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 EDITORIAL
COMMENT
It's Time
the Nation's Voters
Look at
Reaganomics
for What It
Really Represents
Since the beginning of this year,
a year in which voters will go to
the polls in November (0 elect a
president and other political lead-
ers, the Republican Party drum-
beaters and those advoca ters for
President Reagan and his admin-
istration who have SCI and con no)
our economic policies, have been
talking in public a great dea l. They
have been sending forth loud and
clear messages which would have
everyone believe that the econ-
omy is well on its way to a great
recovery.
However, as a matter of fa c t,
nothing is more furth er away from
th e real truth of the matter than
those supposed economic tidings
of joy.
In spite of the many signs which
some economists are calling an
improved econom y, unemp loy-
menl is I.:untinuing at very high
levels. Unless the economi c pol-
icy is reversed, the recovery will
have a very very short life.
No econom is l can disprove the
fact that unemployment generates
tremendous economic and social
losses. It has been proven that for
every one million jobless workers,
the loss of goods and servi ces
amount to ::It least one billio n
do ll ars. For every one million job-
less wo rkers, the Federa l Treasury
loses 30 billion rlollars in unpaid
taxes and suffers the burden of
extra welfare and unemployment
compensa tion payments.
And what really hurts is when
you look at the total COSt of these
disastrous economic facts. Through
the 198 1-83 period, the tmal value
of lost production amounted to
950 billion dollars. The total lost
to the U.S. T reasury through un-
employment during 198 1-83 was
the staggering amount of 285 bil-
lion which would have been sub-
stantially enough dollars to reduce
the record Reagan deficits.
While the Reagan Administra-
tion is bragging about the recent
gains against inflation, these slight
gains have come at the enormous
COStS of high unemp loy ment, lost
output, and high loss of income .
And the key issues causing infla-
tion, such as medica l care, hous-
ing. energy, food and other con-
sumer goods, have not even been
addressed by the Reagan Admin-
istratio n.
Whil e plant clOSings and major
industries continue to lay-off
workers which di splaces thou-
sand s of workers and disrupt the
econom ic situation of local com-
munities and while the nation 's
infrastructure cont inues to dete-
riorate, nothing is be ing done by
the Administration to stop the
unfairness and the unneeded cruel
and insensitive direction of
Reaganomics.
The AFL-CiO is joined mos t
wholeheartedly by the IBEW in
believing and advocating that eco·
no mi c progress and social justice
go together. The commitment to
a fuU employment economy as set
forth in the Humphrey- Hawkins
FuJI Employment and Balanced
Economic G rowth Act of 1978
must and should be fulfill ed.
We believe that in orde r to ha ve
a balanced economy there must
be jobs created in the private sec·
tor and in the public sector for the
-.
millions of m en and women who
cannot find a job.
When Americans are able to
work in productive jobs that pro'
duce useful goods and services,
they generate taxes, stimulate the
econom y and rejuvenate the com -
munities that have suffe red from
high une mploym ent.
In this issue of the lournal, we
have included statis tics that prove
that mi ll ions and millions of
workers, needy, elderly, and poor
have paid and arc still paytng an
unfair staggering price for the pol-
icies of the Reagan AdmimSlfa-
tion.
Therefore, we ask all our mem-
bers to read and study these sta -
tistics and to pass o n to you r
families and friends the info rma -
tion that gives a true and hones t
fa ctual Statem ent of how workers •
and o ther citizens have been vic-
timized 50 that th e rich get richer
and the poor get poorer while the
working standards and the Iivmg
standards of workers are brought
down.
,
Charles H. Pillard
International President
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Inlemauonal Presldent Char1es H. Pillard, at the podium, delivers the keynote address to the delegates attending the 1984 ISEW Manufacturing
Conference. Top row : Administrative Assistant 10 the Inlemationat PreSident Anthony J . Salamone. Manufacturing Depanment Director Tom Hickman,
tnlemalional President Charles H. Pillard, International Secretary Ralph A. Lelgon, and IEC Chairman Wasley I. Taylor. Front row: International VICe
Presidents John E. Flynn, John J. Barry, B. G. Williamson, Dan H. Waters, James P Conway, Orville A. Tale, Jr., Jon F. Walters, S A. McCann "
Jack F. Moore, and John A. Hightower, and lEG members John J. McNulty. James F. Mulloney. Richard D. Aclon, Harry Be)(ley. and Thomas H
Pursley <.

1984 IDEW MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE

D elegates represent ing 120 IBEW
loca l unions from 35 states and Ca-
nadian provinces ga thered in Wash
ington, D.C., on January 24 to attend
the 1984 lBEW Manufacturing Con-
ference. They came together to talk
about a very serious issue and one
which they arc facing at virtually
every bargaining table today. They ,
ca me to ta lk abOllt th e alarm ing es-
calatio n in th e costs of m edica l ca re
and the threat those costs pose to
our medical insurance be.neAts. They
came to sea rch for ways to protect
the quality of the ca re our negotiated
beneAts provide, while at the same Intemational President Charles H. Pillard tetls the delegates that our most challenging problem
lime working to take control of the today is represonting our momoorship in tho midst of the disastrous stat" of the nation's economy
COSts.
lBEW Manufacturing Department cut arc com monplace, as arc the
Director Tom H ickman opcnC'ct the employers' insistence that fringe
Conference and welcom ed the 350 benefits be reduced." He ca lled plant
delegates with a cha ll enge to be will- closi ngs "one of the vicious anti - .,
ing to get involved in the progra m worker occurrences taki ng place to-
and to spend a long day seeki ng day ... ," called for tax and trade
solutions to thi s mOSt pressing issue. reforms, and asked for suppOrt for
International Presi dent Charles H. plant -closi ng legis lation now in Con-
Pill ard gave the keynote address. Set gress. " Ameri can workers shouldn 't
be in competition with workers in
,
ling the stage for what was to come,
he told the delegates, " At virtua ll y every Third World country and at
every bargaining table we are fa ced the mercy of fo reign governments'
with de mands from management that subsid ized goods d umped on the
we give back portions of the eco- American market at ill egally low
International Secretary Ralph A. Lelgon reminds
nomic package we have earned in priccs," he said . Speaking of the health the delegates that as a U.S, Senator Walter
yea rs past. Demands that wages be care iss ue, he told the delegates, " U n ' MondaJe had a 93 perC8nt right voting rQCOrd

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Inlemalional Officers, Representatives and local union delegates trorn the U.S and Canada listen 10 the company proposing a reduction In health

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• care bene' its at Ihe mock bargaining session

, less we 3 f C rC;ldy to accep t the alter-

natives of either reducing bcncfhs or
transferrmg these coS t S from the
compantes to the workers, we must
find ways of keepmg them under
controL"
International Secretary Ralph A.
Lelgon addressed the group, ca lling
.' for thelt support for COPE and askmg
them to redouble thelt effons to gel
• out the word that "Ronald Reagan 's
philosophy is n Ot o nl y anti -union,
but IS anti-worker as wel l. Through
every means aVlu la blc to them, Rca-
,, gan's people have tried to elimina te
or diminish the gains m ade by o r·
Manufactuflng Department Director Tom Hickman tells the delegatas that medical costs now take
ganized labor du tlng the pasI50 years more than 10 percenl of the Gross National Product. Top row Administrative Assistant to the
for all workers ." He ca ll ed the elec - International President Anlhony J, Salamooe. Inlernallonal Presidenl Charles H Pillard, Manufac-
tion of Walter Monda lc esscntla l to lunng Department Dlreclor Tom Hickman, and InternatIOnal Secretary Ralph A. teigoo Front row
" ... gell mg our count ry movmg agam, International Vice Presidents Orville A. Tate. Jr , Jon F Wallers, 5 R Mc(;ann, Jack F Moore.
and John A. Hightower
back on the right track. "
The mornlllg session of the Can·
ference was devotcd to ldentlfymg
the problem of the dramatic Increase
III the cost of medical care. Delegates
sa t In on a mock bargallllllg sess ion
,• between a local umon and an elec-
• tri cal manufaclUnng company and

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heard what IS bccomlllg an all-too·
farnlhar company response to the
umon's proposals fo r Improved health
care bcncfits .
ThiS mythical company offered 3S
a solution to the problc m a plan
• which would reqUire thclr c mploy ·
ees to share III the COSt of premiums,
pay ou t-of-pocket deducti blcs and
sha re III the pa ymc nt of mcdn;aJ hills. International Represenla\lves play the roles of both company and Union negotiators at the mock
bargaining session. Clockwise from lhe lel1: Bill Nye, Tony Makris. Gary Heald, Mary Whipps
At th c condu sion of th is staged (hidden). Roy Dickinson, John Carr, Bob Stand8f. Dick Mills. Paul Wine. Mel Horton, Craig
bargallllllg seSSion, the union Com- Hoepner, and Frank Vondra

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Manufacturing Department Director Tom Hickman moderates the panel discussion as delegates Irom the workshops report their solution to the
p!'obIem. From the left, James POUlOS, local 1169, Tom Curley. local 1076: Diana Kamen. local 1968: Bob Elizondo. Local 110: Oil Hickman:
John Normovie. Local 2084: Susan Wilson, Local 2156; Bob Myers, Local21sa and Peter Potenza, Local 1499
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To stat1 the al1emoon session, the delegates were assIgned to workshops and gillen the task of putting together a counterproposal which the union
could use to preted their health care bene/I!s wt1 ile redUCing costs. They laced the challenge 01 doing thiS without transferring costs Irom Ihe
company to the workers. Pictured here are acenes Irom some of the workshops 1

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 mHtee promised to return with a
.• counterproposal which would pre·
serve the quality of the health care
provided under their present full·
l payment plan, but to do so at a
reduced cost. They told the company
that any scheme which simply trans·
ferred the cOSt from the company to
the workers was not acceptable.
The mommg session ended with
a demonstration of some of the com-
t' plexities of the problem. One by one
the doctors, Insurance compames,
hospital s and patients were blamed
.... as the cause of the problem; and one
by one they were defended as not
being responsible, while at the same
time blaming each othe r.
I With this background the dele-
- gates in attendance were asked to
split up intO workshops and prepare
proposals for the usc of the umon's
Bargaining Co mmittee . They were
provided with certain gUidelines con-
• ceming the mEW's position that these
~ proposals should preserve the quahty
of the health care presently provided
"_ and should not IIlciude schemes
which merely transfer the cOStS from
the company to itS employees.
t Following the workshops, dele·
gates from each appeared on a panel
to repon their findmgs and sugges·
tions as to what type of proposal the
union Committee should make. From
... these reports It was determmed that
the union's response could be stated
in SIX ca tegones: II) Information:
The type of information which should
be provided to the union, where it
, T can be obtained, how It shou ld be
used, etc, (2) Plan Adllllllistration:
.. How the present Insurance plan can
cost less with proper attention to the
admiOistfation of ItS proVisions; 13)
Plan Design: Changes which can be
made m the medical plan Itsclf which
;. can reduce costs by clumnatlng or
reducmg abuscs and potential abuscs;
141 Alternate Forms of Dellvery:
Changes m th e plan which arc de·
signed to make usc of less expensive
ways of proViding medical care ; 151
• Self· Help Programs: Programs de-
signed to reduce the cos t of medical
#- care by reducing the need as a result
of better health ; and (61 Education :
The need to IIlform our members
... about both the costs and benefits of
their health care package.
In addition to what can be done 3t
~ the bargaining tabl e, the delegates
stressed the need to get IIlvo lved in Delegates listen closely 815 speakers discuss who IS responsible 101 Ihe high cost 01 medical care
coalitions, health planning groups and lind that everyooe involved with the system, Irom the doctors and hospitals to the Insurance

, and hospital boards. companies and pelienls, can beaf some 01 the blame

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Local union delegates to the 19&4 Manufacturing Conference are shown in these photos as they gather the Information which they will use when
they return to their bargaining tables and prepare 10 deal with the cha1tenges to their benefit package posed by the alarming increases In the cost 01
medical care

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ADVANCED ARBITRATION
TRAINING SEMINAR HELD

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A onc-week Advanced Arbitration
," Training Seminar was held at the
In stitute of Labor and Industrial Re-
lations from December 4 through
.. December9, 1983, at the University
of Illinois. The program was designed
• and coordinated by the Sixth District
Office and is part of the Six th Dis-
tri ct 'S continuing educational pro-
gram, which includes programs at
other locations such as the School
~ for Workers at the University of Wis-
consin, and a summer program at
the University of IndIana, Blooming-
-" ton, Indiana.
The staff included la bor-manage-
ment arbitrators, educators, an at-
torney, and IBEW International Rep-
resentatives. Materials were supplied
by the Institute, and reference rna·
, terials in a binder covering various
topics for researchi ng and preparing
• for an arbitrati on hearing were sup-
plied by the 6th Dis trict office .
Those who participated in this
working ins titute that included
morning, afternoon, and evening ses-
.. sions were awarded certificates. They
arc as follows : Ronald Bame, Local
723; Charles Berger, Local 292; Gordy
Bolander, Local 3 1; Jim DeAnnond,
local 31 ; Ketth Flewelling, Local
1106; Dave Hannan, Local 292 ; Mike
Harlow, Local 463; Nancy Hayes,
.. Local 1306; Joseph Kmgs ley, Local
134; Lawrencc Lenhardt, Local 965 ;
Paul Marry, Local 176; William Nor-
ve ll, Local 193; Ray Tuc ker, Local
364; Wltali " VIC" Globa, Local 2047;
.... lnternatJonal Representatives James
Greenwood, Dave Johnson, James Shown here are Ihe par1JClpanls in the one-week Advanced Arbilration Training Seminar held al
Rudicil and Larry Kellaris; Phillips the University 01 illinois Institute of Labor and Industrial Re lallons. In the first row, leh to nght, are
L. Garman, professor-educator; Ron- Ray Tucker, Nancy Hayes. Kathy Farney. and ROI'1ald J. Peters; second row, lelt to right, are
Gordy Bolander, Keith Flewelling, Paul Marry and David Johnson: lt1ird row, lelt 10 righl. are Ronald
ald 1. Peters, head of labor educat ion Bame, William Norvell, Joseph Kir'lgsley, Mike Harlow and Dave Hannan: four1h row, lelt 10 right.
at the Institute ; and Kathy Farney, are W. "Vic" Globa. Jim DeArmood, James Greenwood. and Lawrence Lenhardt: fifth row, left 10
, graduate ass istant . right. are Larry Kellari s. Phillips Garman. James Rudicll and Charles Berger.

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AFL-CIO Industriat UNOO Department Pt9S!den\ Howard Samuel opens
the t984 IUD legislatIVe Conleronce
D elegates to the IBEW Manufac-
turing Conference remamed III
Washington, D.C., to attend the An-
nual Legislative Confe rence of the
Industrial Union Department of the
AFL-CIO, January 25 and 26, 1984.
The Confe rence focused on the
need to rebuild American industry .
Our nation 's industrial base IS erod·
ing and that eros ion is undermining
our ability to prosper and grow. With ·
out a strong, diversified industrial
base, we cannot hope to continue
U.S. Representa\Jve Robert GarCia U.S. Representallve Geraldine Fer·
(O·N.Y.) faro (O-N.Y.)
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IUD Conference
Focuses on
" Rebuilding •
American Industry"
International President Charles H Pinard calls lor a coherent strategy lor
developing OUf Industrial sector
our leadership In the free world . Even
our nati onal security is at stake.
The IUD has called upon Congress
to pass national industrial polley
legis lation in an effort to reverse
this process and restore this nati on
to a Strong economic foundation th at
can reach full em ployment and sus-
tain it. •
AFl·CIO President lane Kirkland says ana-
hunal Industrial policy Is 8 necessary element
in the development 01 democracy n
Economisl and lormer Labor Sec· U.S. Represef'llatJVe John LaFalce
retary Ray Marshall (O-N.Y.)
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Delegates attending the Confer-
ence were told tha t of the 3 1 million
new jobs created si nce 1960, only
one million were in manufacturing
and that 3.5 million manufactunng
and conStruction Jobs have been lost
from 1979 to 1982.
Interna tiona l President Charles H.
• Pillard add ressed the group and re·
lated how onc by one the technolog-
I ical developments of the last few
,
decades have been lost to foreign
manufacturers and to American
multl -nallonal companies ' overseas
operations.
"Today the United States seems
to be the only cou ntry in the world
that docs nOt have a coherent strat-
egy for developing ou r industrialscc-
tor," he said, " and it IS time, way
past time, that we got on the same

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wave length in that regard wi th the
I rCst of the world ." He called upon
Congress to support us in our efforts
IBEW lOcal union delegates. International Officers and Representauves jOin the 1,000 delegates
'rom 20 international unions In atlendance al the IUD Legislallve Conrerence
to rcbuild Amencan mdustry, and
• he ca lled upon the delegatcs to sup-
pon COPE and to make an all-out
effort to elect our political fn cnds.
A number of promlncnt labor lead-
I crs addressed thc group, mcluding
t AFL-CIO Presidcnt Lane Kirkland .
Formcr Sccrctary of Labor Ray Mar-
shall and several U.S. Senators and
Representatives, Inc luding Senator
Donald Rlcgle IO-MICh.), Rcp. John
OingeIl IO-Mich .), Rep. Tom Harkin
10-lowa), Rep. Robert Garcia (O-N.Y.I,
Rep. Ge ra ldine Ferraro (O-N. Y.I, Rep.
John LaFalce IO-N.Y .I, and Rep. Paul
Simon 10-111.), expressed th ei r views
< ' on the importance of this issue. They
congra tulated labor for taking the
,• Icad in cstabli shing a national in-
dustrial policy and pl edged their sup-
I port for it.
, Organized labor's belief 111 the need
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I' U.S. Representative Paul Simon
(D· Illinois)
U.S. Representallve John DlngoU
(D·Mict1igan)
U.S Sena.or Donald Riegle (D·
Michigan)
US Rep!'esen.a'Jve Tom Harkin
(D·Io ..... a)

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for a national industrial policy was
spelled out in printed materials given
the delegates to lhe IUD ConIClcHee.
The foUowing su mmarizes Jabor's
views on thi s important topic :
AmClica'~ illJu~lliaJ ba~t: is Jan-
gerous ly eroding, and with it the
COUntry 's ability to grow and prosper,
defend itself, and achieve full em-
ployment.
To rebuild America 's industrial base
requires, first of all, a set of general
economic policies to assure steady
growth toward full emp loyment. We
need a tax syste m that provides an
adequate and eqUitable revenue base j
a reduction in budget deficits; sus-
tained low interest mt es; and senS I-
ble trade, aIHilruSt, and regulatory
policies.
Over and above the general ceo·
nomIc requirements, we also need
an Industrial policy deSigned to ex-
:lImne individual industrial sectors
and take the steps necessary to assure
a modem industrial base capable of
competing in world markets and pro- IEC members James Mulloney and John McNulty join International VIce Presidents Jack Moore
vidi ng stable domestic employment. and 5 . A. McCann during a recess In Ihe Conlerence.

Only by developing and imple·

menting specific mdustrial strategies
will we, as a nation, be able to mod ·
ernize our industries, stabili ze in -
dustnal employment, and compete
with our tradmg partners, all of whom
operate within an Industria l po li cy
framework of their own .
Targeted industrial policies are not
new in America . Indeed, such poli ·
cies are established today each tllne
action is taken under our trade laws,
or regulatory sltlndnrds are set for
certain industries, or tax brcaks arc
provided to bencfit some industries
and not others, or subsidiCs arc granted
to such industncs as agncuiturc, aero
ospace, and defense .
The trouble is that many eX1Sting
poliCies are unsystematic, uncoor·
dinated, and at times irrational. A
senSible mdustrial policy, on the other
hand, would estab li sh a public Struc- AI the IUD Conference. from the left, Intemalional VICe President Orville Tale. Jr., Intemalianal
VICe President 5 . A. "Jack" McCann, International VIce President JacK Moore, Local 1362 President
turc designed to .1ssure th at targeted Pat Marshall and Local 1362 Business Manager Norman Sterzenbach.
sectoral strategies arc coordina ted,
aimed at the right object ives, and
require accou ntability. vironm enta li sts, women, minori ti es, search and devclupmt:llt, WUI kel and
The structure proposed by the la · and others. Through a series of spe- communit y adjustment aSSistance,
bar movcment IIlcludcs a National cific industrial and regional sub· training and education, and employ·
Indus trial Policy Board and a Na councils, the board would develop a mcnt poliCi es.
tionallndustrial Development Bank. set of policy recommendations for Based upon the recommendations
The board would be composed of the revitalization of mdividual In ' of the board, the proposed bank would
representatives from government, la- dustries and regions. These po licy be authonzed to provide loans, loan
bor and business supported by a broad- recommenda tions would include fi· guarantees, or other targeted finan-
based advisory committee of public nancial assistance as well as targeted cial assistan ce to specifi c industrial
interests, including cnnSllmers, en· changes in tax, tradc, antitrust, rc· concern s or regi ons.
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ELEVENTH
, DISTRICT
CONDUCTS
r CONSTRUCTION
CONFERENCE Eleventh DIstrict VICe President Jack F Moore acldressing the MId·Term ConstructiOn Conference
• held in January

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The Eleventh olsHict Mid-Term
Construction Conference was held
in Kansas Ci ty, Missouri, at the Hil-
ton Airport Plaza Inn on January 17,
1984.
Vice President ,a ck Moore con-
-. dueled the conference. lEe member
Robert Missey addressed the confer-
ence on the problems facing the labo r
movement. Attorneys Charles Wer-
ner of the Sch ucha t, Coo k, Werner
law firm in 51. LOUIS, and James
Walsh of the Jolley, Moran, Walsh,
Hager & Gordon law firm in Kansas
City addressed the conference on
legal matters affecting ou r member-
ship, especially the subjects of dou-
ble-breasted operations and with ·
drawal from multi-employer
bargaining, cap audits and:l number
of other subjects.
Daniel "Duke" McVey, president
of the Mlssoun State Labor Council,
spoke on the Importance of all mem-
bers of labor getting aCtive this year
10 the polltlcal arena. He stated that
we must work to get Mondale nom-
tnated and elected In November, and
addressed the matters of delegate
selection at the National Democratic
Convention and labor attendtng the
caucuses.
Ken Maddox, execuuve secretaryl
treasurer of the National Electrical
BeneRt Fund, addressed the confer-
ence on the NEBF Pension Plan. Af-
ter his presentation he opened the
floor for questions and discussion .
The delegates were very pleased with
the answers given to the qucsuons
raised.
Vice PreSident Moore discussed
problems 111 the Construction Branch.
He urged th e local Uluons to strlctiy
adhere to the referral procedure 10
their agreements as we are havlOg
more cha llenges made on the referral
procedures than ever before.
The meellng was well attended by
all the local unions, and the delegates
expressed their appreCiation for a
very educational and informative
conference.
The delegation also thanked lBEW
Local 124 for hosting a hospI talit y
hour on Monday night before the
conference .

"\ This Is a partial view oIlhe delegates altendll"lg the Construction Conference In Kansas City. Mo
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MONDALE FOR PRESIDENT
National Director, AFL-CIO. Comm iHee on Political Educ8110n
The AFL-CIO 's decision to try to
cnlllrgc l... bur's po litica l role through
ea rly endorse ment of a candidate in
the nomin ating process spra ng from
o ur d isa ppointment with the impact
we've had o n the process In recent
Pres idential yea rs.
In 1972, and again 10 1976, we
urged union members to run 3S de le-
gates to the Democratic Conven-
lion on all the major candidate slates,
and this didn 't work so well. We
tried getting our peop le to run un -
com mitt ed, and that d idn 't work so
well, eith er.
In 1976 and 1980, we were faced
as well with the problem of mter-
na tiona l umons going of! with en-
dorsements of their own, workmg at
cross-purposes in behalf of four or
five candidates for the nomination .
That meant that labor peop le, la -
bor effo rt s, labor money, and o th er
lam" I C~U UI CCS wc rc fightlllg onc
another and, in effect, canceling one
another out.
Afte r tb e 1980 campai gn and the
12 , IBEW JOURNAL! MARCH 1984
by John Perkins
election of Ronald Reagan, we de-
cided we ought to come up wilh a
new approach. President Kirkland
appointed a committee of the Exec-
utive Council to explore th e leasl
bi lity of an earl y endorscment in the
Presidential nominatlOg process.
The committee reponed that, yes,
it would be fcasiblc, provided that
our affiliated IOtcrna tional unions
agreed not to fc t out fro nt with
endorsements 0 their own and pro-
vided that a conscnsus of at leas t
two-thirds of the AFt-ClO Ceneral
Soard supported any recommenda -
tion of endo rsement.
As it turned out, those conditions
were met, and the timing was such
tha t we had the added authority of
the AFt-ClO Convention.
But earl ier in this process, I recall
President Kirkland saylllg to the Ex ·
ecut ive Council: " We've tned every-
thing elsc. Why don 't we try unity ?"
We 're trying it now, and so far it
feels very good.
We arc well aware tbat there are
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risks, at least in the m inds of somc
of our criti cs, somc of our friends, "-
and some of o urselves.
Number one, there IS the n sk of ..
underperformance; of bemg less ef
fecuve than we hope to be. If that
happens, the news media and, for
that maner, a lot of OUf foes would
have a Reid day talking about labor
as a political paper tiger.
Well, so what? I say that win 01
lose, we'll be able to hold our heads
high when it 's over. We'll do OUf Job.
and we'll do it well.
RI sk number two IS the perception ~
that will be fostered, agaLll by the
media and by many of our politi cal
opponents, that the labor movement
IS out to take ove r the Democratic
Party, o r the pa rt y ou t to absorb the
la bor movement.
As I said ea rlicr, that's nonsense. ,..
We have no ambition to take over
th e Democratic Party. We've got O llT
hands full bei ng 1'1 labor movement
and doing our best to represent th e
interests of our members.
 There IS no indicatio n, and no
t mclin'lljon that I can sec, that the
Democ ratic Party wants to swallow
us up. And I think if any pa rty ever
tried, we'd stick in their throats like
the wrong part of the artichoke.
~ Finally, and m OSt impo rtant of all,
there is the ri sk of d ivi Sions with in
r our ranks and recriminations if things
don't work out exactly as we'd like.
All I can say is that we walked
IntO th is who le unde rta king with ou r
_ eyes open . Leade rs of O llf uni ons
undertook .. great deal of study and
_ di scussion before they agreed that
we should have the option of ca rl y
endorsement and to exercise It, If
uni on members su pported tha t ac-
tion.
r~ The s uppOrt that our uni ons found
am ong thei r me m bers was ove r-
whelming. With only a ve ry few
excepti ons, representing a tin y fra c-
tion of AFL-C1 0 membersh ip, th ere
.. was agreem ent that, yes, there wa s
reason to endo rse a candidate, to do
1 so ea rly, and to do it in behalf of
Walter Mondale.
.. I don' t mean to suggest that umo n
, me m bers arc unanimo us m the ir
prefe rence. It would be fooli sh to
expect that. Am ong free men and
women, with mmds of the ir own,
l you are going to fi nd th e who le spec-
.. trum o f politica l views.
Bu t we're not wri tlOg off a single
IBEW Member Sworn In On City Council
)
Earl F. J . ~ Joe" 5 1. Aubin. 043. a 2O-year member ollBEW Local 68, DenV1tr. CoIofado, was sworn
Into otlice Q(I January 5, 1984. l or a two-year term on the Northglenn, CoIofado, City Council He
was also named the council"s parliamenta ri an and alternate representallve to the Colorado
Municipal league. He Is shown here belng sworn in by Adams County District Judge Ph!lip Aoan
one of them . We'll go IOta every
local, and we will seek the suppo rt
o f all o u r mem bers-m ale, fe male,
black, Hispamc, white, young or o ld-
for the candidate we've endorsed,
beca use we believe Walter Monda le
IS the best cand ida te fo r a ll wo rkers
and trade uni Ol1lsts and fo r the future
of our country .
We be li eve lilli a n members will
give Walter Mondal e their suppon.
A med ia poll ,USt aft er our endorse-
ment fou nd tha t 35 perce nt o f ou r
mem be rs say they are infl uenced by
a la bor endo rse me nt. The med ia in-
terpreted thiS to mea n support is
thm, but as poll results go, It'S a
t.remendous vote of con fide nce. As a
rule, 95 percent o f voters au tOmati -
call y den y pa ymg att enti on to an y-
body's endo rse ment .
I say that If we have that much fo r
openers, once we reach them With
campaign materi.1I and lett ers and
on-th e- job discussio n, that nucleus
wi ll ba ll oon dramati cally .
The med ia also be li tt led the
soundmgs taken by our affiliated
unions to seek ou t the sen ti ments of
th eir me mbers about the endorse-
ment. The med ia cl aimed it was
unrepresentati ve because "on ly" one-
thml of members recalled thelr umon
askmg how they felt-that wou ld be
nearly five m illion of them.
Let me pO lll t o ut th at the sa me
, ./
mcdta swallows whole a Ga llup poll
or a Ha m s poll that sa mples fewc r
than 2,(X)() Amen cans. They ta ke it
as gospel truth th at the fi ndm gs reo
Oect and defi ne th e feeli ngs on any
issuc of the w hole pop ulatlon. A
survey that reaches five nli liton
Ame ri cans is pe rh aps a thousand
times larger than an y other in the
history of opini on resea rch.
Therefore, we're not aboul to lei
the med ia de n de ou r capabi li ties or
m inim iZe ou r cfforts ei ther to ascer-
ta in how our mem be rs fee l or to
persuade the m to support our can-
didate_
Every polltlcally acuvc ulllon
member should walk tall and walk
proud 10 thiS cruCial undcrtakmg.
We ha ve takcn the first step towa rd
the ult imate a nd cmical obleC ti ve :
to send Ronald Reagan bac k to the
ranch and to send our frie nd Wa lt er
Monda le to the Wh ite House.
AFL-CIO Asks Appeals
Court to Overturn
Decision on Service
Contract Act
The AFL-CIO and particlpallng umons
nave asked a rederal appeals court 10
OV8f1urn a recent diStrict court deCIsion
on the 5eMce Contract Act. Iheprevailing
wage law for service woOl done under
lederal contract
The appeal was Illed In the Coun of
Appeals lor the District of Columbia Cir-
cuit on January 30 by Ihe AFl-CIO. its
BUilding & Constru<;liOl"1 Trades Depan-
ment and seven aHlllated unions--the
Carpen ters, International Brotherhood 01
Electrical Workers, Laborers, Machinists.
Sea farers, Service Employees and
Transpon Workers The AFl-CIO intends
to press lor an e)(pedlted hearing 01"1 the
rulm9 . whICh has been pu t Into etlect
The lederallOl"l IS keenly disappOinted
In the district coun deciSIOn. whICh upheld
the 5e<:retary 01 labors amendments to
the Service Contract Act
These amendments cruelly cut back
01"1 the protections the act IS Intended to
aHord S8fVlCe contract workers who, Coo-
gress recognIZed , "afe among the most
unSkilled, the weakest and th e poorest 01
our citizens. "
Dis trict cou rt decisions Bre nOI th e last
word The Court 01 Appeals' Nov. 29.
1983. decisiOn In ILGWU ... Donovan
reversed a lower court d8ClSlOn and In-
validated another eMort by the Admims·
tratJon to benellt employers by disman-
tling worker pl"OtectlOfl . thai declslOf1
strengthens AFl-CIO resolve to conllnue
Its etlort 10 bring a measure of talrness
and decency to the government's deal-
Ings WIth those who do Its laundry. sweep
its buildings, cook its lcod. cut ItS lorests
and perfonn a hundred other hard, de·
mandlf)Q and necessary JObS.
- AF l-CIO News
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Local 103 Members

Renovate Building ,

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Some of Ihose responsible lor the renovation project are shown here. Left 10 righi, front row, are Governor Michael S. Dukakis; John E. Taylor.
business manager, Local 103; William J. Ferguson, chapter manager, NECA; Mrs. Kilty Oukakis; Joseph J . Sheehan, business agent, Local 103,
William Swanson, director. JATC, Local 103; back row, left to right, Charles Spillane, general agent, Boslon Building Trades; Joseph J . Gambino,
business agent (hall-hidden): and Robert Regan, lormer director, JATC, Local 103.

During the months of November
and December, 1983, 30 m embe rs,
apprent ices a nd journeyme n of Loca l
103, Boston, Massachusetts, joined
with other building tradesmen in an
effon of love lor their fell ow- man.
Gove rnor Mi chael S. Dukakis insti-
tuted a drive to help the homeless
in Massachusetts. To be successfu l
in this cmh:avur rCl[ uircd help from
the communities, state, city and trade
unions.
A building in th e Roxbu ry section
of Boston was targeted as a projec t
which would get the governor's plan
off to :J good st.:art . This building h:Js
served in the paSt as a half-way house
fo r male and female criminal of-
fcnders reenterin g socie ry, as we ll as
a home for run -away gi rl s. But for
the last fou r yea rs, state funds have
been la cking to operate the building.
The building had been vacant, and
because of vandals and a bad roof,
had fall en into disrepair. With time,
labor and money in short supply, it
wa s questionable whether th is build-
ing cou ld be put to use as a temporary
shelter for fam ilies in need of hous-
ing due to fi res, fl oods or oth er emer-
gencies. Enter the building trades
with Local IOJ in the forefront.
Business Agent Joseph Sheehan di·
rected the electrical effort as he and
the ot her members donated their
nights and weekends fur this wurthy
cause. The service was changed, as
well as the installation of a new fire
alarm system. Th e Boston Ch.1pte r
of NECA, as well as seve ra l con tra c·
tors, donated over $5,000 for mate-
ri<1 ls. The cont ra ctors included Cu-
zov ksy Electrica l Corporat ion,
Broadway Electrica l Compa ny, Suf-
folk Electrica l Company, Inc., i1nd
Bennett Electrical, Inc.
Soon famili es in need will be mov- ..
ing into this temporary shelter thanks
to the likes of Joe Shee han and the ..
Broth ers and Sisters of Local 103,
IBEW. The following arc the mem-
bers who volunteered thei r services:
Steph en Peppard, Michael Monahan, ~
Joseph Sheehan, Jr., Kevin Boudreau,
Deirdre Murphy, Craig Green, James
T hurston, Tony Schena, Jack Eicher,
Wally Griffin, Jr., Paul Proctor, Jim
Kelley, Dan Carney, Tom Cypher,
Jim HUld, Jay BUlk!::, Juhn Guudhuc,
C hu ck Mona han, Caw Marsha ll, ..
Muhammad Sulieman, John Fitz-
gera ld, Russ Radcliffe, Bill Swan son,
Dick Harkins, Dick St impson, Joe
Flynn, Bi ll Walker, Jack Kelly, Mike
Quinza li, Ken O'Donnell, Fr.:ank ...
Bromberg, Joe Nigro, Jack Ta ylor, Joe
Sheehan, Sr., John O'Donnell and ,.
Fletcher Fuentes,

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L The Reality
I A DfeS5-A-DoI Contest is held every year in COI"II'I8Ction Wllh the Marie V. Downey Memorial Fund's
Christmas charities, and awards in 10 categories are presented. Here, Thomas Hannigan, leh.
of Christmas
Administrative Assistant to International Secretary Ralph A. lslQOI'l. and Anthony J. Salamone,
Administrative Assislanilo International President Charles H. Pillard, begin Judging the 108 en1tants.

" Your thoughtfulness proves that personally se lect, shop for, and gift clothes and ot her gtft Items . Severa l
Chnstmas IS mdeed a rea lity." These wrap toys and assorled gifts for foster chantable organtzatlOns that look af·
words in a thank -you leHef from 3 children. They give of their own lime ter the poor and the elde rl y were also

I loca l nursing and conva lescent ho me

were d irected to the hundreds of
during the busy ho liday season to do
all the shopping for those who arc
remembered a t Ch ristmas .
The Mari e V. Downey Memona l

,
• supporters of the Marie V. Downey
Memorial Fund.
II All year lo ng. these supporters con-
.. tnbute money to the fund to be used
to buy new clothing and other gifts
for needy adults and ch ildren. They
crochet and knit afghans, lap robes.
shaw ls, and foot warme rs for th e
elde rly. They design and hand-sew,
knit, and crochet clothes for do ll s
that arc di stributed to underprivi -
leged and handicapped duldren . They
less fortunat e than th ey.
The generosity of the Mane V.
Downey Memo rial Fund supporters
m3de C hnstmas of 1983 a reahty for
97 needy foster children whose JOY
knew no bounds as they unwr3pped
their assorted gifts, for th e 108 little
girls whose !:tces reflected the glo ry
of the season as they became the
owners of beautifully-dressed dolls,
and for the 25 adults and 41 children
who were ovenoyed with their new
Fund is named in memo ry of a form er
International Representati ve on the
staff of the 1.0 . The fund 's supporters
,"clude the employees (members of
Local 2, OPEIUI and retirees of the
1.0., staff and offi ccrs and thei r
spouscs, and othcr generous fri end s.
As they do eve ry year, they made
Chnstm as of 1983 a rea lity for
hundreds of grateful chil dren and
3dults.

Some of the lop winners in the Dress-A-Doll Contesl and their awards A view of the clOth ing and other glhs thai were purchased lor 25 adults
are shown here. along with the 97 glh-wrapped loys and assorted presents and 41 children.
lOr loster children.
IBEW JOURNAL! MARCH 1984 I 15
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Washington I abor Report

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Industrial Decline Laid to Government Policies, Over-Valued Dollar

A study prepared for nine of the nation's largest industrial corporations blames
the decline of American manufacturing on U.S . trade policies, an over-valued dollar.
high capital costs, and government neglect. reports the AFL-CIO .
Tht:! ::iludy by Data Resources. Inc . , concludes that the American economy cnnnot
remain strong unless its manufacturing industries are healthy and growing.
The report charges that manufacturing industries have suffered from national
economic policies which have been' 'insensitive to their needs. " It also charges that
the government' 'stood idly by" as lndustries in other countries took advantage of
,
easy entry into the United States .
1
Economist Otto Eckstein. the principal author of the study, called for steps to
reduce the value of the dollar in foreign exchange. He said tax reforms should be made
to eliminate a preference for non-industrial investments .
The strongest evidence of an accelerating decline for U.S . manufacturers is the
growing international trade deficit. which is expected to approach SlOO-SllO billion
thi~ year at a cost of up to two million American jobs .
The report was prepared for American Telephone & Telegraph Co . . Bethlehem Steel •
Corp . . Burlington Industries. Inc., E. I . du Pont de Nemours & Co .. Eastman Kodak Co . .
Pord Motor Co .. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co .. Deere & Co . and Texaco. Inc.
Eckstein. the head of Data Resources. Inc .. and a former member of the Council of
Economic Advisers under President Johnson. said the study provides the most
significant evidence so far that the United States is deindustrializing .

Federal decisions
Tax and regulatory policies have diverted the country's savings from productive •
industrial investment. and industry has had little voice in critical government
decisions on budget deficits, interest rates and exchange rates. the study charged
" While other nations aggressively promoted the development of their industries. •
the United States made no serious effort to assure that this worldwide thrust of
industrial development would occur in an environment of free trade and competition.
"In its international trade policies. the U. S. government placed our economic
i nterests second to political goa l s."
The study listed five steps to be taken to promote a healthier development of U.S .
manufacturing in the years ahead:
• Reduce the cost of industrial capital . Bring about lower interest rates by
controlling federal budget deficits: eliminate or reduce preferential financing of
non-industrial investments: provide easier access to long-term debt capital for
investment . 1
• Lower the exchange rate of the dollar to a level more consistent with relative
cost positions . "Lower interest rates made possible by a smaller budget deficit would
go far to achieve this goal . ' ,
• Develop trade policies to open world markets to U. 5 . goods. particularly in Japan ~
and in newly industrialized countries . "The federal government should put a greater
emphasis on economic as opposed to political goals."
• Preserve the American lead in high technology industries .
• Establish monetary and fiscal policies to achieve a more stable and sustainable
pattern of economic growth .
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depal bllent of Research

and Education

r NLRB-National Labor Regulations Busters?

I These urnes :Irc crammed with the :lnd flulure of ollce-healthy I[Hlustrles." fe nse Foundation, which spec Ializes III
efforts of some polmc lans, buslIlcssmcn, Board member PatriCia Diaz Demus was fundmg laWSUit S ag:unst Ulllons, [t was

I
:md their " advisers" to destroy orgamzed
labor and the collective bargaining sys-
tem. The umon-buslers never give up,
t but when their efforts emanate from a
government agency that IS charged, by
appoulted by President Reagan and con ·
firmed by the Senate In 1983. She IS a
Democrat and a management attorney ,
The other current board member IS Don
A. Z unmerman, an mdepcndellt np'
later rcvealed that Mr. Reilly had con-
tinued, as an unpaId lawyer, to represent
the " Rlght ·To·Work " orgalll;:atlon III
court cases against ullIons after ~Olng to
work m a full -tunc, responsible pOSitIOn

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~ law, with enforcmg the nght of workers
10 orgamze and 10 bargam through labor
umons of their own choosing. then It IS
ume to speak out.
Because of the background and wcU-
poulted by President Carter,
Prescntly, there eXists a vacancy on
the NlRB because of the departure, laSt
August, of Repuhhcan Howard JenkinS,
Jr. Washlllgton sources say that the Rea-
for the Department of labor (DOL ) early
In the Reagan Admuustr:lIlon. IlLs su-
perior at DOL had been Mr Dotson
The Important POSt of general counsel
IS up next month for the m cumbem,

r, known person:!l feelings of recent pres-

Idential appollllcCS to the National Labor
Relations Bo:lrd INLRB) and because of
recent NLRB decISions that undcnnmc
boor legislation, It appears that the NLRB
IS trymg 10 cam Hsclf the mle of " Na-
lIonal Lahor Regu lations Buslers," in-
stead of continuing LIS legislated duty to
protect workers' fights under l:lbor laws.
8:lckground
The NlRB W:lS cre:lted In 1935 to
adm llllster and enforce the N:lIlonal la·
bor Rela tions Act (Wagner Act). Its pT!'
mary dUlles arc to hold elections to
gan AdmllllstnJllon IS RndlnE: It dlfAcuit
10 Rnd a "black Repub1tcan who pr:LCllces
labor law on thc managemelll Side " 10
appolllt 10 the board
When Mr. Dotson became ch:unn:m
of the board, he brought along Hugh
Re illy to be sollcitor ladvl!.cr on po,nts
of law) of the Nl Rll Mr. RCl ll y former ly
served as attorney for the anu-Ulllon
Nallonal " Right-To· Work" legal Dc·
CONSUMER PRICE [NDEX- CANADA AVERAGE
SOUR CE: STATISTICS CANAOA
DECEMBER. 1983
Wilham lubbers. a Democrat who was
apPOInted by Prcsldent Carter. ThIS pro·
vldes President Reagan thc opponunlty
to appomt yet another :lnll-UIliOn person
to a malor V:lcancy at the NlRB The
general counsel has St3tlllory amhonty
over the ISSUallCe of unfair labor pr:Lctlce
ch:1fges and over N l/W field offices. lasl
May, the board voted to downgrade the
responSibilities of the general counsel

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determine umon represent:ltlOn :lnd to
, mterpret and apply the law concerning 198 1 100=
I <
unfalT labor pracllces. The board IS com·
posed of five boa rd members, who serve Allllems T,enspor'
..... lIh& R.c , ...
Persona l lion &
1..10 five-year terms. Each year, the term of Month V•• r Com bined Housi ng Clolh lng 1.110'1 Ce re Rtadlng

one bo:lrd member expires. The general 1227 1227 120.0 1175
December '983 1196 1125 111 1
counsel, o r prosecutOr, serves:I four-year November 112. 1 122.3 111.4 121.3 120. 1 1160
1983 1192
term. The board members and the general 1127 122.2 111.1 121.1 119.7 117.9
October 1983 1192
counsel arc aPPOinted by the PresllJcnt, September 12 1.4 110.6 121 .6 119.5 117.7
1983 1165 111.5
sublect to confi rmation by the Senate. 112.6 120.6 11 0.3 122.6 119.0 117.3
August 1983 118.5
July 1983 1179 112.7 119.9 109.7 122.0 118.8 116.9
Politica l Appoin tmen ts June 1963 112.0 119.5 110.2 121.4 118.2 115.3
1174
President Reagan's first appointment May 1983 116.1 111 .6 119.3 110. 1 115.3 118.2 1149
to the board, In 1981 , was Robert Hunter,
a Republican who, as a Senate staffer, December 1962 1144 1083 1174 108.0 1180 1146 1123
had helped plan the strategy fo r the Oecember 1981 1047
fi libuster thaI blocked labor law reform. December 1980 93.4
HIS second appOIIHee, as ch:urman of the December 1979 840
board, was John Van de Waler, a man- December 1978 76.5
agemem consu ltant With auman-bust· NOTE Canada S Consumer PnCII IOOex /Qr aU iIfIms ncraued 0 4 pomtS dunng the past mot'Ilh. or 0 3"w
IIlg record. T he Senate fa iled to confi rm Thos equalled an annual rale 01 lI'ICfease 01 3 6" (03 :0; 12) The rerease 11'1 CPI dunng the past
Van de Water's appOlll lmcm. year was 5.2 points. or 4 S·
In 1983. however, the Senate con· ParcenI change belwgen two oates II caJculaled by subtrllCllng the 11\Oe. numbar lor the lIar1l8f dala
fi rmed, as NlRB cha irman, Donald Dot- !rom that lor the Lalet data and diVIding the ,esuK by !he IndeX numbar lor the eartoer data Ih&rl
SOil, a Repllbheall and a management multiplying by 100

. lawyer who affirms hiS belief th:1t " col-

leet ive bargaining frequently means la-
EXAMPLE For the perIOd 01 oec.mbeI' 1982 10 DecefT'bar 1983 1196
divided by 1144 045 :0; 100 4 S'
lt44 S 2 .nOw! pOOrlts . 52

I bor monopoly, the destruction of mdl'

VIdual freedom" and who has :lssoc i:lted Prepared by: De~rttnanI 01 Aesearch and EducatIOn. ISEW. January. 1984

,
I "umofll zed labor relations to the decline
lBEW JOUR NAlI MARCH 1984 I 17

and 10 shift m3)Or enfo ree mem pow e r ~
from the Independem general counsel to
the solicitor, Mr. Redl y.
Other T actics
In three very Importam cases, With the
Independe nt Mr. Zi mmerman dlssenl '
JOg. the Reagan-apPOinted maJonty
threesome has overt u rned cath er deci'
slons and revealed its an u -unlon bl as_
According w the prescnt N LRB maiotlty,
it is no longer an unfal( labor pracllce
for an employer to layoff wo rkers whose
union had refused to take a mid-co nt ract
pay CUI and to transfer their work to
another plant, where the wo rkers 3re
non· unio n and work mg at lower wage
rates. This decisIon, m effect, gives em-
ployers the nght w reopen collecllve
barga mmg agreements at will, a concept
that Congless rejected for eu her side In
the 194 7 T 3ft -H3rtley Act.
In the second case, the presem board
decided that employer bans on soh Clla-
lio n (i neludmg unIOn orga0l2lng effortsl
dutlng " wo rking lime" arc valid but that
bans on SOllci t:lIIo n dunng " working
hours" a rc mvah d. The vagueness of thiS
decISion on ly confuses further the mailer
of when union orgalll2ers may solicit 3nd
dlstn but e;' au thoriza tion cards among
workers at a work place.
In the third case, the ma)Ofll y voted
to scra p a 1975 precedenl that vicwcd a
good-fauh protest aga illst u nsafe worki ng
conditions as an acti vity pro tected u nder
federal la bor law, even If the wo rker acted
on hiS own _ T he eHec t of th is ruling Is
that a lo ne worker fi red fo r protesti ng
agamst unsafe wo rk ing conditions can
no 10nKer count on the N LRB to order
h iS reinstatem ent .
A sen es of N LRB deciSIOns IS under ·
mining the valldu y of pre- hue collecll ve
bargamlllg agreements In the construc-
tion Indus try and denying the nght of
~
contraCts. Workers arc left hangmg. practices arc so wea k that they arc lu
awaiting fina l deCISions on unfair labor dierous.
practice charges. In some Instances, hud- The mEW maUllams that the National
off or fired workers lue stili Without theirLabor Relatio ns Act must be revised 10
jobs years after their cases were taken 10 proVide a system to reduce delays m
the NLRB. Som e workers arestl ll wai ting dealing wtth unfmrlabor pract ice cha rges
fo r a unton and a firs t con tract after and representation elections; tosu engthen
elecllons that were won two, three, and the NLRB's enforcement powers; to com·
evell mOle th;l/\ four years ago. Umon pens-1te workers fo r de lays created by
leaders and suppon ers who were fired employers who refuse to obey the law 10
for unton aellvlty become frustrated be- bargam for a Arst contract wllh a u nion
cause they have not been reinstated afte r tbat has won a represen tation elecllon,
N LRU deciSIOns upholdmg their umon's to dcny govemment contracts 10 em
position. ployers who Violate the act, and 10 re·
N LRB C hairman Dotson at tri butes the quire hoard me m bers to up hold the la w, ....
back log of cases to the turnover of bo.l rdnot subvert li S II1tent
mf'ml'K'rll and the large number of malor Appullltcc:. lu the NLRU should have
issue cases, as we ll as extended jun sdlc-
a demon snated comm itment 10 thc Na-
tion and mcrcascd wo rk loads.
tional Labor Relations Act, the nation's
labor law that encourages the n gh t of
Conclusion
workers to fo rm u nions and to engage III
It IS obvIOUS tha t the appomtment of collective bargammg. Appollllces sho uld 71
new mem bers to the N LRB has become not be partisans who possess antl-umon
a political "spoils system." In the paSt, bias and naunt It. T hey shou ld not be
many Repu blicans and Dc mocrlll <i ha ve poh llea l ap pomte;'es and should not have
served Impartia ll y on the board m a been cl early Ide nti fied as pro- labor or
manner befi tu ng thelT posltlo ns and have pro-managem ent m theIT profeSSional
con t ributed to peaceful and endutlng 13· hves. They should be mdlvlduals expe-
bin -managemen t relat ions. Now, how- rienced in labor relations who believe m .,.
ever, th ere is a gro wmg feelmg among the collective b.1fgaming process and who
workers that the deck is stacked, t hat believe 111 servmg fa ithfull y th e mten t of ..,
the declslon -makmg process ta kes en· the very name of the bo:u d on whLch
tirely tOO long. and that sanctions Im- they serve-the National Labor Rela-
posed on em ployers gUilty of unfair la bor tions Board.
REVI SED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE
AND CLERICAL WORKERS
UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE
SOUR CE: U.S. DEPA RTMENT OF LABOR, BUR EAU OF LA BOR STATLSTICS
REFEREN CE BASE. U.S. AVERA GE 1967 _ 100
DECEMBE R, 1983
-~
Vee,
AlL hems
Combined Food Hauling
Appal .1
•
UpkH p
Tre nlpelf-
~"o"
..."""
Ce"

construction wo rkers to u nion represen - December 1983 301.5 294.0 3242 1981 3082 3643
tau on. These decisions a rc also u nde r- November 1983 3014 292.6 324 .5 199.7 308.2 362.9
mining the intenl o f Congress, wh ich October 1983 3013 292.9 325.2 199 .8 306.9 360.9
had speCifically autho n zed such aj.\ree- September 1983 300.8 292.6 325.3 199.3 305.5 359.2
menlS_ With the N LRB's consent, em - August 1983 299 5 292.2 324.3 196_3 304. 1 357.9 •
ployers can Ignore the ir union contract Ju~ 1983 2982 292.1 323_1 194_0 301 .9 355_6
obligations by gOing " double-breasted " June 1983 297.2 292.2 322.3 194_7 299.6 353.3
lesta blishlng non -union SubSidiaries) or May 1983 296.3 292.6 321.3 195.3 297.5 352. 1
by repud iating the ir contracts and de·
clarlng their fi rms non -union. December 1982 292.0 2867 316.8 \928 296.3 3418
December 1981 281 1
Strat cgy of Delay December 1980 258 .7
Yet another sn a tegy-one wh ich em- December 1979 230.0
ployers usc to thelt ad vantage as a umon- December 1978 202.9
bus ting tool- IS that of delay. The pres·
NOTE; CotIsumef PfIce Inde~ lor en ~ems InelellSeO 0 I poonrs (lunng me past mornn. or 0 Cl3'o I"lIIS
ent backlog of N LRB cases IS more than eQU8ned an annual ralll or increase 01 0 36 .... (0 03 x 12) The lnCfee,. ~ CPI dUrlOII the past yee'
double that of fi ve years ago. The lenj.\t hy NBS 9 5 points, or 3 3"10
dec isIOn· maki ng process IS cauSing eco- Perc:enl inerea,. between two dates II calculated by lUt)lraeting tile Inde~ numbel' lor me &8r1lf1f
nomic hardships for many workers and dale lrom IMI Ior!he IaUtr date and dMd.ng !he fesul! by the Index number !Of !he earlle< oate. men •
IS discouraging ot her workers. Em ployers multiplying by 100
count on delays In the NLRS process to
EXAMPLE. For me period at December 1982 10 December 1983 301 5 292 0 ~ 9 I) n;Ie. pooIIlS. 9 I)
dishearten worke rs and to work m the dIvOed by 2920 - .033 >t 100 - 33~e
cmployers' favor aga mst umons_The de-
lays ho ld up ce rtifications, giV ing em· Prepeled by' [)epaflment 01 Reseruen and Education, (BEW. January, 1984
ployers excuses fo r not bargain ing new
18 I IBEW JOURNAL! MARCH 1984 J
 •
SI=IFETY TIPS
, for you and your family
•
DOES YOUR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
PROTECT YOU?
r ourWejobs
a ll know that some parts of
requite the use of protective
~ equipment. When the employer fu r-
J>.. nishes us with a hard hat, eye pro-
tection or any other protective
equipment, how do we know that
we can expect a particular leve l of
protection by using it?
• Federal, provincial or state agen-
cies contain certam requirements for
'I some types of equipment, such as
respirators, to be a "certified" or
J "app roved" product. While the Na-
tionallnsti tutc of Occupational SafelY
and Health (NIOSH) has been ccrti-
I fying respirators for several years,
L and while certam Industries, such as
the American Footwear Industries
I Association, have been certlfymg
safety shoes with a label indIcating
r- that those products are certified to
meet the American National Stand-
ards Ins titu te (ANSI! Standard for
I• Safety Footwe:lr (ANSI Z411, the re
I were sti ll many types of personal
.. protective eqUipment not certified.
About three years ago a new non-
profit, independent and non-govern-
menta l organization was formed to
attempt to fiJI this void . This orga-
nization, the Safety Equipment In-
stitute (SEll, at present certifies head
prOtection, eye and face protection,
and emergency eyewash and shower
equipment.
SEI has no intel1tion of du pl icating
;. eXisting certification programs, but
I is attempting to mitiate programs for
areas where no program has existed,
or where a program has been aban-
doned.
The organization has three pur-
poses:
1. To protect, promote and advance
the public IOterest in protective
equipment, methods and devices;
2. To ass ist the sa fety equipment
indust ry and government agen-
Cles in their mutual goa l ot sup-
plyi ng workers with the best pos-
sible protective equipment 10
keeping with recognized stand-
ards and the current State of the
art ; and to reeogl11ze, for the bene-
fit of users, those products which
arc certified to meet the appro-
priate standards;
3. And most Importantly, todevclop
and carry out all poliCies, pro-
grams and procedures that arc
necessary or deSirab le for the cer-
tificat ion of industrial safety
equipment, and to prepare and
disseminate information to attain
our objective.
SEI does not issue standards. Be-
fore lI1111ating certification of any
type of equipment, the Board of DI-
rectors chooses a recognized volun-
tary, government or other standard
which they feci will give the greatest
degree of protection for the worker.
The program is set up so that no
manufacturer of safety equipmelH
has any Influence on the certification
of any product.
The Board of Directors consists of
one representative of orgalllzed la-
bor, one manufacturer of safety
equipment, one representative of the
Insurance industry and twO represen-
ta ti ves of the purchasers of personal
protective equipment.
T his Board of DireclO rs is respon-
sible for the policies and procedures
of SE!. In addition to selecting the
standard to be used, they select and
COntract with an lI1dependent test 109
CERTifiED MODEL
AN SI Z87 .1·1979
The Safety Equipment Institute Ceroli-
cetion Mark as it eppears on eye and
lece protection equipment.
laboralOry to tes t each model to be
certified, and they select quality as-
surance auditors to sec that manu-
facturers maintain product quahty
assurance programs that meet the
high quality-assurance requirements
of SEI. DeC isions on whether any
particular model of a product IS to
be approved for cenificauon are made
by thiS Independent testing labora -
tory and IOdependeOl quality assur-
ance auditor. The Board of Directors
docs nOt have any IOflucnce on these
decisions. An impartial board of ar-
bitrators has been established to re-
solve any dispute that might arise
between the manufacturer and the
testing laboratory or auditors.
At present 90 percent of domestic
hard hat manufacturers and 75 per-
cent of protective eyewear manufac-
turers arc enthusiastically submit -
ting thclr products for thi rd-party SEI
certification. Those approved then
may use the SE I label on their prod-
ucts. ThiS labe l indicates that the
manufacturer has met the reqUire-
ments of SEI and the standard ref-
erenced .
SEI now cerufies hard hats, weld-
ing helmets, face shields, safety gog-
gles, safety glasses wllh plano len ses,
emergency eyewashes and safety
showers. If your employer is furnish -
ing this equipment, be sure to ask for
the SEI label to assure that the prod -
uct model has been thoroughly tested
and that It was manufactured under
an approved quality assurance sys-
tern .
Purchasers of personal protective
equipmcnt may secure a list of SEI-
certified equipment by manufacturer
and approved model numbers by
writing you r International Office
Safety Department or The Safety
Equipmen t Institu te at t OOl N. Moore
Strect, Arlmgton, Virgin ia 22209.
IBEW JOURNAL f MARCH 1984 I 19
 LOCFlL LII\IES
Characters
Ruai nf.U M.n'g" nnn. td Rrun." Ind P,u idenl
Dou ld G•• like, of LOCiI 1,51. Lou h, Mo., H.nhd
by coo. dinuolt lim Ko~d:y .nd RUI Ve luco,
.10°3 wilh the cOll um«! CUI .
Costumes Highlight
Christmas Party
LU. I lI,e m,lip'.'u!. ST. LO UIS, MO.-In 'C"IV
in, I tr.diuon ,h.\ hIS ~tn .b$l'.ol for dose 10
th l tf. dendu, Lo<:.l I hosled • full membershIp
Chnslmu Party al S, louis 's Klel Aud,torium On
Decr.mbc. 10 and II. RecognIZing bQlh th aI the
economic , lump hu flnanci all y lmp~lIcd many of
ou r mcmbcll and th l! th e,e hu bee n no ~i n gl e
func ll on cncomp'Jling lot.l membersh Ip palm:;.
p'lion, the putl' ...., "bnned 10 be I fUI;,'f.
",thenna ' 01 members, SPQUSU, .nd chIld ren.
Ahhoup IIIn throughoullhc weekend m.y have
.duced .mlclp.led .u end.nce, th e 600 "mmu
pruem re ceived indi vIdual family pOnu.iu,
Chnllmll utXkmSI, rdruhmen tl, Ind chIldren '.
phs dumb\ltd by Ise hracket Entenamment
encompuscd chorillms,os. canoonJ,' hve m.s,c
pre.eota'.un, 1"1'" 11> S.lLta fur the yuunl>lCr5, amI
the free-roam.ns cOllumed ch",c lers .. nglns .n
puc f.om C.rlh v.de. 10 Scume Sucet
for IhOK who ~r"c'J'I,ed, Ihelt wu cx,endd
the !cchnp of blotherhood .nd fr,endsh,p inherenl
lOl eommon bond Ind Ihe Y\lICllde l ,.illl A spec'll
nOle of conllnt\ll.LLonl is due the evenl 'S coo.d •.
n"or$, Ban VellSCO and lim Kopec ky Ind all who
worked on SCI-'UP .nd cluo-up, I parll c\lla, no,e
111.0 for Ihe Bro,he •• and S.sle" wh o .pem the"
day benelth IhOK ho, coslume_Ed [)eIWOllh,
Carl N.Re, Ne,l McCormack, Br,.n Hoock, An
Koc:h, Joe OalS, Flink Ph.lhps, Bob Papin, loe
KOlpe, lohn C rty, Rhell Schwenl, LI " y B,u$<.II"
Ron Montalsoe, Tim Koc:h, Tom Coushlm, Tom
Lee, lolu! PIli, Cary P.llat, KeD Wdltohlock, T im
To"t<:, Den'H Kopecky, Juanna IklwOllh, K.,hy
[)eiWOllh, V.clti W.tlenb roc:lt and Mary Papm. Well
done!
A, will hive been mentioned and d'scu ssed by
DOw a, bOlh the .eplll,nd special UDlOn mecllnllS,
Ihe MISSOuri deles.le CIUC\l5n for Ihe Dcmocr.LLc
20 COIIYenlion l Ie abo\lt III be,m. Since " isol ennca l
Importallce Ihlt labor Ylews be represcn 'ed III a
vOllns cap,clly .t ,he tonvenllon, we u' le you 10
.lIend and parllelpale al Ihe dclelllC CIUCUS .n
your md,v ,dual ' ownshlps DUllns ,he p,ocen, "
,. 11,,1 "''' e:....Ju"~e I'(\! 10 eleCi dele,ala who have
.n [BEW affilunon, bUI IIlhcr whatue. cWililloo
IJ n«essary 10 eleci Ihose who have a I.bo. baelt-
Slound, be.t bUi ld'ns tradu, S'.phic "11, Itlm5let,
sarme n l worke., etc_ Th~ VOice of working mCn
and women mu!! be .eflecled in S,n Flln tnco Ihl~
tumme.
Plcase be adVISed ollhe foUow,"g dellhs durml
,he mon,h of Novembc. August Strahl, wl/em an
on pens.on, millaled luly 1942, Robe" Ma $<.ln,
wir~man. Mart h 19n, D~vid Willmerinll,. com-
municarlOns, March ]<)72, FranCIS Rcvlld , Icpai.
'e thmc lln, May 1956, Fehc •• M.ck. p.odueoon
on penSIOn, Novembel 1945, and Sun Icy A Shill'
k." mlln,enance, lunt 1967
ROBLJT £.cAN, 1".5_
Local Wins Job
From Non-Union
LU. lli,o,~m , u ,lov rlkmol, NEW YORK , N. Y._
Tra.oed from t he fi rM day. 01 ' he apprenllce p.o.
gum throulh thell cally ),U " of ,hell lOurney-
manship, Loc.1 J conSlluenon elttlncl.n, Ire eyer
.len III ric-Clllul wOlk Ihey may KC' 1000S III and
from wOlk Or III Ihe YlelD;'y of ,heLf lOb. Thll
Iwartneu of what ., SOIllI on around them paId
d.v.dend, once mo.e A IIIIe . enonuon lob" Ihe
Dlptomat HOld WIS be.IIS donr by non \10100
clcunc,.n, In. pcnod of IICVcn weekllhe scnu.1
conllaCIO. 101 lId of the non ·unlon eontr.c lo , and
replaced hIm wllh I Loc.1 J con n'clo r
In Scptembe. of 198J work belol pe rlo. med II
the Dlplom~1 l-t o,d lDeluded I Local Law 5 fi re
.llIm Install.IIOn I nd Ihe eomplele reo ovllion of
Ihe ballroom After ehalle olll ns Ihe elrCUle,.n. 00
Ihe lob, " was hlOught to Ihe attennon of Midt owo
Bu.incss ReplesenllllVt 'ames P.pand re. P.pan -
drea auth ori zed job stewll ds ElhOi Cleenb],",
Ceo,ge Scege r an d V.ncelll Strange .. to c~ubhsh
In educa tional pi c kel hne at the hillel from noon
10 12,30 p.m. By pickellng at noon membcfl from
,ob. in Ihe immedIate v.elnlty wele Ihle 10 man
Ihe hnes dunng thell lun t h The pich i hnes wele
manned fnr Nevr.n wr.r.h hy 1.01:.1.1 mrmhrr~ and
\r.vellllg 10urneymen flOm oth er tBEW l()(:aJs who
•• e presently wo.klDS in Loc.1 l'. IUrisdi etlon.
In the COUISC 01 p.ekelln&. conve lSlu ons wcre
hid wllh Ihe New YOlk CIlY elttlnullDlj'I«lor,
.eveahng Ih .. ,he bUild Ins WII ownd by Ihe DurSI
Co rpOration DUIII, . 10",·t$ lIblL shed builder ID
New Yorlt, il eU llen,l), bUlldlDS a l7-f]oor office
com plu whrch II p.o.rli.Uy funded IhlOUgh Ihe
10ID , Ind\lJlry Boald '. ConSIrUCIiOO F'nan ClnS PrOo
pam. This p.ogram .. HI up 10 malte available
conuerocuon lWiM 10 bUlldelS wuh Ihe prOYI$<.I
Ihal all wo.k bel pe.folmed by union labor. AI-
Iho",h the wo.k al Ihe D.plom .. HOl tl d.d nOi
fill LD Ihll ulelory, Ihe DU III COrpo lallOn, .lte.
the IIIUlllon at Ihe hOltl was luo",ly broushl [0
Ihell allenllOO, .warded Ihe wo.k bcon, pe.tormed
10 Vollpac Ele~tnc and Included on Ihell lenam
lUlU language thai .equlled Icnaon 10 u,e local
J Iffll",ed eonlflCIO" on.ll fU lu.e wOlk
EowAllD SuLLIVAN, I" S
Campus Project Is
Employing Members
LU. 24 (i,!i pa,ulkcalY), BALTIMORE , MO.-Th e
wo rk Sl tuallon in , he Bahimo.e MetropOh tan area,
Campus Project
A co nduil b.nk installed on Ihe prolftl.
II In mosl othe r I rtlS, hIS been slow fOI many
monlhs_The cn pphnll effectl of Re'l!Inom;CI have
"IUllled Ihe nallon.1 uDlon constrUclion markel, t
.nd many members I . e Uptnencins the e"s.. of
,he lO-c.lled "econo mic rccovery" by II)'IOS ' 0
su. vive on ou, ·ol·town lobs or b), collcctlnll un .
Cmploym ~nl IOSUllnee hClt .. home. Hopef\LUy.
by the lime th., i'lue of Ihe (ournQI reaches yO\l.
work w,ll be lI.rtinS 10 break in OU I lOCI
Meanwhile, one hTlghl 'POI here is Ihe MOUn!
WnhlDgw n Campus PrOle". D)'n.lcerric CorpO' "-
ration i. the elecllical COOllat' O' on ,he lob, whi ch
.. Ihe la rlcsl in OUI !u.isd,e"on It Ihi s lime, l
empl oymg 41 of OU r members
Th,. job cons isIS of five seplrate bu.ldinlS which
hou se u rious Optllt ional and educational f.eiIL -
liu for Ihe USFI!I.C Compan)', Th is p,olec t w..
lor mnl)' Ihe Mounl M_ Agnes College Clm pu l,
.nd I malO"'y of Ihi l wo.k il remOOeHns .nd
reDOu tion_
Cene.al FOlemln SId Ad.ml eondueled Ihe lour
Ih roush the dIfferent bUlldlnp, SllrlLns wilh the
Iwltchse.. bUlldlO1 Thi ' huildlDSho\lJCslhc m.in
IJ.2 KV ,wllchllUI whi ch feed, th.OUlh foul.uh.
Slallon, to ',lI 2667 KVA ,"ns/o.meft. The Io(C-
ondary yoltale .s "110 V 10 u<::h bUlldlnS Ind 11
lIepped do..·o 10 120V-108V., ueh corr espond,",
power and hpunS panel lou lion. A bank of 12
fou r 10ch conduitS ulllng Ihe 'W" ,chselr hU lld101 ...
comprisc Ihe main leede rs fo r ,he proleci. Records
lie 'Ioled and papel work IS filed ID Ih e McAuley
Hill BUlldlDS- The Educational Cen le. '1 liso •
ICJQrn~ IlTU<::IU.c lod w,1I hO\lse I luchlnl and
Oflcnllll on eente. lor newempl oyea, TheDe"son
BUlldlOS is belDS .el up for oU I-of-lown Vllllor ~
.ceommOOauonl. The Dala Proc:essonS Complex
WIS the fin.1 bUlldong .nd houses the mlln com •
r"lrl hanh fo r the campu. This eenler lu,u.es •
• 12 'n eh ralscd floor on Ihe IirSI level Ind an
elgh, mch ra'std floo r on the second level. The
un delfl oor eondull work and Ihe ove rhea d fcedclS
we le utepliollal in this building u were Ihe
leede ll coming out of Ih e IW1 1ChaCII compln. 10
f.el, everywhere )'ou loolted On this pro)eCI ou r
mcmben were H IILog the sta ndard for Ihe ph,ue
 •'" nUl .nd workmanlike: m.nn<'I."
The fl,llcmtn on Ihe fOb IIC Dick Markland, Mat
t McCon~,lJe, Soph Sor hoclcus and Clarcnce flshe l
W,l1ud CUPPlllhc shop steward. Th,s lob 51111ed
Ap"l I, 1911J, and wIll prob~blv peak OUl11 about
65 men The plOlect i~ &chcdulcd 101 c<)mpleuun
In Scpl(mbc:. 19114
, ACK.ll. M lMII. III P S
Retiree
a.olh~1 Bill Crumu,
Loul 26 '<' li, ct.
Members
I Shown from ltll 10 ,i, b. lie mtmbtr~ 26,
Wu hin,lon, I).C. Th tr •• t Bill Creamer wl1h 55
I
,UII, Paul Dit tr ich wjlh 68 fUIS .nd Gordon
Boul" wilb 51 tun.
• A Tribute To
I
Retiring Brother Creamer
LU. 26 ii&.n). WA SIIINGTON. D.C.- LO(a] 16
would hke 10 honor One 0/ ou r finCSI m<,mbc.s,
BIOlhN and co d"'~CIOI of OUI apprenticeship pro-
p.m, WIlham I 'B.II" Cf... mc. B,II .cured In
I buualy afltl Jcrvm, our loc.1 SmCt I92S. We HIt)!
I"'h,m Icmbly ,Ircady, bUI If anyon~ ~vcr dncrved
I lome cmoyment and rd.Utlon, Bill cerlamly d~1
Broth er Crumc r began workmg alan deCtnelall
for lohn C Ha.d,ng. decllleal COntracto r In 1925
He WIS also miuated mlO Ihe llIlIon In thaI ynr
Bill ",,,ved hi , apprenticeship in Local 26 and
beume a ,ourneyman in Feb.llary 01 1929 Afte.
wollnng 40 YU IS fOI our ContraCIOIS, m many
.. UKI IS loreman o. lurc.mtendent, BIll was ap
p.llnted aUISlanl traln'nA dueelor of Our "rpren
IIcuh,p p.ogram m 1969, Pres ldcnl l',Il.,d ap
pomud B. olhe. Creame r 10 Se rve on the Nluon.!
Eleetlical Code Makmg Pan d '" 1972, He was Ihc
plSlleClerary 01 rhe ",uhmgton BUlld'n,Congrcsl
and served on ,nc.'] of In commlllCU, Dill w~s
.Iso appolllled 10 Ihe Board of Go~ernors of the
Wash",gton Bu,ld"'g Congress
In 19J1, B,olhel Crume. was deeled 10 the
E.umlolllg Bo..,d whele he $Crved until 1945 Ue
WIS then decled 10 Ihe EJ.eculI'·c Bo.nd where he
se rved unul hiS Icmement m !984 B.othe. C. ea
me. lelved as an office l of Local 26 10. 4; yeul
Those of liS who wne lortunale eo01,l,h to wo.k
With him know how many loog and melus hours
01 wo rk Ind dedlenion 0,11 g.ve to 011 ' loul
A, lde h om all of h,' le ehnrca l dillin, Hill ,"11
" f01,lnd lim e to cook up delicious cbm chowder and
othe r dehghdul lood !or ou r meeu"!, BIll >us
dt.Aolulya "lack'of all tudu" e'l"'erall, when II
came 10 rakmg U re of Ihe bllddtng Whenewe.
. hele Wlla problem, he wu Ilways nghtln there
helping-JI didn'l manel whether th c trou ble was
IIllide o. on the roofl At Ch"Umas lime, he alwlY'
IIW to 1\ that the blilldrng was bealillfully deco·
rated AI kan now he cl n Ilee p 'hrough the nigh t
wlthou l beln(lnlled out of hi. Wllm Ixd In 'nllre
the bulldmg'
The. e h., ne.·el bern .nothe. nun ",ho lIuly
loved hIS locil and fcllo .... man n\(>le than Bill All
of u, at the loc.1 w.sh him many, many happy aud
healthy yurs 01 re ttremen t God blenl
W"'Dt SlIlRlFf , B M
50-Year Members
B .olhc r~ NOlli., I)o ..·d l an d R o~y
1I0ll ywood, Ca l., wfle aWltdrd 50·yur pin. b,
Inte.l1I.ionl l Rfprnenla. ive AI ClI uKhlin I! Ih.
Nov embe. meeli nK. B,ot her, Ne th erton and Adcu
WfTC alto le cipie nts 0150-yu. pin., nowu e. , Ih ey
wete uaabl, to attend this meeting. Eaeh 01 .hr
leli.ru I""ke I!>oUt th e wOlking eondil i lln~ 01 Ihe
pa! t .nd ulged the mtm~rs p,urnt 10 wOlk ' 0'
Kelhe . to P' OItCt one anllthfl.
Four Movie Industry
Contracts Negotiated
LU. 40 Impt6.em ), 1I0t.L YWOOD , CAL.-In !um
man:ung Ih" pan yea r we would have u) say "
waS Ihe YUI of ongoIng ne~0IlaIl0n', F01,l. KJ'~ute
tQnlr.lClS Were ncgouated Dynalcuron Corp , Goal
P.oollcllon,. MAJlO and RaYlheon
The Dynllecnon and Goal UnllS ale new '0
Lonl 40 Thcy alf located In San Bemardlllo Ind
Ire formally known as Ihe Defense Alldlo V,sll.1
Agenty II NOllon Alf Force Bue_ Thi s II Ihe
faCility whcl. th e mouon P, Ctu res for the govern
men! lie mlde Ind the largest lrbrary 01 h,,,,,,,,,1
film loouge .nywhe.e III the country II norcd
DUeIO!!"Ynnmenllegl,latlon, Ihe wo.k pe.fo.med
by thIS DAVA Un" was lubeonnaeted 10 Dyn~
kenon amI Coal Product.ons, .nd as Ihese penons
we .. no lange. government cmployees reeCI~IIlg
the p.ev"hng wag. utn and "·fle now emrlo}e"
of pn'·lIe contractor,. Local ,*0 was able to rcpre
,e ntth em The/do re Local 40, IOg.lhc r .... llh IH[W
Local 22!iI.l, I~unched a "Igo rou, membership 01
gatllzlng d,,"e At Ihe SllCCe5~flll comple tion of the
dllH, Dyn.lecnon and Goal wele noufied by Local
40 10 commence barg'lnlOg Two'yul eonn.cu
w"h wage reopentlS aftel 12 months were nelCo-
lIated on bt.ha!f of the'IC membe,,,
DeSJllte Ihe fact that Wilt DI$n~, P.odllCllons
II ul"'"cnellll a great deal of I~yolf, dlle '0 the
w ",dlll~ d.lwn of all phases 01 ,u 0l"'r~lIons [IS
Tokyo Disneyland an~ ErcOT In flollda ha~e
bt.c n comrlc lcd l l he conll.tt n~gollared Ihll YUI
101 thc MAPO members was • Kood se tt lement
The neW 'lI.eement 15 for a 14 month penod 116,5
pc. een t and, to name I lew ,mp rovement" 1\ con
""" lor the first lime a VISIOn Care Plan aJ well
as subslant .. 1 ",creascs 10 the dental and hellth
plan
Raylheon nrgOltallons commenced Sc:ptembt..
14 In Osn"d, Cahlomla. wtlh repreKnlalivulrom
RaYlheon Cnmpany m M.uachuKIIJ In addlllon
10 nume.ous I,ollllage chanKCS .nd marked 1m
provemenu 10 the hcslth Ind wdlue programs, I
new wallC scale was negotiated whereby the 5,een t
advancemcn l "'CremenU wele done away wllh and
nOW a member w,ll rece,ve a mrnllnllm 01 5 pelCell1
eve ry 26 weeks'" the event of An upgude to •
h,ghe. ,ob clasSificallOn The gcnera! wagr In
erU'lCS amounled 10 1 I"'.cent
Duling the yea. we h ••'c been cJ. uem cly luC-
cnsl1,l] '" poliCing the mOllon pi ctu re ",dllStry
!ocl tlon wO lk wllh,n the jllrl sdlcllon of th " local
Unton We have at the pluent lime mo.e mcmbell
than evc l befo re dupatChed to the IOdel"'ndent
film plodu ee" to Jl<'lform wo rk on genetaloll.
bUtCflU, dceillu l hookups, rep' In, etc, We thank
YOli lor YOUI ~llppOrt and w"h your cont",ued help
we 5(:( nn ICU"n lor th, s milked ,mpro~emen' '"
""I'
RUSSlLL ' B"ulty_ B M
Smoke Detectors
Save lives
L U. 41 li,n-,Im k'pa}, Bu r FALO, N. Y. Bulfa!"
once 'gain m~de n .. mnal headlines III laIC Deeem
be,1 Unlo rl1,ln .trly, the hcadlrncs dealt wllh a vcry
" 'AIC event_the flre, uploslon alld mlllllple deaths
of Avc fj . efilChlen as .... 1115 lOCI I rc\ldents. The
dolla r value of dC.llucllon II well IlltO tht mllllOnt
and. IS jn any tragedy of thl' type. Ih c hllman loss
",·,11 nnu have, doUar vallie placeJ 1111 n Prd.m
.oary IOformll,on rndteare, Ihe 'n b1,lllJ,nl stollge
of a SOO-pound propaoe tank was the caliK ""hen
escaplll!! f1,lmu Il(fIiled wtlh a ",·ood JIO~e Ii ..
UnlOrtlinately, thIS II not the only uagedy Ihlt
w.1l OCCur n.llI>nWldeOlln thc Sul'alo area People
all ovc., In dealtng w]!h Wllllel, Will be doonlC
whaleve l Ihey c.n to keep ...·alm hnprlJt'C. ly venteJ
lu rnacu and chlmncys Will uu~e Immenle hutl\~n
.ullcltng
We all know betlel, bUI how often do we not
ukt prOpt'I p.eCllltlons rn Ihe iloule of Jl:.lsollne
fOI Ollr snow blowen, bwn mower~. etc When
WIS the lau lime we had OUI fU l nae" checked for
p'OpCI Ignl1lon and .·enllog1 We should all check
to makc 51,1. e the.c arc no hlz.ard"ll\ mlle".I.
stOied anywhe.e nnl open flames o. potentl,l
uplo~lve IICH and we ,hould do thl' yur round
Smo ke and hut de teClOn ue ~va d ahlc nuw Ihat
can soun d I wattling, and jf ...·c .1",,,, have 11 l c~st
one In 01,l r home 01 al'artm~nl we lie temp"nlC the
fues wtlh 01,lr dn.e,,,d lor the u/cry 0/ ou ..cJvn
and Dill 'am lhes
PI .as~ don'l be • StaIl5I1C, uke Ihc plllpct pre
caUllons" home IS well a~ on Ihe lob '0 mah
safelY payoff Nooneean alford I"PlY the lllt,mate
Pllce of ca re kuneu
Don'l fOlgCI the Schol ..,h,p Awudt Omner
D~nee i, Satll.dIY, March .J l TiCkets arc sllll
availab le IhrOllllh YOUI s.cwa,d. ulflccl~. Ihe cred it
union or Ihc loc al of Ace
ROBUlT p "AVUIII.I... ~~I. l' 'i
Work Scene Brighter;
Changes in Loans, Pension
L.U. 4) li,ru6.em l, SY RA CUSe, N.l'.--Ollr I"cal
observcd a moment of silence In }~nuaty m Ie
memb.ancf of two 8. others who died al Chflttmas
IImC Srot her loe l'almlSlno,. so:cond yell appren
lice I worn rnlo oul local In Novembel. "'~~ k,lled
In an automobile acel denl lin Decembe. 21 loe
w., the son of local member lohn r~Jmlnno and
b.othe. 01 Ste(ln~ yell apprenltce lohn He Will be
remembeled by all who knew him ;II , \"Cry fine
~oung man and w,1I be ml~ ..d deerly by h ..
classmatc, In,u.ed In thIS Ictrdent was StconJ
year ar!,.emlce Steve W,lh.m , . nd nru yea t ap
prenllce D,~,d Levlllc. 1 hope thl! by the lime
,h,. lell • • Kn pllnt that hOlh DUld and Sle"e
WIll h~"c recovtlcd
Brother "Bud" Grey passed IWJY "n lanuary l.
1 98~ Bud WIS boln on ' uly J, 1925 He became a
membt.r of the IB[W III !9~g lLoc.1 1249! .nd wn
admlt.ed IntO Loc.l 43 III 1960 Bod .... orked 10.
!nd1,lstn~1 Electne. Blooks [kelllc. Kay R anJ most
lecently Rand.ll Electric. To all of lit who knew
Blld, wc knew him to be, 10 hard worklllg, fine
mechanIC who WII an ISse i 10 oul local We Wish
10 exlend 00. deepen sym pllhy to tht~e t"'· o
/amll,es ",ho have suffe. ed I he~e Ira"e 101$u
Hll'lnen Man lKc r Dan Rova rcpo" .d Ihat the
work slluut<m III OUI aru tcmllno ,low, bUI
..,ver.1 II;cab le iobs In the neal flltll'e shoold
m.ke the wOlk kene hngluel D~n al.., repofted
thlt he h~d been appoInted 10 Ihe Cuy E1eelilcal
Llcco"ng Bo.II~ eflee trve 'an oary I, Ihus "vln,
hIm the meanS 10 keep cven cl we r tabs on whit 's
gOlllg 00 downlOwn
Prrsldcn l 11m Ryan Inlormed Ihe membenhtp
Ihat Ihe lrusleca had adopl ed ICvelll resolutions
"
 Tournament c,mc.nnt n •• " l u R3Y and Sc:natou Hen ry lack
ton and WI"en Ma!:,nllMln, the hooks .... etc clear
Sta ff .I
In Washington YOII could get a lob III 01 Oll t of
.hc IIn,On
I .... ondcr when bl& bllslness Will wan l to mo'·e
Uacil COfllOrilt ollkn OUt of Ih" country IntO the
Muons they bllild Ihell bCIOII" to Who 15 &Oln,
10 buy the ,0Dd1 ~nd K,VleC5 Ihcy p.oduce wh ile
they conu.n tl y chip a .... ay at Ihe Amellc.n wOlk·
ell' Slanda.d of hVIn,l
And Cod help UI all ,f lhe aCCIlUIIO,U a~lnst
the rna",r cI«mc.1 eonuaclDu lit HUe We~lcr
.... ,11 have new deAnmon, and Iynooyms of the
word "slup,d. " Now nobody 10 Ihe COunt I)' WlntS Loul 17, Whittier, C.I., wcl eomu Bn)lhe. Bob
to ("cn IhlOk ai)oUI I nuclear powerhouK or Iny VIII.lobos 10 Ih c lilli, Sho .... n, leI! to .i~hl , lie
olhe. kllld 01 powe. house IS la. as thai IOU And A\,; \ lIn, Ru s;n. \~ Mlna, •• Will i, ""WII', RII.\ ; ·
B,olbu Smokey Curr;u eheeks , oull " Ih~ W;It. wllhout cheap power there ,OCt the enllle manll' fit" .'I\.n.&er Rae S.nborn, Bu~;n u.1 A;tp.uc"u·
mall 'l Coif T OlI,namnl of Lon l n , Syue uu, IaCIII"D!:, and ,ndllSlnal comrlex Ihal lupponC"d I; H Bob Vilblobo~ Ind AU ;, "nl BUI;ae» M.n _
N.Y. Ihue "CI)' sime COnlllCIOl5 fm yu.s W,y 10 ,0 'g" D.H Fr.n L
boys'
Well, 15 OUI eOllnuy plllnders lion, w"h liS
Clambake .eeord masllVe nat lonal debl and double Ihc Canel· local 47'1 positiOn II that no eonCCUlonl br our
c•• m,hlary spendm, wllh Ihe preSldenl nor quite membe.s alt ..... IIanled 15 the ,ndllury ,n 00' ~lCa
lure he' ll run .pm. I can't help bill Ihlnk Ihmgs II nOI Juflumg econnm,e rcvCl5.l1s but, IIlhe. _ I~

