EDITORIAL
COMMENT
Union Members
Must Take An
Active Part In
Their Unions
" By aiding tir e Brother-
hoocl 1I1.WlIYS remember
y uu aid yourself ."
• O ver the years in these com·
ments, messages have appeared
several limes pointing out that our
Brotherhood needs the active sup-
port of all its members to make
our unio n stro nger with greater
unity in order to achieve the basic
o bjects and goals wh ich have been
passed o n to us fro m past genera-
tions. Thai aClive su pport begins
right at the local le\'el.
Although apathy and lack of
concern and interest seem to have
permeated all classes of our
society, we as union members
must never fo rget that o ur status
in society surely depends on our
union way of life. We must never
forgel that many of our union
fo refathers sweated tears and
blood as they rought to obta in
a decent way o f life for themselves
and their fomil ics. Many went to
jail and some d ied for the breaks
in life and the good standard of
livi ng we now take for granted.
Somehow we put in the back
o ( ou r minds, that ch ild ren earlie r
in this century hnrdly old eno ugh
10 be considered school age tod ay,
worked 14- 16 ho urs a day, six
o r seven days a week, in factories,
coa l mines and other places fo r
near-Io-nothing wages. We also
seem 10 forget th at the IBEW and
o ther unions with hazardous oc-
cupat ions had a to ugh uphill
struggle 10 secure insurance and
put Workmen's Compensatio n
laws o n the hooks.
Unions have enabled wo rkers
to ea rn dece nt wages, work
decent hou rs under safer work-
ing conditio ns. Unions have ob-
tai ned pensions fo r older people,
won vacations rind hol iLl ay!> ami,
most impo rtantl y, given workers
d igni ty. In d oing a1l those th ings
it shou ld be pointed o ut th at
unions ha ve improved the way of
life fo r all workers whcthcr blue
co llar or white.
Remember allthosc good things
in life were made possible because
unions composed of people just
like o ur members tod ay. fo ught
hard . argucd and voted fo r" beller
tomorrow for working peoplc.
Union people accomplished these
be nefils and union people today
m ust con tinuc to fight fo r and
work together to keep the onli-
uuio n cnc mies from destroying
o ur union way of life.
Yo ur International officers and
local union officers a re du ly
elected under the mEW Constitu-
tion and the local union bylaws
to carry out their administrative
obligations while working d ili-
gently fo r the progress o f our
-
Bro therhood. In o rder to success-
full y achieve ou r objecLS and
goals, they must have the full
active support of the rank and ;'
file members.
T oday un ions once again h ave •
their backs to the wall and are "
engaged in a political fight to pra-
tect and maintain the gains made
over the years. Unfortunately, the
enemies of o rganized labor have
the upper hand politically. They
are taking advantage of the situa-
tion and are using the economic
recession as a means to dcstroy •
o rganized labor.
Greed and profit are being used
to foster self interests for a few
and these are terrible things when
they can overshadow the prinei.
pIes of democracy and equality
fo r a ll .
Un less the situation chan ges.
workers. the elderly and the poor
will continue to suITer drastically.
This is why members must realize
that they must partcipate a nd join
with thei r leaders in overcoming
the efforts of labor's enemies who
arc o ut to destroy our union way
of life.
A lways remember that by aid-
inj;!; the Bro therhood you aid your-
se lf. I urge all m EW members to
become more involved a nd acti ve
in the polit ica l and eivie affairs
of your union. This will help bring
.-
you a beth::r way of life.
Charles H. Pillard
Internatio nal President
 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAl. BROTHERHOOD EXECUTIVE
OF ELECTRICAL WORKER S DFFICEFIS

•
CHAR LES H. PILLA RD

JOURNAL • APRIL • 1983 1"""'1110".1 P,,,ld.,,1

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Wullinglon, D.C. 20005

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THOMAS VAN ARSD ... LE
Inre""tlonli TrUIUr"
lSI-II Jewe' A... n.,.
flushing. N.Y. "365
CHARLES H. PILLARD, Editor
Volume 8 2, No.4 April, 1983 VICE PRESIDEII/TS
• fl.at Olst,lci. K. G. ROSE
45 Sheppard Av •.. Enl. Sulll 4g1
FEJ:lTLlJ:lES City 01 Iiotlh Yo,k
Wlllc .. dal •. On""o M2N 5Y1
Second 0'5Itlel. FLYN N. JOH N E.
AFL·C10 Mid -Winter Meetings 2 B.lIe.,.", ..cll P.,~

•. Legi slative Alert: IBEW Objects to Proposed

Oulncy. "' .... c~u.e". 02'60
Th l.d DI".ler. JOHN J . BAARY
222 "',mIlOn.ck AVlnu.
Changes in Railroad Retirement 4 Whll. PI.ln., N... Yark 10605
fourth DI.trtel. B. D. WI I.I.IAM SO N
El eventh Oistr ict Construction Conference 7 7110 A. . dlng Ro.d

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Ambe.t ..... n h.euli.e Bldg.
Local 2337 Attain s 1.000,000 Man-Hou rs Free SII"e Q
Clnclnn.li. Ohio 45237
Of Disabling Injuries 8 fllih Dlst.lcl. OAN H. WAT ERS
No.2 "'."oplex D.ive
5uT!•• 13
President Pillard Receives "God and Country" Award 10 BI.mlngh.m. Ala, 35209
51 0! h Oillnel. JAMES P. CO NWAY
Brotherhood Mourns Deceased Retired 373 Sehm," Road, Suite 201
CI . ol" ..am, IllInol,6O'87
International Representatives 11 St ... nlh Olltrier.
ORVII.I.E A. TATE, JR.
Brotherhood Is What It' s All About 12 UOO Will Roge .. P.,lewIY
Sulll 309
Okllha",. City. Okl.homl 73108
Annual Statement of EWBA 13
EIOMh Clltrlel.
JO N F. WALTERS
Summary tBEW Pension Plan 14 330 SMU" "venu •. SlIlt. W.
IdJIIO Falll , Id. ho U402

r OEPAJ:lTNIENTS
Editorial Comment Inside Front Cover
Nlnll1 Dil"lcl. S. R. McCANN
ISO North Wigal Lin.
5uU•• 00
W.TnUI C... k. C.lllomi. 94598
r Resea rch & Education Department 15
renlh Oillnel, ANDREW M. RIPP
O·H. re Ollic. 8ulldlnll I, SIIlte 720
,()oIOO W. HIII!'nl ROld

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ROHmoni. III noll 600.8
Safety Tips 18
Ellv'nlll Dlltrlcl. JACK F. MOOR E
300 Soulh J.lleflon. Sulle 300
With the Ladies 19 Sp.lnlll~.ld. MI"oun 658011
T... ,lIlh DJ.,.le'.
Loca l lines 20 JOH N A. HIGHTOWER
Ftlnkl1n 8 Ull d,ng, SII!!e SIS
Ch ,U lnooga. Tlnnosse. 37411
I n Memoriam 63
Pension and Death Benefit Payment Report 64 IIIITERNFlTlolIIRL
Reflections Inside Back Cove r EXECUTIVE coUlI/clL
WESLEY I. TAROR
Chllrml"
Eucutl •• WII'. Sulle 207
ON OUR COVER-Spring Is here 2'21 Production 0., ...
I ndilnl~III, Ind ian. 46241
and summer cannot be t oo far
Fh,' DI",lcl. JOHN J. Mc NULTY
away is the mood portrayed on 431 Wyoming Av.nue
Sc .. nron, Penn.ylvlnla ,iIS03
this month's Journal front cover. Sicond DllTtlcl, J ... MES F. MULLONEY
Pictured are Avalanche Lillies In 6 o.lcon B.nham O.lve
SlOW. M.... ehu .. n. 0 . 775
Mt. Ra inier National Park, Wash· Thin:! Di,ltlc,. RICHARD D. ACT ON
ington State. Of special intere st 1590 Eu! 23.d Siree!
CI .... I.r>d. OhIo 4'114
to rail road members in th is issue Fou,!h Ol'trlel. HA RRV BEXl.EY
SOl Pulliam 51., S W.
is the story on the Railroad Re· Atlanl., Geo.gl. 303 '2
tirement System beginning on PRINTED ON
f ilth Oi't,lel. R08ERT MISSEY
213 1 59th Slteet
Page 4. UNION M... DE P ... PER 5._ Loul" ", llIou,1 631,0·2&85
Sl.th Dilltlet, THOMas H. PURSLEY
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POSTMASTE R: CI.lng. 01 .dd,... cI,d. on Form :J.57i _"ould be .. nt 10 Inl.rn&lIonll B,Olh"hood St.... n.h Ol.tnci. GLEN G. MeCALL
01 Electric., Work,," . 1125 flneenl!! Strul. N W., Wuhlnglon. D.C. 20005. P... blllhid monthly Ind P.O. Bo. 3138
•• cond.ell" pO"lgl p.ld It WIsl"olnglon. D.C Ind Idd,lIonll Inrry . Suble,lpllon p. lcn Un"ed Silies S.lem. Oregon 97302
and C."ada. U pet YII' In .dvanee. p.lnled In U.S..... Thll JOURNAL .. III n(l\ be h.ld , u""n"b"
1(1' vi .....xp .....d by eo rrnpon".nl •. T... II,., 01 ucll monih I. elollnO dlle. All copy m..... be £laMh DIIItJcl . HEReERT H. FULTO N
In Ollr hIInd. on O. belo.. Ih ll I,m •. p, ld .d.el1 ll\"1/ ,,01 lec.pred. 18EW Journal {USPS 5a8·5401 225 Gordon S're.'
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Pictured seated in the upper right is ,.
International President Charles H. PiI·
lard participating in the M id·Winter ses·
sions of the AFL·CIQ EKecutive Council.
President Pillard is also II Vice President
of the AfL-CIO. The Council considered
matters pertaining to reductio n of un·
employment, health care, houslns. in-
flation, interest rates, Social Security,
civil rights, restricti ve labor legislation,
international trade, OSHA and other
issues important to organized labor ilnd
working people. Several members of
Congress appeared before the Council
to discuss their policies and positions
on labor's issues. Also Secretary of
State Genrge P. Shultz, shown seated •
center right, met with the Council on
international issues.

AFL-CID MID-WINTER
MEETINGS

Shown in discussion during a break

In the AFl·CIO Ellecutive Councit
meetings are, left to right, tBEW
President Charles H. Pillard and
United Assor.ialion PreSident Marvin
J. Boede. -
One of the most important mee ti ngs held
during the AFL·cro Executive Council ses-
sions Is the standing AFl·CID Committee
on Housing. Chairman of the Committee is .....
President Pillard. Presldenl Pillard, center,
is shown presiding over the meeting of the
AFl·CIO Housing Committee. Other mem-
bers, clockwise, are Robert Georgine,
President, AFL·CIO Building Trades Depart·
ment; Carpenters Pre sident Patrick Camp-
bell; United Association President Marvin
Boede; Robert Wilke, Chicago Building ...
Trades Council; Operating Ent!ineers Presl
dent J . C. Turner and Committee Secretary
Henry Schechter, AFL·CIO.

The Executive Board of the AFL·CIO

Metal Trades Department met In ses·
sian during the Mid-Winter AFL·CIO
Meetings. Shown in a partial view of
the committee are, left to right, De·
partm ent President Paul Burnsky,
Machinists President William Win pi·
singer, President Pillard and Operat.
.
ing Engineers President J. C. Turner.

2 1 IBEW JOURNAL/APRI L 1983

 During the AFl·CIO Executive Council
Mld·Winter Meetings the AFL·C tO Mari·
time Trades Department met in session.
Shown on the right attending the De-
partment's meetmgs is George Knaly.
Director of IBEW Government Opera-
tions. Director Knaly is a member of
the Maritime Trades Department Execu-
tille Board.

Pictured In sesSion is the General Presi·

dent's Nuclear Stabilization Agreement
Committee. Seated at the table, left
center, is John Dunlop, Committee
Chairman. Clockwise are Robert Geor-
gine, President. AFL·CIO Building Trades
Department: Harold Buoy, Presiden t ,
Boilermakers: Edward Moore, UA, As-
Sista nt General President: Marvin
Boede. UA, PresIdent; J. C. Turner,

.,--
Operatmg Engineers President: IBEW
President Charles H. Pillard and IBEW
ConstructIon Department Director Ted
Moseley. Seated with back to camera

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are employer members of the commit·
tee.

President Charles H. Pillard is shown

- greeting U.S. Senator Alan Cr7Inston,

(D. ·Cal.) who appeared before the
Afl.cIO Executive Council to an·
nounce hiS candidacy for U.S. Presi·
dent. On the right is AFL·CIO Presi-
dent Lane Kirkland.

Prior t o the AFL·CIO meetings Presi-

dent Pillard and International Secre-
tary Leigon met with the I BEW
International Vice Presidents and
International Executive Council memo
bers to diSCUSS policies and pro·
grams of the Brotherhood. Shown is
the entire group of officers attending
one of the sessions .

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IBEW JOU RNAL /A PRIL 1983 I 3

 LEGISLATIVE ALERT

IBEW OBJECTS TO PROPOSED CHANGES

IN RAILROAD RETIREMENT

Following is an IBEW letter to Congressman 1. 1. Florio addressing

those sensitive issues regarding Railroad Retirement changes.

Representative J ames J. Florio

House of Representatives ••
1740 Longworth House Omce Building
Washington. D.C. 20515

Dear Congressman Florio:

Th is will confirm conversatiom had with Mr. Rich Huberman immediately upon adjournment of the subcommittee hearing
on Bill HR 1646 amendment 10 the Railroad Retirement Act March 1. 1983 and telephone conversation March 2 relative
10 same subject mailer.
I advised Mr. Huberman thaI I would apprccialc an appoin tment with you to discuss the fact thallhcre was no RLEA •
agreement on the railroad issue. My Organiz':l.Iion is an afiilialc of the RLEA and ' am a member of the Railroad
Retirement Commi1tee and have first hand knowledge of other affiliates of the RLEA and members of the same
Committee who are of the same position (Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada and Rail road
Yardmasters of Ame rica). It is my position that the agreement reachcd by several railroad unions and the Carriers is
unfair and financially weighted against th e employees and the reti rees. The bottom line does not provide the necessary
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guarantecd protection that the plan will be finan ciall y functional into the forseeable future.
The employees and retirees have made substantial financial contributions and aTe entitled to what they have paid for.
In 1974 the employees agreed to a 4% wage concession in exchange fOT the industry·s commitment to finance the system ..,
into perpetuity and, this fact is part of the Congressional Record. The over-riding provision of the ·74 amendment that
provided the stimulant for this concession was the 60-30 provision. As you know rai lroad workers work in all kinds of
weather and all types of adverse conditions and after 30 years plus arc looking forward to retirement.
The 4% wage concession in 1974 was equal to approximately 22¢ per hour and now has been compounded to approxi-
matcly 46¢ per hour. T his amount increases with each ncgotiated settlement. T hererore they 3re ultimately opposed to
any changes in the 60-30 provision of this Act. ...., ~

The railroad industry gained two fold when they negotiated the 60-30 provision. The industry enjoyed a financial bonan2a
by buying out job protection which resulted from the shrinking physical structure of the industry encouraging the
employees to take an early retirement and at the same time intcntionally acting surprised at their early retirement exit
from the industry.
The industry further exploits the system by being permitted to set up subsidia ry companies and engage outside contractors «-
to perform railroad work intentionally avoiding paymen t of railroad retirement laxes. This subte rfuge should be prohibited
by law by amending Bill H R 1646 to provide that all railroad work regardless of where perfo rm ed be subject to railroad
reti rement taxes.

Further, the railroad industry is fully aware of its continuing efforts to merge and consolidate the physical syste m and the
immediate future projects a transcontinental system which will furth er erode the overall employment post ure of the
industry. As related \0 the above in 1974 the industry committed itself to finance the system into pe rpetuity. Therefore.
the Act should provide a provision that requires the industry to pay a minimum tax equal to an employment compliment
of 350,000 employees thus SOlidifying the future of the railroad retirement system.
We have been experiencing the Administration's and legislators atlem pt to destroy the very principles that built Ihis great
nation. We have always been concerned with all the citizens an d not just one segment of our society. Th e Admini stration's

4 I IBEW JOURNAL/ APRtl 1983

 first attack was against the poor and the uneducated who could not fight back and the social programs supported by
the majority or the people were cut back unrealistically at the expense of unnecessary human suffering and mental anguish.
Now thnl they have succeeded in abandoning the uneducated and poor they are attacking the heart of our social programs
that being all federal legislative pension programs such as social secu rity, railroad reti rement. and government civil
service pl ans. We all stand behi nd the principle th at everyone is entitled 10 what they pay for.
The pension plans were finan ced by Ihe labor forces and Ihe industries of Ihis country. Those who have cont ributed to
these plans financially and through thei r labors for many, many years lire not to be deprived of the benefits they have been
promised. The railroad workers are sick and tired of hearing those legislators thntare either naive. or are deliberately
misin terpreting the facts, repeatedly say thnt the federal government and the tax payers are not going to continue to
subsidize the railroad retirement plan. The railroad retirement plan is not and has not been subsidized by the government;

-- in fact . a review of its history will support just the opposite. The railroad retirement act came about by the urging of
the federal government and the states who werc obligated to care for the senior citizens and poor. Presiden t Roosevelt
directed the partics to establish a social plan in order to take the burden away from the federal government. The firsl
ra ilroad retirement legislation was declarcd unconstitutional. Howcvcr, by the insistcnce of Presiden t Roosevelt a
comm ission was cstablished. Labor and management reached an nccommodation and the Act was conceived.

At its very oUlset und for numerous yenrs thereafter the employees and the ind ustry's contributions paid benefits to
thousands who never contributed anything to Ihe plan. The railroad retirement system pi un cannot be compared to any
priva te pension plan. It is a social program which covers spouses, widows, disabled, dependent children nnd has
I, even assisted in the education of the under privileged. Further for ma ny, many years the government used the railroad
retirement fund s at unreasonable interest rntes to the advantage of the federal government. The plan slarted to experience

,f its most serious financial problems after the Congress in the 1950's elected to pass legisla tion that would provide for dual
benefits without providing the necessary funding (or such benefits. This action by the Congress was over the objection
~ . of rail labor and rail management and is the sole responsibility of the government. The Congressional action cost the plan
• fou r billion dollars between 195 1 and 1974 at which time the Act WilS again amended.
, In 1974 a Commission was appointed, by the President of the United States. to again st udy the plan. As a result of thIS
Commission's report the 1974 amendment was enacted. The Congress immediately recognized their responsibility relative
to the windfall and dual benefits and the law was amended to provide that the payment for the windfall and dual
benefits are the responsibil ity of the United States government grand falhering any dual or windfall benefi ts. This 1974
amendmcnt was vetoed by President Fo rd. The wisdom of the legisla tors prevailed and they ove rwhelmingly voted 10
override the President's veto. However, immediately afterward, the government started to renege on its commitment to
fully fund the windfall and dual benefits. Thus short fall funding commenced and continued until the amendments of
198 1. This shortfall funding deprived the plan of 1.8 billion dollars to date .
In o ur opinion, lIny private fiduciary who would allow the contributions of cmployees to their pension fund to be used to
pay benefits to participants of another fund, such action would be conside red fraud . Howeve r, this is actually what took
place when rnilroad retirement funds were used to pay dual and windfall benefiu.
L The employees and retirees have no con trol over such mismanagement and should not be made responsible for Congress
attempting to reduce thei r benefit s in return for capita l gain by the government.
The Act should prov ide that when the retirement funds are experiencing difliculties the RU IA borrowing power be
discontinued and the outstanding debt be repaid and during the emergency the borrowing authority be trnn sferred to the
general fund a~ in the case of unemployment compensation financed by the states.

- > Further we support the provision cont ained in the Bill relating to thc borrowing power of financial interchange . This is a
realistic approach and should be enacted.

We also support the provisions in HR 1646 having to do wilh RUIA borrowing aut hority.
In conclusion I appeal to you and the Congress to give serious consideration to the suggested changes rclerred to which
shou ld once and for all dismiss the omen that the railroad retirement plan is subsidized by the United States government
-. when just the opposite is the case.
I look forwa rd to having the opportunity to visit with you and disc uss Ihi ~ mailer.

Very truly yours,

O. W. Jacobson Andrew M. Ripp

AMR / g General President International Vice Presi dent
B.R.C.U.S.&C.

1BEW JOURNAL/APRil 1983 ( 5

 WE ARE IN URGENT NEED OF THE SUPPORT OF OUR RANK AND FilE MEMBERS , THEIR RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS IN CALLING AND WRITING THEIR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE FOLLOWING IS A FORM LEITER WHICH YOU CAN TEAR OUT, ADDRESS, SIGN
AND MAIL TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE .
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Represent:lli,'e _ _--:-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Congre'>sman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
T he Railroad Retiremenl System is in trouble and House Bill H.R. 1646 has been introduced \0 address the problems.
However. the bill does not deal with all of the real problems. Accordingly. I urge }OU to join in amending Bill H.R. 1646
to make it equitable to the employees, the retirees, thei r spouses and dependents.
I) Eliminate Ihe proposed changes in the current 60-30 provisions of the Act.

Reason: In the 1974 amendments the employees made a 4% (22¢ an hour) wage concession in exchange for the
Carrier's pledge of fi nanci ng the system into pe rpetuity. The 2U has grown to approximately 46 cents an hour
in wage concessions which will fu rther compound with each subsequent wage negotiation.
2) Provide that employers and employees of rail road subsidiary companie'> and contractors who perform
railroad work pay railroad rctirement taxes.

Reason: This will make it less attracti\e for Ihe railroad industry to fun her weaken the railroad retirement system by Ihl
subterfuge of contracting OUI railroad work and forming dumm} companie~ to avoid paying railroad retirement •
taxes.
3) Provide that the Carrier be required to pay a minimum t3'1: equal to the tax paid on an employment base
of 350,000 employees.

Reason: T his will provide the safety valve. Eliminating deficit financing of the system in the future and is in li ne with
the Carriers commitment in 1974 to finance the 1'1,111 into perpetuity and allows the employees and reti rees
to share in the increases in productivity in the industry.

Very trul) your... -

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6 I 18 00 JOURN AL /APRIL 1983

...
Eleventh
District
-. Construction
Conference
--
The Eleventh District Midterm Con-
struction Conference was held in Kan-
sas City, Misso uri , at the A irpo rt
Hilton In n on Jfln1lary 11 ;lnrl
1983.
r
The delegates were welcomed to
Kan sas Ci ty by Business Manager
I Emil Duco ul ombicr of I BEW Local
124. Local 124 hosted a IUllcheon on
J anuary I I for the delegates in al-
---, tendance.
Vice President J ack Moore con-
ducted the con ference. International
Executive Council Member Robert
Missey addressed the con ference and
brou~ h t the delegates up to dale on
the changes in the IBEW Constitution,
- which had been brought about by the
actions of Ihe International Conven-
lion. He explained to the delegates th e
change in the Constitution. which in-
cluded the "ou tside r" rule on union
elections. Allorneys lim Wa lsh and
lohn H urley addressed the con ference
on a legal ruling which affected o ur
'- membership.
-
-
..
Partial view o t the delegates who attended the Eleventh DistrIct Midterm Construction Conference. The Conference covered various
subjl:lcb of inl &(est to the construction locals In the Ele ven th DIsl rlct.
Eleventh District Vice
President Jllck Moore Is
shown conducting the
Eleventh DIstrict Midterm
Construction Conterence.
12,
An item of discussion at the con·
ference was the establishment o f an
Eleventh District Healt h and Welfare
Plan and International Representative
Roy D ickinson reported to the dele-
gates on the formation of the plan.
Vice President Moore discussed with
the delegates a numbe r o f subjects re·
garding our problems in the Const rue·
tion Branch. One of the subjects cov-
ered was the letters of cancellation.
which some of the local unions are
receiving prior to thei r negotiations.
H e also urged the local unions to
st rictly adhere to their refe rra l pro·
ced ures, as more chall enges are being
made on the referral system than eve r
before.
Also, if any applicant questioned
his treatment the Appe:lls Procedu re
III the Agreement was the proper pro-
ced ure to follow .
Local 231 Business Manager Gary
Gilbert gave a presentation o n the C IR
and urged the delegates to make sure
that, if they had cases coming up before
the CIR, they had properly reached
an impasse or the case would not be
heard. He urged the delegates to ad·
here to the rules set fort h by the C IR .
International Representative Ray
Edwards reported on the Davis-Bacon
ruling by J udge Greene and slated that
the only change which was upheld was
the 50 percent rule instead o f the 30
percent rule.
The meeting was well attended by
all the local unions and the delegates
expressed their appreciation for the
subjects covered in the meeting as they
felt it was a very in formative and edu-
cation al conference .
IBEW JOURNAL/APRIL 1983 I 7

Local 2337 Attains
1,000,000 Man-Hours
Free Of
Disabling Injuries
The history and traditions of the
IUEW arc rich with job achievements
and those standards are alive and well
in the heart of Tex:Is today.
IBEW Local 2337. Fuirfield. Texas.
and T exas Utilities Generating Com-
pany announce that the Monticello
Fuel Department lind the Winfield
North Min e attained 1,000,000 rnan-
hours without II dlsnbling injury on
For Elaone Dunkley, job steward and
fuel storeskeeper, paperwork. accounting.
stockinB and issue are all on a day's work.
Fuel mechanic Gary Burnaman diVides his
workday with Heavy Equipment and Rail·
road Equipment Maintenance and Repair.
8 1 tSEW JOURNAL/APRil 1983
was formed to pioneer (he idea that
power generation, the supply and
transportation of lignite, and the ulti·
male transmission. distribution , and
service of Ihal generated power could
be accomplished with a high degree of
efficiency. The l SEW began its in-
~_
volvement in this concept by organizing
the mining employees along with the
power plant employees of the then In·
dust rial Generating Company al Rock-
dale. Texas. Having previously gained
the jurisdiction of many units within
..,
the T . U. owner companies of Dallas
Power and Light nnd Texas Power and
J anuary 3, 1983. The Monticello Fuel
Light , the mEW began another
Department includes Winfield North.
pioneermg period m its growth and
Winfield South. and the Thermo Fuel
Facility located ncar Sulphur Springs. expansion.
The uniqueness of this nccomplishment Job safety is no small paft of this
comes from Ihe fact that these groups process. In a ceremony commemorat· )
arc surface mining operations and arc ing the e\ienl on January 19. 1983, at
not. therefore, commonly found within the Units Winfield South M ine, repre-
the jurisdiction of the lBEW. sentatives of the member/ employees
Texas Utilities Gencrilling Company were nwarded jackets and eongratu·
Fuel storeskeeper 8111 carson, left, and Fuel electricians Richard Wiltse, left, and
larry F'Ugerald. nght. of Fuel Electrical Rick Egoy. riSht . work on Wifing new Rail·
Maintenance coordina te materials issue. road Maintenance Shop.
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Fuel electrician Jerry Martin unloads lignite Roy Henry of Fuel Mechanical Maintenance
rail hopper cars at the p:)wer plant recel\!· checks out motor grader fluid levels at
IIlg station. 421 ·5 mine.
 laled by R. J . Gary, executive vice
prcsidcm and general manager; John
J anak, vice presiden t and manager o f
lignite operations; and C. L. Merkn,
general manager of MoSES. Local
- .; union President and Utility Coordinat-
ing Council-4 Reco rding Secretary
Steve W. Austin uddressed the asse m-
[ bly 011 behalf of the IBEW and its
"flilialc organization .. ,
IBEW Local 2337 is an affiliate
member of thc Texas AFL-C10, the
Texas State Associati on of Electrical
Workers. and UCC-4. IBEW Locals
· 69, 12, 1128, and 2078 bring the
I 10lal council representation 10 over
3,800 members with 2.500 members in
the jurisdiction of Local 2337.
UCC-4 affiliate member. Local
2078. ranked in the top five surface
mines on a national level on two pre-
vious occasions in recent yea~ for
having worked eXlended periods wilh
OUI a disabling injury.
Surface mming had a lost-time in-
r
r
•
• Job steward Jerry Harvtly ko:eps the haul
roads in good repair.
L
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I Roy Smythe, lell, ana DaVid Flanagan of
Dale Hit!. left, and Kenneth Short of Fuel
Electrical Maintenance are at work on the
pump skid inspection.
jury rate of 16.5 disabling mjuries per
million man-hours through September.
1982. TUGCo had a lost-time injury
ratc of 2.78 accidents per million man-
hours worked through the same period.
In addition to the inborn hazards
of mining and the staggering statistics
regarding injury and disability in this
field. the State of Texas also suffe~
from 1,000 total workplace fatality
clai ms and 400,000 total worlplace
il1jluiclo annually. based on figures re-
ceived as of 1982. This is a fatalit y
rate three times the national average.
Additionally noted was that those
figures revealed over $900 million lost
annually due to workplace injuries.
The IBEW can stand p roud of its
part in the accomplishment of this
mil estone in mining sa fety, and sup-
ports the efforts of those employee /
members who have set a bold goal
of 2,000,000 disabling injury-free man-
hours, which is targeted for August ),
1983.
ruel dozer operator EII,n.,t Woods take5 A
break during reclamation activities at the
421·N mine.
Fuel Maintenance do their part of a drag·
line drlgchain repair.
Otliel loafety achievements noted by
TUGCo and Local 2337 arc MoSES
Power Department, 1,000,000 man-
hour.;, March 18, 1981: MoSES Powel
Department, 2,000,000 man-hours,
February 27, 1982: MoSES Powe r
Department, 3,000,000 man-hour5,
February I, 1983; MLSES-Fuel
( Beckville area), 1,000,000 man-
hour.;, March I), 1980; MLSES
Power Department, 1,000.000 man·
hours, June 22, 1981; RRSES Fuel
Department, 18 months, December I,
1974 to May 29, 1976: CPSES (nu-
clear). 1,000,000 man-hours. (period
under con~l , ui,;tion) .
Job safet y and professionalism are
the standard of the lBEW .
Submitted by
Steve W. Austi n
President. Local 2337. IBEW
Reco rding Secretary/ UCC-4, mEW
Ronald Jeter, right, and Randy Bourns 01
Fuel Mechanical Maintenance put finishing
touches on job at 421·N mine.
Shown here are Pit loading operations at
421 · N.
I SEW JOURN AL/APRI L 1983 I 9
President Pillard Receives "God and Country" Award

On J anuary 9, 1983, J ,300 membcr~

of IBEW Local) attended the Chnp-
lef 80. SI. George A 'isociation (nbule
to International President Charles H.
PIllard. AI the Annual Communion
Breakfast. which lotlo,,"cd an 8 A.M .
Mass at the beaUliful St . Bartholcm ew's
Episcopal Church in New York City,
President PIllard \~a~ presented the
A .....ociation·s " God and Country"
Award. The Award ho nOr<; indhiduals
\\ho have demon~trated in their daily •
live .. thei r faith in God and the princi-
ples on \\ hich America was founded.
Third D i~lricl Vice Prc"idCI1l J ack
Barry, lEe member Jack McNulty and
numerous delegation .. from surround-
ing IBEW locals \\cre also in al-
tendance.

Local 3 President George Schuck, JI "

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right, Is shown pre sen t ing the silver bowl
symbolic of the "God and Country" Award
to President Pillard.

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Pictured, left to right . are Third District Vice President Jack Barry Allied Club President Thomas Gallery and William Blain, BUSiness
and International PreSIdent Charles H. Pillard being welcomed by Represen ta tive, local 3.
Chapter 80, St. George Association President Fred Blanchfield,

10 I IBEW JOURNAL/APRIL 1983

 Brotherhood Mourns Deceased
Retired International Representatives
• The Brotherhood was suddencd by
, the denth of retired International Rep-
rcsentalivc Waller J Monahan. who
passed away on July 13, 1982. Brother
Monahan was born on April 16, 1903 and
was init iated into Local 103, Boslon,
MassachuSCIIS on September 10. 1924 .
He servrrl hl~ local union as a member
of the c'(amining board, execUlivc board
and aho held Ihc office of business man-
ager. Brother Monahan was appointed as
• a n International Representative on April
I. 1964 and serviced Ihc local unions
in thc mEW's Second District unul he
- retired on May I. 1974. Sincere sympathy
is expressed \0 Brother Monahan's fami ly
and friends.
• Uctober I, 1957 . Blothcr lI avey chiefly
The Brotherhood was saddened by
the death of retired International Rep-
rcscntalive Ted Gasior. who passed
away on July 22, 1982. Drother Gasior
was born on April I, 19 14 and was
miti:lled mto the ID EW on December IS,
1960 in Local 1805, Baltimore, Maryland.
He served in the capacity of International
o rgan izer from Jan uar y I 964·August
1966 in the IBEW Fourth Distric t. He
was appoi nted in August 1966 as a n
International Representative by then In-
tern:lIional President Gordon M. Freeman
and served in the IBEW Organizing De-
partment until he retired on May I, 1979.
Brother Gasior before joining LIle ID EW
was a labor ~peclali:)t lor the U.S. Depart-
ment of Commerce and the National
Production Authority in Washington, D.C.
Sincere sympathy is expressed to Brother
Gasior's family and friends.
The Brotherhood was saddened by
Ihe dC3th of retired Intf'rnational Rep-
resentative John 1. Havey, who passed
away on January 31,1983. Brother Havey
was born on August [0, 1906 and was
Initiated into Local 1006, Lawrence,
t-.11l:)salllusett5 and Inter tran~fcrred intn
Local 326, Lawrence, Massachusetts. He
held the onice of business manager of
Local 326 for 2 1 years and was appointed
as an ;nternational Representative on
serviced Second Disnict uti lity locals
until he retired on April I, 1976. Sincere
sympathy is expressed 10 Brother Ha vey's
family and friends.
The Brotherhood wa~ saddened by
the death of retired International Re p-
resentative Eugene S. Reynolds, who
passed away on February 23, 1983.
Brother Reynolds "as born on December
5. 1901 and was initiated into Local 72.
Waco, Texas on May 16. 1938. He later
tlall,f.::rred inlO Local 520, Austin, Te'(as.
After serving as an (:)(ecutiv(: board mem-
ber and president of Local 520, Brother
Re yno ld~ "as appolOted as an Interna-
tIonal Representative and was assigned to
the Se\'enth DI\t rict Internottional staff on
AlIgu~t 12, 1945 where he served until
hi~ r.::tlrement on May I. 1966. Sincere
~ympll'hy i~ expre~s.::d to Brother Rey.
nold's family and friends.
The Brotherhood "as saddened by
the death of retired International Rep-
resenllltive William W. Robbins, "ho
pllssed away on February 26, 1983.
Brother Robbins was born on November
6, 1906 and wa~ initiated into Local 18,
Los Angeles. California on October 5,
1926. H.:: later transferred into Local 477,
San Dcrnardmo, California. BroLller Rob-
hins serveu his local as II steward, re-
cording secretary and presideot.business
manager until he was appointed as an
International Representalive 00 February
18, 1945 , He was assigned to the Inter-
national Office staff in Washington, D.C.
and became Director of the Research De-
partment rn July 1948. He later served
as Assistant 10 Inlernational President
Gordon t-.I Freeman and also was Sec·
retary of the ('ouncil on Industrial Rd .. -
lions and Secreta ry of the National Joint
Commlll.:.:: on Apprenticeship and Train·
109. He "as ~erving as Director of the
mEW lJyla"s Deparlment when he re-
!Ired on December I, 1971. ~lIlcere sym·
pathy is e~pre sscd to Brother Robbin's
hunlly :lnd friend,.
ISEW JOURNAL/APRIL 1983 I 11
 Brotherhood Is What It's All About
Pictured are Local 3 so ftball team winners of last year's long
Island Softball Tournament.
The Long Island ISEW Softball
Tournament was the result of thc spirit
of Brotherhood which developed be-
tween thc members of Local Unions
25. 1049 and 1381 while participating
in the same industrial softball league.
While thc spirit of competition was
keen, il was thc friendships and the
understanding which developed Ihal
brought the local unions inla a much
closer working relationshi p ofT the
playing field. Wishing \0 extend these
bonds of brotherhood beyond Ihc
bounds of Long Island , Loca l 25 spon-
sored the first Tournament in 19 71
and 8 IBEW Locals participated . Lo-
cals 1049 and 1381 soon joined in as
co-sponsors and an annual event has
developed.
The first few tournaments were so
popular that the format had to be
changed in 1975 to accommodate the
long list of Local Unions th at wanted
to come and participate. 32 teams now
compete in a double-elimination tour-
ney beginning on a Friday evening in
August and continuing Ihrough late
Sunday afternoon when the champion-
sh ip game is played. The fact Ihal
teams stay on throughout the weekend,
even though they themselves have al-
ready lost two games and are thus
eliminated, is a clear indication Ihat
the aim of promoting Brotherhood has
been accomplished.
The games are played on immacu-
latel y tended fields complete with lighls
for night use and public address sys-
tems for a running commentary of the
game as it progresses. Baldwin Pork
is laid out with 4 ballfields radiating
from a central core of announcers
booths and refreshment stands. Each
12 I tSEW JOURNAL/APRil 1983
The 2nd Place winner of the long Island Softball Tournament
was local 24.
is provided wilh plenty of bleachers
(or each team's fans and it is not un-
usual to sec ISEW members and their
families st rolling between the 4 simul-
taneous games in progress to sec where
the action is. Teams from other locals
(Ire always in the stands to size up their
competition in their next game and
ofTcr a liulc good nalurcd hcc kling as
well.
in addition to Ihc action on the field.
the tournament committee sponsors a
beer blast on Friday night fo r all the
playcn; to get together and rcJax. On
Saturday morning al 8 A.M . thc official
welcoming ceremony is hcld complete
with dignitaries from bolh the IBEW
and the local afea. After the last
scheduled game is complelcd Saturday
evening. everyone meels at the Local
Union 25 auditorium for Ihe banquct
and fcasts on homemade dishes pre-
pared and se rved by th e wives of the
Comrniuec members.
Tournament Chairman BIll lindsay is
shown presenting the 3rd Place trophy to
members of the local 58 soUball team.
At this time also, the announccment
LS made of the team that has demon-
Slrated all unusual spirit o f Brother-
hood. The lovely silver cup, donated
by The Long Islan d Lighting Co., who
employs the mcmbers of Locals 1049
"
and 1381, is given 10 thc worthy team
to share with theif Local Union mem-
bership until Ihe next tournament. It
is nOI surprising Ihat this award is more
chcrished than winning thc 1st place
trophy because BROTHERHOOD is
what Ihe IBEW and the Lo ng Island
•
Tournament is all about.
Early Sunday morning, it's back 10
Baldwin Park and anal her exciting day
of action on the field and fun in the
siands. As the sun is slarting down.
the final scores are in and a tired but
enriched Commiuee makes the awards
of Ihe I SI. 2nd and 3rd place trophies
to thc winning teams. Everyone says
their good-byes and the Tournament
(COli/iI/lied OIL Page 64)
Tournament ChaIrman Bill lindsay, left,
1$ shown presen tmg th e most valuable
player award to Gary Maertz. a member
of local 3's team.
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ANNUAL STATEMENT OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS' BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
In tClmp1iance With tht requirements of Ihe fulernal Act 01 various INCOME
slales, we IIrt publishing below information con tained In Ille annual MembelShlp AdmiSSion & Reinstatement Fees , , ... $ 5,045,578
statemenl of lilt Eleclrieal Wor.ers' Benefit ASSOCiation for Ille year Inlerest on Bonds .. . 2,281,105
ending December 31, 1982 Dividends on Stocks •• .• 2,137,284
Inltlest on Mortgage loans 8,938,635
ASSETS Rents 1,101,375
Olher Income 9,189,032
BONOS S 27,428,637 TOTAL INCOME $ 28,693,009
Can&dlln Govelnmenl S 5,630,496
Olher CountllU 1,000,000 EXPENSfS
Publlt Utilities 13,463,840 OI!ath Claims • $ 9,118,539
IndU511111 7.334,30 1 Incruse In Reselve lor lIle Cerhlicates 3,971,604
STOCKS 28,406,229 Investment upense 260,308
Railroad " S 340,000 DepreCiation .. 249,685
Public Utilities " 9,923,790 Tues . 227,667
Ban.s, Trusts & Ins, Co 7,820,587 Rent ... . ... ",900
Industrial 10 1321 1852 Salaries & Wages . 647,016
FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS , 98.734,813 Pfinlinll & Stationery ..... . 10,650
• FHA & VA Loans "'" ""'" , $43,834,900 Actuarial, Auditing & Statistical 38,945
OIher Mortgage Loans 54 18991913 Dividends to Pension Members 1,064,578
Olher upenses 19,525
COLLATERAL LOAN " 4,249,882
INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE OWNED 12,624,794 TOTAt EXPENSES $ 15,689,417
CASH & BANK DfPOSnS " " '" " 12,179,156 NET GAIN fROM OPERATIONS $ 13,003,592
tNTEREST & RENTS ACCRUED .. , 1,767,210
OTHER ASSETS 756,886
TOTAL ASS£TS $186,147,607 EXHIBIT OF CERTIFICATES
Benefit Certificates In Force 12/31 / 81 , . . , 346,838 $554,940,800
LIABILITIES ANO RESERVES Benefll Certllicates Written &
".., Reserve IOf life Cerl,licates ..... $146,487,767 Received during Yur .. ,." .. ". 15,548 31,096,000
Death Claims Due and Unpaid .• 2,492.487 Benefit Certificates Inc/used during Year 137,546,400
OilIer liabilities ... . . . . . .. 2,516,581 TOTAlS .. ..., ......... .. 362,386 $723,583,200
Special Reserves 508,118 Benefit Cerllficates Termlllllted or
UnasslJned Funds 34,142,654 Transterred dUlin, Yur 15,808 30,427,200
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND RESERVES $186,147,607 Benefit Certlficatu In Force 12/31{82 346,578

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$693,156,000

- NOTICE
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT FOR IBEW MEMBERS DEATH BENEFIT PLAN
This Is a summary 01 the annual report 01 the ISEW Mem- Your Ri ghts to Additional Information

. bers Death Benefit Plan, Employer Identification Number

53-0088380, a death benefit plan, for Ihe liscal year ending
June 30, 1982. The annual report has been filed WIth the
.nternal Revenue Service, as required under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act 01 1974 (ERISA),
The International Brotherhood of Eleclrlcal Workers has
committed itself to pay all death claims, Incurred under the
terms 0 1 the plan, of "A" members belonging to Local Unions
in states. territories and provinces In whi ch the Electrical
Workers' 8eneflt Assoclallon does not operate
Basic financial Statement
The value of plan assets, after subtracting liabilities 01 the
plan, was $4,895,263 as 01 June 30, 1982. compared to
$5,127,249 lIS of July I, 1981. During the plan year the plan
expeflenced a decrease in its net assets 01 $231 ,986, This
decrease includes unrealized appreciation or depreciation in
the value of plan assets; that is, the difference between the
value 01 Ihe plan's assets at the end of the year and the
value 01 the assets at th e beginning of the year or Ihe cost
of assets acquired during the year. During the plan year, the
plan had a total Income of $635,357, Including members'
dues contf/bulions of $126,836 and earnings from invest·
ments.ol $508,52 1.
Plan expenses were $ 134,528. These ellpenses Included
$4,955 In adminis trat ive expenses, $129,067 In benelits paid
to beneficiaries, and $506 in o t her expenses,
You have the right to receive a copy of the full annual
report, or any part thereol, on request, The Items listed below
are Included In that report:
1. An accountant's report;
2, Assets held lor invest ment,
To obtain a copy of the lull annual report, or any part
thereol, wrrte or call the office of Ralph A. Leigon, who Is the
Ptan Administrator, 1125 - 15th Street, N,W" Washington,
D,C. 20005, Telephone: (202) 833,7000. The charge to cover
copying costs will be $5.00 for the full annual report, or
$ .25 per page lor any part thereof,
You also have the right to rece ive from the plan admlnls'
trator, on request and at no charge, a statement of the assets
and liabilrtles 01 Ihe plan and accompanying notes, or a
statement 01 income and expenses of the plan and ac·
companyrng noles, or both. II you request a copy of the futl
annual report Irom Ihe plan administrator, these two state·
ments and accompanyrng notes WIll be Included as part of
that report. The charge to cover copying costs given above
does not Include a charge lor the copying 01 these portions
of Ihe report because these portions are lurnished Without
charge.
You also have the legally protected right to examine the
annual report at the main office of the plan, 1125 · 15th
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C .. and at Ihe U,S. Departmen t
of Labor In Wash ington, D.C .. or to obtain I copy from the
U.S, Department 01 L8bor upon payment of copying costs.
Requests to the Department should be addressed to: P\.rbllc
Disclosure Room, N4677, Pension and Wellare Benefit Pro·
grams, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W"
Washingt on, D,C. 20216,

I SEW JOURNAL/ APRIL 1983 \ 13

 NOTICE
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT FOR IBEW MEMBERS PENSION PLAN
This Is a sum mary of t he annual repo rt for the ISEW
Members PenSion Plan, Employer Identification Number
530088380, fOf th e fiscal year endlnB June 30. 1982. The
annual report has been filed with the Internal Revenue SeN
Ice, liS reqUired under t he Employee Retirement Income
SecUrity Act of 1974 (ERISA)_
Basic Flnam;;iaf Statement
Ben efits under the plan are pr OVided by members' dues
an d investment Income. Plan expenses were $52,807,946.
These expenses inc luded $1.363,266 In administrative ex·
penses 8nd $ 50,3 19.268 1/1 benefits paid 10 partiCipants and
beneficlanes, and $1 , 125,412 in other expenses. A total of
358,300 persons were partiCipants In or henafic,arles of the
plan at the end 0 1 the plan year, all hou8h not aU of these
persons had yet earned the right to receive benefits,
The value 0 1 plan assets, alter subtracting liabili ties 0 1 the
pl;)n, W;)(; $270,04 1,557 8S 0 1 June 30, 1902, compared to
$328,629, 14 3 as of July I , 1981. DUring the year the plan
e)(perlenced a decrease in Its net asse ts of $58,587,586 ThiS
decrease Includes unrealized appleclatlon or depreclahon In
the value 01 the plan assets; that IS, the difference between
the value 01 the plan's assets at the end of the year and the
value 01 the assets a t the beglnmng of the year or t he cost
ot asse ts acquired during the year. The plan had a total In·
come 01 $69,073,119, including members' dues contributions
of $34,571 ,833, gains of $1.179,042 from ttle sale of asse ts,
Bnd earnings from Investments of $33.2 10, 184 .
Your Ri ghts to Add itional Information
You have the figh t to receive a copy of the lull annual
report. or any part t hereof. on request. The Items listed here
are Included In that report
Arthur Perry, Jr., Appointed Director,
IBEW Telephone Department
International President
Ch::arles H. PIllard an-
nounced thai dTcctl\e
March I. 198]. Intcrna-
tlonal Reprcscnt lllivc Ar-
thur Perry, 1r. wa~ ll P-
poin ted as Dircctor of
the IB EW Telephone
Dep::artment
Brother Perry 't'dIS
born September 28, 1932
and .... a.. inillated into
the m EW on Nm'embc:r
]0. 1955 Into Local 827,
Newark , New Jerse y.
Ilro ther r erry se rved his
local as a member of the build ing committee. s::a fety com mittee:
and ncgotiatlllg comnllUee He served as ::an executive board
member from 1961-1974 and as presidcnt-business man::ager
from 1974-1981 IJ rothcr Perry became vcry active as ::a 1c::adc,
in trade union afl.lITs III Nc .... Jersey. He sc(\'ed as a delegate
to the Ne .... Je rsey Statc ArL-CIO from 1962- 198 1. lie .... llS
a member of the e"ccu l lYC bo3rd of "I c rccr Cou nt y New Jerscy
Cenlral Labor Union for 12 years. Hc was a graduate of th e
R utgers University Union Leade r ~hip Academy in 1966. Brother
Perry ser\'ed as ch(lIrman of the Nation::al Bell Council TCC-I
(or 7 years Brother Pen) .... as a dclegate to the IB EW Inter-
n::ation::al Convention III 1961. 1966. 1970. 1974 ::and 1978. He
also served on v::a rious IR E\ V Convention commiu ees. Orother
Perry .... os appoinled as a de legate \0 represcn t the IBEW lit thc
AFL-C IO Conve nT ion in 1979. He WIIS appoin ted by Interna-
lio na l P re~i'h': n t ('hllr"'~ H Pi llard as an Intern ational Re pre.
14 I ISEW JOURNA L/APRIL 1983
I. An accountant's report;
2. Assets held lor Investment;
3 loans or other obligations In default;
4. Transactions In e)(cess of three percent (3%1 01 plan
assets.
To obtain a copy of the fu ll annual report. or any part
the reof, write or call the office of Ralph A. lelgon, who ;s the
Plan Administrator, 1125- 15th Street, N.W., Washington,
D,C. 20005. Telephone: (202) 833·7000. The charge to cover
copying costs Will be $12.00 lo r the full annual re port. or
$.25 per page for IIny part t hereof
You also have the fight to receive hom t he plan admlms
Irator, on request and at no charge. a statement of the assets
and lia bilities of the plan and accompanYing notes. or a s tate-
ment of Income lind e)(penses of the plan IInLl aCl:ullipaIlYIIIl'
no tes. or bo t h. II you request a copy of the full annual report
Irom the plan administrator. t hese two statements and ac·
companYing notes Will be included as part 01 that report The
cnarge to cover copying costs gillen above does not Include
a charge for t he copying of these portions 0 1 the report be·
cause these port ions are furnished Without charge.
You also have t he lel!;allv protected right to eJ<.8mlne the
an nual report at the main oHlce of the plan, 11 25· 15th
Street. N.W., Was hington, D.C. 20005. and at the U.S. De-
partment of Labor in WaShingto n, D,C .. or to obtain a copy
from the U.S Department of Labor upon payment 01 copying
costs. Req ues ts to t he Department should be addressed to:
Pubhc Disclosure Room, N4677. PenSion and Welfare Benefit
Programs, Department of Labor, 200 Constltullon Avenue,
N W . Washlll~t(m. D.C. 20216
\enta!JYC on J une I. 1981 and :t~s igncd to the IBEW l clephone
•
Depa rtmen t. T he onicers and members of the Bro therhood
e"(lend congrlltulatlons and best wishes to Bro ther Perry on his
appointment as Director of the mEW Telephonc Department.
Telephone Director Retires
Director of the IHEW
T clephone Department
•
Robert A Nickcy retired
efTective March I , 19 8].
Bro ther Nickey w::as ap-
pointed as D irector of •
the IH EW T elephonc De-
partmenT by Internalion::ai
Presidenl Charles H. Pil-
l!lrd o n November I,
197]
Brother Nickey was
born on Fcbruar y 17,
1918 ::and "'::as initiated /
Into Local ]81. Chicago.
Ill inois on J uly I. 1947 and later transferred 10 Local 165,
Chicago. Illinois. Brother Perry served his local ::as busi ncss
reprcscn tatl ve :lIId p n:~i dc nt-b usi n e~s manager before being
;tppoinled as an Inte rn atio na l Rc presc nt ati ve by International
I'resident C ha rles H. Pillard in Febrtmry 1971. A dcdic::ated
trade union is\, he ~erved a~ c hllirman of Sy~tem Cou nci l T _4
and also servcd 115 ch::airman of the IB EW Illinois State Con-
ference before joining the Internation::al 513fT. The cntire Brother-
hood e~p rcsse, gr::ati tude to Bro the r Nickey fo r his loyal
dedlc::ated service ::and contribu tions to the IB EW. The officers
and membe" of the Bro therhood ex le nd best wishes to Brother
Nic key and his wife Do ro th y for ma n y yenrs of good health
and happy retirement.
- IndIcator
-
Comparative Cost Trends
In Construction
Recently, some articles In various
publications and Ihc daily press have
alleged Ihal Ihc construction industry is
not cost effective nnd thai, in Ihe past
iO years, construction costs have in-
creased more rapidly Ihan thc Consumer
Price lode)!, (CPl) . Allhough construc-
tion costs have ri~n, it is essential 10
note Ihal lhe costs of nlany of the goods
• and services upon which the CP I is based
have ri§cn rapidly. The CPI , after all, is
an average of all consumer COSIS. As with
any average. half of the consumer costs
increase at a greater rale Ihun the CP(
ave rage, and hnlr o f the consumer costs
increase al a lesser ratc than average.
Therefore. the risc in comtruction costs
is nOI unique in relationship to the CPI
average.
It is even more cssentio l thot .....e break
down the cost of eoch o f the cost fa ctors
• -land, materials, labor, and eopital-i n
construction to identify which of these
factors ha\'e experienced the greater cost
increases.
COlllllnrnlive Co!>1s
During the 10.year period from 1971
through 1981, the cost of land rose by
265.7 percent, the most.rapid increase of
the four cost faclors. (See tablc below.)
The cost of capilal, represented by the
prime interest rate, rose by 23].4 percent,
while the cost of construction materials
rose by 136.8 percen!. Altbough the
prime interest rate hilS decreased some-
whot since 13te-1981, mllny economists
predict that the rate may be forced up
again by the high federal budget deficit.
The cost of lobor, regllrdless of whllt the
opposi tion voict':s proclaim, registered the
lowest increase of these fll ctors during the
IO-year pcriod-89.9 percent.
Cost Fllcfors In lIouslng
Because the home.building sector of the
construction industry is of such impor.
(est imated)
Put In Place (Annual
rate In constant
1977 Smllllon)
Sou.en Bl.S. U.S Oap.rlmenl o. l.abo •. eo,no o. !ha
ment ot Comme,ee. Nationa' £'ae,,"ea' Cont,,, tO'$ Anoci.llon
(N £CAI
tance to the health of our nalion's ceo·
nomy and of such interest to all of us
as home owners or potential home owners,
we believe that il is vi tal to consider how
the cost factors of new, single fllmily
homes have chllnged in thei r rellliionship
to one anolher. The toble on following
page shows the cost·factor chonge~ from
1949 to 1980.
E1«trical Labor Cost
or particular interest to those of us In
the IBEW, are the breakdown of the COSI
of electrical labor and the comparison
of that component with composite con-
struction co~ t : residenti nl construc tion
cost; apartmen t, hotel, and office building
cost: commercial and factory build ing
cost: all construction material cost: and
the CPI. The Electrical Labor Cost Index
in the following table was derived from
data in various issues of Construclio"
Rf"'if'w. published hy the Bureau of In-
dus trial Economics, U.S. Depllrtment of
Commerce.
As previously noted, there have been
allegations made Ilbout how labor costs
in the construction industry hllve affected
overall cOnstruction cosu. Th us, it is
both interesti ng and informative to com·
pare the data illustrated in T nble 3. By
converting the comparative cost indexes
in Ihis table to cumulative percent
changes, we find that the change in the
cost of electrical labor over the IO-year
period is 92.4%. Also, from Tobie 2, we
sec that total labor costs for the period
1971-81 had risen by 89.9%. Hence, the
cost of labor compares most favorably
with the IS 1.0% incrense in composite
construction cost; the 121.7% in crea~e
in residential construction cost; the
119.9% increase in apartment, hotel , and
office building construction cost: the
lJ 1.5% increllse in commereinl and
fac tory building construction cost; the
lJ6.8% increase in all constructio n
1982 1981 19SO
$4 25.4 1 $398.52 $367.78
24,397 22,890 20,175
146.507 156,167 161.094
Cans~ •. u.s. Depa,.,·
material cost. and the 124.S% incrcose in
the Consumer Price Index (CPl). It is
significant to note that all of the indexes
in T able J that include labor costs as a
component would have risen by an even·
greater omount had the labor costs been
fa ctored out.
Electrical Cont rac tor
A I a.year (1972.1982) analysis of
electrical cont ractor sales and other
stotistlCS, published in Eff'ctrj("al Contrac-
tor, reveals that electrical controctors,
as a group. are growing faster than any
other segment of the construction in·
dustry. We believe that Ihis is 0 favornble
tre nd for all of us associated with the
industry.
The ever·growing nced to conserve
energy and to reduce long.term operat-
ing cxpenses III the same time is bringing
about the development nnd installation
of new and sophisticated equipment in
many buildings. While the addition of
these new technOlogical advonces means
an initial cost increase, the long-term
effect is to reduct': operational costs for
the building o .... ners. Thus. the cost of
electrical contracts is increasing, but a
large percentage of the increase in cost
results from the installation of advanccd
electrical systems that enable the owners
of modern buildings to manage their
energy needs in a. cost-efllcient mnnner.
In our view, the electrical construc tion
industry is, indccd, n cost·effective in.
dustry. We have shown that the cost of
lnbor comparcs very favorably with other
construction cost!' and with the CPI. It
IS to thc high cost of land nnd capital, in
pnrlicular, that the construction industry
should turn its efforts to achieve cost
control .
IBEW JOURNAL/APRtL 1983 I 15
 Table 1
...
ECONOMIC/COllECTIVE
Compilltive Cost "ends In Construction BARGAINING TERMS
11967 _ 10m

land
Percent Cllange In ractors 01 Construction

Prime Internt Rale

Construction
Materials
Cod In Bconomin, Ihe value of the factors of
productron used by I firm in producing or
..
Averale dlstrlbutinS ,oods and services or engagrns
Percent Percent Percent Percent In both activIties.
Period
1971
""
Inde~

m,3
Change
Annual
Rate
5.72
Chltne~ ""
Inllel
119.5
r.Mnel! ""
Indl'l
138.4
r:llange Cf\$t r.nntrnl-ll~l! hy m~n~ep.m~n t nl emt anRlysr.!i
lind their Interprelahon In corrachve meas·
IIres towllrd increllslng effiCiency and economy
1981 441.2 265.7 1907 233.4 283.0 136.8 262.8 89.9 oloperallon
-- = Pllme interest rate_lnlelest thai banks charRe
an bUSiness loans to their stronsesl custom
Sources [mptoyrr~nt and [;lInrn~. 8lS. US DepaJlmenl of labor, Statisllcal Abstract 01 tile Unrted
States, 1981 , The Handboo~ 01 81SIC Economic StatistiCS, December, 1982 '"
Resldentl.1 structure e~pendltures-Re"ect con·
struCtlon put In pl;K:e on new, Single-family
•
PrepJred by IB£W Department 01 Research and [duc.llon houses, aparlments, 01 other space In which
people can maintain separate households;
non-oousekeeplnS quarters such IS holels.
lable 2 dormltOlles, and nurses' homes; and film,
n well u non·f,rm, dwelling 1,lIlil~: al~ '.
Comparative Cost Tlends In ConstructIon reflect addillons and alterations to these
struClule5.
Housing Cost Components . New, Single·family Homes
(f' ercent 01 lotall:ost)

I'" 196' 1971 1980' Historian Places Reagan,

Roosevelt In Perspective
On,Slte labor 31 1. 17 l'
Bulldong Materiats 38 38 30 31 Normall), II lal..es )ears ror historians
land rDhelopedl and to gOllher matenal, ponder II and put
financing Charles hi~lory 11110 pc~pecti\'('
(ConstructIon) 16 31 36 36 Out Arthur Sch lesinger, Jr., chronicler
Overhead and Prollt 15 13 17 17 of the New Deal era, already hns seen
Tolal Cost 100 % 100% 100 % 100% cnough of the Re(lgan counterrevolution.
Schlc~1I18er spoke h i~ mimi at a dinner

Source; Nalional Association of Home BUilders
• Estimated by Afl·CIO
Table J
Comparative Cost Trends In Conslruclron
(1967 100l
[Iectrical Labor Cost VS. Other Construction
in the natlon's capi tal for vetcrans of the
RoO'>c\dl AdmrnlSlralion. The evenl
celebrated the 50th anni"er~r) uf Fran I.- •
Irn 0 Roosc\elt"s first inaugural, one 01
.. !oC ne~ held around the nation.
There did. rndeed <,Cern In Iw cianl~
In Ih~e da)'!', Schlesinger said as he called
thc roll of talented people drawn 10 the
New Oc:!1 }-Ie said "history mus t measure
Cu~l~ ~II~ Ih~ CPI the~e men and I'.omen by \\ hat they did"

h~.
[lecllle.1
Llbo. eo'l
~
Compo,n l hIlOI_I,,1
COR$I'uellon CorIII.wel,OtI
Cost InGu' I ~'
Ap.,lmtnl.
KoltilOlll
01l,e181q
ColllndU'
...
COll'lmerlt.1
(.cIa" Bid,
~II""~.·
All CorIII.lletlO_ Co.,umt.
MJI.rI,r Pile.
IlKle.
nnd rCClIed Ihe monuments to their work:
"Before FOR there \\as no Social
Security for the old, no unemployment
~
1971 138.2 128 I 1328 135.0 lJ3.9 121.3 compcn' .. tion for the Jobless, no food
\195
stamps for the poor. no federa l lunches
1972 148.9 135_0 145.8 1454 144 • 126.6 125.3 for school chi ldren, no federal regulation
19/J 155_9 147.8 1592 154.0 154.4 138.5 133.1 of thc stocl. market, no federal guarantee
1974 161.4 112.8 112.0 168.4 171.0 1609 147.7 of bunl. deposits, no federal protection
1975 1747 189.4 18H 185.0 188 • 174.0 16\,2 for collective b.:.rgaining, no fede ra l
1976 187.5 194 1 198.6 199.6 204_9 standards for minimum wages and maxi-
187.7 170.5
2Q4 ,
mum hour~ . no fede ral support for farm
1977 198.8 211.4 2165 216.1 221.3 181.5 prices or rural e lectrification. no federa l
1978 211.1 237.2 235_9 230_0 237.9 228.3 195.3 commitment to high employment or 10
1979 225.1 269.5 257.5 247.9 259.2 25L4 217.7 equal opportunity.
1980 243.1 2993 271.2 270.4 282.8 266.4 247.0 " !Jcfor... F OR . in short. thc nallonal
1981 265.9 321.5 296.9 310.0 283.0 212.3 80\ernmcnl accep ted no responsibi lity for
'" 4 Ameri'-'ans who found themselves, through
no fault of their own. in c!;onomic or
• Inetudes all on·sile labor costs
~ocial dl!'tres~. "
1 U.S. Department 01 Commerce indu that leflects ttlt cost 01.11 types of CIIn5Iru~'If\n comhlntd
r he Great Dcpres!'lon confronled
American democracy .... ith a deadly
challcnge, Schlesinger said. When F OR
took office In 1933, a quar ter of the labor
force was jobless. Mo bs gathered in the
citle,. The counlryside ta lked of revol u-
tion. ·'\ Ve ilrc at the end o f our rope,·'

16 I IB EW JOURNAL / APRI L 1983

. ~aid 1·lerbert lloover o n his last dl )' in Ihe
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX- CANADIAN AVERAGE "hite House,
SOU IlCf: SrATlSlICS CANADA FOR promi\ed ac tI on and act he did,
1971 = 100
Schleslngcr said , New Ocal programs

.. JANUARY, 1983
Ii• .,h" & II.......
built schools and roads and dam ~. de-
veloped the Ten n cs~cc Vallc) and other
poor regions ;tnd crelted joh~ and op-
Mo n,h Y....
... 11 Item.
C.",bin. " ,.... H"...i"lI Clo.h'nll
fron,po._
'o lio ..
P."O"o!
Cor.
lion &
hod'''11
portunities for million~ of people
In II\tening to rOR'.; inaugural ~peech
January 1983 270.3 315.1 266.0 206.7 278.0 254.4 214. 1 alam. Schle'lnger \aid. cerlain \\-ord~
December 1982 271 . 1 314 4 2657 206.7 280.3 253.3 214.5 leapl out which had spectal relevance to
November 1982 271 .0 315.7 264.6 206.6 280.7 252.8 215.6 IOOa\'\ problem~, n U\lne'i~ control of
October 1982 269.2 314.7 263.5 205.2 276..4 250.2 214.8 go"'ernmenl had failed the nalion; the
September 1982 267 .5 315.6 260.2 204.9 277.0 249.7 210.9 "un~crupuloll'i monc\'.changcr~ ~tand in·

• August 1982 266. 1 318.3 257.2 203.6 274.7 2<18.9 210.6 diclcd" by puhlic opinion .Ind h;I\e ned
July 1982 264 .8 321.0 255.0 201.0 272 .8 245 .8 209.2 the temple. FOR ~a id
June 1982 263.4 319.0 253.2 202.5 271 .9 244 .5 206.9 The American people mU\1 reg;lIn con·
• Jonuory 1982 249.7 295.4 trol of Iheir own dcqllll' and rc~ t o re
242 .5 193 .2 258.8 230 .6 198 .0
ancient lruth~. GovernJllent mll,,1 ';apply
January 1981 224. 1
January 1980 social value~ more nohle Ihan mere
200.1
January monetary profit." FDR saId
1979 182.7
• January 1978 167 .8 SchleSinger \iud FDR had ··po\ed an
ethic of dece nc\' against the ethiC of
NOTE C.. no.h,', COIlOU"'I' P,ic. tnd •• I.. , .. U i'. ... , dlK'~..d -0.8 indn poin" "u,i"l1 ,10, 1...1 greed," 1-DR knc\\. Ihl\ "a~ an age.old
",.. nth, .. ' - 0.3". Th. ,,, ....... d",illil ,h. pa.' Yla ....... 106 polll" .. ' • 3 ~. \ tru ggle fought hI A ndre\\. J uck'\On and
~I ... nl <"..11111 be' ..... n ,......... , •• i.... Ic .. lote " by .ub" .. ctillil th e Ind • • "u",be, I... th e Tedd v R()()-.e"c/t and Wocx/ro" \Vil~on­
1 ... li.,d .. 1e Ir..... th .. t 10' the late, "0'" on" "iv,dinll th e , .... It by the ind .. numbe, 10' the ~ tr"ggle to d eci.le II hethcr those of
t" .... ,11" .... Ie, Ih 'n multip lyinll by 100.
\\-callh and IlTivilege aim ~hould hold
EXAMPlE Fo. the pe,iod 01 J.. nuo,'I' 1982 to J"n"""" 1983, '270.3 - 2~9.7 political po\\.cr lind mc It to IJl cre:l~e thaI
106 di.id ... by 2.9.7 =
.083 X 100 = 8 .3 ~.
"eaith and priVilege.
P" pottd by, O'po.t .... n' of Ie_,eh one! E"uc" tioll, IIEW. f.b.uo,.,.. 1983
The ethtc of \df-\eelmg, Schl~ingcr
said. i\ drc\~d up IOOa\ in prc t cnliou~
• roli1icJI or economic Iheor)'. "but Ihe
core i~ greed. ho"e"'er hard the greedy
work to di~glli'>C II. ~
"Gr«d is the a nimaling prinCiple of
REVISED CO NSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE Ihe Rcag:.n AdlTllni'lrallon." Schle~jnger
AND CLERICAL WOR KERS declared. "untiring greed. anom ti'd greed.
ill·concealed hv lofly word~ ahout ~e lf·
UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE
rcliance or volu nt :)r\' ch(trlll or mone-
SOURCE, U.S. DEPARtMENT Of lAIOR BUREAU Of lAIOR STATISTICS

. REfERENC E lASE, U.S. AVERAGE 1967

JANUARY, 1983
= 100

Appo ••1
tarism or ~ltrph.\ide cconomic~ or the
new reJera.ll~m or sta'e~ righ'~."
"T he dete rmination of Ihc Intcrior
Dept. " to lurn Ihe puhllc domain o\'cr 10

Month
'"'
All h , ....
Co ",b ,ned '.00 Hou"nll
•
Up".p
T...."po.
... , i.. n
M,dicol
Co ••
pri"'lIe glecd " Will hrlllg back o"'crgraz·
IIlg. ovcrcuttlllg and Ihe lOOllllg of nalUral
resourcc~." he I'oarncd. addin g·
January 1983 2"2, 1 288.4 317 .0 190.0 294.3 345.3
December 1982 292 .0 286.7 316.8 192.8 296.3 341.8 "G reed conlroh 1:1.11 policy: 1I controls
No .. ember 1982 293 .2 286.6 319.6 194.4 297 .3 339.8 boor polICy: il controls anli·lru~1 policy:
October 1982 287 .2 321.2 194.6 297.0 336.5 it has delivered Ihc regu lalory ngc ncies
293.6
to the corporallon~ Ihey were set up 10
September 1982 292.8 287.7 320.0 194. 1 296.7 333.9
Augu$1 1982 292.4 287.5 320.5 190.7 298.0 331.3 regulale. (,reedy men lind. alas, "omen
319.3 188.7 297.9 328.1 too ha\e settled in puhltc office lile a
July 1982 291.8 288.6
plague of locu~ I ~. convcrting publiC re·
June 1987 290.1 288.0 317.5 189.6 29" .5 32".8
sponslb,lity inlo corporate enrichment."
Ja nuary 1982 282.1 281 . 1 305.6 186.5 291.6 312.0 Before the Reagan AdmlO1Slration

- January
Jonuary
'98'
1980
260.7
233.3
le3"'es to"n. he predicted, its record "111
make Ihc T enpot Dome and DI 'ton·Yates
~candal~ look Ille Sunday school picnics.
January 1979 204.7
January 1978 187. 1 "Th is is nOI \.\ hal America is abo ul -
go\Crnmcnt of Ihe rich. by Ihe rich,
NOTE , Con,u"'" P. j•• I" .... 10' .. II it''''. in«eo.ed 0.1 poin' d",illil ,h. po" "'on,h. 0' 003%. for Ihc nch." Schlesinf,1er conclud ed.
Th i. Iquoll ... all 0"""01 , .. tt 01 In' .." .. 010 .36% (O.OJ X 12). Th. in" ..... I" C PI ""rinll
"America i~ about opportunity. abo ul
l. ,h. pall Yla. "'0' 100 poi"" o. 3J~.
P.... nl ill<.I....... ' ..... n ''''-0 do' .. i, .al."ta,ed by ,ub"octi"l1 ,h.
'nd .. n"",be. la, ,h.
jU~licc. ahout Jeccncy. aboul life, hherly
and Ihc pur~Ult of happmcss for a ll ,"
10.1i.. do" 1'0'" ,I. .. , 10' Ihe lot.. dole and d,.iding the ..... '1 by Ihe ine! .. n"",be. 10.
the .o.ti• • do", Ihen ",ultiplyinll 10, 100 Schlesmger recalled th at FDR said
EXAMPlE fo •• he p"lad of J on"o,y 1982 'a JOIIUO.'I' 1983 291. I '2811 10.0 ,lid . . po,n" "the Ic~t of progre\5 I~ not \1 hether we
100 .. M ...d by 18'2 I .035 X l00::;c 3.5 %. ;Iud more to the ahu ndance of tho~c who
have much: 1\ IS whet her we provide
P'epo .... by, O. po . ,,,,.nt 01 R....... h .. nd Educatia". IBfW, feb."o,y. 1983
enough for th osc who ha ve tOO I!ltle."

