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

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St. Patrick's Day Dance
PatrloCk would have been I)CS to amnII' mc. l or the p~'t 16
}'ear~. the AH ,-C IO Building and Con.
struction Tr:llles Department ( BCT])
ha, held a nliliunni leghlathe conference.
T h i~ year. of all )'ears. the lup leaders
of lhe AFI ·CIO decided that a con·
nOI neC('~,ar).
ference i~
I fee l anot her problem the con~truc·
lion crafts hlH'e i~ in Ihe opcr:llion of the
building trade ... rhe huilding trades can·
nOI ,urvive the vdly Ihey arc being run
:Ind hanu led. If the vnriOlls craft- nrc
permitted by their il1lernation;11 onices
to continue to violate h:l\ic rule'. \I II h·
draw from loe:.l anu ~ta l e council ... call~
job probleill'. not pa} rer C;tpilll lax. and
not participate in Ihe operation and function'
of Ihe trnde'. then \Ie a~ dt"fr;uing
the purpo'iC of the building trades.
rhe leader. of the II(TD . including
the F'lcculive Council. _hould ha'e a
clear undc""anding v.i1h the inplant
untum on demarcation "or~. e'en if
Ihii requires \Criou~ n cgoti; l lion~ 10 do it.
If II local council ha .. pruhlem,. a re pre·
wnt,,!ive should be m:.de !i':lilable im­
I11cdial('l} If Ihl' Illcn:inJ: of \C,eral
cuuncils i, the ;m'.... er to being able 10
employ 11 fulI·time agent. il ,houlu he
done. Some \ery dra\lic ,Iep\ should be:
taJ..en in Ihe ne'l! year. or v.e will he
singing MAuid 1 ang S)'oc."
In \larch. our local entered negotia·
tion\ on three fronts-in,idc. commercial
line. and Gra)i\On 11. 1 «(' ]',e never
seen Ihe I'nntmums lal.l: a~ hard a l'O'>i·
tiun in negotiatiun, iI~ they haH~ been
t:l~ing thi, lcar. I gu ... ~ .. they feel that.
"ilh the Ni'ton Adminhlration. the \lage
freel.c. the enforcement of anti·lahor
law,. a nd the utlenll'loymenl ~i l ual io n .
Ihi .. i, the year 10 hre:l~ our had,; how.
e'er. 1 alwa), ,a). lallor came bac~ after
one dcprcro~en fenen. the shoe \I ill
500n be on lhe other foot.
The credit union of 1.0000al 317 he".! it~
annual meeting on r.1:t rch 4. 1972. at
\llli~h time 1Ielol onicef"; \\ere el .. cteu. A
\ery good huffel dinocr \I.h ..... ned. and
there lol a, li\'e entertainment.
T he journeyman rei ra ining eln,s has
been slarted, .... ith IJiII Terrell. Jr. tellch·
ing the clllss. Any jou rneyman interested
in the next