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Proceedings and Index of the 56Th Annual Convention - 1994 Proceedings and Index of the 56th Annual Convention - 1994 TABLE OF CONTENTS Monday Morning June 13, 1994 Call to Order—Temporary Chair Dana Christner Invocation—Rabbi Efry G. Spectre Opening Ceremonies Presentation of Colors, National Anthems Introduction of Host Committee Welcome and Greetings Hon. Dennis Archer, Mayor, Detroit, Michigan Frank Garrison, President, Michigan State AFL-CIO Ed Scriboer, President, Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Hon. David E. Bonior, U.S. House of Representatives, 10th Congressional District Bob Johnson, Vice President, District President's Address—International President Morton Bahr Video Presentation—Former President Joseph A. Beirne Use of Microphones Credentials Committee Partial Report Convention Rules Finance Committee Report Recess Monday Afternoon Call to Order Communications Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, Barbara Easterling National Women's Committee National Committee on Equity Annual Journalism Awards Video Presentation—"There's Supposed To Be A Law" Resolutions Committee Report: 56A-94-1—Workers' Rights—Commission on Worker-Management Relations 56A-94-2—The Changing Information Services Industry Constitution Committee Report Organizing Awards President's Annual Award Special Presentation to President Morton Bahr Pediatric AIDS Foundation Awards Announcements Recess Tuesday Morning June 14,1994 Call to Order Invocation—Father Norm Thomas Installation Ceremony John S. Clark, Vice President CWA-NABET Report of Executive Vice President M.E. Nichols Discussion Re: Members' Relief Fund Appeals Committee Report Recess Tuesday Afternoon Call to Order Video Presentation—National Marrow Donor Program Address by: Vice President of the United States Al Gore In Memoriam Appeals Committee Report (continued) COPE Awards Defense Fund Oversight Committee Report Resolutions Committee (continued) 56A-94-Mobilization—Today and Everyday 56A-94-4—Responsible Tax Policy 56A-94-5—Economic Policy Resolution 56A-94-6 Responsible Welfare Reform Policy 56A-94-7—Mother Jones 56A-94-8—OSHA Reform Resolution 56A-94-9—The International Labor Organization—75 Years of Service 56A-94-10—Minimum Local Size 56A-94-11—Regulatory Policy—A CWA Priority Support of International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers' Strike Against Cook Family Food Pride At Work Support to Bay Area Typographical Union 21 and San Francisco Conference of Newspaper Union Good & Welfare Announcements Closing Remarks Video Presentation—"CWA Union for the Multi-Media Age" Adjournment Communications Appendix A—Finance Committee Report & Supplement SPEAKER'S INDEX Guests: ARCHER, DENNIS (Mayor, City of Detroit) BONIOR, DAVID E. (U.S. House of Representatives-Michigan) GARRISON, FRANK (President of the Michigan AFL-CIO) GORE, AL (Vice President of the United States) SCRIBNER, ED (President, Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO) SPECTRE, RABBI EFRY G. (Adat Shalom Synagogue) THOMAS, FATHER NORM (Sacred Heart Catholic Church) Delegates: ALGIERE, MARIE L. (Local 1153) ALLEN, EVELYN (Local 1000) ALLEN, JAMES L. (Local 6215) AMAN, LINDA (Local 2011) ARRINGTON, JAMES T. (Local 