bere b: a unll mt(l ln& 01 Robro y Manufac-
turin g in GUmcr, Tex.
hours of tlcw ..... ork {o r Ihe un ion OIem bers In Palm
BC:l ch County. RQberl Monks urged both union
and management trustees of penSion funds to be Fish Are Biting;
mor( hn!illgina liv( in thel' LQvestmen15 He S!iIIld,
" Pruden! men actlll& p rudently have been lOSing. Retirees Club Growing
mMcy fo r ycars lind they· ... e been gening paid well L.U, 324 (i,o&'r.m}, LO G VI Il W, TEX, -It hB~ been
fo r It Invesung UOlon money in uRlon prOJec.ts Is some time alnce OUI bst artIcle. I must say we are
nOI only leg:&l, but I&pproprtate. II sull Bgbllng lhe ratS U hard as we can . Al thIS
ume we: holV( ~ loIrge put of UUI '" IH.lIIl.lI <Iud
h nemen out of wo rk
Abou t Iht only thmg I know fu r ce:nam these
d~)'... tbat the: fish are bUIR& lIS you can see b)'
the pU. IUle: Ih:n :1eCf.lmr~nte: thl .Htlde. Broth",.
AI Young mus t h 3l'e hdd lu'\ mouth ught when
h e CIIUght th is c:atfish.
Our plllyers ~lnd thoughts l fl! w'l lh o u r BrOl h c rs
on the rUlld, and we: hope: tn h:1V morl' wlHk In
the future .
We: have:, m the l;aSt few mon l b~, "fa .led II RetIred
Me m be ... Club, .and the numbers ;uc growing
Polrtlc.illly, wc are p.e:p2rtn& for 2 cong. es IOn.;a1
r;tce In Distract I We sure need a ""Ctory in this
a rta. so ple::ase register ilnJ vute
Our cnnduie:nc(S So ou t to thc f.s mdy o f BrOlher
Ro bc lt B Youog St oth e r Yo ung .....:a s c!cclrocul.t:d
III May Qf I)lM and pas'{etl ~Iw"y on Marc h 29,
1985 Brot her Young Wo1 $ a ffl end (Ii fT1:1ny. llnU we
all wil l miSs h im
MIOtAfL WlllrUIUR"T B M
Annual Picn ic Scheduled
For July 13
L.U. 3)2 ,i&.o!. SAN l OSE, C Al... Local JJ2's
Annual PICniC IS on Sa t urd:ay, July 13, 1985, 31
CoYO tt Ranc h If you haven ' t becn to II 10taJ picn ic
a t Coyo te Ranch, YOU'\' c becn rnl.ss m~ OUt on alot
of fun .nd fello wship. Ie.rry rfC:IHcr, cha irm an of
•he Enltr~lnmCDt Committee, U!iurc:~ me that
thIS )'e.1 r '~ PICniC w li l be even blucr and better
Ih.An .he Iht one Je.1)' lind hl l crew rcally do :a
great I~,b of o rg;anlzlng the PII: nlC , cooklDg the
steaks, buns. I!:arhc: bread, et c. The:y really PUt In
a long da y, but 1 Sec the samc facc YC.1 1 afte r Year ,
so ' erry must Ir e-lit th"m nitht. r hcy surely deserve
tht thanks 01 .;all Ihe m e mtlcnI. Th:lI1 ks!
The staff l10d facihtles a l Coyote R:m ch arc al l
you cc)ulu ask f(Jr Th ey take Ca ro of the kids'
games, f:a ct paJ nung. popcorn nu.klng. etc. There
2re: usually "It luSt two game .. (0 1 chl ldreD going
on a l one lime Add to Ihl bmgo, po ny n dc,. h:llY
ndrs a rllJ • petting zoo-some l'IiI.en~ only se:e:
(heu kids when u 's ttrn(" 10 cat I Ahcr eat ing there
Will be: serv lce'l'Im award~ , a baseball ~2me hour
m:ymc n "' $ apprent icesJ, hm!icshocs, vullcyball
and a tug I)f warl lou rneym en vs app rentices) . last
year we e ven had a lUg of Wllr between the jour·
neymen's wIve:. ;md apPl entices' w'. .es' Free beet.
sod:! pop anddJnctng Will Hlunu (Iut thc day Watch
f(ll more: dc:tal ls next mOOlh
LoclIl.Hl"$ Pu bhc Relations Comm ltl t:c ~' III be-
meetllll; Ihu m onth to $elec:t • new logo .and public
relations slog.an fOI our lou l ThiS IS lUSt o nc of
the: many :IICt!VI(IU th iS commit tee IS f,.CtUtlg In
volveJ If) Also" they wil l be lookmg forvo lu(lteets
to nnn the: Union l~ be l n oot h J I the 53nta CI:1r3
County Fair in July Anyolll" 1l1lc: n':lIted ID volun·
tl'etlng s h o uld Cfln ta(.l the luca l uni o n Qffke ~ t
294 490f,
RI t ... Rn R CUNWAV P 5
Political Luncheon
... --
Plllitinll., uti ... e mrmbrn of Uni t 4, Lo ca l 336.
C hi C_leO. III .• are picturc:: d l!tend lng .;I lunc heon
ho noring S~ II:1w r Paul SllIto n.
US Cable Members
Ratify Contract
LU. ]36 (I $.calv ~. CILLCACO. t LL- ATb..T fe·
qu estc::d QUI partl Clpauo n In a "Common Intcrest
Forum " as pl'o\'lded fo r In ,hc coll("eliye b;1 rgammg
lI);U:CIIII::m r .c nknt 1k.~,;lq' IIlct W nh rep.esen
hom o ther tnv(Ilvc;d untons scvc.u.t urneS
lilllVCS
over the pa.!lt few mumh'i 1 he pnmary tOpiC o f
dl4cu s lon W.1lS th ccunumn: UI,->ues Wllh re:~ud to
ATE. r DIr;cus-slonseouIJ ha\le rc!oul tcd 1ft amend
ments I(t the ClHl ent aj;.C'emen t . Any an1endments
wou ld h2Yt been s ublcCt lU tllll lieauon by t h.::
m t:mbershlp as any new M;rcemcnl IS subleet 10
m rmlWI'lIIl (l vnt t: 1\'1 Ilf m id Ap n i. u.llrs were
rtee sed .:1m) nOt future IOttlln,l; .... c rt: scbe:Julcd
illinOIS and Ind lJna 1\("11 unll S cnnunut: to set
r(",hplmcnts 41nJ consoIH.lJt.mn .t~ a lesult of the
cllmp,my's Implcmt'nt.1t1oo (If compu t tll;!cd oil')"
Sll':nme:nt .:Iod mcch4lnlleJ IOllp tesung centers
Cell".al Telephone t't'H:rnhc,"I Will be ahle 1(1 pamei
plI t e 111 oln Employec Sl\olngs and Sccullly Pilin
c(rel..tI V(" us uf I;mua ry , 198ft By aRICc.m tnt rca ... heJ
dUrL nA contraCt ne .. nll:lIl(1(1 ~. lIu t ial ulks arc to
bq;1O COnCe rnlrl"; the lIn p icmen illtl0l1 of that pla n.
U ' CJ blc of Northun Indl.llll! membe rs ratifi ed
till." ('OflllaCI oUt r presenteu w them un Apri l 9,
1911) The new CUnll.lct ['rovldes for an appnlltl
mJtc: 105 perc:("nt mCfcoI .. (" hu tOP cult OVt-1 the
threc yelr pertod tlf the a,l/.Tt'cment Additi o nal
IInpIll\emCnlS anclude J I'Itovl:.lUn nl four addl
llVII .. 1 J.ulld.. y~, -III lIu;u,;,ue II I the number o f
\"::I ~~lIIon dd}"s, an mUCJ'le In aCC ide nt and life
tn'lurance:, an IIl CrCII'C III stJlld h), pa)'. a ddlliun.3 1
p_IJ 'lu.k days and o t her ImplI:lYc m ems In wo rk
n.ll!~ 1 he COntract Wi ll rUJI for Ihn:e yelu s relm
;actl"'C to Ma rc h 2M. 19!oC~ Mem bers of fb e Bug,lIn ·
In& COmlUlttc~ wrrt: Vile Prc\tdcnt Don Mos<:le:y •
Chief SIt"wud Robert Tunoell .and St(" ""a.J Cren
Rrlry,;Jn Congntubtlon$ on OJ, Job ....'ell done'
el E CommUmCiJII{ln \Y!ltem uc:;a m(C'unl': a rc
commencing as neF,oll.3tmn'l nt l under way Thc
Barg:untng T c:un ...... 111 tUIl"!Iot uf PrcslJe ol Bea~ley.
FlnM1Cl31 (crelary Dc:!n Spcnl.e r, hid Stewllrd
Illil , litm an, ArCII Stewards Mike De Witt, D
Schkad e. and DJ\' c Wl)tlla ll Me m be rship surv eys
were an:aIYled to review the l"Ul1:lry concerns of
t hl;" Olt."mbcuhJp of tilt: un.t
The Bure.:au of la bor SUlI5tll.!i found throuF,h
the n'nlnthly ccnsu'il III 60,000 house:holds Ihat J
union ("Qnu.aCl w ...s wlIJlh nlure th.:an $100 a w("ck
t the a ...C'rage worker l.a\l ye.tr Ith at·s 5:;.200 3
year! "ull {lmt: waKe anJ ~lIt.ary wotken, n:(lre·
sen ted by unlOJlS Kat p:ud lIn average o f o ne·thud
more than Lhelr nununlon countc rparts The: Bu·
tcau 01 Labor Sl3tlSIlCS h .. , proven wha t w e've
k llllwl! " II . lun":- UnlOIIIIICnlo.: rltlllp ducsn ' t COSt,
n ('dV '"
AI 1'1 itT I fUN/'f.N RS·TREA\
Champions
Piccu rtd is t he ch am p ion cu rling team o f Loca l
339. T h und e r Ba y, Ont o Left to rig ht 3n:" 8 11 Britttln ,
s k ip l A n Lappalal n l'n , thlrd l lI oward I" U~ I , !Ie ... •
ondl and I'rter IInli t iw, Iud.
Two Local Teams
Are Champions
L.U. 119 {u,t& .. " TIfU :\IHR BAY, ONT.-Thu
loc~1 h.lppens 10 h.;ayc qUllr :I number of enellen t
curl r r<; In It'l ra nk'l I he ('Icturl:d four, howeY.:!,
Iud th( pllvlicge and lwn"ur III pllH'e dJ('m~dYes
"u~l\:me In all of C:ll'IlUa by W\l'lhn$: lhe CaniHl 1al'l
Tciccum muIlIe3111lns Chtamrwns hlp Th cII vic·
tor)' AI"'CS rtsr tn d !:rut d~.dl nf r\JId ~ In these
mcmber .Ind our IOC:llIl uQlon
On a IQul level our members would hke to
\!lmV(Y lI\CH c.on"n,\ul:at\un~ l!.) the Telecomrnun
tUllons I fock.cy Team Thl~ XIOUp of fine: at hle lc~
played In the Tbunde r B,ay C lyl .... Wo.kers A.nnu;!1
I hl(kcy TournAment ,!OJ rfOVc:J 10 be ,hc d t y''iI
bt=St They ale the'S 8" ThundcI S:Ii)' hamps,
nlcc lob, boys
1985 finds a ll fiyc 01 o ur (olle: .... u ...e :agrcemeRIS
Msne:d .;a"d WVIt.. 11I1/, flu:.11 UUI h:h:phoue illld IJyJIU
m embCt'l O ur railro ad Members Me sti ll n egot!
"allll)?,. and e.vt:.n \houp.n we do nOt neAntl:"!t e o n
Ihl: lr behjlf, .....1: Wish them the bes t Thc fi ve
cont r.lcu: SC lli ed reall:1:11 W3J:e mCn:3!ie£ ut 5 per·
cent for each year 10 1984, 'M5 and '86 The !.;al]toad
rcuplc have been offe red tncre,nes ot 2 pcre:cnt,
but thcy alC .."tl n,Ik.1JlJP,.
We would like: tu ..... I .. h yetU illI a happy g.eetlng
.11'1,1 much suect5 1ft you. futu.c ne~tJlI;;jtlun~
1111.1 lrl'Il'l.IAN 8 M
Members Fix Hall ;
New Manager Announced
LU. 149(i, o , u , lIt ps,~ II1 ,(l b , rl!l; ,;pa), MIAMI, FLA.-
Marc.h J1 19H5, w .\!> nut only a d.y wc Jlut ~ face
hft on the In51de And oUl1lld(" uf IIlIr union h.dl
M.:all ), Chew and our Entert.unmrnt Commil ice
put logl!tht-r :II pall)' Ihu brought out the: 349
members In numbel~ to shnw we ean take ClUe of
ou r build,"!: and a re ullc rc.,tcd In upgr:ldlng Jlu r
home. Bro l herhood WIIS therc;a members FrUl'll
the school board c1C:C lrt CIIl I1 S .....e re th e re to help tn
thi s enJca vo r alol1A with pllten tl al new members
from the 5chool OO.aHJ We: not only had a wOl k
dl:t::lIl. but plen ty of pit b;arbc:t:ul! undwu.:hcs 41nd
frcnch fli es fur thus party
I w'" abh: to ,t:~llh(" (lIme of those whu p.:u mcJ
:and pressure·c1eaned ,he buddmg Edd lc Pryor,
Ir)hn 8UIOSO, Mauncc Dclclfu, Don Kusc, 1'::11
Edw lI. ras, tl.arl cy Joseph . DOD W I\l lams, PCle Cll r
CIII , lohn M c H ugh, C, E "Bo bby " Elhott, Tim
1I ,lren, Marty C h c-w , ('h:ul c'! CUllI'! . C liff Lllwdc r,
VI C B:uo nc, Dca n Wc.stb u rf\, Ilin my la me !>, Kenn eth
" mlln . lody Butte, Ric:hud Vaughn, James B, Lo we,
Murry G recn , RIch rl:immcs, '1m Dun, John Sa w
),e. Mic ha el Mc Hugh. AI Glynn, Ralph lIare:n
Robt-rt hg.lO, 13m("6 CIIil'splc, TcUl Cuat , Ka,e:n
CO:II" Leo flyot, Mike I'JJtlck, Joe Suillyan, Alcx
RudnRuez and Sal SVQlto Local 349 thanks thesc
mt-mber.! lo r thclr eHort Lc t'S.1l1 g("t OUt fo r the
fu tu rc events of o ur Il)(a l ulllon.
Ncw NECA C hapter M.lnager Penn y S,zetnme
IS A rt Fc rnll n de~' new wo rking partner to m.:ake
t h iS cleclnca l IIIdustry c lic k ~ nd becom e s llo n&
and be onc 01 the beM unIOn to wn s 111 the lutlon
I'cany hn aU th C'quall ficallQns-busmess manaKcl
01 local 349 .site. Smuty allahan, a uOion con
tUClor and man)' I.bor commit tee posll lOn-li II wc
e\'e. had a IImc to unm: both manllgcmcnt .and
\abo, "nd work together, thi S IS th(" lIrn(" fo r ou '
grcat local unton l et U! all wurk and Ke t aCllve
m achieve thiS ~ollt flill the hall .It OUr m ecl~ngs!
NO rm an M cCh esney, D 1667 15, d leJ In the I-II '
alt!ah HospJ tal on Fe brullry U. 19~5, due t u" h ea rt
at ld ck. H e had hat.!:1 had heart clmihwln for .,huu,
Ave yean lie WIIJ born In Akron, OhiO, o n Scp
tember 22.1906 He lIVed with h.1 wilc an I-il illeah
lie moved hiS family to th(" "'''ami area after Wmld
War II Hc worked for J number of ye.us fur
Int('f'illlte' 'ElectriC Cum p;any. li e w.;a:i tRltlatcd HIIO
l oc ;& 1 ~l4 9 on lu i)· 17, IYIi When he ...·035 70 hc
wcnt on penSIOn III Au,Ku.!>I, 1978
Ga lcn B Hutchln.Rs, J) ·7,\J62, uled In thc h lli
PHil i tQ l ake City. rtou da. after an operation fur
(;:an ccr He had been aIling li nd In pam rrom cancC'r
fl). th t: las l f~ w m u ntll ~ He was born 10 Ft Lau
de rdalc, Fl orida, on Ntwt'mher 22, 1919. and wlIS
maul("d with two children 1115 son IS a member
of Loul .l49 HIS wlfc of ]8 yearS dlcd In 1980, SQ
h(" went on e.n ly rCllrcment tn Dcct'mbcl . 19t1l ,
w
z
and mo\'cd to Deland . nand;! to be ..... Ith hl~
d:mghrcr He had bc:cn 1O IlI :l ted intO l oc.a l .3 49 In
...,
::>
lu ly. IyS4
Llluh 5 Martlll , tiM 761, Ih eu at h u m c- due to a
heart uuck o n March 11, 19H!i He:: was hum on
lanu:a y 14. 190'), In M cAllen, Texas l ie ca m e
wllh hiS bOlll), 10) the MHU II I 1iI 1 !;!;!! UI 1903.1 . 1II'Id
....o rlu:d for .LaVlgne [lcCHic ump.any He was
initialed tntO Local 3119 In Scptcmbcf. 1937 He
wl)rked !lome hme fa:u 1... R gummd E\ectrlC: u m
r.-ny III the Canlll Zona: Jnd Ihe B:ah;tm.;&S He: al:~o
spen f a 101 o f time wo r"mg In New York CIlY He 35
 went on re.mon In Oc[obr., 1969, went bac.k to
wark In 1971 and agam wrnt on pension In lune.
191.
Un III nex t month, may Cod prOteC I you and
youl lamlly
CHAkLES E. "Bony" ELLIOlT. P
New Retirees
Sh own hefl~ is .another Lo~ 1 35'2 B,oth er, H.a ,lo ....
Churc.hill, wbo
nol ~ upfrv hl or .
, e t ir~d a an elfctllc ' YIIC-fil S con ·
Brothers Rosser,
Harlow Reti re
L. U. 1S1 (a J, lANSING, MICH.-Into e .. ch pe:r-
son's hfe such .. nice hum lln ~1n8 should l;omel
T wo of Ihe nlcr s t and most popu lar h um an beings
th at the SIStUS and Brot hers of Local 352 aDd the
un5ln, community know hue retired from the
8Qard of W .. lr.r and LlghL Brolhe r Edwa.d R.osser,
age 60, born lD UO!uog and a Induiillte of Lansing
Eastern, is rC' Li nng after 3J yurs with the Board
and 33 yeus as a member of Local 351. Ed IS a
pri m ary d eCtnc mr.terman who se rved in the U.S.
Navy du ring World Wu U. A combat veteu n, hI'.
had a ship shot OU t from undel him m thl! South
PaclAc Hc also suvl!d on the Eas t Lansm& Ele.c-
Incal Roald fo r si.l y~u aDd hils bowling. ,oll
and BshlnA as his hobbies_ Brot her ROSSC I had the
JlrtvllC'Ae of bowl ing on a team chat represente-d
Ihe USA In the 1 0 1l~ m a li o n ll l FIQ made up of t e2ms
!rom North, South, Centn lA rnc d ea, lhe USA aDd
Canad.:li. T he team, spoDsored by Pac Adve rt ising.
nmed the nght t o re present Ihe US A by w mnmg
Ihe- Amr-ncan BowhnA Con&rtsJ Champlonship_
loyce, hl.s "hride u of 37 yean) dau,h tcr Lmda, $On
loseph, t WO gtandchlldrC'n. Todd . nd Rr-ne:e; SOD'
In· la w Phil, 2nd daughter·mlaw Marsha w111 be.
seemg to It th at Ed will get all thC' golf aDd fishing
tha t he deserves and aHlhe love thlt he can safdy
handlel Al one time m IhlS repon er's ca ree ., I h2d
the good fortune. 10 kl'\'C a.s .lit appren tice undr.r
Brothe r Ros5Cr. He has th r= .bllity to leach you
.omelhll1g ""h llr.leavmg you .. grt~at deal of dLgDlty
w a5 a fe ll ow h uman hemg.
Z You, Brot he r Ed Rossr=r, arc loing t o be soreiy
...,
::J mined as IS Brothe r Harlow Churc.hl ll, age 59,
born 15 arson City, Mlch lAan, .. nd educated at
Cation C it y High School Hallow, ••yslcm coot rol
supervu,or al the Earl f Brush EleclJlc Sysu=ms
Operation Center, located al 3100 South AJpha
Suec t in Lansi ng. is a U,S. Navy comb .. t " eleran
who also ,e l ved In t he South PaC ific du ring World
War II. He se rv ed thc loca l as II me m ber of the
Execu t ive Bo:ud, trustee, Wlge Comm ittee rep re-
Knlallve and COP E repre5enllillve and has been a
memMf of Ibe local for 32 of hi. 34.8 years at the
36 Board of W.ter and Lt~ t He hst" woodcraft as h iS
favorltC' fI' tune, but thl ~ rcporter hapJ'.:ns 10 kn ow
from Ar"h.nd .:xpc":uence thoU runnm)'; neck and
neck wllh Iu s p.asslon for woodcrah 1& hi' love for
surnng up a pe rsoll's c;mott ons With his wry SCDS':
of humo.1 Brot bcr Chu rchill and I strvetl lOf;cthe r
-V.P on Wilge CommlltC'cs, and I shall ncver forgel a
COVE eonV(ntlon tha t we lind Brolhers Frtd Math
and Sill Shc.llberg attended at the 1'lckfon -Shd lby
HOlel In [k trOll many yurs allio! Fred Mills had
the good sense to meet us in OctrOI! .nd relurn to
LllnSln8111 his own conVl'Y'lIlce 1 had Ihe prlv llege
III (If "eemg to II that my t wo Brethren wrrC'
ddlvcrC'd ufely home_ Ha rlow swean tha i It was
eXcl(ernC'nt over the convcnllon's bUSiness and
some bad ICC' In II bcvelagt that he dunk that
renderrd him as one beset WIth nSOI morus Lovely!
He was al 0 won l 10 wri te on Eh:etnc Trouble
Report., " Let JP gCt thtl one" or "Have John
HarpStc r hllndlc thIS," which finAlly result ed in
my being Rccused by management of ra klng a lamp·
tnmmll1g truck out at nigh I, unauthorized, of
coursC', ex-pending II h..,H-unk of ~s and nOI ac-
countmg for. sluablc amount of bulbs. When
asked by my sUJ'!!'nntendent for.an accounting aDd
bc:iO~ Icvl led by my uoion Brothers tor domg work
OU I of my classificllL tl on, on OVerti me, no less, th e
light Rnlilly c:lme on ID my hcaJ- guess whose
Initials IIppc=a red as the person who look the repo rt.
You gOt Lt My ole buddy, I-bIlow' HC' '~Lld that
before he teu red he wantC'd me to lecelve II lillie
notonety. He succeeded magDlRccntly l lt has been
fun. though , and >,ou tOO shall be missed . Than ks
fo r the prlv,lIte tou r of the O tt awa Powe r Pl ant and
th :mk. for thc memonc:s, Brot hcr'
Congrlliulations to all the grarluate', lune bridesl
bndegl ooms, and a happy lind safC' vacation season
to ODe and allJ
JO HN PAT1lJCIl UA~I'5TER. 1'_S
Pins
PlClured du rin" the Loell 357, Las Ve&lS, Nev. ,
mem be nhl p Meet inA I. Bus ID U' "bo 'Atr Roy
Smith , Idc, w bo iishowDCoDAnt ub li ag fl ecordinc
Sunury Mlree l Rul G.pon for h ls 3()..year me-.w ·
Knh lp in the IHEW.
Showo It Bus loC'ls Ma uger ROJ Smit h plnnin,g •
30-YC'1f t8 EW membershl p pin O D Brolhr.r Bob
S.dtSlt'.dr.r.
Two 30-year Pins Awarded ;
Work Picture Slow
LU. 1S7I1,oa.c), LAS VEGAS, NEV.-At t he Marcb
AenC'ul membershIp mcetins. Local 357 Recordmg
Sc:c letlirY Marcel " Mars" Ca~non WII.s awarded a
30·year mEW mem bersh ip pin. Ma rs has been
recordi ng sec reta ry for 11 yca ls, he was obligated
10 10 Loeal303, Saint Catharlnc.".!:, O ntario, Canada,
on April, 1954 H is travel ca rd ..... G" acec=pled in tI)
Local 351 to Illnuary, 1969. Mars li ku 10 kell!p;a
low profile but will speak OU I when he d ISagrees
Wllh &tomeuunA Coogr.nulauon.s. Mus, keep up
the ,ood work .
AI 0 ~t tbe: Marcb meellng Brother Bob Sacb-
steder WIS ~wllrdcd a 3O-ycal (HEW membcl$hip
pm He was obhgated mtO Local 357 on De:cembc r
15, 1954 Bub'& f;lther, Charle&, is also a retired
memilC'r of 1.oc31 357. Congr.nu!auoc" Bob.
The work II Ilow at thu l ime, With not hing re",1
biA in sl~t, Some of t he conuac.tOlS havc pulled
out of NECA Ind want to ba rgalR fOI a contract of
thC If own, Ihey act like they want to go nonunion,
and probilbly moSt of t hem Will It seems IIkc the
word unum 15 , nuty word th esc days The unions
a re brmx blamed 'or Iht: h igh price of produets,
while not 100 much 15 saId about the proS t' of the
corpouuons, some of which have: madr mOle
money Int )'car Ihan they evu have . The economy
IS moving along at a snaLI's pace duc to the ti.&;ht
mOllcy pllla cies of the ad m mlstra t lon 111 Washing-
t on. Each day more and more Imports are nooding
in lO thIS COuntry, and If thiS sltu.Ulon kccps up,
thl5 country Will not be able to com~tC' with the
low w"ges paid 10 worke:r, In forel&n eounlnes,
and many American workers Will be without de-
cent payln~ ,obs Jobs Wil l he ellmma tcd J 2nd a long
Will, t he Jobs, ou r UniOnli Will be e h mtn81ed or
weakened to II point of w hc re they an~ no longer
effectlvC' t pray that thiS doesn't happen for we
must Unify and survivt.
I am sorry 10 announce that sincc my last report
there hal/e been three deaths. Sliter RlIa Colub
passed away on Ma rch 19. 19851 Bl ather Jack
AJsbrooks paned away on Marc h 20, 1985, and
UrOlher Ralph "lack" Moore passed aw~y on Mare h
24, 1985 . May Cod have mc rcy 00 their souls lIud
00 ~lIthe loul5 of our deputed Bfcnhcr.aod 51stt-rS
At.Lf.N ,. GLAss. P.S
John McLauglin Is New
Sublocal Chairman
L.U. 359 luI, M[A I~ I , FLA.-It has bC'en Qultt II
few months slRce I lasl submmed .. ny co rr~pon­
denee to the tournai. As of ,hiS lImr, .all of the
c.aucus m.:r=ungs should be concluded for all the
con o aci proJk) lIls Havmg c balled t he Power Re·
sourcu Caucus, 1 was quite upset Ilt Iht'. poor
turnout of the membcrs from the plants The Cu t ler
plant was only represented by one employee, Brother
Stegmllller, and t hC' Turkey Poml Fossil Plan l w.as
fC'prt:seOled by one mdlvldual. 0 Callahan The
Nuclear Units were r.:p tesr.ntcd by ;approximate ly
13 indiViduals. We hope that the o lhcr ca ucus
mecunA' hnve ~ muc h-la rger mcm bc u hl p [urn-
out-aft cr all the mr.m hcrsh ip IS t he n ucleus of
the loca l un ion It IS amazing that wllh ou r country
being controlled by :an :anlilabor admlOl",Ua li on
which w~nlS 10 taX our In"8t benefitS such as
inSUrllnCC'5, 5lock pl.ns, etc., the mrmbrr~hlp CIIn-
not cven ~c t IRvuh'ed In trying to IIUAACSI proposals
for t he u pcomLng n eg(JtI.il IlOnS
As t he maiority or thl:': members hip k no ws, t he
Flon da Po wer &. Light Company has (hve rslAed
iueU into fP&'L G roup As of thiS wfll lllg,. the
Company has IIcqulfed a large cemen t plant and
lIS asseUj and In the past week t hey arC' in the
prOttSS oJ purchasmg a ca hle-teh:vISIOn firm. which
has ttS borne bllse In the Pompa no II lea When 'wIll
'S
It ceast"! It gomg to be bellel for us as emp loyees
because of Ibis d iversification or it It ~omg to
creatc head4lchc' 10 U.5 a!I a ba rgatnlltS uoltt Only
time wllllell
We would hke 10 mform the membership that
the local ofAce 15 loca ted :It 430 West 66t h Su ee l.
Arcade No 7, Hi alea h, f lortda 33012. All corre·
spondencr. to the local should be m ail ed to this
add reu, incl udans lob bids and any ot her corre-
spondcncc.
You may billie not iced on t be bulletin boards at
the work loca ti ons that we: have been rece.ivlng
discounts and offe. r ~ from qUJtC a few organ12.~UODS
and buslnuses. one of whlcb IS Sup reme Olds-
mobIle In Ihe Homestead area wh Ic h is oUennA
discounta DO ne w au tomobile ,Hlteh.:ucs off e ring
n eC t pfices, di~co u nlS on used can and ma ny more
duu:ounu on ot he:r serv.ces. Abo, we h,ve scn l
In forma tiOn to tbe membershi p Informms; t hem or
a grou p mC'mbtrshtp th rough the1l union af8 11atl on
In the 01" Wht>leli3le Club, wh ich ., ~ discount
WlJrth ouse o{fcn n.l!: price breaks wh ich c:;tn res ult
an 3 very substs OIi al saY ing. We tlho hllvc been
offered dl~COUlHS In a Travel C lu b. We cnco unge
Ihe ",em ~ r s hip to pa lron lze thes e groUI).!! who are
offering us discounts.
Ont. of the pr obl ms the: n.::co , dlOg sccreury Is
htlviog In gCttlllg thiS an d otncr mfurmaw')l1 OU t
10 the members IS Ih e hic k of an updll tcJ Illlt l ial1g
lult. Vou will prob3bly Sec :I list concerning thi s
pro bl em posted o n the 10e,,1 bullelHl bo(uds 1\ the
wurk locat ions. 11 you , I1lJrIlC Ison thc 11 :' I, cqucst ·
111& an updated m :u la ng aJdress. pl ease uke the
few nllllu tes to fill It o ut with youreo rrec t malhng
address Or u::e your Jub ste ..... ard .
The sublocal 359- 2 ha s II new c ha lrm:u'l , lohn
M CLaug h l1l1 He works 111 the Ilowe r Plant , he u a
Mc\:lI.1nlc 111. At the (llcsenl tLnB: he shows IJ JOI
of lIlJllative and enthus iasm to reprCll elH th l.: besl
•1'I' e r e~1t I,){ the: m e.m~ T s 31H1 lhe loca l um ou In t}1I:
tity o( Homestcad With Ihe I1pCOl1l1l1>; cont ract
proposals .lnd n e w negllti.:l ll Ons :around the co rn er,
he WIll necd the i U!>J)ull vi Ihe membersh ip Le i 's
get behind OU I ch.ll ir m:an, an d le I tum know that
he: has the suppo rt 01 the rnembt:=rs
5nV ( N P FLYNN. P.S.
Powerhouse Problems Remain
After Several Years
L. U. 363 (i, u,t,em,catv&govt). NEw C ITY, N. Y.-
Thll111 an update Ul a n 1Ift1 c1e t wrote Ih.lt .tp peil lCu
in the Septe mber, 1982, luutrJal. Th e purpOSe: of
thul llrtlclc IS DO[ only (0 InlOrm you of the progre!
the pt) WcrhCluse h as mllde but a lso 10 UI:)CU'" some
rrob lcms Wllh 11.
A. fo r thc progress, s u me hu becn m "de IIlthough
the)' hlJve not yc t S l~ rted th e coal conve r5 lon. Th c),
seem t o keep movi n g the sta rti ng uate back because:
o f renOns I am s ur e e veryone In slmil(lr SIHllHiOnS
19 .awo re of : t.rymg to get th e proper /le rm a s a nd
"I'II"(' I;I! IIlIeres.t ,grou p ~ fl&hllng Ihe COJwt!rsion ev
cr)' step uf the wa y. This JlI oblem IS not spedlii to
our :lIe.l, I .am sure o th er 3re ;.a S can S)ll1lfla lh lt.e
wuh \)1 .
In tillS ~ rt i cl e I do not Yo'a llt to 1 3k~ s ides m5 f ilt
15 bCln ~ IIllllJd vQ(lltor of the fH1 W f: rh nll ~I' :1'1 1 wou ld
ra t her hke to 13ke the s ide of the eonSumer I am
sure c: ycryone, WhC.lhct (ur Of a&amst c.enam pm)·
eelS, has to bt: an noyed With Ihe lengl h of time
and the :un(lun Cof m uncy spenl on getting a p ruJect
stlll tt:d. Peo ple in other places In our Hell know
what I am talking :Lboul When I turn on the
tele YlslOn an d I see n ew. OIIl1Out West Wuy o r o tb er
powNh o uses, I ft:cl sorry for the cons umer How
mu ch more c an we t:l kcr There has 10 be a beller
wa y 10 get a project approved or not approved ot her
1b:1O fighting fo r a lew y~ars _ Th ere shou ld be
meetings where all concerned preSe nt thclI case,
and Ihen the deCISIOn IS made . WhlJl cve:r J tud les
must be done or .... ha t e ve r perlll its must bellcqulu:d
sh ou ld be taken carc. of tr. '" rd a\l vdy 51\\)1I pl!liod
of ti m C'. wh en .l'l new N Olee t IS proposed, .ill Strn u ps
shou ld have adcqulllc li me 10 gonher their Infor·
lIlalion and prescnt It a l the mCell ngS whi ch In ·
volye those proJects . I can n o t bc.lJevc tha i It Hlke S
10 yellts to do envHonme nul · impact s tudies on a
certa in a, e.:l . Alter the allulled tunc, whn tevCI the
deCillion is should be Onal
J wonder how a person u n eve n pu t 111 a bid 011
a Il)b when 1\ takes so many )'ca15 before it Can
becomc a rea lity. How ca n anyo ne know th e cost
o f lullnl til IU.lI teIla ls Ih:n far do wn Ihe wndT Alter
the com pl e tl u n ytlu Sec on the news h ow milch
Over th e o ri gi nal estlllllll,.e I,.hc job ~()St/ ""d every -
o ne IS upset with tha t Sum e Jo bs run inl O th e
m illi ons uf doll;!ts ove r Ihe o ll glnal e~tllnate . I
cannot thmk of one Jo b In the cou nt ry th jll 11!l!>
come close to cost.
IlIn', " abou t lime: fo r a changel B II'," ' t Ihe
eonsun\cr. whcthc r fur or LlgalnSt:1 cena lll proJCCt ,
been nlked over the coab lon g enough f I know
IhM I Illn ready fo r I c ha nge, .:Ind I w l~ h II wou ld
eomc. 80tm . 1 hope. the nex t llmc: l Id er b3Ck to my
ong ln nl arl iclc r can rcpo rt either thnt th c y have
s tant.:d It Or put II SlUp to It , but I thin k cnough
lime hu been spent debnling t he future o f it!
l-lAnlw Lonl!.N1., \) .S
Union Handiwork
Pic:turtd 1ft Mlrk ~Blan c and COty Qu.11s of
Lou1364, Ro("kford, III. , with lcill'phone and dau.
co ndu it Ihey III ~ tall c d at Sundnund ..... "Iallon Plaut
in Ru("kford, III.
Contractor Wins 8ids
At Aviation Plant
loU. 364 (1 , ~m.rtS.5pa &ca u'l. ROCKFORD, ILL.-
Ballard El ectric rece ived the lob to IIlstlill the
tcfephl)ne ami data cond u it runs 31 t he SUlld<itrand
AViation Plant In Rockford BIIII"rd ElectriC also
re CC lved the bid fOI thc new offices and coa tll'lX
planllocn lcd a t Sund slt3nJ. tlrudll:rs Clllk y ll ~lcy,
Al ThumpslJll, Dick Hop .... ood, lerry HII )'es (fi rs t ·
yca.r :a ppre llll ce!. BQb 11etu, Ma rk LaBlanc, 01)'
<)111'111, 11TH' tOlt0l3n Ed " Red" ColHnj :a re wurklllg
on th tlt pro tect. A ccord ll~g to Red thc work Is on
sch c:dule wllh Ie ..... C'ompllco ti llns
Wo rk III ou r area is 5u lllOClklllg good with th ~
By ro n Nudeal ,f,.lb talr.mg m o rc lUumt'j l1lcn " heTe
u c II lew wCllkl"r<> o n Bouk I. bUI theY:H e W:lltll1ij
fo t tllIngs to bre .. k locally
AcetHdlng to :a survey PUt u ut by tbe Sav lIl,gs
and Loan Ihsocia li on, the :Il1l1unl debt ~r ew h o m
$1 .1 0 per Am en ea n III 197410 $650 III 198,1 WIth
the p"lSlbiJltY of rC3ehm" Sl.ono hy 'he end of
1985. It a lso sl:Itcd tha t III IYM. J7 percen t of you r
h:de ra l III CI)me ta.'\{ went to Jlay IJlte l eSI on the
nauon31..1ebt h 's li me. tha t we, 3' workmgJJCo ple,
wru e OU I senato rs and TeIHcSCn U tIVC:S and ~pea k
OUt IIs a lll'! l thIS runaway ddlcll s pendlllg It IS up
to U5 worklnn toget h er to Improve Ihi s grrnt coun
"Y
T OM KIND all''). ['
Organized Labor Should
Stand Together
L.U.J 7S (I), ALLENTOWN , PA .- Whcn 3 unJun is
In need o f support we s hou ld a id 1Il lIny way we!
can Rt::ce n tly Laneco 5 10 11.:5 we re SHuck by a bo ut
1,200 membc,. of the United Fuoda nd Com merC ial
Wo rken UnIOn, Loca l IJC;7. The campa n )' has
retaliated by adve rtl s lOg ror sc... b!l to permanen tly
(cs-Iace. t>tnj..CIS. Tha t h downgradlllg :III ul1 loo
righ tS lJlld PflllCl pl cs.
We, as unl OIl symp:llhlzI:CI, must rclraul [rom
shopping at Lan ceo . It IS by being united that we
wall s ' llnd tall. CootinulOg to S U(1(1 IHt (nends o f
org;an iteLi labur wll i h:lve an Imp.,ct o n QUI U101 IYes
Ou , fm ci;uhcrs havc loughl for nu r da ll)l needs,
it is ou r dU l Y 10 do the slime lor our CXISIt: nct: The:
fu t u re 15 in our hand!>. Be Amt::ncnn' Buy Ame n ca n l
Dye n o w
[!)PlE M rc llK, P S.
Member Wins Car;
Conference is Informative
L.U. 396 (11 &',), LAS VECAS, NEV.- On Febluary
l l. 1985, :I.l h.Il{umc. uf the UNLV vs . Lon$\ l\t!ach
Sta le b:l'lketbllJl g3m!!, Nc:v ... da i'owe r Company
Lme WOlk,n g Fnrt::ma n Bill Wallace pur hjlloed u llc
of Ihre!.;' p reviously ma rk c:d prngral11 S wuh 3 yellow
li lle ke r The ArS I oC t he ,h ,ce speci a lly marked
program ho lders wh n rcpofl cd to th e announc!.;'r a .
h.,lfllll1 e wo u ld recei ve all opportun itY 10 !lhoul
fivc free t hfl)ws. If you made one free thro w, you
received o n e pizza for )IOU ami )'ou r family, two
flee th t ow s won pi2Z3 for II InOntn ; three fr e~
Winner
18
Lo AU ..
Nevad.i I)uwu Lin e Wo rking foremlln Bill Wallace
I)f Lou l 396, J.:u Vegas, ev . , l, s hown with his
new, 19 85 Oldsmobi le Cllll o..s he won .
throws won Pl: :t;1 for a )l1·fl! . fn\1/ free throws wun
a trip fur IWU ttl the PCAA pl .. yofls , a nd five frcc.
throws Wun II 1985 Oldsm o bile C utl n!>s cou rtesy
o f Godfather~ PI Z2a B,U s lJIl l"d , " ThiS IS Ihe Ar5t
ti m e I have eyc r won .;my t hmJ.:,.·' Oh yes, Bill's new
~pcclab 2 ed lIe ensc pl3 te: Wi ll be 5' 4·5 II app roved
by th e sta lc uf Nevllda . Congra l u lauons, Bil l, 01\
your new " wheels," Hope yo u a.nd you r fanul)'
have many happy, sa fe m owrl rlg miles.
As yuu n:mJ thiS artIc le, we wall be: well mto the
s~eond quanci of 198.5, and I\pnl Fool!,' Da)' and
"Happy Tu ·11aYlng Timc" Will be: hlslOry . Sum
m l'" IS just ~lI o und the co rn er , remem bc:r, safe ty
docs not take :t vaca tiOn .
The 291h .... nnu.a l T elepho ne: Con ferenc.e was
held at t he Fal rmol1l J-Iolc llO New Orlea ns, Lou-
isiana/ M atch 27- 29, 1985, along with T da:phonc.
Cuordlnating Cuunc" mt:ctll1~S . Ddtg:n e5 10 a. t ·
tenua nce lepo rted that th e wo rKshop'" coveTIng the
Outs Ide Plnnt, Insu:jl! Plant , T rafi1c, Commercia!.
AccountIng, ieflclli lmd Dlrcctory were most
II1ftll m nli vc and COn structlYI!. Ifltemation.:1i Rep·
tc!liCll latlvc K.en Edwards conduc led a Abe l -optiC:
<!em I'\SH:tllOn t hat becam e a highlight of the Co n·
fe rence. One predommant (a ct IS that fiber Op li CS
can trnnSm llln OIlC: secon d Wh lll wuuld lake coppe r
2. 1 h o urs Cun ven li o nal coppe r wiling cou ld bl!
obsolete by the vt::ar 2000 In ge:ne ra l lhc: Confer'
e nce W :l:J w el l plaJ"lned and In tclc$ll ng In the specllIl
;arCas of health care Upd3tC and orJ.:, anl't.lng Re·
gard less of whit pan of the coun try rhe dcJ cgatciS
wue from, It b CIodUU: apllllte lll tl iin I.h :rq;ulauon
ha s tre m emlousl), impact ed 111'011 till: t elephone
indu str), With a lot of qucst lons s1111 ye t to be
answered .
Wou ld you beiu!ve that .I hi li , S. 36, to repea l
\hc mlmdl\\I)IY tequ ir ement 101 in leut J 10 mmu t(
res t penod for employees in tb e mormng and
;afternoon was Int lo duced 111 Ncvada's curre nt leg·
islalive session . ThiS very "n llwo rker lcgls lation
was ki lled 111 comm itt ee . What wil l our lawm a ke "
think of n ('x t J
Mt:p.U! ,1I.6. 0M .·F.S
Members Enjoyed
Annual 8-8-0
L. U. 398 luI, CHARLESTON , S.C.- He ll o IJga in
from 39i\ Wt. havt. a littl e news lo pass on tillS
month. The hurles u;H1 Tudcnt a r e~ Ma rc h meel
lOG door pnzc Wll5 wo n by 1krman N Onllr.Ja'l,
Cha ,l es ton Flee t Malnlenance. We wQu ld lIke 10
welcome ou r ne west m c mbc n Imo thl! Brol,.h~1
hood and the Illca l Cha. rl es L. tVltt , Ch.Hl estun
Substa tion Crew, C hades It. D'A~I.I ~ tioo , Runey
StrCCI Electric OpCra tl on s, and Idf MOIIIS , S3val\c
Road Electric Ope rations.
Ric k )' C. DenlOn, Walterbo ro Elecmc Ope rol '
11005. wa'l in the ColletCI/\ IJU l1I y Ho:,pllu1 In
Walte rboro Ih others II1Ju Il!d on the lob but b.lc¥.
a l wo rk I1fC C h arles G rcc l., h;lrlclilUn Slm cs)
ldgar .. llrown, ~lI mme rv Hle t lec.lHc Ope,a llon~ 1
Wray E. Wray, harles ton Gange, lamc:s M . Dri g-
gers, Canady', tlltion! and C harles R. O'i\gUSllllQ,
Rlloc:y Street .
Th e Annual 398 D·B·Q wa s h eld on Saturday,
MJ fC.h 16, at C I ~hum; ferry St ate Pa rk . Ri chard I. 37
 At Work
Piclured arr line c rew members 01 Local 398,
Cluul e:'lIon, S.C., working on Ihe A'\flIt'y Phospilate
ROlld.
Flag
gC
•
Shown is rhe Oa, Ihlt Oys o"~ r Ihc 0(6('(' of Loelll
398.
"Cr;andaddy ' Moore was the CHnt ch3Jrm3n . Re-
pcne:d from Ihe BBQ The combmallon 01 (ernUl -
15Cm,g amon.g friends and the very ample supply of
fl)od and refreshmentS provided II good tIme for
all lJunn~ Ihe cou rse of the day, It was mlcresllng
to liMen 10 the vanety of conversations bemg he ld
among the Brothers. John 0, Mahaffey, Chnrleston
Sub,,:ni on Crcw , took aU the photos for Ih e: local
.11 the BOQ IhC cookout would nOI have been Ihe
!iuecc:ss II was had II nOt heen for rhe: leaJclshlp
of the chaumon. Richard Moore, H ollywood crv-
ICC: Center Agaan ,hIs year, I was unable to attend
the cookoul due to work Maybe "U be: IIbh: 10
~ltcnd ne.'xi yell'
In .mother .arudt I 'WIll report who won the BBQ
door pnzc-s <Iud hits
Sumclhlng 10 thank about "The.' definition of
forglvenc !.!> 11> the Gcent th:ll Howers Kn' t' ..... hen
tbey are usmplcd on l "
hrPERlCK LEE S"UTH P _S TRuc,
Write Legislators About
Taxing Fringe Benefits
l. . 405 {i,s p.ll~rtb), CEDAR RAPLDS, IOWA-
liCIt! we au: hC.1I.led mtO Ihe summer wltb a hu le
r,y uf bope for some work for aU of ou r Brothers
and Siste is hefe .. t homc fo r II change
nn rhl:' 'fIde 11'11 MI' Tom Orlancl'Y and Mnrfl~
P.iut:n
for a hale knOt 10 the polauul scene I sc:e
Rca"an IS back wltb one of hiS pet plole(.1 , tUmS
our ffln~e henefits How low can a pason gOI ThiS
tax .Ione eould add 10 pacent to 15 percent more
.,"'
<n
to tbe w o rklngman's taxes! These lIe: the people:
who can Ica st afford III Pleast wnte yOUT Il,'gl~I:! I Qrs
w
and (Hotest Ihis , II enough pcople protest, we Will
be heard. ThiS IS Important t O:l1l of us !
z To Safe-Place
...,
::> Here 10 Iowa t be prev3Jl mg wage law was p.used
In Ihe Senate and now will be debated III the
Hou.5C We netd thiS law b~dly In thi S slate.