ISEW JOURNAL/APRIL 1983 I 17


SI=IFETY TIPS
ASBESTOS: THE SILENT KILLER
In recent months the Public Broad·
casling System has shown some films
on the dangers of asbestos. These films,
made originally for Brilish Broadcast-
ing Corporation and taken in England,
Canada and the United States, [lfC
helping 10 Awaken many to the real
dangers of asbestos. While very littl e
asbestos is currently being produced
in the United Siales, there is still a
greal deal produced in Canada as well
as in several European countries. As-
bestos products, however, are still all
around us. Because asbestos is highly
fire resistant and nearly indestructible.
it has been used in many products, il1-
cluding electrical insulation, pipe in-
sulation, brake lining, wallboard, etc.
h has been sprayed on building walls
(or fireproofiing and/ or insulation. It
has been woven into cloth and used
(or ··protective" clothing in hot en-
vironmen!S. Because of this and many
other uses it continues to be all around
us in our everyday life.
Most of these prOducts, as they age.
tend to release the asbestos fibers into
the air. Unfortunately, the fibers are
so small the ordinary dust mask that
filS over your mouth and nose will not
afford protection from them.
Today, asbestos is being removed
from many buildings to be replaced
with safe r materials. Some older build-
ings containi ng a great deal of asbestos
are being demolished. Some arc being
remodeled, and electricians, plumbers,
sheet metnl workers and others arc
drilling or CUlling into walls filled with
asbestos products. It is imperative that
all workers in the vicinity of such work
wear protective clothing covering their
entire body, and wear supplied air res-
pirators with full facepiece.
As rar back as 1918 insurance com-
panies in both Canada and the United
States were refusing to sell life insur-
ance policies to asbestos workers. Even
so the employers were not warning the
employees of the hazards involved.
18 1 tBEW JOURNAL/ APRIL 1983
for you and your family
After World War II . studies were
finally begun as a result of the exces-
sive death rates, panicularly from lung
cancer, among those working with as-
bestos.
One of the problems in s\tldying thc
effects of asbestos is the latency of its
cffects. An individual exposed to as-
bestos dust for only one day mlly be
discovered 10 have an asbeslos related
disease first appearing 20, 30, or even
40 years later.
While higher rates of lung cancer
among asbestos workers were the firsl
indica lion of the serious problems with
asbestos, research soon showed two
discuses Ihal lIre traceable solely to as-
bestos exposure. One of these was
named asbestosis. It is the scarring that
comes from asbestos fibers lodged in
the lung tissue or in the lining of the
lungs. While some doctors might refer
.
to this condition as pulmonary fibrosis,
asbestosis can be clearly diagnosed.
The other is the most serious, known
as Mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a
particular form or cance r tha t affects
only asbestos workers. It can be either
of two Iypes, Ihe most common being
pleural mesothelioma, cancer of the
lining of the lungs, or it could be
peritoneal mesothelioma, which is can-
cer of the lining of the abdomen.
Mesothelioma is always fatal. ,.
A syne rgistic reaction is discovered
in the relationship between cigarette
smoking and asbestos exposure. The
death rates from lung cancer were
studied in 1979 for all U.S. males as
compared to those who have worked
with asbestos, and broken down be-
tween smokers and non-smokers. The
deaths from lung cancer pcr one
hundred-thousand for all U.S. males
were 9.2 among non-smokers and 74.4
fo r cigarette smokers. For asbestos
workers the dcath rate was 40 among
non-smokers and 362 per hundred-
thousand for cigarette smoke rs!
One of the other serious problems
is that not only is the asbestos worker
exposed, but frequently he has carried
asbestos dust horne to his wife and
children. It can be carried home on
you r clothes, your hai r, on your auto-
mobile, and many othe r w3yS.
If you have been exposed to as-
bestos, you should have a corn pIe Ie
medical examination at least annually,
including a chest x-ray. Your doctor
should be advised of your exposure
and given your work history. It shou ld
be pointed Out to your doctor that, due
to your exposure, someone who is
trained as a " B" reader should read
your x-ray to check for asbestos re lated
conditions.
One other thing you can do to pro-
long you r life, with or without exposure
to asbestos, should be obvious.
Quit smoking immediately!
 WITI-I TI-IE LI=IDIES
•
Home Vegetable Gardens:
Fun and Profitable
..-
·
<
This is probably the best time of year
for the vegetable gardener-iI's the lime
right before the soil is turned and readied
for planting. As we stand and survey last
.
year's scruffy garden plot, we can sec
giant IO rnato plants bending under the
weight of dozens of big red tomatoes, and
cucumber vines that seem to grow for
acres-and we haven't even turned a
spade of dirt yet. Anticipation hangs
heavy in the air as we attentively ~lecl
our seed packets and carefully read the
directions for planting.
The potential for this year's crop is
exciti ng. We swear we"1I change our ways
from last year and have the biggest har·
vest ye t. We will weed more and water
• regularly and we will pay more attent ion
to bugs and bljght even when it's blister·
ing hOI in August.
Because many of our readen may aI-
rcady be gardeners, wc'lI present some
basic helpful hints to improve what you're
al ready doing; we'lI also give some lips
10 Ihose who wanl 10 begin gardening.
..
and point OUI some alierMtives to those
tha t don't have a big back. ya rd in which
10 garden .
Before a for k is raised or a hoe put
in to the earlh, a plan must be made for
your vegetable garden. Whe re will it be
located? How big will it be? What will
you grow?
Location depends primarily on the
amount of sun an area rcceives. Most
garde ns req uire a mini mum of six. houn
of direct sun a day. Any less than this
and a vegetable plant will not usually do
well.
T he size of a garden depends on
-
several factors. Are yo u doing it for
enjoyment, to put away vegetables for the
winter, or just [0 grow a few vegetables
for eating as they ripen? You may also
have limitations due to yard size or
hilliness.
W hat yo u grow in your garde n depends
.. primarily on what you like but also it
depends on the right conditions for
certain vegetables. Some plants need very
hot weather. a special kind of soil, or an
extremely long growing season. If you
don't have these special conditions for
certai n types of vegetables, then the plants
are doomed from the begi nning. Slick.
with the regular vegetables usually grown
in your area. at least to begin with.
Soil is the nex t important factor.
Although few of us buy or renl a home
with this fac tor in mind, it is the second
most important compone nt of garde ning
next to location.
There are many types of problem soils
and for very spccific cases it is best to
check a garde ning book-many of which
are available al the public library--or
)'our local county eXlension program.
Hov.ever. one of the best overall remedies
is to mix the soil with rOiled organic
mailer. Most ex.pcrienced gardene rs will
hllve a good, well-rOiled compost pile
goi ng year- round. This can incl ude leaves,
dead weeds. law n clippings. ce rtain kit-
chen scraps. wood chips, etc., which can
be mixed into a garden sile. T he compost
will loosen up a heavy or problem soil
lind add nutrients to it. Other plant and
liquid fertilizers can be added in the
spring al planting time and again at
regular intervals during the growiDg
season.
Ano ther met hod to insure tha t the
ground is not de pleted of nutrien ts neces-
sary for plant growth is one that fa rmen
hllve been using for cen turies-crop rota-
tion. Although it is not thai easy to
rotate crops in a small area, with some
careful planning some rota tion is possible.
Some diseases can build up in the soil if
certain crops are planted in the same spot
year after year.
When getting ready to plant, vegetables
may either be raised from seeds or pur-
chased as seedlings that have been started
in a ho thouse. Whichever method is used,
the best way 10 plant vegetables, accord-
ing to the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
is in straight rows. The garden is easier
to weed and take care of.
The easiest way to make straight rows
is to string some twine between two
stakes, dig a shallow furrow, and plant
the seeds or seedlings at a uniform dis-
tance from one another.
Unless thinned, seeds thllt are planted
too thickly will yield tall, spindly plants.
Then cover lightly with soil. Distances
between rows va ry wit h the crops being
planted and the size of the plants.
T o fertilize, dig sm all trenches two to
three inches on each side of the plants
or seeds and apply the proper amount of
fertilizer-that way it will slowly seep
to plant roots. Fertilizer applied directly
on a plllnt can burn the plant tissues.
Now your garden is ready to sprout I
But be sure to wa ter regularly especially
after vegetables begin to appear, whe n
plants need more water Ihan ever. Good
regular soaki ngs arc a must. Light sprinkl .
ings only tend to cake the lOp layer of
soil and draw roots to the surface where
they may burn in hot weather.
Nov. for those of you who think you
don' t have enough space to plant a garden,
use your imagination! How about a win-
dow box or balcony plante r wit h a row of
nowers in the front for show and several
rows of beans, carrots. or radishes in the
back? Or put cucumben and melons in
a very small container (as small as one
cubic foot of dirt) and let them climb a
trellis.
With additional plant food for supple-
me nt and regular waterings, container-
grown vegetables are jusl as tasty as
vegelable~ grown in the ground.
T he only dem3nds made by container
vegetables are that they have at least
six hours of full sun and tha t they be
watered regularly as they dry out faster
than plants in the ground. Containers of
any size can be placed anywhere--on a
patio. terrace. garage roof, walkway,
hateony. or if no ground space is avail-
able, usc a hanging basket.
Adeq uate drai nage is a mliSt. Most
containers come wi th drainllge holes
already in the bottom ; if they don't or the
holes arc inadequate. root rot may de-
velop. Be sure to correct this potential
problem before it develops.
Another rule of con tainer gardening
is to limi t the number of plants in each
pol. Overplanting will limit the growth
of your vegetables.
If you don' t have a yard or even a
balcony to use and don' t think that any of
these ideas for contlliner gardening will
work for you, look in the local papcr or
go to your public library and find out
where garden plots are available. Most
cities and cou nties ru n s uch programs.
Bu[ any way that yo u look at it garden-
ing can be a fu n and profi table hobby!
IBEW JOU RNAL/ APRI L 1983 , 19
 ..
LOCflL LII\IES

Subtle Sell of Foreign - S. NeporaJn ~. maintcll3l1ce, January. 1961; and President Fred Hianchfield, ""ho ...eleomed the
Glennon F. Shehon. maintcn8l1cC, No"ember. o"crnow g.oup Dnd comme nded his commi ttee
Made Products Succeeds 1965. for their outslandina job in makina the 198]
L.U. I (I,f m. ~p.&rl~l . ST. LOUI S, MO.-In (he
mkl·1950s, Vanct Parknrd 3ulhored II book
called the If/tMp,, Pt!wuu/t!rl. in which he doell.
rru::mcd the ~afiou5 ""YS in whiell public opin-
ion is molded in f3vor of II aiven product.
Color «Imb;nal;ons., pack_a:ing, Kxual o"cr·
R08EH Eo.lN, " .S.

lonn and oonnol3tions. <;USlomc:r self·imagery.
bolh ncaalhe and posilivc, all were analyl;cd
as 10 thtir usefulness in Ihe 5ubllc [ormalion
o f public aHilud .., thrOUllh media adverlisemcnI.
The tools o f persuasion have changed linle
in the laSI 30 ),<;8'5, bill th cir craft)' uJ;t'l h,-c
been refined in lhe I~sl decade beyond lhe
d irection of sinl!ular prOOU CIS l(I"ard incr~as·
jnll emphasis on Ihe des;,abil;i)' of foreign
manuractudnll. Sl'C'nd lin (vening watching the
major network. or ,lance throuah a few malla.
zines distributed on • national le~el and ootice
the onslau,ht of "Euro~an rlej!pnce:' .. Jap.
an~ manag~ment and manufacturin, quality:'
'·st)'led for the Continental taSle··; in produc·
tion areas--hom hiah technololY robotics to
clothing desian to t~ble wines to ta~ recorders
Tribute
breakfaSI n huge success. Dlanchfield then inlro-
duced l..ocM J President George Schuck who
se rv ed as master of ceremonies for Ihe ft·
mainder of Ihe p,oamm.
In calling on l'rUldcnt " illard 10 accept the
AssociMion's "God and Country A.... ard.
Schuck liken ed Pillard 10 the legendary SI.
H
-
GeorHe, the Christian Crusadcr, .... ho slew the
mythical " Dragon," the $ymbol of injuslice.
.... hile defend,n, the undcr-privileaed. Schuct
also relaled his C1~riences when cplled upon
by President Pillard to serve the lH EW. Presi-
.-
dent Schuck. ch;\irman of the Law Comminee
for Ihe 1982 mEW Con~ention. recalled the
M"" than IJOO ... ~ ... lKri 0' I.o<'.t 3. N ~ .. y " . Io: ,
TRADE CLASSIFICATIONS
N. Y., an ud.d ' h~ Chap'" 80. 51. Ceo.. ~ A_I ..
lion·, 1,lb.." 10 1..',m.II,,"al P,.~hH n . CU.kJ It,
Pilla rd. On d.I,. ~II I" .I.hl .•,. A .....d D ·A n~. "'.
COVERED BY EACH LOCAL
Inl,mall" n. t \ '1". 1',........ , Ja<:Io: Aany. FI..antlal UNION ARE DESIGNATED BY
S~~""la., I bny V.n Ar:!odal~ . Jr .• P,uld#a. Pllta,d.
and 1.0<'.1 l I',uoldtft . Cu... S~ h .. ~k. ( Phol"" LETTERS FROM THE
......, ..., or nan ~lInu PlIOIOR .. ph,,) LISTING BELOW

..".,
-the subtle 5("11 continuously places emphasis
on the desirability nnd superiorit)· of foreign· (as) Alarm and Signal
mode commoditie~ Prese ntation lars) Atomic Research Service
While it may be easy to view commercial Bridge Opelators
adve rtl50nH as a lelillimatc tool for the markeling Cranemen
of 11 liven product. one mul t also realize that (es) Cable Splicers
both U.S. and foreign manufactur;na concerns,
alonll with banking inte rest!. ha'e a great deal .,
kalvl Cable TeleVIsion
Communications
•
of capital invested in plants and assembly
opo:rallons on countries where the unit I:lOOr
input per producl i~ ba~d on walle scoles far
below those ut8b1ished o n our nati"e soil. If
,.,
(ees)

(e m)
Electrical Equipment Selvice
Electlicallnspeclion
Electrical Manufacturing
the wIly per~lm~ions continue to succeed in (es) Electric Signs
con~incing the mass of U.s. consumers thnt leI) Electronic Technicians
"Made in Japan" or " Made in Taiwan" (or (1m ) Fixture Mfg.
wherever) is ~ynon ymous with qualily, dura-
bility. and ultima tely .uperior products. then a
(IOl'l) Govemment •
convers.e mentality loaically follows that there m Inside
is some lIaw or ddect in the product marked UU tnsbument Techntcians
"Made in USA:· A s.elf-deprKation by Amer· Pr,..ldCIII C .... rwe So:huck p..Mnll lhe lOy., bo..I, 'moJ Mainlenanee and OpelalKln
ican consumers of their own ·'home.gro.... n" .,.",boll" 0' lhe Ch. pln 110. 51. CW'lf AJoS<>dalloll·. (mow) Manufacluling Office WOlhrs
manufactured products and a COnctpt thai ··for- Cod and C" .. nlrJ' A .... d 10 Int~.n. U"n.1 P ~kI~n . (mar) Mattne
eign is better" can hecome a self· fulfilling Cha.t~. II , PIl Ia. d. Imps) Motion Pictule Studios
prophesy in the morass of stagnation and job
loss that pre5("ntly gripS Ihis 03lion, Tr ibute Paid To ,.,
'mU Maintenance
Oulside
Be aware of Ihe artful persuasions and in-
nuendo~ that ""ribute some lhing morc 10 a Presiden t Pi llard ",
(peU
Powerhouse
Plofessional, Enginetls &
foreign prodUCI than it rCBlly is; notice that L.U. J (l,o.~nl.u.~O~I&mo), NEW "ORK. N.Y_ Technicians
the European products are pandered to impart
an ai r of sophislication. macho life·st~le. and
jet-set haute.culture; the con~crse is that the
- In an txtraordinar~ display o f respect and
affection more lhan 1,300 membe.s of Local 3
altcnded the Chapter 80. SI. George Associa-
.,'
!rIb)
Railroad
Radio·Television Broadcasting
U.S. lnods are tDmmon o r dull ; notice that the tio n's Iribute to mEW President Charln Pil· /rtml Radio·Tele~ision Manufacturing
Japanes.e produ cl5 are marketed ""ith an aura
., Radio·Television Service

..,
lard. The Annulil Commun;on Breakfast sta rled /rt"
of high preci~ion and intricale delai l; Ihe con· .... ith 3n 8:00 a.m . mass Qnd communion cele· Shopmen
vers.e is that Ihe American &ODds are somehow br3ted at Ihe heaullful landmark. 51. Barlhole- (S p3) Sound and Public Address
lacking o r just a lillie hehind the times. Th e mew's Epi~cop81 Ch urch on Park A"enue in Sign Electors
liule ·'hidden" per1luasions are percen t in the New York City. Aft er mass Ihe parlicipants.
media 10 which we are wn tinually exposed; (sll Sound Technicians
led by lI elen and Churles Pilln.d, proceeded (so)
they are prese nt at considerable COSI. because 10 Ihe She raton Centre wher e Ihe members and
Station Operalols
their purpOse is 10 affix an altitude in ~our friends of Chaptcr 80. SI. George Association. 'U Telephone: Commelcial, Planl &
mind; the y Dre subtle and deviou, because they ....ere able to up"ss thetr appreciation 10 Presi- Tlaffie
impart a mylh Ind perception thaI isn't Ihere;
they are sucCC$Sful.
Pleue be ad "ised of the following members·
denl PIllard for a job ""cll done for Ihe rank-
and_lile memhers of the mEW.
Ken 1Ii1lenmayer, past prt$ident of the As.
''
(Ie)
(Ids)
Telephone Accounting
Telephone Commelcial
Telephone Dileclory Sales
deaths durina the monlh of January: Arthur socialion opened the day'$ program by calling (Ip) Telephone Plant
Hladnieck, wireman. initiated February, 1947; on Boy Scout Troop JJ3 to " Post the Colors." ItU Telephone Tlaffic
Gus M. Osborn. maintenance on pension. Fei). Aftn the sinllina of the nal;onal anthem by Ihe fir Ir)
rua ry, 19 19; Lee A. Gih".,n. wireman on ~n_ entire asscmbl3le. invCX:ll lion "'os ghen by Tlee Trimming
Utility

20
~ion, December, 1947; Eugene Kick. residential
on pension, January, 1946; F rank Kraus, main.
Icoance on pension, December. 1940; Glennon
SpiriIU!!! Advisor Dorsey McConne ll. After
breakfast. tcmporar~ Chairmnn ll illcnmaycr
called on Chapter 80, 51. George Association
'"'
(uow) Utility OHice WOlkers
 complete cooper~lIo!l th at the staff of the Inl .. l-
national oniee aave the oomm,uc .. , d ""nl their
.... cck.~ of .... or l o n Lhe COtl'lIlutK)nal Amcnd~r>l5
plio l 10 the Con'cntion
In aeeepdna the .,.,.,.1
P,ni,jcnl Pillard
puj~d the chapter for their mlol,ernent in
community alf." ...... h,ch hold a ~pedal pbce
in his hUll. ",I13ld !iCnn on the Unlled SI:!.I~
Pruidcnt's Commiuce for the lI antlicappro
li e could not rC~I~1 the opporlllnuy 10 lash
out III the RUI •• n AdmlnislI:llion. callin, the
more ,han 12 lIullion uMmrlOYN II "n:lIional
dIJ.n~.··
Prnidcnt S..:hu.l lhtn ~11I .. d on ]O\cph
Jacobson, p ....udent of the RCI"~ A»rn;ialion,
as a rcprC'Cnlahlc of all I..ocal ) relire" ... ho
presented Pillard I',th II Ix'autiful lold pen.and-
pencil lof:\ in I PPlcciolion of I'lilard's .. trons 10
ernie II btUtr life fOl the , chIN n.embns.
Uu~inn.li Manager Thomas Van Arlodak, in
• We are ha\lnl I 'pe..,al rellfcment party for
his addres", brought to Ihe a\lenlmn of lhe hllge
lIssemblage Ih~t ""'hlle ",e hne boom condi-
tions in Ihe decttH:al con~lruction industry In
New York City, Local 3 membe rs in the manu·
facillrins and sllpply divi~ions are fu cinll IIn-
emploYl1,cm due to "111 ~"~y ,hOI'" ptam
e1o~inls ond the ~tiff competition of IIIlnrnment
• sllb~,dlzed ,mporL)."·
Van Arsdale ",as enthllsi,,~tic In hIS ,,'pport
uf c.,verner M~no Cuomo. li e 51~ted Ihal he
has '"hiNh hope' that CUOnK) will be sym·
palhelic to the .,poralions of ",olkil1l men and
",ornen." li e abo implored the 1.]00 prople al
the breakh'!l \0 elovly 'lCrIIliniLC the candIdates
pul fQ.lh fQ. Qm~e b} .n polu,,;ool ~rties.
P.esldent Schu"k a5ked finan",.1 SeC.elory
Ihuy Van And;.le to prelloent Ihe "Ed",i n
Beck Scholarshl", named on honor of the past
H
pre,ident .nd char ter member of the chllptcr
in il'i form.uve yens, 1M 198) recipiem of
Ihis "resliIlOU) ..... tI w;oo§ Robin II nlle,
daughter of Roberl lIe rlle.
Third DlJlflct Vice f' re"denl hck 8;oorry,
IBEW E1ecuu'e Council member John Mc·
NullY, Interna\lonal Rep.escnlali,'e R~rI Mc-
Alvlca and numerous dekil~tlons flom ~u r­
rOllnding locah of Ihe IIIIW .. tiC aha in
anendance.
Tho5c \o(;al. re"resented .. e,e
Locals H, Ne"'o,k, f'e'" Jel'>CY: ~69, Trenlon.
N"w Jtrscy; 35B, I'crth Amboy, New Jeney;
363, New CiIY. New York; ~O l , Wh,te Plains,
. New York; 631, NClI'burSh, NclI' York; 675,
El ilabelh, New Jc~y; 1049, 1t :IPl'lII1SC, New
Yor": 17113, Whilt l'lain,. Nrll' Yntk; 1922,
Westbllry. New YOlk; and 1968. Ne .. burgh,
New YOlk,
• The day's jlfOIl'lIm ... as concluded by Spirilual
Advisor Dur<;c¥ M~Conneli willi 8.1'e Ihe
benediction.
I'nwUJI Slll tIVAN, ".5
Contracts Signed;
Local 17 in Nego tia tions
L U_ 17 (uku), Ilt':TRorr, MI CII . >.;o.hin. is
tw:'" on Ihe 6·I1·A or 6-11· 11 Dgreement in Ihe
",ay of "'orl al thi~ .ime Negotia.ions "'·ere
SC:llltd thi~ monlh on .hc'>C .Irec:ment~. 6_I1·A
".5 open for "'ag" only 11M.! lhey reeci,ed Ip-
"ro~irnately 6 percent. On the "11" agreement,
,,'e prOlected the tc:mority fo. 11)0"\, Ind ~ A"
and "B" c~w fo.emen. alQng wuh the contrac-
tors .... ill pkk up Ihe in.-ruM fn Malth and
"clfare and pay . ct roaeli,ely.
Since Our 1~'1 '~ I'u'l. \fOe 105\ IWO 1110"1 labor
Brothel1o: Craig Nr.'lelh, ",110 WIS in an aUlo-
mobile accident, Ind past officer of ollr union.
lIill Go"'.... 110 dIed o( a ruptured bloo:>d ,end.
Alain. Ollr I)mpalhy ii e'tended 10 Ihe fllmilirs
of the'C fine men
\.01::11 17 "'lin tM ele~uon at lI ormn Cable
and NLRJI certi fied the flection. lleinl in
nelotiatiolu Ihis month, .. e do nOI amicipa.c
any problem~ what 5OC'Cf. Cable [)oolle (sllb·
contnctor for Globl l Con'l.uctor~) ,i",ed a
CQntracl "'ith liS alw this month. We I.e Slill
lee"'"1 on lOp of Ihe l)clloil CilY Cable, llids
are to be in by June I ~. t hat's "'hen the ball
will start rollins.
ALBAT J 973 Class
Nq:uti~liu". "cnt rully I<>Od 11.1 Thu mb
Ele.-uic. The new agleement I• • lnlO\1 .cady
10 be pllbh~hed
BrOlher rJo)d R KIn ..... ho \fO~' Ullli~'rd into
Local 17 July 6, 1946. I llIyd hi • ...:ned on our
Exccuth'e Board ~inec 1964, Coud lu~k, l loyd,
and God bless.
Another letirement p~tly h bcinll planned
(or Ihis month 10 honor Walter GOIl, line board
o~rator, initiated May, 1970; Joo.cph Kem"a.
Irollndman to 'pedal clerk '" ~rehou\C. Ullh~ted
NO"ember, J9S I; luter We i,ml llc r. dilliler
ope.ator to s~cial derk warehllu'\C, iniua ~ ed
March. t9SI; Frank rarula. new U"t)~t"her.
initIaled June. 19~6. previolls ~mber of l ocal
1 12~. initialed July, 1949; l ou", Crondin.
tourne~man hneman and Pas. P. nident of Local
11, initiated January. 1951, previous memlle'r
of Local 911: and Andrew Dan)'llIk, journcy·
man lineman. ",ho wu alw "'lIh the Windsor
Icx;al alii) .. ~) ;IIJ liated by 1.ocal 11 in April.
1948, The officers, 5Iaff Ind memhers .... ish
Ih~ men haprilM"s Ind IOOd health
Pnu M cM~"'l''- 11\1
Pre se ntation
AI .~~ 1111*" .... II~ 0' 18.
' Inu \l n ll" , dhi."~r, p.. ,ut. Ihe I (ICII I
~I.nta , .. 811~l n( .. ~bn".u Mon I er... "'.
Local Strives for Cohesiveness
Through Excellence
L U. IS (II)., LOS ,\ 'Ct: U :''i, CA I_- The local
18 tnsil-1ll3 "''" ".e<.ented III Ron Ferrara, b~i­
ness man:o.lltr of l <><:11 IS. al lIS open hOll!oe
held on No,ember, I'III!, by the: dblsner Vonce
Mallin, ",ho is a d"play an"l for the 1_01
Angeles De"ar1ment of Waler and Po .. e •. Its
uniq~ ~gn signrrlC'i the bond Ile't .. een the
IIIEW lind I.U\.~I U·~ .. ldnr"ud luri:.dlcrion,
TIlt: m~igni;oo is .tp.e~n.allve of many other
thUlgs; ho"c'er. Ihl> aHlde ",II fo<;u\ on one
of lhe n~t important clement ... cuh~lUn,
Local 18 i~ 5trrvlnl fo. cohe_rH'I"-" lh'oUKh
uc:el1encc, on Ihe part of stiff alld members. in
e'ery "'ay it Cln and e'ery Utp of the way,
e,en .. ilh tbe ffi)riad of demarK!. pl~ced on it1
,boulders..
HeC31lli1; il takl:5 a ,.tat dn! uf forclhoullhl
and planning 10 dlc~lively le\Ot,·c problem',
Local tM i~ comin""l1y invulvcd In wmk<holl>
and ;emin.lts dc~illntd to keep the bUSIness
rep.escnlati,·es. shop Me .. p,d., and member.
ab.t3sl of the sua1el'U and lactic<; of the col-
lecti'·e barl3ininl and I'ie"pncc and arhitration
proceYiCS, etc,
for uallll'k, u.er 40 shop slewa.ds Ducndcd
an pll·day Stewards Ed ucationa l SemintH on
SMurda), January 29, t983, whith W3$ specifi.
colly StrUdured 10 meel the n«,ds of Local 18's
membersh Ip The a.eas of concenlralion were
hl~lOry of IInloni~m. ,rie"lnce and arb,tfll;on
procedure, oollt'(tive hart~inU11- m,anU:lnll- and
contrllct admlnt'iltatoon II .. as an e~celltnt
Sotmlnu .nd .. e Ih~nk allihoe sh<>p 1Ic""ards "'ho
participated in 1I 'cry rrodu~ti,e day
Again, .he only "'3Y to sl:o.nd Mmnll in the
face of ad"erslly ;5 .hroulth a con~-ertcd dl'orl
by III-and I.ocal 18 i5 dc-monSlratinll once
lI&ain .hat It ~ Dboul the: bu)illCSS of the dayl
Ron nA K S.. ,.roln. P,S,
Local 22 Members
Receive Se rvice Pin s
LV, 11 (i,rbk.~pa), O\I,\II A, l\t: B._At our
No,ember mcetlnl a total of 69 Brothers re-
celled sc"jce pins-I) Brothc-I:\' .callcd ~O­
year PinS: 22 IIrothers .ec:ei.ed 2S-year pin'!;
IS Brolhers .ecelled 30·yepr pins; si~ Hrothen
receIved JS·year PlAS, and thlee I.IrOlhe .. rc·
~"Cived 40·year Ilin!
'1 he thlee Ilrolher~"bo (c.;ei,ed 4Q·)'car pins
lire Damel h e", Donald Nel~n, Jad., Ol~n,
On December IB, Sinla came ro vi~il our
local hall. Sacks of candy "'ele 1"'Cn to Ihe
mcmber~' )Ollllitstels, Cook,u 3nd coffec "'ere
&cr,ed 10 the adult •. It ",a~ a goud turnout
and everyone had :II lluod wne.
Janllary 16, 1981, Ihe Annual CredIt Union
Met'lInll .... as he".! up on the Old· Timers koom ,
All III" 'et",r!> ... "re ai'en ond everrlhin, i,
on filM' shape, e'en thaulh the economy is in
bad shape I thml Ihe officers and boa.d
members did an oUI'landlng job the past )"C3r
An election WI' held 10 fill rht 'acanl spots.
Many nice door pri/C'o .. ere gi,'en 10 I lot of
lucky .... ,nners. Mary Secker was lhe bil .. inner
Ind rCCC:ilcd a televi\ion lotI. Clke. punch. and
coRet' .. e.c !JC:f"\"c<I (ollowjnl the ~Ii~
AI lhe: time of thl~ wriling the work In ollr
Irn collid be much beller A 101 of ollr
IIrolhe rs arc on the road Ir)'inS to find .. ark.
We ba'e about )0 percent o f .he orOlhers on
Ihe bench, A 101 of Ihe ones " 'ho arc ... orkin,
are on 5hortened worl"'et'ks.
The Apprenlice Prosram is 11i11 in full "wins-
Sometimes the apprentices ha'e trouble IC'lIin8
Ihei r hollrs !n bcc:o.u..e or the economy. bUI in
the lon, run it usu~lIy .. orks Ollt and Ihey
become journeymen
The relired Illellloc .. h:l~e their mcctiulI-' the
suon d Wednuday of t,'frr month,
1I0pe eHr)'OnC ha\ a loud 'eaT in 19B,
IlAalY t· MI...,ou;p, PS
Gadgets Is
Unique
LV_ 24 1I,.pl,'"&c..' ,, BALTll\IORFH MIl. -
An 1I1tra·modern novelt) leslaur"nl called vad·
,eu "'";IIS rean"y compleled in To",son, Mar y-
land, subu.b of BalunlO.e. Thi\ wu the fOUrlh
rcstaurant or it\ klAd '" Ihe U.S. by UI5ure
I)c"elopmem, Inc .. .. t,,~h I~ . . . ,,(,.idl~I' uf
W~rner Cornrnullicallon •. Wa.ner Communica·
lions in lurn o"'n, Warntr IIrothen \fOhich i,
the bl5i\ for Ihe lheme u.<.ed In C"dgelS. T .. ehe
of the mou popular W,,"Wf B,olMfl ca.toon
chau.lers hl'e b«n de'elo~d inlo fuJl·,;,cd.
IUtOmated robot\ that perform on a 28·fool
SlaSe in I I ~'lIlinute-per-hour production eilled
Ihe " I-ooney T unc Review," The:.C ~Iectronicany
mou,·aled Ii,uru. Bt • total co~1 '" uCnS of
5300,000. indooe the famous BullS Bllnny.
Dlffy [)oll~k. I'orky p, .. and nilM' olhe", an
of .. hl~h mo,e their limm. held\. Ind mouths.
whIte they seem 10 be tal~'"1 and Slnl'"lI. The
coc~(ail 101l11\:C ha. It~ Q"n nu.ehy allraclion
~at1ed "Sammy S"l1d~," A, .he cncirclinK cu r·
lain 8C1C'~ liP, the pptron, nre IIlcetc,J by a life-
~Iled alllOlnllled man, ~:"rninl:l, 1'1~,j", tlo..
,,'ano, ten"'1 JOke'. and ~U1ains ~ngs. Th,s
chor.~ter co,t 5~O,OOO and ;. alw controned
by an d~ctronic ptal-rommer.
In ~ddltjQn, Cadget$ al>o has a "deo arcade
<cctilln anu a relDit ~to re nrea, sclhng vnrious 21
 Automated Characters
items most of which are on display in the
rl"Staurant. The total investment put into the
11,000 square foot leased space was 5 1.2 md-
[ion, .... ith approximately 51'0.000 going to the
electrical ;nstallmt;on. Diversified Electr;c Com-
pany of ReadinJ:. Pennsylvania, was the elec-
trical contractor and employed 13 men from
Loca l 24. The general foreman was Il rother
Frank M ancini, Gadget' is IOCBted in the new
addition of the To~n M all which was recently
conslructed with Enterprise Electric Company
as the main electrical contractor.
RoulT L RANKIN, P.S.
local 26 In
Negotiotions
L U. 26 (i), WA SIlI NGTO N, D.C,-Brothers
and Sisters, hail 10 the World Champs! Red·
skins, 21- Dolphins. 11. Love them HopI We
arc very proud 10 ha>'e them bring Ihat Irophy
home for all of us to share
Our loca l will be hosting the Annual ISEW
1I0"'ling Tournament on June 11, III, and 19.
Flyers will be S(nt OUI to all locals wi th de-
tailed information.
Our l(Kal is beginning nelolia lian. with sev-
eral of our ronHactor5 at Ihis time.
Unemployment is 5tdl with us and there
doe~n'l seem 10 be a light al lbe end of tbe
lunnel.
r'cking up again wilh our walk through
history.
A rame is held- four se t~ of Mcphislo drill-
bits were Ihe prizes (mUSI he a greal line of
b,ts). The Sick Commiltee became very act ive.
An eleelion was held on Ikcember 18.. 1919,
and the following were elected : president. Yea-
bo"er: vice presilknt, S. Adams: reelected bu~i­
ness manager / financial S(crelary. O'uary; re-
cording ~cretary. William Kelly; Ireasurer. O.
H. Ros$. Brothers Bcagle and Sherwood elected
inspeclOr$. J. Poctzman wns forcmn n; IJ rothcr
Wallace replaced Brother Avery ns trustec;
Executive Board. W. "redericl.:. J . IJ. Noone.
and G. Wright; Ellamining Board. Fil;her, Pre l-
In. and Kirchner.
SL Louis was to be the fM'_t ron>'ention lawn.
The bit raffle winnen ... cre Brolhen March.
Holt. Sebastian. and Souder
To be conti nued .
22 D~N McQuAlo, 1'.5.
Work Scen e Not Bright;
Welding Course Gi ven
I_U. 34 (l,tm,rb,spU&ca tv)., P EORIA, ILI_
The ...·orl.: scene isn't vuy bright. As of this
" 'riling, " 'e have 1110 men on Book I . The
books are movinl "cry slowly. Thinas could
pOssibly pick up this summcr. At this lime we
have about 100 members working out o f lown.
The l(Kal and lI\ inois Central CoUcge have
~t up II welding course. You will learn to weld
well enough to pas, a certificalion teS!. The
na t weld, "ertical and overhead .... elds arc
taugh t. AI the preS(nt time. thert are two
classes going: one on Saturday and one on
Sunday. The class is eilht ....«ks long. For more
information, contact Mark Ayers al the hall.
Union meetings arc now being held 8t the
Labo r Temple. Room 111. The~ are still on the
second Wednesday of the month. We would like
to see more people in atlendance.
CIEG H ... ~" P.S.
Elegant Ride
lI ere I~~r a. _ n tile )ob .lle ""'I'filled artu !O
III l1u In Ihe ~ ... nd·. hlfl "Caddr."
Eight Members Buy
Cadi llo c limousine
L V. Ja (I), CLEVELA ND, OIII O-Many
trauesmen from the Oeveland area arc .... ork-
ing Ot Ihe I'err~ I'ower " 1ant. EaSI side, .... esl
side, north and !.Qulh sides have designated
spots where the tradesmen meet to be picked
up by buses and taken to the job. After work
the bu~s are there 10 pick them up and lake
them back. EJ\pcn~ are shared amonl the
men and it has been working out benutifully
for them. You know the Cleveland weather,
" ,inters can be a nilh l mare for dri"in... The
bus ride for some men means a nap in the
morning and evening; for others it's good rom-
paniOMhip, jokes, and intert'!iting conversations.
Sonle of our men nre working a S(cond shift
and do not h~ve Ihe opportunity to ride n bl~~,
so, can you belie>e Ihal eighl of Ihem got 10-
lether and boullht 3 1913 Cadillac limousine in
mint shape! Can you imagine eight electricians
riding to the P~rry job in Ihe aforementioned
beautiful car? You can be sure they are
enjoying lhe 100+ milu a d11Y ridinl in that
car. LeQ~e il 10 our men 10 come up with II
tremendous idea like t hat!
Wn.LI~).j G~UP1C, 1'.5.
'Gator' Bochowski Mourn ed
By local 41
I_u' 4' (I.s~.rm&spa), II VFFAI..o. N .\',- "II
i~ wilh sincer~ sorrow and deep regret. . . . "
The membt!rship hns heard these words often
oVe r the yean, and stood in silenl medita tion
...
thinking back: over the loss of II fello w me m-
ber, officer, or friend.
In hnuary of this year, these words and
thoughts had special meaning for Local 4 1.
In December. 19112, we 10M a IfM'mber, Eugene
"Gator" Baehowski. As an officer for mallY
years, Gator served Local 41 dilill\'ntly as he
successfully held office u a IfM'mber o f thc
local's E~3mining Board, E~ecutjve Board,
delega te to thr~e Internationa l Convention5, and
finally 1!5 the financial secrel ary o f Loca l 41.
Too often the immediate grief of losing a
member such as Galor is forgOllen b~ our need
to 10 on wit h busincsl. This is an CJIccption,
for the loss to Local 41 o f one o f its fine$(
officers is still not fully comprehended b~ all.
The loss of II "friend" will probably be by
,..
far the most difficult a5peel of thi~ premature
loss. Gator was always ready to lend a helping
hand to those in need o f his S(rvice~ and be-
cause he was ab le to CJItend himsel f to othen,
he became a friend to many.
As great as the lou 10 Local 41 is. the 10M
of a husband and father is wilhout I. doubt
gleater. To his wife, Darb. and his children,
we at Local 41 enn only say Ihal, aside from
our mutual grid. we cnn all look back at many,
••
mnny times when the " M an C ato r" wu a joy
to know. and say "thank you" for sharing with
us your h usband and dad.
As great as our loss has been, Dan and
Michele Fehmer have. after 12 years of work-
ing al it, been Ible to prI'$Cnt to the wo rld
their joint contribution; Erin M ichele. born
Oclober, 19112. CongratulaTions are indeed in
order for Dan and M ic hele.
R OBUT P. KASZUBOWSKt, P.S.
Scribe Re ports on Building
Trodes Assoc iation Meeting
I_U. 4J (I,tts&cm), SYRA CUSE, N.Y_ I re-
ported this in formation at Ihc regu lar meeting
in January. Dn d feci it is important enough to
include in this month's JOIullal. Recen tly Dusi· •
ness M anager Da n Bova and I attended the
New York Stale Building Trades A~iation
meeting in Alb3ny. There were man~ lopics dis·
eU!lSCd regarding labor in general, and constru..•
tion labor in panicular. by various speaters.
In the inlcrest of b revity. I will leport on the
issues that were of interest 10 construction
work on ly.
For construction worke rs the main issues
•
"'ere power plant construction and problems
concerning the Industrial Devc\opmenl Agency
(IDA) funded projects. Industrial Developmenl
AKencil"S. which a~ a part of county &ovun_
IfM'nt, play a large parI in creating jobs for
ronsnuction workers in eve ry part of the state.
In 199 1 the Ononda&a County Industrial De-
velopment Allency funded $'5 million worth
of work in ou r area. These I DA funded projeCI$
are increasin&ly being challenged conccrninl
Section 220, or the prevailing wage section of
the New York State Labor Law . There are
13"·suils pending now in Erie County und
Monroe CQunty. Ind their outcome will have
an etrect on our county. I was Rppointed 10 the
Anonadaga County IDA last summer by the
legislature ns organized labor's 'epruentati~e.
and I can assure you our opponenls are dead
serious about wellkening Section 220, or elimi-
nating it entirely.
John Dyson from the State Power Authority
spoke about the problems he WIIS fadnl con·
cerning power planl construction, both nudear-
and fossi l.fueled. He estimales thaI between
ROO to 1.500 conslruC lion jobs ....ould be created
if thI'$C plants could be started, and in some
eases. compleled without interference. The in-
.
dustrial Illraetiveness of Ihe 5ta te would in-
crease due to the increased generaling capacity.
Thcre were many other speakers induding
Lillian Roberts, Comminion of Labo r, who has
in the paSl, and conlinues 10 be a good friend
of organized labor. She reiterBled the import_
ance of Davis· llpcon and Seclion 220 o f New
... York 's Labor Law, and her support of bolh.
One mcssa&e came throllgh loud ."d clear:
Local unions musl be aleo to propO~d 1:hangcs
in laws and alert 10 the elected officials .... ho
propose them. Our opposition is Slro,,&. lI,dl·
or,anizfil, and wdl.linDn<:W. \\ e may nol be
able 10 oU($p"nd them. bUI we have
numbers 10 OUI VOle them!
Buy unionl Buy American'
S,o.M Ul:L C. Ihur::k. rs.
Party
• ••"in pin. bJ n ... inhi Ml u t o. R.~ Sanborn In
Thue .~",be ... sladr Ru.a nomkl of .:'' ' •• ~~:.
M"" ..... ~r, J"" "'_"""', e.. . .
8 _ ..... , It" I,. ,,,111, .~ Rlr Pu~lo:.r,
S ... ~ ...
C..,fi.ld: front ro", lIank An ....l, Oal. IIYIII, •• "
WIlli. Adam\,
Scri be Stu dies
• Reaganomics Out of Stote
LU. 46 (I.c&cm), S£ATrLl:':. WAS II.-Grect-
ings from Local 461
Just a line to let you know we arc still here
in Seanle. Iken on the road Ihis past fall
studying Rca,anomic:s ou t of $Iale. One thing
I found out was thaI Ihinp Irc slow every-
.. here.. One good nOle was Ihl l in Ihe elections
here in Washin,lon Slate "'e ..-ue able 10 once
apin put the Republicans in the minority.
Ho",e"u, our own lniliat.ve 412 to reduce
nedit cud interest 10 12 per<:ent or I percent
Dbm'e the federal discount IBte was defeated
2 to I. This initiallve 'us spon§Oled by tbe
", Washin,ton State Labor Couoc:il, and many
members of Loc:al 46 and mywlf spent many.
many ni,hh and "'cd:ends collect ina si,natur~
to ge t this measure on Ihe ballol. We d.d not
even act th3nk-you cards from the rKWS media
for the millions of dollars bia business spent
in ad"crti,in, a,ainst the measure. Well, as the
sayin, lotS., ~The rich Jet richu."
Se"ual unit contracts I.e up for ne,otialions
al this time and a few ha,e been .$ellied satis-
faclOnly. The Wireman's Unit contrac t nt,olia-
tions st art shortlY,
We also arc nper iencin, aenua l fund prob·
lems and a dues increase is in Ihe wor ks u the
Wireman's Uni t hiS )00·plu5 members out of
wo.k. Bus;nt'SS Manl,c r Dave Jordan hu cut
expen$e$ in every way pOssible, bUI wi th Ihis
many members out of work we are still loslna
ground. The work pictu re i, sti li bleak in
Sealtle an d the peninsula coun ties for any "'ork
in the near future.
Going 10 try and I<'t Ihe Political Action
Comminn rollina and Ke what .. e can do.
Like to once apin 351:: that members I::ecp Iheir
the addrCS5CS current with the local union office so
"'e ca n ael your mail Ihal you ha"e paid for,
ddi"ered to )·ou.
SUPHEN ANOUSON. P 5.
30-Yeal Recipients
S
I I. krt, ...d
RaJ' WbIUnK, . tt bt, ,.ore I" • • utod
I pp...,datlon of tb. l. Ioonlll .... "'.... lHnblp h• .....,..
47, WhUrler, ClIL
local 47 Settles
Two Contracts
L.U. 47 (u), WHIniER, CAL..-Our member,
in lhe City of Riverside ratil1ed a thru-year
ll&Tument ""ruth induded new prov;wns fo r
ap'ocy .toop and I1nal and bindinl "ieVince
arbitralion. The a,reemenl pro ... ided for W'Je
increases totalin, 22 pereent over th.e life of
the agreemenl and also required ,he city 10 pay
Ihe employus I 7 percent contribution to Ihe
retiremenl program.
A wages-only pachac inS .$etlled .. ilh the
City of Anaheim .. hich provided our members
with a compounded w.,e increase for 1983 o f
8.03 percent.
1983 "'age bargainin, "itb Ihe Southern Cal i-
fornia Edison Company is in progrcu and bene_
lit nt'gotialions wilh Edison will commence
shortly.
We recenlly completed , sc lie' of Salurday
Irainin, .emin3ts for our ste"ar<,b in conjunc-
lion wilh the Los Angeles office of th e Ame r-
kan Arbitration Association. Our new stewards
lIaining manua l pro"ed 10 be very ut,efu] and
our programs were well received by our parti-
cipanl5. On« again, a h.earty thanks 10 all of
our Brothers and Sistns ,.ho ,ave up a Satur·
day to learn \0 hdp us help them more.
RA il E. SANROIN, a .M.
Attend Meetings to
'Chonge the Course'
L. U_ 51 (o,u,l.eah·&r1h). SI'RI NGFIt:LD, ILL..
-A wise old Brother onu told me, "Gunrd your
words and actions; you may ha ve 10 eal them
some day. Never be too bil to .dmil lhat you
made I mistake. and ah<,.-e all, neat people as
you wlSh to be Inated. n Sound ad ... ice. 10 say
the !cast. Words lie easy and action is $Orne-
thing else. We are all the besl enmples of
union because each and e ... erYOrK of us is the
union. Maybe thal's "'by we I re out own worst
enemy. Each of us exemplifies unionism by our
,,·ords. aclions. and deeds.
During lhese cri lical times when "'c a.e en-
counter,", our "'ort forcn beinl reduced by
layoffs and allrilion on ulility properties, work-
ing tonditions assaulted on eve ry front, [iule
and ne~1 10 no work fo r our construction mem-
ber$, union Brothers and Sister, beinS forced
to IrDvel and/or strike, Ihe harsh realily of
UnjuSI. unfair laws. unemployme nt bendih
denied. strikers being replaced, non-union con·
tractors prOlected, and union! bein, usaulted
and des troyed, do not paint a very pretty pic-
ture. Not aood times fo r the union man and
woman loo ay is an underslatemenl, to say the
!cut. We are nol ,oing to "dlanae the cou rse"
wit h haJr-tmpty union meelin, rooms. the use
of non.union products at Ihe "'ork place, in
Ihe p.rkinl lot, and at home. We all hne to
do our fair share by ,,·ords. action and deeds
10 supporl our union. We can and ml.l'it chanae
the COUIK if "'e Ire to suryi'·e. You Ite the
union. Allend your union mutingS. Thai is
..hete it all be&ins-
DoMtNIC RIVAU, P.S.
On Job
JG...Ju , fI .oth~n on Ih~ "I'-Ca." Job are Jim LaC.rter,
~nnl. B. own. Al To.." and Due Burke 01 Loul
58, D~troll. Mk ...
On 19th Hole
Brolh~n 00 Ibe tkh hole. front ro .. , I~ft to nahl,
a" Bob Braun. lEd 7.fll , Ind To ... Ismond; b.~k
ro" , Art ~c ... ,~, MI,tJ' Knltn, IlDd AI Harl.
Work Scene Goes
From Bad to Worse
I~ U. S8 (l.tn.,spa& rt hl, DETRO IT, I\-JlC II._
Greetinas from Detroil Uro lhers and Sisters;
Our work $itualion seems to be goina from
bad to wor5<', wilh aboul 7~0 journeymen and
70 app'entices oul of work. There doesn't seem
10 be much "'ork ahead, wilh conlractors re-
pOrting very lillIe work to bid. Looks lIke ou r
theme song for 1983 will be "On Ihe Road
Aa· in]"
We may not have mueh work. bUI "'e do
a aood job with ,.hat ..·e· ...e got. The '0110"';1\1
letter was SCnt to Bu~ncss I\-hna~r Tom Butler
from Gary Uetherington. presidenl of MoolC
Electric: MAs the electrical worl:: fo r the
Po nti ae Motor 'P-Car' approaches completion,
,.'e ,.ould like 10 compliment Ihe members of
Local ~8 who worked for us. We lake this
oppOnunity to make note th:!.1 due to a «>n_
tractors' smooth_runninl labor force Itltin,
lhe job done as promi..,d. both the contractor
and the union make future awards of wort
to u nion oontraciors II'IO!II probable. In fact,
due to our mutual cooperation, we were
awarded hundreds of hours of work intended
for 'in pllnt' work forces. We thought Ihat
you "'ould be interested to know that wben
Ihi nas do go well 50me people Ippreciate iL"
I don't know abou l you. bul I fell anod
after reading Ihol leu u and I wasn 't even on
th31 job. Congratula tions Bre in o rder for
every Brother and Sister on Ihal projec!. riahl
down from Bus.iness Alent Ben Chambers 10
his bull slewp rd. Al Tossy. to the other slew-
ard! "'ho wor ked hard to prOtect our wo.k and
e ...en lot UiI more-Mike Huckaby, Rowen &: 23
 Blair Electric; Tom Gilleran, Moote Electric;
Mike Tru~ftl, ITC Eleetrie & Tom S\. Aubin,
MCE. 10 the foremen lind the journeymen ftnd
apprentica, The Pontiac job was a fine collec-
the effort on the part of Ihe Union and Ihe
ConuadOTS 10 ulid'y an important custOlllC'r,
Labor is ..'hat we sell and .. ith • product like
ours. we're a bargain I would hke to thank
Mr, Hetherington for taking Ihc time to wrile.
With all the bad-moulhing Ihe unions ha'!'
aollen during our "depression," 11 pM on the
back feels real good.
Thanks to ..-impread labor suppOrt. Jim
Bllnchard .. as elected 10VertlOr of Michilan
las-I No,·ember. Brolher BerniC' Lennon was
in~lrumental, in our area. in Ihe campaigning
and organizing for CO\'ernor Blanchard. Be-
Uluse of Ikrnie's labor and political back-
ground (he is eurrcnlly mayor o( Ferndale),
Governor Blanchard $011'" til 10 name Bernie
Oid Deputy of Labor fo. Ihe Sllte of Michi·
&an. Congutulations to Brother lennon on
being named to this prestigious pos\. Labor
sure can use /I friend in 1I0vernmenl.
I spoke .... ith Brother BHl Wolf, our appren-
tice «)C)rd iml.lor, and he infornw.d me that II
new apprentice class with 18 members has just
Marted. This brings our t01l11 10 300 apprentices,
At the time of Ihi1 "'riling, April 8, 1981,
has Nen set for the apprentice lestlmonial d in.
ncr at Hll lc reS!. If you have IIny QuestiQM,
call the $Choo!.
BrQther Wolf ... as p.oud tQ say we currently
ha\e 200 journeymen enroll~ in our Winler
Journe)'Tllan Tnininl Prolram. We still need
pipe and wire journeymen, but there are a k>l
of robots in our future,
Brother Dick Eynon is currenlly Ie. ching a
lead cable·splicing courK. There Ire 10 Brothers
enrolled in this c:lau. and .. hen il's over, they
WIll receive on-the-job Ininin, until they are
ready to splice by themselves,
Busineu A,enl$ Ben Chambers and Bud
Stone are lOin, 10 ronduc:t newards c:lasses
SOOn. Anyone interest~ should contact lhe
hall for time and dale.
Remember 10 buy Americ:an! It will cost
you less. whatever the price.
80, K""SOU, P.5.
Billboards
Electricians ......
lIc!idin9DoIlos 'lIP
with qUality \ holiday and w-c:alled "bliuard of 82." To)'$,
Craltsinanship .\,
II~ .. ~ ... pu t .1> II IJ ~I IIoM II,. Loul 5',
Dan .., Tn.
Billboards Help
Public Relations
LU. 59 lI,o,u&f m), D AI_LAS, TEX.-Local
!l9'5 Or,anizin, Commince, ronsistinl of
Brolher Don Ernst as c:hairman. and Brothe.,
Willie Oliborne, Billy M.,lOr, Tommy Turner,
Callie Smith, Bruc:e Braisher, Ind aeo Langly
got a public relatIOns pro,ram ,oinl fm
Loc:al j9 by pUllinl up billboard silins in 13
differenl localions in Ihe c:ilY of Dallas. The
sign reads, "Union Eler;1ricians Building DIll"
With Quality Craftsmanship," pIllS Ihe idenlili_
c:ation. "International Brotherhood of Elec:tric:a1
Workers-Local j9." The 13 different loca·
tions for the si,ns made a ROod roverage of
the Dallas freeways Bnd main arleries of auto
tra"el Ind ~ho .. ed up very wc:lI. The si,ns
are well lighted al night and ... ill remain up
for eiaht weeks unleu the contrac:t is renewed.
How much aood did they do? Who rud
them? lIow much load they did is hard 10
1('11. But, who read them is well iIIuslrated by
the oomments I received when m tendi nll va ri .
24 ous meetin .., and meeting people that are not
membe~ of the Brotherhood, when Ihey MI..
"15 that your union thaI is pUllina: up those
c1e('lridan silnS?" You can very proudly $lilY,
~Yn!" The idea was ex~nsive but l.oc:al .19
cerUlinly hopes it ..-.11 pay olr, IS unions are
way behind On public: relalions.
A wee bit of a not_TIle apprtnti«$' bas-
ketball tc:am play~ Ihe Sentry El('c:trical All
Stars and l()I)k a lilll(' shine off of the", stan
10 the lune of -? Wdl, the iICOre is not IS
important as the fact that III had a ,ood work-
out .nd I ,·try tnjoyable lame.
R. P. O'RtLEV, P.s.
Christmas Party
;,,-<;;;.';;;;~l>arl1'.
l ocal 68 Holds Children's
Christmas Porty
L. U, 63 (I), DENVt: R, COLO._We hlld an·
other children's Christmas party for our mem-
ben' wns and daughter$. wt year's memor-
able e.-cn l was held just one week before the
c:andy. 50ft drinks, and an assortment of bal·
loons of every colo r of the rainbow SCI the
lone of the day's activilies, as m~ny of ollr
membe~ lind families set out 10 finish shop-
pina lours. For most of the small fry S:l.nla
Claus "'as the hero of the day, hearing all of
the new lOY descriptions, "·Ints. and dairC$.
Seems this reporttr saw a few of the not_so·
)'oun, ,ivina Sanla a list also.
The hleal union's Enlertainment Commiuee
s~nt a 101 of time dec:oratinl Ihe hall, searc:h-
inl for gifts (American_mad(, toys are 5Caree),
$oIIcking candy, and planninl the day's events,
BrOlhers Bob and RlKs Rensink, who serve
as c:o-chairmen of the Enlert.inment Com_
millee. o,-ercame !<>1IlC' serious problems.
Shortly after the commirree Slarted final prepa.
rations, Brother Bob R('nslnk und('rwen l Kri,
ous sur~ry, and his brOIhe'r RUM brou&ht lhe
rC'Sl o f tht plans together. At the lime of this
rc:port Brother Bob Rensink is rudy to return
10 worl;. As I prepare Ihis report, I don't
want 10 forgel all o f tht c:ommillee membe~
... ho really outdid Ihem!.l:lyt·$ They, alona with
many of their wives and children, reaUy made
;t ha ppen. To try and list all of thOK .. ho
hc:lped would be too long. So, to all o f thc:m.
a tip of the hard hal for a job ,,-eU donc:.
The work pic:lure here in the Den"er and
surrounding areas "-«ms to remain the same.
Mosl of our m('mbers 3re workinl (hoping
for the besl), as 3re a few Ira"eling Brothers.
In reading this month's issue of Ihe Jourtlal,
I C:Dn see we should be counting our blessings,
.. hile hoping for those not so fortunate.
...
Our local union election of officers is set
for June of this year, "ilh nominations being
made al the general IIlC'mbership meeting in
May. Several of our C:UTTtnl offi«rs ha .. e
Ilready said they will not seek reel"",lion; this
~hould make for an nenlful year ahead.
Well, I'd beller siln off and slide this into
the postal box., hC'3dc:d for Washington.
See )'Ou at lhe local union meetin",.
JOlllo{ M. Buu:E, JJ~ Pus.
Presentation
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l oco l 70 Members Receive
Service Pins
I-U, 70 (0). W AS III NGTON, D.C_Local
union members were presented K",ice pins at
our last local union meeting. Members receiv-
inll pins ror 40 years of service wcre Brothers
Robert E. Barnes, Douglas C. Hines, lind J , S.
Raital.; 35 ycars: Samuel H , Adams, Jr~ Ra y-
mond L Beazley, James R. Ellsworth. Robert
J. Vndslc:y, Manin E. Murray, J.mes W. Oben-
Chlln. Jr~ Joseph R. Sowers, and Payton R.
Cunningham; 30 years: Ronald S. Bre,,·tT,
Daniel W. Colic, Russell D. Hancoc:k. Russell
L. ~hlllm, RObert L Morehead, Ben H. Pelly,
and Dillard M. Jamerson: 2~ )"e3.u: David E-
Oark", Hughie L Davis. Dewc:y J. Deeds.
Paul R_ Fenker; 20 years: Anhur J. Ball('n,
Paul G. Boley, William W. Buchanan, Albert
L Cald""ell, Robert R. Cunningham, Glen E-
Diehl, Robert L Eutll. Louis G. Freeman,
Joseph A. Hauf, William E. Il ullon, Lynn N.
Jenun$, Clarence W, Moubray, James R. Smit h,
Marvin P. Thompson. Manuel S. Tud:, hmes
E. WetKI, Thomas W. Wilburn: and I~ yea":
Harold L Baboxk, Raymond T. Cau('rlOn.
John E. Church. Bobby D. Frenc:h, Donald J,
HlTris, Merle C. Jackson, Ronald 1. Knisely,
Dennis L. K risko, Emory E. Miller, Roy M
Stroupe, lind Richard J. Wright.
I would like to cQngralulate Brother Robin
D. Jones upon OOmplelion of his appren lice.
ShIP,
I hope to see )·ou al our nut union mc:eling.
Let', all work together to make unions
stronger. Be proud to be a union member.
OJAUES II . S<:ItElI>T, l a., 1'.5.

