...

EDIWRIAL
1.1 Borry, Internalional President

ta ling, in the shun rU Ii . o n \'0'01'''1.:1'''

End The than thc~ a rc on c mpIO)'l.: rs. Th e
lBEW ha' " panlcul"rl) proud reonrd

Gridlocl{- of 'ioellii ng d i sp llte~ with it~ I!mploycl1i

without resort ing II.) ~ I rik~'i . SUI if an
cmp l oy~r ~no\\ s gu ing into a lough
Senators, negoli ulion e~ ~iol1 Ihal Ih\.' cmploycl!1i;
wi ll 1101 he ahle to drcclivcly slri J.. .c.
Pass The thcy (,.;i:l n propose wha tever they ii"l.!-
wag,t: CLl I ~ , bencfil rcuuctiOIl". whal -

Workplace eVer. T il ey know Ihe emplo}ees \\ ill

have 10 go along with it bCC'-l Ll!l.C thL.:

Fairness 8ill fl lt ern:lli vc fo r the employees is "t rik-

ing, ant.! therefore ri!'!"-i ng being IJe l'·
mant:l1ll) re p laced , 11 0\\ '<.; thai for
here'" a ~ou nd being \-v...!ard :lroulld the Uni \\!u
T ShHc:-. tltC$1.! days. You Car' hl!C1r it at pl~lll l gi,lc"i.
union h'1 1I8. and around ~ilc h ~ n wbles. It'., the
h<l li lll ce of powc-r, \1 ~otlnds .1 1m
more li ke .. their way o r I Ill: doorway,"
In fact. when g.lIIng Oll t on 'itrikc
so und or workingpeopk ucmanding Senate can mean. ror all practical purpo~~.
act ion on ant ist rik cr-rcplac\.! l11 \! nl legisl:Hioll. being rircd. then thl.! right 10 slrik l!
and if" . . gc lting louder. becomes ,,1m 5l I11caningleso:.;.. Now. cl early Ih\!
H.R . =' allu S. 55. known liS "The Cesar eco nom~ remain s :-.Iuggish, ilnd milny lirrn~ ilrc
Chavc7 \: orkplace Fairnes,,;: Bill :' would ban in lTOubk . B ut ror lhose firms \() say 10 long·
once AI H.! ro r ull the deplorab le praL:ticc o f tcr m, hard \\lorking e mplo yc c ~ "wc 're having harJ
allowi ng. companies to '"pcnn clncntly replace" limes. so 110\\ \\ c'rc going to ,hl~h your \\Clgc'l
:striking worlcr . It pas:,cd tlu: I louse of Rcprc- and bcnclil"', Take il or leave il." l 0 disclission;
~enla lh cs by a cumfo rt.ot b1c m argi n in June. and no negolli1uo n. That's not what I he colic-ctive
now sits in Ih.: Sena te a f~w vo teS short of bl'ing harga ini ng procr.:s~ is al! about. Tha t's 11tH fa ir.
able to break a threatcn.,;d l'ilih u'ioh.!r. M": <Ill'l.vhik. nd faimt:~s t"l rC~l lly what ) I.I~ . 5 .lIlti S. SS come
\\orker.,. arc in Iroubh.'" . dO\\11 10. A llowing p~rmancnl rcplacc mcnt!<l i~
\! orkcr~ an.~ in trouhle ill Cale rpillar in j ll ~ t nol fa ir.
Illi nois. w h c r~ the thre.1l of bringing in scabs Long ~ lil11l.! United Farm \V(wkcrs l ei1 d ~ r \;'1.11'
crippled a strike acti on lal\ t yenr. \Vo r kcrl\ Cha\cl:, who dir.:u cilrlicr lhi\ vear. rought for fair ~
are in trouhle m Dii:llllolld \"alnut in Ca l ifor~ nc'\.\, dignity, ~rul dl!cr.:ncy for \\C1 rkcf"i all l1is IifC'.
nia, wh ere "tabs were called ill. not just for A nd upon hi~ dea th. lhl..' I cgi ~hl ti ol1 which 11m,
the duration o f the st rik.:, hut p cr lll Cl ~ the powcr to hring Ihose Ihi ng....:: 10 lh~ Arner·
ncntly. Th"' l means unles:t lhc'ioe union ican workplace was namcu in his honur.
worke r~ can c hang~ th ing),. th\!)"rc o ut To the handful of ~cnalOrs \\ ho hold
of work . All heca use tlwy \\Icr~ the key tn passing lh i!.; Ii.!gisliHioll ;)nd
exe r cising tlll.'lf legally pr (J ~ :,e uring Brothe r 11<1\ I.!I":-, Il.:gilC).
lcered right to ' trike. I he time for ilet iun j" nO\\ , I::nu
Thero·, be n " lot of l illk Ihe gridlock. Po" Ihe bill. To Ihe
nbou t "the balilllcc of power ill \vork i n g p ~ o p h.:
III' Ailleriea . dtl
the wc)rl...plact:." \Vell. Ict mt! (ell your pilrl. I f t \ 'C I') union l1l el1lb~ r
you, tile rig.ht to strike- b the- on l~ called or \\ rotc hi or her :-,enatllr:,
reul balul1cc or power the re is in ur gi ll g tht:J11 to '1U ppOlt •. 55, the
l abor-m~I I1 i:lgeIl1l: 1l1
relations. Ch.:<l rly. Se nate w ill r eliCt. America IlI.'-r.:Js
labor (ries to avoid strikes. which arc thi:, h..:gislation. Th e jol it prolccb
often far mOTe! economically <.il!vas- could hl: your.,;;. t
OffICIAl PUBliCATION Of IHf
INTERNATIONAl BROTHERHOOD
Of ElECTRICAl WORKERS
VOlUME 92, NUMSER 9
OCTOBER 1993

FEATURE DEPARTMENTS

2 12 19 44 16
CANADIAN lABOUR
lIell)ing 10 Shalll'
'I'hl' "'"llll'"
CNG-P()wl.!rcd
V1... hiclc:-.
IIIEW Bllihling
SlI'mn
Unio n J oh~
Come To Scra nton.
Ol'gallizill,!l
Seve llt h J)l \lril' l \Vin ~
Fj't' I'ayer's
Ohircl iOll I'lall
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REPORT

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20 LOCAL UNES

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Oh. Canada
Firsl Dio;;lflCI M~Cl' " ':'1'1) \ \h'elill,!l
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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

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TECH TALK

10 20
('0'' of tI.. JB!w J A»..SIor TfOlTI Locol 1200 Wovungl'Of'l 40
(;0118('1'\ ing DC mt!ll!oo, )1111 Mc:J.lnl'lQl'1 prOJ>OffH mo W8Al. TV (Channel
I,aboi"s Basil' r1 '" Bol!rm~"/iJ HlI ~fof. bos«.on'j AUSJor GaIM RESEARCH AND
Goals
Elevenlh
Dio;;t ricl M!.!cl!'-
COVER PHOTO: locol 12015
WoIRiJ' Cr.,. ColifornJ<l mtrl!·
bet Fltd CO" ovtrf,oul, MII<on
tallied, l·od-mOOJ"1fd eNG iMU
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l lliiOli Pl'i\'ilrge
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ECONOMICS

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10 SAFETY AND
BI'ings
MarwfoclU1rng
Organizing DirftCim
MfI"'m Horton ovr/.n'"9
the 'SEW', ~ MEMO
COO,UW 0:1
E~rh
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Inl. ~j'll. Rj'lires
1'l'es('I'illl ion
Sm illgs -
HEALTH nps

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IN MEMORIAM
Progre,J ,\1eemll9

IXICUJlVI O"ICIIS INT•• NATIONAL oS,~ Oulritf IBEW JOURNAL

J,J. &AAO: Y JACK " 1'/1.001(1 IIUCUTlYI COUNCIL AlAN I. H! AD DEPARTMENT
'''l«noIlllnol Pr.,~' s.c.tory
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Wcnh'"9'OA. 0 C 2000~ WOlhl"Qtcn, 0 C 2000S CLYDE aOWDEN Do I. T.~Ot 752JO J.J. hny
THOMAS YAN ARSDME
cia fBfW locol 387 .s.-wr O.. 1fkI Jounool Depotm..nf Du-eclor
lB I8N 7"' S,,", fHOMAS J. SWEENEY Mary Ann YCiA Mete r
'""'tI(lIOOf'Ol T,oKIJUlef Su".201 '2052 8fll.nor Rood
1.58-11 Ho.rrYonAr.coleJr Av'"LItI ~hc»ru. Am'Dna 8501 4 !ond, Caliiornio SIIP'I'I'IIOt
Flvl"'/IfI, N_ VOll 11305 Carol A. Cipolorj
" "I P')/r,el 94602
JOSEPH A. M(CAfFI'Rry SlolI Wrilon
INTERNATIONAL VICE PIUIDENTS
F,fm OiJJrK1 N,~fIt
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f,,~D'JIr'l:1 I)jUtJd 3QOO I,eb P,u 2750 OI.aIra s. .., loom 12 Rulh A. Cobb
KEN J.WOODS H. WADE GUIlll' 5•• • Mc::CANN CoII~,fII P."nlyimnoo Vkto"o II tWt CoIurnb.o
.., Sheppard ~ Eo~r No 2~,,~o.l"" 1.$0 Noll" W'e-' tl:ll'le I~"'20 Conodo V8T Af8
s.,'1e Aill Su,.3OA 5111'- 100
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 " The IBEW Juurnal has gn'ell ISf)
It} I}1t! role oj the }H EW
much/lIlWIIlWil
1I0rker m /It'w alia emergmg tee/lIIoJ·
og\l, (lml holV 'hese worker,\ 1m! helpiug
10 \Jwpe ,Ill' fil/ure. ' says Lot..'l Il 1245.
\\',11",,, ('re:ek, California, 11Il!I1I1>er
T
ing.
he great technology th at Brother
Carr ~peaks o f is the ene rgy sav-
emironmenlall~-sc nlliliye di~tinc·
J-red('fI( k (urr, "And 111\ Imil Lf cur· tl o n that the Sacramento Regional
r('lItl, Im'olw,t! 1\'11" {I weal Icc/mnt· 1 ral1~ it (SRT) achieved with th e
(lin /i/O/lwr Cllrr IS'lpeukillg of expertise of the sk illed members o f
\urrulltt'lIllJ (California) Regimw/ Local 124-. RT is \\ell ··011 the road··
/ "'11\11, "m' of Ilr(' firM mujor IIrhrlll to possessi ng th e largest bus nee t in
11 1tt\\ U'(fIf'lUJf1m /nll diuric/\' 10 UJf1 l11ril Am cric<l t rLln on compressed nalu ra l
to ('rHlffJrnH'ti NWllfal Cio\ ( NG) ga!ot, overhau led, l11uinlaincd anti
pOil/llrf" \ l'/"d£·\, " 'hell nm/pi/n'd 10
in"'pcctcd hy it s union e mpl oyee.
dWH'1 t'''i:IIU'\ 11m, Mmr: lI!i('(I. tlrt' 1t'~'f'l
I hc\t.: m c mhcr~ were train ed in the:
oj pol/111m", prnfiflcrn h\ eNG
Regional TransiL's Rom\.: , Nl:w York.
£'I1,~/lH'\ 111'1 ' "II /lw /lOIJ-exisft'lII-fI fill.'-
facil it y. Brothe" Bill LaForte and J oe
lOr tlll1l ('I/ilumi" la l ~'lIwkt'r~ hlln'
Lent/. classil1cd facility maintenance
IIl1lmlflll!tI lor flt't'o 111111 mt1l11t{jlI1Ura)
'rHm, JIre Cllrr('nI t!11!\t'1 flt!i" IUIJ h" l'"
mechaniCS. arc rc.!~ponsible for main·
In \/'(I'ICI' \IJ/CI' lh e Jlut/·1c)7(h, 1I·1t1'1I /I
ldining the cO lllprc"~()r an d fu eling
r{'pltlC'('" 1111 tH'" older mtxlflt Ims, Awl
-' Ia t lo n:-.. FOLlTl ee n of SR' I '., 16
I/'n/' ( \ ( J ""Iltc/n, If/llelr hI' I"''' mecha nics aue ndcd the tmining se mi-
j'f/wPJ,nl ~'II11 hfr.\ for ",lIt,t'ldulln, 1\ ill nilr~ !<.pun:-.orcd hy the 111;lllufacturcr.

tlt·11I t'f (f h/K/OWr /lofllL\ /0 urt'll r flwln ll.\·,' Iill' I ndll: t ri "~ of America . ba,eJ in
,1011 "'(/1\ ' : \at'IlIUlem(l IV/II he [fCI' of Or·i,kany. New York.
Iltt'\cI /lflll,/ulI//.\ 'nUll Iw."," \I(linlllil'- The Il1cmbcr\ participated 111 a Iwo-
III/.: 11r(, ( \ (, /1(,t'( 11ft' IBLH' ml!l'i/dll' day trainin g ~C~'i.lo n lO Ic.!a rn all the
toeol r245 member Joe Lentz in the ,oofrol
I( \, lfI,.,ulwn IIf I IIClII 11.J.5. new I ~ chnol gicai iI~pcch of com· room of the fueling bay af rile computer, mon;-
prc\~c d natural ga'i- powcl'c u (eNG) fori"!1 fueling of eNG buJ.

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vchicll!s. () 11 lh~ Ilr..; ' day. Illc 1111.:111-
hcr~ karn !.!o hl'\\ the "hllle ... ) ... h!m
wo rh . .an d un lhl.! \Ccond. Ihe \C ....... ion
focu~J ~lric ll ) on the ;,lIl nhut..:" ;lnu
~pccifics of natural g.l,\ compH.::-.:-. iUll.
h.llowln g m\cn ... h.: Inli nin g.. Loca l
124::; m~mh\!r-; \\ ..: 11.' IH~\!n 10 Ihe man-
ufacturing plant. \\hCrL' they lI\"'rC( t ~J
Ih\! Ill!\\ nlllllrai ~a . . ·pm\cn.:u hu"\(;.... a~
Ihey rolled d,ml1 the .1..... cl11hly 11111.:.
Accoruing lU Local I:!4:' ~hup !'Ilc" .m.1
L lrncll Gill. \\ho <,,~i ... I'" III rqlair ,lIld
prnl'nli\c Ilhllllh:nilnl.·l.'. th e RT
l1lL:chamc... \\ ..:rc rC'pt;lIl, ihle fur mak-
Ing. "'UfL' thilt ··C\ l!1) Ihm}!, Ihill wa ...... up-
po...cd 10 he put un lin the il\j"'embly
lint.! I \\, ~h ,'In till.'re.··
B rothl!f John HO\\lkn . .., facili ty
mallllcnancc worker. uC!'Icrih " "hut
he ano fHhcr ... learned 111 the c \\
Yurio. cla ...... c .... "\Vc wcnt thillugh Ihe
in:-.pecllull houl lUll: hy hili,:. Iu I II it h·
... un: c\,crythlll g h,u.lllCcn ..Ionc. \Vhcn
we found ."oll1cl h,n g \\ ro ng. wc
marl...c<.l it il' .I tldl.!cl. ilild Ih ~ n
rct u l'1ll!d 1:-11 ..: 1' In COflcc t It. For
IBEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993
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Above, Brother Fred elm lighlenJ the mounting
bolts on the comprcued natural gas mnks,
locafed in lite roof of the bus ,
AI left, tocal J245 Bu.sincu Rcprcw nfatiw:
Wayne Greer (eenler/stonds beside Regional
Transi,'s campreued·go:.·powcrcd bu.s, parked
In front 01 tllC Socromcnto Stoic Copilol, with
maintenance woncen John 80wden (left) and
La""," Gill /righ.).
in ... ltl llce, wc no ti ccd Ihal a dH ... hhoaru
dldn 'l helVC a \\Ire CHVcr inslalll:d. 11
\\a~I1 't :1 ... lillll.lard item. hu t \\C
fl:qUi.!io,l~ d Iha\ wire cover.. he in\tatlcd
un 11 11 bu:-.e~ . •11ll1 Ih l.!~ wac. W ~ ,, 1"0
d i:-,co vc l"cu iI d ip ~ :--tic~ luhc rubhi ng. on
the e\.hau,1 pipe It ·... a ll mmnr ."wfl.
hu t \.\ hen ~llll'rL' r,-'~illg 2.611.000 a
hu:-.. )O U \\;1111 It bra nd 11\.'\\ . "
hcr "' ILIdyll1~ the 1Il ... \rllCIlOn 111:111-
uab and ... chlJll1;HH': ... of Ihl: "~"' I CIll ,
Brothcr LaFori c "'ro~c uf the compul -
... o r~ ... ::Ik l ) rc;lIurc~ of Ihe ... elf-
cun ttlln co. ~l...lt.I C. G
1110untcu
compre'tMH..... III..: 'liid. " Each or thu:-.c
unit,> hn" a g.I'" I.kllTtor Ih,ll Will ...lll il
Ihe u nil drml1 al ~o percent of the
Io\\i.!r CXplc'. \I\i C 1111111 In other ".onh.
when gi.h dl"CUmul ,lh:o.., in conct..'nlra-
I I00h Ihat ili C ;;0 pelecil l ur "hat it
wou ltlwJ..c III 1"lCl:OIlh..: cx plo!o.lvc . ..,hut-
JO\\ll '" Initid l 'J ilillmnallcally Pn nr
to that. 1,,;\'L' n III jll"'l 111 pcrC~lll 111 the Adjusting preuure on tho "Murphy ponel, If
!emc!" cxp l{,..,i\\.· lim it , fall'" co m !! on Brother Lentz ensures thot the €onfocl gauges
ore sel properly 10 aUfomatkally Sh;rrt, JIop,
autolllatically 10 \clllihilc til ..: ltl Ca : ' shutdown or bypoJJ should a problem occvr ot
Brolh ~1' I .c nt :t ope rate..; the CO!l1- the compressor stanon.
J
 C'NG vchicles. B rOl ha (':-liT reporled.,
'"T hey're going to watc h th e fue l CO Il -
:-,umpliu ll very closely. so that if there
arc an} deviations. lh c~ can notify us
to cherI... for leak ~ ... as '\(.~ ~ai d bt..-forc.
-... ~. .. '-
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automatic shut--ofr. But \d th smallcr
Icak~. c1o!<lc human inspection is
req uin!u."
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Till' (;NG Fuelin"
Cent ral to th e maintenance and care
of the C IG buses was the construc-
lion of (h e comprc!!':,or ~ talion ~md
fuelin g i ·Iand. from whi ch I BEW
memhc rs wi ll refue l the coaches o n a
daily basis. It is sa id 10 be the la rgest
in Nn rl h America. in terms or fue l vol-
ume at the pump. \ Vhcrc it ordina rily
lakes ~l bo LH 25 lo 30 minut~ 10 fuel
one of RTs coaches at other CNG
stat ions. to fuel a coach at SRT. wilh
the sa me amount of fuel. l:lkl!S about
two-and-onc-ha lf to three minutes.
To su pply SRT's compressed gas
stn ti ol1. Paci[ic Gas an u ElcClric Com-
pany (PG&E) ran a dedicatcd gas line
dir ec tly to the
f"cilit). This gas
main is pre sur-
i7 ed 10 over 300
pound per-
square-i n ch.
whic h i about 10
t imes t he pres-
sure of rno 1 gas
lines. RT -CNG
fkoIhet- Bill IDforle chech the panels in the confrol room of the lueIing boy. compressors step
Ihi" pressure up
putCT terminal h \\hleh he muni turs blow up. \Vcll. It "s 10U percent gas- 10 a t least 3.000
th' fucl ing of the C'NG \'chlcles. Hc no oxygen. pounds-p e r -
also adjusts the pressu re on the Mur- Local 1245 mecha nic Fred Carr has ~quarc - i n ch.
phymatic con t roll \..~ r. com monly known the responsibility of checki ng gas Lines t h ~rcby allow ing
a~ the "Murphy panel" A fcalurc of for leaks and ligh te n ing mo u nting a quicker refuel-
thi~ pand is to e ll!lbl e alltOJ1HHic :Io(ar~ . bolt!<l dO\\n for the eNG tanks. He ing. Said Lee
stop:,.. shutdown. ond b) pl.lS~cs . via pe rforms p re venlO1live maintenance King. Local 1245
CCmltlclo;; on the ga uges the mse lves. in~rc lions on the illl bu~l.!s : docs the member . who
Brother LaForte spoke of the neces- prl.! limi nary check. and all rOlil ine main tains veh icle
si t) to keep the g<l';; vcry dry. " O l her- checks afte r a certain period of scr- upholste ry a nd
\\i!olc," he said. " Willer vapor will vkc. , hen tanks i.lrc ~Cl1 t o llL for test- tu e llng ... rhlS is
[ree7e in the pipe at the nozzle d ue 10 i ng. He makes road cfll1s. deliv .... rs an excili ng tech- I
the cooling e ffect of decompr cs- re p lacement hu:-.e:-. when n cccs~ary . nology , bcca u"e.
"iion ... which IS \\hy Ihl.! dehydrator is a and o\crscc~ the return of truubl ed for one thing. it
r;;cparate unit. You \\oulll \\onder whu busco;; to th e garage. Spcaklng. of pre- loub like this is
can com press that ga:-. and not have it ctlutionar~ m ca.~ ures i ll~litutcd with the bl!Sl Iype of

• 'BEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993

 vch i c le. h ecau~e there is no
ex hau st to pollute the ai r.··
Regional Tfi:m~ it nrd c rl.:d al mos t a
hu nd ri.!d eNG powered hu ~cs, plu s
abou t a uozl.:n s upport vc hicles. T he
first C G b us wenl in lo se rvice in
December 1992 . an u a total of 40
hll \l.:\ hilvlo! sinci.! heen d e liv e red 10
SRT. More th a n 20 of th es e buses
have rece iv ed on-s il e inspcclin ns by
IBE\V cJl1plo)'ec~ and an~ prescntly in
service.
Brothcr John Mc ndunca no leu Ih a l
half the RT ncct wi ll hc convcrtl.!d to
C ' Co \ c h ic les b) ca rl ) 1994. The
who le neeL comprised of 11 2 huscs, is
sc hc dll kd to o perate o n Ihe c1ea n-
DUrn1l1)?, luel by the year 20m.
" V'IIe rece ntly \\on an ilwa rd for dfi-
dcnc~-our m a inte nance record was
good:' ,aid Brother Carr. He conti n-
Ur.!U. ··It makes me a liule more excited
aholll work . I r"s l ike-I"m making a
diff~rc llc c. You kno\\ . management
had an c<lo,;icr time deciding to go to
~omd h ing like this bccau:,r.! of the ir
faith in o ur m ainte nance depa rtm ent.
9317 Gas
Clean Natural
I'btrered 8 Y ...
'BEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER t993
Brother lee King operates 0 specialized hose 10 fuel the Regionol Transi, bus.
Manage ment ha!o. hc~n coming 10 the e nvironment i~ c1ellner. an d sate l~ jo; a
e mploycc~
and <I"killg 4uc~ tiun!". llley priorit~ _ But 0\ erdll. the labor of IheS\.."
s.."l)'. 'You're Ihe o n ~.;; \\ho 'I re gomg. to member.;;. a h hough no t direct l:
be working on Ihi ~ -\\ hal uo you thinl.. obscncd b) thl.· cus to m er", keep.;;
aboul thisT l 've also hccn Imprc,scd acramenlo r eside nt s moving .
wilh Ih eir Ilm-lna ,g.l.'; nh.:n['~1 conce rn \Vhether it's ove rh au ling a Iran'il11b-
\\ ith ~fc t) : ' nd Ma int en'lI1cc Man- sion. o\crhauli ng all engine. keeping
ager ~Iik c Couke. a~ \\ ell a ... A~is tanl the air con diti oning in ~cn ' icc. or
l ~lint ena n ce ~I a na gc r ~cd Fm:. rea ligning the hrake'i. Ihe ~ J.. ill of
hC:lrl ily agree. a Ihl.!Y cum ment'! LocaJ 1:!~5 mechanics 10;; \\h at mak es
the s~slem \\ orl·..- a priml: ~:\al1lple of
lhe e ntire maintenance ' taff
the lipirit and d edical iun of I BE\V
\11 0:,1 major urbilll Illa~:, tran-
Sit (lIstrlcl" arc fo ll owing thl.! rncmbcn.. •
prog.rc~:, uf RT'~ C G cU.Jches
10 determine if tht!y arc cus t
dfeC livl' and po ll ull on fr ee.
Loca l I ::!-I 5 mcmhcrs helieve
th ai C!': I \ -e h iclc~ \\ ill hecome
I he new s tan ui.1rd po\\e r fo r
rn a~' t ran ~i l and coul d pos!>. ibly
exte nd LO pri viltc l) 0\\ ned allto-
l1l()bill..· ~. \Vhil e th e ro~itionl.;
held h) Lin: IBE \V ullIon mcm-
bers at Region;"!1 Tran.;II·.;; c hi-
cle Maintenan ce Dcpa rlm c nt
arc not in tho.:: mo n: lr<uJitional
work clao,;o,;ific.:ati()n ~ tl f Local
1245. the memhero,; hdi~vc th:-tl
to hI.: imohcJ ill the h:nd posi-
tion of a co n vc~ion I II natura l
g a ~ truJ} rep reo;e nl s I hL' va lue
il nu inh."grity o f Ihe IOF\V and
S RT.
Not onl y i~ the bl h o r ~ lll a n ~
Completing his inspecrion, Brother LaForte
age m c l1t p artn c r:,hip succc~~­ che<1cs valvcJ on a No. 1 eylinder on unit
fu ll y work ing at S RT . h UI the K-I02.
5
Inremotional P~jcknf Barry delivering the
meehng l , Iceynofe acldresJ.
FiI'SI OisLl'irt l\Ieets Amid, I
Eeollfllll ic UncC l'tain t)' Alld
p om leal Changl.' in l~al1ild a
T he turbulent \'~"ilters of iagara
Falls served as a filling backdrop
for the bnol Dl str icl's All Canada
Pr{lgres~ M ec ting. hel d in Niagara
"ails. Illa,;o , J uly 13 Ihrou gh 16.
Dt!J...:g~lIcs from local unio ns ll c r o~s
('anada galhercd jusl mOlllh. hefore
this -autumn's clections, to hear. tcll.
and dlSCLISS disturbing neWs Hbout the
!'Iale of I h ~ coun try's I.:!conomy. :tnd
"boul pia" , Ihe IB EW bas 10 bell' Ihe
rncmbcr<ohip thro ug h th e rough
"uten;.
6 IBEW JOURN"L/OCTOBER 1993
Intamotionol Secretory Moore diKussing Ifte
new 18EW Canadian efectronic trarJJfer pr0-
gram for retirees .
Aftc i Tt:IJ) Wi hun. \UrC ur Local
~04. Kllchener. On tario. Busine~!o.
Mana ger/ Fin a ncial Secre tary J ~rr)'
\\,i l~on. sang. Ih L! Crlnadian 'J-atu.JIli.l l
Anthem. and introuUclof) anti wel-
coming T\!marks were prcsl!l1Icd by
Ningara F::t lls Mayor \Vayne lluJmp-
son, 1EC Chairnllln Clyd(! Bowden,
anti Eigh lh D iSlriCI 113(' momoer
Jal1ll.!s McAvoy. First Dblrict In terna-
1I0nai Vice Prc!loid\!nt Ken Woods got
ri~ll1 down 10 bU<;lOess. The numbers
Hrc distressing. he- reponed. In a scric.
uf ~Ii d (!s. he gra phica ll y ill u,,>trated the
I","", IInion < (including Ihe IBE'W)
have expe ri enced in Cnmu.la. li e l1uill
th e Case for organizing. c.lt;mon~tl'Hting
Ill)\\ cons lrtl ction f)rg~lniling cam-
pClign~ in th e dJO:;l ri cl havc ~hown r(.!a l
promise over the I;t!'.t two yea rs.
!:Hasllng I he government f fomler
Prime ~1inister Brian Mull'nnc~ and
hi!'! conservative '\uCCl'ssor Kim Call1p~
hI.! II. Vicc President Wood~ poinll.!u to
over ·WO.OOO jobs losl il1 Hllad" since
1989. I Ie cited SWlh-ric.\ CIIIUU{U num-
hers showing 40.6(~1 jon, hei ng c realed
a month in Canada 111 Il)X7. But by
IY90. Canada \la" In,inc, ""'r 71~1I1
jobs a monlh. Uncmrlo~rncnl III 1992
W(I:-' up to 11.3 percent nationall y, and
to over 50 percent in the cOIl..;.tructinn
indu<.;try cl:lTlicr Ihl' year in ,",cvcral
provinces. rhc C'on.,cn i:Hh c.:S. ~UJd Vice
 At left, 0 view oI1omtt 01 the JclcgOlCi
offenJing the ConSlnKhon Worhhop

International Vic6lTeJident
Woods lallcing about the difficult
economic times Canaela foces.

Above, standing at oltenrion during

Terry Wilson '.s singing of the
Prl..'''iidcTl I \\'nodl,; ha v,- rai:-.vt! tax(::-. 011 Cnnndirm Natinnol Ant/u1m are,
workingpcoplc \vhi le keeping Ihl.'lll From left, Host Loco' Com mittoo
Chairmon and L«0/636, Toronfo,
down 101' corpOlCltiom•. And in a IllOVC member Dennjs Fra(1(o, Niagara
rum iliHf to l\tl1t!f1can<;. lhe), h,.i\'~ Foils Mayor Thompson, Vice
pa\sed more ,lIld more co ... h lin h ) PreJident woocls, Secrtlory
Moote, IEC member McAvoy,
prm. indal dlll.,I Incal ~o\cmm.:n" \"hlle and lEe Chairman 9owd~.
In\'ing till': fcderal dehl ,k,\ hi\!.h.
Vice Preqdcnl \\'()t)(.1 .... (ncrall mc\-
SfJgC \\oa ... d t;ill ;Jnu lInc4uiHx:al that
l'an:HJa nCl.'d .. change: Ihal IBEW AI ''lIhl, /.oeal 105,
Hamilton, Onrorio, Bus;neu
members mll ~t get ilwolv t'd, both Mon0ger/FinancioISe((CIOI')'
polilical!\ ilml \\ilhill cilch lOCH!. and Joe 8coHiu gives a donolion
Ihat with ca<"'h l1u.:mh 'r im. nl\'cu- '" Nancy 8011 cI "'" Mul~pl.
Sclerosis SocHJIy of Cancda
organillng anJ \-f1l1ng rC~11 pro!!rc"
OJ he regislWs for ",.
can be IIH1UC. progreSi mfM!fing.
Inlclllaliullal Prc!'icJctH J.J. Barry.
th e ml.'Clmg\, keynote ... pt..:akcl . rl.'i n-

'BEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993 7

 (orrell much or \\ hal Viel,.' Prc\ldcnr
Wnodl\ hao 10 ....t} . Pre';<.il'fl! Btlrry foe \\ rillen reporlS ~L'I X'Of in d!'o U3Udi.
said. "C~In:ldn h;ro; heen III Ihe deprh t;; BUI Ihe 1Il0'k.'.\ g.... ,\ tll!pt.d lcd UIfl..'Cllj ecrelarf' omee. In acldillon 10 (he
or a rr.:: CC~ ... jnn for Ihe pal:;t 1\1/0 lind" into an J13 E \V aCcO unt in TorolllO. ea~ and \l'cunry Ihe program uffer;;
hal,. jenr". ""'0 (hOM;.' lucky cnou~h 10 Onl11rio (in R:lltimorc rOr U.S. fu nd!<l.). pcn..,ione,,,, il dbo re present, a MI/)stan-
ha\rl! a juh. ;1 ;~ prohahly i] rCCC~t;;Jon. Thill way (he moncy begins workin,g tial prinling and r<>'it l:Jgc "Hvings for the
HowC\'cr, 10 rhe 15 million whll urc fo r the m...:mher",hip several day... earlier I nl cnulllo nnl. And he reponed that
unC'OlIlIO)ctl, .1111.1 tho"ic 110 'u,,~c, than bcfurI.:. He uQwd the dek'!Wll" III de~r"c 'he di..'C/irnng l11l'mbcn.hip. Ihe
qualified for Lucmp/o) menr I n~ur. 'L.:Ulllurrcnu lh~H O'C Iclircc .. ill "'ei, \Hriou.., fu nu. or the IS Ew h~J\e per-
anCe Bl"n~hl\ lano Iht.:r\!forc not Jocal,,; panicipale III rhl' \tltln.lo.be~ 101llled \\cl/ "I111(C 'il"ll )ci.lr':, progrc","
coumcd li!) un("'l1lplo)cd l, ir \ i:I Ucprcs. U\a ilil blc electronic IrilJ1~lcr program mCClingc;
~iolJ," He, luo, ... rrc\\CU the dI re ill1por. for pension check . DI'I"i' ... \\ ill he pro- Folllming ur un a Tc~olutH.m pas~d
lane\,! of or.galli/ing, cn l/ing On i:lII loca l \i dcd in a k' lI l'r frOm the
union lenders 10 prov ide " n:
Icade",hip 10 m ake Ih e laugh
decisions and 10 ge l Ihe job done. Presklent Barry
f1t,ftJ and Vice
And he illlroduc'd Ihe dc/cgilles F're,ldent Woods
10 Ihe IBE\ " ne\\' e~( orgdniling (righll .Iond w;/h
and educalion luol. Ihe Alt'mber. CaDOClion Niagara
P....... l7esidenl
\ltip E11uClIf1fJ1I "nrl "'lohill l.,oll(Jf1 ondCfOBob
fnr Orglllu-;,mg (J'":f(I-MEMO. Wa_ (conler/.
IllI ernal ional cCrC lary Jack
MO<lrc tl l \() ~p{lkl"
v.ith alarm abelll
Ihe IB EW ·s decli ning mcml'"n.hip
roll>. I-Ie '"id. '·nohody likes ".d
n~\\<~. hUI Ihi" II:; nOI a maHer 10 be
passed off .tS an ·oh nell" , iIWllion. To
rhe cOnlntr) , il mU"i1 he neighed by ti ll
loca l unions, ilnd by all members
n:gardJ!,!s:) of [he p.a rt ic ular hnm ch Or
cia, ioea li"n o f membership. I , ubm il
10 you. Ihi~ condition j, [I I11clOdalc 10
all or Us 10 g\!1 dead') o.,criou, ,thou!
organlTlOg .. ,
St.·cn:liJf) Moore disCU5.\Cd the nc\\
"Drop Box" method fo r I\Ubmll11ng per
cHpi la p<lymcnr~ 10 the IntcrnaliollilJ.

Abo"'" Manufoctunng
Orgc:miZJ'ng Director
Horton giving on
o"CrView of the ISEW's
new MEMo CO<Irse.

AI left, scm. of /h.

delegates or the
rcfepi...,.-Manuioduring_
Government Employees
Worluhop.

leEIN JOURNAL/ OCTOBER 1993

al IhL:! I:lSl I Hl.:.n V 1I11c rnali ollCli Con-
lJen tion. Sccl'Cl:l ry rvh)Ore announced
Ih ~ lo nnHllo n 01 an ad hoc com millcl.!
10 "ilUdy way'" 10 Implement a reciproc-
ity agreemenl for Canad ia n mc m bcr~.
1\ lld he e li ded hi" "pccch o n Ih ~ 'iub-
jeci or politiC". Com paring cOIl"crva-
l ive Prime MilliMt.:J' K im Camphdl\
philosophy 10 l hal of former Ameri·
can Prc~ I Jcnt ROllll ltJ Reagan. eere-
lar~ Moore called on all Cana dian
Illcmhl.!r:-' 10 weigh Ihc i r \'Ole very
cill'dull) \\ ht.:n hL'r gOH'I'nmclll come'
liP for 1'I1'('lioli. \ VOI ~ ... hnp. fo r ('nn -
..,1rllCllllil. I c!cpholle -Manufacluring*
Government Employee:... tili t)'. i.lntl
P: lpcr Mill d ck~:\h':lo,. round..:d ou l the
fir ... , da~ \lj I h~ 11ll!eullg. Local 1565; rhuncJer Bay, locol424, Edmonlon, Local 258, Vancouver, 8rifish
rl he morning or lite meeting':, ~L'L' ­
OnlOrio, I're5jden'/8u~ineSJ Alberlo, Bu~illt!$J Columbjo; memoo,. Horry
Manager leo Broce reports Manager/ Financial Secretory Cossey reports on the Utility
ond d ~lY was c."-:vOll.!d to Ihe su hjec t of on the Poper Mills WoNcshop . Robe,.., lynn rcpom 00me Worl"hop .
orgCl lllllng, M.lllllfacluring Orgafll7ing COnJlrudion Workshop.
Di rector IcI .. in Ilnrtun ran I1UI1-(,'0I1-
~ t Tllctionddcgah.:o; through an 1111 1'0-
dUCli'''l of Ihe I BEW's Ill''' M EMO
C{)UfSC, ",hill: consl ruc lio n dclcg,ah.:s
ath:llt!c L! nil orgn ni l'ing wnr l.: slwp.
And in t hl..: " fll..: l'I1 oo n. dclcgall..::,
l oured C'ill1Hllian iilga ra PUWL:r'<..; 25
cyclL: Ra nk in S tillilln . D elegates bro ke
o ut i nto branch wo rksho ps thc th ird
day, :111 '-' reCOIlVL'I1C U ill •.1 wrap -u p
gl.: llc l'al ...,e...,:.. i011 I hL' fina l day of th e

Delcgolei ano $IOH ot this

yeor'.s Fir.st Disfricl Progre5~ Meering. fEe memo
ber McAvoy is JeCJIed in the front row (five from
kft). Two to his leh is Vice PrcsKknt WQO<k And
to Brother Wood is left is fxecvfWe A1sislonl f'o
the Intnm ational PtcsicJcnt Bob Bier'itz,

IBEW JOUR'U' V U\..IOBER 1993

local 124
8usine55
Managef'
lindell,
lemporory
chairman,
opem the
·
Conservmg :"j> • '" I

Labors
meeting.

Basic
Cily
Councilmon
Goals
Weber'
greets file
delego,", 011
behalf olll!e
mayoral Uxo/23 1 8u~ness Manager Rush teenier}
Kansas City. accepts on IBEW-COPf award on behalf of the
he Eleventh D islr i(.l Pro2.ress
T Mee ting wa ~ helll in Kansas Cll y.
Missouri. from July 21-23. 1993. at th e
members from Vice President fdwards (left) and
Pre, ident Barry fright).

