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

able f"nlle benefit
As Tim Brunahan hn Iccoumcd 10 you m
preVIOUI lell~", In order 10 cOnnnue 10 pro~lde
the $100 wukly SUB ply \I was neeun'Y to
alloutc tht SO ctntl·~ I · h ou r annUltr cORmbu·
uon and 20 Centl)!C1 houl /rom the Apprenueuhlp
and T .. mm, Fund 10 the SUB prOlram Tun Bru­
IUIhan reported m hl.lener of Mlreb l, 1983, thlt
th t SUB fURd lUlU' would be reviewed to deter
mille tbe amounl of futun parmems which could
be made IhrOUSh May ll, 1984
On Monday, October J, 1983, the Electrical lOlllt
Arb,ulliOn Sol,d met.n.n eme/sency seulon, III
accordance with the asrcement, fo. the sole 1'111'
po~ of lakllls the neec5ury IC\lon 10 1Il5Ure that
> the SUB Plln could conunue to p ro~lde the best
pos!Ible bent/it. fOI unem ployed m em b~1 5. The
>
.uult, Jl;ained III th meellng of O~ l obc r J, unce
;I~IIl , poml OUI the mUlu,1 lespeC t wh i~ h both
pawu thale to,ether with the eOlleUn fn r the
welfare of the membe:rs and provIdes the bUls 101
all in ~euon5
The ElccUleal 100nt Arblllallon Soa.d h.u " reed
to the followln, EmJlloyera operaun, under the
Pnnclpal A,recment Will ~oluntanly conmbutc
an additIonal 25 cenu pcl houl fOI neh hour
wOlked by III emJlloyeC5 10 the SUB f und effecu~e
lanu.ry 2, 1984, It •• ymbol of sood fallh III Ihe
tot,l Juppon of BUilnUI Mln.,el Timolhy I Bru
nahan The EleclIItil 101m A, bm.lloR Bo.rd Will
.(commend to the Electrlc.l Insurance Tnutee,
Ihat SUB paymenll ,n Ihe amount of $1.00 pcr
week continue 10 be: m.de to theehgtbk employeel
Ihrou,h D«embel Jl, 1983 The Eleclnc.1 JOIm
A.bllr.lton lIoard will recommend to the EleCtrical
Insur.nce Trusltcs that SUB payments In the
amount of SISO pel week be made to eh"ble
cmployeu lrom I.nuary 1, 1984, Ihruugh M.y 31,
1984. ThiS levci of benefltli Will be S Ub'~CI 10
(In,Olog ICVICW uf tbe fund $\alllS and assets
Ih,OU,houl Ih,S penod
The .cu on taken by Ih~ Eleclllcal lomt Arbllla·
lion B o~,d agam e~ldcntcs Ihc 101m 01 sensible
and 'nlclhgenl rclauonship that uists betwecn
loc.1 114 and the EI«tllul COntl.cton' ASSOCI
Ulon In a lime when labor/managemcnt relallons
atc n pldly dClcflolllJng .C1055 Ihe n.l1on, and
nume rous employe,s arC glyen 10 Ihe Ihought 01
.bohshlll, thell eontnctnal obhpuons by liedar
In, bankluptcy and d"sol~ln, unIon eontlaeu.
forcm, w,se CUl5 .nd fnn,e benefit leducllon,
upon thtll un,on employees, Ihe Id.ItOn5hIP thl!
UIIIS bclween Local 13~ .nd Ihe EI«lnal Con
tlaclon' MtoCiliiOn ttands OUt II a ra re exception
10 the lIeneul trend of labol IclnlOns dc~dop·
menl'
With Tim B.unahan·$ lclter a map WI5 cnclOH:d
of the 1(llIIon.1 lUII •• i!ellon The map Idenullu
4 each dl5l1lcl .nd Ihe bu,mul leple5Cntall~e u­
sl&ncd to thai dl~trjel. Tim arcsnalun has cstab·
lished tWo " ll5k fOlce" ltams 10 pohce non unIOn
elecme.1 wO lk bcm, done In OUI lU1I5dl(1I0n
When Tim llre,n.h'n beclme husmess man.g~ r of
local 134, he made a ddlnltc comml\mcnt t(l all
the members of OU r union to p m~lde the ben
pos.slbl( srlv;ee r(gardle» of the Iype of membe:1
lih,p 01 cbsSiflt.llon In hi' on,olnll efforts 10
... fulfill thll COmmI\1l1~nl, he hIS utablishcd the
"task fOlce."
lerry Cody and lick Wolfe ale the tl5k force
... u'IgIed In oUllulI.!.dleuon tooth of MadIson SIrct:1
Charlie Dunne and Ed Ry.n "c the !15k fo rce
uS1&ned In our IUrlMhcuon nOllh of Madl50fl SUCCI
A reminder, 100, Ihl! the tWO 5pt('111 team, ale
In addition to Ihe teJlre~nllll~U now plo~lded by
Ihe busmeu rep rnentaU~U aUIV!ed 10 each dlS -
• II1e l Tim Blesnahln doe. urlle evcry membe:. 10
call union headqu.ulelli If you arc ,Wlle of any
_ non·unlon el«IIIcal ICtly,ty wlthlo OUr tunsdlc­
'"00
... We . re all totl well , Wile oj Ihe !loud resul"
.chle~ed in T im Brnnahan', .cllons Your much
needed eonu nued IUpport and ,ppreclated .»151
ance II of PUI Impon.nce to Tim Bresnahan Ind
the locI! Wilh con u nucd effort and loyalty to our
... loc.l and T im 8rclnahan, Local 134 will be, II
alway$. Ihe bell umon evcl
'" CllAlI.u:s D u,.m ~ , 8 R., P.S
TOM SINCLMR, B.R., P.S.
