1984-01 January IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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Graduates
C! .d''' ~'''~'1 • Tu., ba.:,k .ow,
I ~h to ri, hl, alt: Mlc:hnl CU"cy, r l ul Thomp­
'00, S':OIl 0ppUIPan, Mich.d Martin, DuanE Ha r'
IlI n, Ken 1I01ll1l, fl. Rl ndy G, j:uJ r, Mark Lon&. I nd
Billy IUbllllll, eniddl .. row: Sid Conll', Jerry Law.
rrau, 'bl" Willi.mJ, Dull! Murp hy, lad Tim
Andenoo, ' ronl lOW: Gary Jlebon, Randy nail,
Vlc:IOI T,u'ioo, BUlch [ !I,tmon, Dnid Jltd,u,
and Andy NtWm lo.
Father
Royce Williamt It . bowo wilh his
WIIIi.IPI, Dllullndin, ' PPl t lllie ...
Graduation Night
Held for Apprentices
LU. 116 ll,nll.n ... pa"",m). fORT WORTH, TEX._
The Fon Worth Joint AIIP,tnuccshtp and Tr.'mnl
Commute.: hosted ",dllluon mg/ll for the Clast
of 8J Mlny rrpr~III'lIVU of IBEW and NEeA
Clmr 10 bono. Ind COO,'IIUI'lC the 11':_ tourney­
IlItD Ind .htu ,UUII
iklinoiu, with In hour 01 ,000 fdlnwshlp and
brotherhood, and followed by an bour enjoyin,
pnme nbs .nd Inmmln,., tbe v.dulles were rudy
to tum out Conv"ul.lOry mesu,u were u ·
tended by lohn Bowm.n, bU5Ulcss m.na,er of Loc.1
116, C. W "Dub" Stocker, NECA Vlte prCSldtnl,
Fifth olnrict, .nd )ackle Harnett, lATe chairman.
AIII.,ed by rep'ClenlluvC5 from orpnLutlon.
.cllve 10 'pprenllce tlamin" BameH p.uenled
cach"adulle .ce",Rclle from the Nallon.1 )ATC.
They, .Ito, received ccmflcales from Ihe BU'elU
of App.cnucuhlp.nd TralnLn" USDOL, FOlt Wonh
Independence School oilllicl, medallion •• nd vall'
.,e IUteli f,om IATC members lohn MIller and
Bill ,.bull.by
The IIc'" )oumeymen of Loc.1 116 ale Tim
AndeliOlI, Kelly Ann,trons. loe 8lack, R.y Bunlen,
Tim Cummin,., S,d Curnn, Mike CUlvey, Terry
Dau&htrcy, Butch Ed,emon, Raben C!cavu, Randy
Cri::.le, Rlndy Hall, David. Htdt:e~ . Rllty Uibblttl,
Ken Hnlli",el. ou.ne HOllon, Cary I.ckton, Sue
I.met, Tommy lennin,., lerry L.wrence, Mark
Lons. Mike M.rtIn, Dnid Murphy, Andy New .
min, Scntt Oppermln, Ronnie Stalcup, Joe Thomp·
son, Vlclo. T, evmo, and Rafe Willi.m,.
OUlllandin, App.entice kafe W.lliam. receIved
•• ped.1 w.1I plaque fo, ,ep,uenun« hi, cbn and
I $100 check from C,edll Umon membel Ron
MU II·Y·
Speci.l,wlrd, were prnentcd 10 Butch Ed,cmon
fa • • pe rleet lour YUI cI.n attendance and Icho·
IlItlc .c:hlnemenl, Jerry L, wrence fOI .chollilLc
lehLenmenl, .nd Kell y fumsuon, [nol p. uentl
la, tehol .. tie .chievemeot. Awards lor excelleol
. \tcnd.ncc fou r o. lul.blcncn in lou. yunl wenl
10 Mike Cu.vey, Rlndy Hall, Cary l~(k)"n, IDd
ViclQ' T r(vIDo
Three proud IDEW falhel~ W(le on hand 10 .ee
Ihe tecond ,coel.llon membcu II'adUlle, I.me.