West in Crown Center. and wa s hOSlcu
by the Misso uri Stale Confe re nce of
Elec trical \Vorkcrs. Temporary Chair-
lllan/Busines::. Mana ger Lindell Lee.
Local 124. Kansas City. np~nl!d th e
meeling. after which rhe invoca tion
was given b. Kansas City Local t464
Busi ness Manage r Mic hael John son.
Following Lhe Pledge of Allegia nce.
International Vi ce Presid ent Rny
Elhl "rds g ree ted t he delegates. lie
Inlemotionof introd uced office rs prc 'cnl: Interna-
V"",e tional Pres ide nt J.J . Barry: Int erna-
PresK!ent Lional ecretary Jack !vloore: Fifth
fdwonl,
:s;trenes the D is lricl l EC member L. Keith Qu~ rry:
imporlcnce Misso uri AFL -C IO Prcsid~nl Daniel
ofofgoniz-
McVey; and Kansas C ity Councilma n
jng and
training. C h uc k V'/e ber. memh e r o f Local
1464. Kansas City. ~'n d e mp loyed by
Kansas City Power & Light. Council-
man \ cocr then welcomed the dele-
gate, and eX le nd ed warm gree ti ngs
on behalf of the mayor.
In t er nati on al Vi ce P res ident
Edwards !hen addr esse d the Ll e le-
gate s. He stressed the impo rtance o r
ke epi ng, la bo r's hasic goals in mind-
Ihe most import ant of which is orga-
ni7ing. H e spok e of journeyman
tn liJling in fiber op tia--a course Ihal
will better prepare members for the
future in the e lect rical ind ustry.
President Barry spoke nex t. lie dis-
clls..~d the \\fork thm had to be done 10
reverse ITe nd of pre\·ious years, and 10
rend off th e auacks on orga nized tabor.
He spoke of the loss o r membership.
which he dec mcd "crilical,'" and the
rc!\ult ing loss of jo bs. in virtual ly I,;vc ry
uther union. "One very important item
that we must SUppO fl." he continued.
"is the Cesar Cha vcl. \Vorkp lacc Fair-
ness Bill Lha l is stalled in the Senate: '
and urg.ed lhe delegates to write their
scmllors aski ng lhem 10 pass this legis-
lation for the benefit of all workc r~ .
Presiden t Barry discussed cducati on-
Ihe CO MET and MEMO organ izing
prog ram s-sayi ng. " COMET and
MEMO arc pro\ling to be the viable
answe r 10 the unique problems or orga-
nizing the unorga nized."
Following Presiden t Ba rry's address,
Secretary Moo re prese nt e d his
rem ark s. He said, " In spite oj certain
sC lb::.c ks. p rog ress cun a lways be
achieved in une way or anothe r: and I
suspect that all of you ha e, in fact.
ac hieved some worth\\ hilc gains for
your membr:rs over Lhis pasl YCiU:' lie

10 tBEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER t993

 Accep/illg rho Addressing
lop /8EW-COPE
award is System
rl>c
gates,
d.'.·
COlJncil U' 26 President
8IJsiness BorrydiJ '
Monoger Feller cUJSes tOe
(>e<o nd .,hl issuf!J of
from V'lCe cancern 10
Presidenf th./SEW.
Edward, (/eft),
Prosi<Jcnl Barry
(J«OfId righ/J
otla Secreroty
Moon. (ri9h ~.

Secretory
Moore
ackJreJJ;ng
tho
d./ego"".

suggested Ihall1'lcmbers just '; pu t their
p roblems 011 th e Hlble and develop
SoIUl i ons.," adtlin g t haI 1hat 's wha 1
the <! sessions ::arc all ab Ul. He. lOO,
spoke of rm.:mbcrt-.hip and o rgani7jng.
warnin g th e de leg at es thal if th ey
·· ... Llo n·t get Llc"Lll y scrim". the IB E W
will h e :l <.l ea d organIzatIon." H e
inrormcd the <..h.:h!gHlt!S on such topics
ali per capita chL.:cks: drop bmccs: 1.0.
fin ance'> and inves tment s: the new Pro-
ject Study Teall1. fanned to do a cOm-
prehensive ~Iudy HIHJ eva luation or
IB EW operation': I E BF pe ns ion
pia",: poli lic;,: and I BEW-COPE.
Sccrcwry IOQrc cungratulated the
delegates for th eir COPE contrib u-
lions. Sevcnal loeah,. n::ccivcu awards.
but Ihe lumber On~ award we ill 10
Loca l 7116. Aberdeen. S utll Dako la.
It "w, accep ted h) Ru~ in c~ 1anager
DU\' ld Feller. 'tern Council U-Z6.
Another ~ p ccia l CO PE award wa s
prc . . ~nlc-d to BlI~i ncs~ Manage r Elliot
Rush. LI'X:a l 2:1 1, Sioux ity. Iowa. un
bcJwlf of it !'. rncmhcr'O.
O lhcr ~p(!akf.! l'~ were Fifth D ist rici
I ~ C member Kcilh Q uerry: Regiullul
D irl.!c\or. Mid\ cs l Nt:. A . Ri clHUd
Paren1i ; and all orn cy Jim Walsh, Jol-
Ie . Wuls h & Hoger. P.
On th l! l ast J ay of the prllgres :. .
meet i ng. an AIl - D ..::!cgatc-Work~hop
Wi:I:-t hdLl. ill which Dircctor of M anu-
fac turing Organi :d ng Ml!lvin \-Iorlon
prcsc nh.:d an in d t! pl h overview of the
J"l emlJership EtlUCll tioll and ,\ltoiJi-
Ii~ ati o ll for Org'II/;:ill g (M E MO)
program. Following Ih e MEMO out-
line and rcvic\\. nnslruction, 1anu- Executive
faeturing and Uti lity Worksh ps we re Secrelary'
Treasurer
held. led h) Int erna tional Representa- 5cslomone
tIves Carl TUlorino. Craig Iloepner presenls 0
and Bill Ead,. Hnd Kl~nne th aw er. NE8F
updale 10
re pectivchf • AI . . o p articipa lin~ in rl>c dele-
so m e or Ihe work:-;h(1p~ \\CiS EBF gate,
Executive Sccrc t tl r y·T r eas urer in the
.....oohops.
Ani hony SaliJIllOllc.
or
Ju ~t berore the do ... \! the general
::..cssion , rcporp; (')f I!ach \\ork. hop ~s­
ions were given to nil delegate .... In te r-
national Vice Preside nt Edwards then
wi shed the d c l cga t c~ a . . (Ire re tu rn
home und left lht'm with a rem inder
1hat orga nil'in g. lind train i ng ill new
technology arc two of th e tuol!'. that
will el, I'w ncc and pre pare unions for an
elec trical industry of the fu tu re. 11

IBEW JOURNAL/UI.. IOBER t993 It

 All Aboo.dl
Inlernoftonal
Secrerory
Moor. pre--
mo _10_
pores

restored Jleam
rroin "'rough
!he yo.d. of
Sfeomfown.

~'

'onJ(
obs. Jobs. Joh,. n"o hundrc,1 lilt: t'!yuiVlllcnl anu huikJing\ u",cd In \V c'rc going to hHVC a wonderful
] union construction J b:, to he c:l.ilCl. run them. a~ \\ell a ... 10 h.:arn ahoul the ma ll. " In fa t_ Bo,co" and the cit)
That"s what an in ... esimcni uf IBE\\,- rc~,on', proud h,sto". \\crl.: ...0 pleased \\ilh the mvestment
;-. EC A pension fund money br ught I ht.! I OU percent unlOn-tulIl! mall the I BL \V and EC made a nd the
to Scran ton. Penn:,)" an ia. J()h~, that \\-ill he conncctcu 10 the StcanllO\\ 11 \\ork IBE\ Local ::::1. Scnlnlon. mem-
j"t, and [he ~lpprcciatiofl or tlloll~(lnd~ ~ it l.! hy n pcdc:ottriall hridglo: over part of bcl'\ perrormed. that 'hey had July 7.
or north eastern the rail anI. But h ~l d it nOt 1993. proclaimed "J ac k Moore Day."
Pc n nsyl VOl n ia-a rca bee n [or the visio n of IBEW invil l.."d Sccrclnry loor\.! lei lou r the
men and wome n Inlcnmliullai eel" ' tar), Jad, fac,lit). and he ld a dinner [or all 500
\\ho \\ill begin Moore and !'allo nal lec- union workers on the project in the
\\ork in g in . shop- trical Contractor!!l !!I)oocia- Secretar) ' honor,
pmg m. and gener- lion ~rcllti\t: ice
all) enjo) ing the President John rau. the
dO\\TlIO\\n mal l bridge wOllld 1101 con nect 10
l ho..,e :=iOn IJnion any thing, bt:c(lu"Oc th e ma ll
lTl cmbcrb hui lt. wuuld I1I.'VC r have been bui lt.
Th e new mall in Secretary Moore had hio;
Scranton. sc hed- team o f pt!l1;.. ion odvbors
uled to open thi, onduel an in-depth 'tud~ of
month. 10;;; part f a the mall I rojcci. :.tnd he C 0 -
lorger rcd\:\'clop- eluded. ·'t he lIullibel .)
loco' 8' """",- lone Rozelle
ment project calleu removing temporary c;rcl.l;~ ot \\orkeu," Mall uc\clupcr AI
. l(:an110\\'0. Thc the downlown Scranton moll. RUl-cov. OWI1 ~r of Bo~cov ·.;;
i...tlh::rnpling Iu
l,;ity iJepartmc,,, Store. told the
build on its ind ll ... ll'ial an ti ra ilroad her- ScrmlfOIl I'rihum!', Bu r s KI'I:IW C/c-
itage to rcvita lilC it >; his to l'i c du ..vn - niuk in J u ly. "Alter I" nUll1 he r of]
5«r.lory Moore Oeh) and Scronlon moll devel-
lown area. teanHown. hClng hUllt 111 IIl ... urar1CC eornpanlc') anu ba nk .. Op«" AJ 8o.scov (righl) speaking 10 the hundreds
pha!'lcs. sit on the site 01 Ihl! CHY' old rc! fu ...cd Ito finance the 111 all 1 Moore 01 union work-en at the moll construdioo sire.
rail yard. II promlscr;; to he an exci ting hacked jitl \I ith it $011 million 10:1n 8oscov g<JVe each wonc:er a T-sh;rl 'ike the one
"e rJ WNring. 'f SO yj I)Qcl Maute Day. July 7,
place \\ here people can gel a hand~-o n froll1 it joint !B I- W and ' EC pen- 1993, Thanks Socrclory Moore, If on the Iron',
look at refllrbi!thcu stcmn tmin' anu MOil fund. [11".;;1 110\\ HO pl,),rccnllci.l,\cu, ond "Than .. kx!he Job" • on !he bee• .

t2 .SEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER t993

 Sleomlow n Nononol Historic
Site and Mall, S<:rcntcn, Pennsylvania
MAti
N~
bs To Steamtown~ USA
Brothers Dave Payne fleftJ and Paul McGraw (right) terminate bronch circuits
in relay panek
D escribing the malt project. on
which at any given lim!: Ove r 60
Local 81 electricia ns have hl.!c ll work-
ing. Local 81 BlL"iincss Manage r John
Flanagan 'iays. "The overall...struc-
ture spa ns three city blocks and has
thnx: ancho r stores and lOO speciaJty
shops .... lit I is 700.000 square feet
a nd will accommooate approxi mately
2.200 ca TS wilh deck lind un de rground
parking: ' The project is split he twee n
nt!w co nstruction and renovat ion of
hislOric st ru c lurc ~ . Busin~s::, Ma nager
Flanagan went on 10 say Ihal th e pro-
ject has employed li ve electrical con-
tracto rs-Jerry Coyne E lec tric .
Regan Elect ric. G.R. Noto Elect ri cal
ISEW IOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993
Source: NotIonal Pad Services
Cons t ruction. jecl. and that Boscov and fell ow devel-
J-icim E le ct ric. oper Arnold Prllver we re "s uper sales-
ilnd R. E . Les- me n." Sec retary Moore said , he rind
ni a k E Il:!cl ric- lhc o ther officials "I Ihe pens io n fund
~ll1 ploying were "'l cry happy " wi th th ei r invesl-
LocH I S I mem- menlo and th;)\ I he y were ··very happy
ber .... with the way the mall has progressed .. '
Krawczeniuk The mall hao somewhat of a difficult
of t he Trihulle l ime progress in g ~lS we ll as it did.
rl!poned I ha c According to Scholz. --Lasl wimers
wh~11 fo rmer snow sl rm caused work on the projecl
IB E 'N Int e rn a - 1O fall "bout 1\."'0 months behind sched-
lionill Execu ti ve ule and caused [Bosco"l to do ubt
Cou ncil m em- wheth er it wo uld be ready in lime for
be r an d former Loca l 81 Busi ness
Tanager J ilek iVT c lilt) fi rs t to ld Sec-
retary Moore a~out th ~ mall project
opening Ihis fall. B tH con ' lrucdon
.;;evera l yeaN ag.o. and suggested the
meet \\ ilh the de\ elopers. Secretary
Moore said . " nll! las t thing I w3med
tu do at lh al time \\ ;t 10 h~ pa ri of a
mall in downtown Scranton." Thai
wa berore h ~ met wi lh Pennsylvania
Go\-crnor R oben Casey ( D ). th e
developers. and members of the
Grea ter Scranton Chamher of Co m-
llu:: rcc in th e cily.
" You IUlVe a vc ry pl: r~is t ent gover-
nor. -- Secreta ry Mou re lold SemI/fUll
Times ..\trite r Frank Scholz. He said (he l.ocal 8 I member Frank Doherty doing ferm ino-
governo r was com mitted to the pro- 'ions in /he electrical room.
13
 from Ich, (OCQ' 163, Wilkes,Borre, Pennsylvania, Bu.~int!S!i Manager/Finoncial Secretary Josepl! (.Qpece; Mid
Wo.sho, otrtCe of Economic and Community Development; Scronfon Mayor Connors; Richard Schroder;
Intemotional VICe Presicknt Don Funk, Thjrd DiJh'id; Secrelnfy Moore; IEC Member JoJ.eph McCofIerty" First 0
and l..ocol8' BuJineu Manager Flanogol't.

crews ha ve worked [0 gel the project They represent

back on schedule"- uniun craftsman- rebirth in the Scr;lIl-
ship comin g through, lon area. T hey h~lve
a ll owed th e inu us-

A cr the pedestrian briJ~" from

th e new mall. Stcamlown intrigue
(rain and history buffs as well 3:-, rail-
tric" buildings, and
ideas of the pas l-
long ngo <1 i s-
cferwt~
road novices. Accordin g In RII ")i ncss.
Manager Flanaga n , "SteanHown
ctlrJcd- to become I.B.E. w. '5 INTER~
an importan t part of

JACK~
Na tional Histo ric Site was established the vitality of the
by Co ngress in 1986 to ' fu rther public pre sen t. They llitvt:
understa nding and app reciation of the mmlc people pmud,
development of steam locomotives in Boscov told th e
the region .. . .' a nd to represent l abot'~
ro le in bui lding Am erica. " . It 's run by
Time.\ , "111C feeling
of restoring a duwn-
JULY
the Natio nal Park Service." town ha..:: OlHde th e
Stcamlown occupies I he 40-acre men and WOmen
rail yar d of th e Delawa re , Lack -
a wanna, an d W este rn R a ilro t:ltl,
wo rk ing on
Im allJ projec t fee l
the
"THANKS FOR Jj
whic h ope rated there fo r over 100 god." And th at's
years, fTom 185] to 1963, It include; a what Jack Moore
renova te d locomotive repair sho p. Day was all abuut.
originall y builL in 1865; a roundhouse Jac k Moo re Day
and turntahle, o riginally built in 1902:
several ot he r res tored and new bu ild- local 81
in gs: 40 antique steam loco motives: member Eric
Sh::lIllcjewicz
and ove r 100 pieces o f res tored terminating
ro lling stock_ branch cir-
Business Manager Flanagan ~ays wi".
th at t he si te "is uni que beca use it is a
working mlliomll park. with ongoi ng
steam train maintenance and rebuild-
ing. as well as having a 26-l11ilc exeur-
ion [steam train ridel lhrnllgh Ihe
Lackawa nna Counl Y counlrys ide."

T oge th er Srr:anllown and the

Stea m town Mall represe nl much
more th an a d cvc ~ opmcn t project.

.BEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993

 Mike Holms, of LocalS', moking l'erminofion" at the moll sife. Brother Shawn Doherty installing recessed lighting 01 the moll.

n wa~ ahout ,-;aylllg James Connors pre enl cd Secretury

Ihank yo u for M oore with th e ccrCmtln i:ll key to Ihe

V~I1f~
hc1r>lng a COIl1- city. and Bosco\! gave him a bronze
munity feel g""c\ ci-lgll! ... ilt ing nn top or it crystal globe.
aboul itselr. II The inscription on the sm all sta tu e
WilS union me 111- read. "Jack F. Moore. Mall of Vision."
IONAL SECRETARY bers. through And Il'lor~ lhan anything else. Jack
theIr pensIOns. Moore Duy was ahOU I "i~ion.

OOR
1993
helping OUl -nf-
\\ork union
nwrnbcr~ ['t.:!l a
jon. II was "hullt
bri n ging pride
The DI &W Railroad;' gone. n,e
contpHnie~ \\ hich u 'cd to line the rail
yard 011 L()(;krawanna Avenue are
g no a< well. BUI th e I BEW and
CA had the vb,ion tn ~cc an oppor-
back to Ihe o ne ,- lU nity to help a ci[y and help union
proud IndUS lri" 1 workingpeoplc. They had the vision to
hcmtland or the bring a downtown hack to life . 10
,MALL PROJECT" count ry.
A[ lh(~ dll1m:!"
bring g.overnment. privute industry.
and organized labor togctllcr. On JLlek
w h ich capped Moore Day in Scranlo n. Pe nn sylva nia.
Jack Moore D ay. it was clear lhat that i:-. a partnersh ip
Scranton M ayor whicll wo rks. dI

Above, a billboard
in Xt(lnton wt'/.
comes Secrelcry
Moore on Jade
MooroDay.

AI .ighl, Ilmthe<-
Kevin McCarthy
inslOlfing ligh' fix·
!'urns in the por*ing
garage of the moll.
- '--"
- .\ -
. ., 'j,

IBEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993 15

 CANADIAN
Canada's
Unemployment
At a Glance
"'hat Shall W~ 1J0
About Jobs?
W ith an estimated 1.5 million work-
ers out of work, (a, reported by
the August 7th issue uf The Globe alld
Mail newspaper). and recovery looking
grim. Canada's work force faces the
possibility of pari time employment in
the fu ture. For Ihe unemployed. train -
ing alone is not enough. M ost workers
echo the same cure: Government must
sti mulate the economic growth and cre-
ate job. \Vilh th e continuing swing
away fro m a manufacluring-based
economy. to a service-based econom .
and the downsizi ng and rest ructuring
by large corporalio ns. most Canadinl1s
arc discouraged. It is no surprise lhal
Canad ian eco nomi sts (l rc predicting
Ihal Canada's unemployment rale wiIJ
stay in ItS current range of I I to I 1.6
percenl for Ihe resl of this year (See
Chart t).
However gluum y employme nt news
see ms. in Ju ne t993. a gain of 56.()(X)
job~ was reported by Statistics Cunada.
A senior economist in Toron to wrote,
"The joh creation in June and th e
!jobs] weake ning in July are hard 10
interprel.. .. Looked a t oyer a span of
several months, th e economy seemed
to he averagi ng 15,000 to 20.000 new
j{)b~" month. While lhul rate in', bad
in good times. it 's disappoinling when
the economy is opera ting as far below
capacity as it is no\ :. Citizens realizc
th at whether they arc e mployed or
no l. federal stat istics show the real pic-
IUrc- an alarmin g 11.6 percen t une m-
ploymen t ratc. ThL' arc demanding
\6
LABOUR REPORT
March 1993
11.3
flClion. Wh at ca n Ca na dian do about
jobs'! Some sa that in th e upcoming
elecliu n in th e fall , j-o-b·s are likely 10
he Ihe li tm us lest for any federal gov-
ernmen t candid ate.
Slat is' ics C,lIlada
MI',.-1SIll'CS Rcal Wages And
'''lIl'chasing Power
The following i~ an excerpt from i.l
fea ture art icle wrillen by economist
Ma rc Pr ud'Homme fo r Sta tis(ics
Cnllnria, in its February 1993 publi ca-
tion. 11 discusses real ea rnings as it
relal es lu ils purchClsing power. 3nd
thus th e "eco nomi c we ll -bei ng o f
workers. or viCC~"'Crsil." not her pub-
licalio n. The Globe " lid Mnil (Jul y l.
(993). Iclls of sh rinking pay checks
due to risin g personal inco me tax es
an d increasing rctail sal es lllxes to
such items as personal insurance. Just
what is the real buying powe r of Ca na-
dians with respec t to earned wages?
1991-1993,
Januory 1991
10.4
Stalistics CaJ1al/a says. " Real earn-
ings. mc..um red by deflmjng ... earnings
with Consumer price indexes (CPI), is
the mosl frequently employed crile-
rio n on whi ch to gauge the rale of
exchange of labour servi C5. for con-
sumer goods and serviccs. As a result.
move me nt in re al earnings arc of len
lIsed fo r moni to ring c han ges in the
terms of trade of labuur income fo r
fi n ~11 product . I-Ience. increases in real
earni ngs wouJd norm all y be indicatiye
of an improvement in the purchasing
powe r."
Data fo r the a nnual earni ngs were
collected from th e Survey of Consumer
Filll/llCeS (SCFI . admin istered by the
H ousehold urvcys Di vision of tatis-
tic. Canada. Fa milies ::tnd individuals
in Ca nada. with the exception of resi-
dents of the Yukon Olne! No rthwes t
Te rritories. Indi an househo lds, armed
forces mem be rs, and in titulionatized
inmates. It \ as measured fro m data
gathered in 1971 and com pa red over a
ISEW JOUIlNALjOCTOBER t993
211-year period III I'NL L1<1I1g houri)
straigh t-time cal'lling!'l. hefore-tax (lnu
ana-lax illI 11 uill carn1l1gs for familie.;;
and IIIdl\'ldual..;. ,.,bour compensation
per pero;on at WU Th. anu pe r pCTlJOn
ho ur. i mportlll11 i li rorm:Hion was
yielde d nn raH..:rns and tre nd" in real
wage, when 1I1Ocli in conjunctiun \\ ith
the CPI (Sec Churl 2).
SUIlIIlI<H)uf Finllin/-ls
It wn~ founu Ihnl pcr,",onal income
pLT ca pita IIll:rc;N.!U dramatically from
1971 Il) \I)l)\. wh ile the gro~~ tllllll t: ~ t ic
prmJucl (CD !' ) pl!f ca pita WCI'\ higher
i n 1971. hUi u ipJ1cU -;Iighlly betwee n
I'ml anti IYR3. III 199 1 Ihe GDP fell
el pproxi ma lely I () perce n t bdow pn-
sonal inco me, I ~ al'tor s slich ;1::,
lahour 10Te.: Pilllil'lpalioll of women
(\\ hidt incn.:a'\CJ f rulll .~Y.4 percent in
1971 1057.6 percent in It)~JI). ,inti the
influx of "ono) bU(111le,," \\ ill also
lend to lI c pn.:s~ a\criJ~c earning:"
Th ese yo ung. WOIIII.,' ., ~ llIcrin g Ih e
labour Illill'kct 111 part - lim !! . high -
lurnm..:r. 100\ · payi ng jobs. :otwell" the
numher of pcopk \\ Ilh kml:f incomes.
1\ ... Ihe ... c \\()r"'cr... 1ll.li urc anu gain
~'\p~n~ncc . Ilh:i l ItlCnl11c\ :lrc
c ",pc( l cd In r1'';C.
Th ..· uccn':ihtl;! III I hi: PiJf tlc ip'l lio ll
ralc of IlH.!1I (flOlll 77.3 percell ! 10 73.8
percen!. fwm IlJ71 to 1\191. hilS also
cont r ihu ted lu dc p n ::-.:-.cd Hver a ' e
earning ... . f\;; me n h:a vc I he lahour
market in L l ll~i r f)hh,l pn1duc tiv c
YCil1S. throLJ -11 layoffs. rc.;:-. Irucl uri ng
the a n d I h..: like. I hey t il ke wit h t hem
experience. 'ipnioril), and skill: h\.'ncc.
aggregale average earnings \"'iil
deerea ... c. Thi~ dow nw ard tClIllcnc),
will hI,.' rdnforccd as newe r. ill1lially
less prm.lucllvc. an ti Ihll~ loWCr-pi.lid
wor"'~rl<l rep1.ace them . The" ide·
"p rcad \JiC\\ Ihn l th e purchasing
pO\\ cr of ~lIrn i ngs has not increased
as fast :-L\j in the p aM I ~ cerlain l) "Ii ll
valid - b ecau~c ur the dCl;ll:i.I:-'~ ~)r
m o nitored pro du ct ivit y. \Vh ilc nih.·
lea din g a nd faul l ) conclusion" a rc
pO$$ iblc. IUrl h l.! f ;lJ1:lly:- J ~ Into me asu r -
ing. the importti llce o f Ih e Ji ':-.imil il r-
ilY b e t w ee n wn);! \.! an o G DP
rchH io ll~ hi p~ . i ~ II cc:unl. II b I he
hroad er vicw of f l!a l wage mo ve -
ments thai will provid . ,. more reliable
es tim ates of chang,t.!!'1 in the econo m ic
well-b ei ng. of C:'lIHlu ian worke r". 11

Selected Measures of Inflation Adjusted Income and Earnings_

120 120

110 110

Average eorni n;9:,5""::'i-IIIII"',,===:a.-.:::;S;;EP:.:H~/~E:E;;.RH;.:...~ ,..:~===:::=:::::~

100 100

90 90
GDP per capita
80 80

70 70

Personal income per capito 1986-100

60 60
·The figures are converted to indices by
diViding each series by its value In 1986.

50 50
1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991

.SEW JOURNAL/OCTOBE R 1993 17

The National Electrical
Training Directors Association
Holds Conference
he ~61h i\nnmll '1ational Elcc-
T
lnc~11 Dm.::clof'O A,,"oClatlon
(NETDA) Conference. w,,,held
in Portland. Oregon. June 25-30, 1993,
and was ho<tcd by the Portland l ATe.
Delegates rep rc, ent in g the I13EW.
NECA. and the NJATC' were In att en·
dance. and wert' inl roducru by
NETDA Chairman Phillip Ilumphrcy.
"I raining Dire ctor of the Taillpa.
Flo rida . Area E lect riea l .rATe. who
opened the meeting. Som e or con fc I'CC.c.;
pre,ent were NETDA S<:crclary Dick
Gauthier; JATC xeculivc Director
A.J. I'earson: IBEW Technical Ser-
vices Department Direclor Kenn eth
Edwards; l BEW In tern ationa l Rcpre-
<cntative Will iam J. Grostick: NECA
Executive Directur or L'lhor Rclalioll'i
Geary H iggln: lATe Tr<lIning
Director D ale Eastridge. Phoenix. An -
lOnn: and IBEW Local 4R. Portland.
Business Manager Edward L. B<lrncs.
Bu:,im:s Manager Barnes. warmly
welcomed th e allcndccs to the rn~el­
ing. after which designated speaker
presented their remark •. IBEW Rep-
resentativl.:: Grostick. of th e inth Di s~
trict ,tan and NECA·s .ccu t ive
Director Hi ggjn~ co ng ratulated the
training directors fur an oULs tanding
job done U1 training lhcir worker . and
challenged them to build for the
fu ture. Their rClmlrks gave the co nfe r-
ence a resou nding ~ lar t.
Executive Director Pearson
add ressed the group regarding affir-
mative action. con!)lruclive apprenlic\:
and journcYTTIiIrl s tali:-itics, a nd
brought to the g ro up· a tt ention the
changes tak ing place in instructional
courses and materials.
onsidcrablc discu~<.;i()n wa<.; roc used
18
on cu rn..'n t tr ai ning llccd~ for the . : uhJ cct-----.-.(Jrgnu;z;ug . I BEW Director
ru ture. B I.!CoIll:-o..: the c1cctricH l COll!'!truc· uf on~lrucl i on Organizing J im Rudi-
lioll In-I de find the cleClric(l1 industry i~ ei l. gave <I comprehensive overview uf
hccnrning mol'\.! technical each day. th e th e COMET prog ram, and he pre-
I13EWI - CA/NJATCI ETDA part· :-,.c nlcd many rcu:-.4,)ns for training
nc~hip i~ commi lkd 10 o rga0l7i ng the dir~ctol' 10 lx:: co nc~rncd ahou t o rg£!·
unorganiled. Ut::Vc10P ll1!! t h t.: full oi7ing. lie n1;1<ie a special plea 10 the
pOIl:ll tia! of trainee!'!. while pn..'paJing trai ning uirt!ctu r~. auvisi ng thl.;ITI Lo
arpn.::: n l i c:~!oi III lII Ct.; 1 I he c1H1l1cng..:'\ of rccr uiL hl.:l;lV il y fr0111 th e n o nun ion
tOrnOIT(lW, anu a ...·.urc'i a highly skill..:u. pool o f w()rkcr ~ whe n <.;ceking new
compt.:'lcllt workforce. applicanb for Ihei r progrrun~.
Onl.! of Ihc highltghts of lhl! confcr- ~ cv~nl l \\ (lrkshop~ were held and a
ent'l.' \Vii!) the prc!)Cnti-ll ion of a enifi· brief overView of each one was pre-
calc til' Appreciati on :lwi-lrd to re tiri ng s~n tcd 10 the gathering. After announc·
Training Direc tor D an 17,·ildd i ~. from ing that the 19Y4 NETDA Conference
In ternational Prc:-,ic.h.:nt J.J . Bu rry anc.! would be held in Wil liamsb urg. Vir·
Int erna tional Secretary J ack Moore. gma. lhc mc..:cli ng was <Idjoum cd. I
Hrother Faddis
,crvcd 27 ye""
as training direc-
t ", "f Local 4R
and develop·d
unIque t raini ng
program, for
joumcymc n. con-
tractor. e ngi ·
ncr.::. r ~ an d
arc h ilcct~ .
n other high - ISEW DiroctDr of ConsfnKfion
Ckgoniung Rudie;l eJ(p/ains the
li ght focused on NJATC Executive Director 'SEW COMET Training Program 10
3 m OS I imponant A.J. Pearson. de/ego ....
Locol 48 Business C:;;;liiiijjjiil--~---:-::::di;[iI
Mano9f:r Barnes (or
podium} welcomes
conferees 10 Ihe
36ih Mnuol NElDA
Conference. SeoreJ
on the dois (fl'Om
left) "ro N1A TC
Training Oiredor
Eastric/gfJ; NETDA
Secretary Gouri1ier/
NECA becutiV1t
OirecJor Higgins;
ISEW r«hniool
Services Deportment
Director Edwards;
and Ninth Oi.Jtr;ct
ISW Inl'ernotional
~epresenrotive
(l,ru';"k.
'BEW JOU~NAL/OCTOBE R 1993
 Seventh
District
Celebrntes
''We've Just
Organized Our
LoCalIBEW-Style-
And we've Won."
hl:) \\Cn: IIred 01 con linuou:,
T
un t: lllplo)'llIcl1l. c..h.:cn.!ao;;ing
mC1llh cr~ hip , W,H!,l! cuh.
hC;I!lh·;n.,ura l1l'c L·uI .... \Vnrc ~
hou~cpl;!r-;.onl-l all d pre ·
;'pprcill icc\ wor ~llIp. ou t-uf·ra li(l, anu
ulhel' 110 Ilprouur..:l h . . . \\01~i l1 g condi -
t ion.... t il October I ()<)O . Hewl)
:lpl1oi ntl: Li SCVl.: ll lh Dilill iel Loca l 520,
Aus tin. T'L'xa .... B lI'IillC"~ MUllilger
Ji mmy S U llvi~ i nll. A""i"itant Bu ... inc~"
Manager/Organi/!.!1 Ralph Merri -
wCHlher. a nti J\"~I" I :ln l HII~il1c:,,,, Man-
agcr/Prco;;ilh.;nl JOnJull llynllll .... aid.
"EnlJugh! \\lc·\'\..: gOI wwk 10 un."
Then.: \\l.'rC 220 111 ('111 hI; 1\ out of
work nn Rook t '(diu .... nnd I(leal and
ollt -or- IO\\11 opl!n- ... hllpcontractop;
" . . . rc doing. ~S-9n percent of the \\orl.
111i, condition wa~ prC\illent lrom the
latc 1~)Sn(, through (he filII uf 199(1
~10Ih" ;'ltcd h~ Johlc"l'-nc~ tlr th t.: mCIl1-
hcr~. and JIlh:rndliona l I' rL!~idL!nt J.J .
B<lrr~ .~ I.!d uC<llion and \.lrgallillng ini-
IIIEW jOURNAL/OCTOBE~ 1993
5eventy'e;ght member! of the 208 newly organized memben info Local 520 since August 1988,
proudly hole! ,he Iocol's bonner. Pidvrcc/ in the bod: row (left 10 rigM ore Anisian! Business
Manager/ President Byrom,' Auistant 8usineu Manager/ Organizer Meniwecther; Businen
Manoger/ Finan<io/5«retary Sonvision; and Seventh DiJIric' Vice PresiC/cn, Tole,
to work.
liali\ L!"I. the)'
13rotht!r..
\\(.' 111
SUI1\I"OI1. M~rriwci.lth~r.
and B~ rilm v. cut
AU'III1. \I!oJiling
11110
an~ j(llNlC~
thL! ellY of
th at had
no prC\dlhng. wag.e~ . and did lIul
ph \\ ilh the ellfon.:c.:m~1ll cm1c, bid
COm-
'fX'cilications. 0 1-11-\. EEO. IIcen"ing
Ill' overtime. Dl!pcmling upon the
information recci\'L! d . " t:tlmp la inl
wou ld hI..' filed with ci ty oniclal" 10 get
flu: I.:onlractor.., In conform to CX i . . tlll!!.
mand:!lt.: ... for labors wages and hCIll!-
fil~. Th e Brolh~r... hec'lIn!.! "cry acti ve
ill \choo l nOHI'd T1l ~Ctlllg.s, ci t y COllll-
ell,. ci ty eleclric hoa rd:.. ilnu dirt.'c t
mt:l:ting:, with cuslOllln . . 10 po int uul
ClH,k and specificat ion vlI.l lmion ... by
lIllq u nlificd. 11onunion WOI J..cn; and
cnnlnlctol .... 'nley WL!rc q uilL! dfcclivc
•1110 .., u cc~\sful in gL'lting Davl ... · Bacoll
\\ dge kl!l"lation e<.;lahli,heu in ..,late of
1":\:1:". th ...· Unher-:it) of 'I ~\a ... , HmJ
01 her corp<,ral iO lls.
fter recruillng (Jnu ti.llJ..in~ \\ illt
clct.:l rical workers. Brother Merri -
weather org.ani/cd upprel1licc\ (who
huu three or more lea,,' 1.·\IX'ricncc)
anu Iic:CT1~O e lectricm n..... \\ hilc main-
talmn~ ~uod rdatill11'> \\ IIh Ihe corpo-
ration"'. "The mn:>.1 dfl'eli\c h1«ll.., \\I.!
LL"'t.:U tll turn our juri"dicti on around
Wi" Ih e lBEW Salli ng. Ihe OME"I
Organi/ing PlOgr:lIll anu the Ft":clrical
I ndu"'lr~ At.h anct.:l11cnl Progr.a m
(E IA!')," '-,lid Brothcl Mcrri\\c~l1her.
" We coultln'l ha\l~ dllnc it \\ilhoul
Ih ~m . '·
Organi/mg - IB ~ \\ ·~t\1c" created
almost 6(X) nc.!\\ J0h'-;. I ht! local \\l'nt
from only 1m\- ing. 11· 15 pcrc~11I or con-
:,1 J'uction \\,lrk In it much larger shtlrc.
<Inll ha ... ohwincu much 01 thc high·
tech work . A~"i:-.lant Bu~ine..,' Mall -
<igc I /Prc"itk:nl B yr~m ~l(..Itku. "Frulll
the fall 01 11.)\)0. wt.:·\C ~('l l 2211 m ~m­
hen.. nn GrollI' I. pl ll \ 21x organi/ ing
mc mhc' .... alit! 150 tfiwcll.'f<.; v.'O l'king,'·
And ill I"" 1,,11 o r I <N2-1W.l. Locol .) 211
mcmhcr!oJ ~ nj() ycd lull ·m pl oYlllc nt.
hl.!ncfit:-. rlll d wugc illcrl.!asc:-. for the
fi rM till1~ ,nm l-II1Y year.... Th~ outlook
for Ihe rUllIn.'IOt..lk, hnghl indccu .
Sn"cnlh Di... llict InternatIOnal Vice
Pn~ .. ,dcnl
On ilk T;lle Jr. gi.l'C Ill;;; ... in ·
cere 'JwnJ., . . 10 Iht: org;'1I1i/\!". anu a
hcarlwarnlll1g \\Clc(lllling "peceh to
the IlC\\ 111cmhcr:,. Thl' Brolhcrhl}od
ah. u c0nvc~:-. I" hL!artlc... 1 cungrmllla -
lion~ 10 BU'lI1n' :\Ial1J,gcr SUI1\j,ion.
"'",stant Bu .... inc ... " ~lan~l ~ef'\ \.Je rn-
\\ci.llhcr ilild B~ r:J1T1 . jl.., \\dl <1') to the
clllirl' I11clllhcr. . hlp of 1.0Cili 520. for
Ihl.:lr oUl:-.tanLling courage and com -
l111tm CI1 I.
•
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IBEW Technicians and "Robocam" CBS cotneromon ond Local 1212 tMmber Mike
Mark,s cotches "'e oclion /rom the Americon

Calch alilhe Aclion al the 64th league dugout

Annual All-Star Game

or the :!75 !TlIllIo" Am~riC'l n., and
F
lic~c"
Cal1:ld i rl ll ~ who \\Cn.: 11 01 ab l ~ to ge l
10 (hi, . . lIl11mer· ... h" . . chall /-\11 -
Robocam
One of th \.' camc:ril~ CBS ll 'tl:lI In
for l{ullOl.'am.
RubuCHI1l 1:-' mnll lltcu o n 1:1 pl;atronn
which Cd n hI,.' ..Hlachl.!o tu a Hlric t ~ of
C4.J\~r Ihl..' gi:lll1i,; \\a ... vcry dIHere"!
Star Jaml: ,wc..l C\ l.'11 r", '\UIllL' of Ihe from th e rc ... t. It wa ... manned not b: a
... urfilcc, at nlO"" an: angle. It i .. pan ic-
4KOOO fun" 'JClual1~ In the BalllIllorc t:illllL:ralll an o n the fie ld. bu t by Iwo
ul.II·ly df!o.:clI\(..' in ti ght "Prlct.:" with
"Iall ium. the clO\CIiiI , ie" tll Ih .., action IBFW tcchOlci"n~ ~llld il computcr in limit ed :leeL"". \\ here' II wouldn't bL'
W3"1 on l e l ~\'i"'lon. And like M) l1lan~ a (, US trailer, I icklltll1l1.:d "Roho- rrm:llc~11 or 'afc to h;nL' a Ci.tnH..'r.:Jman,
national ",pcclaclc\ . . cell by "lI li ion, CiII'l1," tile al11i1 /i ng. n.!l1loll> control I -rom t heir co ntrol hU(H h, Brot hers
around Ihe world . It \\'a"l IB E\\I me lll - l"UI11L'ru i't til\! hrai nchl ld 01 1\\ 0 L ocnl \Varden <I nu SOlle\, "i lh thl.! pu . . h of "'l
he ..... \\ ho caught the nctitln lin e:llnCfa I:?:L!. '\C\\ York . member-. Jltn \ Var- button , eml l11u\c thl:' canlenl III \cy-
anu I roauc;:, \tcu II thrnug.h the magic den :tntl \V,,1t SOUC). Uoth lllL'n arc cral prcprogral11lll.:tI PO'-!i Il OI1'O. Or.
0 1 te levision. long ti me CBS I.!l1l p loycc~, who. "IC\'-
4
u,ing iI juy:-' Iick . the~ ca n 111(l nCUVcr
1BE\ -n.:pn.: ...cntcd tt.!lcvj.,ion Ilet · em! YCClr... ago, came up with th.: iLlc"l the Ci.lnll'l'il ttl all\ ungh.: Ihe) chnoo;c.
work. C13S. hm.! cxclu'Ij\l,! live broad-
ca~ 1 righl~ \11 the g~lIn t.!.
played Ju l ' 13 At IfJff, CBS Technical Dircdor and tocol
1212 member }eH Ringel in a CBS trajler,
111 Gallimore'", nC\\r Oriole Park al
Camden " anJ". AhnUl 20 ,.ationar)
anti m obi le tek, i:.. i ll il cam I.! l'il .....
mallned h, I BE\V- rcprC\Cn l ed cam-
Crillllcn lncllH_i1n~ onc III a blimp
ho\enng hUlIlll clh ur
fCi,;t oyer [h ~
ficlu- broughl I he gam!.' lO a ollec4
lion or CBf) portahh: IlailCf\, undl,:r
.mu nL'X' to Ih t,.· ... ladluIn. In Ihc tr~lIl ­
<';1'''1, IBI ' \V II:Cht11Cian ... L'd ileu 1hl:
action ... \\ Ilchin!! frum cam!:ra to
camera. mhlng \mll1ll. addmg InU.'.IC.
rU llIlIng re play .... (,IlS then beil llled
lhe ")ho\\ \ id '-Iatcllih..' to I'V 'Ha llon ....
Above. Locol '200 members Jock Hides
\\hkh in turn hro;ltlc"\h!d I hI.! ... I!lllul to (Icft} orn:/ Ed Poinror {right} set up the
I V ...c t... arolll1d th e- globt,.'. MOP'radlo booth in N)e stadium.

