1984-04 April IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

t( 01 Enruv,lIe on Decembel 16 As IS alwaY5 the
un, the .. IInce was a hu~e IUCCUI wllh a bountiful
amount 01 lood and 1pm .. on hand for ~ueM I
The Winner of Ihe danceconlut was Pam Rlchler
whod.d. ,.nl " Watus. ·' "op one oI.he fouma,"s
It', h •• d '0 .maglne that elgin yea.s a.(0 the
dance WIS $ILII being held al our unIOn hall WLlh
JO o. 40 couplc:~ In allendanct AI Ihat lime I don't
r-, Ihlnk anyoot envuloneo;! that such a small pally
... ould evolve InlO whal has b«:ome a p ia eVem
Ih.t a J .ut malomy of our local looks 10 ... ·a.J tu
yu ... lte. yea.
On February J, IS a!,!,renuee w"cmen took the
oath 01 Illeglance u admm15lered to Ihem by Our
pru.dent, Brother larry ScOIl, and .... ere "'ek omed
InIO the mEW lold
While I stood IIsten.ng to the yuung m~n reput
... the (),1 th olohligation, many thoupus raced Ihruugh
my mmd [wondered what they felt a$ they uttered
the ... ords hurd by UI so many ILmu belore I
IhlllK Ihat some 01 thcm mIght have felt ap pre
hellllYC, lor evcn though they were now pUI uf
Ihe o'ganlzatlon, they WCIC unsu.e II Ihey .... ould
be IUdlly aeccpled a5 one 01 the body I also thInk
that Ihey lelt wme pnde for ach,eYlng th e s\a'u,
01 a unIOn eleetncun
I would uk of Ihem nevel 10 let Ihe ~ I o ... 01
p"de .hat ... as Idt thaI nlpll to d.m o. dun,nuh
In any way Don'1 rUlt be a membcr, bUI bc ~n
"clive member of you. loc.1 Ge. 1010 rhe habll of
eommg to umon mccung,. If .here \I 10mc.h.n,
thaI you don'l undc.nand. uk quulIOnJ
AI .... ay.'emembe. that YOUI unton o ... es you b"
.eprucntauon and an orronunny 10 make a "lOll
hVln&. but that oppnnunlly won 't alwaYI be thele
.f you beGomc paSSIYC and decldc 10 let t h~ o.hc.
,uy make your deCISIon, for you
The newut mem"" •• of loc.116a.e R.ck DiYld
R, ch .. d DtlL Scon Glrflnd. Ron Gtnet, MIke
Kuester. lohn lasher, '1m t.ocsch. RIchard Mayo.
RobclI M"wry. NIck Rcbnock. Rick Rog ers. Idl
Seng, Mike Spacl11. Alan Staple! and T.m Unllled
COnl. llulalto"" men, .nd always lemcm""t
that our futulc .Ut5 0" the ,houldcrs of cach 01
you Ind mny mOre hke you who .... 11 foll" w
ST[vt lit "'NINe, P S
Safety Awards Presented;
Negotiations Continuing
LU. 17 lo"u), DETROIT, MICH.-There wu I
,olOt Safety A ... uds D,nn(I for Bad All' and San
dUSKY Serv.ce Ccnlc., Dcccm"", 1. 19SJ. B.ld Au
. WII awarded a T .... o· Yur Safe w ".k.n, Cen .flcalc.
and thc men "fSanduIKY .... elc .....,ded a ccrn ficlle
101 II ycan of oUl5land,nl ulety practlcc ~ . Con
"atulallons, men of Sandusky. 10' YOUI saft wOlk
LOI Pla CUCCI
Negollallons a.e contlnu'ng wIth thc 6'17-A
Ag. eemcnt Also. B,othclI who arc lIavelin" 11>01.
