JOURNAL ' AUG' 77
• intenm between our 1946 c conventions, the Taft-Hartl' . which has created vemendl problems for the labor movemel and has considerably hamperec ellorts to organize new The IntematlOl'1el m"mb.". was passed. BrotherhOOd of Eleclrical Workers is al old as 1M In 1947, the permanent National commerCIal I.IS8 ot Apprenticeship and Tralnir eleclnClty 11S&l1 IllS m8 was set up. oIdesl. as well as lhe were also made \ largesl, elecillcal unron in the world Thos IS the our apprenticeship twenty·lhlfd In a se rre sol In order 10 step up our spec ls i poster$ tracIng \0 industry, the tuslory Ol lhe IBEW In September. 1948, our 23rd
23 :i~~2~':i'~:.~wasI anen\lon held In Atlanticat this C was given to the nEi l Law and the anh-Ial legislation I promulgated In numerous states. 24th ConvenllOn look place Florida. In 1950. Again, l ..., """·11.",,, legislation and Its elle played a prominent part In offlc~ reports and floor diScussions. significant development in the Interim between the '48 and '50
found In 1 ~~~:~~~::~Issuedwas by Intematlor 1 President Tracy and our Intematlonal Executive Council. May, 1950, In which the IBEW clearly stated that it p re ferred p rivate ownership of utilities to public ownership because of thE more favorable climate for collec' bargamlng With the pnvately-owf companies FollOWing the 1950 convention, I was an expensive one fOf. Union, a re ferendum vote of our membership established ••••.,. conventions every four years Instead 01 every two, as our Constitution had p reviously
In October, 1952. a lull-lime dire( of apprenticeship and training '1\ apPointed by the IBEW and NE( On January I , 1953, as a result ( referendum vote, "B" memberst elimmated, and all member reqUIred to transfer to "A" "SA" membership. 'II On April 15, 1954, President Tr c resigned. and Secretary Milne '1\ appointed by the Internatlonat ExecutIVe CounCil to take hiS pia Brother Tracy became Preslden Ementus, To serve as Internallol Secretary, PresIdent Mi lne apPOinted a long-time member the Brotherhood, Joseph D. Keenan JOURNALoAUGUSTo77 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
CHARLE S II. l ' Il, Li\lUJ t..U ...... Ii INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON OUR COVER W );SI.t:Y I 'TA Y I.OI1 Clwll''''OK 1331 N. !)tl.",•• ~ St . Indlnna1)Q1I1I. Ind lnna ~6~O~ F'hl n:.lricl, IIA I.I'II IIAI.I.l)lti\ N c/" I.ocal 139, IIiEW ON OUR COVER- , ~O~ Col1d 1),,1, ict. 1I 0WA IW D. GiCO It GI: ;:":'~I Tk,Uhi..., II,U. I1r" ,· Bay, Lake Ta hoe, Cal iforn ia. Inside this \\ill".. "hl,y. Oh,., U'l\It . - issue, Progress Meetings in the Second. Fou.th 0, U't1. IIA ltHy lIiC!<'''~:'· :.eLI 1·IIUi .... SI.. S. \\ Sixth, and Seventh IBEW Districts are Atl.nl". G.oofll:ia lO3l~ tif'h Oi.tr .... UOIiERT MISS!::Y reported on, and beginning on page 3 • ~~~O ):!iubo:th An. SI. 1.olliJ. MIMQur; ULIO is a special article on nuclear energy. Sinh Diotrici. TIIOM,\ S II . FURS!.t; Y 4~~3 ,h~n"" I" .• CAI"I'IiI"n. 'Td31 77G~Q Se\·~nt ll L> 1' I.jel. S. n, McCANN 530 Cont." c...la HI..,!. 1'1",,"nl 11111. C.lirorniK ' lli2~ POSTMASTE R: C~~~ge of oOddrn. 'lI.ds on Form JS19 lh~lIld 1 ~:i .. hlll I) j>lr!~I. II II . • 'UI.TON ~ 'e~' Ie- !n t er~~!io~~1 Brother~ood 0 Eilldr'cel W~,I~". 1125 , 134 South lI orold SI._ F;fte~n!h Street, N W, Wo.~;n'l ! on D.C. 20005. Pub"$hed ""'on!~ly 'Thunde. !lAY. Ontario. C~n",h. lind second dll's PO,t'90 po'd III Wo,hin910" D.C. S"bscr,plio~ price' Un·;ed SI,,·e. lind Conlldo. $2 par yea. i" IIdvaNe. P,inted in U.S.A. This JOURNAL ",:11 nol be held respon$,bl. fOf vie"" e.pre.. ed by corre,polldents. The firot of oach month l' ciminq doOle. All copy mil" b .. in our hendl on or before thi, limll Paid p~m HD ON UNION MADE PAPU oOdvof,;,in9 MI eccepted. Publiclliion No, 21 402 editorial cOlnlnent , • The baule lines have been drawn and once :Igain cedural delays. and these unfair employers profit more the AFL-C10 and its 3mBa!c,> arc engaged in a legislative when Ihey violate the law because they arc able to write and political fight :lgainst the foes of WOI kill!,; peuple who uff Ill e ' II1ti~ul1iu l1 tilelk:. a~ business expense. Labor be~ arc now calling themselves the National Action Commil licvcs it is unfair that employers should be able to con ~ tee. This group, traditionally anti·union. includes over 100 tinue 10 cause delay after delay of ordered National corporutions in big business. [nldc llssociulions, and spe Labor Rel ations Ooard elections and to use othcr escapes 10 cial interest groups along wilh the U.S. Chamber of Com UJaI :IUOW them to avoid recognizing a bargai ning unit merce, the National Association of Manufacturers. the eJeeled by the workers under NLRB rules. Organi7.cd American Farm Bureau. the Aso;oci ated Bu ilders and Con labor wants American workers and their families 10 be tractors, the National Small Busi ness Association and the better protectcd under the laws of the land. s(Hulled RighHo-Work Committee. The AFL·CIO believes that the National Labor R e l a~ These long-time enemies of organized labor 3fC once lions Aet of 1935 needs reform in order to revive its again rai sing a financial war-c hest to be used in trying to miginnl purpose and which is the protection of the Ameri~ block passage in Congress of the AFL·CIO's legislative e:1II worker. L.1bor wanlS to restore the Act 10 its original goals thiS year, espeCially labor Jaw reform, I hiS large high value as the country's principal labor law. The employer-dominated coalition claims credit for the defeat National Labor Relations Act is the single law that eon~ of the construction situs picketing bill :lnd is staying in lains the bulk of the provisions protecting the American business 10 mass a newspaper blitz, attacking unions and worker's right \0 be represenled by a union. Amended opposing all the legisl:lt ive programs supported by urga· twice by Congr.::ss, ollee in 1947 under the Ta[t~Hart1ey nizcd labor. Milli ons and million, of dollars have been ACI and agai n in 1959 by the Landrum~Grifllll Act to _ pledged to support Ihe ma!.s mailings to mcmber, o f correct what Congress saw as a pro~labor inbalance. the Congress and Ihe fl}ing to WH ~ hinglon of infl ucntial per· law now heavily favors those employers who have sys~ sons to lobby Congr..:ss against thc leyislHtion hacked b} l ... lIIJ!;':,ll1y violated the law and who have taken away the thc AFL~ClO . fundamelltal legal human lights of millio ll s uf Amcl"ican worker;. Number one aim of the union-bu:.ting coalition is to prevent the AF L~C I O frolll convincing the mcmbers of The IS EW joins the AFL~C I O in calling upon Con· ... Congress Ih:1I in order 10 stop the harassment, threats, grl.'''S to stop th is erosion of American workers' rights beatings, firings lllld b l ack~listing of workers s) mpathclic under Ihe law. Communicate with your Senators and to thc union movement , therc must be labor law rcfoml. Reprc~enl:llivcs in Congress and urge Ihem 10 support The unfair emplo}crs want to be able to continue to inlt'r· the labor~sponsored labor law reform legislation. It is fere and fruSlrate the rights of workers to organize and imperative that the voice of labor be heard loud and bargain for dl.'ccnt \\ages and good working cond:[;on~. clear in Congressional offices on this most vilal legisla~ Thcy \\anl 10 continue to be able to evade the law lion affecting Ihe lives of union members and their • with \ inual impunil~ r hey are pa" masters of pro· families. , , 18EW Joume>1 View of the Fast Flux Test Facility In Richland, Wash Pulling cab'e in the reactor containment bUilding are members of Local 112. Kennewick, Wash. Perry Waterman, Ie". and Ron lynch, , members of Local 112. Kennewick, Wash ., Inst all metallic Insulated cables. ~~------~~------,~ I ARE 'NIJCLEAR POWER .PLANTS NEEDED? rYES! I Fast Flux Test Facility i' T he F a~1 FJu"< TC~I Facility is II key Iron~ arc those heavy elementary nuelear clemen! of Ihc Liquid Metal Fas! partiell's "ith a zero clectri..:al charge Breeder Reactor Program f I 1\ 1FUR) capable of splitting (fissioning) the The firS I demonstration project of this nucleus of the alOm in atomic fuel. The program is the Clinch River nreeder Re thermal breeder uses thermal or "slow" actor Plant which IS loc:lIcd nC:lr O:lk (low energy) neutrons in the thorium Ridge, Tennessee. cycle !thorium 232- uranium 233) 10 r.. A breeder (converler) reaclor is a re achieve fissioning. aClor that usc~ one kind of nlomie fuel The Clinch RIver Reactor is an ex· to produce anOlncr kind. It makes more ample of a fa.)1 brceder 1 he ShIpping fissionable alom~ th an if usc, The lM port Light Water Breeder Reaclor is an (liquid metal) rder!. 10 thc coolant used cI(3rnple of n thermal breeder. to transfer heat from the reactor core: the In defining the Fast Flux T est F3Cility metal used i ~ sodium. the term flu:\: is used In exprc» the l There are two gencrnl type~ of breeder number o f neutrons pa~sing through a renc{Ors. "fast" and ·'thermaJ." The fast given areJ in :1 given time. For neutrons I breeder uses (lIs t ( high energy) neu trons of a given energy. it i\ the product of in the uranium cycle to achieve fi~sio n ing neutron density with speed. FtlSl flul( tells (uranium 238-plutonium 2)9). Nell- cO /JIilll/ed on (Jage 71 AUGUST, 1971 , lYOO [ID~@lYw~©lY [pw@@wrn@@ ~rnrnlYm~@ I HELD IN WICHITA j he annual Seventh Di~lrict Progress T Meeling wa~ held AIHil 24-27. 1977. at Ihe lI ilton Inn in Wi chita, Ka n~:ls. th e "Air Capital of the World." Prior 10 opening the ~c~~jon~, 3 welcom ing reception was given by lhe meeling hosts. Wichita Locals 27 1 and 1523 . Dclcg:HCS were !lffordcd the opportunity to renew old acquainl,Hl ccs and visit in formally with Intcrn:lIional Rcprcscnta livc~, and guests, ~omc of whom were International Secretary Ralph A. Leigon. Eighth Di strict Vi ce President L:lWTcnCC C. Farnan. I EC Chairm:m Wesle y I. Taylor. lEe members Thomas Pursley and Robert Missey, and Director of Or ganizing Mik e Lucas. Also gracing the aITair with hi ~ presence w n~ Internati onal Secretary Emerilus Joseph D. Keenan. The openll1S meeling W:IS call ed to order hy Perry Baker, husiness manager of Local 27 1 and \y, W. Malcolm, busi· ness manilger of Local 152), After the invocation and pr e~entatio n of the colors by the Girl Scout~ of Valley Center, Kansas, the Wichita Police Chief wei· corned Ihe delegates 10 the d t ~'. lnterna· tional Vice President Duke thell oni cially introduced the International oflicers and guests and began his opening remarks. In hi s report to the delegales, Vice President Duke touched on the progress and problems of Ihe past year in the Seventh Dis!rict. Hi s remarks concern ing the non-u ni on clemen t in Ihe con st ruction industry were di~couraging to say the least. "Unless the prese nt trend is W. W. Malcolm, business manager of Local 1523, welcomes the delegates to the Seventh District Progress Meeting. Seated. left to right , are Seventh District International Vice President Raymond G. Duke and IEC member Th omas H. Pursley. Perry Baker. business manager of Local 27 1. opens the first session of the Progress Meeting. Sea ted, left 10 righi, are Vi ce PreSident Duke, IEC member Pursley, and IEC Chairman Wesley Taylor. IB EW JOl,lrnol reversed," he predicted, "we will have We ~ le y I. Taylor. Chllirman of the In 10 the IEC and expressed his apprecia only 10 percent of the [olal electrical termuional Executive Cmlllei!. 1>t~'ted thllt ti on for being invited. wor),. in the area by 1980," He .stated they had jU51 completed an IEC session. Other \peakers included Inlernallon,11 ~ that the mcxt frequently asked que,tion on Hc predicted Ihere would be a heavy re Vice Pre .. ident Lawrence Farnan of Ihe this subject i ~. what is the Internmional tirement ,chcdulc in June duc to the new Eighth DI\trict :md Don S;abin, a~si,tant to Ulliee iloing 10 do abolll it? The UU)wcr NEBF dau\c. He ~aid Ih nl alt hough Pre,ido.'nt 1'1!I ;IrrI, who IIIformed the dell! is a many raceted one which is not just many nf Ihc deci~ion~ of the Council arc gate, [lh(1l1t l'lcction of oHlccr\. voting di<;lricl wide. but national. It involves unpopUlar, most appeal\ would not be Ihl'. ,lOd c;unp;aign Iilcr.Jlure. no! only wages. hUI "Iso productivity. denied if the Con~titution wa~ f('!lowed Vice Pre~ident Duke's wiic. Thelma, ncw !lnu 111010.: tools. and management and IIppeal~ were filed in a timely hosted a luncheon for the ladies at whi ch r cooperation. In the utility fiel d, many em- manner ladie~ from local~ 271 and 1523 held a ployc" arc subcontracting linc construc International Repre~ent;)the Re1[ Dut fashion ~how . I tion to non-union contractors. Job oppor ton introduced Howard E. rifleman and On the ~econd da} of the meeting IUnilie'ln maintenance and m3nuf3cluring hi~ wife, Billie. How:ml wa~ ~elccted OUI William B " Micl.:ey"' McGuire. NECA arc ulmOS I 11011-C:-.:i'ICI1I. but. when ~t,mding apprentice from the in~ide Southern Regional Director, spoke 10 the local~ gct involved Iherc is a marked im hranch of the tr;lde. He i~ a memher of delegates. reiterating the problems of the provement up [0 50 percent. local 570. Tuc~on, Arilona. and had an electrical cOn~truction industry. He spoke .. International Secret:lr)' Leigon in his avcr:lce grade of 97 percent. NECA of the past and present partnership that remarks, ~ t ated Ihm thc problems men Field R epre~entalive Jack Gooden intro NEC A hll~ with the IBEW and the Im tioned by Vice Pre$idenl Duke arc II re duced Gary Henry und his wife. Lorain. portance of working togethcr in the fu flection of the mllior problems facing the Gary W;I~ selected outstanding line ap ture, Carl Hinote. NECA Vice Brotherhood tooa)' :md that the dclc£ates prentice, a member of Local 66 in President of the Fifth District, from ~hoLlld be a~~Llred that the International H ou~lOn . Te'tas; he had lin average grade Beaumont, Te'(as. spo"e of hIS long as~o· i~ acutely llware of them. He proudly of 9R pereen!. Vice Pre\idenl Dul..c pre ciation with the IDEW as an emplo)cr slaled Ihal in the election. 70 percent of ~ented both with plaque~. 31"d wa~ confidenl Ih;1I \\e would con all union people regi~tered to vote and The afternoon se~sion was called 10 tinue 10 ~ork together and o\'ercome the 63 pcreent Ilellla'" voted as compared 10 order by Vice President Oul.e who intro problems we have today. 50 percent nationally. Of the union VOle, duced lEe member Tom Purdey of the Mil.e lu ca~. Director of the Organiz. 70 percent went to President Carter. The Si1[lh Di ~trict. T om gave a positive re ing Dcportment, outlined the history lLnion~ h.ld 120.000 people work for port on the COPE contributions from the leading to Ihe creation of the Organizing COI'E· ~ llrive to get out tbe vote Illst Sc'·enth District. The delegate~ pre,>cnted Department. He spul.e of many areas ~eJr :lnd COPE enlleeted 21.3 cents per contribution~ of $439 to COPE. where organizing could be accomplished IB FW member ,lilt! in the Sc\'cnth Di\ Fol1owing the COPE report, l Ee and gave some pointers on how to or Ifiel 19 cent .. per member was collected member Robert M is~ey of the Fifth Dis ganize. Thi~ wa~ followed by workshop ··COPE" i~ ~orl.ing:· he said. In dIS trid ~roke on the \·arious ~ubjeCl~ related .<.es.<.ions concerned with Utility, Con cu~sing the ~itu .. picketing defeat, Seere I struction. and Manufacturing and Main· t.uy I cigon staled. ·'Six more vale'> amI tenance. we would have won. Carter did not help On the third day, workshop sessions us on ~itus plcl.:eting and the entire wcre cnnducled from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 Georgia delegation voted against it. Only p.m. afler whieh the Seventh Districi I- lllbor Secrelary \larsh:11I helped:' 1977 I)rogre~ .. M eetin~ was concluded, • • Carl Hinote, NECA Vice PreSIdent. lefl, poses with Mrs. Filleman. Howard FlIleman, outstanding inSide apprentice, Seventh District. Tucson. Anz., Gary Henry, outstanding outSide apprenhce, Seventh DI Slrlct, Houston, Tex" Mrs. Henry, and Ray Duke. Vice President of PreStm tmg the colors at the openina of the meetinG the Seventh District. were Gi rl Scouts from Valley Center, Kansas. AUGUST, 1977 • , HELD IN NEWPORT I j he Second D i~t r ict Progress Meeting cerned with and that Ihe forum of these T was held at Newport. Rh ode Island. meetings makes it possible to discuss May 9. 10. and 11. 1977. in the midst of these matters on a one-to-one basis. "\Ve a severe northeast storm. Travel was re want." he sa id, "to hear your ideas. We ~t ri cted and power over a wide area want \0 kn ow how we may better serve knocked oul. There was damage to the your needs." hotel with a loss of electricity and hea\. J ames Mullone)" Executive Council The adverse weather in no way dampened member from the Second District and the spirit of the 150 delegates allending secretary 10 the Council. was the next and the meetings went on as planned. speaker. Representing one o f the largest I Proceedings commenced with Ms. Isa locals as business manager. he said Ihat bel Maloney, business manager of Local work in Local 1505 is good and employ 2135, leading the delegates in the pledge ment pro~pecl~ arc excellent because the of allegiance followed by welcoming re employing company, Raytheon. has sub 1 marks by Richard Stromberg, business stantia! contracts in defense items. I manager of Local 99, on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Is land. Rhode Island locals. the Honorable Thomas R. DiLuglio, Vice President Flynn then assumed stated that his omce is similar to that of the chair. In his remarks to the delegates, the union leadership in thaI both must he stated that the objectives of the recognizc the needs of their consti tuency Progress Meetings are sound and bene and set goals and timetables for convert ficia l to the locals, He stated that his ing these needs into accomplishments. International Secretary Ralph A. Leigon addressed the delegates to the Second omce is concerned with whatever sub " Direct communication to your rcprescn Dis trict Progress Meeting. jects the oflkers and members arc con- t(Hives is the best and most effective way Internatronal Treasurer Harry Van Arsda'e Internahonat Vice PreSIdent John E. Ftynn International Execuhve Council member spoke to the delegates attending the IS Stlown addresslllg the Second D,strict James Mull oney IS pIctured addressing Second DIstrict Progress MeetIng. Progress Meetlllg delegates. the delegates. • IIEW Jov'fIOl of achievi ng resolye of the mltny prob aS lic advocates of Irlcre.I\ing the org.miza pressed economic condition~ arc furt her lems 1:~H1r!O ntili g liS," he said. tio n '~ ~I T or l s :tnd thn llhe Second D i~t r icI i ~ emphasized in New England becau~e of Vice President Flynn called upon Rep continll ously pu r~uins this go,ll in ~p i te both the energy crisis and the hi gh cost resentative Dick Rogers. who spoke 10 of many difficult ohstildes. Nol Ihe le3s1 of exist ing .sources of power. He Slated the delegales on Ihe problems o f organ of thc~e obstacles is the long del3Y en that "e want 10 encourage new and ex iz:ltion and ils vital rolc in the sucees~ courHcred throllgh NI.RB proceduTe~, he panded industry a~ the key 10 full em of the IH EW. T he strength of the Broth ,3id, and ciled pending cases Ihat ha ... e ployment in our area and thai to do 11m erhood, he said. lies in the wide scope of heen in Iitiglltion for morc thai two years. wc must climin;lte much of Ihe red lape It~ r epre~enta t ion. which has permilled the Vice Pre~ident John Flynn reiteraled ;md restrictions \urrounding Ihe building I BEW to rernllin re latiyely ~tahlc wh ile hi, intcrC~1 in organil"tion in all branc h e~ of nuclear facilitics. We must he pre ., ol her unions decli llc in adve r ~e times. It and uTlled the dclcg:lte, to commit Iheir pared. he ~aid, to mee t the c h a rr enge~ of i~ the cooperative ~I'jflt of nil our locab 10 tJke an acti,'C parI. He pointed the fUlure and the econrom ic gro\\th which branches that ma kes thi~ possible, he OUI Ihal the ISEW C,HIIlOI organi7e with must come, :IIld the IIJ EW intend~ to be sa id. any rCill degree of ~uceess without local a part of that growth !