20 IDEW JOURNAL /OCTOeE~ 1993

 Above, Locol 1212 memberJ ond Robo·Vj"ion
founders Walt Soucy (left) and Jim Wordon
(right' ,,#onel nu' 10 their invcntion, RODocom,
before the Jlgrl 01 the AI/·Star Game.

Below, tom' '200, WOJhington, D.C., memberJ

Darryl Mi/chell I/ek, ond .hop ... won! lamoni
William" (righ~ seffing up for WMAR·TV,
Chonnel 2 in Baltimore,

1.0<01 124 I, Philadelphia, mem&.< 80 each,on

stands ned 10 his WHYY' rv remale truck.

Radio and Affiliates unload ed truck·loud'i of eq uipm ent.

At the Show
In addillon In CI3 telc\ biun. BS
m el l\) Wil'. hn"H h:w'I ling 1hi' g:1IlW, H.
muio actualh covered the g:l mc both
i ll l:'l1 gl i~h a~d III Spanish, -And ~BS
tclc; ... bioll affil iah: ~lil li onli from Wash-
ingll)n. D.C . Hahllnorc. Phlladclphid.
and "'e\eral other ci ti es al:,o sent
IBE\\ -repn:sentetl tech nician", 10 Ihe
"Big Sho\~ ." ;I!'1 did mhl..'r I BE\V-f(' P-
rC'icl1 l ~ d local I V':ita lirlll::o.,
In iH l ill mo:-.phcrc Ihat rc~c l11hl ed :l
traveling eirell .... technidn l15 re'v l.,: rbh ly
Below, working with vicko lope onel indonl
,..pIay in 0 CBS lrCiJer oro, from left, LocoJ '200
member- Johnmorlt Sleworl, Local 1220. Ch~ogo,
member Potrick McGowo:n, and Locol , 212 mem-
berJ Michael NotnonJOn and Raben Hickson.
~t ru ng cable. a::,::,clllblcu camera
~tan u ~. placed ba nk . . ur Ilghlli. and
buill ela bora te . . dO; 10 prcpa';-aliorl for
tele\'ising the gdOlC. During. Ihe Ja m..:.
profco;:'! ional... worked wJlh th e steel or
Local 1200 air -traffic con t ro llers. A nd seconds
member ,-,ncr th e last o ut wa") called. the circus
Tim \\ a> being packed up and readIed for
Ruthe.lonJ
,fond. th e ne'\t e\ent .
L.J.j"J I.j, The clcctronie hearth o f tcicvl!;"ion
WMAR-TV f cp r ~'s~n l sonc of th l.,.' fc..:w COmfn o n
bond~ all Americ;III'i and CfllHltl i Hn ~
l!njoy. Te levision i\llow~ those in Vi111-
cou\c r alld tho~c III Miami to be a pa rt
of \01l1Cl hin g. It:lpp~ning a l that
momCni ill Ballllllorc. rich and pOOf.
a l1 ~ one who CiHl get In tI o;;Cl.
r o most peopk lete \ i"iol1 ~ magic.
lurn it on. and the acri un is th ere. Hut to
th ' men il nd women the IBE\ \' rep re-
:,cll t~ in Ihe rad io and Iclc\ i... ion indus·
In . the magic 1:'\ puulIlg .III thl? pu.."\-"Cs
together. J-or them I \ ,md radiO \\l)rJ..
fOf the millio n" of vic","crs tlOd li~l.:ncrs
\\ ho t Ull C in C\'CI) da~ because Lhey d
Ihl:il job. II i~Il' 1 uh\iI)':-' glanlolOus. hut
il bring."I Ih ~ ma gic of hroadc;lsli ng. the
'pcclacle of the AII- Inr game. to mure
PCUI)lc tha n lhe~ could hope to touch
nlly othl.!r \\ ay. t

'BEW JOURNAL/ OCTOBER 1993 21


FIRST PLACE
TROPHY
L.U. 8 (i,mO. T OL E DO. O il -We
ha..c cnjo}'cd a good rear on thc ~'ork
scene SO far,and \!o~ hope it OOlltinues..
On Juh- 1,·1 the llnd Annual .\hd·
west IBEw Softball Tournament was
held in CleHdBnd, OH Our loca!
team wenl read} to pia}. and we came
home with the first place- tTophy. Con-
gralUlalions!
On June 16. our local, along with
olher build ing Irades. helped collecl
o~er $S .711O for D oUilr5 Againsl Dia-
betes (DAD's Da),).
00 Juh 2l. a \'(~tcran rntmbcr of our
local v.a.~·kIUed on Ihc: Job v.hile u-Ing II
bucktl truck. Bro. Jim Ugman .... a~48
~'ea~ old and an ilClI \'C member o f Ihe
Wireman's Golf Association, Jim will
be sa dl y missed by his family and his
unron.
Recentl'.' our I:hapter of the QuahlY
Connection purchas.ed a mini Gran Prix
race car and rnc~ II In gra nd ~[}Ie. T he
ract: team compde.d In a charity race: 10
~ne[jIIDe Anhrit& Foundation
Our Cm.IET classes. a~ wcll aucnd·
ed and are reaJJ~ ~artlng II) make B dtf·
fen:no:. We hopt: il \\'orks rorc\cryonc
GET INVOLVED! DE A.'1ERI CAN.
8L Y AMERICA.-':'
D ,,'\' A. :\IAR'Tl1\. ?S
Locol 22, Omoho, NE. 6O-yeor member Edword 6oyef' QC.(ompanied by
etion~ of Boyer ' omity electridenl.
22
L 0 CA L
CONGRATULATIONS,
RETIREES
LU. 22 ( i,rl s&s pa). OMAUA, NE-
Eledions of officers werc~ held in June
and resu lts Bre we have a few ncv.
membef5 on the E"ecutiH: Board ond
Eumining Board. New an th.e u«u·
II~-e Board are: Dan :\Iunch , Don
Schu~tlc- and Lou Masters Jr. "'ley. on
the Examining Boord are: Brad Doyle
and Jerry EI!MStr. Congfll.lulation5 and
bl."S1 wishes 10 all. II was g.ood to see the
inte rest shOwn in th~ yearS e.leaioru;.
We h ave two ne w conlractoTs in
Om3ha: American Electric, starled br
Bro. Chuck Seaman. and Antbony
Elemlc. Anthon} ElecHic used to be a
nommion contractor. They signed agai.n
bt:cause of the lack of o\'oilable electo·
cians in the area. It is good 10 ha\'e
them back.
The hall has staned a ne\\"lelier ror
the nonunion electrician5 in Ihe area, It
is imponam to lei the nonunion ell.:C1r1·
cia ns hear t he true sid~ of th ~ storr,
and thl:-- \Io'ill help them realize I hil l w<:
are a1\ in thl ~ together.
We held our retired members dinner
1II june. We had O\'er 50 n:lired memo
bers receivin" year$ of \er~ic pins.
ThiS )'ear we rre~nled ('Ine 6O,)cllr.
Ihn:e 5S·,ear and Ibn:.: 5O-re.lr pin:'..
The :;O·\ca r membo:~ lIIere ' John
Fil7.gerald. Anbur Anderson .;md Cecil
Worley. The SS·,"ear members \\ere
1~ '{!.liano. M ilton Slaub and Don"
aid Tihbcll~. lllf~ bO.)car rneml)cr 1II:t~
rh~ gerler-
LI N ES
Edward Ba",er. The 60·yur pin was
ellra special because 011 baad weTI!'
lhrtt \tenerallolls Il[ electricians in thai
famil): Congratula tions!
loc;ol 24, Baltimore, MD, Mr. e nd Mrs.
Drew Frwnd .
CONGRATULATIONS,
SHERRY AND
DREW
1... 0 . 2-1 (i.spa.c) ). BALTIMOR E.
l\ 10--0n Ihe day or the JATC Oass of
'93 gmdualioD ceremon~' {Y,O mcmbef"i
or Ihe C1ass or '?-1 bad a special cete·
mon~ of their OY;11. Sberl) Sblevitz and
Drcw Freund were married on June
51h, fir').l in Ihe hi<;lOry of Local 2. 1.
:I
Apprentice Fran ~!ilIer served as maid
of honor. Drew llnd Sherry met 10 dl1'j~
as first·year apprenlices in 19~9. Loc<11
24 would like 10 wis h Drew and ShelT},
th e Ot'SI of l uck and II happy and
hl!aLth, life loeclhcr.
Bus'. :\I,T. -Woody McNemar and
JATC Dir. Frt:d Bachman altendcd Ihe
\\edding. r.epreseming our local and the
JATC
CiARY P PRFSTIA ....""I. P s.
SIGNS OF
IMPROVEMENT
L U. 16 (i.cs.govt.rut.cm&ees). WAS H-
IN GTOi\ . D C-\\ e hope everyone
had a ple-asanl summer. W~ oonlinu<: to
lII olch our "'ork ~ilUlilio" ~rlldunny
~hol\ bigns of Imprmemenl. and anI.·
iously 8V.'a11 for the lime whcn our con-
tractors who have been awarded some
!arge jobs call fOT increased manpowe r.
T be Re t,red Members' C'l ub h(J ~
been busily preparing. for their a nnual
enh fe-ast as of this wri ti ng. and Il re
planning a trip 10 the Sialue of Lihl:rt)
lind Ellt~ I land. The ;lnnutll Retm:d
'\It:mben' Cluh rame I-lill be drawn at
Ihe club meeti ng on '\!o\ cmber 13.
Anyone wishing 10 hu) rame .. eke!:!.
mal oontact IlK: local. Thanb (0 ~"cr)·
IBEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993
one for Iheir panicipation.
~l '!6 1m recenlly inilmled a nc""
organizing campaign. Organi.nng teams
ba\'e bee n eSlablishcd 10 e nable u.s to
BClwely pursue the C(I(]!rol of more and
more electrical manpower in our juris·
diciion. If \'QU haye been selecled as. a
team member. we hope that you have
accepted this excitiog chall enge and
t hank you for your pa rticipa tIOn All
members are c n('ou raged 10 get
i.n\'ol\-ed and nrc welcome to be a pan
01 thIS. organizing conct:pt.
ince our last article. Ihe follo\Hng
Bros. ha\e retired; Will iam E. L.eith:
Richard W. Barber: D.8''Y C. Bmterd:
J ohn M Smith J r.; Harry Olsen Jr .:
Norman F. Callahan: Jamts- L. Trigger
and Herbert E. Irela nd Ctmgratula·
lions and besl wishes 10 all.
Local 26 sadly AnnoUnces the dCinh
of the folloy. ing Bros; Richard W.
Wood: Michael Z elasko; E\'erelle ~ .
BOlli-man; Robert L Evlcr and Roben
B. Gentile. Our condolence~ to Ineil
families and [riends.
JERRYLOZl~PO"'E. p.s.
IBEW!NECA
CONTRIBUTE TO
OREGON YOUTH
l. U. -18 ( i,rls.f"m.rttM I&('), PO NT·
"AND. O R- Local --18 and NECA
~pon~ored the Thlfd- t\n nu.!ll 'Sci I
Lomax NQuanerback Shoo(oUC Golf
Toumaml!'nt hdd al Ihe Heron Lakes.
Golr Course. Portland. OR. A contri·
bution o( 515.500 was dona led to help
suslain programs for YOUlh in Oregon.
Tbe event conlributed to tWO desig·
naled chllrilies-Young Lire of Oregoll
and Fe lJ ow~hip o f Christial1 Alhle les
(FCA). BOlh programs serve young
people by pro<.lding counseling, leader·
<hip skills. aDd the opponunil} for
)oung people 10 make nellt kil!'n(k ali
Ihe\ nel ....orL v.llh olh~rs inHthed in
sim'ilar- programs Ib roughoul the
region.
"We're pleasl!'d 10 be in\ohed in
a~SI$ling bolh '{oung Life and FCA."
said Bus. Mgr. Edwatd Bamt:s; "We:
knew til{ll l,y Itlking. pari in Ilus ycar'~
eye nt . our conLribullOn wou ld go
toward programs devOled 10 youth-
andlha!'sa tcrrificcausc"
Kris Rocke. Young Life Porlland
Arca Director. explamed IhBI funds
donalt'ld b) 1he annuol golf e'enl go
primarily lo\\.ard rundmg for a \Anet~'
of ~umm,;r cam ps (Qr youth Rode
sa id. NWe appreciated Ihe help: Ihis
allows us to conlinue 10 in\e-st In young
p.!opll:' of all age~ in Oregon- who a rc
our fut ure:'
A recent Oeveland High School Erad·
ua te Gus Brown Slid. " I like tht! fact that
mEW electricians and 'l'ECA ate: inttr-
ested in us. Bn;olll'D. 17. reremJ, left fot
N
British Columbia 10 join uth~n:,. rrom
a~ Ihc l'Ount~ ID a ka<knhlp camp
spon5o.)r<!<i by YOWig Life.

locol 48, Portkmd, OR, NECA/ tBEW Ieodenhip, together ..... ith mtrmNtI of Youl\g
life orwt pro quorterbodc Nclillomo ~, from left: lrQi" il'g otro<tor Motrcl El«trieoi
Training Center Ke"neth Fry; BU$. Mgr./Fin , Soc. Edward Bamel; Sora Bum), N.nl
lomox; J, J. TomurQ , &.Is Brown. li~ Strickland. ExewlNe Mgr. NECA Oregon'
coIurnbilJ Chcptef" Timolt.y Gault.ier a nd Jl!Mne Pugh.
J. J I <l.mura, a l1~q:! Wilson IlIgh
School &fJlduate and Young Ufe \'olun·
leer nplamcd. rh~ prolram .. nHer
M 8to. f)(,wudd Hav Wed... "'00 100'" "1 ...
~OUII~ people tbe opportuml) II) IrI)'I,r
""Iule Ihry roeus their sites on the
fUlure ~ TamuUl , .... ho allenWicnlll!gc Ln
San DII~go :lidded. MNH'AllI31: W
Loc:al .4R's donlilion makes I' pt ~ll:l lc
fOl man) ... ,ds to .tlte nd thc .. ummer
camps who wo uld not 0 lhe rw i5e t-e
able III 1\0 1 Ihin k )OU can mClIsure ..
businesS hy i l~ people."
Former qU8rterback for Ihe St
Lo uIs/Phoen ix la rd inlll ~: el l Ll}ma~
commented. I apprcciated the added
<;l,Ipport nf )\F('A / IIH:.W LocaJ 48's
major con trl hu tion: it ..i!flccn t hel t
in\loh'cmenl In the regwn ~nd Illhal
Inyoh-emcnl Influence!> O!> I c a ~1 (Jnc
young penon tllch year. \II(,\'e rcllrlCd
our goal ~
fDWoIIKD L UoIIK,M· . U.M
WORKING TO
PROCURE JOBS
L. "58 (I,em ,"p lI&rlh). D I:.1'HOI I ,
1\1I- l..ocaI5K and Ol hcr unions belong·
ing 10 the C1rc8ler IXlroll BulltJlng. fi nd
Construction rrades Cou ncil Me
a t t,ye ly W j~ d,H1 g 10 ptOC ure jOb$ (or
union const ruction ..... nrkcr~ BUI ld", ...
Trat.l t:~ Co nlrilclll1g, Inc pllln"'! to
underbid non union CUfltroClOrt and flu l
more union Intd~peoplt: to ~ lHk.
The idem for the councIl 10 fun(IIOn
85 a gene ral cunt ra ctorJtO n ~lrucl i on
manager III order 10 bid jOOs for Union
worken came hon' B 'ilmll:lI pHlJlHlm
In MII\Ioaulee. WI
Sum mer changc-oyers In the $lUlU
plant... hayc belped In reduce 00 1 Hook
I ou l -of·~ork lisl from 900 to 300. We
uc-stlll hopmg Ihal lhe new VA "IO'>fl1"
lal, lhe new IRS lIuilthng. lind Ihl! long
awaitcd furnace )fib on Zug 1 ~ 11I",.l W,II
brmg u.. cko-,cr 10 rull eml,luymt.nl.
WI! hope all o( ur membc r\ a nd
Ihe ll fa ml lic.:; clIJnyell the nnnual
lBEW picn ic oil Bub 1..0 Island. Thanks
to a ll wh pUllcip:lled In the a nnu .. 1
Labt)I Day Parudc<llId pally
\I AKY J V..."'OElU ...\,.;Ol' rs
CONGRA1ULAnONS,
BROTHERS
L. U. 66 10 .,,&'1), Ito USTO., • ., x-
I...ocal fl6 ..... ill he lOCI )ca" old on Janu-
ary 13. 1994 P,e<;. Oenr.&e J-..a~rm a nd
Ihe EX.ccullve Uo.ud 3(e .....otk lng on
IIEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993
plan.. r ( 1f nut ct.lebroallCm
The membersbip is \ ('ry proud (II
PlilCC 1I1 the Sc\c;nlh D~t'ppt'cn ucc; ·
M
ship Coni I In Ifors Arlhur I \ Urn
\\'cds 1\ nov. a Journe)lIIdli IU":I1I .. n
3nd \o'orttnA (or Oaton Ct~ .
Bm. SIe\'e Todorll 100L 11,..,1 pl~ In
the ApP,ellllce Roden held al Local
611. lie repte1en lcd IIllu ~lOn In Ih",
rudcn held In Klln!;a, C ily. MO . un
September 25.
T he WOII.. fJiClurc III our 111":11 is luol.
mgup. We 51i11 11oI\~ n few I1m'l. travel
ing: however. mosl of our membel"t ilIC
Il.nJO)"mg ~or k III lh" a l e ",
We have lost Ic\eral mcmhcI"' lh"
yt:nr. plea'iC' be: ~Ie on and ilt' Ihe Jnb,
S,lfel), b. our'l goal.
1.W ·B IU , ''' OlC,:-.:"Ul). A.", Il M
Loc:IJI 66, Houston. l X. Ire. Donald Roy
Wedes, relalling aft. ta"ing ·,,.t
PIoc:.'" in till! StmInth Di.J;I. Apprtnriu-
"'ip Conlel' h4Jd in Part Arthur, IX.
HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY
I..U. 68 0). D ENVE R, O- Rton and
herry O lson helped lick 011 lI al1llai
for lIum3nlt)' of Me lli) D c,\Ycf~
.. tl ahll.lt Youlh OIltl. Outld '93." II. PI(}"
Jcet that buill four home'! d unn,. "''tlC
John Paul 11 '1 \'I"illin AUIt ROil III JtI1U
neyman at I u&.!\lk I kCtnc: ('0 :tIltJ hi
w,fe he rry. an appr<:nttec M Inltr
mountain l:ItClnc C(I eOOJ dlnalcd
Qual II} ('o"nel,;llt\n', ,n\()hemenl
~hlch in\ohcd dONlllnl malcflilk Ind
yoluntccr "N)! fr(lm mUle Ihlln IWII
dOlen IUI: WmclIll).:r\.
The. World Youlh Day prtJtCCI I.. ,U\I
pan o r Ouallt)' C'onnecIIUll·" onr,ml111:
commitment to Ilut'llt lll for Ilumanity
III nunheibl ('ulumJ{I 11us ~-ear .. Qual
ltv ('llnnc\:li\)n ~III plUvidc electrical
bhor ...1kI matc.riilh I()I" 1.' Hlbitat rn..
Jeet .. \1m&: than "70 IBI"W memher<.
h.we . 'rea.h ht-liJCd OOl&.J Itlnt' JI.lbilal
humf' In J ,to (l1:ln~. (in:dc), LooJ:
MUIlI. I..(t\.-<lo1l1ll ~ntJ IlIf' \lor!!:an
Thinks Rlln 'h..:rry. ;In&.! c\cf)·on..:
..... hu h!l~ OIltlln"uh:d 10 Ihl\ riHlnef"'ih lr
~Ilh II rtl! lIl1 l. It undclllne~ nU l com
mllmcnl In "help huild a Oc=Ucr t'om
In Unit)',"
OUIIII I )' (.'WlIll:l:tlOn\ '1:1) projects
IncluJ.::: Kcep the: Ushts l·oundllll(lll.
' h ~ hlnlltl Duy ('lire Center I{ nl RliI!c
Uendl l . MArli n I.Ul hcr K io@ DAy
1'1I1lH,k IIml Ihe D Ht h clI!~ Re .. earch
11I~lIlull! .
J"MI~lt RINL,. PM t-J,
Locol 68, Otftv.,.. CO, IRon and SkelT)l
0I5Ot1 wonlng on a Hobiklt for
Hllrnonlty proi-t.
CONGRA1ULADONS,
GRADUATES
I., • 110 (1 .0,1 1,,&: ,1' ")' NURFO I. )\ .
VA- LOQl I KO elections .....erc held Il nd
n ur new ly elect d orfu:en ure: 8\1 \.
MJ!r .fh n ~cc. James Wil ham!>; lire!..
JUnlnr Vaughan: Vi« Pre. 1I 0wa rd
I"orc hand. Trell'l Hl1rvey Mall e r nnd
Ike. I\c~ linH Lung. ExeoHi\'e Board
mcm~f'C nrc Sam Ihad ~ h (lw. Kenny
Il unllUI. Lkan I::.... nn!o, ~hle Ilttnll, Joe
Smllh and Orucc Woolridae. Exam,"
Inl!, Hoard IIlcmbt:u. art: Milch C"I
loway. DlInnr Crain. John Glm. THI)
Lcuch !lnd Roben PhIllips.
1 ht J1\"1 f' htld Its a ppr e: nllce~ htp
aftldulIUOn ceremony t)n June 4. al thl:
Ahcnlt:ell OMII Ibnque l Rm Oro.
G \1 "ShepM hcrrard. ("haltmlln of
Ihe JA 1{ CUI11JlIIlIet:. !oCr-.cd a~ Master
of Ccn:mon lc ... Bu'i. Mgt. Jam e~
Wllllllm' c(lIIg rlt luiDtcd OU I neWCJ I
Juurm:yman Wi remen ....'110 Art n.. rol-
10'11.\: WilImm Bll llllncc, Rll nd lill
HI,l lldu , J Anie! lAIO. Richard hamg,
Jo hn Gu rr . J llme, Il u,!thc" James
I hl\chcn\. MiChAel ManRing. Wllhllm
McLcnney. DaYld l'erry, LoUl~ Rich.
Chllrle .. \<lwycr. \lidtac:l Snulh .and
EUlenc Yclton We also congnuulnlc
JATe Director Cll rol Decker. the
Apprenucc1hlp Commilltc arid In."'ruc·
10", for Ihru ducchnn a.lllilead....,"'hip
Local 80~. ho~t (or the Fnunh
Dl~t un·\\, ron~lrucllOn confcrc:n(C:
held in June at the Ca ... aher l-i ntel In
Vir!,"u, Beach. VA We lII'ould hke 10
Ih .. nl e ... cryonc In a ll end,nee wh{1
~ hlHcd Ihc lr YICWlO lind expe riences In
our erfllru II) c,)mh:1.1 nonunion con ..
IrUCll(\n and tn \.Ccure II IflO pereenl
181 W "'lltL force We an .tcoomphsh
Ihb ~. a!lcnelinJ I:nIl{en:nctS. scmlnars
and \U:ul.lII~ logtlh~r. \upporl )our
local :dlend vour meetmp..
HRnT lO:-;n. p..s.
locol 90, New Hoven , a , retiring Bu,.
~p. WiIJiom ",m" Moore and his wife
Betty.
CONGRATULATIONS,
BRO. MOORE
I.. U. 'IO (I I Nt. W II AVEN. CT-O n
No\' 19. Loca l 90 will he hosl lIIg tI
ret lfe ment dmner hllnuring Hus. Rt:p,
Will hllll M OO (e. Oro. Moore will ro.:lire
onlXt'.31
1... 11 ..... :., initiated mlo L()(.lII 90 00
June 2, 19S3. and ha~ heen B member
(or 4(1 years
lie ~ emplo)'ed hy M.B. FOSler EI«-
Iric, nnd ha...... ork('d for m an~' of our
contractor throughout Ihe years. lie
blt$ ...·o rked " gene ral (oreman on
man)' )Ot'l\ mdudmg the Millstone Unit
One ~ucleat Po .... e r Pian!.
Hro. \I oore h.l\ bt:en a d edicated
member o( Local 90. servrng , n the
capacllle~ "I Rec. Sec. lind b,ecull"e
Llo;l rd membe r si nce 1965. lie served
p a oommi lice member of the JATC
for 22 )t.lRf'I., a Inc.mber o( our negoti3t-
illg comm iu et a nd sec relary for the
(i', R I I~u~ Mgr.. A!>~n (CIMBA l
for 12 ye;us, and 35 a JATe inslructor
for eight ),elu'S
nus MgI . ~posi l o aske d Bill to
accept the poo,IU(Kl of Ous. Rep III 1982.
11(' ~r\'ed ~I !> I)U!i. Rep. and Rderral
OffiC"l:r••Iong wllh mHny Olher dutit:s
Th ... nfr~. as ..... ell allo.all of the offtcers
and members. Will mb\ the dforl, e.ncI-
ltlC\ and uc:d,,:allun to Ihl.\; local un,on
ami Ihe mEW
We 1II" .. h n,u and h........ Ife Belly 11UUl)'
health} and harp) )'urs of re tue me nL
A5 a lwllYli, \U PPOTI you r unum in
\I\ohall!\C:r iUolnnLr )\1\1 ca ll.
GRLG \\'11 I'SHIRE.,I· S.
ELECTION
RESULTS
L. • 98 H.em .... &: il l. P HI LADEt..·
Pi llA, PA-On June 26. our member·
~htp elected rhe folklwmg offICers: Du:s.
\tgr John l)ouJl,.hcny: Pres. Ed Foley:
VIC~ I)re Jarne'i Fa rro ....'; FIn Sec.
t fltnn, Wel!.h Jr.: TreaL Edward " cil·
son a~d Ret'. Sec. James ~hckln. Exec-
ulIYC lJ uard members are: Timothy
Dro lll'ne:. Ldwnrd lopplllgcr. RlHry
23
 Fo},. James McOcylU and Jamc$ Mmk
Examining. Hoard mcmbers are: Joe
Agrc ti. Dob Kelleher and KeYIn
McQuillen
Coogralulati<>ru to uur new officers.
and ,000 lock 10 aU of lhe candidates.
There are no loser.. amongst men 101>00
stand up for lhtir \1n1(,o. Ltl Ulo p\ed~
our cooperatIOn 10 our fIeVo' office". for
the toorrnous challenge that 1M!!> ahead
ofthcm
In July. the PhiliuJelphla ComClltion
ecn lCr opened after the un ion con"
strudlon trades completed the prOleCi
on lime and withIn l1 u':L~ I.:I. Thb. truh
umquc faClhl) . ""llh art wo rk 10 riv~l
man)' art mu~ um", \Lolli hl... 1 the IHEW
~ '96~ convcnuo n. Over 20.000 man ·
d3)'" III'Cn! In\l) the eh:1.1ricaJ ""ork. and
the ceoter is une cily block wide wilh
l .3millkm quare feel of floor $;pace.
\ t Arllu W 1"_JUDG E, p.s
LOCAL W ITNESSES
CHANGE
L.. U. IIIZ (i&o), l' t\ TE KSON , NJ -
Bros. and Sisters. \\C arc wi lnt'!ss ing
man) nclol> de\l~ lopmcn t .. Ihroup:houl
th~ IDEW '1 he~ changes ;lre b4:mg
made: to hdp ol1r uniOD contraclOrs
beller eQmpele agam~t thc n"nunlon
d~rru;nl lhlt pc: ....... dn the: ll1arlo;c\(ll.!cc-
These e:hanic... will help our m.. mtk:rs
,1I1d provide them wllh more nppurIlJn!'
tics f(lr gamful emploYlIlent. We cannol
nlloYo' Ihe nOllunlOn shop,s to unrairly
compele wllh our wa~t:. M:.IIe, We:. must
belp our employers get the JObs tbal
pa) OUI VolIge!". "hlle ~Iill miLlnl,\Hllnr;
our standard of li\ ing and benefits
package. Otange tS alwa)~ It hull' 'lmry.
Tbt uncertainl) of Iwn,!; a lhffcrt!nl
methud (If dOing lhlllg:i 1$ normal This
CItIlTWl ~Iop us fmm dOing what is liCe..
co;.snry 10 survive: lind prosper. nOI only
(Or Wo. but (or the fulure .Jnd for our
rultlrc membcT'
rle:.a~ come 10 the mectmKS_ It IS
.... he!Je you C3n hear the facts: and abo
b;ne a sa~ in the propel forum. Local
102 lias always done \Ii hal i.s ncct::S.\aT)'
10 c:nsurc IlIl' tx.... t pc)~$ihlc .... ork SJlua·
lion for k~ Ulcml~rs. t\l!n In IIIIS vel)
,>Iow c:cononuc tim..:. With the hdp and
.. uppt.lrt or 'he. m~mhc""hlp. lI\·e will con·
tinue 10 Striw: tow,lrd ,I full union JUris>
du."ti(ln Ihlt ".,'111 @i'lle tremendous
strcnglh and bargaining polI\er_ ben
thoug.h the tdea of a 100 percenl Olga·
nlJ~d area I11Ay hl: Lillfeoloihlc at this
tunc. II is o.:rtainly something thlll we liS
trut: O1~mhers slmu tlllllwuys asplTll to.
Local 102, Peterson, NJ. ho, glown and pro5pOflld bemuse of the leadef$hip of
theM thnte men: WI to right, Bdl. Mgf. Lou Barom. Sui. Agent Pal DeI~<rtO and
Pns. Joer~ .
I am bapp) to rt':lJOn ib.al 00 Jan, 21
1994. Ihere WIll be a lestuoonial dinncr
In honor of Bus. Mgl . Lou B;Ham al
the ('lI meo Rcsta ura nl in Garfield.
Mttt infonnalion \\'III he fontu;.lmm!,-
L10o,;EL C'OLTlItILtl , rs
PENSION FUND
I_U. l 04lQ~~u), 6 0 TON ••\IA-Ct'lll·
strucl iQIl work' lSloll11 slo\o\ In the r-.;cmh
cast. Again. I would like. 10 thallI-. the
locals thai are employmg our travcling
BrM. and istcffi,. II 1<; greatl) !lJlPrccl
lued.
On Ihe subject of tr~yeling Hnd
c han ging your addrch ; Ihe t'en .. ion
Fund mosl hll\1; (I good upd ulcd
addr(;~. A PrOvl!.'lon 111 Ole Iru~1 dilcU
men I ~ lalC-S i n pan. HI' lnicipanlS are
obhgau:d to IOform thc plun adnuJ\ls·
tntor of all chang~ of aJdu:_'\.\. If al
~ 6S the plan is (mabie to conlan you
or )"our spouse . Vol! "'III presume \UU
ban' died and lour account balance
..nil be fOlfc lI':d." We don'l wanlthis 10
hal"rx:n III .m}one, !>O pkasc keep the
fund OIdmimstnllor advised of >'ou r cur·
renl addros. The fund oomini<;traw( .-.
address is .h follo .....s: R W RI\lc\ .
Fund AdmmlsUilIOT. 379 Welbcrell '-
".0. DOlI;; 1213. ~boche..lcr cr f:lbD.ltl
THIS IS VERY '''PORTANT
Althr..: wnung. \l.C u e stili In ncgoti·
a ll on~ Wllh Ihc MIJ I A. 10",11" of Hel
monl and I lull. All threc agrl' em\:nl~
il rc overdlle. Deli llO!; wilh Ihe puhllc
sector is very dif(,;-rcnl th:Ul Ihe rri~ikttl
seCI(lr. Horlo.:full). thl.:Y will bc Kuled
~lOn.
ROB[Rt E. .... Alm. IIM 'IS.
WEL(OME, NEW
MEMBERS
L U. 106 (i.lL!'<p:&ph5. gu,·I). JAM I-: '.
TOW". NY-Congralulatlons and
'IIIdcome to Ihe rollo", lng nc"'" mcm
be,...,: Ene Taylor. Eric Ecl:bcll. Oris
Wheelcr. Todd Slocum. Joe Cumarata.
Carey Faust. Tim COrdc <lnt.! Juhn
('reager
Th~ .mmlill l.Ax;.11 106 summl!t piauI.'
hdd on July :5. 301 MidwdY ParL \\;t~ a
big,suo::ess.. Thank. you Bf"U'>.. Tom (kc\:
and Bruu Parm~nt hlr cooking Iht:
chlden and tl) c!'·t"f),one e lse who
helped. ThiS e"enl ""a~ wned 31mml
entirely toy Oro. Jim Lyons. We need 10
gel lhe ""\lId of th is good work lIul III
the gencrul public $0 Ibey 100 can scc
guod thml(.S- thlt come! (10m mg,li'
\ h...:
niled laoor
COMI:. I ei.;l!'iSts are being held pcri"
odically_ Eve ryone IS expected to
all end. Wht:n )our uun comes up.
pkase be (hc.~ as IhlS clas5 IS not (01)'
mfo~tne but ~ 10 (be future
of Ol.lf' industl)'
1"be ,,<'Cd picture III our area ~ good
with .tli of OI.lT mcmtx.·r; and " number
of l l1lvekm: ".,orking.
Thank III thOSe members who
work c\J .. nt! Sdturday Lo gcl our hllil
r e'IJ~ 10 paml Bro. Ralph II~Tndon. a
pamM before JomlDg Ibc apprentice"
'Jup. 'i'm~'oo tbe bulldmg rollo'lo'ln,& our
"orlo. lltank)OII Ralph. it really looks
nllX.
JAMES IJ \I{ !VI'YRf~ P"'.
NEW OFFICERS
LU. 108 lu.ml.cs.s.mu.HS.J1b.m.spa.
em.I&lctll. 1A \IPA . Fl-Lucall08
clec:lt:d nt:'" ofrlcer$ who v;iU !iU\e rnr
tnc ne\1 Ihr..:e lean. Coogralubtions to
Ille 101l0l•.-lOS· Bus. MgrJFi n. Sec Flo)-d
Sugg...: Assl Uus. Mgr. John Murphy;
Assl. Uus. Mgr. Jimmy Connasler. I'res.
John B. Lucas: Vice Pre!>. Gerald
Whit . Treas. Mark rlui.kncll and Rec..
Sec Mt):e I...r:'!'cnb} E:w:ecumc Board
mc:mhcrs are'!: Martha Watkins ( Inl-
tron). Joey Chandkr (SEeD). William
Hellrn (Tampa Ship) , ('hnstinc HuUl>-
Ion (Pullillan Holt). Wilily Defreit.llo
(TlKO), 'Ieve l3uckJe.s (JohllSQn Con·
tlO ls . l!loC_) uud Dalo! Kelty ('l amp3
Annalure Works).
[Ius \l Sf Aoyd SU&.It.S has al .... lI)'s
heelt a dcdicaled union man. He: brings
10 tile o(ftee or hou$. my hI.) expcn.:ooc
a .. an 3ss1 bus. mgT. of Local Il~. an
office which he held from 1~89 until
rl'CCntly. HI~ goals liS hus. mltr. will be
10 s('r'Ye thc Brotherhood. firsl tlnd
furemost. ICI l'lOtecl uOionism. II) o rgll
ni7. the! unorgani7.~d lind to ill1prmc
the health and v.elfare benefits of all
.... ur~u~
v.. e wouki also lib: to l"CCOf,DlZe for-
mer Rlr>. \igr. Ron Suw (or hi" tire
less dfom on behalf of our union. Bro.
RO il ~uggs h;l~ ~erved Locn l lOS In
man)' capa il les- as iI un it rcC scc..
Unit chulrmun. rt('_ 'SCC'•• thrce toCrms ib
1l5..... bus_ mgr _and fin al!) M hus. my
His commitment :lind dl.:dication II) tht:
IJrolhoerhood make a fine ultmplc for
local 130. New Orleons.lA. opprentices who cDIllplelcd rOOir tenth 5eI'I'1I!5ter of
daS$rQOm training. Left 10 right, standing: Instructor Rick Munch. WiUiom McAllilfer,
6ri1t Poner$Qf1. John McNeil and Wendell Adami-. Seoktd: Clinton Compo~n Pre-
"tOt, p~" Ado m~ and Cloude Itobin_
all of UO) 10 follolil. On behalr of all
Local 108 members. we thank hIm for
hi ~ dcdicallofl and selilice.
We would likl! 10 than k our oCficc
manager. Debbie Webster. ror her bard
loI>orlr:. d iligencc and e,,:eU~nl record
\:c:cpmt- Our OC'f1CC rullS \ cry smoothl}
under Debbtc' wpc:r.isIon.
The follOWing members ha\-'C laken
dJSabilHY reuremc01 : Bros. Dill Slone.
Jerry Oid.d, Kennelh Lyoo!. <tnd Greg
Prince.
Our sympathy goes 10 Ihc ramlHes
and friends of our departcd Bros .. Ray
Roop. James E!phmgslone. Leroy
Lauf Horace It Duncan " Rmk", W 0
Wanen "GO\ nOr~ and Paul Mtlao.J.
Dofo\ll\lo. RIZZO JR.. r.s.
SUCCESSFUL
ORGANIZING
CAMPAIGN
loU. rn (\&0\. NEW ORLEANS.
1,.\-Aftl!T ~5 }leaN lind Ihree QrgoOlz·
109 camp;utns w;Jged b>' IOdl\'idual
crarlS, a succe ful Mfirst s t Cp~ was
achlc\'cd O\"t~r 4.1XK1 workers at Avon·
dale'! \·Oled fLIT um""l rerrN:nlllllOJl 00
Jun~ 25. The Ilullding and Conslruc-
lion Trades commilled an InL Rep.,
plus S'UIOO lIl""ard~ thiS recenl urn·
pai~l. St\cn Int . Rep· fmm the Melal
I'rnde Unions came in and worked o\'cr
n Ihrcc monlh period III tIll" organizing
dfu ri . 1111 ~ e l1. Junmy H.U~lo W il~
assigned 10 the campaign and idcntifled
bno dccIUC1iln~ 111 the unli Local 130
Org. Jr;vrh 1. antmb.11 III and man)
of our local members ga'll!.': out hand·
bills.. made lelephone ellIs and allend-
cd wccLcnd m~lIn~~ to heir loI>in this
... ote. We arc .... ~ry proud of o ur Br()!i.
li nd SI .. lcr!o who PlHtlclpalcd in t illS
C.lnlpllign . Sp~ci .. l Ih ,lflh I(t Oro
Anthony tAClllu,.o IIIho III as in allcn-
d.uK:.l: e\l~1) Jay dunng !Jus organumg
,ITon.
Pkilse Bllend the Hcnry Miller l\all-
109 School. It b H!ry Importanl lhat our
mcmben p.H1icipsk in th~se sahing
c1asses_ rhrllugh a SII1tlOg efron . an
opt:n shop cml lrnclor ~mploy lO g 14U
ekClriciuru ts presently working only to
men !·lene contact the loc31 130
nffltt (rw (\lIdll:1 \(\(onnMloo
LORRAII'IiF 11 on, P '.
.aEW IOUaNAL/OCTOBER 1993