Negotiati ons End
On Positive Note
l... U. 72 U&u). WA CO. 1'I·;X,_ The recent
nt' lOtiat ions at the Texas Powcf Ind Lipt
Unit ended on a pOSuive oote , The y "ere able
to let a 1,6 pelcent .. IIC incrn~, wale ad,
juslln\'nts on classifications.. and an Impro\'ed
life insura nce lKnt'fit, Members of that Nc-
sotiatinl Com mince .. ere Ihll UUldcn. Floyd
Farln\'r, Gene o..en•• nd D~ fldl White , Our
thanks to these men fo , • job wdl done.
Ne,ollations for our lOurnt'yman IMldl:' wire·
man cont ract be.. n in /l.h,rch MemlKrs of
thl:' rommiuee 3re Uuddy Vass, Ron ny Clntrell,
_ Jamd 1I0 .... rd, Orlm Kuehne. and UIIl Ihlde-
brandt. Gel any $U.,«1I0 n. 10 our loc.1 bus;·
ne!oS office, and auend the local meelmp to
r make sure you ,el .. hi is best for all of Ul.
The Limestone Po .. er Pl ant hll$ b«n let to
Zachry Construcllon. Ind II doun't lool ,oed
for orlanized labor, Wh at lin Ie .. e do have,
we'lI hllve 10 ...ork ha rd to mp~e ourseh'cs
look ,ood and Iry to ,e t m(}le for our!\C lvcs.
.. We Cl n sho .... them oobody cln do beller than
orlanized labor.
• If .... e look a round pt thc area ne .... ' media,
it may upset all of u' on ho .... it hal lIoubll:'
relso nin .. On the fr on t pllJe it hl.l • report
on Ihe po .... l:'r planl and ;15 economic impact
on the Irea. The Impac t hll$ nol b«n III 100
SIJrlilklnl. It lell5 o f Ihe 800 people hired so
far ; some .re from the sUflound ln. counties.
.,. many Ire h om .11 .round Te xas.. Ind • lot
.,e from out o f TeAls,
-=- Then. on the Ed,lori.1 Pa,e Ihey u.y that
coru.truclion people don't IIttd lhe protcction
of the Dans· Bacon ACI, .. hich prOleds locll
.."Orkers from bandl of IIInt'rlnl "'o,kel'S Iha t
lIe hl rd up for ,,·olk. by PUI"n, the Prenil·
in. W. ae La.... into effecL If only il ...ould
work in III 1;lISe5-. The: "'Ile is • fllr ...·I.e.
and il 11 the loc.1 KOnomy .nd lIinerant
"'o,ker that hUrl the I1lO!oI .. hen it ilon't.
.. Most .. ould Ihlnk thai area busmHSn (u ti!i·
ties. cilY go\Crn""'nl, Ind Ioc:al businCS5eS)
...ou ld wanl to suppOrl the alu's ","rkers.
Recen t retirees arc J. Monroe. J Clld,,·cll.
.nd one of our contra<;tol$, ()s<;ar Pyle. Good
luck to Ihese men in thc ir life afk ' the II.de.
Ilt LL I!ILDUIM' OT, 1'.5.
Of/icers
uti 10 .... "1 art P .... Wut R.,._d v.nllu, ....1
SUlld.1 ouuYrJ' .'01 .11 ~h",IIJ , u d .... !'Isaulll
SurdlrJ' K~s I'oI<:A lld .... o f a.-.I n . S,,-~,
N .V,
Matt Murphy Tokes
Monagement Position
I~ U, 79 (ul , SYRACUSE, N.\' ._ Local 79's
Execu tive Board eluled Ken McAndre.... to
.. fi nis h out Ihe term lI{ flnan cial scclctary, re-
placing MaU MUlphy who has tmkcn II man·
~gemenl posit;lIn. Ken has over 18 years .... ith
Local 79 and plesently is chairman o( Ihe
Executive !loard. Cnngratulations an d aoo<l
luck to Ken.
Loca l 79 will miss Mnu .... ho hu bee n II
loyal member for over J I yur s. It hn \ alway,
been o ur a im in the Urot herhood 10 gel aood
people into Jcadcr,hl p po, itilln" We .... ill all
miil "1MI in the 10c.1 bUI his knowledl c and
understanding of peo ple can only !tllther help
us an in limn when WI:' Sl"cm 10 be JUSI •
number.
Matt has held many litle.. o~er Ih e ycars~
financial secretary, cha mnan for COPE, chaIr-
man of thl:' E.>.ecutin, Board. and chI ef $te .. al d
for the Service Deplrtmenl. li e h,u been in-
volved in e~cry commlu« one .... y or I n-
othcr. In putung Ih,s art icle 10relher .. e
,uhu that it cou ld take pa,d to honor Ihi,
man "00 is so rcs('Ccled by all We fed it
proper 10 just SJlY ··Ihanks, /l.hll." There is
no one in Loca l 79 who docsn't kno ... !he
nllme Matt Murl'hy. Good luck. Mitt
LQ<:II 79 . • t our re!lular membenhlp meetin,
on January 20, unlmmously Ippro_ed I mo·
tion to affi liate .. ,th Ihl:' Gruter Sy . acu~e 1.00r
Coun"L The \"ong endorsement from Labor
Secrelary DIll Mazur lind Ihc ne .. ly elected
VICC prnident. hck Normoyle, bU!iines\ man·
laer of Local 20$4, wU • b" encouralement
for our Ioc:al's d~is;on on ou r Iffiliation wilh
Ihe council.
This council. .. hich ;s comprised of most
loca l unions in Onondaga and Conland Coun •
lies, i~ SCI up to promole Ihe principles o( the
AFL.-CIO, 10 provide aid and cooperluon to
.ffiliated locals. su ppOrl favorable lell151alion 10
organi1Cd labor. and encourlille .... orkers 10
eJ.Crcisc their full ri,hls Ind responsibilities
of citizenship.
Presidl:'nt Vallilee hIS been appomted 10 Ihe
nl:' .. ly formed Lloor Ad~isory Council to Con·
greMman Gtor,e Won ley. The council WIll
meel periodic.lly "'ith the con.r"~mJn to dis·
C"!oS bbor's position on rurrcnt le,i~bt;Oft.
II has become ~try Imporllnt for the boor
movemen t 10 become politically in\'ol-'ed in
Ihdco hlrd economIC times. to m.ke our voices
hurd. Loc.1 19 "'Ill IK dOlnl lIS part by acl·
lon, invoh'w ... ith lhe dlfferenl labor councils
lvailable 10 lhem.
lI appy Easler '
WillIAM G WUI<U , I'_S
Luncheon
... . -
Ht.hl 10 Idl are OUt Whllt,
Rrn j.a",Ioo, . nd J .~ k ~bller .
Winter Bring s A Lot
Of Unemployment To Loca l 80
I~U_ 110 (i.o,rlS&.sp')' NOIWOLK, VA ,_ The
p~sl .... inlu hrouahl uS a 101 of unemployment
with no .... here to ao {lIr 8 job. M<lny o f our
IJ rothers and S,sten ...ere out ,,( w<llk seve ral
mo nth s before tinnily being II Pinfull y emp!lIyed
We in Loca l 80 h8" e nevcr see n i! this bad.
except (or Ihose old-timers who tried and tried
to work during the Depress ion of the 'lOs.
Ncaolilliions Ire probably over by the time
you read this and I hope the resu lts are good
for ou r industry. It has been I ve ry busy ti me
for our Ncgotilltina Committee, ... ith problems
.... e have no t fnced for Il$ lon, 15 I ca n re-
ml:'mber Let 's hore all Ihe problems ....ill be
reooh'ed and ..'e'\I III be back at work dOlflg
.. hal .. e kno .... best_ll:'ctrical ,,·ork .
Thl:' reured _mMrs o{ our local ..·ere in·
vlled to a very spc<:ial luncheon Just prior 10
Oll\lmas Ind . n enjoyable lime wl'l had by
III. For the pa.t 'Ie'erll YC3", the Ioc:al union
has Jponoored these lunchc:on. Ind le\-lQll:'lhef$
for our rct"ed members. As in the p;lSI. it ..·as
JUSI ,rea t lltc:.e "'~I plcnty of ,ood food Ind
dnnk wllh lots of lood fun In .... apping pul
h"tory "lIh onc .nother. These Brothel'S Ire
a JOy to be around; listenin, 10 them make!!
you proud to be 3 member of thc IBEW. All
of us owe muc h to our retired B'OlheB, III it
wa5 they who laulhl many o f us the tradl:'
"'hen we were apprenlicn. Mpy .. e al .... ays
rc memMr our rellred DI Olhers in Ihe dan Ind
ycars ahead
One rehree '111I to lnolher, '""ave you no-
ticed IhOI • nickle gOCl a lon, way these days.
You u n carry one fo r "'celt! before you find
Inylhing il will buy,"
Conlratul ations to La rry Ind Ruby Josue
.. tlo recen tly .. elcomcd a baby ooy inlO their
home all 1"0 pounds of him! COngr."llS .Iso to
Ipprentice Marc A Run ell. who bc<:ame ou r
ne"«1 member In Local 80 aflrr sayinl the
" I das" II our 1••1 union meehn,.
The fo llowing Drolhers hp~e hunS up their
toob for the euy "'e of retirement: HO"'ard
B Moole, l)avid L White. and II. L "Bert"
Griffin, Sr " .ny of us have had the pleasure
of work ina "lIh Ind for the50C Brothel'S .nd
"'e eertlinly ",ish tMm all mlny ~Irs of re-
tiremenl .nd plOd Malth D.~e White ..id
he has II ready c1'loscn a hobby 1{ler he reo
med-t.ba'in. twice I mon th. [)a\'e had beller
che"k "'i!h Paul Benjamin (relired). u he:
basn'l sb1ved in 1 month or more,
It ;\ .I ..·.ys Pld ",hen we hive to report the
duth o f I member, T wo of our retired mem-
ben passed I".y in Ja nuary. BrOlhe,s Staf-
for d J oe l Ind Thomls A. Gald. Brothers
Nod and Gatu " 'ilI long be remembered in
loc1I1 80. Brother Nod sened this local .. ell
O\l:'r the years Ind had rccci.-cd I $O')'ear pin
at the Jul y. 1978 union m«tin,. lie was in-
~trumc nlal in chartering se"eral local. in Norlh
Carolinn and hns worked hal d for unionism
Uro ther Gates had !lerved this local ...el1 also •
• ~ . n electrical inspector fllr Ihe City o f Nor-
folk. I Ie WIS nuer too bu.y to help in an-
,wclin, code question' from any of our mcm'
bers or COnUlcIOIS. To their familic«. we e~·
lend our deepest sympat hy and God', ...atch
care ove r I h~m
From thc Wi<oe Ole Journeymln COIl1C'5 this
bil of "" .. s; " Ih,'c )'ou e'er noliced that
people .. ho do thmlS lei most of Ihrir nili_
cu;m {rom JICOl'le .. ho do nOlhin~~"
On the .icl It\l .re Jeff Driskill. Robel l
II l1t. lI enry (".hoon. La .. ren,e Johnson. and
mlny morr, \'i"lt o r clil Ihem .. hen )"OU can
Remember 10 come 10 thl:' union meeting>;
.nd 10 to chulch wllh ),our f3mily on Sunday
II IPPY Easter to nch of )0\1. /1.13)" )'OU re-
memMr ",h v .. e (e lebrateI:l~ ter
Wo,d to ,he Wi~ : TIt(ll 1/ 11t(.IIt sltall (01"
/'JI .. /lit Iltl' mou/it ,It, LmJ I<'JI'J. a"J Iltall
b,Iit', t In ,iii", b,ml ,ltar G(J<I Ittllb ", ..,11
II I", /'0'" lit, ,',ali, Ilto/l .11t,,11 b, Sil,·,J
RomanI 10:9
J_ D_ HOII OMOI'<, ]a" r 5
Loco l 82's Work
Scene Not Good
I•. U. 81 (1&<1), I)A VTON, 0 11IO_ Gr(Ninas.
IfIEW memlK,.! As of th i' writ inl things arc
no t ~uns hine and rosc~. Business M:mo gcr Ken-
nl:'Y Delaney repOm that )07 journeyman .... ire·
Inen, ~s per ce nt o( o ur loca l. are OUI o f .... or k 25
 locally. An Iwful 101 of the Broth~1'$ "ho tare
"'orkmg arc dOln& ~ less thin 40 hours I
week_ M 3)'M thmp ....111 pick up .... lIh the ..·.rm
.. nther.
JATC Director Nc .... lin reports that 68 ap-
prentice .r. OU I of worlo: at Ihi~ lime .110.
Brolber Nc .... lin ..., .ble 10 .rnnge for in.
tNested journey min Wltemen 10 lake I .... elding
course. Hoptfulty. Ihis will enlble some
Brotbers 10 tnCfeue their ~h.ncn of obtaining
job, whrn cIIII, ~fr 1'"1 in fnr "'thl,,~
At Ihe February meeting. we "crc ,adly in_
formed of the paning away of two of our re-
tired Brothers. Earl " Blackie" Il ayse and
Jobnny T. John1On both died on January 11.
1983. Brother Johnson joined the IBEW in
August. 19'1 and Ir.nsferred to lAc:al 82 on
September 16, 1951. Brother ll ayM: was ini·
tiated in February, 1917 and became a member
of l ocal 82 in July, 1951. Our sympatby g~s
OU I to their (.mllies and friends.
The grulest way 10 prote<:! our jobs is by
buyi", union, bUYing American. .nd being
union-proud.
DoOOI.4S T~Ylo" P.S.
At Party
..... WY.
- "w
AI 'lie pili p II.17 of LOC'lIl 8&, R OC'h U I •• , N. V ..
"'fl.
p ....ldenl l o hl F. lIln. ~r . p nH~1I • Motur pi ..
10 C .....!e So lin ......
Loca l 86 Hosts
Service Pin Party
I ... U. 86 (I,ru,e m&spa). ROC llt:S·fIo:R. N.V, -
On Friday, February 4. 198'. 11'1('111 II/i ho<ited
In lBEW scf"\'ice pin pany and buffet .t our
Uruczidj union hall. More th.n 200 86crs
.ttended what turned out 10 be • areal "venina
of fun and for reminiscing "'ich mllny of the
old -liml'rJ. The highlight of the evenin/!: was
che presentation of a M·year ten' icc pin co
GeQrge A. Schnurr. Brothtr Schnurr, in excd-
lent Malth al 84 lea" of Ice. received I
)tanding oV.lion from all 1 ' - III luenelance.
Most all the memben prdoCnt remember
Ceorlle IS In excellenl <:rafl§mln and I man
clpable of runninl large proiecl~. which he
did for many yel r,.. Conllratuillions, GeOtlle;
..·c ,,';11 be looking forward 10 being with you
"'Mn you receive your 10-)ear pin.
Many other pins "'ere distributed that eve-
ning rangina in multiples o( 'h'c yean down
to 10 years of loCrvice.
Our Sunshine Club provided the Genny
ncer and Liah t. lind 86 proVided 11 grlllt
buffe t (fou. hot dishes) with whM "'e,"ed like
Ilmost an unlimited amount of food: il kept
2. eve.yone very contcnl. Our commiuce did an
oUISI.neling job 1$ usual sellinl Ul'. ..""in"
Ind ele~nlnl Ul' on Sl lurday. Our thi nks 10
theM: Brolhers .. ho came throulh each .nd
eVtry lime .
Brother Davis Accepts
Position With The 1.0.
I~U, .9 (I&o), SEATTL E, WA SII .- Effeclivc
Februa.y I, 198). Bill Davis resllned as local
89', busin,," manaller 10 IICCepl I po$ition in
the Telephone Department of the Internationa l
Office. Bill's leadenhip qualities with local
89, as well IS in Telephone Coordlllatina
Coun~jl> 2 Mild 4, .louulJ Itdd eAI"',h..e and
ultimately benefit all members of thCl telephone
branch of the IIl EW. Bill. his wife. Judy. Rnd
their children will be leaving Ihe Pacific North-
...·ut for Washinllton, D.C.
The EJlecut"'e Roard acted unanimously in
al'fl'OlIllinll Business Represenlltive DoUI Weis-
ncor to fill lbe vacated fl'Osilion of business
mao l ger. Doua's lint officill aCI WIJ 10 Ippoint
Sandra Nicholls, GTE employee Ind unit chair.
penon from Everett. to the slaff U business
lepresentali'·e.
I..ocal 89's hnu;:t.ry E~eculh·e lI.o~rd meeling
the members expres;sing milled emolions
of Io!.s, mingled ,,"h besl "'isMs Ind confi.
d~nce. in 8ill. OnuL anri Sanely 1\ Ihey .....
cepted Ihc challenges of their I'ICW positions
With the l8EW
Continuing chanlles in the telephone indus-
try, in combinntion with current economic
conditiom., continue to c:au~ layoffs and office
closures with the necc.ss ity of termination or
moves to conlinue ~mployment.
GTE started 198) with appro~imatdy 114
layoff notices to l.ocpl 89 m~mbers in Janu_
Iry. Very few of ollr membe rs remain una f-
fected by the chonges within the lut two
PAT Roool!Is. P.S.
Brothers
DrOlhul of Locat ft, N~w n uen, COlltl., )tfl 10
rI.III. "rc Pel. Peri no. lI a.old Thornllloll , F.d C. .. -
nln., ~''''n SIIU"" a nd Rol' nonnOIl . ~lIu ID .
Ih e pho ro ".J Tom Madow ld' t.
Ret iri ng Brothers Honored
AI Party
I~U, 90 (I&ellll, 1'I'EW IIA "E1'I', CONN.-In
Deamber :II Chri~lmas parly WPl held al a
rC)laurant in W~terford. Connectif;ut. It ... hi<:h
lime lAc:11 90 honored 5,jllO of lIS reti.;og mem·
bers. The party.... hich hIS become an Inn ......1
evenl, ..-as orllmud by BrOlher G~ry MJake-
IIro ...·I'IC. His outMlndinl elf011 WIIS ,rcatly
.ppreciated by the more·than lOO people "'00
allended. The retiring members arc Ed Clnning.
Ffln Spencer, Roy iknnell. Harold Thompson.
Pele Perrino, and Tom Rado .... ieki. Business
Mlnager Jerry EapoSllO and Assis"nt Business
Mlnaaer Bill Moore ...ere on hand 10 present
neh of the relireH ""ith an lOEW Witch on
behalf or lAc:a1 90. and to thank them for
thdr many yCP'. of service.
I)urinll the Christmas scason the gift of
,iv;lI" wM wcll elleml'lified by several of our
Urothers who look the lime to conduct fund
rpisers for the incapacitated Orolh~rs. Our
thankJ CO 10 BrotheB E. T . Ev.rl1u .nd Lou
1'llnO for their effort in belpin, OUI Brother
.
Paul Pamco durina hiS lime of need, ,,110 10
be commended is Brother Joe Cretall. for his
aood .. ill in helping IIro tber Sal !)erne. Sal.
.... ho hiS been inaplcit~ted sina 1975, ~d
10me of the money alven to him to purchase
I Walk.A!onL ... hlch will aid him in hi5 ballk
10 ...alk allain. Sal WI-S al10 &iven In IBEW -
1..0cIl IH) jadet from Brother Jim Cartw:
.Iw Brother Bill Fit,t,rllhl I.Id,d • ,cnerous
lIif!, IIrother Deme was .110 the lirst winner
in 1983 in the ~O I SO liroth"rbood Fund draw-
ing.
Several area charities ...·ere reeipienl'l o f
money gifl$ which ...er. Iliven by Local 90.
The monies were collected throuah the busi-
ness monallcrs office (rom ~afious jobs. The ~
lotnl nmount collected was in ucus o f S 1.500.
The thoullhlfulness, and lIenerosity show the "
concern Loc.1 90 hili for the handicllppl'd ~nd
leM·fortunate peOple of our communities.
Another IIrouP of men "'ho hIlS demonstrated
the aifl of belpina lbeir Brolbers is our IIrothcr.
hood Fund Committee. which hili been doina '0
oUISl.ndina job. The committee. which opera les • •
I 50/ SO weekly drawinL has pre~nted over
5).000 to our sick or injured Brothers. This
wonh .... hile fund niser should be pltronittd by
e'ery member of I..ocal 90. If you Ire in need
of ...'C'Ckly ticket ... you e ln obtain iMm from Iny
of the fol1o"'ing commillee members: Tom
M u"·~II. Dom 8orrell~ R ~y II.ney. Tom
Spivey, Tom Punch, !lilly Moore, Tom Bon-
lempo. and Roy 1I."i1On. TieketJ may .150 be r"i
purchased throuih the busineS5 manaltr', offic~,
In this year, 1983.... e find thai we are still •
faced witb Ihe IIIIrne old problems-hiah unem·
ployment (over 20 percent in con~1ruction). an
anli-union administration in WashinalOn, which
iJ 5tll1 Iryinll to abolish the gains organiz~d
labor has made OYe r Ihe past SO years, and an
outraacoU5 balance of trade in which we arc im.
pOrtina $12 billion more than we Ire exportinll:
thi s . 110 haJ the blcssinlS of the Rug.n Ad- ..
miniMntinn. So. u the uphill ronlinu~. the
need to support CO PE-endorscd candidates to
participate in our locil union meetinlll and
funclions and 10 buy only union American-made
products is becoming mOle a nd more o f I
neccuity to our surviv.l.
ROlEn COIIU.O, P.s.
JATC and Local 98 to •
Sponsor Grou ndi ng Seminar
LU, 98 (I&~ m),. "IIII..ADl:l.'IIIA, PA.- The
Joinl Apprenticeship and Traininl Committee
of the Penn·DeI·Jers~y Chapter of NECA, Ind
1..0<:31 98 will 5pon50r a ~minJr on "rounding.
It will be held on SalurdDY, April 16, 1983. It
locol 98', IInion hllll. The all.dBY seminar .... iIt ~
from
future wme of the mosl knowledlleab!e poople
on the East CoUt reg.rdinll groundin8- TM!IC
include Joe Ross, NEMA: Al Enallnd, T&:B:
Willia m Whilely, Phil.delphia Electric Com-
pany; and J im Richards. MDIA of Ballimore.
Maryland. Thi, seminar is OflC'n 10 members of
NECA and Local 98, 50 be sure to a ttend.
The Apprentice Training Commillee hu In·
nounced thlt on thc niihts of April ....8 Ind II.
IS-Crom S:OO p.1TL to 7:00 p.m._pplic3Iions
will be taken for Idmission into I..ocal 98',
Apprtnticc:ship Proar.1TL
It isn't often that ... e LOn&,atulalc \iU. BllJi'fn-
tices for. job .... ell done. To ...·ork all day, study
II niaht. Ind m.ke the honor roll In school
shows that the apprentice hlU aiven somcthin,
utrl. The followina youna men mlde this effor! ...
Ind rKeivw honors for the May 10 November
1982 school year : first ycn. James Dollard,
Willi~m Baumkcr, and Scoll P05I0n; Ih ird year,
Michael McCarty. M ichael Ii oliand, James
Odkers, Joscph Marchesani. Brian Uurrows.
I n.~ph Nol~n. nnd WmiHm II rown; and fourth
year, John Pharo and John Kline.
H BNIY M UIUY. JI., P.S.
 The following ICller was re«ived: Mr.
Rolly Richrd Strombcr .. Business Manager IOEW Christmas Party
l.o<:ll 99, 14 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick,
Rhode bl3nd.
Dear D'ck:
Please: ac« pl OUt deepest Ippredltion on be-
half of the ~mbel' of LodIe5 883, lOSS, 1142
Inti Diurict 64 of the IAMA W .. ho!Ie flmilit'S
receIVed the p'nerous Christmas dinners pro-
vided by loc3l 99.
Those members who r~ceivtd the baskets just
oould not uy cnoulh lbout the gcnero~ity of
loc3l 99, We Ire lllrC' you realize " 'hat • tre-
mendous uphft yoor thoullhtful~$ was to the
morlle o f our ~nllle membership
Our members hlye flc~d many ad"erSll!ei in
thc last IS monlhs, but, think God, th~y ha vc
been off~t by In C'yen Ircater lmount of sup-
• porI from fellow trade unionius in §O many
different ways, plrtkularly Local 99 who has
been in the forefront most timn eyen before .... e
asked
In closing, pleo'le utend 10 YOUI member.;hip
our sincere gratitude and best wishes in III your
endeavors in the new year.
Signed by LOllis N. Vollande. president, L.L.

f-'
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8S3, ]AM : William A. Garri§On, presid~nl, L.L.
IOas, l AM; Willilm II. Mallin. prt'Sid~nt. LL
1142, lAM: and Robert V. Thayer, business
( representDtive, 01 64, ]AM.
Conllr.lUlalion~ 10 C IMBA (Rhode bland)
Sbo....... M. .le nndld.l~ lull ... "1I~h"OO • ..,01 Presidcnt J~ph Marchese on his rCC'leClion IS
llrolhul Ilk!,; Inee and A.' ....' P.nr.I~. CIM8A (Rhode Island) president.
, W,u..TU 1_ PEUY, P.S.

F Scribes Give Update

On l oca l 99's Progress
I~U • . , 11&<110.1). f'RO\'1I1ENC t:. M.1._ Herc'l
.. ,m.1I update on t.oc.l 99's pro,.US. Con·
• utul:uions to Businns Manllt'! It E.. Slrom.
Work Scene Remains
Unimproved
Mtel/AlL DAL.EY, P.s.

S.. ,. a ,,It.
olro . . . . . tW "".. m_1
J . . . llu, a.t ' ''' C'lLrW.... Plrtr •
.11 1 ~.,. dl lId ,

be, .. "00 ¥I'U On(C II~in appomted by Inter·
nllional P,nident Pln.rd lIS Senell,., to the
IHEW Grievance Ind Ap~als Cornmillu (or
lhe Internalional Convention. As Secretary,
Dick handled all cases beml ap~aled to the
dek,alts at the International Con~cnlion. Ilusi·
ness M.nl1,er Slromber"l ability Ind .cllieve·
menlS have been ,ccOln,zed by not only our
n~mbe" and stale officials bu\ .Iso by ou r 1.0.
TIllS recognition is thOfOUghly d~rved~ thanks,
Did:. for pUII,n, Rhode Island and Lonl 99
on the map. Your ,(COlni.ion is QU I fc<:ognilion.
Negotialions .... C'rc complC'tC'd in June and " 'crc
hillhly successful. We .... ould likc to thank Ihe
NeKoliatinll Cammitlee, BusUlc$l Man~gcr
Earl 1. Curtin, and Recording Secrelary John R.
Osltandcr for a .iob .... dl donC'. Due to theil
uPC'rlise l.o<:al 99 members will now enjoy a
l-U. 100 (I.o.tm& r b), FRt:s .... O. CAL-Thc
work !OHUltion in our lIrel hlsn't Impro'cd. As
of Jlnuary .. e .. ere UpI'fM,ncinl bet .. een 2()"2S
percent of our members on the ool 'of·.. ork h51..
Th,s ti,ure dQo:,s not Inelude our ~mber$ .... ho
arc worling reduced ...·or kweek s or alternating
timC' off
There arc I few bnpt spots for the futuIC'.
however. Uechtcl Corp. will be bui]d,ng a 51)2-
m,lIion wlste- to·e~rIY electric generltinl plant
In Madera, Cllifornia. Ix'ginninl in April. 1983.
The do .. ntown hOtd pro~ct, Macy'J, and
1' lshiOn hit lemodc] should be In hilh lear
SOOn. The propose:d Dinkey Cre~k lIydroo=lcctric
Powcr Planl has bll the required pel milS and
shoul d begin construction in ]984.
AI our January union meeting it .. as reported
that two of OUI lignllory controclors arc lermi -
.. aste of one of Amelicl', grUtest n:llufill
IC'!oOurttS, buman 1O!SOUlce. its people. ThcI'C' Ife
12 million people oul of work, UO billion in
10'\1 re~enuO!S, Inti caUlII paid.out bcMfits for
c'ery I percenl m the ulI('mp]oyment Motisties.
The numbers arc weEl_known Ind legend. But
the!y IrC only numbers and not rcal, JUst figu rC$
put on paper th~t l Ie used for Cllculatioll5 by
bQokkeepers Ind accountants. PC'oplc are rell!.
ho ... uer; husbands lind wives $land in hne a t
the unemployment officc, and their dreams of
ownml a hou)C arc slippml I way I!i sure ly 15
their fCC'linp. Klf.wonh, Ind accomplishments
arc buriw und~r the! paper work of a burcauc-
mcy intcnded to treat thcm a~ ~taust Jcs instead
of human bei ll!!l. Mothers and fathers arc CU I-
ting back on all thcy "'orked hard for Ind they
feel inadequate for not beinl able to provide

