1962 January Engineers News
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~637 '-..:.;' ,: •·.. ~L~-; a··, ' £. ··:a··. ..•. ·.· .· 1·· ..· ... J·: ·· ..·· Rr. -· -;_ 1- t. -.· : --~~ ~ ' ..... ,. ;. ' ,~_·. ', ., ··, '" . • ~ •j . ,. "'.··-. "~.:: •• b.:.. .. ~ · -~, i .... ~... • . • IE!WS · S :.1st; ·.. - - -. .Y... ear:.. ~ ··A :utonom.y · · · l~aMy "~C:QrjipliShrn.@rMs ·· j)'u,~ ihg Ftr~t 1:2. Month ~ .. ' By AL . CLEM _ · ·... · ·· : · . · B~sJnes-s ·Manager . _. ·J · n )r~viEn¥in(J :_ t~e happening~ . of t~~ pq~t 1Z ' @_ntiHi; it. mi9M: b~ in k~epin9 ~ to eJrchv your att~n "! - . · on Jo '':some o( the hlghH9hts arid achie-vements UC• .. · ~o roR H~h ~d by y_cisr lo~ar !Jnion. · . ·· · · f. YoM·will rec ~U th~ t the @fficers were hut@ !led @,· s~e e i~i m eet i im_~ ·on December 29 i ~ t h_e- ~e l,te -.. ew· H(gl'tel in S@n · f r arseisco .·with' l ~ter~(g.fiena[ V ie ~- P~e s id~n1t Ne\veUJ. C.ar.ma ra p resi cU n9 . ~ lf-t90-r< . p!({flce - ~ t a j@i5'tlt ~ ee t im~g of the jne·6miwg Q~d'' :Oift.., ~ • ., •· , .... :· • ' . I ' • ., I tg~o io1 9 E xe«:~it_hf e ~o cir~s . .. · ..~: -.., .. - } . .• ~ . · -.;5 ~ .•. :-m~ ~tr~ . ~;;' f (§Mf@)l~_;,~V 1:the -first 1neeri~~f of th-'e: · ~!'i:ill,ri r <!'i :- ~: i ~u·~"" - ~tie·~ r e,ltl()JI§~ ;: ~f2S~ fj·~-ii'\ . 1lS f~·· ~i'l : We.lS _ha t~ ; ~i'i_, S~ : Beard · · Ree@mi!iciildations-- .. ~ d~ alh~ d whereby the· Lceal · ecm·y en the noirm:d fu~tc· ,~tJ~ Im ~!!aiJ~ c:e w i ~h the manda~es of the By ~la ws. Since this \•.i ~s ~l1e · ~xec uvive Board Meeti11 9 si nce l@ceii autoi'Jomy was· gn:;~ted, the agenda was vei'y heavy and the meeHng lasrecl from City, Utah, • I O NI:'OF TH!E .CREWi at U. t~h C~ns+rudion Co~1 ' pan y ' iron mi~e~ · ~t : C ~q: ar 1 0 ~ .m; to 5 p.m. · ,,, .• •. ~topp ,ed recent IS po,rtraitl ·Fr.orn ' left are Brothers · OHon ..._Nelson,' patrol; Stan Bryan, shovel operator: job steward· Merrill Harrison·, oi ler. · - . ·; h1 February, a conc:en·treated effort for saf~ t.y in the construe· tiorn indusfry was made. This was aiso the month for the election of the Grievance Committees in many Districts. The importance . - ~ -N·,· J .,l ab·o·r:.. C,.ll·s· of ~'he District GrievanceCoinmittees was stressed Jn- th.at· a: g_- :_: _· . •, :_ "; ' .·.. ' .- ·. w : . ' coniplaint.or grievance is first pr~sented to the District Rep- ·_ a_. ;rn In_-.. s \ · · resimtative, then· thP.: Grievance -Comn1ittee, then the Busi- .' t . o· "... -~ .II' . ': On. u.s. to ness Manager and finally the Executive Bbard. These coin.-·. ··, .· . > ,• _r·.-0·· ·va·. .e· ·.-." a ·m· . serve agoo(J purpose by informing the members in A .. · ; ·· ·S · . '~ J ·b . the _various districts ·of their rights under the. Comtitution .. - . , . _ . _ PUB:.: · ~ . S , and the By-Lawsr as well as functioning as aneducational . .· ) t _must be .mage cleqr that .ed ·Jobs -to be aone; but, to qate, ·. · , · . · · 'for the membership as ·a whole. · ,lf · '11 ·· Off' · 1 · · · · · · The AFL-CIO conv<>ntion m · · · · , ·. · I . tl, ; · ~- l\·~arysyr e ·.. · Ice~ 1s carry- no II).fo~matl~A · h~s bee~ releas- :· .