2300) ASH, MICHAEL (Chair, District 1) ATTARD, SAMUEL (Local 14503) BARN, CHRIS (Local 4998) BAHR, MORTON (International President) BALL, GREG (Local 9421) BARNER, KEN (Local 7050) BATES, CHARLES D. JR. (Local 2101) BAUCH, BARBARA (Local 1133) BERLIN, HELEN L. (Local 9421) BIAGINI, NANCY (Local 9423, Finance Committee Chair) BIGGS-ADAMS, CARRIE (Local 59053) BOARMAN, WILLIAM (CWA Vice President-PPMW) BOWEN, JIM (Local 6508) BURGESS, VALERIE L. (Local 2001) CARTER, BYRON (Local 3905) CATUCCI, PETE (CWA Vice President, District 2) CAVE, LARRY (Local 4900) CELLINI, ALEX (Local 14503) CHANDLER, WILLIAM L. (Local 3570) CHELIOTES, ARTHUR (Local 1180) CHIARAVALLE, BERNARD V. (Local 9404) CHRIS TNER, DANA (Local 4011, Temporary Chair) CLARK, FRITZ (Local 1111) CLARK, JOHN S. (CWA Vice President-NABET) COLE -HOLLIS, PHYLLIS (Local 1103) CONNER, JAMES (Local 6508) COX, ERIC D. (Local 3519) COX, JAMES D. (Local 14201) CRAWLEY, VICTOR (CWA Vice President, District 6) CROWE, PAT (Local 6201) CROWELL, MARK (Local 9586) DELOACH, WILLIAM T. (Local 3106) DIEMER, ALMA (Local 6507) DILL, JOHN (Local 4217) EASTERLING, BARBARA (Secretary-Treasurer) EBELING, JOHN J. (Local 14616) EGAN, JOHN (Local 4034) ELDER, MADELYN (Local 7901) EVANS, LESLIE D. (Local 2108) FAHRENHOLT, MICHAEL (Local 3410) FALCONE,BART(Local1058) FEILNER, PATRICIA A. (Local 6355) FLAGGE, MARTHA (Local 1250) FOUST, ADRIAN T. (Local 3602) FRANKEN, MARK (Local 6314) FRANKLIN, DEAN (Local 6012) GARDNER, BARRY R. (Local 6016) GARRETT, MAEVON C. (Local 2110) GONZALES-CABLE, BERTA (Local 9421) GREEN, FREDDIE R. (Local 3410) GROGAN, SANDRA L. (Local 6301) HARMON, JANET (Local 9503) HART, PHILLIP (Local 2203) HARVEY, DANIEL O. (Local 3209) HAYES, DEBORA (Local 1168) HEATH, BARBARA L. (Local 3310) HENNING, WILLIAM JR. (Local 1180) HICKS, BEVERLY (Local 3808) HICKS, MARY (Local 9505) HOUGH, GARY (Local 6325) IRVINE, JAMES (CWA Vice President, Communications & Technologies) ISREAL, STEVE (Local 7037) JACOBS, LEE (Local 3372) JEFFREY, RALPH (Local 6050) JOHNSON, CHRISTINE (Local 6201) JOHNSON, ROBERT (CWA Vice President, District 4) JONES, MICHAEL (Local 3108) JONES, ROY (Local 3450) JORDAN, MICHAEL K. SR. (Local 1120) KAMBETZ, TERRI (Local 9423) KARABINUS, TED (Retiree, District 4) KOENIG, THOMAS J. (Local 3411) LATIGO, SAM (Local 7708) LAWLESS, ANNE E. (Local 1069) LAYMAN, DAVIDV. (Local2204) LEATHEM, FRED (Local 14917, Retiree) LEGGETT, WILLIE (Local 2300) LIWA, ROBERT P. (Local 1104, Defense Fund Committee Chair) LITZENBERGER, DAVID (Local 6333) MALLIETT, MARIE C. (Local 9410) McDONALD, TIMOTHY G. (Local 1108) McGEE, DON (Local 9587) McGEE, WILLIAM T. (Local 3805) MELZER, RONALD (NABET-CWA Region 4 Vice President) MEYER, SYLVIA (Local 6186) MITCHELL, KAREN R. (Local 3310) MITCHELL, WAYNE (Local 14170) MONJOYA, ANDREA (Local 9510) MOONEY, KENNETH (Local 6171) MOORE, JOAN (Local 9410) MOSS, STEVE (Local 2001) MURPHY, JOHN (Local 6508) NICHOLS, M.E. (Executive Vice President) NOYCE, CALVIN (Local 7704) O'HARE, JAMES P. (Local 1118) PAPPAS, JAMES (Local 2336) PELTIER, CECELIA (Local 6326, Constitution Committee Chair) PEREZ, JUDITH A. (Local 9400) PEREZ, WILFREDO A. (Local 3107) PETERSON, ROBERT (Local 14200) PETRINI, JOHN (Local 13500, Resolutions Committee Chair) PHILLIPS, ED (Local 4340, Appeals