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

picturct, or (ll her maten al l, III Cl s ~ send II til me
Of ,e. II down to the hall . and I wtlltry to work
" Into the Journal Remem~r If you want II to
~ ppur on time you muu ,0:"1 II to me II IuS! I WO
month. In advance of the aruck nlUnth you Want
It tQ Ippur III
STlYIN l STII[TCII. II \
Pin Recipients
ti on gll'cn 10 thIS 'flick, Ihey ... 111 "1m out for
the next award. ntght
A few monthS'1I0 Ill. p.lt arucle, • WIOIt Ihal
MadIson A. ea L"hlllc-I College IMATC) wu A
IlIlly gomg 10 be built As uf nuw, wilh the lutcst
court ruling. It look. hke II could be dellyed
.nOlhel yur '1111 il beca\"e of a lew obnruclloo­
IstS who 1\111 want th, •• chool bUIlt III downtown
Madison, when II .\~rYu many students ouulde
Ihe clly. Bids had Ix'en let and had come on at
aboul 40 perctnt undel Ullmatfl. As you can sec,
Ihtl; ... tll COil the taxpayrr 01 thIS d.nnct • ,ltreat
amount 01 money bcclul~ 01 the delay and mnatton
of muenal, Anothe, latge ,ob in the aru may be
bid in Ihe n(x1 courlc of monlh, ThIS .5 the
POlllle PlL,on LIke IlwIYI, don't hold your b,uth
until il stan,
FfQm ,lIlhe Offiec,~ul Local ISS', hcre IS hopmg
you prepue 10 work hard m '84 10 dump Rca,an
Happy New Yell'
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their duration three years hence The p"UCIIl, of
Ihne conlracn w,ll take. ,ul effort, and all
B.others and SlIters Ife liked to understand and
p;LTliclpatc in !hl" effort. We went thro"gh. Ihort
bUI hlghlf ' lleuiul strike lalt AUB u8tl and nuw
that the ni.l. have been completed .nd ... e arc
once agaIn back down to ",ul•• buslIlesl, we
should not forll,CI S,8-68 and 8-7-83. It would be
very mICrU \ln, to .e~ and he~, the rUCIIOn of
Ihose members who .c,bbed .nd those ... ho re'
SIgned from Ihe unton If only they "'c,e uddled
fOI Ihe nc~t thret fU" "'Ith the finl oUer m.d~
by AT&T befOie we wenl OUI on ~\I\ke. Huw .""Y
they would ht:1
One·h.lf d.y mcrlln,s ...·c.c held III d,UCtent
pUll of the city fOI .llltew"o.l, In order 10 ,0 over
and .eVIew the new (OnllaCI 101 the luul. More
on thIS nul, month
A Happy New Yu, 10 All
lllulUMl F BIUll, P.S
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Memben of Lou] 159, MdiJon, Wi •. , Iron. row,
leI! to righi, .rE: lIowlrd Schnfl dfr '4S YUrsl,
DOnlld Brldford (30 yuul, Wa h tr Thor 130 yurs),
Nonnln Blallh (35 YUIIi), Mlehnl Lunde (40 YU r!),
I nd Arthur Klefmln 140 fUr.}: back row: Rllph
Coorad (3S YUII), fOltll f rill. 115 yurs), Vir,il
Lawver 12S ftlu), Wuley Kr lley 110 yun), IU)eph
Ponll (50 yun). DaYid Row e (40 yuuland Bernard
Sl lt,en (35 ynn).
front row If II to ri ght, are: Maurin Connerf (10
yur.), Launnce L1 bflt (25 yun), Kevin Lyuu,h
130 YU II), Edward I. lohnlon (3~ furs). Donlld
Cflwford 130 ynr'l, Rohnd Bt rry \3S yurs), Leland
Lemrn. 115 yUill •• rcond row: Dnid Pumrenke
(20 yuu). Don. ld Burwell \30 yutl). lIoward
Eadrut30 yur.) Damon Bryanl 13D yursl, Carmon
Ho ... e (3D yUill, Clifton Schnck 130 YUI$I,
Ho ..... d Ziehn 130 yUrI), Dale Bickle 130 fUU),
l ynn Mkhlrll. 125 YUlih third row : Dnid Dentrn
110 yUill. fmflY Stulkl \20 yean), Ill ro id
C.mnon (20 ,n ' ~), ,ud Robert Mchhlettel (15
YUII).
Local 159 Holds
Pin Awards Night
LU. 159 1'1, MADISON, WIS __ As I writ~ thIS
,uude OD Veteran'. D.y, I ItII of 10CiI umons arc
on hohl!'y. I kno ... I lot of statn shut down for
Ihi. holiday. II ",ol.lld p/Obably be a good Idta If
eYerybody elK In the counu ydid 100. Who deserves
IQ be honnrd more th.n someone ... ho lIave hIS
Iile lor h,s country In Ihe p,eservallon 01 freedom
and ltberty for . 11 hIS fellow Amellcansl The rc cent
bombin, In lebanon and 01.11 Inyuion 01 Clenada
hive liven rise' 10 "Itrinllsm in Ihi' (ounny that
hun't betn Iten for a lonlt;me. People who h.ye
laken freedom as a mattcr of couue arc now
cheelmg OUI w ldlers as they come back home To
Ihll • uy amcnl
On OClOhtr 28, 1983, Local 159 had a PIn awa,d,
night for the nlembcn' piSt years of se rYl cc. Cud,
wele Icnt 01.11 to the membershIp mformmg them
of thil night of award, and refr~h m f.nu. The
turnoul was I lmost less for thi. lun nlghl than a
norm.1 regular mccdnlt. If fre e food, ref reshments,
and the companionshIp 01 fellow members docsn 'I
hclp~nend.nce" mutml', lam It I loss 10 knnw
whal will help. Any suggUllons to the local union
offl ce on Ihis lubleet will be appreciated.