B.othe. BlII Barr y p~u su 10ll g ell ollgh 1o, Ihll
pk, u. , ' 0 M lakell .t th~ loc:~I '1 dambake.
at Ihtl. lU I qllallClly meeung. Among Ihem, 101
thOK Ih.1 have 1000ns chalged agaInSt Ihcll AnnullY
Fund, In'creS. on loan payments w.ll M c ledlted
10 that Ind,vldu.l'. aecnun l On nu r local pcmlon
Ihe nnlmal ICli.emenl age has been loweled from
age 65 to age 61 and the ma,QI medlnl Itmlt hat
been . IISed from S 100,000 10 $500,000 with an cye
10 r~,.mt. 1\ 10 nnt m,11'0n dnll." In the III tllle, 11
YOIl baYe any questlnns concernmg theu ehangts,
plu~e call fund manager B,ll lcfancheek 101 the
ans ...·cf5, These changes. n well aJ all changes, ate
dlscusscd at Ihe regula l meetlng~ , and II ynu wan t
VOUI own Iden hurd, YOll musl att end
I h~d Ibe pleuule of "haYln,.1 fcw " with Icurcd
Blolh" Ken Hallis over Ihe Ch""m., hohdaYI,
.nd I .m hippy 10 leport Ihal he and Wile lcan arc
en,oy,n, thell retirement Ind pUlently ..... ,tlng for
Wlnl er 10 end 10 /leI back In SlIllwalCl
Buy uOion buy Ameftean l
S"'''IUU C BUill, P S
Scribe Criticizes
Business' Actions
L U. 46 \I,e 6. e",I, SEATTLE, ""ASII.- Well, wC'le
5ull b"e LOf5of members have been ukm, .... hat 'I
harpened 10 the loxal Lines artlde •. whICh makes
" OIee 10 kno .... you· .e mlssrd Been ,UI I • ud bu
d15luPltd Ih'l summe., bUI anrmpls ue MIIlI
made 10,CI back 1010 the trOOve
There II nnl much to "Ik about whICh '$ fac ,
lually plca.J;rnl Our ptal Senllnl Hen.y M . lack·
son paned on and wu .eplaced by 100mcrGovemo.
Dan [v,ns. who Ihen defuled I.bor ","didate
M, ke Lowry
The work P'C tUIC to Iht alea hu remained
eon$,,,enlly lousy lor the paS! year w"h over one-
Ihud oIlhe W"emen IInemplnyed 15Ucson Stccl
,OCI OUI of blls,nuli to Seanle as Ihe new 70-510ry
Columbia Cenle. ,OCI up With 51ecllmponed hom
Korea T he Isucson 'ac,lhy ,s subsequenlly sold
loc:k, lloe k. ami ba rr el 10 Ch,n, OUI nnnh .... ul
""" c' ~,," I~~u .... " l ,ul'u., due II' llo c W~.I"u~lu"
Publtc Po .... er Supply'. m'sbandhn, of Ihe ,tan I
.UCIO, p.o,eCI$ at Hanfo. d andSa"op. The n,,,on'.
large51 eleellical con tractors arc charged wllh bid
n l',llin,ll on thele pro,ec ls
Well, tht older I 11" it sums to mf the " .... hat
,OCI around, cornu ar ound" synd.ome ,CIS clu.er
Ind c]UIC. Fn. IMI,nCe . .... hen we h.d Democ rat.c
"
w,ll,et beller What ', ,ODd fOI Ihe nallOO IS gODd
fo r o. gan lzcd boo.) ~nd whn '. ,ODd lor o.gaOlzed
labo l II good 101 Iht nauon Th,"k abollt thlt
Once ID a whtle, check 0111 ohJcets of Ihe IBEW
on pale IWO of the ConsiHutton To me " has an
ama:.,n, elfeCi 01 blln"n, IhlO,' Into loxul Qu I
blUCSI ,0;11 ID '8 4 " Itliling Ronald Re~llIn As I
undcr511nd, we have lome Rupn IIIppancn '"
the memherlhip which 15 IIndcrslan dable, beca use.
.IIer all, Ihe man IS a plofesslonal aclO. Alii uk
il Ihll you get ICCllllte St~II$IIC$ of Ihe nallonal
debl, defe nse spendlll&. Ind 5Oc:III CUlt, and com·
pare them 10 P'CV'OUS .dmlntsltallons and cam·
r aign p,omlsu. Also, .... hen arc we &OlnlllD .... ake
li p to Iha! g. ade school adage thai "smncbody elsc
or Ihe pl evinll' .dmlOlSu a"on did 1\ " I\II t il you
lIilllhmk Ihal th, ••• the .... ay 10 go. lei me know
I'd Ically Ilke 10 kn" .... hllw till' " ",.kUllllhlO!>.
heue •.
Our $ 1.50fhnu . .... agc CUI f,om las l year hasn'l
both"red me any, hecause I haven' t h ~ d a ,Db 10
the r au SIX months ThIS has helped my IOcome
\... 10 a &Jut dellee as I hnen'l r.ud any You c~n
hlle .someone 011 Ihe ,"cel In Sc."le 10 dn'·e a
Greyhound bus 01 go Ih.ough ,nybody '. rlCkel
Itne Some of these people comc off of welfa. e to
do Ih,S
Th,s " nOI my kmd of eoun u y II ....e don l put
0r porlUnily back for people 10 make • decrnl
hVID&. Ihlngs Will ,CI p.oven,yely .... orK The
.ns .... e. now mo.e th.n ev" before " Ih,OU'"
Amenean labo., Ihe "s pcelal In leru l " IIlOul' 10.
the common people
Be sure Ind regl5le. 10 votc. "Ole, .eld YOII'
newslelle., and enme down and puttClplie ,n
umon all'1f' ooce ,n a .... hlle The umon hu Ibe
MSI m"CSlmenl polCnll.1 Ihlt I've ever Ken, and
I'"e 'lU n and heard lUSI • Ie .... You .... ,11 ~ .rwM<1~d
STLntEN A""OU500N, P S
Local 47 In
Contract Negotiations
LU. 47 1" 1, WIiITTI EA; , C/oL-Creclings, B.others
and SISIC", from lunnyHl 50ulhem C.hfom'"
Ou. local, hke mf)!1 olher loxal" has becn ell'
trtmely bllsy wIth Ihe no.mal roullne 01 ,II"·'
anees. " h" ' lIlOns Ind daY·lo·day problems of
memMrs
Addll1onllly, we Ilf cII" cnliy enlllged to full
con n lCl negoltatlonl .... "h Ihe CIlY of AnahClm
.nd in lIenelll conuael b;t'lIIlnlOlI , .....'u and
wo.kin, co ndulonllwllh Sollihern Cahfornta Ed,·
ton OU I eu rlent jOllrneyman hnennn IItu al(
S I5.60 !lme mcehame_An ahe.m) Ind $15.31
' hnem~n/!p "eer-SC E ). The CllY 01 Anah"m has
...
>llIeOllllCd 10 ta ke ~"v, I,,&e of Ihe I"u,h c..uuulll.·
leal climate by lakin, a p'rIIeul"ly hard hne and
bll ngln, nllme.ous IIkcaways 10 the table 10 an
IlIc mpt 10 drli ll eally redllee beneRII 01 translc r
the C<nl to Oil. members, lit Edison ,he Comrany·s
m~ln pUlh b~. been 10 tr and~ . Ihe cou 0 prQC·
tiling , n e" ancu 10 Iht II",on and to lusc n the
",1I1ell onl on the lise of temporary employees
tn",YID, .«0•.1 r.oflu Ind p.odUCII"IIY 111101 Tht5
II, at least ID part, a direci ,,,"Itof OU I members
e/fons. A, of this wnlln" little p lO~.e5S hll beeo.,.
m.de to ellhe. KI of negottatlons. bUI Local 47'5
,uff and NegOllallnl: Commlllecs arc oplimillie
Ih.1 KlIlemenl' .... ,11 be .uehed that w,1I m.toUID •
Ihe Standard nf liVID!:, we hl\'e foughl ha.d 10
,d,,~~c
Loc~l 47 IS gl~d 10 .... elcome B.othe r !lnb VIlla
lobot aboard as I bU'lDess rcp,C5cnta\Jve Bob Wit
fo . merly with local 18 m LO$ IIngele. as a busme»
reprUCntaliVe and USl'tant bUI,nus manager 11141-
h" m.ny yc. u of C!{~ntne( rcpruenUII' mtW
OIcmM15 In the munrel r ally owned II lI lIty Reid _
He ....15 a iOllmcyman hncm an and bargaining unll
h ne crew loreman for 16 yelll pllor 10 'OlO ln, the
naff alLocal 18. Bob Will be 1511,ned dUlles in Ihe
mll"'tlpahlles as .... ~II a$ on the Edison plOpClIY
10' whreh hiS exp(ntnee In n(BOllaIlOO S, ubun
lions and u/elY lihould be an Immed"tc assel
We he re at lncI147 arc lookmg lor .... ard to 19R4
and lie h01'III, ,n ICC ou. S15ters and BrothelS II
unoul funellonl Ihroughout the yeal Loo km",.
fo ..... a.d 10 beller thing. fOI Ihe B.olhelhODd Bes.
Wishes'
Santa
PiClllred here i l S.lIla (Loul 48. Ponl."d, Drc"
member K.if Fox) doia, hil hlppiul yu, ly CO'tIIl
w;lh 'wo t l" u., llim; ne Udf Y .ad Phil PI" ,o.
\Pholo . ubmluN bl' Kir Fox.l
State To Issue New
Licensing Requirements
LU, 48 \I& n l ), PORTLIIND, ORE,-ln Occe mbe. ,
in.lde wirem en voted 10 1 • • eviscd conu ael wIt h ~
emp loye rs Ibat will ru n Ihroll'" 1987. Ah er nu
merOU! mee llngs .... u h comractors, a hSI 01ch in,,,.,
w . . I"upu~,"d by Oil' NelSul ,aU"1I CUIl"""I .. ," ".
hopei that we mi"'l regam wO lk we ha ve 1f)!1 10
non unIOn conllaC ' on Slgndlcant amonB Ihe
changes wa s I IO·ccnt· pcr hou r co ntr ibu tion \0 I
,ulnlly adm mistcred P,omotional fund Mov mg
quIckly. the Promollonal lIoard hired I locil ad
"crtlsi n,fi. rn and has.,pted on u a .rflu ll • • ponsOi
of T il,] Binet "dio b.o.ldeu u ,h.OUlIohou l Ih!
 I, P,clllc NonhwUI Plans l i t bemg mlde 10 make
a ,hOI! documentary RIm about Ihe elec tncal !lade
l for fr ee d'JtrLbulion 10 schools and CIv ic grou ps.
At OU I Ch ristmas mee!lng. sped.1 recognition
wn give n the lollowII'II members for 40 yu " 0/
conunLlOUl,ood sundlng RU5",,1l Brannan, Doyle
Dlclunson and Lloyd Knudsen. TbltlyRvcyu.
pins wcrc &lven 10 Wilham Andcuon, W.lln
., Ch,lden, W,lliam Smith, Fra nC IS Walborn Ind John
Wc lbOin. ReceIVing JOrU ! pin. thiS Chris tm as
wc rc Oclbtn Bauu, DanIel hd":li s, Joseph Fagn.n,
Clyde ferguson, Ch,lies fleeman, Hen ry Carne r,
Donald li ohteltcl, Donald KcJs.cy, Richard Malzc
and Peter Schwuur RCClr"~nI5 of 2S yu. pins
• WCIC Clolon Albn"u, I,.a Verne Conne •. '.mes
0.1150, Rob,m C'Qyom, Shulcy lamon, Donald
r Smlng and RQiKn SUllon II canned food burd for
~ members In need wn dnllibu ted alon,ll wllh gift
· certi/kalel pUlchued wllh conlllbUllllns from
_ IlnllhclS working al C~mu_ The opml Ilf broth,
crhoooJ IS $tLlI ahve In l.ocal48.
1 In UK you haven't heard, Ihe Slate [leetncal
~rd IJ gOl1ll10 b<= comm,ll OUI wnh requucments
for continuing educ~lIon 11.1 rClaln YOUI Ore,llon
eleetrlc.1 htensu, u~r"n,ll wllh 1985 renewals
I Ahhou,I;h Ihe fln .. 1 lequllcments have not yel been
~ se t, a Nadnul Elcelllc.1 Code update eoul~e Wi ll
be It<lu ir ed aftcr neh Code rCYISIOrl As we have
a oew Code thiS yc~r, a Code updale coune IS
needed be:fore you can renew your IlCenJe for 1985
MCllo Will be prnvldlnl eou lKS 10 meel Ih" and
any olhcr requrremcl'ltJ Ihe bo.. rd JeU So a word
tn Ihe Wise: check nut Ihe Melin schedule and
! ~
sl,Iln up e.rly,
To.., 1I",~I'!; )I, r , P S
Notice: Members Who Worked
tn Jurisdiction of Local 53
LU. 5J (l.I,ulll. rl5l, KANSAS CIT Y,I\\ O.- Loc. l 53
IS In Ihe process 01 IClmm.llllg liS prnlll.ln lund
knl.ll<ln as the Inlnt OutJIde [Iectnul Workers
Ret"ement Pbn. Undc r the lennmallun, Il'lIUCt·
panlS Will rrcelve • cash·nu t 1.11 Ihell ICCOUIl1
balances
I LocalS.) docs nn\ have CUrrent adJrcuuuf many
mcmben 01 Slstnloc.ls whll wurkcd in Ou r iUlIs,
d,cllon dunng the JlCIlod In ....·hreh the pbn w... In
r dlcet, 1961-1983
If you b<=heve th;u ,ou may hne paru cl p.. ted m
· our PenSinn Fund, plea!>e Immedia tely cnmact III
wnun~ the admllllstrnur 01 t he lund, Lyle K.
1,...QUtllY, Admllllsll~lnl, 1(Jlm Outside Electncal
W()fktrs RCllIcmenl I'lan, 1100 Adn",~1 Boule·
~uJ, K~nsu ClIy, MlSW(Jri 64106_
It " pllllned tbat Ihe cuh·nul ....,tll occur I.In
I~nuary 31, 19S"*, toO Loc",1 53 needs the CUllenl
add,UKS IS qUldtly IS roulble
The ,eal 1983 saw IIYllficanl chlllltes III Ihe
w()fk picture for Local 53, beglllnlllg wllh cUMld·
cubic unemployment lor our mcmber$ but endmg
~ with nUl lull emp loyment We hnpc Ihe wor k
,itual1url COn ll nUn to Improve dunng 1911~
I
We want IU conglatulate BrOlhcr Mike Mont·
gomelY upon hI! lecenl !>eleCtion as the new AFL·
CIO lra ll halson lor commulllty scrYlcu w"h the
Ueart 01 Amenc. Unlled Way. Brother Montgo·
m.e ry, a Local S3dclc,Il~le to the 1982lmernallona!
, Convent ion, has been I dedlcalcd and hOld worklllg
membe r 1.11 nur local We Ife CC Ham tlut hi! hald
wOlk .nd gcnurne concern 11.11 nur membe" dunng
the neen l hard IImel WIll b<= PUI 10llh tn lerve all
membe:rs of orpnt:ed bbor throughout Ihe arca
&Crved by Ihe Hurt 01 Amenta Unlled W.ly We
r Wish Mike the beSI of luck and oU r support In h'5
ne .... endeavor.
It '. nOt too call, to "art Ihlnklllg polltks, 1984
r "IOIng to be a crucial ye.r for organi:ed labor.
Many gams 10' labor Ihat took years Ind yurs to
.~ achieve have been steadll, flicked away al over
tht lut three years by the Reagan admrnlStUIIOn
Wc as memben nf organlnd labor cannOt aflnrd
to I" by .nd IN thue people return III office and
carryon their deSlrucllvc campaign l.m lu re Ihat
thell ",Ilo.ls" have b<=en lOught m • ..omewhll
rUlfllned manOe r 111 hopes 0/ s«unng • ncond
telm If Ih ey should accomplIsh suth I dlSlS lIl.IUS
fe~t, ,ou c.n b<= usu red that m a secon d and fin.1
lerm Ihey Will proceed Wllh nl.l ' fSlI.I,ntltudcstroy
the condlli ons won b, OIg.nl:ed I,bor thlt have
bcnclltcd us all So, lei'S Slart noW 1M:tau~e II'S
going to be a hald rice .nd II Will ukc the eHoru
and vote 0/ all Ulllon members, thtir famlh" .nd
fll ends to WID.
I Ihmk we 5hould also at Ih" lime Ih.nk .nd
t.ODllllullte CnnllcJsm.n Al.n Whut for hiS sup·
pon of labor b<=fnre Congless dutlnl!: h" flnt year
In office. We arc hupeful he Will continue hl5
SUpPO Il fOI labor a5 hIS predecessol Rlchud Bolling
did fnr many yurs
l.ocal SJ membe,s of Assoclaled EleClIlC Coop·
tllUvr r<=<;ently raufied a new conu.C I The nrw
a"temenl IS. three·,ur p.. ckale Ineludlnl ' ~.J5
percent tncrusc in w.ges retro.cllve to July I.
1983 , 1 J6 pc rcfnl wal!:e Inerene and I 3 S JlCrcent
pension tntleue effective luly I, 19841 and a 6
perten t wage tn(1 CIJe effective luly I, 1985. As·
, islln!; RU 'lIIt" f\hnagt. Ktllh Querry and As·
'I,tant aUStnCSS I>hna,;el Tarry Youn,llhans on the
Nt",,,aUn, Comm11lec were Blothers Ctell Al·
nell, Gllb<=11 Plllchen, Rick Wblle, D.n Ibyu,
Byron C rut chc r, Crul !!uity. Ch.n Knbbs. IclT)'
G reen, Jam e, Luc" Ron BeItel. .ml Richard Blan·
ken , hlp
Congratulations to Loc.l 53's newe" tourney·
min hnemen, Brothers Frank aae r and Dan Jones.
I...M[5 LY'lc lt. PS
Party
~h.~,~ ,I . this picruft 're, left 11.1 righi , Kim Kocb..!,
Jim Murph y 1.11 Loci l J5 Ind LIfT)' Grupidl.l.
t ,000 Members on Books;
Xmas Party In Conn .
LU. Slli,em"pa"'rt!» , DETROIT, ,"'Iat.-Creel-
Inl' from [ktrnll, 8rothen and Sisters! The wo rk
StlUllIOn IS ,"11 ~er, ,low wllh apJ>IOlumltely
1,000 members nn Ihf book
W"h 110 many oioul members wu . klnK III Ihe
Uartford/New l-ia ven IItI, a Chr lStm .. I'. u y was
in nrde r Blnlh~r "TlmMr" Tum Donahue and
myself h05ted • pUty It the Mr Raw Bar 11\
Westbrook, ConneCllcul "bout 50 BrothelS 1\
tended Ihe party_ The food. prepared by bu I.I wners
Mnlly and Roge" w.s "e~t ' Wt had Kveral6 foot
submanne sand wlthu, bean, and franh, eoluiaw,
meltb.lls and uuce and .nme liu prl homemade
:.iti. A loooJ l im t was had by .11. The re "'cre thr ee
din games goin,ll. pool and wlde ·sc reen TV Seve ra l
memb<=1S went home wllh ncw T ·,hin l ~vcn .way
by Moll, and Roge . It was good to .ce everybody
"llain Thanks ala ln to Molly and Rogcl 101 allow
ing us 10 Ule Ihe" part y room In , a .la,
I hopc everybody hid a goooJ ChflS tm u and
mayb<= 1984 Will b<= a b<=tte l year lor Local 58 Good
luck 10 .11 the membelS on Ihe road Ind IhOK who
soon ""II b<=.
Remcmb<= r to buy Amellcan-buy Unton
Bol KINSO ..... , P S
Wishes
Two 01 th e " Yl.lu ng ,ude union I"." rrl.y their
w; j hnto San la althe Children '. Chri5lmu Party
1.11 Loca l 68, Ouvn, Colo.
Toys
llrothell Larry M alu~ .. 'lld II11vCy Wl.l ns lit
shown with In uniduli6ed helper. In th e b.elt·
, round IIf a lew ollhe lOY' fl.l r selec l il.ln.
900 Children Attend
Christmas Party
LU. 68 Ill, DENVER, CO LO.-Out l oc~I's [nt~r
tainrnent Cnmmlllee rully went all t he way for
th ll year's Annual ChIld ren" ChllStmlS Party,
","h dose to 900 01 our members' Chlldlcn 101ll~
Ihrough .11 01 the (Venn the Cnmmlllee h .. d
planned. As usu.l, the hne Inl -»nta wu never
end,n,ll n palent5 and chIldren made then w.y
fOrwlld 10 the gentleman III red and .... hlle, whn
liStened 10 all 01 the WISh bsts lor Ihosc agcs one
to 10. A spetlal Committee Ihan'" 10 Brmhe.,
G len I'enland, Jr , and Ted Nelson lo t dOIng a
J,lflcull tob, h$lcrung and assulln!;all 1.11 the deSires
lipolten Irom hnle he.ns wllh e,cs I.If won del
Broth~1S Bob .nd Russ Rensmk, co·charrmen of
the Enteftatnmcnt Commlttec. 'lIced, w"b tbe
unemploymcnt problem hele III nur uea, thIS
yur'. part' .hould really be: ont for many to
remembe r Man y of our memMrs Ire "on t he fO.d"
but wtre home lOt the holid~y, and a shnft \"lSIl
wllh flltnds and family WH h rn.ny, many 01 nu r
membe:rs I'VIIII • hdpmg hand nn the d.ay 01 the
pallY. u well u with the planntn,ll. and plckln,ll
up 1.11 g,llS and munch,cs, thiS reporter 15 lu re to
miss morc Ihan one nr two, bul f,om the hst
lur phed thanb 10 Ihe lollowtn, Bob and loIS
Rellllllk .nd I.mll" Roben, Ric ky, Michel, Rnbby ,
Liu, Kalle .nd Chll5t1el Ed and Luhc Eubank ,
B,lllnd Btll, Carr and family, T.mmy and Bill" ...J
Ted .nd LuAnn Nelson and Iheu children, Kim ~
and Shawn, Jnhn .nd Malian OUlke, BlIln MIller a::
.nd hlS d.ughlcr Mllhu, I>h chele RetJ<I:, Kathleen ~
Buddock, D~vld StanleYI Connie Smith, Bob ">
GotcheYI Fred Blelc, lohn Iltwlns; Gene Sh,pm.n,
LIlT)' Mallcara, lohn AnnentrDC , .nd lta",ey Wong.
01 coulSe we .Iso want to thank the olfl ce stall
lor all 01 thell help
The work plClu re here III the Denve r area fe' 2J
 m,uns "ery ,low 10' m~,de .. !lemen Our Rn,den
lIal Unu hu condudw thell neSOI1'"Onl for Ihc
)'ur and arc lookmg lorwa rd 10 a good yu . U Ihc
housmg markcl has made. slighl lm)l .o~cmenl
Wnh low mlc.CSI UI(~S. the market shoulll remam
Stable
Instde Wileman negou,uons arc. conunumg
p.ocess, trymg 10 gel .n .greemen!, m'lnllln ou r
workmg cond,uon" and lull be able to rarttClpate
m Ihe compeutt~e market of rhe (OMtrUCUon
mduSlry
1011'" M BUlin. III PIIU
Work Still Stow;
Members Receive Praise
L U. 17 10,uAl.ml ), SEA TT LE. WA SH._The Imc
conStrUCllon m the Northwest IS 51111 pretty slow
£01 OUI members. Thc le .. e 'PP,oxlmately 1510UI-
neymeo on Book I In OUI Snttle ol/k~, 25 uU Buul
I In our KennewIck olRee and 30 on IIook I In t he
Spokane olfice
A I"ge numbel 01 ou r mrmben hIVe bern able
10 find work undelotherlocal umoos'lu llsd,,:II0nS
We apJ'I ~~'~te tht .:ou, lUlU extended ,oour memo
bers by olhe. loc .. I, when ,hey ale uavehng
Although we don'l InUClr.1t a blS (onS\lUCllon
boom 111 Ihe spun" II appeus Ihue will be some
wo.k let fOI eonS\lUCUOO by a number of thr
UllhllU In OUr ,,," Ild":llon Also, t hele lIe small
lob, on the dlawmg bo.ld that hopdully will be
PU t OUI 10 bid by the Bonne~llle Power Admmls
trallOn Even though we anllClpate thIS wo. k, we
IIC by no muns assuled we can elcal OUI books,
and nf COUI~e there IS '1111 the POlllb,hlY Ihe nOn·
unIon conllactolS will be blddmg on thll wo. k
The Wuhmgl un State and Idaho Slat e leglsJa
tures will ~on~ene In JlnualY, ~nd as .Iways you r
busmen olilce will be m~olved 10 monllOling thc
bU5lnCil conducted while t hese bodIes l i t In ,...s·
Sion. All of OUI members should be C0ltr,,;lnt of
Ihc acuon, of the state IC/tlsluuIC; and II therc are
any hill. )'ou led the lociishouid be Involved with
0 1 take aellon on, be ,u re and con lact the buslOus
office The EJttu"~r fI .....d ha. agam IUlholl;ed
Ihe bU~lnest ofllee to rC1l1O Bill flack as Ihe 100001's
IcpsJallve itiiSOll fOI the WuhlOgton SI"e legIS·
II,ure, 50 we WIll be Ihele and we Will be actiVe
I would like to pin on to Qur membe.s who
worked dunnlt the Tb.nhgl~lng aod Chllstmas
storms thll a number of lop managemeDl people
uplcncd to me what I fine lOb ou. members d,d
III .cspondlOg 10 the eUllomelS' nceds In IUIOnDg
po..·el to the NonhweSi homes The,... comments
of p'aiSC nOI only include our hne creWI, bU I also
members who manned the u\ll1l1u' busmus of-
fices .nd duh WIth the CUSlome rs' complalnlJ and
cooldllllled the behInd the'5Cencs 'C\l~IlIU Ihal
take place dUllng stolms of Ih,s magOltude. It II
n'ce onc<: m a ...·hllc to hu. a word 01 rralse fOl a
lob well done
OIAIIU1o I' SltVlIINAU. B M
Scribe Lists Members
With 30 Years Service
l.. U. 79 (ul, SYRA CUS E, N. Y.-As plomlS<"d In the
l anu~1)' Issue. we air gOlOg to u)' and hSI III OU I
membe.s who ha,·e O"el .J.O ycals ' scrVIC" and
. eeelYed our IBEW pin at OU r Ikc"mbe r meellng
Paul Blown, 31 yealS, Robe,. Dchm, 37 ycars,
Howard Whaley, 36 YU la, Law lence Castleman,
36 YUII, My. on RIn" 36 ycars, Georgc Manhewl,
35 YU", Har~eyTlerney, J5 yUII, George la.mcr,
35 ycars, LC"OII OombIOWIJc.l, J5 YU ." lohn Sal·
Ingcr. J5 YUIS, Robert KnOll, J5 ye"" Mit Welch,
35 )·UIS. Adda Va nwyk, 35 yearsl Tony Pla;u,
35 yUU , 34 yu .s Wilford HuggIDs, Wilbul Ball,
Ed Krnde ll ck, Ed Co,hwon, Wilham Dixon, Carl
unne ., 'amu Ryan, loupb Hlichelelll, Clrmen
CurrenlI, 3J yUIJ John Co. bell. fred Lutle, An·
thony Tosc.no, Rich ard Wllwn, ELWIn Moo. e, lohn
Cl allO. Law.ence McO. n rcls, Pe te. TOlc.no. Cel·
aid Norc.ult , lohn Cowdery, lamn ... dams. Robe rt
Cu lhns. W, lh am Wa lsh, ' tlKph Bera"h , 32 years
Bill LlYO w, Ed Wales ki , lames ~vage, I.mn Can-
" nody, Carl Con ti . le. emllh Wheele •. Wllhlm
30- Year Members
o Ind We lully arr,cclale rhc work'
" iftuled hut a.t th t Local 79, Sy ra cuse. N. Y.,
OI unbefS who hnt )0 yu .. ur mur t m t mbtl ~ hlp
in th t IRfW.
McNamlla. Lawlcn(e 5unscl, Dunald Smllh, Ray·
mond Clcblu, Bernard Celcmll. Wilham Cl owell.
Ihll Stolms, Gury Wood. Robert Banett. loh!!
KU II l., Cto rge MUlj(lurmh. Ouu~ld '~'VI" 3 I y~~I~
Robe .t Hanley, Donald Malay, flink Pelllcone.
loseph Be.nh .... I. Don.ld Pawl,n,. O],vt. Ikvc.,
loseph W&Oko..- ~k,. Raymond Sova. RIchard Flan·
.Jt.1n. 10M'ph CUlnta, Michael Cnlfin. Pat OlcUtt,
RnM .. Pintn$kl, Mil)' Mi~tulcf, Rou Vtn,ent ,
Ceolgc Bucklon, Thumas I-I dlernan, 30 yun
Oonald FlDley, Rlchlld Guenthner Robel! Modg
&On, Oa\'ld CllfRn, lohn W.lsh. Robell Shine.
O~nltl Sherlock. Cheslel Sotda. Robel! LOlle r
mOllCr, RusMII Ol rr.h. Frink Cox, Mlnley 5hcr
man. NIck TUI, Druce Par hi. RolI~nd Sau~e and
f ..mk T ilmo
Havt • Hirpy 51 P~trlck's Day
WILLIA"I C WAIIM •. P S
Pins
Th e lollow;n s B.olhfu .uentl y teccind Ih ri l 20-
yu . pinl from Local 80, NOlfolk, Va. fin •• ow,
leh to ' ighl , GfiI .se Glldn tr. Bill Wil so n, Mu tll Y
Good win , Lin Blltu, I nd 80b Geary, suond row,
1111 10 right, Rlymond Tellu, Raymond ,"'eye" ,
R. y P. ice, Ttd Stil i, .nd Ro y Pfny, and Ihi.d .ow,
Ifft to li s ht , Rlchald Sykes, bu sinul ml n' Sf! .nd
lack lti cks, pru idcnl .
Brothus .tcfnll y .urlved thri.lS-
Idt to ris ht , Ric h.rd S, lt u,
Mc llf.nonll , C, f nf ffn"n ~,
Romano , .nd Robfrt Wood,
Miullr, Bill B.uffy,
Swulwood, Ri eh-
Ihird lOW, lelt .0
MI II CI, lIu,h
Negotiations Committee
Faces Awesome Job
L. U. 80 {1.O,l uaU pa J, NORFOLK , \' ... .-Ncgolla·
"(lOS Ife well under way now We wllh ou r Com-
mlllcc well ,n th.s awnomc iob they have to do,
npe"ally since we hive len t h.n LOO luurneymen
wOl king in uur IICI tUUI membelship is well over
5001 The open·shofl con n aCIOIS ID our ale. are
ge m ng lust aOOu I all t he wo. k Thanh 10 the
mlny loc.1 UDIOM who lIe pl.cmg 0'" pr.nrle '-
du"ng thlt lime 01 survIval lo r OU I union Tht
wOlk these locil. arc: glvm.ll0ur prople 15 a hlclI~Cl
Congralulallons 10 B.olhc. Ikwey HOl ner, who
was IWOln In to RII • ~acancy on thc Ex«ullvt
Bnald ConglalS abo 10 Blothe. lamn Wllhams.
whu wu SWOIn In In fill the u~anty 01 vICe
pre51dent .-
f l om the " WIse Ole 'ourneyman" comes th"
b,t 01 Wit, You hue.o glvc ~ lot oleledlt 10 Inlk,
..·ho hvt beyond Ihe.. mUM" !How lrue!
Kt'ep In m.nd . BrOlhus. th~t ulllon mtcllngs lie
held on the second S~I",day 01 uch month , be.llin
ning ~ t 12 00 noon 1\ thc ironwtlr ke.s Hall When
in tnwn 101 thr. wr.~kcnd cnme t~kc part 10 the
mcellng , we need you
The followlllg preSidents had thiS to say Ab,a
ham LIDcoln "All t hlt KIVU labol sc. "es the
nallon AU thlt ha rms I~ IIcuon_ l£ 11 mm tdls
you he lovn An,,"ca. YCt hates labo •. he " I hlr-
The le IS no Amellca wllhuut labol and 10 lIeeec
one" 10 ,ob the othel " franklm D. Roosevelt
II t ..·ere a workel In a faCiury, the finl t hmg I
would do would be 10 to.n a unIon." OWlghl 0
EI$Cnhowcr " Only a 1001 would IIY 10 drp"ve
wO l kmg men and women 01 Ihe nght 10 tOlD t hl'" :a
unton of thclI choln "
f,.bny of OU I Brothcls lIe on the SIck hSI Call
the loc.1 UDlon and find OUI whu Ihey arc 50 you
can send I card 01 Villi
Many of ou r relUed members allend a pr.yel
hrcaklaSl every Wednesday mo. nm" begmnlll~ at
1 00 I m If you lie Inlelcned, plu~e call Mahlon
~~'~:~r 11m Hollomon !me! Come and 10m us II "
To OUI many Iflsh Blothcls and Slnen. We In
Local SO say, " Ihppy St. Palnck's Day" ID you'
Wn ..l 10 the Wise Wha l " man. that Ihou .11
mllldtul of hIm/-For Ihou haSt made him a Ilitle
lo wcr th~n the angd,.-Psalms-8 4 5
I 0 HOllOMON. I~, p S
Scribe Exptain s
!
Grievance Procedure
L U. 84 !o,u,lkutY ), "'TlANT A, GA.-In the Rrsl
alllcJe II was mentioned Ihal I would II)' 10 Wi lle
.onte mlelc5un", IIII0rml,,~e Ind provocallvc al
udes The tOpiC 01 gncvanCls IS one which II
'Pp' Opllate lot the momenl
A glle~ancc II • vlolauon of , wo.ker'S nshu
Is a complamt a .II"c~ancel No. nOI unleu " RIS
onc 01 the lollowmg "ICjl:OIICS VIOlation of the "'
conuact, ledenl, "atc o. loc.1 Ilw It could be •
vIolallon nf raSI praCllce, Wllllen Or unwnnen II
could also be • gllevan"e If " Ris {he entena of
ne,lect of managcment responSlblhty O. ~lol.tlon
of complny ,ulu. If YOUI complallll fitl any of
tht~e ca tcgullU. t hen yo u may have a valI d ~lIev
anCe 10' which Ihe rc may be red . ess t hrough Ihe
gll cvance p.occdu re
Many gllcvance procedures pe rmll Ihe proccSS
IIIg of all SOrtS of ulllon membe l complaIn" 110 ..'
e\'CI, thts /l.entr,Hy lesulu to ulllon mcmbeu
feeling fr ee ID make dalm~ that Ihe untan cannot
utlsfy 10 arblllilion Ev cn Ihough a mallei is
gne~abJe, II does not nec(sslllly mun the elSf
cln be alblllated succcssfully, 01 It all
In the eou ' $<: of Ihe ""uance rrocedu re. It 11
hoped that an .,rr:rcement can be l uch"d to dispose 4
01 the gnev.nce. Somcllmes the OblCCIl~e , evlc..-
of I d"pute Will .1I0w bolh palllu 10 eomrarc
mfOlmallon .nd I"u 10 ploduce a lesolutlon 01
Ihe dIspute. In View of Ihls. one must keep In mInd
Ih.t alblllallon II Simply the lau step of the
gllevance procedu le-a step Ihlt should Ilfely be
liken If t he "Ievlnct p.ocedure has Men dfecllvc
The g"evan(e p.ocedu.e hu one key premlK
Ihar Cannot be d'5puled Prrwns whu lie cI~t
to Ihe d,spule belween a union membe. and min ·
agemcnl ,hould be Ihe ones who fiut try 10 reach
a Utrsfac to ry lolu tlon.
Many glievancu/compl'lDll can be anl1c. pa lcd
and prevenled by '"'clllge!!1 .nd wllhng ,hop
'lCwards an d fo remen/supervisors wba un dersrand
ehc baSIC plill ci plu of h um~n rel.uons. They mUll
appr ec l.le Ihe be nd", 10 .11 concerned of pre·
..... "enun, g ,, ~vance. We mus t all hav~ t h~ pluence
to II')' to do 10 h should be Ihe co mmon goal of
stew. rd •• nd foremen/l UPCrvllOn to tr y and chm
IDlle the nu,.,s of g" ennces whenevcl poulble
A more eoorc rauve wo. k enVllonmenl usually
results IJ thc by rraduct
No mit tel how dellilcd I wOlk avcement mlY
be, 01 how carefully dlawn 10 aVOid amb,gulliu,
• d,spulu .nvolvln, the .!'!'hnb,IIlY ollhe "."OUI
-, eOnlraCt p.OVISlons 10 $JlCe,flc IlIu.llon, Ife m·
elrll able A con lr aC I may be mle l preted one wly
whu labo./ mana,ement Idatlons J/C Il1cndly and
d.llelenlly when Ihey are unlnendly
Elf; blek nUl monlh '
U,IU" R TUWN\, P S
Reti rees Party
Party Highlighted;
Work Stable
L.U. 90 li&cm J, NEW IIAVEN, CONN.-Our An·
no.1 MembershI p Chll,lmaJ Pany "'I) held 1\ I
loc<ll IUU-U laD! III Wlle llold, wllb well ove l 100
loc.1 .nd (faveli", B.OIhelS on hand A ,ood IImc
WI5 had by all. Brolhel Cary " I.ke" Browne wu
!'.esenled • Loc.1 90 Ilckel by 805111ell M,n'le.
lerry [spos1l0 on behall ollhe oIliccu 01 t.oc:.1 11'0,
101 hIS dcdlc.llon In orpmllnS ou r r UI ,~v~ 1I1
Chrlslmas p<lrllU and reU lemen l dlnne",
Our local WII deeply l,oddentd when R,ulhel
lohn VlllavcoI Loc;aI96, WO' <;("5 Ie. Ma sSlchu5elU.
..·,s u.uek and kIlled by. car on hI' way 10 "'OIk
1\ Ihe Millstone III complu Our ~ym r~lhy II
eatended 10 hIS /amlly and Inends
The wurk Illuallun .emallls Jlable al Ih" lime
wllh some b rlter 1,,1» In Ihe Ilea ncallns the
Anl shll1g 51agu WOlk n Ihe Millstone Unll III
Nuclea. Centralln, SUllon conllnoe! wllh ove l
80 re . cenl of Ihc pllnl comrlele
Hllh unem"loyment and CCI'numIC hardship
continue 10 bUlden m.ny AmCllcan, Rcavn'tlack
01 concern wllh Ihesc p.oblems demoM"un Ihe
d"alharllage Ihe working man " put II YOU I
sopport IS needed 10 help elccI an ~dmllll!UIIIOn
Ihat's f311 lo~ll Amcllcan •. YOUI ~urpurlilf Wlh~ 1
Mond~lt I! greatly uIgcd
A! a U.S senalO' , hiS labo,·,opl"-)1\1I1g VO,t has
, 9J reIC~D! "n.:hl vOle" accoldlllg 10 the AFI.
C/O News I-{IJ eonceln 101problem,aIlAmellCln.
hlYe m.ke, h'm ' .• min lo • • ll .he peoplc
Surport your IUlure' Surport COPE
ROIEItT C.l~ItA •• ). I' 5
10,000"1".'( loot fl'l\ 1\001 IS as la rge IS .lIlhlce
flOO rl of OU I old buildmg. It " hoped Ihal Ihe
ne wer, mOlc con venien l /acil llle$ WIll hel p serve
OU I members be ll cr
On Tue.,!.y, Decembel 13. I ! Ihe IaSI omon
meellnlof 1983, our membe.s had Ihe opportunity
nOi only 10 ,how Ihe Chnslmu 'rml, bUllO Ihow
Ihl! we arc • ulllon f,mlly On Ihl! mt,hl. the
Kcond IUdllll 01 I relOlullon 10 SIan I " FIJnk
Cloome Tlust Fund" WI~ .ead and vOled upon
The .esolul1on, whIch was near·on.lllmoos ly ac·
(ep led, SllIes III pall thl! III memben 01 Loc<ll98
WIll eonmbute $50 10 Ihe IruJl fund 10 help surpo"
F'<lnk and hIS I~mlly III Ihell Ume 01 need
Flink Gloome_ who IS a lon,·ume Loc.1 9~
membe •. hu been III ,coma 5111ce May 25, \983
wben he wat uru~k by • C<1r whIle on .n 111101
mallonal pi cket hne alOne Ikckcr Squa.e 111
Montgomery COUnty, PennsylvanIa OUI membe.
shIp prays for frank 's . eCOYery and "'I5hes the besl
10 his lamily
t.oc:lf 98', blood bitnk IS now optn The com
mm~e, Chalfln"n lohn McClay, r, ., Denllll Mughel
Roland Fnsby. and rohn Corp,nge., UI,e our mem
be lS 10 lei down to the blood bank u.ly_ We •• e
"~mlllded ' 10 gIve W Ih" OIhers may 1,,·(,. "
I-IU'';RY MURRA Y, IR, 1'.5
Party

Members Provide Food For

Needy; Work Still Slow
LU. 9S l i ,~ m,nn &s p. ', IOPlIN, MO.-Allhe br
ll11nlllg of the new yUI we Ire 51111 as we we re
lUI yell, wilh the wOlk very Ilow We ~1I11 hlYe

L hall 01 OUI membrf5 OUI 01 work

Chmlml$ '8J lound Local 95 II'VIIIII Chl1umn
baskcu fo r Ihe ncedy Although a lot 01 oul lI1em
!xIS wele OUI 01 wOlk, we had mOle don.llons
Ihan evcl brlole Memben douted money .nd
as Papa
kee p o.de'"lh i~ yn ... Child.en 's Ch.is tm as Pa ll Y
of Loul 10J, BO~ IOO , Mus.
food 10. Ihe P'OleCI Seve,,1 membell wOlked on
• Ihe baskets CIC, "Can,bol" Rebel. LuI')' Simonds

r Rtl irtn ll., k Pu k, lun Ynluu .nd

art in huv, ( onursllion. and I,m phllhrs we.e on Ihe commlnee The
Commlltee dehvtred Ihe ba.ken on Ik(embrr 14
wllh Ihe help of " . eSl donl SCOII Coleman and
Busi ness Agenl Pat Carroll. All 01 Ihe peopl e
[ ...cocal Hosts .ecelving baskets defln ll ely needed them

~
Retirees Christmas Party
LU. 86 II,n .,tmell pa" RO CII ESTER, N. Y.-On
Wtd nuda" Decembe. 14, Loul 86 hOlled Ihe
InnullRetHee Chns.mn Pa ll y One hundled .nd
Iwe nly 'Cl lleCl, W'VCI, Inend•• nd ·'86" olAct.s
plhe led 1\ our " A/I 8rucuckl" 11111 lor • g.uI
.htrnoon of lun< lood and Iellowshlp It seems thaI
"-each yu •• hlS elrenlll beller IIlended .nd 101 thll
m.lle. , belle r III III Olhe • •esJlCCU A " t l i buffel
Ii b Rusche. 1plovlded Ibon In '"end.nce wllh •
wllk IIII&C oIlood to ~tnly evel')' lute Refresh
menU IS usual Weft plovlded by the "86" Sunshllle
Club I ... Ihe .fte.noon pro,ruKd blllgo "'15 pl.y~d
' ;~~I~I,~t~:;;I~'c~:~:~e~:~~,~~~~!:'~~~~o:~;,
..~ New Yo.k. Sialt Department 01 L.bo" and Ron
OUI retl . eU had Ihti. Annual ChnJlmu I'alty
whIch was well allended and a good lIme WII h.d
by.1I Local 9S Ind Local \474, lophn, M,uou n ,
plov,dtd luthy and ham, and members .nd Ihell
WIVU b.oughl covned dIshes
Two 01 oU l lellled members d,ed .ecently They
we rc HI .. y LOld and Home r WIIghl They holh
look an .CllvC InICleSI 111 Ihe unIon Our deepe~1 IIrot hu s lerry Icr ome .nd Ri ch Leary hclpd 0"1
sympathy 10 Ihell famIlies " the p.n y by ma kin, . Ult tlcb ch ild lecc"'td
Hrothers W.. ,en Goulh and Howald Smllh Ie hi. or her w. llel eonll in ln,a dollar eo;n.
ceotly lellled Wanen Gout,h lecenlly iulle ted I
hurt .n.ck and had open heall tU'lIery Ind hn
rceovc.ed .nd 's do,ng well Christmas Party Held ;
New Office Opens;
E~"'uT HUZZA.I'. P 0;
Books Clear
L U. 103 !i,u& .,." BOSTO N, MASS.-Once 'Kiln
Locil IOJ, Ihe Iklta WYE C.edll Union, .nd Ihe