-Ie staled th,lI Pre"ident Pillard and union ~upporl and participation. Thc next ~peaker wa~ Mike Shippani Vice P re~jdent John Fh nn arc enthusi- Vice President F1\ nn ~aid Ihal Ihe de- of Ihe Am(llgam;llcd Clothing and Tex tile Workers. He gave 3n articulate and rcvealing lalk on the Stevens' problem ,Illd the boycott program bci ng spon sored by his o rganinll ion and the AFL cIa. The second day of the Progress Meet ing was dc\oted to work~hops for utili l)', con\truclion, manufacturing and service de1cgate~ . tI,'l uc h useful information was exchangcd. IntcTnllt ional Secretary Leigon and ImeTn3tional Tre3sllTer Van Ar.;da1e addressed each of the work.s hops. Vice President Flynn also spoke al each workshop and reminded dclegates of Ihe im]'(lrtance of local union~ having • full-timc business manageh and the policy of merging local unions 10 bring this about. He spoke on seve ral mergers Ihal have been eon~umm3led and of the obvi ous benefits accruing to the rank and fi le in having \iable local union structures. Other workshop speakers included a~ sicncd Second District Internat ional Rep te~nlati,cs. Second Di~trici Executive • Council member Mullane),. Edward Egan. a member of Local 103 currently special a~sisl:l!l[ to the regional admin istr.lI0r, U.S. DepJrlment of Labor. Upon adjournment. all dclef:!ates left Newport with renewed determination to recom mend and sec to the implementation of prosr:lm~ de~lgned til insure prosr.:" for the BrothcrhllOd III New EnglallIl Shown on daiS, lelt to Tight. are Inter · national r.epre,entatl\lc Kara Mut\lf'Y BUSiness Manager Richard Stromberg of Local 99. International VIce Preslden! John E. Flynn, and In!eTlla!lonal E.ecu!lye CounCil member James Multoney • Pictured are deteRates listening to speaker. A UG UST. t977 , lrOO []J~@lrrn~©lr [prn®@rn~@@ ~~~lrm~@ MEETS IN PEORIA International Vice President T E. Malone chaired the International Secretary Ralph A. Lelgon IS shown Sl)tth District ProBres5 Meeting addressmg the delegates at the Snlth District Progress Meetmg • , Delegates at the construction workshop • UI£W Jo ... '''col he J2nd Progress Meeti ng o f the Kasal, and Marl Ever1 of the Interna. en in that his job still req uires the hear T Six th Dist rict was held al the Hi] tional Office . ing and resolution o f grievances though ton Hotel in Peoria, Ill inois. on May 13 I",ernational Secrtl:lry Leigon c:< they be in a different fo rum. and 14. Approximately 400 rcg i ~tcrcd tended the best wishes of International The delegat~ we re also privileged 10 dclcgtllcs and guests attended the Progress P re~ i de n t Pillard. who was not able to hcar addre~~e~ by International Vice Meeting, wh ic h was presided ove r by in attend the meeting due to o ther com President L lrry Farnan of the Eig hth ternational Vi ce President T. E. Malone. mi t me rH ~. Secretary Leigon in formed the District n ~ we ll as Intern ati onal Vi ce B \I ~ ill c\~ M,lIIagcl Mike Mili CI of ddegate, eO Ll cerni lig the d ll t ic~ of his President lack Moore of thc II Th Oi5- Local 34 welcomed the delegates to the olli eI.' :1~ we ll as reporting on the legisla trict and C hai rma n Wesley Taylor of the ci ty of Peoria li nd introduced Mayor tive pic ture and the role of COPE in the Internationn l Executive Council and Rich:ml (':l TV(, T, wh n aga in welcomed recen! r l eelion~. He alsn reported on the ot her attending IEC members. the delegates and spoke on the future of recently defeated si tus pick cling bill as Joe Keenan, International Secretary Peoria and its common intcrc~t~ wit h well as the proposed minimum wage bill Emeritu~. spoke to the delegates :md re labor. and poinled out the necessi ty of elecling ceived a standing ovation, as d id forme r Vice I )rc~idcn l Malone then inlroJm:cd the proper people to Con8rc:ss and the Intern:UlOnal t::1[ecutive Council Chair speakers and gue~ls at the head table. value of leiter campaigM to elected offi· man Rex Fransway. whic h included Inlernalional Secretary cials on important labor malter~, One informative feature of the Prog Ralph Leigon. inlcrn:lIional Trcn~u r cr Internntional T reasurer Harry Van ress ~ f ee t ing was the presentation give n "Iarry Van Arsdale, InternallOnn l Vice ANdale was introduced and ~poke on the hy Mark Evert . from the International President Jack Moore of the 11th O i~ atlempt~ by encmic~ of organized labor Office. who advised the delegates wit h triet. International Vice President Larry to initiate certain controls in order to respect to operation of the per capita de· Farn an of the Eighth Oi ~ tr icl. C hairman curtail labor programs. Brot her V:m Ars partment. He further informed them of of the Executi ve Counci l Wesley T aylor. dale further advised the d elegate~ o f the the required procedures for reporting of E: a • • • , • Delegates at the manufacturrng workshop. AUGUST. 1977 , The Friday afternoon session was other pertinent mailers involving the Dis give n over complcTely TO work\hops or trict during the past year. H e then ,cminars conducted by members of the thanked nil in allendance for tllking time Sixt h District ~taff. Three separate work away (rom their busy sc hedules to at- .. ~ hop s were convened primarily to discuss tend the Progress Meeting and announced problems in manufacturing, construction, thllt a decision on the location of the ,lnd Ulilities. 1978 P rogre~s Meeting will bc announced Vice President Malone reported on at :I later date amalgamations and stri ke activity and , Left: Delegates at the utility workShOp. Below: An attenllve 8fouP 01 deleRlttes, left to nght. are Roscoe Simmons. delegate, and Robert Pierce. president, Local 1400. and Kevill Doyle. financial secretary, and Thomas Peterson. vice president. Local 1479. , • Above: Smllin8 delegates are always in vogue. Left to right are Josephine Eirich, financial secretary. Local 1060: Marilyn Tischer. chief steward: Gate Zdeb, staff secretary: and Lawrence Biehl, editor, , Local 165. Rig ht: A group of delegates relaxing after the meetm8. " IIEW Jolt. ....1 REALITIES OF METRICATION Final Installment METRIC CONVERSION ACT ; he u.s. Congress, in December 1975, arter The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 fufly com T years of deliberation, "declared that the plip.!\ with AFL-CIO policy on metric conversion policy of the Uniled Stales shall be to as established by the Tenth AFL-CIO Constitu coordinate and plan the increasing use of the tional Convention. It specifically provided that metric system in the United Siaies and 10 two board members be selected from lists establish a United $tatl;ls Metric Board to recommended by the AFL-CIO and other coordinate the voluntary conversion to the organizations representative of labor, and that metric system." It is critically important to labor must be involved in the consultive process fully understand the Metric Conversion Act does and in the formulating of various conversion not establish a national policy of encouraging or programs. Public education programs must facilitating conversion to the metric system as include counseling and consultation by the some metric advocates contend it does. Secretary of HEW, Secretary of labor, Ad ministrator of the Small Business Adminstration and Di rector of the National Science Foundation rI, •• TIle j\felr;r COllt'usioll .lel dOl'j 11 01 with labOr education committees, apprentice training committees and other interested groups j'J/ah/iJ" Illlotiotllli policy OlCOIIUI!I;"!I in order to assure thai the metric system is (OIl'!.'c'rJiOIl 10 tlte /II/'rr-if syUl'/1I ... " included in the curriculum of the nation's education institutions and that teachers and other personnel are properly trained to teach the metric system. Chairman James Symington of the Subcommit tee on Science, Research and Development which was responsible lOr drafting the metric bill. explained to the House of Representatives thai "The nalional metric policy which would be established by this bill covers four specific points. Polley under thp.!\p. four points would be: first, plan to coordinate the increasing use of the metric system; second, to encourage voluntary participation of aHected sectors or groups: third, to encourage elficiency and minimize costs to society; and fourth to assist In developing a broad educational program which will assist all Americans in becoming familiar with the metric system." He emphasized, " By eliminating any reference to a policy of adopting the metric system and emphasizing the coordination function of the government's role we (the Committee) expect to make it clear that the bill does not mandate the change but only aims at providing coordination based on voluntary participation." He continued, " the committee feels strongly that in any sector the AUGUST, 1977 " markel place. nol the Congress or the Metric interest. Its proper role, therefore, is to be Board, should provide the impetus in deciding objective, remain neutral, maximize options whether, when and how metric conversion and avoid irreversible commitments pendJng activities should proceed." more information and future developments. If the general public believes the Board is a thinly The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce disguised vehicle to promote the interests of report on the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, transnational corporations, it is doomed to slales " The Board would provide a means failure. Therefore, objectivity and neutrality will whereby various groups may formulate and be key lactors in establishing the credibility and recommend to the board specific programs lor future success of the Board. coordinating conversion in each industry and part Ihereof and for suggesting specific dimen The Metric Board will coordinate voluntary sions and configurations in the metric system conversion activities by soliciting industry time and other measurements for general use," II tables and integrating them into national time notes "the board is nol expected to advocate tables. It will coordinate changes wh ich must metrication since In some instances members occur on a national level at the same lime and it of an industry or an economic sector may wilt provide assistance, advice and, il necessary, decide Ihal the costs outweigh the benefits." arbitrate or mediate matters concerning sched ules and timetables. In addition, the Board President Ford , when signing the Metric Con will serve as a central clearinghouse for in version Act, explained "if the legislation is not formation, monilor metric usage and evaluate founded on pllblic acceptance, it will have less its cost and benefits. 1\ will conduct research than no effect at all ... that is why Ithink this on still unresolved metric problems associated bill is so interesting - because the real impetus with mctriC • EfTcclivc April 1. 1977. ilrother Mel ,[.ltT on \ugu,t I. 11)61 Brother \Villi.ml~ to Vice Presidellt Earl Burnelle. Affec vin A. \Vitliam ~ was :Ippoinrcd 121h Db W3<, var a~'li\l: in the I,thor mo\crncnt in li{)Il:I1Cly t..nown as " Bu rr," Vice President lricl Vice I )rc~idcnr b) [nlcm:uional the ChJll.ttll1l1!!.1 ;lrca. ~cf\ing .IS ~ccrc· Williams is a \,cter:1Il of World War II, a PresidenT Charle, H. Pill:ud. Brother I;lry·[rl Area member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. \Villjam ~ W3) born on ~I .. rch 30.1917. in LaOor Council. ,ccrcl.lr}-lrc,(\uro:r and the Elk~. ~1 .lsonic Order and the Shriners. Chattanooga. TCllnc~"l:C. and mUtaled 1n10 prc~u.knl 01 the Chalt.moog.l BUilding III.' and his wife. LlLlnie. enjoy fishIng. ~ Local Union 17.". Challltlloog.l. Tcnnc,· TT~ld e~ lie lIl,u ,,':l\cJ ." ,,:cld.tIY Vi ce President Burnette Retires • IJ rolher E;lrl W. BurnClie. who fic!d until he hee;lllle an a"i,I:LIlI in (he E1c "'1rIC,LI Wo rt..e r~ I' .. ~oc:iation. He also ~erved as Vice Presidenl of Ihe 121h Oi, (\t lice of Ihen "il·e I' r..:,idell[ W. H. I'C[I) represented the IB EW on the Council on Iric!. retlT,'d April I. 1977. BfLllheT Burn- III 196J. Up\111 (he retiremenl 01 BrNhcr In litl\[rinl Rel'lIion~ ,md throughout his - elle W:lS born 011 Decemher I. 1913. JIl Pelt\' Bro[her Bllrnelte W.I\ .lfJpmnted uninn career he proved himsdf 10 be a Phoeni"l: CiIY. AI;lh:lma. and wa~ initiated I :!lh Dhtriel "k... I're"dent b) Il1lern.l · 10\.,1. dedic.lled IIlEW leader. T hc 121h JIlIO LOC;L I 17'5 , Chall.LIloog,L. -, enne~scc. lional I~ re-.ldent Ch.,rlc~ II I' ill.lrd on Di,[riel ;1111.1 Ihc entire Bro[ herhood on March :!. 1942. He scrved hi~ locul No~emhC'r I. 1973. gr~'4tJy bendited from hi s years of devo· union as an EXccllli'>e Board member. Brother BurnellL' W;l~ ,I lIell I.nol'- n [inn to Ihe C,IIISC of his union and Ihe assistanl businc,~ m:uuger. ;JIld busi· lahor leader III r ennc.. ~ ... e o\er lhe )ear>. trade union movement. 1\11 the officers ness manager. from 1950 until hi s ap I·k held Ihe fJo,ition (If first \ice pr... ~j and memher~ of the Brotherhood e.'ltend pointntent to the 121h District Siaff on dcnl of th ... T ennc~'..:e SI,He 1 ,lhor Coun· hest \\ l,he, 10 Brother Burnellc and his JanU;!f) I. 1961. A::. an International Rep. c il : ~er\ed .1' hu,ine" man.lger of Ihe I'-ife. M,l rgucrite. for Illan} year~ of resentative Brother Burnelle serviced the Ch.lIt.lIlO(lg.l lluiJdins 1 r'lde, Council and happy relirement. local unions in Ihc [2[0 District in [he sec retary·lre;lsurer o( [he '1'''1111"""", SI:t(c AUGU ST, 1971 " executive council meeting MINUTES AND REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REG ULAR MEETING BEGINNING JUNE 6. 1977 • This regular mee ting of the International Execut ive RETIREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL Council "as called to o rder Monday. J une 6, 1977, at REPRESENTATIVE 9:00 a.m , by Chairman Taylor. Board members prescnt Approval .... as granted by the lEe 10 the foll owing Inter were McCann, Fullon, Halloran, Mulloney, George, Bex ley, nali onal Representat ive requesting retirement : Missey. and Pursley. Donald H. Fancey-cfTective 9/ 1/77 LEGAL DEFENSE RETIREI\'IENT OF OFFICE EMPLOYEE Payments for legal defense from the Defense Fund we re The following employee of the IBEW applied for retire· , examined and approved in accordance with the require· ment. The I EC approved the req uest to be effecti ve as ments of Article X I, Section 2 of the IBEW Constitut ion. shown: Bernadeue Flint-cfTecti ve 7! 1/77 FINANCIAL n.EPORTS AND INVESTMENTS The auditors' repon s covering the various funds of the REFUND MADE Brotherhood were presented to the Council, examined. and The following refund was authori7ed by the IEC in ac approved Repon of the fund In vestment by the Inter· corda nce with the pro\ isions of Article III. Sect ion II . sub nationa l Pre~ id e nt and International Secretary since the la ~ t paragraph (4) of the IBEW Constitution: IEC meeting was prc!>C ntcd to the Council , examined, and John ny Spence-effecti ve 3/10/77 approved. (Resigned) CONVENTION CITY- I918 TRANS FER OF FU OS In conformit y with Ihe provisions of Article II . Section In accordance with the prov isions of Anicle XI , Section of the IB EW ConSTitu tion. the Int ernational Executi ve Coun· 3 of the Conslitution, the sum of $183,3 17. 47 was trans· cil surveyed the accommodations and facilities available lit ferred from the Defense Fund to the Genera l Fu nd co'-ering a num ber of cities in Canada and the Unit ed States and the months of Februa ry, March, and April 1977. determined thaI the 1978 Convention of the IBEW shall be In accordance with the provisio ns of Art icle X IV, Sec held in At lantic City. New Jersey. commenci ng October 2, tion I I of the Constitution, a sum of $82,377.80 was trans· 1978. ferred from the Milit ary Service Fund to the IBEW Pension FORMAL INVESTIGATION Fund covering the month s of February. March. and April, 1977. A formal charge was Iiled with the Int ernational Execu ti ve Council. The charge alleges certain violat ions of Article AI'I'LlC/\TION FO R I'RE-RITIR EMENT X II . Section 4(d): Article XXV. Secti on 6: Article XXV II . \\ tOOW'S BENEFITS $cction I (3), (4), (10), and (2 1) of the !BEW Constitu In accordance with prov isions of the IB EW Constitut ion. tion. The IEC reviewed the charges and ordered a formal in vC!>t igat ion. hearing, and report. Article III. Section II (6) . the lEe approved four (4) applications for Pre· Ret irement Widow's Benelits. IMPROPER APPF.ALS EX ECUTIVE OFFICERS T he IEC received five appeals whi(.:h, 3fter revie\\, were found to be improperly before the Council nnd therefore Presiden t Pillard met wi th the IEC several times to dis could not be recognized. cuss mailers affect ing all branches of the Brotherhood. Secretary Leigon presented all m."cessa ry linnncial reports. 1I TIMELY APP EAL audits, the investment portfolios. and other dat a or informa· The lEe received one appeal which. after review. was tion req uired by the Council. found to be unt imely before the Council and therefore could Treasurer Van Arsdale attended all meetings. assisting not be recognized. the Counci l on several mailers. CHARGES FILED WITII TilE INT ERNATIONAL RETIREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE CO UNC IL AGAINST VICE PRES IIlENT ANTON l' IIILLlI'S Approva l was granted by Ihe lEe to International Vice Brother Anton Phillips. a member of ISEW Local 494, Presidenl Earl W. Burnelle whose retirement was effective Milwaukee, Wisconsin, applied for and was placed on 4/ 1/77. IBEW pension benefit status as of October, 1973. .. IIEW JOU'IIO! - MINUTES ANO REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTI VE COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING BEGINNING JUNE 6, 1977 On April 28, 1977. charges were fil ed wi th the Inter- union as arc required by the local union byla ws and the • national Executive Coullcil by Macken Crowley, Dusiness 1I3EW Constitution fur act ive members 10 maintain con Representative of Local 494_ alleging that Brother Phillips tinuous good standing for the said period of tWO months. was in violation of Arliclc X II . Section 4(d) and Anicle At the end of the two-m onT h period. if Brother Phillips XXVII , Section 1(3) of the IBEW Comtitulion. wishes to be returned to the Pension Benefit Fund roll, he Article X II . Section 4(d) stll ies as follows: will be required to process hi s application for IBEW Pension Benefi t Fund benefit s in the usual and prescribed manner. "(d) I)rohibition of Work. It is a condition for admis sion to pension benefits. including vested pension right APPEAL OF LOCAL 1436 and the continuation thert'Of. that the member shall not • perform any work of any kind coming under the This case arisc~ from the amalgamation of Local 925, IB EW's jurisdiction ei ther for compensati on or gratis Grand Junction. Colorado. and Local 1436, Boulder, Colo- rudo. into Local I II . Denver, Colorado. for anyone. lie shall be permitted 10 al{end L.U. meet ings without voice or vote. ile shall observe his obliga The record shows that Vice Presiden t Farnan scheduled tion of membership and show due obedience to IB EW a "show-cause" hearing on the question or amalgamation laws and the bylaws of its L.U:s." July 23. 