1974-02 February IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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Graduation Honored - Lout 17, 011'011. 6O.y... members I I a d,nne, plrty. L.I! 10 ,llIhl . .. P.es,dent Lawrence EpSkilmp. 6O-yll, ",.mber Chl,les E. V,IH. 8 ....'ness Manlaer Pete. J. MeMlnus, Inte.nlhon .. 1 V,ee P.es"'.nl Thomls M,lone. falhe ..... eG ...."y. Ind fo.me, Mayo. of Oat,oil JeromOil P. Cavanlah. 10 rI.hl. Oo.lrIcI I. Mrs. LeRoy: Mrs Belknep; 3; Jones: ... ichul Jones. Ollt,lct 4; E •• I Higg.ns. business man •••• flnlncill HC •• t.ry. JameJ A~hcraft. Nornlan R. Dean. Gail Jess'Aein. Harold Schmiederer. St:lrr Cahill. Willium A. lIro'An (dece:l.-.cd). E. I'arl Hig· gins. Michael Cornell. C. " Hud" b htrom. James J. lIedges. An;h J. Kirl wood. Kay F. Filter. and R;llrh Norrington. Con£ra[ulal ion~ to ollr new ;Ollr~)men. lIo,",uu M. JOSI S. I'IILS. Detroit Local Honors 50- and 60-Year Members I •. U. 17. t>a::T~(}rr. 1\IIC II.-We are 'cry proud of our older members. and il \l1I~ II greal pk!lstl re to be rre'ICnt at the cekbralion in honor of our 50- and 60-~e' l r members. We are ~'ery fortumlte in having three members. Henry W. Kline. Roy Pettibone. a nd Charles F Viles. \lilh 60 or more yeah in the local and the IIJI·W. Brother V i l e~ \las the only one :Ihle to altend. He sat lit the head table \lith Imernational Rcpreo,cnt:uh'c Thoma~ Malone. lJusincss Manager I'eter J. McManus. amJ " resident U 'ArelK"e Fpslamp. Olher honored SueslS included former Ma)'or of 1)l:Iroit Jcrome P. Cavanagh. Councihnlln-Elect Jack Kelley. !-ather MacGurral)'. and B u~ine\\ M:Inager Wheeler of the Rod BUSh~rs. Rusiness Manager M cManu~ \IdS the master of CcrenlOnieS. lie had ... orled ... ith sc\eral of the 50-year nlembers. and that added 11 rallicr personal louch [0 the party. Tnlcrlllilional Vice President Malone presented each honored gue\t wilh :1 service pin. :1 gift from Ihe loe;11, and a cenificate from the 1.0. The honored g u e~ts present were William Arnold, who W II~ init iated o n Sep[embe r 17. 192): Al bert Brin ke r. initiated ~Ia y 4. 1923; Lewis COlfert. A pri l. 1922: Harold Eminger, November 12, 1923; George: RUI- " ledge, April 23, 192': Andre" I'orler. June III. 192.1: Jame~ A. Snyder. September 24. 1923; ,Lnd Jo>cph Wamb:ld. March 12, 1923. Don Collins :,crepled the pre Thompsctt :lcceptt'd for Louis I'cale:. initiated on August 14. 1922. We thank cveryone \lho helped with the p:lrty. particularly the barlenders who did R great job. Floyd Kin. Whi1ey Perry. Chuc k Micallef. and Tim M c M : , nu~ Ilttended to the thirst, of the )50 men ... ho came to honor the members It WltS nicc to bee bO nl uny ot her retirees in attendance. and they a ll exprcssed their desire 10 continue attending loco I funclions. All of the relirees \lcre \cry pleased with our loeal paper. the I/o / Urlt. and ;lflcr reading about Ihe discrimimllion laws concerning age, SCX, and racial (lfiYln, they arc ADDRESS CHANGED Brothers. we want you to have your JOUR· NALI When you have a change of addre ss, please let us know. Be sure to indude your old address and please don't forget to flll In L. U. and Card No. This Information will b e holpful In checking and keeping our ree· ords straight. N EW ,nSfNT LOCA L UNtON CA I O 0" f OIMER LOCAL UNI ON NC'M''' • .•••..••••.•.•••••.•••.••••••••••••.•••. _ .~ If YOU HAYE CHANtED LOCal UNIONS WE MUST HAVE NUMBERS OF BOTH Mail To: Circulation Department hilernalional Brotherh.od ,r (Ieclrical Workers
even considering going b:u,'k to .... ork. We could U!ie them! We h:ne completed our negotiations this year. and thc local seems to ~ecp pace in most areas. We h :IVC a JO-and-out relirement plan for ~ne memhen. and eXp«'t to cxtcnd it to include other membc~. We continue to be :Iclivc in Silf.:t~. wilh safety nIles in mo"l of the agreements. We also continue 10 be active in the National S.,fel)' Council. as "cll as wort. for a st:lte can· siruction Sland~rd~ :Ind ..... ith other loe'lls. we're on city ordin.mce, pertaining to safety. II i~ :lly,ars ~ad whcn Vo': must reporl the passing of one of our memhers. Ollr fonner vice pre)ident, George S~urlu. Vo;L~ fatally injured on his job last LIIi. George wi11 al· Voal'S lx' rcmemberd for hi~ v.i11ingness 10 Give of him~lf in allY union activity. " nUl. 1. Mc\J \'ws, ".5. Annual Pin Presentation Local 18. Los Anaeles. Cal.. r~enllt held its annuat p.n presentat.on and serv.ce p.ns were presented to elill.bl" membe .... Left to righl. W. L. "Red" Risse. business manager; Robert E. Stephens and William Meie •. 