•A~a• .IAIIJJ ~ IL' Chinese Progressive Association/Workers Center 27 Beach Street, 3rd floor Boston, MA 02111 (617) 357-4499
March 10, 1988
Randall L. Berry Treasurer u·PIU Local 14 PO Box 272 Jay, ME 04239
Dear Mr. Berry:
We're so sorry about the missing signature on the c ~ eck! I guess things were a little crazy the night that t ~ e paperwork~rs came to visit and talk with us, so we f orgot to get the second signature. I hope this hasn't c 1used too much inconvenience.
Your visit to Boston was very inspirational for our members, who are primarily Chinese garment workers. I am enc l osing our latest Workers Center newsletter with an article by one of our members about her reaction to the support rally at the IBEW hall. Please keep us in touch as you continue your fight.
Thanks again for your visit, and our apologies for t he delay in cashing the check.
Sincerely, . h/L~ Lydia Lowe Program Director
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157 Park Street, Suite One P.O. Box 1571 • Bangor, Maine 04401 Tel. 207-947-0006 President Secretary-Treasurer Charles J. O'Leary Edward Gorham
April 8, 1988
LET'S ASSEMBLE IN JAY IN SOLIDARITY ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Jay, Maine has become a household name during the last ten months, not only throughout Maine, but throughout New England, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Wisconsin, and beyond. The Paperworkers and Firemen and Oilers, along with their sisters and brothers elsewhere, took on the giant International Paper Company because I.P. in its arrogance and greed demanded outrageous wage reductions, the elimination of union jobs, and in reality the destruction of the union. The workers if they were to retain their dignity and their unions had no choice but to strike.
The strike quickly became much more than four scattered conflicts between labor and management. It became a momentous national conflict pitting corporate power against people power. The locals in Jay are a case study of internal and external organizing and outreach involving the union members, their families, their community, the building trades, the Maine labor movement, the International Union (both I.P. mills and others), the state, regional and national AFl-CIO structure, non AFL-CIO unions, supporters outside of the labor movement, and the political system. A corporate campaign to affect public opinion and to pressure companies related to I.P. has been intensifying since January.
SCABS OUT! UNION IN! became the rallying cry. There is no balance between labor and management when companies can hire "replacement workers" immediately. The national labor relations law is a farce when it calls for good faith bargaining on the one hand but allows the use of scabs with the other. That's why this strike is so important to all workers.
You have all been touched by this strike and you have joined the struggle. Because so many of you have joined the brothers and sisters of Locals #14 and 246, I.P. finally agreed to begin serious negotiations last week on a national level. Negotiations are occurring in Louisville, Kentucky as this letter is being written. The corporate campaign is "on hold" as these negotiations continue.
® ~13-C Whatever the outcome of these negotiations, there will be another Solidarity March and Rally in Jay on Saturday, April 30 beginning at 12 Noon. We hope that it will be a Victory Celebration. If the negotiations aren't satisfactory, it will be the kick-off of an intensified corporate campaign.
We hope very much you will join us in Jay on April 30th. Many of you live in communities where Caravan '88 has visited. We suggest that you come to Jay on April 30th in Car-a-Vans from your particular regions.
Thank-you for your support. We wouldn't be where we are without your participation. We are all engaged in a life and death struggle for our survival as unions and our dignity as workers. Let's continue to revitalize our labor movement by all being together in Jay, MaineInzd· on Saturday, £1 April 30th.
Pre Maine
CJO/SJD ufcw #1445 afl-cio
P.S. UPDATE
The negotiations in Louisville have broken down. U.P.I.U. President Bill Meserve has returned to Jay. The April 30th rally is critical. Please do everything you can to be there and to get others to come also. JAY' MAINE SOLIDARITY
After nine months of struggle by workers from Jay, Me; Mobile, Ala; Depere, Wise; Lock Haven, Pa, and our sisters and brothers around the country, International Paper has been forced to the national bargaining table. Depending on outcome of these negotiations, the MARCH in Jay on Sat. , April 30th will either be a Victory March or a signal that labor "THE JAY STRIKE IS ..... PERHAPS THE For More Information Contact: is in this 'til PREMIER LABOR DISPUTE OF 1987-1988. WE VICTORY is ou ME AFL-CIO (207) 947-0006 C. J,O'LEARY (International Paper) ARE NOT VERY PROUD Local 14-UPIU (207) 897-5423 OF THAT DISTINCTION". This quote was taken Boston Area (617) 482-6878 • from a statement made by I.P. human resource man er in Jay, Keith LaVoie.
Sponsored by the Maine AFL-CIO. ~13-C The magazine for international labour movement news !N'I1~ttl~tl'ION1U, at Northem College, Wentworth Castle 1,1\IIOlJl\ P.O. Box 45, Stainborough, Bamsley Yorkshire S75 3EA ' 0226-730023 ~tst,.,r~rs Telex: 933524 GEONET G. Quote Box GE02: D.aR.
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Rand Wilson 50 Thayer Street Boston MA 02118
Dear Rand Wilson, I will shortly be visiting Boston as part of a research-cum promotional tour for International Labour Reports. I shall be in New York from 21 April-1 May; Washington DC from 1-10 May and then visit Boston for a week or so before flying back home c. 19 May. I hope to do some research on US industrial relations and current trends in the US labor movement. But the trip is largely designed to promote ILR (help secure access to mailing lists, bulk subscriptions from labor and other organisations, etc.) and to get some promotional ideas from friends in the States. We urgently need to expand our North American readership and, ideally, identify activists who can help promote and solicit articles for the magazine. (I also hope to identify sources of funding which may allow us to set up a North American operation, but that may be too much to hope for.)
I realise that this is short notice but I would really appreciate any assistance in the form of accommodation, contacts or even the chance for a talk during my brief stay in Boston. I will try to catch you by telephone before my departure date of 21 April. If unlucky, I will call you when I · reach the States.
Yours sincerely,
Mike Allen, Co-editor, International Labour Reports. UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
LOCAL NO. 14 JAY, ME
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\ ko~\ \t.{ 3~ ~:.~.._. ;)..1)1- ~ FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION: BOSTON 482-6483 BROCKTON 559-6900 FALL RIVER 674-5762 FITCHBURG 534-6534 GREENFIELD 773-9519 LAWRENCE 686-7392 HAVERHILL 372-9792(e) LOWELL 937-9039 LYNN 598-2760 NEW BEDFORD 997-2931 NORTHAMTON 584-8255(e) 527-2332(e) NORFOLK CLC 523-0623 TAUNTON 824-4670 SPRINGFIELD 732-7970 783-4520(e) WORCESTER 756-1375(e) S~t'\~ore~~ Mf\ AH:C\0 and tv\'E f\~L-C\0 UNITED PAPERIIORKBRS CORPORA'rE CAIIPAIGII, 50 Thayer St. Boston, MA 02118 617-482-6878 ~60 .A.M~1r IA~DJJ q::s IL' Chinese Progressive Association/Workers Center 27 Beach Street, 3rd floor Boston, MA 02111 (617) 357-4499 August 1, 1988 Rand Wilson 50 Thayer St. #4 Boston, MA 02118 Dear Rand: Here's the Chinese translation for the Bank of Boston boycott flyer. We've been running small notices about the IP workers and the boycott in our newsletter, but the issue is not yet that well-publicized here in Chinatown. I think 1ve can do some leafletting at the branch near us, although I'm not sure about doing it biweekly . One plan we discussed at our Steering Committee was to use the August Moon Festival (a big communitywide festival on August 21) to leaflet and publ icize the boycott in the community. Thanks for keeping us in touch. SincerlJlY, I /t:__ Zia Lowe · ~ 103 50 Thayer Str Bostonr MA 02118 617-482-6878 August 30 , 1988 Dear Brother or S ister. Enclosed is up-to-da te information a bout t he Paperworkers strike and the corporate campaign against International Paper. The strik ers are as steac st as ever in their determin~tion to bring IP back to the bargainir table. As you can se rom ' e newsletter and lncal press clips , the ~ orkers are gaining ~ e ntur We· re sending this packet to e veryone who has been ··p i tchin · 1n to help the striking paperw:lrkers win .• Without your so lidarity a nd a ssistance this fight would have b een over long ago. A key development i n the strike is the growing solidarity movement among IP employees at other locations who are s till working. Now, thousands have joined ranks with strikers in t he struggle agai~-t IP's g reedy give-back demands. Over 16 primary and converting a per mills have voted to reject IP's final contract o ffer. Another 13 groups have just voted to reopen their contracts with IP. Finally, on August 24. 6 groups voted to join the st1 ke! The g rowing i nterr.:: : s olidarity movement is escalating the pressu e on IP a nd making the UPIU stronger and more unified than e ver before. Here in New England, the corporate campaig n against IP has focused on the '"interlocks'" between IP and other major corpnrations . Our main target has been IP and Bank of Boston Director Do nald McHenry. Te n New England district officials have written to a ll of the locals in their jurisdiction encouraginr participation in the hoycott . They also urge d t hose locals with funds in the Bank to withdraw t hem i n s upport of the paperworkers. Already AFSCME Local 1368, UPIU Local 204 and the Greater Boston Newspaper Guild (TNG Local 34) have removed their funds from Bank of Boston. Other unions are expected to follow suit soon. Equally important, volunteers are taking our message directly to Bank of Boston 's customers . Over 35 bank branches in Massachusetts were leafleted in August. The Chinese Workers Cen ter in Boston even translated the boycott leaflet into Chinese for distribution in China town. Plans are under way to leaflet c ustome rs of Rhode Island Hospital Trust and Bank o f Boston-Connecticut too. paperworkers have exhibited tremendous determination a nd fortitude . ing this 15 month strike. Their c ourage has inspired all of us. ~ ut they can ' t win without o ur help. Please consider taking some time to leaflet a branch of the Bank of Boston, organize a fundraising event in your local, or vi&it Jay for~ Wednesday night meeting. Remember, when the paperworkers win--we all win! Happy Labo r Day! In Solidarity, ~J United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 1475, Nashville, TN 37202 UPIU Local 6288, AFL-CIO, 342 Main Ave., De Pere, WI 54115 UPIU Local1787, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 773, Lock Haven, PA 17745 UPIU Local 14, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 272, Jay, ME 04239 UPIUIIBEW Joint Bargaining Committee, 1105 N. Wilson Ave., Prichard, AL 36610 Issue 3 August 1988 IP ON THE HOT SEAT: Company Pressured To End Its 115afety Last'' Policies; Mobile Lockout Declared Illegal IP's sins are beginning to catch up with the company. In recent weeks the paper giant was forced to pay nearly $1 million to the federal government to settle hundreds of allegations of safety violati.ons at the Jay mill, and the National Labor Relations Board found that the lockout in Mobile was illegal and filed a complaint to force IP to make back pay awards that could reach $40 million. Even the Reagan Administration has begun to realize that IP is a corporate outlaw. The deal IP reached with OSHA allowed the com pany to avoid admitting that it was guilty of the long list of infractions, and 29 violations that had previously Q s · " been designated "willful" were changed to the "serious" BH PAL, U. .A. ( classification (reducing the total fine by one third). Yet that legal arrangement did not obscure the fact that IP has shown little regard for the health and safety of its employees - whether the regular workers or the scabs who are replacing them at the mills in Jay, Mobile, Lock Haven and De Pere. Bill Meserve, President of Local 14 in Jay, com plained that OSHA let the company off easy and declared that "somebody should go to jail" to make IP accountable for its actions. "How many more people must die or be seriously injured," Meserve asked, "before the guilty party is penalized to the fullest extent of the law?" The July 28 consent agreement announced by OSHA and IP also requires the company to evaluate and correct hazards at ten other mills that use chlorine bleaching processes similar to the one at Jay. (See box for details.) The announcement, in effect, indicated that IP's negli gent health and safety practices have not been limited to Jay bUt have instead been a company-wide scandal. Among the 197 violations that IP paid $873,000 to settle were: • failure to properly ventilate a dissolving tank, which resulted in the incident in which eight BE&K scabs were hospitalized earlier this year; • numerous problems involving the chlorine system, including use of corroded piping, missing vaporizer steam relief valves, maintaining vaporizer steam at ex cessively high pressures, failure to vent chlorine vent valves to safe locations away from worker breathing zones, bypassing safety interiocks, and inadequate monitoring of the chlorine area; - ~~-Q------. • permitting the venting system for gases from the wood pulping process to be operated in an unsafe condi tion; (continued on page 3) BOYCOTT INTERNATIONAL AMERICA'S PAPER WORKERS are AMERICA'S FAMILIES llOYCOTr INT£ANl\ TIONA( PAPFH Democratic convention delegates urging IP Boycott from floor. Campaign Scores at Democratic Convention ''What is leadership if not to present help in a hundreds of people displayed IP campaign signs, and time of crisis?" asked Jesse Jackson in his stirring when Jackson spoke paperworker supporters unfurled speech at last month's Democratic National Conven a large banner saying: STRIKING PAPERWORKERS tion in Atlanta. And the first example Jackson gave THANK JESSE JACKSON. of a struggle in which he had offered assistance was Meserve was also one of the main speakers at a none other than our campaign against IP. meeting of about 600 delegates organized by the AFL CIO's Committee on Political Education. As he got up Jackson's mention was the most visible sign of to speak another large campaign banner - reading the important presence that the IP campaign, includ BOYCO'IT IP/BOYCO'IT AVON PRODUCTS - was ing the Avon boycott, had at the convention. Bill unfurled. Meserve, President of Local 14 in Jay and a Jackson Also representing the IP campaign at the conven delegate, was one of the featured speakers at the major tion were Betty Arts and Ray Moore of De Pere and labor press conference in Atlanta. At the event, which Doris Maples of Mobile, all of whom were Jackson focused on IP as well as the Justice for Janitors cam delegates, as was Maine AFL-CIO President Charlie paign of the Service Employees International Union, O'Leary. With the help of Corporate Campaign Inc. staffer Susan Hibbard and supporters, the paper worker delegates distributed large volumes of cam paign literature and made appearances at numerous events, including Justice for Janitors rallies and caucus meetings all over town. "By the end of the convention, every labor delegate knew about the IP campaign," Hibbard said, "and they were incredibly supportive." Not so happy, Hibbard noted, were the representatives of Avon Products, Inc., which was one of the corporations that had a presence AFL-CIO labor delegates meeting at Democratic Conven inside the convention and was distributing free sam tion. Morton Bahr, Pres. of the Communications Workers, ples of its products to delegates. "The Avon people got Lane Kirkland, AFL-CIO Pres., Bill Meserve, UPIU Local14 lots of questions from delegates about our boycott," Pres., and 'Ibm Donahue, Sec.