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EDITORIAL 

COMMENT 

Great Strides 

For A 

Great New Year 

Tbe beginning of a new year 

is once again upon us; and traditionally 

this means it is the 

time of the year wben the 

tboughts of most individuals, 

while reflecting on the event 

that consequently helped shape 

tbeir lives during tbe past year, 

are also concerned about wbat 

the future holds for them in 

thc ncw year. Therefore, resolutions 

are made and plans are 

considered, all with the hope 

that whatever develops the results 

will bring a better WAy of 

life and more happinc sin the 

for thcoming year. 

One thing that is most important 

to every member of the 

mEW is that, ill thcir deliberations 

and plans for 1986, careful 

thought should be gi ven 

with real concern about what 

they can do to help maintain 

the solidarity and strength of 

our great union that is needed 

to forward the progress of our 

llrothcrhood. It is imperative 

tha t each and every officer and 

member in each and every local 

union dedicate themselvcs to 

make every effort to work for 

and promote the progress of the 

lBEW. 

Today as in the past, those 

persons and organization who 

are true enemies of workers, 

organized or unorganized, are 

strOllgJy attacking the rigJ1ts of 

workers to orj\anize and bargain 

collectively. Our antiunion 

enemies are still working 

very hard to prevent workers 

from achieving a fair share of 

the profits so they can enJoy 

the tbing that can bring them 

economic and social happine s. 

There always has been great 

reSIstance toward letting unions 

achieve too much at the bargaining 

table for its members 

or by adding to the trength of 

unions by urganizing new 

members. However, today the 

task of olving labor's problems 

has been increased with increased 

restrictions md additional 

antilabor atmospheres 

created by an unfriendly administration 

in the White House, 

and greedy and unscmpulous 

employer who are spending 

millions and millions of dollars 

on union-busting tactics in order 

to keep organized labor from 

improving union members' 

welfare at the bargaining table 

and at tbe workplace. 

Despi te all these hindrances, 

the advancement of the mEW 

must continue as it has ever 

since the beginning of the 

Brotherhood. The object on 

which the Hrotherhood was 

fOlUlded were based on the ideal 

that in complete cooperation, 

the officers and members would 

work to accomplish the ohjectives 

for which the Brotherhood 

was founded and that every 

member has taken an oath 

to work for and promote the 

objects of the llrotherhood so 

thatall members and tbeirfamilies 

call have a happy life. 

The objects of the Brotherhood 

3re JUSt a important to 

mEW officer and nlembers today 

as they were to founder 

and pioneers of our union. Great 

progress has been made down 

through the years for the members 

of the lllEW because the 

members of our great labor organization 

have alway trived 

to help the mEW to remain a 

ba tion of union strength that 

would better ourselves, our 

union, and the community in 

which we work and live. 

As we enter into this new 

year, we must remember that 

in order to ominue to enjoy 

our union way of life, we must 

always strive to protect the 

gains made down through the 

year through the tIDity of all 

the branches of our great Brotherhood. 

We must make every 

effort po sible in 1986 to help 

the mEW remain a tower of 

union strength a we move forwa 

rd to better ourselves, ow 

country, and the society we 

live in. 

To all IBEW officers, members, 

amI thei1 families, and t 

all the friend of the IBEW and 

organized labor, I wi h a most 

successful and happy new year. 

hades H. Pillard 

International President

OFFICIAL PUBLICATlON OF THE INTERNATl ONAL BROTHERHOOD 

OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS 

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JOURNAL • JAN UARY • 1986 

CHARLES H. PILLARD, Editor 

Volume 85, No. 1 January, 1986 

FE~TU~ES 

Sevenlh District Progress Meeting 2 

1985 Inter,Union Gas Workers Conference 5 

Jack Kain, Director of IBEW Broadcasting and 

Recording Departmenl, Retires 6 

International Representative Reginald Gilliam 

Appointed Director of the IBEW Broadcasting and 

Recording Department 6 

Annual Audit of the IBEW 9 

New Telephone Local Union 2213 Granted Charter 

January Buying Guide 17 

DEPA~TIVIENTS 

Editorial Comment 

Research and Education 

Salety Tips 

Local Unes 

In MemOriam 

Reliections 

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bflngs in the New Year in traditional 

style. Inside this issue afe a variety 

0' important anicles of direct interest 

to 18EW members. Regular monthty 

features complele this 111S1 Issue of 

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EXEcUnVE 

OFFICEIIS 

CHARLES H. PILLARD 

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JACK F. MOORE 

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VICE PRESIDENTS 

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SEVENTH DISTRICT 

PROGRESS MEETING 

The 1985 Annual Seventh District 

Progress Meeting was held October 

13-16, 1985, In Dallas, Texas, at the 

Sheraton Dallas Hotel. S

Partial "iew of delegates attending the general session of Ille Seventh 

District Progress Meeting. 

Panlal view 01 delegates attending the general sesSion 01 the Seventh 

District Progress Meeting. 

tions with both their members and 

the news media. 

NECA Fleld Representative Jack 

Ru sell presented the John Jenner 

Award to the Outstanding In side Apprentice 

Alfred Lawson, Jr., of Local 

271 , Wichita, Kansas, who had an 

overall grade of 97 percent. mEW 

Represen tative Ray Hill presented 

the Jack Grimm Award to the Outstanding 

Outside Apprentice Tim 

Riddle of Local 304, Topeka, Kansas, 

who bad an overall grade of 93 percent. 

Both were personally congratulated 

by President Pillard and Vice 

President Tate. 

Bill Aston, president, Dalla Power 

and Light Company, presented a 

movie on the utility industry and 

predicted an increase of electrical 

consumption in excess of 3 pcrcent 

a year due to the baby boom of the 

late 1 950s and early 1960s that created 

80 million new Americans who 

arc III the 25-to-35-year age group. 

Vice President Tate then introduced 

our new International Secretary 

Jack F. Moore, past mtemational 

Vice President of the Eleventh Districl. 

mtemational Secretary Moore 

was given a standing ovation on his 

first Progress Meeting as International 

Secretary. He cautioned the 

de legates on the mcre.sed audits by 

the Department of Labor and advised 

them of reviewing their bonding requiremcnts. 

He reminded them of 

the necessity of keeping their Death 

Benefit Beneficiary Certificate up to 

date and the need to start pension 

app lications six months prior to the 

planned retirement date. 

International Treasurer Thomas 

Van Arsdale spoke on the changing 

situations of union labor and suggested 

we would have to experiment 

with new approaches to represent 

workers. 

Suzanne Estes of the City of Hope 

spoke on the progress being made in 

the war against cancer and showed 

a movie to the delegates. Sbe also 

presented plaques to Locals 960 and 

114 1 for their contribution. 

Vice President Tate announced, 

following the luncheon hosted by 

Locals 59, 69, and 1176, that Bill 

Potts, Local 59, had won the COPE 

raffle, which was a trip to the Super 

Bowl. During the Progress Meeting 

$1,880 was collected for COPE. 

International Executive Council 

Chairman Wesley I. Taylor explained 

the duties of the lEC and talked about 

Arvin Industries, which has 15,000 

employees with only 100 of these in 

the United States. Their products are 

distributed by Sears and Roebuck and 

J.e. Penney. He stated that the sale 

of Con-Rail could result ill the loss 

of 10,000 mare jobs in the railroad 

industry and further hurt the Rail- 

PiC1ured speaking to the delegates is William 

Aston. preSident. Oallas Power and Ughl 

road Retirement Act. 

NECA Field Representative Jack 

Russell spoke on the recent NECA 

Convention. 

Harry Hubbard, president of the 

Texas State AFL-CIO, talked about 

their computer-printing operation. He 

stated they have 340,000 names in 

their setup and shortly will be able 

to run several mail-outs simultaneously. 

He ta lked about Texas labor's 

political contributions and stated they 

could take their entire income a year, 

about $1 million, and it wouldn't 

buy one good national TV slot_ 

Sixth District lEC member Thomas 

H. Pursley waS our first speaker on 

Tuesday. He spoke on procedures to 

follow on appeals of charged mem- 

Partial VIew of delegates attending the Construction Workshop 

Panial view 01 delegates attending the workshop held lor lhe Manufac· 

luring, Mainlenance, Telephone, and Utility Branches 

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ers and legal suits by members 

against the mEW. He also talked 

aboutfuture changes in the National 

Electrical Benefit fund. 

Vice PresIdent Tate made his annual 

report to the Seventh District 

delegates. He showed a film titled 

"What You Arc Is What You Sec." 

He gave the delegates membership 

figures for the Seventh District from 

1969 to 1985, which emphaSized that 

we have gruwn evt:.IY yea.r, excepl 

one, since 1969. He gave a report on 

the n urn ber 01 appeals from charged 

members bOlh nationally and in the 

Seventh lJistnct. In conclusIOn, VIce 

President Tate told the delegates that 

many of OUI current problems arc 

the result 01 our failure to change. 

He stated, "We are going to have to 

develop goals for the future because, 

like it or not, change is herc; and we 

can't gn hack tn the old ways." 

The rest of the Prog.ress Meeting 

was speo t in workshops for construction, 

uulity, telephooe, manulacturing, 

and maintenance local unions. 

It was noted that this may have 

been the biggest Progress Meeting to 

date; and all the hosts, speakers, and 

guests were thanked. Roy Dickinson, 

lBEW Research and Education Department, 

was thanked lor his help 

in the workshops. Roy's handouts 

and talks on Pre· Retirement Spouse's 

Benefits, Health-Related Services, and 

Retirement Equity Act of 1984 were 

Important to the delegates. Thanks 

also went to Ken Maddox for his 

remarks and answers 10 quesuons 

regarding NEBF. 

PreSident Pillard is shown presenting the John 

Jenner Award to the Seventh District Outstand 

Ing Inside App'enlice Alfred Lawson, Jr., Local 

271, Wtchita, Kansas. LOOking on is Vice President 

Tato. 

PreSident Pillard is shown presenting lhe Jack. 

Grimm Award to the Seventh DIStrict Outstanding 

Oulslde ApprentJce Tim Riddle, Local 304, 

Topeka, Kansas. 

Local 716 delegates and Business Manager Ronnie Raspberry accept the Seventh District COPE 

Award lor the largest ' 984 contribution of $20,000. 

Delegates to the Seventh District Progress MoolJng representing k>cal 

unions whldl conlnbuted atleaSI $1 00 per member are shown receiving 

1984 Seventh D1strict COPE Awards Irom InlernationaJ Secretary Jack 

Moore. 

International Secretary Jack Moore is shown With delegates representmg 

local untons which received the 1984 IBEW National COPE Award for 

contllbutions 01 $2.00 or more per member. 

Prior to the Seventh Dislrict Progress MeetIng. local 1548 oHleers and 

Business Manager Fllemon Hernandez are shown accepting Ihe 1984 

National COPE Award from Vice President Tale as the outslandlng local 

in the Seventh District for contributions of $9.40 per member. 

4 I IBEW JOURNAL! JANUARY 1986

Pk:tured al the podium is tnlernalionsr VIce Presidenl Dan Walers addresSing the IBEW caucus Sealed on Ihe dais are Bob Macdonald, Director, 

rBEW Utility Depanmenr, and Inlernalional Repfesenlatlve Sob Ble'llz. 

1985 Inter-Union Gas 

Workers Conference 

The ISEW was honored to serve a 

host union for the 1985 Inter-Union 

Cas Workers' Conference held at the 

Sarasota Hyatt Hotel In arasota, 

Florida, during the wee k of eplember 

29. This Conference involves II 

internatJonal and/or national unions 

• f"Ii",ed WIth the AFL- 10. The 

mEW has been a participant ,,1 this 

Conference since 1963, approxImately 

three years after its inception. 

In .ddwon to the LBEW, the other 

AFL-CJO affiliates who were represcmcd 

at this year's Conference include: 

International Chemical Workers 

Union (ICWU I, Otl, Chenueal 

and AtomiC Workers International 

Uruon 10CA WI, Office and Professional 

Employees lntemauonal Union 

10PE/UI, International Union of Op· 

crating Engineers (IUOEI, Service 

Employees International Union 

(SHU!. Transport Workers Union of 

America (TWU I, United Association 

of Plumbers and Pipefi ttcrs (UAI, 

United Steelworkers of America 

(USWA I, and Utility Workers Union 

of America (UWUAI· 

Ovcr the years the ConIerence has 

grown from a mere handful of local 

union delegates to become a rather 

formidable meeting of almost 250 

delegates representing gas workers 

in the United State and Canada. 

Dunng thl period the number of 

internauonal and/or nauonal unions 

Involved has grown from Just four to 

the .11 that participated this year. 

Again this year, the mEW had the 

largest single delegation at the Can· 

ference, numbering 94 out of the 246 

delegate 111 attendance. We are ju - 

tifiably proud 01 the partiCipation by 

our IBEW locals at this Conference 

and of the fact that the LBEW represents 

more ga workers than any 

other international or nationaluniol1 

affiliated with the Conference . 

The Cas Conference was estab 

Ii hed to provide local unIOn leaders 

from ruverse labor orgaruzauons wlth 

a forum at whIch they might d,scu S 

i sues of conlman interest to lheir 

members working in the gas utility 

industry. By most measures the Can· 

ference has been successful in achlev· 

iog thiS baSIC purpose. 

As host ulllon for the 1985 Con· 

ference, the IBEW Utility Depart· 

ment was responsible for site selection 

and preparatton, devclop1l1g the 

agenda, based on recommendations 

from the Conference coordlnat rs 

and Steering Committee; provld1l1g 

speakers for the general sessions; and 

conducllng the Conference. The Dcpartment's 

staff received a great deal 

01 cooperation and assistance from 

the lnternatiollal Representativcs assigned 

to the Conference by their 

Districts' fnternational Vice Presi 

dents and were also gratlfied by the 

many IBEW local union delegates 

who volunteered their assist..1ncc prior 

to the open1l1g of the Conference. 

While it i impOSSible to mention 

the names of all those who volunteered 

their assistance, it sh uld be 

noted that minutes of the general 

sessions were ably taken by Dan 

Joe Cavanagh, Director 01 rSEW legislative Activities, is shown speaking at the general session 

of the Gas Conference 

IBEW JOURNAL I JANUARY 1966 I 5

Malor, asslstant business manager of 

Local Il l, and by Bill Noyes, busines 

manager of Local 2Joo. Wi thout 

this type of combined cooperation, 

it would be impossible to conduct a 

con1erence or this n::ttllrr . 

At the IDEW caucus held on the 

morning of the first day, the del e 

gates were welcomed to Florida by 

Filth Distnct Jnternallonal VIce 

Pre ideot Dan Waters. The caucus 

was attended by all participating lBEW 

delegates and was chaired by Bob 

Macdonald, Director of the Utility 

Department. Many issues were discus 

cd dudng this meeting, and the 

delegates were given a bdel outline 

of the history of the Cas Conlerence. 

he general sesSIon of the Conlcrence 

was held On Tuesday afternoon 

and Friday morning and was chaired 

by International Representative Bob 

Bieritz of the mEW Utility Department, 

who has been active in this 

Conlercnce smce 1965. As he welcomed 

the delegates from aU of the 

participating unions, he reminded 

them of the cooperation necessary 

on the part of al l affiliated UJuons in 

sponsoring the Cas Conference. The 

Conlerence's coordinators from the 

participating mtcrnanoaal and aational 

unions were mtroduced by 

Brother Rieri t7., who . crve., with them 

as IBEW coordmator to the Conlerence. 

The coordinators are re pon 

Sible for developing the programs 

necessary to achieve the Conference's 

goals. 

International Vice President Dan 

Waters delivered the keynote address 

on which he reminded the delegate 

that labor was still very much alive, 

even though we have utiered through 

some very penlous times since Reaan 

and his adminostratlon took the 

Delegates from Local 1245. local 2199. and System Council U·18 are shown dunng the ISEW 

caucus. 

reins of the Executive Branch of the 

federal government. He cited the destructive 

forces at work against labor's 

objectives but insisted that if 

we all work together we can, and 

WIll, be stronger as a result of haVing 

overcome the taCtics employed by 

those who seek to weaken and de 

Stroy us. 

One of the most meaningful IS ues 

with which labor is faced today- tax 

reform and the apparent move to tax 

fnnge benefits-was addressed by Joe 

'-avan.gh, Director nf mEW Legislative 

Activities. In his remarks, 

Brother Cavanagh inlormed the delegates 

that the current term of "lile 

support benefits" is being employed 

\0 place of fringe benefits because it 

IS a more descriptive form of terminology. 

He expressed great concern 

over the position Or lack of pOSition 

on benefit taxation that is taken by 

our congressmen, even some of those 

whom labor helped elect. In concluding 

his remarks, Brother Cavanagh 

stated that out of 10,000 lobbyists 

working Capitol Hill, only )00 

lobby on behalf of labor unIons and 

the workmgpeople in tlus country. 

lIe is very proud to be a part of this 

small but effective force that is known 

as the " People's Lobby. " 

lotematlonal RepresentatIve Jim 

Dushaw of the IDEW UtilllY Department 

appeared before the deleganon 

to discuss the "Control of Alcohol 

and Drug Usc in the UtilIty Industry" 

and the problems faced by unions 

10 prntecting the righ .. and pnvacy 

of their members. Taking an enlightened 

approach, he suggested that 10- 

eal union Involve themselves \0 negotiating 

meaningful Employee 

Assistance Programs to combat these 

problems. Brother Dushaw suggested 

that the union should attempt to 

negotiate over the drug and alcohol 

work rules, even those involVUlg drug 

testing, in order to soften the regressive 

approach sometimes taken by 

management of some uti lities. To 

Piclured are lBEW delegates during Chelr caucus on Tuesday morning Those In the Ironl row Include representa!lllos of Locals 420, 300, 457, 1268. 

and 1902, 


support this suggestion, he cited the 

position taken by arbitrators in many 

cases he bas reviewed and the lack 

of any solid legal precedent on this 

iss ue. Several questions and comments 

arose from the delegation, 

fu eling additional d,scu Slon of this 

pcrplexing issue. 

On Wednesday and Thu.r day lhe 

Conference was sphl LntO several 

workshops involving the various work 

activlllcs at gas dIstribution and 

transmission utilities. For the fust 

time a workshop was provided for 

the discussion of political/legislative 

responsIbilities. These workshops 

were conducted by local ullion officers 

and representatives of the various 

inlernational andlor national 

unions involved in the Conference. 

In addItion to the five Conlerence 

workshops, the Industrial Union Department, 

AFL-CIO, conducted two 

workshops covering two separate 

geograph,cal regions represented al 

the Conference. 

At the clostng of the general session 

on Friday mormng, the delegates 

received the oral repons from the 

vanous workshops and engaged in a 

d,SCUSSIon on health care cost containmelll 

led by ConIcrence Chairman 

Bob Bieritz. In his closing remarks, 

Brother Bleritz commended 

the delegates for their attendance and 

participation in all of the Conference's 

activities and reminded them 

thaI their coopef3l1on is extremely 

important to the success of this 

Meeting. This year's Cas Conference 

has received a great deal of praise 

from the delegates and the participating 

international and national 

unions. 

IBEW Internalional Representatives John Keilty. Second DistriCt. and Ken WOOds. First District, 

are pictured Sealed In the second (OW, foreground, dunng the Conference's general session. 

Photographed during the Conference's general session are ISEW Cleregates from Canadian locals 

213 and 636, with delegates from Locals 3. 2060, and 2279 seal ed Immediately behind them. 

In the foreground are Brothers Frank Maher, Local 320, and Gerry Sprague, Local 2216. pictured during the Gas Conference general session. 

IBEW JOURNAL! JANUARY '986 I 7

Jack Kain, Director of IBEW Broadcasting 

and Recording Department, Retires 

Effecove December I, 1985, Brother 

lohn E. "Jack" Kain, mEW Director 

of Broadcasung and Recording Department, 

rewed. Brother Kain served 

as Director of the Broadcasling and 

Recording Department ince March 

14, 1975. He was hom on November 

12., 1920, in Brisbane, North Dakota, 

and was initiated into the mEW on 

November I, 1947, as a member of 

Local 46, Seattle, Washmgton. As a 

rank-and-file member of Local 46, he 

became an active trade unionist and 

served Local 46 as an electronic instructor, 

unit chairman, anu ... Illenlber 

of the Education Committee. 

Brother Kain served on the Negotiating 

Committee of Local 46 cover· 

ing radiO, teleVISIOn, and sound 

agreements. He served as a member 

of the Examming Board and was ap· 

pointed as as istant business manager 

of Local 46. On October I, 1972, 

Brother K3in was appointed as an 

International Representative by 

President Ch'1fles H. Pillard and was 

assigned to the Broadcasting and Recording 

Department staff at the International 

Office in Washington, 

D. C. Brother Kaln was appOinted 

Director of the Broadcasting and 

Recording Department on March 14, 

1975. Brother Kain, while seIVlOg his 

local union and the Brotherhood on 

the International staff, has become 

well known as a dedicated trade 

unionist and IS well respected for his 

knowledge and expertise as he rcp· 

resented the mEW in the broadcasting 

and recording lOdustry. Brother 

Kain set up and chaired the mEW 

Broadcasting and Recording Or-p.rtment 

Annual Conferences and also 

led the mEW Negotiating Committee 

in the national negotiations with 

the Columbia Broadcasting System. 

He also represented the IBEW in 

various other national collective bargaining 

negotiations with employers 

in the broadcasting and rccunling 

industry. The mEW will always be 

gratehal for the loyal and dedicated 

service to the Brotherhood by Brother 

Jack Kain. The entire Brotherhood 

extends sincere beSt wishes to Brother 

Rain and his wife, Elsie, for many 

happy year of retirement. 

International Representative Reginald Gilliam 

Appointed Director of the ISEW Broadcasting 

and Recording Department 

International President Charles H. 

Pilla.rd has appointed International 

Representative Reginald Gilliam as 

Director of the IBEW Bruadcasting 

and Recording Department effective 

November I I, 1985. Brother Gilliam 

was bam June II, 1931, in Holland, 

Texas, and initiated into the mEW 

in Local 1139, New Orleans, Louisiana, 

on May I, 1957. Brother Gilliam 

became active in his local union 

and served as a shop steward, a member 

of the Negotiating Committee, 

and a member of his local's Executive 

Board from July, 1970, until November, 

1970, when he became president 

of Local 1139 and served In that 

capacity untll February, 197 J . In Febnlary. 

1971, Brother Gilliam became 

buslDess manager of his local and 

served in that office until May, 1975. 

On May 12, 1975, Brother Gilliam 

was appointed by ImemationaJ President 

Charles H. Pillard as an Inter- 

8 I ISEW JOUHNAL/ JANUARY 1986 

national Representative and was assigned 

to the Broadcasting and 

Recording Department at the International 

Office in Washington, 0 , C. 

While serving on the staff of the 

Broadcasting and Recording Depart· 

ment, Brother Gilliam has assisted 

ill the CBS-mEW national negotiations, 

the RCA Service Company 

national negotiations, and quarterly 

IDEW-CBS meetings. rn carrying out 

numerous duties, he has aSSisted 

mEW local unions in negotiations 

with various broadcasting companies 

that arc in agreement with the 

mEW. Brother Gilliam al a has represented 

the Brotherhood at the mEW 

RCA joint communication meetings 

and the IBEW-RCA joint apprenticeship 

meetings. He also has attended 

the Annual AFL·OO Industrial. Union 

Department Conferences since 1975 

and has assisted broadcasting and 

recording local unions in gnevance 

and arbitration caSes. Thc ennIe 

Brotherhood extends congratulations 

and best wishes for succcss to 

Brother Gilliam in his new position_

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WAYNE KENDRICK & COMPANY 

CERTI FIED PUBLIC A CCOUNTANTS 

1200 FIFTEENTH STREET. N . W 

WASHINGTON . 0 C zooms 

International Executive Camcil 

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 

Washirqton, D. C. 

Gentleren: 

Septarber 6, 1985 

We have made an examination of the acccunts and re~nrl s of 

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for the fiscal year ended 

June 30, 1985, and sul:Jnit herewith the following exhibits and schedule: 

Exhibit "A" - Statement of Assets and Liabilities 

As at June 30, 1985. 

Exhibit ·B" - Analysis of FUnd l\ccounts 

For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1985. 

Exhibit ·C· - 

Statefrent of Incane and Expenses 

For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1985. 

Schedule "1" - Cash 

As at June 30, 1985. 

OUr examinatioo was made in accorrlance with generally accepted 

auditing standards, and, =rrlingly, included such tests of the accamting 

records and such other auditing procedures as ..,. considered necessary in the 

circumstances. 

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In our OPlIUOO , the acoc:rrpanying exhibits present fairly the financial 

oondition of International Brotherlxxxl. of Electrical Workers as at June 30 , 

1985, and the results of its operations for the fiscal year then ended, in 

conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied 00 a basis 

consistent with that of the preceding fiscal year. 

Respectfully suJ:rnitted, 

tJ,,-~ L £~;,..J. 

WAYNE KrnllRICK & CCMPANY 

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INTERNATI ONAL BROTMERHOOD or ELECTRiCAL WORKERS 

(AS AT JtwE )0, 1985) 

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INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELF.CTRICAL WOPJI.ERS 

l AS AT JUNE 3D, 1985) 

NJt'fS : Tho ac::cc:unts ard rncxm1s of International Brotherhocd ot Els:trlca1 

--- "brlten are mailltai.ned prir!arlly on a cash basis. Adjust::menu \oere 

IMdo at. Juno 30, 19I1S, to ~t the financial statooonts on the: 

lICcrual basis. 

C4rw1dian dollars are i.nc:lwed in this report wi th::lut. regard to 

exc:h.1.ngoa dif terent.1.als. 

Apprnx..imJte m.uket value& of inwsmen.t.s in c:orpxate st:ocks and 

bonds, pt!.rna.rily 4a detenrU.ned by the eusttd:izuu;, ~ as !o~: 

corr.orat.e St.ocks 

Ilcnls 

1C'I"JUS 

BOOK 

II1\LUE 

S 10,9]5. 345. 74 

47,U.,215.95 

$ 58, 359,561.69 

APPR)XLYJl.TE 

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$ 12, 924,612.50 

48,505. 6 45.95 

$ 61.430,258 .H 

I'.u-kct valucs o f other lnvest:nenbJ have not been ascert.alned. 

"n1e book value of l:c:nd. i5 stated at. face value:, ....nth the exoeptia'I of 

ablrt-tum Ueasury bllli Io.tUch are stata::l. a t cost. ~zcd 

d.Uccunta and pnmilDS on I:xn1s have been included in the valuat.i.al 

of su::h b::rrls. 

~ (Cont.irnJcd) 

Furniture and eqv.ip-'....ent is &tilted at cost, less proceeda of .furniture 

and equipre.nt sold and reserve far depreciation aOC\Zll.l.lAted to 

June 30 .. 19B5 . 

OfUoe brllding is stated at CXl6t. , less ~ .for depreciatia'l ao:urrulated 

to June )0, 1985. 'n;e lDl!d. a"I \oIhi.dl the buil.d.1nq is siwated 

is leased fran Electrical Workers' Benefit AslQCiat;.ion for " 

poria:! of sixty years erdi.nj May 31 , 2029 . 

"Suspense Jlccn.lnt" is the control account of the exccss ot illTU1I1ts duo 

fran local uniQ'lS over unallocated receipu frail. ~ overpayrlents by 

lcx:.:Ll unions. 

No turds QOll.et;tcd frCI'I contractors for the p.lj1llEnt of pensions are 

included in this report, as. such funds arc cootrcUed by trustees 

in ac:co.rdance ...,;. th the ~1oyees ' be:nnfj t aqromcnt and arc not 

ircludable in the aco::unts of Internat.ional Brothe.rho:x1 or Electrical 

W;)l:kers. 

I)rwrortized dhocunu and preni.uns on notes rec:e.ivable 6OC'Urod by real 

est.D.t.e am ~nt Nntiona]. foobr-tgage i\ssociatim cert.ifimt:l!:n 

have ty.cn included i..n the valuation of such notes and certificates. 

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Add: 

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Ir!!~l?_~ in Fund kcwnl. 

lo.coce - frolll ExhIbit "c" 

rran.s"fer-red fro:!. General. Fund 

101.&1 In('r ('a.Ge i n 1'u1~d Aceounta 

Deduet.: 

DecTeaa~ 1n FuDd Acco~nt' 

.tlIpenoe. - Ff'(IQ !xbiblt. "e" 

n-an.rerred t.o o.r.nae Fund 

fetal Decrease In FUnd Accoun-::J 

h'""!'r mCRUSE nl rum I\CCO\.r.i"['3 

BALANC!: JUJt~ ]0. 1985 • Tobnlblt "A " 

:JiTl.:~:lATIcruu. llRO:1{!!1JI)OD 01 !UX:TIUCAl, WRrz:-ti 

\liASHnI::ro: .. 1.I. C. 

ANALYsts or rum ACr'ou:ns 

FOR THE FISCAL Yl'.JUll!NOlD .TUN! 30, 1985 

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:$ 6o,602.~11.08 

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*' 00.602,&71.08 

$ "9 . 15~.268.67 

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$ 84,lOS,548.79 

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l:XHIBIT "8" 

M..D.I'tA.(l 

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$ 6 ,608,626 .19 $ 4.522. 2C6 . 20 ;$ 1 ,711.520.52 $ ..&.,000.00 

$ 994,013.16 * 1,600,146 .92 $: 1 .0)O,m.02 $ 309,164,40 

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$ 994 ,013 .76 .$ 1 , OJO.2'"(7.02 $ 309 .764.40 

$ 271,llL..6.2 " 1. 490'~'93·26 $ l , 5'·L20 $ 309 .164,40 

$ 27l. ;llli.62 $l , 4 :jlW~l26 : I , ~2ti . 20 $ 192,1'''''4i'i 

$ 722 699 .14 .$ 6 1 .72 1,028.74l1 .82 $ 

$ '1.371 . 525 ,33 $ 5.220 .314.92 $ 2,140 ,269,34 $ 25 ,000.00 

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STATEMENT 0 1-' INCOM.E Ah.} EXPEnSES 

FOR THE F1SCAL YEAR E~DED JONE 30 , 1985 

naJ.:E - To Exhibit ·B 

----c.cncral f\md 

Per Capita 

Initiatioo Fees 

Rll.in6to1lUt'Cnt Files 

Suppl ies S.,10s 

Net t.nvest:n'ent r~ 

Interest S 6 , 527 , 017.49 

,'di (00duct.: 

10 rrort.i u Hen 0 f 

Dl.SC'DUnts ::lnd 

Pr('lTlitrl',S (Net) 

on Purc:ha.;..;:s 

of: 

I-'ioles Recx:ivabt(' 

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Peo.l Estate 

63,617. 68 

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ASt';Oci,lt.ion 

Cc.rt.i!ic~t~~ 

7 , 087 . 96 

Bonds 51 , ~12 . 21) 

DividcI'ds 

Net: cain 01 Sales of Bonds 

&-t (..lin m Sales of 

CNporllte Stock. 

PrepaJ'!Ml"lt Foos on Note:) 

JU::eivabl~ SCCIlI'"ID by 

Real Esl:ai:.e 

Deduct: 

Invt!5brer'1t ~ 

r.o:m Scrv ci:l:q~U:d 

/'qCnC'f ""'" 

Ollcy 

· mEW .Jow:nal.- Subscl"iptions 

EKcess of ATamt: 

Charged to t.ooa 1 

Unions, system 

Councils, Etc. for 

Fidelity Born 

PreniUllS over Cost 

'rhcreof 

Els 

1'ot:.a 1 General FUnd 

De., th Bene il t F\lrd 

Per Cilpl.tLl 

~ et lnvcs't:mt:nt Incam 

Interest $ 491, 768.]7 

Md, 

/'.:n:JrtiVltion of 

Di..scx:unts and 

Pnmiuns INet) 

on Purchases 

of Ebrls 

Dividerrls 

Net (TDZsl on Sales 

of Bards 

Net Gain on Sales of 

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'I't) Exhibi t. ·0" (OJntinuOOI 

Dcfnnae Pund (COntinued) 

Net. rnvcsbrcnt tnc::c:»ro cCor.t.lnucd) 

Ga1i\ en sale:; of 

Cl:U:}X)rAla Steck, 

Ceduct, 

In~brCnt F.zp:nsI'R 

-,.,.. 

thOr 

'l'I:::7t41 Defense fund 

c:onve.-'I;tron F\ild 

Per capit4 

• 476.399.68 

17,109.99 

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Military SCrvicc A&.seAm(!Ilt. rund 

Pu" CaP1ta 

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~Bc:ne[it Fund (Conti..med) 

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lvTc:u\u 'Tranarcrred to Trust fOr 

the lnt.tu"nlltional B~ 

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Benefit f\rd 

Per C4pitA TaX paid 

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'I"Ot.Al MilitA£i Service Assessment f\lnd 

rorAL EXP>NSES 

E:ClSS OF' I}.O)I1E C7v'ER EXPmSEE 

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288. 00 

S 89,475.43 

1, 399 . 581.3} 

1.730.S2 

$ ]02,829.40 

5, 361.80 

1 , 573.20 

Ccn£'rru fund rental incare - office b.1Udinc:J i.rocl~ 

$1,908,581.66 inclwcd in gt:"neral rW'd ~s - rent 

am light. 

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S 271 , 114.62 

1.490,193.26 

1,528.20 

309,764 .40 

S 51 ,428,489.15 

S 13,108,184.03 

INTERNATIONAL BROTH ERIIOOD OF ELECTRICAL Iro'ORKERS 

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Can Securi ty Bank , N. A. 

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Organiz~ J\cc:OUnl 

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Death Benefit f'Und Account 

Defense f\Jnd AccCIunt 

Death Benefit FUnd hpv::y 

WASH INCTON , D. C. 

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AS AT JUNE 30 , 1985 

$ 10.936.20 

175 . 000. 00 

25, 000.00 

293.31 

3,224.86 

1.00 

1.00 

SCH EDULE "1" 

1.mt 

995,000. 00 

The 8aJlk o f N::MJ. Scotia « 

O\iGtt.ansted. St. Crolxdnd. 

United States v~ 1J1 Is 

Tliil Deposits (lbllted States 

DolLus) 

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Deferu-.e FUnd 

'I'tie Bar.k of Nova Scnda. 

Tormw, Ontan.o , CAnad.a 

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vou::hliii' h:cuunt 

payroll kcoJnt 

eefense f\IIld lIooount 

Total - 

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Oltario, canada - CenerGl FUrd - 

Voucher Actn..lnt 

Returned Oledts 

Vice-Presi.dents · t:ud Dir(!C't;Or.I ' 

OfUce Accounts 

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-- fiqures wi thoI.lt rl!(Ji1rd to exChangrdifferentials. 

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S 9,011,416. 59 

686,105.00 

210,682.53 

$ 43, 587.21 

75 , 000.00 

816.23 

9.908.204.12 

119 1 403_50 

$ 11,237,259.96 

41 , S4S.70 

11,]]5.15 

141,500.00 

325.00 

$ 11,451,965.81

New members and Interim offioers of newly organized telephone Local Union 2213 are shown being o~lgated by International President Charles H 

Pillard. Nelt't 10 President Pillard ls Third District vtce President John J. Barry. On the far right is International Secretary Jack F. Moore. 

New Telephone Local Union 2213 

Granted Charter 

On December 6, 1985, the officers 

of new telephone Local. Union 2213 

traveled to the lnteroational Office 

Buildiog in Washington, D. C. On 

that day lntemational President 

Charles H. Pillard proudly adminis· 

tered the obligation of mEW memo 

bership and installed them as officers. 

President Pillard then presented tbe 

new charter 01 Local 2213, Washing· 

ton Mills, New York, to tbe officers. 

Linda J. Reynolds was installed as 

president, Sharon J. Rosenau 35 vice 

president, and Patricia J. Cusyck as 

secretary-treasurer. Members of the 

Executive Board are Judith Kaylor, 

Mary Kelleher, Jacqueline MacEntee, 

Carolyn McAleese, Janis Moro, loe 

Seed, Gloria Campbell, Marilyn 

Landshdt, Janet Meers, Linda No· 

wosielski, and Sylvia Allen. 

lntemational Secretary Jack F. 

Moore welcomed the group into the 

lBEW; and Tbird District Vice Pres· 

Thi$ picture shows the group smiling happily afler Ptesidenl Pillard presemed the new charter of 

Local 2213 to tho local union's ollicers. Hotding the charter are LInda J. Reynolds, Local Union 

2213 president-business manager. and International Representative MIchael Price. On the lett Is 

International President Charles H. Pillard. In back 01 the group of Local 2213 officers, are 

International Representatives Mary Ann Van Meter; William DavIs; Art Perry. Jr., Director of ISEW 

Telephone Dt:lpalhn" I ~I, AdmInistrative Assistant Anthony Salomono; ;:md at fa r right ate Third 

Dlslric\ VIce President John J. Barry and International Secretary Jack F. MOOre, 

ident Jack Barry, who attended the 

ceremonies, welcomed the group into 

his District. He assured them the 

mEW was prepared tn work with 

Local 2213 and was pleased Local 

2213 o{ficers and members are brioging 

their telephone expertise to the 

lBEW. Local 2213 represents all of 

the commercial and marketing employees 

working for AT & T, NYNEX, 

and New York Telephone. Geographically 

they cover all New York state 

with the exceptions 01 New York 

City and Long Island. 

Prior to becoming mEW Local 2213, 

Lhey were members of the Telephone 

Commercial Union, an organization 

that has been in existence since 1948 

and which had been affiliated with 

the iodependent Telecommunica· 

tlons International Union. However, 

the leadership determined the memo 

bers could best be served by the 

lBEW; and On November 7 the members 

voted to affiliate with mEW. 

The count was mEW 929, CWA 471, 

and No Affi.liation 25. 

The organizing drive for the IBEW 

was conducted by International Rep· 

resentatives Michael Price and Pat 

Gino. There are three additional in· 

dependent telephone locals in New 

York. Organizing campaigns will be 

conducted through the Vice Presi· 

dent's office. Two are located io the 

upstate-New York area and one in 

downstate New York. 


JANUARY BUYING GUIDE: 

WHITE SALE 

By Esther Margollus 

January, along with July, is one of 

the best two months to look for 

money-saving sales and clearances. 

