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

to avo.d any fur lhe. p,oblema at conl" CI negot(·
.. lIions Ihll yen
The officers of ou, locil umon lIe very mte,uled
m safety, both al wo,k and II home, for 01,1,
members 0 1,1, p,uJden t has ,eQuu ttd safety mttl·
m/l:t .n all TOC offleu SO we w,ll be Informed on
salely ",suel In o, del to prov.de • saltr enViron·
ment fo, ou r membe,ship.
Let's everyone sUPPOr! Our officen m the upeom·
'n, negoli.II0n$ and .ttend ou, umon meeun,.
• .... NCOll FLLMIM.:, P S
New Recreation
Committee Formed
L.U. uoo !uJ. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-At the Oc·
lober member.hll'l meelln," wu deCIded to form
.. I new Rcc.ullon Commlllee Thc members of
Ih" CommlHee lie 11m Cox, M.ke MIllime. jay
Taylor, Tnm Denny, Roy Pru.tt, and Bob Coffman
wllh TIm Coopcr scrvln, JI chllrman The oblect
of thu Commlllee II 10 fund and hold evenlS thll
• Will be of • soclll Ind leercatlOnal nllure fo,
members of th,s local.nd theLl "m.ILet
On November I. 1983, Ihe CommJltce held 'IS
fI ',l meelmg. It was dec.ded II thai lime to hold
". I MODte Carlo Nighl 10 raIse mDnty n,. nenl
wu held on December 2, 198J. The Commlllee
provIded the free food and ,dreshmcnts Ind il was
• very successful nlghl! It wouldn'l hne been
posSIble Ihough wuhout'lhe help of Ihe voluntcers
• from the locil Ind Ihe help Ind 'UPPOI! of Iheu
WIVes who cDnmbutcd bolh II home WLlh en
couragemenl and on Ihe n,ghl o. the Uenl by
help.n, run the pmel Ind pus out food
• May Ih" be • conllnum, .nd enugcllc Corn
mlllee and may n alway. have our SUPPOIII
Some of our neW "ewards h.d ,one 10 .IO·week
school ;and th,ce OUt o. fOUl Hnlshed Ihe course
They :ue M.ke .... Ib,echt. Din S.nders. Ind R.ck
Ham Congratulauons and ben wl,hes for conllLl·
ued successl
It IS my sad dU LY In rcpo" of Ih,ee de.th. m ou,
local. Jim Roberts, Vernon Ham .nd Ermc Freeman,
.11 members'lIlce Ihe mC~pllOn of thIS loc.l, WIll
be sadly mlSscd
Remember-buy Amencan and SUl'lpon you, 10·
calt
MO\LACIIV O'COl'NOl, P S
Children
Pictured lie thr childtfn of Brothrr Frank Sturnl,
Lou11402, 'iIUbu"h, 'a., Nikolll.nd Nalhaold.
Scribe To Retire;
Notes Attendance Policy
t.U. 1402 Itm), PITTSBURGH, PA.-Wllh ,rul
sadness I report the plSsm, of ,ellfee Dolo, cs
Dlbrowski She d.ed On Thlnks/l:ivm, DIY. No·
vember 24, 1983. She reli red July 1980 Condo·
lences ~ r t u\ended 10 Ihe famUy
Brothe, Mllchell Babnt sul/ered teve, c .bdom·
mil pams at work Ind WIS diagnosed IS h.nn, a
perforated ulce,. At th,s wlilmg he 15 still in Ihe
hosplt.L We send hun all good wishe l for. qu.ck
rrcovuy and to sec hllll back .. wo.k before Ion,.
Blother luI)' Tlylor hIS hid .nother ope,atlOn
on h.s elbow IS the aftermath of Ihe moto, cycle
accident of Seplembe r 1982 ..... ft cr .cmov.1 of the
Steward
cln and belore ,el'll,cmg the ca.t, he noted I 101
more movcmenl .n 1115.n, the arm 10 • hIgher
level The doclorSlle vcry plelscd wLlh hIS progrrn
and lie ,,"ung theupy on .he I.m He wl1l mOSI
hkely return to work dunns Ihe new yu,
It IS ,",L1h ml:led emOILons thlll must m.ke Ihls
my lan/ouma/.rtlcle. I am rellllng at the end of
Ih.s yell I hue .lso scrved IS ' eco,dmg sccretal)'
slIlce Scl'ltembe, of 1980. I WIll ml5S both I.If my
'u',nmentJ bUI. hopefully. look loward the 'uture
.nd ,et IIlID some wOllhwhile prolects My hobby
II 011 I'IIIIlUnK, and I w,lI ,clurn to dau .Ite, I
rell.e
ConCetnmS Ihe new attendance policy wblCh
began October I , 198J, the union andcomplny arc
1,,11 Il)Iln, 10 mod.fy the rules So far. even a
docto,·, excusc IS 001 accrptable. The policy '"'as
drawn up m hopes of !al$lnl Ihe I"endance 01 I
lew ch,onl c absentee memben. BUI, whenever
rule •• nd .e,ul.llons lie SCt III moll on, II .1/«11
.11 membeff even Ihose who h.ve near pe,fecI
attendance Wllh Wlllier hrre .nd the oold IDd nu
scuon CIIChllll III unawIICS, absenteeISm IS a
dllficull ploblem to control Down Ihe .oad. ,ftel
leners .nd d,ys off as drscll'lhnary aCllon. IS Ihe
Inevitable 5pCClel of finn,. n,jO pun a lot of
pressu' e on members who become le~lImllcly III
I hope to IoCC some modificallon In Ihe sYfiem
With willie. here ulllily bills seem to h.ve no
wly 10 ,0 bUI up As 'Clulllly as the SClsons, Ihe
ullimes ask lor ,ate raISes
When any mcmbel has a grIevance and 15 be'ng
repte.w:nted by hIS steward II • meelln, with the
company. he IS caUUOIIed to exercl.., some control
ovc, h.s UK ofbad larlpla,e The Steward IS advlscd
to lemove Ihe gr.evanl from the mcelln, and
UU\lOn h,m 10 calm down Ind use belle, language
to expres. hlmsclf .... nd, funhcr, If the grIevant
docsn'l hnen. Ihe steward should not relurn hIm
to the meelln,.
In closinl!. [ wanl to heanily than k the IBEW .
• nd thc /ourn