1972-06 June IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

Norfolk Shipyard
Employees Hold
Protest Rally
Above: AddresslnS a rally of federal employees of the Norfolk Naval
Sh,pyard I' Stephe.) Wlnt~head, President. IBEW local 7J4. Norfolk,
Va. At the left. IS John Grmer. PresIdent, AmerIcan Federation 01
Government Employees; on the (ISht. HuSh Bunch, President. Tide'
water VIrSmla Metal Tl ades Council.
Above rish!: Geolse J. Knaly, Director of Government Operations.
IBEW International Office. and ChaIrman. Government Employees
Council, directs hIS remarks 10 the delegates,
IBEW delegates at the rally .
• Murc l]WI] 500 federal CIllploycc~.
members of AFL-CIO
uniuns 1I1lilialcd wilh the Tidc\\utcr
Virginia Federal Emplo)cc Metal
Trades Council. Ihl! American Fcd­
L'ral ion of Government Fmployccs,
and the !\mcric:1Il Federatiun of
Technical Engineers. holding three
ccrtilicatiom at Ill[' Norfolk ':tval
Ship)ard. Norfolk, Virginia. held
a prolest meeting at the Staller Hil­
Ion Iiolc! in W:!shingtull, D.C.. on
March 91h.
The purpo"C of the rally was 10
seck redress of ~ric\ ance" frolll Congrc"
fl'garding the actions of Ihe
... hipY;lrd\ director of industrial re­
IUlion1l :md to seck the :lssi.,lancc
of the n;!tional :lIld intcrn;ltional
11l1io11'\ "nected by ~arnc.
'I he I HEW has three unions affil
iated wilh (he I lde\\;\(er Virginia
M~(al Trades Council-Local!> -l03
nnd 734, Norfolk, and Local 2280,
Jun" 1972
PorNllOllth, Virginia. Loc:l1 734
P r~'sidcnt Stcphcn Whitehead clwircd
Ih~ meeting aml gU\C