J 0 URN A L
J. J . Bar ry
EDnORIAL
Stop ForA
Minule,
AncIink
UnlOlllSln
• •
S uppose you wcre out in the
world working for a living as a
tec hnic ian or an engineer or a cler-
ical worke r in an nc r s pace. elec-
troni cs or tel ec ommunication
company. Or maybe you are a skilled
electricia n, utilit y wo rkc r or worker
in a ma nufactu ring plant a nd yo u
need a day off to care for an ill
parent. child or pouse or to move
into a new home or need to sec
your doctor or den t ist beeau 'c of
sudden illness. Do you call your
supervi or. fore man or bo and
request the time orr! What happen
when they say II V? What do y u do
now? Do you appeal to the pre,i-
den t of the company or c hairman
of the board ?
Suppose you ha ve been a good.
loyal , productive c mpl oyec for the
past several yea rs. You know you r
compa ny is financia ll y profitable ,
but you have not had a raise for the
past three years. Do yo u . -k the
boss for n raise? What happc ns
when he says 11 0 and ofrcn, no
-- ~ .
reaso nable ex planat ion . Wha t do
you do now?
Assume you ha ve worked for th e
co mpany for 18 years. arc married
a nd have c hi ld ren in school look ing
forward to a college ed ucation . YOII
have equity in your ho me, and YOll
arc aclivc in comm unilY ulTairs .
uddenly. yO Ll r company merges
with anoiher one and Ihey have
combined their operat ions in a city
300 mile. away. T hey ha ve given
you a choice : Transfer to the distant
location. or look for another job.
What do you do now? Who do yOLl
talk to'! Where do you turn?
Many would , ay forget it, "You
can' t fight cit y hall." Wrong. You
live in a democracy and you ('{III
.. t1ght CIlY hal l. " This IS where
unions come in . nions eSl abli sh
ind ustrial democracy in private en-
terprise and in Our corporme -ori-
e nl cd society. Without a union the
individual has no real recourse if
the company makes an arbitrar y
decision. The e mployer can la yoff
international President
o r tire a ny IOdlvldual for a ny reason
or for no rcaso n at all.
W hen you have a union. ,lte
I\'ork(>r.~ IWI '(! tll'uice and
other employees the responsibility
for establi hing wages. hours.
share wilh
wo rk ing conditions, promotion and
layoff polieie • . and create a n open
door to the employer. You have the
strengt h of numbe rs whe n you be-
long to a union . T he union can
provide the economic si rengt h and
the knowledgeable manpower nec-
essary to put YOll on ,In eq,m l basis
with Ihe employer.
Collect ive bargaining is the en-
, ible. intelligent a nd peacefu l way
to I esolve confli ct. Contrary 10 what
n minion employers may ay, over
98 percent of all contrac t negotia-
tions have bee n resolved wit hout
the need for a ny labor strife.
It waS not easy for employees to
sta nd up for their rights when unions
wcre li rsl bei ng organized a nd Ihere
we re nO laws 10 protec tlhem. Ma ny
lost thei r lives so our members
could enjo y the union benefits they
take for granted today.
Fortunately. st rong. dete rm ined
men and wo men knew ihere had io
he H heller li re a nd fough t to achie ve
it . Today we e njoy the fruil s of Iheir
labor.
The trade union movemenL in the
Uni ted tatc ' a nd Ca nada ha a
long history. which we will high light
thro ugh tl series of art icles in ru ture
l Ol/fllal issue s. Reflect on ju t whal
it mea n~ 10 be a union member.
YI..IU have im.Jivill ual c..IignitY t a cer-
lain peace a nd eeurit y knowing
your union works ror and protects
you . Because of unions the siand-
a rd of living you have today i
prole ted. Hut be vIgilant: the a nti-
union ele ment oUl thcre wo uld strip
you of everyth ing if given the op-
port un it y ! Be proud 10 be a union
member: and when you have a quiet
moment. SlOP a nd wo nder what it
would be like Wtherc were no unions.
Think about it! ~
 becutive OffIcen
J. J. SAiRRY JACK F. MOORE
intllmltfiO(JaI PfeSJd«lr
h1rematlOfUj/ s.aerllty
1125 151t1 51., N-W, 1125 15th St , N.W
WaShington. D.C. 20005 Washington. D.C. 20005
THOMA S VAN ARSOALE
fnt8matlonaJ Treasurer
158·11 Jow9I ......enue
FIush'Il9. N Y 11365

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ALFRED W GIlES Surte 100
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MrClWn<J
JOHN J. McNULTY
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ROBERT MISSEY
Safely Dcra r1l11cnl
431 WyomIng A~
SctamOn. ~ytv.,..
2131 ~Slf_ 42 IBEW Members
St. t..ou.s. ~.IIOUft 63110-2885
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RlCHARO O. ACTON Oaxfana, c.wom.. 94612
1590 East 23rcI SCrHt
Clewiand. Oho 44114 fig"'" OWne'
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2750 Quadr. Street, Roam 12
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Square ON Cover Phoro
ean.ws. V8T 4Ea Member. (It IBCW Local 716 wno we
H. R. 281 Dcbalcd ""'Of~'"9 ~ the Sourn Te _as . r Powet
IIEW lou ....1 Depertment PrOject at 6.ay Crry. Te.

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 Construction Department

Blueprint
For
rogress
dealing wit h I< <lie , involvin!! Proj-
ec t Agreement", General PIC i-
dent" Agreement,.IBEW ational
M ainl cna n c Agreemen ts. numcr·
ou, SpeCla11 ~recment. the new
Ouhide tlli li ty Con,tru <·tion Na-
tiullal Project grec lllent. juri. dic-
tlonal di 'plll e, . prevai li ng-wage i,-
sues and ,,, re ty prnhlelll '. Add
arbitration,. occa,innal Art icle XX
proceeding, pili, olher ol"w lltl y
surfacing rrohlcm., directly or in-
direc tl y affec ting a sector of our
Bro therhood compri,ing d 'c to a
qU_Irter or a million memher~ . a nd
you can be!!in to ,ee what i in-
volved in the operation of th;, de-
partme nt.

Major Agreements
A, the gene",1 climate of the
COII,t l ueti n indu'LrY h3-\ changed
throughout the yca r~. the IB E W
rcali z.cd there were many new areas
where job opportunit ies CC3 me
avai lable to Ollr membe rs. As early
as the mid- 1940s. Int e rnational S pe-
cialty Agreeme nt. were writte n to
COVer ,hvll·lcrm jobs of a very
specialized field in a highl y mobile
Typical 01 fhe projects Involv;ng 'SEW cons'rucUon members Is the Stou"er's Hotel segmenl of our indust ry. These
being built in Baltimore, Md. Ron Ust and Frelda Lochamy are two of our members agreeme nh allowed our employers
on the lob.

A"
we look al uur I nterna tiunal
today. we see a much dilTe rcni
"t ru cturc than w hat w as perceived
by uur Founding Father" 0 one
could have dreamed du ring the in-
rHnCY of our Brotherhood Ihal we
wou ld not unl)' gro\ tu be the SiLC
we arc loday. bllt that \\ e wou ld
nl"o become a" liivcr"i(kt.l . The
o n trllclion and Mai nt enance De-
partment of ollr Brotherhood i, but
Olle c>.am ple or a lahor orga ni z.a tiu n
keeping up with or attempting to
keep up wi th an eve r-changing so-
ciety.
An average day in th e Con struc-
tiun Deparlment find Director
Cha rlc, ., Bud " Fhh r . nd hi' "afT
to be compe til ive in many (Ircas
where wi l ha Ul the use of the e
agreeme nt , our Bro thers and Si.-
te l !'! w ould not olher'wi se have had
access tn j uh • . In t985 our membe l"'
e njoyed approximate ly 12 ,000.000
hOllrs of employment under these
agreements.
In 19 6 the bui ldlllg tmdc,' gen-
eral pre idcllb form ul ated the Ge n-

2 IBE W JOUKNA JUN l::. 1987

 Direclor Charles " Bud " Fisher conducts a staff meeting with Arlie Heald, James Sharp,
Jack Joyce and Richard Stromberg, International Representa tives assigned to the
department.

eral Prc~ldenh ° Agreeme nt. which

allu\\ cd building I nuJc"t ulli()n~ to
pl ~lcc (;rafl ... mell <HI \ anou, proj(,cl~
after aClual CU n\lrllCllon had com~
to an end . rhrollgh Ih Con,lruclioll
and Maillll:II,IT1CC Department. lhe
IBEW h'" heen " pan of Ihe Gen-
eral Prc, ide nl ,' Agrcemenl (G PA )
, in l:c i, , , inLocpllllll . I""or appro,x i·
ma tdy 30 year" lhi " agreement 1m,
,crvcd 0111' Brotherhunt! we ll . In
19~fllhcrc were 3M~ "cliv~ Gene ra l
Pre"t luent~ ' Agn::clllcnl" \\ ilh I)VCI
1. 71~.W9 m;lI1- hlllll' ,,,,,-ked hy the Secretary Arlene Saker
IBn assists Arlie Heald and
Ull h,alll,n "r BlllkllOg anu Con- Richard Stromberg
WIth lurisdlcrlonal
'-It rut llon 'rm..!...:... Pro.jel't grec- and Davls·Bacon
menl, h"I' IOCT('a"ttJ "Igmlicantl) matters.
ovc l lhc 1;:"" five ) ca r.., Toda) rnu~1
or the la rge con' lnICII"n rrojech
pcrfo rmed wllh 1I 11h)l1 Iradc~ nH! 11 Secre tary Debbie
arc cove red ullllci thc'-lc I) rc~ or Harris and James
agrcclIlc nl "l . Contr.lr}' III ro pular Sharp prepare
documents lo r the
helie f. "ppro\lmalcl~ <)0 percenl of National Electrical Code.
Ihe,\! agrccm...:nl" ~lrc ncgutiatcu hy
Ihe local UI1,.II" Ihnlll!,!h Ihelr loca l Secretary Colleen Kalb and Jack Joyce
review a General Presidents' Agreement.
BUilding anLi Con , ,, udlon 'I ralic,
Cuuncih. \\ il h lHlI) 10 pCrCL'nl Ill.'-
gOl iah:J hy Ih~ IOlcrnfi tioni.llunion, In AIJhaJl101 10 hu ll ding trade,
Ihrough Ihe HUllu lIl!,! anu ("",,,true- crart"Illt.:Il .
tio n T rau c, Derarlmenl ( HeTD) in In ll)g6 1\\ II n\.' \\ il grc c lll ~n l ' \\<('rc
Wa, hing lo n. D.C. The ,urrc" "I' in lrllullccd . Ihe IH EW Niltio"al
the Be TD uni nn, in gain ing uniun M uint cnantL' Ag l t.:Lo l11cnt and Ihe
joh" through rJ(~i""cl agrecment ... ha ... OUhh.l~ Ut ll ll) ("\lIh t rlli..' lI\ln I~I ­
recentJ) ht.:cvm e a lTl ilj(.lr (.· ~lOc.:crn IlUllal Pn..lJ"".' l J\grl'l'll1\!nl I he: k
for Ihe antlUOIon I!lcmenL ii' e\l- ilolMI j\1 ~lintcn~lI1l.:l' \grcclll t:nl ~ II ­
lIenL cti hy the il\.... l rll'"~ ,)f con ~
o
I(}\\, u, Iu Icmalll competlthe 111
:-, tl'lIctiUIl \\-OIk on Ihl! To)ula Pla nt Ihe fidu of mainlenance and 10
in K c n tllc~~ a nd Ihe Chry,lcl Planl proieci Ihe Wllf~ l,aulIl""all, pcr- ... ,
m EW ,IULHNAI. JUNf. I~X 7 )

Secretary Jane Bryden and
Director Fishel prepa/fl a
report
formed by ISEW membel ' . The
lit Ide Utility Con (runion a-
tlonal Pr ~ec i Ag reement i, un or-
gan iLing 1001 inlended 10 rccuplure
ou",de con,truetion work. Coop-
eratIon from all our local unIOn. i,
neces nry ror ,ucccs,ru l utiliL<llion
of bOl h agreeme nt ;.
The alional Market R ec(Jvcr~
Program ror mon onstruction i,
iJ nationwide lahur/ma nagement
rort to improve the compe litive po-
ilIon of umon con, truetion. The
program i~ national in scope but
local in practice . A:, an active mem·
her of the Market Recovery om-
millee . the I BEW ,wnrh ready 10
meel wil h 10ell l leadcI"'hip and pro-
vide gllJ danee in gell ing o rganized
and in wIving problem .
Annual Conference
A "I chilnge~ bcco IHl.' nccc..,,,,,ury in
the \\ (Jrkplace . they hecome nee-
c..,~ary in the cla"'troom ", well.
nder the direclion of Pre;ident
Barry . the 19R7 Con,lructlon Con-
rerence Introduced a ne\\. progre,-
,ive format "h,ch will create a more
informed and more involved mem-
her ·hip .
Through ,Ii de pre,ematio ns. a n
A FL- 10 to HYIlIi Rege ncy Holel
(In-line compuler di'play ill ",t ral-
Ing the capabllllles of the Af L-CI
Pen,ion Data CollectIon y,tcm ,n
maintaining IIp-lo-dHl c record::t on
the invc,l menl holding' of alliuinlly
allmlnislercu IB EW-affi liated pe n-
,ion fund, . and wor~ ,hop-covering
vanous departmemal rc'pon ibi li-
lic,-,uch ,,, I)avi,- Bacon. Na-
tion.tI Electrical ode _ Juri sdi ction
and Gene ..... 1 Pre i d em~ ' gree-
m\!IH-lhc delegate ... received infor-
mation on in novat ive a nd progre,-
, ivc lechnique, being 1JI ili7e u by
Ihe I BEW in the con'lruction in-
e f~ lIl"lr~ . In addilio n. delegate, had
the upporlunit y to excha nge Iheir
\ ic\\ 1'0101, and idca' \\ it h the ot her
delegate, an d wil h Intemational Of-
ficer, a nll ,taiT me mber"
Following the Annu I u nsl ruc-
tio n onference . mos t of the
delegate, allend the BUilding and
o nstru tion Trade Legislati ve
Conrerence where reprc\cnlativc . .
from affi liated build ing trade, union,
ga ther to addre s ,ueh problem, a,
job tra ining. comm Unll.:.lllon') ano
media re lation,. 'l,hc 1o, . . crccn-
ing. and Da" , -Bacon dc\cl,p-
me nlS ,md legislat ion . One of the
higge' l pri orities of the bu ilding
trade ... union, thi s year i:-, the pas-
sage or House a nd enate bill. to
prevem double-breasted ontrae-
lor fr 1m evading un io n agree ments
by ,c tting up para ll el non union " p-
cnllion, paying ub landaI'd wages
and hcnefih .
As Illle rnationa l Presiden l J . J .
Barr}1cmpha ~iz.eLl In lI i:\ nddre ~s to
the Con~lruction onferenee. if the
IS EW" 10 pracHee what ilpreache
ami contin ue to be the mo't pI' -
UU4..:11 ve . progres ivc and innovative
labo r urgaJ1JLation . it mu,t be will-
ing to ex.c hange new idea . . and make
change> loday for a be lle r tomo r-
1'0\\ . The Con truction a nd Ma in-
te nance De pa rtmcn t reflects this
mandale by institul ing change, 10
mee t Ihe dema nd, o f Ihe mode rn
con,t ruclion im111''Ilry .
Organ izing De-
partment Director
Michae/lvcas
conducted the Or-
ganizing Work -
shop .
Construction local
u.nlon leaders pre-
pare to aMend one
01 the Construc-
rlon Conference
workshops.
IIl E' JO KNA J I- tm
 Safety Department

Playing It Safe
Safely Depar'ment Direc'or George
Smilh displays Ihe ISEW Life Saving
Award.

B elec tri cal \\-orker,\

ac~ in 18~() One of every Iwo
wa~ ki ll ed on
Ihe johl II w;" impo"ible fur"
worker in our indu'\try 10 ohlain life
,",urance. Seeing the plight of the
widem, and orphan, of former fel-
low worker"'!_ iI gruup got together
in St . LOlli . . . Mi~ ... ouri. and formed
nllr I3rolherho,)d.
Safely un the job h", cun lin ued
a~ one of the leading objecllve ... of
Ihe II3E W. For year, Ih" wIII ~ Wa,
cO rdonated under Ihe Re,earch
Depart menl. hU I in 1959 il w;" de-
cilkd Ihal th l' work dc,ervcd a
!lpecial department wit h no other
du lic' Ihan promollng Ihe ,afety
anu health of our membe". Since
ih Inceplion un June I. 1959. the
departmenl h;" had three dlrcctor,.
Vi tor Wh,tcholl,e. IInlil hi , dealh
In 1970; Charie, Tllprcr. who re -
tired in January 1\181: and George
mith.lhe CUlTcnt director. Brolher
Smith " a"i,leu in hi_ dUIIC' by
Veronica William s. hi.., pcr,onal a~ if we arc I.:on,tanll) (111 the d..:· Con ... trul'IIHn rl1.1Jc... ()cpa l tmenl
,ee retar} . fen\ivc . 1111. \\c ha\c tl.!niu.::iou ... l, 'lIhCOmllllltCe un Safel) and I kallh
Even Ihough :'1 greal deal ofprog- been working to upgrade c\i:--ting Slanuan.l ... . The ... \! (ummiuce ... mee t
rc~" ha' been made. Illany of our ~tnl1 uilnb und l(l urvdor nc\\ reg ul arl y \\llth guvernment uffkiah
member, are ~i"cu each year. bOlh stanu;lnl", to meet (he challC'ng~ of to \ oicc our pu,itiun", on the ... \.! reg·
011 and ulTthejob. in accidenl, Ihal the c\.cr-changing \\or"-rJacc alld ulation ... uno 10 revi\!\\ prupo ... cd
collid h:l\ c been aVOided if proper the nc\\. hillard, lh:J1 aCl.:umpan) aClion, . rhe 11310 W frequentl) le,-
equipment. trJining am..! !'Iullervi- lhc Icchnulogu.::a l dcvdllpmcnl .... The IIlic ... befure government agcllclc
,ion had heen 'Uflplicd . IBEW w()r~' c/o,e1) with olher itnLll"Omlllllt~l~'" on mailer ... of ... afely
The I B EW has for many yc;,,, laburo rgaflllallun ... 111 thl . . an..'''1. I'll\' anLi health. He abo 'IeI've ... on the
hccn deeply involved in Ihe devel- director of otlr SafelY Dep,lrlmelll o HA Ad,i,,,ry CommiJlec on
opment and mainlenan e of elfec- ,crvc, a, chairman uf bolh Ihe AFL- Con'''lIclion -"fet) "nd ))""llh.
li ve ",rei anu health Icgi,lation in C IO SuhclImlllilJec on Salel) "0.Internalional Office Repre-
Ihe .S. Hilt! C,,,,ada. II often 'cems Slandards and Ihe Building anu ...cnlOllivc Roher! L . Crunl ... crvc~

IH EW .JOUltNALIJUNE 19S7
 Secretary
Ihe I. O. on safety and mailers ; VeronIca WIIII.ms
promote safety : a nd cooperale with 100 Ol,O(;lor
,arclYorgi.ln izatiun s as determi ned SmIth updal.
by the L. a nd 'L'directed by the commIttee reports.

!. 0 ." However. many local> do

nul comply.
Allhoug h the num ber f local
lInlOn, , ubmilti ng accide nt rcport :-.
incre",", each year. ovel ha lf of
Ihem ,lJlI dll not rep rt aCCidents
to the l. O. Many Iata lit ie, are
on Ihe Fede ra l d i 'ory Commillce
re ported only after our SafelY De-
o n SillelY a nd Hea h h concern ing
paJ1mc nl ha, contacted the I ca l
governme nl e mployee .
cuncerning a newspaper account
Rcrognill ng Ihat the govern me nl
cuming to Its attention. an OS HA
a, well '" 01 0,1 of imJ u,t ry re lic> il al ion which appea rs to in volve a
heavi ly on the qandards develo ped
fatalil ) _ or an EWBA re port h w-
by con,en,u, thro ugh the e private
IIlg that a death cert ificate ind icate
organization. the IBEW ha lo ng
an o ll-the-job fala li ly .
made its voice hearu in this area.
Frum the nearly ~.OOO accide nt
We have been well represe nted by
re po rts received by the Safet y De-
IB E W laff a nd member on om-
part me nl in 1986. we clearly ee
m in ec~ a nd board of the Ame rica n
,ome de fi lllte trends. For o n-Ihe-
ational tandard In titute (AN I).
job accidents there arc four primar y
the A merican Society for Testing
cau,e of disabling injuries and three
a nd Material (AST M). nde rw ri-
prim" ry cau,e, of tillali lie, as , hown
ter's Lab ra tones IUL). and the
in Ihe chart below .
at io nal Fire Protec tion A'socia-
tion (NF PA). On NFPA ational
Electncal Code Commillees a lone.
nea rl y 50 IBEW loca l unio n repre-
Accident Trends
for IBEW Me......n
_.1
Inl ......
se ntat ive ... serve either a members
or alt t:rnalc:,.
Strains and sprains
T he SafelY Departme nt main-
(primarily back)
lain ... accident o; tal is lic\ based on
the accide nt report reeel vcd fro m
local unions. Copie, of these re-
• Other material·
handling Injuries
POIt, are rurni hed to Ihe de pilrl-
me nt whi h ,crve Ihe branch of
the Brothcrhoou where the ac 'ident
•• Falls
Electrical contact
occurred . Th c~e report , a re qui le and burns
valuable and are oft en u,ed in te,-
limuny be fore govem ment agcncic,
or ""ndnrd develo pme nl commit-
• All other
causes
tee to de mon" rate \l,h) ,tandard,
and e nfo rcement , hou ld be im-
proved. Annual sum marie are a lso
pre pared showing acc iden l Ire nd,
within our Bru lhe rhuod. For Ihe, e
10 be rna t errective . il i im portant
Ihat aU fata lities a nd , e rious a e i-
dent, be prompt ly reported In the
~a fety D epartment in Ollf Interna-
tional Omce.
Our Inte rna lional Const il ution
require, " Each L. U. , hall ha ve a
Safety Comm illce whic h sha ll : in-
vestigat e and repon. senou acci-
dent and futal ilies: coopenuc with

6 IR EII' JO URN UJ NE 1987 I

 It ~ppear that for every membe r
killed on-the-joh acciuent, at least
two were killeu on lIccillenb ofT-
thc:ioh. ApprO'Jmmd) h,~f of lhese
lIie in motor-vehICle dcdtlcnt .... Mo...t
of the,e death, coll id have been
prevented by the mc of ,ca t bdh .
Our concern for the member ex-
tend, to off-the-joh ,i tulIlion, '"
1\ ell II tho,e on-the" oll. Each month
the Jlll/flial carrie, a " afe ty Tip . .
arllck pre pared oy Ihe Sa fety De-
rarll11l!nt and a o.,afcty rO~lcr on the
hack CO\ er ",hi h rdate, to dan-
gertH' ... ,it ualion\ il\\ ay from \\tort...
In 1\18_- the Safctl Department
cunducted a ""'vel or our U.S.
h.H..:al... to uctermlt'c lh~ ilcuvit ic"t of
the Safety COlllmillee, required by
the IH EW Cun'lilutlon. II found
Ihat over ~o percenl of our U.S.
locah ~Irc nol in cumrllanc.:c. Some
.ndicated the employer had a Safe ty
C"IIImillec: but nearly onc-fou.1h
0' the locah IIldicalt.!lilhcrc wa no
Safety Comm.lIee covering the ...
member,. Arrn)\.matdl 68 per-
ce nt ,,,id Ihey did not 'end accident
rep"n, 10 the J. O. Approxim",cly
(me-Ihlrd "'~lId thcil member... re-
cClVed no liN aid. I'R or ,aCeI)
t,,"n ing from any uree: and nearly
half "aled Ihal Iheir memher, re-
ce.ved no Irai ning in the healt h
I"",n·,h of the... wo.~. Con,c-
quenil) . 10 accompli,h Ihe objec-
live, of protecting our members'
II\~' and Iheir he,lIlh. we need the
full c:ou pcralioll of all local union
onkt.:r\ 10 "iCC thal acuvc afclY
and I iealth Commltlec, ilre func-
ISEW Local 336 member Ralph Alles, second from right. recently receilled a Ute
Saving Award.
III Ell' JO RNA JUNL 19R7
lionmg 111 their lo,al Ulllon . While
Ihe emrloycr b re, pon,ible for pro-
viding a ,afe and hC'~lhful "or ~­
pia c. lucal union office" mu,1
conlpl) \\ ilh our con litutinn and
... cc to it that their mcmht:I'" n:ccivc
nccc~'\ary train ing and rrotec tion.
'I he . afety Dcrartn"'nt received
ove. 7tHI 'peein ,c<lUt", lor u,-
.., i.,wnc~ from UtiI' local'l during 1986.
MO . . 1 or the ... !.! rcqul.!"It\ h(lvc been
for in formatIon on lOAk: or haLard-
Olh IllUI criaJ.... . With the many new
,ub,la ncc' "ppeari ng 111 Ihe work-
place . our ioca" are rcall/.n" the
need h.lr ~1 "" I "' lancc in finding the
",fe,1 Illelhmh of W(,..~ong 111 these
cnvil\\I)m~n\"" without l.:"Iu"ing !'tC-
nou, dange. tn the W''''~CI ', health.
Man} local, ,nc rciuetanl to deal
\\ .Ih thi, i"ut. prohably cau,cd by
Ihe lenglhy lalenC) period of many
of Ihc,c hc.a ll h cllI!CI" . MHn y arc
rcalillng thai cxp0"'lure 10 a'lbe!o!to~
In the IY-lU" I' OU\\ clII'\ing
monar y Jcfici\"l1cic'I ,lI1d cancer.
often untrcatabk. tl' aprear. Lo-
tene y pc. illl" 111'10. :>0. 10 and eve n
40 yc ar ~ H i e COlllll1l)l1.
I'ur mall Y YCi1P, our Ill1 crnation~11
anker, hi\\LC encQur.\);!\!u ,)tlr Incn',,;
to cUII,ukl ;Iflilialion wi lh tht..' La-
bor Di,,,,,,,, IIf the Nallona l SarelY
COlincl1. We knnll Ihat 1/11\ Ill CIll-
hc"hip will provide (llIr Illcal union,
\\ irh i.1 grc, l1 dcal 01 Information am.!
malenal that \I 011 help Ihe loca l
union SarCI~ LummlllCI.! hecome
more e fk Cllw. The I)jEW h,,, heen
the Icadlllg unIOn 111 the I .ahur Di-
vi"iun fur almt '-I I ..III of .[\ ~o y..:u r ... _
Our International
Constitution requires
"Each L. U. sh all
have a Safety
C omml'ttee ... II
0,,1' Ilr~ 1 Safet) Department direc-
till'. V.etor WhiIChllu,c. w," one or
Ihll,e who \crved a, chairman in
the earl) days of Ihe Labor Div.-
,ion. M,,,,, I)j EW member, have
,ervcu '" chairmen of Ihis divi,ion
a nd .1\ cummlllee,. Our direclOr of
!-.ah:ty ha'-l for "cveral ycar\ "ervcd
ii'I icc prc,idcnl for labor or the
Iauon,,1 Safety Council and ", a
memher of i" Hoard of Direclo".
rh~ Labor Divbion mCCb I wi e
each YCi.lI. and thu~c attenoing have
Ihe urrorlunily 10 <hare wilh olhe",
pul-
Ihroughmll Ihe Labor Safety lind
Health Commun ilY of Ihe Unilcd
tate., i.lllti (machl. I..:arni ng from
each olher, ' c).pericm;c~. In addi-
tion. Inul1 l1lg '-Ic,.,jon:-. arc fUi ni,hcd
in many '''''JCCh of ill tcr~~1 III the
Local nion '"JeIY and Health
Comm ittee . The I. O. Safety De-
partmenl Il1c\!h '-Icparalcly with the
IHhW de legale, in aile nuance lo
iLn"t\\'Cr quc'-Itiun., and ,hare (!xJlC-
riene\!,
Sine!'! I9lH our Inlcmutiull ul ha~
hccn gJVIlig Life-Saving Awanh 10
member... uf uur BrothcrhtXKI wh{)!-.c
pre<cncc or mind. prompt aClion.
and genume COJ1ccnl for uther, have
,awd " human Iii" or livc,. early
2,000 of th"" "ward~ have been
pre 'cnlcd ovcr Ihe p"" I:> year,.
Man y l)ftht.::~c recipient, gave credit
to the training in fir" aid or cHrdio-
pulnwna') re,u,cilation (CPR) Ihey
h a~rc c.ved Ihnlllgh their local
uOion Safely Cummillcc .
Whole all ''''lOde , lI ch '" Ihi, can-
not po,,,hly cover all Ihe aClivilie,
oflhc S:ddy Departmenl, il i, hoped
that the hnlild area, uf con ern for
our mellloe,,' ".fety and heafl h be-
come, mOfe apparenl . Local union:')
wit h qUc\ lio.h in Ihis arCa ,h uld
take advantage of the a~~istHnce
availahlc. 'It
7

•• u
Gathering, Analyzing, Exchanging
Information
T he l' lI lminalion of a full year or
re,carch. indu,try tr,·nd, . gov-
t'rn lll cnl ar..:l itJll"i , wo rk c\rc ricnce.
("olk cllvc bargaining. ';Ifl' ( Y und le-
ga l Jcvc lopll1cnt~ relative 1\) Our
mcmhcp.. hip in the II tilily inuu",lry
\Va .. pre... cnled 10 (hI! delegate... whl,)
.. tl c ndcd the ,eric, ,)1' the 29th An ·
nual Regional Ut ilit y C() nrcrc n t:e~.
The fo ur i,;\lnfcrcncc , are co n-
ducted fUi all Im::al un ion" rcprc -
"".:nlillg !h ~ cn1ployecl\ elf elec tric.
fU'''\ and water utililie ..... whether or
nOI the Ulilil) i. . invc\lnr 0\\ ncu, H
rural electric I.:OOpcn.UI\ 1..':, or opef-
ah::J hy either a city _~latc UI feueral
gove rnment agency. A ... in prcviou ...
,car,. the delegate, at cach conler-
ence rcpre,ented region, defined hy
Inte rnatio na l Vice Prc~ide nti a l Di,-
trich . with the composition o r Di,,-
tricl~ va rying each year. Thi . . for-
mal provi de, the wide,1 po" ible
. . cope of ex posure to p..::r~on'" <lOd
int cl l!:-.h common to ut ility juri:-,liic-
tion..; .
UtilIty Department staff Is pIctured above during a brea k at the 29th Annual Re-
g/onal Utmty Conferences. Len to right are I.R. Paul ShooPI Director Robert
Macdonald, I.R. James Ouello, I.R. Bob Bierltz and I.R, JIm Dushaw.
Our
wa,
Inlcrnati nal Pre"idcnl J. J. Barr y
th~ ke ynote "peaker at three
of the CU ll rcrcncc:-.. but UIIl.!' 10 prior
commi tmcnts could not alleml the
one he ld at Colo rado Springs. Col-
unll in. In his opening rcmi.1 rk ~ Pres-
ident Ba rry ,,,io. "We all h:lve to
remember. ano neve r fo rget. thai
we arc a people organiLation. QUI'
only producl is th~t of caring for
the nccd:t ur ullr membership. re -
gardle" "I' branch." He also spoke
ahou t the rc,pon ibility and the need
for each local to pur,ue an a!ll;res-
"ivc campaign lu urgani ze the un-
organiLctJ.
Pre,i"ent Barry also reponed on
the 'llc ce~ , of Ihe IB EW and thc
AFL-CIO in last year's cungre,-
",iomll electioll"i, slati ng Ihar he Was
extremely po' Iud of thejoh the I HEW
did in Voter turnout a nd thai labor' .
error! "helped change the makeup
of the United Stales Senat e," He
pointed ou t the elTeet thai un-
rriendly polit ic ians can ha ve o n 1101
"We all have to
remember, and
never fo rget, that we
ore a people
organization. Our
only product is that
of coring for the
needs of our
membership . .. "
IBEW JO URNA L/JUNE 1~,I:(7
 Officers at th e conference, leir to right: Orville A. Tate Jr., IVP , 7th District; John A.
Hightower, IVP , 12th District: Clyde Bowden, Chairman, lEe : Roben R. Missey, IEC,
5th District; Richard D. Acron, IEC, 3rd District; Harry Bexley, lEG. 4th District; B. G.
WIlliamson. IVP. 4th Distric t; R. L. Raspberry, IEC, 6rh District. Delegates at General WorkshOp.

A de legate spealf lng at Ihe General

Workshop .

o nly is.ues affecling Ihe utility com-

panies. bUI abo on i"ues thaI . hould
bc ,e!t led at Ihe bargaining l'lble.
Ho ldi ng com pan ie, a nd de regula-
l ion were abo dbcu$scd by PI'I;:'>i-
den l Ba rry , who po inted OUI Ihe
nega li ve effec l deregu lation h", had
upon Ihe emp luyees of Ihe lele-
phone, trucking and a irl ine ind us-
Iries ,
T he porI city of Ba llimore. Ma ry-
land. wa. hosl to Ihe firsl confer-
e nce on Feb ruary 17, 18 a nd 19.
T he de lega te. 1'1'0 111 the FOllrlh. Sev-
e nlh a nd Twe lft h Vice Preside nlia l
Dislricts hea rd gue.t speaker Nev-
ius M, Curli, . c hairma n ofl he board
and presidenl and c hief executive
officer or Del marva Power ,ond Light
Company . Mr. Curli, spoke ,.bOUI
IWO programs wh ich have proven
10 be very effct.: li vc fo r hi s com-
pany-Ihe P,u'l ic ipalive Ski ll Pro-
gra m whic h h"., IWO goa lS-Ill keep
the e mployees inro rmed as to the
goal. and fina nc ial condition or Ihe
company a nd to e ncourage " n" al-
Director Kenneth Edwa rds ) Skill Improvement Department, speaking to the delegale s
about "Effective Communications."
low Ihe employee, tll be mo rc in-
o lved in the dec i,ion-maki ng pro-
ces' a/Teeling Iheir job" The second
program is Ihe Em ployee A" i,-
la nce Program (E A P) Iha l was c~­
la bli ' hcd by ajo inl Unio n- Ma nage-
me nl Comm ittee . The EA P i, nOI
o nl y avai lah le 10 Ihe e mployee ' .
bU I i, ;'''0 availab le to any me mber
of the employee', ramily ,
T h . ,ceond confere nce \Va beld
on Marc h 17. IS and 19 in Co lorado
SPJ'l l1g> al Ihe 1'001 o f Ihe Colorado
Rod ic" Mr. De lwin D. Hock,
preside nl and c hief' executi ve om-
eel', I'tlblic e rvice Company or
Colorado. >poke to the de legale.
frO lll lhe T hird and Eighlh Distric ts.
M r. Hock , Iatcd Ihal eKcess ca p<lC-
ily may lead to the de regulation of
Ihe elect ric utililY ind u,try . He wenl
o n to say Ihal bot h compa nies and
unio n ' mUl)l realize they have lO
face new eco nomic iss ues and lhal
it wi ll be neces sary ror compa nies
and unions to esta bli ' h a relatio n-
ship of coo pe ratio n. but Ihis rela-
tion. hip should not mea n j ob a nd
wage reductions.
D e legate from the Second , Fift h
a nd Eleventh Districls met in the
Gateway C ily of t. oui~. Mi s-
'ouri. on Ma rch 3 1 and April I a nd
2, T he gue I s peake r wa, Will ia m
E, Corne li u" preside nl and chie f
exe cul ive offi cer. Union Elect ric
Compa ny, who s poke on Ihe ma ny
c ha nges in Ihe ul ililY indu Iry ince

UlEW .I0U RNAI. IJUNI:. 1987 9

 Oelega tes al the
Genera l Workshop.

Delegates at 'h e Genera' WOfks hOp. Ofl1cers al the. con'erence, lef, 10 right: I.R. Carl Tu/orlno representing 11th DJsrrrcr
IVP Ray Edwa rds who was unable to attend because of Illness: Oan H . Wa t'ers . IVP,
5th District; J. J. Barry. I.P.: John E. Flynn, WP, 2nd Dis tric t; Harry B",,'ey, IEC. 4th
Distr Ic t; Ja mes F. Mulloney, 'EC , 2nd Distric t; Robert R. M issey, IEC, 5th DIstrict.