t
$461 raise: o.er two years. Alona with this the
con tractor's contributions arC' now on a per-
CC'ntalle o f ,ron wallCS (annully 16 PC'rcC'nt,
. pension 3 perCC'[lt and II and W 1 perCC'nt);
III~ the C"Slabli5hment of Local 99's o .... n Politi-
cil Action Fund and an Increase in the mileage.
Other language changes .... crc addetl to fully
protect the needs of our OrotlKrs. ThrOUllhou\
11K eleclions lasl fall Local 99 .... as utre~ly
Ielive through our PAC Iw by Bu~inU5 "-hn-
• Ier Stromberl and Co.chairper~n Carminc
~bomiflO. Local 99's PAC htlpc:d 22 of the
2' labor·supported candidatO!S 10 victory. AI·
thouJh Locll 99'$ endor:\.Cd Senllc CIIndidate,
Julius M,chelson, Iosi. he lave I Irnt ~ho .. inl
Ig.inst the 5'-,e'5 most popular Republican,
Iooing by only 7.000 vO\es and shu .... mg OnCC'
'Iain the po ....C'r Ih al l'ACs hold Th anks to the
the hlrd-workin, PAC members C. (M,lsomino,
Curt lI ymel. erorIC Oro ....·n, Ed Lc,,·i:o., Tom
Paolino. Paul Stromberl, and AI P;l.o]o. A]·
thouah Ju]ie Michaelson ]O!il. one nm't point
out thlt if III the trade unions ...·cre as Icti"e ;1.5
t.«a] 99·s. Juhc m,ght hive bern 'n the win
column. Durina the ChfLStmaS seaJan. l.o<:al 99's
members supporteo.l thl'ir ~trikinll II rothcrs and
Sisters at Ilrown '" Sharpe by adoptina n si rik.
;nJ mcmbers Ind their hmilies. living each of
them a turkcy lind III the Ihinp for their
Christmas dinn~r. Sincere Iratitude w;u felt on
all lides.
Mling Iheir alreement with the IUEW. We hate
to lose union commctors at a time when the
non_union contrDCIOI~ Ite makinl an impact on
commercial Ind industrial work in our area . Thc
disturb,nl rael is thai the most luccO!SSful non-
Ilnion contractO'$ in our area arc formcr IIlEW
members. These Slme non·union contractors
....ould Ix' biddinl work at S,.OO per hour if the
IIlEW .. cre to gO out of bUlolncss tomorrow.
We new 10 turn the tilk of non·union shops.
OPC'n ~hops, Inti I dC'cline in our rllembership•
which began in our area in the late 1960. Our
upromin, nelJOtiation5 .. auld be a good place to
start. Wage concnsions IIr~ nol the Ins ...·cr. This
... ill only ciccrellloC thc non-union contractors"
profit mal,in. Wc lhou]d be oPC'n_mindcd to any
prOJ"lOSab our contractor.; submIt. The non-
union conlTactor is our COmpetItor, not our
DU'LEIGII J M~PLF.s. p.s
local 102 Experiences
Very Slow Ti mes
I~U. 102 (1&0), l'ATt: RSON. NJ ..- As I " 'rite
this in ear ly FebTl'ary, the combinalion of
wcather and bad economics is joinm!: foreu to
crente >ery slow tim~s in our hilinl hall, with
few jobs cllIing for mC'n and too mlny finishing
up. Hopefully, this \tcnd will ,,:~erilt. It~lf toOn.
Unemployment ;, certainly II Itc mcndou~
for Iheir families. Work is a 'cry basic Amcri-
can tradition.
LiO"a COllTl')I" I, 1',5.
Children's Christmas
Party Held
t..u. 103 (I,u&..,), ROSTO N. MASS.-Lo.::al 103
Ind the! Deha·W)e CrWIl Union once Ipin
lponsored the childrcn's ChrlJlmas plltty. TMI
1982 AnnUli Combinw ChmtnWI Pany "C'nl
o~C'r quile .. ell. 2S6 Freeport SUCCI opened itl
doors 10 nurly 800 boY$ and airls. Despite the
snowflll our membC'rs " 'cre Ible to mlk~ the!
trip into Dorchester. Once in tbe hill, the chil-
dren .... ere entertl lllW wllh mo~ie" I malieiln,
Ind I pUppel Ihow. whil~ cnteym, popcorn. icc
Sl
crum, and Ioni c. lI ul there', flO doubt th l t tbe ~
•
most enjoyable evC'nt for the! childrtn was the ~
~
trip up to see Si nta, .. here Iht1 also received I
I,ft big from Sanll's helpl'rs. ,<
The su,c"ss of this day .... ould nOI hPve been ~
po~s,ble ... ,tbout the deYOIion Ind hard ... ork of z
~
mlny mluntC'C'rs. Our thanks 10 OUt to Brother ~
Dill "Red" SII.., .nd Bob 8.rry rOT playinl the 0
~
main ,ole; abo to 103"$ commLltC'C' m~mben
John Dumas. Joe Pierce, Tommy O'Toole, Peler
St. Clair. Kcn Nlldcau, 1Ii11 Cltary, Ind Rkh ~
~
Lea ry; our thanks .Iso the CrC'di t Union Com ..
mittee mcmbers. Dick Burnier, Debby SaulC',
Kenny Smith, Frank !'rendivil1e, nnd an the 27
 Christmas Party
Aulli lan l .pp,."Uu dl," IO, Rill $ ..... 0011 IOt .. _
'n p. OJUIO' ""lie .. ,.,I<iUI Ceo,.e II.,II... d lriu
,,, Ii,II' off .11 I!,~~drl. IIu dullr.
o ffi ce hctp .... ho assi5ted us. These ~ple
planll~d and s.cl up th e events of lhe day, bUI
it .... ould hQve been Ycry difficult 10 carry ou t
those plAns ""ithout the Qyuw helmin& support
received form Local lOY, Student Council and
apprcntice$ who volun teered their lime for Ihe
,ood of Oil' local union. Th anks allain 10 evcry-
one who 801 involved.
H ey. kid" dnn', fnrKcl Ihe family outill,ll
planned for Ihis summer . We'll kttp ),ou in-
formed.
The DrOlhelhood Fund recently rccC'ivcd I
contribution from one o f our older mcmbcrs,
Brother Stanley Harton. li e auached a leller
whi<.:h ...·c lhould all think .boul the nUl lime
we're "ked to !Jet involved.
" I hive not been able 10 take part in union
.cti .. i~ for $Orne lime. 1 1m 92. yea.s old . nd
.m prese.nlly in the Joh n &on Ii ouse., a nursina
hOIll(: in Ih.in!ree, as I am unable !O ...·al .. or
' land. I h ave b«n I IMm~r of loa l 10) for
72 ~3rs .nd Krved !....o terms as vice pr~denl.
I alw.)'5 enJOyed workinl '" nh the Bro!hers and
allended mee!m" recul.rly ,,'hen I was .ble.
". send plOd wishes to ,II for the rontinued
suco;eu of our union', ac ti vities."
Stanley, thanks aBain. I lMure you tha t Local
10) will rontinuc to protect and improve on the
lains whICh ....ere ,*on by you .nd Brothers like
1uu--fu. 1111 uu. """"''''',,. Wc ... ilI ,,,,,'C' fu, Itct
our Brotherl .... ho wcoe aClive before us, and "'e
will co nt inue to wor" for our members of the
future.
Brothers and Sisters, one way " 'e can all help
to $eeure a properous futur. b 10 look for th.
union label.
Buy union! Buy Made in Americal
KilN N... op. ... u. P.S.
Awards Banquet Hel d
For New Journeymen
L.U. 107 (I,~m .• ts.t~sp.). GRANO RAPIDS,
~f1 C II ~Gn nd Rap id. Joint .... pprenticeshl p
A .... a rds llanquet .... as held hn uary 12. 1983.
The dinner Will! attended by the ne .... Journeymen
28 Ind their aUtSt,., offi..., rs of the Joi nt Apprentice-
Graduates
•· "'''1 ..... , Idl I n "Jhl • •• e Ja.a lA"d" T_
§cK .......&I<I,
_1 IHKk ' 0'"
lI_rI Eldred, Te...., Iillla, h_u
,,,.1..
w.,·
,<:10. "'.IO<! E.t.UOI. ltd ....
NUa, li nd I , .", o~. K u Ih,mph.e1J, J....,u Dllnn~
bad.. s.:oll Vel.no_, ud Duld SkutODt.
ship Comm.n«, Business ~hnagtr Roy BlDm.
and his wife. Carol.
The introductory remark ... ere presented by
IIruce Sptncu. The presentation award~ were
made by Sc:cre!~ .y Ri chard KDro$inski. The fol.
low,na were presented .wurd5: Gordon lIush,
Roben Eldred. hmes Leach. Joseph Rinl ..... ld,
Ter.y S1IIes. Roy Des VO'lnes, Ken Humphreys.
Edgar Niles. Davi d Skestone, Kevin Wpller,
James I)unn eback. Rod La More. &011 I' cter·
Jon. Tom SOSno .... ski, and Ja mes Watson ,
The fol1owinl were nnt pre!lenl al Iht: 1I ..... rd~
banquet: Andy Aicken. Ph,llIp 0, Cesare. LuI)'
TicUer, Grel Buist, Jeffrey l)'cker'iOn. M,chael
Carr. a nd Martin La Voy.
The conarah,latory .cmarb we.e made by
lIui\ineu Manlier Roy Ul ain. Very Iptcial
thanks are c~tcnded 10 instruclor Fred Eve"'n..
Ind those responsible for lIamin, and educluinl
these fine jou.neyman ",iremen. also to Sharon
IJancino, who Wl$ insuumenlll in arranlina the
banquet and procuring the necessary thin,~ that
made IhlS event I a.eat ",ccess.
A preu se.cretaty for I local is a very hust·
riled and lonely ~rsoD as the hour for !he nell
ar\lcle in the IBEW lou",..i nel rs. If ",hat he
.... ritl'S is not Ic« ptable to Jotne pro ple, he il
subjected to CflUClSm by those .... ho choo!lt only
to be,ate him. If he mi~ somethinl Ihlt
s.eems important. be isn't doinl his job. lAl us
III join in 10 IM:lp tbe press ilCcretary by pauin,
on 10 him information, pictures. and Illicles
th aI coneern the local union. Let all or the
members of Local lOTs uniu s.:leCl I responsive
person 10 pa$J on in formation and ....ork with
the preu sccrellry 10 auu.e that the monthly
a.ticles .. ill be .nterestinl and informative 10 IU.
The ne .... prus se.Cl'tllr)' reprt5<'ntin, 1.oc",1
107 is Joe Rauk. Joe's phone number can be
obtained I! Ihe Local 107 hall. Lers ,ive all the
suppo rt ... e «on 10 help him moke his job a
MICCe$S. Good luck. Joe!
Ru ' S'MMU",., P,S.
FEW A Holds First
Meeting of 1983
LU. 101 (O.II.mt.PS,lIi,n .....eu .. th,ru,spa.e nl,cat .
"'I. TAMPA, FLA.-The Florida Electrical
Workers AMOCiation held its first meetinl of
]98 3 at the Ii oliday In n Centrpl in Ta mpa. on
JDnu Dry 7. 8, and 9, and wu very succesdul1y
hos!ed by Locals 108. 108. 824. and 913 and
System Council U·S. The economy of our coun·
try tooay seemed to be the nlOst im porta nt topic
At Meeting
8attu..k .. al Ille ..utl.... kh to .11"1, a.. I'rtOI-I1
okl\l Ih .." lI _rts ."d Knellll ... Boant _f_ben
J lm"'1 Conna\.Jer and Jim M.MIIl.n .
•
for diKus..~ion ..... ith non.union con tra ctors run·
nina a rea l clMe secon d. Reaganomics, reee...
sion, depre$$io n-or whatever you want to call
il-only proves that ..... IIli u' lIani1:cd lH OO. ",u~1
gct mo.e involved in polities if we a.e to su r·
vive. Our ~opl e who are comfor tabl y employed
do nOl realiu that we have members .... ho ha ve
not .... orked at their trade for nea rly a year, with ..
little hope for the future under the prescnt
Republican Adminillration.
The .... orkinl aareements 11 Tampa Armalure
Worh Inc .• WEDU, Channel ). Bnd our l.me
Construc lion Uni t .... ere all lICuled in the mont h
of December, AI TAW it look 16 uuion. to
Il t a three·year poIck_at: at WEDU, it abo took
16 sessions for a one-year package. Our line
conslruction agreement was o~ntd early and ';(
has been 5Culed also.
R rntht~. tw:lievr. mr. if thev. ..cll lr.men" I re
any ,ndication of thin., to COIM .....e can foraet
the larle increues ,*e enjoyed durin, the '1OJ
and ,*ork like lhe devil 10 keep ... hat we have.
If )'()U o r any member of your family is no t
rellistered to vote, please rome se.e me II the
office and .... e C1I n Id the job done ri&h l here.
More nut mon th. ~
H. K. S... ". F.5,
local 111 in Negotiations}
Steward Meetings Held
LU. II I (0&- 11). DE.""ER. COLO.-Colorado-
Ute Electric As5Qcillion, Inc. has started gOn·
venience hel rinp with the Public Utilities Com.
mission on their .tqut51 10 build. ) 4S· K.V line
from Rine. Colorado. to San Juan. New Mu ito,
If everythinl IDe$ well. we ilhould be able to
IIart ronstruction sometime in 1984.
We ha~e stifled De,olialioll$ .... ith Colorado-
Ute Electr,c Associl lion, Inc. on the operations
and mB;nlen3ncc aaree men l. The Com plny h
requesting many "aiye blck.$."
Other neaOliations in prOllress ...e Delta ..
Montrose. Morsan County Rural Electric Auo-
ciation. and the Colorado Sta tewide Rural Elc...
Iric As5ociatio n line oonstruction allcement.
Stay abreast of these nelotiations: anend your
unit meetings.
DU li ness Man alc r 1I0bert Mason a nd his u·
sistan" have been busy d lldn, the wmle r
months hold ina steward rntetin,s throughout
Colorado. All larle and diversified as ou r loc.1
 . AI Work
~ _ 0' Lonl III ,
I, .-0.... I' work. Letl to .Iah! Ire
1'aJ'1I~'k RI._ , K~,,"enl "OO'~"
... C.nld KI"a, Donald CI"-. h Sli"
Miller, Ma nc\.!' Vu;.~ ..'u , F..nle Gun ••• o,
Willi .... ..
• l or those of us who "'I' doing all IlIcse Ihinll.
Construction Hands
union i'l, it is essential \0 provide Irainil1, 3nd
communication to OUt $Iewards who in turn
will benefit our member', The stewards arc lhe
baekbone of our labor .,.eements Dnd ] hope
they make every effort 10 , nend these ~Iing'l
... ....hen Kheduled in their .rul.
Our con,ralulalions 80 ou t 10 Sister Cindy
Moo re. ~Is. Moore is the firsl woman to (om-
pletll Ille four-year Mech~nical M ainlenam:e
Apprenuceship !>roar.m thrOll,h " ublle Servi«
Company of Colorado. She is now ",'orkin, H •
,iourn('yman milhoricht 1\ the Pa .... nce Po" ••
Planl, We ... ish you the bc:st. Cindy.
In efforts to provide COUIX slUd), ,n lhe field
..... of lalxlt law, the oftke Maff of Local III.
luended a two-day seminlr II 1M University o(
Colorado in Boulder. Colorado. This \ery in.
formalive trlining Waf proenled by CLEA R
(Committee on Labor Education and Researeh) .
TIle instruetor$ were labor luorneys ... ho pro-
vided us ..-i lh a lruly inrormati~e weekend.
On March Sand 6 C LEAR CQnducted our
stewar d training :<ehao1. It was made available
to all member$ of our local. We appreciated Ihe
tine prolrom that CLEAR made available 10 us.
WOIk safely and auend you union nleeling1.
JOliN L. DAV IS, P.S.
Old·Timer Appreciative
Of ISEW
_ L.. U. 125 (O,U&:ClI~), " ORTLANI), ORJ.: '_Each
of U5, at one time or anolMr and for ...,hlteve r
reuon, hu found hunseit wonder;nl .. hal
happened to the ... ord wUrothcrbood" in the
Inlernational Urotherhood of Electrical Workc~
The follo ..';ng kiter Ibor.dd remind us that
"Urotherhood" is ... here it has Ilways been, in
the hUrlS of the membel$.
february ), 1983
Auenlion; Local ]2' Brotherhood Fund and
MHllirs, Billinier Chappell, Fallon, Tobin and
Wilson
Genllemen:
The IlIIerl1ational Brotherhood of Eleetricn l
Workerl hat ~en lond to me throu gh I.ocal
12$. I relired from I'GE 21 yearl ago and am
the proud posses~or o f I 6O-yur pin presented
10 mc by Local 12S hut YUt.
In perusing the lInuary. 1983 IBEW Journal,
I noted Ihe "Iicle on page 19 reportinl the
fund·nising elfort for unemployed, financiallY
distressed mem~r1. Although 1 hne been un·
~mployed for lhe lost 2,1 years. Ihe JIlEW hal
not foranllen me. And 10 I ..·ish to make a
contribution to Ihls ",orlhy ~lfon.
I vividly recall lhe $hoe lealher I lost .. hile
pound,nl the pavermnts of lhe $II~" of POlt·
Illrld Iookinl in vain for ~mployrmnt follo""nl
my discharge from the Navy in World War I.
My pelSoOna l cheek in the Dmount of $2S is
tndos.cd.
fraternally. Wm. 11 _ Hayden. JI~t onlee Box
202. Cannon Beach. Orelon 97110
Brolher lIayden Will be 86 yun old in Sep·
lember and reliled (r om PGE in 1962•
R. W. AV I ~~. II M
'Buy American,'
Says Scribe
I~U, 1;&2 (u). PITTSRU KC U. PA. -l 'he lc has
been an incre:l!ied demand by Unlled StatC$
cit;aAS 10 put. SlOP 10 c.cr&~ive imports. That
is I move in th~ right dilection. 1I 0"'ev~r Ihere
could be a dilference from one peJ')()f\ 10 an·
other on ... bal is meant by "ucc:ui,·c!'·· Take the
lIee! indl.l5tf)', (or elIamplc. Their demise has
been ful]y bllmed on ucessi'·e import o( steel
But there Ire olher Imports as ...ell Ihl t ad·
vel"$ely alfecl our production in this country;
yel, for various reasons. Ihe elfec" are mini_
mized al best and not publicized by the rmd,a.
All of which lu"ct one 10 ..·onder if .. e arc
demandinl curtai lment of impor" all lOlelher.
or if ..·c ale prolesting th~ import$ .. hieh
alfect our major industry.
A case in poinl is something Ihal happened 10
employees of Duquesnc tighl Company shortly
befo re Chrislmo~.
The presidenl of J)uquesne tighl Company
lequested in a Icn er that each employee and
sloclho]der wrile theil coni\ressman. deeryin,
Sled imports. The ,eSlure "':IS applauded by
cHryone; in fact, rtIO'i l cmployc.., ""elc quile
impressed Ihat tlley .. ere I$ked 10 conlflbutc 10
th e elfort to curb ~Itd imporl5. But Ihese efforts
i«mcd to wane in Naniticance "'hen they rt-
cei'ed a ceramic mUI from lhe romplny. de.
siancd 10 celeblale lhe company·s new corporate
headquallers-rnade in England. Now "e aU
kno ... that this country is not ... "I\oul its
ceramic. ponery•• nd Ilus manufacturer" "&h11
Yet how many know if Ihese places arc dOSlnl.
or at ]east havina 10 curtail their .. orl force
and hour1. BUI Imports on DuqUHAC !Jlht
property do nol end there. There lIe boo1$,
barrel" Iloves. I nd many pieces of equipment
used daily that are imports.
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Address CHANGED?
Brothers and Sisters, we NAME
want you to have your
JOURNALI When you NEW AOORESS
have a change of ad·
dress, please let us
know. Be sure 10 in- PRESENT LOCAL UNION NO....
clude your old address
and please don't lorgel CARO NO. . .
III
to fill in L U. and Card
No. Thislnlormallon will
be helpful in checking
PENSION MEMBER
and keeping ou r ree· OLD AOORESS
ords straight.
If ,ou han changed
loca' union •• w.
must
have number. 01 both.
FORMER LOCAL UNION NUMBER
Mail h · CirulatiOIl Deplflmflt
International Brotherhaod If Electrical Workers
1125 15tb Strnt, N.W., Washin,t .. , D. C. 2llDIl5
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111 play the devil'. Idvocate and take imports
one Ilep further. lI ow many of us are Inpinl
about imports in our indu~lry, but have no
qualms aboul buyinl and using impOrts I/lal
have And can pUI o lhe, JICOple in this counlry
out of work' Do ...·c check tM label before pur·
chasinl clothin&. appli",1lCC$, automobiles. etc.1
It all doesn't just end "Ith Ited imports. The
lisl of items IOC'5 on .nd on.
Privatdy ..·c can do III .. e can to male SUIC
Ihal whale~er Ille purc/lase, it is American·
made. DUI when you r wOlk place is careless
about where Ihey purchase their parts. chastil-c:
manDgemenl. Demand thaI thcy buy Armtican.
To tale Ihis crusadc one Mel' funher. if your
counlY. Itate, or federal lO,ernment is bu)inl
impOrl!, demand thaI Ihcy change Ihe lt bU)"1n1
hahil' 10 reflect " Duy Alnerical1.~ or they wlll
feci il in Ihc Ihe next elect iol!.
now, good Keep up Ihe ,ood work. I tlrmly
~lIe't Ihat we ..-ould nOI ha"e aU this unem-
ploymenl no .... , if e'ery cilUen in Ihe Unlled
StDles in!U~led on buyinl American.
It i~ my opinion Ihat .n internationals ~hould
&et 101Clher and creale lines of communic"'on
rcachinl back 101M local unions, di~tricts. and
rouncil. desilned to Ittaek aU imports. Wc mUlt
presenl a solid front IlalAst imporl$, ...-e must
demonsllate in number", VOle in numbers, Ind
Slarl 10 buy American products in numbe~
I kno .. RIch an effori IookJ tood in theory.
Perhaps il is only • drum. But I am a firm
believer Ihat we can do anything .. e sel our
mind, 10. It will take much 10 accomplish \ueh
a ta~k. TOlClher, ho ..·cver. ""C can do it.
WILliAM J lloovu. P,S,
New Journeymen
Honored at Banquet
L U. 143 (l,f m&~p.). IIAHHISII URG, 1''\._
T wel,·c new journeymen wele honored on 1 eb·
rulry 4. 1983. al this )"ell's apprenlicdohip
banquet held at Ihc lIaflis/)ur, Marriott Inn.
The new JOurneymen .. cre C1)ngt1ltulMed for
Ihelt Iccomplishmenl5 by International Repre-
~ntahve Joseph Sparks. NECA Represcnlative
Tml Cannon. E~eeutj,·c Secretary of IhI:: I'enn·
Iiylv.nil Dmlding Trades Council and member
of the Pennsylvanil Applenliecship Council
Tom Miller. Enculi't Vice President of lhe
Pensyl~onla AFL--CIO Robert Melnt)""'. and
Blllmn'! \la nager of Locll 14) Glenn Schaelfer
The 12 new journeymen ale Bradley Baney.
Michael Chclius. Terry lien, Da~id HuIII_apple.
Chall~ Johnson. Michael Lebo. James M~nlJer,
Evan Rohrel, Timolhy Snow. Danid Souder,
Coplon Thomas, and Mtchad Yavoich. The~
I:!. younl rmn are to be congrltulated for
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 Graduates
c ...... ,ts 01 I..KaI IU. lI.nhn....... ~ ..ok ro ....
~It 10 "IIot. ••• T . 1If'n. D . " "I "W~. C. J ollo_-.
It.. R ollo",. ; I._I ro_' M . IAbo. tot. 0...11.,. D.
.so-•. M. \ '••01<11, J . M•• UCf, C. ~, II.
1laH" . .d T. S_.. ,
Billboard
maintaining the hi,h !tllndards the previou!
apprentice ha"e llet (or them. O\"Cr the {our-
yell period the dass had a combined average
u{ 90.37 P<'rc~"l. Tlrnc irllljvioJu~b ",LI l'<l an
aIMt to the indU!;lIy and Local 141 for many
~alS to come.
Ind ividual achievement awards "'cre presented
to three individuals with the highest cumulative
avera&e for the four YUIS o f ,dated clauroom
instruction. The , raduJle with the hiah est aver-
age was Mi chael Lebo, second WIlS Micbael
Yavoich, and third wu Terry Herr.
Awards were also preloCnted to thrte Iraduat"
(or perfect altcndance o,'er four YUII in the
related clusroom instruction. These Iraduntes
were Hradley Haney. hmes Men tzer, and I!van
Roh rer.
11le JATC Curnrnill« p.er.cnted the Adam W.
Ueckert, Jr., Memorial Award It the banquet
to the luduate who t.!eRlonnratrs the h"hest
dellee o{ reliability. interC5t, judlment, allitooe,
and rooperalh'enen. This I"'ard Is unique be-
cauloC the uaduatel ,ote (or the member o( the
class 10 rKe;ve il. This year's rKip,ent was
Michael Lebo.
A Spe<;ial Award ..., prCMnted 10 Husiness
Mnn~£t'r Glenn Schaeffer, fo, hi$ pasl years of
Krvicc 10 lhe JATe, for his 12 ~an of dedi.
cation and JUidance.
Thc offi~rs and membelS of Local 10 con-
,falUlate the ....dull'" and oller them the besl
IhrouaMul Ih",r ~"'«').
The JATC has put up • billboard honoring
pa.t Iprenli~ Ind thi~ uadu"ion cllJ~ al
Second .nd Vine Streets in Harri'\bura. All the
apprentices ,hould he HI}' proud of Ihil rewl-
",lJOn. The JATC Comminee der.c .... n a bil
thanks ror this.
The newly formet.l Adverti.in, Commill('e has
b«n "ery busy in lhe hm few months. They Ire
""orlt.in~ all \.-ay~ 10 £l't thr n~me of the IBI!W
and Local 10 10 the public and uscrs about the
qu.lily of ",orkman~hip provided by our mem.
bcr~. and the committee involvement of our
mcmbe~. ConlilUllee members art Ilrothe., Jim
Trill, Kenneth Spnhr. Will,a", St"n~, Ch~r1e5
Dunn, James Pnul. lIu.ines, f>hnn ller Glenn
Schaeffer. Uarry HberMlle. lint.! " resident Gcoq~e
Rh nn. They nr~ 10 ho commended for thdr
pre~nt and fUllllO efTOrts,
3. Dn'lI",ts VINOla. 1'.5.
Brother Klinghamm er Retires;
Work Scene Bad
L. U. IMi (1&:",), DECATUR, ILL.--Conlratu.
'Rlions Ire in order for Fred Klln,hammer, Jr ,
",ho is retirinl after 4) ~ars of service to the
IBEW. Fred ;ained the local III No_ember, 1939
and retired houary 1, 198). Good luck, Fred!
Our Ann ual Christmas Party was held al the
Mll50nic Temple Ihis ~ar. S.nl. had present.
for all the kids while Santa's heh~r kept cake
and ke cream comin, for older ones. Arter
Santa wu throush. a d .....·inl "IS hdd for the
many lif,. d.... nal"d hy rllfo If"I('al. 1oc:a1 cantrll."-
IOn. and merchanlS in the 'In.. A aood time
was had by aU.
Conlratulation$ I'e in order for five members
..'ho h..·e. Ifter completinl th" inside wireman's
schoo'. puscd the journeyman wireman', ttst.
They ar" lIarold Weakly. Tom Vonck, Rick
Perkill$, John Eveland. Ind Joe Walker. Con.
Iralulalions.
After eilhl yell~ 11$ an a"islln t business
manager of the local. John T aylor .. ill be aoinl
back 10 his tool. the last part of Febntary. John
hs done 1\ fine ;ab for this local and will con.
tinue to do 50 with his tools. Good luck. John,
and thanksl
AJ; for Ihe work situation we sliII have an
overabundance of people ror wh.t lillie work we
have. Over 400 are signed up on Book 2 .nd )0
on Book I. So before yo u driVe up, calli
DANNY WltAntEl.f'Olo. P.S.
Old-Timers
'" ,be old·t".. ~n pal1y 01 L...... t6l. MI .... upoll ..
Ml .. n.. lronl ...... le f. to ,1. 111•• •~ v.. II. "Ihule"
Buolkln. H"1I1l.... "Ad""k o. Iby K I>OII, ba~k «I'"
K~ .. ~· ..... h , WIUla ... S.II~k , and Walt TUUUtn,
Old· Ti mers Party
Held by local 160
L.U. 160 to.uA. nt ~), MINN EA "OLIS, MINN.
-toca' 160 hfld an old timer, party and the
members packed Ihe hall A .upper o f I'ol i~h
samale. ham, beans. and beer .. as provided.
Th~ who were present oon~ide r ed thc party a
big succe,", Ml an .nnual &athe';n& is bein&
considered ~nd a dale In the IlIIure w,ll be
annollnced.
The.e '"'ere many p.ilc, for the drnwinlOi and
the IWO mtml>crs holdinllt hc "Idc<' IIiEW cnrd'!
...ert aw~nled thc bC'erRIIC$ of their choice.
AI.I',(o C. UJNP., P.S.
Annual Dinner-Dance,
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Christmas Parties Held
L.U. 164 (1&0). J ERSEY CITY, NJ,-Our
Annual Dinner·D~nce ,.-u held aeain this year
on December 4, 1982, at the WC:S!mOUnl Coun-
tl}' Cub in West p.terson, Ne ... JeI"lCY. Tbe
eveninl consisted of • COI;k lail hour. eau.llenl ~
food, and ou\.Standint: music. .... hich helped to
rnak", the affair a total SUcceM.
A wards with $pecial reco.,ution .nd bonor
...ere presented 10 Brotben Al Frascr, Paul
Hoch, aod Charles lI und for 6S years of semcc,
and Brothers Ed Rase and Mar c R.pport for
60 years of service 10 the )DEW.
Ou r loar,l union would like 10 think the
Dinner-Dance Commilee and Chlirman Larl}' ...
ROMnblum for another fine and enjoyable eve-
mna.
The Annual Children's Christmas Party ..... as
held on December 12, 19lt2. II ...., I fine
afternoon of holiday ce lebration and aill.\l were
presented by Santa. to all children who Illended.
Our thanb ..aln th lt year 10 the comminet
ant.! Chatnnln Joe Olusditis for a fine cele-
bration. ~.
On December 16, 1982, our Annual Chrisl ma,
Party was held (or the brOlher members. ~hny
pension members and Brothe~ turned out o n
this eveninl 10 celebrate the holid.y KIlSOn.
The party was enjoyed by all who luent.!ed.
wilh plenty of load foad and liquid refrtsh-
ment. Service pins were presenled Ihis lime
to the brother members with I S to 140 years of
~rvice. r'"
Our thanks alain this year to Brother Dan
Solleder and his cammiltee for another fine ..
celebration.
KENNtml T . N ACEL, P.S.
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TIrt IIIlno" $ta't '-" ...... p"", ' o.t '" allo... I.. the
1911 L. bo. Day ",..de •• Cllkqo, In. TIre monlll..,
p."". 01 Lo.-II 165, C.le...., III., I. H~D 1\ lop
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Conference /Workshop •
Scheduled
LU. 165 {II, CH ICAG O, ILI~-Brothtr John
Chte:ocman onnounCel! that 'he Fifth Annual
Confe.ence/Wo.kshop of Ihe Illino is St~te Labor
I'rc~~ Associatio n will be held on Saturd ay.
April 11. 1981. in Chicago. ~t Ih~ head,!"", t~'f
uf Ihe Chicago Te3chcrs Union. The conference
• COllI (10 be announ ced later) will Include Luneh
and .11 conference materials.
WOI"~hops will Include head lines and photo,-
raph)" dummyin!; up • paper, Jllllinl o r 1m-
pro~ina your mimco paper, and ne" 'spaper
cllniC'!_ A spec ial Public Rel allOI!.\ Wothhop will
be held o"er lunch. Pr~iden t Robtn OilY.oon o f
the StOle AFL-CIO w,lI hold. press ronference
fo r labo, editors on ly_
A repr~nlilive hom the AI L-C IO Labor
[mtitu!t fot Public Affain (UPA), M:ukd by
Murray 5«&C', is ,oin, \0 repOri on .. hll tM
AFL-CIO i<; doiol n.tionally In !kalinJ with
1M ullioU!O medii.
For (urlhcr infonn.lion, re.i~lr.:I.llon forrm.
and ntn lor ovunic.ht Iccommod:lllolU (if
.... nttded), conlact Brother ChnKman It 112.
2J6-SS II
The rl'Suhs of the \982 Nelllll.I>!)", Survey
are In ~nd it IOQu like 1M ITWnlbe~h,p wlShn
the Msoti:uin& ttam to uk lUI job secu r ity ali
their number one r~~sI, and an inc~a~ in
wa~1 al a fast $econd The$e two far Ollt-
shadowe.1 an o tner rellul'St!!. The nelOtiDlin.
teD~ mre now armed wit h the membet5' re-
• t qlle'>t~ Dnd rcady to do bus.inr'»
LAWa(liCE F. UlrtiL. P S.
Work Scene Goes From
Good to Reol Bod
I_V. 171 (1'00), J ACKSONVILU:. "1. A. -
. , We find thM or,aniud boor hll a rough road
ahead th il ynr. It i$ true "e did ,pin some
, friends in both 1I0llSC.!I. but .ellln, them an to
stick to Ihe promises they made In the pre-
election ~~ehes iJ !Omethina else. The .... o lk
situation has lOne from sood 10 real bad here
in J ad,!Onville; from September until Ihe fit5t
week in hnu.ry, we h ad !!ever1l1 !rlVelers work-
in, in the prell.. That came to a halt D5 the
paper mills have finished the shutdowns .nd the
projectJ Ihey h3d ,oinl AI pr esent .... e have
• !!everal Ihothet5 ...·ho ,... nt to work, but there
arc no joM to be had It th is time. We do have
hi l h hopc!i o f tbe two coal flied power plants
startinl 1oOOn, and pickin, up the slack. Ground
work and site preparalion have slarted, and .... e
arc hopin, that some ITH' n can be put to "'ork
in the neaf future. There Ire I few other
pro~ts that wnl take SOITHl men. but we aren'I
tlllkin, bia numbet5.
• The small wor k has all but left the Irasp
o f the union cont racto". The work is goin,
at prieu tha t lIe just blrdy minimum wages.
If tIK: ""I'" arc thaI hun l ry. what can we do?
Re«ntly the "rats" were o;omplllining lbout 11K:
51. bili zation I,reemenl on the roll_fi red pllnts,
They cllim they can not bid the work, but we
know this is I bUlcy, They can bid lhe ,,-olk.
.. but they will ha ve 10 p.y the prev.ilin. rate.
They don'l wanl to have 10 ply the men Iwo
and three limes .. hat lbey arc matin. now-
less profit for them.
We had a 10th anni~et51ry rlTty for our
retired Brothers and thdr ",iv<:S. The food WIS
.~al, and the day Wli mjoyed by all who
aU"ndcd. 'flIe childrm's Chr~tmas parly ..-as
anothe r b" suc~ u oYer 200 children 101
.. to visit wllh Sanill.. 'flIere WETC h.mbur~f'5,
pop com, cold drinu. cookocs. Ind .11 the
other aoodin. n.c rommiuee, under lbe: pid_
.nce of BrOlber Andy Bell. did a fanlUtic job.
All the toys th.t w"re boulht " ',,re made in
Amrr ica. That in iuelf is quile a Cho l". .s
most of the toys we find a rc made in foreie n
eountriu, ThInks .,ain to Andy Bell and his
committee fo r . job ... ell done ,
• lei us all wish fo r full employment in 1983.
and th l t nil ou r Iraverinl Drothet5 can be:
home Ind ha'e ..-ork in Iheir own I rea.!l. The
past few ),en" have $een II rOlhers "'olking
a w~y from home for $everll yenr~ We don' t
n« d this; ...e need full employment in mil
mrcas. l et', hope an d pu)' fo r employment
for ail,
DILL aIDIM, P.S.
AFL-ClO Sets Up
Ph one Bank
LV. 194 (I,o&spa), SIIRE\'EI'ORT, LA_ De.
fore OUr Febru.ry membenh,p tnt"tin&. Ralph
!l icks clIpl.in..d the ""orkin", of Ihe Shre.. e-
port Phone Bank ... hieh WD $el up by Ihe AFLo
C IO in our Irea. Mr 'hels reported that IlM're
IS o'"r 520,000 in this poone bank Ind that
they hope to start II !lOOn. n.c ob~liv", of
th iS rbo .... bank ...ilI be: 10 elect a favor.ble
lIou$e, Mnate. •nd ro'UI1O' ("'OJ( drpniul,).
Aho, anolher ,oal will be 10 rep"11 the - Ri,hl'
lo-WorlH La ... in Louisiana. We .n know that
you have to .start WITH''' here•• nd the phone
b.nl·s fit51 ob;"cli,e "III be • VOter Rel'stra·
tlOn Plolnr.m of union mrmbe: ..... their families.
and lheir fr;"nds, To do this. they plan to hira
lelepoone oper~tol"'i II mrnimum wa~ 10 man
10 phonu for four hoUNi • day, five da)'1l •
"«k. The Oll"ratot5 h"ve b«n instrllf;:red to
identify themse lves at the be,innin. of Ihe con·
"l'rJIIlion so Ih at the pur~ of tIK: caU ""II
nOI be misunderstood. Your roopcral;on ami
support ... ill be appreciatedl You and only you
can make lh~ cndeno.s worthwhile and sue-
teS,\full If there a re any rompbrnts TClardin,
the phone bank, please cont"'l our local unio n
hall or me, your preu $ecretary, Ind let us
kl'lOw your rc"linp.
Sorty 10 reporl that unemploytntnt is around
15 ""rc:ent of our mcmben;hi p. The work in
our aru is 510"" 15 mon of us realize, but soma
jobs are still bein, let. Some unemployed ele<:-
Irieians are makin, end~ ITH'l't by hauhn, pulp.
wood and doin, olber v.rious Ihinp. h 's sad to
say that olher~ may oot be as fortunate in lind.
in. ailernative mrans o f support until our work
)ilultion impro~es, li opefully the wUlher will
ea'IC up and work in the aru ",ill pick up
In these hard I;me, our memOcu lhould rcall~e
\I he re their alJe,iance lies and not li.·~ up hope'
Remember, ""e arc a brotherhood-"United ""a
lIand; divided w" fall,"
TIK: Spc<.:ial Session of tile l.oui,i3n1ll lc,isla·
ture wu s a ''workinl man'," nightmare! h ~
main objeClives were workers compensation and
unemployment compensation. Re,ardrn. unem_
ployment ((lmpensation, Ihey took. " .... y Ihe
{irJI and IflJI r....o 14ukJ of etilibililY. Abo, I
maximum Wall set on the amount that In un·
employed worker will be able to draw. The
Worker'1 Compens.tion Law w., changed drn'
tlcally! Therdore, a "''Ord of caution-be Ullli
careful on the job becau5e you wouldn'l hne
much wOlkers compe nsation to depend upon in
ca5e o f an accidentl
Our future rcsts in our hand~, Read I II the
.rticles )'Ou can about what our ele<:ted offici.~
Ire doin, to us and to our workin. friends.
and lei !h..m know that YOll don'l .ppreciDto
ho .... IlM'y .n t.kina away "'hal lillie ""e havo
worked MI hard 10 ~tl ElcclioM will be romin.
up this faU in Louisianl .nd everybody and
hit brotlM'r will be pullin, money in to keep
the incompelenl poliliciam in office. E'ery poli-
tidan will be promisinl u. the ..orld each lime
be speak! before a ,roup. Our job ..ill be to
remind him of his previous track r«ord and
not lei bim s..-eel.lalk U5 into bt:lievin. every-
thin. he says. Th is ...y-speakin, our for .. hit
you belie"e in-will make tIM' nnd idate5 r.ee
the iMuc:s up frnnL Then ""1\ ca n say ..e h.d
$()ffiethin, JOOd to do ... ith the lon, road Ih at
.trelches before us in Ihe comin, ~ars,
ROli ulion, 1',5,
New Deregulation Rules
Of Interest to Loca l 199
l..V, I" (I), FT. MYERS, FLA..-Gree lina'
from the Sunshine Slate. LO("o l I" is a tele-
phone Ioc.-al so we arc .n 'cry In le ruted in the ne w
rtrles o f deregulatio n, [)erelulmtio n is bound to
cause a 10S5 of work for all telephone con' pan y
employces bUI this lou hM bc<:n softened •
lillie bit here in Florida by a rule r(quirin, the
Comp.ny to lea$C olle mai n line telephone to
anyone" ho wanU one, Otherwi5e there Ire no
sood features 10 de regul.tlon. It is wea kenin,
the one lema inina industry 11K: USA hll$ left
Ihol leads Ihe wOlld In pn!duction .nd quality,
In )pite of the nltionwide r«rSSion we h.'e
oot nperienced any layoffs.. We have rried 10
l c<:p up ... ith the chan ces and proteci ourwh'cs
It the same lime.
Speci.1 th.nk! 10 to our chief sl""'1rd~ who
hue done so much to insure proper reprnenl.-
lion (or lhe membel"5. Th.nks Bill A1u.nder .
Lmc:stinc Halyard, Bruce Martin. Paul Smith,
.nd Vic Stone Well done
We ur~ our members 10 IC't prepared for
\«...1 c!celiom oomln, up this ~pring. Take lime
10 be .",ale of the p.oblef115 and woo is recom·
ITH'noJrna ""hal 10 I(llve them. A posit;v" .ttitude
.!>out Ihe unIOn ..ill do "''Onders in contract
C. R.. NICELY, p.s.
At Party
pam I.,.. _ploren
Sta.k>a, 111_ I!.ledrit
Ulthr " !'o ..er C ..... p . .r. Ctda r RapIdJ, I •• , letl I"
.Ilthl , I.e J, w , " ed_"" Lou" BKkh. ttob
I\I r r:.d,M, C..I ... 0 ..... CII.,,," ttefT]'. RlOJ" ..on d
l " U"It. l oll" Aod . ... , I .. ~h Bulek., non" K",..I,
n . "I.1 Alit" . ", Wlc h rd C .... ,let, TItuof _ . np_
....,,". JJ9 J ..... 01 H"ln. (Sub",trto-d bl Lou!
10-1, Ced., Wal'ld" la ,1
Five Loco l 204
Mem bers Retire
I- V. 104 (u). Ct'IlA R RAPIDS, , ,\ _Pro;rie
Creek Power St.tion had five weU-experienc",",
men retitinl January I. 1981, " 'ith an accumu·
lated $ervice o f 1 ~5 yUNi for Iowa Electric
LI,ht .t. Po .... e' Complny,
Retiring ... ere Glen H" lI arve)', Louis £.
Dccicka, Chitin E, Berry. Robert E. M cEndree,
Inti Elb ....orth "Jack" K nish l.
OJ'ICrating enginee l Glen lIa rvey Il:tircs afler
)S years o f Krvice. bel1inning in 1947. li e
.... orked his ... ay up from Ulility man to Opell!.!-
in, enJ.l~er a fler .... o. king initially at Boone
from 1947 10 1950.
Louis Dccicka ntires arlcr ) I YUIl of !oC'rv-
KG, aU .1 Prairie Creek. be.mninl also as a
uillily m.n .nd ",·olkin. up 10 first-.wilanl
opellun. eqinl.'er
Ch.rles 8c:rry spenl 21 ynt5 .·ith Jo .... Elec-
tric .t P",no Creek_ startin. as a ulility man
.nd Hnrshtne hiS clreer as an operatin,
enpncer.
Robert McEoorcc has } ! yurs of $ervi.;e to
hll credit be,lnn.n. tn 1950 at Pnr.iric C reek D
I ulillty man Ind workin. hil way to hiS
tlnal position as .... ter Irealmen. openr.tor Ind
anal>,,1.
E1ls""orth Kn ighl 1"llfes . fter lO yeurs o f
$ervice I I Pra"'e Creek. Jack sta rted in 1952
as a ulility man. From Ihere be wenl 10 coal
Ind IISh man, operatln, enaineer helper, second
auislanl upe ratln , ensincer, 10 coal and ash
alain, and eml"d his car«r as • mobile equip-
men t operatol,
In 19H1 we _II mourned the death s of Brolh -
et5 William C. Robi nson, MD Nihal1town; Chorles
Moo re, Marshalltow n; Virgi l Ketcham, Perry;
Victor Varnum, Toledo; J oe Ash, M arshmll -
town ; Paul M cS hane, Cedar Rapid s; Dnd RU51y
Phill ips, Iowa Falls. 10wlL
LO"Il NA p , 1I1CU-v. P.S, 31
 36 Me mbers May
Be la id Off
L U. 206 (I ). Il ELENA. MONT.-Local 206
Will Iccently infarmt:d nf ft fIM.',hl~ Iftynlf of
construction lechnidan~ in MOllnlain Ikll. We
are currenlly ncgotialing with Ihe Company as
10 the terms fOI a layoff o f possibly 36 of our
membe,s. Supplenw:nlal income iI beinlt offered
10 older ptnsion eliJible employees to al1e~iate
the number to be laid olf
The const ruction wark fOI Ihe Rural 1m·
pro~"Cnw:nl Prolram h;as been utendcd for IWO
yurl, ",'hich should lessen the Comp~ny"s U50C
of oonlflelOI employees. We hl~e hid meel·
Inp IIOUnd lhe sille lelaldlnl lbe possible
Ilyo ff Currently "'e Ire "'"1Iltml for Ihe final
prOpOU,JJ to wbmll 10 AT&T It Nalionll
necotialions.
Durinl the P~I year almost all of the units
o f Local 206 held social funCllon' which wcre
well attended ilOd will mos t lihly t,c"ome
annua l e~enIS.
J'M t tl!. I'.S.
Scribe Writes About
Appre nticeship
L U. 214 (IT). CHI CAGO. IU H-Apprenlice·
ship loes back hundreds of yuu. The ap-
plentice sptnds ~~eral yell. learninl his trade
under Ihe Kuidance o f a mu ter: Ipprenliceship
is 5tiU ali~'e bUI Ihe ulillble lobs limil the
numbe r. In Illinois, Indiana. Mic higan. and
Ohio the re ale 27.780 ronsl,uClion apprentices.
but in tnn~ portation. communica tions. and util·
ili~ only 2,997. Thele Ire about 2~0.OOO ap-
prcntic" in tbe UnMd Slales.
Our Apprenliceship Prol ram consins of fi~e
ptriods consiSlinl of a total of 854 days:
onentanon. academ.c tralnma. specnl school.
practical trainin.. and wo.k re~~w.
Our presenl apprenuccs at MI9a alC' Tyrone
Po ...·ell and AI Ozyp. Joe McNair is an ap-
prenlice al Ca lifornia A>enue. Sonw: of Ihe
past "adu'lts of MI9a are Earl Gayks, Jim
Knox, Bill Moslowski. Jerry I·o ... erl. and Gel1lld
Samuels. Earl Gayles is also one of the ap.
prentice inMrueto rs. I' al Noland is an appren.
tiet! graduale in Ihe En,ineerinl Deparlment.
The above Urolhe" h.,c call1C.J the;1 "1i.,.J~ loy
hard ..'ork.
The Appren,iceship I'rolram provides the
railroad with ... ell·lrained elecl. ieians. ... hich
plo~es the imporlance of Ine Apprenticeship
P.olum.
The MachineS! Union hal invi,ed our ac'i~e
and relired membe ... to tndr Veterans Night
d inner·dance. It will be bdd on Fr iday. May
20, 1983. al Ihe Robert and Allen RClency Inn.
Sl l9 Wcst DiYef5CY. Ch icalo. Illinois. Th e COSI
is 520 ptr person. Sec your commilleman for
furthe r delai ls.
Nomination of officers will be I'Ie:ld al Ihe
May 16 union meelinl. The eleclion will be
held in June.
V'IGIL IIAGEoo."" I'.S.
Scribe Speaks At
Comme rce CommiHee
L U, 131 (I.u.rm.rlb ,el t,a,"pa), SIO UX C ITY,
IOWA _This pas, .... uk I IlYe le".nIOny before
Ihe Iowa House Commeret! Committee which
is considerinl reforms in Ihe rules go~erning
utility companies. Al .his hearina. 1 found my.
sc: lf to be one of three speakinl in fuor o f Ihe
utili,ies, "hile the.c wcre oYer 100 ci tittns
,peakIng aiamsi 'hem. One of Ihe 12 ilems lhe
rommiUe<: is considerinl is restrklinl or s.eri·
ously hmilml "ucess capacity." On Ihe surface
thu may no l .seem 10 be • bad idea, bu, if
pas.sed. il could ha,·c serious impac' on lhe
IH EW. Our 101"",1 h~~ rtceived a uemendoU$
amount of .... otk ,hrough powe rhouse construc.
lio n. If this legislation berome, Inw. il would
limi t ,eneraling capacity 10 Ihe point thftt our
me mbers wOIII.J not sc:e anolher powe rhouse
32 bUIl t in this jurisdiclion until most o f UI are
retired. The IDEW should spta k out on issues
like Ihese nation .... ide before "e I~ one of our
major $Ourcn of employment.
Geor,e Koellers is follo,",inl in 'he footsleps
of Robert Earley. Donald 1I0mbs. and o,he ...
as chairman of our local CO I'E Commiuee.
It's a Ihankless ;ob and most of our membe"
a~'ojd participaling. bUI if .... e·re lookin l for a
chan,e in ,oyemment il', one of the few
chanc« unions ha~e to Kel Ihelr ~olces heard.
The b","$. r~,ulatlon5, lC5tri clions. and forms
make it imJlOS5ible for most labor orlaniza·
lions 10 make direct contributIOns to candidales.
$0 core u our aruwer. If we wanl a chInle
in 1984, "'e had beller llart now
A couple of years .10. Malk Pottebaum
enlered and "'on the district and lIale Arm
Wre"lrnl Ccntelit here in low •. I unde ... tand
Ihis past month Ihal while ""orkinl in UU.hnl·
Ion', jurisdiction, he won the Southeasl Iowa
Tou,h Man ConlC5t. U ,hi, keeps uP. we're
probably 80in ~ 10 hD'C to ~Ian ca ll inl him
" Mr." Pottebaum.
GAlY G'U(ttT, I'.S.
Former Business Manager
Relates Bowling Romp
I~U. 2"5 (o.u./l:o\l&rtb), 1'0".:00. 0 111 0-
Retired bU$ines$ manager Carl Yenrick "opptd
lonl erll)ugh 10 relale a current bow"n, romp
he participaled in: "We IDught lho!;t )'Ounl
cal.\ a real lesson"; he uplained, "Ihe-old limeT$
,till ha~e it on lhc ball." When not bowlin&.
801fin.. or attending a meelinl. Ca rl has been
able to pu t $Ome of his dome stic lalen,s to
.... ork. Il,s ""ife MarlC claims "Carl'. I natura l
II redecorating, e'lpecially painunl." AI the
bll!iiness end. Carl is st ill aCli~e in Norlhwe5lern
Ohio. Presenlly. be is lrustee of the Outside
Eledrical Welfare Fund. is on Ihe ElICcu ti~·c
Board o f Local 24~, and is an officer of The
Family Services of Tokdo. 1I0 ...·cver. the mosl
importanl pan'lime leli>ity is beinl "head
,ardener" of Local 243 grounds.
I Iccenlly recei~ed word flom • former 24S
Membe r. Jim "Monlana Jimmy" Call1tlull. I ..,
is .... orking out of Forsylhe, Monl.nl. straw.
bossing a $Ubst3Iion·rclated work. Doing co n·
sider~ble I rll~ellnll in Ihe "estern .mles. Mon_
lana boait' exceptional hUlllinll Ind fishinK.
including brealhtaking scenery. li e cxpreucs
besl "I$hes to his friends in Norlh .... u'ern Ohio.
J IM ROIlU1s. P.S.
Dinner-Dance
$ 1....11 .... 10 _ tot" II... n.~ ... 'aria. 11M 1....... 1
U6 ...... r..ta.n, "",, 10 rIIllII, ..., \ ' k . P _ Irkal
Cln ." S.hh, Prest""a , t:Joou S .. nrlllati. 1.lt ....
lioaat R.. p~ .. I.II. t C.... ry:e ctroapplt, ..... Ih." ,_
M. ....~r Ku C_ . .. r L..n ll U6, Slt .. IK".'UIt,
Oblo.
Dinner-Donee He ld;
Service Pins Award ed
I_U. 2'" (I.o.rb,ees&s pa). STI-:U RENVILLF
OIlI O- More Ihan 460 Loc.1 246 Il rolher5.
H
their ladies. and 5ptclal guests lucces.sfully
kicked off 1M 1982 Christmas JC:ason at Ine
281h AnnUli Chmtma$ Dinner. Dance.
The pIa e~enl, held Salurday. December 4.
II Ihe Knillhrs of Cul .. ullou, 11 ~11. WeiIlOn. WCSI
Virginill., also honored many 1I.olheli for Ihei r
many yeArS o f sc:r~ice to the III EW ~nd Local
246.
Highli&h tillil 'he surf ami lurf d inner .... ere
brief remarks by three slJecial1y illvitcd lIucsts:
Awardees
AlOft hl ...z.s.,......... ",kt . ..... nb, troal ro ...
ria"l . . . . . ........... lIttb DII.,... Jt. T ...... 11m
Sal .... JI. Stk'h er. c,. lItU_ ..... Jt. 8001" :
Ita... ro ..., Albe n 11.1100, . Joira n.o-.., Or"d l \'lin.
I~", T o. 11o'''l\k,.. Door Laup, Don IIoJtr. 0.100 ....
N ... ... ..... Jlnln RJ"1I'"
International Repres.enta l i~e Grorle ChApple.
U.S. ConKressman Douglas A pplellal~ (D·Ohio).
Bno Uh,o Mate K epresc:nutr~e Arthur IJawen
(D-Slcuben~iI1e). Lat~ r, music for dand nl was
pro~ided by "CrOHO~er."
1.0. Represen tatiye Chapple and Local 246
V",.. Plni,J~nl Gle nn Smith awartled ser~it:c: ~ .
pins and complill"lCntAr)' pen and ptndl .sets
a~ lokens of apprc<:iation 10 our many ilCr~ice
Iw.rd honorees.
Rccci~ing ]S·year service piM .... ere Brothen
Edwin Dayley. Robert B irkhim~l. Dick lI utchi·
$On. Fred Lowe. and Jaek Schu1t<L
The 3().year service \"el~rans indude Fred
FlowmAn. fl~ne D i~rio. Donald Donahue. Dick
Fisher. Arch Hunsucker. Ja mes Mc Keone. Wil- T"
liam Mellion, and J. R. Skinner.
The 2~·year ser~ice award winners were Tom •
Badlldy. Albert Bailey, Jim Bootlt. Don Doyer,
MIke DUlan, Frank Fish. Charles Gerashty.
Call Il uber. Joe Hyde. Don Lauu, G. J.
I_uclrtlli, Cy Milhoan. Dale Nietnln, Bruce
Ryan, Jim Schiffner. Tony Shre~e, Oa~e Shum-
ard. William W. Smith. Elnw:r S... euinaen, John
Thom ... J.m Truax, .nd Chlrles W.nte ....
Twenty·yelr 5.l.'rvice ye,erans include Donald
Curnn and Charles Thomson. "
I.ocal 246 also WishC5 to 'hank Father Ua~ld
ll uffman. Our Lady o f North American Ma rtyrs
Church, Steubenville, Ohio, for tM invocllion.
The enllre local 11$0 would like 10 ntend I
hearly "thank you" 10 all the COllh~dul" WII.J
electrical suppliers fOT ,enerous)y donatina
mlny ~.)uable door prizes.
11le Brotherhood also wWln to IhAnk the
cntlle Oinner· Oancc Committee for another job
....ell done. Donating many hollr$ of their ~alu.
ab le spare time ...·ere Bro thers Chuek Winters
(chairman). Jack Ensell, Ed Lloyd. Emie Mag-
yar. Roy Allen. " Butch" McElhaney. Ci lrnn
Smith. Mark Gasser, a nd Presiden t Elmer
SWearingen.
IJ.oB L EI'ISn..L, P.S.
Scribe Submits News
Of Local 261
I_U. 2" (n'''.lllo&d). CROTON. CONN_As
lbe year came 10 a dO§C, IWO of thoe IT\O!II
important phues in our locai ""cre lhe thinp
" 'e did in 1981 and Ihe thinp ...·e will do in
1983. In 11182. Ih....·ork load WllS $Ieady and
81 in pre~ious years our indus trill lask teams ..
tra~eled across country and ovef5CU to updale
and modify el~trical Bnd electronic .ubmarine
S)'!ilem,.
Three of our nw:mbers, O""iness M an~ler
Arnold PinkJton. Joe Quallromani. Dnd Tom
McGo~em. traveled 10 New York 10 al1end Ihe
AFL-CIO renabililion conference.
Local 26 1 participated in a tri·city IOlf "
malCh benefit, with prOCC'Cds goinl to the F rank
BonlDre' Memorial Library Fund. Thrcc o f the
four prue Irophies awa rded for lolf ClIperti.se
were won by Local 2()] membe ... UUlch Ken.
nedy (2) Ind Frank Joyce ( I ).
Ou r Fiflh An nuM Apprentice Award. Dinncl.
l ponsored by Ihe Melal T rade Council, selected
Local 26\ app ren tice Patr,,,k W. Clt rly ID
numbe r onc II ppren tice and award ed him a
• Awardee
, _ " "Dt.~" [)Q(lu..,," II 1M 'Klplca' of dIe
"",,_larioll A ...... 'eM" .MI Jun of ckdlnU.......
1e" 1" 10 Lotal 26., Cra loll_ Co .. a., aDd Ille UU; W.
-no.. __ 1"4 .... " ' _ ...... 10, Joh C.,,"I...Ioa......
k ..... ' ,,' 8 ..... _141 MIIII!l&ff "' ....Id "bob._ ....
,he olliHn."" __ 1M.. of Local 261 . U " 10 n.Io,
are clftlrteal .,e.. aNl if" DeC... uo. J Olof'Ph ou.
aft"
t ........ , Job .. C ••"lnlhaa..
$100 savlIllS o;:erUficllt ror hiS effort and hard
_. WOfL
Four of our members, 8U5i~ Manager
Arnold PinktlOn, Vice president Riehard Mc·
Gill, Sccretary/TlrllSurer John Mulholland, and
electrical sle.... ,d alii Paquin, .... ere selected
by tbe mcmbenh,p to attend the 32nd (SEW
eony"ntion in Los Ancelcs. C",bJornil Business
MlntJe' Arnold Pmkston was 5d«led to serve
on "'o rkinl (OmmlUl'U and members ",'e re
plcuW Ih;u out local reo;o:ind tc:cotJluion 10
far from borne.
Famdy O.y in 1912 originated from the
• usual "one local" even. and combmed elfor"
" 'i lh lcK:aIs 1871 and HJO. opening lhe .. ay
for mole combmed Iocall' Family Day Picnics,
An Appreciation AW1J"d was given 10 Joseph
"Dllh" De$Chamrn for J.O years or dedicalion
and service to Local 261 and the IBEW, Dish
has bHn convalescm, al home for ...omelime,
bUI has nol been forlo llcn by memben and
fric:o<b,
• The )'('ar 1912 WB hilhlig.htcd by the ahud·
or-$Chedule delivery of the ~nd Tr\dc:nt sub-
marine:. SSIJN Mlchilan, and twO 688 clus
subm.rinn. SSN Haltimore and SSN City of
Corpus Chri$li, In laiC NO"ember, contraeli
lotahnl SI . I billion . 'c rc received for IWO more
681 class submarines, 10 be dchvued in 1988,
.nd for the 10.h Ohin cllUI!i submarine '0 be
dc:livered in 1989. 1982 WI! a Ircat ynr, and
with a baeklol of contracts. II'S) can be: an
even more rewardm, yrar.
Secretary of .he Navy l ohn l.ehman hQ~
nOlified Ihe Elect ric Boat thai the SSN 708, a
688 dau subma rine, has been named Minnea·
po1is-St. Paul. .fter the t .. ,n eilin in Minne:·
5Ot•. The SSN 708 ..-as laun<:hc:d in March,
1981.
• Condolcnc" are ntended to EIMI Sandi'
fam,ly , Ethel WIS taken from us In January.
1981 .nd will bo: missed by her f~mlly, frio.onds.
and co-worken.
TIIOlo1A5 I McGovul'l. P S
Brother 'Barn ey'
Goble Retires
L.U, 269 (i&nl, THENTON, NJ. -Il e wal ~
product of North Plainfield and before the end
of his rllSf year of life. the Trenlon arra w:as to
be his home for many yurs. Trenton b«ame
his new home when his father. employed with
Publie Service Elec!!ic and Gas al a con·
struction supc:rinlendenl, was transferred 10 .he
Centr.1 lersey dislrict. Afln • membenhip
• tenure of over 42 years. sa.'e for. two year
ilint with the U.S, Navy and servin, in the
submmrine branch bclween 190-4S, he decidcd
relilcment wu in order and elect~d 10 do so
on June 26, 1981 . lie leaves with II' a polpourri
uf pleu~nt mem()rics. and thouwh he has been
enjoyinll Ihe ll00d life for close: '0 tWO years.
hc', still your friend and min~. he's lI arold
" Darney" Goble.
The last Hurrah Roy SchoU~nberler lie waJ .. ell·liked by hi,
fellow Ihothe" Ihll In .fterwolk bre"'ell party
wu held in hi'! honor II Ihe prison job SHe on
hit; last "'ork d.y; m.ny o f hi ... friends altended
from iobs f.r and near, in addilion to Ihe Ncr;
Siaff Ihere.
IIrOlher Dlrncy .. as elected lcoordinl seere·
lIryof Ihe locli l on M.rch 21. 1966, .nd served
th.t posl continuou~ly unti l his .etirermnl in
1981. lias plesence waS ~ynon)'mous w,lh
monthly lOC'elinp. li e WD.' • graduale o f Ihe
four-year mdll~tria l electronics course: taughl by
Brother I:d R.m"Cy. now retired. /l is knowledlle
of and devolion 10 Ihe eleclric:al trade and
, unionism will .1 .... )'1 be remembeled Since hi,
retirement. Drolher Rick Aicher has aSSllmed
B,OIM. R....e' Coble, ""IU. col l.onl 169. T .... • the ,lOb o f recold,na sec,e'.ry and hu done
'OtI, NJ~ Is MI •• COtl .......,Ia I.eI b, BrOI"'rs ROJ
a more·than commendable JOb
SCIto.k .. IH ......... ntMlnoclioJo ......... Ic.ele ••• Itft.
--
... 4 J oIo" CII".'.IUm, ........ IU........ eI E11OC .. tln
And 100. Uolrney. in cloSIrI •• "e .. ho .~
Bco.rel _e.IH •. Mill aClive .... I,h you arl<l C.rohnc: Ihe .cry be,t
of hulth .nd m.ny )'c:an of happine:u logel her.
God bless.
AL UU10UNO, P.5.
At Work
.. e. .l. .
:~~!~~:M~.:':.n~ Of" ....~ f'"
Eel S.. lcIersll .... """Unl
ea.t K.....,_r. .. \to....... .. _II,
II~ OIIH~ ~
bJ lco ..............,. ~Ii ...... , .... 1M pk1 .. rt "'1
OIl ".nel I", , ... utal "c. e 8 ...1..... M ....,.,. Doot
Krn"cel,· ."" """clal ~"'I •• ' F ... Manl. . le.
Mr ....... of Local 111. Wlehll •• x..u.. elu..... .
Ilarney was mlt,.led 1010 tile loca l union in I~ do ...,I ..... ., •• Cll ... ' .... lI .. e, 1>-". Alb"~ "t
No.cmbe:r. 1918 • • nd IhOUlh he Will be: 6~ U• .b'~n .......p on • pole elfforalloa , .. 8m/hcn
this Deamber, he h.s betn bl~d with win- vl..U EeI._ ...., CC'O..e V...... TOtI, Crt.u, anel
rIIn, the race with IlIe, lie had been. rc:sK1c:nt Robia p . .let IooIt; .... TM .re.. I",,,. ....cral of
I"" Onl_ftl. , .... I"" ~_ .. ..,..oIe1, '.rab" ...
of Allenlown, New lelsey. for )0 )ours before
d«,dinl, \a§t 5Ummer, to make his summer 11>,. Sc:OIl . .4 ........ I!:luttk.
home in Sea§idc: P.rk. his ),(,II-round relirermnt
bome alon, with hOi lovely wife:. Caroline,
.'hom he adorn and wbo I'm $Ure has been
Christmas Buffet
very inslfumenlll in not only hiS hlppint'55 bur
hi' .I ....ys bppy outlook on life, li e h" bHn
m.rried to C.roline: for over 26 years Ind is
• Ir.ndd.d IWO times over with • lund-
daulhter 9 .nd • arand50n 7, thildren of his
only child. a daushter.
li t W!U a IraduDle of Il amillon Il igh in
Trenton in 1917 and directly anu bel.n work-
ina wi.h the Loclo.wood Motor Replir. whieh
~Iill uists locI.y. li e was wi.h Ihem for about
III monlhs before he WIIS laken into Inc local
union and beCilme • journeyman wireman .1
the end of 1941 The loc.l ..... bout. formll
, pp.enticeship pro,ram .1 the I"'w, stt the
'!lAIC for his .ltendin, Trenlon Junior College R.... IMrs rot ..... JlAiacs, o..lel lUlls, 8W 5._.
Doto. C""",II, _eI tJtcu "I.tt oral. p.,kall,. '00'
fo. four )'ears, alons with former member .nd I_
friend. now deceased, Brolher Denny Foy. The bull'cl Unt 10 .1.>1 _~Inl.
make.up of the local at .hat t,me '...5 he ... ded
by lIusinc:ss l'.hnDler Rupert hhn. I'ruidenl Members Decorate
Chris Mtuci~nle. Vice President Fred Peters
and Secrelary Bob Johnson, Offices were in Downtown Wichita
Ihe Broad SlIeel B ~nk Duildinl Gnd monthly
m~cting5 were held .1 U facility on Jack10n
I_U. 11 1 U. rth,m&sp.l, WI CllITA, "I\NS.-
Streel At the time, hi~ fallter. lIarney. Sr" WIS The weather man cooperaled. and .. was a
beautIful nllhl .... hen Local 211 memben in-
.110 a member of the local unlil Public Se",ice
Insutuled its own loc.l cha.ter shonly after, stalled Ihe ChrillmaS decorat,on$ in downlown
lie was retired .1 'Ie 10 unlil his dealh al Wi~hilD. "'fI5a1i There was an ncept,onal
.,e 8 1.
OrOlher Goble hd been lucci.led with many
lurnOut 50 Ihe deeon.tKms wcnl up faSI.
NECA dec",~al ~onlnClors furnIShed • 101
of equipmenl and male".II. All of that equ,p.
contraclots over his workin, life but cert.inly
deserving menlion are the 20·plcn yurs he m~nl in Iction .t one: time: WIIS really a sianl to
seel The annual project wa~ ~ponsored by Ihe
,pent in substation construct,on .nd mainle'
Mnce for Public Service wllh the likes of con· nll~w and lhe NECA. Linemen .. ilh the
Kansu ODS an d Electric Comp.ny . 150
tractors Pieffer Electric, !'red Carr &I; Son, and
Robert myth ELeclric Company, At lhe time plrticipaled.
of his retirement. he was employed by the Neri The AnnuRl JATC Apprentice Chmtmu
Electric Company-his last hUfloh-on tlte new I>arcy was held 3.1 Ihe tminlna ccnlcr, Sc~era l
Trenton Slale I'rison unde r field lupcrinlcndcnl a"pr~nticu' wives prepared the dinne r, which
J im Coogan of Ned Eleclric. Local 164. Bnd included 11Ilkey, ham, and lots of Olh er good
oar own construction superintendent. Brother rood. 33
 Area el«lr;nl contraclors and I~ JA I <..:
came up wllh 1011 of door prrU$. 5:lnll arrived
on timc. and presented Ihc Iddtlies wnh ~Iod:·
inp filled wllh 10Ys and nndy. It was the
blU"1 Chriiitmas parly evcr. 1be crcdlt for Ihis
IUI;CdS ~uld be ,hen 10 Brot~,., John
Whmil. David LII\.... ood. ~·brvin Rains. Ray
EnM. Gary Gerrinlcr. T,m Lodr.lrd. Russe]
Wedel. and Bernard Van Clluwenber,h. Ihe
!'any Commiuce
KENt<1ITI1 E.. SAILOI. "flo UIL
Christmas Party
Brother Kline Mourned;
Contract Negotiated
l-U, 2'5 (I.rb",,,,,"'nh). M US KEGON. M ICH.
_ II is with .rut sorrow thai I repon the
dealh of one of OUI relired Brothers. J udson
Kline ....·00 dicd of II hUrl Buadt o n Occember
28. 1982. Judwn was born on Novcmber 26,
191'. and joincd our local on J uly 20. 1959.
li e . elired al 62. li e last worhd for Whillahr
Eleclric. The member5hlP ulends its deepesl
sympathy 10 his widow.
The .... ive) of .\Ome of our member. 101 10-
Ililher and had a real nice Chri~lmal party for
the children of our mcmbeB. Linda Barnard
(Mn. Danny Uarnard) aCled as chairman of
Ih'5 evcntand .... as a§5lSled by Pat CrevIer (Mn.
Jacque Creviel), Wanda I-'cromcn (Mrs.. Ernie
flrrmnrn). Rn.1 nlher mcmtlC't.;· .ivdo
Thc childrcn were enterllined by Kenncth
Sooth. I .... idely kno ...·n Joc:al malieian, and by
a vlsit from Sanla Claus. Santa alul. pllyed
by Larry Godbold. Mid the lill]e ones on his
bp, lislened 10 IMt. Cbristmas liSls. and live
each and evcry one a ptesoenl. "Jlle,re .... ere III
kInds of ChrIStmas 5... eelS and cookies for re·
freshments mlde by the .... ives of some of our
members.. A ,aod lime .....s had by III.
At our last unIOn mcc:llnl. Ben Robln50n
announoed he had llelO1I31ed I contnct with
Mu..keWOn Wire. Muskelon Wire manufaclures
...·•• e for automot,ve Ind other mduslrial uses.
Congratulations 10 our new SiSl~B an d Bro-
theB Ind ....elcome 10 our fold. We hue tWO
new members m our local .... ho came In by
lravelin. card" Joe Vln Dyke, fotmC'rly o(
Local ]01. Grand Rapids. Michilan, and Bro-
ther Ron U unt~ former ly of Local 111. Kala-
ma~oo. !\fic hiann. We wish a]i\O to ... elcome
tile"" IWO BIOIII",~ Iu OUI lucul.
We Ire cerlainly fortunllC to have work in
34 our Irea 10 help lOme of tbe loc.lt thmt lave
.... olk 10 our members ... hen Ihinp ...·ere slow
for us. TM J. B. Sim.~ Powerhouse is processinl
real ... ell. The po ...·c'house is supposed to 10
on the line in June. 1983. Jlckson EI«trie hal
the m.in electricll contract. They hive Ilid 011
lOme nllen II this .... ritlnc. bUI no el«uicilm
15 yet. lIali Electric Ind Ne ... kirk El«l,;c bolh
hve had .\Ome .... ork on the po .... erhouse IS ...·cll
as lI ar\ow Elecni.: of Grand Rlpi~.
List fill In oUlfil called Show Biz Piul
Parlort built a pinl rlace in Mu!keton wilh
out-of-!O...·n non·union labor. The MusktlOn
contrlctors _rco not e,'en conllcled IboUI bid-
dinl. We urle everyone nol 10 palroni1.e Show
Hit P"ina Parlors. We are also infonnina III
our ("ends of labor aboul this mllller. Our
busin6J manl&er is ture doinl a 101 of wark
10 try 10 get Iocll union work for our union
contrlctors and members. IIc is sliII watkjnl
on the new hotel project, 10 be bUIll in
Mu~kellon.
In December. J im Rudicil. our International
Representative Ind 1150 I member of Loca l 21S,
w.. Jivtn labor', Aw.rd for Service. This
Iw. rd i$ presented hy Ihe Muskeaon Con~lruc,
tion TradC1 COllncil 10 the prr!lOn who h8~
done the m051 for labor Bnd Ihe commnnlty.
Conlutulation'!, J im. J im haJ been very Ictive
in the United WlY Campailln and ""1'
bolrd
chlirman of the Unittd Way of MuskclOn.
Jody Elam. dl.Ullhltr of Jim Elam and ,bter
of apprentice Joel (iom. h31 b«n selected for
the 1982·83 edition of Wllo', Wllo in Amn/c.",
Collt!,e~ um[ UnlvtltSi'iu. She is mljorin, in
eleclrical engineerin.. Con.ratulatiom,. Joely
Well. I bope p«>ple rralin whal "tia.ht
moneyH and ~hilh intcrnt" do 10 employmcnL
What we need now is Inother CCC for Ollr
younl people ~nd I WPA to ICt us older
ptOple ,,·orkin..
StoI.-.ppu. D.-.vt5, P".5.
.n
Pr og ram For Journeymen
And Appre ntices Begun
I~U, 116 (l.t mibpI), SUPERIOR, WIS.-Mter
• lonl Ibsence from .... ritinl 10 the Jou.",,1
.... e are now tryinl to return to I steady
corrl'Span<ience.
The Joinl Apprenlic~ip and Trlininl Com-
mince, wilh lhe: cooperation of the Wi'lO)Min
l nd'lnhel<t Tt:~hnil"lIl In~tllll'c. hIlS ntlblishcd
I lramml prolram for ,Ieclticiaos Inti Ippren-
ti«". Nicht da$SCS for app.cnti~ are normilly
held hUI they Ire now open 10 journeymen in
our local. Last 5p"n. I dUll in semi-conduc:tor
Iheory Wlli offered Th;, .... inter a d&$S in blli,
computer Iheory hid a I.rle _"cndlnee by
both Ipprenlicc:s Ind journeymen. In February
a cla\s LA CPR stlrled in maintaining IRfely on
the job. We 111 hope we will never ~ our
trainm, in CPR on OUr Brothers Ind Sisters.
AI our Februlry meetinl Prc:s.idc:nl Mike:
Marsh had tM $lid dUly 10 re port lhe: dealh of
journeyman wireman Frink McKa y. li e had
been a member since December, 1956.
Uusineu Manaller Dick Porter repor led 'hal
the work shUD tlon h very (lOOr. As 1983 belins
the anlicipation of work in the near future is
ah", d isma l, with the unemploymen t nate in
I~ bundlnl Inadl'S 51andlnl II 7S to 90 perccnL
..
We .... ,~h 10 thank all Ihe locals thai have
Iccepted our memben 10 ....ork wjlhin their
juri~icl ion,.
If ...·e 111 remain uniled ...·e ...i11 survive this
C:CU11O""~ d"",."......,,, M'''' I"", .. ", 0.\, ... , ..
M.-.IJ( W. Motol'-'IlH.-.toI, P.s.
On Job
...
a t<) ..... ~ U " ... . d E . . .,. a"""'ft ll« InJl.... dor of
Lont 1 ... . II lbbln. , I\llna ••• ho .... lhe iO"blstl ..... d
nqu.nll.I <I><I' rot eq"tl.mt nl he " •.,. 1ft Iha """,""n.
L1 .... I'ro.no m.
l oca l Economy
Unimproved
LU. 29.1 (I. " ,tm,rrh ,rt~&$pa), IIIBRI NG, MINN.
-The U.S. Steel", Minntae Pl.nt in Mt. Iron.
Minl1CSOta. h:u c::alled enou&h of Ihe Iaid-oft
"'"Orkers block 10 ...·orl 10 10 inlO pellct prod\IC-
tion of one-third cl\»<;ity Ind il looks .. if
il ",,11 be Ihlt !kIme amount th.ouchout thc rest ,
of Ihe )ellf.
ilte other taconile planl5 on the Iron Ranse
Irt 5till ilhul do .... n or on limiled production.
so I~ local economy has not improved. The
coo5HU("tion industry hIS not Improved either.
I do nol kno ...· Ihe uIICml'loyment pe.cenlale in
the con'I~ion tradcs on the I ron Ran.e bU I
it is hillhcr than Ihe 69 percent recorded for
the Duluth. ~t.n~tll, Irea. •
On January II. 1983, Hrother (jreaory Topel
Ind hi. wife, ROberti, hid a IICW baby boy,
Travis Arthur..... ho Will a ....c.lcome addition.
I' m lure. Il rothcr Gre, and family no .... live in
Hamp!on. New lI ampShire. Ind he wOlks in
Local 490. Dover, New lI ampshlre Jurl~lctlon.
We extend our eonlnlwllions 10 the proud
parents.
On Oceembc:r 11, 1982. Brother lewis lI ulion
retired. II rolher Lewis wu iniliated inlo Ollr
local in AUlusl, 19". We wi§h hi'l l h lU1l1lo
healthy. Ind enjoyable .etiremcnl.
I ju" r«eived a packet from the Bakery.
Confeclionery and Tobacco Workers Inlernl-
lional Union on lheir boycott of R. J. Rcynolds
Tobacco Com pany. Their bfllnds arc Winston,
Salem. Camel, Vanll,e, Now. More. Doral.
Winchuler Lillie Ci.ars, Carter Uall, Prince •
Albert, Apple. Georse Washinllo", Modeir Mill'
ture pipe lobacco. Brown's Mule:. DIy'. Work.
R. J Gold. WOlk 1I0ne. Apple Sun Cured,
Reynold'!, Ind Top chewinl tobacco.
R. J. Reynolds labor hiMory: 1919. 5killed
....orken orlanizc:d Ind won contrlcl- TWI U,
AFL: 1928, union broktn; 19)8. orpnir.inl
d,;vtl MfrRu'd; IQ41. CIO ~ns or,aninn,
drive; 194), June strike; December. NLRB •
el«tion .... on. 1944. contuel silned; 194', mljor
~trike to pin IICW contract: 1948, Reynold,
gDins de"rlification of Ih.e union: 1950, union
loses NLRB certification vote; 19S5, Af1....CIO
boycott nlSt in5liluted; 1914. TV.'IU orpnir.inl
drive defeated. 1983, boycott continues.
In Ihe 1974 campliln drive employees .... ere
lold the union would be their boss. force them •
out on 'trike, and CIUse bloodshed. They litO
....ere lold their pensions would be cut 011.
The American ,moker must stop buyin8 non_
union Reynolds products because of the injus·
tice ond the tegfC5sive philosop hy thol Reynold,'
products represent.
The OOyooll apln" the Holiday Inn in
Eveleth. Minnesola. is over Ind Ihe prrsidenl
of the Il otel Ind ReJlaurant Employcc:s (HERE),
Local 99. Carol Car!50n, thanks aU who hdp"d
wilh Ihe bo),(,olt: she would like 10 liC'e Ihe
HolidlY Inn palroni~cd Illi n,
Until next month. remember the union l.bel's
(iQlden Rule : " Ouy union products and use
un,on servlees as you .. ould have union WII«
paid unto you."
E. LERoy LAlll1f!. P.S.
On Job
Th~... ",e",ben 0' I...... ' 195. unlo Roo'. "' rk~ .rt
C... ,k>lH bl I. K F.l«trlc or. Ibe "' .....1. CII COllI'
prtuo. Planl ~ I I lhe 1.I1lI~ Rock "011.
F ..... ' ro .. .
Io fl ' 0 rI~hl. In Brolhen To-._, 8'al" IOrt.....
Dual Welb, Due I' hll'P' . Monn le 8 .~kJ : b.~k
ro .. , Phil lip KI"., W,tile ll /'oIukJ, J uT)' M "' dl~,
... d /'oI llI.e Mo....,u.
Inspection
• tbat ",e ..e ablc to meet on such p selle_ It
aailnuo ,\ l ua.er W . C . ' • 10' •• and
lore..... Ibnnl WeIll "'peel lumlnl,konl
o. , .... I<>h.
Qua lity of Work
Ma kes th e Diff erence
L,U. 19S (l,o,u ,rlh ,t",em&~JI'). I.ITT"': ROC K.
ARK._llllsine~, "hnoller w.G, "Gene"
Dento n Ind I visi.ed .l'Ie Arklb job re cently and
fOlcman D~nny Weill IllVe u, a tour. 11M: job
l'Ias since been completcd and wu [n Ihe
"!inishin," $taae~ when "'e took 11K: cnclO5l:d
pictures. There "'as quite a bit of upmcd con·
duil and buss for overhead cranes insl"lIed by
these men. It makes me proud 10 be pari of a
brotherhood "'hose memben uhibit quality
and .. o,kmanship II sho ... n by this ,roup of
~n on .he Arkla compreS'iOr job,
When .he customer or owner can KC lhe
qualily and erafumansh,p our membc,., e~hibit.
it eerlainly helps keep Ihe door open lor fUlure
",ork ""ilh Iheo;c CU~lome",. ortcn'Ht1oCS lhe
opcn·\hop oontl1lcto,., cln &i\C • cheapel price
on biddinl • job, but lhey C3nnot mllt,h the
.. odt tllEW mcmber$ pelfolm.
One ulmple in ralliculDI is of I cu~tomer
hl\;nl u:lC'd both flil and open·.\hop contractors
IS ChicopeC' ~bnuracIUl;n, in North I ink
Rock Gene .nd I \l\lItd Ih,s job le~en.]y Ind
Ihe head of enlill«IIl11 for Chicopee wu ,eally
pleased " 'ilh the I ltilUde and craf'sman<hip of
the III EW memben employed by l)onham
Ele~trie on Ihis prOjed l 'he Chicopee manale·
me,,' IOU ccrtlinly hapl'y .. ilh .hdr ehoice 10
U!iC thi' contractor and iI' IIlEW emploreC'i for
Ihis protect. 11Ii5. of (OIllM', doc'i!1't nKllI wc'll
be doing Chicopee's ,,"olk forever, bUI Ihey huve
hnd an opportllnity 10 comp31C both )id.., of
the fence, and indication, Gene and I rece"'cd
ar e that Ih ey were not impre.so:d .... ilh Ihe othel
con tra ctors Ihey hnd u<;cd in the p ~~I,
Our "'ork piClure i, nOI Ih e best we'l'e e~pt:ri·
eneed, but co nsidering Ihe work pic turc in other
surrounding loca l5 .... e ale still in 1l00d ~hapc by
com pl ri50 n. At thiJ writ'n .. hnuary 14, 1911,
Ihe Mi""uri/Pacilie job has bten pOSl pOned,
alla; n. until this fall.
Our sick pnd injUred li,t includu B,ot hers
Glenn M IY, Tony Bin:(, L P Cluk, ond J lckie
Priee We wish tb~ Brothers I speedy r«o'"ery,
Wilh sadM1S I repOrt Ihe dealhs of .hree
Orothe,.,: relired Brother Sinclair "Shl," Smith.
retired Brother HaITY "Bud" Sm;th., Ind Brother
Uarry P,un. Gene and I extend OUr sympathy
to the famJlics of tnne departed grothe".
JAMES Lv .... s S'I.Ul.o. AUf , 11 M
Seminar For Officers
And Stewards Held
LV. J17 (ul, DOVER, NJ.-In the httle lawn
of Netcong: in North Jersey. IIo'e had a plherin,.
The link VFW POSt where we all me t "111
packed '0 the rahe,.,. The occasion wa, I
superbly orchestra ted semlO9r for officers and
'te walds conducted by ou r ll1ird District tnt er·
nltionll Representativc. Robert Detrick. Il. olhe r
Detrick ran the meetinl wilh an abundance of
sk ill and ,usIa. Ue had eve ryone', anention.
Th is was a combined mectin. of thlee of our
localJ.. In a"e ndance werc Ca rl Au er, Don
1I01lek, and Brad Libby, the prcsidents o f Local
)21. 1298, .nd 149, respeC' ti_ely. It was our
aood fort une 10 hue a "ery notable ,roup o f
officers Ind slewards present from all .hree
locah. It ;:1 no' often, heClLuse of lcolr.phy,
....as , lrtat turnoUI despi.e Ihe rather oold
weather Ind the ]onl dislance'< $Orne of Ihe
IIro lh ers traveled 10 gel Ihele.
Althouah Ihe SoCminar was a bit longer Ihon
our u,ual mon lhl y union mUlln.. " WIS ,,·c l1
worth .1Ie efforl and d id nOI seem aU that lon,
Part of the reawn for that wal d ue 10 .he
dyna mic pres.entation of Bob Detrick IIoho, it
seemed to me, bad the roPI attention of 111
prt$(:nt In addition. I had the feclinl. sh~ red
by o lhe,., I am sure, thaI Ihis is wh~t ..'e
union membcrs really hunaer fo r-c~pcrli~ in
pu"uin. our union aoals and mannin, the
ramparl5 Plainst encroachment "nd union·bust·
in, tactia.
It is unforlunate. but true, tha t many of us
in the movemen t allow ounel~es 10 slide alons
and permil the gradual erosion o f lIronl union
,ains inlo union IQSlI('s_ Urother Detrick foree.
fully sUlBcsted that ""c ~hape up and relroup.
li e iJ $0 right. There Is no doubt Ih ut we
all came away from thnt mU t;nl determined
\0 work toward a sIronl union in the face of
mount;nl altacks. The word is Ihal .. e will
have meeting'! like Ihis on a con tinuinl blsis.
with the cenilinly thai nOlhinl but load can
come of Ihem.
As was poinled OUI by Doh Detricl. the
union srewlld is I IllO'>t impoll3nt 00, in the
",bc:e1. lie went on to aile us all $Ome timely
pointe,., on how to ptlform that ~I Important
job. T1lo§c of us .. be lie or have been in that
union po!iition know ... h.I a complu and dif·
ficull job il can be. Flam my O"'n ol»crwations,
I can ..,.y that Loal 321 i~ blc$5Cd "ilh a IrOUP
of ~Ie .. alds "'be know thcil ;obs and do them
.. ell
ElClyday and .... er,...hcle ..·c s.ee OHIt Ind
co'ert alla.ks alain~t unionism It is eertainly
not up 10 the union leJdership alone 10 try to
combat Ihos.:: elements inlefe\ted in our dOI\'n-
fall The support Ind cooperation of Ihe rank
Ind tile is lilaL Your ste .. ard's w..:trl " Ih"
much more difficult wlthou. Ihlt support.
What" really bOIl, down to '5 Ihe bHic facl
thai unionism requircs the acllve panicll,at;on
of III the membershIp-nil Ihe tllne Good
leadership is at the he:ld of your un ion, bUI yuu
Dre Ihe ,100d right arm.
Wh y not come to our nUl union I11celi"l
and ad" Rl10ther stOU I link tn Ihe eha in nf
brOlherhood which bind. us nil loaelher?
W~LTI ~ II. YOCU M, 1'.5,
Anti-Union Organizatio ns
Are At Work
L U. JJ2 (1&01. SAN J OSE. CAL----C ICE and
thc BU51Ol'SJ Round T ah le. Do either the IOiuals
or BUlines$ Round T able mean anythinl to yo u?
"I1Ky are 10101 to haoe In impact on your life
and the: way conslfuc1ion Walk ii perfollllCd.
and you should be awa~ of .. he these people
." C ICE it Ihe Construc:lion Cost Etreclinneu
Committee. a committee of the Busmrss Round
Tahle_ The OUSi",,5S Round Table is made up of
the ehicf executive otHee,., of the nation'.
lal'Bcst corporallons. "I1Ky lbo have olhel eom-
mittees . Commillce for I Union-Free En~iron·
menl. Construction U~r 's Committee, ClC.
Members Ittend;n, the NIO,h Diltr;cl Prot·
ress Meet",. In San DirJO In 1911 had. Ion,
report on the O usi~ Round T,ble.
The C I C~ has been maklOl a sludy over the
pall four yea" and has spent "millions of
dollll'$" on il_ They h,,'e ~d up to 250 u·
pem Ind h~ve ~Ieued 21 rcports. The lim o f
all these sludics is 10 male con5trucrion ma le
COSI effecllve
Now the Busill<'5S Round T able hM an·
noutK:ed a "comp~hensive" umpaign 10 make
major chanles in Ihe way construclion owners,
(oml1letOII, and unions ... ork together, They fed
Ihat Ihe 220 chanlles could save ove r $ 10 hillion
a yea r.
One o f the proposals is for the usc of sub·
journeymen an construclion projects.
Some of the5(: proposals do havc metit and
would make conslruc tion jobs bctler place, 10
work. ~uch .s increasing: motivalion on con·
struc.ion Jobs by increasing safety and belle r
and mOle too11 on Ihe job site.
One of the largest savinp that could be Ialncd
is throul],h eultina absenteeism on the job, They
5ulleJt Ihi, bc ,ecomplished through an im·
proved ..·or king: environment.
The lJusiness Round T able has no. been a
friend of labor on many ",ues. Y> Iht$(: CICE
reports and acti~ilies are gom8 '0 be watchcd
carefully, Dnd I will try to keep our membcrs
updated on Ihe acti " iti" of the C ICE and the
Uusine" Round Table.
It looks like the p"0ple of North Carolino
Dre loinl 10 make a major elTon ' 0 leI rid of
SenAto r II clm~-" M iJler Anti·Labor." We should
aU applaud their efforts And help howcver we
CDn,
RI('IMRO R. C01<W.W, P,S.
Meetin g
I'k".." , wit 10 rI.Io ....... 8 ...1 _ R .... ruall.t/u
Yo tnl.. C_.. lI.tt _ R .... 'ese.".Uve £IItl
"Splh M
Tn.c ........ hld •• e ...,.d \like :'o ICCo .... II,
•• d ~Iok' OIe ..,tiI Rotl K .. tne. prior 10 all~.dl ...
.... f'~h....,. V.II 4 _ull ••. (Pbolo ",_llIe' 101
Lonl lJ6, C....IIO. til .)
local 336 Negotiations
In The Offing
I_L'. JJ6 Il"'rat.), CIl ICAGO, ILL- The
national !>alganllng comm,ttee met Janua.,. II,
n, and IJ Ind .... ,11 meet again to finalize the
I18t;onol proposal. (0 AT&T. Negotiations are
scheduled '0 ~Inrt in mid. May,
Local barShin;na with Illinois snd Ind iRna
!lcl! Telephone CUl\lpanies wilt commence In
lute M ny. The syst~111 council .... ill meet in
March for preparalion o f demnnd,. 35
 I his ,s pos/iably the last year we will bargain
nationally with AT&T due to the divestuure.
'rhe Occupational Job Evalua tion Committee
met again J anuary 26, 1983. The findings for
that joinl commillte may have an impa ct on this
year's bargaining.
As of January, JULIE and Kankakee Cabl~
TV contmct ncg<lliations continue with serious
i!Sues 5till unresolved.
Some of Ihe oUl5landina grievance settlements
and arbilratiull) r.",."I ... 0..1 in Jalluu.y "".e-
The ntw '"00 Walkup" pay phone pla~.
mr.nts remain under the jurisdiction of local
3)6. The company had been conlfOleting out the
installation of these phone:!. This grievance went
to arbitration before the Company concluded
10 our position and • mutual agreement was
reached concerning aU fUlure installations.
A mr.mber W.$ reinstated after termina tion.
Arter several days of arbitratioo procedure. il
was allreed Ihe Company did not folio ... their
established alcohol and drug treatment pro-
cedure in the tumin3tion. 8y mutual agreement.
the arbitration wu stopped when the company
agrud to reinJltate the member involved.
Imroropt"r c1ft~il rr,u ltrd in 4~ hour, or Orr
rate to be divided amonl! three senior mr.mbers
who were not offued an out-of-town detail that
included overtime.
An arbitrator ruled inventory work in River-
dale contracted 01'1 by the Company was cus-
tomarily Local 336's work and awarded "com-
pen5ation"' in an amount equal to the pay
difference between dtllfte r 3 and drafter I for
that period of time. Additionally, eac h of the
six draftcr 1s shall be compen!..1ted overtime for
one-si~th of the Uargaining Unit wo r k pe r-
formed by employer suptr\'isoTS d\lring the per_
formance of that work .
Al.nllIlT J. F UNZI!N. R.S./T IlIlAS.
lI o.....-cl Mk "~r. nllriaa . fler "5 ,.U.. III lbe elHo
I ~ I Ind .. , If)', b .... nln lu laled b,. PtHl Sftnlllf)'
ROd,,. R. H arTh· of I.on l JoIO, S.~ .. menl o. CJoI.
Howard ScheHcr
Retires
I~U. :wo (l,o,rls,t m &:~p.J.
SA. CRAM ENT O,
C AL.-Congraluillions and good luck are
ulended 10 1I0wa rd Scheller. Howard retired
with over 45 years performance in the elcctrical
industry. StDrling in 1931, he completed his
apprenticeship in 1.o<:al340 in 1941.
Old-timers may remr.mber lIowar.l·5 first
venture into bu~jne~, ut the Reliable Elevlltor
Works- from 1948 through 1 9~9. From 1959
through to the present. the Company has been
known as Scheller Elec tric Company. lie was
joincd in recent years by his son Frank Scheller,
who wntinue.~ the business.
In reminiscence of past e\'ents. Ho wa rd re·
calls Ihat at o ne lime electricians in the Sacra-
mento area were paid 511 per day in cash. with
no deductions, in a plain envdope. Another fact
Ih~t came to mind was the pay scale per hO\l r.
In 1942. when Howard entered the !U:rvice, the
pay scale was 51.31Y.J per hour. When he was
diJcharged in 1945. the scale was still SI.17V!
per hour!
Some of the braer Scheller Electric jobs
o..Ione in the SDcr~mcn!o aren on rcce nt years
include the Science lIuilc1ing at Sacnmcnto
36 State CoUclle, lhe I'cdcu l Buildinll on COllage
Wa y, Ihe Sacramento Bee New~p~per Plant
~ddition al 2151 S1tI~ct, and the Senate A~mhly
UUllding at the s tate Capitol.
Appro~i",ately I~O fanlily members, friends.
employees. and businc's associates celebrated
1I0ward's ret ireme nt .. ith II gala party un
January 28 at the Tuesd ay Club 1I0use. He
rcceived mnny iI,fts, including a eomrl~te set of
golf clubs for hi~ favorne ,port.
lIis future plan~ include :>teing Ihe USA in
his trll,'c1trailcr and lou o f golf.
As a longlime former employu I would like
10 add that his calibe r of employer is rare in
the lnd~lry. and much apprec iated by those of
us who know him.
ROCKY B. Ibu!!:, p.s.
Lighting Crew
SU IIl ClIl u. (Eall
Soa ... on "Is ~nu, I 50ft
d~ u . IIt ~ • • ln-la .. J ulie bf hlnd him.
Scribe Writes About
li ghti ng Crews
L U_ 351 (u). LA.NS ING, M ICII._This month
allow nlt to inlroduce the Boulevard Slreet
lightin, crews " 'ho work for the Board of Water
and Lighl-·· hog CUllers:' one and all. Some of
the '"hog cutters"" carry kni,'C$ with 18-inch
blades and a handle to match, while othen cury
a one.inch blade and a 51_inch handle! I will
lea"~ .t up to the reader to guc$S who earriH
" 'hat knife. Uog CUl1ft is the name be~towcd on
Ihe hardut workeT$. Whcn Ihis reporter Slatted
to work for the Board of Waler and Light in
1960, the Boule vard cre .... s were made up of
sc~cn or eight men and each ....·orkday you
lined up single file Dnd used II pick and sho~el
all day, to dig a ditch to lay street lillht cable
in. One man ..... ollhl do all the splicing lind the
trllek drove. "'ould '"trim'" the street light~.
TroubJeshoolinll of Ih e circuils was done by
linemen, for the mOM pMI . Until just recently,
p mall or woman would ~tftft out as a boule-
vard t rainee and proarcs< 10 truck driver :",d
then to boulevard l11CChllnic. The nc~t step Is
bo"lcv,ltd foreman . Todny lhe crew~ arc mn<.le
up of three and sometimes four men or women
and n,ost of the cable Is laid with a Davis or II
..
ditch witch. The Dayis lay£ the cable and coven
it Up. "'hereas the dileh witch will dig the
trench, but the cable is laid in the trench by
hand and muc h of Ihe backrilling is done with
a shovel.
The boulevard crews troublc<;hoot the circuits
and repair Ihcm. trim many of the lights, repair
many of the handholes, do patching of cement
or eonc rtte holn, learn to read blueprinlll and
(,teuit prints, remove and replace broken Slreel
and h'ghway poles, and do the cable sp1icina on
strUI and highway drcuil5. The boul~vard union
sleward, Bob Todd, t~lls me thaI he and another
boulevard mechanic, Lyle Ganll. can whip any
Dnd all comelS in a friendly gama of euchre!
JoLynn Gusler. lineman', helper, WIl5 given B
Christmas present by "admirable journeyman,"
Mr. Dave Stauff, foreman . The present was.
bedpan with a telepho ne I llaehed. Ocing •
young woman. when JoLynn re~ived ft r~1I
from Mother Nature. Ihe "admirable journey_
man'" would have to get her to I ladies room.
She also has been known 10 call a special man
in her life on work breaks. 50 the "admirable
jm,mt.yman," M r. Stauff, fillurcd lie could kill
two birds with one stone by giving her her own
'"pottie" wilh telephone attached.
I am enclosi ng a picture of Santa Claus. Emil
Kletke. forcman, holding his granddaughter on
his knee, with his son Amos and daughler·in-18w
Julie Klclke in Ihe backgroun.l. Julie', maiden
name was Hersha and ~hc is a former electric
meter tester and .secondary electric metuman
(or person, if you prefer). and member of
Local 352. Emil has been playing Santa Clllus
for 40 years and visits about 100 homes, along
with pnrlies and churchc~. (l y Ihe WDy, Emirs •
granddaughter's name is Somer an d she is three-
and-one- half years old.
Emil also visits hospilals liS Santa Claus.
J OliN P ATlllC ~ liA llPsnlR, 1'.5.
Wilen III l.aJ V_ . Nu .. ..0 111 IItls u tabllsb"'tnl .
(Submlll..! b" Loal ,]57,l.q \'~ p>, Nn .l
_,-E
•
Casino Owner Plan s To
Use Non-Union Loba r
L.U. JS1 (l,o&: c), LAS VEG AS, N EV,- Uob
Stupak, owner o f the Vegas World Casino on
Ihe Slrip, has decided to build II 21-Slory. h'sh-
risc hOlel. [I is well kno .... n thaI he intends to
1I.e non -union labor. pkked up off the ~Ireet.
lie u:ems 10 think Ihat he can get quality work
from thiS type of arrungemcnl . He has. hUIl-
selr, taken OUI all the peronh~ for the building;
he is the IIcnenl contra"or, plumbing con-
tractor, electrical contrnctor, and iron and steel
• ~onln Clo r .
lIo w he can 110 Ihis is beyond 111
com pr~hens;on \0 n~.
The Southern Nev~dll Buildln, and T rades
Council has decIded to Ify and conv Ince M r.
Stupak thai he ~hould II!e unIOn labor, Ind
haJJI made prepa,,,ionJ 10 It)' and onform !he
public about tl\co 5011l;l.IIOn. A picket lone will be
- se t up al the rUr o( lhe c.sino where the \wo-
gale system has b«n buill. In the ',onl o f Ihe
("8$;no, hDndbi ll ' "",II be pn~d 011 \ 10 inform
IhO!ie who enlcr and Invc lboll\ Ihe &illl alion.
H andbills .... ,11 be PI!I5W Ollt \0 .11 ."lIne nilllls
luvinl Lu.. An"clc'! Inlernanonll A.rpo rt for
Las Vcps.. AnOlMr rmlhod .... i ll be \0 put silns
alan, tM frHwlY" Indon, mto LIII Vean.
Frank Caine. prC'o'Mnt of the SoUlhe,n Nev adl
8 uilding Tndes Cou ne,I, i~ ~ure thl'l pl Bn w,1I
be dfeclj~e on conv ln";n, Mr. Stupak \0 hire
union labor.
All[I'! G .... ss, P S.
Charitable
_.
, to the arllls rnce. Thcy wal1t to !iCe Ihe fedcru]
r se»ion The Senal~ Republinn'l ....11 prob~bly
c _ 0 ...1.11. _ . . . .to'. of 1.,,",1 "",,
N." C lu. N . V .. pDftoti 011 1 011 " •• p 1M Onollto'
COllnl, Ionlloll ......" • J'·IOII ''''''_"1 of OIIkNol1
len '0. dlll. IIMII"'" 10 "u.. plt.,.d " .,.h.. III Ih~
Phbb"'1Ih , P II., slul IlId .. ~ I f)'.
l oca l 363 Shows
• Brotherhood in Action
l.U. J6J (l, u,I,tm.tllt'&ICO.'t), NEW CIT" . N.Y.
- Imaaone hu,nl Christmas, no money \0 buy
tools. ]illle mol>tY 10 P"Y b,U" and lillie money
10 buy food. WOrJe thnn Ihal, thcre ;s little hope
of l o ona ba ck to work at a Job ),011 were doin,
for )'ean. T irm:s hive chanlled, fo.e'an impo.tl
have hurt the mduslry on whKh )'ou were milk.
inl ),o ur ]ivclihood. I doubt that there is In),
induslr), in the United StUttS toda), th ai has
not been hUrl on one "Py or .nother by forel,n
impo rls. Some In<.lu~!ne$ hnve been hurt WOrK
than othe.s. Thi, is the pmblem tluol fnce~ the
Steelwo r kers of Amcric~ . 1i;.lf of !I,,, Stul·
wOlkers in Amcm:a lie unemployed. In Ihe
Piltsburgh .rca Iione, there ate about lO,OOO
Steelworken out o f "·ork .
When "met IC I bad Ind there lire peapl<t in
need, cyeryone--no matter ... hele Ihe)' Irc>-
turns to the American people for help. This
lime, the America n people d id nOI ... a;t 10 be
as ked to help. Kno""nl the dimf1l lt il'~ Ihat Ihe
Sleel ...orkcn .re lOin. throulh. lind runniq into
!lOme of the pme problem'l, farmen in Maine
scnl polatoes to ~ir fellow Americ.lII. The
potltO farmef1 lire up ...aiM! Io ..·er priceS II
the markel because o f Canadian ,mports. fllcon.
lheir ]osscs and roverin, Ihe fn:ldli o f thc"
produce, lhe farmers ,1\ M aine ~h ippe-d 90,000
pounds of polDt~ 10 ]';usburdl·
Aflu rudinl In Irticle in Ihe pape-r, lJusj.
ness Manlaer Cosmo Damiani of l.oc:ll 363
dc:c:ided Ih.1 IMre ,'I somethlnl Ihll he ~ould
a]so do \0 help the unemplo~d Stul ... orkers.
LI ke lhoe POlRto farmcn or !'>la,ne, Ihe ...."jon
• farmers o f Orange Counly in Ne ... Vork are
also fatin" hArd limCll betause of fore;,n
imports. Workina ""th Mr. Onmhllli, the f~rm~
o f Grau and Uller shipped 40,000 pound, of
on ions to l' illSbura:h. The potaloeJ and o n'ons
got 10 Ihe Steel ... o rkers in time for Christmas.
We hope thai the StedworkcfI in I'htwurdl had
a Merry Christmas.
We a]so hope IhBl, IOI11(: ... he re oul thcre,
Ihe re is an ans ...er to Ihc problem th at is
becoming a mennce 10 Amerita. Import'- P,esentations
.hue has 10 be be tler control of ImparlS !IO
American products can compete in falf trade
on American mar kets. ,
Americans Wont Congress
To Solve Notional Proble ms
I_ U. .).64 (I.rm,rts,s pa&cal v). ROCKFORD, I LI_
- 198l is here. and ... ilh il the $Cal in, of Ihe
nc'" Congress. AmerocallS I.C Int'casin,l), ... or·
ried aboUI lhe fUIII.e. a nd riehll)' so. We In
"lInt Conaress 10 le i movin, and solve 5(lmt of
our nalional problenn inslud of IddlOl to ",I 1I. 11k.1I1I lind II •• , ,. SCCUllOt" ru<l'1~H lS,,. .....
.. .l'I ..· . I ~M. 'or ..,... k~. Sho.. " IIrr 11...1 _
them,
" .n~.ul"I"lInrl.1 ~ "I IIr)' "ad,. K.b.... " ...
Mosl people feel lhal what Congrus d<k"l Ihls
year won·1 ha'·c much effect rillhl a ... a)'. bul tbl rt.m.n. lI~ n'1 S~h.Uu. and ".uldenl Sian ".,"'.
according 10 nallonlll sludies. the Amer ica n
unlee'" dcl ..·e. 10 Ihe n.-.:d)' a hot a nd cold
people .... anl 10 $CC 1M rconom), turned a.ound
and the jobless PUI b.ck. 10 WOI .... 11.c, ."• .,1 10 ,hnfK'r Ihrnu,.hllill Ih<- )'ur I.:tOOr Oa), 1$ a
~{Jlunlur holiday Rtlnl labo.-mmded, .... e
!oC'e weill §<Cunt)' stra iv>lrned out !IO they ca n
chipped on .nd made (enaon thut the unfortu·
plan Ihei. retirements. The)' .... nt inllalion under
nDle .. ere fed.
control, wilh the interest ra l~1 headed down.
They wmnl to 'ICC a slowdown in the milil:H),
bu ildup. especially th e MX missi le, nnd a stop
Amon", our members who helped were Uru ee
Gmn, Joh n Leldel, Dick Anewalt, Andy
budget trimllled so federa l deficit. ...ill l lart
• o,ng Io.. cr. Thi~ jll'l prnvr.< thai the American
Kuhie. Jr., Glenn Sheif. Sian l'arks (retired).
J ohn Gormon, J ohn Ohl, Di ck Fultz, KOler
WC fln~r, and l)on Mlllcr .
people are an optimisli" group, and know Ihal The bU, ld lll, ITadcs ~Iso dOn~ltd apple bUller
...e will 5urv;Ve. 10 aU the: need)' IIIvolved. We .hank all who
~ol "meer~d 10 help others on thIS da)'. 1I0pe ..·e
President Reagan. meantime. is facin, a mu"h
ddTerent Cong.e» Ihan when he look office two have Ihe '\.1me ollmandtllg par1lc'palion from
~a rs 8g0. With 26 mo.e Democr~" >II Ihe
ollr local ne~t year.
hou!iC and 81 ne ... members III all. lhe Demo- Art Holdeman and Hcn ry Schaller received
crats "'ill p.obabl)' flex a lillie musde in thi'l the", 15·ynr \CrVlce .....sl... alch". They ..·ere
~el)' ,flldul A short .dd.e56 ..-.s &i'tn 10
M less unified f 19 of them arc: up lor rc- show the-'r IpprcnatlOn and plellSOlnl memorin
elKtion >II 1984) ; more ... iII be loollnl I I dUfin. Ihe past ),Clrt..
ballotlll, rather Ihan Reagan·s propos.llh. Rc: " meri"an' O U)' Arm:ric;ln' Dyt no ... !
The bailie of Ihe budget ...iIl domlllOle thc Eoollt M leEk, I' .S.
ne ...s III the com,nS months. as Ihi, trul),
decides ... hal ... 111 happen ..."h tM economy. Ihe Unveiling
'nteresl rale. I nd III Inc OIMr concerns lhe
American people ha' ·e.
~k",n .. hilc. the loc:al rac:n I re d.ffelent, 10
sa)' the lusl; there ... ill be no pT1m~ry elKlIOM
III some: ... ards of lhe CII), as only one candid ate
from each party fiicd.
In the pa ....... recently. "'1' fIOi'" ... ith rmdr. 10
Ihe Plumbers and Pip('fillers who Bre PUlli nl
up seed money to ge l o;Onstruclion in Ihe cit)'
movong. Rerm:mbc: r that I>tI<I lime: son>C(l1"le you
kno ... SlartS dQ ... n;nll Ihe union •.
We·1I <Ian th~ ),ea r b), being a lill]e leu
... indy in hope thai Ihinp "Bn onl)' IIct beller
and our 3r1icles can o nl)' gCI shorte r. l ,d l 1(' MIII~ • • """ .. ,~~,,
R O"~ RT Il HRlI!I"'UM~, I' .S.
"""dln. Con ' '''~IO"
"'1. " / .....' ''' •• 1
J Ameo M~~.IJ . JA1"C IK ' ct • •,:
and J o..,p ~ St.arld. Thl,d I )I~ I.I~. I n' ..... I1onlll M ~p.
'.un'.' .... wn .. lUna tM plaqw~ " ' .be IIIrdlcallon
Volunteers of ..... 1M" bwlldl.... (S""",I,, .., b,.. 1.••.,.1 3141, No.·
.l"o ..n , h . " hoi "" II, Do !H:.k ... 1
Ribbon Cuffing
M~.""rJ of I.-at J75, AIIe ••
lite .. ~ for " ,"I uh _ w_
o...." _ . ........ lIIo. .f~
bor DI".
T".,. a.e 8rvu G.l_. Job.. L!1~"'t. Uk" "n~ .. lIl1,
AII4J K, bk. h _ Cole. SMI •. .'I.... ,.n...
Johll Co .....
.....a. Job" Ohl. DId. Full., Rocu W~I,u r lind Doa Dedication and Open
MUle •.
House Held
l~ U. 3110 U&fl), NO RRISTOW N, l' A._ Th e da)'
Members Volunteer to Help
WMJ eold and drellfY bUI all ... ho Mtcnded could
'Meals on W heels' not help belllg cheer),. The day of dedication of
.he Tr allllOll Cenle r fi nally I"i' ·ed.
L.U. 375 (I). ALLE"'TOWN. "A.-Some o f ou r
members volunleered for " Meals o n Whee ls·' on Open house ...al held from 10:00 I.m. 10
~:OIJ p.m., ... ilh mlny rrlends attendina, ,o~"'­
Labor Day. It ;s spon50 red by Ihe build ina
trades in o ur area. " Meals on Wheel$" ' yol- inl throuih Ihe school at ... ill, amazed 10 sec: 37
 the olll barn conv~rtell int o a beautiful. efficient
school bUlldlnl. complete with a Boarll H.oom
and a full), stocked office Ind I second buildinl
homml the Wellllnl Shop. Electricll Shop. and
Gan&e
Dedicltion was ~honl)' after 1:00 p m. Robert
Rus:;ell. presillellt of Local 380. lave the wei·
come. Harry LIIIII. chairman of the JATC and
Vice pr~llIem of Henkels '" McCoy. the len·
eNiI contractor of Iho: prOJCCt. illtrodu«d the
JOIIII .... pprenl!«$hlp and Traininl Commillce-
J ames W. Mayall. secretary. "ho kept dose
watch on the proJect: Wayne E. Ca~1 and
Robert O·l)onnell. who are the local union
representative, on the committee; and con·
tractors' representatives Wilh am Gille!lpir.
CI"OUSt' Company: and David Wilker. John R.
Wilker ComplllY. Our lueSts. who ,ave their
con,tllulation, and lood wishn to the J .... TC -
Local 380- NECA. l'enn· DeI·Chapter. were
Th ird Dlw k t Representative Grant Tate; SlllI~
Boler of Silas Ilold Company. electrical con·
tractor o f the project; Thoma, Millel. "enn~)'I·
vania State !lurldinl and ConSlru("tion Trades
uecutive sec retary and trnsurer; Illd Joseph
Sparks. Third Di~trkt Representative.
J oseph Spalks then led the ,roup to th e
lIoarwa),. where he rcmoved the drape from Ihe
dedication plaque. Jamn M a),all unlocked the
door and he and Harr), Linn cut the ribbon
Ind everyone ento:ro:d Ihe buildin&- Flont l dil-
pIa),' Ind plalllS decora ted the buildin,.
Ever)'one then adtourned to th e shop area for
refreshments. The da)' was I 'lItherinl of labor
and munllement in full cooperation wilh each
Othel, malin, one ,lad for the true fedin. o f
brotherhood MBn), of the workmen on the
proj«t l\tended the Oll'"n house to .how their
pride In meir work. Waher l,c,irn, Local 380,
was the prOIt("t mana&er.
STAN .. lly C .. l)w .......... l)l!a. P.S.
Honored
Rrolhu I!.'IIQI Panoa o f LO<'a, 3M. .... v .....
Nu .. and hh ..If•• I.. Vrmr.....e h!)lIo~ 10 be
... leCI~ III rlOe IM I. lh/l". hll ".. III 1M Tllum .... fll l
0 1 K_ Parade III Pbltkal. e l l.
Brother Patton Honored
In Parade
L.U. 396 (u&'). LAS VEGAS. NE" ,-The lIew
)'ear ~,an wllh a dream oomin, true for I lonl'
IJI~ mem~r of Local 396. BrOlher Erne$1
Pal\on. cable mallltenanc:e II'"TSOn for Central
Telepho~ Company/Nevada. BrOlher Pal10n
and hiS "Ife. LaVerne ... ere honored 10 be
selected to ride their show horses in Ihe
prestlllOUS Tournament of Itoses I' afade on
hnuary I. 1983. ,n Puadena. Cahrorma. The
ribbons receIved b), Bromer Pallon and LaVerne
... ,11 han. proudl)' amon, the 20 troph.es and
aW<lrds they rece,,·ed o'·er the J&lIt few )'urs.
Proo , to III Ihe Chlillma, and hol",,!)y festivi-
ties one lar,c IrOllp of llrothcr, pnd Sisters WOJ
honored whh a ,pecial celebration of their
tplen" by thelT emplo)'er. Cenlnl Tel~phone
Company I Ncvada dcsign&led Novem~r 1$·19.
1982. II Telephone O~'Btor5 App.eclBlion
Week.
, ht week.lon, co:lebration fcuw,ed frce
colleo:. pllnch. Bnd speciall), decorated cakes
38 which were se rved to pII shi fts: coverBle b),
local television ~tatlon5 honored the ~ kilJs and
dedicauoll of our Brolhers and Sisters. Can-
aralutations. Oll'"ralors'
Local 396 has added I new compan), to Ollr
local. BUSiness M ana.er (jile was succe§sful 11\
negot iating I co nlrlCt wllh Centel BuslIIess
S)'st~1l1$ cO"crlnl IndIvidua ls who "'ere pte·
viousl)' emplo),ed b)' Centnl Telephone Com-
p~n)'. Th is is 1 fim.tlme a.,cement bet"'cen
Centel BUSJness SY'>lems ano,l Local 396 ooverln.
in'>l:lllatlOn. m.,nlenlnce. and repair and servo
ic., of tekcommunlcatlOns CU.lomer premIse
equipmen t. and ..·e look forwllo,l to orllnlZlnl
the other compan.es.
The CP National ( li endenon) wlge opene r
is scMduled for Ma), I. 1981. Local 396 will
be advislll, CP NatIOnal Corporillon o f our
intentions to oll'"n the OOIll II("t for wain only,
)0 da}s prior to Ihe clleclj~e date of Ma)' I.
1983.
Local 396 .... ill be loinl back 10 Ihe bar8ainin,
table at tho: end of th i, year fo r the Nevada
l'o"'eT Plallt oontraet and the urly part of
1984 for the Nevada Power clencal contrac t.
SUI! SMOTlt£U. P.S.
Retire
It.
Bn)~n M,. ..... C. W.rd and Mike Proc. . . . .
UIII!s ntlr"H f .... LonI m, B.Iboa, R. ,ulblk of
Pa ........ Lefl 10 riahl />In. J ad." Ward. Iholliu
M ...... C. W ..... BlltlHM M."a~r wm... ..
Bro..... .s.~ Brol ..... M Ike Pro,.oa . a~lIu. t-IIPft1..
len<knl of P-.:lfic Lodu Ceo..e /IIcArliI." ... d
Mr!I. B.rble l't lcArlhe ••
'We Are Still Here: Says
Business Manager
L.u. 397 (I.o,lI,e.rr.f n\& luvt), BALBOA, RE-
PUBLIC OF PA NAMA- We have nlade one
morc year. 0111 JOM Dre st ill beinll abolished
every day and our pu.ehue privilelles with the
U.S. Arm), commiuaricJ. post e~ch:tn8es. and
post officcs go '" October, 1984. Our people
then go on the econolll), of the Republic of
I'anama which is much highn than the Uni ted
Slates econom),.
Two Brothers. Manucl M . " Mike" I'ro,anl
of l ocal 397 and r.hr~'" C Ward of Local
91S. were honored on their relllement from the
Panaml Canal Commwolon at I dinner on
January 6. 1983.
The Rodman Officen Club. a ..ell·lutown
spol Ia bthmian society. was the scene of thi,
testimonial dinner. Stnb and corv",a file" "'en~
the main course; I sid~board of othtl lQOditS
Ind a refreshment blr "tie It Ihe bect'lnd·
call of luests..
Both honorc-es were senior ele""cal loct·
ma~len-Progana 1\ I'ed.o Mlluel Locb and
Ward at Mirall orts l.ocks. I.ockmasten Irc
shifl $U!lC'rYlson. havin, enhel II mecha mcal or
eleclncal back,round
Mike Prngana IS rcnowned for his utensl~e
work wnh me duf Bnd blind children of
Panama. Recentl)' he wu awarded the Orden
de Vasco N,'ncz de IJalboa. " anamu's hilhest
award. for hiS years of work wilh these ch ildren
From the manalcment ~ta!f. kind words and
a Citation fr om the mlnne director Dnd the
chief. Locks Di vision. were prcscllled to both
Brolhen b), Ihe "tlllil superintende nt . Mr.
George MCArther. I'acific Locks.
From ollr local. of which thl' business man.
aacr acted a$ host. I ,eneroul oUlpou,inW of
.ifts was liven these Il rothers as a lesture o f
friendship and brotherhood.
A thlnk.you letter to Local 397 from Brother
MarVin Ward. ono: o f the retiri.,. Brothers,
fOllow. :
Dear Brothers.
t wish to thank you for the privilele I)f
havin. worked all these )'ears 11\ ),ou r juri~
diction. I have been in the I BEW for nearly
3l )'ea.s. and was associa led wllh II for five
years before that. T"·ent),·four o f those yean
have been under the auspices of Local 397.
Man), th anks!
Some Brothers ma)' " 'onder why I d idn'l
move m)' card here. If it hadn't been for a
Dellh Benefit Fund in Local 9U, I would
h ave. Our fund. whi<.'"h I helped orpnQe
while: on the Welfa re Committee, hiS an
immedilte cash value o f Sl.600 to . n),
Il rOlhe l's widow. So you ca n see my advant·
lie fo r sIa),inll in Local 9U (formerly Loci l
2017 and Local 108) .
With thM explanation out of the wa)'. I
think it's lime I tell )'ou that 1 was over·
whelmed by )'ou r generous lifts to I'rolana
Dil d me. It wa s a magnificent lIuture of
brotherhooll and friend ship.
Conlratu lations to the ijrothers who tnoll:
our plaCt's .nd to those who moved up a
notch. They're all ,ood men and ,ood
("hoices. The rest of )'ou. han. in thete; it'll
come, it'll come.
Now, Brothers. I would like 10 II)' a
specill "thank )'ou·· to ),our business man·
Ilt' r. Ilil! Brown worb hard for ),ou r
rn'~'~J" and for the Kood 01 the IIn/o". No
"
one can flult him for not ~inl aWlre of
whit', loin, on. for not bein, dedicated to
)'ou r local and its ,ovem~nt. 10 ),our wei·
fate. nor for not dedarin, 1.b<If', position
to manDlement.
I've entoyed m)' )'ears here with you. I've
xo:n a lot of )'OU oome up from )'our
appren ticeship daY$. Now. this is ,.OUT baby.
For what time r. left for lbe Ameri<.'"an. let •
me ur&e you to live it £yerythin. )'ou h ave.
You have to "pau it o n," so be a m,lt!
.oout it and ,0 ou l in st),lc.
I'll hive I spare bed Ind foctin' chai r up
tMre in Franklin. Come sit on my vetanda-
we'lI "re-di." the old cana l while Jad ie
makes up • batch of biscuits.
Frater nally.
Marvin Wurd
,
Il rothers. the last article I wrotc for the
JUllmul Will in AU8U5t, 1980. Ja)'in, 1979 IVai
I bad year; well 1980, 1981 . an d 1982, were
worse and it loob as if 1983 is ,oin, to be
even won.c. When is Ihis Ireatest deprcssion
ItOln, 10 be over? Soon. I hope. "lease.
Il rothers, 10 to the poll! and vote these anti·
unIOn le,islators out o f office.
See you at the 198) Fifth District Pro,ress
,
Meetinl. Relisttr to vote and contribute to
COI'E.
Wt .... J.. r.t B. B~OWN. S•. , 8 .M.
12 local 398
Members Retire
IAU. 391 (01), CIIARLESTON, S.C.- Well .... hal
•
.tt.1I I report this monlh about Local 3981
The earl)' retirement plan from South Caro·
lina Electric and Gas Company has had !>Ome
elfecl on our mo:mbefship. Those Brothe.s who
retlled on December 31. 1982. were James F.
Carlisle (Plant Hagood). Marion E. Stilts
(Denmark Substation), Albert T . Johnson
( Rune)' Street EJe<;tric OPS). Jame, C. Adams •
( Beaufort Seryice Cente r ). CIf' " eele ( 1101l),
l-l iU Service Center). H. W. Cooler (ltid,c1and
Scrvi("e Center). John Buter (Allendale Di,·
tncI), Avet)' Howard (Cha. leston GDrD&e).
William Il Townsend (Charleston GaTaIC),
Hilbert lI ensle)' (Charleston Garage). J. D.
UI~hfleld (Charleston Se rvice ReP!l) Dnd David
Tant (Churle5tOn Service Reps).
I)on't forllel to se nd in your ("o ntract pro-
.. p!»~ls tarly 10 J oe Satk, Ihe recordinM sec re-
tary, in "are of hi' home omce, Or beUe, yel,
brio, thcm 10 the mcclin&(.). Re.mmbcr, lhe
slronSCT the un ion, lilt: ~ucr Ihe c:onII1lCI.
There really iso', much news \0 reporl thi,
month. I hope in the nCPT (L1ILl.C 10 lI.vl: more
to 'CpOrI.
Until Ihen, don', foratl s:wc union ;OM in
Soulh Carohna-buy Metll. Brud.
FREDf!I..CII: lUI. S"IIIII, P.5.(h .... s.
Vision Plan Goes
Into Effect
LU. 399, (I). SPR INGF IEI. I), ILL_ Whit
hearl. bUI Ihantfully, he is ju,t fine now.
Cha ritable
On December 2), 1982... e he ld our Annuol
Chr i:itmal I' orty and I mighl add Ihal thiS wa,
one of the beller Christmas pDtliu we have
ever had, and .. e used Our own hall. I think
we will probably hold il in the hall from now
"'.Here i, jusl a nole for peoplewho buy those
foreii"-m.dc rrOOuel"- If we Ii~ed and worked
10 Korea, Japan, Taiwln, or Ch'na, we would
have absolUlely no rnoervalions about bUYlnl
the prodUCIJ of our nalive land. H owever, " 'e
don',; we live and work in Anwrica. We owe
our well-beinl 10 mlny who came 10 our coun·
cry and to our union before U!i.
There arc 10 w.~ 10 break I UnIOn Ind one