I Billow, edllor 01 ou. loca l labor news

Sucee»ful parllCl, whelher l"Ie 01 Im.lI, de
pend on Ihal lentully smlll nucieul of prorle
"'ol\un, behInd Ihe $Ccnu JlCrfOlmlnl Ihe dillelent
u sb Ihll PUI II .1I10,elhe. We al "86" lie proud
10 uy Ihll we hive that nocleus that clle and can
be coun led on 10 ste p fO/ward and offe r Ihe ll
se rvices. AI the el pcnse of omllllng lomeone's
? n. me, !ct'. joSt gcne rali~c by uyin! ",e kno", who
you IrC and you r clfoltslle truly appreclllcd Many
of Ihe membels' WIHS thaI we spuk 0/ ,Iso I ttend
thue funclions and help out lremendoos ly Ou r
Ih.nks Iiso 10 Llll da In ll nl ", ho flllhfully baku,
dCCO llIU .nd donatu • la rge Ch n umll cake en·
joyed by III Wllh people li ke Ihi" how can you
miss!
RIOIARD M ITc" n~, I' _S
Trust Fund Started
L. U. 98 li& eml. PHILADELPHIA, PA. -On s"t
uld.llY, Decembel J , \983. HusIDeJi Man.lel jamn
M.e1"n Ind Pleslden t Fltd Complon honed an
Open House 10 cclebrne Ihe move IDIO 001 neW
lat,llI'u All members and thell lIuUlt We.e In
viled. 0 0015 opened at lloon and m.ny n'en b,,,uKh t
their famlheslo ste the newly lenovated facllilles
Rd.cshmeD!s "'cle selved In Ihe mCetlnl\ hall
whc.e. good mlny membcn SJlCD! Ihe ahernoon
.enewIDg old I"endshl", The busme,. ~nd Anan
c1l1 olA.,n, whIch occupy Ihe AIM floo. 01 1719
Sp ring Ga rden SIICCI, lOIn Ou r a!,p,enllce Khool
whIch hu occu" ,ed Ihe seco od f1oo. IIIICe Iinuary
of1 97J. The meellng ha l!, whIch takes up half Ihe
ba. em eO! , is much luge r th an ou r old hall The
.pp.enllce', combined ChIldren's Chrlslmas pilly
WI) held on Ikcembe. II for our members' chll
d. en ThIS YUI ·S e~enl wenl<llon, vel')' smoolhly,
even Ihuut,h nellly • Ihounnd 01 our members
ehlldlen showed up 10 Ke Sionu II .. ku • veil
dul 01 lime and e/loll \0 lei up such an CHnl, bUI
bcUUle 0/ Ihe m~ny volunteers who u5ISled Ihe
CommIttee, we wuc ablc 10 successfully pu, 10·
gelhel Ihe la r8e" chIldren's pany we h.ve evc l
lponsoled As a commlllte member I un say Ih t
whcn we slI lIcd 10 add up Ihe ""ponse cllds we
W(,lt I hnle ncrVOUlU 10 whelhe r o. nlll we would
have enout,h hel p IU pu ll 11 0/1 8uI wllhoO I 'tun
lion, Ihe Icuon "'c Welc able 10 po. ;1 .11 logelhc r
was bccaUK of Loc.1 IOJ'. applCnl1Cel The IIU·
denl council Ind 'p pre nllces who hcJ pd OUI di d
an oouund,n, ,ob \II u.h lmg Ihe ~ommi ll ee and
"
 tlcdlt union In this enduvor. [f then young men
Ind women con unue In .u pond 10 enlhuJlullt.JJy
when c.lled upon by Ihcll loc.1 union and Ollla·
nlzed Iabo., we as unionized workcl' are IUle to
benefit On behalf 01.11 thc chlld.en .nd membc: ..
of l.oul IOJ I would hke 10 thank cveryone who
101 mvolved. A spee l.1 Ihankl In Ihe IlIls in Ihe
(Iedll union ami 10 Bill S.lel .nd Bob Barry fOI
apm Siltinr; 10 u ~nll l .lfO 10 CommlttH mem-
bell John Dumas, Chuck Mon.han, II, Tom
O'Toole, Ken N.deau, Bill CIc.IY, RIch Leary,
c;.,rry IClome and Bill 0.,1e)', as wdl I I toevrryOlle
who made Ih,s..by pu'~I"le
On Fnday, Oc(ember lJ, Local IOJ 's 8rOlh~r­
bood Commulee sponfOlcd our membc:,s Annu.l
Christmas Pilly, wltb III rrocttds lorwarded to
our 8101"( rhood Fund Thll event .IUI w~s a r;oad
lime When ,u(h eventS arc acheduled plel$e pur-
ch.te IIckeu even II you lie un.ble to Ittend. The
Brothelhood Fund helps many of 01,11 membels and
Ihen famlh" In lime of n(,l'd, bllllhf fllnd~ become
derleted f.equently upcelllly dutlll3 Ihe Chnst-
mu nuon To .1I who pUt Ihis Eyent logelhel,
Ih.nk you.
A. week lalcl OUI freepon Ii all bl ou,dil In the
new yu r, wllh a New YUI'. celebrallon
Talklnl aboul the new YCl., 1\ app~I/f u if Local
IOJ'. membell wlll have a loud one AI Ihe lime
of wfltlnr; this allicle OU t books III' eleal and a
few Ir,vele" III' lellrnl 01,11 to work. It's t.t:cn
fOme lime .iO(e we've been Ible to put trnelers
10 wOlk 10 Ihe de.d 01 Wrntc. We hope thai Ihe
wo,k siluallon holds ftrOng 10 Ih.1 103 un (on'
unue to welcome anti hclp 01,1 ' I\rolhers find em-
ployment whlk 10 01,11 jur;ad,ctlon At Ihe »me
lime we Ife .nllclpaling prOlpc.ity 101 01,11 mem-
be" 10 Loca l IOJ, we shQuld nnt forgel Ihe bad
limn many 01 OUI Bl ulh~ , a Mil.! S'alt l ~ Will bc:
f.crng 10 the yu r 10 come Why not help utale a
lOb 0Ppo llun;ly for ou r unemployed 8.0lhels and
S,ue.s by looking for the union made .nd Amel'
It,n m,de !,belt when we shop A/tel all, how
mlny journeyman Wirem en do you know who hne
been Ide fled out 10 • fa ctory lob.ilt in Japln,
ChID', o. Talw.nl
A pomt 01 mlOlml\lon Thc mem~r5hlpnf I.onl
IOJ hu endorKd Ihc PATW IPut Amcncans To
Work ), I non·p rofll cotporaliOll founded by mem-
ber, of Loc.l 103 .nd olhe.s 10 p,omOle Ih e »le
of Am~IIc.n · madc goods. If you Ife Intelnted In
helplDl thll wonhwh,le orgaDiulion pleue wnle
10: PATW, 20 P(rkrn, 51 , S.lem, MUSlChu$cIU
0 1970
KlNNY N ... otAu, P.S.
Apprentice Program Provides
Many Classes
L U. 111 108l.u), DENVER, COLO.-The ulilllY
property wo,k has bc:en vcry tnfMl t"rnlln« em·
ploymenl lor .11 Book I jOurnrym.n hnemen and
hne equ.pment ope l.' OII.
Mounilin SII IU Lme CQnUtliCIOrs Arprenuce'
lhip PIQJlam blS maintained I full a~enda fo. Ihe
Colordo applenuce. IhlOughoul the summer
months AICIS eoverN for u"nlnllhe app,enllCCl
ale pole YlldduKS, SUb·tllllon ,Qurs, transfolmer
school., lI.nsforme•• hop IOU", Lookoul Moun·
IIln Computrl Cenle., power plant tourl, and firs l
ald/CPIl dasses. The inSltllcto,slIe wo.kmg very
hard JifUY,dJ", excelleD! siudy mllenal and c1aun
H__ ppy to Icpon final aprloval was liven on the
J45 line from Illne to the FOUl Comer area In
we!lem Colorado HO!,,"fully ,h IS piolec i Will r;o
10. union (OnllaCIOI and provide many members
wllh wo,k io '84.
Congrltulltirms 10 '0 Brolhel' Tony L.Fata and
Tommy Daniels. Brolhe. L.fatl won Ihe Remtng'
ton 12 gaule shotgun Blolhe r O.mels won the
BoWie knrfe. Tony L,Fal. IS an 8-61h month .p-
prentr ce clecrrkun meltlm.n In Ihe Rinf Mr~.
.nd Tommy D.nlc is I. a line equlpmcm operalor
In the ContuuCllon Unit from OenvCl. The laffle
wu hel d by th e ESO I' Comml nee nf the local
union
M. , len e locns, ualslam bus;ncu managel, has
26 luu ,ec(ntly com pleled nOIOtilli ons al Y.mp.
V.lley Rural Elcctrlc Anoc l.mll> l 'hl$ '" IlIrcc-
yur a/:fctmtnt Illowin, for a 2 !"C' tem wage
locru~c, plus 2 Pl'rcem reUtement ModI! provided
by the com piny They Were .ISOlble to obllm all
unUKd 'Ccumuilled SICk leave 10 be p.id . 1 the
lime of reliremenl or de'lh
Don.ld Shapu"s, Kmor as.,Ulm busmus man
.~ I, has a prOJ'O"lIlO presenl 10 OUI memberlll
KC Elccltlc ulhnr; 101 I 16·mUnlh I lt;rnll"W', plut
4 !""Icem on WI,U ICtOl' Ihe build
,,"lSIanl Busmus Man.ge, H.lOld I Sena hu
comple lN neloua llons wllh San LUIS Valley ilEA,
whcl e Ihc mc""bc:.n unfied. Ih,cc yeal 'gJHment
,nd Ihe (Dmpi ny nOW JIlIY' 100 I"",cen, on Ihc
membc:n ' ren slon PI.n Thls.otab. thlee !,,"rcenl
addlllOllal ply by Ihe REA There III wllcleo!""ner
Ihe second .nd mild yUr, and thi' ChnSlm.~ Ihe
membc:rs w,ll le(elVC a S7S bonus Bob M.pel .eceiycs I .100 ' prilC h om Itu n lI.i,d
WOlk ule, .ueod your Unll mcelln, •• nd Happy Incl Lon l 124, K.ni'§ Cit1, Mo., P,esl denl [d~"
New Year 10 you Orake al Ih c Christ mas D.nn.
k»IN L O"'VI~ P S
Surgery
Many Members Are
Out 01 Work
LU. 112 (1), KEN NE Wi CK, WA Sli .- Our new yeal
was b.ought ID by Wl/mrr "'Cathel, bU I while . he
thermomelers wc.e IIsinr;. 10 wCle the numbel of
Brothers on Ihe oUI·of·work l,sl Bechtel, II Ibn·
fOld No. 2. was the malOI conlllbutol IS Ihll prOle(l
IS qUickly Winding down Fue l loadlnl "ailed on
Chrutm., O.y, wllh comme rCI.1 QperallQn sc hed·
uled 101 th" ,ummci WNP N6 2, whi ch was
stafled In Ihe early 19701, IS tile flU I, bUI hopefully
nOI Ihe laSI, of five nuku to bc: e6mpleled by LoYII Ceo ' le rece ntly Ion his thumb , but It wa""
WP I'SS Twohave been termlDated, While theOlhe , .cp laud by I nc w l urgi cal dcu lopmen •.
'wu •• e ' ''I'PU."dly "lUulhb,lIed"
Emplle Electric, "'hose wo. k mamly UIStS on
Ihe vanoul DOE rroloe", has abo been lIyml off Katen named Ar" runner-u p 10 Ihe MISI Teen
for Ihc lUI Ihree months. Wllh.1I of Ihue layolls, Klnsu Pllun l held lasl July 29-.3 1 in Topeka
wc now h.ve .pp ro",m~trly 300 Locl l 112 memo Klten, who ,s. ,CniOI IhIS YU' It Cen Cl.1 Htlghts
betS on Book 1 and 20 'PPlent icn nn the ou t·of· HI,h School, also won Arsl place In t he "Ienl
wn.k boo k .Iso. Unfon unatcly, Ih~ r c " nQ new compc"llon, pl.ymr; the P"OO and sinllng "Selole
wo, k bre.klng on the honzon I Could Say Coodbye." She was .110 cholcn Mill
A speelll m('~lInl: WI' hrlrl on '.nuIlY 7 to ynle Con,eDl.lrty by thc othe l 90 conlf'SI~DI~ In the
on • p.opoul by Ihe contl.ctOIS 10 modlly 01,1. conlut I'm su re we all 1010 10 a~m cong.. tulltinl ""
'gIeement In orde r to heir lecaplure lOme 01 the Ihl5 lovely younr; lady and he l ratenll fOI hel
wOlk th.1 has becn lomg 10 non uDion conuac tors Iccompl15hmen l
The pl oponl Waf 10Iteled by ovel • fOUl 10 one There ,ully ISn't too much tQ 'eport on the
margin. The mcmbc:.. Irlc Ih ae II would be betler wOlk pictu.e A lew lobs have filtered ,hlOUgh, bU I
10 wall and ner;o\latc a ntW con Ule l Our (onll.ct the ou, ·ol,work hst lull hovers lUll unde r the 400
lenewal datc is luly I, 1984 mack, whe.e II hIS bc:en thc lue fcw mnnths.
One bn gh t bn of news hn sUlflced Ihrour;h all AnOlher IIOry, whi(h elSlly cou ld h.ve turned
Ihe b.d Slncc our C.ed ll union hll opened In .10011 m tO I tr.gedy , comu from one of 01,11 rClued
10 Ihe com munity, II IS noted th.1 ove r one·half membc:lI, Loyal Cco.ge. It seems Loyal and .nothe"'"
of the new mcmbe.s who havc IOlned lie umon 1I.0the l, Bill Oohon, were wnrkinl on IIOmc falm
members equipment when Loyal's hand became c.ught in
L\IIU YOUNT, P S the conveyn. Loyal losl h" lIr;hl tbumb In Ihe
Ice.dent, but Mc."se of loday's advance. 10 Ihe
med,c.1 field, Ihe SpeetahSI was able 10 offer loyal
fOme (holcCi. lie (ould lose foreve, the usc of hll
Christmas Dance A Success; thumb, whIch .e, ... Uy bappcu<'d fUl ICve,,1 monlh.
No Improvement In Work Or he (ould tr.nsplant OIle 01 hit othe r .1111111 __
UllemlilCI 10 wb~re h,s Ihumb r reveou.ly WIS
L U. 124 Il,.se,em,fm,.ua.' pa!, KAN SAS CITY ,
Loy.1 d((lded, altel s.eve ral monlh., Ihll he leally
MO.-Local 124 held III Annu.l ChllJlmas D.n(e
needed Ihe use of b.s thumb, so he (holt 10 h.ve
on $aIUIWY, December J, II Ihe NatlQn.1 Cuard
hi' tight toe removed and pl.ced on hes hand Loy.l
Almory In K.nsas Cuy Mu~,e w.s prov,ded by a
uy. that II took a few month.. to lum how 10 UK
loc.l diSC lOCkey, .nd ovrr 20 door pnu. donaled
hIS foot .pm, .nd thai w.lklnl w•• dlfReul1 10'
by local contractors were lIyen away. AI tn Ihe
.whlle, bUI he It.s a,ound linr nnw And, UCept
PUt lew years, the C051 01 the dance, completc
lor fOmt ...,.. unue .round Ihe thumb Ilea Ind
wilh. free ba. , w.s pard fo, through Ihe IIle 01
on the hed of hu h.nd, nO OIle would be able 10 ....
.. ffle IICkeU by m.n1 of the 124 B,othelS The
IUUI loday that blS loe has been IIln.planted
raffle pnze, ' 25' lOch Zenith c610' .dev",on ICI,
,hele HIS IIIP IS Slronr;. and he no ... h., ove r 90
w" draw" la',,' III ,I,,, "~"""'fI pe.ceDl usc of that .1'111.
The lurnOUI at the d.nee WIJ ell(epuon.l, coo·
IIdelinl Ihll il had been cold and lamy III Ihat ROBUI;T' M"LON~, P S
day, and wealher lepo" s ulled fo. fr eezmll ralO
Ind tllv~ler's dvisorin lor Ih31 eYCOlIl3 Yet, the
allend.nce wn eSlrmalcd 1\ 500-600 people Members Work Holidays-
Hurtielt Ihank, go In Ihe 1983 Ch n"m.. Dance
COmmltlee, which Ih,s yur conslSled oi Russell
Then Company Ends Contract •
W Haltd, Rnhert E. Hallie, and Mike W. HUlthuQP , L. U, 12$ (0, U8l.tIlV!, PORTLANO, OR E._Local
for ehelf exccllenl job 'n PUItIll/t on Ihe dance . 115 Rlemt.t:u lIave up theil Chrinmu .nd New
Kudol also go 10 the Brol hel, who hustled the Year'. holidays III oldel to .e$lo,c powe, to 1'01l
ralfle Clckcl5 fOI Ih e evening land un ruidcn ls.
Consutu lation5 al50 S" to M" ~nd Mr s. Dave To quole I(veral management 1I.1emenlS of onc
Williams, Dave, a membel of Local 114, and hIS private U1l11lY; "The crews dldn'l hesilate to giye
wefe ' e(emly had Ihe honol 01 lee ln g their daughler tip Ihdr CIe,i'trlll! fOl lb e u ke of Ihe CUliome. ",
~ "OUI CICWI .II" uucmcly d"d,ulcd 10 r~umn~
~fVICC unde. vcry KVcrr wcnhc l comhuons", " .
wu Imp.cucd wllh the CI(WS' Stamma, conc(,1n
fOf .he CUSlomer, .nd 10)'111)1 10 thc: Company",
" Not nnly did the ( f(WS wo, k long !hllts uode!
d.,lficuh wca t he r conditions uYlng to .euOIc JIOWCI
. 11'5 vcry d,ff\(LII. and danle ro ... , tI> opela": •
bucket fig In wmd~ between 40 and 70 mIlts reI
hOUT "'lIh ,lcct cUllmg 1010 you l bee, but .he
" creWI 5!;1)1ed with II They .cacted III!I''''",,''', ,noJ
" we finally had ID make some of .hem CUme
In T hey dIdo ', wanl to SlOp ... o. kmg"
The Company lully showed the n Ihanks 11,1 all
theR good, loyal employees They IctnunouJ . he
good, loyal cmr1oyt'u' (ontlact T han k you vc ry
much Pon l.nd Ceneral Elcclnc
The Un,on would like ' 0 , han k t he Bugammg
'"'_ Unn n.embe •• hom PP& L, BPA, CI'rk County
PUD, KllckuJI I'UD and Umatill. Coop, 10 n.me
a fc .... UnIlS. thai h~ve offcred money and other
5uppon for our mem~" On Ihe f'ortbnd Cene lal
Eleclflc prorcny If .... e: a.e: fo.ce:d to acte:pl Ihc
Company" lermlO~tlon klle r
ThIS may bc Ihe local ', RUI "Iasl "~nd"' to come
- belOIt Ihe: enure mcmbcnhlp 10 re:cc:n l hlSlOry
l A!lend yourlneal's unit mtttlng' Ind slay .breut
-. Ollhls ye .y Important negotiations Th" .... lll.llce l
ev~ry menl~r 01 Local l2'i Ind could IIpple the
.... en tll e tOHI
Bill MllllR, El M
Brother
8,01hu W" ,dell Wen ·
dlin g of Local lJO , New
O rlnn l, L• .
130 Apprentice Is
Outstanding Apprentice
L. U. I J O (iaol, NE W ORLEA.NS, LA. ._ f he olflcers
and mcmlM:rs of LtJc~1 1,10 would like In c~lend
,hcl r condol~nte5 10 Ihe famdt! uf our recently
'Iccuscd B, olhell AI fernande:, Lynn Falgoul l,
and KI I Boye. Thue men Will 1M: ,ortiy mlu~d
00 Ihe: brlghle. "dc, I Wish 10 exlend congr~1
ubllons 10 BlUlher Wcnddl Wendhng Wenddl
....u Inden l ured InIO Ihe: apr,e:nw:uhlp progr.m
on Augu51 16, 1978, Ind succC55fully cornplclni
four yn" of schoohn& al Delgado Collc&e l ie WII
chose:n as Ihe ounlandtn& arprentlce: lor 1983. and
la iC• •epreKmd Local 130 JI Ihe Annual S~AC
.... Conference hdd In NashVille. Tennessee. 11\ luly.
""In addilion. he was chos<:n u Ihe oUln~ndlnll
apprenllce for Ihe Siale of Lou,s,ana Tht tompe
11110n conSlsled of ~pp.cnIlCCJ from vallou~ loc~11
around rhe n~le. and was held m Ale:undll',
louIsllna 8y Ihe 'ur. Bruthe.s. Ihll I~ Ihe fI.iI
IImc a Local 130 app renuce has won IhlS .wlld m
"''' ::JI:~~~dfl:: 1~~"'p,JI~~lI~::!JtW~;!~~n~ prC5<:nlly
The 29th Annual Convenuon 01 the loUII.arn
AFL·ClO Will be hdd ~I Ihe CaJillol House m
Ba lon Roul\e, LOUISiana, from March 19·11. 1984
ThIS should bc a ve.y mle ' Utlng convention wllh
emphasIS lo .... allilhe ,epul of Ihc " RI,hl 10 Wook "
La w. and Ihal temble Wo.kman·s Compenuuon
B,U Ihal was pUI on 1,1, bSI yel' Thl) bill W~5
:» sponM>rc:d by Ihe Republicans and LABI , and WI)
lobb,ed lor by a laoo. backed IXmotllllC .eJlle
scmauve named LOul5Ch,roonnet who W~I a nme
yur Ve lc,an of Ihe: House of Rep.es<:ntallvCl unlll
labo. an d Local IJO did 10 ouullndm& loh 01
ddcallnll 111m In Ihe las l e:l ecl lDn We don' t like
Demot •• u Ihat ael lI ke: fl,epuhhtlos Ind double
cross labol As Ihc old uym& &01". every dog lin
lIS day
The .... ork J~e:ne In 01,11 area remam ~ 1\<>l.1li Ou.
loc.1 me:mbcrs who .... ' sh 10 lie: wo.klOII rhe 1984
Wo. ld', Fa" IS ID full5WlOI With ,boUI ISO mtm.
NU on t hiS lob 1\ the p'C~C"1 Illne
!O\lrlt I',,~oo. P.S
Governor Signs Bills
That Aid Workers
L. u. U~ II,em,l,masp.l, CIll CAGO, ILL._ We
wanl 10 share some of Ihe 1\000.1 ne ... , tha t has
happened 10 Ihe Slatc k,lslature In Ihe lUI 198J
IUJlOn Through Ihe yu., 8USlne:55 Manage. Bru·
n.hln hu St'nt representatives 10 lobby In 01,1.
be h.lf for the purpose: of Kelling labor b,lIs paned
.... wc can h•• e: bene:, condmuns for uur b.olhe.
Ind 1I5Ie:r me:rnbcrs 10 IIhnol' In a recenl illinoIS
Sta te AFl,ClO ne""§l~"e., Presldenl Robe:rt C
Gli»on made I stalemenl ~bout IhlS bemg a hiS
lonc otcu,on for Ihe nile of illinOIS Ihll for SO
yean .... orkers In Ihe pnVlle !l«lon hne had Ihe:
I1ghl 10 colle:ctlve ba'plmn,l\ Fo. Ihese !arne SO
ycalS, Ihe labor mO~e:menl hn been flghung to
IIlve t he ume: l1&ht 10 publiC employtc:s In illinOiS
Wllh hIS $lgnJru.e of S~natt Bill SJ6 and Hous<:
Bill 15JO, Covernor Thompson has m.de Iha l
.I.e""" lealny. We wanl co Ihank Ihe sponson 01
Scu t t Bill 536--Scnato. Collins. chalrnlln of Ihe
Senile L.bo. Commlllce and Rtprue:ntallve Alan
Clelman, Ihe aSSISlant [kmocrillC tnalOf.ty leader.
and Ihe $ponwu of HouSt' Bill I ~O-HOUK IXm
(KraliC M'ruIllY Lude:. 11m McPike: and A$515tanl
Senate MalOnly le:ader Teny Bruce We alw W~nt
10 thank Senator Rock, Ihe Senalt p.C:Slde:nl and
1I0UK Spe~kcr Michael Madigan WllhoUI their
luder~h,p and SUPPOII on Ihe Senne and lIou5e
noon. w~ .... ould not have gOllen Ihe VOles which
tent Ihe bills to Iht govnnor's desk
ACI"''' I>n othe r hills: worke r's compellsauon-
Governor Thompson slKlled. with changcs. Senale
8t11 1070, OUI AFLOO wo,ken ' compcnuliu"
rack.ge: AllhoUllh Ihcre ....u kliOUS dlullr~emCnt
wllh one of hiS change:, Iprohlblllnil mU reSI on
aW;Irds 10 IOlu.ed worhl5 If Ihe .... o.ker Ale:s an
aprc.ll, Ihe rem.ln,ngportlonsot Ihe b,ll ale malO.
Implovements The blll .... ouid tnc.e~se: the Cuntnl
6'pcrcenl Incru~ IOle'e:3I on wo.kers· compen·
,",uon awa.d, 10 a .lIe of I pereenl ,bu~e pnme,
would KI Up an expedited procedu.e when benefits
arc nOI be"'g paid. "'ould c:"'~nd the "alule of
llmllallons lor ubenos Irum Ihlee 10 25 years,
~nd w"uld add add",onal ",duslll.l cmnmlSSlonl
IU thai .... urkers· compcnsauon clamn could be
ha"dled m/)le rrom plly
The IIovernol also ","cd wllh changes. House
Bill 186 wh,ch ""II c.eale. KlflllSU.cd soh'cney
fund w Ihat any Inlured .... o.ker could (Onllnue: 10
re:cel\"e: workcr5' compensallon benefiu eHn If Ihe
sdf IIlsurd employel 01 a /troup St'lf IOsuunce
pool gon bankruPI
Unhh In)UUnce: 101 unemployed-I he: &O,·e.no.
•• gned. wllh chanllu, Senale Bill 128. which .... 111
.~qu"c Insu.ance COmpaOle51U ellttnd group health
inSUranCe coveragc 10 unemployed workcr. and
Ihelr bmlhcs for a pcnod of SIX months ~fte r
layoff The plcmlums £0. Ihe he~lth ,nsulance
cove, age woutd be pltd by Ihe unemployed worke r
bUI " Ihe &mUII .ale In dle:cl PIIUI 10 layoff The
&ovcII1or's changes du nOI alkcl Ihe baSiC prole:c·
lion prov,ded by Ihe bill as II paned
The go.'cmo. ",ned 1I0u~e B,Il 741 which w,lI
.equlle labehng 01 10XIC sub~\ancu us<:d 10 the
wn.kplace The label muil cOnlaln Ihe chem.cal
name of Ihe Iu b.lance and any app.uplille hazard
wall1l1lll'
Ab... Ihe governOI Slgne:d Huuse B.II lOJS wllh
recommended chanlles, Ahhou&h we dlu.!\Iee: wilh
Ihe changu. Ihe bas"s of Ihe b,1I ,emlln Inta"
If th~ Ge:nc,~1 .-'t.s.umbly appro,,"cs the ,.o~nnor·s
chan,.e:" the blll .... 11I allow wo.kers IU 'eV,CW Ihell
peuonnci records, 10 COllY mlormallon In thol(:
records and. If Ihere IS d,sagreemenl wllh mfol
m~llon ,"mlUled In Ihe lecord, 10 submll a "'"ll~n
Slalement e~platnlng Ihe worh , 's 1I~1I10n
W,ge Paymen t and COII ~CIIOn AC I-Covcrno.
Thom pson Slgntd all fOUl AFL·CIO blJlsllmtd at
unplllVln& Ihe enfo.cemen t 01 Ihe IIhnOil Wage
Paymenl and Collccllon ACI House 880 .nd 966
would Improve: and I!lengl hen thc definlllon$ 10
the At l SI.I thlt wOl ketl would M be: n u .ble to
coll ect unplld W'II" o. Ili nge: be:nefiu. House Bill
967 would .lto.... III1C" .lturneys Ih.oughout Ihe
stile 10 enforce Ihe Wage Payment ACI HOUle B,1I
1738 ... ould prnenl an emp loye. from dlStllmJ
nallnll aplnst "ny e:mployee who has flied a clIlm
undc r the: Wage: PAyment Act
We:'d hke \0 Ihank Businus Manage r Brunahan
hiS ofRce ... nd the: people tnvolved to help make
Ih" leg.sll"on II ,ulll),
Cu",u.u DuNSl. 8 R , f'S
TOM SINCl..\III, B R P S
Work Should Pick Up
In 1984
LU. 136 U,o,lIarml, BIRMI NG IIAM , ALA._
Though the holtd~)'$ w1l1 be long pUt by the lime
thll arude tuehn p.us. I hoJlC' each .011 every
one: had. safe and enloyable hohdlY and "Iookmg
forward 10 what I horc w,lI be a prosperous ne:w
yu r I Wa5 unable 10 .lte:nd Ihe ChllSlmas Pany.
bU I I undcrSland II w., II BrUI party. A spec,.1
tha nks IIOt's OUI In Clch and every person who
spc nt many hou" working to make t hai pany a
IIcme ndoul luctC$!
AI the Ikcembe , &cneral mee:llng. BlIllher Mul
lIOn .eporud Ihat We no lon&cr have full employ
menl It ,. ~I'ned ou, wOlk should p.ck back up
shortly aher Ihe firSI of Ihe yur Hopefully "'f
.... 111 ~ back In fult s .... tng by Ihe Imc you Iud
thl1. As mon 01 you know. Ihe Southern Se.v,eu
bUlldtng has been mdeRmlcly poStponed The.e IS
no way of know,", .... hy IhlS prOleCI h., IM:en PUI
on hold, bUI ,f Soulhern SerVlee:J plans on bUlld>ng
thIS bu,ldmK non un,nn .. Ihey have done .... "h
Ihe powe. enmp~I1Y hUlldlllJ!, Ihll Wn ler could clle
lcn If Ih~y eV~1 bUild II. Ah" at Ihe ge neral
meellng. II rmhe. II. f Crook was given hIS 60ycar
pm AI Ihis lime wc .... ould allilke 10 congralulale
Brolhc r C. ook for IhlJ achlevemenl O"e r the yun
BrOlhc. Crook hu bee:n •• eal as'l<" 10 thll I""al
umon Thank you. Brolher C,ook
For KVelll YUIl DOW "'e have: all lalkd .bout
Ihe gaslRul10n IhlllS 10 ~ bUilt II Murphy ', HIli
The prOje:CI w,\I haoe: be:en .e:ady for se:.ctal Cle .... s
01 men many monlhs prm.lo you. rudin, IhlS II
was lea me.! thn PrC)ldenl Reagan wu having Ihe
money w"hheld 10. cununulnll Ihe prolecl SI.I he
coul d "give" us Ihl 5 wo rk Thl! pollllCal mancuver
IS 10 lake place lomc"",e durmg late ~pllnl\ 1984
1 hope we can all find lubs wh,le M, Reagan plays
wllh our lives
As I clos<: for thIS munth. I Want 10 encoulalle
everyone to .lIend Ihe gennal meellng Ihe "cond
Saluld~y of nch munlh at 700 p m
i\U[1.T BuJ./'o~. P S
Scribe Tells Why
We Must Vote
LU. 159 1Ij, MADI SO N, WIS._We:havenuw begun
a new year which .... tll bltnll ne:w ollponunlllcs 10
us, what we do wllh them i$ up 10 us We can IIel
ICIiVe 10 01,1. umon and the 1964 elecllons. a. 511
b~ck and complam whenever somelhmg happens
Ihac we don 'l hke It IS very Impo"ant Ihal wc
back labol" clnd.d~IU m Ihe commg elecllons
The pruenl Admln"IUUOn 15 not bbo. ', /ncnd
and deflnilely I, Inll·uniOn. The ~f/o"$ made 10
do ..... y wllh the D,vls B.con Act have ahcady
weakened lit dfet! .nd the oUllYlng attn do nul I
U
h~ve to UK unuln K~ln when figunng Ihe: p.e
Vllhng rile: Ihal must be plld on prolects funded
wllh federal monty Sec.eluy of Labo. Donov~n
~
has asked Ihal ~n unlimited number of helpers be:
aUowed on Ihne: p.ote", Numerous othel anll
umon le&',I~lIon hu been Introduced ,n the: Con
.!\IU$ Wr nerd \U ddul PreSlde:m Re~&~n and Iht
olhen In Con&.ess .... ho kcl unions mun go
We "eed \0 InfOlm our bmlhcs and friends on
Ihe nee:d fOI unIOns and how Unions hive gOllen
WO ,k lnll condit ions 10.1 walles Im proved even for
non'unlon wo,kell in ch il COUn try. Du rlnS a con
ve ,Ulion .... lIh one of 01,1 , mcmbe:rs. he me:nlloned '7
 thaI hts chIldren do nOt bellcve we need unIOns.
One I' ~ departmenl store manager. the ot hers
work p~n · time al local bUSiness places. We need
to upla," to Ihem Ihat the mmimum w~ge, over-
time ray. and the working conditions they have
were all won by unIons. If the unions 105e their
wagu and worklDS conditions the non·umon WIll
also losc, It II Up to us to save our working
conditions by becoming active,
Our comr~tt is open for ncgotiauons agalD this
yur Thi s w!ll be a hard time for bargallllng. but
wilh the members' support we should be able to
get I good contract Work ID our area is Slill slow,
there are rrOfCCts being bid and proposed and we
hop" some are Slaned soon
LU..AND C. L~M[NS, P.S.
Contract Meeting
AI Iht eOn trle1 mlf lin g 01 Loc:aI16$, Chi cago, III"
I tt, lront row, lelt 10 right , Liz ,Inkr, , ohne tu
No IID , Lioda Lo mbardo, Ruby Ouch, I nd Execulin
Board membtr II llt l MInn ) middle row, Iffl 10
right, Dawn Crab6kJ, Chitl Sle ward JOin Wa,_
kowdtl, Ind Vivian Sm ith , bac k row, lfft to right,
RGP Davit, Pt5lY lIa ydtn, and De bbie Locke,
10 Ih is pielu re ar t , hown , lelt 10 righi , Larry
unlowlkllod Oon Man inflli .
Local to Conduct
Seminar, Dinner-Dance
LU. 16S\II, ClUCAGO, ILL-A ulle ·d.y Mewards
.emln.r will take place th il momh 00 March 15
at the Midland Hotd ID ChIcago, llitnOls. All
stewards and mell rcspectlve work 100000uon$ should
hive becn nOtlfl~d at this wnting. Workihops Will
dlKuss in length the problems now facing our loc~!
aher the telcphone company" dlvcstlture, which
look placc in lanuary of Ih" ycar All offieu~ and
lIaff members will be in attendante In C~r<' fm ~ny
questiOnS stewards or member, may have 5tem'
mlng from Ihe new COntraCI 01 Ihe divCSlllurc.
The local's Annual DlOner·Dance will. oncc
'PIO, I.ke place al the Sabre Room 10 Hickory
Hill s, IIllnOlI, on Saturday, March 24, 1984. It 's
lime agalO to Sly fa rc-wcll and good luck to some
of our fellow Blothers and Slslers who will be
sccklllg new carec" aitel serving ,heir time lor
800d ol d MI Bcll
U.WI![NCt F. BIEHL. P.S.
Local Is Busy
With Negotiations
LU. 175 II,o,em, ca mt ), CII ATTANOOGA,
TEN N.-It il wintertIme tn DI~'C, Ind lor Ih e firSI
time in many years we arc cxpenenclDg some of
the wcathel OUr nonh un and wenern Broth ers
write u, about. Herc ', truulOg Ihat II WIll kIll off
Ihe mO''l"ilnr~ an<lthr lI1~cc t ~ which desuoy the
good food and ploduce the ren of thl5 grut country
28 enjOy s from thc Ikc p South
"Fuzzy"
" Fuuy" il my namf, f leeuie il Y is m y game. What
Kamr-go dogl! IPhnlo IUb min ed by Local 175,
ChalnnooK', Tenn.1
RIgIll 10 the midsl of Ihls b.d wcather, we lind
ourselves up 10 01.11 elbows In con traCI negouauons.
By Ihe Ilme you read thiS amde, we WIll probably
have IWO completed Ind anolher about wrapped
up. The :'ted \...IIY LOntlaCI expires Much IS,
1984, til~ US . PIpe ContrlCI, Aprtl 30, 1984, and
we 5Ia1l nc,"ualions on the new contlact (firsl
onel with the MOI· Flo Corporation on JanuIry 18.
So If you cOllie by th" UlllUll h~1I ;tnd flnd all of us
gone at the same !tme, you will know where we
arc .
In Ihe very middle of all of thnc we Ire klcklOg
off OU I IdvCru9111g program 111 Ihe grute r Chalta·
nooga lIel ~nd Ihe surroundlOg areas. ThIS WIll
mdude the "S hare and Ca lc" Program If you have
not been IOformed aboultht5 program. you WIll be
hearing all lbout It from Brother Palll (;"s~. Ollr
pruldent. rusl keep ),01.11 eyu Ind cars optn.
When you And a man who knows hI S lob and 15
Willing to take rcsponSlblhly, keep 01.11 of h,s way
and doc 't bothcr blm wllb unnecenary 5Up"fVl-
SIIIn. What you may th lOk 15 cooperatiOn 15 nOlhlng
bUI imerference The pllcti u l man is the man
who kno .... s how to get whu he wants. The phi -
losopher Is the man who knowl what man ought
to want . The Ideal man .5 the man who knows
how 10 gel ...·hat he ought 10 want.
If you thlOk ~ou lie eonfus"". conSIder pOO r
Columbus. He dldn ', know whele he was gOtng.
When he got .here, he dldn't know whcre he was.
And when he KOI back, he dIdn 't know whert he 'd
b..,
l..cl me encou'-ge you to become, and 10 "ay,
pullt,~ .. lIy ~~tlve . POIiUCf deCIdu " who ge\.$ wh~l,
when .nd how " Pohuc.l outcomes lie lelevant
to all of us and to ,II untons, craft and IOdustnal.
public and private sec tor If you do nOl know by
now th3t your en m e life can be changed by me
outcome of an dcclton, you have been In hlber-
nlllon GetlOformed, Informed and mon: Informed
.bout the enllle political sys tem . It tan make or
break you and your family. Votln~ is the rcast In
your .rel$ of rcsponsibiluy. You must YOIe, bUI if
that is all you do 10 the pOlilicll aren~, we are in
for the dUlallon . Get totally IOvolved!
Wisdom: Tact IS th e knack of m.kin~ , poml
withou t makmg an enemy
M.ay God hlen l C,U' I t he nut union mcelmg.
C. E. DUNNING, P.S.
KIN lAMES, ASST. P.S.
Golf Tournament a Hit;
Local Offers Courses
LU. 177 (1&.01, JA CJ( SONV IL LE, FLA.-The End·
of· the· Ycar Golf ToUrnarntnl. held ,n Daytona
!klch. WIJ a bll\succell. The wUlher was great.
t here wa s a good tu rnoUI, and everyone enloyed
t hemselves, New ofAcers welc elecled 10 Ih e Golf
Association, and we would Itke 10 c~tcnd a special
thanks 10 th e forme r olAeen who Kaye 10 much of
their time and effon 10 cnordin.ung all monthly
eyents and til thet r olhc r dUllc.,
The Florid. /uniol College .nd Thomas H. GIl·
mort, !Il rcrtm nl nm Apprr.ntir.r.shi p prngram. havc
PUt loge t her IOmt .dvanced traintng courses 1m
fourneymen. The , ubjeet . include 5emi,conductoo
Tournament
The wivu who alt t nd , d wc rc iU~11S proud of both
thei r go lfing hu)bandl and th c trop hi u.
devices, magnelIC control, solid SI.tC comrol of
AC and DC motot S, tran sformers. logiC ClfeUII~,
.nd progr.mm.ble connollen Anyone wlahmg
addmonlimformlll on about any of Ihese coulSes
should eont~CI Ihe uni on hall or Tommy Gilmor~ .
at the apllfenll CC$hlp office ....
On November 21. th~ Jark'lflnvlllr Rlnodmnhllr
Unit came to Ih e unton ha ll, and the Brothe r$
donaled a lotal 0130 PlOts uf blood. I would hke
to p"rson.lly think all of Ihr donors for thell
COOpcr~1I0n In thI S vcry worthwhile venlure.
It IS wtlh deepesl reglet that we note the passIng
01 BrOlhCI A. M Daley, Sr. He hn been lellled
Stnce 1971 . and was bUlled on hIS 851h blllhday
Nlnet«n Hundred Elghly·Three jl9&3) IS now
~~::Ot~;, anne~";.:::~~f~':::~r! ~~,t~:11 a~da~~!~
..
us .... lIh morc opportUnttlCS and employment than
we haye had in the pan.
Ou r annual kCllred Membels Party was held on
Df:cember 10. The BlothelS and WIVcJ of L<Kal 177
, c",ed a buffcl ·"yle lunch, and we werc all enlC, ·
tamed by • SIOSlOg group c.lIed "S weel Adallne."
At our Annu,1 Children'. Chnllmu !'any on
Df:ccmbe r 17, Brothe r Bill Gehm WIS our Sant: .
Claus and gave 01.11 many nice prC$ems ...·hich wer~
prOVided by Loc.l I n. 01 courn there were plcmy
of JOlt dnnkl, popc:om, tandy, .nd lhe u~u)l clowns.
I would personally like to Ihank the Brothers and
WIVCO who helped orgaDlze, $Up"rvlSe, and clean
up for these tWO .nnull panics
On the work sccne: Work is just ,bout the same
except a few more wO l kers art belDg referred OU t
of the hall than IIC being byed off The milO bids ....
on the power pl.m .... on't be awardcd until thts
,ummel. Full employment IS not really ClIpected
unltl the summer of 1985. ThIS IS IUSI a predlcllon
so don 't hold mc to it. I don 't lik~ to talk or wllte
much about t he work scene because the info rma·
lion ;$ usually oblnlcte by the tim e you gel to rtld
it. However, there is one Ihing that I would like
toemphulze, "Ge t inYolvedl" I can't ,nusenoush
how impOrtlnt it is for everyone 10 get involvec!Ol:
If we att to lOrn the wo rk sItuatIon around. As
you may already know . [ am lIl~oJ~cu III tlte
polillcal ",ene and could rcally use some help. It
IS ImpoSSible for me to be 10 IWO meetings 1\ the
same time. The morc of us working logether, Ihe
less each of us will have to do. Situ~tions do nOI
change by them sel vu, and If we don'l wook 10
change th em OUr way, Ihe non ·unlOn tiement WIll
be more ~ble to t urn tyuYlhin8 al\~ln 'l us <
In r.nnc:hl~lnn , I wn\lld ll kc vcry much 10 hear
you r opInIon. and commentS conce rning some of
the t hmgs th.t you would like to read about to
my allttiu, Any co rr csponde nce will reich me at
my home aJd rc$' Of at th e local unlon'o address.
Come on you guya, let's all pitch tn'
WILliAM M . GoAD, P.S.
" Work Slowly Improving ;
Old Timers Receive Awards
L U. 180 (i&. ol, VALLEIO, CAL.-As a newly all'
p'Hnted p ' ~5' nnclA.y, this ....·,; tt , w,lI make (Very
cllon <0 r~pmt haJlptnings and event' C{)nce!n1l1~
our ;U!lSdlCtLOn I would ]ih all members 10 send
me, In CarC 01 the hall, alJ It(ms of im".esl,
l ' !10,,.n .epon them In Ille /Dumnl
!IO
All the memb.:.5 whod,dn 't .ttend the Deccmb.:.
I The ncw y~a. !houht be vCly mtc.esllng. The
I mect"'g and ChnslR1;as PaIlY mIned a g.en mght
Many Im portant POintS Wete u",,,d and dI SCU~,cd
and the party WIll be !omg remembered
I
·1
On Friday, l.o.I1u3IY 20,1984, Local I!!Ohe!d .h"lr
82nd Anmver, .... y Dmlle. on cOnlUnCtlOn wnh the
Old TImers ' .... wa.d ,. Those ,eCelVlng the award,
mcluded, 20 ycars Fled fISher, Ed Soun and a.1I
, :..rhompson, 25 rt'",rs Corky G.lmore, Lel Lueu,
Ed Parker, Torn Reed and Glen Gayle., 30 years:
Bdl Bearden, Ken L. Chnsllan, Il!,b F,ancom, Bud
Mackl~y, K~n Bredcenndge, Ted Cratnex, Cll
Meyer , Ernest MOlI roux ~od C~otgt TrombleYI 35
ye~r5. Brll LOUlns, Ray Brrkholt: anJ F. E. "Ch~d "
Chandle" ~o years Hank Krakowsky and Lee
I Stewart, and 45 years' !lm Bell, Toney Betls. and
!.-.I'a,lty Cole. It was a lesnvc cn·nt and a lot ollun
Wa5 had by all
I The work scene al prescnt IS !lowly ,mpruvlllg
.... If Ihe anliclp.ltd wo.k in OUI ,u"sd,cllon &OC$
""IOn, we should b.: able 10 bu"g ou. unemploy·
ment down Kc~p your finge.s ClOned'
Oon'l lei anyon"- make dtcisions lor you, gct
Lnvolvrd! Remember un.on mceting night .s the
steoml Thursd~y of neh monlll
I, . I wtsh everyone a ,·ny Harpy .nd Plosperoos
1984 Wllh th e com pany t~lklng 01 lalg~·sc~le Party
cutbacks tn the optlanons deparrmelll, a slnke by
Ihe engineers 15 almOSI IIlcv.tabie Th,s causes I
storrage tn movement an..l a lockoul by tile com·
pany. So be aware tht you may b.: \Ilvolved eveo
"the electric.ans do not smke. Hope fully a suike
will nO! OCCU', but as In all contrac. negotialion "
the poulbilllY does uist I. is my tntention to
make III members ~Ware of Ih,s pou.b,llty 50 Ihey
C~n rrepare fa. It ,f necnsuy
flU5Sibllrty ~\LJJ u.s.s uf ,he Chlea~o and Nnrlh
WC!Hern Tr~n<pOrlatlo" Com pany purchasin g the
Milwaukee Road Also, the RegIOnal Transporta
110n AUlhortly wanu Ihe suburban J,v.s.on
Alllhcsc things Will have alugc dfec. On u5 IS
ciecIIIClan!, whelher ,l!;uod Or bad nubudy know,
at .hls lime, bu, one tllmg ,5 for ,u rc-th" won 'l
be an un~vcndul ycar Have a prOSJ>Crou s 1984
Ool}(;LM M GI/l.Ol}~. P.S
Chap!. Manager To Resign,
Move to Phoenix
L.U. 13 1 II,u,e m,rtb ,ut vl'i:sp a), SIOU X CITY,
IO WA-Tht ciccllie.l InduSlry, as we know",
has b.:en a rallne.sh,p b.:lwecn .lIe IBEW and
NECA. A sucecsslul IUII'i<hcuon " one III ..·hlch
you wdl fin..l I good worklllg .dlllonsh,p belween
Ihe busLIlrss manager and the chapte. manager. In
low. dUring the pUt 17 years. we have becn
successful and much 01 the c,cd.t fOI ou r succus
hn 10 go 10 rontSI Mallelfe ForTeS, hu been Ihe
sccreury manager ..lu'lng thIS pcrrod oll1me, and

l "': ew..,.u.
D,\\"!!) A MWll~OS, I'.S.
e~en Ih ou,l\h on many (W;cUlDns we haven'l alwayl
agleed, especully dUllllg negotiatIOns, he hiS aI·
ways demons trued a conce rn for our "Io, nt" In ·
dU5lry . E/feel1ve Malcll IS , \984. he i, ,eSlgnlng
Chnlie Ki ns.. righI, demons tnles his lavori te da nce
~ tep tu me'nben and 8 u CS I ~.

Work Picks Up;
Three Brothers Retire
L. U. 18 1 Iii, UTICA, N."".-Slnee Ihe lU I WIII,ng.
I wilich I'm sorry 10 say wu SOme months ago, wOlk
has picked up Jomewllat w,th the Marcy Pr i,on
I·.,coovers.on, and the I'owe. AUlholllY ,ob which
ran ,nlo cons,der~ble uvc rl1me due 10 a I1ghl
I ..:hedule It su.e wauld b.: niCe la sec some more
from Ihe Iowa Chapter, NECA, and WIll bo:eome
the !-Ccletary' manager 01 the PIiOtn •• Chapt~r
Thai w,ll be au. 105' and theLl glLn. f.om the
members of th.s local, I would hke 10 say t hanks
to Forrest lot all we lIavc accomplished togcthCI
With the bcgmning 01 II1S4 eomes.1Ie rumors
of a bettc r conS!rUCltoO season in th.s pall 01 the
country. Bm!,Jmg p<:.mlts are .neruSlng wh. eh
shoul..l be Ihe SllIn lor ""lIer I1me, ahea..l. Wlfh
Local Holds
Two Christmas Parties
L. U. 26 1 (mal,mu &'U), G ROTO N, CONN.- In a
Ineal whele the membership i§ la rge and the memo
bo:l5 arc srhl by three work,ng sh.fts and .n oul
of lown IIIdu5tflal"sk leall) lob, 11 b.:comcs u.her
dlfRcult 101 anyone busmess manager Or umon

'I
~ of .h.s wOlk hlt ou r area
In tkcembe, Ihe followmg apprentlces recelve..l
thei r eemfic l les 01 eomplel1on from the stale of
New YOlk an..l Irom the IBEW. These new 10UI·
neymen are: Ron BartdlOle, i.lIrry COt. Billy Cmaylo,
,ppfO.lm~ldy 90 lourneyman Wl/emen unem·
played IS of Ih,s w.iun,. we can usc snmt s.gns
of cneour~gcmcnl
Until nc~t month rem~mb(1 tO~lIend Ihe unIOn
meeILn/l:J Ih at's the pbcc 10 dear up .he rumors
office r to utend all holl..lay g•• henng, .hal gO nn
m Our loclI'. uel . This year the Rrsl 'h,h holiday
eVenl wa s placed in the c~pable hands of Tom
Dugn, Ik>b Leonard. leff VOCatura, Par Simone
Bob McQUillan and Pamcla W,lham s. The com·

L! BIUy hans, Cery Cuy, Tom Klmhall, and Paul

tell Conyatulillons 10 these neW laurneymen
Three Brothe.s hiVe dedded 10 liang up the tools
and lIet the facts
GAIlV GlllfIlT, P.S
mllfee se!ccted ROS.e'l Canllna ,n Groton, Can
nec •• cut, as the place, and the hours for the hohday
pleasures would b.: the endlllg of tile fi.sl ,hd,
.0 maybe play so me golf, do ,orne Rahlllg or even wmk ..lay Ind would C011tlllue ta lut till About
r do lome of the wOlk aruund the house wh.ch lin
piled up ave •• he put IS yurl Ret",ng are Steve
Puker, Frank Lei sne r, and Don Sulhvan I'm sure:
New Business Manager
Sworn In
150 membe.s en)ayed the ftXKi, beverages and live
entcrtainment provtdcd by the canl1na and .he
committee The holiday eelebrallon wu finan·
I I speak for 181 10 Wish .hem mu~h ,,-nlayment III clally aided by Iht callec pol fund of department

r their ICliremellI yean

Since the 1115' wmrn,l\ I·m sad to lepon Ihe ..lulh
I"\JI Bro. h. Pat Shaul who p3Htd away rn Oetobe.,
198J Pa l was InilLat~d in 1937 Also Brolhe.
L Wayne Clemons whod,ed In Novembe. 1983 .... h,le
~. Wa l k tn Oswego, New ""ork Wayne was tnltlaled
.n Oolob.:r of 1958 local 181 mcmb.:rs w,sh 10
II express IheLl symruhy 10 the bmilies 0/ Ihue
I Br~~htC~: ne~1 wrrtrng I hope to report on plog.ess
wllh OUT Pohu o.1 Action Commi!!ee and have
"'''':>ome ple.ur~5 of au •• ecelll b.lIboar..l "en'ule w,lh
I NECA
r 11M O'LLARY, I' S
1984 Will Be
A Turbulent Year
...LU. 2 J.t In), CHI CAG O, ILI,._ NellolLauans w.ll
Stall soon on au . ne"" thr~e·ycar eonuaet Any
suggu l ionJ memben may ha ve .n legards 10 thrs
conllllC. can be sen t in writinlllO .he unioo office
a. 63 IS "'" Grand Avenue. Chic.go, U1inolS 60639
TIlls eanllaCI will not be selrled very CUlly
Large sums of money have b.:en pUI away by the
com p. oy In aOUc lplllion 01 II ,t ll ke. All members
should b.: aware .hu II su ike is .. cry possible In
LU. 245 (o,u,go "l l!I. ll b), TOU:O O, O lll O-Nc ..·
Busllle n Manager Fred C. Heaney was nfficlally
swam In at 001 Dcccinber 8 .egularly scheduled
uninn meellng. Fled served Ihlee years as auislan.
busLIless managel before accepung Ihe new ap
pollltmcni by .he bteuuve B~rd
Bill Blley. Brad Muon, fred Dohlmann, lack
ThoU' OI, lIaral d Ihlll S, DIck WellY, Rale.gh Tay
10', and I'ele Gramza lie LOt.I245', J984 Nego·
\l.tlng Committee Meellng It least tw.ce weekly,
a leV.eW 1.11 OUr present conllact and new proposals
Ife tbe agenda A ennecrlcd effort by .hos stalf .1.1
,"Iorm the memb<:rshlp throughou. negouauons
" also '" nrd~r
Loc.124 5 wasal tht Amalgamated Tllnslt Umon
lOlly when they needcd suppOrt ~nd We jOined
101c~s at Teamslers 36 I ... 110 are presently on
,,,,ke Team.teu local 361 [Toledo's Vroman.
Foods, Inc Chilly Th,ng' J'raduCI5) '$ on smke
aga.n" wage CUI5, Clan 8 worktu are .0 take a
33 pt.eem-.J5 perccn. wage CUI [pledomLllan rly
women).nd Clas, A w01 ke.s I 7 pcrcen.- 19 pe. cent
cut [mostly men)
What un you do 15 a Union member! Don'l buy
ChIlly ThIng. Products, honor all pickel hncs.
altend your un.on meetLII&", vote , get ,"valved,
buy Amencan, and wake up befa.t Lt 'S too latel
11M ROREus, P.S
24 t shop and the YTT Hilge Spe~ialthanks.o the
members Ihal keep Ihe cuffee pots galnll all yeal
lIemg pan of ~n induslfial task team an..l away
from L U, 16! area docsn'l neecssuily mun you
w.1I ..lo wllhnut a hohday ccleb.allon The JO
oun.de cieetfltllns work'"g on .he SIC prol«t
(small rta el OI avelhaul) al Wm..l,o. Loch, Coo
neellCUI, dclc,l!;lIed Bu. eh Kenne..ly and Mac
McC~thy to make Ihe necessary arrangements fa .
t he hohday eVent. The Elks Iod.ge in Hartford,
Connecllcul. was hosl to Ihe holiday event an..l
Ihey pampe.ed our membels with fine fOOL! and
dnnk. BU5Lnen Managu Arnold PlIlkst on nucled
the 45 miles 10 the state upLlal 10 V'S" OUI
mcmbcu on thi' spedal nigh t. The members pre·
,,,·nled a gift 1.11 apPleciatlnn to OUI busllle" man·
ager and LIl r~IUrn an olfitlallhank·you wu offe.ed
Austill Ka,rnes, prolcel site manage r, also anended
and Ibanke..l our membea 10. Ihe" cooperanon
and qualifY wOlkmanshlp The 'C," ol.he evemng
was spent enlOYlIlg the holiday leH.v1tIU
The second shift in thcit holiday gCI·logcrhcr
dec.de..l On a Christmas Olnner·Danc~ and named
Ern.e G.lmn.e, Bod.c M.Ile r, Charles Will , B.ll
Amburn and Cathy Shu 10 make .he arran&e
menlS. The Nattonal Guard Armory In NorwIch
town, Connee"cu l, would be the place and Ihe
dale would b<: Dece m hc . 10, )983. The night'l 29
 • CU\'lIlU $Ilfled al 6,30 p.m wl l h an op<!n bay
and conveJSarion, followed by a prime rib dmner .
Each atrending member and guesl .eceived a wallel
with a Conneellcul sl ate lottery IIcket mside
C,gafl lor the men and co rsage.s fOI the women
we.e among the eventng's su rpriSU. DanCIng to
Ihe mUSical sounds 01 the "Counly Moonshine"
rounded OUI Iheevemng. Bustoe" Manager Arnold
P'nkston cong.alulalcd the commlllce lor a ,ob
well done and w"hed ,II Ihe sea$nn's greeungs.
SpeCial thank, to WIlh am Popp IOf tolnrmat1on on
ucond shIh aClLVlILes.
The U.S Navy's newesl 6S8 ·dass la5t allack
submallne AUgUSID wu launched January21. 1984.
from the bUlldtog ways of Ihe Elecrnc Bon II has
been named 10. Ihc capilli cLly 0 1 Mame
THOMAS J MCGOVUI.N. P.!.
Party
A ge neral view of so mt of Ih e pa. entl and ha pp y
chil d.en att en ding Lou t 27S's Ch. is tmas Part y.
Kids' Xmas Party Held;
Dues Increased
L.U. 275 \f.emS.u l~l, M US KEGON, MI CIl.- The
local had It' Annual Chn Slmas Pa rty lor Ihe chil·
dren and grandchtld.en of Ihc membt. s on Decem·
btl 4. The.e was a ve.y guod lumOUI Ind I am sure
all of Ihe kIds had a wonde.ful lime. One would
Ihtok (..harley lones wu nOi Ihe Santa Clau.
·'type." but ht pbytd a.:ood Sanla CbU5 ~nd all
Ihe ch,l dr en Ihoughl he WIS Ih e one Ind nnly SI
Nick 1,m sure all che wiv es who helped 50 much
on Ih" evenl ""eIC well .ewuded w'lh ulisl3clion
when Ihey Saw all th~ ,uy ~liJ r~plure on Ihe
chlldrtn '3 faces. The women PUI m a lnl 01 time
and effort to make thIS pany a succus Wllh all
.he poverty and unemploymenl it make5 one won -
de., maybe we are nOI so bd ofl alte. all and we
5hould Ih~nk Iht Lord for ou r m.ny blt5Stogs.
We WISh 10 Ihank Ltoda Barnard IMI5. Danny
Barnard!. Wanda Flermoen IMrs. E.rnle Flermoenl.
Dan a Barnard. Debbie Flermoen. Nancltt Warn·
baugh and Ihe Olhers who helped.
We have had 10 raLSe ou r duet agato co kcep ou.
Io<;al gOtog. Sta mng ' anuary I . 1984. OU I wo. king
dues were raised 10 3 pelcent. Also SOme of au.
membe.s workmg under our ag.eemenl bUI haym"
their card to the 1.0 w,lI be made 10 pay thue
dun 10 am loe .. l. Ihf ~amt: ~5 the rut of us who
are worktog and !Capmg Ihe bencfil5 of wor king
"un'on."
30 At long lUI all . hr papeli h~ve been "gncd fo,
thc bonds and the COnS trUCt'on 01 au. Hllwn HOlel .
[t was announced Whltlakcl Electnc, one 01 OUT
local unIOn COnlla(IOI$. has been awarded Ihe
elccerical conllaC!. Pon Cny Healing & Plumb,ng
receIved th e mec han, cal enn llaer along wuh Phoe·
n':o; Spnnkler Wo. k IS 10 51all March I, 1984 The
.att Ihe ,ourncyman .-!ec lfl cll ns Will receIve is
SlS_OI per hou r. One 01 QUI members. J,m Wmz,
who re cently wenl ,nto the eonnacling business,
IS dOIng nghc well. Cong.alulatlnns. hOI.
Uur WOlk 5LtuallOn has nOI been the be51 and )\
,s nol all due 10 the w,mer wcalhe. suson We
arc makmg some ,mprovement In hangIng onto
au. wo.k a nd fighllng Ihe nOn ·U nlllO .-!emenr.
Everything 10 Pro,«lcd COnSlruCIIOn Repo." and
Dodge Report s mdlcaru ~ bllghl fUlluc lor 198'-.
Lei's hope '0. [n Mlch'g;Ln our 51are Income IIX,
which had a 38 peJCent mC.caSe 10 a rale 01 $6,35
o. a hIke 01 50 l'creent lut APIII, .... ,11 drop 10 6.1
pcrcent We do hne a 4 pefeenl sales IU wh,ch
hu an ~"e"' I't,on lor !;rocery $lore food! I would
like to know why doc:s Ih e govcmmenl ha ve 10
ehugf an Inco me IIX at alt on .elLred peorle's
Soc,.l Steumy dIcck sl You Ind I and everyone
else who paid Soclll StculllY taxes on OUI wages
.11 Ihne ycars have Qhudy pa,d IU on Ihue
amounts when we gOI our weekly pay checks. II
our Social Secumy money .... as spt nt lightly and
given only 10 Ihose who plld mto Social Seeumy.
and Ihe" le8"'mate dependenls. we would not
hive such g mess , Pef!,onalty I am wTmng 10 my
IWO scnllon m rega.d 10 Ih'$ maHer. Al w doc lo,s
should accepl wh al Medlclle pays 10' hea lth clle
and nm Iry 10 gCI neh nff Ihe eld~.ly Hope our
IWO newel lemecs, Au s Tille and CeOlge Blo-
omqUISt arc cmovmg Ihemlel ... cs
IAMU "S,,"prE~" DIIVI S. I'S
A vis il with San" Claus II LouI2112'f Child. en·,
Ch,inmu Par ty. (PholO$ COUII U ,. of ,\\ innupo liJ
Labor Ravia .., I
Children's Party
Enjoyed By All
LU. 292 (l,em,rl b,rt5,ut,·tupal. ,\ \I NNEA POLI S.
MI NN.-On Satu.day. Dccembe. 3, 1983, aboul
380 children and Ihe" parents a"cnded au . first
Annual Child ren 's Chllllml' Party, held It Ihe
Ukraman Hall, J02 NE Main SIICC •. Minneapolis.
The excellenl elllClta,nnlCnt began al 10 15 a.m,
hy Ihe Tn ·TonCi. The Tr;·Tone, .re IllIcol ~roup
01 12· I!. ra!emed alld o.led'~~lcJ I~J,e~ Ih~t
been performing and enten'lmng chtldren lor 14
h.ve J
I
years . Tht are sponso red by the American D,abelU
AnOCIIILOn. following the show, we had an ap· I
peatance by Sanla Claus. and .11 Ihe ch ildren hid
an opponun"y 10 VI~11 WIth hIm. S~nu IJ. dosc
I
pe.sonallnend of Bob Larson of Local 386, Palnlers
Unlnn All of the chIldren a.c:emed to havc I good
time, and each left Ihe party ",·"h a generous bag
nf Ch.i5lmas IIUIS. .'
Th~ Chllstm~s P~rty Cum mlttcc consisled of
loe Picrsak. Cary Salldbc rg. Dan lIarto. Wally Kal -
scheuer, Duane Hensel. J,m McGowan, Larry Ollk,
Stan GClger, Denny Johnson, Terry NOrrtng Ind
Inhn Williams. Th" Comm.lI« Ius alnady rlanned
10 hayc Ihe Chnumu Party neXl yural the same
place wilh Ihe same g.eat fnrellllnmeni With a
I~w extraS be,nlt; conSidered ~
Thanks 10 all of Ihe Local 191 BrOlhel5 who
'rtllt their lime in plannmg and carrymg out chiS
flut nnnual even l
Scribe lists Products
And Companies To Boycott ~
L.U. 294 (i,u,t m,rt b,rt s&'spa), III UB ING, MI NN.-
Work 111 our iu.isdIClLon hu nOI ImplOved olher ...
Ihan Ihe few w"cm~n needed al Ih e BOIse Cncade
Papcr Mdl In Inurn~llon~1 hlb, Minneso ta, 101
HtCfllpl5lnc, Even wnh Ih al lob we ClnnOI pUlaU
of our Brothers cU llently unempl oyed 10 ..·ork
Brnlhers and SUlers, il IS nOI 100 u.ly 10 gel
IOvolved 10 polltlcs _ We mUll get everyone .egls·
tt red to vor~ ~n<l vClle 1m candldHn thac a.e Pf{.... ~
labor in all fcd~ l al. $tale. COUnly and C'l}" elec tions.
We 01 boor could conlfol all political offices. All
politiCians need help 10 Ihell campaigns 10 get the
.... ord OUI by han dlOg OUI and malhng campaign
ILI('.nure, and usmg the phone banks
The lollowmg produ cts are on th e nal,onal boy·
eott l,sl nfflc,ally sanctioned by Ihe AfL·CIO
Ex ec ullYc COllneil Brown &. SharpcMfg. COl Bruce
Church. Inc i Ad olph CQO r$ Co, Equitable LlIe As·
$\lranct Soc'cly, Faber~e, [IIC I Ind,ana Dcsk Co.
Kosmos Cement Co, ProclOl &. Gamble Manulac·4.
mllng Co; RJ Reynolds Tnbaeco Cot Seatlle·FIIS!
Naltonal Bank, StClllng Radlll O. , and Tysnn Foods.
Inc.
The followtog employeu arc on Ihe unfall Itll
by unions who are ")"10& 10 get a lau COOllaCI. All
Union members arc aske d to help throe UniOnS in
lhell struggles hy nOI patrOlllzing or bUylOg the
foll owtog producrs, AmelLc.n DUlldmgs CO l Cap
lIal ClIies Cnmmunicallons. Inel Croft Metal ~
Inc; Libeny Glus COl Michelin Tire <..:o.p., New
Yo. k Au; Perdue fa.ms; Sandc'l()n farms. Smelai.
011 of Wyommg/ and Unlled Arl1sts and Syufy
EmerplIsC5
We 3.C saddened 10 .epon Ihe dUlhs of IWO of
our 8rOlhers 1I. 0lher Ge rald L. Bickley. 55, died _
Decembel 21, 1983 IllOlhe. Gerald was lOiua\ed
mlo Local 294 on Milch 19. 1970, Exp ' C$5IOns ol~.
sympnhy Ca n be st nl to h., w,do ..... Mrs Dorolhy
BIckley of HlbbLO&, Mmne5011
KrOlhe . leWIS Hulton died December lJ, 198J.
B.Olhel leWIS was Imlllled 1010 Local 294 to
August. 1957. and wcm on pension IXcember 31.
1981 Expre ss ions of sympac hy can be sen c 10 his
w.dow. Mu. Marcia Hlliton In Ch,sholm. Minne
sora
Unlll nexl monlh, buy Amencan becau$t yollo.'.~
are one and look for those UntOn labcl5 Be umon
and buy unIOn
1: LERo Y LAHOf, PS
Work Picture Slow;
Members Should Vote
L.U. 295 (i,O, U,IIb ,. u,em&'r; pa). UTTLE ROC K,
~
ARK.-Our tnJlde wOlk plClu.e IS slow • •efernng
few B.othelS to employment, m most casel work
of shOll durllion Th e 1984 work p'CIUfe does nOI
look lh.1 bad, hnweye •. we suU hayc the everyday
problcm of seculLng Ihe work fo r IBEW membc:u.
The outs,dc wOlk hu J1C'aked ~nd is trlllins do wn.
Wilhou l ~ny new work 5ta"in~ by spring or udy
 Honoree
'.. Shown h r r~ ar, a rllt he r . nd Mr ~. Mlkr Gr.rr with ,
standing, Aoi~ un t n u~l n tu ,\1 a n. ~r r l amr~ Sal ·
h id, Lon l 1115, tiul . R o~k, .... k. Orothrr G rr. r
r r~ tiO'td th . Cu h 'm~n ol t he ," u r Aw. nl fur th r
Elrnri ca ll nd u. tr y nih . Irnn t Co n ~ lf llctio n Ad·
van cem ent A..'ald . lI an4u", h id at t h. Cnn elot
Inn in Lit tl e Roc k. Cun g ulu l ulo n ~ tu Mi kr On
t h; ~ well.du uv . d awud .
Brother
O,olh n I. ck Ur'lu h ut i, . ho wn wi t h hi. "ult"
. r r"jer truck. lICk i. wU lkin8 10 1 I .ela l i" el y
"or w" rO lltu ttul. IIrollt t r CalY " 8 uleh " lI unl e •.
., Summro "'r ",,011 h~"e I<lul nll'5"lc Ine m]",r~ un
. mpl uyed
Ou, sic k and InlureJ "" InciuJes B'uthers Billy
'ack Mamn. hume I CCU ~I~lln~ Ir VnI hroken leg.
.v ld. anJ loot ~u lkn· d on th e lub, TtdJy S,sk,
hvme Ircu p"lalmg lrom hr uken le g l uflerrd un the
lob i Fronk WoIIi l nl l. IWllle ,c cu l'c. amlg h orn h. c·
lunng budl ankl n un the luh , 11010 Rlng~uld, hOllle
_ ·rccuperotill" f"'In bro ken Ic~ sulle, cd In a fa ll at
home un the ,Ct and . nnw Uu~'n eu M.III~g'·r
Denton and m~ 5d f w, ~h Ihc le Ihud,eu well on
IhclI ",ad to recove ry
Wah ndnCfll a'I''''' tI'e Je~th "I , c!lred n">lhe ,
L.land Tr u~ Bate" age ~~, un Dcccmhc! II. I\>IIJ
BUS"'~5! Manager Iknion . nd I on IK-h.lf of th e
I""al, utend Ou r ~~m r a lhy 10 Ihe fam ,ly ul Drothcr
B~le li
, BlOlhcli. remember III h ep yuu r loc~1 union
" HIc( ",formeJ of .ny chanlte' In .ddIC5I and phooe
oumlK-. Wllh the man y m~,ltn". and phove con
"C'5 We mU'1 make IU help yuu take (a.e 01 youl
bllSlnts5, II cannot bC' acc"m ph ~ h cd ,I wc un't
"'lIIe ~ou d. call you Also, please (heck and kee p
your IK-ncfic,.IIu Ill' Ul d~t c un you . In ~u uncc,
.eUlemcm and de~th be.nefi. POII CIC& It " .."d tU
~ think abou. you . moncy ,llOInJl IO SUmeUne you no
longe. ,,'anlt o ha~ e II , bUll assure ynu" hap~n5,
I have Irc n II happen You ut Itspuns,hle fu.
changes of th" n~tu.e, YOIU can 'I do II ahet you'. e
gooe
F01 many vuu I haH utelldeJ loca l uni on
meclings as wtll as many "I "u. IIIcm]", •• lIus ,ne n
... Manage. 0.:01011 .hffHl,llh .hue years lou reput
edl~ made U3 aware III p"ll,i (31 p.nblcms. non
> uni On p",blcn" and "'",k III lack of wmk poob
lems, nor only hnw Ih ey Ir e affcCtln~ u, lou lly
bu. ~Iso arounJ the cmlluty The 8uAAcStiun! he
lou made. c~pccl ally ab"ul pultll cal lII"ol~erncn.
a . e qUlle CUff ect WIth t he c~cc ptl nn uf !Ulne on
,he' lob probl,·m •. 11I"~1 "Ihc ' p." b!clm aficctinK
labo r, 111 p.rllclllu mE W bbo., can be IUtfled lIac k
10 polillCi. h om the 5malle3t ~'ea~ l uch as "'em·
blvnlan cil Ycuun clliMII. "Rh •• hWIIKh Ihc d,lIe r'
en. le vel s up IU n311on~1 k~cI l'ulmcl ' ~ th e no",~
01 the gam~ Cuen wh u'l wlrlnlrlK r Read you .
ISE W Journal 3rhclu , " Local llrl ~'" ~5p~c , a ll y
Local lite. loca l h om CVl"y cu me . "I th" eoun llY
and all pOInn In be, Ween lie ukmg a , c~1 ",u.
end" k,d... ng It ow much 10nKe r arc We gonna take
th, s kmd of beallngl When aft ... e Konnl lillli
"' klc ktng" backl
1984,s a "cry Impolllflt ~Ircllon yel. Bc Su. e
you, you . S pOU5~, yuu. rdatlves all J yuu, h,ellds
are relt,ste ..,d .o .'otc. and .h..,n go 10 .hc poU, and
VOTE'
Buy Amc,,~ao Bu~ Un"", rhe .ca r end you
sa ,'e may hoe you. Own l
I"Mu l S"UHII, A" r 111\\
Scribe Urges Members
To Take Leadership Role
L. U. 332 !i&u), SAN lOS E. CAL. LH. month I
as k"d QU , BIOI he", anJ Sillcr~ that arc "fllployed
as furefll~n III t3kc a \cadn silip ",1e ill hdpll\~
the, . IIr"t hers an d S'S te rs ,hat ~.e h avlfI~ p,,,bl e"'~
The Ih ot ht u and ~ ' StcU th:1I uc efllpl oyed as
luurneymen a1l<1 apP,cnll ces a l ~u hl vc I C~I'''n~1
b,llIIes .0 tlldl loca l unllm, th e I1I EW, nnd th ell
c mrl,,~en . Thc,r .e.pnn,iblltllc5 indu(le sh(>wln~
up 101 wOlk , 5h",,",",11 "p 1m w" d. un IIIlle, .f fm
somc rca .on you cannOl sho w up m be nn "'''e,
Ic. you. employe. know II If all pU'iilhk ",hen you
WI!! be thr.c , tuinl1l~ anJ lellallung fUI .he changes
that a.c takmR pla ce", ou. mJuSBY, and K,vm~
rIght huu,s wor k 10' el~ht hVllr. p~ y Tdl yo u.
Imernan II you Ife humg a I'lIIblem They unnm
0'
tell ,/ yo", k,d s,ck m On Jope," that you. w,fr
IUSI left you All yo" have to say ' s, " 1 am havmg
a p~"voal problem and I may nm hoe up 10 pal
give me ~ 1t,,1. !tme 10 get 11 ~"alllhtencd out" If
you arC coveted undc •• he ltllldc AKletfllem 1m
htahh ,n'U Iancc, you and you . f.m,ly c~ n get help
.hrough "CO NCERN" II no co~ . fQ you If you've
got a I,,~oagc r th~t " upSCl1mg .he whole I~mtly ,
t~lk 10 the people ar CONCE RN they "'Ill $C I up
cou nsc!lII, seSSlOM 1m Ih~ whol~ blll,ly ,I ,t ,s
arrlOp"alC
Semg latc II a big deal " .he foreman and you .
paflne. Ole "'~Iun g for you, .h.ee wUfkmcn's plO
dUCtlVllY IS 1051. 1101 on~. RtlaYIII,ll Ollt th e wluk
10 ~ nother IOUIIIC~mon I>o:'all,e UII1: d,Jn't ~ h ow
up 10. wo.k COS" IIm c and can .uu lt III Ih,n~'
bemg left ou.
1"I~JIIJ"g_At 55 North r"s. Su cc t yCS 'Cf(IlIY
~hctnuun a. the nu"h"'1 ~" fIIC ' of Ihe """f, a
mechani cal CO n1l3CIlil ~c t an cxh~ust f~1\ w"h •
30150 HP 01""" Cou ld you ,ePOII '" 55 Nllnh
FIISI SIIcet lomOll OW morn",,. lind a I'and wllh
,pile capacity. s,ze Ihc , IUl el. d, sco nn eC I Wil e,
cond"lt, etc., Jctc"n1!l~ It il nceded lock (lUti,
o. dc . Ihe ma,cnal and w!lh thc help of a fie'"
app. enuce eomp!Nt the tub and hive If p.n Ifl
sptCl ion the filst IImd 1/ yuu cUlildn'l du II, you
shoul d be. a\lend"" Iuurneym~n cbssu, codc,
molO. cun ll"l. cl C
S/e.eotYJ!"JO-Th c pc.wn tha. can finly, ~fld I
SUC5S only . • un la.ge c.)OduII where he Wl$ IIIId
to run II," nOI a ,oumeym.n W"en"n The 1"'"'00
sl"'nd mg nl05. of hIS ume kalllng aR"n't the wall
com pla,nlng tbou . the lob condlt..,ns 15 nut a good
Unmn man An app.cnllce th ar dorsn'. (1)1 "n'l a
good apprevllcc
COn5uucuun r""ecl5 are Ioke th e TV eommel
Ctals ",,"10 Ihe .0 .... 501 d"mlllou "he ",ell managed
lob wh e.c cveryllne .akes Ihell ~huc "I It'pons,
b,ll1Y wo.ks like th e TV ad!!-all ,he dormn"'" go
down, one aftC! tht OIhe l Take. lew dunlln"",
ou \ helc and th r .r aod yuu can fl~ulc 1"'1 whot
wtll h.ppen The lou fll ey ," cn .nd ~pp.enucn ~r e
.upp".ed '" be Ihe POSl t,ve Imee th.l J:"'~ .he iob
dUlle Be .esl'un s ,ble Gel help when yuu need ll ,
K,ve help " 'hele yUIi ca ll lie a pu" ",~e 1"lCc In .hc
cunSUUCIlOfl ,ndu ~ " y 11c1p "I'~.ade .he IUIIH~ "I
you. Iflea l U,,'OO , ,he IIiE W and yU II' C" ,, " aCI'"
Don 't be • misslIIK do ,n,nu
R'CU"Rn CON W"V . I' ~
Local Participates
In TCC-5 Conference
L U. )) 6 (l&cuw l. CHI CAGO, ILL· Will"" aOU
Induna Uniu can no lon,lle r be rd erl .d co as IU5'
illinOIS llel l and Induna Ddl as of lanu.. ~ I . 1984
OU t membeos IK-eomc emrloyrn of ",T&T Com
munlCaUons, AT&T Inlorm'llon Sys. ems IlltnOJS
!kll, Ind ,ana Dd! and Amelltech All membC'n
CUnlinue '" be .ep.e«:OIe.J by the IBEW unde, Iht
Int COOl .~ C I nrgottattd Augun, 198.1 t utu re con
n~ct n~gollulolI' w,1l be negotlalcd ",del"'nll
en tly In I'rcp~ •• "on 1m .he d,vrsl1I"rr. ATaT
ollc.rd SII' I' IU encou •• ge eJlly .rmcmcnn, " '1110
6~ 01 Uu r membe..~ .cce pu nlC that ollc l Theolflce rs
.nJ .tafl wl5h thcm a lung and happy . ellremen.
IUllE cunu,ct wage ,cupcnc. sta ted 'n Decem
]",1 IS cxpeCled III be. wlapped up by mid Feblll"~
CeOlcl Cable Tclev's,,,n and Cen.d Ttlephon~
contr~cU a.e du e to C_P"C 11"s yu. QuestIOn
n,"es cunce.nlng Cull "0" nt""UU,,,ns wtll lie
maileJ to Ihosc mcmhers WII!k'nK undel ,ho~t
c\l nlraclS ,hOt Il~
V, ce I' rcsidc llt Dun M o~el..,y, ChId S.ewa.d lobn
Sk u.b and Delegate Tom !t M~k allellded Ih e
TCC·S COllle.cncc he ld", Dccembc. al"ng wllh
.ep,csc l1t.lI'·C! III OIhe, IBEW 10c. I, thai hav e
ClIlHla clS w"h CCll lci Al .hat c<>"lercnce Don
Moseley spukc to .ho1C al.cnd lflg .bout Ih e ad
untage$ 01 a fixrd I'alld ul a.bHU tOn • plllctdu.e
,"colpo . ~tcd by nU l loc.1 ,lid Ccntd I(l pfl maflly
save I"" e '0 SCle~ llfI g and cduc.llng an .,10"'.10.
Many of Ihe rcp.C:Kntallvt$ atte nding upte.scd
an ",.cres. III adapl"'~ .he slIne p.ocedure Las.
yeat OUI localarbmafed l ~ casCl w" h Crn tel. 01
whICh we l05t tw o. Thc cues .esulled In fivc
nlcmbelS ]",lIIg .ctufllcd 1(1 wmk and 572.000
reco~e l ed 10 back wages
As I . emmdel, thc pflmary clec llon~ arc flOW In
prog.cs, It IS nupoffalll Ihal u"'on members con-
!ldc. Ihat many 01 Ih c policlcs of .10'5 country
c"nctrnlflg labor a.C c(ln llolleJ dllectly by the
Icglslulvc bunch and lud,cl'! branch 01 Ih e gov-
emm en. In Ihc past Ih.ee ycu, Ihere haye been
man~ appOllltmeOls in admrnISU."On aftlS of the
govelnment that h~ve adve.sd~ allccted Ihe l.bOf
movemenl .nd Ihe w",k",~ dHS 111 gene"l, pn
manly through the app(lIntmCOI of plO b"slncss
admlllis lfat o.s Many 'ncllmlK-nu are enemlrs 01
labOf Please make an efloff IU CUI an mlolmc J
baliOl/ help clrct offleials .hat ue conee rneJ with
th e "'OIkin~ dos, YOUR VO TE IS IMPO RTANT I
ALai RT J FIlANl.lN. SIC ITM. ,,\
Brother Ness Receives
Li fe Saving Award
L. U. 352 !u), LA NS ING, ,\1 ICII.-" The glc~te~t
5Cl~'CC to m.nkind is thr UVIOII 01 :t human hfe
Th e above n.med memhe. uf Ibl$local un,on, ... "h
r,cscnce 01 mind, PIOmpt actlun and genUine co,,·
ccrn fO l :t lellowman did pedorm ,hiS selv ,ee on
the due spe c,fied All mem""u 01 the IBEW lOin
In u presslng Slncele g.all."Je" S,goed by Ralpb
A Lel l(on. Int ernaltunal Seclclary, and Cha.ln H
I',lla.d, IntclOaltonal p.n,denl
Thc alorementrontd a' e the words on Ihe L,f e
S~"lng Aw .. d which was p. uent ed . Wllh Pnd e
aod App reCf:tllon" 10 Blu.he r Lloyd H NUl of Ih e
Ope '~II ons o..·paflment- Wate, O,v,,"on of Iht
Board of Wal er and LI.du by B.Olhe r lell Ro wc
Local JS2 Slle t y dUeCI". , on OClOIK-. 12, 1983 Th e
award was p. uenleJ by BtOlher Rowe~. Iht Wue.
Conduionlng Plalll I""altd on Cedar Slfe.t ,1\
lanSing
Tbe aCCident ,epuff le~J, as lollow, "Pa ul 8111
'on, mallllenanCe mechan,c. ,,·ell·d,,11illg cre ....
wen. tnlO the pll 10 tnSlall a "ne half In ch IlIpple
1". II TII lie pa ned OU I due 10 la~ k of u~ygen fell
d"wn .hfl)flJ(h I'ip.nll "',110 one fool hung up tn
laJde , and 10" sh"ulde. and head ,ubme rll~d ,n
~pprox,matdy Olle 100' 01 w~tel Ufuth". Neu "'enl
,nlV th e pll, hold tng 10" b.eath, to pull Ilfuthe .
nurlUll ', hnd UII I uf Ihc wate r IIrothc l Ne" Ihen
ca lled OUI 1m Walt De C ruytCl , tn SIIumcn l .cpaif
man, to na ... blowe •. and he d,d and . htll wcol
"'''' ,he pll. and u".tcJ In ~ctl\nJ( 1I.0.he' 8u"on
jCon,inu ed 0 11 P'gP 341 31
lj I ISEW JOURNAL I MARCH 1984
Reagani5m: A Price Too High
THE STATISTICS OF PAIN
The statistics on this page sum up-but by no means
tell the whole story of-the cost in pain of the Reagan
Recession and the Reagan cuts in important people.
helping programs. It is a cost not nearly offset by the
present period of partial recovery-a recovery which
many economists fear might collapse in early 1985 under
the weight of record· high Reagan deficits.
Millions of working and needy Americans have paid
and are still paying a staggering price for Reaganism: In
jobs lost, in health care withheld, in nutrition denied, in
higher education forestalled or abandoned, in job train·
ing aborted, in homes foreclosed.
Their story-by the numbers-follows. (Figures from
AFL·CIO Dept. of Economic Research, Congressional
Budget Office, Children's Defense Fund, U.S. agencies.)
Workers ••• Victimized
• Number of individual workers suffering one or
more episodes of unemployment 1981 through 198 3:
30 million (minimum figure) .
• Number of individual workers suffering joblessness
by year: 198 1,23 milli on; 1982,27 milli on; 1983, 27
million.
• Average mean duration of unem ploymen t. 198 1·83
respectively: 14 weeks, 1'6 weeks, 20 weeks.
A .. AveraQ"e IJ.rOS S w~('klv ea rnin{l" ~ lost neilvea r hv ioh·
The Needy •.• Needier
• Needy persons losing all food stamp aid: I mill ion.
• Number of working poor, others, losi ng some food
stamp aid : 4 million.
• Increase in number Americans living in poverty :
6 milli on ( 198 1-82 alone). R ate of poverty now highest
in 17 yea rs- 15 % of all Americans.
• Cuts in Aid to Families with Dependent Children
program (AFDC): $4.8 billion ( 13 %); 725,000 fam-
ili es affected , 1.5 million children.
• Ch il dren of needy families losing Medicaid protec·
ti on: 700,000 (1982 alone).
• C hildren of needy families losing services at com-
munity health ccnters: 290,000.
• C ut s in child nutrition programs: 28 %.
• Numbe r of children [rom low·income homes losing
free or red uced.price school lun ches: 1. 1 million.
• Number of children from low· income homes losing
free or red uced·price school breakfasts: 900,000.
• Cutback in higher education loan program: 27%_
• N umber of young persons affected by cutbacks in
low- interest loa ns [or higher educat ion: 700,OOO-plus.
• C ut s in ot her student financial aid programs: 13%.
:l.. • Med icliVd/M edicare em s: 5%. 1". ....
,.
--" r -I . ' Over.~11 ~~s weekly e~rnings of 'wo~s lost per i
year through unemployment: 198 1 loss 576.2 billion:
198 2 loss $ 108. 1 billion; 1983 loss $ 151.7 billion.
• Tota l gross weekly earnings lost through unemploy·
ment 198 1 through 1983: $336. 0 bill ion.
• Value of lost production 198 1·83 respectively
(as result of unempl oyment above 1979 leve l): $ 180 bil·
lion, $390 billion, $380 billion.
• T otal va lue lost prod uction 198 1-83: 5950 billion.
• Loss to U.S. Treasury through unemployment.
1981-1983 (ove r 1979) respecti vely: $54 billion. $ 11 7
billion, $114 billion.
• T otal loss to Treasury through unempl oy ment
198 1·83: $285 billion (en ough to substanti ally reduce
record Reaga n deficits).
• Number of persons losing some or all health cov·
erage 3S result of un empl oyment : 10.7 milli on.
• Mortgage fo reclosures during Reagan Recession
(actu al or in forecl osure process): 11 6,000 in 198 1:
160,000 in 1982; 178,000 in 1983 (highest leve ls since
tracking of statistic started in 1953) .
• Busi ness failures du ring Reagan Recess ion: 16.79 4
in 198 1; 25,364 in 1982; 30,794 in 19 83 (highest since
31 .822 in 193 1 and four times 1970 rate of 7.5 64 ) .
Total business failures 198 1-83: 72,952.
• Rate of business failure : In 1979, 28 per 10,000; in
1982, 89 per 10,000.
Turn II Around-Register/Vole
AFL-CIO COPE. Washington, D.C. 20006
~ I IBEW JOURNAL MARCH 1984
, -- r S ~ ·t '~-
• C uts in~j olrtrai ning for disadva ntaged : 35 % (57.4
I. ~
billion ) .
• Funds cut from retirement programs ove r·all-
social sec urity. civil se rvice pensions, veterans' benefits:
526 billion.
• Fu nds cut from income sec urity programs over-all-
food stamps, un employm ent insurance. housin g aid .
A FDe: $27 billion.
• Funds cut from hea lth programs ove r-all : 51 8.5
billion.
• Funds cut from education and social service pro-
grams over-all : 5 13.7 billion.
• Funds cut from employment and tra ining programs
ove r·nll : 525 billion.
• Total funds cut from peopJe.belping programs
IInder Reagan (1981-84): $110,2 billion.
NOTE: The $' '0,2 billion cuts in people-help-
ing programs represents only that portion
of Reagan.proposed slashes that Congress
agreed to. They were not really deep enough
for his taste. Had all Reagan cuts been
adopted as proposed, the $110.2 billion fig-
ure would balloon to the $' 40-$' 50 billion
range over the same time period.
Reprinl.d from 0 •• AfL. C/O News
 Life Saver li e was a VC lerAn at World WIT II. !oCIVID, w'lh Ihe
Untied Stalu Army In ObnlW. To hiS Widow
Gel&l dlOC !Wuvcr i [vans, bmlly, .nd loved onn,
Local 3';2 lends lIS condolcncu!
Mu ch, Ihe monlh Ihat milltont nl peopl e cele·
!lUle SI "linck's U,y, It once .,....n upon uS On
1hl1 day /'ICOf'le ",ho h.vtn't.n ounte of tnsh blood
In Ihell ~elOS uke rail ID Ihe V,nous r~lIvmu,
Ind 10 my oplO.on Ihe le " nothln, wfOn, wllh
thlJ .... , uP"lht ., many people Ife loday .boOI
W", elc_. II IS nice '0 sec ,hem rein and enl""
,hemsel"ul If yo ... ~CI ' lillie 100 much grcen bee.
" .Iush whiskey 10 your system, rluse: take. Inl,
Brot hut Paul Blirl on . l~h, .nd Lloyd NUJ, 01 Local • bus O. lei someone who IS IIOber d"ve you home
J52. unli"" Mich., with .w.,d 8rolhu NUl I don', beheve thai Ihe ce lebllna WIDI 10 kill or
,~cf:i .. td lor , ,,'1 0, BtOlhcI 81111 00 '1 liff:. m ~Llu a fellow h ... nun bem" bill U ~lruJy rrO~tn,
many ptQple ellhef k'lI or ma,m olhe rs o. Ihem
wOlked h,s way Up .u ,c"c I ~1 line loreman r~
,
sponslble 10. In area eovelln, 'PI'. oltimllc!Y th.ee
counllU 10 Ihe Ilckson, Michl,a n, arta Ken II tOO
modest to lell me abolll hl l.ccomphshmenIJ, hut
Dave Stauff, who ... ork ed IQI Ken at Conl ... melJ
PO"'CI, IUld .UC
To Don, Ike and Ke n trum Ihe Brmhe" Ind
S,uen of Lot.1 3Sl. may u~h 01 you you r flmlllCl
and loved oncs enloy a lung. healthy, hiPPY Ind ••
peateful hie' To.1I you letlrees who ale now hVIn,:
In Ihl)llC ~ ... ".IIl"c ~talC~, 111 II(Ve l he able 10
undentand why you 1011S1 on hvmg 10 I pllee
whe.e the hOi lun belt. on you. bile .km and the
sand hums your bare leel wheD you could be back
herc IreczID, yo .... b"'l1 off, showclln, .now and
,Iod,n, .11 ove r t he stteelJ .nd h',,"wI,J! Such I
KOse ol vll ... es hll 10 be SUSpeCI