-Treas. AFL-CIO above (left Hibbard said. "They probably wished they had stayed right). home." 2 IP ·on the Hot Seat (continued from page 1) • not providing workers with proper respirators company may have had something to do with OSHXs while they were working in areas with high concentra refusal to enforce the union's right to participate in tions of chlorine or hydrogen sulfide; walk-around inspections and the agency's negation of • not controlling caustic lime dust, which resulted the union's party status rights. Steve 'Irawick, the in workers receiving chemical burns; UPIU's occupational safety and health director, de • failure to provide an alarm which would have clared: "This is either incompetence or collaboration, warned employees of the major chlorine leak in Feb but the end result is the same: a slap in the face to ruary; organized labor in this country." • not guarding the rotating drums of belt conveyors in the operation which turns pulpwood logs into chips. The decision of the NLRB regarding the Mobile lockout was also a slap in the face -to IP. The Board's Faced with this shocking list of shortcomings in Jay, and the likelihood that similar problems would complaint charges that IP acted illegally in perma nently subcontracting maintenance work to BE&K. be found at the other ten mills, the company tried to Because this had an impact on all Mobile workers, salvage its reputation. Senior Vice President David the Board seeks back pay for production as well as Oskin stated: "We are confident that our bleaching maintenance employees for an eight-month period. activities are consistent with the highest standards Since IP is no longer calling the replacements in for safety in the industry. At the same time, we recog Mobile permanent, the Board does not seek back pay nize that improvements are always possible." beyond the eight-month period. The main improvement that IP has achieved re cently was in the terms of the settlement with OSHA. IP has refused to settle the charges with the Aside from getting the safety agency to downgrade Board, and a hearing on the matter will be held before numerous violations from "willful" to"serious," the an administrative law judge in October. Every Worker a Health and Safety lnspedor The OSHA settlement with IP includes a require ment that the company carry out a 12-month corporate-wide "self-audit program" covering the bleach chemical unloading, bleach chemical pre paration and bleach processes in ten mills other than Jay. Those mills are: Mobile, AL Moss Point, MS Pine Bluff, AR Georgetown, SC Erie, PA Ticonderoga, NY Riverdale (Selma), AL Natchez, MS Bastrop, LA Thxarkana, TX In addition to identifYing safety problems at the ten mills, IP must develop and implement "action plans" to improve conditions within six months after the evaluations are completed. The com pany is supposed to "maintain communication with the employees" about the self-audit prog ram. " Do you realize that is a $1 00,000 machine While OSHA may trust IP to carry out this audit you are tying up... ?" conscientiously, we certainly don't. For this reason Local officials and the rank and file at New Signers of the each of those ten mills should carefully monitor Memphis Statement what the company is doing. Where possible, Locals should compile their own audits which can be Another seven Locals have added their endorsement given to OSHA and released to the press to show to the Memphis statement in which IP Locals across how the company will have undoubtedly con the country pledged solidarity in the battle against cealed many safety problems at the mills. concessions. The new signers are Local 644 in Richmond, VA; Local 473 in Litchfield, IL; Local 7 in The only way. to get true health and safety protec Corinth, NY; Local 1318 in Lewisburg, PA; Locals 337 tion is toturn every worker into an inspector. and 1940 in Mobile, AL; and Local 1968 in Hamilton, WORK SAFELY; DON'T RISK YOUR LIFE OH. This brings the grand total to 50 Locals, represent FOR INTERNATIONAL PAPER. ing the vast majority of IP's unionized workers. BoycoH Bulletins In July we launched our third full-scale boycott of a company linked to IP. The new target is Avon Pro ducts Inc., which has IP director Stanley Gault on its board. On July 14 we held a dozen simultaneous press con ferences to announce the Avon boycott. At the New York City event, held near Avon's headquarters and chaired by UPIU Local 107 Business Manager Lou Gon~lon, the speakers included Bob Frase of the UPIU (representing Wayne Glenn); Joyce Miller, President of the Coalition of Labor Union Women; Irwin Sol omon, Secretary-Treasurer of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union; Karen Lantz, Vice President of the Independent Federation of Flight Attendants; and City Councilwoman Ruth Messinger. The other press conferences were held in Bangor and Portland in Maine as well as Mobile, Lock Haven, De Pere/Kaukauna, Ticonderoga, Pineville, Camden, Springfield, Thxarkana and Erie. A number of unions have already sent out mailings of boycott literature to their members, and the list of boycott endorsers continues to grow. Progress is also being made on our boycotts of Bank of Boston Corp. and PNC Financial Corp. On July 14, more than 50 union activists met in Boston to organize leafletting of Bank of Boston branches beginning in early August. Among the area labor leaders at the meeting were Kathleen Hunt of the National Maritime Union, John McLaughlin of the Massachusetts AFL Labor supporters also helped carry out the leafletting CIO, Leo Purcell of the Massachusetts Building Trades of Bank of Boston branches. During the target period Council, and Joe Nigro of the Greater Boston Building of August 3-5, peak banking days, literature was dis Trades Council. Boston coordinator Rand Wilson re tributed at more than three dozen branches across the ports that unions throughout Massachusetts have re state. sponded enthusiastically to the campaign. Meanwhile, strikers fom Lock Haven are spreading Unions are not only informing their members of the the boycott of PNC and its subsidiaries throughout boycott, but some are also moving to pull their funds Pennsylvania and neighboring states. Campaigners out of Bank of Boston branches. One of the first to act have traveled to cities in Ohio to organize the boycott was a public employee union, AFSCME Local 1368 in of PNC's Central Trust Co. and to Kentucky, where Springfield, and as this is being written in early Au they have urged workers and their unions to stop doing gust other unions are preparing to join the boycott. business with Citizens Fidelity, another arm ofPNC. In Louisville, the Kentucky State District Council of Carpenters ended its talks with Citizens Fidelity on having the bank manage the union's pension fund A Fair Contrad, and threatened to withdraw deposits from the bank if the IP dispute is not settled soon. Not Ice Cream In early August the Lock Haven caravan was prepar ing to visit Ashland, KY as well as locations in West The management of the IP mill in Camden, AR made Virginia and Virginia. the mistake of treating the workers there like children last month, handing out ice cream bars to workers as Ed Long of Lock Haven has been spearheading the a reward for controlling costs. Many of the workers, campaign's efforts in Washington in support of Maine led by UPIU Local355 President Rock Hudson, turned Rep. Joseph Brennan's bill which would restrict the down the ice cream and began picketing in front of ability of companies to bring in permanent replace the mill. "It's like they're trying to bribe a little kid," ments during labor disputes. At a Congressional hear Hudson said. "What we want is a decent contract." ing on the bill on July 14, IP striker Roland Sampson Paperworkers in Camden have voted to reject manage from Jay testified on the legislation, stating that cur ment's concessionary demands but have remained on rent law "allows companies to cruelly tum strikes the job and are strong supporters of the campaign. against workers." 4 WHO 1 S BEHIND IR'l'BRRATI ORAL PAPERS' SPECIAL ALERT: BUSTING POLICY? AIIIP Locals to Meet Wednesda~August 24 Donald McHenry IP delegates to the UPIU National Convention have issued an urgent call for membership meet ings at every IP location on August 24. "The pur Unmasking Donald McHenry pose of the meetings," said Local 14 President Because of his record as U.S. Ambassador to the Bill Meserve, "is to develop and coordinate a fight United Nations, Donald McHenry is respected by back strategy for the entire IP system. The time many as a distinguished black American. Paperwor has come to take decisive action." kers know that he also has an unsavory side: his role The call for the meetings came at a gathering as a policymaker on the board of the anti-labor Inter of delegates from 81 UPIU IP Locals. At the meet national Paper Co. 1b help make the black leadership ing the delegates also voted to replace the current of this country better aware of the full Donald IP Primary Mill Council with a council of all IP McHenry story, Jim Jones, President of UPIU Local Locals. 197 in Westfield, MA recently sent out a letter to nearly two dozen prominent civil rights leaders. Jones, who asked the leaders to contact McHenry ''A Sea of Red'' and urge him toresign from the IP board, wrote: "It saddens me to see McHenry, a former human rights "It was like our mill on Fridays," said President advocate, supporting a giant corporation in its ruth Willard McCall of Local 351 in Pineville, LA. less attack on workers . . . McHenry is trying to set "There was a sea of red." us back twenty years in his support for IP's corporate McCall was referring to the final day of the greed." UPIU Convention, when delegates wore red t shirts to show their solidarity with the struggle ''We Are Hurting An against IP. The red t-shirts were only one of the ways con .. Unacceptable Number of People" vention delegates showed their support for the IP campaign. They also: OS~s decision to remove the "willful" label from all • Approved a boycott of all IP products of IP's safety violations is all the more shocking in • Approved a $1 per month dues increase to light of an internal company document from the Jay rebuild the UPIU defense fund that will allow mill that has come to light. A June 13, 1988 memo the continuation of strike benefits for IP workers from the Safety Feedback Task Tham quoted Assistant • Approved a resolution that urged all UPIU Mill Manager Ronald Charbonneau as saying: "It's members to contribute $10 a month to the IP obvious that what we're doing isn't working. We are struggle and to participate in IP solidarity ac continuing to hurt an entirely unacceptable number tivities. of people." REMEMBER: August 24 is the date when all The memo gave a long list of reasons for the safety IP Locals will hold special membership meetings. problems at the scab-operated mill, including "too If a meeting has not been scheduled in your loca much overtime," "too much stress," "not enough pre tion, talk to your Local officers and get one going ventative maintenance," and "not enough experience now. to quickly fix equipment." The UPIU has also learned that strikebreaker machinist Karl Chastain, who died in an accident in the Jay mill on May 20, was using an oversized grind ing wheel with no guard. He was also using the wrong pulley, which caused the machine to run at three times · REMEMBER: its rated speed. In addition, contrary to the company's claim that Chastain was a machine shop and drafting MONDAY- BLUE SHIRTS graduate of Pearl River Junior College in Mississippi, the school records clerk says that Chastain attended THURSDAY & FRIDAY the college for only about seven weeks in 1976 and withdrew without completing a single term. RED SHIRTS On August 5, OSHA fined IP $11,000 in connection with Chastain's death, which indicated that the safety agency did not value his life much more than did IP. 5 Rand Wi 1 son '.r _, - - .,,,- "<-..- -~·· •• ~~· "·~: 11paign UPIU Corporate Campaign , ;~·< ~ · so Thayer Street f' .. Boston, MA 02118 L ycl J. a LCJtA.Ie, Chinese Workers Ctr. 27 Beach St. 38 SPECIAL. ALERT ••• Bo~::. ton ~r t·1r::) 021. .1.1. AUGUST24 AIIIP Locals to Meet (Seep. 5) .______.. p·.___.· ~3 Ma~~ach u~effff~ Labor Saluff~~ UPJU Local 141 ' ,. 11We will continue to send a clear message that tells IP that they cannot refuse to bargain fairly, force our i members on strike, and replace them. The UPIU will con . tinue its Corporate Campaign program against IP in sup port of our members who IP claims have lost their]obs." President Wayne E. Glenn ; AGENDA November 29, 1988 • Welcome, Plumber.s Local 12. • Introductions and Greetings: • Sponsoring Organizations v Solidarity Forever • Introduction of Speakers • Bill Meserve, President, UPIU Local 14 • Roland Samson, UPIU Local 14 • What Can Trade Unionists' Do To Help? • Christmas Fund • Boycott International Paper • Presentation of Strike Appreciation Banner v Solidarity Forever! Massachusetts Labor Salutes UPIU Local 14 SOLIDARITY FOREVER When the union's inspiration Through the worker 's blood shall run, There can be no power greater Anywhere beneath ·the sun. Yet what force on earth is weaker Than the feeble strength of one? But the union makes 'us strong. Chorus: Solidarity forever, solidarity forever, Solidarity forever! For the union makes us strong. They have taken ·untold millions That they never toiled to earn, But without our brains and muscle Not a single wheel could turn. We can break their haughty power, Gain our freedom when we learn That the unior m<~kes U'i strong. Chorus In our hand is placed a power Greater than their hoarded gold, Greater than the might of armies Magnified a thousand fold. We can bring to birth a new world From the ashes of the old, For the union makes us strong. Chorus Strike, Lockout Over; Need For Local Union Help Greater Than Ever. In IP Fight Nashville-The end of the UPIU strike against International workers will not be tolerated. Paper Co. at Jay, Me., De Pere, Wis., and Lock Haven, Pa.,-and Such efforts will be neither easy nor Inexpensive. But, too many the return of locked out workers at Mobile, Ala-In no way lessens workers and their families have suffered too much and too long the battle to force IP to treat Its workers with respect and dignity. to give up the battle for fairness now. The on-going campaign to If anything, local unions should be taking the lead to Insist that force IP to recognize Its responsibilities needs the support of local gains made by workers everywhere through the sacrifice of the IP unions and their membership. Local unions wishing to aid In the strikers are not lost. Pressure must be kept on IP to Insure not on· fight for fairness should send their contributions to the Fight IP ly that gains made because of the strike are maintained, but also Campaign, United Paperworkers International Union, P.O. Box to help convlnce the company that further mistreatment of Its 147?, Nashville, Tenn. 37202. · SPONSORS: Mass. Building Trades Council Boston Buildin g Tr ades Council Coalition ot Labor Union Women (Boston ) M ass. Labor Support Project SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Kevin Cotter, Plumbers & Pipehters Local 12 George Kenney, Sign Painters Union Rick M organ, Sign Painters Union Mark Witten, Causew ay Print Bob Frase, Un ited Pa perw orkers Ray Rogers, Corporate Campaign PL A NNING, LOGISTICS, & HARD WORK: Dick Monks Joan Parker Cliff Cohn Ric Jurgens Cheryl Go oding Arvid Muller Brian Lang Mei Zhu Lui Paul Cannon Eric Bove Lisa Gallatin Mark Swadling Russ Davis Dave Walsh f 22 Lawmakers Sporisor Bill Banning Permanent Striker Replacements Washington-Twenty-two congressmen from 14 states have signed on as sponsors of legislation to prohibit employers hiring "permanent replacements" during the first 10 weeks of a strike. The bill, H.R. 4552, would give workers involved in a labor dispute 70 days of protection during which negotiations and other collective bargain ing activities could take place before being permanently replaced. The bill has received hearings and will be reintroduced in 1989, according to con gressional sources. The end-of-the-year congressional recess gives UPIU and other union members and workers to meet with ttleir congressional representatives .to urge support for this much-needed legislation, said George H. O'Bea, Jr., UPIU vice president an~ PEP director. "There are many, many congresspersons who have UPIU members in their districts who still have not heard about this bill," O'Bea remarked. "It's vital that we get as many committed congressmen and women .on this legislation as possible this year. We plan to hit the ground running with this legislation in 1989." O'Bea reminded members there Is no better time to make an appoint· ment with their congressional representative than when they are on recess. UPIU President Wayne E. Glenn and other officers have been talking about the need for H.R. 4552 since the day It was Introduced by U.S. Rep. · Joseph Brennan (0-Me.) The legislation was Introduced at the urging of UPIU last spring. The need for the legislation was underscored by the treat ment of UPIU members on strike against International Paper Co. in Jay, Me., Lock Haven, Pa, and De Pere, Wis. The strike ended in eariy October. Members were "permanently replaced" as early as three weeks Into the 1Strike, according to testimony presented at congressional hearings last spring and summer. "Workers should have the right to withhold their services without the .fear of being permenantly replaced within a matter of days," Brennen -testified at the spring hearings. ''There really Is no difference between be· fng permanently replaced and -being fired." He added that the federal government has the responsibility to Insure the collective bargaining pro cess 1$ upheld. Joining in sponsorin,g the le_gislatlon are: U.S. Reps. Bruce Vento (0-Minn.), Major Owens (0-N.Y.), Pete DeFazio (0-0re.), Bill Ford (0-Mich.), Barney Frank (0-Mass.), Tom Foglletta (0-Pa), AI Bustamante (0-Tex.), Gary Ackerman (0-N.Y.), Bernard Dwyer (0-N.J.), Lane Evans (0-111.), Robert Garcia (0-N.Y.), Mike Lowry (0-Wash.), Matthew Mar tinez (0-Calif.), Andrew Jacobs (0-lnd.), Robert Borski (0-Pa.), David Bonier (0-Mich.), Charles Hayes (0·111.), Edolphus Towns (0-N.Y.), James Traficant (0-0hio), Esteban Torres (0-Callf.), David Obey (O-Wls.) and Nancy Pelosi (0-Calif.). Teachers Join International Paper Boycott Washington-One of the largest unions In the country has voted to sup· port the boycott of International Paper Co. products. International Paper & Hammermill Brand Names The board of directors of the National Education Association, which has 1.9 Bellefonte Book million members, voted In late Hammermill Hy·O·Lite International TJ.Opake September to join In support of the IP Bookmark Hammerm/11 Index IPL products boycott. The boycott was ap· Brotherhood Book./Ledger Hammermill Ledget IP (Logo) & lnt'l. Paper proved by the AFL-CIO at the request of UPIU In August. Data Hammermlll Manuscript Co~er IP Web The boycott is to protest IP's treat· Data Coat Hammermill Micr Check-Mate Liberty ment of its wor1 Boycott International Paper SAMPLE RESOLUTION FOR STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AUTHORIZI NG A BOYCOTT OF INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY [Town Meeting, City Council, State Legislature, School Board] resolution on International Paper Corporation. Whereas, over 3,500 employees of International Paper Company were locked out or on strike for sixteen months, and Whereas, International Paper continued to operate their facilities by hiring "permanent replacement" workers while unionize d workers were on strike or locked out, and Whereas, nearly 2,300 International Paper employees have not been rehired, and Whereas, International Paper has made record profits in both 1987 and 1988, and WhP.