Ihe 1~7(h. Mr. llrnci iu, predicled
Ihat hCl"au"t: of Ihe compctltl\.)Jl rrull1
c'.lg,cncralion and eicclric.:il\ im-
port- from C"n"oJa Ihere \\ III he
more merger\ in the IHilit; IIlL!U\try
wilh I1crhap'!') i.r', fe\\ ,,'\ '0 maior
ul;J"~ comp(llllc, ,erving 010 . . 1 of
Ihe U.S. l ie ai,,, o", lilled Ihe Ill,uor
goa l, l,f Union 1·. leclnc Olllpan)-
Officers at the conference. left to right: Clyde Bowden , Chairman, fEC; Jon F. Wa tters ,
IVP , 8th Dlstrlct.- John J. McNulty , lEe, 1st Dlstr/c '; AJfroo W. Gile$, IVP. 3rd O/slr/eJ;
Roben R. Mi~ . IEC, 5 th DistrIct.
10 ,Ivoid ra le inc rca C'. 10 be morc
I c'ron~ivc to thl.: CUMo mcr'~ need ~.
IIIIPIU\ cJoh "Iatl"faClion for th e cm-
plUYCC5, avon.1 CQIl"truc liull of new
generaling planb. anu an ticipale
chall!!c . . 111 hm~ine"\ need, and in
ne\\ lechnologles.
The I"" confe re nce wa .. held 111
Ihe "Hi~c,' Lill ie ily in Ihe
WudoJ. " Reno. e ada. where de l
cgatc, from Ihe Sixth and inlh
Di Iriel mel fr III April 14lhrough
Apn116. 1r. Paul H . Lane. ge neral
manager allL! chicr engineer, Lv::,
Angelc, Departmenl l.f Wa le r and
Power. spoke 10 Ihe dc lega le' abOUI
Ihe dilTc lcnec, !lnd the ,imila ril ie,
of Illuniclpal uli lily 'y,'em " no
IIlve,lor-owncu utihue, . lie ex-
plained how Lo, Ange lc, ;" now
plann ing for Iheir power n<!cd, in
the I':I9(h ant! Iha l ,cvera l , iIC, are
being cO T1 l\idcred for fllture power
planls. li e :.1'0 lold how the Inter-
moun lain Power Proj eci plnn l wa>
,"n,tnleled under blldgel a nd thai

10 III KII JOl' RNAIJJU"E 19K7


Delegate speaking during General Workshop.
14 million man-h(mr . . \\<crc WOI !...cd
wit hout o ne hOll!' beIng 10 ... ' hecau,c
of i.I un ion di'pIlI C. I h.: 011,,0 . . laled
thc.11 cooperatIOn by the employt! f
and the umon On "Clfcl y 1\\UC\ ha,
led In a 11 percent redu(tto n to
..,enou, Injul'ic". Adul,ional C()OP-
cral ion h", aho led til impnlve-
men" in t he hca lth -ca re "1ll1 drllg -
policy program, an u e , tahlt,lt mclI l
of a Il ctu ma rc ... p"m . . c Unit fur the
cm pln ycc anu the cmplo) ce', I'am-
ily ,
Prc,~nt at each conference wa . .
1.0 , Sl..ill Imprnve menl Dcrart -
ment Director Ke nne lh I':u,,,"',k
w ho "dure"eu the ddegate, nn the
,ubjcc I of cffe,'t ive com mun i<:a-
lio n ~ In the loca l union, . "Hea ring.
and Ij,tcnlng arc not the ,alllC thing.
Li tenmg i~ a proce" of undcr-
\la nd ing and actlllg upon \\ hal yuu
hear. LJ\tcning involvc'I hen nng.
co m p rehending and rememher-
ing ." ,tateu Euward ... .
On Ihe fi r, 1 day or euc h confer-
ence. th e delcgatc'l h\!anl frum thcir
rc'peclive Int ernationa l Vice Pre,-
ident ... and In tcrnntiontl l E'\CClIl ivc
Cou ncil member... on numcrOlJ' 'lI h-
IRE\\ JOtJRNAJ.dtl E 19K7
Officers at the conference, lett 10 righ t: S. R. McCann.tVP . 9th District; Richard 0 ,
Acton , IEC , 3rd District; Robert R. Missel'. IEC , 5th Dis trict; J. J. Barry. I.P.; James P.
Conway, IVP. 6th District; Clyde Bowden, Chairman. lEe .
Delega tes at General Wo rkshop.
Jeeh a rrcc ti ng " II hrandlc, "I' the
Brotherhood anti on olh~ r il cm~
relating to lhe tJrh:ralion ... of th e
IB E W, l n .ldd "",n, Dl rcctol Kobert
Macdonald prc,c nted hi, "Rcrort
and Out lnn' nf Ihe Ulilil~ Depart -
ment. ·· Pa rt 4,J f hr ... Ic rort UI "'CU.,..,CJ
divcr\ificatlon in Ihc utj l it~ lI11hr\-
tr y. coge neration, Ihl.! avcragl~ nc- A delegate speaking at the General
Workshop .
gu tiated \\ age incrca'lc al in vc'l tor-
0\\ ned utililic, . ill1lhori/cd ... t rikc~ Memhe l" " I' the UtIlit y Depart-
JO 1~86 all O the "R Igh l-tn-Work" ment "tan'ahn di,cu ....... \! d other Iup-
(Fnl I-c,,1 Co m mitt ee , ic' on th e fil"'t anu la'l day' of Ihe
1 he . . ccnnu da) til' c,l ch con rcr- confe rence>; . International Rcrrc-
cncc \\ a... dC\,OICU to IUlII \\ urk- ,entatl\ e Ollello 'ru~c on ("<lI"'-
,hop, wndttctcd h) Ihe tililY De- dian cl cct rici l ) Impurh. an d Int er-
partment ",,11, Interlt m ional mUlC)\Ial Rcprc, e ntati vc Shoop
reported nn , hin work and jh clrCel"
Hcpre sc llt ativc Paul Shoop (,:011-
on \\ ork~r... . LmploycC' drllg. and
dueted th e Generat iu n WOI h"hop,
and I nt..:rn.ltional R..:pre . . ~ltId ll\' e alcohol pohde, we r~the 'UhJ cCI
Huh H,crltl \\U, III (;hargc lIf Ihe of I ntcl national Rcprc,cnlativc
G:" Wllrl..,hop _ IiIm and ,Iiu e Dut;; haw ', 'reech . and 1ntcrnatHmal
prc,cnwliul1 wa... ...hlm'n In con- Rep rc,entatl\ e BieritJ broug hl the
junc tIon ,, "h Ihe EIcClrtc Work- clciegalc, up 10 da te 011 Ih e Ta'
"hop cumlm:lcd hy I ntci n'lliu llal Re fOl'm Act.
RCJ1n~ ... cn latl"e Jamc . . Du ... ha\\< . A A 1<,"11 of 6,7 (\eiegail" a Hc nd ed
vu.h:otapc on the hcallh "'Pl.' c,,", of all llf the con ference",. J Clll o n"' lJ"at-
VDI, "a, ,ho"n tn the Clcncal mg theIr concern an d uC"Ilrc tl) Icarn
Wor I.. , hop which \.\, ii' cunn.lrnatct! and deal with th e many cha ll cnge~
b\ Int ernational RcprC,,\!nlative fac ing the tilily Branch of Ihe
Jamc, Ollello_ IB EW I
\I
 ,Busi SquareOH
Congress Debates Doubl - Breasting Bill
"The double- breasted legislative initiative is
designed to correct the abuses of certain
unscrupulous employers in the cons truction
industry. These individuals are using the double-
breasted ploy to ovoid living up to thl'! cantroc:tual
commitments that they entered into voluntarily with
our local union s. RegreHobly, corrective legislation
is necessary 10 protect the interests of our
members."
International President J. J. Barry
12
ncrea"ngly typical in the con-
I ·truction industry is the case of
a contractor , ignalOry to a labor
agreemen t reati ng a nonu nion
company. T he e mp ln~c. then tmll,-
fer, work [rom it' union ' hop to it s
nonun ion h ra ll ~ h . thereby jeopnrd-
izing the bu ines' prospects o f the
union company. This situation is
known a double breasting.
Proposed Solution
T he ballic to c nac t legi lation
whi h wOllld prevem const ruction
industry cmployer, from selling up
do uble-brea, tcd operalions that
erode co n ~tru ction worker, rights
i pre;,ently at it~ peak. In January
19R7 Re p. William L. Clay ( D-Mo.).
chairma n or the ubcornmittcc U ll
Labor- Manage ment Relatio ns. in-
Iroduced a bill to han dual shops in
the const ruction industry. H. Il..
281. T his bill wo uld amcml the a-
lional La bor Re lmion s Act to in-
crease Ihe ~tab ilit y of collecti ve
bargaining in Ihe building and con-
·tru tion indu,try by providing that
construction industry e mployers
who pe rform the ",,'me or similar
work " in the ·· ~a llle or different
geogra phical arca," which have
" suh. ta ntial common owne"hip ,
common management or common
clIll t,ul" wi ll he on ' idered a single
employe r IInder the Taft- H"rtley
Act. If one ,uc h em ployer s igns a
bargaining agreemen t with a union.
the agreement al~o applie ' to "II
olher e nti tie, who comprise a "sin-
gle employer" within the meaning
of the Act. 1-1. R. 281 would also
prevent con, 'n. tion indu try em-
player ' from repUd iating Section
8(fl prehi re agreements. unles the
majority of e mployee" vote against
union representation in a Board-
conducted ele lion. A prehore
agree men t i, one e ntered into by
a n e mployer amI " un ion priur to
the hiring f a full complemenl of
employee, . Such " provision IS
\\lE W JOlJRN L/JUNE 1987
 needed bee"u e e mploy menl in Ihe
co nSLru Lion indu Lry i ~ nece saril y
tran sitory.
A co mpa n ion bill . S . 492 . wa~
inlrodu ed in Ihe Sena te in Feb ru-
ary 1987 by Sen . E d ward M. Ke n-
ned ID- Mas .). Double- breasli ng
legisla lion passed Ihe Hou,e in
Ma rc h 1986 bUI di ed in Ih e enal e
in Ihe wa ning momen ts o f the 99th
Cong res,.
Business Viewpoint
H . R. 2RI i, opposcd by employ-
er, who regard it a, a n ,,"empl by
laho r to reverse the decline in th e
IIn ion I\hare of the co n ~ lruc l io n in·
dll,try . T he aliona l Coa li li u n 10
Dcfeat II . R. 28 1 a nd S. 4Y2 is a
bruad-ba;cd g ro up eo m po,ed of
cont ractor a'.l'.l ociat i on~. blJl.. incos,
orgcln i.allion!) and large co rpora.-
lIons _ T he) hargc Ihal H . R. 28 1
w(lulu give lahor -- Cllrtc b lanc he "
10 ,hape th e la\\ as it deem, a ppro-
pnate . They aho que,l io n t he need
1'0 1 ,,"e h legi,l at ion . argui ng that
preselll labo r laws ,tlread y surfi -
cicntl y r ru lccl la bo r conl rach .
At., an exa mple of "lIc:h " prm cc-
tion .-- th ey cite th e NLRB \ dec i-
~iOJl in th e ccJ'~e or Df'J...I"W{f & Sons.
2 2 LRB I o . I 4 (Fehruary 1987).
which ,"lies that a constructio n
intlu'l ry employe r Ill") no longer
un ilalera ll y re pudiat e a pre hire
agreement du ring the IeI'm of the
agreement. T hi , deci, ion i., if a ny-
thing even more di",luvanlagcou s
fur II lli O I1 :"1 , bccau~c it o;t ill
e mp loye r, free 10 rc pudi"l~ the
unlon' ~ " bargaini ng ,:,[a(u s" once
the Sec tiu n 8(f) agreemen t c.xflirc:,
e\'en if the union has majorit )' sup-
porI.
Opponcn" or the h ill ,,1'0 cla im
it affec!'> Ihe labor pi'll ' Iice, o f non-
con,lruction b usinc , ,e, . th at It will
appl y 10 a ll opcrHlio ll ~ or projc b
oJ' an e mp loye r rega rd Ie" o f t hei r
loca ti on, an d t hat it lega li ze, com-
l11()n - s i[ lJ ~ picket ing.
Organized Labor's
Response
Labor group > a re convinced H ,
R , 2 I will nol an'eel noneon,truc-
WEI" .JOUKNAI..lJUNE 19M7
lion bu,ines,es. They em ph a~i l<
Ihc bill s pecifi call y app lie, to elll-
ploye" ", n the con" ,-"Cl lon indu,-
try" \I " " perform "' the "IIIIe or
"iirnilm \\urk ." In audition . they
point ,'Ut tllll t the legblation wou ld
nOt preve n t :1 COntr:ICl or '" lib a
union agl i..:~l11 l.!nt in ~ta h.· ,\ I"rol11
ope ratin g nonull ion ill ... 1.1l l: H if hi!"
uniOn agreement i\ confined to ,:o,tatc
A . Th"l i, . H . R. 1~1 ' , regulati",,,
~lfe limited to Ihe geogmphiea l area
cove red h~ the agn.:cmc nh w hich
Ihe e mployer sig n wit h the un ion .
The lalmlhal H . R. 281 i, rcall
a eOllllllo n-.ill" picke ting b ill ap-
pear to be an intentionall y m b-
l e~l ding effo rl by it , upponents to
di"l rm.: 1 Hl tcn liu ll from the current
H.R. 281 NEIDS YOUR
HELPI
Conlacl ),our senators
"nd representatil'es; urge
them 10 I)rotec! Ihe righls
or co n ~ t ruction induslry
workers by j oining Ihe 124
co-sponsors of H. R. 281 in
Ihe House and Ihe 14 co-
~ponsor of S. 492 in Iheir
efforts 10 outlaw the prac-
lice of double brensting!
ACT NOW
BEFORE IT 15 TOO
I ca vc~
LATE!
incquitlc '\ 111 1~lhor 1;'1\\ \\ hli..: h the
bi ll ".lUI c\\e, . Laboo lead~" abo
"Ire"" Ihal fhe hill \\ill no. irnl1u~(, a
union or a coli("Cth e hargaini ng
a~r{.'Cmt nt 0 11 cmp lo)«"('!, agaiJl~1 lheir
\\ill. pointing 0111 th al lh c aut hority
10 enter 11110 prchi rc agrcclTlcn l ~ in
th e co n,tructio n inu u, ,,·y i, "Ollllt!
in Seclio n X(1'l of th e Tan- Il a nl e
Act. and Ihal "pccilic aUl hOlil y j"
not cn large d h. Ihi , hoi L -I hu , . the
right or cun:::, tr Ll clion IIldu.,trv c m
plo ycL!\ limier current la\\ will not
be dimin i, hed if I I. R. ~R I i, enacted
~incC' cerion N( n is rCI ~linct.l in If.
R. 2~ I.
Clarification of H. R. 281
The H ou e Labor ubcOlllm illee
on Labor-Management J{clation ~ o n
Marc h J I ap proved the Bu ild ing
ami Con . . rru ction Indu:-.try LHbor
Law Ame ndm e nt o f 1987 ( H , R.
~ R I), T hi, is a s ubslitule vc r, ion u f
Ihe origi nal H . R. 2B I offered by
Re p. lay. The clarifying lang uage
added to H . R. 281 i, IIlt~lIdeu to
an,wer hargc, h I' opponen" that
the bill cou ld be inlerpreled LO per-
l11it common-, it us picketing . to C\-
lend prchire agreemen" tll ,,,beon-
tm tor., who a re otherwise un rc la teu
10 t he employer who ,igne u Ihe
un ion agree ment o r 10 apply to
e mp lo ye r' o UI~ide the co n, truc tion
ind uslry . rh e , ub slilllte ver,io n of
H , R . 1S 1 remove, amb igui lle, in
Ihe urig in"l bill. parlicularly con-
c ming common-,jIU\ picl...cting, a nd
make, clear thai Ihe ,ole IIl tenl of
II. R. 2~ I" "10 res lnell hc pmcllce
ofdo ub Jc brc"'ling in the con't rue-
tion indu ' try a nd III make prehire
agree me nt:-. a"l cffcclivc it" cu ll ec-
tive ba rgai ning agrcc lm: nl \ in other
indu~tri l!"' , .,
H. R. 281 Is Needed
All A t· L-CIO affiliated a nd 'ome
u naffi lia tcu UOIom, have agreed th at
H , R. ~ I i, needed in the Oll"rut'-
lion ind u, lry heca u, e pre,ent labor
leI\'" arc no! ' pccific in prohibit ing
dou hl e-brea!>ling acl ivilie, . AI,o. '"
ev ide nced by LRB ru ling' ,ince
19X I. cOIl."ilruction indll~fr)' hlh,,,. laws
are 1101 bei ng en rorced rairl y: and
uu e to the anti labo r to ne o f th e
pre,c nl LRB. it i, ve ry dirtic u lt
to <ccure proo l' Ih," a double·
hre'L,tcd emplo er i, operallng in
an unhm rul (",h ioll .
~I he A ......ociated Ge neral Conlrelc-
lo r, a nd other group, ,ue h '" the
Na lio nal " Righl -to- Work" Com-
mittee arc ,,[epping lip the ir H\.: li vc
opposit io n to I I. R. 2XI. What Ihe
bill 's ol'l'onellls rcall y wnlll is 10
preserve the r ig hl of cmplu)'cn to
avo id th eir u,li nn agreement",
4
Orga"i:ed labor mlt ,,1 ,'et! 10 ;1
Ihallhese gro ups dOli', Kel Ok'OJ' k';11I
bluckiflg pas.mge of SII ('II crucial co,,·
Slrllclioll i"dust,)' legi,,,/aliOiI ill Ill e
100111 CO llc ress. t
11

Don't nore
Orga • •
n April ~9 Irade union leader
O repre,enting le lephone mem-
bers from the United Stales and
Canada were welcomed 10 Ihe 31.1
Annual Telephone Confercnce by
Jo hn Vivrcll . bu>iness manager of
Loca l 2139 : Joseph S. Francis. ex-
cCllli ve ~cc reta ry· lrca urcr of the
an Diego-Imperial ounues Labor
COlincl 1. AFL-CIO: and Inlerna-
lional Vicc Pre 'idenl Jack IcCann
of Ihe imh Dislricl.
Unity Is Needed
" 0 0 nol allow yourself the luxury
or belie"i ng [the benefits we enjoy
now l will be the.re foreve r." loter-
national Pres ident J. .I . Barr)' ex -
horled th e delegat es. '~Ji'o rces are
out there that would strip your " ages,
beneri ts and working co ndil ions in a
mi nute if gh'c n the 0 llpo rl unil y !"
14
liDo not allow
yourself the luxu ry of
believing [th e
benefits we enjoy
now] will be there
forever . .. Forces
ore out there that
wou ld strip your
wdges, benefits and
working conditions in
a minute if g iven the
opportunity! /I
I'reside nt Barry reminded the
delegates Ihe lele om mumealions
ind ustry in anada and the United
SlalC' has unde rgone many hanges
,ince the lii ve,lilure o f AT&T-
rc ide ntial tele phone, are now pro-
duced overseas: ongoing negotia-
tion ... arc required on a co""\tant
basis: and American companies are
melgillg wi th f reign fi rm" a sil u
alion "hieh po,e\ " Ihrcal 10 exi l-
ing colleclive bargai ning agree-
menl ,. Pre,idenl Barry empha ized
Ihal "Wilh Co ngrc", the F and
Ihe cou r" con\lanlly allempl ing to (
reshape AT&T. we musl be sure
thai ou r mcmbcr~ arc prolc ted: '
I
Annual Report
Telephone Department Director
Arthur Perry J r. rClleraled Tnter-
nal iunal Prc,iden[ Barry', call for
change in order 10 mai nt ain and
mc rease the IBEW', ,hare of Ihe
telecomm unicalion, c mplo yee~.
olms that IBEW buxinc,> man-
agers have made unwel orne change
in o rder to malllla in Ihe work. Di-
rec tor Perry added. " We arc. in
racl. going 10 ~ecp Ihe work thaI
we have had and enla rge an d or-
ga ni/...c thal area where th ey arc
running away ." During Ihe TeC
and All-Ca nada Council Meeting>
held earl ier, lIlany i dca~ and solu-
tion, we re e,c hangcd. Direc lor
Pe rr y a,kerf Ihe member; 10 appl
thi" 'pirit or cooperation and ex-
change [0 Ihe rest of lhe work.hops.
Staff Presentations
Several members of Ihe Lnlem a-
tional Omee \laff made pre,enla-
tions during the conference. xec-
utive A"i,wnl 10 Ihe Inlcrnal ional
Presidenl Thoma. J . Hick man up-
dated the members on importa nt
legi,lal ion pendillg in Ihe 100lh
Congres . including Ihe Gephardl
amendmen l 10 H.R. 3 whie h was
being vOled on in Congrcs, as
Brother Hickman wa, ' peaking. (II
\Va, noled Ull Thu"d ay thaI [he
amend menl p,,,,ed the Hou,e hy a
vole or2 11>-2 14 . )
Executive A"i,lanl 10 Ihe Inter-
lUEW JO RNALlJU ~ E 19 7
n~lion a l cc rctary Roy Dickinson
prescnleu a review of rcccnil y pa,,,,,u
legisla tion concerning pcnsiolll\ :lnd
health-care bcnefit s . cmrh~sizi ng
Ihallcgi,lalcd c hange, in lhc,e bell-
efih will be raclor, In be con,idered
during upcoming. conl ra ct negoLia-
tion".
In the I1nal prc,clltalio n on
Wcd ne day. OrganiLing Dcpan-
men t Direclor Mike I. uea, ' poke
aboul orga ni/illg goal , in Ihe tcle-
communicalion, indu,"y. While Ihe
IB - W ha., n"w dt.: Jnnlud" in te lecom-
municat ion , organ i/ing. Directur
Luw" 'I rc>sed Ihere " ' Iill rlcnly
o f work to he dOlle: I X,OOO non-
management AT&T employees arc
unrepresented: and thnu"ii.1n ds of
Telephone Department Director Arthur
Perry Jr_ chaired the conference.
General Telephune cmrll)yec, arc
pOlen ti,,1 me mber,.
On Ap ril '27 and 28. Ihe Tele-
phone Coordinating Council~ and
Ihe All -Canaua Telep hune ou ncil
held Iheir re'pcet ivc mecllng,.
A mong Ihe lupio. dbcu ...... cd were
negoliatiulls. a r bi[nt l iu n ~, de rcg-
ulat il1n changes and org;.u1 it ing .
Ill EW JOUIiNA LIJUNt:: 19X7
Int. Rep . Kay Dres/er; Bus. Mgr. Melv;n Putnam. Local 1505: and Joe Rlui. Loeal 827,
conducted the TCC-J Council Meeting.
Thc..,c Illcc ling:-o. provided lhe un ion
Icadc rli an opport un ity to exchange Jean Harden.
Loea'824,
and di l)c u~.., varioll !'t prob lem... ant.'! listens to re-
!'tolulion:-. tn problem!'. in the.: ind us- sponse to her
Iry . Th e agenda o n T hu" da y. April question.
30. consi,lcd or work,l",p'.
Th e ueicgalc, hea rd re porh rrom
Ihe T C Illeeling' on Ihe final uay
or Ihe conference. Illlernalio nal
Rep rc:\('iltatl vc Bill Davil\ reviewed
Ihe annual Iclcphonc \urvcy,. Ihe
quarlcrly updale or contraci rcvi-
sion!'l and arhitration dcci!'.ion"'l ~ lIb­ ager. Local 723: Dann) Melloway .
miucu to the dcparlmenl . Inl crna~ Int ernational Rcpre!\c nla tivc: and
tiona I R~ pre,cnt,"ive Kay Drc,ler E:lrl Tennerm:!n. hll,inc ....... I'cprc-
pre,cllled a film On akohol "nu drug \cnl;lIivc. Local 3~().
ahtl"'lc . In audllion to the report,. pres-
T he conference concluded \\ it h entalilm, anJ work, hop', Ihe del-
a panel dl-'CU.., ... ioll on ·'Alternative ... egate, hat! Ihe (' pporl un ily 10 view
to Standard Arb il nllion.·· Pal lici- 1\\0 olher Him.,. " We Turn orlh
pant... on the panel were Dona ld Americ" On" on Wl.!dne~lIa y and a
M ~lhun cy, I nternational Rcprc ent- fi lm on A IDS prese nl cd Friday
al ive: C;ty Sch midt. bu, in e" m"n- morn ing .
15
 I ~1I1t!11I"
Only-Or Iv
F W rkrs
E ve ry workday millio n, or wo rk -
er, handl e chelilica l, like <111-
rurie and nitl it ..Kid". metab like
lead amJ mercllry . ioniLing amJ n n·
ioniz.ing radiatiun ,\ud. a::, tllat flom
X ray . . or vitlco ui'\play terminab .
Some ' tucii e> have indicated that
CApO!olUrC 10 toxic sub"tancc, . . uch
a> the,e may cau,e reproduclive
problems in adul t and develop-
mental im painncnl or death in em-
bryos or felu>e, or calise cancer o r
olher di,ca.,c in chi ldre n. These
studies have concentrated on the ef-
fec ts or suc h haza rdous age nt · on

I prcgmUlI ur childbcaring-a (.:.c wumen.

Out what ab l)ut the ellecls o n IIHm '?
Work-relat ed re productive im-

I pairment i. . now ranked amont! I h(-'

top-10 work-related disca<e, ,md
injurie, b Ihe Nationallnst it lltc or

~-
Occ upalional Safety and Healt h.
Howe cr. "I' ail ihe Ub,ulIlce, ""-
peeted of being reproductive haz-
ard . onl four-clhylenc ""ide
(E IO). lead. dibromoehloropropa ne
(DBePI a nd ioniLing radial ion (X
my J-havc been limited by federal
regulat ion ba., cd on their haLilrd to
reproduct io n.
According 10 the Office of Tec h-
nology A"e,smcnl (l h nonpar-
li ~an rc~~a rch arm of Co n g rc~s)
regulalor y clTo rl s in this area ha ve
been far from optimal. In addition.
rc~ca rch cr'-l '-lay Ihey arc running
out of money to fund their wo rk in
Ihi, field . F .. c>amplc. the Office
"r Management and Budget ill 1985
f rejected " NIO J-I proposal to sludy
whether cxpo~u rc 1.0 dio."in C':lUSCS
rcproducth'f prnblems fo r worker"
or their spouses. O nl y after three
scnators intervened in the mllttcr did
Ihe OMR reco nsider- ond Ihen onl y
approved a muc h smaller study Ihlln
NIOSII had planned.

16 III EW JOURNA LIJ UNF 191\7


Chemic.'., radiation and
various me'.'s pose a
serious threa t to the
health of workers.
have concen-
trated on
the effects
of such hazardous
agents on pregnant
or childbearing-ager:::::::::::::::::=:::i
~~
But what
about the effects
on men?
Be ~ ide, lack
of fund ing and a luke-
warm rc~ponse to rc~c.lrc h pro-
posal" allempt s 10 acqu ire infor-
mation a houl rc produti ve haza rd s
" ,ffer frum Ihe limi ted ,cope of
whal re,earch is conduc ted: i.e . .
the emp hasb i, on the cneet' on
womcn. parti ularly tho,c who are
pregna nl o r fertile . Thi emphasis
on femal e, has had a majo r impact
un huw indu slry and the co urt s
regula le th e wo rkplace .
The mo' t wide,pread response 10
lhe available limited rc,carch rc-
ull . ha, been to impleme nl "felal
protection " policies-removing preg-
nant women fro m workplaces where
certai n hazardous ubsl(onces. espe-
cially lead. are loca ted. In re'pon,e
to " st ud y lIf Digital Equ ipme nt
Corporation worker, which round
an ab no rmall y h'gh rale of mis ar-
ri age" AT&T in Januar y banned
pregnant women rrom worki ng in
Ihe "clean-room" semiconductor
produ tion linc. w he re acids are
used to etc h micro chips. A clean
tO EW .JOU RNAI./JUNE t9S7
roo m 1:-' a pro-
dLi l ion room w here the
a ir qu a lit y t.:an he maint ai ned
up to a level of \19.Y9 pe rcent free
of ai r particle con taminatiun which
co uld damage Ihe produc t. (T he
IBEW repre,e nt , worker, in four
of th e a lTec led AT&T plan" . )
In re'ponse 10 " ,i m i l ~or policy in
th e Globe Bal1cry Divi"oll of Jo hn ·
O n Saturday. J une 20. 1987,
Fat her'S Day weekelld , IBEW
members alo ng wit h fellow
buil ding Iradesmen, appr entices
and fa mily members Ihroughoul
Ihe United Stales wi ll solicit
run ds fro m passing molor ists in
a program called Dolla rs
Again.l Diu belcs (DAD) .
Yo ur ge ne.rous suppur1 is
needed 10 cOlllinue the campaign
10 lind a cure for diabeles.
o n Con lro ls. the UA Wi , uing th e
com pa n' o n the basis of sex di s-
crim on,Il,o n a nd violati ng Ihe Equa l
Em ploy me nl Opportunity Acl or
1964 . The UA W maintains that a l-
Ihough the polic y is u,cd to lI·an, l"cr
women to new jobs with no IO~1\ of
payo r benefi l, . the tran<fer hurt
women by hindering thei r caree r
advancement. thll '" deny ing them
po tentia l \ age inerea,e, . In the
same vein . rema le c1ean-roum pro-
du ction empluyee< employed by a n-
o the r com pany CH n ~lIfTcr an eco-
nom ic penalty forciecting 10 tran,fer
10 a different job. Clean-room em-
ployee al that company no rma ll y
work four 12-ho ur day ' per week
with lime-and-a-ha lf after eigh t
hour,-the equivalent of )4 hours '
pay . If the y c ieci to Iran;rer. Ihey
wo ul d work a five- day . 40-hour
wcek .
Eco nomic disc riminallon asi de . a
possibl)' evcn biggcr IJrob lclIl with
th ese " fetal pr otecti on" polides is
Ihe facl Ihat Ihey igno re Ihe Ilossible
hazards 10 male workers . A':-. Dr.
Jose ph L"Doli of the Univer ·it y of
Ca lifo rnia in San Francbeo has
nOled . ·' It', not in lI nccivablc that
there cu uld be d"magc 10 Ihe re-
produc tive ce ll s of men ~" well."
In fa ct, some s ludi e~ hu\'c indicated
Ihat the male r eprodu ctive ~ys le m is
a lTe<:led more tha n Ihe fe ma le system
by haza rd ous chemica ls.
Finall y. ig nored in alilhe eli,cu,-
s ia n. abo ul po tential re prod uctive
ha Ulrd, i, Ihe fac t Ihat ma ny of the
c hem ica l... involved arc known or
~uspectcd canccr-caus ing agen t" . in
whic h ta,c " " fctal prolect ion"
policy may end up expo ing ~o m e
workers to arc in gc n, wh,le pro-
tecting other, - a not hcr fon n of d b -
criminalion. Thi , an occur be-
cause of Ihe po ,illilily of exposing
work cr~ to 3 mnfl~ IW :'flrdous e,,-
lI;rQ"m ~lI( whe n they ;trc tn-IO S-
ferred from a clea n room .
Adequale protection fro m haz-
a rdou:-. matc ria ls in th c workplace
i, a major concern of Ihe I B W.
I-Iowever , Hpro tccting" one group
of work ers al Iheir economic~r
physica i--exl>cnsc is nol th e ~O;)I.
Adequat e workplace safeguards for
all workers is! ~
17

CFL On
ReshvcIuring
Prog Mell...s
. ,c Canadian FClkral ion uf La·
• bUllr h", i '>lIcd a pmilinn paper
on the fedeml govcm mcnl·' mas-
sive rC;lruc turing program uf 11rI-
vatilation. deregulati on. contract-
ing oul. dow nsizi ng and restraint of
gove rnment se rvice, "nd rown
Corporations. T he CrL fir ml y be-
licvc!) a government· ....... 0 lUI rC-
'p nsibilities arc every bit a~ im-
pona nt m, its fi cal rc.ponsibililic,.
Thu •• the federatio n que'tiun, the
method s of adminjslcring the gov-
ern mcnl'~ re:-.lructunng initiatiVe.
Man y of the in "t ituti o n ~ being
CANADIAN
LABOUR
ing oul. do" n"tlling. ilnd dercgula-
lion in the federal public ,ectur.
The CI-l. ha outlined a 12-point
\cl of rccommcmJal illn"t providing
for ~ t andard pr()ccdurc~. require·
mcnh for in f') l lllat ioll. di"clot-.urc
for worker involvcme nl and pari ie-
ipal ion in adj uslmCni dcc isi n'. and
'peeial "dj u' lment prog rams to deal
w il h thc\c "il ual ion:-..
It " becoming a pparc nl I h" l gov-
ernment initiative ,uch a, tho · ~
m..:ntiuncd here are placill~ Ihe cos ts
of services directly on work ers
through loss of jobs, wages and bcn-
elit' ralher Ihan ad rlressin~ any inef-
licicllc) in ~u"(:I' nment programs or
oper"lions. T he position of the Ca-
nadian Federation of La bour is that
Ihe ri!:hts of all Canadians must be
con~idered in any action of the gov-
crn mcnl to prh·atizc, con tract OU I.
downsize or deregula te industry in
Canada. Positive safeguards are es-
sential ir the intcresL'i or workers ami
the Canadian public in general are
to be protected. 10

ddaismantled or radicall
lc s c ha nged hav ingy were
thei r set
maup
n- _J=::;:::=~:=::;=;.tlt.;MrE;thei~h~~\ - - - - - - -- - - -- ,
as services ror Ihe Canadian peuple ISEW local unions In 8rIHsh
Columbia, Canada , are spear-
and cannot be rat ionali l cd in the hea ding a lund drlvo (0 beno·
Iheal bu!)incss ~e n o;;c . A prime ex- fit Ihe Mull/pl. Sclerosis
am ple is the r'tilway system which. Society 01 Ganada. Joined
he ",,,c of populatio n demogmph- by other building
lrades UII/OIIS
ic!). low traffic vo lume and gcog- and local radio
r..l ph y. can never make m nc y like statIons, a draw-
Ing lor 8 recrea-
a pri vate venture . tional w-in Is
In addi tion , these initi at i ve~ £uc being held.
h ~lVing severe social impl ica lions- Media coverage
for the event
nfTeeting not only the clIlllloyees con-
Is pictured.
cerncd, but entirc communities ~IS
well-because they are being ra tion-

alized primaril
The R Shops y UII
in aMo
(illallcial
ncio n. N . B.: ~~~~~~~~]~i~r~~
basis.
Ihe SI. C harles Shop, in Mo nlrcal.
Qu~bec: ~ hipyard s in Brit l> h Co-
lumbia , Quebec and Atla nt ic Ca n-
ada : and railwa ys and ferry ,crvicc"
o n the I::a; t and West Coa'" are
obviou, examples of the foll y or
inadcquat e policy.
Govern mcnl elee lCd nol to ulili Lc
input J"rom the CF L during the fed-
eration·, parlicipation in the oi l-
son Task Force o n Progra m Re-
view. which dealt with the re-
, pon,ibilit y of go ve rnm e nt in re-
s trai nt program s and the ~L1hj..:("t\
or rc . . t rain I. privaliLal ion . coni rael-

I~ tII EW JOURNAI.JJ UNIl 19~ 7


Local 6. SIIn F"~lsco, Cal .• BUl. Mgr.
FUIIU: E. Glen cong,.tulates Jo. Tro-
.".to lor hll award.
MEMBER RECEIVES
AWARD
1.. 11. 6 /I ,I ••~II) . 'AN FRANCISCO.
CAI .. -Local 6 ExeclIhvl: Iklllr(1
IIlcmhcr koe Trovato received Ihe
Golden G.lle Bmlge DI,>l ricl Em.
ployee or the Ycar I\ Ward Joe. II
t; hll:"r dCClnCliln for Ihe Golden GIlII!
BriJ8e DI"'ri~l. "'as hooon:t1Il'i the
dl\tml'\ cmploycc of the )cJ r for
1986.11 .1 rcCCnI Boord of Dlrccton
Meellng.
Joe \llIrted ....·orklllg at the Golden
Gate BridSi! on Oct 6. 196 1. lind w~ ..
" r(lm(llcd 1(1 ciccnician fOl"tm.l/l on
Mlt~ I , 191M An clcclncll'ln'\ lire on
Ihe CiClktc:n Galt BriJse mvuh'c~ a
"ancl), uf prohkm~. mcludinll.ccp.
inl thc hctt(un lights on 101" of Ihe
bntlgc·.. 746--f(1(I1 10\l,Co; in v.or"'ln"
order and w"l l.lng the cable!> I" m.un.
lam the navlJallon tights.
JI)( h.I'!. ,,1'01001),'10 found I~ lime 10
t1C' U(II\'C In Local 6 and hoi'!. been :In
office I for Ihe piN !5 year'!t
FRA, ,, / 1:. Gu,.. 1'.5.
ELECTIONS
COMING UP
L.t . 12 (I,rh&!l:pa), OMAHA. I\lm.-
Local1:! i., gellmg re..'id)· fOI cit.'t:!.(1II
uf nnk t:~ In (I eouple of month .. anJ
will "' eel"' ll\'cr)'une lid ... sed
AI 0111 1;1~ 1 union meeting In May ,
Ihe ,llIc nd:lllcc wa~ very I"(lor ultlun
A few of the mcmbch lalkeJ l.txlUl
Idea\lu tlCI more t.3fothers und St~l~r,
to anend
SCI fur 1111\ year a Ilil of trude~
people w~rt .. hie! III be ched.. d for
II\hc'iI(I'1lI lhe Plumbers' luuon hall.
Thefe '" ere Jlltml 1!5 LocaJ !1 clcc-
tncllln~ ~hedcd. Twenty-elght IIf
Ihe ..e lound utillhe~ ha\c "'(t1TlC I\'J)C
or trouble. X rays ","cre taken M,llf
~lmelhlng \howed tip on the plelUI't' .
funh r Ic.,liOg l·ontinued The nl·.ll
"Icr I' In cull 0 meeting to Ild\lj~t
them .... hI "'h..tl 10 do next
In h:~nt3ry fred SchmldllOOl. hi'!.
Icllrement Ift' ....d ~orked f(lr Miller
Llt'etrl\. lhe 13.51 r(:~ yean.. I nltl,1
\.W Ih.llihe gdng from Miller Fleclnc:-
lItire rut (\n a ntce rcllremem I'<ln)
fur him He 'oIod~ abo gnen II nr~c
0.."-' anJ red. tackle box dnd MUIlC
cigar. We hnp<::)'oo ha-.e many yeill'"
of e"loyable rellrtmcni. Fred.
I-.Icunelll cmpJuymeni ror L oclil
2~ i ~ @foOd Some of the mcmbcl1l
IIlE W J OURNAL/JU NE 1987
LOCAL LI IS
We will be publi flti" g "Local Lints"/ronl JUEW local uniolls
Oil "" odd/ e,'en ha..flf. E I'e"~numhtred local unions (bw'ed Oft
la.ft digit) will ha,'l' arlic/I!! published in e" t ,HllI mhued calendar
l1lonth~. Odd·llumberl'd local unions M'iII ha,'t' articlu published
ill odd-numbered col "dar m{J/lths.
.... cre fonunate I" 1101\'(: l,I.(.Irked lAc
pa~ 1 winter. bUI It 101 flf them hotd l!
rotJgh ycar. ThanL ~ III UW I\('~cr­
hOU~l!"i In the afCll which h.t\C em.
plo}ed ,ome of the Inemllel\ Junng
~ h u ldo ....'n.s.
LC I '~ make II comrl'lll mcnllo Imend
Ihe meelings. We nll ...1 c"mc Lip .... . Ih
.1 ,nllliion II) g\:f Ihe "'ork IlWllY from
the- nonllniol1 PCUlllc
H Alt"''" t·, fI,'l I NIIIHt I' . P .
INSIGH1'S GAINED
AT CONFERENCE
1•• L1. U (1,.iJ»I .~Cltvl . BoUTI -
MORf.:. Mn.- Tbe IIH· W held 11\
Annual Con .. lrucuon lind MUlOle ·
nance COnreroenl:e III WU'i hIIlAI(ln.
DC .• on April 1-.'I.. 19117. The! Local
1.4 <klegation 1rl('hldc;J UU~ M",. beL:
W McCorkk:. I>'r .. l!emlrt! R E~
bert\ illkJ Other ol1kcrl\ from our
local. Our local .. pon\oletl .t 1K\!.(lf-
lalli, mom whlt'h enabkd our Jclc·
£:It ion 10 meet dfld .. h;u"e mea\ wllh
labor leaders rrom all o'\ol.!r the COUll-
Ir)'.11le majonly ufuur Ilr(ll hc, ... ~nd
~1~lers expressed lhe ,unN: pl(lhl.:nh
mlhcu locals Ihal \I.e hil\'c III homc-
lInemplnyme nl, IKIIl U III~1Il I:Umpell ·
Iion nnd a groWll1.i percentage of
1I00on Jobs In~t 1!!\I('fY ),eltr
Int. Pres. J. J. B" rryt~prc~ ed the
neeJ 10 oq;;ullze ou r IIldU 'lr~. ilnd
Ihe emire eOnrtl CIII.C Idk-cleJ line
fael-l>I.e need to control the cnure
I!!lcclrical mdu !>lry'~ -,uppJy III (1"./ 11'
lied Wtrcmen. I>rob lcm~ dl\cult\\!d Ill·
cJIIJr::t.! doublc-bre;J.,lllIg l:(ln l r,lc!t'r~.
)[lmdlCIJonai disPUlt.'1 bct\l.cl!n I r.l Jc ~.
:tnd ollr wclJ·ofgltnlled . I"'lhIlClt ll )'
powerful enemil!!S litlCh •• \ Ihe a~
IlUna1 " Rlgh t- I(t- W l1rk" Clllllllllilec.
l.oeal 24, Ballimo.-., Md .. 81,11. Mgt. JltCk W. ¥CCOrkla. HCOnd from "'" . and sorne of IhI! local officer. who aHendecl In.
conlefenQt.
Inl . Pre\ O.IIT)' al!.o !'Iolaled !hal re·
duclng ......J.,.'1! and benefit packnge~
was 1\01 the d n 'l~tr ,tnJ Ihotl II .....ot~
rlCCC'i~tlTy 10 mtunt ulfl the standard
of hVing f')1 (1111 mr.:mbcn. and Ihell"
r:HllI hr.:!>
V;IfIUI... Markel Rcco ... ery Pro-
&I.lm~ from JllTcrl!!nl artas were d il\.
1:1I\'Cll [utd nrc being 'ilOdicd 10 tic
[ermlnc 1helr ~ucc(:s!,. . Th\.
Inlcl"IIlIllIlI1(1l ..... 111 usc lhe IB EW it-
tioniil M"inrcnuncc Agreemenl "ntl
thc:Gcncrul Prc~ldenl.s· Projccl Muin·
lelltinu~ Agreemenl along wllh aNa-
IIonul Target M[lrkcl Rcco ...eryTe.am
.1\ 1001 ... 10 go"n empl(l~menl for JDEW
mcmber~ A.. unIon mt:mbc~. we
fflm;! be 'A llhlll 10 accepl necessary
,h:tngl: on Iht: 1,x:.11 It ...e1 10 become:
c~ lmpc(itl .. e. "hl ~ problem \/,ill n01
!!f't ;tV..i Y'
We ~lIrrelll l~ h..... t unemploymenl
.Ig.,un III uurareii. whICh means highly
"rooul.Il\c clel.:lnCloln'!. must I:O DO
the n.lad. If f"Kh\lJ:r.Ic. or colleci un-
cmpkl)'mt.:111 I he wa~lc of qualuy
man,......""cr hun liS on the localle .. el
as .... ell.&-. lhe II.IIIonal k\'el. We ha\·e
11M" ah,hl.,.· to choange our 'iiruatton
COnI;I\.! ,,"r10000dlumon office 10 find
001 wbJt ),OU C3n do 10 help. Vol-
unlcenllg ~(llIr elTvn .... 111 pul Local
:!4 IlnJ Ihe IH[oW h.d. In control of
the elcclm::nllndu!>try.
Ko(.1 M M. LASH . JR.. P.S.
BENEFIT NITS
$10,000 FOR
LEUKEMIA
L.U. 16 U&rs ~ , WASUI NGTON .
n.C.-Loebl 26 recognizc~ one or
1)111 InPo'clint; II nllhcf~. Jerome PU·
Inck Ball. U,.,tllI~ r 8,111 found $4 12
In c.lSh I), lng In Ihe parking 101 ~f our
unr(ln h;lli. He Immi!l1mlc\~ lurn.:d
Ihe mone)' in to .t billlinC,!" .,atm.
who , hon l) lhereafierreeel\·ed 1:1 call
ffl....n .nothcr Innclmg i1mlhcr 'Ah",
Win distraught 31 losing a II)J1;c ~um
1)1 ~l\h. Thc; (I....·ncr idcnhfic:d Ihe bll"
and retric\ (:d ~llat he probabl)'
thought nevt:r .... (JI,dd be recO\C.red
Our hard hals off to Brother Ibn rllr
Ih" l.md and un~lfi'h ad
nlC l euLcmi.t R••JI.t!h.'n tldJ In
Motn:h v.';&~ a hU II!i! ,tI....:c~ .. Ihun k~ 10
..II 01 uur m,·ml:>c:r... I;unthldnr\ und
bu IOCSS Ilffiha!e~ .... ho [UI'·c ~~ ~en·
erou,l) The InIal cuninhulI\ln ntr\CJ
nn bl!half Ilf lhe elcctnL,ll IIldll\lry
'010,1\ neurty SIOJ)(X)' The .... mncr of
Ihe 1-I.lwJ.lian holiday .... <i50 MI (e('urge
ptummer of Washlnglon. D.C
rhe MClfQpolllan W"~lu nllhln
(",)un~11. AFL-C IO. held " An Eve·
nlng Wllh Labor' · Awards Dinner-
1).lnce un .\;IMCh 1-1. al which Illne
the J.e. Turner Awartl WIlli pl'(!·
~en l cd The ll..... ard I" pre"CIIICU III lUI
mdlYiduul who ha~ hcell J udgl!tl hy
)1I'i!hcr peef'! 10 be lh~ oUllilandlll&
trade Unil)nlM of lhe year. Thl\ ye:!r'~
uwanl wriS prtsented 10 1311~, Mgr.
W.ldc Shenff on thl" nlU,>t..(!c\erved
honor
The: foHowmg Brothc~ hil'lo'e f)Q!I'!oCd
dWit)" 'iin(c Our I,).~I arude : J.ooe\ W
1 udoer. John R. Har.. e}". Vlt: loc
Grove. O'il,l.;tld Bodden. R l~rt '1
WiJl.m~on . SlOan K. OnJukw. Sic.
phen Hellmulh Sr and uro)
Dr...:"'en. Relired Sillcellurl,hl MII"le
Are Charlc\ R. Kell) . Ed~'aN M
Hupe Sr Ro~rt K. Brc'in.lhan Jr .
Robc:n W M cAI~ee. l..t~ ... C M.II·
lI\On. i=d .... an:a w, Trav!\. PDfler ,.
f·otks. Roben Miro. John E. OUllaw.
Wilham M Rutherford Sr. Ru ~'t"lf
L. RI!!)1101ds and HarT) .1 Creamer
l..()l.tl 26 .... I.. h~ \I 'pt:CIUJ ·· h,lflP)·
reuremenl . to Bm. !lub ~hro lJoh
rei Ired (In March 3 1 ufter ~rvlni Ihb
loe.11 for many )cars as \'Ice pre".
denl , Dob is a dedicatcd lInltln I)\"n.
11Ilt.! he ..... 111 be mts.,;cd !:rt'tlilyl We
wl'ih )'11U Ih beSI. Bob
WADF H . SII£IUf I', JII ,. n .M.
THE KEY IS IN
ORGANIZING
I..U• .u; (I . em.rlb.ru&~p31 . Sf-.AT·
II.. ..~, \ 'r /\ SII . -The re hu'i hcCIl much
tumlOl1 Wl thll1 OUT local. In Nu\!e!ll'
bel 19H(l Lockheed Slllpbulldrn"
19
 - , ,-. - ,
lrollcl pny. fi nd rerll'ill1ll('1 hire them our bllrpmmg power. we mu" tlr·
if Ihc)' ate .!otrons union '!iul'pm1e,-.; GanllC. All of liS nCl!u 10 re~l)mmll
In thinking uboul the 00111c \\1.' JOIce. ounoelve'i I" the concept of 1,)lgulIlJ;ed
I rCllhz.c Ih.lt we au: llf'"oiduilll) rl!'- labol ,md I" the necd In o rg;IOllc
grcssing 10 a penod berore World OIA"1;. H UkIll! n. P S.
War!1
Rc enlly I spoke V\;llh 1'QIn Clemo.
:a 71·)'wr IHEw \lclcmn lrutia~d in
U'IC;t146 In 1916. Iii: I"IOkc (I( tbe MEMBERS HONOR
deprtS ion and ho\4 me- I. l ined up 10
ask (or an h our'~ \4-or1h \.1 ..... lIrk. und BROTHER KATZ
how they couldn't leave their work.
place (or ev(' n a drink of \4;.ter In L.U. 60 m, SAN AN"TON IO. Tt.X.-
IhOse day!> ng.d hlnck cundUlI Wi' S The membcr.:tup of Ihi , local union
bent by hand, and pipe u\'er I Inch Jlre~ented :I plaque to Brn . Hurn
WllS benl usmg III~e It WII'i common K fl lZ In IIppreciatiol1 Ilf hiS mJn)'