50.yea. ". cipients; and Patrick J. Burns. International ReprHenta"~e On the Job Meml>e.s 01 Locat 24. Baltimore. a.e wo.kinS on the Central Laboratory /lind Otlice BUildIng. Shown. lelt to "Sht a.e K. Karppine". F. Libera, tore, W. t.4anolovlch, and C. Lochamy. lo,emen; J . Freund. sen,,,, loreman; and P Fowble. sieward. Annual Pin Presentation M.d. By Local 18 L U. IS, LOS A:'\GEI.f..~AI_---On Thund;IY, (ktoher 25. I IKal 18 held its :Innual pin pre'>Cntalion 10 pay ~peciar tribute 10 over 300 memhers with 25 or more )C;'I"> of )eniee. Highlighl of the evenin!! was the presen· tation of 50-year service pins to Brothers Robert 1'. Stephen) :md William Meicr. We were honored 10 have International Representativc Patrick J. Burns as our speaker. Brother Burn) a)~i~ted Business JI.1:mager W. L. "Red" KI,se in Ihe presentation of tile ser'lce pins. A special dinner meeting was h(:ld on August 13. 1973. in the cilY of Pasadena to honor 20 Pa~adcna l'o1oler and Light members wit h seniec pins. We "ere honored to ha~e Pasadena mayor. Donald YoJ.aitis, assistant in the pin prewnlation and pr~t Ihe I8FW Ufe·Sa,ing ,\y,;IfIJ 10 Brother Rohert Evans. w. L Rissi. H .~ 1. FiJ5t row . lelt 10 roght. 40.year recipients. Alfred Bee~. W/Iliter Brandt. J . A. McManemon and Robert Bruce, Second 'ow. lelt to rigM. W. L. "Red" R.sse. businHS manase,; Ira Vos· bu,s. 45 year rl/C.pient; Patrick Burns. Inter· national Representat ive; and Wimam T. Denton, 45·yea. recip,ent. fI.st row. left 10 r18M. 35-ye/llr rec.p.ents. Fred Merlo; W_ L. "Red" R.sse. business manager; and W. K. Robbins. Second .ow. lell to "8M. William Bowers. Kirby Swegle and V.rgil Me· Connaughy. Members emptoyed On t he lob. Benu"'ul pipe work. First row, le lt 10 .iShl. 3D·year recipIents. Internallonal Representative Patrick Burn,. Harry Bennett. James C. Shorl. Bernard Carvello. Paul Pete. son and Geo.se Rawson. Second row. left 10 . ISh!. Gervais" Ka.pe. Russell Williams. Jim Seitz. V.ck Nash and Francis Powers. Third row. left to .ight. L. M. Trade •. Cart Hansen, Howa.d Mansu. and Joe Weston. f ebruory, 1974 Local Mourns Retirees; Area Work Slow L U. 2-1. H,\I.TI \IORI-;. \ID._As interim pre)s !;e(:retary. my first assignment is a sad one. Within a ..... eek our local ~uffered the loss of IWO oOieers. On November 7 H(()ther Bill Bunick died aftcr a lengthy illness. He had been an IBEW member since August. 194 1. In reten! )ears he served a~ delegate to the AFL-CIO. .....as chairman of the Safety Commi,,;,ion. and y,as appointed to the State Safety Ad"isory Iloard by the .\lover· nor of \Iaryhmd. In 1970 he was elected treasurer of Local 24. and held that posi· tion until he retired in June, 1973, due to ill health. Brother Eugene L. Bartecchi. who passed away o n Noyember r I, joined Local 865, "
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Page 4 and 5: • editorial cOlnlnent • Allllo
Page 6 and 7: Canadian Labour Congress Union Indu
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Page 10 and 11: Morris D. Murphy, Director IBEW Tel
Page 12 and 13: Line Construction Equity Retirement
Page 14 and 15: , • safety tips for you and your
Page 16 and 17: 21 Graduate from Machining and Weld
Page 18 and 19: • MINUTES AND REPORT OF THE INTER
Page 20 and 21: executive council continued ,. M[Ma
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Page 38 and 39: epre'>C ll t;IIi\'e of the JAT C; t
Page 40 and 41: \I/e have to police the company aga
Page 42 and 43: Christmas Party ....--- New York Pr
Page 44 and 45: Annual Picnic Picnic Committee Chil
Page 46 and 47: On Little Rock Jobs Memben 01 local
Page 48 and 49: Remember. there is 110 \UhslilUle f
Page 50 and 51: night. All retired members will be
Page 52 and 53: On GM Job Lo ll \0 .lght are G. M.
Page 54 and 55: At Hearing 60-Year Member Christmas
Page 56 and 57: Scribe Re ports On Important Develo
Page 58 and 59: long Island Members Instructor. Bob
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Page 62 and 63: mer presillcllt o f Local 137. Alb;
Page 64 and 65: Presentation On bellftll o f LOC:lI
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