;-· . ;. { ;~· ;;- .. '' ;. ~~- _· ~ ~ - . __ -. >c-•,jJ.:.· :__ __ .rj ENGINE:ERS -LOCAl l o- OPERATlNG - . • Vol. 19 No. 7 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA . ·,AUGUST, 1960 rs-- til e_ t • • ·· lfSI c I N. • e-v. -- -· _·. by AL CLEM, Business Manager 1 UTAH AGREEMENT .· . .A three year contract between Operating Engineers Local No. 3 and the utah Associated General Contractors has been ratified overwhelmingly in a· series· of mem· . bership m,eetings in Salt Lake· City, Provp, Ogden, Vern~l and Cedar _City. · -- . · / Th~~ Agre·einent,_ effe~tive as ?f July l8th, 1960 and m effect until July 1st, 1~63 ~I!l br!ng • our Utah membership raises rangmg from .67c per hour. to $1.21 per hour. (On P1ledn~ng and Steel Erection the increase ,·valuable assistance. - · \__ . has been established at 476 Val_· amounts to more). The wage The _members of the Nego-1 encia Street, San Francisco 3, ! s,cales- and special cqnditions ap- t~atirig Committee - ~hich .con- California in conjunction ~i~b pear on page 3 pf this issue; and sisted of myself, President Paul i the _Health & Welf~re admim~ · :the entire contract is now being Edgeco_mbe and District Repre- t;ra~wn ~ T~e latest _m electrome • . - . · _ 1 sentative Tom Stapleton appre- office eqmpment will re.cord t~e pnnted m booklet form, for ! ciated the assistance they re- work record of each member m- distri_buti~n to the members ceived, and in particular want dividually, for proper computa- First members of Local. 3 to receive p~nsions under the n~w workmg m the -State of Utah to thank the -members for their tion of · your benefits· when .you. Nm·thern California- Northern Nevada ·pensfon_ plan wert;) these who · will be _. cover~d under the confiqence and SlJ.pport! · · choose to retire. agreement. · - - h · · · f th 1 Stockto-n members sbo\vn getting their checks on Aug. 3. Pr~sent - new. - . IN. CALIF. - N. NEVADA . As t e expenence o e p an ing the first checks here and in' the pictures below was ·Bro. AI The utah A.G.C. negotiations PENSION PLAN OPERATING -_ develops it will be studied and · Cie1i1, Local 3 Business Manager. Shown in this group are .6ro. covere_d a period of approxima- First pension payments this , it_ is anticipated th~t this plan - · · P~ m ; 'Pres. Paul Edg~comhe and the· following pensioners: wn-- .te~y eight weeks ~nd the com- month to construction membe-rs Will be revised and lmpro_ved as- . limn Bacon, Henry Brown, EriC Edenholm, John Eutaler, and m ~t.tee we ,dea~t With was. very of Op~rating Engineers Local 3 circumstances. war~ant ~n fu- Walter fi'Iills. ,_ fan . .. but, like all _ employ~rs . are the climax of several years ture years. It IS my mter;twn, as . .. watchf:Xl of their own m- time.and study to work out the I well as that ~f the officers ot te~~~ts, so I~ was a hard bar- best possible provisions. Local 3 to ultimately cover ev- gammg sesswn all tl!e way! Th .. · h' 1· ery single member in the Union. · . e mam pensiOn ac Ieve- . · . · STEEL ERECTION AND PILE- ment is the plan now activated, All members covered -~Y this DRIVING PAY SCALES NOW which covers all construction in- plan have been mailed cqpies of ~O ~W,1¥,7: B!c~]~0. ~0 • , Cc~LJ~: :- ctustry__ mt)mbers. ~ in~ Nm:tpern-: _a booklet , describing, th€;;Jnany : Because til:e wages of the Op~ California and Northen Nevada._ features of the. plant. I _would eratino· Engineers · in utah had Five· types of pensions ate suggest that you read this·book­ ~all e n ~so f~r behinq thos~ paid presently provtded: · NORMAL Ilet carefuily. If you d_on't have m Cahforma and Nevada, It was PENSION of $60 a month, pay- a copy you may obtam one at our aim to try to equalize them able to retiring members aged , the nearest office of Local 3 OR as 'nearly as possible. Although J65 . with 25 years of service; RE- ' by writing t o OPERATING EN­ we were unable·' to accomplish DUCED PENSION, for those r e- GINEERS . PEN$ION PLAN­ •• this fully, we did· equalize the tiring at. 65 with less t,han 25 ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, at wages for two classes. of work years' service; EARLY PEN- 4 76 Valencia Street, San . Fran~ Sacramento' ar?a's .new pensioners included Harry S. Cole, . .. steel erection a:nd pile _driv- SION, on r ~t irem ent at 60 or cisco 3, California. -Alvin J. Verser, King W. Walters, and Ray O'Kelly, shown her2 ing ... and we were success- over; DISABILITY . PENSION, · '· with Bros. Al Cle~, at left, and Paul E dgecombe at right. Checl>:s ful in closing the gap; to a great available after age 50 for. mem- . You may request a~ apphca­ were presented on A11-g. 4. ' degree in other categories. We, bers who qualify for Social Se- t~on f?rm for the ppnswn atany were ~lso able to .convince ·the curity . Disability Benefit; BA- ~Ime rr?I?