Tom CIImO, ' ttllf9d. 71-y", Loca! .S.
Seattle, Wash., member.
locked out o\'er900 union ~mployt:t:s;
ISO ....ere Local 46 manllt' ...·ucmen
Immediately roUOWIn& the I~koul.
the slate or WashJnilon denied them
thell unempJoYfTb!nl bcnefil5. Since
thcn II ha been a conlinUOOs lob-
bYIll, etTort to gel !lemuol") und rep.
resentat ives to ac knowledge the in·
Justice and lake the necessary steps
to correct it.
Employers art so enticed by me
anlturuoo. anulabor fever that ha~
s¥.epl thiS countr)" Ihat Lhe)' iUC ,Jj~ .
eharJmg employee ror sunply ~.
questing negotiated benefih. such as
apprentice Un__ n
8e prepared to be catted out
In good weather-bul mostly bad;
This witt be Ihe hardest wortc
That you may have ever had .
You'lI go to school
To help you learn this trade;
And I think you'lI lind Ihat this will be
The best decision you've ever made.
Take advice from the journeymen,
For Ihey are the ones who know best.
Iv It." C II I.... key lm:ilk '" Ili~h wouM )' t';tl'" or .'cdication and Jc\olwn 1( 1
~nd you f1ymg onto lhoe pipe J'IIle hi union and for hi'> '>ervll..c 10 Ihe
Tom saYIi he plit more Ihan one t!"re Jlllnt APflrenln;t: and TraininG- Cam·
trYing III bend offset They were oUlIee .... '"'trueler and d,rec.;lor
al~ paid in gold at the cnd of each ,\ ~ l"w.llh ,"~Iructor and director,
dny . and t he umon mcett ngs cvolvc:d BH), K.II1. has eilher directly or In·
around bargal nmg for llellcr working dtrt.:tly !:teen p;ulially rc)pon,>,ble (or
conditions. It wasn', until 1958 when the quall l Y o( Ihejourneyman wire·
Tom rellred lhal the ml!n begll.n to tntn who have come OUI or ol.lr school
fur mall) )ear\. and oopcfully for
take coffee brtab,
man)' )C!.u& to .. ulilt'. ToO I(t Dn ",ca
Many of our benefit) '" ere reahzet.l
10 lhe 1960s and ·'CK-bene.flI5 such or what Hart) h~ metlnl 10 OUr
as Ihe heallh and welfare and vuca- apprentice rrogram.jU.515ttp Into
ttOn pllln'll, \4-llh the pen'i.on pldn school buildmg; and I Ihmk you win
being Inc- most r('r('nl Our inftuencc he Impn!\..ed
althe bargaming tllble IUrned around Over the. yellrs Harry tm..lI person-
In 1982. Since Ihal lime our lo~.$ in lilly lu:lpcd me numerous tllne~: lmd
wage h;u cOincided with the in- thl 1\.1 Mood opponunhy for me 10
crealoe In Job~ awardeJ 10 nonuRlon pc:rwnaJJy say. "Thank you'" You
shops. Shop O'oI.ncrs art' 00 lonaer in ccrt.unly mean .. 101 10 ~I Un~
touch ""'1m haza~ und d lffictlltM:5 ef 60, Ilarry.
work.lngmlhefleld Inorderlore~run
And if anyone will ,
They'll put you to the test.
Use those hooks to cli mb Ihose poles,
'Cause that'S the only way
You're gOllna learn this line at work
And really earn the pay.
8ul when these lour years are up ,
you'll take them all In stri de;
For you will be a journeyman
And tull allots 01 pride .
Lisa S. Woo d
Wife of Richard K. Wood
Local 51. Springlleld. ILL.
Bro, ~rry Katz I, .hown with ttl.
plaque Pfetenl~ to him by lhe mem-
ber.hlp or Local SO, San Al11onlo, T••,
LOCAL'S 89TH
ANNIVERSARY
Inc:
CELEBRATED
L.ll. 68 (1), UE'ilVER. COLU.-LIUe.
in M arch:. demonstmtion was held
in ~onJunc{ton \!o llh ItJe Colorado
OUlldlnS and Construction Trades
CounciJ to rroicsi the: am\>ul or the
unfair I)-dmd Internallonal mlO the
Den .. er a.n:a con lruellon markel,
Membersenrolk:-d on IheOlIl ·Or~"'1.)rk
h~1 were asked", participate In the
demOnSlratlOn Ihrou~ the USc of II
ph{.II1c bank opcml ed by Loca l 68's
O rga ni7jng COMmittee. We Imd II
strong turnout. aoo many thonk .. go
10 the On)thc~.uxJ Si ten who Slrl\Oed
10 make t hl effort. LKees'll
March aJ!>O mar~ed the 89ih b.nh·
lob)· of Local 68. A celebration \41&
held by the lteurcd Mcm"en. Clu"
10 pay tribtJtC 10 the occasion. It IS
VI! VCCU<'IOM o;!.leh 21'" I hl ~ Ihllt one I';
remi nded thai Loc:\l68 Rnd the IBEW
have wCilthered many ~lo rl1l ~. nut·
hved nun'c:ft)U .. hard limes and 1I'U1)'
benefitted the membership over I tlc
ycar--..
Bro. L . C "Lon" Rider recently
~c:el ... ed a 6(l..vear ~rncr: award al
tllS homt In Denver. On behal( o( all
the members of Local 68. we cxtcoo
~ tn cc:rc cOIII,:ralul31lUns l(l Uro ]{,~h.:r
n hi .. mMly years o f se.r vice 10 Ihe.
Brmherhood
With the ,,"or" pict un! in Ih De:n-
\'~r IIr~ .. "111 \Inw. many membcn of
l..oc;:;J.l 68 .Ire cllm:nU) cmplo)eiI In
JunqflclKKls around the

Th, pr.-.ntatlon eM a 6O-YU' N/'Vic.

pin lu Bru. l.. C, "Lon" RIc»t, ~, by
p,.... Riney . . . . proud ~t lOt
sa.
L...oCIII Den ...... Cofo.