This year Christmas Ibecause of 

shorter shopping timeJ was scarcely 

over when stores began deep, pricecUlling 

of holiday matenals such as 

Christmas cards, decorations and toys, 

many useful for next Christmas. The 

present-day lugh cost of toys may 

also encourage early birthday shopping. 

In general, timing your buying to 

take advantage of annual sales is one 

of rhe more effec tive ways to defend 

your living standarus. 

WHITE SALES: Blankets, quilts, 

sheets, pillow cases, bedspreads, curtains, 

and towels arc on sale £hi 

month. Acrylic blankets, machine 

washable and unshrinkable arc a good 

value. 

Comforters with polyester fill and 

cotton polyester covers are quite reasonable. 

On sale, too, are down-filled 

comforter , rhough at a much higher 

price than polyester fill. 

The most popular sheets are usuall 

y SO percent colton and SO percent 

polyester. They arc lighter and caSler 

to launder than all-cotton. Many are 

around three to four dollars on sale. 

DeSigner sheets may tempt you but 

rhey can COSt twice as much as regular 

ones, even when the quality is 

the same. A great many sheets are 

percales. In muslin sheets a thread 

count of 130 is consldered medium 

weight, 140 heavy weight, more than 

160 is fine-count. A count of 180 or 

morc i considered percale. 

Usually high-priced dresses go On 

sale and arc subject to the deepest 

price cut . Other Hems fIequently 

on sale arc men/s and women's coa ts, 

suits, blou es, skirts, piece goods, 

and girls' clothing. 

The smart way to IIlspect a dress 

is inside OUt. The underside gives 

you the clues as to wherher, for 

example, there arc dangling threads 

or clean finishing. earns on good 

dresses usually have fifteen sutches 

to an inch. Correctly adjusted, stitching 

looks rhe same on borh sides and 

holds securely_ Scams should be at 

least one-half inch, and pmked to 

avoid unraveling. Synrhetic fibers 

need especiall y generous scams, wirh 

edges overcast, not merely pmked. 

Men's shirts must be cut fully. 

Shirts of rhe same marked size, but 

made by different manufacturers, vary 

noticeably. Examine the back yoke 

and cuffs to make certam the lullness 

has been gathered properly. Collar 

POlntS should be sharp and evenly 

stitched and should lie flat. Seams 

on a good slun will have eighteen to 

twenty stitches to rhe inch. Buttonholes 

should be evenly and closely 

stitched. The polyester-cotton shirt 

has become the standard for permanent 

press or wash-and-wear shirts. 

This usually IS a blend of 6S percent 

polyester and 35 percent cotton or 

fifty-fifty polyester-cotton. The cotton 

adds absorbency and opaquene S 

to polyester. 

Most suitable fabrics in cotton 

shirts arc cotton broadcloth, oxford 

cloth, chambray, poplin, madras, and 

percale. Oxford cloth is durable but 

tends to shrmk. There arc differences 

in quality of broadcloth. The 1 x 1 

is woven of single-ply ya rds, rhe 2 

x I of double- and-single ply. Pima 

is a high grade 01 combed cotton. 

Combed cotton is smoother rhan 

ordlllary cotton. 

Especia ll y beware of inexpensive 

shirts, somellmes sold in self-service 

stores, wrapped 111 cellop hane so you 

cannot examine them. Other signs 

of poor construction arc a center 

panel rhat stops short of th e bottom 

of rhe shirttail, short plackets rhat 

will not open flat enough for easy 

Ironing. and buttonholes poorly 

stitched. Single-needle scams, with 

only one row of stitching showing, 

help 3 shirt keep its shape. 

This is also a good month to find 

sales of shoe in staple styles. Floor 

coverings and bedding (late in the 

monrhJ will be on sale, too. 

Check the care-label On all clothing 

to make Sure it is ei ther washable 

or requires dry-cleaning. And, to help 

your fellow Americans, how about 

looking for union-made products and 

Made in U.S. labels. 

ISEW JOURNAL I JANUARV ,986 I \7

depal bllent of Research 

and Education 

The High Cost of Plastic Consumer Credit 

At this umco( year across these United 

States, Christmas bills arc beginning to 

pour in-bills for merchand.se and servo 

ices cbarged on credit cards. These 

Christmas bills include many hundreds 

of millions of dollars of interest income 

for banks and retaliers. It has been said 

th •• if American consumers had applied 

for cards with lower interest rates before 

the Christmas sbo.ppingseason, •.hey could 

have saved several hundrcds of millions 

of dollars in interest COStS 

Interest Rates 

Most credit cardholders pay annual 

mterest rate 0118 percent to 22 percent 

on their unpaid baJanccs. Banks charge 

an average of 18.6 percent annual interest; 

large retailers charge 21 percent OJ 

morc. 

The prime rate lint.rest that banks 

charge on business loans to their strongest 

customers) is down to 9.S percent. 

The discount rate linterest that Federal 

Rcserve System member banks pay to. 

borrow from Federal Reserve Banks\ is 

down to 7.5 percent. T he average new 

mortgage rate is down to 11.6 percent. 

The ratc of inflation is down to an annuaJ 

2.9 pereen! ratc. Why do bartks and re· 

tailers charge 18 percent to 22 percent 

for plastic consumer credit through 

thc usc 01 credit cards! There is no 

lustification for these outrageous interest 

costs. 

The answer is evident. Banks and retallen 

are making morc profit percentage 

wise on consumer credit than they 

arc making on the sale of (heir mcrch4lndi 

se and SCTV1CCS. 

Many oi l companies arc also prOfillllg 

from the high cost of plastic money. Not 

only ale they adding up additional income 

of 4 cents a gallon on g,asohne 

pumped b~' service station attendants and 

pa.d for by credit cards, but they arc 

further increasing their profits from the 

tnterest charges on customer use of credit 

card~. 

Ever since other interest rates have 

declined Significantly, credit-card issuers 

have increascd their profits by mainlam ~ 

ing high intcrest charges and by increasing 

the number of credit card.holders. 

They have been successful at gainrng 

new customers through 3 stepped-up program 

of direct mailings and medl:1 promotions. 

18 I IBEW JOURNAL! JANUARY 1966 

Promotional Activities 

Banks, oil compn01cs, and large felal' 

stores have upsyched" Amcn can consumers 

into using plastic money. They 

have created a dependency by stressing 

the convcnie.ncy factOJ. The consumer 

using a credit card doesn't have to spend 

va luable time waiting for spprovat as he 

docs to get a personal check approved 

every time he makes a purchase, The 

business community has actuall y conditlnned 

the puhlic to tl ~ ~ cn!dit cards. 

Once consumers start using credit cards, 

they bccome dependent or "hooked" on 

them. 

Banks and businesses even go so (ar as 

mailing unsolicited credit cards to consumers 

who have never requested them. 

They have bli tzed the public with media 

promotional activities that confront can· 

sumcrs everywhere-television and radio 

SpOt announcem enLs, newspaper an d 

magazine ads, bill boards, and other advertising 

displays. You canlt escape &om 

their message. 

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX- 

SOUR CE: STATISTlcs CANADA 

OCTOBER, 1985 

1981 = 100 

Ln thcu pUIsun of Interstate ba.nklng, 

many banks arc mailtngso·called " prcapproved" 

credit·card application forms to 

om -oE-state residents Ispelled potcnllal 

customers). in addition to the cooven· 

icncy of their credJt cards, orn e banks 

offer "enhancements," such as the chance 

to payout even morc for a weekend of 

dinners, panics, and theater shows; registration 

service for lost or stolcn cards; 

cash and airline ticketS for emergency 

cases Some banks offer rhC".se cnh:mrements 

as part of the annual fees for the 

use of their crewt C.:lrds. Other banks 

charge an additional fce for enhancements. 

You can be sure that none of them 

offer lower interest rates for credit. After 

all, they arc in the bUSiness of selling 

credit. TIley arc adding bi llions of dollars 

in interest charges to their revenues every 

year. The banks, mconwhilc, do not 

offer their savings c.ustomers higher interest 

rates on their savings accountS, 

It is la ir to say that banks are "banking" 

CANADA AVERAGE 

He.,th & 

RecfllB- 

All Items TranSpof' P"':IOna ~ lion & 

Month , .. , Combined Food Houling Clothing lallen C.r. RNdlng 

OctOber 1985 128.4 119.8 130.4 116.9 132.6 128.8 126.7 

September 1985 t26.0 120.1 129.8 116.6 132.2 128.2 125.9 

August 1985 127.8 121.4 129.6 115.8 130.6 127.9 124.9 

July 1985 127.6 122.1 129.1 115.2 130.2 126.7 124.4 

June 1985 127.2 121.4 128.7 116.0 130.0 127.0 123.9 

May 1985 126.5 120.7 126.6 115.3 129.6 126.8 124.1 

April 1985 126.2 121 .6 128.1 115.3 129.4 126.2 123.1 

Oclober 1984 123.2 117.7 1260 113.6 124. 1 124.0 1219 

October 1963 11 9.2 

Oclober 1962 1136 

October 1981 103.3 

October 1980 91 7 

NOTE Canada's Consumer Price lnoel!. lor atlltems Increased 0 ,4 index points duflr'IQ the lasl month or 

0.3%. This equalled ./lI\ IlMnuli1 ,.115 crl In.::Hlua of 3 6"~ (O:J )( 12). The IncrOAu in Cpr dUIlng 

the paSI year was 5.2 points Of 4 2% 

Percenl change between two dates is calculaled by subuacllng the IndeX number lor lhe earl1er 

dale from thot for the l;aler date anCl divld/119 the (esult by the index number 101 lI'Ie earlier date. 

then multJplying by 100. 

EXAMPLE: For the period 01 October. 1984, to actobe(', 1985 '26 4 - '23 2 • 5 2 Index poIF'I'S ~ 5.2 

divided by 123.2 ... 042 )( 100 ,.. ~ 2"-. 

Prepared by: Oepartmenl 01 Research &nd Education, ISEW, November, 1965.

on consumers' gJvmg little thought to 

mtcrest COStS for credit. Wby should 

banks and retailers reduce the lT mtcrcst 

rates? They arc "growing fa[ " on interest 

income. 

There IS no baSIs, no rationale for thjs 

practice. Banks defend themscl yes by 

saymg that they must chargc high inter· 

cst rates because the level of fraud and 

defaults makes credit-card lending risky. 

Consumer Credit 

The conswncr debt bwdcn continue 

ro grow heavier. Consumer crewt in the 

U.S. IS now growlIlg at the rale of 20 

percent per year. It has becn estimated 

that the U.S. [ctail ehargc market will 

havc rcached $21 I-billion in 1985. Think 

of how much Income that means to the 

Issuers of credu cards! Think of how 

muc.h that IS eosnng the unthinking 

Amencan consumer. 

Some experts in the field say that 

the regular usc of credit to pay fo r everyday 

livlng expenses IS usually a sign of 

strained finances. The conSU_Oler who is 

dependmg on plastic to covcr Ius bills 

every month IS probably 10 trouble. 

Besides high IOte'rest costs, crcdJt cards 

usually carry annual fees. Some cards do 

nOt impose annu.11 fees. However, they 

may charge S 18 to 525 for a credit line 

of 5500 to $3,500 or charge $30 to 550 

for a credit Ime of $5,000 to 550,000. 

Some cards are restricted to persons witb 

a specified tmntmum annual income. 

A grace period (t ime allowed .J'er the 

pOSting of bills before interest charges 

begin) may vary in length, or there may 

be no grace period. Some banks and 

retailers allow a grace period of up to 25 

days or so during which you can pay 

your bill and incur no imercst charge. 

Some issuers add on Intcrcst from the 

day they receive the cCJnsumer's charge 

frorn the merchant. A few charge tntc: rcst 

immediately from the dale of sa le. 

So, a II ot the costs connected wlth the 

use or plaStic money do vary. The consumer 

should shop around for the best 

1I0ffer." It will be Virtually impoSSible, 

though, to shop around for low interest 

rates. 

Legisl;tlion 

Consumer groups and some me.mbers 

of Congress have urged banks to lower 

the interest rates on their credit cards, 

especially since the banks' cost of money 

has dropped so significantly. Besides the 

lower discount rate of 7.5 percent, banks 

borrow overnight from each other at a 

rare of only about 8 percent. 

Rcallstically though, why would they 

voluntarily lower their rates? They ate 

maktng approximately $6·billi n annually 

from the interest charges on thelf 

credit cards. 

Now, congressmen and senatorS are 

introducing legis13tioD to cap crcdit·card 

interest Tates. One btU sets the Unlit at 

five percentage pomts above the Federal 

REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INOEX FOR URBAN WAGE 

AND CLERICAL WORKERS 

UNITEO STATES CITY AVERAGE 

SOURCE; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 

REFERENCE eA.SE, u .s. AVERAGE 1967 = 100 

OCTOBER, 1985 

Apparel 

Ali liemS 

• 

Tr.nspor- Medical 

Month V ... Combined Food Housing 

U""_ 

IaUon ca., 

October 1985 321.3 309.3 347.5 2 10.2 322.2 408.5 

September 1985 320.5 309.3 347.2 208.7 321.1 406.3 

August 1985 319.6 309. 1 346.2 204.3 322.3 404.5 

July 1985 319.1 309.0 345.0 201 .8 323.5 402.0 

June 1985 318.7 306.6 344.0 203.7 323.6 399.6 

May 1985 317.8 308.4 342.1 204.2 323.3 397.7 

April 1985 316.7 309.2 339.5 204.9 322.0 396. I 

October t984 312.2 304.0 335.5 204.8 317.8 363.7 

October 1983 301 .3 

October 1962 2936 

October 1961 2797 

October 1960 254 I 

NOTE: The Consumel Prlce Index for all Items increased 0.8 index points during the last month or 0.2'%. 

Thls equalled an annual rale 01 Increase 01 2 4% (02 )t 12). The Increaso during lhe past year was 

9. I Index points 01 2 9'% 

Percenl Increase between two dales Is calculated by suDCracung the Index number 101' the salller 

daIs lrom thai lor the later dale and ClloAdUlg !he result by the hlc:kI'x number IOf !he earlier date, men 

muhiptYlrlg by 100 

Reserve's discount rate Icurrently 7.5 

percent!. 

Another bi ll would impose a federa l 

ccihng on rates at six points ove r the 

three-month T reasury bill rate (currently 

7.2 percent I. 

Other bLlIs wouJd limn interest fales 

but do not take up the matters of annual 

fees or grace periods. Consequently, banks 

and retailers could lower their crcdjt ~ 

ca.rd interest rates but rajse their annlla l 

fees andior eHminate the grace periods, 

Passage 01 any of these bil ls docs not 

appear lmmment. 

Conclusion 

It seems as if, for the time being. 

consumers bear the burden of sending a 

message to banks and retailers to lower 

their cTcdrc ·card interest rates. Since it 

is unlikely that consumerS will cease 

credit·card buying. nevertheless It docs 

pa y to shop around, 

Consumers wi ll be hard pressed to find 

a credit card with a low h:Herest ratc and 

no annual fcc. T hey should avoid a credit 

card With a lower ralC of interest that 

allows 00 grace period, for interest Wi ll 

likely be charged from the date of purchase 

or thc date of po t ing. 

As a general rule, a consumer who 

pays off the balance monthly and ncver 

has to pay interest COStS should seck a 

credit card with a gro1cc period and the 

lowest annual fee. 

A consumer who makes Installmcnt 

paymenl on the ba lance Ja so-called 

IIrevolvcr" in bank terminologyl should 

seek a cTedu: card wlth the lowest rntcrcst 

rate and the lowest annual fcc, without 

unduly concerning h.lmscl1 about the 

lack of a grace period. 

The most expensive consum er loans 

are those secured onl y by the CODsumcr's 

signarure. These include the portion of 

monthly credit-card and retail-storc bills 

that consumers do not payoff in full. 

Doesn't this say something to the American 

consumer about his shopping and 

method of payment? 

All credi t cardholders should check to 

sec exactly how much iliey are paying 

in In[ereSt costs CO banks and retailers 

for merchandise and services. Con· 

sumers receive very Ilttle interest on 

thcu savlOgs accounts in comparison to 

the intcrest they are paying to banks and 

rctailc.rs. 

Send the message across thlS natton to 

your congressmen and senators, to your 

banks, and co me retailers where you 

shop. Let them know that the American 

consumer is sick tlnd tired of paying 

exorbitant interest rates to line the coffe 

rs of banks and retailers. 

EXAMPLE: For the period 01 October, 1984. to October. 1985; 321.3 - 312.2 - 9.1 index points: 9.' 

divided by 3 12.2 - .029 )( 100 • 29% 

Prepared by : Depanrnent 01 Research and edUC8lion. IBEW. November. 1965 

tBEW JOURNAL I JANUARY 1986 I 19

S~FETYTIPS 

for you and your family 

Driving during winter months is 

challenging. The days get shorter so 

that it is darker earlier, the roads get 

slippery, and the temperature keeps 

dropping. Here are a number of tips 

you Can keep in mind to make winter 

dnving a pleasant and sale experience. 

It's always a good idea to keep an 

emergency kit tn your Car in case of 

trouble. A complete kit should ioc1ude 

a flashlight, a blanht, warning 

flares or reflectors, a scraper with a 

brush, a tOw chain, jumper cables, a 

shovel, and a bag of salt, sand, or 

kitty litter. When preparing your car 

for wimer, have your brakes, battery, 

exhaust system, and cooling system 

checked. 

Before starting off, brush tbe excess 

snow off your windshield, windows, 

car rool, hood, and trunk lid 

so that it doesn't obstruct your vision. 

Wipe your mirrors and wind· 

shield clean to avoid any glare. Wipe 

off your headlights and taillights, 

too. They are important nnr only for 

your vision, but so that other drivers 

can sec you. 

If you are driving by day and it's 

very bright, wear sunglasses. They 

help preserve your eyes' supply of 

VIsual purple (a chemical that helps 

your eyes adapt to the dark.1 A day 

of exposure to sun .lld glare without 

sunglasses can seriously reduce your 

ability to sec at night. 

Whell you are drivillg al IUght and 

there is snow on the ground, keep 

your headlights on low beam. The 

hjgh beams reflect more off snow 

and increa e the glare. 

Tum on your windshield wipers 

10 clean moisture off the windshield, 

and use the defroster to cut condenation 

on the inside. 

The normal tendency when a driver 

IS having visibLlity problems is to 

hunch over the steering wheel. This 

is not a good idea; you will tend to 

locus at the end of the car's hood. If 

you sit in a normal position, you will 

sec more, both ahead and to the side. 

You may also want to roll down the 

20 I ,SEW JOURNAL! JANUARY 1986 

WINTER DRIVING 

side window part way so you can 

hear road noises better. 

Always reduce your speed and leave 

more following distance in bad 

weather. Remember, when you are 

travelling on snow and ice-covered 

roads, a car requires three to 12 times 

more distance to come to a complete 

Stop than on dry pavement. When 

you need to brake, do it slowly and 

carefully. Squeeze the brakes until 

the mOment you fee l the brakes are 

about to lock and then let off the 

brake. amI "'lu ~"z" al'.ain. If yUU .Iam 

on the brakes, the brake will lock, 

which will cause your tires to slide 

instead of roll. Once this happens, 

you lose your ability ro steer. 

Watch out for shady spots all the 

road where icc may still be preSellt 

after the rest of the road is clear. Be 

alert lor slippety surfaces On roads 

going over bridges or under vladucts, 

which are the first to freeze and the 

last to thaw. 

[f you do find your car kidding, 

tum your steeflng wheel in the di· 

rection you want the front of your 

car to go. Take your foot off the 

accelerator. Stay off the brake. Otherwise, 

your steering may lock. While 

you're steering to pull out of a skid, 

hold the wheel firmly but don't make 

large turns. Usually just a few minor 

adjustments to the wheel combined 

with taking your feet off the pedals 

will do the trick. Remember to 

stra ightcll the wheels after each turn· 

mg movement. 

In cold weather your gas line may 

freeze . If this happens, you'll need to 

tOw your car LO a warm garage or 

wait until it's wanu enough outside 

that the ice will thaw. The best way 

to solve this problem is to prevent 

it. There are numerous commercial 

additives you can add to the gas in 

your tank that will help prevent 

freezing. It IS also a good idea to keep 

your gas tank as full as pOSSible to 

avoid condensatiun . 

Blizzard 

A blizzard is anolher circumstance 

when you should stay in the Car. 

Don't try to walk from your car 

unless you can clearly see a safe place 

at a reasonable distance. unfortullately, 

it is common for a person to 

become disoriented and lost during 

blizzard condi tions, 50 It' S very dangerous 

to be walking aimlcs Iy ill 

the snow. lllstead, stay in the car and 

run the engine for shon penads of 

lime for heat. BUI always remember 

to leave a downwind window partiallyopen 

to avoid cMhon monoxide 

poisoning. Also, be sure the ex.haust 

pipe is clear of snow. To do this, get 

out of the car on the downwind side 

and edge alongside the vehicle, always 

maintaining contact with it, 

until you come to the exhaust pipe. 

Dig out as much snow as po sible 

from below and behjnd the pipe. 

(Matcrial for this article comes 

from the National Safety Council, of 

which the lBEW is a mcmber.)

LOCflL LII\IES 

ATTENTION, PRESS SECRETARIES 

All letters concerning Christmas parties must be reo 

celved at the 1.0 , on or bel ore February , 5, t 986, 

Christmas reperts received atter thai dale will nol be 

prinled, Thank you for your cooperation, 

Pin Recipients 

BrolbU' And,.. F. hrukfog.. form~ r bUiincsi "'prt': 

sfnlarive a.,d prc"idl"nt of Loca' 1,51. Louis, '\10., 

is shown receiving hili 60·yur pin and scroll f,om 

BUllincu Mlluger Donald Bresnan and Internltion,1II 

Secrc tary lack Moore. 

throughout "lIowcd the panlClpant$ to share .a 

10351 with old fnends, u:new and rcllve mcmom:s 

wiln old DcqU.1Inunc('s, 01 m$t nenc14J)y p,ll lukc 

of the affabilI t y lind callHlllIdelle o f sud'i a R3thcll ng 

uf Ibe Brolherhood 

iG all those: who ;Htcoded the fcstl\lIt1c& lind to 

those ..... ho fOl some unfnrseeo reason were unllblc 

11.1 .uend. the local sc;nds congnnulallons and 

commcnd~ )'OU fOi youl longstandmg membt"rshlp 

IR and lalthfUlneU to ~ proud 3nd siurdy segmcnt 

01 ,he lBEW 

On a mOil: ~ombcr nOiC', pka~e be ;tdv1'lcd ol lhe 

folln wlt1 g member dClllhs dU ri ng the rnullIh nf 

QClobcl lrmn ellerman, prOdU(;l lon on penSion, 

lnltlilleJ Match, 1944 1 Albe.rt, W.l gncr, malllte· 

uaoc~ on penSIOn, Aput, 19401 lind I..aw rt:nee T 

Simon, maintenance' on JlCn~lon . Deceml:J.cr, 19';1 

40-Year Pin 

ROIILP,T Et."N, r ~ 

Awards 

Pictured Is ,ackle Brunlon, Local 7. Springflcld, 

Mass_. rec eiving the Su gnaro Award_ left 10 rig hi , 

Billy McClrthy, Pre5idcnl John Collins, M.I )'O' 

Rich.ud Neal, Bub 11118,. J:u: ki~ Brunton, aDd lornItr 

Busine55 A&fDl Phil Collins, Sr. 

Brother Osc.u Duuawi is pictured being "rese llted 

whh hi. 60'YClIIf award in Ihe prrst':nce of hi~ son 

Ron, whu r l."ceiv~d his lG-yuf pin duriug It 'It 

PIt-StRiation . 

Longtime Members Receive 

Pins at Ceremony 

L U. I li,tm,sp.a&rul. ST. LOUI S, MO.-On $::11 - 

unl:i!.y, October 12. Locall held its Plll~ lind Scrolls 

Awart! ercmomcs. durmg which we prC ·sc,:nl lBEW 

IDngevlty pinS lind ctIt18catu of membership 10 

Brothel! and Si.Sle r's whost: tellurt: Ir1 the organlzuion 

ranges from 25 to 70 years of paruelplllIon 

The ctlcbnwln, which 15 held 011 It Avt:-ycat bAIIlS, 

IS deSigned to honci those m embers of the local, 

both aCli ve lind rellred, who h:lve spent :I slgniflc..:mt 

portion of their lives in Ih e lnl:rnhershlp of 

,md c.ontfl butLlIg to a proud, stron.-;. Ilnd vuble 

labor unlun 

Th~ CCIe:mOOlI!S bc:gan at 11 a m with Prc'udcnt 

Donald Grallkt bc!gmntDg the rull call of .eClplcnl$ 

wllh those BrOthers bemg awarded plnli SIgnifYing 

50 years and n\or( membership, BUSiness Man3ge. 

Donald Bresnan and Intcm2!1Qnai t;;ccrt' t ':lry Jac.k 

Moore 111 ':1(1 1.' t h ~ rC lson .:tl presentauons to all par 

!lClpants III the J.I Y'S actlVltlU, Itucrspace:d tlml!' 

pCrlods lor pan5 of less than 50 years w-ele ba,>ed 

on dcscendlr1J; five-yeal mcrcmcnls lIue 10 the 

number of memil.=.s eligible-the local rolls 10- 

clude: 2.124 Brothers lind SIsters who!Jc membership 

e:.ltct'ed, 2') )'C3fS All who were. prcsclH wLiI 

rccelve tin lOiJlvldual photo of their own personal 

Cerem ony 1I10ng with the optlOnlld pU: lUrcs taken 

wah lamlly (,I I friends folluwm8 toc fn rnllli presenlatlun 

The hundreds of members whQ we.re presenl 101 

the: 3hemoon cniQycd II sumptuous IUl'u:heon buf· 

fel ellt::red an clcgant style by PlaIR and F2ncy. The 

tWO oJ't:n ban, whIch were running to capacity 

Picrured 15 8u,;neu ReprC'Sem.a lit'e RJc;,h~ ,d B~mberger 

prrAcnlinl I "O-ye:ar pin 10 Loul 6, Sin 

Frllnd ~co, Cat. Tn.sulC'r Wuren D~ Menitt during 

Brothu De M ~ rritl ' !!.: rt'tirt'mll'nl dinller, 

Local Union Treasurer 

Retires After 40 Years 

LU. 6 ti.o& u), SAN FltANCISCO,CAL-Bl,Isml:ss 

RCprC5(QUlIVe Rlch.ud 8ambcrgc.r pli:scnu:d a 40· 

year pm to Tf'l:lISurC I Warren Dc Merntt d unng 

IllS retlretnenl dlnncr ffll m the city Ilnd county of 

Sao Fr:lIH: I IICO'i! Municipal R;}i1way :after 40 yl'lIrs 

of ci ty service 

Warren WIIS elected to represent city and CQllnty 

employees- .2$ • com.mSSIODer on the ~mI7Joyece! 

rctlleml!Ol systeM :and was. 5uccc;"fully rec lected 

SoIRee: 1968, He helped Ihe rt:1trement system gro ..... 

into one: of the: ttlp t OC) pension funds In Ihe 

coullIry, 

Warren was fcecn " y pl Ol ect m anagel lo. thl! 

rehahillllll!on of San Funclsco's famous cable c:an, 

;lnd upon itS completion deCided tQ retlrc from the 

city 011 If h.:appy nOfC'. 

W;aTTcn's 'umlly, conslsllDg 01 hIS Wife of 45 

years, Belly! Mln Tem, .In elcnflctanj .on Larry, a 

hIgh school tt:.thc:r, daughter Ol'rll::"I:, • pnvale 

secretary, tWO ~ r lll1ddaugh u::rs, D.rllcllC' Ind L'S;i1 

and IWO gJRnd.sun~1 Matthew and Sleven were pHt 

of the !.;lrgc gathert ng lit t hc celebtalum 

Jackie Brunton Wins 

Stagnaro Award 

FRANZ E GUN, I~ 5 

LU, 7 lil. SPR INGFIELD, MASS.-On Se ptember 

21 Local 7 held tiS Annual Cl.:lll1 bllkc, Once :lSl.:tln 

Ibis wa:l Ihl: evcn l of Ihe year! Il wa~ g (cllt st:e ing 

so many (amllm f.aC1!5 , old rool buddie s, and frir:nds. 

Besides eating and dnnlung aU d:ay, Ihert' were. 

softball and volleyball games, raines, and a cbance 

to catch up With everyone: while remembc:rlng old 

timd 

Raymol1d SlIodcn Ind Fra nk Giblin recei ve 

year pins. Lch 10 .Ight, Busi ness Manager Dob illig, 

M.a yn . Nul, Ihy SlIndtr , 'ackie Srunlon. Frank 

Giblio, P,t.sidcI11 Jobo Collin.!, international Repre5entativc 

Rjch..,d P.na,rossi, and Phil Cullins, 

S" 

We were honon.:d aglun ti1l S yea, to h;a~i! In 

attendance M"y c." Rlch.ud Neal of SprtngAcld us 

well 3.S Assistant to the International Vice Presl 

dcnt Richard l'aI11181(15$1 Ma yor Neal hlghlaghted 

tbe rc=ccot list 01 construction proJects In the Cl1y 

arld assured u.s tbat Monarc.h Plac~ , the largcs, 

constructll:m project tn Spnng6dd. would be .11 

unlon_ Mayor Nul h.s lust recently been t1eclcJ 

pr c=slden t of the Mayor's ASSOCiallon of Mllullchu 

scttSj and we In Local 7 congratu!;lt e him. 

Tht: Stagnaro AWlIrJ, given to thc member who 

has done the most to advance the goals uf Local 7 

and the ISEW , w as awarded to thIS yea r's C lambake 

chairman Jada(! Brunton, This chcnsbed Aw.rd 

wu named ID mc=mory of Charles S I ~gnlro. , lon, 

Sounding member of Local 7 and .I Ane human 

being who was uaglcally killed In an elc=c lrtcai 

aCCident. 

J.:JCklC Brunton WIshes 10 th3nk tbe followmg 

mcmbcu of Local 7 wn o volunu:ered to hdp on 

Ibe CI .:J mbake Cununltte/:: President lohn Collins, 

MIke! Bu,dley, lerry Rla lldl, Lee PlIOD, Bob La~ue. 

Armond M.ontelro, AI &tley. Al Smith, lOt" Breed .., 

Tom Collins. Billm Kedey, BIn McCarthy, Tom 

Balley, and Cary Brennan. 

We 3fe proud to announce the prC$Cn tatlOIl of 

70-year plns to Funk Giblin :md Raym(md Sllndcn, 

who we,e both sworn In Ihe union on l\ug\.ISt 9. 

1915! They received thelT pillS at Ou r Clambake 

awards ceremony and reany stole the show 

The buy-AmenclIn movement In thIS counlry IS 

really surllDg I() uke off_ People are agam .skll1g 

fo r U_S. m.de Xoods, Ind the messagi:: of "the fob 

)'OU $,live lOlly be yuur own" 15 loud and clear 

Tht: I.lcts are these' The AFL-C IO eS l imatCtl lhat 

there h ave beell three mlUlOn U,S. layoffs due 10 

Impo rl competition since 1980----340,000 manufae· 

turing fobs Ih i! )le.r alone! Texulcs fo rces say th~ y 

have lost 300,000 jobs In nve yurs.15 Import! bave 

doubled_ It Is predJctcd that loreigners wll1 control 

SO pc:rcent of the IUtO iodustry by 1990 .and 60 

percent of the tool manuJacturing ability Qf thn 

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l.uuul l )l . Sll:d IIUpurt:s are :oI 1,elllly 3 •.1 JJCrt:t'III! Our 

slfengtb u a nation IS be.lng threatened as well as 

OUf nght to a job and a decent ,und,ud of Imng 

Surdy (he captaans of mdustry don't expect us to 

c.umJK'lC~ w)lh • ClullCSC texule mill wotkc:r wbo 

maku 16 cents t;ln bour. or do theyr 

Old IndUSlnc$ as wldl as new nnt'S arc In danger 

Today plants ate closmg, not only 10 tbe north, 

but the rec:cndy built southern pl:lnt :lrt cia IRg 

lilan even higher [ate wb.ile companies Ite runnang 

to Ihe cnclII(1 overseas labor. 

J·llgh tech, the " future of Amenc:a," h:as recently 

heen hu hy layoff .. :ther.a wave. nf 11I[lancsc lmpnrHi. 

Thc:n Came: a Hs mokiog gun" In the lr.1 de war. 

Ncws papct3 obtalncd a m emo from Tokyo ordering 

japanese sC llI icl)Dductor sa lesm en 10 31n h prices 

and keep slashing them a l any coSt until Amefl can 

nvals were beaten. Then we know what happcnstry 

to bUY;1 o Amen can ca.nU:.ra, radiO, or IVJ 

Remember, imports ;lIe Dot really cheap Tho~e 

chellp oversclls I,bc,,, costs ate not passed on to the 

conjumc.r, but they mean larger proRts to the 

reui1er. Thu 1.$ ..... hy they prefer to stoc.k .hen 

shelves With the Imported prodUC ls.. If you unnOl 

And anythm.g Amenu.n to buy, uk for itJ Force 

tbt'SC!: re-ulJel$ to give Amen can ,;oods a rlllt shllke. 

A very good organization to JOIO If you w.:m t to 

help the buy-Amen cao movement 1$ tbe PATW 

IPUl Amenclns t oO Workl at 10 PetkHlS Sltc.~ t , 

Salem, Ma.ssachusC H$ Ol970 helephone 74..5·295 I j. 

II IS II uniOn, nonprofit organlzauon that "dver1l5es 

tbe bUY' Amen un me$Satc and sell$ T·slun s, hats, 

lind cautlogs of Amelkan-made products. 

If you cue ,boul the futu re of your Job, your 

coun try, your children, and your next·door t1 l.: igh· 

bor l J know you Will look vcry carefully fQ f the 

unu.m and ml.dl!-i.n-US.A.. labc.ls. Buy Am enl!~l"'l. 

Officers 

Snv!. SANDI'..IlS, PS 

International ReplUentative Kennelll Johnson is 

shown swearing in the newl), eltcled offlclL':t5 of 

Loul I I, Los Angell:s .. Cal. 

New Officers Elected 

By Local Members 

Pictured here it LQc-al 

J 1 's "t.W bu!>jne..5 ~ man· 

agtl.. Floyd "Skip" 

Henke. 

LU. 11 li,o,ru&.spal, LOS ANGELES, CAL.- The 

Local II electlQns. havr concluded, lind we have a 

new buslnCss man;lger ;and COnSlltUtlOnal oH'ice rs 

Fl oyd "Slc.1P" Heo~e. our DCW buslRelS man;,ger 

;lnd finanCia l se.cre:tary, and hiS Slai{ hIve assumed 

the respool-Ibll!tles of d iu:cllDg our local unIOn 

Ke:nnrth luhruon, lntemadanaJ. Represc:nUtLve.from 

the Nmlh Dlslncl, swore In .11 the nc-"" officen, 

As 10 all elections your press secretary has seen 

In Ihe pasl 30 YC;jIrs. it DOW becomu lime to bring 

tbe uU:Ullieu,IIIV lugct.ber tu :.IIU W II united frunt 

to all enemies of labor. This was the mam Ihrust 

uf I)UI JlCW lJUlllllC)S 11I.JllIlgcI 'li ;u.. I..CplJ...rll.t: ~11t:edl . 

He reilcr;Jled Ihat we should move ahead in orga· 

mzing the nnnuOIon contractors and ~et:p a wary 

e)'e on alllat&.: c.omltru(;t lOn contracts th;1t are let 

in Los Angeln County. Skip mentlolled th.1 8 

SubslilOural remodel of In existing steam plant 1ft 

a nelghbonng tount)' was .awa rded to a nonunloo 

contractor, and we mu .. t be- cver vigilant to all 

work IhJt IS bid maul :I lea 

Recently we h;ad 41 vcr)' t.al1glbe result of CPR 

trainmg m a 277· voll IIccident . .... jOurneyman nn 

a ladder plc~cd up ~ "dead" pigtail .and was in· 

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Id e 10 ript .rc 5,'1(' McKin ley, vicr 

P ic l U f ~d 

prctidctll, Local IB , Los AngrJes. Cal., li nd 8ill 

T oo h f'Y, w ll o recdved a pin fo r 5S frll l ! o f !l:crvice. 

Pielu , f!d arc Ihe urvice: pin rt:cip ienu durin" Loul 

18'. pin prennu lion cel l!mon,. 

morc an thc thud Yl!!a r WHh Ihe reopener We also 

succcl!!ded III obt:llnlOg a fully paid, fllm d y euver' 

age. ml!dlcal bt=nefit package based on K.:riur'uiltes 

lor all thre.e years. Thu IS a milestone ID tt'liS 

union! The COntract, which was approved by more 

tbul 78 pClccnl of OUt membership, Will mamtam 

one of the highest lourneyman rales In the cuuntry 

at SI8 41 pe r hour. Even at thiS .alt of ray, the 

local ,nlll needs linen1l!n for the Deparcmen t of 

Waler IlDd Power 

Bcsldu Ihl!! above, other sm~1I but ImportJ.nt 

It.::m~ we. e loc.re:l.Sed, ~uc:h aJ overllmt.' rnuls and 

Manin Luther King's hmhday heml placed In the 

c.ontraC"l. Also Included were oU I-ollOwn mellis, 

Dew and hlghl! r wages set for new lob dasMAcalions, 

and lC!chnolfiglcal lob upgrades. Two of our 

b.gge t disapPOin tments wl!re failure to achieve 

binding arbitration and "comparable worth" for 

the c1cncal"'lIIts There Will be more 10 folluw on 

Ihl! "comp.IOlble worth " Issue In a futule arude. 

Of rqulIl Imporunc.c to Local 18 IS the heAlth. 

salelY. ~nd wdfare of its members, and utly III 

1981 we became ooe of the first IHEW loc.a\8 to 

develop an alcohol and drug pro&ram to .ssist its 

member w ho lHC experi encmg problems caused 

by .ubstance abuse The program hIlS helped many 

membcu caught In the downward splI:11 of ,ubstancl! 