-eas International Paper claims that, in order to stay comp~titive, it must: --cut workers pay by 'nearly 15 percent; --completely eliminate hundreds of jobs and be able to sub contract out to non-union workers hundreds of other jobs; --cut worker's benefits and working conditions, including their modest plant shut down on Christmas Day, and Whereas, thousands of paperworkers in over 20 other Interna tional Paper plants have turned down similar concessionary contract offers, and have otherwise joined their brothers and sisters in this valiant struggle against corporate greed, and Whereas, the United Paperworkers ' International Union (UPIU) and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) have called for a national boycott ot International Paper Company products, now therefore be it Resolved by (City Council, Town Ald~rmen or School Board): That we support the International Paper Company workers and urge the citizens of (City or Town) to stop using International Paper products until the union workers are back at their jobs, and be it further Resolved that the purchasing department of (City or Town) and all other departments be directed to stop buying International Paper Company products until all International Paper employees are back to their jobs and union collective bargaining agreements signed. Massachusetts Labor Salutes UPIU Local 14 /Speci al Report FroJm Jay" Maine By Bill Meserv~ UPIU Local 14 Un October 10th, the leaders of the Un1ted Paperworkers str1ke aga1nst International Paper Corp . (IF-') ter mlnated the nearly 16 month old d1spute . Man y area un1ons b el1ev ed that the o utcome of the str1ke would h ave an 1mportan t im p act o n the ent i re labor movement . Its sudden termination s e n t shoc k wa v es throughout Ne w England . • What happened ? Wh y was the strike ended ? • Will the strikers g e t their jobs back? • Are dec e r tif i c ation elections st1ll pend1ng? • Ho w will t hi s str i ke im pac t other unions? Come hear a first hand account of BILL MESERVE the latest devel opmen ts and f ind out what you can do t o h elp . Paperworkers Solidarity Meeti ng November 29th Best Union Hall 7:00 PM 1 1 1 Nice Street Boston, MA For more information call (617) 391-3866 Mass AFL-cro•, Mass Building Trades Council• Sponsored b y : Boston Building Trades, Boston Labor Council• CLuw·, Mass Labor Support Project• (-) Uncon ttrmed IN SOLIDARITY I ' ' ) UNITED PAPRRWORKERS. ffiRPORATE CAMPAIGN 28 Woods Road, Medford, Massactnsetts 02155 (617) 391-3866 HEHO n - . -- L_,.Jfl r ~riA( ;'~--·~ ""' ~~ ~ i) IY'uJ/r-d ~ TO: II {l-L k: ~"' 1 FOOH: Rand _5P""' ~ 1 .v-"'r'.Jr' ~ "Thanks" for helping out on the planning and logistics for the Paperworkers ~ As we discussed at the meeting, I have put together a draft version of the ~ turnout flyer. Thus far, I have asked the Hass AFL-CIO, Hass Building Trades Council, Boston Central Labor Council, Boston Building Trades Council, CLUW · and the Hass Labor Support Project to sponsor the rally. Both the Hass. and Boston Building Trades Council's immediately agreed. I sent letters to the others requesting them to sponsor. Copy enclosed. I also contacted the Signpainters Union and they have agreed to make an "appreciation banner" to present to Local 14. We'll need to get as many union insignias, patches, or logos as possible to put on the banner. A sketch of the proposed banner is also enclosed . We also need to seek endorsements from as many unions as possible. This process will help generate turn out for the event and perhaps stimulate some formal financial contributions (which I am told are urgently needed). Below is a list of the unions that should endorse easily. I've indic~ted the person responsible for getting the endorsement in (). Local 26 (Brian Lang) Teamsters (Paul Cannon) IUE Local 201 (~Jss Davis) IUOE (Dick Honks) WILD (Cheryl Gooding) Lettercarriers (Ric Jurgens) SEIU Local 509 (Cliff Cohn) I will also pursue 1199, AFSCHE, IBEW 103, Chinese Workers Center, Laborers, Laundry workers, Roofers, Plumbers, SEIU Local 285, and District 65. Any changes, suggestions, or additions for the leaflet should be given to me before Friday Nov. 11th I expect to have flyer back from the printer by Wednesday Nov. 16 for distri bution at Local 26 strike authorization rally. If anyone can help me do a mailing either late Wednesday night (Nov. 16th) or on Thursday night (Nov. 17th) I could sure use the help. Also be sure to ask endorsing unions to do mailing to steward or leadership list within union. This will help out a lot! Finally, we'll need to have some refreshments and snacks at the meeting. Any volunteers? -. UNITED PAPERWORKERS CORPORATE CAMPAIGN 28 Woods Road, Medford, MA 02155 (617) 391-3866 M~. Leo Pu~cell, P~es. Mass. Building T~ades Council 9 Pa~k St~eet Novembe~ 7, 1988 Boston, MA 02108 Dea~ B~othe~ Pu~cell, As you know, the pape~wo~ke~s · st~ike against International Pape~ Company was ~ecently te~minated. Afte~ 16 months on strike, the unions no longer had the resou~ces to wage the good fight. Instead, it was decided that a wiser course of action would be to attempt to get strike~s back into the mills and continue the battle on other fronts. The UPIU is still committed to continuing the boycott against IP p~oducts (sanctioned by the AFL-CIO). A stepped up movement to dump IP P~esident and CEO John Georges will also be announced on November 22 unless or until all 2,300 employees are ~einstated <*>· In addition, twenty three UPIU locals are still working without contracts. Let me stress that no settlement was reached with IP, and the "war" is very much still on! The Paperworkers also still need help. On November 29th, Local 14 President Bill Mese~ve, and several other strikers from Jay will visit Boston for meetings with local labor leaders. In the evening we will have a general meeting with interested supporters from Eastern Massachusetts, Southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island. We ve~y much would like you to speak at the meeting and would appreciate sponso~ship from the Mass Building Trades Council. Additionally, the Signpainte~s have agreed to make an "appreci ation banne~." We' ~e askin any ~ion who has contributed to the ~p~wo~kers strike to provide a unio ~ logo o~ insignia for th ~ banner. The agenda fo~ the event is a simple one. We want to provide Bill and the strikers a chance to explain the current status of thei~ fight with IP and hopefully "~e-ignite" some of the enthu siasm and solidarity demonstrated by o~ganized labor on their behalf earlier this year. The UPIU's st~uggle has many impo~tant lessons for all unions. An oppo~tunity to better examine the st~engths and weaknesses of thei~ strategy and the implications of their decisions for the rest of the labor movement will help convince many t~ade unionists that unions can still effectively challenge corporate power. - ... -. As in the past, your assistance would be most appreciated. I can be reached at 617-391-3866 or on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 508-922-0166. Rand Wilson, New England Coordinator United Paperworkers Corporate Campaign PS . . Enclosed is a copy of the proposed appreciation banner and a first draft of the flyer announcing the event. <*> Approximately 1,200 locked out workers in Mobil, AL voted to return to work. ch~;=_- ~ N' W(J J ~ ~~ 9 ~"'-- ~~u~ c-([1-{J-· ~~ y1,& ~ WJti2 ~t J_ ~5];;+.;-... ~ ',/ /rv~ ct..:~.-~ ~ )(.=!? k ~ w/JJ. ;h;J..> i-f ~ k ~c-1 '- '5 \-/)_Q__ -l . )\fJ\0 ~~ Mr l >BW~~ INTERNATIONAL PAPER CORPORATE CAMPAIGN BOYCOTT GUIDELINES TO: All Volunteers Assisting with Boycott Activities Against Target Companies Allied with International Paper Company FROM: United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC Thank you for agreeing to assist with the paperworkers' struggle against International Paper Company and its corporate allies. The following guidelines must be strictly followed by all individuals participating-rn-the Union's corporate campaign against International Paper. If you have any questions at all concerning these instructions, please call your IP corporate campaign coordinator before undertaking any campaign activities. 1. No picketing or similar activity. There must be no picketing or patrolling at the premises of any of the target companies or at places where their products are distributed to the public. There must be no signs or banners of any kind. Volunteers must not wear T-shirts or jackets publicizing the dispute. Leaflets should not be worn and the public should in no other way be forced to accept or read the leaflets. 2. No interference with traffic. Volunteer workers must limit their activities to the peaceful and polite distribution of the corporate campaign handbills. There must be no interference with traffic or with members of the public who are going into or out of the target companies' premises. 3. The number of volunteer workers at any target company's premises should be limited to only the number of people necessary to peacefully distribute leaflets to the public at that location. There must be no demonstrations or patrolling of any kind at the premises of target companies. 4. Any statements made to members of the public must be limited to those which are contained in the official corporate campaign leaflet. Please do not argue with members of the public in any way. 5. Obey all orders from police or other public officials, or from officials of the target companies. If you are ordered to leave the premises, please do so, but call your corporate campaign coordinator immediately for further instructions. Please remember at all times that our campaign is based upon the peaceful communication of ideas through handbills to encourage the public to stop doing business with the corporate allies of International Paper. Thank you for volunteering to assist thousands of paperworkers and their Union in this campaign to stop corporate greed! - . . . Striking paperworkers say: DON'T BANK WITH BANK OF BOSTON Bank of Boston is directly linked to Interna like that in Bhopal, India (where 2,500 people died) tional Paper Co., the highly profitable paper and required the evacuation of over half the town. maker that has had 3,500 workers in four mills locked out or on strike for a year or more. The union workers refused to accept massive B ank of Boston and IP represent a coalition wage givebacks and work-rule changes that would that has declared war on the public. 'lbgether, they make already dangerous jobs much more hazard are using their collective economic and political ous. So, the paper company immediately replaced power to tear apart communities and destroy the them with strikebreakers. Then it introduced lives of workers who have given up to 40 years of an atmosphere of military occupation around the service. mills, complete with surveillance cameras and 10- Right now, they are drawing their strength from ft.-high barbed-wire fences. other people's money. The only way for the public Sitting on International Paper's board is top to challenge their abuses is to demonstrate our Bank of Boston policymaker Donald own collective economic power. We can do this by McHenry. Through his position McHenry is di closing our accounts and by looking elsewhere rectly tied to IP's brutal labor policies that have for loans and other banking services. brought great hardship to the milltowns of Jay, Boycott Bank of Boston and its sub Maine, Lock Haven, Penn., De Pere, Wis., and sidiaries. Bank of Boston must either dump Mobile, Ala. In addition to the economic devasta Donald McHenry from its board or else McHenry tion, IP's use of inexperienced strikebreakers was must resign from the IP board to protest IP's labor followed by several dangerous chemical leaks policies. in Jay- one of which nearly created a situation PLEASE INFORM THE BANK IN WRITING OF YOUR INTENTION TO STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL PAPER. Write to ••• Board of Directors, Bank of Boston Corp., 100 Federal St., Boston, MA 02110, (617) 434-2200 BANK OF BOSTON INCLUDES: First National Bank of Boston, Bank of Boston Connecticut, Rhode Island Hos ital Trust Casco Northern Bank Maine Please send copies of any correspondence you have with the bank and, if you wish, the amount of money withdrawn to: United Paperworkers Corporate Campaign, UPIU Local 14, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box ~ 272, Jay, ME 04239. '0 .UNITED PAPERWORKERS .INTERNATIONAL UNION · LOCAL NO. 14 JAY, ME January 16,1989 Dear support""'r; We are now into 1989 and still involved in a bitter struggle against International Paper Company. The battle started in Morch o£ 1987 when I.P. decided to lock-out 1200 workers in Mobile, Al. rather than negotiate. Then 2300 workers from Jay, Me. ; DePere, Wi. and Lockhaven, Pa. struck I.P. in support o£ Mobile. On October 9, 1988 the three <3> locations on strike made an unconditional o££e r to return to work. That decision was Illude £or a number o£ reasons, some o£ which are: 1> Trying to get some members in the plant to try to head o f£ a decertification vote. 2) Tile strikes were not as big a financial problem as they should have been. I.P. is spending mega-bucks in this fight to break the unions , cost is no object. 3> Our r e sour ces can be put to better use than the picket lines. 4) We also wa nted to protect our me mbers laid-law rights to return to work under national labor law. 5) Some locat ions that could have rejected the company's demands felt the y were not strong enough to do what was needed. 6> A lack of understanding a s to the seriousness o£ what will happe n if this s truggle is lost. These are jus t some o£ the reasons why the strike was calle d ott. The most important thing is what happens now1 As of this d a te, in Jay, only 16 me mbers have b e en calle d back to work. That's a v e ry s mall p e rce ntage of the 1270 that went out on strike. The company will still not negotiate with the Locol~ to try to reuch an agreement. So there is_~Q gQ~IJ1~gi:.. The y c o ntinue to be very unreasonable about recall, insurance b e n e fits , discipline, e nvfromental issues and e verything e l se. The ir d esire i s to bre ak the unions in the three ( 3 ) l ocat i ons a t o ll cos t s . Tha t' s where you a nd I s hould be ve ry concerned a nd b e f i g hting toge the r. We c a nnot l et thu~a unjus t a n d u n£uir giunt ~ d estroy a ny of u s . We in Lo c n l 14 a nd 246 are s till fighting toot h a n d n a il. The re i s t oo much a t f> t u k e for all organized l a bor tCl q u i ·t r1 0\1 . We kno w y o u h u v e got t o ie~ l the same wa y. U.P.I.U. , a t it ' s convt.: n t i o n i n Aug u s t 1 91:18 , als o rucognizes how seriou s I. P . ·' t.,; unio n b ustin g cn1npai g n is. An increase i n dues t o strenuth en th0 d e f e n s e £ und passed a l mo s t una nimous . The Executive Donrd \>I~E; dire cte d to do whuteve r it h a d to do to win. The only thing that has changed is that picket lines have been retnoved. The boycotts, corporate campaign, lea£l~ting, meeting other unions, internal organizing, educating, seeking donations, operating a £ood bank, job bank, general assistance to members, clothing bank and tnany other things are continuing. We have not given up and will not! We could use your help in a couple o£ ways. First, we need widespread support in the varj.ous boycotts we are engaged in. They are Bank o£ Boston, Avon Products, Cocu Cola products, Busch products and all I.P. products, both business papers and consumer packaging. Distribute corporate campaign literature and other activites. People have got to understand that seemingly small things when done in great numbers are very e££ective. We all have to remind ourselves £rom time to time. Secondly and the hardest to ask £or is £inancial help. In order to keep a £ight o£ this magnitude going, £ unding is needed. We know yo u have been helping us as best you can, but maybe a drive to recommit to the £ight is needed. We want to continue to £ight for all union rights because all unions stand to win or lose depending on the outcome o£ our struggle. Union busting knows no boundries. All unions are being chopped by the corporation a x e . We will £aith£ully try to keep you in£ormed as to events as they happen. You will be receiving updated in£ormation on a 1nore regular basis . There is a common cause £or all and that is salvation, dignity and justice. In solidarity, I remain, Fraternally yours, William R. Meserve Pres. U. P. I.U. Locul 14 THE JAY FOUNDATION P.O. Box 199 Jay, Maine 04239 March 15, 1990 Brent W. Gay Executive Director Telephone Office (207) 897-5423 Home (207) 897-2678 Dear Brother and Sisters: DIRECTORS The Jay Area Foundation, a