closely thiS year II the deductions 10. trayellO,
Jo. Many deducllons that a !,ellon Wli ablc to datm
In Ihe paSt cannot"" clalmcd thIS yur and. II Ihe
same time. many new tlcms may he ded ucted
when II comn to 1 ...,dlnS
Wo.k I' slowly be,lOnlnl on the 6,17-8 A,ree
men! The Sellndgc All Ban bId was aw arded to
an IBEW cnnllacto. OUI 01 C.hlo.011. and mllny
small iob, have been bid .nd awarded to our
Contr.ctors
Wc anllclpate pUlnn, on I lew mOle cre ... s of
lice mmmeu ""fore srnn" and 'anuary .. Ihe
Ulllny Tne Tnmmcrs had a ClimbIng Clan al
the un,on hall as pall of thell .pprcntlcesh,p
At Thumb ElecIrle, mlnl,ement has a, recd ' 0
• lop Lobo./Manaccmcnt Conferencc as a mtthod
01 Kuhnl .ssuu bclolc they ""come rloblems
The ,tcwa,d, II Ihe Co-op lie In favor 01 thIS
Three Importanl lIems have Ilready ""en ,ched
ultd to "" dlKuncd at thc fial meetIng
On O'pnlZlnL £kilO" D,VI.,OO Macomb Mete.
Ruden met wllh UJ .luling the hollda.,.. and
Inothe, m~c"nl IJ K hcdulcd lOOn. Also du""g
Ihe hulidaYI, we con"nu~d ou' dlort' 10 o'ganlZlllg
cable comp.nies
AI the lanuary ,enelll mem""nhlfl mee. in&.
loc.l 17 had Iheu Wheelbarro ... of Chee. Dllwin,;
The winner of the wheelbarrow Ih,s year ...., Run
Shevnock and the neward who IOld Ihe "'lOnl",
lIekct was Mike Scheible 01 Ma.ysv.lle
For II~Yclen on Ihe .oad, to update you, "'e arc
plann.n, on a,am hum, I RCllrtment ~mmar m
btc Sp"'" alon, "'L1h a CPR Cia" fo. f,mlioc. 10
partlClpatc m. We .1,., arc plan01n, on hlYln, an
App.enllCC G,adu.tlon Dmner/Dance SOmet.me
m AplIl of 1984
Until nut \slue, ... ork »fe and God blus
Pnu I Mc;M"NIIS, B M F S
Discussion
Shown in thi! pieltlle a.c, ltlt to ri,ht, Paul M.an _
ninL ~en;o, apprt nlituhi p con~u lt. ntl La"" S u ~­
m.n, pfu onnel ,"illaot III l ylt E . lek~o n , public
fadl;I;fl admini)ttalo' l SltVf ," OIO, public ladl,
iliu f lecu iul foltmAn, and AI luko, auiSlant
bUiinui mana,t._
Apprenticeship Program,
Agency Shop Begin
L.U, 18 luI. lOS ANGELES, CAI..-The loc.l and
Ihe ellY 01 ru.deu IU5t ilgned the neGen"y
documents to bc&ln In deetnClan~' 'rp,cnucuh.p
plOlum, Ihe fiul In .lmo,1 15 yun Pnu. 10 thiS
p.ogram. the cLlY 1J11'.~ adena u$ed to contract OUt
ItS complcx electrIcal work, lU~' UVlIIg the rouline
mamten.nee 1m (tu. OmOn Blolhc., Wllh Ihe
,dvcn. of UUI a"cement, mOre of the clly's ... ork
WIll slay "'lIhlO Ihe local's IUII5dl(l111n, ~nd "'lIh
lime the technlc.1 upelll5c dCYeloped by the
'pprent",eJ and Halllcd lourneymen wLlJ r~ma.n
w"h,n thc local purvle'" 10 the bcllermenr of .11
our union Bltlh.en
On Ihe l{>1: An,tlu scene, the pnor neIOl"'~
.,enGy·,hop r,ov,slOn IS ,om, ",to dfeCl, helpIng
the local cope wllh ,he mc.ca~d UpcndUUICS of
leprescnun, almou , thud mo.e members Thu
.gency ihop pro~,,'oo OJ bnnglllg .he local .nll)
the lOth ccntu,y .... lIh the purchaH 01. new mIni
compute. _ mOle sraff 10 adiusl ,,,ev.nces and more
dCllul hdp to .nswer the .ncrened .dephone
calls
The elllu of lO1 An,cles, Pasadena and Azut.l
all conduded 198J negOllal1onl ...."h conllaet,
tolal"" ove. 6 pelcenl per year '" cach 01 thc
emu The CIIlU of lIurhank and AtUil w,]1 enle.