20 [DEW JOURNAL/JUNE 1987

coonlry. MlJn ~ Ih.mt .. 10 a ll Ihe lilf.
(erCAI locals Iha CIla!o"c (urnished em·
ploymc nt 10 our trovehng IJrolnct1
and Sislen .
JIM RII'H."Y. P.S.
COPE TICKETS
ONSAU
1.... 1 . 76 (I .mt.ru&, pal, TA O\IA .
WAMI.-Ouf' loe-.al con lJn ue~ 10 uf..
fer from a slow ~orl. piclure \\-lIh
180 OMlhcr'!l on Bool: (Inc. OUJ local
IIdmml.!llmllOn is h.·'Uu lit "'lUk logcl
OIH V.I)I" buck rmm the nonumon
('ierne-nt. 1 hope: to scc more IIrtllhcr~
\lIPpOJ1 it s en-ons by aUcndlng Ihc
month l} uniun IIlcdmg't rhe ncw
office hours ilt our loclil tire fmm 8.30
3,m II) ~:)O p Ill,
JA I'C h:b j ourncyman C.\ tcII'lo n
cou l:>e.\o flOW In "ro~fC SS wnh more
10 be olTered in the fut urc WMch Ihe
klt:u l II cw~lc!ter for more inform,l'
lion . The JA I C reccl\lcd 10 llppl i·
Clttlll1lS rur the IIpprenr i clihil) rro·
1;r:1111 . IlIlel'\llcws \Ire l'ICll~ conduclcu.
and 20 10 ~5 will be pul on tI\lfl.1i:th lc·
IQ· .... (lIk 11'1 .
An ;ICII\C Smlher or Lvenl76. An
Ikn-ch . passed ,,\I;,IYon reh 11 .1'.I1e7
I\ rt ..en-cd mun)' years on Ihe Ex·
eCUII\e DooN .lnd ~11I he ml ....cd b,'
uur locOlI
COPI; tld.eh ..... !l1 he gOing on ,",Ie
soon. Dc ure 10 <;1\0\\ :your' .,uppnrl
for !Ill .. elTort. lind 1111)1 lOOse CO Pt
tid.ch.
Oro, IJuul Conl.ani i.\o nri'lnizing ,I
.golf tlium.lmenl No dale has been
"C'I I Ie can \J~ ~"TllC
help .md cOIn
be rc.a(:hcd .11 tt"9-1!23. GI\"( him a
call If ~ou ",.Inl 10 parttCl pale
Our be", 10 our II'3\'c-linll 11)C":l1
Brm"'c:r!> UIII on t he ro;ld
MltllAl1 L. ACGl'>lIN I . PS
GET INVOLVED IN
YOUR LOCAL
I.. U. 1:10 II ,o,m&sl)lIl. NQRfOI.K ,
V/\ ,- YUII rntly uJrcarlY knuw ""hi)
the newly elell c-d IInion offi CI:" :Irc
for Ihe IInl lh u.:e )'curs. Thc ~e new
offiecl"iI Wi ll be .. WOrn III tit Ihe Jilly
11111 0 11 meeting. Remember: Al lhouy.h
our officcn o hlig<llc Ih e lll ,cI\'e~ II)
three yc:tr~ or their spcdnl dlttU::S, It II
oj,n ttlOk a n obl lgOllltl1) 10 v.-ork for
llUT umon.
rhe ('cnlrul L"lb(lr Council I" II,k·
109 ror \lolunl«r., 10 help \\jlh Ihe.
I....tOOr 1r.1}' parade. If any of' you
have a 800d idea f\)r Local 80' .. HO..I,
c;11I the (Imee
Worl. In Ihe arc... ,ccm, to be hulll
n18 11, o .... n. The hall wnnt!l III give
~pe(;t.lllh.trIk, In Iho ...: Bnnher.. v. ho
manntd lhe Ea~lem Shore ....'or\.. '" hen
the) nceded OUi heir .
Obllg3lerl 1010 Ihe IDEW '" Ih~
lebru.ar} and March mttllnlt' ","crt
Georgcc. rreemJn 1II . lgenluWL
1Io1L C'o;. Jr .• Rtlllaid Sch"artllrauN:r
and Raooolll W He~ltl ,alllippr('nll(t'
Wi relllen Rnht·rt \V \\ IIItam .......1(;
Obl1g3lcd a~ a joomcym,un v. in:m.tn
ongr.ltul.IIIOO', Hwlhcr,1
Don 'I rorl.lCI our ,ic:k l1rolhtr~ \\ Ith
;i c.lrd or 11 c;\ 11 I· u,gc.ne Robc) , P,ml
tmrr. Carl MI ~l ll" . Uob liaMman
:lnd Fr~d RII"e ll I'm ""IT)' 10 feflOrl
IU EW .10 R AI.iJUNE 19S7
the deaths of Robell I 8ro-"-"n ami
Richard Jennll18s. The locul c"t·
pre Sf'S sympathy 10 these Brolhers'
loved ones .
RA'f \11 n k~. k :-. . P,S.
EDnoRIAL RULES
ARE CHANGED
L . U. 8-1 (O, II ,I&('1It\). A TI " fA.
CA.-This ankle i~ pubh'hed mlhe
"Local LlIlc .. of the IlJrW ltJllrnlll.
Th( "Local I..lllcs" ha.$ becn an rm-
iX,rtanl 'tegmenl of lhe l mlllial. hi
Ihe eany da.y~ oflhe IS EW. " I..ocul
Lllle"" sen·cd a~ a ne ..... Slellc r fnr the
local unions Iu Inform theirmembcrs,
p.1rtlcularly Ihe Ir.. \°clers" of Iht! nco
t lvl ti~ thitl were hnpJ)t! nmg wlthrn
t"'e jurisdiction of IhClr 10UII
We h~i\lc been in trucleu IlI .. Uhnlll
an article ~ix times ;t }e,11" Itl npl'IC'lIr
In dl!signaled mo nlhl)l is,uc, The
mOnlhs o ur Ilrl lcic Will IIflpenr arc
February . April. Ju ne , AlIglI ~1. Oc·
lt1ber and December. We me a llowed
10 ha.... e only olle picture .. ubll1itlcd
with o ur :mkle . The arl ich: filII!>! he
limiled 10 250 word .. Inrormauon
liubmiucd l hal i Ihree month!> oill
will not be pnmcd LIUoII},. Ihoe ne"'-'
deadline date IS Ihe IOlh orltlc mnnlh
dcslgn:ued as Inc deadline monlh
The reasons forlhc'>C' lhangc'I h'I~"c
bce n accre dil<~ d 10 the inert .. "n" 'Ihl
o(malcnal. po~lagennd I;loor We' ve
been told Ihi~ mue,,~e In ell'l h.l,)
Olore than doubled Ihe buJacl o~t
of printing of lhe hl/mllli
FIELOI/'o.(f W Gl III n°, l'
RETIREES ENJOYED
GET-TOGETHER
L.U. 86 {i,rts,t:m&~plli. K OC II . ~·
n :R. N.Y.-On M.llch IflllUl lell
rces mel at OUf Art Orucllcl.l IJnltlo
celebrate St Patnck', Da~ SI\ly .
one members and '!'pou ..C\ ,.It~rn:lcd
Ih is an nual afffur Rob Roy MeLe.l n.
chairman of the Enlct1 .. lIIme ll l Cum
nHltee :IOU hiS 1)(\I\'e commlllcc
members h:nc been hu .. y pfllYldlO8
Ihe retirees with all kinds or
Ihlng,
10 do. John Morduci and Wife were
nl,lllin charged with pro\fidllli Ihe foW
,I
through calerer. (utU Ihe fU(.d wa ..
oliisianding . Our ! hank~ to 1\1111 Phd·
tip~ and wife who arc 111\1) (I n Ihe
commiltce. T hank, also 10 O.lvt
Hrowl] fur hi" help Nlrtenumg ilnd 10
ali lhe Olhers v. hll plII.. hed 10
Remember t('l P;)rltClp.1Ie 10 Ihe
Coors boycott, Dnnk 011 1)" orcv. Ih,lI
I" unl()fl made
RU. HAJI() W MI I(.IlLlL, P.S.
COPE BANQUET
WELL ATTENDED
I..L. 98 (i &r:ml. l'II 1L \UI-J I' III A,
PA .-Elc<:llon for officcr\ of Local
98 \HI1 'dJ..e pla.,;c aI !he unum h.11I
on June 21. 19S1 The r<'11~ \1, 111 ppcn
fmm 8 ... m. to 6 p m. \lc.mben ",,"liu
are workmg OUI of to ..... n or \\ ho 1.1. III
nOI be able 10 (!:el dol.l. n nn Ihc du)"
of Ihe election nMY gel Oil ab ..c nlCC
ballot. All requeSI" (or ab~e n lce bal·
Int ~ are It) be ~cnl 111 Ihe d cclllln
Judge nnd mll~t be recei\led not les
thlln tiH' d;1 }~ prior to the d cclion
ThI: 38th Annual AFL-C IO COPt
8l1nquel .... II ~ held on March 7. 1981.
aline new Sh(el Melal Wo rkers Hall
In Phllfldclphm All Ihe major Jobor
otJLI:..niLUion'i In the cit y were rep-
rt nlcd , mcludlOg Local 98 Our
dc:legadon ~.IS he..ded by 8u~ . Mgt
Jim \Iac l,tnltntl PreoI.. Fred Compton.
fnc: ,pe..J..ert. for lhe evening "erc
the four ma \ .mil candidates who look
Ih(ir l,urr.u,n ht!ft)re Ihe labor lcad·
e,"" L.ldl of the candidate as~ured
the oUl.hClltc Ih:11 organ lled labor h n~
fl cnllcut role in Ihe cilY ' CUlurc. ttnd
c;lch promised to prOVide labor lead·
er5 ~lhY II!,;ce" 10 il y Hall.
(,'011 1: d id nol mnke e ndorsemcnl5
for the May t9 primary e lec llo n but
..... 111 endone cnndidatcs (Qr the gen·
cr.11 eletllon m NO\"l:mber.
I'll Nlty M URRA Y J R., 1).$
ACTIVITIES
BEGIN ANEW
I.. t . 1020&111. 1'j\'1'f:RSON . N,J , -
The worl. pktur~ hlh not pi Cked up
Jnllil ihe .... mlcr ~J~, .....do""' n , but soon
we shi'luld be prell)' busy.
Slllce .... i.lrm ....emher has anhed.
I I I ~ lime 10 h,llhc ....dnqu~ actl\ ities
Loc-al 1O~ hold,. Our outing al the
end o(~lImmcf IS al\\1IYs Ihe pinnacle
o( Ihe ),C.lr, hUI we also h B\le a local
~Illf llUllnlC; and a soflball leam I,
l"'lIIg formed Ihl" )'Cllr. OUf bowling
k'I~UC ,ml.( .. Mf Ille fall season. If
rllU Rre mlel'C:!iled '" nn),oflhe cvenll
.HlJ I.I."nl mm~ m(ormallOn, II I~
.1\',lIl.lhle ,II meetings or call 1hc h ..ll.
Wc ~ltlllJ .ill feel pt"(lud of our
("redl l Umon and II.!i trcmc.ndou!i !iUC"
I.e .... I b '1''lCt-.. ha\le &To.....n 10 o'"cr
c, mllllon Your Credil U Oion offer~
I..Uf1IIlC'II1I\C.lo\\ rulc'!Qn IoaOS\\ hlJc:
1:1\ 1I1g. hIgh r:lIe ... fOr '>l.i\'ings. It :.1'\0
nfrc'''' '~·r\llce itnd IIvailabi1iIY 001
m:llcheu h} cUOlmcrcUlI insU!ulions.
Due to.) )'Ullr co nllnued ,UppOr'i. ()Or
('redll lIIun. hkc our locat uni n.
e.u\ rmly I;(OV.' .lOd pro~ per.
Llc)NF I COUTURI ER. P.S.
ANSWERING
MACHINE NOW
IN SERVICE
I.. U. 11 2(I). Kto:ro..'NEWl K, WASII,-
Spring h.'\s brought ~o mc mO\'cment
III vur Ixx.'ks. Mo)t of Ihe calls ..... trr:
fUI thc Ilul.lile;U lOON :mrl WNP No
:! There arc cumnlly 160 wiremen
IIIl Doul. I ..... Jth anolher SO on Bool,
II ",U of i'ltlr iooentUred apprentice!>
art: "1'If"lng. :md Ihe JATC is al·
Icmpllnl! h'l ...lI\n 10 new apprcl)l lce(;
11110 lIUI pmgntm Ihl~ year.
T~ smol.c "ill h.lsn·t ~/:'llled frOI1l
Ihe rollll\CI I\~ue frllm mpire Elcc·
Irk.: 10 Kaher Enain~e.r~ on the DOE
pr(:IJtth .af Hanfl'rd .
R«enll) ,j\ l,f l'l ur member. re
r.:C IH-d '0· and 1)O.)'ear IBEW mem·
bc-r.hIJ'l pin G.:orlle Neher earned II
(1t)·)"c:u Pill; R.llr h [}Qble. Vmccnl
!'r01er. Juhn Roger. Anhur Ful~am
.Iml P,UlI Roher" nil rcccl\led 50-)-c.ar
rll" ~
Sc!vcrlll of um' members mel In
Olyltll)ia Wllh klbbyists .and Kepre·
~nta!ht:~ Forrc ..1 B:llJghcr, hm Jcs·
~rnli llnd BmGralll . I);1\1e Northam.
Jcrr), Gmv. old , K O't~ CKlell and Joe
.KrnJl discussed .se...crnl ihuC'!i wilh
Ihc~e f.:prto,enlnh .. eo, tin\.! were ablc
10 provide valua.blc inrorm:ilion fOr
Ihem 10 u..c III the currel)! h:IISI;HU~
Keep up lhe good
Cungntluhlll(.ln~
~ork ,
&u}'!..
to MI~e Money.
Guy St«n und Sl~\le Lt;.... 1 for com--
pletmg II!'~ Ill"fu-enllee hlJ'l prOlram
11100 be omlng (Mlr ne ..... ~1 JOUrney ..
men
fhe IItJ ..\\cnng m,u: hm(: I., no .... III
!len-ICC and Will be on from .5 p.m .
unll1 7 ,1 111. on Monda)"tand W eOIlC'i'
day!.. It Will prOVide mformnlion (tn
be diS-
V.h ill cu ll , .aI'C II\lllIlaNc lO
p.alched the nexi d:ay . The phone
numllCr 1\ (~mJ~-OH2.
We t\lcnd tIl U '>),nlp.alhie, 10 Ihe
fanllllc'l orrecently dccca!led rei ired
mcmher~ M al lll CC Vnlll-l~llItcn.
80)'u
N.:ustel. Jac\.. Wymore .tnd E.1f1 Mil-
lon .
L"lI.ltv YOUr-IT. P,S.
LOCAL ADOPTS
ONE-ON- ONE
L. U. IU (1."t!' .ml.rrn .rt'l8nplll. KAN·
AS e ll r, 1\10.- 1 he One.on·OIll!
l>roarnm h.a been ad<.lpced by Local
124 Thl~ IS.\ program In ..... hlch Local
124. ot"'cr cran unkln) and 1he AFL·
CIOean tt,w c a \QI ~'e 10 some oflhe
pIllllical i~ ..uc~ I"':al C'1Il and" III illfccl
u as umon \1,.orkct1. In January ~ev·
ernl member.. mel::ll l.uc;11124 ·~ h<lll
10 di U~.\o ~mt or the i~ ..tl~~ con·
cerntn. lhe unfalt lrade lei or Ihi
,oonrry
At the ecm:ral mecI,", l'n J anuary
14. 1-".&1 Roche rtt~l\cll hiS 0;0 year
)CI"\'tCe plO The follo\\l ng members
h..ne rei Ired from Local 124 ' hank
S, Emery. John R . Fotcy, Keith D.
Laj1Cc. Stuan L. Il;tl.:c, Ken nelh L.
Troutv. JOe. Dalph R. E,llon. H.uold
A Andcrson. Donald DlIlton and
t(c nnelh W Ilndgmnn
The .... ork \Jl uJlion in Ihe. K;\n~tI.:>
City ar.:a I~ ' 1111 h(:\IdlOi · There are
appro.\:tmaldy 800 tr.l.. cler.. ~l iII
workllli thruughmll Ihe K ansll ~ II Y
.lrCli l'>ru~pcc h .Ire gnod from Ihe
K(l n~m City School DiMrict with over
S~6() 1111 11 1011 nUl III tlllh.
Ed Drllke. preSide nt of Local 124 .
wa~ apJ'lOinlcd a, ciw irpcr,oll 10 Ill e
$carch Comm illec of the Missouri
SHih: Democratic Ollltllllteco Our
preSident IS 1he only lab!.lr person on
lilt .. 1.llc Oelllllc mllc Cunlllllll ce
At ,_" J. PrH [".... r(ll Drek. Of Local
t 24. Ksn ..s City. Mo.. with Bro. Ed
Roche! who rec.l... td hI, $O-VNr .~.
Ie.- pin,
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E~l lon.s for LocaII 2.4'sofficcl1o .... 111
be held In J Ulie
LocnJ 124 Vtoulll hk~ to eXlend lIS
dct!pcst symp31hy lu rtat ramifies of
Harold Oramble. SI(ve M. Lo\·tland.
Rudolph KippJ r .• John .i.elkn,JIlme5
M Vincenl , Jame! N TII~lor and
Chark) C. Rogcn un rhl,: recenlloss
or their Io .. ed onc~
RAU"1t ROlHl.I(IlIl I, P.S
VERIFY EARNINGS
WITH SOCIAL
SECURITY
I.. . U ti (i&o), JIIoEW ORLF..A."iS.
l.A.-JJrescnun.tt service rms 31 Ihe
nnUBI Reil~ Plut, "'1,:11: '~....u Pte.
1~t!ph Pardo, Retirees ub Pres
Rilymond Landry , Bu~ ' tiP" A1 Dos·
Ikk.lDd Fin. Sec. Tum Klllern Pen-
~ rnem~ .... bo f'l:CC'l\cd run . . .'e~
WallI.lffl Sto.... ell .Ind L A 8llrbacL.,
70 )ean~ Claude lI alle~. Hugo Ht!I-
kim. FIo)d MlIrqUl' lind Ed....1trd
Hartle), . 60 lear . und ~ KI-
)eilB.
ne\' Bt:nneu , Eugrnc: Peo;Roches. t"e-
ICI Du .. emet. 0 J ()u\IlJ';'IU. Ralph
Ehre:osmg. Femand '·Cna.5CI. P.S.
Hnlanl Stephen I "'!"'occ, Fnml.
u.nbe:n. E. C. l.andry lind Chtu'~
W"I"'Ch IOC'mhcf"i IT'
Eighl)'-"il'
celved .. ~-)'ear pins. !I t«elvcd 40-
lear pins. 15 re«, ... ed )'-)'ear pms
anO 1.... 0 ml:lTlbcn; !'UCIVrd IO-)'ear
PinS
If voo aft! du,e It' retirement or
itllllia .. e Ii lonl W3)' m til.), thert' l.!o
'oOmc:tlung e\tel")' member CUD do 10
(n'\Urc ,ow- rulurt StM:ull S«unt~
benefits. You can .... 1 II \hue-men! or
)our earnlogs (rom $veia! Sc uri!)'
ny IkHng lhl!!, )'00 makc ..un: that
the .. ICA deduclton!. bitt,. out of
)uurchccL.m:: .!oCnllu ~ul Secunl)
_00 )·ou a.rc:C'Rdned .... nh lhe C~l
.. mULI,,1 You can ft'4t1csl .. \talcment
C\('I")- yur. hould request
bUI)'Oll
II at fc'dSl eH;"rv 1\\0 )'C'ar. Ir )OU
.... llll more than Ibtu )C2h. three
monlhs and 15 W~'lI wier Ib yearrn
v.hIC:h an error u(.CUt" ('orreclllln
mil) not be pos\l~h: Yooca.n rtt:<i ... e
II ..hurt rurm f,.vm M)' 1('1;,11 Social
SclunlY office: b)- phomlll1 1100 ("('.
qUe'lIllTl( an enmlnlPo ~IIHC!menl (orm
The phone numbcn. of Ihe dlfferenl
office'S "rc hsted In lhe: blue pages or
Bro, Wlll ltlm SlowtU. Ctn ttr, fK.ived hi. 70-,.• • , membef.hlp pin hom. len 10
,ight, L..ocaI 130, Hew 011811ns, La.• Retirees Club Pre s. Raymond Landry, Bu • . Mgr.
AI Bo.I I ~k, F1n. Sea. Tom Klllttcln lind 1oe.1 Pin . Jot- Perdo.
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the IciephiJnC' direclOllCf Imdtr Untied
IlIle'l Departmenl or HCilll h I1ml Hu·
man Services.
DAVE A . If"HOl
CONGRAYUUlnONS,
I.OTHER I.UfON
I.. • 1).1 II,rm ,l ,rl',,- ~ p .. "
<:AGO, IU..-The Chl~d~lt h !'tJcl'll.
II1In or Labor has a ne .... rrcMCI~ 1I1
,lnd o,ecretary-I n::a.!oUl~1 due In the
deulh or Ed .....1lfd F. Urabel.' , Shonlv
IInCI Pre~ Brn bcc look nOIl:e. he
~v~n1.::d Local 1).:1 Vice ~ MI-
chou!1 IJruron 10 the pu~ rl lo n of hl~
"pe.c.llil ;u.<;j. tanl . Ill", M}!r 1'101
Ore~l1l\han, who serve on the Lx·
CCUliH! & ilrd of Ih~ rhiCl~u focd ·
mmon of Labor. nominaled Roben
HeOlle) for presldenl <lml Mlchm:J
IJntlon (or sccn:lal")'-trc""urer_ rim
hdd the SUppof1 of the enlne L\cc·
umc Board and Ihe rI\IIJPtlI~ ur dd·
egale .. ror a ~mOOlh Irnn\lllOn
Mtke·... tntde unIon ~I"II) ~gan
a... an apprcnllCC: ckelnc",n In 1954
Ant:I bccumll1,g ~ ~,mun eki:·
Incian. he lKld 1M posltluns or ley, -
ant. f~l~man and gene"" forcmlUl.
I-Ie y,,,,~ dei:tcd 101M: D«u!l\e
liQanl Qf Local 13J In 191j ami ....,.s
IIM'O'nl~.1..!o bu~tne ,n:"'t~nhHI\e
of Local 13·1 m 1980 and vice 11ft I-
denl In the ~ame )'cilr t."~e ha .. durn.:
an oUI !i"landln~ job In e"cr) f1051tton
he h,,<, hcld In the 10&:111. ttnd he IS
'iure 10 c:ul\I((Uie the lugh ..lIuMiard ...
ror the Chl~o Feder",II..," Ilf l.A.OOI.
Wur~ m our Juri-wllllUn " I!-Olng
Ourl)' ",cll In FebrulU") O'HaI'C field
..torted 0: nI,hl s)ufton rhes:.i1i~mllhon
JOb. The eleclm:all.:unsr.,~hn... 10 Ihl~
JOIlll "enture: ale Commcmru Lllbl
IlDll Rotx!n Stage
QUi Mar Bresnahan hore .. lhal
tn I....tk'Ul Itnle_.... llh 1611 lhe ~nrk
pLumed lR \.he C~o l..ooJ'lllr(~
.... c ,... 11 he able LO pUl lIur ' ..... cllng
Brothc~..nd Islc ..... lIth4l .... nt 10
.... ar~ In ourJurisdicllnn Md.lll ..or!"
HAlli 1:5 D l "'"1'4. 1'_5
LOCAL WORK
IMPROVES
I•. t , ISO (I.em. rls &spII ). \ \ i\l KE.
C Al. 11..1 ._-10 M:nch 8001.. I Vt,~
N. II S
III-
WoIl klng UNI picket line at the K9fl' ~
Fr~ Chkktn r••'laIJf1lnt In AntJocft are
Jot Longo. MIn. _nd AssL Bu$. Mgr.
Bill Yulan&. (Photo submftied by Loc;al
t 50. WM/I(eg.n. m,)
",nu,lHv ...:Ic:<ar. ~llh many u·..\elt.r,\
.... orkme orr of Book 2 II 'i;~m~ It!..e
c\e:.r.,.-.... hcrc)UJ tool.. lilen:I!o w\l'Ilhcr
buihJulI; COlmA, OUI or the poond
Horwflill" HI!" bUlhhng hoI.un ...... 111
conllnuc through the nt..'(1 re"" ),I!;an
"r
Tty'f.'(' our Brtllhero h&\1;' re·
I,.enll) !'l,b~d ..",.a~. l..co~rd Bu)h
anJ Amll! K.D.~ '\It'i:'~ retlre:\J mem·
ber. .... hlle (.enc Dor!>C) wa~ dn .Iol:lh e
member. Gene died in an a.ulomoblle
acc~c:.nl un March I. Gene .... 111 al-
IfoaH be. rt.nlt:mbe:rtd as a qUIet J'lC'r·
w~ woo .... alli a Good unlUn man and
an c:u;dl~nl cro:lIhman All Ih~e uf
our Orolhe~ will be greal!) missed
b Iht' e:.nllfl: luca.I On bc:.hllir ~f 1111
memf)CNo. I ell:lend symp;uhlt..!l hl
Ihrlr (!'mllK:-'
Af'PI"enl~ \\00 ha\'c reachoJ (Mlr
reqUired amounl of hours to recCth
lhelr lourneyman Hckel are Oarrell
Da.... -"ln DaVid Run)on. Jt>Seph
Htlll<i<;t)n. Wilham Ro)' Mleh:.el
YOIIA, Wcoo,.
)'lIre.
C()rdt~ ilIld Slc,,"cn
At our M.ll t:h umoo meellng. ¥oC
haJ an e\\:cllcnilumoul of IjOl)rttlh·
e .... and S",IcrJ I wi ..h Hit: IUl1luul
would be lhal good at (\"er) mc.:lllll!
AI Ih(" ~reclill meellng called 10 dl;'-
(;u ...s Ihe upcommg m:gollallun... In
June . there .. erc some Inlercsllng
'illggC'iIlOO~ The meellng .... no\; ~'cry
produ lI\e. i!vrng the egilllAlu)&
C~.mmtllct llo 101 of Idea~ HI .... or
";"Ilh
The ,u:compan,ing PlctUn: In Ihc
JlUlfmJI lin.. month i .. lhat "r Ihe
Kenluck) Fncd Chltken t'ClIlillirunl
lhlll ....... ~ dune by d scab \:L1ntnu;.lur
from WI'tConsln-County Lmc [Ic~·
InL We Vi~fe ... lIcc,....,fllll.... IIIFll'lht'm
pulled ofT a Job In Lake- Fore"t btu
mn -.0 ha:kv '" Illt' Kcntuck., Fr~d
Chld.cn restaurant In t\ nUoXA So.
plc.a<;e dll nOI palromze thl'i; n:"'hlU·
mnt;und 11.'11 your union fnend!. abt.'l11
II I hi" al\(.I gQC'lI (or all I h~ nlon
76 "allllll~ III l.... k~ Counl ~
Tt'Ic IlItcd Siale has finall) mBJe:
,unit! hc.ld ..... ay In UUI Imde deficil
W1th Jupan Wc Increased our":,\ f'lltb
fn'"lm 1.(, Ion ... \0) 235 Ion .. rrom I'JK.~
10 l'mf\ Whal would thiS Incre.l-""!
C" lltJIt be'l Wh} . 11 WaSlH.1I g,llid " ....
nOI cnouga, IhBI they own scvcn Ollt
III Ihe:. IlI lrlrgc st Ixmk'i In Ihc wllll~l :
now they nre laking o ur Bold
RICK Rorr"'ANN . 1':-' .
MANY CONTRACTS
COMING DUE
,rtI,rtb.gu\l ,1 U\".,
CIl ENECl' 0\' . ~ ..... - We ~on
!Wo\lulalt I>'.."e LlggeU and Irv Cl~n
rermi nc un thclr 1 ~lrement and Wish
them good hcalth lind a long relll~'
menl.
The loc.11 umon fm Ihe fiNt urne
has hlld a General Prt~idenp;' MAIO-
lenllnce Agreemcnt as'jlgocd on 3Joh
In IlsJun.,JittlOn. Wllh li S Many dif-
rcrCIlCe'i, ,Int! clllly ha"10.8 il few ~n
on Ih~ jllh, II h Inu c.ilri) to be ~urc
how II Will ....·Mk OUI
The negOII,ll lum wllh Ihe L'lly tire
III a Sland.'lolill. running vcryfarbth,nd
a, usui\1 Wllh many olbcr COnUUCl'JI
up Ihl' )CIH. Iht'n wrll be iI II)t or
negollation meetinp . Conuacis 10 be
openet.l thl~ \CdI rue inSide elct:ln·
c.ians. re Idc:nll ..l elcclncians. Gen·
eral Elc~·Irw.: Ser"Icc Shop. Slw.lrmlte
Colksc ~nd Schtntuad)- Schoo' S)V
tern \\'1li." 1\ ~1lC In earl) 1988
AI Ihl.:: 1.»1 reoJJOlUdi mtttIO(,. Ni..J.
DiGeoo\1l ..... a!. clttted secreUU') of
the UOlI Ahll. K.1. OtGemwa IUIJ
GCOll JetTeI'!! "'cre Ilppomtcd 10 lhe
' C'GQlra1l0n\ t'unmuuee
The ,uhltrtlllOlI O\Cr I~ --pru nl
00)(' vmh WTE. \J till .....alUn' for
a ronhnned d.-Ie lbe lMl propusctl
dale Vie rl\:~\'c d ":II§. June 9, 1910.
We hupe Ihl'" dote ...... 111 be ~Iisfaclory
tu all panlc~
'll1c mef)i:T o( G[ and RC Serv·
Ice ShtlJ'l'" hoi, ,(orled local!) I he
result~ :w r.u-
.an: ~I tl¥!': til" rVI
mo~t pan Thcre are and .... iII he
growlIlj paUls.
\\re announcc ..... Itb 5OrtO\\ the:
~'il"& or ('h;trk ... Bung, Itn em·
pk>),cc of the GE Sc:r\'ice Shor since
1971
S .... rQo ...·I:."TTI;.. I' S
LABOR FRIEND
WINSON
RECOUNT
L.U. 176 fI,rts..'bi.), JOl.Jt;r. 11..1.--
On S:uurdJy. Ma.n.:h 7. we had our
....nnUid Dmncr·l)anceallheCondesa
tid Mal We had .. gOt."Id turnout ror
the clitntna ...... "h evcT")Iane harin, a
@.ood lime We iU'!: lookmg forwnrd
IQ summer ~c:.IIVIIICli with our golr
ouunK PicnIC 1100 ntlr Lncul176 Nlltfu
al Italmornl ~r"
We had gnud nCw fmm our <oiIlue
lel-lslalUre In carl)' April R.i~ ChrL~'
leno;en •• 1~1Od rncnd to Inbor. 1(\.\01
by (our "Ole, hI JerT) Well ... r. II rep
resenHUI'e wllh no record 10 suppon
ofl:thm Well . Mr Choslenscnil,l.e:.tl
ror II recount, and after .. four-month
pr"OCe'o-" he Iuulld he hlld Wlln b\
thrtc VOlt~. Mr . Chri~len'£n Vi.u
~ .... um In Apoll. Ttun .... a) 100 dOM'
a caBI Ifthert Is:' fncnd or labor Up
for e lccllnn, 10 "Ole: don'l Ict an
Amcnc..ln nghl p.u, 'rOll 0),1
DunniJ. lkc ye:u Locllll 176spon..on
a Ic.t or o.)l ~InI";llIulI' IhrnU1!,OOut Ihe
C'lImmUnllle\. ~oflba ll :lnd Lillie
l.e<IQUl' tctlln.... for c'3mple. If Y(1U
km1\10 Ihc-lIt: Icltm~ tire playing In you l
arr:;l, go 1,,,1 ror a nice ~ummer e\·c·
mog 10 chtcr thcllI onl
II~II' I K IlItr,,\I' P$
 DEltA
SCORECARD ON
REPS
L.U. 1,*" Ii,O&spa l, S IlRE\~POR ·r.
LA.- I ~ ..!> recently appointed 0\
pres .....cc~ nt l')' and would lik~ 10
encourage. an) lllcmbcr ....·'lh ne .....
Ihe)' woo\d IIlu= \0 hiI"t reported to
COOI.lel me. Bill La\\,
w e sull h3\ie O\oCI 100 mt"mbr:r.
on Boo .. One and 10 ,lJlPn:nlK:tS oot
of .... i)n:. The: l"rJ~c~1 Juh In tHlr Jum-
dlt:hon , a 2h-"i10f)' Cornmercial '.I
IlOnal BanI.: bUllihng. h'b been com
pielcd LUlg-OiI\cr..()'OwY(f Ek:,,:lnl,.
Comr:\n}' had U~ Wol.-.t oo\ld,tlI ~n.l
basemenl through the UMh floor 01
Ie~ .. pace Fuelgrnf put the fklOr.
dUel ... }·~tc:m In . Local dcctncnl con-
lr.tClQrs dOln. won.. on 1M- bUilding
.lre Hld:s. Camu.. lind Wilhite'. Spc-
~tal thanks 10 the ~ 1t"", .i(IJ.•• Moo..e-
Miller and Alfred Colc Jr. , for a job
welt done
The louIsIana AsSOCIation of Ru"
~., :mlJ Industry had "fII}n~(1r(d a
number of bill.!, II) reduce Yo CtrL.crs'
nglll .. ami benefit!». Chcd. and sec
how your r~l)o:~clllah\'cs and ...ena·
top, .... oled: Ih lS is ('Iceuon )'car. Lei
U~ n=eleci ou rfnclUJ .. tmddefem Iho.'>C
\4 bo oppose: labor 1~'Ue.~ Support
COPE:. and I' I C~
CongralUlallon~ II) Ille 10 fuurt h·
)'car apprenl lces The jOUf1)(ymtlll
cX;lm will be o n J une 6 wllh Ihe
luming...out 1)11 l~JI)e 2.5, The new
journeym<.:n nrc Charles Onrringlon .
Mark Bmdy, Mouhcw Fon le llot.
Tltn(lth y GaJle.!i . Gernrd GUIllI!I. Run '
aid Hcnnig;lIl . I< oger MurrdY. Terry
Reynolds, Ronnie Smlfh and Drlllny
Z\'\',lh lcn
Remember. the officers, CICCIIt1J1
Wi ll be held 111 Junc
WII1IA " S LAW, li S.
LARGE UNIT
ENTERS
NEGOTIATIONS
L.U. 2();1 luI. CElJ/\K RAPIDS.
10"'A- Time agtlln for the: rne:mm:r
u\ ltv! Lara\! UI\\\ \0 I'cturn thtlr
proposals for Ihe upcomlR@ negOlia-
bOns. It could be an II1lertsllltg )oed'
01 the table lllf)Ce Jo hn RcJrem '~
mo\ing 10 Cecilr R.lpld .. Opernlmg
B) Easlel'1l Re@lon supervisor.
OU!>. Mgr. Sagar JL"Ccnd) <>c:1L"Cled
a nc .... COPE. commmcc rrom ... 11
arca~ of the ~t:HC', ThlS corrmuUcc
COflSISI!.ofJohnG •..te... ell .... R.ipH.h .
ch:urman: Gary em..,cn. FaarficlJ.
secretary; Ste\'e Olm~IC:,ld. Hnll , Jim
\Vel h. DAI!C: Lorena Dwlc} . MI
Vernon ; DiCk S'n~'kltll. MaNba ll
to ..... n. Cart Struvc. Rolfe ; Marl. [orr.
Boone : ..md Nurm Sqmer, Admr I
than'" lhue propl for \Olunl.:cnn¥
to be part oflhlSo cnmnllllee~ II '~ lUi
Imponant I~S UC .... 'Ih I..ocal 104 II) ht:'
pllllllClllly tnl'ul\ll'(].
1...)Ca1 ~'~ Plt fllC Will he hl!ld 111
CedlU Raf"J<;. Ihh \ "rill Bever Pari.
The dale 10 remember IS Augu'iol I
A '\.olleybaU Icam IS beI ng pu t UJ"
gelher. An 1I\"'113110n I ~ C',(Ic:ntiet.f ((I
alt or Ux"31 ~ '~ re:l lrce'l IOcome (III
0111 and havc a good lime: ,
JIM SCUn'. P,S.
IUEW JOURNA L/JUNE 1987
AREA WORK
IS GOOD
loU. 241 H,rlhoSlllI,!!'nt nlIY ), Dl.
U tI . \UNl'.- II ' great lu repurl
th.1I Our Wor~ pICture: I:' very lood
ror the fi~llIm c In ~e:vi:! n" ),ean. We
h;n'c a m,tlo.- 1,"'flU n'liIOn Moil'll 110 III
Ihe ~ltllcr HIli Mall, nt.''k l~dnl(Jn~
li nd rcnll,Jdehn, ~lIla done: to a mao
Jonl~ of ,)llr puhh,,- \C~, and the
.$.$OO.milhon t..ru.e Suptri." }'llpel 1111
project. A n('\4 (:(In\Cnlkln ':C'nlcr I
also being pL.nn(d . A ~or l h" 14 (lIma,
'4oC hlu'C' aboul 100 lJ"It\ders \h'I"'III~
lit lhe pdpa null PIUJI!CI Ille n...;mJ
of 1:>'~cl('ln of lhe: Dulluh Llblw
, cmrk " ~nn\tdcnng " f"'C"chfi ". Gat_lid '" 1M 'ltsl Annu.all.ocal2S2., Ann Ar~. Mich" R.l lreu Reunion at
the llululh Labor" Temric W()tk 1\
e"'~Ir,,-d Iu Mgll'! thl summcr
z.phf'h'll" F1L, ace, ..,. &0 rtghl. John Kittfll , o.w p~ BiU Btwfy, o-n Combs,
IWptt Boorom. Ct.-rile Dodr'et, Watt Sttu«.. . I1IM Leubeftga)'fi, H«m Scftroen
Wuh .dllhe: COII\trucllOrl work bt-Ing
and G*"'Y Markrw.
done In l'Iur i1ml.lhcrt O!re 3<fill tn.tO\'
pctlpl... who MC Ir.. \ rOnUnillC', The'
t-cr, ,,"CIC .lbJe UI find l4uri. lin ' he f'1C',I~ remember that our local
Duluth OuiJdcng Tnuh! ... v..Cftl In \III
HlO.Ill III I C' $\ICllr. Minn.; Bo~ ton meel~ the rounh ThurMlII) of IhC'
Ihe; \.mu\!\ ..:,tn'In."':U\ln ~lIe~ :lnd
M .. ~, .• NeVI 'I mk ('II)" WhllC' PI.lln .... monlh 31 7' '0 P m , m the Hlbb,"&
colleoed oonoaliono; frunl .tll ihe bUild
!'J 'I .1100 In \ltchlPn III Grund Rap- tcmori3.l Buddmll: III Hibbing. Mmn.
Ing Irnde~ ,*orke('5 and also Icom ed
Id~, BdUI&:, CI'Cc ~ 'lilt.! Dclnlll I have Our Local !94-2 or BemidJI. ~hnn ..
d.,'f1dllQll.!o frum ';C\cral CUfUmt.lllr.
been "orkln@ .n Detroit 3t Grtllt metts Ihe: IhlnJ 111UNlay of the month
( Ivt'r S 16.000 was dmnbulcd 10 flMlI.l
l.Jl kc~ Sled lint.! ""uuld 111..( III Ih,m'" at 1 p m. In Ihe Carpcnttr:s Hall In
shchc' ln ululh. ( Ioquel, Br.llocnl
l..ocnl ~R ror Iht!1I ho<,pllalll)' It) h i) lletTlldji Abo. Ollr loeal member'li
Tv.. ~1 Ilarbor) and SUpC"lim I1I :UI~ '
\.Clr AniJ lIJllhc o lher IruvelLf\P. UrQlh· muSI make fourc Ihe h)Cal offiCI! h;l~
10,111 .... hu gtI\'C' ...o gc-ncrou Iy.
tf'l on Ihl~Joh . Ihelf Cllrrtnlllddrt ss and rhonc num·
A o ne-) e.lr t,;(Itl I r. I ~1 ha\ JlI \1 hcell
JRrcty ntlt e: L),nn Grl!nier M:nl ber. Eh:CliCtnll for local I)ffice~ are
r.llIlltd btt\fo,cen Lt)(ul !42 a nd UJe~ .
1IlC' II ne" '\.polrer c hprlng. \4luc h (II.,· III l tlllc; ~n p'casc make ("cry dIon
ndn!TC 1 .. hie 1 V OUt Ne,;oll.UlnM
':1I,~d lhe. hn1..II'lh I)r cOnl.lcl · lc,,~ 10 vole for you r cl\l ltCc. as C\'c ry \Ole
Commnlec Included AKh~ Rand,11I
IIW 1111 Ihe Jvb tnt tlntde 'I fron~) I tITlpon.lnl.
Ill . Greg BrYl.lnl . J (ln l:fI ~ "'.son IIlId
. IJ"I~CIJ "' I J lkcr~ nol III ~en r cunluCI We relllind :111 Brothers lind S'Sler.;
Alan Si~re.rt
len')c, whe" doing L1 job Ihal mighl 10 plc",e .llId 10 Ihelr II si or 3l rhlll.:S
Nior Fchmal')' 19K7 ("nlv," "(";th"
C\rnw Ihelll t uei ce l rt C[tl "pllt\.;~, I· ... ~ org.unb.cd b}' AFL-C IO affiliates Ihe
I hlhnull WO\ IlII lld li~ II full ' llInt II~·
er}, few )'c,lr, III" "CpOl'l ~ lIrr;ICC~ til rolioVo>lIIg which IIlI\'c con lrllC I ~ wllh
~1"l an l b u si nc~!'I agent.
Ihe fllllll I lr II .. 'lIfCI)' Alcrt "whlch Ihe Brol herhood o r Railw.IY, t\ irlmc.
l< ~lIrc.1.! am JIlek; U\\II\;.' t' '0\:" dll!, 1.... 11 C:I ~'I
III J'!crnlil ncnl bl llll.l IUW S l enlTl ~j ur CIerI,:., fU KAC) reI'-
ou ~ ly III In ~
Dululh 1t\)~J'lilal .Iftcr
lie " TIII ~
rt lllnir 'A'II~ rerliled In the n:~cnllng derical. stat io n and pas·
'IlIncn ng a -.e"eJC hcan snack, Om
lU rK 1910 Jmir/1fI1 tr you h.l\'e .III} -.engcr fleet cmpluyce:. J\ J; pell A ir.
rmycrl'i 10 OUI 10 J.I"-'" 0111 prll )1!I' 4uc<'! I\l n ~ rCi:.trtltlill the usc oft'on1 l\cl way:., NI)rth\.\,'e~ t Orienl Airlm ~.
,Hid ..ympblhy Ill~o !to QUI 10 Ihl!
le n,,!." on Ihe Jub, ~u thili t )'l)lIr tye Pnn:ur Jlllil I< e j)l!bhc AIrlines.
rlimily or Hm, SI.mlc)' f{ 1.:h'lrIl ....... 1t(1
dOClor '-Ir Iht 'ul Cl y Deranmen! or We mll ~ 1 look fOI Ihe ullion label
p:1,~cd nWlI)' on Murch 'I. "'1'7.
tht. Intc\TlalltJIUlI Offife . til ulllh:u we buy 10 prolect Ihcjobs
ongrmullillOlI' III 11 1l'40unt lullan
J AM I " I< H AItV I Y. II ,S of unit) n mC'mbcr~ ; and. ahmt: till,
\()fl , "bur lknb(aume. Lout.. S<t1.1I,I,
look ror Lhl! Made-m·the- SA label
Lavemt" LQfllilhl [md RIt)'nmoo l il'
swell un thclr rCCCli1 ~hrcrncnt
10 pfol ecl ,,"Ir C(\lJfttry
I (teal 14:!'s mec l,"~ IIr~ Ihe flr'l SETTLEMENT F I I Hm' L4U O). P.S
!'nli.l)' or c.u;:h lrK)nlh C\\:cp l fur IUIlI.'.
July, ugll I ami Scplemllcr v..hen REACHED
they arr he:M Ih~ hN rbur'\.(llJ)< +.f I .l. 29J Il,u.tm.rtb.rts&spal . lun·
li l'l{(;. \IIN' . -Wc I,;I\'C' T'tl:1(,.hc:..t "
ANNIVERSARY
Ihe month. Mccllnp 3f'l! on!) un~c II
monlh .ukl hegJn LII ~ f'I m '" II~ ~el1kmcTll In IItlr negOl.ulion) for .. PARTY ON
Dululh Labor Temple. I tk.pc In ,cc I,;llnlJoM.:' t--=I\Iocen (llir local and
)'OU Itt Ih~ nC\4 rrtCt"lmg
NOflhem Uc 'I n~ Cooreruu ..c cRf...\1 AUGUST 22
ur VII~III1" , Mtnn We Will rCI,;CJ\'C .1
[,1111.1' alCH It • " ~ (Inc·llme ~ pcrcenl w;lSe bonth aftcr
Ihe 11,-.,1 ),c<lr .Uwlll 2 rtttent 1t\t'rt'<I'iC
L. • JJl (I 0',S 1\ JOSE. CA I..-
1..o..""'Rl IU', 14dIL'" Au-.:a]I.."U')' \10,111 hosl
Ihe 751h Annl\icrsary DlIIlltr-Dancc
In hoorl) v..tgc Ih .. 'tCCOfId )L:"t. W('
REPORTID LENS ,II..", IIgreru In lin Int~'< In our aIlhe' '-db Ion Hutet on SalUnia)" ,
Ilc.i.llh m,ur... rk;a:: , brmilna; Ih~ de AugU51 22 TKL.cl ...re S20 cach .trW
DANGER IS ductwk fmm ~~ \0 100 V.hh;h \IoIU a~ IImll\"\! '" 2'6 pwpk \)o~1
1-..«" lbe:: C4hl Je .....,. ..J1d eflll"l ~ u'\. Iu cockl3H, lII-iU t.c (rom 6:30 p.m ., ..tin·
A HOAX! ~rc(lthe ..anI( "-""cma:c-. A\C'\'cr)'one ner.1I 1:30, 'Ickel .....'11 be' available
toll. 252 'i.rb&~pIU. M"r\ i\J.(lHHt, "'nu'40ll. lhe hU'pd,II,tnti rlOClo.... · co...''\. .II the lOt:al ulllon office.
'IICH._ll'ere ;Ife 'N men un Ik~ ll. I..ccr c~alllllnl! Loc.al n:! l.ti n cd II nc ..... raflk al
I oIInd 130 men m' nook
II 1~ boIl ~ WCO!IC '\.lltt III t.unlr,JC1 ncgott&tll\1f1" Ihe. rCllul.lr II~al mccllngs In Iht: ht)pe
I~ IIIU" lIIg. allmlUgh '\.1111 ..1(,..1\ \tlf1tc .... I\h):(" \ . \\ 1110\40 \bnufaclUnng uf IflCretl.,lnF-llltctkiaoce ant.l cnt'our·
COOI",CIO,"" "'I"C tH::C'n ~('r"'lnt: ~h&lll uf \14 tHIn MlIln .lIm \401111 Mallon o&gInK our ITlc:mhc.r;lo rCGl~ler 10 "Ole
v.«l... 14M 14-111 tCt\lrn 1rn:1f rota tu Mnt\)t' Shur ~(V ifl'n~. MU\I\. I \10\11 Th~rc arc Ihr('c requlremcnu: II You
rull lime bffl)fe hmns mUle .. ~ I4nr~ ~ccp )UU (X1'\.lcd mu!.1 be II mc.mbcr of Ihe Io..:al. 2)
rm: k$ up Thc uuJlook ro,- ummel' I, Wfl r~ In \Klrjun,clu:llon it, ,1111 vl!r~ YOll musl be prese:nt al the meellng:
~uod. hca ..... c\cl . u... lhc nel4 Chcm " 'rr flum lind the rlllllle ~u ll It"W:lb hlculo. ] ) You mll,1 he regi\lcrell lo "ole 111
lind MedK:i.l1Science Umldmg,s II I Ihe Wc ho(lC' -.orne lI'ay II,) rcp.tYlhc nlulI} Ihe adun:s'i yOU have on record wil h
Unl\cnllypf M ldu¥oUl ..nli Uk.' \\-.I!'oh:- lut. .. h Ih.11 Il.I vc hclpc:U pU l llur InCll 1 Ihe 11.1(;,11 unmn
Wtller Trt.llmcnl 1'1,,"1 III l'kncrul Umlhe.... III \4oilrk We ~' e nd It spC'· The nlmc 'iIKn(,.'d \Iollh ~ and
Molnr.. b.!'t,c ),ct h) hll e ':ICv." I hc (..I,ll Ih,mb It! Luud .. Jill. 1-1 1 and I OC~ b) S50 Wlla] won . then .!o t.lrt ~
Sohd · W11~1 C' lnelllc llllm 1'f(IJ f.:CI In 292. ·J1H: ..c lo..a" arc c mploym~ Ihe U\'CI at '10 Thc mem\')cr' .. name
Ja c k ~OIl I allll" )c\pcclcd 10 lake more rt\,I./t">n l )' or Itlil 1'.:1-1 Hnllhl!n; We dro .... n al the April mcclin~ W:b nOI
men Ihun!. \'011 [IWa ln a .. IhlS provc§ Ihat ple~Cn1 . MI Ihe M<ty Prize was 100.
Over Ihe ",W!er ~ome 11r our memo we Il.Ivc ,I I/o!'e,, ! IlIolh l:l'htJOtl Rt LltAlm R . C Or-'V,AY . P.S .
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Pictu •.a Ii Judy F r ~. EAtc.ullv.
&.fd me:mbet , Unit 7, L.ocaI 336, Chi·
cago, lIf.
TALKS HELD WITH
GTE/FUJITSU
l.. .1."O n&ca" I. CrnCAGO.ILL-
~ offit:el1l' cit"ttion \4 111 be b) mail
ballot In June: 10 be C'ounll"d Jun~ !"
Om, ' , flHNf'1 w nm"
GTE Busine>;.S Sy s tem~ Inc ha ..
entered mHl lin il8f"(:('menl "'-1 11'1 fu-
Jllsu Lid. or J,'p,m The Jom! \enHIrC~
to make and mark~1 lc!tcommllm·
call1m<t eQVlpmcll\ onicullIy bCf!,I\o
April 1. Thccombined enmy, FujilSui
GTE 6u!;lIIc\$ SY~ h~ m s Inc_. '*111 he
uwned 20 percenl by GTE IlMrtllI'
rucallon Syslc:m'l Carr. und 0 per·
cent FUJIl'iu America Inc . l :nlon rcr'
rt;!>eRlali\.:~ mCI wllh rcrrc..,cnlall\·~~
uf I~e JOint-venture companlco;,
M.m;h :mrl Apnl The purpoSI! of Ihe
ILII.:.:lillJ;. \lr1Uo to ..1I!>\.u'U tho: illl,'''"-' ,-"1
mcmbcn. or the b.ar~lRlR& Ulhl re -
.. uhm. rrom Ihe C'htblj"hmcnt ,l(lh(o
jOIflI \enlure
The: com pan) Iu." agn::cJ 10 re •
Ogllll;c the unton and adopt mn-.l ot'
lhe Pf"O"isio n3 of the GTE Comltlu·
mcallum. S}",IClm; Ag~ern~ 11I A
number of changes In the ap'Ccmtnl
\1,0111 be DCCCl at) to rtnect lhe nc ....
company rather laMn GTE mnrnll-
Ricatioos Systems The comp.1JlY ha
uJ'>() made wrne ptupoc;ah rt:ganhng
I..h<lll!lc,) In the 1x.:l1wl pl.UI!>. H!\:~
change s are nOI 'iub,liulle. blll n.uhcr
provide for ~ u ch Ihlns)::'5 IoCholngC! (n
Ihe msurnnce ,curner In Ihe H",}'~pl
Mlilal ion/Medll;<l1 PI.mnnd lidcll' lhi'
)Iod: opllon In the S a v llll: ~ IInti In-
ve .. 1menl Plan
Dalascrvlcc Icchmclans and clerk!>
""ho are c rnployl..'ll h) Ihe Produ t.!
Service Or&l.Inl7.11110n or AT T wen:
merged Wllh a par1 of Con,umcr
SeF'\lice Organization 1('1 rorm l\ new
enlll) . Dala Servll:e.. OrganizatIon
Till: puu,", i~ LUUlpUKJ uC t\;Lhlh·
cldn... 10 ')en ItC AT&. T compulcr
hard\lo'aTeiind software and necc.'i..at)'
o;UT'ptlrt .. luff !..Ix.. 1 1)6 14elcome ..
Iht I\ppmXim;llt"ly 110 nl'W mrmhr~
t'IA flo Wl:'t"e pre\ IOtI'ify oonlfnfOnl ....,hu
\10111 now be I"Cprt,enled unoJu the
nallon....1de IIgrttmenl hc:l""ccn the
'DEW <lnd ATIl
Efrecu\'e Muft'h If M ike McConnell
'<I..;a.$ OIppomled it.') busmeM repr.:-
~cnuui"e 10 jCrt' l« mcmbel"'i em·
plo~ed by AT&T . Amerilech Servo
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,Co!,\. Catllc:l V .nd J UUf l!.ut!ounll1&
unil, (iC I _)<.;.\1 H6 \lIke ,,/"('\ 'Itlhh
~n'e~ 11\ l:hlcf ~lt\l,..IIJ U'T-'Illn 1\
\C.f\K1n, .. rurtKln uilhe't< nl<: m~r"
as "ell II IIlInol Rtll rmplo} 1"1"'
fbI" oI"".mJlm C"nI 'd-'" made: fft u 'n·
ICC oor mcmbc,'1 ~up ~11~r ... " oj ~ \IJII
of ct\an,gC\ duc IU d'''~\lIIute
Effel..ll\,c ""m.. h I J"lh 1 1t'~ / l'~."
lIppomlcd 10 fili lhe Unit ? Eu\!uu '-"c
8o.1n1I'1t" lltVn nf rCIII\!d Chief S'c\\,
unt fueculI\'c Bwrd mc:mbcr R~~n
TunnclI Judy I' emrlilye,1 U~ 1\ InKi.
Ji'l1oItLIICI r~tI Al lIl. l lleLl I &1"1~1.
Inc In Indmnll We t~H: nd dur cun·
.l!;r.llullllllll1!o l,ml wclcoh'e ~ 11 U I'n Itu ~
ll pfXl Lntme nl.
AUIrRT J. J '/V,W1f1:->1. R.S. r ll.I-.,5
LOCAL DEVISES
PLANS FOR THE
FUTURE
I_ L. _~ II.o.rts.fmA..,pal. \ R,\ -
MFvrO. ("\I __ Our \"tri. -...:eOl: 1\
frurh iMod. NIl II lIooukf bt:.i ml\llIkc
for a n\ hllJ)' hi gel ~o01l"llk:cnt nixM.JI
II In Ihe .... 111·1.10. M \ Ice p~ \Ie"e
1:.n"lc. ' We lire ~allA@.oo \('ry Ihm
ICl'.··
Since our tnkl' of IQSI. "'e ha\'l'
)ur'f l\ cd fUI I.... u bU~ rtil I" ~, nlC"
fiDI i'\ 111.. 1 mar mcmbc.1"\ "-ere .Ihlc
10 .... ori. In otlKr ntfnhcrn Cul,f('rn lli
IBEW InCIII, Mm..h uf Ihlll .... uf~ h 'l~
now cotlup!>cJ lin,! aonl! til n,'1nIl11l0n
r hl.) '1!C:-1I1Il1 fl!;!"llII h.I" heen Ihe wnrl.:
III RflOdlll Secn NtH.:k " r r,,\\.cr·
ho;.lme One ""IIY , 'r 111101 her. K(l ll\; hv
~CI,;U 1,;.111 ' 1 em)1ll1) 1110111»- uf our menl '
LAI!I 1I1" .. h 1\~lijj;¢ I . Ir II ·\:omc .. III'··
und opcnlle\ rHJrctl)'. lInl) .1 h:",,'
In IIl EW ek~t ll ... ljlt" w, 1I ""'i)1"1. Ihcr~ ;
,rll goc, down agllln.lhcn: I~ \1 ~1'UIII:
('IO""' lhllll ), !hal f",hhc!l1 IImJ p"blle
pre ~re ",t! t1C "mnl: cnoUJ.:h IU
c:.u'tCllln he "hul \hIVo f'I pernwncnlh
We- ha\'c 10 rl;m rllll" I~ rulllre , lind
.... e lire 1,,,)lIng ,al Iv..u t Olll.eph h~
Vo.lllJ Ih.11 end.
rhe:- fir'lt I' IJ '1It1 ~ ld)' rJ<ln Itlrc.IlJ)
b.:lng ~d \u\!IoCc"'1fuU) 'n UK:~h
1!J. . ;llJ. . J~llIIrJ \'i7 l:ntunll~mbl'r ..
pay Inl" .1 runJ . llitO III': 11"1111: ) I..
uKd 10 nuke\"lUrcOOlra~h)n a nd our
member. nIiIfCl.Umrclill\l' .....11t\ nllfl
union, A umnn l:;)ntr.. lor n,,"', bid
$16 lin hour me/nd/nll frange .. . "!lei
l h~ IInlOI1 funJ mllclill ('1.'\)' llnllillcr
PrlJ9I'lIfI1m11b1t motor conlroiMor 1r1IItructara Don "...... ..n . and Bill eau.. tIIlk
OWl" I..... l.crmlc.1 poInr. during. lKN. 'rom ,'''', lellChln" dlJllea.. t PholO
l ...omln.ci ~ lOCllI 340. Sacnmento. Cal.)
" .,-
Kar.n EII.rlll Ind I<.n VIles, t ..... o 01 11M \tOlunt.,. Irom L.oc:III 354., Sell ~ke Cily.
Utlh. or. shown during 110m, ollhe constructiOn 01 1hIi new SL vlnoellt'. Soup
Kitchen In downtown Sail Lake Chy.
5.0l1 rer hmn l'ht:n: IS nOlhtnll ne ....
dboul1PfJl'tlll}t ,lib, nll'dlfYC:-ICllCC
..... 1111 lhl·. run I.. llul the co~t of Ittt
\ub!lki ~ I" ,, ~ad tllJK1h$ It Iht: mem
bcr\. <,n lhe \:,"'1 III each 1I1du IdlUI
l11emi11:1 1'\ mlnlm ..1
The \11" r btlpt 'll!I1 I~ Ih.lt IllIr
~lffil.cr ..
011,,1 I, \c('un' (: Ikldrd mem·
be" .mended .1 mcchng .... uh 1.111\11
.lOd m.IIl.llltnu:,nl k .. Jc ~ "f the liXaJ
plumbing. \h.:.:1 Intldl und elf;I."tnc.11
InJ"'lm,·" h. ~ II." 01l11J"1I11 1ll.tll.lgC-
IUcnl; I.JI~>r nl.trkeUni! pro~ram We
nope II Wi ll lI ~ tlCr In <i nc~ cru of
.. lXlpentl,,1I1 IImUII&. Ihe tr,IJC fi nd
between mnnngemcnl nnd hlb(,r
I)lf " ~I L" m N . p,S
MEMBERS HELP
CITY'S HOMELESS
I . l l. \.~ 11,"'I1.ml.rl~Ii.,<ijn..l. SAt.T
I ",Xl! , " I' . L"\lI- I'lIl1y-t1ll1:"
eJtr..lriClan", frorn Local J~ donated
neitrh 4(K! hUnr, uf labor III Volfe Ihc
rwVo SI \' ll'l.':cnt -' SOOft Kilchc:n In
"h,~""'n1U""'n S.11t I.uke Cll~ l"he ....HJJ'
tJtdtell Pl'Il\,.rJC\ d lul) tM,'1 n\cal hi
the eIlY"' homck .... 1111' 11C~ rllCdlll
repl.M..~ the une bumcd di)¥.n LI"
),"'11
L"" .. 1.1 IIIcmlx,... ""ere lJ1\uhcd
InIhl ... rmJt:4.1 rll)m Inc ground br":<lk·
mg '" (),.;It\bc:r 10 I~ p--,lOd opcnmll
In f-dmmr), rflr") hI'1I1""" III" rt ...
tempornr) po~er. run Ihe under "
grollmJ (ceder' . 1I1 ~ (.IJ1ed Ihe po\locr
Poind!!. ran all the condull . Installed
the httht \ and I\t-..~L.ed uplhc ~llrhi'n
l'qUirmcnl \lanyofourBrolllcrsand
Si ~ ler"l \IIho \ulunteerro theIr lime
.... mked Ihmugh the cok! of Volnler
on thi ProJCCl, lfigging trcocbcs b)
hand <IIul nlflnlng cUlll.hUI 111 Ihe un·
lim~hcd hllllJlng en order 10 help
lhose les fllnunall'.
We th.m'" Ihe rollo""'tn~ mcmbcr'l
for their gencro!>ity ; Mar~ Esplin.
Cbartc .. 113"'" I.ln .. . lum .. R~mc . 1\1Ifl
OUlh Sr I)uUi! Jo.m~on. John no.
GUs . DII;k tlughcs. Le Roy Jarnnullo,
KUllIy O",lmrn. Mu.:k Flnnn. Rllbu\
TlIft , Phl ll~luyd. Oerrel! Eplin. Carl
OUll!.. U,lI Jacob... hIe Hu.... :l rd .
Sieve ~n)Jcr. Urad Nd..,m. Cal
HO....'aN. Mllny Cbm 1 men. Gcrte
t:ltldCf\\.vnd. Hlld Wh,I c:- . l ull y
£mcrwn . Killi Barracl~ugh. Mike
C rook!.lon. A I rCh.! l"Mln. Md:e Btn-
)·on. hub CI.l rL. . MIke Rlmerts. Mike
Inskeep. 11m JIK"Qb • [)cnn" HCtrntJ .
Bilt C(~k UJJc Lobato. RII;.k n·
ck~ood. Tony Iele . Tom r ry. Karen
I-.\.enll , Ken y ate .... Tc:rryCarter .. nJ
o..\e Cr'll.sb)'. l U'r"'~'1 h, A.I.ll. Dus
\/Jtr J/t'I~ I ,NIl:,.1
T IlUIroI A !i> W H U~ I NHAItt.. P.S
PRESIDENT OF
LOCAL IS
HONORED
L_U. 3~ (1 &1)). 1't:KTII ",ttl'I RUY,
N.J .- We off.:r our congr.uulallons
10 101;"' Pr~~ . ~c l"'hen eh!!10 lHld
J 'ln ~l ihomr.....ln . ..t recorJ !> clefk "I
Woodbndge Scruor HIP School. who
",,·ere lIfl.ffil.."lf by Ihe: Middtc,-'Ie'( Coullty
AFL-CIO Council as man and wootan
(lllhe yell! HUlh ~Icvc a1ld Janel arc
oflkert 1M Ihcl.f unions lind arT 8CU\'C
In 0 \,flnC ly uf uOion. CIYle und com ·
mum'), ..trlllN .
The n:ctnl fihTIA unde r Cha pu:r t I
b) a fev. Il-.:aJ ConlrAdar.. h.b brought
us face: 10 race With \Orne DC'" and
Volume!} l:OI1lple.t ~I dJlemnlM
whi h \IoC undcn-tlUld "'" rar from
unique ((lollrJocalaJoM'. The.seprob-
h::ms .,.111 help us 10 rccogruu and
Sc:m:h for -.orullon§ to rulU~ ones_
The: dfon PUI fontl by the officc n;
Qf Well" Ihruug.hOUI our Inlerna·
han.... alona \l,lIh lbe r.lok ilJtd ..filc
4
~upPtltt or ItK,"e trron~ " " II, without
question. pay o rr in the future ..
IDEW '/O URNA I. /J UNE 1987

