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

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congptubt ol~ lemarks. some old tales ~nd some
sound ~ dvI ~t. Good luck wishu go 10 app . cnll~n
B~rt Andu'on. W.lham BIschoff. Con~n Bowers.
M.chael FItt~ . Dale Holden. Robert Johnson. DavId
Poorbaugh. aradford Seh.llmg and R.ck S!"'ocer.
A pat 00 tbe back also gocs to aus.ness Manager
Bo"'en and the other fathe.s pr~ ~nt. Brolhers
Doug fltts. Paul Poorbaujth and Wally Schllhng.
A s!",clal thankJ to Brothers SIeve Lo!"'z and
Denn" W ,lh~ms lor Ihe" dfort s wIth the bee.­
bust
Our annual Spllng A ...·a.d' Dmner-Dance will
tJt, held on Apl11 14, 1984. m Santa I'ohna, Cahfor·
mOl. M yron Robertson, our only hvmg challer
member w.1l be our spec.al guest of honor Myron,
wllh cleven other members, slgncd the Local 4 L3
chane. On December I , 1911. I h ope to See the
DES Hall filled WIth membe.s to sha re thIS C"enln,
...·lIb reu.ed Brothe . Roben son
RICl1I\IlD I Loru. P S
Work Slow;
True Brotherhood Shown
LU. u s (i,spd:.rts1, BAITtI CREEK . MICH.­
Greenngs to all OUI Brothe.s and Sisters m umon·
ISm lrom Local 44S. Work IS slow be.e In Battle
Creek, whicb 15 natu.al 10. Wm tel months hcre
A!J fa. as future work goes, Kelloggs let the bIds
for theu new office comple ~ the fiut of Ma.ch
F.om rumo.s gomg around hele. it's gomg to be
"ery plush, whIch IS natural lor Kelloggs. Plus. the
Clly 01 Battle Creek.s plannmg a five,slO ry parkmg
complu ncxt to Ihe Kellogg Arena and Stouffe. 's
Hotd which WIll allevlale quite a few of the
parking pr obltm~ for the downtown a.ea wh,ch
has been a sore SpOI lor qUlle a long lime
A I~w 01 Ou r membe.s saw true fellowshIp and
concern for each OIhe. IhlS monlh. Alone 01 the
lobs here In OUr local, th.ee men we.e asked !U
uke IWO weeks off IMtead of a lay·olf, .eason
bemg Ihat Ihe.e wun'l enough wotk to keep
eyerybody gomg for Ihe lime bemg, but takIng the
lime off would hdp 10 a lleVIate Ihe problem until
th.ngs d.d pIck up. The .UI of Ihe c.ew, unde.·
standing the general loteman's poSItion, wanted
to help; Ml they .equested Ihal e"erybody take IWO
day ~ off rather than Ihree men lake IWO ...·eeks off
If Ihat '5n't what Url100l5m IS aboUI, I'm glavely
'OIstakcn about my Idea~ of the BlOthcrhood. UnIOn
membershIp 10 me ISn't, " I don't care whal happens
to you as long as I gel my check." II'S eon cern for
each other's well beIng and health. In the world
loday there IS Strife tn the Middle East, deterio.at·
Ing rclallons with the $oYlet UnIOn. and murdel
and bloodshed all o~e r . We need everybody 10 stand
up together and say, " Yes. I ~m concerned about
you and I want 10 hdp you .... Ih your problems."
We Can 'I keep On wnh the back-stabbing and Ihe
childIsh pIcking and fighting amongSt each other
One of the besl laclles to dissolve any o.gamzalion
15 to d,VIde and conque. Well, righl now ... ·e arc
becommg dIVIded, and we w.lI be conquered .f ",'e
Conllnue 101l0wlOg the palh IhaT we' re on We ha"e
to sllck togethu In the bad umes as "'ell as the
,nod. Try uym, someth.ng n;ce to you. neIghbor
rather Ihan cumng hIm down, and smtle when
you JTe ha","g problems, Ihey WIll be eaSlel 10
face
Have a good mon.h and keel' smlitn,.
'OW" F Mc AI.lUfFE P.S
Work Scene Gloomy;
Fruit Baskets Distributed
LU. 449 (i,o.nb.n dupa), POCATEll O, IOA.­
When I agleed.o Wtlle ,he arllcJcs to the/oumal.
[ wanled 10 wrlle some gnod news each month.
Hete ,s my filSI leiter and Ihele isn'l any good
oe ...·• this Ume.
