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

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u.ch oIlhc local 's Rve ,eo,r~phle dlvislons_ TOI~1
milu!c 101 onc complete 10uDd IS appro:lImalcly
2,600 mlks
He mU$! negollale lease .,rerments 101 ofllce
sp,ce, equipmcnt, aUlD, etc., and arrange 101 m,on'
leD,nce of buddm, and equlpmenl, and oblam
insurance covera,c to protcet the local union.
Thc busiDCSS m~",gcr / finJnclal secrelary musl
also mVeil Il/Iy excess funds nOI t""ing used altel
monthly expenses, to insure Ihe most return. When
I look office in April of 19110, wc were two monlhs
behind on sending Ihe International Office Ihell
part of the dues, because we did not have enough
money tOOPClaiC. "he money we did have invuled
was lied up on a seven·yur certificate and Ihe
IIllele" WIS being collecled and SpCnt 10 pay
Uptn5C11 IherclOle, We were nOI gaonln, anYlhing.
I wu lorced 10 withdraw the $.avmgs and pay OUI
b.lIs, which resulted 10 a heavy penalty 10 Ihe
bank, bUI we arC now in sound financial condlllon.
Our net Ananelal gam, oncludl", mteresl re ceived.
fOI tbe fiscal year ending lune 30, 198.J, was over
$30,000, which wIll allow U5 10 stan an insured
money lund Ihould we ever need 10 prov.de Slnkc
benefitSlOOul membeu. Repolu mUSI beplcpared,
monthly ~nd nmually, and prescnted at each mcetmg
of the local and Ihe Executive Board. The
Iccord, mU' 1 be audlled al Ihe end 01 each fiscal
year
The busine,. managcl/ /lunclil sccretar}' must
cooperate wIth othcr locals and the Internalional's
Utility Oep~lIIncnl 10 exchange of mlormation
surveys ~nd lubmil a ,ummary repon al the end
of each negollallon IU the viee president of our
diStrict. He mu't obtain bid, fo r new contract
books, or supplemcnl5, and distribute Ihem locach
member when printed Hc mUJl continually sludy
the IBEW Constilu"on, BNA Umon Labol Reports,
our agleement and bylaws, grievance gUide, and
other soulcn of Iniormallon to be able 10 proYlde
sound advICe 10 the members and protcCllhe ny,1S
and .ntegrilY of Ihe local TIus li51 15 Incomple.e,
but III I have space 101 in Ihis anicle. Other dUlles
of Ihe buslOus manager, finanCial secrelary, 01
olher officers of • local union can be found m
Arllde XIX of the Con$lllutton, Qr QU r bylaws.
801 Moo,,~, P.S.
New Officers Elected;
Building Committee Formed
LoU. 649 (l,o,u,III,s pa&utv l, AL TON,ILL.-ll has
becn some I.me since anythmghas been mentioned
aboul Ihis local, but Ihcrc haH been many thmgs
happen.ng since the lut word reported.
Thc month Qf June brouy,t aboul Ihe local's
eJections Almost all of Ihe elecled olllcllb arC
newcomen Conglatu!auo", to Brolher Cary
Walker, pruldenl, Brolhel Phtl S,UOn, VIce pres·
Ident, Brother Roben Whitlock, bUSIness managel,
Brolhcr l.m Hememann, reluming as recordmg
seeletary, and BrOlher Ja ck Tueth (feUUlel. Browel
Whillock has performcd dUllu previously, such as
plC5ldent of the local from 1911 10 1974. Also 10
nOIC, IhNe hive been many changes m the ElIcc'
ut,,'e Board personnel OUI IUPPOI1 goes 10 the
Blolhen as they carry OUI Ihell dUlies
Blother WiJ]lam E. Falker, !ellnng business man·
ager, ha decIded to bring his local e.r~c r 10 a dose
and go A!hlng He i5 WIShed a long ~nd healthy
rClirement
OUr new admmlSllaliun has been busy. During
the month 01 August, local olAcers and Exeeuuve
Board members attended a two·day leadelsh.pdan
al the hall The dassts were provided by the
Imemallonal Olllce and conducted by Howard
Mort'land, 1IItemailonal Reprcsc:ntauve 01 the S.xth
Dislncl SI~ff The pu~e of Ihe class Wl5 10
Inform local umon leadell of Ihe comIng changu
III the futule of the IlIde, conducllng uial boards,
handling grievance procedures, and conducllng
union busmen in the proper manner.
Seplember brought an arr anged meeting belw~en
Ihe local body of wuemen and hnemen and La"y
Lawlcr, adm.nistlalOl of the IBEW·NECA Health
and Welfare ln5urance !'ros.. m. The mceun" aJ'
rang~d by Ihother Whitlock, gave the wiremen an
opportunity to discuss the program III depth wllh
Pins
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KMtling, Itft to fi l ht, al ~ 35·yur !ccipien"
, ~ .d c n , W, Slaten, E. Kl amer, and II. KNlel back
row, lelt 10 right, Ire R. Wuthcrholdl, L. Noblc,
E, MannI, C. lliont ll, O. Doyle, C. Maguirc, aDd
II. Muhus.
Mr. Lawler Mr Lawler uplalDcd Ihe linanctal
condlllon of Ihe lDsuranee ploglam duc 10 Ihc hIgh
unemployment Th" caused some coneelO 10 Ihe
.dmlDlsuauve of Reels, and the officers dttlded on
~ few .mmedllif changes to help nsc the 5tllOn
on the money IcserVes of the IOsurance plogram,
AI some nl the Brothen coveled by this msutance
proglam lound OUI qurckly, one of the changes
madc WI! the IIllInll of the deductible portion QI
thc rnSU raneC on maiol medicallrom SIOO .o 5100.