J.bus.:: to become healthy and productive 

once '11.10. New testing proccdures .nd rohclcs 

arc bclO& devdoped al Itu: DWP In Lm Angeles, 

Cal,/orma This ISSUe. became rroblcm.tuc c.trly io 

May, 1985, when the DWP management ",m(aleraJly 

moved to set ItS own pollclcs for lesllng 

empluyees for a lcohol and drug abuse. The new 

testmg procedure WJ.S dool! wllhout proper notice 

to eithcr the cmploYl!cs or Loc:a l 18_ Needless co 

say, Loc.tI 18 demanded thai Ihe l('s lInl; ceaSe until 

said poliCies and procedures could be mutually 

agreed upon thmugh Ihe " meel·and·eonll! r" procen 

to Insu re rellsOfulble and umform IIppl lcalion 

10 • • 11 employees. Marc o n thiS Importilnt luue as 

It dcvelop! 

Local IS's Pm Prcsentation ceremony th" year 

was a great SUCCC"l' Many of [hI! old IImer, Clime 

to pick up thell pinS and $Ce some old fllends WI! 

wert C'-l>~l!laUy &lad to KC Bill Toohey amve as 

be was TC«IVlng h.s S5 year pin The'l!! were a l30 

IWO reCIpients of SO-year pin S: Thcodore ScheUrich 

a nd Loua L,Q nglord 10 addit ion co the II p.m, these 

members wc reglvcn speCial ce r tlAca~e!l c:um memora 

ling thcl r long·term membership of ovcr 50 

yearj 

The followlO~ rece.ved 4,S.ye.a. pans W Hoopc.r, 

L. A Elil!. and T F. Sanden} 40-ye.ar pm. John 

Daugherty, Tim ec.Hnc.,. Willard OVt:lby, lohn 

tol;1n. Kl!!nny Gwtn. All lundm. CIIII Winte r. 

W,lllllm Hatnllton, and John Uroon, JS'yur I'IOS 

Kenny Waugh, W. . PI!! .dut, Bt:nnte Bledsoe, :and 

Ron C l ift , O· ye:1I p Ul:t ; La wrence Arnold, Br uce 

Cameron, DaVid O'Brien, Joe: Wilson, Thomas M u r 

ray, loe Nathan. R, Montgomery, Au Ro lka, Ea d 

Foust, Wilham lones, Charles Larson, Robert Cut· 

Side, lames Hufbker R.. L. Wlutc, Luter Richmond, 

and VlOeentl! Leolll 25 yeu pins: Jam Townsl!!nd, 

Richard Dorado. and Frank Dorado. 

T here was II cllke and II. small recepuon ImIlH! 

d latcly folluwlng Ihl!! pm p rcsematICm 

Bagpipe Band 

Ro :"l FlllRAllA, l' 'i 

Picl urcod Is the LonllS. Lonslsland. N.Y •• 8a3,pipe 

Bind and h,h t-bulb-shapcd balloon du. in& thl! 

Labor Day Parade duwn Fir,l. Annue iu New Yo rk 

City. 

At the Picnic 

Loea l 2.S nt ~lQb er' liol! up lor ham bu'1I!H durin" 

the AnnUl i n l5pipl! Picnic. 

Annual Bagpipe Picnic 

Was Enjoyed By All 

LU. 25 (i.o,rUA.calv), LONG ISLAND, N_ Y. 

C l eeIUl~, BtothelS and SlStl!l5. On Saturday. Au· 

guSt 17, Local 25'", 8aIWIpe Band held their Annual 

P ICn iC. The ('vent look place at Smuhavcn Pa.k In 

Suffolk ounty with OVl! t 700 peoplc In attendance 

The weathl!r was J! r e~t and so was the company 

Thele Wen: ~"mt"i fOI the Iuds, :mu everyone 

I!Dloycd the nevel -e nding food and dunk. Plcme 

Chairman 'I-IC SaunJen .tnd all the ml!mber of Ihe 

Bagpipe Band deserve.1l our In,Qnkoi fUI mllny finl!! 

summer mem orll!!s 

Labor I)IlY seemed In come up e!ipcclally earl y 

thIS year, but Loc.3 I 15 .... as ludy and uger 10 

parade down Flith Avenue III New Yo rk Ity Once 

_gam Thl' 11i a very spt'cl.:al d.ay fO I our I(lul, aDd 

15 gO(' all OUt to m.:ake It an I!I1I0yabie one as wdl 

The dllY started with -'I contlOenul bruktast at 

our meeting hall to MelVille. Then .11 JSO 01 us 

boil rdcd chartcred bw~e$ fo r Ihe IIl p 10 Manha l1 an 

The light IIIIIl th:t l had becn lalllDK as we ~taJtc:d 

dlsapl'~ar4,'d IInu wa~ replaced wlt.h beautiful sun· 

sh.ne II,!. we arnvl!J In tbe nlg ~pple _ At a small 

park nur Ihe \(ajtlnK area. ml!mbe.n of our Or&a 

nlZ,ln~ Cl)mrnlltee Kt up porl.lbl.:: b.ubccuel and 

made hamburgers and hot dogs (ttr everyone

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yeul. Recently the p;lf1lcipAniS In the loumeyman 

Education Program ",cre hon red III an Elcclrll:al 

InJm.try EduuUOD fund O~nne l where anlSeates 

wcte presented 10 tho.$( who look the exlJa ume 

and dfort to take part In the v.Jnous course' offeled 

by the Journeyrr'l.1n Edueallon Committee. 

It IS vUluaUy tmpo'~lIble 10 measure the rffects 

of the eou r~ offcled by lourneym~n Educanon, 

but who can (IUCH'QR pfo~um~ such .s CPR, 

certlfled wddlOg. and solid Stale-just to mime' 

,,'"' 

Tlmc has shown Ih.t those ",·ho have ex tended 

them~elvcs , not only achle\'e ~ new skIll level 

""'hlch IS m,ukeuble, bUI they lire ;also the reClpl 

tnts of the ~rsonal law,faellon Ihat goes with 

chClr newfound knowledge Congratulations au: 

exu::ndcd 10

Unions Must Adapt 

To Changing Times 

LU. 51 , (o,lI,t,uly!utb), SPRINGFIELD, ILL.-l 

~5k nch of you to uke ;I minute to rdleet your 

though' $ on the followIng amclu published In 

USA Today " Untons have :I {uwu:, If Ihey can 

c.hange . Dudn~ Ronald Reagan 's firSl l crm, unions 

105t 2.7 million m embers. Today II 15 ha.lf thai 

ag,ain How tII n unions surVIve! when Itl most 

powe rful 1001, the sinke, IS DO lon~cl dfcctlvc! 

How un unlnns s urvive "" hen m.;anaJl,cmcnl ha5 

been SI\/en the n&hl 10 go bankrupt .and sc.rap labor 

COO lrac;:u f The answer 15 that unions can survIve 

the same way they have always IJun' lvcd when 

limes hne changed Unions can and Ink.l!! 1 change, 

100. La bol lIluSt ~pv c: the: best Il!prC o,crH:ltlOn possible 

and InslllI thc basle v2 1u ClI that made Ihem 

sirong. a fair dllY's pay lor a f:ai r day" 12 bot " We 

must educlite th ~ union m~mben h l p 

Author Patnclt Cox WTOte:: In one:: :lrtlcle that 

"URIons :lnd uruon !:aWl .are tbankfullY.ln cndangtred 

speeles, and employee orsaD tUUOnl are tbe 

only way tU deal with soclOpathle manap:er't .. 

Lane Kirkland ha.."1 another VU~ WPOInI In hI'> 

nlrde "New SolHlanty Spill! IS Bulstcnng UnIOns." 

Many of the laws and instrumc:nts of go\'unm ent 

thlilt we re ( Iellled to prevent the wQrst l,";III:e(sscs of 

unfall clll ployers have been s ubverted and placed 

III the hu nda of people who ha vc I1U IIItCl1tl Oll of 

adnllnistcrtnK or enlorcmg lhem n CmlKfcss In' 

tended 

The National Litbor Relauo ns Board IS packed 

with peoplc who wu:ld the nallon's I,bor Iawl lI.$ 

an mstruml"nt to frustrate OIg.ant2mg. dlSGou lagc 

c:ollec.llvc har,;.alOlng, and delay and deny lUSllce 

to w rkcn 

State and federal OIgeDdes ue blind to o pen 

vIOIol lon3 IJf hcahh and sa fc t y laws, prevad mg 

w(J ge laws, lind fila employmelll st[lnd.uds 

All thue :a buses will be remembered, and t he 

ruurgeot labor movement willlc:td the 'tY:I)" ThiS 

labor mOYement IS thc milln hnc o f ddensl;: lor 

worlungpcupl.: ''To help such peoplc ro help themlIclvu, 

QUAht to be: the highest priority of any 

decent soclet YI and thai IS the kind of SOCtety We 

seck .. 

Look for the uman label. :lnd allend your local 

UnIon meetlngl thltt IS where Il all ~'!;In' I w.ant 

to Ilike Ih ls opportunity to WISh a ll OUf ([j EW 

members, fa mdu:s and fnend3 a Happy nnu afe 

New Year 

Brothers 

thiS problem In 1986 

I am sorry to say that we:: have lost a ~CXMllnelJd 

~nd Blothel In the P~"lDg of FlanK Ortc~ Flank 

was a lourneyman haem.an and wo.ked fOf Utah 

POWer &. LIttJ1 t Camp"ny prior 10 tOlkln& 1I medieOl I 

renrcmcflI due to recufflng tumors which lI)Qk hiS 

life, Frank's enJu rarl ce, vllalllY, and cas)'~olng, 

friendly mAnner will be missed by :i ll of us. 

At on~ 01 our S.1it Lake Hne Unit m e etln ~$ dunng 

t he sum mer months, 1 had the opportunllY to VISit 

with Brothel ll"lry r homas, OUI unll ch:ll rrnan , 

D.Jn Nell our vice eil.1Irm.an , .and Ion Vllvc.n OUt 

secretary They all do a flnc lob for the local, .Jnd 

wc .Ipp.eCl.te thell dlons JelfY I' a Illu ineyman 

IlDem.tO OInd wmllS .as .;r. l:bspalcher D.;r.n IS a 

lourneyman ImemJn wo t klng On ~ loc,,1 dlstnbuuon 

dock crew Jon IS an apprentice lineman also 

wo rklOf: un II dl"ltnbullon crew In the: Sa lt Lllke 

a rea They :l IC glluu unIOn Brot hc rs, ,[Iml we know 

they wall keep up the good wurk SU ppUtllllg o ur 

local 

in cio'lOtt. I would hkt' to $.iy we have OUI days 

when we .l Ie dl5counged

Receiving Awards 

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Service Pins 

Award Recipients 

The JUry Kt' phart Memorial Award lor most oul* 

uandinK .pprentice in the gr.duatlng c1a u w~nt 

to, leh to ri,hl. Edmund S. Wellinglon and lames 

E. Myeu.. NUllO Ihem l.s A. C. LipfQrd , c.hainnu I, 

lATe. 

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Shown al thr Wfe Saving Aw.ud presr.Dution ate, 

It II to ti&ht, W.ahu Sc.bllliasu, 8uslntu l'hnagtl 

Slhcmalc, I Dd Pnrick Orr. 

wilt bt determined by January. 1986, whu;:h site 

will be: sdcct c=d ;as the dumping ground. L~rl)' 

Kemler, secretary-uc:asUIcr of the Washington SUte. 

LAbor Council, spokr on the fUlu,r of the trade 

um ons.. 

Thccvtnmg banquet broughtlh.: successful Umt 

ConIercDcc to a close with Life: nmg AWd rd!lo 

prcsC'atcd by Busine55 Maolger Charl,.y S,lvl"m;\lt' 

to E.lby Collins, Billy While, Pa ttlck On . Wa,ltet 

Schllhnger. and David Muun, all fr om the Spokane 

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CHA.Jll.LEI. P $ 'LVU .N A LIi, B M . 

Local's COPE Committee 

Keeps Active 

LU. 79lu),SYRA CUSE. N.Y.-The October unIOn 

mc ctlo, was atteoded by fWO candidalll.:s for mayOr 

of yraCU5C. Both gent lem en were: Invited by Local 

79's COPE Committee IQ speak at our meeting. 

Members heard eacb c4ndidRle 's vIews on orga 

Ilized labor and how, if elected, they would work 

and s upport UDlOD worken LO the c.ily of Syracuse. 

Atter h .ea.riog both candidates th~ Local 79's 

COPE Committee c hose to support T om YOUDg 

for mayor of Syracuse. The Committee ;and the 

membership eiecled to doltate Sl,()(X) toward Mr. 

Youn('. campaign for mayor. Also • .$150 wa!'> donau~d 

10 Dominick f', o au and John Kavanaugh, 

both Loc.al 79 members runnlOg fOI local offices 

in the areu they reside in . 

Retirtments for the month of Oetober lnclude 

tbe foll owing: John Vinene, c.hld gas mechamc 

with 27 years service. and Carl Conu with 34 yean 

servIce:. Both ,ohn and Carl had lhelr retln='roeot 

party together at the Pastm:lI: AthletiC Club. RcthlOg 

from the Transportation Department is Irv· 

ing POllel after 16 year, 5er'Yice. We can't forge t 

,ohn CowdelY from the meter :;Jnd te!lt deportment. 

who enjoyed hi lli party .H C reUIli Rest:lurant with 

fellow workers a.nd fri etlds 

Chet Sojda., a enief mamtC-tlance mt!"chanic in 

the aubsu.uon malDtcnance dcrartmcm, retired 

dice-live September 13, 1985. Bcothe: r SOl da had 32 

yun. 01 service: .and decided 10 take " a bye" on :I 

re:uremcllI party. In heu of a patty. Bill Connelly. 

Berny Malay aod Russ Kiggins pr c:sc:m ed Chel wilh 

I remote·conuol color tclevl:llon, AM· FM radJo 

and UIf)C ded. :a watch, and Vinous olbN pIn on 

behalf ofbls coworkers and many fnends We hope 

you eajoy these gilu when you :l.tt' ablt; to " take 

flye" from you I new busy schedule. 

On bcha.lf of :Ill your fri ends. we wish you and 

Ali« many biPPY and healthy yean of retirement. 

Presldenl V.llilee p.u eaIJ 11~",ice pin to Brother 

laek Viniui. 

1 would h ke to th.lnk Russ for his hcJ", and abo 

remind members if Ihey hue Bny wonhy news for 

the Journal 10 please feel f,ee 10 call me, and ['11 

try 10 get It in the /oumal as SOOn as posslble: 

R. I. M I(..IIAtl.!l, P S. 

Graduates 

Piclured are Ihe Loc.ll 80. Norfolk, V •. , 1985 gf:adnatesl 

Iclt to rig.ht . Bru ce E. Woolridge, Edmund 

S. Wellington, RaymoD d G. Tellu, Carcy S. Rumpf, 

Kath ryn L. Gessner, Robt:n M. ~bnn , Meliss:a R. 

Sl)u ffto"amcs E. ,""yen, Timothy L Puu: ~, Jamu 

E. Pit:.rce. and Glt:n S. Krm:nro tMlnlng from 

picture, urry M. POliS, Jr.' 

Apprentice Graduating 

Speech Is Highlighted 

LU. 80 Ii, o,nsb.spa l~ O RFOLK, VA.- The yeal 

of 1985 ga'Ye Local 80 12 new mechalllc5. Brotht:r 

lun MYII:I S, unc: uf tin:: twu IUJIl u l 1';1I11.1u1II1:::5, gOl v l: Oil 

speech that so impressed me that I would hke 10 

shue it with m y readers. Here Lt is 10 it5 entirety. 

" We have walled for thb particular evening fo r 

oyer four years. Those four yurs included o'Ye r 

8,000 hours of on·the·job tr:l ining and over 600 

hQurs of cl.ssroom iD!ltTUc tion . Can you remember 

Ihe fi rsl six ' moD lh period when we were m.king 

nnly S4 .09 l'1rr hour? How ~ lI d we m Bke II ! 

"Our c1l1!s 5tMled with over 20 apl'rc nLJces. 

Tomghl we ha 'Y e here the 12 survivors. I call 

ourselvcs SU(Vl'Yors ~ClIuse we sur'Ylved the worst 

economic pcriod thLS COUntry ha., sce:o since the: 

Creat Depression. We :ue survlVOU of one or the 

worst cmus that has fu:ed our local union since 

lIS bc&tnnmg- the ome tbat :nx 01 our local C(mrractorsdroppcd 

out, ud shonly after thai we took 

:a cut 10 pay. M:any 01 U5 m lued time trom work 

durtng- ,hu penocL That IS why ' S.Y we :are 

I!iUr\·l'YOfl. 

" A,. JOU rneymen c:lectncl:ans we now have ma le 

r CIIoJ)OMlblihy for our own u (et)' lioii wtll.n for the 

.sdety 01 others "nd tbat of the apprentices put in 

our charge. We also h:avc tht: responubility to ha'Ye 

a PO ~ IIIV C Influence 00 OUt indunry. 

" 't 1$ 11 real lO y to be om of school h wu great 

to set" the Oth N appre.nnclCs go back 10 school and 

DOt h ..... e 10 go, t OO. But, let's. n OI forgt;1 10 keep 

our educ.lIon updatcd. Ihere II new ttchnology 

and ncw change.s coming OUt .11 the tlml: T here 

:lIt" plogJammable controllers, fiber OpllCS and more 

We must teach out and obt;lln the neee:s at)' know} 

t'dgt' and lliklll:. tv iUlI-lall, mOl lublll, .mJ (I Dubie· 

shoot (hesl( systems. We oel(d to iocorpoute these 

new systcms In to aUI lob descn ptlQn In o rder to 

keep ou r eleclri ca l industry Ihn vlng 

"I Wllnt to ta ke this opportumty to thank all of 

our school teachers and the journeymen on the 

job. WI( want 10 th;ln k our union, the contractors, 

and Ihe Apprenticeship Committee lor making 

this mKht pOSSible. A speeud thllnlu to Mr. Hollomon 

fOf hi!!! cdfmls, and a special thanks to Mrs 

Dekker Ilso lor keeping the ball rolling for us when 

limes got tough Uld for all ber eff on s. 

" One of the. thm,,, about this p.ul1c.ulll locll 

apprmtlcC5hlp Iha[ makes 11 good 15 the diversity 

of w()lk a vailable In the area We have: marine: 

wark, hne "fork, government work, m:any kmds of 

tndUSUI,I1 work, hl~ 'Yoha~c wo:rk, commercial 

work, Ilrogr:ammable controllu:i, and 511 11 others 

I beheve theSe tcnd to produce a bellel balancw 

electnc.ian, one: that IS able 10 wcu k In all aSpects 

of the electrical field. 

" We represenl the fu turt eJecuicl ans 01 dlls .:rell 

and oc he,. arc .. s as well :IS po!'>s lbJe: COlluaCIOIS 

Let 's go OUI .md build a good rCIH.Il.lIIon by (be 

quantity of w Olk we do and by Ihe quality of tbat 

wOlk. Le t us be willchfu l or Ihe In fl lll.: nce we h ave 

on our fcllow wOrku and the: IlnLtuJcs we con· 

stantly express on and off the job. 

" In proverb5 of KlRg Solomon, he s:lld lh:a t a 

IU IUI'$> g:,lIlti.leut) Lll .. kcs ,oow for hlru and brings 

him before: yeat men. OUI talents and skIlls Will 

make a "I:ace for us 10 today'.s lob market 

'1 also want 10 add a personal note hue I wanl 

10 th.nk Cod for the oppOttURI ty to be up hert 

5peaklO~ a.s an honor graduate. I want 10 BLVI( I c su~ 

C h.n51 the CIcci" for my grades lind fOI gt'tung me 

through these four ye:H S. I know 11 IS only by HIS 

tJ1u'" /lnr! ~ " rnt:'h 11'1:\1 il i~ pn.~~ihl4" Th~nk you." 

':ames Mycl$. 

J reArel 10 II'lform you of the dcuh 01 Brother 

Jad Mall cr. J:lck re llled on disabil ity In 1982 II fte l 

O'Yer 0 years on the Job. Our c.o ndo!ences xo 10 

liu: k's widow. Muy, and his children. 

I ;l,Ist heard that Brother Ctay CurHng and hiS 

WIfe, Pat, lue lhe new proud p.Qrems of Sh

New Retirees 

Piclurcd tH~n: whh Business M :llugu Jack Mc· 

Nulty an: the rcctnl n::lirees IIf Local 81 , Scr .. nton, 

Pa. Suud lell 10 rlAht are! lack McNulty, Ted Hart, 

Ed Coylr, Ind Nello AliegrucdJ 51andilll leh 10 

ri&hl arc Jade Ca lla ~he l , Sunley KOllish, Ralph 

Pa5tOre, Belnie Keisling, Dab McCru, 1llld Vic 

C.audullo. 

Flood Relief 

to fhis piclure Jaclt Icnnines, second from leh . 

w"'chu while Oa\' ~ Abel, cenler, and 'o~Zielin ski, 

in truck, prtpue lIuteriallor flood victims. At the 

far ri gbt Coordinators Vinet Manl.o Ilnd Tom Euns 

l!;Iok on . All arc member! of Local 81. 

28, whcn the .....I lcr hJd .eceded, there was devas· 

tauon everywhere, and a thousand peoplc were 

left Without Ch:CIIICIlY, waler, and gas servi ces. 

Loc.al8 1 Immedl:.atdy began gelling manpower 1010 

the affecled atcas and working throughout tht d.ay 

:and night on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday to 

restore pow er to over 500 homes. 

\'{lIh Local 8 1 melllbe:rs Ct'orgc lutz. Don Foley, 

and Tim Gaughan cooldlnallng cHof[s for John F 

lc.nnmgs Electncal ontri1ctor, Bill Coleman for 

Jerry COYM Electrical Contractor. and :I number 

of othel employers working 1101l&: with them, 100 

eleC lrlClan, flUt In long shifts rCfllacmg servlU:S 

and worlung Witt. anspcctlon agen ci es. Middle 

Dep.Htmcnt Underwrncrs, ondtr the direction of 

John Kessler and Jack Dannon, IHEW ml::mbers OUt 

of Local 380-1, worked along wllh us 10 put pt'oplc 

back In Ihe ll homes. Tht'n, wuh the excellent 

cooperation of Pennsylvania Powc, and Light Com+ 

pa.ny .and our brother mEW mem~rs OUt of LocIlJ 

1510, the J)Qwer wa s turned on. 

Local 81 and ma ny othel mEW loca] untons 

responded to Wllku·Oarrc's needs after the 1972 

Agnes flood diuster in that area, and the experience 

Wt' gaUled \here ce rllllnl)' helped an our efforts In 

Saanton Mayor lames B McNuhy g;;r,ve luU au· 

thonty 10 Tom Evans, Ihe cleetnc:allOspeetor lor 

the eny 01 Seramon, and 10 CounCIlman Vmcent 

Manzo, both members of Local 81, 10 wOlk wlrn 

us 10 assure homeowners of proper lflstaliatlOn of 

e1ectncal power 10 Ihe damaged bomu. We .ue 

cl::nainly proud of ou r members' work and per,ev· 

t'1t'nee thruugh thIS tragedy. WlIhm a shon penod 

of lime, we had IHuvlde:d all of the .affected house: 

holds WIth power so they could beStn Ihe massive 

task of deanml up Once aS~lIn the: Inlt'rnallonal 

Brotherhood of Eleclncal Worke:rs has displayed 

the :ability to respond to dif.flcuh sltuallons m a 

manner wblch should mike e:veryone proud 

On Octobe r 4 ,he recent retirees of Lo(;al 81 

w'l:fe honored II I a parl y in Scunton. The maYOI 

of Sel.3n lOn, 1;1mes B. MeNuhy, presented all of 

the retirecs In allendance with ISEW anmversary 

pms. WI:: wish all of the lellrets the very beSt of 

hc.alth and happiness In theu retlfCmenL 

10 111'101 I Me ULTY, n.M. 

Golfers 

Piclured arc the members o( Local H2., Day lon, 

Ohio, whu partidfl,lIed in tbe IDEW Gul£ OUling 

held SI tht Jack Nicklaus Golf Center ;II Klngll 

Island. Piclured (rom If It to rig.ht aft Connie 

Md!lroy, Oan Nishwit"L. Tom Haleher, Dcan !-loward, 

Kr.nuy Debney, Tom Andellion, Dale Hill.rd, 

Pat Newlin, snd Bob 1I0ward. NOI pictured art. 

Mike Stonerock and John Dedden. 

Local Institutes New 

Re-sign Procedure 

LU. 81 (iAo). DA YTON, OHIO- Local 81 hu a 

nl::w policy on the re -sign procedure for the OUI· 

of·work lUI. Beginning November I, 1985, Loc.a l 

82 started a PO"l card re Slgo procedurl:: In order 

10 ICI1H1 111 UII the OUt of· work It '>t, you mUSI have 

a po!>t c:ard m Local 82's office by rh e lasl J ay of 

eac.h month ThIS c~ r d must ha ve your namc and 

card number on It 

As 01 Nvvembe:r II , there were 120 BrOlhers and 

SIStc:rs on Book lOut of Ih e:S(' 20 are avall.ble 

SU:IY 8rOlhert and Sisters were referred out in the 

month of Oelobe r, one of the best months in quite 

so me tllne, Work I OQk~ good for the winter II) 

DaYlOn, willch IS somctbmg we haven 't had In a 

whale 

Tom Russell Inform.s us of some coming allf:ac:· 

lions from the Recre.mon Commlltcl::. The Annual 

Moonlit(: Rowl Will be: hdd February 15 at Imperial 

Royal Z uncs, Miam isburg. Contact Tom for 

dcutls. AI 0 , the Calf Le:agut Will be organJ: t:d an 

Ihe spung. More deuUs on tbis are available h om 

Tom or Dan Nlshwuz. 

See you at the nex t meeting 

T RACY M LP.~rM" , P S 

Scribe Explains the Role 

Of the IBEW-COPE Program 

L.U . 84 (o,u,Clln'&'I), ATLANTA, GA .- In Ih~ past 

IIrli Id that Local 84 bas submltt~d to be: a part 

of the "Local Lines," emphuLS a ll contributing 

and pamclpal1ng 10 the IBEW·COPE proyam bls 

been dogmatically ~r5lS len l 8y Iht' dlhgent ef· 

f.ms of Bu slrl rSl Manager·Financi al Secret:uy I. W. 

Cllu, there has been extensive advenhlng of the 

16EW-CO I'E. program, aecctel3ted aCt!vllY In col· 

lectlllg cOIlt nbulIons, and even an au thonzed mEW· 

COPE payroll deduction plan for mcmbers em· 

pl oyed by the Crorgla Power Comp;lny Howrver, 

(TIliny of Ihe local's new mrmbers and a lew of the 

older ones who arc not f;j,mlltal With Ihe (BEW· 

COPE pros-ram ask the quesllon, " Wh,1I is the 

IBEW COPE proyamr" 

The IBEW-COPE program, ben~r known Simply 

as COPE, IS the nonpa rl isan political arm of tbe 

IBEW. COPE IS an acronym Ihat stands lor Com· 

mlttee on Political EduCltlon. II IS nOI a political 

party, nor IS It lied 10 any part y_ The IBEW · OPE. 

progra m endorses candld,lIes for public office. on 

the basiS of thell VOUO, rc:eonb, IlOC in thclr being 

I Rt'pubhcan or a Democrat. The IBEW ·COPE 

pr ogu.m .el::ks candidates who Will endorsl:: legll' 

lallon that provld(s fOI (.alrer lax laws, bc: ll er 

t'ducauun (01 the: young. male s~c urity and health 

c.arc for the clduly, 1l.I\d equal right!! for all. 

A, you frad thl3 article, some 01 you may be 

wondenn&. "Why would the lSEW lind particularly 

Local 84 concero Itself with pohtidl" The fact of 

the ma tter is that the (BEW .alons with Local 84 

and orner I.bor umon, have always been under a 

consl:mt attack from antiunion orglLDl:.alJODS, 

bustn~sSl!s. and oft~ n from ".IC .nd Dluon.1 leg 

Islatures, as well as from numerau'!; pohllc.IJead· 

cu. At ~cb convemng of the Unlu:d SlateS COngress 

or sUle ICs:is(;uu res, a bombardment 01 bills 

hit t he: floor In tendmg to restrict the rights of 

workers and ulJlons If Local 84 In conJunctIon 

wah the mEW·COPE program can help In elecling 

fn cndly candidates, passagc 01 luch bills becomes 

less hlu:l)' 

The ISEW has learned lbr ou~ upc:n cncc, which 

It has passed along to 11 5 many loc.ls, that therl! 

15 a po ..... ellu! link between the brcAd boll and the 

b.1l1ot box:. That is, bcncnts gai ned ,11 tbe negotl· 

atlng table can be wiped out by the: stroke of a pen 

throug.h the unwise Qf purposeful lIIellon'j of our 

pohtlcal1udtrs. 

Thus, the ISEW and Local .IN an: cng~gcd m 

pollt1c5 10 prot tel the ng)"" :lind weU:IIre of ItS 

members and tbose of .lIlhe worklngptople of the 

Unm:d StaIU. So. :IS you begm wllh Ihe birth of 

thIS ne w year, take time to reneet In whllt Ihe 

mEW -COPE pr ogr~ m me.1n5 10 Loeal 84 and yotl. 

Then make an earnest pledge to contrtbute and to 

partiCipate In Ihe IBEW -COPE pl ogram [f you are 

a Ceolgla Power employee, !lIKn up wllh Ibe au· 

thonzed payroll dedueuon plan tt)(by. And II you 

IIrc an employee cove:red by the other nane con 

Ifacts Loc.al S4 represent', call tbe local's office 

for dl:: u lls on panlclpaung and contllbullng 10 the 

IBEW·COPE program. In domg bO yuu Will be 

contrlbutiog to :a bflghter fU ture for the lBEW, 

Am enea, and you 

FltLOIN W CU.LE .... PS 

Brother Receives Craftsman 

Of the Year Award 

LU. 86 (I,fls,em&'spa), ROC II ESTER. N. \1.- Re+ 

cently tbe Roch~ster Builder's Excbange sponso red 

the Annual Craftsman of the Yell Award. One of 

thiS yr.ar's award, we arc pleased 10 report , went 

to an 86'er- TonyZannt of Cashette Eltetnc. Tony 

received the aWa.Id for the msullation of three 

large chandeliers that were IDUIlIl::d In the mam 

lobby of th~ Hohd.ay Inn down lO wn 

The ce nler 01 mam Chandelter IS 12 feet In 

diameter wllh two 8· foot chandeliers (one on each 

side) complcmentlnK the Cl::nter chanddlc f There 

lie 700 &:Iass tubes of varying leDSlbs [4 to 12 fcet 

long) tbat eonUlll 24 volt m1Rllllturc hAhn whi ch 

deliver. very soh, attractive (ocal poInt fOI thl: 

t'ntlle mam lobby. Tony was USll led on thIS 

protect by fdlow 86'e.rs Bob Alexander alld Dave 

Wil son. Countless hours were spcnt rrovidm&: 

adequ81e scaffoldlOg, IaYUUt, . nd supports It's of 

1l1tl::rest to know that white gloves had to be wom 

throughout the Installatlol'l to protect ag.:llD.!1 

smudges and fioser prints, and each lUbe had to 

be washed, then sprayed with a hqmd de,ergenl 

and let 10 dry to millntaln 1l:S crystal·lIke cHeer. 

Whrn downtown please SlOp by :and sec Ihls 1m· 

presslve tns~lIati o n . Consnlltuluionl, Tony. Bob, 

and Oava::, on a lob you can be proud of. 

Frc(juently Qua lity of work "., . co,t is dlsc.us.sed 

and me:.asured. How about the foll owan8 " Words 

of Wisdom": "The bitterness of poor qualtty stays 

on long alter the swcetoeu of a chl::ap lob IS gone:.." 

On beh.Jf of LocaJ 86, It IS indeed my plcasult' 

to eXlrnd a Happy ew Y(:;.;u 10 III ou r fnends 

throughoul Ihc andustry. We can ren~c:t Nck on 

'85 as .a yea! that dIdn't sausfy m:lny of labor's 

need, or dId much to correct the unrest throughout 

the w01ld as well as here at home. PeOiCe and 

prosperity, tWO frequently used words dunng thIS 

ume of the year. U I:: but hopes, Ihey Ire eertAmly 

nOt re:alay. We must, however, thlllk POSitiVe: and 

be: opumlSUC for tbe new year (0 pto ... lde us with 

peace, tolerance, brotbe.rl y love, prospenty, .Ild 

h:aPl'llness The followm&: quotation of B C. Forbes 

perhaps exp.eisess what we Cln do to heJp make 

1986 and future years better for 111 : 

" Alw.ays the new year suggests I fresh sun. 

Alway, the nt'w year brings SQ much promise of 

bCH~r things to come. And Ihh Is true bowcvel 

good the old year may h:a ve! been 10 us. Pc rblps it 

it bee.luse we arc all Imbued with the Idea that 

we must evcr sinve 10 do beller Ind to be belter 

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Colorado. fo r the Annual PICruC lD 1986. They ask 

lbat I 1¢~Ut:al all umu In the Stall! t o help them 

secure .. $lte for this yur', PU:'O IC. Over Ihe Yeln 

we hue .veraged .3pproxlmately 600 10 attendance. 

I believe tbls 15 II good opportUntty for II possible 

c.hang( of loulloo for lhosr UnitS tnterestcd enough 

to 1nquire 00 beh.tlf of IhlS 1.111))1 1l1lIJurt "lIt UIIIUII 

funcllnn 

Unit I '.. Brotherhood Fund hIlS elect ed ne w 01. 

fkr.rs for the year 1985·86. Co ngratul a ll o n ~ arc tn 

o rde r lor Lee Smith. Jr" prel ldeDt; Ch:uhe Pearce. 

vtee: pres.ldent) Rlc.k Ilolbttk. Ifh~w.el l O ~IJ BII.II)}..lIo, 

secretary; John D;avlS, seCletary pro-teml ilnd Ad. 

VISOry Commlttec, hm Mcl)t.nnoll, M Ike W.rd, 

Dcnnl' M IHer, Ron Weavcr, and D;ave Vac1av 

Work safely, SlaY Informed) lIttcnd your UI1l I 

mcctin&l 

10111'1 l OAVl5, r.s 

Organizing Helps Keep 

Members Employed 

LU. 113 li.o,u&.catvl. COLORADO SPRINCS, 

COLO.-AI ple5Cnl 80Qk I 1$ dcar with Book U 

betnl lIp~d now ,md Ihen We are $11 11 cn jOYlng 

Ll lc dfee~ of the Sp.er: Cenler as d lfferenl con 

tractOrs lire campicllng thea Indi Vidual phases 

To those of you toed DtOllu:: rs [lOt YCI recel vmg 

your Colorado lAtJol Advocate: With your nlllll, 

please let Frances 01 Toni know. The office IS 

t:urn:ntl,. In tlu:. prOCl"S.s of updaclDg the milling 

hSQ!;, .nd the RuCtl1nes need ;any help you can 

&lve W~"le on the $UbleC I of SCCrr:taneS, I would 

hke to take IhlS opportuolty 10 openly thank Our 

twO lo ... t.I'J hdle5, Fiance, M11thlcund Tom Kelly, 

I r Ih r: OU I ~l.III JIU l!. luL tltey ..Iu In keCplnK UUt 

orAce runDlng sm oothly 

Whal c:dlscussl ng Insurance benef] 1$ w llb Frances 

one day, t Wall dlswrbed 10 ftrvl Qnty 18t m m bc rs 

OUI of OUt tot.21435 Interest ed In our Brotherhood 

FuuJ The 8ruthe rhood Fund was set up so Ih~t 

wlthm 14 hours of the death of a member the 

bcneAcl;uy receives. check equal to $5.00 per 

I!"very cuttent member II) aSSiSt with Immediat e 

needs To hie sure. the (Hum. 01 thl!" death 01 II 

loved Onc can only be In ere.Sled by the ta. .. t· p.-ted 

shuffllOA of money thai takes place With in the 

h)t\owln g few days of death h 's an excellent Idea 

:ind nne Ih:!t deservcs 100 percent partu:lp.aIIlJJI 

Another re;1Son thai Our local IS enlOYln8 ItS 

steady employment IS the 5'e..u.ly. ;lMreS5IVe o r. 

gamutlO!l dnvc. ct.rne.d out by Mark. J\")hnson In 

fac t, las, weck Kenny EIr:clfIc. wruch w"u among 

the top thrte rau laSI yur, told liS employeCl thai 

II w as no longer lOins to bid on .any work In Ih e 

Spnllgl lUC3 du~ 10 I0581:'S incurred ID the laM YCIlI 

One of the UCtlc.s used to COSt thc r." money IS 

to fClrce them to leg,dly defend IhemS(! lvC5 In Court. 

The NOllonallabor ReJlltlona Board IS stt up with 

taxpayers' monr:y to see to It that the 118ht .. of 

wnrKr, Tn frrf'ly o(tanl"ll: art' not vlOinl t'd It st'ems 

lhat 50n1~ uf t he ra U feel thr:y ate a bove Ih r: law 

With a 8000 case lh~ Nl.RB un provr: they arC: nOl, 

Use thr: NLR8; U 's an avall.ble tool that we poly 

fOl Inyway 

Donald Robinson Is 

New Treasurer 

L 1\ SZAan su, P S 

l..U, 124 lI,sc,em,fm.rtdupa). KA NSAS CITY, 

M O.--Qn Salurday. Scplembcr 11 . 1985, Local 124 

hel d Ih Annual Goll Tuurn.ment at SouthView 

Coli Club. Ioc:alr:d at 162nd and 71 HIAhwlY In 

8c: \t n. MIS.wuri. Over 75 members and 1t'1IIr:d 

m cmbers ..... c le pn:scnt al th r: Club for thl~ occa 

l ion We would like lO e.prell$ our thanks t the 

Culf ommlttee, Mike Rumons, FrOi nk HIfUM, 

lind Ilh.! N ichols. Wlthuut their time and effott 

thi" CYt:IH would nm hav,· h"j'n ~n "lIrl'j''!:'!flll 

"t the gencnl meeting 00 October 9, Donald 

Robinson w.u an:nalled as the new Irc.J$urcr of the 

loc.l lie precedes De.nniS Ll l ton, who held IhlS 

o lA ce for O\'CI four lind onc·half yead. Brother 

RoblDSOD has been a member of Loul114 fOI ova 

15 ycart The mem.ber of Ihc local wOll ld Itke to 

Members 

PictUred are Coif Commilt« members Mike Ru. 

nionll. Funk lI i.ClfU , and Pbil Nichola. LoCiI 11 4, 

Kau!oa ~ Chy, Mu. 

