1986-01 January IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood Of ...

Service Pins
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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