STEAK BAKE
GREAT SUCCESS
loU. 166 (i,ecs, m.rlb.IO\I .I& C.II IV) .
SC II ENECTAOV. Y-Uncmplo)'
menl is slill vel)' high (or the Commer·
clal £Iccllichm Unh We h[l ~ t: many
people who han! cXhaU~H!d bot h "hlle
llnd federal unemp loymen t bcndl l ~
We conti n ue: II) hope lor ~i&n!S of
im provement th:u would ching.e l hi~
situation for Ihe hellel ,
COMET meetings are ongoing with
tIll: inl(: llI of gC ll in~ everyone in Ihe
COnSln.lClioll group 10 parliciro'llc, B ro.
N ick D iGe nCl'o' [I .", on II!I IIH:W wutch
from tilt: drawing -.clcctcJ .It Ihe Stcllk
Bake from all the particlpanl( of
COMET dUring Ihe past )cnr CnngMt
ulalJons!
It W3~ 3 he:lUliful day. wlIh g;Hl1C\,
c!OI'il&. door pruo, {ood, (lnd 1)1..... 11). all.
a chance losharc lilJk! with rcnow rmm·
ben Ind f... mlli-:, the Stellk Ulllu~. Wit
anol~r ll.II:.t1 ,,~. Aher dmrn.:r I'i~
Mgr. iJemie Mende pa~"Cd OOt ~rvlCC
p illS 10memher". IlIId wa l ches "ere
;1w:tuktl In rrlirrl" il' wi'll W:lIrhl'~
we re (twll rdcd 10; Bros. II nfOld nnisi.
Fron l Or<lpclln. Dou~l a, Sandcr~ all~t
Willialn Iloffmnn. A "pcclol Ihllnki> 10
Bro. Bill lI arper f(lr hili yC1I1'l! n~ cum
m itlcc: chainmlll, I II! will he Illrulll ~ 1I11~
pwition O"'cr 10 UfO. Mike Gruener. as
lil ll w ill rel lnnlt I hl' yC:lr
WTEN l1u!1l1h!;f. rtppruved Ii I w,) -
year cont raci with R rai~ or (our l)(r·
cenl UII J ul) 1. 1993. :lI1d July L PJlJ.I
Thb i§ Ihe Iir:o.l rt.liSl! in :l loot-IIIIlC Juc
10 agreemenlS ""'l lh ""3,"C frccLe~
Th:tnk~ In Ihe ~et(lI"'IIn.j: CClmml1lCe
ml!mbeT~; Oro)' r.lul Sallih. \tau
Saphn 3nd I'erenre Ca\'<lnaujdl
A real hlo\lo \lori, deall ICI fIUI Illcrn
hc-,... al (iF/ RCA ~I~" ir.l' Shnl)', 'nll:)'
....en: I(M lhlll hy YCll" end the brooch
....ill he closed. We arc In t he (lmcl....~ of
reviewing benefil .. due Ihctn bot h
through GE and I he I\I-I CIO lx·eau\/.:
uf II " IIIani C'lOSHlI!.,"
:-;10..11' (i(n t' n I'., I'.S,
SUCCESSFUL
FUND RAISING
EVENT
I.. • 11(. (i,rt",sPII & t'i), J01..l t..T. II,....
lembcl'l! of lhl' Will·Grund,! CounhL3
nuilding TraJcs. alon~ *lIh mt.:mbcn
or Ihe Kunt.:IKcoC :lnd I roquOl~ ('lIunlll"'i
BUilding I mJ~ anJ Ilk.! 11111101)0 V;llIc),
Bu ilding 1'rades, reccntly colleclcd
(I\ier Sls,noo for the fighl a~IlIO~1 Llul
belcs . 'I hl~ m,ljor fund ral~illg c:vel'll.
Dol lars Aga insl DI3"etc~ (DAD's
D!!),). IS held c\'C.ry F:ll hc l \ D " y week
end. l'h~ rn \Jllic~ cu llelleJ gil III II , ~
Diabeles Research InsllHlle at tile Um·
ver;ilY 0 1 Mw ml ml'lorhJu, 111 hope, III
ont.: dil}' finding" Cllre. Local 176 Ilus,
MgT. L~'nn Ficldman ..:crvcV II' co.
chairman I)'
I h l~ tlrca '~ ellmp.lIgn lie
wishes to express his sincere: thanks 10
all the Y{lluntecr~ An(l pe('ple who
demalcd lu m;lke Ih ... anolher ),ut,;Co.,·
ful Cuod nl1~mg e \'enl.
We ~ould also like 10 elic!nd .J fund
~hl:lloM 10 all our IflveJinlli Oros. and
Sistcr'" (lnd all Our relln:c~ HCHK!> Ihe
COlIntry,
DAVit) W, Ut)"H H~, ('.S
.BIW JOURNAL/OCTOBC R 1993
locol '204, Cedar Ra pidii, lA, EJ;etlllive
Boord member ood Sicward (Jrl
Siruve 811ch(Jnge more thon 0 walch
with hi, son Steve SInMI .
GENERATIONS
PASSING IT ON!
L. U. 204 ( U'&·I). CE OAR RA P IDS.
11\ - 1 he Local 104 plcmc 111 ("re<;IOIl.
11\ WitS lhe sclllng for SORl\: (ami I}
clchangto; EICCull\·c 11(,.,rd Me mber
.100 Slc'A'llrd Carl Slru\t.: bas passed his
(lcCUpnll(1I1 3~ II line mechanic lind
union !lcll\'i~1 on 1\1 his -.on. 1310. Slcve!
'\m.lVe, In turn, Steve hlid 1m; hunur of
IHC~ellt irl~ hl~ fUlher w1lh ;111 1I1EW
WDII:h rccogni/ing 25-)"e81'" as a Loc<li
2114 TIlclllbcr. ('ongrat ulatlons!
T ho,; lsI Allllul'1 1...-;.:.\1 204 S.:holar-
~h i p Cur\ te~t Wl!S n ~ucccss. T hree 11IJ!h
sehoul seniors caughl the c)'e of the
LlIec:ullvc Ihlllrd wah the1l cssa)'s on
"Whal 1'111' I l!lInn 11;1.. !lom' hll MI' n
J~cquelinc lanning (NcvlIr.l:I). ·rimoth)·
A Murphy (Burllngtun). ,IUd Michelle
R Schmll.lt (Wall.cr) ..... ..:re Inc lop VOle
Bellef'1II Ihe Sl."h(llllr-.;hlp c'Onlc,,' . "lie
cnnh:~1 WII!. Ofll!'n 10 all de~nUenls or
mcmbc~ fin ,ood ~tllndmg) or l<~lll
20-1 whu were due 10 gra"uah: frUIIl
hlp! ~hool in Ihe 199:!-93 school )'1:'31.
(\lIlsldenIIlJII was aisil ,&I\en lu
!'IAT/A\1 scme!>, tC um..:s, g031~. and
kltl:N of n."(t.)mmendllU{lII On lhe lm~l~
nf 11m erilc,"I. Ihe Flccullvc I1(wnl
eh(')~c- Ihe t hree ..... illnen. Congr3lula .
'Inn, lHld IlCSl wi~hc.~ ILl ou r Wl!lIIelS.
CONGRATULATIONS,
BRO. MARCHESE
L . 208 Ii). ' ORW Al.K . CT-ln
June held nur local dedilln of olfi-
\lo t'
CCf' The fol lo ..... in(!. Vll!le I:leelcd 10
"fhct', Bu'i \JR.r O a\ c nlilma'i: I'u:s
Robert Cileh~ilol; Vice Pre!;. Roger
J"hn'i(m Ree . Sec. Jnmco;; C'luud and
l«1;I1 206, Norwalk. CT. ~ to right: SecOtKl Oi,r. Jill . VIC!!! Pres. Paut louiJhron, Hott-
Ole.! Joseph Monhe Ml, loc:ol 20S Pres. ROfKIld Schlock ood Inl, Rep. RKhord Pong-
glOui ot 0 retetll relifMneflI dinner and re<eprion hoIlOt'ing Bro. 10seph MorcheN!.
Treas, Pal Mllklin Con)tTalulalloll !
A retirement dinner lind n:cepllon
honorin,8m J oseph Mnrche!>( VlD"!
beld in \1 01) III Iht: (Onlll1cnl<l1 Manor
of NOl"lloall;. Tl\e (Venl .00 marked Ihe
';Sth anni\el'!w1.l)· of Local 208. Thanb
Oro. Marchl."'iC for all your years of. r-
'>'ICC and hcsi 01 luck In )'our rcllfc ·
ment
Bro, Marchese !'er'>'ed 115 bu , mgr
for IK }t:iln <} nd ha~ bc.c:n fI union ml.: nt·
ber for 40 ye/It'S . li e receive d hit 40·
yea I pill a lld saw hl)O SOilS Jn~eph Jr,
and Michael receive their IS-year p ins
!lnd SOli JalllC'i. receive H 10 yet., p in
Reliree James Mallh~'W'5 Q( l.o('al20t5
....'lI!. al'>() presenled .... llh a 4U )'car pin
S~eial lhnllk~ tl) l):lnct,; ('(Jt11n1iu..:c
Chrm, Ronald Sehlllck and COllllllillec
mc.mbcn. RonJld Itlrre!.c, KJ)'Rluml
Emond, Michael \1orchese. ral Malkin
,md Ken 1.01\(1)
Among Ihe speaker were Second
OISI Inl VICC Prcs. Paul Luull-hriln .
lui Rep. R,dli"d I'Jll"$.nulioi . Ire
memOCI find loc:Il4AA nus MgT Fronk
Carroll Jr, ami local '1ft Uu!. Mgl
G)'TO E~p<""II(I.
fille",," mdmlrfl RIl"I'i Kronm, lh I.IT("JI
of local 35, Dennis M pcdon of local
J. W.. ller Pur)' an d 1l. IenrmJ In" or
Loc.11 99. MallY con lraclOo. ,lIld c!ectri·
cal fiml$ I roen Norwalk (111(1~urro\l n dl!1!lo
il rea~ took pilr! 111 thll celebratlun.
RONAl.!) llARR ESE. P,S
NEGOTIATIONS
DRAWING CLOSER
L . :!IO (u~, ATI..A vnC (:ITV , NJ ­
Qur local held Ib .mnu,,1 ;tIPIJlecl.lhon
nlghl for rellrell .... mkel" and ~mdu;Il'
mg apprenlr~. SJlL'CmllhilnK!> 10 Inl
Rep, PM RobUoon fllf banding OUt Iht
glfLs and h lr hiS Cf)mmclllS1U the "'em
l'Iership. ('Oel}!raIUldlions :uld !teSI v. idl
('s 10 all
Nt:gol iJllom••lrt! dr.lwrng dUl>C r . M)
. Ian wril ing down your prop<)!lals. Fair
wag.I:5, hCllllh henefil:.. fre n ge, (vncH
lions, holidays). hencfil!. ~nd pension,
l(l tlH lne II few, hnve been Clirned
111l\Jugll glJml l,,,1I 1 lI e!;ul i .l " lI lI ~ No
O[]e just gi\cs IheOi 10 us
II is wilh a he~I vy hCMt IIml I ropurl
Ihe sudden dealh of Huberl G,
nu~"tth;ml 1r on I lInl""l() I luhN' Wi" It
loyal unionisl all of his lif.:, li e was 3
Im'mg hush;md .. nd falher, :In'' In lhlR
who knew him alrue (riend and honor-
able man Our condolcnC't."S go oul III
hI:> f.Jmll} Jnti (nc-nds..
ARI1UIRM MA~lNJ5( •• PS
SUMMER
ACTIVITIES
L .112 (l&o, .CIN INNATI. OH-
Our local hno; h"d II by,,), ~ummer. Wc
hosled Ihe I£lEW Nalional Dowling
TllUlnamcnt 111 JUIIC, IIml thl! Eu~lelll
(Jrlllc:::d SIII1~ IIll:.W Organiling Con·
rerenee III J ul),. We h,lpe Ihllt 1111 our
Bms, and . Islc l S (and tllI:n fa rm lies)
thul eame to Cincinnali cnjoYNI Ihrm-
!.e lvcs a nd lert willi g(u)d me moTles.
l.ocal 212 members worked hard to
h{ISI illCM! Ilve n ts , Iw l e njOyed th e
canlllradcric. We hope 10 sec ),OU all
"limn
W,uk h;ls hccn ~!o .... ;111 summer. WI!
WIsh 10 thank Locals HO. Lexingl on.
KY. )OI}. Illu"",,Uc. KY. llnU 4}l 1. Indl-
an:lpolls, IN. for emploring our mem-
he,,, LCJcal112 T" \cr)' rortunale lu be
,ufrllundcd I)) somc great IBEW
I..ncu:h W(lTk I'; plckrng up We hope ((I
he lp OUI If.I'>'chng BrOt.. And Slslt:n
next }"(ilr
toe;11 212 hell.! a COI'I' !!Cplll Ihe-pol
rarne al Ihe Organlzin@ Conference.
rlll~lI1/: $1 ,105. The \\omnc i \Ions LOCIII
-'(11 Org. nob Rcnaldi , The other hair
\\oll~ r rc~nlc(j 1(1 ,",,'unh DIS'- Int Vice
lire'. Pllu l WIl li.: I,) he donn ted 10
copr.
I he C I CCIIIJIl~ [HC- JUS I Mo und Ihe
t,;O flh!r find \IoC need 10 help c:lnd i da l ~s
help .... li nd elecled lIfltc i al~ can
Ih ll !
Icgl~llIt't! .1.... ,1)'
Ihlnp lhllt lOtlk )'C-II'S of
colicctlvc bnr~lIln'ng III {lchlt!~'e
Oum.. e l it ("O PE, hel ll ge t oul Ih~
~ig.n .., onJ
h)· !ttl nleons VOTI:!.
Willi Ihe help vI (,01' 1' . ('mCIIlJ1[111
MOI)or Dwi~hl 111I.:r)' up..:ne,", our
IIU W IIoI;Hinnnl IJ~lwling Tourn:llnl.'nt
.,n.h .1 luu.,mS .. pccch. rolluv,t!tf hy Ihe-
Ke) 10 11M: Clt~ g.lh'n 10 ur UU( Mgr.
f.r ;llIk Buller. I'"cnd, hke Ihal :lIl'
csscnlialto Ihe mrw. Suppon your
puhllcal fnenth..
11I 1H'ItTLIJRQW.... P.s.
locol 212, Cin(innoti, OH, Stu. Mgr.
Fron\.; Butler ond Cincinnati Moyor
Dwighl n llery ,how off the Key to the
City, which w(u pre5enrod 10 Fron\.; ot
the IBEW Notional Bowling Toumomenl.
INSTALLATION OF
NEW OFFICERS
lo U. 222 (11&11.'11 ). U R LAJ'IlUO , .......-
1he- Jun.,; Cio.:glUiU .... .;("0; bclcJ UIlIJCI Ihc
d,rc:cllun of I leellon Judge Danicl J,
Jclh:ry, InSlall.JIK)II of lie..... offictD 'I'>'M
hdd Illhe regular merllng in July. 'The
nc\\o orrtCCl'S ale: !lIe .. Juhn J. W~le l
r.; V~ 11'c~, Jllmes Gary Brown; Bus.
Mgr. JIII1I~ M lIell, Kee Sec. Wesley
25
J. \"'(It'ldll'~ ami rrca!>_ Ralph IJ St,.,u
E"~cull\l.' Boud m~mh.:r~ ,lie: 1(,llph
D. Dans.Jlmmie R, Iltnc-s and Thorn~
o Smtih.. F\anumng OOilrd mcmho¢n
ale: JO'>eph,' EI~ Or.tn D real and
o,.'O~ \\ Thrul'k::r. Cnil ofli!xr. Il[I,!
Lnil n~1 Chrm. 1t(1}' Oakley, V1C~
Chrm. Rohc-rl" 1'.lcqucuc .inti fh:£
c. William F. IIlu, UOII ~21.~ ("hmn,
Windell ("rcnshallo, ViL"e {",IlIlIn. GeO'lc
r. G<tsl"n ilnd Kct:. Sl!c. JQhll ( Van·
Rlpcr Unit 22::!.3 Chmn Andrcllo B.
~llIIlh, Vicc Chtun. \ 1url F Mixon (lOll
Rcc. Stc. La rr>' K. Cullins, IlgtamlIl
lionS and ocst wl~hcs to 1111.
Follulloing ' he mectmg there '...IS II
lInil>' Pany bar becue dinne r.
We herd HUT !>Ct:ond ulbo r Dil} piC·
nic in Orlando. Uhl \C:M·t. picnic hdd
10 he cancelled h<:cau"C (If I luTrlcunt:
Andrew
.'ltcn'" Ihe mcetlng~. carpool wllh
olher Brother. Supporl our local
RALPH o.:;run t'.~.
locol 266, PhoeniJ:, Al, Pump Crew.
left 10 right: 8ros, Morty Nellis, Equip·
ment Operotor '4, Steve Soncedo,
Pumphelder ond Brion forehond ,
Temp.
MEMBERS
KEEP WATER
FLOWING
L. .266 fll ), PKO ESIX. AZ-W.u:r
is Ihe IIreblood (Ie Afl70n3. Metr~
Phocnl'l; could ne\'tr nounsh and su!>·
lam tbe rapid poflulatlon pOYolh thatH
~njo~"S .... Ithout it
Local 261i memben ,,"orking for the
Sail RiH'f PmJec1 IIrc the dn\'mg fom:
Ihal krtp<> Ihe 'o\31cr nowlOg.
Membe .... such all M3rl~ .... ell" .tnd
SI~\'C: Sancedo have tht responsibility
ror repairing and inslnlhng deep well
pump~ lhllt pull 1he wl\lcr lip ITI.lm lhe
ground deep below Ihe dc~e rl floor
I he water IS pumped mto ra lll1b for
irrig.!ui.)n W1Uer is <11\0 suppUed from
these wells for domcsl ic usc. Local 266
j,,; \'c:ry proud of Its membcn that keep
Ihe water nollo·lOg.
CongraluJalmnt. to our liyhillo Com
mlllt:t' for a Job wdl dOlle. 1111~ follov.
ing BrM. a.nd Sillier" did J ~plt.ndtd Job.
S(e~e R~amer. Pbil Pen~$, fleetor
010. Rogn Harmon. Jert)· Kiln and
PllmSmllh.
Auentl ~our umt mcellngs and IlIke
;In ;aCIl\C part In }our umoll
Qwoo J R lAt.'''' 0'1:. P S
R bin of local 210,
26
BRO. JOHN N.
WRIGHT RECEIVES
PLAQUE
L.lI, :no li.tll ). 0 /\ ... tW)(,I... I -
Local no deCled th~ (ollo\l,io, nev.
"rrlCCr. HII', .\lit' 'till \L-c.. liilf} Dug
j!an; ItT!';:'. Ray Day; Vice Pte!>, Ullrw,:\.
" 1Irt';s" W IIiHUll~: 1 ru\ I~ryall lIn lieI'·
-.on ,111.1 l~cc. :\., Roherl l1l1gl1l1_ blX
lllh'l! Ul.ltlrd ml:mbcn nre: Ituh
I fl!lI(h! I ~\ln , (iMY Il ughcN. Flmer Lil lie.
1101 \ hn;ufII, Uobby "Dolly" Osborn.::
:l nd Pli ul Shurp. l~lH111 1 11 11 11H lhlllnl
mcmb~1"I (lrc: J~ DuggAn, Kdlil Pllrk·
~r, Dc~l er Willrum ... Grcll "(Jnrflcld"
Smllh ,lilt.! Rl)hc!rt WilhMIK (\mgrnlu
latl{ln~!
1 hc ncllo 1Ifficer....... l'rc sworn tnll)
omce aline regular rncellng of Jut} ~II
Specinl rc:co~ntllun \\",13. gl\(~n III Ihl"
nh:o:tiAg lu ()Ur r,I!l1 DLb.. M~r.Fin. Se\...
John 'Il Wllilhl v.h(l ch nO! 10 11.In
for the on1r.;~ Ihn term .Ic: YoM pl~nl·
~d • plaque hy the members of Local
270 In apprccll\lInn clf 13 )'e:ar~ nf dedi
cliled t'tCH'ice 18 bus. mgT.Inn. sec. 10
LQCal270 DUTln& hi.. tenure 1ll,: M: r\'CU
R\ II lru\tce On Ih~ SOlllhcrn lll.'(lflC.ll
J leu hh Fun d, the Southern r:Jecll(ca l
Hetl rcntcn l I· u nd, n~ ..... CJlll~ nn I he
~)(eeUli\'c committee 01 both or Ihcr.c
fund' I Ie se l vt,al on the InveMmcnt
Rev1ew vollllll1el! (Or the RC:lm!menl
Fund_ HI: also Krvcd IS Sec,·Treas. or
the Knul\'llIc SUlld1ll8 lind Ctln'\.lruc·
lIOn Trades Council. OUf best .... 'shc~ 10
hIm In uny ftuurc C'ndclWflM
Wdc()Inc to our nc'llo-cU mcmhcr~
my Yarber and Dcnl OUWn. ('('In·
gralulahon .. am.! hel.1 uf luck to Ke~m
locol 210, Colt Ridgo. TN, poff &UJ.
Mgr./fin . s.c. )oJ,n N. Wright is pic-
tured Cliong wim hit. foriwf John E.
Wrighl, who if thl: oW.1f living mem-
I\rov.n. l'aUld, Duuan, Kc\·in IlIu·
moth·l. 1 Itil Iluw..:ln. l{,I\ Sc;Jrfll(.u~h
Bnd Rt)hD.~ \\ ilhllm~. who recently
hcrnmc our 1l(."v.C'it JO"m~~-men.
Wild.. hu .. ple1..ed up '.i~lm\:""hat
though tl 1.. Ii~d) Vlolt-ICrm lIupeful
I.,.. more Mo('f~ will hle.I'- .H ¥ill: .l!O
I\lonjl.
RorWRl \\ II \0" .... R_~
ORGANIZING
EFFORTS PAY OFF
t , . 2~O (1,f1~ , st , (' .t C ~ ,m l &c s).
SAU,M. m C-llrn. Stc~c Bcholl1 hilS
heen )\\orn in " .. the nelll uecutive
no,ml m. . mher,:u.lnr!!e IU n:pl:lcl: am
Mel Andre:III" We .... ()uld M.c to Ih"nl
Mel rnr hl~ tn~ll/.h~ Dnd dire:cuun
I\JYollrd~ Yoh,lt'" be ..1 1m Ihl: llnllher
hood. Good Iud:, Mc:I!
Hm Sle\e Ikhout ..h(I\4L"tI hI!> 111'1111\
10 h:an\lic tuu,h .srlulltions IIIhen he:
wr,.cd ft~ \lcwllJd Dt the: Jilme.. Rlw;r
~nmd.n) filler "hint lor 120 JClume)
men We look fMwDrd 10 hovlng
Slt\c'!. IIIput ~lliIrcd With the l (Jc~d Ilc
IIl reudy h"s come up with ~ome greal
~ UAAI!..~I UlflS
I.m~al 280 WOLild lih to appl aud
l3rtJ~ IlIlI1 k llclcki:, Rich lollnn lind
("hll~k I( oscnhergl!r (01 lheir \\<01 1. :lS
~tcwllrdS lln our three Inrger j(lb~ In the
arell Wil h (lIll employmcnt plus lOt)
Ir:l\clc-n working. a good stewlIId is a
tll)t benerlt
Lnc.al 2HU b. \'ery proud ~nd grateful
10 lbe tru~chnJ Brolber> Ilnd Slst<!n fl)r
Ihl:H c:x..-cllcnt v,ofl lind craftsm.an:.hlp_
We couldn'l have done \udi I good job
wllhoullhelrsl>llh
Our organizing effortS arc nanml to
(10) 011 Gerdc<il Eh:ctuc c:mJllu)'ec~
mled In hit\·~ 1.oc.a1:bi(1 repl~nt Ih~m
In colleclive' bargftiomg A ~p~c:ill
t ha n k~ 10 Bro. Mike: I'eltr,oll ro r muk·
ing the imf10Ssihle ~"ihlt_ The bail ie
hl\~ JlJ~1 hegulI!
JH(I(Y n I' reHER. I' ,S.
MEMORABLE
ELECTION
I••• 288 (I.u.r1i&:'..-p.), \VAl ERlOO.
IJ\-Our IQl:aJ held II~ dcttlOn 01 Olrl'
ur .. m June:. with lhe (ollcrwlUR re .. ulb
Pres. Mul 'IlcwtQn; Bu\-_ \1., \V.dc
l..Khtr; Vu,-e Pte.. Ruu Vla~l.;: Treol\
Dennis Baldwin and Rec ec, Larr)'
h{l!.t r.xecullve Board Tell)" S'o\1Il.cr
Locol 292. Minn.opolls. MN. IHIwfy elected oH'ken..
EXllmlntni: member'§;: Rus!,
H.(I<lro
Cohh, h.url I'rdnl; ,lnd Curti!! Fldum·
gllnncr
lhl"; .... 11:1. ;I menlOr;rhle electIon.
nleclin~ tho: candtdatc's (ace to rao=:, lis-
It:nUlje ~flr"t hamlin IIohal the) v.lluld
M.\! to do ror nur 1\XlIi. ;lnc.llislcning 10
the I~~ue" Ihat C('Incern us. lind OU I
t'''' memher;hlp. Castin~ )(lur \ole ror anl·
thing Ics~ .... ould be like blind tlUSl . It is
our lesJlnn~lhll HY til \1<1) current on the
!5Su~ thai affect U."I. We hope devotion
nm.l dClcmllnation wil l hdp gUide (J\1 1
11\!\\ lc:ldm·!>. CcmgrnlUllllions fi nd b~sl
wi~he~ II) CHlr newly de(;led offilX~.
Loall 2&! I!> II)(lking lor vol unteers to
give Ihc1r lime and dedication 10 .....ork
(10 ulHcrent COntllllllecs. Ir interesled.
pltMc call1hl! 10C3J. Your help .... ould
lml)· he appreciated
RITOIIE KlRl'El\8ACH. P S
SHOW YOUR
SUPPORT
L. . 2'12 ii,em.r1h,ru.spa&gon), MIN·
N EA I'(H.IS , ,\IN-On J ul) 1], Local
292 swore in its newly elected officers:
Bu!>. M gl, Greg !'lharrlll1skt; J#ro. MlCk
I l an~en: Vice Pres. Gerry Wegner. Fin,
1\CC. Jerry Wcsl t.:rh"lm; T rcas Steve
C"Iayp.ltch an<1 Rcc. ~c. Dou.!!, Presser.
Execuuve llo;)rd members Il re~ Larry
ChHk, Du;:1; Harttln, Dt:nms Slmoll!>un.
Ken Wesu: rcn. Joh n Noonan, Ken
Slbben and ~ l lke: Weidll, EUmlnmg
Board members ar~, J ohn lI all. Jeff
Park.er, Ot!nnK Blanchard., T)Qn Lubin·
~ki and I3<H! Sch~nl:d,~r. Conpalula·
lion ~
The \I,(lrk pldure in our Jurisdiction
remains 510", ......ith almost 200 members
011 Book I 1\0 big JUbs lire: slated for
Ihe. .... tnl~r. 100 1\ could be anolher cold
one. lIopefully. things will improve
IICI{I sum mel
Atlh~ lime of Ihi~ ~Titing. our Bros..
1I11d Sisler.. hi KARE·TV are stili work·
ing withoul Rcontract. under c:ondilions
Impo sed hy Gtlnneu, II corporation
IIOlori()w, fOr b U~l lng Ulm"ln!>. We hOpe
every I DE W membe r will show Iheir
~uppu rt I'ty re rusing \I) patronlLC "USA
Today." a Gannell publicatiol1. and it!
ad ... erll~e"-, Be aggfes~i\·e. tOllk~ aclion,
call or \liTtle Ihe~ Ddveftl~ers and lei
them know hOY> )'QU feel.
A hn.'lilhoughl ....-c lire only ~trong
",,'ht:n lIIe IHto" in numbers and Slid.
top.C:lher The labor mo\emc:nl needs
c,teh Jnt.! e\·cry one u~ We. can do bel·
tert
(iREO HANSEN. p.s
IBEW IOU ANAL/OCTOBER 199 3
Newly elected officers. of Loc:ol 294, Hibbing, MN, left to right: Vic. Pr... Gre; Topel:
Bus., Mgf, Ed Jones; be(utivt· BCKl rd member Don Garris.an; l reos, Pol Dfl mofoil;
Ree, Sa(. Jeff Hart; fires. , Dan Quirk and Executi.... aoard memDef Lyle Thronlon,
INSI DE
AGREEMENT
SEnLED
l. U. 29.. (l.u ,em . rt~ ,"p lll& t! e ~1. HIR ·
DING. MN-The .... Or~ piclufe i,l (lU I
local has nQ I tmp ro\ed, We hli'>C' 15
me n on Hook 1 T he .... urk pi c t u l ~ fOI
the winlC'r looks prm) blea k ua kss II
major pmJl"tt brl'bk~ Thanlo:~ In all lhe
siSler loca ls who h:l\C' prollided \\lJtk
(or U'i.
Wr. settled our il1\ldC' .uHeemenl \\llh
wme bard nrgoli.alini! from our com-
millee. \\ e 1:01 n (our· .. eat conlrael
with some dCCt1l1 mone)'. Thanks 10
BrO'§ \\ illie SIXI I... Ed lCIOts. RIchard
Anderson and iom PaNoJn for wnrking
50 haro to 5en le our conlract.
O Uf local t:'eej l o n ~ were held with
Ihc following results: I'res. Onn Q Uir k:
B u'" i\1H-, .IFi n cc. Ed Jonl,''': Vice
Pre~. Grl!'!)' Toptll; Tll!a~. P,lI Dum;rt;l1!.
and ReI:. Sec. lerr Hart. E~ctulhe
Board mcmhl!'" are, Dan Gilrn~un.
Cor), Lafrance. SII!H~n Murph) ~nd
lyll' Thr{'ln50n Eumimnlt Board
ml!mher~ .. re le\l!n Finch. Dunne
Lorenz and leHTroumbl}'. CongrBtula·
lion, 10 "II wht~ \\ ere dec1ed l
Apprenl1cc-ship m(en IC\\.5 were held
fnr the CllIn m,F. ve tl r, !"hen.: ha<; I'o ecn n
lilt uf dl.!le u ,~i() n On ti ther huil dillg II
new un i on ha ll and IIrrrcntlc.:~ h lr
training (llci1iI ~' t)f remuddin~ Lht' e.~i~1
ing building (or ool h
1 here ha~ heen a gre.lI lIeltl (lr J ...
cU~.!Iion on ..... An-A in our <lrI:3. \\ c
hope thai II b \ull:d dl,l\loQ. \\e no:!c:tlUI
ktep r1ll ..1;-I111 (1'1': ~1IT1: (In nur -.trLlUlr5
lind T\:pr...'Senlali\'\~ I() \OIe nur \\.3\',
We hUH' had ~nme Iud. HI (lUr area
wilh all·union agrct:"mcnts. WI! IO~1 II
h l~Jflb ill Bmo;c CIL~callc Ifl h ll!,cn Llcc·
lriC. Thi.!l wIHIId h.we hd pcd put lIIMY
p ~op k 10 \~ olk
R1!mcmhcr Ik U1111111. 11m Ul1llm "lid
auend your union meel in(!.5.
'){fl n \\! I·.A l't' ,.\ p,
A SUCCESSFUL
PICNIC
l. . 302 (i,f1 ,m &~p") , I'L t:'\ SMto;T
1111.1., C,\ - loc,.1 ~()2\ tl ll lw fl i picnic
",:1 ~ II g.Qod (Ini!. W e hll~c Ct1J(I~CU tllI ~
tradition wilh fdlu" mcmi'ICrlI, fnmll)
and friends [or 311 ~ear. rh,\ \'C3r'~ rIC
nK pro\cJ tet ~ t'fljo),able. lind Ihe:~'
pcflplt' IIII1.:nil1lli!. (Lf1~alt:dICl hll\C! d
pkaSdnl \:xpcncncc: \\ c: l'an', Voall 10
doiIJ!,!J.in!
IBEW JOURNAL/OCTOBE R 1993
Our COMET program ha§ ('Onllnu~d
to hI,! ~ucce" .. (u l l' llh apprcnllct\ ~'I.
v,1!1I 21 ,t1Uma}ml'n al1cnlhng IAH,;(
The IIltgclm, (unu h ... !xcn innclsed.
and I-\C'- ure actl\c1~· (Junoumg "tlrL In
our Juri\dklion We: hQ\e bell un v.ork
on our large proJect';. \\ hleh has
allo\\J!d (JUI Bo.A I lbl 10 dip bclm\ tht:
SO line, ThIS IS quite ~n Impro\'cmc nt
O\r:r Ihe 224 mc m ha~ 11~ l cu JU.!Il (\\.(J
monlhs ago.
U ur l1 e~nLwtlng I ~'am h;l~ dom: we.1I
in ~curinlt d..:cent and frllltl-I.'5 in
\'-;tSI!§
it Ihrcl.'.yur (ontrllCI. ben dunnp the
high unemplo~ men I perilXl. the l('am
managed 10 gel. substinlillli rll"C
"hll.:h the memhcr.. hlr unRnIR1I1u~l}
ratifitd
locol 302 , P\eo$Onl Hill, CA, or our
rtKf1nl annual picnk. Bro. Charle.
FendJey .how, 1M "Righi StvW fOf' 0
wtceuful picni(. " Roof Seer, ~
COMMUNITY
SERVICE AWARD
lot.. 32(1 (lI.I,&rll\ ), I)OVG IIK U "I'.
SW. \ '_10111 m(rn~'" <lJ I.ne.11 ':'it
\\cto= n~clpulnl\ of the C llltllnuOI1\ \cr
VIa:: '"''''.lid f(ll tlll:1T \Iootk ~ \0Iunl(1"o
Wilh \lIril'u\ nr,gI.nll.1ll{.'M IhrHlIgbllut
Hu(\wn Vulk-~ I hl' m~oII!1u,lIH1n~ that
('iTch III the: I1l C llltH:J~ ..... l1I l.. nl for
recr.;I'teJ fl don,Hlon 'I he m..:m h l!r~
r ('cC)\l tT1 ~ the ;\wurd, \\C II.': Bn '~ 1~ 11 ~\
UC\'lcr. lur Il l' \\\ 1r~ ..... ll h the l" IIY 0 1
'Je .... l'o urp.h Au~l1i.(IT~ "ul lee: hlhn
FUIl,"llll. I{lr hh w('rk .... lIh IIIL' Nt\\.
Yllr'" t..,1K:clal OIYnTllio: Jo." ","Cl'lmllll
ror hi' wo,1.. 'oItth HuJ",n RI\CI Hnu'"
inl:' RruJ 'enl RlC.:hler. lor hi'> "' ..ilL IHlb
the Ihghbntl Lillie L\:d~UC
loc:al320, Poug hl<Mpsi., NY, ala, Mgt . Fronk Moher (o ng rotu late~ Community Se,..
... ice Award recipientl : Jo, Newman , John Fariello, Ru u ell Bevil!r and Nail Rich'er ,
The (deC-lions for this Commu nit,' commIt to tbe Building TTadc~ lhllt Ihe
Scmce A\\..lTd Gre mnde b~' a wmnTli· Orcal ~ Iall core l'I'('Ifk and all of Kolrs
I tC ton~lstln& ot union. compan)'. Ind tenant construction ..... 11 be tOO percenl
"nn~lImrr rrJ1rr~f'nIJIIlvr .. WE' \\nu1ll nnWIII
lII:e to commend these mt:mber~ for The Union lIan' proJec1lon. ~ilh
tbelt ('"mmltrntnl '0 their communj· "'ork ronllnumg III the current ralC. IS
11e\. 1 h"nL~ 10 III of OUI membt'B \\.00 thol our local ~hould \\orL 175.000 to
do \'olunt('tf wo rk t!Hou!hoUI aur 200JXXl houni more Ihis \"Car than 1992,
oren. While the ~ 1 ",Lel Rec(wer~' ProgrAm
I-.D\\'ARD WRIGHT, I'JJ, canno t U k.: all l he credll for this
I n cn~~'e, ccrninly our me mbers c(ln
IIpprt:dtllt Ih!.' pl)si t h~ result!> 11ur ,\ IRP
funds arC' creating.
MARKET Kudos to Kon Hal1. our JElf Con-
tract ('omphiUICC Offietr. ror dung ,he
RECOVERY nOl)'(lgn81('1~ contractor; on pre,alhn~
\\,1£1: lobs tor non<omplianr:e Ka~ a1<.o
PROGRAM conducts worksbor (or diffeTCnl Ig.e'n·
CIC'> on contraCI .. dmml~lra1ion 1~'SlIe~.
I~ t. . JJZ iI,o,r&51). A..'1 JOSE, CA-
Our \\Ol k. pI":!UTe hol~n'l changed. us we ~uch as contraci compliance and pre·
\~IIIIlt!. \\ae:e ,,,sue-.
Ilr ~ \1111 ,l\'crag1nQ. 1l00U\ AI) on Boo~ I.
CahfLlrnia SIHlt A'>!!l'JCiation I)f Elcc-
O ur new apprellllC!! ctll~~ uf H11~ II
Ihird uf wht" if nOllnnlly ~ h o u l d tx!. and uica l \H1 tk cr~ held II( f lTS t Annual
CO PL Bl! ntdll Gol! Tou rll aml' nl .1 1
refl ect.. nu r 510\\ worloi piclu rc fo r the
IM~ll:Uupk Ilf \'C'!ln The ou!·uf·\.\ork Sunol Valier on Aug. 1. Thanks 10 the
book fo r Ihe Wln lC'r of li19 1 WI~ the \olunlce", \\hl) hc1pclllllilke lhe acthi·
I~ II ~U\,"o.!s.,"!
IdrgC'~1 ~lnCC' Iho: 'SITlLr of the earl,
Thonli."l11 oilihe H'(uilicer; rOT \\Jur
1970\
OUf ~htrkel Rccu~e~ l)roBlllm hll'" hdp at the l ·ntOn Sooth at thl: S'anta
Chlrl Counl~ Flutground., the Labol
rc(urn~d •• huu! S~.OO In \\.ltJ,b and
rnnp;c\ rUt l.'ach '51.011 in\- ted ~inee liS Da\ Fe\1l1 lito llnd Ih(' Annual PICI1IC.
InCepllOn. Each mcm th jI\l.rt1~~ ahuul 1JE.\ \lA'" WISOO\l P.S
150 "'ork!.:", on MR P (unded Job.., 11IC
~b n Jllr.t AH' lIn and thl' Orenl Mull nl'l!!
IWI'I ~,xx! I!~Jl m J'ih.~ oj MR P jotK Loetll
-'~:! i n ~ c~tctl \ Inrk l' t Rect'\'~ r)' 1'lInd~ BUY UNIO N
1{1 nHlke cefl,lin Ihe rr:...'1.:rllly ttlllllllCltt:l
.Henll "-iI~ In 1\11 11I1IOn juh. \\ c ha'·C' l. V. JJ6 U&CIIlv), CIII C.\ GO. 11. -
wmmnlcd II IM!{e ,urn III \ lfl P fund .. 'Ilt h\olll()n~ lIgll pnxlu~·b. "cre mrl5lh
10 cn~url! the rccrnl" Slimed Great \ IADE I~ TIlE l' A.'· .nd Ihere "',1'\.
M.1I1 \\.111 ~ Ihe .... me, 'Our \1RP lund ... a gtklll chance the UnTon L:ahd 'o\'0l'j dl~'
pll' cd a mJJor rule In gcllln! Ibc £en-- plll~cd 'iOml'",here. Cn(onun:nd::-. It is
crul cnn l wt:lur. Kill! c.on",t ruclmn 10 8 llillerenl \IOI~ no~ un inl0 an~
Local 332, Son JaM, CA, Newty ~ offi<t1l, IkK!t raw, left io right: becuti...e
Board m41mber Sal Ventura , Vi.c;e Pres. Dick PenDl, beoculive Board memb«i Poul
Morkcwih. crwJ Jim Willi"ms., Prl;l:,.. Gerald pfeiffer and &us. Mgr./ Fi". Sec. SteYe
Wright. Fron. rrrw. ief11o right. froos. ' ere RIryfl. Ul!!(UtiYI(I Board mH'lw Poul Peru
and Roc. Sec, Ilobcrf Trogni. (Not pictured · Executive Board membeor Terry Gray).
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m.tJOr drranmc:nl (1r d.-.rounl ..tOrt ilnd
~ou "'III hl\e I hard lime flodln"
"'I .loDE:: I' THE L'SA or I union
label (tn Jln, IhUIF ~(Jme reLaI' "Iorei
lake great pains to pOint "ul "'e '!;ell
" \ 1·\OE:. I \ THI.: L SA produclI M
Wal Mart SlCm~. Inc. Bnd S,lIn'~ Cluh
arc tood (>:ample, The) Mllp Ih~m·
sehes In the 0.11;. hUI m pracllce -.e k
out as JI matt er o f corpora l ~ polic)
gOO<k mJIie o~('rftea~ Th!.!y :lrm', Ih.
only ones. I khO" llifo 001 Ill~a) ~J.W,
but "hen "uu tl, II m~mtlt:r of \our
(amill' COC:S hopp(n~. mdkc I POI~lI or
looll:ln~ for a 'I.\DE 1'\ THE CS'\"
U:~, Then look fOI Ihe uilinn label II
v.e don't look or ask for II. "'': lire: pan
of the problem DUrln8 the hour.. 01
8:00 I.m and 7:00 p.m. ~'ou '.an cnll I·
S(KJ-LSA-J NIIU Idenllf~ .oods mnde
in the USA. More IIll IHH l ol nl l). II~
Unton memheri', \Ie shoulu promole
~alhenng sigrlllures la send 10 our
ek:('1ed offlo.Jl~ tu,Ulg them I\CIt to "up--
por1 Ihe "\orth I\ menan Fre ~' I ude
A,rcemenl " .... FiA UI lis prc,enl
form_ \\ e fee l ~ ·\!I·A will cost the
United Statc§ jo"~ .. nd busmesse!>, \\ e
urge olher local t ~ inlorm lti Ir el led
llfficiallo OCtilClf leellllg£ on :-:A I;"'('A
We regret 10 inform )'OU o ( the p:&
109 of retiro!d 8ro~. Wilhom Young.
Fred Dov.en Qnd \ laf\;1n \lOtlre. We
offcr amdolence~ I{I thelf f<lmllics and
f"ends.
BOOK I CLEARED
L.U. J6.1 11.erll.ru.spa.('a tl .nrt.cS&fH I,
HU CKI'OHU , Il.-Loc'11 :.t).J·s Hook I
clcan.:d in Jul)" and "c put 54 Bros. on
Speak.mg 01 f('1Irec:S. Ih~~ held therr
olh Annual ""llln,hke O;liH, Plncak.e
Breakfast 1M Ihl: parking, tOi It 'tI.a~
greal 10 §ee somt:: of 'be -old jourl\t)·
me n" th.t man~ of us .pprenllced
under hnck In action agaIn, DrOll
u\\n~ne Glb~ons. -aTl Ander on.
GeUl~c (lord}. Ro~ HUllnn. Bill
Shon. Gcorge J.i: il..an, J bnn) K u rc~ba.
Bi ll RBII.luli. nnd Bob L il mont "erved
uf! nnpjnclo;s. bacon Dnd coffee \NItti
panacbe Bnd humor Wcll ckIne.lcmlt·
men-anti "'~ dOD I me.m tht bJCOfl t
'ThlUlk. als.o to 'lil\t1 Bud Lamant.
H-:I<o Sbort !lind \ ta1) Gibbon'!; whO
supervl5cd lad pro\'ldcd some belulY
10 gO with Ihe -beasts."
Next I ue, ~iUhs of the nHfk"ltOn
Hlles on • ~1em{lrl.lndum of Agre~·
men! • .and I..ocJI4:!4· l U J'L ~UCtb!>
th~ rcc~nl pro\'rnc;iAl eleClIOn. Remcm·
10 bu~·
bt:!r the -;\I.lde in Canud .. Inhel.
Oll\ld ('Olt. 'brl. Hag@erty, Richard
Cillaldo. Itpben Fuller and Rober!
fill,e 11llld
'\0\1 Ihat eie('hon Ire o\cr. \\,e Irt
..nltdl l) ing our rank Ind intensifying
our focus o n recaplurin& Ihe wark
eroded by nonumon Corte:» 1ft our area.
A nc"" undel"ltanumg an d re·dcdlC'allon
10 the louncl tng prlllclplc\ of the 10 E W
"xi~t as mOl'CI and more of our memberS
attend COME.T mectlnls, peacefully
dC'monSlrlle lor lob, lind become
mo~ pohllCall), !lure
On JUlte 12. the. onnW11 Oam Steam
""I) I'Icll.Jlklldtd. 1I.11d. ~ tune "'0\5.
had tw.U The fine: lurnout of memo
bers (~pel.·urll) Inc dll~ nfter OUI C1l1m
Slenm) for the CII) of I TO\ .~ Flag DOl)'
\II
parade I:ho",,, Ih. conlmulng pJrlicipl
lion of our loco I in community·based
t\CI!V Il ICS,