Thc weather IS very cold right now, and work 10
the local 1& almost non ·e ~i5Ienl A lew small jobs,
bU I nOlhlng substant",1 ProjeCt X has staned bUI
mOSt 01 the wo.k will be broken down into s mall
busmess package. llOder $100,000. Weslinghouse
at the site has taken a fe ...· men, but "'t sllli have
Baskets
local 449, Pocatello. Ida., memben shown wilh
Ih~ fruil buk~ 1I thaI we.e dislfibu.ed 10 trliled
mcmbfls, (OntUCIO.S Ind widows. From left 10
right are Ed ,. Shepard ; Roben Reno, Tfd C. ' In.en,
pluident, and Neil Tillouon.
O"cr 80 mfn on the book Ou. local Isgmng through
some hard limes WI" t can "'C do to change 111
One way would be 10 altend unIOn mee1lngs_ Last
meellng I was dlsappomted to see lrss than 15
Brothen attending. II we don 't care about au.
unIon. who WIll i We need all member. to aHend
and get Involved
Elecllon tlmelsgro"'mg ncal We need 10SU pport
and elect people who Cafe aboul Ihe wo.klDg man
There also ale many upgude JOurneyman classes
5tallmg. Let's g~t SIgn ed up and become Ihe best
qualified ...·ucme n we can We need to be the beM
Ihere IS In oldcr 10 gCI work and draw good w3ge ~
Dunng the hohda)' season, NECA, local mem o
bets and the ApPlenliceshlp Commlllee under the
direction of Don Ivory gave OUt hUll baskets 10
.ctlred membe.s and COntraC tors. This was a small
loken of our app.CClallon to those who have wo.ked
so hard for us so we may enjoy a hIgh standard 01
ltVlDg, May we lake ca.e of our IDhe"lance.
Local 456 Holds
Annual Picnic
BUTCII COMNHL, P S
l.U. 456 (iAn), NEW BR UNSWI CK, N.J.--On Sep·
tember \7, 19SJ, Local 456 held 115 plcmc at
Reichlel Park In South Bl\lDSWICk, New lersey
The ...·calhe. waS ...·a.m and the sky clea., maklDg
II a wonderful day for outdoor festlvlllcs. The
P'CnIC got nnder way at 11,00 a.m. wllh breakfast
belDg served to the ea rl y arr.vals and the P,cn.c
Comm,,'ee, As Ihe af ternoon arl1"cd, so dId mo.e
of OUI local BlOlhers. Plenty of aC1I"lIIelt, from
card games and horseshoes 10 egg IOSsn and soft
ball, filled the day .... Ih both fun and laughte.
Pr,zes ...·e.e awa.ded to ~IC t OIl0US COnteStanlS 10
games and evems. If you prc/errcd 10 sil back and
watch, plemy of Int e re~ung conyersauon and re '
mmlscmg were heard where.·el a gloup of Brothers
was gathe.ed The alOma 01 fine food and the
abundance of good cheer uused many of us 10
Indulge OU' selves, and a few 01 us 10 ovenndulge
~ bl! II was qUlle a pleasure 10 See many of OUT
.et"ccS presem and enloymg themseh'c,
Slnce.e thanks go OUI from us all 10 the PICniC
Committee, who once agam 01.01 an outstanding
,ob 01 OrgaDlZmg a wonderful c,'em You. hard
wOlk and I1me Invesled payoff III great dl"idends
when one can look around and see all of the local
B.olhers m allendance that day wllh $m.le~ on
thell /aees and happlOess lO the IT heans
Get Organized
And Vote, Writer Says
KEVIN S'·'£CKER. P_S.
L.U. ~ 59 (u,emAees1, JOH NSTOWN, PA.- T he
election yea. bittz " currently being ca rried OUt
by all of Ih~ media. Th,. bhl% IS pfOb.bly onc 01
the ,"asonS the medIa has liS conslilllllonal "ght
of f.ee speech conSlantly PIOICClcd by Ihe couns
of \he land. Theil "Clive cove ra~c , reponing, and
'ld·blowlOg keeps many a polll,cI.n aWarf of \he '"
IaCI that his actions arc being wa lched and Ihus
ca n Iccounl lor SO me 01 the .. WOO lOg of the p.ess
Othe. groups do Ihe same-coahllons for Ih,s and
thai. nallonal g.oups concerned aboul this and
Ihal. freedom gfOUpS, Nc
We. too. can aher the pohllcal thoughts and
actiOnS of OU I representallves First we must leg'
Is ler 10 vote. We can'l leave the voting p