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

some cases, the mIlitary, 1$ th eil allies
You may not like th., pllaguph, bu., neverthe·
less, I .hink thele IS some lruth In lI. ColleCtive
ba rgaining must be flexible! It s.mply means thaI
whethel you freeze, back up, 01 move .hud. you
d,d o. will have some say·so In the dec"u)D. h IS
lal bettel than them lefu,ong 10 negollate or us
being told, take It 01 leave .t Only th.ough f1ui·
blllty can both rame. walk . w.y from the ".ble
with d'gnHy
On my desk, I'm look,ng "thl at II, II a label
from a ,oll of vlDyl t.pe [t leads, ,n bold lene.s,
"Unum Made"l and in lenen ,USt II bold II leads,
"Made ,n Talw.n, Repubhc of Chma." Oh yu' It
IS Underwll1er's Lab tested Ind Ihe UL number "
hSled II 362K I'm.n the dark! Can someone help!
A "lip of the ole chapeau" and heany cong' lt·
ulillons 10 the CHy Coune.l 01 Columbus, OhIO
The counc,1 iust recemly adoptcd a resolullon
,n,,,·uellng the cIty's d,vUlon of purchu.ng to .!:.ye
• p"orllY contldClallon 10 lIems 01 serv"e! pro·
duced In the United SlItts
Free ente.pnM: is no mo.e than a poh"cal, economIC
doctnne, and II '5 supposed to allow a
upnallstic economy to regulate llsell In I hee,
compcmive milk" throuth supply and demand,
wllh ionIc or no goyernment IntUVCnllon ThoM:
01 us who dvoclle no Inte,fe,ence by government
are askmg [0 be left II Ihe mClcy and hone~ty of
bIg busmess
1£ Iree enlCTpn5e II so damn glUt, why IS n
necessary to have SUbSIdies, tilt loorholes, mo·
nopoly law" and low· o. nO·Inte.est loans to the
buSlncss communltyl Why,. Uncle Sam buying
unproduced m.lk Ind whutl
We UnnOt and musl neyer deny I decent rrolit
to the busmus community, but thIS ptolil should
be m.de ,n .0 hooor.ble lod lepl way Corpora­
IIDDS should use IIClla and SlIlIep thlt lie not
hlrmhd o. dcmollh:ung to iIOClC ty, Ind In th,s
tbey have been miserable f"lulcs. B'g Amencan
buslDess coS! us, Ihe people of the UnllN St"CI,
h,lhons each yur on tues for defense spend'llI
bec.use, through 1e,lSbted loopholes, they arc
allowed to sell to aoy enemy of thIS