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

12 Locals Accept J oint
Pension Contract Proposals
L.U. 420, WATERII URY, CO:"l'N.-The
mcmbers of the 12 locals on tOe properties
of CL&:I'. HElCO. W~IECO. and
Holyok.: Power have accepted the proposed
chl!nges to our joint pension con·
tract. which werc unan i lllou~ly reeom·
mended by the Negotiating Committee.
One fearure of the Retirement Pro·
gram Ihat b beginning to ~ how sonu;
improvemcnt is the early rctirement pro­
I·hion. Now a Brother \Iith 30 years of
service can retire under the present reduction
factor;--64 }ears, 0%: 63 years,
0%; 62 yefLr~, 0%; 61 year,. 3 %: lind
60 }'ear~. 7':0. An employ!.'.: wilh 10
years of sen'jce can retire \Iilh a reduction
of 2% each }ear to age 6(l, and 3%
f,ulU a~w 59 10 55.
We al l hope thaI, in lime to comc,
more sizeable impro vement~ will be
made. "l"OOay. with the eo,t of liling as
it i~ and the trend of carl) rctirement. a
good. 5ub~tanl i al retircmem program is a
necessity.
A few months :tgo. I reported in this
column Ihnt System Council V-H had
filed an unfair l:tbor pmctice ag:tm~t
CL&: I' Company for refu,inl! to negotiate
for Ihe retired Brot hers. Well, now that
the Supreme Court h,,~ ruled against
!:thor in tOe Pittsburgh GI:m ra"C,
CI..&:I' now says it \lill revaluate the
pension~ of the nroth er~ on rctirement,
but at it ~ discrction.
A few re ar ~ ago. our local. in the
local's bylOlw~. made provbions for an
optional mail-ballot ~ole. It wa~ decided
10 give it a try for thi~ pcn,jon-cOll1ract
ratification. Through Ihe drOflS of Ihe
bu~inc~~ man~ger and our local office
secretary. 1,280 ballots and exhibits describing
and illustrating the new. proposed
provi~ion~
of the pilln "cre sent
ou\. A ~ of thi~ writing (March 23. 1972 ).
lhe local has nOI finished evaluat ing the
response a~ to whether a m:til ballol is
practic:!1 in lieu of a secret-ballot vote at
the union halls.
With l)en~ion negoli;lti on~ completed,
\\c will begin \\"ork on contract negotiations.
With a Republican Adminbtmtion.
the wage freczc. and the resignation of
the labor IIIcmncrs from the Pay Board,
no one h prcdicting the outcome of this
ycar's endeavor.
In the ab'iCnce of International Representative
John Keilty. who i, recupernting
at honte. Inte"",tional Vice President
10hn Flynn has assigned International
Representative Paul I.oughntn to a,~h t
System Council V-24 in our pre5Cnt gencml
nej:!otiations with the CL& p Company.
Welcome. Paul!
This is an important period of time,
and all Brothers should mnl..e a special
crrort to attend unit or local mN'tings.
The meetinp are the only accurate source
of information.
Brolher Marcel Fortin. \\ ho wa~ an
active member for many )ears and h3d
also se Tl'ed on the ElIeclitive Board,
pltssed away. We elltend our S)'mpat hy to
the family of Ilrolhl"'T Fortill.
TIlOMAS CII~ I G,
Second Annual Banquet
Held by Local 421
p.s.
I .. V .. U1. CO-":COKI). N.II.- 0ur Seeoml
Annual Banquct and Awards dinner
tooJ.. placc on March 4. 1972. A marve[­
ou~ bulTet dinner \\'as enjoyed by :ll l.
Afler dinncr. Pr e~idcnt Arnold Rus\ClI,
Ir .. who -.crl·ed as master of ccremonies.
IhanJ..ed Ihose in allendance for coming
oul.
The Banquet Committee, Brothers
Ernest Bewersdorf (chairman). I).,\ id
Young. I3crnarJ Lamb. and RU',ty Bli ~h.
wcre givcn a nice round of applause for
their effort).
Pre,iJcl\t RlI ~ sell Ihen pre~en[cd certificates
:tnd pins to rcccntly-retired memben
P:tul E. S}monds. Edgl,r Abberton,
Emile I abranche. Harold Gordon. Irving
Peabody. Bi ll Arnold, and Fred Jacobs.
CertifiCiltes and pins were presented to
45-ycar Hrothcr\ Maurice T. Clc\eland.
I ohn 1. Ducey. :tnd I' re~ton Colbrolh:
35-year Brother Gerald C. Fdmonds: 30-
year U rolher~ Wayne H. Farrar (he
[raveled from up)t:ttc New York [0 attend
). Alfred J. Cote. :Ind Fdmund G.
Mt Mahon: and 25-ycar Brothcr James
R. ~IcNal1y.
A ~pecin l
prt'scntation of a dozen red
ro se~ Wil~ made to Mnc. Bale'on. Local
421'5 :ts5j~tant