M!, Lawler also look qUCSllons from the floor
penaining to individual claims made by Ihe memo
be rship. It was ve ry inlormallve, 10 sa y Ihe leasi.
Brother$ Walke. and Whitlock . tlendcd .he Sixth
D,striCt Proglen Meeting held In Traverse ClIY,
Michigan, on Ocwbcr 13 and 14. V.ce PrcSldenl
Conway ch,"cJ the mtcllng, keeping Ih.ngs very
mformal The meeling leponed the !lUU5 01 Ihe
cOnStrUCllon, Ullltty, and manulactullng blanches
of Ihe IIIEW
UOlon ElectriC hu !lulied IhcII ncw two-yeal
COntract .g.reement. The Olhcr piants have thell
conll3CU eomlDg up 10' negouallODs More on thn
u thIn" prog.e5$
Tbe Coal C.t.Srflcallon and Lock and Dam Prol'
ects lemalD the b'lI lobs so fat and are still go.ng
slIong Ihus far
As many membe., 01 the local know, a BUildmg
Commutce was selected by PrcSldent Walkel,
Mcmbcn now scrvmg Ihe Commrttee arc Chalk,
Yanccy, Union El ectric represen lative, Chuck
Wagner, Olin rc prucntalivcr Larry CICCI, Clark
Oil rep resenlat.ve, 'ohn Malloy, wireman appren·
tice, Wayne Rohetn, wiremanl and Terry Wtl hite,
wileman Prcsidcnt Walker called the AUI meelrng
on Oct. 27, 1983 Prcsident Walker dIScussed an
agenda the Commlttce m.ght conSIder Inllowmg,
such as 10 what ordel Itcms m.y,1 t"" gIven alten'
tion The prnenl condillon 01 Ihe bulldmg was
Ihe biggcst COnCern The Commillee ducu5scd
many oplions to prescnl Ih~ union body as 10 Ihe
beSt po$slble movc 10 recllly problems beslegl",
the hJ1l1I Ihe present lime. It was VOted upon 101
Blorner Milloy and 810lhtl Wlgttel tn share Ihe
chairman'S dUlles The CommhleedeClded 10 meet
on Saturd.y, Oerober 29, 1983. II 9:00 a.m. to
make an insptctron of the hall. The rClults were
plcsented 10 the body at the December mecling.
More from the 8uildm, Commillec as Ihings de·
velop.
IIrothcr Whillock a\tended a bu .. ncss lIlanager's
meeting on OC10bcr24 ~"d 25, 1983, In Champaign,
IIHnols. Vice Pruldent Conway chaired the IWO'
day meCling.
One event that WIll Slick In evcrynne's mmd ....
will be the Membenhlp Pm Awards Plelenillion
beld on November 4, 1983, I I the Collage Hills
VFW Hall. Begonning II 7,30 p.m., the regular
monthly meeti", was conducled ilnt, wuh pin
plcsentations and dinner follow.ng. President Cary
Walhr led Ihe list 01 pin reCIpients in the order
of years scrved. The pons were presented 10 each
membel by Ilrolhcr Wh itlock. On tOP 01 Ihe list
with 40 yeau service wcre Blolhers 8m Downing
and Bob !'rullage, wiremen. Olher recip.ents will
be mentiuned at a larci date. The Ical plus gamed
from this mee\lng wu the attcndance 01 the memo
bersh.p. At a latci date, Ih.s local wtll honol the
retirces of Local 649 wllh a s.mlla. awards dinner.
More 10 come nexl time
T£ .... y WCUIfTl, 1'.5.
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Pin Awards
Recipients or lO·yur pin. wut, t 10
Brothers Oavc Canlpbdl, Go rdon Rudd, Ir"
Redmond, Ihrold Brtedlovt, lohn lIof/mn,
Knutk, and Don Zimmer.
Local 673 Celebrates
53rd Anniversary
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L U. 671 Ii,o,u,rrdup. j, PAINESVI LLE, OHIO­
Saculday, December 10, 1983, marked Ihe SlId
annt~erury of Local 673'. chaner tn the Inlema·
1I0nai Brolhelhood 01 EleClflcal Worken and an ..
OUlManding reception was held at Ihe Normandy
Pany Centel In lecognillon.
Corsages for the ladies and I conttnUllY ICStCI'
flashhghl lor brolher and , i$lcr members at the
door stalled an eventng of Kood 1Od, {crrifie con·
"CTsllion, music and dancing, a lillie p"tlical
joking (jU51 uk BrOlher Mark Blanksl, and an
overall aura of brOlhcrhood and duerved pride tn
our local union.
The pa rents of the gtlIduate apprentices, as gueslS,
Icce.vcd the CQmpl,IDentary flashlight and Ihe
Qpportuniry of leeing PreSident Ron Clangllcomo
plcscnt the new 10urneymen thell ceruAcates from ..
the Nallonal loint Apprcnliceship and Tlllnmg
Cummince
Presidenl C.an&oacomo 01150 awarded mCn! badges
of honor fOI YUII of service to the foUowlng ...
BrothelS: five yur_D~le Woods, 8ill Redmond,
Oan Callo, Ted Daly, Cliff fennel, Cary Good·
manson, Luke Hale, Ron Ham n c, Seon Hartman,
Joel KDazek, Kuft Kmght, Milko Kristanc, lohn
Parker, SteVe Pettus, Terry Wyse, Bill Hocrz, Ir., .­
Paul Kallio, Mike Cilkelson, f rlnk Booher, Kent
Morgan, M.chad Blnelle, lac Oav.dovlch. R. ch
Caruckas,ll., ' crotne juill$kl, and lim Swanz. Ten
years-Ed Heima, Dive l'ludec, Bill lohnson, lim
McCulloch, BHl Rensh~w , T.m Sukat, and Tony