l oe.1 358, P.rth Aml)OV, N.J .. Pr".
SID"'. Se heln II the Mldd l.tel( CounlY
AFl.oC IO Man ollhe Va. r.
The BklOlJ lJ,ml.l'omnllucc (If U~.
Alan Buh',lnml.i. Juhn "'ma~" eM-
mmc J(~ueC'I , ThQIn.h L Slk:rr).
Ron Ullhdlloll~"'1 !lnd \lIke Kono .... k:/.
\Iro'oulJ hl.~ tu ltunl. ,III thu...c "hn
c.une OUI un \ Ian.:h :t.
lin\! mil,jC thi:
In\ c: .. noth!!1 'U\.~C\\
II " ""llh "(mow Ihal I Jnnoun~'e
Ihe P.I\\lnj.l. "I Brm. Fnllli. I-IUfl!(I\
lind Lcon:.rJ Plilmer. Our mn,1 ,in-
cere \YIllP;IIIIIC~ lire e\ lcluJcd III Ihe
ramihc, ul lhe,c lI1ell1he"" We will
Ullll'I'" Ihem
DA\' I IIIC IHIo'\N, I'.S.
LOCAL ENJOYS
FAVORABLE
WORK SCENE
L.l . j t..\ (i.l·m . rh.'il ill &U h I,
ROC KIi'OkD . 11.1..-1.0<;.11 lM i, 111
Ihe p r(~c'i' (d neW lll,ltlrlll Il !lc .... loon·
IraCI rc.r 1..m1. 0", pl e,cnl I.:unlmd
c~rln."dJtlne I. r9X7 rhe NCGoll:lung
Cmnnlll1cc Ih" )-e:ar " HII' \Igr.
Mldud 1 r..:n.l!cr. rrc" Jerry Mey.
crOOfer. ~, .I.e 'WltlltC lind Tom
Kint.lr.::d
In Mar.. h Local .\ ~ had full enl-
~) mtnl.ut\1 ~rrru\.m.llcly.\oo Hooa.
II Bmthcf) .... '.n.mg. until June, Con-
~Irudlon 1\ ..1.lrl,"g In ,Ill\\, nalmn-
ally. >'~l In the lM nrc.! II ,cern., 10
bcJolIIJ;JU,llht."l'rl"-hlle The l)i,J!:C
Repan tl'Ot..~ very rrunminQ (or Ihe
Shown plckttting the Byron Ubrary In Bf'on. III .. .....e M'IeI.1 member. of Local 3&4, Rod ;lord.
T,-.
m EW JO R ALiJUN f. 1987
l'eillofl9 IIndlnltll'llI,'I 1hl, ... II(lull.l
help to keep 1Th~'1 11"';11 Il'lImc) men
\\orking.
On \1arcb] LI'I..:al l~. ,11"n~ wllh
lhe Nonhtm IUllloi, B:uIMIIl ~ J I.uk,.
rlt:kctcJ the B) mn lihr.lr) Ort~ 1
nail >' Ihe hhmrt hml! UIIIOl1. hil i nl' ....
the library bo"rd h.I' dC~I\l cd In do
fhc ne.... rcnov:;ulun Oi.)nUnl~1rI The
125 picketers h:t\'c hl!!h h"lrc=~ (II
changmg IhlS Job. 11 .....b .111 implc,
~i .. c ~Ighl t:lS )'00 c.m "l"C rrom th(:
photo.
Pn"lll\'e :tClI(m on )'\lur Job 'ltlll
h..:lr prom(~e union (un ... lrucU\111
I'U\I k. 1~UIU", P.\
DINNER· DANCE,
BLOOD DRIVE
SUCCESSFUL
Ll. -WI) (i .o& eml. \~ nl' k" I' \k~ .
......J.-On Fehm...-' 21 (1m 111(;111 hdt.l
II ... 71)h AnnuoJ Dann.;r·D.1A1.:~ .11 IhI.:
oc .... l} rend .. alcd ~rl.le) CIlr1c:rel
l-IoteJ.A')bul) 1>",1. Ilunnp.lhC'Qh..1.
10111hour se..... teC rIO ... '" cre rrc~nh:"
t('o,Ill mcmber~ \\.llh lhe 1l.'lIIIll Ct.!
f!mount or ycan an Ihe JlX"ai. Il..:nr\
VaCGlro. rhe de,elupc.r IC,,'(IIl ... lhli:
(or refurbish ing the Oed..!l.:) (';Ir Icr(; I
~po k c lu t he memher' llt"tl1ut I II'" ";()(I.
million (cJ C\'clllpnl cnl .l ilL!lIl l u hCJ;1I!
m rubury Park. Mr. Va~c.Lm nl.Lde
II dC.lr .h,.1 Ih" rnljecl "111 u..e lOll
(lCn':cni umoo I:.bot-. Our thanks to
Ihe I Ilrcn;unment Commillec for .a
'U) mc.:ffi()filhlc: c\'t:ning
On I cbnl,u)' 18 Ullt InGl' held II,
Alilln.11 Hlu.. td Dn\elh ... S)( 1. Com-
millce heddcd h) Pch!1 Me) cr with
1I1l11k 1·",,1.... 0( .. 1 ,Ind Belir Grallorl
helped t h cCenlr.tI J c-~cy Blood BanI.
'CI up lim rm:"'lm~ h:l ll Wllh !able ...
,md eqUlpmcm II) n..'Ce:i\c thcdunor~
We w('IIIJ It).,c I,) c'pre l! our thanl.s
In .111 thL.: menthc:r, and their vmC~
wll.1 r.lnlclpaled In Ille Blood Dri'Wc
11 1\ ",nh I1ccp regrel and StlfTO.... I
Icl'l\lM rhe rM~'itng of Bro. SI.lnle:}
I)rn~e. u mt'mber of ollr local (lit ~9
>c.lrj, II I.., pd .... ml! I" mOllrned bY:11I
MIC'II;\II EkVII\.G. P. S
BROTHER WEAVER
ROIRES
1,. 1 . " 1 ""~\rflll. L \XC \.'l"TER. P \ .-
fln I eh. I 1~~1. John E. Wca\'cr
1I.:lnell ffllm Ihe Imde aflu JO ~ea'"
,I( J.::,·mcd ~nk;.C. "Pope" Junn •. ,~
he 1, l.tlled. ~III be ml~'it"d .1\ an
.t..:ll\,e membe r: hili I am ...,ure he WII!
l.'(lnunue W \\t)rk for the benefil or
IIlir UlU lIll .11111i" member.... John"
nlll [, ....i "Il'~ 10 I.:lIr... and look in on
111 11 lei llcd ,!!It! hll'f1l lnhled llr(.ll her~ .
Jllhn ~cr ... c~1 .1'> pn:~" d e n l of LI)~a l
U I~ Md NorIhe1n Illinoi. Building
Shown rtc.lvlng hi. 'tllrtmllnl witch
I. Bro. John E, W'llv,r. a .4().yoII'
member 01 Lac. ! 414. Laoc., le r. Pa.
-' 14 lUlrJ al\(I \cnc,J ,e"cnal lerm, on
Ihe I \CClIflH' lIu.uJ , "here he ,..
curn",l), ~f'\'InF We "1"l~h John u
10111;. health) ;lfld 'vcr) dc-.c .... cd~­
un:menl
\\'otk ha, 'kI.... cd du .... n ~"lIIe:& tm
.lfId "c ,IIC "~I) Ih,ln1.ful 10 Ihn')c
loea" lhal a~ kelrlng our Ita\-el1ng
l1'ulher,
AI ISC Ixf(;n ..c SY'lcm-'t Inl.:.. a
\lllc-tcllr .. ~tn l r.u,:[ hil\ t'oecn :Igrced 1(1
.Ifler hC1I1 ~ IIVerv. hclnllllG,l\' Icject ... <J
III an curl !!:r mccll ns. Th..: I.:nmpuny
.,;IIH''': tl) nnplcffienl a nd pl.lced II1l l1
cffe.:! thei r flnlll \IIT..:r 10 miJ-Jl1nUlir)'.
Nul (lnly dill Ihe) ImrleTl'lCIll Illclr
fin.tl uffer. hUI Ihc)' In)tl1lclcll the
emplurcc, on ml~ 10 rC'I~n rrom the
Untllll.llId \\ml. ..... llhoUI Ic.1f \If aCllon
III hlCh Ihe UI1M,In mlghl h"'ve -con... ,d·
cled rhe: ItlcOII h.h ftll!ti unr;1ir "thor
Chitrse\ With Ihe I R I~
I he cllc<.:1 01 Mr Rc.l~n .loJ hl~
coun IIJ'pomlmcnl'" ~'I II be fclt by u~
.,11 rur m,my Ye.,r, hll.:umc.
11""11 A I I k'll.lI. I' S
H.R. 281 NEEDS
YOUR SUPPORT
L.l . uq l ). K \ ( " .. , \\ IS.- In AI"'flI
thc 'o\oorlo. WIl, ,(01.-..\.1 h.::":dU~~ (hi'" ", ..s
une of Ihe IlIlldc,1 \to In[er" I can
remember
On I·ch. 17. 1IJ1(7, IlUr nev. go\.er.
nor ' lgncJ J hi li ttl pili .1 ma\mHlnl
~ccunly 1)1 I'l,l 11 IIllllll li re;! Work un
thl:o. rm,,)11 I' pl'tlh.lhly II YC:H r,way,
OIl " hUliXlt" J{lh I, ,1111 gOll1t '1lfll ng.
bUI Ihc f.;lllldm. 1I,I\lCII ' 1 \Ialte(j . I ~ .If
yCl
We 10,1 1)lIe Ilf OUI mcmhcr\ rc-
o:end) Bro. Jamc~ G Smllh Sr, had
~co rellreLI fUt" onl:,- one ,ear It
doc~n'l I.Ccm rlln 10 .....'or1. all )'oor
Me and h,l\c ... ltch I( ,hurt rellrclll~nI
Oro. mllh '<Cr.-ed Ih...: local 10 vanou.s
pO~ l llon ... ' IKh rh.ln I .\;ocull\'e Board
mcmhcr.;i Hc.tllh BOO Wc.rrare lru.stee
and Ull lhe V:Kll l lt\n nnd Hllhdu),
FunJ. Jlln ¥tell tic m,,,cd by .111 of
hi" fm:n ,l.. lind II ft \l hc l'~. Our ,ym-
rhilny 10 h i ~ wire. Rlith. LlnJ c hll\ll'cn.
T(' filmh ",n \I ,,,,pr ier IU lle. v.(, hat.!
our llnnu'll winter p.IMy . II v.as ..
goud 'mie ,and n g(M,K1 me •• 1 We have
a nc"" Lnlcnlltntnl Commillce chair·
nMII Ihl~ ) e,1I by Ihe n.lme or Larry
Reidenbath VK'kie and Terry Mer-
I.tn~ 1I,I've bc:clI In \,h.. rge ()f the En-
Icnalnmc:nl Commlllee fllr ii u lhon
25
)CAn. and Ihe} did . "'ondctfuljob.
WI." mUSI "'nlc \lur ~enlll or.; and
rush twd for a h,11o n doubie-breasled
~'nntructo~, Last ~e.ar \o\c had o;omc
»0Uf.I ~1'[lJ)(H1 on thH' bill. bUl Ihls
~CJr \IoC "r.,; ~llm~ 10 need much morc
rrpJ'Of1 . H.K. ~IH h.:hc.,e me , will
hell' all or u ~, The n"numOn and the
}\ ....~x; ...ued Gcn<:ral ( I'nlr .~hJr'\ arr
working "cry hJ.rd 10 'tl1r Ihl~ bill
r"lIn hnlJmtng II ~.lhl)'. bl!1:.. "o,c now
lhe,' iuwc Ihc he.!.1 or IWII ~nflds.
II Wlg In the:re.
J ERRY E. IIf. LUIt-;O. n .M.
"RIGHI-TO·
WORK" BILL
MUST BE
DEFEATED!
L .t . -466 (I&rbl. CII~\ K u.srOl\ .
W. \'A .-I v.'ould hke II} rcpon thai
"'I: hll\C rull emploYlIlcn l tl l ltll".une;
but. a las. such IS 001 thc case. 1-10\10·
c\cr ......c had some Joh\ ~Ifi rl whic h
e~d our ool-o(·\o\or" siluallon
\OOlC","'hal. M ost n(llDhle of Ihc-~ 1\
.In I. 0 fan addiuon al lhe K arl.",~· ha
KI\Cf" Po"'er P'tanl ut Ob'8(1"" \Y Va.
Another job i\ JU.'l1 b~lIl11g !o.1ar1ed at
Notional Lead Then: ~\ Notl'l no
runher v.(lrd on Ihc ncw unn :uhlluon
to Ihe DuPont Plant DeUe r.)!.:l lit)'.
hul we 'ihould be ~arllll:l somC:lhing
"oon.
We sll lI ha ...e ovcr tOO IlrOl hc r5 on
I)Ur OUI'(lr-wl;lrk 11<;1, (l nd !,lVCII whe n
Ih!.' arorc mcnllOlll! d Job" gcl into full
...... lI1g. they wlln ' t cl,.lme clollc 10
dc.lring o ur book. Some of o ur
Hn:lthcn, are m il tmvc li ng In othe r
Illl.:uh We Ih3nJ.. Ihcli.c local\ ror
' hanng With u.s lheir good r" n une
Of rantCUIBr I m JlO"a n~e IS II sub·
Ject Ihat has recei\-cd con.'>ldcralilln
11\ hllIh Ihe: HOllse and ~niltc hean ll!!
rooms. In the W U I Virgil'll", Itll.shl'
ture lhe propo..ed " rlt:hl -I(~....... ork"
umcndmenl. Proponents of Ihc bill
.....
' )ldtJ h~e 10 '>er II " Ullu r ubhc \ote
In a gc~ra l e le lion . ",h ll;.h l.!i paniC'
1Il.lr1) dangerous bccauJe Ihcclc\erly
<OIned phr.ase "righHn-\Ioorf,. ..
lO tttc.J suppon (rom the general
'>CCm§
fK.hho.: llfl race value ..lone An edu-
o.:1II1 ion,,1 I,;ampal~n nca.!'!', 10 be
lullnl. heJ as a cooperau\e efTon or
.111 umon ... stalc", Ide 10 , lIu\\. Ihl' gen-
end publ iCthedelnmcDiul e rreelS this
hi li h,] .. hud on 'ita nlil.f'(,i!l of hving
and prcyail m ~ walj:i:lI in stales where
II hi... become law If an} Qr YOII
Brothers who arc IIvmg In " nght '!6-
..... o rL. ... llIle'l woullJ cure I~. rchlle 10
me v.·ha.lthc .. righHo· ..... ork .. .Imend·
menl ha.. do ne 10 ~'OII. )'our effort),
.... 111 be gre:atly apprecinled I-Ir ...l·
hand IIIrormall{1I1 IS Ihe eUSlest to
relate whe n dcllflltng a ~ uhJecl tha i
I). Ihls pC"l"5Qnal 10 nalure.
JOIl:-l'·KKU!ittolOt. f'.S.
WORK SCENE
BIGINSTO
PICK UP
L.l. 47" Ii,o,tm,f't b,rb&lpal, .\I.E.\ I .
1' 111101. f ENN.-Wori( IS beglnllmg 10
''lid up . llttk bit mllrc. but y,.(' ... tlll
h.. ... e a few mctllbc .... lI ncnll"ltnycd
Mtomb4,. o1l~I ~ 78. 0I¥M90. ". Y~
Poln! Unit 2. nuclear power planl
'W e can credll il lUI nr ou,- ~ orL to
the: M llrkC:1 kec.mcr) Ilro(lr.un We
him:, II)Oml board compo..ed or foor
NF('A Cunl.ra!.:hJJ'<O <tml 10111 ·H4
mcmbcn. wllh lhc NLCA chapter
managc. ;,lIId uur hll .. lI\c,.. m.11I;q;t'1
Sltlmll tn. So far I Ihln~ the bootd
h .... ;101le: a fine Job We: ha\'e: been
\C:I') l!IIll.cc~rul. bm ~e holH!' ,. long
\1011) I(ll.>() .
I h ••'o"e been told .. Inl nr lime .. there
IS no brOlhuhoml left 1 hI.. m3ke~
me \'cry "\lid All you hove I ~ do I!>
look IIMUlld. and ytlU .... 111 ~ec 11 101
(Ir brOl hcrhood. The people \\' hll hllve-
l)tllled uul llml have ~ilnl' Ilil nCl\(;r
had Ihe mcmbcr, htp U1 hean 10 begin
wit h I \\,I ... h cvc r~' IlIlC ~lI u l d re mern-
ber the Odlh thl:Y m~.J... . When )00
\ llIlId 111 rn_llli oflhe ml'mbcl"'h lp and
lllJ..c Ihe oath. il "huil itl be ~1IL. rc::&.l
You rnay !let urcd or mc: a l"3Ys
..aymtt. " Bu) Amellc.tll ""Ide pmd.
\1(1 .... You beuer \aJ..c he.:d 10 "-hat
I ha ~'t b<:en SU) 1111; WhCl1 Hili huy
fl1l1:'l8JI pr"l\!oCb. YOII :.rc pUlling
WII1CUIIC out of lAorL.
0..,'>1.\1 n K UI".II . P.S
STEWARDS
AnEND TRAINING
SCHOOL
I..l . 478 l uI. OSWEGO. N. Y.-P ..tlld
M tms c'(pu ndcd ~rca l l)' ,wer the past
rew \·.:11 .... , mounl\' ttl ~t. l fI Ihl' ncw
nllclear power r lanl. Nine Mik POlOt
LJIIII J IOCOl h!d m L}'cumHlj.l. NY . •
on Ihe ~ou l h c ast edge: llf L.lke On-
lari u The p lctlJ r~ ~ h uw ... 1\111 Urul hcr..
m oJlernll(1n~ mO'o"mg. nu kill fllcl
d Uflllg Illc m.t lill ruc l ltl.llllllg ,.f Uml
2. Counes)' of T1I10R. the rducl llls
Roor c leval ,oll 01 the .ca!.:I!), hUlldl ng
IS silo", n YvHh the fue l 1'11)01 11\ the
fore grou nd and Ihe "rt:"IIUI'lil stund·
II1IJ 011 till: rcfud bndge- 1\\'4!1 Ihc Opc.1I
fe.1 lOr c.a\ II)" L~":ttl 418 hou (t\er
"00 perm;ulC:r d Il'mpur.uy umon
mcmhe,... v.t' ~ III Ihe ""me Mile
'"",lnl ~IIC 11k .,lam ... ","hcl.hded fOl"
imn·up In latc 1~7
To met'l Ihe dem.. n&.l III ""0",,1·
cdgeahle unIon repre\Cnl.ltll1n "rnI
eiJu!,. ..tlon or our nC\IoCI unlUlI mem-
be~. local " - 8 h.u a~i.lm ,lllfO!teti ~t
SIl,: .....I.nh 1 rmnmg e l lur\(' '111e I,:UIlf"C"
\\"" 1 ~IU il:hl b)' E ... d\,n li nnm!)n of
OI her r~ru.
11 " C'IIo Gne.. o ...er the samc I II II~
perioo; 300 " . The \o\on.:: load jO'il
BeHlI'Ig under way or scheduled 1(1
,tart up that will !'It tlooe union (VIohlCh
wortl ln 1M rMCtof bulIChngol NIM MHe
the Cornell n,\Oel'\ll)' School or In·
d us.ln.. 1nnd 1...lbur Relallon .. h'eI)'n
nib \uec:c: ... , rully (:onducled prC"'IOIh
'ichool .. rnr "'CV.11n:lS of 1...0011 ;l7~
The \Cope.: or ahe 1.)le~1 lrainmt! (Ot
.. h:""oIHh o.:t.'n ...clitl1Ued on 1M 1f'tC\'.
..nee: Ilnxcdurc Ineludlng hUlA 10 rc-
'<af\;h a lIleVl1nce and OO\\' 10 rrop-
crt~ ""file .1 goclll gnenmo.:c
J Sm ~I . PS
COMMITTEE'S
EFFORTS WIN
GOOD CONTRAcr
L . . .aSK II&mll, RKIUGU' OKT.
c n'l.j ~ - Th l" }'i"Jl r' 'i e~lll (,\l lRg
1I11111l111ec. 1 Rm ha ppy 10 ..1\). lhd
one OI I1 ~t,l nd mJ;Job . 8 u.... Mgr. fmnk
J CarmI! 11 w()old nOI be delcrrcd
by Ihe IIsual management ,,'tIu
mcnl 'o-lo .... nlJ 1A~' rl.. lo ntlnUnl(ln nUl
mal.ml! .Iny mOne),. cunlmchll'\ goIng
llill of hmmt: .. ~. f1(I (tlItlft v.un... Cit
In ..IC!Jd he ~nd lu .. eommllh:iI!' 10(.11. ,I
fJklrt: ra'fll\C' approach arkl pr(l\-ed
III Iwn.•gcnu:nl Ib.d miuw,b"elllcnl ',
alltumenl \\, erc without menl
"rtcrman) houP.>QfR"C'IH\h. tlu"
M1!r armll prud.u..:ed fact .. and 118'
ure, 10 each or the m.1nB.gcmenl nc= ..
lIOI ... lt)( .. ln ~ h u .... Ihal III Ihe pot)'1 h,,!.!
)ietln: 1 Lucal488 conlroctor~ .... ~rr!:
m:III1I.HllIng theI r <;harc. II' not mVfe.
of Ihl! ~(U J... III our area ... ~ 2. r ,lch
\."(mln&CIIIr hu, c.mplvycu lll lcu')l the
:-.3m l: number or men or. III (111)\1
Cfl..C'i. 1m, Im:reu.~ed the ,I7C I}f jhe
lIhop; J I ()\:" I 488 htl.'l 10,1 Ih l!!!:
Sho¥fll greellng Sen. wyene Fowler (~ I. • good trie rMI 01OIg.1nlUd I.bor
le.nt. " • • , •. I." 10 t~hl.
Bu t . "'gl. a.,ald M. CounthI!Jn.
Loc"
501. S.". nnah, Gao. Pr... Jilrme& L Srown and
COf\tructun. IQ ellher retlre menl 0'
oot ",e ha\'c urg'IIlILed
the" ("0011.1 not deny~ will be ~Iu er
than It ha~ II'I lhe 1.lSll hrec )'c:ar~ HI.:
also pointcd 001 Ih llol Local 488'
mcm~l""ih l Jl h:h gro\\,n 18 percent In
Ihal '>dole lime: pcooo.
Dtle to th(' h.1I'I1 work long hours
;tntJ rme e:fTurt .. uf the NcgoI1311n.&
('In,"Ulh..~. "-I: an: now enjoymg the
fnlLt orthClr IIIM>r \\"llh a new. tWO<-
year conIr.Kt IIml an Incrta.-.e or $) .08.
After rending the Marth i~i U C o r the
IIJEW JO/lf/w l , I was nQI ~ u rp rhcd
,II Ihe nurnrn:r ur locoll umun!> gOIll~
thro ugh IlCMoual lo ns a nd nOI bell'l~
tb ~tlecc:\, ru l rite Ihem~ all ,celllcd
10 be Ihe . InC : holding the line:.
oorg;unmlt lough. lulks al a I<lnd 11 11
With lholt UJ nllnd. I IhmL. .::ungr.lIu-
Jalion.). ar~ In onh:.r 10 J ohn IkPe,mo .
John $oruec. "nm Sportim. I~I I Ono-
ahul' .tnJ Frank. J C m 'Oli Jr ror III
Job "'en done.
unlnbullUn~ lu Ih!;! n mllla!> and
Ryan Toth Funds h.. ,e slDwed to a
'in,III· .. ~11 to 1.1' .... nol (orgel n ne (lr
ourown YooeansulJ enda peo.on.tJ
ChL'CL. . mUllcy order nr bnng m cilsh
10 lhe Loc:.II 488 ull'k:e.
P...nur.... t\ [)oi'JAHLI. P. S
REAGAN GETS
REPORT CARD
L . SUM {I & ol. ' j\ VA NNJ\II , GA. -
A quic k (e"'le~ or whal Ke.llg,ul hi!'
done 10 11)1 ~ houlJ help )'011 rCdhl.c
Ihe need 10 begin prcpti n n ~ fo r the
1988 presld-..:nlldl \: ICtllon. Under the
Reaglln lI(j mmmnlUOrl ,III n~ l flmnm,
leal de.flcil h:h b..:e:n created Ihal \',0111
ka"c II'!! :!_~ Itlill n In deb1 a.ml
Ib~.l II!O utl i Ct,1lI10ftuc ,[.. bl lll ) for
:H Il:a~1 a gcnerallon We ill\.'( WlI·
n~,!<Cd dn elU\lt1n ufthe nMnur,Il:lur
ins h:.1~d cuuJlIc:d with II oil nn~
forei!!.11 bade defiul re.'lullirq; III Ihe
kb vr hl.indrcrhorlhnu..and.i\JrJOh~
It pern\olncll1 I.mJerdAS1 ha' t'tce n
cr\:"IN ror 11M! fint tune Ull h l~ ,"UUIl -
try. ,doni- "" Ith a shnnicrn, of lhe
pI\o131 middle cIol" flu .. dedmc In
the ~l3ndard or 11\,", ius afTec. led
m. llion... ul t\,"cnclln~ In aU "'al " ~ of
lire. M rl.'! th.m one-fi fih o r the 6,'
million nev. rull'llme- }ob'i cre:Ulcd h)'
the U ,S ccoIII )m), belt.o.cen P}7c, IlI1d
19K4 .... crc al the rederal mln1nlUm
wag.: of S\.2~ per hour or \c ..:.
11m ~ld mln l!>lrlllion ha, ah a been
rt:!>p<III"lblc 1(lr Ihe th ... nmnthng o r
IB t,; W JU UH.NA LJJ U I! Iyt;?
arms a Greemcnt !> ncgQIlUlcd by pre.
"'IOUS pre~ id e n tli and h:h , ho..... n II
stu bborn dctc rnmmlrun to la unch a
new arnlS ract: by ~pt: l1dIll8 lit 1e:1SI
It Irlillon dolhlr'i o n Ihe impo't§iblc:
dream of SOl ISlra/eglc Derense: 1m·
lIan"c).
Lei u~ 11Ilpe the lI e~ Co tlgrCb Will
addrcs'i Ihelle probfem3 and IIllru·
duce legl.. lnhon lu rm: ....enl II further
decline in our ccononlY :llId stamJanJ
of hVlng Your "urpQ, 1 at this lime
wi ll be nceded in th.; IireaH~f OPt.
and Bll ilthng I mde .. U. J'AC r und,
Gl'M~ 1 1I M . C'Ul!N III AN. B M
EXAMINATION,
IMPROVEMENT
ARE NEEDED
l..lI. 5..-"8 Ii .O, u ,[1Ih·. rth . rtJi .~m & .. pa),
·II EftU:U). Al.A.-Thcre howe bc:tn
.. fc"" !>Ion: .. III om IIrca thai have
been picketcd; Rc\ Eltl. lrolllc Rtlarl
and JIIIlCY food ·torc'i. 10 name a
couple. Rc~ '4a .. pKke lcd b)' (luru~n
local. and Jitney "J~ pi",keteJ h)
UFCW ["hooo.e PKi.cI\ lasled for qullc
a whIle. but c\cntu.. l1> Ihey ""en"
termtnaled I urge you 10 cont ~ct
)'outloc:al umon lfa oo~lOe~\ I" ptd
cled. and ),ou don', kno", ror .. urc
Ihal " fa\lIr.. blc '>(Ulemcnl ~u5
reached . We en.. tnl) ~hoold 'lUI fl'.1
1WHlLe a nl(rchanl If he can't pa·
tmni7(: U) by .. uppor1mg um()n~1 Ptt::I'-C
dQn' t k:11~nomnce destroy us; vt:tlfy
wh} the ptckel ~.! .. reouI"cd I;Itfnf('
you ~uppon 'IOmeonc \Io>tJc) .... 111 nol
.. uppor1 y(lU
II scems 10 me lAC hil\e becunlC
very (;Ompl.lcenl III recent yean to
OUr "'olinB po~cr. ~) Ing po .... er .1Il0
on Ihe Job. Wc 'i,1 tdl)' b) and -.alch
things hotprcn on nUl job.. Ih.11 .11 Ofle
lime ....·c .... oold not ka\'C (on tdcn::o
lnlerJllIlg . ,,"e 01110\10 nonb.argalntn}:
unll peopk 10 perfoml Wotl.. \)0 m:lIn·
lenilocc J0'"" We wlltch our ~or!..
bc:lng !>hippcd nul II. nunllntun .. hop\
10 hi: re p"u'ed IId\oC 'A'e foraollc.n
\\1: mll ..1 !oIIC!.. lugcl her It' remarn
~Irong'l
I .... I. you 1o e"+:IIIIUI1C Ihc at'lmn
of)'our"cI( and your famll~ mtmher~
in nroer 10 nlllkc lin ev~ I UIIIl()n of
)ourvllllui! li~.1 union men lber If)uu
can'l ll(lfl('H/,' Ju~tlf) yourself It~ a
"GUL't.!" IlI1mn lI u~fIlhcr. I ...... Ih;ll
YUU llIakc II commllmc", 10 reclify
I n~ \illlJ l lfln IlIId make e\'er)' tlT('I!"1
to be:l. good union member.
Membe .... clI1rlu}'ed [II "I VA ' .. N.I·
lional Fcnilizer Di:velupmcnl ('Clller
pre'-Cnleo nrv' Adrilln ijtlnon "nd
local 5s.cJ . Shellleid. Ala .• BrOI , Ad ria n
Barton. left and Silly Green 1a«I... td
watches upon Iholr rellromonl.
I6EI\' ./0 /tNAL/JUN E /9~7
BiIl yGrcc n. IW1) reCent retirees. with
wU lches . We \0\ i .. h them a mn.,t-cn·
jO) .Ihle relirtmenl
A mosl· i nform:III~'e pamphlc;:t r ~
bellla d" lribulCI.i h} l!<Ir local'\ Po.
litlcal Ac tion Commillu:, T hiS pam.
phlct CJi p hu n~ the. necll rIll' and Ihe
IJools of our PA C. MilA) uf II" have
i;I H n our \ Upport through \"olunlar>'
contribu IIOn.. ~ lind no .... il ..... 111 be
much e.n"l!!r 10 cOAlnbUiC . hc:Cll\l,,::
Ihe Eleclrical Worker.. _~5)t Federal
Credit Union will m"kc a wit hll r.. wal
frorn your sha re account All 1'(111
need to do I sign a card autlloriltn!l
the rcdll Ull ioll 10 wtt hdmw Ihl.'
conlributio n. slipulnliflg Ihe allll)\rnl
you wllnt to conlnntlle All Clll1ln
bttu()n~ arc 'jlriclly \'oluoI!lry ano
gre:II I)' .Ippre.ct:ltcd. h(lwc\rcr. flttl
PI\C r.."'(ommcoo!'o a mmmlllll/ nf SI <XI
c.k:h n!llnln Ilfe<l<;C heir lIUpport PAC:
It' .. ont,; M the Impor tanl 1001'1 10
c:n,ure orgamzed I:loot's fu ture
1ne \Iovrf: Sllu.III(l11 hold,; "boUI Ihe
.ifimc III our area. We. h.I"c J couple
o f bright spol~ wad. one bemg lhe
rc enl lurnaround uf Chry,lcr Cuy
In oor Jurisdktion. Somc v.or~ h.t!o
heen do~ 1lt)nllmQf1 Ihu fllr; but
00110 as a result of recenl nCKotl.ll lon<,.
tbe JOh ....·111 be done cnllrel), union.
Wt ('crt;unl) welcome till::' 111m or
en;: n,,,,. and ~(' hope Ih"l t h l~ I::'JUSt
Ihe bc:ginnll1g of a plU,pe,OU~ rUlure
(or orpnizcd labor!
GI "'1:1'1 M lIllCA'. I'.S
LOCAL SCENE IS
ALL TOO GLOOMY
I~. I I.Sli-t H.t'JII,r15.U&'SPDI. T UI.S \ .
OKLA. -We havt an election and
:ta!.rct:menl conllng lip Ih ... )t=ar We
arc brol..t=. and a lot of.584 i on Ihe
n"-td Our .. Iale ... hrul..t=. :md laxc\
:art 00 lhe- nsc . There h,,~n't been a
mure Imptlftant lime for liS 10 be
lhere and take: part The! r-:opk- who
\10 III tal..e U!o Ihrough Ihr lime "re
Impor1ant lo )'ou "nil mc , Our "mlhel
local" an: not faring wdl • .ind "'e
~4\nl In LeeI' up lind ~'a ... modern
Come on dOlAn in Ihc cumlllf' ~~k..
and b~1 m\oh'cd
Till, .. ",:h pnnkgcd 10 na ... e :10
t'~htblt at Boulder l:lurk_Our Urolhc-"",
fel l Vcr) 'itrongJ)' dooul th, .. ;Ind du~
nuted nmny hours to liS uceei~ . Thl'
Mlwmg Wa ll ~ll" II dhplll)' l:unccrn
llIg lhe Viclntlm action . The reo
"'l'On,e.. of the people "cre \'al'1eO
and many. f\Jhl i Service COnlpan)
r,r Oklan('nl1l .... iI\ Ihe pnme Ol()... .,:'
In havlnQ Ih l ~d"pIrIY. W( h.lVc man)
\·elei.. n~ III LOClll Sjl,,, rrom 1111 our
c(1nnrct~. tnc:lllllmg Viclrlolm i'he
pcople ",ho pUI thl'" proJcct IOll-cther
•Ir m.u~)' "'Ill d~rvc I h .tn ~ ... III·
eluding Local Ii~ I (lCal _~8-t .... 111 be
1II~1;11I1IIt; n ... et t' I-;:IO·~ pldqlJc ,n Ihc
ncar nnure 10 honor all our \-clcran~.
W e 10'i1 I"' U o r ulIr HroltlCl\ Iht ...
spri ng and " Isa hil\c ~omc 5c riou~
tllne .....c .. llIllOlig our memocr.. We
want 10 'W ish thcm all a specoy r... •
CIIVCI)' .
T he Ic gi~lature hrl~ becn \\ 1 i!~l hllt;
a hl~ Plllolcm Ihl" ),e" l n~1.111I1I11il·'
cconomy was In Irouble In 198(•. and
Ihell Ihe price arot l dr:tJ:!J:cd I guc ....
il cun lilwa)'s ~ct worse. I than k
Ilfo l her fiU f )' Stolllcmyrc \\; lIu kecp..,
me informed (In Ilct i v iti c~ in O kl.\·
hmlll! Ctly. (jury hll... bee n II reul
PJctured Is B,o. Mill. CaaUlldl Of l oea'
SM. lulSi. Dala.
bcndil III !.:thor In OI.. lolhonJ.l the 1;\....1
Ihree }c;tr, I ;'l\k ~II the memben IQ
let me koo"" If ~(tmclhing Imponllill
h3ppcn~ lhal \hoolJ be In Ih l\ 1m,,·
filii I "'w ..... tnl lu hta, rrom ltat
rellrI.'CS, We don't h:.\c 3ny Job uf
'1le fur at lea..t lllo'~. t'W" In om
future
STAY INFORMED
ABOUT OFFICIALS'
BEHAVIOR
1.1... 6U6 ~i,(t.u ,o:. r1h&~.l . OR-
I.ASOO. tLA.-Wt )'eilr C\'Cl") tilTh:
)OU read an} lle ..... "Ip;tpcr or I"tcn"d
10 television or 11tt.Iro. )'Im v.-crc .II·
11111.. 1 c"~ulred Io\.ltn (IOIltl('1I1 hili;'
\Ioa~n \\ cren'llou gClltnlJU'iI,1 little
hll d, ...gu<,leaJ .md Icel")' of all y""
","cre eXpcKCJ IO~ Nu~ th;1I It i, .111
0\ er .111..1 the ,., mll('r\ ,,~ In office
and dOing Iheir Ihllll; ~c a;;m .111 rd.l\
unllilhe fI("\I llnc. Or can .... e ~iill)
arrord II' rc:/H"1 Nc\crl
Our orpoo~rlK.l[] ne\er relaxes Of
COIJ''>f!. I ~}' h.l\o'e the mllrtC~ 1j,llr.ecp
peapl full-IImc 10 cOIl!>t.inll)' p~l. u~
ItfJlln and k~\f: ror \Iocakne.. ~. 1 ttc)
11:1' ..I il nlghl .. 00 d4) From the
rc,ult .. ilf the la<,1 electIOn. the) dId
.1 numtler 011 nrgmll/cd )"hor; dnd
you elln n,:,1 lI!>sured t,.,o or (l'ur
)e.lpo, (film nH", Ihc)' "III he bellel
prcf"lnrcd than we lire.
Wn), I' II }o:Utng 10 Ix- , hrl' '4t1y'l
Ma\obe 1\ ",'on'l ir \4(' Ju~ t takoe :t 11)t~'"
at tI rt:U)f(l llrlIU" (l(rr clc(:u:d tIOi~r.:r~
\lOIC on i~SIlC"" All h .. uc~. (or" e lilt
..lTcCICO b) 0111 "\lJe,. hilt e~pcc'rlll)
the ones intended tl~cOOllml;lll}' ~n\xl.
the "'ur~mgpcof"lle We 11111'1 nlUkc a
nole rr('lm here Iu ncxl dec-lion III
~Ull' und .... HI ... :tgatn\1 (\er) pcrwn
"'l1ll aile-mph 1(' P;I~~ .un I.I~ Ih,,'
~(1I.11...t le ....en nur hu),lO!! power l\ ·
Cf) lime \lur bul'ng power I.. Ie .... ·
cllcd. (,1111 ~tnnd.ud of h~ inS ito(:,
Oo\\n
Fur Inc ne\;t ~e"cr.ll mOnlh~. you
",III be hc;umg n",., gOtlll lhe elecled
o"kiah .In.'. Some an: gOold. Ore(lll~:
lei tlH:m kno", tlml )'011 Imll\\ ,Ind
uppredalc I hcl r cfTon~. Lauk :lIlhl'ir
\'1)1II1g n:conh ...cc .... hlllhc), "1I11f"l"rl
YOI! ha,,·c IlOle 10 find our II"", lour
(Crt'r.:\t:I'II ,II! \C~ In f!\)\crnl11cn l rCatl
to our nCClt,. Ir ~'tJlI 11rc In doubl. l·:tl l
yom II lIIon 11m'lal ... r hey ,,:.1Il .1I1l1
wi1l li n ~! (lu i
Ct I\'I J CAt.l.."\~ A'. 1'.
CONTRACTORS
HOLD POLICY
WNCHEON
I .. l. 6411 II .u . ~III ,rlb.rls~JIl ),
l' II OE/'to·IX. AR IZ. -lllCrca')ed e(l~ls
h.l\'c more "liUl dmlhlco Ihe blldBCtcd
C(N all",led for Ihe rnntmg of Ihe
}lIlirlllll "'.. II rc"tllI ••1 lIumncr of
change, ~en: tn,l itulcd bcginrung wit h
Ihc I\ pnl 1'''lIl'. Onc "f the blggc,>t
Ch.II\i:!C, ",,,, IhtH o( Ihe ruhll~hing.;of
" l.vcIII l me," fhe Icnglh vf Inc
ru1Iclc., Will he Im'Ulclt .1\ '-'ell ,I~ the
numocr tlf rlClure, ,u[1mlll~·d. Ani'
dc, "III urrcM nCr}' olhcr 1II0nlh
I fell It "".1 ... m\ dut, 10 mfoml .til
memher.. ("roc .. I.III)' 1rn,1-.(! rende ....
""h'I 11"' 1r. fu r\\, ..rJ In re.II.1 l11~ Inc )1111(-
'1111 e\er)' momh
I Im,1 all mcm~r.. lunl. the Irme
tOI:MI tllelr \'OIC rn th<: Illeal elccllOn.
I he e\pt:n\C~ of m.ultng ,1111 h;tl~l~
e.ln be vcl') hlMh. "1(1 dl'n ', \lc UO('
-..h() ~'a'le, h,\ nmrlt"G.
I ,llIcndeJ ;1 lun(.hcun lin Arnl I
'J~.HllOred b)' It..: A"'\t)Clalt,;d Gencr..J
l"unln..:lu.... of ,\mc:o..:a \11 l!"kllc ...
lion.. Jc..ld them 1\1 hclic\e th.al Ihc,:
-.vr" \llUilltlln i\ detiMcl\" nol goml!!
10 IIl1Phl\t: MOlinO II~ COUntl") e ... cn
lhotlil\ 11 .... 111 nln be ") bold rn the
..I,lle III An/\lIlo1 I """h I eVllld h;l\c
h.td Ih~m .L.... Ihe Iwer ~fll) men ~U'
,1111 hu\e lin IJOtlk I I"hl." J:enerIJl
~lId .1111(111)1 .llIlhc utOlr.n:lOr, wa",
Ihat lime:. C()\t _oJ Ihc quality ~'flhe
~or" "',1\ .....'1) IInr'lnr1.1Il1 The\ ,""en:
aho a~~url!lI Ih.11 cdnlJ"Clili\-i! c~m·
Im!;lrn.. hid .. ~'" ncglltl,\1cd eonlmCI'
Inw, hlo .. Vl-I:rl: Ihl: ke), Iv \Ol.:..:e.. III
the rUlurt=. 11 \Ioa~ 11"" re~()mrru:ndcd
Ih.. 1 0111 I..rlle .I')h, rel.lUl .. proJ.:..:1
mLlnaa;el "tJc. i .. kn(l~'ledgc.ible III
..:on .. lrudll'n IC(hmllIlC" nMn,age·
menl .and rhtltl'>t1ph) \11,),1 Impor·
I.. nlluu .. ~.I .. lhc r;u.llnilt7f1pcrccnt
of the ~tlr" ~IIlP done todd~ I!> b)'
OI.lmll)lIIn lahnr .tnJ grn .... m~ rd(lrdl\l
t,;\Cr) d..)
CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL
I. .l . 648 II.o.U&''s llill, II A \1II : I O .....
(11110-On Mllrdl 14 I .'Ie.11 ~ hel\J
.lrpl'I.'OIICC ..:nmrletlllll r,; erell1nme.,
hun(1I'I1l~ 1111 1 111C;.1 n(lIII'l!IlIlCc' .... ho
t.:unlllICIClllhl.'1l .lppt\.'/I!Il.;C ..III!l _ 1111.")
nrc !'lIul Unrnhili. R"y Or\l\\'n. Bob
CIOlrhcli. 1t.1her1 ( .1r1er. Chn.. ,,-,,1m.
I)(ln FII~. I ron!. St,'I;I17...... \ I.if) t\nn
Hul'lh.ml. Jl\,tn Clhle , l)cont~ l·a r·
Ih1llg. 10n) "Jte. J;lm~" !'..Ie. l)oug
KII.h.tro,>,)n . bl Spea.... Iln;tn
~",«n~. (ift'll. IJm\o\ n. 1ll(lrn;I~ C~C) •
Jeff 1).1\, .... Knhr::t1 1).1\ l'. Jerq lilll.
0111 S.:hknl... S.llId} Simp n. M I ~ e
I IIllIIl.I .... 1).1.... (· While. \l ILl' Wrlham ..
an\l J(lhn Wolj1\:n COIIg.rdtuhIIIOO'.
I he It'lil l .1 1~tI h,ltI roul n.'\ldc nll'll
J{)Iltl1C) IIl.tII upgr.lde\ :h IJrulhcr\
( h.lfll'''' I III Ie. KI.'ll l'el1l1l11groll . JlIn
Ttnl.hc r· and L.lrry Vllill cll mplcied
liIclI ltllll ,c urm, lfUtllon. S IO G:lry
('li~h h .1 JIlUrtlC) m.1II mruntenance
.... .. em.iIl rtrul IIn l II nllll&".... ("Illud
Jr ,. I' n!vurncym,tn Iln~"lIlan,
Jl)lItt~C 'men ,.,1111 .... erc rC~nl:lIIlcJ
for c'.llllrlc \t (\~ JllllmC~'m:ttl i:lIur,e
.... ere \\cMIIIK. J(uhell (,h.unhef'o. Huh
It)'iln. I'enl Schmidt. .M hr~ Pelerll
27