• ·. - . · -. - t · . · · ))urin February, we w~re quit~ busy .due-to the halti~g . l?g_. 670 men on the out-of-w?rk Ied .about. 'Yh~~-· th~se Jobs will lVIl~r:m- Beach, ,last mOl~-~ call 'of variou~ constritction jobs .in Northern California ealised , hst. be advertised-for bids. Ifor strong Federal policies to . I ff /f · th T I W k . ' . - . .-.. -. ' - • • . ~ . n . h "t . by the wa k-o 0 e . unne or ers. • The work SituatiOn has been I 4 Th . h .. b ' ' promole ecvnomiC growt . 0 . .. · !)~ted seyeral tim~s, b~1t 1~ has _tio~ of. !~en ~~-ds et7 t~/~t~~~: get the econ.omy off th,e ro~ l er- , In March, 26 Busin~ ~epresenta~ve~ and DiS~atehers 1 1 · b!~?m~ ~e:ess51ry to J?OI_nt It out] tised for: the dain itself. The l coaster of frequent recesswns of ~ocal 3. started_a t;ra~g ~ourse. designed tQ mere~ ~ "':ai~ m order to ~void ~eedle.ss ·best ·edl:cat_ed guess is that this and_~l;Jorted recoveries. their effect~veness m dealmg Wit~ umon members, emQloy- 1?0 ~mg a~d possrb_le_ fi~~;lClal event still Is · a year away-per-i The · resolution outlined a ers; non-umon work~rs, o~hel' umon~, gQV~TI!m~n~ _ a?-d the loss '?Y B_rothers_ who_ don t un- haps longer. wide rano·e of emer o·ency and public. This progFarri was conducted m conJunctiOn wtt:h the 0 d ·~rstan.d · It ~ ~ . - ' . ,' : . ' . ·-1, ;II} .:act,li!tion, it is extreme1y II'ong-te .rm policies in° economi,c Oaklan? Junibr. Coileg~, ~a~e:y ca:npus and: the !nstit1.1te. of - ~a use ?f alDl _the cohr:f~h~ ~_o n IS 1 d'oubtful that the dam job itself and fiscal ar~as to _fasten a Indust:nal Relations of the Umver.sity of·9ahforma. - t_h e . 0rovr 11e . am, w rc some 1 -- w .. t th -t f steady expansiOn .of JObs. Un- . · . · ·: . · · • Brothers believe· is making,\vork J.w1 _crea e h e_ ~moun ° · em- emplo_y.me' <l _t · ·trg·'n down I·n Oc- . They were signed up for. a 20 week course, With classes · · · · . · · "'"" · · ·P1 oyment t at some people's - -' 11 , 110 · · '-- ·· ·· ·- . : ~~c~:I~ · a,rea:But the,s~ a1:e th~ , - ~~ agina~ion -;-. especially the t o b_~r, wa_s _rep~rted by th_e La- from 7 to 1~ p.m. every Wednesday mght. ·. ' -~ . 1 < ; .· .· .· ,. , · . • ·J Chamber _ofc Commerce· - has . ~ 01 Departmenl at a 6.1 per cent . Interest m the course was unexpectedly great. It had 1 1 . t' . ld been for 22· ·studen.ts but had to accommodate 26• tra~t'~}~f~!~n~asi~ 9k~t~IJ.b~~n; 1 e:~wisi()ri~. ._. · · l le ;,~- 1 11 1 pl~_nned · ., _ _. , . ~v\n;ic ~ d.'?'n. : ~- ~- . -~' . -_ ' : ._. : ~I ' ;;.To _ ~· epe 8.t , this warnin~ is . ~n-, to a ~~:~fv~~~~fl ~i a l;l\~, 1~t; . : co:rrse·dealt w~th the p~ychol?gy ?f the ~elationsbir;_s e~ • . 2. ~h _rl~ ~ome "':ork _con!!e.G_t'. J!tnded; to pr~vent ~uff~rm~ by. w9rkers' :eresident Walter P. gaged m by th~ umon_ representa~IV~s.m helpmg th~m tmde:- _ ... eq ·With tne .dam IS 11nderway, / p~ople )ured mto this d1stnct m Reuther ·declared in supporting stand ):low a Jpb obh~ates the mdlvidual to act m certam .