New Treasurer 

Ed Drake. presidul of loul l14, installs Donald 

Robinso n IS 'he n~ w treuure', 

extend IhclI con~t3tuI3tlun~ In Dnn In hiS ntw 

pOSl ll UIl 

Joe Puanm, II ,uurncyman wm:nl:ln member of 

Local 124, c.om posed II vcry nice poem wluch 

appears on t his j'(SUC'S " Rcnectll)lI$" page, 

Thul'I eight membcl of l,w.;aI124 received thCl1 

IO-yc;al service pins It Ihe gClleul mcettn..& un 

Octobt'r 9 Tho~ p,csent were Robert D, 8alllt, 

Robert R. C.U ter John E CtJlnpu,,", Jack Fee.hnL 

Randy Heflin, P.,ul J Joyce. D.,lVld H HIli , TlmOlhy 

I. Hoee, Martin t , Llvullmon, Gerald 0 , Long. nuh 

A. Mapel, Wlilurn H Petrie, Ml c "~cli Schleicher, 

Kc.nneth R. S\mmons, en), l Wdborn, RII:hllrd 

S M nthc ..... s. Jr., Inmcs W.add'll 'lnd thc fo llo w lIll; 

members WCII: recognized for l;,:n years' s.crvlcr: 

Aaron J Mlllbon, LOUIS W Mllthcws, Perry L Mc. 

bane, Patrick I. Rout-n, D;lOIel T Sosa, Cerald 

I\shlod.. loe- c. B.aldwm. Rlllrh I) lc,avlU, loe C. 

MOtr: tlR;I, Elnesl W a UJtnore. Paul B S~undcl'!i . 

lohn S Baxlr:y, Mike D Bedell, DenOiS M Calde. 

ron, Thomas I C IICO, S.:Imud Easl cr, Lar')' W 

Evanoff. Chllrles L Fo rd, P.aul C Knapp, Timulhy 

P. Ma lane)l, Peter V Menduha, K~llneth R Mc. 

Daniel, lind Rlch.ud F. TIJlmnn, III 

RI IULM T I MALQ "'II.'. P S 

Scribe Reminds Members 

Of Voting Responsibility 

LU. 130 11111.01. £w ORLEANS, LA.-The two 

ladles In the picture are Evelyn Venl!.lrelb and 

ludy C!.IItOVlcn They hl1ndle Ihe day lo-dllY or 

CIaIlOlU of Ihe local's C redit Union The Credit 

VllIon hilS continua lly grown undcl lhe careful eye 

of thr: Iloald of Dln :C10 15 and Luan Committee: 

offi ccrs bOlh r'-SI and prli)cnt There ar;,: 't;:v~'tIIl 

bc.nefits Ihat com

 

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Hellry Ne ..... gard and Company. the pnme: electrical 

contfil ctOr, had.;u m'lI[)y as 245 Local 134 c:lccllI · 

clans workmg uvc:n da)'s a wtek to mee t the 

rcopc wurluug 

rdauonship they had with Dlln H arnl),. lob supt!untcndent, 

alld Bill HcvcroD, job stcw:ud At 

the prc'lI:nt time Loc.a.1 134 hn 110 dc:c:tt1c:' .. ns 

cun e.ntly f'mployed 51. days g week by the He.nry 

Newgard Comp:IOY 

For a prolcct thu extensive 10 proceed as smoothly 

as II did, remforces the fae:t that Local 134 hu the 

mOM'qllAlIA l"tt ,.ltt, rlr"l ans In Inr- tHal,. fOri AY 

HelirtieSI congratulations to all mvol ved in the 

completion of an cmment and Illustrious Structure 

embdhshcd by plQAncn\ and Skl\lcd w OTkrn llD ' 

s1-up. It WIIS Ll chllllcngc cach and ('vcry day; but 

the fulfillment of this finished, lmpr SIVC, supe:· 

nor. Hut-utc hotel should be of great gr,ulAc:allon 

and pnde to euh and every one: involved in Ihe 

prolect It IS fo r :III to see aDd admire Jnd stale 

cmpnlllJc.llly. " It IS a lob well donl"'" 

CU"IU.ES DUNf'lE, P_S. 

To~' SINCLAIR, V.S 

Longtime Members 

Dick M:llmsltom and £d Sc.b wriss discuss old 

IImu _her ffe tivins (heir senice pins (tom Loc:a l 

145, Rock Island. III . 

Local Picnic, Labor Day 

Parade Big Successes 

L.U. 145 Il l o , u ,e m , rtb , rl.!l ,S pa~tatv), ROCK IS· 

LAND . 11~ ,-Th e local union picnic was he:Jd at 

Hlllcn'st IlccrCAtion in a n on Jor the finn lime, 

and fro m cammenlS heard 31 the PIC01C. It !:Ioundcd 

I1ke the Picnic Committee'S chc)1ce was 11 good 

one. T here were games lind n cts fo r the children 

wllb. pnzeoa kn .11.111"'-nd SQU and ... ollcyball h:n tbost 

willing. The pool received a good wo rkout despite 

the cool wuther. This year a new ulea was UI l"d 

for tho-'C Interested 10 a more: sed.:ne: activity. With 

the: 35slstanee of seve ... 1 retirees. a bingo game W:UI 

heidi aad (rom the amount of partlcipatloo, It 

looks hke It mlly become a permanent fixture 

mEW service " ins were awarded to tho e eligible 

who W~lt In attendancc. h was a :special honol 

and ple.uule 1(1 award Ed Sch ~'ciss .and Dick 

M. hn$tlOm theIr 65· and 60-ycar pms, respec· 

tlvely. It IS to gentlemen likl" the:se Ihat we o~'c a 

debt of gr:llhude for tht!lI dfons III making Ihe 

IBEW wh:1I It is today. lnaoks to the PicnI c 

Cornnuttee headed by Pat Srandle lor lhe- enJoyable 

d" The local also partlclpaled In Ih.: Annual E::& st 

Moline ubor Day Parade. w ilh a Oo:&t entry. De· 

sPltC thre.atcning wCJI:lher thc Pa,ade was a big 

.succc:u If Ihe st.:e of the crowd was any mdlc.uJQn 

Thinks co Ron Jordan lind John Wmterbottom for 

theu efforls_ 

CAMY NOWAK, P S. 

All Members To Receive 

Hats at Local Meetings 

L.U_ 150 (i,.e m,rts&spal, WAUKECAN.ILL.-Hope 

all mEW Brothers :md SISl e rs hl"re, ac ross tbe 

Un i t~d Stales, and in Canada had a wonderful 

Christmas, Unlonuoately for us in the good ole 

USA, ROllald Scrooge is still in the White House. 

Bur I II is nOt 10S I, for Oll r president .nd Congress 

ha ... c finally Ie:ahz.ed thcre. IS a tradc dcth:I1.. 11. I' 

about damn time, they are ooly 15 years too late. 

We in toeaJ I SO should COUnt our blessings that 

Qur loal dId not depend on he.l .... y industry such 

as the: sleel m ills 0 1 I he: a Ula plaots, whlcb eonslituted 

the milJo rity of !-Ome. locals' WOlk.. Thcy 

were na t kidding whcn they said we 2re 10 become 

• "servlcc-Industry" nallo n. We sec thai right here 

In Lou\ ISO wl\.b aU ttll" oH\c1" bm\dm&150mg up. 

Un fortun.ltcly, these lobs doo 't uke the: m .npowu 

the: beavy indllnrial jobs do. But In November 

Loeal 150 had full em ployment, and wbat a good 

feeling II was It loo ks like ,he re:$! of the WlntCI 

will be at leutdecent. We hope It Will be the nrnl" 

fo r the rest of the mEW locals. 

Congratulations 00 behalf of l oc21 I SO to the 

iullc.owUlJo> Bruthcrs allll lhclf families wbo a.rc 

c:t1ebratmg thIS new year wah babic, bo rn in the 

montbs of September and October. Don Omhardt. 

Rlcb Ray, Tim Callanan, Don Hougton, 2nd MIke 

Kohler Our sympatb.l cs .art sent 10 t be fllmlly of 

Brother Cha.les Kmuck , who passed away Scptcm· 

ber 21, 1985. Charll"s lived to 81g Pine Key. Flonda 

CondoiencII:5 are also sent to Brother Ed Slicon 

whosc Wife died Oclober 141 1985, 10 Stoughton, 

W,sconslrl. 

At the N ovember mee:llng. It wu voted aD thllt 

all ml'-mbc.s wtli lecclve Local 150 bu,eball hats. 

These: hats WIll be Hl two typd--summcr, which 

will have the nylon mcsh, and Winter, which Will 

he all cloth 

We hope they wlil be In by the ,,,nun!'y ul101 nn 

m cetmg. The h ats will be l!is tribuled:1I the lillian 

m cetinS/,s. It will be very Intcrc;St ins. 10 sec ho w 

nllH1Y halB are: dlsl l ibuled 0'1(;1 the c.lJ ~lI!;e ur the 

win ter as it seems th,lI sa m any 01 t he fa ce5 arc 

t he same one5 I sec ;It all tbe union meetings. 

It shou ld IIlso be- noted that evc:ry member b 

entllll!!d to an IBEW handbook wblch IS IIvlIll.ble 

lit lhl!! unloo olfice Althollgh I missed It. I ,",ndernand 

the ba.nquet wa.s a suecC!$$ I hope to have 

$Om e pICtures of the banque t In an upcoming 

artlclc. 

I Will leave you With a quote from a guy whQ 

has nls name sme.ucd on all of our IL ce o ~e plate5 

la nd I don't m ~lIn I~mes Edgarll " Ali th:ll hums 

boo. is tr easoo to Amen ca. No !tn e: u n be drawll 

between these two. If .a m an tells you ht: lovcs 

Amenca yet he baleS la bo r, be is a lIat, If a man 

Idls you he: IrustS Ame:nc.a ye t fears labor, hc IS a 

foo!. " Abrah .. m Lincoln. 

Brother Danis Resigns 

From Local Publication 

R.ICk RO'ITMANN, P.S. 

L.U . • &5 {II, CHiCACO, ILJ...- At the OCtobe, 

meeting Bro ther BiU Danowski of the Pr c5-!iman'5 

uUl u n :.pukt: tu the: membersbip about ,he: hald· 

nosed u eucs used by Ihe Chico,o Tnbune 10 iu 

fallu.e 10 bargam In good faith with thc union . 

Brother Ed Dams resign5 from the local as of 

l.lnu,uy 1, \986. W-e 'W13b him \Ul..io.. au'" happinc::u 

In bls future ende:avars. Ed h olS been iii ctnoonist 

for (he IccIII ', monthly paper, The CommUmCalQl. 

IlInce 1915, He has received many awards fO I h is 

mteOl!U! decire 10 show peopl e o n the labor scene 

the pUrpose and deslre of o rgllnlze:d I-'bor in Ihe 

Pledging 

Local 165, chlea80, III., Presidenl-tiuslnus Mao 

.Su Robe n O .. hllr.e ilshown with Bill Danows ki 

or the 9-1ri king Chlcdgo Tributle Prelim en. 

Resigning 

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Ed DaD is, cartoon i51 lince 1975, re5igns lrom t.he 

Ita If of the loeal'l Commun;calo,. d fl"ct ive January 

1, 1986. 

form of pictures rather than words He hIlS also 

contnbutcd many poem! 10 the !ouma!'! " Reflecti 

ons" 00 tbe mSlde biICk cover. E.d jOLned the 

editOrial sial! of the loeal as an aSSociate editor in 

Junc of 1976 

LAwl\(NCr. f DIEIIl, P.S. 

Member 

Iden1i.fy this ''''ynery Mao and you win an " Ana 

Boy ," lIan, in thue, us, \Vof: In:ed mun: l iJ..~ yuu. 

{Pholo .submittW by i..oe.I l 175. ChllUmooga, Tenn.' 

Signing-Book Policy 

Has Been Changed 

L..U. 175 (i,o,r:m,cli. DU), CHATrANOOGA, 

TEN .-"The ha rde't thing .about mUkiog cows/" 

observed a Carme: r, "IS IhJlt the)' ncVCf Stay milked." 

September Is the month when millio ns of faccs 

ndl~ t ing happine5S turn tow Q. rd school. Th ~ y all 

belong to m othe:rs. 

1 shated the abo ... e 10 make a pomt. o\.hiug e ... ct 

stays the same. To Olir travelmg BI Olhers or Sister, : 

When you arc coming to Local 17S to Sign the outof·work: 

book. you Will need a letter. with a wntteo 

signaturc. fr om YOU I business manager Indicating 

thai )'ou a re: uOl!!mplo)'ed and lookio& fO I wo rk. 

I\1so, yOll w lil n~d a pllyed-up dues receipt. We 

have experienccd some problems In lbl.s area in 

Ic~cnt days ID reganls to signing Ol.l r 'books .ml lIe 

convlnccd thiS Wi ll deoll thiS mall l"r Ill' Th:lnk 

YOIl in advance for cooperallog with us 

W e: have sent OU t several people recently, but all 

of the m h.ave been on job. of ,hoft duration. Our 

books still lut SOme Colks OU I of wo rk. It looks

like we may sec sevenJ unemployed pef'50ru , h rou~ 

the Winter month and beyond TVA IS ....'orkl nJ;; 

d il igen tly to get seveul of theu nuclear UnitS back 

on the hne, and It appc.;u s th:1I they Will not be: 

necdlng as m any electricians :lJ wc had hoped. 

I-h ng on where yol,& ,m=. or And a good lob and keep 

" In ill SllUe bUi ldIng trades mee ti ng recendy an ill 

nCI,tJbonng nate. I speaket rcpre cotlng • I, , ~e 

powt"r company re purted lb;n I:':lglu of the laS! nml:': 

pO ....'(;I company cunSlruc;tJOn prOlcCU were com· 

pleted on schedule, .I nd 10 some cucs under bud jolc t 

O ne example cited was a steam plant ('TUlcc t where 

the lOb wa'i completed ahead o j 'tchedulc and 1.10 

mil han undelhudxel All workelS on the lob were 

unlUOIzcd building ludcsml':n We know thiS, bUI 

we must lei othus know thiS and continue to 

work smaner Ind m ote economleill than ou r com 

pCOI\OIl 

A Ih t of Wl'l.dun\ ihe on ly way Itl be jU 51 I [(I 

Iudge your O W /l .. cllnns by Ihe ~l1t pa n of you and 

to judgc the actions of otbt'rs by the wo rst part {If 

you 

RClnt'rni»er Suu:ess IS nm pcrmanent, but nelt 

h ~r IS bllure 

M :.y Cod blc!>!>1 C·U :I[ the n Itt union mee lln ~ . 

Negotiations Ongoing; 

Work Remains Good 

C.E DUNNINC, P.S 

KEN 1 .....','[.,. 1\., .. r P S 

L.U. 171 {l&'ol.IACKSONVI LLE, FLA.---Oncc ll gllUl 

we And that II IS IIcgotl.!lwm"l uIDe We hdv!: ~c:n 

meell ng with the (.llnlr.lC C () r ~ since Sepu:mbcr :lind 

It look a though we wdl Ix: gOIng to CouncIl. 

We have Slvcn .orne, as have lhe conllaClOr . bUI 

nOI C'nouY.h It "ct'm'l; Ih.:ll t whcn .... c go 10 CounCil 

we KCI somethmJ'., but lOSe: much l'I'lOre. A~ won 

AS the lI&reenH:nt IS scttled, It will be in lhe 

newalener. M:& )'be we can C:Qm ~- OUt ahcad IhlS 

ti me 

In a Wl1ShmXlUll rcpon by on~ r e:!!sman Charite 

Bt'nnel1 II W.!lS Slated that Ihe House pU5cd the 

Mlliul')' Construction Approprl.tlons Bil l fot 6ow:al 

year 1986 The Inune)' appropfl31ed for Ihe IlI ck· 

sonvll ie area amuunts 10 $369 mdllon, The I .l r~cs i 

p4 rl of Ihislllonc), Will go 10 the Klnl;s Bay 'l lIden l 

Su bmaune lIast', T he Base Will lecelVC $296 Inlllion 

t-I urduUy wt' can gt'[ some of our fall eon· 

n ac ton [0 bid dnd &C'l some o( thL5 work The 

lemalmlel of the money \\'111 go 10 Ihe '3cksonvtlle 

In sull:1It1il ns. A little side n OI~ on Conglessnlan 

Scnllen. ncccntly he caSI hl"l I \o{Khh flIli 'C3 1l 

VOle In thc U c; Huuse of RC p I C~C lltat lvcs. Th IS, l 

lun aJvlscd, IS (ll!)re rull ·call \lotes Ih3n :lny other 

(.(II\SVe!i~man In hl.§tory. ConJtunulauons. Cnn 

Jttessm,ln Scnnell 

The work SHuallon remams about Ihc same as 

we sti li have tl 3v e le l ~ ",'orklO& m tht lunsdlctl0n 

The blXgest lob ~01 n g nght now ~S the t\\'O coal 

fired planu on thc Douh Side of lown T he Pru 

den tial lob has wound d ..... n ;is havc sunle of Ihl; 

Olher ,ob!> The wurk 01 1 the v.anuu "" papt'l m ills 

around to ..... n h.a!o dowed dow n The m ills 3re 

h.lV1OA problt'm s with tllc EPA and o t h~ r go\'ern 

men! al:~'nclcs In Kraft I'apcl lfo lme"y Sf RegiS] 

IS currently shU! dllwn :Jn d IS h3vln~ Iwuble pa )'lI1$; 

overdut clcclrlc bllllJ of close to $1 mi ll ion, Some 

ol the other m il ls hove CUt back on rroductl(lIll1nd 

have had 1\1 IllY off 101 11 wo, kers 

In a r rc\'lOus I.,sue mcntlOn Wool'S nuJe I,f Ihe 

Annu.ll Golf Tournament the re:suit, ate now In 

The J(. hok Tournament ",,"' :15 held at thc Slivel 

Sp n nlt~ hOle, C(.l1 ourse Bro lher, who won lilt' 

as fullows DOll Plla~ low n~t. Herb JUllU\tlll, l~lW 

glOSS, nrSt OtS;ht. Ch.ll lu: Watklns, lH ll WcslcTvelt, 

.:Iod Bd f Guy, second flight: Wayne Smith. Fnltl k 

Dunne. lind Whm Bon nx, th.llt.l fllghl Willie Aicher, 

Ralph Snrlltl&. and HIli c.addell Cung.rllculaIlUn'i 

to all Ihc WlOner'!, and Ihanks 10 Ihe members 

who helped sel up Ihl:' whoit' event The wClther 

was even leiter perfeci 

The locl1 l''i racquciballicam IS !I II II gUlOg SIIOIl/o:. 

sc\craJ uf the Bruthcls get t l) pl aya few tllne, 

evt:ry week We cnteted :Iteam to the FlOrid. First 

Coast II $IC Tuufn,lment lio(,

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c:lcClrLcal shock Wil'l mduced voluge from a 11 S· 

KV hne a rll.la 12 Ii KVundcrbUlld Dcnnyrccovercd 

h om most 01 his InlunC$ even thoux.h he losl somc 

fcellng from pa rts of botb hands The amazmg. 

thing IS that he leoHn eti from IllS expcrlence and IS 

trying to help clIhtr • . 

lknny recently resigned u a member of the loim 

Salety Committee where he has helped rewrite: the 

afety Book He alsu plOduccd, In conluncllOn wllh 

the UllIveuuy [II Iowa, a slide presentallon on 

burm which ill recognIzed n:ltlona lly and locall y 

by low. Mcth lS I Hospital OUI of Des Momes 

lind lhe Iowa flle Aghtcrs Assoc lluion Tbis PIt:' 

enullon IS available (rom the IlI tcrn:Htonal O fflec 

or Loe.a l 204 up n request. He ha il been active In 

the lATe as a member, chairm:ln of the Comm it· 

tee, and Iral nlng coordlnator·instructor. I would 

like to say thank you, Mr. IU C¥.CY, lo r aU the time 

and excellent work you have done for all of us al 

Loc:a1204 . 

A recent article brought some comments fr6m 

uppcr managemcn l. I would likc 10 take th is tim~ 

10 Say thank )'ou IQr readlDg thiS .rude 

11M 

Major ProJects Delayed; 

Many Out of Work 

TT, P.S 

LU. 237 Ill. NIAGARA FALLS , N. Y.- The local 

work pIcture 15 still bad l one' lhlrd of Ihe l()Cal IS 

ou t of work. The Wlnler looks WOfSe, ..... ith the two 

big lobs we were supposed 10 Slart !)(mg delayed. 

The sute Power Allihority announced tha i the 

IIddllioDS to the Roben Moses Power 1)lant and 

Tuscorora Pump Station Will be dcbyed until 1987 

due 10 deSign changes. The DuPonl Olin C hlorine 

Plant IS being slowed by eovlfonmental approvals, 

some foundalions and SlrUclural Sled might be 

suited this year. 

Thank you to the locals that have put OU I 

IHOttlers to wo rk dUring our slow tlInes. 

The Annuill Local 237 Stag PICIlI C was held Oil 

(:ptembcr 7 lit the Wheatfield Ameri can Ll!'gi on 

Vice Prl!'siden l Jim Hodgson and hi s commlliet. 

did a good lob With the lood and games. As usual, 

the loumeymen bc:ar Ihe apprenllcl!'l al 'he slo ..... · 

pitch g.ame. 

The Alhletle Assod .:uion's Annual Stag Camp· 

Dl1l lit Alll!'gany Siale Park was a 5ucceu. We had 

good weather for a change. ThiS year's "star" was 

cott Jorday, who sot hil four·wheel·drlve tnlc..k 

.tuck I[] dirt Ino, nOt mud) and bad to be pulled 

out by a Iwo·whc:d dnve ITU ck 

Don't ask Pat Morrison to fill your brakc:s. He 

gOt bitten III .he mouth by a pair of 16ng"CoSe 

pliers fllling his. 

DC)f]'t forget, Ihe meetings are still the third 

Thursday al 8 p.rn .11 1 the Elks Hall 

Who Has Time 

For Unions? 

'A./

C3mp31gn 3 greater sllccess thl1l n aoy In the paSt. 

The MCf!tmg concluded, 3U returned to the t3sk 

or bUilding the world's SneSt submarint:s. 

The Nautilus. the world's first Duclear·powC'Ied 

subm;ume, was moved to her pcroulDent dockmg 

borne on the mornmg of October 24, 1985. The 

NautIlus )S now at the pie r of the Submanne 

Muscum and WIll be on display beglnmng In Apnl 

of 19 6 when t he Museum is scheduled to open . 

TIIOMAS J. M cGovuu-I, P.S. 

Handiwork 

handlt: It. Hall Elec:tnc and Newkirk have the ..... ork 

along wnh Whittaker El ectric. Leo Uber is Ihe 

steward fOJ Hall Electric, and "Gator" IS Ihe slew· 

ard for Newkl.lk. Bob Wu:rsema I.!i ID charge ol lhr: 

prOject for Newkirk, and Doll e- Barcb.ud is runmng 

the lob lo r Hat! ElectT\C 

Well, Al eCI3 Rae Masl1Ilkoskl of Muskegoo did 

nOt Wl n t he MISS Amet1ca Pageant ; but she Sure 

put our town on the map. Alecl.t ended up In the 

fir st 10 as well as wmnll1g the Miss Ml1:higaa 

crown Our buys donalt:d a lot of t\mc and labor 

on tht: Fr.1u c nthal Cen lt: r where our local MISS 

Mlchlg3.n Pagellnt IS held. (I undeutand Ihe " Hlil 

Building," as the Center WIll be called, bas

 

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notr from Ihc: eSSlon u th.al although WI!' haH 

donI! better We' till o('cd mOle pa u lclp3110n In 

COPE 1 he' cherne tmld) Hue thlC 10 O(dC:I for U5 

to bt: uong III the' workpilice' we must have strcngth 

In the polauuJ w(lrhJ also. Tius 11likeS money and 

work on everyone's pal1 who U~CIS 10 IUp the' 

h.arve..''H of :II decem ,ob. If you ha¥e p.lYlolI d.educ· 

tum wheu:: you work, plcne sign the COPE deduclion 

ca,J.!! Ihllt ale: lIVlIllllble to yOU through 

this offlcc or you 1 .!

Members 

Good Hunt 

Pic:lll1 rd i. Blotbu Melvin Fischtt whh biJ rtcord 

clau caribou. IPhol0 sobmitted by Local 322. C.sper, 

Wyo.' 

amount, the eligible parUClp:mt cuuld ""hop" lor 

compctHIVe dental carc servlcC$. 

Our ouulIdr: constrUCllon has slowed conSider' 

ably. and the IOslde work IS remalnmg steady 

Local 322 wuhu everyone in our Brotherhood a 

Happy. I-Ic .. hhy, and Prosperous ew Year' 

NUL Ty~u, 8 M 

on IhlS man lie m~y be: the owner and editor of 

the It:adtng fire;arm newspaper In CahforOla, but 

he 15 also onc of labor's mos t VICIOUS enemies The 

Impact on the stalt: Supreme Courl Will be poSIU\'C 

if the IncumMnU arC kept 10 office, vcry nt:~uvc 

If they arc defeated. The prescot Court h" been 

1$~uJng plohbor C)pIR1on$ eonslsu:ntly. look at 

Rose Bud's recOid on cases thai affect working· 

p~ople . Don' t lISten to rlght·wlng con scrVlltlv( 

bype. Their appointees wHI issul' con~15tcn lly bad 

deCISions on Issues Ihat IIHecl people who must 

work fU I a bvmg. 

The list (onnnues f Ol all Other eJection, If we 

dcci fllends of orltao1zed l:lbor, the.- I)utiook Will 

~ posItive We can Influence these: elections by 

n~gl5lt'-nn& to vote, cdU~llog youtself about tbe 

teal ISSUes, ruhzlDS the hype fOf whit 11 IS. and 

voung aD election days. U we lie I'clilly gOing lO 

mnkc an ImpaCt, all Qu r membclS have 10 give 

lime ;ami money 10 help get our fntl,d$ elected. 

To help, eaillhe un ion office and you wUI be oSl yen 

directions as 10 when: help IS needed 

Local 332', Ladlcs' Auxihary has. gotten off th e: 

ground, and we hope: thcy will continue 10 AruW 

The offi~ r s arc: LouISC: Carna, Jutsldenl, tR:anna 

Bumlardnel, Vice prcsldentJ 8arb,u1l Odnul. ICC 

rc:ury, and Clenda Downs, u(asurer 

RlCHA~D R . CoNWAY. p,S 

Brothu Cnb_m Kelder. chairman of the C lam· 

bake, shares _ laugh wi th Brolher John Wcn cr. 

fin .a ncia l .ecreu ry of Ibe loeal. 

Local Elects 

New Officers 

L.U. ] 20 (u ,l&'ulv1. POUC HKEE PSIE, N. Y.- We: 

had I bllsy monlh In July With the eicclion o( 

officers and be(UllvC' BOll rd membtn. All the 

officers wcrc reel ccted: Frank Maher, prcsident· 

bU5meS.5 manager! Bernald SmLth, Vice prC:I1I.1elH, 

Cuhllm Kelder, rc:co. dlng seercl ary; John Weaver, 

financial Stcretary, and James Callagher, tlusurer. 

Flvc mcml>cn wtre reelected to the Execuuve 

Board Anthony Oowan, Roben fratz, PlllUl Chmura, 

Roben Qutck, and new Chalfman Richard Lanl~n . 

New members arc: w,lh.a.m Sutton and lonner 

member Graham Kelder, chauman of thc Clam· 

bake for more than 10 yeats now and who al ways 

docs an oomandrng lob with aHlke arrangtmCn15. 

The loca l would like to Wish all the members 

who hne retired thiS YCOlir many tn,ayable years 

of retHement 

We wi sb III ou r members a Happy New Ycar. 

Durlll8 thn holiday season, let us not (orgct our 

BrOlhers and SIStC15 who are no longer With us 

WI"-I CUWfORO, PS 

Benefit Fund To 

Provide Dental Coverage 

LU. 322 (l.o, u ,C',em&.~Ov l ). CASPER, WY O.-At 

Ihls wnung we bave just expenenced our 6 15t 

malar storm tlut blouftht 2 10 19 Inches of snow 

Ih loughout Wyommg Hopdully everyone was pre.· 

pared lor the challenges of a Wyoming WlntCf. 

Srolher MC'I Fischer wu succes.5ful tn hiS fall 

hunt as eVidenced by the accompanymg pholo 

The .ecord ,class mountain canbou scored 391 pomls 

by Boone a. Crockett. The hllnt took place 10 tbe 

Yukon Territory of Canada, approltlmatciy 100 

male$ $oulb of Ihe Alclit e lide Mel was uSing a 

BTowmnl .l70caM,er b.ar and wantcd everyone to 

knOW it was a one·shot kill. Anyone interuted in 

pbnnlng a IImllnr hunt should conuct 8rothC'f 

Mel Flsehcl lOi dc:ta lls CongratulatIOns, Mc.l J .and 

thank you for .hAllng your upcnence with 1.1, 

Effective 'aouary I, 1986, the Eighth Dlstm;t 

Bcnc:At Fund will pmvldC' dental coverage. Thu 

covenage will be dl.:I&D ost l ~ and preventive $crVtces 

.along wuh baSIC .ervICC!. A table of allowanccs. 

by category 0' $ervlcc and code S~(lC'l. Will bt: 

apphed to determine lhe m.aximum amOUDl to be 

considered as 10 eligible demal eltpcnse. By un 

dersuodmg thIS "ble _nd the fixed allowable 

Local Participates In 

"Buy-American" Rally 

L. U. 324 lI,o&em), LONGVIEW, T EX .- AI the 

present time Olll wo rle. conllnue$ I\J be: slow We 

arc walchlng an Imernauonal Pl.lper PIOIC'ct very 

closely With hopes thOlit we Will b

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SalC'ty Cl)ulII..1I In an lI lI Cm pt to change the Z · l 17 

confined'splIcc stllnda,d T his st.a ndard, VII the 

AmcrLClin National St;lndards Institute IANSJ), III 

Il1w$ mdustrles to dj~pAteh w"rkers to wo,k alom: 

In a conf'ined splice. such as A manhole, for the 

purpo.$t: of house cic: .. nlng. obu lnlOg pressure rcad· 

Ings, and .c\'eul othc. work funclluns of thIS 

",tute. Whl.:n the sund,ud IS revn:wed, we want 

thIs ~cnun removed. It 11 our ~ he f that too many 

polenllal hatArd~ Ife (I,escD t to cvtr ~lIow:ll person 

to work 10 .I manhole alone Many barners were 

tn place thJt h .. d to be negotl.atcd. bUI we 111(' 

pleaSC'd 10 annnunce tbu thiS imporunt sundard 

I~ ludel:J Jue f", n:ne .... ltKal 336 wtll be repre- 

5Cnu~d on the Revle .... CommuteC', and we l\()rc 

rhe th.in«e~ mt:ntlttncd .above Will occur "Ie 

reView plCKCn IS .110.... and tedIOUS Managc:fS from 

lI:lnOU5 ,nt.iusll'u Will al$O serve 00 the Commu 

u:c. We I:ICpcCI nur proposal chllnges to be mel 

with stronA rC5J5l.1n c::e hum Ihe- mllnagement Side 

We v.' 11I nfl:mpl to pro\,lde IM=flOO1C Upd.llts On 

Ihe p"'F.lr .... /If ,hi, vrntUfC' Wish us luck.; the 

outcomt': llfft:CI~ us lIlI 

How many IImu have YlJU heard you, URion 

urge the rnePlbcl1hlP to' buy Amencan. buy URlon '" 

The mcsS.:IIge: IS 51mrle l If tbe purchOlScs ..... e make 

arc from Amc:nCAO Arms Wllh unron employeit's, 

we C.I.n keep Que (c.lhl¥l 8[()thc:rs and S'!.lc:rs W\l l k, 

111& and proViding for Ihclr famllu:s 

We wanl 10 lake- lhlt opponunlty 10 thank lhe 

UAW Intemallonlll Council ior IhclI unsolicited 

dfort ..... hen they urged the" m~mbcr5 thr()u~h u ul 

Ihe U S to "choose only a long·dlstance teierhl)llC 

carflef wuh • unlOnl:ed work forcc and purc.h;a ~ e: 

ooly lc:!ecllmmullu:.atWns equipment m.:lde 10 

Amcnea with union labor " LlIbo r Itul), IS.! family 

Let us help ,,11 our DH'uhe'!i lind Sisiers 

Allllll1' J FIl.ANZEN, R S TIl( A

nght OUt of the Wat er' FOl the first tlmc= morc= Ih an 

85 pc=rcenl 01 all Roa .d employees submltled a 

fi nanCial pledge, qU.lhfyrng tbe org.anJ~lIon for a 

gold awud and marking the employtC=s as prtrnlC=1 

contubulOI5 10 Ihe UOIIt:d Wa, Campaign Smce 

the Board wu selected U ;I p:loceseller for Malor 

Firms I , tht largtst group of organtuuons In the 

Ur:utcd Way Camp'lpl, OU I campaign was held SIX 

weeks ahtlld o( every other orgamzallon In the 

grouPI and Ihe rC5uhs were used :loS :Ion inccntlvc 

for others to malch In the regu lar campaign. Mr. 

Donald Blne'l, Genl."llI\ Camp_ugn charrman (or the 

Capital Au:a Unllcd Wa" called Ihe effort truly 

'anl:utlc and tlunked the Bo:ard employees lor a 

lob well done Thank you to Brother NQlan Owen, 

labor Icpu:St'nlatlvc, Capilli! A'ta Unlled Way, and 

Board employee who, IIi0ng wllh M.r. Zemtr and 

Mr. P:andy, was on h:and to lend ('ncouragemml 

and Informanon to the cmployee 

As the Board of Water and Light'S ct'rHen.mal 

),elll celebratIOn and t.o.:;al 352's 10th yeOlr drew t 

;I close, the Boud cmployees shattered .another 

record' More than 2:') pcreent of the etuploytcs 

donated blood SQm c 50 percelll of those people 

donate blood to the Fled C ' OS~ legu larly every 56 

d;lYs, Shtd;l Ide, Bo:ard ulety .:IIdmlnL:!Itr.1tOr said, 

''That 15 an IIlcredlble retord when ,01.1 stop 10 

conSldcr that on 110 ;I\"era~e only 4 percent of Ihe 

tOtal populatIOn arc regulal donOis. Two hundred 

thnty·tlght employees m;ldt: " Downtown Donor 

D.ays 'i a record drive III 1985' Mr Larry Brown IS 

the oth('f Board of W,ter and LI&t'll SOIIety adman· 

IstralDI He was at nne time Local 352's s;afe:IY 

duectOl OInd 01 very actlvt: union member. 

l.am.an indLvldual who wants to be proud of the 

carpuution I work fOI, the uRlon I belong 10, llnd 

any othel ornaruza(Jon .har I am a part oil and J'1l 

be darned If .he fIoan! as a corpoutlon and Loc:!.1 

352 as.a un ion .;Iren 't conunually domg thmgs to 

m.ake me rloUlJI 

III1IN PATRie K HARI"STE:R, P S 

Symbol 

Pictured Is • drawing of Ihf new logo of Local 35], 

Toronto,OOl. 