- that_ office .. Your Un· employers that ·the Operating SIC . PENSION provided for I?n offiCla~s w~l~ be glad to as ~ Engineers were entitled·. to a members who retired during the SISt ~ou ll1 filll_lg for. proper good increase -because of the in- six years immediately preceed- benefits u n~er this Pe_nswn Pl~n creased efficiency of the equip- I ing Jan. 1, 1959. and to yrov1d~ you With anh ~I1- . ment and th~ special , skills of . The past pension credit ~ov~r- ~o~r.natwn whi_ch may be e P· . the· operators. --· . mg many or Local 3's old timers u · There was agreement in prin- ~ho will ret~ e on _reduced pen- In closing I would like ~o ac· I, ciple also on a modified hiring swn_s was wntten mto the plan knowl ~dge a letter received arrangement details of which ?eca11se the Trustees, both un- from Bro .. King Walters one or will be speil~d out by a commit- wn and employer, felt th!J.t they our old-timers. Bro. Walt~rs . tee of equal number from the were · entitled _to a pension-for · sent a personal letter .thankmg I union .and the . employers. the long years they have worked the Officers an~ members of ~- 1 - in the ·construction industry. cal 3 ..lor makmg the penswn _This was all brou~ht . about It is anticipated that 600 plan possible. In his own words . , . " · . · 1 w1th only -. one - sma~l JO? shut-- members wUl qualify for retire- he expresses his gratitude as fol- San Jose aiea s fnst pens:on~rs were John T. Banmster,; down for a very b~Ief time, af- rrtent this year and that, ulti- lows: "My head l~ghts have -i\lexander . Bond, Jame~ P~ttm, Albert Sharon, John. VanDorn, ter the Comp(,lny withdrew from mately, P-ension checks will be dimmed and my fuel pump runs O~car F. yeager. Also. 1_n-p1ct?-re were Bro. AI Clem, at .left, and the A.G.C. and r:efused to nego- sent to 2,5oo retirees monthly . slow ~ .. I sure need this pen· VIce-President J:.m·y Dowd, m background. Presentation took tiate with our union; the job The Administration Office sion for my work is done!" place Aug. 9. was picketed and nine of . our · · -- · brothers refused to cross the . TO ~AlE' t..ADI\eB.S Ipicket lin_es even though a great OFFICIAL NOTIC: ~ m : ~nn;.r\- · ·- • deal· of pressure was applied by SEPTEMBER the .Employer, Jor . whom many - · d. of them had worked exclusively 7 (Wednesday) Frisno, Labor Temple, 631 Kearney B1 v · the past twenty years. Ever-y 8 (T~ursday) · Ukiah, Labor _Temple; State Stret. • . member·of Local 3 in Utah owes 14 (Wednesday) Salt Lake, Teamsters' Han, 443 S. 6th E. _ this group a ·debt of /gratitude 15 , (Thursday) . R2no, Reno Musicians' Bldg., 120 W. Taylor and respect, as their ·actions HAVE YOU CAST YOUR VOTE ON THE PROPOSED BY- helped our cause a great deal. · . · .. ~ · . _ · . LAWS? ? ? If we are to preserve the democratic Processes w1thm Our gains were· 'the . achieve- ~ Loc~l No.' 3 an!l make ·the11.1 ~or~ suc~~ssf~liy it is. ~he ~uty of ment of · !JNI0N .TEAMWORK every -member · of Local No. 3 to exercise his Amen can nght to of the members vote on' .all issues presented to· you. THE MEMBERS . WHO 1 w)Jieh C()ns ~s te'd 1 in the bargaining unit, first of . SERVED ON THE BY-LAWS .COl\'IMITTEE WERE ELECTED BY _ . _ __ ·' . ~11, lhe_n the 9fficer~ _of the U~ YOU. _Many months of thei'r time and 2ffort were devoted _to · , . Oakland- San Francisco area had the .largest· ~roup of_ firSt wn·, the r_epresentabves . and t~e comp-osing .this set of by-laws to protect. and benefit the member­ . pensioners. Shown here are George FreeJl1_an, Archie Vandewark, technical · staff. 'J;'hrough this ship, ... HQ:wever, the job-is not complete UNTIL YOUR VOTE Bm JK:Hb; L~s Mears, Lucius Bake~;~ Jot;) C1n-:rea, Joseph Guilmette,,; team_work.,, we developed a IS CAST! We urge you to protect your rights as a .membar' by . • Ca'!t'l Thomason/~illiam Jackson, Joe ~asler, K L; ' "Toby'~ Davis,-,-smoot_h· ~YC!,rking ma<:~ne with studying.. thes~ · proposed by-laws and marking and mailing your .. · H~!l'!l'Y :Oise!J., .George. '\V: ~t~vens, .. Chns, Inup~l, Charles. Plumb, t~e : d1stnc~ repr_eseptatwes.pro- ballot so that'it :Will be receivedin the post-offi~e PR~OR TO 19 __ James Jor.da~ , .W· E.