Retirees
Shown in 'h i$ plc t"'f, I.£! 10 ri ghi , "'t Kn l e w;,
{n f enl ,.,l. u ). 1I.0grr Drfy u f , Gran t " l b " Ib th
(reuol ' f lilff), wi lh In k No rr i, in .ht ha r k,
bttwH II ROltl Ind Ike.
lniO fIOSltlon 10 IIC a lope alOund hIs (hut B' 01he1
Nets then chmb.e d OU I , stilled Ihe ng (ngmc,
lower ed ~ hook, Ind hOlstcd Brother Paul BUllon
OUI of the pil and la,d hun on the groun d. "We
could heu tilt' si rena of the cmng.ncy equIpment
cOrnm, nght .way " BlOthu Tom Ncl~, dUII!c
Icrauman, [ICCIIIC MeIer and Mlln lrolncc Dc-
partment, wu • grut help In flct, ,f II h,dnl
b.ern lor h.s •• .1'0 and h. s hell'. we plobably would
h.ve had a fatahty, 01 poss.bly IWO 1.I.ll11e5 We
need udlD equlpmenl In hydlllhft tru cks ~l so"
The report It IllI) ned by Broth er Ll oyd Nus Brolhe r
Ntlson uUed Ihe Line Ikpanmrnl 'Of "m ~nhtlle
rescue" and uSllltd lD the rescue whe.c he could
The ~tt,dtnt occu rred on lui) I. 11182
I"" R~ncy, decu",lan foremln, ~nd BrOlhel ... ,
G leen al", lecclvcd • tue Savlnfl ... wa rd from the
ISEW a few YUII '10 fo. $,avln,lhe Ide of a Bmlhcl
... ],u .~~~,v~oJ ~II dc~tll<.J ~hudo, ... Iule wOlk""
on 13,200-voll JWl1C!tgUI ] was nOI Ihe pres.
KCrftary lor locil 352 II Ihll lime, Ind Ih.1 I,
"'hy " Wa$ nOI . eponed 10 Ihe Journal
Con"alulauon$ 10 .11 the afOlemenuoned In
d,,,,dulb The Llk S~vln, A..... d pl.que r . e~nlrd
by Ihe ]BEW I, I beautlfu] plaque If you h.ve
neve . SUn one, loe Raney hu one hanl,n, on the
w~U .n hIS office .n the Elee tr lcll Meier and
Matntenance Ikpillmenl located on Pennsylvan.a
AYlnUe
, ,... n. 10 apo]opu 10 Ihe B.OIhnl Ind SI$IC rS
of l oul 3S2 who 'ClLre from the Board of Waler
Ind tl,hl Ind wh o euhc. d.d nOlO' do nol appear
10 .he IBEW 10uIDai I thtnk lome of YQU rCllre
whf'o 11m on ural1nn o. I 1m nn! . wa .c nf ynll'
rettrernen. untIl I ,ud 11m Ihc Wails and D'QPs
"'s you a.e awalC, the a.aard emr10yeu a.e strunK
OUI It ke a KWcn day ... ash, Ind I am nOi alw~y.
I",.,e of your ' Punul Pany" 01 dtnnel I Ity as
hlrd as I know how nOt 10 lhow "vo.. tlsm 10 Iny
(c Hatn "o ... p O. Ind.",d .... 1 If I m.s. anyone it IS
pUle ly by mlSlakc!
lohn H Voo. hen, ...rt D.nlO., Mayn • •d " Mlck"
Van KUiken. and Frank Bnl' .~tllcd, .nd I Icd
.lxl\lt n ID Ihe Board of Watel .nd Licht's W,," S
and Drops Some reurecs ale not ... Dlon membel'.
bU I thcy I . ~ DIce peo",le; and 10 my hUlc I some
limn ",U I thell nlmu 01 pict ... ,C. in Ihe lournal
r kn ow Ihl5 bolhe., a few of my Blol hen . nd
SIS ICrs. IEmphul. on " a few "I
... lbert LOU IS tnn., age bl , dIed Uc tembel 7,
L983 Bo.n lune 1, 192], 10 L.nSln,. he .ellled
"om Ihc Bo..d .n 191!O .lte. 30 YUII ol """"ee
Klvcs Ope l'llOg • mOIOI \'ChIcle wh.le under Ihe
mnuente of.leohnl
!)cath Brother lames M Smith, 652 Folle l Strcel
Willtam5ton, MIchIgan 11m wu 63 yean old ... hen ••
RcureCJ Donald F Emmons, age S5, tonstru t he d,ed on I.nuary I, 1984 He ... as born Decembe.
lion mech.nlc leadcr ICeneul MllntCnln cc De 10, 1920. In IIltno" .nd was. \tneman wuh Ihl
p"lmenli_ Don WIJ bom 10 LlnslOg. ""chIpn, Board Ind tu rren tl ) wuh Ihe Mitchell Mllnte '
gud ... nrd from hilern H"h School Ind wlS I nance Comp~ny. He was a membe. of Muonlc
membe. of loul 352 for 33 yurs He WOlk.,d fOl Lad,e 6 Fa. ... M 01 MI Clemen" Ml d .. pn the
Ihc BNrd of W.ICI and llghl fOi 35 years Ind "'mvelS and o ... R and abo a membe l 01 VFW Pott
5~ lved Ih~ locil as. 51~ward .nd Execullve ROA ld 3717, li oll, Mlchl,t:~n To hIS w.le , Mall on lun e
chaI rman "I helteve lhalthe IrIO,n that OU I local Smith, f.mily and loved ones. Loc,1 352 Knds In ~
hu pmed, s.ck luvc, IOS ... /lnCe, VltlUOn, salelY cond olenccs'
p.o"ams, wOlk'n, eundlllon" tie., are what the !OIlN P",-nICK HJ\'I"STl~. P S
I1nlon I~ ,II about Dlffe.ent lObs have dlffe.ent
JI.1y lulCl, bUI III mcmbclJ ,ecelVe Ihe ume
Innges:' 11 Ihe an sw~ 1 Brmhcl Emmons gave 10
the q ... eslil," .. yo .... philotophy or concerns pCI Upgrading You r SkillS
tammg to the umon mQvemCnl ILou l 352, Intel
nallonal Umon, IBEW , 01 1101I)n movemenl 10
Is a Musl
,cnerall" H ,~ hubbltS Or mtcrr"~ arC t311lcninr,. I..u. 3SJ (i&o ), TORONTO, ONT._Connanl up -eJ
hunllng. Ash.n" IW(H"(km,, and ""nmg hunt ,,,dID); 01 you r work 'lda led skills haJ become a
10, do,s-bea,lu and black I.b. neces5uy IIthel Ihan an optIOn The trustees of
Glint " Ike" lI ath, Ige 62, lamp trlmmCI (elcc- the EdllCallQn and T . alnlng T,uS! hnd, 8ill Bllrd
1I1eal d]Julbu tionl Ike was born In Ann Albo •. Robcrt Rynyk and Slev( Kn Oll ... ork hand·jn·b.nd
MI chIgan, and ~ladu3\cd from (Ulc/n ]-It,h School, w"h th~ challman of Ihe Ttchnital Education
lansmg. M. chlgan Hc wa s a membe r 01 Loca l 352 CommIttee , the Safety Edutallon Committce Ind
fm 3S yun .nd wOlked fo. Ihe Bo •• J Inr 38.24 Ihe laboul Man.gemcDI Education Comm1lleCl
years illS hobbIts 01 mle lCSIJ lIaHhng and en 10 prov,de up'lo·dale eou rKS and equlrment to
loym, the Flolld. sunshtnc and backyud sWim ,Ive 0111 members the sk Ills . equlled 10 mlintllO
mm, P<JOI tic d,ovc a lru ck lor the Boa.d 01 Wate. IhcII emp loymenl 10 loday's mllke lp lace
Ind LIght fOl .bout 38 YUII and had only one The iedc III .nd PIOVIllC'IJ govemmenlS hue ~
chal grable I ccldem 10 all Ihlt tlmel Icto,ntled tht need 101 skill opgra dmg m the
Kenne th 0 l eWIS, agc 62, hClvy Cltw line clecUltll,nd electromc Aci d, Ind have des.gnated
Imeman jElecllltl1 Disuih ... tlonl Ken wu born in 0 .... tr,de U one of th e nali on', c. iliclluadu, IS
lulte, Mlchll.n, ."d , ..duated h om Leslte "'Ih • fUUIt t hey an maklnglundsau.llble 101 1lainin,
SchooL He wIS' membe. of loc.1 35210' 15 yurs /ac,hl1 u, leKa lch Ind developmenl, IS wei] u
.nd wo.kw fOI the Boa.d 10. 16.69 yurs itlS equ.pmenl and COU Ise: mllcnals Tht uuuees 01
hobhlts 01 mle lCSIJ hun l'nllnd flshm, (I undcl IhIS local ... nlon', Ed ... c. llon and T"mml rund arc
Sland he also lovcs slum engmCl Ind o ... n. qUlle r resen tly 10 negollal1ons 10 K C II we nn clilm
a fe w., He tlmc 10 Ihe Board 01 Wiler and Lichl Iny of th ese lunds 10 us.SI ID expandIng ou r o ... n ..
hom Cons ... mcIS r owel Company, whe.e he stilted u~m"'.I'; ami "'1'.1';1;".1"'11 l"Ut;U"'~
10 work on Ikcembe. 5. 1946, and I am lol d he S KNorr. PS FS
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be helpful in checking
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and keeping our ree· OLD AODRE SS
ords straight.
C'I~ lip CoOt ,
" you ,.... cllenged FORMER LOCAL U NION NUMBER
toc.l union.. •• mu"
h. . number. of both. Mail h · Cirt ulltiu Department
)nlernlliOtlal Bntbelhud ., £lectriul WDrkers
1125 151b Street, N. W~ WlShillCI_, D. C. 20005
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'. Presentation
" pl~lam WII first tnstllulrd by Brolhel Roben Van
Old Timn. Club Prnidul Slim ,,"o5hc. , 'fro nd
" from Itll, Lonll57, las Vrsas, Nn., p, ne nu,
" Thank You " plaque to Busin us , "anlge . lI oy
Smit h, .fft , ami Pl ui dfnl etci l Wynn, I•., u Unit
I Chairman lohn Iilncodl looh on.
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Party
SIMII CI'lIljAn,ul Cln ll t ll )
• Kimball .,f ludy to ha nd 0111
TimlU Club mrmHn.
Old Timers Christmas
Party Held
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loU. ]571I,oliL<:I, LAS VEGAS, NEV.-AI the Unl!
I me.,uIIII held Dccfmbcr 13, IIIBJ, Chairman lohn
Han cock ulled Ihc mefllng to order lie then
pre~mcd scrVlce pin, for 40 yean SC.VII:C 10 Mlr
• Yin Cannon, Bob Beam, Gus FUson, " BII\" AI New
berry, Ii.l ky BU1tICk , Rubert Slavin, and Chlhc
Noms, fOI 35 yea.s, Kent 5w.IIO:, Cal POIICI and
frankhn lcvdl, for 30 yuu, Elmo Mrch.hJ, larry
Cnpc and Richard Bude •. He then closed the
mee llng ID open the Old T,mcfS Chl15lm., l'lny
.... 1 th~1 lime Slim Mosher, plcsldent ollhe Old
Tinle.s Club, pluenlcd Busmess Managel Roy
SmHh and I'.esldent CecIl Wynn , II " • pllque
uplcumg thanh lor Loc.1 J.57 ', SUPPOII of the
Old T,men Club th.ough the yean BUSlnU5 Man
age. Roy SmHh Ihen ded,caled the p.ny 10 Ihe
club memben who lie no longel wHh us Bob
McCombt, RobC'1I DeVole, B 0, Walsh, lesse Pink
.- Slon, Howard B.ay, Geo.ge ''Ba.m:y'' Ikrnhard, I'
Mitchell, Paul G • •dner, Eldon " Pele" Cole. hra
Swann. F.ed Bunge, lohn K,U, Maullce Muldoon.
R.L Rogen. Wllbul HOOK, Frank HanKn. Gerald
DUlens, John Taney and eSJ>Cctally George Lib·
crace A momenl of Illenee was held In memolY
of Ihe deeu""d club members
The gllu we.e then dlSUlbuled by Sanl' Claus
tAn~s Canl/elll and hIS helpers, Ikuy Klmwll
and VI Fllmenleh After the glhs were given out,
they .bncrd 10 Ihe musIC of Tommy Nelsun and
hiS band It seemed strange nOI 10 sec the .mtlmB
faeeol George Llbellce upon Ihe bands land Jll,y,ng
hi . ",olin, George Will be m in ed Refrubments
and snl cka wer e served and evcryone bad a {lieat
lime. bch yell this p,rty keeJis getlln~ bluer and
benrl and thl l yur was no exception , it was the
bIggest crowd eve l
Children 's Party
Sa nll Claus, Vice Pl ui denl E.nhl ShellY, abo ut
to bl in g the Chli stmn ~piril to Mandy Coyk and
hel mothel Ru t h al Ih Clllis tm n Party 01 Locll
158, Perth Amboy. N.J.
At Ih e ..,any, lell 10 right , PI"ident SlCn Sc hein,
8usiness ,\\ana ~u lamn Cllbhan .nd Bus inns
Rep.esen t,,;.·c lamel Minni ck witch IS child len
of lou l mem ben , .lhcl arou nd S.nta Claus, "itc
Pruldtnl Shell y, Ind Sanl~'. belpfr Malion Pli·
bu la.
Holiday Parties A Success;
Apprentice Class Held
LU.158 {illl.oj, PERTH AMBOY, N. I.-Onc", apln,
the hohday 5pll" was ~ery p,cVllent he't In Penh
Amboy, as shown at 01,11 Annual Adult Chllstmas
PallY held In Calle'''1 at SI Oo:m"t"us on Dc:cem
~I J and at Ihe "h,ld.en ', party hdd I t Ulllon
hCld'lu,"ns on Decfmb/:! 17,
The adult pUll' WI5 allaln vuy well atlended
and from Idklnll: 10 the Blothcn. a ~ tlmC wa,
had by Ill, A new '1Ie.U, Cny Line Cale l ~".
pro~lded a real dass ,etup wllh plenly of ,ood
lood and dnnk Once Iglln OU I 1 ~\I.en WCle Ihe
Invned guesis 01 our local unIOn and they Ie'
sponded Wllh thcll usual ntdlcnt tumOUI, headed
by Iheil p,e"dtnt. frank Smith Many Ch ,,~tmn
vcclln~s and wishu fill a healthy and hlpflV new
yu. were uchanged by .11
The comml1l"e for bolh pames mU51 ~ com
mended apln and Ihanhd lor dO'"1 such .n 01,11
nandlng lob The cballman, Dun McLIUghlln,
assisted by Brolhel Richie Luncuwskl, coordl
naled bolh alillillj Ind bC'uuse of the ellOl" 01
Ihe" commlttcc and the Veat lOb done by Ihe
WIVC$ at Ihe Chlldien'S ~lIy. evelylh,ng rcally
IUlnrd oul great Once Ipln BrothcI Lalry Mc·
Mahon Clme Ihrou&h w"h I 5<1«lIon of top
..,eond 10 none, Ind of eOUlSe we .:an·, overloo k
the mo'" Imponanl ~entlemln of ,he ..,a~n. Sanll
Claus Vice PresIdent Ernut Shelly showed alai
of pallcn« Ind did, dass i<.rb making Ihe child len
belteve III Ihe thou&ht of the Chmlmas S p"1I lie
eVen brou&hl a smile 0' IWO 10 Ihe fatU of Ihe
Jlarents able 10 be JI,esenl
[guess that 's wha, maket 1\ all wOllhwhlle and
wonh dOing every yeu Un,elthh people, dOing a
lob logcther-brotherhood I, lion, wilh BUSlnelS
Managel I.mes Call.han, Jleuonally Wish 10 th ank
each and evcry one of you IIfOthers Ind, of course
you. wiv!!. We couldn't h,", done It wi thou, you.
unselfish eflons, Man y t hanks once agatnl1
I Wi sh 10 Ihank PrCSlde nt loseph Egan of Local
456 ~nd l,,,,,dent Pat ODonnell of Local 262 for
thell/tlUllSSIUlncc dunn, a sJIC~klll' workshop
fOl 01,1, combmed kcond·year arp ' enllee elas, The
wOlbhop Included JI"h,mentlly PIOCedUlct, an
mSllht mto thell bylaws and 18EW Conslllullon,
Ind Ihe obhptlon of Ihe aprrcnllee 10 hIS 01 hcr
local union .nd Ihe InICrn~tlonal Offi.cc, abo III
eluded wat .n uplanl110n of the many dUlln and
Icqullcments of Ihe local union olAcers ThIS
Mle,lo and Ihen by 8rother Ed ..·..d folnch, .. ho
IS In tnt"UCIO, III Ihe app.entlce: trimtn& fI'O!:/lm
The Ihou&h' behmd thiS pmg'im 15 10 g""c Ihe
applenlt tcs who Ire IUSI bC',mnlng Ihell ticcUlc,1
CIiCe" an mSI&h1 11110 Ihe union en,,"onmcnt
local IIId Internalloul We Ihank bolh II lolhel
V.n Mlcrlv and Blothel Foilich '01 th" 0rportU
IIIty Once _gam many Ihanks 10 President [ose ph
Eg~n and l'lesldenl Pat O'Donnell. VOUI p~I\I CI
pllwn was ,ully app reciated
Congr~lul~lIons ale m oldcl '01 llrolhel Damel
Callahan on (omplc llon of h,s arrlcnll~uhlp ~nd
hrl elevitlOn 10 lourneyman .... "cman 51~tU' a5 JlCr
,ccommendatlon 01 Ihe IATC, we look 10lwud 10
wOlkrnJ wllh you
AI Ihe pau mcellng of !anouy 4 . Hlllthers WII
Ham Lcwkewllz, Leonald Thomas and Mi chael
Kon owl(;, S. , h ..·c dec ided 10 hlnl up Ihell 10015
and le\tle hom acttve panl(lp~110n III Ihc cleClllel1
fldd As HUJlnes. Managel 'amn DII,hln nlted
10 the HrolhelS. you have always bC'en ~CII"e and
worked very hard In, Ih,s local.nd on Ihc mlny
commllleCl you have se n'cd on You'll bC' mined
very deerly by all 01 us. Brothel Ronowlc:, Krved
I I chlllm.n on many eommillees and .Iso I i Ihe
duor fOlcman 101 many yu .s He wu liso InSlru
mental In "a",nll Ou r SICk CommlHee and wOlked
vCly hard 10 keep 1\ ,omg B,olh" Lewkewllz
plll1Cifllted on Ihe 751h and 80th Anntverury
Commtltecs, /or Ihe pasl Ihlce elections he has
served IS • memM' 0/ the Election Board of IhlS
local union FOI th e pasl five yean, B,other BIll
,e.ved 15 an ,pporntcd membe r of Ihe Middlesex
CounlY AFLCIO Cenual Labor CounCil Many
Ih.nkt to you, B'Olhels. for doml a leally bl' lob
fOI thiS local uniOn You've earned Ihe IIpt 10
uke Ihm!:t ,un a lulle caSler, have I hulthy
leillemeni Ind a long one We look lorwud 10
slInln, you UJi with 01,11 ICllreu "~IIIIOn
Undel the dlfectmn of Edward SoAtid. r, Charles
Vrlear Ind Rccord,ng Secretary Pelel Marltak. and
a Imle aUISI from BusmeS! Mnage:1 lamet Cil
lah.n and BUSiness ReplesentallVC ' ames MinnIck ,
01,1. /Ccenl bus IUp to Ihe Meadowlands 10 sec the
New felSey Nc" play Ihe Boslon Celtic. wu "cry
enloy.ble and 'IUIIC successful We thank the
Blolhen fnl Ihelf ,uppon and p,mclrlllon .nd
acknowledle the Ia.ge ellon by 01,1 1 SPOilS Com'
mlllee, Creat lOb yuu guysl
WOlk tarely, "" flloducttvc. surpon YOU l ofAeers.
Ihcli el/orn Ind YOUI local u",on
Snrll(N R 5[111.1">1. Pll~
Graduation Dinner,
Blood Drive Conducted
LU.l61Ii,II, I,f rn ,calvlll.go"' I. NE W CITY , N.Y.-
On November 19. 1911.J.• he IATC Gradua"on
Dlllnel D.nce WIS held lor 001 1981 Ind 1982
/tIaduatlllgclassu Aher reeelvmg thell ~e,"flutes
flom P'Uldenl Raymond Froscoand BUJlllest Min
'ller Cosmo D~mllnl. a good lime was eQloyed by
.11 whu IlIcnded CongralUlatlonS to ,II 01,11 ,,~d
ua,es
I would hltc 10 Yy. however, Ihlt 001 turn out
was leIS thin uptcred. We Isk YOUI ~1I1C1rll1on
.. Ihue and all 01,1' union Juncllon.
Our AnnUli Blood Olive on Novembel22. 1983,
was I,;aln a .U«UI, as we had a Veil' load lulllOUI
01,11 thank, 10 BrotbelS Stanley Haber and lerome
Schectc" co,eh,"men of Ihe Blood Dltve, fOI III
thclI clfons Thu IS I very worthwhIle cause, as
we.ll do nOI want ,0 be caughl sho" on Ih,.Ufe ·
uvm~ gUI
On Decem""r 17, 1983, we held vUI Annual
Ch ristmas Pi lly at Ihe UA Ci nem a m New City.
Al onll with their vi sil from San ta (Pit Damiani!.
the chlldlen were trealed to unoons, popcorn and 35
 Graduation
Pklutfd Illb~ lATe G,Jdul lioa Dinne r-Dadce of
Lon /ln , New Cil),. N.Y., held in Novcmbu •• t
P,uidul Raymond Frono, BUilou. Mlulu
Cou"t) D~lUiaui J lIu~"i" h Ent". of I I,,,N~ ... Vu,l.
Stitt lATe, Frands Baisle),. ,r., dau of 198 1,
Ktvill CampH II, ( lin of 198 1, Rourio Rocchio ,
dan 01 1982; Thomu CICf ioppo, clus of 1982,
C'-D ig" lenkiol, dan of ' ''2, Chfl u Damiani,
dirulo , of "dilution, Rahu • • Alla ya, dan 01
1981 , Ind Thomas Glem 01 Ihe Ntw York Stalt
lATe.
a S~tlal clown shuw
We would hke to (oolPalulalc our foullh fur
Jrrrtnncu for thell flne work ~I the Gra.:" [p.,.
cop"] Chu rch ,n Nyack, New York Thll was I ,ob
onllmdly conlucu~d 10 .. non-union shop Thcr
volunlccnd 10 do the lob 00 ,helf own lime. ThiS
Ii Ihe kmd of :lCl!on we arc 311 gomg 10 h.vII !II
uke 10 msure Ihn Ihcrc Will ~ umOnS and umon
lob •• n the futu.~, Thanksigam 10 ou r founh·yu.
Irllr~n l ices and theIT inStruClo r, Raymond Froico
I would IL ke to take Ihis oppOHunllY to thank
Cosmo Damiam and Ihe officer' of Local 363 for
.1l0wLOg mc 10 KrVe In Ihe eapatilY 0/ u " sum
preIS sec.etaT)' _ [ w.ll sc. ve our local 10 Ihe bo:u
0/ my ablILty and bllnll you .cpons on our local '.
• .,uv!lln T.II nUL IIme l
MI CIt"[l DIM[N ...... , ASS'T I' S
Work Is Good ;
Members Should Vote
LU. 3M {1,em,' U,s pa a.n n 'J, ROCKfORD, ILL.-
Work In the Ilea II look,nll ~ wllh only SUI
loc,,1 ,ourneymen on Book I lobs lie SllTllng 10
open up I lulle and hopdully we WIll be clunng
Book [ soon
El"~,,un )'U' I. he.e "nd I ul,e ,II mcmbcu to
le i OUt and help you. candldllc wm It " .mportant
that orgamud labor NComts a VOIce Ihll must be
hc"rd In '84 Walter Mondale has lecelved Ihe
backme from olil'm:ed labo • ., clndutate 101
p.tslLlenl I lSk Ihat yO\l check Ihl! clod,dan OUI ,
Ihm back him wllh you r help and your vote
l.oc:ally, ...·e han formed a Poimcil Acuon Com
mJltce In •• ,V I"nlh ancl I n mform nl11 mtml'lfl\
00 who IS wnnmg fOI Certa,n poILlicl1 ofRcn I
ISk Ihn all membels ge l mv olved thl. year m the
eleclloo process It " ou r IUlule thai IS at ,uke'l
To ,", K'N OUI>, I' S
Nuclear Station Shut Down ;
Sister Local on Strike
L U. )69 (i,o, II ,em,.tll"u,e.a..pa), LOUISV ILLE ,
K¥.-On the linl of /anllary, 1984, the Marble Ihll
Nude~. Genef;1l1ng Slat ion ,ob was completely
shu, do,,·n. The planl (Public ServIce of Indiana )
can no longer af£ord 10 finan(c the cons tructiOn of
the utililY bUilding. As a , elLl[t, the.e ue now ove,
JOO members of Local 369 on Book [
A specLlI deelloo II bClng hdd loc,lly 10 fill •
ucanl Kat In thc Kcntucky lIouse of Rep , nen
lat ivu, former bUllne$S manager/ financLlI K e re
tary of Local 369, Larry Ctllk, has Nen sekctcd
by Ihe tkmoc . alLc l'allY 10 lun at the" und.date
10 th is clection Hupdully, by the lim e Ih.s .mele
is pn nted, we WIll hav e one mOle Inend in the
Kentucky ltglstature
I would also hh to menllon thai OUI si$te r loca l,
l.oc:all lOO here in Louisville, is on 5111ke against
36 louiSVIlle Gas and Electr iC Company. Th .. u\llily
IS lIyll1& to like aw.y SCnLllmy "ptS, .mongothe.
th111&5 We hope thll thne membo:lI WIll pin.
,1151 Klllemeni " • rewlld 101 Ihe sa(lIflcn Ind
hlrdsh,ps Ihlt the y WIll endure dUIIIlJ Ihll tIme
GH CC FrrzC [~lO, R S
Wishes
•
Kendra ttilmel , dallghtt,ol Rlolhn Mlh oollilml" ,
i. autd on S.nta'. lop al the Child.en ·. Ch. lumll
P'"Y 01 LoCll 375, All tn lown , h .
Show
Children wlleh tbt mlgle .how and obvlo lul y III'
tnjoying tvuy mlnUlt of h.
Children's Christmas Party
Features Varied Entertainment
LU. J75 Ii), ALLENTOWN, PA.- Sanll Claus ar
lI'Cd o.:~c",t.c, 18 al the AmellCln Lepon In
Whitehall, Pcnnsylunla It WlJ our Annual Ch"s,
mas Parly Tom YUIOSItS performed mapc and
,lIutlons lor enle.u,nment HLl w.fe us,,,ed h.m
The aCI Included live I n.m.!, The audlcnee wu
b,ulh .. ken by h IS leatl
The Alleniown PilkettCl l umbllng lymnlSllc5
Ium also enterl.lned " ' They dId a ma.velous
_how h "011 wnn.1rr Ihl'y wr.t .lled numbel one
IIlhe past yea, 's evenu Allin all, the comblnallon
of ellterlaLnment WU Hly much IPPleciated The
/!.Iris arc 10 N commended and thclr 'MtrllCIOII
arc dOLn, In CIIcellenl lOb
All Ihe eook.CI 10. the pUty Were m.de by Ihe
mothers All the eh.ld. en .eu.ved moneury g.fu
I i well at candy Ind 1,,111 Slnli CI.II, wu po .
ITayed by L. rry Bun, I. It wu. "'ell attended .nd
lun lime fOI everyone. Sln8mg was also on the
."en~a Th~nks to everyone who gave thclI lime
10 make Ihl5 Ilil, affll'
We mllst ( OllllnllC tOIUPpo't Inends of olpnized
I.. t.o. Bc A",ellunt Buy AmelLCln ' 8ye 1l0W!
Eoot( MICEK. PS
In volvement .-
"
Then a" IB EW membc .. nteadiol oae
PUC meetings. IPholo, ,ubminrd lIy LoCi I 180,
No rrist own, Pl.'
Members Attend
PUC Hearings ..
L.U. JliO li&d l, NO RR[ STOWN , PA._ On Scrll Cm
~ . 30, 198J, the membe rs of LocII 380 aod th CII
travehng B. othe.s volunteered to 10lego a day"
w~gC5 til attend, meeting of the Penllsylv'lll~
!'uhILe Ullilliel CommISsion {PUCllo vote on the
financ!al plan of Phlladelph .. Eleclllc Company
(PECOlto borr ow S[.l b,lhon 10' the complellon
of Units I and 1 II Ihe nudClI generalion plam In
Lime ll t k. ['(onl y]v.nl . ( tol ~1 IBEW mcmb(n In
Ineodallce WaJ 7501 ~
The PUC, conducllng buslne5s with only th.er
comml5SlOnC15, held, vote on the plao with the
fo{[owln(lcsuh$-One voted fOlthe plan, one votcd
In OPl'OIu;OO to the pl.n, and One .bstamed from
Ihe '·ot(. I 1m SQI!)' 10 51y the commiSSioner .... ho
abstamed from wOILng was a lo. mei execullve Vice
PICSlden l of the Pennsylvallla AFt·CIO, Michael
lunn.on, whom everyone thou&h t 10 be a IIIcnd 01
labor ..
Then on NovcmN I ll, [983, the membo:nhlp
alonl wllh Ihe \Tavelers In the ,.ea aiam volun·
teered 10 lorego Inothel day's wales 10 "nend the
second oIlhe PUC meelinp conccrnlng Ihe dcel '
lion On the nuclur geoe. llloo 5111100 At th,.
mee"ng Ihe cha .. pc.son (hOH nOI 10 lOelude .he
flnlnc,al plan .ubmilled by rECO on Ihe docket.
less than 14 houll belole rhe scheduled meellng
At IhlS lime everyolle Iell Ih c meelLng .oom, and .."
unde r Ihe dUCC ILon of Sec. etary· T. cuu le. 01 Ihe
Pellmylvlllla Slue BUlldmg and ConllruclLoD
Tildes CounCil, Thomas H MIliCI. Ihe member
shIp conducltd I mareb afOund and Ih.oup Ihe
ClJlltol After bo:.ng den,ed the nylt 10 mccl WIU,
Ihc governor. the membe., s.ou&ht OUt IhclI Ie,·
\Slators 10 d,scun Ihe p.obkm of the PUC. shaft
two mcmbcn on Ihe commlss'on Itotal m .ttend-
alice wu 6001_
Agam on Ikccmbel 16, 1983, Ihe membu, 01
the [BEW Ilong With members 01 olhe. bUlldinl
tradesmen an ended Ihe third PUC mee ling. Th ••
mee ti ng ....u uandefled to .oothe. au ditOrium 10
.ccommodate the overflow crowd f.om labor lap·
p.oxlmllc\Y 9001_The meeung was ca lled to o.de .
al I [,00 1m , one haUl late due 10 CommlSSlone.
f>lLchael /ohnson beme late 101 the mcellng. When .,J
the vote was tlken. t th,. meelln&, we _I" n heud
hom OU l lo' c,llcd lri end 01 b oo r, ill he vOled tn
oppositiollio the plan alollg with the churpcuon
101 a ddell of th e plan tWO 10 one
We Ire I ( Ihls \Lme wlitmg to see what PECO',
decision on the IlUdCII gene ra tiun plalll WIll be.
Ev eryone I. cxpect!ng th at layoffs w.1l be lonh
coming In Ihe very nUr futu.e The mcmbcn ' I nd
... the u.vden' feehngs a.e Ihat If netded 101 ,nolhn
PUC meelLng Ihey ale Iv.ll.ble on I d.y's nouee
J WO\Ild ,Ito lIke 10 lake Ihe um e 10 Ih,nir. ,II
01 our lBEW m(mbe", .ne lud.ng Ihe bu •• n.,.,
m.OIIers, 10. theil IUppoll In ,"end,nee 1I th ue
Impon,n t meet.ng'. Thlnkl .Iso g010 Tom MIll e.,
01 the P~nn~ylvaOla Stale Buildmg Tudn 10. hll
IIleless support I'ven and the ndl~ule he has tl keD
for h., studfast sllnd liken Igamu the PUC 101'
' . olpnued bbof
1-0 W MAYAU, B M
- correlatct with a 101 of whal we healtooay. ''Thele
Bus inen MIOIgu Merle Gilt 01 Loc.1 396, Ln
Vegas, Nev. , p.~pIl U 101 I bu.y 198 4,
Scribe Thanks Local
For Support in 1983
LU. J96 lua.r l. LAS VEGAS , NEV,- Hello, 111m
">- Irom Las Veps. As Ihls Irtld~ gOrrt to p'UI anothtl
Chnstmn selson hll fllssed us by. meome .n
time IS on"e apln ' Iound Ihe cornel, and the
Ideeommunlc.uon dtrellUI,uon I' now I .ealllY
In clOSing 19M bUSiness Ind lookIng forward to
Ihe chillen~e of 1984, We must tlke lime out 10
th~nk ou r membershIp 10. Ih ell COnlllbulIOn .nd
support of the local 10 Ihe pUI yu. busmess
Manager Glle repolled that Locll J96 lIaff and
memb" .. ~,e ~unn, up fUI an ucepl1unll 1984
huvy work I~d Nevada Po ... e. Comp.ny rlan!
• nelonlnons arc eunently 10 progren, Nevaw.
Power enmpany clellul eOntr.C I ur"cs 10 MIY
1984 and mUSI be opened In March. Cf Nallonal
Corporal1on agreement II due to open m Milch
]984 plus Centd BU~lIle" Sy•• ems IIlICICOnneCI
tontflcl Will have 10 be .~negollalcd 10 Ih" lallcr
pur of Ihe year B""ncU M~n.gc . Gilt sia lcd Ihal
now Ihat lelephone de re!'u)alion " • •u lllY II IS
L slili lOll ear ly 10 cv~lu~te the impaCI "pun the
local .t the p'~ 'Cnt li me
Local 396 membe. , on I ~~pccllve PlofIClUU-
Cenual Telephone Company, Cenld bUSIn ess Sy!·
· tem,. CP Nallonal Co.porallon and Nevada I'owe r
Comp,ny-can be ploud of th eir 1983 Un lied Wa y
IOvolvemcm ehallenglOg Ihe enllle Ilrothc lhoor.l
I
:
10 supelsede thell lO.ls lor 1984
]f an op"ml,t15 one ... ho ,I way. seel Ihe bn ghl
1 'Ide, Ihen we a.e lu cky 10 h"'e a bUSiness m.n'/l:e l
... hke Merle Gllc who IlwlY' manalles 10 sec Ihe
blight 'Ide.
The «onomy .pfIC'" 10 be plckmg up 10 LIS
Vegas, unemploymem hn decreased-now i. an
ueetlent trme 10 lemmd Ihe B,olhe.hood to think,
buy and be Amcllcan'
II..OjNI1 Sul S'Ionll~, I'S
l Retirees Honored At
I Office Party
L U. J99 Irl. SP RI NGF IELD, ]ll..- A IClllemenl
,[
pally was held 10 SpnngAcld,lIhnols, on Decem be.
19, 1983, hononn l George Finnegan and loe ROlh
erham In allendance we le Ihc loeal offlce .., ch.d
sl(WardSlnd Execullve Board m"mbe",.long wllh
, our ufflce Sfafl Not on ly w,lIth"sc lolks remcmbe l
Geor,e Ind loe 101 many yearl 10 lollow, but many
of ou r memb"n 01 Local J99 Will also lem~mbe.
them Imuated rnlo ou, local rn Ihe yell 1948,
they have se rved rn m.ny ea paCLlle. wllh lotal
loyalty, dAc lcncy ,nd cou rt esy They have been
lOlly a realluet 10 OUI membc. s, and we will nOI
only be mlurng th" " S~IVICCl, but wUl mi n the
personal contac t we had with them each day
Retirees
;:::~~;~;;:~:~~ loe RO lh tlhlm, .nd
fr uide nt Don prnenlalinn ollht
retlremenl p,(hgn on IlrcrmbN 19, 198], lrom
loul 399, S pri n~li(ld , III.
We arc now welllntlllhc YUI 1984, and., Ihe
IUIUre ben all 01 III. ] would like 10 pornt uut a
ionic rcmlOd~r lor luecn, for eve ryune, whelher
Ihey lie 10 Ihe r(gulaled or unregulated entlly It'.
.n old saYIO/I: thaI I have alway. beheved In and II
IS less 10 fear 110m outSIde comfICtl u on, thJn hom
in,lde Inefflclency, discountsy, Ind hid lelYice"
ThIS Ip"Ue!> 10 any buslne,s"'e Ife In, be 11 Ilnlun
o. cump.ny
Snt wlthet for many P' U$pcrou5 yeu,.o cornel
101lN P FLUSUILI, V P
Get·Together
Some ollhe Loc.1405, Cedar Rapids, lowl, Brol h·
en .nd I,millu ~Ol lo ge lh el lor Thlnkl~lvinlln
Co nn tclicu l. In Ih t pielUU "t La rr y Ind Ju dy COl
and I.mlly, Dick and Diane Stanle y . nd lam Uy,
Bud and Knh y Den nisI.', Scott We'M, onllt<, To rn
and Car ol Donah ue alld '.",lIy. I.clt Say.~, Dob
Thompson, Bill and Kllh y 1)(lmi. an d fami ly,
Clfmnn .nd linda Oy lo... and famil y, and Tum Ind
,' I..r y WbillrOlorc and fami ly.
Scribe Gives Rundown
On Party. Mondale
L U, 40S Ii,'p.lttllb), CI! DAIt RAPIDS. 10WA_
Loc.1 '05 h.d liS Annu.1 Ch"um" P~IIY, .nd I
must say n WI! a vuy mce pally, well planned by
chal rm.. n, Brothc r Jim Vlck , Ind hdped by bi~ WIfe
LOll, Bob and BellY Dill.', M.ke and Kaye Pow"e,
Cltff .nd Kalen ~hggrn., hm Ind noll' Ryan , Glenn
and Edna Pesek. 11m and Chrrycl Guth lle. 1110,
lack,e loncs (Blolhe. Bob lonu' w,fd m.de tht
beluuful cenrtrp.eccs, and Paul Martensen made
the name Ilgs
The Ch,ldlcn'S Chnltmas Pany WII pllnned by
lerry Ind ~ndy fll%el , .110 on Ihll commlllee
Wert Blolhe" f,. Taylol, Dave Ituh., Melo 5onkl,
.nd Bob Novak VOUrI !fuly wu unable 10 I1lend
the ch.ld len'. pany as I wu ,n t)c, MOlOtI lur
Mondale , our nUl p'es ldenl
NICe 10 Ie" SO m~ny of OUr Dlothers and lamlhu
loget he, 101 Thanksglvmg.
Brother Dow VOSI and mytcll have been n.m~d
eo·chalrmen lor gel\1n~ peOple 10 the r .eclDel
cautU~U lor Monda]t It cornu as 'IUlpll~C when
you call flCopl" to help and they tell you Ih ey lie
nOI IDle. ested ot ale nOI [IIIlltll;.olly nundtd , and
• hal II a sorry excuse beeau ~ ,h.. II wh.1 democ '
lIey is all lOOut-. governmenl of Ihe people, by
the peo"ic, for Ihe people, nOt IU" fo • • few
p l iv.leg~ d rich people, but . 11 Ih e flCople l
No good news .bout work hele A lob Ihll
sounded Irke It could go downtowo lell through
beUUIC 01 finanemg
lUll. rundown on hnw Walte l Mondale stands-
93 flC lecnl COPE vOlmg record , Uni ted SlltU
&cn.IOI 1964- 1976, Vtee p.C5idem 1977-1981,
wOlked very dose ly .0 Hube" Humphrey, ra,sed
on I larm 10 Mm nesota, sull pIIOl by l<KIay 's
II.ndard, Wahel Mondale stands 10. labol, .5 Ihe
beSI of ,II the und.datn He also suppons the
eontent bIll whIch wc n~ed very b.dly'
Itonald Ru.lln has th~ ,,'Ol$t deficit 01 any
p.uldent In hl!itory, the mOil bankruptclu lor 4lJ
yurs, ,nd the unemploymenl of 12 mIllIon Amel
.e.ns IS vel)' ud 10 a grUI eOUnfry Ioke the USA
Itonald Rugan dId not IOhent thl'l debt, he made
II, Ilong wllh the unemployment I
lu" annIe fm the UrolhNs and Suters thaI a.e
inte.eSted there '5 a toll·free numbel to eall In
WnhinlltOn 101 !abol news, Vou can call H houn
I dly-18QO.368-S744
lust I nllle 101 th" Blolhen .nd S,ste.s On Ihe
road .f Isked 10 help In th.s clecuon_ plnse do,
fo r OU I loodl
Sec you .t the unIon meeung It IS ooly as good
.. we m.ke II
CUrfORD BIGGINS, "S
Local Shows True
Meaning of Brotherhood
LU, 44 2 II,o,ellla. ".I, REDDIN G. CAI..-At Ihe
No~embel S, 1913. meellng uf the loont Execullve
Confe rtnce of Northern Calliornla Eleemeal
Wo.kell, hOlled by Loc.1 34lJ, Sacllmenlll, OUr
bus.ncss managel. W.ltel Hurlburt, In glvmg h15
report It the busm"ss managen meellng leport ed
on tht telllble wOlk oUllook fOl Ihe mcmbeu of
Local 44land uked that .ny local havm, any lObs
lor ou r memben to pleue conlact him He Went
on 10 Idl how .ltel almost .h,ee yeus of OUt
mtmb"rshlp IVtllgmg less Ihan 40 flClcenl em
"Ioyment, the cllttts .t hi! had On Ihe finanCIal
conditio.. of the local and how Ihe buslnus office
h., CuI back On expenduule5 and e~cn wen. '0
donlled lime ,n Older III like Cllt of Ihe bU5lneSi
of the locil
The next day at Ihe meeungol the lull con!erencc
Ihele was In oceUllence Ihat .eally exp.cssed Ihe
mumnll of brotherhood Th" occurred when Chuck
C~ke, Ihe business manager 01 l ocal 3.lO, con·
cl uded hi, repon by .nnouncing Ihat he h.d taken
ou r local',flnaneral prohl~m up wllh hIS Exccullve
iJo,ud and Ihey deCided 10 ma ke monthly don~l1on,
111 ou. local for a ""nod of 51K months
AI the conclUSIon olthe confe.ence buslOcss the
olhe! loell unions in .tlcnd~nee 'rp.~ched ou r
busmna man.,el Ind up.nscd what a be~uuful
ahow of blolhelhood Local 340 had expressed and
they We.e g0101I back tothell Icspectrve Execuuve
Boardl 10 sec " they would help Loc,l 442 In our
lime 01 need
The mcmb"n and oillec," of local 442 wan. 10
uprc,. Ih~lIllOcele Ihanks 10 all the local umons
Ihat hive donated so generously ,n OUI ume 01
fln.ncl.1 need Ind for p.ov.dlOg lOb, dUllng the
pUt lew yca'$ 10' ou r lravehng members_ Th., has
been I lrue exp renlon of the meanrng of brothel·
hood
We Wlnl 10 csfICe.ally up,css our thanks '0 the
I"llowmg LOCII, 340, Sa.eramento; JJl, Sa.n lost,
6, San F•• ncllCO, 551, S.nll Rosa, andJ02, (lleas.111
UIII
DWK.IIY T Ev ....... s. P.S
Cold Weather
Slows Work Scene
LU. us 1I,lp.a.rI51. BATTLE CItEEK, MI CII,-
C reetlngs to .11 OU I Brothers and SIStell In Ihe
cleculell rndult!"}' h om Baule Creek. AI the ume
of Ihll wllunll we lie 10 the m,dst of one 01 the
coidul Decembers on leco.d, whICh those of u •
wo. k,nll outJ,de ".n Ig.e" 10. Remember Iasl.um·
me r when It was 10 hot that you promlscd thll
you wouldn't eune the cold agam l Well now It'l 37
 &0 cold thAt you'll plomiJt to nevel cu riC the hc~r
ag'ln
[ICpCIIOrcpo rt the death of rcured Brothcr BIll
Barney, Brll was IIlIcken ,n hiS home on a Sa tulday
.fternoon lu. Dccemwr suddenly and declslvcly
BIn hd been lell lcd fnl fOU l yeall, so he d.dn 'l
have a chance 10 CIlIOY a lung le"'ement hke mon
of us hope for One thmg BIll did enlOY thouSh was
carving doll houlc furnllul e 101 h" grandch Ildren
We WIll .lw.y. keep BIll In OUI mlndl and OU I
h~"T ~
We .11 WI sh • h'rpy .nd long relllemenr to
Beecher " Ho.lF.le" Ho%w onh who chose to rcltle
lut OCtOW I .lre. many yur. of wo.kmg hard WI th
.he memlM'u of 445. Btechcl hu . lway. been I
hU$lk' when It c.me to wOlk , •• umes you almos.
h.d .0 pull Ihe I.dde. OU r from undel h,m 10 set
hIm .0 t.ke a b.eak o. qULt 10. tbe day Knowmg
Beechcr, he won't slow down . it e ••eUlfment
elthe.
We have bcen .rylng to gel WOld on Ralrh
Walmc. lor .he patt monLh now and ca n 't 5eem to
get anythlnll lut hurd he was in the hospu al In
fl olld. lo•• blcedlllS ulce , Hupefully we w.ll he ••
somethllllllOOn, we ale all vC ly conce rned
Th e work OUllook [or Ihe alu loo ks prelly bl ea k
for now bec.use 01 wlllter, but thlnll' look p.etty
sood for the wne when the we •• hc. deCIdes '0
break and .he gll U 51.115 to show thlnugh th e
. now
Thai 's about i. fr om BailIe Creek, 50 h,ve a 1l00d
monrh and rem embel, »lelY It evclybody't loh'
IOIlN F Mc;:AuLlH[, P S
Officers Elected ;
Brothers March In Parade
LU, "S6 Ii.ol, NEW BRU/IOSWICK, N,I,-ElecIIOI1
of officen wu held In Augu$! at llK.1 456. Many
week s 01 el. nesl campal,nlllg p.oved rewardrnll
lor OUI nomrncCl I he newly elecred of lice IS of
.he Executive 8oa.d arc IS foll ows Chairman
WIlham Moml, Secletary Joseph Colhns, ' ou r h
Futtel, F.ancil leake, Denn .. Cronrn, lohn Ch,.
nllm and RI ch ard C lego r Eumrnlllll80a rd memo
~n arc lohn Donahlle, Anthony In u no and R,~h·
ard Dav Ison Rcdecl cd IS hUSlIleSi asenl was l eon
I' Boyce Allo .eflec ted as president wa s Joseph
E,an, wh o I, Ibo ou r ' Sl Itta nl bu,rne$5 agent
V.ce plesi dent., RIchard NLcholu RecOldm'KC·
''''~'1 ,~ F'~"~I~ H""'r, .. nd trcuu.cr ,s Rdrh
BlOC k, On behall of all fellow loci l B.others, we
w. sh you all.he best of suceen in pelfo.mmg you.
union dUlles,
On Septcmber 5, l ocal 456 pu.iciparcd III ~
labo, DIY r ...de In A.bury I'.. k, New Jelsey
Broth e., who WIs hed 10 march mel" the union
hall II 100 I m fOi coffee Ind donu .I, Ihcn filed
on to .he bUJU fOI th e shOll 'l1p to A$bu ry Park
Everythm, was very well orllanlzed and IUSI abou.
every umon tr~d, " •• cwlde wu .cp.Clentcd h
wu very IIIOVIllS to sec all of ou r loc. l B,olhers in
'!lendance Ih" day, walkmg bolh tall and proud
for sucb • cause It WU .150 EXtremely hospit able
01 the Monmou.h County bu.ldmll ",du fo, pro·
vldln, rti,cshmen lS afr e . ,h, Ih.,,·mlle p"'ade on
thar hOI .fternoon An enloyable tim e was had br
.ll on a heaullful labol Day
Once .g.m the llKal 456 softball .cam paille.·
pa.ed III the annual Createl long bland N.llonal
lBfW Softb.all TournaGlent Over JO tUrnS played
In the double el,mln.{ton, Ih.ee·day evenl I 1m
p.oud 10 ICPO'1 Ihat the .cam gave '" WSI pel
lo.mance 10 date The leam co mp,led a J-l ,eCOld
.nd fini shed 14th out of 36 tcam ~ Congratulati ons,
,l;IIYS!
In dosm" I would lrkc 10 lemilld .11 mcmbeu
to a!lend Ihe monlhly meetln". whICh lie held
on the fourth TU CIday o[ every mon th
R(VIN Sl'IlC;:I\ U" I' S
Local 459 Celebrates
50th Anniversary
LU, ~59 III,t mt-e'" , JOIIN STOWN, P'\,_Ou,
loc.l is celeblltlng u s 50.h annlvelUry Ihis yur
38 and plans on a p.ny in March, Ple, ident Wilke.
has a tOmllll !( "~ wnrkmr. In rnnk e Ihl~ celebrallon
one wc Will plrticipate III Ind tnloy. I hope OUI
members w,1I reflect un th IS accumphshmenl, .s
our local has pown ' Q Oil' benefit over the years
and dId IhlS wL.h only .h.ce stllkes. We enluy
many Ihlll'" we t~ke fOf I:I~ntcd we alw ha~c •
means 01 ehmglllg tome uf the problem IIUS of
ou, CQntrICIS, becall$e we IM'long 10 a ullIon. We
shQuld be gl llclul 10 the peor lc thaI ,01 th IS loca l
ch.llcled. and we sbould help III keep In, .h,. IIIC.1
v,able lilt scnera.iQns 10 follow Thc foundert of
IhlS IlKal wo.ked hanl, and IhrOIlY. thell endravon
we have ,alned We all should "live tQ help .h"
loc.l III contlnu'ng on. We .150 .hould recognlZC
Ihe PCQPJc that est.bhshed Ih,.local and .emembe.
the rart th ey pl.yed ,n ou. lJvCl
ConnaCi negolllllOOs lie eomm, up ..... h Pen·
elee m May I hope Ih e membe •• come IQ the
le",lar meellngs pno. 10 the txp"allon of the
con lra ct 50 the lradershlp IS , Wlle of whll we do
and dQn '. Want OUI buslIIe51 manlge. , Wah CilJ,
sent QUI a sU lvey qucsli unnaLl e w,th .he Dccem lM'r
Dewslcllcr m hQPcs Qf gcttlng tome poIltton.
~tabh~hed lel 'l kcc-p Informed to we know what ',
110m, on when we have I eOll u ac t vote, Mm y of
us fcel .hfs iSIlOlng to be I hard year 10 nCIIOlllle,
50 we mUSI let ou r leadcrship knuw OU I stan~ The
eonlll Ct npllcs the end of May , 10 ukc advantage
uf thc meetings bdo rc thll.
The local'. n(wale!!CI, Thllllullcun Board, seemt
10 have been well ICeClved by Ihe mcmbell. It wu
senr OUt m Uceemb"" and at thIS Wllll n, we ale
worklll' Qn Ih e Malch Issue I would l,ke 10 Ih.nk
Ihe people .hat helped make thi S newsle ttel a
succns my ilu t lime out The loc al 's secfcrary,
ludy Robe" l, had 10 do all thc Iyplll' and w .. hout
much lime 10 do Ii Veil Ru.sellind Mike WeIth,
Execullve Boald mcmlx.", pve much of Ihell free
ume to help wllh Ihe ma,ling 1 .Iso Ih ank my
Wife 'Q. helpIng wnh the mllhn, .nd j'lullln« ul'
w,th Ihe n, ghu 1 wQrked at the hall I ullle all .0
Colllacl m" ~t.ouL "'''Lc ,,~l ~OU would IIk c L.:t sec
'0 the newslettel Communication. are ImpOrt.nl,
Ind tbe local W.DIS 10 keep you m/olmed w .. h
IhlS newslenel
[n dQSIII" I hQpe Ihe ce leblluon of OUI SOth
anmvns,a ry helps YQU .Ilt.:t III.ke • eommnmen.
10 help .hlS IrKal mQve lorward fOI years tQ co me
let', th,nk of Unionism at Ihe founders QI OU I
local d.d, a IM'lIerment for , II of UI I ulge mOle 01
you 10 palllcl plle-Ill nllr commll\eCl can use
help, thc lIewilcHel can ule help, .nd we need
help In ,clUng OU I memlM'n rc""ered to vo.e We
can be more thin a gl1cvan ee pl ocedule
Buy umon, buy USA
I O~~. 1'" S~N"'''', I' S
Hold Basic Principles
Sacred , Writer Says
l.U, MEMPIIIS, TENN,-
474li ,,,,cm,,,b ,rn.~pa l,
We, th e organized, ""come 110 unQI,anlzcd by
IQs.OC .he hUlc Pl111Clplcs Qf the .hree thm,s we
hold s,acrcd IQ UJ--OUI Cod, OUr nillon, Ind OU I
pell Union, Ihe Inremallon.1 B,olhelhood 01 Elcc·
trlcal workers UII' Dillon would not havc llood
the IQng tts. 01 lim e wele II nOI fOI the lovc of
Cod and Cuun •• y that QU. fo.e/'Ihers, Ihe ploncers
of the Declaullon of Independence, showed 101
thell fellow man MI Andlew ,.ckson Slid .1I.he
sense a mao nnds .~ eornrnu" "",,,,,,, uu , L."uble
now IS most JICOplc's senK 's doll.rs and cenu
and nQI common ~ensc Oon'l ,.ke .h" the wlong
way, we have severll people who have co mm on
s~nsc and wou ld d'e for Cod, Counrry, and thell
unIon nrQthcrs .nd S'Sicrs No Repllbhcln .dmln
IIII.llon II powerflll enouy. 10 busl OU, 10y.1
Brothen .nd S,sle .s.
Dccemb"r 17 we had OUI Ch" 5tmu Party IQ.
adults an d on the tilth we had Qne fOlt he chIldren
Yuu.s truly wu Sama an~ lIuen what_my bea.d
len 0/1 rn frunt of the kid ~. The children had.
pear lillie GIftS were "ven and levclal ch,ld len '.
mov.es were shown. Thc .duh'. p.rty cQnSlsted
01ham, tUlk ey, d' (55'n" bar·b·que .nd many othe r
thmgs hrrynnc thaI I talkcd to uid it was "Ut,
Most of .he food was donlled by reti led membe"
and Ollr B. uthcrs and S'51(1$. 1I,0.hcl Nelson Eddy
Tllckef leturned 10 wwn \() decoratc OUt hall , He .J
dId 1 b".uuful ~o h Unul ncxt month may Cod
bless you
DoNALD RAy IIoGLI, P 5
Honorees
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l.on1471t, O,w'g", N.Y" Plc.~idenl len Yablon_ki,
left, p. uenl;nS • go ld watch 10 plil "uldfnl
SlUt Butt!, ri,hl .
flom If It \0 righl .tt Gror" Rlnnu~,
Steam SII.ioo "UtDI JUp<l'rinttodeDI,
Donald M olS .nd Richard 5<:hneidcr, Ind IlIny
Smilh, put OswellO Sturn SlaliQ<l5 up<l'rinltndenl,
Honors To Past PreSident,
Stewards, Retirees
LU, 471 luI, OSWEGO, N, Y.-Before I IIlI t OUI
fln t aTII~le fOI the /Qum"/, P,uidem Yablonski _
and h,s officers WL sh all Brothers Ind S,Sters III all
l ocal~. Happy and Most Prosperuu. New YU I
DUlin g Dece mber 11 loglcilly see ms . lime for
fun I nd mcmmen., plen. y 01 r alllel. Such Wit
th e case al ou, local on December 12, 1983 The
olfl eerslnd Execullve BQlld held a dlnnel Ln honor
Qf pan PrnLdenl Steven A BUlel MI Baxte. was
plesented wi.h a gQld warch by OUI pltlldent,
l eo nard Yablonski, and VI et Pres,denl luhn reI' ..
myn ~h IInltr sta rted in July 1974 as vice
prcsidc m and served In thIS capatlty 'Iii 'illy o[
1981 when he was aJlpointed .0 the p<Klllon 01
r.e5ldenl He held that POSIilOn unul SePlember
011983
DUling hIS lime ,n office, M. BUler had 'een
many changes, the ma)Q1 one being th e upanSlo n
01 OU I loc.1 fr om 400 members tQ .he now g60
mem"",.. Dunn, S.eve's nllle years as .n Qillee. , ,.
the 1975 nc,ouallons Wert Ihe mOSt d.lflcuh ,
especLally when Ihele 10'1$' layoff 01 nUIly 1.000
people syne m,wlde IQI NMPC. He dId sec Un"~
Sand 6 com plCled al Oswcgo 5team Stallon .nd
man ned by qu.hty pef$Onnel. AlJQ he was instru -
mental In starung a union office with a full ' ume
ft('rell ry, to ard m the ahundance Qf um on ICllv lly
'" the p4~t few yu rs Wc all wnh Steve the best ....
of luck .nd success III .he fu,ule
Also dUllng DccemlM' r I comb ined le", emenl
parry was held for D,ck Sch ne.de. and Don MQU
These mcn con tnbured over 69 yurs Qf combined
$C rvu::c 10 l oc.l 478 and IheO,we,Q Slum Statron
Dick IlI lIed hIS carcer III Scp.embel 1949 It Os
weco S.um III the Ruulu DeJlII.menr and Test
and Recold,. While in Test .nd Reeords, he WII
,n ehar ,e of mQnthly report s Qf QPClltlOn, bollel
heat .ITe dfir,rnry .nd np~ral1ng hQurs , later Qn,
DI ck wu fo.eman in the ContlQI Mllnt~nance
Shop In '.nuary he was promoted .0 perlQlmance
enSineel, th ose duties Incl uded tUllO, of the IU.
blne genell.or, iu InpUI and OUtpUt and .lso borle r
efficiency, D.ck WI! al$o in ch. '~e of all 11% unllS '
gen cral perlQrmanee, All members Qf 418 wish
DICk a mOlt en)oyable relllcmenr
 ... ()Qn MOil s" rted at O$W<:IO Sturn S I~non III
Much of 1949. He na lted III tile latw. png and
Ihen moved 10 Ihe Cas Dtp~rtrnent as a welde.
Ind then baek to the Sturn Station In the Ml m·
tenance Depl rc men l, Don helped w,th bu, ldmg
bOlh Un ll8 J and 4 at Oswego Stearn Stl \lo n, In
1978 Don wu p. omoted to weld fo reman, and h"
expertise III th ' 5 flelJ helped many young menl hu
hid the deslle 10 learn welding In 1981 ()Qn was
"- p. omoteJ to supervtso. of lI ulldlng and C .ounds,
He remaIned at thl' posllion unnl hIS .etL. ement
in Deeembc: r of 1983. We arc all lu.e Don IS
enloyml his rclLrement and hope he eonnnuC! to
d. ro
lut but oot leut Ihe Itewa.ds uf l(>C.1 476 also
had thclI Dinner McetlrL~ In Deccmber. Th,s was
a small token to Ihank them for a S' UI loh done
, during the Iut year,
Once again, II is I pleasure to be a pall of thiS
loumaland hope to rem. in '0 fn. a very long IIme_
Continued good luck thloUllhout 1984 to .11'
DI<..l CArALOI'IE, P S.
11M S1ol'l£, Ass.,..
P.S.
Party
Sinn CII UI i, in n rioul co nfc. cnce wil h Anin.
Wu nf, I "ndd,ul httr of Brotht! Bruu Noill u .t
th, Ch. ium u Parc y of Lonl4 79, Bu umon t, Tn.
Manninl th e ba ll oon sta lion • •c Paub Wise, Grady
1I0lst lbrhind P.u l. ), R u ~ in u! M . n .x~ . Eddie Win,
Executi ve 1I0ird memhr l Ken Ducol e and so mt
uni drnl i6 ed yo u nlS IUI wah lnl 101 b. llllll ns.
Christmas Dance
Is a Big Success
~ l .U, 479 (I), 8EAU MONT, TEX. - Thanks ar~ du~
10 Ihe following members of Lhe lldies AUKlliary
of locil 479101 dccOladng the union haJJ fOi the
ChlL5lmn holidays; lucy /lolli, l'eRKY Holst, Sue
Hoi", P~IISY McCollum, Judy RClnholt and Paul.
WIse , These I.ls arc always help,", by dom, u u u
thaI tcally .dd to the beml of ou. umon
The .nnual Chnumu Dance was on Dttembe.
16 al Ihe unum hili IT Rlch.,d and Ihe Uncle
... Remu. C roup furnished mUl lC fll r ,hI, festive
OCClSlon The good tUrnout conUibutcd to the
luccen of thL' eVem. Eve ryone ,eemed to have a
good ume The l adlu AuxUiary IipOIlJOn ,,,vc ••
1 ChfL5tmas Dlnnc. I).nee for Ihe membcn of 488
dancel dUllng the yc.r. Thne lie glxxl opponu·
nLlLU 10 bllng hrend. for I friendly get-togethe •.
The Children's Chnnmu rarty wu on Decem·
• bel 19" Ih" un Ion hili Santa Cbul had lou of
... &DOd Ih,n«t 101 .11 ,h.l were p.uenl In .ddllLon
III Ihe h ili" 'u ru, thele WClt plenlY of ruelln and
gJandparcnlS to makt Ihe pUly the sucees' II was
Thank. ~IC a~aln in o. de. 10 IhoJC who wo.ked
and helped in Ihl ' function.
Conglawla tion! 10 arD lhe l Cltg C.y". , ou r out-
standIng 'pplCntte" for 1984 Glt, etlned Ihis
honm 10 , cprescn t hi, ellU It Ihe ... te (:0I1t(51 to
be he ld In Gal veston On Ml rch 17_ We hiVe been
very fOllunll<: In h.vlng '''Ill" n~cp lI()IlaJ younl
people fo. apprcllllcCI In "", rlllftlam lucky fo.
us, since thiS IS Ihe hi" bh"Kl lor Ihr dcet"e~1
mdu!uy
We 8ull have unemploYnlent III OUr IUILsd,eILun
The lob! we have ~en WAII'"g on hav~n'l 5t31\cd
yet. The local mdu ~ !rI"lplanu ~ re Un an eXICn~lUn
of the rr .especllvc contlaCl!, thus thcle 15 a strun~
po",blit ty III smkcs If nellotl.llun, dun't gel oil
dCld ·eenter. Also, III ApILllhe rnalollly III hUlldinl
tradu crahs hnr .11 np"allun 01 contracts, The
bbol p,ctu,,: IS unpredIctable lor the Immediate
futu.e III Ih' 5 ... a
DAllMIUIR,l'S
Local Su ffers Layoffs;
Service Pins Awarded
LU, 480 !ikcm ), JACKSON, MISS,_FIISI of all I
would Irke 10 thallk Brothe. Ounnle Coff 10. will
tng IUt month', arude fill me lie d,,1 a fine 10h
01 deSCILbing oUr new 1r.IIIIIlII bu,ldlllg.
I would like 10 apo lllgllc 10 8,lly Joe Crn'S IllJ
IIsling him In my JanualY arllcle U head of tht
Game and FLsh CllmmlS!lI)n A, Ilru thcr Donnlc
Slated 1.$1 mllnlh, Dilly 15 DIICClllJ of Oueh Un·
bmteed In Mlssi u lPPl
In my lan,ury amcle I , .. d I hoped eve. ynne
would ~ employed at the flU! of the yca. Well II
turned OUI ,hal" was fal~e hope. We Ire rcally
51111ing 10 IUle whal m.ny of OUI bllllhe. local,
have bren exp(nenCtnS 101 years. Today as I wille
thl' allicie [ am apPfQ~lInatdy No, 40 on Ihe
boo ••
The main Ilung that hutt u. Wa! the big layoff,
at Crllnd Gull Unit [I Thelc will be only 150111131
c.,ftSmen on the lob althe ~nd of ' . nuary. We had
about 100 clec",c,an, on Ihe tob at the begmnlnl
of lanualY The word I heal 15 thaI J4 eleCtrlCllnl
Will M lefl i t the end of Janulry
Service pms were Pluenled III Ocmber 10 the
followm g members. Ten yca. pm' w~rt p.uented
to Drothel! Kenntth W~nn, CU rti, II IL nsnn, less,e
Dc.n, Charlie ~bwky, Dubb. 11 m, Terry SI~dge,
Ronlllc Rideout, Car! Robe.u, Walt .. MOIII' and
Genld Smith, II Blmhcl Eddlc Roberts ICcclved
one for 15 YUIS. Ilr00hN Ccne OOUKII5 go, his 25,
YUI pm .nd Brothe. Ibrvey W,ln receIved h"
40'yca l rrn Congratulation, 10 Ihese men fill many
year, of good !eIV,ee
Once ~garn, thank, 10 1I,0Ihe. Goff for las l
month ', art,cle. HopdulJy nUl month I can tell
you whele ['m wOl kLng Good luck 10 you all
GAMY IhDM'CK, [',S
Members Enjoy Christmas
Party, Dinner-Dance
loU, 488 (i&mll, BRIIlGfPORT, CONN.-On IX.
cember 10, 198J, IIUI Annual Chlld.en's Chll$tmu
Party was hdd n Ihe hsn lIoule oil Rllult 6 in
Newtown, Connecticut Ovel 250 chIldren at·
Itndcd and .cce,v~d a gift from SantA (DIck !-Ier·
Iihy) _ Th;, yu., the blCyclel were won hy FTan
Blgh,m'sg,anddaughler and Ma.k Nettleton 'S son,
tWO hapPLCI faces could not be found.
An exu, added alllaClion thIS yu. wu the
tnlc rtammen! plovlded by Blother Don W.luky
Ilts,inglngandgLlLta'playrnl( kcpl Ihe pany mllm,
wilh • festive beat
fo. the secnnd yral m • lOW , we spon,ored a
and ,hell wivc5 and gulillend, the ,.me evcnrn.r;
Two hundred eight p(ople were wdcom~d a. the
Cntr.nce by ou' co-challmen Ilob fountalll and
larry Fallstrll m For ~ mUl(cr 'lie of S20 pc. 1"'r5On,
wc d,ned on ho.. d'ocu~fC', an ueellcnl . oan bt'rf
dinner, and dessert, n well ., bt'cr and SCI up,
The evetlLng was I compl~ lc lucens, and we
anlle'rale Ih~t nl·~t year'. !Lcke" WII! h,ve 10 M
made avaibble on a flnt·come, fI.,1 served bas,.
Pla n 10 gtt y"UI Iclllmi in urlyl
I'd Irke 10 Ihank OUI out ultown guuII hom
lllcal, 208, 90. Ind 99 fOI .1I<ndIllS and also 10
of/c r our very ,peci.1 th.nkl III Ditk Uelhhy and
()Q1l Waln ky for the wondelful wo,k Ihey did wLth
Ihe chIld ren
Until nexI mOlllh, "blntherhood "-that '. what
11 '1 all aboul
Give-Backs Don't Always
Win Back Work
L U, 494 (i,e m,ml,n u'lU pa), MI LWA UKEE, WIS, _
I've bt'en dOln, I lot of reading lalely that reall y
bothers me All over the country labol has been
"Clvong b,ck" 10 manaJl:eonent Is II leally 'UIII~ 10
helpl WII! mlnllgetncnt Idlect the re~uc ed r ~IU
In Iherr bids! WLII it mean th'l we 'll Xe t hack lobs
Ihal a l~ no w gOLng nun unlun!
I $CJlously dllUbl III lei', U$C ~ little commlln
sense and eumllle the luue If we , as good union
people, agree to drop our hourly rllet 10 per cenl
o. more. don't you tlunk non unron Will do the
same Ih,n~1 They WOn'l cven have 10 negoulle"
Their cmployers WllllU$t make II an uilimatum-
you take lUll nr wc'lI find someone clse who WIll
Will management dl\Jp their rate,; Not ha.dly.
In5l~ad II will mean I ~reatcr ma'~1Il of profll fllr
them, and J can'l helteve they wu~ld Rive up tlWI
oppoflUlllly.
Will "gLvc·bICks" gel us back wotk Ihat 's gOIllJl:
non umonl It hun'\ worked th~1 wly III mo&1
places where It hn been tiled
Whll Will workl Cood plo~rcsllvc leadelshlp
St.ucturtng the cnmpany 10 p.event lilli , nun
p.oduclLvc ILm~ Havlllg Ihe proper tool, lodothe
lob, Ibvlllg adelluue tool, lor the number of men
Kccplllg the . ools III propCI rcpall and rcplaclIIK U
neeus.ry. Having all the m~tellllli Oil sl le, on
time. Uaving enou~h Ildd." of Ihe light SitU
Keepong office overhcad Inun producllve emrluy·
eullo I mlmmum le/llldkn of how ,mrrcu,ve
II look!. These I .e Ihe ways you can ~at non '
Union,
OUI eleemclans hive ,he Skllll, knowlcdge, and
abliLlY 10 compele We need Ihe "ppo"unllY 10
p.ove iI, Employers, stop pUSIng the buck I'ut Ihe
blame squa. ely whe.e 1\ IwlunK8 The wdl ·o rga
ni~cd shops arc the Olles Ih~1 alC wOlkillK .nd
making money
W~ will soon be maklll, one 01 the mo't ,mpol
lanl deCISIOn! we w,lI h.vc 10 make ovel Ihe nexl
fou . years. Yu, II', the r .Uldenual decunn Ihll
I'm rcierllnl to . Remembe l, when you elect a
prcsldcD!, you want III choose a pe.son who Will
,eI.CI cabinel mtmbt'll and olhe. appollllen len
,;tive to the nceds uf the peuple
p.esiden l Ruxan hu nUL done Ihll. fill example,
he appollllcd, tuk force 10 InvullglI, e hunKer III
our cOUntry, RUI ICCOldinl 10 Robell Cleen~lcln,
di ltClllr 01 the Cente. on 8udllet ~nd Policy I'no.
Illes, teSlimnny to Ihe lask force was Ia.gely III
nn . cd InMead, one membt'l of Ihe task force
Ceo.ge C C laham, proleSilor of International heallh
and pedum., Itlohns Ilopkms Umverllty Itated
"Hungel II nm I malo l r.oblem Ln the United
Slatn, and black children may be , he best nour
"hed m the cllun try" lI e funhel went on 10 tay ,
"Blacks tah ca.e III Ihell Irttle children" All h'l
"proof," he wed Ihe many black alhleuc nar.
D,olhers ~nd Sinell, Ih/l IS what II ', III ,bou,
We need I pruldenl wh o WIll JU llound himself
wllh hnnelt , compaUlonlle people Wh~n Novcm
ber roll •• round, ,,', your flnal say that "I,ll eonllol
Whll we have to look lo.war.! 10 for the ne~1 fuul
yean. let's make sure we choose a prcsldent wbo
has Ih. bes! IIIICltst IIf the work,ng diU a, heart ,
not lust big buslne n Ind the very lIeh
ANUU C"U}Il.Il.(), I' S
Brothers Complete Class;
Attend Seminar
L.U. 49 7 li&.c), WEN ATC II U, WAS II._Cunlrat·
ula!!"ns 10 ,he follow'ng lourneymen who com'
pleted , hc motur COlltrol dus In 1983 B,others l.
C.Dlankcn~h,p, Mike FILCl, loren llanllen, Rodney
Ihuck, Frcd Knapper, Don RUOIuucn, Cleg
Twombly, le rry Hulow, 0111 Benefield and lohn
Ih1l110n. W~ would ,1,0 like to live I WOld 01
"
 Classmates
Shown art th joumrymtn of Lou t 49 7, Wen -
" chct', Wa ~h .• who ( ompltld tht MOlo, Con n ol
Clnlil ldt to ri , h' ~rf Dr nnl. Mt Donoll,llh, inlullc -
101, C lfll T"'ombly, Rod It I IlCk, ,. C. 8bnktn~ h i p,
Ca lY Bjorklund, lay SlOckwf ll, Mikt Fil rt, I.orrn
IlIn$(o, 000 R') mLlS)tn , ' l,If Sf, alint, Mikt h·
, 'lint_ 0111 Btntfit ld. ,, " y Ib d o,,·.nd Frrd " nap-
P'"
appreCiation and rh.nh to Drmhc. Denn!!; Mc -
Donough .. ho l1Ughl ,h" c\us
Conll.alubuuns art .Iso In 010.1 .... . 0 .he followUIK
lourneymen who attended a onc'd~y stewards scm
Inu hdd on a Suurday hefe al the hall These
8rmhr!! s;lcnRccd some 01 'hcn fret IImt to hdp
~1I .. r .hcmsdwrs and th .. " Ioc:,,[ umon ThOR
auend,ng Ihe &tmtnlf WtlC Brothel! Daryl Tom
hnsun, WIlham It Lal1mcl, MIke Rock well, GIll
W"hh, Oon Fencl. Fred Knappfl, l>1,k .. Baud, arad
llehladl, Llb,~do Gonulez, John l larrlson, lack
aUI~,h~ugh and AI Damlth We would also hk~ to
t hink Brothel Don M~cphcr$on, our !nlcma Ul)n al
ReprncllI3l!ve, and aUSII1C$$ Managu Clayt(ln
Smuh for Ihe lime Ihey ~ptn\ preJ>llflng ami plf
..-nung .h,s da~) '0 UU I " ' ..."''''' . .
WILLlA"1 H LA n."1U1•• PMH
B. M. Summarizes
Year's Activi ties
L U, SO l (i,o,lm A. pa ), wmTE PLAINS, N. Y.-
1983 wu a good yu. ~nd I busy yu. for ou r locil
licrc II a e~psult aCcounl mon!h by mon!h ,an'
ua.,. , We,.,$Cd ove r S IJ .OOO 111 thc CClcbul PII,y
Tclelhon bllOSll1g oul lOul 10 over SI60,ooo In
!he 15 yu.s we havc palUcipaled, February As
1IIIanl BuslnelS Manalte r GeOlge HOrTIg.n Illend,
Ihe Ceorge Muny LabO! School on eompulcu l 76
members donate t.luuJ Iv Ru! Cro~" 501 penllon
mc ruscd 10 S 17,40 pt'r monlh pt'l YUI of " !VICe ,
Ma rth We , ep,nelll laOOr 111 Ihe Annual SI, POI
lfIek'. Day Parlde in G,eenwlch, Conncc ll cul,
Aplil Oul lon,j Kndl four men 10 the IBEW
Conference and the BUlldm,; Tildes Conference In
WuhmglOn, DC. , May We $Ign a thru-year agree
menl wllh a package of 22,S "" rCCIlI mC .eaSe Ove r
Ihe .pan of !he agreement , luoe' Out new " mublle
olflce'· Hn makes an ap~".nce al Ihe Slurblidge,
Manachuselu, Second D,5l11et Progrcu Meeting
~nd ~ t Ihe TIII .d Dism cl in Atl mnllc CI t y, 7~
members voluntal11y Wile Slamford FeJlrVll of
AilS. July Local 501 Sohball Tearn iponw rs 1.... 0·
day tournament 10 "I~ money for UllIfOlm J and
equl pmenl , .501 Welfale Fund donates SIO,OOO 10
eorolnl drug and alcohol abuse m burldmg lIadu,
Augull Softball lum eom~tn m Long I.Land
IBEW Tournamenl fa. Illh COnSCCUllve ynr , 50
members dOn~le blood 10 R ~d Cross, Seplembel
850 mcn allcn d oul clamhake wll h r. ofll of 58,000
gomg 10 SOl PIckel Fund, we pamClpale m New
York Clly bOOI O~y Parade, Onobe. OUI Il'irh
Annu.l Golf Tou ...... ment hu. record Illendance
01 104 golfe.s, we puk II SOO lI avehng B.olhcn
work,nl,n OUI ,'n, No~embe l Local works h"oJ
m luecndul umpalpt for rU5.lle of bond ltSUC
m Ne .... York State. mlcrconnecl $C:hool begrnSln
area Jet as,de III OUI bUIlding, we in llille "," '"
se mrn.. 1m la bor Ind manAj(cmC nt 10' t he pu rp<:>SC
of con tlolling small wmk and etlabilshlllg good
public rdllionl, Ikccmbe. We ,"lIrale OUI HI$!
Ann u.1 Chrrslmu Food Dll ve wllh ove r S7,000
wnrth ol lood donated by members 10 be oJlSi " buled
by Salveuon Army m N.w York and ConnuliCulr
we conducl lemrnu on FIber Oplics and prepa re
room m our bUilding fOI spliCIng school 10 bc:
commenced m ,anua!'} , 346 members rrckeled
nonumon .... ork for • lotal of 2,412 hours III 1983
W"h 198J now behllld us, .... e look IOJ-wlloJ 10
even greal er p~ r "c; paliun m tommu,,"y alf~"5
and p.ogram, 10 benefll ou r memocn Any l hlng
you can do 10 ,cncIIle load public rdall ons fOI
olpm~ed boor " Import.nt Gel mvolHd loday
III lOme wort hwhIle r ro)ect
CIl"r.",,! W DUlllL, 8 M
Shown in thi ~ pit r"" an , fi,M row , knrtlln" P.
8oondlY, ,. ' tnkln~ , W. Barley, W. Du n " , I.
'u. se n ~oo, I. Slt s ln , B. Al t nndu , V. Cli ll on, e.
Srt, D. lakio , t cond '0., &u ndi n" U.. kn owo .
Unlt no" 'n, Unk no wn . Unknown, Un known , Un·
kn o .. n, I. 8ennell , Flinn , R. Rrooerick, M. La f oun ,
Redmun d, I. Au . tin , I. Maddo. , R. lonu, Un·
kn own , "tlly, Unkn own , TUIM . , Rake. , FOl t h.nd ,
Unknown, Unku own , Fili chu, A. Boond ry, Smilh,
e ll icman , C. 8rllnul, B. John ston , Bopr~ e , Sc hu ·
nun , Salnlkufl. (Ph oto ~ ubllrill e d by Lu ra l 508,
S. ... nn.h, C • •I
Mondale Speaks At
Breakfast Meeting
L. U. '08 (1&0), SAVAN NAH , GA.- O" S~tI." J~y,
I.nuary 7, pre)ldCll"al candidalc and f"'lIltl Vice
Pr(S,dent Waltel Mond~le .dd re55cd local leaders
and ~Iected ofHcrals II a bleakfan held II the
IkSow HIlton 1I01d. After the bleakfut, M ond~le
htld p"Vlle meelllll\S In hiS hOld room, II which
lime pohutal luun were drsculscd 10 help
I!lensthen Ihe I.bo, movement Ind crelle lobi
AtSoO dl5Cu~led were adoJed COSIS 10 the elde rly lor
h~~hh clle)f Med Icare " tllmmed, the " "ng (OSI
of h[}~pllal care, the n ~ed fOI lowel )lltel t51 laIn,
~nd Ihe IRmendOU5 !cde,,1 ddieu Ihi l ... ill h....c
10 bepald lo r by you, the workingman And b«.usc
ollhe federal dellclI, " T he .e IS an ,nvlSlble IU of
IS p"ICenl on cvc!'}lhlllg produced in Amelita,"
MOll\blc SlId l ie called lor ~ " ,enaISSlnct In
KlenCe and "ducallon .. !.omelhlDg rhl. counlly
needs
Ch,p C~II~ r , .on of formel PtUldtnt 1,mmy
Carter and field Olpnlu r fur Ihe Mondale cam
IUIJ:n In Geo.,r., ull"d on aU$lIle,u Manage l Cou·
nlh~n for h,s lUPpQrt ~nd USISllncc U\ con lac ll ng
loullabor ludell an~ elec led offiClall. In ltip<:>lUe
8u~lnen Manager COUnihan, on CO",unCllon wllh
,he 5aunnah 8ulldmg Tudes, ,uponded wllh
mOI~ Ihan Ihre~ limes Ihe numbe r of .u pponefl
expected
According to I rtpOIl In Ihe AFLCIO NtwJ. Ihe
poliCIes of Ihe Rug.;rn admlnrStralion ha"e pfl).
dlleed a retu"onlhll ha~. In Ins Ihan th,« YUII,
COst th" nallon ovc r 5750 blilron In glon nallonll
r .od""1 ,n unhl,,11 homes, III Idled lac loTin, ,n
IOlImg public facILmn, III wasled l,vtJ alld bl,ghted
hopes lut yur .Ionf, mort Ihan 26 mlthon
Amerrcans u""rrenced the .ulfenng of unemploy-
mtnt Thele arc nOw 18 m,1I10n worker! unem-
rloyed or undnemrloyed Ind less Ihen 40 ptrcent
of them arc rce( rvm!: unemployment eomptnn
lion ben~fit5 Aceordln, 10 the mon OpUml!lIe
admlnlsuallon lureca.t, " .. vuld I~ ke Ih,ee mo.e
yu rs bdolc ullcmploy mcn t i. b' OU8ht down 10
whc le 'I was when PrfSldet" Rugan took of lice
And Ihe mUSlVt I.. CUU 10' Ihe wealthy h~ve nOI
slImulated Ihe II1Vutmem boom he predlclcd, bu t
have Inslud crcated huge non- plOduc ll ve dellelts
whIch. combined wllh lI,ht'money po" ..
realmtCfest ralC' II unprecedenled hel,hlJ Plene
r.. o krrp ;
help- regluel and vOle
And he . c'. 10 Ihe Irrsh lor 'II' the month ot
"WClr'n of the , reen," ",'hreh remInd, me 0 1 a"
old lnsh Velie my anCU IOIS sang In County TIp
pera ry: Wh en ITl sh hcart ' Ir e h~ ppy, All the world
seems b. igh t I nd gay, And when hilh eycs are
smllon', Sur~ Ihey ueal you . hun Iway
-"
GUAW M Ct)UNrrtAS, I'S
Shown at the picnic ate retirrd a.uth t . O.y iIJ e __
8tll, left , and hi, Jun Randy.
First Picnic Held
In Several Years
L U. S)8 (illt ml, DANVILLE. ILL - Due 10 raJt
economrc noubln Our local ulllan h., been unlble
10 hold ~ny bm,ly oU11l1g5, bUlln Seplem\)('. 1983
our local hd~ In first Ilmily piCniC 111 aeveral ..
yun A good many mtmbcr5 and th('i r famil,,:.'
atlendtd Th~ nenl was we ll o.ganlzed by Ihe
eommltlee who donllcd Ihelr lime and effort 10
make II a succen
nunn, "UI Au~SI 1983 monlhly meelln, a
unIque 5l1u.llon occurred The I(t!lemenl p.apt'fI
we .t proccned 101 Iholhel OrvIlle Bell, and the
application 10 be a fi . st·ycu appren tice WI! proc-
cued for hIS 'on, Randy Bell, We think Brmher t""
O rv,lIe lor h" J7 ycau ~e' Vlce II) Loca l 5J8 and
look lo rward 10 workIng wllh hll aon, Randy, In
y~a'M In cnmc
local Umon SJ8 mourns the dealh of IWO of il5
ICllled membert B.olhe r Lynes " BIll " Wllhaml,
who wu a 4/J year member and rellred In Ofi:ember
1977, raued away Oc lober 18, 1983. B'Olher [)(m
1Iid Drulhnge!, who Wit a 3S·yeat memoc r and ..
reured In May 1980, I,~~~~J 4"'.y Novembe r I~
198J Bolh Will be mllsed by all of ul who knew
thtm
Not much che In repo rt as Ihe wo rk ."ualion
IS slow and we h~ve a largt number 01 membeu
travdmlt 01 unemployed _ Hopefully. the sp"ns
.... ,11 brlnllhe new prr50n lOb and ,el ou. members
luck 10 work AIICnd you r local unIon meellng on
\he Ih,,~ Tuu.by ul every mon . h ,J
fa.Nll M 101l(.lN.\oON, P S
Annu al Party Held;
Service Awards Presented
LU. 540 (lAo ), CANTON. OIIiO-The 1983 An,
nual Loca l S40 Ch l i5l mas Pall Y wu hel d al Ih e
 Awards
If
Somt of th t Lun l 540, Cl nlon , Ohi o, mt mbt u
ftttiving Ih t ir Il' t Ol nilioo WllChl'l and f t . V;Ct
pins at tht Annul i Chrb tlll u Pilly ar t, Itf! 10
ri ghi , Ktnntth ,' ",!du, Davi d R. McKenn a, lU l t l-
nalional Rep' n en'_'; Vt GrOl lI' C happl e, Gauy
Bolitho and Lo ca l 540 Pl t dd ~ nl Reno Mf ichilll.
Camon Memullal CIVIC etlHer, S,w .day. Decem
be. 17, 1983. T he mornm,i\ piny lor the dlll drcn
mclu dcd a clown ac t ~ nd I ve ry CrllCnaUllllg rna·
gic.an, and 01 conr,,,,, Sant a Cluu8_ 11 was a molt
cnloyable party aod Ihe p"llclpa(lun of $Unle 0/'
Acers and members, ami many chlld.en, In prepar-
Ing and !(,vlIlg t he children'S lunch COIltUbUICd
grutly to liS succus To all,hoic who helped, we
W15h to txtend 001 hcudch Ihank!
Th" fu r we had 10 nu:mlK:ll eligible to receive
.hcl! lO-year rccojtniuon wau:hu and rin, Vlrg,l
D. Arn~tte, Garry 8011tho, Robe n Crn", Idlrey C
E.bland, W,lham L. POI, Dnld II. McKenna, Ke n-
neth Me.c,er, !toy N R,d,llicy, A .d~n T S.cphens
and Donlld F Wenhoder IntelnULOnal Rep .e-
scmanve George CharPIc, whu $c ' VICn 01,1. loca l,
belped p.esent .he wl1chn and Pin, .u .huse
memhcrs p.nem at . he evening program Unlor-
tunaudy, with many uf oul members QUI 01 town
and wIth the colds ud flu thIS lU50n, many we re
unable .0 attcnd
It " always plel$~m 10 sha ' e thIS hlghlLghl ul
. he YU I wit h our Icllow mcmber~, .heLl WIVCS and
01,1. employers_ We alw had <IIhe. tHEW busLllcn
manage.s Irom nelghbolLng loea ls .0 whom we
wuold like to c~rleu our applcclatlon for the good
WIll and hel p they utcnd 10 os In 01,11 dfolts to
kcrp 00, people cm ploycd th rOoRhuut the year
We ho pe the ecunumy tunn a,ound In 19M 51,1
ou, members can CIIlUY full ,'mploymcnr and bove
a pros peroos 19!14,:It well u a har py amI healthy
)'ea . 10. them and theLl famllics
SIIMUU C Willi ....... '. 11 M
Women Do Baskets ;
Members light Park
.. l .U. 545 (i6.em ), ST. lOSEI' ll , MO.-A friend
called 10 Ini00m me Ihlt lance "Tnpod" Holman
passed hiS Inurlleyman', cum Abo, sLllce the
local" econumlZlII1(, Ihey drurped Ihe membcr-
ship'S sobscnptlDn 10 the Unum Ob~uwr (_ ",eekly
UnlUn paper). The Obsetvet hke othert, IS hll by
the u se m euSi 01 IIvln,ll., so Iherdore had 10 r~l~
the lub,erlp lLun ... es U "'ell u cha.ge lor ads
(whrch ",~ . e Ir~e). rhe CU!iI of livrng" SIIiI op, bo.
more and n,ore worken arc takmg Wille cuu. I
sull don't thmk waKe CUtS arc Ihe an''''c ' I du
hne 3 5U~es110n thoUllh_muncy_nobody can
,u rvlve w"houl II, mclud'ng non·unlon
Oor ben "'upon agallul nOn·unlun I~ uur an·
nOlly fund We could make 'UI~ the fund II ,n"Uled
10 and for Ol1lon po.pO$u Thcft mIght be le$s
' Clorn, bu. ho'" dn yoo knuw .he lund IS nUl
helping 3 non·Ul1l0n contractor nuW Isn't Ihat a
.e.nble thoughl, onHm mun~y hd l' lI1~ notH'nlun-
00' enemy! II ~ve l y local woold conuul ",he.t the
money "'enl, I feel ,u re we coold ICC a difference
III figh ll ng non "nlUlI
Nall on"' tdc, a 10\ of laclOlle. arc ,huttUlg down,
blaming UlllOnS, high W'lIel, ~ nd lore'gn tr ade. To
me , lohn Q I' oblic looks down on labo l lor bein g
Ih e cause 01 bc tOly sh ut do "' M, nO I Ih!nk1l11\ abou t
Ih e foreign cal Ih ey dl1v c or 100dgn goud, Ihey
buy. Ne '" laWI li mi tinlt fordgn pI OO U". com ing
On The Job
Th u c p; cto' e! show n' ~ n f.om th e Ca llawa y Nu .
clear Power Plant, rcpr oe nti ng n "cral IlH:a b . Frunt
ro ..·, left to r; , ht , ,\o\lIty l alole, lou l S4S, ~dd y
Arrow ood, loull24, Tr rri Molhall , I.ou l J , Ron ·
aId Arnold , middl e ' 0 "', left to rl,ll.III , la ck Bald"',n,
l oca l 124 , Ca h 'in hrllle l, lO cI1474 , lohn Qoln·
ton , loCi I 545, !tlchud Warner, lou l 701 , Kill
McCon nell , Loul 4741 bl ek lOW , left to lI ght ,
Lynn ~btrl;n g, loc~ 1 \24 , Ron Sew ell , lou l 257 ,
Di ck I'uole, lu ca l 22, Jlek Joyer, loca l 124, 1'.01
Joycc, loca l 124 , Ind ' ;111 Wood, lou l 54S.
~~;~~!~~~:::~;:;~~~
" Kh. ,
I row , left
lu light , l t c Karld , B,u n 8111s, nd 80b Sl okn .
Il'hutos submillcd by l) o u8 lI owa,d , P'U) 'ee' c-
ury 10' lo cal 54$, St. 10H ph , Mo.)
il110 t hc U.S ~ren'l ~(jUI~ to hell' a 10. The
Amenc~n people ""II hne til help Ihcnuc l vcs.
A .~ pon " om Hob I'okAnJrcwi t cll~ me Ih~
women's aO~lhary h a ~ done a bal1/\ up tob on
maklllg Chl1slmas baskc" 1m Ihe rcored membe.,
that $till live wuhlll our IUIISd,Cl1l1ll Ikaded 01'
by CI",I Wood and hel pers Mary loo Cank Iitien
le""s, Cunni. l OK.n, Phylll' I lombell, Anlt. Co.
donmel. Anlllc M~And.~w" 1 ern Ibulman, fean
Goe.ke, loyee Tbomu, Rita lIorns, ~haron fobcl.
and lelmda HeelOl T",cnty SIX ba~kcu 01 hUIII,
nuts, candy and cuoklu we.e made and ddlvercd
by the I.d,u and some 01 Ihe 00.·01 work ."o'ney'
men Th~,c a.t nOW 86100. 01 1401 on the 001 01
",o. k hst Thanks 1o. the repun, Hob, I arp.CCI •• C
II W,sh I could 01 had a plCto'e 10\'. maybe nUl
Ume
Ron Callan headed up ,he IIKhtll',II. oj Kru,ll. I'ark
lor Chl1S1mu. HIS helpen "'ere Geo'l\( V,enhaKe,
Carl Schwede r, Mike Guardado, Sieve Yoon"" 11m
m,e Heckel, Cha.lie ClSlle. and Me , iLn Suo.hets
Only a small uucle 111 the local papel ,II..ve c,edlt
10 . hesc oOI·ol·",,,,k volunteeu. I ""sh I could 01
had a p'Clure of Ihese guys .0 show, maybe ne~t
yur
Spea klnK 01 p'CIUlts, I'm uymg .0 IUCIte lome
olde. piCIUleS 01 54') membeu. I'lcielibly "n Ihe
lob ,ype, bot any woold be arpretl~lcd I'll h~vc
.hem coplcd an d send hack Iht ullgllu l ~o If
anybody has Sume plelute, '" Ih~re, r lelse CUt!l~ct
m,
RO lli'" has il Ihat !lob McAn dre w!! WIll be relU
Ing Ih e ArSI 01 [one. ThaI leaves u. "'lIh only
cou pl e of month s onli l cJ ec. ion
Hope eve ry one hll a Hap py 51 I'a,., D.y
Do u(. HOWIIMtl, I'S
Brothers Do Wet I On
Non-Union Job
L.U. 55 1 (i,06.e m ), SANTA ROSA, CAl.-G reel
inKS, 8.othell an d SIlIe", from very ",el Sann
Ruu Am bcKllllllnjl: 10 Ihlllk II IS \lme In •• 111
Noah's A.k o. nail bu,ld'n,ll. UM 01 OUr own The
ram hun't hel ped our work ,L1UalLon al all, _I
thoogh the .eal damper on nOr wOlk ILloauon IS
the poiLcles of the plnenl .dmlnl)IUlIon
And on th~1 .oblect, " was ","h much amose
menl .hll I .eld I .epon .ha. Ihe Reagan admln
Isn.lton hn eo. ed mllallon. lowered unemploy
mtm and alsu 10w( l ~d . he mlclcst ute, Wdl,'o
COle mUallOn, they put abuu. 20 ptlcenl 01 Ihe
",o. kmg 10lce out of ",ork Don'l know .boo. you
but I "'ould rathc r h~vc IIIIl~t",n Ihall ontmploy
menl No"', how they figu .ed they lo"'ered on
empluymenll don'l knn", Our local,s,tlil runnllll
aoout 1510 18 pe.cenl on Book One And I dOn'l
bdlCYC t he nallonal average IS much bcllcr, IC'
~ardltl, of ",hat I .ud m Ihe rape .. Now, ! a~.te
that Ihey have lowele d In le' ell lites bu. only the
ratel Ih al Ihey ray UI, 1101 Oil wh~t "' t pay ",hen
we boy on c. edlt or h" rr"w money. MOILgagt rates
a.e ~1I11 011. 01 lIght alld t haI gocs for car loan,
al$o
Now thai ! h~ \'e flnl$hcd ,h., paIL ollhe falty
Ide, here IS .not he , fonllY one Tbe 13.11 rcducllon~
.hat have been PUt 11110 dice . ,he lasl couple of
yc.rs have Agured 001, aceurdmg.o my .ake home
check, 10 be IIIcleued by abool S5 65 a "'eck In
Ihe las t Ih , ee yea . s, which III my mJlld does not
equ.1 the supposed 20 pc rcelll over th ,ee years
thll! wu gomg to gtl Irom Ih,s gcncrou, admm
,s n aLlon The kIcker IS .hlt ",hen Ihey pUI LI on
my check, they lake 1\ .",ay at Ihc end 01 Ihc yca.
by ehangmg or lemovmg the dedocLlons Ihll J
nO lmally 8ct Yes snee, B.OIhe., and SISters, I
cc n lll1ly hope Ihal eYc'1one VOIU 101 !tonn"~ 8abt.
aglln 111 1984. beuose he " eenamly . aklng ta .e
olos
Some lime wck our local receIved a rather
IllIe rnullg lellcl from KIII/lht 's Elec tr iC concernIng
Ihe lob performed by local 551 men ~t the SMUD
CeOlhe.mal Plant T h" IeIlC' "'IS of • tonl\.alU
lalOry nalorc. fOI those no\ lamlllar with Ihe
sltuallon al SMUD, LI c(lIalllly ",arronl1 an alysis
KIIIK h!'s EleCillc IS ~ non 0111011 ,hop, who.e owne r
1051 h,s good lLandUl~ In UUl mcmbcuh,p lome
IImc agu. T hey ob lamed Ihe "'o rk II SMUD ",hen
Ihe gene.al Cunlrael", Wai, lor III pllclLc a l PUI
poses, ro" off Ihe lub Since SMUD wu signalory
to a pru, ec. I greet1lCnl with our local, Kl1Ighl, In
ord~r 10 do Ihe work .• Iso had.o Jlltn, thos C' Cllmg
Ihe rat he r ticklish SlIuauon whereby unron dec
mCllnS Wt.e 10 ",n, k felf a non·unlon shop
To Ihe credll of Ihe men 01 5SI, de~p"e moch
concern and lC5enlmenl, the lob w~s manned by
eompelcn. mechamcs "'ho made Ihc bell of Ihls
uncomfunable 'L1UaILOn The lob "'U cumpleled
ahead of schedule "',Ih al,mlled amounl 01 p.ob
lems and absolutely no doobl ~I 10 .he qualllY 01
the "'olkmansh,p I'e,haps. as Kmghl deJIQslIs Ihc
profits lrom . hlS lob, he ",,11 cunslde. Ihe 'I0.llIy.
mtcgrlly and dedleanon 01 the men "'ho made
tbem f'(Iu,ble In any cue .• he men who wOlked
.h,s IObonee aplll ployed, III a Hly ,t~1 way, whll
Onion labor hi' .0 offer
On a sad nOle, 8.other !ton 8ynom paned ."'ay
00 December 29, 1983. 8rOlhe r Bynom, before
getLlng the b,g C, JllendeJ our Ol1lon meellogs on
a , ~~ular billS and al$o se,ved ~s I member 01 00.
ExeeuLlve Boo .d The 10<:;" ""II ml~$ him
)USI beforemallinglh.~n~ ... $lcl.cr.thil repOrte r
was no"fled .h~1 IIrother Ed Mcf'.-hhon had dlCd
Ilrulhel McMahon also lost hl$ b~t1le wllh cance r
Ed selvcd Qo r locil as prcsldent, E-Boa.d membc l
ap p. ~nl;Ctshl p (hanman ~nd NegoLl aLlon. Com
milLee membe r Krolhc r l!d MCMa hon w,lI al,u be
nllued
ScoTT l . ConIIlRIJ, P S
Dow Ii ConlAlll). I' S 41
 Work Scene Bad ;
Be Sure to Vote
1MII. ~~7 ",f'm . mlli. ~ ~I), ~AC; I NA W, M IC': II.-Th~
loul work ,eenc is mil the PilI. but ,hele il r1.ImOI
of an .ddm,," 10 Saginaw Stttllng Cu. Th 05C Qf
ul OU I of work ue n OI holdm, ou , b,uth
The UAW ID flint has tu,ned down a j'liopohl
Ibn would have put about 1,700 unemployed
mcm\).e., of that L1010n b.ack 10 wo.k. The: chanlle
would hut Ulab\o,hcd a fou/day workweek Most
mcmlK,. dId not fed they could J!ve on lony hours
bill dId not like wDrku., fiity·"x hOIl", I. ,cems
many IfC under the rmp,cn;on ,hal overtime is.
lew a,d, I ltd 1\ IS Kt up IS • pen.lty for thon
employer, who would want a longe , workweek
W..... hl,,·, ,\ Ix: bo:tt.. , lu hn" lull ""'l'luy", .. '"
IIlbe r thin a ftw persons working eoo5l.ntlyl
ThiS JlUI )lUI we had IWO Iccall elections whIch
proved the dcml5c of IWO 'laIC KUIDrS One, Stllr
SenitOI MISton of. Gllnd !bplds. wu highly Ie
prded by IJbo. and w.ll N mlued. Our local '.
tlm paign to help blled and thi S bl ings up the
question " .... re they fall"l I leel they show twO
things-one, pcople are no longer willtng to SIt
Idly by Ind watch governmenl take liS eoulU· On
Ihe olhe l hand It p.ovu how euy \I IS fOI .mall,
lpecial InlfrUt groups 10 eonuol Ihe lawmaking
of thiS country I ~hcvt thI S pu" us In I vely bad
sltualion by making OUI Itr ,euntallVU Ifrlld 10
vote on lully entlcal 01 eOntrovelllaJ bllll. One
pi opoill J have heald .. to lequlle the recall VOle
10 ~ ont mo.c th,n Ihe election lelurn .... III
lItuer solullon 1110 put the IlVII person in ofRce
the Rill lime.
Elecllons! Thi s IS the )'eaf to VOle, and although
I'm tuly, II you anliClpate ~In& OUI of town,
remembe. 10 get you. ab!ltnlee Nllon We WIll
need all YOUI votu
I would Igain Joke to Ihank all of Ihe ]oul.
emploYlDg OUr membeu Maybe one day we can
,elu II' tlo~ 'nu,
ED L(WIS, PS
Potline Reopens,
Employees Reinstated
LU, 551 (1,o,U.tl t V, lIb, It.,emlhp a), SIi EFf IELO,
ALA._(.reellngs 1I.00heu Ihe big neWI ID OUI
lu.isd'CIlOn at Ihe ...·I1ung of thIS lIucle IS the
.eopening of a pot]lne at Reynolds Metals Com
pany" Lillelhtll PI.nt AI " , cien t a loul of 200
enlployeu have been ,cIllsuted, some 01 whom
ale Brothel.lrom 558. We lie hopcfullhis I. ,ust
the ~ginDLng of good neWI 101 OUI uncmployed
Blothers. Wc 5Utl have a .elJuvely lon, outo!
wOlk hit ~I th e local. and .t would surely be nIce
to lec 11 depleted
I was Inte rested to hear Senator Ilowdlllcfl.n '.
com menu dUllng thc .ucltvation ceremonies of
the pmhne. Sculnr II dhn wJ$ ukcd 10 flip Ihc
s .... ltch Ihat enerl!1ud the hn~ As he d.d th.s, he
commented 10 the loc,1 news medIa thai the
.taeunti on was a 51ep made largely by Reynolds.
.lthou1,h Ihe Tennuue Valley AUlhoruy leeently
inmated a contr~el 10' .cdueed clccuic rates to
induli l Yon an anlellupuble 5e.vice basis. SenatOI
Heflan leels that lUSt a Ihghl b,uk I.om TV ....
ml,hl bung eve n mOle good news Irom Reynolds
I am ce rt ainly glad to know SenatOI HellIn had
the courage to PUI 1\ leul pan of the blame whe le
II belonp IIlher than being like $.0 many other
pubhe Rgulu who rush 10 blame olpOLzed labol
101 eVel}'thin,.
II lCem' 10 me TVA could sce the VICIOUS cude
"wolk here.o th, s Ifca. By keeping hIgh andUSlllal
IIt ts In the lin. TVA IS hunlng IhIIIlU'1 wOlkang
men Ind women who . rl! unemp loyed thl ough
andulIl}' closing'. T huc mcn and women mUJI
move to other •• eas 10 find work, which mcan.
leu revenue 10 TV A from Icsidentlal UUII EveI}'
induMI}' Ih.1 ic&vca mcans leu powel is told. tbus
mo.e loss of r(Hnue. ThIs de c .u~ in CUJlomell
.nd .eveoue muns l,yoffs 101 TVA empJoyeCi II
well I I tale inc rc lIClto the lema ining TVA CUI'
tomell who mU51 pay highc I la In to make up Ihe
levenuc alr eady lost. People who lie ou t of wOlk
" ca n blJely make ends meel. much leIS pay .n·
cleased COSts, .... hlch wele dcslgned 10 allev.ate Ihe
ongmal ploblem The solu lion would uem 10 be
to enllce exisllng indusuiu 10 $I'y, as well IS new
induSlnes 10 loclte helc
I hope SCnatOI Il eilin ;1 nghl ] hope TVA will
CQme to the" .cnsu .nd luhze Ihal Ihell PDltCY
reg"dlllg Indunrial IUts .s runOLng IDduIIl}' OUI
of the v.lIey, Pelhap. IIDee pubhc SCntlmenl and
elecled oUielal1 lie becommg lnertaslIl&ly IWI.e
and vocal of Ihis problem, lOme SOrt of CQII(CIIVe
lellon C<ln and WIll be liken JOQnl
GLYN!-I M VIl,UY, P S
School
Sh"•• M",I. "M" .","-mlll•• -d " ",,u .~',.
U nte , of Lou ] 56', S,n Diego, Ca l.
Training Facility Now
Fully Operational
L U. 56' \i,o,u,t'm,ltI,lp•• mt ], SAN DI£GO, CAL-
Local S69's new lI,inlng f.c,llly 15 now ID full
opelalLon. The lIainin, eenle l II housed an • new
31.4BS·squardoot bUlldmg funded by the San DIego
£Jccuical 10101 Tlllning TrUll. Thc facility hu
8,000 square feel 01 Ihop llta U .... ell II room 10'
IUIUrC expanSion CIUIClI.e ollcled an many ..cas
of the elcclnul lude. Loc.1 569 '$ com milled 10
pTomo llng uccJlence In th e electrical induSlry.
Local P,elident lot Heisle r. 11m Westfall and
ScOIl Smith havc been meetIDg wllh offlclIls of
the Roman Cathohe D.oceu of .»n O.ego. Thc
pU.po5C 01 Ihe meeun, i, 10 mSure thn union
elfclnclam w.1I be employed on all future bUlldm,
P' D!CCU funded by th e Dlocc.st. We ulge all local
unIOns to be ~w"e 01 the neeeuLly nf good Id~u ons
.... uh ~II religl oul denonlln,l1nn,.
R. ScoTT S..'tmt, PS
Party
ShoWII n Ihe Dccember Cbrilt m u mU lill1 of
Loul 58 1, M.orriltow lI , N.,.,are , left 10 ri l hl,
',uidelll 'al Smit h, and relile u Ra J' Tettemcr,
Harry CUlnow. ' ohn Brow lI , and O ll ill V.n DU I·ne.
December Meeting
Dedicated to Retirees
LU. 58 1 (i. o), M. OR RI STO WN, N. , . It 'l bun a
while $Ince Local 581 has betn hcard from 10 the
Local Lmes
The Decembel meeting wu dedlClted 100UI IWO
I.IUI lelnen. Andy " ' ulphy ,nd Wilt Hoffm.n,
Sr. P, eSldent Par Smith pruented Ihem wLlh
watches, 58 1 iacke l', .nd bolllu 01 chee r. Ma ny
leurcu wele pre!ltnt II the meellne. suc h as Hany
Cu rnow, 51., who leu red .lter 42 ycau 01 le rvice
.n the elecuical uade. MOil of Ihl! lime he also
sc r"ed as fln.nel.1 ICC rellry, ' rosmon wh. ch II
now helLl by his IOn Dave A longovc ldue con·
gUlulatlonl gocs out to HilI}' Cu rn ow, SI ..,lIlhe
•I
letirees at the Decembe. meellng received. bo ttl e
of ch~(1 fr om the local. It IS a uaditlon now 10
dcdlc.le the Dece m be l meellng 10 thOJe who lie
Ictiring. Thc Rctl.ement Committee, conl illing
of Nick 5ena, 'ohn Chelvenak, and Mike Copen·
Iky, has done a Rne job to makmg lu re OU I rellled
members IrC well raken ca re of and nOI lorlonen
Decembe. was al!lO the momh for the 581 ChitS!·
mas PallY wh.eh was held al th e Old MIll Inn In
Buk.ns Ridgc. Those 01 uS who .trended know
whal I good lIme II was, and Ch ri Stmu PallY
Chal.m.n BIlly Moo re 1$ to be commended for a
fine lob, despite the oddl. Thele wit fine food,
music, p.izu .•nd people Again, mAny retlleel
.nd Ih etT .... 'vU were present
The Chllilmas Pany tl also the lIme Ihe lotal ~
hands OUt the famed " Golden Locknul Award "
P,cs.dcnt p" SmLlh .dentlfled alllhc COntUranu
and thell Icspecuve quahflcauon. AhhoUllh there
we .e many who seemed deur"me. Brolher .... 11
Flynn was the euy cho.ee
Locil 58 ] regfetl the pl5smg of two Blotheu In
19R.l- Rcllled Dlnthel Tnm MOIlle Ind nlnthe r
Tom Klichel!
_-rContribution
MU:;IIA£l SlNA, P 5
l
BUI1 Deu Mana,el T.". Moffl tr pleu ntrd. cheq ue
101 $1 ,000 on behalf of the membcllhlp of Local
586, Dt1~w" Onl., III M,. Grahlm Gibb, lou l
ehai.,.,,,, IIf Ih e MIS Soc iely ill 1"3. The mem'
bers hip dllnlled • tora1 01 $1 ,500 to the MIS
Sodety. The monty dO'Llttd . rri ved from I 50/50
Draw hdd It HelY genen l mte ti ng. Bloth el Mol-
ian here ICCfptl I ctlliilUlt of 'PPTuialio n On
~ha ll of the lon l f,om Chilman Gibb,
Social Events Are
Big Successes
L U, 586 (i ,o.e m], orrA WA , O NT._ The Annual
December Turkey Bmgo w" a",ln. "C.t Jueces,
Lou of tu.keys were won and ellJoyed over the
j
hohdaYI
Our New Year'l Eve Pany was 1l!lO • great
IUCCUS with over SOO pe l!lOns who .\tended The
j
mam courses of plLme lib and IU lf .nd tu.f 11115'
fled eV~l}'one thu I have Sp<.lken wllh They we ,e
all well plnsed wllh Ihe chOIce and the qu,IIIY of
Ihe mnl. The mUlic conllned of two hands who
played conllnuous mU5ic thrOulhou t the whole
evenIng. Thele Wfre pl1zes to ~ won. plul OU I
I"ul \.uut"lout"J fuu, S500 \.h,,'1"u, wh"h we le
won by BlothelS Guy PanJlen, And.e CY I, Barry
Purcell and Pelel Crubb. I am ~u . e Ihey put it 10
~el)' ,oad usc
A,~.n, I It(ICat I had nOlhmg bUI lood feedback
re,,,dlng Ihtl pa rt y It SU rf does cncourage me. It
It the only way thaI we can t(1I what you w.nl in
• party. Thank you, and I hope nUt year wltl be
eveo bettci.
The CCO bes.n, metlLnss In lanuary to dl.cun
the plopo"l. for Ihe upcom'ng DeW co llective
.greemcnl I Will report mOle on Ihls.n the coming
,
months
The usual WIDter .... o,k slow-down '1 no .... m
progress .nd the layoll !LSI grow s. The only con·
IOlallon to thll il w~ rIpeel by ummel .nd fall
of Ih.1 yell to be do!lt 10 full employmenl
"Difflc uhin Ihow men wh al Ihey li e."
' OlIN BAI,.,.... v. I'lo.u
 Graduates Hospital Job mcmm:.s 01 IIIEW Local 605 volunlecled IhCII
lablll, m COnIUM!]On wllh equIpment proVIded by
MISSISSIPPI Power and LIghl Company, 10 d,su
,emble a wue r shdc thaI had been dona,d 10 the
Sou t hwut B.anch 01 Ihe r~ckson YMCA Th~ shde
was $/'t a, JO I~tt al ,,' highest pomt on wooden
~UpPOII beams allached to powe. ·hne· like polcs
wllh ten - and twelve· Inch bolt$. The voluntceu
used hne truck booms and on oecaSlon hooks and
belts to chmb poles
E~ch ,eClLon of Ihe fihergla$$ shde had .0 bt
carefully and melLculously d'5m~n.lc.J 10 aVOId
d~mage and 1<1 aSSUIC II coul.J be reassembled 1.lCe
from any 5afety ha:ards
Guy SmLlh wu ch~r8ed ...·L1h the .esponslhllLlY
of .ecrullmg volunteers and dllcclLng the aClual
d,smanllm8 C huln Shaffcr. bu.mcss manager of
• , Local 60'>, commc",cd th31. "We appreciated the
Diek II.tHII, JtlfY II tn.y, 0ppollunl'Y 10 render community serVICe to ,uch
, Uum n, Don Mott , Ga ry a fine orga",ulLon as the YMCA " He also nOled
Blacker, Mib Ba.ge. (Ioremanl, lim G I ~~n, Rob thai many membe.s 01 local 605 we.e mV<llvcd III
Mu lg.tw, Kar l Zee h, Don Arno ld, hert ll Brow n, the YMCA and LIS pro~rams. Lee Oon, extCU"ve
Don Ru ... t (fortmanl, Ernie Ibrc (fo.t man ) and d"cclO' of the Southw"" YMCA , thanked the
Pet t F1u her. volunteers lor t he .. help and St~tcd. "The children
can'l waLl lill the neW Wate, shde to open. It Will
Open House be ~ grc~t addillon to the 'ioudlwest YMCA l.ei1
Ilk s. We expeci 10 he m (lpCralLoLl by the sp.mg
of 1984 "
•