1976. and at the request of Local 1436, a further hearing was held August 13, 1976. Article XXVII. SecTion I (3) states as follows : President PillArd concurred in the recommendalion of Vice "(3) Violation of any provision of this OmslilUlion President Farnan and ordered the transfer of Locals 925 and the rulcs herein, or the bylaws. working agree and 1436 into Local III effective October I. 1976. , ments. or rules of a L. U." Loc:l I 1436 appealed Vice President Farnan's decision, As a result of the above mentioned charges. the I EC which was upheld by President Pillard. and subsequently caused an il1vest igmin ll to be conducted into this matter in appealed President Pillard's decision to the InternaTional accordance wit h Ihe authority granted it by Article XII . ExecUlive Council. Section 6 of the IB EW ConstiTUtion which states as follows: The appellmll. Local 14 36. among other things, contends that the [Imalganull ion is not desirable. "Sec. 6. Any member violating any of the provisions The lEe has reviewed the elltire case and finds that the of thi s [uticJe. or any member aiding or abellillg a Vice President acted with due ca re and attenlion to all member 10 do so, afler investigation by the l Ee and details involved and that his recommendation 10 inter being found guilty. may be permanently barred from national PresidenT Pillard WM sufficicll1 to justify The amal ever participating in these benefits. and may be sus ga mation. pended. expelled, or assessed as the IEC may decidc." The :Ippcal is therefore denied. A formal hearing was held on May 31. 1977. Due notice of the time and place of Ihe hearing was given. Brot her AI'PEAI"-s OF Phillips was presenT at The hearing and had ample oppor W. T. BECKMAN LARRY JOHNSON tunity to present hi s defense. JAMES D. CRAMER W. J. KNIGHT The record before the I EC shows [hat on M arch I 7, I 977. MiCIiAEL E. DAVIS HERMON McK INNEY and April I. 1977. Brot her Phillips did perform eleCTrical C. R. DEDEAUX ALBERT S. NEWELL work. AI the formal hearing of May 31. 1977. Brother J. W. DICKERSON KENNETH R. PHILLIPS Phillips admined he IHld performed electrical worl. T. W. ELAM RONALD R IDGEWAY The International Executive Council finds Brolher Phillips. W. G. ELAM WILLIAM WILLARD Card No. 500523, I BEW Local 494. guilty a~ charged of I ndivid ua 1 and separate aPl>culs for each of Ihe above mem· violating Ihe provisions of Article X II . SecTion 4(d) and tioned wcre received and upon reyiew, it was noted that Article XXVII . Section I (1) of the 1I3EW Constitution. Ihe appeals were identicnl in all aspects. Therefore, the Brot her Phillips. effectiye as of the date of this judgment. lEe ha s combined the appca l ~ for the purpose of uni is hereby suspended from receiving any IIlEW pension bene formity. fit fund benefits for a period of two monlhs. Former Vice President J. B. Pate, Fifth Di strict-IB EW, Further, Ihe IBEW membership of Brother Phillip:. is directed Local 13 17 [0 reissue Traveling Cards to the named hereby transferred from the IDEW I)ension Benefit Fund members because of improper action by Local 1317 in rolls 10 I BEW Local 494. Milwaukee. Wisconsin. and accepT ing these Traveling Cards and changing their classifi Brother Phillips is ordered, beginning wit h the month of cation to Journeyman Wireman. The decision was reviewed July. 1977. to pay such dues and assessments to said local by Vice President Waters nt a scheduled hearing on Seplem- AUGUST, 1977 " MINUTES AND REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REGU LAR ME£TING BEGINNING JUNE 6, 1977 ber 23. 1976. Vice President Waters subsequently upheld Exccuti\'c Council acquire actuarial figures to up-date any the decision rendered by furmer Vice President Pale. additional cost above the sta ted amount. This decision was appealed 10 International President A \er} thNough ucwarial swdy has now been completed Pillard who upheld Ihe Vice President's decision. which fenel' Is the following information: The IPC in studying the file of each case noted thaI each (I) Many more "A" memhers arc now reliring at an appellant was afforded the opportunity to be present at a c.. dier age than wa~ the case in 1970. AI Ihat tilne Ihe hearing held September 23. 1976, and Ihe decision from Ihal retirement age was (,7-it is now 65. \\ hen a member re· hearing was forwarded to each by leller from Vice Presidenl tires at {In earlier age. he draws benefits 0\11 of the plan for Waters dated November 17. 1976. a longer I>crind and conversel} makes contributions into the It is dcar frum the record there were \iolaliom of the plan for a ~hor t er pcriCld-thus. compounding the effect local union bylaws and !BEW Con~titluion in the mailer (2) The number of "A" member, participating in the of proces~illg Traveling Card<;. 1,I executive council continued n. 11\,,...1,",1 h.u~'ft tt•• 11 ."... t1I ." ...... , Itrty-itu. ( ~I I .....1 ".S... hlrtil .. ,hUhn" II ,.II.ws CUD IN IDUIUl' CUD 11'1 FD.MIU' CUD IN FO~M[.U CUD IN rnM['U CAn IN ID.MUl' lilt 1.0. Of l.U. Till I 0 or l U 111£ I e Of l U till' 0 or I U TilE I 0 Of I .U. H(tNl, [CUR' , , /,IAU£R".AN rUt' WAtI(RS. JR. AllRED ,,"DLS. 'R(Ol.I(K A ,. 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JACKSON, HOWARO £. _ .... 1241 "G IBSS, RICHARO H. 5511 SLOM] NSU, LEO ...... •• J Thi S ruular metlln, 01 Ih. 1"l enllllollll [~e.utI.e COII".11 wn AUBUCHON, LOREN O...... _ 569 BAILEY, ROSERT C...... \249 WEST. JOHN I...... _.. 3 held In In. Olllcl '" Con'erenel Room I" the HlldQUl flt f1 Bulldl",. DRISKILL, UDI[ A. ~H " ""'" 569 OUBA. TONY M...... 6 MURRAY, JOHN O. , .. __ 569 MADDOCK. T. 1310 Wn hln.I(l<1, D.C. Tht mltll"1 I dJourned Frida" Jun. 10. 1917, ,\ TODD. JAMES P...... 1323 JACKSO~i LEONARO G...... 11 5,00 ~m , DONLEYl MAURICE III, _._ 534 MCGINTI. PATRICK O. H'_ 016 JENKIN!;!l. HOMER L. __ ~, SElLERS, EUGENE M. 1m SOPTIC. JOSEPH H. •• ~ ___ 53 HIEMAN. ANDR£W f . U91 Thl ""l ",ullr m~ U ln, W,II eonomellCl It 9,00 I.m., Mondl" SI~ · WHITE, CuRUS l. _"__ 6q DEllER, CHARLES 5& I" "btl 12, 19 1. OD£Jt M. J. ,___ ._ _ ... RAO"- EDWARD J. 1m JOHNSTON . fREOERICK M. _ H O'RO RKE, JOHN I. __ ~, MURPHY, WIlliAM J. MARl ELLA. YINCEln ___ ... il I(ro FOR TKE IHTUNATlDHAl UlCIIllvt COUNCil DUllS, JOHM l . _ ~ lINOSU. TlACY O. LS20 fOlEY. WAtlER £. ___ , ~ HIXON, WILLIAM O. _ 760 DEVRIES. ANGEl C. __ ,. JI_ r . ...11 ..", SUfi''', HONOWAY, JURY ....JOI5 PETERSEN. NORMAN I. ___ I,. 1.'''IUII••• 1 Euulil, C'"OCI! :'~~~!~~LR Ll' JROH ~ ROLAlID, CHARLES _ ~ SPOHR. JAMES A. _ 134 NASH, Wil lAM W MS YO~K , AlVA M. ____ .. SCHEll, I. r. _____" 872 IIITH DATU CDU[CnD SCHUTTER, flORA M. _H. 226 WOOD( Clt H. B. w __ '" fOBIE. /. R. ____• __ 230 RUST, A. t . .. " ___ 889 Acc !pl.l blt dx umtnll "'Ifl MULltNIX. BENKIE A. __ 27' SMYTHE, J,lJUS C• .. _N" 8n s~bmjtt'd, Ind cllrrtcUonl hln BANkSON. COUUUNO _H )'XI: fER GUS II GARL"1f R. __ 898 bun midi in ,... 1.0. flcord l PLiSIKA, ANTHONY ....~_ .._ (:15 MOR LEY, REGINALD G, """". 911 01 Ih' 10110111'"1 m~m bt ' I' LOaD, ANDREW r. _... (88 AUGU ST, 1977 " Canadian labol., lIe'MS Unwinding controls: ""\Ve agree with the government's pro posal for a eon~lI1tative assembly to assist CLC 'disappointed' with govt plan in future government planning, bul dis agree with Ihe governmenl's ~uggestjon th3t such 3n a\SCmbly be open to a Following IS the leXt of the Sialemcn! edges that food and energy prices will multitude of groups. Such an assembly by CLC ExecutiYe Vice President Julien continue to increase and that prices of would be unwieldy Ilnd its clrectivencs~ Ma jor, on the federal government's imported goods will increase b«ause of would be diluted to such an extent thai Green Paper on dttontrols published on the devaluation of the Canadian dollar. it would be of no practical usc. We May 27: I-laving stated this, the Green Paper goes therefore urge the government to return " We arc dis:lppoinlcd with the gOllern on to say Ihat "attempts to offset thc~e to the format which has recently had ment's Green Paper which conlains no higher import prices through increa'>Cd some SlIcces\ a body made up of the concrele plans on how to tackle Canada's wages. , . will lead to higher productIOn three major partners in the economy: socinl :lnd economic futme. costs," The Congress ca nnot accept the government. labour and business. "The Green Paper is another indica underlying thcsis thai real incomes of "We mu~t also point to a misrepre tion of the government's lack of leader workers must dlocline and that it is not sentation contained in the document: the ship al a lime when leadership is so appropriate to negotiate wage inerea~es Congre~s ha, never undertaken 10 exer desperately nceded . II contains no dale in order to off~et price inc reases, cise voluntary restraint in the event of " for the tifling of controls-not even a "The Green Pllper ~eems nothing more the lifting of controls. We arc convinced firm dale on which the government Ih,m another dela}ing tactic hy a JlOV thM the fear expressed by the govern· pledges 10 make :1 decision on this sub· ernmenl afmid of f;lcing its respon~ibil ment of a remrgence of inflation afler ject. itie~, " propoloe!> nothing 10 ~olve Cana decontrol il< unfounded. As we have "The th ruSi of the Green Paper is to da's tragic unemployment picture :md pointed OUI before ...... e feel that at a concentrate on continuing restrain! on mamt3ins thc IInccrt3mties .... hich have time of m,l\\ive unemployment and gen wages and salaries while ignoring price brought us into Ihe present mess. eral economic une;"e, the first concern and profit restraint. The Congress cannot " In spite of our di~appointment. we of worker~ i~ to have jobs and that the accept the assumption that Wages and Jrc willing, as in the past, to di«;uss mlhlral force'! of the economy and the not prices arc the prime cause of inna solutions to Canada's se ri ous econonlic collective o:Hgaining proce,~ will naw lion. Indeed, the Green I>aper acknowl- recC$~ion. We do repeal howcver that mil} dampen any unreasonaolc expecta such solutions must include the Immedi tions. We also pointed to the fact that ate lifting af controls all at once, the the Canadian economy is only function same way they were imposed. Any other ing at about flO percent of its productive 'Green paper' proposals method would be unfair and would only capacity and that incentives and invest· prolong the econonlic malai~e caused by ments properly channeled II1tO the 20 per The federal government's "green pa· the imposition of the controls pro· cent slac k would increase enlploymcnt per" on ending wage controls could be gramme. withollt creating added inflation." described as an exercise in saying noth· ing new. Major suggestions in the paper in' livre vert sur Ie decontrole: clude; Establishment of a multi· partite can· Tactique dilatoire, dit Ie CTC sultative forum with 30 to 50 members drawn from all sectors of society to Voici Ie t~xte d'ulle declaration de " La pOrtee m,ljeure dll Li vre vert meet occasionally to advise on economic Julien Major, vice-pd"iident executlf du consistc a conCl'ntrcr les efforts su r Ie J malters: eTC, en rcponse au Livre vert du gau· m,lintien de~ rc~trictions de) salaires A monitoring agency with no legal \'ernement federal ~ur I"abandon des COIl toul en fJi~ant fi des restrictions visant powers which would replace the Anti troles, rendu puhlic Ie 27 maL les prix et Its profits. Le Congrcs ne Inflation Board and gather information "' Nous sommes d~us par Ie Li ... re ... crt pellt pas accepter I'h)'pothke sclon la- "" and publish reports; du gouvernement. qui ne renferme pas quclle Ie!> lo,ll • BrOlher George B, B:lTclay, retired • Brother Frederid. M Harris. ]..nown Intcrnational Representative, died on July throughout the lBEW as " Mal:' dIed on 8. 1977. Prior to his retirement in March April 21. 1977. Born on April 12, 1901, • Retirec.l Intemational Repre~entative 1972, Brother Barclay sen'ed as an Inrer he hecame a member of l ocal 58. De· Arthur Houle- dIed "lay 27, 1977. Born national Representative on the Seventh ... troil, Michigan, in December 19 17 . Bro on September 27. 1903, in NorlOn. Mas, Di,trict ~t,lfr from January 1952 until he ther H arri~ retired in Januar) 1961. PriOl sachusetb. Brother Houle .... as initi,ltcd retired. A nntive Te ~an, he was born in to his relirement he h:ld ~ef\'ed as a into Local 1196. Pawtucket. Rhode 1,, March 1907 in BIg Springs. Texas. and ~pcciJ.1 re-pre-~enlative OUI of the Interna land. in Augu~t 1937 and scrved as busi WIIS initiated into Local 585, El Paso, 'Ilonal omcc from February 1930 until n~ manager of his local prior 10 being I cxa~. on December 7. 1 93~, After serv 1936 Vohen he was assigned to the Sixth apPOinted 10 the Se!;onJ DlSlrict staff In ing on the Exc,"uti~e Board of Local 585, Distril-t a~ an InternJ.tion.L I Representntive March 1 9~2. Hc retired in March 1964, he ~ened as ~ I ssistant business managcr l :lnd sened until he re tired as a senior ending his dedicatcd 'icrvice to the Second of Loca l .101 and from 19..J2-19~5 as a r cprc~elllative. The Brotherhood will re District manufacturing and utility locals. 'peci,LI represent:Ltive servicing defense member Brother Harris for his many The lB EW apprcci:ltc~ his many yean ot con<, truction III the Seventh District. He years or dedic:ttion to the Brotherhood loy .. lt)' 10 the Brotherhood and extends later ~erviced the copper mine locals. The and e-..:tends si ncere sym pathy to his ~ince r e sympath} to his family ilnd Brotherhood extends sincere sympathy family a,Id friends. friends. 10 his ramily and friends, AUGUST, t 977 " 'Nitll tile ladies Do You Play The Game of the 70s? • During lhl! I t):;{)~ when America was gra~~y area :IIlU introducl!d hi~ "Iawn 1926 but the purse" were small as was w,ltching ba~cball an indll"lrjou~ lOy tenni~" in J R73 at a gilrdcn party com the audience. With the appearance in rn , 'a'Ke. I"m lomaloe~ 1 bay teaf pres" you could easily rack up a bill of .. 3n,rho"es. bo.led 'n 51011'0 wale, 2 teaspoons lemon lu,ee owr two hundred dollar.. fo r your basic I SllCio Dulle. I teupoon salt '. teaspoon Ihyme tel>spoon Pf'pPf" equipment. The be~t way to get ad e I clove garl,e. cruShed Pa,mesan cheese quate equipment for your individual I cup ~ermoulh 1 l1ecd~ i~ 10 talk to a pro or tennis shop \Vash and dr) tomaloes. CUi Ntt siems. Icaving as small a hole a~ 1 u" ncr .Hld then shop around for the _I pos,ible. and cut tomdtOC\ in half croSS" is .... Scoop nut half of the pulp and resent', T urn \hdls upside do" n to drain e'cess Juices. Sail and be,t pri..:e. keeping in mind the fael pepper inside of shells and place a thin slice of bUller in each: arrange thilt \\hill "ill impres~ your fellow in a buttered casserole dish Scrape arllcho"c leaves and dice hottoms. tenni, player.. i~ }our game. nOt your In a s"illet mdt 4 I"blc\poon~ bUller. add anichoke scrapings and bot· rackct or dOlhe<;. IOm~. tom!llo pulp. th}me. gilrlic and b:!) leaf: ~.Httc .. bout 10 minUle~ If b~ now you are not o ne of the over medium flame. Mash. Add lemon JUIce. s.:Ill. ;md pcpp..-r, Remo\e clo.;;c to 30 million Ame ricans who are hay teaf. Place about 2 lable~poom of artichoke mixture in each !OmalO, enjo)ing the game of tennis. you should Top generously wi th "' , I rmc~an ch!.'C~c. Pour ... ermotuh in bottom of pan and b:lkc in 400 oven for 25 minutes. Arrange on a sc rving platter and con,id er it. G et your whole fa mily in volved and rcap the pleasure of good top cach wilh it linlc or Ihe pan liquid. Serves 8 exercise. pride in achievement, and fa mily closeness. together. ~------~ AUGUST, t977 " ECONOMY INDICATORS depaltlnellt Indicator 1976 1975 1974 1m) [_0 c...... i_ of Resealch alld (e) 70.!iKO 72.668 I I ~ T,iIIi.... 73.999 01 BTU» • Ed'icatioll Gr ... 1t ...... 1 1,691.6 1.516.3 1.41].2 -(lR $ ,1,1110110) ToI.IU...... ~1 bOO 1.7% 8.5 % 5.6 % \ Energy and the Field of Transportation (e) Estimated 6 ...ul' of Mines. U.S_ Dep.rlment of the Inteno, B", •• " of Econom,c An.I~I;I. U.5 Dep.,tmenl of Commerc. e", ..... of Labor 51all$I,CI, U.S Dep.rtment of Labor • Ever smce the American public ",a~ can In the United States use approxi . a ... erage 17 mile~ per gallon. With the confronted with the energy CriSIS, em mately 70 billion gallons of gu\ohne Introduction of more fuel-efficient en- ~ phasIs has been placed on the assertion every year. or over six -million barrels per gilles m automobiles. mileage could be thaI. at the prescnt ralc of consumption. day ..... hlch IS the amount of petroleum improved by 50 percent between now and world rcscrvc~ of oil and ga~ "III be dc currently being imported mto the United 1985. Thus. even with an expected in· plctl'd in 2~ yean. Government findmgs Stales. crea~e of 30 percent in the use of auto· indicate thai. by 1980;, a gap will dl'velop On a passenger-mile basis. an automo· mobiles by 1985. gasoline consumption bel ...... e" ..... orld demand for 011 and the bile uses t .... ,ce as much fuel as a train could be lessened by about 20 percent. in~lallcd c:lpacity to produce oil. Indeed. and six tlme~ as much as a bus. Trucks lhe .... eight of automobiles could also~ it ~ccms that the "orld find~ itself In an carry less cargo th3n railroads bUI use be reduced. thereby reducing the use of era In .... tHeh It nlU~1 make use of all approxImately live to SIX IIml'S as much gasoline. :lVadablc forms of energy. energy to haul the same tonnage. Air The usc of the private automobile is ~cganJJc\~ of the fact Ihal off \hore craft are even 1e5~ emcient than highway ~o ingrained in Americans because of rcwrVe 29th Annual Scholarship al,o ~nefil1ed (rom thc~ po~itions: pre,i really ~t;lrtin~ II) f:O ollr "a). It i, a~arn denl of Ihe lIarnptlcn Count) Building and ,10" ing do.... n. ~ Award Program Held Constru~tion 'I rades: director of the West Wh.H h~ppenOn contract com tion of the program in 1949. inG up. AlthOUGh formal negotiations hnl'e 1'IIO''''S VAN ARSIHU·. U.M. not taken place yet. the llendit Commillce has mel wilh the company many times al ready. The lknefit Commiuee ",ill provide a Leadership Changes Hands eosl figure 10 the Negotiating CommitTee of _ In Springfield Local 7 Ihe proposals Ihal h;a\e been submitted, We loo!... forward to necoti:l1ing a fair and equi· L. U. 7. SI' IU l'o C FU:LD. MASS._Mter 12 table eontracl \0 thai ... c ",ill halc the c:api· years of dedrcatron to Local 7. lJ u\iness tal to support ollr rndu,try. ManaGer Phil Collins. Sr.• ~a~ defeated by PRrss St CRt:;T\RY Brother Dob Illig. lksides servina the local A' Ih' pod,um. lar')l (pSkamp. p,esldent. 80b as bu~iness manager, he aho M!ned on the A"do. rec:o'd'"g SKrers,y. Pel. "'eManus. bus,· Executive Do.lTd and as a pcn~lon Iru~tee. ness man.,er. and Russ Srock. business ,ep. at Union Label Show He ld ; While liCf\lng as busine~s manager " hil was • 'Kent ufel)l me",ng Apprentices Graduate • one of the two ID EW represc:ntati\'es senl by Ihe con"'enlion to al1end the AFL--CIO Utility Work Folds I..U. H. KAI .TI~10RE. MD.