Organizing Victories - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Monufacturing Department
Oirector Stander (below, righ,)
concluding a Pr~para tiDn lor
Bargo;nin g Seminar.
Inte rnational President Borry (abo",. ,
righ') tolking to the m embel'$ ahout
organizing. Wi,h him on the do;:; a re
(Irom left), Exe cutive AU;$tont to the
'nte rnational President Mike Lv( o sl
Inte rnational Secretory Moore, and
International Vice Preside", Lansden.
M ce l i ng'~ ,ecolJd day. A OIl ... truction
nIH! Mai ntcllam:c Wnrhhop WiI:-. 1,.'011-
ductl!u hy IJ1I l.'rnational Rcprc..,cJltat ivcr.;
Ed I I '''vey and Gene Rufr. A Manufac ­
tu ring Worl ... hop Wa 'i. concillclcd hy 111-
Icrn.ll ional Rcprc:'\!l1 t:lIi vc:-. Grady Pa rk ...
and Lloyd Lynch. A Telephone Work­
:-.hop wa..; conducted by tntc lI\:lliGnal
RcprCS el1la t lvc~ Bob M c l lJn i~ and
Bonnie Crawrord. Ami a UlililY Work­
:-.hop wa..; CO l1{lliCl ed by Intel national
R c p re~e lH ativc :-. John Did. ...:I''\on and
Jerry D IIIH.::tIl. rhe delegate ... th ell gath ­
ered as a group :.Ind dii'iL'lIs'i.cd wlwl had
been learned ill the wo rk'ihup ;..c..,~ i on:-. .
V icc PrC"itdenl Lan~dcn ch"...:.d the
11lccling by lll'lnk ing the eli 'mel sta rt
ror Iheir hard work. and all lire loca l
lI nion~ invol ved for Iheir irai'll work
and IIH: ir 'i.Llpport. 0'
Setting Goals
Local 55 3 Business Manager Mdeod chairing the Women '5 COUCUJ.
Twelfth District
Women's Caucus
WCIf'Ih Di:-trkt IntcrlHlI lolial
ViCe Prl!sldl!nl Ca rl L.:m\dcn prc ~
l-.idecl o V~' r hi!>. {h ~ lri {'\·:... Women· ....
' Caucus. hel d thc clay berm" Ille
Twelfth Di'lrk l '~ alllillal Progre..;»
Meeting. The Caut:ll "i Wa" chaired
hy Lo(.'at 553. Durham. orlh Carolina,
B u~ in cs:-. Manager A:-.enath
Mc Leod. :UICJ the theme \Va~ :-.e-ui ng
goals for women IBEW lllel11 llCr\.
SiSler McLeod ,pole a btl lli encOlJragillg
parlit.: ip:lliun hy women
i n the union and :11 future c a ll1."USC''i.
Shecllcou l'aged Inore WO/ ncn I" take
0 11 Icader, llI p rolc:;. and ,t1icl ~ hc
hoped is'm e~ di:-,c ll s~cd :1111 1: caLlC U'i.
could be luoked at as " lm11 lly I~ ­
~uc~:· not 'Oi Illply "\Vol1lcn'l't i ~:-. u cs."
Executi ve !\ ~..;i' tan l to the Intcrnational
Prc .... ith· 1l1 Mikr 1 . 1H';l~ pr('­
:-,cl1 ted a Scmlllar 011 O r-galli/iug on
l ile Local Union Level. PartIcIpant ...
Icarned how effective (lrganiling
tr~ \I \ '\latc\ 1'\\0 effective bilrgi.li ning.
M illlufacturiltg Depa rlml! llI Dir(~c ­
lor Bob Slander followed wllh a
sClll irmron B arg~lin i ng Prepurations.
A.nd tmernatio\1il\ Rcprc .... c1\t.\I ivc\
I i all Mul'tsc), a lilt Ros:-. 11 ud s(l n
CCllldut:lcd it 'i.cmi llar on Contrac t
Ad 111 i 111:-.1 rat l(ln .
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