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

laugh I as a day course for eighl wee~s
al the T echnical School. AI,o. a rigging
,\Od tool care eour-;e~. in,ligated by l ocal
234. "as ag,lin ~ivcn :II Ihe T echnical
School.
We mu~1 add a sad note to this report.
On i'olarch II . 1972. three rncmhcrs of
our locu l rJH~..ed a .... ay. T hey Ilcre
Brother, I-Inn), Simp-.on. George I-IOOal.,
anu Allan /'ynn. Brother HUrry Sirnp-.on.
of Anaheim. C"llifornia ..... a .. a rcal old·
t imer " ho OIhlays worl-..ed for the I\orl-..·
inl: man. hi, union. and thc tBEW. Year.
ago. onc superintendent told H3rry Ihal
i[ "ould pay the comp,lIlY to pay him to
\Iay home. then he 1'10111 .1 not he able to
~ ~ep Ihe tity ,0 lI'el1 or!,nni,,,d and Ilw}'
\loulun't h,IIC to auhc\1 ')lI1pOllhy 10 Ihe
"ives. f;lmilies. and friend,! of Ihc;.e
Urothers.
Too. lie have lost another sood elll'
ployer in 01lr :II·C'I. '-I umc a nu Rumhle.
UU_ hOI' ..cen fit 10 dow jh operation in
Cal)!ar)'. We life -.orf) to ~ee this ern.
plo}cr lea,c Ollr to"n; the compan} ";I~
al\lay~ toullh at the negotiating tabl ....
but it li\lell hy Ihe Icttel' of the "'onl
after the conlrJ.u Ila~ 'igncu. We wbh
the outfit the be,t.
E. II . STIR", ACT. P.s.
Buck Baker Address es JA Tes
Of Knoxv ille and Oak Ridge
L U. 27U, U \ h. K I Uc;J':, ·,I-;..........-We
extend onr ,incc!"c Ihank, :lttd appreeia.
lion to Hu~1. Baker. Direl·lor. Nalional
Joint ApprcnliCl'~hip and Trnining Com·
milln ('1 IA frl. for tli~inc time to
come to K no.~ville for a meeting lIith the
Knoxvillc :Ind Oa~ Ridge JATCs.
A. J. Pear_on. the new training diree·
tor. said thnl the ~ugge\tiOI\' B lIe~ Baker
offered 1I01lid enable him to do a more
complete job a~ he serves Ihe 11\0 com·
millees.
Much of Ihe disclls~ion at thc meeting
centered arollnd the intent nn,1 PUIPO",
of having a policy ~tatell1e l tt. Again. \Ie
~ll)' than ks to Buck Baker for his inlere~1
and uedic,ttion to our organilation.
Sholl n in Ihe accOmplln)'in!:, pictures
Me Director Hud Bakcr; Ilu, i ne~s Man.
ager J ohn T ltoll1:t~ a nd Comlll itleemen
Wayne Harrill. Ralph Acuff. and A n­
thony Thornton (Associated Electric).
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Class Sessions
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Membe,s of Locat 254. Calia,y. Alia .. ha~e
been all.md,ng ctassu 10 .mprove the"
ski[[s. Shown he.e is Ihe class in tool ca,e.
[ teellonlCS etan
Estlmsling ctass
Cabte-spliclng class
nil of the 101."31 27U commiUCC; A