1984-02 February IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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Members
New Home
PfU~nt;ng th trophy lor Ihf Annual Journcynoan­
Appt~ntj(t5hip Softball Gamc on Labor Day i ~
,. Emil Ducoulombiu, businrn manager 01 Loul
124, "ausn City, Mo., 10 Tim Zeigler. an .pprenliu.
Edwud Duh, prnidrn l, i5 tookinl on.
Edward Drah , president, p.u elliing Emil " Dukc"
DU(Qulombiu, businus mallagel (I' Local 124, hi!
2S·yu, 5u~ ict pin at the ge nelll meeting on
NOHmbt. 9, 198).
Buildmg and ConSnUCIl(!n Tl ad~$ CouncIl to ~
closed-dam meeting !O establIsh rappall wlIh labor
We feel IhlS heralds a new ua In .elallons
between Kansu COIy government and labo.] and
.Iong ..·tlh the new Ctty council clecled last MIlCh,
the avenge workm~ man wIll have hIS Yorce he~rd
Fo. the fim time In 18 months, the out-of work
hn has dropped below 400 Work has Illclcascd
only shghtly, however, and With wimer here,
prospects don 't look 100 good for ne .. t yur
local IN's PAC IS geanng up 101 the 1984
elctllons. BlOrhel5, all [ tan say 15 If you didn't
Hke the ecnnomy ~nd the work plClUr~ the la,t
three years, then pamclpate UI Ihe best way you
can-Ihrou,l;h YOUt local PAC.
Forty-one meml>cu of local IN, Ulcludlng BuSl·
ness Manag~ r Emil Dueou[omb,er, rec~lved the ..
l~·yral SerVICC pUIS al thc general meellng on
Novembu 9. Thu5c prcsent wcre lane F. Belz,
james D Booton, Don~ld C. Bowlin, Richard CIII·
ncr, Wilbul Cathcall, 'ames W CO);, Wilham L
Eckan, Charles Elwrll, Lawlence 8 helh, VlIleenl
p H ~rgn, " , PUllck I King, )." Keith LaPee,
Rubert P Long. J' ., lItuce K. Mills, James G. Reen",
Jack R, Rng~rs, hmcs Rowd~n, Alex SadIe., LuUls
Seufen, 1I!, and !.lobby D. Van l'clt. The folluwlng
members Wele lecognlzed 101 25 yurs of suyu;e
Robert E McKelvy, " , Jack Shawvel, MalVin K
Woods, Ed Ake ls. Edwlll L. Andler, Edpi I' AIlowood,
lohn R Bryam, Joe Coslanza, Geo.ge R
Elliott, Roberl E, Hum, Charles S. Johnson, Vernon
o Johnson, W,]l,am A. Milu, Jr, Ron ald SIClk,
Lloyd E Bake., Sob L Bybee, GeOlge A. Gamson,
lack Hawkllls, Phll,p L,cata. and W,lllam A Sal'
lelflrld
ROIE~ T I MAWN(, P S
Local Welcomes
New Staff Members
L.U. 125 jo,u8l. cal vj, PORTLAND, ORE.-Ponland
Genc.al Elecmc" I nd Bonneville Po wer's .cp.e·
,ented employee, a,e Sci w uchange propo,als
wllh thell ,especllvc compan'u By the lime th'5
amcle ruches you, Ihc "hard bonom-hne" Issun
will probably be On the table
All connact5 /or Local I2S arc settled, and we
uc now In rh( prn,es,of ~Ia ' iing Ihe n c\"c , ·cnd'n~
cycle of oegOllollon, again
We would Io ke 10 welcome IWO new stalf memo
beu Iu Ihe local. Don Akers Will be handling
eOnSlf\lCIIOn and .he PUDs, REAs, and Mun'Clpal,
Shown lit Loul I n me m ~n U Ihe Bend Unit
pin k.
wesl oj the rnOUlliams Al Sicwan will be handlmg
Ihe same assIgnment cast of Cascade Locks. ThIS
IUSi lgnment wu made III oldcl 10 s tabllo:c Ihe
staff, and 01 WIll enahle OU r members 10 benefil
hom a represcmall"c who WIll stay on a r",Bculal
aSSIgnmenl for more than a yea. or 50.
Mnny 01 our pasl ,eprcsentallves on these smallc.