b u~ mg union \I IU:IU~\'cr po~~ihl e
The {olk""'m, list o{ \lem"I,~lnll"c
unwn IJbellocatl(1n hns heen rtrlllll~
Crom Ihe Ar l · 10 UPiOD libel l\
Sen. Ice Trade Dept Glu\I: -UI\lrJe
tbc upper cdae; 'e'kue~ ~m.1I Clld.
Coah-hntnl oj 10 1(,k pc!<.ket; 1"')1'
rtla\· ·front hem IIf Jacket. RlIIln"car.
Sporu~(ar &. Hu,~ Ol.ll(r"(.r-
I~~er pocke l ~hln~--bf,tlllm (If franl
111111, Snu¥.- ¥our 130)\ i'Car-ln"lt.!e
pockel: SUII.)-m Ide right hlp poc"lw.
Biltn i n~ ")UII.. - .... \th \\1t.' ut hm; B1vu~·
cs-nedline or side hem; ("h i lure n '~
.....·.u-lII:ckli lic. Dle~~ c"t-ullille I I~ I II.
irull!Je hem. imliJe ~e jJ m wilisihiind tlr
neckline: kirts -waislb;md or t>c'O\\
7IPp~t; lip'( 1el"l'lwear & Rol'te~
neelllne or side ~e;&m ~"t~lers s..
Knn .... e.r· 'l<:l1n'11n sltuulJcr I1AJ Coal,
&. J.lcL(~~lov. ri!!,hl <lml twlc
Hdp kccp Amencan) ",orkin," BC\'
l~IQ '
LARR'· 1. \l OllJ.LR. R ~ lKl:.AS.
MEMBERS ENJOY
PICNIC
L U. 3..1 0 ( t.Il.rl~.c nl&' I,a) . I., ' CHA .
\I E"'iTO . CA-LO\:al ).411 memher~
turn~d nut In larf,c numt-t'n for OUt
.annu",1 PICIIU; bt:1J Jul~ 241h 111 (j1h'04."
Ranch UI Rio Linda, CA There 'Iloe:~
gamr.lur the .....k 1I101la: "llh ...lflhall.
\-olk)bJII.ll1'1~ !'iUl:' ~nd hmll" Itll the:
:Iduh The fOl,u and dnnk. "'I rlenl!'
(1,1 1 .and g01.td A :orel.:illl Ih,lUk~ III the
many I) ro\. lind IsteJ\ .."hl) htiperJ
with t hl~ e\ocnl l'lnd tn IIro. Hnh pt.(r~··
mlln ror putting ~ t nil loge the r.
011 JUly 11'111\, ! (lCa l .\.oI1I1I1ern i'f!r'l
and conlractor on.:c 1l11lltn rJ~llhll<ld
lobm and m!lt~nrJ' fur rh~ "(:cl1"d
"Vietnam Vcleran\ StllnJrJ'An, 1 Iti,
C"cnt ItIH'" rJl\rl,u.:cu \ ICtnlm \'(I(f'
USi .. chanle h' ,1I:ar upll"llrt: ~r\ll<l'
upnJ. CdUII rrohkm . reg .. ~n dflHn,
f'l"I\ilc'Q anJ In "p,l(ulunll~ Itl arrl\
(Of C'mp\l.'ymc.,,' .... lIh 'he .. anc\!) a el'l'
aes th.11 pdnlOpitr" l'her 451'1 \ rclndm
\ ·clcr.uu attended Ihll t:\CnL rhan L ~
10'1 RlCh,lId f l .olI\" .UlJ Jr.:II} l).. t.I~1 r. . 1
donallng Iheu lahm, And 10 Pla,c!
Flcctnc nnd Gear!!\! 1"0\ Compal\)' for
dllll.H,"~ the millen;ll
AlI .·f it dismDI \.\In~u ,Ind (\cll
"tU"C "f1rtrl~ uur
,*"olk plclun' htl,
Impro\cJ t:on,IJerahl). ' 111\1 of 11ur
mcm~r"\ lire rtf)" v.m\.ln,· "nlhtn
lanl! krm. nit ...,I) "huIIl, th.11 1I.I\e 10
~ l.·t'lmpklcd tw the fnll ·nt..... I~·r. !'luI
III~ nicc h411mll full c.:mpIU)nh:nlll,MIIl
On thc rnhlle .. 1'\ol·cnc. 111,11 1('Cal "
Book II 10 \\-ork. After expeTienel!li DA\-E A ... OlJtSO.... PIU.S,
I,cr>, hlgb unen\pl ),ment faf se"l!fal
)lcDr~. 11'~ IrClIl to see mosl of our
mem"'C=I~ "orkmg.
of thb "\\rilinJ. lM Chrysler Plant
to 8!;1\1!kfl'. IL \I~ I.D !.be final ph~
of 1"C'looJln, and "as to be ooml"lcl d
vmetnne In Au!!-1l"I The JOb "'ent 'Io·ell
and «'\C DUr local .. ,,",t of "l'rL Some
otb« jobs in our area life being s)o'lo'cd
deMn ~ Ihe weal~r Hopefull}. \ -JO(b-
crNalll!'e "ill gl\·C. \J$ som~ relief and M
wt\11;1c v«-Jd r r y,;ork \o\c:U mto tnc fall
Thro ugh our olga ll ll ing. largell!lg.
~i .. kctitiK .i IlJ h~IIJb illiug dCvrl~, VUI
locltl has gllined hack mO'iI or the work
(,o\ lrtNOI\ CUOMO
in our area. The e IItctic~ ,eem 10 be
\·erv cCfeclI'·c \\'1)05 10 combat tbe l)I.. TER-POWER MEANS
nonunion and .ue k.c\ (actors in keep.
ing our memben ~'orkin, lind our
umun ~trun!-
'\"Of \lllLER. p:;
MEMBERS'
APPRECIATION
NIGHT
t.u. 'U~ (I,o.u.rr.lno.n b.rls.e('s.es.e m. local 438, Troy, NY, left to righi, &ui.
:a:S & !lp." EU" O ....·I"O". \l\-Our Mgr . Joh" MocoukJy ood P"~ /a..9 . NEW IBEW / JATC
.autlu.1 ' kUllk l" t\ ppre~i;ltivn ' ight FrwderKJ.. NJ'rWe.-ver pehlion lor joIn
helJ J unl" .5. in IlK- ¥.-~II "'ppmntw \hll from oubide the 5;a~ CClpitoI k iidi"9' BUILDING
.... oods GoIcnl,lb... as .. litlk mort &pc.
L . 494 t i.rm..mt.rb&:Sp1l). 'II L \\A
('Iallhan ptl:st ~e.n bceau'll' it .I~
ELECTION I\ U:. \\ t-1nuBda)'. Jul) 1. 1993. 'us
marhd Ihis locnls Mlh ;lnnnerun II rerJ Icll(, ua, lor (lur kQ\ T~o hun-
I'rom humhle hqinnmp; III lIP- • "hen
{Int of tb~ C'arlic:r bU~lIle!>!l mal1a&t'r~ RESULTS dred and I1h)·.fl~c memb<n ;dlenJc.J
u\Cd hi" home hlr 5('·1.'11\1 \"Cars liS Ihe
the 11\"li1 ,cn~.1 mtmbenhlp meeting
LU. -138 tIl. TROV. N\ '-On June! 11. In th e II I!\lh cl)n~ lI l1clt:d Local 49-l
busln-.:!IS offkt:. lo 1993 wh~I C \\c tlYon d Local J.~S cleclcd nc~' offlctn: for the
25,\)1)1.) ~q. ft IUlIldmg. complete \\l lh tneeu"J, a.nd amI:( buUdil\~. Tho: new
1I!:);l lhri:c }crll~. ('"I)Jlgrnl ullltll)lI\ go 10 h Ullllrn ~ Cl!nhlll1~ U!,!MI() "'t. h. of mc{:t·
CItIMhlO.-n .... mc~tlllg hl! lI .Hld of l'ice~. il
Ibl! follO Wing.: Bus. "' !lr J oh" Ingond t)rfll.:e ~PIICC, r ite Flcctricnl
til l! be ";lid VoII\:) pnm,. thlll our prQgrcSlJ
"he.lUlIl)': Pr~s .. ntl Org Frcuenl'i, JA I (' I~ ICII~1II8 2,4110 s~. ft of ~pacc
hilS N:en nOlc .... orlhy.
~INhcrgr:l. Viet l'rQ. O.Hld Burl 1m I h~ hllHrhnr 1\ 1:;1~1I) ~CCI· ...\i"l~ Irnm
Tim prop-feu "'M mlld.:- pn\~lble hy
ec. Stephen Kra~nopoltki: I'r(Iu Ihe IrcC'"'I!,. bem! only 1II few blocks
the countJe: hours or hard \\ot!t from
[)out-las WilLie ,lI1d Rcc ~c , Dun lrom Ihe OU.. hOlIl,l AH: , lnlC:rcbange
m-.:mbt:rI ami kal unml1 oHirer'i (I\'~r
the y(,D.~ To them. v.e. in the ple:~nl
aid Cunnin,ham. FXecull,"e nUiltd .. "h I-tlYJ 'll'ol ttul ~c :lre k>calcd 1ft a
~ .... \kbl o( ~nu. memher, .rC': Thom. CO..... le\(ln. litlle: 'odl~, an"a "llh II parl;.ll1~ 10.1 npu
During our \icmb\:,,' Arrrl.'ri3tian
'\Igb!. ~car'i ul <,cruce (lIn .. "'c,~· pre·
'meet 10 the r~J~rng 4t"'~ear pins 10
Ian Ru ....l"II. J oe Schmldl and Ray
I hamill>; J!I.)C'.tr r im to HertllC:
Letourncau. AnrJ) PnwJen.:huk. George
Popdl (tnd IJoh Mon dl JI~~t!dt plll ~ III
Ol'nc Ih'hj)clQl:.. \ like ~orthccHl and
Ken Purt:dl Thc 20- lind lS-YCIH s..:r
\ICI! lI .... arJ ...... hleh \o\cr\: p,.e~ntcd duro
mg 1he c\otnll1g "erc h")() numerou~ 10
h~l, but l."OftjfTIIUIOIM1n .. \(I illJ.
Bt~1 ""Wtc!oo til Roo M,..:Ilr1I1J.hl "ho
rCCI."I\cd a .... mch on hl~ re:UTI:!mo!'nl \\ e
nnpe }(lu'U becomc '" \OIUllhk JdJillon
I,) the L{I(;(iI"~ II.:.IIICO, 1'00' Locol 494, Milwcukee, WI, new 18EW I JArc building.

28 ' •• W JOURNAL/OCT08ER 1993

III Iron I of the buildm,. rcrhaps our
ffk:clln~ allcudanC'e 'tII11I.Ju", Impnl\e
m~nl Rrn... and SI\h:l". 11 _ould be
nlC( to ~cc some fie'" Iltt'S at tbe
mllnlhl) meetings
Ill!.. f!\mum, Md ..... lIu .. ct' 'tlmme l fc ..·
IWIII '-\!:I'iQn hIlS hnd ullolher 5uccc::....ful
IU 'L 111 1 ~ )Cll r \Oa~ C"lJCl.:wlly fcwu rdml!
1,1, u~ In \1ilw:lu~ cc. II~ l IMl" .. l)ilVLc,l·
\\111 h,lI.ll hc lI-IXlth hin luJay tI,·icbral i('n
ttl,:re. Wh <11 a grellt 'tII,,;d. hlf unum
tt\,ldl', AmcrtcanrmHk. (llol'ncu and
filn~ t,f the ,., ,,, .. leM molun.:\dc In Ihe
""{If'' ' 1 he cuillliudlll!\l (.I lhe ~\l:all
~.I~ 1111: (lJf.hk lu ,hl' lal.droml. dunn~
\\ohleb ram of th~ frct"\Io"~ v.crc d .. J'w.'"d
111 illlu .... the! (HCr IfH),(l1l1l (\elc'" 10
IUri\'!,:, III an (Inkr'} fol\h i{]n \clernl flf
0111 members IIo.crc pm'tlcjl.cd h\ Idtc
p:tt1 We heard Ihe\ had II IIteOl lIme!
Our l1u .... mgr. lind h l~ MJ.II ,Ire cun
!mu iLII ... Io,orl. lIlg IV ur,U OI /C <l nd sign
ur nnnun ion d.:clril.: ••1 .,;unl rut'l ors III
the !iIe.' Ail i hell hmd \\ ork b p:l}i nl!.
off a, fl H! rlC\\ ";)) 1111.11:1111... 'fI!IlCt.! up .... ,
rat Ih l~ >e3r C"n"r;lIulu I IO"~ 10 nu~.
\1 )! F r.lul \\ dn.lk dnd hi" ,Inff. lin..!
\ld\:\11TlC In Ihe nc,\\ 1111 W mLmlll:~
I rfll\, HI M" ..... "'1. P 0;;
LOCAL U ADOPTS "
HIGHWAY
I.. . 510 lUI . IIO UG II I O~ . \II -It
\h' lulJ 11n.1 be nuh.'d Ih.11 \l 1,hi!!,lII.C'"{l":·
d 311)' Ihe Upper I'cninsul!1. hib b) lar Ihe
m",! '-CCIIIC HIIJ hller-Irc\! hill h~ il~s m
Ihl: nal ion. Local .~IO h .l~ rn.uje: ,I wm
mlll1k:nl 10 lIo our part lu ~C' thl.ll Ih~y
rc nu in thai 'A.lr. If Y(IU tr.l\d 1111 \1 1}'i In
\I Hqucllc Cnunl). \1·73 In hun ("0lIn1) ,
• >1 \ll~ In Hougtlllln ('mmH_ ~ "lire In
\\,oIlch 101' th~ nc ........J!n... th,lt rwd;um tlk:
t .... o-lluic ~c:(lllln" of Ihtr.c fUUIe .. huH'
I~"'t·n "ItOOph....r~' our kat untOn. Aha.
.... AId! f(lf tIK "Rockland. ~ta"
·;.IIm! In
In, (In Iht: fir:1 ' .... o-mlle ~Ion 'OUlh on
US.J". 1I~llI lbrilu ~h d\I\~n l n\\' n Rod
hind nnd cOnLinmnJ; mlnh for (JIll! mih:.
II' we tlfe In t he p r'l(":~" of '·'llU1I1lg" up
rur IIt.n ~I!ctl{)n
·/\tt (lrl i ng~ u hlgh\\,,,) m,,:ulI'i that
I lx.\1 51t) h3~ siglll.:d agt1,;clllcnl, '.ulh
Ihc \ih;hl~nn D ~ r aTlmC'nI tlf rra ns-
~alMIO ( \ (·oon ,1 ... 1111;,: Ih;(1 fm the
nc~II""" ~ur'i. \\,e Dj!:r-« 10 rl\:~ urtrash
00 Ihc-....; "adoph:J- ....'\.111IU~ tll lm:h.....I'
Ilu,-"'(' lIfl"k..... each ~0:1Ir. on d3t~ as desJg.·
n,llI.:d h)' \1 -OOr In 1"L'OlJ!lIIhun tor our
I'tllltl" \1 !lO I \IoIIII"N1(llIn IlIIracU\-C
slp,u on th(h(: M:t.:lwm 1I1111~h\loa}' lh .1I
\\,111 I I!CU~ nI /C 1.,1C,I) 5111 iI~ b~ l l\i!
rnr tlml '>I!l.:l ll1ll hI hl ~h \\fI)
re~I){ ' l l\il'l l!
I h f~ 11rnj cct I' 11 01(1'\1 lnlcrt.: ~lin ~ and
" III')\;lhll' 1;\1'111 I\PllHl\inmll:l} c}I! h. I!,~
of 1I (I~h \\'Ch! plct.;cd III ' 1111: kal \IIould
Ii~c tlllh .lI1~ th o,..: IIII.IIVI\h.llll .. ~hn
"\lIn.ll..:d IhClr ft..:c tlmc lu mJ~c the firsl
p"klir ~~uJ ;(Iid en""'.Ihl~
Y,I UIA \1 J t. \KL\(),\ . \ _I'
Locol 510, Houghton,
MI . M·95 hi9hwor
d tKm ' vp utI'W, left 10
right: Kevin Goodman.
10n Wile)!. Will OI~n.
Suli. Rintokl , Steve
Wol~f5. MCHic Ande-r-
\00. Mike Contai" Gory
WOII1mer, Milce Niemi.
Jerry lIi.age, George
8orosJo:o. Don l'hompJOn .
hr"nte Ma.fieId ond
Chol BUSCIkowdl.i.
'BEW JOURHAL/OCTOBER 1993
loc.c:l1540, Conton, OH, 1993 grodu·
otel, Ironl row. left to rig"': .to. Rippl,
elu i, Irwin, Sheni Reid, Gary App;
bode row, ~h to right: Kevin 5toclu:f,
Tim lash. Rc:lY Rigg', Pol 0111. t ony
Hoddi)C and Steve Polye.
CONGRATULATIONS,
GRADUATES
1,. l l. 5-W (i&IJ I. CI\Vl O "". UII-Ihc
gf.l.IU.ltc.. "r !Iur I~n 11I~lIk \pI1h.:n-
I ~hlr 1nd Rbld~·nlillllr,lInllllo' dw...'1
",..:1..: tUlOmcJ :II d h .. n'l"l·1 hdJ ,II Ihl!
1"0UI Winds R... qolUrllnl \ .....mh 1111
hll!h~''iol cia.,'!. .1\cr;(~c \\,crc Jtl\cn to:
Ri,1. \I anlc~. Rich· !lun.lh":l Ic,n
I-tl\. \coll Blldller, Tim I " .. h. \JIlU
W il l "lm~ an J Ra.., Rli!~~ C"mll!lulul.1
Ilfl n, a nJ guud Itlcl. In Ih..: ycar~ Itl
(l 'I\\e1
lUI KL'l ') ',"It 11 . " 1". P_S
WELCOME, N EW
M EMBERS
Lt. . 5~ Ilo.a.ca,\.rtb.th.em... p.himt).
"iIUHltal). t\I _-lnh:r\!M'<' Inl new
Bpph:nllCe dJ .... c.. ~ct. hdll Juh 1Ih
li nd Sih. wilh :!2 rn ,p' ,,", hl.:"p inncr,
..... kdt· t1 lu ,lUrlm "icpl Our apprcIIl!cc
cnllrdi 'l!lInr'~ ofl1 cc hll~ hud 1\ \.1.: 1)' fl u,,"
\llIllIliCt p rcpil ll "A l'lT the h\l,: elIlS'S
o,J,;lm h!lc
I he La~lr Day R.llly .11 'prlllJo\ I\.tl. .
I u\<:umltla. ~, IS linn' :Jr.'I ," .1 huttc ,uc·
loc:ol 5.58, Sheffidd.
Al. member" of !he
Colbef1 Steam Pklnl
joInlle, from left,
Sros. HiRord Jef·
fre ys, lorry He~ler,
Donnie Terry, Rolph
Moyes ond Tommy
Pier(\!!.
ON,. \\ e hnpe \Utl dlttnl m~, III
\\ vrk Ihh ummer induill:J II majOr
l'ep;1lI 1(111 I I thc C'ollxrt Steam PI.lOl
A 1m: ~t l"1fd o n Ihe Inehn..: ~ml ("(11\.
\t)Vr. ht.:l\\-etn the COli )' ,lfd lind Ihe
plnnl, Cil u~mg cltensil'e d(lmil~' to the
:o) .. lI:m. I h.mk, hi Ihc BUilthn/-: 1 1 ,\dc~
10\..11.., i1 \\11' lIuel. o n IlIIe III III'IU O\l
mall'l\ 1.... 0 .... cd;,~ As il l ~·il)S. our t.:kc·
IlIel.lll' ~ell· tlll'r..: to pl""de ' ''flp.)rl
hUrJ 'AC,,"_ <llId IIIng buun. til m,I"l· 111\:
1ll!t.:C',.Ir\ rep'"'' rhilnl..,lu 1111 cII )rtU l
t ,,,.••\ "i"x (nnllflUC'> 10 ~tn"l: III ctry.4I
mlt.: ' \ j!r... ~'ml:nI:'I ~ crt.: :>,~rn;d ICI.:l.'nlh
.... lIh Ih~· 11111" .... mit: Ihe CII, (lr I1l~r..:1lCt:
(.lll ClI.:\\. IIIcmhc~"S lind n~\\' ."lr~;lnllcd
Ilin J'-'=r,cllIl l TS Group, \ hll~h,'11
'r:w::< 1lI~1 Ccntl!r til nlt;!mbefb)
l1um ... . IS\ I{..:!.kl t\lil' Afwn;al flO
bt.:h ) \\..: \10.111 1 tu lOIc1cnmc thl"W n c ~
ml.:m~r-...
'\C IYI{'t-' 1'1n\ Yo!:r...: Il wartlcd nl Clur
Jil l) IIIcdllll! 1\ bll-}e,Jr r ln ..... ,,~ .1 \.1,lin,1
cd to K\ ~h~1t Buonc O;h lJ~\IIl. Iii'i )CM
pillS \\ erc nVo ilrtkd
J C \lcCulioch
10:
lr I J\\IHd nUlmp~"n unfJ P.:rey
St.:ah .~t\"t.:"f Jlln~ 'Al'r" 1I'A.ml"d 10·
JOIhnn, ("~Ip..:t. Gl.:l)rg.e rJ~I\.r""ll{wJ .
Pell:) (mnch. [: \\ lI t:ndrr,on,
\\ dlt..m \ltt .1n~ J .. lI olTldfi. f)..nllld
Smll h ,m,j liheft \"JII.lI.'t'. \1,ln," ulli"
rln·. ran~,"~ rr(lm 25 throu~" I~ ~c.J'"
II"N ' numl·, nu, hi 11"1. \Io'cr( nl~u a .... <lfd
t.:d, (·OIl!!llIlul'l l l(ln~1
Ikmcml:lc i llu r Vt.: ...! riln ~ in \jml.!i1I
her :lnd 11 ;1 \·t.: a JPYOus Ilnd 5llrl' Th.tnl.$·
)!IV \1l 11 hrll"JII~!
III I 1"'1)..\ \1 PtI1l.UI .... P\
SPREAD THE
WORD
L . _ 5 M~ (1. II .r l1l. rr ~.\ III~ .~~& .. C\).
T LS I\ . O ll. -Worl. i:i sI ll ...... hut
Ihll nl. , \0, the uniun \\- 1.' hll\1: n uc
rc~ourcc) 1/1 light ~.Id: \\ I! h,I\'C IWI:(
500 I't ji":U!\' \I m VIII' 1t,...;]I, lI ml \\hl· n ~'c1ll
Ihin l. .lh\)111 il. Ih,1t ",I Ml;lhlc \UUrl·C IIf
p (l~<'r Ye t II~ Wlft.:mcn \l C know Ihlll
po~C( unl,II'pcd 1~ nul " urlh .m\lhU1!l
H alf (If Il~ ;lfe "orking '" our Jun,du.:·
1I0n.iI llfl) I!nc n lime. aml lh ll t I~ II
tabor fmC\: Bul on the:: busint~\ hvnl
.... c harJ" C''Cert:I''my. \lur pU~CI'
11f,,"
e~~i"1 fur Ihl: dlmh uf our hu .. m~r
lImllhc same rc .. fallhru l So lor Ihe
~'luJ "' Ihe' UIIIUU I d J dl1~l\t:e ~\t"1'}
mcmPcr 10 C'(IOlril"tulc JUS! , \Io n dB) OUI
uf Ihe \cal to hdflllul ,11 Ihe hall II
you figure ~.I~1U It.:gular ..... lIrl.u\~ h,\ur-.
III a le;lT. ~ll rch tl ill e mber ClIO 01:11\1111':
16 ()I 111I),c h Il U I~ 1.II..In!1. u n e III hI'
h\·c "h ~lu d It, " ur~d ........ s. I~
hUllr!>
.....lIuldll'll!d !Uu~h done. hut Ih.m\.;,!li.·
kif the UllItln. each mcmbl.:n· I.l ilhlul
oonln hul\lIn \\lluld l~ lI"'c b;HUlg 10llT
full'lIme a''il hu,_ nl):......11 nt> C,,"' I
HUI \lh.11 can I d"l·,~ t !l,u.llnnlcC ,'\ur
bu!._ mftr.... 11 b.IH do 101\1. lUI ,nu II
luur Teall) IOC!;TC-an~lhlA1t rrom
.1nd ",,""lein!' ra:\;uhnr ~age Itlh\ thai hJH'
",~m h..:en lei '\I'r l!;Hlus l ~ 10..... : handhillifl~
;m un l .u r )llh '>IHe .ldlll!! lJmUIl rmp,j
gandil hOU'I.:-tt.\·hlI U~1! in rour nl!l~1t·
horhnud_ I hl·rt.: I~ no hmil III thc leg
",orl.: lh:1I COtlld 1"1\: dUIIl!.
Wc\~ IUlli "lIIIC "r..:-ur ,-"""I"e<l II\'O: ldcj\~
('In ler. \Iollr l. but ml..: rn~lI. 1111 mnllct
ho\\, ~" eilll\-c. call hllrdly t uke ,an! u l "II
the hU~lIle.,~ th,It nt.'cJs hI he ,june
Let"' g...t .... '''1111.1.'1..: .u...t Jv ..... 1I.. t\ 11\.'"1.:
~I"\ "lftCl\ f'CTlI;nt \lr the ~upk lin
the mccl 000·1 L:ntl\\ "hat Ihe lin \\
,,_ much I~.... ~ .... h,n "'lllnJ~ f(ll' If pc~
rk JIm·, I. Ik.......... Im \llU an~. thc\ -.tile
ca n·1 be Cln }\lU r (idc Le"~ ~r , ..: d tht.' ..
\Io llfd.
\1 " n~I(M I"' 1 P "i
f~m lefT. &.ros. leon Colemon, Don
Cc:lmerOf\ ond ChcJrtM Oovis enicJyins
me feUOWJhip of 0 locoI584. Tubo.
OK, picnic 01 <>illahoma' s toile Murroy.
NEWLY ELECTED
OFFICERS
I "U. (,02 (tU &'II). I\M f\KIU,O . rx -
T he rolhl.... mp. mt.:mho:rs \\,ert.: r;:co:n tty
del.-le d . lI IIa'''' ul l ..nGII i"l4I!: I're... \01 .1..
l'Icl'\(1O J r. Hu' Mgr Ti n Sec. Clu)'wn
Whlll· \ I fl' I'll" nll ~ \\' ,hull Il n ll
I rca~ Ci ,u~' ("lllltcr CXCCUII"C Uoltrd
mcmttc r .... n: Dun U du~h lt c\ Ur.HI
Galll~. Joo: I\hhm. DilyKi Rlchc\. hmlcli
Slll\a1111 .\lu.I Iltlh \lulll C·milWollula.
\I(ln~'
lim, D Ull D.lu!!hl u!)" hM h"cn
29
 nam~d t(l ~er"...: on Ihc ApPH'nticc
COlftmillcc. n:plaong lUll rdJ'\l!r .... ho
I'i "Ieppmg dO'IIon after 31 }C'arto of '\oCr
.. icc 110 Ihe commlUee, C('Ingrillula-
lions. Don. IH! Lllo\\ ~ou Will do.tl!,'OUl!
Job, We wish Jim the best of luck in hb
future cmlenl'ors
T he wMk sil ua liOl1 is gOl)d. I he
books IJre clcar , and wc ure .... urking
somc tra\clt!~,
11 1flns arc b~'ing rT1l1iJC 10 h(lld .1n
aWJrlb b.m4u~1 in Janullr\ 1m Plcao;c
call the 1()l"81 for uaci dille. time lind
location..
Rctirl!d memil.;h- .lre ur~.:d 10 all~nd
Ihe rCHrec..."; meeungs on the Jib !"Ul'S-
dol.) of ~\el")' monlh
The local scnd~ II srmpluh} and (on-
dolences 10 thl."' fnlUllies and fnend~ of
our re<:entl)' dep.arto!d ml!mbe~: Wes-
ley Lamb. Pee w ee lion on. Lyle P
While .mu Frarll Welcb
A spruce up. delln up. fi lf-up WOf)..
par1} IS ~hcd\L leJ fUT the ent! of Oclo-
ber. call Inc local officc for more
detllil~
lal alert. wur k §afe . and attend
}OUI umon meellngs
THANKS,
VOLUNTEERS
L.U. 648 (i.o.u:&-spu). II AMI LTOl\',
O I·I- l nside, o utSide. It nd rl.!s itlcnt inl
oonlnH:1 negotialiuns are progrcsotin,
The annual picnic .... as fI !IoIICCI.:SS
despile a mid-aftl!moon thundcf'lonn
lhul bu.::kcd 001 rll"'cr and d:nnpcncJ
the eyent. FOrlUn.tlel} th~ !Ioun c.lme
l'!acl;; uUlllllo"mg r: .. el")l.>nc Il;'Il:oj")
the n:mamderot Ihe tla~. l1unl.~ ( I) Ihe
orgaruzen. !p01lSCI~ Ind all "ho bclpcd
maiJ;c tlru. e\ en! SUOCCM.fuL
Voiunlcen worked hard 00 hOI
mug!!!} Jays cll llcCllII!t don:Hlo n<; for
Dollar~ Again ~1 Dlanel!!!. Ovor S1.00e)
wu!' ~()lIcctcd Locld f4jl; mcmb(.'1"S t1!~(1
\olunteercd Ihdr lilll!.: to win:: il loc,1I
sheller house T hanks ml:mbcrs for
belpmg Ibose less fortunl1le
Our 10('31 \\;1S rc:prek!r\lcd III bOlh
Ih.e (BEW BQ'4lmg Tournament In
Cinl;innatl and the 2:2nd Mll.twe~1
ISEW Sorlball Tournamenl in Clc .. c·
lunl,!. ('onf.rall,lll1uon<;, sof(tt(lllch fot
plaong!.Ccondm Ihe B DI\"\.'II)11
Local bJt' mourn'!il Ihe pa~sing. I'll
100Igtimc rnclIJbcr~- Bm . H:ury
Iledgcpcth (Ma) 29). nro. Pau l Wer·
muth (J une I), Bro. Mike V{'gl (June
S),ero. harle.:, tlcdge!)llih (J unCo 19),
3nd On). Donald Schudfcr St (J une
21). We c::ctend our ueeJle.' l l'oyll1pflth i ~~
to Ihclr fumlli .."'li and friends.
ROGER D I" I.E' II, P S
PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT
I. • • 692 (I&spll l. SA V CIT Y. :\11_
Thanks to thc Jllan~ I()(al.~ throughoul
Ibe Sixth DI~t, who ha ... c provide r.! u~
with employmenl while the .... ork PiC -
lu rc in ou r jurisdict ion rema.ins ~Iow.
For IhO<oC of you ..... ho h<l\'l! been 1ft !:(In-
struction long enougb, I'm su,.: you
k:.no\\ lhot Ihl' "'ork:. in illIr .(tl\cn :neu
iC~ms 10 g.Q in C)d~ W..: look forward
to a time whom ",e C;-It) pr{l\'lde employ·
ment 10 \llh'::l loals durmg Che:ar slOl\
~de The cmplopuenl outlook (11r our
30
.:area ,huu!cJ o.oun imf\tvh· ~llh lhe.' pili
ros.:d dt\l!lnpmenl uf 'h.: "n\Jrun·
melll,,1 Pr,llccllOtJ ,\~cncy slaled ((1r
Oar Cil~. A pl,IhCI.lnum" ;11 .... , ..lilted
fOT con"lruC1l0n '" Dclu. ('"allege.
Our ",.. nnbl ronsralulI1 I I011'~!I ullt
10 li m teo Unoc r who jun IclircJ II I
tlw Cf1u (If JUf1c. We .til hOIK' you CUll
WHlL' 10 remllin In l!OOU health find Ihal
)I}UI bb! )C,lrs ,II C ~'d to! cunnI
Also rClirinll ullcr.l!l )'clIn i!. HIO
Ocmlu Hickmall W.lrlIIC..tl'llDllrltuIIl-
11(iII IInu r.C!U Yo L'ihlo:' fllt ,I h.tpp\ and
he31lh~ ]'1;!UI'Cmenl
rlro. }Ide, I!drm' l h,l!Io 1,.I'~t.I 01\\;1\
~I < IUS a mem~cr lor morc thlln In
years. HIS futher VeTIl I""rei Ired I ural
b92 mernber. On bth.dr oflhc mcm}\cl'\
I eXlend Ih..: BUfh~'r ralm l." OUI hC!1l1fch
s)'lIll'alh!o' Ilnd prn\en .\1 11) he H!~I in
peacc.
1'0\1 0\11INt). I'"
l.cKal 702, Wlisl Franlr:fort. IL, 8ro. Den·
nis Uln9 in front of (IPS office.
"THIS IS OUR
BAnLE TO FIGHT"
L • 702 (I.o,tl . 1l 0\' . (,d1 .rts.r1 b.~p :i.I .tiI '
$;ltlO. WEST FRAJ."'oI KFO RT. Il-In
1"'K2 l'rC'. RC:lptJ drew Itt.: r'N b\{.~
from Ihe "mer-clln .. ur~er ~h.(n he
alluYo(l.I Ihe feplacemcnillf Iht!' /\ If
traffic C'UlIlnlilc:r, the: nallOn .,lnOO
b) and .....:uchcd. "aying uTlII $ llA1 -
' ILL IS NOTOUI(S t'O l· l( il rl ." C)uT
Bro, [JlllJ SI~ltJr;. In 1111: tl J\.IW A 3rt'
IIllwflgll ll1lt( 101 jlt .. ! .ulll fu irl lc'llmcnl.
3nu we all ~t:ltld by ~u)'lnl! nTI li S IlAT·
TLI~ IS NO'1 OliRS TO FI G liT .. AI;
tholls:md .. 01 ~llllcd uninn workers Me
j"llaecd on Ihe um:mpl\)ymenl TClII~
.... celdy, millions of Amcncoln rush 001
10 hu} fOrTt&fl made al" Ind Imported
dOlhlnl(,. ~llc, lug Ihnl II dCle'in'l rn:lkc.
a dlffcrcn~ Wh.cn Ibue. unIon y,.ml
~n return 10 {hI! ..... ork forC\: they Irc
r('d uCl.'d In .,cceplI"!l- mlntJTIum ""'age
Joll'; malung bnrel~ enll u ~h nll1nC" In
&IH by_ A!!!tjn , yoc lI{alUJ II}' h)gcl hcr
""niching nod saytnJi "TillS nAil LF
IS N OT OUR' 1'0 FIG HT," Why.
lIcc.uuo;c v.c :Irc ..... ( Irk lll~. we Imvc JOP,.
llOd "'I! dOn·, \\';1111 1\1 jl.:lJpilrdLlc rillY·
thin~ ',\oe hn .. ~ SHlce it doeSII', dirl!&:Il\'
allect US,
On ~ I ,W .!n. I9'B. lhc CeOirallllln(ll\
PubliC :)enrll.:(" ('ofllpan) (C IJ'\) IOtk.aJ
Ibe doors QR liS unl n worb,;~. Tbq·
mO\·ed 111 CUlllpan)' clnl.I{)~~t.... t(l "oIur\...
und lhi: comrany hll" nlll IIcgohalcJ 10
~('(tdlallh "oIlth Ihe unIon rt.pre~·n' .. -
II\C~ I1lc), lI'>Cd big prnfits lind polhiC'l'llI
(onlllcts 10 block tlllr unclnrl,nmc:nl
lea\'III!!, tlllT mcmbcn; \",UlI'U\ menns or
\UI)ftI,rl
We rolincd ,IUrt" tllr.lcl 1ft July lW2
We .... ctlo: wa!II11£ for Ihe flnn l l1lcdical
inS ll rl1l1CC f i~ure~ bcflHc ~i~n lll g. In
No"emi'Cr 1'0192 \~~ \Vt:'C Inld that Ihe
insufnnct: prC11H1JIIlS w(lu ld he over
dOll hIt' Ihe rll lihcd rlgun:. We then
learned th.1I ('IP~ hlld t>ccn u\crchnr!t.
IIIP. It~ union cmphl\ees und under
c:h.lf!!ln!! II.. R,,"unl('ln cmplo)ces. \\'e
nlll(lnucti 10 ..... llIl IIndel C'ltlenSlnn!>
unlll ApnI2.&. IQo,)3, "oIbik ~lIcmplinj;
101 Ii!'~oh~ these pro"ltm~ ,\ ft~r Ihal
tilile \\c conllnued lu .... orl. hUI \lllhL1Ut
a (,~nl ract. The cdlllflany ~'xpcc:lcd us to
~tI ik!.: hul we didn't, ,I) the} II)Cketi the
dvol'!S.
( )lIr lorl'f:ll hc r. c.lm..: 10 lhl~ counlry
wi t h ,I drc.tlll. ~l!ekin8 freedom and
opporlunlt)· fDf Ihtm,d~'cs olUl Ibe-If
l amiht:~ 1 hey work.ctltoglllhcr find
wheo ncc~"~ary gLl\1;! Iheir h\'es 10
maL:~ IhlS coulll~ II beller plr.cc: ror nil
of U! 10 lI\e \Vbt,:n!ll bam burnt do.. n
the: pcllplc Intn;:d In,:clher lind ~ullt a
IIc,," LUIC_ \\ hcn.t lob needed 10 b.:
donI.' c\·CI)'t\!1L· JOined lor-clher !tnt! ~OI
II dt'"!:'
If evcl)' Bro. and ':i~tcr rrom c(")U~lt(l
COII\! jOiIl lOB-ethel \l Il h the allil ude
111111 II hi our hallie. OU t war and ou r
fnm illc,. ",c elm wIn J ust like our Inrc·
Inthcn. we ell!l iighl 10 ensure that OUI
children ;m!,lllur chdt.lren·~ ChllUf~n \.\,,1
bll';': Ihe rip,htlo ","otk :Jnd Ihe in a fre ..,
l1\nd ~l"ilh(\ut theIr emph»'crs u~lng
(lesilipu tactiC!> lu red\1l;:c Ihcm tnLIJ
\Ia\cl) III~ no(loo laIC, but \Ioe mUSI
\\o(trL IClgether To,..:dhcf .... c: CliO timid
IhM harn. And 10g..:lh.:r 'ftc ha"l: Ihe
';;' rtntr:1h 10 fip.ht hi~ "'w.ln{.~ '('('i!clhel
.... c l'un flP.llll rc~lur;: 11m grc.tll.mtllo
whllt I~ onel' \1,::1\. Il'S: Ilmt ....'c Slopped
lu')l 1(lOaking al Ihe hnlllc~, It·" lime \\oe
slarll:O fi8h ling Ihe '~3r, 3 war aboul
ri~ flt ~, d renlfl~ :mt! hOIJC~ for ,til "f \1"
11\ time ""I: reaJiz&:d "T il lS I VR
11ATI LETO FiGl rJ ~
T)i\\I[J E \ I (" ..... EFI '
LABOR RALLY
( i ,e m~'(> I':r h", OU8 UQ 1:..
L.U. 11)4
JJ\-Local 704 III continulnj! dforts
cncuuru~lns Wal·MItIl 10 lure IO t· W
I!It:ctrici~nt;. duri!!@; the ~mstnlctioll of a
Dubu(IUI: 0:1\\:1' Siore Bu\ \1gr, DUll
I IUl11l11el . .... ll h Ihe: <i\lPPC)I! !If Ihe Oody,
I'lrgpnl1td n l:tbor mlly.
011 Jul)' 17. :lImed wlIh OlH ~i~Il~.
Loca170A. Oubvqtte. lA. memben. pCII1Kipotingo il'l 0 Ulbor Rally to 5et Wal-Mart
!..now rhey OT. not hiri ng el'lDll9h of our iocol Jabot- fon:e.
,..~incool.S and umbrellllS. Yoc wClllheretf
lI¥hl [0 Wflletlmcs hC.1\') r,lInfllll to dis·
rd"~ our ~unecrru. 10 Dl.Il:>uqueland cHi-
I~'n'" [hert' ....... rc appro.timlltci}, 200
mel!, .... Clml!n ,IOd dll ld,~n from :.C\CfI1I
lal'Or 0'llamzallons on hand to lei Wal-
M:) fI know Ili 31 the", arc nOI hi ring
ellough 01 our local ;ahor force. Thc
rully S\lpp\}f h:r~ In :ltlcuuuncc recog.-
nile lhill Ihc~ arc the \eT) &"lllle p:oplc
I hnl WIII ·Mart h{)pc"lo reap a prohl
from III rl'lail !;o1!cS: lind liIal thcir m~­
sage needs 10 be h~'Brd,
On Juh 24, Inemhers 01 I ocal1~
;ind Olber Iradeli hdpoed make orne
much nel!ded repair<; and addillons 10
the Wa:J1m,SIOIl :o.cig,bhorhood Cenler.
Illl'i reT1tel 5ef'\C"i the IXKJr and ncooy
(If Dubuquc, The fo!lowlIIg helped on
lhls \'ilal proJects: Bros. Doug Blong,
1 crry !)cMulO . O .... el1 Lc .. ~cr. Kcn
!311~h , 1)1In Dolter mId nan Hnl1lnlel1.
During Ihe fir<;1 portion of lhis )·..:ar,
{JIll \.\ nrL ha:. held lip .... e ll . We we n:
evcn !iblt!' to help 5uppon a few of our
lro ..chng Bros. The <;coond half of this
~i:<1I is starting oul wm&::whllt ~Io ..... c:r
"'llh the nllny "'eslher betng It ractor m
gelling some 01 ou, jObs undel'"\\"3\
RON )iE.IT1..lt.IM.I·.
CONGRATULATIONS.
GRADUATES
I..U. J lr. (i.rl!..!>ltn.cm& u). II OUSTO N.
TX--Congrlltulalions 10 our 38 grlldu-
['Il1n!!, aJlpro:=nliQ!S-3 line gmup o f jour-
nC)'man wiremen who will call')' on Ihe
IS!:::\\' Irfldillon Ilf bemg the besl inlhe
electrical indu~tf)!
I..oe3l1lft a 1<;0 r~l7~ Ibe IIIJi\ld-
ual d~hllncmcnls of \ 1ike \tcDl'ma ld
wbo won th e outsta.ndinf. app ren tice
n.... ,ud al the 7111 DISc. Apprcnllce Cou-
tes!. This conlC!>1consists of mEW l0C3J
\l niun'; from I"X. O K, /\ /.... I\M and KS
This \\3S the jlrSi Illile a 1.oc.3 1 716
u PJl renll~c h Ei~ CIl1: r \\'o n 11m conl<.:~1
Gout! Job MiL.c l We nrc a ll proud or
you. L.cl us also r.:cognizc Ibe inslruc-
10r;.(I1 nur apprenticeship -.ch uol \'I' hn
p..s "cre lO~rulJ)~ntal in lIohkc·S.§uC'C&':M.
rhe apprenllce class or 1993 also
allend~d the ('ons~luctlOn Organizing
Membership Educalion Training class
(COMET), lind ean no'ol lake on the
j(lh uf (lrganllmg IhC' unorgani7cd In
our juri diclion, Mosl of Ihe apprcn-
lICe<. Iclt that all member.-. ShlJuld l.Hte
the d a5:>. Bro. Dunne Picazo comment-
ed, "I rctlli:re now Ihat my I'C"Crvtllions
ahoul organi7i ng we re nol ba!oeu upon
raets." Bro. Bruce Ponce sUlI~ d . ~ 1t )S
OlWIOLL" Ihal If a local I1l1nllt nrg:HlllI.:s
IBEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993
loto1716. Hou~Ion , TX, COMET dou for apprentices givetl by, from left, lronl row: Pres. Don lord lind a'S,
Dc'" WortMm lit me: union holl.
the qUlIhf u:d d e(.ln ciall'. the 0111\ pillet:
l1 conlrHctor CII !l get qUlllificd elect ri·
cians I~ through lIUI ~l1ljn l1 Imll."
Out o r~llnilinJ\ dfons 0\ Oil CnpJt~1
scored 1I dlleet hit rhe e nt l1 1{l )'ec~
voted In fa \-or of umon r~pr~se:nltltlull
The c.1 mp31(!11 , .. fM h om 1 1~ l; r d!,le 10
the unfair 13Dor f'UC1Ic\: ch11r8t:\ lile'"
llgllin'l:t Iht cmplQ)c r concc:'mln, the
election and the unfair Inbor proctll'C
strike b) Oil Capitul Cmpl\l~C(!S,
WOld ... cannot e\:plt.-""S m'Y ~ra lllud c
for the J'7 roYI.!B. cumfort ing wi ll d~ nn'"
Inve lOhown du n ng my r.rnnd~( tn·s III
IIC ~.
W.lt {1I 1l I.) nOO[)All .. II.S,
AGREEMENTS
RATIFIED
L. U. 742 (mo&., . DEEP R'V~; R .
ON-Rcsuh~ of Ihe n:cc nl e lection of
ofh«:crll arc all fH 11ow'i! l}rc!I. nnh
I logaboam ; Vice r'r~~, Mike Whlln .
DUl>. Mgr. PCle r Gnllnski: Rce. Sec
Shellil Wendl; 1' 111 Sec. Sheltc), Morns
1111(1 Trt':l\<; nri:ln I'1ntlnl'n, rnner.111111l'
liOll'i l
Decp Rive r H~l!r O
lind Pcmhrnk.c
Ekctric Light n;wc nlllrll.!d new 00111..«'
the agfc-emenl • bUll ne Onlluio Sodnl
Conlracl 15 afk't!llh~ De!!!! Rt~'cr IIIC Il1~
hen as well os !)cmb,okc Il )dro
emplo)ces
Bu~. Mgl Galinsk.I amI F.xecutlvC'
tlOarCi mcmbc:fi uoug IceliCs and J'aul
R)'lJ,n I,tllt': nded Ihe All {'noodo. prt)grc~'I:
Meet ing lIIl\il'l~rn F'l lh (II Jul). l he
Ihree dclega tes Slated lhlll Ihis 'Was ilO
1DcoI7A:2. Deep River, ON. mrmben
give the · .numbs vp. Iign to !he Big
h lhers /s.g Si~ten Bowfmg FunchuiM!l',
.aEW IOURNAL/OC'OH'" 1993
exec-lIen t meeting un d CtlrnllH:I1ICd on
lin: oIJlslundin g work o t the h()~t locals
II) l\1 ~tl( c Ihl ~ ~ \'c nl '«I clljl1)'lIhle.
hlla1!) Local 7-12 uflu s L".)ngratulil '-
lions and bcSl \\ i~b e~ to mcmhc-n Flo'Vd
R \lb lll ~on ..... ho re i Ired l\lIh 4J vt!~rs
$Cf'\ICC: Om.. Mgr. Pcter Glllmskllo\ hll
ccJchralc.. 2...·i-\C'ars 1o\1Ih LI1I,;.1174L and
10 DiU r~,tll~rel' \\ho IUS ro!<"tntl}· mM.-
n....
(\.IIHWIIA:".. VP
ELECTION OF
OFFICERS
I...U. 1M l ilo.n . rt~.~p lil &ICI1) . K:NOX-
VII. LE. TN-Local 760 held its elec-
lion 01 oHII:cr~ In June. I'h e nc~
Vicrc mS/:1lh:t.1 011 Jul~- 23. ('08-
of{rCt:J"i
palulatioos 10 Ihe foHowlOg: Prcs.lon-
"IC' lIunle~', uu ~ \IRUFin Sec Ol en
Me\iJlI:ln; Vice Pre!\;. John D.L Mal'tin;
Trn,;.Jlffi WIIIIKC and Rec. Sec. Dal;d
t"mn1"hll1l . executive 1:10:111.1 mcmhcf<'
lite: John W orne It. (,hnr l (~ King.
JIm McDan iel. Jim Mille r. Cli fford
" lIunc)' " Ow c n ~. Anhul Pn rri ~, jim
S\,.u, IJlL/ugIIIlUc! Rllst) Sto')\cr. A .51\C-
ci tl l l hll"k~ 11.1 Iltl,: I:.lc('\1(1n BmmJ for all
their hnrd work..
On AlI &u~t 12. CUnHruLtion Org3'
nlzing OireC1or Jim Rudil:li. held II une
dll) ~c m in81 for I.ocal 760 and Ihe
Knoxvllit': Outldin,@ Trade. Educalion
and o rg unillng hold lOp priurity In
Local 760. With the IrillOlO& and ht:lp
of the members. we are looking for.-
ward 10 (I 101 of ~ u~
Remember UlIICJII nlectmgs are on
Ihe 41h Friday of each month. Please
mIlkc cve ry I.!florl t(l !l Ucnd. Sec }'{lU
t h c I ~.
GLf....... MC'\IIlJ.AN.llMJF.S
FOOD DRIVE
UNDERWAY
1..\.1.794 (n ), C UI AGO, II...-A len
18ti'r'c agrtcmcnl was Ie-achcd with thc
Uell RtlilrOAd In Chicago Syst em
Council 10 It:n. Chnn. AI1 Gom-.ali::s,
Vice Chmn. Mike &himun~ki Rnd A"SI.
Chrn n HOII (j(Jn/~ l cs wert: on the
Negolialing Committce, Plans for Ii flIt.-
.ficalion vote hy thc mcmbcnhip are
Ix'.lng ronnuhllcd a'!. or th l~ WIllIng,
S e ~ c n l} flvl! years (lgo. on Sept. IS.
1918. IDEW Local 79-$ was chartered.
To celehrate Ihls hisionc e ... ent nnd co
expren our appreciltli n. Lornl 79J bas
~nl the foll(lVilllg glrt ~ 10 eaeh of our
members and arfiliales: a re production
QI cHlr 1.1IIgll1al charter il mu ~, nnd :I
lilpd pin
Qllr IInnllll l nlllnb~lvln!t I'ollt!
Drhc is currentl) underwny. Look r\Jr
Ihe colkct ion C{IIHrunc rs whIch lun't!
been plae.:: ... ,:11 nlllhc major f:tcdHle~ 1)11
(lU I rall road~ 'our vonulIOO"- ""111 he
':ilm:crcl, appreclat~d
On lui) 30. I'JC~ Clyde T3ksas. R~
c. '-'hh Schimnn .. l..l an'" Fin Se~ .
Gem. Oausc allcndcd tht: fart:\\tll cd
ebT3~on for (omlcr IlIinOlt Slute \FL·
ClO Pr~, Rich W;JJ~h. Uro Wal!..h ha!o
mo\ ed on 10 Ihe poslMn of Dlreclor of
A FL-C'I0 COPE 1Il Was hm!1,IOn , DC
Among lhose in mtcndanct were Scm,·
IQT~ Paul Simon ItnQ C,lfol MQ~ctc)
Braun Wt: nll lo\l ..h Rich much ~UCl"CSs
in his new posilion.
R.\HolO..: 0 WII);1 p"
MAIL· IN BALLOT
A SUCCESS
L. U. 804 (i&ol. KlTC II EN ER. 01'01-
On Jun~ 25. Ux'td 1!04 held liS e l cCli~lll
or 10c:l I union officC'l'8. ('ol1 gnd u l~l!tm s
go OUI It I ~ h~ roll(\wlIIJ!. mcmb<:1"0 whl)
we n:. tll.:clcd; IJII~ i'.lgr. JLlrry W d ~'lII ,
Pres. I larry Ilolloway: Vice Pres.. Da... c
Chambcrlin . Trc3~. Gille, PBfl"e IInl;!
Rec::. Sec. (irer Woods, [ xeculhc
Board member; an:: Jim \l clnOl<; Dalll,!
Remk llandK.: n Ic, elJ.
Local SOJ wi~hcs to congralulltc all
those candldtltcs II 110 participaled in
lhis years elections. Prior 10 (f('c1ions
lhe mcmher;hlJl p3sscd n mOl1Un 10 u'-C'
a mail· in ballol. Ahh ou9-h Ihere Wit.)
"om!! ~kepw':l ..m a.. 1(, how successful
MU..lI ,I Hllllli!; I--'lu\" edulI~ w ...uld lIe. Ihe
r(;S\lll~ were !)O'i(IIVC. Eighty.tltrce per.
cent or the mcmOers.h1r p;lrl lcip.-It cu in
this years elections. comp.nTcd 10 some
Ihirl~ prrn'nl in Ihl'l rn· ... inll .. f\1rfl lllns
Ihrtt }ean ago. The mail·in ballot has
dcarl)' elevated the dt!mocmllc proce~"5
ror dectia& lI ilhin our local uftifin
BRflT\lcKr;:\LIJ;.• P S;
THE GREAT
FLOOD OF '93
t. u. 814IU& I). SEDALiA. MO-Our
members PlHtlClpo tcd ill th e Fm;t
AnnUlI Mi!r$ou r! t'ublic rvieC!1I0CW
Local Union 814 Lmemllll'S Rodeo (11\
Jui)' IO. todclermine which Ihree leoms
wljuld compt.'11! In Ihl~ )'C3J<i 8111)nul
Lin man's Rodeo. Ta"1DJ flrtl pllte
honors were Bros. Ted 8 «: issc nher7..
Ocvc StOlpe and Jay lIohne. Second
locol B14, ~ali Cl, MO, manning me
Miuoori AFl'(lO Bootb at !h. Min ouri
Stnt.! f air, ThCHTlClS J. Kraus, local
1439, 51. louis, MO, Woymcn
Bouham. Michael f . JohnW)n, Terry
Allen. 1.0<011464, KonHiI City, MO.
June K... hlmoll, lo<;al 814, Sedalia.
place .. ent I() rJros_ Ken ny Wilson.
(1ml O'I-!arc lind Jllnm~ J . )h~n. wllh
Bi'O'I. R J. WI1:1()n. W n~nc Bunan and
rum Uroom I IDI!ltnll~ third. Scnlng IJ$
lin :r.11c.:rnllte team iIIt: nr~ D.nc Har~
n.:u. John Baker and Roo Gibbens,
~ 11K' lirclIl 1l00xl uf '11.1" hm. had a
Icmfic Impacl nn ou r norlhern mem-
henhlp . Whol u~l.:d 10 he Il HJ· or 15·
lillie ptC:''''lIlt dm'c h:l~ ,tretched mtn II
\J()·mJlc trip. A large pari of our Sl·r·
1111'(' lI'rrjlill~' i.. IIl1d"r WIlIH In Ilrf:a..
whete 1111: Missouri, JlI~,tle . Grand. and
nih~" rl\'\'r~ ho\'c hunt lhwug.h Dllmer·
0\& lc.,.c~ and lhkcs. Our memhe~ arc
dolO~ a tr emcndou~ jop of restoring
<;C:T"\"ICC. ga!>. ciccl nc lind tt!lcphl1m: B!I
rcecdlnf! Wlth~h al1o"'. Olher ha\'e
un5c:III~ h t~ ."olunu:ercd m Sllnd-hag.
fl'"g. evacuation ami dean-up efforts.
Our hit .. rc uf( 10 ~ hn~c m ~n lind
WUnl cn II I the " Iho thc rh nod. Our n
hearts llo I)ut to those people whose
homc~ were dcvn~1nted h)' the flllnd.
NC I!,Ol ilHiom wit h C'holilOI\ Valley
TClcphllllt,· ('urp. hill!! occn Cl)ncludcd
.... it h .1 Ihrcf-ye ar cont racl ra tific:d b,
our members working there. Nc.gotia-
Ilon~ With \hssoun Pubhc ::'Cr\'ICC' rind
Ccntnll Missouri Plcelri.:: ('oopcrati\c
IIrc ,00ng ~11J.... ly. hut Jlr(lgJC!i.~ is tx.-ing
mlldc in both CilSc~
JI 1 SlII .... Al\L.... IJLRG.P
CONTRACT
RATIFIED
L U. !t24 (tl. TAI'III'A , "'1..-Locn I 824 ·~
contrilci ntgoillili ons hegan Ihe first
or
IIo cek May. nnd on July 1 we reachl!d
Q \Ilnlaltve agreemenl Tht: co ntrtict
wu tattned on July 24lb }-hgbJlgta.... of
Ih e cOnlr.lcl Include a gcneral1o\ 3ge
UKfCUc (If 4 pemn t 1151 )'ear). 3 pcr·
eenl (lnll year) and j percent (3rd
ycar). with an I'Iddi lionll14 pcr~nl in
the ~cc(lnd And Ihird ,eM" under a
retlnt l~crf(lnnllnCC I'lan:
We arc pleased 10 rcport thlll (lUI ->f
'our dn~~ i fl clitlOll upp,nld t: rroposal~ .
wc wtrc 1uecessfll l in gam ing three .
rhls C(1IJ (lICS In 1.12.5 of Our Local 824
m cmbcr~ being upg.radcd to (l 1:II~hcr
t l n ,~in tat i o n 1 hI! tolal f'ltckage \\8S
worth "pproxlJnlucly til) million donllf'S.
We hll\c- been ~ uc~:ssfu l Wllh o ur
in"lde orglnuins progrpm and ha~e
!oigncd up .ll7 OI!~ memhe~
Gl'Y A lJ,.r..C,LAIS.8.\I
31

