1969 Ness Manager AI Clem
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Play Next Negotiated Blue Chip "Serving the men who move tbe earth!" ,, * * * ENGINEERs,: ·NEWS Wages & Fringes PUBLISHED TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF ALL ENGINEERS AND THEIR FAMILIES DueT o Increase A delayed Christmas gift that will mean a happier New Year for most of the members of Operating Engineers Local Union No.3, International Union of Operati~g En.gineers, AFL-CIO, was announced this week by International Vice President and .Busi Vol. 28- No. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA January 1969 ness Manager AI Clem. Clem told members of the nearly 33,000-member local that they could expect better paychecks and increased fringes starting January l, 1969 from contracts negotiated this past year with over 27 different employee groups in the construction and heavy equip- ment operating industry. · Although the bulk of the mem bers affected are in Northern Cal ELECTION. COMMITTEE ifornia, Clem pointed out that in NOTIGE OF ELECTION creases also would go to some T. J. "Tom" Stapleton, Re members working for employe1:s in cording - Corresponding Secre Hawaii and Nevada. Operating tary of Ope1;ating Engineers Lo Engineers Local Union No. 3 has cal Union No. 3, ann~4.nce,s tHat jurisdiction extending over North in confonnity with Artiele,XII em California, Northem Nevada, (C) Elections, Seciton 1, of the Utah, Hawaii, Guam and other By-Laws of Operating~ Engi Mid-Pacific Islands. neers Local Union No. 3, 'elec In making the announcement tions will be held at·. tile first Chief Executive Clem told all regular· district 'meeting in each members to check the agreements district, beginning in March, for they are working under carefully Members of the Election Com· and to be sure that the employer mittee which will conduct the is making the proper additional · election of Officers, Executive contributions. Board Members and Sub-Dis- "If any member has a doubt trict Advisor . to the Executive · abo~t his pay or fringe increases," Board in the month of August. said Clem, "he should check with Article XII (C), 1(b) states: his Local 3 Business Representa- "The Member [Election Com- tive and get the matter straight- mittee] shall be nominated and left. Members included: Sitting left to 700 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE in pushing heavy Marr, far .ened out with his employer imme- elected by secret ballot at .the ill Morris, Dan McComb, Homer Anderson , equipment is represented in the above ph oto t<:~ken right: B diately." Regular Quarterly, or specially at a District Meeting in Ogden, .Utah, last ·month. Bill Silvester. Standing left to right: Vice President Clem praised the "diligent plane called District meetings by v.ote Fourteen of eighteen retirees from thal .area' at- Dale Marr, Glen · Iverson, Dave Braegger, Alfred ning, technical know-how and te- of those Members present tended the meeting and are showri abo:'e wi~)l .. :Jones, Jack Duan!:}, Gran.t Hpvey, Buck Ihrig; Jim nacious dedication and experience whose last lmown address, as. Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 President Compton, Ken Cheringfon,"'_'Reecf Jessop, Lou that went into· the long hours of ··•' ·shown on the records of the Paul Edgecombe, fi!r right, and Vice Presiden~ Da le.. • .S_chneiqer;_~nd President Paul Edgecombe. ' ·.. ' negotiations." "Your officers and Local Union ten (10) days prior U:egotiating team gained the best to the first such District Meet~ contract ever won in our industry," ing in March preceding· the 'he- told members, ·~and the some elect~on, was within the area State Labor Council Sets 21% package of pay and fringes covered by the· District. Each gained for the membership over Nominee shall. be a registered the next three years· will be an im- voter in the District in which he portant factor in ke·eping the con- is nominated. shall have been a ·rough Legislative Program struction industry and the nation's member of Operating Engineers economy moving ahead.". Local Union No. 3 for one (I) A wide-ranging 1969legislative special interest forces to any sig are fair, adequate and non-dis Effective January 1, 1969, the year next preceding his nomi- program aimed at strengthening nificant improvement in laws and criminatory. employer members represented by · nation and election, and shall the working conditions and pur programs that directly benefit mil • To permit employees of the 20 Associations have agreed to not be a candidate, or nomina· chasing power of Califomia work- . lions of Califomia workers," Thos. University of California to author give - Operating Engineers both · tor of1a candidate for any office ers and improving existing social L. Pitts, the Fed.eration's Secre ize payroll deductions for dues to