Jr_. Scal! Snivel;,-. Boh Pet~r', Dfl v~
Schliellman. Dan Uowman nnd liml
Flcld'!. ~cmiconuuClur device,!;" Obra
Piman. Ray Sherman. D:," Bowm:,n.
Ruocn C hamber.. . Dd\C hen.IUI!.
\1M\ in Spadnfors. Gu ido Teno and
Gary IJrmRIJIC; programmable con-
troller.. , HUrT) Baker R;I Y Fuersi.
Obra Pimol n. Dave SeISer. Ray Sher·
mnn. Oary Urmanic. Ray Rtl herl unl.
GuiJI'I Terzo. Dale Truster and Mike
Vogl; eleclrlc mQlOr c(lnlrol , Larry
Jcrdun. Roland Morrb. Lar!), Hilt-
gins. Joe Pribble. Grc,!; ~lI l\dhn und
CharlC!o Smllh. NJAT alianal
ElectrIC ode. Dave Bobbnt,:hl . Olin
Carey ,lI1d LarT)' Jerelon; fi ber I)plk~.
Russ Amburgy. Dan Downmn. Ra}
I·u!!r\t. Dave Seiser. V'C I-hughl . Gat)
Ci')fbi n. Ro~r Pyle. Jerry 1'1Jck. Ken
Rhudu ... S lc\-e Rlghng. Joe Schueler.
(d Slilh. A n Tepker. John Day. O(lb
Hamili on. rerr} Holderbud... Hob
rale , Mel Summy. ROGer Tcpker,
John Wolperl and M an'lII Srmdllt'or.J.
Sigll Ul' Ihe: next lime o ur Local
64~ JATC oITer ~--'me JOUTII!.:) Inan
r..:ollr~e~. The ..:lcetrieal industry I~
c~n!JlUnll} ch.un£InS. und
lu ym .... wit h the mdl1."lry or you arc
yO Il h.t"!.:
1!omg 10 be len behlmi-Ihcy I:an
m:H:r Idke !!dUCdlion from you.
1)on', ror~l the ,\n nllol PICOIl 1\
'\Chcdubl ror Ju l ~' 25 at 1he loca.I'"
I!-rou nd s~ It is bemg planned by S,lml y
SimJ"l~l.In .tnt.! Juhn CroWlncr:s Ihis
year _ Work L" ~1I1l 'llo ..... <;0 we can
look forward t(\ hll\'1118 ~lur Ilrvlhcro;:
and Si~ l c r .. un the: m,Ld ;Ig.ain,
AliT TI'"PKFM. P.5.
RECORDING
SECRETARY
RETIRES
L.U. 702 (i,o,u,UCh,·,t l11.rLS,rlb.sp3,
t&[3Iv), W£ST I-' R;\NKt'OKT . ILL.-
Willard H .. COIl\1.. .. Gardner. re-
cording secrclUry of lvclli 702 i..
rc lmng from lIt inuj~ Po .... cr Co . after
31 )-ear~ of seT\·i\:c. lie JOllied Local
71E m 19-16 .. nd ~C:T\ 00 .1." ..I ew.. rd.
Loca t 702. Wes' F,..nk1on, III., wishes
Aec. Soc. Wil lord H. "Cotlon" Gardnef
• well-de,.Ned long, MlIIII't), rellre-
ment.
Sinct 1968 he has been the local' s
recurdLng !.t";I\!lary.
Cotlon i .. ;\ chaner me mbtr of Ihc
local'<; relli t Umon and has been a
direelor of Ih\' Credit Union for 14
ycan . He j, known for his cheerful
disro~illiln and could n-' ..... ayli be
counted on 10 pitch III .....ilhngly when-
cve r help w;,-~ needed. AI the Murc h
1I010n meeling . Du . Mgr. J. Harvey
Fr)'cr pre"..: ntcd ollon .... ~tb a plaque
eommemol'3ting his many year .. t)r
s.crvil·C 10 Ihe local.
We Will ml $~ him . Good Illd:. Cot·
Io n.
CPR CLASSES HELD
IN UNION HALL
L.U. 718Ii.o.cm.rts&sJta I. .....1'. ..AU -
HEIWALE. '·I..A_--Our first update
Cllur,e on the 1987 'JEC wa~ held
reccntly :11 the mllon hall by Oll r
JATC'. fh e:..:ou rse W3) taugh t by Uro.
J..,hn Simmon.,: iUld \1 cornblilcd Ihe
llilcnl~ I,f mnny of o llr t::leetrica l in·
~pecion. wi th a slidc preSC01ll1l01l. A
qucslIo n·and.nnswer sessIOn fo l·
lo .....ed Judging by tbe panlclpants'
rc~pon ~¢. Ihelr tlmc wa~ .....eli ~pc nt
ll nd \hould en hance Ihelr :It-tilil} 10
r-:rfnrm their wor!:: under the new
eudc. If )-OU were nOI able 10 allend
t h l~ '-C~~loll. t he JACTwill be ofTering
;1 repeat ~ho\loi ng in Ihe ne(ir f\ll ure.
Plc;l1te cunlnct the J ATC office if yo u
nre intcre~tc:J .
The loc\lJ ha';. been cond ucling ep\{
cla<;,s.es al lhe umOn hall on SalUrdays
:!Od weeknight" for membcN and thc lr
~ pUIl<;C~. If )'O U nrc i n lttre~led in al-
tendmg. plca;c contac t Ihe hatl.
Tho~c 1/JC-1I1 l11embers. acti~'cI}
st.'ekmg eml'lu)mc Ol are cmplo)ed.
Work In the Lme Unit ha .... Impraveu
~OIl1llwh.LI. bill the long.leml olllloo!-
is sill I 111 doubt.
MI4::HAbL FOInIN. P .S
AMERICA NEEDS
YOUR HELP NOW!
L.U. H I (gu,t), NORFOL K. VA.-
Those whu dUlm that Amenelln
worker!> ha\'c pn ceJ t hem!ooel \' e~ Ollt
o f the world mark et arc s,tym!; thaI
the AllIcrlcn n st:lnuard of hving i~
Ino high . What logic is Ihere thm
~om e how we all wil l gCI nch..:r b)'
lowering \lll r expecled 'itandards? The
neXl gencnnion of Amer icans h[n'e
le",s or a ch:IOCC 10 reasonabl)' expect
to do as well as Iheir rare nl:') The
fllJ,1 rccOlu !>hows Ihm ..ft er World
W;,r Il lhe .S. led the .....orld·~ ccon-
(1m) Ihnlugh uniolllzcd manura~lu r·
ing j obs Ihat fed the expansIOn of II
prosperom miJdle cla!oo:. In turn,
milldlc·dass consumption crcl!ll'd 1\
dynnmH; lIome~lH, market c n!oourlllg
more jObs and more prospcrity.
,\ menca W;I~ the land of opporlunlt y
..... herc hard ",ork was Ihe W3) to gel
~hea d Thl" I.'.l\lnl ry hn.; ('hanred
I],ctwc:cn I9SJ and 198ft. 13.1 mil-
lion workers IOSI Iheir jQb~ due III
pla nl c\uMlrf'lI. ~I ac k wor!- or layoffs
Of the ne w jobs created ~mec 1979.
58 percent paid le~!> Ihdll S1.ooo ,I
ycur. whIch IS 36 percent below the
poverly line of 11.OUO a yt:ar.
l\ ccol"l11ng 10 n ongre~\ I OlHtI j 0101
Economic Commi1lee. "The cont in-
uing decline 10 high·.... a.ge manur.\C~
IUn oy combined with the clCpot.nSII,m
III the low-wage relal l trude lind ~cr ...•
ice seClors, have led 10 Ihe popu la r
perceplion Iha l Amcm:1I may be on
the ~'ergc of lOSing. II'" middle das~ ..
II is time for c\-cryone-t mpl o~'ers.
the fcder.11 governmenl and all work -
er~-IO pulltog.clhcrlo put mill elTect
gQ\'crnment progrum5 a nd policies
thllt ",ill do ~o mclhlOi to beneT ali
.....o rkmgpeo ple and Iheir famihe~lo
ben..:r America.
lJon 't forg!!1 the ch:!lIcngc 10 all
uur members 10 allcnd al Ica~t th ree
nt!!CIlIlg'l dUrmg Ihe year. Meeti ngs
:Ifl.' on the I1rs.t Wednesday of the
monlh stnnlng al Krill
SAMUEl L . Wit I 1...... \\ . P . S.
OLSON WINS
LOCKHEED
CONTRACT
LU , 756 (I,o&l$), OAYTON,\
IU: AC II , l· tA .-Good news comc~
with Olson Elec lric plckmG up Ihe
mmlJlemmcc cunlmct from Lod-
heed on I he Kl!.nned)' Space: Cenler.
This six-month COnlmel mcludes 1\\0
Six-month oJ'lUons. Congralllla.tions
tu Olson for successfully blddlOg thIS
Job ns a gCllcrol conlroclorl Maybe
thIS Wi ll signal .1 turn in the work
silU31lon down at thc Cope
A rOllnd of appla\l~e SOCl'> OUI 10
Greg Frye . Bill Alben. Kipp G:lrd.
ncr. Oill B:urd. RIll FI!.:lc h er. Hobert
MOfg<m. Roy M oore. Tim Smith . Greg
Coleman. Robert Thompson Il nd Ken
AndcrWll--Our gmdu;lting e l:!.ss of
1987. Congralulations. gcmJemcn: and
be proud 10 be union!
We .1fe deeply saddened by tnc
recent loss of Bm_ OaT) Lumhert.
HavinJ:; come: from a union-oriented
fami ly. Bt\). GlIr} renUlined true 1'1
IH~ colon and bceflll'le cooo{)wner 10
All FlOrida Elect ric. a umon ~hl1p
Ihal ~~f"\'e~ the Kennedy Spaec Ccn·
ler and Ihc Titusville nreu. Hu vmg
worked alongSide him 011 many jobs.
I can tnlly say hIS qua lity of ..... ork
exemplified InJe Uilion cntftsm;m-
\llIp Our heartfell .. nd dce:pe:.1 srm·
palhy Goes OUt to his wife. Jea nllle.
and Ihclr family.
1'hb month'~ tha nkless job goe!! lO
the l'icnk Commit1ee mcmbcn.. The!ooe
members devole a 10 1 of their lime
to make Ibe p iCniC Iln enjoyable fam·
Ily event each year. A pal o n Ihe
back IS the least Ihey de-..e rve for
their hard v.'ork .
Until nexi time. be Unton, buy
lIm"'n :.md mlldc' IO-lhe·USA prod-
\lCU ; I do !
STEPHEN E. IUNO. 1'.S.
TALKS WITH
UTILITIES
CONTINUE
t . . 760 (i,o,u.rb&'<;I)a), KNOX ·
VII. l.E. TENN.- Wo rk in thc area
h a~ slo ..... ed do .... n with layolTs of over
200 men al the Alcoa project In Ine
pa~1 IWO month,,_ The ne\.!, rolling
nlil! rand Ihe Olhcr improvement), are
90 percent cmnplcle It should be
IU £W JO RNAtJJUNE 1987

ready (or haktdo~ n dunns the third
quar1c:r of fhi s year .
The local Apprentice Tmining
Commiul!f! sponsored 8 Programm-
able Controller:. COUJ.\c for Journey·
nUIII inSIde wi~mcn . So far. SO of
our members have laken the course.
11lere will be onte mort C1a5~ this
M:hool )our. Bro_ r)(1n l-tolttclaw is
It"Uchmg the dasi llon IIl~ teaches
rhe: (ourt h-}'Cl1r apprenLk:C dau.
There are oflj,'Oll\g nCt,>()lllIllOO" \oII1lh
ouruillilic at LenOIr Cit y and Kno x-
VIlle Utility Board. B\I ~. Mgr, Earl
Scivc:rs and the commiltce!> lire work ·
Ing hllr(! 10 gel a JXl Y mi c and im-
prove.:to Ihe mcmbcr~' hcllcfil!>. w~
IllQk rorward \0 the- ucc:essful com-
pichon of the negotlaUon'
Bc sUrt loallenrlthe ItM:al mttlmg
GLEN Mr MIIIAI'\. P.
BUSINESS
MANAGER COPAS
RETIRES
Ll. 11 ' <1 (u&t ' , SEI>.\I...II\. \10. -
Bro. William U Cop;a~ recent!)' re·
w'cd after serv ing for 19 )cal'S b
t'tJMI\e1l~ m:lllager'finan~ml secret3r)
(If Local 81 4. A dinner wa~ held in
1m Imoor at St,ue hllr Mmor Illn 1!1
Scdnliaon Marc h , .. 1.(X;alll:t4 PI'es.
Lloyd L. Robertson wn~ master of
ccrtmonic fOf the c\lcmng I he din-
ner was well anendcd by our mem-
txrs and nu:mbc!1'\ '-'f m.tn..'l;cment
1m Rep , Carl Tut('Jrino. on hc:h.11f or
I tl h 1)lstrict Int , Vic~ Pres RII) Ed·
",3(((., . I1rC&enlcd Bru Cora, with a
Immhome plaque thanklni him for
11I ~ IllUIlY years of devole(1 service 10
Locnl tsl 4 lind the Illh OISIOCI ,
O lhc r rece nt relll'Cc' IIlc lllde Bros
Robert McCanncy of Chnlon and
1·louu=r Cline of Lee '\ Summu . bt.nh
fv.hom h.3do\er40~c.u'~of cn-ice.
Jllme, Rhea of Platle- Cit) rellrcd
.uler 12 ~ ean;
of ~n'lce We WI"h all
these Brolhers ~ell In Ihcl( rc:tire·
ment
Newly appoi nted IllIS. Msr.fF in
Sec Jerry E. Ih.ms li nd thc Nego-
tl.Hlng Tf::Ims a rc re.ldy Ii) cnter mlo
cOnlrocl Ialks wllh Central Missoun
Heclnc Coopcru\i\e Inc. nnd Char-
Iton V... llcy Tclcphtlnc orp, A$..iu-
Ing I\ro Ha m5 ""III ~ Oilben
' Oud"Glenn and Rtlhen 1·le... ~e for
Centrol ~hsSQun Eleenic: and lhe
';"mnHllce for hanlon Va lley m·
c hl~l c~ Donald Nonh. Larry Bowden
Ilml Vicki Thiellliln.
JI\.I SCHN"'''' NHUI.(,. P .S.
Pictured 8re Ihe local 968, P. ,ker8bvrg , W, v • ., gr.dulllilng 8pprenUe. . . rtcllhtlr
In.truelor <luring Ihe gr.duallon dinner !'MId I I the: Ml)Clse l odge In Pa rltillr.blIrg ,
IIl EW JOUR AlJJUNE 1987
, !
Pictured I, 45-v .. r ",.mbtol 01 loc.1
850. lubbcK;k, l u.. Jllmea L .. ~.
Chapm.n.
LONGTIME GEN .
FOREMAN ROIRES
t. . 850 lI.o.u , rl h~plI). L UH.
!lOCK. TEX,- I had Ihe plc.l ~ urc of
aucndtnga son o(celC'bnl) mas-! ptli
I)r Sout h·
On I'C:cenl l), b ) em.plo)"ee>.
we tern Publk Service Company II)
hoool 8ro . James L, " Red " Choi......
man. Uro. Chapman relirrd from Ihe
powcr company aftcr )8 ycal"\ In Ihl::
L ITle Construclion Otp;irlmcnl. lie
WliS a ge neral foreman "0 long lhm
mmt of his co-worke.-... thulIghl he
was " Dam General Foreman."
IJf(l . Ctmpman wa ~ 11111t;IICd mill
thc IDEW in October I~"I .utd was
recentl), presented a 4!i-),eltr rin by
ollr local, lhe IH EW I'> ... lrong tooa)
because of lhe dedic alion and ~!lcri·
lice: of Bmthers like Red h[lpman
Let u nc:ver forgcl!
JA(:K vp'O\ U''t'. II _
'\1,
LOCAL
GRADUAtES
APPRENTICES
L. U. 968 U.o,eti,ru&:spa). " AR·
K.ERSII URC. W. VA.- A gml.lllllllo ll
dl M er was he ld a t the M tXl~e I.odge!
in IJ(lrker btlrx ill honor of lhc 10 nc ....
joume)·mc:n. Chalrm•.tn M lhe Ap-
rrcnltcc Committee Monis Alder·
man Imd Inl Rep Don B:llIerwn
rreSC"nled (he follOWing JOurne)'men
wllh (liphnna.s : Ke nn) Cohh . ~t c ... c:
Durke Chuck Rebholz. Chris
MlK! lver, Oreg LOllgh , TIII\ 0.1\' 1".
Jeff WllJi:lm on. Doug I'ldrcll I\nd
Mark Th()rna.s, Rand y l linkle \I,(\S
absen1.
~ ..
Se ... eral cOfl(r&\.lor Kp~scnlauvc.s
~ ere prci<nI , Including Chip Pick.
I::nl1J!.(lf,,,d;cnng Eleclric. Gene I'lead
ofProgrt sive Eleclric. Dllve ROiers
01 Norlhwcrol InSInJrnenla1ion Sys.
lcms. Morris Alderman of EaSlern
EkelftC. nnd lohn ZoUer of McHenry
Elet;tnC, We t.:onanruJal.e these. you ..
men lind \\-I~h lhem c~'ery succc~" In
the fUlure
KEITH" LEHEW, rs.
BYLAW AMEND-
MENTS PASSED
L.. 970 (I&ru). KELSO·
LONGVIEW, WA 11. -1 Wish I hnd
wmc: good ne:\\-~ libout the ...·or~ ~il '
UU1K'fI hcre: bUI lhere is nothing lilg·
rufle:tnl ln Ihe Wllld, or maybe I should
<'il" Ih,II'" lhe only place: it isl There
.1r<: elghtlll1 Book One .. t I hls wntlng.
All four amendments 10 the bylJw
I.oted on 1.11 OUI last m«hng p;l~sed
We have 10S1 .tnolher memb.:r. Oro.
Delbert "Ornmps" Rheiloume died
Marc.h :!S. Gntmps was 'A--ell koo'Wn
In thl,) area. He- ...i ll be missed by hi
(,11m I>" fl'tend~ :'00 ",ark plIr1ncB.
J 0 " '·1000 11:." HOOOLS. P S .
L..tt to tighl ar. Pfn. lMTy OJMCJuN.
retl,.. Bob 5111Wm .nd Unh Chmn
oaWl Lullollo<;all116, Tucaon, Ariz...
Bra St.v..... I, shown wIth hi, p&fqut
from the unIon, Besl 01 tuck, Bro, SI..
ven.,
ACCIDENT-FREE
MEMBER IS
HONORED
L.l. It t6 lu,l rtr&cm), ·11.JCSON.
AKIZ. -Ilro. CIlI Messing reI Ired in
MUTch , 11 1'(1 M CS S1!lg received U Sp(:r
cial (I ..... urd fOr Over) 1 ye:u-s accident
frec. Congr.uul allons. Bro, Mc~ In, ;
In (acl. tilluble cCJngr:uulalilins be-
cau\( ~tng it construclion forem an
~ i lh over 1 t acciocnt·rree )'Cd.f!o IS
truly a ,rc:al and ~ondcrf\lJ accOfn-
rhshment . and II sa}S much aoout
you bcin,lln c'\;celle nt leader. Great
Job. 0 11; lind know we all w l')n )'~)U
thl.! ..cl)' bc!ll .
June I~ clecllon-of·officcrs mo nth :
!lO I(YOU acl ),ou r cop)' o(lhcJl1Imwl
befOlc the election . please VOle . Ilow
.aboul allc:ndlngol rc~ more meetm,)"
We ""III \01"'(' :II ~al fo r you ,·t.crC'
arc: man) changes c:ommg up. and
the bc.\t ""I)' I knQ"" for y,lu to be
tnfornh:J h 10 be at lhe meellngs .
It ·~ onl yu ncc II montn. firsl Thlu",duy
al 7:30 pm,
BE'" MH.""I.. r.s,
JOB-STRESS
WORKSHOP
PLANNED
L.U. 1306 (uow). nEe n JR, ll.L-
Wilh the arrival of summer. membcn
should lake elllll1 cau lJon In 1hC'lrday·
Io-<Ia)" " ctl villes 10 prevent accidenb .
00 Ihe rood",'lIY e\'eryonc should pay
stnct altenl,,)n 10 the Ol he.r dnver!!
SinCC the likeli hood of dri\' e~ unfa-
miliar wl lh thc nrCll mily be incrc:bed
beca\lse O r Yllicalioncrs.
Ot.tr local IS plilnnlng a Job- Ires>;
W&>rk.shop (or the me:mbers, With the
consty", men:astd demllnds by the
compan)' for prod uclion and addi·
tional work load. this lype o( won:·
shop IS gn.JWII\K In need.
At Ihe ("linl on uc1ear Powe.r Sta-
tion. another new (ondition of em ·
pl Cty m~ 11 1 h.l$ beell initi..ued .l ltl l" lime
by the federal governmenl . Now all
c.lTlplo~ce .. at the power ~ t atlo n mlht
be fingerprin ted and chc:dcd by the
F81 . no ntaller 00'" long lAc)' halre
.....orked lhe ~. Wllh the urine lesttna.
psycholo,y lelilln.: . ,,-or" rules. ofT·
sile behavIOr gu ldehn(:~ and no .... the
fingcrpnntmg. working al the C linton
planl seem !! lO be! more like bel li!! :11
S. gulag.
BegtnnlRJI. July lour un1lJn due ..
shall inc;::rcd~
19cc.nl .. in conjuncllon
With our percent wotge incrcY'S(;,
.4
Some member, mn) complam about
our du IncrtiC'>~. but we mll~t re·
member thlll IJlIr due .. only mcrea:.e
whcn ""e rcl,;cil-e: III \\"g~ incrcuse;
and we all efUOY wage increBltCs.
Uave It Mlrc ,"mmer. and remember
10 llitend your linton meetings,
Kr Ylf'ol R. BENN eTT, P,S.
SEVERAL
MEMBERS RETIRED
RECENTLY
I .. U. 1 4021~1II). '·flTSRURG I I , " A. -
We uf Loclll 14Q2 wl':ih 10 thlln k o ur
most recenll y re ti rcd membcr~. Sis·
Itn VietOTlI 13or1a. 4Q years ;. Mar-
garcl DonoVlln. }$I )·ears. Eleanor
Jagiello... ~ yean: Alice: Kushlk. Z9
years. and Bro . Wallt:r Leeman . n
yean, for lhelr fnendsrup. IOYlilly.
Wisdom lind a Job yery well dont:.
The yer)'bc~111l heal th and pro!opcm y
in Ihe lulur.:
We remind tht me mbership of o ur
regula r monthl y uni(..ln meetings Ihe
lhird Suntl:lY or ellch monlh ,II the:
Rox·Bollom lIuntlng and Fish l~
O ub. )42 OI.... 11t 51 •• McKee.... ROGk!o.
PlcluUld Ir. Iwo ol lhe recenl l.UffMll
01 LOCI' '.02. PltllOUrgtt. P.... PI4.r.
gam l Oon8",.In, ttllt • .Ind Alice KUllllk.
2')
 Pa Tllne IS 11:30 pm , Hope 10 'iCe
.611 of ) utJ soon'
COOling C"CRL-•• In Ute monlh of
June Iherr ~III be ekcllons. and In
July Ihen ~ III ~ the IQslwlallon of
ncw llm,"~ r
J ltH"" HI'(
SOCIETY' S MOOD
SWINGS BACK
AND FORTH
L.U, 1466IU). COI.UM nus. 0 111
Can "uu fecI tile lreoo" 11un,\ Ire:
c~ln.Q in@. out there, The mood o(
'SOCI t' IY ~~ m ~ 10 be: 'iWQyjRJ
olher dll~t l"n o n a number 01 con
( crn!l. Some of Ihc~ a llit\Jdu tw" c
hccn n '1l(:eahle h I cenmn people (or
Y Noli..'; the)' came J own throu~h Ihe:
media by suggestion or " qule," per·
\11£\..\'00 , '" \ en before there tire: W()nI~
to (1ipre\\ ~ome l hinB thai i .. vaguely
u pur1 of how people fc 1 in 11m
coun' l)' today , you :.cn~c Ihftl il 1\
lhere. lI istory does repeal itse lf, AI·
"'ap a\ \\0 e move 00 10 ">OmeJ hmB
el c. il i~' t a nything new rc.lly ; II
Ju\1 \fI!Cm~ (Ie\\" becau~t! It'~
ft. .... )can and "'"e forgol . or
rcned 0 long ago there ') no (Inc
:In,KH1d "'00 ~membcr.. !
We can all take bean In tltt
thai nolhlng staY5 Ihe -.ame 'i .... e
mo" c; ilonll, the scheme I::hanJe~
m~n~ nre ehll11&nt& In m,I"Y \\oay" ,
~Ind Ihc Imuge or union!> h.. ~ ch.lIIged
to mtlny ways In the eyes of our
-.oc,cly Workm~pooplc are once Itglun
I::vltluUllnll Ihe wonh or tke IInlon .
We !m see by Ihe nllmber or new
empll,yt:c\ joining Ihe locill .tIll! hy
Ihe number of people cominl bdek
IU the: ullton th.u Ihe union <,1111 pia\' \
an lD'lportanl pan in lhe life or the
j,luc,' lind ""'h,te-eullar \\o(lOtt'r VUlI
l.bO\\ the ok! clk~. " If )'00 don ' t
liLt \\,MI'\ haJ'IPCning , ..IILk Ilfound
and II \Jwill change'!" Well . lid.
arouJkl . II .... 'U'
Brothers and Sisters. we
wan l you to have your
.JOIJRNAl' When you have
a change of address, please
lei us know Be sure 10 In·
dude your okl address and
please don • J"'ge' f~J In
L U and card No. ThIs In·
formabon wiJl be helplul In
cIledong and keepong our
reoords sU;ughl
It you have changed local
unions, we must have
numbers of both ,
Mall To : Address
Change DepartmenJ
International Brotherhood
01 Electrical WOrXers
• 125-151h Suee •• N W.
Washing.,",. 0 C 20005
)0
We conJrntuldle anl,! .... t orne our
new members _ Wc·"': h!:ch cro,: hu~)
50 far this }e.u _ In Felwuan ....'C
attended the RegKIn .IJ Ullhl) CI ,.
fueoce ID BaltmlOrc. Md and .... :
aha began allending the \er) 1'(0.
IIAK , R.S uudl\C UCC· :! Our Wt"l..cr-, · (.'urn..
pensation School .....I~ ht"ld m March.
and Ihrough ,\prJl mu ny ~neVllnce s
""~re n d d re ~~eu . Mo}' II " ·.I·. lhe date
o r our second AnnulI l !-Imlll \' (Julina.
imd abo in Mil' W .ltI~' nCJ:uI Iil1l0",~
began OllCe! agam 1 he real nC\h, ilr
t'vur~t' . IS aL
vu r Ilwnlhl)' unllm meet·
mg ! Try 10 mllke ii , and Ink a look
al ""'hal 'S gomg on liupe h.I ~e&:: ,,(XI
Ihcre!
In on LAl.ltA M II ~H·Oitl). P_S
ELECTIONS O N
JUNE 9
L.U. 148.l (IItI" ), S" ItACU~ "~1 N. V.-
The Execulive 80.11'(1 of our IQCal
filled a \':tcancy llue 10 I he rcs,snllllOn
of Robe n Waack eWlllcmbc,.Mary
I-Iou!h of Fuli ,," WM \\\oNII In before
ou,. regular meclllI!; b~ r~h Waller
been .. Ma! <;C)'.
II h.lp-
Our local .... 111 huid lhe e ~hOn of
offi ers on Ju~ Q The poll'S "",11 be
open In I~ S)'racu'iC arra from noon
n'rt unlil? p.m. (11 the Amtriu.n ugK)n
Po'll 4l. 2J6 We'it Ge:nesee Stree:l.
VOl 109 in liml I drC;I v. ill be 1ft I uiton,
Os ....·qto Wid I\dtlskl work headqua,.·
lers.
Lm:al Im:ul!xh will Ville (or the
followlII& um~e~ , flrc~ILlent , vIce
p(tsidenl. reCOrding ~~cretllry , liMn·
dal S(:crcH1ry, lrell~lJn:r ItrllI ..evcll
Exccutivc BO:lrd mcmber.. In ndrh ~
lion , Unit I membc~ Will ~' O l e: ror
r Ntrnnlln, VICC chlllnnan and re-
corde.r of U nil I
\\eurgC)·ou. ISlcnuod Brothers.
10 Cit:.1 ) 'our yl)fe "unn, III!.: cid;tlon.
Ew:ry \OIe h ImJ)'JrUml ,ercl:.e
)ourngills. Shand Up al\d t'CCOunled.
TIMmllh:.u 1.. . P,S.
ADDRESS CHANGE?
NAME
'0
PRESENT lOCAL UNIClN NIMRF R
CAfW ~aeR ==""',....,='""====-:-_______
(.~, CI'ItIC'. """" lDClIIl.A'IIOnJ
~N5()N MEMSER
OLD ADORESS
FORUEA lOCALU N~NUM BE R
Don't f o rgel t o regisler 10 v o l e al
SAnu.rrE IS MAIN
FlATUREAT
PARADE
L.l. 1514 U&U I, WIUTEl-IORSE,
YU KON TERR .- The local's new
ct1 l1e~l ive: agreement was nu ificd by
a ~ l i 8 h \ n!algin. OUI IIlembers are no
dOllhl alli l ipallng their DCW rdle and
rclCOlICI!VC!t In II pil)'cheque in Apdl .
Once uJI'liin union members pro-
vided Ihc lIlaln ~"rk force on I~
curportut IIllal In the Annual Sour·
dough Rcndel H)lI!!.I)...mde. TlK theme
thiS vent ""'AS ~ll leIlIU! communica-
tillns and r'e<1t.hin@ pt.'Ople . To depici
tbe ~ ~ benefic-lanes of SOtlellJlc
~rvlce , rwric and urtlracts c:overeti
Ihe Hoot. We had a Moonlit illing
HIli fon (our communities with name..
like I' url N&::I:-on, fon Wart . Fon
Frnnklm) . an sldmo in un open·
IOflfICd IGlOO (our Irmll c:ommunitie..
Il keGJoa Hlwen. Spence Bay): som&::·
o ne," " nlyen r;o.,lUme (rdvl!:ns an:
"I!tO knov. n a.~ ro~ s and symbolIzed
our exchange al Old Crow): an eagle
rn a plane (the highway lodge al Eallie
" Platn :' over JOO miles from an\ ·
..... here!); 'md II miner If! rront of it
mme I Oppe....fU!lC or the mininl
Lamf'\ ....,lIh a Insk, lelllle-fed tel.
ephone) .
UO\cnnl o\'cr all thoe was our
satellitc. IlItd "'<JlKhng Inside thc sal-
ellne WIlS DuraslronaUI. The satelll'e
Wft ~ In Ihe I1rm gnp oflhe Canadarm ,
what 1-'111 AmtriCAn fnends call Ihe
shunk''i HMS (The satellite ""'n~ IIC-
wally Ihe tmckcl covereu wllh 1111
foil wllh:1 di!ioh fa'5.l cncd underneath .'
Dllve ';""'etl . ollr fl'MnnrllU, <,wllng
mer ;111!.1 liP ,lOr.! around B:' the par-dlJe
wound 11'0 way through lhe S lrtel~.
thmwlIIl! l.:,mJic, 10 lhe tId!!. . Olhel
on-deck ranlclpants w&::re JefT
MacNeill . tummy MacLean. DIane
Tuppc:r. Ocbbtt: IJutic:.r and myselr
II ~Il"" colli , but ..... e had a halJI
Gt-D I'f C"PP. P S.
STATE lJPCOOE
STATE ZlPeooE
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
yow r'lew address.
5111... ' ..rn K" .. , .... ..... l"Oi\Of~ ...
cently by locaI1 B911, t.urllkt.... PI..
on lhe occasion 01 hef ,.tlf"ItMflL
SISTER KRAMER
RETIRES
l.U. I it9H (cm ), LAU H I~ LU"'I.E,
I'A.- The oNi eo and repl'C'ienl a·
ti v e~ or Local 1898 held . reuremem
(lmner al Ikm Mounlaln Inn un I·ch .
21 10 hMnrC;;''itt'f Fern Kmmer. SI:iI-
ter Kramerscrved 3') a \ te\\'t1rd. t:hu~{
!!. tclV•• lII.l a nd COPE Ch8J rpc:~ . All
of u who tuad the pm'llege 10 J,:nQ .....
and ""or~ \\lIlh Fern regard her II ... 3
lo~ IIlg. canng person. I'm sure I ean
.,pen)..; r(lr {Jllm WI~hlng Fe rn IJ tmpp),
retiremcnt and bc.sl wi~he!i in the
r1.1lurc . She .... ill rtrt:tlnly be mlw.:u
byal\
1'leuSe! remember lu make 0 rCII!
cff\ll tlu nllend )'~lUr UllInn nu:ellllg
, 'hi", III ""'herc you can sel Ihe reol
mfarm;lli(m firsth:lIld rr{lm Ihe I'lKhl
..ourcc. Gille your nllkcr!io nnll rcp~
re ntallV&::S a rail" thance IUhelp yIJU .
I hI" " Indy your local. plea.-.e u~e
"The..... U~ m.rny Importanl I\\ue..
!.:om,". up before Congre:s IMI Will
afTcct all uf us Remcm~r hl \\'ntr-
or ~"II ) "ur rtprc.stnlull' ~ and le.1
them Lou-. ho .... )'00 rceilibotulhe.-.c
1",')I1e
nlll OCllllune: God ble~') U~ oil ,
GLADYS WI!R~It'KI, P.S .
CONFERENCE
PROVES
PRODUCTIVE
I,•• _ 1914 (1':111). OMA II • 1'iE1J.-
OUldh" WiiS lhe \c(ne of fhe IlIh
n"tm:t Maoufi'tc:ltuer' \ PI'Ofll'C'''~
1«lInl mcludmg IREW dc.Jcpl~
lrurn luwa. MI~n , ebnl~~u , N(W1h
nd 'icMllh Jl:Ikntll Tht mcelln, ¥loa..,
held .11 Ihe Kegcnc lo Mllmotl HOIei
The t¥.u-d ..y COfI"el'ltiun Indudcd a
"itTT1mnr on "''ll~ IaI4 euneemllll; unKl~
beina ~ucd ror~lftt~· 'IlolaIlCtll!.1h the
. . . tJrkpl~e . and a rcpo" from Local
ly74l>rc ...· Bu\. Mgr , Th(lm;L.~J Cun·
nor on Enhanced Training pponu·
lil lie, Program (ETOPI . wlll(. h Wll$
,moulwuwlh urdu;, 19S6IDEW c n·
Imet nC::b"01Inllons.
The !>Ccnnd Wt) or Ihe pl'Ollrc."'s
mec:llR.g Inc:Judeda lourofthc Omaha
WOllo. of Tctl The 100Ir IIlcludcd
a dI5CU \ ~I~n orlhe produtllines man·
"fa~' lurcd Itt Ihe Omaha WOIL"
fht' P'n.l8~!>" Mcctln, held In
W EW JO URNA LIJ UNI! J987
 --
Qm::ah:i wa5 800d ror Local 1974 The:
I\\.o-day confen:ncc alJt\~('d every-
one woo
l'IlItndlCtl (0 meet lhe newly
elected administration or Local 1974
and vicc vcrSOI , A lot or our offICers
had never mel I hh District Vice
Pres. Ray Edwards berore . 'W Ihe
confcrtnce wali bc:nc:fici:.1 rOr::lll ""r-
hc!> 1O\'ol vw.
DuS",LU M. WIlX".£OMU, Il.S
MEMBERS RATIFY
CONTRACT
I..U. 2084 (em ), SVI(ACUSE. J"ol. Y.-
On March 211. 1987. member!> or Lu-
CRI 2084 vUled ovcrwhclmm"dr 10
mlifya new Ihree-ye,lr con lnlcl With
Ihi.: Crouse·) linds Co. In Syracuse.
Y The new on lmel c.dls r(~r b0-
nus JXlymenh In the fin.t IWo ye,l,..."
Wllh It 2-pcrccnl wagc: i nc n:a~c In the
IlIml year
The work ~h ualion here I!. ~ Ii l l very
-.:1(.Iw Wllh III)'oIT. . (In a ~1I1111J hUI
c()nlinuiJI~ n:'lsi"
J(lll~ M . FIl~!·I' lLn . I'.S.
NATION'S DEFICIT
AlARMING
K£1 IRU:S G .un 0 ..- L .• 3. NF.W
VORK. N.Y•• ~ . ..1.0RlDA CJ1Ar-
TEN-AI the Mllrch IJ meetmg , the
rcading of the minutes of the l.lsi
Boord and rC8ular mceunl=s were
rkltcd .md :tppro'vcd. The ch.HI nun
caJled for a moment of silence f{lr the
<kml~ of hmtorh.!:r Pllllll.elt . A
new member. RUl h ROIhcnbcrs, .....as
.... elcomed .... lth a pplause (rum Ihe
rtlC mbershlp. I:k:Clion ofollieers was
neld , and Ihe)' .... e re ,,~'om Inlo Qffice
AI Ihi ....... nllna lhe nationl.ll debt is.
SI Inlhon: the Republican J';trty I'>
In crc3 ~i ng the ante 10 S1 lnlliun. Ihll ..
ru.piring 10 greatness in s tep wilh big
~ pcndc~ A ,;wdy ~ hows Ihul Ihe
nliddle-c.I ;"i!l~ people (If !)Ilr nallur. Me
In Irouble. ~o Slales a comml .... I(lncd
J Oint Econumlc urn·
e(m);rcs~i(lI1al
mil1cc. The present generation of
people 1I0W 111 'heir 30:s a rc fi lldilig
Ihcy cnnnl)' matc h their pitr 111'0 mhl-
dlc-class :tchlCvemcnls of It n ic~' iKlnK .
fi n(lIH.: illl ~CCll n t y a nd cl llldrcn '~ cJ-
ucuiun . SinGle persons arc po~tpo n -
111& llIarrUige. families a re j)oslpn nilig.
h:n'i ng ch ildren :\nd good j t)bs In
m.'l nllf~ctunng :Irc bcillg l u~t SOllie
"'''lly..,,,, fc:.lJ the ... itualion wj ll not
tmprove until the huge dcOCltl gJ"Clitly
r~ ducrd-{\ n .Kllo n lhat would Io\\, er
Ilv lng$tandard ~ In Ihe shon run. Ho ....
can (MJr prc..Klcnt be w blimllh.', tit
cannot ~ the forest b«au~ or the
IftC">.
T he besl o f heall.h 10 all of Uli.
DAVID Bu,...c. I~.S
GOVERNMENt
MUST SHAPE UP
IU':'! IRU'::'''' CI.UB or L.U. J. N"': W
VO KK , N. V., fJUEE:iS CHAlrl "'R-
For tho!le who blame )apan 'l\ eeQ-
nnnm: :,;uccc .. ~ on thc deadly combi-
nalion of chcllr Or1<:nl:11 Inh(.lr and
IfI EW JOURNAUJUNE 19H7
.,. -
ACTlYmE5 SHOW
EXCELLENCE,
DIVERSITY
L . • 1104 (u). NIAGARA FALLS.
......- M:lOy peorle have 'ioWd [hal
......mc:ty i lhe spice o rhfe. The multi·
dlmenSK)Ilol (altnn a nd Inlerests of
Loc:112104 member-. an:: n:: mdrkable
The rollm',lOg .. houk! amply Illustrate
that fIOlnl . • IhlOL. it'Ji ImjlOrtunl Iu
nole . II MI, thai the)e eumplcs are
merely tC(lfc:!>Cnl,IIIH:! or the QUI.
s tamhng. cndca"ors of our Drothers
•md Si .. lcr...
Bill Nalbone, II nlem~r f ttn~
Executive BoanJ . .... :1, n:"cnlly IIIl-
pointed to a lem) on Ihe N iag:ilr.l
Fall .. HOllslng AUlhont )' by Ille NI'
•1g3rti Fa lls city m.mrlxc-f" IlIII ...l.Id .
" I Ihmk it's impcrntl"'c 10 get in-
volved III you r eommllili ty Ir~ ca~y
to ~ il back and critici1e. bUI iI's a
cilizen 's n:sponslbility lu Iry nnd cor·
reCI Ihlngs or improve Ihcm ." on·
gralulatillns, Bill!
On Mfl rch I dcctrOIllC~ techn ician
Tom UIiY won Ihe gold medal in the.
RETIREES cwas
greedy overpdiJ AmerlC<ln workctli.
I h<JYc 0 liule surpme I'he IIvel".Ige
hourly ......gc 10 Japan i~ $ 10.50 pet
hour. In Ihe U.S. 1115 S9 . .so pe r hoor.
Whnt , .. Inc TCao;o1l then rnr the de-
cline In American «onomic ~()mrcl­
Commert'e S« Malcolm
III\CIN:<;S?
Daklndge and DePUIY TTC"sury Sec .
RlchW'd Dnrmlln 'ill)'. "If .. lhe txlS~'"
fUIIII .··
Commerce Sec. Hakind,.'C "uT'o'ey
iU8 AnlcTlca 's po!IlwOIrc(;ono,nlc ~c l ­
backs noted that sicelmukcrs and
autlJnmkcr~ didn' t I11wcTIlize, .and
v.c weJC b\!aten With lec hnology Ihal
we in\itnte d but failed to IIppl), smd
followlhr()ug.h . We Invenled Ihe tran ·
s istor 10 1947, a nd by 1960 we su p·
plied 9;; percent of ll ill he 1 .II.1I~ ,lIId
l eJCVI ~io li ~el'> "oM dome,llca lly, To-
da.y we don't cvcn m,lIll1fllctu re 111-
t.!IOS: lind ou r loss uf Ihe cHlo r 1 V
markel is unforgJvnblc, There i ~ nu
c)leu,c for thaI. anti Ihere is no one
'0 blame. bUI American manage+
mCllt- n I I"bor.
f\ll11d ynll , thio,:" rn)! Ralph Nadcr
or John Kenneth Galbraith 1(11li.1OI1
8 a ldndge aM Dannan :Ire bll ~lnes~­
orlcnted Reptlblican ~ whu h,we beel)
Wllh the: Reagan admm"l nlllOn SllICe
il mncd They ""en: lImlln&lhc ,,1...... 1-
eg151<; bc:! hll1d the RC.l.S.1n 1.1:< cui!>
th.lt h ••ve ~duced the lOp marglllal
ra te for the riche l AmerK:an ~ frl'm
Ih~ 1980 level or70 percellt 10 lhe 2K
percenl n~I'i.lmUm '>I!htdulCll for 1988.
The norton was that wllh .he prOJ)C1""
Inccnlt .. c. 1. 1.'"• • mure IIkme}. Amen
ca''!O Invenlors and m:tn<igCn. would
explode In a buO:I of creall\lt} Ihal
\\O ~luld
k:ad lhe rc .. t of the cconotn).
\\orl.tnifJCopk: iocludcd.mloa brigh-
ler fUlure. UUllhe IlU: cui .. ha "'c flot
brought about the rromi ~cJ hurst or
savings artd invcslmenl1l
After six years of ltcllijllnomlc'!O. Its
st ntlc~i:.I!o
IIrt dt.!!IIaliJing Ihat busi-
.' l!
C ro~.coumry Ski Orienlcenng
Ch.lmpionsillp Race ;lI the New York
SlIlI e Fmplrt SI ••,.: Winl~r Game~.
Ih wIflnm8 the: ]:lotd medal III Ihe
men' open d.l..... , Tom aUlom.. rKully
1IU1ll1fieS" for the U.S_ Cross-Country
Ski Oritnl«nngTcarn . Tom .... 111 (I:.,.
rtscnl Ihe mtcd S~ tes In the 1988
Worill Champt(ln hips in H eina ~'c\),
V~. Flnwnd. In Mareh 19tQl Whal
an e"Ir.t\\fJmary distinction'
The"\(" ' .... 11 lh .. er,e and notabk
achtt:H;menl't :arc indicalh·c of the
supc.""r quallt)· IIf people who m;11.:~
\lJl fhe r.\nk .. nd file or ~ I 2104
WilliAM M. PATEJtSON. (l,S •
UNITY, HARD
WORK PREVAILED
L . U. 215fi (I'm ). GA INF'..sVII. U : .
FLA.- Dad In February G. E -.old
0111" battery hu ' mc~ .. plant 10 G a t 11
I.ncf(;y Products Inc .. a ubsldmry
~If (talco,: Rllhhel Co., with hcnd-
q uan c l'~ in [>Cl)ver. Colo. We h:wc
J~ I '1 fini'l hcd ne&Ollllling ~I lI ew con-
lllic t with Ihi, new comp."lny. Pre~·
ent Iy ncgOilUllOn\ llelwcen Utl)' uru~ln
1l1!3~ pay the cnunlry bac k ror Ihe la~
I"eab we hllVC glYen Ihem by lOmB
10 \\.ork,
On lhe OIhcr .. tde of the com , la,,1
)t:.ar Ih~ fedcral governmen' Cl)1·
Icell:d (I"cr '00 blllu;Jn 111 j"lCT"iOltal
Income la\(: .. T hl mODe)' YoM 10 be
used 10 taL..e cllre of the !Xedy, 10
help run Ihe u.unll") and 10 proleci
II . Inslead )oor la~e \\oerc used 10
rol} S435 ror II 51 .00 hammer:; t7.417
for a. l-cenl pI!", and $5 11 for a 60-
eenl h.(tllt bulb
America I .. ~t~m ng str.ughl down
the barrel "ra nnunc.a.] disaster . The
fetlernl defiCit I ~ closmg i n o n 200
bill ion :I year , The national debl has
:Ilreadyrcilc hed IlII lm imagiOllble 1 R
1... 11100 If tllily Ihe federal govc-m·
menl SpcOl our UlX dollars as scru·
pillousl)' ,I .. thc)' colll.-ct Ihcl11 lind b ig
hllsi ncss would return 10 ba:.ic rell-
:Ibll ity. ecorll.IIlIY und creali"·lly. we
U lilitl IC,g...UII 0111 reputation for lOp
(IUnlity ,mu ollce nga m :1tI\11II Our
fon ner hcrit :tSC:: No. I world leade r.
H .... NOI HOI1SON ,
f)
OFFICERS ARE
INSTALLED AT
LUNCHEON
Rt:TIR.Ef.S A.·S()(:IATION 0'" ' ... l l.
J . M ':W YO NK. l'. \'..
S. I-1..A.
C III\P'f}:N_ Thc Anmmlln .. ul".lllOn
l.uncheon I'tt.!ld on Sunday. Marc h
2tJ. al lhe Scuhn Ranquci Ha.1I wa.,
.dlended by 1"111 members and luesU;,
In .. tullcd by l.Q\lI.. Ch.asc. pa~1 pre ..·
Id.:nl. w.:r< Pres. Joe Bon n. VICe
l're<; 'J3(' 1.: Weber. Vu;:e Pn:.~ H;:.rf")
Benticld. TKas " rnnk Pom ... Fin
Sec. Lot" .. K m~ , Re,:-. Sec. Ma:< Fox
ilnd Sgl at Ami" }l,Jlil,Js Sch..... tlck.
n lC Board o f IJllectors cun.. I,L, of
1..(llIi5 Uubit ~. Hcnmrd e nroll . l .c~ter
.
and company arc dlnlcult . Our )itu-
;llion was URlQL1C: ..... e wilne"sed the
birt h or:1 nc\lt, union conTraCI \o\hcrc
there was no wntten procedure . We
aho wlll)c<;~ed unity. A'{ 01lT fore -
rathers were ~niu:d Ihr.-Illgh I:onll'o-
vtlW auo.i the L'tck or j;m·cmrn<:nl
concern. ~ .... c we'e unllcd 10 the
....me (:... hlon. If we c.3t\ conllnue 10
keep the Splnt of rcllo ...... hlp a!u'c,
tl\(:n :lIld (", I} llK-n c.ln .... e htJild on
a !IOlid foundation. A ~pc\:m.1 1h.'1nk ..
goes 0111 to Ihe NegOlllltln~ re:arn for
IJ good. \o\llTkabie conll;1(1 Ous. Mg.
JdCklc Ward. Pres. Boh Il odges. Rcc.
Sec. . Ahce Km2.er , lU1d I~xcc ullve
Uooro memDcr-. Jml Hope" .111<1 Betty
CalhlKIll v.orkcd long .lod ha rd to ge l
Ihi, oontraci signed peacerully.
" i'i wuh "'Idlless Ihlll I an nounce
IhlS I:' my 13<;;1 a rllclc fUf"lhe JOImml .
Berore G E . sold I had the opl ion I)f
gUlIlg Ollt on volunl,l.ry layuff I will
~I ay In clo..c conlacl .l(td urge cach
uf yuu 10 !o.land unl le,1! We c!tn win
dlglllly . s;\fcly ;lIId r rufll ~ rro m our
JOb'l Hc:membcr. buy Amentan! Uuy
~ lIIi(,n I
ALiCI KIN,I·J(. P.S.
Gabnel, W.alter I l ru ".Ip. M :u Kamm.
Joe. LcJ\:owllz. Carmine Lumbardl .
Henlt:ln Nemer. Alrred St::mper a nd
Fred Vahc he; Ihe truS.ICt.!! are Fred
engel. s.tmuel Scherer and WilhOUlI
l..ogdn
Ccnlfic.alcsofappreC:l<llton jilld li.cy~
1(1 \lelrlJpolil an D....dc. COll nl y from
Mayor Stcphen P. Clark "'ere pre·
'>tn led In hun k Purn'!> . I...(KII" Kmg.
Max Ft,)x: and Clara Schert,. chair-
\IoQm:.n W o men's AU'i.lhary. The ar-
(air \Io;c., lopped orr "'llh a,TCal show
re3tunn.g Hamel IJlake . ..lar of 1tM::
Netol.'r-xt I-tOl.clCalMrcl. and the Harry
rrank O rc he)tru.
Crcdit rnw;:1 go 10 hnlcn:l inmenl
Ch.urnUt R Ma,; Fox and h l~ wi fe.
Charit1llc . toI.'h o <hd 1111 excellenl Job
(irr.:UI~1II1:! [I wonderful proGram for
the a rralr.
h tVI'l(1 DOIIIUN". 1>.5,
MEMBERS LEARN
ABOUT EYE CARE,
PROBLEMS
RETIKEES: CLun 1Jt' I..U. I I. t OS
AI'IlGEU:S , C~\ L.--Our t rlrch II
P.S.
memher~hip mccttnll ....., ~ .Iltendeu
by 110 les~ than 95 IOEW ret lTCe ...
Bro. eonr.r ThlH and hi. wHe. Milt)',
shown on Iheir 60th wedd ing aonl"'.r·
"I")'. !phoiO submitted by Aeti,....
Club 0' Local 11 , l os Ange.... Cat)
JI