aSSignments haye sul/ered ffOm "bulfloul"; and,
hopciully, thIS ,eallanllmg of the abs'gnments will
mlnlm'Ze stalf turnuver (Up 10 thiS pomt 5,000
to 6,000 mJ!~s a month for a ,cp,esenlallve wu
nOI uncummon. )
Deane l'.e510n, the new rep,esemal1ve JOI Po rtland
Gene .. 1 ElcCIIl C, cumes with good credenllals,
and we are , ure Ihal they Will bc ,udlly acknowl·
edged by the membership. PliO' to Dune's transfe,
mlo Local 125, he had five yU/S as a bUSiness
rcprCsenlal1YC wllh Ihe lBEW Beio,c coming to
wo.k lor Local 115, Deane was employed al No rt h·
ern Wasco PUD
Local 125 regleli Ihe passllIg of Brother Ron
l..:IGUiIe Ron Wl5 a ,ervl ceman employed by Clark
County PUD fo r (lver 22 yuu He was Involved
III a freak aCCIdenl wilich look hIS life November
17, 1983. On behalf of Ihe siaff and membcrslllp
of L oc ~l 125. [ extend OUi dec pUt sy mpathy to
Ron's WIfe ~nd ch,ldrcn
Local 130 Gets
New Home
BIll MILLEk, B M
L.U. 130 [i8l.0), N EW ORLEA NS, l. A.- Above 1$ I
pIc ture of our new hume undt. cnnSltucuon In
Metalli. Each of us ,hould be proud 10 bc a pan
of Ih,s endeavor We mUSI umle and ~lIcnd umon
meetings lcgularly and pamclpate In Ihe union
aCUVIIICI
Local lJO would hke 10 thank au' Brothers and
SISters who IUrn~d out lor Ihe blood dn'·e on
Decemher J. We musl r ememb~1 that donallng
blood IS b.:ndlclal to all oj us and au' famll,es
W"h the SIan of Iht World's F~lI ,apldly ap
pro.aChlllg. the work SlIuation remalllS good The
Tenneco Job IS nOW in full SWlIlg wllh about ISO
eleCIIIClanS pres(nlly tmpl(lyed. AitCllanuary thl'
lob should call ahoul 20 10 JO tIl",e people and
puk at aboul 170 elecllicllnS.
V'c lIuss,e, prnldCnl oj Ihc Lou ..,a"a AFL·CIO.
called a speCIal one·day c(lnven l, On 10 d'5cuss how
orgam:cd labo, fal/ed III the local and $Iattw,de
clecllons, I1IcludU\g Ihe debu we IIlcuilcd Ae ­
cOIdl1lIlIO Mr, lIuule, we did pr(lIy good Many
of aUf fn ends we re elected Governo. Edwards and
LICUlenanl Govcmol F,eeman both spoke al Ihe
COnVenl",n They Ihanked bbol lor )IS hard wo,k
helpllli 10 ~el Ihem elected Governor Edward.
Pictured abovt is tht ntW homt of L(lcal 130, New
Orlnns, La., which is pru tntly under connruc·
lion. It hn four noon and .la'ge uumbly ctnler
wilh a st aring upaci. y of 700.
n,d ,hal at all of the 991rops thar he made aClou
the stue, labOl WaS well ,eprn.mod lie ,aid Ihal
in Ihc 28 yurs Ihat he has been ,n pubhc o ffic~ ,
Ihe labol phone banks ~Ie Ihe bes, evel assembled
Labor people dug down deep III the" pocketS 10
help thell !nends III IhlS decllon. We hope t(l be
rewaIded 101 OUI cllol15 by having the " Rlgh t·lo­
Work" Law, and Ihe Workman's Compensalion
l..:Iw thaI WI! passed under Rtpubhcan Go,·elllor
Treen's admlnlsuallon repeaJed. B.other BUSSIe
staled that labOl Will go all OUI to try 10 have the
" R'ghl·lo-Work" Law repealed 'n the nUl ,esslon
The AFt·CIO 15 III dehl In ueeS! of l700,OOO,
50 IIrOlhcl5 and S,slcn, we ale guml: 10 have 10
purchase many P,C Tlchu All of us shou ld par·
tlclpate 50 thar the bUlden will nOI fall on a celtam
few ..·ho lie alw~ys wlllmg to pay Ihell way. The
polmcal I lIu~lIon look, good for the nelt e'ghl
years, so lei 's keep II Ihat way by conmbullngour
falf share
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On Jobs
Shown on Ih Quill job in Lincolshire au, leit 10
light, Dan Swan, lIernit Ma c row ~ ki , Mike Sodaro ,
Nick Anone, Griff Manarik, and from Locl l 134,
la kt Schlein_
Shown on tht St. There" job are, Itft 10 right,
Rand y Ochoa, Dow Ginn, and Jim Robinson, and
lim Witdt< from Local ISO, Wauktga n, III.
Strike Nets Agreements;
Coalition Formed
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L.U. 1J4, (l,e m,I,ru8l.spa l, CIIICAGO, ILL.-On
Oetobel 3, 1983, Local 134, along wit h 19 other
UlllorlS. I lluck Ihe Ch.cago SOlid of Education
The sIIIke luted 16 school days and resulted In
wrllien aglcements for some umon' and a conlinuallOn
of Ihe plevaolinll wage "te
The .ul IIO IY 15 the fOlmulallon of I coalmon
of 10 umons leplesentmg over 38,000 umon members
undCl Ihe bannc" Sund Togelhe,/Stay Toge
ther The coalilion was fOlmed In March of 1981
by Bu~mess Managel Tlmolhy Bresnahan who 27