wage and fringe increases. The or position. insurance progralfiS developed by tary-Treasurer, said: bona fide labor organizations. following are the wage and fringe "The Nominee for Committee organized labor to protect workers "The various 'bills in this pro Among the improvements to be increases which will benefit Op- Member in each District receiv- from financial ruin .by on or off gram would clearly contribute to sought by the State AFL-CIO in erating Engineers. ing the ·highest number of v:otes the-job disabilities or unemploy a more stable state economy and the state's unemployment' insur Engineers working for employ- shall be elected, and, in the· ment has just been adopted by the greater economic security for the ance program are measures to: ers signatory to the AGC, EGCA, event he is unable, or unwilling Executive Council of the Califor- state's workers." • Extend coverage to farm California Contractors Council As- to serve, shall be replaced, by nia Labor Feder'ation, AFL-CIO. The program, developed from workers, employees of non-profit sociation, . Industrial Contractors the Nominee with the next high- · • . The Council also: . the resolutions adopted by dele and govemmental agencies and Association, Demolition and est number of votes, and .he, • Voiced its continuing support gates to the Federation's Seventh household. domestics. Wrecking Association, and the under the same circumstances, of the striking and locked out em Convention in Sacramento last • Extend benefits to a uniform Home Builders Association of by the next highest, and so on, ployees of the Los Angeles Herald September, also calls for legisla 39 weeks duration. Contra Costa, the Greater East until the list of nominees is Exam·iner. tion: • Amend current provisions of Bay, PeninsuJa, Sacramento, San , exhausted." • Adopted a resolution con • To protect workers from be the UI Code that permit em Francisco and Malin, Stockton, ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; demning the policy of U.S. oil ing fired because their wages have ployers to deny jobless benefits to and Santa Clara, will receive the companies of building ships in for been gamisheed prior to final a worker who has seniority and is following increases: Were Sh,ocked eign yards and called for Congres judgment and to prevent gamish in a lay-off status by arbitrarily Safety engineers of the Bureau sional probe of inequitable tax fa ments from taking effect before a calling the worker to work shortly WAGES of Labor Standards were called in vors enjoyed by the oil companies. court has decided that a debt is before a trade dispute is about to OLD NEW when longshoremen working . a -. Endorsed the creation of the legitimately due. begin and then denying him job 6-15-68 1-1-69 Honolulu pier suffered severe elec Conference of Transport Trades, • To extend the Fair Employ less benefits when the worker re Group 1 . .... $4.83 $4.99 trical shockS. The problem v;ras an organization embracing some ment Practice Act to farm workers. fuses to cross the picket line. The 2 • 0 • • ••• 5.02 5.19 traced · to the transmitter for a 50 labor and 'similar groups to • To require contractors fur Federation will also seekto amend 3 ••• 0 0 0. 5.16 5.33 nearby radio station, which was serve as a clearing house for ideas nishing ~ervices to the state or the UI Code to eliminate the dis 4 ....... 5.48 5.66 charging the metal pier. Until the • of benefit to employees in trans other govemmental subdivisions qualification of a worke~ from job 5 •• •• 0 •• 5.61 5.80 station could locate a new site for portation industry. to· meet prevailing rates of pay, less benefits if the worker's cessa 6 • 0 0 ••• • 5.68 5.87 transmitter, the FCC ordered it The legislative program, ap f1inge benefits and other labor tion of employment during a trade 7. .. .. .. 5.78 5.97 its to reduce power when ships were proved by the 37-member council standards. This legislation would dispute is due to an employer's tm 8 ••• 0 ••• 6.01 6.21 worked. at a three-day meeting at the Hil be known as the Califomia Serviee fair Jaber practice. In addition, it 9 • 0 • • • • • 6.14 6.34 . ton Inn in San Diego late last Contract Act. will seek to limit other disqualifi 10 0 • • • 0 • 6.26 6.47 _ .week, calls, among other things • To require safety engineers cations from UI benefits to not lOA ..... 6.30 6.53 Father's Days? for: to give the complaining party or more than five weeks. ll • 0 •••• 6.42 6.63 o A ban on professional strike organization a copy of his report e To boost the taxable wage llA ... : . 7.06 7.30 What many a father has wished breakers.- - and findings so that the complain base for jobless insurance pur llB .... 7.22 7.46 for-paternity leave-is a fact of e ·Collective bargaining rights ing party knows the disposition of poses to $15,000 instead of the llC .