-
lood ""Utlle. we hne had Ill" wmlf:,., For us
pc:ople .... 110 work outside, you un', beat .1. One
Ihm. fo r lure, the sumn>Cr months will be here
before ""e know il.
I haven', heard from any o f our mcmbcu
who wenl out Ea.!t la~t month 10 work, 50 I
don', know how Incy lil" ii, I hope lhmp pICk
up m Ihis arn so Ihey can come back. Every
lime YOLI pick up I papeT, We rtad abou t unem·
ployment. I 'm lu re most of you kno .... the
difference belween "recession" Ind "deprt'Sliion:'
One o f the bad Ihin&!! abom Ihis lime of tile
yu r is It yin, 10 lei yout income In filured
OUI. II makes a penon .... onde r whal he did
wllh IU his money. Dh well, lOIS of luckl
Anolher reminder iJ that our Vision I'IDn
went into effeet January I, 1983. Your de·
pendcnts Ire al~ covered Check '" your
Hlinois BeU benefit packet It Will ,ive you all
the in formation you n«tl. Ma ybe in our ~11
conHlCl, our relirees will be cliliblc. 't', h~e
anylhm, el~. you ~tBrl wllh a Imle and keep
Iryinl to bellCr it.
I'm a lillie su.pri!oC'tl thai I haven't hea.d
from Iny of our female members to put an
article in the JOllmul. I .. ould sure like to hCDr
from some o f you. Jot news down and send it
to the union office. Lei UI know whal i5 happen-
inl in Our local, 11 covers olmosl all the SIMe.
• I( anyone has any informotlon on QWl., leI us
know, II. lot of m<)ncy Is being spent on it.
We will have CO I'E lickets 10 sell before
lonl. This will nOI only live you a chance 10
help our l~bor nlQvemenl, bUI you m"y win a
few bucks. Let's ~II Ict behind it. We Will be:
hdpin!J our,-;ehe5.
A bill was just recently PJ~d by Conlre"
., thaI banks. elC., will be required 10 lake 10 per-
cem o f your inttrl:1iol and send ;1 10 the !Jove.n•
i;s by not Ittend.n. ITICClinR5 So I hope' 10 5«
I b" lurnout al Ihe ~\I m«lInJ
CLIFfo.a IIIGGI~$. P.s
Christmas Party
Oa .. ce COfnllllttH_~mJMo.., 01 Locll
Idl 10 .Ipl, He Ral .. ~ Ctrdl, R~rt
&~IcI . c..t~
Ro,-u, a"d e ll.I...I" R~r CU.. JMo ....
local 428 Holds Annual
Christmas Dance
t on i U . . .~ .. IM.., of R"",_. Wb ~ .. -. 4oaa1 ~ cI
n.....
1_ n..
H" O ........ ~d K ... iaes 11.11(11_.
f ...
... No, Oorbtb_. "'~II \lolil.... E •• ~ .. ~ A.du_
_ , II ...... d \Ian •• e re. IIddl ... and SI~W~ .Illrd,
...... abo "' I~ • • ~ _ I \a ' ....10.
Work Scene In Jurisdiction
15 'Terrible'
I~U, 430 (i), RA e ' ..... t:, WIS.-The Orphan
KaRlne~ In Ra~,"e IS • non-protlt organllDuo n,
They ..·ere o.'crcrowded and through a 101 of
donations of mpterml) I nd bbor put up a new
metDI bUIlding.
Son~ of our laid·oll t ,,'hich We have plcn ly
of) m~mbcrs donated thelf labor to help them
out Abo, IJohm EI«tlle Inc. helped OUI With
Ihe permit Ind male",,15,
A, fDr a' the "olk III our IU,iwicllon i1"'
.J',
Bah..,·
Icrrlble. We hp'·e o~cr ~O percent of our mem-
be" la,d of! 01 on Ihe road. and SOnle of Ihe
members who a,e "Olklnl a.e workinll ~hort
.. cds. The oUllook in RaCine docs nOI look
very b"lhl for 198),
If Ihere a.e any local' thM are looklnl for
help no'" o. In the co1ll1II1 monlhs, I would
.ppr«"IHle a call. We hD~e a lot of good men
and fourth ·yea, app.cnuccs wbo a.e ready 10
11l1.d. Who knoW1l, ma)'be: next lime we can
help you out.
/'residenl I'illard ~n l I IWe< out 10 all 10<:.1
UnlOn\ lellinl them 10 $Cnol b~ck the reciprocity
on health ond "'elfB,e monthly. Thi:i would be
a hll plus if il can happen. That's what some
of ou r membe", Dre bankinl on. so they won't
have 10 make ",If paymcnu, I"m sur~ all o f the
admini'llratOrS ... ,11 do r~ct)'thin& possible to
make this happen
I'u.~h you. COPE lickel~.

JI!UV E. HElOlNG, n .M.

men! . June )0, 1981, is when il will 10 inlO
effect unless we gel il ~Iopped. Send a pOSt·
cord, Example :
" My dear Senalor' I worked h~rd to build
up my siwinp '" my bank. I look forward 10
!lCt'inl my inlerest Irow .nd compound. The
aCl ion laken by COnl'fY to Withhold 10 per.
L.U. 4211 (I.o.m,spa&jtl>'·I), KAKF.KSI' IF.L11,
CAL.-Local 428'. Annual Chlistmu Dance,
held 31 the C~ntra l Labor Council lI all, was a
dehlhtful and rollicking affair. Its ~ucccs, was
due prima"ly to the hard .. orl and carcful
plonning of 03nce Chairman ROMer Chambers,
local 443 Holds Annual
Christmas Party
I~U. 443 (I,o& mu), MO:,\TGOMERV. ALA _
Our AnnUl' Chrl$tmas I'arty lOllS held December

- cent of my interc!;1 .ff«u me dir«tly Ind I

don'l like il. You nn do me Ind lhe tupayerl
of Ihi, rountry a arell 5c:rvice by introdlKina.
,pansonnl, or supportin, leli~l.tion 10 repell
lhe withholdinl of intCFe!! provision of Ihe
1982 In increase bill" Siln your name 10 iI,
lion, wllh Iddress. eily, .nd ~l:lte_ Send thIS IS
lOOn as )'011 can. We IS union membfrs
roUtl/t
Til."." to brinl Ihis to a clOS<'_ 1I0pe 10 hear
flom you. pro Ind con. Remembrr, Ihi, is ~our
Jim"'''/. Sec you II your URiI nleClin" Support
your ~Iew.rd.
....'hen life lak" lhe wmd out of your "its. ;t
ill 10 lUI you at the o.ar.!
J05"'1I I' RO·lllfaIiUt. I'S
h,s IWO I15S1\llnlS, Bob Boyce and Ralph Cerda,
and theIr voluntccr commIttee.
The music "'11 furnished by lite Sandal Wood
band, .. ho played and una: a nnely of musIC
f.om Ihe '305, '4(k. '~(k. '60s. Ind '705, w"h a
101 of eounlry wesl~rn Idded
The Ladies Aua,liary donated II numbfr of
door P"UI for the llKky uckel holdcrs. The
ladces al50 furnished In as~rtment of hors
d'ocuncs for the hun&rr, and appellLl'r IlISters.
Beer, wint, and cofftc for lhe 1«IOIak" " 'cre
.vailable II the bar.
Three 42' members from the Flschblch Ind
Moare siaff araced the affaIr ... ilh thelf
presence. They were Brother Jerry Murph y,
ueeUlive ~ice presidenl from Los Anl~lcs:
BrOlhe. Joe: Daca. job supcrinlrndenl from Los
18, 1982, II the Alcn.ar Shrine Temple in
Monl.omery. lbc cocklail hour WIS from 6:30
10 7:J.O, ","h bfvencrs Ind oor$ d'ocuvrCJ
fu.mihed by the 10000ai. At 7;}Q a steak din~r
was $Coed, Pr«ed,nl lhe dance, Busincu
r-hnal"r Ed Bamcs introduced the followml
lutMS: u«uti"e Vice Pruldent of A1abam.
AFI ... CIO Jim A'bripl Ind " 'i fe: Business
Manlp:, Geo.,e AtHeck and wife of Locll
779: Assisllnt BuslRC$S Manl&er Bobby MOnl-
,ome'y and wife born J..Qc11 136; and Barbar.
Small, .ccrelary of Local 441. Other IUC'$U
prtvnl were P.. le WetbinltOn, prnident, MOnl_
,ornery emtral Labor Council; Becky 1Il'),er
Ind laJuana B3rnell from Communications
Workers of Americ. 1.0<:11 10908; ]ani« Sian,
seeletar)' of Plumbers Ind SIC3mfilleO'$ Locll S2:

.. No Sign of Improvement
In Work Scene
l~U. 405 (I,spa&rtbj, C t: OA.R RAI'JI)S, IA._
The work !Cene in Ollr area is ~till yery bad nnd
;t docsn'l show any fiil n of unprov;ng In the
ncar fmure.
Urother Walt Joy i, back in the hospita l. I
hope for hi~ speedy recovery. I) rother Don
}iclluk e had a bout In the hospi!~l wit h hi,
Angdcs: and Droth~r Ca~ell Mill er, }Db sup-
etlntend~nt from Alaska. It wa, a plen~"re 10
renew old acquainlanccs wilh the!oe Il rOlhers
and we trU$1 It ..·as II nice honte-COmlnl for
them.
The membe rs und luest5 c"pressed the;r
appreciation \0 IIrOlh er Chambers and hi,
comm;lIee ~nd ,uglestcd Iha t they do it
alDin in the nOI-loa·diSl an t future.
IVAI< IlI!AV AN, 1' .5.
Senator Ind M rs. Barry TUILIe; Allorney and
Mit, Richard Shinbaum: Mr, and Mn. John
Golden, .tpresen"nl 1'.obMe Judge Walker
1I0bbit; Dol Moore, chalfman, Montgomery
Counly I)cRlocralic Party; and Henry Malhews
and II . 1_ Coomes. leachers in the 10<:3/
Apllrentictship " rolrum.
Afler welcominll the lueSts, Brolher Bornes
turned the microphone over to President Den
Ileney who presented service pens to Ihe
Brothcrl. A special presentation WaS madc to 3.

Presentations
K.olh~. D. W. Kro .. n rectl.·u IDEW .. alch f.om
Prealdtrll Ru Kurt)' a"d R.ul nUli "'anuu F.d
Kamq II Ih. Chrl. lma, plo1r.
reu red illolhers J . A Moreman .nd W. A.
Il ailey, who arc cha rier membefl o f Lo(:al 443.
They ... ere each presented .. uh an IIl EW watch.
As • ,Oln".w.), pletcnl. Assist.n l BUSII>uJ
M .n.~r D W. Brown w.s aiven an ISEW
w.tch II> .ppreci.tlOn for the work he has done
,n the lasl ),ell In .dd,llOn to Iryln' 10 lind
JObs for our Iocll Brothe.s and le.din, .n
o ' pnwn, camp"p In the area, he ...·orked
lirelessly In pohlKII tampal.", on the counlY,
51lle, .nd nationll levels
We w~ 10 think oor Chtlslmas Pari), com-
mittee Broth ...., T om ledbetter. lawrence St.n_
field , I nd Butch "Rosebud'- Ransom. They did
an oUlJtandin, iob and everyone had. aoad
time.
A word o f Advic ... : The loca l umons have
bc-en blused wuh a vnt amou nl of wo.k in the
pa~t " ~ea'J. I know work is slow and a lood
number o f B.others are on the road aaain for
Ih e Ilr~1 time In mnn)' yea rs. I would like 10
remind everyo~ that the delinliion o f juri§-
dietional courlU)' i\: When told 10 make .oom
for . loca l man or it's lOme to ao. it is time for
you to hil the rOldl Itemembe •• one man un
rum the rdatioruhip between t... o locals by
Siayma ... he n uked 10 leave.
E. 1. A•• l'lu. B M .
Work Scene Begins
To Look Up
LU_ "-4.5 (I"pI&. b), HAlTU: CRU: K, M le ll .
-Gree n nlS to .11 our Il rothers .nd Sisters
from Locil 44l. Thm" I r... sta rlin , to look up
for us: u o f this writin" .11 of our appren"ce!
Ire worl..nl. Il opefully Ih ... re will be I dlY in Ihe
nur future when III o f ou, people "'ill be "ork _
inl: you neler lnow.
The~ ue min)' ,!load PltlS 10 bem. I prnl
sec~llry .nd lhere ••e ~me b~d ones. too. I nd
no w is the ume for sonIC b.d ne"''S. Chlrile
8cchtol, I feline of ours. passed 11"1)' J.nuary
II. 1983. Ch.tlie '"'IS born Mitch 28, 19'03,
WIS mdenlured Janulr)' " 1946 Ind he rellted
,n 1974 \Vhen Ihe news WIS passed to rne from
ou r businus 'Ien l. fond memor i...s of Ch. r li~
came wilh it. We . 11 w.~h Ihe best for Charlie's
fa mil), and ate proud 10 be in Ihe same lexll
thai he belonled to. I'ray for us. Cha rl ie.
The articlu (or Ihe }o"",a/ are we ll ina smaller
nnd smaller. bUI I'm su re IhDI there is ~,, 1I
news out there thnt call be PUI (n 'he }ouma/.
If Bnyone in I.ocnl 44 S WOntS me 10 put aomc-
40 th inl in fo, them. plelse leave a mesuae at Ihe
hall and I will be sure that it ,ets in before lhe
nut deadline.
Thanks and hale a lood month.
JOI... F. r-kA uu . "",- p.s
Christmas Party
So_ of lilc IIrQlbus .. lID .1I~nckd 1111 0""1....
plnr of ' .on! .&51, M~"de •. Conn .• llIe RlI£tnUII
Min.,,.. Jac K~IIJ' , Aulsl"'l 1I ..~lnt. \b ••!t. H.
NI""'d., clUd' ~It ........ k .u Alb'rtbl, .nlt Ouol"" ...
IIU1 Sco~ IU. and l lC...vds o. ~. IIrIe.lor, \ '1. O.t·
.ct, !lob ""Pin. 1..:0...,. ".,. ... , .lId Ihc 'PI of 1M
... Balb,"
Presentation
Rkbnl Ct1l~a. JH_d fro. rI&lIt, ~'Pfco1nlt.du l
of eo" ..... lku l V"""n."ntH" • ~1Ift" roo- 1t,1Ot
10 JOM Mfllk~"t. """tdenl of I'It " llato. CIUI·
drt. '. 1I0ipltlL LooLIn, DO, I~ _ loll. a.t Jah.
floUell. I'IU'. . .f~lJ" .d",lnlolf"lllo, 10' Cl' l Plone
L·lIt .. rt .. ~. C\ ' S"~IJ' Commlll« t bal ...nl . nd
11 ....... 01 V''''O.. j t , rtpnUnUlh'c 01 I_oea l 451,
Me.ld .. n, Conn. l 'be 1I..,nt, ........rd#<! 10 lb.
""'I,IOycU 10. ~ ompltllnt one 'U . .. I,houl an eon·
" IoJ" 1"'Hlme • .,tldtnl.
'8 Balls' Christmas
Party Held
I~ U. O&S1 (u), M ERmE N, CONN,_ The Meri-
den-Cheshlte D,st"ct held it! n"rd Annual '"
Il alls " Ch.iS lmas Party followlna the Decembe r
unl! meeli,.. at Ihe Ame riclln lellon I'osl 4'
m South M eli~n.
Free piua Ind opt n bar 'A cre elljO)'cd by
Ippro1lmDlcI), 40 Brothers.. The funds for the
party time flom pool tablcs .... h,ch .re Ioclled
In the Ram), Day Roofm m lhe Me"dcn Ind
Cheshire sel~ice ("cn ters. Non-pool ~hoolns "cre
11'10 welcomed at th ... patt)"
SrOlher l Oll No~inskf "as Ihe "mAer o f I
"mle' /ac"et with the union loao ... hich was
lamed
SVt'~i~1 t],dnl. IU uul lu O, ulhe , Amly C,uffi
for lend,na bar and Drolner Ilob rocll for
phololtlphs.
l ocil 4 ~1 has summer I nd '"'mler jacketS.
T ~hirts. baseball $h,rl$. lolf &hltts. hoaded
liweat ,hi.l!. .nd Noseball caps IVlilab~. In
wllh the union 10&0. Contici your A BA Of
Ile,",ards 10 pllce )'our order. All proceeds of
Ihe:sc conlrihulinn ra tn III<- (,OPF Fund
The employees o f Conneclicu t Ylnl« (CY)
Nuclear Po ... er Slation loeat ... d in H.ddam
Neck. Connecticut. donated SI.OOO to the
Ne"'i n&ton Children's Hospitll. The mone), wal
awarded to the emplo),cC$ fo r completi nK one
)'ear withou t an employee lasl- li me IIccldenl.
Th is re co rd d,splays all exceplional accomplish.
men! in industri al sa fety.
Th Is 1< 'hc !.econd linl e in as mllny y~Dr' thM
the employers have rec~ivcd the "ward lind Ihe
kcond'tnne Ihe chec k has been donn led to Ih~
Newin&ton Children's Haspilal Herb Yarhouse,
.uistan! business mln •• er of Locil 451, lBEW.
lI.ddam Neck Unit (4H.l) was lhe oli.inator
or the i~a to (Ionlte the .ward 10 1M Newin,-
ton Children's II ospital.
Richard G "'~e!I. CY's superintendent, pre-
sented the check 10 Mr. A. John M enichelli.
lhe hospital's pr~~id<'nt IInlf chid u~culive
officer, in a «r... many II the hospital. Grue!I
said. " !t·s a Iwofold pleasure for me to prOKnt
thiS l ift. FirS!. our employees have achieved
Dn e~emplary record withoUi any 1D'i1 time due
to acciden ts and, secondly, the)' hl"e chOst n to
donate Iheir award 10 such • worth ... hile
inslitu lion!"
Home AS!>ociation Holds
.,
Mortgage Burning
I~ U_ 459 (u"m&tu), JOII NSTOWN, I'A. -
The loclrs Home AS5OCiltion held ill mortpge
burninl Janua.y IS. 1913. The part)' wu en-
joyed by everyone " 'ho attend ... d . Those o f 115
... he wele ot the hall early that niahl onlicipated "'-
I bad turnou l. as the fint bad sno w storm of
Ihi~ winter season arriv...d Ih a, day. II didn't
MOP clo-;c to 200 members from allending. The
Home Association officers wcre pleased with Ihe
foct Ihnt all in attendance had a aood time . and
no o ne ran alit of food or drink. W~ were also
alad thai the membe .... W~le pleased with the
re madehn& thai wps don .... Hope fully, we wlU
usc the hall for $Orne mo re socilU"in, sinee this ; ..
p.rty was a succtss.. The Uorne Associltion
offietrs include Charles Mco, Jeff Kehl. J.ck
Bndy, Claude M .. Ki,llcy, D i..: k Brld)" Jim
Donelson, 8 arry Tompk ins. M ite Welsh. AI
1l>omu. J im Mitche ll, Joe Sannl. P.>c:k Schu-
bert, .nd Bob Plvlosky. Art Smith. Ken Wil ker.
Ind I few other loc.1 memMn al'lO helped with
1M re mOOelinl prO«JS,.
The local's Home AJ.socialion WI$ \'5tablished
in 1915, .nd the ori;;nl l lnco.-poratOI"5' vd;ons
I\re really «Imina true. W. Parsha (decel~). •
W. Olek.sak. C. M cKinley, W. N. Sisko I nd
J. Sanna were inSI.umental in estlblishina the
1I0me Association.
The 1I0me Auoc iation purchased Ihe preynl
buildin; afler Ihe 1977 Flood. Sinc... , I new
roof Wa 5 placed BlOP, the front improved, and
the mside remO<leled e~ tensivel y. We hive come
a lana way and have a hall we Cln be proud o f.
Th e building se rvC$ as the union hDI1 of Lo(:al
4 ~9's Dppro~imate 1,~00 members. The mem-
bers I rC affiliated with Alleaheny guildina
Scrvic..." Clnleen Service, J-Kare Gen ... ra l Serv-
ices, Bedford Rura l Eleclric Coo~ntivt. Ine.,
Il iah land Sewer and W.ter Authority. Nat ionll
Mme ... ls Corporalion, Pennsylv ania Eleclric
Complny, Southwest Central Runl Electri("
COOperativ.... Windbtr Area Authority, Unl-
~trsal Elecuic Ind M onu facturin, Company,
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We!lunahouse Elecuic Corp. of Johnslown,
Somerxt Rural Elecltic Coopt ..ti_ ... Inc., Ind
General Kineli.."') I n~ .
Any member' wanlin; information o n l15ale
of the hall can con tact an), office r of th... 1oc.1
o r Ihe Executive Iloard members. We hope the
hall bc.:oR'les more than jll5l I meet; n, place fo r
union business. •
I think the Uome Auocia,ion officen. Ind
the members that devoted their own lime .nd
effor" toward uPlradfn, aUf hill. should be
Ih anked for I job wdl done_ Fo r lhI)§C o f )'Ou
"00 didn', allend the monal~ burnin" an I
can s.a)' IS you missed I &ood party.
Brother Fisher Appointed
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To Executive Board
L U_ 470& (i,o ,e m.rtb,.tS&.st)I), MEM I'I IIS
1·ENN.-Qn January 20. the E~ecutive Hoard
appointe d Brother Daul Fi~hef 10 fill the
vacancy o n the '-'~eeutlve Hoard . IJrothcr h shcr
rep la ced BrOlher Rodney GriSlinti, who re·
siln... d 10 ta ke an assistallt busincu manaae r
... posilion. I think Brolher FiJher is a line up.
5t.ndinl elecl ricion very union·minded wilh all
, Ihe memb(,rs' wel fare at hcart. In IhcSCl Irying
times we need all Brothers pullin, tOlether and
~ helpl n, one another inslead o f Ii,hlin. each
other. We need to lum our confu)ions and
aner r '/llinn Ihe non·union lilUltion. lAcal 474
hIlS 5lIrYived m.ny Iryi", li mn: 50 don't Ii~
_ up hope, we w.1I 5urV,~e Ihis one too.
We ... ould like to thank Brother M ullinex and
Local 1)6 O ,rmin,h~m, Alabamo. who PU I •
few o f our Brothers 10 work Ihe IIlSI of January,
and thanks to the other IOClls, II well Th is is
sliII a Bro therhood of which I 1m very proud
to be a rmmber. All you yount elecUieilM Ind
apprentices. I!lend your union meeunp and erl
Involved because the future of Local 474 and
.. the Internl l ional $11$ on your shoulden.
[n previoul " LO<:DI Lmn" I have said abou l
all I can MY about Mr. RUlan and thoc
Republican r~rty. I would rather say lood
Ihmp .boUI them Ihan bad. hUI they haven't
mown me anythml lood yel. They are a ",h
Ind 51Upid bunch of unlon.bustin, people.
Remember rATCOI RepublieaM are always for
the ri ch, bil businessmen. never for the poor
~a nd old.
Until ne~1 month may God bless you.
DoNALD RAY DooUl, I'S.
Christmas Dance
§ll1aM. ~ Ik Iw.SI.p .. IU, lib
; ;;:' ••~;;~,,;'.;._' .t I k Oml. . . Da.« or Lon!
I Tu.
Christmas Party
Brother Eda. WIJ<I' lou ....
Christmas Events Held;
wil~ pride .. lib IIlI prell1
ola u,b ler, T ....1II1•• t lIN (bUdrt.·, Cltmtmu pal17.
l Work Scene Still Slow
LU. 4" (I), BEA UMOl"o'T, TF_x..-Tbere .... ere
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two feslive events held .t Ihe loell union hall in
December. the Chri~lm'" dance and Ihe
. children's C hr istrnlJ parly.
I The Christma~ d ance o f December 17 ....'"
well·attended by rmmbcls and IOCSIS. The crowd
danced 10 millie perforrmd by the aroup 'plly
narmd "Union City." As lhe cvenin, ....ound
il5ol:lf down, Brother Jimmy Wheat WIS coa~ed
up 10 the bandsland for a IIln t .. the mi ke.
(y,' kno ..... lI ank JUSt miahta do ne It that·l.
way!)
The children', Christmas party o f December
7:0 WllS • l ime o f merriment fo r younpters of
all ages. includin, severa l proud palenlS an d
vandparents. There .... '" plenly of rdr<'l\.hments,
balloons, Stuffed ChrlSlmas lIockin." bin,o,
Ind even an appe arance by Ih~t welcome visitor
r,om the North r ole, Santa Claus. Th.nO are
in order to LO<:Dl 479 ~nd to mn ny of our
local clecrrical conlm ctor' for the donation~
IhDI contribut ed to the succen of the parly.
S.veral Ihmp thu rnll y m.de bOlh of lhe
above·rmntloned evenlS so special ....ere the
outstDndin, join of ChrislmaS decol'llin" ,tock.
in, ,tullinl, and other rdlted work performed
by the foUo .... inl membe", of Ih( L.dies ALI~ili.
ary of Local 479' Terri lI astinp (presidenl).
Inez Colvin. Mary lI ostinp, Lu cy lI ol,t, p(IIY
Holst, Sue Holst. S3die Lopel., l'ellY McCol-
lum. Judy Reinholt, Ind r aula \\ 1>( Thank~,
ladies, for a well·done job that wa~ apprc.:iated
by aU.
Th. E~c.:uli'·e Board re~ently appoinled
BrOlher Billie Harland 10 fill Ihe r(mljnder of
Ihe term of recordmg secrelary fo. I.ocal 479.
We arc confident lhat 1i,llte Will do nn ucdlcnt
job IS recordin, secretary.
OLlr 10<:11 JAT C is $Cheduled to hosl the
state eonlest 10 select rhe OUlStandll1, Electrical
Apprentice for TUH. The ",inner .. ill repre·
.!Cnl TulU Ot the dist r icl conte<>1.
Work ,s "ill Ilow in th'l area ..... ith se"eTIII
local membe.~ on the out·or·",·ork book HI this
writina·
DAl I! Mil.! u. 1'.5
Join The Mortuary
Fund. Soys Scribe
LU. ~o (I&eml. JA C KSON, M ISS.-Union
membuJ throu ,hout history have a reputotion
for ca ring for e~,h olher and each other',
families in their limes of nud. One of the many
wayS thi, eln be accomplished is Ihrouah your
parttcipation 111 the Mortuary Fund. If you are
a rmmber of Local 480 and arc nol pan,cipalln.
in this fund. plelK join. If you know someone
who IS not par ticipaling, please encoul'lg( Ihem
10 do so. J oin. to show lhe loved onel you w,1l
leave behind thaI you core. Ask yourself. "15
there any reason why I shou ld hOI belon,?"
When you hIVe aslr.cd )'Ourself lhe above
que;slion, uk yet Inother- "A re you contribuun,
to the PAC Fund'r' If nOl, why! Do you enjoy
lhe Nfr« ride.~ bein, carried I I a pie~ of
dead ... ood by )'ou r B roth~rs and S,Slers ... ho do
contribute? If so, here is • thou,hl for you:
E~cn a tree's d~Qd branch" fall off to make
way for new on" Ihat w,1l conlnbute to its
lrowth and stren,th
ll rolher Bobby Forlenhcrry, Ihird·year ap-
prenlice of Local 480, recently. th rouah quick
think in, and actions. !lIv~d the lift of Brother
Keit h McAlpin. Keith e~ me in ~ontDct With
110 volts ""hile wor king on Q mOlQr~peratcd
val ve ~I the Gr and Gulf Nuclear StlLtion. A
spec ial IDfety award was prt'iCnted 10 Iklbby by
the Bechlel Safely Departmenl on site. Thanh
apin to Bobby from all concerned, especially
Keith.
J tMl>I'r OWEN', r.s.
l ocal 494 Holds Dance;
Construction Work Slow
I_ U, ..,"' (l,em,ml.rts&.spa), MILWA UKEE,
W IS-Local 494 crlcbraled ;15 tllhlh AnnUli
Vilenunc's Day Dance on Ftbruary 12, !!ISl.
Over 700 people ...·ere in attendance. We "'ere
Ible 10 have 176 door pri1es donated and liven
OUI al Ihe dance. A new formal was U'iCd Ihi'
year, in Ihat for the fiT$1 two and one·ho lf
hours. quieter. Ilo"'er band played and then
a louder. faster rock·lype band played. In el~
anyone wonder. why there "'ere no miaed
d'ino or corsl,H. il wal voted on by the
members pre5Cnl 1\ • union meel;n, not to hve
them. If you hive any comm(nli Dbo'" the
dance. plense $Cnd them to the Social "nd
Recreation Committee in ca re of th~ local',
office.
Don 't forltt IhAl Ihe bucbal1, trapshool. an d
golf lcalues arc Mailing soon. If YOLl wont 10
paflieiplle. please Silln up. AI'IO Ihe Annu KI
Bowlina To urllanw;,nl will be hald the lirsl wuk
of April.
Some of Ihe agreements that are be ing
neL10Ii~ted al Ihi, time are inside ( Kenle.
Mouiote Division), Motor Shop, and M nterial
II andler Si~ Shop. M Dke every effort 10 l ive
your Dar,aimnl Commillee members both yOLlr
opmioM and suppon in theie ne,otillion$.
Work in COMtruellon i:s very \Iow and most
di<,cOul'l&in.. npeciaUy for thO!.C I... ho must
rerelli~ter every monlh and see no lighl II Ihe
end of the umncl.
One parlin, chouaht from Ihe staff bowlin,
team to " Uoff"· hope you had a good time in
flonda.
Jom< U ScltW.. I, JI. B.R r S.
Brother Dietrich Accepts
Supervisory Positio n With CPS
L.U. 0500 ( u ), SAN ANTONIO, TI-:X. -Pr esi-
dent li u"n", Manaler Carl DI~trich resilned
dUTln, Ihe I ebrunry lIn,on meel;n.. Carl has
accepted a iupcrvisory PlHition wilh CPS.
\\ nh Ihe announCtnw;,nl of his resignallon I
wanl to tDle thi.' opportunity 10 rellect on Ihe
acco!l1plishmenlJ of this truly dedicated mft n
who led thi~ local for nine years. Ca rl he~ded
ne,otlnting tum. which substantinlly incrcas~d
wa,,,, and frinll~ benefilS for all C I'S employees.
li e obllined union dues payroll deduCliom for
monthly employeH: beeame a member of Ih~
C I'S Health and l'enJion Fund Commiu«'l~ was
ICI"II in local. county, and Mate politics; had
inpul in major CPS policy concerning all em·
ployus; succes~fully led thll amDI,ama tion of
Local. 831 and 300: pcr;onaUy increD~d
membenhip of Ihis Io<:al by hundreds; kept this
local Iclive Ind proll"6!iive in the S. A Puhlic
Employees Council: took thil local into lhe
ne .... s rmdil: repreM'nted this local on Ihe local.
Mite and nalional labor $C~ne: obtained ollic~
~pa« for Ih,s locil in orde r 10 function on I
day. to-day basis~ Ind "'as inslrunw;,nlal in keep-
inl this locol"s health and welfare benefits
solven t. These . re just a few of Car!"s
accomplishments.
Carl Diem"h "'as 1M I1IO§I dedicated and
com.c:ientious president Ihll 1hi5 local has hid
in 20 )"U~. And thlt is IoIyinl I 101 lin« we
hue hid some outslandin, leaden.
In Ihe nine yean Ihal Carl served. CPS and
thi. loca l wenl through some real changes and
Carl mel the challena:cs and showed inilia l ive
Ind courage in pursuinll his tloals and beliefs.
Like Frank Sinltra. Carl "did it hiS way," and
thi. loeal il beller off because of 11 Thanks and
llood luckl
ROOH K L"~'NER. I'.S.
Future Me mbe rs
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EoI ..,11I TII~lI" Oar~ Lon4oa ... 01 RJa. THO-
010 •• c... ~ LoOloloa, Ito,. Oo;lobfr 11, 1' 12. art
u,. Id" I ~1 ... Iot 001lS 01 Brothe. Ed La ...... of
Loal 501. SI. Job., N •• •
Christmas Party Held;
Work Scene Very Bleak
(~U. 0502 {I&cml, SAII"t'T J OliN. N.R.- The
An nual 502 Chr;stmu Party ...·., hdd on
December 18; approximately 250 people I t· ~
lended the uenl. which off(fed dancin" door !!!
priz.". and I .reat spread of food . We would
like 10 think ou r Entertainment Committee for
a job well done. 41