We shou ld have ""Ork starling before long 00 our
Dew '~rron and on our Dew life InVC5tOrs but ldlO&
These tWO .Ie union lobs. and we hope tbe other
lob, thlll .re on the bonzon for IhlS year go umonl
A 11011: bdl>,t(.loSiilg. Atlend the UJ\lon mcctlngs
.nd become part of your Jiyehhood-beeome in-
volyed Ellher we hang toge ther OJ 'We hang sepa-
ruely. See you Il the union meetlnll '
38 CurroJU) I h COINS, r .S.
Members Praised
For Rebuild Work
L U. 4'24 (i,o,u,rr,mo,lIb,ru ,tl'-S,c Ul,b,as&sp20). ED-
,\\Ol\'TON. ALTA.- In AUAu t, 1984. Jl fire and
explo_ !lIon ripped lhl ugh Cobr 8·1:n th e mnlO lve
Synerude SHe nur Fort MeMuna .. 10 f\,unhern
Alberta elullng mlany rnllhunsuf dol1ars In damagc
:!nd a complel!: .. huldown In plan l producllun
Dunng Ihe [ulll, .... ln~ months thcre was a ~lIrry
of aCtlYIlY In th l! un In an ... ltempt to gCI the
gia nt plant back III (~pcr:! II Hn AI peak, over J15
men werc ul !)pa H.ht'o fwm our local 10 aSSis t In
Ih" IchUildlRJ; of lhc g-2 (l ker Th l:Y worked '"
less·than perf!;tt COmhllnnll and Jon e arly Winter,
with tempcrJ.tures ",nHumcs reacblng minus 40
degrees m th e night, U) bring thiS lob 10 on sched1,1le
AhhouKn It "uumb. like I am wflung a novel
here and .. orne of lUll out ther(' may want to eall
It fiction , c~recl~lIy .1ny uf you r.1t c.onlCactOrS wbo
will rc:ad thIS, I want to show you .all what can
happen when we a le lU.'a tcd 1IIIIIy and do lin
effiCient and qUIIIIIY lob for th~ cuswmer The:
loll OWing IS a l!tumma~y 01 thought.s ~s presented
to us by Mr. J. C. Thompson , senior construction
field managcr fOi Fluor Canlldll Con:nruc tOl 'J, Inc
He !.COt the bu~incs'i ulRc.e 01 thi s local tWO lellcl:!;
whi ch stilted, III p.m, the foll owmg: "We would
lake to t ake Ihl s opportunity to t hank tbe membels
01 Local Union 424 Involved on thi S proleCt who
h:.r ve IJI!, fuIIIled;) tremendou5 lob _ Your erdfum en
have been V(, I Y C(lnSCICIHIOUS lind mdustnollllo dur o
Ing the rebUild ph~s of thI S proJect and m3tnt.uned
thiS OIttitude dunn, periods of very dt16cult con
dltlons In .ddltlon, then IIm e-heplOt; and ulelY '
awareness have heen cllem pl3ry " He goes on 10
say: "ThiS P'Olcct IS anuther example of where,
with tbe eomblOed effolt hom.all pou-ues Involved
(union, client and cnon .. rtor). the wo rk can be
completed succcssfully wnb .11 respective goals
achu!ved. FluOi IInllda Cunstructor5, Inc., looks
forwald 10 IlHUI1tllIOlIll\ Ihls lullson With unions
and owners Oil all lte.luture prolccts."
[n a scp:mlle Iclter Mr. Thompson commends
our apprentIce!! saying, II Fluor Canada Construc-
tors, Inc ., wQuld Itkt' to bring 10 yOU! att cn tHln
t he tremendous lob Ih allhe apprentices have done.
on our prOlcct for Synt:rude anada Ltl.!. There
welt tight umd · yurs, and 11 fourth · year apprtn-
lI ces emrloycd wllh us" "You r uOIon can be
lusllfiably prlJud of yllUl apprenllces, 1£ tbe.' 29 ale
Iyrtul eXOlmplc!l n l the calibre 01 your apprentIce:.,
then the future of your unton IS assured ..
These Statemenn were nUl witCHed, and I say
to all rat contU IOU out the.e that maybe you
could use a Ie son In c.onductmg yuur bUltlUu:,
from the people mentioned They dId nOl lower
our wages for IhlS plulecl, nor did they try 10
.enego ll ate penS ion plans, or health and wclfa re
.lgrecmenl8. They ,u,t st uck to busaness, thelt
bUSlncss, whu~h was unIOn, and they scemed to
cnioy t he ellpcflcllCC.
Whe n an e mpluy ee I' t-reatcd With (Ollmess and
respect, he to turn glYCIi the c mpl oye l somernll1g--
dcd lC3tU)n and profits Mtnd you, Ihese employers
arc very busy workln& to lun then e:nd of the
bUSHlt!'5s effiCiently They are nQt and cannOt afford
to spend valuable "me ID a very c:()mpcttllve
m,ukttplace, scmng up dummy companlCS, SPlO-
01f'S aDd thmkll1& of w.ys to SImply lo....·c r wages
The lime and en~r&y lirent on Ihese aC(Wllles, If
spent on takmg care 01 Ihe union bUSiness tbC':)'
lliready have, would surely rt ull In better profit
margins, m o re work and less competition h om
you r!.Clvts_ You would also bencAI from some 01
the: adYnntagc~ of bavlRg II union company.
In my oplOlon, flU contract rs, you get OU I of a
reJ:ationship what you put In. Do not blamt tb e:
hIgh cost of Iltbuu t un your low profit marg.ln .
Don ' t blllmc: lack of enthu~lasm In Ihl'. workplace
on your employ<:e BI;lmc them un yuundf. Study
wbat Fluor Constructot, .and otht, union conuae-
tors do for their employees, lind learn They arc
not cryln£ o r spLnl1lnK--off They stul rcspect thell
men, and t heir men . tlll It:t pCCI them.
This local uOion wishe. to lIdd our thllnks to al1
Ihe: men who cun l lnut HI prove to Ih tlr tmploytrs
Ihat union u fits"
LAP.R.Y t[.\-tMON. P.S
Several Jobs Keep
Members Busy
L.U. 419 (i,o,u,e m&el. A~HV'1..lE, TEL N.- A
s luw winter In MUSIC CIlY has left me lrule to
Wille .bIlUI. bu! thl! budJ. ;ue b.lck, the IC;lVCS are
thumb nail !Iolt.C and things ;ue sumng Work IS
plckln~ UJ"l< and the book IS d ..... 'ndhnA each dllY
11m h.tppy to report that Wolfe ... nd TUVUI [Ieetrlc
Wilt do tht: wifing on Ihe new Downtown Convc.n·
tlon Center, a long awaitc:d unde rt aking It shou ld
pruYl~le Ihll!e )'ears ' wurk with mllllpower peaking
at five crcw.li It 's a big hule an the ground loday,
hilt I\It yll ll rt"ad thL~, the rt ~hou l d be several
'Wucmcn on the: lob. TVA ', Clllllltin St e:am PI:lDt
IS once again an IICIIVC Willie. SHe with 60 of QU I
member !. un the lub (or NitrO Ele(.lrlt:. uf West
VllglOl,! OUT Broth!:l Cel)f~t Lankfurd 15 general
foreman un the lub, which w:l5orl,&ln3l1y scheduled
for SI~ worle.w(e:k~ but ""111 probably lun longer
due to add mons and c:hllnge.. "Iw un thc TVA
scene, Cumberland Stll!am plant hu an oU l~gc
.liche..lulcd for laiC luly , but New lohn onvUle is
\·c.ry low .11 thiS time.
l 'he general StiltUS Qi QUI local C(llltlllt.ton ~cmL-d
good as splln~ brought 1[5 new hfc Ceur,R1.! 0
LJw.alds Lit;(.tflC has work 11'1 the: computer loom
of Vanderbilt Hosplt21 Paul l'lckney's Ampnte
Electflc has a lot of work 10 pl ogrc" ~ under the
cap:!bl!.; .. upcrYISIOIl of Pr ole!,:1 CnordtnatOl Bill
aflell While Elelol"", uf Culalnlbl.t $tllI hol s work
:lt the St~uffc: r Chemlc.)1 Company Ibrlao Electric
h:as a COntriCt for upcommg work al the f rd Class
Plant T ravl$ Elrcmc IS lUSt finishing thc ncw
Shcfluon HOl d, and they have d&)1l1! 3 1x3uuful
lob, T.~VI.~ ailln h~j. men left lit the Furd Clan
Plant. V C Electflcal h.:I'. a crew 4t Wright
Industries. and lhe company II btJtlnDlllg toclCpand
:and ~hould du well und~. new ..hop hn'i'i JI'lry
Uselton
1)l csnlcnt and ASSI~t:lnt BUllmCllS Manager Clar-
t:UCC: Reynulds ,"fOrms me thai nl.!goU:lllons are:
omJ"llcte at NCOD FluOIC:SCCDI 01 franklin, Ken ·
tucky . The new con tr ac t Indudes 110 8 112% salary
IIlc r~a9C, whi ch 15 prelty dceent nowlHlays
BrlHhc.s and SlstCl s,1 have bad news Mike Ward
15 l e ol vlO~ US altel ~lO ye.trS. Some newe l members
m:ly nOl fed the Imp3et of thiS, but we who have
kno ..... n and depended upon Mike I re fcchngll great
'ien'ie 1)£ lo~s H e: has secn bUSiness man3gels and
oHic.el'l C(Ime and go til a steady parade. but he """as
a lway the suong b ... nd that bclpcJ pUI the pieces
back tOiethtr aiter some drastic: change"i took
pille!: He:- always had an .n!lower for your ~ueslJonS .
and h~ knew who you ",'u e He al 0 knew when
YOUI dues were bc'hind and W.1Sn ' , shy about mc:n -
1I0nlnA II He was an acuve f ICC In the CrntT~1
Lalxn CounCi l, s tate Labu r CounCil and tOO mllny
othe.'r O lgalll:;:.~ tlOns to mention. He WII~ and IS
iuJluI..I1l1JI Jnd respccted In poli tical etrc1cl .
I work cd closely wltb Mi ke for ncarly fou r years,
and I tiwn u:al!:zed huw yaluable he was as an
employce and as a frt end to lht members of Local
421J I cou ld go on and on liStIng hiS ;a ccompluh·
menl5 .:and spouting dieMs, bU I he' ll ,ull lenC'. I
can unly :say Ihat hLs leaVing IS hke IOSlRttli member
I)f one's family, and we Will miss him vcry much
"Annlhrl IlIh We'll drmc., a lt fellrnc'. work tom-
pietci the desk IS clcan, tbe drawtrs shu t l the
papers, !uac:le.cd and ncat,. million momtnt gone,
some bnlliant. some:- nOI 50, so much sull Idt
undonej yel now u 's lime 10 xo," Cood luck, Mike.
IA"u.'> W "8no~" 5 ..,nll, P S
Members Donate Services
loU. 445 (i&.s pa), RATTLE C REEK, M IC II . rect-
lOgS, Brolhers and SiSters, from the Cornflakc
Caplial 01 tbe: World-Battle Crcd, Michigan I he
wo .k In thiS uea has sluww dl)wn conSiderably,
but the tlnow, Wind ~nd laIR haY!! nOt.
On Much 5, 1985, Brothers Phil Cltmence, Bob
Oavl', Tom M orse and Anthony Zammurllllll took
IIm~ OUI from tllcu dally tasks", lend a helpmg
hand They lIlstalled II new CIICUlt 10 lh:l t II pn-
v.:rt~ly don.ted SIIl "'~ could be put tou",t' . The stovr
Will> d(m~ul!d 10 01 community a,R(O C:y named S3fe'

Volun teers
Pic t ured a re t he mcmbe.rs of Loca l 445, Baule
Creek, Mich., wh u volu Dt eered thie labo r t o up-
grade th e e lectrical se n 'ice at Safe-Place, a howl!'
fo rd GmeS lk -violenu victims. Venm. Electric Inc.
s up plied tbe equi pmt nl lind tools on t he job.
Pl:acc . Safe· Place 15 a home fur domestic-violence
victims. While workm8 at Safl;-Pla ce, they also
performed other necessary tasks fOithe safe t y acd
upgradmg of the electrical service: . The malcnals
for Ihis lob well: donlltcd by Un ion E1Cctnc InC.
and Mid·Stlne Electncal Supply Company. The
cqmpmcnt and tools on the job were: plOvldcd by
Vc:rona Elcctnc Inc. The elctlflcal permit waS
dona led by Rowen &. Blair Electric Company
The mlPn~ss\Ve dllng about workml; with Ph,l,
Bob and Tom was that thty were willing 10 gl';e:
of themselves even though they had to hiIe a
babysitter to take care of thell )'oun,.; The project
was coordlOatcd by Business Man1ger Kenneth It
Gall.3way aDd myself. Ken and I learned several
Important things from l~lI s project. Ho ..... ever, tWO
Hems that nc:edc:d immedIate: attenll on w('rt' a
press rdease lorm and an acknow ledgement form
fOT the worK and malerlals IJseci . Th rough research
and much thought, we deSIgned a press release
form that deliDcatc:d all information and which
(.an facilllale the communicauon of ;lny even t we
may desire to pubLu:tze lU the future . We al!>o
developed a form ti tled "Donated Labor Acknowl-
edgment Form" ThiS form is to be Signed by the
individual or authorized agcn! of the comp:tny
recelvmg tbe donated 11OOr. The form IS then
SIgned by the local's project eoordlnalOr.
We a re .aU aware of the abuse, harassment and
trnnsgresslOlls that have been committed 3g;tmst
all unions. H ow~ver, In our frec Democ racy the re
arc: numerou& checks and balances th~t arc Inher-
ited witbin our politIcal sySlem .
It lJ my belief thai the "ConstructIon Industry
Contract Secu ritY Ac t" IH .R 21Hlls by lIS very
natU[l~ a c.hcc.k aad balance fO I the UnH>fl penon
and thell fllml l u~s . TIus long·awalted bill h;ls been
introduced to Congress by Representative WI lliam
Clay, a Dcmocr.llilom MIM,uUII It will cuu double: ·
bre-3s t m,') operations and Will requHe tnat employ-
ers honor Illchlrc agreemenlS. H .1t 28 I will requ ire
cOntraCtl1 rS to apply proVISions 01 II collective
bargaining agreement to any part of thCIl Clre ra·
lions If passed the bill would lO lce contlaClOrs U1
live up to thei r obllgallons and allow workers to
Iteam thei r fight s undc l collec ll ve bargall1U1g
agrecmCDU. As Congressman Clay suited, "Tlll s
legIslation IS essential If construct! n workers arc
to have .ne .. nlngful union nnu collectIve bargalnmg
1I8htS."
Brothen and SiSlers, we need to takc s wift,
deCiSive and coocrete actions for the abatemen t of
those ""ho have come agamst us. So, plcue contact
YCJu r senat CJ r5 and representa ti ves and persu;lde
them to ('05PODSOI this bill, H.R. 281 .
Remember, nobody knows you r unIOn loyalt)'
unless you gIve uut samples.
AN'n iONY z....MMORA P S.
Register, Vote, Get
Politically Involved
L,U . 459 Iu,t:m&.eesl, IOHN STOWN, PA.- T here
ace many th ings happening that will affect us on e
w:l y o r t he: o the r. Many arc crymg for le~I,I:a.uQI\
to laJ( our (n nge benefits. Since the budg!!t ddi(1l
IS so large, we arc bemg as ked to sacrlAce io o rder
to bring thiS de fiC it down. Va riOUS groups arc well
organl2:cd and poli tically strong: so Ollr battle to
keep what we: have may dcpcnd o n who has the
most polIti ca l strength . T hose of you not registeted
to vote arc onl y hurung our bailIe . We can't ask
vanous orRee holders to support us when we c au 't
Sl.Ipport them by voting fot tbem . Just remember,
l.:aws passed to protect us and help uS can easily
be amended or rcpe:1Le.d . The leg,ls lllllvc process
and the electlon process arc not to be taken lightly .
The: fact that many U S. purchast:rs arc bUYing
many products from overseas 15 lo lli ng our econ·
omy Whi le maDy thmk they ar e .!laving muncy
bUYing fl)fet~n ca rs anu ch:nhe" they arc: not In
the long run. With ear.h persoll unclllploycd, thosc
WOI kin g must pJ.y morc: taxes to hr:lp. OU I tax base
shnnks, lind we must piy more to keep the SCrvICt:S
we wa.nt. Schools ~uHe l , people: suffer, yet many
don't sec thc Importance o( keepIng vu r money
here in the USA. Some. of the countries Ouoding
OUI malkelS with their goods ..... on't eVen pe rmit
ou r (lroducls to be sold In thelf counuies. It c.an't
continue. The future of uur chddrt:n and grand·
chi ldren Will be bl eak if .all the re is left for em-
ployment IS luw pa)' mg service jobs. We must
protect thei r future .
Buy Ame rican products, and IlXlk fIJr the UruOD
labd The hnurc of our Iree enterprise sys tem
depenu s on us
JOS£1'H SANNA, P 5
Annu al Golf Outing,
Picnic Coming Up
LU. 46 1 li,rts&.spa), AURO RA, ILL.-GrectLngs,
Brothers and Sisters. There IS cerHlIllly a mIxed
bag of J.n nounee m ents and local news Items thIS
month, so pc l hars I should get right with it.
Brallier SCOII Cobb and hiS wife , Robin, have
bcen blessed wHh a bOl.lncl ng baby gIrl they have:
named Cu la. SCOII says that he IS very proud of
both of them alld espeCIally me way Robm stayed
wnh th e Job for the cntl re Juratlon . He feels that
she wJS so mu ch a p:nt of the process tha t he may
nOI have heen able to do It ""Ithou t hel-senlJusly,
they are both dOlng flnc .
Unfortunately, some of out Brothers have been
unweJl lately. G lenn Ha lsne and lack Rced have
both had IIlltitlple heart bypass SU lgt.y, and Bob
MartlR has had very SCllUUS eye ~urge ry. J am sure
that we all w ish them a speedy lecovcry ulld hope
that by the time this :utlde appears III Ihe Journal
they a re aU fi t and well.
We h;lvc ou r second Annual Coif Outing CO llllng
up on lune 15 81 tbe SandWIch Country Club j .so
all of you hackers had bener contact either John
Sunleaf of 8111 8rosl for reglstra ll un detaIls. Thc
orgamzers hope to havc qUlle a turnout t h iS year,
and perha ps we may even h,vc a lew YISItOrs from
our Stster locals .
We also have our Annual PIcnIC eoming up on
August 10 at Cool Ac res Pa.rk. Annual Plcnlc-t hc
word s have a Di ce ring. We had qUi te a dry spell;
but a(It~.r the fine OUllng we had I;lllt year, I th in k
we are on our way_
lim M essmer, the prlO elpal org3R1zer of last
yea r 's event, tells me tha t he has several Ide3s to
make thIS year's PICnIC eve n bIgger aod bettc r.
One: good idea IS to plesent our servlcc pins at the
PiCntC when we axc all together and III a congcm al
mood . Another is to no t ify the membershIp early
so everyone has plenty of timc to make plans to
attend. He has some: other .deas tIm which arc s.ti. 1l
on the drawlR~ board . So, all in all, It will be a n
outmg to look forwa rd to.
Unlll m:x.t month, be! an active and involved
membe r oC OUt loc;ll. Attend our meetings
Bos YllUNC, P S.
Ke ith Leedom Receives
Life Saving Awards
L. U, 465 Iu&t'lr), SAN OI £GO, C AL.-Ea rlie r thi s
year OM of our lIrothers, Kell h L. Lcedum, froU)
SDC&E', Kearny Maln\i!naflCt and Consttuc.tlOO
DepartmeDl, received an rBEW Llle S,IVlllg Award
fo r hel(Jm& 10 pull tWQ women and two mlants
from a burlli l'g car.
On March 11, 1985, Brother Lt:edom was agam
rceogn l'! ed lOI blSi bravery by bemg presented a n -
Other award, th iS time by t he San Diego Burn
Instllute at liS 12 t h Annual Spint of Cou rage
Awa rd, Banque t .at the Hilton Hotel on MISSIOn
Hay . Thl !lcvcnt, beld yea rly, recogni zes individu a ls
who assis t vlctuns of fiIes .
The Burn In tjlut e lS a nonprofit o rgantzatlon
and was c reated 10 1972 to he lp burn vlcttms tn
San Diego County. One of their goals WaS to
escabllsh .a regl(mal burn c ent er, wh ich ulday pro-
Vides spccial treatm e:nt (0' burn VICllms, :IS well
as burn prevention educ.ation and firc safety, items
of high PTlOrtly The In sll lUte also proVIdes ed u-
callonal sessions for ,uvcmlc fircsetters and a
school lccntry program d'::Slgned to 'el ntruJ ucc the
seve lely burned child back into school.
Brotht:, Leedom had thc help of two others on
tht: day of the aCCIdent The VICllms' pIckup lIu ck
had overturned In a colliSiOn .and was engulfed In
n"mes ikmg aWilit that tbe truc.k could explooe
a t any minute didn't stop Bro th e r Lcc:liom, Dilve:
Mlilcr or M el issa SmIth from resLulng th e (our
VlctnUS fro m the burning vc:hlcle. A spukesman
from the local Orc department sa id there was nO
doubt that the bves of th ese viCllms were saved
by these three IndIVIduals
Kcllh wa s Dominated fo r th e SPlllt of CrJUrage
Award by IB EW local Union 465, San Diego C;1S
&. El ectric and the Escondido File Department. We
at Loc.a146S congratulate and sa lute KClth Leedom
fur bravery above and beyond the regular ca ll of
duty
RAV A DAIUIY. P _S
Members
Pictured ltlt to right are rnlern a t iO ll 31 Vice PreS-
ident John Higbt o wtF, Shdby Co unt y Mayo r WiI~
li am ~ o rr is and bu sirtess manager, Loul 474,
M r.mphis, Te.n n., Dougl;u A. Fish er.
Shown here a re Brot her Jim Warrtn, Vice President
Hightowt. and Brother Dav id foSter .
Work Picks Up Some ; on
100 Brothers on Book 1 '"
m
L.U . 41 4 l1,o,em ,rtb ,rts&'spa), MEMPHI S, TENN.- w
Wur~ is picking up a little bit thanks to fairly good Z
weather. There are still about 100 local men on :l
-,
the books. We are sull hopmg to Ond a way to
fisht thc ta t 'hops. It seems we hav~ bt~fl \argett~d -'
by the nonunion sbops as easy pkkiog. but we
have holst begun to fight . WI! have a few members
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who nrc ready to do ..... ha tever it takes to send them o-,
packmg.
Have you noticed what the Republicans a re. domg
to t he farmers, Ind did you know they a re trying
to cu t the federa l unemp!oyrn-.nt that you draw
afte r your 26 weeks of regular unemployme nt has
expl redi 39
 QUI Unl l I linemen had a s peclaJ m ~clmgca lled
10 discuss South [:aSI lrne Agreements and loc:al
4~J 's lunsdlctJOn Sc=verallmemen a ttended. Spe·
cial spe.akers were 11th Dls tnct Vlc.e Preside",
John Hightowe l llnd Cbattanoog<l, Tennessee, Busi ·
(le$S Maoag-=r loh o A. Noll, Jr. There was a lot Qf
dIscussIOn and very little arguing. Sus m ess Man-
ager Douglas Fis her im d yours truly altendl!d th is
meet mg. I got a lot out of the meetlng and met
some linemen I did not know _
Reme m ber to buy Am erican and ll(liOl1-made
products.
Unttl nex i month. may God bless you
DoN fkx; Lt. P S
Brothers Recei ve
Service Pins
LU. 480 li&.eml, JAC KSO N, MIS .-Well , ag.nn [
must a pologIZe for not haVing IlS in the lournal
There IS no e xcuse oth er than laZIness and oat
having much to wme about. I woul d like to ask
my loca l SrOthers 10 Inform me If thC'y bave:
anythlDg to put ID the Journal.
We have lost t\Oo'O Brothers Since: our I3s t article
On Fe:bruary 8 we: lost Brother Ceorge E. Rldeout.
Brotbcr Rideout was mi l iatcd on Nove:mbe, 5,
1947, and renrcd In AuguSt of 1983. We wo uld all
hke: to agam extend our s ympath ies to hIS wLfe,
Ehz abe t b, dnd hiS th ree sons, Brothe rs lohnn y E_
Rideo ut, Billy W. Rideout aod RO[l:lld L Rldeout
W e also los t Bruther J. W ThIbodeaux, Sr.. o n April
9 Brather Thlbodt=aux was mlliated an OCtober
27. 1937, and ret ired In December, 1979 . Wt= extend
our sympathy 10 his wife and family We will miss
both OUI Brothers.
Brothe rs r cct.' l\'illg se rvIce PinS are as follo ..... s:
H aZ le Marsalis, l\'\1kc Abra.ham, Franc is Robens,
Stanley WIlliams, L3v emc Weidman and TIm Pep ·
per, 10 ye;llSj Walte r Morri s .and C harles Hood, 15
l·calS: ,. A Ca rpe l.l t cr, Jr ,15 years, and C ad Upton,
Sr _, and Ge rald Smith, Sr., 35 yc.ar . Congr3tu!.a ·
u ons to all o( these men for many years 01 se,Vlce'
By the time this is pnnted, Our softball season
wtll be: un,jer w OIy I want to Wish OUT men good
luck I am sure they wtll do as .good as last ye:u
Our work has s~)'ed e:sse:nt iaHy the same, We
had 3Jl OUtage a t Grand Cull Unit I that hel ped
clea r our boo ks fo r awhile, with help from a fe w
jobs III (Own) but we hllv~ som e m en on the books
now.
t hop e to have us m t he 10urnal from now OD
Qnce agaan, Brothers, (ell m r if you have- some:
oews about our local.
CAn i-IYOR.lCJ;. P.S.
Everyone Wins
At this Game
L.U . 49 4 Ii , ~ , mt , fts&sp~l, M ILWA UKEE, WI S.-
Abo ut fout months ago thl:: city of Mi lwaukee' s
Bureau of Trllffic Engineeringand Eleci fl ca l Service
st~ rt ed another blDgo game ThiS was not the Ilrst
gllm!:: they played. They have been playmg bingo
on company tune lor ove r a year. Let me expbm.
Jac.k Fouca ult, Elec trical Sc:rv-ices seDlor super-
\'jsor aDd man.agcr ()f f Ield and Sho p, w.:mu:d 10
tmp rove rus department's safety record . While
m ves ti ga tmg nHmy a reai\; and diffe re nt induce·
ments beiag used, he discovered ;J " bingo" pro-
gnm. The way tbis progra m wOJk s IS quite Si mple
and str:ughtlorward Each employee wa s Issued a
bmgo sheet. racb sheet differen t from a notber. FOI
evcl1' safe d.ay tb.lt occurs, a number is drawn a.s
;0 regu'a:r blOge . 1I lin rn,ury occurs OR aRt' da}'
tba ( ca uSeS lost time for that da)' Ivislt to eme:r·
gency, dcx:tOJ, etc .I, no num ber IS drawn . If a
disabli ng Injury occ urs that cau ses an employee t Q
mis~:I full sh ift, thaI game is c.lIncei led for e vc ryone
and no game IS played lor th e next 3D days w h en
a new g.llme s tans . ne w bLDgo sheers wtl l be Issued.
SIDce liS begm nmg 2.58 cbecks iO T525 each have
been a wa rded Electrical mecham c Paul Struck
re(;cwed a check for $1 ,000. TYo·en t y·6vc·dollar
-chcl:.ks 3te I~ued fo r tbc usual five number, in a
row Paul 's chec k o( SI,OOO was (01 a lull sbeet.
The re:ally big. W\Doers were the people Ln tbe:
department. T he da y the $ 1.000 cbeck was won
Was tbe: 112th iniury~lrec day.
The program IS really wOlkmg. wdl . N ot only
arc t he employees looking out fo r Ibemse lvcs, tbey
aTe now looktng out 101 each other. There SUlllS
00 lRc.en t ive Ilke money!
How h.as thiS aff ected the city of Mllw au ked In
1981 the iniury payment for BTE& ES WrlS M9,0 74,
in 1983 $ 11.552 and In 19S 4 57,502. If you loo k
beyond the mlury pay, those mlurcd people we ren't
at wark bu t the wo rk sltll had to be done . The c tty
had to eitber pay O\'crtlrne or the lobs welen' t
bclOg done on time ThIs bingo program h;1S cef'
(OIlnl), tumed Ih.:H around.
In the bcgmOlng the re: was doubt as to wheth«r
Or nOI tbe pmgram would WOrk. ObtamlDg bud-
ll.eung fr om the Common Co unCil was difficult
Emp loyees wC'n: skepll cal, ri nd seve ra] t hrcw th e
fi rst bmgo shee t s away. T hi s IS n O lo ngt:r t h~ casci
and Ii you don 't bcl!evc- mc, ask Paul Struck.
ANOR!. CAl.DI.U.C, P.S.
Members Must Unite,
Carry on IBEW Objects
LU . 498 ti,lt h,em&'catvl, TRAVERSE OTY,
hll CH.- We, the younge l gcnetauon, must t ake
up and carry on Ih e oblecrs 01 t he mEW In order
to further sustain o ur uDion . We s ho uld liSten to
our senIOr m embers Our fat hers al'ld uncles have
retned o r Will Ix: SOOn dOing so. e ven Cholrhc (-I.
Pillard 1S on ext coded service
It IS ume to 13ke on the responslblhty as our
fo refalhe.rs did. Any modem-age changes on the
s late of the a rt of bemg an elec trician and ~ umon
must be made: by us. We must unit e our skills and
Interests io presc rvmg th e Ideals and standard of
hYing t har we now C\]joy .
We must pick thlS uOion up by t he bootstraps
and c rea te our own SOlida ri ty and brotbcrhood . We
can't w ait fOf the Other ~crsOn 10 do I.t. We [OUSt,
oa t snould. buy ARlenC4n, honor pickets an d bay-
cons and sHangly support ou r umon and those
pohucallt:aders ...... ho suppo n org3.Du ed labor. We
must gIVe a day' s wOlk for a day 's ray- Ou r skill
is the: on ly (hmg we sell
We can do all of thlls by ;:;ue odrng loca l meeting.
This IS th~ gras.S·rOO ts Icvel. Where else c,an you r
voice and vote bett er re present your CO!nmun i·
cation IS th e key. and the umon meetmg IS the
place to have I t.
We m ust unite our problems as well as Out skills
and ideals ThiS unlly IS c rea ted by Int elligeni
conversaOOD a t ou r local umon meellngs_ 'Nhen
you have umly Ihen you ean uy you have a union_
Your attelld:mce: is a show of strength aad a co m·
mlt.meot to a way of life- the Amencan way
FP,i\NK " R T ." Cl.UVtlt, P S
Local Well Represented
At Various Conferences
LU. 503 (u &.t), MONROE, N.Y.-Recently AsSist -
ant Bus iness Representative Ja mes Humphrey and
Rich Bishop made a safery IDspeClion of ou, hydro
planls. ln the accompanymg plCtules are llIembers
of Ihe locaJ who oper.ate .3lld matnUIn Orallge .and
Roc kland Utili t ies liyd ro Plan t at Cra.hamsvule.
Ncw York. We arc prQud of the outstandtng lob
th ese mcn do. wh ich also rdlec ts well on th e local.
Congratula t ions I tJ Bob C arolo, bu siness man·
age:r, o n his recent appomtmCDt to (he United
Way' s Board of Dilectors
Dunng March Jim Humphrl"Y and Tom 8ertohnl
aw::nd~ a telephone con/ertDee with orhcT louis
from throu~ho ut the U.S. and Canada , much was
learned regardmg. nC'w technologll!s a nd problems
faclDS the t elephone mdusu y today. It IS unporta.nt
tha t our loca l be re pt cscnted 3t vario us workshops
a nd co nfe rences during Ibe yea r so tha t we can
k.eep abrca.s t of the trends in o ur indus1TlCS,
Another import 31lt ave nue we ha\'c to wa lk IS
tb e political one. Sob Cl llola lind yours t ruly
attended a meeting of Ibe New York State Elecm ·
ca l Association m Albany DU ring the three dioYS,
we met St:vctal sena tors and .3ssembl ymen. We had
lengtby dtscusstons with A,semblymen Sam Cole·
At Work
PiC'lurt d i~ 8lot he.r Cbadie " wipe yow (<e l" H;d -
lock, a m e.mbtr DI Local 501. Monroe, N . Y., :and
an operator I t the Gra h;rms ville, New Yo rk, hydl o
pla Dt.
Pict ured Ith ' 0 tigh t af'C' Brothe.rs Ed Lucach, Bob
Dur land, C ha rli e IUDela and Tenv Reynolds wo rk·
ing on "Tumel" inside the Graha m,n iUe, cw
York, Hydro Uni l.
man and John POlakl, both fri ends of labor We
also had a c hance to visit with t be Publi c Service
Commission. [ t is ImporUnt tha t th e: PS C ko o ws.
tb.t we ate concerned wu h the problems fac ing
uuitucs today.
On March 29 we met With O range :lOd Rockland
Uuhucs to open wage negotiations The comrac.t
for wages tX'pltl:d lu ot" I We expect (0 nr:gature.1
fau wage Inc rease, and you should have seen it ID
your check by the. li me you read thi s.
The local ex tends ItS sympathy to the fami ly of
Aotbooy SquillLm who passed away III March.
"S qulrrl'i " worked as a t ree tn mmer at Wesl Nyac k
and Spnn8, Valley. Tb e loc al abo wi s hes a speedy
recovery to Brothers lames Creene, Ray T almadge
and hm KoJvach.
Wo rk safely
LARRY M.AlNS, P . S.
Scribe Discusses
Taxing of Benefits
L.U. 50 8 li &u), SAVAN NA II , GA.- AS the ne:w
Congress begms to wrestle w Ith Ame:nca's ncar-
tnllion·dolla r deficit, efforts will be made to find
ne:w reve:nues by uxmg health-call: programs and
oth er hie su pport benefiu mciudrng permon ben·
eAts..
Congrcsslonalleadels see k to reduce t he nauon 's
defiCit by a t k :&st $50 bHlion, and the Reag:m
admini stranon is work m g on .3 $25·bl lhon lax on
the health Insurance and otber benefits . The ~la n
is pan of a so·callt..-d "T ax SimplificatiOn Program "
submH t ed by th e Treas ury Depa rt ment. Howe ver,
11 tS expl!cted tha t wb en budget debates !ail to
bring leduc tlOn through program cuts, Congr~$
wlJll ook to laX are;lS for oJ " qUick fix " to bring In
largt: sums of reveou e.
Despite tb e fa ct that the ye.uly defic u s ale
largely due to the massive 1981 UJ: cutS to CO l -
porations and ..... ealthy rndl vu.!uals, Congress IS
lIke ly to Ignore the fat cals and look at the taxa tton
of health ·care programs, workers' com pensa tloo,
ed ucallon bcnefi ts and lif e tnsuJanc.e. Never mind
that mtl hons of worklDg falhlli es re.ly on trus
healch Insu rance to pro teCt them flom medic.l
disaster, and thai the employer·supported bea lth
plans h.ne: bec:.n an e:conomka t alternative t D a
nafional health msurance system, the Reagao
adm lnls trauon has deCI ded that these bene:fits
 Celebration
PiC lulltd du ring the Sc. P:nric k', Day ccte:bratiOD
afc, ldl 10 rigtlt, 8u~ i o~5 ~~.na,u fur), Counihan
whh lont ' trcm., and ~' ic"ul. tC l ir cd ((Ifill '!'
BU.'l ine$$ Mana ,er Mike Counihan and Wood,. Hal -
ris, ECA.
~hould be laud If worker! Ind Ihi!lrlolmlh~ dOll't
.pea.k up, Conl\lt'ss Will sre thiS as aD easy way 10
Jllck up $25 billion
The AFL CIO and the US Chamber of Com
meree have b<Jlh c.omh:mntd tbe proposed loll
Otber buslne~' and labor groups have announccd
opposllIon and nA\'c: \'owed 1II11·out EightS
A rrchmm.ry check of tht Hause artd Senate
Ie:vrals that the overwhelming malomy of meom
bers have nut taken a position .1nd could go ClChct
wayan the Iuue Thus, Il 15 ImponaDt that they
hear lit nce fmm yuu vou;mg your OppoSl lion
Hr.-re's h ow the lax I)n h(;IIlIh calC wlll mcrcasc
l.:llles fur ;lnfunt: with It heahh·care program.
if an cmpluycr P:lY" more than S70 per month
fO I bcahh msuuncc: fur a sangle person, or mure
lhan $175 pcr month lo r iarrn ly CDVt'f:lgt', thc
amount .bove theS( fI,gurcs would be: added to the
mcome a worker pa)/$ tillie, on If an employee
rays 5150 per month lo r family CO\'cugt, fo r
InStanCe, taxes would be owtd on S7S per momh.
d. a tOial uf $'JIOO ,at the end of tbe ye.ar. To help
figh t lhl", prupu~al, wrllc yuur congrelsmen and
,enatorl sbowlng st l on,!; Upp051t10n please su ppOrt
OPE and your local bUlldmg trades
Cu,... 'U M COUNlltAN, PS
Local Will Miss
Press Secretary Gunther
L.U. 5101ul, 1I0UC IITON . MI C H.-Wc:I1. fir)t for
the oOI'so-good news, It IS Wi t h reg ret that I
announcc th:1I OIJ I P'CS' secretary, Cmdy Gunther,
hat lef t us eml.ly was ofrl!rcd:l promollon wl1hlO
the company th:1I no"'" plll(;'cs her on a sal:lIIco
Slatus, .and sh~' hI!' accepted it. This IS 3 grC3t 10il
to the local u Cmdy dcvu lcd a lu i of he . time and
ud enlS to the local serving U:> as press sec re tllry,
Labor-Management Committee member, mernbt:r
of th e elcHcn1 t: n tral Snft:ty Commn tcc and
NClJotl31ln& CUnlllll ti ce member She also man '
aged our Cancc r 3nd IntenSive Care In ~u . an(;c
Program Cindy. Wt all say Ihanks to YOLi for Ihe:
mllny hOUfS dO llaled to Ihe loeaj a nd Wish YOll Ihe
Farewell, Cindy
Pictllltd all tQdinSlhe ,u e\tanb' schoo l are,
riChl, 'Qhn Ba lbien, Mike Contois, AI KOlUmcs.
Paul Smh h , Pam Hrnriksn, Bernie Mu6c:ld , Crc:g
Zon.a, ." alk Andrr..on, Sob lohnson. DlVld An·
d et on and ,ohn Dore.
b til your new lobi So, with th.lt It Iwb lake
o!d Bernlc h.as .ag.am mherltcd the pen Ind the lob
u your prus secn:~ury
We do hue ,orne good neWI, hOWever! We h;ave:
h 11 dceply cuncerned In the: P.lst bcc.lU c the
cromr,lny .... u dl:vdoplOg a pra<.tlce 01 offcnn~ our
mcmbersrromlltlons tos,llantd pOSitions lind then
Ihev w(Juld lUll till Ihe resulnIlg volcancles. Some
oj thclr Idb dutil'S would go with them and othe r
d tiCS ""Quld be reuSlgned to other empluyees 10
ovembcr 01 19RJ we nOI1.Jkd the company th:1t
euhl!r those emp10yeu be l etum~d to the bifll;liln·
IRK unll o r the work tbey wele uomg be ~Iven back
to b.ng3lnmg uon membl!'lS After sevl!ul mtillth,
01 nC~oUlitlOns, an agreement was finoJlI.,. .C'ached
wlIh the comp"ny to tbe elIecl tbal the work thoJl
wa~ consHierl!'u ~s bar,;ammg IInlt work would be:
n::curned to lhl!' hargalnlng unll, resultlnJl: In the
cr("lIlon of scven ncw b'lIgaJnmg unll ,ub'i hi1u
IU ~ result o f thtle DeIlO[13t10n~, the company
IIgrcl!d to pOS I for IiVI" addltionaJ lead linemen
po IIIOn5 Theil! would be no mCII!.aSl" In the num
ber of lobs 111 the Line Dt:rartmc:nt, howeve r, .as
Ihe fIvc SenlQre1Ctllotlng lourneyman linemen wou lJ
hllH' tht: UPI)IJllunlt)' to poSt for these new lobi!!
ai,:{'IIh:~lng to the I(lb poslIng :and bIdding puxedures
of the agrcement This h.as. since ~CD Jane. lind
AVI! of 01,1' former IDumeymJn linemen arc ntlw
lead Itnl·men Congratulallons are m order for
Howard Walters., F'r:d Raffaelli, 'uhn Mulne, 11m
Barkcr .Ind Mike COu"tneaul
AI,>!), altmg wllh Ihl"st changes, three of our clerk
IYJlUU, wc re upgraded fr om thell present p.y grade
ftlu . 10 lI . adl! SIX as a le~1J1t of the r:lllllll1a ll OIl vi
the r<:qultcm~'nt for shorthand In the gr.3d~ SIX
c1a\!Iolf1catlon- 3n Immedl41C InUI;'SC of 56 cems
per hour
I hflJu~h Ihc ~ It C\ilncc procedu re we were sue·
(;I,~II~ful In OOlolll1ln& oneweck So &. A heneflt p~y
lo r a ni.' of OU t SIStCf m ember:> who had been oif
WI!lk duc lO II rn3ll·rnhy dh"billty. The lnsu l JnCe
C3rner had d Cl1ll!d the benc lh based UII • t4urvey
th ey had conducted n the length uf ti me nlf fur
mllterlllty dlS:rbliI1Y Our ,rgu m cnt was thaI by
IlIw m.lIernt'y dl .. :lhlluy mUM be treated the tame
as IIny othe r daabLlit)' nnd tha t the 1Iiten dtng
physlcl(ln dctcrm1l\es the kngth of the disa bility ,
not '!oUfVt:yS umJucled by the Lnsurance co m pany.
We .m~ al~u III the process (If makll1g II dHlIIKe In
the method of paymen t of S & A benefits fr om
co mpu nng the benefit bast:d nil a !)CVCll day week
to a dally bcndl t dctl!rmmcJ by lhe .1t.:lullllo~s of
II schedu led day of work .
Our new stewards ' mJnu.J \s ..ne fina ll y cum
pltlcd, and the Rrs t of two stewards's houls was
held on Monday, M3 rch 18. 19K". al t he R.ltnada
Inn In Marqoette , Mich igan rwelvc member" wcrl"
lnvllcd t'O attend thiS first SChl.lIllLllSi, amI all 12
were presenl The: program surted .It 1) .3 m Jnd
Ills ted until J JO p,m E\'cryune w.a mou; thlln
rle:ucd with the typc: of m.lIcfllll pre:>cnlel.l and
con~ldered dlel r ttme wtli _~pt:n t Thi S "l.hool WolS
to be repeated In Al'rll for tlur stcw!lrd ... In the
Western DIVISIIlI' The obleu lv e l'i W [lwvl(lc our
SlewarJs with .J sour~r.; of (e;au)' I cft: r cn,",~ m.oltl'f1;.1
and broaden theu sk.ilis so th.Jt they m .. y f'lruvHh~
nU l ml!mbt:'ISo with IhL" Vl"V "'.:~t rep''.''';tnUtion
pOSSIble
Ce<;le toule l
Bu..... ;..lluL MA~IUll' I'~
Shown ben j5 Brother
Larry Bode, ""ho pa~!ird
,1wllyon MlltC'h21,198S.
T h h is a pirture olthe Nthlln EIr.C'lri c Can&l back
row. Id l to ri~ht . Tom Neilon, Fun k UIltki, Hoy
Wood, Vince \'a ltneia. Jim Bob Cordonler, lim
Go $r H , Brian Hoecker. ue \\,1)11, Ernie KOt'ni!,
Mike Ktlly, Ron Fl al1a~n, HIli l\\rilldo\lis and k t'\ in
'lime i Iront row,ldl to ti ght, Run Wood, I'., Ron
Wood, r.• Bill Schtllhorn. Doug Howard iIInd Ge.r·
aid Ih·inr. (Photos frum local ; .a,. \t. l o~t'ph, Mo .1
Apprentice Committee to Offer
Computer Class
L.U. Sol S li&tm), ST. 10SEI"I, MO.-It IS With
udnt:u and the: deepest sense. III 10 .... . hlat I report
lhe deatb of our good fflend .!.od Brother LItty
Rode He lost hiS baltle: agam" cancer ;at age 31.
, be App l c_ntLcc-shlp CommlUec repon' H Will
pUt on .I class on compute. rru/o:rammlll': IhlS lall
,I enough interest is geM',lIcd Tho:>!: Inl~ . c~tc::d
pll!asc slJ;n up soon. thcre IS' hst on ,he bulletin
bo.nd at the umo n hall
At the Noycmbe l, 1984, tnt'ellng, a mnt ioll w.as
vutcd on and passed to have: QldTullC-lS Nne.:l t
every November unum meeting, I.nd beginning In
Novembe.r, 1985. and every five yurs lhereafter.
year pinS will be p(cs~nted_ w
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,e"s and Ruger Mamou, Kim ' enning, .Ind B,lI
IIOll11an were the: duor pnze wmn cl" nf Llleal ,45 ...,
::>
hilt!! CongratUI .1I10lU
Roy GeorgI:, a Lllc.a1 6Y5 fI:Urcc, saw Ihe lnbor
;J.
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D.lY pa. t u re m March's /oIlTII.ll and called mc He II:
llnd Ius sun Jillck visited wit h me: fil l a cl1up lc of ::>
huul<; 1O help Idcl1t1fy the members Many thanks o...,
for the In form3tllln, Roy Ilnd ' ac k I hope to puhh.,h
,orne mare: o ld piC t ures , If .ulYm1c know.:> (If So nlc
(lJJ plC lures of mE W mcmb.:u. plctl.!le gIve mc a
ca ll Thanks
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Crew trom the Past
This is a 19]7 p it:lur~ o f th e d ect rica l cr~w a'
WiI!oon Da.m , m e m bers of Lo<:a 15S8, Shd l1c ld. Ala.