Committee Chair) PIERCE, JAN (CWA Vice President, District 1) POOLE, CLAIRE (Local 1084) PORTER, GENE (Local 7101) PRATHER, DAVID (Local 3204) PRATT, RON (Local 9400) REYNOLDS, SUSAN (Local 6016) RIEMER, GREG (Local 4309) ROTKISKE, FRANCES (Local 13500) RUCKER, KEN (Local 2323) RUFO, LUIS (Local 14000) RYAN, JOHN (Local 4309) SAPIENZA, PAU L (Local 1105) SAUNDERS, ROBERT (Local 6503) SLATER, MIDGE (Local 7102) SMITH, CONNIE (Local 4108) SMITH, JOANNE (Local 3310) SMITH, SARAH J. (Local 31 08) SONNIK, GEORGE W. III (Local 2105) SOUDER, GERALD (Local 4351) SPAIN, MARCEDES M. (Local 7103) STEELE, JAN COURTS (Local 2001) STEVENSON, ROBERT L. (Local 14200) STEWART, TOM (Local 9426) SUMMERELL, GREG (Local 9510) TIARKS, WARREN (Local 7102) TOBIAS, CHARLES (Local 14901) UNGER, LAURA (Local 1150) UPTON, MICHAEL D. (Local 2202) VAN AKEN, THOMAS J. (Local 9421) WALKER, KENNETH (Local 9505) WARNER, RANDY D. (Local 7704) WHITE, DIANE O. (Local 2201) WHITEHEAD, CHARLES S. (Local 4620) WILLIAMS, BERNADt I I E (Local 6320) WILSON, RON (Local 9587) WOITENA, GARY (Local 6143) ZAPATA, NELSON (Local 1105, Committee on Equity Chair) ZOCCOLiLLO, RALPH A (Local 1103) SUBJECT INDEX Announcements Appeals Committee Report Closing Remarks Colors, Presentation of Communications Constitution Committee Report Convention Rules COPE Awards Credentials Committee—Partial Report Defense Fund Oversight Committee Report Executive Vice President's Report Finance Committee Report Good & Welfare Host Committee In Memoriam Installation Ceremony Wohn S. Clark, Vice President CWA-NABET Invocations Journalism Awards Members' Relief Fund National Committee on Equity National Women's Committee Opening Ceremonies Organizing Awards Pediatric AIDS Foundation Awards President's Address President's Annual Award Resolutions Committee Report: 56A-94-1—Workers' Rights—Commission on Worker-Management Relations 56A-94-2—The Changing Information Services Industry 56A-94-3—Mobil ization—Today and Everyday 56A-94-1 Responsible Tax Policy 56A-94-5—Economic Policy Resolution 56A-94-6—Responsible Welfare Reform Policy 56A-94-7—Mother Jones 56A-94-8—OSHA Reform Resolution 56A-94-9—The International Labor Organization—75 Years of Service 56A-94-10—Minimum Local Size 56A-94-11—Regulatory Policy—A CWA Priority Support of International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers' Strike Against Cook Family Foods Pride At Work Support to Bay Area Typographical Union 21 and San Francisco Conference of Newspaper Unions Secretary -Treasurer's Report Special Presentation to President Morton Bahr Use of Microphones Video Presentations—Former President Joseph A. Beirne National Marrow Donor Program "CWA Union for the Multi-Media Age" "There's Supposed To Be A Law" MONDAY MORNING SESSION June 13, 1994 The 56th Annual Convention of the Communications Workers of America, held at the Cobo Convention & Exhibition Center, Detroit, Michigan, June 13-14, 1994, convened at nine o'clock, a.m., Temporary Chair Dana Christner, President, Detroit Metropolitan Body Council, and President of CWA Local 4011, presiding. TEMPORARY CHAIR CHRISTNER: We have a very full agenda this morning, so I want to ask all of you to take your seats at this time. The 56th Annual
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