Christmas Party
lI1~ "'''''n o f !be Enl£r.alnm~11I eo", ... llI ee of Ih
Annu .. C brist ..., PAr1J', le U 10 ria"'. _rc GerTJ
WI"Ia" B..... Mdll".., .. , and " red Bn ns.
The work situ:uion in Sa'nt J ohn is vny bleak
at prescnt. Appro~imaldy 30 percem of Our
local are OUI of work. A new I{)..year agree..
ment is current ly under negou:n;onJ for II
5trond nudcar reactor HI I'""" Lq),c~u, New
Brun5wick.
We would like to cOII~raIUJa!e Brother Ed
London on the birth of identical twin sons,
Edward. four rounds. IS ounces, nnd Ryan,
five pound., nine ouneu.
I, is with deep legret thul we announce the
death of a Local 502 member, Alben Chevcrie,
who paMed away on Dccembcr 23, 1982. He
wns a membe r of this local for 12 ycnls. lie
will be mio,.s.ed very much.
ANDY Fox, P.s.
'E' Boord Member
Charl ie White Profiled
Th is Mo nth
L U. 5111 (I,t u&'s pa). GLOn E. AR IZ.- Con.
tlnuinl with my profiles on local union officers.
E~ec lllive Board member Cha rlie White will be
profiled in this edition.
Charlie was born Febru~ry 16. 1934, in Ahus,
Oklahoma. He ,raduated from Dinlmill High
School in Dimmitt. Tua,. in 19S3. Charlie
came to Globe in 1956 and shortly thereafter
served I four-year construction apprenticeship
in thIS local. Charlie married Cleo Me~ks in
Clovis. New Muico. in 19H, They have three
sons, David. Don. I nd PaUl. and three ,rondo
sons. Jeremy. Josh. and Ty. Charlie and Cleo
rcside in Show Low. Arb.ona, where Charlie
cnjo>" hunlinl. fishing. and especially te~m rop-
ing. Charlie built I ropinl arena nut to his
home and in the wa r mer months of the yeDr
ropers from the surround ina area enjoy ropina
at Char lie·s. Chariie has belonaed to the
Souther n Ibplist Church since 1958. Ue also
has been a m~mber of the Show lAw Sheriff's
Possee since 1977. Charlie has been a member
of Ihe E~ecut;ve Boa rd for IS yea rs. serving n
eharrman for three of tho.'le years, He has served
on many commitlces and hal IlwaYJ done an
oU lSlanding job in represenuna L<x:al 'IS.
There are those who have ~n wiremen in
the construction industry enough years to re-
""'mber the gOOll timt$ when union labor con_
trolled SO pereenl of all construction wor k done
in thi! counuy. lIut, we seem to have enle red a
new en. Illstead of the 10ni end of the Slick,
we now have the short end. There hnve been
m3ny reaSOnS wriltell why Ihi~ bos happened. I
cou ld list aU of them, bUI the one thut lICellU to
42 conti nually fo rce its way to Ihe fron t ill
proollCtivity. In order for a wire"'a" to Le
proollCtive on a cOnstruction project. many
things mU51 happen. Tools. materials, prints,
proper "'peni,ion, qualified workers, all mUSI
be present to insure that the job is done co r-
redly. I Leli"v~ the mew ha, ken in Ihe
forefront in the construction industry in supply,
ina qualified workers, mainly through its ap-
prcntieeship and journeymnn training programs.
For the most part, Contraclors do their part in
aiving th e worker the Ihings he needs to get the
job done. II is plain to see that the~ efforts by
Ihe union conlrac tor and the union worhu are
nOl <,noulh. If we arc going to be competiti"e
with the seabs, we're goina 10 ha"e to do "
bt:uer job. We all know the diffncnce bctwer-n
union I nd non·union laOOr-S8.00 an hour.
Producti vity is the besl way I know 10 justify
this difference. When you conlrol most of the
work you don't have 10 wo rry 100 much aboul
prrnhrrtivity Ma yhe we will nevcr lain back
what we have lost bUI we sure lIS heck mUSt try!
One last item. A movement is now underway
in thi.' country 10 "Uuy American." The mil-
lions of people lait! off are awakenet! 10 what
has been lIoing on for yenrs. Imports have
caused many people to 10!IC their jobs. II is
ce rlainly refreshing 10 see people, other than
union people. fed lip with our ao,"crnmenl"s
polici." on import". Remember: Ouy American!
Buy unionl
R. F . MAGOON. P.s.
Ollieers
Retirees Club Shows
Great Enthusiosm
L.U. 55a (I.o,u.ellf.rlb,rts,tm&spal. SH EF.
FIELD, ALA.-Greetings. BrOlhcrs! 1(", nice 10
see so much enthusiasm d urina Ihese bad eco-
nomic times. According to Ihe lellu I received
r'' 111 BrOlhel B"fu,d Richey. ent lru.;u.m may
be a poor choice of words 10 describe the ClIcile-
men l lenCtated by the formation of our Retirees
Qub.
The Retirees Club is just barely past ill first
birlhday. II wu founded J anuary 21 . 19112.
When Brother Doua Watk ins, businCS$ manaaer.
met with prospec live members to uplain its
conception and help cond uct the elcction of its
officers.
Elected officers ..... cre Charle! D. Chesser.
pres ident; J ames D. Beadle. vice president;
Buford F . Richey, sec retary/treasure r; L. C.
" I'ete" J on.", sergcant It arms; lind Ellis W.
lI enderson. Emmett R. Grimes, E. C. Ea~ter.
wood, Thomas M. Maxwell. I nd Frank: G.
McCrary. E~eculi"e Board members.
The club has been I big success. with the
11Iendnncc record showinll Sl atire." and fOll r
a550Ciale members. Brother Richey uys Ihey are
hopi ng to add to thi, membership with their
on-aoing tel ep hone campaillJl. Anyone dcsiri ng -
to participate is urged to do so. You don 't have
10 be a retiree to join. Anyone SO y~ars nf aile,
even though sliIl employed, may join and
enjoy fult privileges and benefits. except for a
voice in votina.
Brother Richey sta ted that one of the IIIOlit
en.ioy~bl .. and possibly successrul meelinlt$ thul
f~r was the First Annual Christmas Party,
heatkd up by Brother and SiSler J ames Beadle. ...
A sound·slide prOltam was presented by
Brother and Sister Ellis Henderson. while the
ladies provided plenty of good refreshmen ts.
Several new members were present, bringing the
tOI(l.1 puendonce to SO.
The elub has many eonstruttive projects
planned for the future bill the big proje<;t It the
present time is tbe conslructioll o f a memo r ial .......
10 all of SSS's dccea~d members. beginning
from OUt first chartered member and being
oonti nuou$ly updated. The memorial will con·
tain each member', name and dote of death.
This will be a lastina memorial and will hold
a prominent plat:e in thc lobby of Our local
union hall .
Seldom is such ual and true concern dis-
played for our local a, is evident by the aclS;- "
of tbese ~nior members. One might think that
after the many years or ~",ke alrudy rcnd-
ered, thC$C member1 would be contenl \0 ,it
back and let U5 fe nd ror ollrselves, T would like
to personally lhank you Brothers for your
lireless effo rts toward the bette r ment o r ou r
local IInlon and yuur !;~n uj"c concern and
honest devotion of our Brotherhood.
GLYN~ MURRAV, P.S.
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C nd"a lU 0 ' 1981, Id l I.. rt.hl, a.t I .. ha Dellanfl,
R oll' Mishler, B.y.... U a ldcrfield , Mall"t .. S"trrlck,
AI MlU1ln , And...... J ....u. MIke Uerber!. 0 ....
Bend t • • Slc"t cmu plt, and MI", BII1ft •.
Work Scene Doesn't
look Promising •
L.V. 601 (l&crlb), CIIAMPAIGN-URBA N A.
IL L.-Hi Ihete! It has been a very nice year
IS far as the weather he re in ou r 60 1 area is
concerned. but the work he re has not been very
lood. Followillil a layoff at an ateP plan t tha i
affected m~ny of our Brothers. we were fortu.
nnte that there WD$ immediate work aYS il Dbr~
for most of lhem in o ur nor the rn .rea. We're
... hopeful that the .... ork lituation Iround this . ru
pitks up, but it doesn't look very promiSIII,.
Our local hdd III Annunl Stuk Stll and "'e
had. ,uod turnout. TillY II nlberstDdt, chaim,.n
of Ihe Sla, Commillee. did an ncellem job.
We would like 10 thank hIS committee 100. IS
they did I line job £>e,yone enioyed the sood
stelU Ind IrimmllllJ
_ Our cO".'ltullllOnl Ire ulended 10 each
and every one of OUr .,adu:lte!o for cOmplellftl
the fOUl ~a" of Ipp renticfShlp school. God
bleu them all, and may they hn>e many happy
yea" as JOUrneyman "'Iltmen
Local 601 moUIn, the vr.y recent dnths of
Charlie: Oeremiah. Paul Rubenlcke.. lI arry
Jones. and Lawrence Klein. Our Iympathy i$
e~tcnded \0 the fDmllies of these lonltime 601
_ members.
OAN IhTTEI, P.S.
Graduates
Iat . ...II....1II " IR " rutoka,,.<11 M d:a. . rn ..... II••
IaIQ ' II, lAona u...... 1'" . ..... plt tt... of tilt SJon
M a teo Apprtnt ltuh l" ... 011 .......
• Graduales Ho nored
At Dinner
L. U. 617 (1&:0). SAN \IATEO . CAL.-Mem·
ben and lueslS lathered at the Villa Hotcl on
San Mateo on Friday nighl. Jnnu~ry 2 1. for the
app renticeship InduDtion dinner.
.... T he e¥eninl be,nn at 6:)0 p.m. with a no-hosl
rockuil hour. follo"ed at 1:30 p.m. With
dinner. All the lradultinl apprentices, their
WIVes, and ,uests were th e luests of Local 617.
Jack McCann. Internntional Vice President
fo r Ihe Ninth Dtltrict, ptesentw uch apprenlice
with a dlplon'l and I wOlo.l or t ... o of areeling
In IU, 20 apprenllces "ere graduated on Ihtl
OC<;aSion. includinl one of Ihe fair H'X.
.. At the conclUSIOn of the presenlalion cere'-
money. Brotber M cCan n addrtssed the ne ..
joumeypenoru., I~mlndln' them that the trLle
teSt of their schoolm, and on-Ihe·job lraininl
..as no.. about 10 belm
N., F...dward I... Nice, J ohn O. !'elliuer, Perry
W. Pierce, Vernon P. RoberLs. Michad A.
Roquet, Donald N Stauiflchn, rred ' t o
Suobel. Vernon T l kasuka. Ind Rodolfo A
ViIIlnul.
JOliN KtLlU¥, p.s
Apprentice of the Year
"rorhr. "no d Mo11man .. , LO<"II 641 , Pl>ofcnb , AnL.
.. hMnt. Hlretrlnl JA T C 1981 A pp...,nt ke of th,
" u . . . tnnn I nd A"~O '" Su.t e .. In....r. b . . ....n
.. It II his .. If•.
Brolher Mollman Named
Apprentice of The Year
t...ll. 640 (l,u.em,J1b.ru &s pa). I'UOEN IX. Altll..
- It IS 11"'ays 1 Ireal llono. for Iny of our
app rentlc« to be s-ele<:ted Apprentice of the
YUr, but to be able 10 compete m the rellonals
IS undoubtedly a Irul feat In itself. ThIS .. a.
Ihe else of our own Brad Mollman ... ho ....
fortunate enough 10 represent Local 640 Ind
the l'hocnlA JATC 3t lhe Se"enth Dlwicl finll.
held in Albuquerque. New Mnico. " rad and
h is lovdy wife. RUlh. had a vcry enjoyoble
time dunng lhe compelition and were able to
nteet • 101 of other fine apprenlicC"ll Brld
e~plamed 10 me Ihat the whole tnp ... as In
t~pc,ie:nce Ihlt he ... ill I lwayS Ireuure. Il rad,
you're a c~il 10 our ot&aniZl!.!ion Ind In arose l
10 Local 640. COnlratulalions from an of us,
Brad.
Witll deepest sorrow I ufJer our condolem"u
to the families of Ilrothers Lewis C McCormic.
I:d ..... d Van Wickie. Willard Shofner. Dob
Carey, and Clytie. Napier. These wcre III vuy
line men and contrlbuled 1 greal many yean of
support 10 our loc~r union. They will be mi»ed
by all.
Wnh the eastern states gcllmg their quota of
snow, we here in Arizona are gellin, our nil
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Brothers and Sisters, we NAME
I want you to have your NEW ADDRESS
I JOURNAL! When you
have a change of ad-
dress, please lei us
know. Be sure to in-
PRESENT lOCAL UNION NO.
clude your old address
and please don't forget CARD NO
III
to till in L U. and Card
No. This information will PENSION MEMBER
uf rain Since I'hoeni. does not hive I vcry
lood drainage 5)'SLcm, ..·c hI>'e 10 PUI up wilh
• lot of puddles. run-oif.s, Ind, aOO>'c Ill, rivers
Ihltl ~ I Hood problem. MOSI o f us ca n
,cmember all the water dlmage tha I Brothers
03.le RYln Ind Gerry Willingham had • few
yurs lao "llh the unupectW rain. To top it all
lhe ..ater ~ms 10 III accumulate II lhe
PVNGS Ind ju!>t sitt the.e for dlYS on end. AI
Iny IIle, come the middle of AUlLUl, and we
... 11] probably.lI be .. i!>hinl fo r some rlin.
JUSt I rt'mmder that some of the new jobs
commg out of tM around have been Iwarded
10 sign.wry contraclOrs. The new multimillion
dollar ~t office has jU$1 re«ntly been .... arded
10 ComnlOn"nlth EJecllic. There are liso a
few hiJh.IIM:5 thaI a.e still on the drawing board
w.th a ,000 poSsibility tha i Ihese jobs will 10
unlun Oy all mnns let's keep our lingers
c.oued. Dear In mmd. Il rolhen. thaI Iliere are
a lot of our ",emben Who are now one·man
shop' Ind can handle any type of s-ervice work
thlt you miaht recommend. There .re I lot of
our nClahOOrs out there who are always 10010:1nl
fur aQmc Iype of electric ... ork to be done. Le!".
keep III o f Ihis work in our own back Ylrd and
suppott our sm all shops.
Another reminder to all you line Brothers
and Si~lerl: last ITKInth's regular union meeting
had ..clI o¥cr )00 members m IlIcndonce. This
"101 lu<t great Ind it sure ..·ould be noce if ..e
could tee thaI every ITKInth. Also. lel's III IICI
OUI Ind support our Cred il Union. You ..ould
be surprised 111M 5avinp )'OU can mike on a
Imati loan and also lhe return you ..ould
accumulate on Iheir annuily rlan.
Well. Ihat aoou l ..raps II up for another
month I ..ish ' had ITKIre to say, bUI urues,
)'ou tine 1lC'0pie CDn get some infor mation to
me. all I can .. ri,e about is probably old hnl to
nlO~1 of my readen. Until later, thanks 10 I II
you members who enjoy my lellers and I ¥cry
special "hello" to .n of our letired members.
R.u " OLI!SKV, P.S.
Local 647 Is 43
Years Old
I~U. 641 (u), UTILE ROCK, ARK.-On June
I, 1981. Locll 641 w,ll complete 41 years of
wotlml 10 $/:Cu.e digrllly for il.l members. Our
earlttst rOOI:Ji &0 back 10 1 19)9 conuaCI IS a
unn of Loc i l 295, before our chaner in Lill ie
Rock in September, 19S2. From 1946 unlil
19~2, Locil 647 WllS Iotated al RuSSC'J1yill~ bU I
no records or historical dala Ire on file other
than Ihe NLRD election forms and the old con-
Ifact. While re¥ic,,·,ng thIS old documenl, I ... u
Im u~d by tile language with rderence 10 holi·
dl),s, IS "where memben con be spared from
w~~..-
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c~k..,III Loc:at Union)
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Business Mlnl,er WI~nc Thomas formlll~
"'elcomcd the lradultes u ~ .. jOurneYlKr501U be helpful in checking
and keeping our rec- OLD ADDRESS
and ... ished them ..ell In the futur~.
At the end of the dinner, I smlll band played ords straight.
popull r C.vorites of Lite day and days lone by. Z'P Coda
In all, ;t ... u In co citinl I nd mcmorable ~ven· If 1011 ha". changed FORMER LOCAL UNION NUMB ER
ina for all concerned. local unIon" we mUI r
The new iourne~perJon5 honored on Ill;' ha". numbers at both. Mail h · Ci,culatiu Department
occulon Dre II fo llows: Marcelino M. Cal¥illo,
J r.. Robert E. Cun nJnl ha m. Ma r k T . Frey. Internaliml Br.tllerhud II Electrical W.rkus
M ichael A. GriJ,i, O rnylio OriSstll, Sean C. 1125 15tb Stnet, II.W., WashlnllDII, D. C. 200DS
Hannon, M ay F. Leong, Gerard E. Lync h, ~ ___ ______ _ __ ___________ _____ ___ __ ___ _ __ t
Wil son S. Mah, M elvin L. M isc hea ux. Vernon 43
 thefr dutIes on the~ dayS they will be per-
mULed the full day off:' Senionty during a
layoff e~pirfd after s,~ months and call-backs
were "nurly as reasonably po$~ible in the s.:Imf
manner II. I~;,J urr, '.c. utt.". ,u",Jiliu". lK;i,,1Io
fqual ~nioruy shall govern." Urll(m ort:ani~a­
tion alW) corrected P3Y differences belween
members of lht s~me cJa~5ificauon lal!hough for
a lime there was n pny ~cale c~lled A towns and
lI_towns). Orllani~olion provided lhe members
a Ilrievunce pr~edure, Prior to this. there was
no recourse fo r members with complaints. Tllis
agrcement :.1<.<' r..,lm:r,1 lht wnrkwuk In 40
1I0urs by IXtober, [940. It provided for tile
payment of overtime. but did nOI limit the
number of o'eTlime hours that an employee
could work. The agree~nt was eight pages,
Iype .... rouen .nd double·$paced. Seclion A.
General Operalmg Rules. added Ihree and One_
half pages. 5inale-~p3ced, for D 10lal of de,'en
and one-half paaes, e~cludHla the signalure
page.
We owe a 101 10 the cally members whose
pCfsev~rance and dedication .cl the stalle for H
strong all<.l united local, but we cannot forllCt
Ihat our flghl IS not over. All unIons fac~
increasing problenl! nnd tile I BEW is no
c~eeption, E,onomic conditions threaten our
nlembers, B~nerll pros rams arc being abandoned
"u,) the IHU'I",.. t vf a ~u".fu'lablc .eti.c"'c'" i~
less 5Ccure. T~5C, and olher concerns, such as
the Irowllli 51renglh of anll,ullion groups, and
lhe appomlmtnt 10 labor poS\! of individuals
wilh nnti union bad:gmunds, lead me to bl:-Iie'-e
1\ i~ 1m\.(' for a rededicalion 10 what has made
and kepI our union 5lrOnl. We mml all realize
it is our individual dUly to uphold the proud
!rll(ll!inn nf i,"provine Ih .. 'Innd~rrl nf living
nnd "'orking conditions of our members. We
must nOI become indillerent 10 ou r own welfare.
We must c011linu"lIy remembu tllat membership
unity and pllrticip"tion are necessary compon-
ems in the making of a union, Our freedoms,
prolected by Ihe labor Jaws, afe being chal·
lenged by candidales running fOf elected offices
on all le"els of lovernmenl. YOll and I must
face the fact that Ihe anli-Iabor radicals .... ill
not gi'e up their efforts 10 strip m of the
progress made by eally labor leaders. They have
pled led to carry the fight 10 e'cry dection. We
mUSI be up 10 Ihls fighll We must eontinue 10
support cllndidates who hne been fa"orable 10
the labor movemcnt, and "'ho ha"e b«n
laraeted for ddeat by those oppo~d to labor.
Will you resol~e to take the challenge and do
your parI in tnakmg you r union inlo the mOSI
formidable opponent possible? Remember, the
union i, nOI the handful of officers, [t is not
lhe small group of the mO~1 llcli,'e peoplc. It i~
nOI the full-time stoff (business manager. office
assistant, or linnnc ial secretary) who performs
aU the legal rCQlllTemenl.S of D non_profil org3n_
ization, protects Ihe ri,dlts and integrity of the
10(:3[ as a brotherhood, and the 101 olher
things tht make up Ihe admlnislrati"e "orlo.-
load. The UllIon is .n of us working logether 10
lind the $Olutlt,)n to our problems. There is an
old Chinese pro"(,lb that says, " I-Ie who rid~ a
tiger eannot dismount." This could be our
mOllO, to keep us el·er nwnre of Iho~ who
would dest roy lhe lubor mo'emenl.
BOH MOOIIE, I'.S,
Meeting Atte nd a nce Improved ;
Stewa rd s Meetings Held Monthly
L.. U, 6411 (I,o, u&:sp'), HAMILTO N, 0 11 10 -
Monthly meellna allendance has been oUlStand_
ina for shoul Ihe 111'1 Yfar A"~rae(' attendance
has been about 90 to 95 members per month;
considering D,·enge 11Iendance used to be
about 4S per month, I think this is great. Those
of you who haven't been ouending., come Bnd
set' what is going on. The mceling room can
sut 300.
Busin('ss Managel lI rolhcr DOlig Cloud and
Assislant 1l1.SI1IC1>S Manaller !:il~"e Crain ha"e
been ho[dlng mon lhly Mewards mectings, nnd
44 have discussed a vllriety of subjects. These meet-
in ~~ 3rc not Ju~t for stewards, but are lor any-
one " ho ,,·ould be IIlterestcd In lindmg 0111 how Christmas Party
I~ IIH: W f"n~tions, and "e would like to see
our apprenl'~S atlend. Thrse meetinllS are held
II,,, ...,~u ....1 Mumh'l of e .. elY monlh at 4:30 p.m.
at the holl.
Prepar3\10n~ arc underwny for the Annual
I' knic and Ihe picnic is goinll 10 be held in
J uly DgDin this )'cur, As details become avail-
able, we will pa~s lhem on.
Thc wor\; $it""lion i$ holding il$ own at the
pre..:nt tIme, and wilh MIller Ilrewery wind ing
dnwn nnd nn hit Jnh~ In rhe f"!lIre w~ will be
lucky 10 keep ,,"cmployment down.
A few ~mall jobs ha-e betn lei including
an elderly hillh-rise in Il amillOll, lind Stude-
baker Electric; J- I'ar has Ihe Marsh Sto.e
remodel in Fairfield, and IJonbnght Electric has
Ihe new football stlldium in O~ford, for Miami
UniversIty.
We would Il~e nny tJrothtrs li~ing in this
~rea to be- advised thaI Heritage Oldsmobile in
Fairlkld lu~t built II new building IIl1d did 110/
employ 10.:81 ~rca ullion trndesmcn, $0 jf Ihey
didn't need us, "C ~\lre don't need them.
Governor Celrste uf Ohio hus appoinled
some p~ople 10 keep lUi eyc on contractors who
bid on prevailing wage jobs bUI Ihen do nOI
pay them. This commillce is somelhina that the
new governor promi.e,J in his ~~I11""i~[] last
filII,
Brothers, spuking of prevailing wage jobs,
Ihese violalion.s don't JUSt report thell\SClvcs,
Ihey ~Ie uncoured,
Il usin~ ManalCT Doug Cloud lind especially
AS$istant BU'IIIOli ~13nager Stnc Crain hll"e
spent lind will ~pend mllny hOllrs checkina
reports llnd penni .. I ~krll nlll ;n this ar,,~ This
is II long and many tillles Ihankless job, but was to eXlend ii, 50 Ilerbie and J lalked wllh
WD~ne Connors, chairman of Ihe Entertainment
with Ihe help of lhe Uutle r County Building
Tradu we h a~c cnughl II few of Ihese violptors Committee, and he furnished us with somc
and wilh the help of ~ 5QtIlelilllcs help ful (?) extra gif11 from the party and the Sallla CI;,us
court sy.tem these conl r:lctoTS ha"e been made suit. We lhen hc~d"..r fur the ho"pila l in
to pay the prevailing wages. Jennersville where Brother Jones had bee n con-
ThIS is due notice to many non-",.;on CO,,_ val~cing for abo"t a month with Ihe bum
t,,,etOf$ that the lIutler Coun1y lI uilding Trades
knee.
ftnd Loeal 648 IIlEW 8re wlllehing. The momenl "~I»h uw that nllt the m..,;"
The ,mio" rno~e~nt is ali.e and "'ell in sparkled all OHr agDlIl, lie got OUI of that
BUller County, Ohio. bed, hobbled do" n the hall, commandeered
ART TEI'I(ER, I'.S. a wheelchair, donned the 5u,t, /lnd was on
his way,
Going around from room 10 room he wished
Ne w Santa Comes To C\'eryone a Merry ChrlStmos. cholled for B bl!,
Chi ldren's Christmas Party gave Ollt lifts- no child was 100 Old,
My 10 year old dDughler, K athy, accom-
L. U_ 6S4 (I), CII ESTER, I'A.-'Twas the even_
ing before Local 654 child ren's Ch ristmas party panied liS Bnd brought around Ihe box of gifls
for Santa, "Gotta keep movin'," he would call
when Brolher Ilc ru Osborne cxpress.cd some
concern 8S 10 how he would do the next day as OUI as he left a room. "my reindeer W~1lI on
Santa Claus. Sirikt and 1 hnvr rn p~y this l'lf (wcrlillll'''
The nurses ot Ihe hospital wcre wonderflil.
lIe said he w/lsn't sure whal to $lIy to Ihe
children nnd had IIOme doubts ns to his being As a mailer of fael, they were nen followinll
him around.
able to mamlain the IlellDr performance that
retired Urotl,,,, ":.1..,11 JUlle~ had pe.formed What an enjoyable day! What a warm feel_
ing! What a nice Christmas partyl
over Ihe last three )-CII". Ralph was temporarily
in the hO!>pital with a knee infcction. T, F .... NCI~ "JI!l:~" H ANLEY, P.S.
As good fortune: would dictate lhal e>'ening
some pipe filler D~qu~i"""'~t:. ''''',Ie in the Children's Christmas Party
1000al watellng hole accompanied by the threc_
year-()Id W)n of Olle of th~m. Trying to instill Held By l oca l 675
confidence in the apprentice Sanla, I suggested L..U, 675 (1&0), EU 7,.AU ..:fII , NJ.-Our An-
thi~ WIU hiJ chanc. to practice. nual Children's Ch rislmas P arty was held on
"Hi", snid Il rother Osborne to the lillie December I I, [982. Again, as mua!, the com- ..
one, "whal do you want fOT Christmas?" The minee led by Urolher Fmnk Wherrity did an
young'ler ga~e him a q"i~.7jcaJ sncer then outstanding joh. The children hnd a great delll
~n'w..,r" "None of your bU$incSJ." T he Worst
was over.
of fun while being cn lcrtluncd by m magician.
When Sanla Clous entered the lIall, it was as if
The ne~t day, once he donned the red suit, every chIld become tile perfect lillie lady and
red hat, and white whiskers, Ihe magic aentlcrnan. They "'ere first excited to see him
sparli.led. Over 200 chihlrrn Wtnl np to ~e ~nd Ihen wailed patienlly to re~ive their IIlrts,
and tall: "'ith Sanla ~nd they all had their It is always nice 10 St'e members and Iheir ,..i'C's
tum. Ife ",ould talk with Ihem, they would at funelions like this on(,
lall: with him; Ihey "'ere holding regular ron- We "ould like 10 lhRnk aU the members who
"crsation~, it was sreat. brou\:ht the,r chilrlren fnr snrh ~ fine lurnoul.
Th~y all rece,ved $OtIle vcry ni~ presents, An enormOU5 thank! gou to Larry Spanjersberg
not 10 menuon Ihe food and goodies all pre- for playing S~nta Claus and a special thankS
pared by Santa's helptrs, our Entertainment to all Ihe members who helped with Ihe kids
Committee. and refre,hrnentli.
The day pa'~cd all 100 quickly H~ il is akin A1 our December nlcelrng, Ilarry AndcrW)n,
to do when it's enjoyable. The o nly .c~ourse who retired, gave a touching speech o f a man
. who was tru ly sa d he was leaving_hu l here II
Harry', speeeh. JU~1 is he uid it.
" Orothers, 1h.s ;l Ihe fil~1 lime I have laken
'1 ht floor in o~er 26 l'nr~ . . . mcmlx' of lh,~
local. I 1m nOI bnnln,. I .polo,'Le. Ilefort
Ih31, I worked QUI of Loca l 61$, AI • Journey-
man on a pcormil for nine an d one-half ~n's.
. ,. " 1 .~Iarlcd .... o,kll1l In 1947 and il Kcrn' ., if
II ",ue )Ulcrday. To live you th e importance
o f Iha l year, there "'cre 1"'0 boys In lh'$ IIU
31 Ihal lime. one .... as II and Ihe olhtr ...:n 7.
The II· ynr-old 'us probabLy the mllnalet of
'"'h is basketball tum. by Ihe nlmc o f NC'il 80),1 ...
The l·)u •.old would probably h.>c bun I
Ife:!.! cub SCO UI , bUI he ....5 an hour I,ll'..... , if
you could nOI KutS5. his nDme " h onk
~ Donnelly.
"5I:,io051), Brothers, [ hue ~cn urnI'd", hcn
I Willi sid., com forted .. htn I "I' s3d, lind
money ... as Ih,e ",h~n I "'u bro~~.
• " I humbl y )\11110.1 ,,~'" h, I,), and Ihank ),<lu.
and through you. Ihose ... ho have passed Ihrough
these pOrlnl, befor e nnd Ih,,~e 100 younN 10 he
here who will fol lo w. A s lillio dewdrop~ helld
loward Ihe £eD, 1 'hBnl. ~oo for bdnll tny
..... Brolhers. I Ihank )'OU Ihol I tan rellfe '" Ilh
dignily:'
All I can say 10 p man "ho dCKlyet!tO mu,h
more is Itmnk lnll, HR rry, (0. ~Il o( Ille "onder.
• .. ro[ years Ihat YOll made ,"i~ lo~nl a pMI of )'our
life.
Oor local hai losl a loyal Ih Olhe •. On
Seplem~. 18, 1982. Ted Ibnna pa\\ed J"'JY
aner a long bailIe wllh unce.. l ed "aJ
" , inilialed 'nlO our local on 'h y \ 19D. and
.wrved on unou, commlllen and was a
r dedicaled Brolher.
The membersh'p .... '\hn 10 etlend Ihelr
. ';upcst 5)·mpathy 10 his ",fe and famIly.
Orolhers Phil lI orin and lI a,ry And erson
"ere .ecogniud al our 1)co~em~1 meetin, for
Ihd. ynls or KI"'lc ,n 1....... 1 67~. IIOlh mcn
will be .etinn& al Ihe end of Ihe ),U, and "e
... ish Ihcm a lon&. huhhy rellremenl. We are
)0. hopina 10 §co Ihem al our monlhly meClInll'.
I wuul'" 1i~e lu t~~e Ih" <lpportunil), 10 Ihonk
Vcrn Span)eUMr&. our office !evell'y of many
)·UIS. She is always Ihele 10 1In1"CI any qUC50-
lion we need answered. She 's a fflend 10 .11 or
• us.. Thank you. Vern.
II lu. Ow, n, I' S.
The bo"'lto'l .e. . _""" of Lonl "). Columbl",
Ohio. Ide 10 .I_til • .,~ oa.c \ loK",kk, T_ KMbll.
CUrlIc .... Ib ..... k. I I. Qa •• • • lId IU • .-apIal. I i .
li e.' " 1'00<1 .1...... IIrt ••Ito l ob " " ........... C_.~
• Pel""" _d Mu KU .. It"'.II~.
l oca l 683 In
..Negot iations
LU. 68) (i&:tm). COL UMB US, OIllO-Sorry
I missed 1"0 monlh$. bUI III kUI I know Ihlll
l ocal 68) " ..",,\;en (ud "loeal I m~··
.. NC&Olialions are pre~nlly underw~y. We.
like most local' In Iht I·ou"h J) '$ItICI. h:I'o II
severe unemploymenl problem, It callanomiu al
work.
#" Thi5 momh. April \I and 10. will be the lint
l ocal 683 crafl ~h<lw. We ha.e '\19ny membe.s
who are goinll 10 shar~ Ihell hobbles .... ilh us III
Ihe 'ho.... If Ihe $how I~ n 'urct~~, 1\ will
become an an nual evenl.
We have II conleSI under"'ny 10 dcsilln an
Basketball Team
Kal kelb~1I lealll ..,. ... ""11. fnHII ........... 11 10 . I.h •.
a'e R ..... R.dd. R...,k, Rodd1. C. I . I'u~ •• v ."
A lldcnotO . •nd 1\11.,. I....... ft: b. d, . 0'" .o~.~
Rcu\c I.cona.d. La.",. B......·... C., .... \\ It..... IV ,
KulllI" ~btlJ •• and LJn .. Sa unclc:Do
ol11.:i:11 I o~al 683 hard ha l. The WUHlIIlll de,illn
will be "0111 81 p->lade,. railles, CIC. The C(}I1IC~1
ends April I~, "'111 Ih~ winner to be IIIHloun ce d
In J une,
TIII~ )'eJI. Ihe Columbus- I' ranklm Counly
Ai l.CIO ",ll sponsor II labor D.lY I' ~rade.
lhe lir-.I In m~ny years. Local 68) I h"U1 e~,
M :llla~er Joe Hoo"ci " Ihe chairman 01 Ihe
puade. 1 0,·,1 6SJ i, alrea"'Y wo.king on ;. Hna l
fot the p,,, .. de and, of course, ",c·n mar<h ,,"h
OUI new hard h31s.
Uur Local 683 COPE Fund IS l1:eallnll Ut' lu
help our ftltnds in the Novembtor toeal cl.-.:uun.
Donors 10 Our COPE fund arc 11.~led ca~h monlh
m Ihe 68J ,.... ~ . ul~'f~,.
l'O.mtl local liS) b",ille» ",~".ll,l.er J ln,
G'e~nwall dIed o.:cembtor 211. 8 rolhu Glccn·
wah was bu,me!>S manager flom I\I ~.\ until
1962. li e "u 71.
Mourned
R~llr ~dlI.otb.. Tllolllas
Bu.h, Sr.• It lIIuurn~d
by I.oul 616, 1I ~'. I.'''n .
I'a.
Brother Burke Mou rned
By loco I 686
L U. 686 (i.&~IU). IIA1.LETON, " .\ ._We al
local 686 le&lel 10 announce Ihe dUlh o f OUI
rcllled O.Olher. Thomas 8 urke. Sr. T orn pa'»Cd
away on lkccmbe. 2 [. 11182.
Tom Wa' imliated into Ihe [""a[ in 1\l4S.
Immedlalely he became aCli"e in union ,fb",.
lI e .... as one of Ihe founders of lhe App,enlice·
shIp Tl aonin& J'roCn.m ,n .he 1<><. ..1 In" lhoe
re&Ulrar for political aClion for COPf. lie
~'Yc'" the local on lhe EAamlnln& Hoard and
Ihe i::.A c,ome Board. Tom WaS elecled "I~e
,,,~~i"'~"1 and 13tH elccled presi den', a po.1
whi~h he hd'" unlll he .etire'" in 1910. 110
"as an elfi:lri<:al inspector for Ihe Cily of
Il allelOn. and also was pres.denl of lhe c'ly
Il ulth Bo~ld.
s,..cond 10 r om's love fo. a ,[toni union "al
po"\I~'. He wa~ involyed in polili.s on dIY,
Ilale. an'" fc"'cral levels. l Ie worked dlligcnt ly
fur Ihe Ormocralit I'Jrty as commllleCmal\.
Wilh all of Tom·, aCl ivities. he an'" h,s w,Ie,
l'IOlc nce, fOlln'" linte 10 noise a I,nc fanuly: Iwo
$Ons and a daughler, T homas. Jr.. hmu, and
Ann . l Ie lau.oUtl his sons ,,·ell aboul a lllon,
union . BOlh sons are members o f lAx:al 686.
l homas. JI., is our prC~ 11I business man'lIer.
To know Tom W~s 10 Jike hIm . li e toked
e"cIY0nt', an'" coul'" al",·u)'. Ii"... somelhm, nice
10 say abolll evelyonc. li e wu ultemely
tole.an l of hi~ lellow man. In III lhe years I
~new him, I don·, remember e'el ~In .. him
lully InalY JU~I a~ he Ilked people. Ihey a l...,
"~ ed h,m, This "'IS p.o'ed by the hundrcds
who ~ame to pa), Ihell 1.1~1 re~pe,·\S 10 hill' and
hi, f~mlly. Thc me"')"''' of 1.0;::'.1 686 ex.tn'"
Ih ell "tI~e.e .)'mp~lhy 10 Tom·~ "ife and
famol),.
f n your p'c" o«.cla,)'. Tom ,,~~ more than
a un,,)n h,othc.'r He"" m) f~'he,·,n·"'w. my
fllen<'- and one of ltoe hll<"il men I hJ"e c'tr
mfl I ~n"w he .... ,11 lit m"I.Cd.
('IOlM K.,SSI""' •. "S
Brother Bleicher Saves
life of Member
I~ U. 692 (I&"'I~ I, 11 ,\ )' CIT" . \II CU. -
Ch,u 1,'< Il lei~hu III ~h,,"I.' reCclve somc kind
"f UWII .d fOI hl~ ~."vuy and quick thinking
On J,IIIIWY lB. lQH1. C:h .. ,"e nn,t an tmployee
"f <:on$ume~ I'o"'c' ("",npany "'e'e "or~;nll III
W p~nd 101 thoe '''''land Nudul I't anl. Thi,
cmpln),ee WO'~IIII1 ""h C.horh~ ,01 hun, ul" on
4RO mlt<; Char he I"ed ,'"llinK III hl\ p~nls ICl'
but ~tnrted 1t1 rcce"t " .hock himself. li e Ihcn
,,,~d 10 plI.h h,," on Ily Ihe chesl. bill Ihe
,ante 'hUl~ hJPl>encd. li e Ihcn u\oCd hll pl~$Iic
n~\hlj,,"1 .nd ,01 him off. He I~id hIm down
and made $u'e he "a' i:>leJlhUlJ p.opelly and
Ihal everylh,n, ~I"" ,,~, all n&ht. and Ihcn look
h,m 10 fir" a.d
II', 1l00d 10 ~no" Ihe,e 3rt Ih~\.C 'YI'<'J of
people on Ihe lubs. We all should 'eali'e ..... hal
h~PI1ened .nd make 'ure "C I.no"· ",hal 10 do
"Mn <onloClhln, like Ih" occurs a.ound u~
Wo.k ,II OUI J.U' hlo~ nol ~hlonged one bll
t·n .. ' 1\ dars. Ihlll" ",II l'onlmuc 10 be ,·ery
\Iu""h
ltemem lJ<", 11), I" .m~nd meelmilS and 'f"
""fI/'f,l.
Widow Enjoys Visits;
Ne gotiating Time Nearing
I~U, "1 II). GAit)' AN I) II Ai\li\lONIl. IN )).
_every ~cllr now fut 'lIllIe a nllmber of yea."
" 101 of OUr members lake a few hours and
"'~II Ihe wldo". o( our deceased members.
Tho.c of UJ "ho palll~lpale In Ihe work of Ihe
Ch.i-Imn Cummlllee h~ye enjoyed Ihe\oC vIS,IS.
but "e wle never lc .• lly ~ure that Ihe lad1c~ do
Monday nillhl ~I Ihe "'~eculivc Soard meeling
I W8! hnndcd Ih,. leller "hi.h I quole 10 leI all
of )·011 COlllnUlIttnl1.·n kllOw Ih ," your 8ro.hel·
hooJ 'S "O'~II'II.,
··Dear FrlC'nd,.
"Ou r MOlher p~-..c:..t I."~y on Dec~mber 2 1
aflrr a short IlIne!..' She ""..! -1'0 Cnjoy the
ChmlmlS "I"'S 110m r.llchael Fancher and
1101> An~,kll, It w~~ 511ch II. beautiful lIe<lure
fo' tht 10..·.1 10 Icmemhe. her fOI all Ihe )'ears
,In,"C our d~.J dIed J uly. \97". It is really
>ery Ihoo,,"lful and ... e hope lhe local con·
tlnua 'hIS pu}"y (or JII lhe "ido.os of
CleCIII.,;ln5.
" r hanh fnr IIo-lnll II. p~n of h(. life .
SllItelely.
Jean Ch.i\len.... n
Thcl m3 lI ube.lZ
ThtlC lad'eJ mrr Ihe d~uihlers of Norm" " " ...
Wwlter AI,lt~n. and "C thank Ihcln for Ih<:ir
~,"d lellcl and c'l"e,s 10 Ihem ou r condol.
cnc~~.
Ii.olhen, IU.1 leI llIe rtn,in", you of Ihe
.,oll!lical fQc's. Vuu. "',~eS ~rc goin, 10 outlive
you on Ihe avcrD&e o f aboul e'ght years in Bge,
pi,,,,, Ihe differenee in Ihe )'ear, Ihal we is
younller II13n ~ou. So. the odds a.e IhHI yun.
wift will be: a ... idow for ~veul years. Why nOI 45
 join the tommillee next year to help k.eep the
tr.dition .live for your widow .nd mme-",hen
the time comH.
A hu1e remmikr from tm, financial ilCCretllry:
he e.nnot .ccept your quallnly ducs .nd ISSue
• dues recelpl ,m,,1 your a~menlS .,e plid.
The usco;sments Ire based on wallcs, 10 if you
. re out of work. the a§S65ments don', pIle Up.
I 1m .ure thllt the guys who Ire out of .... ork. for
Ilona time would be ,lad to be addon, to theIr
a!'Sellsment hill.
A li ll ie rcminder from the F.~ecut,~e DOHd
and busincS!l manager~if the membership docs
not communicate with us abou t who t to nea~
tilte on Junt, Ihen we assume that you WIll have
10 take ... h,t the NelOtiatina Committee f«1s
is aoad fOI .U of 11$.
There ",ue doo, p,jus ror """mploytd
membc:rt at union meelings throuah March-
IO ,rocery certificales al each meetin,. Come
10 the: ItlC'Ctinp e"en if you arc "'orkin,.
ThllnlJ I,.in to .11 the local, .... ho Ire helpin,
our membc:rs on the road.
Ross ~ l uS(.Il4YI!, Pus.
local 700 Dubious About
Work FutUre
IMU, 700 (I,o&spa), FORT 5 ,\11"1"11 , ARI\. -
As of th,s .... nuna. membe rs of Lochl 700 Bre
uncelliin as to .... hal 1983 will brina. Work. It
the t-hc5teel I'lant has impro"ed .hahtly. Work.
is prClently bc:in& conducted on I onc-"'eek-on,
one."'«k.-ofl basil. Quanc:~ CorporallOn, o .... ner
of t-h~tecl. if in the procen of rt~trudurma
liS financial base. 11 is hoped that construction
will soon be &oma full blast at MUClitcc1. MIld
wmter ",·uther has helped the few jobs aoin& on
m construction.
Many local Brothel'!l arc workma lime at
Ark.an\a1 Nuclear I, but Ihe number of mtn
on the book, i, slill e~tremely hiah.
Wllh the reccnt inau&uratlon of Goyunor
0,11 ClInton, who is stronilY 5uppOrled by
Orl3nLltd labot, .... ork. may won take, more
flvO"hle lurn .nd hopefully enable ~me of
our IIncmplo)'t'd to r«nler the main'tream of the
American ",ork. force. For the Pist few years,
the trend in the statc lcglslalUre has obviously
becn Inti·union.
The labor movement In Arkansas, al ",·ell 1'1
~I of the (OUntry, IS in serIOus trouble. li u5i·
nes, Ii«I us as lnother problcm 10 dnl with
and hu con~inccd many pOlitic ians th aI
Amcrica "ould be helle r off without ou r
OI&lInillll;on. We're Ihe most convenlcnt scapc·
&Oal for the ,Ils of our cconomy. The news
rnedll ,umps down our throats It e>ery oppor.
tune moment.
If union' are 10 survive, .. e mUSt do JUSt
that. We mUSI nch do our part withm our
locll, for Ihe aood of tach Ind cycry one of
U'l Wake liP before it's too late. and ael
in.oh'ed,
MAlT JOH·\!, I'.S.
Pickets
,---
.. 1,_,.10 .I, hl, Kenn, lIull, ... I.e... of
We>t 1' .."Uon, tn.: Pa" Mdlanw.. . te ....d
Local J991 a,,4 Ja",u f: . Nolen, hll,ln... "1,rQu ta·
Il ~. o f I.<K,I 101, .. , Ik • pl~hl l ine.
local 702 Members
Walk Pkket line
L. U. 102 (I,o,u,oo .. ,trn,rt,.,rlb ,sp.,t&calv), WEST
FRANKFORT, ILL.-We had • picht hne II
the Wal·Mart Siore In Salem, Illinois. Sorenson
Electric hu paid ~ubstQndard wases and bene-
fits on thIS job and on Inother JOb located II
Fiori. Illinois. We hive been pickeling these
jobs for several month' and Ihere haYe been
many charllCS filed With the Labor Boald, but
wc are still hnngins In there.
At one time th i, (on tractor allempted 10
force us to pickel behind the store, where only
lhe rabbits in the broom salC field could see us.
Thanh 10 lhe members In other locals and
crafts thM have supported us in this fisht.
DAVit) E, McNIOEI.V, P.S.
Brother lin gen Mourned;
Negotia tions Begu n
L V. 71J (f m,h), C IlI C AC O, ILlM-1t is wilh
sorrow and rell'et th at we report Ihe death of
Brother Glenn Un"en. ll roth er Lingen took. Q
panial withdrawal card in 1976, having retIred
carly from Gm 6erthllld Elcctric Company. li e
is ""ell remembered there and hi, friends mourn
his death. Brother Linlen had moved to Park.
Fall5. WisconSIn, to mak.e his home near his
mothtr. li e i, survi~ed by his mother and IWO
$(InS. It is a painful task 10 report d~3ths of
members Ind ... c c~pte$f our symp:uhy 10 hi'
fam,ly and frlends_
A few of our ~hop< Ire rccalling on • mini·
mum ~alc; howe>'cr, olher shops conlinue •
pallern of layoff., W th~t the work. picture
remams bleak.. We hoPtl this negati~e pancrn
.... ill IiOOn le"erse ,tsclf. SIsters and Brothers. we
urge YOll to buy Amcncln·nlade products and
put IInion mtmb<:n back. to work..
Nc&otiDtiOrlS WIll hB~e b<:llIn at IIRK Elec·
tronics as you read thi~, with As~i~tanl UU5ine<s
Managers John C"rialio and Jerry SJuriol
heading the Nc&otiat;na Commill«. Proaress
of th~ mcc!lnp *111 be rcpontd IS wndy as
uu .... M NUODtcK, P.s.
Retirees
Recu l NILA ~ ' f Loa! n&, 1"1. t..ud~.dal~, l ....,
left 10 r1,bl. I N ll roth .... K.,O Uk.... M k _1 Fn·
..1",,10, Anll",n1 "014m.n, n a..,. 51..., ...d F.... k
Si..·i...,k.
Job Projects He lp
Work Scene
L.V. 728 (i.lI.cm.rb A' I'.)' I-"T. LA UDERDALE,
FLA._liy now OUt members employed by RCA
h.,·e probably hear.,! that RCA will be assuming
the matnttnance of J.C. I'enney·s TVs, stereos,
and recordina equIpment. This increase in ayail·
.bJc ..ork should help o~ercome the SCl$Onal
layolfs we hue had on thIS area III P;l5t yens.
The J.e. Penney·. feuul outlets In Bro_IId
<;gunly arc scheduled 10 be remodcled and
should employ up to 60 inside wiremen. Work.
in gtneral should show substantial signs of
imp.ovement in the IOller quarter of this YCllr
Ind should maintain any local Brothers that are
actively seck.ina employment.
On the uUl~lde Ihe Florida I'o,,"'er &: Li,ht
Vnit prien ",·e.e ."lIrdcd 10 a union con·
Iractor and ~hould COminllC to providc employ·
ment fur many of our members in this area.
At our last ,eneul meeling, ret;.;na B.others
Reto Libc:ro, ~hchael Ferrlluolo, Anthony
Feldmln, lIarry Stern. and Frank Siwicck were
prr:scnted IBEW Witches in l"CCosnuion of thc!!
mlny yean of service and memberlhip In the
uu:'w. I would like to wi§h these and all our
retired IIiEW Brothers and Sis!ns 10n& Ind
secure retirements. Also retlrma but not.".
present It lhe crremony were Orothers Marcus
Ross, WIlbur Drew. and Hy Chubin.
I would like to e~te nd our sym pathy 10 the
family and friends o f retired Urothcrs I'lummer
Uornes, journeyman linema n, and hmCli J1:-
Glrri~n, journcyman wireman. who both re·
cently passed away.
Work Scene Is
MICllol\!L FOITIN, p.s.
..
Not Too Good
IMV, 761 (I,o,c&u), KALISPELL MOl'IT.-A.
Ihi. wrltml. our wort pi(tule 1$ not tOO aood.
Out, we have an optimistic outlook for the
futllre.
We want to thank. l ocnls 62) and ,32 for,..
pultina ma ny of our Drothcrs to work.. Althouah
r.ome of these job, Ire wind Ina down, they
hl~e b«n of arrat help to all our Brothers.
It look. Itle the Brotherhood hIS I bil tas\;,
Ihead of us, combatina Ihe non.union faclion
aro*lII& in ollr nalion. We need to uparade
oursclvfS in k.nowled&e and .k.tlls In new inn~
vatlOns of our crafl.
I had the privilege of Illendmi Ihe recen1 4
binhdlY .nd retiremenl party for Brother Mack.
"rmstrona, at his home in Kllispell. There.
"'ere seve r.1 fnends, neighbors, and local
Ilrothers, as well as family, in ollcndDnce. Maol!oo
hu I;~en 3J yurs of service to the IOEW Ind
our trade.
Local 168 has also had Brothcrs William
POlin, Robert Cummings, and LeRoy J.nni
rellre fronl the trade this past quarter. Loca l
;!~ y:~~t~r~~' c~~~~~~lea::~u~;:'r:h:~tt1c°a~ ...
7611 Ind the IBEW. Enjoy your re"rement,
Orothcrs.
Ouy American!
LESTU E. Wlt.t.MOI8, ".5.
Work Scene Not Good ;
Election Held •
I... V. 769 (0, 11&1), PHO EN IX, AJU7_ li ello,
Brothen lind Sislers, and warm rellardl from the
Valley of the Sun.
We have a few small jobs around Ihe StD ~
k.ecPInI lOme of our hands busy, while our
boots lie loaded down with I number of our
members waitm& for Ihe "bil job," ""hich hope-
fully ""iII be underway by the time you read ..
Ihis.
If anyone has plans of trampin, into Locll
169 jurisdiclion, you had beller li~e u. I call
first to check. out the work. picture. By Ihe WIY,
"'e'd like to hear from !lOme of our locar
Brothers OUI Ihere trampina around. Why don·t
you &IIYS drop us a line here at the hnll Dnd let
us know how you're doin&-
Since our last entry in lhe Journol we have ...
hId our elections. The followina is the IiSl of
~mbc:rs elccted to office in 1982: president,
n,n It olland; yice president, Dave Rupple:
recordin& secretary, Georae Wri llhl: busines....
manaaer/6nancial secretary, Ed Nicbic; un·
lurer, Earl Slevens: Executive Board membr.rs,
hck. Allen, Burt Bohn, Louis E$pinoza, Joe
Guerrero, Jr., Bob Johnson, Au&I>C La.., Joe
Moroney; Ind Examining Bolld members, Gene
Dyer, Al Shouldice, and Ron Tiaue. Conaratula·
tions to all ollr ncw officersl
Loc.l 769 was saddened over Ihe recent
p~ssin, of several of our members, Brother'"
AIYln K. Wells and retired OrOlhers John
Oorree, CUrl" Lun dy, C. C. Allison, William
Koe5~nll, and Gene Mayes.
The Central Ari7.ona Labor Council held a
Solidarity D~y Picnic and so ftball tou rnameni
 on Octo~ r L6 Dnd L7 in L'h~nl •. The re were
20 tnde union teDmS wh,eh participated In lile
~j n,re elimi nation tourname nt. Lo<;a l 769 was
el iminated in the firsl Same, bUI we wenl down
swina,ina. The Solida r ity pknie wu a bl, StlC-
CtsS, wllh close' to 3.000 union me:m~TI and
IlIel r familia in attendance. Muiean food. hal
"Pap. Ind bttr were Ivailable to all, Ind music
wa~ prov,ded lor hstenln, or dancinS.
Well. th M'S aboul it from I'h~nl. Ihll time;
so unti l nut monlh remember, be: union buy
umon
> D eUA t . !loT1!W,uT, P.s.
ED O' Oalll/'l, AnT, I'.s.
Support COPE,
r'Soys Scribe
I~ U, 776 (1.II,em.rtb,rb.tspl), CII,\MLI, I'ON,
S.C. -When you Ire Isked 10 pu.chase I COPE
"!.lctel, do you fully undersland Ihe nl(lnUlI of
COI'E~ It munl Committee on POliticl1 &lu-
calio n, Do you know what the money i.. used
for? If you walch Ihe neWI on le1evi~lon, you
""have heard how many pOlilic~1 c~"J"JutC$ lTe
supported by I'AC•. The currem admmi~lral,on
in W.~hin,ton Will bacltd by the ullrll..con·
srrvalivt, rich PACt.
I The "<h can afford 10 be: conserv~tJve, C"n
you? If you hpve been OUI o f work for moot of
Ihe pa.t IWO year5, remember Ihat Ihe "olher
l'ACs" supported thdr candidates. Did )'ou7
We can no lonlCr sol back and Iccepl thlnp
las Ihey a.e. We h..-e \0 fighl bact II the bi,
money clndidales .nd corporations ""ho 'upport
.. IMm. The only chance ""'e have is by luppOrtin,
the candldlllU ... ho all' I',u-Amerlca. pro·muon.
1'lI:1d pro·youl
Did you realile that Ihe "olhel l'ACs" in·
ch.de IIIU">' umon·bustlng oraanizalions1 !ly not
suppOrtonll our COPE, you arc lIi''''1I '" 10 Ihe
~ple ... ho v.ould teep you OUI of work...
Plellsr. for your o ... n sate and for the sake
.. of or"omled I~bor, Ie!"s matcll Ihem dollar for
dollnr antI turn this country back Iround, II i~
you. righl and your dUly to suppOrt lilo\O who
will iuppOrl you. We rulize Ihll limes nrc
very hI ...1 now; howe"e<, if you cDn Ihe a lillie.
buy • CO I'C tickn; you can pin II 101. We
appreclale your cooperalion.
I am very ud to report on lhe dealh of
Brolher Koy Lamb. lie had been a member of
.. th" locyL uuju" fo), many )'un and will be
sordy miSloCd,
This Local union hiS become the fe.:ipicnt o f
I un'que I,fl, One of our forme:r members, now
'h:tllcd, Brolher Chalks t.'liJUcr, who wat
initiDled Into Ihe IBEW on January 7. 194 1,
recenlly mO"cd out o f Ihe Charlulon Irea to
Greenville, Soulh Clrolina. Ikfore lea~ln, Ihls
.. u.c~. he dull& led 10 this local union 10""'011
from Ihe 19405 to the present lime. Whal a
fanlulic liblary of l o""uo/s we now hue. A
"ery special Ihant you 10 Brother Lat!mu for
his lifl. nus is lruly a aifl of lovt ~nll I'll' wuh
'him many hDPPY lUrs in reliremenl
Smce Ihe LUI time I wrote a /0'''''1.1 arllcle,
I hive become I proud arandnlOther. My
dau,hlcr lind liOn in 13w. Ba.burg Ind IInhhy
.. MlcI'henan, benme proud parenlS of M in
Lindsay Kence M acl'herwn on December 17,
1982. We f«1 Ihat our family hal mn Iruly
bleued.
• Ikfo.e closina, leI me: Ilain remind you of
COI'EI
See you no t monlh.
N'l!.ou. J. GEOILt, I' oS
• L U. IB O ( .. ). SIO UX ern', IOWA MolLand
President lambert Resigns;
Ell!ction Scheduled
..... L.U. 116$ (" ' , OAI..1'1.\10R.::' Mn,_ ll rother AI
Lambert, our presiden t for nearly sht lears,
roi,ned IS prcsidenl beCIWoe of medicll rta·
§OIlS. He will be mi~d as he was "'elL liked by
I II of ou r memben, 8rother Karol Zlwi llHki
WII appomteJ by Ihe EAeeuu'e HOlrd 10 srrve
the .emamder of his tnm. Blolher [arl r-. ltyen
WII ~ppOmlcd by the F.JIe .... uti 'e Hoard 10 be
OU( yice prtsidenl.
NOnUnmliof15 and eleclion of officell w!ll be
held In May and June o f IhlS yea r, Ind I hope:
IU of OUt me:mb(n; w,1I paniciplue. Alain I
urae all member' to luend the 10<;111 un,on
meel ml~ and lake pari In a ll pr<X"eedlnp. Th ..
only way )ou can do unylhinll about Ihe busl·
neOS of Ihe m«li n ll~ ;~ 10 be: tllere.
Our 1I10lhen ha'e been hil hard by !urloullhs.
due 10 the unemploymenl Sllualion, The Ches~ie
System (B.lORR). whom we .. ork for II Ihe
Curtls Day Coal and Ore I';.:,rs. hu bttn very
slow 10 act cOOlraCIS for e~port coa l, There was
a t,,'o·yea. boo"" ~"oJ II,e !.>ottom !ell OUI ~ftcr
IWO year~. f ile ole pier Is slow also_ Al Ihe
proem linlC Ihele a.e ~bout 18 electrld~n and
16 Ope.utOIS furloullheoJ "om our fa~lhIY.
I hne v.·rlllen I letlel II) Senator SatbDIICI
and Ker.~nllli'·e It a.bara Mllku.kl 10 mtro-
du,e I b,lI In bolh Il ou)(s of Con"rrSli 10 I'al>l'
Ihe ul1employtnent benctits of furLoullhed r~il·
road wo.ke". We now rece,ve 5250 every IWO
.. «k" or S2S per day_ Our o ... n .IDle of
Maryland 1'1)5 SLn per .. .,.,k, wllh I b,1I
befo.e lhe ~Iate So:nale and Uousc of Dcltpt(:S
10 ra;$C Ihf"'C bcllt'fi" In SI90 per .. «l.. 10 our
Slale. ThiS chanlle " IUlltt o,·e.duc: il hu~ been
SUO e"cry two weels for as lona n I con
remember. I think il ~hould be raised to S4()()
every \"0 w«ls for Ihe raIlroad "ol ~erl who
are unemployed or off sict. I hope .IL r.lIlroad
locals read th;, Dtli.;1e Ind .. rite thell rePle·
srmal,,,es 10 Washmaton to ~upport Ih.\ b,lI_ I
abo hope Ille Inlernalional Office "'111 11"1' U! I
101 of support for Ihl~ idea.
There I t t )0 m.lIion people out of work,
.. orldwide. In Ihe Un'ted Slales alone Ihere
I.e 10 nHlhon OUI of ... orl, Durmg Ihe mO"lh of
hnuary O'fI 500.000 people ..enl b~~k 10
"'orl_ I belic'e the country is slowly eumml
OUI of Ihe lecC'<~ion. When PtHld~m Carter Itft
officc in hnuary, 1981. Ihcre were almost 8 m,l.
lion people out of "'Qfk. Since Reaaan hll. bee"
prhioJenl alma!>! 1 nul lion mOre hD"e [0.,1 thtit
jot... I don'l Care .. ho 1M president is, Ihe ume
thinll hal,\>cn, every SO yea.... ac· .... ordml to
0:<;.,.",.",.1. II i5 a cycle. The federal lo"rn.
"",nt moulJ hdp .n of IhC5C people ... "lIoul
jobs, by e'lher "utina fweral jobs fur IlIcm
or Iellina them duw Unenlllloyn,cni benefits
unlil Ihey 110 b~ck 10 .. o.k
I_land Cr«k's Coal Compuny's pier, IdjaC1:nt
100U.S better known IS Dayline-is • non-union
rompany, )d every now and then their Call
comes .,'rav.. our mam belt [).""/ 10 the ~h,,,
bem,loaded by Ihis complny. I don't Ihink thlt
is fair. " 'hen all our IJ rolhcr~ are bem" fUI'
lou(l.hed. Thc Cht~§ie Syslem hauls thell coa l
a~ well I t Ollr, Their pier isn't too bu,)' "",ht
now. but Ihey did IlIle business away from us,
e"tn Illouah il w~~ thdr o ... n coal .. e lI!ICd to
load on ~h,ps.
I Wllnl aLI of our IIrnlh('l'lO tn tontrlbutc •
don~r or 1"0 10 COPE, That " Ihe only
orllaninlion Ih~1 .;nn help labor·baded ~andi.
d31es ~I rlected 10 Cong.t;SS and help un'"n
WOr~er1 gCI Ic",islutlon p3S1oCd Ihal ~ "DOd fOI
all of us..
I hope .. e all .. ,II see beller limes ahud ~
that Ihls nMlOn Clln let movml Igaln.
l' u)L 0, R.CK I" IS, ",S
Broth e r Hultquist
Retirl!S
"MoIlle" lIullquisl .emed from our (.:ompany
aflc, Dlmo't 1J yea.s of !of .... ice. KoU,e .Iarted
a$ a IiCrvinman helper, Un Ucccmber <I, 19H,
Rolhe Ix~Dme a sp«iDIi~ed !!Crvice man_ Later
on Moille .... cm mlO Ihe serv,ce dl~pllchers
office for srHn yea.., In Janua.y. 1979. he .. enl
bact Inlo the So:r. i~" Departmcnl unl,1 hll
,elllemenl on January 1 1. 1983,
Rollie plan<; 10 &0 lu • "4"1~, dimate .rlcr
all of hi, children are Rone.
All of u~ 9t Local 880 hope thaI Rollie and
his wife Will enjoy whDt everybody dreams for.
Je .... B u~ .. >;. I' oS
local 902 Christma s
Pa rty Is Big Success
L U. 902 h:O"I), l'IIILAU ELPII IA , I'A.-Our
Annual Ch.i"mas I'arty IS usual ..'a. a areal
$uce<:M, As III the pa~l. the food. drink, Ind
mUSIC supplied by Ihe Presidem C.lc,~'"
Ioc-aled m Soulh Phllly, "ell' C!lcellent. This
year, due to the re~ent hmngS for the USS
Saratola, many ncw me:mlx.s and their ... iyes
~l!e",leJ uu, Chflstm,>\ pBrly for Ihe firsl time
They ..... e.e impre\\Cd ""Ih the elcgan~e of Ille
athi •• and II>e ("cnlUme" of loca l 902 memo
be.s Eltr)oll( " look 109 for-"'",d to nUl
)"ear', p~rt) Many Ihanh '0 Ih" offitel"J Ind
~Ie .. ard\ of I ocIII 9t)~ fOI pUlling Ihis line eYrnl
10lelhel
On January 24, 1~1I). appro~imalcly 30 I...oc;al
wo rlN:trI~lan~ will be 1!S,gned 10 I'enrl
Harbor Nual lIaloC. lI awlii. on B temponry
aj.!;'I!.llnt-em for Ihree months. 1'hcse EleclrklDllS,
an volunl«rs, "'-ere p,cked for theit npertlse
and luilab,lily 10 pe.form lhe ...ort II I'carl
lI arbor Na~~1 H~'Ie, lI a"'lI"_ I havt IPpolnled
Robt.-n W,bon. Shop ~ I elc .... ,.idan Ind lem·
porary I'hiladelphia Metal T rades Council
slcward, 10 repre>ent our nl(:n as Ihcy ...ort in
I-Iawaii 1 m confident I.Iob will do a fine jul>,
Our l (l>.;31 901 de~lIi~'~n' ... ill be I cred'l to the
I'hil~ddph'a Naval Sh,pyud
On Janu.uy 20. 19n. Iht USS Forrnla/
a",vcd II the I'hlladclphla Naval SI"pY~1\1 to
Mg,n ht! 28 monlh o"~rhaul. Thi, i, the
Stcond carrlcr In Ihe SLU' Program to be
overhauled II Ihe ~h,pyard
Due IU th" CAperll'IC Iluned on Ihl USS
Sa,aroga overhaul. mlny radar and ena,inee .. n,
sy~tem'. Ju~h u the SPN 42 radar. ca"pull
IhroUlh co"~"", and cllnpull pO .. er cyllnden.
will be ove.hauled by lhe shipyard In~lr~d of
bein, contracted out, U wu done on Ihe USS
Sa,arota. Thi' work. h(,'nl done in house mcuns
more ;obs for lhe ~hipya.d_ Whal 1'1,11 be con·
Ir~rlr<l nUl "',IL be fire ..'alches and clelnup
(drag and bal) On Ihe Sa,alogu Ihis wort was
~rforme:d by '>hips for~e, ... hich ereDled mlny
problems w,lh sh.pyard worken. This I.rlnae-
menl w,1I mlso create morc job5 M the shipyard
111i5 13bor (o"e woll be drawn Irom the
Dcla ... re V.lley .rca, whkh u we all know
has I high unemployment TIle.
As "I' iI •• 1 Ihe li SS f·o,'rslaloverhaul. I'm
confidtnl Ihnl. v.nh the su",eS$lul complelion of
lhe USS Su,uroga. ..e al Ihe shipyard w,1I
ddivrr 10 the U.s Nllvy a Ixttet product at len
,~,
Due 10 the lecenl prOlnOllon of 11'1'0 of our
~Iewards. I have appointed Mark C. Vecchione.
electronics mec-hanic, Ind Eul3nce Polk, fire
C"Qntrol me~hanic. 1$ Philadelphia Melal Trld~
Louncll Sle ... ards from lot,,1 902.
It was 'cry grJlifylnlt 10 sec how m~n1
l.ocal 902 men,berl "ere inleresled in bccominl
slewards. I w,1I keep thell nanICS on flIe and
considennon ... ill "" liven ..... hen new st"wa rd
positions ~romt IVlilable
P,.Ut J, PUIGU,., O.M
local 91 5 Members Help
Solvation Army
LU. '15 (I&mll. T'\ \II' A. t-'l.A._Local 9U
Ilam turpa"n aU olher labor organizations In
the Annual lIell Klnaer Olive for Ihe Sal~at,on
Army. 1h,ouah Ihe efforlS of llenny Collins,
DenniS I 'eld. Monnle: Mona'o~i. Utnry Oon;(a·
Ie>:, K.'ll W.I""". Tom K.isrr, Dob Knlstlr,
I'e"y Dank!, .nd KulO Il anks. $J38 4~ ....s
collecled II Wnlshorc I'lau ShopplOa Ccnler
in Tlmpa TheIr I,vina of Ihem!oflves as wdl IS
Ihell money it; truly In KI of brnrherhood IDd
a srrv"e 10 Ihe communily. 47

Bell Ringers
Presentation
'""" Ion! prut.lltd H"~ 10....'1_ . .. IU, ...,. pl~
II.... n f1f~UIU ru r ,bt In. ' ....mut.'kll' COlin<! .
"runl row, Idl 10 rla ht , . ... Wnbln ,\IHler, Vl rlo. W .
/IIOtlte, ,In"", Po ...... , ud Clenn La ne : bark ..... ,
"III
'a' 1\.0... , . G o l.)., MoMrt Sd, "lt r, J ohll Whitaker,
Jr., "'Iu ........ lI udd, Wade. P,nid.a' P. D .
Catllt.k. aH B... tu» Maa_ ea.,. Ilin. bo bad•.
The locil union pr~nled seven l lOurneyn>en
with completion certificatel for the mSlrumenla-
lion eou~. The Apprenticeship Comm,nec:
rCllnbuncd all journe)'~n linin, completed
the coune wilh • ,"heck for Sioo. The local
union wholeheartedly conaratulales IhcH
journeymen for Iheir inilintive in uPlltl.d ina
Ihemstlves in the instrume ntation field.
1982 brauCht Ihe passin, of Kvt'ral of our
Drothers. Our IhouJ,hu Dnd prayers &0 ... "h
them and their familia. The)' " "c rc R 1.. D.10n,
W. J. Dlcsfi.:]d, Ronald Sc~n, Oscar Eiehd.
be rger, F. R Gnffin, Ken II c.... eu, and Joe
~mpsey, Jr.
AI chis wTllmll, .... e 5ull have about 200
journeyman wiremen ouc of wort and abouc
.0 apprentices unemployed. We Ihnt Ihose
locall .... ho have assi5led us and appeal 10 any
loca l lin Ion th aI needs lOme lood men 10 plnse:
(Ill Local 91S.
8M KACSU, I'.s
Three Members
Retire
I- U. 917 (1&0). MERIDIAN, MI SS.- Conllracll,
IJlions Ire in order for Local 917 retirees
II lrold Jones. Buford Oouahly. and W, D.
JIImS. for loyal yurs of .... ort and membership
in che orllanil.ed labor movtmenl. May the)'
tnjoy many d~r~ed yurs of healthful reure·
~,.
We .1110 ... ould lite to mention lhe reliremenl
of the 44-ynr-old office dest tha c hu ~n
5ervice linee Ihe orllanizalion o f chis loca l m
1918, !;Crvinll four full·lime and several pnrt.
lime bUSiness alenls and wicnesslnl che day·lo-
day drama of life in our brolherhood. B;ulered
Ind senlehtd ... im lime Ind servic:e ..... hal
Iiones it milhl 11'11 of th.s local's uiumphs and
IUlIediu in lhe labor movtmenl.
L~oA" KEM., 1'$.
Most l oca l 932
Members Traveling
I-U. 9J l (l&cl. c oos BAY. OR E.-Thin,s arc
48 Aill the ume in Coos Bay, There', very linle
wort and the tumors .re just as scarce. M()$t Freeborn· Mower Coopentivl' covers In Irca
of ou. members are SI,lI On tbc road and in 1...·0 counlies. Freeborn County is in the
probably .... tll be for lOme lime. Alben lea .re. and extends eUlwlrd Ihrou '4lz
The lonller this recession IOCS on Ihe louahcr Mower Counly in the Aus,in area .
Chings look for unio ns in che Northwes t. Open Borderin, on the ea", Ihe /lrea is IiCrved by
shop an d non·u nion comfBClo rs are musclinll in People's Cooperative o f Rochuler, M innesota,
on che biS job!! up ~nd down Ihe coast, Ind if where Loca l 949 represo::nt.s Ihose employees..
thinp k~p IOIll, lhe way Ihey are. il won't be Althoup \here is nol I piclure provided, tbci?"
Ions bo:fore they're ,euins illlo lhe.- un.lIer problem wu as sreat inumuch as the storm
Iypes of ,hop worl 100, Our industry iJ bemll covered a widespread area.
pu t 10 Ihe I('~I. The marktt dictales Ihe trend All Ihose .... orters are 10 be commended for
of the economy. By market. I mun the con- the finl' job Ihal "'15 performed III fcstOrini
sumers. The eOlUUlm r doesn'l really earl' much servic:e Ihrouahoul lhe lIeas.
about our WilKe incru~, pension bo:nefill, or lvvuw L. SrI':lW, P.5.
vac:a llon fund" all chey're concnned .... I\h is
price. Thi~ I~ how Ihe open shop and non ·u nion
contractors have lIoLlen their rools planted in Retirees
our industry, lteallln's tacli« are workinl ...·1'11.
li e's rully 101 unioIU in a loush spot.
TIt.e days of h.p·lilm. double·tilm, and
travel p~y are d"'ondltnll away. In order 10
compete, our contractors ~re h~v"'B 10 CUI OUI
the guvy ""e'" c aU enjoyed for SO 10UI. Non.
union con ..... elo .. don't have wobblcs, Or pay
double time and 1i1lb!!,slenee, The marke t r«oS'
nius Ihis and lend~ to lean in IhD I direction.
For Ihe un .ons· lake, ....1' CDn ali do our part by
beinll prodllcti~c, ~howin, super ior craftsman.
5hip, and wortinl 10Iether wilh maLlalLemcnt
and the other crafl.l. There are SOmt thinas.
chough. Ihal the non·unlon UmJ15 have Ihal .... e
don·l. Thcy hive d'krom.nation. prcjud,u, col.
lusion. batk·slabb.nll. bro .... nie poinl5-yoll name
II. Be thanHIII you're union. It's more Ihan a
Shown . re ..,tlred llrotbu. 01 1....-.1 \l5l,
fai r paycheck: It'S whM America slands for and C t. I.." WII, 1'he1 "o,ked 10. Ih. No. tlH ... StatU
don'l evcr fOfllet II
I rellCI Iny monlh, mi>Sed in lhe "Local
Po .., . C_P101, La Cn»H U.II, ...
Lines.~ but du.e 10 • sha ke up in Ollt offiu,
rhinll have been • bit hecli" lacely. We ihould
Graduates
be back on I rClular iChcdule asain. IfyinS 10
teep you informed of . ny happc'nings in the
.rea,
Maybe nexl monlh I 'll havl' some ;oh news
10 report, Until Ihen, th"'k union. buy union.
and help 5uPllOr! wh~ 1 Ame rica stands for.
unions.
0 11,1,. Mc CAY'l'l!!!!. P.S.
A/ter Sleet Storm
Construction Work Slow
In locol 953
I-U. 9SJ (l,u. t.rm ,lpa& l'I l ~), EA U C LA IR£.
WIS._Needless 10 uy, h.rd lunes afe still
w[lh us, Conslruclion .... ork is llow. ,.."h only .
small JOb$ and local contractors luminll OVl'r
vuy few people. 1I0pefully, ",ilh betler wealher
now, thinp will pick up, II i, oeprl'.'I.~inll 10
conlinue 10 wrile articles and Ol-'CLIS$ Ihe poor
n il pho'o .... lIkea . flu lIN ,loNe 110.. .. wort piclure. Ihe «onomy. eIC.• so I'll Iry 16
..... Ihn.t .rn ;\lIdUO' • . SUI"dlol 1ftlo.. to" IlI"OIH'
relate to the bo:uer side of Ihlllil.
aod 00" U... ~. Pt rl .. lenck.. Lany F)dsl. d, Id. ,
I"d mu.,.,. '_I"
N)'n• . - and
R.,. S t H t. ..." ; .... tN : BroLII ... R ote.
B,oth.. Dale 1\1••1>1<11.1 ,
The. first meelin, foJlo ... m. Labor DIY II Ihe
La CrOMoc Uni t is no .... loin. to be the Annual
dll'K'or 01 o....... tl-. of II,.. Frfl'bo ...·;\Io.. u Co- Old·Timers Niahl, Unil Chairman M.ke Kits-- '"
op, ... tl" .t AtlNr1 Lu, ;\110.. (PbQlo .. b. If'~. lina. Recordinll Secretlty Dcnnos Goody, and
b1 Lon! ~'. Bu.....'U.. , MI" • .) I rea .. eward D ,et Pftnnol Ih",t Old·Timers
Niah l WIll turn OLII 10 be e"cn I bluer turnout
Sleet Storm Ploys III yea" \0 cOllie. ..
Eau Claire area apprenlicu IIraouaced this
Havoc in Minnesota pasl yur. These: ne .... jOllrneymen I re I fine
I- U. 9"'1 (u,fln,'&U lv), KUR."'iS\'ILLE. MINN, aroup of yount men who . re mvolved In local
-A sleel Slo.m co~rred thl' maJor pan of happenJllIS and rnlly ...·o rk toaelher ...·eU. We
soutbraslem MonnC5Oil on MondlY. Deumbo:r must conar_,ulate lhe Apprenlicfth.p Commiltee ..
21. 1982. The map in lilt. bactlround (1oH for Iheir fine choice o f ieleClions,
pholo) w,ch Ihe whIle nals IIldicalC5 conductor. On the sud nolr, I re,ret to repOrt the dealh
thac were broken Ihrou,hout Ihe syslem. AI of pPst busineu manRller Glenn ""ell''' Pelerson.
Ihi§ ume it n:pre!ICnled ~ppro",matdy 1.600 I'~t~ was businc:Q manaSer from July. 1963 unlll'''
consume,,; ho ,"e"er. on Ihe nighc of the storm, he rl'lireo in September, 1973, The omcers .nd
Ihe board wu lotally eo~rred by whne nail, member. wish to e"press their d«fM:~1 Iympa!hy
Krolhers fr om Arcad,a, Wlsconson; Jaelson, to the family and (riends of Orother I'ete rson.
Mlnnesola; and St. Jaml'S. Minnesola. were Pele w.~ instrumental in lIenin, Locil 95) into
ulled In to help repair and rcstorc ~rviCl'. its own buildinl_the buildlllll we prewntly
• oceupy today , We are financially SOl,lnd bccmuse
past leaders Iu.;h as Pete an d others had the
fon:sight to pro~;de for future membus Ihroup
_L 10nr. boUB o f dedi'3110n. He served on the
Council on Industrial Rdul iol15 for ,feYenl ),e:lrs
and acqui red mDny f rienus Ihrou&hou l the
entire Brotherhood.
Most ruders ha~c probably s-een the follow-
in, poem, ':Iut I Ihmk its appropriate place i<I
~low 1I1.i, patlanI'll.
Labor', Lament
A unIon kader 51000 at the pully S;11e.
Hu b.ce Wl.S ,.;arred and ..lid
He slood before the man of fate
And a5kcd ad mISSIOn \0 the fold
"What hue )'01,1 dOllc," 51. !'Cler asled,
" T o gain admission here?"
'· Why. I've ~en a union leader, ~i r. "
He said, "for many and many a year."
The heavenly &ale ~wunll open WIde
• And S1. I'cler ran, the bell.
"Come In:'
he I,,,d, "and choose your harp.
For you ha\c had your ~hD,e of hdl."
DI!NNIS F. McMAHON, Assr 11M
On Job
U " e_" of Lon.I fA. SidM,. MODI •• ta.p III II
pole _ • b .......' .. .. .. I ~. da, .
Contr ibute To CO PE,
Soys Recording Secre tory
'- U. 988 (u), SIO NEY, MONT .-Our local has
recei '-ed its COI'E ud:ets, and having sold all
... of Ihem, F inancial Se~rc\ary Ron Jenst:n is
requesting ami, hopefully, WIll be rc~eivlng
more soon. We certamly hope Ihal ea ch member
of ou r lo~al ~a n afford to conlribule 10 Ihls
imporlanl fund.
lei U$ remembel Ihat CO I' E litkets arc nOt
raffle tiekeu; your number wOn'l be drawn for
a IdevlS,on or any simila. pnu. CO I' E lickets
are an inycstmenl in Ihe fUlure of labor inll
ptnple.
The Commitlee on I'olilical Educalion reports
facts about polilical iswc$ ~nd candidatH, helps
eduCIte umon members 110 theY can Yote more
intc lhgenlly. lind helps support worthy candi.
date! for political office relardless of party
affiliation.
The:: question is oflen asked; Why mu~t unions
be in"ol~ed in pOhtics~ The simple: answer is
• Ihal the polmcal prOC'n! affccu uS so ,really
thai .. e can't afford to 51ay OUI. A$ indiViduals
We ca n't efteci II chanl<', bUI w'th • union we
receive polili~al !x-ndits mu~h Ihe same as .. e
" r«eiye benefits Ihrough cotle~lJve barillining in
conlraCI negotia'ion~.
As I 5ay. buying a COrE tickel do"" nOI give
you a chance al a prize; it's more o f a lonl'
lerm im·eSlm .. nl. If I could act back all the
• money I've spent on rame Ilckeu and spend it
on COPE tickcl!, I'd f« 1 like my money was
beller $pe-nt.
r yC nevU won a rome, but maybe the bencfi,
~ r« .. ived from money contributed to [he Com-
millet: on I'ohtical Educa,ion will help me to
affo rd buying a new tclev;! ion, ralh .. r IhBn
ha ving to try to win il.
STIIVII C. M EU II. L. R.S.
Loca l 994 Ho lds Annual ble for RlWia n· buill tn ctors !x-Ing uoed in
New OrleoRS, loUISIana , 10 cuI gJ"ou.s on Ihe
Christmo s Party lc~e"5 and also pulling Hoa" in [he Maldi Gras
I'II-nlde .
'- U. \194 (u). BRE WSTE R. N . Y.-Chmtma! Well, I don't \:now if I made a good point
joy and ~rrimcnt b.ought members of LOC'~I
0' not. but I·,·co always tried to make us all
994 [oge ther. The !)Cc~s'on wa,l Ihe" Annual rco lr/ c that unIOnism was born OU I of frU$tra-
Christmas I'arly. It W3 S hdd on Deccmber 21-
tlon and necessity, frustrated by exploilation
The 40 members who 3l1ended ..·ere se rved a and Ihe need for decent wag~ and a hIgh
dehclOus hOI-and-coid buffet.
~t3ndald of Ii~ing lor all'
Santa Claus (alias Janlr! O ...... ns) ar",·w and
~ you ne>.t month.
handed Out pfts. The door prtn "'U a", •• d .. d
I'ETII M"ULUSO, RS.
,0 Chris Emigh!.
A spc<:ial than~ and d...,p app.eelauon 10
to Karen Ross and Rhonda Gilbert "'ho. once At Christmas Party
agam, planned lhe annuJI IIf:ur
C. A WIIIU .. , 1' .5
Prepore for the Ch ip
' Revolution,' Says Scribe
L.U, 99S (I,o,.rtb,rtS&spa), HAl 'ON RO UGE,
LA.-It 15 being saId. and" does .ppee.. 10 be
I~. Ihal Ameri<oa ill gOIng through aoolher
ltaIlSllion peenod Now JI all SCCn15 to be head·
mg do"'n a road unfamiliar 10 moSt wOlk .. rs in
Ihis coun try. I, like ma ny of you, know abou t
poker ch,ps, bUI I don', beli<ove Ihis is whal Ihey
arc talking about. These liny chips ha'·c made
POSSIble circumy that is almo>! Invlslbk 10 th~ 1' ,~.l d~nr S p''''~bo rn of Loca l
nuked eye. I sinc .. rely hope Ihal SOlll<"One ,n our no lll" ... 0101<>, ~ r~ ' . .. U • 15-)·ur pi n to
o rganiz<IIion i~ preparing for our entrance InIO Mu • ..,U al Ib~ l(Kar', CIo.t" ",., pllI"IJ'.
Ihis new fidd_ Man, if rhey c ... en ICI Iho~ litlle
thmp to lransmil 13.8. boy, .... e in Map of
Irouble!
The:: Iir~1 Imporlanl lralbllMJn ~"oJ In Ihl5
country came ",ilh lhe drilllnl of Ihe firsl orl
'.-ell m the middle 18005. Up unlll Ihl$ IIr110C ,I
had been fannong and most folks .. orled for
Ihemsehes. The discov.. ry of OIl brou&ht mdus.
Iry and the IndustrIal revolution caUSing Ihe
agriculturc workers 10 unh,l(;h "ole Maud ... H
drop the plo w, and head for Ihe cily. Right
away. of CQur.;c, it wu thoUlhl IhM .11 would
sta,,'e for the lack o f food. Not Irue, for oil
brousltt on other Ihinp thaI enabled a frw
men [ 0 lrow mor .. food Ihan nlany thousands
I.... , \ ' 0" '" . lId ~k d.l~ ...,,:~ 10 I.......".k " ' I"~
had 81o"n prc'iously.
lI'.rlla"t~n.
If you arc p~lien! I'lL Ity 10 rULh a pOln,
11.1 which Ih,s sio ry mighl make sonle ..ense '
Wdl , II.ny,,'ay. Ihe IndUSlrial change broullhl Retirees Honored
on new IhrUIJI !O ,he "olker (il is always Ihc At Christmas Pa rty
worhr). for now Ihou'and, were "tpcn".. 111 on
L.U. 911/1 (e m ., V": RMI Li O N . OIIJO- Th!s
a few big businessmen. MOSI of the wc;.llh WII~
,s rhe fiN time Local 998 has appea red III Ihe
In Ihe hand. of Ihese ruthle .. corporallon hc~ds
and moS!. if nOi all of Ihel11, wne Republicuns. " Local I 1Il,'1 '" With Illy firsl leiter I ..... ould like
to reporl on Ihe party hdd Dc~ember I I 10
Not unlil Ihe Shennan Antl.trust Acl was
~elebule Ch"~lmaJ and the ]!)Cars 451h anm-
pa~S<!:d in 1890 did the workers gel ~rne relit!
I did say some relid. for Ihe "ording of ti>c ,.<\ ver.ary. lIeeause of all Ihe lime and tneru
consumed. we came oft w"h an outSlanding
wa~ "cak and [hose in charge of enfor~mg Ihe
e'·enl Ek'en re",CC> we.e honored and \Yill iam
acl dId nOI give • damn aboul Ihe workcrs'
Russell was pre~nted h,s 2S-year pm by
The "VIis of "orl<ers "ere long hours. low
wages, lind job ~curity was a JOke. It IS difficult f'r .. 'lIdenl Arnold Springborn. Conllratul3UOn~
and a "job "ell done'" 10 M rke M artin and Ihe
10 imagine Iha[ llIe j'llIlU industry WitS o ..·ncd
or co ntrolled by ju~1 II few ! Jo hn D. 11. 00.:1<0:- ,'any Comm,lIee
,\1)0 In Iht monlh of Dccembcl Ihe .. mployee~
fcller'~ Standard 011 is Ihe best e~"mpk of ralud
or Hlle l donJ,ed food and $119 to Operalion
expansIon and also Ihe uS<!: of Illegal meanS 10
Ch.rstm:.s Cheer. lIaskets o f food .. ere boughl,
run oUI all compeelllon. D amn, If I don't
packalled, and dIstributed to 20 lald·olf and
bclre"c I"" e ruched • poinl or reason for Ihi~
story. Of counc. il didn't ,ale long for the termlna led cmployCC$. Thanks to everyone "'M
pa'"~lpaled
.. orkets to realize thaI bandinl loaeti>cr was
As of ROW .. ~ hav .. 10} Ifl("mbcri in Local
their only sah'>1ion. Well . 00.... "e f;el to the
part I ... is.h I had been "'"nn! 10.
~8. Work ha. been p.elty sleady, bul no!
plenllful. We arc looling for I bener year ;n
AI this point m his lory you mIght 5aY Ih:u
1911. COlllr." ne,.:>"Inons WIll sla,t III M ay.
IIII;onum ...·as born! I mlghl add Ihal Ihe tinl TIllS was a popular ~ub]ecl at the laSt UnIOn
unIon was called the K.nl ghls of La bor lind ,hey me"li n". Anendancc is very crucial Ih~ nUl
met in scc r«y, for e ,'en Ihe church had doubls few n>onth~. Lrt"s !oCC If "c can'l pi c\: 1\ up.
about il all. The K.nighls of La bor were sho rt·
Unlll ne~t lim ..
h\'ed for when Ihey decided 10 tight back they CH~~UE SuuPf.. I' .S.
became hated by the public and Ihis is when iu
kadetship p3S!oCd on 10 that , rul leader.
Congresswomo n Rece ives
lI, olher Samuel Gompcrs! lI rolher Samuel
Gompe-fS, through peaceful mea ns as leade r of Unio n Lobe l
Ihe AFt.. is the man who paYed Ihe ro.d we
arc troveling on and wke 100 n,u~h fo r granted. I_ U. 1076 (e ttl,s,tls.mt ,m a r ,a.&spII), TOLEDO, ~
W ith all Ihis in mind, somehow, I mu~t belieye O lll O-Dunng the 1982 congressional cam· III
Ihal we arc going to survive Iho:;c lillie , hips, paigni. Loc al 1016 and siSler LocalS II and 245
too! worked diligenlly with volunteer labor to de~t
A commode seat of Ihorns for tho:le res(lQnsi- "friendly people " 10 Congress. 49

