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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
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