Local Sponsors Contest 

For Logo Design 

LU. lSJ liaol, TORONTO. 0 T.-Thc Convtn· 

tlon Hospllalu, Commnu:e of thiS loelll union 

recently sponsored a con rest With the: Crapblc Arts 

(kpllrunent ('If Ccorge Rrown Commumty College 

to h:lve thell students submit deSigns for a local 

UOlon logo. The plan of the Committee IS to have 

lapel pms, cresu, Jackets, hats, iwc;lteri, and T · 

shlflS available fo r sate to the membershIp 10 lin 

cflon to fIIISt' hmds for Ihc upcoming 100ern31lOnal 

COllvcn llon huspuala ty evenIng to be sponsored 

by the local UOIor1J In the Toronto arell 

Aitef a break In actIvity o( slI::veral years, our 

LaboUI OilY f>ar.ldc Commlttec= WllS rt'actlv~ccd 

thl' year and m;lnaged to have approximately 40 

members march an thiS ,ur's Parade. II was the 

first opportunity for mtmbc:ts to show off the new 

logo thai wa$ embossed on thcir T·sbu15 

Sn:VlI K.t-!OTr, F S . P S 

Meeting Delegates 

Pictured are Loul JS7,us VeC:U, Nev., BusinUlI 

I~hna.ttf Ceeil Wynn, Jr" rl,ht, forefront, .Ind 

A5sil/tant BUlIlnt55 Mao;lger Sam Darby.ldt, fOff ' 

front, durin! (he Southun California Elft'H;ul 

Worktr~ Auodllion Meeting held in Lall Vegas, 

Relaxing 

Bartenders Bob Baumgardncr, far IrEt, and Lamar 

Briley, far 'ight, are emert ained by Mike Me· 

Curmick and his idekic::k Dusty during thc ge t· 

tOluhr al thc hospitality room, 

Electrical Workers 

Association Meeting Held 

L.U.1S7Ii,o&cl, LAS VEGAS, NEV.-The weathe, 

was J'lClfect ) and It was a beaullful day on Saturd:a" 

October S, 19liCj, for the Southern C:ahfornl.a Elec· 

trlcal Worken Assoctation meeung held lit the 

Frontler Ilotc! 10 Las Vc=gas. Tht: m t:e 'lng was 

de du:.a~et,l l lJ tht: laic Roy Smith, bUSineSS manager 

of Local ,I'j7 and prcMdent of the SCr.WA lit the 

lime of hI'" dt:ath The meellng focu!iocd on the 

19H6 cleclIons, which will be crudal fO I the labor 

movcment We havc (0 ekct people who arc sym 

pathellc to the labor movement and WIll "Ive u~ 

back Whlll the presenl IIdmlnlSll311 0n hilS t.lktn 

aw.y. Th,,'y h~ve loaded the NLRB ....'uh constrva 

liVes, and 11 I hard for the unions to WIO man, 

dec.slon SHA has heco cut back and 11 I a mC le 

skeleton of ItS formn self. Most 01 the other 

dep.lItmenls .hat protect the eonsumel hiVe lx!en 

gutted, .and Ihls p, esent admlnrstrnllon h n~ maJe 

a mockery of nur envIronmental rcgulaLII1 IHi" It 15 

ellsy to sec tha. we must reverse these mjustlces, 

and we. must contribute our ume ind Ill oney 10 

help the f" cnus of laool get c:leeled IH reelected 

Cue')t spukcrsat the meetlOg,hull'L NcvadJ were 

Clark County CommiSSion Chairm.n Thalia Con 

dero and Nevada Sute Assemblyman Bub PUtt', 

who inCidentally voted 100 pc=rcent lor labor on 

lhe bIlls thOl I wele p.e~cnted to the ASRmbly Wc 

th;lnk Brother Bob lor thIS SUpPOll; Ict 's dect rume 

hke hIm 10 the 1986 c:lt:cllons 

TUlhnse who helped out In thc hosptuhty room, 

we say Ihan ks. Tht'y were Bob Baumgardner, Fred 

Lue3S, 8ud Carll'ton, loe: Quere.a, Lamar 811 1ey, 

nob Harker, JI , Len Rowan, Ron Espmota, .;Ind Sam 

Dilihy. Also, many Ihaoks go to lean IlInnuccl lind 

Mar, 8urden for pllmnrng tht: cycnts!m thc lilthes, 

1 hope: I hllve Included cveryoneJ lind ., I have 

overlooked anyone, I 3m surry C rcdlt alsel should 

10 to ur Buslnc=ss Mlinager Cecil Wynn, Jr., and 

PreSident POIul YatU; It WU;I V('ry Hne mccllng 

I am sorry to report the deaths of Claus Kassel, 

who pnscd away OClOber 1, 1985J Normlln "Tex" 

Zimmerman, October 18, 1985) Conr:ad W. Hern· 

don, October 2 1, 1985, Harvey Co Curry, Octnber 

25, 1985, and O .. ",.d L. Nash, November 6, 1985 

MIlY Cod hay!! mercy on thell souls and Iud Ih~m 

to cv~rlastlng Itle. 

ALl.LN I CLASS, P.S. 

Homestead Negotiations 

Are Completed 

L.U. 359 lul, MIAM I. fLA.-it has been tlUIlC :I 

few months since any corresponJencc was SeO! tn 

the JDurnal fr om Ihls wn ter. We have ;I lot gomg 

on hnmt; JUSt concluded our Unltcd Way dllve 

with the cmr10yees In the ba:rJ;:lIntng untt The 

wl),d IS OUI that the Industn31 Service Center h2s 

100 rerec:nt parllClp.auon at Ih;lt work 10eOl"on 

Congr .. tulauoos to the: employees atlndustllal and 

to all of the cmployees who contflbUl!!d to the 

United Way of OOlde II IS ont of the best w:ays to 

help members of Ihe community who m;ly not be 

qUlee ;lble to help Ihemsclvcs !'rom the Bo, $cOUIS 

and G.r1 SCOUtS to thl." h:,rnd lcllppetland lht elderly, 

the Unltcd Way IS .herc to help. 1 hiS 10e.1 1 unLon 

contributes approximately 18,000 per month h om 

11.5 m embers through payroll deduc tion, which IS 

lUSt under $100,000 per yeal, and II makes us feci 

Kood to know thai we are hdplng the commuOlty, 

In Allgu t One of our members received the 

George Mellny CommuDlty Servtce Award Iliek 

Dowling from Southwest Yard was Ihe reCIpient 

01 th.s presuglous Award Thts AwOIrd IS org2n.:zed 

bbor'~ highest honor for servlcc to youth through 

the Boy Seouts of Amenca. 

Our November It'gular bUSiness mecong had 

sume VIPs In allendallce. By .he lime IhlS article 

appetlls 10 the loutnul, we WIlt have been III 

negollati ons with flonda Power and Ligh l fur some 

90 10 120 d:lYs unless there IS a settlement befote 

publleallon System CounCIl J)uslncss Man:1ger 

Charli e Holtday; John Kilpatrick, prt'Sldent 01 Lo· 

c.a l 1263, Pal.atka; Tony 8awldlmann, member of 

Loeal 759. Ft . Lauderdale, Chlilhe H,:l!tunR, prCSI' 

d~nt of Local 1066, Daytona Beaehl Clarencc StU 

HII, Local 820, SUUOtal lohn Schant::.cn, prcsldena 

of Local 1908, Cocoa, and Leunard 1 pnng.. pres· 

IdcO(·busme5$ mar13ger of LOCllIlS9, a member of 

the Nt'gotiaung Committee, anendcd ~h e meetmg 

DISCUSSIons tncluded arbltratlon of grlcvances of 

discharge cases, negOttatiOns With thc company, 

the func tlOOIng of the Cllmrnutees at the work 

loclulons, ,OlOt S:ale ty CommLttecs, 10lnt Appren· 

tice Commlttces, Bnd workmg sltft::ly_ All III nil, It 

wu a good mcetmg wllh many quC''H100§ bt-lOg 

ukc=d uf the valiOUS guesls 

M mllny of you know, thelc h.ayc been qultc a 

fcw thmgs gOlOg on 10 both the local and Sub local 

359-2 tn the: city of f.l omcsteatl Sub local 359-2 

hl1' complett'd 115 negollatlol15 wllh the Clly 01 

Homcstcad. The Committee m:goll;llcd an overall 

4 percent poly raIse for employees In thc b:ugatnlOg 

unit. Sub-local 359 2 represents all employees wllhm 

the Cit, of HomeStead mclur.i1l1K J'I;lrks :lnd rccrelIliOn 

employees, sew.Lgc and Wolter plant workers, 

san itation workers, motor pool workc, s, pollee 

dnplltehers, jailers, CIl)' hlill clelh, anJ employtes 

In the Ivey Diesel Ceneratlng SUllon, whtch I 

beheve IS the lalgest diesel generating ullilty plant 

01 any mUnlclplllllY or p"valt: utlhty 10 the. st.te 

of Flondll Tht' conliOlCI alsu dc~.(d up a lot of 

Ilinguage: One of the paragraph, relaung 10 man 

.agemcnt ngbts, Amcle V, wa streOlmlll1c=d pletty 

we ll by Ihe Commmee. An additIOnal day" vacoulOn 

was negouated, along with plOVI lon5 where· 

by 2n mployee caD usc fOUl hours rn'lltad of II 

full day's vacatton The tongcvtly bonus wu 10- 

cJt:ased from 11 ,(X)() to $1 ,500 ThiS IS a oneycllr 

contrac t retroactive to Oetober I All 111 alt, Ihe 

Committee did nOt feel It Wll~ II bad cuntraCIJ JO 

clu'lslficlIuons wert: upgraded, :IonJ three new po· 

sltlons wele crcatcd As of thl!!> Willing, the m emo 

ber'lihlp has yoted to accept 1 he Ne~otl.1flng Com· 

mlttee couslMcd of L. J. Spung, prcsldent, P 

r1ynn, viee prcsident; Kenny Simms, Execullvt 

Board memb.=r represenllng the Sub-lDe21 g,rOUPJ 

,ohn McLaughhn, chalOnan of the Jub·local ; R 

M. Poner, vice CbUrtn;lD of the sub- local) and 

Martha Lovell, member of the sub·loul Executive 

Board These tndlvlduals hould be eongratulalt'd 

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jor thcll ccmtLnual drive to beuer emrloyee benefiu 

in the city of Homestead 

This local Uhlon, from It, president, officers, and 

ExeCUlIVI: Board members, would hJc.e to wuh I ts 

mcmbeuihlp :I S3fe s nd H.!Ippy New Ye .:1f Alw:ay 

think "ufcIY " no mailer whu you a l C doing. 

whcther you are at work, dnvlng arou[ld town, or 

al home, Ooo'tneglectuJcty, Think :and buy union 

and AmrtlCIHI mAdc) take a lillie t1me while shop, 

IHng lO look for the union laMI Sec you al the 

ball In '86 let~ make a commml1ent to get In 

volved with the loal union . 

S P FlYN'I, VP PS 

Graduates 

Local Work Scene 

Is Slowing Down 

LU. 3,. 01 li,tm,lfs,spa&'car vl. ROCKFORD, ILJ..- 

I hanksglvIn&. t:hnstmas and New Yur't-an 1m· 

J)ort.1lnt lime of the ycar Tills IS a Krellt ume to 

thInk the Lord for all He has helred us thnlu!:h. 

and cvtn the opponunHy to telebute lI~ s buth 

\\'1; IIUIJC lI.'Veryone Is dOing well and looldn& 

for"o".UlJ to 1986 Work 10 Oll l arC'a iJ S\~rtln, 10 

slowdown With Ihe nudear Job wmdtn&down and 

the utlll.1 of wtnter We ha1(e at prescnt '1 tOllr· 

ncymen nn 8oo1t I atJd tWO apJ)ICnLJCd on thcar 

book 

I would like to thank the uavehns Brothert for 

the fine lob Ihey did an our local dUrll1& 1985 at 

.. he PC2k. 01 Ihe nude:lt prOI CI canllruc.UOQ 

Remember 10 look lor the union label when 

puu:haslng goods for )'Q ur famI ly 

To "" KINO IlE.O, P.S 

Graduates 

lor OUI allies In the labor mO\lement A Prosperous 

and Happy Nc::w Yca r to all our members! Be 

Amcncan. buy Ame:ru:an, hye now! 

EoorL MI I!- It, r S 

New Officers 

8roth U lames W_ Mlyall II showil .dmininc.riog 

the oub of offi ce 10 Willi :tm Rhodu, , ohn PoreD, 

)aha Eichtrl'l. h ul CI1PC-, Danie\ SeU .." . Gen \d 

LU('i.1Ino. Joseph Dixon, Cba,leJ Yoder, Rl10ald 

Rurodt. Joseph McCafferty and Jobn Bolger, who 

a re the neW office.rs ur 1.0("a1 l itO, Nnrri~l nw n , Pa. 

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Pi ctured If I' membtu 01 the. graduating classes of 

19!j:!I and 1985 of Local 36J, New City, N,V, Bottom 

lOW, 'elt 10 r'3,hl, are. Chllflu Damiani, diretto. 01 

edueation, LoC'lI 363, Ra ben KenDell y, Samuel 

Cop-noll" If., , au1 Corten, ucond row, Ni chob .s 

Lo,iodiee, Gu y F.ndl, Clifford 1.t.ibowin., Mithael 

Ad.1l m l, Mhthell Le emlnJ back row, R.ymond 

FIOICO, ",uideDI) M.atk Kel'pnet , C Ube" Keim, 

WUUam Conkli n , Ernul Damiaoi, Thoma, O ' 

Connor, Edw.rd Lampone, John Ru his l Jawes 

Cacioppo, Dnld Ackerman , Mirbul Gcrlu b, Raurio 

O Uv irril and Cosmo E. Dl mia ni, business 

m . l\ " ~.t . Nu\ . h ()w tlo an~ KenDelh G a.-net and Tho 

CC'rnli. 

Clambake Becomes 

More Popular 

1...1I. 36l ll,u.t.em,nl"alovtl, NEW CITY, N.Y. 

On September 14 w ( hdd our Annual Clambake 

The response, not only fr om our fello,,"' m~mbc.f$ 

but 11,0 from members of Olher uades, gelS greater 

e\l~ry yur. M word spreads about how great our 

b.ke is, mote peopl e: come to h . 

Again, II J did laS t )'eu, I must congratulate the 

Clamb.1lke Committee: for dOlll81uch a u eme.ndous 

lob. Unless ),ou hive: worked on tbe bake, you 

can't Im.lSlne the .mount of work that ,

Stewards Training 

Workshop 

Demonstration 

PiClUrf'd arc some of .hf' IHEW LO(;III J9b, Las 

Vf!ga&, NI:\'., job stewards Ittcodin& lhe rtcently 

condudrd $tt",,'.rd Tflinlng t' ion co nducted 

by tile Feder .. ' Mtdiluion lind Condlialion Service. 

enee wa~ entitled " MaTVdou$ Ma chllles But 

Uncxpcndahlc People, tile amelot of Collective 

8I1rg:1l 111 0& .. Attcndtln

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Flghung 4gDinSt tremendous c;xJds, workers 4('ross 

,he eoua llY wOD a major victory agalnSI Ihe radical 

ughl In thr U_S_ Senate: lect'ntly and killed, for the 

presen' lime, :I carduJly orcneJlutt'd plot 10 le 

.gahZ( Ih ~ Il.st' of f~denllfoops to brcak up picKel 

hnes The scheme, 'Which would have- revised the 

Hobbs Ael. was the centerpiece. of the new fight 

wing's agr-ndll to st"p worken of tbelf baSIC Ugbl'!;. 

The multimllhQn·dollillr-(llndt'd " Rlghl-IO-WOlk" 

Clmmltu:e was behind thiS all the WilY, but :It 

lea,. for' while labor h:tS 'WOn! 

We stili n ~ed lettets (C QUI legIslators from all 

OUf Brothers lind SIsters t elling lhern 10 layoff Our 

beneAts and not tax t hem 

Rt'prcse[Jtauve Bill Clay ID-Mol has IO lIoduccd 

.n bill In the House des igned to elimmatr- the 

f!f:lCllCC of couble-breasling by cQntraetors In the 

construcl lon Indus lry Oouble breutlng by a cantrlctor 

III when he sets up I $CPlllItC, nonunion 

operation wit hin the same Brrn Please write your 

legl!>lalors In suppOrt of H.R. 28 L 

You Can aJso gel Information On ..... hallhe Reagan 

admml5lt:Ulon IS U);ng 10 do to your hfe support 

bc:ndh. by ..... m lng eo I,h l$ address And . e:qul:s uog 

tnlo.rnallon on tbn subj(ct AFt-CIO, Room 209, 

SIS-16th Street, W_. Wuhtnf,l.:tl\, 0 C. 2.0006. 

We hlwe .oJ (lew loumt'yman- Iohn Gearhart_ He 

gOt blS card one day and Idl (m Calr fO lllU, the 

ne:U Good luck, lohnl you Will bt:-: nus5eJ a t wOlk 

See )IOU 11e:O month, :md be tUtt' 10 go la your 

urMm ml.!tlmg It is on ly as &000 as WI:: make It. 

CUl'rmU) l-!lt .CINic lurcd is Business 

r"hnat;cr Va ir C lc.ndc n· 

(ti n,;, Luell 424, edm 

onSlon, Aha., who 

wo n the N~w Demo· 

Clal;" Pari f '. nomina· 

tiOn recenllf . 

Business Manager Wins 

NDP Nomination 

L. U. 414 \l,U.U,1I,mu,n b,ri.s,cl!!i,U,Un,lIs&'!I»lI), ED· 

MONTO N, At T A .~Bu s in es5 Managc r Valr C len · 

denning was ,uccessful In Wln n mg t he rU)mlfl;;1I10n 

llJ r the NOV INc:w DemoCf;ll ic Pa rt y! 011 Tuesday, 

o loocr tI, 1985 He IS a hequent emie of Al berta's 

\aoour l.IWS lind polICH!S and 15 in .1elLvr A,ghler 

lOI union n,hl~ In lile m any recent con(hcts wblch 

hive erupted In thiS pravmce 

The "dmg ,hat Vau IS seekl" rnla.)pc:r pl.lce IS 

now held hy Tory l abour Mmts lu tes Young, ..... ho 

won the leal tU the last eleCtll)R bea llng the s«o ndplace 

NDP candJd.itl!' by only 3,000 "ot 5 V;m IS 

conAdcnt of a ViC tOry thl, tlmc, !oayln,; of the 

mmlster of labour, whose acllons Bnd pollen:s have 

tn no smlllll'1l 11 contributed to Atbena's I U.uellng 

uncmplOymcDt rate, es pt:Cl.a ll y a m(lnR dll'· r(1Ostrucllon 

wo rkers, " I honest ly be llevt' tllal aft er 

the clectu:m Lcs Young Will be unemployed_" 

Vair also h:u Tln1 e n~ d Jl t the To ry economic rccOld, 

\!ltH'IS t\ l.ioubkd b:mkruptcy flU\: bC1WtCn \% 1 and 

1984 and on Investment decrea~e of ,to IJcrcent In 

lhe s>lme pCllod 3S examples " The SituatiOn In 

Alberu ISn't gCllrng any heller, " he I13 ld He drew 

a hu ge applause {rom the crewd when he :suggested 

,hilt " . emtcr Peter Loug.heed's must encuura~mg 

word s fmlhe: futu re' of this provinCe WCII~ " I quit -, 

V.li r I vcr)' enllc.al of a govC'rnment who re,e(;tS 

pr oPQuls from the city of Edmonton 10' 11 capllal 

I"UJ e~ 1 1 with a loul CO:5t of SIS billion, whIch 

wo uld translan: d lleccl y m tO 21 ,000 mlln·)'ears of 

employment In a time of s uch high unemployment. 

ASide from the lobs c realt'd, ,he ,bo... e prOlects 

wou ld have g«neuled S6.7 bllhon In e(OnonllC 

;,ICIIVIlY aud r;lIsed enottgh t;lX rcvenueS ((' atmo.st 

rtply Ihe Inllial mvcstmcnl 

On the su b)«ct of unemplilymcnl , Vil li noted 

th;u hnl h Innr.l!ml" Pany membcfSll llllllcwcorners 

alike :rrc vcr)' ddlni l t:: about the ri!al pHlblems 

which lace tilL: ptlwmce aflU lhe IICHOns whlth 

m USt be uken to rep.J., the I.!cnnomy IInd 50clal 

dcflclcnclcs hnt: " I have heard it frQI1l Ihe pcoph.-, 

and I a m wd lmg to work haJd eo bring tcsults. WI: 

have to bnn8 unemploymenl down no~. '_ The Ne ..... 

DemoculIcs :u e prep:ued to do aha I hy undertakang 

nr:cdcd pubhc JHOjeets, like lhe CencsScc Power 

Planl LRT bpanSlon, and upgudJnIl the. t'.IIY 's 

dnllnagC' system .. 

The Dr le:UIl have conc rete plClg'OIm to pro· 

mOle womcn', rrghts and equlIl lllY. bu ng faIrness 

b.ack to .111 t:lllzens 01 the pIO"'lOc

We arc happy to repo rt thai many Brothels and 

Sisters frnm ome. locals and uniOns art StlU wOrk· 

!DC ste.dlly .a t me CrysuJ River slte. All 1D all, 

It's been I ~ood workln' yeat. Managemcnt prc· 

sented our loe-I with an award for 00 lost·tlme 

.cadenu durln& the rcfuehng outage .t CrySial 

Rivet III from March 9 to AUJul ll0, 1985. We' re 

proud of thiS ,wlfd. l.c="slr.ccp up tbe good work, 

and ma kt: 1986 even beller. 

I'd like to take thit opportunity to wish you all 

a Happy and PrQspCIOUs New Yea, 

Just ;II remmder; Sec you I stt:ward for COPE 

dona lion lorms. Make your vOlee hurd In governmenll 

support COPE' 

KATHY TEMPLETON, P.5. 

Red Cross Award 

Pictured i5 Billy Tindlc, lIau' di rcclor of Labor 

Part icipation fUI thc Amcriun Rcd C r os~ , pr l!" 

uDtioJ: Local 443, Mll olgSlblllt)· 

of some hJrd t:conomlc times I' the public nl.akes 

thl.! a polttlcallssue. 

The Union LClidershJp AC;luemy lust Unlshed 

up The recto[ COUIS(' WIIS labCtr and the Ecnnnmy 

Wc had five members aHend the clu!>es (rom our 

10c')l W.h CIII, Mike Welsh P.al Mul h.lY, and 

myself completed the cOllrse 

The l!)Ca l alw had a slcwud lIa1nlR~ clo.. Walt 

CIII SCI II up With the help of Penn $t;ttt:'s l.rbor 

studIes We appreciate those: who took the lime to 

.attcnd. 

1111 Hel:t month, remember to buy untun and 

mndc In Ihe USA 

Plct urtd is Brother Dclbcn " ,ake" WiDn , \"'lc-e 

rrr .. ideni. Local 46 1, Autl.lfa, 111., in a CIIndid 

photograph laken aft er a recenl unIOn JIIeetiuA. 

Scribe Offers Ideas For 

1986 Labor Day Parade 

LU. 461Ii,ns&.spal, AURORA, ILL- A Very H.appy 

and PfO ~perou New YeaI 10 all III our llruthtrs 

and Sisters IR tbe dectflcal Indu!>uy flOm Loc.al 

461, Aurora 

I reahze Iblt 11 IS .a httle bte to be wflllng about 

last yur's labor Day Par"llde, so aftel m:lklOl1,. one 

blld ubsc.rv,)tlun, I Ilk!! 1I1!>lcad to look ahead 

toward thiS year's Paude. Although we were: well 

reprcsenlcd, the Par.adl,' lacked 'lome fc.alu l es which 

would have madl,' It mille a11l3(. lIvC and c,II;clltng 

to 8fJectatOrs .:and p.attclpants .. like 

I .!Iuggest ...... e begm early thiS yeal mllkll1g plans 

for a morl! lively and IRtelC5t1ng " .. r-:lde We n.:cJ 

some: m3rchmg musIc. I horc there IIfC some local 

Mnds or some unH.m mU'iICI:lnS whu would be 

..... IlIlng to play for us as we march I know that we 

havc a lucal f;haptcr 01 Ihe AmetlC3n Fcdt'r.lIlOO 

of Musicians In town. If we cannot get mUSICians, 

chen .... e should mllLke arrangemc.nl$to proVide: our 

own recorde:d mu~rc . Surely nnc of our 8,0thcrs 

has :t batu:ly·poweled leco rd player or tape player 

with ~ood speakers we could usc: I wuuld be happy 

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Apprentices 

Pictured "e .he- "pprt'.Dticu who were s wo rn in III 

.he: lou.', Oelobcr meeting; leh 10 ,is h., David 

May. Bruct' Anderson , Thomll$ Cook, Itff MUflloii. 

Sine Mulit h, Thom.n Pbtt. Ray PuvY. Sari Cur. 

lin, ,", .ad L. C. Hope:. 

to spring fl)J an albulll like . he " Crclitts, H.IU of 

' ohn Philip QI,l:oi3," 

We need OUf loe,,] conlraCtOrs to fUfm sh some 

c:qu lprnenl 10 demonstrate the fact th:1t union 

COn ll;Jct or!l have the tools to get the lob done. 

I propo~c thai we build a (I oar which would 

depict In a gnphlC: way the strldu tilDe org:lOlud 

labor Ma, m .. dC' to the FOll River VJllcy lll'ld Ihe 

i:uJ(c pal'! ..... e have played In bUilding localmdustry 

and t.ommel CII: \ dOD't Ica\1y have tOO many Arm 

Ide ..,.as to what fOrm IhLS 110al would t .. kc or what 

WC' could usc 10 carry it) but If sevcul llke·mlfldl!d 

BrothclS w ~luld care to gCt together ..... Ith me In the 

sprang 10 kick .. round SQmC' ldC'IS, pc-rh .. ps we could 

come up with 50methLngof whicb WC' could all be 

proud of I ~hcve, guys, thai It would b.! (un to 

bUlld and dlSplJy. We couJd ISsue a challenge to 

the Olher p.llTuclp;ltlng groups In thc Puadc to 

bUild then own floa t and to h~vc ,,11 rnc enm es 

Judged by the mayor of AUro ra . The fl0315 ucC'd 

nUl be t'lliboratt'. Wc could lay down a few groulld 

rules so ,h:1I by fn Ibe larger Investment would 

bt! of InuSLIlallon and not cuh. 1111: downtown 

merchanu and bankers would 110 doubt be hnppy 

10 SUppOTt and advt'rtise our Pa rade locally hc.:cnu5e 

whenever people are attracted downtown, thc u id 

metchanu and bank.;:ni havc an op portunity to 

display thclr warcs Of services. 

Tl'It hel that AUrora has made the: fin.llh f the 

ruuiotlwlde All America City compelilion makes 

thu an oppOrtune lime for us 10 makc the Pa rllde 

bigger Ind more colorful bc:CiIIUSt: th e: Judging ( II' 

te n lll used an Ihe compC'ti tion include residents' 

1Qvoh'ement 10 loc.al pro1ects a.nd downto wn reo 

development pro,g.r;ams. Even though the ludgmg 

ml8ht be Qller before tabor D~y , what bellcr Wily 

could tht.re be 10 iIIccen t Ihesc: IWO fealures than 

to h,I\'e II bnght Labor O~y Parade through the 

hell rt of the city. An AlI·Arne-neli City Award 

would be- It gH;lIl lilul"h: Luu.,lc:.1 lUI AUiUla anti 

would certamly altract people ...... ho ale con,udenng 

loc.allng busmesses 10 01.11 area 

I bllve hold ieveral Brothers make tbe comment 

to me lhill they would like to hQYI: a fafmly plemc 

thiS yell r tnStclld of our Stag. Maybe we could h.we 

such A PIClI1C aher [he Parade. J wou ld welcome 

Iny uggcsllons. 

t i"toml~ .. fi M'iI"T~ l :'Irlidts at thai ' Wl)u\d try 

to wute m1!lIprofiJes of som e of our member8 who 

h.:1ve J lsungulshed Ihemsclvcs lhro\!gh Ihc yell rs 

In our local One sucb good BrOlher is Del bcrt 

" ,ake" Winn. Jah joined the IBEW In March of 

1949 Bnd is currently our vl.ce prcsldent. He hall 

lerved our local In many Will'S over the yean, Ind 

he attend, our meetlog§ faithfully. I fil$-l wU lked 

With Jake some years ago 01'1 the Ceneva Community 

H O!iI'It.1lllddll1on lob and learned firs thand 

that he :alw.ays ellme!> his share of the lo.ad HC' b 

an eny person co work wah, :tnd he I~ endowed 

\oo'ith II "vely sense of humor 1\1 our m onthly 

IIcner:d m~clln,g!l, Jake ca.n always be depended 

upon to spea.k hIS mmd hont:51ly and to vote hiS 

cQOSClenu He" liked for his p(lsonaJtty, :and he 

IS resptclcd lOT hiS fonhnghmcss 

At OU I Octobe.r meeting we obligated .11 of our 

new Itpprenllecs, C'Xcc:pt Steve Cobb, who was 

ullc:d out of town. These young men hll\'c a.n 

opportunity to embark upon a career which u n 

provldt tbt"m with a lifetime of sltisl:u:tion in an 

mdustry which beneSts e ve ryone. We owe It t(.l 

l ll c~C: new members t e tt.aeh them everythang we 

un about our cnft, IIno \0 m;\l~( them uno the 

best ioumll!ymco thcy can be. We must also In$tll 

in them a pride In 0\11 UOlon by makmg them 

aWtfe of what our union reprc!lcnt.$ to them and 

to all of us tn return we Cltpect thac tbey Will 

conunue 10 uphold the Ideals wh ich we and QU , 

forebellrs h:ave entrus led to them. Thr:y a~ mit 

future of ou, local We wlih them w

when umes arc hard and lobs a rc 5CJ1I1:C=_ When 

jobs ue more plenuful, you would Ihlnk double 

bookin,; would become extinct. Not 501 It remains 

somewhu dormam IU$I wallmg 10 flounsh at the 

fi rst sign of unr:mflloyment_ 

In dicc:t when someone IS double booking, ne 1!'> 

stealing food hom another Brother's lamily. That 

person hn a lob Dnr: place ;and is n ding the DU I ' 

of work lisl In :anOther, t hereby bloclnng a Smlher 

flO rn gmng II) work The probl e m 15 m otc SCtlOU5 

than we realize when we fi nd loeaJ , that condone 

0 1 ent-outage double booking. Ma ybe we need some 

SOrt o( gUIdelines or :a check·and-balance s),stem 

to keep double bookmg from contammallng our 

iUnsdu:llon. Maybe \ of 

545's aC llvltles) d IInyont I1n help me. please call. 

Those pictures I did ~CqUIrC:, , Pill dupla)'l!l?, In 

th~ hall, so lake a [leck ill Ihem. 

II IS almost cont ra CI Urn!!. JUSI fOUl ye;tIS ago 

we Were getting S 1447 an hour. Now, 3S you 

know, we only get $14 2.J 4n hour The cust uf 

bVlOg has nSCD quite con.5ldell)bly an Ihose four 

years J nOllced the .!Ilock markel hit an ali-time 

high In c;lfly November It IS lime "".~ COlUght up 

with the cost Qi hVln.jt 

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Brothers Frye And 

Vollmar Are Mourned 

L.U, 551 (I,o&'cml. SANTA ROSA, C AL.-GIl'Cl· 

mgs, BrQlhets and Slluers, from a dr), bU I Windy 

nO rt hern Calaforn'~. A s, they uy, we have some 

good news and !lotrle sad news 

The sad news IS thai 8rQtJu:r NICK Frye ,lied an 

Septembc,. Brothcr Frye .... as busaness manager lor 

thiS local for 14 years. We .Iso 10501 Brol hcr Thaney 

Vollmar m Ihe monlh o( October. Some more Slid 

news Isthat the nonunion element IS makmg more 

Inroads into our Industry Sevtr~1 big lobs look 

like they'rt: gorng the rallOUle. Hopefully they c:an 

be Iurned alound. 

Congratulallon.s 10 Brother Ja c le Buckhorn who 

was appolntcd by OUI EKecutlve Board 10 occuflY 

the reccnlly v:leli led position of vice preSlde.nt. 

Con8rAllIlatton, also to Brother Jef( PI~ rcc on hiS 

appOintment to be our new USI"itllnt bu,mc5s 

lIgent. We leel surl" thai ,eff's ,"tegmy and d~dl' 

cation wUI Se rve this ]oC 

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Arnund Ihr :l re.a somt' WI:rt' los[ caust's but 1I 

sultemcnt I' Import.ant. The Rebtl SlatlOn amJ 

Redl ' mc:d were: all nonUnion, and Noel's Place, 

ant' of tht' owners. IS a nooumon elcelncian. On 

the suomci sicle the SIgf1J It the hnspu .al won a 

member Iwho 'ound fauh with the pickel proce· 

dure/ mort wo,k AI the Vangulud Buddmg rhe 

nlly encouuged GM'! Electronic D:IIu Systems 10 

lure;t filII COll trllCtor 

Tom Moffil tS re:poncd ste:mg VISIIOfS at Ihe: 

hosplul but 1$ struggling With mfecl10n after VCIn 

surCery Jobo McC;t)' IS 10 Ann Arbor With c.om 4 

plic.allon.s including hcpulIls 'rom diabetes A 

momt'ol ot tllleoce was ob~rve:d tor Cha.rl~ M 

Berfler, onc of 6ur chuttr rtllfled me:mbc:.rs, who 

puscd away In Oclober after a lime 6f iIlncu. 

In bu.slneu mailers. the pnmc depository for our 

conslrueuon conturlor, will be changed h m 

Valley Nahonlll to St'cond Nallonal The: me:m· 

bcrsbip Wilt need to supply Second NOIllonal wlih 

Ihe bank name and "CCOU nt number th:lll v:llc:lltJon 

monlu .. hould be applied to. U.sl but nOI lc.,st the 

group a~lI~ed thai lowt:=r dut:=s (or .II It:=ast a few 

mODths was :ill good Idea 

The News published an arocle lDtervlewlnglc:ad· 

ell o( the S381n.aw Arc3 CrQwlh Alh:IRCC, ,. group 

our bU$loe S manager belongs to actlvtly. TalC I,u 

bonds are lold to investOr! so majOr prOJects ~n 

be funded Ont' of thest' IS the Bt'n Siorc, the 

anchol stOIC of the Ilew fashion Corners Shoppmg 

Center. Thul endeavor kept 20 or more hands busy 

all summer and fa ll. This is only :II I;aSle of the 

potenllal: I( we look It 1.11 tbe smaller compalues 

aod renovallons thai kind o( money is spent on, 

we .ee enough WOrk to bnog all our BrolhelS and 

SUlerl off the road with the promise of more thOln 

a few months of work if .11 these iobs WeD[ unjon. 

We need more union vOices available for such 

communlt) .achoni The umOD VOICt must bt: heard 

throu&hout the communlt)' Wc must .show con· 

fidence an our fellow tradesmen and demoDs wue 

tbat we arc II group wllhng 10 be involved and 

rudy 10 rcact to companies c:xpanding Ini O Ihis 

.1C. ullng nonunlOD contractors Maybe If a few 

more people wen tnvolvcd we wouldn ', be seelna 

wanl .lids for the unfaIr contractor thai is remod· 

ehns the semlcon.duetor pbnt. 

10 m.,; Cll.'\ENS. P S 

On the Job 

Plrtured he:rt h the One City Cenler r rewl ladt 10 

riSh', 'lnulins, 8U1 Detj;lrdin, Willie Audet, Paul 

I.quet, Ma tk Sybl, 8rian Leone, and Moe 80u· 

c.hle , &uodins. Rab fohanna, ' ohn Turmellt, Sam 

Moria, Jobn Rousu au, Mhley Roland, Mac S), h s, 

Steward DeDnll Murphy, 8ruet Tatoos, Pat Oris· 

coli, Eddie Welch. Tom ROQue.u, C. F. lUrold 

Prlct, 8111 Hick., and FOfemJI.n Maurice T ue lte'f. 

IPhoto . ubmintd by Lou1 S67. Portland. Me.) 

Local Has Bright 

Outlook for '986 

L.U. 567 II). PORTI.AND, ME.-By the lime ,hlJ 

Ilew.teller IS pnnted ID the louma}, It .... 111 be 1986, 

so I'd like to Wish .11 OUt Brothe:n .Ind S15tU$ .I 

Happy and Work·fllled New Year 

Work II) our Irca secms 10 be fau)y steady al 

tbls time, and with the EaS! Mlilillocket prOJect 

sl.mng lip soon, II should glv~ Ibe local a n~eded 

shol In the .rm for '86. lust when you guys lhought 

tbe hospital work was over and done WIth. the 

Osteopathic HOlpltal exp:mSlon project should be 

brea ki ng In uri)' 'Sit-Iovc those nUISel! 

We 'd like to congratulate Brother Charlie Wi!· 

hllm ani} Brotht>r Truman Dunn un thclI rl:!c~nt 

retm;mt"nl I hope you both havoe :I lon~ lind happy 

rellfl.-olen! 

We lire 5addene-d to repon the d calh ~ 01 tnft:e of 

ml' relllrd m"mhl"r,,: BrQthN'i Rill RH·krr nf I.t'w 

Illon. Michael Decelle. and Cbesle, Mot. thud 

Qur c("lndol~n ~~ s and sympatny arc cxtt'ndtd ID 

the famllle:s and f fl ~Dds. o( Ihest' Ihll:1t 10Ylii Broth 

" On a bragillcr DOte, we arc happy to :lnnounee 

th~ "puog of three new contracton WlthlO the 

la t )'~f They an: Rehabh: Electric of lewiston. 

CRPEleclflc, alsoof Le. .... lston. and OUI most recent 

IS B r (t th ~ f Don M.ailman's Bay E)eclllc of Cape! 

ElJubclh Congratubllon$ to all three contractors, 

.and we're lonklOg forwa rd to :II lon~ working rei. 

tlonshlp toStthcl 

Ikfore: I closr thn Iclter, I ask anyone who I~ 

IRle.csted In submllllng photos fOI pubhc.auon 10 

the /olJrtID/,' they could PUI them In an cnvelope 

wIth m)' name On It and lUst drop them off al thc 

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Until nc:u mon th. See you at the meetlng 

New Members 

WILlII! AUDET, P S 

AI rtsular union meetiop; of Local 589, lam;t iu. 

N. Y., on O~lober 21 , 1985, ntw m embers wenoblillatc:dl 

Idl to ri,bt.re- PresidtDl Jose ph Santol, 

eleclridan, Jack Banu, P.t Duli)" and !lInk ea • 

idYl and Busi.DI!SS MaD.gel lohn Cauiano. 

Watch for New 

Project 15 SAFE 

L.U. 5891u ), JAMAICA, N.Y.-Clee llo~ f h IS my 

wl,h ., we e:mb:uk on a !lew ),ear that we ""III ,et: 

plosperlly through a progr.am of progress Our 

bUJlIltss managel, John A. CagglaJlo. reportS Ihal 

at the conu:IIct oego li.ali ons on October JI. 1985. 

the noneconomic Issues $ubmiu ed ID ou.r Sectloll 

6 dispute: With the L1RR were di scussed. 

We arc gomg. to be takmg some: good. long looks 

:It ourselv es thiS ye:llr through ('lu r safclY program 

.... hlch has been written in our COnS titulI('ln under 

Artlele: 27, Sectlon 15. W.atch tor Project 15 SAFE 

ISa fety AClIon fOI ElecUlclansl1 It has 1111 Ihe 

earmarks of success.j so listen up 

Nrw beginnings Ofl!!O bnnf! with Ihem new 

people and new Ideas. We know good Idells are the 

ones Ihal work, that Iliso . pply to pcople. Whil l Is 

hoped fo r Will be: the harmolUz.lOJ; of well e:stab 

IIshed puettces WIth fresh InpUI 

From time 10 time yu m:lly sec a new bce m 

your work area. h's 10 your :adv;tnrage: 10 check on 

them You m ight ha ...·c Ihe opponunlly 10 meet 

Ind welcome a new ml!!m~ r to the cnh such as 

lack Ban ••, ra~ Duffy, .. nd I lank CUSldy. Wdc.ome 

aboardt 

10 111'10 M ... EuILNN .... PS 

Local 592 Hosts 

Golf Tournament 

1 .. 11. IIt91 ti,o&s p.aJ. VI fLANn. J - A &oif c1n· 

SIC WaJ orKanlzcd by Brothcr Don Berna rdi E.ch 

year 10C.11 UnlOO$ mVlte: Local 592's beS I tolfers to 

compete in a golf tournament On Ju ly 13. 1985. 