Ba t k row, Irh 10 righi , C. "" "Pttt" Douglas,
C eorge T . Hurt , Lec MaficlI , Bill Will ia ms, Auther
Way lo n " Papp y" M eKinn e)" Jam tl Srygle l , ' o hn
T . Rus h, Mill s S. Ruley, Rr d "Sapsut kc, " Law .
fen Ct, WilIialD F. Law ren cc; h u nl IOw , lell IU right ,
unkn o wn . " PrcillCh e r" Bake l. Bro th er Cai no, Do n-
ald LeI' "ti lth: Re d" ltl cC ullo uSh, Bryson Mu l linax
and un kn own.
Reynolds Plant
Closes Down
LU. 558 li,o ,u,ca cv,n b,n5.em&.spal. S H EFFIELD ,
ALA.-Grr-tllngs, Brothers II was Wllhtrut plus-
ure that 1 received the accomp;lDylnl picture (rom
Brothr Brylon MuJlinu: ....ho no ..... fu,de, In Lake-
land, Florida. but ., a fo rmer mem\Kr 01 ou, local
who spe:nt most of the lime worktns tn othe r
lunsdl ctloDS I Wish I had more illlorm,uoD ,about
the picture, but aU I am able to (ell yO\l " that It
was taken in 1937 aDd" the elec t rical crew al
WI!$On O;'lm AlImdlYlduals have ~cn IdenuAed
as ac.curatl!ly .as possible by variOus members of
our loca l. J would li ke 10 thank everyone who was
kind e nougb to bc lp me with this tas k. YOu r s~vlce
was very inY.alu.blc, and I do a ppreCiate Il &ru ti yl
We just retclVtd word through Qur local medii
t hai Reynold.s Reduction Pbnt hu dosed do wn
in Int pot line with the pnmary reason g lYen
bemg tbe high u ll lLty ratcs they arc faccd with In
thiS a rC:I . This Is vcry bad Dews (o r this area 'i
economy 2S well .as lor our loe.al
The TVA held one of as public meetln,s 10 our
area ; and needleS! to uy, the Reynolds Slluallon
was dlscuSS('d qUilt: exu;oslvdy The TVA 's poM'
lion was that they had offered Reynolds an atUac ·
live p.1duge and couldn' t understand why they
had dcmed TVA's proposal ThiS secmt.d to be
TVA's standard answer a$ they 'Were continually
probt'd about the situation Crom local eIllU", and
dlIDltanes. Aft cr the commlUre h.d Slatrd the.1I
tOlal dismay 11 Reynolds' rdusal or thru proposal,
lob.n Claunch, planl manager of Reynolds Reduc·
tion Plant, stood wllh a rebutul of the claim made
by TV A regardm,g the circumstances Mr Cbll1lC"h
stl ted tha t Reynolds had not been offered a Ycry
fine package, and due to TVA ta tes Reynolds had
to close its pot lines . He also Slated Ihe rates paid
by Reynolds at the Llslcrlu ll Pillm were hlKher
than ratcs 31 any olher Reynolds Plant .
The meetingeulmina tcd wilh TVA Board mem -
be r John Walt:ts Slaung t hat any Ilme.!l p illm closcs
someone h as 10 be blamed j .and he hoped tbat
Reynold, gOt some good ou t of blamin& TVA ,
I Ic.ft ule IUcrllllg yuy disgus ted to t hink t hat
the entIre eeonomlc welfare of the Shoals area Jays
w lonl union 'Jfeemcn t outline, the dUlles or a
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One of the best buys
you can make .
~ Ihe Manl Qyr r Ihe years, In my eSlllnatlon, most
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a Voluntary
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Q should undcrsund lhe various lObs eonnee t ed wIth
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in the hllnds Ollhcsc two giants. I certainly hope
th:u TVA wtll make eYc(y tflort pOSSible to hclp
retam mdustry In thll area 01 the Valley, thus
proyldins lobs for an a1le.:ldy (lepre~~cd area, em·
ployment -wlSc.
Although we slill have s ome mcn on our out·oE·
work hAl, we arc ,I.dly welcoming the shgh,
Improvement In th~ c;on.st.-uc;uon !Scene In ourl,ea
GLYNN MUlkMl', PS.
Board Member
Picture.! i ~ Brull. e r 0 011 Ue nd ~uoft 0'1 Loe. 1 584,
T uh a, Okla,. 'whow " rUf-atl y appol ntC"d t o th e
T ul u C h y Count y fu mlo ln, and Appeals Boa rd.
Loyal Employee
Pill ,onfs,li hown hue, hu been olD olRte rmp loycc
of Local 584 lor m any yur •
Take Complaints to Steward ,
Business Manager
L. U. 58 .. (l,enl, ru&'lJ p.), T ULSA, OK LA.- HaYIn£
had (hlJJ lob now fo, about SIX month. and havlDA
heard no ClltlCISm, I am a bll apprehenSive . I am
happy to lay I'ye hcard many ,ood comments aboul
the co Irtll: le5.
Moybe lxcau.sc IhlS ,nb pj,ys no sal.ary l .shouldn ' t
hear any b;ld remarks The bUlineu m.na5cr thaws
• nl.f)', .nd be IIlw:lYs he.. rs unfavouble Ie marks
Article XVIlI 01 Ihe ISEW ConSlltutlon Iins the
dUlles of th~ bUSineSS manage. How do 10 many
fee l free .and so surc about l be how. and whys
when they don't hive lhl; fa(; l$r I unJcrs tand II
smllil nudl;c now and lhrll helps ke.ep people on
their IOC5 UUl J don't believe comp laintS to fe llow
workers on the lob arc of any help You have 10 go
to' the M.,n He wtll have the faeu or acc.t 5 to'
tltem TdlllllLl }'UU I gnpc You r bU510eas m.l naller
putS in many houlS :11 va rious functio ns pC'UlnUlg
to bl! oHlee. Hc doesn't shll fe y Uf 40 hour wee k.
CVt Ihe Man some slack
Thtre is :.l nother man who itn't paid to take
eri t lelsm . I h.ye seen some over the ye.a IS who
dldn " wOl k very tlli rd at Ihe ,ob Howcyer, thc bl8
m.a,orlly of the (lnd I'ycknown art very concerned
and work hard at dom, lnod. Article IIJ of you.
steward. A good steward ha' the facts , Complaa.nu
to fc.llow wOl kctJ Will nOt bring satlSfacllon. They
can' t help what they know nothing .bout Co to
trouble On the ,ob comes from people not .dhenng
tO l bcltdeslgnated ,ob. By tryl." ' roassume aauther
man', dUIICS , lhe" c.reale more problcms. We all
T rouble brew, when the ,ourneyman tndl to
.assLime t be dutlCl 01 ttle new.rd. We shou ld all
be Itew"d'i .1iI to wha t pertains III our ,obs bOI nm
assume the stew:u d'. responsibilities . I think "our
commcnts wil l always be :ac.cepted by YUUI husi'
nen manager and Slew.ud . He m:ay Dot agree With
you, but I'ye neve. hJd one fall to hsten. Your
comments a re usdcn unless they arc heard fitst-
h'nd b" tbl;" lliall who knows the f,lI.:ts . If the anic
bll squea~ , you don't 011 t he furnac.e .
We want to congratulate Brother DOD Hendel '
son Don h:u been named to the Tulsa City Couaty
[".. mlnln, and Appeals Board . We need more
Brothers aCllve In aU the enulles connected to our
Industry
Pal IOlles is our &111 friday . Sbe has been LD tbe
employ of Local 584 longer thao silt' wants to
remember We WOO't tell
We recently saw thai the Reagan admlDlstration
deCided unemployment was down so the re's no
longer any need forledera l extcoSlon of workmans'
compensatlon . i wonder whe re hegets bts numbers.
Brut hers, we arc all responsible for OUI dues.
T hey 3rc to be paid by the Mond3Y lollow ing the.
B,s t mce t m& nlgh1.of the mon l l'! , In case you forgot,
that', the Arst Fllday
BoB BRYAN, pS
Signs of Basic Unionism
Returning
LU. 589 In), ,AMA IC A, N.Y.-Signs of basil;
umonum ar~ .(turnIDS. II we lookafound our local
union . we ean sec de8.0lte SIgnS of a revltaluatlon
01 the bl 1/: pnnclples that a re the be.a rt of evcf)'
olgamz.ulon-punelplts that moSt of lhose m
management thouSht they bad ~en successful in
Julhn&. Dunng t he eour~ uf an)' &lyen workday.
our membc.rs ,lire diSCUSSing such tOpiCS as unit",
strenglh, faith and hope: and expreSSiD& CODcem
lor the problems of other Brothers and Slslcn, oolh
in and out of thelf own area. There arc many
reasons which necesslute the return of these pran·
(11'1<:5, sueh as management's policy of Increased
p /Uu\.H,.. t lon through 1Rtlmld,1tlon and th e threat of
dltc.lpline, the Inc re.1Sc to the 5o·caHcd le tters of
warning, and the new managemen t philosophy,
" We can do what we wa nt If it's nOt Ul the
Igree ment." wh,:uc:vN Ihe Ir.3son the f:aet that tbe
signs lue th re is hearlwarmlng.
At l his wflung ou r ExeCUtlYC: Tna! Soard has
been conduct ing on,gOHig tWills for a number of our
mt"mht',"1 who have hten charged WIth Vio lating
tc.rtam arucles of the. IBEW Constitution and our
local union by laws These nut, are unpleasant but
necenuy If we .,e 10 have uOIty and suc:ngth.
Along lhe.!e lines, dubbolUC·rypc operauon' and
policies within any lneal unton must be replaced
with souDd, profes:uonal methods thai reflect the
1980s If they are to urn the respeet of both
membcts and m~na&emc.nt alike
Re&ardIng our (nnUlct negou.llons, we have
10tntJy Bled for mediation With tbe URR lind are
willing fo r the National Mediation Boud to assign
a federal medla lor. Flltng at thIs arne IS somewhat
soanu th;:ln in pUI negul1~tIlJIl:i ; however, I do not
view this IS a sLgn of an early settlement. We. wi ll
kt:ep you Informed of any progress.
With regard to the unive rsal M of E oyertlme
procedurc: With the hdp lind p.:a rl IClpatl(ln of .a ll
OUf BIOlhers and SLste rs III th e M ofE Departme nt,
we have comp leted Ihe distribution and coll ection
of the. ove rt ime questionnaire . The resu lts haye
beto (om pilrcl hy nur Incal cha ir men, Brot hers P.
M:lnnos and R. Smzek, and will probably be dis·
t n buted and 10 c..ffeet .a l thl! punting ba ili ng auy
unforeseen problems We thank al1 l hose members
who pa rllclpated, and a speCial thllnk.! to Bob .and
Paul for a Job well done.
Recognition IS also 1D order for OU I road cal
c1ceUlcllr.n.s up at Caban I for then aS51!lanCe In
progressing a claim Ihat Involved ear inspecto.IS
changlnl speed-conuol cuds al Johnson Avenue
Brother Frank Shea, I. , road car e.!ecmcl.n. wen t
onc Slep beyond In acceptmg my mVl laUOD to act
as a conJultant a t our appeal beanag relative to
tbis ume claim. BU)lhen TolU PCII y and Rex
AgUi rre also volunteered, :lnother Sign 01 growing
unity.
W.a l cb lor the implc-lUenlauon of ou r new safety
progl 31U c.nlitied Pro,eci 15 SAFE (Safel Y Action
For Elt"cwcianal, It could nve yuu r laic
 We hupe Ihal )111\1 anJ you r f31nlly \! nlo~' ymu
summer; 1nd lur Ihe goou of Ihe Union , take YOU I
wife UI girlfriend OU I to dinner-on you, of course .
'OliN A C .... C;COI....NO. GI!N. CUMN ,
Steward
Pictured is Alnnis Idh:rso D, I mtmbct 01 L(lC:al
60 2., Amarillo, Tu., .:and II $IewlI rd II Ihe: Jnilor
Drpll rlllle:nI in the l-bui ng,o n Stll iion.
Brother W. R. Lutz Is New
Business Manager
L.U. 60'2 lI.o&'u), A.\\ARILLO, TEX.-Well, as usual,
1 walled until the [JU ml[1utc to wme thiS arucle
The big ne"", 01 Ihas manth tS thai O\.1r bUSiness
manager, David Lmdley, resigned his pOSH Ion liS
0{ Apnl I, 1985 Brother W. R. lutz. will ~ Laking
ove.r O.1vld's p\lICe. Also. lei 's wdcome Claywn
Whne abolud:l W R 's aSSISlant and wuh hIm
Kood IL,lck
1 would like 10 take' tt-IIS (Ipportumty 10 give :II
speCIal thllnk s to DUll.! . I know he has IrIcd Yrry
hlUd ID the past 10 keel' cveryooc h3PPY, which IS
an nnposs,hlt. task l l Wish DaYld lo ads of luck 10
th~ £l.llUrc
I r;Jn Inl0 thne uld (:unSlnlCllnn h""fls at H;lI '
nngton Siallon laSI month Rt'd Nobles, Earl611rk
ley ~nd Mllrk M,ubc:ws, tbey ;lre: wo rlung for
Budwlnc o.nJ s.ml Ihc lob would last about fOlJr
wceks
Well. he re IS ,ummer, th(' season for PICniCS,
and I haven ', recel\'cd one anVll3tlOn as your press
secre tary l lust coli down to lhe. u ruo(\ hall ami
leaye III mnsage With 8rcn..la as 10 when and ....·here.
I can get iIIW.lY ::lImoS! .Iny weckend lur JI coupl!!' of
hOllrs
J wuuld IIkr to give you ;I personal example of
bow nice IRF,W people: can be, My parents, Tom
and Dorothy. lave: In Ceneva, New York . I neYC r
havc been much .11 wrl tmg lellen: , so they enlo),
readtnfil thiS arucJr every mo[uh, and u's almQ,s1
;ugood as a Ictter Theydon'l get the 18EW lournn1.
so Dolt Oaks, lhe wife o( lohn Oaks, prcsldent of
Local :149, uyes." <:opy of the Journal ucb moolb
and glyes It 10 l1'ly pJltCnt5, Ray DeCook has also
glvcn Ihc:.m a few COp"::S, and I would ~Is!lnally
IIkc 10 chJnk them bUlh
ThIS momh'~ $tcward mtcrvu:w lS with Alverus
'\.'fferson, Harnng ton SI3tlon, ,.Olnll() r Dc:parlmcni .
sh~ bo.5 worked for SPS far 9111 years 3!ld bas bee"
a s teward 101 !llmost tWO years now. Alvc.rtls finds
bl!lng a ste ...... ard a challenging e:cpc:::liencc::: .and enIO}·S
working with the group .and the other ste""ards
It has been iI whdc since I repo rted any SPS
prumOl1 "S, so I beller ge l Wltb II Conslructlon
Services: TrAVIS KODX :lnd FrankIe Dale have bc=cn
promDted to Imernan appren t icc, third year, Leon-
ard Marchbanks and Randy Taylo r have been pro-
motcLilo liocm:ln Journeyman, James Landry and
lohn nlddlc have also bcen promoted 10 lineman
apprcntlc.e, thwJ year, lind WaTTen f erguson bu
been rromoted 10 helper, second year In Guymon
Doug Cherry has bee n prcHtloted to Iinemall aJ)-
pren ti ce, (!lu ll h ye:u . At Jones StatiOO N1Ck~c
EI1:itm::ln has bc!cn pl omlJtcd to maJnlenanee hc lpe r
B.
Ben Hca t hlngtc>n, .It ASARCO, h'ld 10 ha ye hi"
appcndu: tnke" ou t , but by th e ti me you rcad thiS,
he wLl I be back to work. All you gu ys take it easy
on hlml 8y Ihe .......1y, we :111 need to milke a bellcr
effort to ge l to th e union mllctings I!ach mo mb.
Tn crt is a lil l\c CO I1SUU CllOn going on tll H nr·
nnglOn StlltlOn I tned to get SomC P1ClUtcS, hut
whl.:ll the CIlIIII!t<1 ea ml.! Oll t, cvtryone du'lppc:l lta l.
They CUll" Ita y I u ldn 't try ,
There lire sc \'c la t conStruction rncmbas who
huvc Je"Hh.:J IU IHi nlo; up the tl)oh .1nd ret lrCI they
arc ,ack Florer, IlIs\ November ; Pe le 1-l:1yhurst, In
Febtull rYJ C ha rles fvbl cnuwski, In FtbrullrYI Jaml!s
Up to n , III Februar)'J L B. LIOn. in A prill Wa yne
HIJl c h r;ON, in Apnl, Roymond Sosebee, In Apn l ,
Jessc Wilson, III May: and Toni CJIIISI11l, 10 ,une.
Th c!loc 11'1:11 may be away h om tht lob sit.: but
nev..:r iO lgoucn
Un II] nc,,' month, remember we a rt .II part of
Ihe f;realco;I unillll IR the United SU lc!>
DoN SHU.MAN, P S a mlll!)r relooling lob:at one of the Gt:ncl:.Il Motors
ShOWQ .t Ibt. prurn t~lioD 01 the gold-plal ed .Idt.
CUI Un UI', right, Tom Phillips) Dan Sw.-
lelf to
lord} 11:"1: Mud:; 81.1s in ess Mao.lger of Local 606,
Orlando, Fb .• 00u8 D.lIglrYJ Emie H.13S, (le W reo
tint l .nd 'act Ou.
Apprentices
Shown in Ihis pit-Iurr arr.ldt 10 n l hl, b.ad: fOW ,
Rocco Will iams, Charlie .\\ cA lpin, I"Jfrt:.,. Viet,
C h:ulrs Ruddick, Cc:d l Ward,ScDII Cillelll:, Clt:nn
tuckey, Kimball Walk inshaw ; fron l row , ,1ImC"s
ulliun (1n~ lrut:l qrl. 'i Dtt Huri5 and Guy Fit,,-
w:u eor. Thesc are Loul 606'!!i lourth -yeu ;tppren·
ti ee5.
Brother Haas Retires;
Apprentices Finish Soon
LU. 6Qb II,u,e5,ttb&spal. OR LANDO, FLA.- An
o th er onco! OUt dedll~ated BrothetsdeclI.l.td to h.:aa&
up IllS louis, rture and I,ve a Itfl" of case fhulh er
Ernie HUIIO; rctt:lved h15 gold·plated Side cutler s
'rllm aU,SJnt:~!t Manager OQug Dagley and PreSident
0::111 Sw:.iUld on a Job she wher e evcryonc bad :m
t.uly " qUl1" ~ IQng wah. an old·fashloned cookoul
Everynnr: wl~hcd Brolber Ha a.s a long and casy
t ur~me"t, bUl no onc re:alJy bt:llevc5 he wlll,UM
5H home fOf long
N ot everyone In our Io<: al has rcacned rellrl'mCllt
age. Snmc ,m: JUSt abaut now getting. ready 10 fa ce
the wOlld The fourth ·year ap p!(.'nti cts art down
to ('otmling lhe Jays All hl1vC" uller confidence
they Will p:I~! Ihe fina l hurdle WIth eax, and they
probnbly Will W"1;1'1 tin t happens these l[Cit fOU l
years wun't seem ~o long Lucki ly the;: lob mllrkcl
look5 ,!toad, and maybe Ihe road ffii!P won' t be:
nee~led Of CQur~e, lhere wil l be some who wlil
waot tu teSI th e water s a.nd IOQk for grtencr pJs,
lUres . ADYW~y, we Wish them h.lck and (lifel con·
grulUll1thm, fO I a suc cessfu l finish, even thuugh
Ihe las t hlU I years ,.li d seem li ke (ore .... cr.
It III ohen s"ld thu l cve ry fourth · yea r cla,uhould
be a little bettcr than the plt: .... IOUS class, and eve ry
onl.l of these peQple an: capable 01 that goal h
wou ld be In Ie restIng If someon e wou ld do II lollow·
up in lI bo ut 10 years a nd se e 11I)w mo n y re a ched
tb eLr po ttntlili. AI cornplc ll on I1rne Ihey will be
laid that their traming j ~ lu st sta rll n~ and tnal !..he
lr:ll1 f11Ug s hould go on and On . FOI the sake of the
SfIllhc rhood, wc h o pe: $0 .
CLlV[ I C."I.I.AWAV,p,S.
Coca-Cola Job
Goes Nonunion
L.U. MJ li,o.em,rts&'spa), ATLA TA, GA.-Fi
(lally, afleT Ih ' CI: yean It appcars thilt Local 613
Will :ag:lln have full employment. With nlAJor pro,-
ects such a the Ford asscmbly pl ain r<:toohng and
plants, prOSpl:C1S for luJi employment ~PJlear good
lU I 1111: II!:JI\ )lear A maw' dlsappolntmenl was th:n
, longtime customer, thc Coca Colli Compan)'1
deCided 10 build:l m3jorofRcc hUildlrlK ..... uh unEllr
labor
Allhough the Iwnunlon element IS stili dQlu"
the m<llOnty of new cc;ms t rucl1on 10 Atlam;&, We
~r e rccelYlng SOm e': good l1eW$ frum the InspectIon
Dcpanments and some malor <I . cnlttctu ral firms
\hlit 'hie pl0blemt cncounttu:J IR "ecunnJ;1l com
pe'CDI , finished proiec, arc so V3~1 Iha l they at(:
now cncouragIng owners IQ build union Thl IS
not an o Yt.rOlght devdopmem, .and we musI con·
unuc 10 tum nlll high 1111;1111Y work """h elficlC~D t
produc lion 10 htlp I Urn mme pUlelllul CUStQmers
alClund OUf feputallon for on· 11m':, under budgc l
..... (lrk has been yea rs 111 the maklnA Jnd never
befort. have wt nceded to keep 11 un501lcd,
We :ire now getuog malOI prOICCtJi to rebU ild lobs
which were origtn.a Hy bl.llit nonUlllon There arc
many examplcs 01 su bstandard wotkmal1.!iblp on
Ihest: plOlecls. Also, thert art areU where "nnlJJ
and specificatIOns wert: not IIdherr::d 10 We mwt
lc.cep In mmd while On proleCIS wt"c.h wete done
n onUnion, lO take aothlnA fo r lCun ted In the iJrra
(If :I s.;&/r tnstalllltlon. Wc holve become aeclJsI(uned
to .assuming Ibat propc::r sWIlehUlS deVICes wt:re
Installed, which IS nOI .be cas.: Remember tor
your own well-bcmg:md .hal of yl>ur bmtl)' Ihlll
unskilled and semlslulled labor, With lillie or no
fI~in1nA, h.u Inst.tIl<:J lin: del..llll._al ~)'ljlelU; and
pc.rsunal safelY lS:a must We do ntH Wish to add
OU T Brot hers :and Sisters normcmbc:rsol thegcnen.1
pubhe 10 thc oblluary section bcC"UK somt o",-ne rs
\IIere uymg to A3Vc a buck and ~ot what .hey paid
'0. LONI'I IE PLOrT. P S
Members Attend
Educational Seminar
L.U . 6l*(v,a6,6p l~ nl, TORONTO, ON'f,- On thl'
weekend uf MaIc h 15. 16 and 17 :an Edu c<l u ona l
5(mln41r W;I!i hdd al the Holiday Inn In Scarbor·
ough_ There were appr();umatc-iy ",5 dc-ics;ale!i In
lltu~odance_ The monthly E:CC'CUI IV!: Bo.ud meeting
wu held on fnday Ultht, !lod some of the delt.gales
were:. able to attend thi S mectln~ iOI the: f:lrsl umc
<lnd gCI a good vu:w of the Opc.atlon .lind functlun
(If ,he. EXecutive BO.1r d . A spcc lJI thanks to our
~I!IolC'S {rom the M e t Hospital 10 Windso r who
supplied and 5c.rvt!d 11 bullet I y r~ lunch fOI the
hospl1a1uy room follOWing Ihe meeting
On SalU,d;ly Mr . P. F O' Reilly, re~lnnal manager
tWill the luuusUiai Health OJnll S;;t,felY Dranch,
Minis t ry of Labour, gavc an ekedlcrH plc,cntatlon
and hlghlightcd tWO are.J:f m the Oecu pllIllJnlll
He:ahh and Safety Act, SectIon 2J Rdusal to
Wvrk .!lnll Sl:'cuon 14--Rc.pJlS3111 by Employer pro+
tublted Mus le.;m Read, dHt~cror o f Ihe Of6ce of w
Arhllrali On. dealt wllh. Sr:ctian 45 o( lhe Omana Z
labour Relations Act ThiS proccdure IS called :;:J
-,
speedy arhltr.1 li nn, wlw-h ITIt':lns fhat In a CIISt' o f
dl'lml,saJ,:I grievance: can hi:. heard by lin arbitrator ;i
In 21 d:ays affer il "::15- b(cn Jiled 10 thtl r office z
MISS ChnSll.e. Ball, !.uper'.'\l'or, publl1: Tc\;m,on!t, a:
:::>
Orner!!. ~:avc a m os t Infot"m;!tIY C prc:;cn la tlOn on o-,
Ih e Orners pension rl3n . ThlS POInt Itlt crcslcd me
Ihe most - 16 pe,cent o( your r cm lon is made up ;;
by you , 16 percent by yo ur employe r And 68 perceDt w
is made up by int ~ r CS l by Dine rS All of you l !!!
c:onmb ull olls to Ihis pension plan Is leco'Vcn:d in
2 ,5 yca rs of re t irement. 43
 Seminar
Shown ,I rt Ornle of the deJegatl!.li h ' b o :utcndc:d the
Ifm inu.I PhlllOS from Local 636, Toron tO. Onl.)
Mr. K CRose, lnu:rnatJonat Vlce Prnldco t,
First DiStri Ct, gave.a " down ·to·ea rth" .and "(rom -
the· shou lder" type of spctch thaI kcl" Illt dele-
ga tes In a 'Jery IlSlening t ype of mooO. Ph:3se not e
thai hIS speech was recorded lind IS lava liable to be
used IH yvur UOI! level, ple:3!e canu.el your local
EUCU II VC Bo.ud member.
On Sund3Y Mr Wilham A. CzJ ranka, claims
ildmlnlSlI,UOl hom WeB, u.lkcd "bout 8111 101 -
" An Act to Amend the Workels COmpc:nsatJon
Act," and Mr. Peler MeDcom' " , public IIslson
olRce f hom Ule, SpOke on proposed changt"s 10
collc~lIng un(lnploymc:nt in.u rance.
As you Clift sec, thIS was a lu ll progf(l.m with
speakers Ir In d iffe rent brundn:s of t h ~ govern·
ment, whlth enhghlened all of Ihe d~l~gates on
WhBI opll ons and se:rVlces an aVai lable to them
.and (0 Local 636. This scmlna r pm on by Ibe
ElCccutivc o f L()Cal 636 15 III contJr'lUil leduc3llOIUI
pr()C;css III kc-ep the mcmMuhlp as up to d.w: as
posSible: With [ht: btut infotm auon avaIlable
H.... lI.uLO C VANCE, P.S.
Contractors, Members Help
Turn Situation Around
LU. 6.0 ( l , l1 , tm,nb,m&.~pal, PHOENIX , ARIZ.-
• lJJw.y.s C-mQ)' &t'IIJDg • moorhly ~ Jll cJC" out but
only Wish Ihat mortol you me.mbers would furnish
me With matcn ..l thllt aU mcmbea would appre·
Clate rea thng I Hod myself I.'Havlng to miss an
«".l$lon:l1 month dut: 10:1 lack of mlormatioo At
any Illtc It Is always refreshing to know who Iny
readers arc, t:speciaLly wht n I g~ 1 II rcply from
th em an writin g. My recent dIs t Inguished read.er
" Mr Fonesl D Ma llct1t' who h Ihe cbapter
managel for the Arizo nll ElectrLtlll ContIaGtors
AnOClatlon
MI Mllllette sb:lIes whb me Ihe importance of
w hUID," conSlscent P, lIC lIU 01 monthly64010lJJ')]11/
z report' He also udls of .. grt.1 t CDDcern fo r our
...,:::> wOlk 5 11 \&\lnoO now and in the fU fure. I quote MI
Mallette: " We arc tu rning th.mgs aflHmd th rCJugh
..... jOlOt coopera tio n between NE C A, o lher 5Jgn:ltory
:ia: eorllrnCIOUi and Local 640. We orc developmg a
:::> ttu3t between OUI rcpresent.a t!vc partles. We 3rt
o..., going to aglillLn be .g domin ant fotee In tbe Valley
duough rC:Ul gamzl.ng and ConlraCIPr IOjtia(lVC Jr
took II Ie",," yurs to tear the h ell OU t of the mduSlty,
so 11 Will take some lime and a lot of cHon 10
bnn&ll b .. ck.. "Th:Jnk you, Mr M allette, for shanng
your V1e,""". , ~m SU r~ thcrc ArC:I JOI 01 us oul Ib ~re
44 wht) agree very strongly with you
BrOlher Dall Sebring starts hi s 6 r:u-)'ur app rell-
ticeshjp clus off to a good SIan with ;Ii t.lemDn·
su.atlon all Obm 's Law.
"h r ou~h our o rganl:=.;lt\oual effon!! Brulher One
Whcele. and Mike CroXton art dl.)ln~ theu beSt t o
ge t these cQll lTaCIOfS 10 to sIgn .a le tt er of mtent.
Two of thl:' lilt c$I COIl tr;:ICIQI5 to 51!:n were Van
Alstme Elecuic and A ·Phase to Phase i:I cctTlc. Van
Als ltne was JUSt .awarded a \'CTy gooJ lob at the
91.!l t Avc nu c se wage ire:l l me nl plant . lie has OIl ·
ready ~tllrtc d callmg fO r iI few mc:n . 1\10111; Will-!
nrganlZlng the .s hop!, [he y arc also ~cUtng :,omc
key pt op lc: OU t 01 these shops and mto our wUDing
plOttr.l ms Whr:n I see thest: reprc:senlatlVeS Irom
tht: hall spr:ndlDg a grea t deal altbclr own time al
the OlJlprenuceshlp butlding IIItkm,; 10 daUerCnl
committcta. I know in my o wn mmd llul I :1m
well represented At tillS time the work situa ti on
sC( n1S 10 be very stolblc With ali of 01,11 In · town
co nt rac t ors being able to bid lob!;; a t Ihe $11 sc;de:.
B~chtcl Co rjlonUlon did layoff 23 mcn last
friday, bUI I'm su rt: these: mcn will be :lble to get
nut in t() \\'n very sho rtl y. vrbm Dyke 15 onCe
:I~in lu.rting to bid \'ery he.:nllly :Iud is gcttmg
some (loud lobs Some o f our one-man shops lire
even findln~ themselves ha\'ing 10 ull Ihe hall for
a man or two , ThIS 1$ a good sign , and I hope u 's
hert to StlY forever .
I wan l to cong r:ltulate: Brother Dave Dnlke who
wa$ re cen tly voted ;tpprCD t!ce of the yea 1 and
I3rolhc:r M i ke Fitzsi m mons who was vutc:d second
runner· up Dli ve wil l re plesent Arizona in the
nationa l compe ti tions WhLCh will be taking plBce
In Hou5ton very sbortly.
Ou, prayers a.re extended 10 Lhe I.'lmllu:.s of th e
followms Brot he rs who ree-ently pancd away :
Brothe" Don a ld loVitt, Willis layton , lohn Beck
and M ike Karylyk It saddens me to have to report
Ihe dea cbs of a n y o f our mc.'mbei sl but II huns
dee pl y when that Brother was a very dellt fnend.
Mike Karylyle W;1S a very goo"\ frlc ot! and ahove
all a very good Urat-hc r. He fought his bl)u I wtlb
I:ancer for Ibe last couple (If yca(s but bad to g.ive
\11' hLs \\'OIk at the end o f lan ua ry whe n he ..... as in
an d out o ltb e bospttlll. Mike wa$ emp loyed 4 t the
nuc.leal pl.ant where he was liked by a ll who kne w
rum In Ihl.' yeaJS that I kn~w Mike, I can bonestly
say th.al I neVcr saw blm g<:t mad He was an aVld
spQnsmlln who enjoyed Ihc outdoors, espeC Ial ly
wh en H clime 10 hun ung and fi s hi ng. Mike was
deepJ)' Involved Wit h his IamllYllnd enjoyed spend-
Ing as much l ime wit h them liS poss ible . We are
al l going to mi ss hIS w a rm th anJ h IS d eep sense
uf humor. I wou ld also like to prais e Ernie Cauner
for Jpendl.ng '0 man)' days and nlgi1l5 by Mike's
bc:d5id c helping to cOl]sole Ib e: (amily and, above
all, fo r handlms all 01 the ;aff:uu for them It thiS
Import;anC Ume-.
The Unu)n Bank of Anzon:l f'l:CCIVed Its chane r
recently :ln d had its gf3nd o pelling In M ay The)'
bJghl)' recommend 111:11 YOll look mto the pm,"1
blhty of lelllng IhtlD b:mdle 311 your UOmSIII,.IIfJn$
smee m~1 III Ihe: monlt:s 10 the: bank Will (.omt
from o(g~nl:ed \:lOOr
11'1 conclUSion, 1 agjun want II) rcmlllJ .. 11 of ou r
rc ured memhc rs of the breakfast ~et-tol:e th e"
takm~ plfle!! II) the:: mee tmg hall (very month Pl'U
furt her InformaCion contact t he scc n::tlI n e.5 al the
ball o r Brother !Im my Wil lIam5 who Is tb e pr esi-
dml 01 Ihe Reurecs Club. Un t il neXI month. let
us all think b rotherhood , and let u~ :Ill su pport our
l out
flAy I'ou... n , P,S.
Local Conducts Stewards'
Meetings for All
l .U, 648 (i,o, u&.sp.1J, HAM1LTO , OHIO- l et'S
s tart aU thLS moo ch on a glad note a.s four 01 our
loe.:.) .BrothelS :Ire cciebrallng a comtuoed 230 years
of K rVICe to the IBEW Brothers Bernard "Bones"
C3wcm, Carl Fuerst , ESlcs Ba.mlt'lt .lind Louls"Red"
Beal Brothe l Cllwc-in ba5 70 years, Ihothers Bcal
and Fuers t c:acb h.iII'IIe 5S ye.;us and Btother Bame tt
has 50 years All the member of Local 6.18 send
their cunW,ull llIUOn!l..
Sn)lhl:l~ Me l U\evLIl:S, Ray JOY, Berkley Lllke, Ed
McD.m lC' and Ken W ~1I5 ma n h.we l3 11 dt:Clded to
ca ll It qUtU nnd IIrc rellnng m the n ca r iutun::
Enioy yuur relu cll1cllt l :lod keep LIl touch, 8 rOlhers
We h .. ve sta rted our s te ...... ards· meetmgs aR3iO,
and ,ht: turnout lit ,he fi l S ' t wo mertmVo kit .:a lot
10 be de&ued. Bu, lhe turnout at the Apnl mceting
"'-' 3 5 much bentT The tOp iCS of these mee l lOgs
vary from dl'lCUSSLOns of tb e mrw ConStitutIOn,
local UIlHffI by!" ,,·, ,2 nd workJag all"~e menl ICJ ,ob·
rel alt~d problems As 10 the past, you do om bave
to be a stewa rd tu atlcnd and, 10 1.1 c t, we cn courage
o ur ap pre nuccs U) II Itc.'nd these meeting9 . They arc
he ld the: se cond Tu esday 01 Ihe m(lnlh IIr 4 :JO.:ll
the hall , :'0 please try to attend
J03.nlt flick, Dons Musselman and DUlne Crona5
headed 1.1" thl!lo yur's Annual E.:I.stet Egg Hunt on
M.uen 30 al the !'ta.U; and evt'ryoae hlld.a QlCC o.rne
even though Ihewc.uher w as de.nnLlel), against us.
I would lIkc to tha nk Lhcse flnc ladles 10J a lob
well done
A spec la ' t h anks (0 apprentices Tom Casey, lerry
C d t, MIke Thoma s, Bill Seh lenk, MIke Wilbams
:lnd San dy Slm psn n fo r helplng clean up tn e hall
grounds lifter a \<mg, hard winter
Malk you . cll lcndars (o r August J aJ th.u is the
date o.f fbll yen's Annual PICDlC. SUitt mllklOg,
you r plans to. a ttend thiS yc;u's eve01
Su pptJrt your umon and ofnCC'rs III the commg
mon t hs l don i, ,bandon wh at our Blochers h.ve
fo ught for years to accomplish Un ti l Dext month,
support uni o nism
ART T E.I'KllII., P ,5.
Area Work Scene
Is Very Good
L.U. 649 II.o,u,fI &..spa), ALTON , ILL- At tbls
writing lhe work scene IS good Tbe Shell 0 11
p rOlects lire the big ,obs "WLth most of t be ma n'
po we r Thi!-Iummer therc sh Quld be &o m l.! t lub[e
cornm erciallobs with Ihe de ntllt ;l nd doctor cUnic!
pending.
The local trill) shoo ting team IS ge, rm g up for
the summer', eVe lllS. Blotbers Rod Ward at'ld CIlIT)'
S;ammons arc oncr: agam fo rmmg the u:am.
Brothel M eMabon lunder ....hose leader'ihlp hiS
bowlmg te:lrT'l won:l great victory ovcr Brother Rod
O'Oell 's bowling te.m-I stand a b, t'lkcn man,
Mac i you finally beat us) in formed me that pl.ans
lire being, made for tWO m ore baseball gU ll ng,s. Sec
Mac for de t aJis.
J've JUSt read April 's "Loca l LlIlc s" In our I8E W
!outnaJ and would h kt to c.omme nt on Gru lh e r
Bobble 0 Ba mc ll 's .arlic:1e. Bro lher Barnett 15 the
:,cribt: for LocII1S16, Paducah, Ken tll cky. 1 c:a.n only
say I am ~Iad we have the wo rk to help OU t lhe
Brolh ers Al so, .f the lest o f you Bl others readmg,
this article hive nOI read Local 816 '8 .rucle in the
Apnllssul:, take II moment (0 do &.0. It 15 very well
wnttcn and expre5ses the \'e ry therne of Ulllonism.
Cood lob, Ih (lIh~ r Barnet! Brother Ch arlie Brewer
of Paducah 15 workmg with m .. ntht now : and
thanks to your helpful bow lm& \II' , Charlu~, rll
try co gel 10l'ne pencil clips for you lust 35 soon as
poSSible.
BlOth cI Cent' Blaseng':ll11c !lnd 1 were t.;Jlklng on
the job slac at the Olln CorporatlOD, Gene LS a
mllln!caanet tlcctnclan for O li n, and he told me
he Ih ought maoy Bre th en at Olin nllght nOI be
recdvlOg the loutl1al. M.;JI'lY wiremen do ~Ol; ::and
I wonder how many of the Brothers :1( Shell, Clark
and UE SIC m the same ~r'Ol,lp Thu .i rllclt: IS bC1n,lil
len t 10 you Olin Brothers Vloll Gene 8bsengame ,
SO I hope the connectIon will be made ThiS column
is fO I everyone
It h3s been a wb.i.le, but fouH, thl, 'cf\be'~ !'.penmg
IS wcak. Brolh er Roo Gllomen, 1 m l~spclled your
name U1 the Ma. ch 4I lI ic.le. Broch!:r McMuhon
ptllntC!'d ,hat OUt to me So rry abou l 'h ,It, Ron' OnC'
of these days I' ll gct tnls nght
More lat!:r
Tun WU_Hm:. P,S
Negotiations Ongoing ;
Annual Picnic-August 10
LU. 659 ti,o,u,tm&c.al \l" MEDFORD. OR£.- Wdl,
H't time ::agam for, Ie ..... nOltiS on whlll's happentnR
II) Local 6S9 We a re 5ullin the middle of a lot 01
Ot&Otlatlooll and ~5 II has been lar a long Ume,
b.ugalmng 15 IOUgh. Work sull hasn 't picked up
ilOY for tllhtr inSIde o r oucsldc COn~1fUClion . Alta
mdu,\f\cs are way down; .0 all da~<; I Acatlons"e:
bc:lng sHeeled
On tht blighte r s.lde, tht loul's r1cn1c. IS r,etlln&
closer and promlSCs to be .a .eal dandY a~1n thiS
ye.u The Brothers and )1'ltU from the Cr.a.nlS
Pas!'. Unn art putun, 11 on IblS yur h WIt) ulc.e
place ~t the White HOlSe Palk m Gr.anu Pass,
Ore&on, on August 9, 10 and lIOn Ihe 10th 1-'
the IClual pll:me, wICn the other twO cbys for
t"II~I"U" p.~p'HaliQn.s lu,d btalln~ Tlckt15 art
$1.00 each or SIX (at $\0 Tht pnus ,hl!!. year ,rc
.. Ruger M77 ·7MM Moll Rifle, a J:.lllphite rod and
splnmo& fcel and an onlmal hOtncmlldf! service·
meter lamp TheH: wdl be bln,o, mUSIC, lb.ncln&,
ba l b que, h.mburgus, hI'lL duts, l-UIJ bttr anJ pop
Horseshoes, volleyball , and a whole. 1(\\ of fUD 1nd
bs to top It off Bring )'01.11 own uble service Ind
,alad 0 1 dusert. ThIJ. Will be one )'01.1 JOn't wanl
\0 mlSS. Aho, thcrr ,ue cllmpSltCS IV:llbblt on a
Rrlt·comt, firSI served bUill
Sorry, I don't have much !lews ,hi' lime. t'm
bold 00 the road a~1D and a little OUI o f touch I
have run IntO;ll lot of BrothelS hom our local down
,n '-he San flantlSCO fbi)' area. 1 bave been worKing
10 the S~n lOie luni'iu:tlon lor .:IOOut a rnonlh now,
and the talk IJ that the Say Irca Will really open
up thiS summcr.
Well, have 10 go for now, Be su re and buy some
(Hente:: tlcke.ts hom Clthtl a (.omroiuee member or
II Van office r or the ha ll rlHl tr r you some All the
proceeds go tuw.ud the pUlllng on of the pICniC
They DCed you , suppaH I'll see yuu ,here l
Till next time
HA"OLD I Ku n. P S
Construction Work
Scene Looks Good
L,U. 666Ii&01. RICHMOND, VA,- Warm weather
,lIi w.ys bnngs With II a dum~tic InCrease ID can
stlUC\1on aeW"\\Y . ThlS yt~ 1 the re stems to be
more t hon usual Thh I~ Rood fo r t he membc rshlp
Pccausc It tr.,lnslates IRto more lob!'! E\'tn Wllh 50
m4lny nonunion people Wi lli ng co work fo r :Hoa r
V:UIOIl wall:CS, our cont lact ors have been !'. ucccssful
low bidder!'. on much work. " l d llnk u's" m\lt\ure
o f IWO things." says Bus lne" Ma.nager Buck Bryant
"We're sti li makiog concc.!ISIOnS, but producuvlI),
h nsmg. , behev!: the m embers recognize the pan
they caD play in rccove rl ng the work " He also
t.llked about ou r Jo b ufecy rc.:cord bCUl&Sood. Good
ncws, mdeed
Fmancilll Se cretary Bucch Zahn gave me the
(oHo w,", names of ret.el\t letlrees' Challie Eng·
I.and, " Pokey" O~".i5, " Hl)u" Ha l li S, 1ululllu= Mall
scy, Bub Nu;holOls, 1·loU 15 ItobclSon , C lyde Ruberts membe rs, and I Will pnnt anythlRg you send me,
and lhlly Sattetw bll e. Butc h prob.1bly gavt: me buc plellsc !ugnyo urnl1me Hel e'f. ... \JIXu\i,I, Ule.mb<'l
more, but thai's aU I call rem('mbcr IIlovcrluokcd scnc In th at was t ake n Irom thc UAW Undu
you, ple ase call me, lind that also goes I r ne ..... s ground. It give, us :all a lot 10 dunk about.
Items, etc., to s hale with the membc:u . tt would " Alt these men and women WOI'ltc:rs of the
be a plusu.e to hear hom any uf you worldl
,oum rymlln ski lllrnprovemcOl tr:lln lngh!uJ doscd Or IS It th e nurscry 01 ovel,g,rown ,",,,IJH:ul
out!m the lIpri ng scaSOn, wllh TraintnR Director COOSIR&. sla pplog boys!
Jim Hollomoo .rnd his suff a lr cady ilt work on Giggling, Si ll y 8' rls1
Of!)ll fall's (Jlfe nngs " We had very good rt"stxmsc: WhllllS \t about that c:ntunceway-
to the 5CmlnaU and course!," he s~ ld " We 're r huse gates to the job I
p!.;JrlnIllX 10 add Id,om and murc: Aht-r nr"lr'l. lJ Il the lIulud,. the mud or ,h e &mr!ill
cQntinl.1m~ w\lh msuumtnt:lot1on and pIOC~'S con· Whllt is thllt flllce Ihal JHcrc(,s and tr .. nslonns
trOllCIlI, more Ol'lt: III~tll semlllllrs ilnd (lrnduu rc- my belD~1
views .rc hcmg hned up , I really '(lp.ecll lcgclllllg Some auu IH cther thal CdntlUt ... 1l\\f\d am!
eornment_ and .. u~c:stlons_ It hel(ls us presen l 'iP IfIt InJ command'l.
wh:n Ihe' rncmbc l !o WIlIlI .. "Fur cu:.ht hours you Nh .. 11 hr· Ildtr,I'nt "
8I1SIllCS'I Managcl nt)'ant !.cnds bu. CQt""IF,I'i&lula- Wh.;Jl IS It thilt suddenly flukes a duM out of
tion! to ,hose who look p;:rll ID lournCym3n lI:UIl' a man!
lnll presentations " It ', Impor13nt thai we sharpen MnmentS before I was .. f:ltber. husb.lnJ votet,
OUI , klUS," he s~lId "Ailer an, th.;Jt'$ all we 've got lover. ,n lIdult.
to !lell .. MomenlS blefoTe-a fesf)(lnSlbk tlU;":D-
Vlcatlnll IImc and .ummer fun arc .head, but Respected In the communlty-IIXlked upon as
don't leave you. safety COD5ChlUl'iness ItlCked In ,Iudcr
YDU' li)olbox. Remember, nfety awareD~SS " a Mument5 before-a s)'mbol of sw:ngch and
m~nt21 Imtudt Be ~afe_ Be harpy courage for my famIly
Sce ynu nexi tlmc Wben I spuke at leasl somebody tl!>tened
RAVMON M ItO.tIlTS (' ,S Moments bdQft:- rnalun& "h:clslon , hMenm&.