Lawrmu, lathe. of lell)', RIchard Oppermln, f"hel
of Scali, .od Royce Wilham., f.ther 01 R.fe
The Ap Plenticeship Committee, the lATe tn'
'IIUCIO'S, the lHEW .nd Nf.CA olReer., . nd .Il
!tuesu &lve the new lourneymen Wl rm conll'"u,
buon, 10' Ihe completion of the four yu. Ippren·
tteuh.p
DAN W II.V"''''u.~, P S
Rally
Iholhen .od SIJten of Locll 1·24, b tl.1t Clly,
Mo., lit , how .. II Ihe SolidlrilY Day R. ll y on
Labor D." 1981 " Ibt Ilcb on CounlY COlin·
hoult. Mote Ih.o 200 mf mb". , !lt nded, f,onl.
p.,e pk illre •• nd coHr.,e 'PPU I" ill The K.ns",
Clry Sr., .
Local Enters Construction
Investment Field
LU. 124 1I,It,tm)m,rn •• pa l, KANSAS CITY,
MO. The locil has for&ed .head In ill fI&ht .ptOst
unemploymenl .nd nOO -UOIOn by "Iun, I decillve
flISt ItCP in COlellO, the COnSlr\lellon iovcnmcot
Reid Altho\l&h mucb work .nd some ,e,lIllIory
'w,ov.l .. t Mill needtd. the pens.oo IIUllea hlVc
tent.tlvely p.oposed lh.1t S2 million be InvUled
10 • construction PIOlC"C1 In Ihe dowotown Kanu,
City Ilea The prolee! IS to be bu.11 wllh all,"nlon
I.bor. Tlktn,ll this b'lI step could he.ald Ihe be«m·
nin, of a newell for laoo. II we Hnd new way. 10
IIOP much 01 the noo'untoo wo.k ,n OIlII1U
The 1984 electioo yUI hi' Iheady "Ined, U
o.pmled I.bor hI! been chumpml II the bLl, fa
10 speak, 101 the last three yun 10 unse.t t),e
pruent Whltc House IOcumbent The AfL·ClO
hi •• lre.dy endorsed c.ndldllc W.hel Mondale.
The .mport,ol Ihlns. B,Othels and SI51ell, IS Ihat
you hccom( "'n,I .. ~ If YOIl WIOI some ch.n,llu 10
the While House .nd Conll'us In 198' S.dly, In
the Plst, the lick 01 Icuve libor SUPPOII .mon,
thc link .nd file has led 10 Ihe eJection 01 Iuden
who I.e hoslilc 10 Ilbor'. c.ulie. So if you lie nm
involved, 10 whltcver capacity, Ihe IUUIt, 01 non·
letion c.n viSibly be Sl:en by the d'$lstC.' 01 the
I.n thlee yuu. The ooly quutloo to be liked 1_
00 you want more of the umrl r.et out ami become
Involved.
Loc.1124 fielded tWO wltblillum •• l the IBEW
10llro.mcnt held the weekend of .SePlembel 161\
SI. I05Cpb, MI Jfaun, Althou,llh we dIdn't .... Iklw.y
With firSI or ICcond place, congliluillion. lie In
o. der 10' Ihe compeung B.otheu 101 Iheir enthu·
slam and Rne .cpruenl,uon th.1 Ihey g.ve OUI
locil umon
ROUIIT I M"LONl, P S
Brother Derting Reinstated
After Abitration
L U. 125 [O,II . ellvl, PORTLAND, ORE.-Louie
OcllLn, WIS reinstated with lull blck ply .nd
asloci.ltd Iringc benefit"
On 01 .bout Ap, il L I, 1983, Louie Ocmn" •
wo. king foreman for Port land Cenel.l Electric,
WII term.n.ted 10. a!lc,edly fraudlllJl the Com·
piny. 00 the ume dale his wife Sheryl WIA tC I'
minlled la, Ihe ume .elSonj.). Sheryl WII .n
office employee, PG E olRee employen lie not
covered by a colleclLve bll,alntn, a&teemenl
Throughoul the e nlLlC g r iev~nee ,od ubllluioo
procell, olher bar,ll'IIlIDI umt mcmbert kept loUIe
101"1 thfou,h dOrlllion. Ih.t were collected nn a
weekly bssi$ by our 'hop ,Iew.rd. Wllhout thll
'uppou irom the B,olhe ... nd Sll1ell, Louie would
nOI have been Ible to flnlnei.lly survive Ihis
01L1e-1
In Ille Octobe, Ihe deelS.on from Ihe IIbillllor
WII lecelved by Ihi. local. LOUIe ..... rcintllled
wllh lull b.ekp.y .nd .11 "soci.tcd Irin,e beneR ..