non-profit corporation, Bernard Bovin has been started to deal with the aftermath of the International Paper Co. s trike which lasted 16 months Vincent Dinardo Area Vice President and was the longest strike in recent Maine history. United Paperworkers After 32 months only about 137 have been recalled to International Union IP and many of them are on lower jobs than they Kenneth Finley originally had. Funeral Director As with any strike, lives are disrupted, families are John Fitzsimmons Executive Director torn apart and financial hardships abound . The Maine Technical longer a strike goes on the more the problems are College System compounded. IP refuses to recognize the former Michael Gentile, Esq. strikers with many years of service and the skills Preti, Flaherty, they developed. IP refuses to try to do anything Beliveau & Pachios that would get them back to work . They are being John Hanson recalled only to the extent Federal Law demands. It Director will be a long time, if ever, before a great many of Bureau of Labor Education these people get their jobs back. The aftermath of University of Maine the strike will take years to overcome. The strike Georgia Hersey is over but the devastation continues . Social Justice and Peace Committee The Jay Area Foundation was created to develop St. Rose Parish resources and opportunities for the former strikers Patrick McTeague, Esq. to rebuild their 1 i ves and overcome the f ami 1 y McTeague,Higbee,Libner, ptoblems created, and start the community rebuilding Reitman, MacAdam & Case process. William Meserve President The Foundation at present is working on programs that Local14, UPIU will accomplish its goals to rebuild lives and Charles Noonan communities in the wake of a strike that has taken Jay Town Manager i~a toll on thousands of lives and several towns. Charles O'Leary President The Foundation is not a function of Local 14 or 246 Maine AFL-CIO although Local 14 has made office space and equipment Reney Therrien and phone available for its use. We must raise our Treasurer own funds and be accountable to its Board of Otis Federal Credit Union Directors. To date we have sent surveys to all members to find the areas of help that are most needed and have started a welder certification course through Lewiston Adult Education with 50 people s i gning up, and have gotten several people into counciling and helped save a few homes. ~13-C A small business seminar with the help of AVCoG has been held for those who went into business for themselves or are considering it. Career counciling and financial aid ccunciling with Mid State College has been held with hopes of holding college course classes locally. We are working with the trade unions to find the interest of people getting into their apprenticeship programs.We intend to build and expand on these areas with the first priorty on education for quality jobs and family counciling. We are working on a solicitation program to raise money from unions and their Internationals, businesses, individuals and corporations. Our goal is to raise $110,000.00 to operate a 2 year program and have a fulltime director. We will be seeking government, or other grants as well. As you can see we have an ambitious program laid out and will need all the help we can get. Any help you can give will enable us to come closer to realizing our goal . Thank you for the help you gave during the strike, it was essential to carry on the fight. Now The Jay Foundation is trying to help the veterans of that fight who paid a very heavy price, their jobs and family security, to fight for what they know was right. I hope that one more time you can come to the aid of these people by making a donation to the Jay Foundation, P.O. Box 199, Jay, Maine 04239. Sincerely, ~~r £_ ~Yr Brent W. Gay Ex. Dir. Jay Foundation : ..., • r . . ~···-,~~.:?:\t-:·.. ttl 'f -. )l ~~ I •::::::Jt& ·oLt(..., •i..t~ )G) Jl £,.~ \ :::::::...... January 26, 1989 EVEU"--I_I_S Bill Meserve will be going to Nashvl· 11 e en F-e b • c~tl,-, to -·"'ddt''L~• ss the Excutive ~oard of the International on the funding for ~utr~ach. He.will be taking information on everything we have done to d~te • . k~y_k~gers_w~ll be there on the 8th to also talk to the Board on behalf of the progrdm. On Jan 25th Local 7 of the Ironworkers in Boston will hold a press conf et"' enc e .=md tl1en r·emove f:ii"H::>thE:r_ :¥2,000,000. 00 f r·om the [).:m k of Bosto~: in support of our boycott. That is a total of $4,800~000 they have moved. rhey have also encouraged other union to do the same. The Bank of Boston annual meeting will be in late March and Ray Rogers is making ar0angements for some people tc attend. On Jan 26th Bill Meaerve and Pete Kellman will address the excutive board of the Maine AFL-CIO to tell what their roll can be at this point to continue to be of help to us. For a non-event the union met with the Co. on 16th to discuss the maintance call back procedure. We will present them a proposal in the near fLlture. :U:: u=· S 'I" S-u-E r ..· y LJI u=· Dr::::.-~- E In Kaukauna the Co. wants to take over the road leading to the mill or they will ha ve to put up a fence. This they say is to keep children from getting on the property and getting hurt. It's a public access read along the river that the local people use to go fi s hing so the town is going to fight the tak~over of the road. I.P. has made another town angry. Lock Haven attended a meeting in Philadelphia with Local 189. There were people there from all over the country and it was explained that only a few had returned to work. The people there recommitad themselves to the boycotts and to help. Only 9 people are back to work in Lock Haven and they will be meeting with Co. on Jan. 23rd. DePere h~s only 6 people back and the electricians still refuse to go back. They say the mills good days are bad days. At Jay the union has filed a grevience of the second half of the severance pay but it too will have to go through all the steps. There has been 2 of cur people working for the Carpenters checking plate numbers of DE&K workers. They took down more numbers then the Co. says there or supposed to be BE&K workers. One of the m has received seve ral threating phone c;;d ls. Pk ~:;: o u r·....u ll.:) ·r u-u E u--u,::~u L L A female s cab called the office and told of a colorine l~ak wh~re a man got it in tl1 e face and asked about getting OSHA in there. She 5aid the Union ~~ .:1 s riQilt, tl1~ Co. lie!:i .::dl thr: tim The l e ga l de pt. says Mobile's unfair labor charge on bad faith barganing may be rul ed on in about a month. The c harge tying all locations in an unfair labor charge may be up t~ thre ~ mont~s before a decision comes down~ Bre nt Gay i s trying to set up a system were a ll our s upporters will also get this ne ws letter to keep the m informed and let them know we are still active a nd fightina. So far over 100 l etters ha ve been sent out and he is working to build a large r data base I.P. not only is making record profits, it is also taking eve r Europe's largest p .:.1p 12 r ma k e r. It <:Ill CJoes to show I.P is it' s 1::>wn competitor <'M'Id this gives the n1 a whol e new group t o r a pe and plunde r. We are in the process of finding out how to contact these worke r s and l e t the m know about I.P. Bruce St~ v 8 n s has t a ke n out pa pers to run for sel ectman in Jay. Pete Bernard withdrew hi s pa pers because of conf licts with hi s sche dul e so Bruce stepped in. Give him and John Chouina rd and Ronny Pineau all your support. Clint Cushman is running for selectman in Wilton. It will b e a tough r a c e and he ill need a ll our support. PetRr Kellman ~ ent to Westbrook to talk to the loc al the re. They want t o set up an envirome ntal committee there and get invol ved a s Jay did. One of oLtr· mE·t n i Jt:~ l' '!:-> ll<:tS bet::::·n t.:.1~dng p.;;1rt in Tt1e. Pcct:.tpat1: ona l l-h:::al -e1l Program for a s be s~os screening. The screening is on a periodic basi s a~d it is time rJ.I] <:dn ·fm· !'l i m ·to lli;'tVB it. £1L.tt now J.P. is 1·efL.I !:;,ing to p .::t y ·i-or lt any 1 onger e v t=.'n though he w<:\ 5 e:·:posed to asbestos in the tr1i ll. Two Ironvml~ ~a.:;- n.; frorn Bt;.:;- rlin N.H. c <:\me to the hall to <;Jet inform.:1tidn on getting an evirome ntal Drdinance in Berlin. Here at Jay I.P. h as started a petition ·fo1 ·· lieft:::n::: ndum to Hepe.:\1 t l1e J .:1y Envirctnmf:: nt. c::\1 Oi~dinanc£: s. u·..... wo-u- IcE Because of the problems of late payments fer insurance and the resulti ng troub l e in cl a ims paym e r t~ the Co. is requiring, beginning with the Feb. payment, th o:d: yoLu~ p.::tyment mL.tst be F\ECEIVED no 1 ater than the 3r·d of the month or your ins ur a nce will be cancelled. They .will notify peopl e ~y l etter. Pay early to be sure to get your payment there in plenty of time . Pat McTeague has asked us to keep track of who is accepted 0r reject e d by Boise and othe 1·· l 21rge pape 1 ~ mills. He thinks there tr. .::ty br.:;o i:\ p<:tttt?rn of rejecting union ~ctivists. To start~ anybody who's applied at Daise should g ive us the results of your application~ your job and e xperience at IP, a ge a nd any anti-union comme nts to see if a pattern developing. 0 U -u- u:::;;: E u : ::~u c; U-·U EJ: :[3 On Jan. 23rd G~ry Labbe went to Selma, Alabama to spea k at their union meeting and on tl 1 25th will do a workshop with them . He will then t ' avel to Dal l a s , Tex as to a ddress the joint Boise Cascade and Champion Int . counc il, and then tra vel t n Texarkana to do a workshop there an the 3 1s t. Armand Me ti o v e r will be driving to Springfield, Ma s s . to do a workshop with a ll IP l ocals in the N.E. and New York. He will then drive t o Lock Haven and Erie Pe nn. to meet with the locals there. REXNSTATED STRIKERS 1/16 Laurence Judd returned to the woodroom as a SOl. 1/23 La urier Poulin will return to technical, a nd Vinnie Ma rchetti wi ll return to rewinde r operator, Robert Wight was recalled to pulp mill , Ph i l EdvJ.: :[ - u=·- E~D"'·II""CCJI-r'li- Si nce IP i s mak ing r e cord profits and dcsn't care about it's employees or the envirome nt, they must be F'Df-(C.;JZ.!l to d e velop .:.1 cc:m s-,cif:mc c:~ <:lnd to b i:~rgi.::t n in ~jOOd fc:dth . . Th e. boycott l 0 af l e t s are at the printers now and it a s ks yo u to contact fr1endly e l e ct0LJ off 1c i a l s to introduce resolutins to boyc ott IP product s , c hec I< w1 t 11 ·t: !·1 (~' p 1 ·n: l"l "'' t:i i n IJ .~H] en t i::'\ t yow- ~~01~ 1:: p 1 .::1c: e to b E! !::; un~~ ,.i 0 I PI li.:..l tnlll t:: r· nJi l l P <.• , H~ ~ ·- i s l:J cz· i rHJ Ll ~:; c:! d .1 c c.m t a ct c L'J1T1p ani t::s; 1-l S i rHJ 11 =- c c:; n t i::1in t:: r s a nd .;1s~ :: thwn t el !.:> vn\:...:h . If the y rt'?fL.t s; e, 112mdbill the stc:w Ci ·few n :.· f u ~~ irHJ to swl tch to c.ln D l: J·ll2 i'- br- .::u1d. IF' s <.::d 1 !::; ur1d ,:.: r- the f o 11 owing b1~ r.:~nd s: I rrl:t::n·- nat i 011211 Pa~·;c:,.,~ P1r· vc:y I PC O, H . 1 . ~ ~ . I" ' , ammerm1 1, _~ p r lnQhill, Strathmore, Beckett, Ward, Coast Envolopes, Duplex EnvelopCis , Old Co lony Envelopes, Union Envelopes, Tr a n s c Env 0 lop ~ s. Tht::.' ki ckoff ut· thr? boycott h r.:~ ~~ bt'?l?:.'n slow in cc>mi tHJ but it ' t:> IH?I'"C1 now and we ~11 c ~ n do our p a rt. Check what you buy, contact your school systems ( r em..::rnb e r· y CJu l ~ t <:(:·: f;~~; buys> the sc h oo 1 p .:tp r::~ l'") , s peak u p r.: E"VEt"--_I_S Rand Wilson has set up a solidarity tour throughout several towns in Mass. Gary Labbe and Armand Metivier will be spending the week covering the tour. The purpose is to show solidarity with Local 14 and to support and promote the UPIU's boycott of International Paper's products _and ~he recently proposed legislation, on permanent replacement, by Rep. Brenn~n:. The tour will be in Methuen on 2/20; W. Fitchburg on 2/21; Turners Falls on, 2/22; Northampton on 2/23; and Westfield on 2/24. WCBB Channel 10 Maine Watch on Feb. 23rd carried a debate between Ed Pineau and Jim Grippe from IP on the environmental referendum issue.It will be aired at 8.00 and then res hown on Sun. at 4:30. On March 8th at 7:OOpm at the Cc>mmun it y Bui 1 ding in J C::\Y thE:' r·~:::- wi 11 be a public hearing on the referendum to repeal the environmental ordinance. Be there to support the ordinance. IF" S...,M,.!3"1-EM...... I UF"DA-IIE De Pere has gotten out 75,000 piece mailing all over the country and Canada of the boycott information. There are still only 6 back to work, they s till can't get an electrican to go back. They report that IP is trying to rush environmental permits through before new laws can be enforced. After seeing the report from Greenpeace on IP they are convinced that local environmental laws should be expanded to all locations. Lock Haven reports there are 50 to 60 people going to school to learn different trades. They have 14 people back to work now. They are sending two people to Ohio to do a plant gate collection. AROUt-..D -rHE HALL Bill Mese rve returned from Nashville after addressing the executi ve board of the International on the Outreac~ program. The Board agreed the program needs to continue and agreed to fund it. They ~~e preparing d budg~t n0w and want to r-eview the program in one y~ar. If it is a s uccess it wi 11 b e used · in other UPIU systems. The Executive Board also decided to wind down Ray Rogers and carry on Corporate Campaign within our system that is set up. Ray kept his promise to give us the tools and teach us how to use them to confront power with power. Ray has told us he will be availible to consult with us. Thanks Ray, we owe you a lot ~nd you were a s uccess. $200 MI L..L I ON. Thats tt1e amount of pension mon1~y that Laborers International Union of North America Local 603, Erie Penn. removed from PNC Corp. Thats commitment to union brothers and s isters!! We received a letter from the NALC Branch 92 Portland that the y have withdra wn all their funds from Casco Northern Bank in our support. They have bee n a continued supporter of ours for some time. We have received a letter from the National La bor Relations Board dated Feb. 16, 1989 that says the decert. petition is s till held in abeyance because of five unfair labor practice charges. The Committee to Improve Jay's Environment has been formed to defeat the referendum to repeal the Jay environmental ordinance. Chairman is Rep. Ed. Pineau and Treasure r is Pete Kellman. Money has started to come in to conduct the campaign. On Wed Feb 22nd a group of people took IP up on it's offer to tour the mill. They reported that all scab s look alike and they could not look a nybody in the eye. They met a few of our returned members who we r e very h appy to s ee a friendly face. Last week Brent Gay h ad a telephone conversation with a scab from La. He sai d they were not treating them as well as before the strike was called off. They now are enforcing rules they didn't know about . He also told Brent that they realize n o w that there is a need for a union in the mill. He said Loca l 14 was not the union of choice because there was a lot of h ard feelings .:u]ai n s t it. Br-ent tel d hi rn U r:~ re were a 1 ot o·f l"lt-\r-d ·feel i r1gs on the Unions side as well. The scab sai d they went so far as to fly in a Ne w York lawyer t o tell a group of scab s how tn get the d ecert. petition wi thdrawn. Pauline Bellmore (wife of President of Local 246 Gil Bellmore > passed away early on the morning of the 22nd. We extend our deepest sympathy to Gi 1. r··...yo·r ICE The nex t regular me mbership mee ting will be on March 12 at 7:00pm at the Jay Community Building. The Jay elections will be on March 20th and the polls will be ope n from 9am to 6pm. and town meeting starts at 7pm. Our candi <'ates need your support C:lrid Vt"!t E•. Ab5 L' ntt2E~ biallot~:; .:·,\rE~ C:\Vi::lil <:~ ble .:;1t t.hr,, tc;wn office: ••OW. Clffice hour·s arE~ Mon. thru Fri. 8 to 5 and on Sa t. the 18th 8 to 12 . Since people are returning to work (even though so slowly) it has been decided that when someone returns to work at IP they will be permitted one more distribution of food from the Food Ba nk. That should take the m to their first pay check. BO·'·I""C0-1- -.- I u=· ~ If you nee>d more infor· mation cont c:ict Lci CC."' l 14 at P.O. Box 272 Jay, Me . 04239 or call (207) 897-5423. 0 U -r· u:::;;: L:::. I=~~ C H B :t:3 On Monday 20th a representative from Local 14 will be in Wa s hington D.C. to speak at the IUD meeting. On Mon. he will a ddress the labor union staff meeting. On Tues. 21st he will spea k to labor Reps. from all over the country a t their rally. On the 2 3 rd and 24th he will be talking to Representatives and Senators on behalf of the Strike Breaker Legisl a tion. Roland Samson went to Anderson Ca. to help with a workshop for Outreach there. It was attended by 14 locals, an UPIU Int. Rep. and a WPPA Int~ Rep. There were also representatives from the locals of Simpson Paper there so they can get theirs going. Roland will be meeting with the Inte rnational on Feb. 28th to complete the program s e tup and funding requireme nts to carry on the Outrea ch. REINSTATED STRIKERS Louis Chicoine returned to the woodroom on 2/13. Henry Di f:. ot to n :: tt.wned tel P~:3~ t. D on 2/'27. ~ ,...... ,. - - L e"'! CroP-k-i-t£>..--P.--:::s-~;o· A-1""'2-t:: ~ l-l-ed - '\.."1:1 c- h:::c: t;~-r.::;-.:, 1 .::1n d Pd bt-.:-r·-'c - S ma1" l ~~u r·eca r l eo ~ to yard services. We now h a v e a grand tota l of 33 pe ople returne d to work. S E L . E~ c:; T . 