-A union l;abc l )how \las held lit Ihe Ci ... i~ Center in Building r rade~ Dcpartmcnt Convenlion. To Outside Pressure He was appointed to se rve on the p:tnel for $:"Ilisbury. Mar) land. recently. T he show was the Natiomll Elcctricial Code COnlnlil1ee. t.U. 17, BETHOIT, " II CII.-Just when we ~ponsorcd by the Delmarva Central Labor All orgnni;<:ed tr:l des and local government thought the work picture in our a rea Wl l ~ Council. A I'L-CIQ, Local 24's assistant,. AUGUST, 1977 Graduation Creamer, Joseph Eckert. and Robert Lewis; and Examinin& Board, Gene Long, Francis Olshefski, and Cecil " Bud" Satterfield. While local uniOn elections arc usually noteworthy eVents, this election was particu· larly significant due to the fe eling or mulual need and trust in both members and officers alike. Throughout the day. as nearly 1.000 Brolhel"$ turned out, thut was a feelin g in the air of order. necessity. tranquility, com· radery. and even urgency as Ihe procedure was taking place; and this is a good sign of the chara cter of our local union and that we are capable or mustering streogth in a time of sharing and understanding. In every electorial confront ation. the end results always comes out as a case of Apprenlice, of Ihe Ea'tern Shore. membe .. of l ocal 2 4, B.Ulmori. Md _. recenUy ,.aduated. S hown "win ner" and "lOSe rs"; but Ihis time. our s tanding. lell to right. are Andy Reed, chapte, manage<. NECA; Ste"al G"aory, anlsunl busln", local un ion was su rely lhe oyerall winner in manager, lOCal 24; Gary BrI"lngham, Harold Brittingham. Cha,l.. Cody. David f • • low. and J ames the clearest·cut se nse. With competiti on at HIlt, a.aduatas; J ack McCo•• le, business manage•. locat 2 4; and Tom Wllla1, Inle.nll,onal Rep', every leyel of poIicy·making office, we ran IIntallve. f ou" h D"lrlcl; lI.ted John K. ou~, DaVId l each, 00.,.1,. Web"e', and Cha.l .. WUI. the complele gambit of representation coYer· g .. duRln. Ceo'II ' Howard i, mluln. from Iha p/clu.a. age. In the case of our Executiye Board, for uample, we have a Brother who is fresh intcre ~tc d Local 24 members. Man y oth er from the field. a Broth er who has served this crafts displayed union- made produch Board and our local for 37 years, and throughout the day. BrOlheu in bet"'·«n, The two specific Brothers The show was presented for the loOle pur· mentioned In this case are Brother Bob pose of promoting union-made products and Lewis. former IIpprentice graduating clas~ services. To all the Brothers and Sislen who ~pokesm a n . the frelh face; and Brother Ilill donaled their time and dforlS to ma~ e lhi~ Creamer. th e perennial Il rothcf. In the olher ~ how possible. thllnk you for your dedicn · races. th e uifferenlial was ci lhcr in locill tion 10 the labor moyemenl . union ph i l ~ph ies Ilnd polices or in Geo It is always a pleasure 10 driye the pic graphical thoughts due to ou r tri·lurisdie. Inle.n. tron.1 Rep.asenlallv, W,Il'1 w,lh WIYH lUresque highways of our southern jurisdlc, tional status. On the "'hole. it wa~ a great • nd/o. gi.lI"ends of .tlduilles tion to lhe Eastern Shore of Marylllnd . day for the mEW and for Local 26 in On May 13. [977. we had the honor of particular. attending graduation ceremonies. CeremonieS Union Label Show .... ere held at th e Elks Club in Salisbury, Maryland. The Honorable Elmer Ruark. m:lyor of Salisbury. was in attendance as - was Bob Cook, president of lhe Grenier Local 27 Holds fill HEALTH AND JHUT MAl Sali~bury Commiltee. Fourth Dis trict Repre· Election IIOIIIE se ntative Tom Willey was also present. The ~ l~ WELFARE FUND L.U. 27, WASIIINGTO"l. I).C.-AI the [HCIII{.lI ....·i yes and &irlfriends of the graduates were election held in JUDe the following Brothers ~ IEr _, I rndiant and bubbling with pride for their husbands an d boyfriends. Special honol'3 were elected; president, J. P. Sanlples; lice ~ la.~l 24 .... cre giycn to David Leach for the hi il h e~1 president, R. O. Ba rton; recording sccretary. " !;raue aYcra!;e oyer the four·year period. A. L. Dennison; treasurer E. J. Anderso n; Following the presentation of certific:lles financial ~eere tary and business manager. J, R, Abell: Executiye Board members. AlII,. un,on I.bal show. held In Salisbury. Md , and the speech ma~jng. the band began to Local 24 had a mobile health unl!, and alt Inte. play and ollr new ;ournt:ymen uanccd the E. Wallace. H. N. Keene. and A. L, Putl-o. nled members of Local 2 4 w ... a'Y"n ph",ca' night away. These newly elected officel"$ need your sup • .ams To the new journe) men of th e Eblcrn port. They were elected by the Brotherhood 10 sene you. To properly serve you th ey Shore. \Ote eJlle nd our ~i n cerc congr;l1\ll ation, fllr:l jub well vone. must ~now of the labor problems encoun· tered in the shops. they must be pruented HAROl.o c... . Mill S. JII. .. I' .S with new ideas. and last but not leasi. they necd help in orga nir.ing in the indi vi dua l Election Comes In Form ~hops. Of Timely Catalyst 'Illh month'S " I' at on Ih e Back " Award goes to Brother E. Wallace. This quiet I.. U. 26, W"SIIII'oGTON. I).C.-Brothers. una~uming man's efforts are the major as this article reaches you, it surely will have reaC>Qn that we arc able 10 use Miller Hall as - already been preempted by our "'ee~l) pub our mecting place. He makes alE the arrange· lication. Tlrl' CirCIiit. Howeycr, the results ments for our u-.c of the Hall an d i, all'll~s of ollr loc:11 IInion's election will. we nre the first man ;11 the mceting to sct tiP the ,ure. be wekonlc news to our local lraYeling Hall SO lhlll We may properly co ndllct our busines\ m:mugcr. !o.lcrrul .... GreeOr), i\ Brothers and to our long.dislance readcl"$ meelings. To Brother Wul1 ace we ~ay well rorc,ident of the Council throughout the IO EW done. Door prizes, donated by union trafts. were The results of this election "'ere as fol · This month's " Boo" Award goe~ to the j I;I\I:n away every hour; the United H ~"hh l o~; rore~ident, l-ta rry Carter; yiee presiuent, General Seryices Adm inl~tratio n Their M:unlcn:mtc offered blood pressure te,l\; Ral ph "SI.IP" Kemp: recording sec retar)·, agency hns used th e Privacy Act to dcny uullly Local 1307 had :1 bllcket Iruck on the Robert Miro, fin :lncial secretary. Waller our members :InV representatives a~ess \0 parkin, lot un d gave rides to th e chilJren_ Shoemaker. Jr.: treasurer. Wi1Ii;lrn Fosbrool. : promolion rostcrs. and they have now forced the kids IO\'et! it. Local 24 had a mobil e busineu managcr, Wade H. Sherifr. Jr.: this union to revise our membership applica+ health unit and gave ph)·~ica l c.\ams to all EJleCulhe Board: Le ~te r Bol ton. Willi:lm lion so as to gel perm ission from a pr06pec- " IIEW Ja.,mol live member for Ihe use of his social have already senled for three ye:ar conlracls Manor III Depew, New York, and the security number in order 10 deduct union and others are waiting 10 ratify. graduates ....· crc invited to bring their wives due (rom his pay. This is ridiculous. The It appears as though the Peoria area is or swecthearts to share in Ihe 8101'y after Privacy Act was enacted to help indio enlering a new era in labor-management four years of study and hard work. After re viduals. It was never inte nd ~ d to be used negotiations. This year the crafts have been eeivin8 congratulations from Pr~i d cnl Genc to deny an employee access to documents .. orling on a multicraft bargaining type of Adams. Businus Manager Melbourne Rice, ~ which directly aff«1 hi~ welfare. and il wa~ ne~otiating and it seem~ to be an acceptable and Whit ferguson. I r .. ~hairman, lATC, most certainly not intended 10 be used to methodS. Each crart ,,'iII receive the 5.3 me the graduates werc cautioned by gUt'll Jr impede union organization. wage package if ratified. As it stands now. ~ pcaker Michael T_ 8arry, ficJd representa 10111'01 I' . SAM " I.! S. " R15. Ihe fiat year increase will be a doll ar pcr tive, District I , 10 coatinue their ed ucation hour. The .second )Car will be 'J() ccnts nnd by usi nS other prOgrams made avail:!.ble to Powerhouse the third )ear ",ill be 8.1 cents. The overall them through the local and NECA. He wage package for three yean will be $2.75. \trcsscd Ihe importan~e of keeping up ..... iTh This method of bargaining hopefully will an evcr-changing induslry. be a big step in labor management relations. Diplomas were presented 10 the following: It ~hou ld alleviate the burden of lost time Scott II. Aronson. Gary H . Belz, Michael due to s tri~e as well as stimulating the L Benzee. David D. Brunner, l ames Bucb- crafts to unity at the bargaining table. This 1:lew, Richard F. Oll( hlaew. Paul M. Dolce, ~ hould be a milestone in relation to all seg M :jr ~ S. Fritz, John H. Greer. l ames A ments of organil:ed labor combining llS one. Gllgino, Russe l l . Gugino, Clyde KerOllck . We arc aware thai non-u nion worken. nre Thomas M. Lahiff. Robert F. Landahl. m:lking their move to de ~troy the union "'lly. Du\id V. Maje..~ki , Ke\in M . McArdle, Cal If these contracts can be settled witho ut any vi n L. McCabe, William R. Nixon, lohn work stoppage this will be a sreat deterrent J. O·Connor. Robert W. Price. Wayne A. to the large non-union organizers. Sc haefer, Ric hard F. Stasl.1k. Michael 8. WOI k in our julisdic tion h still booming. Szmania. lames M. Willlldscn, Kenneth W. We hll\'e several Caterpillar Tractor project~ l..ohm. Edward L. Zimpfer III. lind a powerhouse. The outlook for the As if to gi\c testimony to Mr. Barry's future st ill appears to be very promi.:.i ng. remarls, another banquet took place al th e '1 he photos that accompany this article "cllam"-ood 1·louse In We ~ 1 Seneca. New ~,~1 are of !.he Havana powerhouse and its two York. thc follo ..... ins .. ee~ on June 1. This Bue ll precipitators. The entire roof scclion\ was the M'tond annual a ... ards dinner of are jllmmed with electrical apparatus. Thi~ the Journeyman Fducation Commine< and i~ Where J spend my " orking hours. tho Elcclrical Industry Education Fund. Once again. I wou ld 'ike to thanl:. all the Certificates were presented to 86 of our traveling Broth ers for helping us man our journeymen for complttion of courses in abundance of work. That's it for this month motor control. cablt li pltcin~. solid ~Iate " rOl her'S and conlinue to further the cau,e theory and application, Steward training, "r the IBEW. basic first aid. conduit bending. fire alarm,. temperature control, ... elding. rigging and the nalionnl electrical code. Some of the Ba nquet Held for 26 eourse~ .. ere brief and some ran almost 40 ",ecl~. Graduating Appre ntices It ..-ould be impractical to list the name~ of lhe 86 gr:.duafe, bI:!':lIu~e of limiltd ~PlL!':C, L.U_ "I, UUFFAtO, N. \'.-on M;ty 26. thi~ hut we ~cnd our mO'l t sinccre congratu1:,_ loeul honored 26 apprenti Ces for succc..;.fu ll y lion~ IU the gradullte~ of both thc lATe completing their apprentice~hip trllining pro Hnd the journeyman euueation program. We gram. A bltnquet was held at Ihe H e:lf1h~lOnc "'ould :11,0 I'C rCLll lSS if "'e didn't satLite the ., 1 - 1 1 Address CHANGED? I Brothers and Sisters, we NAME I want you to have your I JOURNAl! When you NEW ADDRESS · 1 I have a change o f ad· 1 d ress, please let us I know Be sure to In PRESENT LOCAL UNION NO. Thue thr.e phOlIHl show Iho H"w~n" pOWe.hous. I elude your old address "nd its Buelt p.ecipllaloB, The .001 secl,ons a •• and please don'l forgel CARD NO , IJammed with el.cl.;cel appa.alu., Thl. I. whe'. to fill in l. U. and Card oc., 31. Peo"a. III.. prllSS lee ••lat, Ma.k AYII's No. This information will PENSION MEMBER o worh be helpful in checking and keeping our rec OLD ADDRESS Contract Looks G ood ; 1 ords straight...... I 1 C'ly Z'II Cod, I W ork Abundant t " you have changed I local unions, we mus' CFO~R~M~E~R~L~O~C~A~L~U~N~IO~N~N~U~M~B~E~R"-~~. ~..~ .~. -c.. ~ . ~~.~. ~.. L .U. J". I'EONI A, ILI_--Srrm,l hlh fin;.Jly I ~ have numbers both. ~rri\led 10 "coria arter a Ions cold ",mter. I 0' Ma il To; Circulation Departm ent I ,>prjn ~ is u)lIlIlly II prelude 10 th e sl ri~e 1 lnternaliDnal Brotherhood 01 Ele ctrical Workers I season in Ihj~ life" bllt so fllr we hllye nOI 1 ~ 1 11 25 15th Street. M.W., Washington, D. C. 20005 I been affected. Several buildina trade can· ______1 It&Cls are up, including our own. Some crafts 1 IAUGU ST, 1911 " men who put Ihi~ prugram together. Thanl5 to Bob Kll1.ubowski, chairman and treasurer, 45 anci 50 Year Pins Presentation Bob Adams, assistant treasurer, Ross Neu reuther, secretary, and the hard-working commillee of Earl Gaiser. lou i~ Nixon, Bob Einstein, Don Carriero. Jerry Czaster. John Drew, Bob Noady. and Ed Vnul. There was someone else, too. Somcone vcry special. Our laiC Brother Les Me)ers was honored for hi~ ~ork as a lounder of • this eommittee and the hard work he pul into it for many yellr\. Brolher Kenneth Me}"en. \upen isor uf Ihe lown of Ched. Members "f;ei~,n8 5O.y ••• pins II Gr •• t Fells towaga. accepted the Ra}"mond G. Schlem. un,t p,n". I.tl to ".hl.•• e Art Schroed.,. Olc~ mer Memorial Award from GeorGe Flynn, .nd W.1te. " Fuuy ~ He,m." Schlemmer. in behaU of Lel' family. LI:'> sel an eXHmple fur all 10 follow. evcn "ui".nt OUSinns Men.ge, o.~. B,,,e,,~. Locil .. 47. P"U"I!ng ~ though it WIIS extremely difllcult for him the Whittle •. ClI!.. I, .hown 25.y'" last two ) ear:.. He wilt alwa)s he remem· • pin '0 B.othe. Ken"'lh Oechtol bc-red by I.ocal 41 . The apprenticcship program h o\'cr for some and just ~tartlng for others, The Whittier local Completes iourneymun proll rum i\ never over. We Two New Contracts • learn ~omething new eyery day an d the in· dustry (hanges e\ery day. If it hasn't started L V, " 7. wlITrnJo:R. CAL.-At the time i for lOU yet, no~ i, the time 10 beilin. Sec of thIS u.rilina, everyone is u.orkioa dlli. Relored ..... m!).e .. ,n Bulle "";1 .te,;V'"& 45-~'., }"ou in class. Plnl. lelt to rllht. ••• Joe B,ode,.ck. AI!).eft gently to locatf; the la~t few participants in GCNE. "G,,·tOll" BACIl QWSI( I. P's. "0111" CoombS ...... " M.y.... rd. and Ed Oa'Uen, the Line Construction National Pension Fund who have nOI advised us of their cur· rent mailing addre~$!;s. Presentations nllle 2.s·)c:ar pins were pre'iCnted. 2J J(). year pins, 19 l.s·)'ear pins, 27 4().year pins, As many of )OU know. the LeN Pemion 12 4.s·year pins. Ihree .so.)ear pins, and last Plan is being dissohed and it is hopeful par. ~ but not least. a 70·year pin to retired ticipants u.iJJ receive chcds somf;timc in ' Brot her Billy Lyons from Local 408. Mis· June for contribulions made in Iheir behalf soula. by contractors in the jurisdictions of l ocals Brother Lyons is a rf;!lred cmployee: of 47 and 124.5 betlO/een June I. 1972. and June 19i6. the Montana Power Company, and started 10. hi~ relirement belorf; Local 44 was char· Those who do not have current addre~scs tcred. lie is very hale and hearty an d look· on file in our office should contact liS im IIIg forward to hi, SO·year pin . Congratula· mediately 10 IIvoid uny delay in receiving ., tions. Billy. their chf;cks. Thf; lack of work which hal We were honored u. ith the presence of forced many of our Brothers to tr.nel has Mem!).e,. of the M,noull uni t of Locil 44. Bull •• our retired Eighth District Vite President also contributed to the hard~hip of locating Mo ... t .. "cII~e pin. It the unWI Plrt~. F.on t Stun ley "Mutt" Thumpson at two of our thf;m. row. II" to rllh!. I,. Auburn a."ett .nd "nd~ parties: also. th f; new Eighth District Vice Wf; arc happy to report the seUJcment of Horn,ck. 25 Yelrs; Jua Bec~. ]0 y ....; Cllyton two important contrac t~ recently-the Ic le· Werner. 25 y... I; mlddl ••ow: RI~ Wollaslon end President. Lawrf;nf;e Farnan. and Interna· phone communication agreenlent and Ihe P i La Salle Unit Holds Annual • Dinner-Dance G~'Y tiuller. , Ieward III Spoon Rover EleClrlC L.t t, St. SI'RI ;'\'GFII':LO, 11 .1.. hel Y nul'.' Co.op. wilh C.nesl Robinson. ,etlring arolhe,. ~mJ then uur l oc AUGU ST, 1977 33 J une 18. and shou ld be reported in next On Job On Job month's Journal; milht even be a ble 10 in dude a few pbotos taken of the big event, Our local uni on's tha nks and a tip or Ihe Hard Hat r"r a job ",ell done to the EJec· li on Judie Bob Boc:tel and all of those who helped. serving either as tell en or helpers. They are. Bob Early, Pete Herring, Dan Cul ver. Aubrey Kni ght, Dwight Eric kson, .. Jim Thompson. Bill G orr, Ken Roclel, Omar Hansen, Chuc k. Clemenson, Frank Pierce, Jim l.Iall, Al Dreier, Dab Choury, John LeClerc, lind M. Tammy Drumright (from Adams County Election commission v.ho wa~ able to lab run the vale cards). Show" .re ' ''mm., BIn Matson and lo.e ... an A total vote count showed $95 of OUf Gllnn O"caw, N. G. Gilbert FOrestry c,ew, 1,lm· membership voted For information could mini on IPC properly in ~co'. illinois, be Ihot Ihe follov.ing figures lell the full story, lotal ,ote in 1974 was 643, before Ihat in 1971 a record 764, while Ihe election members of Local 51 y,ish Ernie health and held in 1969 tOla l ~ote was jusl 659, Seems h(lppin~s in his retirement jeafs. Membe", 01 l o<:al 53. Kansas City. Mo., em thaI whatever was happening in '7 1. il Social galhcrinl,lS such as theM: help us ployed by Sho-Me Corporat,on. tell to "lIhl. are brought oul the VOle. Next year. another 10 know and understand our Brothers (tnd H.rold Ba,ley. JIm ShOf;ktey. Royal H~";nE . on. eleelion. while not for local union office, il Sisters beller, thus making Local _~ I a beHer Oary Jonn. and Jim Oaley hot Sllck,ns an ener· i~ equally important, selecti ng delegate!l for ., (lfld stronGer local in the mEw. II~e Richard r , Strombe,g, buslne" manager of Loc:al 99, P'DYide...: •. A I.. has b •• n ap painted to the RhOd. 1,land ApprenllCHh,p CO "...:,, by Governor J Joseph Ga","hy Second District Progress Meeting Blacked Out I..L'. 99, I'KO\'IDENC ":. R. I.- l ocal 99 held the &i;ond Dhlric. P rosrr~~ MerlinS Locot 102, p"tllrlOn, N J held ". "nn",,1 bowllna b.nQ\,I.t Cos •• tto rlf!Clri<: had th e f,rst·ptace in Ne .... flOrI. Rhode " land, .... I.h o\el 100 t.am L. II 10 "aht ••• S, Booths. Ja(~ ca'Iell_'po .. so' . Bob Tale. C'"t Voall:. Bob Ka,ne, ~nd dc1esate) and theIr .... ive' Itl allendence. Un· Joe "th. C.," Cavallo. fOrluna'cl)' everyone \\il~ greeted O} U sevr. re winlrr ~lOrm und blad.mlt. rh ~ hotel hall no heal or tiehts for alllI osl deht , hours. bUI the ho~p,t:llit )' room W3\ :11 .... a) s busy, Special Ihun~ ~ 10 Brother, Bitt Na\h and Bobby Vars for attcmlinG '0 Ihe hi)', pilalil), room. The meellng", h i ~ hli t:ht\ .... ere Ihe 'po!eches of InternatiOnal Vice Pre.,ident John E. FI )'nn. Scnelar} Ralph A I eillon, and Trea'>urer Harry Van Ar.l.d.l'e. Jr, ' n· ternalional President Charles II. l'ilL,rd un for'unale')' could 1101 att~nd our I' rogre~~ ~ I eeling due to pending 1cSisl:lIion commit tee hearings in Washington Local 99 hope\ Brolher Don P,.U a .. d h,. w,'. d.nc:. al the thai in the ncar fUlUre we .... ,11 have Ihe bowling banquet O'OB, •• Oob Tate and h,s beaut,fut d~ulI:hle. honor of hi ~ pre'iCnce. Brolhe" Van ArSIJale and Leigon new in from " an...as Cily where: Ihe)' had bee:n greeted by lormldo). The FFTF Project delcGates had a 'cry educati onal drmomtr:l tioll by II repn,',enlati.'c from OSH A . Ihllt Iusled o'er t'.'