Tree Trimmers YOUR To Start Business Manager's Negotiations CO LUMN Wage and contract bargaining will gaction policy commence on all agreements between Local 1245 and the tree trimming con- By Ronald T. Weakley tractors the first part of November, VOL. XVI, No. 5 OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER; 968 except for Pacific Tree Export Com- atlon of I.B.E.W. Local Union 1245, AFL-CIO, 1218 Boulevard Way, Walnut Creek, Calif., 94 At press time, your Business Man- pany where a three-year contract ex- ager, Ron Weakley, is on vacation. In ists. Wages only will be a subject for place of his column we wish to print later negotiations on the Pacific Tree a statement of policy regarding the properties under Article XVII, Section coming elections. 17.1(a) which provides for discussions STATEMENT OF POLICY RE- on wages beyond the pre-negotiated MEMORANDUM GARDING 1968 GENERAL increase by reason of the Consumer ELECTIONS Price Index exceeding 117.5 index The elected Officers of Local points in the months of September, October 1, 1968 1245 of the International Brother- October and November, 1968. To: Ronald T. Weakley and Staff hood of Electrical Workers, Ameri- Notices will be sent to Utility Tree can Federation of Labor-Congress Service, Inc., Farrens Tree Company, From: Executive Board of Industrial Organizations, do Inc., and Davey Tree Surgery Com- hereby set forth a Statement of pany, Ltd., together with the propo- The Executive Board wishes to extend to you and your Policy regarding the 1968 General sals following analysis of a member- Elections in the United States : ship survey now in progress. A Shop staff, its sincere thanks for the time and effort that you ex- "It is the unanimous opinion of Steward meeting, to be held on Oc- pended in preparing our new building for occupancy. the members of the Executive tober 19, 1968, was set to review the Board of Local 1245 of the IBEW bargaining program before submission It must be a great source of satisfaction to you, as it is that in order to properly and posi- tively implement the charge of to the several employers. Notice on to all of us, to finally reach the goal which we have worked the Pacific Tree Export Company will Article 1, Section 2, of the Bylaws be made in accordance with the re- for so long. of Local 1245 which have been opening provisions which calls for duly adopted by the membership either party to open the agreement on Again, thanks from all of us. in accordance with IBEW and civil wages between December 15 and Jan- law, we must take a clear stand as uary 1. to our recommendations for voter support of the candidates for elec- Orville Owen, Business Representa- tive office who appear to us to be tive, will head the discussions with the best candidates in terms of the employers and appointments of platforms and policies which would employee committee members will be best serve the economic and social made by President Roland W. Fields interests of our members, their before the end of the month. families, our communities, and the nation as a whole in 1968. "The voting members of Local Sierra Pacific Accident 1245 will vote as they please, as On Wednesday, October 2, 1968 at will all voting Americans. Inasmuch 12:47 p.m., a Sierra Pacific Power Line as streams of propaganda emanate truck was hit by a Southern Pacific from the campaign organizations of the candidates, the news media of Switch Engine. television, radio, newspapers, and The accident happened at May- magazines, which seek to influence berry Crossing, approximately four the votes of the people, we shall miles west of Reno, Nevada. The 7<f-doe, 4eve„i_.i,_,J not stand by arid be silent with re- truck was completely demolished and gard to our own recommendations in the most critical election in the three of our members were killed and most critical time of history of the another member was injured. U.S.A. since the Civil War. Nick Garcia, a Line Working Fore- man for Sierra Pacific Power Co., was (continued on page 2) the injured party. The deceased are: In conjunction with our move to James Fisher, Lineman; Russell Pra- Walnut Creek, we are also making dere, Apprentice Lineman; and Wil- the final cut-over to computer bur Wood, Apprentice Lineman. which has caused a delay in proc- WATCH YOUR STEP essing of membership dues and the An investigation by concerned par- issuing of receipts to "A" members In recent months several of our members have had charges filed against ties is in progress at the present time. on payroll deduction. This will be them by other Local Unions of the I.B.E.W. for working in their jurisdiction corrected in the near future, and without proper clearance from the Local Union involved. This causes fric- we ask that you bear with us in the tion between Locals, between members of the I.B.E.W., and problems with meantime. our employers. Some of the members involved with this problem have been Please send any corrections of name, fined, and in some instances, the employees have been dischargd by their address or zip code to P.O. Box 584 primary employer. So, as a word of caution, we are printing the following Walnut Creek, Calif. 