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Secretary-Treasurer O’Connor Retires, V.P. Walters Appointed SEE PAGE 8 March 2005 ® www.ibew.org TO FOR THE LETTERSTHEEDITOR LATEST NEWS VISIT www.ibew.org IBEW®JOURNAL Interpreting Values March 2005 Volume 104 Number 2 Referring to your columns in the December Journal, yes, I will stand with EXECUTIVE OFFICERS INTERNATIONAL IBEW JOURNAL 14 MARITIME MAKEOVER you to fight for the interests of workers in the next years. But not when I EDWIN D. HILL VICE PRESIDENTS Edwin D. Hill, EDITOR have to choose between my money or “workers rights and benefits” on one International President First District C. James Spellane, 900 Seventh St., N.W. PHILIP J. FLEMMING DIRECTOR hand, and allowing the killing of totally innocent human beings or the Washington, D.C. 20001 R Shipshape in Ontario 1450 Meyerside Drive, Suite 300 Carol A. Cipolari, E destruction of the basic building block of civilized culture on the other. Mississauga, Ontario, MANAGING EDITOR JON F. WALTERS V Canada L5T 2N5 IBEW Local 303 Members Play Critical Without the respect for innocent human life (whether foreign or domes- International Secretary-Treasurer 14 Carol M. Fisher, O 900 Seventh St., N.W. Second District SR. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT tic), without the encouragement of stable husband and wife marriages, and C Part on Maritime Makeover Team Washington, D.C. 20001 without solid protection from terrorists who want to kill us indiscriminately, FRANK J. CARROLL, JR. Malinda R. Brent, 4 Armstrong Road, 2nd Floor COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST nothing else will matter. INTERNATIONAL Shelton, Connecticut, Len Shindel, EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Unlike you, who say, “you don’t check your values at the door when 06484 COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST Chairman they prove inconvenient,” we who voted for Bush for moral reasons really WEB SITE Changes in IBEW Leadership MILTON L. FOSTER Third District Carl Cantrell, didn’t. c/o IBEW Local 191 DONALD C. SIEGEL INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE 8 Secretary-Treasurer O’Connor Retires The plight of others and of all of our children’s future compelled us to 2701 Hoyt Avenue 500 Cherrington Pkwy. Everett, Washington 98201 Suite 325 Tim Prendergast, Walters Fills Unexpired Term vote for Bush, even if it may prove inconvenient to me and my own inter- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 15108 WEB COORDINATOR/DESIGNER 12 First District ests. Nancy Taylor, WEB SPECIALIST Jensen Becomes 8th District VP JOSEPH A. McCAFFERTY Fourth District O’CONNOR RETIRES Christopher K. Harrison 3115 Nottingham Road PAUL J. WITTE ARCHIVES 8 Local 15 member, Downers Grove, Illinois Norristown, Pennsylvania 19403 8260 North Creek Drive, Suite 140 Mike Nugent, 13 Horton Retires as 5th District VP Cincinnati, Ohio 45236 INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE Second District S Schantzen Appointed in 5th District When a morally-challenged group like the Republican Party can beat the HOW TO REACH US RUI M. CARRINHO Fifth District We welcome letters from our readers. E Democrats in a morals-based campaign, [the Democrats are] in trouble. c/o IBEW Local 1274 The writer should include his or her name, JOHN F. SCHANTZEN R 1329 Jefferson Boulevard address and, if applicable, IBEW local union 100 Concourse Parkway The saying “politics makes for strange bedfellows” was borne out in the number and card number. Family members U Warwick, Rhode Island 02886 Pension Benefit Fund Suite 300 should include the local union number of the T recent election. IBEW member to whom the Journal is Third District Birmingham, Alabama 35244 mailed. Please keep letters as brief as possi- A Summary Annual Report The labor unions found themselves in the camp that promotes same-sex E 17 SALVATORE J. CHILIA ble. The Journal reserves the right to select Sixth District letters for publication and edit all submis- F marriage and the homosexual agenda promotes ACLU’s efforts to close c/o IBEW Local 38 LAWRENCE P. CURLEY sions for length. 1590 E. 23rd Street down the Boy Scouts and ban other values-based activities, such as display- 8174 Cass Avenue Send letters to: Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Electricity Deregulation ing the Ten Commandments, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, prayer in Darien, Illinois 60561 Letters to the Editor, IBEW Journal, school etc., wants to ban ownership of firearms by private citizens; is anti- Fourth District 900 Seventh Street, N.W., Reliving the Nightmare LONNIE PLOTT Seventh District Washington, D.C. 20001 18 military, supports an entertainer, Whoopi Goldberg of “One Ho Produc- c/o IBEW Local 613 JONATHAN B. GARDNER or send by e-mail to: tions,” to spew forth filth during the recent election. 