At thIS w!lTtn" Shuyl Is sull unemployed IDd
cannot fI .. d wo.k
'The locil would lIke to thank B1i1 Kldell, .hop
lIewlfd, R.y hUlh, workm, lo.em.n, p"tL Allen,
Wlfcm.n'. helper, and Lloyd Korner, wo,kin, fa·
remln, lor thelf wlllln«ness 10 come lorward and
IUtlfy under Ihe gun 01 the Comp.ny' •• lIomey
Thll il not an uncommon Story thIOU&hOUI the
Blothe.hoad, bUI It docs show Ihat Ih.ou&h unity
.nd Ihe .upport 01 unionISm IUJUCe un .nd ... iII
be ICcomph.hed
BIU MILLU, B M
New Scribe AppOinted ;
New Building Completed
I,..U. 110 li&.o}, NEW ORLEANS, LA.-Due to
peltoo.1 problem., Brother PhIl Saladino hll re·
lI&ned the posilLoo of p.ell sec.Clary io. Loc.1 130
Ph,l hIS Ilw,y' been willin, 10 telYC the unioo,
and we regret, II doc. Ph,l, Ihlt CIlCIIID.lInees
p,evenl his conunum, to ICl"'le II 0111 p.us ICC'
rtflry " thl' ume
I wO\lld like to Ih.nk our prUldeot, Blothel
Beony R,yoll, fa. 'ppomun, me 10 terve our loul
m Ihe c.pactty 01 prcI, teC.el.,y. I p,omtle 10
repol! on Ihe Import.nt buttne" of OUI loe.1 .nd
the progress of OUI mdustry
local 130 15 10 the proceSi of bUlldl", I new
home in MetaUl~ , LoUlSlanl The eonllrucllon of
OUI DeW bUlldl", 11 on fChedule By Ihe time you
,ud Ihtl .mele, we m.y hIVe .I,e.dy reloclted in
our new olficu
BIOthe. CUlfovlch hI! done. ,ID(>d job of enm
plhn, • pboto record of eOllslrueliOO on our DC'"
buildi", SLOet lIS mceplion. In au. nUl ISlUe, I
WIll cover Ihe ded,e.l1oo celemon, .nd hive P'C'
tu,et 01 the flru h.1I we h.d nn BIenville Sueet,
au' p,ueD! one 00 C.n.1 Slfcet, .nd the ne ... one
on Rldgelake in Metlll1c. All .nd .11 il m.ku fo,
.n ImprC$51Ye story of "owth and P' O,'CSS 101 0111
locil.
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Spclkm« of PfOgrcSf, dunn, the pllt lour yuu
Louisiana WI! unde, a Republic.n .dminIIU'UOn,
.nd has suffered. I 1m hiPPY 10 lepon formel
OcmOClll1C Gove,nol EdWIn Edwlld. his teo.ed
• IllInn.n, reelC"Cuon v,ctory. l.overno. Edwlrds
won bJ' I Iindslide due to the hlld wo,k of orpniud
labo,. It It whh pleasurc thll l ... y ,oodbye,
Governo. T.een, Ind ,oad riddln(e
lou"t P"IWO, 1'5
SUB Plan Aids
Unemployed Members
LU. 13. lI,em,l,r" •• p')' CIIiCAGO, ILl,.._The
Supplement.1 Uoemployment BeneRt PI.n It in
effeci due to the Rrm .nd peniuent dfon. of
BUllOe .. Man.,el T,mothy I. B.unlh.n. The plln
covell members employed under Ihe lerm. of our
allCemem with the Electricll Contr.clon' AJto·
(illion I ... ho we re moSt eoopelatlve io the IIltimlle
ItllLnmenl of the 1'1.1'1 ), .nd It h .. I""ven to be
one of the mOM imparl.nl Inn,e beneRI p,oVlm.
evc, established bel ween YOU I unton .nd employel.
Since Ihe ioception of this pl.n It hI! paid OUI •
t" I ~1 vi $15,890,928 tn OU r en,lble unemployed
members I nd their /amillu. Lilt YUf 1,173 memo
be" ICcdved SUB PlY. Thll yur 2,026 memben
lece.ved SUB pay. The illcrelfe In weekly PlY'
menlS hom S75 pc. week to $200 pc. week, which
bec.me effective on Seplembe.26, L982, h .. en.·
bled the unemployed members to keep up mortl agc
payment., ply utility bllb, and meet other f.mily
expeo.". The g,ul numbel 01 letlcli Tim Bret·
n.h,n .ceeived fr om membell .nd thdr wivet '"
~nen 10 the ,uccu •• nd hnpon . nce of th" ",Iu· ....
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