~... .,..... • Shipyard Union Joins Local No.3 "Servi~g the men who move the earth!" *- * * ENGINEER NEWS 731 Amalgamated - - PUBLISHED TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF ALL ENGINEERS AND THEIR FAMILIES In Vallejo Meeting • The bittersweet odor of nostalgia-fed with -the incense of -old memories and old fellowships- usually permeates the currents of - . GUAM, WHERE AMERICA'S DAY BEGINS HAWAII, THE SO~H- STATE NO~TH E RN CALIFORNIA, THE GOLDEN STATE pomp and circumstance that mark the passing of old-line charter unions into the open arms of a larger brotherhood. •-.:! scent, strangely enough, was missing w:hen the 49-year Vol. 27-No. 9 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA __ _ .September, 1-968 This old civil service union, Local 731 ( IUOE) of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard was amalgamated with Locat_ Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers on September 7 in Vallejo, California. Maybe it was because both unions are issue of the same Inter- · IMPORT ANT NOTICE national parentage, or more simply because most men who operate In keeping with the action heavy equipment are like the taken at the Semi-Annual Meet­ colonel's lady-"brothers under the ing held on July 13, 1968, • skin." No matter the reason, 'joie whereby the membership con· de vivre' and the spirit of happy_ curred in the recommendation unity were everywhere evident at of the Executive Board setting the ceremonies celebrating the aside temporarily all but $1.00 official amalgamation this month. per month of the dues increase, which would have been forth­ International Vice President and Article VI of the Local 3 ·Business Manager AI coming as per By-Laws; In addition, the action Clem told the gathering of new was that the $1.00 per month Local 3 m embers, their wives and dues increase would not become officers that they were not in fact effective until October 1, 1968. losing a daughter, but gaining a This means that if you desire to - son as he praised the labor local avail yourself of paying your for it's fine past record pointing out dues in advance prior to Octo­ that "we have always began to­ ber 1, 1968, you may do so for gether in spirit, now we are truly any 12-month period and save one in fact and can move on $12.00. If your dues are cur· strongly toward solvip.g those rently paid until January 1969, • mutual problems that are the you may pay an additional 12 working man's heritage." · months thereby effectuating a ' Clem it ed the International ~ savings up to $ 12 .00 r:f~l''\; YOUr Union of Operating "Engineer's next dues period arid, of<:ourse, long association with the Navy by if you desire less thari a year's dint of its contribution toward : dues, the savings. would be pro· pt'oviding the m;tcleus of skilled _ poliionately less. craftsmen that went into the build­ ing of the famed Se:;tbees and PRESENTING ORIGINAL CHARTER of Local Union to amalgamate with Local Union No. 3 of the other military construction 'battal­ 731 (IUOE) to International Vice President and International Union of Operating Engineers unani­ ions. He pointed out that Local 3 Local Union 3 Business Manager AI Clem (left) is mously after 49-years under separate charter. The also has members at Hunter's ·Local 731 President Omer Delisle. Presentation­ union -was established on March 4, :1,919 and is Point, Oakland Naval Supply De­ was made during amalgamatiQI} ceremonies in San one ~ of the veteran unions serving in !ederal serv­ pot and the Concord Naval Rafael on September 7. Local 731 members - vo~ed ·ice. · Weapons Station and represents • public and civil services employ­ ees at many levels of government. Local 73L President Orner J. Set Forth Election Rules Delisle then turned the original charter over to Clem and stated that the membership had voted unanimously to amalgamate with Local 3. For Sub-DiStrict Advisor Eighteen past presidents of Local731 were on hand to receive other­ Recording-Corresponding Sec­ Written meeting notices shall be ingin the Local Union, and commemorative miniature gavels wise eligible, shall, upon the £ling retary T. J. "Tom" Stapleton has mailed to eligible members of the in recognition of their past service and announced that the Local # 3 Ex­ State of Hawaii prior to October of a non-Communist affidavit to their union. ecutive Board, meeting on Sep- 1, 1968. an Affidavit that he meets ·the re­ - tember 8th, has directed that the A member's Sub-District is that quirements of Section 504 of the The talented wife of Brother Clark, Local 3, baked a I election of Sub~District Advisodo in which his address, as shown on Labor Management Repotting and Marvin the Executive