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

In Novcmbel each membel rccclved our local
newslettel Ind bum~1 , IICkelf-"Ploud to Be
Umon" and " Hllngyf Ell Your Impon " These
bumpcl nickeu WCIC nOI free , OUI [oul pllrchu.ed
. them. Do IIle them I hope to HC them on the
vehIcles 10 the pUklOg 101 Lt:1'. show everyone
.. "'~~:~:;~~d :o~~r~~:t~~~o~:,~~kt~leet1Og Will
keep you Informed You r '"ppon It these meclln,s
IS .mportant 10.11 of UI
Wcalhel pelmlll1O&, OUI ncxt Loca[ 1535 mcellnK
IllOthcdu[ed lor l.nul'Y 8. 1984 It 1000 a m at
Pulaski Inn Sec yOll Ihere
Work Scene Very
Slow for Local 1547
N ... ",c y ,"""I\\I''''LL. P S
LU. 15'" (i,o,u,e,IIa.eml, ANCIIORAGE, AK.­
HI, BlolhelS Ind SluelSl Well. I wu rr&hl W10lel
has hit Alnka We gOI Inow and 1011 of It-snow
and cold BUl l Kues," wOllldn '1 be Aluka wllhout
" SIIle has mde Ihe ,k,er, h.ppy WOlk', aboul
... the lame- ve,y Ii0WI (ou of Brolhell and S' llers
On Ihe books Loti 01 camper COUIIS ale clOSIng up
* lor the comIng W1Ol er, makrng 1\ even mO le of a
hudsh.p fOI IholC who lully can'l affurd 10 pay
mon e(""where, like apallments, elc.
Brother lamn MOI~n Ind hll WIfe, Pat, hvc I
new baby Itlll, Clrolyn
Brother CeCIL Te~ l o paned away 10 November
cancer; our sympathy 10 h,s I.ml(y
... OdIC HIll and wllc Phylll.lcfl Aluka t odo~me
tr avehng arollnd Ihe lower 48 OJle 15 now ""mI·
rellred Hive a ,nod Ilmc, Od,C
The Cen"al Labol Council .1 wOlkrng wllh Ihe
CommllnJly Colle,e 10 Iry Ind .nange lOme clas.."
10 lIalllO /a nualY, called the " 11 .slOry 01 Amellcan
Labol", u 's look;n, preuy ,oud 10 lal, and we'le
hoping . 101 01 ollr uDlon people WIll .IIppon the
. classu and ,0, we'll abo have lOme ,nod work·
shop •. So watch 101 thele cllnCl, all you ~nod
IInlon people Oll t Ihele
I'm ,cally ,fad to sec thai there arc new IlIId,es
beln, made on how 10 .mproH man'~cmenl, m­
stcad 01 blammk everylhm, on the WOlken and
Ihe unIons A 101 ollhe mana,emenl people 511 on
Ihell dlllfs, u yrnll ihell ben 10 look Importanl Ind
bllsy, nOi havrnk Ihe sh~h leM ,dca nl what they 'le
supposed 10 be dorn,l, bllt II duesn·1 mltte. II they
men up, all they hlYC to do i. hlame II on Ihe
UOionl; aiterall, everyone know5 limon. I IC all to
blame 101 any ploblems, 01 el.., II mu.t be that
IOcompClenl WOlke. , neyer do they take the blame
.. for m.smaoillemrnt, how m~ny manaJ:cmCIII peo·
pi c have " rnherr ted" lohi! kOtthcm from d.ddy UI
from Ihal " 'pecIII fr.end," . e,a.dleu of whether
they are competenl 101 Ihe loh o r nOI I've lCen
mana,emenl 51.11 OU I wllh • wtll ruu, warm,
fncndly of lice, wllh employees who enloy wOlkm,
togelher, they then turn Ihc~ "me employees
Into. bunch 01 back Jllbbm&. sOIvchn&. brown
n"""n
You know, u·s not.1I manl,emeD!·s fault euher,
wben dId we losr our Kif rup«1 Ind our d"nlly!
We 511 and hollel about umon bluken .nd bad
mana,emenl. bill when d.d we SIUP ,"'lOg e.&hl
101 ets.hlf Comlllg It) wOlk lite bec.u"" oIa han,
OVU, vOlin, II dry bccauK We parlled Ion much
.... the n'&hl belole, IneaklD~ OUI ully. and on and
on The Blolhelt Ind 115ten who SO 10 wOlk spaced
.. out-they'n not lUst hUlling them""lvu 01 Ihell
employers, they·re hUllln, you InJ me and they·.e
hunrng Our IIDlOn
Th.nk about 'I' 510.01
LIlIU PfOUH, P S
Scribe Urges
Political Activity
LU. 1.579 (Ikol, AUGU.!oTA , GA.- Wllhollt a
,hadow of dOllhl, our numher '''''' PflOrrty, 10 we
10 orgamzed la bol, 10 this eleclron yC~I, Will 1M: 10
the suppOrt of and the cndur8emelll of candidate.
who arc truly III conillbullvc ."ppOIl 01 lelSl. lallon
wholly benencul 10 Ihe endeavon lUI progress in
, all phases of OU I labor movement In v.ew 01 thlS
Graduates
LU. 1.579, Augul u , Ca., 'pplulin ,radullin,
clus 01 1983 with Bu)incU Mluger T .S. VII_
blOll&h and A~.iuant Bu)inU5 MlnaltCI fdpr Roolu.
IeI·S ueh of us sCllch OUI hUllS 10 m4klOk decl
5.0nS.n the~e ICg,IIO,1s and dlh,cmly work hald so
theR conVIctions 4nd declS.onl ml~ht m~le"4h~e
and cu(mrnate mtO Mark rul,tlCJ Contnbule ~en
elou51y 10 you. local COPE cam pll~nl , Ind, lbo.·e
all, ,f you haven'l dnne I". rt/l'''tl W '·Ule Ilnd
vote III all tl~cllonJ
At thIS ...·lIl1n &, Dill wurk llluauun 10 kene"l I)
comparable to Ihe last 'CPOrt, howevel, at Plam
Voglle, due to Ihe reducllon 01 fOlct un bulh 81nd
C ShIft, we had rccenlly sIIlfc.fd a ,"lfic.eD! lay
off to accommodate thl ~ hopelully temporary cut
back We've had occulOnal Idellah to UII. loc.1
SbOPI and cuntinu,n, placemenl IIf men 10 the
Savannah R,ver Proleet and the MUII"un Knudsen
PIU!CCt at the ume ~IIC
In the lanllary, 198.1, .ssuc, I had mentIoned, al
landom, a few 01 OU r Brotheu' New Ve~I " leSO·
IIIlIonl, and wllh a few ClI"eCplIODJ, 110 many 01
thcm wc.c of short dUlallon anJ pluvlded • lillie
embarrassrn, III those IDvolvcd, Ihll we'll rel"10
Irom pllhJrshlng any .nd.vldual .clMllycs Ihl5 year
With 'illie clse I" repnrt and 5wlIch,n« tu Ihe
h&htcl SIde. I'll cunvey I lew of thc day by day
hll'pmCS5 On our Van to Vo/:t le Gelald l)cnllll,
Oil.