Local 592 had thl!! plt::IIsure In rec:lJlrocntt' I.or.al 

592 hosted the tOUmilmenl at the Centerton C o lC 

Club The day be-gao with .. great brcakfut :11 7 

a.m . The tournament sLatted .around II :JO a m 11 

wu II ple:ll8ure to watch our best golfers compete 

agal nu the other locals' beSt goUeu. I watched 

th ... m lee of! lind drtve th ... ball 300 yard~ nn lhlr 

falrw:llY, appro:llch the &rccn . and make I~ · foo t 

pUllS lntO that J ·meh cup 

Refrc hments WCII! served thnlughout Ihe day 

hy volunteer Brmhe:rs Delfino Olwo and IU5(,pb 

Lamenteer a lc.rtIfic dtnnel w"" served .at 7 p.ro 

dunng which trophlu we:re presentcd to allsolius 

We would lake to thank all of the goliers 101 

parllclpalmg In IhlS ~venl and all of the volunteers, 

cspcclOllly Don Bem.ardl, fOI orgamz.mg sucb a 

memorable evcnt The golfers lrnm Local 592 were 

DaVid Neahs. Richard DeMarco. 'ark. Cunon, 

Herman lunkerman, Don McCra ...... Ctiben eltne. 

Ron Plpt:r. and Mike Leoe 

RO"':A-ui I 001 f NTt. 

Team 

Softball Team Spreads 

Brotherhood, Unity 

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LU. 61lli&l:w), NEWBURCH, .\'.-It II I1we 1(;1 

a changlOg of Ihe guard I am pUSlng my pen 10 

one of our youl'Iger members. who has ex pressed 

an intercst m conunumg the COvc.rage or Local 

6J I 's events lR these page,. Slim frlluo wi be 

your new corn:spondem. antJ he promises to be a 

good one. Sam I~ regular an meeting attcndaDCt", 

not reluctant to speak up, :lind ~( tbe local IS 

rillonmg 3lly lund 01 a good time, hr wtll be' In 

the thick of It and Will repon on ~l htre Go for It. 

Sam' Carl E.. Thonn. S, • Pre"s Sc:C lctary 

You sec here a plcturc 1'1' l.ocll l 631 's softball 

team 'or 1985. Thcrl!! IS something else 1[1 thiS 

plclure beSides US , there IS brotherhood m thiS 

plClule. These guys rea ll y wnrked hard thiS year 

ha.wking tWO different T ·/lh lru and hats 1'1 help 

covtr the cosu of bavmg .Icam 11I11I, bal~, lc.3gue 

fees, Long Island Tourney entry (eel, ho tels, and 

traveling upc:nses. all COSI muncy I.nd a lot o( III! 

In .. ddlllon to SI,OOO from 63 1. the {e:.lm put 

togl!!ther SI ,OOO of their own moncy to buy the 

shirts and hats to sell at ~ proltt so the), c('luld play 

softball under Local 631 . 

Every player on oor (cam could have pla)'cd With 

a different tcam, but they :.111 chose our local team 

nut. How comd Wcll, we have 3 lot In common 

bClI1g electriCians and working :lnd h.anglng to· 

gelher. and we hBve pfl de In Ol,.lr loc.1 We didn't 

win the Btotherhood Award In Long l.sland~ but if 

wboevcr picked thc wlnnrr could h .. ve known Ou.r 

tl!!am belter. we would have been a shoo· tn. I'd like 

to thank all Ibe BrOlhe:rs who support l!!d u thiS 

yur. It W:lS gc..all)' appreciated by the le:llID 

Havrng a local team docl mort th:lln IU.St .111110..... 

us 10 piay ball. I lruly (t'e1 that even tbougb It il 

" oniy softball" It encourage .. unlly lind, y~'t. hrQth· 

crhood whieb undoubtedly urry on 10 the lob and 

spread around. Many tbanks Inc due 10 BU~l[]ess 

Manager Dutch Hughes and ASSistant BU5lncss 

Manager Davtd Sager who are UU! most devr;:Jled 

fliRS and a.re alw.ar,s :ltound to help out lbank you 

again, Brothl!!nl. for Jurporltng YOUI team 

SAM h .... TT'O. Ill, P S 

President Heslinga Resigns; 

New Members Welcomed 

LU. 636 {u,as,spdurl. TORONTO, ONT.-At the 

Oc.lObcr Execuuve Board meeting. Blather J3ke 

J·lclillnga reSigned as presldenl of Local 636. lake 

h:.ls accept cd a man:llgemcnl pOSHI n wl,h hiS

cmploycr, SI ThOnlll '> PUc. Brocncrl h:slmgd sene~ ut lli .( , Aril,., Picnic. 

O,othe-rl Dale- Rya n and Abe AIVi su u ke time 10 

eh .. , while enloyin, II I liS1Y bar-b·que din ner. 

Bar-b-cue Enjoyed; 

Work Slows a Bit 

L U. 640 II.u,tm,rc b,n sA-s pa" PHOEN IX, ARI Z. 

October r; marked Ihe Annual Local 640 PicniC; 

and as usual. It was another yearly success We 

want to thank all our represenrallves and staH fo r 

the time and generuslty donated by them and all 

Inc volurHce rs who made tillS event a wonderful 

and cl'lloyable ti me fo r all. I fo r one look lorward 

10 IhlS yearly event as I ' m sU le many others do 

Where else Cin you enloy a de llclUus b.H b·quc: 

dinner ind Ic..: ·eold rtfreshments for such i pried 

Each of our agent boldly marched up 10 the dunk 

tank. and proudly gOl r~peatedly :.o;akcd for the: 

caUS(: Cimcs for the kids were: on n~nd , and musIcand 

danclOg were cmoyed by 1111 of us. ThiS IS an 

evenlthal each memMr should want to partlclpale: 

10 Brot ber harlte Porter ..... as on hind 10 Ic-l all 

of us know that he: is really enloYlng t'mi retn emenl 

I sorc hope 1 look as good as he does when I'm 

ready 10 re: IUt', II WiS .:11150 nice 10 see Brot ber 11m 

CateS helplnll. OUt on the 5erVinii lam:s lI [u:r being 

oU hiS feCI for a few week. hm 15 reeuperatlng 

from a double bypass T.ke It ea,y '(Ir a while. 

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Well, unfoltun.Jtely wurk h,h iluwed down ill 

htde! In the are.a; but we arc till able to provide 

work fOI Ihose m e: mbcr5 whn WAnl to work 10 

lown As of ovemM. 5, 1~ 8:;, thcre we re 135 

men on Book I With 20 aV'llable and 80 men On 

Book II with about h.lf of them av.ilable:. P.a lo 

Verde IS holding what men t hey have: on t hat Job 

despl1e: all the: layo(l fumOlS tha t are clfcuJatlng. 

CalrfOtnl3 seems to luve: slowed down quilc a bit 

'I1I1C(: thiS paSt summer Kan~a:i euy IS prOJecting 

a gll:al deal uf wurk ferr the ~llmmel of 'R6 as do 

some of Ihe: taslcrn it.lIeS 

lust i renunder Ih;tl the fund·ulscr auction ;and 

dinner planncd for JanuBry by the PAC was cantclled. 

8rolher Din I'ullard mcntlOll..:d somc pos 

Sible Ic:gairlles duc In twu chantn:s bencAlI"g lrom 

thiS typc 01 eYent At ;lny ratt, as soon as thiS IS 

co rrec tcd. we 110'111 mAke pIAn"! to \Ito ahead with 

,h15 pmgnm A 1 .. 0. IIH~ PAC wanl, to rcmrnd 

everyone 10 bl:" sun: you art' regi s tered to vote. We 

h~ve :I number of labor·mrndcd candidates we 

support and also endo rse: neh eic:cllon Unfortu· 

nately 20 pcrCCOI to 30 percent vote lor onc Issue 

only and nOt as a slate. Alun,l; wllh OUf stale and 

district elect w ns, there .uc II nu m be r of school 

bond elcCllons tha i have to be: decided by all 01 us. 

Huntlllg :.(:.150n I once: 3gam In full SWing here, 

but I bavc yet to hur Irom any lucky tropby 

Wlnnel'i. I have heird (If a lot of ncar ml .. ses. The 

weather around OUI grc"t "Irate IS finally starting 

to c.ool do ..... n and IS being enloyed by all of us. 

Alter tbe hot summer we look forward to some 

enloyable evenm1tS All you hunten Slay W;Hm lD 

Ihe hills, and lor Cod't' 'illk.e ~ caldul OUt Iberel 

We sure don 'l want ;Jny IIccldcnl!l from any 01 you 

By Ihe 11m..: tillS I$!ut gets 10 your homes, we 

WIll have lI!ready stilted the new year. Le t us all 

make one more n::'UhrtIOnl and thai IS 10 attend a 

few, " nOI all, tlf Ihc UI1I(1lI meC l lllgs for the: nexi 

year. We all tend to be ~U1 lt y onc::c in a while. I fo r 

one promlsC' to be at thc ncxt rnectlOg 

We mQurn thc rU~LOgoft h c fol lOWing mem be rs: 

Brothers James Hennck.5, Robe rt Kirby, Robert 

Cumnungs, lack Walker, HliU Br.adshaw . Harvey 

Reeve, and Fred Simmons I would hke to elCtecd 

our sympathy IU rhe: families lind frle:nds 01 these 

Ane:: Brothers 

As us ual. w"houl thc help of all you members 

out the-re wh mlght h:l¥e a bit of news to share 

Wltb the! rest of us, I Will have to COt my report 

shOll Next momh I hore 10 hav~ some ne::ws on a 

eouple of our upcoming reluel:!. Until next month, 

I bid you and Yllurs Ih~ be ... t uf hc;;rhh and the beSI 

of luck. 

RAY POI ESKY , P.S. 

All City Electricians 

Now Union Members 

LU. 648I i .o. u &~ p a), IIAMILTON, O Ill O--W~ stan 

off IhlS month m ourning thc dcalh of Brother Ray 

" Jake" Tewan. lake was 1Il1liated mlo Ihe mEW 

on May 3. 19')0, :lnd Will rCllft on JanuirY 31 , 

1985. Brother Tew:IIld worked lor many local arc" 

contriclors, ami hiS .. mllln': bee WIll be missed 

by hiS Brolhers and !i.1~lers "I Local MS 

Local 64 has three new nlembcls as Dorm.Jn 

Ros ~, J.ames Brock, and Wilham Hoffman took tbe 

ouh of obligation ID tO Ihe (SEW and became 

members of l oc:.rl b4R . These 8rCJIhers work for 

the c ity of Hamli ioll, and With their becoming 

members all the city of lIamiiton elcl;lrical WOf k 

CIS arc now member" of lne:!1 6'18 

BrO lhers Barney Schnldlcr, Serb .lIbcrt, Vlfg 

JdfclIt's, Bob Hosler, and AI Kurtz are all all the 

Sick hst. The m..:mhc n tlf Luu.r! fl lH Wish the:m a 

speedy rccovery 

A few remtnden Kl!'ep your death assessme:nts 

up 10 datc) and ke~p the Iuc;al Informed of any 

change 10 lIddress, tdephune number, and benefi 

CIDry. If you nave any c:h.anges, JUSt call thc baH 

al1d tell them 01 the cblng~. 

Our work situation hi IIJII ~'JIIQw, bUI Armco IS 

8oo"'g 10 budd an dc:cuo·galvanlt.lng hoe. Hopefully 

thIS WIll get some of our traveling Brothers 

home: We hiVe: fintshed negOlllltions wlth aru 

contraclon .nd h:lYe ao 'greement wah them alt e: r 

many hour of negOllallng. It has been • 100,1: 

sum mel for Ihe Negollaung Team 

Don't forget your dona liOn to (he Ictlll::d, DIS· 

abled, and Orphans' Chnstmas Fund, Ihts money 

goe'l 10 our members. nowhere c:I~e 

Local Keeps Busy 

With Negotiations 

ART TrrltlR, P I) 

l.U. 65 9 (i,o,u,emA-ut v), MEDFO RD, ORE.-A 

few WOld s Iwm soulhcrn Oregon Well, smee Jilboul 

Augusl Ihrngs h:ave b..:en pJt~lty busy "mund hele 

In !;tet, lor inSide (OnnNellon, the buslut in at 

luu five year 

ThlOgs will be ~I o wlng down a IlIrle: a~OIl1llh.ough 

Ihrwtntel, but tnSeptcmberthc:y wNedl:.p;,tchlng 

Book 2 In both tn.side and outSide cunSlruellon. It 

surted wllh some work on shutdowns.it uwmtlls, 

and the bl1t pus h was it Hinna lckle Mine: In 

Rlddlc. It peaked out ",,"h two contraClm5 and 

around 75 men At the presenl It hlls CUt back to 

the same tWO contractors, but with ibout JO men 

bel ween them There are both LOIllle and outSide 

hands on Ihe toh It Involved holh type .. of work 

as Ih..:y arc clungmg Ihe:lrcomplcte: lIullIng prOC:C5S 

horn th..: lOp of the mountain to the mme lIope· 

lully the new process wil l allow them 10 better 

eompele: with the! foreign market The lob I ~p r ead 

out Qvel probably four tQ five mtlc~, with a lot 01 

control work lOyolv..:d They claim Ihey ale 11')'108 

to accomphsh In twO months wh;al should hne 

t,d:en over" yUr to do. Tbe! mew bands have and 

Ire gl\llOg them a ~0Qd ,ob; and thanks to 'Jome:: of 

our Itavellng Srothers, Ihey al": 10 line wllh their 

ume schedule. 

As always, ncgoUiLtl0DS nevcr seem to cnd In 

IhlS local , what with all Ihe dlfferen l COllllaCIS 

bemg rcprr.:sen ted AI the present negullatlol1S Jte 

ongoing with the inside contractors :md h:llvc been 

since Septembcr, One pac k. :rgc was vl)tcd down, 

buttheyarcslIlI hMd alii Also, the Power ollncil 

and the Southwest DivLsion of P:u:lfic Power & 

Lighl Company hllve been a h:rrd rQw to hoc for 

thIS year 

I hope IhlS finds IhlO&5 beue:r for all R~member 

those unit mee:tlngs are only once a month Sec 

you tbere, and bnn,; someone 10 'Ill m: xt 10 well 

tet more eharr ... If need ~ 

H,"'tQw l Kuvi P S 

Brother Haven Smith 

Receives Scouting Award 

l.U. 666 li&.o), RICHMOND, VA.-The ou d ook. 

fur work ls steadIly hnprovlng aecQ rolllg to Bus l 

ness M.1nager Buck Bryant, who stalcd, "We feci 

confident about seyeral prOlcctS , t he B.311 can iob, 

Budweiser's new keg hne, and the lIennco County 

waste WatC I lIeatmem plant All of thue: Will 

rcqulle quality workmanship Qualrty sull pre· 

v;atls Looks like the work WtU be rea soclably siable 

lhroul/.h the Winter" 

Buck wenl on 10 encou r.Jgc allihe m..:mbc, to 

do qualllY work, and to continually attend 10UI 

neyman sklllimprovcment course ''The olAeers 

ilnd I want 10 Wish alllhc members a happy holad.;ry 

sca!>un and c(,flarnly WIsh all a Prosperous New 

Year," he concluded. 

l'rCSldcnl Wayne Stallard IS concerned about 

local unron mcellng atteml;lIlcc "ledlll to be :II 

union a tlvist, " he uid. "Begin by attending monthl), 

m eetings on II regular basIs." 

Thl .. mumh we mourn the loss of twO members; 

LUlher " 8uzz" Moore and Roocrr Spiers Ollr sym 

pathl!:",go to Ihelr f.amllres 

We: arc all mlghlY proud 01 Brother II. Ilaven 

Smith. Buddy IS the proud recipient of the George 

Mcany OUling Award for outstandrng serviCe to 

youlh II rl!'Co&nlzes Buddy's JO·plus years as , 

scouttr, scoutmaster, acd umt c.ommlSSlonCI, 

bnnglng a quality progum of scouting to t hc youth 

01 hiS community Buddy say! h..:'s "rc:al tickled" 

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New Journeymen 

Enjoying Life 

Graduates 

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PhOl n.gnpht'd durin, Ihe Loul 666, Richmond. 

V~,AJlnulil l Awuds B :lnquf l an , left 10 righi, new 

;oumtymtn "cnneth Condrey, l ~ n lt' M illn, Beverly 

T."lo., J(r:nne lb ,oncs, Ph il ip Crc"-n, HlIttvt f 

umb, FUO Q ouuney, and Edwud GrC'lory. Not 

s hown: Thomu Lef', Kri.s Mitchdl, Joh n P3)'nl!', 

Randall Stewart, and £rnU I Thomas. 

Sllo" 'n here iii BIO lher £d 

HazlnoD. Pa,. who received 

l ft l'r h i§: heiltl lunrpbn(, 

hult z, Local 686, 

I n fW luse on lift 

Pictured hul!' is the proud 19'85 apprentice graduill1i 

ng class 01 tocal 697, l.eh to right aJ~ Nile 

Howe, R;a ndy U oyl~, Tom hr@lo, Bill 'Fd cr, Paul 

Anduson, R. Cory Aquino, Lrn )amrok, Tom Fl1Ime. 

Gary Boyu, DouK Siuman. Krn I-I ydt:. Bob Zarik, 

Sean HIW, Ra y KUOlark. lind Mike KnOll. Not 

picture.d art Ste\'cn Ch is m, Ba rr)' H:amlin, Mikt 

I.,l'srak, Pallt Prondrift'llid . ~ irc hcll Slrih, and DlIn 

iryk .. n. 

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Al!oo pha tographed .l l lhe Awards B;llJquet .ut , lch 

to righi, Donald SHI. Mark Tood, JeHrey Willis, 

Richa rd Dudding.. Coll i .Iau is, Slephen Ingo, Frank 

Myers, Rod nry Gi nn, [ ul tDe De cke r, Cris pin Fredrichon. 

and Pllrick Thompson. 0 1 , bowo ~ M:uk 

8arh:l m, ~on :l rd Bro wn, lAd Christopher Hon on. 

The Annual Pknle held In latC August was Ihe: 

usual $UC«$5 Brother 'ErnIe Hogan'screw prepared 

bruk(nl for the worKers Ceorge Appkgau: came 

OUt of rc:luemC'fil 10 make IhC' Brun!owlck SIC'W 

" lUSt one more time" We noticed Brother 'Immy 

EJw:uJ:. $C'caued ~I,) \.oc illo.-:r WIU.! W the u~lilliuu _ 

Wr'U be lalklng with you next year, Jim! Brolher 

Don.ald Llpc I, M:comlng ;a mastc= r barbequc= chef 

.... Ilh hiS own scerci sauce. It must have been good) 

IU"l.llbol"ll IIlIlh~ 650 picnickers ate It, and nobody 

~Ol !ioIck t Theil: was plenlY of food, fun, and fellow 

ShiP, 

TrainIng Director lim BoHomon says th,:1.t vuy 

few have Signed up far journeyman training. cla~se i'l . 

" Maybe Ihe)' don't know what IS bc.mg offered," 

he 53ld Look at whu's available: c;able splicing.. 

N .£. Code lcomplele review I. N. I:. . Code !changcsl. 

mOIOI con u oh, firr Blann" knot tyioKlriAAinw 

ttlcks 01 the trade, lnstrunu.:ntauon/process cootrol 

fundlLrnentals, semiconductor deVIces, pro· 

grammable controllers, ttlephone Interconnect. fi· 

bel optics, lind wddlog, eiliu enrollment is a 

minimum of J2 student!, Stop by tbe IATC office 

orcaI1353·'2.6551t1f partlculars. M ak~ your chOices; 

put your name on the liSt. Cel yOur coworkers to 

sign up. Remember, Ihe m.aglc number 1$ 11, Or 

more 

From all of tiS to all 01 you, Happy New Yea r. 

Brother Ed Shultz 

Receives New Heart 

R.A'I''''OI't M . RO BERTS, P .S. 

LU. 686 ti &.em l. HAZLETON. PA.- In lanuary, 

1985, wrole on IU$ 'Way to work, Brother Ed ward 

Shultz suffcred a hurt IItt..ae k. HI!, son Tom was 

dnvmg the car ;and Immediately (ook him to the 

bosPJtal where II was RIp and LUck for a while J 

but 

they saved BrOlher Ed . He was hospltallz.ed for 

quite II while It then wu deu:rmined that hIS 

heart was 90 percent dam.ged. HI$ only chance 

fo r SUrvlvll1 would be: 10 havc a hcart Iransplanl. 

On S,cp tember 16, lygS. H,other t.d rcc-:m::d a 

new heal! I I the Hershey Medlclil Center. T he 

operation was II complete success/ and on October 

9 Ed returned to hi' home wtth a gift of Hfe, "a 

new hUrl .'1 II I! new heol rl h.u rec.h;U'sed his body 

and gi ven back. the quall lY of life that hiS old hean 

slowly sapped away "There arc: no wo rds for how 

[ lee! now and how [ felt befote," .Brothcr Ed saId. 

" Now l (;i1n walk aruuml . like before [ bad my 

hean attack. I'm a dlfferenl mAn. t'nl luSt as I used 

to be." Ed hIlS a whole new outlook on life. Bdore 

IW:I transplant, he couldn', even tum fr om SIde: to 

BIde III bed without couglung lind bccOlm n ~ COrlgcsl 

c:d. Now he t..an cat well Rnd sleep well. 

Ed returns to thc Hctsh 'y MedlcaJ Center evert 

Tuesday to he monitored for poSSIble tCllt:etlon. II 

there IS Jny ign 01 rejection, he will be: reqULrcd 

to n:mam then' for three day, WillIe he I' admln' 

Istered drugs to ward oflthe rCOjeclion 

Brother Ed, our pril)'NS were with }' OU In your 

urn,. nf n,.,.1'1 And thf'Y Will rOntmll .. to fw. Wr 

WIsh you continued good beAhh, .and God be with 

YQU from 1111 your lSEW Blolhen from Local 686. 

If you would like to scnd Br othel' Edward Shultz a 

clud, hl$;lIddre~:t IJ. EdwardShuln, R D 3, Drums, 

PennsylvanIa 18222 

CWItCE K R~INCLR. P S 

Outgoing Director 

LocaI 6?7, Gu ')' and Hammond, Ind ., wislles a long 

and prosperoU$ retir~mtD I 10 Don :lnd Mary Bi llnct, 

shown ht re. 

Apprentices Honored 

At Completion Banquet 

L.U, 697 lil. G ARY AND HAltt.M OND. I N D. 

Loe .. 1 697'. 36th EJe ctnc.1I1 Appt~IUlee$hlp Complelion 

Bllnquet ""'.., held Septembel 20. 1985, at 

Schcrwood South, Sdu:rttville, Indilina. After ~ 

very enloyable $Ocill boul and dinner, Business 

Man~ge l and Ma.u~r of Certmomu Bob Lauer 

made commems to the graduates .. bout t.he D~d 

for ongomg HalOing in ordc, 10 adapt to changes 

In the mdustry and thl:' needs of Ihl:' CU-5 lomers. 

He ended hiS lemarks with thiS thought· .. 'ThIS 

is a Story lIbout fOUl people named EvC'rybody, 

Somebody, Anylxxiy. and Nobody I here was an 

Im portant lob to be done. and ht:.rybody was asked 

lO do It. Evuybody was lurc Somebody would do 

It. Anybody could have done It, bu t . obody di d 

If. Somebody got ;angry about that because it W.15 

hc.rybody's job. Evc:rybody Ibouglll Anybody could 

do ii, bU I Nobody realized tha i Everybody wouldn 't 

do It. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somt::body 

when Nobody did ..... hat Anybody o.uulJ II:.Ivt: JUut:.· 

Gentlemen, piu,c do nOI loin t il ls group. Loc;l1 

69715 a proud IHgalllz,:mon, :Ull! J am proud [0 be 

s.u.:h ;l 6lU.lll pillt 01 ii , J l h~ 1 GCrt310ly hope thal 

Local 697 \\IllI be as proud of you when you retire 

as they jl re (h ts ev(mng," 

)01nl Apprcll llcc jlnd TUlrung Comlllittee Chai r· 

man lames OeSlllrie oi!l;o llddressed the grauu:l1es 

on the tOpiC of ke.eplng abre.llSt of changes in the 

induslry and learning new skllll. Alter his rcmarks 

eQmplclIon CC rt~nclles Ind the Apprentice 01 the 

Year AWilnl w", r pr~s~nt(11 

Spc,a.:ll recognition WIIS "Iven to Coapprentlccs 

of Ine Yea l Paul H Andcr.son and Raymond E. 

K.a.sm:uk . CongutullitionJ to ;III the BlOthers of 

tbe 1985 apprcDlltc ,raduoil tioll cia", 

The spon~rs of thiS very cOloYlible evening were 

Local 697 and Ihe Nonhero Indilln; Chapter of the 

Nallonai Electrical onUlicton ASSOCiation. Of· 

ficers.and members of tht LaktCounty ElectnClans 

lomt Apprcnm:cship and Training Committee .arc; 

representing manallemem, lames Oesterle, chair· 

man; Richard Ander50n ~ Wlllllim Walton; -repre· 

senting labo., Timothy Collmg, ~eut"l-arY I DenniS 

Akers; and D:1Vtd SodetQulSt. Consultants arc Rob· 

Crt L, uuet, bU'llness manlKer, Loc.ai 697, George 

LeSnick, duectOi of Arprenuceship TralDmgl and 

Philip J lange., chaptc. manager of Northern 

Indlanll NECA Also honored thai evening was 

Donald Bllcner, who has contnbuted greatly to OU I 

appreOIlCC pmgram and to Local 697. Hononng 

Don at the pochum WitS Clare Oestcrl e. who com' 

m ented on Don', history "... lQcoI l officcr, On the 

Apprenuee,hip Committee. and as Apprentice di· 

rector Brochc=r BIClIlI::r look lin ellrly t(; tirement 

due to his health, Clare Ocsterle concluJcd : "He 

h.u dedicated nuny houlIJ of hiS own tmH! with 

the only compensa ti on being the personal satis· 

b CII 011 of knowing his eflons were fOI t he benefi t 

of all He h:a$ served m

Negotiating Committees 

Pi ctured II tIl(' C entral Telephone Company Nt· 

g01bciD3 C Cim mitcec for Se rvin', Cons truct il)n, 

and Supply. lAh III righi, front row, a r ~ Ji m Adam .. , 

John B05well, Ji m Campbt ll, Bob Wh ydc, b:u:k 

row, Idt 10 righi, "Red" Nettleton, lim Iloldcr8C'l d. 

and Geo,ge Duhi. 

cgol iln ing Comm 

.illet 15 s hown hut. Frone to "" , Id rlo righi, 10 (10 

8o.!lwell, Jim Cal'll pbtll, Vicki Rone, M,u g.uci Fcr· 

guss bllC k row, tell 10 righi, BlcDda ElhcridKc, 

Nancy Mc.Kinncy, nd Winon:ll Glove r. DO lh Loc,1I 

702, W. Frankhm , III ., Comm ittees joined with 

Lon l SI and nr'~(J l i al t d M:W, three-yeu conlneu 

,hu have been ratifi ed by Ihe rcs pcclh'c groupli. 

Raft Race 

and regolin ing her nd,e alter .1 shorl sWim. If you 

h:ave not participa ted in lhlS umql.u: eVent, I w OlJ ld 

highly lecommeml ),ou fill your w:alc:r balloons 

and jOin us for the next rlllce. 

Our loc.:ll Pension Fund Trune('! IIrc considering 

financing tWO construCHOIl proJects In 8roward 

thoa r wouJdprovuJc both URIOrt ,obs andJt h:mdsomc: 

re turn 10 our Trust Fund. In coni unction with 

other funds in the II/ell, th ey arc also considenng 

the purc.h;Jseof a bank that could pr OVide numerous 

opportunlrles fo r our growth In upcomlOg yea.s. I 

wlll keep you up 10 ilate 011 Our PCOiHOn Fund, 

which currcnlly provides h igher monthJy ben efi ts 

to our retiring tnember.s than the IUEW il nd the 

NI; S F Funds cumbllJl::J a!l t hey strive 10 proVide us 

with II new bt"nefh In OUi workm~ yea rs--a umon 

lob 

By tbe lime this ankle IS In pnot, our loul 

should ~ a member of the Siowartl COUnty Poslal 

Empln),lI!t"s' Credit Umun ['hI' C,cl.h t Union CUr 

.-endy covers J~ ,roups of employees and oliers 

services from checkrng aCCQunn 10 savlflgs. sm"U 

loans lboth slgnatUle and secured!. IRAs. f,ee trave1e::rs 

che::cks. dlscounUl on vacallons, new and use::d 

Cars, and many other benefiu Ihal wit! prove useful 

eo our memocrshlp. 

Work In Ihe area remains substantially unchanged, 

wll h the 11l!IIOn l y 01 ou r rnemhcls em· 

ploycd who 3 1C Sl'Cklllg cmploYlnclI1. 

MIC U"'I!.L Ft)R1IN, P ,S . 

PiClured are some or Ihe ml."mh ers and their b m· 

il ies w ho ;a[l {' nd ~d the l.oclil 73J, P;lSC.agOU];I , Miss., 

A.n.nu s l family Picn ic held on Se pl cm bt'r 14, 1985. 

Wc want 10 elCprcss our thanks and g,;uirudc 10 

our 'SEW Brothers from Alabama Power Company, 

Ceorgla POwc.r Company, Culf Powe.r Company, 

plus a number of the: MISSISSIPPI REA Co·opt for 

lhe:u fall.hful ~ uncmng belp in getung power re:' 

sloled 10 thiS :area 10 record time. Spec!!!!l thanks 

go CO Ceorg ... Pow.:r lind tbe m c:mberll 01 Loc;aJ 84, 

who did an oUl5tanding job rebUildang the high· 

voltage lmc 5Crvlng OUI shipyard "nl.! ~Cllrn,g our 

members back 10 work In one we::C'k. It mean! 50 

much 10 get 12,000 employecs back to work thai 

quid. Thank you again! 

Olll sympathy go-es to the fam il y of RoboU I It lor DOW 

FRI~ 

SYl\.1\JN ", P S 

Business Manager Jim Weld on lin the w.ltcr} 1$ 

li hown rerrying beer t o our cre w as they p:lS,\cd ou 

the home leg. 

Pension Fund Considers 

Project Investments 

l .U. 728 li,o,cm,m&spa), FT. LAUDERDALE .. 

flA.-The Annual New Rh·cr-R.:ICt R.:I t'I:, wtucb 

has stown in rteem years to become a mliJor fund· 

,..,,,er In the: Hght against c.trebral pals)', bad a new 

entry thiS ye:u irorn our local I am pleased to 

report that our entry completed both leg of the 

race th rough, b,rragc of water balloons With our 

only m ishap btinga Crew member bUingoverboard 

Many ISEW Members Help 

In Time of Need 

l...U, 733 Imsl}, PASCAGOULA, MISS.-IX.ar 

Brome-rs :rnd SistCIS, at thl!!' ..... nl1n..-; we ale about 

10 get dut out from Hurllcllne Elenll, while a[),, 

lously wallmg to see whllt Uunicane Juan is going 

to do. It bn been up And do ..... n IUT the pilSt lew 

d,ys, and no OTIC knr,w!i Wh lll II 'S SOlng to du, 

hopcfuly 11 wIlllUSI du: nut. Aft e.r three: deSlruCtlvC 

hurne:r.ncs in 16 years (1969, 1979, lind 19.851. we 

th ink we bave had mOlc than nU l share for a whlk 

Lucal 73J's Annual Family Pic n ic wail hdd Scpo 

lember 14 Without Our usu:l1 b Ig turnOUt. A lot of 

our members werc replliling 01 cleaning Up {rom 

the destru!:tlOn uf HUrrIcane Elena that came 

thruugh on UbUf Day, September 2, between 2 

a.m . :lDd d4yb~bt Necdk" to uy. IhlS area had 

very hltle ro ecldll.lllU: un Labor O;lY The rucmhel'$ 

and Ihell famlhe:s whu Clame 10 Ihe Picnic: enjoyed 

plenty of fine: lood and fellow$hl(l Enlertamment 

fo r Ihe chlMn:n was h:andlcd by SISlers Jdfy Rouse, 

Nell Jones, and Diane Waltman. BrOlhe.r Yanccy 

H.a ll W:l5 Picnic cbllinnlln and wa 1IS$ISICd by a 

number of faithful members 

Resolve to Work 

Together in 1986 

LU. 771 tu), COLUM81A, S.C.- G,cctlngs h o m 

toeal 771. We have: been very bU5y thiS )'c.u due 

to wallc nC'~otl.:luons At thiS lime we: hlllle not 

been able to negotlale an c=quJlable !lUSe: Without 

makrn& ~(JIl esslons that would. hUn our members 

I urge you 10 st.3nd firm on the COnJtltutlOIl and 

support your local 's o(6cers, Ne::golll1ung Com· 

rnllll::e, lind most of all !>upport each othel as 

8roth~rs In the loca l, 

[ :lIn proud t.O say Ih:r.t we have been havtng II 

good lurnOU llil meetings, and OU t morale hilS b4::e::n 

at an all·elme: high Wc welcome allrctll'cd memo 

hers 10 a tle::nd our meetmgs, and \ 

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Monthly Meeting Changed 

To January 8 

LU. 806 (i,dhml, ELLENVIlJ..£, N. Y.-Happy New 

Yurl Lut November Dllllkc:d the: tc:tuohu& uE 1111, 

reporH~r from the lob of Isslnant busine.ss agent 

10 hi.s tOOI5-JOurneyman warem.n Ilack of work 

In ow junsdlcboD made: II :I nccu~ltl'l. HnUlI 

been so lucky l1S 10 serve my local over the preYIOU$ 

18 months. I WISh 10 express g.ratltude 16 the: 

mcmbt--rs, Executive Bond, BU!lincs, Manager Mor· 

n, Mlnel, and to SCcletllll)' Lee butty for their 

~lIrrmr' ~nd ht!lJ"t 

Th.nk, 10 our BrothelS In Newburgh, Poullh · 

hCPSIC, aod Oswelo, plus some olhers, we Can 

keep WOrklOl!l despite lun limu m 806. OUI hard 

times :He. due to the deprcdiHlQnS of nOnUntOD and 

not-s ·unlon organlzaoon,,- thosc who exploit 

others for their awn ~a\O They ale also U\ pan our 

own fault . 

Our Brothtrs who have been 111 or ,"lured are 

Bob 'oseph, back 10 "" orlt, Judd Knapp, minor 

JUlcery, Tony R.usso, It-Inlured Ius leg ahcr a lon, 

Iccupe.r:lltlOn IsorT}' f dldn', get news o( II &n .sooner, 

TonYI. Denoy Shudds, Out of the hOSPital, Sal 

Acc:ardL, Qur p1 c.s~dent J lecul'lII!rating after :I pll 

bl.ddC:f opc: ratlon; Lou Hendncltson, sull unable 

to workl Mike Mcdnack " Mllacle Man," comln'; 

baek ipto hIS Own, Paul Krusher, SI , ,USt back 

from a trip, getting around wldl: Warren Dunham, 

returned to work after a brohn hip We Wish all 

you JUYs well :lind :II bettU )'cal Ihan the one before 

Oue ~01{emot seems to be. eydng political ad· 

vanl;1ge by trasbing utilitlel lind Ignonng s:lcriAcc, 

of trade cufumcn, some of whom mllde the uhi. 

marc conwbuuon in the wake of Hurnc.ane Clofl:l 

While linemen from ~eross the northeast worked 

double ,hlh s 10 gel the power back on In Ihe 

ULCO syMem that was Virtually destcoyed, :lind 

Ihree dIed dOln~ so, aUf Mario new over m a 

helicoptc:r He keelhauled LILeO's effom to reo 

.IOte power, I11lphed the)' were lootdtaggmg. and 

returned to Albany-nice and dry Meanwhile, on 

the ,round some men were haruKd by lrace cwo 

tomers who didn't need ,ddluonallncirement from 

the U:IIle'S hl&he.st officcr Like the yuppies whose 

edueauon was paid for by watc:s procec:ted by 

unions, Mario seems to be forgctful. What est, 

the pre'ld~cy~ 

OUf ,aou:ary mectln8 IS ch~nged 10 laouary II duc 

to Ihe holldllY. Be sure to allcnd If you WIsh 10 

have anpul 10 Ihr: distribution of the M:IIJch raISe 

New appOmtmcnlS: Mlkc Hubcrt to Appremice· 

ship Cammlttr:e, and Rick MoJdovcr to Health :lind 

We lfare Cnmmllltc_ Many think' to I.rv Ruger for 

tUI lerVlce on the Apprenuc-c hlp Committee. 

RICK MOLOOVER, P.S 

A Family of Achievers 

Is Highlighted 

LU. 811 (nl. NEW YORK, N.Y.-Brother David 

Chou, an Amtrak employee, grad\,la led from the 

AmtrAk apprentice progum on Ocrober 28, 19 

The progum is Ihn:e yean In duration and IS 

II.PI"O\·ed by tbe United States Dcpartmcm of La 

00 •. D.vid has been nomln:lled lor AmHak's Ap' 

prentice of the Yeu Aw.ud, und we hope he WJ8S. 

Blother Chou IS not 'toppmg hIS 1I:IIIOIOg with the 

complellon of the apprC:l1tlceshlp progr.:lml he pl.:lns 

to :lllIend Cuy Ulllver5rty of New York to Obl:&in 

an eleclnnl ~ogIn~ertnK degree. 

The Cbou lamlly moved 10 Am~llc:a from Burma 

n&ht yu.rs ago. DaVId 1& nUl the:: only member ot 

hll (;lrod)' ""ho pnzc::s tducallon A brother. Daniel, 

.heady hu an rlrr.rnr..al .. n;.rn .... nng dt'gtl!'e, whIle 

h" $ISte, ROSie has a bachelor's degree ID account. 