-, ~·lich ·as · reh~~a'~ t(,>n ·of',_ the high- s~~r f h of emplo y_n1ent.,If it does the .resolution. "Halfway half- · ways. It explored the "public image" the union represents to _,.' wats .., al}d ~ t~e~ :· ;we~t~,r_n ; _ facifi,c:j ' be~orp.r availa,ble·,. ther~ }S .an hearted measu~~s , Will hof_ S .. member:s, ' non~lmion;- work~~' employers and, the ., public, _ . Ra1ll;o ~ q, " Jhi~-, ~o~k ·~.I~ . ,a.. :~o~t / am_.. , P~e}_g_cq.l __s_npply ?f .W()Ik. m~_n 1. unempl?yn:ent. ;l}e_uthe_r, ;vho alo__ ng_with ~h~ 1mage the umon_would hke to present and ho. w - ., , c~mpl,e~ed. _: . -,, , ... -~ -. .... ···• . , ._ . (lf_- all,cl?fts . rp~r-~ , m.fact, ,than 1 _Presented . the res9lutwn . [to present 1t. · . , . · ,. 3. There a_re : add1tror;aL r _elat7 -f"':lJ} ,- evex_ . b.e •· need~d: . - (COI\tmued on' Page .6) . · · · .. ·· : . · . .. _ \ · . ~: · • · · . - . · · ··. ·: _ -·-. ;· . · .. · · · . - . ·. · · ' . · · ·.· . · - -.~ · · · · ·Modifrcatwns of. the Hirmg Procedures were up for ap- •.' -~< ·G·. " '· ·. r. -~ · · ·~ · ,. ·. <J I ·. 4t·•· ·_ · . 8 .A·.· · · I M. · • . · · in March. In 1957 the;. membership had ratifieCI the ·-;:·::··~ •. ..neV~Il C ~~ ~~;n~~jl~ ; ·_ ;j- ,,·: ~fl :ml=.~ · ... _n n. u .~ ' -... -,.. ee. .~ - 1 : ng · s . Agreement negotiated witt:.the Northern and_Central . ·_·~_:' ·fieth011S ln, Jaf1Uary·.,. ·... [ ::- J >. ·r. .i'r3 - J9L~ · ;: . _5·. .. t , .. d l · · , . .. ~hapters ?f t~~ ;Asso_cmted General Contractors · _ · · . · "'. , ... __ . 0:. 1 - ••• ~n ·-~- ~ ; Y .- ..· ~- ?" · · .. : : · -· ~ .. ur .ay, p,m • . contarnmg an exclusiVe hmng procedure. - ,·p., ,. !;here .wnrb·~ ~ a~- ~iecJip:ll :-<>L /; .~~ .. ~(ll!' ·.~f-r.a~cisco ·_ Lah:o ~ J e. A] p1~. 1/Mh . & C~pp~ St~. _- At th t' th: · . d f f ·t Th ·. t , . ..,_,, Gr-!evance. Committee mem.- ." ',:- ·, , y,;·_; -- , .. .·'· :_ ~-- ~- .,_ :' . : . ,. " ·.· ., ~ u~e ~ I,s seem.e. sa ~.sac o;ry. en came . ''? . _. ' .~·~rs .. ~h , Jllititrr( ~t · th ~ -_. ~l:l,Ii ~~~ ~ -· ;<, ': : .~~ ·· .. ':~ .·. <* ·-. * ..;,* . .. .__ : ~· > P~~ce(!ent settmg court decis:_ons-?~~ the Brown,Ol<;ls Re!U- , , . : . -"· ,,. , . .. •. , . - In order fqr our . .. , :fianc1Sco, . Eure~ 11 ; i;; ~~ t!In~; ::. : . :J·-· 1 - ~d~ <(l~d a.notp.~r tg~ - ~O,:lll}~a..m J:~a,ciflC C~se. · , , and. Orov·ille > Dis~rict'> lYieet- _ j: .: ,., ~,Dyl4, ~ 96_~ · ...· .. ,Sat}lr.d.ay, 1 p_. m. umon to stay m ·bus_mess -w1thqut spendmg all.the tre9-sury ·iu1gs. ; .. · · .; . }:: - ~~~~ - frcincis_c-o: Labo!r' Tem_ pl. ~. l6tlr:· ~ , C__ ~ _pp · Sts., again# )<t\vs_uits, i\~ti~ti~~~S:ia;e ~~ere tO -'the letter ·of iJ ~· E·N·GtN E-ERS NEWS' ---- Janua.ryi' 196~ ear SAJV MATEO •• .J- * * * 1 1 nd -s ..~Rut it ai_L d~pends ~~ t~e Pla.Aning CorTJrnis_sion' , · y· - . :By T. J. (Tom) STAPLETON d0ing the underground wo1:k. all- over the area." an :r --- -e:-. ~, r )Ve l;oo~ · fQW~J;"q to a: gooa . Bids will be _open· ·on · J'arr- Atte)lt~on: i\'Iembers _fili~1g - · - , y§;:tp in.Jll_e J '{Q.r1l1 J 3a,y _Ar€.a ,_ - uary · 23 for dredging of the for .