Local Honors On the Job

Graduating Apprentices
LU. 592\i ,o.olupa). VINELAND , N. ,.-On Novem-
be.4, 1983, QUI Annual ApprcnucuhrpGraduallon
was held II Centenon CounlrY Club Our appren -
tIces were honored lor their ach.cvemCnl$ In a
fou"yur program of dec'""al theory combIned
wnh on-,II"'rob Ira'o.ng
V,,:e PreSIdent Joe Dc SaOIlS Jlallcd the progllm
wnh an ,",'ocatlon AWalds were prcseolcd 10 Ihe them m an dlort to .everSe! Ihe trend to non umon
app . cnucu. Congratulations 10 the app.enl,ces: that ...·e arc .ecmg at an alarmmg ralt

..
Gary Coombs, Richard FORoano, Mark tUtU, Ell OUI .... nnu;ll CblLslm;ts Opcn HouS( beld on
gene Mil"a, John Milch, loscrh MU'Qwany. Frank [Xcembc. 2 was all"ln an enormous succus Con
Novltsk,c, Mark QUlnnellc, Ronald Shalko, Elme, glalulallonS 10 our fine Enlcrralnmenl Cnmmlllee
Su.x:k$, DaVId Siolar, and MUl>n Trapp membels
Apr .Collce-o/ Ihe' Yu. Awa,d wem to John Milch Our Steak Stag was hdd on Saturday, lanuary
wllh a 94-pluJ avefa,!:" /01 four yea .s and perfect 21. he.~ at au. umon hall m ChampaIgn
IlIcndance ,n diU. ThiS awa".1 was prestnlcd by Best WIshes to our most recent .eluce, Ernc't
Sol Speclo r, chairman of the .... pplcnucesh,p Com- Patton
mittee. SpeCial thanks to all of our in~trUCIOTS lo r W~ are sad 10 Icputllhc recent death s of tWO 01
the tim e and effort they put In teaching the,e au' lung ume m~mhtfS, Cha.he DaVIS, who died
young men un December 23, 1983, and Raymond McNallln,
Guest speake rs Were Crant Tatc, 1l1lematLonai Local 60]'. finanC Ial s"c.etary I()I 10 years and
R.epresentallve fOI the Thud Dis\Tict, Fr.nk King, trcd" unIOn treasurer hom 115 loundlll): III ]953 e h~ c kin g I I.ozen hyd rant arc Brolhe" Dan e la u
Burcau of .... pprentlceshlp and TraulIng, U.S. Labol to 19111. who died on lanuary 7,1984 and Ron Pl ou ffe , Unit 14 , Kit chen e., Onl .. of Loul
Depanment, Robert B~It, presld<·nt of Local ';911 OAN HArrl~. 1'.5 636, To runto, Ont.
and Robert FagOtU, business manage. of Loc~1592
We would hke to Ihank all of the bdow·ILSlcd
LDvLlcd guesls for shulllg In thiS evenm~ wllh us Members Weekend Seminar
Grant Tale, Internallonal Reprucruallve, Thi rd
DI51'1CI, Frank King, Bu'tau of Apprenl,ersh,p and
Tralllm" US Labor Dc pall ment, Ray GUice, ap-
p.enl1ce coordin ator, Cumbcrland County, Kcn
Rines, chapici manager, Southern New 1~,sey
NECA, George FenWick, assistant buslnes, agenl,
Loeallll, Atlanl1c Cuy, New leIsey, lack Doran,
bUSiness manag." , Local 4.39, Camden, New lerscYI
and IILII YOSI , USIS!ant busmU$ managcr, local
<3,
We would hkc to thank all of Ih ose who sha.ed
th .. speC Ial eventng wllb us and Wish each of the
appr entlCfS thc but In th~ 1I lutu.e III the e1cclt1cal
mdusny
RONAL!} I Do~u..n, S~ . P S Some mt mbtrs of l O<'al 60S, la cbo n, Mi u., ""S~
lo r tht tlmtra. Th ty are, ,illin&,- left to right ,
Work in Area Slow; Dwa yne Sullivan, Mucu s PalltlSOn, Guy Smi th ,
Sam ut l Robin son, and John lohn son, standi ng, ltft
Members Enjoy Parties 10 ligh " ~ Ibt" Il ullo, I. " larry Eubank! , ".f. V.P. Rose Attends
L.U, 601 (i& nbl, CIIAMP AIGN·U RBA NA. IL L.- Coon, lsia h Char ltSlOn, Rill Stlltn , and Tommy
One of Ihe largest Jobs In ou r uca IS Ihe Carle
Hospital expansion in Urbana which IS nealLng
Swilley. Weekend Seminar
compltlLon The electtLcal ({)nltaCH.n IS Down· l.U. 616 (u,as,' pa&'n ), TORO NTO. ONT._On IhC
town ElectlL e. 605 Members we eke nd of November 111-20, 1983, all educational
The work IS sltll very slow In a u. IUIL , diction . ,tm!na. was held 31 the Hohda y Illn III Scarool
Buslne" Managt r lack Hensle r sent a newslette.
Volunteer Their Labor ou~h, Onta,io. M •. 1l11l Moo re, Jnlcrnal10llaJ Rep
10 all of our membe.s encou .a glll ~ us a ll to rcassc,s loU. 60S [o&.u ), JACKSON, MI SS.-O n IWU .epa· rc~cntal1 vt, opened Ihc seminar and spo ke on Ihe
au . work hablls and attLludu and Improv~ on ut e Satu rdays de5Lgnated "Y MCA w{lfk days," mEW stru et u. e and also presented a safety film on 43
 clectl1cal accidems in the IItillty Aeld, ThIS film
opened the eyn of most people in al1endance
becallse it reminded 115 of the danger of eleclrleny
if yOll r mind is nOt "on the job."
Mr. p , F, O'ReIlly from the Mimslry 01 labolll,
Industrlal I·t ealth and Safety Branch, five the au·
dlence a good speech on huhh and safety issues
pertaming to ou r field of work and answued a 101
of good queulOns from the floor
Mr Krn CRose, Imernational Vice Ples.denl,
First D,unct, C.nada, gave a very mspilallonal
s)M:eeh nn some of the ploblems faCIng IBEW
membe", today dunng the$C 10Ugh economIc limes,
Mr. Rose's commentS gave 115 somethmg 10 think
.bout regardmg the local unIon membershIp, ap ·
Ithy and the futule of the l8EW
Also on the agenda was MI M l . Ca ldn el, coun·
sehng specialist from the Wotkmen'. Compenu·
tion Boa rd an d Stevrn Wahl from KoskIe and
Mms ky , • law flrm tht loc.16J6 has on 'Namet.
Mr , Wahl 's topic covered gritvanceil-dlffe.em
types, proeening, steps, IIlne limits, etc.
ThIS Semmu WI! extremely intc re stlng and ~n '
eficlal to all the members who attended and,
hopefully, will pa n thi s Inlormatlon on to their
fellow Brothers and Sisters.
Other news nn the local scene: Business Man·
ager/Flnancial Se"ctary l. Barr IS uill lookltll( /o r
a building to purchase. A co rpoution WIll be
formed and ~ known IS "local Uoion 636 Bui1dmll
Corpoutlon llmiled" and WIll be rell'Stered I i
sllch. This is necenary aceordmg to Article 14 tn
local 6J6'1 bylaws to pUlchne I bUlldtng IlU! as
members of Local 636 and Ihts corporallon, you
will VOtt on whether a buildin, wtll be pu.chased.
So do gCl involved, il IS your un.on. Come OUI to
your IInll mtetings Ind help make deCISions Ihar
art good fO! Ihe local and the IBEW I
HAROLD C VANc;r, P,S
Mourned
local 640, Phu~nis.,
Ali z" mourned the luss
of Bruthu Nu l Tracy,
In .elive n,~mb~r £UI
O ~fr 40 yurs.
Brother Tracy Mourned ;
Brother Holmes Retires
lo U. 640 (l,u,r m,nb,rUS!;5pa), PHOEN IX, ARI Z,-
The yur of 1983 hu come and llone u laSt as Ihe
new construction jobs betnll started tn the valley
of the sun. Unfortonalely, the largut amount of
these lobs are betnll construcled non·unlon. As we
begm a new yeal, local 640 WIll agam be faCtng
lu'nancc from hundreds of non·umon shops b,d·
d,n,on the same type of wOlk Ihar we ha~e clatmed
fOI a numbe r of years. To combat Ih,s we have
taken drastic musu rn in the local by largellnll"
numbe r of the jobs to allow OUI Slgnarol)' contrac·
10rs a lillie dbow rOOm when il comeillme 10 bId
on these lobs. Abo~e all, we have tahn a reduclion
io our hourly pay rat e hopmg Ihat Ih" will also
help get some of ou r work ~clt. H"h producllvllY,
quahty C1altsmamhlp, and a ,ood labor manage·
ment relationshIp seem to be OUI only salvallon.
The yur of 1983 also meant the 1051 01 many of
our local Brolhers. Qur dee PUt sympathy ,oes Ollt
10 all the famIlies of these members u we all shue
in their gild II the Ion of Blothers Homel Hemn,
A.A. Hoghy. Paul Ro~ner, Harold Damels, Walle.
Sootey, Carl Conklin, Adon Fox, Eamu t Clu ff,
Daniel Angtlbcck, II ,S, Spence, R.l . Rogen, Robert
McChesney, Augostus Faff, and Nul Tracy. All
of us in Local 640 and aCIOl1 the countl)' txtend
10 all of thue fam illu Oll r deepest condolences.
Ma y the llood Cod above watc h ovc r lll of you in
44 your time of !lUffow
Meeting
t.". Ed Monnin" in charge of Bechtel', labor
lelations the PVNGS, enjoy. lome rtlrt5hmen l
II
II
Ihr union hall wi th memben .nd sta ff of local
640 during Ihe holiday snson, SUnding, fr om Idl
10 righi, >fe Ed Mannin g, Ray Po l r~ky, and IH lt
Redmo nd.
Among the loss of all 01 these line Broth~n wu
Ihat of Neal Tracy. I lecl a person.llon wllh Nea l
SlDte I credit hIm with belnll One of the bIggest
conmhu to.s of myself ~nd many other Brother,
my age of gelling Imo the elect/ital Add Neal
lilerally kICked Our beh,nds and led U! into a field
that we have all been proud of to this day. Neal
passed away on Decembel 9, 1983, at th~ alit uf
70 He was a member of Ih e IBEW since 1941 and
served local 640 as an EUCUliH Boud member,
"Ice preSIdent, preSIdent, and assistant bUSiness
manage. In hIS last few yean ID the field, he was
Ihe HalnlDll direclor lor the Pboenlll EleClllc.l
100nt Apprenllcuhlp and Tlaining Commlller lie
was a member of Ihe Artiona Electric Club, Valley
of the Sun Eleetne leallue, National Eleclllc.1
Tllln lnll DlleCIOr5 ASSOCiation, and Inl ernauonal
Assoclallon of Elcctflcallnspector5 He also Wl$ a
member of Ihe Elks, Sun City Umon Club, and
Golden Ate Roadrunners Club. Amonll hIS COntll
bUIIOnS to local 640 was that of twO fine son"
lerry and Sk,p, bolh lonllllmr members of thll fine
local union. The [055 0/ thIS man will no doubl be
felt by aIL
At the present lime there arc 806 men and
women employed at the Palo Verde Nuclur Ccn
cra ting Stanon. Thert are a few being Jayed off
evel)' lew days. MItchell Elcctflc conllols the
majOritY of the residential work In the valley, but
IInfonunalely 50 percent of his employces ale uill
nol members of Ihe mEW. lei's get out and Start
talk,ng 10 some of these people. II they arc gOIng
10 work Out of the hall, they may u well SUPpOlt
" We don't ...-ant forget all of ou. Incal membe lS
10
that are facmg the bllle. cold back east tl)'lng IU
su pport their famllit! here al home. liang In th cre,
fellows, and in" .ememlx l that eve.y dog has h,s
day. I wanl to say bello to all of Ihest membe rs
and also 10 Charhe Collellc and I'h,l BenDIng. tW O
damn good tramps.
Congralulauon. go Ollt to Brother BIll Uolmu,
a longtime membel In good ,undlng, who chose
to retll eon lanu ary I, 1984 BIll has been a member
of local 640 since Februuy of 194[ A cake was
ded""ed to BIll al the PVNGS along with a fishing
pole and montes collected from Ihe employers
Anyone wllh a tickel th l! old deservts a heany
rollnd of applausc and congratulallons from every
one of us. Cood luck to you, Btll, and CnlOY many
yea" of happy retllement ,
Well , as usual, Wilhollt the help of the members
sending me some helpfol Informallon I w.1l have
10 .ay goodbye for now.
Any member who WI shes to submit materIal for
the {oumal will see me at Our [oc:al unIon mceling~
Don 't lorget, el~ction ' arc comlOg up 111 a few
~holl months. If you want to ge l mvolvcd, st an
attendIng the mcellnllS. Unlll neXI monlh every·
one have a happy 1984,
RAy POlE.SKY, P.S
Scribe Gives Notice Of
Nominations And Elections
loU, 647 (uI, LITTLE ROCK, AR I"'- Th .. noml '
nation and eleCllon nOllce will be milled 10 eacb
m~mbel 'S lall known addreu pursuant 10 proVI
SionJ of the l abor Management Re(lOfllnll and
Disclosule Act, as th.s article doc$ nOI meet those
requllemenu and IS only an extra meanl of nOll '
ficatlon
NomlOatlons for the offices of local umon pru·
Idem, vICe preSIdent, recordIng ~cretal)', "CU·
urcr, busIOess manall~l /financul secretary, and
dele"tu 10 Ihe 1986 Inte rnation"l Convenllon
w,ll be held at OUI regul a. monthly busmesl meet
lOll Ma y 8, 1984, beglOOIng at 800 pm, at 295
lI all, 7320 New Benton Hlgh"'a y, llltle Roclt
Albnsas
Candldales for offlce must be present 01 slgntfy
•
Ih elr wllhnll1'ess 10 serve m "'lItmg. No member
"eli~iblc 101 flommallon unlen they have been.
member m conllnuou. good stand,ng at leu t twO
years in the local uOlon Immediately pn or to
nomInatIon (Article XVIII , Section 10, IBEW Con·
stituti onl. Candldales for th e office 0/ financtal
sec retary must al so be members of the EWBA I"A"
Ca. dl or have a gnod·cau" wa,ver /rom the [nttl'
lIattonal PrcsidemllBEW COnStiln tion, Article XVUl
Seclion 6), Article Ill, Sect'on 12, an d Article XVIII,
Seclion 21, of the IBEW Consututlon and the
r~gulallonllhereunde. requi.e that all candida tes
keep cc rtalD lecords. In addition, those cand,dates,
undel cenain conditions, mUSt file periodIC reporn
IlBEW Form 6011 wllh the International Olflce. II
is the rcspons,b,llty of each candIdate 100bulO
the necessary forms Irom the local union office
Each candIdate has Ihe IIghl, once in 30 days p"or
10 the election, 10 mspect a lisl of namU and lasl
known addresscs of all members. Th~ light of
IDSpeCIIOn does nol mclude Ih e righl to copy the
hst , but <kJt,s Include the light to compare It WIth
o personal hst of membe ls. Campatgmng by union
officers IDcldemallo regular UOIOn busmns IS not
a YlolallOn of the ACI.
The elrcnon ,..,11 be by mall ballol dunng the
month of IUne !loca[ bylo ..·s ArlJcle Ill, Section 4
(cl, and the lBEW Conslltullon, Arucle XVIli,
SecllOns II and 121. The ballots WIll sta te Ih t lime
•
and dale they WIll be counted.
installa"on of office rs WIll be at the regular
monthly busincss mC~ling In 'uly.
Additional mformallon on eleCtlOnl, dUlle, of
offluu, and rules lor local unions can be found ID
the local's bylaws and the IBE W Constitullon
Every stcwa rd should ha~e • copy of each
DoH MOOH, P.S
Party
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Children 01 Local 668, lal~yeue, Ind" membcrt
tc lli n8 Sa nta what Ihey .... nl lot Chlillm l!.
Unemployment Still Bad ;
Children Enjoy Party
loU, 668 li,u,n sS!;sp.j, lAFAYETTE, IND,- Tht
Cuy 01 lafayette held its 18th Annual ChllStmas
Puade, tilled "Toys on Parade," on December 4
The NofthwCSI Central labor Council and Tip·
•
)M:canoc BUIlding Trades jointly sponsored a float
that loo ked great, but unfortunalely didn'l pl ace
local BrothelS Chuck, Ray. and MIke Sim pson,
Bermc Demclly, Dave Smith, B,ll Davis, Bob Ko·
chen, Mike COli, Sieve Kerkh ove, Re~ Di!more,
Terry Mansfield, Ralph Harr is. and th~ local's
, Float Waynr Vardell ~nd K,m Hen ry are mcmbeu of Ant/clpal/on
Loeal6S / '1 softball team. Ou r tum won t he Clu.
C State Champlonsh.p thiS ycar.
LeI us .em",d cv~ ryone to be lure \0 ,eg,s,er to
vote and hi: sure 10 vn,e
MICHA U R. K~~ty . n M

", Scribe Says To Vote

In March 17 Primary
L.U. 6')2 (i&spa ), BA Y CITY, MI CII.- The IBEW
and AFl·ClO hne endOlsed Walte r Momble lor
the Democraue nommauon for ,he pres,dent of
T ht Christmas Parade nUl bu ill by th t No rth wcM
the Unllcd Slale,. He wu a sen alorfrom 1964--16 Pictur ed II, some of ''''e
cro wd I Wl itin g , ... , arrinl
and V, ce Prnldenl of Ihe Unlled Statulrom 1911_ of Sanll alth , Lou 17 .6, lI ouS lon, Ttl., Chil dren'.
Ce ntral L:obo. Cound l and b ll n di n~ ... lIu m tm· C .... ium at Pall y.
1981 As, sen310r, he WaS ')3 p~.ccnl " 1IJl:ht " on
btu was a b, own teddy bu r rnco un"in, peo ple
10 " Buy A m u i n n ," ,he AFl·ClO vOllng r~cOld Day alter day we hur
,hat labo. IS In trnuhle , we arc! Everyone on Ihe
Ulll"n is asked \0 spend ont hou r 01 you. lime and Santa Claus
~tc rcury Shall Sw"hcl df)n~lcd Ihell l~ltnlJ on 80 vott. Th.s hu to be ,he mOSt Important IImc
the f10al you'll spend In \984", suffe r fou r more !on~ yu"
With all the '~In on D~ccmbtr I I, J think S~nu of bbor continUing 10 be IIl l rDuble. In my apmlon,
Cam~ !II h" ,owbual 10 vi , " .he children al our the only COnCeSSIOn you'll have to make in 1984
local', Chmtmu$ Parly He bl<lil~hl A"cit of /rUlt II ,he small amOun, of lime It I"k~s yuu to VOle
and candy for the kid , The McClltchcnn choi r I'ka,c lake Ihc "mC On March 1710 vUle s,~t~wldc
performed fur the e,1[el.aUllnCIl\ We lh~nk t he lo r Mich.gan on the preside n lla! nomlnalion.
(ommlUee of Benlle Demc.]y, Ray Simpson, rheir There art prcsently over 100 people on ,he book
wives, Ra lph I b n;., and Sha ri Swi~hcr 101 • job u of January. For Ihose of you ,ha, were un.hle
",til done ILl a\lend ou r meellOgs, Ou r bUSIness manager,

Brothers Gene Ride r, urrf R~ndul p h, trlln Ryan,
lerry Robe rt sun, Chuck Ilyflehl, and Illn [ones Illye
donated Ihelr ume 10 1n ~1I 1l a neW tc rvlce and
othe r elecfrlcal nted , of. ,lr;lOup home 1m waywud
chlld,en
-...- We sull have 40 \0 4$ ptrcent unemployment,
.nd Ihmgs don 't look much bettc. fm the nur
futu .e
RANtly TIK)M~N, I'S
Trophies
• Ihe nUl mornmg If you mi ssed II, make plans
Wayne Vardell , left , .nd I<im II cnry I huw in g n u-
phies won by Lou l 681 , Wic hit a F. II I, Tu., foil.
ball tum.
Floyd Young, has askcd for alllhosc llld 011 10 re·
rtgtS lU Iht firs, wo rkIng day 01 eac h month be·
rwecn 8 and 10 a m. If you cannot be Ihere, plea5C
sen d a postcard 0 1 reglslered le ll er to arrive on or
before the firs, wo . k day of ,hc mon,h 10 malOt.ln
your spot on Ihe book. As a rcmlnder, don 't fOlgCI
10 check on yoor msu rance so you unden,and you r
prtlCnt !latus
DAVID A CANDY . P S
On Job
, nnc klb he d.d That same eventOg at about 8.00
Workin g ItIh e Ramada Inn lob at Mt. Vt rnrJII ,
ul lo~aI 702 , Frankfurt, Ill. They
Ill., are nltmbt rll
In , lell \0 righ" Dnid Frttnlao, Ilrn Freeman,
Donni e Girt en, Phillip Ca in , Duid Renn er, Iblph
TOlllcbtn, 8u1(h /lullman, Kent Thom as and Wu
Yorgin.
Sint. and hi s fl vu a rri ~f II) ,"'t awe and am ne·
mf nl of th e lill Ie unn.
middle of cnlOY"'g Ihe fides, mOVICS, and cookies
and punch Wele i tartled by a thunderou" " Ho,
Ho, Ho, Merry Chnnmu," by a IIl:ht ,oily old elf,
Santa hIm sel f S.n" lold me 10 say Ihanks 10 one
of hIS faithful helper!, " Hondo" Plpper, for Ihe
II tn , Ihe fOunds of ,he " River Road Boys" could
hi: heard by p!:ople on the f,ceway, as Ihe memhl:n
and ..... "'u danced and ranled '1lIlIound I OOa.m
now for December 1984 Hnpe/ully there w,ll be
mo re 10 hi: thlnklul for 1\ ycan cnd, sueh as thIS
bet08 Real\an '. las t yetr to the While House At
any rate, bl' ,h.nks go to Neal Adams, " Hondo"
Pippe r, Ihe ChrIStmas Commillec guys and gals
{WI and AW, alike, for you made it poHlblc for
all, young Ind old, to celeb rate a ioyous time of
yea r.
Ou r wOTk scene Ihe nnt week of Ih,s yca r I, nOI
tuo good The Sou t h Texas Nudear ProlCCI "slill
nym ~ til get going fulillCint [f Hous ton Ligh l ing
and f'owe r holds fi rnt on 51111 ' UP dalu of 1987 .nd
1989 fur t he IWO Unln, II could be, whIle befole
II realizes full manpower prCdlCIIOnS Some of Ihis