In&- David b:as tbree olber 'Islers-Dalsy IS a 

f.shton

of Cen. Matthew B. Ridgway, " Howevcr fine the 

weapons, bowever adequate the eqUlpm~nl. DCI ' 

lher represent any more s u~ngth than the hearls 

of the men whQ use the.m _" 

nus local wlsh~s to honor the follOWing 100M' 

yea r apprentlcu who became mechanics in 1985: 

Brothers J. Heaton, 1_ Richardson, I Sanc.hez, and 

D. Suegelmeyci QUI local also WI she! to ex tend 

a specIal honor salute to Brothel ,. Houy for earning 

the tight to be: on the Jun e. 1985. bonor roJl ~ 

CongratulatIons. men; best of luck plus succt'ss 

wllh your careers 

The negotiations betwee.n t abor and m3nagement 

fo r our new contract are ovu. The (ODUaCt 

IS complete and Heady for laOO l'S rauRcatlon \·ote 

Our presIdent, 8rothcr G _ McKee. and Brotber I 

MOll wele dc:ctc:d by rnls local to attend c.l a.ssc.s 

on diSCipline aad discharge at the George MeallY 

Center fo r Labor Studu!s tn Silver Sp.lIIg. Maryland_ 

QUI goa l IS for Ihc upgladmg of the quality and 

education of au. stewards for the betterment of 

our union. There 15 a need fo r a broader scope. a 

higher aIm tD oU.l educatlonal go.!I.Is. True education 

means mUle than the pUJSue of a certaIn courst: of 

study; 11 means mort: than lust wTlting off for 

matenal la lead. h has to do with the whole being. 

and with the whole penod of CXIStenCe posSlble to 

man. Our locals have and must at.uvely su pport 

the educating of OU I members 

At the classes hdd at the George Meany Center. 

our delcgates met two of OUI pipe fitllng Blothers 

from the Hawaiian naval basc:o II was a pleasure to 

talk wub and lasten to them about common work 

problems. We discussed With these Brothers In the 

feden l SecIO' from the slatc of HawaII the follow· 

mg Issues common to both work places: CIOSSc;rafung, 

off-duty misconduct, fudoughing. Sick 

leave, annual leave, grievance pr ltCedu rcs. and diS 

CIpli ne 1I( 1I0n. We rc.solved to stay 10 tOuch via 

mall or phone. Management must be held In cheek, 

and lhu. loc~ 1 intends to do just that by ide ntUying 

those a re ~s ..... hic.h li re commoa to other federal 

senon . 

DAUlt RCYNOLDS P S. 

Scribe Hopes for More 

Area Jobs in 1986 

LU. 934 (i,o,u&'ulyl, KINGSPORT, TENN.-It's 

the beginning of a new year. ~nd thl! m c-mbers of 

Local 934 hope chat ever-yone cOloyed the holIdays 

With theLr faml\Jes an d fn ends. 

At our last union meeung wt:nch was attended 

by only 15 or 30 Brothers, some qUe!tlon~ arose 

on bow Our local could oblalQ more UniOD work 

In our sunoundJ.ng :lieu. At the prestat our local 

docs have I few Bro thers wOlkmg at home but 

most conllOue 10 work out of town Recc:ntly we've 

bad a lot of constructIOn lobs 1n our nea, bUf Done 

a. our own contractors have bid on these jobs, 

therda rc. the chances of working at home remain 

... ery slim. 

We hope that with the help of our :Irea COlltrlCtors 

thiS year WIl l be diffe rent ~ nd ....·i ll a llow many 

of OU t Brothers to eomc: back home and work. One:: 

01 the 000 t Important tasks thIS yea r IS getting 

more conrractors to bid on these. labs. Along with 

the (.ooperallon 01 area contractors, it wiU take 

the support of our Brothers and also commuruty 

lDvoh'ement to achieve thiS goal. ""lIh everyone 

shOWing then suppOrt. our local Will possibly ba\'e 

more a rea lobs thiS yf:.31 th3n \0 the past. 

I. COLE. Dol.AN, P.S. 

Local Thanks Members; 

Buick City Completed 

LU. 948 (i,cm,ns&..sp;a), FLINT, MICH.-Here's 

hopmg thiS year wllI be as good as the last one· 

We still bave a few tnye11ng Brothers workmg In 

the:: area BUick Cny IS done and wu bUilt With 

umon workmansru p and pnde. It rully shows in 

both the fac.tory and the cau that alc- bein, bUlle 

there. Buick Cit)' was built In .. rduivcly short 

time by • lot of dif(crent tnd.:smen. We in Flint 

arc ... ery proud of the Walk done by our membc.rs 

and some travellng mc:mbns. Bukk CilY I S one oC 

A Family Affair 

Pictun:d htu ..are, left 10 l i~h t .lim, brothcr George, 

Alger,. Ul d Garry Ruthnfotd. all mrmbus of Local 

948, Fliol, Mich. 

the m 05;t modem pb.ms to the world today, and 

because of the new deSign and lec.hnology, the 

rSEW played a (ar larger part m (he bUilding of It 

than any othe. trade. 

On ~hall of the local, we would hke to th~nk 

all the members ler lhe great job that was dOone 

this summer Without all of us pulhng loge ther, 

we would not have the strong URlon we have today 

BUick City was a great success but only with the 

help rrom all the members ..... ho worked on all the 

other lobs to help protec t our lunscilcllon. Without 

the commc:rcial wOlk and $mall mdustnal work, 

we would nOt have much left after BUick Cuy was 

completed. So, a&am we say thanks to all members 

of local9"g 

This past summer we had one heck of a pany. 

In ,uJy we burned the mongage 00 OU I hall .her 

iust Bve years. It's all ours now, I iust Wish that 

more of our local members would use II and come 

to the meetings more fr equently. 

We have some good news and some bad nt:ws. 

The good news IS that the golf season IS over. and 

the league champions arc Tom O'Brlen and ' ohn 

Bond. I don't know If LI'S truc or not, but rumor 

hu II that It's hard to beat the chamnan or the 

Executive 8o.ard and the busmc:ss manage,_ The 

bad n~ws IS tbat our baHtcam lost 10 Ann Arbor. 

Dave Could said rhat the game Will be played la 

Flint next year, and we will lure the umpllcs 

Algel RutherfOld, shawn \0 the pletUre, is the 

brothel of E. 'ay aad Homer Rutherford They ate 

all retired IBEW members. Alger has been In our 

local lor 50 years and has held every oftice except 

preSident E'.. ' ay, who was the fa ther of '1m and 

Ceorge, died in 1971. after serving 44 years as a 

member of our local. He spent m:lny of those years 

as presideDt .lod Executive Bo.lld mcm~r Homer 

Rutherford ha.s been a member for S4 ycars, letlnng 

10 1910 aher serving as prt"5ldent fOI many yean. 

He IS now 80 yearS old ;lnd IaV1n! In Flonda. Ceorgc 

Ruth~rford has been a memba fo r 46 yean and 

ha' b(en.n E.xC'tuuvC' Btu.d memb('1 fOI a Dumbel 

of years. He IS s till out there gOlOg strong m the 

fidd. Jim Rutherford was IDlIl3tc:d 10 1951 and is 

w or k in~ :and livmg out East. Finally there IS Calry . 

He has been a member for 20 years, an ExecutiYe 

Bootd member for the past 12 ycars, and has helped 

and supponed our local qUHe oft en. 

OU t local IS very proud to ha"'e kaoWD and 

worked "'ich mu llimlly of electrlclans. We Wlint 

them and you (0 know tbat the dedication of time 

and skill they have given to Local 943 IS greatly 

appreciated and Will nevu be forgon en All together 

they ha ... e over 100 years to our local, and 

Jim, George, and Carry are stili addm1, to that 

Agurt Tbey alt": what Ihe mEW It. all about. We 

sa lute yuu 

RJ\.YMONl1 SVllCARA, P.S. 

Unit 8 Members 

Buy Union Jackets 

L.U. 949 IO,em&IJ, BURNSVILLE, MI N.-Our 

members of Unit 8. h~adq~rt(' red an Montevideo, 

MmncsoUi. and employed by Nonhem States POWCf, 

recently purchased union l.ckecs. When the pleture 

",'as lakea. It was obVIOusly one of our beautllul 

summer c:venmgs. 

Allhough we have sold manyol ourl,lnion ,ackets 

and our members wear them proudly, this is the 

Former Officer 

Pictured is Brothr:r lobo ChristianSl'n who served 

il5 Irusurer of Local 949, Bumsvillc, Minn. John 

is an I!'mployel!' nf Minnl!'g~,"o from the Sh.akoptl!' 

Division who accepted .a managc:mtnt position. 

We wis h loha tht bcsi oE luck in his otw endeavors 

aod thank him fIJI his time aDd I!'ffoflS on all the 

unio n wm minees thai hI!' served in addilion ( 0 

the trcasurer's job. 

New Jackets 

Picturtd here w ith tbeit uwaD jacketS . , e members 

of Lo(a1949, Unit 8; (nlDt row, left 10 right, Hartan 

Henke, Richard NnkJeby, Jerome Johnson, Marlow 

Pe terson, Ri ch;ud TOGgeD, J.ab Rdshnd, Mike 

Uecker, Ve rlr o Klin" middle row, Itll to righi, 

ArieD Smie.ns, Dallas IVCrsOD, Sum Pele.rson, ChaI· 

ley Pater, A.r1 Meyer, Willy Roi, M.ike I-f usud, 

Owen Lund, back row,left to rilbt, Herb Calley, 

Don Mulls, Ib rleD Livingood, Lowell Elliot, DUD 

Limberg, Jim Rowan, La rry Mude, "tid Larry Ncl· 

son. Not piclured afe Wesll!'Y Schrapp, U m Kittel· 

So n, Lto Kuehl, Lyman Trutna, Ha n y Lie tz.u, 

Noel Sh it, Doug Sc.hm idt, Durel Doose, Ge ne 

GoU mer, and Don BCfCnds. 

(July unH of Loe.al 949 where all members pUt · 

chased ,ackeu. U other memben of 949 would ltke 

to purchase unton lackets. please contact your 

busmess re.p'CStn ta live or our ofSce dlfectly. Nat· 

urally, they art: union-made ,ackelS. 

R L ANOE'RSON. B.M 

Brother Anderson Wins 

"Best Finish" Trophy 

LV, 952Ii&.0}, VENTURA, CAL.-Bob Andersoll. 

~ member smcc 1969, AppreDUCtsblp Committee 

member, aDd Examining Board member, recently 

competed IOc tober 24 throulh the 27th) ID the 

Quarter Scale AsSOClaOOD of Amenca's Annual 

FIY'1n \0 Las Vel!~" Nevada, sponsored by the 

Showboat Casino and Hotel. Ther( were contestants 

paruclpalin,g and compering h om all ave. the 

world. 

These alfcrait must be a rc:phca of II rul allcrait, 

wllh a mlOlmum wlDg span of 90 Inches. Bob 's 

airc raft was a " Mr. Mulliga n," which IS a 1930 

raCCI , powered by a 21-cubic·mch Zenoah gasolme 

(ngme, weighing 2S pOunds, wah .a smoker and 

operating flaps. Doh won ch e Best FinIsh trophy 

over approximately 210 cntnes 

Bob has bl:en 10 rhe bobby oE r.adlO·c.onu oJIc:d 

aircraft for four and·one-haii years, and thIS was 

hb first entry in this particular internallonal com' 

petition. He "att.!!l lhat the ability to Dy these 

aIrcrafts IS tn hiS blood. 

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Winner 

Retirement Party 

eVQ II, was tbe emcee. Sc:ver:al gill .. were then 

pruc:oted to Charity 

All Ihr Bla thers and ISters of Loul 965 lOin 10 

WIShlDI you the very beSt In your ret Irement years, 

Charley 

T il n~;c1 IImc then' 

MICHAEL B GRAIr 

Graduates 

Pit-lund is Loe,1 95'1, Venluu. e lil l., mrfl1b t r Sob 

Anderson and hb wife, Pegy, posin& with the 

moorJ :lircuh used by s ob In I~t rtent Quartt'l 

Snle A soci ~lion of ,\ou'fiu's Annual fly-in in 

La.s Ve._. tV" 10 win tbe 8u I t iDish trophy 

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Join Retirees' Ranks 

l...U. 9SJ li,u,l,em,cal v.!l.-spa), EAU CLAIRE, WIS. 

BeSl wishes to Chudc YllUn,; li nd Victor Peterson 

for a hcahh y and Inng u'lm'mCR! Chuck h.d J8 

)'II!US with hll coo~ r;l tlve J !tarlmg out .1511 labolt', 

Jigging holes by band. He w;u very aC ll ve In the 

union and .a llcnded nearl y .Ill hu umt meeungs 

Whtle worktnR for the: co 0" ht lo"cd nudy 

U)(X).OOO mile of dnvmg without .In IICl;ldcnt, 

quite .nd accompbshmcnt In Ihls day and .1St' 

VLC had alm()5t 45 ye,n with hIs cooperative:, 

Slartlng OUI as .ill brush CuttCI .nd .dvancml to 

loumeym .. n lineman Then In 1973 he wa.s pro 

moted (0 geDcr.a1 manager. He nc\ er (Olgo. where 

he C.1mr from H IS happ.est days we:re ail a lineman 

Oil hu: 1.151 day of work, he put on his work. c1othe:! 

and finl.hed his carel:l Ihl: wily he -, !lH ted, workmg 

with the hnc crcw. Again, 10 both of you Ami 10 

all of OUI olher leillces, we want to elClend OU I 

grateful thanks and II long. well ·deserved retire.· 

menl. 

h 's been hurly ",CtIVe: In oU l lunsdlc.lOnj an fllel . 

WI:. had quite a few unelets working. Sut With 

the change: In the wt'lIlhet, work 1.5 $CIIJUn, 10 slow 

down. We' re looking for work tU pick up ht~ 

.. galO . alld bopefully our book.! WIll be cle.a.ed oncc 

a~1n The ..... ork IS there, and ..... e'vc lot the qu...l· 

Lfied people to do II . Now 11"5 up 10 thc C

Scribe Discusses Unfair 

Income Tax System 

L U. 995 1i.o¥r1b,n ,"&5p.), BATON RO UGE, LA. 

I am wnung .hls month'. artic.le from W"YDf.sboro, 

Ceorgia. The lob IS in plant Vagdt, and It II In 

Local 1579, Augul1a, CcorgJ"s, lun$dlcUlm I had 

Intended togtvc a r~uJnC of Augu,na', bborhislory 

bu t the mformatlon I rcquC5l1:d did not Ket to me 

in lime fo r this month" story. Mighl calch It I:ucr 

Plant Vogtlc: IS, of course, a nuke, 50 I Will 8parc 

the: t.!ctails (or In my opInion they .att all the tamt 

There an declncaJ "ncw hires" .tJlvmg lUst 

about every diYI so I come e:arly and $-Iand lie the 

entrana gau hapmg to sec fnends from home 

One morolD, aD officer of my local arnved, and II 

sured the devil oul of me Ihinklft3 thins, wcrc 

WOlSe ,han I thought. 

Cong.ratu!auons, Mike, II 'S a long way from New 

O rleans to WubingtDD. But, by gum mit, you made 

it. Haog 10 there, and I Will tell the Bear 'eut you 

know he'll be proud at you! 

The news I'm gemng through the grapevine 

aboul New York and Cahloml.lead, me 10 believe 

we'll be ,eelOg morc of our B,othcrs lind SiSters 

herr:: at plant Vaglle 'cuz when them unemploy· 

ment cbecks stop, what ebe IS there to do. See 

ya'U SDOIl 

To glye you an IdCl how the work IS I,nng 

throughout the country,let me gwe you a rundown 

of the Clew I'm an Bobby Earn~t , Local lSJI, 

Albany, Ceor81a; Wilham I. LotIunac, Locjl 495, 

Wilmington, North Carohna; D. E. GUile, G. M . 

Russell and J. D. White, Local 995, Baton Rouge. 

LoulslIn.; Ci.uence Odom, Local 1579, Augusta. 

CeorgJ.l; T. L_ Hamil. Local 1141, Oklahoma City. 

Oklahoma, D. Holley, Local 723 1 

Fort Wayne, 

Indiana, J. W. Saunderl, Loca l 666, Richmond. 

VirgJ.niaj C R Stoltz, Local 306, Akron, OhIO, 8 . 

A. Vicker, local 443, Montgomery. A.I.bamar and 

l.es Clark, Local 718, Fon Lauderdale, FIOlida 

It IS nOt a pretty II&ht .eemg IBEW mc:mbc:n In 

thcil late 60s and early 10s hav,", to "hll It" aher 

haVing worked 4() plu~ yea,s The,e must M lJOme· 

thang wrong With th~ .y.tem that allow, thu to 

happen. You YOUD, people c.tn take note Ii 11 am't 

good enough lOT you. get Involved and make Ihc 

necessary changes. Collecllve bargaanlng IS a must 

If your goal ]I] hfe I ~ dec!!"1 wages and a high 

Standa.rd oC 1I ... lng. Despite ou.r p, csent predicament, 

therc is hope:. Be: patient and brothcrly for 

time is not your cm:my lUSt bec 

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Brothe r RoY "UUllt, Local 111 6. TUCSGIl, Adz., 

sunds in front of Our " lit""" pi cnic banller. BrQther 

Bon ne was anolhu of the 'Q,ck.·of·all·ludd who 

wert jn ~ trulllrllta l ifllhe picnic runnin g 5n100thly. 

Th:IDk you, Drolht r Ihmnt'. 

Huds up, guy and , als! J-tc:rr if :II pictun of 

m e mbers pbyil1& volleyball, UIII.: uf till" picnic',. 

many glme,. Whal a gn"a l limr. we.1I had! 

commumcallons Su rt would m.ake II bette r wO lk · 

place: and world for all of us May 1986 be II grr:n 

year for alII 

MC'nlionUl& 1986. bnnss 10 mind contract )'''c:rso nally wdcome you Welcome to 

new members R.obert Ken! lind Art Escarcg2 of 

Alamlto and Debor.:lh P;uker of TEP Congratu la · 

lions 10 Warren Anderly, Thomas Izydorskl, and 

UUfll: Trt'u whQ were fcc:enlly ptomoled miG 

man:llgcment Bt'sl of lu k to each of you an YOU I 

new posi I ions 

GCKXIluc:k IDd ,cod he .. lth 10 e.ach 01 uu, rCll lces: 

Audrey Schaeffer, Aubrey rowell, :and Joe Palkc!r 

You 've 1111 w.altl:'d and .ntlClrlted this " time for 

Self" lor II long time Enloy ever)' day, and do all 

Ih~ "!»UlllnJIIY" lhln,;s lUld unci you have ye.amed 

to do 101 .a long urnc: You de. c:.ne them_ £'''10,)'1 

8t A MIl.Nt, p, S 

IBEW Represented 

At East Texas Fair 

LU. 1151 (I ,em&'spl), T YLER, TEX.- In 'c:ptem · 

ber, 1985, It the Eut Teus FJh, the Vlstlors 

enloyed spuullng ,he Contracto"' Roulelte Carnea 

wheel of thane te sponsored by the El eeuic:IIl 

ConllaelOT5 INECAI .lnd Tyler ,{lint Apprenticeship 

Tr;unJnK Progr.am A spin would MOp on II 

contuctor', n.arne, Ihen Ihe partiCipant would rc· 

celYe a free Kilt lpens, penCils, ball(Kln" key chaLns. 

loolb.r.1l schedules, notc plds, etc., beanng mit: 

contraetou' n .. me .. nd !elephvuli: IJUWlJCl wllh 

advertllllni plainly displayed In addition, 750 hehum-filled 

b.alloons wele ,lven to children 

People seemed IIStom!lh cd to Rnd somcthm& hee 

at Ihe h Lr So me ptoplc would u,," the COll i to . pin 

the Wheel of Chance, Ind whet' we 5t:lled the 

This is I picture (I f the Contractos' ROlllcltc Game 

enjuyed by IhoSt' prum! ill the Ea51 Teus F.air. 

(Photo li ubmill ed by Loe .. 1 lISt. Tyler, Tex.) 

~arne was free , they \\o'1)uld play with a s:lIllsAed 

c:xprcssum on thnl faces. 

The IDEW hOOlh.at the F.m wu de51~ed by the 

[f.linlng directo r. Ray PalulsoD, and the union 

seC'reury, F.annlt; Cow.ard The IIpp renllusof toeal 

1151,llon, with Mrs. W.B. " Pl1t"Tuckcr lind Mr 

C. W. SeSSions, m anned thc booth. 

Many thanks 10 all who made this year's F.aa 

booth :a success 

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RAy PATTU.sON, TR. Dllt 

Words of Thanks From 

B-B-Q Chairman Slaymaker 

L.U. 119 1 lu&emJ, WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. 

Srolhers and SIS te rs, there :ue 100 many people 10 

nil me , but I would like 10 thank evcryor1e who 

helped ....,lIh our Annual Barbecue. Thu year we 

dlvld ~d some of Ihl:' work .. mon, the dllk";lJl wurk 

locauons, ilOd IhlS worked very well I thank all 

the lob stewards fo r ~clling mem~rs In thell work 

locallons lCyolvcd The only ploblem IS lh.a l ....·e 

d1(1 not haH: enough members bow up. Brhrve II 

or not, but therc .aIC II lot of union BrothelS who 

go to eompany yard picmcs and don" show up at 

our Annu.al UnIon Barbecue. Why r We h ~ ... e: be u c.r 

food, mOlc ~~r, hyC' musIc {Chaplc r five. ""ndl, 

more lun for tbe kids, .and .a 101 metl pcLlpJe to 

SOCIalize with Many thanks 3g:1I n to everyone 

""ho worked 10 make our Annual 8 arbe:cue 2 bIg 

succcss. Brother 11m Slaymaker, Chairma n. 

The Annual Barbecue h a~ ch an~ed drutlcally 

Slnet Ihe fi rSI one I allC'oded In 1970 at l.ake Ida 

I rtmembcr Mu n ay Camclo cooking aw ~Y m a 

sm.all hut duectly under the hot sun. There were 

a lew benches .av.adable, also In thl" lull sun, and 

Ihother lim Cu rtis W1U CI" .. u Iii TC~I iIIltllc Lucal 

1191 , W e~' Palm 8uch, fll., Annual Barbccut. 

Mr. legs 

Pit:tuted It DtOlhll'r Hayle RohU\8" Odfay S~rvi~t 

Crutef, who won the " Mr. Lr~s 1985" :award a l 

the AnnUli Ha,bt:eut. 

a IOl ul $and There was nothing planncd to do bUI 

Millnd aruund and talk l and to make matters worse, 

the kIds Writ bored :lind hot I re membC'r Cindy 

Consola tryln, to nuke the M.!.t of an uncomfortable 

lime and complainlnA rn.al there was nothrng 

10 do NUl Ion,; .fter that I w.as sworn in .t! thte 

recoldmg sccretary :md then took on the press 

seeretary lob The followmg wulter I was a.sked to 

o r~al1lZc the Annu'" DlInce, :lnJ I ac:crpted. 11 you 

do a gnod ,uh, you arc bound to be :I ked to do 

more, And Ihe Barbecue W IIS Ifound the com er. 

Well , I wasn' t tOO sure I w:ln ted that bce"u~ I I 

IIlvolvcJ cookmg Murray :lnd J.a ke :lSSun::d me I 

wouldn'l hllve 10 cooll" and I accepted the Job [0 

orgll n l:.!e the cookou t The Slle .... 'IS Ihl" 'ohlJ Pnnce 

Park. I oldt'rcd lind m.1de sure Ihat all mal w .as 

rcqu u cd was uo locllu 0 In plenty of time, but I 

did nOI know the mcn planned 10 CU t up Ihe 

c::hlcktns lind brought the DOC lind only carving 

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JOURNAL! When you 

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change of address, 

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your old address 

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ioull! ( had. The.re WiU .some low·toned mumbling 

over that. But on tbe ocher hand, there was plency 

pl:llnned for the kids, down to Ice crr.am, the moon 

walk, ponIes. and pnus for the kids to try to Wtn. 

The foll owing year a band was ildded. 

t could not attend the pUI B;;!I~COe because of 

my full work toad, buc I ,lid ,HSi5! with me ar· 

ranJ;ementS, and J did II)' to get some feedback II 

seems. there arc so many 5lf1mgers now al the 

Pi cn ic, It uscd to be that 31most aU the fa ces were 

familiar, Many of those fa ces dOll 't appc.ar anymore 

because (hey now 3rt: 'fl managt'mClH. The fi.Jlt 

becue IS :I way of becoming acqllainleJ WIth llil 

the new membcn and 10 rc:nr::w old frtt,:n d .'lhi~s, A 

len of plannmg lIod work 3le necessary for your 

10c.:lI's IIffalfs, aod the members who give "ener' 

oU5Jy 01 chcir tlme .:Ind energy lor Ihest: umon 

funcuons deserve your thanks and suppOIi. It 's ~ 

hard job, but somebody has to do it. 

My personal thanks to Sister hll Augustensen 

fo r h el fung me: in my dlJtles as press SCCIl!Ury. 

My wl.!h~5 fo t each unCiA you is Ih~t 19B6.5ll1ns 

off greslt ~nt:l lust keeps on gctllng bettci. 

H c..LtN M . MANSf'lnU), P,S. 

The Coors Boycott 

Is a Must 

LU. 1253 (i), AUGUSTA, MAINE-Smce 1977 Ihe 

Brewery WOlken hllve becn boycottlO g Coors Beef, 

and (be company has b.:!t!R losing s~Jcs "c.-d,!), 

They h,,"'e gone from I I lutes 1038 st.lles trylllg 

III bolStcr their 5::1les, from one heer name to fIVe 

(Coon, Coors Llle, Herman JO!.cpb's, George KI I 

htln ' ~ In h Red Ale, ;!O d Colden Lagcrl. COM'! has 

dropped an overall JVcr:fgc 0116 percenl among 22 

St3tc~ with Georgia {- 403 pcrcclltl showing the 

heavleS I drop bctwcl:n 1983 and 1984. 

What atrOCitIes dlJ oors cotJ:I mitl The degra· 

dalton of human dignity liStS as follows · II Hlode.· 

mg OSIlA Invcsug,ulons em wQrkcr deathJ, heolalth, 

and safelY hazardsl II Sublectlng prospective employees 

and ..... mk.cls 10 polygrl1pb leS15j 31 Con 

Hollmg the workers' baSIC hbc:nie31 41 Ph,.sl(;al 

!oearcbes on cmploye:es is well as lockers :111111 urs 

tse;ltch and seizure IS JegllJ on prm.1tt properry In 

Colorado!. SI PhYSical eums 3rt requllc:d for apphcauullnd 

employet!!, and they arc oat f'(lUHued 

tll sce r C~iUlts 01 cxam IP v

 

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Retirement Party 

and end leu hours 01 work ketplnlJ OUt lucal sHong 

A rcurement parry wal! held recently fOl Brotbers 

Roy laird, Al SlmonlC:,h, RO&ef Zwel,el, and Harry 

Mceee. They fetlled wah OYer 100 year of ~ rvl C.C 

and Local I r;ar membershIp amon, them Brother 

Joe Ve:rnon. ""ho look Ihe plcturu, slau:d that a 

good lime w.1! h.ad by:all The pany was held at 

Brolher Vernon 's bome rn SoU lnern Cahfornul 

At Work 

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State Convention Notes 

Labor's Problems, Progress 

Pic lUIlI'd .'11' the retirccs who Vtele hGnOrt d al th~ 

put,., Id. to right att Roy Laild, AI Simonich, 

Ro&e.r Zwtigcr, Ind 1I1rT)' McGct. 

Scribe Praises Brother 

Guthrie's Leadership 

L..U. 1501 (rC5,rts,caIV,eml'imo), BALTIMORE, 

MD .- Local1.~O I m;adc it through the tough yCll rs 

Hert' I, wha t m.dt: Ihe difference. P,cs,dcnt DlOn 

F. CuthrlC gllYe us leadership anJ gruwth In OUt 

loca l. Hele ale SUIllt: qU.lh u cs Ihlll IHOve my POLnt 

aboul Ouamtss Manager/President Di em P Udl 

rae 's leadership 

Brother Cuthm: IS a budder of OU I umon, ,1od 

nOi :II wreckil'l lit' 15 OnC of the senior ofHcrn with 

26 ye.1I5 10 the lonl and 17 yea r as head vI OUI 

UDlon. J Ie has II VlUI knQwlcdgc of our umUD and 

our complcte mdustry. now mcludlng the Cable 

LDduSIIY Ue IS co mmitted I(J prolC:elln~ and 1m 

proving our shup l!itc wa,ds ' stand.uds and makc5 

evc.ry dlorl to h~JI thcm IDJormcd, .I'll well is all 

othc. officc", and kno ..... ledgcabh: on all pending 

problem, cQncermng our memlxrs He keeps our 

members anforml!d lind up to ci3 le on :Ill unum 

mallcrs. lie also serves }'OU as :an AdVisory 80ard 

m ember on tht:' rcn"IQn llmmlllCC [ll1d a5 IHlmln' 

isuator of the ullum 's heahh and welfolre fund lie 

fightS Ine nonunion and :m tlunlon IH loltks on our 

..... ork UPPOI tunillu and keeps Loca l I liOI .'} flnunce .. 

111 good s.hapc smee a union must remain .stfOng 

a.nd c:apable 01 mecting all types of challenge 

The ImplllvementS to OUt health and welfale 

plan, rncludanz cyegbl!!i ~d dru)C plilll, under hll! 

Icadcnblp .nc Keond II.) none He leis lOU know 

where he lIoundson aU ISSUes, and h~dO( n'l belIeve 

an plaYing politics With }'our hvehbood He 15 

alway~ available on Ihe lob and at home, he IS f:ll. 

and indltcnmmale, be IS 1I1wllYs seekmg ,DOd 

worklllg cundlllOns, and he IS well rC5pecu:d by 

our bH1lhcr and sisler locals, other union uffic llI ls 

and intc:rnntlono l crffi('.ers. He IS always ,avnjJnble 

10 hC'lp our luck and needy members, lending :lId 

and aS$ ISlam:e whena:vct n~ccs ury 10 evcryone, 

Includlllg nu. retirees, BUSiness Managcr C uthrle 

know. hil IU rl sdlctlOn well and oOClin 't bt: hCYe In 

)'leJdmg anYlhlf18 He believes hiS main obhg~ lI cm 

15 10 YUlI, Ihe lInion membership. He believes In 

looklOg ahead to Ih e futun:, and he IS always 

K'l."kln& ways 10 k.::ep out members worklDS 

As J try to , um up IhlS rcporr t(I the Ql'::Olbc! rshlp 

and look ahcll d. r feel our local has milde and w1ll 

contlnu.:: 10 make: ,8.IC'lI nodes m tht fu ture We 

muSt prou:ct :lI[Id secure our iuture This. (an be 

done with I Ieadel, and that Jr·ader " 8 rOther Olon 

F. Guth lle. Thank yOu, Dlon, (or your tunc, ,blilty, 

LU. 1505 fem ), WALTIIAM, MA SS,- On Oetobc.t 

2-4, Ihe 28th Annu.1 ConVcnti on of the Ma,~ 

chusells AfL-C IO was held In 8(1sulIl Thts year's 

CC)nv(nuon prescnled Il V;lrte t y of 5p~ ;lk t rs who 

delivered musages on the problems IaclDg those 

of UJ In the u~de limon movement Over 500 

dele,ale. hom .lCI O" the stale spc:nl three days of 

the Convention hearing from pcople like John 

O 'Malley, leglonal director of tbe AFLCIO, .11ld 

Thomas Donahue, national lCcretuy ucuuret of 

the AFL·aO, on both the problems of bbor aod 

the progress th8t labm I' m.a ling on Iht' rt'glOnal 

.nd nauonaJ Jcvd~ 

A lughhght of t he onvcnllun w,u a speech by 

DaVid Slckler, ple,Il J ent 01 the Nallonal Coors 

Boycott Comm litet' . Brother Sickler. :I former wOIk c.r 

.at the COOts planl In Culnndo, de'iocflbed the 

inhumlln and unlu.s t lactics of Ihal company ID It:!. 

dt'alm~.s with workers 8tothc:r S,cJdcr pr.:used tbC' 

work done: by Ihe Ma sachllsetts AfL·CIO In the 

Coors Boycott campalpl In thiS "late 

Aho hlghh~hted .It Ihe Convenllon W;tS a prob· 

km facing man)' American andus.tnt's--nslOg lob 

lnss.::s due 10 lI1ut'astn! forel!n Imports pt'uel 

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Ln~$ of LocJl I 151 4 and 118 nH:mben 10 our fcllow 

Brothll:u and SI"erJ In IBEW H",yc: a H3ppy ew 

Year from dle phone folks In Yukon, northern 

Bflllsh CI)lumhlll, and ,he wutun NOrlhwc:st TerntDUII:S 

The loul madc: a p'e~nutlon In Scptll:mbcr to 

Ihll: parhllmentary subcommlllC:~ IS I:andlllg Commmll:t' 

un Tr"nsronl on Can:oItJI.an Nauonal RaIlways 

rll:n~lon ~y(lICnl nle Ivo...I 'lI member" :ue: 

employ~e!loi a CNR subsidiary, NonhwesTei, and 

havII: seveu.l CODcems rll:&udang Ihll: pcn-'lOn plan, 

some: of whlc:h arc umque to thiS b.rg.mang unit 

One con t ern Ii Iht' dC:llltt tf} Hwr~ while slIlI In 

good health, and slncC' the maximum rctlrement 

al;c of 6" .... 111 be challenged under Ihe Chaner of 

Rlstlll>, ,hele sh(luld abo be: no mlOimum eN 

employ e6 should bl: allowed In rrollff ,'\ht'r H 

years of serVle~ , rt!ga rdle$s of age, rather than wait 

unl1l at least 55. There IS a rducl3nce 10 ICt Ht 

even at 'is because of a genume lenl Ihat mOallon 

wli l reducc: the leal vahll: of the pensIOn. 

II 15 suggested Ihat persnn' with mllltary service 

be I;IVl:n credit fa r thaI li me, Ihat the surviving 

spouse of • CN pensloncr receive Ihe fuJI penSiOn 

for hIs/her rcm,untng yeau sIDce for one to lave IS 

as expenslvc: a5 IW O for certain 6xcd expenses 

Local 1574 also proposed that u.s members em· 

ployed by Nonh ..... esTt! be pc:rmlHed to pay pensIon 

conlllbutioos 10 their entlrt: compensation 

package, Including the baSiC ......age. n !them lIvIDg 

dIfferential. and accommodation aJio'Wance. 

It 15 the loeal's undersundlRA that CNR h.:u bun 

IttVen un"J the ),e,if 202.3 to payoff, large debt 

owed tu tllt~ lknlllon plan, and proposes that tbe 

fednal government loao CNR thc: money to pay 

of( the debt and direct the pensIon plan ta be fully 

funded Immediately, mc:\udlDg matc.hmg employee 

dedUCtiOn! e .. eh time rnll I llulU paylllg .. 

m only when each employee lI:ttn:s It IS alsa 

su!opecled Ih,t CN ha, borrowed at a low mu:rest 

r.ate to finance such proiect! as TOlonto's eN 

Tower al C0 51 to the pensioner, Mcans to prevent 

such abuse, H 11 eX ISIS, .I re proposed 

Lvcal 1574 also proposed thai a comp l chen~jlve 

bnok lel be prepared IIInd furnished to all employees 

th.u e.x.plams 'he peR"llnn hC"nt'An, structure, 

adminIStratIOn, Investment poliCIes of the fund, 

lind all mvestmenu from Ihe fund and rate of 

relurn 

Nexi I .... 111 report 00 the submJ5slon QI the 

Nonhern CounCil of IHEW (na ne nottbem Canadian 

loc,bl concerning the laxatiOn of onhcrn 

benefits 

GI.OHlI.[Y R CArr, P.5 

Picnic 

Picturtd hue aJf: the hor I!shoe C'.hamps o( the 

Local 1516, Lower Alloways Creek. N.I., FlImiJy 

Picnic, lim Gt"rald lind John Padui. 

Local Honors Two 

Longtime Members 

LU. 1576(1.11. LOWER ALLOWAYS C REEK. N.J. 

I' m sorry 10 say Ihat thiS month', report 15 gOing 

to be- I lade shy of mdlvlduahzed news. Recently 

I spcnl three OUt of four ....,IOck, .attC'ndlng Station 

Mech.anac Requal It the TfalDlng Cenler and wasn't 

,ble to get lI!l lhe lale~t luppemngs at the- pl:lnt I 

hope to correel thIS miltler next month Th:ltlks! 

On October 5 we had our fou rth '25. Yur Banquet_ 

Our gueslI of honor at thr: dfau were Icrry QUinlan 

of Chemistry .And Gene Si nnellla of MAUltenancc 

Honored Guests 

BrOthtrs If!fl Y Quinlan and Gene Sinntma wrre 

the Auesli or IUBlllr II I the LocI I 1576 2S-Yur 

Hanqut't, 

Both haye been members of Ihe local for 2;' yeatS 

BCIIIS a very younx lOCAl. rchmv(\y spenklns, thIS 

IS tbe ArSt IIDle we have been able 10 honor 

members By all accounts It Will be .1 1 least three 

yeals unul we can bo:l5t anOlher 25·yr:ar member. 

On the (Iff yeu, we refer to the b.lll4uet

stewards as "Shop Steward of the Month" Thc$C 

stewards a,e leeoADlzcd for abllllY 10 handle &rlev 

2J1CCS and represcot UJllon membc:n Shop teward 

of the Montb of Septcmbcr wu loe: MIliCI Two 

stcwards wen: Iccognlzed (or OCtO~1 (UI 8ee~h 

Cleek, Salry HIli/ fOI Lotk Haven, !tIck M:.cklem 

Both men alC: chid shop stew.trds 

There have been several new hllt:5 at bOlh pl.nl:;; 

I'd h kc to say, " Wc:1come!" Itl:all of )IOU 

C roups of OUI coworkers spellt their vacations 

and some: weckends Sil lman fishin8 In Pulaski. 