Lotal948, Flinl, MI, Jason Visser, J,on of
Locol948 member Russell Viner WOI
aworded 1+18 ~y Scoul't of Americo
Notional Court of Honor IOf Heroism
Award.
LIFE SAVING
AWARD
L t'. 948 li.em .rlS~plI&clllq. n , U~l·.
/'I1I-Jasun i~M~r <;(In or I ()ca l 114M
member Russell V!Mer ..... as awardcd
Ille Uoy ScouL'~ (If Amcrlca Nulum,,!
Court u[ 1I 0nor fo r lI urem,1n AW:lrd
Ja~n.lI )(I·ycar old Mlh gr/lck:r ~n ved II
1 y~Hr old frnm (hll .... llln~ hy al~pl ylll ).l
s kills acquired in II P!A s pon ~urcd
~ D rnwn J>roofmg" d .l~~, II! ~ )oungcr
brOlher, Ju lin. a lerted JIUQIl IlulI a
luu ng'Stcr h ..ul fll ll cn IIItn IhOl.' Id~c
Immcdiatcl) he scm nnmher hOi for
help l ie h!ld hi" bmtilci huld h..
ank.ll."5- while he rCa<:hcd the lill ie bo"
B~ hl~ qUK"1. Dchnt\S and dear IIl1nLlIIg
• polenllal double lraged), w~u l1H1I(lcd
n us. \l 1lf ('lIMite \I.u"'hnll ha .. beld
man) dant .. in COMeT nainlng fo r
Ihe men\hershlp "you haH~ U(ll ~cn
1t)IICO~ILI'da . pk.l..c'lf!.nUpIUdn
HI, The LI)cnl1)4H 'lfflcers lind many
COlltruct Oro. recent l., ullem.Jcd u " Blue
Pn r1t for Ihe 1 ~~rllo" llf()gru rll , rhc-~e,
alo ng wilh LIt her draft s by Ihe Incol
unioll Mt. wurkinf,: to reclAim llur ~ h..rc
of the ',l. ork III Ihe arca
Local 1)4..'( mllurns Ihc pa,si fl g o(
M rC('fC111~' I ucwn\ FlcCllie T r(l l1 ey $),,,-
I3rm. Nelson Schmidt. Daviu 'Bo bu
8uSM:1. rnm ilas~ham Clifford VIII\
derlcafT and " ormM M Whll1.!l~ Sch.ltl
Our ronrlolence .. go nullo their ruml
hes and rlitnili.
Conl:.ralul311ons Imll he<;! .... I'ihn ,0
10 Clbf:rl ~Sllln" Simmon" ~ild Granl
\\ Iloox .... ho r~l\cd rln' rur ~S·>el1n­
of union sen ICe 10 IfoC., 194:-1.
J;\(.... WllL!A M:'oo )l.S
TARGETING
PROGRAM
SUCCESSFUL
t..... 96S O,n.r1s.tplI, t.mh'(:ea l" ),
PA Kl\ .... RS"n ll HC. \\ V-OUI ... urk
outll)o continue 10 1't~ 110 ..... "lib
Shun-Icrm ,oh~, \~ c ",, (lulll like "u r
cnmrar:lnn HI hccorne ."lc"'<I~e lind
bid morc of the "mall Commcn:-...J toI~
32
It lulifficuillorompeh! :tg.IIDSl lhe low
'uJ,es 01 Ihe non WI ion hut .... Ilh (lu r
13r,cllng program our cmllractol!. ha\c
hee n ~uccc~s ru l In n::!tOlnln!: IIHIIC uf
til.: commercial ,,(n!.
I we) (If (IUf mcml1C:11i ha~e
clcclncnJ rnntra;;ting firm ailed ··Elee-
In (·ntfl. 1m:: We wi ~h IIl llch SUt."Ce'>-..1O
Hrm, Jeff Wil liumsQn and Chuck f{eb·
hoilin Ihdr ne,,", 11U"llI e,~
I'hc I'mlrth Di~lric;l I'rogn:ss Meet·
III~ ..... u.. att l'llth'J II)' Uu<; \l gr, Greg
(jMe .Jnd Prc~ . J un Rm,~ 1 he ("l1n-
lruclion WQrkshop dcalt ..... ith or!!aniz-
mg herr local unIOn In allcn d ..mcc
goa\-!: It report {In Ihcir organiLIng &Cli~i­
hc~ Int. "re-;, Hurn t:mphiJ~ized
~lrgJnlltn& i~ ~nti.tl I 0 the lM~I\ ..J of
Ihc IBf\\ ' Int. 'icc. Jad: 1\1oore
Icpnrlcd the I~~ of - memhershlfl
ha~ 'ul'Ituhled. and ....·l lh our national
urgaulIlllgdflJr1." Iht: 11]1; " "III hope-
fuli), reclaIm IhL majont) of the electri-
cill work III (I Ie" ' ·COlrs.
We would like 10 th a n}; all o.f our job
.. le ....'u rds Inr Ihe lln~ul Jon t h c~ JI) I n
jltolL:cling IJU r juri,Jktinn and mai ll -
t;,in ing II goud relliliun<;hip whll our
cU,l!ll1l t:f\
Our annual picnic ..... as held o n Sept.
It\. III the Bu lChcf Ren d 4· H Camp.
.... ilh pklll)' uf fovd.Il'lmc~. and (un for
(l1111\1r memhcT'i lind thell familit· ...
1 h.Jnl.~ III the lnh:r1l1lnmcnl omn1l1-
tee and lllhc rs "" ho .....orki:d to make
Ihl<;Ix:cn.~mll a ~u~
nlAIU tF AK\,OI 0.1'.5.
WORK IS SLOW
I•. U. 1J7{1 (I. rl !>,~ I &C) .
I .ONCV I f; \\ . W /\ -Work has btlcn
~'c r )' slow. bU I lhere is work on lhe
l!llli/on A, IIf thc \:1'1 unum IIll!cl mg.
WI! hnd ,Ib....,ul 70 I'I:Oplo.: on Book I. and
\I\ cr 5(Xl (In 8(11)" II We tJon'l e~pe~1
I., he .lhle 10 I:mrlCl\ .. n)' tr.nclcn. u/llil
ncXI )ear
Our arl1lU.11 plc-ni.,; .... ;t~ held 1)1)
AU$u~1 12. ,1\ the usual Trojan sile .
" \cl)llnt' hflJ 1'I guod lime The "'"("1(11..
Illg wJ~ June ~ u~tl31 h) Dim Lund and
!loll !)mll h llllm!.~ far the IHelll Job!
A bdn411cl llt1nonng our graduating
appren llC'i;'''' \Ioa< held in Junc. Congral·
ulhtliln~ hc~1 ~'f
and !Lll·k In
Illll..'ud
BILL LOEIJ.l'.5.
lotgr 970, Keiw·longview, WA. groolHl'hng gppntntices honored 01 their bcnqtfet in
June IIIro, fronl rlllw, Wt to right: Sean fulton. Kirk Lowe, Kirk leRoy. Dennis Rote)'.
Dick R.idefo. Tony Fremefll, SteYe nih..
Row: Dub Maru , U. Hoffman, Oennit
Whitney. Jim Reed, Tom Sathre, Kevin Sedke, Jeff Elbert one! Dave Sma',
formed iUl
Ihal
local 1106, Ma son , MI. membel's enjoy roc. day at Michigan InlemGrionol Speed-
way. l.eh to right: Lonnie Fo.. [);ano Adam:li, Shoron Griffin, ph,.tlis Kerr, Roy Duw
boT, lim wade gnd Ste~ Sorks.
AGREEMENT
RATIFIED
L . II l)tlll,e:Il,&rIU). MASON, [\11-
MClllh ~ r .. a l All T rUlIlC!'> rallfied ,I
thr(c-yca r itgrccm..:nl, I"he IIgh:emcnl
rcncCL<; Ihe lUJlJUnilln e(lntpl'hllUlI III
th e soundlalarm I/ldu'ilt) \h,:mbcrs
a~d 10 glH~ up one Voce). uf \acnltnl1
in th~ IlC!l:l 11\ nmnllb.. 10 ata:plil "lIge
(reele. and IQ utterl II ill rt'rC'CnI (tl
pa ~ on medli,:')1 A "age ;HId medlc.J1
~ ncf ju rc·op~ner I~ . chcdulcd f(lf
I~ Member.. ""ho had been ~Iud, al
3 5(J r,creel'll \\oag.: ralC ... ill ~e( un
mcn:<lSC II" lin ,"(renlenlal pu~ ~(uk'
.... os nq;flllllkJ
The Local I lOCI nc~oIi Alinillc.am con·
l\F:tSO· .;i .. u:J ul Ilu~ Mgr.J l'i n. Sec. DlI l1
Krll!.z vn~ki . A"st. Uus, I\ l gr. Robe rt
Alexander, Steward om Sonncvilk t:lnd
Tom FIsk 'fhe cOlltmcl ...... , C\tclIJcd
\;:- onl! monlh afler Ihe lI\iti~ll,ad:.a!lC
.... 0<; IUrncd down lor a ""'L'clnd linn! h)'
the II1cm~r... lllll.! u fcJelul J11cdillh:t)
was conllK'ted. Uro. Kru."'~'n'kl nflted,
~ \" e re.ll1~ "ani III oC\pr~"'~ t}UT 11I:lnls
La th~ memocf'ihip fl)r tid:m,: logl:lhcr.
AII- hunies it\'"nle;J mure ctlnceS!>mn!>
Wc ... t:rc .,bk l(j ~lllk:m lO bac!. llff"
" t'm h~ ..... In our lelc{·tll1l1\llIUlt·:ullln
lI nih prm Iele: t d~p honl! ,cn let:. lor
rna", of the lain. und rcslhilis held
the )cnr, throl~ghoul 11011 l llille pholo uccompll
nying thi, Icport. th l.' m cmber~ (11
C' &s r ch.:p hl)lIl: cnluy I h~· du) :11
Soc"
.8EW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993
Mlch lp.all Intunalil)nal Spcedwa) in
B rnnkl)'11 dUTln g Ihe f(IUrlh or th~
Inl ofllll lillllUI Rat'"' ll J Champions
(iROC, ,cries CC&S cmrloyccs han·
Jh: jclcCOOlrllUlHC.lII Oil~ al MIS
rite Muskegon lInit ha5 a o e ~ E:<e(:-
utl~ e Ijonrli T1Icmhcl The- Ho.1rt! seleci
cd tllnll~r VICe I'r Irt'ne Schorc~ 10
rcplllce !Jm. Wilhltm 'O;pencer. who
rl!~l~no.l from the Rll.1rd.
SII.-\HI L ASrt:", rs
OVERHEAD
TROLLEY LINES
COMPLETED
L.U. 1116 (II,C I1l&h·l1l. T CS O N,
A'I.--OII JUlie II. IllCul 111ft dccled
new o(ficer:i fot Ihe next three )·cars.
Oil' 01,: ,",' IcprClI-l'nla l/\CS li re: !lu s
~I g( lI n. Sec. R)le (Jot) C.ul: Pres.
O:l~·id ThQmn~: Vice Pre5 John MUIr.
Kcl,; . Sr..: . Sluttri OH:r , he:ts. Ge ne
P~nl at. n~cted 10 the Exec:uu,,( Do:ud
;src Rohen n urn<; (Pnwcr Product lun ••
Rkburd C I\(jIc:lhl (Tran.sporlilolion).
Jcs"c d.enltltJ 1/\1 Lln!!:e, Vada
I..cSucur (Adlllllliliol nlhon) .Jnd Robc.o rl
Pc:nnmgHIn (flecl ric ), Ra ndy flder
.... 11~ dc.led ("hllll m/lll uf Unit 1. wll h
Jr.lm I kndcrson ~T'\'II1S liS Vi<:~' Chair·
II1 UI\ Dnd Tum l\1ltllon e ,IS Rec Sec.
t1ngrutulI1I1 0 1\~1
I)elwccn Dec, 1992 and April o r this
)'e:lr \'(lllIll l ct'r<; wmkcd 3n CSl il1llltcd
2.500 ,,'onSl rUClion mon-hours to belp
tern Tue50n rIcelril: P""l! r do na tt:d
Ihc UK 0' Ihrn (qulrmenl noo !BE \\'
Hllufll(:cn dlll11llcd Ihe ir dIUrda)~.
c '·C'nm~ aflcr wmk, Lbl."lre:(pcrtise and
Ihelr cr,,[t<;ml'lhshll' Itl cumplclc Ihe
o'>erhrnd C(tthoIl'lH:tion of the IloIIl!Y
linn. 'IoUHnl! the !roUe) ~'oll1mJttet"
.1pploxmlmd,; SlIJO,OO)' Former m.11
111 ti I'n:~. Ken S,I ~'iI1e ..... [Ij chosen 10 sit
011 the- truIJC}'~ BOllld M DII·ecturs
Dis ling uishe d ho nors 10 Josh
l)eSj1.un , ' o n III IJr~I . J()hn DeSpain .
who recently ,"",on the atiuMI H igh
School Wrcsillng C'ompetition i n both
frcIHI}'h: .1Ild ~ rc~·o !Of th e 209 Ih.
dJ
ltx...1 1111'1 keep" Amuno beuutlful
90th Tu~on lilld Spfln~ef\'illt! hlwt!
0re:anl/cd hlJth .... ny clenn.llr commit,
lee<t
A bew."r IchH'''ns~lIr ~lIh Ihe man·
.J~l:nk"nl of Alurn4,; Tn:c: ~ H~... ulled ill
liJ I- W ..I ic!.e"" helllg .dkl'. u:J 011 COffipa·
ny ~ hICk' Itnd nc:guI.atIOM In lflCTC35C
the clI1plu:-..:c·) Ixlll.:fil packllge.
:'UARVro(!.A'I 10'11. P5.
TRANSMlnERS-
PROCEED WITH
CAUTION!
I.. U. Ino Inb). l111CAGO, IL-A t
I Hu l 12211' .. tcqP!!)\. the N.. tlUlla l
Iniltlutc of Occupational Safer) .and
Ih:a lth (:'IoI IO\1 1l recen ll> mca<;urell
I ('YI'I~ nf rll'('II f1mnr.lH·tiL; null'llinn
ClInUITI!I fttlm H'~fj (electromc ne\los·
~.Ithc riug) cliUlprnCll1 ill ~c ... cra l ' V
~tat kJn 10 Cllkal!(l.
NIOSJI I VI·S'I (CiA mRS !l AVI-
H[("O MM LNI)EI) rll ,\ T PORT
AUI I- Mltl{OWAVI 'It AN' MIT
T ERS ..\Rr NOI 10 II I U:-i H)
HANIJ III-Ill 'I em show t hallhe~
111I111>1(1I1It:1), m.IY ell1 it oI~ wudl 1I~ lIuu-
h ie the o<:cup llt ional standard fOf
11II1;rn""'fIVI,l IItJl.IllUn Althnugh mca
sur\.'m!,;",' rrom Ihe ~idl's and back~ of
thl.' 111111 .. 11111)' hI.' Wll hlll ....,IMI I.. n ll1'ild
ercd {If h ~ Slife ()cCuplllionnllimil.S. YOll
"hO\lld 'lUJlethcll!S.') 11 \'lHtI :lny unncl't....
siny ex~urc.
YOlO Ani," \1ICI(OWAVE
TRANSMI n I: RS SII OUI.D lIE
~ KII) MOLN Il:O WHf:of'.. B eiNG
USLO 'IIH ICOI"I ER FLIGHTS
('onIIOualllclJu\tmenl lint.! shlhmg. the
t/I:ill lu 1.":1:11 otlitf.lI!i:tI ¥l'ltl! tilt: leloc:ivl:l
could exru'\.C the piiol .nd enr olher
person 11\ Ihe heliCopter 10 c~u:C:"I\le
IImounl\ of mICfTlVo'a\C radlillton.
IN 111'1 n eKS ARF R Ff'OM
\I FNDED FOR LJVE-VE III CLE
MA "I~ rc<il.. sboVocd thai mo!il lruds
in thl: Chicago IIrCIl -.;th capabihl) of
h\e "'nt\ do 001 h",vc: trllcrlock\ " 'hlCh
prevenl fIIleru ... ;i\C It;'ln~mIHtD from
IfinsmUlln, Ixforc they IIrt In I fuU)'
IIII~ pL)'i.lhun, nils can cause unneces-
sary expoSUft: 10 the ('operator and let
mt.c" In Ihe Immwhnc alell
rwo WAY RADIO AND CELLU·
LAR 'I FLEI)1I0N~ ANTE NA , IF
I RllCK Mn IJN'I I'1) OK " IOl lNT-
EO O\f Till· WIN D 1II ELD.
II OU!) UP MOVED "0 Til E
ROOt Of' IIlheAK.
N IOS II liAS IU: rOMM EN O(1)
I IIAT A ~ I'ANOAKD QI'ERA-I ING
I'ROClmUH I- In' IMnEMENTED
,,01( At I I.!NO PFRSONNI' L I'or
mill imi ninl\ is advisnble r r ~arc opera.·
mlll 01 J::N( i CQUlJl!l W1I1
U:-il IJI." i J\lJ~:-i1 i'ojLJ \:!l) U 11'-
MF N', WI'I II CAllTI ON II was
f"und th,11 wlule deg.Iu.~III.tt eqUipment
\Ioas not ~bo~e the occupationnl sian·
t1nru, ~uch equipment ~1I11 prcscnlcu 0
rebtl\oely high C~f'IllSUI I.: ttl ekctromag-
nett<: (udd.. Se\\:I\11 ra 'ommt:nllatlol\S
... erc m.ld.!
I. t\ S r~w p.:upk 8) pqs"lbk hl,uld
be: uptl:loCd.
2. 1-'l c'h~1(h fliT del'clop,"" B (emulc
~V!lote nl (ur Ilpcr.llrn~ till: dl!gau~~t:'
... ouk! hf rrudcnl
-; It IS suggulcd IIlal ,III)' lapcs
which hnuld MI bc upo ..ed 10
dcg;nMm~ ,hlluki t.r rClIM.wtd hom the
IIle!!' on !'Ith!."! "I~ko (tr /'Iny "''all near II
lkgaU!.M:1
Ill\." NI()SII 1I1\1.·"II,allon 1\ stili 111
pr O&n: . as tnea u,cml.'nl~ (rom the
flelll nfl.'; ~tlll he lng ~\'ilIUltlcd Loca l
1220 'W ill cont inui.'" 10 rcpon any ncw
inlonnnllOl1 In Ihe )mwral
JESStc'A I.OUAN, n.M.
'8EW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993
HEALTH
DAY
LU_ 1230, Windw:w.
ON. momben. held
o "Health 0Qy"' In
the pculaing lot aI
... G<o<. ...",,101.
Stoff"om ......,
~'portic i
potctI. h was 0
sunny day ond
everyontI! found " 10
be a potiti.e. f"n ,
o.nd s",u·re4~"9
interaction.
Unl\.' 'WI.: rernemt'ICr \l;hcrl.: we c,lme mcntJ I Is..\oue~ ~ u L h ,II> Jub \oCf,:urt l)
ELECTION from. the eLI,,;; II hcIIIJ .... il! he Illng ond hoors of ... <~, k. scOlonl", Rnd hctllth nnd
RESULTS hflrd. I~y htllwrr l1g uur Irddi l iun li nd penSlO1I hem:fils IIrt' \Ioh.lll)1I1 II rU'i lind
predceessl)f~. v.e lJo'ill ga ln sm.: np,l h 10 SISters arc fighlJn~ for '1h C~1! 1~'Ucs. are
I.. • 1m (II). WII ,I\III\G LON, DE- face the ('Ih~ t ~elc~ hdnrc 1I ~:t~ onlnn 1"~1 !loll Imr"" rl l'ln l .a . .... nlte. Wllh(ltll
local un",n ch:clIons wcre held in mcmbut. nc !ilruRWc will nOi be ca...y. Ihc....e i.ssucs nllnc 01 Ii'>e IOoliuld 1111\c
June. Our Ilffice l" nre "" lollo",!!: Prc~ hutl hc rC IJo ,lnh \10111 1'1\: II1lhe ICglK.')' "'c Jvb~ lodilY·
Mllrshall Anlo!l!.on: VICe: I)II!... 11,lmld leAve l'lChind PlellSC hc.:lp supl"HI nur rcll(lw lllll~ orl
lirirrmann; Bll ~ Mgr I'uul Simun: Fif). ,\III' nll yflUr Inrn l un lnn rn,·~'t\n&~ mrmhl:" l.i'!'~ ~hnw l'mr'ilrH h ! Ameri·
Sec . h hmheth hu:. I rcu" Joyee Il ul! , rhl ~ 1.. lhe pllll't.' where II nit llC)lllI\ ca ant.! nonunion Wl llll.' .... wluu " force
Rec. Sec. Kathlee n I'horb)'; 1)0'o'cr Unit ulli(lI1~ can ~. LeI cH~l)une knuw Ilml
MUJNUA I·OI1~I)UI.S. V_So
('hmn. Fl u)t.1 Ul y,cn l ; Vle~ ('hmn W(; arc nOI JU~I It small "roup thai 15
SIC"!!D Enss Bnd l rOll l(t;C, \111.(1. Woo- beltl~ ~ lIIgled nul U:t's shoVo nur force.
leyh:lnd. ~'XeCU I I"'C: ijll.ull members our sizc. our sollda"l)
arc: nabnt:1 AI"',"I Jllhn Houkk::n. Paul
Ca rllmanico. John McCall. Steven
SUPPORT FELLOW Alh!nd ~nu r IOCilI Uli lun nrcclln~~.
3Jld find OUI \l,hat is haptll.:nlJlI: in )I)ur
ewbcrt) fl ank 01,19)' and Rnnald UNION MEMBERS city. count ). ~lalC' IHIt,! Clluntry Be
Walker C'Oft8l'",ulallOll~ 10 1111. dwa re: of Whill 1$ IU.lJlJ'K=l1In)! tu u lhe l
On M:l)' 26. VoC ptllcba~d ('topen)' L • 1306 (UII"'), IH' C UR, I un ion ml."m~rs t'lecnu~C' believe me.
(or the (IHUlc \11c: IIf our klCill ofrltt Grt:l!tings from ( enHll1 II 01,11 Loeal yOIJ couk! be: next
Our regular m('lnlbl) meetings afC 1306 COI'E I'IIme IS gmng weI( 10 rlr,
One lucky lllat] nOn rnc:mher WIII"'1n KI;,\!I~ R. UI "ITI I'.~
tH'llllhr "ml TUr"llt) "r rnih monlh
Please pbn 10 .mcnd and brin! a local a nc.. limon· mAde 25-UK:h color RCA
Brother or SNI.'I "'llh vou ldC:\'I"iK)!! 1ft '>cpt
Our sch lllrsbip conlUl hn IU I
1'-'lTR](-tA NF\\-'BFRRY. ps. cI~d and the ...·Inner will ~
SOTH
announced ~II\ On~ $4(Xl ~ s.;.hol ANNIVERSARY
ar~llIp WIll I'te Iwardl!d f('lr Ih e best
cs!.ay on MWhr Arc l nlOO\ ~c:alcd In L.U. 1340 (i,n&c.m l, ~"'H'ORT
Todays Sooct)')" ' EWS. VA-llello Ihu~. tlnd SIMet!;
Central lL h:t~ j)een dcet~ftd I ~W r from Newpml j'l. e... ~1 Wur1. I' low al
Zllnc:' hy !>C\'C l llt UIIIUn... AI< of Ihl '" he ..1 Some J'lr Ollllltln~ IJflIJet.t~ at Ihe
writing. Ihe Uros. nnd SISlers or l.ocal Yorkto"'n Oil Refin cr) lind Ihe Union
702 arc lodell 0 111 rl om ('IPS A (W Cnmp Pape r Mill III I-rlln1.hn c\llli d
Local KJ1 is locked uut from A£ St;1 relieve us some. \ta n) thnllk\ 10 loe31s
Icy. UAW 1...QCil17!i 1 nrt ~ HII WlthOula In Shemeld. A1.. ('hlltttinvnp, TN.I.eI(-
COnlr.'lel ",hh CIlIl.l'J'lllIal a nlll MW ingtl)u , K'I . ;rn d I hlllllllglllll, 0 11 rm
workers tilT ughout Ihe stDt arc on e mployi ng ou r memhc ('11 Ihe road
~tri kc:. Yuut su pporl l~ ro,e,ll ly III'1JrIX.·lollcli
These lockou l IlfId st rik es 1m· nol a Uur Loca l s ';m h Anniwrsar) .... :u.
rc.:sull or slIlI ple ......'I;C I~WCS, J UlI\ln cclchrn led J uly 10_ It wus II Ille:t~lIn l
loc:oll2.46. Adrian. MI , Sis"I'J, from
left: 1os.ia Rodela, Elto Brl.l(~ner, Sue
rcrylor Qf)d CIofiI'lO Holt wen recenriy
GWCrded their 1.S-year MrVN:e pim.
CONGRATULAnONS,
SISTERS
L . 1246 (em), AOH IAf\. MI-I 1''.J!.li-
lion and URton VlIlu(1 ,0 hand in hand
.... llh ('1111 \ 1\1t'f"o of Ihe Ulmnl n.ot rn(·
IOVolflt Sl~tt:n .... crc ft'c...:rUI) ""lIrded
thc" ~·)c"r J'lln\ JIKh; RO<kI:l. EHII
Brurl.ncr. "iUl: 1.t~lur .. nli I>.mo... Ilol!
C:~lflgratul_ lion' ~''"IC''
It I~ ImpUJlanl lor u, lu rc:mcmbtl
thai if II \!Iocrc nOI for lhe . nrlCe and
hard Vo·nr1. III Iho\(' .. 110 (anlc hcJore
UI, 1Ioe ...·ou ld nQt h( enJoyin8 the Loc:oIIJAO, Nfowpon ~ , VA, &ro!., left to rishr.: Org. Raynard Wood, SO·yeor
w3ge~, hcnefit~. nnll .... orkmg Cl.~ndilloru; pin recipient Merton Walton, Bus, Agent R'ic.hord Adoms ond SQ-year pin recipient
.... e h'I~'e l('ocIny. Hugh Dye, 0' me 50th Anni't'ef'wtry ceJebrotioo.
33
'>U~ lhanks lO Bros.. Raynard Wood.
\la rk KCI!tslmg a nd Bu\_ Alen l
LOCAL ELECTS
Richnrd Adams' hanl \\'On.. OFFICERS
Fih),·ycor mile lones were eS lnh·
lishcd h~ l:lro ~. Hu gh Dyc. Alvin I.. • 1484 UIOW I. S'\' RACUSE. ''\'-
McCall. ,\1 erton Wa lton . Ilobart L. .. lee lL-v ror three-yea r terms were:
'ngram, Car1t<ln I', lI urdy and Lloyd K, Prcs.ffiU5. Mgr. harles Dorell: Vice
Kldcnour. Bro. lack Lc ....'IS rcCt! lVcd Ius f>r cs. T\m"lh~' \1l1rphy~ Fm. Sec. r-'1 ikc
Oc ck~ T reas, Thomas Slack an d Rec.
40-year rl!cugllli ion . Uro. Boll h)'
Scc. K:II l'. n Hoyle. UnIt 14M.! orIiccrs
Phillips was al'Kl soh: rtdpienl of a 30-
include: Ch rm , Linda Edwards. Vice
)'l!ur pm A lut of !trcnl >'cor; we re put
Chrrn [Jernlc Roc al1d R ee . Jerry
In bv ulllhe:>!! men C-ongr,ltu/ation:>
~OOI . Elitc uti" e [Jo.ud members arc::
and bcsl wi5bcs 1('1 all! Fmnl. I\ngckri . AndrCtt Bidwell. Terty
Our salt Ilf'I;: '1111 oul the re .....urklng 80"(;n. 'ancy eonro)'. R.ichard Mulca-
fo r a belltr (ulurl':_ Keep up Ihc goud he}' . OMY O'Unen and Michael
\loork (cllo\\. .. It~ ~'ou are OUf be~1 S",,«ney, C<mgtatulalu;Jns!
weapons a~airut the nonunion prob- Nc\.lo :.tcy,.llnh mclude: Marl. Rucci-
lem fhe: ll.mhhiJl' yo u \umclimcs na. Ronald Gossen. Die\: MacDonald.
I!nc()untcr ulI~ I(j.!o hly will n t be: (IIr- Sieve Pmo lind Cindy RohcrL
g<lltcn. You hll\'(' our undying stlpport! For the 161h consecut!\e year. Local
Ine VA St:IlC t\ I-L·CIO CUI1VI!IlIl()n 1-lK4 hilS sent :l tcnm 10 Ihe lB E W Sun-
was htl.l Aug. 27·2H 8u ... A gC ll1 Dull Tournament . Dro. Terry Knicker-
AlIam_ . Org. ka)nard Wuod. I)rt:s L'O(;kcr I~ rnonllgmg Ihc Ii'!lm.
James A\'try and Prt.:s, Sec. \ Ierrill
C'HARLF.5 A BORF.U~ I'RES.
Ilarll i:lllcndcd We ~111 have (urther
inf()rmallc,m In the ne'(l l...~ue
H,ne a ~O(M.! l-Ial1n .... ~ n ,wdoJ GTe,,!
Thantsgl~ Ing.
ALL THE BEST TO
\llRRILl. H"R17 P S CHARLIE BIGRIGG
l.U. 2020 (em ), COlJl.tBUS. 0 11-
On July 11), Local 20211 e1ened new
officers (or thc next three ytllrs: l'res.
CABLE SPLICER find Acting Bus_ Mgr. U1nc Bush~ Vice
Pres. Alan Cornwell; Rrc. Sec. Eileen
SCHOOL Boggess; Fin. Sec. Te;: rry !Jaker nnd
GRADUATION Treas, Nal\e\, Jones. [xcc\lI ivc Board
mcmher.. are: She lb) Jones. 1)lIul 0
LU . 1460. Joilet, It,. graduates of t+WJ ('r;tmer. Pili Dorsey. Joe F. Kistler and
Ca~ Splicer Schaal. Sovthem Region Paulrne WQrkmlln Congrulo lallOn\
01 tfw: WoeslWn Region Training ~nter . ,,"d ~I Yo il>hl.! 10.111.
Congratulations. go to the following: \Vf'l:hlll!, the- be-SIlO Bro. Cha rlie
fredrick Blunt, Kevin Glynn. Perry Jen.- Brgngg. who M!ncd as ('Iur pMI I'res.
nings, RKl Kn'bhiumJs, Kevin Monson, lor a Hual of 11 vcan. lie aoosef\-ed os
Gi~ Rabfnson, Kurt Vekt. Ste¥CI M0n- Sec: ·Trell5, or tbe EMJ Cooncil and on
tiel Jr_, Michael Wagner and James the Exccu!l\'c Board. li e is no\\' sen.'ing
Weydert, Oeman~trotors ore: Will iam cm I hI!! Natlonalllt!3lth Care Cost ('on-
Lowrey, Joe Yukon. John [)aPron. tomment Committee as the IBEW rep-
George Amerio ond Jome:o. Haubner . U::.cntulhc , Congrolld ll tl(ln~ , Charhe!
Instructor: Ruu~1I McPherson. MAROAR,,-r FI.AN,\OAN, I'.S