Brothers Retire;
Work Still Slow
L U. 139 (I_u', ELM IRA, N. Y,-l ocal 1311 h.d IWO
of II. lon,ume members rellle.5 of November I,
1911J 8111 He» was In,,>lled IR 19S1. In hl~ JO
rell Clleer, B,Il ",·u, for m.ny yean, an InS\fUC lor
In OUI 'pp,cnllcuhip p /Ogl~m ,"hny of OUI mcm
be" lurned Ihe ABC. of drCUI cily from BIll
While workmg m • super~lsoT)' POSItion, he enll'
neered mlny of the lar,HI etcnnul con~"ucuon
P' OleeU In Olll area
Nick Marmo liso 10lUed OU r 8 rOlhflhood m
1951. Nick's UmOn allnbulC5 mclude _ longu mc
mem1M: r of OUI ApprenllCC!lhlp Commtllee. As •
foreman .nd gcnelal fo r cm~n, Nick's hst of cledll~
mcludu ~ch()t, relauuon, Ind Ifa~cl
Wllh ,egrci and e n~y we III w"h bOlh 8ill Ind
N,ck a loul! and happy Icllremenl
WOIk m Ou r area 15 !ull a lunlt way trum where
we would like to 5Ct 11 We ",·ould like 10 Ih.nk
OUI 'Iuer l oeal~ lor making 11 poSSIble for many
of OUI members 10 keep workmg. We bope that
wub • ne ... yell_ ~nJ that an d«lIon yell. Ihe
work , ,,u.llon "'·11L Impt"O\"C [t would be nIce to
ha~e mOlc mcmbels workml! II home
Prizes
Las Vegas Night
Enjoyed By Arl
TOM IIl1CIIU, P S
L U, 1 ~ 6 [j lllrtl', UECATUR, ILL-On Oclobe.
15, 'PJI,ollmllcly 200 membels .nd thell 'POUlts
Or dalU cn,oyed lonl 146'sfi1M l u Ve~, Nishi
We thank the Enterlamrnent Commlllee for the
hard wOlk thel' pUI In 10 m.ke the cvemn, a
.ucce.,
I would like 10 elplCU my apP'CCllllon to Danny
Weathcrford 10< the fine a",des he hlJ WI/lien Ii
press HCleUT)' OHI th~ paM IwO year.
Blother Leon P "5holgun" WmehUler subm"
Icd hi •• ppllc.tlun '0' norm.1 pcnslon at Ihe Oc·
tObe:1 uniOn mceltnll llis 'ppllcallon was .ppro~ed
and I WIsh ShOlllun ,000 luck m all hIS futule
plan)
I would li ke IR extend my condolences 10 the
bmWn of Edw.rd Moore and 1 L McCloud It 15
Impurt.nt that we . Iways remember ou r Brothen
.nd thell eOntllbulions to Ihe IB EW
Try It) remembe r YOut n r51 rde" al Remembel
how plieful you wele How mu.h m"ney h~~e
you m.de O~e r thf yu" I",m rticruh hom Ihe
local Union The nUl IIm( ,ilur loul umon hall
I$ks you 10 J" ~"melhmg IClJly oun.geoul, li ke
walk p.cket or ctlme 10 a meeltnJl:, "UP .nd think
be:lmc pm shrult 1\ ofl Remembe:1 where you come
from WheTc w,Uwe be lomorrow wllhout. slIons
IIIEW plu5~ alw.ys think Ions .nd hard bcfore
you IhlOlw away someThln' 1$ ImporTanl :II youl
IBEW lIlembenhlp and hent.ge It's ..umeth,nS 10
be proud of and ii 'S somelh'n~ worth 1I,11IIn, to
keep
ClIlIl\TOI'IlU r l'IIt11"iT. II. 5
Parade
Loc. 1 150, W.uktf,''', 1If., parl lel,alCi in lIool
Dar ,arade II Zion IHinoi,. Shown Ifel Relltr
Ankl,y, li,ht, .nd Bill Yukn. on the " II with his
thlt, child, en, Milk, Kul, IIId Mick,
Baseball T earn
leI! 10 righl Ife: Rick Berr y, Bob Paul, 8ul"~
,"ac,,w_ki, Slu e Cullen, l)an Kelber, I)on Hou, h·
lOR, Gar y Wril, Brad Wfll, . nd Bri.n Wril. Frellll
ro ... : lfit 10 . iShl, lA, ,," , " on, If II t el H , lIr".
Wo·(nr, GIlY Bell, T el'" faU)! and Bill f llntOul.
Employment Improves;
CPR Class Organizing
lo U. 150 (i,fm,rt. &'s p' " WAUKEGAN , Ilt,-AI
Ihe Novcmbe:1 mcellnll 8ulmtU M~n~gn Rosel
An kley Ind'cated that the IISI IUII\O~e l had 1m
proved fOme and the hst WaJ sholle r than 11', bcen
In a lons.lon~ IImc However, IS we lIe go,ng mlO
WI1I I(.1I probably will nOtlmprllve Iny mOle unlll
Ipllnll The ltam picture I' uf the b.1I lum ,hat
placed thud In Ihe stale tOUlnamenl The playert
reporud that Ihey had a soud time and were IrClted
well by the ' ournamCnl sponsors Once a,am, nice
,ob, men
The Zion lIbor Day P".Je Ii suppolled by labol
from .11 over lake CounlY NOI many of our
membe:,. showed up 101 thiS I'alade, III nexl rcar
lei', hope fOI a beller lurnout
Tom Ra~en IS uYln, to ol,.III;e a CPR IIlInm,
e~'lSs lor lourneymen .nd Ihell wlvet At toOn 15
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