cooung (rom as far ."""'3J' a5 Hemer
and Canu.nUo. CaJ Pres. GeM Oro
BIn Ollie<! upon SISter lola Wum.u'J
10 re.}(1 the nunute~ or the preYtou!.
gene: II lind boo.rd meetings and Ike
m.!11 rCn'l\cd Treas. !tee. t-rnnk
~ Ind.hn rc pt1nc:u his checks lind bal·
Anct'~l. ~hu,.: h ",ere ftpprovetln ndRe.
ceplcd He then wl\hed all memt'ICh
cd ebrnl1n8 March hlMhday-: and 111'1 ·
ni\ot'r'OlIne.< nUn)! h.... pp¥ relu rn ~. i!o-
ler tllhe Alexander won the $5 .00
blrthda ... pnu. Rro Dan rohen fC-
lrund('d U~ fl f Ihr fi m RCfi'VlIfC' m flur
cluh', program; to male r\'!<;('rva ·
[JOM. conlatl Bm. Roy Hcnngr:.r
.... ",-, Ilrank tncklm.
Nonna Young. program chlU~r­
son. Introduced Dr. Sally RlibL: m.
wht) ,,~ ... w us shd~ :md spoke on
the CaR of e)les, ho~ 10 keep them
hed!!hy. and wh."lt 10 do and ""here
to aoifproblcms arlM: he .... ns mo')l
hcl r fu l and ,racio u with her ume
a nd knowledge In reply 10 our quer-
ICS.
Hro onrad ThIes retired out of
Locul l 121 years(tgoand nowre~ides
In lI olia nd. N Y. Uro. Thlcs and hiS
\\ I f~ . Mitf)'. recenlly celebrnlcd Ihelr
60th weddtPfl anruversary (see photo)
EsTHER GEORGE. P.S
RmRIES ENJOYED
HELPING ontERS
RETIKU' ' CL.UB OF t. U. 51!!, DE..
I MUll . MH':II.-Thc retirees of La..
a;;11 sa were :ISllI n Rsked 10 pfl rt Lc lplllC
In an apprenticeship h!sting program
cOnd llClcd by Ihe Michignn Employ-
nltnl Sc::CUril Y COmmission in con-
Ju nctIOn Wll h Ihc EleclncaJ loou try
1 nllnlng Center localed In Inc Deln)1I
atCa. b)l acting as monitors dunng
Ihe..e ICo;; l'I held In Detroit,
Our responsibility during these lem
~ to ,u""l) an adequale number of
retrec to monitor each sesiion /lhItt
..c...... N'n .. a day ror SIX days). EaC'h
rellrct m.akes ~urt hc:11' oiIpphcanl
InlUIlJ lhe ten undenund.s fu ll y tl'tc
plll1lcu l.lr 1'"'11 or the lest he or she
IS .... orkmg on. Bnd [0 make sure t hey
.. tnn In the n,hl place o n the tesl
sheets
Will iam WolfT, di rcc lor of lhe Ek e-
Incul Ilidustry Tn:umng Cen le r. >mId
they had received ovtr 1.000 npl'li'
cah(lll!l ~ r p'IJ1ICl pallo n In Iheir lip'
pl'Cntlceshlp program. whieh is av-
'''11<
We. 'Were &lad 10 be or as....lstlillCe.
and the Michigan Employment Sc:.
L:unty ("omnmislon and the EIec:II'k.'U1
Indumy Trwmn, Cenler thanked u.s
ror a Job v.cli done .
R. D. Ros.'i. PS
LOCAL'S
ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATED
Rt.TIREES CLUB Ot· L.U. 68. DEl'!·
\fEN. COLO.-We cdebmJed the 89th
annl\'el"PlY or Local 68 by havln' •
poIlu~k luncheon _ A !.hor1 buS-mc!>"
II'«tll1, "'iUheW prior to the r«tl"'-
lues
The nt:w " Bud" plant neur Ft
Collin Is wlo.mg a few or Local 68
~ f"
clcctn.:tan!>. The~ 'oI.eJt OVer J.IJOO
Ul"ph":iUlOns ror .soo j . ill the ne ..
planl It !la .. been ",alcti thaI Inc
unemp&oymcnl sirualion Lh Colorado
~lIlnds at 9 ptrccnl Wllh 186.000 pe~
pit: regi51ertd ror work.
Antal: !'teeml) clostd J own Ihr.H
mme nl CHma-:. Colo . • rurlouahma
(ipproJi mlllte ly 400 people .
J In\le a ruce summer
DoNAI..O E. SlHNI lUI It P S
LET' S GET ALL
MEMBERS TO THE
MEETINGS!
Ht:-n fl l· t:S CI.UB 01" L. • 177.
JACKSONVILLE, ....LA.- I Vo<t'h thc~
WIl5 a 'oI.1Iy LO ha\C the regular mem
her .. meel the ne\o\ unc.. Hv'ol. doc ..
one go about tinding a way to get the
tv.u IClgClhcr'! Whe never l4'e gel II
new member into the club. 1iomc IIf
lhe regular are not there. nc or Ihc
;m~'oI.'e .... lo Iheabove problem I" t'llngU ,
which l4'e have every mee l mg~ )-e:t
everyone: d~ n(JI Slay Then UlIItIn
y,.e could find th~ most mlere\tma
thm.Jlo do thai would urPCa) 10 mo'il
or.he members. like doInc.UI& or en
Ic:rtainmenl. OnnllnglllOrc: member
10 JUin Ih~ club seems to be the
IlrOblem and Ithe answer'
It IS .... lIh a sense Qf pnde. dlCnny
und hUmllllr lhal v. e enter our 10eol'
umon build ing. Yean of hard work .
dtlhcntlun, self·denial and dClerlll1
nntlOn scc:m 10 be the bnekbonc or
the orpnization 10 w hich 14'( belo ng.
Our ~trcnglh and ohamc:ler come rrolll
Ihe hard ye ars of fi ghtini for thnt
whICh I~ nghlfully ours.
H OIA many timcs ha\'e )Iou IJstentd
10 In elderly electncaan and suddenl),
become .......trC or lhe: true meilnlng
or hl\ '1lau:ment Ihroogh hl\ un 1'10"
Len wnrds1
Our meeunp arc: held once .a. month.
uod 01.1 the la!.t OIle .... e noted the
pus.", or Oro_ W. J:. Co~ lie '1/1;
N yean old and rellred rrom tht:
trade on Aug. 29. 197 .
F liED (AWOtl..A, P.S
ALL LOCAL
RnlREES
WELCOME
RE"T1REF.S a .UB OF L . .!lA.
1~'Vl£W. n :,x --Scl.-cntca1 mcm-
bcr!l> .... c~ prc~n[ rOT d recent mcd
ItlJ The low Ittendance WII due to
bad ....'cather
We hl"c some mcmbcn 1111".
JllIul Davison had surgery r«c.nlly
M d i recovering at home and Audrey
I-lJlton Vo'as !oorel), mlsscd We wi ~h
them aoo our ailing rrie nds a raSI
recovery.
We we re honored b)' Ihe ViS it or
Jewel WhItehurst , oo r busl nc·... mun-
aacr's mothe .... Come again soon.
Jewel
Nominations fOl' officers ~ere
!oCheduled. but due 10 the to .... aflend ·
ance, they were postponed. Our 0(-
flCt'f S do a \lrry good Job nnd <k~rr.'r
our rull support. So. 10 our o{ficm.
old nnd new, we lhanl you!
PAT H ULTMAN. I' .S
RECO RD
A1TENDANCE
An AINED
KETI HEt.S CLlrBOFL. U. J47. DES
MOINT.s. rOWA-A[ our Marc.h
meel mg n record allt:ndnnct. walt at·
talned. O~l ic ve [l o r not. every &Colt
In the house was ti lled whc n J3 retlr-
ee)showed upforourl unche(Jn meet-
Ing al the Merte Ha) Mull ThaI' ..
mnn: members than allend n:_ulllr
union mee[lA@s .... hertJob-..oIl1dw'I8C
"ule .. lire discussed .
We retirees bear all kinds or lole
uhoul how the union L.. losmgJob, to
nonunion shops. E,-el")' tune we near
.,nch talc... \\ 1: YoQnder Vorot the rea
ular membership is doinll about It
We ('un' l believe thlil ft member re
I..c:lVlOg the t~pe or good btncfils our
local provides would 511 idly by ;tnJ
do n thing to protect Lh~Jr Job .. On
the ol her hand . neilher cg,n we be-
heve the numbl"rnffnrc l1! n-nlllde crtr.i
un our highVo dY!> and Ihe ro rclgn-
made products in our tore:.
FRI:.D H 1\J'oI. IRS. P.S.
THANKS, DEWEY
RETIREES C t UB OF l .U. 639. SA
I. U L~ 081SPO. CA I_-Our regullir
mceliOH~ ilre held on the 5C and
Wednesday of the mOluh til 2 p.m.
al Ihe union hall. All locnl rellrees
lire invited loauend. You dOIl·,Io.IIUw
Whlll Y(l 1J nn: m iSS in g by nOl J Ollll1l g
\I ~ ,
A numbc ror our members aucndcd
;I meet ing :11 the Sa n Luilo Obl,"po
Veterans Me morial Buildinl con-
CCf'IlI"8,lhe" O'fCH" b:lbte~. l11tSC
are pcop~ born from 1917 to 1921
v.oho receIVe a reduced amount or
Soclill Sccunt)l benefits . The reduled
amounl I S68lrbom In 1917. and up
II) SI26 per month ifbom in 1921 , A
11lrJe" group soov.'\"d up to tbls Inter·
~t mg meeting.
Dunng a ~eent mccung of our
club. Oro. [)ewe), 1 ay!or WfI, pre-
~tnl e d with a plaque rrom o ur club
lind the: local In apprecluti n or his
pln)'mg Su nta Claus fOT the ~I!> t sev.
cm! yl!nrs at the t·lead Smn ChrlSl-
1n1L) pun y. He IS a 6O-ycllr m~ mber
or the lB E W. Bro. Taylur ~pukc
bric ny aboUi his early da)'$ in the
tmde lind how h~ helped orga nize
members a1 a tim~ whe n to sho.... a
LIIl10n curd Wfl$ to be: tcrmlnnled ,
Thlnh again. Dewey
BILL PAI'ICH. P.S
lEe CHAIRMAN
A1TENDSMEETING
Rt71'THK.....'i
. f: 1.118 O t~ 1.. (1. (,4() ,
1'1I 0F.r-nX. ARIZ.-Sixly-five or
more members and rrt end~ a tte nded
our February 20 breakrast . Jerry
Tmc),. buSiness manager of L..ocal
640. attended our mala.SI and m·
traduced Clyde BOWden. bU"Hle
m:ul3@errlLocaJ387.\lyoowasdecled
chairman to the Inlemai iOMI Exec:.
Ullve Cauncil.
We were then tnu:rulined b} The
]: D's Mus. a musical uio whIch
render~ a variet)' or popul"r sonss
.
Pidurtld .. Jim Port.,., • O'HltTIba, 01 the
RetlrMS eND 01 Loal $64, ruiN. Ot:t..
mcludmg one 1!3ch rrom Iht Army.
IIVY. Air Foret and ~lo.nne' Ihat
t:\'eryon~ sc:emed 10 (!.l\Ioy
A number of our members were:
luc ky w mlle ~ or the druwing!o we
nave at I!ach brellkfnst . W e hope
many of you Urolher<o; \\ hu du n,)I
a!tend our SCS!olon!o wiU try 10 o me
and sociabze With some:: or
your ror-
mer buddies. If all (.j us ptlt aSItit:
Ihe thought ur :.lIelllhll~ VIii att-to-
lethen:. we v.ould not M\ie an) Re·
tll"ees lub'Thmk II o .. er
I)le ... 01 An i k. P.S
CWB'S SUMMER
TRIPS DISCUSSED
RETIREES CLUB O "'I~ •• 1504. IN-
OIANAI'OLlS, I IJ.-A I I)lIl '~e b­
ruary meellng we discus cd variO\j,S
trip!> ror the s u mm~r mollt h'i. IIIOSI
nou~bly, a b;bebal1 Game in In 1ft.
nau In July and a I"P to NllShville.
Trnn . • mc.:ludmgan c:\cur,st(lfltoGat-
hnbu,", and Oollywood.ln J une , We
pla)ed bnl80 ror Ihe balance: uf lhe
meeuRl ·
CA1U. E . OAVIDStJtoI. r.s
DON'T PUT UP
WI1'H-OBJECT TO
STEREOTYPING
RETIREES CLU n OF BR EVARD
COUNTY ($1'0, SOKEO H\' t . U.
2088. OCOA RF-A II , fl~\.)-Ollr
Apn l meeting took " lace UI tne ma8-
mfieenl CommunllY Room or Ihe
G.uu.:l PI&.l.a he.. d,..u.u leu of I ~
Flor;da TtXltJynew.. pa.per. Cohlmnl"t
Lucille deView pve a \'er)' inrorm·
atlve lalk on the sttreocyplng or sc-
nion in lhe nt ......P"Iif" And what .. I'll'
IS oom g about II . She sugested thai
M:nion not ignore CJCumples of Ihis
bul call or write 10 object. Questions
and an<;wer:!l followed AI the conelu·
Ion We ndy Wate:rs or Ihe staff Save
u!> II guided lOUT of the bUilding m·
cJudlng the press room, library.
newsroom, etc. Our gratitude to both
Ivvdy ladte 5 rVI &; \l1!1)" t.luoyable
",hernoon.
We Invite all IHEW mc:mbe" re-
gardless or or1J;IDal ktcal who now
rt.1iHlc in RrcVArd (".nunl)' In jnln II"
In OUT IDtereslmg and \OCIDI monlh))'
meetings.
H "ROLD IM O~. P.S
l.B£ W JOURNAU J UNE 1987
 The Eledronic
House:
Tomorrow's
Living
Environment
I magille. your,c/ r wilking lip
bellrullm illuminated hy a >01'1.
incllmle,cent glow. The Ih's t ;,ouod
in a
yuu hear i... 1101 the , Iarlling alarm
of a clock but yo ur prog rammed
IIigitll I ,tcrco so l'tl y pla ying Ihe
haun ting refrain , of Zamfc r', " Till. "
whic h ca~cs YO LI out o/' Yl)Uf peace-
ful s hllllhcr.
A, you "an tll ro ll over 10 catch
anal he r 40 wink,. your hed ge nll y
prods y u 10 gel up by r", sing you
10 a ... ill ing pthililHl. The hcd ro m
TV turn ... un '.IIH.I greet ... you wilh
Ihe lalesl ne ws and wC:ll hc r. By
now your bedroom i ~ ill lllnina lcd al
I'uli bri ll iance . The Icmpcrat urc of
your /ll)lI!-tc . whi ch ha"l heen in it!'!
ultimate fll cl-...aving Illude during
the nigh t. is now lit an ideal level.
Even Ihe noor I" " bee n healed
according to yOll!' prerere nce.
Enl ering your hll th. you fin d a
glass , llO wer chambe r lilled wit h
steam . A cup of fre~h l y hrcwed
co m~c i ~ wa il ing for you on a shelf
oul,iue the s hower door. Art er you
have "pen! five minu te... inlhc , team,
your automatic ma.."nging ,hower
lurn "\ on . Th e wHtcr nevel u cviate~
from the t~mpc ra l urc you ln.vc pre-
,elec tell . lr you shou ld , li p and ra il
whi le 1\tcpping 0111 of the "hower.
you could simply ca ll OUI 1'01' he lp
and the automatic vOice re cognition
circuit in the ... hnwcr"1\ tcl cphollt.!
would he activated . T he lelephune
wou ld automaticall y dia l the 9 11
emerge ncy num her anu uo;,c it!'! ~yn ­
theli c computerizcd voice 10 inform
the local emergcncy un it that hc lp
i... needed . Art er YOII have fi ni , hed
yo ur s hower. s p~ci ,,1 heat lamp' dry
yo u effurl les, ly. While you arc
basking tlllder th e la mp!'t . the sam.;
comput crilCu vuice rCcil l!~ your ap-
poin tmcn ts for the ua y.
1ECH TALK
ThIs lawn home Is one of iJ cluster of
electronic homes in Albuquerque, N.M.
Li ~lc n ing 10 I .il ura Bra nigan's
··Gloria , ·' yo u rd ll rn I t.) YO III heu-
room . A light come... on in your
dO"'l: 1 ill Llmi nating a tWtl-way mir-
ror lhat rc\t..:ill, thl.! contcllh or th e
clo~et . . . ithoUI () pcning it ... door.
Since YO Il l.:<In · t decid e what 10
wear , yOll ::1,,",- Y(l lir compllt er to
!'!clcct anti cool"<.l i nate YC)ll r ward-
rohe according to the CVC ll h tha t
you have plann~d fill' Ihe "ay .
By thi , lime you arc thrn king
abuu t hn.:ak fa't . Y{)UI mU': lo-chill -
ing and coo king Ilni! ha, bee n re-
frigeraung your p r~viou' l y pre-
pared hIea kra,1. A, yo u ellte r Ihe
kitc hen , th e II nit IlIC1 VC~ from the
c hillIng cyc le 10 Ihe couki ng cyc le
and qu ickl y remlie, YOllr meal. While
Y(.l ll :11\." ealing . yU ill' hram.: h con-
troller " Ielll ifie, th e Illorning traflie
r>al h.:rn~ il nd ploh th e be!'!t fu ute for
you to lake to \'-.' or~. The branc h
~on l rolkr ::1 1'-; 0 pnlg r;l!ll' YClllt watch
wil h YOllr "ppoi nton en" a 11<1 a ny
telep hone IIll1nher:-. YO li n·ught need
uuring the ua y.
Ariel' hrc:akfao;"t 0 11 in ... truci the
hran '/1 c..lt1lrnllel to , La rt our C"II"
anu to "pe n Ihe garage door. T im
controller automat icall y illfn nn:, the
ma, le r co ntroller all u the olhe r
branch cnntrollcr:-. lo begin :-.cc uring
Ih e hcw . . c bCCLlIl'l: you ale leaving
for the day. As yo u urive away, thc
co llirolie r !l1l' U, olT a ll lhe light s.
dl!-cncrgi/c", ~11l appliHncc!'t which
arc 1I0t needed anu resc ts the e n-
ergy management ,Y!\lem to I" 1ll0!'ll
el'ficie nl mod c . II al ," e icctl'llllic:olly
lock, :olllhc door, anu aC ll v"te, the
securi lY ,ystcm . A, the clln tm ller
initia te, a chec k of it" \lIh,y,lCIIl!:'l,
it prugra m:, your tclephone ttl for-
ward your call!'! to Ihe appropriate
number. It a b o ,witchc' on the
video ca ll1 Cnl ... tha t will record any-
one who approuch..:" Y OU I h Olhc.
•
Although Ihis sccn;wi" may sQunu
like lie l.oll. 1110St or th c tec hno logies
mcnliom:u in Ihi~ dc ... crip tio ll hi-Ive
"Ireauy h~en Jcvc lopcd allu in-
:, Iallc d ill a few ucnh)t1,tration
home, Known .:I' Ihe SMART
HOUS E ' lechno logy. these Inno-
valion~ will rcvnlu lioni/c rC'ldcn·
tial con, truction .
The NlIt iollal Asst)ciation of Il omc
Builuc r, (NA H Il) Rc,careh 1'01111-
dation t:-t the coord in ator and pri-
mary aJm ini"rlllor or the SMART
IIO US E ' DevclopmcllI Ven lure,
In c. The roundation b sup po rted in
ih clToll s hy th e AHB.ofwhich
it is a who ll y owned subsidia ry .
SIIPPOI'I for Ihe "rojeet al <o cO l11e,
from NAHB'" cducHlional arm,thc
Il o me lJui lde rs 11"litule.
The flr,1 de mon" rauon o f Ihe
I);." io SMART HO SE lec hno l-
ogy occurred al the 198(, NAHB
Annual Convention-Ex posil ion in
I)all",. Two devdo pm cnl a l h.bo-
ratory IH.H I 'C~ arc currently unuer
l~on~l ru c lion in Bowie. M ary land .
One will be u ga,-uric ntcd home
anu the ot her will be ci ec lrical.
Pruto lYpC dcmo n\ tration vc r~iu n s
or these homes lire , 11II ed for 1988.
rollowed hy demon sll-ation mode ls
huill in 'e lec lcd mar kc" aro un d the
UniteJ States in I'JK9. The NA lIB
eslima les that by 1995 rour million
home, wil l contain SM ART
II OUS I·. k .cch ntllogy and c leelri eal
COlllrac tol" will be rc.rofi lling o ne
111ill ioll homes a nll ua ll y.
The " rac ti cal technology Ihal
 makes Ihis fulurislic home II rea lity 110 volt !1 A . " two .... ondllctors will communi calion >, Un like Ihc rccep-
i') H new rcsidcnliaJ wiri ng sys tem suppl y 4H vulb D.C . and Ihe re- lacles Iypicall y found in loday's
th at revolution izes the wiring !'lY!'t- maining conulieltJl 'i wi ll :-.upply an hom c~. the ..:;!: reccpt(lclcs will nor-
ICIll ~ cum lllo nly found in loday'''I unin lcl'rupl ibJc 12 v(\I" D.C. mall y be de-e nergizcd, I n orde r to
home . Th i ' new system has been RC('e placle, arc dc,igned so Ihal receive power. the device that b 10
rec gnizell in Ihe IY87 edition of each fI':l.:c pl aci c i'-l capable of sup- he lIscd must ident ify it self to Ihe
the NlII;Of/a/ Electrical ende in Ar· plying Ihl' I h r~~: rowe r voltage:" bml1c h ireuit cont roll cr and rc-
tiele 7~(I . . 'Closed-Loop and Pro- low-yollage power control. and que,",' power al a spec ific vollage.
grammed P,)\\'C I Di . . tribulion." The
in nov~lI ivc wiring ~onsi sts of a sin -
gle seyen-co nd ucl or hybrid reeder
cable and a single hybrid ri bbo n
branch ireuit cahle Ihal di stribule,
power. communica tions. and COIl -
trol ig nals rrom bran ch circui t con-
l roller, 10 mul l ipurpose, inlegrated
receptacles.
The branc h circ uit cable will on-
si, 1 of 12 cond uc lor, . Three of Ihe
conducto r, will be o. 12 or No.
14 A WG for power. The remai ning
seve n co nduclors will be o. 22
A WG and will be used for conlrol.
furni shing ull in lcr Illpt ibic 12-vo ll
D. . and cO Jl1l11unicat i on~.
T he feeder cablc will unsisl I'
seven No. lOA WG conUuclors.
Th ree of Ihe conductors will suppl y

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 The br.mch c irc uil cOnl ro ller Ihe n
val ida le Ihe requesl a nd , upplies
Ihe a ppropria le power.
O nce Ihe dey ice is in o pe,·alion.
Ihe branch co nI ro ller wi ll monilor
Ihcdcvi c '\~tillu"", vnltagcand cur-
re nl. A, long a, Ih~ deyice does
not change II ...... tatu .... vohagc or
urrC nl req uirement " the branch
conlroller w.1I cOnlin ue 10 , up rl~
pClwer. Il oweycr. , hould Ihc r~
a c hange in the ... t a' u ~ in dica tio n,
vo llag\.! o r current. then [he co J)-
tro ller would lake approp ria le ac-
lion ami ,'cmuvc 'he power going
10 Ihe device . T hi, dc-encrgiLed.
c1(h~d-luop concept wi ll eliminate
,hock haLanh a nd will grcmly re-
du ce c leCl rical nrc h:ltard, Ihal arc
nO w cau"icti by fa ult y wi rin g, re-
ce pt ac le... or dcvicl.!"i. Su h il wiring
-;y", lcm would cli minulc the need
fur gruund-faul! inICITU('ltc! I''\,
The dc"gn or "ppliances for Ihe
electronic home \\ ill be more
phi\licatcd il1 -.;of(-lr (1\ c,lch appli -
ance will have 10 be capable o r
ide nli fying 10 Ihe co ni roll e r ii' Iy pe ,
"ilatu"i and fl ower requirements_
Il owever. from an opera ti o nal
,lwHlpoin!. applia ncc ue"gn will be
'irnplcr. urnc ~Iprliancc, will re-
qu.re fewer parI, and on,iderably
Ie" cu nlrol c ircui l ry. For e,ample.
wtl'.. hcr." drycr!\, ove n and ther
limcd ap plit.t n cc~ will not need tim-
er, . T iming cycle, co ul d he ha ndle d
by Ihe branc h coni roller, . The u, e
of D.C. mulO r, in \\ a,her~ co uld
elimrnale Ihe need ro r Iran.mis-
sian,. T he u,e of , urge-rree D.C.
for olher appliance, a nd HV AC
control.., wou ld nOl only e xte nd the
o peralional life ur Ihe pan ieu l"r
ucvicc bllt wOlild :LI ... o impro ve it s
el'liciency and reu uce overall op-
erationa l CO",. 'e n,or ' feeding
con tin uou ... in~ rma lio n to control-
ler, would e liminalc Ihe need for
appliance thcrmo,tat:.. . In addition
10 conlrulling Ihe lemperalure of
OVe n\). ioimall appliance.." th e wat er
, up ply ( 0 Ihe hUl"c. a nd individu al
room s. thc"ic scn"ior, cu uld <.1 1... 0 be
u,eu 10 delecl change, in or abnor-
ma l level, of odor. smokc. ,ound .
movemcnl. heal a nd ligh!.
Communicalion, .ignals rn Ihe
c lc<.:tronic hou')t! arc rurnl\hed to
0111 hranch cont roller, via another
hybrid cahle. Th i, ca hle will. ncl ud c
cOIHJ uctor.., 1'1Ir IclcphtlJlc. inter-
com. aud io di,lrihution and two
high-'peed digilallink,. Onc of Ihe
digilal l in~,
will be used for in lernal
conlrol and Ihe olhe r ror ge neral
be Futurlollc . . . . ~ this .U·ektctron/e h _
0-
purpo.c, . T hi, hyhrrd cahle will
abo contain a c.:o:t\i,tI c()nuuc.:tor for
vi deo Ji,trihil lioll . Il o\\\z\'cl. a, op-
lical nel \\ or~, ,rud lirg.wl \ ideo be-
come ccol1olllicall } l"lllllJlClili vc fur
home in,lalialron. fibcr-(lrliC cable
will he lI ~CU in plm:c (.)1 C4.l:t\ia l in
Ihe in legraled hyhr id e:iblc . Be-
ca use of Ihc cu,1 "I' coaxial t'<.blc .
the cxtcn,ioll of Iht:: vi deo 'y:, lc m
beyond the hranch rUl ll lollcr, \\lill
be limilcd 10 Iho'c localion, \\ here
~ lI ch video I'" aCIlJ:llly needeu.
Bnlllch cont rolle r ... c; rn u'c n1ulliplc
video dl~lribli ll on ~y .. tcm Ie ' hnul-
ogy Iu ~cnd ,event! different pro-
gram "'OlllTC"i II) :t"
TV ....
Combining a who lc· holhC Cll l11 -
mun i atlon ... ..,y.,le01 \\ il h c"ml puter
Icchnolug) niTer, ,ome ulli4lh: atl-
va nlagc, . Voice recognitIon and
~ynl h e iii circuilry will penn il com·
J11u niCalion III ta"-~ placc hct\\ccn
pcr ... on:-. who arc vi,ually- hClll di·
ca pped anll individ ual ... whu have
h(!uring im pa irmcilh . " typed mc'·
~agc fn)rn a ueaf pcr.,on co uld be
"enl in digil al furm 10 the home of
Ihe blind per'orr. where Ihe ui git,,1
mess"ge would Ihen he 'l'ol he,ized
into ~pcc h. In turn the voicc·rcc-
ogni tion circuitry in tl1e home of
Ihe blind p~ rson wo uld con vcr! Ihal
per,on ', ,po ken words imo a dig ilal
formal . The digilal formal \\\u.ld be
Ird nSmilled !<'Ilhe h nm~ of Ihe ucaf
pcr'ton. \\herc th,,' rn~ ...... agc \\(lulu
In Albuquerque.
bc dceockd r(lr di'plilY on " vidco
tcrminal. The \dme comm uOIca-
tion, circuit l Y 'ou ltl he lJ\cd In
report an l,'01crg",'ncy ur to dircl:t
home appliance, tfl p':lform certa in
t a"k~ whcn l:OJnrnam.h.:d to do "'U hy
Ihe ,poken "ord . Comm unicalions
circuitry cou ld even he u,cd 1:1, a
security dl~vice . Ccrtam ite m ... in
Ihe home elluld be pn)g . ammed 10
r..:main lod.. ctl until thc~ ICCl.!i\c a
designated command In a certain
voice pattern .
Se\ era f lighting option, prc,cnl
them 'elv,--" in Ihe dcctronlc horne
COnvenlronal rn ca ndc,ce nl illumi -
nalio n could hc u~cd: hut lh.~ ... ig.ncd
lighling wou ld create ditTercnl mlJ()d~
Ihrough ullhc hou'c b~ varyrng . he
inlcn,ily. foell\ elml co lor of the
light. lIch light ing ,cheme, would
dcmand high-Iech in,wllalion, which
u~e 1l)\\.-\/oJtagc minitllure IlIng ... tc;n·
halogen lamp"', neon tl nd lit\crs.
Pla\lnt.l di ... ..:hargc j", another opt Ion
for lighllng cl..; ... ign . Thl ... II.:chnolugy
USC"i ..1gla" . . 'pher..: fillcu \\!th a Inw·
pre"ure I"" Il) proliu c" con""nlly
C(JIlliJllfl'i/ 1)11 /lUK(' 38
I n a 'hat due, lahor wanl'!"
. . . . W U"i a quc"it ion put to
S"muci ompcrs in IS'!3 . li e re-
plied . " We want more ,,; hool-
hou," , and Ie" jail>. more b o~'
and Ie, ... :tP"cnab. more learning and
le'\, vicco more c.:on,lant work ilnd
Ie" crime . more lci.,ure and Ics't
greed. more justice and Ie" re-
venge .
Were he alive today . Mr. Gom-
per, would probably auu. "More
Idbul '\tudic'-J ill UUI dellll.!nt:U} and
,eeondary chools and Ie s untrut h,
amI innuendo, abou t the free lahor
movement ,"
allendance. federal aid 10 educa-
More Labor tion. and the :-,ho rtcr wo rkweek .
Studies How di"heartening it b . Ihen.
that these public s hool ,y,te ms
rai l 10 incl ude a n objeclive hi,t o ry
make our puhlic . c hool sy lems ihe f organized labor in thei r eun·ieul a.
be,t in the world and acce"ible 10 Wh y i. there lill ie movement I'o r or
all through ih pCr\cvering fight for growt h in labor sludie, in our
and "'pport of law against child ,choob'! They leach commer e: they
labor. law, ror compuhory school Icach bu,iness: they leac h ,oc ial
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SOURCE. STATISTICS CANADA
CANADA AVERAGE
MARCH 1987 1981 - 100

If ever there wa~ a lime when the Healtb & Reerel-

All ilems TI1Rs,por· Pers:onal lion &
trulh abou t orga ni zed labor needed Monlb Yell Com bined Food Housing Clothlno lation Care Rn dlng
10 be laugh I to the yo unger gene r-
ation-the wu rke r, a nd manage- March 1987 t36.4 131.2 136.5 122.6 137.5 136.9 135.3
ment or the future- tha i time i, February 1987 135.8 131 .3 136.1 122.0 136.1 136.3 134.4
now . Labor is being a""ulled on January 1987 135.2 131 .3 135.4 119.8 136.4 t35.6 t 32.6
many fru lIt :, by tho:-.c w ho arc benl December 1986 134.9 129.9 135.2 120.3 136.4 135.0 133.5
on it, dc,lrLlclioll . Orgmli /cci laho r, November 1986 134.7 130.1 134.7 120.5 135.9 135.0 133 .2
huweve r. grew out of need; a, long October 1986 134.0 129.3 134.7 119.8 133.7 134.5 133.0
'" peo ple a rc in need. Ihere wi ll be Seplember 1986 t33.3 128.8 133.5 119.9 133.7 134.0 132.0
org;lI1iled labor. Union, exbl 10 March 1986 130.9 123.5 131 .8 118.7 135.5 130.3 128.4
help wllh economi and ,ocial need, . March 1985 125.7
lhe need for democrac y ""d Ihe March 1984 121.2
righ" of people . and the need for March 1983 115.8
education . March 1982 108.0
OrganiLc.u labor- more than an}
other force-ha~ "I"ay, champi- NOTE C.nada s Consumer Price lndex for aMItems lIlCI'eased 0.6 U'ldex points c:lJnog the
oned free public educatio n forever} past month Of 04%. ThJS equalled an annual rate of Increase 01 4 ~ to 4 Jl 12)
The InCrease in CPt dunng the past yeaT was 5 5 points or 4.2%.
child. regardles of race. creed.
color. finan ial ba kground or na- Partonl change between two dates ls c:aJculated by sublracting the In(t9X number tor
the elriet dati from thai 'Of the later dale and dMding the resull by lhe lode.
tional onglll . II wa, large ly Ihrough number lor me earlier date, then muhlplYII'Ig by '00
the elTon, or early union, anu work-
EXAMPLE: For lhe pGflod oj March '98610 March 1987: 1364 130.9 - 5.5 Index polnlS,
en" partie, Ihat public "hool y, - 55 divided by lJO.9 042 )C 100 ~ .2%.
tel1l~ came into c.xi"lcncc . Orga-
nized lahor cu ntin uc u it:.. effort, to