-o hours. :md .Ih One of the highlight ~. Local 99 IIlIV heen honored b) lJ u~jnes~ Manager Richard r Stromberg's appoint_ ment to the Khotk hland Apprcnlice ~hlp Counci l by Governor J JO'ie ph Gamlh), Brother Stromberg h:ls been serving our Apprcmieeship Program f,lr ovcr II dec:ldc, Thanb to all the unicer. and Ilro)thel's of Local 9') who t(')'l~ th e linte 10 nta~c the I' ro\:rc,>s M ce t in~ u greal ~UCee~\ , O,othe. [d Cris t,ano ,ecel v.s h,s Ir ophy 10 ' 1'\'11 1, .verage f.am Roa" Gailivo W"t1IK 1 I'\RRY. JR . 1' .5. O.olhe. Jack Carte of Loc:al 1 l2. Ite .... ewick, Local 102's Work Picture Vmn ..-, h. heltlg on the ,;.Ime le.lIll. luntrih Wnh., SI ...... d. and .Ied"cat supe.lntend.nt uted 10 hiS nm .... ,nOlfll!_ a,1I VI...:e u.m'''. Ihe elf!Cu lc,"' ,.I"lus 1io4(d Begins to Impro .... e l'lea'>l: lemember our ;mnual outilli. '" I.. ttoe FnF co .. lrot ,oom_ In LU, 102, I'ATENSO:'\', " .J.-lIere i! 1\. be held \cpICI11Ocr. UrOlhen. finally another urI ide from )our Until ne\1 nl\lnlh. hv~ tht' .... tII~ pklure conhnuc, ttl !lnpron:. basically lazy press ,een:l;lr~. Hope to im· provc; beller Im pf()\e:, LION 1 I ('Ol II'Kt1 M. P ~ As Ih i, repor' i~ IHitlen, Wlllm~r Im ~ ar· rivcd :lmi Ihe work piC lure is slarting Itl loosen up. It .... ould ~ure be nlf;e 10 he able Local 1 12 Reviews to report IOO·perce nt empIO)menl , but un· Nuclear Work fortunatel y. that i~ nut the ca~e al lh.~ lime Hopeful ly ..... e .... 11l Thltd piece w,nl 10 Ih. team of loc.t ISO. Waukesan. III. l~ft 10 "ahl a.e M,lo.. S.da.o, Phil lo,hovlC. D.". Barser, Ind Bob Vedder S I ~vI lahey Is not Shown. \ loc.1 164. J e~"y Clly. N.J .• pr~s~nled lis Inn".1 Kholarshlp ....ard 10 Mlu [.na B"sch. da"8h1~r 0' Oroth" CIIUS BUsCh. lelt to .iah! af~ leona.d Ma'lhal1. chairman. Scholarship Commillee; Thomas 0 Mlsei_sna. p.es'd~nt : Cla"s Busch; Miss BUlch; .nd Howa.d E. Schle•. Jr" business B.Olh". Sho.,y Owen ",on low aame e WI.d, man·aer .. tlEW Jov.not achievements in her high school years. We neu Mannger E. E. Harvey, Assistant Busi are sure that Mi ss Busch will lise the 1921 -1977 ness Mnnager B. J. Lowery, Clyde Under scholarship to her utmost ability and we all wood. Virgil Lawrence, James Walker, Mary wish her the best of luel,; in hcr college BrOlhe. John P"CI I. Jude, Ed Dei cher, Noah Foshee. Doug rears. mourned b~ Ihl mlm· Manke. and Tom Connally. We are glad The local Brothers are extremely pleased ber. of Locil 16', that they were successful in geuing a good wllh the efforts of the Scholarship Commit contract. tee 10 mal,;e this award possible each year. ConaralUlations to Jim Pins. who was the The Commiuee members are Brothers winner of the Chattanooga Bass Club Leonard Marshall. Ken O\I.ens. and Tom Classic Tournament. Sp.1no. Tyrone Newson and T. J. Wehunt. Sr. • Brother Ma rsha ll aho gave a special are the t\\,- o newly appointed delegates to word of thank you to pension Brother Leo the Chattanooga Area Labor Coune-il. And Bartley for his efforts in the past )'ears speal.;ng of appointments. I would also like when he served on this Committee. and ~e to congratulate Tommy Wehunt, Sr., on than I,; a ll these Brolhel'l for mnl.ing this beina appointed to the local union EJt:ecutive e ... er, if a ll past eJ(perienecs are any indica· presentation possible. Board tor. we will be waitin, a month or so beyond I)Qn't furset the credit union. and will K[NN ET !! T NAGEL PS the deadhne date. We Mit e\eryone to be C-U al the ne"t meeting. patient and we will bring them the news M C Ii AIt I_r.s E DUNNING. P,S. soon as we know for ~ure our)Clves. Golling John Price. busintiS agent of Locnl 16.5. passed :lway on May 5. 1977, lifter a long Ceremony Held on Boardwalk struggle against cancer. John was II good friend of labor and For Casino Gambling I.nown throughout the Bell Syslem's prop L U. 211, ATLANTIC CIT\', N.J.-Well, erties for his untiring efforts to help his it finall y has happended. Casino gambling in fellow workers. Atlantic City has been signed into law. John will be mis~ed by all \lho worl.ed There was a nice ceremony on the board v.ith him. He was a rare indh'idual in II. SCII walk. in front of our Con'·ention Hall. of conlmon people. which happens to be the biggest and best in L\.wtt[NCE F. UJ[ltJ . P.S the world. Once again, Local 211 would ShOwn It a 'Klnt 8011 ouUna 0' Locil 165. like to say thanls to all the people through Cllk:-«o. III.. Ind rlmlmberln8 1/'1 1968 1I,,"a Brother Dunning Takes out the state v.ho v.orked so hard and sup Ita low s.cra tcll wlnnars Okk Blnnoro, Bob Bl ip ported this bill. w,tll '''and. and Gr .. Buban Over Pen We just concluded our election of officers for a new term. Our new officers are presi. LU. 175, CliATrANOOGA, TENN.-I dent. Harry Snow: ... ice president. Fred Eser; ha\e been asled by PreSIdent Don Bal.er if financial secretary. Hennan Schenler; treas I v.ould 1ry to \lrite something for the urer, Don Tapp: business m:lnager and re o r JOllr"a/, since our Sood BrOther. Herb Penn. cordinl secretary. George Stoclinger, v.ho ington. resigned. So I will try alain. This was reelected. \liII be aboul the fourth time since 1952 or Our new EJ(ecuthe Board consists of 1953. So he re goes. fulie Allen. Jim BI-shop, Harry Cherico. Fint. I regret 'ery much to report the GeorGe Fenwicl,;. Tony Glass. Harry Hiltner. retirement of Earl W. Burnette as Inlerna and Val Perez. tional Vice President of the 12th District . Elected to the Examining Board were Earl will be deeply mbsed br Ihe members Toni Hutchins. Art Kurtz. and Jim Tracy. • in the District . ConQ:r:uu lutions to all of our new officers nut then I am very happy 10 report also MadaU" wlnnar Doul SIIWI" nlnk&tl b~ III, lind good luel,;. telmmltes. the appointment of M. A. " Burr" Williams Since we're about to mO\·e into one 0' liS the new Vice President of the 12th Dis the most important periods in the history of trict. Con,ralUlations. Burr, we lnow ),OU our local, all the new officers wi ll need your v.iII do 11 good job al'>O. as you ha ... e in Ihe support. Make an effort to make the most Pll) !. of the meetings. Our de; Smith, and Gene Anderson al l .. u' 2U, CmCAGO, ILL-Three ne: w WalU Bar; Herb I'ennington al Scquoyah: members \lere a(:l.:epted at our regular meet Contract Talks Bo)d Holder at Raccoon: John Seagle lind ing in May. They are Louis P. Karellas. S:unmy Paulk at lI elle: Fonte: and T. R. S) l"'e)ler Bruce. and Henry Metcalf. We Go On Ball :II Widow's Creek. The: loe:ll union welcome: you new members and I,;now that Lll. 165, CIilCAGO. ILL-'I he-.e are would like to congratulate all of these )'ou \lill prosper. busy, exciting times fur Loc:l l 165 members, members on the fine job they are doin G. Nominations for local union offices were \Ve hop.! that. al th is wriling. our conlrllCI The foll owi ng commillee has ju~t com held in June: instead of in Ma y due to the is signed. scaled, lind de li vered with nt ]c:lst p1el cd negotiations lit W. L. Jackson after J> O~ 1 Offi ce shortage of mail boxes during a portion of the pllcknge benenting us. How- one week of being out on the brick!: Busl- th e: 11I0nih of Muy. Thi, postponemerll wu AUGUST, 1917 .. to comply wi th election laws that govern attended by appro,;imately 100 members. Pal O'Sullivan, 660 (with a 242 scratch) ; local uni on el«:tion5. The oyslers, whic h were served in a variely Ll oyd Alcorn, 664; and Smoky Fenush, 616. Electi ons drew a keen interest in our of ways-fried, stewed and ba ked-were Thanks to Local 41 for a nice tourna membe rs that shows 'by our prompt mark foll owed by clams, shri mp, cold cuts, and ment: see you in Dayton, Ohio, in 1978. ing a nd maili ng of ballots. beverage. The local hlld a hos pitality room al th e The editorial pag es of our JO Ilr/w l in June The be:llJliful spring day saw many 12- tournament headquart ers hotel. It was a have a report by Charles H. Pillard that gauge shotguns on hand with their owners busy pi li ce all wc~ k end. Bernie Stoneham will keep us abreast of needs of energy who felt they were equal to the task of and Jim Terreberry were asked to run it conserva tion. On pages I and 2 is the testi "gunning" down five claybirds without any and Ihey got Jim Heft to help. Jim ma de mony by Charles H. Pillard given before trouble. At the end of the claybird shoot a lot of trips to the hOle l and 10 different the Interstate an d Foreign Commuce Com John R. Frey was claimed the winner and suppliers and deserves our thanks. Thanks, mi nee of the U.s. House of Rcpresentatives. David Garrety the runner-up. Everyone Jim. Tn the tcstimony are ninc points of solutions knows there has to be a winner, but each Anyone interested in being a "Clutch th at will hel p the nation to resolve the en member never dreamed it would be some Artisl.rt contact Gene "A. J." Molak. for crgy problems. All of us will be affected by one else! in formation. these nine parts of pl anning for conserva Loca l 229. a concerned service unil inter Remember the th ird Thursduy lit the tio n an d research. Presi dent Cart er an d the ested in the welfare of its 'members and OCA W Hall on 24th Street where we have • Congress need and have support of our families, offered a cardiopulmonary resusci our monthly meetings. Let's all attend. labor leaders for legislation which will pro tation course for members and wives re Jll>l T EIUl£DEIUIY, P.S. vide energy sccurity and economic pros cently. Eleven members and four wives and perity. girlfri~nd! attended 10 recd\le the instruc Roy L Cox. P.S. tion from Brolher Marlin Grov~ and his CPR Course assistsnt. a certified R.N. Brother Grove is AI Bake a cenified emergency medical technician, Oysler au thorb:ed by the American Red Cross to ~ present the course to any group. Upon I complction of Brother Gro~e's instructio n period, certificalion was utended to those who satisfactorily completed the material presenled. CPR is not onl y valuable for I cardiac arrest, but for victims of drowning, . eh:ctrical shock, drug overdose. and suffoca tion. We mDy not only be able to usc this ~ valuable training on the job, but also with , friends, fDmi lies, or everyday contact wilh the gen~ral public. It seems like eight hours I of your ti me to ta ke the course is a sma ll A cardiopulmonary resuscltallon course was contribution in e,;ehange for a life. In a 1I1 ... "n by l oe8 t 229. St8nding. le ft to 'Iel>l, a,e Winne ' l &1 the oysle, b~ke of local 229. Yo,k. lesler Metharn. Clem Harman. Met Hendtl~. PD .. teft 10 "ghl •• rc 8,011"le rs Oawld Garrety, transit society such as ours we are exposed Robert Tames, Rleherd Mansb".ger. "II f,lend tunner·up. and John R. F.ey. winner. 10 a varicty of situations daily, so it is im Pat, end lUI. ' SlambauB". Kneeling: Ft8nee$ portant to be prepared for emergencies. Panebaker, Robert Pan"baker. Hezlkl.h Fa.d. ~ Our thanks to Brother Grove and his Tam Atbright, Tom Clingan. Sally Cllng.n. St" ..." assistant for their lime. as well as Ihose Aben$c"oen, Ind Linda Abensc"oen. tn.tructo. I members, wives, and friends who willingly Marl'n Grave. lytna: tn front, "Annie." gave their Saturday for a good causc. "CLEM " H ARMAN , P.S. Brother Lent Retires; Outside Wort Scene Unimproved Wort Scene Still G ood ; Bowl ing Teams in Tournament L.U. 145, TOLEDO, OHI O-William "BiU" Lenz, an employ« of the Toledo Edison L.U. 237, NIAGARA FALLS. N.Y.-The for 38 years in the underground-transformer local II-ork situation is st ill good, as of seclion. has retired. Upon retirement Bill SU.lneSI Manage, leSler Methorn pulling Ihe June 10. There were! 10 men on the bench. was the oldest steward in years of service ro""• • with three jobs starling to fill up. The big for the IOt:II-2S years. He also served two job :11 H ook~r Chemical is about to go: it terms as E:>.eeu tive Board member. attended has an April, 1978 dead line. The remodel two naliol1:11 conventions. and served wi ll ing of the Hotel Niagara wcnt to McCabe ingly on many other union projects. Our Coreor;ln. who also has the Dupont con· ollicers and members alike wish him and his struction that is building up. wife, l\lnrgaret, ntl good Ihings in retire We sent four tCllms to the 33rd Bnnual mcm an d thank him for his many years IBEW Bowling Tournament held in Buffalo of faithful service to our local. on June 3, 4, and S. The teams consisled In a continuing process to le~p our old of one-Joe Fenush, Gary Heppner, Dave and new officers and stewards well informed, Heppner. /Jill Johnson. and Roger Ketch; the IOtal has JUSt completed a five ·lO.eek two--Oernie Ston~ham, Tom \Vurl, Pat course sel up by our labor attorney, Joe Reti,ed members. left 10 rlghl. are 8,01"e'$ O'Sulllvan, Bill Murphy, and Lloyd Al Allolla. The workshops consisled of the Oscar Knipple. Robert Pan,baker. and Joe corn: three_ Jim Stoneham, Gerry Manzi, proper way of hundling srievances. th~ Alwood dlscuuing a Job or mem!>tl, pension. o. J ~H;k Ke-nllCdy, Tony l\I ari~no. and Jim changing of laws. arbitration and rcconcili wu II womenr Terreberry; four- Jim Heft. Sieve Zambelli, ation servke. changes in induslr;:!1 compen Bob Clark~on, Joe Sedita. and Frank Schel sution. history of the labor unions, structure ler. Tenm two bowled the best of the four of the IB EW, etc. O yster Bate, Resuscitation and W~IS in ~cventh place unofficially. To compensllle for their nights aWlly from Course Held The top three in singles and doubles (six horne Ihe fiflh and final sessions consisted games) wilh han dicap .... ere Dave l'leppner, of our annual dinner-dance for their wives L.U. In. YORK. VA.-The annual O)'s ter 1267; Bob Clarkson, 1260: and Jim Terre· and lady friends. sponsored by the officers ba ke, held Sunday, March 27, 1977. at the berry. 1214. The tOp three individual scores and stewards social club. East Berlin Fish and Game Association, was wit h handicap during th e learn events were Business Manager Carl Yen ric]':: reports tDEW Joumol New Building 'Oth Anniversary CPR Training The ne"" build.,.,S 01 loc~1 245. Toledo, Ohio. Th. 'OC k[lIit hour belore an e.,ellent smorsas· bord dinner at the Coa,h Hou... Inn. North Vancouver. B.C .. ,eleb... li. It•• 10th annlve ...... ,. thai 14 contracts were finalized in 1976 of local 258. VlIncouver. B.C. with no loss of pay for unyane. To dale one has been completed in 1977. Now thai we 3TC settled in our new building we can institute a pre-retired and A massive CPR tr"ining program has been under. retired club, wh ich was a confirmed pro I"ken by members 01 Local 261. Groton. Conn. posal at the 1970 IBEW Convention. The Here Art P .. yne. Electric Bo .. t Safet y ~~rtmln t Convention resolved to promote and support Inslr... elor. insl ruCl5 Brother 8. Keams In timing retired members clubs. to promote and sup- and t Kh"iq ...... sed by a two·person CPR team. flrern.n George f argo. CP R instr ... clor. keeps a port programs to meet ihe education. social close labs on "nnle's comments to Ins... r. hlah a nd economic needs of our retired members. s~iU level •. Sack row. lett 10 right ... re Bro t he~ and [0 promole and support th eir interest Brother John B.,.nelson. 86 yellrs old. receivn WIlcll. G. Sk,pper. W. luna. W. Jones. Bu,lness his 6O-yeilr pin from tnlern.',onat Representat,ve in local, Slate, and national political :,ff:Lirs. Manager R. D,CenSO •• nd C. SU~dman; l ront rOw; J,m Wo.fg" ng. Brolher B.,.nelson oris,n."), It was further resolved Ih al a ll retiree clubs w,,' R. UllImlnn. D. Caviggia. and T. Gatten . .. member 0' Local 213. affiliate " ilh the N:uional Council of Senior Citizens. There are prescn(ly 249 relired members , and 2J I pre-retired (aj;c H and over ) eli gible for the club. We are committed to this group who h:l\'e not onl y ta ught us our jobs, paid the price for the contract bene· fits we enjoy today, but marc. have made Local 245 one of the most respected unions of the !BEW. The "orlo.. situation for our outside memo Shown with the 10th .. nnive.,• .,. cake are memo bers has not improved. Our thanks to the be" 01 the Execut,ve Board. lell to . laM are many locals who have helped our traveling Tom f ork,n. Cal P"lchell. Slln Rled. ooua members. especially the Sixth District Cronk. Al Spen,e'. N,il Clark. JOCk WaterSl on. lind Bob Luncy. At ' ar naht Is lnt"natlon.' loI.:als 17, 51. 196. and 1393. Repruental,ve Jim Woflgang Electric 8011 Ii,eman. J. McDonald. demonstrat es Ro:-.l POLAN!). AC'T P.5. ' I ep-b~.$\ep procedure in one·person CPR rescue to W. l ... na IS Safely Depanmenl in5truclo r tative Jim Wolfgang. Brother John 1·liebc:rt D. Pip.r checks g raph . eadout. Back tOW. lell 10 3~ted as emcee for the happy oct:lsion. "gM. ar. S Mailhot. J Co!\,n$. L Made"a, Local 258 C ele brates Internalional Representative Jim Wolf· R Jensen. W PiiOqui,n: front row; G FonTa,"e. lOth Annive rsary g:l ng presenled service pins to retiring Arolh R. Gannon. and L Bunne' ers of our local. Brot her John Urynclson loU. 258, VANco u " ..: n . II .C.-For the recei~ed his 6O-~ear pin. Brother Ale~ L'Iw, first ti me, loI.:al 258 is ~ub m illing a short son recei_ed a 50·)'car pin. and Brother article to "Local Lines." We have ani)' Herb Jones :I 40·ycar pin. Several 25'ycar been in existence as a local in the Utility pins "ent to the retirees. " Irs. John Mofbt fiel d for 10 )'ean. but we ha\'e prOJ;ressed h:ld the honour of cutting our 10th anni· very satisfactorily in that time. \<,rsary cal l'. The popular BrOlhC'r John We are certified for all the electrical Moffat had bcC'n the fint recording sC'Crt· workers employed by the British Columbia • tary of Local 258 befort hi~ untimtl~· Hydro and Power AUlhont~. which senes death. the customers in an area of 366.255 square Following the lI\1l1rds. 300 Brothers and miles, with a population of nearly 3.000.000. We arc a local divided into si, units repre· Sisters of the IOFW famil) enjoyed an senting regions of our pro\ince. The unit e~enHlg of dancing and fraternizing. h"t a closing line to Slate that this \lill chairman of each group is an Eu.;utl\e [lecl ..c 80at f ..e Oepartment CPR ,nstruclor Board member. along \\ith our local officen. not be the laSt ankle submitted to the R S~lveslre demonstrates proper procedure used r On April 29. 1977. the unit 5 Entl."rtain· 1m'flraf. Congralul,lIions are al";l)~ due to 10 doslodg. oblt'ucloons ,n a .. passage w .. ~. as ment Committee in Vancou\'er. our large" the editorial stall of our magJzine. members 01 th. local look on. G. Sk,pper prac city. held the semi·nnnual retirement dinner JOII:'< P . 11 11 BrRT. PS t,ces ,"'"nl CPR L.ft 10 "gill are Brolhers Welch. 6. Ke ... ns. L Bunne!. G Skipper. 6u,,· dance. Ikc,IUSt of Ihe import of our 10th L~RRV R A17l.ut, PS ness Manager R. DiCen,o. R Bates ... nd r~nr. \Ie \ll."re asked by our E'ecuti~e C Font,one Bonrd to honour the Brother5 \lho ser\'ed as the fir~t FM'cutiw Iloard rnernbers in 1967. Massive C PR Tr ainin g Program Eight B rot h l!r~ Ilf the oril:lOal I I ml."mbl."rs Undertaken at E.B. IIlFW !I1l!mbers. ThroUJ;h a uniun·ncgoliatl!d were able to Mtend nml were seated in lhe agreement with General Dynam ic Elettric place of honour at one of lhe two hl!ad L. u. 26 1. GROTO~ , CO NN.