501 Pulliam Street, SW, Suite 250 320 Westway Place, Suite 531 [email protected] Atlanta, Georgia 30312 Arlington, Texas 76018 ©2005 International Brotherhood ATaste of IBEW The Democratic Party has strayed so far from the political center to its of Electrical Workers. Fifth District Eighth District All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. present far-left position that it no longer represents the values of union on Union-made paper. LYLE KEITH QUERRY TED C. JENSEN 26 Just in Time for Cookout Season COOKING WITH IBEW workers. IBEW Journal (ISSN: 0897-2826) Published 26 c/o IBEW Local 53 2225 West Broadway, Suite H monthly, except January/February and July/ When presented with a similar choice in the next election, I won’t vote. 1100 E. Admiral Blvd. Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 August, which are combined issues, by the Kansas City, Missouri 64106 International Brotherhood of Electrical Work- Wizie D. Justice ers, 900 Seventh Street, N.W., Washington, Ninth District Sixth District D.C. 20001. Subscriptions prices in the 2 President’s Message 6 Safety Corner Local 676 retiree, Pensacola, Florida MICHAEL S. MOWREY United States and Canada, $4 per year in WILLIAM H. TURNER Workplace Stress 2500 Venture Oaks Way, Suite 250 advance. Periodicals postage paid at Wash- c/o IBEW Local 570 ington, D.C., and at additional mailing offices. S 3 Secretary-Treasurer’s Response from President Hill: Sacramento, California T 750 S. Tuscon Boulevard POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Message 20 Local Lines 95833-4221 IBEW Journal, 900 Seventh Street, N.W., I thank Brothers Justice and Harrison and all union members who have Tuscon, Arizona 85716 N Washington, D.C. 20001. This Journal will not be held responsible for views E taken the time to discuss the outcome of the Presidential election of 2004 Seventh District Tenth District 4 IBEW Currents 27 In Memoriam expressed by correspondents. Paid adver- ROBERT P. KLEIN in the pages of the Journal. Individual opinions are important, but even PATRICK LAVIN tising is not accepted. M Vacationing IBEW 5726 Marlin Road, Suite 500 T more critical is our collective will to move beyond a divisive election and c/o IBEW Local 47 Publications Mail Agreement No. 40011756 Members Aid 600 N. Diamond Bar Blvd. Chattanooga, Tennessee Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to R B&M Mailing Services Limited, 35 VanKirk confront the challenges facing the IBEW, the labor movement and working 37411-4043 A Diamond Bar, California 91765 Drive, Unit 15, Brampton, Ontario L7A1A5. Tsunami Victims; families. E-mail: [email protected] P Eighth District Eleventh District Chicago Station Brother Harrison sees a conflict between protecting “workers rights and E JOSEPH FASHION WILLIAM C. EADS Agrees to Contract; benefits” and “respect for innocent human life.” I believe that they are sepa- c/o IBEW Local 353 300 South Jefferson, Suite 300 D and ERTS Reminder rate strands that must be joined to form a strong rope of opportunity for our 1377 Lawrence Avenue, East Springfield, Missouri 65806 North York, ON, Canada M3A 3P8 next generation to climb. (Continued on page 7) Feeling the Heat? Seek the Truth ver hear the story about the turtle in a lective bargaining rights for state government workers. Years he first hundred days of George Bush’s I have never taken pleasure in questioning the motives pot of water? of effort were dashed with one stroke of the pen. and the sincerity of President Bush, Vice President Cheney We have many challenges to collective bargaining in the second term are in full swing and work- and the leaders of their party in the pages of the Journal, nor A researcher put a turtle in boiling water to see its private sector. The telecommunications industry is consolidat- ing Americans are getting clobbered. We have I taken solace in the deep divisions among Americans. reaction. It kicked and clawed to get out. But the ing and trying to keep unions out of growing fields like wire- said that Bush’s re-election would recon- There are few things more abhorrent and none more dan- researcher found that if he increased the temperature of less and broadband. North America continues to ship its gerous than leaders who exploit those divisions, even claiming the water a little every day, the turtle got used to it. manufacturing base to China and elsewhere. Wal-Mart, the struct our nation’s political, economic to be carrying out the will of the Almighty. I don’t know about Eventually, the water reached the boiling point, and the continent’s largest employer, would rather close a profitable and social landscape. The White House their scriptures, but mine devote far more pages to the need to turtle was cooked. store in Quebec rather than accept the T bulldozers are at work. overcome want, disease and poverty than E What’s this got to do with the decision of workers there to organize. to some of the social and religious issues labor movement, or you as an IBEW Health care costs and pension concerns Even some leading Republicans in Con- that divide us. The truth must be told. member? Plenty, because the powers-that- hover over every union contract.