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

ence in Wasnington, D.C.
still exist and ,;rid they 111(1)1 Ix corrected
011 both Ihe roc:l1 and Intefnational
leveh in order for Ihe
IBFW 10 n,'main ;1 uniun power in
the wn"truction indu\lry in [he
United SI.lles.
Strongly ~Irc"mg: the jlllrlledj,ll..:
nc.:d for organi/ing the 'Iualrfi..::d
clcClrkial1~ Ihal arc Ill!! organi/cu.
I'rc,>idcnl rillard mad ... 1\ \\!r) ,-kar
thai if the nrg.uli/ing \\;1' not done
by the local un ion .... Ihe \ kc Prc\idcnt~
and Ink'rtlational \)rgani/ing
,[at!":. wuuld CIlil1e inhr the jllri ... diclion
a! arc:,\ and organi/!.' the unurgalli/eli
dcctrical .... orkc(\. " It j"
ridiculou\ fm I UF\\ Illl'lI1hcf'l h)
sec k Cll1plo)1ll1.!1l1 :,\\ :I} fmlll tHIIllC
\\!wn \u much COIl ... lrlU;liull \\01'1.. of
all '}PCS i:. beio!! dlln~' b) !lun-union
d ..:clril"ritrl\ 111 the 1\)(";11 union\ juri\­
diction,"" Pre\iJcnt Pill OI rd ~ai J , and
he :11'0 l'lIlpha,i/ed Ihe need for illlprodn!,!
Ihe job rl'lallul1\ "ith our
~'Illplo)cr\, ~lUrril\r untili' juh~. \\il"­
cat 'tri~c~" and IInne~c"ary juri,dictiunal
di'pUIC' which I11ml be curbed
if IBeW m('mher~ mc to hu\c the
~ecurit} o(\\orl.. 0pp0rlUnilie\. I)r ....\;­
dent Pilla rd ga\\.' Ihc uckg;!!e, a
rundlmn on [he Con\[rucli{lJ1 Indu\­
II") Stabili/a[ion COll1mittee and Ihe
func[ioJ1~
of the else: "ho the
prc~ent exi,ting t:(lnf u ~i\lI1'
thaI keep
tIll' 1':1) Boaru from ruling fairly for
the \\orker. of Ihi, country.
Pre,iuent PillanJ '1)O ~ e about Ihe
nccu for aOirmati\c atliun in sakI)"
l"dutation of Ill'" rn('ml.x·r~ in ba,ic
Irauc unionism. and re-educating the
older mCll1ber~ in order to keep Ihe
unit) and \lfCtlglh the Brotherhoud
mm jXl"C"l"'. Pre,idl'nl Pilla rd COtlcludl'd
hi, tal~ h) l'\.p rc, .. ing confidem:
.... in the comtruetion branch
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