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

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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