- Members of w bl es. At lhe other tnble were the local', Loca l 26 1 nrc now reteivi ng lra ining in a Bo:.1 Division. the nudeM subma rine ship oilicers. nlo ng wit h Inl ernalion:" R... p re~en· vl."ry $pecia! a nd necessary sll bject for a ll )ard's S:tkty and Fire Deparlmcnt5 ;lTe now AUGU ST, 1977 CPR Training Get-Together Local Members Attend Yo-Tech Adult School Party L.U. 261, I'LA-INFIELD. NJ_ II~odlin~ .' Our local's 17th annual picnic will be held on Sunday, September II, at the Chicken Coop in l...cbanon, New Jersey. We ar~ hop ing to see all of ),ou there for a good turn out. The Middlesex County's 29 th annual get together, sponsored by the Yo-Tech Adult School. was held on April 21. 1977. The affair was hosted by Ih e Bel Air Manor in Flr.man J . McDonald, CPR InSl ructor. ~"pS Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The program close SU N.rnlne. on 8. luna .1 "e prepares for chairntan was Doctor J. Hen ry Zanzalari JIITC membe~ and off;ce~ of Loo;at 262, PI.in Ibdomlnl' th,ust {HeimliCh .... I ... IUVI"'. Lelt 10 With the welcome and presentation of field. NJ .• IItended M,ddluax Counly', 291h • IS h! L M.de,i., J . ColI,ns. S. Mailhot , .r. .nnuat ,et·toaelhe., ' .onl .ow t,ft 10 .;IJhL a., awards by Nick Friday. C. S Ud ..... n. T. Gitlin, R. Uhf mann. and Pre,ldent Jim Cano, Harry C . ... R o~ MiddletOn. The IIddreSi wall presented by the guest R. Bi t ... D. II belna wo rked on. 1 CawlUh. Jim J .,lnski; second rOw: John Meny. J.c k speaker. Joseph A. Hoffman. who st ressed Sh.efer, Business Manage. Bob C ...... lllht. and to both labor and industry that Yo-Tech I .raining US in cardio-pulmonary rf~ u sci talion Vice P, elldent Pal O'Oonnel1. training in cooperation with Federal an d (CPR). Slate manpower rules could affect Il II rea t J The prog ram is set up under Ihe auspices savings in cost and efficicncy. I of the American Hearl Assoc iation. Their N ew Job A citalion and award presenled to Tony regulations provide the basic format of the Tarnows J..i will be remembered by us newer ~ program, uPGrading of the routines, and members or l ocal 262 because il praised his certification of qualilicd personnel. II has dedication as both a teaeher and night been lInder wa y for eight months, Ilnd to sc hool principal. A sp«ial citation WlIJ also date more than 1,000 people. 80 percent of presented to Earl E. lor. Both of these which arc 261 mcmbc:n. have been certi· Brothers are outstanding members or local fied . The pre~n l number to be trained is 358 of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, And 10 targeted at 1,]00 people, and all will rl' and behold who did we run into at the close cei\'C )carly refresher coursts, some of • of the dinner but Mr. "C'" the best fourth which are already in progress. year instructor Middlesex County has. The first phase educates us in how not to Ed Silviu! requested and rece.ived an hon· become a heart statistic ourselves, by use of orary withdrawal card. Tom Howe requested proper diet, exercise, and modCTlltion: then E.lc and Gar,t .. Wh ite pose In front Of Sonny's and received a panicipation withdrawal we cover learning to identiry the various tnn tn Freet.nd. P •. card. Bob Stanislaski, a resident!:\! trainee problems we might run up againsl and solve was obligated at our April. 1971 meeting. th em through reactions and trainin g. The International Vice President lack Barry next phase of training addressn itself 10 convened a Third District Conference in the area of airway 'blockages. a problem On-the-Job Scmnton, Pennsylvania, in March. A pro overlooked in many other eou r~, but a posal that i~ of mutual interest to us all has very prominent statistic on the fatality lists. to do ...., ith reciprocal benefits within tbe CPR is th en performed on a computerized Third District. 1£ the details ean be ham dummy named Annie. where practical ap mered out, pension and welfare bcncfits will plications of both one-person and two-pcrwn be returned to our home local. CPR teams are learned. Annie is not at all Congratulations to Loca l 400. Asbury shy about lelting us know where we have P:lrk. New Je r~ey. which is now celebrating made mi~t:l~es by means of both graphs and it ~ 60th annjvcr~ary as a member of the flashing lights, thus helping to insure a IIlFW. higher ~ ~iI1 levcl in the IIpplicntion. Aftcr To Frie nlld Geisl:.r White. we wis h total this we cover infant emergencies an d CPR. succc~s in your new venture in Freeland, The CPR applied here i ~ in many ways left to .lght .ra Hans Eaaers. Ed Banltz. Nick ]'ennsylvanin. Fric extends an open invita· quite different from the normal, and learn Vastlno. and Steve FaturOi. local Orolne .. em tion to all his fellow Brothers to Sonny's in g it properly is \'ery important if we are ptoyed by Wood tndustri... This plctu,e ...... Inn on Route 940 Wesl in Freeland. going 10 help the infant rather than do it taUn when St .... e·s son. John F.lu,,,.. w., ObI!· Our loea!"s benefit fund is up-to-date with harm. Cited into our tocal as .n .pprentlce all members and has enough fundina to last Electric Boat is now d~ignins patches. to the end of the lear, hopefully. decals, and area sigm" 'iO e\'eryone will be Our pension plan lear ended May 31, able to locate qualified C I'R pc""nnel At Meeting .. ith a full aetllary study planned to chcck should an emergency arise. Certainly the on funding. The results or this study should most important benefit and reward of the be ready by our August meeting. With most program i~ to be able to §II\'e another of the "'bugs" removed from th e new com· hLlman'~ li fe hy clearing airway obstructions puters, printouts on accredited hours for and be able to perform Ihe functions of :tn pension will be out this ycar. Our residential individual'S heart and lung~ after they have ag re emcnt was approvcd as of luly I. 1977, stopped wor~ins on their own. with a 25-cent-an·hour increase We all take pride in th e high standa rds Negotiation~ with Woods I ndu~tries are of th e pro~ram. and the large ~ale on which ~till in progrC5\. it is being gi\-en. rhe re\olution dealing with Article 15. I would like to thanl.. Ra y Gorman, elec Secllon 13 of our local bylaws was defeated trical steward. and the people of I k-c tric 23 to 19:11 our June meeting. Boa!'!! Slifety and Fire Departments: th eir Franl.. Mancino was appointed J udge for cooperation and concern for their fellow our l ocar~ eleeti on. Tellcn were Frank human bc in g~ made this "rticle possible. Vinca Petti Is truly enJoY'na Ihls lats ntlill sn.ek Darling. John Sargent, and Jim Jasinski. Tllo ~ I "'s J. M CGOVI'RN. P.S. a fta •• recent union mu!!nll. JIM M ORONI!Y. P.S. tB~W Joumol to sec. Granite of three-il"l!:h thid.ness. and Back When Graduates ~lass. 1lI3\..e up the c'uerior of thc building structure. lIs si7.c i~ about 83.000 square feet , r.:-quired aboUI 7.300 rards o{ carpet ing. and cOnlains well over 1.500 nuorescent fixtures. The conlraClor was from out of the Waterloo area, wi th Keith Davis a5 foreman and Al Browne and Dale Bright serving as \ , stewards. The projet:t began about II Y.z months ago and is just now a.t completion. Kcilh "."ould like to thank a ll local men and travelers IIoho helped out on the project. \Vork in our area. has just about come 10 Th,s is the I'pp.enticesh,p Commiltee of local a complete halt as most of Ihc job sjte§ are 294 ,n 1956. l~1t 10 "8hl a'l A. 1'18U1... I'nIO" being pic leted by the I.lri,lla)cr~ . All "af1~ BOZIch, R C. Edm"n. Ch"rlIS Reeves, inslructor. are honoring the piclels as the Bridlayen Ed ward Bernard. dl,ea~ e d. E,nar J ohnson. d e· • arc part of the Walcrloo Building and ,used, and Ihe late e h"rles Bence. Trades Coun,il A mediator lIoil l be in to Loc~1 288, Walerlao, II., a'adulle. Mich ael as.sisl. and we hope things can get seilled on April 8. 1977. and BrOlher Reino "Ray" " Oobber" Oob50n. PI"CI",I'51 II hi5 elecH lcal 'iOOn as we ha'e a lot of wor\.. in thc area 5klll IS as aooCi as t"5 parachul,na he w,1I be W. lloole on April 15, 1977. lOpS! 10 complete. Brother Charles Ben!;C came to Hibbing, I went out to the last nigh t of apprentice Minnesota. in 1905 from Plymouth, Eng· ship school to talc piclUres of our appren land. He lIoas init iated into the lBEW in tices. and naturally it was a joyous occasiun. January. 1936, and was treasurer and Michael Dobson (w ho liles to be called fin ancial se~ retary of Local 294 until 1946 "Dobber""). a set:ond·year :lpprenlice. is at which time he be'ame business manager quite a parachulisl in hi s own rig ht. 1·le ha s of our local. Up 10 this time Local 294 had complcled over 1.000 jumps and i, aho an no bu~ineSs aSent. Brother Charles contin instructor in jumping. On this occasion. ued as business manager until 1958 when everything went well as he made a perfect he became a member of the E!l:ecutive two-point landing for Ihe fellows. lie plans Board. He: was instrumental in seeing that to make a jump. roming down on the Ra the REA !;ame to northern Minnesota. mada Inn roof. which is I J s torie~ abo\'r fi~l . year app.enllcas. t.1t 10 "Shl. are Curt At our last Local 29", regular meeting it • ground. to commemorate our Ior:al"s 75th Baum.;lIrtn.r, Jerry aarsU. G Lynn M;lIy. O;llvld ,",a~ d(i;ided that a s.cho larship fund would anniversary celebration on l ui) 16. pro\id Boesen, Oou&Ias Delamor•. and I'nCirew Moo.e be set up in the: ncar fUlU re 10 be \..nown ing he can get all the required permi~~ion ... as the Charles Ben ~e Seholarship Fund. In He is pi ctured following his jump that eve this way it "ould not be forgollen how ning. NO! pictured arc ou r fourlh·year ap· much Srother Charley did for Ihis Ior:al prentices as they will appear later in the season when they have a banquet and cele union. bration at their graduation. We wish them lIe passed alloa~' in MillIoaulee. Wi scon all luck! sin. at 91 year<>. He: and his 110 ire:, Annie, had resided there tne pasl 16 years. Our apprentkeship classes are ~rd at the Ha" keye Institute of Technology campus. On April 1:5. 1977. Brother Reino "Ra y" partly ~hown in the pholDs. Hoole passed away in hi~ home in I.akeland. MinneSOta. Brother Ray was initiated into WtLltH ! HOI ~ I N. I'S. Second.yea. apprenllCes. lell to "Shl... e Denn'5 Local 29", in Au gust. 1957, and was just 60 onm~n. Paul Stoner, O a~e Boike. Dennis Krum years oloJ. He was employed at Eveleth • IInde. Michael GaIU. taconilcs plant for Midland Industrial Elec Mourned tric. • 80th of these d.:-parted BrOlhers will be ReWed BrOlherCh;ll.les S Benee. who w as missed by all. local 294 extends ilS deepest bUSIness mlnaglr o f sy mpathi~ to their families and friends. Loc;lI1 294. Hlbbln8. Work in our jurisdiclion in still very slow M,nn .. l or o~er 20 at this time. We have about 100 journey yea~ . dIed I'p'" 8 . men on Ihe out-of-work list. We hope it 1977. II s.c:holarshlp will imprOve soon. fund hiS lMen sel up Our nego ti ations are in their final stages 10 commemorate his finl work between our local and NECA. We hope Ihat we can sc:ttle before the deadline May 31, Thi.d·ye;ll. ;lIpp.enlice5, lell 10 "ahl. are instnlc· 10' Gerry Mal'eld. I'lian Wells. Denn,s Meier. 1977. Fr;lln k DIehl. Micha.1 M,lIer. Mlch;llel Dobson. Thirty-tw'o members of the House of Rep Denlll Wynler. Jim Wells. and Denn,s Coole, Brothe, Ae,no " Aay" resenlath'cs {rom sill: upper Midllocst states W. Hoole 0 ' loca' 294 have been urging the Federal Power Com· passld away IIp,,' 15. mission to advocate the building of a pipe , All Crafts Honor 1917. and " mourned line transporting Alaskan nalUral gas 10 the by Ihe local Midllocst via a Trans·Canada route. II Brick layers' Picket could relieve our energy shortages and in L.U. 288, WAll-:RLQO. IA ._ Lu theran dustry shutdowns causing jobs to be losl. lI-lutu al Life I l"!surancc Company (hollle of The estimated local capacity is 4.5 billion fice) of W ;I ~erly, Iowa. is JUS! completing a cubi c feet per day or 1.64 trillion cubic feet new office building located , .... 0 miles ,",csl Scholarship Fund Named per year. It would be enough new natural of Waverly. approxima!ely 2:5 miles norlh For Brother Bence gas to heat more than 10 million homes per wes! of W,,'erloo. 101lo'a. The new bi ulding year. It would start at Alaska's Prudhoe sits on an approx,mately 140-acre !raC I of L.U, 294, HIBBING. MI NN.-Local 294 Bay and enler the U.S. in northeaslCm coni rolled prairie grass, trees. and controlled was saddened by the passins away of two Montana and enter Ibe southwest part or la ndscape which makes it a ve ry prelly sight of its Brothers. Brother Charles S. Bence Min nesota. Assuming the U.S. and Cana- AUGUS T", 1971 .. dia n approval is this year the pipeline wou ld Stewarl; vice presiden t, Dick Melton; re On Jobs be fully operationa l by 1982 or 198). cording secretary and treasurer. Oeorge President Carter must make his decision Ingram; ExecUlive Board, Bili Cook. Jimmy by September I. It \liould behoove all of U j Jonn. Paul Kyser, Jamn McCormick, 10 lei Ihe President I.now as .... ell as our con- James SaII.e1d, and Gerald Williams; Ex· gressmen and ~naton that .... e endorse this amining Board, Curl is Hammod. Larry very much necdcd project. The I'nviron lngrilm, and Bill Thornton. Building truslees menial Balance Association of Minnesota, arc Jack Cook. Jerry McKinney, and Milton Ihe Federal I'o .... er Conllllis~io n udministra "Red" Lee. Delegates to Ihe J 1st Interna tive law judge, the Midwest Go,'ernors Con ti onal Convention are Gene Denton lind ference, the Upper l- lid ..... est Council. as .... ell Llo)'d Lynch. as scores of other regional and national or On behalf of all our memben, .... e offer ganilations have endorsed this Aretic Gas our congratulation~ and be!;1 \.\i\hes to our Proposal. reelected and newly elecled officer,. We On Apri l 27, 1977, a meeting ..... as held in al~ wish to commend eleclion judGe. Jim Duluth, Minnesota. on du ~ t emi~~ions from Fugal!. and teller,. Ch:lflei Orecn. l\li~ e taconite tailings. The'>C air-borne pa rticles f.ancls Vinny, A.lie B.anum. and Jack MeG'ltll • Braden. Homer Bue\.: . and Charle~ Norman. of Local J09. CollinsvllI.. III" a ... holding tn. or dust can be reduced by 99 percent by for conducting a \'ery ordeliy and effiden! butt Ind 01 the pol. down nth. cherry picker spra}~ the usc of water :lOd chemic:11 binders election procedure. 1101511 the top Ihrough In. old Wlfes. economically. Aho a ~ tud y of W(\y~ to miti In order that our onice!"5 may effecti\ely gnte dust generated during dumping and ser\'e us and perrorm their dUlies in Ihe spreading tailings. is being dune. H~ it is manner which we de ~ ire, it i~ imperative Ihe IClrges l pOlentinl source of dust. It is [hat we cuitivltte the lwhit of regular allend believed it too can be controlled to 90 per ance at union meetings. All o( liS hnve an cent. inherent responsibility to ta~e an acli\"e part • Tha! is it for Ihis month. Try and go to in local union affail"5, and our (ailure to do your next union meeting and participate in SO can only wea~en Ihe J nEW in general nil your union activities. and Ollf local union in par!icular. E. LrRoy L"ItOI, P.S. John Vandament, LC!> Tanner, Jack Cook, and numcrous other Brothers me on the sick and injured lis! and we wish Ihem Utile Rock Local Hold , speedy and complete reco'·eries. Election It is \.\ ith sadnes.s that I report the death of Emes! E. Chri~lie. Brother Christie .... as L U. 19S, LllTLE ROCK. ARK.-Local initiated into the mEW on September I, 295'$ election of officers \.\as held June 7, 1942. Ue retired in 1972 and was 68 years 1977. Brother W. O . "Oene" Dcnton was of age at Ihe lime of his death on May 12, reelected busineS$ manager. Other officials 1977. (or the ensuing term are president, Royce LLoYD LVNcn, ASST. BM. JaCk McGrath and 1'..11. Branum spin the pol. 10 th. rial'll ~lIIon_ On Jobs • J The Sa"l sllovels and s tamps dirt a.ound Ih. poll. AlSO on tile Unlv.rslty Medical C.nler Job, kneel· On Ih. Unlv.rsily Medical C.nler Job. knnllnll, I.ft to , IShl. :are J. A. Rudolph. Frank [11,.ld,l. Ing. I.ft to fIght, ••• lob st.ward Royc. SI.war1. [ddl. Jooes. 0.1, Tanner. and Cla •• nc. Mont Roonle GIOV,f, Bill 5tl&&•• Bill H.nry. Teddy Picketing a Success ,om.ry; slanding; foreman Rlch ~ rd SI.llall, Brucks. Dick Mellon, and Ha.old W ..th.rlord; Jackl. Lovett. J •.• 8,11 L.ftwlch. A. V. LlPllcomb. In Local 309 standiJ4j: fo •• man Klaus Har1nun. 6111 Cook, Bob RInggold. Roy Pennin gton. and H, .old Orbl. Appllna. Ca m Ctlpeland. Howa.d Tann•• , M.dlock. L.U. 309 , COLLlNSVII.LE, ILI--Success HUBche' Clementi, and Homer Buck. at last at Olen Addie su bdivision, Ihe owner of the apartments that the local union was picketing. has agreed to sign a contrael with an I!:JEW electrical contractor. All tho AUGUST, 1977 51 cording Secretary J. H. Smith, Busioeu Manager-Financial Secretary and delegate to Graduates Workshop conyention l. P. Giyens, Treasurer G. T. Neeley, ExecutiYe Board members Ervin Stack, A. Y. Harrill, Odell Wilson, J. E. Palmer, and N. G Newman, afld a.i temate delegate to convention T. A. Malone. I'm su(e they will put fonh every possible effon to discharge their responsibilities and obli \ gations for each office. Our work picture (or the future looks a little better than in the past. We have some new transmission work at the p!"cscnt time, but no new distribution loin, on. Seems as thouSh S C. Electric and Gas Company i~ catering to the non-union cOnlractors as usual. I have been informed that Oo.don Raymond t ..Us Ed Lyugorsl<1 this Is Asplundh Se ryice Company and Electric ternal feeling was cvident among our melll io,n" 10 be Ihe most wonderful movi.. you 8va. Specialist (both non-union) arc doing dis· SlW. ~ompl1menl' 0 1 NECA tri bution work on the power company "'«Rcccntly new improYements were made properly. This IS not bid worlr.: It'S given to around the union hall with a newly paved Waite. I' red Schmunl, Bob Roenieke, Dick them on a silver platter. If the lBeW parking lot. In between jobs. Brother lanles Moffett, Dick Woods. Mike Marsden, Ed Brothers employed by the power company Adams built II new rostrum and a new pub Lyugonli. Rex Landon. Tom Kricgi5h, Vie arc satisfied with this ty pe of action. there's lic address system. Johnson, Elton lies. Clifford Grcgory, Daye not much this IUelt\ un ion can duo There is Thirtcen apprentices received the honor Kushion, Ken Flattery. Ken David, Jr., an d a 10 \ to be desired from the power company of graduating. to journcyman wiremen Ihis last and also least Gary Bcrger. employees in helping us lIet this work for year. The graduates are R. G. ArmstronG, The worlshop covered leadership, ability, our Urothers_ P. D. Cain. L. E. Cannon. D. F. Che~lang. judgement. education. character, and human One of our memben. Brother 'oah 8. N. Ibry, L. G. Kiper, J. M. Kiper, H. L. intcrest in selection of foreman. It eo\'eted Newman. Sr .. and his wife, Jo-Anne. are the Lowery. B. E. Miller. R. A. Moffet, G. the human wants of the worling men, and proud parents of a potential wurld boxing ~ l orris, D. H. Peaeod..• R. Q. Ryder. and many similar subjects. The primary theme champion. Noah , cwnlan. Jr. fighting in M. S. Sealy. that was strcssed was the foreman's ability the 13- 14-}'c:lr-old division. IIS·pound elMS DoNNlI. KIrI.R. l'S to handle men, malerial, and tools. • of the Junior Olympics in Atlama. Georgia. Our Ihanls to Gordon Raymond Ind best SalUrday night. April 16. 