JlIggc'ltlng. Guiding,. encoUlliXlDg
But th.al was before-before IihllfnlR~ on 10 tbe
FEWA Meeting Was lob sile:
And d(Jnomg my b:lrdhal ..
Very Successful llupdulJy by the ume thuli l!' (lnnu:~dou, eontract
LU. 682 {ul, ST. PETERSBURG, fLA.- In J.anuary Will be S('l tled Thefe 15 a lot vf wOlk helng rtaoDed
Loul 681 and System CounCil US, alons .....lth (or (lur are~ I lUSt hope our contJ.letur" get more
other loc .. l~ m the Tampa BJoY ,lJU, wCle host to t.han thell sbare
the fEWA Jot the She.lltoQ Sand Key On Clearwate r Our golf and softb~lI I taRu",~ .are ID lull swmg,
Be;Jc.h. FlOllda ThIS w.as, as lar u I know , a fi.sl lind I houlJ hllVe more t o rcport on (hem l~\cr lD
fa . Local 682 and SYllcm Co,.lDcrl U8. If praise IS the '1I;':UOD. Ttl2t shuuld do \I lor now Id like to
any measure o( succeJs, then tbe enu le c(Jn ltrence wl!>h you .Il ~ Ili n ~nd 5a(1:" ~ummef' Sec you .at
the u(Uon me~ungs
was a ~fc:.t succ::e s Much PII.ISC ~:as pald to IhQse
BfOther~ who gave the many hUlin It took til put f'AI QR(,.fLU, P.S.
thIS on and havc (verytha.ng come uff wlchout a
hitch
I ""anI 10 t.ake thl$llme Inpcnon~lly and publiclY Blood Drive
thank lalbelt l;&tel those BrothelS who ,~n then
time .and effon 10 Inlke' thts c:onfcrcDct".II ,ueees.5:
For hotel accommoW.lloDI tb.ank5 go to KrQther
W.A SarJ'l, buslness managel, Systcm CaUdell US.
fo r tr.,ln!>ponllouon 10 ",Iher supphe'l (or th e hos·
plulity room, thanks GO to Brothers Robbie Wheder,
Excc:ullve Ba:ud, local 682, .and Don RobertS.
preSJJcHt. L~.i1681. lUI ,lie huun Ihey put behind
tht.bill S~T'.. U\g ,,:htshment~, th.anks 8D 10 BrothelS
M ike C.,IPUCCI, VIC;e pre5tdent, Local 681. P:lul
White, Exc(;.utivc Soard. Local 61U, and W w.
Youn& bUSiness nunagc:r secreury, Loul682... Many
thanks once IGatn to our neighbors .ClOn tile LilY,
to Blather 11m Rowb,nd, bUSiness manlllgtr. toc~l
108, lor:a gre:&t Job as chairman ollhe fEWA
The orAcer! of Lcx:~1 681 and Syslcm CounCil
US, :l1on~ With (he o ther ho~t lucals, Local 4JJ
Crysta l RIVe:rl L(lC-;lb 108, 821\, 915, TOlmp., .and
Local30~ . St Pctershulg. would hke tQ lh1Ank the
guest sJleakers for their time land ttle knowledge
they cooUibuled to th., c:onfefcnce
LaSt , but cerulI'Ily nul leasl, thanks tO;tn altt:nd·
ccs for then parUC:lp:ltlon In Ih .. ltv('ly and sphlt('d
debates and e:xch:lD~e of mforrnallon that IS really
whu thc:sc c(Jnferen ce!' .art ,II :looUI :lnJ what
makes Ihern wo rthwhile
Th is lettt.' . alSQ consti tutes anmher "first" My
first attcmpt:lt Jr.. ftlO~ 41 lew:r to t he loumf.lJ, so
bea , With me un ll l c:xpc " cncc can t:lKC over ::a lld
hones the rou~h edges of my s kill.; as a writer.
Hopdully In tnc ftlltue I can find other tuPICS to
..... nte aboul tbat wHl be OiIJHC ' l:SllO all.
Mrty Cud walk wilh us IR brotherhood.
It. WUI!..ELER. P S.
Pic tured are: ed ti.:IIII , Proe Cant . , Da ve ,",u e, Ric.h-
mi Wrig hl and C hucJr;: Smilh don:llling ,h e " Silt of
Annual Fish Fry m e" l,lndu t he: wucbiul ~)'!I of Red Cras'l nurses,
Planned for June 14
L,U. 683 ({&oem), COLU M8US, OltlO--The An ' Blood Drive, Credit Union
nU 1l1 Chuck 8 1and Memorial Fllh f ry Will be held
che 14th o f June, Plellsc m ark YOU I ca lendar and
Dinner-Dance Great
plan co Gllcod. L,U, 69 7 (I). GARY AND HAMMOND, IND.- Our
I r ~ally llpp rCCI:l IC allle tl efl ::and Idc:l s fro m our Annual Blood tlnve was held M31 ch IJ, IY~5. 45
 Wilbur Brown. duurman allhe Blood omml ll cC,
re('Clfl$ that )l1 unus wert don.. ted. This COnl n
bUllrm ~J1cfits not only thc donors but .11 mcm
~u ~nd ,hclt bmiJlt's The R.l "b Eh l c'jm~n, $.
I.lmlly was ha no red with a plaqur at OU I Arml I
m cetln,lt 1m ~ 1\'IIIJ: the mo .. t Unlt5 by a 51n gll:
bmlly Wl lhur v.lluld like to thank :Ill v lun le ers
whll helpc ll tllm WHh the Blood Dm 'c TIlOSI!
wurkan~ With. the ch:mm:m were Oawn r"h:II1\ ,
r Cl!;l)h.'U.:J nurse j Dons Kennedy, student nurst;
lellll Smith, n:gl Ic red nurse, Bemu: Bohb l Nu:k
vla'l'lI:h Chud 5<m ko, lerry Llndnc r, Dick Rud·
nick, George Cooper, Sandy Camp, Bud and Trudy
Cancr l TIm and Suzanne Dlckln5()n, Jack C. Du·
navan, huck Smith, Georllc Lesnick , P,octor
~ rt er, huck Shmncman , Al Ydlcn , lac k N.mon,
Sr.J (Xbblc Boyell Nancy Dancho, Sue: Hlncs 1 Mliry
Drzotkn:wl czl a nd loon G ray . Hope: t haven't mi ssed
an)lone I'm sorry to report [hili Brother BlOwn has
rcslgned as e hlllrman of the Blood Co m m ltte.e ,
Wdbu r's mne yeafs of dedlC3 n on and lIrelcllJ d -
toru 10 make OUI Blood Dnves sut.tusiut Wilt be
ml'iscd by all memln:rs and thcit families
The AnnU.11 Cre.dlt Uruon OInDt'1 Dance Meet·
tn& was held March 30, 1985 The follOWing I a
report from E.ltl Loman, preSIdent of Ihe Board of
Dm:ctors: '''Ttl!: Board of Dueelors would like 10
repoT1 Ih at 1984 m:Hks.ou r 26th yeat as a s\Jcee')s(ul
finlillci a l institution. Your Credit UllIon u:m:llns
sou nd and continues t o help thc m ero bers wh eth r
t hey arc here lit home o r thousands of miles away
Many ' etJrrd rnembrrs now usc [he Credit UntQo
for direct dl!~Lt 01 then penSion and SQCili1 Se-
curity eheds We arc hllPPY 10 It'po,t Ill:.:lt the
federal examme rs h:.1Ve gIven Ihe ,edit UniOD a
" No 1'· raung allaln IbiS year The Bond wou ld
like 10 Ihank the ofnce suff for [hclt dedu:a l~d
se ....'lee to Ihe C red it Umon and the mcmbeu. We
commend Ihe Cre..:!" Umun Commlilce Jnd the
upervullIry Commllice for thei r conscientlous
wurk till S pa::. t yea r."
The d(' dL e~[e d members wbu ..... tli supervise our
C redit Union fo r the next year are Ibe Board of
O u eel0rl: fa d Lowman, Wall e r Braun Charles
8C=lJnblusSOOl D,ne Beanbl oSiom and lam es
Th(Jmp:.on, Cred it Commltle e· O .. rwlO Adams,
lohn Rudd and Ken Hoyle, SuperYl.sory Com ma·
tee: Phi l GUZlar. Joe Conzalrs and Dave Soderquist
Staff, Dave Beanblossnm, m:tn:.:lgcr , Mary Lo mlliD I
loiS NOrriS, Sandy Johnson, and Delll$C Spa in
Thl.s IS you/lull service Credit UnlOnj.$o why not
lake advllnulXc Qllhe muny programs they prOVide ,
Happy F:.:Ither's 001)1 .
L l.olllAAoA. DAU)7Ktt\\01cz. P .S.
On the Job
Pictured art Kenny Ma yer, It.ft, and Jim Dunnn,
members or Local 102, West F.ankro" . lit, wh o
:u e wOl kln, for DODCO of EI Dorado, III.
w flnance • consuuCtlOll project is ~ first in Western
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~ finance other projec ts wlthm QUI ,unsdlclJon.
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~ Wish the reCired bUSIO(5S manager ot LocalS, Ray
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~ Industry, Will rolSS hut '111.51 amount 01 knowledge
Pieturl'd from h:h 10 nlbt IrC S.mmy Bf90h,
Nolto Kloklde, Bob Purnell and Jam l"J D, MOOre,
bU'!Iine.n nprennIOIlin.. Thue Brothe l1 .re pin of
tht etew who arc rebuildiol Ihl" Ir.nli m l5sio D line
46 nouh 01 8rnlon, III,
Members Rebuild
Transmission Line
L.U. 101 (i,o,u,uo w,em, rfs,ttb,.llp. ,fll.C'aI\I. "E T
FRANKFORT,ILL. -M c:.tnbers of Lucal Umon 702,
employed by Donco of El Dlllalill. IIhnOllio, arc
rcbulldmg SI)t mlic-s of ~'4 'i kv n.ansml5Slon 110e
nonh of Bemon, 1I11OGl b, lin d tunvcTtlng It to 69
kv ThiS work 15 fOl CCfllr,ll UI1O tl1" Public Sl'"rvICe!
umpnny
Our oUUlde! wOlk I~ $[111 slow with .. boU I 2Q
linemen on thc bench (u rr entiy
DAVIII M l:NLllY P 5
Bowlers
PiCfU IW :l f r 60ru~ of the winol'" of lhr Loa) ] '2,
Buyt.r, Pe.no., AnnUl i Bowlin, Tou rnamc.o l.
Bowling Tournament
Was Very Successful
L.U, 712 tl,e ,eOl,ea lv &'&Uvl), I3 EAVER, PEN N. -
Bo whng T ournam ent; On Sunday, Marcb 24, 1985,
..... r. beld o ur Annulil Bo wlin, T o urnament Q l the
Parks l o wn bowling alley In Ellwood City It was
a&am iii buge success with 78 rnr.mbtrs parucipat·
Ing The h Igh Stnglt~ bowIe, wu D o ug Wilcox aDd
high doublu was the Icam of Rlly Harrula aod
Andy Zrcl i.1.k . Food .nd beveragcs were proVided
by committee memocl s Tom ekovlch and Keith
Moser We wQuld lake: to th:.:ln k th em for their
cffon s In makmg Ihc TOutn,lnlcn l a vuy cnjoyable
event.
The IruStees 01 o ur pen sion pll1n have rreeolly
.greed 10 commllmcnu of eoUalen.1 to Bnance
constrUCllon of Ihe Bndgc w;.lter Square Mall in
BndgewOlter, PennsylviiDla Alte r m any meellng~
on the !easlbllny of tbe prQleel wllh Ibr develo per,
Icg. I COun,eJ and an tndependent IC:.:II ("su le de·
veiopmenl consu lunl, II wu determined thai Ihe
project W:l S a good mVe5tm Cnt. 11,C Iruste es Il&.l ecd
to makc the comm llmCll1 50 the pro ject could
proceed and prnvHle WQlk lor Qur local buildio&
If :ldesme.n :lnd che cre.auon of 300 lobs in Seaver
COUDty.
We bdn:ve Ihas lIellon to ullhzC" fund assets to
Pennsylvama ~nd bo pe- II wiJI $(' t I precedent (Q
The orAeer$ ~Ifld mtmbtf s of l.oe.1 l Umon 711
Thompson, IIDd hi s Wife, Shirley, many years of
h.'lppincss We, :.:I lo ng w it h Ihe entlte elec trical
and expenUiCc
We would .'1150 Uke to wnglatula, e Dcnms M.lller,
recently appointed buslneu manager 01 Local 5,
and Wish him muc h 5uccen 10 hIS new pos1lioo
CEOfl.CIl Dt.... Au M. JR.. B.M
Fiber Optics Job
Pictured II' wor k on Ihe Western GuphYlical iob
a fe l,.m::a l 7 16, l-I ous t OR, Tu " membtu , lelt to
righ t, 'tandinll, D.urell , luhn La lld ll, Ron Dour-
deaux, Edd ie Tom ic and Albert Dlilty, kneeling,
Melvin Robinson and Mark Dodd.
Also shown On the Western Geophysical job, Idt
10 ri&bl , Irt W. C. Dittfurrh, foreman , Robert
Culpepptr, It-De rat fo reman , Ind Paul Perry, job
coordinator lor Western Ctl'l ph y8lcat.
Nuclear Project Adds
More Journeymen
L.U. 716 1i,.,=,,,,&5•• ), HOUSTON, nx.-
Crceungs, 8101hers and S1S1er., from everyone- .Jt
Local 716. lune IS here, school IS out, and we hope
everyone II emoytQg tbeu summer
The wo rk pictu re here In Ho us ton see ms to be
ho lding its Own The l e arc several fa~r1y large jobs
Iflat . lI ould be pUlling on .ome people by now 01
ntxt m o nth !JuIYI. The South Teams Nu clear Proj-
I!Ct at Day Cuy put on appro:umateJy 80 journey-
man wirem en In latc March and early Apni and
n~t now has s.omewhere In the nel&hborhood of
1,700 e:lectrlc:lall,S, from lenclli foremen to ap-
prentices 0, this number th err afe appr xlm.:udy
500 trlve:lhng Brornc.rs and SlstefS whom we were
&Iad to have here, and t am 5ure they are glad to
hllve the Job
I would like to s :ly a Imle abou t the pictures
accompanying thiS month ', II rt icle: Tbey were
uken on Ihe Wcs tc.m Ceopbys-Ica i lob by Dolph
Cllrlstrand Comme rcIal Electric: is Ihe e:Ieclrl clil
contrac to r do ang the instaliltlOo of o ne of the 6tlH
flbc:, optiCS systems of itS SlZC 10 the c lly . I h .... e
S.Jld II herc before, and Wi ll now IIgaln, fiber OpUCS
IS an up·a nd· c;ornmg Innovauon In the c:Iectncal
Indus try, If you baven 't takcn tbe ume 10 take the
Rber opticS cou rse at lhe IATC, call them today
lind And OU I when It will be .avaIlable ,
Since ou r last :.:Irticle it i5 my regret 10 Inform
you that the follOWing members tuve p.!Isscd away-
WlffI.m E. Hull, M. C. O':U' I', D, L. Shaw, , . A.
OtIS, E. W Mlxo l'l,S. E.. KlodziDsKi, E E, McConely,
felry Campbc.lI, Johnny N . Ev.DS, Larry C . Andt.t-
lon, Don.ld L Fewcll, M 8 Lucano, Wendell I.
Knox , Ceorge A. Stewart. Roy A_ Casey .nd C. T .
Fra ncIS Prayers and !ympathy are utended to
Ihei r famUie! for wey ..... 111 be: mlued by tbelr
friends in Lac.! 716.
My per so nal apologIes to aU who have nOllced
Ihl:! absenee: or .. rtide! this year, I will tTY and do
bellCt My emly rell,et IS thtlt more membr::r1 don' t
come t o UDlCln meellngs So they eao hcar flrs thaod
what II I:0l nl on in their loe.l" UOIQO ,
loJU" 0 Muw ., P.S.

Celebrating 60
Pictutt!d leh 10 rlghl t rt: Finan ci al Secntary Ray
Fl:J.ch, rdired Fi na nci al Sec ret:u )' Edwa rd P. lhn· ~f
alld Bus iness Manll ~r r 'In. Wl'ld oll at . lI t 60th
annive rsa ry m ec t ing of Luca l 728, Ft. Lll1lderda le,
Fla.
Local's Anniversary
Noted in Record
l..U. 723 \i,o,e.m,n dlo.' pa), FT. LA DERDAl E,
FLA. - AI our lUI general nll!t! IInK, ..... e I'Cc.og/U~cd
the 60th annlvc:r~lIry of uur local umon. OUf local
r~'ccivcd Its ,harte r Iwm the Inl crn:monll l Broth·
erhood of ElcclrIc:al Wurkt! IS (10 June 12, 1925. The
c hllf ttr s pent the fin t U yelltll hanging It) the
c.arpenter's liall VII Elilil Brow.ud UoulevarJ . In
1940 It Inolted 10 Suuth federal Highway <lnd
occupied II .net t mg w orm :lOc)ve 8111 lloyd's Tackl~
Shop 194610und us back !I I the Carpenter'. HaJ J
on the 13S1 leg of our tourney tO,l puml\ncn l honl e.
10 1952 we Illflvl!d to ou r own union 1\(\11 at 20t
S.E 24th Stteet .
At the mee t m~ lO -yelir pinS were prcscnted to
K~rl Behnke, Thu n1:'Ul 8ra)l , Harrison Collett, 1111
E.merS(.lt\, Ra)lnltmd fht.h , Harold l iaIse>" Jllmu
Harness, Slim Ho nl rmd, Robert II flynl!S, Lelln.mJ
Miles, Sr., Alan Krmhall, John KllIslng, PC-Ier MUll '
Cinelli, Don.1 ld MIlle r, EdnlllfUl Ol,:r", Trrry Olrvl' r,
Alelt:: Pate, Cha rl es Pe rez., Wilha m R. Sltlltb and
Ben Wllod Twenty five ·yea r p l l"l~ wcnt co R:Jl llh
Conway, Ha ll Y Counce, 1·lomer Crumley, Don
Curd, Oscar D u:!rck, Robert •• rvcr, Hili Maier,
lten N lscwangc r, Ouo Obon, Kcn B Parker, Wd
liam Reece, Clco Rublncue, George Roussos, 10-
seph Tuccl,James Weir and IlIrnc~ Weldon William
Bos .... ell, f M. Buy, tarl Cissell, R 0 Ham mond,
Sr., Wil liam "Rl'd" t lll l, Robert JlIldracek, W3l u: r
Lubeck, Robe rt McCann and Vernon MI lam re-
celved 30' yca r pans Dim Deedrtd. Sr., Harold
Dcednck, R.I. Dced rlck , S•• Culvln HQrnson, Le-
I.md M il lc r, Llu)'d Moran,lt, Murray Nalion, John
O 'Conndl, John SCOtl, Robe n Ryle :IIllJ , E.
WiIJ13msun we re prest:lltcd with J yur pIllS. WiI ·
ham Sav,11<:. waf. honl)led w , ~h \I 40' YCIIT pin .
Ou r recent ly retl ced fill.illl:illi :tccrelnry, £uw ard
I). Harvey, W:15 prcscHlcd With tI r l.aquc fur his 20
yea.S of continUOUS service nnJ a cory of the 99th
Cangn:ss C011Kfc<;;sI0f1ai Record of Wcdncsdll Y,
March 27, 1985, frum wlu ch I <lume, "Mr. Smith
of FltlTlda . Mr. Spea ker, loday I rise III Clllll tlH.:m·
ora le the 60ch IIllnlve:rsaty of che InccmallonBi
Brotherhood 01 Elec tn cal Worken LoeD I 728 in
Hully wood, florida . ThliS union local h a~ Neryed
BrowlmJ Coun t)' well, plaYing an:. l ive ro le In the
communi t y's cha rll ab le and volunteer aCtlYHles
Ln addition to protecting the IIHcruu of its memo
be rs.
" A p3 rt icu lJ.t tribute must he poid 10 Edward r.
H.1I"Ycy who was elec t ed financ.lal se(.u!t.J.rY of lhe.
umon an July, 1964, and re t ired so me 1.0 years
bIe r, havang serv ed the unio n with excep tlontL l
dedication, h.Hd work and r ersona l Integrll)'. Cd·
wa ld Halve'! w()fkcd tlttitt.I\Y fO I OUi c.ommunitY
over tbe yurs and JcscrvcI o ur hl,;hest p. :u ~e and
gre:u est t ha nks for IllS devotion
sel(J~$$I)' ~kvQt..:d the ir u me a nd (,flNgic5 IIlchlde
buildlflg comm l.J1l1ty playgroulhls and ballp.3rks,
rcwlfll1 ~ fa(:litucs for ehatitab le orgalllza tt ons aDd
general vululllct,:r labor fo r needy catlSt,:s . T hiS
union local .Ihu ope rates ODC of tht 11I1&t:61 blood
banks in our city, llon:llmg sevcnl t housand p,OtS
of blood to area hospitals each yea r.
" Workang III concert with the Stoward Coun lY
Bulldlllg CunslnJctLon & Trade Council, th is local
III) IOD alw:lYs has fOu~ht 10 obtall1 and promote
Ihc best ptls~ l ble standards fo r its workers Loca l
723, under Ihl." able Icadcr~hlp of Business Maoa),:er
lames Weldon, COnllnues today us lmp01'l ant tu ·
dlflon of provl JII.lj!; IIUVpUl I and assistance 10 the
elect ri c;!1 wnckers of our lIrca and p:l.rtlClp a tlng In
actlvllics to make tht: city of Hollywood a hettcr
vlace €I.:)! :tl\ Its !I!sldcnu.
"I lUll proud hi sahllC toc:!.1 728 of the Inlcrnl\-
tional DrothC l hcwd of Electri ca l Workcrs and Its
members who m.3de it a most rcm:rr knble th read
In. Ihe fub ll c lIf Qur communi ty."
Th lo ugh Ih e; h,"d '!¥ork of many, wt' h;l\'c been
"ble to grow frOIl' our humble beglnnmgs, unde r
the C a rpe nter 's roof. tO:l. solvent IOCllllJlllOn that
prOVides II sellillsured hea lt h and welfare fund,
appren ticeshIp anll Journeyman wireman tf:l..inln,R,
:a vacati on (und, 1I l>ens lOn fund and .an annuhy
fund Our abilitY 10 ad,ust to our ehanglll~ limes
Will prc,bably dictAte, more thaR an)' for ce, our
abI lity to pros per in the future
I ...... ould like to extcnd our sympathy to the
fam ily .,nd htends o f Brot her Itm(ud Sumner, a
retlrc,1 ,ourneyman who recently p3~s~d away
M !C' UAU. FORTINI P S.
Shipbuilding Industry Is
Facing Difficult Times
L.U. 733 (ma r), PASCACOULA, MI SS.-Dc:a r
Uruthcrs ami SIsters, a message {mm the M:mne
Industry : We lire almost In n had ;I shape as the
ret l of llH! indus lry OU f p rc~ent .. dmlllllltuliull
ha& sen I all commcrclal sbipbuddmg Oll l 01 t he
United Stntes 1(1 o t he:r countries, and at rillS lime
there is not .1 cOll1me rcLal shlp belOg bu il t In lhe
Unll rd ,Cjtnlr~ Vr ry (r w mrrchant Shl(li .a rt: Uymg
the AmcrLclIl\ nag We are, howeve r, {octunau: 10
be building some of the military ships fo r t he
N.avy.
With approx.imatcly I l,ooa t otal em"loymctll uf
all crafts at Ingalls ShlpbuUdlng DJvisi n Llttun
Systems Inc., We have ahout 1,000 u.oder the lutls·
dic t ion of mEW Local 733 We hope 10 add a few
t\.l thIS number \" the future, but I do not t resce
any la rge amount . We do hope to get a sha re (If the
new CI!ass Destfuye rs DOCS I wblcb a re su pposcd
t D be awar ded soon Howcve r. once II Con traCl is
awarded, it is app rolClmate ly fWO years before our
peoille can hcndh from It. I hcy have to do the
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II Address
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CHANGED?
I Brothers and Sisters, we NAME .... . .. . ........ ............. . . ... . ......... .
I want you to have your NEW ADDRESS .................................. ..
r JOURNAL! When you
I have a change of lId- ...... citY ' .. . ...........
I dress, please let us
I know. Be su re to In- PRESENT LOCAL UNION NO . ... .. . ............. . . .. .
I elude you r old address
I and please don't forget CARD NO..... . ............................... .... .
I " unknown -
I to fill in L. U. and Card
No. This Information will PENSION MEMBER
be helplul In checking
OLD ADDRESS .......................... . ........ ..
end keeping our rec-
ords straight.
cn~ml!c.lln~ an d m atc rin l rroeuremetH fic!l . We.
i U~ 1 have: to hope lind pllly thrngs wrll ge l bettaJ
Ihey ca n'tllct much worse .
C. F CRIME::', PS.
Local Has New
Location
L.U. 74111&.t.m l, READI NG, PA.-S lDce March I,
1985. LUCll l 743 , Reading, Pt:nns yh'an lll, has been
located Ilt .12 Mnr~{lntuwn Road, RcaJlng.. Penn -
sylvania 19611 Alle l IIHtn)' YClIr, or searching for
a Iilcatlllr\ Ihltt wou ld proVide It mCCIIJlg place. 111
;1ddltlnn W ufO cc U'\Le, we loca ted llnd purc hased a
building that Will 11IuY Ide Ihe mC'mbcrshlp With
buth We thilnk the mcmbers whu 'o'olulJlcc red
the ll tllne tlI heir In the rcnovations ot the build ·
lng. Th ei r cfforts, Al'o'en nn wcckends nnd evenmgs,
arc very much Ilpprcc. ...ued
We ury;e rnembcu to be awtln: of CClRstlUCtLQIl
pro f eet~ hetnl;lhllle nUTlun lOn, !lnd to only llatlulI"
I;::e those busin ciiscli hem,.; con,truc t ed by union
COIHrnCtun UCIRg ob~cf\l:tnt and ShOP PIUF; accord-
ingly, can mnke" J tffercnct .
Ou r thl1nh 10 the 'iurroundmg lot3 1 uniol'lS
whic h were able to helll u" III our llnempl oymcrl1
(lcnods by cmpllJy\ns Qur memm-:rs.
OUf congllHullltlon, t ourbro lher metnbc rsa nd
t hCll families Ilfl the; n~w addltlons this pa st yeat.
Ou r members prnduced fout flo:mble futurc clec-
lIU:.l 1.l'"
Plans al C nuw under way fo, OU r summer picnic.
We urgt all I)f our members who werc un J ble to
;1 tlcnd lut year's lUCille tl) make an effort tD comc=
thl' )'ear We had It great lime, but II e;m be made
better If we iI.we: m orc of OU t Bruthers and , he.r
families Ifl IIttcndlln Cc
Thank union keep Ihe SIlU lt that made Arner·
IC.1
Two Contractors Secure
Some Good Work
L.U. 7S6 li ,u&'cs1. 0/\ YTONA utAC H, fl.A.-leh
out of the: I:l.st letter WII5 the t cmp~lr.<lfy unton'
mec.tlt\g :Hldfl:" . It Is as fo lluws and Will remaLll
50 un til furthe r nUll ce: t he CWA UnIOn 11311, 4638
Clyde Mnrfl~ I\lm\t'v3 . d, POrl Or::rngc
Due to scvere finllnCI:l I - m~llll,;cmcn[ problem .. ,
the O rlllndu· bascd Florida An·era , edlt Union
no longer exlStS _ All accoUntS :Ire Insured :md h3vc
been absorbed hy the: cllt!lll flond ll Educators
Credlt Union, :I much lurKer, murc ·dlyc rSIAed or'
R3lUZILltOn
The work picture In town IS bleak at beS t. Seyera l
shops h3ve had It) reduce Iheir number of employ·
4.:"':'4, lind we ate COtHlllllltiy lOSing ground to the
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hist ory is Illmes H. C ,lbe ll whQ seryed as bUSiness " you ha. e changed I
FORMER LOCAL UNION NUMBER .................... I :::>
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mamlge r from 1925 to 1948. Cd bert w;!~ tbegu .d lng
Splllt and pionee r behind Local 728, 11 Sla unch
local unlon' J W8 must
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ha.e numb.,. 01 both. Mail T" Circul.ti.n D&p.rtment
t rade unlonu t wh o t ru ly dedlc.oII ed his We IU tIll: I
ad vance men t of h is Broth ers :lnd SIS h:rS. Intmatian" Bratlierhaod of Electrical Workers I
" lBEW Local 72.8 h:r s pl a yed II I" o m lllc nt fole in 1125 15th Street, N.W, Washington, D. C. 2000S I
volu ntary la bor eflorts o n bcha U of the city of I 47
Holl ywood. Prol eCtlllc.) whi ch union me m beUl hAve
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 rats Tht i(SC wOrk f'l, c turt II much Dc ll C'r. Two
recem additi ons t o our lair comracmr hst, Man
Electric and Oynalectflc, ha\lc secu red (:mJ)' de
ceDI ·sue ,OM and have WCII n&h15 KI OD othe rs
Brothcrs •• nc rasJ Icnbd aTe IJBhl Sometimes
It seem s h lte- l,u.51 can' t gel .anything 1ft thiS hiud
hat rack 10 write aboul This Is onc 01 those urnes
So, on a h&hler n OIC bel re c1osm& have ),ou evcl
wonde red why a ti me dock 15 $0 named! All clocks
tell timc. Why am't It called a " clock s wltc h"l
And have yo u ever Ill ed to uplaln to the flaky
lady of Ihe house, who e hallway yol.l have 11,1 51
rewired, why lhose two s Wll ches you ,USI In5 lall rJ.
~e called lhree·wa y ,wnchrs LDstc:ad of Iwo-way
SWll ches ·' Cood day
hlll _ SYMONS, P .S
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Home of Hope
• mll y we wl ~ h ,1I1loeal.s full employme nt III 1985
This pbotognph s bow . the newly opC'Dc-d Ron.a ld
McDonald lioun in Knoxville . Tun ., for whkh
snenl members of Lo('al 760, Knoxville, Ten n.,
vol unteued thtir labor.
Ronald McDonald House
Opens in Knoxville
I-U. 760 {I,a,a,nsaspa}. KNOXVILLE, TENN. -
Work tn KnOXVille has no' Imp roved any .h,s yta.
A few lob, ge lllnlt unde r way have hrlped some·
.... hat to kcol'JI • frw tJI OUI membtn woriunC a t
home The)' are workmg with TVA and our local
con tractors.
With ,he c m ployment .a nd slow work pict ure,
some of ou r members hav c been able 10 donate
tb eu ti me to helping nthtllS, O n Ma rch IS, 1985,
one mort thinK came to Kll xvilit The Ronald
Mc:Oon.a ld House opened I" doon to Ihc fam ihu
01 Kiiousl,. 111 ehlld rtn Wh ile Ibe child ren :Ire
rr-cr-tVln& lIntmen t ., ont of the are:!; bosplIals,
thr- famthu Will be ablt 10 ltAy ID a fri endly place
and not have to uanl loog dtstance.s 10 bt" wah
theu ctuldren and .1so nOI have 10 pay the: high
c"'pense of hvang m hutels and ea ting In restau·
raOts.
£leven famll lcs ca n 5tay for a ume with a th:;ugt
of 5500 pcr I11gh! lind househo ld hOt ea , II a family
ca nnot aUOld the fee, It Is w.:alvcd. Th re nova ti on
has taken a yu r 10 fInish , The house waS ont! of
Ih e old, tum ·of· t he ·cent\HY VU:t(UHHI :a ructureS
of four s tOIlC,. DUring Ih e yeur 25-..l5 people of Ill!
u adu and sk ill s volunteered their ti m e .nd enel
SICS to tbucommunllY prolecl , qun:dy gomg aooul
tryang to caSt fami ly suffc nng To o ur members
who donall:t1lhcu lImc and Skill , thsDks 10 you
all for a lob well Jane
CI..IJ"'oI M c M IU.AN. P S.
on
'"'" Union Labor Better Trained,
w tatives fr om the conu act ors' IlSS0Cl attoni aod olh·
z Not Overpriced
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L.U. 78 1 Ii&. ul, PlA'M'S 8 U RG H, N. Y.-I Wa S . c~d-
109 an articl e In the n e wspaper last week on union
b.bor It says tha t uni ons only conuol 30 perce llt
of lhe const ru cli on markel, whIch only ," elud es
' hc mdu$1fIal and commt: , clal ends of the: market.
The amele allJlbuted this 10 unionl outpneln~
th em5~JV("f
As far lIS tbr elcctrlcal Hade ~C)(! •• I don', feel we
have. In the (ofCVrt ·"owmS elCC lrical industry,
we mu st become m Ol e .. nd m Clfe spccl ahzed In OUt
48 field IUM Ihe computer age has inc reased the
posslbilitlcs 01 our lob Wuh prol;rammabll' con
trol1t:rs and solld'slate control, Ih c m du .. try has
&l'Own Immwsely We must ilHl'nd spccl.1I ..t.hooll
fo r thiS Icchnolo&YJ :11so, with tht dereAubuon of
the lelephone mdustr)', tht: rc IS yet anotl)cr door
oplCncd 10 our Industry. at for@:clilng the:: 8,000
hou rs of on·the-,ob train,", and four yeats of mght
Ithool to altaln the dnSlficallufl of lourneyman
Wireman, the faCt Ihat we have s.1cnAced paid
v:ac:a t ions, paid hohdays, Mck tl mc, etc: . (beneAts
en ,oyed by II m a,omy of wo rkersl-no. I don 't
thmk tha t we hllve ove rpfl(:ed ou rsdvcs.
On a uddc r note Srothe l Alfred " PI:C O" Vann
passed ~way s udden ly on Marc h 17. I-Ic WIll be
dcrply ml"ised We aTI: cu rre:ntly in negOtliHl()nS
w llh Our cOnS tNCtlOO conuae:t and ho~ 10 ha\c
a new package rn pl:ace soon. Until nrJlt month
CAIIV RA~lllEA U, P.
Reprtst' n ta li ve.'i fro m Ih t co mmunity collrge, con·
traC':10rs, Ie:,ac hcrs aod th e lBEW in :lIl rndance
durins Ihe lol":l l's Achie "e m ent f'oi ghl .
Despite Unemployment
Local's Morale Is High
LU. 80 . li&'a), KITCHE ER. 0 T.- Whlle Local
8()J 15 ente nng Its scvc:n th year of unemployment,
Ine local 15 Mill a very good One. Hopefully we
Will nOt enter 3n eigh t b year wonde ring where the
work. IS :m d how pl enu ful It Wi ll be . fortunate ly,
t here is so me reason for opti mism loc;llly and i n
Olh er pans of the prov ince: as projects arc a n·
Il o un ced. Also, we arc iO be tiCI shape rnan we
were as of the Jast le[lci because lhe Hydro SlnkJ:!
wu sen led; a nd some of our people wcrc able 10
get bac:k on that prolec t in the Bruce
In Ihe last letler we made rdetenee 10 the
numero u.5 counes hosted by the loca l Stn et" Utl:n,
on Februuy 7, 1985, an Aeblcvemen l N Ight wa.s
held and was attendcd by ow m embersl represtn·
tallVes from Ihe c:omm unalY eollcse, l eachers from
Katlyn Systems, who taugh t the course, represen-
ers . 11115 was an excellent evening a! cerutic,a tes
wele awarded, foll owed by a SOc::illl, all held to ou r
hall, which is pe rfec t for lhe OCCI-SIOO .
In DeclI:mbe , once agalO We held our Annual
Xmas p,uIY . A new tWist this year for tbe ebll·
dle.n-roll er skaung In t he afternoon In Ihe .:vc-
niog all adults galhr.cd, and Lhey a re co be con·
gt4LU"" ~d lor thell ",cry 6n t ,,!lilt ;lnd behavlour-
It WIlS a 8ort.! 1 nlgbl.
Mllny IIrn~ s a buslnr.!& manal\er IS cntlclzc:d but
few t UllC! compllmerncd It II ILIne to commend
Bruthel Mc Kenue: lor pelsC'venng with all Ib e
o pe rall UIIS on ),1.5 own since hiS USIStan l w as laid
off He I,! dOing a lob Ibat for many years was
shllfe d by tWO ('topic
Some. of the men lloned efltlelSm was recently
levelled ill thr unum oincr: bc:uuse.: of changes
madc 10 thl: n:funl syuem j changes tbat .Ilowed
Ihl: contractor m a le n:ame hue than what they
have had til th e pUt I defend Ihl !> change because
indICa lions arc Ihl!l new po lley bu caused can·
tractors t u be m ore aggrt$5lve a nd that 15 exactl y
whal It 1<; deslfll1 cd It) do-to obum morc lobs fo r
thl' membe rs.
In thiS Ilrtlde ....e mllke ,derrnct! to our local
, ull belnlll a good one , and une rC,:I50n as to why
we arc (:.onvlO ccd 01 tha i IS because dunng our
rlccllnn& In 1984 appro;ttrnaldy SO percen l of Ihe
boys made It to t he putl\ We ilre very proud of
Iba tmtc,cst .lld , fttntlentcn, we h ope you conunu e
10 us e you r demoo::utle n~bt In ' he futu re
In d a8ln..:, ,as we r.. pldly :lpprOo3eh ,he PH:",C
season. may we Icmmd alluu l people 10 put aD X
on you I calend:1I wh en the. notice: comes OUl. and
ILRItY W, ~,P S
Increased Determination
And Flexibility Are Important
l..U. 806 U,c6.t'rn), ELU VILlE. '. Y.- Tht Ie'
sulu of the B.I Hubouf confer~nce~ le.ad us 10
hore that • n~1oy aWillrndS may come to the
movement We .a lt In a 101 of trouble with the
admlDl5lUllon In 0 C . and we can 't Ielax our
&ulird La r IS cOnlllde . ed thr most dangerous
sC8m eni of SOCIt."ty by Ihe Ideologlcs of those lJl
the Oyal O ffi ce. nUl heta ulle we .He too liberal tour
mcrnhe l s hoyt' the lull spectrum of poli tical loy ·
ahH!!! I, hu t b4:ellusc of ou r speelfl t- aim lO hel p
we'ktngpcople lind beCllu se 111 our numbers we
hlll'r'c the powe r lind the nrganl zullon If) do so.
OU f :uatr', lecord III pro · worker leglslallan dur-
10K the tilDe whc.1l th r reU of the COUntry has bee.n
fighllng II) keef'l What they have, 15 ~methtn& to
crow aboUt As emblyman Frank Barbaro h,n C2.r -
ned tb e banner an Ihe 'ita te legISlature, ISswog
rtp;m5 IU h,ghhght Ih e abuses to the collcctl\·c
bargaining process tha l hll\'e gO llen worse In reclCo t
years He hu IOl l oduccd J ~'JS J 'llOn fO s llengthc:»
the state' . preya ilmA w:rge law a nd helped us In
many othc l ways The TOXIC Toft Bi ll, If passed,
wal l give ..... o rkers who 've been Iniured by asbes tos
a nd other substolo ces Ihe c hance to o pen up tbell
compcn~a U on elISe, afte r Ihe long·t erm effects of
tbell Illness corne to light
These time" requ ll e tnc.rcucddetcrtDlnauon and
a new awarene51 ,hat flexlblhty 150 ' 1 weakncss.
The goal 1.5 Imponlln t .and the mUn.5 must speak
to thc ,usuee we 'ict'k 00 I sound lik.e tbe laIC
8,o ther Louey Dubrnrti
R M OlDOVU" p.s
Think We When
Thinking of the Union
L.U, 8 46 {o,l&ul. ItATTANOOGA, TENN .-By
the IlIn c thL S arllcl Is prin t ed, Loul846 Will haye
condu c ted the e1ecllon of ofAcer5 a,nd delegateS to
the Intern. Ilona I Convc-.nllon. I am sure we will
havl:qullea numbel leektns these pQSlUons, whic h
WI ll prOVide a sood seleclion for everyone [0 choose
from.
At ,hc pruen l time negollatlons arc UDder way
wllh se veral of Our eo·o ps 2nd conUaetors.. It )(,)Oks
:II If we an In for some hard umes as evuyone
wan IS concessions of ,orne dcscrr puon. lohn and
I ofl en heat, " Wha. hus the umon done for me J"
Everyone seems to think of I in st ead 01 we. " I"
a m limited :)1 to what " I" c.an do, but " we " can
d o a lot . When was t he lISt lime you attt;nd ed a
UDlon m ec t lng! Afe you Ictllngsomeone else make
you r deCISions fo r you Or afe you participating In
your lucal unton l
In cloJlng, everyone pl c-lSe buy "mcne an · made
productt 1'll1s IS the besl w.ay to s uppo .t your
fello ....· wo .ker ~nd eounlly.
See you II the union mcetlng.
Roc u . TIIOI'>II'SON, ASST. 8 .M .
 Towering Job
These picture s how Loc:;a 1846, ChalllllrttHlg,a, Tenn.,
mrmbrrs who work in TVA'. Power OUlilru£tion
Dil'isiun . The crew WiIS lnvo lnd in Uillin& an
uis ling IOWt'.r 20 (ttl . The m embers pic turcd Irt
Cha rl es " Booliic " Claytou. chid Sl cwud, Paul
Craves, S"3C Mullin., fortman , Rick!:), 8ur6chh
Ruy C. Roberson . superint endent, John-Ooy
Caughran ; Charll"S Devlnc, ' arne R. Lay, Moost
Moody, John A. Noll . bu ... inc.'os manager or I,.oca l
346, lind Dane Evans.
Reagan-No Friend Of
Farmers or Workers
l.U. 861 (i&.o). LAKE C IIAHLES , LA. WI! c,l(l~nd
our cQndulcnccs to the famdlC'~ llf tltothcl $ Am brey
Bourque, W E Anthony, Luther T . Lesllc, Ill, and
Joseph F am:.lu, I' Hrothel Hou ICIUC pa~$cd away
on February 5, Dwelt er Anlh o ny. Mart-h I , BrvdH; r
l.eslie:. Marc h 17, and Brothe r C4 mal o, April :~.
Maybe we s ho uld cx pon the farn'll.: rs and
keep the gra m, .. " I don 't reca ll h, s eX.1ct wOfds,
but wasn 't Iha l cute H e mlly have thought It tUtCI
bu t r dldn't, and I 'll bet a lot of fa tm en lhdn' l
thlllk SO eI ther I havclliways heard tha i th e r ilrmC r S
traditio nally vote Rep ullh can Jj tha t IS tr u e. I hupe
they havc kamed thCIf lesson I1nd VOiC IIgalnSt
trad ulOn til 1988 I wonder wha t kind of cUle
rema lk he made llhout the cQnul'\lc li Ol1 workers.
o il producclon workc ls, Icfln ery, c hcmll: lll. Stcel
and the au to w Olk ers, to IHUOC a few I' m SUfe
then: was a remark for eac h group, Now PreSide nt
Reagan tells J.1pan t ha t they can sh ir IIIl the C3n
and trucks the y w",b tn u or-no 5Inn}ti'i oIt till;hed,
They jumped on this 1nd .1 ho ut 11 pCfI::en t u{ Ihl.:
Am Cflc.an s Will buy them , I'm !Ipell.kll1g ()f pe o pl e
who live hC le, wurk here lind IIrc rlusi n g their
bmilu!s here-even SHIll C wholie fathers ~nd m o th.
ers belong to 3 un IOn. People whu b uy Tap::mese
CIIIS, tr ucks 0[ anyt hing Japanc.!le m3Jc: vehUS
Am erica n lIludc shuuld hlliV~' to go 10 Japan to earn
i1 II Ylng. If that stat ement Uluchl"s yau or any
mcmber of your fo3ml ly, thcr'l so bc II I mean What
I say m e very ,cnst: of the wurd. The !.:arne gOtc!
fo r all foreign m ade plmJuc t ,. If II IS 0 1 WII' m 3UC:
hcrc In Amellca .1r'1d has move d OUt of the COUntry,
,hc:n w Amene.l ns shou ld not bu y, own 0 1 u!>c II ,
I'm not s pea kin g of Amencl&n! who lIye In a fo reign
country and cam Ihelr hVIn !; Ih e rc, T hose people:
shou ld usc tha t co u rllry's ru od ucts so lunK liS they
live the re and earn th eI r h V1l1& Ih erl!
We may think we had it ro u gh (01 the 13M fuu r
yCli rs. with h igh un employment tlnd <1 11 th e: prob-
lems al>sclCJ:lIct! wll h t1l1emlllvymc: nc , but iust wlm::h
the nex t lo u r, You aln'l ~etn lIotiung yet. Just luuk
at what has happened since Noye m be r 2, L984. l
don 't lilln k fur une minut!; ,hil t he: will gc ~ uue
conct:S5 i0I1S from Jopan on t he li ftIn g I)f traUe
barri e rs . Th ey a lrc3dy !laid they were ve ry unhaplIY
With the Ame rtc an de:mand s on tude ba lli crs They
ma y ag lee II) a Icw bu t th ey will nevel be cll ecuvl"
bc(au5C lapan will find w<lys aro und tbem. Tb!!'n,
too, the y may IU SI s tand their F,luund li nd lell us
where to go. Why shou ldn't they Sl:1n.J thel( grou nd i
A Ivt of vtl,c l \. vun tll\. lj J,J iillJ Kut what they
want ed. Don ', Ilike m y word f OJ what I JUSt saId.
I'm su re m a ny of you ge t the Reader's D,gest. 11
nOl , boo o w August, 1984. from you I n Clghbor or
loca l Ilbury l1 0d read " How Japa n T h ,'c3le ns an
Amcrl c.ln lndl,lsuy ." It 's very brief 3nd to the POint.