94597 sections of the I.B.E.W. Constitution which can be invoked when these vio- lations arise: "ARTICLE XXVII, Sec. 1. Any member may be penalized for commit- ting any one or more of the following offenses: (Name) "(3) Violation of any provision of this Constitution and the rules here- in, or the bylaws, working agreements, or rules of a L.U." "ARTICLE XXV, Sec. 6. No member shall work in the jurisdiction of another L.U. until his traveling card has been accepted, or he receives a (Street Address) working card, except by consent of the I.P. in special cases, and except in cases where L.U.'s allow their members to work, by agreement or under- standing, in the jurisdiction of each other. "Any member violating this provision is subject to assessment at the (City) discretion of that L.U., but the assessment shall not exceed the wages earned by such member while the violation continued. However, any member vio- Martha Kerr (left) and Vivian lating the working rules of another L.U. shall be subject to such punishment Legler (right) are working on as decided by that L.U." (State and Zip Code) changeover. 37th A.D. Ken MacDonald (D) 77th A.D. Wadie P. Deddeh (D) 38th A.D. Carley V. Porter (D) 78th A.D. John P. Moody (D) 39th A.D. James A. Hayes (R) 79th A.D. Frederick J. Bear (D) Policy Statement 40th A.D. No Recommendation 80th A.D. Roy Archer (D) Regarding California State Ballot Propositions #1 Constitutional Revision No Recommendation #1A Property Tax Reform Vote Yes Regarding 1968 #2 Assessment of Publicly Owned Property Vote Yes #3 Higher Education and Urban School Facilities Bond Act Vote Yes #4 Simplifying Personal Income Elections Tax Reporting and Collection Vote Yes #5 Loans for Non-Profit Hospital Facilities Vote Yes "Therefore, we recommend the following candidates for support on No- #6 Taxation of Premiums on Retirement vember 5, 1968: Benefits of Public and Non-Profit For President of the United States —Hubert H. Humphrey Educational Institutions Vote No For Vice-President of the United States —Edmund Muskie #7 Allocation of State Funds to For U. S. Senator from California —Alan Cranston Local Government Vote Yes For U. S. Senator from Nevada —Alan S. Bible #8 Apportionment of Local Sales and Use Taxes No Recommendation Regarding Representatives to Congress #9 Property Tax Rate Limitation Vote No 1st C.D. No Recommendation 20th C.D. Don White (D) 2nd C.D. Harold T. Johnson (D) 21st C.D. A. F. Hawkins (D) "The foregoing recommendations were made after exhaustive examina- 3rd C.D. John E. Moss (D) 22nd C.D. James C. Corman (D) tion of the voting records and current platforms of incumbents, as well as 4th C.D. Robert L. Leggett (D) 23rd C.D. Jim Sperrazzo (D) the current campaign platforms of those seeking new office. 5th C.D. Phillip Burton (D) 24th C.D. Fred Warner Neal (D) "We considered many things. On the national level, we considered the 6th C.D. No Recommendation 25th C.D. Keith F. Shirey (D) domestic and foreign problems which deeply concern all Americans, includ- 7th C.D. Jeffery Cohelan (D) 26th C.D. Thomas M. Rees (D) ing the member-citizens of Local 1245, as working people, parents and com- 8th C.D. George P. Miller (D) 27th C.D. John T. Butchko (D) munity dwellers. 9th C.D. Don Edwards (D) 28th C.D. No Recommendation "We considered tax policies, civil disturbances, Viet Nam, nuclear horror, 10th C.D. No Recommendation 29th C.D. George E. Brown, Jr. (D) education, civil rights, problems affecting our youth, automation, extreme 11th C.D. Paul N. McCloskey (R) 30th C.D. Edward R. Roybal (D) right and extreme left menaces, anti-labor forces, corruption in elective 12th C.D. No Recommendation 31th C.D. Charles H. Wilson (D) office, fear, hatred, and all of the divisive forces at work in our great 13th C.D. S. K. Sheinbaum (D) 32nd C.D. Arthur J. Gottlieb (D) country. 14th C.D. Jerome R. Waldie (D) 33rd C.D. Al C. Ballard (D) "Our recommendations may not be perfect and we know that some people 15th C.D.