Display Members Work
On Convention Center
LU. 102 (1,0,u ,uow,em ,1t5,flb ,i pa,r&ca , vl, WE ST
FRA NKFORT , ILL-Several l ocal 102 mcmhcrt
are emplnyed on the Ramada Inn Convention Cen
llardin Admin b uation ter at 1>11 Vernon, Illtnols. ThIS 139 room f.clllly
Bulldi n" , "ldw u tun .s scheduled for Scplember 1984 complellon The
Stat e U o i ~en itr , Burnt eleelrlcal COntraCtor on Ihe job i5 II H I'lomblllg
Fan t"y of Li ~h ll. The and HUllng of M, Vernon Th~ foreman on Ihe
inu.llnion w.s dune by lOb IS Pau l Marlow and Ihe Steward IS Dav,d
th e .p por ot icn I nd I\ennc.
tuc hn. of Lox. 1 68 1.
Scribe Reports On
Christmas Parties
Apprentices tn stall L.U. 716 Il,t,cm,m Sl spaj, IlO USTON, TE X.-By
now, most of uS are probably lun flnlshlnK ull uu.
Christmas Lights Chrlslma, bIlls and anxlOusly aWIl''''g f pflng , bUI
he re ort ~n m~ reminde rs of Chflstmas pas,
L.U. 68 1 li ,o&tp. l, WI CIII TA FA LLS , TEX.-
Membel5 0/ th e Wic hit, FI1I8 fATC Ind teache rs The begmnmg of Ou r holiday Ic, lI vain beg~n
innalled ~ Chriltillu dil pl ~y for Ihe Mldwt$te rn wit h a party on Decembe r 10 lor oo r Re,i red
Stale Univc'~tt y lIuTlls Fa nlUY of Li~hu . This II Mcm be15 Club, wh ic h I am so rry I miSled. I
the mn t h yca r OUI apPlcn u cu hip prOM ' ltn hIS un den, and ,he re wI! plenlY of food and d rin k fO I
do naled elec tric. l work /01 thll d.s play th at high · everyone. Th en on December 1" in d,e mOl mng,
h ghts th e Wi chit a Fall s Ite. fOI th c holi d.y Icuon. Ihe re was Ihe child ren', part y, wh o, righ l In Ihe
cln hi: blamed on Ihe '"balh" gIven HL& P by the
forme r conllaeln r. ll ruwn & ROll I, Inc. Allny .ale,
unIOn people IIc .nd have been on Ihe p, olect
almOSI 'wo yurs now l and when II II fintshed, we
un all look back and uy we " fixed and finished "
InOlher project "Iralled and slumbled" by un·
,killed, unqualified non unIon conllaCIOtS
It wat reported to me reeelllly thaI while on a
sport -dlvmg IIII', IWO of our memhl:n "'CrC Ill '
volved '" trymg to .ave the IIle of a d,vc r tangled
tn hl5 gUide line and drnwntng They we.e Allen
Cook and Danny Tilley Allen , who had IUSI fin ·
Ished a d,ve, weill back down wllh on ly hmllCd
"bunnm ume " Idt before he too would hi: III
dlnge l Allen and hIS dlvc buddy, Ken Cru5~, both
membe r. uf ,he lI~r" J County Shcllil's De part·
men, M .. ln~ D,v."on, located, freed, and began
venulat!n, che VICILm. Although Ihe end of ,he
Iln ry wu lIaglc !the VICILm wu dead on alflval at
Ihe ho,~hal\, ,he aCllunl ofthcs~ members cannOI
go unuld n II dou Iell of thell characte r whtn
,he I lIuallOIl wu crillcal and life thre~,enin&.
SUlce uu . lUI IIlIcle, II (, my ,et' cl 10 .... fo rm
you t hat Ihe foUowin, membe r5 paued away: O.
II Jorda n, De n ve r W House man, Ray mond HIll ,
E. C. Gerlte nhl: rge r, O.wa ld W. Evans, and lames
L. Hogue. !'rayell and .ym palh y Ire cx lended to 45
~.:~:~dSI.m."" ,,, .h"
I l oul 7111
In
w.It '" """.J b, ,',,"
allrll yo ur " 1001 buddy" 10 Ihe nUl local umon
metrlAl l sec you there
10.11'1 0 MUlI1, f'S
Work Situation Still Bad ;
Brother Nichols Mourned
L U. 725 [i, mlhp'}. TERRE UA UTE, IND.-Our·
ln~ Ihe holiday HUon we should ,hlnk. uf 01,11
810lhers .nd S,Ucn who have been clu,h, In the
unemployment gap HCIC In 725 we h,ve taken.
collo:cllOo 10 hdp the famlhu of th~ who h,ve
nOI been fortunate enough 10 wo,k cnau'" ,hi,
yca. 10 prol/lde any more than the bal.a for thell
bmlly for the habday The local memMrs who
have been fOftunate enough haw" Men vcry Icn·
CIOUI, and .... e thank them morc ,h.D WOld. can
exp. u.
The w01'k IlIu.tH)n hal not improved hClc .ny
mOlc ,h.n anywhere d-K. We h.ve 119 on Book I,
Ind 12 .pprcnuen 01,11 of wOlk. The .Hu.llon it
t..:In, jumr",h" compou nded by Ih" nuD ·umun
clemenl moving In close r than ever before The
local banks, ",ho have hclped us in the pUt, .re
uSing OUI money 1o ,upporl Ihi l non ,union achv ,
ilY A. "'e can KC. Ihey "'CIC only ou r f"cnd",
lonl as Ihey could profil hom II
We h,ve lurned of Ihe pUllhgol TeU/ed membeT
Lloyd lee N,chols In Umaull. Flond. lie "'IS
kno"'o .nd rnp«ted by everyone ,n the loc.1 and
"'LII be remem beted Ln honor
"'n . ru cle luued by "'1' (WuhLLl&ton l lcpollJ 01
Ihe fight on natula[ gil pnte legulauon .... il
~em •. mOlc OlttD than not, ou r "ruidcllt 15 look·
Ing 10 give .he "trlck[e·down theory " .nothel shol
II ou r w.llcts . Thank goodness "'c have .ome
su pport and a goud lobby ill Washing ton to set th[s
dlluler nide onct more
We muSt agam Ihank OU I Si51C I locals ",ho hive
PUt lomt of OU I "avding Bmlhe", 10 work We
hope Ibal we cln lecip loclte In the ncar futule
HAllo w " RUSTY " lANI)15, PS
The. Loul 7U, Rudio&. '1., Softblll Tum thll
p.nid , •• ed In Ihc LOI;al.)80. Norrillowo . ..... &rll
ADDU.I Softblll T oo m.roeDl.
Members Help Build
Police Pistol Range
LU. 74)!ia.e m ). RE ... DING, ' ....-OU I olAcell and
oew hecu llve Board membels "'ele 1DIII1Ied .1
the legula. ml'mber5hlp meellng held ,u]y 17. 1983
OUI offleert and hecullve Board members are
plClildent. Coldon Stamm, Vice p.uident, BillY
Muutl, .ceordmg iCcre tary, lohn FlIlI l fj"~"~ I ..1
ICCrelary, ErneSt Muncr! treasure" John RUlh l
bu.tmellmlOaler, SplroApostolou l uecuuvc Board
Ceolge "'puslolnu, Robel! HldI, Karl Knill, Ind
DaVid VI]ennnol and eleelN In Ihl Er.amlning
Boa rd C.lv ln Con rad, W,IIi.m Okonski. Ind Frln·
Cll Ron, Jr COngrllulaU Ont 10.11 ncw El<ecuttvc
.nd blIDlntng Board members Ind thankJ .Iso to
OU I 10l mel El.eculive BOl rd members lor taktn,
thell lime 10 selve thell local union We had a
good turnoull lOme 01 Ibe billoling WII ve ry clole
.
101 Iht Exeeullvl' Board po,i l ions 11 WII good 10
ICC our Brot hfU np ressing an tOleren In tbelr
loc.1 by leekIDg pOI ,,;on, on Ihe Executive Boa,d
Ind by lum lng OU I 10 VOle
l o ... 1 U"'OIl 7"J belli u~ Annoal PicniC on
"'ogusl 20. The P,cnic Commulec membe ls ale to
be commended fOI their ucellent lob ThTOUgh
Ibe" dforu, • good IImc wu h.d by .11, from Ihe
youngsten ",ho enlOytd the IWlmmlng on an u ·
IIcmdy bot day. 10 our rCllred Brother. who IOLned
UI. We ho~ Ihe word .p.cads Whll • &ood ume
we had • • nd maybe: nut yca. morc of our BrOlhe"
Will jam u •. Thank. apm to the Commlllec
Th.nkJ 10 loul 380, Nomslown , penn,y[v,nll,
for invlling us 10 their FilS! ... nnua l Softball Toul
nament It wu grut ,hartOI a day of baseball and
b. mhrlhnnol wllh otht. IlIfW lexal! The Local
74J office IS ploudly dLsplaying our Thild Pllce,
D.vlSlon iii, Tlophy we won Our IhlnkJ to Bud
Madill from Local 743 10. gellmg OUI lcam Olga-
nt~ed_
Our memben pllll cipaled lD Ihe finl] sllges 01
theeonslrueuonof Ihe Rudlng Pollee PI5Iolltan&e
on Septtmbel 10, 1983. Thlt prOlect was UndCI
tlken by Ihe Rudm, BUlldm, Traoes. Oul mtm-
be:r. volunteercd Ihl'JI lime f.om IIln 10 finish aD
thll commonllY ploJect ThCII h.rd work .nd
eflolls we.e lecognlzcd by I plodam"IOD from the
clIy of ReadlDg. Th.nkt to .11 ou r Brothers for
Ihel! help 10 th.s endeavo r
Hopdully 1984 ",ill be I P'OIpeTOUJ yu r for .11
of us 10 Ihe conttructlon Indl,utry Keep Ibe umon
Ipllll, bUild, buy . • nd palllclp.!t-Umon
DAVID P"'Sr.OWSll, I' S
Meeting
"."leipating in a lpt.ci.1 muting on Deccmbu 7
of loc117S6, OI)'lonl Buch, f11 .• " f, Itft 10 righi,
. pt..ken KeD Coopt. •• AFL-CIO lobbri" l MODd,le
campaign worktr lin C hen)' .nd locil prnideo,
D.vld Cloo n ..
Mondale Representative
Speaks at Local Meeting
LU. 756 ll,oa.n!. D... YTO NA RE ... Ct! , f L -
SlM'lktr! II ,ht Ipct •• 1 meclln, on Drtembe r 1
well' Flonda "'fl-CIO 10bbYilt Ken Coopel and
Mondale Clmpalgn ",olke. Jln Cherry M. Cooper
expounded on Ihe dnulilln, finlnclll.mpacl on
state levenues which wouhl Hweldy hampe, ed·
ucatron Ind publrc sefVICU If Flollda '. plopo5l1100
One we.e '0 become IIW Mlny lelldent. have lbe.
.nilill eoneepllon ,hat their ploperty ,ues " 'ou]d
someho", mlglclll)' vamsh If "'e Vale lor PI~
,LIIon One.. Not 10 Propolltlon One \J dn.gntd
for Ihe big bUllnen 1'10111 ,lulIODs thll Kek 10
Icl oc"t 10 Flollda Ind cxplo1t the muslve non ·
umoo unde lpard libo. forcc
Jan Lherry spoke of Ihc pro·umon Vtr'UU 01
Monda]e In d an,we lcd Question, lbout Mond.le 'l
plat/olm However tome eycbTow, raised ",beD
Ms. Che.ry faIled 10 tupond 10 I po5l1lVe way 00
MuuJale', IJeu of defense spendlOg and ,be tpace
shuttle funding. A lot 01 00. !Dcome II from the
deltnK Ind shu llie plojeetl It KSC .
At the Tegulll meellng on Decembe r 14, . byl.ws
change. "'IS VOtN on thai would hive Ine luKd
ba5ic dun by S8 pel monlh 10 finance I full -lime
o'gan1:,c. Mlny valid po!D1I "'elc mlde bo,h for
and IgatnSI ,hlS eh.nge .... pparently due to Ihe
~c:ve. r. fln~nnal r r'"," of all . unemploycd BrOlhen
nOI "'anlmg .ny mOle txpcnsu .nll possibly un·
popular wordin~ of ,he change , ,he motion 101 an
IOtrUle "'IS defelled 74 to S I ThiS .egu la. meet
Ing mU$1 have SC I .n . ttend.nee Iccord fa. the lUI
lil< Or seven year. II gnc. 10 show Ih.t whell people
ale mo.ivllcd they will rupond In thll cue Ihe
motivation was mOMy _ Spuking nOI only {"r
myad!. bu t I'm sure fOI our lOCI] '. officers .Iso,
there lie mlny topics II OUI regulu meelln" Ihat
t
deserve as much all~nllon as Ihls one dId The
invitatioo II 51111 there BIC,thel51 COllie, .ttelld
speak Ind VOle Of) mltters Ihn concern you Ind
YOUt weliite
fuo C. SVMQS5. P.S
Scribe Warns About
Company Investigation
LU. 1l4 (I I. T",M P... , F1..A._tn reCenl mODths Iht
GTE 5«ullly DcPlllmCllI ha.s been aCII.-t In VIr
ious depallments iOVUliPUnli indiv.dulil who
"'ele " Iumoled" 10 be .nvolved ID illegal atllVIIICS ~
Whethrr \I ""S leialed to drugs, theft, or abuse ol
comJllny proptny mikes Dod.llereDce.. The am"ll
of • KCUIIIY I,CDt to quemoD IJI indiVidual CIJI
sp.cad fu r thloudloul the ",olk group In tome
caK. m.oy cmp]oyeu In thai of8ce WCle quCJ
1I0ned lbou. a Vllltly of lopics nOI kno"'lng Ihe
ruson fOi Ihe invesl1l\at;on. The I'nd ItSUit has
led to .he dlsmi,..1 of one Or mOre employeu on
mfo.mllion "ven by cveryont. El< treme clle and ...
caulion sbould be uKd by employees 10 then
diKulllon wllh anyone from the StcunlY Depart
menl
MOtH Importanl 11 nllvet .grec to dlKUfI any
thmg unlUI • Sleward c:rpcnenced ID Ihese m.llcn
15 p.eKnl These agents arc trained in lDlenogauon
lod Ire vc.y Idept I I gettit1& IDformalion
$ccondly. nevet Ilgn <lnyrhing You. IIgnllurl'
10 • sU lemtnt Cln mean YOUI Immedille lermi ,.....
Ulion The only IhtO g you Ire requ ired 10 SlIn J5
~"'UI !"Cll.
Thi ld, II Ill'cumy IgCnt amvelal yourluidcnce
10 t.lk 10 you, do not Ie! him lD. Thne people do
not visil you II homc 10 discuss Ihe wtalher. They
. rc th ere to ,.the r inform . u on. If they . rr ive II
your home "'hh ... police officel Ind I sea rch
Wlrranl, you do nOI have 10 lei tbe sccuri lY agent
tn You can demand that he stay oUl5lde while Ihl'
sellcb likes place
fou rth, .nd equally Impo"ant, contaellhe un,oo
hill Immediliely ...s emphasized befon, the con
II.CI Slitn YOUI ndlu to UntOn leplCStnUlion ID
Iny meelln, wlIh managl'mrnl nn nm throw Ihl~
I1ghl ''''Iy-demand unioo repreKnc.lion
On I diffe rent nOle. T'lihin $Ilu hive been gOing
very well We now h.ve baseballltr5eyslVllllblt
ID fi,hl CO]OIl. OUT pruducl lIot Will be merusmg
as we 8nlllze vtndors faT the dlffelcnl alUcles thai
Will be IVlillble 10 OU r members. Thank. 10 III
arcas In Ihelr ,uppon of prom Ollt1& theK .hms
Speclilihank' 100UI locil Kc rCtanl'!, Kath y Ind
Ulhhl, lor helpmg me .nd CO'challmln "mmil'
Sheppa rd prepallng ordc.n and IDS"'eflog qutSllons
Irom our membeu Don '1 forgel 10 wear ),OUI l ocil
824 Tshllu on gtntlal meeling day, flnl flidlY
of every month. IS I lemlodel 10.U ,0 .uend
PttESl'"ON L Boost, I' S •
Scribe Exhorts Local
To Look To The Future
LU. 82' It,ema.ulwj, E"'ST WIND SO R, N.J,-
febl ulry is the monlh !D whi ch we honor ,he
billhdl)15 of Geolge Washmgloo , OUI filii prcsi
dent , .nd ... braham Lincoln, wbo WIS perhaps the
glulel! preS\dfnl
Both of Ihese men flced enormous dilflcolt.cs
Washinglon 10 tbe Ila,,'U p of I new Dillon, carved
OUt of Ihe wlldemeu, wllh nOlhlng 10 plde him
bu. hll filth Ind h.s coorage Ind .11 of us tudlY
can HC whefe ,hat IcJ
On Ihe otber hand, LlDcoln preSided ove ••
counlry ra cked wllh !Dlemal troub]u, dlv,ded by I'
• frltncldal WII which pllled brolhel.galD" brother,
and I'll' tOO, Ihrough bllh snd cou ragr, plotted s
coursc which ultimately brough l hi s beloved coun
lTy back togelhel as a unton .
The leuonl of hislory should nol be Ion to us,
n we look \0 Ihe fu,o rc, which so metimes .,.umu
ITightenlOg aspeCIS. ThIS "'IS broudlt home 10 .hl'
ddegaltl of thtl local IS thty uscmbled In can·
OJ ,'CDllon III AII~nlle Cily 011 De~cmb~r 2 and 3, 011
thc CVe of Ihe d,vestilure Older. which srliu Ihc
Bdl SYllem into h a/:mellu. unleashmg ~hao, on
I grand scale
The dtle~IU wc. e &ssured Ihal h'Slory lIon
Oor lide, and luSt a5 gene.alions m Ihc paSt mel
and conquered Ilials an d l1ibull tlons. we. tOO, in
Ihe commUIIIClllons mdustry Call and will meet
the advelSltlCI which he ahead Ind ove.comc Ihe
• many d.fflcultict loomln5 on Ihe honzon.
FOI we a.t Ihe descendanu of Ihose who went
befo re And U Ihey did, we. 100. w.1I emerge
slronge. In our f~l\h and m Ihe cou.age of !lU'
commrlment
For Ihls 100 will pass, If we arc willm, 10 Iceepl
Ihe rellr"t' of .oday, lI.her Ihan bcm~n Ihe 10fi
pa$! T he PUI IS gone. It (an neve. relUIn The
Btll System. as we once knew h. Will never agam
.. be the "proteClcd munopoly" 1\ once wu , and we
Will hue 10 live today undc, loday's ... lu, In
today 's compelitlve ~.cna, one which is new .0
telephone WOlke ,s
BOI we eln and We will accepl these neW elr'
cumu.nen, and bend evcry effort 10 Improve
them. and ,n so duU1g. tUtti whar once seemed Ir k\:
• cllasuophy InlO • challenge. with ultimate VIC'
Fl' tOry.
h WIll nOI be (uy, bur It can be: dune, The r o~d
Will be ruckY I but it .. n<ll iruurmuunlable, 1/ we
have the wUl to dllnb It and the bllh III our
O'g.onlUtlUn
And now, we .,u.
I IIMI S N Dtl'\~IIRll. F.S.
>. Party
• Ihcrc was a sponge lOSS loa board wllh Earl Feaulo
.' pin at • .
..
•
Piclu,d I, ooe 01 ,h,, ,h l'd,,..
gilt.
Kids Enjoy Party;
Labor Candidates Win
L U. 86 1 11 &' 0), l.AKRCIIA IH.ES, l.A.- Our .... nnu~J
.~ Children's ChrlSltnU I,.rty was held December
17. 1983, at Ihe loe.1 union hall Over 100 ,hUdrcn
"'c.c In ulcndance, U wu Sanla. SnICk! were
sc, ved while rhe childre n .wai led Ihe I lII val or
Sanla, All the childrcn visi ted wilh San ta . nd we re
pr esent ed a gih .nd 'ilockrng and had the rr plc lure
laken on hi' la p 01 by his side. Ahe r gift, and
pictu. e laklnlC w as com pleled, . 11 rhe child ren
gathered uOiSlde to YleW the 5nuwman h~n~lIl/C ,n Retirement
I tree, The ,nowman turned OUI to I>c a r""I1~
fiUed wllh candy and gum Ea~h chrld w~ ~ blind
folded and given a chance to bUI, ' lir e r.nan wllh
• ,uck. The kids really emoy ed 1\ and , U had I
grand ole ume
Con"atulatron, arc In order for Mr WIlfred
Clrter who won over scvell olher eandldatct In
Ihe newly c. elted 341h Represenlatlve DI~t"cl of
lOUISllna H ,olher~. II wu good 10 see 50 mlny 0 /
.he mcmNIS rnv olved rn Ihe ,ecent /Cencral cleo;·
tron and ,unoff. Even beller wu Ihat nch IUP
JM.Irtcd Ihe undldate 01 h. , or he. eho.ce Ind eleh
was sopported by labor Aimosl aU labo r ulrJM.Illcd
cand.dates won eJection o • •eelectron Thlill .~In
an rnd,catlon of whal labor un do when we gel AI Ihe rt llrem t nl pl rt y Snanelll lte, tla ry
OUI and work Thanks, all you B,olh\:.s .nd S,tte", 01 Luu l 880, Slou:. Ci IY, Iowa, art, lelt 10 righi,
who wcrc .ellve and you who vOled lci's each Wil li am Wiho n, busl nus agt nl , Ktn SIWyt. , In-
gel anOlher person rnvo!ved Ifl 19n .nd ,el ou r Itlo ar iona l Re pIU t nlal;n, Manln Bu n, n ll. ing
eandid~1C1 deeled on a natronll !nti If we IUt· /lnancb l "tc. t lary, aud Tom Ha,o n, lou l un ion
teed, we arc ,ule 10 see ,ood t"nes a8~in when ,II p,ui den l.
01 our Brothers Ind S,sten are wo.klflg.
AI our lanua, y general meeting. aC\lon was .aken
which giVe! all due~· payrng apprenllces thc privi
!ege of volillg 011 money m311crs which ~ f/ (et rhcm,
This II an<llh~r move Ifl Ihe [lghl d"celiun
See yuu nCXt monlh
MIINTI" TMU~, I'S
Local Honors
Reliring F.S.
L.U. 880 lu), SIOUX CITY . IOWA- loca! 8AO held
• r( lrrcmenl p~lIy Inr M~rvrn Bern, our flnanelll
ICneu ry. Overlhe yean, MalVin has held .lm(»1
every union poSition in oor local and hIS Nen
Shown ht re Ire rtli lff Marvin Btr n
Ba.nu, righi , Local 880 pres ide nl.
ve ry .clive fOI .he past 15 yea.s. He has been I n
Insplullon to his fellow officers and members. We Party Enjoyable ;
WISh him the very beSt Ifl h.s 1(lIremenl yC~1I
U5I Au,u" loc:al 880 held ItS AnnUli Picnic Retirees Receive Awards
for ,II 01 our H' 0Ihe.5 and Iherr fam.IICi Cene l .U. 902lgo V1 I, PIIll.ADEl.PIII A, PA.- On Otcem
Crawford Igain voluflIeeled to do Ihe cookrng, We be l 17, 1983, local 902 held itS Annual Ch"Slma$
se lved hambu'ge ' s and hOI dog, and lC,ved JM.Ip h'ly ThiS a/fall. the fiul g.ven by our newly
/0' Ihe kids We al50 had ho,suhoes Ind so/rinll cle".d ofAce,s. proy.ded OUr members wllh a !luly
games fur anyone who wanted to play FtlIlhe kids fUllve .tm(nphere
He got quite wet, bot he IS all weI anyway In
addlllon Ihere wcre volleyball arid races fur the
S~nla Clau~, portrayed by B'Olhe. Uen,y Vile .
p.nenled lucky rreket holden wllh boltlu of ehe""
Ind dlflne, /0' IWO IIckets Then. 10 Itct OUr mem
thlld , en berl in Ihe holiday Ip,m. Brolhe. Thomas Tnch.
I would like to thank SOllll· 01 the mcn who pUI d'Uled In hIS New Yur'l Mummen costume. led
on another soccessful prenlc: 11111 W,hon, Tom Dor membcn, Ihei. WIVI:!, and grrllllends In Ihe
Barnes, Dennis "D redge" jonC!, Gcne Cuwlt)rd tr~dlliunal "Mummcrs Strut. "
Craig jeMen. Earl Feaolo, Bob loqmy, .IId SIeve AJ usu al, the lood, muSIC, .nd drink we,e OUI
Adalil' 1/ Ilorgot somebody, sorry. Thanks, /CUYI. lI~ndlnl\, All rhe l~d,es rcceived fioral dceoullunS
fo r a g.eal IIIne as Ihey 'Hived But Ihe highlight of Ihe eYcning
wru the prcsenlallon of aw~.d,.o our recent reli
IHI !\UM~I, I'S
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Address CHANGED?
I Brothers and Sisters, we NAME .•. •
I want you to have you r
I JOURNAl1 When you NEW ADDRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ... .
I have a change o f ad-
ZIp Code
I dress, please let us
I know. Be sure to in-
t clude your old address
PRESENT LOCAL UNION NO. .• ••••••...•••.•••••.•••
I and please don't forget CAAD NO . •••• •. . . . .• . ••.••........••••••••..••••••
it! unllno .. n - check .. 11~ locil Unlonl
to fill In l. U. and Card
No. This information will PENSION MEMBEA o
be hel pful In checking
and keeping our rec- OLD ADDRESS
ords straight.
CI,y Z'P Code
If you h.ve changed FORMER LOCAL UNION NUMBER
locel unIons, we must
have numbers 01 both. Mail h · Circulation Department
International Brothelllood Df Electrical W.liers
1125 IStb Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 2DDIl5
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 Retirees
Antndinll,ht Loul902, Phllldr iphil, p", Chri~H'
mat Pany. "'nf. front lOW , leI! 10 ,I,h r, rt l ilrrs
Vilo S. Rlliln, Robul G. Flubl.lrllu, .nd F"ntil
Ricr, .nd ".~k row , Idl to fi,hl, Srrve OiTo mo,
b U$i o ut mlll'lIf ' l GtOIllt "n.I)', IOltrllllion.1
RtpnU'flU lin,,"d lobn Anun. pruidrn l.
Officers
" t, 1 10 .I, hl, froo l
row, Rllk' l O. lry, ..1ft pltlidt n. , SIr .. , DiTomo,
tHuinru mIUIIU, Pit Cipolla ni, tr t nUrff; Ind
'1m Eli lin l er , Ir co l dl ng unrurYI bl ck ruw , It h ' 11
ri,ht , p, u] I. I'upi, lia, IIn. nci.1ur n ."y, Gro rge
Kn. ly, Intr rn . tiou l Rr p. urn U I;U j .nd loho An-
nl n, p."idt nl.
.eu. Ro~ tI C Frccbur,cl, FrancIs RIce, and Vilo
S. Rl.IJSo, by ou r busmus managtr, Sitye OiTomo.
On hind 10 help In ,ht "nemallons 10'15 Inter-
nanon.1 Rcprcscnuuyc George Knaly BrOlhcl
Knaly, who 81lciously Iccepled our invllillon to
nlend ou r Chns tmu P~rIY, abo visilcd Ihc shIp'
Ylld Ihc day prio r 10 Ihc parly Presidcnt Annan
look Geollc on i 10UI of OUI wo,ksltu, inuoouced
him to tOP manalemcnt offic Ial" and Ian B.othe.
!tnal)' an opponUDlt)' to meet and dlseu$! problems
With our newly deeled office rs
Brolher Knaly complime nted our officclS on the
PIOllell Local 902 m.de In mereulnl OUI memo
b<nhlp Ind the milnnc. In which wc handle ou.
loc.1 union ~ff~lfs
Pno. to Iflvmg fo. Wuhmllon, Brother Knaly
offe.ed hI' " rVleu 10 ou. local when and If p.ob·
lems allie .nd we need help from Qur lnternau onal
Thi' I'm confideol we ,u officrll Will t~kf full
,dunt'le of
The olficers and membc:n of Local 902 would
hkr to ulend 10 neryone. HilPpy ilnd Prosperous
New Year ReM wI~hr.
PAUL I PUPlCLlA, F.S
Work Scene Appears
To Be Picking Up
LU. '0] li,o,' II,rm 6.lpa), GU LFPORT, MISS.-
On extobe. 29, 1983, Ciois ~duu ••cUled 110m
Local 9OJ. At the IImc of hIS reurem cnt , ~deauJl
was wOlkmlon the MSAAP lob 10. Sharp Elremc,
MI wc .11 lOt tOlc the •• nd threw h.m • htde
rCUrCmenl pany on the ,Db Welot hIm. ,.am]us
5ICC] bell buckle wllh h •• name on " alonl wilh
Ihe IBEW emblem It Wl$ • nice wly to Siall I
retuement,lnd II you want llood laugh, the nUl
tlmc you ICC Dcdcau.r: u k hIm what wu on h.s
I~u dlSm"ul .1'1'
SIOCe my JaSt lettc, we hlvc aho hid some very
sad newl Threc of <.lUr gQOd B.others hive passed
..
IWIY, Ilmu Rouu, S' , Ii I Br',II,olc, Ind Alben
Man l ln We tend ou r heartfelt condolcncCl to thell
lamilln. Wc also ulenll OU I condolcneu 10 Ihe
membcll 01 Locil !l9S In Baton Roule, louitlanl,
Retiree
D~.'.".~ of I..o<:a l
M iS'" who rt llred io October, .'Il. 903,
for the sudden Ind lIalle leK. of thell buslncllS
'lent, Ca lol Bellkey
0" Ib ~ wu,lo:. ~ene, the S"Ulllon 's
(urrendy
lbout the »me, wllh members IInlung to Ind Irom
Saudi A"blil and others employed befe II home
There IIC 51111 tWO elcws wOlklng 10. Sharp lithe
Ammun,tlon Pllnl, Inll uver.1 people hne beeo
dded II Ihe lick WIl Mn Planl The MQ5. POl nl
Pape. Mill h., pUt th e gfUlcst numbel to wOlk 10
the list 511 weeki, and II arpears that there WIll
be I neldy IOdIDe In cmploymenl thele Thfl nUl
futu.e .cem~ to hold a lot 01 p,omlse IC(oromiIO
B. olhel Lon CIII Oap, wtth pl.nI; 10 ope uu oo lor
Ihe B·2 Itsl stand at NASA and mOI( wOIk at ,h.
pape l mllil ID Man Pomt In d Hallir~hllr" This
II news thu we toul d alilland 10 benefil from
CLAIlINti l LIZANA, PS
Retiree
lack Kum, lefl, OWll tl 01 COlllo lidal. d Elteni c,
In d Blolhe l R. O. Si ms, Loca l 9 15, Tampa, fla.,
In I hown wi lh B.olh e. Simi' n lirfWeO I ,ift, a
nt w pick-up tluck.
Th is il Ih e (lew II TE CO'I Ga nno n Po werhouse
II Blolher R. O. S l m~ ' Chri&lm u .etirt mellt ll lh-
uial. B. ot hfl Sim. i, 0 11 Sallla'. bPI . t hi, left is
the lIew lelltllllo. emlll, lohll Rivell ,
Brother Sims Retires ;
Charity Drive A Success
LU. 915 (i6.lIItl, TAMP A, f LA.-B. othel R 0
S.ms . eu.ed Dccembcl 2J Brother S,ml had been
an employee 01 Consohdued Elecmc Com pany
and hlld been ,upc.vlSlnl( wOlk at Tampa Electllc
Company'. Ih.ee powelhousel Brother Sims has
becn doinl thl ' 10. dOM: 10 20 yUIS He II ,ue-
ueded by 8rothel John R,ve,a AI. ,euremem
Ilithellng BIOIhel S.m, reu.ved a new pick·up
truck and I rod an d reel hom the company lind
nltn HKP PY !hhtng, R 01
The ChIL 5Imn 'USun once .,•• n blou,ht looh
our Annual Salvluon Army 6cll Rmg'n. Olive.
And onCe agam Local 915, IBEW, ha, led all olher
area labo. union. 10 the colleellon 101 thOle In 1'1
need Thl. year we collecled $335. Thc eommunoty
e/loll was anincd by Blothen " Buddy" Wade, Bob
Kal s.:., Tommy Kl uer, Mlfcehnu Rod,,~e1, MIl·
ton Peru, DaVid Adams, Holly Adams. Mells»
Adams, Geoe SWisher, MIS Walt SWlahel, lury
lenkln. and SeOIl Brown. Blothe. Clry Hill Ind
Brothel Bill Dev~1 eoord.nated thil wonhwhlle
eodeavo. ...
Blathers and S,ue •• , Ih" IS an election ycar It'.
not 100 lite to leliller Thll )'ur'. vOle rruty be
the most Imponlnt Vote 10 mlny ycan. Walter
Mond,lc hu I r,oven nilek .ecold IS • Inend of
the .... o.kin. people We need 10 .upport him IS he
has us 10 the JIIIS!
198J b.oug.ht Ihe pU.,lIl IWI)' 01eight Brotherl
Theyare JackCrylo, Fled Plemmons, R.Oft Engllsb,
Don HIli, raul N1ehols, Geolle Cower, Hlrold •
Meugcr, S•., Ind I.ck COSlCtte To Ibe Ilmlhn
and fnend5, we ,e•• et Ind ,hlle thell \1}!ISI they
Will be mIssed grutly
so. KArsu., P 5
Work Is Stow;
Voting Is a Must
L U. 93111&.e), coos BAY, OME.-Wdill" that
lime of yea lll"n, and by now we .hould all.ultu
ulthty utn, ,"ocelle. and .n
what ou r electell Ofl!.C IIIs did to us lut ycar With
pilCH g0101 up, I
1I00't Ihtnk we need .ny mOle tne .el$e. in tlXC'
Dr waSt~lul ,II,overnment spending What we do
netd th ough II 10. every wOlklnl man 1(1 gCI out
and VOle, Ind Vote hke YOUI Itle depended on II
because II ,un mldll Ou. ltvellhood has con·
stantly bc:en threllcned by buruuctallc aplthy . • 4
Thi ' year il"IOlOS 10 take an Intelhlcnt vOltllO
know the cand,dal" and where Ihey stand on Ihe
ISnl(S 10 orde r to OUSt the de"" welghl and get
somc real fllcnds 01 the WO.klnl man back In
olAce
USI yell set new reeo.d. 101 ralnf.ll in O.elon
alonl With new leeo. d, 1m unemployment. Ram -
lall wenl ove r 92 tnehes whUe unemployment 10
Coo. COU nty rcached 17 pe.cellt As fa l as wO lk
"Iht now, fO'lel u ! Mny of our local hand. are
scrambltng to find othe l 10M .. theil unemploy· •
mcnt hu ruo oUllnd "VlOp Iccounts hit bottom
I'm 11111 opumLltie fm '8 4, thoUlh. A lew job. h.ve
!tickled In dUling Ih, pilt month, bUI those welC
muslly due 10 holiday .hutdown., etC Some pro<
'pccIIye JOb, I t t m thc ,", bUI there 'l nmhLOg
conc.ete YCt
See Yil at tbe hlU I
Btu McCAll"'£(, P 5
Hunter
Brother lim Bru lII 01 Loca l '5), bu Claire, Wis., ..
bagtd Ih b Bro wo Bu'lher IIkln l llme off from
hi. jub in AI.,k •.
Negotiations Proceed ;
Brother Bags Bear
L U. 'S){i,u,t,em,cat v6.lpaJ, EAU CLAIR E, WI S,-
They'rc not comtng easy, bUI they 'le coming, and ,
so III we havc been Ible to hold OUI own. M.ny
thanks to those l u ong ·wlllcll, con 'C lenUOUI unton
members who nlilled UI wllh Ihtll dne rminillon
III negOtiatiOnS to bettc. ,he wly 01 hie lor Iheir
Braille .. and S.lIell by moving fOlward and Iccom·
pl,.h,,,, ,.,..1. Ihal make wo.klng condition. In
thell umon ag.cemenll bene. for III conce rned.
Thanks from all the memben 10 Betty and Cllohnc
 ~~ Elrcu o- Md , SIeve and Ron I I CATV, Larry ~I
(hcc L.ke and Dewey I I Black R,ver Falll ~nd \0
the membership fr om 1,1' for YOUI continued sup-
pon
A httle On the light side now Take a good, 5110nll.
look al Ihe p,ctu re and .maglne whal n would be
hke \0 ICC a 1,200'pound, nine·fool , three- mch
.. Brown Bell lookm,&: al yOIl. Wllu would you do,
gun or no Jl:unt Well , Brother I'm Bruns 5wod hi •
glOund~nd ~Ollhl$ once·io·I-lifetime trophy 11m
wa~ working in Alaska and «>ok a linle ume off
to go hundog willi hi s dad , I don', th10k he evcI
thought 1\" WQuid 113"" an opportunity 10 balllhil
monste r To all of tlL llricnd~ in Alaska, I,m UYI.
'En YUUI heul out 'diu."
Now who II klddmg whoml An avclag" bowle r
(If ab!;1I1t 150. foil, a Nauonal Honor Count Come
• on, Oak, how much dId .\ cost youl Supposedly,
On IXccmhcr 6, 1983, Dale IblUm rolled glImCl
of 244, 246 and a shaky 21J lur • 703 Nallonal
Hono. Coont Dale wu bowling 10' Ih~ lIam
Ta~ ~rn al the Lena Lann In Ih e Tuesday !lIghl
men's league Oh yu, I gUtSS I sho uld menllon
that Dale ~nd Ih~ uwne . 01 Ihe bnes art very good
,,,tnd~. Nice lULling,. Dalc!
Well, wc're w~"'ng lur wurk to break lor our
wucmen I'r cscll lly, Dennis IS In ne~O\iallOn' and
nOI haY,nR 100 much succe!s at Ihis lime wl lh the
contraClO.,. lI owa.d is in n~gO!lallon' wilh D~u
yland I'uwcrl pOSSIbly by Ihl' .cadmg he will have
succusfully cum pletcd them We're all wI~hlng
you wellltuy.
ThIS ., the yea r 01 J'Qss.bly one of the musl
Impurunt deCISIons you may mah III your llfe-
lime Look'l the ISSUCI. look 31 Ihe cand,dalcs
and Ihell lund on those issuu, and th~n make
your deCls,on SUPPUII the und"bl t 01 your chOIce
Ilopdully, yuur declSlOll 10',11 be Ih~ "ghl onc
Don't fOlICel 10 rtICiue. and vUle!
Always buy \ltllon·made III the USA. SUppOII
your Uruthc.s ~nd SUtc., and kccp America s.rong
III.uct M IO;;-H"~U, As~'T. II ,M.
Holiday Party Enjoyed ;
• Brother Holmes Retires
L U. 965 iulh m), MADISON, WIS.-Local Unn
96S.2J, f,-hdlson, held .hell-Xcond Annual Ch"st·
mn Pa.ty at .he "Sotlom LIne" Th ere werc J9
paId attcnd~nce, and w~ ended up wuh scy~ral "no
~ho ..... s." H uw~ve ., Ihell mtals were gratdully .e ·
celved by .he nrgh. CreW wo rking Qt .h~ Da.a
Celllc. on the cold tvtnlng 01 Decembe r 13,]98J
• Th e lucky ones thaI did attend enluyed cock.all
houl frOIll 4 to 7 and a most enloyable meal
cO!15t~ling of nlad, Cornish hen wllh th e wmh,
beve rage., and denell All urangemcn ts for .hl~
pally wtrc In Ihe capable hands 01 Laune Sokolik,
lor ..... hleh everyone IS gra.eful There were Bve
lucky mcmbc:rs who ended up wllh su rpn se door
pnICJ. What made .he whole cvenmg a succus
was Ih~ I pll1tcd ' upon!c by the membeu presen t
We h o~ IU lepea l thl' mos. plca"nl gct·loge.he.
0/ Incndly, happy, com pallble BrOlhers and SISttr$
agaIn 11\ 1984, and II would be IIlteruung III sce
II .he allendan ce WIll mC rease lII.ernalllthe same
The more .hc me rll C'
Alfred "AI" Hulmes took culy rCllrelllcn.lrom
.he WIsconsin ]luwCI and Ught Com pany, cflccllYe
. r~nulty I, 1984 AI enlered WI'L sc ryice un OClUbe.
22, 1947. Smcc OCIObe. 16, 1954, he hu been a
senlO. profcrty . eco rd cle rk In .hc Assc. PI""ning
Secllon 0 the COlltrollel 's Department In Ih e
General Olficc, Mad ..on Al sc r~cd as untl chall'
man 01 tht Mad,sun Unll for e,ght yurs III Ihe
lat e '60s
AI .5 mamed, has tw o sons and onc daughltl
and IW Opandsons. HIS hobby IS fishmg. whIch he
will be dorng In carncs. and .enewed Vlt:0'. AI
euuen ti y resIdes at ]002 Noble Lane, Madlwn,
Wl sconsUl AI's future plans mclud~ "a~cl1l1lg and
fhhlng. lie ~pcnds .he ,umlllcrs ~1 hI' COllage in
NlIl\h ern Wl sconsm
At AI's .equcst, no "gDi ngaway" parry w ugl ~ cn,
however, ~ gI ft certificate was glvelltO AI from hI S
many WI'L IlIcnds to Ihe " Marine r'. Inn," lint 01
AI'I l.avonle uung cstabhshments.
The re I' no duubr Ihat Ih e expcrttse 01 A! WIll
b<; nll~n-d by t h~ WI' L Company, however, I! I' Party
rhe fOh-5poktn, cOlIgcl1ll1 Im'lle .hal Al has .0
long J'Qltlaycd Ih.t WIll neve l ~ IOlgotten. On
behalf 01 Ihe enllle memberlihlp 01 Loul 965, all
of ou r IImlhe rs and Sls.en extend Allhe vuy best
WIShes aod eOntll1uou, hul.h and happlll e$~ In hIS
.Clllemcnr yea rs
MUIiAlIII (;RAff,I'S
Officers
~
.ighl , 11m row: 1 Bill Men.
flnandl l ~tcrrnry m~nagtl, Flin k
C. Cheney, tru surr' l Gorr, .rco.ding
,uru. rf. Lrft to rigbl, row: Execu li ve
Blla rd mr mb rrs Dav id T. I, II., Bill Pattlln,
lI alll ld lIallenltr. and . Lrft 10 righ ••
Ihi.d row: E.umin!ng Board n, e",br rl: Ibllull
8u(klrY, Cl rroll Dav i~, Grrl hrsou, .nd IIlIb Kids of . 11 'Iu enjoyed .he line Ch. i5lmU piny
Pitton. Absent wert: I. D. Thom p_lIll, vicr pIU!' spoMoled by 0111 udiu A..... ilil ry.
den l, and ,"hn Witt man. [umi"ing Boa .d mem-
br r.
Retirees Christmas Party Enjoyed
By Children
L. U. 970 ii8Lrlli), KELSO·LONGV IEW, WA SII.-
It ert arc a couple Df plc IUIC $ Iwm .he Ch""mu
party ~ponJll red by Ihe ladrc, au~lha.y A special
thanks III LlIIda lIelge, Lllra U"dges, Ma"lyn Den
sen, Bev End,cott, Lrona Kuby, LlIIda Math er.,
Dlln~ McGraham and Dalb Sampslln And 01 COU!8e
111 "Sama" fBllb Rhcaumcl It was a greal party fot
uvc r 80 kIds!
I would lIke tD lepoT! a grut 01 evcn an ,mplo~td
wurk pIC'U'~ ' bu. I can'l-yel. I hear that w~ dId
t:ct ~me resolu lrom uur lecem p,ckrts. but we 'll
Mer ired mtmb",. of Local 968, It It til ri ~ ht , 60s'
row: Bakl ry Bdl, Nllah Dennr tt , O. B. Ri chard son, have 10 Watt awhrlc 10 sec II they Slick Wryco
Bt n Epling, Ed Ha mmN, Chrli t Robi n. lln, lI aluld ,"11 holds in .hrea.!() j{1~e Cllnntet. 111 non ' UIIIOn
Hufmann, Gl en Em ri ck, Old. BUlkh,",mrr, C. C. contraCtors
I hope til hut sonIC pl clures back IWIIl thc
Whitlt y, and Grll.gr Wi". " •. SrclII,d lOW, left to
1·lusplte neX I munth. Alsn lIu r chartcr IS draped
li ght : Ltwi~ Sams, Floyd Eddy, Waltrr GU$l k r,
Malph lohn soo, CIUIOIl BlOwn, 11111 Cox, and 110- for .wu mcmben whll pa ned away recently , Geol~e
mtr NowelY. Third ' 0101, IrFl 10 light: Wilme l Ellis and Ray Coupcr Our prayers arc wHh .hell
lamllles
nUrll , hulllurk hammt r, O.u. Srrphrnsun , Oan
Vltu, Fled Andtnon , p.u l Ctrpr nl tl, Ind Harry
Sec you II Ih e Mitch 28 UntOn mertlng. Bllng
.hlS arucle with yllU. and I'll buy ),OU a cup 01
L.ughlin.
coffee II on~ 01 OU I nne UIIIO" .Cltaurants afte r
.he meellng
Our p.ove rb lor Ihe month 15. "AnxlelY 111 Ihe
Officers Obligated; heart 01 man ClO'U depruSlon, bOI a good wllrd
makes \I glad'" I'R 12_2.'>.
Annual Picnic Held I 0 " t\Ol>(;ll" Hoocu, 1'.5
L.U. 968 !i,lI,tu, ru8L . p' )' PAMKERSII UIIG, W.
VA. - At the luly 21. 198J, fc~u1Ar ulllOn meelln!\.
the newly dec ttd IIlllce n IDr Ihe nUl th ree yurs
Apprentices
wCle obltgated by IIro,hcr lIak!cy Hell, pUt presi·
dent
Our Annu.1 ]lICIllC w~. hdd on Saturday, Sep-
tembe. 10. 1983. a. Ihc lIutche. Bend 4·11 Camp
Grounds It was an cnloy.ble day 101.ll, Indod"'g
g.1mcs lor the chlld.en CO"S'Utng of sack racct,
.. bbl! and chIch" ehues, and uodp,le money
hunlS The adohs ahu h.d a good IImc of playlflg
fO/tball, puchlflg hlllsuhoel. and plaYlflg blflgo_
We had ,lime rcal nICe 1'";(1, colo"n!! books and
cuyons III' thr chrldren A],.. We had a hve ellle'·
tamment 5how IU'lInng app rentice )dl W,lham '
fOn alld h, s Blue G.ns IlJnd Dallel Shdlne ,a!c.ed
fine lull<l 101 Ihe pIcniC
A speCIal thank s to Ihe In.cT!ammcnt Cum mi.
.ee fill • Illb wdl d""e We haJ I rul good attend·
.nce III about 450 10 500 people lntludmg 25 rCllred Fllunb. ytll .pprt ntlcn lilt Fontenllt , left , and
members Knan Cullin. of Loca l '95, 8uon Rooge, U ., pick
II KllTlt L~tlEw, P S .hfit . plice-"bn t of 3' . plleu."
"
 Work Scene
Miserable
L U. 11 02 I'm), CO VI NGTON, KY, -I .m JO rry 10
report Ihlt the wo,k Kcne 15 snll b~d lind many
others hke me have been laid off fo, onc year.
Bellcve me Ihll Ihll hu Men a lon, ynr It has
bun a Ion" eold Willie. II has ~cn even longer
. nd co ldu fo r those of us who arC not dr.wing
unemployment and hlVcdozcns of;ob Il'plLullons
noatm, 01.11 there in . pa ce IOmcwhcrc We IttJ IS
if we .n 10 • lime warp
You know the Mln~ ' 'Take This Job Ind Shove
11" 1 Well, Ihll IS whu the bClonn have done.
They hive shoved ,hur lobs back In • corne r
bopm, ,hi' Ihey can fOliCI about them and rhey
W\II let dooe on their o wn. ~\.tt btwJrc, prc,ldeDls,
plant manl,uI, foremen, Ihcsc tobs .rc danlerou ,
10 s.omwnc', huhh They will tllhcr f.1I on lOme
one Ind hun them d. Ihey •• c a fire hlZ.cII,d PinK
dlLnk .bout !emn, IIOmconc who n laid off come
Nck and help let theH harmful jobs done up I'm
lure w meone would M "ad to come b.ck Ufn .f
" IS tun I week 01 two. Help m tel wme 01 us
OUt of Ih •• lime nap that we a'f In Coworkers,
IIlk to you. bolHI, you know where theH odd
jobt. arc hid.nl-
I would hke 10 tell everybody " hi " Ind hope to
HC you lOOn
BAUAAA SI'ICUt, P S
Oath
T.ki"1 tbe ,,"h " I ,,16u 101 Loal • 116, T ucson,
Ali L, alC, leh , Penolc Coalu , Eueulivr Balfd
membu, aad Vlu Prnld ent Ciad y Wh ite,
Dues Increase
At Beginning of Year
LU. 11 1611l,ema.t nt), TUCSO N, A.RI z'- Atthe
Rrt! 01 the yur our dun chanVd and went up a
btl 1111s WII more 0' lUI expected as matt uel'}'·
thlOl else has done the lime, ThIs Hemed to M
Ihe excuse .ome we le look'll& for .0 they could
.ppeaH thell COntcLence and "drop the union ",
lite. all, those few dolla" • month help their
rodet so mu ch , why pvc tI tow"d the unton fOI
dues! The union ..... II, epreHDI them and they w,lI
ACt all the MneRIS everyone els.e leu anyh ow, so
lUll nde Ilonl free Oh ye., that money they sne
n ch month-well- lend It .... lth love beclIIH Un·
~I~ S.m WIll like it pluJ ma le. Rathe. Ih.n de·
ductinl theLl duu, they add " to thell tlXable
.ncome thus ra.slnl the .mount they owe al the
end of the yell- IO whe. e do the valuu Itel With
protectlnl thell livelihood In d thei. job secu rity
0. don.Unl It 10 the lovernment! Sure, thcy have
the " 1I&h1 to .... olk... Everyone hu the " n&ht 10
.... olk" ! They m.y not h.ve a ,oh, but they do hue
Ihe "",!!.hI tn .... olk." lIy the ume token, everyone
hu • nght to clI- nght! So, I'll M ove l. I I of
tonl&hl, fa. dinner- but I won't ply fOI .ny food ,
['I] Ileep at YOUI hOUle- but I won'l p.y fa • • ny of
the utihuu , I WIll nde In your c,,_ bul I WOO 'I
ply 101 any 01 the &isolillC. [ .... o ... ld M. hecloadel
... J tiUI .. whll Ihl. II .lIaboul !
We.1I wilh S,itet Kly Bonlvia a $peedy recovery
from eye IUllery. QU I but to you Kay . Congratu ·
Ii tion. to Brothcl JIm Quientcro, the lucky winne.
01 the Isloo Icc Chest .1 the laouary mectiol.
50 liE,<.. MIL..N~, P.S.
Exhibit celci y hope the comran y Ind .he ... n lon can II .ee ,
on tht Rnl l ItSt and JIIlcrpre l.1110n lor IUl u ft I. YII III
without having to .cler it blck to her for Anal
di spo.ition.
Blothel Joseph Mel o, C.V, bdptr, Dtpanmerlt
246, .ully dueIVCI I pit on the blck fOI hi.
pltlenCe and persevc.ance 10 thll iuue Now he
lCems 10 M caugh t in I .llualion whele he mighl
not benell t immediatciy from the arbitratnr', award
lI anl In the It, lot, we ' le nill w,tit yuu
We I tlll have Kvell[ grievancel m arhulltlon
One cue hu iUII Men .ellied and withdrawn from
arbitration. We lie optlmislic titat maYM .... ith •
Ittlle more dfort by managemenl Ind un.on the
grievances c:.an M ~tlled without .rbitrallon We
hne hid 76 piev.ncn procuHd th rough the
Hcond lIep of the p.ev.nce p.oced ... re In the ,i.
months smce Ihe ciecllon 01 offlce..
PictlllcG il Ibnk Co rrie of Loca[ 640 mann inl th e
$1ft wlllnl uhLhlt nf Loca[ I IS I, Ty[tr , TH. Dunnl the wtek ofl.nua ry23, BusmessMID.tel •
R.lrh Hyde and P.nident David Aluiar attended
thc Manufaclurinl Confelence m Wash.ngton, D.C.,
, pon$Oled by Ihe 18EW. Thtlconferenee concerned
Exhibit Presented the eou 01 hultit (lfe and ill ~lfeclJ on co llecllve
ByJATC,NECA ~1"LDml 11uI w,ll M • v~...,. imJ"lOuant lub,CCt
l..U, II SI \i, u,tm"-$ p.l, T YLER, TEX_The T y[e l dUllnl 01,11 upcom.nl nel"lIallonland the confe l·
en ce wu well limed
ElectfLcal lomt ApPlenucuhlp .nd T lam.nl Com· Management Is ".lnlnl employeu now 10 com·
mmee, In cOniUn Cl100 .... "h the No rtbeast TelliS
pltance with the " Rlgh",o·Know" Uow concerning
Elc-cmcal Con tl.CIOIS AStoe.atIOn, presc nltd .. handltns hu.ardous marenal,. All employees m
ufe ,wlflnl exhIbit I I the Ent Teus Fall, Tyle.,
TUII, in ~plcmMI [983. comJ"lOundml have Men trlIDed, Ind ,II fork·lift
The booth wu manned evemngs and n'&h" by dllvell. and those m lecetvml .. well, lie MinI
tr.ined No one will Mable 10 wn. k tn thi. IICI
the aprlentt cCl and InstruCtOI. of Loc.l liS I without fi l$l go.ng th lough trlln.nl on hl%lIdoul
Ileured membcu and Mu p" Tucke.. ..... fe of matellalJ . If you Mheve you sho ... ld M included.
[nternauonal ReprCHntauvf: 11111 Tucker, Riled In
dUnnl ....OI" lunl hou." as well II thell da ... ghter A
eOOIiCI I member 01 the Hlety COmmllle~
tI.vcl er from Loul 640, MI "Ink Come, .Iso
We .... ,11 M mecllnl WOD 10 draft .n 'IenO. fOI
conu.c t nel ou.llon, Thit mf"f!'lInl i. '1,1$1 U .m·
.'
wOlked the booth.
The theme of Ihe cxh,b" wu ' 'Tlllnml 10 InlUle J"IOrtant 10 allend II I ,,"ficatlon mcetlnl, We
S.fety In Wlllnl," Maoy mquinu we le answered, hope to If"f!' you all there. You should Ilw mike
.od .... ~ hope people Welt enh,!!.hlened .bout mfcnol an attempllo attend Ihe resular mUll",. Remem ·
Mr, you If~ the umon!
wOlkmansh.p. RellStratlon wu encoullted .nd
free pnZCI were awuded. AI\P'u"""~ldy $4.00 '" RALPH E. HYlX, B.MJ P.S
prizes was contnbuled by 1IC1 merch.n ..,
We of the Apprentlcesh.p Committee leel the Local Joins
eduhtt was I Irul s ... cces.
Insurance Plan
M R....v PATTU.K>N, Tn.tJ. 'A TC
LU. 1205 (i,Oa.D), GA INESV[LLE, FLA.-In.u.·
an ce plans fOI Local nos wu on~ of the malOr
•
torlCi lor 120S memM" to dtlCuJI. The unc~r­
ta'DlY of Ibe NECA·18EW plan led Local [20S to
Retiree merg' wnh Local [71, IDcksonv.llr, Florida, 10
!o.ninl the Southwest inJufance Plan olhel [oc.IJ
I.e joinlDI" Ihil lime Ou. lo.urloce Commtllee,
IPpolnted by Prestdent Jobn Luke, COn",,, of Ken
Gamage, lohn Rlckcl5on, 11m Wilham •• John Mar· : _
lin, Charles Smith and Vernoo Bernlld. TheH
member, are to M co mplimented on IIbuiallnl I I
much mlormation IS potllble with,n Ihe bounda·
ne. 01 lime and not enough mUltnl' M.nl Khed ·
u[ed Thank you. BrOlhe.., lor a ,ob .... ell done
At thc lanuary mee tins a pin WII . .... arded to
Alva J. Watwn for 10 YU ls. A Local 1205 T ·lhi n
WIJ won by Pat Dicken. The belt buckle w.. won
by Roome Hlnel The SIOO door pn;e went 10
h uldeDt O. vid A",ill, Lou l ' 196, P''''IU.:''~ t , Harold Fowler
R.I" p.uen u Ihf: olfio.1 IB EW quan~ wll ch 10 G.melv.lIe Inidenu eOlO)'ed an .ttractlve
Trul ... ltr'.mb 8 . bola. 'imm y It tired in Octoher
1981 hu t will .em. in IrUJUrt . 10. th e remainder
Chllltmu dISp[.y leI up by Locll !lOS memM ..
Th.nk you Marion 8ryant, Aaron GIY, David Mar·
01 hi t It rm. ,b.lI, A. I. Bukelle, Don Champion, lohn Luke,
l:harlCi " Red " G"h.m, Ho ..... rd Goocr and Ch.d
PrUtOn for I DIce loh .ellml up OU I Chllumu
Local Wins Arbitration; decOlatlOn, 'TIl next mOOlh
PAT RoSEll., P.S
Officers Attend Conference
L U. 11 96\f.ml, PA WTUCKET, R.I.- Our Imce.t
condolence. 10 o ... t 10 tite Mlnuel Mlilta family Negotiations Proceed
00 Ihe lost ol thellllOn and hlothel, COlporal DaVId
Mau., who ...... k.lled LD Leblnon. Fathel Manny
With Stations
Maua retl led from ITT Ruyallnd th ree b.OIhefl, L.U, 1220 lltb), CIII (.; AGO , ILL.- (.; Icellngs irom
John, Ray and Manny a.e pre~ntly wo. kmg in the Locll 1220! Tbe.e WU I lood lurnOUI for the
pllnt OccemMI union meetml lod • slIonl reprCHn'
The caS/: on senionty and .ecall h.. Rnilly been talton lrom all au' bloadcaSt ""tionl. The byllw
arblll"W , .nd the arblllllol, Suzanne C;wnda, ch.nSe Ihat WII p,eHntcd " tbe Decembe r unlOD
hat ruled .n favOI of the umon John lI utton. meet .nl had an dfec t on our Janu.ry union mee linl
manage l, employee relations, Ind lIusLDcu Man· I \lend.nce due 10 lome of the hsuu whic h were
'Iel Ralph Hyde are p' Clen lly wo. king ou t the pU I forth in the by law ch,nlel.
detaill in gCllmS e"eryone Involved ,0 the.r right FOI the A"t h.lf 01 [984, conllaCI nClotiation.
bid job Ind .h,h. The ar b"'alor'. jUlIlGlelion h.. will M m plogrnll t WEOC·AM, WCIU-TV, WIIO·
Men reillned unul March 31 , 1984, but we lin· AM/ WIEZ· FM, WI PC·AM Ind WGCI·AM and FM.
 l Dinner
A &(lod lim~ was h~d by all at Iltt l ocal 1220,
• Ching". III., Ch'! I!mu Dinnn, as th nt pictU 'f~
show.
LCI', ,II Slay mformed on whal IS lOlng on and be
rudy to back the ncgoua lioD lums
Business Manage. Fnederlch has uarttd mHui
d,scussions wl,h v,nous locals and has had our
heculivc Board look mto the POS51b,luy of stattlng
a strike fund for all contrac ts covc. ed by thI s Io<:al.
We will keep you apPllscd of the membership's
concerns on ,hLs Issue I nd how 11 IS !O be funded
Our thank, co Nancy Rohl for Il k,", Ihe p,c tures
a. OU! Chnslmas Dmner Support the umon ·backed
candIdates because II IS your iob that ', on th e [lIIC'
DANI~L E fRlfDU-I Clt , B.M .
...
Shop Suwud Rhomb Drew, Ith, looks (Iyc r birth-
day , ru tings wil h Mdb• .
1245 Member Celebrates
.. 80th Birthday at Work
LU. IHS lo ,u, l ,t m , Cl l v,uu,goVt &~t), WALNUT
CREEK, CAL._ loul 1245 member Mdba Gregory
recent ly celeblated a very ~pccLll Icd· lette r day
with a 101 of hdp from he r many fnend s al work
II Lyn ch Commumcations in Reno, Nevada.
Dunng a well·planned aftern oon b. ea k on Mon·
day, Decembe. 19, thc doningloom u Lynch was
f111c:<J wllh a g.oup (aile ' IU break OUI on JOng wllh
a fam.lrar cho.us 01 Happy 81f1hday fo r Melba
who cdeb. ~r"d her 80l h bUlhday on thai d~y
[8EW L<Kal 1245's an.S tanl busmess manlgn,
Orv Owe n, was among those wh o guherc..! 10
e ~tcnd hel the very besl of wishes Melba wu
presenled a beautiful gold lIoul pill and a SC I apbook
01 bmhday Wishes from Ihose who have wo. hd
wllh he r over he. many yean 1\ Lynch.
Mdha has been a me mber of Loul 1245 lor 20
yU rs, an d was nCally 60 yun old when she firSI
went 10 wo rk at Lyn ch as an assemble. in Ih e u rly
19605. She nOW works u. leSle •.
A native of l>llddlclown, Callforma, Melba rc·
membels hel school days III a one· room school·
hou5e the.e She and he. latc husband of 41 yea rs
ume to Nevada duru'g Ihe Depressonn, and never
lefl Melba sa.d when she WaS young she nne r
th oughl aboul work in g outside of he. home an..!
Ihat she first went to wOl k to help her fam,ly OU I
whcn her husband was conflncd to a whceJchau
Melba ,5 an active "",,rJOn Ovel th( yurs, she
has helped mall ou l gel wdl ca rds to aIling Local
1245 members, and ,,', reponed Ihll she also helps
keep Ihe Local INS bulletin board Currenl
Melba cun readong as her maiO. hohby. wllh a
preference for h,'toTlc~1 works. parll cularly !hose
about Nevada She also enillYs travdlmg and laSI
faU made I mp 10 Ma;ne and othe r EastCIIl Stales
and nld she found l'ennsylvlnll to be u peclilly
bf,l;IUt.fu l
She Icmembeu her fin! employment ,ntervlCW
al lynch, when ~hc was asked how long she
Ihought she would work
lIel answer still stands, "Unul l"m 90" she
prom.scd
lACK NcNAllY, 8 M.
Meeting
Folks, prestnting the IInuing Eddie Eagan pc'-
lorming his " Running Drill in I Bucket of Water"
trick . Pretty sho cking! Reilly, Eddie, thue i~ 10
u sie r and uler way 01 d uning th e dr ill.
Think Safety
At Work and Home
L.U. 125) (i) , AUGUSTA, ME.-On IXccmbe . 10,
Safel YCoordm alO r Boh Aubc mV.lcd OS HA Special
A$S ;sta", to RegIOnal AdllllnlSllllOr of New Eng·
land lor Labor, Management and Consumel Alfa"s
Edward F Eagan 10 leclure on safe l Yand elecmcal
p. oleJ5.onahsm The kClules and demunsli allon S
p.esented awarenus III safety chec k.n, deVices
and prevenllon of inCidental ~ellhs on thc ,ob and
at home. One adamanl pomt 5\lene~ was the
,mpOrtan ce 01 mcuffeC I polarizal io n an d ,Iound-
mg. ~emonstratlng pOlentlal /a laliues '" homn.
Th ough we arc elccmctaos posseumg th e
knowlwle and equ'pment, elccmca! salelY II home
" ,,,11 the mos! neglecled subletl DCllh, the
umn lpresent, ~oes nO\ confin e nself 10 Ihe ,ob Ille
[\ lurks m homes dISgU Ised IR fo.ms of domes tic
appliances, clcetnc blankels, h all dryers, CIC Fam
Ily awa renen.s a nee ess1Iy in orde r to prevent th e
death of Ou l loved ones
I,
Job safety also ,mportant Commo n sense is •
must. Is n so difficult 10 look I power too l or work
ar ca ove r before stalling! Remember 10 IIg OU \ o.
loc k OUI equlpmen l Be assernve when you leel
your ,itua\lon may be h a ulduu~ lbf,ner safe than
sorry). You can nOt be fi red from a lob fo. quCS\lOn
tng a sa fel Y cun diti on
Safe ty cnfo rcement .5 now a Wide ,ssuc. Wh~n
hned, mandatory safNy eqUipment suc h as saftly
glasKs, bf, IIJ, rCSp"1l01$. CIC ., ate dlSlllbuted to
wOlke<5. The .... Ul pment dOl'S nOi .mpose demor
ahztng appeal no • •, " an anlt·macho movemenl
as some may fcc! .
We:n UnIOn memhc.~, ca"nl( spouses and lov.ng
pArent' h~\'e a moral obhjo;allon .n saf", y to fellow
members and fam.ly.
HllOA CIIOW·SOIHCllrn, P S
Christmas Party
Santi Claus, Waynt Thomas l Mr. Pttt. Yanker,
Director of Education ) and Hrolhff Chill it Hnd y
of Loca l 1) 07, Sali sbury, Md., pnsing outlru it Ind
pruena to Holl y Ce nter .u idenls.
8rothers Anthony Brinkley, Larry Fisher, Emmons
Horntr II1d Reggit Helml, b"kground, auislin~
lf oJl y Ce nl er res idtn .. blck 10 thtir cOlugu after
Ihe Plrtf.
Member Awarded
Back Pay
LU. 1)07 (u&catv), SA LISBURY , MD.- LUI month
[report ed bnefly abou t oul annual II1p 10 the HoUy
Cente r III Sah.bury, Maryllnd, and I would like to
louch on " aga.n Ih, s month. A' ih ough some 01
the 200 rcsl derlls were unable to leave IhclI eOI-
IIges and atteod the pany tn the audllonum. ave .
100 d.d attend Each resIde nt recclved a bag 01 frull
an d at le ul one 10Yor prese nt . Mos t of Ihe rCli~enlS
wnuld have been satisfied IUSI by !he presence of
Santa Claus, bU I wh en h~ began 10 pISS OU I gifts
to each one, 1\ brou/:ht turs 10 man y ollhcm ThIS
was my liut ITl p 10 the Cenln and II made me
reahze how much II means 10 have healthy and
happ y childrm at home Those who ma~e Ihe IIIp
thIS Ch"Stmas w ~ re Bob Murphy, DaVId Adk'!l5,
Wa n~a A~k.",. M,ke Dennis, Larry Fisher , Ch.,he
H.ndy, Dav,d Insley, Emmoos Homer, Anl hooy
B"nkley, RegglC Helms, Son ny Jones, lac f ooh,
Ed Sim mons and, of cou rK, Sarlla, M. Wayne 51
 rhomu. toll. Pele. Yanke. dlleelor 01 eduuuoo
lor the ceOIC!, WIS on hand 10 belp Ib'nlS run
,monlhly_ NUl ycar we a.e hOPIDllO ulend OUI
donallons Into VI/lin" and Ddawue fUll Illes
SlnCC we have members wo,kln, 10 all !.b.ee 51alU
Thanks asam 10 everyone who donated 10 or pa,·
IIclpned In th.s annual enduvol.
I am ple..sed 10 rcrolliha l we received an answer
to the Terry Johnson arbu ranon, slemmml flom
a plcunce 10 the summcr of 1982. The ruhnl was
.n Ihe uOlon', Inor and Mrs. Johnson WlU awarded
back pay Ibal she had been deOled UPOIl belf\&
promoted 10 a hllher·pade dental job.
We are plan",nl aoorher shop sreward's work ·
shop 10 be held On Ma.ch L7 at Ihe UOllln hall fo,
_" ou r SI(wuds whll arc ahle to allend from 900
.. m. unui. Thcse workshops have p.ovcn hdp/ul
In pa51 yeus and wi l h many 01 our shop stewa rd s
bemg recencly appomted, we strongly urge auend ·
ance.
In Ja nuary, Ihe Company [Delma rva Powerl of·
Aelally announced lbat they woul d dclele fou r
plant equ.pment OJX'Ulor patlllon! and add fou r
conuol rOOm o~rato, patllions to help allevIate
""me of the ope raltnl prohlems wuh Unil 4 al
Indian River Power Planr The eonllol . oom op'
erllo. dUSlfic allon pays SI 09 pel hour mo.e than
Ihe planl equI pment operator Hopelully. this Is ,
mnve m the nsht di.eellon
Unlli ntxt monrh-slfenlth In unuy
MJOt.UL A DL..l<1S F SJ P S
• •
Blolbell TUrf Ba n io. and AI Louth of LocaIIlJ9,
Bulblo, N.Y., II the end 01 the Avon·Livonia
Chri.u mll Pan" cOli ld Iber be Ibf " B.oom BrOl b·
t.,"!
Iholhel Tom
miltCi som t thin l Spt-
cial 10. bis wilt
" Pu dge ."
Local Office Moves;
Negotiations To Begin
LU. IJ J9 tul, BUFFALO, N.Y.- I know all the
outsIde wo, kers arc thanklultha t wmle., s almon
ovcr After the easy Wmten the pasllew )'un u 's
been cold OUI there
The movm, of OUI un,on office 10 the new
hUlldlnl took place on the J41h of January The
beeullvc Boa.d for su,e w.1I appreclale nOi havml
to fall ove r one anothe, IUSI movmg flom ont SIde
of Ihe .oom to the olhe. as ID OU I p.evlous loc.auon,
nOllO men lion the maIO. benefits Ihe new buddl,,!
WIll bnng all of us. The helfl 10 the ac tual movlnl
was greatly appreciatcd, and I will 11$1 all thon
.ndlv.duals who gaH up their Saturday 10 lake
part, as thIS wrillng is hemg done on the 91h 01
Ja nuary-Iunc ,n next month, ume li me, same
52 Itarion.
A. you a.e aWlfe, th.s IS a nelOiullnn yea. The
hccull ve Boald has screened alllhe ploposalt aod
w,lI lO'n with Sy.urn Couocll U·I I to develop I
tOn~t'enllOIQ hll 10 IneKnt the compilIIy. Th~
m the fordron t know oe~Ol!a"ons WIll 001 be nsy
In 1984 The Innl houlS and numerous aire r houl
meennls make ne,Ollat.ons 11IInl yet challen"ng.
I must menllon here the famIlies 01the NegOllllini
Commllicel Ihell p.llence .. nd underslaodlD&. or
maybe the word he.e shou ld be sacn6ce, IS an
ISSClth,. or I guess any local could not do wilh ou t.
nils loul would hke to Ihank these famlhcs, for
your loved one IS away from home I,VIDI hili or
her lime and enelgy THANK YOU! The rewa.ds
of a UlIsbclory con n act help everyone ID , he local
u wel1as , hell lam.lIc •• to use a common phrase,
lei's all pull Inged'el.
Satu rda y, Decembel 10, was the FIISI Annual
Chnslmas Puty 101 the Niagara Falls UnIt memo
ben and theIr spouses held at the Pll ates Table
Restau.ant WI!.b an ucellenr turnou t, Ihanks 10
ExeculI"e Bo;.ld membe. Dave Pallon and hIS
lovely Wife LlDda who PUt It all 10le lher, thIS
sounds hlet an evcOl thai could ulch on across
our ,eographlcally larle local.