11'-'1 F:.::': N :t:-"3 ;::;: ~c!ti C E Running for 3rd s eat are Bruce Stevens and Robert Greenleaf (who is always writing letters to the editor and can't seem to decide which side of an i s sue he i s on. Al s o does n't wa nt to was t e time fighting IP a nd DEP for clean e nvironment). Running for 4th seat are Rona ld Pineau and u sed c a r salesman Harold Beisaw (Who IP arranged to get h~ s papers signed). Running for fifth seat are John Chouinard a nd Tracy Wiggin (who came to us from the Univers ity of Alaba ma a nd works f o r Bickford Cons t). Just after printing tlus l etter Bill Meserve 's fathe r passed away after a long illness. Our sympthies to Bill. BULK BATE I. Nen Pretlt Or&. · U.S. POSTAGE ; PAID ' .;A Y. MAINr; ; PERMIT II 8 Flo ' . ~ j ~==::....------w-. Al-bti""'' __, ___ , ___ ,. __ ~:~'!Wf<.,_ ' ...... ~···------=== EVENTS WORKERS MEMORIAL DAV, APRIL 29TH. The ~heme i& Fight For The Living : . Hourn For The Dead. Pap•rworkera and buildin~ tr~dwsmen are invit~d t~ JOln Loc~l 900 in ~ Rally for the Living &t tha Mexico High School aud1tor1um ~t biOOpm. . Mora than 100,000 workers die each year from Job related injuries ~nd disea~&5, almoat twice tha number of Am•ricana killed du~ing th~ Vietn~m War. Main~ has tha nation's hiQhwst ac~idant and injury rate. ~ I.P. stockhold~rs meeting on May 9th in Chicaoo at the Drake Hotel. We na~d pro~iaa for the people QoinQ· to QAin admi5&ion. You may bring them to tho hall. The rally for support of Rmp. Brann~n'& Strikebreaker Bill that was rsportad on a~rl i lillr where a r~~tprascnta.ti ve of Local .14 spoke was also attended by .1000 oth~r tr~d~ unioniat•• a~annen etatsa there are now 35. co-apon~or& of th~ bill. Other ~pe~kers tncluda~ Mine Workers Pres. Richarc Trumka, M~c:hinist~ Prea. William w. Winpiain;er, Rubb@r Workers Pres. · Milar Stone •nd Elactrical Workara Pre~. Willi•m H. Byw•ter. Bill Me$erva will do an interviQW in Wat~rville on Tues. the 19th in respon•e to John Nivens very mislQAding comments from his interview that wa in a&v&r•l pap&ra~ XP SVSTEM UPDATE Lock Haven reports they now h~va 18 back to work and others are having a hard time f'nding work. OePera atill has only 7 bock to work. Th~ir d~certification is still on hold bec•use of unfair labor c:h~rQoa. Inside reports say the mill is still not. doing much. Pineville La. The union Qive& the Co. o dAya to rempcnd tel a safety complaint b&fcre they call OSHA. In a re~ent visit on the first day OSHA inspectors found 49 viol.ationlii, 17 of which wer& willful.· OSHA then decided to do a Willl to wall i nmpecti on. · ' AROUND THE t-IALL There h~ve been 5 L~bor BillG introduced in the Legislature this se~sion all dealing with strikebreilkers. 1 Bill has died in committee. It shows there is a racognized n~ed in Mains for this typm of legislation thanks to Boi~o Casc~d~ and IP. In the interview by John Niven ref11rr~d t!:Ltearl i er, John states "There i , ~onsid~rable IP bashing going on in M4ina. Most of the animosity toward IP llii ~om1ng from Game rssid~nts and soma town officialw in Jay, from the ~egl~~aturs, _~nd.from some reg~l~tory ag~n~ies. Th•re is too much regulatior 1~ Ma1ne the~a day~ that is po1nted spec:~flcally at us. You re~d some of th1 B1lls coming out of th~ LeQi~latue and see how much of it i& dire~ted at us." C~uld he be.talking about the strikabrsaker bills perhap~? IP seems to b~ gett1ng parano~d, saying everybody is picking on them. They still don't real1ze th~t. IP brought everything on itself with its policies of greed _ d c.arel &$5 at t1 tltde about the envi rcnment. an . . Two doaen packets ha.va b~en &ant out.to stoc:kholclers and tii?ac:hers c:ont~inin; informati6n on IP's connection in South Africa and other policie~ and encour&QOS tham to boycott lP product5~ P•ck•t& were also sent to the a.tockholch.ir5 who propolied the resolution tn the. ?rOMie on IF' divesting themsalvea from doing busines5 in South Africa. ~~ hope this information will be helpful to them. 1b union tradesmen went in the Andro5CPQQin Mill en Apr. 3rd. working fol Hind& Canst. They will be workinQ about ~ wgsks on a turbine. On Sunday Apr_ 9th two loyal supporters from National Lettercarriers Branch 23 in Easton drove up to Local 14 Hall. to pay us ~ visit and preliented U'ii with a chedc for $:500.00 lUi wmll •• • car fL11l of t:l othes for the clothinQ bank. The Lettercarriara are among our strongest supporters. NOT :ICE After many weeks of meeting wit~ the Co., we have finally reached an agreement· on the recall lists and method of recall. The new language allows for alternative dept. l i stli to supercede the ot""i g i na.l agreement. The new la.ng~age and each list was signed on 4/7 and should correct the problems that· were being encountered. The l~ngu•ga and li&t•,are available for inspection ~t the Union Hall. Oates fo~ the upcoming membership meetings are May 14th, June 4th and July 2nd. Meetings are at the Jay community Building at 7:00pm. Dates for the Wed. night maetinQ5 ~r& May 3rd. and 17th. at 7:00pm at tt Jay Community Building. REXNSTATED STRXKERS On 4/17 the iollowinQ will be returninQ to work: John Walp to piper Daniel Holt and Rodney St•ples to p&~d Peter Pelletier to powerhouse Vin Hutchin& and Olin McDonald to millwright Ronald Adams and Conrad Hennessy to ~2 machine Dennis Oberton to #4~5 machines On 4/24 KathRrine Frey, 4/12 Ralph Marchetti, 4/10 Robert Coffman to ps&d Dave Strout has been sent a. l&tter for recall to piper Receiving recalls but refu&irig ~o return are Charles Miller instruments and Bruce Blanchat"d electric~l. Both fesl thay arEif better o·ff where they a. now and decided to ren1ai n. This brinQs the total to 57 returned, and 5 that have refused. For Jay, Lock Haven and DePere that is a total of 62 paople returned, still a long way away from the 2300 t~at were repl~ced. BULK R"T' . Nea Prtnt Or '• U.S. POSTAG i PAID : JAY. MAIN ; PERMITII 0 L.ir,da Lydia ;:;::7 Beach Ht. 3r'd Flo Boston, MA Of::ill. . Golden Triangle A Union Paper for the Androscoggin Mills Volume 1 , Number 2 SPECIAL EDITION More than 100,000 workers die each year from job related iniuries and diseases almost twice the number of Americans l page complaint addressing some of the major con cerns. Working conditions in the pulp side of the mill were in deplorable condition with workers being ex posed to deadly concentrations of Hydrogen Sulfide Gas and other toxic atmospheres. When OSHA carne to Rumford for their un-announced inspection, Boise Cascade refused to let them into the mill, which required them to seek a federal search warrant. Boise then worked overtime to clean up their act by eliminating as many violations as they could. Eight OSHA compliance officers returned to the mill on ...- March 8th and continue to inspect the mill to-date. ~b . ~ Hundreds and hundreds of safety and health viola tions have been discovered during the inspection ~-~'OllD, ...\~ which would have gone unnoticed until an unsuspect ing worker was inJured or killed at some later date. OSHA will write citations and fines against Boise Fight For The Living Cascade for the violations of safety and health laws. On March 1st four compliance officers from OSHA Local 900 is truly "Fighting For The Living". This appeared at the Boise Cascade mill in Rumford. Their special edition of Golden Triangle is intended to invite appearance was in response to a complaint filed by paperworkers and building tradesmen along the Don Barker. Barker, president ofPaperworkers Local .Androscoggin to join Local 900 in a Rally for the 900 and some of his members had noticed that Boise Living at the Mexico high school auditorium at Cascade was willing to sell a corporate image of 6:00pm on April 28th. Come and show industry that concern for employee and public safety while failing together we are ready to FIGHT FOR THE LIVING. to fu1flll even the basic requirements of the Occupa tional Safety and Health Act of 1970. Local 900, with the assistance of the Paperworkers International and Mourn For The Dead the United Brotherhood of Carpenters prepared a six We have won maj~r victories like the "right to know" about toxic chemicals. Now we must act on what we know to im prove safety and health in every American workplace. Observe Workers Memorial Day on April 28th. Make safety and health a priority for America. Golden Triangle C/0 UBC Local# 407 Lewiston, Maine 04240 ®~·1 0 July Tha rally And d~n~• w•nt vety wfill. ~eemed very impressed with Boyd Young and what ha felt had to be don~ to fight IP. Boyd is Area V~P. and Chairm•n of the 'rimary Hill PanGion c 11 •nd the IP Union Council. Boyd •pent the evening talking ta A• rn y people as he could and was impre5aed with the p•opla he met here~ Ha old the delegates at the IP Union Council Mihttin~ in Meusphi .. o.n Jt.me 29th h movwd he. was with the spirit he saw her~ and describ•d in detail tha' paint nG of the oak tree with all the member& n~mem on it. He th~n told them th owed um all the support they can give becau~• w• last our job~ flghtlnQ the r fiQht. Ray Rog•ra , was hia w•ual lively •elf an g~ve an update on Eastern striker& ca~paign in N•w York. R~y Also ca led for a special convention for th~ sole purpose of ••tting a nation&! atr egy to fight· all the greedy pi'per c:::ompiini ••. Bill M~sarve ~nd 8rent Gay wnr~ in Memp i~ on J~na 26th & 27th for more pen•ion talk• and the 31th L 29th far th~ P Union Council meeting. The vot• to reject th• company'& firat ff~r ( if you could call it th~t) was 2732 no £nd 27 v••· Dn th9 first day t CD. was still net willing to give anythiny. On the it~!lue of help for .t thre• locations the Co. tried to put a wedQe between people citinQ u•ing plan . money to halp Lock H~ven and D~P•r• would not sit riQht with ma~~ l &1•· They wer~ as~ured that the deleg~t•• wer~ unani~ous and ad&M4nt that t had t.,_lbe part of any agresm~nt. On the $&cond d£y th~ Co. ~ moved a littl~ and granted benefits for all past ' ymars of service. This would h•lp ~bout 2000. people who did not join the plan years ago when ~t w~s contri utory~ They then told us they would giv~ ua their finAl and best aff•r b mail in 30 days and it would ~ddr&mfi th• ima~e cf help ~t JAy. Our pl~n · i• 113% f~nd•d which Amount• a ~urplus per participant of $11,790.(.')1). When William Chemtnut, th~ p~n~ion neg for lP, complained of the hostiliti~s that still eMi5t h• was told Young that they wer~ creating ho~tilities by hiring b~ck ficab~ Mobile Mill and that employees are mirror i~AQ&5 of th~lr amplo The IP Union Council Is m~de up of All iona ~t all IP loc~ticn~ whethe~ it b• Prim•rv. Conv~rtin;, SAwmill. lnt•rn onal5 represents~ werw UPIU, OPEIU~ IBEW, ISF~O, OCAW and gr~p~ic work • Byl~ws were adapted and officers elect~d CBill Mm~ervD wafi el~cted · a-chairman). The Council could represent up to 40,000 !tUtiTfbers.. Th~Sra til.l"'l't 1 locations now that are without contractu ar hav~ on@ coming up soon th•t n join the pool for coordinated bargaining. M~ny localM indicated they woul be in the pool, all they need i s a vote •nd sign the paper that cammit~ t em. There are only two items t hat were agreed upon ae being the most imp tant~ common expiration date and resist concession•~ J:P S:VSTEM When polling dele9•t•• from other IP mil most have had or are :acing dbwntim~ becau&M order~ are f~llinQ f and warehouses are full. Most ·verybody ~poke of haw bad th& qu~lity ha• een and the reJects that were oming back~ , Fro~ thw Inten:1<1ltion.al 's r&search it was poinifd out that c3.ll paper o m~ante$ are h~v~~g a 5ligh~ downturn but nothinQ to the extent that IP is av1ng. It look~ l1k~ m•ybe IP ha• come to the time to pay the fiddler. I ft ~ · 1 ·1 1 11 • fiW' • ~ ·~. A\- ··"ir· ~"~If~ t···• ~:.: :e, ~ ~ I .I1 ' a! ' , .r. N'. ,.,.,. ~ ., , '""' N. H · t>:"' bilt i . Oijr 11m- f r i~nd~ Rau~r ~"- ~•ncy La~FOLK arav~ up Tram -~·~~ - w t<~ith 1.\iii tt~ QY,F "f\\\llb:OrU:I. ~!"UI'Id.VI$~''\~U'Jt.l"'\1' ~mi ~~f"~l.lt;.ht W,),\". n t. h~Hi'i ~lVG W•• r•~•ntly rec~iva»ti ii. :t~\:tt~r f r om WUcJ~ l..t!II.VOl.iiiW t:lif L,oc:.al 27C) ,\C\t NashL~a Cc:;~rp. in Merrimi!i.c.h N~H. In tt:~ h~ wrc·t:.iit 0 1 l'*cw·k h~ thli.so Coating 1)[-l'JYt~ ana I . t run the dllipt: coffee fund~ About ev*ry 1.2 mont.h~t otr so wH? t . .uJu:a a vot.~ on wha · t.!:i co with the Pf'"(:J A nat• to those r~turnlnQ to p~r~•n•nt job~. Our By-law& requira union due• b• collect~d if you wark at l~aet 40 haura in • month. The mill will withhold duew, on th~t f i ret o·f th~t ~onth frrcm vour r.:hec k bLJt :i. ·r yc:~Lx l'"li.rturn t work caf t:.er _ t.hfL._f__i__t:_at__.....o..f_ thl!t -tnr~A-t.h you-:-~ 1. 1 --l"TillfV -e~ t:o -pay t nem lin p~n;o n. - l f you t~ke A vacation wi thout p~y on tho fir~t wmek of the month dues will no· be wlthh~ld b~c~u•e th~r• 1~ not a p~y check. In both cases you may p~y in perBon or by M~il to th~ Union H~ll ar ••~ Br•nt Gay or any Officar. ThAnks tt'l!_dU~~.. ~u:;Jn~)': ...,~~!J~tCORIIl_"!!!.Y.~-·------, - - _ .. __ ,. ______,______,_ __.. --~-· 'i~otL.K RATE · f. ~~~ pg~fl~, ~ . · tU. POI!Ji.« : P~lO ' JAY, fiU.tN£ ' F'ERMti ~~ I 0 L. i y·.da L.ycl i a 27 Beach St. 3rd ~lo BostoF•, Mf:~ Oc~iii United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 1475, Nashville, TN 37202 UPIU Local 6288, AFL-CIO, 342 Main Ave., De Pere, WI 54115 UPIU Local1787, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 773, Lock Haven, PA 1n45 UPIU Local14, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 272, Jay, ME 04239 UPIU/IBEW Joint Bargaining Committee, 1105 N. Wilson Ave., Prichard, AL 36610 Dear Brothers and Sisters: As you know, the International Paper Co. has kept more than 3,500 members of the UPIU, the IBEW, and the International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers in Jay, Maine and three other locations locked out or on strike for a year or more. Since the beginning of the year we've carried out a Corporate Campaign against IP that has included sending caravans of striking and locked out workers on the road to spread word of the d i spu te as well as putting pressure on IP's corporate allies, including Bank of Boston Corp., which shares director Donald McHenry with IP . In March it appeared that IP was ready to begin bargaining fairly, and as a sign of good faith we put our campaign on hold for several weeks. Yet it soon became clear that IP was only buying time, and their new offer was still a travesty of collective bargaining. The 3,500 workers at the four locations voted overwhelmingly in April to reject the company's proposal , which would have kept all the scabs on the job. We have now resumed and escalated our campaign against IP and its allies. First, we have been establishing strong links among all IP unionized workers and developing a joint strategy with those Locals that are still working. We are also taking advantage of a recent Supreme Court ruling that for the first tlme all.ows unions to organize boycotts of the products and services of a company linked to the primary employer. Our first step has been to announce a full-scale boycott of Bank of Boston Corp. and its various subsidiaries: First National Bank of Boston, Casco Northern Bank of Maine, Rhode Island Hospital Trust, and Bank of Boston Connecticut. By supporting IP, Bank of Boston is helping to promote union busting in New England. One of the most ominous aspects of the IP strike in Jay was the company's move to bring in BE&K, the professional strikebreaking outfit based in Alabama. BE&K, which has been working to undermine building trades unions in other parts of the country, has now established a presence in New England. If BE&K is not stopped, it will undoubtedly start carrying out its anti-union agenda here as well. - 2 - Bank of Boston is an important target not only because of its links to IP's irresponsible labor and environmental policies. It is also closely tied to the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., which led the insurance industry's successful drive to weaken the Workers Compensation law in Maine. Bank of Boston is clearly part of a coalition of powerful institutions that are seeking to undermine the labor movement. Just as Bank of Boston throws its weight around, so must we use our collective pressure to get the company to clean up its act and end its support of IP's disastrous policies. We therefore urge you to do the following: 1. Please withdraw all personal and organizational deposits and refrain from doing other business with Bank of Boston and its subsidiaries. 2. Please write to Bank of Boston management informing them of the reasons for your action. Please send copies of your letters (and, if you are willing, the amount of money withdrawn) to: Bank of Boston Boycott UPIU Local 14 P.O. Box 272 Jay, Maine 04239 3. Help spread word of the boycott by distributing copies of the enclosed leaflets and boycott pledge cards. You may order more copies by writing to Local 14 at the address above or calling (207) 897-5423. You may also call our Boston Coordinator, Rand Wilson, at (617) 482-6878. 4. Join us in informational leafleting of bank branches. Contact Local 14 or Rand Wilson to discuss how you can get more involved. Thank you in advance for your support. In solidarity, 4~ ~-??