AnENT.ON:
Brothers and Sisters , we
want you to have your ADDRESS CHANGE? All Press Secretaries
JOURNAL I When you have PhOlographs submitted
a change 01address. please NA ME fo r use in the .lournal
let us know_ Be sure to
must be glossy, clea r
Include your old address NEW ADDRESS
and please don't forget to fill prints. Malle or peb-
in L. U. and Card No. This CITY SlATE. ZIPCOOE ble-fi nished prinls do
in formation will be helplulln
PRESENT LOCAl UNION NUMBER
nOI reprod uce well.
checking and keepmg our
records straight Polaroid prints a re
CAf!ONUMBER
lInacceplable. II color
If you have changed locaf
unions, we must have photograp hs are su b-
CURRENTL V ON PENSION -.J Soc. Sec No
numbers of both. milled. include lhe
Mail To : Address unc ul Jl cgil li vc sirip
OLD ADDRESS (PlMse a~ mal~ng IlIbei (rom maqazlf!8')
Change Department which co r res pon d s
International Brotherhood wilh the phol ograph.
CITY STATE lIP CODE
of Electri cal Workers
1125-15th Street. N.W. FORMER LOCAL UNION NUMBER
lides arc acceplable.
SUite 903 Photos submilled by
Washinglon. D.C. 20005 Oon'l forget to reg is te r to YOl e at your new a ddress, rax cannol be accepled.

34 'lEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993

 I BE W MEMBERS IN THE NEW S

Local Fights to Negotiate

Equitable I~abor Practices
C:l'IIll'IIlllIinois Public
S('I,,'irr C : fllIll}an~ Rt'nt'gl's
On Nt'golial ('d COIIII'II!'I
ver the years. mCIllhc f'~ of Local
O 702. We ' t Frankfort , Illinois ,
have been ahl..! 10 uccessfull y ncgoti·
WHEN WE SAY
a l e hundrcd!\ of conlrHCls w il hout
work sto ppage". dc~p i lc some of the
unn':l:l:-,onablcnc,\s of some employers.
Recent ly. in ncgoti(l l ing a cont ract
hetween the lOCH I and Cent roll Illi nois
UNION
PlIblic S..:rvice o m pany (("I PS). m an-
ag e m ent com m iltcd the ult imate
arfron l tu Lu(.;(l i 702'~ l: 1I 1p l u yl.:l:~ . In
the nego tialt!d conlnlCl. emp loyees
were offered a reduced hea lth -care
emp loyee contribut ion. fr m $199 per
month 10 6..1.50 per mOtllh , and H sub-
"wndard wage package in lie u of
reduced hca llh-carc rrcl11iurn~.
Aft er the members ratified what
Locol 70'1 memberJ pich t CJPS ofter- the company loclceJ them oul.
the y though t W"' a good fai th offer.
and befo re th e co ntr act could be and on Ma rch IX, 1993. IP Ill.de a in g od faith . Their con ' iClion.,
siglwd. r i P. claimed Ihilt fI mistake final ffeT. it still contained the same strengthened. proving to the company
had hccn made. and th e employees' premium and in suran ce Iha l the the lockout would he IIn ... u ccc~sful. On
contribution \\ould incrcH"tc rrom I RB had ordered th e parties to August 25. 1993. C IPS called an end
$64.50 III $179 per month. with sub- renegotiate. and a mcOlbcr,hip vote to the 14-week lockout. admill ing the
~ lantiall y uccrca",cu
bcnclib. LOI...ol 702 rejected the final offer 7 10 I. uselcssm:, of th e effort to pum~h Ihl.!
!tIed unfair lahor cha rge, against ClP On 1ay 20. 19'JJ. the com pan ille- work c r~ and their l ;lnllhc:':>. \Vo rk er'
with the Nillional Labor Rc lation5. gall y loc ked out LocHI 702 Illemhers. were i\~kctl 10 start reporting bad. tu
Board (. LRB) [or bad fatth bargain- hired "'OOle nonunio n work ers and work A uguSoI 2ft
ing. The LR B nullified the agrcc- u,cd compan y , upervbof> to do the harges before the [\dtional Labor
rn ent "nd ordered th e pnrtics to work. in effect allcmpling 10 ~ l arvc Rdaliun "l Board urc ~lill pending.
ren egoti ale the contract. mcmhc rs oul. C I PS re lied on their tac- Back -pH), iss ue" will he se ttled wh ell
After th e parties rClUrI1 ..:d to th e tlCs to financiall) d c\'a~ tatc the 1 cal thl;! hoard has concl uded Its 10\ cs lI-
bargai ning tahle. CIPS n r~t o nl y uniun member, <.Inu force th em 10 ga lion \\le hope IPS m<lI1agcl11c nt
rcfu:-,cd to hono r their agreeme nt. but ~ u hm i t to ba t! fa i th hargainin g. will bl.:gin bargaining in gout! rlllth
adtkc..l fur l he r red uctions In hc nc fi ls Iherehy weak ening I he union. iHld work wit h I.I1I..:al 702 toward it
on th e tab le. Negot iations continued lJut L al 702 me mbers stood fi nn. goal III rc ach ing it lair Cl g.rcc.:mcnt for
wit h Local 702 me mbers hold ing firm, demand ing tha t Ihe company bargain .a ll concerned. e

taEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER t993 35

IBEW's re turn on invesl-
ment ror money
spent encouragi ng
Conservation conservation.

Begins Co mmitted to
using union e lecl ri-
cia ns. G \VS con-
"At Home" tracted with I-I as li p
Electric 10 perform
the installation of
Enrl'g)-Sal ing Ughl illg
the ne\\ lighting sys·
Illsl aUrd al Illlrl'llal ional
te m. using Local 26.
Ollil'(' Washington. D.C..
members to do the
S eeki ng to red uce the ligh ting and
electrical expcnst!s r~quircu 10
Tun the I nterna ti ona l Office, t he
work. Sai d Local 26
Foreman. Bil l Gate-
IBEW has found the answer-3 wood. " \ Vht:n 1 pu t
"retro-fil" syslem. developed by G WS this reflector in
and Associ.ttcs of Hyallsvill~. Mi:lry- under the new "T·
land. G\! S is an environmental com - S" lam p . you gel a
pany. commilled to providing energy much. if n Ol more
crticicnl. cost saving. high-tech ways li ghl Ihan you gOI
to fw"ni sh substantial light ilt a lower Comporing the old ballast and the new high-e~ with th e o ld U-2 nu-
wattage Ihal would decrease th e heat ciency electronic ballast are (from left, fronl} orcscc nt s .. . an d with the rebat e, the
Foreman Mike Southward and Foreman Sill IB EW will save qu ile a bi!.·· T he
and air poll ut ion emilted du ring elec- Gotewooc/. In the reor are (from left) Brothers
tric power generation . Tbe new sy~­ Rice and Luber. installation crew, Loc::! 1 16 Foreman
lem uses new-age electronic ballasts. ~'like South \ ard. members Rich Rice
electronic "T-8"lamps. and reflectors. would re alize and Leroy
The old system at the International quite a savings. Lub er. and
Orfice used a standard magnetic bal- P EPCO ' s apprentice
lasl. with two 40-watt fluorescent U-2 rebale program Shawn Bri ck·
lamps in each fixture. When adding is pari of an ini- erd. in s t a ll ed
up Ihe wallage ror 300 fixtures at 80 tiat ive by th e t he new e lec-
walts per rixl ure. Ihe lBEW foun d compa ny to fos- tronic ba ll asts.
that a great deal of elec tri city wa ler conserva- reflectors. and
consumed. And the resul lS of an lion 10 avoid new -age lamps
energy audit done on the cu rrent sys- bui lding costly throughoul Ibe
lem. as compared , ... ilh the new reLro- new gene rating I nternational
fit system showed Ihat ,h,.ee times the equipment. Office. Th e
electricily \Va being used. I nth c May Local 26 apprentice Foreman Golewood pre- benefils 10 Ihe
The all-around savings generated 24. 1993. issue Shawn 8ri,kerd prefabs pores the fixture for the IB E \\, a re real-
with the new system . was just what of The Wash - theJigh' 5oclcets. new OO1losl. ized with bette r
th e Int ernational was looking fo r. illgtOIl Post. an l igh t qua l i t y:
OW' evaluated the syslem and gave ~lfticle about lower load on
its recommendation: install new cool- energy-sav ing air-conditioning
operating electronic ballasts. and two equipmen t and systems: lower
"T-8" lamps set in each fixture under PEPeO rebale maintenance
light aluminum renectors. manufac- lated Ihat parI costs; ene rgy
lur"d by members of Ihe Sileel Meta l of PEP eO's savI n gs for
Worke rs Un ioll. By so Lloing. it would motiv atio n is yea rs to come,
provide the same amount of light as tha t reg ul ators and adv anta ·
the old sys tC'lll. but wi l h il sl:w ings of h ave change d geo us P EP eo
approximalely $ 10.000 per month. Ih e rules to r ebates . You
and approxjmately 5 120.000 annually. allow t he com- could say that
And with the $45. -0 per fixture rebale pany 10 bui ld the IBE W has
Foremen Southworcl ... Gatewood installs new
from POiomac Electric Power Com- into iL~ charges removeJ old hotseshoe "seen the
""·8" new-oge eJedronic
pany ( P EPCO). Ihe BrOlherhood 10 customer a «uorescent lamps os .•• lamps. Iighl . ·· L

36 'BEW JOURNAL/ OCTOBER 1993

AnAgenda Forging Ahead With COMET
For Renewal:
AFL·CIO
Community
Service
Conference Mountnin Sletes Line lATe members proudly pose behind COMET's plcu:ord.

A thrcC-da y confcrcnc",o, beglllning

July 19. 1993. '\C"
held at W",h-
'ngton. D.C.', Il yaH Regency Capitol
O n Ma\' 15. 1<),1:1. the IB E W COII-
.,(mell'OII Ol'gtmr:.hlK J\I('mhcn/llp John",n. Local 113. ('<dorado Spring, .
I:.IJucmioll TrmJW1~ cour.;c (COMET) Colorado. and BUSII1C"!-! H.cprc . . cnla·
lI ill hutol. Sc\'crall,"nured AFL-C10
wa,,> conducted ror Ihe Mountain Stil!l::-, live Dan ~l C'rowl1(''I\cr. Local 111.
communi ty :1CII"Io.; I ... from throughout
Line Join t ppn:Tllicc ... hip T raining Den er- b th of \\hum assisted \\ ilh
the lIutiull participated in thl: confer-
\lll11millee (JA I C) in De nve r. Col· the training and provided total ... up-
t..' ncc rhe llnpre')sh C rosier of out -
orado. T here \\ erl.' 31) lIll.'mbl'r::. in pOri for the orgnni1ing. program. nd
~t;:IIHJlllg
spcak!.:r~ includcu
attcmJal1cc. and the part icl p _uion fc\ cl International Prc..,iucnL J,J. Harr) sent
Allornc), Gena... ' Jarh.'t I~ eno: eel'\.?- \\;1">cxcdknl. :a lette r of congratul:llions :md e ncou r·
tary of Hea lth HmJ Ilull1an Scn' icl!~ Eighth Di::.lrici Internationa l Rl!prl!- agement to the Illl'mbefs. fLlnh~r rdn-
DOllm, Shalal;o: AFt-nO President SCll la ti H' 1 l'if I )rl't: lctllhl' program forcing thl' illlJx)rlancc uf "urg~ll1i/iJ1g
Lnllc Kirk land: I BF\V I nh.:rnillional wi th 13usines' Mdll ~lg,,:r Ma r::.hall L. the unorgani/t.:d," I
Pre. . idl!nl J .J _ I3mT}: L '<t:cut!ve Dlrec-
til' .I"yce D. ~Iillcr. (;1"" \cilin~
Cnrnml~o;;ion. U .S. O('ri.lrlmC'1lI of
Lanor: ' ational :-''iOCialioll of Lt.:ttcr
The International Visitors
('"rrlers Preo:;idcnt \ 111 en l R. Som-
hroll!): EXCClIli\c Dirt.!cltlr Ronald E. And Labor Exchange Program
Pollack. Famlli e~ USA: and Interna-
lional Pre:-.iucnt Gerald \\ . Mt'Enl l!c, Welcolnes Brazilian Unionists
A I' ME.
Some of the underl) '"g them es of
Ihl: :-,pcakers \\ere. ~c(lIng people h<Jd,
to work, cOCl lllinn r.uilliing. bomeleo;;o:;-
m,::-,:-t. i1ffordahlc hou:-.ing. health-carl'
for all people, a I1l,H1Ud l l' for ;;;ocial
Chill1!tC. and educatioll. Ami a~ Presi-
dent Barry hal,( o,;nid mall) lime'S " \V,~
n1 U!'I 1 cornhat ignorancc. the \\iI:-.le of
human potcntia l lhat cxi,\I'" in Amer-
ica .... Il \ lilll!.! for e"l11rnl1nil~ ~en ic~
In he Joined hy the lahor 1110V!.!mcnl.
I \:\,o/e l11 u')ll o rganil.c!" Prc:, idcnt ur the
COlllm unica ti ons Worlo.. Cni {.f i\rnc ri c~t
Morton Bahr rci tl.' l illcJ thai we all rhe An·CIO /nterna lional Vi.si'ors and labor Collective &"goining Agreemenb ancJ the C.I.R.
mu .. t Icad by ~x amJ1lc . EJCchange program, which promo res conlec's Brazilian lobar represenlotive5 included F;"s l
between American labor and other orgon;za - Vice Presiden, Paulo Pereira do Silva,
AI the closing ce remony. 1:1 moving, lions wirhin rile Forea Sindicol (which repre' Mefa1workers Union 01 Sao Paulo; President Jose
Ll'ibutl: honoring the l:ttc Arthur Ashe senls a 900d percen' of organized lahor in Roberto cJru 5cnlos~ futile Warlc:er.s Union of
Brazil), recenlly we/camctllhe 8razi/ian dele- Sao Paulo,- Presidenl Claudio de Camargo ere,
was pre:,clltcLi by Presiden t Kirkland. 9ation 10 the ISEW, Dir4ldor of the Council 011 Melo/workers Union nI O.'tOSCO; and Presiden'
Accepting the i"\w;lrd \\ i"\~ Donf\ld L. Indusfrial Relations Deportment Everett t.uiz cIe Oliveiro Rodrigues, Voila Redondo
DI..:I1. t: ha inn a n or ProScrvc. In c.. nil Lehmann, and IB EW Con.s ftuc'ion and
Mainlenance Deporlmonl Intemalianal
MetalWOl'kers Union.
IBEW members sfending wiNl the inrer,.,o,ionol
heh nlf l,r i\ ... lw·~ wHlnw_ . I c i-lnn ~ Representative Ro~rl "Bob" Fogotti hosted Ihe v;s;1ors are Repre5enlo";v~ Fogolti "QftJand
M iJ u lou::.~amy-A~hl.!, f Brazilian group, and cJjscu.ued such Iopin as Diredor Lehmann (socond ri9htJ.

IBEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993 37


Power for The
Future: The
Fuel Cell
"art I
W hal looks like" ballery, bUI ca n
produce electrici ty wi l hout a
general r or any moving pam? The
answer is the fuel cell, a small device
that produces electricity in a co nlin u-
ou manner through an electrochem i-
cal reaction laking place within the
cell. Fuel c lis ar ~n ironmemally
harmless. quiet. a nd efficient. As elec-
lricily is produced by Ihe cc ll so ,lfe
heal and pure. drinkable waler.
Fuel cells s upply e leclrical cnergy in
much the same way as a ba II ery. In
bOlh Ihe bRlle ry and Ihe fuel cell,
chemical reactions C(HLSC electrons to
be released o n ne e lectrode and made
to nU\\ lu a M:c.:um.l electrode through
an ex ternal circuit. 1 he difference
belween balleries and fue l ce lls is tha I
in batteries the active compolle nl~ are
combin ed within the e lectrodes and are
chemically changed during Ihe rcac-
tion. lllC chemical components of the
balleT)' arc expended by lheir conSlanl
use. 1n fuel cells, a cont.inu(Jus supply of
a gas or liquid fuel i'5 givcn to one clcc-
!rode and an oUlside source supplies
Ihe ther eleclrode "ilh oxygen or air.
The conlinuoul.i su pp ly or chem ical
componen ts cau"iCS electrical e ne rgy to
I1e suppliee! hl' fllel r"lI, flIT a rnn,idcr-
ably longer period Iha" from ballerics.
The amounl of currenl produced by
a fuel cell is depe nde[U upon the bU r~
face arca of the cell. A si ngle, s mall
cell ca n produce o ne vo ll or less of
eleclnclIY. Mnny cells. when they arc
·'::,tacked" anti licparatco hy conduc~
tive bUi impcrmcahlc 'Cpara t o~, pro-
JUL t: all im.: n.:a~l!o amo un [ o(
deClrlcily. A few small c.cl\\o\ "<;t<lckc(\"
38
T Ee H TALK
A typical fuel cell.
_I i,~, I.
I
electrolite
logelher cnn produce severa l watts of
e lectrical energy. Many "stacks" can
pr duee hundreds of kil "alb.
rill'! C(,II Co 111 11011 ('II I s
A fu I cell is made f a fuel, an oxi-
da nt, two e lectrud es. lind an e1ec-
lro lyle (sec \-Igu rc I.). I'h e fuel used
in a cell may be a ga\. a liquid, or a
solid. The suhslan cc is called" fuel
beClIIL,e II is oxidIzed by Ihe xidanl.
Oxidnlion occurs whe n the electro ns
in tin t1 1111l1 are losl. In this C3"iC, lhe
ruel los\! ' c lCC lrOn& because i t has
been ox idi<cd. The fud is added 10 Ihe
cell al Ihe a node. I he ""<Ide 1 Ibe
negaltvc electrode in Ihe fucl cell.
-'on t rary tu elect ron ic theo ry in
whirh Ih e calhode i, rega rded as the
negative (elect ron -emitting) terminal
:lnd the (lnode il:' the po~itive (elec-
tron-collecting) lerminal . 111 electro-
che m ica l devices the cat hodl.! b the
p iti\lc term inal while the anode is
the neg.ative.
AI Ihe anode of th e fuel cell. nega-
tive iOI1~ urc lIischH rgcd or r(J~itivc
io n\; ;lrc formed. Thl~ h, wh erc the oxi~
di1ing rCt1c~ion occur. ' 1 drog,cn, coal
gas. carbon monoxide, hydl<l71ne. alco-
bol. ammonia, hydrocarbons. and mcl-
al~ have been u~cu Hl\ fuels. Some fue ls
a rc much mo rc COS il y lhan o thers.
An oxidant is added al th calhode.
The cU lhud c is the po~ iti, c e lectrode
il1lhe fuel cell. A I Ihe cathode posilive
ionl.i are d ischarged. or negative ions
arc (ormed. This is where reduc ing
reactions occur. R e ducing actions
occur when electrons are gained. 1n
th is case. the oxidant gl:lin~ electrons.
Oxygen. a ir, hydroge n perox ide , ch lo-
rin e and o the r s ubstances have been
used a oxidants.
The ciecITode serve as the catalysl
~o th ey need a large surface area. In
o rder 10 reduce costs. platinum and
o lher n'Io\':'I,,15 of lhat group ~\re incor-
porated 11110 electrodes made or less
expensIve metals so lhal their calalytic
propertic~ are increased. In order to
ensu re efficient gas absorp tio n. the
e lec lrod es m usl be highly porous.
U,ually Ihe mo re highly porous por-
lion is nexi to the fuel or oxidant input
clOd the Ie porous portion is next 1
lhe eleClr Iyte.
The electroly1e is a nonmetallic elec-
tric cond uctor which carries Current by
Ihe mO\f:nwnl nf inns \Vhe n 1he fuel
[s oxidi/cd. it 10 es elect ron s which
n w from the anode through the cl ec-
lrol)ftc to th e cathode cau~ing the oxi
dant to gam e l eclron~. This reaction
cuusc~ ch:ctri c currc nllo flow.
Eleclrolyles may be phos phoric acid
or an alkali like pOI;\ssium hydroxide.
or a sah Stich as molten sodium car-
lXmc:ite. E h:c..:tlUl y lc~ l:unuuct iunicall y
at dirferent temperalures. For instance.
a mixture of solid ca1clUm i\nd zirco-
ni um oxides conduct io n.icaJl y at tem~
pcr:lIures above 760' C ( 1400' F).
Moll en alkali metal c~l rbonat cs and
HlTc·earlh OXIdes conduct Jonlcally
!lhove ~50' C (1022 F). Aqueous aci ds
such !IS phosphoric acid und solid poly-
mers co nd UC I ionicall y al 150'-220'
(302 -42S' F) and IOO' +C (212' +F).
.aEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993
 The electrolysis
of waler,
" thc:..c pu ...... ihiI1l1C ... i l1lt l " only c1 fe'\\
+ I I " b}' the.: h,!mpCra lu fe mng.e of the elec-
n.: ... pcclivcly. Solid I)xidc:-,. mUl\t u,",c a
temperature Ill' II~I() I IIX)" (IR32"-
2111 2 Fl,
~(~HC~ I inlls ill Wal ('I'
Eh'drol~sis
In order hJ unl.lcr,t.lnd lhe opcra~
Lion or u fuel cell. it i\ he lpful to
undc~tand fl"" Ih ~ rnnclplcCi of the
common waler clcc l r" I ~ ~i:-. c'li pcri-
men l. In lhi"i l.' xpcrimCIlI. tin o'(iual1OIl
and reduc tit) n rC~l c l ion llCcu r". Twu
Clcl:lltldc~ arc I l1l l1lcr~c d In :111 c1ec -
IfOlyl c Lhnl b divided by a porolls Scp-
aralnr. T he 'icpal'iltnr Cllsurc!-. I hat the
g.t,\,;, tlwt \';\tJ h'c fl !..11ll Ih \! 'S u rface of
Iht! two clcctroJc~ uo nol mix. \Vh en
dircCI current electricit y apphed from
an ext ernu l ... uurcc cru~~c. the elec-
trod es. Willer IS dccol1lrx)~d and ()X~­
gcn ga:-. COllie, from one cicl'Irouc .md
hydrogen com e... from Ihe other (see
Fi!!.u rc 2.).
~{'al'1 iOlls ill a Hasi(
FIli'I Cell
\V hclI the prun.'uurc 1~ rc\ver-.ed. as
in Ihe fucl t·e11. II \ H-~cn gil':" cro\~CS one
electrode {cathode} ami h)drngcn g.as
c ros~c, the Olhe.:r ci..:ctrodc (anode)
tBEW 'OURNAL/OCTOBER t993
a mJ uirl:l:t I:lI1Tenl elec tricity i~ pru-
uuccd. I he cll'Clriclly flows through
3n c~h: rntll Ctn,:UII W,lIcr I:.. produced
(>ee Figure J.l,
t he \arict~ nll.'ic(;lrolylc .... fuc ls and
npcr:llin!! 1l:1Hp,,' rillurc ... dlla\\ fud
cdl:.. In Ix: llliln ll f~1 IlIrcll 111 a ".nkl~
of wa} ... Il owc\l·r. even tho llg.h t he
COmhlll[1 lion .. t)1' clC!.'t lt llytt:. JUL·1. ux i-
da nl. tc m pcralille and othe r faclor:..
;IPIW ;H 10 h i ' limnlt-.... f'o n ... i, h'fa tl0ns
",lIch il, cn .. , and pr,lctica lit ) reJ uce
com h111;1t11m... "ud ce ll ... ;trl! c b"'~lfled
trolyte. "Il1CC that dl..'linc\ IIIC t~ l)C of
fuclth:IlI'\ u ...cd.
1'111'1 <:l'lI 1)4'\('111111111'111
Fue l <.:<.: 11 :-. WCIC fir:..1 developed i ll
England d uring lhe ea rly da y" 01 dcc-
trocllcml~ l ry . 'i r \Vill ill nl On)\'..: (IHl l-
IR(6). a Bliti ~h Judge anti ,cil: nti"l.
Imcn tc(\ the.: flr .. t ruc\ cell more than
150 year. a~o. (il\)\l.' U\l.'U hydrogen
and o\~gcn .1'" !ue!... cIIta l)/Cd on plat-
imlm d~ctro(.le.. \1,) pn.xJuce electricity.
Rc,carc h l.'onl in m:d IllI o ugh the
IXOO" tI\ ,e\er,,1 ...ciC IH .... t ~ Ifled d irfer-
ent conccpl~ It) Clca t..' p racli cal fu el
ce ll o,;. SU lli e I l icd lI 'Ii ll ~ IlIlIIpiIlOU :-'
nnncom.luc lof... to hold Ih l! elec tro lyte.
u:-.i ng a l:ill bOll b.....e to uec rctl!)1.! th e
amount of platinum l'lecded til hl!
u<:;e<i. u"'lng. a "1)11..1 electrol) tI,,!. and an
alkal ine electrolyte.
AftCf \ orld War 11. the develop--
ment of ne\\. techno logic, .mu t hc
demand ror 11 '\\ "<lurec" of nllnpollut-
ing p(lwer-.lccl.'icllItcd. fue l cell
fe~cmch. tvlil it:ll) :lilt.! 'pace program"
were al-;o lo ok II'':: J(l r I1C\\ power
,ourcc'\. Millly kil1"''' or fm::1 ce ll~ we re
rrovcn 10 h L' fe;I'lhk . Il ydro£c..! n .
mdhyl uicuh,)1 (mt.: th <lno l). h)UfaJinc_
anti o ther .... mpk hydnx:arhon\. \\vcre
u"'cd a... fuel ... , J\ ir ,tnu o\ygcn were
u:-.cd 110, oxi dtllw•. (\)nCcnlr:lleu a l k~1
line or Hcid 'Olliliol1~, multen ca rbon-
A diagram of a fuel
cell showing the chemical reaction
that occurs within the cell.
elec:trctyte
H1 -+ 2H'.2e '!, 0 7.. 2H· ... 2e-+ H20
portihon
1porou·1
ales and olh~r ...alt..;; .• lnJ moJirkd Lir-
conium IIxide Were lI!-1cd a... electrol tcs
al varying tc m pc r:lI l1rc". "' he cl c c-
t rode ~ wc.:rc mau e o f pUI'llIl:-' 1111..: lal or
ca rbon.
A> the 19511:. hegan, U .K. J)av tyan,
of t he So\iCl U n io n .... uccc~dully
rC~drc h ct..l 'WIill electro) Ie:.. fur high-
lempcratur~ fue l ce ll" ,t nd IOf high
ilnd \t n\ temperature alla lil1": dcc-
lrnlyl\! h~drogc n - (l,<) gen ccll,
A:-. the "Spacc I ~acc " i rll cn!) iri eu,
cnerg) that \ \ :1";; ...tahlc :and highly cff'i-
cknt wa nccllcd for sate llit el'. and
01her sp accc ra II. New "PPOfllll1i lies
fo r fuel cell rCi\cnrcll. "'lIl: h a ... lhe
Jcvc !oplllc nt o f new l11ah.:ri" IIi, has.
been jU,\1 one IIf thc h.!c hnologica!
advanccmc l1 h uf t lH.Ja)"~ pmctical fuel
et:lIs. A~ further improvement, 111 elec-
trode matcriab anu cun . . tfuc ti nn ta~e
phlce and the co ... t of conventio nal
fu els rio;e. fu~1 cell, WIll hccom~ a n
incrcll<;i ll gly nUI'ac tivc 1I lt ernuti\c
powe r ~O llrCe.
Fivc Iypcs of f ut.:! ce l l:-. illIll th eir
ap pllt'a li ol1'\ Wi ll hI..' dl ..(·U .......,·d 111 Ihc'
··T~ch T ;l1k" ;Jrl ir h' in IW\I nh)nlh·~
[BEW Journal : 1\4ucou~ acid fu~1
cells. a qu eous illkalinc fuel cells.
molten caroonll tc cell .... "olkl OXide fud
cells. and ~olid polymer fuel cclh., '11
39
 RES E ARCH & ECON O M IC S

Who O f (llIIl/hi/alUIII .