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st udies; they teach history. Wh y way for legis la tion cove ring ilies Ihat will belle. wl1 r~il1g, pla y-
don't they teach tabor stuui es? hundred s of oeial i"ue, -civil ing and li ving condit ion:.. ror their
The ~tory of orga ni zed laho r is righls. anlipovert y prog rams. 0- neighbors- all Iheir neighbo",. All
part of Ihe hi;tory of o ur two great cial Securi ty , Railroad Rcl ircl1len l , of organi zed labor i, comlllilled [0
nation:"! and needs 10 be laugh!. Medicare. food programs for Ihe Ihe bellcrmcnt of mankind, yet a
Worke .., a nd organized labor have hungry. public healt h program s . labo r studies progra m is generall y
been c"ential to the development voting right!'.. beller consumer pro- ignored in our nat ions ' elementary
of our na tions and O Uf democratic leclinn, decen l housi ng. affordable and ·eco ndary schools. Most yo ung
way of life . Labor unions arc dem- a nd qu a lil y healt h care. retireme nt people go Ihrough ,choo l without
ocratic insti tutions in pursuit ofeco- income securit y. he ll e !" transpor- hearing a thing a boul unions and
no mic and social j ustice. Their , tory [alion . adequale anu equ ilable laxc,. collect ive bargaining . excepl if it 's
need, to he ",'d . e lc. in connection wi th a strike. violence
There arc few established gro ups, Orga ni zed la hor I"" paveu Ihe or 'omc other det rim e ntal i!'\sue. A
a:-.~oci~ll i on" or orga ni zations that way for legi, lalion covering work labor s tudies program III the 'C hool s
have committed them elves to the issues-safet y an d healt h prOle - wou ld be one way to give our young
betterment f a ll mankind as o rga- tion on Ihe job, equal pay for equal people an opportunit y 10 learn Ihe
ni/ d labo r h:o, . Since it~ begin ning work. equal ~mploym e l11 opportu - who le slory aboul organiLed labo r
organi zed labor has led the battle nities. minimum wage:, . ovcI1imc before the y take up Iheir caree" as
for a wide range of protective meas- compcn!\aliull. chil d labo r . age di - workers o r part of management.
ure for the welfare of all people- crimina tion. Ihe , honer workweek, There ha ve been ~OI11C CnCOur·
worki ngpeople an u nonworking- worker",' compc n"ation, unemploy- aging deve lo pment s in recenl years .
people. It ha< do ne so unsel fi s hl y. men t compen salion_job Iraining for Labor hi sto ry has been added to
In fact. organized labor has oftcn the unskilled. govcrnme nl-","c- Ihe curricula of :,cveral c!e men tary
pUI'\ucd goa '" Ihal were not direc ll y tioned apprentice, hip program ' . a nd secondary school ·ystem ·. and
in it< own ~elf-i ntercst. but goals trade adj u tment as!\j:-,tun c. ctc. e lective cou",c, have been added
that be llered mank ind in genera l. Lo al uni o n, carryon wilh CO I11 - 10 the social sluui" prog rams in
Organi7ed labor has paved Ihe munit y drive'). program s and ac liv- some school di stricts. Michigan and
Mai ne have insliluted program,
through thcir slatc ctlu ca liun agcn+
REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX des . Citie ' uch as Philade lp hia,
FOR URBAN WAGE AND CLERICAL Detroit a nd Akron have deve loped
WORKERS-UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE local programs. There has been an
increase in labor edu calio n pro-
MARCH 1987 REFERENce BASE. U s . AVERAGE 1967 - 100
grams al majo r colleges and uni-
All Items Apparel & Tnllft$- Medicil vcr!)itic:, . an d there have heen !'IQ n'lC
Monti Year Combined Food Housing Upi.. p portltion eare in:,la nccs or work~hop\ and \clIli-
nars that introduced Icac hc r~ an d
March 1987 330.5 329.4 358.8 213.7 310.8 452.3
other edu calor ' to labor slUdi es an d
February 1987 329.0 329.5 357.5 206.9 309.9 449.7
provided Ihem wilh some of the
January 1987 327.7 328.4 356.3 205.8 306.2 446.7
necessary Iraining a nd malerials for
December t966 325.7 324.6 354.6 209.6 304.2 443.9
325.4 324 .2 354.3 211 .5 304.0 441 .7 teac hing labor , tuuies.
November 1986
October 1986 325.0 323.3 355.6 2 t1 .9 302.2 439.7 California. Hawaii. Ma rylan d and
Seplember 1986 324.9 322.6 356.6 211 .0 301.8 437.1 O rego n ha ve adopted rc~olut io n s
supporting Ihe tcac hing of labor
March 1986 321.4 315.0 350.1 205.2 310.3 423.5 studies ami I)t res~ing the need for ::1
March 1985 315.3 grea ter unders landing of organized
March 1964 303.3 labor's rol e in Amencan his lOry .
March t983 293.0
Maryland has also in'tit ul ed a
March 1962 262.5
leac her-traini ng prog ram. Califor-
NOTE The Consumer Price Index for aU items Increased 1.5 index points during the laS! nia's , laic Board of Educalion has
month Or 05%. This equalled an annual rale ol lnctease of 6.0% (O.S x 12). The approved new soci al sludi" text-
Increase dunng !he pasl year was 9 1 Index points or 2 fM'" books fo r grades thre e through 12
Percent increase between [Wo dales is calculal~ by $ubtrllctJng the Index numb4;lr that contai n chapl Cr!\ on orga ni z.ed
lor tha earlier dale from thai for the later date end dividing the resul1 by the Index labor. Califomia h" ' al,o updated
ntJmber lor the earlier dale. then multlplvlng by 100.
il s economics curricul um 10 include
EXAMPLE : For lhe period of March 1986 to March 1987 330.5 32 1.4 - 9.1 index points: Ihe role of trade union, and bar-
9.1 divided by 321.4 - .028 x 100 • 2.8%. gai ning in modern sociel y.
Pr~rtd by: Deplnmlnt 01 AIM.rch tlnd Educatkln, ISEW, APlit 1987 COlltinued 011 /l ext }Jage

I.sEW .IOURI'IALIJUI'IE 1987 37

 The AFL-CI O and some labor
uni\llt ~ have rrepared CU rrl culum
guide, a nd labor h"to ry re,ollrce
material, . The AFL-C IO al,o ha,
the la rgest cir ulating film /vidcoca, -
,e li e li bra ry on labo r topics ill the
U.S . T he Depa rtme nt of Education
at the AFL-C IO provides (free of
chflrge fur ind ividua l req ues ts) a
tca,'h er kit that includes materials
abou t lIIW,Hl ., and Ihe labor move-
ment. the availa bi li ty or o ther pub-
lications . informatio n about labor
fi lms and vi,leotapes ror usc in ele-
mcnw ry a nd secondary schools. and
an order blHnk . Sume local L1njon ~
and 'ome individ ual unio n members
have offe red their se r vices as '[leak-
cr:-, al !-Ichool a ... ~c rn blics and in class-
rooms: some local un ions and some
member, do nate books about labor
to school lib ra ries .
Whi le some efTort is being put
forth to in crca~c labor st udies pro-
Tech Talk
(COl/lillI/cd !/'{}!11 page 35)
cha nging ionization trail bel ween a
cen tra l e lect rode and the inner sur-
face of the gl"" ,pherc . The di,-
cha rge pattern 'an he cha nged when
someone moves a hand over the
sUiface of the 'pherc . This type " I'
lig hting dev ice mig ht be appealin g
in a child's pl ayroom or a family
rec reat ion roolll .
incc inca ndescent lighting is more
natlcring 10 hu ma n skin because of
the re fl ec tiv it y at the re d end ol't he
'peclrll ln . it will probably be pre-
ferred in certain rooms of the elec-
tronic hou~c; sllch a~ d rc~si ng rooms
::t nd MillIe are;:t'-: or the ba th . RllI -
ore,cent lig hting will continue to be
the mo,t popu lar type uf lighting
for utility a rca~ and in locations
where reading a nd o ther detai led
work takes place .
In <.:u nvc nl iullal humes ulilily
cumpa nie, must co pe wit h the prob-
lem of reading meters when no o ne
h at home. In the SMART HOUSE"
n..:motc metcr rcad ing will be PO!'i-
38
grclln~ ;11 the sch<'hJ\'-" a lot more
cou ld be a nd should he do ne . Cen-
tral labor eou ncib and sta te fede r-
atio ns shuuld deve lop la bor stud ies
progrll nlS rur u. . c in the :-.choob .
They sho ul d invo lve locoll union
members, labor Icadcr~ , retlrcc~.
a nd the 'pouses and c hildren or
member ... to provide info rmatio n
about the lrade unio n movement.
the hiSlory of labu r, labor'~ con lr'i·
butions to our na tio ns a nd to soci-
ety, Clc,
Some labor member, an d their
['amily members serve on lot'al school
boanJ:-. anti pHrcnl-leu chcr group"i.
T hey sho uld become more acl ively
invo lve,1 a t the,e leve" at which
,\c h\to l polil;icl) anu pl oglarn"i arc
determ ined and/or approved .
11 i. . incumbent L1 pon all of liS th ai
w' take up the call fo r more labor
st udicl-J in our elementary and ~ec­
ondary schools. uc h labtl!' st udies
sible by direc ting com munication
with the homc's ene rgy sy:-.lclIl .
Th is will be convenie nt fo r both Ihe
uti lity com[ltlny li nd the home-
ow ner . Uti lit ie, will he capab le o f
olTeri ng better time-of-day rate
st ruclurc:,\ If th ey arc pC f"Illl ttcd li m-
ited cunl rol of th e elect rical u ~age
acce"iblc through digita l commu-
nicatioll:"! to the m a~lc r con tro ller.
A pro to type is a lso be ing devel-
oped fo r a gas-o rie nt ed SMART
II OUSE " . Gas distrib uti " n will op-
l:rcltC 0 11 the same principle s as the
electrica l di stribut io n. New gas
lec hnologies will usc the signaling
an d co mlllunic<t lions ca pabi li l ic,-: of
Ihe electro nic house. to incrca,c
their elTcctive ne", and versa tili ty .
The gas distribut io n system will
incorporate fi ve subsystems: distri-
bution, contro l. ~nfely. monitoring
and cOlll lllu nications .
Conventio na l o r s tain lcss-s teel
semirigid tu bing will provi de ga. to
a nu mber of oullets th roughout the
h"use. bu t only when it i, neelleu .
Much of the gas distribut ion sy . tem
wi ll ope rate al a pressure ()f 2 psi
in order til acco mmod at e tubing of
a smallcr di ~l mcter.
should include the hi,tory of o rga-
nized labor. the organilatioll alld
:-.truct urc of the labor 1110vcmCIlI,
lahor law. e lections . collect ive bar-
gain1l1g. educal ion and Irai ning, la-
hor' s involvement in internationa l
an'airs. and the variou~ aC l iv il ic~ of
th e labor mnvcme nl such H:, orga-
nizing. lobbying. the un ion label,
use of the boycoll , ctc. Labor stud-
ies cou ld be suppleme nted wi th la-
bor films. records of lahul' ~ongs.
('omll1crcia l ,",ollnd fIIll1~ l rip .." ~ iOl ­
ulat ion gamc:-. IhaL u:-.:-.isl stuucnts
in unde rstanding the wo rkings of
la bor' uni ons. photograp hs from the
pa st an d the present . and school
trip, to local union ha ll> a nd wo rk
sites,
Working toget her. we could bring
about " M ore labor "lud ic:,. in our
elementary and secondary schools
and less u nt r ul h ~ and inn uendos
about the free la bor movcment. " r§
A eon trolicrimo ni tlll' unit at the
heart of the cuntrol 'ystc rn wi ll
regulate the flow of ga s to an ap-
plia nce u n the hasis ur inforlll aliun
received fro m app liances. flow me-
ters. valves , regulators. H V AC uni t,
and va rious ;,c nsor~ . T he contruller
wi ll permit gas to now to an outlet
o nly after the contro ller has deter-
mined the type of outle t requcs ting
the gas a nd the fl ow ra tc rcquired
at that o ut let. A, long as the ga,
app liance co nt ill ue, to pr vid e the
contro ller wit h a status in dicat ion
and reques t ,, " orl11al fl ow of gas .
the cont ro ller will supply it. S hould
Ihere be a change in the statu:-. of
Ihe appl ia nce or the rc.q uc"itccl now
rate. the contro ller wo uld ·top the
fl ow of gas to the applitrnc. T he
system will also con tin uuusly 01011 -
it o r the indoor air quali ty in the
homc in order to de tect any ga,
lea kage.
We hope to rea ture 1110re tech-
nic,,1 aspects of the S MA RT
HOUSE" gas-o rie nted prototype in
futu re "Tech Talk" articles. l~
SMART IIOUSE "" h II rt!gl!'olcrcd Iradc:-
mark ()( Ihe SMART IIOUSE I cvclupll'll' nl
Vcnlllrc, I nc .
IB EW.lO KNM .!JUN E t987
The Union of
Hearts and Minds

United Way

American------;
~wuCross

lnternational
Brotherhood
Of Electrical
Workers
No More Bro en Promisesl
MYE Empl
Vole IBEW
T wo and a half years ago workers
[rom Milwa ukee Transformer
and Electron ics Inc . (MTE ). a com-
pany man ufacturing many differ-
e nt-size transformer ' used thro ugh -
out OUr industry, app roached Local
494 officers requesting ass istance
because they did not think they
were being treated fairly by the
company. T hey asked Local 494 to
initiate an organizi ng campaign and
request the Nat ional La bor Rela-
tion s Board hold an election for
union rcprc ·e ntation .
Afte r about a four-month cam-
paig n, during which Local 494
handed o ut lit erature , held many
meet ings, ta lked to the people at
their homes and mai led infonnat ion
to all the workers, th e local lost the
electio n. The local fe lt two of the
factors contri but ing to the loss were
that the company was successful in
instill ing fear in the mind of its
employees by bombarding them with
antiunion literature and movies,
successfull y clouding the real issue
or unfair trealment. The other rca-
son for Ihe /0>' wa, Ihe re/uclance
of ,ome wor~ er' 10 /i,len 10 Ihe
union Illcs':Iagc .
Recenll y Ihe e mployee, of MTE
again came 10 I.oeal 494 <eeking
help. II ,ccm, Ihe company made
some promi,c, il ncver kepi . Work-
ing condi lion, did nOI,mprove. anu
wage!) rCllltlincu very low ,
Once agai ll Lucal494 initialed 11\
org;oni/ing cffurh . T he iXlh Di,·
Iriet a n,wered Ihe ca ll for a"i,·
lance by (.i,\iglling I nlcrnaliunal
Reprc>cnlaliw< Don Mahonc~ al1u
Chr" Wibon . IIccau,c oof Ihe oon·
bincu clT"rt, Ill" Local 494. Ihe Si<lh
Di<lrkt Rep re,e nlative,. lhe co·
opera tio n ul'many of the employee,
a nd Ihe hll,"lre<l\ of hOUr> devoted
to thi, campaign. IB EW won the
eleclio n by a vole of 50-35 .
Im medialely afler lhc cicetlon
Bu ,ine" Manager Neal Ro,cnbcrg
appoinled Ii""cin Fak har. orona
eh neider. Dorothy PalOka and
Beverl y H"n~ ' '" , Ie\\ a rd , "Old
asked Vice Pre,i,knl Conwa y ror
as~islancc in -.tanll1g a :")tewa rd~'
~choo' . International Rcprc,\!nti.\-
live M'lh(.ll1l'Y was as,ign~tI to this
ta<k . fhe four >tewards ,,\\cnued
,chl)()1 Ihree hour, a nig hl for ,ix
con,eculivc Monda) nigh": and ,01-
Ihough a ,0nlraCI ha, nlll been
reach~t1 yet. the , I '\.\ allh ar..: in-
volved in g,ievancc, ;oml all rour
urc on the Bnrgaimng Cmnmittce.
As a rc,ull or Ihe ek~lIon. Local
~94 i the bargai ning "!lenl ror all
production \\ orkcr'\, maintenance
worker and ",tuck pcr,onnel at
MTE . T he employee, have fleen
inrurmcd Ihey will not be pllying
union due until a contract j, rat i-
lied. International R...:prc,,\clIlativc
Pat Curley h ;I''I,j,ling th e local in
nc..:golia ling II' fir"" l"llnlr:lCt. MTE
cmployee, can ~c ,ure lloe local will
un ly agree 10 a fair ('lInt r act wh ich
will otTer beneti' protcctinn:-. ..md fair
wages (0 all cmplu)cl" "lid will also
lake intn cunsideratiun Ih r cllmpa·
ny's needs.
Thi, viClury /01' Ihe MTE em-
ployee!) i.;; jU'\1 the bt.!gi nning. In
order lor Local 4'14 III g~ 1 Ihe Iype
r conlmcl Ihe wo' ~e" de,erve. all
employees 0",,1 pIIII I"gel hcr ror
Ihe common goal 01 a liur conlract.
II i!\ imperative Ihal all employee,
li"iICn 10 I he IIn ion mC"i'",agc and
remain un ileJ amJ Jelcrmined in
order to ohlOUIl the rm v;kgc~ other
IBEW mClllllCr, enjoy-health and
weln,re benefih. p.:1l,ion,. vaca-
Ilun ,. holiday, and . nUhl IInpor-
lanl ly. re'pecl and prolecliun from
inju'lice, . ~
Union Privilege Credit Carel
he IBEW Union Privilege
Credil Card applicalions
will be mailed dlOring Ihe lat-
'ter pari of July 1\/87. The
July is",e or Ihe //JEW JOI/r-
IInl will conlain Ihe rull <lOry
of this new benefil prognom
for IBEW memher, residing
in the Uniled Siaies .
J. J. Barry
Elected To
ULLICO Board
Of Diredors
00c rnaiionai Presidenl J. J.
1 Harry has been elected lO
the Board of Direclor, of
Thc Union Labor Lire In>lOr-
anee olllpanyelfeclive
April 15. 1987. Pre ide "l
Ba rry indica led thai notwilh-
sia nding hi s bu,y sc hed ule
the bencfil , derived by o ur
orga nizalion more Ihan jus-
lify Ihe lime ex pcndeo in
Ihis new post. .. ULLICO i,
labor's an we r 10 the uneon-
~ciona hle in~unlOcc J1ltC!'l We
freqlOenlly confron l in lhe
markelplace." he laled.
Union Labor Life'; COO11-
prehensive group prodlOcl'
e ncompa . vi rtually every
benefil pcrmi llcd by Ihe
Tart-I larllcy Act. Thc'c ben-
efil plans include life in ur-
anee: ho'pilal. "'rgieal and
medical cxpcnl\c::-, : vision
care. dc nlal and drug pre-
~criplion cxpc n sc~ ; and lo~~­
of-t ime paymenl .
The U n,on Ptivilege Bene-
fil Prograon, have not been
successt",1 in gelling the
credit card pro!,'Tam starled
in CalOad" us of (hb wriling.
When and if Ihey are ,uc-
cessrul. our "nadian i 'Ier,
and Br Ihers wiJl be inrormed
a, quickl) a, pos>ible.
41

Construdion Union Leaders Present
Legislative Priorities
H und red ' ofIBEW const ruc ti on
local union leaders attended
the AFL-CIO Building and Con-
l)l rll ction Trades Legislative Con·
Ference A pril 5-8 in Wa, hington.
D.C. Th is annual con ference pcr-
mits delegates to meet personall y
with their congTes. ional represen-
tat ive, On beha lf of i,sues wit h
specific ignificance In hll ilding
trades wo rker> . Legislative priori-
ties thi ' yea r include d uble bre<l't-
ins, Davis Baco n. coal lurry, con-
,truction safe ty a nd health reform.
and trade legislation .
CWA members ((rom #etrJ Jan·Pierce. V.P.; Ron AUenJ V.P.; and John Carroll, Executive V.P., CWA committee chaIrman. ISEW
memberS (from right) Arthur Perry Jr. , Thomas HIckman and Robert Srander.
42
IBEW MEMBERS
IN THE NEWS
Among the important pol iti cal and
labor le<tders who add ressed the
conference this year we re A FL-
CIO Prcsicle nt Lane Kirk land,
Speaker of the House of Represen-
ta ti ves J im Wright. Re p. William
Clay, Sen . Ed ward M. Kennedy
and Rep. CI<t ude Pepper.
Confere nce delegates also rC-
ceived and exchanged inform<ltion
thro ugh workshop, covering to pi s
including pcn~ion inve tmenl . drug
a nd al ohol safety. corporate trat -
egics . app ren tice,h ip and trai ning,
and com munication stra tegie ·.
Unions Meet
To Ensure
Cooperation
A s the two principal unions rep-
.Mrese nting employee. in the
telecommunications industry , the
IB EW and CWA are conducting a
,cries of meetings to explore meth-
ods of ensuring the best po"ible
communication. coope ration and
coordination .
IB E W Preside nt J . J . Barry and
CWA Pres ide nt Mo rto n Bahr have
fo rmed a committee charged wi th
the responsibil ity of impl emen ting
programs whic h provide coordina·
lion of our future ba rgain ing acliv -
itie . Tom Hickman, Executive As-
si,tant to the International Prcsident ,
serve ' as the l B' · W " liaiI IllM, with
Direc to r of Ma nufactu ring Bob
Slande r an d Director o f the Tele-
phone Depart mcnt A rt Pe rry com-
prising Ihe ba lance o f th e om mit -
tce .
" We have an obligation to o ur
mc mbers employed by AT&T and
Ihe Regional Bell Operati ng Com-
panies to make cenain that we take
fu ll ad va ntage of the highest degree
of cooperation and coord ination we
arc able to share ," President Barry
'aid in announcing thc fo rmat ion of
the committee. "and the po.it ive
rcsulL, of these discu"ions will carry
over toour other acti vities a, well."
tD EW JOURNAJ ,/JUNE 1987
 Open Per-od For IBEW Per Capita
Rebate Plan For Fiscal Year 1987-88
In 19R 1lhc Inrem.Jlion,I' Execlltive oun-
cd approved a procedure 10 en,lhll' Rlt!mber,
and ngcnC)' tec-pa} cr\ 10 re:qll~·'1 .1 rdllnd
or th.1I (lOrtlon of Ihelr annu,ll per ..:.Ir'lIa'.
that the Intemallo nal ~pcnd" on [Klllileal and
u.lcologlcal aC livlI ies Ihat are nOI rc'l'aon(lbly
rc:htlcd 10 the IBEW'II; collective b... rg:iining
rcspon'ilbIIHIC\ , The open period ror reo
quc!'!llng 11 rchate of due'! or fec ~ paid du ri ng
the Jul y I. 11)~(7 -Junc 111. 19KI-! . fl .. cal yea r
I!du ly I- July 15. 1987. Jr YOuwl,hlnrcgi'\lcr
your objection 10 these kind" of cxpcndilurc'i
Per Capita Tax
Rebate Procedure
I. An y member of the (U EW, and any
nonm ember who pay\ .'lge ncy "i hop fec"i
pu r l\ ufl nt 10 a collective bargaining agree-
menl, 'iha ll have the ngllt 10 objeci 10 ex-
pcnduurc~ of illS or Iltr pcr capita uu by
the I BEW for poliucal and Ideological pur-
PO"C'Il not rculionably rdated to collecllvc
bargmnmg. A member o r nonmcmber who
perfec l ~ hi:, or her objec tion pUI'')uu nt to the
procedurc\ !<leI forth lx'iow ... h:111 be entilled
10 u reb.ue of that proportion of per Capil<l
tux plud 10 the m E W which IS allocated for
,ueh purposes.
2. Expenditures. for political and Ideolog·
Ical purpo... e\ nOI rca':!lonably relutcd to col·
lectlve nrgru nmg Indude any made :
fa! 10 or nn !)Chalf of ca ndid ate ... lor po-
!ll k .a l omce or polluclil partlcl\ 01' or·
ganl/lltlon..,:
(bl t (1 ",upJ1ort acll\liticlI dirct: tcd lIL in Ou ·
c Hc in~ Jcgi::-.latio fl whic h h nol reuson·
abl y n.' lti ted 10 I("nll') illld UJl\dilt ~l n ..
of employ ment of tho~c reprc ..cn ted
by the ISEW; lind
Ic) 10 or on bchidf of idcological. chari·
table (Irreligious acl ivilie, ar cau~ ..
nOI re ;I'\On:l hl~ rtliltcd to colleCII . . e
h w':lm in l!
1. Objection "I mu'!t be mude .mnuilil y. in
Wri ting. addres~ed to the Inlcmali Ontl1 CI;·
rClary( I.S.) at the Intem UIiOnttl Office . 1125-
15t h Street. N.W., Wtlshlll gton. D.C. 2000"i.
Objcetlon", l11u ..,1 Ix' received hctwcen Jul y
I tmd July 1~ of eilch ye'I(. ObJc (Ions
receI ved during Ihat period .. ha ll he cffectl\lc
onl y ft) r' expentHrurc'5 made durmg Ihlll fiscal
year. J uly I 10 June 30.
4. By ovember I of each year. the I.
IUEW JO URNALIJUNli 19117
and 10 rcque" ,I reb.1 te for Ihe next fiscal
year. your reque"l mU\1 be received In the
office of the Inlernailonal SeCrdal)'. 11 25-
151h Streci. I.W .. Wu..,hanJ!ltllI.D.C. 20005
he/ween Jilly I and Ju/l' ,~ 19ft7. During
Ihe year your rcqu(.·.." "" III be k~pl on file
:md \'l'ur pcr capl"I' \\111 be depo..,iLeu ill ;:m
int en~ .. 1 heu nng C'lIO"" ilccouni You wi ll
receive Y"UI fI: b'lll! . wit h in l ere~t. in No-
ve mber IIJXi< ;l ft t:1 tht: clo\c of Ih~ 19R7- SR
fi!'.cal year
No ,peclal form IS rcqu irtd to rcgl\ler
... hall l:.Jh,: ulalc till' h:h.l lil hk .. hare of per
capit a 1.1\ fm Iltt' rre cclhn(! h... cal year J'I
follo\\,, : The I S ,h.11 1 delcrnllnc the: 10 lal
operat Ing eXl'k!ndlwre ... nuuJc by thc IB EW
for all fl LJ rpo ..co., dliling Ihal fi o;cal )'ca r , and
the 10131 e;(flCndllllr~o., made fo r rebalablc
aCli vi lies. T he I S Wi ll then c'llcutale Ihe
rallo of rchah,hlc C\ flCndilUres 10 10lal ex·
pendi lure o., 1 h:1I 1,lhl' Will COn\lIlulc Ihe
rebatablc .. hilre uf rer l·"l plta I~I'<. owed 10 an
objector lor thai \ e.lr
The I .S. \\ 111 Ihen n:halc the appropriate
ilmoun l to cadi IlhlCl:tHl \\.h o h,I'" perfec ted
lu~ or hel uhICc.:lwn .•tlun~ wllh an ex pla-
nation of 11m' 1111; ,lIlUmn l \\;1' th:l crmmed.
The n·b..tte ..:hed. lUll.! e\ pl ,lIlalion wi ll be
se nt by regl'-lcn:..J III ~crllfil'd mail
.5. An Ob)Cl·tllr "" hll 1I1'd~ rce' with the
proportlom1i allctl,lIltln nudc l1) the t.S .. in
the bclu::( IhOlI II ,lilt!, 111\1 ,Icc.:uralcly reflect
the e'<.pt:mltttln.. .., df Ihe IBf\\ In the i.lrea~
defined a' rch.Jlilhlc , m il)- appt"rll to Ibe
InlernaIH',l.tl 1-\\"l:lIl1\1( Cotlnclllihe I Eel.
The apl'lCa l mU"1 h\! malic In writing and
nlU,1 he received III the III lice of the r. S.
wi lhin 21 day.., ol"rect,'lp l olt ilc rebate check.
The 1EC' .. Ilil ll Ctll1\1UCl'imU uet:luc the appeal
at ,.... ti"t rC~lIJar IIlCcllllg aft el recei pt of
Ihe appeal. I he I tt ,hull uoufy the vbjector
111 ""'fUln(! of I" dC~I'''JIl and it-. reil\o n ~
Iherefvl b)' IC:~I ... It'fcd \If a llified mai l
6. An ohlcclur "",hI) di,agree':! wllh Ihe
delcrmindtlun Ilf Ihc II r rna)- .. ppeal 10 an
Im.lellCllIfc.'lll .uhllr'Jlnr The appcal mu~a he
made III \\ filing .Jnd mu,1 he received In the
nffice uflhe I. S. \\ llhln:!1 d,lYS urlhe date
on \\hi ch Ihe nhjeCHlr n.:<,:clve~ the l Ee')
decilOion . '1he arhnra lnr' .. deci "ion shall be
in wriung .md ..,hlll i he '''\I cd .." cxpcoiltou,ly
a, pO"'lhlc. l>ec.:"I(1f1~ (If the urhilrator ,hall
he final.
7. II ;'IPPClth frum Ihe l Ee concerning
the 1.5 .", reh:llc dClermm:ulon for Ihe par·
licu lar thcill year .. hall be <.:on... olldalcc.I and
• 43
your object ion. However. if you reque'lt a
rcb<lte. pll'~.'lIe IndlUh! Jour fiJIl "(lm t. Vl1l1r
mm/ln1! l,ddreJ'f. 'he Incol IImnn (0 k'MeI,
wm p(J~ dill'" o r fees. lmd wJllr H,re/ number
t,! )."II"·nj . In addi rion. If you move durmg
the ye:lr . !'Iealic advi~c Ihe Internalional
Secrelary to make sure you ca n be locatcd
when Ihe rebate check'i arc: tn ;uled .
The I BEW pc r capllil rebate plan. as
approvcli by Ihe l Ee and .. ., amcnded in
J une 19H6. IS 3'i foll ow.,:
preo.,enlcd to Ihe arbilmlor In a Single pro-
ceed ing. rhe nrbitrator 'li h311 be 'ielcctcd froll1
a li'! l of qualified a rbi traLOr~ pro\lideu by the
AAA . through a procedu re pcnni ttlllg the
pa rtiCi pation orboth Ihe I.S. uml th e objec tor
lor. In the c",cn tlhere IS more limn one. the
objec lorll .1\ a group). The prC'~ellt a tion 10
Ihe arbl tnttor \ hall be either In wri lmg or ;;11
a heanng held m Washlnglon. D.C .. at the
opuon of any objCclorhJ VI' Ihe I. If ,>uch
a hearing io; held. an~ ObjeC IOr who de)(:" not
wi'lh lu attend may <;ubnul hi ... or her view,
in writing by the dale or Ihe hean ng, Ir
neithe r Ihe objector(5,) nor Ihe I.S . reqllC'iI S
,I he"ring . th!! arbi lriHor .. hall ~et a dm e by
which nil y.·rillen , uhmi '!'ilono., mll'1Ot be rc ·
celved and , hali dec ide Ihe cnse ba'ied on
Ih e wrillen recard .submitted The: Cosi of
I h~ Jrt'utrator"..-, ~erviceo; and COS I Ii of any
proceeding before the arh,lralor .. hall be
bome h) Ihe IBEW. IndiVIdually Incurred
CO..-,I'! , h:11I !)c borne by the pan)' IIlcumng
Ihem.
It U bjcc llo n ~ 10 rebOltli ble expendilure,
mude by the Im,'ul uni on 10 wilie h a mClllbt:r
pay., d 1I e~. L>r 10 wh icn a nnrllnc: mbcr JKIY:o.
age nc), fee... , rnu ... t be Illude direc lly to The
upproplialt l oc~1 1 union. Each local unio n
,h .. 11 e,l:tb ll .. h procedure ... whereby obJcc-
lion .. ma.y be made. ..hall determine Ihe
rebdl,lhle proponion of II~ e"(pcnduure\ for
e.."Ich year for whIc h an ohjeclion 1\ properly
filed. and 'hall maJ..c annuHI rchnte ... "" Ilh
y.rlllen cxplunnllon.., o fhov. the 11l11ounl "'ii'
dctcnnmcd , In rc\pon \c 10 properly filt:d
obJection').
9. An objector wno di\;lgrce"l with the
propol'lmllul rebale made by hi ... or her loca l
IIniu n. Il1lh e bclit:ftha l it doc':! nOI accuralely
r~flect ln e loca l un ion''i expendltufC\ In urca~
defined a" rebalablc: . ma y 3ppc:allo Ihe lEe
and Ihen to Ihc 1I111cpcndcni arbllmlor. ac·
cording 10 Ihe proccllurc") \c t rorth In para·
graphs. 5-7 above.
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 IN MEMORIAM
Prayer For Our Deceased Members
O ur fa lher
.
II / !H'{Wt' lI , 11I()1'{' lit our Bm01ers n ll d
flth, carth (iml 1117'[1(' SO/wll) tltf'j, denial reslmg place. Have mercy 0 11 tlteir sDuls. we
tmp/n,.£, you , mid help therr ~r((1.'tJlg tclmdu.'s arId frie ruts to SI/ ( Inh , llieir 1(J.'jse~ .
Sis/as hnve fi Nished !lIe;r work 0 11

l I e pray for lite lenders uf 11111 11'I",""'d ,,,,rid alld or Iltos<' /1/ cltarge of ,"" Brotlterltood.
\'\',. a~k You to bless tliem WIlls ) 'lIur clil'''h' Xlitdauce. Amell.

EWBA Death Claims Paid in March 1987

Amount Lotl l Sumlme Amotlnl loul AmOIl'" "",' Am"'"

SheeNn, C F 2,400 00 n3 Kelse v K W 2.40000 PI!nS (II) McSwain B W 2400 00 Pfns (gol Hermwm M " 2 400 00
Edmonds, G 0 2 400 00 n9 Po ... eD J M Z..cOO It:] Pem II \) N.lCCOIfl.lo I A 2400 00 Pens 19~) Kasu\ S G 2 400 00
tMt, P.4 2 400 00 835 I(enne~ C H 2 400 011 Pens (II) FlulloQ. A W 2400 00 Pw 195) Wilson 0 W 2 400 00
2 0100 00 851 Wa re JI , R H "J ~OO 00 PTIQ! P J 2400 00 Pw (96) Jasper, J H 2 400 00

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t:el$(~

'OIM J V
081,.., G [
W N
SaI1II\o A G '400 00
2 400 00
2400
10Q3
12011
I~
labetIsoli F
S i ", S
Dees W £
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Inte",ational IBEW PENSION ELECTRICAL WORKERS' NATIONAL ELECTRICAL

BENEfIT fUNO BENEFIT ASSOCIATION BENEFIT FUND
Brotherfloocl
of Electricol NumbBr admitted to pension tast month 536 418
Wo"en
To tal number on pension 81,509 40 ,899
Pension and Tolal pension payments last month S 4,683,18807 $ 10,213 ,279,87
Death llenef"rt
Payment Tolal pension payments last 12 months $55,522,279,87 $114 ,289,077 .80
Report Dealh benelils paid last month $ 116,147,15 $ 1,443,653,32
Morchl987 Daatn benelits paid last 12 months $ 1,107,475,77 $12 ,835,933,34

46 I BEW JO RNAL/JUNE 1987

Conference Focuses On
n w hal is ~xp~clcd 10 bCCOJl1~ a n
I annual even l , Ihe Joinl A pprcn·
liceshlr and JOlir neym~n Relrain-
ing COlllmittee of Local " 13. Van-
COll ver. Brili,h Culu mbia. pla yed
hO:"lt 10 the fir~t lal iumli CUJ1f\.! r.
" liCe nn Advanced Technology .
The IWI)-dal' evenl "ttcntl ed by
113 EW train in g officials fro m al:ru~~
'anada Was he ld at Ihe Bril; , h Cn-
Illmbiil "N illilC of Technology. II
fC(ll urcd )oo.1.:"I" iol1'" on tra ini ng del iv-
cry method ..... train ing program R&D
and accc!\~ ;ng l« li ning fund" from
provincial ami rcd c ral",o llrcc~. Al,o
incl ud ed wa~ :t prc ~Cllla l iull on the
Joint Training Commiuct:' ... ton-
I rac lor cuuca tlon prog ram Wl11ch
fo...:us~d (')n the U"iC of' Cnll1p U1 Cr~
for a<iminis lrallon and hid din~ r"r-
pu:-,c~ it" well it;.. ror advanccd-tct.:h-
llulogy j ub aCllui~ilion.
According lu conference COol'·
din ato r Ash Dllita . Ihe evenl w,,,
ol'ganilcd in rC !:'I pO[1:"1C' to an urgent
need for train ing which meet s cvcr-
ch"nging ind us lry require menl' .
Dutt n, who is "Jlso trai ning coordi -
nalo r for Ihe Wcsle rn Joinl Elec-
lrieal Training SocielY . , aid , "The
indu st ry i ~ und ergoi ng ~o many new
developments thai we in the lra in-
ing bus ine " mu,t be fllil y rami lia r
wil h alllrCnu s , 0 Ih al we ca n pro p-
erl y train our jou rn ey men 10 work
with new syslem ,. T hey J1lU,1 he
,~ illed in lhese a re" , if conl ractors
arc to re main compet iti ve."
Brolhcr Ke n Woods. A"i, lan llo
Firs t Di strict Intern at io nal Vi ce
Pres ide nt Ke n Rose. echoed IIIllSC
':Icn. imcnts whcn he Inld th e ilP -
pr()x ima loly 50 de legale, in attenu-
allce that " In th e past j uurneyman
wiremcn didn 't W~lIl1 anything 10 dn
with compule rs. They ,ald . ' Let
I he eggheads in the lah t.:uatl.\ take
('are of jt. ' ow we rccot;ni l.c our
role.. . We l11uSI protect o ur jll-
ri..;d iclion and CI1\urc that clcct ri-
47
clan ... have a pl:llt.:\,; In the ma rkcl-
pI" 'c."
POints arising out I the d"eus-
,ion included the need for in-deplh
market survey in orde r to plan a nti
impl ement effective trai ning pro-
grams. Wa lter Ha rris. R&D coor-
di nator 101' the joinl comm iltee' s
" :,ccund-gencrat ion" appren tice-
,hip program (a three-yea r progra m
desig ned to fami liari/.e journey me n
wi th a ra nge o f ,la lc-of-Ihe'art <ys-
te l1l ~ and equi pme nt). noted that
preliminary plann ll1g for the pro-
gram includet.l a... king manufact ur-
Cf\ and user ... over 100 quc"It ions
re lating to adviJnccd :'Y:' l c m ~,
De lega les (l i c~d Ihe need for
ontrac tors to take an al.:l ive part
48
in tr;.lining development and 10 e n·
courage journcyml:1l to enroll in
upgradll1g course, . AI Webb. pre '-
idenl of the Electrica l Contracto rs
Associa tio n of BritiSh oillmhia
wh ich cu'ponsored the onfcrence.
:,aid mo~t cont ractors arc t.l oing all
the y can to assist the tra ining pro-
cc" . li e added , however. that in-
vo lvement is sometim e'i diffic ult
l:Jim:e ~o man y ontmc lor mu st
'pend more and more of the ir time
j ust tl' ing to fi nd wo rk .
T he conference al\o noted re-
giona l dl,pari ties in relation to lrain-
ing, muc h of which arC due to con-
tinui ng Light economiC lime;. A
Brother from Saskat chewan puintet!
oul Iha l while the loca l Iric, 10
pon or a ~ many upgrading cour"c
as po"ihle. there is no formal st ruc-
tu re belween the ECA a nd the union
at thi, time. luc h the sa me ~ i t u a­
tio n fl pplie> in ew Brunswick .
where onl y one of three ECNIB ' W
Lraining ommill ees is active.
I n Onta rio. whe re Ihe wo rk sil -
uation is gra dua ll y improv ing, train-
ing i, spar,e . De legate, from that
provi nce noted the re is no ce ntral-
ized train ing s tructure a mo ng the
va riou, tocals. And in Al berta lo-
cals arc b~\("kdati n g c ligibilil y and
reducing our:,c fees to ll"lakc it
ea,ier for unc mploycd me mber to
take part in tra ining program>.
In re' pon>c 10 Ihese a nt! othe r
considc ra lio n , thc de lcgate ap-
proved a pmposal to develop a
fo rmal nHti onal training :, trll c llIl'C
whic h wi ll include a n ann ua l con-
ference for info rma tio n sha ring and
di,c u" ion of m utual concerns . T he
pro posal wi ll be sent to the IB EW
national oflice and the Canadian
Elec trica l Onl ractor A >oclation,
Left ; Attending 'he National Conference
on Advan ced Techno logy , lef' to "gh t,
were John Dingman, training coordina-
tor, Edmonton j A.C. "Ash " CUiI'a , West-
ern Joint Elec trical Training Society;
Cliff Pllkey, f CA,BC genera' manager;
'SEW Inf. Rep. Ken Woods; and Denn is
Duffey, JSEW Local 213 tra ining direc tor.
Below are delegates to the conference.
" The consen ' us a mong the del-
cgillC~ was th at the union mu"\l
make a mo re coordinated effort to
make sure that local acros ' Canada
arc awa re of w hat training i:ot re-
quired and what kind of fundi ng
assbtancc i, a va ilab le to help the m
mee l the ir goals." said Loca l 21 3
'1 rainms J)lrcc to r Oe l1l1l> Outley.
" We fc lt Ihat a more forma lized
trai ning >truClure would be an eX-
cel lent fir.t s tep toward preparing
our wo rke r. for the future, ,ince it
wilt altow us to combine ou r rc-
,ouree, a nd tale nts a nd hcl p each
other. ..
IIl EW JOU R NAUJ UN~ 19H7
 6IBEW-COPE
EIGHTH

90
255
223
224
onor Roll DISTRICT
12

449
113
969 1490
958
420 455 ~r a number of years, IBEW-COPE 988' 1050
1253 490 has encouraged every local union to 354 1081
1777 99' meet our goal of collecting .$2.00 from 1438
7 each member during the year.
Each year more and more locals have NINTH
DISTRICT
THIRD met that goal. The following is a list of
DISTRICT 180 302
local union "heroes" that contTibuted 332 639'
313 1352 .$2.00 or more per member in 1986:
1238 952 1357
1369
102 357 659
1385
400 ll 2 497
1458
439 1484
592 1690 FOURTIl SIXTH TENTH
675 2032 DISTRICT DISTRICT DISTRICT
3 2104 26 24 9 109 All our locals in the
25 2154 307 17lB 11 7 134 Railroad Branch
41 2199 82 88 J46 364 are to be
43 5 246 573 46 1 701 commended: The
79 10 575 648 1366 481 ' Tenth District has
86 56 673' 683 668 855 been 100% in its
137 81 972 1394 58 445 can tributions for
J39 98 968 557 665 several years.
]81 140 692 n06
215 142 160 127
237 ELEVENTH
J44 F1ITH 388 DISTRICT
241 147 DIS1'RlCT
310
405 704
148 443 796 814
325 1379
149 1315 177 2352 616
328 229 308 323 SEVEt<TH
554 2366 714
375 349 728 DISTRICT
971 1532
724 380 759 820 661 444 1570 330
836 603 915 1042 584 976 423- 426
840 607 1055 1205 1002 ll41 472 690
1339 654' 1412 1491 1599 2021 706 754
686 712 613 1316 59 60 766 1616
812 1919 194 861 66 278
480' 1204 583 681
1209 12!O 716- 960 TWELFTH
12Il 1151 1548 DISTRICT
P denotes most 295" 238
ou [standing locals in
each Oistric li
175 270
The belted driver of this
station wagon received only
minor injuries. Collision
speed was estimated at
25-30 miles per hour.