~ La ~unk Gerald Herwa ld ' Chai man, Jt. Nego. Comm. Local President Mobile , Alabama De Pere, Wisconsin fi ~,.t #. ',~, L~ William Meserv e Rob e r t Mc Ki ve rson Local President Local President Jay, Maine Lock Haven, Pennsylvania United Paperworkers' Egr:pr~~ United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 1475, Nashville, TN 37202 UPIU Local6288, AFL-CIO, 342 Main Ave., De Pere, Wl54115 UPIU Local1787, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 773, Lock Haven, PA 17745 UPIU Local14, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 272, Jay, ME 04239 UPIU/IBEW Joint Bargaining Committee, 1105 N. Wilson Ave., Prichard, AL 36610 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Over 3,400 employees of International Paper Co. have been locked out or on strike since last spring. IP, the world's largest papermaker which continues to amass record profits, says that it cannot compete unless it cuts workers' pay and slashes the number of union jobs while contracting out work to others. 1,200 of us live in the small town of Jay, Maine, about 75 miles north of Portland. Most of us have worked for IP for years, and have the scars to show for it. But, as is all too common these days, IP doesn't care about our years of service: It has chosen to bring in strikebreakers and replacement workers from as far away as Alabama rather than offer us a fair deal. This calousness has not gone unnoticed. A few months back, the Maine legislature outlawed the use of strikebreakers ... but the law was then vetoed by our Republican governor. Then, the town outlawed the use of strikebreakers ... but IP filed suit and continued on its strikebreaking way. We're not about to take this lying down. We are taking our struggle from the picket line into the boardrooms of corporations that are linked to IP through interlocking board directorships and large stockholdings. These companies include Coca-Cola and the Bank of Boston Corporation, both of which are linked to IP through Donald McHenry who is a top policymaker on all three com panies' boards. How will we put the heat on these corporations? First, we are conducting a letter-writing and postcard campaign in which sup porters are protesting other corporations' implicit support for IP's labor policies. Hundreds of Jay workers have already begun traveling in a caravan through Maine, and in February we will be touring major cities throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire prior to moving into Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont. In each place we will be telling the public about the corporate acts that have brought division and sorrow to our community. Mean while, we will be communicating with thousands of union members and supporters across the country through the use of mailings and demonstrations, including a rally on February 19 and a demonstra tion on the 27th, both in Boston. For more information call our Boston coordinator Rand Wilson at (617) 482-6878. Where do you come in? You can help us by distributing the enclosed brochure and by writing letters that protest Coca-Cola's and Bank of Boston's links to IP. (Please send us copies of any letters.) Invite a UPIU striker to speak to your organization about IP's despicable actions. And, of course, you can send us a donation. This fight isn't just for us, but also for all of our children, to give them decent working lives in a better society. Sincerely, William Meserve Vincent Dinardo President International Vice President Local 14 Region I Director P.S.: Make contributions payable to: Fight International Paper Fund and return in the enclosed envelope. Your support is greatly appreciated. The purpose of this letter is to inform the public of the ongoing labor dispute with International Paper and the relationship of various parties to I.P This is not a call for a consumer boycott of anybody's products. ~1 0 Se:nd le·ttatrlil to one or mc•re of tile four companies prote!lilting e i.n....J:.h_t !,'t:.[Ong&St. te~~ll~i!.' tho intimate bat¥ean their dlrectaro and International Paper. Include t~he following point•• -Deaand tho.t tba company tall ita director to publicly dissoelate l\imaelt troa IP's unfair labor policies. -Say that the director'e support for IP's union busting is inconsiat.snt with the company'o supposed 1ntereat. in being a good corporate citizen. -1u:k the conpany to respond to your letter and tell you vhat actions it plans to take to address the•prablem. -Notify the coapany that you plan to infora organiza.tiona you ;are involved in itbOUt the connection betveen the CO!il1pany and IP•s labor policies. Addreaa your letters tot Board of Directorc Board of Directora The Coca-Cola Cot\pany Avon Products Inc. One Coca.-Col.a Pla£& N. ltJ. 9 w~at 57th Str9et Atlanta, GA 30313 N~w York, NY 10019 (404) 676-2121 (212) 546-6015 (re Donald F .. McHenry) (r• Stanley c. Gault) Board of Directora Board of Directors Hershey F'O«:'Hie Corp. AnheuiJe.u:·-nu~ch Coapaniea Herehey, PA 1703! On.e Bul!lcb. Place (717) 53"*-40(10 St. Loulm, MO 63118 (re Richard T. Dftk~r) (re Rich~rd T. Baker) Please send copie• of your letten! to the local UPIU Corporate. Cnmpa ic:.rn headqu!'lrtt;.t.!.'fH Local il4 Box 272, Jay, Me. 04239 c/o Bill M~11erve ·• PAPERMILL STRIKE UPDATE Tuesday night April 5th 19881' both parties agreed that there was nothing more to negotiate because of the scab issue. \ After rru~eting with the Company on 'l~hursday April 7th, Mr. Glenn notified the negotiating team ' that he wanted them back in Louisville to reopen talks on Monday April 11th. The unions position is that nothing will be resolved until the scab issue is resolved. Corporate Campaign will continue until there is a signed contract. The Company maintains, as it did before, that all issues "tdll be re solved. We ask you again for assistance again. Please send out any post. cards that you might still have, write letters to the targeted companies and have your members, friends and relatives do so also. Finally we ask that you return Car-a-Van to Jay, on Saturday, April 30th for a Rally and Marcl1 starting at Noon. Thank You for your support In Solidarity, (-1.A.J.di'~~;,~ .~~ · Bill Meserve United Paperworkers' Eaor:pr~~ United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 1475, Nashville, TN 37202 UPIU Local6288, AFL-CIO, 342 Main Ave., De Pere, WI 54115 UPIU Local1787, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 773, Lock Haven, PA 17745 UPIU Local14, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 272, Jay, ME 04239 UPIU/IBEW Joint Bargaining Committee, 1105 N. Wilson Ave., Prichard, AL 36610 Dear Brothers and Sisters: A state of siege exists today in Jay, Maine ... De Pere, Wiscon sin ... Lock Haven, Pennsylvania ... and Mobile, Alabama. Ten-foot high, barbed-wire fences surround paper mills where we used to work before International Paper brought in strikebreakers to take our jobs. Meanwhile, 1,200 Mobile paperworkers have been locked out since March, and 2,200 more of us have been without paychecks since June. The conflict claims some victims suddenly. Recently, Jay, Me. picket-shift coordinator Bryce Thomas, 48, collapsed and died of a heart attack. Twenty years ago, Thomas discovered the body of his brother crushed in the #2 paper machine. In Lock Haven, Ronald Kinley took his own life: After 27 years in that plant, he said he couldn't stand the daily sight of strikebreakers going in and out of the plant, taking his job. How does a company such as International Paper come up with "replacement workers"? One of their sources has been the profes sional strikebreaking firm of BE&K Inc. of Alabama--notorious in the papermaking and construction trades. The company has felt free to move "outsiders" into our communities. Thus, we intend to move the fight as well ... into the boardrooms of the corporations and financial institutions that are lending support to I.P. We are presently targeting five companies that share board members with I.P.: Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch (producer of ------~,.,-,;r-r.wJ'"le~i<:::!s-zs-e·rcrnC1Mrcheloo beers), "Avon Product,...,s=-,- ;:,...,e'""r:::-s=-r=-'"""e-:-y=-'...... ,o-=o:-::rs,.,.------___.. Corp., and Warner-Lambert Co. (maker of Listerine, Rolaids, Efferdent, and Trident and Dentyne gums). In New England and Pennsylvania we are also taking the fight to Bank of Boston Corp. and PNC Financial Corp., which likewise share directors with I.P., and to TIAA-CREF (the Teachers Insurance & Annuity As~ociation-College Retirement Equities Fund), one of I.P. 's largest stockholders. We need you to write letters protesting these companies' ties to I.P. Each company must demand that I.P. remove the strikebreakers and bargain fairly or its representative must choose to resign from one of the two boards. We also need your financial aid to keep the fight going. Please do what you can to help us. Sincerely, ~~ ~-??~ La::;!unk Gerald Herwald Chai man, Jt. Nego. Comm. Local President Mobile, Alabama De Pere, Wisconsin ~71.~ rr~..;;~ ~ ~~~ William Meserve Robert McKiverson Local President Local President Jay, Maine Lock Haven, Pennsylvania P.S.: Make contributions payable to: Fight International Paper Fund and return in the enclosed envelope. Also, don't forget to fill out the coupon in the enclosed brochure. Your support is greatly appreciated. The purpose of this letter is to inform the public of the ongoing labor dispute with International Paper and the relationship of various parties to I.P This is not a call for a consumer boycott of anybody's products. ~3 UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION WAYNE E. GLENN Office of the President Dear Friend: Paper. You're holding it in your hands now: we all use it dozens of times a day and rarely give a thought to who makes it and under what conditions. Yet if the paper you use is made by Internati ona 1 Paper Co. or one of its subsidiaries, including Hammermill, then you are supporting one of the country's most ruthless corporations. The enclosed leaflet describes how the policies of International Paper are harmful to its employees, to people living near its mills, and ultimately to us all. After you read it, we are sure you \'lill agree on the need to BOYCOTT ALL INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. PRODUCTS. vJe urge you to check with the person in charge of purchasing supplies for your organization and be sure that no IP products are being ordered. The IP boycott is only part of our campaign against International Paper's unjust policies which include throwing 2,300 of our members out on the street. We have also been organizing a boycott of Avon Products and Bank of Boston, which share top policymakers with IP. We ask you to support these efforts as well. In addition, we are embarking on a major legislative campaign to get Congress to recognize the unfairness of the process of permanent replacement of strikers. Something has to be done to prevent companies like highly profitable International Paper from penalizing lfJOrkers--with the industrial version of capital punishment: the loss of one's job--for exercising their right to strike. You will be hearing more about this effort in the future. vJe urge you to show the enclosed leaflet to relatives, friends, neighbors and co-workers. Please read carefully the section on ways to build boycott pressure against IP. You can contact Bob Frase of the UPIU for more copies of the leaflet and other help, including sample boycott resolutions and articles for your organization's publication. Let's make it clear to IP and other outlaw corporations that their irresponsible policies will not be tolerated. Thanks for your support. Sincerely, (};!.ay~l ~ rJg__ ~~\~ ~i~~;~ H. uun n PRESIDENT U SECRETARY-TREASURER INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: P. 0 . BOX 1475 • NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37202 • TELEPHONE (615) 834-8590 United Paperworkers International Union, 3340 Perimeter Hill Dr. , Nashville, TN 37211 615-834-8590 No. 35 Momentum Increases papers. In Pittsburgh both the Gordon said the amount of As Our Fight Continues morning and afternoon papers support for the striking or locked picked up the story along with out IP employees has been The corporate campaign is in Associated Press and all three tremendous. As part of the Jobs full swing and the momentum is local television stations. With Justice support of the IP building. We are spreading the word. And employees a food drive is Recent rallies in Pittsburgh, the word is Solidarity! underway. A clothing and textile Boston and Jay, Maine, have let IP local has already donated 52 cases and its affiliates know the war of food and over $4,300 to the rages and we intend to win. New York Area drive. Some 8,000 union members and Jobs With Justice In conjunction with the supporters gathered in Jay, Maine, To Protest Avon/IP Ties demonstration, Corporate April 30 for a Solidarity Rally. Campaign has arranged for the Labor unions affiliated with the burning of Avon products and New York Jobs With Justice The line of marchers spread for magazines at all four IP locations one and a half miles as 20 campaign will hold a at the same time the demonstration outside the Avon different trade unions joined the IP demonstration is being held. strikers in a demonstration of stockholders meeting in New York solidarity. Other unions from as far Thursday. Phase II Being Planned away as Wyoming, Florida and Hundreds of unionist are Quebec traveled to join the UPIU CCI 's Ray Roger has expected to protest the ties announced that Phase II of the members. between Avon and IP. Prior to the corporate campaign is in the demonstration, planning meetings Among those joining in the rally planning stages. were 20 Chinese immigrant were held where as many as 30 garment workers from the Chinese labor leaders representing three CCI is in the process of putting Progressive Workers Association. quarters of a million workers together literature that will They pledged their support of the gathered to plan activities. encourage boycotts of those companies with close ties to IP. IP workers and received a standing International Representative ovation from the crowd. Luke Gordon said the Rogers said the formal Some 400 people gathered in demonstration will include announcement of such actions will Boston Aprif 27 for a speakers such as Jay Mazur of the be made in \he near \u\ure ana demonstration outside the Bank of ILGWU and the presentation of that all union members will be Boston. Four busloads of Jay monies raised for the four IP sites. kept up to date on any actions. members were joined by other unions as well as UPIU members from the James River plants nearby. The trade unionist demanded that the Bank of Boston dump Donald McHenry from its board of directors because of his support of the anti-labor policies of IP. McHenry is also on the board of Coca-Cola. UPIU members earlier in the month had demonstrated at Coca-Cola's annual meeting in Wilmington, Del., again demanding McHenry's ouster. About 150 people demonstrated outside the PNC Bank in Pittsburgh April 26. Two busloads of Lock Haven UPIU members were joined by several other unions and the Allegany Central Labor Council in the protest. The group distributed 15,000 informational leaflets at the demonstration. Press coverage was great at all the events. In Jay, the march made the front page of the Sunday ®~3 LOCK HAVEN UPDATE: Action: Over 100 local members and supporters attended a Pittsburgh rally in front of the PNC Bank. The demonstration received lots of press coverage and those attending felt they left a "good impression." The local has 20 speakers going out to various locations throughout Penn sylvania and Ohio next week. Solidarity: A Solidarity rally is planned for May 12 in Philadelphia. The rally includes a demonstration in front of the Provident National Bank, a division of PNC. As many as 1,500 people are expected to attend the rally. The bank is located near city hall and should generate a lot of attention. MOBILE UPDATE: Action: Mobile members traveled to Birmingham Wednesday to assist building trades in their protest against BE&K and William Edmonds. The demonstration was held at First Alabama Bancshares. Literature was passed out about IP's un justified demands against our union members. "Our message to First Alabama Bank is they should either work for constructive change in the policies of BE&K or ask .Edmonds to resign from the bank's board," Frank Bragg told local media. The caravan is gearing up for its "Miracle Strip Tour." Monday, May 9, the caravan will depart for northwest Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Rallies will be held at 14 paper mills. Solidarity: "Outreach 88" resumed its journey May 2 heading to Vicksburg, Camden, Pine Bluff, Texarkana, Springhill, and Bastrop. Delegates from Jay, Lock Haven and DePere will join the Mobile delegation on the trip. The intent of "Outreach 88" is to educate, organize, and activate union members in the IP plants at these locations. JAY UPDATE: Action: Local members will travel to New York to join in the demonstration outside the Avon board of directors meeting May 5. The caravan participants also plan a trip to Providence, R.I. for a rally and demonstration in front of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust, a division of the Bank of Boston. Outreach '88 participants will travel south to join other program partici.pants in a tour of mills in Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. Members will also vist mills in Cincinnati, Hamilton and Mason, Ohio, Richmond, Va., and Lewisburg, Pa .. Company: IP is up to its same old tricks. The company has offered to give the county the money to increase its sheriff's department. IP has been talking with the county and wants officials to use IP money to increase the number of deputies and supply them with cars. IP has plainly stated that the increased manpower will be to protect the "replacement workers." DEPERE UPDATE: Action: At the regular union meeting