New York. Ooe group was composed of Bob Hockruao, 

John Lache., and Vcrn Sample Anothel Jt,fOUp 

cDnsl.stt~d of Carl 1.110:., Bob Tone., 'oe Mallon and 

Reggie Falls liIod hl.S son fdl Sam Crennmger and 

hi!li son also went lohn uchet lIeated some co· 

worken to salmon salad sandWiches and ulman 

cake!li_ Than ks. John 

On Seplcmbc:r 12 Jacob Melllll and Kim Ch,.um 

exchanged marrHtge vows Cood luck to bolh of 

you. On October 2 Pam 8nd~cns and husband, Bill, 

cclebuted 15 yurs of marnage: They have: a lon, 

8111, Ir .. and daughter, ,enntfer On Sep tem ber 29 

Chns Moore and hiS wife. ClOdy, wdcome:d, ne:w 

baby daughte:r 11l1s IS Ihc II saond dau&hu!I Brenda 

and Steve FOIlatlCO welcomed a new artlval on 

Oetobt:r 17, a daughlel "",ho wCI&hed In at 8 pounds, 

13 ounces Tbey named be:t Ke:l1y Mane They also 

h.llvc a son Wade Martin and bls Wife, Cwendolyn, 

welc.omed a 7 pound, I·ounce daushler, Kara Nt, 

c.holc, on Oetober 15. Thc:yalso havca!On M~c.hatl 

who Will be 5 yun old In January 

Brother Harold "Benoy" Bcnocu puscd away In 

Octo~r Our sympathy goes to hiS fami ly 

Be unIOn, buy uOIon Until next time 

NI.I.LlI QUAY, P 5 

Retirees 

Pictured displaying thell Loea11 591, llaun, N.D •• 

jackets during the Ioc::al', Annuli Olnncr·DaQef 

nc, lek 10 rilht, Rcubta Ellwfin, »alold Arm· 

s lIon" Arnold Mey hofl, .and Reuben Baiseh. NOI 

piclured bUl at.o rccciving jackets: Wahel Uotz, 

Albert Nieklau., Richard Erlduon, loy Sc hlag, 

Noonaa OIaOD , Paul Tyner. Ihn,.,. Il offe:r, Anhul 

Hagen, .nd Lawu:ncc Lu nd. 

Local Keeps Busy 

With Negotiations 

LV. 159] lu), HAZEN. N.D.-Greetings, Brothers 

acd Sisters, £rom utllny Local 1593 We would like 

to extend :I Ihllnk. you 10 Brothe:r Ralph L~I~on for 

the wonduful lob he. has don~ as Inttrnallonal 

Secretary We also w\Sh him all the hlPPloess In 

the ..... orld on hll retirement IntO thc lohle:n ye.n 

A~ a membcr of the 11th DISITICt. we arc plOud 

that lack Moore has been apPointed IQ the posilion 

of lntematlonal Secreury and congratulate: him 00 

this new position. A congratulauon 10 Ray Edwards 

.... ho hI! been appointcd Illh District VICe !'rcsl· 

dc.nt, and we: arc IDolung fo rward HI working with 

h1m III the lulLlIC and with hi' aniSlant Ca rl 

Tutonno. 

We: have bcc:n very busy the la!r few monlhs as 

we have II contncts ~ fo, negoll:auons_ The 

battle IS hard and 10U&h as Reaganomics IS takm, 

in loll. Although usuahlu are noue:e.ble, wc Will 

DOt giVe. up) through umonum we Will win the 

war. 

00 September 28, 1985, wc h.d QUI fourth An· 

nual Dlnnel-Dance We honorcd OUI retlltcS and 

OIl 0 h;lld sume ye;r.rsof·snvn:e aloOoards tll lHt:,ent 

Our re:urec.s were ple!.tntcd with Local I S91tJick· 

elS .nd arC' proudly dn:playmg them In Ihe accom 

panylnK plcturc 

WtLlEItT ZIl..,,,,..r-. l'ItES 

Pic:turcd il Recording SecreUiry Christien Charlebois 

prfscn ling Madame ufrancc with a retirement 

pin and a 51nallloken (If our I ppr cciarion fo r 

her 10111 ~t',,'iee to Local 2274 as bus il1 t'ss IIlInager 

and to Loeal 16001, ,",onlln l, QUl'., a~ a~sistan t 

busineu .. ge nt. She ruired on july 29, 1085. 

"Is AT&T Disappearing 

From the United States?" 

LU. 1612 (mowl, COLUMBUS, OHIO-Amellc;ln 

Telephone and Tc!egJ.1ph. a f:o rporatlon that Will 

a CDrn!:f5tOne of the Aml'rlcan economy, ehangc:d 

ItS Ideals after dlvestltule came along They now 

want to Inf:rease: plofits at all cOSts. They arc 

luming to manuJaf:lure te lep hones In Ingapore: 

j1.abol rate, S 180 a dayllllstead of IndlllOapolis 01 

Shreveport and want to begm manufactUring products 

In Korc2, Spain, Italy, and Ireland 

The employees of AT&. T supported the compaDy 

whcn asked to WIlle to oW" represc:ntatlvc:..s 10 an 

dlon to dC"ft..ll allempted regula lOry actlon5 by 

CongreSJ, and atall'll when asked to .sUpport AT&T 

lon8 dIStance acd olher endeavors. Is thn the 

thanks we gCI , moving OU I lob$ offshore' Now we 

must WlItt 10 our rl'preRnrauves fOI support 01 

Il'gisialion that PlOtllblts maS IVe. offshore movemenl 

by American corporatioDs. 

Will AT&T's nelt! dt:Cl$lon be LQ

Softball Teams 

SO our local was well reprcst> nted Brolhers Tnc 

FISher and Tim Moran manned the booth on our 

local's ru&ht and did a fine Jab We ho~ that thIS 

ef(ort WIll htdp us commumcate wuh the public 

In a way Ihal Will IDlorm them of the labor 

movement .1IDd what we staDd for. Many Intern,,· 

llooals, including the ISEW, sent us giveaways ;lnd 

literature to give to Ihe publtc. With an expected 

turnout 01300,000 people, this was a ~ood oppor· 

!Unity to get our message acros!! The three IImcs 

1 worked the booth then!spollse seemed genUinely 

good. Many of thl! pcople I t.~lked to said they 

would really like to ht union but weft: .:afraid for 

Ihelr ,obs if they tfled to h~lp org:lnlze one at thell 

workplaces. With the PJe.'icnt admmIStr"'lon', se-· 

leetivl!: enforcement 01 thiS nallon's labor laws, 

Ind the: NLRB's ,ntlumOn le.amngs, I c .. n undu 

stand Ihelr feehngs. I believe OUI booth was sucb 

a succ ess Ihat we Will bave it agam next year. 

As Ihl5 IS the first eolumo of the yeu, I ..... ant to 

Wish all of our members:l H:lpPY, Prospcfou, • • md 

S.de New Year I urge each of you to make a 

commitment to be good. umOn membeu and wotk 

ufely throughout the- eomrng yur 

Hopr. to st:C' ynll.lI ~I thr- hJII no lanuary 14 81 

R p.rn 

unlQn :spon~red Unltcd Way and Muscular DY$ 

trophy Campaigns, arid helped orgam:e the fint 

Oua111), of Work Life Commlttce. 

RerlJcm~ IJre",ldenl Alberts WiS Shop Steward 

Oal) Lmdblad Dan has workcd atllvel), fOI Local 

1974101 the last 10 ycus Dan was a shop steward 

for elYlt yun .lnd a ehu:f $tewa.d fOI IwO years 

TaXing over the secreury·ucuurer's dUlles of the 

Duddang Colporalluo and replaCing Albens as 

chairman of the Executlvc BO,1 rd was loognme 

Executive Board aHlcc l Mike Kelly. All moves to 

the new officcs were to be effcctlve OCto~ r 1, 

198' 

PtC:,ildem Alben will be the third prcsldent for 

Local 1974 In 30 montbs Pnor to Man wlRnmg 

In 1983, former Pre Ident Mlc.hael 0 Quinlan 

It ullellll,. :. RC:VIc:~clllallvc ID th~ tBEW Rl:.!iear..:;h 

Depanment' held Ihe prcsidcncy for 12 years. 

COnKr:ltulallons au: 10 order for III the newly 

.aPPOinted offi ce.rs 

DoNAW M WI[ ~O 'UIl . P 5 

TE.ltRY L. KAMMER, P S 

pla('~ in the to u rnament. 

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lImount of wllk.ln, wounded (1/1 botb sides. tht' 

battle slo .... l}' mllycd 11\ the dlrcctlon 01 the" eland 

I...Ikc's bal~men folloW1DS a wnner break, Grand 

Lake: look 10 the Aeld a~tn'l the ..... eal Ho,s 1n 

the finaJ Cerry "The Ann" Fulton .lnd his eight 

workers (ned thell bell, but the lohd hltten am:! 

playmakcls of the weat ~t ogs were lust tOO much 

10 be stopped this dilY. and It lot of the dfort wu 

madt by Luke " Betty Crocker" l:>t:wLlt. who thought 

the whole tournament WIS,I plcce of cake o. lUSt 

II c.; kcwalk. Luke', cHortl captured the AIl·Sur 

Second-Ba~lCman Aw:ud for the IO\l rnamCni 

Local 17JJ concluded its elecllon HI June. I YIS" 

Lury Calhoun was elected preSIdent; Cord Simpson, 

vice preSident, Paul RIchard. by IIccJ .. maUon 

Ut,uuru, Ian Campbell, seclerny, and Ben Evans 

by a"dunatlon, bUMI\d& U ... IIIIJ!,CI 

AI the r"('Ccnl muting of Ibe Allantlc UlIhty 

Counol . .... e bad tht' honour of .tlendlDS .. It'SIi' 

monu.1 dmnt'r (or Stolher AUSlln Thomt'. secre 

!.Iry trelUuretollhe Un.jdl.jn feder.ltlonof L:lboUI 

whu;h IS hc:adquallered 10 Ottaw • . Austin for many 

yc:au '¥as the bUSiness mlln.scl' for Local 1620, 

lBEW, in Ncwfoundla!ld He was IRstrumental In 

Ihe {QrmahzlCl of the AUC and was f

Scribe Notes Fine 

Performance of Officers 

LU. 2.100 {u), lOUI.SV ILlE, KY.-H;lPPY New 

Ye ar, fraternal 8rame,s and S I ~ I(: r " I truSt everyune 

had an enloyable holiday season 

I would like to take Ib iS opportumty to congr:u· 

ulatc the dec: ted olficers. chl(:f .and shop s tewards. 

and ali lunc:tJonmg commlltecs for a Job well done 

III 1985. YourdcdlcallOIi and lIlllru l WIl:.tllute Ihl! 

nucleus 0 1 thiS locaL ReS t assureJ that your h.m! 

work and energy serves as an example for every 

other mcm~ r In thiS local Keep up the ~"ni.l w o rk 

In 1986 

With the: ~&Jnnmg: of yel another year, t dial· 

lenge c:very member wahln the local to !Jet om: 

common goal That every member lU'aVll1l1(" 10- 

ward makmg Local '2100 the most coheSIve body 

wahu'! the Brothcrbood_ Each member has sum e· 

thing to offer. Rcmembtr, a union '5 only 2S luong 

and uolted as n :5 members au:. Eve ry member IS 

an Intcgral componcnt III thc tou l mech:;mlSm 

Eve ry component IS v!tal to the opc rallon o( tile 

machIne, Lo~a l 2 100 IS the mllchlnc, and ynu 

fraternal colleagues constttutC Loc al 2100. Iholh· 

ers and Sisters, you arc the union. 

Brothel Cary Klln,;lesm tth rt:.cently re:ugned hIS 

appointed poSlllOn of busmt's's rcprcsenla[lve 

Brother Klmgll"smllh served as onc of the best 

prolaoor ad\!OC3leS the 10C411 c vtr had, H IS sp«ial 

talent W:l5 pUlling o n .uburlltlon C;lSts Blather 

Rlmglc5mlth hOld .an unpreccdentcd winnang ptr 

cenlage In the arhltratlon cases he handled. Br otht'r 

Klmglesmtth rl"prest'nted our local and rhe e

 

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hke $Orne of my e:uher expcnences when I W~5 

employed .:U the- Hunter's Pain! Shipyard h cer· 

t.uDly don not reflect my experience OI l thiS !lhlP' 

yard 

I (hUlk It would be flJe- to assume that the 

dire-ct ion of both articles would ( cnalc,l), Kern to 

be antimanagement. I don't 5ce II ,hal way al alii 

wbat I ICC III that then: ale individUAl, whn, due 

10 their unique situalions, hl!lve observed problems 

thai 5hould be addrusr:d and who air: screaming 

10 be beard. How do you tell a manager lhlll there 

an: problem s wilhic his Aroup that 'hould be 

lIddrC55ed Ihu he mlly nOI be: II WII,e on It Isn't 

eny 

I did a tour of dUlY 10 the pe:rsonni!:1 section 

dun ng the last yeaTS of t.hc umencc of the Hunt· 

u 's POim NIlVAI SblPyard At DO time would it 

bave been either proper or appropriate (01 me to 

diSCUSS the problr:m of the nonlunclioning super· 

Visor I observed wh ile 1 WIIS a lead meeh.1nic. I 

know that the 5hop supl; rln lendcnt Ind the group 

supenntendent weren't IIware of the problem Wh o 

was goiog to tell them- me' You' ve gOt to be 

luddingl People at my Inel can'l tell people lit 

that level II n Y I ~lI n~ e:J.peci.lIy if \C Jlc.tt.alo$ to 

supervision. They have been conditioned to believe 

that aU their !lubordlliatc ~ UpUVI SO I 5 arc completely 

dedJc.ated and bavr: II very hlKh level of 

commitment .md technical tOmpeumcf:. They b:tve 

been CODdltloDcd 10 belseve th.t tbe only real 

problems thcy have arc the radu:.als wh o belong to 

the uoion. They know all about nonproducuve 

employ«s and not .a damn thtnt .. holll nnnprod· 

uctlve supervlsorSj and that n tneh lui problcm. 

Maoy years ago I worked fot I lupcrVlS01 who 

was awarded an outstandmg achtevelnem .. wllrd 

eVery yea r for thr: fiut Ave year. he w:u a super· 

visor He eamed all of them If lor only ooe rca.onhe 

dId whlllt:Ver he h.d to do to help ),ou get your 

job dOlle. He was always avaJlable lind Willi a fully 

functioning supervisor. I menh on that expcrience 

to Illustrate the difference between a lunctu'mmg 

supervisor and a nonfuncuonmg supervisor. In my 

next cohm ll1 I wlil tell you abom supcn"i:1u IS you 

could Dever Bnd when ynu 1"tC:cdcd thelll- nnd who 

did IInle to help you with your problem wnen you 

did find Ihem 

lOSErIl 

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Two Members Elected To 

State AFL-CIO Posts 

LU. 71S61em), C AINES VILLE, fLA.- At Ihl' wilt 

109 some new laces are seen In T;allahll5,ee thesr: 

days lisa result of lhe Florida AFL·CIO Convr:ntlon 

held an tohaml, Flonda. Our own SU.UD Wilson 

WH til!'cle:d to the omcl!' of .eeretary·u euurer of 

Ihe Flonda AFL ·CIO. Although we hlll e: to!W:t ber 

go, wr: are cllpccting 10 scc somr: dynamic happen· 

lOgS on the natlonal.nd ,,_te level" as hcrprc:senc:e 

io Tallahassee mdlCcrs, 

Wives, and fnr:nds plcselH The Pleolc was a huge 

SUC CCS!l, Ind onel!' agam not cnough praise cnn go

Having Fun 

Piclund an some of Ihe ladir, utendin, . he Lonl 

6, San Francisco, Cat.. rcllrers' first Annual Picnic. 

to (lur or1;:I1I\;::er, Larry 8rUnelll The New YOlk 

Sl~k$ were Jupplled by ou, vice pfesulcIH Harry 

Wcru and barbecued 10 perrcellon by llarry's brothel 

AI. Harry also supplied the beans CQ vl'red Wllh 

Larry's h aluUl s;.Iusagc-dcl!clOusl The trimmings 

were brought by the mcmbeu' W IVU QU I bilrlcnden, 

W.ulcn Orlandi and Rogcr KUClch, did thelT 

usual fine lob. 

The: weathcr was a lIuk lin the ('uul Side In the 

momm£, huwever, the 5un bwkc thruUK" by noon 

and cvnyunc wJrml.'!LI up J-Icrman Dudak. our 

prc~lIJtnt, led Ihe &lour In Iln';lnlt, 'lfiurtlns, wuh 

" Ha.!I, H:nl tile C.n~ IS All HCft" .. Sarn SdmcHcl 

and thco Kuchen Committee had everything ID 

Older. Larry statled the btnRO gamc j and we had:l 

two-time: Winner. Roger" wlfe:, Teresa Take notes, 

.. II of you who f.hd nOt auend; you nus')cJ II great 

tlmc. Member Bob Albnght .. nd hiS Wife C'Hn~ all 

the way Irom C i tr us Heights least of S;lcramcnto!_ 

Bob Will undergo II thrent opera non In the ncar 

fUJU fe. 

At Qu r meetlnK 10 &pu:mhcr, the gUt"St spe.ak er 

w.as Dick Kil t:. horn AT/!lT Thlt ",ublecl was fiber 

OpllC5 .:and how thhc fiben. the: thie:knns of a 

buman bllu. nn "fry col.lnricu C:fmvel~;ItIQnS on 

the same 1101;: I brought up the o ld sundlll& ,oke 

on bUlldmgs In San Fr.ancl!>l:.O where a J·lne:h ngld 

eondult would be Installed tor the tclc:phone company 

and usually thc SIZt' cabl l;: Ihey would pullin 

would be mllybe nne hlilf In ch In rJlllmetcrl They 

would always slI y the 3 !I1eh eundult w.:a~ for the 

future. NllW Ihe future IS here. :and they could 

prob:lbly get by with a 1(\·lnth conduit 

We had .. dchclous lunch (or our 40 lI1emiM:rs 

prescnl It wu chlC:ken ami pasta. cooked by M.:a1l 

DI Tupam and aerved by Khchen Chlcf S~m 

Schneller and Larry BruneCII 

Scribe Recaps 

Recent Events 

Cun WILlU'T. P S 

RETIREES ASSOCIATIO N OF L,U. II . LOS AN· 

GELES, CA l .- On October 9/ 198'), we hOld our 

gencr;ll meet'"' h~ ld ilt the locilJ', ,utJUQClUm, 

WhICh was darkened by the wmdow shades put up 

by Brother Harold Colilcr lomh the "S5I~t.Jnce of 

nth!!'r mt"mbc:rs Upon arrl"'"& we wcre ~rett(d by 

5151t'l Dca T~lIes, who h:as one arm In 1I slln&. 

President Gc:ne Drogtn opened ,he mecllng al 

to II m .and led us In UlC ~lulI: to UUt flag followed 

by a m omCR! uf silenCe III nlCmul')' o( thosl!' Droth· 

ers :;md SI~h!U no longer with us. To those members 

Dot .:able to allcnd because of Lllnt:~~, we Wish a 

qUick reC:Ov ery IiInd horl!' tu sec: Ihem :>oO n We. 

greeted the new members Rnd thofle cdebutlng 

Uctober blrthl.lay.il :lnd wedding annh'cr.,arlcs With 

a soog led by Brother Flink tflc-klln 

The minutes of the: pr cvlou general and Exec· 

utlve BO;l.,d tneellngs were read lind approved. A 

thank-you oote (rom Sol and Cu(.e Rosenblum 

was read. :lnd we thank 5151CI Ce.t M:lrcus for 

scndmg ,good cbeer m e.s age, to Ihose members 

not feeling roo well 

At our Seplembc=, meellng we h.:ad the pleasure 

of seelflg and hUllng BrOlhe! Bnce Worley from 

WllmlngtOI\, who whenever poSSIble lOinS us lind 

Sticker 

T h is iii the bUlllpr.r !i tll:hr Ihal Is aVllilabh : to 

me.mbe.u of the RClircu C lub of Loca l 53, K IIII1SU 

Cit)' . Mo. 

usually brings II friend. illS loyalt)l IU uniOnism 

and to our Retirees Club iii vc.y much aplllI:Clatw_ 

Ralph lind Ednll Lallun ale dl}IR~,1 h:JIIRt. ,ob a~ 

edl l Ul~ of our quarterly new~lett(f, Th(' Shot( 

Clrcuil They would hkc 10 retC IVe lrude, of 

general !O lcrc" trom OUI members rf you have 

001 been rCCCIVInK Ihe!: newsletter, lei them know. 

An llc."rn III the news u the cSI.tbhshmc:nl of an 

electrical museum by the Eleci rlcal TrainIng Trust 

IEITI. ThIs prOJec l IS being hea~lcd by Bnlth"l Earl 

HIgginS; and the Re ll rees Club has SN up a com· 

mlttec, challed by Brath!!-r Phil Brui,;c. tn Klve EIT 

all the :aSSIStance we can 

BrOl ber Flink Strlck'ln g."c u.s rhe 1 reJl'Jurer 

Report In hIgh ··C." denotUlJl: "C"a5h 011 hllnd In 

the: Cre:dl1 Unlan 

In Mareh, 1986, Brother O.;an Cohen will be 

arranglOg a cruISe 10 South Amen(J $0 Ihal .JJ 

who Wish fU sce H:all ey's Cornel at dose Hmge C:IIO 

do so Plea~c COntaCI h im If you are IntCrested_ 

Dan al 0 leminded us to send requests to OUI 

government ofllclab 10 maIntain our McdlC.:lre 

benefits. S:IIY ItO 10 Cutbac ks In medical Cllre, say 

yes to cost COlltalnm~n l fur such care u needed. 

For:l qu:uter a guess as to how many chocOlatecoven:d 

rUllln, were In II lal. we had Ihe opportunity 

of wmnlng thc lack pot COlIglluulallOns to 

Sister Phl)(!be Cronk fOt wlnnln~ SI4 

Prn&ram Challiady Norma YOUDg Introduced our 

guest spe.:aker. Mr Dou~lu I '\ud~...... y. Tuclung 

and Data Syslcms m:anagel, Sp.u::uh lp ,allJeo Pro,· 

ect. lei PropohlOn lllbor:atory_ Mr Mudgway gave 

us some b:lck"Jaund IO/o/m~tlon before Jhowln& 

us the magmficcnt sltde, taken of planet luplter. 

and why we mU'it return to Iupller 01l&1I1311y the 

CalLlen l:aun ch wa$ plllnned fo r ,nnuary, i982, but 

nOw the sPJcecr:aft ~S slated to launch in May. 

1986. This IS a lasclnaung subicc'l and lIl1yom: 

IIl lerested can wille 10 the Ca ltfo rnl:l InSli tule of 

Technology, llll, 4AOO Oak rOvc DrIVe, P:audenll, 

California, .:and Ie:que" tbell lucr.:aturc 

Aher the d"pe151D&of the rafllc ttckns and gl(U, 

efficlenlly handled by Brolhcr phil Trusw and your 

SCribe. Ihe mccllhA was 4dtoumed. and we aU 

enJoyed .1 deliCIOUS lunch. ~brry .nd Eduh Wnd 

and their wIUlng :lS!oISllIntS, lilSICI5 Rlooe:a D.ogm 

and Ann Pa),loo, erved us p,raclously We thank 

Ihem. 

To add to the day', t"X(IlClllcnt, Brllthel Dan 

Cohen hod made arnlngcmcnu with the N.:aIUI3J 

HI story Museum of 1..011 Angeles CQunty for a tour 

of [he Maya h:hlbH. We uw the lTeaSU Te$ of 3n 

~nclent clvllI=allon dating back to 800 A 0 ThiS 

was rdcneJ tn a~ the May.1 "Golden Age." Co see 

It, II ts unique. 

Esnu_1t ClOJl.CE. P.s. 

New Retirees Club 

Holds First Meetings 

RETIREES CLUB OF LU. 53. KANSAS C IT Y. 

MO._ Thc Rt"CIfecs Club of LoclIJ S.l hcld It5 first 

meC li og UI1 WeJne.sJlIY. AU5uJ( 26. We enjoyed ... 

deliCiOUS lunch ot BnO bed anti hanl wll h all (he: 

mmmtnllls courtuy of Loca l 5~l brother Keith 

Qut"rry. buslRc!05 mUlager of lou! SJ, ,gave :l shon 

(;I lk. BrOther Mike Monlgomery, VICe prc!lIdcllt of 

Loc:al 53 Ind AFl.-CIO SlaH h:alson. Commumty 

Se'Ylces of the llean of AmcflCll United Way, 

ouulbed Ihe u.Vlcel avaIlable to ICtl ree:s through 

AFL·e ra Communll)' Servlc.es. An elecuon of 

olAcers was held wlt b the follOWing results: BiU 

Jameli. president, Ce:olge Erwin, vice preSIdent I s . 

V. "SIU " O ..... ens, neretary UUJUte:'1 C,be Carl· 

IQn. selgeant-lIt-armSI ,nd ElCecullve Buard memo 

lx.s orman 8lackwell. JocColden. Rleh.rdCuoz. 

Lloyd K. McCormid: and HoWs Wdli.m. 

Qur secoad meetLog was held on September 15 

at the local ball Brol he:r Harry Spnn& exec'lIIve 

sec.retary or the G re:llel Kantal City, MlI!OUri, 

ubor CounCi l. AFL-CIO, outlined the prO&ram 

Ihal M Lssoun labor IS p ut U (]~ togel her In ptepa· 

rallon for an eltpccted upcoming fight wit h the 50- 

called " righ t·to.work" forces. ~ outlined by BrOlher 

Harry, It apllCiIr!l to me th.:at MISSOUII labor IS 

org;m izcd In such a m.:r.nne:r a5 10 once ..I,1t;lin gi ve 

the sc.:r.b/RC:l~n/"l1ghl · t o·wotkers" :lnother beating 

wblch tbey 10 IIchly deserve It wu deCided 

(I) hold mcetlngs once a quarter m the luture 

If )IOU IIle a Local 53 retuce and haven', yet 

recened a letter from the Club. It is hccause we 

doa ' t have your addreu! Ple:ase contact u.s 1m we 

can get )IOU on the 10Sle! ThiS C lub is op~n to 

eve:ry rctlled member and spouse, widow 01 .....,d 

o ..... er. and oid-limers neanng retirement age . No 

dues payment IS invQlved. 11101 some Ica'iQn you 

lire unable It) litem! Ihe meeungs, wh)' nOi drop 

us a h ne lell mg us know whtt e: you .. re and how 

you an: gellmg :along_ We would enloy heanns 

from you and WIll read the leller :II the nexi 

meetln, 

A speCial (DEW bumper stickel. :as shown, IS 

yOurs for the laking. Ellherpick II up at the mectLng 

or, 1f unable to auead, send a st~mpcd. ~ell·llddressed 

envelope 10 the secretary trcasulcrl aod II 

Will be mailed 10 you Come and 10m us for lome 

Scod food. :II lot of eonverullon With old frIend" 

a bri ef business meeting including a short talk by 

a guesl speaker on a subleet of mterest to all 

te:nrce:s, lind a pleasan l llhc:rnoon III gcnet:ll Coale 

early • .and Stay late! Be American, buy Amenean. 

S. V "Sru" OWENS. SEC.- TREAS. 

Local Has Dinner-Dance 

For Newly Retired Members 

RETIREES CLUB OF LU. 10l. BOSTON, MASS. 

We retltees of Loal 103 beld our second luncheon 

since our summer hiatus. and we arc once ag:llll 

hack 10 full swmg QUI newly e1ecled officers :aDd 

Boa.rd members have settled in with the help of 

the recenrly teured officers and li re perfo rming 

their dutics. The roster of officers aud 80.ud memo 

bers is as foUo w s~ Ille'ldeli t ferry ,t"ro m e, Vice 

Prcsldent D.avld PCllrlman, 1 rt;u;urcr Orl..lndo Avola, 

Secretuy Aarun Milgram, Sergeant at Arms frank 

M. Kelly, aDd John M Sweeney, Alex 8 GIICUS. 

Henry C Poessnecker, IlICk Terban. Joho HOnlO, 

:lnd ,obn Mcltu&h, ElCeeUllve Board members. 

On October 19, 1985. locll.! 103 held h ' ~eond 

Annual Reuremenl D,nncr Dance fOf J6 Brothers 

who rerued dUring 1985_ There w,u abo" r;lJiJe 

draWing at the DlDller ·D~ nce to benefit the LOGal 

103 Brotherhood Fund FIrst P"Ze. was a S10.000 

check. 

On November 9 Local 100 celebrated 1U 85th 

anniversary III tbe mE W. The anmycrli.ar)l dinner' 

d:lln ce was held thl'! lime In the local'. own unIOn 

hall with many menll:mos &lYen to eaeh person In 

an endanee_ 

AI past luncheons about evc of our newly rrllre:d 

Brothers allebded We hope the:y enloyed them· 

scJves and will invite a few more of the ne ..... retirees 

we baveD 't seen as of yet 

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It saddens US to repoTllh.:at slnee: our tunc meet· 

Ing Silt of our BrothelS h:ave p:assed :away_ We sead > 

a: 

our slOcrrely felt sympathies to their famlhu and 

friends. 

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As 1 dose OUt th., repOlI , Il would be 

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remlS.! of 

me not 10 Ih:.nlc I h~ (fleer!l lind me mbers of Local ~ 

J03 JOI Ibell untJring eHorn ~nd support 11\ SUPplymg 

us with then bellmcs lind speakers on « 

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current ulllon affaml_ Even though we arc reured. a: 

our loc:llls our loc:al I would like: to Ihank also :::l 

o 

the trustees and membt:rs of the PeRSIOn lind .., 

Health and Welfare Funds fa t Ihelr COst·o(·hvmg 

lncrenes WhICh, bche¥e me, ate very mueh apprcdated 

Till next II me 

AARON MILCItAM. SEC. 61

Ann McCord and Grant 

Matheny Are Mourned 

RETIREES CLUB OF L.U. 175, CttATTANOOGA, 

TENN.-Our Club held Its monthly IIIC:C:llng 011 

Ck:tobcr 7. 1985. with a good number of members 

prt'scnl An Elt('CUllvc Boud mCCUDI wu held 

prior to the (('Kular member, ' meetlnr,. Wllh sevcr.1 

Items dacu cd ;lind 41grecd upon (01 prhcDI;luon 

to ,c",enl mcmbcuhlp Onc of ,hest Items w,u 

tht' , ('pl.cement of our valued fnend .nd $Ccretaryueasurer 

of the Club. \0111'10 died on October I 1111= 

Ion of Mrs. "nn IBobl McCord as our Secre tat)' 

HC~SUt(" IS regretfully reponed, "Dd 10 $a)' she \0'111 

be-: sorrowfully missed m the: future IS certllnly 

pUlling It mildly 

In addHlOn to the dealh of Mrs Ann McCord, 

OUI Club lou another v.QIlucd membtl wllh the: 

death of Brothoe r R. Cram Matheny. who passed 

away on September 14 The loss of these: memlx'U 

lind ,he many olher members we have lo~t sInce: 

our Club was formed should bell constant reminder 

of the seriousnus of the plight 01 out eldelly 

members who are: lryinS to c;u.s' with worncs .::and 

sicknessrs It may seem ll n Hrdev;nt m:ulcr to 

the well· fixed, well hh),. and ch ost" w1fh a " hornol·plenty" 

and reasonably ~u n~ mcome:s to be: con 

ccmed with other people's proble m s, such ..as e1. 

derly per,Qns grow inS morc leeble and eventually 

dYl1l8 llIah)!!"t hdph:nou!f, but axe: .and dl!:ath will 

eventually come (0 all pcuon" That IS Ihc o ne 

sure fact of life today 

At the October 7, 1985, metllng. Brother John 

Turner WIS teou tlvcly proposed 10 become the 

replacemc.: rll fur the VICIDCY left by Mrs Ann 

McCord. Brother Turner IS presc.:rnly serv ing .,. 

vice prulde:nt, and ius rUlgnallon of that office 

:and .accepunte of Ihe st(ret:ary·trea u rers of Ace 

wllllcavc the vicc preSident posllion open. Mrs. 

Ed jM.arglcl 8.lnks wt l1temporatlly serve 15 sec· 

rcury' lrC:I$urer as shc has dunnK Ann', Siekne" 

Matglc IS also HospltahlY Commlttec chauman. 

Brother CeCi l Pennington and ..... ile, now liVing 

In ClintOn, North Carohna, c.a.me down to VISit 

r cl~lIl1C'S In the Chillanooga area and w('re.ll the 

Annual PICniC on September 17, 1985 It w.as Kood 

to sec them lb ou~ hmlled by time. II appears 

Mrs PennlDgloD IHazell has 'Gme dlf6cuillol!s In 

walking and has 10 limn bet scuvllles. We still 

miss these fine people, but they seem 10 b4:e:nJoym& 

their home In North Carolina, which IS nC~T thclr 

children and grandchildren We received a letter 

h om them .alrer they returned home We arc sorry 

\'o'e r,uled to get to tal k wllh H tlZd at the PICQlCj 

we ,..'1 them In the crowd 01 persons It thc diIlH, 

Our /'leSt wl5hc," 10 them .a lw IIY," ViSit 1,1 5 :l ttam 

soon, CeCil :lnd Haul 

Bruther " Reed " Kelso re pollS that hiS Wife Is 

holdlnX hrr own bu t Ihere ur no ~Ign' ,h:ll ~ hr 

c:ln return hnm.: m the ncar fuw re _ He also reports 

,hat Brolher E. £ "Red" McDaOlcl's tondltlon 1$ 

aboul Ihe ,,;ame as It' l reponed, and It IS about the 

.um.: for Eble, hiS Wife. Mrs Bellince Wilson and 

Idelll lensen Ire .:as I.InH~d back home frum SIll)'S 

In lhe hG.pll~1 ~nd ale teeupcu.unl Brother Robut 

" Bub" McCord has undefAone a Ion,; period of 

sunt during the s('nul month .. hi .. Wife: wa.s Sick, 

whlth. (1( COLlIse, created a "shoek " not eaSily 

(IverCllme- by Sob and hIS "mill'. Aillheic people: 

need our he .. t wlshcs, kind conslder.tlons, .nd 

dally pr.llyer ~ A kind word, .a smce:re s mile, a pal 

un the bac k, or some other show of apptcc.Jallon 

fOl:l fnend cosu very li u lcj but these small thln&s 

me.n a tleuure 10 those: nceding a lilt of SpLnU 

and 1& prayer Cod lind lilsllnl)' begollcn Son, le$U5, 

have thc answers to .all rrohie:m5 Every person 

can be heard, and Ihe Sln C:Cllty of our prllyers may 

be the key to g lV( the relid n eded by :I Inend 

Cod hu the ,""Wer' 

E.~N"lll CULYIN FLuru, P.S. 

Longtime Member 

Picture'd he-Ie . h c.r tccdyilll hi. 70-),clII' pib :uul 

cCninCale b, sc.ted. 8ro.her A. Roy FIa&It'Tl nand· 

in&. lell 10 righi, art' Lloyd Wi ll iam~. Ger-a ld CrddC$, 

.and Don Il'ory. {Pi

II\IIVIEIVIORIJ:lM 

Prayer lor Our Deceased Members 

OUf Father we are sad because we must start th e new year witJ1Dut many m ore of our member8, 

Welcome them into Your eternal home, thus fulfilling a lifetime's yearning. Too, dear Cod, rem ember 

their loved ones in chis grievous time. and comfo" Ihem. FOI all mankind we ask peace on earlh and 

Your guidance in educating our hearts to live III /wrmony with one another. Amen. 

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REFLE T 

The Spirit Remains 

Twas a few days past hris lmas and 

all through Ihe land, 

The children were bored with their 

presents so grand. 

The games and Ihe dolls and the 

trucks and toy dishes 

Had failed 10 fulfill Iheir deep, 

innermOSI wi hes. 

The lighls and Ihe tinsel Ihat 

glittered befor 

Seemed not so delightfully bright 

anymore. 

The stockings were limp and the 

parents were too 

A they thought of the bills Iha l 

soon would om duc. 

The cookies were gone, the 

fruitcake In crumbs 

As overfull fea ler downed Rolaids 

;mri Ttlm~. 

The patient old angel up on the 

treetop 

Smiled sadly at hearing the dry 

needles drop. 

While below, mid Ihe wrappings 

now tatt ered and torn, 

Lay one broken ornamenl, all so 

forlorn. 

The carols and hymn. Ihal 

delighted Ihe ear 

Had been pa k d up in mOlhball 

10 save for nexi year. 

The wreaths and Ihe bells and Ihe 

snowman-shaped andles, 

The Santa laus mugs with their 

ca ndy-cane handles, 

The mistletoe, IVY, and red holly 

berry 

Seemed cheerless today and not at 

all merry. 

Yes, Chrislmas was over, as over 

could be; 

A more let-down seaso n you never 

did sec. 

Bul I realized Ih n Iha l it n cd nOI 

be lhu 

For Chri tmas an live n in each 

onr. of us. 

Wherever the Savior, the Son of 

God, reigns, 

The spirit of Chrislmas fo rever 

remain " 

All Ihrough Ih year we an know 

in our hearl 

Th e peace and the joy that His 

spirit jrnpar l ~ . 

The Babe in the manger, now 

grown 10 be King, 

Makes graleful heart prai c Him 

and happy tongues sing. 

So Ch rislmas will nCvcr be ovcr 

and done 

As long as we honor and worship 

the So n. 

B.lrNr~ Schul12 

Dilughll"r. in-I.-.w vi" 

Oo n~ ld l. Shull.t 

local 134, Chiugo, III. 

rreasures 

We bough I a vaSe , my matc and I, 

While on a trip one day. 

It was a thing of r, re beauty 

Though it was made of clay. 

We w rapped it very ca refully 

And placed il in the car. 

We drove home, oh, a prayerfully 

Our treasure not to lar. 

We had a perfect pia e for it, 

And fell we could nOI walt 

laplace It there upon the shelf 

Before the hour gr w laiC. 

tt fe ll to me to take il in- 

An honor and a duty; 

But 10, my grasp \Va nol 100 sure, 

And I destroyed ils b auly. 

It shattered there before our eyes 

And lay upon Ihe ground. 

An ea rthen vessel made of clay 

Is nol so very

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