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

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New Officer
PltlU'fd I. aewiy elected Genual Chai rm an f ilii
' lI hntOD (rI,hl, of L.U. 214, Chlu,o, Ill., cllttuu lnl
probltllu n M· I9A Olef t! Ramp wjlh mtmHfI.
nth month Try 10 allend and bnn, you. ,uqu
110n.
On Oelobc, 28, 1983, Local 214 held II. Annual
Rturfmem Piny Brothel John Weber, Kent,,1
chauman, .( ti red and wu r . ctcnlcd .. walch (n.1
urally ",hold app,oved] by newly elected General
Chai rm an EIll! lohnson Illothe. Webel then give
a ,hon speech of J!tll1Il.Ide 10 ,he friends he hId
made through hi, many yeau of loyal ,clvice The
party then went on with evcryone cnloymg both
food Ind dunk
Early 'n the month of OeWbcl, Ccnc r ~1 Chall"
man Elhs iohnwn and mytCif vlllled shop. In the
ChlUIO Iru 10 'peak wllh .he cltelnc,_n, fiul
hand and find QU, some of the problems ,hi, ex'SI
We hue found 01,11 Ihat one of the bluUt problem.
we'le flCm, I. the temporary Icllef forem.n Thl'
I. whele In electnclan wo.k. pall or somellmu
mou of the week u • relief fo.em.n and the IUt
of the time on hi. lellulal lob Thlt bllnll' up
ploblem. 5uch as eli'Ibih ty fUI ovcmme, wmkload
forced on iellow empluyees duc to hI! absence,
and IU51 pbin connlCt of intelcst These prublems
do Ulst and . Ie bem, looked !Illa al Ih" time
In last month', l$Sue J lold you of pru,ramS lhal
welc beml mmated to keep membeTt well m ·
fO lmed of loc.l bustOus The filSt of thue P'O'
&ram. e.me In Oclobe. A spe.kel .ynem wu
InslIlled In the union office 10 allow a &TOup of
membe,. who unnol Sit to on a meelinl 10 huen
m by phone Thl' .1I0w. membell at o ullym,
POlnlllO beller undeluand the operallon 01 umon
busmess and spe.k OUt dueelly 10 the ,.cople whu
ale worklnl to thell Mh.lf
lobt Ife h.rd to find .0 we're ,lad to repoll In
th,. article that Brothel lerry Powen returned to
the M·19A Diesel Ramp from a lonlt, unde~crvcd
layoff
Localll4 wishu 10 expresslu deepell .ympalhy
10 Brothe. roc Pacheco on the lou of hi. b. other
Hen!)' In October of 1911J
RememMl, -" union meellnl need. you 10 be
productive
Both Sides
Must Work Together
LU. III (f, u,em,nb,Cl tvaup.l, SIOUX CITY,
IOWA _ As of thiS wnllng II ', Decembe. and II',
10101 on ciShl monlhs smce Ihe plomMr. and
flnen II lIke be,.n here in SIOUX City For those
01 you who a.e . eadlng thIS article. you may wonder
JUSt what Ihll pruhlem has 10 du wllh an IHEW
{ournll} • • ucle. Pellonally, I leel Ihere II an 1m
portant luson In thIS I !lLke lor everyone 10 Ihe
COnS IIUCIIOD IOduu!)' When ellhe. Ut both SIdes
Illek theu huds 10 Ihe land .nd the linn nf
commumcauon ale clostd_ Ihe end !) ncar Con
".cIOIS ale unton employers bec.use they choose
to be UntOCI. 001 MCluse Ihe Ilw say. Ihey hne
10 be unton Once ellher Ilde for,eta Ihll .11
problem. arc "Ioml" Indunry problems which
.equlle COO!"CUIIOD from bolh Iides, I. when the
nouble leaUy be"ns Th~ O'pmullons, whether
Ihey rep.uenl labo. o. m.nll!cmcnt, Ihat try 10
opellt( cvcrythlDS as Ihoul(h 11', either bllck or
whitt w,1I evenlually haH I .. d endlDlI Nurhlllll
that wo.h well 0llerotcsltner p~.reci T he whole
wo.ld lunClion. to IhOK Vay ~.c'" ~ I ( I ( In 0'"
community. memMrs 01 thl' unIon and Ihe olher
bUlldlni ludes umon. know many plumbers who
have Men hfe·lo", {"ends and U" I . h.me 10 KC
eve!)'th'rllthey hne fou"'l for dUllni the la~t so.
plus years lost dunnl one nelOUlun, lCason
Twenty· and Ihmy·year employees 01 Ihe same
shop wake up ont mornml askin, Ihemselves how
It ended soqu,ckly I dun'l know Iht! anyone could
uy tltt! clther Sidc " 100 !"Crcenl II flUll, but u's
been an eye opene. to U ~ Ihild 1'3r1y ohservers_
Maybe we , hould all spend I lillie mOle lllnc and
erlo" wOlkmg logethel 10 millfe thn we haYe a
futule
I would hke to Ihank L