Pml we, ....... ded to re thed .nd ' Cllul.t mem'
ber •. M.ny olh.r ,cllrcd and lellulu memb .. u Wf"r'
tU,lble fOI pml but they Were nOI In allendance
30 to ICCCIVe Ihem Hoptiully, thlOugh the mfom ..·
Annual Outings Held;
Awards Presented
L.U. 164 IiAo), IERSEY CIT Y. N. I.-At our re,ula.
m(,~I!nt nn Scptcmbel I, 1\183, Busmcs$ Manager
Howard E SchIer, II ., 1',eSldenl John De Douter,
and Apprentice TIllfllng In9trueto, John D.
Milazzo p'C5enlfd awards to the apl'lenllcn lor
h"h scholaslic aVfllJliCl m the p~ SI school ycar.
The Hut-Place Awards ... ere IH Uen\cd 10 B'Ulher
lohn Sharpe, foutth fUt , Walter Zucchct, third
year. Steye Thompson, "cond ynr, IDd Andre ...
Della Salll, firSl yur Our con,. atulatlons arc
extended 10 all apprentices and Ihe beSI of luck in
the ycu to come
00 October I. 1983, ou' Annul Outmg was
held at the Sun Dance Lodge m Riyeidale, New
Itt~ey. It"'l1 a !amanlc day h)t all wi,,) att(ndd,
with plenty uf good food IIld re/ruhmenu. Theft
were many games and aCItVl1lel held throughoul
Ihc day, ... lth prizes I ..... ded 10 the "'mners. for
somt Iht'e wd IU51 ,oad old eonve.ulton wllh
brolher membcn
OUI th.nks agalll to IIrother Bill Lord and the
QUitO, Commincr lor Ihell pl.nnm, and hard
work I" make thl' 3 totd luece"
KI'NNml T N ... C(L, PS
Contract Review
Meetings Held To
Review New Contracts
L.U. 165 It), CIII CACO, ILL.-AI we emcr 1984,
... e And OU .. e1VfI Iplil bet ... cen 1"'0 Companies,
lIIinOIi Bell in tht Amrlllr~h «roup and A TTIS In
Ihe AmeflCln Telephone aod Telegraph gro"p.
All our CUlf ent canlllcl' WIll be honored unlil
Stewards Training
The slfw"d, rnd offluu 01 Lou. 175, Chllla·
nool', Tenn ., mHllol. S"urd.y traininllenion.
Young Old-Timers
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" Young" old-tlmell, Lonnlt PlIsrim
Iffni, an. di scu ~$ uni on bU$ineu.
Local Has Steward Training ;
Times Changing
175 11,0,tm,eAml l, CIIAITANOOCA,
TENN.-Fir't, "urloc.l and its membership shate
MIS. Lloyd IDeiores) McBnde, lD mourntng Ihe
Ion 01 her hu.band, and the Steelworkers, on Ihe
lou of one of Amenc,', mOil outSlaodlDll I.bo,
lcaders. I' lesldent Lloyd McB"d~ of the Steelwurk·
cIS of Amenca ..... a man of "ncompromislDg
character, lD!fgmy, honulY, .nd Chllltl.n d'g
nity HIS cour.geou, leadrl,lllp Will ~ sOltly
nuucdl all of us 10 the labol movement have losr
a friend
On S"",d.y, Noyembe. 5, Dr Dou, DIVIS.
di rector of thr Tennenec Le.rn"'g Cenler, pit, -­
stnted a dynamIC semmal tel.llve to the role of
stewards lbolh con$lIuction and manufactullng]
.nd office .. m the workpl.ce. Touy "ouutandio,"
of h" ptCntll~to "n would be In undcrStat8mcnl
Ot. DaVIS is III a tlln by himself ... hen \I comu
10 m8plflng I.bor people and hbdyn.mie, magnelic
delivery held both young and oldloldcr).ptllbouod_
It Items inadequate tQ lIy that cyeryonr present
WII enlralled .nd over ... helmed with the inlor·
mallon and challenge each re ceIved. B"SlneSl Man·
age r BiIllowfry hn declared I,h tl to be an annual
event wnh Or nlVi.~ comine b.ck tQ update and
lenew labor trends 101 our people
Labor is In I mmorily in Ameri", and not to be
flu,ble and Innoyatlye on OUt part would ~ ceQnomic
suicidel w If yQU Ife numbettd wllh the
lI'OUp who Ihlnks it can be bUlinel51! UJuII, )'ou
~re gOlllR IU be left hehind, com pl ~lely OUI of th~