Presentation
In our area our s uccc~s was resounding. We
made a swup at the slatehouse. with aU cor E-
endorsed candid~tes genina; elecled. But
real rewa rd 1"35 in unseatina; Republican
Weber, D die-hard RUlan su pportu.
Our undidate wu M arcy Kaptur, and we
WOn "ilh Ihe help of a lot o f people Dnd
groups. Oramniled labor played a major role in
her successful eampaign. During Ihe eampaian.
Min Klptu r indicated Ihil Ed Weber was a
"Reagan robot ," 1·le countered by saying
Kaptur had a "union label." Mr. Weber obvi-
ously didn'l know how Importan t the union
label is to us, and thut only n "arnuinr. Hrlkle"
lIels the union label.
After Marcy Kaptur w~s sworn ill as our
Congresswoman from Ohio's Ninth District,
Local 1076 presen ted her with an IBEW union
label in tine needlepoint done by Joyce Jeaalc,
member Dennil JeDalC'S wite. II was presenled
by BusineS5 Manager Curley on behalf of
Local 1076. toea l 8, and Local 24j. The
congresswoman said !>he would lake it 10
Washington alld hang it ill her office as •
reminder of who her friend. are, and that she
would be proud to di~play it.
Local 1076 contInues to get aDOd 5Cttlements
e~en Ihough the general economy is down. This
is because we are not buying false mnnagemenl
propaganda about give·hocks and conce~,ions,
\\le recently M:tlle,", M:'clal ~<i,,,,,,u,,it~tiuns
ag'eemenlli. AI Torrence Sound "·e received
55 cents a yeDr for each of Ihrl'C years and
some other improvements.
At Tel.mltio; we received 52 cenl$ now Qnd
1"0 wage opt'nns, plul CO LA of up 10 20 cents
per year,
At Executone of Norlhwest Ohio we received
3 percent every 5i.\ monlh. for 11"0 yrollA wilh
B wage opener Ihe third yellr, plus CO LA of up
1025 cents per year.
In all agreements we also 8~ined pro ~ ection
hom subcontncting and protection for out
fringe benetit programs,
We will continue 10 gel such selllements if
our members PUI their rllilh and su pport
behind their union.
TIIOMAS M . CURLIlY, R.M ,
Two Members Retire;
Two Members Welcomed
L U. 1116 (u,tm&t rtr), T UCSON, AIU7...-
Con&ratul~tions 10 our rClire...,1 DrOlher Andy
Rosales retired in December, 1982 and tl rolher
Vjv Garza relired February S. 1983, We all
ioin togelher 10 wish you the ~ery best or
luck and hope all your wishes prc fulfilled,
Welcome, new members Frank Chamblee: o f
Uney Tree and Pete Pfeiftr of TEP.
Brother Gene Penta hl5 ~n appointed
chairman for our Second Annual Picnic. Want
to lend a band? Contact IlrOlher Penta. We all
I,ud M grelll lime last year. thanks 10 Sister
Bonavia and Ihe reSI of Ihc trailbla~inl com-
mittee, and we anticipate a larger lurnout Ihis
)·ear,
I don't usually mention books, but one that
50 is an eye-opener on ID~es Is T/rc Ellcrlt" NOII-
C,lsll. It costs U.9S from Alaskan Oil, P.O.
80. 1. Kasilof, Alaska 99610.
So far we have managed to avoid layoffs at
TEP. Other power and electrical utilities in our
area have uperienced reductIons.
Brothers and Si$lers, the storm season is not
fa r off, but Slorms or not. Ict's alwayS keep
lafe ty firstl
Let me remind you that changes t r~",pire
q uickly and the best way to stay updaled i, at
the meetings the first T hursday o f Ihe monlh al
7:30 p.m.
Bl!l M tLIO!!. P.5.
• P a~r Mill !'roject at U in~kley, Maine. It is
B,.tk ro .., left 10 rtlhl . ..... AI .... !Uq hbtl1l . .. d
R.ndy Smith ; fron t ro .. : J oe C", ~.,..no, D . .... II
CIl .a n, N . nn Ro hl • .li nd K t .. G ree n~. The, are
~ ho .. a . 1 WT VO'I Ch.151 ..... part,.
Premium Cap Approved
By High· l evel Task Force
L U. 1220 (r1 b), CH I C AGO, ILL-Grtetings
Brothers and Siste,,! Sprina is here aaain. with
income II1ll time fast approachi,,&. If you think
it was bad in 1982. hang onto your $hirts in
19831
A heahh-care premium cap on employer-paid
health insurance that now is provided tl1ll-fru
10 empluyees is lentatively approved by a high-
level administration task force. The task force,
Retires
J .... Sharp of '-aI 1146, Adria ..,
I)fl,embc. ll , 1!tI3, from " . ... d. ' I nc. \to
M lth. S be h. d beea tlrlpto,td b, IhIO
i ;.;;;;;;,'
N O'~ mbu 28 , 1 ~5 ~. {I'hnto $ubmUted
" " "' I,u.. t, pruo ..,creta"..)
whose membership includes Treasury Secretary
Donald Regan. Council of Economic Advisers
ChaIrman Martm Feldstein, Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Direclor David Stockma n, ~
Commerce Secrelary Malcolm Baldridge, and
Secretary o f State George Schult~ bas tent a-
tively approved premium caps of $115 per
monlh fo r fomily plans and $70 per month for
individualJ. The t.a refornl option is d~iglled ...
10 generale betwuen $7 binion ami $10 billion
by fiscal 1988, The task force also has tentD-
tively approved a recommendatioo that would
include employer.paid premiums in uceu of ...
the eap in the gTOSS pay of employees.
Here'. hopina thaI no m.lle l whal we do. it
will be betler in 198).
Have a Happy Easle r!
DAIOtEL E. FI II!OEJ.tCII, B.M.
Gra duates Receive
Completion Certifi cates
L U. 125J (I), AUG USTA, MA.IN E-In De-
~ember, 1982 the following appreotices recei~ed
their Cer1ifieates of Completion III the unio n 1"-
hall. The foUowing people are .n presently
working as journeyman electricians .nd p roud
of il. They Ire Jacqueline Couillard. Tho mas
Nuon, Gregory True. Michlel Webb. Michael
Marquis, Terry Slevens, Richard !'edley. Brian "-
Bradstreet, M ark Letourneau, Harry Lyons,
Terry Colpitis, and Wayne RancourL P re~oling
the diplomlU were Slao Wallace, business man-
8ger; Russell Webb. relired business manager I '
and also member and paSI chai r man of Ihe
Stute of Maine Apprenticeship Commitlee; and
Funk Lockhart, longtime member of 1253 and ..
director of Apprenticeship Staodards fo r tbe
Slate of ",hine, Congratulations 10 all of the -
.bove.
Business M anager Stan Wallace would like
10 take Ihis opportunilY 10 thank the travellna
BrOlhers and Sislcrs who worked at the Soon
wilh B greal deal of pride that wi th the aid of
thest people, pB~r was made on th is new
machine al 2:30 a.m. on December 12. ]982.
two mo nlhs ohead of s~hedule. Thanks, again.
Election of offrcers for this local is coming up
this June .nd it is time to be th inking .],oUI '
the btst interesl of our local. We should look
closely It the nominees and make the beSI
choice. When you get your ballot, please VOle
pronlptly. Good luck to .11 the nominees..
JACQUlILt lOE L. COUII.UID. P.S.
Brother Mitchell Mourned;
Safety Num ber O ne Priority
L U. 1301 (u&.... lv). SALI SB URY, MD.-O ur
deepest sympathy IDes to the family of relired
lineman Brolher Phillip M itchell. Mitch was
initiated into Local 1301 on August 12, 1949,
us 81\ "A" member. He was • lineman uotil be
went on disabilily on November 6. 1968. He
retired on "'''reh 31, 1979. and was 68 yean
old when he passed .way from a heart atllcL '
Mitch will be missed by III who knew him.
On ~ember 30. 1982. joumeyman lineman
Brolher Bill Grimes Ind hi, thrl'C_year-old son
Bill, J r .• we re iovolved in a serious automG- ..
bile acc ident, Bill, Jr .. received two bro ken
lep and I broken arm but is now wen on Ihe
way to recovery, Brother Bill. however, is still
fiahlinll his way back. He frac tured his a nkle, '"
su frered severe int ernal injuries, and has a
badly crUShed hip. II appears that Brother Bill
will be out of work for aoolhe r six mooths
to a yellr. We wish him • full !lOd speedy
rceo~ery . •
In recenl monlhs we bave beeo involved I
areat deal with the revamping of our safety
manual. The Union/ Management Safety Com-
miuu spen t many hours rewriting the old -
monual. Some Ireu tha t Irc coveted in Ibe
new surety rules Ihal weren'l in the old rules
8re ground·to·ground, loct-Ia-Iock. and cradIc-
to-cradle p rocedurcs. Along with the new
 safe ty rules came new blocking Dnd tagging
procedures for equipment and confined spaces.
Managemem h as declared thM safety will be
)" the numb(,r one priority in 1983. This will
mean mueh d~r monnoring and more se'ere
punishmenl of iIJIfelY "iol,tio",. With that in
mind, .nd the lact th.1 workillJ s.afdy is •
good rule, I urge cveryone to Nlhink_ tlKn
proceed" .nd hope that we all ha"c I safc
and .eeident·frCC' yeu I I work and It home.
Unl il next month. Slrenglh in unily.
MI<;tUI!L A O ...",NI$. F .S./P.S
Brother Hector
Titus Highlighte d
,. 1...U. IlJ' (u). BUFFA LO, N.V.-After posing
the question hut monlh on the lotal diversity
o f jobs the Brothers and Siste" of this local
hold, my research was untimely interrupted
.... by an automobile accidenl and I was not able
to spend the originally $Cheduled time com-
pilinl thc UDet ans,,·e.,. If you arc intercsled
I will have them nUl month-promise!
-'\. Th is might be a good time to place some
laurels where they truly bdong-on Hector
Titus. our assistant busmess manager. " lI cc" has
been a union man all hi s life. rccei~ini! his 30-
... year IU EW pin Iut year. Ilrietly, here is /I e,'s
union background: In 19 ~1 he tntered Ihe Line
lXpanmenl of Nia,a ... M ohawk~ from 1962-
1967 lice served as assistanl busmns manager
of this loc:al; from 1967_1969 he htld the posi-
-1 tion of labor relalions speciahst for American
Slandard; in 1969 lI ector ;aincd Ihe ConSlrue-
~ tion Industry Auociation Labor Relution Stan,
~rving on negotiallons and functioning " 'llh the
_ Building Trades Join t Arbitration Commulee
and the Iron"'orken Joint Apprenticeship Com.
millet'. In reCent yun ll ee has bCC'n busy as
:an industrial ton~ultlnt in the con~uuclion field
and also adminiSlr,uive usi~tant for I loc;al
leaal firm before ;aininl us throua;h appointment
by MIke Flanagan.
We havc seen Ihat the permanencc of some
local union officers i~ sometim", doubtful. as
scars heal 10 form toughcr skin; this local - with
the leadership of Mikc ~nd lIec- wlli become
~ cvcn Slrongu.
I "'ould like to close Ih,s monlh wuh a safely
commeni. [ hope you all ha\'e seen the safety
movie penainmg 10 Ihe usc of seal belts. AI its
conc lu~ion the statc trooper "ho narrales the
• film maku a statement 10 thi ~ efTect, "1 h,,·e
never unbuckled a SCaL belt from a dC;I(!
person." l'lea"" dri,·.., wio;cly; b",kle ",,/
~iABit n SIEI FAN. ['.S.
Buy American
• :::::l
'ROLET
Work Scene Very Slow
In 1340's Jurisdiction
• 1...U. IJ",O (I.o&:tl1l), NEWI'OIlT NEWS, VA ~
The work Silualion in Local 1340's juri$diclion
is sllll very slow. wilh many journeymen and
_ apprenlices on the ou l-of-...·ork hst and many
journeymen on the road. We " 'ould like 10 lake
this time 10 thank all of Ihe locab that are
workina our members.
On January 18. 1983, ou r contract Negoti3ling
Commillee and th e Hampton Roads Division
of the VirgJllia Chaptcr NEeA signed I new
one-)"ear contract. Thankt to the Negotfating
CommillCC' for their efforls in negotiating a
contracl thaI will. hopefully, gct all our memo
ber. "'orkiTl8 agam. ~ members of the com_
mmCC' "'ere Presidenl G. O. Jordan. Bu,i ne"
Manaa;er S. L Slump. fuec:\u ..·c Board member
R. StCC'le, and ahernalCS M Fula;ham ano.! R
Wood.
We were rceenlly saddcned hy 11K dealhs of
8rothe r James V. Strickland and 8rother
Walte r SleWari. I am sure we will miss them.
I " 'ould like 10 Ihank all our memben .... ho
helped act the Democratic candidate. Bobby
Scali. elected in the recent spcci:ll election. LeI
us III be politically active, wme our senaton
and conarcssman. and tell them how we fet'l.
Now more Ihan e'·er we mUSI make our voices
heard.
Remember. let us try to cducale our family
and friends 10 buy American and union-made
products. "Buy American" bumlX'r stickers will
soon he available al th~ union hall.
Eoo,g Go. p. P.S.
Pension Reopener Nears;
Attendance ot Meetings Improves
LU. 1167 (u). CIII CAGO, ILL._ Our pen sion
reopener IS JUSt around the corner ( 1984) and
the time for 5UI\I(5110n, aboul .... hat " 'e Will
~ubmit from l.oc"al 1367 should be III )"our
Ihoughts nO"". All liUl\le!>\lOM should be legibly
.. rmen or typed and submmed 10 11K beCUllve
Board in care of PrClilden t Allen Youna, 222
WCSI Adams, Room 312, Ch,cago. illinOIS
60606. The t,ming is light for a Ihree-year
(Ontrac l inslead of the cutlent five-yur pion.
Your SU&&CSlions .... ,I! be I',·en 10 the EAceuti"e
Board to sludy and evaluale .. hieh ones .... ,11
benelit the membership al Local 1367. So lake
Ihe ume to thmk of ... hal you ...·ould want, then
"rne your SUI&~uons and mail them to
Prtsident YOUnl-
At thc reaular meeung of Local 1J67 on
JHnuDry 12, ['r<:sidenl Youn& announced Ihe
neW appoinlmen l of stewa rd 10 Bro ther Jamn
Kmiecik, electrical mechanic, Substation IXpart_
IIlcnt at Chicago North.
In rellaspect 10 January's IBEW arllde, I had
omllted one anni"ersary; my apologICS arc ex·
I(n,jed 10 Brother Gene KlinlOwski, who is a
building OlX'rator and celebrated )0 years on
January 26. 8 rOll>e r Kllmowski I~ also our
doorman and registrar for Local 1367 . COn-
gratulallons and besl wi,hes arc cxlendcd.
For their years of scrv",c. we ClIt~nd "'cll-
dC!;l:r.·ed congratulations to the followlll& cele-
braling the1l (ompany anniversaries ,,(th 35
)ears: o"erhead crcw leader Ilolxrt Campbell,
"pril 21, 1948 and o'erhead crew leader
Donald Klank. Aptll 11, 1948; wuh 30 yean,
overhead lineman special Kenneth Barre. "pill
ij, 195J.
The reminders of bclllJ m allendance It our
regular monthly Loca l 1367 mecuncs for the
pa~1 )C3TS in this IBEIV )0,,'"(11 Ire really
becoming a realuy by thc e"er-incre;umg
number of Brolhen in attcndance. More chain
are bcill& put intO our m«un, room. New
friends arc belna made by all IhrCC' divisions.
Shop talk and work practice5 are being dis-
cussed; safety practices and fundamentals arc
colbborated.
Please mfonn Our ne"" men. Ihe apprenllces
and lineman slaners, to allend tIK meeungs and
gel in'·oh·ed. We clR and "'e will be the ~t
informed local ~round. because we do have
the nlen who care about what happens in OUf
divisi<lns, Ihal ~ing Chicago NOllh, Chicaao
Cenl/al, and Ch,cDgo South. Our nex l regular
mewng will be on Wednesday, April 13, at Ihe
Hi llside 1I0liday In n. Marling promptly at
8:00 p.m. Direct iOns may be obtained from
}our li tew"ds or call Rich Rub as. 42S -0440.
~ fueCUI"e Board ...·'11 III«t on April 21 It
222 West Adams at 7:00 p .m.
\I.e cdebrlte Good Friday on April 1. We
w~h all our members Ind the" familoes I ~try
lI appy falttr. Thmk summer!
RICH RURAS, 1'.5.
Antique
Duslnu. Manar.. Ralph R. CI ",ln~t ll 01 L<><al
\l77. CIc .. tand , OhIQ. do .. a l~d Ih~ uH of on~ 01 hi,
... Ilque Un lor uw tn Ihe '-"bor Day Paradt.
lobar Day Parade Held;
Picnic Enjoyed
1...U_ 1377 (fnl.II",cH,bo,rts&:"b), CLEVE-
LAND, OIllO-On Septem~r 4, 1982, Local
1377 joined "lIh Ihe Clc,eland AFl.-C IO, Fed-
crallon of Labor. ynd othel un,ons III the .rea
not affiltated wi,b tbe AFL-CIO 10 hold the
finl Labor Day Parade 111 oyer 40 yean..
Loc;al J)77 Busllless Manager Ralph R.
C:arplllcili donated the use of his :anlique can.,
one of which ... as the lead aUIO carrYlIIg the
p"rnde marshallS. Martm J . Hughes. president.
and ScbaSlIn LupIca, e~ecull ... e ~crelary of the
Cleveland Fedcralion of Labor.
Throua;h the efforts of Local 1371. Ford
Motor 5lewards. Ford Malar Company, suppited
• tracior tr3,ler "I from McKnlghts Ford
Trucks of New Philadelphia, Ohio. The t... iler
... as decorated and carried tWO American union-
made Ford MOlor Company vehicles.
Local union mem~15 from Ford Motor.
Leece Neville. and [, ieker [nlernational par.
ticip ated by ridinll in our various vehicles and
throwing candy 10 the kids along the parade
route.
The parllclpation by the various unions and
the turnout of ~prctaton was so greal lhat the
feJer:uion is e~pecting 10 continue Ihc parade
III the years to come
Local 1377, in conjUnction "'jth the Cleveland
AFL I'cderation of Labo r, also held a picnic
for ,IS members at Geauga Lake Park on
September 12. 1912. The picnic ..,., a big sue-
~S. thanls 10 Ihe commillee of AI Dc,ennlro,
Nid. Picone. I nd Jim DietL Winners of Ihe
Local 1J17 prius ..ere Joe Luf. Gary Henry.
John IlayC"<, and Carol Kerper. Winners of
pn~cs from lhe AFL were Sam Sara .nd Fn.nk
Wrobel
R. Roy MILI,n. 1'.5.
Boord Member Runs For
Political Position
L U. 1381 (uow). III CJ\S \ ' ILLE. N.Y.-EJtecu·
live Board menlber Bob Benson has thrown his
hat IIItO the puliti~al rina. He has submil1ed his
name fOI the 18th Legisla live District lor
Sufrolk CounlY. steklllg Ihe posllion held by
Congrcs~man ... lcct Robert Mrazek. Bob is a
Dcmocnllit " arty commillceman and a membe r
of Ihe I.on l Island Labor Council.
Whcn he addressed the TO" 'n Commillee
nl~ling. he explained \hal the Lana Island
Labor Council h:,d urKed him to run and that
his prima ry motiva l ion was to wage a ca m· 51
 paigJI dittcttd at geUing !)WpJe back to work.
He suggesled Ihal Ihe besl way 10 gel pc:ople
back 10 work is " 10 build a lunnel from Lonl!
Island 10 Connecticut."
Happy ~tvice annivtr,ar;es 10 Bert Pen Ie,
Pete I'iuino and Dave Williams, each "'ith 30
years and all from the New 8us;ness Dep;lrt-
ITRnt.
Good luck for a long Dnd happy retiremenl 10
Mary Aries and Margaret Hurmann, bolh from
Customer Relations.
Until ne~t month.
ALBERT E. SI!LTBNRBICH. P .s.
Assembler
II. fire sla. lod h. lb. aparl",.nt of Sble. lI oln
W uko, an ano",ble' 01 Lou l 1401, "Ubbufl h, Pa .
Special Orde r Clerk
celebrated their 50th "eddlnl annh·erury. They
were married January 1"2, \933. li e worked 49 Surprises
yeats before his retirement ill J une, 11114. li e
also owned a smo ke shop in Bellevue from 19S5
to 19611.
Unemploymenl in Decembe r, IIIS2 stood al
10.S percen l and riSing. Com pared to a I"1Ile of
S.6 perC-enl • year earlier, lind 7.3 percent in
December, 19S0, unemployment for the enlire
yea r of 1982 3,·(taged 11.1 percent, the hiahC11
since 9.9 percent m 194\.
GIlNHVJllV8 SH Il I.UClA, 1'.5.
Scribe Gives Informa tion
O n Workers Com pensation
L V, lU I (u), M A VWOOD, I LL- I would like
to pass alon, some usefUl information I recently
received while anendmg a workel1l com pensa-
tion seminar.
The Workers Compen,ulion Law ha5 been in
effec i in Illinois since 191J. The lasl major
revisions to the law took ploee in III" . T hese
chnnges $Ignif\c-anlly improved the law.
The mOS! important Ihinl to remember If you
arc injured on the job is 10 fill OUI an acdden t
report right away. According to the law, an
injured "'orker has 4S day, to info rm his
employer either verbally or in writinl.
An injured worke r mny 110 10 any dOClor o f
his choosinl for trealment. The employe r mus t
pay for "n reasonable medical e~penses relaled
10 the injury. The 13w Slates that Ihe employer
N, .. ItrH1 N,,,, ",ak~ "OBJ'! Ii. UI1I" .............. wl l.b ·1_
need only pay for t,,·o doctors lind all of lheir
referrals.
hb ... n. JIoI ~ "m I>co IU'l'riI.K t .. ~ Ulb p boill.

Loca l 1402 Ha s First
l ayoff in Three Yeors
L U. 1402 (om), P iTtS BURG H, I' A.-Sister
Helen Wasko had a fi re in her aparlment on
J anuary 2, 11183. ~ fire of unknown ori,in
~Iarled in the early morning hours. Out, the
,ood tIe"'S is Ihat the Dpart~nt is bein, remod.
eled and she should be bac-k by Ihe time you
read thIS.
January 21, 1983. recorded our first layoff in
three years. Si~teen union members Wilh Ihe
least seniority who were laid otT were lold Ihe
layoff would hut for perhDps 10 weeks. I Dm
sure they will all be ealled back in a very short
time.
~ Irand openin, of tht new H ill DIstrict
Carncgie Library, located It 4 19 Dinwiddie
Street, Iiill D istrict, was held on December 9,
1982. T ,,·enty· four thousand volumes were
moved into lhe handicapped accessible new
building in only one wee k. It includes SCllting
for $0 and a sound·proof auditorium. The
Laubach LiteTPcy tUloring will be conducted
here. A COlicclion of some 300 books is avail.
able fmm !'lew Ruders Press, the Laubach
publishing arm. Eight olher publishers feature
women's sludies, black interes~, and life skills
in adult books at Ihe fourlh- t().eighlh.grade
reading level. To anest to the Laubach tu toring
melhod one mi ddle-aged labore r, not evcn
knowing the rudiments of lhe alphnbet, started
reading the Bible and newspnper in a milner of
months. M any Ihanks ,0 10 lhe VOlunteers who
arc reaching OUI to teach retarded and rcading
disabled !)Wple 10 begin to read.
The union Bargain;n, Committee will be"n
nelOtialina again wilh Ihe company (or II new
comracl. The pre ... nl three·yur contract WIll
e~pire in M ay.
52 Retiree Edmund B. O$sIOlIn and wife Rita L.
The information handbook published by Ihe
Illinois Industria l Commission ~hould be gh'm
10 lIny injured worker by his employer. If it
isn'I, request one from you r indUS lrial rciu t;ons
reprCSCnl" l ive.
If you have any injury thaI results in some
loss of usc, or if you arc disfigured on I
normally viSible part of your body, you Ire
probably entilled 10 I lump sum Jctllemenl for
your inlury,
If 3 dispule exists on your IlIjury, you should
file a claim wllh Ihe llIino;, ' nduslri.1 Commis-
sion. The StDIUle of limitations stBle5 thn! you
have thrce yellrs from the da lc o f Ihe accident
or 1"'0 yen r~ frOIll Ihe date o ( the la" paymen t
uf compcrualion 10 file. Remember. if you have
a part-time job, or moonlillh t, your full-time
employer is not liable for iniuries receh'ed on
Ih05e jobs. A:SQ your medical Insurance and
sick pay will not covu Ih<»e accidents,
I hope this information will be helpful to
you. If you wanl (urther info rmation, pluse
c-on laCI Ihe following eommillee members:
Roger COSIo. Jim Nardone, or Tom Venard .
PleBse mar k. Ihe foliowin" dates on your
calendars: June 2, 1983, local union ele'"tion;
July 9, \983, Annual I>icnk; the lirsl Thursday
of every month, our relular union meetinl al
the Elmhurst American Lesion lI all.
JI~I NA~I)()NE, '>,5.
Keep Keo rny O pen,
Cries Scri be
I~ U, 1470 (o",&l u tv), KEARNV, NJ.-Semi-
monthly our members in Kearny receive
I company' issued magazine called Ihe '"We-
kearnyan." Do you recall all the commenda-
tions by high mana,emenl as 10 Ihe every-day
business of runnin, the Kearny I'lant? Reca ll,
for inSlanCe, I'rocknow. Ec kle, hi,h- ranking
engineers and mannllement people, telling us
how loud we werc, telling liS we had the most
modern bUlldinH Ihroullhout Weslern Electric,
eomplimentinll our workers on doin, a fi ne
job. Telling L1$ Kearny had a brigh t fUlure,
letlin, L1$ Kearny will be around for many
years to come, tellinl us we- the Cl<perienced
work force- wne improvlna in our service to
Our CIISlomen! it atl lead, to nOlhin, In. than
a dynamic new Kearny wilh an exCilinll (uture
ahead and our worh mnMller '" repOrt card"
fo r 1980 was major accomp lishmen ts, ser vice
recovery, H new product!, unificalion, ,round- .,
work for a " Make to I' lan'" fac lory-moderni>:>!_
lion, enllinee r in, COSI reduction; al$O, Kearny-
ranks amo n" the lOP loca tions in the Co mpany,
'"goi nll from the bo ttom to the top was n
miracle" as ClIpresI-Cd by Mr. BUllerfield , adding
"Iha t accomplishing all thi! in JUSI ODe yea r is
a feat within iISClf.'"
!'low we wanl to ask Ron, whal happened?
After all, with lhese bouqucl5 thrown al lIS you
sure 5uprised us all by very abruplly lelting lIS
know '"Kearny suddenly is dead !" Shame on
you-you really know how to hurl a guy, or
should I say '" us all." Were YOll k.i dding us? ~
Were you using us? Wh y in thc world d id yo u
pull Ihe rabbil- (rom_t he_hal trick on us? So,
here .... e a re at a dead-end stop. Now the task
is left to our union \ 0 do a ll in ilS power 10
keep Kearny open. While I'm writi ng this, your
presiden t, AI, just ye ll ed OU I to me to remind
our members o f the story of David and Go lialh.
Sure AT&T is a big corpo ration. but we arc
fighting them. Senal on Bradley and Lau tenbe r,"
seem to be doi ng Ih e best they can and I have
a feeli ng Ihat they might or oou ld come up
wilh some plan which miJht jusl do the Irick.
h's hard to anticipa le anythina as o f thi!
writin.. for Ihis ankle was written in the
monlh of February and we h.~ 10 anticipa te.
Ou r presidenl and vice president and, yes,
eve n Tony M ak r is, OUf I nternational Repre- ,
~nlative are exha usted each day lIoing from o ne
town Bnd city to ano ther, see ing and speaking
to Ihe h undreds of the New Jcrsey Stale
poli tician"
In the end, wh atever sbould occur, we know '"
thll we, as your union administra tion, have
tried 10 do ou r job where. at a lime like this,
it sure is roulh loinl. We urIC all our members
10 write to Se nators Bradley and Lautenberl; ~
wrile artie1e.ii to your newspapers. Let's keep
Ihis alive a nd nOI leI i! fizzle. Prolong ment fo r
the closing o f Kea rny is ou r 80al, or eve n
belief 10 keep it ope n forever!
DoT ZUlY, P.S.
Sister Strock Resigns;
Sister Hough Tokes Office
L. U, 1;6&4 (uow), SV RA CUSF... N. V.-Sisler
Vicki Strack was eleeled recordin, secre tary for
Local 1484, Un il I, in May, 1982. She served
the local in Ihat cap acity un til January 4, 1983,
 Ho nored
LO(aJ 1484, SlrDtust ,
N.Y., II0nol'1 Un ll I
R~<:ordt r Vltkle St... k,
.. bo took . .. e.. )ob .. III·
Iide of tbe ."'011.
,... whe n she was ~warded a new job outside her
local union. Then slle wrote a lener 10 l ocal
1484 I'resident Waher Mass.ey in which ~he
emphasized, "It hns ocen an honor for me to
-; have been eltcted 10 Ihis positIOn (tceonhn s
secre tary) in Muy. 1982, I would like 10 lu~e
this opporlunily 10 Ihank Ihe members of Local
1484 and Its Unil I for Iheir support. and
.... e~press conatamlalions and besl wiShes 10 my
suc:cessor in the poSition o f recorder for Unil I.
Also. much sue.:ess to the SO/~O Club and my
dear Brother, Don Bell. for findIng a replace.
men\ for my participalion an d encouraacme nl
. for the U~ in the Unit I area, an d 10 the
Excculiye Board memb<ers and slewards who are
50 important to our ".:uuse,"
Un it I Chuirrnon J im Rebbeor reported Ihnl
w\ Vicki Sirae k did on e~cellelll job durinll her
shnrt sluy in upholding all the principles of good
unionism. The Executiye Board appointed M ory
r HOUlh 10 fill Vicki's place until tile next cite·
.,..tion, Mary $<'ryed as a union steward in Ihe
Fulton Commercial Department. Mary was
sworn into her office during the Unit I meet·
IIlg in Febr uary. The local nl<:mbers ond
officers wil.hed Vicki good luck on her new
job in Waterlo"'n and conS"'lulated Mary Th ,s
scribe jo",s lile ,,'ell·wishers.
In dosinl, we wish a H~ppy ca~tH to nil
Sislers and Brolhers.
Allend our union Illeeling~ and buy union·
made !!ood<.
TlSO~ Ih;U::2, I'.S
Brothers Go Fishing,
Visiting
.. L.U. 149 1 luI, E.VfF.RP KISF.. FLA..- II seems
thul IJrot htrs Sell Riyers, Paul Almond. Ind
Bill Cook were honored 10 have bccll SUClitS on
a fi5h"''1 trip luided by Brothers Gene Dykes
• and Forrest Null. They ventured to Crystal
River in scareh of blue marlin or perhaps a
wahoo or IWO, but instead relurned with four
shad and one 5m"JI grunt. Ah well. al least it
~ didn't rain - or did it?
Wh ile Ihe turin boats were OUt Il rother Ray
K Nler was busy p~ in1ing himself inlo II corne r
at 1m: Control Room al Turner Plant. Brother
Paul Flowers lind Sammy Kicklighler canl<: 10
r his aid by lowerins II rop.e from atop the mDm
console Dnd rdeasing him from his painled
pr iKln.
Brother M ark Lace y and wife Donnie ~pen l
... a week in Ihe hills of Boone, North Carolina.
at a ehalel with BrOlher MIke Murral, his wife,
IRb bie. and 5011 Shone, Brother Dan "Oolomi te"
Fulton and his family arrived lalcr to live les-
iT sons in the fine art o f downhill mcing. ll rolhcr
Roocrt l ee ll opson wa~ also present. but WPI
135t seen out of control headi ng for Florida. I
guess ,,"'e Florida boys had beller SI;ck 10 Ihe
St, Johns and wMer hyacinths.
.. T ake care unlil nexi month.
S L N~51t. p.s
.. Grieva nces Settled In
Excess of $ 100,000
L. U. 1501 (. m&m o), BA.LTIMOR E, 1\10.-
Approx itllaleley 14S members of ou r local
sllared in u rece nt grievance/arbitra tion se lll e-
At Party
AI ••..,tnl p.rll II.ld b1 IAcIO 150 1, ;;;;;;;;.,• •
Md .. ... m. l on ~·~"u,,"n •• rU<t .n.. ..,,1 .... m.mbt ..
.., ... p.., •• nl. Raok ro", IImndln., 1. 11 10 r l ~hI, a . e
Mr. and ~II"I. Ja~k lI ollman. I\1r. and ~lrs . Buddy
GlU, ,\I r , Oll~ Fo~.le O.. s .. If. IJ IUle" VI f'Onl),
M" BIU Rare 4hls .. Ife IJ H.r.d In ',ont) ; st.' ''' In
'rolli. on Idl, a.e Mr. and 1\1 ... W illi. D,u ler. Tilt
h t mu ..,p~ ... t OYer J8(I , .... of K r ~ke ,
Abo . " . .... Ine III. P."1 .. e~. bad! to .., loft 10
rilhl. ,\ Ir, ..... lIIrS. I.... n....d lII r. • 11" lII .... Lou *-
Sc,ulno; fronl ro", lJI. ne ~Ilk> .. ~ kl .ad bt,
bnn. Phil Barbato . .ad lIIr. and lIIrs. S.....
8<:.n,..,.
m(nt of O"er SIOO.OOO. ThIs is by far the largest
selllcmcnl eyer acllicved by Ihls local on one
sflcyonce. We had several members receive as
much us S3,OOO to $4.300. T his ca~e slarted in
J une, 19S0 and is fin ally conel"ded through the
efforts of ]Jusiness MDllo Ber Dian F. Guth.ie
and Assistant Business \lan ollN lOUie St'·erino.
They are 10 be conglalulated for their efforts.
H you are plesently employed under social
security ~nd have bern for the I~§l thr~ years.
you should con ta ct weia l :\ecurity to check on
thc accuracy of the waKes they have reC(lrded
in your records. Each member or :\elf·employed
IH!'$On is fl'Sponsible for making sure thot his
Or her own record is correct. Th e concern is
heighlened by th c fact thm sociut $<'c urity is
makinll 3 million corrections for 1918, 2 million
for 1979, lind the ~llmc nmounr for 1980. The
1981 reeor,jinll of earnings has bardy begun so
no figures on the number of corrections are
available. bUI there is lillI e hope tha ' the error
rate has been reduced very much To check on
your record. s.ee you r ;ob stu.ard (or tm: short
form your union office hll' pro~ided for you.
fill IR Ihe informalion tequested, and mail 10
Social Security Administration. 1'.0. IloK H,
1l ~I\l more, Maryland 21203.
Check the figure~ in the reply, wilh your
records. To ge\ a correclion made for recent
years, present an origlOal or carbon copy (a
duplica ted C(lpy WOII'\ do) of your W·2 form
for the year in dispute . T he employe. will pre·
pou another for you, if neces~ary. Offi cials are
especially concerned about recompuling bene·
fi tJ If employmenl is continued after receiving
S.S payment •. Highe, benefits may be payable
bll$Cd on pos t.retileme nt earnlllp. Remember,
if lIOCiBI :\ecurity has made an error on record·
inl your wages. they will only go back three
years ~o make a C(l rreetion , It is important ro r
you and for yo"r f~m;ly to fill OU I the postcard
provided by your steward or call the union
office and we will mail you one.
J au y WL"'KLE~, P.S.
l oca l 1504 Has Packed
Ha ll at Meeting
L.U. 1.504 (em), IN OI A.N APO LlS, IND._ On
February 6, 198), our fegul~r union meeting
turned ou t a pac ked hall. Th is meetina will
probably be looked bad On as one o f the most
encouroging meelings, morale· wise, ever held,
I'resident Leonard Massingale played IWO
tap.e reeordlllg5 o f ~peak ers at the I'resident's
meetina held in Arimna... hieh he aLlended.
The first tape WII$ of 1.0. RcprcscnlallYe Ton.
t1 ickman, Dire<:tor of M anu facturing, from
Wa5hinlton, D.C. It was on the upcominl
neaotialioJU and what a difficult time Ihey Ire
upeellna. The second lape was of Robert
Slander. Int~ rnationa[ Reprncnmuve, also
from Wullington, D.C. li e lot down to the
~"' SS rOOl5 o f all Ihe pl:1II1 clo~ings, Lramifer of
trndc .. men frolll Weste rn Electric intu American
Uell, and the possibilities of future transfers
infO Ihis newly formed corporation,
The shuldown on produclion of Lhe Trimline
tciephone and how Ihe strip-down of the SOD-
600,000 telephones will be handled wu dIS-
cussed. The announcement of Ihe 1I0ard Shop
Slaying in Indianapolis was ,·try good news.
Despite lhoe trend of union' breakinl up,
th~ mct:tina showed an inlerest of unity. Our
membC'rs are not inlereSted in going 10 a union
meeting to hSlt n 10 arguinl just for Ihe sake
of arBument. They ate concerned aboUI their
jobs. and fed in unilY there is stren,th,
I hope the Company reali~es the growing
concern by our allcndance at our meetin~s and
starts showing !lOme compassionate feel ingS
loward us. They musl remember and lake InlO
eonsideralion Ihe "blood, sweal, and lears" o f
il5 employees to make their product a quality
product. In othel ,,",ords. they would not be
where Ihey are toda y withoul U5. as Ihey arc
Ihe la'aesl profil·makillil corpora,ion of the pa~t
few yurs.
In elosinl, l'rC$ident Massmaale \lated he
feels we have bottomed out nnd hopes we
511111 on the upswinQ aQain.
AltholLgh th e hall wa s cro,,'dcd, there were
still I' few empty se:l15-one for you, if YOll did
nol 8I1cn(1 ,
Un til next month, keep on smi lin g; II makes
people wondel what you've been up to.
MAllY MO"'~(;IIAN, 1' .5.
Mourned
p,nld.n l/ RuJlneu M"",·
b.,
aRer E.... ln T , " ...
moum~" by tile ",'m'
t.
bt... or l.oul I~n,
AU.nlo,,·n, P.,
Business Manager Brobst
Mourned by l oca l 1522
I~ U. t.5 l! (. m), ALLENTO WN. I'.\ .- It is
willi a snd henri that I have to write Ihllt our
loell l preslde nl and business manage r, Edw.n T ,
Il rob5t . passed awaY 011 January D. 1983.
Il rother ll rob~t, age SO. "'3$ ser"ing employees
al the Alleniown. I'cnnsy lv3m3, "orIs of
Western Elecltic Company sinte 1966. h. "ina
been reeleeled last year to h,s se"enlh term as
head o f our l ocal I Sll. He had ~en tmplo)'ed
a t Allento ..·" WClitern Electric Compftny i;nce
1950. lie .Iso was s.ccremry/ t.eaSUler of the
EM.) Council of Ihe Nalional Bar,a;nlng Com·
milLee since 1978.
Pasquale Gino. preside nt of the EM·) Coun.
ci l 5aid this o f Brolher Brobst: "The EM·)
53
Council lost a Brothel and a friend. li e was a
 man mat urtd for hjj fellow m.n. Ill' was •
man who hid no tnemld.. Ill' was I m.n who
wll\ nevtr be repll«d. li e was I min who kft
his mark on earth. Il l' Willi I min ... ho lived
for I short tune bu t Id l 10 very much for h is
Btothers Ind S,SIUs. Ill' WlIIS a min i"
Brothtr Dtobst WIS .Iso inst rumental in me
organi1..alion o f the Lehi,h Villey Chapte l of
Bil Bro thcrs and B" Si~tefl, chairma ll o f the
tlbor DiVIsion of the 8 i, Brothers o f Lehiah
County 1972·7) Fund D rive. Ed was I very
dediclled union min Ind wiU be mi$SCd by IU.
The dul)ftt sympat hy of OUI Iocll Ind lit who
kne .... Ed is cl\cndcd to his ramily.
Thc Execuuvc Bo;a rd vOled OUI local vi«
presidenl, Frink K Ulmin, to fill the president
Ind h"~"'cM mlnlltt poiluon lefl by Ihe PI.
ma IWIY of Brolhe r Brobst. Our tlnl wisbes
Ind JUppol! to OU I to Blolhtr KUlmln I, he
undtrtakes I bard Ink I I these mosl difficul l
times-wil h our contnct ncgollll llno, Jllst start-
ing to he,; n.
O n a happie r note, I would like 10 conaralu.
late Brot hcr Le n 1I0kuI o n h is retiremen t in
February nfle r 3 I yea rs o f se r vice. Brother
Bo ku~ was an E~ecut i ve Boa rd membe r ond
chid ile .... or" o f ou r I()(:o l for ma ny yea rs. We
aU wish Len the bes t in his re lircmen t ond than k
tllm for hi, ha . d ... ork lind ded ication IS I
IInlon otllcr. and leprtJenlPlive
R,Cttuo l., LEttl, .. .s
Power Off for Seven Hoursl
Two Brothers Mourned
L. V. 1.547 (l.o,II ,e,n.trm), ANC IIORAG F..
ALASKA -And brrrrrrrrri I lft~ il ~en rold
here! AI lrast 20 belo .... Ind Ihe wmd CUll like
a knIfe, I very sharp knife. The power WI' off
in &ome placts (or mo rc thin Jeven hours; it
... as bUSIed pipes Ind iml I bad li mc for I 101
of folk. Heard &ome peoplc with Imlll tbild ren
were lold to ael in bed w"h the flmity, pilc on
mc bllnkets, and jusl tuddle; wonder ... blt the
people ,"vma in theIr aUIOS Ind mobile borncs
did; lhe people wilima IrOllnd Ityina to ,ct
iob!;. I rully fcll &olty for. And Andwnae d
one of Our "warmer" clun in Allskl.
Gte, Wi!lilllU has bccn Ippom lcd Iftcl ntw
I;"".. ,~" . "p; Cr"a is I joUrneyman Ilnemln, Ind
sa)"S he likH the job. COnaraWlltionl, G teg!
Sorry 10 say we lost two of our membet,.
Ed ··Shorty·' S .... urinacr paSioed o..... y o n
Novembe r 24, 1982. li e was I wirelll~". Ami
James Ripley, Inothe r wiremn n, lost his life in
a hunti ng bcci dcl1 t on November 28, 1982.
Brol her Dun Co lH nf, lit tle boy Waltt r or
" Weao;r i," Wft, hurt wrclt ling With big brothe r;
at fir$! they were d raid he hud I broken netk;
turM oU I he did n't, but he .... iII be ",urin, a
brace for sometime, Ind no morc sports this
year. It ... " I bad Kare for O ftn ftnd Mar";.
We·,e sure Ilad hc', 0 K. 1"10 ....
TCIC'U M itchell of Vnll 101. Aneholllt, JUSt
had I IIltle blby ,irl. Site was born on
January 7, 1983, Ind Y>eiahed seven pounds,
IWO ounees. I lcr nlme is Cherilyn Rose. Con.
"alullnons, TerUI
Georlt Robe rts. OUI prtlidcnt, is ,oina to be
I radUlling from the CeOl,e Muny 5(,hool for
l. abo r SludlC'l .ery .mor Uy. li e Slid he wished
every member could It Ica.. lake Ihe one ..... « k
course the sthool putS on.
The appren l ic~hip Khool hu $Iarted with
app ro"im"e l), 21 ""w Ipprcntict$, with Roy
Pope. journeyman Imrmln, IS their instrUClor.
Pope's I lood man, and likes luth,n..
I'm hopinl to hlvc IOITlC' pictures for my nut
icucr; ICIUllly, 13ek Gray offe tcd me some
(Ia ken I I his home on 1I1110w",n ) of u rry
Smith, Tom Vln Uuskirk, Jack P),elpt, Ind I
few of the olher ,ood, old boys. ( You do
rcmcmbc:r thc pict urr~, <lnn't chft. ,uy.?) But
like I com pUle r wo uld lOy, they d id 1101
com pute-<onll'ute·com pulel I ! I I ? ~ 1 ~ •
etcl You IUYI are 50000 badl
T ime to uy adieu. Ul1t ll we meel I,aln, God
btu! and I koll
54 Loll I'"OVTS, !'.S.
Swearing-'n
PI" prQ""'II,
• ... w. lIartoo. ,
i ;;;',;" 110&",1 W .
H olI. ..." ~i« _ldul ; JdI E..","", PIU""'l lt
Eo I . Ne..-IOtI, UCtilllW"; back ....., R. D . JOllr....
nMrdl". HeH"'.,. ; J. Carr • • , E>.tclllh·e " oar<l i Ind
IC _ rl Uoullll, 6 ......,111 Nf"I • .,..
Former Preside nt Install s
Officers
t.V, 158J (mt&p), PALATKA, FLA._l nstalla.
tion of oftiCCf5 for the nut th ree yeBrl look
pllce It the union hall in Palatka, Florida, wilh
plSl presiden t and relired mcmber Cl rl ...
Grecne living the oatb on Jlnuary 5, 1983.
8 rolb(,r Grune p.es.:nlC'd I ¥ety Informohve
hIstory of the locil sincc its chltleri", Ind up
10 the tl~ o f his rctlrement In the tarly '7Ut;
he s.:rvtd as tbe local's president for 20 yUrt It
various limes..
The officef5 are Iookina forward 10 slltt1:ssful
yu r, wnh Ihc help Ind SUPpol,1 uf tl,,, 1I",,,,bcl~.
JEFF EMuSON, l'IU.
Of/icer
SH..·• U Prcotd •• I/FI-
.I nclal ~rHla.,. HolM"
R. l'I...er 0' ......11
1_ , Bclbt. he.. , PI.
President Presents 'A
Special Wish for leaders'
L.U. 1600 (II), BETIILEl-IEM, pA.-As I wish
fnr 1981. I ai¥e 10 you I pOem wriUcn by Ear l
Reum entnkd "A SpC'eial Wish for I...elders":
s,ncerely wish mal you will hive the u.
perience of thinkin, up a new idu, pl.nmn,
it, organium: il. and fnllnwln£ It 10 eomplC".
lion and Ib(,n bave it be mlall1ficently sue-
ccssful. I alloO hope you'lI go tbrouah the
lame process Ind have somelhina bamboout!
w,~h you would know ho .... II f«1s 10 run
with all your heart and los.c horribly!
w;~h Ihat you could achievc .some , re:u ,ood
for mankind. bu t ha,·c nobody know about
" e ... cept you.
wish you could find .somelhml &0 worthwhllc
that you d«m il worthy of Inveslin, your life
In il.
hope ),OU will become frustrated and cbal.
ICII&"d e",uugh 10 beg;n to push ba.ck your
own personll limilalions.
hope you will ma ke I 5!L1pid mlsta kc Ind ,el
clughl redh anded and I re bi, enoulh lOllY
lhou! maaic wo rds '·1 was wron,."
hope you will give so much o f yoursel f that
&orne da ys you Wondcr if ii's all worlh the
effo rl.
wis h for you a malnitlr.rnl nbsrnion thllt will
gi~e yo u rea&o n fo r !ivinll and purpose an d
direction and life.
w.sh fo. you the WOrsl kind o f crititism for
e\erylhina you do, bec.use tbal mlkts you
lIab l 10 Ichie.e beyond .. hat you norm.lly
would
I ... ish you Ihe uper~nce o f !clldcrshlp.
I w,~h for III of the abovc in o rder th ai I c.n
remain I "ron, luder for you. In Iddition, 1
wish for you for tbe chance to see I change in
the "union·me ntality" on th is propertY, bath the
lackadaiSical and the stubbo rn hard.nosed. I
wish thll you can look ... ith pride II your union
Ind ftSpet l Ind appreciate the time, effo rt, I nd
conce rn your ICldert hive fo. you. Your
Sle... a.d, your chief steward, your busincss
repraenlltivC'S Ind your officers strom to have
In endleu rC'SC'I"Yoir of palicnee, Ind deditllion
,n .. ,...,n, you. rOI 1983. "'y ",,J, ;,. that 70U "
reco,ni~c thll fact; my resolution is lO do my
hctl 10 convmu you Ihl l it's true and 10 never
belray Ihc IrUSt thll you bave aivtn me In sc:rv·
ilia you.
We Cftn remain strong, wc can clrry on, we
Cln make dreams come true-only wl lh you r
contilllled lu pPOrt Bnd by Ihe llrace o f God.
n r.~ 1 wi,hc. and moy God b l~s you and YOllr i'"
fnmllics Ih rouahout the year.
II. OHI!RT II. FI Non, PRE.5./ F .S.
IBun l Shaffer Takes
O ver as Press Secretory
L. U, 1633 (,m ), BELLEFOl'TE, PA. -P am
Sm,th ha) Ini ••",... ~ press occ-reLary for our
ulllon; as Plm 13)'5, '" have enjoyed being press
5C'crctary bUI u's tIme for I chll!Jte:'
I'.m .tarted worklnl at Pcnn T.an on
October 17, 1917, and ber intcresl) include
tbealer. She is In aClive membe l of tlte State 'f'
Collelt Community Theater, the Boal Ba rn
I'layhou§(', and Ihe projcet fot the Performin,
Am in Rdldonte
I'am al&o hIS mus,,: inltres~, for she hu
hccn IInlma Mncc the fourth gradc, Ind has
performed V()(:31ty in lalcnt sho."." theater,
communuy orllllllZltions. Ind churches. Shc
sana II over 27 weddlnp and hu been Ictivc
In church choirs for 20 years. Pam U lbo a
5C'1f.lauaht ,ullarisl Ind can play lbe piano.
Pam ,I I re,ular blood dOl"lOI, with 27 pints c.
and ",II gOing ~trona.
l' am'l futurc Includes IIkin, cla!o$a at Penn
Stile Vniver,ity. ~tudyin, loward a dc,ru In
l/>tech communica lions.
r am, who i ~ prC'U sccretary for I' cnn T ra n,
brinlls Hood news. slor ies, an d eve nlS she wri lcs
by hllnd.
Bonita M. Shuffer, be tler know n as " Bun,'·
is I,,~ill ••"el fUI I' ~m Smit h.
Dun also has another name, ··Oolty,'· becausc
~hc sinp I lot while she wo. ks on Ihe wrap-
and·solder Ime. alln says, " II Jure dOC'S make
lhe tIme fty .. h,k ),," "'u.l 1111'" II", your W'Y
thtou,h lite day."
aun hIS neve. had I Iypin, ies50n in her lifc
but " lookina forward 10 l)'pinl Ind grlmmlr
lessons.
Bun has ... orktd II Pcnn Tran for six yearl
and hIS mel I 101 of nicc peop!c, such as Jeff
Lona ..... ho I! Ihe newly appointed shop §tcward
and al\.O newly apPOln ltd vice presiden l (or our
union. Jeff .... i11 be busy witb his position as sbop
ileward beCIUSC' I person wit h a problem while
"'orkln, CDn 10 to Jeff and IC'I help or advl«
rilthl awfty If you havt Iny problelnJ with the
union and supervi&or, Jeff will alwlYI be therc ...
10 hclp. We wish Jcff luck in his new positioru.
I would like 10 IlIkc this time to remind every.
onc that EISler i. I timr for remembtrinl
ChrlSl, who . o§(' from lite dcad. Hope the
Easter Bunny finds YOll. Ihppy Easte.!
BONIT,>. " BUN·· S""'''FIlI, P.s.
Work Scene Best
Si nce 1979
l..V. 1701 (I,o,n&'eu ), OWICNsn ORO, K\'.-
Wor k in our Mea is slill 1I0ina al full , ... inll,
thon ks to apprOKima lely 150 men workina for