I tan ' , believe that less than 40 pere:ent o f th e
rc:gl stcreJ "'{llas na ti onWide lead Ihat ed ition 01
Ihr n'gl''il If Ijn JII'rrtnt (If Ih~ vOlers had Il":II d
tha t 1II11d L-, Mr Rea";lIn wou ld h ave lost chc cite-
tlon tiO/ 40
Wh ,ll YOll ' l l: accu-"ellu( I!. pcnny-allle, Co\'ernor
EdwlIl Edw:trd5 H.lng In the lc Yuu have lOI:'; v (
rCI,ple whv bd ieve in you and wh,H you Mand fo r
") h e eh:lIrpe l 5lJn vf our IOC.il1 umun Blood Dnve:
wa S 4UIlt.: dlSapPOlllteJ With the lu rlJ(l ut We h eld
Dn ... es In Decem ber noJ rebru,lry We fi lll 16 umts
In Ol"cem bl'r and 6 In Fe bru,;uy. That 'S nOt a very
guod turnout .... hen you cons ide r thc size 01 o ur
loc:.! and thai we on ly needed 75 units lor eyeryon e
III Ik ~ local and thc lI Im nlt;d late fa l111ly til be
covercd. It 's not tOO late 10 ";0 by LUU1S lnna Blood
ServIces and give It only u ke! 15 minutes and
wuld save ynu (If you r fa mily a lot of money Jnd
WO l ry
MAli lIN TRQY P S.
Local Fields Three
Softball Teams
L..U. 902h;0\'t), PHILAIl ELI>HIA.I'A.-O nce IIgaln
It 'S Iha t tI m e Clf yea l Th iS yea r Lucal 902 WIll be
rl!pre!lt!.nted by Ih tC!c softbull iI.:ams , Sh op No 67.
hrc Con trol. wh ich compe ted In the IC1,&:ue for th e:
Hrst tlme 1<1'1 1 ycar, had a highly succcsst ul season.
Coac h Pau l An shUIll IS clIll fidc m (h:11 tillS year
will <iCC Iht 5hup NLI 67, Fut:' Cnl1lrolt cam lllllung
the t OP contenders.
Shop No. 67. Electronics' softball I.::am will bt.:
p laymg under new cuaches dlls vear P3l tlllzano
and S.l l CCfIICC Will n;p lacc lo nn O 'Mlilky who
reti red las t ye.1t John, w ho I ~ sllnH:th mg of II
pltchcr, has agreed lO co me OUt 01 rctlrement and
pitch fO I the Icam
Shup No. :, I 's o;ohblill 1(:.1111 wtll be cUic h l'd thIS
yea l by :lI mcn Car,angl Ca rmen repOrts th :n
m a ny uf Ih e:. veterans WIll be retulnlng.. He loo k ..
fo rward to a very good seJson Th l!> yt.: .. r the league
started m M3Y, and they Wi ll pl3y apprOXlmJlely
12 ga m cs Any Local 902 m embers w tshIng to try
out fill allY of the te:lIll!> should C(lntact the CQ:Jc h e:s
Thc offi cers and mem b c r ~ u l LOI,:al 902 wlsll .11
th lce team ... a succc ... sful !.ofthall ~caSO Il
I~AVI I PLIII·, .... UA r !l
Projects Proposed But
Nothing is Starting
L,U. 'J]2 jilll e). cous BAY , ORE .-They uy no
ne WS IS g.JUd newb l so If Ihit t's Ihe casc. I g ue ss
I've .jI,Ul);uvJ m:ws. Illhwlllc lhcll.: I ~ t;llk ul ~evnal
small p rOlects he It·, but no thin g eve:r seems to
ma t eoa b:;:c_ Nu worJ yet as co when Ihe: new
sh opp ing ccntel In Bandon Will sta rt Thai o n c
molly lU St fl ::de out h ke every th ing else. H oweve l,
con .. truC IiOIl ot a ba rge slip on the much -tal ked
abou t Nonh SPIt hL'! begu n and should be com
rifted by the ti me thiS lette r reaches you A barKc
~ l lr i\ i1h$inhllr ly j' Cjt'm i:d 11"1 ;Hlfartl l"lg m;Jlnr
offshore uil fig CQIl$IIUCtlOn, It 's lI lso llIttra( lI ng
the big OOlllultun peop le It kc Brown and Root.
Dnnlels and Ihe like_ 1 hcse scabs have a lready
landed !Ic ... eral blgcon traclS III the: Northwest, hut
I undclslllnd they're haYing slIm c ddlicu lty In
manning the:: wO l k; so t hat may be ... big plu s an
our fayor If anything lurther dtydops, I' ll kcep
y~lU rn formcu
T he CUtiS BHY area IS desper.1te III attt:mpts to
,lttrac t llI h e rn~lt c mdustry. Talk o f caSillo gamblin g
hall com e Ul", and wh31e ,w:llching cilancrs. have
alr eady rcplllecd som l.! 0 1 th e once-popula r Sr Orl
fis h ing cha rtt: rs All up :Hld Jnwn th e cnast tO u rl .. rn
se cn15 to be the mJIIl ... um:.crn In re~runse 10 the
saAAtng economy , Ore:gan nuw has 11 5 first -ever
lottc ry with the mom'y helping support our publi c
IIc h ools.
TI ll nex t 1I10n lh . remembe r to pay your dues"
Anyone thle:.e m o nths or mUle IJ1 <l trea rs WIll be
assessed II S I 5 le ln5tale mtnl fec by Ihe 1.0. See
ya al rhe 1l:ll IJ un the second M nd ay at 8 p.m.
Alll M ( CArtRLL p R£.O;
Apprentices Visit John
Sevier Steam Plant
L. U, ~J4 (i,o, u&'utv}, KINGSPOHT, TENN .-Las t
M:trch the seco nd lind fourth year apP,entlc.e.,
wcnt on II Rcld trip to Rogersvil le, 1 ( nnesSte, to
VI $ 1t 'he la kn Se vie r S t e~m rLInt. It ..... J! an InIU
es llll j.l, tuur, wllh Unit I l:t:llellw)J ilmllhc bOIh: rli
all apart , It Aave our whule c l:l s~ llle O(1 porlllll ll )'
to see thc gencnlOr In li S hC/o\lllr\lng Sta.!':C W e
wn u ld 1I1l Ide c \0 Ih:mk TVA jOt all owtng OU I
se con d and ftJu lt h Y1.'lH ilrp rl'n tlCl'~ to V'SIt thl~
plan l 51ll'
By t he tl llI e tllI ~ i lll cle I~ publlshcd, wc shuuld
havl' a n,' w CmU raL! ~I~nt'd w ith 11U I ~ I C~ con trac
l Ots. UIlIOI1 work su ll rt: mlllll~ .. Iuw III O Uf area
Hopdully. the new etllHt.1et ,",,'III hl"lfl Clc;(te mOrl
Inb .. fm Olll mcmhcrs
In the next few m o nch ~, litimC n ... w b! lI ~ will be
VUICJ on 111 COII&n=.... r he t;UI1&rC'Jsmcn need to
kn o w euctly huw we fed about thest' bills At
til lS lime I would like to u rgt: 1111 of our members
CO Wll tc" (lr call IhclI Jle~ congre:ssmen and tell
them th e ll Ylew!> cmu_etntrl~ thc ~e bIlls Be:s ldes,
,1'13t 's whill cun/o\ l e~ .. mcn ale tht' rc 1m In re pre
sent th e: pcaplc 01 then ... l) mmuillty
'1111 D OLAN J> ~
July Brings
Mortgage Burning
L, U, 948 (l,cm ,rt5&'spa" FUN 'I , I~I C II . 1)1,;ller
thull ~ IHlnK fe ve l lC ...cH " tot all'mr1oyment for all
the loc;ll Incmbcr /l ami even a few lIavcicIS w no
lire III ou r a rt'a, IJu lc:k LilY I~ rulllnK .dulllo': and
should pr uvlde work for a w htlt:
Don Moun came to the Illcal mt:t:lIn~ III Mil ich
;t nu IS loukmll very well .. Iter bYr.15s surgery.
Hnrefully he shou ld be: h,("k un the lob th is sum
moo
AJ ~ er thc M.lrch m eeti ng tbe r.lIIY Committee
mel 10 dl'Scus'i 1"'13n ~ fo r a ,M<IItgage Burnmg ]'.:a rt y
Ih lS -"U lllillet The dlu e has heeo .,.et lur the 27th
of l uly More dctalls w d l be .:av;( llab lc III Ihc comInS
month s, De sure to le.. d btHh YOIII week ly trade
r"per and th e month l), ImlOlIJ/ l or Inn,,: 1" lorm;l-
t!Un
We had tWO mtmber~ pll~~ J, ....... l yllll~
PJ!>l WuH1,;1
Ott\) Kru~er passed uway lanua ry 19&5, an d
11,
RI,h~rt Vuu.!'.llI 1l :I"wd away Oil !llllua lY ZK. J !;ISS
Q UI dllt!pe!. t /;y mpothy .Il"c', 111 IhclI famdlc ',. and
frtends
DarIl1l51n... um. line ,)1 ()ll l (jr~t'yl:al applcnll(.C ::'.
lind illS w lfc, jcnlllfcr , ~ue the prouJ l"ar1,;lllS oj a
baby boy born IlInuHy 21. 19j\"'i Congratul allons
to Daran ,mJ JeM llIler
The Unl(1Il mct'III1J.(.'J .Irl! SlIl! bemg held on t he
.)ccond M uudJy IIf e .. e h munth II I 8 p m , HOIlC you
(a n lake " 11I11t- II lOr' nut!!' yl1\l1 hll ... Y ... rh"llu lc· In
s tt c nd
The go lf ICJ.Aue hJ."I ~t .. rted, but II may nOI ~ on
ro
tOO late to 10m, If you .uc l11teles ted In beIng on
lhe IC,IKUC or )ubbUllt. eull liln D l$un UI th e lotal '"w
unlon .
z
Busltu; .... Mal1a~er Jllhn Bond IS nklll& that all :::>
-
~
me:mbc!l~ hel p po lu.;c the IU II ~dH. tl o n tur nonunlun
lobs, When work Is good w\: ~lImell1 ne !. hav e 3 --'
tendency HI uverlook Iht: ~ma l lc r lobs, If you notice
«
z
I"
,lnythlul/; tha t mlly be gllOd :.rud nllllU!ll\ln, pi case [(
:::>
c aU the unlUll h .. l1, o
The rct lf ce~ }wlt! thc ll monthly meCllUg~ un Ihe ~
fir st WedncsJIl Y uf ene ll n\(illth Th c llltle of th t.:
meetmg IS 10 II Ill . \It the lucal Ul1Lon hall The
re tll ees ha ve hllJ " Wlnle l prOlec l [If rcr amng all
t h e: ch ..urs in th e h.111 and d llllllj some haslc Ill'lln -
lClln ne:t On !)Chall uf the Illcal union, W(' wo uld 49
 11k.: to tha nk the retirees lor their hard work and
ask them to keep up the good work
Summer Illun about hert:. and we all bope that
everyone I' looklD& forward to a grelt lime and It
lot of fun The work PICtUU: look, bnlht, Ind W
does the sunshine. Don'l forge:t that .5 of July I
t here Will be a new seat belt law In Mlchl&an
requiring all PQssen,UJ In the fron l sell' of lIlI
vchu:les to wca r !e.n ~It ..
Have a safe s ummc' , and we Will StC you at your
UOlon n'u!:c llI1g.
Several Longtime Members
Receive Service Pins
LU. 95] (i,u, l.e m ,cuv$.spa), EAU CLA IRE, WIS.-
Th.: Inll:: rnatlonal Br01ilcrhood of Electncal Work·
crs ill sincere affection lind dee p gratitude pre
sented to Broth ers Laurence Knuuon, Albert Mark ·
levlts, Leo Seibold, Arthu r MI Ckelsoll, Donald
Tucker IIlld Clt(ford Wetchen a CitatiOn alld pin
for 50 yean of loy,," and faithful service and mem o
beuhlp In OUI Brotherhood From.lI of the mem
ben m 9$.3. our thanb ,nd best wl!ilhes '0 all of
ytlu Also at IhlS lime I would like: 10 l'xtend
congr;lIulauons 10 Albin Fredllckson. gas serv ice·
mlln al LSDP. for hIS 15 )le:an of ,erV1CCj and
congululauons to Busmen MlInll3er Tom Haley
who was prese:nled with a 40· yeat pin by Ihe
members at La Crosse
The WOrk ~utuatll) n In our IU n5dlcti n IS su rtlng
to pick up The wiremen agrecment which eXlllred
Match I We:llt to ,he ouncd for wages and dura ·
lion, so Ot'nny hilS hiS work cuI out fot him.
AsSISlallt B owa uJ Brl!nholt IS organl1lng a courle:
of new units of Dalryland Power, lind hopefully by
IhlS ume: the c:lccIIOIlS haVll' condudcd 5UC:C:CSS'
fully BUSlne:!os Man.1ger Tom Hale:y 15 prcpanng
lor negolliltlons w~th Lake: Superior DISUIct POWI"
Company, whlcb IS II spm ·of{ nQw of onhern
Stales Powe r Good luck 10 you lind your commit·
tee, Tom.
Throughout th e units requests have: been m;lde:
,hllt Local Y53 have ItS own m{lIIthly newsletle r
willch would kee:p everybody mformed as to what
15 happening with the olher units aod ~gre:emenu
With OUI cu rreat traosmlrter We: rehly allicies of
Inleresl 10 Ih.: me:mbershlp and through Ih n
monthly amele Issues Qf Importance If there is
anythrnl you would like prlnled In the: JOlJrnal.
lUSt send II to thiS ofAe.: or pus It on to Tom,
myself, Denny OJ Howard , I would be more tha.n
bappy 10 wme 1t up.
Ame:rlt.a IS bca\lllfu l Suy Aml'lIun, and look
for the UlllOn label Attend yllu r Ulllon mCe hn&-.",
SRVC;I M1C""1 KE , A SST B M
Member's Son Eagle Scout;
Brother Laufenburg Retires
L.U. 965 lu&.unJ, MADI SON, WIS.-Congruula·
tlans 10 8ralhe:r Rand)' J. Cant for nUII13 nume:d
10llmeymall Slatus eUec.llve February 17, 1985, a5
a stre.et Op( ratlon!> me.chanic, Cla!ol I, wl1h Wis·
conslO Power and Light Com pan)') to Brother Larry
Tessman for hllYII\8 II l1 l1lned IQurncymnn Slatus
eHect!v.: March J, 1935, as II Im e dcarllnce tech·
aldan with WPL, ~nd Brothc::r Steve:n L. Borck for
hav1D& atlaind Jou rneyman statu clfectlve: Mq,rch
J. 1985. as a hne clearance le:chmCll,In WIth WPL
On January 20, 1985, 1I1111pprOpnaic ceremonies
at tbe Prune du S.c Township H.II, Chad ••ge: 16.
son of Brothel Chillies WIlhelm. maintenance op·
w
z er-alor lechmclan of the Praltlc du Sac Plam. rC'·
:::> celved the hIghest of Boy SeOUl awards, Eagle
~
SCOUt. Chad's mothe:r, IJllm. did th e honors a ..
shown m the photo Chad's community prole!;t to
help 3tlall1 t his :lw.&rd was the land&caping around
the: Praule: du Sac Town 1-11111 and the erection of
playground equipment Chad belongs to Ihe Order
of the Arruw The accomplishment thai Chad
lIIchieved throu"h thiS award was recognized and
acknowledged by hIS 80)' Scout leader' and the
vanous people he worked and was aSSOCiated with
The ceremony wa.. dimlllXcd by a delici ous lun ch
50 served for .11 to "tend.nee: COll~a , ulatlon,. Chad,
Piclured is the Eagle Se:out Award ceremony , Leh
10 ri,h t are C had. Pam Ind C hul es Wilhtlm,
member of Local 965 , Madi&on. Wis.
Shown al the relircment par'), of Fred l..aulenburg
lIlIt, stlllted, left to righi , Jua ni ta and Fred LOIufe n·
bur.&, and Blk./ RR Pian t M.anlllget Tom S~hlOf:drr.
Scandins, It'll 10 right, are Executive BOllrd membe r
lind Unit Chairman , Blk .IRR PI""t , Gene Samu-
r.lson, and gues' speake:r "Camae the Grtal," Brothel
Bob R)'&h.
:md the !lial~le 10 you i parcnts, from Loc.:Il 96;).
Presldcn t Larry Lenhardt and BuslDess MllJ1aKt:r
rtnanc lRI Secretary MIchael "M1C k " Koehler :Il'
tended the 3Jrd Annual Brienog Sess ions on Col ·
lec ti ve BargaiOlng and Employee Relations pre:'
,ellled by. panel of BNA !Jpeellhsrs lit the Lns'ltute
of Industrial Rdatlons, Loyola Umverslty of hi'
ugo, on Marc.h 8-9, 19 5. The knowledge gamed
from IhlS confcrence IS considered mdisp<:osable
to bolh larry and Mlck 111 thc.1f rc.specllve uRlon
positions
Brother Fred "l.tghtning" Laufeaburg relLred from
the Wlscon5m Powe:r .. nd Llgh l Company on Illn
unl)' L7. 198" afte r completmg 31 yellrs 01 se rvice.
Fred Slarted WIt h Ihe: Comp.:)ny on February 8,
1954, as a semIskilled laborer at the Rock River
Gene ratlO8 5u1Ion, Ikloit, WISCon'lIl In 1965 Fred
became- a plant helper, mamtenanc.: , at th.: sam.:
planl In September of 1965 Fred was promoled to
mechalllc helper. In 1967 he tr.anltlerred to the
Blackhawk Plant as a mechamc helper md worked
there uOlIl hiS reurement
Br olher L.aufcnburg. worked with a cleanup crew
In Ihe earl)' y~ar5 and acqUIred the nickname
Lightni ng as pan of a duo dubbed " Thunder and
LlghmlnK " Brother Jllck Kelle r, senllskdled III
borer, wa s the Thunde r They really created some
nOise when Ope rating III unison, so the names
stuck
Fred lind hiS WIfe:. Juanna, have: a son and d:mgh·
tc:r IUldmg 10 California, where they Intend to
mlgnee dtu leaVing thelr home at 2091 Monroe,
SciOli. Wiseons," 53511 They Will be uJlmg San
Du~go , California, Ihell home'
Bro ther Laufenburg and hIS Wife, juaruta, were'
honore:d by 66 of bls fellow 6rothe: rs ,ad SIste r.
on January 17, 1985, al a f('lIrement party hdd at
the King of Dtnmonds, In 8elolt . The. guest speaker
was "Catn3C Ihe: Great," turban and :all (B rother
Bob Ryl;hl BeSides gag giftS Fred WIiS glyen II CarCla
Boron spmnmg rod and a Ca rcla dose·faced spm '
RIng reel plus eash In a eard to see him through
the ha rd times Brother '1m Bot:I pre:sel1Ted Fred
with a e.fleature drawlIlg depi cting Frw work.lng
al a lathe. ASSlst.3nt Plant Manage:t, MalOlen:ance ,
Rock River. Bernie Rosande r prucn1cd Fred with
a hammer msened In a plaque, The handle of ,he
hammer .... as made OU I "f needle plank from the
BI.ckh.wk Dam Allm 011111 wa.s a great party and
II Alling Illbule. Fled Will continue- to pursue hIS
,;olfing and Ashln& 1ft his rcule:me:nt yea rs. The
mr:mbcrs of Local 965 extend thr:u wann.:st and
mo I sincere wlShe, fo r une:ndmg happmess tn the
e:n'l\.IIn,; YClI'" C{)(Ki luek, Frt:d and Juanita! TllI
RC)l 1 IlIne , then1
M 1C'"IIAEL. 8 GR .... rf, P.S.
Dinner-Dance
~'W
Sho wn at thr: dinner· danee held by Local 966,
l..anu51t:.r, N.Y., It Ih e: Pe llamwood House Ire:.
Itont row, lei, t o right. Treasurer Phylli~ Oleksy.
Pu: ideal unit, By.uak, Vice Preside.ot ,amc:s
Hildreth and Finlllnl'ial Sec.rr: ,ary Jul ius McCann.
In .he back row Ire Executive BOlrd me.mbus
Thom. Zolnowskl, John Wild , G.ry lo h,U lon and
'ame Sc b.u _
Oinner· dll nce and M.aSler or Cere mon ies
TO m 7..nl nOw !ilk l i!l s hown addre:ssing mem bc:rs and
gueSts o( LOCi I 966.
Attend Meetings For
Updates on Negotiations
U. 966 luI, LANCASTER, . Y.-Please: watch
the bulletin boards fOI lO(ormation .about the An-
nual Pu:nlc sponsor d by Local 966. Brother Roben
Snaldc r IS .gam cha irman of IhlS evr.nt We a re
hopmg fo r a good turnout and trust that everyone
whe) attend s will have :I ROod li me .
As you know, contract time is here. We wQuld
like to remind .11 membe rs Ihal Ihe pla c.: to ge:t
accurate In(ormatlon abou l negotiations is from
Ihe unIOn As always, all mettmg; times arc POSled.
Ag~m , II! always, any qut.stlons you may have will
be answered at thal lime PI case watch the bullelln
boards and make an effort to intend all meelmgs.
The r('~uI4r monthly met'tlngs contlRue to be
held on the: Ihlld fridllY of eVe:ry m OD th at 8 p.m .
:111 the O,io)e,' Jla ll in Lancaster. Atte:ndlOg these
mectlngs IS the only W:IV 10 keep abreast of what
IS hapllcllIng III Ihl: local For yOur OWI'I benefi t
make an effo n to atte nd .
It was Intc resting t note: m the: NYSEG Allllual
Report thai the eomplllny conunues to drop head
count 10 au.stt:rIlY me,;lSU'eS However, we can all
ICC thai the ulaned and management posmons
lie sull being SIIe:d 1'leaOle ~ cardulthat you ale
not dOIng ellen a small pan of someone else's lob.
The next lob they hmmate: m.3Y be the one tb.t
you have: been wailing 10 years lor
low" 0 WIL.I1. P S.
Scribe Wants Members'
Input for Journal Articles
L.U. 970 (I& rb), KELSO·LONGV IEW, WASH.-
We had a good meetln& a couple of months back.
It IQf)k us k , thllIn iliA hour 10 I:et 10 "good of Ihe
URlOIl," and then for over an hour 2J members
hstc ncd lind commented o n Whlll 'S WII)IlS with oo r
uu il,lu . Some: we:te agllln5t thos~ working oU ls lde
out ciaSS lfi c.a ti on as jo urneyman WlrcmCIl and oth
t rs vOiced their concern ag.lln s t double booklOg
(that's signing out 0 1 work books In locals outSide
tbe lr Own. .... h lle;at Ike SilUU: lillie lJell1~ (mp luycd
In ;lnothcr lunsdl ct icm). SIIII othe r ~ salcJ the prob·
lem bods d wn to not rtloIlly cloIrlng Then o ld
Hodgu: made a sutl;C$tlon . Wily n ot wILte up sonle
of yOU! Idea' and Alve th cm IU me to edit and put
In OU I 10Ur110). Onc BrOthCI iSllld that Lf J educd
out hLs fuur lener w o rds, therc wouldn' l be mu ch
leh l Let 's helU hom yUu, ihoth ers) hcre'! 1& good
way to reach many of ou r fellnw mt'ml'M-n with
your Ideas
We al 970 want to thank aU of the It)Cals whi ch
have put our m en 10 WCllk , hese put Olonths.
Don't forget lWl) ImpUll:lnt events thts month
The first IS Father'. Day un l une 16 The second
IS o ur June 19 Appu::nuce .I nd Old· T uners Banquet
The eYent Sians at 6 p m with dinner ,1.1 111m OIl
Henn 's. Tlc keta arc $10 50 cllch
Tom HUIJ :and Doug 1 Utile well: swom In .u
fi r~' -'J ulapprcntlces III our M:IU.h mtetll\~
The proverb 15 for Dads thiS month, "I>. WiSt son
heeds hiS f;athrr'5 instr u Ctions, but II scoffel dOd
fluL la':'lcn fa re:buke " PR lJ -l
, 0 " Hun••,II·' HlltX.U, P S
Graduates
Pictured Id l to rI&ht att Brolhrn Todd BlIl1ks,
SalarilLi Dutl rr "lid Plluid;, AlesatlLdel, who li e ont'
01 Ibe top "o up," in Lonl 995, 8lton RouSt, U ••
cable s pH cin& l!Iiudu a tin~ dan,
Shown Idlto rl&ht art 8,othu!lo Eric 51011(, D.rrcJl
Achord lind Kyle Dixon , who art another top group
ill the cable splicing gra dUilli nl dUI.
'There Will Always
Be Unions"
LU. 995 II,o. nb ...."a,spal. BA TON RO UGE. LA . -
O n the 15th of March, It Caine lust. IlUle old,
Simply w n tlen, lackluster announct:m nt , "You
don't wOlk hrle allymtllt: '" Thr rrri nr TlOn JR fOlce,
whi ch usually bnngs on u~gu:t', IIRlmUSHY and
sadness, la lled to do any of these thtn ~1. Rather,
It seemed like o nc hell of a good re.u on 10 go ou l
and cel ebratel I have neve. fe lt th Ls ""'Iy before
Dut, bellevc me, there must bt: JUSt c.:au5e 10 be so
re llevcd. When a lob takes so much , phYSically
that is, from a work er. then so mc thlng IS teuibly
wrong. Wt:ll , th ere is no Il l:cd 10 eillholl1tc .. ny
l urthc:r (01 now on the above s uhlect lOt m Bybc It
is old age.
Things arc getting bell e r, LII SClOlC n:s pt.'cl, since
Roya lly Ron took office. In Con:ulc:s, LOUISiana,
for instance, wheu: I ~ i gn lur unemploy ment , Ih e
changes th. t have tllke n place .ue IJn bdlo.:vablclln
the flmmy C~rtu eroa, Ihe unc mpltLyn\CIlI nflh:c
was II. cable puslu:d InIO th e Gorner of the da nl:c
floo l of the rCCII:3 11 011 ce nte r; ami II was npcoed
for d1ll:c or four h ours, :md only on f fld.lYs Th en
It w a.!. moved IntO an office .at II minimall ,",,'he fe
it bt:gan oJJC ratlng full ume The thLrd and b.leSt
mo ve, th:r.t 's ligh t, WIIS to a very la rge tlfflee with
t
SIX, peuple belping lIlsltad I'll tWU I'd say lhllt SQmc
progress hu been IUlIJd
In my March , 1985, Story I showed;l dcgrce' I) '
IWU of ~~'lm\Sm, fudgrnx, hom the nak, o n the
11I(.,lllevc\ oInd mostly fr um officers, I am 3 .. summ~
ttul may"'e I nme on a hltle s uong. I stili hold
th;U wh.u I .... m\e'~ the truth 3S I sec II I.lm !.Ore y
If I lcd :some 01 YIIU til ,hmk (hilt 111 m n(IW poss sseJ
with a ",ltIYl'ur .. HtLlmle fnr II lU'" L"n', 'IU There
IIlUS~ . !way:; be UI1I1)O" .lOll Inere WIll alwlIY" be
union,. but 1011 ling un (1m butts :lIn't the wOly ami
tnl.:(t: are m. l/tuar.;mtt:c..,t We l1\U"'1 help mold the
future , not lUSt tet II harrt'n
Abuut Ihe ti me J .... as 10 )le.H) o ld thelc wu the
thought Ihat employeeo; we re nUl &tUlng t:nough
bfuks. The bu~scs were uklll.K unhm ;ldv.ln l:1ge
o f the workers thWUl:h m;JnJgemenl 's ""upenor
bargaLmnl: position, Comp.lnlcs could lUSt Simply
rctusc to ba rgain w"h unlon<; and tilLS III wrn
c3u5cd m.any !lln kes In ordcr to equalize the
ba'~.lRln, power between boss ,md wocktr, 10
1935 Cungren J'I;I"ed the N:ltIon;Li1 Libur Relations
~t.\. We knuw 1\ a!> the: Wa~e:1 Au. 1f ,hiS doesn't
show us the Imparlance of collecti ve: b:argatnlns,
Ihe'll It 15 no small wonder we a.e m deep trouble:
un all frunt' You know .and I know that Wt: hOlvt'
almOSt the , .. me 'lluatluu luJ .. y. II yuu II.now and
you are cerlam about YOUllIght5. then lue nOlhlllg
wfong III ptllSUlng them, regardless of the COSt
In 1984 IDEW COPE received an avel age. 01 41 ,S
cenl' In CODlflbutions from ellch memtH:'- n ~ l lon
wldt: _In the Flhh DlSmct where th~ populJ I Brmher
Dan Waters preSide s, Ihe aveugc was 59 cen ts pel
membc:T Thele IS no cause for jubilation on any-
onc', pan hr'-dllSt our goal IS II paluy 51 00 per
mel11bcr, per yea. Tbls Stelm lake a le.aSORIlble
request 10 mC', and It }S only 55 cents a day or 06
an hou f Come on, Bwthr:rs and Sister Iry to hdp
a lillie
1 am Ihrnkln~ thilt m.aybe Mr Rt'ag;Jn Will have
enoug,h o f the (Ires ldcnC)' lu'St about tWQ yeal~ IntO
hIS .5(:c:on\l telm for II Will take u lent two ye,lr$
to sell Ceorge Bush to Amerlca t
Don ', bUild up you. hopes, 'tOI·ell. let mc (Iut It
thl:5 way P-aymond Oonov.an's repl.accmcOl , arock.
can 't hclp but be: some Improvement
The average wage Increase fu. AmencaD workefs
wu 8.5 percent III the yeOirs 01 197Y .nd 1980
Ovt:r ,he iII5t duet: years, the lIve,age Increase was
,. 5 J1C rcen t I suppose mOSt members I know and
many I don ', know would g!:idly settle lor 4 .5
p('l;eut
I have wnl1 en IhlS a t lea ... , thlee umes SIIlC(:
1962, but let 's uy 11 one more time ' The tnd~
dcfkll of thi S count,y IS absu rd, nd lcuJou5 and
putrld , :md 1 5111)' a lot "f folks In ,hiS ,/;Dod old USA
arc glceddy benefitting from III
Well, I l;Ut.'SS IhlS IS II tO l tJus month By the
Sister Retires
u,d Idl 10 ri&hr arc B, May!;, SiSlCf £\IIns and
A. Re.nda duri ng ,I.e retirement party &ivtn tQ
Sluer Lillia n Ev.ns by hu co-workers . T he: pic luu'
was liubmhted by Loca11(jb!:l , t:Hr.abt.th, N " .
WoI Yj MLller LUI! bee r I ~ IInHIIl mlollit: :md R ,
Ih'yno lJs tobacco produc t " :.Irl! nlll
See ylJU lI e,, 1 month
Member's Son
Receives Citation
l. . 1134 (ul, 1:.1IZAB ETlI , N .J.-This munth 's
I~ttt' 1.5 an rceugnlluln I)f the )eIVIC~ Ind dedlCattOn
d isp layed by Kenneth Emlhl. S(ln oe nce IJrc sld~llt
and Mrs_ Wil hef Em th l The fuJl o wmg I ~ ;II cupy uf
lin: clt~ lI un .h:n accomp.Jnied the Nav)' AChleYI!'
ment M edal pre5emed 10 Kt"tln('th by Ihc 5tC rctary
Q( \h~ N'l"Y
" FIJI mentOrlOus .. chL~"t:meJlt whLle servmg a<;
II mCIlIb'.! , uf the bell Tum One Dr.lYo PllltXIl'
fro m 11 Janu.l IY, 1~K.l, IU 1M 'atlUllry, 1983 Tasked
to provLde SCCUnly s upport 1m ~\ Amerl cun Spat
IIIn', tunslt through thc Suuda Stll1l1 and the
IndoneslIIn .... rchlpe lal(o, Petty OHiccr Emthl and
hiS '~lIow Platoon nlernbe r ~ ~lIcces5fully eon
duc ted an opc:n·(X;t:.;tn rara(hule drop thllt (n"ivled
Iht: ufety of the shIp <lind II ... Yltal cargo aglolmst
~lIy .1""1 qf "uaty or terronsm Petty Om.-r-r F.,mhl'<;
upe" pn::p;lI~1\\)n .. wen In lIume:nullD hu Pb.-
toon '5 readaness to eommenCt: tht: mn510n on sbort
notice liu slIpclb p,ull!~ .... un .. l am WliS {unh!!r
dtmonstlilled dUlln,; the actu .. 1 ;ur sn rende;:vou!o
when all pe:r!>onne:l and ~ulrment ""~Ie s:afdy
emb.uked on ooilrd ,,\\ Atnt'u'lm 5po111on dcspllc
h,:ardou5 conJlltons ft".!Iullln~ hum SS Amrncon
Spor'an bean., undel tOW ..nd upulcnclRg 20
degree lUll, By hu cxceptionJI Pllllt.§slonaluim
and loyal dedlCatlun Ht tht: c:r;ecullon of thiS con·
un,~ncy mlsSlun_ Petty Office, EDllhl's acuons
ttflecu.d &TUt credit upon hlm:;dl and the SpeCial
Wa,ra re cummunlty and we ,e an kcepm~ with the
hlghcst na dULomL of the United St ..ut:~ N:lY:l1 Serv
tce. "
to wh:rot .. ppear.&- 10 hi! • pernJJ uf complacency
.nd lolCkilJ,iI$II... 1 "lIlluJc.!l, U'\ hlte a b rcltb 01
flesh a,r 10 tHe t hiS repott uf p~lIlull§m. InllJatiye
and a st:nse o( furon Ib,llty We ale sH(tud and
honored to h .. v.: a (lC1"inn like Kenneth Is~oclated
with our uRlon bmlly
Sec yuu .. , the n(lfl unuill mt:clrng
U lWMUI J ItJw"I~ •. P "i
Brother Avila's Son
Receives Scholarship
LU. 1203 klDl. PAWTUCKET, R.I . rnnl',l;ttul.
lions to Mat\ut:l AVII. lece lll wmner 01 the Annu;a\
Local 120.1 Scholar!lhlp Each yt:1r our local prc
sent$ a $500 ScholarshIp to the son (It dauJ;.htef 01
;I membc l who IS .. gradu.1un.ll. '~mur ~om.R: 00 10
college Mllnurll s Iht: ~on Qt member StlYlno Avila
.and LS" &radu3te of LaS~lle AClIdemy In PrOVidence
We .... Ish h im the bt:d nl luck \\lIh hlS cQlIe~('
caree r
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Lelt II) lig ht IItt BUJlneiS Managel Eliu!! Burns,
SIllier Eva n!! alld Recurdlng Secretary Pelt.' Zabha
wlshlote Sistl'r Evalls lu ck in 'I t: r reti remen t .
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 Scholarship Winner
Loul 1203, E":.IIwtlJl:kel, R.I., Sc.hol;u:o.hip winne r
,M.nutJ Avil:iJ is t on8utul:ucd by BU5inrs5 1'!hn-
:lget lohn Faria as Prf'~idenl ,\hnueJ Sousa looks
on.
Show" heu. :Ire We.. 1 1203 Bloibrr Sil"i no A .. ib,
~ Iluel A9ih, Busio"s Man2ge l Jo hn Fui:l and
President ,\hnuel Sousa.
Work Steady- All
Members Worki ng
LU. 1205 (i,o&'u ), GAi N ESViLLE, FLA.-OUI work
situauon has nQt changed much All our jobs are
loaded up. The shutdowns are gOing good We a re
very fOrtunate: ID tbat 0111 OUt members tnat w;lot
to work arc domg so, and we even ha ...e some
1I:lvehng Brolhe rs workmg..
Br others aDd SiMtIS, as mOSl of us should have
nouced. umes are changmg aed In a pretty fast
p.. ce. 100. Our unlom are havang /I hell Qf a lime
kCf'lllIlg Lhmgs toge ther We have a bunch In Wash·
mgfOo runnmg things wbo would lake to see or-
ganized labor go down the drain.
Now, as dlstastdul as lhlS may be for us, we are
gomg to have to bend a li ttl e. Now, I' m not tOO
food of thiS idea and most of you will probably not
be euher but, 11 looks as though that's thr: only
way we lire gOID& 10 survtve. The customers know
that we arc buning, .lnd they a re holdmg that
nonuni on elemen! over QUI he.ads; .aod don' t you
uunk lor.a mlDUle th.at Ihr:-y woo ' t go rat, lust for
spae knowmg all the time thai they won 't get tbe
quahty wor..k that onJy UDtOn labor CQuJd produce
Think nard .about thl , Brothers land Sis ten Thmgs
are n O[ t he way we would lake them to bc= , but
wh eth=r we like II o r not, that'S the way it IS. and
the t ime has come w hen we arc going to have 10
give up some of the t hiugs that we have c nloycd
for so many -years_ Hopefully th m g.."l wi ll get be tt er
with time . Now, [don't want you to mistake wh:1t
"m trying 10 say. I'm aot sayiag that we should
gel wo rmy flust feel thai we an gomg {Q have (0
give luSt a bIt. We bad It good for.a bunch of yur •
~nd hopclully W~ wiJI g~t it b:illc_k up close to ",'here
..... e bad lL So, when ow bUSiness manager ules
the best hr:- can to get work for us, lUSt remem~1
b~ docsn' t hke to give up thIngs either: but we
~
lus t don 't h.n e many choices
Well, Brothers and Sisters, OUI next uRlon meet·
w log 15 not far off. I SU.IC w ould like to set: a good
Z
crowd then!. We need to get togcther and he lp run
,
::0
nU r loC31. You all take care of one another, .a nd 1'\1
see you at the mceting.
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'0:Z" Rol'IA1.D "BoI'I£s " BRU!'"lLU., P.S
::0
,o local Forms Retirees
Club, Seeks Members
L.U. I l " Slo,u ,t,c.m,clI'F. tnr,I Ovt &'pet l, WAL UT
CREEK, CAL.-Busmcss Manager lac." Mc.Nally
52 recently req uested a eharU:f fo r l oc:iIIl 1245's R~ ·
Club Offic ers Retirees
Pictu red he re ::I re Busi ness .I\;h nagr.r Jade M ~.all y.
Loca l 1245, W.alnUl C reek, Cal., .and Pru idea t Sh o wn al a recent ret il cmen t p resenta lion cere-
Howa rd SlieJcr meeli ng with the DC W Rcti reu
m onl' .ar e, It h , b eny Loar, ]S yeaTS, and RozdJa
Clu b officers, T om Riley, p res ide nt, .an d Gene
Carncy, 2 1 furs. Thcy lect h'~ watchu a ad money
Hastings, secretarY-IIt':asurer.
Sill S.
d Ices C lub fr om the ISEW's Lnternatlonal Presl ' Sbe pa rllc lpated U1 four Wor ld 's T ournaments:
dent , so a drive IS on to im::rt.ase partlt:lpatlOn m 196 1 at Ponland , Oregon . In 1964 at Orl a ndo,
among our felared members. Those fcsponslblc for Flotlda , an d 1965 and 1967 at Stamford, Connect·
spcarhcadmg the Retire~! C lu b pa rt ici pat ion a re ICUt . In her caree r shol! wo n 210 games, pit ehed one
rCluces T um Rtley . Club prcsldent, aDd Gene perfect game. eight no-hitt<:rs. won awa rds for
Hastings. Club sec retary· treasurer. Bratb er Riley , tournament best ,pl t ched games and was selected
a 3.5· ycar member, IS a former PG&E control op' to elgh( all · stal turns . She has also se rved on the
erator at Avoo Power Plaot; and Brotbe r Hasting . local 's Board fo r 15 years 01.$ finanCial secretary.
a 37"year mem~" w.as an e1eclrlcian tD Stallo n RUTli J. P ....IUtHURST. "P.S
Construc.llDn, San Ramon
In sedUDg Wide membershIp partlCIpatlOn, Busi-
ness i\\;mager M c:Nally has plepa red m.aterial for Classes
retuee that pomts OUt a vanelY of benefits a .... ail ·
able through Club partiCipation. lOc.ludtng free
legal advlee. Blood Bank membersrup, Credll Union
eligibility and dealh benefits. AddltIOn a.!1y. the
letl rCes group is f~us.e d on affilia t ion wi th thc
National Council of SemOl Citizens (NCSCI. WlllCh
is aligned wlrn ap proXImately 3,OCJO dubs spon-
son::d by unions, churches, business and fr.at emal
and p rofeSSional aSSOCiatiOnS, :and CIVIC organlza·
tions_ NCSC l~d th~ fight fot M~dicare aad con·
tlnues to WOlK fo r Impro vements In Social Securuy
and other h:glslauon beoefiung semer Qti-u[)5.
Retirees interested 1D p.arllclpaung should eon·
tact Reurees Club Presiden t Tom Riley at Local
1245 he.adquallers, and packets de talllOg aetl ... itics
and special dl5.counts available will be: sen t out T h is is t hc Raycbem Corpo ratio a cable-spiking
cl ass held at th e uni on hall 01 Local .l 249, Syracuse,
along With membership applicatIon forms ,
N.Y . Left 10 rigbt .art Murray Da foe, Bob Ward.
C .... ROL BWSOI.E. rs loh n Ba ker, Lam ont Hillery, Rich Frc n ch a nd Way ne
She rwood.
Pra cticing Ib e de licate wo rk of 6bel' oplic te rm i-
n a li ons are. Idt to Ii:g.h t , Pat Duis, Roger Rander
a nd Mike D e lm ar.
l ocal's Courses
SiSler Mari on Roz elle, a mem ber of Loul 1246, Well Attended
Adria n, Midi ., is pictured re cei ving het ;lw ~ td ~s
L U. 1249jo, u&'c.:uwl, SYR ACUS E, . Y .~Qulle a
.lila induc tee inlo tb e Mic bign Amil l cuf So ft ball
lot has ha ppened sinee our last article but unfor-
Hall 0 ' Fame.
tuna t ely DOt much o f it is work. T hree trllining
classes have been held, one each in SYTacuse.
Member Inducted Into
Newburgb a na Buffa!o. Raychem Corporat Ion and
a loca l electrical ·sup ply d istri b u tor, Lindstro m
Electric, p resen ted a train ing session o n heat-
Softball Hall of Fame
L U. 1246lcml, ADRlAN, MI C H.- OD Feb ruary 9
shrink cable splic.es a nd term inations, It was well
attended 'WIth a total oC about 70 mtm'bc rs pa rti e-
at the Hilton (nn, l ansing. Micb lg:m, Sister Marion ipa clDg 10 the three classes. Tbe fou.1 hours of
RQzelle, who works al Faraday Inc_ in Tr:-cumseb. training weIe very inlonnallve and e:nre mely 10'
Mlc.hlgar1, was induCl ed 101.0 the MJ[:hlgan Ama·
lol!W Softball HaU of Fame. Miss Rozelle pltcbol!d
teres t ing because. p:articipants gOt the c.haaCf: to
actually make the splices and tenninaooDs and
malo r Ia:ll -pitch $Oftb.aU for 25 years She started nOt just w ateh it done.
her softball C3 reer 11'1 her h o metown of Addison, Tom Shu tler is stili teaching weldiog c1.ass~s o n
Mich igan, in 1946. Sam rdays and Sundays with severa l membe:rs par-
tl clpaung lalthfully on tnell dllYs oH fman wor\ot I
mu st mention nere tnat Paul Chase wa::lJcd a metal
frame: for our Local 1249 Blgn In honl 01 the hall
dunng rus welding w:uning, He tven brough t it to
the hill iDd put It up for us, I took his picture
IDslallmg It and had big plans to include n In Ih lS
month's arllcle, however, as occulOnaJly happens
to me, 1 bad anothf:r aile of Iho5e sclf-de tntellng
61ms lD the camera , so ....e have no pictures,
Bobby Shutter has oblalDed (rom the N.allOnai
10lDt Apprentu;eshlP and TrallllDg Commltlee fOI
the Electnc.:al Induslly the: tnlllllng mate:nal for a
Fiber Opucs Course, He h ~tn hohhng ualRlDg
sessIOns dunng the week .and on Snutd.ays for
mem~JS, botb apprenuces and ,ourneymen, wbo
~e interested an learning the baslc.5 about libe: r
OptiCS Ten members h.l¥e comple tw the Cour!.e
and been ccrtlAed
Tbe Army CUipS of Engmeerll, belu.· ... c: II 01 nOt,
IS gOlLlg to hold more public hellun~ un the Marcy
South hnt Even (hough the Public Selvlce Corn·
mlSSLon bas :.Ipproycd the hDe's construction, the
Army Corps of Engmcers also h .. , tQ aprlo"'e arc:as
tbat cross wetlands and Ccrt:.lHl wau.'rw:.ly<; The
anu's, I guess, b2Vt con\'lncrd the: Curps that they
bllvc surnedHn~ ne.... to ny, so "'·e went to thlec
more. he,;,mngs on Apnl 10, May I and May 2. I
hope! thiS u the: last 5l.allm8 m .. ncu\·er that Will
be :.!Ilowed and that the Itn~ wll1get under way. It
has already betn ddayed so long thar we he.le In
New York lUe gUIll~ 10 ml" OUt on some of the
relatively 100:"penM¥~ hydropower avatl.:lblc be
c.:luse we ha ...e no w.2Iy to t ranspurt II Two trcc'
c.ie,:uance Contuc\S have been let out for dlffclI.:nt
sections uf till: right of .... ay. so It doc'llook I httlc~
brighter for work ))dule: summer's end
BUSiness Man:.llotet Mihok, President Langtt)' ,.Iod
ASSJ,st:lnt Boh Fulle.: elltended an dectm:,,1 IlSSO '
Clition mcetlng in fate Apnl In Albany, Ncw York,
and got a c hanc.e to do somc lobbying with OUr
:;c:nlltor and assemblymen for b11 1s favored by labol .
Scnator lIofflll/lnn lind Asselllolymell au'!h iltld
Bragman were qUltt leceptlve w our "'Iews un
these bills
On M;!lch 24 IhHulle"s M~Il1agcr I\udy Mihok ,
Pn;sidcllt Bob l:angtry, insu r:IL)Ce AdlnLlHStnrlur
Pcrry Wultcrh:tlt, O ft1l;!,.' M.:lnager Bob Ward :and
their WIVt:.S altt'ndc:d a labor tll huu: honotLng In
tl;mational VICC PreS ident lack Barry lit the Temrle
Adath Yeshurun helt in Syracuse. It was an :afnr·
matloo (Ii the many fncnds M I Barry h3s outSide
al> well as wllhm the labor urcle
PrOtect your h ... elihood! Work safdy' Buy unIOn'
Combat ObSltUlllQllIsts'
R.IOIMtU foUL TON, P S.
Scribe Answers Question ,
"Who Is Local 1253?"