1971, won the gold wishes to Ed Rayl. Also allending t!'le work· medal and the Junior Ol)mpic Champion of Workshop shop were SaSinaw-Bay Apprenticeship Di Georgia title "':oah drew a bre and won rector Ed Langer and Local SS1 Business three bouts to lIam his tllk lIe has been in Manager Gil Foster. traininll (or h~n than a year. and his success CAKt_ PEn_, l'S. can be traced dlrcctl) to his finc coach. Mr , Frank Gutherie of Augusta. Gcorgia. who is a volunteer coach for the Augusta boxinll CPR Course team I L. P GlvrN"l. PS Banquet and Dance At I r&cenlly LO(:lI 551. Saaln.w. MI<;h .. 'pOn ,ored work,hop lor eff&etlva foreman, Broth'" Kulhlon. K.lellsh. Berae •• and Flille.y Will for Ihal. fo.eman e"ds. Instructor- Bill Barter e"plaln. how 10 IMrlorm , CPR 10 app.-entlen 01 loul 561. Portland. Ma., lelt to "ahl. Terry Colpitis. JOhn Rapo.... 51eva Olson. Brlan M,llIken. Ind ~ry ~ssmo.a. Lall to .,.ht a.e Brnlhe... Kan nallery, Olry Thl, I, a seene 01 Iha annual banQuel and dan<;a Be'le •• Okl< Woods. Dive KUlhlon. and 'i,,1 In held by Local ~5. Moblla. Ala local. <;oun l ry, and Une. B.Ollllr Elton Ues J Annual Banquet and Dance Held ; NECA and Local 557 Host 13 Apprentices Graduate Effective Foreman's Worhhop I_U. 50S, MOIIILE. AI.A.-On Friday L.U. 557, SAGINAW, l\UCU.-The Na night. May 21, toenl S03', annual banquct tional Eleclrical Conlraclors Association and an d dance was held :11 the Hotel Admiral Local S51 of Ihe Inlern;!tional Brotherhood Semmes. which consistcd of a buffet-style of Elcctrical Workers, have just completed dinner an d dancinG to the mU5ic of the anOther vcry successful effective Forenlans 8 i11 Menton Orc:htstra. A wonderful time Worlshop. The workshop was held in the Appranllcu SI .... Gaud ... u, leI!, and Mlchaet WIIS had by everyone. renewing old acquaint Collcgiale Room at Delta Coll ege. Allendina Rln.ud. "8hl, practice CPR while InllrU<;lo. ances, making new friendS, and a good fra· thc worbhop were Willilm Wohlfeil. Tom V,Clor Blomqul.t looks on. " IIEW Jou.nol JATC Sponsors Local 581 Honors play nnd relax safely lI~ YOII OWe it to your selves, famil y and friends. Have a good time CPR Course Charter Members and come back safely nnd full of vigor for another good work year. L.U. 561. l'ORTtANO. ME.-Recently L. U. 581 , i\IORRISroWN, NJ.-A~ we apprentICes and thclr instructors completed prepare to celebrate the 70th unnlverslIry ANTlU"lNY ("('VI ELLO. 1'.5. Il. cardio-pulmonary resuscitation course. of the birth of Loelll 581. it is filling and The course was given by the Portland Medi proper to honor the following Brothe rs; G raduation Banq uet Held cal C.U. personnel. We would like to thank loe An~n. Lank Tiger. Ed Dolan, John Victor Blom'lui~t . Bill Barter. Jo,lnnl: Walker, Pruden. G. O. Slllqlcr. Arthur 130ag. E. G. In Am arillo and Judith Chandler for the fine job lhey Wilson. Gus Tiger. Charlcs Chronshey. and L.U. 602. Ai\IARILLO. TEX.-Our annual did teaching. Clnrence '·Doc·· Smith. lIpprentieeship graduation banquet. spon Our local is ~addcncd by the reeeni dealhs Who :Ire they'! The abll\e listed honored sored by the Joint Apprentice.hip and Train of Brothers Lew Burgess. Percey Colby. Brothers .Ire unknown to the grenter rna William "Tucker" Ramsay. Bcrmuu Ri chie,. ing Committee. W;\S held Ma y 20. 1977. for jorily or Ollr mcmber..hip. The ~ .Ile Ihe men o\lr seven new jO\lrneymen. at the Villa Inn Leo Foley, and Brothers Arthur Holman and who had the COllmge to amx their ... ignatures (Tropiea[ Room) in Amarillo. Arter the Roben Leahey. who were 6Q-ycar membcrs 10 ollr charter on Augll~t 29. 1907. 11 0\1 member ~ and their guests enjoyed a fine of the m EW. many of u~ \lould ha\e the slrenglh to • meal. the gue.t spea!;er for the evening.. This ;5 my first :,rl ich:: as press ~ecretary organize. pickel, and fight the bnules that i\lr. Ed Webber. enlightened us as to the and I would like to thank former press organiZed labor fought from 1907 to the future prospects and demands for atomi~ secretary Ron Lebeau for the fine job he ngc of instant replay'! We ~re reaping the powered power plan IS. Mr. Webber is vice did. fruits of their labor. their la bor to establish president in ~harge or public relations for Our present work situation b still not a ~ tandard of living that we enjoy today. Soulh\lestern Public Service Company. gu-ud. with about JS men on the bench. Our Let us thank our gmndfllthers and fathers I'reslden t O. Murphy then presented only major job in the area is the addition v. and tho~e charter members who have all diplomas to the following new journeymen; at Wyman Station on Cousins [sland. There p:I~)ed on. We shall pause, look back. and Clayton White, Glen Black. Ro[and fo.-loore. are 5everal sewage treatment plant" starting if within our wi,dom ~ay thank you for W. R. lUiz. Hill Hodge. Ron Gibbs. and up. Hopefully Ih ey Will be hiring soon. 70 yea,..,. Tommy Br.7.7ner. The apprenticeship banquet was held lune PATIIIC!.. S"HIII, I'.S Special congratulations go 10 Roland [8 lit the Red Coach Grill in Portland. 1\ loore. outstanding apprentice of the year. Our allendance ;11 local meetings hlls been very poor lately Lei's try to attend those Safety Program G oes Into , nleeling~. That"~ IIll I hllve to repon for now. Effect With Good Im provements Remember your union is only a~ strong a~ it~ members. t.U. 589, JAMAIC,\ , N, V.-Nothing new B(NNY NI " I. I' .S on contract negoti;l1i ons. We have been noti fied of a meeting with Mr. Fischer, head of the MT.... (or June 15. We hopdully ex Work Good in Most Units; pect !>trious tlilks to begin at this time lead Officers Elected ing to [\ signing. During the pa~t election campnign. [ have L.U. 56/1 , SAN DI EGO, CAL.- The long, learned one good thin):, our YOllnger mem hot summer starts in mid-June in San bers are showing more interest in unionism Diego. just as many of the construction Ihan I have ever seen in Ih e past. This is crafts come 10 the end of their 'Igreements. a good. healthy 5ign. Too many of our ADDRESS CHANGES? ~I opefully. they will all reach good ngree younger members do not know how they men!s without a long amI cos!ly strike . got where they are and it is the officers' duty Brothers and Sisters we Work has been good in most of our units. to serve them by being dedicated to making We still have almost 450 members working Ih e union strong and by helping educate want you to have your at the shipyards and have several years more Ihe young and have them carryon in mak· • of ba~k·logged work at the Nationnl Slee[ ing ollr union stronger and more unified. JOURNAL! When you have :md Shipbuilding Company. At this writing. Brother Bovc and myself Mid-June also finds Local 569 in an \lilJ aUend the Tenth District Progress Meet a change of address, please eJection year for onkers and delegates to mg. It is al ways an honor and pleasure 10 the ne xt Convention. be nble to mingle with other railroaders of let us know, Be sure to 'rI,,: foll owing officers and delegates were the 1B 1 ~ W and comp:lfe our work. proh include your old address elected at the lune 4th voting: presidenl lind [em~. ete. There is a good deal to be [earned convention delegate. Terry Godshalk: vice and a great benefit is derived from it all. and please don'l forgel 10 , pre.ident. Murray Howell; recording seCrl~ Our sa fety program is slowly moving tar)" Lowell ·· Lou ·· Weise; bu si ness man,l along. but at a slIcrifice. Progress definitely. fill in L. U. and Card No. ger/ financial secrel,lry and conven tion dele Just today, I received work that ollr Brook· gate. Howard Volz: treasurer. John Davis: Iyn Shop will have mcrcury vapor lamps This information will be Executive Board. Wi lmer "Sam" Bass. Tom installed for better lighting. Something I helpful in ~hecking and I Pridemore. Keith Widdop. Tom Dowling. h.lve been pushing for three years. For those .' G:llher Graves, and Glen S;lnclrrs; Examin of you in need of earpluj{'S , it is now a stock ing Board. Le e Graham, Joe Heisler. David item in our storeroom. I've been on this keeping our records l Moore. Ray A[tmeyer. and Jesse Martinez: project for a long time ;md even though it is slraight. Use coupon on convention delegates, Frank Underhill. Jerry not the answer. it is lin improvement. Make Hartnett. Paul B[ackwood. Wilmer ··Sam·· ~ ure you keep them clean to avoid infec page 31. I l!:lss. Murr:lY 1·lowell. Gather Gnl'''':S. and tiolls. Safety shoes are th e next item on the C. R;\y Wright. agcnd:l . ... Shoe-mobile wi:! visit various , All the above. I know. wi sh to express si les. and sell shoes for five doll ars lcss their thllnks to the members who partido than you can buy them in stores lind they rl1ltcd in the election. arc 1I vtry good brand name. Someday we l At the present time we arc in negotiations hope to get a beller den!, but it is a Sl art. with both the sound COnlractors and neon Vacation time is here once again and let sign contractors. mc remind each and everyone of our mem HOWARD J. VOL-Z. P.S. bers to Ihink in terms of sa/try. Drive. AUGUST, 1977 " Graduation Banquet ship banquet, this local union held the first conditions, along the status of our iodustry, picnic and barbecue in many a year. It was are to be the indicators, then the commit held in Elmwood Park on what turned out tees have their work cut out for them, with 10 be a perfect day. The Entertainment a rugged rood ahead. Committee started to cook at first light and However. the membership thought you by I p.m. spread before us 8 meal fit for were the ones for the lask. And you arc to a king. More than 300 members, their fam be congrlllulated for having been selected. ilies, and friends enjoyed the affair. Brother We feel sure that you will have the Cull Bill Smith and his Bluegrass Band provided backing of the membership. And that when entertainment and held the members' un· it is all told you will bring back an agree· divided allcntion for a short concert. The ment that we will all be very proud of. Amarillo Mavrick Boys Club also put on 1. W. RUSSELL, P.S. Shown at the gU.dultlon banquet 01 Locil 602. a very good tumbling show, which e\'eryone Ami. 110. Tl!x .• leh to .ight ••• g.aduatu Clayton enjoyed. G:lmcs. including baseball. volley wtoUe. Gll!n Bilek. Roland Moo ••• W. R. LuU. ball. sack races. {risbie throwing. and others, Congressman Attempts To Bill Hodlle. Ron Gibbs. and Tomm~ B,"une •. were provided for the pleasure of the chil· Repeal Davis-Bacon Act dren from age two to 92. Prizes weTe given • in many of the events, and cvcryone greatly L.U. 637. ROANOKE, VA.--Our honor enjoyed thcm. able congressman, Caldwcll Butler, in his There is no way to thank all of those June "Washington Report" notified his con who worked so hard to make this event the stituents that he is asking Congress to repeal huge success it was. But a special thanks to the Davis-Bacon Act. the members of th e Entertainment Commit Mr. Butler has been bringing this matter tee and their wives and to Keith Berry, up quite often, having bcen heavily lobbied brothcr of membcr lim Dcrry. by thc Associat ion of General Contractors. We wish to note the passing of Brother The Associalion of Genera] Contractors Vollie N. Wilson, who was initiated De· has opened an office in downtown Roanoke ccmber 14, 1946. This local union mourns to further promote their non-union tactics with his family. and you can bet Mr. Butler will certainly 11M Tvt n. P.S. listen. Politics in Virginia will be very mueh in Ho'd,ng plaques 10' "".I,"ci allendlnce and out Stopover everyone's mind this fall. We will elect a , Sllndlng Ipl) •• nllc. IHI! Cla~tGn Wh,le and governor, lieutenant-governor. and nn RGla nd• MOG.e . honorary general. Our Apprenticeship Committee recently announced that approximately I S apprentices Barbecue will be taken into the first-year class when school starts in September. The majority of tbe fourth-ycar appren tices will be graduating to journeyman, hav. ing completcd their schooling. However, some have yet to complcte the required hours. AI our May meeting the medical insur ance carried on qualified members through the inside group plan was diKussed. Brother B'Olher C. E. Shaffe•• buslne.. manage., local Fisher. who is a member of thc board of 60S, Jackson, Min.• and Local 985, Clevetand, trustees tlnd attends the trustees meetings. MIlS .• WU, 8t the instlnt of thl. snapshot, on advised lmyone having problems with their • $Iopover whll., ,Idlllg tha circuit to attend one claims to get in touch with his officI,' before of Ihe scheduled monthly m.etlngs. of which filing their claims. Also, anyone who feels the ••• re many on his catenda •. that changes should be made in the policy's plan should put their proposals in writing Jackson Local Prepares and hI,' will submit these to the board of trUStees at their next regular mceting. Mr. For Negotiations Fishcr is one of 20 memhers of the board At Ihe ba.becue 01 lGcal 602, Jim Be,ty catlles L.U. 60S, JACKSON, MISS.-In prepara· of lrustees. the barbecul! for the picnic. lion for the upcoming negotiations with Our local mourns the dcath of retired Mississippi Power & Light Company, thc Brother Charl ie Boon who was one of the eommittcc to handle propOSlllls and negoti oldest members of our local. alions were selected from both Locals 60S It T . " PENNY" PENal FTON, P.S lind 985. Of course the International will have n representative there to fead the negotiations, Phoenix Local Presents which for several years now has been 50-Year Pin s Brother Jimmy Stuart, with th e assistance of Brothers Shnffer and Shows, our business I.. U. 640, PHQEJ'It.' IX. ARI7... -At the reg manager and assistant business manager, re· ular mcctin!!: of May 23. 1971. the mem ,ptctively. bership of Local 640 had the honor of BIll Smith and his Blueg.an Band play for The membership has selected thc follow presenting Brother Oliver C. Johnson his SO picnic. Da~1! CG.Gnado. la' right, lookl on. ing members for the committees, E. S. year pin for continuous membership in the Hullo, Sammie Wade, Ru sse ll Slay, T. N. lBEW. and Clayton White, who for four years had Brown. and Ed Dunaway; Warren Blake. Brother Johnson is a nntil'e of Arizona a perfect 311e nd:mce record in ~c hool. We alternate, 60S; Carlie Thomas, 1. T. Morri and his SO years of mcmbership were in wish all of our new journeymen every suc· son, Curtis McClure, A. P. Williams, lind Local 640. Brother Johnson served as cess in the future. George Mullin: Bob Owen. alternate, 985. president and business manager or Local On May 21, the day after the apprentice- If past history and current economic 640 from 1913 to 1935. He also served as .. tlEW Journal Honored I backstop for the Babe Ruth IIA~ehalJ Park: in Roscbur,. Brother Al Haskett, a gas Apprenticeship Classes company member. was in charie 0{ the project. Equipment was donated by Cali fornil_Plcific Iltilities and a ladder truck by Si ms Electric. Work is still holding up for wiremcn. Shops are slowini down some, bIlt work ., may break in Klamath Fall! by July. Line man work still slow on construction. A few shorl jobs. but thars about I ll. Work 11111: • I : II ?-: JI.. .: busy as usual in utilities. II I I 10:"" Still workini on COntract for Cal-Pac. Rellred member OU .... C. Johnson of Local 640. Hopefully, by the lime you read this, eYery Pnoenl •. A.lz .. waS p'"senled a 5().~"a. servlc" thing will be sell led . Loce' 661. Lafey_"e, I"d , held _pprenhceshlp • pin b~ ol'lie".. end mlmbe... F.onl row, I",. Brother Ron lohnson has replleed Brother c.... es Here Broth", Seth t • Shc>wn Is tho (!~hib'l of l. o~~1 724. Alb.n~. N 'I Graduation Dinner a t the Ene.ey El Tt.I, II a pl>olo of 11>. Loca' 800t, Klt" ... _"•• , On' , Local 724 Displa ys hoohO)llo~m ",hi" ... 'Klnll), pl.~.d In Ih~ f),,'~ , ln Exhibit P,c>vinclal Hockey Tou , namlnl L U. 724, AI.8ANV, N .Y.-On Apol 2 1, . 22, 23, the Energy E~posilion 1977 IUS held at the Empire SUIII: Plaza -, Those Brothers who amnded the Exposi tion hopt"fully SIll'.' the fine hooch local 72 .1 prodIH;cd. We were very proud to submit thi5 di~ploy of energy saving in our name. A ~ the newly LOC.I 806. El1envIU •. NY .. 1'I.ld • d,nn., 10' lis appointed preu secretary of Local 724, ".dulllf\& .pp.. nlle.s Snown .re John Minckler . I want to eongramlate all the HrOlheu of .nd his d.". In l.,n.l,onll Rep,esenllhvl Allen 724 for their effort and interest Coach Be,k P.,ke, .ccepllf\& • HOI 00. C.k." Mlnekler ( C~ R t J. B ~RNI V. I' S AI Il'Ie dinn.,. from Loul 105 Agreement Union Fighting Non-Union With Special Agreements L.U. 70, .. IIOENIX. /\IUZ._ lIcn.: we nre . into another summer in Arizona. and wor ~ is somewhat bener. 1I 0~·ever. we are still _carrying quite II few locnl men on the boola, We have received II lot of pressure from various quarters to go into local job agree men\s in order to underbid non-un ion con tractors in our area. This has becn done wit h L, ft to ,IIlM er, COnl'Aclor and B,other Eve,ell some success and we have some work that M.mb .... of 11'1. IIl,•• ment ,1111,elllon I,.m 10 ' Roo" 1'1;, ,on Thorn ....nd Jol'ln Minckler. Loell 804 .... loft 10 "Ill'll. h,1 Ch.mbe,Illn . I we would nO( have had Olherwise. , l.ind of ..cor,,,... sec:,ellry; R.'pl'l T""n,nl. bustn.n look at it with toneue in cbeek and lIIonder menA&er, Albet1 Smyth. prUld.nt; C.,I St.mm· Family Picnic, Clamba~e Held; "'at the wisdom of giving away conditions ICI'I'OII'. VICe pres,dent; Ind Teel K'OIIH. [.KU· and wages already fought for. but I also I,ve 801m Apprentice Graduates Honored know that the paychecks produced on these I .U. 11 06 . •: I.U : 1\ \ II.U :. N.V_- The fa mily spedal agreements will be going into union p,el11C and dambale be held Saturda)·. pockets. And fellers. that means one hell Kitchener Locals En joy \\om xptember 17. It Ihe Ea~tern Coneetional of a lot to all of UJ . I'm \urr thlll our - business manager knows more than we do Hockey Tournament I aellit1C'5 In Napanoch I he local unIon received from the about the infighting :11 the bargaining L.l . tlO~ . KITCIlE .... Ut. 0' r. -April i, _ sessions. Perhaps these conCC'l»ions were all the month for the Ontario ProvmllJI tllcentcnnial CommlUee for the town of Wawur,ine II \.crtificute of Participation; nceessary. I <10 know that lIIe have to fi ght H oc ~ ey Tournament which W;IS hu,h; An Important Arbitration Case Awarded L.U. 1Il7. "EWARK. NJ.-This local reo cemly '-I'on an arbitration Cllse which .... iII serve to prevent simil ar cases in Ihe future. The case concerned one of our Urothers, a lineman ..... ith relatively short se rvice. who was slrucJ.. by 3 Uli1ity pote while on Ihe ' Job. causing injury 10 his bac ~ and resulling 10 hospitalrution lind traction. ·Ille in juf}4 $tvere!y limited hi, ability 10 lift. be nd. or In ' I,hl lore,round a'. Ylc, P,e-ident Will iam f lS(: han,. chairman 01 the JEAC Commlll.. . end climb. Ev ..ett Roo.a. JEAC committeeman In Ihe back,round. lell to ' I'hl • • r .. B,olh •• He rold Pantel. Bccau'iC of the limitations imposed by the con".ct o, end JEAC committeeman; Oon" d Ge'ma,ne 01 UlI'e, County BOCES; Robert Prall. stale apprentice.hlp ,ep'''Hnt81",e: Allen Mlnckle'. Inte ,nal,onal Aap.uentat,ve: Mor"l Mill ... bu.lness injury. he ..... as no longer able to meel the phy ~ical req uiremCn!~ mana,,,.; and wives Jerry Mlnckl.. and Sheila Mille, of the line job and j wa s tr"n ~ ferred 10 a cleric al job, while undergoin; "con~erva l ive therapy." His condition cradually ,mproved and' !