The stalllnl IImCi 01 our unll meellnlS have
been changed to 7:30 inMead ol lhe on"nal 8-00
for the cOnvemence of all concerned, so-be the .e
o. be ""Iua.e'
MARl! B. STUfAN PS
Apprentices
Rctto tl y ind ucttd . econd·yur appreo tice inside
wiremeo , leI! 10 ' ight, buk .ow, are laGlU T.
Walker, Mie bael P. Oailotluit, Dan ny L lIod,U,
and LaITJ D. A,ec, I,on t .ow, lef! to "Ihl, arc
SleVtn B. Siowiltowtki, Dario L Swedeobo' l Ind
LaUteD , " uuca.
Recell t s raduatt KIaIC 1I0it app rtnlic u, Ie/I to
.i,hl, back row, are Stanley ConDor, Mall NO.lhu,
Deao Bu rotlle, and Miltt G.ow,lronl row, lell to
ril bl, a" Geu ld Parndl, Mark COOOOI, lot StodS'
bill.
Members Urged to
Take CPR
L U. 1J40 li,o&'em), NEWPORT NEWS, VA.-In
January ""me of OU r app.enllce IOs,de Wl/emen
we,e pnVlleged to take CPR [cardIopulmonary
,e5uscllallonl, whI ch .s moulh·ro-mouth ruusc.·
UIlOO and hurr massale. ThIS pallLeul ... course
I' nnemdy valuable 10 everyone. Ail aflp .enl.ee-s,
by Ihe lime Ihey complcte thell lour yea" of
n'In'ng. w.1I have comple tcd thIS couue. They
were able lOllY thell sk ills A, .. ·hand on life·llke
mannequIns thot elcc tron.cally lell you .f you arc
domg the procedu re correclly Or not. Some of Ihe
mannequms we.e donated by Our local a few yeOl'
back... U you ate Intere$led In takmg th.s valuable
courK, contaCt the Red Cross and Ihey can live
J
)'Ou more Information. I would ,I"" hlte to en
eou rale everyone 10 "VC blood relula"y. This wi/l
miure a lood supply of badly needed blood 10 OUr
a.u.
00 you lurow many impo rts COSt more than
many Amennn producl.S l Taltc G.E.'. IishtWelghl
lions. General Elttlf1c moved production of lIS
hghtwelght irons from Ihe U.S. 10 SlDsapore C .E
~y, 113 help f.om IS 10 J.O ceDIs pe r hour and
mosl of theu employees PUt in a n ·hou. work
week. You would thin k thu would .nult .n a
lo we r·pnced 1100. Wronl. C .E.'. lion Kill in a
d.scounl Slo re fot about S18.95 an d Hamlhon
Buch hu th e same type iron made in Amellt. by
Americ~ns tht sclh lor aoout SI6.85. Gene ral
Elet tri t doC! not have to pay local, state 0' fede ral
tuesl Hamti lon Buch docsl, and th e C E. produtt •
costs more. They arc taklDl the Amencan public
for a nde Lel't stOp Ihe exodus 01 our ",b_buy
Amellcan'
EDOII. Gon, V.P IP.S
Party
.'
011 Ihe liSht side: The anow is poio lilll 10 Earl.
Ua liltt prn-ioul years, be broughl a pnmi lfioD
$1;1' in for tbi s yea .'s pa n y.
Christmas Party
Is a Huge Success
LU . 1147 luI, CINC INNATI, 01110- The Annual
Chllstmu Patly wu hdd on Salurday, Decembe r
10, from noon to 8,00 p.rn Business Manager
M.chael Gilligan and AssistaOl Busines. Ma nage r
Nitholas Greco would like 10 Ihank th e followmg
membcrs for th ellllm e and ene rgy spen l 10 makmg
this Chllumas I'any Ihe ~Sl evco. Ou r deeJIC51
thanks and app.cetal10n 10 10 Brolhers Bob Arens,
Dave Campbell, Bob f . eesc, Ray Grolhaus, Keno
CUI~wlller, Bob Hansmann, Tim O'Leary, Keo
Powell, Geo'le Wane and Glen WIlson
There were pnzu, lood and dnnk. The grand
pn~c, a mlc.owave oven, was won by MIke Wmk
Add. The p"ze lut mcluded IHE W wllches, a
bowlinl ball and ba&. T ·shirts, hats, tu.keys, hams,
" SOCkcl K t and othen. Wt hopt 10 Ke m.ny 01
you m the com"'l year.
Dunnl the Chllslmu Pany, fout members fllSed
well over $100 lo r COPE. A speCial thanb to Ihesc
fine members, Keno GUlZwllle., Dave Campbell,
Ken Powell and Leonard Mushrusb
RAy JAY, P_S
,
State Telephone
Conference Held
L.U. IlS7 tIl, II O NOLULU, III ~The IBEW l ocal
13S7 Slate Tele ph one Conference WII held on
 , Octobe r 21 and 22, 198J, i l Ihe I'aclfic Bnch
HOld Rc p.nenuog Ihe n'c!nb<:I~ f,01l1 the Islands
of O~ hu, Maul, Hawa u and Kaoa' were the Exec-
u!lve lIua rJ me m bers, unit officers and ~ho p Slc W -
lid, The conference wu called 10 orde r by p.n·
Ident An cmus Nanne Ind fallowl'd wlIh the
invocation by Brothe r P'~IO' Tuton
Speaken" Ihe confe rence Included Nmth D,s-
., tnCI IntcmulOnal VIce P, csldel'll S. R " Jack"
McCann , Ninll, DISHIC I !ntCrnallUn~1 Rcprc,cnl '
alive Tom Robc lI Si Telephone COOl<lLnauul1 Coun-
cil 2 ddeg:llc kabUl Benlun, who Is also Ihe
bus",cu managCl -finanClal sec retary of JJlE W Lo-
cal H24 of Flon da , kgal (oumel Hcbrrt Takahashi,
Ibwauan Telephone Company ",es,dellt Don Kuy ·
PC I, our OWn !" t' ldenl Arlcmus NIOIlC and II",,·
• ness M~nagc r Financial Sccl~tary John Ibn, and
'peClal I;UU! speaker, rhe HunUf~ble Eileen An ·
defSon, mayo r 01 Honolulu
Il.epOl11 were also glvcn by Pol'I,,:.1 AClIOn Com
mmee Chumall jlX: Bencvlde" Sfalewlde SportS
Chalflnan Dawn Brown, S<;hub.shlp Comnllttce
Chllrman Mdvlll Kaallau, lIylaws and Resoluuons
CommIttee Challman lulla Kaupu, Lcadenh,p
T.ainlng Comnllttct Cha!"n~n .... lIen Yamash,ta
~ and Safety Commlltec Ch~Hman Harold D,U,
Replucn!auves flom each unit al5lJ Rive a brit!,
bOI Ini00mallVe Icpon On Ihen .especuvc un 115,
FlldlY and Salu.day mormng, we re dom.nated
by luUt )p"aker, On Salu.day afternoon, Ihe
ddcgaluatlended Ih.te hour workshops 10 receIve
IIlformallon and enre r IntO d,scussIOns concerning
de.cgulation, l(ehllOlol;lell clunges, rrbale ~nd
common plI>blems among the .ank and flit
,.,. La!e Satu.day evening, dcJc~aln and thelt gucsIs
altended a lellowshlp banquelthal was Ihoroughly
enloyed by all The banquel wu filled with an aura
of sohdarlty as Brothers and SiSter' 10llled hands
to lin,!! " ~bwall Aloha"
The ArSI IBE W 1357 Siowpilch Softball Tuur
namcnl w"' held In 1-llIo,lh wad, al Walt~. Y'CIO'
SI~d'OIll on Novembe l II and 12, 198,1
Therc wele deven male team, III the lourna-
menl-onr from t he island of Kau." three hum
Ihe Illand 01 Oaho, one from the Islan d 01 Mau.,
• tWO hom Kona and three loom HawaII Thc.e we.e
al,o Ih.ce women', Ic~ml-o nc c~ch from Oahu,
West F-I uwall .nd Haw aII
Opening day ec.emonlCs .... cle held un frld.y at
IO·.JO 1m., .... lth Ihe inuooucllon of learnS III the
lournament Welcoming the learns We lC Ko" Mill '
am I, chaum_n 01 Unll J- I h lo, lohn I lan, bO$lnus
mana,!!e. Ananctal ,eCle tary and Dawn S.own,
slatewlde spo rt S chanln"n
• There wu I lOla I of 29 g~mCl played Over the
IWO d~y" 23 games III Ihe men', d,vi,lon and SIX
In ' hc womcn's d,VISIon. The fh~t pl~ce WlnnCl'
were Tdepoll1u (Oahul fUl Ihe mcn', diVI SIon and
HawaII fOf Ihe women 'S d,v!5lon
The toumamenl endcd with an awald, banqoct
Salurday nIgh t al Ihe ~" Io Melsholn I b n Trophlcs
.. WC lt giVen to all ItalnS III the tOlltn~mel11 and
pl aque. wenl 10 lhe tOl"nllllenl champ",ns
I'IIMllll NIIK(lII, 1'.5
Brother Rubas Completes
96th Consecutive Article
loU. 1J67 (u), CHI C AG O, ILL.- It IU51 docsn"
seelll like elRh t yeau have ,l;OIlC by since I began
~ W.lllnA IIlIclu III Ihls IIH:'W loumal, hili thIS "
my961h con.eCUIIVe artIcle I lruly cmoy ~Ihellng
new, .boUI Importanl CHnlS laklnA place al LlX:al
1367, both al thc legula. meellng' and al Ihe
ElIecullvc 80<1rd and Syslem CounCIl U·15 mcet '
Ings
I'.e"denl Allen Youllg announccd dIe app"lnl '
mcnt 01 Slcw~rd 10 Brothe r I!.onald Royse, slock,
man at Chlc~go Soulh
.... COlll\fltulallons 10 OU I new linemen al ChICligO
Cenllal U 01 Decembe. 17. 198J AntonIO Cun
nlll~ham, LuIS RIve ra, Sl tven Shtr~yk and DennIS
Duckworth Cong. at ulatlOnS on a Ane lob of Ill·
5110ctll1): 10 llrothe rs DC ll l1)S flo. kow ~ k l, Ron Gould
~nd BIll KozlowskI
Conll lalu!auonS t rC ulcn ded to B.othe. r,m
GUll1nge , and hIS lovdy wilf, She rr y, on Ihell ncw
afll n l, a baby boy. Aa.on Matthe w Baby A~.on
Member.
Th. rr ntr!llbr.s of Loca l 1367. Ch lngo, III., a. f,
left III ,Ighl, Peter Nonh do lh , Ch icago North ,
p'incipa! eo nduil t ' ac k O b on, . f l i.td, ~ "bu ation
Ch lngll No rth ; and pU I "itc pru idc nt , Clt l
Prl r UOn .
Officer.
--
Th e Eiec uli H Board ollke .. (If Lou l 1367, Chi·
CI~o, III " arf, sunding, Ifft to rlAhl , Gabe Figueloa,
Rly Gu nn , lim ha ns,a nd I!. leh Rubas, sinin.., lrit
to l ig hl, I f f Bill /\ lId IlW. ki , Richard lI oll man n,
.nd lamie Ihbu,
was hom on December 2, 1911J, weIghing 7 Ib 14
oz But WIshes {I) the happy famIly
I was Vtry happy 10 hear from IWO 01 OUI ,e rvlce
.nnUII.ntS, Carl Pelcuon, plSl VICe rrcsldcllI for
001 loul, and FOIICSI SIIOOP, crcw leader, over
head, Chicago Soulh C.. I I'eterson has .ccen dy
moved , hIS new add.es,,, 1241 E, Pueblo, Mesa,
Arizon a 1I520~ Fo rreu Suoup rc"dcs al 3100
Hawthoflle, Lut 200, Sar'WI" FlondaJJ579. Thanks
fOI Ihe leiter ' and P'(tU'CI, buth Clfl and FOllcst
woold lo~e 10 hell from ,hell fnend5 al Ed,son
Fu. your yeanol se.VlCe, congtatOlallOn$ 10 .... I,ce
Nldbulal,k, IBulldlnl\ ~rv'ee) wllh JO yu ., sen-
Icc, Ma.ch 3, 1954
As In mE W Ulllon lI1emhcl, a new yca l hIS
alteady begun, you . supr"" IS needed to hdpddray
(lpensc, Incuned hy onc wal ehdog m Cong.en-
COI'E ThIS gloup mform' OU I mcmbclS of Iny
upcomml\ bills Ihal WIll help or hUll labol They
also morlllOr wh.ch elected olAcllls ue up fOI
eleellon and thell vOlmg Iccu l ds ReglStCl now hy
ray .e l l dcdo(lIon, and call me, you. 'ClpSlfal, Rlth
Rubl~, fM COPE {C"llItnIll CC on 1'"lIl1t.1 Educ.
tioni
The resulal m«lIng 01 Locil IJ67 WIll be On
March 14, 1984, Il l he 1I IIIslde I iollday Inn n 8 00
P m Show you. sUl'pon fur '1\4 by being In attend
ance Fill duccuuns III ~ "de Cunt'cl you. slewa.d
Or cal! RICh I!. u h~s, 425,0,140. The Execullvc n"a.d
.... 111 mee! on March 2B, 19K4, ~I 7()() P m
In elo.ing, Ihouj.\h Ihe p'~1 cl,!!ht yeals a~ p.e~s
secrc lary lor Local 1367 hlv~ heen good ytlfl, I
need to thank ncryollc fo. Iheu support and help
m 5ublnllllng the m~ny VUIOUJ news evellll I
th~nk the .e,Vlce annUIUnts fUI IhcII lelltlS and
will cunllnue 10 stnd Ihcm Ihe IBEIV foumab,
.... nd laslly I Wan l to Ih~nk Ihosc who havc been
,av\ll~ th~ IUllmals for me i'llIne¥l munth _ think
,prmA '
RI ot RuaM, I'S
Local Salutes Stewards
Wilh Dinner-Dance
L U. ]]8 1 ("ow), III C /\ SYII.LE, N,Y.-Our local
has mad.; arrangemenl' 10 ho ld. dmner,dance II
Ihe li unllnglOll Town 1I0use 10 •• 11 Ihe .hup
stewards ,nd Ihell gouu Oil february 24, 1984
Our stewards wOlk hard, ye~. afte r yu ., and mOlt
IImel Ihll hard wo rk ~OC, unrecognlzcd So Ihe
ol1lon ulflce felt II AUIIlK 10 hono r Ihcm with I
dinner dancc. The evelllng WIll also lIlelude Ihr
5(ieclloll of the IWO fohn I'atrlek Daley Award"
10 be awarded 10 Ihe uUI$landln8 198J male and
felnale slewards
OUI boslllcu manal\", ))(lnald r Daley, along
wllh I',csldell! Ed Muldown ey, allendcd the 10lh
ConventIOn 01 Ihe Lo!)~ 1~I~nd Fcde'~llon of Lahul,
AFL Cia, at Ihc Concord HOlel All of Ihe clndl
.IlleS whIch 0111 loc al suppo lled were reele cled,
,"dud,"~ ou, cand,datc~ fur VICe p.esldent hom
Ihe /HEW, Chilies rl~h e l , Local lS, and 10l<:ph
fal(CO, Local ISlll
BU~!neu M~naller Daley ~lso lIuendcd a Th,.d
D,Jltlct UtI),t)' WorkshllP mCCIIIlg al Cherry IIdl,
New le.sey, TopICS dl~cllued we.e I Newelcc,
IWnl C dC~lces b!:o"'I\ used III mete• • cad,nll
2 Drunk dllVIflR laws Hilwa OWl conVICtion
affeels I memb!:o.', ,ob JI~'O~. Many IlX:als ue
cxp"'lencmg d,sc,pl,nary actiOn as well as suspen
510nl rnuillng from a memlM-. losmg hll/he l It
Cenle .1 I!.cSldcnt reqol lcmcllls--Tbe dl811nCe a
memher may live away hom h,. work localton
4 Sexual halassrncn! ChllgCS fcdcrallind ,talc IlwI
5, I!.adoo .nd TY !nlerfcrcnce IcchlllCians--ra tcs 01
pay and dUllcs 6 .... I1lOm~tlUn QCcufflng in p,u
cndy mallned ,ub5I all"n ~--ce nu31 conlrol and
el,nllnatlon of both d,Mnct ope,aton andlo, uav
e1ln,!! opelalOI lobs. 7, Dlsclpllna.y aellon taken by
Ihe Company-doC5 or doc s nO! Ihe UIllO!) ",lIIltC
volonu.y collectiOn 10 rCllllbu rse member, Ind If
so, whal lie tht gUlddjnc~1 R Memhcrs rClullllll,!!
IftCI Illness with vc ry l,mited wOlk .cnriellonl--
How lonl\ arc hght duty pcnod! On vanoul r'op-
erllul What a r~ the UnIUIl'. lepl nghls III malll
uln'n~ member' •• e,!!ulu lob aUlgllmenli II hI'
dl>ttor'l .epun stalcl, " May .cturn 10 hll l e~ul.r
lub hIli is 10 gUlird .g.inst luture oceurrcnecs,"
whal arc the union's leAal IIl\hlS m m.illlalmng
Ih" mcmbe.'. position I Coping wl t b a membe.
encoulllCnng ¥clIlled mental p.oblems and ICCU'
Ing IhclI ,ob lor Ihe fUlo.c .... movlC prnentaftOn
explllnlllg Ihe Ylllon ServIce I'lan of New yo.k
ExeeUlive Board memhcl Boh Benson up rcued
hi' think, to Ihe membe r, hlp and all Ibe IBEW
local, Iha t surported him during hIS .cecnt tam
pllgn fOI the position 01 lughway ,0pe'''lIcndenl
m the town of Hunllnglon Happy lerVlce annt
vern ry 10 AI Wh,tney with 35 yean, Also, hive.
long Ind h~ppy leUlcmcnt, Y'OIN O.ost and lenny
Kolln'ki, bo.h 01 II lcksvllle ,ceuunllnl\
Al Sn HNRUCII, I' S
Brother Davenport Dies;
Pension Benellts Improved
L. U. 1441 (u l, M .... YWOO I), ILL.-Ou l IlX:al udly
InnOunCU Ihe dUlh of lack DavenpoJl, uvc.held,
Maywnod, 111 fanuory li t wu "nly 52 yea" uld,
~nd laken hom hlllamlly and !flends al muth 100
euly of an age li e wIll be mlued
On I bnghlCl nOle, OUI unton .nd comp~ny havt
come III an agleemcnt "n. much Improved penSi on
deCISIOn BasIcally, here are lome of Ihe hIghlights
01 Ihat ag.eemcnl I We call now .Clllt at ~ge 60
In'l lelld of 62 at full pension, 2 Wc are ~ivcfI •
flew fo.mula imp lovemenl effecllve r.nullY I,
1984, Ihat giYes Icti.ecs an IIIc.ease of ~n aVN.~e
19 po;:rcenl morc p"fl5Ion-applollmll.dy 5190 mOle,
J If yuu lake an ully relltcmcnl-age 55 to 60-
your pensIOn IS mcrened For eumple, If you
rCII.e al 55, yuu ' p"n,,,m IIlmp.oved by 17 percenl
T bere arc mallY olhe, lmpruHmCnU, 100 nu
mefOU &10 IISI, so sec ymll slewA,d fOl olbr. dctalls
OUI NeI\OIl .. ",g COInmltlce ,1I01lgly lecommend.
rallA ctllUn of IhlS agreement
Some lecenl rttueu tllk"'g adYanlagc 01 thll ale
Ylllce Bdlock'O,'crhead, Clenba.d , lohn TIe rney
510" ', Maywood, 1I,"y Cox,S y5lem AulO Shup,
CCO II\C Kendall ·S ubstallon COnstrucllon, May
wood, lames F-I ollendc • ."d Flink Ban el ,Sy'lem
Sbop. Tech Cenlc l, CharlIe Yaughn and Neal
"51 lin" Oleschlcl,Ovc.hud, Bohngbrook. Dick
C lams Ind Herb Muclle, Ove lh ead, Maywood ,
lohn Wolff and o~n Holiowel l·S ubsta llon Con
"
 '!ruction, CI~nbardl .nd Ed Lolgr~n, lXan Cray,
and Bob " Pa" Canty lrom Ov~rhead, Elgin.
Our I()(al 8rOlher, exrend ou r but to thue men
and.1l other r~tU!ng B r oth~TS 101 I long an d happy
reurement Ne~t mon t h [ will probably havc .n·
orher hn 01 happy remen
Lastly, I would hke to bId farewell to one 01 my
fellow operators, AlvLO Pans, Overhead, Clcnba ld
Alvlc IS known th loughout Wutem D.vlslon by
mOil of our Brothers, and w.1l reure in urly Mitch
He w.ll M mined by all of UI, ul'<'cillly Brother
Dill Mo.gan The digge r w.1l oeve l run the same,
01 the garale euher So Ion&. AI
'TIl nu, month
FlIlo HAItT, Plio
Euellli .., Bo.rd S~c ..ury Willie Beu, Loc.1 1410,
KunlY, N.I., pruenl i nl pl.nl rtPIUeotatiH Pe"
Nonk with • • ptrill C h,is,mn giit on hil l tlll ln
from Ihe di ub ility ,oil. It W'$ wondftlul 10 uc
Brolher No ... k In lood health 11001 wilh m.n y
olhe. Brol her • • od Sistell 01 th e loc.1 .1 the
Duembe, Itl"br membership mutiol.
Winners
hapPr :;:;:;'-;;;;;;;~';j~
1170', Ch. h lm u TII.key Riffle 1\ the union memo
beuhip mUlin ...
Loans Available For
Members And Retirees
L U. 14 10 \em"'ulv), KEA.RNY, N. I. -If a memM.
0' .eruee contCmpb.el huyiog 01 rcfiolnclng I.
home, the Employee Mortgage Progr.m m,ght make
the finanClni portion much caILCI and offers the
convenren ce of obtalnmg. mortgagc by telephone
Loan leCi .nd IntelU' UtCS a ,e comp"lrlrvc .nd
IS.nd JOyu r Aud loaos ale obtainable
All cu rrenl .nd .eured ~mployen may paltr CI
pat~ in the p'Ollum hy pu rchu'ng , hroad range
nf propclllC!i including a slng[e lamlly home, du o
plu, lIipln, IOUlplu, a unll within. ,ondom'n-
lum proleCI, Of I planned dcvclopmeOl Of even.
Hcood home
The Wekurnyan federal Credn UOIOO bill diS
tnbuled b,ochulCJ and ,lulling a mortgage pa cket
101 thoH who hiVe dee.ded 10 apply 101 a home
lOin througb Ihe new Em p[oyce Mongage P'ogum
We ar~ hearing h om many 01 our m~mbo:u wbo
have gone 10 Allentown, Readmg, Omaha, Deove r,
and o ,hu lieu They arc ,clhng us ,ha, 110 III
'hrngs are work,nl 01.11 , $Ome mak.ng a Inrle Ius
moncy , hUI they arc maklOg up thc addlllon,1 lime
101 pensIOn qualifieallon fOI the 30 years and out
(without pen.ltyl, an advantageoul 0ppollunr,y fur
thOle clole 10, bu t no , ye ' , quahflcd .
[n conclui lon, palLenee 'I a vLltue. Slowly th e
. IIIU'"OO lor Ihe "ut m~lority it ad lu$I[u8 In",
ab ly. Some wam to luvc .mm~diate l y, whil e o,h
c .. Wlnt '0 nlY I t long u potlible. Co 0' Illy,
work or reure. we arc app roach 109 , happy medium
and mean,ngfu[ cons.derallon of He.yonc'l needs
0 1 COUI5e, th .. sa me thrnk'ng IIOCI 10' our oth e.
tWO WE planl$,h., are laced with I.imrlar phue·
out as Kurny
Now Ih.t the dlvUUlure IS legally 10 effecl, We
can app,eelate that the efiolU to m.n.mJ1.C Ihe
n~ptlve aspeCtS of the comp.ny', forced uanSiUOO
on OUI members, and the .pphcallon of .he pro·
tecllve p, ov il lon, 01 our ulllon conuaclS, hu gone
I long way 10 10'01 .1 the tot.1 devut .. ,on eEpc ri
eneed by other workeu 10 OIhel com p.mel Without
.n excdlent labo' relauonsh,p
Lr ..... LoI'U. P S
Flom lell to lilht .re lack McDumon, Int eml-
lional Rep rcte ntal ivr, Chlflu Bortll, lCerellry'
lIeuu.cr, Syslem CO lln ei l U- II , .nd Char lu Carl,
eh.lrmn , Syutm Counci l U· II , " mutin,. "lc-
ture by Loca l 1484, Sy ra cuse, N. Y.,
Negotiations Upcoming
For Local 1484
L.U. U S4 !uow), SYRA CUS£,N. Y.-Syuem Coun-
cil U· II ,s now In tbe plocc51ol sc reen'ng p.oposals
In pl ep..flllon lor ,he upcoming nellOlllllons with
Niagara Mohawk Power COfJl P.oJlOUls arc osu·
IUy n chanled wuh N,Mo In March. rnOf to the
beglnnrng oiaelull nelOllallons In AplIl
SyueOl CounCil U·II '$ eOOlJlnled of 11 locals
ICI06INew YOlkState, replesentlngarproKlmatdy
8,000 [BEW members. Currently, Chllln Carl,
Jlluldent of Local 310, IS challman 01 SyStem
CoUll~LI U- II . ~dLoca.ll484 VlcePlu,dcntCbarl~
Borell se lVU IS Herelary'I!USUlc r It 15 upceled
thllinremallonal Rcplesemall"e lick MclXrmoll
Will be wllh us dUnnl nel!:ouallonl
Hopelully, the current trend 01 ' uke ·away "
collective barlamlng w,lI not M a fa elOr In the
upcommg negolLallons System CounCil U· II hll
worked hard 10. the prescnl bencfin entoyed by
'Ii m~mMrs. and w.1l 001 concede .ny bencRu
eu,ly
Unlll nut mon th, rememM ' to look lor the
unum label dUllng shoppmg and come 10 OUr local
unroo me~lIn5' on the ~econd Monday of the
"'''I1Ih
TIIO. Uuo., P 5
Brother Cosely Mourned ;
Brother Murray Has New Job
L.U. 14!11 ," ), ENTE RPRI SE, fLA .-On Decembe.
Il, 01,1. bSI rcgu[atly ~cheduled meelm&. W.llice
I' " Shony Pete" Flowers fulfilled. hle· lon5 1m·
billon when he was unammously mducted Into
Local 1'91 Wallace.5 presenlly allbor~r It Turner
Plant ,n Enterpl1~e wh~.• t ht h.~ Iw:-~n cmJlloycd
for three month,
Thtr~ h.ve been maoy chan5n made at the
IX Land W.rehou ,e Facrtlly wllh th e adven t 01 two
line fo reman POS'tLOnS McomlO/:avl1lablc Blothel
Murray hu tentall"dy accepted I posI"on on whit
hll Men called ,he " 9-to·2" Bu cket Th. s pO"uon
had been r .evlously beld by • hoem.n who a, ,h Ll
ume has hIS J"hn on gleenel plI'UIC. Brothe.
MUffay COmeS highly lecommended, Ind h, s u
jlCluse 10 all Relds wdl be an U SC t to th, s unit
",othe. Ra y Kru!:cr report ' that ForrU I NUll i,
cxpeILencmg a rather parnful lime wLlh a seve lc
111,1,,1 ~o",h"ulI and" on clu,ches We hope he Will
fOIln recover and ' ep,n all hiS ple"i ous mob.lIty
TUlne. Pl.n, I. runnl", . moolhly Ind hn lu!!
come 011 a scheduled mllnten.nce . huldowo and
,
I' back 00 hne
Wc regrel to inlorm Our membe ,sh, p 01 the
pUlLngof BrothcI8 ill Cose ly , ~ longume membe ,
and umon su ppoller OUI con dolences go ou ' to
hIS fam.ly and friends
Workshop
.,
Shown, left 10 filht , .It Businus MIOIler/ Presl·
de ... of LocaIISOI , B.ltlmore, Md., Olon F. C Ulh ·
ric, International Vice Pru id cn l B. G. " Buck"
William son, Ohio Lotttry·LoCiI 1501 lob Srtward ....
Rufus M.looe , Ind InlflnarioOl I Repl~ntati'"
'aul Witte aker complttioo of the WOIUbop, which
wu ~j~i~lc.! by tile Ohill Siale U.hr •• ity Lob."
Ed ue. tion aad Ruurcb Dfpanment.
Rulu. M.l one, jo b IIfward lor Loc.1 ISO I Ohio
Lo ttery, and BUi in csa ,Ytlnlgel /Pruldertt 01011 f . t
G Ulhr;e lin rn Inten ll y '0 the Innru(lonlroOilhe
Ohio SUit U n l ~ eulty Labor EduCl,loo and Re·
l urch service.
Labor Seminar AUended;
OTB In Newington, Conn.
L. U. 150 1 (em"'mo), BALTIM O RE, MD.-Busmess,
Mao.ger Dioo f . Cuth"e and OhiO Loltery ,ob
lIewlld Rulus Malone .uended • labo. leminl!
and wOlkshop conleltnce On NovemMI 18 aod 19
In CaotOll, Ob.o, ipon$Ored b, 'he IBEW Founh
Drs"'c' Olflce under tbe d"ection of B C " Buck "
wdham500, International ViCe Pt~l\knl The work·
"udy program wal admlflLSlcled by m,,,,,eto r,
from tbe OtllO State UnlvCfllty Labo , Educ;l1on
and Ruearcb SerVice. The wOlkshop ~onlelence il '"
dU'gJled '0 rrovlde the palll ci p.nll with knowl ·
edle and skllh In parllcul .. ,ob·rclatcd dutiU and
.0 pro"lde a 10Nm lor the tEeh.nge 01 Idru and
problems confrooung 11.001 leadell. Comple llon 01
the semm .. prov.ded the part, elJlln\ wllh cenifl·
CltCl from both the f (m nh DIIIIlCt Office, .,gn~d
by B G. WIlh~m lOn, IVP, .nd the OhIo St.te
Unrvers;.y, SIgned by ,he p.lu.dent of the OhiO
Stale Um"enllY and the drrector of L,oor Eduea· ~
tron and Resc:arch Service
Oil-track Belting Repon_[n Nfwmltoo, Con.
neCIlCU ' , for the flm lime glmblers coul d Jllice
bell on greyhound racel run It the PlllnAcld dog
track . OfficIals" th e headquarte •• 01 Ihe Itate
gaming dIVISIon laid they conslde l the OTlll'leuing
,otal! lor the fi rSt day 01 gr ~yhound racins CD'
eouraglng. Gammg oIACIlI. ale ullmalLnl OTB ,
wigenng on ,hc dOlS w,ll lelch $50,000 I day
when tbe program .s lully mllu.e.!
Connec" cut'. gaming offic'.[. h.ve sa,d th ey
hope thaI OTII bettLnK on greyhound , .d", will
turn around a d"coulaglng !lend ,h., YUI in Itate
revcnuu Irom OTB wagering They arc mo.e ,han
pleased w,th what they have done t hus I" on Ihe
on greyhound program. The . ute Cltp"CII to
mCluse reyenuCi . s • ruult of the greyhound
 wagenng at OTB parlon by so me $1.27 mUli on a
yea r. The natc hu a co nllaCt With Cunnec ticut
Yankee Gre yhound. the com pany that opcrat U the
PI. inAdd dog track. thaI wlJl gIve the tra ck about
5.5 percent of the total amo unt wage red on the
dogs at OTB rul ors [I the Slale's (Slimatel 01
eventually rcachlnS 550,000 a day In OTII KICY
hOllnd wage rin g co mc lrue. Ihe Plainfield track
" would reCeive ,orne 5715.000 a year tn Ices h om
the ! tal e', proll.am
Conn."uc ut Yankee Greyhound also has I COn
tract with Amellcan Totalisato r IAmTotel. the
opera tOI of the Matc's OTB system wh,eh ,. up
cru ed. SCTvlced. and maintained by techni Cians
wh o a.c mem~" of local 1501 Undclthe . tu e·,
conll'Ct with the pla'nfield tra ck, no greyhound
a wagellng w,lI be permlt,,:d u OTB pulors tn
NOlwlch. New london. ami KIlhngly because of
thell pr ox,mlty ",I the dog track tn Eastern. Con ·
necticut
[ERII Y WINKlU, I' S
Retirees Party
n tlrcu.
p.Il Y,
Christmas Parties Held ;
Local Supports Strikers
~ L U. 1505 [eml, WA LT IIAM. MA SS. _ Th e Annu.1
Ch" Slmas Party of Local 1505 wu held '1 the
clo.e of oor regula r Deeembe. meeti ng A. 15 the
case every ytal, a large crowd \LImed OUt lor food
aud ref/eshments and th e OPPolloni ty tu ~oc .a hze
With their In en ds from othe r plants. Ent ertainment
was p,ovlded by Lu Smith and hIS band An added
UU t wu th e performance of comedl.n Joe Hell"
On Dc~embe , 11 ,he Relllccs Club 01 Loc~l ISOS
.. he ld thell own Ch llSlnlas party Ove, 300 membe.,
.nd gileS\! att ended th e alia " The band " D~ds
and Grandads" pr o~lded music for hs tenln!: and
danCing Congr atlilatlons to Retllees Club 1',uI
de!\! La.ry Thomwn aud hiS stall 10. thell work
In making the nilh t a hil.
A. the Janu~.y meeting P.u idcnl Don Leahy
again e~plcsscd hi. Ih ank s 10 Ih~ mcrnbe ,s of LvcI I
1$05 wh o sac"llced theLl tim e to ma.ch In the
... Greyh ound plckctlrne .longside thell unIOn IIroth
" ell and Sl5tell on It"ke. ThIS deleg,ulon, led by
!. Buslnus Manage r lIm Mulloney and Pru ,dent
Leah y walked the line to show ou r solida my with
the dliven who l uffered so grtevvo s ly atlhe handl
of Grey hou nd mlnagement. Although Ih e I tr lke
hl5 been sellled. lei uJ not 10lge t th e knglhs to
whI ch the m.n'l!emen t of Greyhouod went In
Iheir IlIcmpli to brea k the uni on and lorce wage
..
and ~nefll cuts Alsv at OU r January meeting.
Buslncss Man age. ,im Mulloney discussed the
,Iewalds le mlna. to ~ hdd Itl March He told us
that Ihe hlghllghl of the scmi na , wou ld be •
d'scusSlon on health Ind nfety
In ending, ,USt. "Ilk .emlndel f or ou l members
Jiving in Ml$ucho JCltl. MalCh 13 II the date 01
Ihe Democratic p.es ldClltlal plllllnry As you a.c
all well IWUC, the AFl,C IO hu endu.sed Walte.
Mon dal c u labo.', choice fo, th e 19114 elcetlon
By c.nmg your vute fOI Mondlle you can dcm
onsuuc 10 the rest ol lhc natiOn IUM how $lIong
a unllled lahm n'nVertlent can he
I'tllk r. CI\"\I~l\nl, I ~ .. P.S
Christmas Dance
lIu in, I good lim r II thr Chri ll mu Daner ar r
Pal Lundy o;of 'hr A~$rmblr Dr parlm 'nt wilh her
hu sband.
Members Enjoy Dance;
Hear Wiscosh Speaker
L.U. ISJ5 (rm), so. MILWA UKEf, WIS.-The
Th i.d Annual local 1535 ChfL~tma ~ Dance Wall
sIIc cessful event You cou ldn 't hive asked fOJ a
beller band than " The KeystonCl." In flct they
h.ve been enpled 10 play II Oil. nut ChnMmU
D'llce A v.nely 01 mo s'e pleased everyone It the
dance. Along with good musIc we ~nlOyed a deli ·
ciou~ meal CvnS!S lInM uf horn. I'o"~h uusag~,
chicken , raW bed Ind Olllons, v~gcllble •• 1~1I0.
reh sh lIay •• ehee:;c and uu,age, potliOes, cake and
coffee Thcr e WI! enough 10 cat to s.ausfy .he
bIggest appeilic
Duo, P"~U conSIsted 01.ppltance., rad IO, . • he.
mos lugs. docks , drlll.nd 8pl1t ltMlttcl5to mcnmln
a lew. The pnze Wlllnell Wele Keith I'riesl. Pa,
Bladzlk, Robert Ei~en~lgc l . Rich Nuwakowskl.
Ken Do~e. Evelyn Blc,hower. Mark Kflyeh. BellY
Opdahl. [une Pa nley. Mulene Arndt, Kcwtn $chi
mcl~ck, Wally Blankenship. Sandy Wendllck .
Phyll,s B.ickle., MUle J ~s u u w, [ohn Zakrze ..... skl .
Ma ll BUlak. M.ne Merell. lohn S, voY. L.I1ILe Bnan.
N. ney Rvmanak, [oAnn ChnStoph c.S<)n and Sh~ryl
HUlUb
Guut spuke r al the [.nuary 8 meeting was
W,!lto.h Prcs,de," Mark Shulze. Heal th and safety
,nfurm 4tlOn was thc main It em fOJ unlun members.
The o.~.nizulvn hclp~ me.nhe" m~kc the m"~t
of OS HA W,Kl»h foll ows up on problems thOi
mlgh, be vvelluoked by OS ~I A They offe r '$S15'
.nce with Con tract language for ~lIe l ulelY fo,
OUI members. Ollr local Willed to lOin WI5cosh and
w!lJ have one delegat e In a!len tl. nee" the meel·
109,
Mar ch 20 is the flut day of Spllng, .nd how
wel co me" is! Ou r pu, fecol d·blClktng cold tern ·
pe. a,urcs here in W,!lton,tn can be Jlut out of m,nd
10' anOlher yea. w,th nO ,eg rets
St. Patric k ', Day faJl , on Salll r d~ y. Mu ch 17 ,
I'm sU le OUI III. h Brothe.s and S'siers will enioy
• pleuant daycclebr.ung theoccu ion lie" w"hu
to all
The loc.1 umon meeting 15 Ma rch I I a, 1000
am u I'ulukl Inn Refruhmenls wtll be le. ved
after the meellng
N ANCY MA~ ~1I1\1 I . I' S
Labor Needs To
Unite for Elections
L.U. 1541 (I.u.u,c.rr&e ml. ANC II ORAGE, All. .
lIello, 1!1i141 Ilcllo, elcc ll on year '
Orothe", and SI~len, a lot 01 what happeu, th.s
election yell cllold he whatever you WOllt to hIp
pen SII hack and IUSI think ~boUI how mlny
membe" the fe ~.e rn Ihe IlItcrnaILon~1 a.othe.
hood of Electrical Wo.k er, Now how many voting
age r elatl~u do all th e n,cmbe" hue I And how
many vOILnll ~ge IlI en Js and nCI)thool1 do you all
hlvc that you coold .eally Inllu~nce If you IU51
,ook a lillie ume .nd dlo.t tt) find ~ way It> lIet
~Jl the lacu an,l data penl11ent to whl> the ~n
cJeelCu wnuld be for labn. and Ih economy and
the pcvplcll hen, and mo" impo rtanl uf .11. lIet
OUt the .e and let .nvolved In wh~t you ~heve In
You can make ,he dtlfcrencc' How many ulllon
pevple In othe. unums could he dOIng Ihe umcl
My go~h. (th .. ·s • mce np'c~s,(ln, hohl ~vshl
any ...... y. unHed. everyone wmklng to~cther . the
un .ons al e tnvlnclble. Thu 's mIllion!! of IIllIon
people, ,clatlvtS and "t tnd~ ...·e·.e spcak"'lIof You
can be the decld"'5 /ac,or, and ,f you beheH '"
.nylh"'11 5trollg enough, yno can conv'n ce anyone
else Ihat need ~ 10 be convrnccd
Our huslnen "gen t IS constantly tellln~ Ut to
get Invlllved, help youl Umon , help yoursclvel.
don't 511 back and waH for Olhe .. to do" for you .
wh ere'5 your Kif pnde/
Th e same al'phes '0 all of U~ wh en we he..
c01ll panle8 ,i(olng ou tSide th e Ullltcd Statc8 It) bUild
companrcs. 1 here all: W'Y" to let , hem k.lUw 01
our dLSplulu.e [low many Brolhen and S,sters
arc out Ihere buytng thnse forelgn·matle proooclJ
with the e~CO!le. "Oh IUSlth,S time It won 't hUll,"
01 "My on~ htlle itcm won', coont." o. " Well. my
(}triOn docsn't h.ndlc Iha t 'o rt of bU8i ne n any
way " Come on. onc httle tiny snowball can star!
an avalanchel Urllon money don help make the
world go '.ound
Wo.k !lull hun't opened up much he.e. and!
guess II'S hke th.1 all over Maybe that', ~<>I.>d.
maybe th~1 Will help us 10 apr.cciate what we've
had and what We can have' NOlhrng is fOI free, 1\
takes lot5 01 wo.k , from you .nd me Let ', show
how downnllhl K nou s we a.e'
Unlll nUl monlh. Skol
LOllI PrOUT). I'.s
New Year's Party Held;
Brother Brantley Mourned
LU. 1519 (1&.01. AUGUSTA, GA.-Firs, ul all,
conce rning my article in the J. nu~ry issue rel .tive
to a paragraph commenting on happenlnK' on our
.. an to Vogtle ·1he!!e .emark!! we re ent"ely trllCJt
.nd were lubmlllcd wllh 'he hee kn ow ledge of
Ihue B.othe .. conce rned pn o. 10 pubheation and
we re n,tant for 110 IILIen l of malice o. offense. If
anyone ,ul/e red offense h om any par! o. the whole
of th" article. I herewith olle. a reua ctlon Ind
ton vey my Srneerc apologlc5 Ii hat been my utmOSI
tUdeavol. ovel th e pa .. years, 10 .ubmlt w r ltrn~s
that would only ~ a leflec t",n of in tcgllly and
prestige on every rndlv,du a! lIIenlLoncd
I was prtv,lcltcd .<:e<:nJly to rud a Chllllm.,
t ard .nd vth e. co ne.pondence add.eued to thll
crew lHartle y'I(1t Vogtle from Donn. Wenning. I
fourth ·yur . pprtnllCe out of Loul 87J. Kokomo,
Indiana Donnl had worked on th is c.ew .cyeral
month s thl. pu r ye or and wu both loved .nd
adm i.cd hy all OU I 1579 6rolhn,. She was kind to
thI S , epo rte l in menti oning her Anemlventu to
my allicin tn the Journall 10 on behalf of all
conce med, lood luc k and God .peed, Donna, both 55
to you ~nd Loe~1 87J, ISEW, Ind hO('f:fuliy ur-on
~CCIPI of thIs ~rtlck you wIll be lourneym~n
Wileman stalus
At 11'111 po'nl ~nd 10 ,nleci J nOle or P~fl'flph
of ]evny, ] tan 't rUlst mentlomnl: the aUlul to
thIS crew a couple of months .1:0 of 8.othe r Cttll
, Red " McManus We have .11 benefited by thIS
a$$O(lallon and 1'1...." beeo eduCiled, thus far, by
hIS ,nuruCtlons and uJK"tlJt on the Rncr palnlS
of IUIO mechamet Ipallleularly Pontlats), Udlnt,
rbonoJl:flphs Ind VltllOlas, rlus hlll:cneill know]
Mtt "I f'1,.r'nnllrnnw how WI' III w.~h " R,!I " I
conunued I<)n, and p.nSJK'fOUS hie , h<)wevcl, we
all feel If he e~el tulfer, I lon, sIe,e of laryn,n"
II would be d.lficult , for even a p. ophet, 10 predict
Ihe effeci and <)Income
On Ihe nenln, of Decembe. JI INew Ycar ',
Evel, . ca pa clly crowd of Local IS19 membe" lOd
gues!! ushe red In Ihe New Year It OUI lIadwonll
New Year', Eve Cala Piny Ind Dance. Relurmng
by popu lar demalldweletheSumme. Balld who,
wilh IheH versluluy, rendered I vlne lY of rendl'
lions and arrln,emenu 10 pleue all In attendance
We look forwa rd eath yeu to Ihesc fUllvltles and
pray we Ihall all Ihl re IlIle.nally th ese pleasallt
occuions Ih.oup many mOrt en5Utnl: yelll
As I p.epu e th,. allicle In jIJ R•., dull , I w<)uld
hke to thank bolh Sa rah and lUll III OUr of Ace 10.
theu "uLl~I""t ~"J "U"IU'Uuu~ ~" I,...,t1 ." I..dl""~
me meel the deadline, and of COUl5e, the fournal
slaff 101 11'11'11 conSlderauon, month alte. monlh,
fOl many yean
It ' s wllh profound .el:. el 11'111 I . cport the . ecell t
passml:of rellled Blolher f C. Branlley QUI "ntere
cODdolen eu to both fam.ly and fnends
Cood011:hl and Cod bien
Crl"r BANU, I' S
Dancing
t!nloyln, IhrmiC lvu II
~he Lo-c:.11 701, OW'IIS'
boro, K, ., Chrinm u
Dlnfr Ire Ed Nln, I
mt mb el 01 thr 18 EW
lor )0 yu r. and Don
Wrue.6eld, a founh ·
yur Ipprr n~iu .
-- Working
Pullilll: wite in.o I tonno l panel is Grne B.el', an
emplol'ee lor th e OYl1llcrttir Co mp.aD )' II Ihr D.
B. Wilsoll 'owe.houH.
Christmas Party Held;
Several Projects Completed
L U. 1701 (I,o,uaen), OWt!NSBORO, KY.-On
December 17 Local 1101 celtb. alcd Ch.iSlmas
wllh I dance II Cabes Rejlau ranl Ove. 200/:uutJ
ellioyed . d ru hmrnu and d~nced to mUIl C plO·
vlded by I R McLmlOre T hose wh o failed to
attend mIssed an evenlnl: 01 celeb.nion and a
chance 10 th~re Ihe spiril and brothe. hood 01
Ch ris lm u wllh Ih eLl fellow membe.s
Complc.lon of Ihe 0 B Wilion Po .... erhouse II
Cenlenown, Kenlutky, 'CIS neare. eath monlh
Dyn~lcclflc 01 Owensboro, wllh the larllnl can
lIatl on Ihe rob, Illd off 20 men 11'1 .. week f.om
thell d.&y CICW Theil nlpt Ih,h WIll complete liS
wlte pulllnl: !IOOlI Ind mo.e fayoffs ,rt uJK'cltd
M W Kelloq fimshed .15 connNCllon contuct
December lJ all the ",rubbers and Illd 011 III "S
of '15 employee.!. StCllinl: BOiler and MechanICal
• ublN Ihe O('f:rallons conUlct fmm Kellolll for Ihe
scrubbers Ind hlled one crew loehcc k OUI sYlums
Ind ,n~truel .n o~r.uonl of .nSlalled cqulrmenl
Cu rrently Ihe powe. houJC '5 Ihc onl, ,ob wh'ch
employs mo.e Ihan one lull c rew of men There
arc hopu of work II l"I:e ,ndustTl.1 Illes In OU I
IUI1sdIC110n bUlal pruentllodeRnne Informal ion
1'115 been rcleued by .oy of these compame•.
I wlnt to .(milld e~c.yone Ihn Ihe IATC i.
lpansonng lourneyman "a'01ngcIUlct. All prolet·
liOnS of Walk, Indudml: electrlCialls, have to kee p
up wllh the chlnging timu and new technololn'
Improve yourself and I:ct plcp~red for the el eclfleal
work of the future. For more IIIlorma li on, contlCt
Iny membel ollhe IATC
Sce you on the Ihud Monday nlpl <)f the m<)nlh,
hren, I membe r 10 the meel1nl With you
R,c lI,un TIIO."'\oON. P S
Officer Updates Local
On Grievances
LU. 1902 (u), CIIARLOTTE, N.C.-ereeu",I,
Brothers and S'lle rl So rry lor Ihe dellY ,n I:Clun,
th.sleller 10YOU but hive been havenl: my problem.
aD the home front abo. I dlopped the compU lel
which 11'1 11 newsle lt er .1 ,enerated on 10 Oc IObe.
Ind hive nOI betn Ible 10 leeUre Ihe fCpbcemenl
fOI il yel Th ey no 101ll:e. make II , 10 I am left out
en the cold on thaI Enoul:h 01 my problems, I
would lIke to tlke Ih lS opporl unllY 10 .... ,51'1 each
'nd every membc. oJ u .. , ~,ut I..... ~I M ",u~1 I''''~'
~.ous New Yell
On 50me of Ihc happemngs Imund Ihe .Yltem
II Ihe p.esenl lime, we have only one /l.nevance
10 the works eonccllllO, a man In Ihe WUlem
D,VISIOO who was lermlnaltd for nOI answenn, I
call No details u yet, 10 Will keep you IOformed
On the I:nevance front the pan lew months, we
have beell able 10 leI tneul pl!ople re'IISllled who
were dllchall:ed A meltl rude • •n W'nJlon ·Salcm
WII lermlOlled lor CUI bIOI • mete. bul we we.e
ablc 10 gtl h,m rt.n5taled as a dlslI1bution ercw·
man. There was.o (Iemem 01 dnuht, a~ Ihe honk
he was supposcd to be readenl wu splh and the
metCl readers do Ihe Spllllln" 10 lrom now on
management W.lllplll the hookl
III I If,tleVlncc Ili rted In W,nlton·S.lem ~on'
cerolOg Ihe cOlllllc tOr CiaUlt, we lie IWllllnl: Ihe
company's respanse 10 ou r in,e,plCulion
A d'§lnbullon Crewman 10 H"h POIOI WII ter·
menned 101 ....,'un,.letter to the compan~ telhnlf,
Ihem Ihey could not come on 1'1" propeny wllhoUI
hIS pe. m.SSlon II 51emmed from mana,cmenl
I:olOg OUI ~o h,s housc whIle he wu OU I of wOlk
due to sICknell The company hll rclused 10
remnale Ihc employee In a th'rd Ilep j!tlCVaIlCe,
10 I WIll keep you IOformed II to lo n her devcl·
OJImellU A word of eaullon here in Ihtl Ihc
eomp~ny has alwlY. had Ihe IIpl 10 check on
employers OUt sick The ,Iek luvc p.ovlslon In
Ihc conll1lC1 IS one I IhlOk "'eryone enloys beml:
Ihere 10 Ihe evenl of need, 10 let us all do our JQtI
and play ,I fa" with ~he eomrln,
A meier ruder wu lernunlled 10 lI,ek",y fv.
"nl:UI,e uscd 10 a mccllnl: whe.e r.oblem • •elll·
10,10 the lOb were be.nl d'lCusscd The cmplo,u
was .CLlllltlcd with Ihe understandlnl: he wllte a
leiter of IpaloS)' 10 Ihe IU('f:"'"01 alld potl II on
Ihe bullelen board
A serVICeman en Ch"lolle WIS le.mlnald for
luv,nl a leak on a tu.n ·on I cannOI go Into delall.
bert, bU I we wc. e ahle In grt him ,flO ... te,1
beCIUSC Ihe com pany had not been able 10 rlOpoj nl
the leak IS II is appa rently 10 a wall So caulion
everyooc III be .col ca rdul III Icmng and lurning
on melcrs 10 clock Ihe mCIC! We all get IlItO I
'OUIIIIC and fOlgel Ihe impo rtallce of th e little
thlllgl ahe r awhile
A stock clerk ;n C lcenv,lIe wu dllCha rged lor
llIlilll: to follow compaoy procedure '0 handhlll: >
money. In a Ihlfll·nep meumg, the compaoy was
unwllhlll to challge the aCllon liken
In Novembe r wc had Ih.ee d.seh"I:es One 10
5plrlunbu'I: fa, uces,,,·c absence I.om wo.k, lod
one 10 C . eenville for latlu~ to pay the company
lor merchlnd,sc boUPI l.n a Ihud-slep mccuog,
::t;:':s':I~.:o...~:~~~~a~h~n !:r,t~~~::n~c,~~~ •
had paId htl b,lIlhe day belo re hIS be'llIlermmlled
10 he was relOSlited One .... ord 01 caUUOD bere I
thInk, eOlltelOllII: people buYIIIl: ,00,15 from Ihe
compallY· They u('f:ct, and nplly la, Ihal we are
10 fulllll 001 obhl:allons 10 makeng timely pay·
ments fa. merch.ndlse aod pl. So I word 10 the
WISe: If you buy from Ihe company. make su re you
live up 10 Ihe conlllC I you sign. 01\
In the past cou ple 01 mon thl we have been .ble
to 1:0 10 ~ilp POInl, Chlliolle, and Sahlbury fo r
union m~ctings. It is good 10 V'S' I our Brolh~15
and Siners 10 the olhe r d,smcts and hope 10 I:et
to Ihe olht. d,stnclI U lime permils.
ThlOk everyone has received a Jetter from Ihe
eomp.IlY concern"l& the stock pl;", th~t wu in·
eluded in Ihe new Ig.eemenl. .....
ruSt a note thlt 11 payl to belonl: 10 the uneon,
II Wilhoul Ihe eollecuve bargaining p.ocell we
WQuid not have been included .his year a. any
olher lor thl1 miller
T R SMITH, PIlE!;
Scribe Urges
Everyone to Vote
LU, 1908 lur, COCOA, FLA.-lam once al:aen on
Ihe road so I don 't have much newS aboullhe local
hapJK'nlOls I'm al Ihe POri Everl:ladu planl along
.... 111'1 leven othe r members 01 1908.
As I don 'l have any up·lo·date new" 1 w,ll ut.e
Ih,s column to ulI:e you all to take part 10 the
Flonda P,C5,dtnll.1 Preference Pnmlry .0 be held
March 13. As mall of you know, Ihe AFl·CIO
endo. sed Waite. Mondale for presldenr We have
never elldolscd pnor 10 Ihe eonvCnl1on belort, bUI
the leadersh,p of Ihe AFL·CIO Ihoupl we should
511rt worklO' for the cand.date who would best
rrp.escnt tbe workml: men and women 01 th ..
country, to help msurc h,s success 10 the pflmann
.lId It the con~enllOo Th,s ICl100 is DOl wllhoU I
fl ak, bUI one Ihal wu worth taklOI:.
Unde. the prClenr admmlsualion Ihe working .
people 01 thll counrry lie Ilkmg a belling The"
NLR8 hIS Men Slacked wtlh Inll'UIIIOII membe rs,
OSUA has been Jl:lllled, ODly the couns ha~e 510ppcd
the Departmenl of Labor lrom I:Ulllnl: laws Iha l
beneAI Ii'll' wO lkinl: class, reuremenl age hu been
r"scd for Soclll Secunly, and some of thest ben·
eflu will be laJled 10' Ihe fi. st I1me. Unions
throughout Ihe nalion have been maklnl: conces'
sions alld one. PATCO, IS no longer 11\ cxlstellte . •
Also lome compalllts are U51O, Ihe b.ankru plcy
courtS 10 VOid connaclI.
loranled fede .al ta.U have Men lowered some·
whal , bUI mOSI Slltes have had to raISe thell IUC$
10 make up 10. what thcy losl III serv,cts from the
lederal I:0vcrnmenr
Can we Ilk, four more yearl 01 thIS, or JK'rh,pI
even wort.e abU5C11 doll't kno .... , bul I don 'I wanl ,.
10 Rnd 01.11 1 url:e each of you 10 be sure you a.e
r~I:'J1ercd to Vale Ind 10 cxefClK thll ngbl OD
March 13 Mondlle has backed aod 10up.1 lor the
wo.kml: c1ISS 10 Ihe pasl and w,ll contenue 10 do
10 10 the future We need a pe rson 10 Ihe While
House who knows thallhep.oblem501 the workllll
men .nd women of Ih,s eouotry must be laced and
tlken care of The p.esent adm'nlsuluon dOl:I nOt
seem toellher know 010. Care .bout 11'11'" problems
Iha t arc faClOI: uS
Ooce .g~"l 1"'Se ~II ul yvu Iv ngi~ICf aud vulc.
Even il you dlugree wllh my VICWS, I ho~ you
will eXPlus y<)u I VICWS by VOllOg in all of Ih e
upcoming eleelions.
Hul''' Iv ~c~ yvu al Ihe hall on Tuuday, March
13, at 8,00 p.m., and please vote before you come.
T. L. KAMMU, P.S.
• Brother Thompson Rewarded
For Suggestion
L.U. 1957 (em ), EAST BUTLER, PA.-Oncc ~gain
Ihn year our local did u s part In th e annual fund
drive lUI Children! Hospita l of Pinsburgh. Our
members collec ted S1.000 for this flnc cause. The
mon~y was collected mostly through com ribullon8
~ :~~ r~~I~c~~a~~~~(c:~;I~a:~: ~oa~. :~~:!~~:~
lor the flne job Ihey did in collecting the moncy.
Money wu also collected t hrough a loo\b~1I pool
,hal wu run dunn); Ihe pas! seuon Twenty·f1ve
percent of tac h week's take was donucd 10 Ihe
fu nd drive. The 100lball pool was ruo by Chu
Grecn and DOll Oeste, ling. Thanks 10 everyone
that dmlBlcd IU Ihls flne cause.
a Congratulallons ar C In OIde. thIS momh for
Brother Tom Thompson Tom was the happy re -
CIpient ul a t wo -day uC~lion as a leward lUi a
sU,'Igcslion he gave ehe Company r ee~nLly that
could prove lQ be a tremendous moncy saver Tom
work! In ehe Sluc k roum and pan of hl810b mcludes
pl ckmg up panj from the productIOn departments
and transpurtlng (hem to Ihe ~lQck roum, a luh
wh ich normally t.ke, elghl hours, Due to Tum'S
~ suggeStion, Iht lub can nuw he cumpleted in seven'
and·a·half hOUII. Tom has always had the repUII '
<lon 01 ~ wurker whu LS always looking lor all
caStet way to I:et the lob dooe alld Ihl~ lime he
came up w!lh a i:cm of an Idea. Tom' s co·wo.ker
In the stock . oum knew he had hl! on somelhmg
when they saw hun In his trll ek and on h,s way
home helore hl5 shlfe wa, completed An iTOnlC
tWlse lQ thIS Slo, y is th~ faci that Tom's superVIso r,
f'I. Mel PUrs, felt Ihal SInce Tom 's 511l:1\e'tlOn was
such a monumental une he should have been
awardcd mure wne off Howc,'u Pears went on to
say thlt the neXt lIock kcepcr that comes up wtlh
an Idea like ThompSOIl's WIll defin\l"ly get m()le
Ume off
B,,~ POll~>KV. I'S
Working Conditions Deplorable
• In " Sweatshop" Era
L U. 1968 (u,u,eu,e rn &govt ), NEWBU RGH, N.Y._
Whil e you Irt workmg, do you ~ve. stop IU think
how ,hl/Clcnt ou r IIYes may have been when the
so called "sweats hop s" we r ~ in ope rJtionl Dtd yuu
know t hat chIld lahor eXIsted then alld th~t people
""cre paId lust a few cents a day for long, long
hours of work. They had no vaca.,ons. nQ sick d~ys
• and no health or hfe m!!uranCe covel age . No hoI ·
iday! cuher Workmg coodlllons were ahsoluldy
deplorahle hom all descnpuon5 of thi~ era, I guess
we can uy, "We have come a long way, Brothers
and Slste"," nn' t wei Granted that we thInk th at
we some lLmcs arc under somc dur~$$ and We
tompJam about flrst ont thing and (heu another
all the IImc . We arc always rrymg to ImplOve
evcrythmg. Somcll1ne, We succeed and often we
lito do nOl, hu t We arc free IU try agllll un t il we do,
T hose peopl e had no one to back them up and
welc cahe t lorced to "do or dte." We, on the othe r
halld, can hc ve ry thankful that we have the power
to make sure that we are not Ircated in such I
manller . We can make a beuer, safer place eo work
and be paid cnollj;h money to proVIde U5 with.
good, rc speeubk livlllg. That IS where our unIOn
.. comn in , We must all le arn to stIck tugcthcr bke
glue and nor lei anyone <JI anything sepalate us
from our Brorhe rhood 11 lakes each alld eve ryone
at all times to keep it alive. lCl us know that We
can Coulli on your sup pOrt by gemng Involved In
uni On acuvmcs
Since my l.,t column thele have been many new
conllaees negot iated for our members and then
rat ified. Most of them were long, hard, tough fi~h t s,
., but wllh Ihe asSIs t ance of Ihe Negotiallng Cum·
minces, Ihe pCIS~vcr.nce of the memb~rshlp, and
the ucdlent leade rshIp and g,udance of our busi·
ness manager, DIana Kamen, they wer e fin al ly
broug ht 10. suceus/u l C(JncluslOn. ThI S gou to
show you how trUe unlontsm wo rks. Wirhoutthn,
all would h.ve been loS!.
O ur healllcst contratulations go OU t to a ll of
you who have become parents smee my lUI col·
umn . I'm sure your bundle s of lOY will bllng you
much pleasu re and hapPlnen. To all Ih e new brides
and grooms, may we WIsh you a long and happy
mamed hfe. CongratulalioM Mike lnvaJ:II O to you
and you r fiancee on your cnga~cmcnr Congralu
lations tu Glace Cartun who" IIOW III charge of
the Cood and Welfa re Committee at Ceneral S"'lIch,
'lId 10 linda Jen"'ngs who 15 nOW In cha rge of
union label dlstribullon at Genc lal Swttch. We
offer Ou r heartfelt sympalhy to all of you who ha ve
1051 loved ones re ce ntly . I smcercly hope that you
can find peace, solace and coml(lll In OUI memorial
Il,ble" and In Ihe comp.'sU)u of your SIsters and
Urolhers In Ihe unIOn C"ndolences to Mrs Edward
Ilaxlel, Bnan !'.Ilts. Mary Unnk, Mall. Fcrm3111an,
Ilenetla Maldlnad o. Ahcl3 fC l manlan and Kenneth
Uerryann and thell fanuhes. Get well "'Ishes [(I
Vernon Van Oy.n, Hank Wa/:ncr and Doug North
We're all pulhn~ 1(11 YOll
AutlMlY Mlll.S KI, l' S.
Local PartiCipates In
Tournament, Clambake
L.U. 208 4 (em), SY RACUSE, N.Y. _ local 208 4,
local 79 and local 1484 held thell Ntnlh Annual
Coil Tournament on AU/lust IJ, 198J, 3t Ihe lIV -
erpool Country Cluh. Approxllnately 125 golfers
ratllClpatcd In thl5 allnual event whIch WIll he
hos ted by local 2084 in 19114
On S~lu rday, Augu$t 20, 19SJ, Our local IIIllUIl
held ItS Annual Clambake It fllnerwBdcl , m North
Sy.a~u9c, New York It w85 the consensus of the
412 people In 311cnd~\1~e th~t thIS was a supe rb
bake. There was plenty to cat and drtnk for all and
the 0ppOIIUlllly to ,o(ializc with thelf fellow union
Brothers and 5»t"r,
JUliN M. FIl .... I'ElLO, P S
Several Members Pass
CPR Course
L.U. 2 101 (e m ), WATERTO WN, N.Y.- In leCtnt
weeks we have had ~ C I'R COUISC m our shop,
Thanks tu alltht palllcip.rH~. who arc a~ follows;
lon'na Rose, Paul Nadon. tthel Conklin. Kathy
AUIlUSllnC, leun Dickmson, Ad".!! Su llivan and
Martha KUr2enburgcI All our p~t1lelp~llIS have
paued Ihe cour~e and wiJllid oor Safety Program.
SpeCIal thanks In Bill lIice who has taken lime 10
teach ~nd aSSIst In the prOS. am
By the tunc thIS artIcle I ~ pnntcd, hopefu ll y
wc 'lI have gone In and returucd fwrn Ihe Manu·
belUllng COllf~rcnce and will h.ve a good deal to
repoll
RI C KV lllA I:. KWILL. V.P
Negotiations Under Way,
Local Computerizing
l. U. lil l (e m ), O AKLA ND, CAL.- A, of ,hIS
wrmng the TIlan gle I'WC pellslon negoll31l0ns
have ius t begull By the Itme you l ead thIS \I shou ld
bI: $cttled, the Same IS true of NOVA negO\la\lon s,
Upcommg is the Untied Pl a ~ ll C5 and B&M con·
traclS. The computenZallon of the local contmues
10 take an enOrmouS amount of ttr"C . The Execu·
!lVe Iloard has scvN~ 1 talen t ed members who will
be assis ting. PleSldent Bob Meyer has requested
that V,ce Pre sident lorge G.n dJra and Treuurcr
lean Murphy continue to be mvolyed '" ,hIS pro-
glam
Managenl Cnt conllnues to press eve/y 0PPOIIU-
ntly to rrd themselves 01 the unIOn In a few shops
NOlably Indus",.1 ElectriC Manufacturing, where
rum'" has \I the foremen Me puslt"'g hard II) show
how wonderful working wlthou l a UIllOn wtll be.
I/llve the members there consi delably 1110re cred,t
Wllh nothmg between them ~nd Ihe top manage ·
mell! II l' certaIn that the boss' /avorllcs would
gct the money (for a whilel, ,nd evelyone else
would gCt Ihe mmimum he cou ld get aw ay WHit .
The nallon IS slowly tUr<ung Ihe1l "'tenllOn 10
the pollllc al bailie Malting umong the pre"de ntial
candidat es. MI . Rcag~n continues eo walt fo r Ih e
front runner to eme rge, wh ile Mondalc , Glenll and
Catch
form t r stewud of Lou l llll, Oa kland, Ca1., lose
Gomu, IJ , how n here with hi s eight -pound , 26\11·
int h ulAsh. lost wo rks lo r Golden Gltt Swiu h.
board 01 Nlp. _
Best Wishes
Reliree Frank Wh~ t ler, cen t el, olBu rke Induurin,
reee;'·u congrat ula tion s and bes t wishn from
Pr uldrn t Bob Mcyu, left , and BusinfU Mall ager
Rogu Lang lllis.
fa ekson YIC for the Democranc normnaUOn I am
gomg to Vllle fOI whIChever one WIll do the moS!
fur wOlklng men ~nd womeni we have taken qUilt
3 hea t ing ove r Ih e last few yean Under the Rc -
publtcan s, OS HA hn become a larce , the National
labul Rc1 Bllonslloa, J SClrlcs everYlhlng with com·
promise sClllc m ents, unions are beIng wc~kencd,
governme nt bendlt programs are bem~ gutted In
the namC of "s pcndmg rcducuons" and spendmg
COnllnuc$ .1 • phenomenal !ltC, only nul lor the
peop le that necd it Money tS only as good as the
usc \I is pu t to, and I don', Ihink the Amerit.!!
people inrended tu tl.lln thclI backs on the old and
helpless m Ihe nam e of ReaganomIcs
As much n I dIslike Ihe political tomfoolery
thaI gOt!! on evcry fou r yca rs, Jt rcmam S a sad latt
that the outcome of the elecIJons hAS such an
Imp act on Our luture tha t we can 't aflold 10 Ign ore
th em. Take the umc 10 look at the recolds 01 the
politicians who WIsh to make and enfo rce the law s
to t hI s count ry . Use your mind and you/ conscIence
in chOOSIng a prcsldent, congressm.n, 5ena tOr, crc
It m igh t make a lut of difference III your paycheck
Also keep a close eye On your manage rs. Many
of them Ihmk thlS IS the Ideal IlIne 10 rid Ihem·
selve' of Ulllons, high wages, lahor con u acn, and
.11 Iho,e IrrltatillK obliga t ions suc h a8 holidays
and ,,,nwllIy, not to mCn1lOn the cXlIerncly as.'
gr~ v~l\ng j/.fiCY3nCe and arbnratton pr ocedure. Don't
let .nyone te ll you. bill of good~
ROCER LANGLOlS, B.M
Scribe Announces Greetings
From Other Members
l.U. 2 145 (,OV I), VAl LE/O, CA L._Crtellngs,
Ilr~thren , front ValleJO. Frrst order of bUSlllCSS IS
old bU'llless-on ,h e secreta ry's desk . mC$$agCl
an d CO mmUnIcatIons, al thIS wrrunlt, Ch,,~unu
cuds and nore! G."etlllg§ from WIdely dispersed
IIlOther mEW members, and longtime Icaden 01
tht s column G.teungt from Frank BrctAn of San
Francisco, Donny PUCIllo, past plcsldent of local
1227, San f .. nClScol from lack Cron, f loridl-
la ck mcnuoncd that hc cdebl"red hi, 50lh wcd ·
ding anmverury, from Ed Morumer , ups t ate New
York-" _ .. you know, you wme reaily fine amcl es
in th e mEW lournaJ .. please hep up the good 57
 Members
Membe r. 01 Lo<:.1 2145, Vall ejll, C, I., rei.,.
• muling. 011 Ih l ltft i, Marill Ul Ch rl ~ un 5 u , an
. rlicullu . pok uman, on Iht righl i5 10hn Ta ylor,
. ho p . Ie .....d .nd E:recu, ivt Board membe r. II you
kD o", .ht ge n. in .ht CU' t r, It II him you sa w him
In lhe Inurn/II.
Journalists
Mf mbe,. of LoCl l 1 145 asse mble .he lou l publ i.
Cl lion, Th e Megler. Can you idelllily the presiden t
01 the loca ll
... riuns ... I I " s.nt," (No l" like Ihal make my
day), f.om Cha rky Busohllll, New lersey-Char·
ley reeellily redled from the Phibdelphia Navy
Yard. A ca rd from Muio Maddalone, who LS eon·
lemplaling reliremenl al.his wliling. A car d f,om
Byroll DLckensll n, San Maleo. BYllln wonders if he
could send copiet IIf Ihcse columns III some 01 our
elec led reprelenulives, certainly, fine wilh me.
All he has 10 do is filld olle Ihal (al is not on a
lunkel, (bl is nOI on a eam palgn traIl and (el IS
inle reued.
Some penple Ih",k .he eolumll iSlnlcrcslLns and
worth rud"'g. I expose some of my view, on
varu.lUS .ublects, nOI to innuence your thinking,
bUI to stimulate you r thinking about Lhe opliolll
that arc available. The alt ern atives arc nOI alwaYI
visible. ThOle Ihat enloy Ihe columll ullde rlland
and recognize what the clliumn i. about.
Several mnlllh, ago Ann Mahlllley spll ke to me
aboul nne of Ihe eolumns she had rcad. I really dLd
apprecia te her enlhusLasm and kind comment'.
ThLI column seems to hav e an appeal to ",d,vidu.ls
Ihat hive I very po!ltlve feeling about themselves