L. U. 1253 Ii), AUGUSTA, ME.-Hete's .a cunnus
question for all you mtmbers (Jut there I'm sure
a few knowltdttcablt'. outspoken members Will
cnhghten me: So many memhcrs complain ,hal
tbe unIOn doesn 't do thts nl ,hal , and If should do
thiS or tbat h l Enlighten me. Who Is Loc.~1 12531
II we con linu e t o hill behind Ihc UI1I1I':,L1iIZcd, we
h;ayc no !Jne (0 blame Inlt ourselveS. Thc fe arc nu Fiber Optics
mutl! lTIembcn In uur loeal We hllve: the :.IbUlty
tll open OU t mUllth" to VOICt' uur UrllnlOns ,nd
br~m. 10 dl cu , Ihem Int l!Jgently
I'd lake to LOtroduce two morc MalRC lOCAls .... ho
Will be 'ppe.allng Ln the loutnaJ They arc local
1777, m lunten.ilnce 'nd opc:rlllons ~ t Buc.:k~pon ,
:.Iod lucall.U7 tde(lhnne plant. te lephooe uafAc,
telephone ac.:counttn, ~nd e .. ble televtslOn .:II Au
guSt I Lei', Icnd Ihem our rc~adtng e;uppon
As lor my article" hi IIn.s .... er II f~w qUC$III)n<;
Yes, I do write my o .... n .allicin wah the otca.5Lonaf
aid (II Noah WebSI4:r f'.lll the bustne S mJnaKtr
does not tell me whllt 10 WFlIC Yes. I do take
rca.$On.ble lequC.$t", :1$ I hne donc 111 Ihc pasl I
also .... 1 h to th.ank the people who f,;.Id my IIrtlcJes
II llOA Cit<1W r~
Local Once Again
In Negotiations
LU , 1307 {u&.nlwl. V.II~RUR.Y, fttO, -Ou nn&
lhr: 198.l negou .. tum .. mUlh lime wa .. spent on I
company proruul pert.lllllnx tu an lIitern.a le as
scmblypolntlAAPI. TIUSPf!')PO JI WJ~l\lJt Iccelyed
well by the unllln's e$toll;tttnX Committee or liS
membc:I~, e'lpc'IJlly Iht' hnt' CIt'WS. whu were the
I~rget of such .. prvruul
Throu!;huut the: ncgotlalL<ms Iht' unltm' pOtt Brother fnnl.: Kr:eol' n, plclured working on a fibe.r
lion w.as tbolt AAII W.li nut w,mlc:d lind would be while. Brother Bill Butir: l ook~ on.
relectcd at .a t~lIflc.illon mcetlng. lIowcvl! r the
company dl"':llotretd and ..... rne:d ~ome rellcf tn thiS
Fiber Optics-The
areJ bOldly , thus. ,heLr p rO(lllSal was ;t ltcrt'd tv he:
more .attractl¥e to the bJ.g.llnLng unit N"nclhe
Ie ..", thc 'ImlnU!t wu ICJt=c tcd dut' to the AAP
Future Is Now
proPIJ~al :lftCI thc JI,~t Yote LU , 1340 li,o&em}, NEWPORT NEWS, VA.- ' What
is fiber uptlC!., alll! ..... hy ~h(Juld I ClI lc! " First uf all,
DUflnJt tlw 1l{,':111 eompltny/unlon mecnng, the
let m e ,giYe you JI1 Idc,l whllt fibcr UpliCS I ~ all
AI\P prnpusal was 1111 hut ddL.'Ied III Ihe {,'xpenSl'
of giving up lloonJ:ay mC.l I ~ whcll wOlkLng OUI of ah{lut fIber OptiCS is the lechnology by wh ich
light 1'1 t1 IUl~mll l ed li loll~ thl.: In'llde "f thm gI3'1'1
your di:!Itnct Mus t members felt It W.I! II hlAh
Or pl:.l stL c Abets In nbcr opt l (.;S )'ou COilYC r! an
prtce Ul plly hut Lt wu belt 'r Ihlln Ihe I\AP But
c1ec tncal sLgnalll) light , t1(1n~mlllll1lon~ the fiber
the CUnlpany WII'i not yet th l uu~h '>Inee 11 IItll l felt
the nct'd of the AAI' hsue then conye il thl: hght boc k W lin l'll:cmca l sLgnll1.
Therefore:, :;Illce Junc 01 I Yln th ey havc hel'll Why should you c .lre abollt fiber OptiCS,' FloCI 1$
very persistent In LU pUlsuLt Thruul\h ~cye r al bec.umtng IlHlrc and mo rc the .lit tractive alternative
meeting' .... lIh I'rc~ldent Murphy and the dcvcl tt) cllppcr cahle 111 Ihe: It;anSrnl'l')lon uf '>Igllal and
upment uf II 'lltu:lIlUn whcr ·by there wa ~ .. surp lus d:ata. r Ot (umplc, .a "'1O&le fiber !!o1n,llIer Ihan 3
(If IInemcn In !.PCc.: lfll; are3S uf the company, an h:.lU can Il!p lllCC 11 900·p311 ·copper· cable bundle .
agreement W.lS 'l~ncJ by the I;.um p.lny .md Prcsi R.eccntly Ncwpmt News SlupbulldlOg Iltt a $20
dc01 Murphy In february of 1985 crc;ttlog OLne millIOn fibe r ·o ptlcs Cnn ll ll( 1 MOl e lind more Iubs
v.. c.. ncles III the Line Crew Dcp;Jltmcnt (0 be that .arc bid, pnm.n ly With NASA and olher gov·
de Ixn~led as AAP pu .. ltluns SeYc.n!1 rules and ernment bases. requllc the 105ullatlon of fibet·
gUldchneJ ~u:eol'tlp.lnh:d thl'S lIKfI!c.ment Since: Ihls lIplie cable
Wi!! not conttact lanluage, uthe:r II company/uRion Loe.. 1 1340 along With the Apprenltceshlp Com·
agreement nu .1I11Atatlon vOte .... IIS Dceded Ilow· mttree hilS offered a tralnlDg eoune tn fiber OptlCS
e ... el, II comp .. ny/unton a~lcc:menr ISIU5t as blndlnJ: f"rour local's lourneymen ThiS was.:ln excellent
.as contract IIlUgulige The compollny ~tJteJ th .. t If course cbat .... as Instructed by a gentleman ..... ho
aD "gfremenl on AAP wu rcached their: would be h:.l$ been working ""Ith fibe r OptiCS SlOce the 1970s
nO(;Otnllany propo~.:.II, .ei:.ltlllg to AAP In thiS year'Ii We ie.. rned about the con .. tructHm of fibe r OptiCS,
negOtiations, which .. rt nuw In plogrc.s. the lnsu.lI .. tlon u:chnlquQ of the: cablc, lh~ tool s
Necdles~ tl) say, thiS IIgreement sparked II lut of that arc neeessary to lermtnate the cable and, yes,
canuoversy among the linech:W!h lind they showed we ~vcn lermln.ted the cuble
up In furce to ClCpre S then concern at the rcgulal Fiber oplles IS no longer a Ihlng In the future, It
umon meeun, IR M.rch Pre\ldent Mur(lhy Cll 15 ller~ lind now Thank" to Ihl S cour e ou r local

MI , Webster defines a labor union a~ "an or&2
mUllen of wage tuntrs lanned for the purpusc of
!>c"'III~ lhl:"U da!>s Hnere." S with respect to w.ages
and ",'orllDgcondllioDs .... An or,;amz.allan 01 wa~e
earners"-I sucss that mum. us. l.oc.a.l 1253--1
guess that' S us, tOO, SIDce m.l.ny of us wear em-
brQldered IHEW Local 12S3 I.ckeu and ha\'e It
scnbbled on our hard hats and dinner buckeu So,
all ID aU I c.an ufely condude Ihat we, the mem
ben, arc Local 1253
Wht'D a membet compl.all1s thai thc unton d0t!5n't
du thIS or Ih. t, does II mean ....e're not dOing
somcthlll& nghll No--not us t You mean 11', the
electe:d otnceri!tl Ale you su rd It can'l be the
offlce rs. Artel ,Il, who elected t beml We dldo't
h .....c much of :.I chulce' whose fault was thall
Could someone else. have done ;a beller lob! Wu
that pc:rson n om in atedl We re you there to nonu·
Date [hal pe rsun'
[ hate to dug som~ of yuu mto rea lity. We ;a re
t he union. We can be: strong If we Walk together
or we c:.In be .... t'ak if we .... ork. agaln'!l each o lher
platne:d tblll he fe:1t he: hAd made lhe lI,ght deCISIOn
III linin, and IlCceptins Ihis fo rm of AAP since
no one w • ., being u:qulfed co t.kc :lny of theK
lobs But M!ve:ral \10(;.1 mcmbers lelt the JX'ople
&ffceted should ha ...e h"d M)me InpUI IOtO .... h"te ...c:1
deCISIon would be madc 1 hiS .seemed 10 be the
geneul eon~en~ us sance there were only tWI,! qlul
IRed blddelS af the nme oew vaCanclu that were
po ted AA1' mct the y.canclcs we:re not filled,
II ~ems the company sull hu not rC$t)lvcd theH
ptobltms With the .. ltern,uc ·a'l'lemblypulnt con-
cept
Tbl.ll yc,u &. Negoll;ltlng Coml'lllllC:e fo. the umon
con l'tt"ofPltSldcnt Murphy , Vke Pre hlent Ceorge
Wlllte, ExelulIVt" nHard members larry Fl5her.
Kenny Smith lind Alma Rud, SI"cr lane White/
Brothen Willard Walla ce .nd Kelley Willey. The
19t15 Ncgouilling Comnlltlee was .II PPllllued by
I'resident Bob Murphy They wlllnted t'vcf1/onc's
suppo rt as oC~l.Imllting h never eas)' .
Until n Xt mon lh, strength In unny
Mt(.;1tllu A DIINI'II ~, r S 1' 5
now h .. mtn .... ho know how to properly mstall
Rbtr ·opuc C.Jble.s Apprenutu Will now h~ve lId-
dltlonlli $Ch oohn~ to Include fiber Opl1CS ThIll is
IU.51 one mon: examplc: of why thc: bc ..t · tr:.llnc:d lind
skllled men In OUI Indu~lty :.Ire umon
EDDIE COff V P.·P.S
.,"'
Two Members Receive '"
w
Life Saving , Army Awards z
LU. 1]47 (u" CINCIN ATI, OmO--Brotber Terry
,:>
L 8r:.lUnSICIll, a senIOr machmLSt welder In the
Electnc Operuln&. M~~hme Shup, wa~ awa rded
Ihe Army Aellle ...cment Med .. 1 ThiS .ward, which
Is o ne: of the hlght:s t available lO.I Nationa l Guards·
man, W.2l5 gl'Ycn to SIS BuunstC:ln for hiS ~"Cep­
lI o nal . rnerrttmUU$ ,crvlce dUring t he 1983trainmg
yeal
On Januaty 13, 1985, BrOlh er Darell Herschoc r
of the ElectTJe O pera ling, Tt'st Sc::cllon, recelyed
the Ohio Elec tric Utility InSlltute 'S Aw .. rd of Valor, 53
 Award Winner
Pictured hr rl!! is Rrol hu S~mee.h Muhammad car
Local 1347, Ci nci nnal i, Oh io, ftceiving Ibe (DEW
Lil t Savio, Award. 8rolhu Sim cch ,,"cd Ihe liIe
01 • founa bab y wben Ih e mOlhtr ume runn ing
out of hr.r boun cryiDI for help with .h l! inlant in
he r arms. The baby h.d stoppr:d brulh ing. Samrth
perfonned II modiAt"d Hr:imlich Mane-u ver. The
bab y cou,h ed and sph up some lortJsn DUller IDd
lhu &uflt.d bruthilll. Our loul Is tJC tre mely
proud of tb is Brother (o r h is quick JlCll on ...
On the Job
Shown hcre is Chul es Wri, hl, tq,uipmenl opentOf,
Bttcon Pole Yard , Cincinnati, Ohio. Chu lit h lU
beea worllinl with equ ipm ent si nce 1968. He hu
b U D I me mbe r of the local (Of .. lmOli1 30 r urS.
Keep u p .h e good work.
WhiCh IS that or,smuuon ', highest aWard The
award recognizes h1) dfons In resc-uml; tWO young
iadln from a car which began to bum follawlDg a
multlv~hl c1 ~ Clash on 1· 75 laSl July. Darell preYI
ously wu prcsctltcd Ihe mEW Life S.vlntt "ward
for hi, ICUOD$ at Ihe .. foremenlloned aCCident
On Apnl 4 the membersblpof Loc.l1J47 uti Red
a new, three yeueootrlct with the Cmclnnall Gas
and ElectriC Cumpany The 1..1Iulf.u.l "-UVC I ~ 1,618
membe rs employed b)' the ullhty. The members
af the Negoti ating Committee did an cxcellenc lob
fo r tne me m bers and were :lble to , ltal n n nne
sr:ttlement T he)' d~scrv e II big thlln k!o for II lnb
we ll done- BUSiness Mlln ogcr Mik e Gil ligan, As·
SISl ant Bu slncss Man ager Nic k Greco, Prestdcnl
Tim O'Lcary, Recording SccrCllUY Da ... c Batbro,
Commmee members ' 1m Ben ll ey, 8 11 1Schnw l, Ri ll
Bmgle, Ralph ChafRn, MIke Wm k fidd, Frank Kelly
and Interna tlOn:l l Repfcscnu.tlve P:1U1 Witte,
RA ... ' '' .... P ~
Take the Time, Do
The Work Safely
L U. 1l59Iu ). CHICA GO, ILL.- "There IS no lob
so Importan t tbat w~ caDnOt lake tlmc OUI 10 do
II safd)' " We' ye .. II hu rd dus company slopn
'"~ a,
ma.oyamtl work ldoD' Cbehevel ! In myoplDlQn
It WOD't ~ Ion,; bf:for~ one of us IS earned OUI-
w The regular mc:eUn& of Locat 1361 Will bf: held
Z dud. That s "ghl l 1 said dead. I JUSt hope )'ou ,ue
...,
~ nill aroulld to rc:.ad mil :arnde, ThIS is a mesu&e
for everyoDe.a t t he Cuwfo rd .nd Fisk Stallon· ne .....
.j
employees, o ld-umcn, management and anyone
~ who Will lead dlls art icle Don' t lrust 5OmCODt:
a: eJse with the most Import ant Ihmg you h,ve. your
5..., hfe.
How m:lny ti mes have )'ou started II job by Cllklng
~ someone elsc', w ord on .. pIece o f equlprncn l bC'lf1~
w OUt of sefY!cel T nk.e II lew minutes, lin d c h eck II
!!l oul yo u rself , We lUSt had a \'e ry narrow escape lut
Marc.b l B, 19 8 5, wbe n a sh ih englnce r orJe rctl
54 thre e n ew opera to rs LO sh o\'e1 c.oal out of a null
Members
Pictured are u wfo.d ull ion mt ch'Dia and
mtmbtl' (Jr Loc. 1 IlS9, Ch lc' i o, 111.. Jimmt' Ba,
T.in. Irh. ~nd fu nk Coc.1, rel ind ,
I
Pic lurcd Idt to rig hl lft! C raw fo rd Stallon elec'tfi-
c:iacUi Fra nk Dd hrco and Clfl Aduus,
while Ihe !wI ler w, . on Ihc: \mc: ;lnJ wllhout
rack .nf; Ihe mill out deC1i1C1I1 H.lYC you c\'ct secn
whIt a food J1r(Kcs§or dots 10 ,I plCCC of mead
How would Ihat shih c:nglnec-r uptam to the
ope-r.uor ', ..... ife thai Ibe mill 'H.:l JlcJ IIC"-IJt:Hl:llh'
and hel husband dl'iapJlell,ed m a hactlOn of ;1
sccond l Ynu bellc r nail askmg que lions 2nd
double ehecklngl t:lkc a few mLnutes OUI, do some
footwork l nobody WIll hlnle y(tu If you don't
think you undersland, 0 1 hllve bc:en Kn' tn II (onC el
ans .... cr , -.ee your shup ufelY man or YOU t shop
Slcw:I,d No body I know C;lf CS m o re .aboUI me ,
lhan me Thmk about It
CQIl&rl1ullltllJDs to Ihc: full o wlng nc:w rC:l1red
Edward T omll <tlR, Bcrnllrd C:.ubala OInd Frtd M;a ,
tDusek Cunei luck , lind enJoy youisch'cs
CLl\lf-" ~U A ZJMON. p't,
Promotions, New Linemen
And Members Noted
L,U. 1367 luI, CHI CAGO , ILL.- Wlth much en
Ihu5lasm we.11 welcomc summe r whIch offl crllily
begms Ih lS m o n th On Su n d~y. lunt:' 16, falhus,
grolndfa lllc.s and lavo ll te uncle arc honored on
fathe r'S Day We WISh :I very speCial Happy Fa lh·
er 's Day 10 ;a ll.
Congrll tub ll olls to Inseph Keane lind Ed ward
101l YIn w ho wc rt" promoted I() (Jve rhead creW lcaders
at C hicago South We. ;also elCt nd (o ngralu l:llioD!
10 the foUowins ncw fi rst penod itnernC'n al Ch i
eliAo Cc:n ll ill Mike H mch ley, I\'an Morc:no, Dan
Fllll k u, Mall.u!!> S.,cllk., Mike rlnrc::, tdw.ud Cor·
cnec, KeVin Hune, fred MeKmney and Chuek
Johnson We wlIb yOU a ufe .3nd 'iuc ce,>sfui future
In,trucIUI\for thlS~roup wer~ Robert SIIe.k, i-Ior;a(C
C.;unc lind Lenard W3low,kl
As of IhlS wrtlln& thefl~ II no nc:ws on negolla
lions for W.3gct and bent:flt, The le IIrt' numcrous
mC'eun~s with the company d",laa1s Will follow
nex i mOR l h ,
II 1he Hllh:lde Holiday Inn Slartln~ promptly al 8
pm on Wc:dnesd:lY. IUne 12 Show )'out SUpPOII :
be In attendllncc ;and find OUI Anaband llbout
maner eonccmm« all of us AU three diVISions
Ire reJue"'Cn l ed Plene continue to savc: 1-hc: IBEW
/ournoh for OUt fellred !lrOlhers, Ihank )'ou (01
your continued s u pport
Congraluli l ions to Ihe lallowlng. who nrc cdc
brnlln~('l)m pany anmvC:lunc:s · Wi th 38 yearllo ser ... ·
Ice Clve lh Clld c rcw leadC: 1 Jerome Pohanka, June 5,
1947 , senior lret" tri mme r Ik rna rLl Strange.:s, lune.:
16, 1941, IIIIU.: I IlI IC IJpe llllLJ I Hu wlou d Zyburl, June
4, 19 4 7, undc rAround crew leader George Be lt t'r
Party
Sh own . Ic: h 10 lig hl , in p ictule are Local 1367.
C hicago, III" Bratht " loe Wan lr., c.hid $Ie"'ard;
Lou h Rich, teward , Ch ica&o Soulh , and sen ' icc
nnuhant Bud Dc\'c rd icr al _ C t.i e_,su Sau ll. Pen-
lion Plrt}',
Plccured is t h t Chic..aAO C c.nual First·Pe riod Lin c'
m tn G radUAti ng Class, Leh to right. rea r. arc
Inslfuc lo r Robert Sit ek. Ot (JIonsltalOt Horull'
Clli n r'j, Mih Hinrhl ry, Inn Morroo, O;!.O fialko.
Man:u!S Spu lcs, O verhead uptrimt nd c.n t William
FOrd l ;and Oe lDo nSlfatOr Lr nard W.lows ki ; fu;ml ,
Mike Flo ret, Edward COle nce. Ke vip Hunt . Frtd
McKin oty an d C hu ck Johnson.
man. JUDt' S, 19"1 , and SUb!ol;JtlOn cre ..... IC;ider
IO!>t'ph Porlld),la, lune 10, 1947. with 35 yrars
scrvlce field .service dupaccber JluulJlplt T)'fpekl,
lune 19, 1950 . With J4 years servlc re overhead
Cfe-W Juder Eugc:nt' Pelen, lune 12. 195 1/ and with
JO yean; St'f'\ l(.e - senlur stockman Theodorc Tal ·
.a~leWIc. . h:me 13. 19;5.
At the Fcbruary Executive Boud mrertmR, Ptes
Iden t AUen Youn~ann()uneed that three new memo
bers eamc lOr a We.3 1 I J67 Thty art MIC.h3c1
Cam~ J:tnl1ot l loh., Stlcw, ~r;lsem;an ; and K('\'in
I{mslow, underg,ound hclptr
Till nut mnoth have a safe and happy sUl'Cmer
RILI .AIlO Rutl .... ~, P_S
36 Years of Proud
Union Representation
L.. U, 1381 (uowl, HI C KS VILLE, N, Y. -Lasl mon th '"
myslef)' guC~1 was-nOllc other than I- Frank Tooze,
io rmcr bUM ness IcprescnulI ... e of IBE W Loc al 10 4 9,
Hauppaug.e, long. bland . eW YO lk . wh n nn w I!> a
membc:r of Loc al Ill, Dcnve:r, Culorado.
A few months back I mhJllned you that In order
for unlc,"s to move: forward . we have to becte:ma lly
Vigilant It ,~ Important lor tbe membe rshI p to
know Ihat cach of Uj should do OUI be.St to keep
OUf union luan~1 .. nd to adchl1on, taeh member
should bf: p roud of belonging to tbe Intcrnatlonal
Brotherhood I)' tlectncal Wo rkers, ;I !:Ibor org~
DIU lIon ch:1I ......15 organlZt'd :almost 94 )'ears agQ
For lhosc: who don ' t kno~ , our local was orga
DI2ed and received Its c.haner 36 ycan .«u, on
Febt\l:aty 2, 1949 Only SIX busrn~, manaf;crs have
be~n clect~d Inca afAcc:- Crerard I D.avle5j Charles
TUPPC: II Ben Wilbur, Richard G . Founta in; PLenD
p, PllalDo) and the SIx t h and p rcseot bUSlOess
mana,;c r, Donald I Daley Dunng rhe. bnd h ist ory
of ou r I"coa l, ~ record f ClUlILn5 tha I we can M qlJltc
p rou d (If BU$H'lCU Man:llger Richard G . Founta iD
Jnd his .lSSlsUnt, Carl L ErieksoD, rem amed In
o f Ace wgclhc r (or I, (:onseeullvc years) :l nd the
offic;crs who wnrktd Wi th them re m ained UD
e n an,;ed fDI 12 consecutl vc years l n ll mely, Prcsi·
dent PIC n o p , Plla! nO, VH;e Prcsldcm Berna rd P.
Ma ffuccI, Tte asu re r Joseph J. Com esky lind Rc
cord ing Sec retary Robe rt R. Benson.
A8;am, I 2sk c2ch a od e ve ry on e to scnd in p hotos
a nd new s wort hy Items Send ro; Press Secreta ry,
Loc2l 138 1 IBEW, 1 Somerse t Avenue, H lc k ~v l lle,
Ne w York 11801
Unltl nexl month.
RO IiUlT R BENSON, rs.
Having Fun
~~
Piclured atf Marwood 's fin u t line m en pla ying
n rds and huing a good lime ! th f Y :art Local 1441 ,
Maywood , 111., Brothef!i C roul .. , Kai !>u, Edwards,
Doln, and Jaeger.
Hr.te we Set Brolhl't Rus.s i\l c Phrno n, C able- So l-
ingbroo k, .. nd h i'! c:h ildfC'n rnioyi n ll: lIo lid.l Pa rk .
Brother Ray Harris
Saves Two Lives
L.U. 14.;11 lu I, MAYWOO D, ILL.-Malch le.lly
roared III hke: a lIOn Ih ls year 111 ou r lIrell._ Rain,
slee t, snow and ICC IOlned Ifl one big Mo rm thai
caused an e nmated 45,000 outages In our diVision
alone SlJ1ce thiS was more than we coo ld handle,
t he ca U went OUt to uur Bru th ers In n C I ~hbtJllIJ fC
d iVISions and eveJl to two WisconSin Ul1lruu All
10 all, o ... e r sao cre ws worked ;J roulld the clock
rcstotm g 5erV1CC thil t was CUI from UVCt 100 broken
poles, 1,200 blo w n fu.ses, 1,200 pn lll ilry lln c~ do wn
and over 7, 100 service d rops J o wn . Evcryune d id
Ihclr best, an d e vc ryon e dese rves 0 h e:ut y tbllnk s.
Speakmg of dlll ng Ihel r bes t, Brothe r R:1Y HIII II S,
C3ble· D VA, rc!;;c ntly pu t h iS CP R tnrlnlllg to good
u sc , Bro th er HaIns and hiS \\" Ifc, DUln c, pulli.!d Up
to an a cci dCIII cenc involving a presc h ool van
whelC: 11 of t he Chlldll:n h3d been h u n Usmg In<;
C PR tulnlllg. he 5<1ved lhe laves o f two of t hese
young cruldren . Brothc t H UrlS deserves the grilli -
t ude of all of our UntOn BrothelS, as It could have
lust as easdy been the ehrld re:n of Ilny of U!l A
special cheer to Brother Hams; B l-e R·A Y. Big
Ray. Big Ray-He'S OUI guy l
By now I rnmk evcryollC' knows thin ou r unton
mc.c:.tlllg hall burned to the ground OUI new I"
cat ion for ou r 6rst-Thursday·of· thc-mon t b meet-
mgs IS the Knlghu of Columbus Hall . 537 South
York Road, Elmhurst, illinOIS 60126
And, don' t fo rgec, the: Local 1441 union piCniC
Will be Sunday, luly 14, a l I-Ioliday Pa rk.
Tli l next um~
FRUJ HAIl T, P .~
Kearny Plant Pioneered
Improved Benefits, Conditions
L.U. 1470 (em&calv), KEAR NY, N .I.- Th e queen
of all Weste rn Elec tric mallu'.:It;t u n ng plant:!!i 15
Historic Era Ending CPR Training
Til l! d r.lwlng no tes tht.
dO!lin.8 of the Ku ruy
Plan l of Ih e He ll Sytu em
wh O~t t mp loye ts .are
me.mbeJ,i of Loul 1470,
RU in )', N.J.
Piclured froro lell 10 rit:,hl are Rlilfbara M a nc ini.
abtlUl IU be rendered !rlelen, nOI even reachlOt: Rick Bun:yn!>ki , O ick G ilkey ;and Moruc;a Oooler,
the blbhe.al allut ment of three 'KOle and 10. The m t'mbt'.rs of Lonls 1484 and 79 durin g the CPR
queen [Hawthorne was a.lway~ con.!ol dCICd the ki n&, cia s in wh ich Loeal 1484, y r3c use , N.Y., too k
u l ive pari .
but hi'.! days IHe .111'0 numbcredlls the Victim, not
of 3 n:lturil l Ueml)c III even of ('tOO' health, but o f
J c",lIuu.!> JC:CI ~Hm rendc rcJ 111 Ihe: Boud Roa m.
I·le r hIstory 15 replete With the couuge to 1.10 t igh t
and to SICP (lUt o f Ihe (hark 1It:f.!$ of the m du!itna l
reyulutlon KealllY wOlkelS were Ibe: Hrst 10 !Ifni·
I:ltc wit h J nHlI\Jr UI1!On, Ihe IIltW, and jUllu:d with
Ihe klllg If) give birth 10 the EM3 Council o f
Wc~ t crn I:.lcc tfl c !l ntU IIS Bu t t h c Hlle Ic-I;l!lcy IS in
the refo rm s i.op.1 rked \lUl (If Kenrny'.!. labut, refurms
m:u h ove: J nd Will continue 10 hellcflt both oun·
lIgl.'mt: nl oml l:abtH
1 hc \{ueell rlilScu her vOi ce and lnVel,l:ireu IIgll lnst
th IIl IUSllce.'> lfl)lrOwn 111 tilt: ~yStcm Belore lir e:
queen rat led Bell lIeJted 311 emp l yees equally,
:annually dedut"tlngQne half of Se)(Lal Securi t y fro m
one's pcnslt'ln, whethe r the ;tnU)1.,I1H (If the pcnSHm
w.as S.40,()(X) 031 I,;n:lhm;rn uf Ihe lIu;illd UI SI ,200 as Shown heft durin~ the C PR cla ss are, left tn ri ght,
.t Irop wo rker The queen achlcved mllc::st ones Riek Burzy ns ki , Lonl 143 .. . .Ind Dick G ilke y,
,uch u brndm~ arbttr;mon, senlortly fc cogn ltlon, Loca l 79 .
a savings plan fur huurly ulI:d employt.:t'!'I ami ,he:
cOsl·of·II .... IIlj(.tllow;;anc( Tire Uan!!HtiUI1 to modem
Amctlc:li1l mtiu!ltllJI,ei.ltLOns Wa.I :lccelerated (Jut we:1I u:ce"lVed In thc eommunllY
Unlll nClll time, 2 salcty remmdc.r Summl'l IS
of Kearny With the recognition through the NLRB
hCle, school 15 out Walch out fOI the: chlldrcn
ollne KCiuny unit, blllh was Klven u) :all the o t her
Weslern EleCtriC IIJEW unru It IS IhlS famrly of I" ave .3 nice: V.3C;luon
UOIO"" th;at has made tnc Bcli System 's rcpul.tlufl TIMlR HnC7 P.S
lilt II !o:Ot.xJ pl>l(e to work May the qu ee n ' p rogeny
carry UII her hClltagei
01) the tem;tlnUlg home front Ihe av;ubbllllY
Loeal Signs First
of trlllnmg for G,lIeway II cmployccs h,u been Contract with Comeas1
cxtcru,!.:d A5 with Kearny employee'! to. committee L.U. 1501 (em&'mo), BALTIMORE, MD.-Nego·
of l:roo r and mann~tment is working Wllir Ihe: Ne w
tl IIIOnS be t ween t hIS local and ComcaSl Cablevl-
lerAcy Dep:lttmcnt of L:.lxlI tI) offer turning :lnd slOn of M a ryland. With 11mllcd pannershlp wllh
subsc<luent ,ob op p0rlUnllles Some tr :llm ng also C:liltec Cablevi" lon, have been comp lett'..d Wi th the
rellJ\bu r!lc~ lile employe r who uffen "on the ·,llh"
rltlflc ll tlon of a bran d -ncw, Ib ree-yur a greeme:n t
tramms w ith plI)'
u: rmrnatmg on January 21, 1988. Th iS conclu ded
Fo. "II III OU I petlplc, we Wi sh yllll .1 plCa)a nl mon th s of o rganrzm g, ct!ruAcllflon, negOtlatlng
vac:uion and fi n.1 l! y rallA(;fl tlon of the. !;;on lraCI by O U f ne w
m embers. We .lire proud to we lcome t h ese n e w
A l V CIlli.INn, P RIS -S.M
m embers 111 10 o ur loca l
O n th e fl nal day of ne got w llons, th e loc31, Wilb
Members Take CPR BU!li n eu M:linagu Dlon F, Gu thrlc h e adi ng the
negOll allon!!, w as ob i!." to negoll llU: items o n wh leh
"Race for Life" Course Ih e: company ICllilccl had rduscd to budge. Some
of th ue Items we re union security, checkoff, se-
L U, 14M4 (uow l,S YRA CUSE. N .Y.-Our 1r.IC:l1 Ulok
momy w uhan t hc bltrgaming unit for layoff and
active pa rtin a PR R':II;c for lile Cour~c u rganrzed
recall purposes, bum pang, res[tlCllonson non Unlon
b)' Nlag,:t.(a MohllWk Power COtpOr.:t.uon The course
people domg unu,m work, a normal work day of
WII'i s\lrervl~ed by ~lre Slde ty Dcp;mment with Ihe
e igh t h ours, all excused abse.nce~ wou ld count in
heir of Loc.'l I ~ 7Y, 14811. and N1Mo RlllrHll\ement
com p uunf: overtime, shih thfftrcn u ;u, person III
Thc CPR cuur ~e bc:g;,n un Februny 25 .and e nded
days off, reserve: duty. senlont}' dunng Ie:aves,
on M.uch 19. It ....035 c tmducled dunnc 11 nigh" educ.auon.al .aSSISlanCe, an Indement we.3.ther p ro ·
on employees'llme In ,he. NIMI) QudltOnum A.m(1J1S YISlon. a new pension plan Ithcse membe rs had nQ
lhe rnMruclnu we. le Lon Smllhsun :rnd Call Pe:.ez pension beCore], IOlnmg our h eahh and welfare
of Local 1484 Local 79 supplied the foJJoWln~ p lan with the CCUl'Ip.lDy agreemg to the I peleent
lmtructnr5~ Ed Kin':' jefl Zlff. Krn Suck, Mike contnbutlOn and the wiij!:es mcrc.ued by 14 pe rcent
Steyc.5, VIC Strc~~, Rlch;,rd Ctlkcy. Ed LaY l l)n and oycr ,hl' ne::u three years, with Ihe first 10 pe:rccnI
Tom Abbott The CPR mannequ l n~ wer~ made of Iho)e Increases commg by January 21, 1986_
av,lIable for tbe (OU fSe alt a counesy ollhe "mer Remembe r, IhlS was an cnure agreemcnt that -'
Ican Red Cro~"" Syr;u;:use Ilranch
Thc panU;:Ir.aDt~ r«elyed II CPR et:rufic;,lIe. UOJon
nea.led to be negowncd from CO\'CI 10 cover As
best:ls we can compute thiS p.3c kage. II appea rs to
""a:z
membc:.s .,howed ~r\.'at Inu:rest 10 t t)e: I'R pruJ;.am be In exee sol 20 percent ovcr a t h rce year pcn od =>
bcc::rui.oc tbey believe III the giving uf b rotherly help W e lire h a ppy w ith It _ Congr3tulallons 10 a ll
o,
to t bose who may be m Ilced In cue of illness. Busin ess M.anllger C u t h ne s:u d h e wou ld like to
Local 14811 IlI'l:suJcnt Wllh M a~)ey IIml Lvca l 7>'
PrcsJdcnt Ray Vll ll rl ce wrot e .. lettt'r to th e cd ltor
t h;rn k h l3 I.'gQtlalrng Commlltce 01 Sis lt'..J Sy Lv ia
Po wl er and Brothers Cera ld Lea ke and Jerry Toppcr
of th e SYluCUStI. JferiJld /aurnalll hout the volull tary fo r all thei r help . They welco m e Bro t b er C lay
l'lli llcip.:ttlO11 In t he ~ I'H CQ ur 'i;l;; T hcn le tt t.:r was CIl b(;rt a'j the H ne w shop ste ward 55
 New Agreement
T h e ne w members of LocilI1 150 1, Balt inll:uE>., Md .,
cC'lcbra lt~ th ei r 8 '51 COD u aet w it h Comust Ca bl e·
... hion of Maryland. From le h TO right 1ft Gerald
Luke, Muy Dabt', Sy lvia Fowler, Rol)e rt FU lh·
r:rstone an d Frank Kla us. Si lling are Cerald Topper
and Francd Smith .
] 10 eonuct you r SlI!n:nors and rep.e.scnUlIIVr.-s to lei
] In clOSi ng. I would o nct' Igilin hkt' (0 n!mtnd tht
~
Nrw members Sy lvia Fow ler. Ge rald Luke and
Ge ral d T opper Uil Dlln t the ne wly ap prol'ed agree-
ment wit h BUlinus M:aDaZu DID n F. Gut h rie,
Sil ti ng.
I felt since the recent layoff o{ cc: rtaln mcmbt::rs
who work. ill ou r Hunt Valley, Maryland , and
Sparks, M:nyland, Inc,llll an" rh.::ll • recent NLRB
~ shouJd be of tnlc: rest Case 0 265 NLkB No
28. October 22, 1982 An employe,'s deCISion to
rdocalc bargaining unu work 10 ill nonumon III
vl(lola'e':
eLlIt}' 10 il!vUld the costs of II union COntract
thl': Tar, Act, NLRB rules The employer arl!:u~d
that in th~ ab5e:nc~ of a contr,u:t provl~lon forbid
ding relocation management rtm~lns rrt~ to rdo·
cau: work Lf u s aCllons art motl\';ued .soldy by
economIc condI tions The- Board sIre scs, however.
tIl.!.1 the employer'6 de(.IMon t il' 6ulM:ontrAct liS
assembly ope.ra tlon lind layoff cm liloyees vlol:ncs
the Ace, which forbid s unila teral ahcr:HLon of the:
ll' rms of .:I contract Our Cc.nHHlct III~o f()fhllJs
6ubcontlJcting of w[Jfk while membcn. Jft: (111
layoff
You Must Fight
The Taxing of Benefits
LU. 1505 (em), WALTHAM , MA SS. One of Ilu .
problems mal the members of our loca.l and mcm-
be rs of Of~ani~ed IlIbcu .c,oss the nauon WIll f.ee
dunng the second lerm of t he: Reagan admlnlstra
hon 11 the. propose:d plan Ruhml tt td to Consrets
,bal would IIX the comnbu l ionl cmploycrs make
Into worke rs' hCllIl th, pension and hft: In surance
pi a 0:' , II fht: plao IS IInplemcnted, a worker's tllke ·
h o me pay will bc Cllt to refl ect th e withh old inG o f
bl,!1:hcr taxes, The followmg is a breakdown of how
thiS propolled pla n wil l affect o ur pocketbook, '
Ou r hea lth c;a. re plan cou ld become t axable \n '
'"
ro
come. If 3n employer pays marc ,tun $70 pcr
'"w month fOI your h ea lth insu1.in ec or $ 17S for fam ·
z illcs. the amount paid oyer Inn figu re Will be:
:::> c;;oDs ldered taxable mcome For example, Lf )'OU I
• employer p2y5 U 50 per month for bmi.Jy hea.h h
coverage, you would pay taxes on :In additi onal
5900 a t the end of the year Croup lerm Ide
ins.uroInct: would also hcconle tll.JCt d .as earned In·
come under tbe plan. Curreot tax la .....s alloW' lor
au em pluye. IV l':il)l 1"C:IUIUIII~ lUI )j,IIIUJ.ll":llIl lit~
lD~uraDc:e up 10 an am ou nt o f $50,000 wllhoU I
bemg taxed .u. e.uned Inco me . Under tbe Reagan
plan tills law would be re pea led and yo u 're tued
fOI the enti . e ~moun t paid for thiS Insuunee by
56 your employcr.
AlmCKI "':~ IIHnJ;Jy dctermlned III ,hu w 1IOj rnm ·
ple te dlue(l.l,J IlJI th e worker s III thIS Counlry. lhe
pn:)po"'~' J 10); plan wo uld alsl1t.lr,e.t t unemployment
tnsu rOinclI! and worke. s'compe nsallon (or In crca ..t'd
ux revrmn: . tlndr-. ,h,. TOll( plan all b~ndiu fe'
celved from uncm ploymtm tn'iurance would M'
c:omt' lull)· l;luhlc earned Income As mOSt o f us
li re lully aware, bc:nt:fhs f. om workers' campen·
$.1I10n.ne al read y lRadequ.. le to m eet the need s of
the aver38e wOlk er 3nd Ins famtly 8yaucmptlOg
t o lully l:U: Ihe Se bencHu, th e Rca,ltan :ld mmill irl
li on shows lu utt er lack of $('n51l1vlly :lnd c l1m
paSS ion lowards Ihe ..... ol ken g cl ll ~s (.If Ame n t a
As unbelleyable II' It may seem tnt" lax plnn
goo e\'t:.n furth t:r. It w(lul d al·m Ult ;\Ily g.roup·
Itg31 ,lC rvICCS and educational assislan ce prognm5
being offered by emp loycn, A... usual , I h~ people
th c"l(' new I .U :U wQu ld hurl mO"l1 ate tnt: people
tha t can lca~1 afford it. APPIOlClllllllc ly 75 pe rc.ent
of the wo,keu covered by th c~e ptJnl ca m leu
than 525,000. II we art fo.ced to pay lues o n t hese
lx:m~ ft tlt . VUI IlI-kcllIJlIIC poly IS IcJu(.cd f ur.g.e you
t hem know you oppose ,bl' pl an to tax employec.·
paid benefitS
memhers of Ihl:!1 10C41 of the upcomlfl~ fle~OIlIl;
IUHlS I w ould Sincere ly hope that OU l l!nt lle memo
bersh,p l e311zI:5 tha i m o rder to be 5U c~ssflJ l our
NCI;oll llUnt T ram needs our t"om plrlr ~ l l pp n rr I\nrl
trust Now IS the t ime 10 show tint $u )1f1on by
sta nd lllJ.: .as a united locaL In !lU I solida rity hes
OUI slr cnp,lh
Three Members to Receive
Li fe Saving Award
l...U. 15"2.3 (u ll WICIU TA I KANS.- l wuuld ILk!! to
mform you thai Intcrn:nional Pr tJld n l Chul el
H Pillard hn approved ISEW Life nmg Awards
fIJI three Srm her'! {rom our Incal Tn ey are Ca llos
Walker and Ray Robms.,n for the n attlons m
~avlOg thr- hfe o f Brother t:ury QUigley on No'· m ·
ber 19. 19S4, and Jeffrcy lIellman 10. hIS aCflon 111
S:lvrng the hfe (If a Wootan on Scpte m bc: r 5, 1984
&:vcral me-mhen """ 111 he relirln~ who r:ollcc ·
t1vrly rl'Juc~cllt I)ver 1'io0 yeM .. of serYlce to the
mEW They wlll be Rllbose:d Ye ll' muc.h "round he,l!;.
Then In(ml.K:l~ IIrc Dill Cilludl, MUli no Hutlvll,
Chn l IH: P:uher, Wally Ke rbs "nu M il to n Rode ·
baugh Wt· WIsh each nll!.I1l b~1 and IllS wilt' Or
fami ly m:ln y y-=a rll o f the 1t:tsure life
Attend ymu next loclI:l mel'tlngr
TtJlkY FLf.MINt;. V P P. s
"The Prospector"
Pic t und is DU.Jlness M<IIlul:u .!.n d ll in.anei .!.1 Sec ·
rt t iu-y ' alllf: ' . " 'a k " lIull, Loc:a II S41, An chora.ge.
Alas., durln~ , he 1.5 .. , Progress Mec i ins In Sitka,
Alas. The stat u I! !Hand!! oU1.$ide t he Pioneers ' Hom e
u a lymbol of th r AI. kau GoM RII,h .nd I ra ll f'd
"The Prospecl lj , ,"
Locat Hotds Successfut
Progress Meeting
LU. IS'" U.o,u ,c,rr&'eml, ANCHO RAGE, ALAS.-
[ul), Ih ,S yur the smllH SOUthf!I:t 5tem AI ;1Sk~
com mu llity 01 Sitka wu the mectmg place of aU
e.1ectcd ofAccr, and 513£1 m embers hom LQcal 1547
fo r :I progress meeting
Our bus-IRen m:tn.1gcr, I:u:"k. H ull. g:nhc rcd our
people together 10 target pr nblem!o WIthin the lo cal
and t:stab"~h goals fO I lhe Iu ture. Oc.leg.atcs ad ·
dressed problems through the foll owmg commit ·
'f'r,,· Prnjrr l I.~hnr Agrrr.m r.nu, App renticesh ip,
' un sul(~ tl n, Newsletter Commlttet':, Refe rral, Or·
ganum&, Ilol lllca l Acllon, HcalLh aod We lfare,
Publi c: Rcl.1li ons, Exa mini ng Da.u d, Communlca·
lions, De regu lation. PartiCipation and Offi cers
Fm;1. nclIJI
Eac h com mI ttee met IWlce for two·bour se:s
~Ions , .!.nd every de-legate. servcd 0 0 three commit ·
tees from 83 m until 5 p m . GUCSt speakers we re
Invited to ranent toformlltlon un Qur Health aod
Welfare- Trust and Pemiloo T rusl . A.l:abof :attorney
Jlr esented rn(ormatJon on legal :aspects and c.hanges
In th~ law s. c.oDCtrOlOg unlon~ The commlssioner
of labor for t he I Ule of A.laska spoke t o the group
on the 5u le's role with labot.
The local uRlon tben published a Jo- page repOrt
to the membe rsh Ip with the com mIttee mmutes
JI,\a ny of tin: rcr;:um ml.:nJatlulI:)uf tin: I. UIUlUllle:CS
have be(n Implemented 101 0 o ur local procedures
I tU!l).rd several d cleg:lIlcs co mment tnon they had
ah!)OIbc:d Just a.OOU I a ll the InformatJ o n they could
poss ibly hnndl c during Ih e three dQy r.er.!lio n.
O Ut wo rk sess ions mcluded the members fr om
thwughoulthc state, and they de serv ed ou r speCi a l
thanks fO I thC Ir Idt:as and hard work.
RrNIr. BAllN!S. P S
Float
•
Pictured hul!' is the. Doat thai Loca l 1514, White·
horse, Yukon Terrilory, members built for the
::,ourdough Rnduvou s Puadt i.n Feb ruary, I Q85.
Members Join In
" Rendezvous Spirit"
LU. 1514 (t&.u1. WfliTEHORSE, YUKON-II frus
,r
Il"llItC:5 me t D no end thaI fo r months, not well
oVt' r a yUr, my 10l"al hils nOl submlltNl ,loll ~TTld('
for publication in Ihe tou rn aI ! Afl er consuitat10n
with my busmess m anage r, tberefore, I have been
glan tcd .appro val 10 suhmlt a report on our local
memb(:r ~' part lC lpatl Oo en a reccm communit")'
c vent.
Jl~e.w volUlJl ce rs hom the loca l worked many
long, co ld ho urs in Fe bruary to build a. float for the
Sourdough Rendezvou.s P~tJ.de, led by Bud M cCue
Whltt.horsc throws the annU!lt. wee k · long cetebra,
11 0 D evcry february to fight cabie fevet wnh an
a rray of dozens of any events 10 drag people .awa)'
from th ei r TVs and VCRs. The Ooat fe;uul ed ICC
sculptu res o f three telephones sold by employer
Nl}nhwes lei-OI M ickey Mo use, a. Snoopy .:and
Woodl>lCK:k, a.nd a 1'l:Innony phon(' seL Other '0101·
untec. made sign! ~Jld papic.r·m.1c.ht handsclS
The o.ulvur J ~u.I~lwc vI Suuvpy aud W<XJdsl..x.k
wo n sr.-cond pnu: In Group Ice Sculplures) and tbe
Ooal, complete.d II week la t tr, "won Be 1 Parad e
Eotry An idea has already su rfaced fur next year 's
Parade {Ioa.l.