last week, local members worked on a mailing of 65,000 that will go out around the world. The mailing included a cover let ter bringing the readers up to date on the latest events and includes postcards to be mailed to Avon, Busch and Coca-Cola and other literature. The local has also completed a mailing to aiiiP employees who hold stock proxies. The mailing reached over 10,000 IP employees. Solidarity: Local members have been meeting with and receiving warm receptions from all Region Ten UPIU locals. The DePere local is expressing its thanks for the past support and asking that it continue. Company Antics: The company has notified local merchants that it wants to have a meeting with them. IP wants to tell the merchants the "true story." Well, that would sure be a change. Ed. Note: The following report on the While the protest was taking place, union ·s corporate campargn against In· Local 14 President Bill Meserve and ternational Paper was comprled from Massachusetts labor leaders-includ reports by local leaders from Mobile. ing State AFL-CIO President Arthur Os· OePere. Jay and Lock Haven as well as born. Greater Boston Labor Council Corporate Campaign Inc. President James Farmer. Boston Build· ing Trades Secretary-Treasurer Joe NI New England gro. and Teamsters Local 25 Vice Presi dent James Moar-met with ila Stepa The New England caravan spent most nian, chief execullve of the Bank of Bos of February in Massachusetts. meeting ton Corp. Although Steoanian claimed with un1ons, university grouos and oth· that his company was neutral in IP's ers across the state. "We ve gotten a labor disputes. the fact that he met with tremendous response everywhere." said the union leaders Indicates the llank Is M ~ssachusett s campaign coordinator feeling the effects of the campaign . Rand Wilson . After oassing through At the beginning of March the cara New Hampshire. the campaigners from vaners went to Vermont. where they Maine visited the historic labor town of were greeted by Burlington Mavor Ber· Lawrence and then moved across tt1e nie Saunders. Preparations wpre also northern part of the state. Stops in being made to bring the caravan to ~ luded Fitchbura and GrPenfield Southeastern Massachusetts. Rhode Next was thP univer~itv complex ;,. Island and Connecticut A larqe demon· round Amherst. where a dPmonstration stra\lon is also rtannPd for Bank of 8os a~d teach-in wPre held at Mt Holyoke ton Corp. s annual meetmq in Boston on College. Tt1ese activites focused on IP M8rch 31 director Donald McHenry. who serves Back in Jay. there has been increas "nth~ board of trustees of t11e school. Ing controversy over the leaks of toxic Holyoke. Mass .. was also an important gns hom the mill. which is being oper stoo because it is there that the UPIU ated hv roorlv trained strikebreakers " riginated. when the town was known At least two citizen groups havP been ~s Paper City. formed to increase the oressure on IP . After a visit to Sprinafield that in The tepislature introduced a resolution cluded a demonstration at the Bank of callino for a mill shutdown Boston branch and a stop in the indus The oolitical uproar got louder at the trial town ot Lynn that included a rally end of February with reports of another at Local 201 of the Electronic Workers leak at the mill. Although IP had prom· flUE). the caravan arrived In Boston. ised to report accidents immediately, There, the campaigners were welcomed the company waited three days before by Mayor Raymond Flynn. who held a notifying local officials of the most re lunch for them at City Hall. and by Gov cpnt leak. ernor MlchaP.I Oukakls. who hosted a state house recepllon in their honor Local 14 has teamed that a number of The Boston City Council d"!signated BE&K strikebreakers and two IP mana February 22 ·29 as Local 14 Solidarity oers quit recently because of hazardous '(. Week . conditions In the mill. "The scabs are y getting scared," striker Gary McGrane In the Boston area, t11e Jay workers said. · and the people In town are on met with numerous labor groups and pins and needles wondering when the •••••••••••••••••••••••••e held forums at Harvard. MIT, Boston next accident Is going to happen." University and other schools. On Feb. leafleted at thE' local IP mill as well as sault . Amon9 thosP speakmo at a rress 19. Local 103 of the Electrical Workers The South at Nekoosa. Cooper Tire and other work conference wPre UPIU Vice President fiBEW) hosted a public meeting for the places. A rally at the Chemical Workers Marshall Smith. Communications War~ caravan that attracted a standing room· The Southern front of the campaign union hall drew more than 600 peopl<> ers International VicP President Vince only crowd of more than 700 people. was kicked off with a Feb. 17 rally in Local members of UPIU and IBEW Maisano: Max levine. SecrP.tary-Treas who raised more than $12.000. Mobile. addressed by Jesse Jackson. joined the caravaners from Mobile for urer ol the Philadelphia Labor Council: The Mobile caravan then hit the road. and Pat Gillespie. Pres1dent 0f the Phila On Feb. 26 more than 1.500 people the trio to Camden. Ark .. where 8~ per The fir<;t stop: Moss Point. Miss. Cara delphia Building Trad"!S Counril demonstrated 1n front of Bank of Boston cent of UPIU members at IP 's mill voted van"!rs distributed literature to workers Corp. s headauarters. forcing police to to reject the company s demands fo1 The campaign made a speciRI taraet at the IP mill, shipyards and other sites. shut off thP. street In downtown Boston contract concessions . Althou9h the of Philadelphia-based PtJC ~uhs1 6 THE PAPERWORKER MARCH/1988 ------·------·------·----· -.... --·------. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••o•••$••eeo line at Tanner Manufacturing. Bolstered DePere by the Lock Haven members, the picket at Tanner became so intimidating the The campaign 's mass-mailing opera· scabs refused to leave until the St1eriff's tion based in DePere has been operating department escorted them . in high gear. A newsletter on the cam· paign was recently sent out to al l 20.000 A week later. the caravan was in th" unionized employees of IP DePere is Wilkes Barre/Scranton area. where they also petting ready lor a 60.000-piece received strong support from local labor mailing to unions. community groups, leaders. were the guests or honor at a individual activists <~nd others across reception in the Operating Engineers the U .S . and abroad A mailinp sent out hall. and held an impressive demonstra· in February brought in tens ol thou· lion outside the Northeaste~n Bank of sands or dollars in con tributions and Pennsylvania, another PNC subsidiary many expressions of support . At the end or Febraury and the begin· DePere has also sent speakers to ning of March the caravan was in the unions and other organizations through· Allentown/Bethlehem region . They again out the Midwest Local members have met with enthusiastic displavs of suo· traveled extensively throughout Illinois. port from local labor olliclafs. lncludinq Wisconsin. Michigan and Minnesota tel· Bob Kohler. president of the Lehigh Val· ling the s tory ol the union·s fight against ley Labor Council: George Werkheiser. IP's corporate greed The response has treasurer or the Northamoton County been great. Members of many dillerent Labor Council: and Paul M cHale. direc· unions have pledged. tt1eir moral and tor of District 9 or the Steelworkers. The financial support and have cont ributed ... Massachusetts labor leaders and unionists backed the union's cam · caravan distributed literature at plant their voices by wrltinp letters of protest gates of Bethlehem Steel. Mack Truck, paign 100 percent. Above Bob Hanes. secretary-treasurer of the state AFL· and concern to the companies affiliated Tarkett Paper. James River Pi!per and CIO. addresses the rally. with tP . Western Electric . They also focused oublic attention on local branches of The response to the mailinqs and !11" Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania travel is clear " Our spirits are high." throuah leafleting and door-to-door lit · Local 6288 Vice President Jerrv Land· The upcoming local mayoral elections Landwetlr said th;:::~t inftu~n r:P 1/.'111 P'l erature distribution. wehr said recently " ll1e mood here I~ brought the candidates to the ooor o f l~>nn to include tilt? upcomrng 5""~1" de finitely uobeat " At press time. the caravan was preoar· the local. The candidates attended locC~I and presidenliill races as "'oil Lilt"" ing another trip to Philadelpt1ia to attend In addition to its duties as ttv~ back· rallies and participated in debates th~ hrJ.S r:t verv strono vorcP ,gnrl tt1;1 1 vnrr~ a meeting of the state AFL-CIO. a visit bone or the mailing campaign. the local local cooroinated The candidates have c:an anrl will inlluenr~ tt 1~ cu l ':omt:~ "'' to Altoona and Johnstown. and an ex · has formed a Politi c <~! Action Commit· publicly acknowledaeo that whoever re· tho elections WP. intpn(f 10 "'?€ th;~t tho IPnsion of the Cilmoaign into Ohio anrl tee and is lakin a iln active role in local. ceives the local s endorsernPnt will b" VQI(: e Of fho WQrkinQ DP0 0f '?' ")f !fl't; ''""Wl wP~I Virginia state and nationC~I eiF>ctions . the likelv winner rn unrrv ~nrl of 1t1is r:nunl rv ~~ ll e:l ;::pri Focus of •••••••••••••••••••• The ~onth ••e·~~~Q~~···~~~~~·~ The Jol1n Georges I War·1zer La11'zbert Coll.JlectiltTl ····················-············~·-······················································································ · Chairman John Georges has been a director of the $3 To t1e lp get Warner-Lambert to see the wisdom of removing Ip billion Warner-Lambert Company since 1983. We know Georges from their board of directors, we urge you to write to what Warner-Lambert does for IP: by having Georges the company expressing your dissatisfacti on with tP 's labor on its board the company helps give legitimacy to IP 's ruthless policies and Warner-Lambert's relationship to them. Be sure to labor policies. But wh at does Georges do for Warner-Lambert? ask Warner-Lambert what they intend to do about this situtation Address your letters to: One theory is that the labor policies being pursued by Georges are in part meant to drum up demand for Warner-Lambert prod ucts. He has made the life of UPIU members so miserable that lloard of Directors they get heartburn and have to reach for Rolaids or Bromo-Seltzer. The heartburn causes bad breath, so the workers have to use n ·amer-Lamberl Co. Listerine or Certs. Sometimes, IP makes paperworkers so ill that 201 Tabor Road. they need other Warner-Lambert products like Benylin cough Morris Plains, N.J. 07850 syrup and Halls throat lozenges. phone: (201) 540-2000 THE PAPERWORKER MARCH/1988 7 BHOPAL, U.S.A.? t 11 a.m. one morning, residents of Jay, Maine A were startled to see a huge, green cloud of poisonous gas enveloping the local International Paper Co. mill. The cloud was chlorine dioxide - twice as deadly as the Union Carbide plant leak of methyl isocyanate that wiped out 2,500 people in Bhopal, India. 112,000 gallons of the poison had been dumped on the ground when two representatives of the Three Stooges School of Maintenance dropped a frozen pipe on a tank valve. Half the town had to be evacuated ... including 1,200 children who were at a school less than two miles away. It wasn't the first accident. One week earlier, poorly trained workers accidentally concocted a batch of poisonous hydrogen sulfide, sending nine of them to the hospital, four of whom were unconscious. The life-threatening hazards continue. Another chlorine gas leak sent seven workers to the hospital (one of whom stopped breathing twice) on Feb. 14 .. . Yet another chlorine leak occurred on Mar. 2 ... Then ... The people of Jay are up in arms. Mter the second disaster hundreds of local mothers and children marched on the mill. 'Ib date, the town council, the school board, the Citizens Against Poison, and a host of other groups have called for the plant to be shut down. But the state's Republican Governor - whose brother is a lobbyist for the paper industry - won't budge. Although his state agencies found many safety violations, he says there's "no immediate hazard." Why are these accidents suddenly occurring? There's no real mystery. Maine House of Re re senta ti~hn_Martin thatiP Last June, International Paper forced the plant's won't own up to the peril until "the hearse replaces the ambulance." regular workers out on strike by demanding huge wage cuts and changes in working conditions. Then, the company immediately replaced the union nternational Paper must be held to account for its workers with strikebreakers. The Maine workers, I recklessness. And so must those from the along with IP employees in Lock Haven, Pa., De Pere, corporate community who are standing beside IP: Wis. , and Mobile, Ala., are among 3,500 people locked Coca-Cola Co., which shares top policymaker out or forced on strike by IP since last spring. Donald McHenry with IP .. . Anheuser-Busch Company, which has given a board seat to IP The plant's regular workers had an average director Richard Baker . . . Avon Product s In c., of 15 years' experience in running the plant. IP which shares director Stanley Gault with IP ... and won't identify the two pipefitters whose Warner-Lambert Co., maker of Listerine, Rolaids, bungling caused the most dangerous accident, Dentyne gum, and Schick razors, which numbers IP nor say anything substantive about their Chairman John Georges as one of its board members. experience. The company even claims that the plant is safer and its environmental record better than ever. If these corporate wheels truly care about American communities they will agree to shut down the Jay We say the plant is not safe and that the situation mill until the experienced workers have been put is serious. And we agree with the Speaker of the back on the job and the problems have been corrected. ~3 Fight International Paper Let International Paper and its corporate allies know that you will not tolerate their destructive environmental and labor policies. Please send letters demanding the resignation or removal of the IP directors from . . . Board of Directors Board of Directors The Coca-Cola Co. Avon Products Inc. 1 Coca-Cola Plaza NW 9 W 57th St. Atlanta, GA 30313 New York, NY 10019 404-6 7 6-2121 212-546-6015 (re Donald McHenry) (re Stanley C. Gault) Board of Directors Board of Directors Warner-Lambert Co. Anheuser-Busch Companies 201 Tabor Rd. One Busch Place Morris Plains, NJ 07950 St. Louis, MO 63118 201-540-2000 314-577-2000 (re John Georges) (re Richard T. Baker) ... and a copy of your letter to UPIU Corporate Campaign UPIU Local 6288, AFL-CIO 342 Main Avenue De Pere, WI 54115 Suggestions for your letters: Express your indignation at the ties between each company and the environmental and anti-labor policies oflnternational Paper. Note that this is in direct contrast to each company's attempt to portray itself as a responsible corporate citizen. Add that the company has a moral obligation to show its rejection of IP's labor policies by removing the IP director from its board, unless he resigns as a director of IP. Finally, ask the company to respond to your letter and tell you what actions it plans to take to address the problem. Thanks for your help. We also need your help if paperworkers are not to be starved out. Please make checks payable to: Fight International Paper Fund United Paperworkers International Union AFL-CIO P.O. Box 1475 Nashville, TN 37202 The purpose of this leafl et is to inform the public of the ongoing labor dispute with International Paper and the relationship of various parties to I.P. This is not a call for a consumer boycott of anybody's products. Siriking paperworkers say: SOMETHING SMELLS WRONG AT AVON DON'T BUY AVON PRODUCTS E.fume can't cover up these odorous facts: Avon Pro W at has Avon Products said about Gault's participa ducts Inc. is directly linked to International Paper tion in this economic violence against workers and com Co., the world's largest papermaker that has traumatized munities? Company chairman and CEO Hicks Waldron communities and trampled on workers' lives across the wrote to one IP worker that he regarded Gault to be United States. "eminently fair and compassionate." In other words, the sweet smell of profit overcame the stench of Sitting on Avon's board is top IP policymaker Stanley Gault's role in worker-bashing. Gault. Through his position, Gault is directly tied to the brutal labor policies that have left 3,500 workers Avon is able to maintain this lofty detachment be locked out or on strike in Jay, Maine, Lock Haven, Penn., cause its customers and sales representatives haven't De Pere, Wis. and Mobile, Ala. known about nor made an issue of the company's connec tion to IP. We urge you to Boycott Avon Products. Union paperworkers in these towns refused to accept Avon must either dump Stanley Gault from its board massive wage givebacks and work-rule changes that or else Gault must resign from the IP board to protest would make already dangerous jobs much more hazard IP's labor policies. ous. IP immediately replaced them with strikebreakers. Then it introduced an atmosphere of military occupa Boycott all products sold by Avon tion in the communities, complete with 10-foot-high barbed-wire fences around company plants. representatives and fragrances sold In addition, IP's employment of inexperienced strike in stores under the names of Oscar breakers was followed by several dangerous chemical de Ia Renta, Giorgio, Valentino, spills in