On Jobs
' o_e,_
1.llaW"a ... 11....... 8' lloot D . II. WII....
bo ..... ~ DaDD, Allboll, It", .... Joh. lIel.
10 elect rical COAlrICIOll: II Lhe O. h. Wilson
I'o"'crhouse al Centertown, Kentucky. Of these
150 ~n, maybe 16 are travelc:n; from Our fiJler
\1ocals. Preent],. we have 460 truck,., who h.a~e
sianed the boot a, our unllm hall. With Pullman
Kelln" Dnd Shamhaulh Electric bOlh buildml
up much slower than an lleipa led, lIuc 10 the
".ath.r and lack. of material, II ... ,11 be Ion~r
Ihan ollimall), tlpKled before I"), larx. num.-
ber of If.volt", will be put 10 work Our Ime
lOb conne<:linl the Ihr«> 8il 'Hvers 1'0".'-
house is ~rso 1I0ini full swont. emplo),onl
Dfound DO men. One portion of lhi~ job is due
for compl.uon In J une, wuh lbe fen,,;nina lie-
• m due for comp!cuon in December
Owe.u.boro Mun icipa l Ulililiel hu mformed
l..ocal 1701 Ihal;1 may hue awarded &n I I-nule
line job to a union contractor by the time you
rea d thi,. Nine miles of this tob is 10 be •
U8·KV lone and the rem.inon. two miles. •
69-KV line. The work includes four to"C<5 for
.iver crossings. two to be 420 {eel and two
220 f~t. Additional work for a ,wllchyo rd and
~ subslation are also included in the S2.200,OOO
job. The unnamed union contractor was
S600.000 lower than the nearesl non-union
bidder.
The Vanceburll Electric SyStem has an·
nounced th~t the EBASCO Corp. of New York
has been ... ",.rd-cd I COntrlC I 10 build I 70-
mela"',"11 hydlocdeclrK: pl.nt I ' the Clnnelton
D.m neal Ib"'·H~i1Ie. Kenlucky. Construcllon
• on ,he SI4~-million project will problbly st.rt
up in sevtul momh$. The plDnt Is to be prc-
I fabricated in Jdfeuonville. Indiana. Ind
~ipped down strum 10 Clnnelton by barIC.
... Completion of the plant is upectw m lbout
three years.
Officia ls o( Kemucky UtIlitIes Company
I have announced I ~cond n.a-yu. dday for lhe
.. PIOposed openm, o( 1M S I 2-blllion coal-
burnin. pOwtr pllnl in Hancock County. 'The
completion dale 'I no'" !jet (or (Xtober. 1991.
A decrease in electrical COMUm pt;On and in-
dustrial gro",th is dted .1 the major faClor (or
delay. Willamelle Industriel is .1'10 tryin, to
dtl.y the constructIOn o( • S40-million bOIler at
the Papermill Plant in lI anco<;k County for two
years. They al'lO cile adverse economic con di-
.. lions aJ lhe reRWn {or thdr delay. W. R. Or~ce
& Company hPi abandoned iu s)·bmion 5yn-
thetK: fuelt projecl proposed for Olskell in
ePlttrn lIendtf1i(ln County Ixcau!Ie thty can'l
leI the k ind of (ederal finlndnl ncedw .
The current work $ituation in our local is
the best since 1979, Whtn w~'le IU workin •• il".
usy to become complacent Ind forlCl how
elsily the "'ork sill.lation can change. When we
1001: at current economic condition. and rnlile
• 11 or the potential worl: in our arn thltl has
b«n postpOned btc:luse of sauinl economy. II
seems I vHy "'II possibility Ihll tMte mlY be
liltJ.e if Iny WOtl: JO Our jurisdictIon for union
electriciln ~ in the near fu ture. Tal inl thl' mto
considetltion union crart5~n should approach
the upc:omin. May Pllmary cl«uon all UI
opportunity 10 support tht ~.ndldates who wp.
port labor. If you h..-e Iny doubl IS 10 which
candidate to vote for. chec k wlih your loca l
union hall to ~ which candidalH Ire support-
inl labor. Alw if you have an oppOrtunity to
Illk 10 Iny or tht cand,dat~ I.J;k them 10 vote
alamSI Ihe -k'lhl_ta-Work" Bill Rumor hu il
lhat thtl hIli WIll co~ up ala,n at the next
senion of the iC(li,lalurc. This bill is wrilten in
such a way a! to favor non-union worktn Ind
its passage could COSI )'OU. I union c",fismln.
your job,
All Ihe membeu <If Local 1701 wi~h to ~o n­
grDtulate Brother Earl Thurman on his rctire-
II1Cnl after 40 ye:,n o f service to the 1Il EW. We
hopol hi, retirement is I lonl Ind healthy one.
Work safely and I'll ~ you 1\ the union hlU
Monday nilhl. April 18 al 7:30 p.m.
RICII UD B. TIIOMSON. P.S.
P.... kft 10 ritl:bl ~ ft"'I~.. Dk k Robblftl.
Tomml M ... rl~". Rill Toll .. Ralph G..."'. 1.0",.
WUhen . .ad 1\11".100 He.". of Local 11», I.."te,
Onl .• fIOul.l •• Cb ."~n4 ~h"""r A_Ink.
At 30· Year Ann;versary
To.... to •• Ildh'l Tnda RepreH.tatiu F...k
S .. lft
~.otdln.
~
MtI"'' _to ~ . . ._ LIoJ" W.... r .
bl..... __ bcr Del DtCQ, fo .....
arootad.•nd. lefl 10 flaht. R... I..... Jolla Wnn Iftd
1'01&4'1 " ~ I .... at ... n 01 bll.
Most l oca l 1739 Members
Still on Road
I~U. 17J9 (1&0), BARR''': ' O,V T. -Most or ou r
membeu are stdl on lhe road
The VolkswalOn Pbm has fIOt yel announ~ed
... htn IMY will procrw WIth thell ne .... plant.
but h.>e taken oceupan"y of the old Itsycs
I)~na Plant and e~pcct to ~tart Wl11Cllme soon.
Our picni<: thi5 ycar .... as Q ,rcat suceess. ""th
fairly ,oad ,,·ealher and I 100<1 allcndance.
lIrother 8 ,11 Monier. our enlertlmment [hair-
man. brought in I dunkmJ lank. The members'
wives and children IcnUy enjoyed Ihi~ n~w
Innovation {or cntertainment.
The horseshoe pitch Wall "'on by IIrother J oe
Drown. with runners-up Danny Gliden. Je rry
Wyers. and Jimmy ROSI. Special thanh to
Orother Bill Monllcr and to the members ~nd
WIVei (or theIT Veat effort preparm, the food
.nd rd'e~hmenlS..
On No~emlxr 26. 1982. a 10-year anni-
versary dlnntr_danee was held in !larrie It the
Shrine .. lI all .
Busine5~ IlIent$. Internahonll Representahvcs,
and "·,ves (rom Locals 773. Windsor; 101, St.
CllhlnneJ; In. Toronto; 110. London; 8001.
Kllchener: 1788. Toronto; ind lOS, Ihmilton.
were in attendance alon; .... ith a represen tallVe
from T OlonlO BUlldm, Trades. Ernie S",i(L
Specill pnus Ind awa'IIl donaled by local
tleetric.1 eonu."lon and wboleulen wue
prtJentW. and charter membrn DICk RobblfiJ.
Tom M urrison, BIll Tolls. Ralph Gavin. Lorne
Withers. and Marlin lIen.y received Chartered
Member Aw.. d5.
An t,«lItnl hmt W," had by tvuyone, The
ddl<ClOu\ d1l1~r ,upplied by lhe Shnners "'IS
enjoyed by .11. Special thnnks to Il rother Bill
Monger .... ho ~pent counlleu hours a rrll1l~nl
(or the dinner-dance; also the Annual I'knic
held IfI July Ind .11 the membrrs ",ho helped_
I wish .11 the memlxrs on lhe road and al
horne Ihe best o r Iud. in 198).
JOSEPU S. CROMPTON. I'.S.
30 Years
"' ......... ofpl.-;'.'-·-;;';;
p". . . . . . . . ., . ..
Work Scene Not
Very Good
,-t). 17811 \1&0), l"OKO ....·TO. ONT.-Business
Manall-cr Joe Mulhall presented Brothcl !lob
Ma.:hor Wilh his )O-ycar pin. COnllratulations.
""" lIy the lime thIS Ipp<:ars in prinl. the hocley
lournament will be over. nnd all the readers
will know the outcome. I slIre hope it's 800d
news!
The ... ork situation is not vuy good. Lines
Ind 51ationl thmulhoul 1M ... hole province Ire
in dnut,c shlpc_ There ...-,ll Ix no work (or IWO
yurs. We have many Qualified Imemen willin.
to work Dnd travel in Canada and the United
St"u. If there ill I need for linemen. please
contact Local 1188. 3~OO D:lnfonh Avenue.
foronto. o..tlflO. Clnada (phone 1-416-690-
17811) .
At Ilruce GS. Ihc work fOlce 15 ~able. We
_\Ill have travelen on the JOb. At Plckerin& GS .
• nd Darttnlton GS. the work force is stable.
The IpprenuCft It Picio.erlfll Wtre mw to
allend the re,ular union meetlflg on Ftbruaty
1981. The rcawn for th,s mcel1nl WII to
a.
uptlin tne (uncI ions of the ID EW. It ...·IS also
10 fam,halla: Ihem "'llh the ~ecul,ve Board
Ind memben of Ihe un,on 10 they .... ,II talte In
aCI'v~ IfIterut IfI the 1oc:11"$ fUnclions. Another
purpo$C se .... ed hy this nl«ling "'as for the
apprentices to air any proh1en'l and male
~u"est;on~ to the local union w we m:1y be
.ble 10 tcrve them in • mole productive way.
The JOint Apprenticf~hlp CounCIl is now
for med Dnd hilS a to'orklflB f<lrmat. I would like
to D~k all the Dppr~ntices to attcnd as muny
n.eCllngs in their area ~s IlOS5ible. and to take
an active intere~t in th~ union. as it is a major
part of their future.
Thoulh l for the month: Stron8 peop le make
!l5 many and as ahastly mista kes 8$ weak pea- 55
 pie The diffcrcn~e i~ that ~tronll people admit
them, laugh al them, lutn from them. Th at is
how they bc<:.mc il ronl.- Richard Needham
Until nut month. Brotb(,r.1
a l l"N M. ScM' OlEn. P.S.
Thue .... 0 photos ./wI ... t ... ddldt~o ', Ouium..
pa",- 01 Lotal lUI, Sf"""'-, N.J,
local 1852 Holds
Children 's Christmas Party
L.U. 18S2 (i,n l~&:r",). SYIl NE , '. N.S.-AI.
lhoup unemplOynlCnt m thl!i area it; hi"', spmlS
" 'ere nOi low al Ihe children', Slnll Claus party
hdd De«mber 19. 1982.. For tM pl5l IWO yun
l.oc'al 18n mcmbers h,"e hosled thl:$e parl,n
for Ihc ~hlldren of membet5. There "'ere lIfts
for all. food. ~andy. enleflamment, and. of
cour5e, Sanll.
HopduUy. Ihc r«rnlon ~huuld show SlanJ
of rndina lOOn, .nd Ihe .. ork outlook should
bccorl1C' bripter. This yur's party should be
evtn a biuer su~ccs5 than Ih" paSI )ear's.
J IM EVA NS. R .S.
At Convention
At I'" nlld IB £W ('..."nIUo'll ""nlu tl", LoQI
I .... Lall",ld.k, PI.. lefl to "bl, .... ~ ...rd
Stolt;., n . ",- S" " ""'" MI~h.nI Wc ..ldtl. PlUqu. lc
CI"o, Loulo Clullunl. lennI C..... hl. !'lIne,
N\cdn . ..d C_..e C"" b,.
Delegates AHend I.e.;
Christmas Events Held
L.U. 18911 (rm), LAUIU: LOALE, I'A,- l 'he
Hnd ID EW I nternationa l Convcn tion was held
Septembe r 13. 19112, throup Septcmber 17,
1982. in l.O!l Angele', California.
It mu..~1 h:ne been somethina speelal to see
..
OVer 3.000 ddcaQIC:.S reprC!iCntUlIL OVcr g m,mon
members f.om locQIs throuahoul Ihe United
SllI tes and Canad a.
Speakers included the Hono rable Edmund G ,
Di"" e r~Da nce
Drown, Jr .. love rnor of thr state of C.hforOl'.
and Lane Kltkl;ond, president of lhe AFl-CIO.
Representatives from Ou r Local 1898 I I
Lau reldale. Pennsylva nia. nllendlna the Con"en-
lion ",cluded Pruidc nt " aSQuale Gino. Vice
I' residenl Uernard Sroka. I ouis Ca~allucci,
GeO/~ Cro~by. Jrnn,e Cro~by. Nancy N,wcr.
lI arry Sassaman, and Itichard We rnrcki.
Inlernallonal Presrdent Charlrs 11. l'lliard
assIgned Local 1898', Presldenl G ino 10 chair
the Conwnlion Conmlinee on Ihe I nlCrnnlionb l
Sec reta ry'S Report
I undersmnd from Iho!iC on attendance fmm
our local Ihal il wu a lonl. workina con\'en-
lion and they were _lad 10 return home.
Local 189S's Annul i Christmas Donner- Dance
was held December 4. 1982. at Ihe Itajah
Temple. Reading. l'ennsylvDnla. This yu r's
dance was held on the thinl· floo r ballroom Ind
il was a beautiful liahl 10 behold "'llh all Ihe
red .nd &reen candles lighted on Ihe tables and
Ihe ~Iage decoraled along the frOnl "lth altc,.
nallng poiflSoCtlias; the 5eltlna Wllli I'<'rfecl for •
good lime.
A hOI buffel·style dinner w:u :;cryed b)'
Wagman Calermg Which. needless 10 say. wu
fantastic. Then mUSIC .nd dancinl "ere enjoyed.
provided by The Sands of Tytne,
About h:df...·.y through Ib(, eyeninL the door
plitcs. whoch were fruit bashlJ and pol~lIillS.
.. ere givcn OUI by the Spe"al Serv"cs Com-
millee to Ihe lucky wmnen. A good lime was
tnjo)cd by ;ill in atttnd ance.
Our Annua l Childrrn'S ChriSlmllli I' arty WIS
held D«embe t II. 1982, al Ihc FOA Theatre·
North, Muhlcnbera Shopping Centcr, Muhlen.
berM Town~hlp.
The kids were entcrtained by cartoons. then
SaJltn i\feeled them on slaso and led th em in
singing some Ch rinmas sonllll; the) really e n-
jo)ed singi ng wilh Sanla
Sanla Ihen lisleru-d 10 aU theil wishn; it was
really surprising whal thcy hid 10 Idl him. It
wu a joy 10 watch the c~l1re5Sions on Ihclt
little facc$ as the)' l~lkcd 10 him.
Later, eac h child WOJ given Qn applc. boA 01
cook;"~. and McDonald « rlincales.
Several of Ihe clo"'ns from the Laureldale
Chaplcr of thc Telephone Plo~N; were on
hand to enlcrlain Ihe children and help Sanla;
as .Iways lhey did I Iplendid job.
I "'ould like to take Ihis 0 I,portunllY 10 Ihank
lhe Special Services Commiuccs. Ihe Telephone
Pioncct$.• nd III of Ihose in,ol"ed for m.kina
Ihc!;c e,'ents • hult 5UCCt'5S.
GLADYS \\ [lNlel"', P,S
Write Yaur l egi slators,
Says Scribe
L. U. 1908 (u), COCO,\ . I-LA_Thi' monlh I
W:lnt 10 ... eleome Don Jackwn as the ne"CliI
member of our Joc:.1. Don is 11 hcl"", .t Ihe
planl
A, 1 mentionrd in Ip.• t month's column. April
is when the Slale LC(!,ISlatUlc meCl$, At Ihis
lime I don't know what Ihe ailCnda will be.
bUI I'm sure thtre ,,',II be bill, brou"'t (ort h
Ihal ..·ill hD'e an eRecl on u,. nut only Ill!
union workers. but nl<o in our daily livu. We
",II be kept up to dale Oil .. hat·5 happening
and will try 10 keep yOll. the membership, In.
fo rmed
I urlle yOu 10 ~u P POr1 your Jca(lcrshl p III Iheu
auemp ls 10 gel favorable leglslatron pa$$Cd ~nd
unfnor.ble le"slalion defea ted. The besl WI)
to do thOi 'I Ihroush kiln'll 10 your lellsl.IOrs.
You w,lI be asked from lime 10 lime 10 w" le
you. lelisla lOrs. lelhng lhem you r wit ..., on
certa", bills. Writ"'a a lelter is nOt ha rd 01
linlt:'COn5Um"'L and the results can be ve ry
beneficial 10 us al l.
An y questions you may hue regardlnl any
ka.illitron cln be .ns...·ered by eUber John
Sehlnlzen or me. as we are hom dele,atH to
lhe C LC. and keep up with CUfTenl kaisla lron
IOvolving lobor.
This p:nt w~kend I .uended a confercnce
on religion .nd labor NOI bem, much on re.
IiglOn I wenl wilh ..orne rnervauons. bU I I
figured anylhlOM thai w,lI help lhe labor move. ...
menl WIS "orlhwhilt. I found the conference
to be bene/lclal. Dnd learned I few thillp.
Whal we are trying 10 do is form a coa lition
bel"ccn Ihe religious community ond labor.
~upporting each olher in the effons to Impro~e
Ihe SIlIUS of the work ,ng person. ThIS meelln,
WI' held 10 let IhlOp Marted. and hopefully.
we can tllrtl thiS eoahtlon inlo a working 1001 .,.
in gainlOg suppo rt for and the undu stondin,
of lhc labor mOve men l by peop le in our COl1\-
munlly who are nOI union membc rs,
At our February meclina we we re fortunl le
10 h. ve Rubin Serna, an o raaniur fOf the hos-
pital workers. live us II short lal k on Organll_
m,. 11 15 11110. gave us some insighl inlO Ihe
pfOb lems at! organiler faces in h iS ta.k. 1'01
sure 1\ made rn<»1 o f lIS rea lize how formnlle
we are 10 be in • union .Irudy.
Wc .Iso vOled 10 hire • COnsultlnl 10 help
Ihe local deal wilh Ih~ oonlr.cIOrs on lhe
property. It Wllli left 10 the presidcnl IQ lui", 1
him hIS dUlles and 10 delermme Ihe length of
lime he Will work for us.
U,II Chandlce, treasurcr for Ihe WSlem coun-
CI'. has rC$llocd from his ~ilion. 1Ii5 rr'
pl~cenlt:nl, Carl Rlack 01 Locll 820. Wllli Ip.
poinlltd by lho! S)Slem Council "F." Board
al thltlf February rn«ting. I wanl to Ihonk
0,11 for Ihe JOb he has done and "..ish Carl II
suc,e'lflll term
AIJo fuianing was L art) BOSSin8U. system
COmmilleeman. I've known La ITY for about
eilhl years. lind I'm sorry to sec h,m luye
li e has done II JIlCDI job for us. 001 on ly on
the eommiuee. blll 11.0 35 I union Icader ~n
could rupeel . I wanl 10 personally thh nk Larry
for Ihe job he hOJ donc for us, and to wi$h
him well in Ihe fUlure. I' m sure his .cplace.
mc nt. Reck Nadwodny o f Local 621. will do
u line a job as La rt).
Rrmember nominalions fo r our eleClions ,
110',11 be It Ihe ~hy meeling. Think aboul whom
you would lih 10 sec in the va rious leadership
po~ilion5 o f our l oc:~I, and come 10 the mcel
"'I Dnd SUPPOfl them.
1101'<' 10 see you all al thc union haU April
12 al 8:00 p,m.
TulV L K,u .on:a. P S
Apprenticeship Programs
Negotiated
L. U. 1J 14 (lt m). II ANn IC1\.. PA_A little over
• year and • half ago, local 1914. II the
Wltumahou)e Electro Me<h~niC':" DIvision II
Cheswic k. i'ennsylVinia. ne,otiated a Skilh
Upgrade and Maintenance Apprenllccship " ro·
Iram Less than si~ month~ latrr a Machinisl ,.
ApprenticeshIp Pro,ram "..'" negollaled.
The~ pro,rams Irc admmi5ltfed by COlll_
nutters of both m~nal:l!melll Ind union ap.-
poinl"". Dependin, on whIch craft they pur-
sue and successfully complete, Ihese mcmlx rs
.. ill Qualify for journeymGn ,"tlUS as mechanic
mln .... ri,hts. elec tronics electricians. or ma"cl
machiniR" £.:teh prollrtlm is a full four yea..,
IIouh 8.000 hours Inding 10 jOllfneyman SInh,. ...
(wllh card) and IS certifled by Ihe Penn,y!
wanl. Apprenticeshi p and T lami ng Council and
Ihe U.S. ll urell lJ of Apprentices hip and Tr nm_
ina As prcs id enl o f Loc al 1914. I am qui le
 proud of the J oiru Apprenticeship Commiuec
members who have worked long and hard to
bring about these long soughl.aftu programs
) to our membership.
PETE'- T . I'M""', I'Rf. S.
Flo rida loca ls Co- Host
Electrical Workers Meeting
L.U, 1965 (I,o,u& ern ), TAI. L,\lIASS.: E, .-LA .
-O n behalf of the officers and members of
.... Local \965, our since re thanks go to Local 915,
Tampa. Florida, Local 108, T ampa, F lorida,
and Local 308, SI. Petersburg, F lorida. Th e..e
three local unions cohosted the Florida Elec-
trical Workers AS5OCiation meeung held in
Tampa, Florida, 00 JDnuar~ 8 and 9, 1983. I t
"'as an informative a$ ..·cll as entCftaining
m«ting. Therc ... ere ~ver1l1 guc~t speakers
rncluding Brother H arr~ Buley, Internalional
.... Executive Council member; Brother Don Resha,
vice presiden t, Florida ,\F .... C 10: I.lrother Dan
.
Miller, president, Florida AF L·CIO: and Mr.
Frank HamiHon. att orney. Florida Electrical
, Workers .
The~ touched on '·ar)mg subjecLS, rang'"g
from progress being madc m the Florida
Leg;slature, legisbli'·e goals of the Florida
)\FL·CIO to contmumg problems of ... ork
lost 10 our competilOrs. The hospitaltty af-
forded the delegates on Friday and Saturday
was e"cllent. Again our Sincere thanks. A
specia l "thank )'Qu·· to Local 915 from lIu,i -
ness Man ~ger J. II. Clark and mY5<'If. We
certainly app.e~i~te your efforts on our behalf
llrothers. this morning's headline in our
Tallahasu DrmoCTat read : JoblC;';s rate plunges
"I"' after 18·month drmb. In January 11 was 10.4,
down from 10,8 III Oceernber. Some dramatic
plunge, huh? I sinccrely hope that those who
found job'l during January were the loyal
Americans "'ho 'oled Dem ocratic and who
drive Fords. Chevys. etc. May the parking lot5
of the unemployment officC;'; be filled with
DaLSuns and Republicans.
M any ...ords, Broth ers and S'Sters, ha'·e been
wrrtten '" your }oumal. o,·cr Ihe years, en·
couraging the diligent effon to look for the
• union label, Buy American, Preserve Our Jobs .
We must demand it when ~hoppmg, Let your
retailer know how you feel. Rcfu~ to bllY
fordgn products. and tell the business o ... ners
• and employees ,,·/r,. you are nOt buying. We
have the strength and siu to make a dramatic
impact. JUSt think, if e,·ery union member in
this greal country refu..cd to buy inrported
products. we "'ould be well on the ..·a y to a
true economic boom.
Work for our inside members continues to
be terrible. No prospects for the immediate
fUlUre. We continue to appreciate the help of
• the many local unions ... ho arc providing em·
ployment for our tta.·eling Brothers.
Through the efforlS of Busrness r.hna ger
Clark and your E~ecutive Board, your local
union recently PUt into effect some extensive
cost_reduc tion measures. For morc detailS, see
your busi ness manager. Speaking of cost re-
duction, 1 am presently reading a 24_,'0Iume
• stud) of the costs of construction and recom-
mendations-both .a labor and management-
as to how to reduce Ihese costs, and for con-
• StrUCIIOn to become more cfficien t. This stud~
... as compiled b~ The Business Roundtable,
our longtimc foe. In all fairness, though, they
arc as critical of management as tlrey arc of
labor. In fact. tlrey state that more Ihan half
• of the time ... asted durillg construclion is
allTibu tllble to poor management practrces.
When I finish readin g this study. I will ICport
"'* more o n iL
Brothers. buy "nion_made in America. Our
future dcpends on it. De proud to be a rmimr
elec lTician. See you at the next union meelin g.
BL"'M J _ SCMrYENER, JR, . I'.S.
Attend Meetings,
Says Scribe
LU , 1968 (u, u,ees,e"'& gm·lj, N[W B U MG II ,
N. V,_ T hanks to all o f you who h1vc u-
pressed your con""rn aod disappointmcnt rn
nOt finding any articles in the }ol""QI "Loca l
Lines·' the past couple of months. It JUSt goes
to show me that you were really looking for-
ward to them, and have g,,·en me a ~reatu
incenlrve to keep "'rrting.
Our o lli ce" arc contin lrully "'orking hud 10
PIOtcct lind improve our rights a. union meUl-
ber •. T o do thiS, Ihey ha"c Uleeling~ to open
a dire<:t line 10 YO\l nut. you do not attend.
Why? It is very hard for them to help )·ou if
they do not know ... hat it is thai )"ou ... ant
them to do The<e meetrngs are planned
month~ in advance for your arca SO that you
ha.·e plenty of lime to make arrangcment~ to
be free for that evening_ The 1983 schedille
has been mar led out and po,led on all of our
bulletin boards. Won ·t you "lea,e try to at·
tend al least one meeting bet ... een nO"· and
next January? Attending all of the meetrngs.
if p<Y.;Sible, "'ould be ,·ery nr«_ Gct invol,·cd .
After all, one hour. One night a month, is
darn lillie to a,k for the protection of your
,,·elfate. If YOll don·t take care of it. "'ho wilt~
My hearties! congratulations go to all of ou'
members from Genenl S"')lch CorporalJOn
who stood behind our Negotialing Commillee
and bu~irle$~ manager with such Sirength and
solidarity. and ga"e their wholehearted ~u"port
during Ihe breakdown III the contract talkS
Due to their ellorts. "e "'ere able to get a
good contract. Withoul their ~uPPOrl ... e ,,'ould
ha'·e been "up the creek:· I.e!"s al .. 'u~·.J 'Il~k
toscther! ··One for all and all for one·· is .. hat
un;oni~m is all .bout r
!lCSI wishes to Sister Donna Le"" "'ho
Qccame the brrde of John Conklin. and 10 uur
Good and Welfare committeeperson, Cindy
Shuback, who was m3rri~d lecently to Dean
Mrller. We wi~h them both a long and h~PJlY
married life.
With great S.1(tr'e'~ .. t nt<'nd our deepesl
s~mpathy 10 Sister I'eggy Beam due to Ihe
loss of her 11'0ther. and to Brother Scott Miker
due [0 the loss of hi, mother-in·law.
Let uS also pray for Ille spcedy recovery of
!lrothcr llcllulfo Sal azar und Sister Linda
Rosado. Get well :;oon ,md rctutn to work.
We really miss )OU bolh
I have a specral m("S~ag~ 10 all of our shop
siewards and all of ou r brother and SIster
members working at other ~hops, offices. fac_
tories, and jobs: ,,-e·re really interested in your
news and events, your feelings and your
Ihoughts . All of us in Local 1968 want to hear
about all vi J""" in Local 1968: so pleasc drop
me a nOte (care of the local union ollict) tell-
rog me of YOUI ne ... ~ so I can include it rn
my nnl article. I "'as appointed pre-.s secre-
tary for the ~"'irc local union. Help me do
my job by sending me news of your "glad·'
happenrngs. your '·sad·· happenings. and "'ha!"s
going on where ~ou work. Than k )ou!
A1JP~EY MIEl.s~r. I' .S.
local 1985 in Negotiation s;
Bla ck Ink Shows Profits
LU. 1985 (t m ), NOK"rII C ANTON. 011 10 -
Contrary to natronal indreatoB or trends. and
completely opposite the prevailing cu rtain of
unemployment, labor concessions, plant clos-
ings, and bl eak outlook of disparity. here at
Local 1985 we experreneed record profits, an
increase in production and the work rorcc. ,md
e~panding new model productS during the past
ycar.
By the time you read this, Local 1985 ... ill
be entirely cngaged in contract negotiations.
but at the time of this writing we have just
begun to meet with the Company and arc
looking for ward to nel>oti~ling a fair and
equitab le contract fo r evcryone. Alth ough the
national economic ... oes and its widespread
tidal wave of unemployment, social cutbac ks.
and debilitating cffects have r:waged. pillaged,
an d plundered th e countryside destroying many
of our friends. neighbors. and relatives. here
at Local 1985 we seem to have ... eat hered the
slorm and arc alread~ on the rebound. Rather
Ihan ··staying the course·· ..·e are plolling our
o,,-n courS!:" during contfact negotiations,
For )"ear5. and many pre"ious contract "".
gotiauons. Ihe Company has insisted that com-
parison of "agc scales and benefit~ with those
of other area industrie, ,.uc!> as the !ocal
rOllef bearing manufacturer and loc~l sleel in-
dusuics. "ould be ··mixing apples and oranges."'
so to ~peak. The Company said the otocr local
rndustries rccorded larger profit mugl"s and
in.·oh-ed larger ""ale operation'. and for )ears
thrs "as true.
Currentl)-, these foame 10,·.11 indu>trres DIC
expericncing ma~,,·e la)'offs. 3 101 of financial
red ink, and ""me ha'e c,·en asked for major
labor conees,ion<. bUI thcir "age ~c:,lcs and
benefits tcmain self_e,·idem. Here al Local 1985
all members on the laid-off recall list ha,·e
b<:cn recalled. bringrng total mcmhership 10
2800 member>; ha~ing no OM on the laid-off
recail list places our emplo)er in a neW hire
situation unlrke the layoff situations e1se.. here
Here. "c recorded with black ink s!>o .. ing
profits, nOI red mk lossc •. lIere. we are intra·
ducinG new models of product and c~pDndrng.
not do<ing pl:lnl'.
We believe. that hecau..c our l"oducl is an
··affordable prnduct."' it doe_ not require a
loan or prein~e~lment discussion .. it h family
membN< prior to making a dccl>ion to a long-
te rm commitment; thus. our product seems to
be more aILract"·e to COn_UmefS th~n an auto-
mobile or new home_ Perhal'S that may explain
much about the success. salc~. and profit of
our employci at a lime when other majot
industries "re troubled with the economic
"ocs of our nation.
Placing all things in proper perspecti,'e, we
ha.e concluded Ihal the theme of present ne-
gotiations here at Local 19115 must remain
'·don·t mi~ applcs .. 1Ih oranges:· The COmpany
recOlded recotd profits. expanded. and is in a
new hire si\l!alion: this hardly compares with
ma<sivc layoffs. red ink loSses. plant closings,
and genuone lalk of major labor concc$sion$_
lI ere 3t Local 1985 we :ne not offering Or
accepting major labor conces.sions. We urge all
loca l union members thai vic ... the TV network
Mw,S and are concerned .. nh unemployment or
the state of the national economy, to look
cl~r at our o .. n CCOnOm)· and employment.
Remember, here at Local 1985, we don·t mix
apples with oranges. We are confident tha( our
bargaining position for the 1983 eOnlraC( ne-
gotiations i~ nothing less lhan ideal. There i.
no ,cason for fear of uncmployment. major
labor concessions. or plant closings here at
Local 1985_ Tbe50C clements of fear are not
part of the 1983 conlract negoliations: ... e arc
looking fo r ... ard to a prosp"ro~ future for all
me",be~ of Local 1985_
DoN HAV ERSTOCK, P.S.
Company Moves Divi sion
To Mississ ippi
LU, 2084 (em). S"M,\ CUSF"~ N. V ~ln ~ar1y
January. Crouse Hinds announced that thc
Outdoor Lighting D ivision al Morg~n Road
..·ill be mo.·;ng its facility 10 Vicksburg. Mis-
sissippi, Thi& mo'c "ill allect about 150 jobs.
The Company .aid they bought a Westinghouse
plant in Vicksburg to "o,,~olidate rndoor and
outdoor lighting prodoct. "long wilh lower
laxes and cheaper labor. This action has raised
questions about a pos.;bl~. gradual phaseout
o f Syracuse enlirely. Right nO'" appro~imately
500 members are on layoff ... ith nn additional
ISO .. ho lost recall righls. I will keep you in"
formed o r any new developments.
Congratulations to Mark English for com·
pl etin g another course at Cornell's Sc hool of 57
 Industrial Labor Relations. This eourse was
collective bar,ainin£.. Mark, as well as other
member$, has ~n participating in Cornell's
schoo l for quite some time now. These o;ourse$
give those who participale the knowledae and
experience 10 make our loeaJ the best there is.
KEVIN' M.uLOW, P.S.
Union Women
A
COMPANY
IS
k NOWN
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WOMEN
IT KEEPS
U lltoa .._ til do tbt b P.... t. (Sublll lUt d bJ 1.o<:al
1 100, Lou b. lllt, KJr.)
Write-Up Dedicoted To
Union W o me n
L U. 2100 (..). LO UIS \' ILLE, h.""Y_T am I
union ...·oman ...·o rking al a ulility company.
Woman to woman, T am ...·riting a5 one of the
.... orkin. women in America. today.
I am dedicating this issue to )·ou the Ameri-
can ....orking women. We. as a minority. have
to fight (or just about everylhini- They say .... e
are equal. and " .., Qre, but face it, some of
us are limited to ... hat ... e can do. Our limi·
.ations are different from one anotber. 15
different a5 the varloU5 jobs " 'e perform I am
saY;II,I---se1 I job you .... ant and can do, tben
be the best a, your job you can be. It all
take!! time.
We have to ...·ork as diligently as our Brothus
do. But. maybe just a lillie more diligently
than most. We have 10 pro"e .... e ean do the
job tach and everyday, prove we deserve the
job .... e hold. We are accused of being given
specia l trnlmenl for no good reason, even by
some of ou r co· .... orke~ We are accused o f
bitching all the time if ....e speak up for our-
selves.
All Ihis (or trying to do a good job. M aybe
you have a boss who happens not to like
your 10Gb or the way you lalk; maybe he
still liVe!! in Ihe Dark A~ SiI)"1 your place
is al bome. Belie"e il or not, some are even
jealous and lOme just plain do not like work·
iTlJl with women. Be ~trong union ....omen; do
your job and your re!!pect will come. Chanin
are takina place. e,'en here.
So many times they say you eannOI do Ihe
job; you do not do it right or whe n you do
it right, Ihey want to knit·pick at evcrythinl
you do or did -to make it hard on youl When
a promotion comes up and you are due for it,
you did the job. just as .... ell or better than
anyone d~ and )·ou d~rle il. Then. Sisters.
Ihat is "hen your union comes in. to find OUI
the true flets, lhe o'erall of it. Your union
can help and will if you speak up for your·
self. They are Ihere ror you anytime to assist
and help.
Some of you might think you can ne,'er
let your guard down, but give your union
the chance to serve YOIL Again, just try 10 do
a good job at the profession you chose to do,
ladies, and be yoursdf while doing it
I am aoing to ...Tite this last quotation for
any bosses. anywhere, who fit a few o f these
uamples I wrole aoout.
·'Think. Try to pUl you rselvu .u women in
58 this work fora in t bese times of nili(ortune,
5CC all the hassle and prove yourself e"ery
working day: Prove you can, 'caU5C )'ou are
now working women!
~Look around, I may be your wife, daugh-
ter, sister. or evcn ITlCIther!"
I would like to mention one more thing on
this issue--I am one of the lucky ones, OOW
thai ..-e have job biddin. in our local. 1 have
to say I ha"e a Utll job. I like it very much
and the bosses and my fellow workers are
fantastic to .... ork for and around. Also, I am
gia d we gol m EW Local 2100 for a union,
A good union makes it a lillie easier ror all
of us.
I would like to exprCS5 my deepest sympathy
10 the family of w. II. "Jelly" Harrison. He
was a dear friend to a lot o( III and a good
person 10 know.
Abo. our deepest sympalhy to the family
and friend5 of A. B. An&lin.
On January 21, 198), an ice 510rm hit here
in Louisville, making drivina hazardous dur-
ing Ihe morning rush hour. Some of Ihe people
working at our Trimble County Plant were
laiC gettin. there, due to several wrecks on
)·11. The ",eight of Ihe ice caused tree limbs
to break and fall on eleetrical wires. causing
about 10,000 LOirE customers to be ...... thout
power. For some it lOOk approximalely a day
Ind a half 10 get their power back on.
We had transformers out and several circuits
locked out. The T rouble Department received
almost g,OOO customer calls, 51arling aoout
~:OO Lm. They had 10 ol'C'n the Storm Board
for Ipproximately 12 hours to handle all the
CU$tomel'$ calling in. Supervisors had to call
in several of the &lnl5 and other departments;
overhead construction, .aralC, stores, etc. ...-ere
put on alert to handle all the ouUlges caused
by the ice. Crcws continued throughout the
week 10 clean up all the outages.
Three o f our Brothers recently saved the life
of a fellow Louisvillian when he severed an
artery in his lei- T hank you. Brothers L Mul.
lins, K. W. Watkins. and E. Newcomb. Jr .•
for your quiek reactions Ind concern for your
fello .... man.
JoAsN' MeG.lIlA., P.S.
After Meeting
!li t _ be ... of LonJ 110, VIlU<Io, Clot., todtolldnt:
. fle. _ _ Un. I ", Do. Tlploa , « "Itt, and Mrs.
."d Mr. No.....an Jo...,•.
Loco l 2145 Scribe Sub mits
N ews ond Views
L U. 2145 (go," ), \' AU . EJO, CAI...-First.
some comments aboUI our Shop Recreation
CommiUtt, Th is is the Iroup that is respoo·
sible for the organization of the vlfious social
functions that so many of us enjoy. I believe
that the entire commillee would be in unani·
mous agreement on the line contribution, that
the chairman, Marinus Christensen. maW:: to
lhe various shop functions during his t"'n-year
term of offi~e.
There is no question about the contribution
of various $uperviso~ in their support of the
Recreation Commill\"<!, during the prolTlCltion
of the put Christmas dinne r. M r. T ipton, the
shop superintendent. J ohn Rosenberg, Terry
Li ndley. Irwin Came ron, all lIeneral foremen,
and others-too numerous to mention--con·
Iributed their enthusiaslie support. On Ihe sub-
;ect of conlributions., more rettntly M r. Paul
Tipton contributed $200 to the shop recrea·
tion fund. Their efforts should serle to remind
U3 that the success of our shop (un.<:tioftll
depends on an awful 101 of people.. John [)ees
is the new chairman. He is follo .... 'n. a touab
aet. Let's hear il (or the committee-predictably,
they will continue lO do their traditionally
fine job.
Change seems 10 be consta nt in our shop.
A realignme nt It the management level fi nd,
J ohn Rosenberg assigned tn special projects .,
and M ike Rockwell, to inside shop. An ex-
cellent supervisor and I unique individual,
Mike created a Christmas tree in his wood·
workin, $bop. Roger Henry was promoted to
supervisor. lI is fellow SUP'C'rvisors will recall
tbal Roaer WIIS a sbop steward (or many years.
"
On the 5tlbjecl o( su pervision, did you know
that supervisors Ire required to take I class
in a program that is oriented to developing
leadershi p through h uma n effectiveness? The
ant ral theme is that people respond favor-
ablY-lnd are more productive-when they are
trealed like hum~n beings, instead of tools. ~
Sounds ,rcat. QUC5tion. I have observed t hlt
this concept 5CCm5 to be easily Ibso rbed, ac-
cepled, Ind prletieed by the new, youTlJl super·
visor. What happens if h is supervisor is a
Neanderthal, one of the indiv iduals in man·
Igement who enjoys seeing his subordinales
tormented and worried? A youna supervisor
can become I victim o( circumstance" and his
effectiveness impaired lIS a resull of oonfused ,.
sianals from his boss.
An increasing number of firms Ire employin.
the services of mlnagemenl analysts, so as 10
determine " 'hetber Ihey can survi"e in these .,..
competitive times. F requently, they I re ad·
vised to change not only t hei r tradi tional av-
proaeh to the problems of productivity. but
their traditiona l allitude toward their em ployees
u .... ell. A study of the plant ope ration might
reveal a situation like this hypothetical iUlLStra-
tion: There is a frequent requirement for
sc rew f&Stene... with knurled, slotted hea.u.
Whcn the: ~uiremc::nt Irises, a memo is sent
up to tbe small Machine Sho p tbe department
has. The duty mlehinist promptly selccu lbe ..
material. turns the head, and manufacture!! the
serew end. Since he never h ad a knurling 1001
or a head slotter. he promptly packages the
unfinished screws, and sends them to lnother
buildin. fo r the rest of the machinin,. How-
e~er, in t his build in, they do the knurlina. but
have 10 send them somewhere else to do the
slouln, in Ihe heads. When you crank the
various hlndlin, and stops alona ilS route to
complelion into the tOlal cost of each screw,
each screw will cost S40. I don't k now of too
many people woo ....ould be willina to ply $40
(or a screw, do you? Well the explanation is
that this is oow we alwa)"l did ii, and these
e!!tablishc:d, traditional practices are the cause
that tons of money are los\. They try to get
the firm to make the transition from crisis
management to I managemenl concept that bas
a more 10liell sequence of produetivi lY.
Everyone seems to be in favor of protcctive
trade tariffs these days. You all hear d that
Herbert ~I oover was respo nsib le for the De·
pression of the 19305, right Almost no one
e,'er heard of a piece of legislation called the
Smoot Hawley Act (1930). This was I pro-
tective trade tariff; aftcr that. everylhinl
American manufacturers made for export en· •
countered I very similar import tariff-and
suddenly, American manufacturers were no t
exportin. an)'lhinl. Eve ryone blamed Herbert
Hoover. alld il really was Smoot Hawley.
On the endanlered species list, along with
the American ....orker. is the Harley Davison
motorcycle. the la.rr American·made motor-
eyele.
Did you know th at ''CARE'' packages ar.
rived from Wesl Germany to lbout a doten
f:l.milies in Detroit7 Did you know that ITlCIre
-
than ~O.OOO worke rs lost their jobs in Cali-
fornia, as a result of o ve r 270 ind ustrial plant
L closures1 In Wisco nsin, 8. manuftICwrer of
aUlo (ra~ advertised for hel p, Iil nd 20,000
I ~
pcl"SOns lined up.
Now the good news: lnnation is dow n to
about 3.9 percent. You don', nOlice that in
San Francisco.
Did you know thaI in 1982. approximately
.--. H congre!il!imcn "'crt ,«tivinl IWO lo\'ern-
mt'At checks--one a pension <:hedt from •
previous retirement I "'"Onder .. hIll poSition
tbey lOOt. on the subject of .curro fednal
employc-es oollectina social !iCclIrity as I .null
of employment in pri~ale indu~lry. J ust .. o n-
dcred.
JOS(PII SO.\,01<1'. h., R S./ P,S.
loco l 2321 Gears Up
For Neg otiatio ns
L. U. 2311 (lpI;n ). MIIl I) LETO N, 1\1 .\ 5S.-
Our l<X;'3.r$ preparation for nClOlialions is in
full swing. Everyone should h~"e recciHd a
qUC5tionnaire for bar~aming. This is our chance
\0 make our demands known 10 the Bargain·
ins Committee. Fill ou t the qUCSllonn ~ire amI
return it to the local.
The lo<:al i~ in tcrested in how an emplo~ee
is affected by \l'or king with video display
terminals. A su rvey will be sen t to Directory
Assistance operators "ho ha'e been usmg the
video displ~y terminals. For further informa·
tion. contDet Pat Bl inn at the Io<:al office.
fo our members of the Io<:al retired in Janu·
ary. They are William Lewi., Di~k lo~ett.
Helen MeI.aughl in. and Helena Thomson. Mary
Kennedy, Virginia T ninor. nnd Eleanor Lynch
retired in February. !kst wishes for happy
"::" relirements!
Brother John R«d rasscd a"ay in J anuary
Our <:ondolencn arc e.uendcd 10 his family
and friends
Dl.~lsl! M WALUce. p.s
1983 To Be Yea r Of
Cha ng es And Ad justme nts
L.U. 2Jll (Ip,n&t a), C N,\ NS·I·O N, N. I._Hue
we a re, approaching the end of the first quarter
• of a )·ear that will lonl be remembered by
our " rothers and SiSlers in the telephone in.
dUSl ry-1983, II year that will be remembered
as one of cha nges and adjustment'!.. The chanses
.. will be numerous and complex, mandatcd not
only by directives iS$ucd by the FCC or de·
cisions made by U.S Oisni ct Court. They will
include innoductions of new conccPt ~ and
advanced technology in every phase of the
communications industry. In the UU SineS5 In·
~ta liation· Maintenance 5c'ament, implementa·
tion is under,,·ay of CustOmer Service "l3n·
agemen t System (CSMS). "hcreby installers
~ will be aWKocd 10 • specific customer or cus-
tomers and dedicated 10 S3tisfyinl their com·
munic;uion needs.
The Networl 5c'r~ices SeSment has intro-
duced a machlM: pro~isionin; concept that will
separa te the responsibilities of indiv idual cen·
tral office technicians into "'teKolies defined
as frame. toll. • nd machine a~si;nmentJ.
Those are ,USt t"o eumples of additional
• changes prc~nlly underway. No Brother or
Sister. R",ardlc-u of basic das~ of ..·ork. ..·iII
be able to escape the dfeets of the chan""
taking placc
• In the midsl of all 'he pre' lou~ly mcn'ioned
changes, contract bar.ainin@. "ill commence
in Jl.h y on the national Ic,·el. and on June 6
at th e loca l le,·d. N~dle.s 10 say. con trac t
bargaining in 198'. at bol h Ihe nalional and
• local levels. "ill be loolcd upon his,orically
:lS precedent ~"'nB w,thout comparison. On
thc ngcnda as a lOP priority w,1I be ;ob se·
curily, wilh wag" an d fringes runnin .. clo<c
...... behind.
Rt'S t assured. everyone in the mcmbe rship
WIll be kept well informed, as usual. re lath·e
to the progress or lack of it d ur i n~ ba rlainin • .
J. RAY MO,""O McC~um'~Y, ASST. I1.M.
Loco l 2326 Prepares
For Negotiations
L. U, 2.)26 (II, lp,la&ca" ·), MOI'.'TP £ Llf.; R, VT.
- In another month the union will be Sillin,
down It the negotiating table wi th Ihe tele-
phone company at both the nalion.l and local
le'·els-if all goes well! Needless to say, the
Union has been layinl its ,round,,·ork fo r
some lime now. and we are ri.,,! on tUleL
We hne been busy tabula!in.. the survey
sheels that our members ha'·e completed. As
il looks no .... their pr iorities for nationa l bar·
pini ng Ire job security, cost o f li vins. wage
increase. and pension improvemenls-in that
order. I bave attended soroc mtf!tings alrud y
at the national le"el-a ocw experience for
me as I received an appoimmcnt to the Na-
tional Policy Commiltu. Local barpin'nl will
be going On in BosIOn. as ,,·ell Th;, consislJ
mostly of chanl!CS we would like to make 'n
OUr <:ont racl I.nguagc wilh Ihe New Fn;bnd
Telephone Company. Th e membersh ip has
listed thcir priori ties here. too. Contract ,,·ork
secms to pred ominate. and we will be loo king
for impfO~e ",cnts in se~era ! ot hcr art icles
found to be unworkable a~ evi denced by Ih e
Kficvanccs wc hs'·c had to toke through the
various steps..
I am also laying the ground"ork for bar·
gaining our second contract wilh the Conti·
IK'ntal Telephone Company of Vermont Their
first th rcc-)·ear contract "·ent into effect J uly I,
1980. We arc hopeful for a ~ucees<ful an d
progressh·c contrac t with them
Again this year son, and d augltltTs of memo
bers of this local hue been ai'·~n the oppor·
lunity ({) <:ompete in the James Cross Scholar·
ship A,,·ard PfOKnm, spon§()Ted by the Vcr·
mont Sla le Labor Council. ",ith "'hom "e arc
affiliated. It is • progn.m Ih'1 is open 10 ....du·
ating high !oChoal 5I'niors going on to In
accredited college; Ihrtf! subslanlial prius Ire
awarded
In traffic, Assistant lI u,iness Manager Frank
Johnso n reports that recently thc TSPS offices
had a trial period of ahernalins "eekend
c1o<inl!s. The results are heing e'·alualed. "'ith
an input from the Q uality of Work Ufe Com·
mittee and others. It is realized Ihat there
"ould be !lOme periods thai it "ould not be
practical 10 initiate alternate c1osinp. such IlS
Christmas. ski weekends. and ~ummer "eek·
ends. We a,,·ait the C,·aluDI;on
That·s it (or this time! Wc finally had our
"imer-a blnnkct o f snow came in Febflr nry.
I/ ope spri ng arri,·cs on time .
"hUR1C"I' L FQRTlrM, P S.
I. P. Pilla rd a nd NEBF
Thanked for Ra ise
NETIR EES ASSOCIAT10S OF L.U. J, , ' .;W
YONK , N.Y.. N . •·LA. CH APT ER_Our memo
bership mtf!ting was opened by our ehlirman,
Charles Danels. The Pledge to Our Flag was
reciled by the membership and a eulolY was
made by our chapla in on Ihe untimely passing
of former ConKfessman Bcnjimen Rosenthal.
Chairman Ch·JTles Oaocls introduced Mr.
Alkn Mu rphy from the George Cutler Senior
PAC Commiuee representin. senior cil;2en$
in Florida. His appearance ... as made possiblc
by Manny LcI'\;0,,·it2 and Irving Slavin
Mr. M urphy p'·e the membeDhip an insisht
in 'o the hanky·panky o f the admmistrati'·e
comnlitteeS on social security, nuclear freue
and taxes. "hich were eye-opener.!. After 3
brief Question-and·answer pc:riod the member·
ship ga , e him a standinK o,·ation a. he "as
C5Concd to the door.
We hdd nominations fo' chairman and
Anhur Weston and Jack Chadnick ,,·ele nomi·
nated.
It is with tremend ous appreci ation a nd
thank s to P resi dent Pillard and the NE BF
tru Stees--c:tt .. nded by the officers and membe rs
of tile North Florida Chapter-in appro..-inK a
raise of 10 percent on our monthly pension
check. Best wishes to all of us. Good healthl
O~v\O BU.N C, P.S.
Quee ns Retirees En joy
luncheon
Rt..'T IR t: F.5 ASSOC IATION OF L U . 3, N EW
"ORK, N.Y.. Q UEEs" S CHAPTE R_The 10th
AnnU31 Christmas·Chanukah Party of the
Local 3 Retir«5 AS$OCia lion ......s lhe most
~ucccssful to dale. Held this )·ea r at l eonard's
of Grea l Neck Ihc occasion opencd as Presi·
dcnt J oseph Jacob5Qn led the guests in 'he
I'led a:c of Allegiance to Ihe Flag and M u.
Garfinkle led the ~inging of thc Star-Spangled
Sanoc: .
A cocktail hour .... ith a continental smo rgas-
bord and daneins. was held for an hour and
• h~lf before the luncheon
J oint Industry Board Ch3irman Joseph
O·Angelo, who officiated at the cutting of the
10th ann!~ef1inry ca ke, a!>5ured the retirees IhM
thc pension funds of the Jo int Indu stry Board
wcre in ,·cry good §hapc.
All of the women "ho auended reeei,ed a
Kift of co loSM:
Dancin, continued until 400 pm. wilh the
Illend«5 stay;n. until Ihe IaSI dlnce was o'·er.
All of the members were 'cry complimentary
to the Entenainment Committee for the
superb effort that made possible such an out·
standins affai r.
CIt"~LI:S CASStDV, R.S.
Retirees Enjoy
Social Acti .... ities
RETIREF.5 ASSOC IAT IOS O F L U. J. NEW
'1' OR". N.\' .. S. FLA. CJI APTER-Our M edi·
cal Plan h'" reached out and touched every
member of Local 3 "ith added benefits. This
is a blessing, C'Specially 10 the retiree and hi s
spO use Man y th3nk~ to our benefactors of
Local 3 for this tlntely gifl.
If "e had to make note in the archives of
time of past memories that arc not erasable.
Ihtn "C have much to accounl for that affected
our Retirees Club, starting with our mtf!tinl
hall It 'he Washin8tOn Federal "here we shared
laulht er and even tears. It "as chaired by
lou Chase. a veritable ruboff lik e the late
Fiorello LaGuardta. Lou had an unfortunate
~ tba c k to his hea lth and too k an honorable
coun t rather than have that towel of defeat
Ihro" n into th c ring. We can be thankful that
this fighter is making. strong comebadr:: and
hu been honored as our President Emeri tus.
Lou·s officers. commiutt$. • nd tbe members
stood by, and especially Milly, in a spirit of
allegiance and revuentt. •11 the way. We
sITonKly feci that our prayers were helrd,
weiKhed. and an§"'·cred. To the rescue came
Joe Bonn. aided by that scasoned ,·e!eran. Jack
Weber, who ltaped in to the unmanned stagc
coach by gr-asl'ing the reins of this dub wilh
• firm g.ip and. n a result. Presidcnt J oe
Bonn and his loyal officcrs. commillecs, and
membel$ IR" ridin, our Rood ship RClir«5 of
Local 3 IS smooch as I baby·s boIlOID.
The nuny IClivilies that we have enjoyed
dunnR 1982 "ele the luncheon and binRo
parties that "·ere organized by Ihe late pio-
neer. lo uis I.o\"inscr, and Fred Va lic he. Fred,
like J oe !lonn. took up the rt ins of this im-
portan t job and. together wilh Herman Rei ner,
hn accoml'h~hed wonders thai have been ,,·ell
noeiced
To II crman Rich, "e o"e a lot for obtain·
inl th3t pl easant meeting hall in the K nigh l5
of Pythias build ing. Incident ally, we meet the
second Friday of uch month at 11:00 a.m.
T his is menlioned for thc benefit o f visitinl
Brothers and their ladies from other chapters
who are alwayS welcome. 5'
 Tn the short lime Ihll we h;avc moo·ref imo
our new home. we hlo·e cnjoyed birlhd a)~ ;and
rolonul I nnivel"$lr>es <:teated by our le,isla-
tor a( lar,e. Bro lher luinl Dobbim., Ind il
is ut<:hinl on in Olher <:haptel"$.
We had I very plelSllnl (licenio:, swimmin&.
and a leHolether wl lh Jood food. roupled
wilh I smilinl lun al Ihe Uoyd I'ark in Dania.
R orida and ... e pre schedu led 10 do il Dlain.
Thc hilhhlhl of Ih e yur Wl$ Ihat b'l bash at
the Diplomal 1I0iei in 1I0Jlywood. R onda, and
after a sumptuous luncheon trelt sponsored
by OUt ,rul parcnt orlaniulion, our Local )
offiC1:rJ and IUCSIS of the llbor movemenl
Illherro wi!h lIS 10 ,peak Iheir minds lbout
the welfare of our ind"'l"
The Holiday Inn episode in Wesl Palm
8c:ach Ihal was combined w,th ';dc trips 10
thc M usicanl Supper Club was In il~f wort h
the trip. We wenl 10 the nqler Mmc:um
where historical relics arc prc!iCf\·cd in I Hora·
lio Alger sellinl: .... e had a pleuant boat
ride on the Intracoasta l on I M illSissi ppi replica
of a steamboa t. ....histle and all, Ihm was
piloted by a well·informed eDpuli n who kep t
us entertained for Ihree hou rs: we were liven
a sump tuous box lunch tba t was prepared for
us by the hold lIa lI; we hod good food at the
hOld and said a "hell o" to Count B",ie and
bis Orchestra who had breakfast with us at
the hotd, After another restful day, ... e took
a trip to J upiter, Florida, on a chartered bus
to the Burt Reynolds Tht:ltre and supJl'l'r club,
where three &ood pll) letS we re performed by
stage and TV personalities: .11 these JO(Idi"
were prepared by U.try Benfield, Sam S<:hcrn,
Lou King. Lester O.briel, .nd Joe lionn. I' rlc,
tically not hiltJ ha ppens by i~lf; 50ITIWnc has
to turn the door knob,
To sum up, if .... e hd to report our assets
and Ilccomplishmenl5 in friendship and con.
$ide ration for Ihe pas t that ....e ...·en t throush.
then ",e hlloe much to be lhankrul for, But
let's be rcalistic-our IrUtest aUCI$ . re still
our hcahh and peau of mind. And thanks 10
the NEBF for th.t handJOmc bonus. 1912 .... :&5
IOO<l It was like a rare ~ln l ase wine 10 mo5t
of us; to some... cit. you can't win them an.
The cruel Clluption was the murdtr of • trade
union in Poland. We mourn Ihis lo»-thi'
costly link of solid.rlty
LOUIS BAB ITS, p.S.
Chr istmas / Cha nukah
Porty He ld
RE'rIREt:s ASSOC I,\1"ION Oil L V, l , NE W
VOK"' , N. \ ' .. STATEN ISU N !) C Ii APTt: K-
1lIc Staten Island Chapter of Loca l 3 Retirees
Association had their Christmas and Chanulr.ah
party .II the New Yorker on SlIten Island. It
was ...·ell allended by members Ind friends..
M.ny thanb 10 Brother Fr ank Ncalu for
I runlin, the luncheon.
CAlM I"'! TA(;UAT£I.A. P.S.
1982 G ood Yea r For
Senior Sixes
RETIR EF..5 CL UB OF LU, 6, SAN FRAN_
CISCO, CAL-Our 1912 ChriJlmn party wu
one o f o ur best, 100 members an d ,ueslS en.
joyed Ihe deliciOUS food prepared Bn d served
by the ladies.
Carl Petet1 .nd bis dauaJ\ter Edie broupt
IJId served his famous Tom Ind J enlet,
Busioess Aacnt hck Conroy IJId the ai rls
from the office joined us for luoch. Aftcr lunch
we h ad I ratlle for many l o~ely priJ:es.
Attendance .. ou r monthly meetinp, whtre
....e always h ave lun ch and I SUes l speaker, was
1000. We had 1$ new retiree. join our ,Iub
this past year, AJt osethcr, 1982 was a lood ycar
for the Scnior Sixcsl
60 II IlIMAN DIJDAK, P.S.
Christmas Party
Retirees Work Toward
Futu re in Post Yeo r
RET IREES CLUII OF L.U_ II , I.OS AN·
Gt:U cs, CA L.- Throughout this past yea r our
Lo<:al II Retirees Club has heen mOSI "tive
huildinl toward the future. We arc vet)' proud
and appreciative of the work done by our
variOUS el«ted omciab.-mcntioninl JUSI a few:
Ralph Larkin. president; Oyall Ma nuel, treas_
urer; Sol R~nblum, rceord'nalcorrnpondlnl
secretlty; Dan Cohen, trip chairman a nd dele-
,ate to the meetIOIl invo"in, health and wei·
f.rc benefits; and Oene Dro&in, who 110 rna,.
nanimou~ly stcpped in and look over the dutJc.
of vicc pr(:Jidenl and memberlhip chnirmmn
.... hen our duo Brother, Norman Oorun, WO$
taken from u,.
Gene. Rlonl wilh Ihe incomparable hel p of
Edna Larkin, has nl50 take n on the l!tsk of
lIetting out o ur periodi ca l "Short CirCUli" news-
lettu; Cliff 1I0lliduy. IClli'l~tivc delel_te, brings
us v,tal in folmntion from our atate pnd fedenl
lo'·ernments, and al"'ays encou.Dgu the ge n.
era l membenhlp 10 participate in makinl our
vOlcn heard for the benefil of us now. and
for future JCncrations. This 1$ a very import3nt
and t,me-coniumml underlakinJ. Oiff 1I01lil13y
15 10 be COnl!"lltulltcd on hein, un.ntmously
reelec ted to serve as president of tbe Con,rtu
of California Seniors. ..·hkh ;, Iffililted with
!he Nat,onal Council of Senior Citizens. Rllph
Cronk unde.took the Imperlant Ils.Ir. of rev'l,n,
our byla"' l; lIy Sherman, !"lIffic commllleemnn,
w,th Ihe aUIstance o f Esther Oeo.,e. Their
dlortS help to dispurse the COlt o f the deli.
cious, nutritlous luncheons prepared and served
by an unbeatable team-Uarry Ind Edith Wa rd
and BCI and EUlene Cole. Our Cheri hit Is off
10 them; Ind to lola .nd Leo Wuman who
nudle (acntly) the membership to brinl cookies
.nd ,oodics for dcucrt, .... hi,h are IICrved after
SCDeral membe.5lup medinas. Throup ou r
E1«u!io·e Board member, Brother lI arold Coi·
lier, ....c have acquired • "Icm" in hi, wife,
J un. She devotes houri of work to brlnl us
entertaininl and educationl l pro,ralllS neh
month. Last, bUI not least, we comme nd the
aenera l membership, and Executive Board
memher$, for all their In teres t and helpful
contribut io ns in makin, Ihis Retire .... Club Dn
U$et 10 our loca l a nd to the ,ommunity. We
invite a U IUEW members, when you become
e1ilible, to join Ul.
As in .U orpnizations, we h..-e to take the ~
.i
biller wllh the beller, This past year several of
our Brothen I nd Sisten were taken (rom us.
We sorely miss their presence but they ... ill
always be remembered for their support of
unionism and Iheir liCIt desirc to make this a
peaceful world for _U mankind.
To our members who in recent month, have
not been .... ell enough to attend mcetinp, we
send our ""ishu that they h!l\·e speedy .«ov_
cries and will jOin us again.
Durin l the past years Local II Rct:irccs
Club has had many interestinl toun and
Cbri'tmas/ Chanulr.:ah panics. ilowever, .11 will
alree that the ones JUSt put ..,·ere OUl!illndina.
11Ui,nly due to the planninl and hard ..·orlr. done
by Brother F rank Convel"$C and his lovely wife, ,
Jo. You hao·c made our special events vet)'
.pedal. and. special thanks to you.
EsnIEa OroaGE, P.S.
Reti rees Hold Annuol
Holidoy Party
ASSOCIA T ION 010' RET IR U :S, Wlv ES, :.I
WII)OWS 0'" I~U, 58, DETROIT, M lc n ,_
December 8 wu th e date for our Annual Holi.
day Party. It wu the associalion', 12th Decem_
ber alIair. Each year, a.s our membel"$hip seems
to Inc.e3H a linle, 50 docs the pany attendance.
This year there were 97 reserv.tions and, with
Ihe wuther beinl ,·ery nice, we did not count
~ny "no IhoW$.M
r
As always, thc &ift exchanac was made by
number call; the holder came forward .nd
made his or her se lection, it seems to be a
~ery hilarious part of the &eI-lOletbcr, Of course "..
Ihe IInl-I-Ionl of the season·, sonp an d carols
is nner a dull time.
T he associa tion's ne~( affai . is alwayS the bi,
one, IL is the Annual Party held in April at
... hlch lime ...e honor the memben who .etired
sloce the previous April and their spouses; also,
those members who have been membel"$ of the
Brotherhood for 50 and 60 years.
The 1I0norabie JIm" Blanchard , loyernor of
Mic:hi,a n, has bcc:n invited to be our speake r
for Ihis occasion. •
As .n affiliate o f the Micbilan Council of
Senio r CitizeM, we I re vet)' happy that Ihe
federal lo'ernmen t is fin ally 10ini to do some-
thinl to try 10 alleviate some of the hiah
unemployment plal uinl our country beca use of
the present administration'S indifference.
However, the cOllncil did oppose the fi ve
cents ~ lailon lasoline tax as a means of finane-
inl the work. Th eir concern was that this means
of financinl would make the worlr.inl peop le,
Ihe retired, and the poor pay the entire COSt of
the jobs prOJram, All expell.5C! incurred by any
Dnd all busin~ would "trickle down" 10 those .,
at the bottom of Ihe economic ladde r-you and
me. 1bc council's recommendation to .11 of
M i<:hipn's House membel"$ and (wo senato",
wn, tlke SIO billion out of the military budget "
for IhIs prOl1am. In this way Ihere would be
a lot more jobs for the unemployed. At lelSt
for the time bein, this recommendation bas
not been heeded, T ime .... i11 tell.
On social Kcurl ty, th is most beneficial pro- •
111m for most oldstel"$ h:u become Ihc Realan
.... hippinl boy" and the 10lt for all of the
country's problems. Social security has been
uud a nd, It times, $Cerns to be abu$Cd by •
president'!., Conlress, In d most recently by
budlet directors. This mayor may not come
u • surprise 10 P.esident RUlao Ind to most
of Washin,ton·s lawmakcl"$ andl or those .... ho
al ..... " $Cem to find a WlY to cireuml'cnt the
law.
At the time sociRl security IS a prOl1am was
e"ablJshed, " resident Rooseyelt's Commillee on ..-
Economic Security Ilrced tha t in the yell"$ to
come the COSI to employen and employees
would become much too &reat. Therefore, this
nUlltul body recomme nded that, when the com-
 bi ned tu of the employer and employee totaJed
5 percent, the lenenl tu revenu~ should be
UJcd to supp lement fOCia l Je(:urity. The 5
percent tota l wu ruched in 1959. Thll hot not
been done. Al thou,h, in 1939, after the socia l
security program w.. dec lHed constit utional.
the wor d "ilHunnce" was added. Thill in forma-
~ ~~I: ~;~~~~hL%~~~ o:f ~~~r:;Ui~iti~ :nt~~~:
MYour Stake in the Fiaht Over Soo:ial Security."
It is on paat 2 of this ei,ht·paae booklet. It is
free. J u~ write your conarOliman for it.
President Roosevelt was a man of ClItremely
fine and great yis.on; about iIOI.:ial loeCurity. he
,aid. "We put those pay roll contributions there
so as \0 live contributors a !cpl. moral, and
politic31 right to collect their pensions. With
those t&lles in tbere, no damn politician can
eYer SCtBp my lOCia l security proarllm."
Someone better brinl thes.e fDCt. to Mr.
Reapn', attention. He (!Cems to for,et his
make_believe world Is JliII in Hollywood, Cali_
fornia.
Drina.ing this to you is with the hope you
will write to your conaressman and senators.
tellin. them to forael taxing your benefits. Get
the money from the over-I welled military
budaet.
Jon. " McCUT"Y. P.S.
80-Year Member
• oyer a half ccn wry. We especially liked lhose
WUII... 1'. Rr-oob, ••S·, .... ntlrH, .. 1110...... p _
..pia.
""Ia.Ikllbbls. nfather. WttUa ..
B. Bmo", . 11"'J""
. e ... he .. 0'
~t t41, W~n lll, W.
Va. WIIU.... 8. ll rookt .. " Jea .. of a.e u d
Wlllla ... 1'. RrooI<l II 7J , ears 014.
• Christmas Party Held;
SO-Year Member Rece ives Pin
.. RETIRIffiS CLVB OF L V. 141, WIl EELING,
W.VA.-A Chrinmal dinner party wn held for
the retirees on December 10, 1982, al the
Troplcana Restaurant on Wheclina Isb.nd. It
• w., very well anended. Gift eertifieatcs werc
pr~nted to William aarron and Viola Snyder
by Ille membe ... for llIcir eftorlJ u presidenl I nd
secretary/ treasurer of tile relirocs Ihis put year.
.. ~t!~ :~::~~: ~:e~~ne~ o;~e;:ra~!~~i~2i
to U1e IIumber of years in the IIl UW. A 6O-year
pin was presented 10 retiree Allen G. Myers.
born in I!X)() and now 82 ycars of aac.
• The eldest retiree. William 8 . IIrooks, was
born in 1883 Ind is now 9!1 ycar. of lie: lie was
ini ti ated in 1!102 (card No, 82803). li e was
presented his SO·ycnr pin by lIis Ion. William
.... F . Brooks. T he yoUnltr Brooks. abo rctired .
received a " ~-year pi n. li e is now 73 years old.
It wo uld ,eem the [!rooks hue I H yurs of
membership in the m Sw .
II Au tSO N W. FI ll .... 1'.5.
Scri be Expresses
Appreci a tion
RETIR EES CLVB O F l-V, 4311, "1t Il)C~...
l'O R'r , CONN._ The relired member s "f I.o~al
488 Bridleport . Conneclicut, Iratefully acknowl-
edle the recent blca;n&s thDt Wele bestowed
upon them by T he Board of TrU5teN of NECA
Pension Benefit Pund. It isn't 50 n.ueh the
amount of ~nsion increase-wh'ch -..e a tl IOrdy
need--but what warmed our he.:trlJ was the
ph,lO$Ophy of the donors-Ihat botll NECA and
Ihe !DEW. workina 10lether. are tryinl 10 bettu
the hIes of thO$oe who h.:tve retired .fter devot.
in, m:IOY yurs to the electrieal industry. By
the bw of a1ier.aes. such $t' nliments are rarely
e~pressed ,n this day IlId ale. So we are
th .. nl<ful to the load Lord thai our industry
is still b~d with lurm-hearted ~ople It the
top, who do not forget the hllie. hdpll$S souls
al the bottom. and who ind«d ha1ie helped
to hUlld the foundalions upon whic h the IlIEW
~nd NECA ~tand tooay.
M ~y we close: our appreciation willi an old
proverb: "Whalel'er good you hmve pul into
our IIvcs. may ,t come back double into eoch
of your own."
STI;PHEN 1. HUN ... .wt, P.S.
Retirees
RtdtH Q ull St<mol..,.i rrus. ffr IIoIJ ~II""" ..d
"If. "".. ......... tH _tllo .. 1111 Clutlalld ..d
l'>Irt. I'rH<'O" II t ... dub', 5n1 _ bJ 0' 11M HtiOtI.
Brother Higgins Returns
As Press Se cretory
R ETIREf-S CLU8 Of.' l- U. 12i1, ..~r. tA UI)'
t; HI>AL E, FLA. -He did il to us aaain. Upon
I're~ident Craia's return from his lumme r re-
trCDI. Chigger pounced on him with his resig-
nolion as preu secretary, which the pre1. ac_
ce pted, then oppointed us. Thanks. fdlows.
With lhe convention activit ies we are slilhtly
cron-phased with our articles to the }o,mUlI
bu t shoul d be in sy nc soo n,
The club's firs! socia l of the &eDSO n was a
ga lp affoir hel d at Caplai n Perrys Seu Chesl. We
I.:now o ur bylaws SUlle that we must m« t wilh
the Ind iell each lhird mect;nl. If we continue In
ellJoy ourselves like we do e;"h time we meet
whh the ladies we her~by make and second I
motion to ehan,e our by lDw, so we can meet
.... ilh them each month.
Iva Rnd I II'cre fortullate to have shared our
table with Rllth YOllng, .... idow of Harold
After many yea ... o f .... h«lchai ... and .... Ikers,
Ruth has thrown both .w.y. Doesn't she look
marvl'ious1 The ",me .... ith D,lIie Crail.
Some members were si...... and could not
anend. but all in IU 1Ie arc 5ull clickinl a1ofll_
Mrs. Mike Scropins is chrouah with the
chema and lookinl lnod. SrOlher BIU Watson
is still undergoin, chemothelllpy but .... ill be
finished ahortly and be anendinl meetinss·
8rother Watson, if It is any encourD&emenl.
he of your fellow memben have whipped il
w,thin the las\ fiye years. There may be more
Smy In there, buddy.
Your club has ,ained several ne w members.
We ...iII Iry for all of their photos soo n. One of
lh~ new members we are especially glad to
ICC is Brothe r Cle¥elDnd PrescolI. We must have
captured him on IiIm for the }o",,"o/ perhapS
a doun time' but somethinl OIWD)'1 c.:tme up
tha I took precedence. We remember §nappina
him for a fealure alory but it ne~er materialiud.
We do not remember why- then I,ain when he
worked 50 hard on Ihe Christmas Pany Com-
mince one year. Stotber Tom Syen received
his SO-ycar eertllicate at the pany and pushed
Pre5COtt oft the Pile!.
Remember lhe lime. Prescoll, that -..e took
your photo when you 1I'ouldn't let us show your
clumdsomtS how fasl a nanowback was loinl
to lOp that 85·foot bIKkja.:k. You flally said
kNo." We were fiJUring on the }ountll' 10 show
the world what a rough pmher you "·ere. You
were ramroddin, the hurriclne Oeo cleanup at
the tune. Junior Davis aDd Ita street Iightina job
pllShed you oft the P.:tles thai time. You bave
finally made ;1.
Today your dub decorated Ihe union hall
for the Annuml Opcn- Hou§c Party. ElIch ycar you
do this. Member Bill Cool;tn c.me I II the way
from tile center of the s\;tte to volunleer. His
photo dcsetvCl a place in !he }ourMl. The only
one we hive is from the last year'. Local 728
picnic when he 'llent the day openinl dam'
and O)'1terl.
We have .ntnded partin and picnics for ... ell
aU·doy dlOner' and singing on the ground pic-
niC'S of yesteryear that all churches held each
summer. Regaldle" of the religiou s denomina·
tion. lie .:tttended them all.
The fint ,rCDsy pig catch and greasy pole
climb we enlered was 10 1919 on the Tenncuee
Ind Alabama border at a crop gathedna
festival. We've nt~er won a conlt'St of this type_
As lie Ife"" older other kinds of parties were
mOle enjoyablr. Once "'e erubed • party in •
small Tenneuu town hi[l.h y:hool where they
"'ere selectin, Ihe preuiesl lirl Ind the ugliest
boy. We fntered but the JudlCS could not de-
cide het"'«n us and lnother hdlbilly. We had
to split first !"rize. We eaeh received one sock.
Latel thai niibt II'e "'on a date ,,'irn the winner
of the beauty contCSt. We like parties an d
pocn.q: so It your nellt m«ting. Ift'S have _
motion to hold at least one I month.
All this bllnl-~ U. to the 1982 ChliSlmu party.
hO§ted by Locil 128 for its members and retir •
ee~. With III due res~e\ to our !'Ut Chrislmas
pltty 'hairmen. we think Chairman Mike
f ont in lias put on the best e>er.
I! WIS elllrrmeiy enjoyable for u •. Brother
Larry Reed'. kid Shelly ud her &-irl friend
Jeannine saw that our plate was always filled
full with ribt. chic ken. clams. lind oysters. We
thought it w;., our personality but I noticed
they were very attentive to all the elderly. or
COUIH we ",ere In bed the followinll day. When ~ "
we ClIpressed Ihe desire to go boating, Ihey
pa"dled and we sleered.
Mrs. JODn Mohr also brouaht u~ two plates
of ribs when we visi led hers and Fred'S table. 6'
 She persuaded u~ to COler the Mr. LcSS contes!.
You ha"e exce ll cnt taste. Joan.
Oflen we have been compl ime nted o n our
lees. We ... ish 10 than k all thOSl' who supported
us. althouah it wu a losing ellOrl. T he judging
WBS by noi~. Th e competitor recti,-i ng the
lo udest applau.o;e "'D5 declared the ,,·inntf.
Ihother Mike Clifton has five daughters. Mom
Clift on led the m in the loudrst and lhri ll est
noi.o;e e ~er heard in T .Y. Park. MIke was Ihe
winner of the Mr. Leu eon l~t. We inte nd 10
w,n Local 728'5 Mr. LeIS co ntest in 1983. a nd
hne already begu n Our campai,n. Winn er
C1 iflon wore "'alk in, sh orts.. T och y we pur-
cha~d a pair of Levi's caMBc k pan ts .... ith
elntic bonoml_ We think Ihey wi ll beuer ~how
our legs.
Fourth.year apprcmice Sister Clare Frost
head ed the ~tUvities and should lecc ive II gre 31
big thanl: yo u from all of you. Appre nt ices are
mllr h prell ier In I Qln tha n Ih ey ... rrr wh en we
bega n ou r a p prc nli ce~hip o n J une 9, 1928.
On be half of oil our me mbe r~ we th ank. yo u,
l ocal 128.
Th ree door pril_e~ ... er e D.warded. and $2S was
raiwd fo r COPF_ Unde r good of th e unio n, it
W3 \ bro ught OUI tllat a large clothing store
~med to be carrying • h igh per« nta ~ of
sllirl$ and blouses no t made in Ihi5 count ry. It
.. '~s voteJ [0 .... , it" II." ~tu,,, anJ our (ong re",-
man on the mailer.
Manl),n I enard, ' Ice president o f the Brevard
Countv ('cnrral l .aOOr Council. addrc~'\Cd Our
r ebruar)' m(elln~_ 'ihe ga~c lhe council's his-
tory. d~"b<-d hnw ;t me<hed .... ilh;n I,hor. and
laid of Its poltll~~J ,"~ol"emenl_ Perhaps hen
more ~Ignilkanlly. ~he indicaled .... aH Iw "hlth
r~ h rcC$ could hdp
Joe Angel ini, Florida Stale A FL·C IO repre·
un",[;vf. gave dtl~ils of how we can p~rtidpale
as mem bers o f Ih e Florida AF L-C IO Credit
United Way Honors President Pillard
Union. Th e insurun~c f,,~ tul t i~ 1110.1 opll't.1.11na.
lie p3ued Oll[ application'. Both he and Marilyn
were accor ded ~ igoro1l5 Bp plause; apprecio tion
was he iJ.htened becau~e both ca me in the ra In ,
wit h tornado wormnll$ in ellecl.
Members ... ere a,ked 10 write our !iCnalOrS,
urJ.ing support of Sena[e g, ll S· t, ... h,ch ... iII go
3 lonll w ~)' to .... ard makin, 50dal secu rity full y '-
sol,·ent. Th is is the stro nj: recommenda ti on of
lhe Nationa l Council of Senior Cill1.CnS. which
I~ allIed .. ilh lhe IB FW. It IS most unfortuna te
Iha[ t .... o non· laool orllolnLUlions. AAR.P and
r-.;A RI E. are seckinlC to torpedo certain !iCclions,
... hich ean only hinder, obl;[ruct, and pouib ly
~t)'nnc the legisl~tlvc PfOl;t'M.
JACK 0, C [J U [I!, I'.S.

S hO..·• • t • ,«tn[ "'Hllna: of Ille R tll ...... Club

or ..uurd l:o" n •. { L ""'[ lUU l\>On.or·" ...
lI ~rold ud S,h'J. Slmo". Id r fone.ound. JI ~ro'd
h nll.cd '.om 1.0><8./ J.

President Charles H. Pillard , center, is shown wi th the award he received for his service
as Chairman of the UnIted Way of the National Capital Area's International Union 1982
Campaign. Ri ght. Oral S. Suer. executille lIice presiden t of the local chapte r, lold ArL·
CIO President Lane Kirkland, left, that despite the econom ic recession international
unions In the Washin g ton area raised a record of oller $1 32,710-- 15 percent more
than in 1981. President P illard and the partic ipating in t erna t io nal unions are t o be
con g ratula t ed for Iheir efforts.
"nanlr'III,n[J Co,""dIlH mtmh-e.. Loul't Klein,
lI a l1l. Currie. R O)JJ. Gru n... ld, and fh, 'm"nd .
I' nr ••n oran d bthtnd Wmp 0' [htlr hanll lw"r • .
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loco I 2088 Retirees Hold
Christmas Pa rty
RETIREES Ot-- IIREVAR D CO .. I' I.A. (L.U.
Address CHANGED? i
Brothers and Sisters, we NAME ...
1088 SrONSOR)-50mebociy up fhNe muSI like
u!. The ra in &topped lo ng enough o n December
want you to have you r
NEW ADDR ESS
8 for members 10 get to a nd fro m ou r Christmas
JOURNAL! When you
party wit hou t gc ll in g .... e.. This .... ell.:llIended halle a change 0 1 ad-
allair follo wed the legul ar busi ness 5e$sion. dress, please leI us Stele lip Cod.

The A rrangemc nl5 Commfllee did a partie· know. Be sure to In- PRESENT LOCAL UNION NO............. .. ....... .
ularly line job prov iding goodies. The eumm itre<: c lud e your old address
consis ted o f Lou i<le Klei n. Raymund:!. P CIIMall. and please d on't lorget CARD NO . ...
Rosa Gleenwald, ~ nd Hallic Currie. Re tired
A merican FedefD lio n of Tea chers retiree Oick
to fill In L. U. and Card •
No. This i nformation will PENSION MEMBER 0
J a~obs led the Ch ristmas ca ro ls. Dick's full be helpful in chec king
vocal range mad c up fo r \a~k of a ria no. and keeping our rec - OLD ADDRESS
Th e clu b wa s plea!iCd [0 ...·elcome new me mo ord s straight.
be. !. as fo llo"'I: W. A. Madleller. Local 9; $1".' . . . . . . . . .. i ip' c;,d~ ... J
Geo rge Ball, Local 972: Hill and Henrietta If you have changed I
Ford, Local '269, and George and Gracey l oc al unIons, we must :FO
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McCorkle. Loeal 11. Guests were leonard
Taylo r, assistant business manager of Local have numbers 0' both. Mail h · Circulation Department
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606; and LOll Weber, represc n13tive or Painters I
t JnternatiDnal 8ratllerhood 01 Eletlriul Workers
Dnd Alli ed TrDd ~ Local 1010. A fell owship card
was signed by all for Brother Joe Mee, whoso:: I 1125 15th Street, N.W., Washin(1:OI, D. C. 20GG5
6 2 radiation treatment, have been di $llbHnll. I
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 II\IIVIEIVIORIJ:)M
r Prayer fo r Our Deceased Members
Ollr Father, it is spring, and as the beauliflll flowers rise;1I aI/their glory from the earth. we are especially sad
to record the names 0/ mem bers who are tIO longer willi liS. Welcome them to your heavenly home where spring
;s eternal, A mell.

EWBA Death Claims Paid in January. 1983

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W. 2.000.00
2.000.00
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Plns.(48)
H.,I, R. f.
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2,000.00
2,000.00
P,nl .(302)
PIII$.(106)
PlIkt~.lon, A. .I.. 2,000.00
Marll, 11. .•••••• 2.000.00

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Bidwell, R. M. • 2.000.00 Plns.(2) tlutlmu, W. Eo • 2.000 .00 Ptns.(S2) GIIII,.n, t. T. . 2,000.00 Plns.(3081 w,lke., V. W. • . 2.000.00
Collins, H. f . 2.000 .00 Plnl .(2) Lee. R. M. 2.000 .00 pens.(53) SCh,""I, Y. W. . 2,000.00 P,nl.(311) Dr, .. , .I.. •••• 2,000.00
B Iollnson, M.) •...•. 2,000.00 Penl.(2) Plrtln, C. O. . 2.000.00 Penl.(SS) Hillms, W. K•. 2,000.00 Pens. (3 1I) McCuliOUpr, L f. 2.000.00
B Pillman, R. O...••. 2,000.00 Penl.(2) RapP. O. II •.... 2.000 .00 PlnS .l~) GrlOrn.n, W. G. 2,000,00 Plns .( 32~) M.. mu, C. L 2,000.00
B Hulett, A. A. ••.••• 2,000.00 Pens.(3) """y_, f , • 2.000.00 Ptnl_\S9) Milml. G••.... 2.000.00 pent.(nS) 111••1. ~. C. .. 2.000.00
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M~Do"'ld. C. V. 2,000.00 P,nl.(ll CljCII~, .I.. L. • . 2,000.00 penl .(64) 8arnett, L M. . 1,600.00 Pens·ClU) WIIII.ml, P. O. . 2.000.00
C"sly, A. W.•.. _.• 2,000.00 Penl.(3) Daly, j, I. 2,000.00 P,nl.(6I) HCFWilrd. C. r. .. 2,000.00 Plnl.(340) CtlfIt, I. •. 2,000.00
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Kel~. C. f .
2.000.00
2,000.00
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2,000.00
2.000.00
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Corp. W. L 1.600.00 PInS.(3) Goldll.ln • .1._ 2,000.00 Pet!s.(17) Kelll" T. I. .. 2.000.00 Peft$.(349) Oowllt\l, C. L 2,000.00
~wyer. C. C..... 2.000.00 Plns.(3) JoSip/llon. H. 2.000.00 PUI.(77) SI.ln", A. 1,600.00 Plns.(352) Milnn , G. I.•.. 2,000.00
led,el. J. J....... 2,000.00 Pttls.(3) Kastl, K. T.• ,. 2,000.00 P,ns.(77) WhltloW. I. T. 2,000.00 PIM.(J SJ) C.mpOlli. W. G. 2,000.00
,OJ Smith. R. I. 2.000.00 Pens.(3) Ln'lt, M. W•••• 2,000.00 Penl .(77) Wlnlnl. w. W. 2,000.00 Pens.(3SJ) O·Oonfltli. R. J. 2,000.00
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2,000.00
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2.000.00
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2.000.00
2.000.00
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 International Brothemood of Electri,al Workers - Pension and Death Benefit Payment Report
IBEW P£NS1OH meTRICAL WORKERS' NATIONAl. m eTRICAl.
BEJlErIT FUND BENEfIT ASSOCIATION 80mIT FUND
NUMBER AOMlnEO TO PENSION LAST MONTH 721
TOTAL NUMBER ON PENSION 74,636
TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS lAST MONTH $ 4,108,17I.Bl
TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS lAST 11 MONTHS $49,816,07118 $01 ,025,84 1.01
DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST MONTH $ 108,448.65 I 917,654.05
DEATH BENEfiTS PAID LAST 11 MONTHS

Brotherhood is What It ' s All About
(Collfinlled from Page 12)
is over for another year-or is it? The
friendships hegun on a ballfield in
Baldwin, New York have !.trengthened
the IBEW and its local unions immea-
surably.
This year's Tournament was the best
ever. None of Ihi5 would be possible
without Ihc hard work and cooperation
of the fo ur host Loca ls, namely Local
3, New York City; Local 25, Melvi lle,
Long Island; Loca l 1049, Hauppauge.
Long Island and Local 1381 of H icks-
ville. Long Island.
This year's 151 place winner was
Local 3, New York Ci ly; 2nd place,
Local 24, Balti mo re, Ma ryland and
3rd place was taken by Local 58, De-
tloit, Michigan. The Brotherhood tro-
phy was awarded to Local 363 froOl
New City, New York. YOUR TOOL
T he Committee is al ready making
plans for the 1983 Tournament and it FOR
is with pride that we report that the
1983 Tournament will be dedicated to
Jo hn J. " Jack" Barry , Vice-President
POLITICAL ACTION
of the 3rd District of the IBEW.
Any Local Union thal is interested
IN
in participating in the 1983 T ourna-
ment, please contact Tournament
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Chairman. Oill Lindsay, c/o Local
'" '" '" '"
Union 25, 4 1 Pinelawn Road, M elville,
New York 1 1747.
Submitted by
IBEW-COPE
Robert Benson George Schuck, J r.
Local 138 1 Local 3
Membe rs o f T ournament Committee

64 I ISEW JOURNAL/ APRI L 1983

•
REFLE T
•
A Perfect Spring Day
A perfect spring day
Is when the wind blows
In a genlle way.
When the flowers sway in the breeze,
When part of the far di stant past
Is a winte r frecze.
A n eagle soaring in the air,
Pretending it docsn't carc.
• Just before the summer's heat,
listening to the pitter-patter o f the
rain
Like little feet.
W hile off in the distance
A chu rch bell rings,
And up in the treetop
A sparrow si ngs.
This is what Ithink of
A perfect spring day,
In March , April, and
• Possihly May.
Conn ir Osbo rn , Age 13
- D ~u ghle , o f Ce(i l Osborn
Lou.' 702, West Fr~nldo rl , III.
My Union
•
, Of all the things I like, yo u see,
My union card means lots to me.
I get a thrill each lime we stand
• And take our oath and raise our
hand,
And swear we'll stand together all
And answer, should our union call.
I feel so proud deep in my heart,
My union helped me get my start.
My union gives me dignity;
I' ll give to it my loyalty.
Lo ri pro uts
Me mber of Lon l 1547
A:"Ieho r~ge, A I ~s.
, Farmers plant ing crops in their
..., Editor's Note: It hdS come 10 OIJr alten/ion
I Ihal a poem printed in it recent issue 01
Ihe tHEW Journal was nOI an origrnal
work by the signed author. As a mailer
of policy, we would like 10 Slale that all
poelry musl be original work by either iI
member or a relalive 01 a member 01
IBEW.
Springtime
The last piles of snow arc beginning
to wane;
The March wind is howling like J
runaway train!
Ufe.giving sunshine Slays longer
every day ;
Soon folks can put their heavy
winter coats away.
April rains Jre falling how they
drench the fertile earth,
Awakening the flowers for their
annual rebirth.
Hibernating animals arise from
dormant sleep;
Meadowlands are spotted with
hungry, grazing sheep.
fer tilizrd fjplrI~
Are busy contemplating the income
from their yields.
On this glorious MilY morning,
there's a stra nger on the lawn!
It's only Mr. Robin breakfasting a t
dawn!
J.mes F. Grigsby
Mem be r of l ou l 165
Chi ugo, III.
Easle r Ti me
lon g, long ago, a Saviour died- His
love was so divine.
From the grave He arose, we call it
Easter Tim e.
Nails pierced His hands, also hi s feet,
A swo rd pierced Hi s si de.
Then as all beheld Him there, in a
loving voice He cried,
"Father, forgive them, they know
not what they do."
H i~ Jd ~ llhuu g hb , l1ul u f Himself,
Bul of me and you.
Three days had passed when Mary
came,
Great was her su rprise as she looked
into an empty tomb, the truth be
not denied.
An angel said, " He is not here, but
risen from Ihe dead .
BC'hold the place where He lay, the
napkin (rom His head."
tn our place Christ d ied to lake
away our sin.
Why can't you just believe and
pla ce your tru st in Him?
L~ rm en Kob ine lt
Wife of Osby Rab ine lt
l oe.1 2, St. Lo uis, Mo.
Baby Coming Soon
Baby coming soon without a d ou bt,
We'll always love it even when it
screams and shouts.
It' ll gaze upon the stars at nighl,
It'll grow to be six·foot in height.
We' ll hold il when it's scared and
cryine,
We' ll slare at il when it's restfully
lying.
Soon after a linlp whilp it'lIlearn
how to play peak-a-boo,
Soon after a longer while it'll learn
how to lie its own shoe.
No mailer what the baby is, it' ll
always be fun ,
Boy, girl, daughter, or son.
loey Rubu, Age'
Son of Ric h • •d Rub. ,
Loe. 1 1367, Ch iugo, til .
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••

1. Tell Your Doctor

2. Get Complete Medical

Examinations Annually
(Including Chest X-Rays)

3. Quit Smoking!!
(This alone reduces the probability of Lung
Cancer nearly 90%!)