and whal they arc domg. I have observcd thaI
people that are unresponsive 10 Ihi. column usu'
ally have very neSilive feelings abou tth em.clvcs,
thcir job, and what Ihey arc doing. Thus 1I would
seelll Lh~L ,ude •• 0.)1 LIllS co.)lumll I~ll illlO two
distinctly diffe rent personalilY typ<=,.
Did you know th aI !eanlle Plan ,ollee," thue
columnsl ThaI ImmedIa tely Idenuflu he r as a
lype·A per&onmhty ~ very posilive person who
ellloys her job, a peuon 01 good ch aract er, ad,,·
erim inalinS rude r, who has excellent judllmCnt in
mOSI decision •. Do you know who flts that Iype·
A descripllon, and hy comddencc abo enioy~
rcading thi s columll! Marvin Plliovich. II you dOn'l
believe me, ask h,m. Let's hear II lor Ihe lype·A
penonalilY Iypes.
Local neWS-Brother Donald Caldwell relircd
lagai n l. First hc rctit ed from Ihe Mare bland Naval
Shipyard . Mote recen lly he relired frnm hi, ulllon
post IS finaneial Seertlary in Local 2145. He held
Ihil post lor many yur •. Dan Silverton'. com·
ments on his contributioll in IhlS area would have
58 brOUght tun to his eyes.
Hoilday routlne- A spale of l<Kallln·hollse) hoi·
Iday lunches Ihat absolutely wIIl.lld hav e bcen
Member j
condcmned by WeIght Watehers. The inside shop
had a ~ourmc l del'Shl assembled by Curti. Whit ·
wort h, lIuh .. a G ~ll o, Chri. LaB",Je anJ ~1l~UU"
tl se Ihat was handy. Skip Hut chinson, Ih e vict
pre.,denl of Local 2145 "chaired" the Chr; uml5
get·togelhcr Iha! Ihe l<Ka! sponso red. It was his
usual zcro d~fcct perfmmance.
A clll lrom Lo, Angcles from Mrs. Cenevive
Marcus. She adVISed me Ih31 he r lathel, Mr. Thilo
Glafe, longtime IBEW membe r, pu.ed away. He
was 78 yUrt old whell he rfceivcrl a 1t~Vr lrTS .. ~rd
'0 the "G real Shipyard ill The Sky" Thilo rellrcd
from the Hunter. Point Naval Shipyard when It
closed. Thllo was Ihere so long he was lecogni~~d Brothe l R. E. Bellllfll, LoeaI 217l, Lynchburg, Va.,
as a hIstorical monument . 01 Ih t Too l and D!e DCp .. tnl ~n t .
Seve ral years ago a young fdlow add ressed me
on th e unllln fioo r and indignantly accused me 01 •
nOt 'CntCllng his point 01 view. He was abso lutcly Negotiators
right . I didn't Ihen, and I dnn'l now . It may be the
diffcrencc h in how I intcrpret my role as an office,
in this loc al. I pcrsonally Icd Ihat replese nting
your besl intcrC5ts is ultim •• ely much more im·
portant 10 you . If y"u would /eel mOle comfort able
wllh a IInlon officcr tbat rcnects your VLew~, Ih,.
is fine, Lhere i. 3n declion of office" in May. l lm
even willing 10 provide you wilh a few names of
mcmbNS th aI I kll Ow ean cffeetivcly reficct your
pUlIll ul VI~W . StCY~ Flint, Ma.inu) CIIJI.tcn~e",
joey Mahoney, Mr. Kightl inge r arc a few Ihat come
to mind. I personally feel Ihal my greatest effce·
livenen IS in concelQing myself wllh you r ben
inte rests. My conllibulions in Ih'$ .rca would
mclude Ihe followillg.
In the spring of )983, a con tributi on 101 publi' Illter.,.I;lI nai Repr ue ntal iye Gordon Bray, Itll, ....
calion ill the shipyard management newslcnel alld k . T. Carwil e, recording aecre llry alld membel
tAlIc<i /lOHgrnm The c<iuor h~d solicill'!t ron n ;· of tht Ntgoliating Co mmit "., dudng , bruit in
butlons. It was never p"nred. Obviously, Ilackcd a ruu ling wl,h Ih 11. K. Porter CO mpallY.
Ihe minimum qualificatioll' required to mecl tbe
high lilenry standard!! lot acceptance in thl t pres·
tiSlOu, publication. However, the elfllrt was mide have. We came to bargain lor OU r rightful share.
hn your beSt illt eresl sl. A copy 01 Ihis item Will We kn ow Ihal Lynchburg Wo rk, nl the H. K. POrtN
be available IlI r your mspeclion, upon requu!. Co. showed a profi l for 1983. It Is a facl Ihal 0/
In Ihe fall of 1983, the CU rr enr sublect of mte,e51 Ihe thrce planlS In Ihe Electrical Division, Ihe
was the lunhe. reductiOn of neet repair work Lynchburg Works is the 10wuI paid, ~nd ye l Ihe
currenlly allocaled to public (Navyl yards. l asse m' comp~j\y Is 15k1l\8 10' u.\,ea&o.Lllble concusion. •
bled a package consis ling of apprOllimalc!y .ix Iwm lIur barg3lmng umt. Here is a breakdown 01
typcwrillcn pages, and about eight or 10 pages of what Ihe company wants Ih e worke rs 10 give back
support mate n ,1 thaI addressed Ihe same subject, in wl ges and bellefits; ply SJ7.00 per month lor
and supported my p"s,"on In IIP P05uion 10 I group insurance 0 2 cen t&/houtl, give back IWO
further reduction of our CUrrent work load. This week s ¥acarioll per year (32 cents/houll, pvc back
package was mailed 10 five congrcs.mcn and nne IW O holiday. per year 00 ce n ls/hourl! glv~ back
se nal or. Th e effort Imade in your kit interens l three pcrsonal day . pe r year 113 cen ts/hou r!! give
eI'''JI~J Iwu ""puII.n. IA C"I'Y "I l!ri. pad.all~ ,. hack twn IO· minut e re~ t [luil>!h (.lO cen tMho ll,l,
presenlly posled in ou r local o/fice.1 gIve back 70 cents pe r hour m wa ges 170 tentsl ,
In the Wlnlcr 01 1983, I received a lellt r from houri·
the .hlpyard commander, requeSling my views on Your unilln has a propOill on Ih e lable for
me thods 10 improve prnduetivilY. Th e ruponse additions alld changes ,n the contract language,
was a more ambi tious undertaking. To be eflecllve increases in ",surance, pension [llan, hohdays,
il would have 10 refiect cxpellenee. Credlbili lY YlCatlllns, pcrsonal days, eye care, ,everallce pay,
wOl.lld hav e 10 be based not only on individual and mcrcase in wagcs in 1984 wilh a wage opener
penonal e~perience , but also on Lhe assumptmn m 1985 and 1986.
of probab,llly. Again, I did nOI renet l your v,ew" As for Ihe prllposal that the company put on the
but! was repreSenting your best "lIere.lI$ table, we will continue III our eflorlS to Slick with •
I will ddrcss thiS rcspon se land the possible OUIS. We 3rt nOI intere$led as employees 10 lake
eon,equcnculln the nUl column a Slcp baekward. The company must recognize the
value of the workers bOlh lor Ihel r cOII\libutloll 10
lOSEl'll S CAVONE, Ir., P.S
the company, and u lellow human bemS' whose
lIeeds must not be sac rificed.
II will soon be lime for all of you to make a
Company Asking For major decision. I hope Ibal tbe com pany will
reconsider Ihe positIOn it h., laken and lei us
Givebacks, Concessions come up wuh a fau gelliemcnt for bOlh "des and ....
L. U. 2173 (~ml, LYNCHB URG, VA.-O ur work se llie thiS withoul a strike and Ion of wo rk and
p,clure htlt in Lynchburg has gone from bad 10 produeuon.
very bid. The cllmpany'. decision 10 dlscolltinuc Unlil next month, lake Care and I lay well.
manulaclu""g distribution Iransformers and the WI~~IAM H, CR!ASY, P.S.
reduction in Ihe work 101c( Ihat followed has hit
u~ vcry hald, The CCOnnmlc In""~~ to ~ wlIThr
when hIS job no 10llgu eXISI. may be easy to Local 2228 Moves
calcula te, Ihe psychological and emotional Impact
upon him and his lamily is nOI so easily measured. Into New Quarters
As all of you kll IlW, nel':0111110ns lor a new L.U. 2228 {govl ,tm&.ul, OTTAWA, ONT._ Th e
con n ac t Ire well under way. It is im port ant lor local moved inlO its new (re nnvat edl building in
you to reeoglllze from the beginning Ih.t wc arc Seplem be r and It was officially opened by IlIler·
meeting In all atmosphcrc where conce,"lon de · nltional Viee PresldeDI Ken Rose on November
mand. arc thc rule ralher than rhe Clttcplinll. We 28, 1983. Thi. olncill opening was organized to
did not go to the bugammg table with our hat 'n cotncide wilh our elld ollhe year hecut ivc Board
hand. head bowed, hopillg 10 hold on 10 what we meeting. Apart !rom Vicc Presl dem Ken Rose, tht
l New Building
• LU.1286 (01, BEAUMONT, TEX.-What we can
local 1228, On,w., Ont" Ifeud,. nloud 'nlO
their IIIW building. II lfl, filII Dlink' Intl ' u -
lion,1 Vi", ',uidut "en Ro~ nundi th e opening
n ' fllloniu.
other puu Included the mne umt chaumen, table
016", .., (ntern.uon.l RCr.Clcnl.llvcs J. Kearney
and I Wol/gang. fOlmer 8usmus Man'gcI D S
DUldge Ind the !italf of LOC;11 S86 wllh whom We
co- rented Ill' ,u~I.1 yean
I The na'!lm'. cleeunn and unn eleCtLonsa." now
completed C J Myers wu .cdelled by accl~m~
!t ot lOn 1," hhi!lThlrd term " bUL~lnC~,' manager 'R"d 0
'LIlIlIl, (IIuntU, A II CC, .ancou~crl oge.
I
• Dmum, VanCnUVtT l and Hub Canuthcu, Ottawa,
were rcdec;:\cd rupectlvely 10 the offlce of p,nl
dem , VICC rrulllenl , rccordm~ secr etary and uca,
IIrer
At the unn levd, C C .. ncr of Gandcr, New
!ouodland, W Pnce of MonCion, New BrunswIck ,
.. l. Lowe of Halllax, Novi ScOIlI, II. BIIm, 011awI,
Omano, Paul MOIIt , TOlonlo, Omlno, L Wnpi
I of Edmonlon, AIbc:UI, "'efe all feelected In thc
Monuul UnJl, Y Oucllette Itepped down and L
P Och5le wuclecled, and m WmOLpe& II. PCICfson
also stepped down and 10lmel UOLt Cha"man W
Hamel "'u elcclcd
On behaJl of the enure membc:rshlp I would hke
10 Ihank our B.othcn that havc se.vcd the local
for the paSI th.ee yun and I would .110 like to
thank all those who carcd (noup to run fa. offke
Flnallyl would hke to Wish Ihe BuslncssManager
and ou. new Execotlve Boud and Table office",
good luck and assurc Ihem 01 OUr surpOrt 10. thc
next thlec yu.s
En frangais
le d~mtnagemcnt danslu nouvCluxloeaox e'ut
l. bll en Sfptcmbrc el I'ouvcllu,e offic,ellc a il~
/aitc par Ie V,ce r.fSidenl Internauonal Kcn R03e
Ie 28 novemhre 1983 Celie ouvcr!ure cOlneldait
I avec b r ~unlOn du Comll ~ Exfeuul En plu, du
Y, ce P,f5ldcnt Ken Ro,e les IIIt1U mVII~S ~talenl
les neuf pr~'ldenu d'unil~l, In olAeicn, lei Re·
pr~ le nllnu Intern aliOnals I Kutney el I Wolf·
Pn&. I',nc' en gfrant d'alblle, 0_ S DaYldge ell es
employ" de II Seellon Louie 586 aVec qu, nous
lyons co-lou~1 pendlnt plusleun ann~u
• L'ilectton n'tlon,leetles tltcllons d'unllt, 5(lnl
mllnlenanl termmhs 1.1: eonfrhe C I Myen,
tit rt·tlu plr .cdamluon pOur un uo.,ltme terme
au posle de Ifranl d '.fla lle. CI lei conl,eres D
Cllnlorlh de Torooto, All Lee de Vancouver, ROle.
O,OUIO de: V.ncouvcr et Bob ~.rulhe l' d'Ou.w.
ont t tt I~ ·t lus .espeetlYrmenl eomme, pl~"dent,
1 vlce·p.tsldenl, "(.tulle archlYlste et utsollel
'" O.ns lu unlit., Ie. conl.he. C. Carter de C.n
, de •. Te rre Neuvc l W Pnce de Monc ton, NouvClu
I Bf\lOswickl l Lowe de Haillall. , Nouvelle E(os~e,
I R BI'ID d'Ollaw., OntaIlO, P Morlt de To.onIO.
Ontano, l W,,~11I d'Edmonton, Albena. Ont tou,
ttt .t-tlus A Monuhl Ie eonfr~ .e Y Ouellette a
i dte,di de ne pli Sf prt.ente. 'pres avOll complttcr
j soo lerme et Ie coolrt re L P Delisle I ttt tlu CI
1 .i Wmnlpeg Ie eon lrhe R Peterson a .mut Ic
~ (onlrt,c Y Ouelleue (t Ie (onfrtlc W Himel,
I'anc,cn p,t5ldent d 'Unll~ a t it t lu
I
_ Au nom de IOUS In mcmbrn, Ie lemerele IQUS
In eon fr hu qui on t se rvl I. leCllon loeale dUranl
lu trOl5 dcrnihcs .n n ~e. et i"lme"," auui IC'
mer cle. touS ceull. qui par fOU~' pour Ics memb. el
on t panlcipt .Ull. dernihe. tlec ti ons.
FtnaJ1 ement je dt.llc 80ub'lI t l bonne chance au
,trant d'lff~u~~ .'1 a nouc nouvel bccUll1 el Ie
voudfll5 .unl II:~ ~UU'n de nOlle JUrrnrt POUI
I" IrOIS proch"n" anntn
RAy CII ....""'. P S
Scribe Speaks Out
For Organized Labor
nOI chanlte We accepl, ... hat ... e c,n change we
must We, IS Union membc:rs. mU$1 make I con
celled cllon III 1984 to make some much needed
chanJle. With lespeci 10 thc labor movement and
liS place ID ou r country
Orpnlzed bbo. has unlustly beeo talUted wllh
the ' crulluon of beIDlthe ··Nd JlUY O,It~n.;cd
1.0000', accordlOg 10 some, IS lC$ponslMe 101 our
eUllenl economIc d,lemm. Lack 01 ploductlVlly
on the lOb by IU membc:rs. IDn"ed ... age ratu. and
an uycrall onrehablluy on tbe P"t 01 Ibe un.on It
a whole arc. lew of the cha.ges bc:IDI m.de 'lalO5I
o'g.1ll1zcd lahar ThOS(" makmg these cha'l\C'I 'g.1IMI
I,bo. h,,'e h"gOllen or h.ye chosen 10 lorgct tht
OIg~nlzcd llbo. bu. Ih.ough many hald YUII of
'tluAAlmg to surv,ye. helped 10 ,mu,e 0 bfljl;htc r
lutu ,e 101 Ihe ,yc.ajl;e Amellean
O.~alllzcd I.bo, IS a 5nollg IlIIce ... bn,c VOICc
can bt bca.d ,I liS mcm~n stand logether unlled
lUI thc Same goals Ou. goals should include the
awa.enUI of lUSt how .mportanl Ihe labol mnye
ment .eally " and ..·hat " do." ".nd 101 lach
ntpuve thought or Of\mlOn wblth we hu. ~hould
aflold us Ihe Uflportunlly '0 openly srcak 001 and
Itt the .eco.d Stratght Wllhout ollta",:ed labo.
oor w~y 01 Ille would be dcprcned economically
.0 the fIO,nt 01 desperation
Be&", nu ... ~nd speak out loud .nd clear 10 .hOfC
who doubt Ihe ,ole and ImportanCe of olp",zed
labol Assule them thlilhe I.bo. moyement" Ihe
nable force the Amcncan ... orker can .ely on for
sorro"
We ~hould all "" plOud of OUI union .nd equally
u rloud 10 S'y 5tl
N ......:y TIIlIIOIJ"U~, P S
Brothers Receive Award.
Credit Union Positions
L U. 1J2 1 \lp tUl!, MIDDLETON , MASS.. Thll
local wnul~ likc 10 congratulate Bob Holleron lor
rece.v1O& the Cardmal Cush.ng ....... ard 10 the .u.
diary cal~gn .y NOI only has Bob bc:en a I"end 10
labor 'ince hc's been on s,~ff at Slue Crou/Bluc
Shield, bUI he has bc:en a good f"end 10 Ih'l local
We ltd Ih.lthc Labor Cudd of Boston .ccoKnttcd
a g. ~ al cunilibutn, In labor
Tom Cnnwa~, hUSIIlc5S agenl, and Flank Mc·
Kenney, r'C5ldcn l of th, s local, ... ere: Icccndy elected
to POSIU005 al the Northern Man.ehunelll Tel
ephone Wo.ktrJ C.edll UnIOn Tom was elecled
to a two' year term on the bwld of dlreclo", Frink
was leelected fOI a .h,ee·yu. te .m u Iteond y'ce
challman
Many membcu hne rellrcd '" Ihe rill Icw
month M'"0"e Hoelzel, lohn McDonald, <:ath
tnne R.bbcl , O.v,d Dickie, Chilies M.gcw~kl , AI
Samp1oOn. BarNII C,uflo, Ous R,ch , Mille Cu
sldy, Fran Keefe, Marshall RogclI. Bernard Mc
Lellan, .... rthur Fyle, Mlnlyn Cllmole, W.lh.m
O'Conno., Es telle Wicks, Ld, Ocmllco, fllnk
Lucy, Rlch"d Moore, Uden Babula, Richard At
tfld,e, Cam.lle Kelk onan, Ann. M. cDonal d, Sally
s.wyer, I,mes hy, Ken Mushall .nd Cathleen
Perrault Cong.a tula tlons to all and beSI Wishes
10. a happy .eu.tment'
Membc:u Uunor f,nno, Barry Nangle lad loho
Mo.se recenlly p.assed away OUI condolences to
thell fam.ly and I"tnds
Until nut month,
Local Offers
Three Scholarships
L.U. 2J26 (lI ,tp,ldI.UIV1, MONTP ELlER, YT.- A.
of Ibll ",,,"ng, Ihe b.eak up nf AT&T il bUI. few
weth old The d,vestltu.e wu mldc on Khedule.
yet thelc are sull m.ny question! ,,,slOl 1,0m Ihe
d.y lo·d.y wo.k 'ltua tl oni. These problem. lie
belnl .ddressed by Ihe UOIOO and the comp.nlCf
It Kemf, thou"', Ihat some of the .n. ... e15 we &et
loday, arc no. necessanly true 10mOll Ow. We ex
II"Ctcd 10 h,Ye problem areu, ,nd we leel confident
Ihey c,n be resolved. A break up of • com pany as
luge as ATAT IJ not accomphshed without roulh
SPOil We Ife continually monllo"nllhe ehanlCS
In the compantcs \0 msure that Ihc npu, beneAIS
and lob secu lll y 01 OUI members hue not heen
Inf!!n,ed upon By the lime thl' .,tlde IS .e.d we
..... 11 ha~e completed the fI.st two months of th~
yeJl, thlnp should bc: seHhnl.n pl.~e. and hOf'"
lully tbere w,1I not be any rcmalnlnl unre!Ohed
Ineumbc:nl p,ablems
Because 01 ou r alflh~I'On Wllh the Ve.moni Slate
Labor CouncIl, AFt,CtO, thIS loc~1 hu been .ble
10 ollc. , once apm, onr mOle benefit 10 ou r
membc:.~ [f any membet hu a 50n o. daujthter
I'adu.\lnlt from h,PI school who plans to 110 on to
an acc ledncd IOSlIIution 01 h'pel ]carnlnjl;. Ihe~
are ellg,ble 10 apply 10. one 01 the thlee sc holal
,hip, olle ,ed by the Council In honor 01 a pu.
.ec. cta ry IIcuUrCt of the Cnoncll, ' ~mu CIII"
These 8cholarsb,ps a.e awa .dcd on Ihe bas.s 01 a
wlllien exa",mJlIon The cub a ... ards. which Ih"
YCAI WIll be 5600, 5_~OO, and $400 lespecllvely, 3rt
made poSSIble by contrlbutlonslrom our alAII~led
O'l\anl:,IIOnl
We ,\III have a lot of enucemeOls for 10UftSU
who pl.n to come 10 YcrmOnt Don·t 10./:cl us'
MAUIl... 1 I. ftlllnu, B M
Retirees Enjoy
Christmas Party
II fTI Rl!fS .... SSOC IA nON OF L U. ), NE W YORK.
N. Y., BROOKLY N CIIAPTER-ThI5 yea r', Cha
nukah-Chflstmas Pany was Ihe most dabolale
,nd fcmve eve. I,ven by the Blooklyn Chaptcr It
was held on Decembe. 14 1911J. In the bc:auulul
Iu.Il,oum of the Colon1l1 MaMIGO In Blooklyn
1 he 200 IUUIS were Sf.vcd a deliCIOUS tateled
dinner, a chOIce 01 enueu, bot hon d·ocuvru and
In OflCn bar S«ond helpm~' wele a .... table II to
dUlled The muSIC w., for d.ncml and Ihe ·old
IImeu" showed they can 51111 hoof 1\
Thc p.o!:.am eommcnced with wcleomlnl re
milks by Entertainment Ch.uman Anthony Real
mUIO ti c IOtroduced B.other Frank Rad.ee. mUlti
01 CClemomu, wh" led the usembly In uluunK
"ur nal: and Ilngmg The Star Spangled Banner
BrOlher P~ul Patll gave Ihe bened,ctlon
Brothc r Rad,ce then ,nlrodu~ed lle rn .. d Mon
UD'e, chaptc. cha"man who mAde a short speech
lie Ihen c.lled upon loseph lacohson. preSident 01
Ih e Local J Rel"ccs Assoctauon 10 make p.nen
utlons Plaques were plesenled to BIOthel An
Ihony Realmuto, entertamment ch.llman, Ind
Brolhel HUIO Ullman, tlavd cha"m.n
The pell success of the .ff,,,wu due 10 the
bani wo.k of Anlhony Realmuto and hiS commll
lee Spee,.1 thanks to Celeste Realmulo and M,ry
Conu.buso ... hochecked.n the gueslS '1lhe door
Thanlu. ,Iso to 0, T.d,lnelll, M, and MIS Sid
Sian and M. and M.I M,ke Pelenl who donlled
candy whICh was pvcn to each one.n anendanee
In .ddlllon eacb lady lecelved a lovely I.ft
HAllu SArlIlSTlIN, P S
10th Anniversary Observed ;
Two Brothers Honored
RETIREES ASSOCIATION Of LU. 1, NEW YORK,
N. Y., S. FLA. CIIAPTER-As 01 lanuary I, 1984,
a 1,,1 of d'UI .tole5 10 YOUI IIU WIll be milled .0
you, .Ionlt wllh YOUI 10 clfds lrom Ihe Penilon
Comm lttce . The membc. and family can fill ..
maoy p.escrtpuons 10' the sum of SI.OO each
M.ny thanks 10 our benefaclors for ,hIS noble 11ft
to OUt membershIp
Ou r cond olencci to the fam.ty 01 ' .ck ColdUcIIl,
may his loul rUI In pelce
Max Kamin, membe lship chaaman , made In
appeal by mao l to the membershi p to offe l lIanl' 59
 Honored
The p'f.!tnUlion (If II plaque 10 P, uldent'~ Bonn,
Ruinu " "ociation , L.U. 1, Ntw York , N.Y., S.
Fla. CI"'pltl, from Idt to ",hi, Sam Dobbins,
Irvinl Dobbins, 'residenl 80nn', .. ilt Ano t, and
'residu r lor Bonn.
I ht p.utnulion of an aw.,d 10 Irvinl Dobbins
durinlllht 10th Ann iH_rsuf Ctlc bral lo n r from Id.
10 filh t, " tlidcn!
Mayo. SIUt l! C b,k.
,orBonn, Irvinl Dobbins, and
flQrlluon 10 the BrothclS who cannot drive any-
mOlt BtOlber Sam Dobb,", was su rpri sed wilh a
phone call alknllg hIm lIansporlalion Sam's ern
have 1".;"" f;.. hnll In"" SlIm w .. ~ lI.aldul fur Ih~
"de
The highlight of th" pltasan. day came as II
surpnsc to President Joe Bonn Irvin!! Dobbms
ulled upon lou Chast lodo Ihc honols.lou Chuc
pruentcd Joe a pl aque 10. II ,ob well dooe. This
honol was followed by " presentation by Sam
D<Jbbms from Mayor S.eve Clark Joe Bonn was
pleunltd with a ~aul!ful. gold fr amed proeb·
mluon deduing h.m the man of ,he ycar. In
Iddnion, Mrs. Anne Bonn proudly placed a silk
libbon wnh a key to the cuy of Milm, awund
JGC'" neck. Ph,l Alben pholog""phed Ih~$~ honOled
~ople for POStUlIy
A bne! bloguphy of Pruidenl 10<: Bonn rcads
like, HOIIIID Alger s.ory Joe has ded,c"ed h.mself
10 unionism all his Ilk He taught elecllklty of
var,ous plu5<':s to applentlCe elcetnelans't Charles
Evan, Hughu Eventng H,gh School fOI 15 years.
He also hdd dasses 101 new .uchers from NYU
Tuchns Collclle, how 10 proceed With thelT lenon
piann",g and proccdulU '" the classloom. Joe Bonn
has ~en a mcm~ r 01 Loe,l 3 '01 46 yeals, of
wh.ch he spent 30 ycal$ u electncal superv.sor.
Thil it .he ma k.ng of a good p.clldefil Th e "'pc.
d,enu 01 1015 of Yillue, undelstandlfil!, saenRce,
Ilme,consumlfig plannlfi,ll. and above all, ded,c.·
lion to an idealtha. has earned thl. man hIS mamle
of lude"hip.
God bIns you, Prc5,dent and Mrs. Joe lIonn.
To,e,hel w,th your wond erfullamlly, you r officers
of the Sou th flonda Chaptel RelLren of local 3,
oul members, their lad,u, ou r offlcen, ~nd above
all, the loundcrs of OUI gleat electdcal ,ndustry;
Harry Van Alsdale, Jr., and hi s son Thoma, Van
Arsdale, all Wish you well and good health lor you
and your bmily.
On the morning of IXcembc l II, 1983, the mild
walmth of . he su n was hh a . pcci ~l wdcommg
commill ee lor OUI re!lreu wh o ca mc fr om many
d' rections of Sou,h Flond. anti aSlcmbktl at the
Ede n Rex: Hotd on Mllmi Be,ch lor .II 10th Annt·
versary milc$lone c~lcbr"ion of ,he rap,dly grow·
ing South florida Retirecs Cha pte r of local 3, and
• 110 10 honor and award crctl" ' 0 Icgis!'tivc 'cp·
60 resent.tive Irving Dobbin •. l r~ is , Brooklyn boy
wh o ,,,~dc good wllh hi' In,·cucd "I~ .0
prlnc.plcs of uniOnism and ded, t~lLon to the hu·
tbe
manttiu He has rtached out wah a helping hand
to the many Ulllon mem ber' who eagerly hstened
and ICllncd mueh tha, wu '0 Ihe" adHn1lllc in
many undenaklngs. H,~ gu,d'ng princ'ples were
conce rn s lor safelY and IU,1ICe In all forml 01 union
activities
Th~ SPICIOUS. IIMh E<len Roc Horel filled up
rap.dly with 248 mem~u, the,rladics, d'gnitarie.,
and honored guests tha t .ncluded Mayo. Ste~e
Clark. In Ihis spacious ballroomdlnncr theatel
thaI ser ved 1l00d, delectable lood, the richness of
the banque t was well noticed Sweet grapes were
rolled In supr 10 sweeten th,s jOyous occasion.
P,estllent Joe Bonn greeted Ihe a$lcmblage, Ihen
IIllloduccd the dlgnllUIU: lack Ch.lldntc k 01 the
North Flonda Chapter , and his commilltt, A.
lIadaml, R E. JarvIS, M. lefkOWitz, l. O/lner, G.
Resen, I Kom, D. IIlane, II. Feldman. Then Presi·
dent Bonn IIllloductd hiS 5\alf of o lfl cels~ Pres. dent
Emclitus l ou Chase, hlSl V,ce ", uldent Jack
Weber, Second V'ce Pru,dent Wtlham Wl5serma n,
Treasu rer He.man RiCh, Se,geant·It·Anns and
Chaplam Juliu s Schwac k, Recordms Secrctary Jell
Mmngoff, Ihc BWl.d 01 D"cclOlJ, P Alben, H.rry
Benfield, l ester Cabrid, Max K,mm, Herman Re·
,ne., L. Rothenberg, W. lliam Soklin, Fled Vahche;
membership Mu Kamm and Max Fa:.:, and 1IUSl·
ces Frcd Engle, Samuel Sehelcr, Ind Max fOI.
Pruldent Bonn thcn called upan Pre.ideD! Emer·
IIUS (.ou Ch,~e to lead u, .n a salu,e 10 our flag.
Chaplain Juliu, S<::h wl ck asked for a bless,ng upon
.he u.emblage, ou r good local 3, '" oUke,. and
all allhe members, thell lam.hu, and the great
ISEW Prcsldent foe Bonn ,nuoduced Mayor Stevt
Clark, who honored and p.esented a proclama tion
from the City of North MlJm. Beach to IrVing
Dobbllls lor hiS ununng dedication 10 the pnnci·
pIes of UfilOntSm. In addillon , Governor Bob Gra·
ham conveyed through MayO! CI.. k h'l best w,shcs
lor Iry as ducclOl of l ocal 3, a member 01 the Walle
and Policy Bo""d, and a safely dileciol who mOno
Itored eondilions very keenly. ~ClU5C 01 thIS
surveillance, thankfully mlny a man ,ull hIS his
ILmbs, hit lect, and eyes. In ,ddltlon he was a
con,ultant to Ihe ollice 01 th e U S Ot'parlment 01
ubo,
In 1915 Irv'ng DobbinS rellled Thll IS • lokel
th •• man w,lI neVcl .etire He is vcry .Cllve m hiS
condomlDlum, Ihe W,n,ton Towerl, hIS pe l, .he
South Flonda Retllets Chapter, and hIS SCrvlCes
have been inYlled Into .he mayol '. office True
love is tn the art of !lI~in,ll. ILke Ihat h'M onul
speech of Ihe bte J ~ck Ke nnedy, "Ask not wh~ t
you r coun tr y can do lo r you, but what you can do
lor youl COUntry" II ,.,.ill add and your fellow·
man l_ Irv and Anne Dobb,n, were photographed
wllh Ma yor Stcve Cb lk, the picture w,ll be di,.
played in a prominent place altc l he adds anOlher
wlDg to hIS home tn mike room fOI the evc r·
mcreaslng honors to ,h,s deserving man So,lrvln,ll.
thIS IXcembc.1 11. 1983, wu youl day . We arc all
50 ~ery proud lor you. eo
Much credit IS due to Fred Valiche and hiS
committee, co·chatnnan Herman Relne l, and com·
mllleem.n leite r GabncJ fo r this ~tanl undcnak·
109 that was a complete succ",.
Thc fu . ivillu that follnwed were by Rocky's
Gang, I group of Rne k,d s under the di recuon of
Rocky, • sc.ence teacher, who d'splayed pace In
aClobic danCing. FOJ many ycal1 they have per·
formed In many places, in clud,ng IS lad They have
been IfiYlIed to Canada and lapan for Ihell clevu
and pr ofessional performancu with rhei l ttlm·
work . I hlS'S .he way boor mU't flOUIISh, .... lIh
1eamwork
Music and dancmg wele by Edd'e Small and his
olchestra AppropnateJy th e fI,,,numbe l was " You
l'Kh. UI' My llle, Y"u C,ve M ~ H"pe To Carry
On."
And cllry on .... e w.ll because of OUI able leaden
ILke Hury Van Audale, Tommy Van Audale.
Armand D, Angelo, lac lacobson, loc Bonn, lou
Chase, IrVing Dobb,ns, and the many dedIcated
officers of our South Florida Chapt er. Thcle are
many mOle dedIcat ed people that hold Our int erests
11 hurt. OUI cn. ire indu~try .hank ~ ynu .
LoVIS 1I"'!lTs, P.S.
Birthday J
•
PiCllllfd l ie members 01 rh r Metlnu A..oelatlo ll
01Locall, Nrw York, N.V., S tat~n IIbnd Chpler, I
" Ihelr Ch riumu and Chanuhh PI" YI Ihey lIe
shown ctlrbratinK Ih birlhd, y 01 Albert Tarnovis,
87, IInf IIllh~;, II lde" mfmb~u .
Retirees Celebrate
Holidays, Birthdays
METIR EES ASSOClA T10NOF L.U.l, NEW YORK , -4
N.Y., STATEN ISLAND CIIAPTER-The Staten
I5Jalld Ch~pttr 01 Local 3, mEW, RtIlreu A"oei·
Juan held Ihei l Christmas and Chanukah Part)'
on Ot'cembe r 12, 1983. It was well attended and
everyone hid a good lime. Our gueSls wele Brothel
Jose ph Jlcobson, prcs.dent 01 Ihe Rellfen ASSOCI·
ation and hIS WIfe Rose; Brolhe r lack POIenu.
~~~~~cern~.~ ~a~:n~~~:~d l!!:~~'::,'tt~l~,~~c~~: ~
..
We also celebrated the blrthdaYI of our oldes l
membeu, II rolher Alben Tarasovls.II/, and fl lothe.
Charles fanlant, IIJ, nUl to line " BrOlhe r Dan
Carey who WIll ~ 83
Many happy returns and keep up the good wurk
CARMrN( TACo... TUA. P S
Retirees Party
Enjoyed by All
RET IRE ES ASSOClA T IO N Of LU.l,NEW YORK,
N.V., QUEENS CII APTE M- We alway. look 101-
ward to OUI Annual Ch n $1mu and Hanukkah
Party. On D«:embel 12 we held our II.h Anm·
vcrsary Party. The gathenn, of old fllends and
brothel mem~" was Ihe makIng
d., 0'
a pleasant
The party stalled nil wllh I cocktail hour WC.
were all m a happy mood. Dancmg was III Older.
SeemS Our .clueu s Wlngmg around the dancc flool
as m .h"," younger years gave une a ,l"wULIl l~cllI'5
We had a deliC IOUS lunch, con$J $llng of .ou p.
pnme nbs, brISket, chicken Ind fish and many
delicious I.dc dishcs. For desse rl, there was a
beautl/ul sheet ca ke with tollee Ot lea
QUI guests were offi ce rs 01 Our loc,l, ,neludmg
Harry Vln Andalc, Joseph Di Angelo, the Honol
able Armand DI Angelo, Donald Menagh , Thomas
C,nfield and IIryan McLaughhn A plaque was
prcs.en led to Our rctlfee AI B.esbu for ouutanding
,ch,evement.
The challma n of the affall w' shes to Ihank ,II
the membfU 01 h" committee for, iob well done
As the day drcw to a close II 400 pm, Wt "id
our goodbyn. wlsh'n g all good heallh ,nd a very
Happy New Vear and hoping Ih l! we w!ll M
togcthe, for our ll ih Anniversary "any ,n 111114
RAYMOND Arru PS
Retirees Celebrate
XmaslChanukah Party
RETIR EES CLUB Of lOCAL I I, LOS ANeELES.
l:AL._'· A cluck for a buck" .nd .... e SlUc ' chicks
d,d nOI hayc to preparc OUI fa re lo r ou, ChnSlmnl
Chanukah I'any held Dec. 14. The brothcr roostell
arranged and delivered the food, .nd we muSt fay
thIS arrJngement WI5 something 10 "C JOW" IlOOul
OUlthan ks to Frank Con ver$t, Ralph Larkin, prcs.
 Party
Pr~.idrnl R~lph y.kin , lrh , and Mn B O~fn lighl
mmorah und lu I'
'h" Ch. ii lmu/Clunuhh
of thr Rt li ...u C lub of I.tlu l II , Los " "lrl u,
C.,,,,, DrOlln leu W~lm~11 M.u
Iblll' W~'<l, and CIY~II M~I1II .. 1 fur Ih .. "
,,
uknu
I It,ce"
,,',
.h .. podIum wu l . acrd wllh I IInuulal Chanukah
candelab ra. INned tOu, fU I the ocCUlOn by Brooher
ChIC Sheldon
for 'he ra~I5C~cul Chl1S1m,.IChanuk.h pa rll.,)
t hai , h .. !BE.W ''''''tel hive held. Mu Bugen hn
gracloudy, and ",Itmnly, I"hud 'ht m"no,.h
candlu wllh .. pll)e • • nd wIsh lOT broch".hood
,,="fncodsh,p. PUCt, Ind 10.... '01 our counny
As mem!,c,u, bm,]y, and f" .. nd~ .,,, .. ..d. 'h",
WCf" handed pencil and pIpe. 10 play .. ,amr "Crt
Acqu'lInIN", aiM) • chanet: 10 ,lIeOIi the number
of IC'lIy Manl ,n a lo~dy 1<&1 n'l wu ""un by
SISle r Rill Smckhn, Wife of nUl tfCUUler. FlInk
Stnckhn INow, wouldn', ,hi, Indlc..1'~ ,ha, .hey
h;av~ a ~n~hant 10. numbc,u!1 Camn .u~h u
"fmd YO\II Shon, 'LonJ;ut Sl1InJ;.' 'Roll th~
Otc~ fOl a PII:~." W~ l e palllcrp"ted In by all of us
and II ....u ~I~~' lun PII:~S fOl th~sc J;amu we l~
• dona .ro by all .h~ m~mbe,., .nd we th,nk them
101 Ihell lene losllY
B.OIhe. SI~ve H.. m nlllOn. p.nldent, Loul I L
gleelw uS w"hlood Wishes IOf ou. Retuen'Club's
conunued .u~ceu It e ,alhd 01 Ihe .pp.cnucuh,p
program, and ho .... wel l " II .'Icnd~d, and I. 10000klni
for...... d 10 mOle wOlk '01 ele~"ICtan' In t he new
yea . Bccau"~ Ih'J was a pU IY meellnfl, bU'lne..
W I . hpl at low key, bUI ........11 a. e a .... ~le uf ,h ...
" - fac t Iha t we mU$! .11 ,ake .upon5lbllllY for 1m
p, ovlDg OU I nallonal econo m y Ou . membc, •• hll'
IS always pleased, Ind fl,"",ed. that Ilrolhc l HI!
n nllon seu 10" ,hat ou • .10<.1. P" ZCli ale usually
fi lled wllh ,ond .,,111",
Ind of cou"e ...." , hank
him 5<1 ~ely mu~h W~ know ,hat he IS a bu.y
man. and ID SplI ~ of .11 htl dut.u, he mak." us
fed .mpoll anl by ,.vlIIlI hiS lime and mOlal JUP
po..
.. A, ,hiS p;!lIy'me~11n1l we ,,'elt .1100 ,.celed "'L1h
lood wl shn hum BrOlhe r Din Cohen lit Icmmded
U$ of the many lOun belnl: I . "nlled 101lhc 1~llrC'C5,
an d w~ thank hIDI fOl h •• elf 011. In keepIII' uS
gOln, Anolhe. ,h.nk you !Jdue OUI 8rothel "p~ppy
R~.nha r.h" 10' b"nJ;IIII h,l.a r e 01 musIc from the
B" Band CII 01 1930/.01.10 whu:h som~ membelS
and gucslS danccd wh.le othelS upped thell loeS
" and san, We hope .hn .hc lunlS who came \0
nU l pany e",oyed OU I hoop"al"y, and w.ll 10111 Ihe
membeuh lp roS'e . III Ihe neil lu,ure
As a Icollc .tmmde. do whl! you can 10 1~1t
Illtl 1'01(11, and cocou'~Ke Ihem to vort m.he 'S4
p.u.dcnual dec l1 01l
• hospLlal
Officer Sends Greetings
And Thanks
RETIRE ES ClU II Of L.U. 41 , II UFl"ALO. N. '1 .-
lo.eph lin d II cul . h Orc hll d ( (Ich.a lcd ,hell SO,h
wcddmg ann ivenary .cccnd y Congll lul~ "ons h om
u, ~JJ
0 0. lUI mccll1lg wu ulendcd by SO mcmhc u
who enloyed a dehelOus ~ raghettl dlllnc i r.erared
by ou l head chel. Connie RldaM ki. ~nd hIS CleW
Swell lob, fello ws
00. Chllslmas rat'y a' .hc C,III'Kcr, Club III
WU I S~ncca WiS attended hy 6; hea rt y soub who
blaved Ihe supe. ·eold nip ' They wcr~ wumed
ur qu.ckly, howne l, hy Ihe deliCIOUS becl Ind
polk chor, 5I.·down. lamlly s,yle dllln~1 .nd Ihe
OI'Cn bar ~bny danced '0 the mellow mUSIC
Handmade lavOIJ made by Alt O'Rourke ,nJ blld,
by AI Schm,d, wc.e d.s"lbulcd.o thc bd,n M.ny
thaoks. A Ihank you.o DICk Voukr .nd AI Ad"an
who Ih" ~a l collected .h~ moncy [w,.h 10 Ihank
OU I kHcheo cre w, head chel Connie 81~1anskl Ind
hel pelS Ken CIII~.e. Ray B~e~hler, Du" Slmp",n.
Harold RohmN .. nd funk Welu, who Iults the
coffee JIOI hack and fonh
To Alta Smith. SI'C"al ,h.nk" whn lu. many
yea.s arr.Inlted the many bu'I trIpS II lull bus I"ad
a good ume had by all ond no p."blem'l WCle ,he
hOlls ul hiS h.d wtllk Tn hiS hrl"".~ />""llro .... n,
F.ank Wtln. and on th.s lau 'liP. Ken Clllele,
many Ihanks. A .hank ynu 10 Al Schm.d! who
make • • he owls and b1ld. lur Ihe I,d'el and con
ducts .ome ol.he ,,,mes on Ihe "IPS, many thanks
To Andy C .. bel who .ake, care 01 t he spht club
and mooey at Iht .10<.1., and II~ w:nds ou. our
calds, many thanks
To all my olficers, Ihlnk!! fOI a loh well dun~
du"o~ 1983 ~od espee.ally Ed Wahl who keersou l
financI.I .epoi lS In orde. To lOt' O .ehard. ou. r.us
$CClelary, Ihaok you Thanks 10 Ken Smalley .nd
Harold Blaufon 10. 5cllmlor ,he cluh ,nd hdpmg
.... lIh Ihc hal Thanks 10 sllthe ladlU and membell
" 'ho helpc-d OUI al Ibe family rlenle and 10 all
olhelS who helpc-d OUI Ih,OUflhoUI Ihe yeal
Remembe. our siek membc,.s. Lee Llllidieid I.
m JOOd srmu and '5 looklll~ fOI ~ummtl and ..
V1511 from you The cold wea.hel IS 1000lth on lohn
Houhhal1 Oul deepest sympathlClIO HarryBtown
~ and fam.ly who IlKl bl$ d~u,hle. Ihtl rUI
month
filially, from YOU I olficell, I special "e~Unllnd
a belfe. and health.e. New Yeal, IIHl a hello 10
OU' members III the Soulh. 10000kllli fOlward 10
.cellli you nu, summel
Cood IIIltht Sam May Cod bins you all
U" •• v C MUllLla, PIlL'
Party Is Time To
Socialize, Reminisce
ASSOCIAT ION Of Rt:TIREES, WIVES, AND
WIDOWS Of L U. S8, DETROIT, MI CH. ·On
Decembel 14, .he AnOC'lliOO of Retuen, W.ves,
and W.dow5 01 local S8 held thf ll Anoual Chf11t
mas rally .n the UDLOO hall, and 11 wu I huge
5ucce"" Th,s was thc IaSI of OU I yearly Inul ma.n
f~entS A "~,, many of our members .hlt we lc
5ull m M.chlgan Imany hl~e alre.dy left h" ,he
soulhbndl we .e III I"endance. nco thoulth We
had very mclcmcnl w ~athfl A \fa vel advl~o,y was
.ssuro .hat momlO~
It was I Utll ,0 Ig~1II 511 down wllh work.nl
8.0Ihen, oow Ie. lied. Ind remlOl~ce tume 0/ the
old JObs Some of .hese Iholhcli tin nnly '''cnd
mlybe Ooe OllWo 01 these funcllont. ynl It wu
good 10 have them 10 alleod~oce
The lond w'" fine, pol luck nylc, ru, on by .h~
S,s.ers of Oul club, unde. Ihe warchlul cyt of ou'
Pany Commltlec, S.s,e., lIelen Scrllll. lIelen Sa
dowskt, and Evelyn Rou. AI5<I , he ,abies we l~
d"cora,ed beaulLfully undN t he dllecllon 01 Sinel
IlLlda K.aUle r Ou r Ch"~lmn r~"y (ha",nln was
unable '0 allend, IIn... hel LuulJ ~e . "n wlS III t he
Af' e. ,he txchan~c of 'llrS. we b. ough, 'he pany
\0 a dose an d Ie. ou. peoplc ~C, an c.!lr s .. " on
glll ng home before .he rus h 1I0u . and be lole Ihe
WQU I 01 'h e 51ur lll hLl
Besl ",.shes fur a pros peroos In d h", lt hy li me
'hroughout Ihe comlll g yea '
RIC' MII.U D, Ros~. 1' 5
Christmas Party Has
Large Turnout
RETIREES CLUII OF LO C AL 101, ROSTON ,
MASS.- We hope III had a vc'y bipPY Ind ule
holiday kason II h., been. lunlt lime wllhout I
lellc. III the /ournlll
Our Annual Chn5lm15 Dllln~ 1 wu a hugc suc
eUS wllb neryonc cnJOYlIIlt j lib lOa$1 wLlh all
the '''mm.n" .nd .n open bu given hy Ihe local
union .ha' made" doubly enl"ycd by all
We had one Q' the b.ges, ,urnou .. Since we
staned hav.nl Chllstma, dlllnen. over 100 mem
bers and Itucsu alleoded OUI ple5ldelll. bu .. ne,~
manalt~l. busmeu agent and Ihe .dmIllIS".'OI 01
.he funds all W~ I C ,hcle E.. ch ~ave eneou.al:lDg
.epOllS on .hell upcomlDl\ plOleCI5 wh.ch wu I\ood
n~ws
Scribe Endorses
Participation By Women
RETIREES CLUB Of lo U. ISO, VALLE IO, CAL ·
OUT club memlX'u Iho.oughly enloyed ou. Ch""
mu I'uty ~t 'he Wh~11 8u.du the r.uet won by
memlX'u, ~Ihs w<' le awa lded to Mrs I Angell lor
hel /allhlul KIVI~CS as lecordlDlt $C~rclary sTllce
the formallon of Ihe club. Ken Blccken .. dge. our
r 'Cild~OI, for hI' exec1leol rbnnlll, of "'P$ ~nd
hlJ fine Ihde shows on ID.cmatlonal IIa\"Cls. ID
Iddlllon 10 ~nlhu$laSIlC leadcuhlp 1$ club p.esl
dent, ,nd Edna K.ay 'M he . aonual plaon,nl and
011"11111111 of Ih~ club ChllS.mu ralllcs
RUSIIIU5 Mana,~r B.ll Moody, who ha~ Ih,OU'"
the yca .s hacked and suproned Ihe R~lUccs Club,
"acro Ihe pany w"h hli p.cscnce
AI the re~ent COnvenllon of ,he Conl.csi of
Cahfoml' SeIllOIS. a PIOf>O'M'd Imendm .. nl 10 The
bylaws spa. ked a bailie loyal between ,he male
and lem,le membe.s
The Wom~n's Caueu. propos"" ma.nly Ihat Ihe
numbe l 01 VIce p'n,den'S be .ne.used from 1"'0
10 fOUl, 10 hclp d,,·.de Ihe wo.k and 10 Clfry on .n
U$C of SIckness of lop leade" Tha'.s all' Su, the
male $C~lIon aceu$Cd the women of "y.ngtO lIIvade
man's Iff" IOIY
Dcsplle Ihe line . e~Qld of .... olk by w"men ID the
conl' C5l, Sla.cmenu flew "ClOSS the hall "Women
ha vcn'l lhc lime." "Women haven"lhe SlIenl\lh.
" Th ey Un't maoalle finanecs "
It was a m051 cnloyab!e b~t1le Th~ wom~n won'
It w.ll now be 'he ,e' r ons.bl lllY of all legIOns 01
.he congress III send 10 next yeal ', convcnllon I
sille 01 candldal~s whIch WIll be" ,cp,csent ,,1/
$eC II Ons wllh p.oven abll"y 10 pelfo.m and le.d,
.~ltaldkS5 of se~ o. lIa'u,
The needs 01 "111015 ale well known They a.e
speclfk. They Il~c . la" and Inte l lock wllh Ihe ne~ds
ollabol, mlOo,,"e$, Ihe ,ll and Ih~ handlClrrcd
It 11 IIm~ Ihlt MIme old lone taboo. leadclS, n"w
1~lIIed, shook off the lon, held .dea Iha, .... omen
a.t second elus LeI 'S all wo.k logc l he l to w.n
apIDS' Ihe anll labo • • ""'people lorees now !<I
"ct"'e In OU I country
If we '" and wall, we WIll sec OU. hf(S.yl~ WUle
away 10" ba.e subSljlen .. e level Llle docs nOI Slop
when we lellle, We sull .. e pau of Ihe world 01
labol We mUll conllnue awcu.~e aCIIOn 101 Ihe
good 01 all, IhIOU,h lelLlee OI'~lIInuoos aod III
cooperallon wllh oul Un1<m
HL"'aY KIV..u ..... u·, P <;
Retirees Enjoy
Christmas Party
RETIREES CLUB Of LU. 2t12, PlAINFIELD, N.I.
Fullowlng OU, ,cRull! Decembe. n.ec u n&. .he
members p,e!o/.'nt h~J ,heLl Annual Chrlstma, PallY
Rd reshmcnu welc selved comrlimentS of Local
262 wo.k.ng me",he n
Mcm b(: ' 5 all cn dLnl ,he mcc \ulg wele P. ~" dc ol
loe S,one , Vice Prcs. den. lick Ceolgc, T .ea su,cl
Lar.y P( lcnon, Sc c . e l~'y Rud y S'y s, Mi ke Ob
n an skl , M.ke Dav .s, loe Nova k, an d John Meny
8U I ID CIS Man.ge r nob Canw.q~h' d. opped In ond
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 wIshed all ~ Merry ChllStmas and a Happy New
Yeal
Christmas ca ld , werc SIgned and se nl to mem·
ben th aI cou ld not ancnd tu wish them H3ppy
Holidays and to invIte Ihem to COmt to ou r meet·
mgs.
All enjoyed themudvel and wI~h /0 thank Local
l6l for the help provIded
AI ou r regular lanuary mecl1ng, we had uu r
eJectIon of offieen. Elected Wele foc Stune. prcsi·
dent; facio. George, vice presidem l LJrry PetelSon.
',u ..... e" Rudy SI y~. be~.cl a, YI ~"d M,ke Obuau'
s ki. Pies, secre tary.
Duc ... ,sion .... 11 hdd as to ho .... Ul IIlc reaSe metl'
'ng allcndance. Old ,ob stOlle! .... tte recalled and
enioyed
After the meeling adlourned , a suc l31 hou ..... as
held
MIK I O"SZ"N~KI . I' !.
Retirees Have Good
Turnouts At Meetings
RETIR EES CLUB Of LOCAL 640, I' IIOE NIX.
ARI Z.-Ou rinll the hot sum me. monlhs we did
nO! pl an any bleakfasl$ OelObe l was ou. flrsl lall
breakbn. and we had a nice group of li S members
and Irlends II/ending.
I thought th" .... as a .... undc . ful tu.nout. bU I
.... hen .... 1' had OU I November blcakfa5t we had a
su rl'fl9mg liS I ga in .... ho anended I do not know
whelher I helped 10 wake up some of au . member!
with my quotalion, "If you .ocklng·eh all members
would only gCl ou t of you . rocke rs and gel duwn
hClt and socuhze wtth YOUI forme. buddkl you
mightleel bette.," bUI t hope" p~i d ofl.
OUI Decembcl bleaklul .... aliO plCtty. To begin
wllh. we had liS membe l' ~nd friends attending
Each section of {able, wu m.dc up in fou! fOW,
wnh a beautiful pOinsettia on eac h ,cellOn Other
hl1l~ Chris tmas trinkelS Were abo on each section
and the IIbles had Ch ristmas·colo red lablecloths.
Alter ou r meal, which WIS as dchc,ous u evel,
we WCre ente rt aIned by a banlo playel .... ho played
many old songs 01 Ihe pUI yUI5. FolIQwl1lg Ihls
" The Mu s lcuns.·' a man·and · .... lfe mU~lcal team.
played many nice songs reIned \0 each monlh of
'he year
Many people .... un pll:CS Illcludlll!! Ihe poinllel'
lias whIch .... ent 10 lucky .... inners of uch seCtion
We finished OU I feStlVllles wllh t .... o "'Cc Cluis i'
mas song~ led hy Mr~ W,lhaml, Ullr plCSldcnt's
wIfe
On the sad SIde. OU t beloved Blother, Neil Tracy.
p;ls~d a .... ay sl.Iddenly; and nuny of us .... c.c shocked
as a fe .... day ~ p. eviously he had p . ~sided as chait·
man al ou r board mee ling
I hope Ih~t everyone .... ,11 Iry to kee p the Clm sl
mas Spll" III Ihelt heatls all Ihe coming yeal.
311t'1'ld 0111 soc,als.• nd brlllg a friend, and also
Ihank Cod that you arc stil! able \0 sec youl old
buddIe' because the yean ale e. eepin g up on all
of us
Membe". pl ease remember your donations lu.
1984, OU I club canno l survive .... ilhoul II. If YOll
kno .... of any type 01 enle rt alllmen t. get III lUueh
wilh I,m WIlliam s or lohn Wolf, OUT presidenl and
VIce pluldent. lupecuvely
Ailel a sIege 01 sickness, 1\ .... U nice 10 sce our
Viet preSIdent. lohn Wolf, he le wllh hI! WIfe
DICK BLAnn, I' S
Scribe Recounts
Picnic And Travel Stories
RET IRE ES CLUB OF LOCA L 728, FT. LA UDE R·
DALE, FLA.-It 'cemllike Local 718', Chn Slmas
pICniCS get betle l each yea, Did you nOIlCt how
muth lUI yeu's cha irman, Mlkt POIlIn, was ~n ·
10yIng h,mself! He de'crv~d II . as he ,crvtd 1.... 0
ytar, as ~hallman and needed the reSt
You lelllen .hal u .... U! mike that s pe ela~uJa,
enllance 5hould have $CCn AU, eXIl Wuuld anyone
In h,s righl mmd attempt a "d~ home on a na ll ow
.,
wheel laemg bIcycle. ~ltcr dalk, full of rib! an d
beer. OUt m,,,. ke wos lak,ng a shoJlcul Ihrough
Trip
lI e.e is a piclU IC01 th e bea utifu l cOllntr ys ide. Th e
fit" wh ole hors e on Ih .ighl is hi s mounl.
the golf COUI~t . Anyhow We have a badly cu t left
leg, one big tocnail pulled loose, a graveled sc rubbed
righl um aud difficulty in .aisi ng Ihe leIl Can
ha rdly brcathe .... lIh Ihrce Clacked IIbs and one
mad w,le. You (an sCe we had lOIS of fll n. Thanh
Local 728 and Blo!h~1 JIm Jachon for [nvlling Ihe
ICliree •.
That wa $ lIrolh~r E T. Bowden dOIng the coo king.
Each lime Local ns does lIS own lood pr cpalallon
thelc IS al .... ays 3 mcmber 01 Ih~ olltslde Ulllt domg
Ihe coo king_ Why is Ihall Ho .... many years did
Ch'gger Acker do th,s Chnle. LetS hope Bo .... den
lu tl as long. I hose nbs and ch,cken Wc.e good.
Ca ry Bro .... n. busmen agenl 01 the oUlside unit
kePI us supphed .... "h nbs as We .... o. ked on Ihe
se. ving line. Every 30 mmutes or so Ed Harv ey
L,uu!)lll u, auulht, dozen OYSIUS
Why dOn'l the lellleH have Ihe same type of
P'CnlC 101 OU I nexl outmg wllh Ihe ladi es belo.e
the summe l bleak I Brolhe. Bowden will handle It
~nd We ~nd Bob Bennie wiJIlerv~ . In Ihe pasl lhe
club found it tOO milch wOlk lor the ladies at
p'enlcs We have Ihe slle and facdllies
Yes, .... e .... on the MI. Legs conlCSI That', all we
..... ,11 say ahout II. To all our younger comne lllOlS.
.... e'~e had 72 years \0 develop OUIS. Like Ihe 1982
.... inner . .... e Will nOI compe lc III '84 We Ih~ok all
aliI supportcrs. especIally Shelly Recd ~nd Ihe Mike
Clifton family . Mom Chiton J!:ave us Ihe sec .et of
Mike alw~y s .... ,nn1l1g. We cannOt Ihank all 01 you
m Ihe allotled space bUI .... 111 as we sce you We
have no pholos bUI Local 72R pltU secrelary
probably .... 111 send m SOme
Y~51erday .... e pIcked up Ihe ne .... bIke At Ihis
point II looks hke we .... dl either plane or It am 10
Calgary then cycle Ove.!U II rilTsh Culumbla whelt
we .... iII spend the summer. It IS a 375·mile loutlley
and crosses Ihe Continental D,vlde at Ydlo .... head
I'au 111 very mounta1l10US ICllall1 We .... ,ll be
travehng alone so .... hy not One 01 you COme along.
11 you do nOI have a b,kc you may use our old one.
11 yuu unnO t deCIde what 10 dQ th" Slimmer
why nol check out Ihe horseback pack 1111' .... e
made to Ihe h.gh Cascade MOUnt3111S. Send lor
Ihell brochule .ill "Horse of a Different Cu lor,"
P.O. Box J64, T .... isp, Wa. 9S856
They we.e concerned about all. age when .... 1'
booked bUI II gladually dlsappu . ed as .... e rode
along, ,hen Ihe concern .... enl a .... ay completely
.... hen ou r horse .... en! Inlo a buck.ng spell and we
rema1l1ed aboard. We negleeled 10 Idl Ihem Ihat
most of OUT youth .... as spent on a tallle lanch and
n one tim e .ode bull, Qn !he Te xu Rodeo Circuil
rhere .... c.c eight horses, 1..... 0 ownc,", and .... Ian·
glel Bdl who rcally rode us aboul those ne .... cu .... boy
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boo15. We think he conside red us a dude as he had
been c()wboymg 46 yean. The 11m mght .... e camped
high in the hills on th e bank of a beautllul stream .
A~ soon as .... e dISmounted and whIle Ihe crew set
up cam p, .... e glabbed the ny rod and headed lor
th~ t lltam. lelurnlng sho rtly with tnough troUI
10 Iced eyeryone excepl the hOlses. and found ~
cverylhlllg .eady fOI Ihe nigh t. FIISI time we'ye
eve r had someone pit ch OUI tCnt and sp read the
bed roll while eJmrnng. [f you are not mtere"ted
10 n.hmg why not make Ihe trip IUSI to enjoy the
local fauna and flor~l
We nrSl began n, hmg 111 Culorado. then Ihrough
WY Qm[og. M o"t~n~, Id~ho and Nonh .... eslcrn Can
ada and Ihe be~1 flshmg .... e found .... as m Tw,sp . •
Washlllg ton. Co nOllh from town cleven miles.
lurn left and CIOU the Illlllermlik 81ldgc over lhe
TWI~p RIver. FIsh the fll~ t pool downriver frum
Ihe bridge. fUil be/o lc you eron the bndgc look 10
you r left and you .... ill sec where .... c .... enl ov~ r Ihe
bluff and ruined th e flut 01 1.... 0 rea ..... heels on
Ihat bicycle. Look closely and you WI!! sec .... hc.e
we landed.
Ne~t monlh we .... 111 leU you Ihe besl place
the wOlld to Ipend yuur , ummel vacallon. Two of
I I '"
you haYe already told us you .... oul d be thele
SAM HI GCINS, PS
Christmas Party
E" joY;" 5 Ih e C l ll i~ IlU U Pa,t y 01 Lo cal 948, Fl int . ~
Mlch., 1\ wh ich Ih e relilf u Wert gUCS I$, are, left
11.1 righI , Sid Wauon, Sibin us Wil son. Betlha
Kru eKU. 0 110 Kru eger, and Do,olhy Smilh.
Mort relh eu en JQ ying Ih t pa ll Y, Itft 10 .ighl, are
Vi vi an Pow ell, Mari a Benn r, John Ben n . , E. C. oi
,l mm on5, Ca lh clin e Simm ons, Al ict NichQIs , and
Ge or!(t Nichols.
Local Against
Notched Social Security
RETIRE ES CLUB OF L U. 948. FLI NT. "~\I C H.­
The local u"'on held its Annual Christmas Party
December 10. RelllcC! an d thei . ladlcs WNe gucsl~ I
01 the local It .... u qUlle • festival wilh food and
drink ap lenlY Everyone had an enjoyablc evemng.
Lalcr III the month Ihe IClileel made up and
dehvered Chrislmas food bashl5lO members who
hivc been hid lip til or OUt of work fa. Ienglhy
pell o.h
Al oor Decembel monthly menlng, our memo
~u had qUlle a lenglhy dIScussion on the "Notch" AI
problem 01 Social Seculily, a law thaI causes
penon. lurnins ~8e 62 in 1979 or lalel to .eC8'Y~
low el Sa<:ial Security benefits Ihan those born
befo le the due . SlIIce Cungless e.eated IhIl11lIUS'
lice . .... e l i t IIrglng all Oll r membe. s 10 .... Ille thell
eongl~umcn UljtJIIllthcm 1II CntfCCt thi~ ~;Iual;nn
AI Ih" tlln e .... e .... ould like to ask aU IBEW mem o
bers and .etilees 10 loin us in Ih" d"vc by wri uog
(Continued on Page 64)
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11\1 IVJEIVIDRIJIM
Prayer (or Our Deceased Members
A/mtglllY Fath er. winter has se tt led Oil the earth an d all th e be{lUtJ fu/ thmg.~ tha I gro w are s u1J
dorm ant. Bur Lord, just as we know the earth which Tholl created is nOt dead and that spnng wIll
bring resurrection. so 100 do we believe th at these. O UT Bro /h ers an d Sis ters. arc but sleepmg and IVl lI
IJse agam to know che eternal glory of Thy presence. Amen

EWBA Death Claims Paid in December, 1983

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IBEW PfNSION ELECTRICAL WOfl.KfRS' NA TIONA!. ElICTfl.ICAL
BENEFil fUND BCNEFIl ASSOCIATION BENEfil FUND

NUN'6ER AOMlnEO TO PE NSION lAST MONTH 431 399

NUMBER ON PENSION 76,569 34 .620
PENSION PAYMENTS LAST MONTH $ 4.334,563 .11 S 6.691,960 .65
PENSIO N PAYMENTS LAST 12 MONTHS 551 .513,542 .05 574 ,540 ,62433
BENEFITS PAlO LAST MONTH S S 706 .699 .99
BENEFITS PAlO LAST 12 MONTHS

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Local lines
/Conrrnued from Pag e 62/
their cnpecllv~ con,;, usmen CongressmaR Ed
w ..d Roybal ID · C.1 I hu ' tCeRtly IIltroduced. bill
IH It 4(93) which ,cp rc~nti • iQluttQn tQ the
" NQtch " probl~m ThiS should 1M: mennoned III
your le ll en
At thiS "'Tlun g Broth~ r 11m "Bugger " DaY!1 is"
hQm~ reCU p e l Ul1lg frQm. h ea rt attack , Wc would
like tQ WIsh lim a I p(cdy recovery ~ nd wllh ~ll
IBE W memben a H~pp y and Prosperous Ncw Yu.
CEOIlC f NICu ol..S. PIlU
• fQurnal ludmg NCSC and mdicatlng li S close tiCS
Club Explores
Program Possibilities
18EW RETIREES OF BREVARD COUNTY IL U.
20g8 SPON SOR )-P,cccding 01,1 , Jan uary m~CIl!lK,
Ihe ExeculiYe Bo~ . d explQ red p rog ra m po ss rbllrtl es
lor Ihc rem,lnde r Qf Ihe yu . II W., brou.tll 01,11
th lt a pro per bal~nce shQuld bt: maintained be ·
tWeen socia l ,nd oth(, aCt!VlIIU
memtx,uhlP mecllng, and suggu tiQns made Among
poSSIble tQPICS wcre tncnme tU chanllU, nl lerQ'
64 I )BEW JOURNAL I MARCH 1984
wayc o yen s, home com putc , s , M edlc, ' e , and SOCia)
Secullly A luncheon meeting In the neal future
15 contemplated
Don Ple'ce, prC$.dent of tb~ local lAM NallQnal
CouncIl o f Se nlQ' Crtl1.~ n s 81ou P, announced that
11..,,, NCSC ",~.,tl"&~ we,e called off u.\lll the
Mac hini st. could com pl y w llh par kin g 101 , egu · ..
lallons or gC t I variance Whe n elthcr QCCUU, 01,1 ,
membe rs wUl bt urged to pa!llcrpat~ In Ihe 'AM
retlr ec N CSC, m a king II a 10 int dlo ll . Attention
was called to the •• udc III the J.n uary mEW
wllb mllanlted la bo r
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checks blood prUi llru 01 mcmbru 01 IBI!W R e· One of the best buys you can
ri.eu 01 B. cn rd Co u n ry, Fl. " l ou l 2088 Spo n 50"
make . . .
The abovc mllters w e ,e dllcuncd fU rl he. 01 .he a Voluntary A
CONTRIBUTION to ~
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• REFLE T
The March Wind
The March wind has blown the
trees with fre sh air,
I Swaying the leaves with such a
flair :
l Whispering thro ugh the branches
in the cool of nigh t,
And starlin g strong agai n in the
dawn 's ea rl y li ght.
The March wind will take up a kite ,
And send it far into flight ,
Or perhaps gel it caught in a tree,
Awaiti ng for someone to set iI free.
The March wi nd will take your
breath away.
And finall y you w ill agree 10 say,
It really came in with a blam and a
starn,
Or it came in like a lion , went out
like a lamb.
j.KqOOyn ,. s..nden
Wife ofOen~et P. s..1>Ik11
loc,,1 1900, W~"!Ilon, O.C.
Be A Man
-,
You wi ll go out into the world
when you grow up.
You may drink with friends from
the golden cup .
Friends you ' ll have , one or two
And they may be the o nes that are
dea r to yo u.
But remember. men walk and
babies crawl,
So be a man above it all.
If what you want will make you
crawl ,
II 's not for you, not at all.
I So go into the world when you
grow up,
I And be a man in all you do.
And remember, all that you have
~
lea rned
Mu st b e enough to carry you
through .
I..",," Dic ... ~
~Mr of loc..1 1l-4
ChiCiIO. III.
The Winter Blahs
The holidays have come and gone,
A sno\oV)' blanket hides your lawn.
A jaunt outside in the biting cold
Can make you feel both weak and
old .
When the car won' t sta rt 'cause the
ballery's dead ,
You 'd gladly trade it in for a dog-
pulled sled!
" W o n't winter ever go away?"
Is a favo rite gripe on G round Hog
Day.
Hey, don ' t despair and feel so
blue ;
To chase the blahs , here's what
you do :
Keep busy indoors on worthwhile
things;
Stop counting days till th e robin
sings.
Reach out to friends and loved
ones near;
Exchange some smiles, and spread
some chee r .
Sha re positive thoughts w ith o thers
you meet;
At work , at play and on the street.
One day at a tim e, and you' ll feel
better;
That's how you cop e with rollen
weather!
I..me F. Gripby
Mrmber of loc.1 165
Chic.so. 111.
A lineman's Troubles
The weatherman chased up a
breeze
Thai blew the branches off th e
trees.
The hail and sleet froze on so thick
And made the po les and hardware
slick.
Not o nly that, I guess yo u know,
The air was full of ice and snow.
They called us o ut of safe, warm
bed ,
The wi nd was 60 knots they said!
Someone in town had seen a flash
When three p hases burned down ,
versmash !
To make sure the line was kill ed
The tran smission galloped into the
underbuild.
While installing grounds to make
repairs
We looked and thought we saw
some flares.
More wreckage lay upon the
ground,
five poles on the 69 went down.
" look at all the work we have to
do
Wi th a service rep and a two-man
crew . "
The engi neer 60 miles away
Ca lis o n the radio to say,
" Have you anyth ing to do today?"
To you who rcad from here and
th ere
This is a Minnesota lineman's
normal share
Of grief and misery and woe
for dwelling here in ice and snow.
To others of this peculiar breed
No mailer wha t color, race or
creed ,
You may think you are smarter
than a mule-
Decide which one is a bigger fool.
Th is answer may put you on the
shelf,
At least the mule don ' t harness
him self.
CO""'" D. li~y
MMIbO'r of l oul 94')
8u.nsvilk-. Minn .
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