Ano t her group of i OCAI mem bers formed the
bulwark of (he NorthweSou::l l ug-of-war tcaU'l. Tbe
"Green Brrr·eu" Igreen IS lbe corporate colour).
captained by yours truly, Qutdid the "Puller Bears"
to make It (0 the tlnat.s only to be yanked lII cross
the Cfimt hne by tbe Kopper KiDgS . The bdles'
(women'sl) leain, (be defendmg 1984 c h am ps, Ihe
TUS-"lup, captliDCd by llndalacobscn. (eJl prey
on ,hell first fll;l1l J "I;It tbere's always \986! Agatn
our Bed Race lum, capu.lm:d by ACeOUDtlnK Di-
reClor Rou PerklD, !ell behtnd; bUI we'll get It
someday!
SIX people, lour unlun and tWO company, joined
kD the zaniest o f group eYenls, the Corporate Chal-
leDge . Thut "Dlogallngs," WIth Captain Murray
Harw~on, coordinated rusonably in the "Com-
nutlee Declslun" h:nulutegged race), dropped two
green-pamted eggs an "Pass Ihe Buck" Itoss a dozen
eggs down In relayslJ s(Umbh:d In the " Bure aucratic
shu fOe" 112 leet tied to a pair of skls} and c10ppeLl
through the " lob Hunter's Obstacle Course" Ise~
if you hlllv.: the IQ 10 5t~ck kIds' rings ).
In the " Hard Hal Relay," one person held a cup
of coffee whil e belflg wheeled along m a wheel ·
barrow The " Economy Rday" iovolved one perso n
le.a d lllg a second bllndfoldcd person along anothcr
ob5.tacJe cO\.I(se. FanaJly there was 'he "B rown'
Nosing P..elay P..Ace, " havmg co use one's nose 10
pu sh a " moose " DUUet across a t.lllrp The: DlIlgal·
lOgs pllll ced 25th of 29 te:ams! Costummg wa.$
o n &1oal : nOlhang but Ihe necessary ..... mter ae·
couuement.$
Our queen candidate thl.$ ye.llli was Jane Coombs.
a to ll operator. Seinl a queen candIdate m~ol"es
attll:nLlmg I. numbe r of eVents and slI:lhng tIckets
to help ralu monll:Y 10 run the celebranon. lind
slIIles COUOt In the elecl10n of Rendtlvoll'i Queen .
The wmoer was Frances Barach, Mis5 SUPC:' Valu
The grQ(.ery nore cashier ""'111 be Miss Yuko n at
the All -Canadiin Pageant. IYes. tbey're union as
we ll.)
The staff at the Whiteh o rse Customer Scn'lce
Of Ace, ID th e " Undc:r·10·tn · front-officc " category,
wo n first fo r Bcst BUSiness Dceoratioo-a saloon
dUlgn . Manager ·clerk 'can Cuze and the manager
tellimed up for a poker game when the ncwspaper
showed up
The compoln), ordered a supply of speCial ~weat ·
sh irts whi ch were hllnded out to participants on
sponsored teamtt a(ld 10 Ihose hclplllg wil h the
Parade. effort . The remaining shirts were so ld on
demanl.! The company also put up sporuorshlp for
thll: Bed Rae!! . Wllh Inc:: Whitehorse Umt of Local
1574 :md NOllh ....·II:l!lud . ,he SpUIt of Rende::vous is
suong
G£.OFHU.'f e. C"P¥ p _s
Local Preparing For
Annual Picnic, Banquet
LU. IS76 (ul. LOWER ALLOWA YS CREEK. N., .-
On Ma,ch 11. 1985, at the monthly Exee utlve
Soard mccting. it was dll:C.lded to contribute $1 50
to Pnllaposh IU thell RlghHo·Kn ow C:ampaign.
Also, a lette r of cornmrodallon was sent t o Ihe
local from the United W;[IY for our many conrn
bUllon,
Bro lhe:r POI' Dyc r, II Icch Ol ca l assis tant in th e
Health PhYSic", De panment al Salem, announced
hh engagemtnL 10 LISII 800s j Septembe r 14 , 1985,
IS the date: se t for Ihe wedding . Al so, (, Barb"uol
Breuer, P'C:IoS ,ecretary, am happy to announce my
OWO engagcme:lH to con Van Wagner, a UOlon
BOlltrm.&ktr We plan tn be martled 0 0 Augu SI 10.
\985 .
SIJI apprentlce SlaUon mecha.nlcs at Sa le.m ,
Brothef3 RIch Davey, Ted Wtl er, l ce Lark, 'ohn
Marsh, 11m PhLlhp~ and Randy Dare completed
Phase U traLOlnl and bcgJn work as statlOD me
chanl&:!: early 10 1areh OD March IS Btother!.
Ste... e Sirosnllief and Btll Pllule y finl hed Phase I
in the Cbem l! lry Dep.mmll:ol 01 Salem Srothers
Gary fisher. kim Hea th, Roben ScamlLD, AI FIshed,
PhillIp QUIck and 51$t('1 Brenda hOlns fin ished
apprentice chemistry a:!i$ I$lanl
Brother Bu b Schnur and Rob Mazza firushed th ei r
Ph",se II HalDln!,: on March 8 m the i1lem Chem-
Istry Deplillment. 8ro thers Braan Geary and Ernie
Bubier were promo ted from equipment operat Or tl)
cuntrol opc rlllOr 11 Hope Creek Station Brothel
lobe DtH:ut was Iransferred from the Hope C reek
Storeroom to the Yard as a hOist oper:l IQr. Con.
gruulatloJls co 111 the aforemen tioned Brothers
and Sisters
Brothel John Russd of (he Hope C , ce k Hea.hb
PhySICS Depl.rtmen c announ ced Ihat his Wife ~ave
birth co • blby gul
toolung (ow:nd summer. the ycariy uJ1 10n plcmc:
was discussed. The cummllu!'e: IS In the procen o r
findln,an alea that can accommodate the Brothers.
Sisle.s and thclr fa mi lies. Also, prepa.rations hay!!:
begun fo r th e:. chml Annual Umoo BanqueLIt w UI
be hll:ld at tbe Cencenon Country Ch,lb.
S.... 1I,.8 ... U Buuu.. P.S
At Work
KlI:tiTII!'d Brother Bob Renfro"! eojoys the .ocia l
aCII¥itit. of Local 1701. He is a eharlf'f membll:r
of our toell and has bl!tn in o' ganiud I,bof for )7
Yf'ars.
Scribe Says Hello
To Brother Romanus
L.U. 1701 U,o.u81cesJ, OWENSBORO, KY .-Once
agam, with SO m.lllny BlOthers working on the road,
nothing IS holppenHl£ at the: burnt! local to repoft
Thanks to aU 01 OU t Sister 10CiIl5 wh n have bc=cn
IIble 10 p, ovlde work for members of o ur local,
espeCi ally Local 16, Evansville, Indlana.lnd Loc a l
146. Decatur , JIIm()):'!
(want 10 say II big " hcll o" to BlOther Ed Rmn;anu , "
uf Local 11:11, Utica, ew Yo rk . I saw your pi Ct u re
III the AplIl l OlltrUJI and It loo ks like redrcmem
agl ce s with yOu
Re member to spe nd some lime wllh YOUI {athe r
un the 16th of thi S month, Fath er's D.3Y 1 hl.! 11
aClend ou r mon lhly mCNm,g on the 17th Sec you
Ch\:fc :I I 7 )0 r rn
R JCIIA NU H Tl1 nM'tO~, P S
Multifuel Boiler Is
Built with Union Labor
LU. 1777 (mo), BUCKSPORT, ,"t\ E_- 8y Ihe time
thl" leller 1'5- pubh .. fled. Chllmplon (nternatlonal's
No ~ I'dulcltud bolle , III 8uck!.port Will be In
putt..!l 0(>(14110n Th iS boiler I" dCll IKncd to burn
coa l, 011, huk, wO(K!c hlps 'nd sludge hom OUf
W;lSte Water· trea tmenl plane The entlf'e IUOIt"ct
wu QUllh ty construc ted by IlnJOn lahor Loea l 1253
is dOing thc elcClfIcal CQnStrUct10n and hn turned
Over many pro/ecls to our mamtenan ee: ICAm In
thc P;lSt Th e IA" ;$ t In eqUl rm~nt and u:ehnol ClKY
has been used fQI thi S $110 million oolll: r, lind 11
should be .. chalteoge and a suurc!! of pride for both
Locals 1777 and 11SJ.
Much has happened 10 the lasl few r1)unth s
FarSI , cocSTatulations and but WIShes to recent
retirees Larry Young and Ed Coo roy Thanks to :I
reccot contract request for a mllntenllnee 5p:'le
pool. we hne rec.stabltshed tbe electrical appren-
tiel!' program In our mill . The rtewl., s worn·1n
l1pprerlticcsare Kenna Allen . Pat Carncllnd Frank
Riven. Just r-eceOlly we also rece Ived the 8,00ze
Award for ourloc.al 's partlc.lpaIlOt'J an the Ul\lI ed
Way Dnvt! Also, (BEW COI'£donatIOnslmountcd
10 :1 new tecord, rdlccllng the concern or
m lmy 01
OUI mcmbers about shaky polJu cal suppo rt of labOl
and labor organi utlons.
Thank you, HL1Ja Cbow. fo r hdpll1l; get IhlS
Ic tt tr OUt , :lnd be sure to read het ICller (Local
12531 and that of M ai ne: Local 2317. Plc Jtsc work
safely. and 311 c:nd your uni o n mcetlllgs
ROLh NU [J LH'II It L, P I;j,
Demonstration
Pietu rtd is Blother Rogel Leblond, a rurHlber of
1.-0(11 1788, TOloDto, ODt ., who dcmonJUaU!s Ir-
tificilll respiratiOn under the watchful eyes of
8ro.htr ~ Geolge Webb. Ih'tk 5ns and lin! W e~·
le n burg.
Members
Brolhus Bill CaneD. Terry Guilfoyle. Khu-s Mulle.
and Gu:taD Roc.hduu on a momentary break from
inu: nsive I.bour.
Brother Leblond's
Hobby is "Sweet"
L.U. 1788ti&l,Il, TORONTO.ONT.- IlfOthcrR(lg~r
Leblond or Bru ce " B" ha~ 100 c rc.:Sts o lh c l thlln
d eCtrlc HY On h iS off hours One uf hi S IlUhbit:s IS
a smllil sugar bush ope r,ltum . ( h:ul t he pleasure oj
bemg Ill S ,\Jes t onc C\'crung this past spflng, Roge r
hIS son Dunald and I gathcrcu lhc sa l" In • latl~e
tl'lboggan-d rOlwn (:.lIInlster. In Ute c(lndclIC;tnl; I':ms
01 the sug:t. r s ha ck. the S..1(l seems lUI c nmmo us
w
qu:mmy, but Ruger expl,lI ns thai JI ukes 45 to SO Z
!3110ns of sap 10 makc each gallon 01 syrup ...,OJ
Once the condenSing pJn ilh! full ;Ind Ihe lilt:
cute-klinS In the s tOVe below. there ., nOI t oo much -'
ll) do but tel1d thc fin: .and wall .as Ihe WIIIC' Ixlll .. ~
off and the sug.&1 solution [dt behind be:c~.me .. a:
OJ
m Olc and more cQnr:enualcd. <lwmane ilml swe!!t o...,
er Even at lhJS slage II'S easy to S<el!' how Roger
gOl hookcd OD his bobby. The .&tmQSphclI:: no hke
Ihat In which dreams are made 01 Relaxing irnJ
pl cas 31u IS such an undc , sllllt::me n t The Wind In
th e trCoCt OpS , the fire da nCing .. nd c r.Jc khng. .Jl"Id
Ihe ~" Jl bubbhn~ and stearmnJ: ,II comhlnc to
 mduce lin intmHllC u,"collecUlm and shuln~ of days
and drMms both gOlle by and yel to come.
Finally, the p.an contents hnc shrunk to the pal e
golden treasure soughl by 50 mllny, and Ibt mo-
rotnt of 1n1ln hils arrrYed A Ill-Ste lind you r buds
go wild It 's. definlu:ly worth the walll Roger's
well -deserved pride show! as he examtnes th e
fim s hed product for elarilY. hlthtne$$ of colour,
VI coslty lind I~Ue Sc~mlJ Ihe lime Ilnd t'.(furt
reqUired, 1 lIpprecllIle e\len more Ihe delecuble
usulu
During the rcsi of the yen when thC' .. ap ISn 't
runmng. Ihere 15 sull lots to do wood has to ~
CUI, gathcred and ~t.acked (c~dy for th e next !iC~lWn.
Modlficallons and repairs. Ie the .shllck, stOVe and
condensmg e"qUJpment have to be m ade Buc kelS.
spigots and contame rs all have to ~ sc rupulmuly
cleancd) but when Jr '. a labour of 10\11.', the effo rt
isn't tnloded . Think you, Roger, (o r a very pkllJant
and memorable evening.
B' QIhers, IIlpUt IS requested lor o ur nexi con trac t .
Do you htl'llt: ,de:n you 'd like COIIUdC ICd r Lei',
he.l I them no ....• IHlt IJic cr lhe Issue!> ~rc deCi ded.
Let 's sharI.' Ollr Ideas 30 that III leaS! o n our local
level our W.JntS, ne t:ds and feelmgs arc reflec t ed 111
rhr .qr:m· m r-nu We' hrar hom om 1 ~lHl c l ~hl p . nmp
a tlOc 10 the hall We do Wllnt 10 hear from youl
BILL CAMSON, P.S.
Representatives Appear
More Responsive
1.. 11. 1908 l1l1. rnro.o\. FI ,A.- Flfi'!l . r wanl In
apologize for ml$Slnt the deadline for last month's
column r am agam on thc road and Cdl)not give
much mformatlon on what '. happ~nlR& In t he
local
I have lust ttturned from Tallah:usec, lobbYing
for our local and the 5tllte AFL·ClO. 1 am happy
to leport thai the bad bills thiS yur arc fe ..... er Ihan
In th~ 100I5t fcw )lC.II$ r wOn 't go IntO Jet:ul about
Ihe legislation a:!I the sC:.llton wHl be ovcr by Ihe
lime th., cQiumn " published. I was surprned by
ho w we, a.5 laoo. lohbYI.515, were tect'lv ..d In the
office!. of Ollr u.· prc.5enUllve5 In the P:Jst the rep·
resentatlves we did not suppon were pohte but to
thc pOlOt, wtth.an IIppeJfllnCe of hopmg we would
leave ThiS year W3S dlffer~n l . as all of our repre·
sentatlves wC le fnendl), lind appeau:d tnuch mOre
I~s pon'uvt: til VUI puSllIUrh I bclu:ve: Ihl) n JUt: tv
Ihe wo,k w~ have been domg m llu r COU[uy during
the elec lIons llnd while the Icgl.$!:&tule 15 In SeSS ion.
Wt OllIe gettln8 ou r aCI logether, and we .shou ld ge t
better e::r.ch yur Tht: mutt Dctillt: we bccomt", thl,)
mOlc responsive our legislators wil l be
Our CJ:PCdHCd DrbUfiltlon cases li re prvccedlJlg
On sell edule. As of IhlS wtltmg, JO case! ha ve been
heard . We have won 13 of th elie, wh ich IS consld-
c red 10 be a good percen tage of vic l one!. We are
a lso at thiS t ime preparing t o a rbitrate mechaniCS
megg<:rlng, and the resu lt s of l hi s should be OUI
shortl>, .,'Iller t his Qrll cJe IIPPCllr$
That's It for IhlS month ) hope to see you all al
{he hall on lune 11 at 8 p.m Un l il Ihen, work
~al ely and take pride In you r work
T ERM v l KAM ...UR . .. S
June Is Election
Month for Local
LU. 1005 ternl. PHI LADELl' HIA, PA .- Our loeaJ
umon Negouallng Team Will soon enlC:r IOU) se
nous conttllet nesoIlJltu.)n$ ..... llh the- Prllgress
ill
Z LlgJmng Company, and II II Vitally imporu.nt that
...,:::> our members show solid support to thell Tum
1 :uk .allow members to refrain from starting
<lz any rumor:;. penalllln8, 10 the negouatlons, Your
officer!; wlll Ify as beSI they clln 10 keep you up to
II: <bte 00 the negotlau ons With the Comp-any
is
..., Election 01 ufAcc rs Will take place IhlS momJI
of June, and iI 1.1 Imporunt that the loc:.ll union
of ACe" hOi' Ihe torrtct .addrc,s of Its members so
Ihat all can en rCJse U1CIJ flghl t o CIISt II ballot fo r
Ihe person or persons of their eh ICC . We Iincerely
wc:lcome the new members who nave recently
58 Joined Ut.
Our 10J,.:.I1 wa s recentl y saddened by Ihe s.udden happens annua lly because everyone: IS better off 3S
passlIlg of lh nthJ:r Kellh Wd kms. We extend our II result of Ihest' kmds of thln~$ . ThIS IS IUSI another
dcq)cst sympathy to hiS family. eumple of how loca l 1104 COnllnUC$ to be m·
Our COP E campaign IS unde t w ay, .and we hllrt:: valved In positiVI! ways ttJ better ow community .
to h:rve 100 percent succc'$s tlu s ume around M embers wh o took p:m I.n the game were Frank
Anyone of OUI members wh o ca rd to contnbul e Wygl ond.alski, Larry Terry, Dick Wllll~m!l l nO( the
Items of IDtc.rest to tllest: Journal arucles IS "in- manll~er of Ihe Padrco;:), Cerry WllllltIDS, Ken Will ·
C:~feJr Jovlted t o do so through thell depllrtment motto Creg Sehuey. KeVin Meyers, Dave Smgel,
steward or any officer Pat Dn~coll , Ccrry WOZniak, Pete Fonu.narosa,
Until next lime:. JlHcnd yo u I local unIOn meet · CIIJl WC:ICflc-t and [d lc.wls. Aho u.k1ng plln was
Ings when yotl can BrOlher Dan Lew" IPrc:sldent BU$IOC" Maoager
Be and buy URlonl
Ed 's s un) fr Olll IHlW Lueal 1339 We ulute all of
you for ..... h,n )IOU hne done on behalf 01 the kids.
fl.occo I COLtl.W, P S Du.l you 'know the New York Powl!r AUlhomy
lhal 15 now the I;uldt t:!ectnc: company in
New York. hll developed Int(l II corpora te" glatlt
Local Plans Tournament, With hURl! mc rcast:s m or Ace stal( _ "! A reCent
Clambake, Anniversary Party Buffalo Nt"w , Mll r 1r lI ... r,1 Ihn.!' t.It:lCl words and
contained some re\leallOg figures tbat underscored
L.U.1084 leml. SYRACUSE, N.Y.-Very soon Ip the grow th uf lhe Powe, !\uthonty If YOll read the
proximAtely 75 01 our members Will be lran'Sfc rred Ilrucie, yOll probably had your suspIcions con·
10 ou r flew assembly faCility in liverpool, New
firmcd . 111e PUWer Authority Jscxt rcmelywealthy
York. ThiS new a~st"mb l y plant wll1 be: qUl1t: dlf- and gf!lImg tOp heavy .
fe rcnt from tne one curren tl y In use at tne Wolf Lei 's ge l speCific , Hel e are: some ttllogs prC:!icnted
trcct Plant. jn the art icle:. The figures used arc. based on the
Our local unton has plans currently under wa)' repon from the !tate Legtslative Commission on
for our Annua l GQIf Tournament in ru ly. OLi r Expcndllu re Review; so I dunk we can all assume
Ann ual Clambake 10 August and a ur speCial 25th t hey tlfe IICC:UT:l t c Fto m i979 t o 1983 the Power
l\ nmver~a f Y Dmnl:f·D.1nce In Oc to ber. AUlh omy stair has gro wn from 1,330 to 2,83&. an
JUHN M . F1LAPLUO. P.S Increase of 11 3 percen!. Du rmg this same wne,
whitc·collAr hcadqlJllrt ers sull has ~rown 251 per -
cent! II's ObVlou51hat wlliteco!la r non produ ctlon
Baseball Players job§ Me beltlR c rea ted Wlch much greattr frequcncy
than are unlonlzed positions represented by Locah
2031 and 2104
I ho~ the Power AUlhoruy recognizes the 1m-
ponance of Locals 1032 and 1104 10 makll1g the
Power AUlholU)' the- successful behemoth 11 ha§
becume:. We IIIUllll be JUJII~ uur lub~ .... dl. "' ow else
wouJd the Power AU l honlY be ~ble to ~.fford all
those new ofHce lobsl
See you III the nexi mCeUnA!
W ILUAM PATtItSON, P .'!'
Piclured arc Ihe pilrticipanl! in the OUI-o(·seuoD
Members
sohbaJi 5ame belwun Loul 7 104 Niagara F.a.1ls.
N .Y., and WN YS, a 10coOl i !.oIdio Sla t ion . Tht gll m e
was pla yed in nin and mud, with all ploel!tds
153301 domned 10 bene 6t Child r~ n ' Hos-pil al in
BuHa lo, ' tW York. Knee ling, leli 10 .ighl, alII' DoOIve
Singu, rue !lnu.narOS-a and WNYS disc joc key
Su d, M ich ae ls; sunding, left to righi , Clrl We-
,ge ner, Ken Will mOil , Jerry W07.niaK, Bo b Koz -
la""ski , Dick William s, Ke vin Meyt'. rs, WNYS PIO·
gram Director Bill Todd, }e-fry Williams, Pal Driscoll,
Tum Cl1 puin Ll1rry Terry, G reg Schu'I!Y, Ed Lewis,
Fra nk Wyglonda ls ki and Dan lewi s, Local 1339.
Members Show Commitment
To Better Their Community
LU. l104iuj, NiAGARA FALLS, N.Y.- What would
you dunk 01 II group of grown men sliding around
In t he mud aod ram whi le haVing lin o Ul · of-season
softb;J!1 game' YOUI first rC"OICtlOn IS rhat they .arr
probably out pati ents from .5ome type of " homt:."
Close
Actually , seve r3.1 members of Loc:al 2104 p.uIlC ·
lpilled In thts ~illa sparling event tu bcndit Clul
dren's Hl>Spllal of Bulfato, New yo.k \V YS, a
IOGal UdlO ~t:JtIOn , furnis hed the good· DilUted
" OPPC5JtioD." Loc,al1104 waS eaptlllDcd by Lnry
Terry and WNYS was led by 11$ program director.
BIll Todd. The game ended In a 3-3 tie, hUI the
real winnt.r were the klds;u Chi ldren's Hospl1al
The proceeds from the g;Jme totaled 5330 and were
all donatcd to help thc Iuds, ..... ho Ire In need nf all
t he aSslstance thcy can get We all know Ihe Shipyard Loses Three
t:normous cost of medical care and research.
Unique Individuals
Some knowledguble span followers who at -
tcnded tbt: g3.me S31d the mighty b.wle between LU. 1145 1&0\111, VALLEJO, CAL.-Crc.etlO,gs,
Lucalll04 and WNYS ranked TIght up lhere with Brethren, Irom Valleto . These are cbanglng t imes.
t he NIagara Un l\'e rs llY upset of St. john 's UllIver· Tne wll1d.!l oj ehllnge have onec :ag:nn blown through
!ilty In college baskctb:lll. as the most noteworthy our shop and 8hlpyard ihe shIpyard comm;2,nde.r,
SpO lllllg events In rccent mon th s on th e NinJ:ara IIptaln E. I ebeyder. Is scheduled to retire wilhm
fr Ontier L(!t'!O ho pe th~s "monu nH:ntlll slrugglc" a few months. He 1$ \'e ry well regurdtl'd "t,ll11 leyels.
He seemed to be Jntc.t!Stcd In the individuals a l
the "grunt" level, and the qua IllY rnal cJlm~ IhruI,Igh
was rus sincerity. He most cerlalnly will be re ·
membered for his tenure. He held h1!l: office longel
Ihan auy of his predecessors. Five years 15 a long
l1me. 10 ,bal lob
Other changl!s 10 our shQP The 5hop supctin
tendent, Mr. Paul Tipton, was $C: lecu:d for an even
morc Important assig.nmcnt In t he Pearl Harbur
av;:1 Sblpyard. His Inlluc:ncc on ou r shop Will be
long IcmfilllM.-rcd
Mr. Joe Horva th IS scheduled 10 rClUe dunn« the
last working da)' oC ApnL M. Horvath held the
POSHlOR of supervisor for 3pprOltlmaldy 10 year .
AI oDe pomt of his experience In thiS shipyard, JQ(!
\0(;1$ the pr!!S]dent of IBEW Local 2145. DUring II
previous eXpellencc, he served ]n the: 5ubmanoe
service, USN, fC[tnng as a chid petty officf:r. A
grt:at m.;any of the mechllnlcs In nur shr'lp we lt:
cycled through hiS section of the shop so as to
brollden their ex ptnence b:lckgrouml . A few t bat
come to mind a(e. Gary Gnntr. Tom Dlit. Craig
Hunter. Bill Fluss, J]m Kennedy, nlll Hert and,
durmg an earla·r penoo, Pauline Watson, Paul
MOD son, amI 03Vt! Wright The ,htpYlinJ is 10510&
three umque pcrsOIl3lltlt!s. Ho w do yuu rept:lce
that Idnd of cxp.;riencel
Local news: Tt'le presideD I of LOClil 2145, Ah' ln
Moore, !.as n. gularly aw:.odcd bnef ,Iw;ud cefe~
mom es, held durjng the momhly regul.l mcetlDg ,
bononog blother unIOn members. He has bcC"n
recogmzlng tbe ycry tangible dforu of ~omC of our
mou~ active men1bers Some of thesc Plen made a
notable oontnbullon to th e cause 01 collective
bargalDlng dUrlog a lime when accompllshmenu
could be described tn Single sentences Dunng chat
period, ID a marmet of spnlung. they wrOl1! tbe
"book." It was a result of Ihe lr cfforts and self·
sacn6ee th;lt momy of us can uke (01 granttd .... hat
th ey obtained fo r us durmg those years Honored
10 thlS POlOt have been: Wi lha m Ham s, Inc San
doval. V]rgll Strunk and Dan SII\'cnon . Th !s rec '
og.nation IS long uve.due:. Le.·s !u:ilr II for Urothl:r
Alvin M oore. Th~lt w.tJ he more: 1)11 thiS suhleCt
la ter
How :illbout some Hcms III the news! rTlI1un~­
March 2.7, [958 : ciplion-"Kaiscr AlumJl'lum PaCl-
5teelworkels Agree 10 SSOMllllon In W:lge Conces-
sions-Wotkers ...nll n:celve an avcrage Wlol&e CUI
of $1 .84 a.n b OUI. With CUts 10 Vac.3t10n and ben ·
efits, the reduc tion adds up to $4 .50an h"ur . K31~C'
has long been Ic,;arded as havlOg a very high labor
COSt and ,110 mdflclcm utdc[ pt:U\l "
OLd you note th:l.llast seOlcnccl Sounds hLmih.u I
Typic..1 of what has been happening! Thc nC'xt
Item lS a flashbac.k. Apnl J, 19&.1, [ubune Inote
the datcl. Caption; " Indu"ry Need~ Government
Hc.lp Study Says-Amene.:l w~lIl ose lobs .:Ind uflel
an t:roslOnor LIS Sianda.d of IivlDg unless the U.S.
government helps U S. In.Juslnl!! cope Wit h h)rclgJ1
compc llt\On. Th,s \$ tht. :IubMant.t: t)( II IOO-page
repon assemblcd by thc Labor·Industry CO.:lllIlOn
fo r International Trade"
Tbe nex i Hem places Ihmgs inlO a pr ope r pt'r'
Spectlve San Francl$co Exumllltr. April 5, 1985
" ... Reagan tnt:. bU Siness a whoppmg tax break,
expecting them to use the money to expand lind
modt'rnlzC' tllCH factoncs, create new lobs and IUIII
out oodlcs of good~ al low pllces ,. They dldn ·t.
Instead tht monc), went fur me rgc rs, IlIke ovcnt,
bigger dividend.s (0 1 stockhu lde ls .lnd bun uses /01
cOJpor'lle office r! Whcn the whcellng oInd de;ahng
was over, Ihe nalll,m', productIon faci lities wc:re
In no beucrshape lhan bdore. Five blgcorporlltions
made profits of SIJ billion and p;lId nil taxes"
National Inqwrel, March 19, !98S. Capt iOn
" Billions In Profits, NOI I Cent \.n TaXes" Listed
a rt" General Electric. Boemg. Gcneral DynamiCS,
Lockheed and Grumman. Am:U:lng,ly, be,ween 1979
~nd 1983, Ge:ncul Dynamics paid mOle than $100
millIOn In diVidends, whu: h we.t talC free to the
invest o rs.
San FtanclSco Chrome/e. February 18, 1985 A
paragrapb rC.lds: " Corporate WelIoife OUL o' COil '
Hoi . estlmallng thc annual cost vi corporate
we lfa re <1t 5140 blltu)n In govcmmenl sub!ooldu~s,
Infla .ed payments, and tax bre.llk,."
Cons ide r this quote-RI!:Utl?menf Lltl!: February,
1985 On t be sublett of ~overnmcnt subsidles to
privJ tc Industry ' ., Ihe allluuni uf .. u ... h ~u bsidloC:!I
In Ss,al year 1985 W,l! $'2.91 blillun oIlw nling 1(1
Scml1ur Huward MCt2enbJum, II U5 New.. And
Watld Hepon. 'anuuy 11, 198"" 11 0 wender
the .admllllsu-;aIlUIl ami lhe Gract CQmmj!t~lun are
so anxi ous (0 cut elltltleme:nt programs, educatlun
lind housi nXI no wonder Ihtyw:.nt to reduce (cdc.",)
!>alal1es and IIInnuitle.s, no wonde r they want 10 talC
emp loyee (IInR,e benefi l :!!. If the deficit IJ nOI reo
duced qUickly, someone m;,Jy fillSC '>ume questionS
about the 5195 blilton /o"t m Ihc IIca:!iUry In ),eally
corporale tlX h.H'rhulcs and subsldlcs."
Now you unJl:f~t.lml whal Mr I Peter C rJce
and hiS Comml"~L(lI1 ilrt': ,1boUI eel the p' C IUI ~1
f"'f \'11 \~ AV\' ..... I IlL, P S
Some Employees Back
After Layoff
L.U. 2'56 \tm\, GAl . l.!;..\lU,.LI::, il l. /\. .
1\!t1:1 1),1,!
layoff hefe Bu:uncss M :IO.1~c: r Susan WllilUl1, Prc~ ­
IJent Bob HoJ ~es and plI i ll'resHJc: m lun flop!! met
With the II)P l'nana,.;cmeJ11 ,011 CE. GaineSV ille: .
App;arent ly Ih t :occus of thuUllhl Ih:1t wcrc planted
by uur Icodcrs h.:lvc grown. Manil~em efll agreed 10
(til o\'eltlme to Ih e 10 percr,:nt voiul\Ury overtime
which they hold .;JJ;reed til htllllt.'". Th~y have abo
called somt produ liOn pt!uple back hom '",yoU
and restored IWO em"ioyee!o II) m.llnlen~n(e. We
Wish tu wc:lcnme lutk from ILI),off ou r Brothcr.s
.and SI .UCf~
The comp.lny hu ;lsked for some Cost-cuttmg
Ldeas hom the em"loyeC5 S me of the: idea tha t
.ae being !oubnlLtletJ ale nnes ,hill ba\'c been su.g·
gcslcd by OU I mc.mbc. ~ fUl ycu~ rhu'ie Ide3s fell
on dcal C315 beto,,:
HUYIDK un]un , Amcll t lln Inllde Items IS high on
outll.s:cnJ.lI A fllemJuf mine laughed when Ii dused
10 buy ~n ilelD bec.lu se II ....·a ...m unpllrt LuoklllJ;.
Arst for uur " home,ltlllwn " lIems 153 serious dfurt
Do 11111 be pre ~ .. ured mtt~ cump ,omHllng ou r lobs
and IlllT way (If life Lu,lk f (11 lilt: lllhd
6uS(He!os M.'na~cr SU~.1n WLlMIIl and P l eSIJcnt
!Job I'h)d~c~ .. m:lldcd th1.: 1131:. W Manufa cturm~
Co nference lind Ih e NalllJnal A FL CIO Indus trIal
UnLon De)'lfLrtl'rlcm L t·~l.!Ila llvo.! Confe ren ce HI
Wil shi ngtol' , 0 C., In February They Wl're 1m '
pressed With I"wJth onfcfence:s. T he miormlillOD
011 the Hade cn'Sl~ eOl IR I.' 11'1 n~) hl~ 5urpr1 Se to our
leaden or nur ml!lIlhers Our bU"lness mllnaner had
been telllnt our locaJ tOI Illu"'.h.,. about the trouble
Amrnca W:U In, In response. to cnfntmoatlon gLven
IIJ our lelldet on the ,ude dc:fktt, o ur 10u.1 wll1
conduc i an "On .he rob C,nV<1'j.·" prognm to cd·
UCJite: ou r members fUll her IIbnu l the Hade Uefil:-Lt
Our 10c~1 ':!I \Ie-I)' C(lII"'CIOI:d abuut Pre!>ldent Rca ·
~lILn'5 (aU lion poltcu:s , The more we
read and hf".u
...bout hiS Idcu. the male we wam to fight 10 StOp
the 51;au~t\l et uf tne wlJrlul\~ cI"-",, ml(.tdlc; me mc
Americans Our loclil was encuur;aged 10 wnle (Jut
congrC:S5i onllJ r prcscnunvt lIbuu( the defiCit anJ
",Iso the taJ(.es UruORlI IIrc not klllmg flee enter-
P Jl SC:, II':!I th e wa SH~ Ilnd denell spe nding In OUt
Atlvernl'llel'il Ih.1I is kilhn~ uS
The- Big Bro l hen and Dig Sis ters Otgalll2.Lllon III
GOll1e<;vlltc presented ()u r Ic)'1]1 Wit" II pl;;rque for
l)ill Jonallllll~ and worK fU I thtl! OrJl,3IlIZ3tlUIJ .
Our members .:Ire Vi:.ry proud It) be ntH: (If the m:llur
do nots to th iS impoltolnt Org.an lz.ltlon.
With negotllllluns lUSt over Ihe b Orlzon, some
employee:!! arc I:dkllll' Wtl~l" and ocncnt conces
Slons. Th]SIJ br:llOwashlO3 by man"gell\cnt If you
atc conS Ide ring thu ,de') .as .. way to "5I1Ve th!!
company," yuu arc: misled :md ml~lnflnmed Tllk
Ing these CUll would onty llIke 'ume 01 your wages
and beneftu anJ plact chili money 10 ~everaI5tock·
hlJlders' pockelS If you are sayrng you make tOO
much money, then live On mllllmum waf:c 11)1 a
mondy ami pay for thon X rays and hospuJI bills
!lUI of what IS Iell allcr paYing YI)U I ICRuial b,IIJ.
U you do Ihll, Ibe.n you Will walll to cram Ihe
w Ql d, " wase and bencHt CUts" down the thro~ts
QI managemenl Wal(t: and btneAt CUIS m:ver saved
any (omp:any, but you could drown In a flooJ of
dtspalt
Brother Kenneth Ho lton h~ s a "unum'made,"
first addillon 10 his ho me, Kcndr;a t . Hoit on, 8
puunJ s, gVJ uunc~ . Con~t :Hul:lIlOnS It) the Hoi
tOns
St:md up and be counted among Ihe: " In·lormed
C rowd" Attend and uppert your local. Our jobs
depend 00 you'
LAlla KIN7E51, P S
Scribe Discusses Reagan 's
" Tax Simplification Plan"
LU. 1 188 (e.ml. ItR £VEPO RT. LA.- Plcsldem
Re~g;an And hiS fnc=nd at the Trcaswy Department
have 'IubmHted 10 Congress a '·ne ..... " plan to tu
w()rkcl'i'heloIlth plans. penSIOn plans, hfc Insu.ance
)'lilins and :U"lYtblng else t!.ey conslder .. s. "workers '
fringe: benefits." Tbe )'llan IS bidden In Ihe. Tre3sur~'
Department 'S "ux s lmp!tfication plan" and is de
511;neJ 10 underL1llne th e entlre 5tru ClU Ie {If em
ploye r·funded benen, programs These company
paid benefit plans prOVIde some 90 petcent of full ·
ume workcl s with villuable health proleclion
Ar..o, undc:r Iht new tax plan. any unemployment
bcnc!AI~ yuu rel;ClVt: would be fully taxed as regu lar
incume If thoe plan becomes law, 11 IS cstlmated
that II Will cost worken over 524 bllhon in III
c rell ~ed mcome tllXes ThiS IS Iu.:;t another of Rea
gllnls attenlpt (i) !ohlft the l.u burden away from
wcahhy tndlvlduoIls :lnd big. corpor;atlon~ (0 tht.:
middle Income ""'age CoImt r Plcdsc wnte Sc.n.3tors
Russell Long and Benm."" Juhnslon lind Repre
senutlVe BudJy ROC'ml~1 and IIsk lhem to nOl
t.mpcr wuh DUI Inn~e b.:ncfiu.
A proposa llOchange our local uRIan bylaws wu
llPproved by the membership at the Apnl monthly
bU5IOCS~ meet mg. The pmposal changrs Ihc sc=cond
shift mce.ung. ume hom 12A5 a m . to t p.m . on
,he Om Thursday of each mOD!b. h lS hoped th:ll
Ihts new IImc wLiI Increase attendance: at our
sccond·shlft mt'etmg The pruposal PlUSI be ap
proved by the. Internat lunal Office: befl)rc the chang ....
can be: IInplemcnted Sec you at tlus munth's
mectlfll;
Local 2233
On Picket Line
L.U. 2213 {mol. WESTBROOK,ME.-Fellow Broth
ers and Sl~le . 'i, this I'> the Br'it lime our local has
wnllen to the lourncil. We are :l small local uf 69
members) :lIDd we ate plcstntly on !otnk!: agambol
ou r employcr, S. D. Warren Comp.3ny, J dlV1SIOll
01 Ihe Seo ll Paper Company We haVIC.~ been out
slnee Apnl 2. 19K:; Thtle arc abo IhreC' othel
unICIIl locals On the bncks with us, they ale the
Intemlluon.d Assotl3tlOn of MachlOlst:!lLod.ge 2287,
Ih e Umted Brolhcrhood of Cupentc rs and fomers
Loc;tl J I 96 and the Inlemauon .. l 8rothc.hood of
Fireman and Oilers Lxal 10:\0. In tOla1 there arc
3,19 Brothcrs Jnd SIst ers on strike: al thiS mlll.
The com pany has grosscd over 5130 minion o ~'e l
Ih ... 13'>' twO yeals and is offcring li tt le to share
Wit h the pel)ple who ht"!ped It ~et It The compuoy
scems w be spendlllg It on Ihe outSide ccmllactors
they art hmng 10 do ou r work, and thIS IS thc
hlAAC~t !slIue-we want to gel all the maintenancc
work baek 10 our ptuple.
P.... Ul I MDItEAU, R.S
Election of Officers
Coming Up
loU. 2327 {lp,U, la$.ea t v), AUGUSTA, ME.-Sc t·
ill
ling the record smught Rumors have: be~ ((ymg Z
Since New EnglJ.nd Telephuoe managt:ment c=.m·
ptoyee, have been introduced to tbr=u n~w medical
...,
::;l
plan I c.an·t help but thmk back to IhC' 1983 -'
b,1I8'1mrng whcn the membershIp ~Id , " no dunks."
«
z
Thanks It) the ~uppon of the mcmbcrshlp .and good rr
::;l
lIegotlatluns we were able I U marnUlIP thest ben -
r=fiu whic h mC.:ln so much 10 :III of Il~ .
...,o
In the lut few m Oll rns, wescttled twO arburatlon
cases pn o l to he.allll&, one In A'ITIS and one NET
In ATTCOM we heard (lUI Rrst temHnaln)n case
Qf a TSP opc-rator The union was successful ill
g;timng her relRSl3lelPelH Two dlscipiLnary C:I!i:es 59
 arr schl'dl1l ...d for rne summt'r mon t h,. 'InC' 10 Ju nr.
the other In Ju ly
Apnl brough t nomLn~llons of offi!;C'rs h~ r e In tht'
local. The ballou will be malled out In lun~ U
you do not r~ceIV~ I ~allol, check WIth Lhe office,
Mos t 01 all be- sun~ lO VOl!!
LEONARD R. i.AwRUoICI.. An,.. 8M.
Local Negotiations
Currently Under Way
L. U. 2358 tul. JA C KSON VILU!, FLA.-W lIh the
warmer wea t h!!r comes t he lime lor family get·
togC'the rs and vaca u ons The membersh ip It 2358
ho~s your ou u ogs Ihis summer arl' enjoyable Gnd
safe. Remembe r to buc.kle up YOU I loved ones >lnd
yourseU while u,vl'Ung In your vehicle
By thu; tIme we h"vt staned negouaCln& with
thl' ,acksonvlllt' Ell'cttlc AuthOrity for our nC'u
conlrOlCI W!! sec 4nd hear Ihat limes will be h411.1,
bUI WI:: look l o rw,ud to jl;lVIn& II our but ,ha l ~
more and m ore companIes and people move IntO
the lacksonvdt!! ar!!4, more work IS requITI!d fIorn
tbe power plants, Ihe lIRe Cle ws, undergrounJ
crews, SUbU3 tion Crewa, meter sctteu 2nd metC! r
readers. Isn't it true th at t hl' more me ters t urn tnc
m ore mQney comes. m ! W ~ hope we u n gct our
sh are he re at 2358.
BJO.ht'r ' I Wallnp, W ll,o; (U II rhiW llIim fill !IllS
yeat'.s Annual Bl:te k Bass Tourn2menl. He, a long
with last Yl'.:n's wmners Brother Shupe ,md Brcnhl.'r
SklJl Dcan. IS an overhead lineman from Ihe Sc)uth
SIde ServIce Cente. 31 Eme l bon Street.
We hope to sec ,Ill the Brothen and Sisters al
our mODlbly meeting held 2t 966 LIberty SlIee t,
the fine UniOD hall of our $lSICJ ~I I n . These
[Dl'cn.ogs arc beld on tbe lourth Tbuuday at 7:30
p.m See ya therel
ALAN B. AINSLEY, PRE!t.
Retirees Discuss
Important Subjects
RETIR EES AS SOC IATlON OF L.U. J , NEW YORI<,
.Y., N. FLORIDA C H A PT ER- T he regu lar mee t·
lOgo! the North Flo n da Cbaple r Local 3 W .lS opened
at 10 a. m, Apnl I I, 1985. After our c.hallDlan,
ADlhooy Badami, JC~citcd the IOVoc-.U.lon to the
m. ~mbe-nhlp, they rose to recite the pled,e to ou r
AIDencan Oag. Thl' roll call of oUkers revealcd
that the record Lng Sl'creUry, 'Robby Jarvis, and
6o;.;-d membe r fred Kon: .....e re absent and excused
Thr mmm,.§ of T n,. r,.gtdllIr mrr-n nt 0' MUf'h 8
wue: read and approved The: mmutf.$ of the m~et·
ing of the Bo.ud of Direc tors werle read a od ap·
prm'ed
Chatles D.mel:! theo read 11 lettcl hc rccc'·.ved
from s.enator La wlOli Chiles In refe rence to CUIS
tn cnti demen ls now m progress In Wash mgt on,
D.C. The senator potnted OUt that t he re we re unfair
tn.es for the elde rly and loopholes for the ca rpa·
r.. :!ons In tax breaks. Irvmg slaVin tncn pOinted
Ol:.t th.u tbe senalor has takeD.I very we4 k POSit ..:,"
l bout the cuts Manny tcJkowiU Iheo blasted
Pl e3jd~nt Re3Kan with II resolution horn Ihe Na
t ~on ..l Coun Cil of ~(]Ior Llnzens about h,s s ..... eet
he-oUt promlses to oppose any euu m Social Secu·
",y. The rnolutlon was voted on and adopted
unammously by the membership
We wr:!l.;urneJ a fle w member, EUl':,eJlc:' LaWler
b2ch, to t he chapter With lIppl a usc Chade Dand!!
th en reponed on Dew amendments to be read for
thc s~cond tlme fo r adoption
We shou ld rememhe r Ihc fullu w mg members
wbo arc in t he hospital: Ann p lflCUS, recupe laUllg
li t hom l::' Irving Greenbe rg, bad su rgery and rccu ·
per,n .ng In tne hosplul j Adolph COC t't. hack from
the ho~pit.1l ) and Ann Aml'lIa. h;1VIn1. a hOiIl wlfn
pO C'1J.monia. Tbl' membership and Qffieers Wish
you pl!ople a very qUIck. recovery 10,good heallh.
The L2dles AU111t:U), offered 10 respond to the Sick
and dis tressed, and Ibe oUu was acceptcd 8mh ·
days and anfilv~rsafles Wefl' read ofl. with ludlenc.c
;applause. The chalfmlln feCI led ;a poem IllmpnOmng
PreSlden l Re4lglln.