.ntO Iheu 1964 Contract negoll.uon, III I few
monlh,
TurnIng tU anC/lher 8ub1GCI. II any of uur B.othe"
and SISltl5 in Olhe. locals need a lob. the CIlY 01
['asadena needs an IIUtrumcnt tech'lIClan 111 Ihe
powel plant and I couple 01 d""lbullon hnemen
o. cahle spltcer, 10 the Power DePUlmMI I'lcase
call the luul fOI .he .cicnal
At lMKu, I' S
Xmas Party, Elections And
Recent Deaths Are Outlined
LU, 22 (i.ru'hpa), O M. AII A, NE B,_On £kccmhe.
18 thc Annual Chllllmas Party .... u hcld for the
ch,ldren 01 local n mem""n Each Ghlld had a
chance 10 ~lsLl and put In thell .cqUCSt 101 Chlln,
mas MOYln werc !ihown and .tflcshmellls were
scr~ed A uck of un.Jy was handed OUt 10 the
chIldren
Thc unemployment "tC 01 locd nls 11111 about
JO to JS pc,ecnl Wc Ire hop",g thl' WIll Improve
th .. ~pnng when the wcalher brelk., There 'ii a
lot of d,scussiQn IboUI the amOunt ul work Ihat .s
com"'g up Ihis SP''''g But as we .11 know, a 101
of th15 ",,11 ,0 11.1 the non·ulllOn .. de
" lot of Important things are comins up One of
Santa
Dlyll, l(elle, I nd Micharllhmihon vi)itin, ,,'ilh
S.nta, The, arf Iht eh;ld'fn 01 Bro. het lim H.miLton
of LoCl I 11, Omah., Neb,
Ihem I. the clceuon of offlcc •• IOJ Loul 2.l The
mo., .mpo't.lnt thtn! " Iht clccuon 01 a Dc'"
p.CJldent lor Ihe UnLled StatU Eve.y BrOlhe. and
S.SICt and thelf lam.ltu and frIends hu tU ,Ct oul
and "ote lUI Waltel Mondale /I We don't gel thiS
rob donc II'S lOIn, to "" a vcry rough nut lou.
YUrs,
Local 12 Went lor quae ~ while without losm.
~ny oltht Urothcrs The mumh 01 Decembel ... a~
rou~h ., we lost three Drothers They lie lohn
KOC Il. llcnntnl leth and Wliitan. McW.lllaml We
cxprct, our .ymr~thy wlhell .cI.,,'·es and Inends
Talktng to a lor of Brolher, .nd Smeu, hapPIness
II 10 be _hIe to ~o out and wurk 40 hours I ... eek,
but 10 a lot of casu Ih'l "nOI polS.ble any more
So We a.e harpy to bc ablc .0 work whatevel hours
arc aV~llable Ind try .0 make ends mecl
He surt fO VOIC
Scribe Outlines
Huge Tunnel Job
LU. H (i,ipa,U"Cllvl, BAl T I.'otORf, ,"'D.-WOlk
pro!luscd !lud.ly throuK,h thc wlntc. at B.[u
more', fort Mcllenry Tunnel r'OICCt The tunnel.
now undel COIISIIUCIIOn .... Ill pr OVIde I \'lIal hnk
to complele Interstate 9S Ihrou,"" the Baltlmo,e
Irea The area tcleGtcd fo, the roadway (fonts Ihe
PaupJ