{{I1/( fO
{.)('I""a/,,,, //l OS, il/fpfl r~
Il'orl-.illgpeople ill C{/fwc/u is
compet itor to mo rrow , so new cm ploy-
ment prognHl1s will n~ed a cha mpi on
their h(>u/th-care sy.\ lt'm. llI/employ- rrOlll another party. Meanwhile_ many
Be 1I1l'''' cowpellwllinll. lahor STandards.
mHf un UpaliuHa/ III.'a/11r and Slife'.,
n c \\'l~ u n~m p l oycd \\'orkl.:rs arc having
difficult y qualif; ing. for unempl oy-
Canada's Leadt'l'ShilJ lip .,'umtillri/S-lill IInder allllck. primarily ment Ins ura nce ahcr rcrorms wcrc
For Election hecG//'i(! of the ('mtlltry's hili/gef deficit, inslitu lc.d in th e o;;ystem begin ning two
Some of r/it' problems }(II:e(/ hy CWIlI- ) ca r~ ago. (Sl!C "Canadian La bour
ast Norell/ber. Fo(er~ ill the UHiled
L SW{es elecred a 11t'U' presidem whose
campaign hafl/( cry h·'lIS ··Challge.""
tlilln " ()({~n alld l\ ' o r killbjJeV!} h~ (11"(:'
si/lJll1lari::.en below.
Report:' {BEll' j O/lrn al, July IW3,)

~ 1('di C<II' ('

This t/UIW1lI1 i'oter.'! ill Cmullia- who
I l n(,IIIII I O~"l('nl
Ilppear 10 demand dumge from their Every candidate in the Tory leader-
POlilificlIls (111 II-ell-will elect a primi' Canada's unemp loyment nile hm· ship campaign last ~pring. lalkt:!d about
mini,Her. Tlw clIJuUdmes 1101 olily mJ/.\{ CI"$ around 11.5 pcrcent: some rcglon~ health-care's increasi ng cost, and most
acknm l'/edg(' fhe stagge ring probl£'l1/s are crippled by rates ove r 25 perce nl. men tioned the possibility or impos ing
c:ulljromifll; the elU ll/eli" " economy Ulld S t a t i~lics ind ica te the. eco nom y i~ user fees. A Ju ly MlIcleall'slCfV poll
socicry. bill mllsr propose sO/lIIi() /IS 10 st rength e ning. b u t th~ re ported up turn fou nd gO pacenl o f Co nserva ti ve dcl-
lhose problems. has not inc reased ru ll -time employ- egi.ltc~ favor uscr ft:es if th e fees Wt;f(.'
Like iB neighbor 10 ,he stJurlr. ment "i ignifica nl l). The Tory conscn a- earmarked to defray health-care co L"i.
C(lIlIIC/a is slruggling (lUI of a prlJ~ tive gO \ ern meIH remain" commilt~d But user fees would kill th e principle
fonged refe~sion. Many of CIII/mla '.) to the rationale Lhat toda y"~ dislocu- of uni\'cr~al accc~s to hC~l lth-care with-
Iwegra{ sodal pro 'rll/Wi illc(' a/lam ion tion s wi ll mak'-.' Canada a st ronger ou t direci hilling or patients. Oppo-
nents r user fc:es
Esrimale's of Canada's Totol Govemmenl Debl. abo argue th at i l
new hureaucracy
will arise to col -
CBRS $639 ..
leci the fees_
"h, ch could
C.O. Howe lnsl. $615 .. increHse hea lth-
car(! costs rathe r
than Lic cr(:<lSc
Dept. of f in, $605 .. them, In addi tio n,
poorer ci t izens
BCNI 5570 .. might postpo ne
gell in g care
beca u c of t he
Moody's $561 .. rces. Ag.,'lin. co~ls
could rise as these
SlolsCon $522 .. people reject Icss-
cxpl!nsi ve basic
cart" an d ev . . . nt u-
OECO
all y require
mor e-expensive
$0 SIOO $200 $300 $400 S500 S600 $700 tH,lvanced ca re.
Billions Finall~, from an

40 IBEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993


UNITED SlA1£S CANADA
CPloW CPI
Month Yeor (l 982·8A:loo) (1986=100)
July ,993 142.1 130.5
June '993 142.0 130.2
July ' 992 '384 128.4
ilic1llogic'II ' tanupoillt . leanng i\\\<ly at
till, IlIll.., t bd",iL uf ~lK,.:iltl 1'1 Og"l1l1~ ICP-
re"cllt~ to many p..!<>plc a 'io1:1\1on oj
th .... ",oddl c011lract bct\\een the lana-
tliall gO'vernmcnt an d thc cit i l~ n)) of
Canada.
Olher th rea t.." to the hl!u ll h·ca ro...: :-'Y!oo·
l elll nrbe from pruvim: ial !.! nort~ 10
llilll burJgd dcficil 'i. In July. for e xam·
pie. J\l hcrta· ... reelCC h,xl Con'lcr\Hti"e
p,o\('rnmcilt illllloun cu it" '-!Chcuulc:d
..,pending clIt!ot-all1ong thl.'ITI. a cut of
67 .S Imllion in ho"'pllal tundlllg. which
"ill ca~ 1 ahoul 2.000 peoph.: into Ihl.!
uncmp l,» Illl:nt l i nl!.~.
TIll' Ih'liril
h :)1 nllle year::. ueficit reductioll ha:-.
been i.l recurri ng goal of Ihl' ('onl£na·
'I\C'. \Vhile the g.ovcl'Ilment nll.l~ no
longer run a defici t In <.Ia~-Io-da!
opl:nllion'\. interest pnymcnts o n the
IMtlOlHlI deh t COI1\umc "ho ut o ne-
third of Ol(a\\a', tntal rl." Clllh!. Ma"·
\1\'e program and ,ervu:e cuh "ould
be needed 10 mak!.! illly 11l.:adwClj in
",liI~ h ilil I Ill' flt:h l H ..,'·('na n o 1110<.;1 (''1 11-
dIJall!:-' will hesi tnte to propose bdore
th e election. As with PlOP"":!" to con·
trol m e Ulc:~re co~ t ". dcfi cll clIlling. will
dl.!cpl y affect th e "ell -heing and :-,Iilfl-
ulInJ of li ' ing of Canm.lian working-
penple.
GO\ l'm11lenl Cui bOld.s
The l:ubi ncl i:-. all Cl.I'V targe t whe n
h.: ad c l's d eciue to l:UI gov er nm e nt
'pe ndi ng. I\nolh(.' r tL'l1l p llng tt1rget is
thc public sed or it ~e lr . wit h over
2tl5. 0()() wor kers. 10 th e g.e ne ral
ll ppr()"al of 010,t people. Primt' Mini,-
ler Kim lilmpbdl Jcc rea~cJ the ~ izc
or her cahlll l! l. But fev., people hdic\'e
incrc:'!,lng the unemployment rolls
with fired go\ernment workt! rs is a
,,,OW 10UIIHAL/OCTOBER 1993
YEAR TO DAT E
150
lAO
U\
130 ,.....
IlO
-t •
110
100
• \ 0 N
. . uh..,t:lI1th c wa~ to CUI the delicit .
\ IltCI'" ,huulu lie <.lICit !"1,,1I future
altcr11pl~ to ra mrod "udicil-rcuuclioll"
Ic.I! i . . lallon t hro ugh the federlll or
pr ov inci nl gO\ cr nrncnb. COl1!oo id c l
On l ill iu Prcm il.:r Boh Rite', slIccc ...... lu l
l:ill ll p:lign la"lt ~p nll g nnd :-. 1I 11l 1l1o...:r to
P"'" h l:-' "Social COIHrilcl Act." Th i~
II1 C~I ~lI rl:. une of Ih l! IOlJghe~t puh1ic-
"ector wagc-rc;,;traIl11 hill~ in Canilumn
hl ...t ur~. ra~~d \\hell the. c\\ Dellloc-
ra tic Pmt~ gO\crnment cxerci\Cd elo·
' urc. 1"0 rare :! hill1"n a yca r rwm
Ontitrio\ $.t.l·billilln fla~ roll. the ge)\'-
e rnll1t.!J11 ma) ahrogalc ~ ~I'tlllg, wage
""'llh' menl~ ;tnd fore,: limn)' pnlvlm:i(11
to tilkc a
fl ll d l1lu nicipi!1 cmp lnyl'c ..
maximulll of 12 uay, of unpaiu leave it
YC:11 a nd accept pay fl'cl! /c\' for the next
Ihrt.:c year\.. L1ch Icgl'·,iauon will ha\l~
ad\cr~ df":Cb U!"X)Il lan:ldian~ in the
pi i\ at r.!. as "ell ilS the puhlic: ~ctor.
('i.llJada·, l!xpl! n ~c:-. Oil cduc;Hlon arc
hi gher per ca pita . than a ny ot her
C(llI lltl') in the world. But whllt ahou t
And the Number Is ...
A lmost everyone agrees the
nalionaJ debt i ~ u threat 10 lhe
tubility of 3naua ' s economy.
II w Inrgc is th is threat? Estimates
ci lcu by several d iffe re nt sou rces
vHry from tc n ~ o f hillion 'S to hun-
dre Is of billi on, of d o ll ars. For
cxo mplc. the federal fi mmct;: depart·
men! u~cs t he "public accoulltlj:"
calculatio n of comb1l1cd federal·
provi ncial debt. la lislics Canada
emplo) a mel hod which excludes,
U.S CPI·w ~asea 0' II'ICIeA pcwI\B. dI.flr'ljllhe IasI troCJIW1
1M 0," 1he ncrease dIn'1g d'la. paSI year wao; 37 nI8.
pcWItr.or 2 7"'f.,
caNtdn CPI naeued 0 3 Inde .
01' O~ The locteaY OIJnllO
pcIInts dUMQ
~~
tNlltil month
paSI yeat WiUi:U ,,~.
pointl. 01 I 6"'-
Sou""" us DepartrNJnlol Labor
and Stall5l1CS Canaoa
P,epared by. IBEW Depar1mM11 01 Rcsefu ch
and Economks, Augus11 993•
the 4ua1il~ or Ihal eUlIcntion ',' Tn
iIllP1U\t;: 411alit~. ,litlulJ the pro,illCc~
rc hnqui~h th c! ir con:-.litUliondl Jun dic·
tion over cu ucatltlil. and con~~t)l1cn tl ~
thei r prt.!l'Ugativc 10 ,~t I.;tanoard,,'! O r
do viable alt crnathl.:-' to nationa l
~ t illlllll rd ~ l,;x i ~t'!
'I'hr Urc isillll Is loul's
1' 0 ft , Ih t vuU r i" ('(IIIatlll, ,,,ill
decide "hich ca ndidah: i... lx:\1 LllIa!!-
ficd to prc'ild c o' er the ledernl gU\ ·
crnment in the coming yea ..,,_ Learn 1.1\
much (I", )Xl~"ibl c ahou t all tht' candl
dal es :In<.l whe re Ilwy 'tand on thl!
i~suc~ which nwlte l' most to you. thl!
\\' or kin gpe r~o n an d the voter. Ih lld
puhlic omcial> accounl ahic for Iheir
act io ns. not t h e \cn t imenh the)
Il)c re l ~ eXrrl':-'~ 111 :-.pecdn:s. A~ cir-
l:lIlTI,tanccs permit. hold the ca ndi-
dat es account:lhlc for th eir \ O t1l1 ~
record~ .
You knm\ \\hat nl.·l'd~ to b(.' dOth:,
You kno\\ hem ll'J do It. And rcnH:I1I -
ber. ull e )!Ol e-yollr rofe-Cllll mukr
the l/ifferelU:t'. ,
amo ng o ther items. huge liabilities
in c ivil-service pension fund.!oo .
Be tween th ese 1" 0 sources alone,
th e difference in numbers in R3
bill ion. The accompan yi ng chari {(It
lefl) pre'e"" ,I", fieTl res cil ed hy
Sev~ 11 pro minenl ~o llrccs. ( ote:
C IIR S = <Inadi il" Bo nd Rill in g
Service, BCNI - Busine,< Council
o n , alional I sue, and OECD =
Organization for Economic Coop-
era tion llT1d Development .)
41

Family Perishes
In Fire!
1\\tee e\\\
\n ~\lat\~"~~~ .~.\.t.~:....... "..
...........
W
the m .
Imgic headline,,"
e have all -.;;ccn
like these and heen saddened by
And unfo r tu nately .
traged ie erve as reminders thal fami-
lies muM he prt.!parcd in the event of
fire In their homes. But many people
have not take n the necc:;,~a~ tcp:, to
prepare Ih ' IT familil.!li to cvacuah.: H
burning home. It is ",tim.te u Ihal
there arc 2.0 mill ion rc~i d c n li al fires
per year- fire that is darker. 'il1lokicr.
hotter and fnsl~r than one can irnaginl\
People gcl Imppcd in their own homes
bccau\c they ca n 'I find their way ou t in
the dark. lost fire fatalities occur
bl;:l\\ ccn th e hours of 2:00 a. l11 . and
6:00 a.01 .. c milL ing po isono us gasc~
Ihat uffocate while pc pic slcep. They
uic from smoke in halat i on because
the~ had no warn mg. Because a home
can be lotally consumed In naDlC'!' In
Ie than [j\lC minutc~. there is no time
10 \\3Stt.!. Your fa lmly mu.;;;( know wha l
to do 111 order 10 get out quickly. Take
il11Jllcdiall! stcp~ now 10 pla n fi re
c'\Capc procedures in your home.
\Vhc n planning an cscnpc routl.:.
include the entire ramil),. 'I his is one
SAFETY & HEALTH
"\dten Rescued
"'
of the Illost import .. nt aClion~ you can
t hc!'!c
lake to pl'OIect yo ur life and Ihe live,
flf lholo,t! you Invl.:.
I . Dnl\\ a noor plan of yo ur home
, howing all pO'Sible ",its from each
room. Remember. th~ \.. indo"" is a
possible CXI!. If the bcdroums (irc
on the M.:cond noor, in!Jlali a rope
ladder r s me olher device ill each
bedroom ~o th:1l th...: window coul d
be u~l.: d as H mea n' o r esca pe. I f
bedroom" arc 11\ th e basement.
I1Ulkc 'ture 11m! l:Icce~" 10 the hase-
ment \\indo\,~ i~ nut blocked .
2. Practlce a fir\! drill in the h me just
a~ child ren do in :-,ch 01.
J . Make ccn ain that cvcryone under-
!\tilnds Ihtll if Ihey hear the smo ke..:
de tec tor or hear ,",O lllconc ~ hou t
FIfU:.. the) ,h uld im11lediately
c\"acu:lIe Ihe homc"
4. T eHch th em to reel the d uo r before
the) open it . If the door IS hot, it is
n Ol 10 be opened . T he nltcrna tl!
t;!>.i l will hHve to be u ~c d to escape.
5. Prepare yo ur rltllli l ~ for Ihe possi ~
hil ity that in order to escape u fire
Ihc~ may h:wc to cnm I Olll on (hclr
TI PS
hand~ and kn~ ......... T he rre~ h e~1 air
will he dosc.."illo Ihe Ouor.
O. D ecide un a Il1cclil1J.: place uul side
.hc hUIlI C and lTHl J.. C ~urc CVl!ryone
know~ wh~re that place is so lhat
Oll can count family m t! mber').
7. Ca ll Ihe lire depanmenl from a
ndghhor\ home. St<l) on the tele-
phone untillhc opera tor ha~ all the
info r ma t ion needed. your name
anti a tldrc~s.
K Keep an~one from reent ering the
hurning huiltlll1g IU re\Cuc a pel or
,ome pri7c po ~c!oo\ion.
~n1C \\urning Ihm \\ell-placcd ~1l1okL'
dc.lI.:ctors will pruvide can m ttkc the
difference bel ween life and dea th. The
mure \ lIlokc OCIl!ctors 1hat you install
in you r hlline . lhe more your cha nces
incrca:-.e Ilml ~uu v.ill suni\c a firc-. A
"illlokc dc1cdHr ~ hould he in!rl.allcd in
each bedroom and in the hall way OU I-
side .hc hcdmum mCl!. In~tllll a smoke
de t e (.' for lI hn vc ~ tllirw c ll s. o n each
le,er of the home, lind ill Ihc b1l!rl c·
me nt . Be ~un.• lu hu~ only those
smoke lh:!t~ctor:-. that carr) the Cnder-
"riter'" Laboratories ( L) s~mhol.
and follo\\ the Installation instructions
carefully.
An additIonal defense aga ins t fire in
your hom!.: i~ a fire..: exti nguisher.. II can
he lI\ed 10 " eel' a ~mall fi re..: from gel-
l ing ott t or control. A fire l'xtingui~he.:r
should ill! instullcd in r..:vcr~ room that
P SC'i a potential fire hazard . Fire haz-
ard areas include Ih ~ kitch~n. garage.
b"II,c mcl1 t. wn r k,hop , a nd furnace
room. B ~c,ic protect ion \\lluld requi re
" fire r..:M1I1g.Ul'5he..:r on each level of thl!
house.
Thou"anu, of dcathlii and Inju ries
could be prevented each year if every
home in<.;ta lleo s moke detectors anti
fi re exti n gUl~hcr~. and had a rire
escape plan. It would be \ . . i ~e to draw
your file escape.: plan loday. check you r
smokc de..:teclo~ and fire cxtinguishers.
Tomorro\\ could be too lale.. I
IBEW JOURNAL/ OCTOBER 1993
 FIRE ESCAPE PLAN

Vernon Neihoff
V ernon Thum<ls Nci holf. Inlc rn il l ilJl1i11 Rcprcscn-
tntivc from th e Tenth Distl'i c1. tlnno u nc,-: ~ his
relircment from lhe IHEW efrective AllgU ... t 1, 19,):;.
Born Clnd riJi scd i n Pad uca h. K entucky. Bl"t)lh cr
,, Nci holT juin ed thl: Brolh ~ rlltJ oJ upon his initialion
. .. ' " into Loca l 475, Pauucah , in Ma y 1952--4 1 yeAn. ago ,
In h i~ locill he served a ~ cha irman ilntl recurding sec-
",
rC l tlfY_ on the Execu ti ve I3Uil l"(1. a ~ chairmll!l o f Ihe
Gri cv"ll ce olTIll1itl ce.;'1I1 I on lhe CO I.) I~ Cummit-
tcc. He alst) :-.~rvcd 41:' gClIl..!ral chui rm nll o f Sy:; lCllI
Coun ci l No. I (J and prcs idl!111 o r Sy~ t C Ill Shopc l"a ft
Federa l ion No. YY. as " uclcgmc to the AI- L-C IO
Area Counci l , Hnd 11:-' a delcgatr..: to :-.ix IB E'N Ill l c r~
n:lliona l ConvC-l )1i or'~ ( \.vh crc h ~ scrved H" a memher
o r the Law. anel G rieva nce and I\rpci.ll~ Com mittees.
and a ~ ch;-lirrmlll o f Ihe Escort COllllllill cc).
Appoi nted all Intern ational rh.:p rclo)c nla li vc Apri l I ,
1977. Brother Neihorrw", ""igned t" the Ten th Di,-
tri ct, rcp rcs.c lH ing the IHRW 's r;l i1rnad em ployees.
where hI..' cont't,,;n l nl t ~.: u 0 11 orga nizi ng. Ih.:go li.llions.
and agreement rc vicw. 111 add ition to hi:-. d u ties Ull
the Te nth Distric t s.ta ff. hI! also :;;crvcc.l (I I; Nrnillllal
Rai lruad Adju , tJ11 ent Board allu Ill in•.", I Ugh-Speed
Rail Boa rd I11cmbl.!r. as cn-ch air of N I'R C\ Lahur-
M anagcmc l1 l Cum rnilh!L!, as a memher Il l' Public
Law Boun.l:-,. with the [!l11p l oye~s A lco hol and IJ rug
Pn lgram . and as D em ocrat ic Precinct Chai nn un.
Bro th er Nci hoff al h.!I1ded St. John I l igh School
illl J Pauucnh JUI1iol' Co ll ege •• IS well ,10;; co mpleti ng

I ~ h or co urses 11l the University o f Ken tu cky. UlI iv(' r-

Rules to LIVE By
I IT es t your moke detectors once "neh week.
I I Repl"cc the b"ttery in each smoke detector at least
O Il C~ a yea r.
V Cl t:f1n smok e dele tors HI least once a ye<lT.
V ever remove the ballery fl"Ol11 a smoke deteclor.
V" Check your fire exting.uishers at leas t Once a month.
sity of Ill ino is, Cornell Univ c l'~ i ty. and the Gcorgc
MC i.1I1), Instltu te. li e served in the U.S. Army, <mu is
a rn em ber or the. Kl1 j ~h t~ o f Col umb us. Amcri cli tl
Legion, and Moo:-.c lub,
Wi th his wii"e. D orol hy A nn. Uroth or Nei hoff is
the proud parent u r fu ur. and gnul upnrcnt of seVe r1-
1\ mu-:ician (Ind fmlll!.!!" "il.!rni -pl'o hH:-oc hu l1 plilYl:!" and
Illanage r, he S~ly"i he cnj oy:-. l11u .. k, ha'l-c1mll. bask et-
ball. and po lit ics. A nd the Officers. stri fe :Ind mCn1-
bl! l'sil ip wish hi m all th l' bl.!::.t i n 1110:,l.' purS.Uil ~ uming
his well -deserved retirement. ,

'BOW JOURNAL/OCTOBE R 1993 43

 Notice to Enlployees Covered by IBEW Union
Security Agreements:
Fcc I'Hyel's Ohlc'fl,lon I'lan ror 1994
T he ational Labor Relations Act
pt!mlits employers ilnd unions 10
include in their coli CliVe bargaming
agreement provisions requiring
employees to become l:tIld remain
members of the union as a condition
of employment. in states where Ih c~c
provision~ arc allowed. U nder fcdera l
lalV, emplo)'ees may rulrill Iheir oblig-
at ions under these "un ion cc urity
agreements" ei th er by joining the
un IOn. and thereby enJ )'lIlg Ihe rull
rights and benefits or union membe r-
ship. or by simply ruifililng Iheir finan-
cial obligal ions to the un ioll .
Emp loyees who clect 10 become
agency fee payers- lhal i " who choose
not to become rull-fledged IBEW
member>-forfeit the right 10 enjoy a
number of benefits available only to
member . Among the benefit avail-
able only to full uni n members are the
righ t In alI eno tlnd paniripfliC in lin ion
meeli ngs: the right 10 run [or union
of[ice, and to nominale and vote fo r
candidales for union office; the right to
paniclpate in contract ratification and
strike vote: the right to partici pate in
tile d velopment and formulation of
mEW policies: Ihe right t participate
in the formulation of IBEW collective
btll guilling ucnmn<.ls: Hnu the right 10
scrve as delega tcs LO th e Interna ti nat
Convention.
Fee payers arc gene ra ll y charged
thc same dues and Initiati n fees uni·
formly required or IB EW members.
However, under Ihe tl.!rms of th e
m EW Agency Fee Payers Objecti n
Plan. agency fe~ paye rs Illay objeci 10
The IBEW Agency Fee Payers Objection Plan
I. onmernbers' Right to Object
Any employee who is not a member
or the IBEW and who pays agency
fees to an IB EW loca l union (L )
pursuant to a collecti vely bargained
union security provision in the niled
ta tcs. WIll have the righ t to object to
expendit ures of hi:s or her fees rur
activi l ie~ which arc not reasonubl}
44
supporting ce rtain ac t ivilic ~ of the
Inlernatiolltl l and it.s local unions, i.lnd
to ootain a reduction in their agency
fee:,. In particular. objcctor:s are
charged on I) for acu,"tie, or projcclS
whIc h arc r,,"'onably related to collcc
tive barga inin g. xA mp lc!,- of such
"chargeahle " act ivities lIrc negotiat -
ing. enforcing and admini<;tcri ng col-
lec tiv e ba rga ining ug rcc mcnts:
infonnal meelings wit h employer rep-
rc'-Cnlauve"-: meetin~ "ith employee
on cmployment·re luled ihsues; pro·
ceedings on beha ll of workers under
the grievance proced ure. in clu din g
arbi tra ti on; and in tern al union admin-
is.tra lion and management.
Am ong aCliviti~ considered "non-
c h ~l rgcablc ." which objector; are not
required to suppon. a rc ,upport of
poli lical candidates. gcneral c mmu-
nil)' service. legislati ve aClivllies. cer-
tain CO>t~ of affil ia tio n with
nOrl - (BEW o rg~l ni z:Hi ons. and mcrn-
hers-only bcneflts.
The procedure for obtaining a fee
r~ductlo n
is set f rth in rull below. By
way of summary, the objection plan
run & on a cnlc ndar year basis. and
objecti ns must be filed allnuall y. Fee
poyen. who wish 10 ti le objections for
ca lendar yca r 1994. 111U'l do s dW'lllg
the 111 nt h of vember 1993. Ohjec-
lions mull be addressed to the Interna-
Ilonal ·ecre tary. IB E W. 1125-15th
trcet. .W.. ashingt n. D.C. 20005.
and n""1 be postmarked durin!!, the
ovelllber open p el iod. 10 special
form is required to rcgj ~tcr an ohjec-
Iion. Ilowevcr, please include your full
related to collective hargaintng. For
purpose, t thlS plan. uch activi ties
will be rorelT d to '" ';nonchargeable
acti vities:' TIle agency fces paid by a
fcc payer who perfects an objection
under Ihe procedures :sci rorl h bclo\\'
will he red llced to r~nect the expendi-
tllre< of the L and the IB EW that
arc u'\cd ror "chargeabh: acti vi lics·t
name. your mailing Hddress. the local
union to which you pay fees. your non-
mC'mber ident ification numbe r (if
J..nown). and your social securit num-
ber. In addition. if you move during
the yenr. please advise the In lerna-
Ii nal ccretary of yuur new aduress.
Dues and rees paid by employees
covered by I BEW ba rgain ing agree-
ments consist of a portion payable lO
the local union and a ponion which is
lmn!;fcrred to the International. Dur-
ing January 1994. the Inte rnational
a nd Ihe applicable local union will
mai l separa te reduction checks 10 each
bjector who has med a timely objec-
tion wi th the Internalional Secretary,
cdong with dClailed explanat ions of
the expenditure on which the fee
red uctions arc based.
The reductions are based o n the
percen tage of th e unions' ex:pendj·
tll res Ih :H wcn~ M evo1f~ d 10 " non-
chargea ble" activit ies during th e
previoLLs fi scal year. as defi ned above.
F r example. the international deter
mined that 15.26 percent of its expen-
ditures ror the 1992 fiscal yea r were
ror " nonchargeable" activities. The
loca ls' nonchargea ble porti ons vary.
with local unions devoting between 5
pt.:rccnt und 10 percent of their annual
expenditures to " nonchargeable"
ac ti vities. In no year has any IBEW
local union spent a greater percentage
of its expenditures on "noncharge-
aile " nctivities tban the Jnlernalional
did . although some of Ihe locals u e
the Inte rnational'S per entage to cal-
culate their own annual red ucti on.
(including. for example. negotiating
and e nrorcing collective barga ining
agreemen ts. dealing with employers
on cmployment-related concerns, and
union ad ministraiion).
2. Procedure for FiJjllg Objections
hjections must be made annually
and WIll be effective for a ingle calen-
dar year (January J-Dccel11bcr 31).
tBIW JOU.NAL/OCTOBER 1993
All UI lIll'" I lIulil;~ uf I III~ pli111 \\'ill he
published in t he [BEW l VI/mal in
October of each year. Each fcc pa ye r
who wishes LO rile an ohjectlon must
do so in writing. addressed to the
Int e rnat iona l Secretary ( IS ) a t the
Int ernat ion al Orfice of th e I13 E W.
1125-15 th Street. .W .. Wa hi ngton.
D .C. 20005. In regis tering their objec-
tion s, objectors mu st Include their
name and address. th e LU to which
they pay fees. their nonmember iden-
tification number. if known. and their
social security number. Objections
must be pos' - ma r~ c d durin~ the
monlh of ovembcr preceding th e
calendar year for which th e obJccllon
will ht: in effect, or rllllil1 [!, Ihe first 30
days after th e objec tor commences
paying fees I a n IBFW '"
required by a colleclive bargaining
agreement. Objections muM be
renewed annually. du ring the month
o{ November.
3. Reduction in Age nc)' Fees
The age ncy (ees of nonmembers
wh o file lime ly objccl io ns will be
re d uced for Ihe 12-lI1onlh period
hee.inning .J an uary I of Ihe year for
whi ch th ey are registering their objcc-
tj ns. and ending Decc!:m ber 3 1 of thai
calendar year. (Timely obJeclions filed
by nonmembers who I,;nL~ r a bargain·
ing uni t during th e cOllr~c of iht.! year
will be effecti ve through December 31
o f Ih at year). Un less adv i.cd o lher-
wise hy their respective L ·,.objccto,,"
will be expecled 10 remll Ihe full
amount of fecs charged Ity their rc"pec-
rive L ·s. 0 laler than January 31.
both Ihe International and Ihc LU 10
whi ch Ihe o hjeclor pays agency fees
will mail to e"eh objecwr who perfecls
hic;; or her objection under thi~ plan a
check re necting the redu lion in pay-
men te;; to which he or she j" entitled or
will o lherwi,e a d.i se the ohjcc tors
how their payments wi ll be reduced.
Age ncy fees arc com posed of a por-
tion forwnrded to the Internati onal 3::.
per capita taxes. and a portion retained
by lltt! LU. \VIa l.:11 the IS receives
lime ly objectio ns. he will forward th e
nam es of the objectors to the LU's to
which they pay Ihd r agency fces. A.
se t fOl1h in grealer deln il below. th e
,.EW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1993
IIHCln ational will determine thc p r~
ce nl age reduclion to be app licd to the
per ca pit el purtion of th e obj,,:clu r\
fees. and will i sue check. rc nectin g
the rcuuC'tion in pc!r capi la pa ymcnts
to \I,hich Objectors arc entitled. In
add Ilion. each IB EW LU "ill eslahlish
its own procedure fo r dctt:mlining the
reducli n III It S paTti n of the agency
fces 10 which objcclo,," arc ('nlitled and
(or rcd uclIlg the objt.!cturs' P~I)'1T1CnIS
by Ihe appropnme amounts.
4. Cil icul aiion o r R eciu r ti on in I"er
Cupita 1)~lym c nt.s
Bef re Ihe beginni ng of Ihe c.1lendar
vcar. Ihe IS" ill cal ula te the reductio n
in Ihe Inl erna lional's per capita to
which uhject!..)!' \: ill he entitl ed A~ fol~
lows: llle IS will determin e the Inter-
n a t io nll r~ tOlal opcrati n ~ expendi tures
for all purpose, during Ihe preceding
fil\Cl1l year. the cxpt:nditures made for
Clcli vll ics whi ch arc chargc<lhle 10
"hjector>. a nd the nonc hargeab le
expenditures. The I will th l.::l1 calcu-
late th e rntio of cha rgeable f1 nei n n~
chargcahlc expenditures to to tal
expenditures. These calcu lalions wil l
be ve rified by an independen t audi lor.
S. Per C" pita Reduct io n Check
No lalCr than Januar 31. Ihe I will
mail to each individual who has filed a
time ly bjection a check representing
the reduction in per capitH paYlllcnh
10 which he or <he i, enlltled for th e
entire ca lendar car. The rcuuction
check" will h\! accompan ied b an
(!!\pla nati on of ho\\ Ihe amou nt Wal;;
detcnnincd ami un c~ pl una l ion of the
appeal procedure.
6. Ap pcul to tm purliul A rltitmto r
An ohJcctor who has riled a timely
objection and who die;;agree, \Yuh Ih!..~
per capIta reduction pro'idcd b Ihe
I . in Ihe belief Ihat il doc, nul accu-
rately reneet the 1I11crnationar~ C:o..PCIl-
ditures on chargeable activities. may
appeal tu an indepcnJcnt ulbitnltor.
a. The appeal mu;:,l be made In writ ·
Il1g and I11U-.;l b\! TI.!cClvcd in the
"ffice of Ihe I wilhin 30 day' f
the date o n which the IS m ail~ the
ohj..:ct.or hi~ o r he l pC I' capita
reducllon check. The appct11 , hou ld
explain the hasis of tht.! challenge.
h. Th e impart ial urbi lrat.or Will be
appoi nted by the American Arbi-
tralion A""eialion ( AAA )
Ihr ugh its Rul es (or Impartial
D etermina tion of U nion Fees.
issued on Jun e I. 1986.
e. uch appeal> will be consolida ted
10 the e<lenl practicable and heard
3'\ soon iUi the AAA can schedule
the arbitration. ll1e prcsemJlion to
the arbitrator \VIII be either in wnl
ing or al a hearing if req uested by
any objcclor(s). If a hearing b held.
an bjcclor who does not wish to
atl\!nd may submi t his or her views
in \\ riling hy the datc of the hear-
i n~ . If a hearing is not requesled.
Ihe arbi tra lor will sci a dale by
\"hich all written subm i~s iolls will
be receIved and will decide the case
based on Ihc recorus submilted.
The fntCrnalio nal \\ ill bear th e bur-
den f ju.tlfying its calculalions.
d. The CO'" of th e arbitrat or's services
and Ihe cost, of any proceedings
before the a rbit rato r will be borne
hy Ih e Inl e rnali ona l. fndividually
incurred Cosls will be borne by th e
purty incurring them.
e. While the appeal is pe ndin g. Ihc I
will hold in escrow a portion of the
r~c::. pHid by object rs in an 3rnount
sufficie nt 10 insure that Ihe ponion
of the fcc reasonably in d ispule will
nol be expended during Ihe appeal
procedure. In the evenl thai th e
impartial arbilrat or detcnnin ' that
the ohjecturs are enti lled to a
gl-cu ter reduction in (h eir fee pay-
men" Ihan Ih"l calculaled by Ihe IS.
additiOilOJl checks will be i\sut.!d at
Ihe close of the appea l proced ure
for Ihe halance of Ihe red uction d ue.
a~ determined by lhe arbitra tor.
r. The dcclsion of the Imparllal "rbl'
lrutor Will be final and binding.
7. A llp e lll , rrom l ocal nio n Fee
RcduC1 iollli:
An objeclor who ha, flied a timely
objeclion and who disagrecs wilh the
reductio n provided by Ihe LU 10
which he or she pays agency fees. in
I he hellef II docs not tU:C'lIrmdy reO .ct
the L " expenditures on chargeable
activiti-.;:-.. may appeal through proce-
d ure, estahlished by Ihe LU. In Ihe
c,enl any ItJect r challenge.. ho lh the
reduclion rece ived from Ihe IS a nd
from I he L U. , uch "PI co Is will be
coord inated.
45
T he IBEW is now offering - a plan ," Pre si dent Barry
members 0 unique benefit
des igned to cut the cost of
fomilies' prescription medico· Uolon sa id. "The service is espe·
cia lly valuable for anyone
who must toke a doily pre-
tion. Union Privilege Health
-Iv-Ilege ~~~i~~ionpreSs~~~e a~e;i;:
Needs Service is a conve-
nient discount mo il-s ervice
pharmacy that offers mem-
bers sign ificant savings over
Pr -Io I S tiO~::~:r~~n:~~;~e b~:i:;.

Hr - t-
the cost of most neighbor- lies-including relatives not
living w i th them-con use
hood drug sto re prescrip- the service, and there is no
tions . enrollment charge or
" With prescription

Prescrlp Ion ~::~:~~:!~;::~S;

annual fee. The IBEW
drug prices increasing
a lmost doily, med ica-
tions have become a
major expense for
credit" policy that lets mem-

Savings
union members and their
bers defer payment during
famil ies," said International
union-sanctioned str ikes of
President J.J. Barry. " That's
30 or more days.
why we developed a safe,
convenien t and reliable pro- Prescriptions are de li v-
gram with special union- ered 10 to 14 days after the
members-on ly features to order is moiled by the
assis t our members with member. Postage and
their prescription needs." handling are free. To
" Union Privilege Health receive a prescription
Needs Service is idea l for order form , members
med ications not covered by should co il 1-800-
health insuronce plans, or 452-9425 , between
for members wi th re latives 9 a.m. and 5 p .m.
who ore not eligible for Eastern time, Monday
reimbu rsement under through Friday. t

• Savings. Signilkmll
. avings compared to typical
neighborhood plwillacies.
• Safety. Licensed pharma-
cists check el'cl)' prescription.
Information: • Convenience.
A frec mcmbers-onl b ncOt from Union Privilege lIealth Needs M~til -scrvice dclivcl)'.
your union. Savings available tu Service do National Pharmacies, t'ostagc is free.
your entire f<unify, even relative ' MEDCO, P.O. Box 8385, • Union.
not UviJlg with you. thuTisburg, PA t7105 Unionized employees.

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 T he IBE\\ lakes greal plea,ure in
announcing Ihe Foundrr$' Scholar>hip
Imenl':Ul College T I t la). The ' \J lIill be
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The Jill"\" offers ils member> a IIl:L\iIllUIll 1l)1).\; December I, 1995; and .1:11111"1') 22 ,
of 12 Founders' ScIU)hll~hips annu:u l) for uni- I'll) I. The ,l eT lIill he adminislered in COlli-
lersil) slllll) leading 10 hachdo,', rlegree, in munillL" Ihroughollt Ihe I oiled SI:tK~ and
specified fiel(b. The nUlllber of schol:'rships ()ula,ht 011 October 2.\. 1995; Ikcembcr II,
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