M eeti ng adlourned at noon
60 The story of govemme.nt wllste 15 appalhng
Prr ,[r n l kt'II/!:m .zPPo lnted I re t:r ( r.U·f" la<;1 ye/If
to t'nd gllvcrnm :nl waSte . lind th iS mrJu~ln ... hst
c..mc up with 2.47ti prorosals thai wuld tlavt os
S14N bdlton over ;l th lee· ycar pellOO, These pro-
po,.b were 'ro:en by Ihe burca\l(;l'lIu who WIll
nOI cunfQJm wItham:. nghl OU f only bope now
h e!!! With the American people who should fiSC lip
.u]d call I h .. 1t to the mllJlre.nchng .nd IIPI'I:Ll!iIltK
wa Ie of OUI mnnc)' by those we entrUSI to ~p c nd
II We mUSl Strip unll c,"c~sllry s qu.lInJermR ui gu Y'
c:rnment funds for lou lt sh pro)ec tS, WlIstcful pm
grams nod ineffi Ci ent opeHlt1"n '" ML L~ t tu)C 111l11l1; y
wl H go for lesitllnatc pltl~nl ln:i .1Il.! IHUlcel !;" b u t
1m ltPPlI ll mg IImUUIH Wi ll be ";lIliandcrcd I'm IUlIu ,
tiCS, Irwo l!tlcs and InSl1ff1cu:nc lcs Co rrectIVe
mcuurcs should be t;tkcn 10 Ih ultc In Cnogrc55
and the fede r ~1 bureauclBey Wi'll} Irre~pnnslbl." ~u
tltulli.e IIlId IIU~!>IJCIIJ UUI 1.1" dull.us Theldulc,
mlld yOU I (HOle:SI 10 t.hls gtut Induslrr.ahs, and to
lack A.ndenon, syndle~tcd columnist , to " illzenl
A~alR s l W,ue, " Department P. PO Bux 1000, Ben
Frunklln Stllllun. WlIo;hll1gtan, 0 C. 1004·' '-ell
YOUI friends III do th~ b .. me
DAVin 1.h.I\Nt.:. II ~
Pension Committee Holds
13th Pension Reunion
RET IJlEE AS OCI~Tl f)N n F I .. lI . 1. Nt:W YOR K,
N. Y., S. FLA. C Ii APTER- Thl.!lIS II s pecia l rcpOrt
of thc Ilth rc:nSlon R~unlon sponsorcd by Ihe
IlUsteel 01 the Pension Commmcc of the lomt
Indu-'trv !Wlrd of the ElcctrLcal Induslry of Local
3, tHEW, held at the ~p4CIOl.l$ conventiOn hall III
thl' Dtplomu Hotel 1n lIollywood, Flond,1 Under
the gUldat'lce of Uy Clecnbla u . the South Flcmdll
Retirees ASSOCiation W:I$ nonoretllo lIC I as host 10
l~lIS Yery spcCI41 rc: lued conventiOn cnam!:d by
Ihe HOoorable Almand O'An&elo. President 10«'
Bonn and hl5 commtm:e we re hlShly cumlncndcd
by the actll1& ch3 11 man beca ust: uf (b e ordc:rl y
ma nner an wh ic h all t he g\Jestl W Ie rcglStl'red
and seated li t t he la rge, round IlIbles,
Mn oy peopl e we re dis."ppoin t cd a t Ih e a bsence
of Trcas.urci Harry Va n Andale, h ., and i.!usine:n
Manl,lgcr TUlUmy Va n I\r!J J;l I ~ Juc lu p I C~:'IIJg.
speCIal bu&olOcss 10 Nc w York C it y that reqU ired
theIr penonala tt entlon. Howeve r, thanks to mod·
em roec:ordtnl machmes tbat capture sight and
~und lor PC)'IlU! l lty, HafT')' and Tommy VAn Arsdille
Will be able 10 look b.ack II thl, speCial meeuns
POSSibly It the nClit convention. Cod wl lhns. II
Will be re ploayed 101 th~ gen e r.1 membe rshIp. as
the 198,' Pen~ lo n ReUnion was leplayed at thl'-
convene on
Bryan McL"clchn Invud ~"c:ryone to st;lnd lor
lht' p!:dge 01 aJlegianeej th e n wc obse rved II mo ·
ment of SIlence fOJ ou r departed Urol.he ls, ..... ho
h:; vc left an empullcss \n Oll l hea rts and m Inds
Armand O'AnSclo introduced Prdl den l Joe 'lIeab ·
son who was pleased With the capaci l Y t urn out.
This was also an opportunity to thank MI Robert
McAlwee for publlshlOg news ~bout the South
Floudll Retlrces lI'I Ihe lBEW mllgllZlRC. Muc:h
encou!'.I,t ment WIIS offered to me by t his kn owl·
edgeable 5entlem .. n w hu SlI c~:;:ed fhe Irnpollance
of appra1510g eVl'ryonc because of the hUll lbe
Ru.,oln admlDlswuion hilS cau.sed by redUCing the
sl1.e of children' scboollunches. COlli in Medlcue
amI constllnl threats to the elderly P, c$ldent Rea ·
&.. n 15 ch'tclly, 1M, why IS hl$ sc... le of jLlstlc.e
unbal anc:dl
The HonorlJblc Armnnd D'Angelo, who has car·
rled many hlJ~h po!itions dunng his carcct, all
1 ~luteJ 10 lobor, ~ reet~d !lH~ vldl!!lt II vl1I& retlree.
bldor Schoen feld, 95 lIc: U! of ate with 7 1 yu r! of
mcmbenhJp. T h ts was II proud da y lor you li nd all
of us, (s (do r, we hope II, be wit h you ~t mllny InOf~
I c.UnL"n~. Armand Wlll'i hiller thlll Prr.1l lde m Re:lIgan
actually double-crossed 11& with {;alse p romises. A
referendum In IdAho to crell u:- legISlation ~o rec-
oxru:c nonunlOn :u;uvltle& lind to encou rage cheap
labor and ml'thods to brea k down Ioloor standards
was defeated by the strength of COI'E ,." 101 of
SlOO bill, turned the ude and .soaked thiS rder-
endum but aood
Joseph D'Angelo thaDked lit for plaYing 5uch aD
Importalll pa ri 10 Ihe yarlOUS dlSHICts r'res l de nT
Gcorgl! Schuck sta.rted 011 with friendly g.ree llngs
He men I loned that Tommy was watdllllg tbe store
in New York City, no thanks to Mayor Ed Koch,
\o"ho look! the other wily even tbough :anyone wah
a bent, blunt screwdnver and old, rusty phers un
ull hlmsell an c1ectnca.l connactor, Without even
a been se
The 2" eleet flt::Ll1 Inspector!! havc a backlog of
OVCI 90,000 unln spec tcd apphcauons smtc 1983
that co uld cnd.lnger Ihe lives 01 the CIII:t.ens 01
New York Clly , Mayor Koch lJdmiu theTe is a
51snds uli and that ChilQS can be C;lused because of
t hl5 bac klojt, wh ich bl: wun 'l I:orrcct This is In
keeping With the many pOl holl':s and decayed buil d·
iogs thaI house many unfOrtUnale people . Why not
go the whole hog. Mayor Koch. aDd level Ne .....
York City! Unlnspec.ted wO lk IS 3S dangcrous as
eJlI.UlUW&!U.Ij ,hlwkeo dnvers
PresideD! PI1I3rd outhncd the burt thllt the Rea·
g.l.n IIdmlrUSuauon has InOlcted with the s tagger-
IDg, runlJway budget The brmers ate ang.ry; and
mtll1Y mIddle da.s.$ CItizens. even many labor men
and college students who ,lid nOI re.ad the fine
pnnt. were sh ortchanged because they heard prom·
Ises. promlsc.:s from l\Cl1gOln 4nd listened 10 thiS
Plrd jl' pl" r Anci fnllowed the Plptr lO tht:: polis. Who
IS sorry nuwi
A pleasant dI5cuss u)n. was held between th is
w tl tc r and PreSident Pill ard w h en he rec a lled t ha t
he was part o/lhe tecem pe rry Unrvac n e~n tl a ·
lions They Will no w employ members of t he IBE W
10 manufact ure: t heir computers tha.t will bc used
by t h e mili t ary, the m1S!Lies and p r!V.ate busml"Ss
The Ihought WIIS that if all other la rge bUSinesses
lollowed SUit It would be! bene r for labor a ll around.
ChaIrman Armand D 'Angelo closed the mel'lIng.
asking e\le.ryonc to go ID pc.ace lind dnve cardolly
Tne food was tl::rnt1c . Our Emcn.unwem Com-
mittee, !-red Va ll cbe, He.rman Rl'lner, MlIl: Fox
an d, of Cou rSe, Presldenl 'De Botln, proullses LIS
mlJny goodies fo r the future . God bless AmenC4l .
LOUIS B,uITS, P.S.
Members Enjoy Casino Trip,
" Bit 0 ' the Irish "
RETIREES CL UB Of' L. U. 6, SAN FRAN C ISCO,
CAL - Hats off to ou r tOU T orgarm:e r, t arry Bru·
netti . l arry dld It a&a1O-a completely sLiccessful.
oVl!rnlgju. Reno Spurlc.5 bus trIP There W.:IS m:vt'.r
a dull moment ftom the mlOUle we boarded the
bos umLi ,""e arrived .I I the Colonial Inn in Reno
With ou r IWO en t eru.lI1lng bartenders, Wa rTen O r·
landl and Rogel Kuclc h on duty, the HIP h om
Sronut own·San Fr;anC:I!CO to Auburn seemed to go
by in a {Juh . Larry wu in constant monon. As o ur
Vice presn3ent, Harry Wehr, ubse ry ed, " La l ry IS
b4Ck and fort h so much he pmcllcally wal ks. to
Reno."
He: 5uned by passing Out coffee and dough nuts
to the 41 members, wivcs and friends. Then . our
b.a Mt1: :k :s took. Over to get everyone relaxed. Aft er
breall. cast al Auburn Larry and Matt DIT rapam
Startel.1 tht. bmKu games We played unti l teaching
Ihe hlp alutude3 . The scc.nery was beautiful. ..... uh
II blue sky , II WIIS II sluer's p.:uadlse
By now OUI ml!'mbcrs couJd ha..rdly wall to gel
to Rena to " pay th~1I dues_" WllrrC!:D OrlandI had
hlS ucpw.ucb 10 dtrt::rminc: the exact time we
a:flved 1n ReDO Each person PUt In a dollar ;lnd
1I::1,..1;: . ... eJ;I IIUIUL.:I . Tht"lt: w ou; iI d IiU . . . IIClg,fle. party
at We Colomal Inn bciore departll1J; fo r t he ReDO
Hl1 ton.
The following morning we boarded the bus :
oes:inll u on, Ihe Ne w NUgJ;t'!t 10 Spa rks, Nevada.
Tbe huge CA sinOS With good ' paYlng slot m ach ines
got our group into tbe m()(ld. Warre n fou nd OUt
that If you had i v" lId Ashing license yo u could
hec nme a mcmher of Ihc Nugget'S Spon smen's
Club. This entllied you 10 ,et .a cap and cbances
on a blJ.it ..nd ou t board mO lar .
On Ihe return trip home, Rogel Kuc\ch kepi the
KfOUP 10 an upro:lJ' wi,h b,s lakes :and SlOgtng
Sc!venl of the members discussed the bU lldlllg or
hlgb ri ses in San francISCO Ha rry Webr was In on
the bUJlw.ng, of the now-conllo ve rslal Candl~lJck
Park. He said lhl' plpmg for beat was below the
slab with no pos'!lI b le way fur [he heat to gel to
thc concrete scan As to who tbe Wlnncts wcre:.
Mrs Frank Dally won $450•• nd Mrs. Warren
Orlandi woo $90 plaYing Ihe slots'
Tht folloWIn& wttk we: had our SI. Palnck's D~)'
DlOner featufln~ dehclolu corned bed and cabb.1ge
cooked by Matt D1Trapam There were80members
and WIVCS prese-nt Sam and Pt.1r1 Schneller he.1dcd
the: kltchen crew and wtre helped by many memo
bers and Wive 8cfore the dmne r we had op4!n
house wllh bartenders Wa rr en lind Rogc r keeping
the gJas t.S full
Our presIdent. Herman Dudak. call ed the mee l-
Ing to order / and uur recording $ec rcury. Mlke
OcRlco, rc,Hllhc InLllUteS of OU I plevlOUS mec ll ng
Our tou r dlrcctor. Llirry BrunclIl, gave a spcech
aboUl OU T next IOUI Ihlll WIll be to Manle lcy,
mdudmg twu hours at Ihl' new aquarium For Ihc
summer L.ury .....oIntS tu h .. vl' a barbecue al ell he.
San Bruno I'Qfk or S.ln M.neo Park
CE.Nr WUl!.lR."t , P S
Retirees Hold
Successful ~eeting
RI:.TlREES C I.US OF LU. II , tOS ANGELES,
CAL.- At 10 a III on March I". our regular monthly
mec ll ng W1S c ... lleJ to nu.l er by our preSident.
Brulhcr Cene Drogln, li e led us in the PleJgl.: 01
Allcgl.:lllce to the Amcn<:lItl Fbg, and chen we had
:a minute of silenc( III respeel fo r tbose memheM
who arc no lon~l"r with u~. Brothers and ~Isters
eelcbr.:lunx Much bmhd.tys rcm3tncd st~ndln~ as
wc Wished them many happy rClurns In sonft~ led
by BrOlher Fnlnk Stricklin
St"ver.:al new member'-i lomed us, ami lhey were
Introduced .and ....,tlc.uml'd Ex(r~ coplr5of ou. Sho,f
C"CUlt newslctter were dl:§ulbutcd 01.11 clmgr.al
ulatlon::l and arr,eClIlIIon arc extended 10 Brother
Ralph and S'!oIl:1 Edna till km fur ,hell cHo n III
getting (GActh!:!r 3 newslctter filled v.tth mforma
tlon regardIng our ReltrCI:~ C lub 's aCtlvllLes :11)[1
fur p TOlectln~ fUlure pillns for ou r Club members.
We II1VItl' allll!EW mcmhcr:. who h;I\'c re i Ired 10
ion' u Ih,: IIttlre Ihe mcrnerl
MIIIUIl·~ of Ihe E)(l'(:UtlVC lind prcvlClU') ,i:.l,:n~·rlll
membership lI1e(,III\I;" Wl'IC Icali by nUl recor.llIl);
4i!:!crctary, Siltcr [01.1 Wnm.tn , .md were .tprrovcJ
Both 101:1 .tAd Frank wcre .tppl.ludcd for thl:.l1 line
deUlls of recordlnR and baljnctng Brother Olin
Cohcn, Iflr IIml hmxe bc-neht ehallman. rCfk.1rted
lhal the lut IIrr.lngc.J tl)UI had 10 be cancelled due
to the Inclement wC!.athcr Wtth punt here (Jur
nel:t tour auan.r;ements WIll hopefuUy. be more
successful KtOlhel Dan also n:porred thai the
pre~cnptlOn druJt Jlliin with 11mll.,. D ru gs has been
rcinstued Membcu cove led by the h~ahh p!.;an
can get their prc5cllrtlOnS tilted for anly 52.00,
regardlcss uf the 11(111111 CU~I Thnnk you. RII)lh er
O.ln.
Sister Je.anne ol1ier. h os pita lity c ha irlady,
lh:tnked hcr commit lee for IhelT coo pcullan an
Sc llHlg up the.' tables wlIh n3m~' pinS (or the
mcmbe.rll :18 they entered the meellng haU , Ih e
suggestion box, the bulle-un OOJfd 3nd the coupon
trays- th e Inlier Jcvl$cd '0 cleverly hy Brocher
Frank and S l ~tt"f Jo CDnvcrse
Brother Alcx Ende. who I' . .tty m$trum(ont .. IUl
pUU1D& (08e1hl:r the I..cgu · Leut:r for Lhe Older
Amenca" SOCIal ACliun Council lOASACI. dIS-
trabuled tbe cunent UgH Lcucl and pointed (Jut
to our membershIp the Importanc.e of e3ch one
gcttmg Involved with bill, under consldera tlun ID
SacrOlmcnlu, Ca lifornia, and Washmgton . 0 C. He
speCIfically Ji lrcued Ih.:lt we wrtle I IICrs and make
telcpho n t eills to J'res lltcn t Reagan, the senators
and C0l1gr!:!~spcr~or15 OIIUJ ask Ih em 10 oppose lIny
cutS to 50<:1<11 Security. Med icOilc lind 'iocial PI O
grams '01 Ihe needy , lind tu nho ask them 10 make
the defense cunUaCIIJl5 shoulde l tbelf sb.u-e of the
burden Dro lher ClIry Aleunder Jlsmbulcd posul
C31ds which welc liIlreaJy JU1I1teJ and addlbsed,
nee.Jrng lInly our lugn,uuru :lnd m.t.llmK. Thank
you, Brothers Alex and Cary. hit helJllDg us 10
pr~erve Iho~ ~n('Ou we have all worked for.
Sisttr Norma Young. program chlllliady. muo-
dlJced the spe.akel for the day The speaker was
from the Social Security headquarter! and her tOpiC
was, "Evc rythlnjoJ. V(IU Eve. Wanted to Kn o w A bou t
Soc.... t 5ccunry but DIdn 't Know Whu til I\!.k "\ he
amwered m.my 01 our queStions and Ic:ft upJ,ued
literature for u, to Iud and pus on to O1hc"l~ who
are polenll ..1I rellr«s
Broth« "Skip" Henke, buslDess .eplcsentallve,
Local 11 . 1<llned us One of the tOpiCS be covercd
.... .:1$ thc nllf'l'".rnce of keepln.: our union nong
In or.Jel tu ct'mb.t l the 'oret:S which arc IrylDf; 'J()
hard to ",t'l Ih. nl!:ht lo· work '" law aJoptcd by
more 'jUtC'l A .. 01 "UAAC4illlln from Sister Toby
Klos"'" n It .... 01' .t,l:tc('J IhOit alllBEW apprentices
not only be ~Inn M.hoollllJ: III Ih e usc 0' c1CC lll cni
(0015, but Ih:lt they he mad(' awa re of the h l ~tory
whi ch m.ltlt: It ne('c~~Jry III e!olllh h 1h labor union,
fur the wUlkcn MallY'" mtr IlIclIl m("mbe,IIi can
be prou J or Ih.:u cllD tuhut 1l!ns tn !Ill: ~ur.;ce'5S uf
union" ~nd chelf elllll1 01,u.".1 efforts m kecrm.R unluns
SIrUIl!: lUI Ihe gCl'lc,.allun .. III ":OIl1e
lhoth~'1 Phd I w!o.,o ,llIll )'IIUI 'SCribe conltu~u:d
lht rtltubr r.llilc ... lte. wtuch we iuJ,oulnc<l tu Ihe
dmlOK IUnm till lunch and soclalizlnfl and Jl,rcetlnJl,
uu, hO'lI. Brulhr-r Hury Wald . .and Ihe hll"I(,~~U,
liutci E.Jlth WoIr.J. BmJc.a Dro~1Il ,1111.1 Ann Payton
[,nnA CIO'H,I P
Scribe Outlines
Upcoming Activities
RETIREES CLUH OFL.U. L 10, ST. l'AUl, fo\INN . -
Tlu; lutt ... M,u..:h 4 mcc lln~ ..... J~ cllnu·lkd hcCiHI:«:
ur hc ... v,( snow Aftel ont" ... nd a hall munth .. In
Tcx,u ... nd hJ\ lnjt Icft Blllwm,\llIc ""\Ih,l lelnpCt
UUfC (If III d t~r('l'~. r .1rn'lll.:d hnme on Febru.1ty 26.
l'Jtl S.•md W,l" ~n'lwtl()uml on March J. l,)l'IS. Whitt
a Chlllll(C .... lIh 1 III J IIIche<; 01 ..no .... '" my
JIIH~ .... .)yl U.. u!!herill'r" gt't use.J In II , .... e "101',-
1Il~ldcl ... nd .. hul do .... n .111 .1LII\'IIIC" Thc nC){1
nl('CtlO#: Will 'HUt with a hOSPll.lllIY lundl('(ln at
nunn wllh \1,~ \', C TloChld;J liS h.,'1ll· .... C.;;al~ .
rl~':lw ('onull her lit 11ft 791}:"
i:nleTlJlllnlLI II l h,lIIm.1I1 VI~ T~Lhlll.l lid' cvuy
thI ng rl.mllcd .md Wr.lf>11Cd up for nur Annulil
11~1"'IA P.lrty .11 "'1 Ii Ie L.H:<1 luke lin IUlle II We
lH(, Il l lIl\nln~ II rOUlnl lnp by hu~ Plcn .. e C1l11l,IU
VII,; 1111 furthLI dctJ.lis
I krc h "nI'lH lll1n,.; you Cdn', ml~" \('ni'lr, A\' \,1('
In loll." II,. .. '11:"":' name fur Ihe Mt:IIUpo lrldfl
Scnlm reJI.:IJtHlIl·~ 12th Annu.l1 FI.:!itl ..... I. v.hH.h
Will be hrld at tht: Radlsoo South, BhlnmIDj:.t On.
lin \;aluIJ.ly.lune x, ,t.Ullnj.t.a1 IO~ In The le ""III
be hc",ulliul JI"pl ... yo;. a lie" mMkcl lind II .... 111 he:
ta('lred uft by a lunlht: on banquet !c;&tullng HUfte.J
rork thur'" ....·lIh .11 tht: trimmings SomC' "f Ihe
IinC',1 mU "ltl;ln., '-iu!:!h h thc·Celchuty -;1110,;.... •
Will '>ett:I1"Je U'io all dunnt:.and aft ... r the lundlcun
They w,11 be j"II" ....,c:.J by the ~O membels of "~ ""C(t
Adclrne'S InL "vi FOlt'!lillake /I. .....·cll klwwn SlIlgl..·r.
DlIvt· MIKIJt· tIl weco TV fame, wil l be Ihc nHI'iICr
Ilf c.e ICn1UnlC" I hel~ wl1l he cXLltlng anJ e'1:II11I,;
Joor fHlZ.c~ .mJ ;In oIuct lUII All thu fUll e:lll be
yours fOI only $1 6, Transporl3t1on ..... 111 ttc 52 '50
wllh 10 I'CI')oIllI' belnl( picked up at OIIC ~Ivell
IOt;JIiI)n f.lr Ih .. 1 Tdle . Ynu mUM have rt'!ooCI\·.llItll1~ 1
dlln 't \Oo'aJt unul thc I;lSI mIDute or you Will be 01.11
u, luck l tll~1 yeal I,(XlO pc''tono;. c",,,yed Iht"1l"I
.. clVI.""l I Club Looks Forward
Pelh ... p. the: l.ady Ie-lIIee.!> 01 110 woulJ Ilk!:! to
have II quilling bee, and maybe: they cilln don..tle
Ihe quillS hi Ihe Metro Fede r.allon to be aucnoned
off If you gct e:nuur,h Clubs quilling. we may have
prLZes 'Of m.tt dfon. too.
I am ('lin ch hllllns:, for BArney S who IS Slaying
at home tenJmg 10 hiS Wife, Ruth '~. need, Cet
with It <lnd gct well, Ruth; ;lnd Jom u~ . You ;l Ie
probably tired of Harney ', blarnt"y ,
Good luck. GOll hJe!oo~
SII\">: <;'AYIiI. ACt P S
Retirees Updated On
Birthdays, Anniversaries
RETlREES CLUB OF L.U. In, JACKSONVILLE,
FLA.- In the absence' of our PreSident Wesley
Coulheuc and Vice PreSident Harve:y New, bot.h
of whom had "'rr0tntmenlS with tnelr doctou. t be:
Mlirch I I) Olel'ung was JHesldcd o vel by MOIl: VIII
son , M.ul ::Illi!) ~crvc J 0I~ chairman durin;; the Bo:.rd
(If lln t:ClUn ' meellng, and ahhouJth he WIIS I1.lv(n
vu.,. ~b(J1I nOllee. both meel1ng~ were: conductet.l
With r!:!m.ukable efficiency
In 3Itend.anC'e were 38 members, Indud,n& M.ac.k
Wilson, and John Francuc.o and wt.le. who werc
enthusl;lsucally welcomed 015 new vlsums We
earnestly encour:age others to jOll", us each m onth
BUSiness Manager B111 Bromme r officially pre-
st'ntcd service pms to Ihe follOWing Ca lcn Ftanan,
60 ),ears, Oscar FanOln, S5 yurSj CedriC Nlolan,
60 years, and MUIOu! Nlolon, .so years. few 01 us,
Indeed, allll)n such lengthy se!Vlce recolds Con
gr:lw la ll ons, fellows!
GrllcC: Vinson, ou r very effiCient 's Ic k and acci
deDi reporter, announced that Ved. While has
sulfe ll:d a :nrokc, Ruth Cox ,u~tlllfled a. broken hip
and lohn Yarbrough IS undcr~om,!; c(lllsJder;ablc
distress wnh emphyscma. We are ptaytng lor a
rapid lind complete recovery
Mr ... John FrolnClseo's number wa'S dlllwn (OJ Ihe
door prlZc which tsgl\'cn (':;lc:h nlOnth IUlhe winner
Rmhday annlvcrsancs dunng the month of March
Ineluded lohn CanCilla, Mary C(lpcland. Oelt: Cox.
lune Mallcnhoff, fohn Morgan and Helen Waters
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Thc follo ....'l ng couplu h;aJ wcJd~ng .anntvcrsa
nco; Ie' and Ll1h4.n Cox, Clyde and tho,e (;;I ,Jn e"
~ H "nd Evelyn H UDler. and hank aud Ednn
Rives AppmplI.1le grccung~ wen.' 101.111.'; b)' Ihll~t:
nscmblcd
St)methlnfl t o thmk about A nch man IS notlhc:
one who has kepI Ihe fir5t dtlUar he (vcr made.
bUI the one who has kept Ihc ~IrSl fncnd he rvel
moldc
[BUY Wll ..O"'l P oS
Active Seniors
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-pictures s how m ell1bcls or thc Tt cl iret"'i Chl b
or LOC;l1 '2.4 5. Toledo, Ohio, durin,!; OIiC fI( the Club'~
ll!el'Un!:" earli l'r Ih is year.
To Year's Activities
RETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 14S, TOLEDO, OHlO-
January, February aod March a rc behllld u, Wh Ile
m.Jny of U!o " Tanncrs" stayed In wann!:!r places,
tbe b(".1uy "Snowblflis" hlld good attendance :11
the: mon l hly m eetings even Ihough the wCluhcf
was Jown n ght nasty
The Janu;lfY m ectlng fl!.1l U1ed our Blue Cr ss·
w
Blue Shi eld representatives, and at the February Z
meClIllIC we had Carol Hide r of the Toledo Edison :::l
Bencfhs Der;artment wh o blought alollg; a leJ'lte- •
se:nta uvc from thC' Soc.l;ll Security ly5l!:!m. With
Ronmc and hiS budgrt cuttCIS lIylll~ CD make
rnrQ.;ldJl on our hard-Urn!!.! benefits, therr rcmarks
were reusunn!:
OUI March ml"ellng produccd a fine crowd on
hand to hear Dr. Slmmons who rcpresent' the
Toledo Spc:ech - H~rlng SQc.lecy Unfortunately. dUI::
to lhe high wmds, he could not bung the \,Ian (nl
tcstinA. Lau yclIJ' it was ICY . oads_ Alter bemg
mtorm cd Ihal our May metllng wa$ 10 feature AI 61
 BI)I~e ', AnnulIl fuh Fry, Dr. Simmuns rem.uked,
"The van wdl bc In the parking lot . You ,ust can 't
be:!1 tht' ftlod the ladLes prepare!'
Now 'hJlillhe "Tanners" have returned, the Cluh
n looking forw:lrd 10 tht Annua l Dance, Craft
Show , Fuh fry . Senior CUI:zens' Day. fLlcnn~S by
the Wllicr and other goodies which tbe SoeuLI
CommLuct' IS formulaung
The Ileun:es Club ('Xl'r~5Ses liS deepeu .!l)'mp.
thy to the bmily and friends of G~org(' Len]: and
lohn Buhrcn
CARL Y£Np.rC K AC1' 5rc
Retirees Meeting
Well Attended
RETIREES CLU B Of L.U. 347, DES MO INE ' .
IO WA- The AplIl me:cllng of our Re:mees luh
was well altcnd.:d with about SO percent of the
e:lIglble members preSe.nt. Our Club chairman,
W.nren Wl lhJli ms, re.3d a len er from tbe Local J47
buslnc .. ., ",,,nager In whll:h II requeSI WIlf; m&lde
thai we formahze our Club and affiltale WIth the
I13EW Nati ona l Rctuees OrgaDl.zatlOn Following
~ g~net:l l d UH.ulIslUn o f the m,nle l, It wa.\ llac:
C'lOscnSUI§ of the mcmbershljl tha t we con ti nue
OUi Retirees Club III t ne prescnt mforma l mlLnne r
It was sa lrl t n al anything affecting tht' welfart uf
llU1 rC: tlrees might be rc.ferr(!d 10 the locill union
o r the IDEW Int(lOulona ! Office,
I am happy In report the rt'appC3. r;ance of ;.I fcw
well tanned snowbirds, members of our Club wh o
had 'iwnt thc winter ID iUUlhem Chm!lleli
To those members who find it too difficult 10
arrange 10 Jtlc=od meetings, [ submi t tbe follOWIng
Brother John Koclman, who had suffered :;]I gall-
bladder QPtfllUon and was Idcned from the hos'
pll.al only the day bc:1me, was presenl :II lht meet·
109. John, 11 should be noted, h.as se.rved hiS ]oc&l1
m scveral car:aclues ovcr the ye:aJ"5 Dunn, bls
wll rkln,!; YCIIIS, 'ohn was well fII:spected by the
union c lRcc rs II;nu members. the dt'ctnclI;l cnn
In,ClorS as. wedl as by the general public John IS
the kind of guy who seldom., if ever, compl,lIns
and .... ho ,Ot:s about hiS busine S to a qUlel ;lnd
dticu:m manner It IS :always a pleasu re 10 " brealc
b(~d" lind 10 VISit Wllh lohn KtK'lm.3n, a friend 10
everyone
As ~ longtime prtss secrcury of Local 3417, II
wa51 my I"tlhcy ~o eulogIze dcservmsc. IInd ' or OUt
51;1ndll'lg UOLon members Another of thnse who
comes 10 mtnd. bUI who Is longde:cc.ascd, IS Brother
I:)ke We:!vcr. lake ..... as small in s tature bUI made
up for any dcAclenclc'\ In chllt re,&ard by hi" Industry
at the trade and by his fnend lml!ss ,ake WeOlver
was the kind of man who could and did make IUM
alxlu\ anything HIS borne workshop 311eStt'u t(.I
IllS prnAclI,:ncy, H I: should not be forgotten
As II senior membcr of Locll13 47, I find the worst
thing about gmwlng old to be the 105m); of nld
fri ends Jake was onc of Inose
FRtO H POwlll. .. f1 S
Retirees' Meetings Prove
Educational, Fun
R£il REES CL.UB OF LU. 349 , MIA.MI . FLA,-
Our March, 1985, mec.t.ll1g "was held On II day thaI
ff"Jr 111 r hk( ,"ummrr Wr h:1d good :1l1rnd.ancr,
C\'cryone must be. gelttng over Ihe Ilu
on
Alae.ubler gave us a repo n on Ibe hospital pl.llln
Th.e agrecmtnt WIth Cedars o( LeNnon HusJllul
-
OJ
m e:cpuesoo Au~us t 1. WI:: ha"e Non h Miami C(.neraJ
w and Larkin lIosplul now on UltS plan We will lei
z you kn()w whal hap~ns In Augus[ You should
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::> kc=c:p In lauch ....·lI b Al Rcuble.r and Ihe bosplul If
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you Ire: intcrc51ed In the la lest de"e1opmeots .
Lou Snktn had a te:g lImputa lcd becau e 'he
z g:angtenc: had spread. Paul FOSler visited With us
a: dunng the meeting, Jack Hawkins gave .lI talk on
::::J
o gun connol, In effec I, be said that .11 t be lun
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c.ontrol laws shou ld be pu t Inlo laws fmlhe: !ot3 l t:
lack also talked about the U.S, pa.rk people nOI
allowin~ vehlclu. w ith narrow tIres in th e park ,
We had a meal of meatloaf prepa red by Cec Li
Faga n, Thote who hc:lpc:d set up the GerVIng lab les.
62 :ue M r$. l ic k Winemaste r. L A. Smhh, Gladys
O\ju cndo, MJollY Pe r ~z . lam~~ H;!ddl.!n, 1111:111: H:ld ·
den. Bell YDcl Con le and others. Thert wall plen ty
(,If uellclous food brough t for OU f ILinch. whLch
Included ,alau$, beans, fresh vCRet ahlc, and dc\·
~I"II~ ; II wn .. cnj(lyt'd by all
We had several VISitOrs at our April mct.'lInf:
HOlllck " Patrick, son of d ccca~~d mt'mhC: f Red
P.;Llnek • .lnd ht~ W Ife. Wh03fC fwm NU flh l oILll .. ,
\'Il.Io,how Smith, wh(llS now. nllmhcr. and Bobby
ELliott, who IS .a membc:r oj tht' b;e(:utt\·c Bllud
.lind IS also p rcss secretary lUi (lU I Inul
Mu Ro~t.'"blatl gavt' 31al)'; on a Ulp to Ibe Mud
Hole " He: stales tn .. 1 he: needs a mlOlmum of IS
people 10 make the wp. People don:U1n~ door
pn:es .... ere Mrs D.arby , three cnvclopc:s , 8Qb Lltde,
Icily; Anita Hawkms, calamll;ndtrs, lind Arlm("
C)chubcrl . grapc:fruJl tUlCe,
1 he winners ..... rIe Bob tlltle~. (,'(1\ t'lupe. Bill)·
1cCoy. o unl:~ m:arm.lade, Ehzatw:th I'tllhntr. c.~ 1
amand(f'll. Anna HawkinS, grajldrull tUU:C, Ednll
Politick, small package , ElU Ruble r, envdure. Ce ll
LtK,III. c:uvdupt:, lIud 11l~1It: l·hJJCLI , t,. .. I :lItI;UtJel ~
Jack H,1w lons gave 3; tallc on glln comrol and a
ullc on tbc: Florida panthers and t heLr prob lems.
AI Rcub lt' r gave a talk on the Irct' ho~rlla1tzalltlll
oj Cedars III Lebanon, ~trc':!O\llg th!!t a ca ld II>
necessary frlim Concerned ScnlMS of Dadl! COullty,
nnd AI Reub ler had th ese c3rds with him ti t Ihe
mcctm~ ,
L A SmLth and h iS wdc: pn'p:m'l! .h., I1liLltl
hahd bam, w h ich ..... as tal>l), ,H\d lender,
c nlllSC of
along with Ceil Fagan's baked sweet PUUItI.1CS In a
C;lS5e role with peC3ns on tOp The: othe: r dIShe s
Wer( al$o good Other serve rs were Ana Pert:,
Hugh Bollmg, Cell FaJ:an. 10110 Malt'chesc n and
ntht.tS
French ChllOlnd lust had sur~~' rv ,lOu LS dOing
well
Tw AUHI P S
Brother James P. Hall
Is Mourned
QET IR EES CLUB Of L.U. tn. SAN B E R N"' R ~
01 O . CA.l_-Ou r loca l umon :md OUI RCluctl
Club recently 10SlOur sU,uncbeSl :llld m.o$llx:lovt.d
member 'lImeJ p, " hmmy" lIaJl died on Mal ch
11. 1985, following a severe bean att ack
Jimmy Hall was:II devolt't.!, dcdlc:ncd member of
the IDEW for many years, :lnd W:lS a1wllYi It:.1dy
and wlllln,; 10 serve the loealm ;IllY uradl)' when
clllled upon HI leadership IIbllu)" c.a lm Icmpel -
ament lind unfallmg common sense ....'c re always
of the gre::JI~s t benefit to the local alld Lts membe rs"
DUling his long and disu nguIsbe:d c:t rCe r, he hel d
every vfAce. of Ih e loca l, a... well .[IS SC IVlltg as
E)CccutLVC Board membC'r on rh e Apprenuce Com ·
mU lce nnJ ri ll: £"U mHUI1~ lJoal J "~iwe~IJtlll he
hea ded the loca l's Agreement COmmi tl e(: mall),
tlmes. Our wages, workmg cond ltlons, pcnsion
benefits and heQlh h pla n benefits we re a lw ays IUp.s
In om IIICII due 10 It great CXICn! to hin eHQr1$
Foll OWing re hremenl, he org:u'II':.ed our RetlTcc.s
Club lind was our first preSiden t,
During hiS long ca rtcr, be worked In many olhcl
fUfl5(i1cllons aod was wel l ~nown In nrhr-r Inrllh
In the Wt:!it CO:'.lltarea.:as he had worked nn prOICCI$
from J-Iaw.lIii to Greenland .
JImmy rl.llll was a longume me:mbc:r IInu an Elde r
of the: FIISI Pre:sbYlcnan Church, II mc:mbcr of
DaMas.Cus M:.sonic Lodge and a very devoted (atO·
ily man , He IS survlvcd by hIS Wife , Me rie, two
dauglneul a son, who IS a member 01 the San Lui,.
Obl5pu IBEW local; ~veT31 gl3ndchlldrcn, and
great grandchildren
Wh~n Jimmy submits hi tu.vdLn~ c.ud 111 the
CLItes of HeaveD, 11 will be with the ("nIlHdc:ncc
Ih:.Jt hiS due'S all.: p3ld In fuH
New Club Officers
Are Sworn In
RETIREES CLU B OF L U. 569, SA N D IEGO, CA
The Februa.ry mee t ing of Ihe Re t ired ElectriCIa n'!
Cl ub WQ& held at t ne unlOIl hall :H I I 1I .m . wLth
Prl.:l'Idcm Lou Weise p rC:~idinl: Tht (ollow ing
members Wl'rI' ~ wnrn In as offitt: fS for lhe upco m-
Ing yea r' VIf&1 1 Hulsey. pl1=s ldcnt ; 11m Dyc k. vice
prcsldcnt , Ruth lellltr, sec rc:t;uY I Marge Welsc.
treasureri Red Smedley, ch atrml1n of truster: , Lou
WC1SC, cnu:ttiltnment Ch;lrml1f1 , "nu Btll)' Marlin ,
aSS-lSI ant chairman A ville Qf Ihank .. wa .. ~Iven 10
Ihe llulgmn!': officers feu Ih C: lI hard work and
.3chlc~· t:mcl'lt s- L(lu Wr: I!lt" lor fuu, )·cars as prtsl '
dent; l"" :nge WeLst lor b~kanM .and decor:allng .3
huthdOlY and annlvtrs:ar)' c.1ke c;lch month In ad·
dlll on to her tr~a'\iure-r 's duties . • nd Vu~tl and
Doreen Hulsey who p,m Idel.! Ilro~r llm5 tor all our
m~eungs. aTr:.1nged pOi luck s. triPS, pICnu:s. and
~rQur tlCkC'lS 10 many events
In Ilnu.n)'. In addmon to. chili cookou t at OUI
regular mecllng, many enloy~d an evenmg wllh
the Hafl~m Globeuouers and the Walt Disney
Holiday on Ice
Our Club metts tbe sccond Monday of ~ach
month al the IBEW nail Otl I I • m. We welcome
:1.11 retlreC"s from Loca l ~69 lind 465 and thclr
spou~es 10 VLSIt our m(ttlnll:lI alid to I!onsldct
lotnlllg our Club
R"11ll[rrLER, P.S
Club Members Do
Maintenance at Hall
RET1REES CLUB or L. U, 948, FUNT, M r<:I-1 ,-
Loca l 948 Retlrces have survived IInut her Wlnte r
and arc In good condLllon Those (){ us who stayed
In Fltnt bundled up, and shovelLng StiOw m ade good
usc of our Mondtly morning geHoge t hc rs. We h llve
bc=en domg matnu:nance work on ou r umon hall,
Includmg necessary caullong arol,md doors :lnd
..... lndows. changmg furnll cc AItNS lind scrvlcing
exhaust fans forcy foldm& chairS have been re-
pol1red. and JOO ch:alfS hAve been r~lnlorcc=d. The:
staY'&lt-homc: ma1ntenanee group and their wives
were treated to a smorgubord luncbeon at Wdhs
Supper Club.
Mcanwhlle, LOCl1I9.tS Re:urc:t:!S, flonda Chapttr.
had anotht"r wmlu gel·together.lI Slim SLmmons '
traIler In Fon DeSOtO Park Membe:n al1endin,;
tbis aUall with their WIVes were: Slam SlmmoDs,
Vngll Haake. Alger Ruthe rford, Crll!11 Wilcox, Earl
Sucet and Bill Urtn. Jim DaVIS was thcre alone.
One of 948'5 younger members, Cary Rutherford,
.lind his wife jOined the old folks ,
With summCI Ill>1 ""ullud lhc 1;omtr, Ihe twO
groups Will be gellang together 500n lO do the lawo
wor k .around our union hall . We sull have our
reg.'Ular monthly mc:etings the: first Wednesda y of
t he month I1nd lnVlle. all 948 rctlrectl to loin U5 .
Smce=' my las t le it er we have BWlhc rsTom Arn ie,
Paul ComaromL and Bill Eggert rec:uperating from
hean surgcry, Brother Ono Kruger, a longtime
m em ber who wn 87 ycars old , (l 1t~l\cd away. Ou r
UCC pC:H sym p:nhy to Otto', family.
Gn ReE NI CtIOLS, PRE S
IT
PAYS
TO
KEEP
YOUR
HARD
HAT
ON
 II\I IVIElVloRI~M
Praye r lor Our Deceased Mcmbcrs
Oh Lord. during this m onth when we honor OUI fathers ami Our country's flag. remember ou r
decea ed m em bers who were fa ther.5 and tho e who have defended our proud fl ag. They have gone
before us in the h ope of sharing You r peace and love. Remember. too. all our deceased members so
that they m ay kn ow eternal bappmess ,,~th You. Amen.

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

ISEW PENSION ELfCTRICAl WORII£RS NAnoNA!. aEcnuCAl
8Er~E F IT FUND BE'EFIT ASSOCIATION BENEfiT FUNO

NUMBER ADMITIED TO PENSION LAST MONTH 536 284

TOTAL NUMBER ON PENSION 78.781 37 ,243
TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST MONTH S 4,483,299.94 S 7,716,47057
TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST 12 MONTHS $53 ,149,843.11 $86,469 ,525 25
DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST MONTH $ 103,811.36 $ 1,033 ,014,22
DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST 12 MONTHS

64 I IBEW JOURNAL! JUNE 1985

 A SlJl1lmerlil1lC Rh yme
Summertime i in the air,
Smell the flowers everywhere;
So h,,""tiflll , so bright
Even the twinkling sta rs at night.
Summertime i here,
Fvrryon e shout and cheer;
Lei's play tenni ',
Let's play golf,
LCI's go see the parade;
See Ihe children al the corner
selling lemonade.
The sun shines su h a brighl yellow
olo r
A il lans bat hers below;
wimming, sailing, sunning,
fu n ning
Is Ihe summertime motio.
Ycs indeed ! It 's summertime,
j
l3eaul iful sum m rlime ;
With blue sk ies, blazing greens,
Fresh pos ies and buzzing bees.
Laughter, laughter fills the air,
Chan ling chi ldren everywhere;
Yes, oh yes! summertime is once
again here!
Lori CiammcUo, RS.
toe.t 1, 8J
While PLlins, N.Y.
Swimming into Love
Love is like swimm ing
In an unknown lake;
A wonderfu l fee ling
Or a fatal mi Slake.
Some will sta nd upon the shore,
The temptation they resist;
CO l1fused by it calm beauty
Like a steamboal in the mist.
Some will enl 'r ca utiously,
But deep w il hin fee l fear;
They turn and leave the waler
Afraid to shed a lear.
St ill others may b ready
To free ly swim tOl\ether;
To go into the bOllomless sea
Side by side, foreve r.
He.ll M!r Ann Q ' Kiley
Oolu,.htt.f af George. O'k,"'-"
lonl 63ft, Woodsiock, Onl.
love to Oad
Every month my dear old dad
Seal1, Iilb J.lage to sec
If there would ever be a poem
Wrill"n and sent by me .
DdJ, Ihi. i, il ; here it b ,
Wrilten jusl for you
To lell you thaI I love you 0,
No other dad will rio.
Thanks for everything YOll've done;
You were always there,
I hop<, Ihal ,ad will alway~ keep
You in Hi loving care.
More Ihan words can ever say
I plrdg£' thiS to you-
For all the da s Ihat YOll have left
Your daughter'S love is Irlle.
!)orolh,.. kfU~<'I
OauKttler of rloVd 8. rinrel
\.(K~1 Q, l()I~lu , Ohio
Full Circle
A yestcrday Or two ago
I stood here in her place ,
WI,il" t;'dndma brushed my yellow
hair;
A mile upon h r facc.
Nuw I'm Ihe grand ma with the
brush .
What memories il brings!
I brush her hair ann fillff her dress,
And all Ihose " princess" things.
We hop and Irangers turn and
smile.
She fli cks her wai'I-long hair.
My hcart i ful l, I ho ld her hand-
It's joy beyond compare.
There is a special magic spell,
A bond between us IwO.
But you w ill ncver unde rstand
Until it happen ,u SI lo r you .
It secms I've lived this sccne
before ,
Ah , how my grandma smiled;
Bul now I am the grandma;
Then, I wa Ihe child.
I fee l I'vc come ful l circle,
Though yea rs fI w by 100 fa I;
God's special gift to grandm as
Are memories that last.
8~lIr I. Bune.'
Wifl' 01 Roy C. Qutl!!r
loul 1124, Clearfield, P• .
My Flag, My Flag
My flag, my flag ,
Indeed I love my flag.
I worship you from morn
Till night,
And always keep you in my dea r
sight.
YUli dfCan emblem of the land ,
And with your emblem I feel
quite grand .
The PU I uit uf Ildl'J.liness is
hC're to stay,
And I will worship you eve ry d ay!
Wultt Harrett
Wife or retired member GrorSI' [. B.. "eU
lo•.., 1 226. TopeLl, KoIlb.
Safety Checklist for Power Lawn Mower
• Belore starting your mower, clear the lawn 01 metal
objects, stones and sticks. A mower can hurl a bit of yard
debris at speeds up to 170 miles an hour. Mow only when
the grass Is dry. Thousands of toes are amputated or man-
gled every year when feet slip under the blade housing.
Wear shoes-steel-tlpped safety shoes If you have them. Be
careful mowing on slopes. Proper technique Is to mow side-
ways, as In contour farming.
• Stop the engine whenever you leave the mower. Children
and young teenagers should never be allowed to operate
power mowers. Keep children away while you 're mowing.
They are likely to run Into moving parts or against the hot
exhaust pipes. More than one child has been killed by a
piece of wire, botUe or other debris propelied by a rotor
blade.
• Refuallng a mower while It is running, or even while the
engine is hot, can cause fire or explosion. Wait for the en-
gine and muHler to cool, then always refill out of doors
where gasoline vapors can escape Into the air. When starting
the engine, stand firmly with feet away from the blade. Know
the controls, and make certain that self-propelled mowers
are not in gear.

AN IDEW S,AFETY REMINDER FOR OU R MEMBERS

Reprinted from the 'S EW Journ.'

Official Publication of the
International Brotherhood 01 Electrical Workers (AFL-CIO)