Board for the State the records of this Local Union, is · Disclosure Act of 1959 and Article masterpiece of a cake that found of Hawaii be conducted in accord­ located ten ( 10 ) days prior to the · XII '(A), Se r;: ti6n 1 (f) of these final form as a derrick crane, barge-mounted. The cake was ance with Local Union By-Laws day on .. which the notices are By~Laws be eligible to be nomi­ and announced· the following elec- · mailed .. , -- nated for and elected to, .and to large enough to provide dessert for all of 'the over 250 in attend­ tion procedure: The position of SUB~ DISTRICTADVISORTO hold, that office or position. · Sub-District Advisor to the Execu­ THE EXECUTIVE BOARD: No No Member shall be eligible ance and served this purpose es- - pecially well. tive Board for the State of Hawaii membef. shall be eligible for dec~ for election,. 'be · elected, . or hold Harold Lewis shall be filled for the unexpired tion, -be elected, or hold the posi- ­ any office or position, -and no per­ Presently boasting nearly 300 term by secret ballot vote of the tion of Sub-District b,dvisor unless _ son shalL be employed who has members, Local731 was chartered _ majority of the membership in the he shall have been continuously been convicted of ·any crime -in­ on March 4, 1919 with eighteen Sub-District in good standing as of in good standing in the Parent volving moral turpitude offensive members, Those original eighteen September 15, 1968 at the follow­ Local Union for one ( 1) year and to trade union: morality, or who were soon joined by other shipyard ing regular quarterly and specially continuously a member of the has been found after trial by the workers and the union became one Recording-Correspondi~g Sec­ called meetings: Pa r ~nt Local Union and its Sub­ Uniofl or by Civil Comt to have of the more vigorous and vocal of retary T. J. "Tom" Stapleton has 7:30 p.m. October 15, 1968, divisions for not less than three. been f alse to ·his trust or. misap­ the civil service locals in the early announced that pursuar;t to Ar­ 1 Kauai, Convention Hall, Lihue, ( 3) years and a registered voter propriated Union Funds or prop­ years .. Those were days when .. it ­ ticle IX of Local. U:nion No. 3 By­ Kauai, Special Called. in the Sub-District he represents erty or who is commonly known to took strong and dedicated men to Laws, officers of the lo:cal have 7:00 p.m. October 16, 1968, or seeks to represent for not less be acrook or racketeer preying on win badly needed reforms in the met and appointed Harold Lewis Honolulu, 2305 S. Beretania, than one ( 1) year, all next pre­ the labor movement and its working conditions of the equip­ to fill the vacancy of Sub-District Honolulu, Regular. ceding the first day of the dues - good name for corrupt purposes, ment operators. Advisor to the Executive Board 7:30 p.m. October 17, 1968, period in which the- election is whether or not previously con­ · Membership and political until the next regular quarterly Hilo, Hawaii Technical_ School, held·:. - victed for such nefarious activities. growth accelerated during the war and specially called meetings to be 1175 Menoa, Hilo, Regular. If no Member fulfills the fore­ NOMINATIONS: Nominations ·years and Operating Engine-ers held in the State of Haw~ ii dming 7:30 p.m. October 18, 1968, . going conditions of eligibility for shall be made in regularly sched­ became one of the fo remost of the the month of October. Lewis is a Maui, IBEW Hall, Kahului Air~ a particular office or position, any uled or. specially called Sub­ civil service unions in presenting Local 3 Trustee and Si.tb-District - · port Road, Maui, Special Called. Member currently in good stand- . See ADVISOR Page 4 See 731 JOINS Page 4 Representative for Haw}-t~~!:. --- Page 2 . , . ,.... .~· EN :GI NE E-RS , NE -WS Septe!llbe~ .. : ' . ' ; . • ' . ~ ~-- -~ <_:./ ; ' ·. .19,6~ . _ . '..- • ll illllilllllllllllllllllllllllll ll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllll!il l lli ll ll lll ll ll!ll!llllll!lilllll!!!llllllllll llll l lll!l!!!l l l!ll!ll!l ! llll !ll!llll!llllil!ll!l!ll!l!llll!llll!llllillll! llll!llll!lll i!l]ll!llll!llll!l~llllllt ~~-----~-~-----~---------------~---------~----. I"UOE Talks Ofaskiizqlon .. j C"lf(ct;velr .;Safety '\. On . ,. '"· Many · accidents have occuned oVews 1Jesk I from faulty equipment or improp­ I I c:£rakiui er practices dmillg refueling op­ From the lnternati~nal Union of Operating Engineers l erations. The fuel truck operator 1 has a particular responsibilitx and l~-----------------~--~-----~------------------J witk AI Clem the following are a few rules that he should follow. 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