Jay- one of which nearly created a situation Perry Ellis and Deneuve. like that in Bhopal, India (where 2,500 people died) and required the evacuation of over half the town from 'Ib request leaflets or boycott pledge postcards, please nearby schools and homes. contact UPIU Local 6288, AFL-CIO, 342 Main Ave., De Pere, WI 54115 . ...3 · United Paperworkers' Ea~:jN United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 1475, Nashville, TN 37202 UPIU Local6288, AFL-CIO, 342 Main Ave., De Pere, Wl54115 UPIU Local1787, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 773, Lock Haven, PA 17745 UPIU Local14, AFL-CIO, P.O. Box 272, Jay, ME 04239 UPIU/IBEW Joint Bargaining Committee, 1105 N. Wilson Ave., Prichard, AL 36610 Dear Sisters and Brothers: Ten years ago, women's, labor and community groups helped textile workers win a major victory when they pressured Avon Products Inc. to sever its ties to the notoriously anti-union J.P. Stevens & Co. The resignation of Avon's chief executive from the Stevens board of directors helped pressure Stevens to grant union recognition after many years of resistance. Today Avon is again directly linked to a labor dispute of national significance. One of Avon's board members, Stanley Gault, is also a top policymaker serving on the board of International Paper Co. IP, the J.P. Stevens of 1988, has locked out or forced on strike 3500 workers. Hicks Waldron, Avon's chief executive, responded to protest letters from families of the workers by praising Gault as "eminently fair and compassionate." Waldron claims that it is "simply not the case" that Gault is anti-worker or anti-union. Waldron is wrong. Gault and other top policymakers at IP are attempting to cut jobs, slash pay, and contract out jobs to non union workers at a time when the company is enjoying record profits ($407 million in 1987) and paying its chief executive $1.1 million--the highest compensation in the industry. IP is anti-union, and Avon's Stanley Gault is partly responsible for pursing that policy. This is more infuriating because Avon makes a lot of its money from workers and union members wno ouy their gooas ot serve as Avon--representa-rtv~:$7 IP workers are fighting back against International Paper and its allies. We have launched a boycott of all Avon products, and ~e are mobilizing support from other unions as well as women's and community groups to demand that Avon reject IP's policies by removing Gault from its board. We ask you to help us hold Avon accountable for allying itself with an anti-labor giant whose policies are tearing apart families and entire communities. You can help striking and locked-out paperworkers by: 1. Signing and mailing in the enclosed boycott pledge card and posting the boycott Avon leaflet in your office. 2. Distributing boycott postcards and leaflets to your members. 3. Publishing articles in your publication about the campaign and passing resolutions supporting the boycott of Avon. 4. Contacting Hicks Waldron, chief executive of Avon, to let him know of your commitment to spread the Avon boycott. His number is 212-546-6015 and his address is: Avon Products Inc., 9 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019. Thanks for your help. In solidarity, ~~ ~'7?~ Lar~unk Gerald Herwald ' Chai man, Jt. Nego. Comm. Local President Mobile, Alabama De Pere, Wisconsin tr~~#.~L~ William Meserve Robert McKiverson Local President Local President Jay, Maine Lock Haven, Pennsylvania This to inform you that I have pledged to boycott all of your bank's services (including those of your subsidiaries First National Bank of Boston, Bank of Boston Connecticut, Casco Northern Bank of Maine and Rhode Island Hospital Trust) to protest Bank of Boston's tie to International Paper Co. (IP) and its unfair labor policies. As you know, your board member Donald McHenry is also on the board of directors of IP. I am troubled about Bank of Boston's connection to a company that has shown contempt for its employees by locking out or forcing on strike 3,500 workers and bringing in strikebreakers to replace them. IP's policies are tearing apart families and whole communities. As long as Donald McHenry is on your board of directors, I cannot bring myself to support your company. You should know that I will also be urging my relatives and friends to join this boycott of your services. Name ______Address ______ City______State ____.Zip. ______BOYCOTT BANK OF BOSTON: First National Bank of Boston Casco Northern Bank of Maine Rhode Island Hospital Trust Bank of Boston Connecticut Board of Directors Bank of Boston Corp. 100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 0 I and/or my organization will write letters strongly protesting Bank of Boston's and Coca-Cola's implicit support for I.P labor policies to the: LJ Board of Directors C""" Board of Directors Bank of Boston Corp. The Coca-Cola Co. 100 Federal Street 1 Coca-Cola Plaza NW Boston, MA 02110 Atlanta, GA 30313 (617) 434-2200 (404) 676-2121 D I live near and/or D my organization is near one of the following subsidiaries of Bank of Boston: D F1rst National Bank of Boston C Casco Northern Bank 0 Rhode Island Hospital Trust 0 Bank of Boston Connecticut Branch Location(s) ______ D I and/or my organization own stock in Bank of Boston Corporation. D Please send __ leaflets for my organization to distribute. NAME PHONE(______ADDRESS ______c OJ 'i:ij CITY STATE __ ZIP __ a. E ctl ORGANIZATION () Please mail this coupon (and a copy of any letters sent) to: United Paperworkers' Corporate Campaign, UPIU Local14, AFI.rCIO, P.O. Box 272, Jay, Me. 04239. The purpose of th1s leaflet is to 1nform the publ1c of the ongo1ng labor dispute w1th International Paper and the relat1onsh1p of vanous pa111es to I.P Th1s is not a call for a consumer tx:Jycott of anybody's products. ...and look who's Jay, Maine 1200 workers without paychecks along for the ride since June, 1987 De Pere, Wisconsin 375 workers without paychecks ake way - I.P:s comin' through, since June, 1987 Mand it means to crush anyone taxes and got $59.8 million in tax refunds who gets in its path. For months while raking in $667 million in pretax the giant papermaker has kept 3,400 whom have 25 to 40 years of service. profits. workers around the country out on The company has hired "replacement" Lock Haven, Pennsylvania strike or locked out - and it's grinding workers from as far away as Alabama 720 workers without paychecks the small community of Jay, Maine through the professional strikebreaking since June, 1987 under its wheels. company BE&K Inc. (an act that former In contrast to I.P:s claim that it must Maine Senator Edmund Muskie says should be outlawed). McHenry's not be able to cut jobs, slash employees' pay, But it's probably easy for McHenry to worried that the company has created and contract out jobs to nonunion work overlook such steamroller tactics since an atmosphere of military occupation in ers in order to remain competitive, the he's with a bank that's using much the town, complete with 10-ft.-high barbed company pulled in record profits of $305 same methods. For years Bank of Boston wire fences around the plant. million in 1986 and pays its Chairman has been taking advantage of the areas John Georges the highest cash compen or does it seem to trouble him economic problems and has been, in sation in the industry, a whopping $1.1 Nthat I.P. has been on a collision the words of Business Week magazine, million. That's 87% higher than the course with the Maine Depart "loading up on limping New England average for the rest of the paper ment of Environmental Protection for banks:' The latest target of its shopping industry. dumping thousands of gallons of waste spree: The Bank of Vermont. Given the And check out whds riding with this water into the Androscoggin River, lead bank's reputation, Vermonters might be road hog ... I.P:s friends from the ing to a fine of $55,000 ... or that I.P. unhappy about having it in their state. Coca-Cola Co. and the Bank of Boston has run afoul of the Occupational Safety In 1985 Bank of Boston was fined Corporation. Bank of Boston owns First and Health Administration, which fined $500,000 for failing to report over $1 bil National Bank of Boston, Casco Nor the company $242,000 in October for lion in currency transfers to Swiss thern Bank (Maine), Rhode Island Hos exposing unprotected workers to high banks. And it allowed reputed Mob pital Trust (the bank behind the notori levels of toxic chemicals ... or that I.P. bosses to make large cash deposits that ous union-busting Brown & Sharpe is one of the country's worst tax the bank failed to report to the federal Co.), and Bank of Boston Connecticut. avoiders: Between 1982 and 1985 it government as required by law. The key link between I.P., Coke and this actually paid no net corporate income We say it's time to bring this banking empire is Donald McHenry, a community-crushing convoy to a top policymaker on the boards of Mobile, Alabama screeching halt. Please help us: Fill out directors of all three companies. 1200 workers without paychecks the attached coupon and let Interna since March, 1987 McHenry apparently thinks it's just tional Paper, Coca-Cola, and the Bank of fine that I.P. has broken faith with its Boston know that good citizens won't 1,200 Jay, Maine employees, many of tolerate corporate hooliganism. YOU CAN DIRECTORS Brent W. Gay Executive Director HELP Telephone Office (207) 897-5423 Home (207) 897-2678 DIRECTORS YES! I AM WILLING TO HELP Bernard Bovin THE JAY FOUNDATION Vincent Dinardo P.O. Box 199 Jay, ME 04239 Area Vice President United Paperworkers International Union D Enclosed is a donation Kenneth Finley of $ ...... Funeral Director John Fitzsimmons Executive Director D Contact me about a donation. Maine Technical College System D I can provide some services. Michael Gentile, Esq. Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios John Hanson ······~········································· Director Bureau of Labor Education D I will donate time to help. University of Maine Georgia Hersey D Contact me about jobs. Social Justice and Peace Committee St. Rose Parish D I can help with training or Patrick McTeague, Esq. education. McTeague, Higbee, Libner, Reitman, MacAdam & Case William Meserve President Local14, UPIU Name ...... Charles Noonan Jay Town Manager Title ...... Charles O'Leary Street...... President Maine AFL-CIO Town ...... Zip ...... Reney Therrien Treasurer Otis Federal Credit Union Tel: ...... ~13-C " .... rebuilding lives and community." · "DEPLORABLE TACTIC" Economically, socially and emo and serving as an information and tionally the strike and its aftermath referral service to assist the more On June 16, 1987 some 1 ,270 have destroyed lives, broken than 5,000 persons directly af members of Local 14, United Paper friendships, fractured families and fected. workers International Union and Lo shattered the entire community. For cal 246, International Brotherhood years to come the people of the ACTION UNDERWAY of Firemen and Oilers chose to ex area will be struggling, as they are ercise their legal right to go on strike now, to put the tragedy behind them The actions already taken by The against International Paper Com and rebuild their lives and their Jay Foundation include: pany at Jay, Maine. community. Survey of Impact and Needs Using a tactic that former Senator Establishment of a Job Bank Edmund S. Muskie called unprece FOUNDATION'S PURPOSE Provision for Counseling dented and "deplorable", the com System of Program Referrals pany, in effect, immediately fired all The purpose of The Jay Foun New Education Opportunities the workers and in a matter of dation is to assist former strikers, Job Training in New Skills weeks permanently replaced them their families and the com Apprenticeship Programs with non-union employees. munities affected by the strike by developing and encouraging ap But this is not enough. LIVES DESTROYED propriate educational, job train Thousands of persons impacted ing, remedial and social service by the strike and its aftermath are The strike, one of the longest in opportunities. It seeks to still struggling to put their lives Maine history, ended October 9, facilitate a timely return to nor back together, to find new 1988 with an unconditional offer to malcy for the workers and their employment, to replace savings return to work. families. and college funds, to overcome emotional trauma and to rebuild More than 1,000 workers have To achieve these goals The Jay community spirit. never been recalled. Foundation is raising funds, ad You can help with a contribu ministering grants and contracts tion of money, time or talent to assist The Jay Foundation. THE JAY FOUNDATION ~ ( HOW YOU CAN HELP BOYCOTT WHERE BUILD THE BOYCOIT ALL DOES YOUR OFFICE'S INTERNATIONAL PAPER PAPER TRAIL • Lobby your legislators. States, cities, PRODUCTS townships, etc. are among the biggest purchasers of paper products. Therefore, BEGIN? they could exert influence on IP to clean including up its act and return the 2,300 workers those sold under to their jobs. these brand names: • Contact friendly elected officials. Find out how to introduce a resolution calling on your city and/or state government to International Paper @ boycott IP. • Check with the purchasing agent in your Arvey workplace to be sure that no IP/Hammermill products are bought for the office computers IPCO and copying machines. • Pick a local company that distributes a Hammermill product in IP containers or packaging (for example, juice or milk cartons). Springhill Inform the company about the dispute. Ask them to switch to a different container or packaging company. Strathmore • Pick a supermarket or local grocery. Beckett Inspect the milk and juice containers, for the IP label. Ask the store to order only those brands that are in non-IP packaging. Ward • Target a company for boycott handbilling Coast Envelopes based on its unwillingness to stop using IP packaging. Or target a store for refusing to switch from product brands that are Duplex Envelopes packaged in IP containers. Old Colony Envelopes Join the boycott and help expand it in your area. For more information and/ or leaflets, please write to UPIU Corporate Onion Envelopes Campaign, PO Box 1475, Nashville, TN 37202. Transo Envelopes ~ 3 It is dumping them in the laps of overburdened state agencies, which must try to find them jobs in areas where opportunities are severely limited. RECORD PROATS FOR THE COMPANY, *In environmental destruction: Repeated PAY CUTS FOR THE WORKERS. discharges of poisonous chlorine dioxide and other toxics from the company's Jay Last year International Paper raked in plant recently led the state of Maine to nearly $1 billion in record profits and provided ~ its top officer over $ 1 million in cash bring a multimillion dollar suit against IP. The state charged that the papermaker has ~ compensation. violated ''virtually every environmental law." ~ Yet in the midst of such prosperity, .•• Serious problems existatotherplants ~ ~ the company told its workers they must as well: Over the summer, the federal V and their union are calling upon government take huge pay cuts •.. absorb high health Occupational Safety and Health agencies, universities, unions, and other insurance costs ••• and allow unlimited Administration demanded the largest fine institutions to take a stand until these workers subcontracting oftheirjobs at lower wages. ~ ever in ~he paperindustryagainsti.P?nd are back on the job. Hard to understand? It's just "a ~ requi!ed th~ company !o audit Its b · 1& th ,... ~, plants cherrucal systems m Alabama, usmess as usua .or e ~A>.... Ark L · · M" · · · rJd' Ja est perrnak · '("~ ~ ansas, OUISiana, ISSISSippi, wo s rg pa er. ~~ New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Please don't buy 2,300 members of the and Texas. INTERNATIONAL PAPER/ United Paperworkers union * In moral decay: Though IP tries to keep its HAMMERMILL PAPER went on strike over the ties to South Africa quiet, workers at several products. outrageous demands • • • and IP plants have evidence of clandestine were kicked out of their jobs shipments between their facilities and that (A list of the company's brand name paper simply for engaging in what are outlaw nation, which denies blacks their products is listed on the back of this leaflet.) supposed to be legally protected labor fundamental human rights. activities. A list of the workers' hometowns Please don't buy products that come in reads like a travelogue of small town America: In July, The National Labor Relations International Paper packaging or containers: Lock Haven, Pa •.• Jay, Maine ••• De Pere, Wis. Board charged the company with further Look for and avoid this symbol @ on milk illegalities. It said IP acted unlawfully in and beverage cartons, paper products, and IP'S POLICIES HURT YOU, TOO! replacing a group of locked-out Alabama office supplies. The rest of us pay a high Price so that workers. The company could be forced to pay they can achieve these profits: back wages to all 1,255 affected workers, You can also makeyourprotestknowndirectly: perhaps as much as $40 million. write to John Georges, Chief Executive Officer, *In taxes for public assistance to support International Paper Co., 2 Manhattanville Road, the displaced, formerly productive workers ••. International Paper should Qkewise be Purchase, NY 10577 orphone:914·397·1500 IP assumes no responsibility for the workers held accountable for the immoral action of who have put in 20 to 40 year of service. replacing the 2,300 strikers. Those workers