>Ome thought ..... a) given to retuming him 10 hiS regular job, which he ",anted very badly 10 h a~e happen. He continually urged lhat more radical treatment be li\'en so tbat he could re lurn 10 his old job sooner. This. lio .... ever. \las nOI done. • I • On one parlicular day. while still on lhe , , clerical job. he call ed in sick and asked fof • medical help, saying he .... as having too , ' much pain to go to .... ork. -. The doclor who had been tre:lting him The 1911 ,,,dua". and Ihel. W,ves and 1o , lady ' "end., was not a~ailable th;H da) :lnd another doctor's .. dvice was sought. This doctor said •. CHeer Information E'po~lIion on MJY :! .... ednick for the local ulllon; .... ith conl Tac· over the rhone. that Ihe man. in his opinion. and 1. The concept W.lS to provide jUnior lors Harold Pantel and Everett ROO$a. <;ccre ..... ;lS phy)ically able 10 do Ihe clerical jo~ high. high sc hool. college ~tud ent ~. and lary of the Committee. Ct'rrificate\ and giflS "ssigned to hIm adilits an oppor\llnity to e .~ pl ore cureer we re distribut ed by Bu s inc ~s Manager Morris He in,i,te(1 that Lhe pain .... a' 100 gre:.l for alternatives from all walks of lift'. Industrial Miller. Allan Minckler. William I-i ~hang. him to perform the job and after \.e\·cral topics discusscd '-I'ere Educational Training Harold Pan tel, E\'ereu ROO\a. and Roberl requests hy his foreman th;1I he go to .... orL Requirements. FUlure Demand. Opportun· Prall. We welcome into our ranks Brothers continued to in~i~1 he .....as unable 10 do Ihe ities for Mi norities and Women. Wuges and Walter Anuerson. Edward UM ber. o\t ichael job .....· hercupon the foreman fired him, Benefits. Working Conditions. and Job Hubert. Herman Hudson. Robert Mill er Jr.. After II lengthy arbitration ca\('. Ihe SllisfaClion. The program was prc-sented in John Minckler. George Na~h. Thomas ROO<;.a. arbitrator Professor HarT)' EJ.... ards. rule4 a college table or fair-booth style that ;tnd Rich:lrd Stabile. Jr. that the man .... a~ dhoCharged .... ,lhOUi proper crcliled an informal atmosphere encouraging Elect ion for officers of Lhe local un ion was rcason \IOce he had made every effort I~ peopl e 10 circuhlle more freely and all ow June 5 Reelected .... ere PreSldenl S;r lvatore cooperatc ilnd Ihere was no evidence of for more perM>nal interOlction th:ln a formal malingering, Accardi , Vice Pre ~ident William Fi..chang. lecture would permit The " .... ard ordered he be reinstated forth Treasurer &Ioullru Ulatter. Bu sine~\ Mana The College Information Workshops ger and !- inancial Secrel:lrY Morris Miller; .... Ith. wilh 19 months back..pay for lost earn_ ings and full and accumul"ted seniorit y. and presented three major and interrelated pro and. the E'ecutl~e Boord. Joseph Cooper grums in the cour$t of 18 hours in an effort smith. Warren Henry. John Krmher Sr .. the record of di'i(:'phne wa~ ordered remo~t 60 nlEw Journot Wh ile House Conference on Hand icapped enllllives. Brothers Richard Sichor and Honored IndiYiduals, chaired by Dr. Vi scllrdi. Adolph Turay arc doing one hell of .1 job, I The day- long meeting feat ured four \':or~ became ;nvol\ed with the la~1 S;ofety Com shops focusing on recruitment of quaJifi~ millee a few }'ears I:>all and judging from ils h an di capp~\ 1 indiYidunh. ernplo)ee benefits ~uccess. (or lael of it) I must ~ay Ihat Ihe and affirmative action progrnrns. The advances of our pre""nt commillee lire mo~t regional meeting held on Long I sl~ nd lias encouraging. \ preceded by conferences in Chicago, San Among Ihe items discmscd at Ihe lasl Francisco, and Atlanta. meeting Wt'fe. the poor construction of a Congratulations to Brother An Mel llr tran~former storage rlel in the yard, (' .\Ien land who retired after 32 years wuh I I LeO. sion Ildders protruding S('yeral fccl beyond At Brother McFarland's retirement dinner Ihe rcar of Imel\, pot holes in the rar.!. given by his friends in Suhstation Mol in· debris :Ind tiller on sl,.irs in Ihe headqu ; lrte~ tenance. A rt was prc)cntcd lIith a retircment building. oil leaks in the y,lrd due to plaque by A))bHlnl Bu si nc ~~ Man,liler D ; I ~j.! daml{;ed trlmsformers lnd clpacitor h.lIIl.:5. • Fabrizio a~ lIell a~ other I:lfU frorn hi ~ condition of welding area, weight o f liller ellow workers. Brother, II. Gumnlh, J,II1I1::S baslcls (,ome weigh oyer IOO pounds when Mc F;lr1:Jn(l. und LOll I'orl:.to gnve Art Ihe full) . fire hMard in .:age It top of clcYillor, Arlhur McLeod. St Stephen Customer ServIce. aher rece,v.nl a .,tver IInl bask CIS of cheer they won as .Ioor pri;.:C\. ~l lf e stonlse llrea for V:.po·Ga~ melcr'. an.1 Brother John Caggiano, naft mcmb.::r, 3 discu~sion on driver safety lias h.:hJ A\ who recently rei ired senl me a plclure of Ihe you can sec from this brief Ollt line of H mOlel he runs in Chestertown. New York, single rneeting. Brothers Stebor lind I lin.} 'exil 25 jusl fOllr exists past L ll ~ e George. are to be congralllt:.led for the OlJtSI:.nding If anyone is up Ihal way. BrOlher Cllgginno job Ih,'y :Ire doing. '5 looking 10 sec you. Slap by nnd sny hello. A rat on Ihc bad and a "thank," are That's il for Ihis monlh and in the .I piril of nOt quite enough to accomplish the ta~l Ihey brotherhood. I giye }'OU l\l nllhcw 18 : 15. arc undert:'ling; in order to obtnin Ihe Keep ,mil,"g. succcs~ Ihey arc striving for, your S:lfety CHAIt! 1',S J. LOl li 1 LM. JM . P,S. Commillee needs Ihe cooperation of liS all. If you see or hear of an unsafe condition Birthday Dinner Held please bring it to the allention of IJ rother For Retiree Settlemyer 5tcbor or Itrother Turay so they may tale action on it. See you at the ne\1 union L.U. 111 6, TUCSON, ARIZ.-A birthday meeling. d inner was held for retired Sister 1I1IIel EnWARO J. JOSWICt;:, I',S. Myrth Mc Kinley. tett. and Marion Kimball Seltlem}er. Mildred Marione utilil.e" her .eceiye" 10 and 20'y8ar serviCe pins rupec ! creativity and made a beauliful and delitioll~ toyely The~ arl Inl'lIed in Wood S I OC~ Tr,ttiC three tier cuke for Ihe octll~ion. We all Honored wish lillze:! ,mlny more H;,ppy IJ lfthd,l),1 i Mentioning retirees bring! 10 mind some Swearing-In ot hers jOinin!: Ihe "Special Club"-Brothers Joe Posedly und Larry Cambrin of the Gas rD eparlment und Brother Elmer Billman of T ransportntion. We ~incerely wish each of YOIl Ihe best of !uc~. health, I\nd m:.ny happy leisure yellrs. A special howdy to <111 you alii of town ..·lIld out-Of-'laler5. I appreci ate the <:om- mcll!s and encouragements, l.' Contract negolialions are still going on a~ ~ uf Ih is wri1i ng. -} Are you an active memhcr, the kind Ih ot wonld be mbsed. I Or are you jusl contenh.. d that }'our name Bill M eF~"ane. St. Stepha" Con5lrucllon. a i) on the Ii~t? member of Local 1148. Fred,delion, N B. I. Do you Mlend Ihe me etings, ilnd mingle pres.nled a 30·ye"r se .... lee pIn by Murr"y wilh Ihe fl ocl. (wart. un" ~Ic. Chairman. Saint John plant ~ Or do you sta y al horne- and critidze nnd l.:nod? Do you eyer work on commil1en 10 ,cc Local 1148 Awaits Resu lts Wanda PhIlIl!)J. "nil chairperson. Woodlto , ~ thai there is no trie l ? Of Arbitration Case Tratt,e. Swull In Rose Loe~'rd Or lel,\e the wor~ to just a few and 1;lll about the clique? L U. 11 4K , I:R ..: U ERICTON, N.II._ At Ihe So come to meetings often. and help lIilh time of this writing. I'>e :He allolillnt: the -.cry ice. approprinte pins ha\'e been presenled hand and h(' :,,,; results of Ihe Guy IJ lggar arbitration (ase. to Bill McFarlane and Art McLeod in St. Don't be jus! II member-but tale nil the second in our hl~lory. HopefUlly. !'oy Ihe Stephen: and to Myfl h McKinley, Mnrion l acthe plitt. time this relches print. we "111 h;]\'e 1I Kimball. Catherine Arnold. Jean Doak. III \ Mil 'II. I'S f.l\,oriLble :H1~"e r Belly McKinley. Shirley Monteilh. LilliJn Anolher 1\)lIe that has reared ih ugly Wilson. Mlrilyn Dunlap, Mary Hannig3n, Activiti es of Safety head is the transfer of pOller COlllnm~!on all of Woodstocl Traffic. cable (secondary ~eryice loops) by telephone In other news we b: l ~e just returned frolll I Committ~e .Revi,~~ed . wor~ers; it·s a jurisdictional issue as lIell :os New B run~wick Federalion of Labor Con L V. 1134. I'.LlZA III'. III, N.J. I received one of sakty. T he Employment Standlrds Yention in Moncton. New Brunswick. where we had a full compliment of deleg;ltcs. and I- LOpy of Ihe minules from Ihe mO ~1 rceCll1 branch o f the province of New Bruns" id i, meeting o f our Sa fety Cornmiltee and I um now awaiting subm issions frolll both N.II . la51 bUI nOI least, from the All-Canada happy to report that they are beginninJ:l to Tel ami Loc;11 1148. These are pendinll. Progress Meeting in Halifax. Noya Scotia. alta in some degree of success. Our re pres- At Ih e neyer-ending task of recogniling WILUll i'! A. H OLDER, Il III . AUGUST. 1977 " Scribe Urges Union Men Ne goli 4UGUST, 1977 63 lion! exist. This is just a brief summary. <.:I,Ll In hclplll1/. them in c.rr)inl1 0111 Ihelr Mile Stones of the major improvemenl5, voted in on rc-.pec\J\ e dutln. May 27, 1977. The} "'anted mentiun made in thi~ urticle A closing thouGht to re member: Be your of their apprecitllion to Intcrnlllion;11 Vice self; to be nobody but yourself in a worl d " re~idcnt J. J. lI ;!.rry for inviting them lu 1 wh i~ h is doin~ ils beSt day and night to auend a coupit' of H'ry educational da). ff) II mille rou everybody else. means 10 fight and thlll the eflort, of Brother II.Lrr} and the hardest battle which any human being his " rogress Meeting starr will be weli can fight and never stop fighting. Have a utili/cd in our loctll. safe and happy ~ unlm er. Smiling is con- J\\II" I WI'Il".I'S tagiou!. RICII ... RU R I..BAS, P.S. Record Number Show For B.oll1 •• end M... . Randy Vollmer of Loee' 14 11. New Slate Voted In Contract Vote Totedo. Ohio. cetebrated their ninth woddln, .nnlvt.u.., on June t~ For Local 1381 L l . ].102 , I' rn SIIURGII . I' \ .-On June 01, 160 Local 1402 member, congregJted L.U, 13111, II1 CKS\'ILLt:, .Y.- I h 66 IlEW J.II.no :::ompany Sponsors C ontest Members Stand Un ited u<;age rollo ... cd by a 30·minllle lecture. The In 17-Week Strike balance of Ihe class was devoted 10 praclice To Name Motor o f the proccdures on " Annie;' Ihe life-size _ L'. 1101. WATERTO\\N. i". l'.-Ihanl L.l'. 2 IS·4- BUFFALO, ~ . Y . _ W ... are now dummy. Fach person auending Ihe clas. re ;oodness. ""e have some ,ummer ""cal her: in the 17th \led. of the sinle with Na· cei,'C'd a card cerlif)·in!: complelion o f thC' .nythini I~ beller Ihan our I\inicr I\a ~. liomll Fuel Gas Corp, At thiS poinl the nlU .... c. hope eVU)'one had a rMas.lnt and rda:dng majo r iSliues lefl arc lie rvice crew ~izC'. di~ A certifi cati on \e~, i on I\lJS "bo presented .. ".-a lion. Iribulion nighl crew siu. and sicl lime. hy Dr. Joe White. Caddo !'arish Horticulture AgC'1l1 l11 is session "":u designed to acquaint As )·ou all lnow we had J conleSt 10 rhere .Ire also a couple of ~trile ilems the menllJ.er~ ... ith the proper UR. handling. and lame Ihe company·s IiC"W mOIOr. I. m)'.'iCIr. Company ... iII not recognizC'. They are the th,pos. tOrll, leI 11.1 (I/lI'll.\'J hi' lIIi/1(/III/ v/ "IOH' SiHers (//le/ I)rmhl'rf who h(ll'(' c/efJflfled 'hil lifl' lu'lore liS, /1111 h'l /WI ollr /OH /...eep 1/1 /rolll tloilllt YOllr lI'or/..., Gi\"C Ill' :'11'1'11[;111 to carry 011, a/lI'ay.f r ememberillg. bllt a/ways r g /"(I{cjl/{ for Ill(' ( 11(111('(' /u /I,ll' ollr _"(,Or\' III )'ollr sCfvice. AlI/l' lI . EWBA Death Claims Paid In May, 1977 SUlnlme Amount Amou nl Surn. m ~ Amount local Surname 4mounl II.ibY'I~~U$. R. r. .$1,4 00.00 Sll Sill"",ns. 0, R, 1.400.00 Sw'eney, 1. 1,400.00 PI"I.(269) Amon, W. C, .. 1.400.00 Sc~m'd t , f . A. 1,400.00 9ll Sm'I~. J. 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P. , 1.400.00 Plftl (119), "ttn. • 110000 ~'"I (1,0 G.ltllson, G , 1,'00.00 P,.,(I °1 1110, B II • 1,100.( PI"S 0) CQle .... n. , , 1.'00.00 ~,.'.(lO9) SIII"_ •e , \.40000 PI'"~ (I,D) HilMlll, . > 1,'00.00 P,nl (10 W"ner. W 1.' 00.( p,", 8) Stlmol. I ,. 1.'00,00 'enl.115oI1) "- 'll~"IM. c. C 1.100,00 P'.'IID I " u ~ bJ'~. •, I 1.'00,00 P'.'.IIO) W,4ml". [ 1.100.( h"'.(9'9) S,own, , , 1,'00.00 Plnl (15011) Oun. e I t,' OO.oo PI"'~IO, Hutt!!, , 1,100.00 P,n,,(949) Ou,bu,y , I , 1,400.00 Pen! (l&J1) Boll, e I. 1,'00.00 Ptn, 10) Irlland. L I. I ,Ioo.OCI laUI Plym l"11 . 57'.987 .• International Brotherhood of Electri ..1 Workers-Pension and Death Benefit Payment Report ISfW PENSION ELECTRICAL WORKERS NATIONAL ELECTRICAL BHf Ern FU NO BEN efIT ASSOC IAT ION BENEFIT FUNO NUMBER AOM ITTEO TO PEN SION LAST MO NT H 422 103 TOTAL NUMBER ON PENSI ON 64 433 11,846 TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST MONTH I 3.531.39136 $ 1,634.306 59 TOTAL PENSION PAYM ENTS LAST 11 MONTIIS S40AOI,3!IUI $19,571.841." OEATH BENEfilS PA lO LAST MONTH I 115,61571 I 581.78749 OEATH BE NE filS PA lO LAST 12 MONTHS I UJ7.97693 $6,1163.436 61 Nuclear Po wer Wi lh i l~ a,~ocinled he,ll re mClva l ~ys t e m s. located in the jurisd iction o f Local 11 : cooli ng se rvicing ~yS l c m s. fu el handlin g Ken newick. Washington, and al pea ~ys l e nh , conlrol ,yS t e 11l ~. waste d i~ po s al (on, lrll(lion employed 400 members ( f .. (iliti(~. pos\-i rradiH lion e'taminm ion lhal local. The project wa, 7] percet liS thaI Ihe leSI facil ilv h;\\ a reactor f ' l ciril i e~. rnain lenn ncc f ••ci[itle,. nn d ad complete in May. 1977. T otal feel ( ca pable of producing ,I large numher of miniSlralivc oflices. II .. crve~ as a focal cable installed is 6.482.000, total condu hi gh energy ll eUlron, for lesting pm point for management. design and devel inSIJllcd i~ 490. 134 feel. 41.842 feet c posc~. opmenl :lCllvllle\ for much of Ihe cable t r :ly~ were used :l nd ]00. 160 cabl Cllctl l .ltion~ indic:He lh,1I nreeder rc, I MFSR progr:.m, Included in the pro connections. ,. aewr corc~ ma\ be e~po~cd to ~odium gram is the development of spcrifi c de IIJEW members arc contributing tbe lempenllLlres of hetween 1]00 a nd sign criteri.l of Ihe Clinch Ri\er Reactor. ~ " illcd craftsmansbip to assure the SU4 [400 F. f.l~ t neulron f1u'tes of len mil I he F :I~t I lLt' 1 e,1 I .n:ili t) i, located ce~s of Iht! FFTF to enable it 10 fulfill jl lion billion neutro ns per sq ua re Centi III Kichl'LIl t.! . Wll,hinglon r he ~i t l.' wa~ purpo~c of lesting fuel specimens, fu. meter per second (1 0'" n /e m ~ \ec. ) . selected a ftcr \a t i~fy i ng a number of rods. fuel 1I~~e mb1ie s. clad and slmctur: fasl neulron l1u ence~ f nows) of up to cril l.' ria LIlciuding co n ~truction eOS IS. m:'l1erials LIn der va ria ble cond ilions il one million billion billion neUl ron, per ,Iv.lil.lhihty of ,cr\ ... c, and ulililic". en cludlllg f.li llire in dynamic sodium. Th square cent imeter (1 0 " n/cl11") and \'ironmenlal .Ind Safel) considerati ons. tcsli ng will be perfo rmed under an ad: sodium temperalure differenll.lI\ 01 up III ~pecial ~up p Clrting f :'lcili l ie~. reaclor op· qll!llcJy controlled and inslrumenlN el 400 F T he FFTI· will pro\lde irrac.h,j emlions. and fuel reproces~ing facililies. vironmenl lion lests for Ihe de\'e1oprncnl of sa fl'. E RDA designatcd the Hanfo rd Engineer Tnis is a gian! step forward in It reli •• bJc. economical fueh and maleriah Ing Dcvdopmenl I aboralory :'IS Ihe development of the CRBRP. The IBE' for lI ~e in the Cli nch River Breeder Re eonlraClor and Bccnlel Corporalion is Ihe h a~ long advocated and fought for If actor Planl subcontraclor W e~ l inghou'>C Advanced con,truc lion of InC C RBRP. If Ihe n, T he Fast Flux T est Facility i~ a nu· RCJc tON Division i.. Ihe reactor plant de· lion is to achieve energy in d e pcnd en~ clear complex co nsisting of tL r l1~ 1 flux ~ig n c r . '1'01:'1 1 con, nllclion cost will be our nuclear opt ion must be developed te st reaclor (480 Megawatt thermal) about $K40 mill ioll . Thc lest fa cility is " lBEW J ..... r Men Don't Cry Most knew him on a one to one basis. He had been to some, foreman for many years, a friend for as many, to others. • Ufe and Death To keep them in the fold You could almost hear them think, Till time runs out for them al last I know of someone who had " But for the grace of God, there And loneliness and memories pass grown old. go I." Then we might feel wh en we Whose heart was fashioned out They all work for the electric , are old of gold. company which we know.is a Someone will keep us in Ihe fold. Worldly possessions were nOI risk, day in and day out, good lol, Rol>d e • attained, D.u«Me . 01 St u Rlcharda weather and bad. He gave his all to those who Retired member of Local 26 Many months of the year, wind, remained. rain, snow, and ice, snap lines, The line Gang Giving to those who needed aid blow poles over, water th at A s best he cou ld from what he Here comes the line gang. washes the very earth from made. pioneering by. under them. If there were a desire within They throw a fo rest down less Under all conditions these men his heart cut than broken. work as a team, o ne depending To change his daily life They plant dead trees for livi ng on the other fo r safety. , He kept it locked up ligh t inside and the dead Then when one of them is taken No one would know his strife. They string together with a instantly from the team, it's Many were the men he worked with living thread. hard to bear. Teaching young ones what he They string an instrument against But men don't cry. knew the sky Men suffer, chins quiver, eyes Always early on the job, Wherein words whether beaten blink, hands clasp so tight Days away, they numbered few. out or spoken knuckles tum white, Now this old man lay in his bed Will run as hushed as when they Breathing is hard, head bowed , Awaiting that in evitable day, were a thought. in reverence. Thinking many unspoken thoughts, Bu t in no hush they string it, I sat by my dear husband and But that was just hi s way. they go past held hi s arm tight, and wept A quiet man all through his life With shout s afar to pull the for him, because But how proud he was of cable taut, Men don'l cry. "his boys." T o hold it hard until they make But thank God they are fill ed His memories then were all he had it fast. wi th love, Treasured, as a child would To case away-they have it, Love one for the other. his toys. with a laugh. That is man's bond and their Oh, where were these men he An oath of towns that set the strength, remembered so well? wild at And God is pleased. They'd been heard to speak They bring the teleph one and Rub, G. Tun,.le with pride Wif. 0' rr.nk Tunsat. not the telegraph. Lonl 659. M,dford. 0 ... Of how this man expected the best Susan Besecker But worked with them side by side. O.uahler 01 Harry Besecker locel lJ19. WIlIt ..· Barre. "a. Changing Words in Time They had no time for a bedside call To brighten this old man's way Get down and dig it, What joy '(would have been for That's the scene today. him to hear Groovy and peachie-keen • A " How arc you today?" arc the old folks' way. His eyes are closed now, his cars Rock-n-roll may be here to stay, arc deaf, But our language is changing, His li ps will smile no more. in every way. H is life a ll earth has come to And no maller what you say, an end, In ten years it will have He accepts what God has in store. a different meaning, H every one of us would think Said a different way! Of friends who have grown old Loren. IIrook~hler D.uShl.. 01 Robert Irook_hl" And make a special effo rt "~~" Local 114. Sed.II •• Mo. IT"S YOUR VACATION BUT NOT FOR SAFETY • 1 • ACCIDENTS DON'T SPOIL VACATIONS OVER DO EXERCISE [ • TAN GRADUALLY THOROUGHLY CHECK CAR AN ISEW MONTHLY SAFETY REMINDER