Organizing Victories - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

ar would IInc need 10 go.
According to Columbu~' rccord~ he
thought the di'l:lnce from Spam (0
C:llha), (ChlOa ) 10 be ,boUIJ.WO mib.
The actual di ...(ancc b clo~er to 10.000
lIIile ,_ So when he made landfall 10 the
Carlbbean- aboul 3.000 mile, rrom
Spain n hi~ firM voyage. he \va""
convinced he W~ l '" at the edge of [he
Onent. The 'tclth':Jllt':nt:.. he fOlll1(.il:d were
10 b\: u:..eu a:.. ba..,c~ for fUlure cxpcdili
on~ to Chi na anti Japan.
OUI Ihe "cll lcmel1l'i Columbus left
behi nd after hl~ third and fina l voyage
ended III 150"" have become OIuch more
th:m jU\t \!Upplng-on pOlilh. Man)
rem~tln lod3) a.., LUIIl AI1"1enciJ'~ bu,i ­
c..,t citie\, Ami the cxplurUlion which
"'pl'ung fromth...:m rc .. uhed In European
\cttlement 01 ",hal i.s lodu)' Ihe nited
StuIC.., ami .mada.
A Message For
Organized Labor
Chri\lOphcr Columbu, ,end ... a pow ­
erful me:,:,age 10 J\llIe ricun~ ~ IIH.I an~l ­
dian-; on the 500lh a n nivc r~a r y of h, ...
ioN vo)agc tn Ihe 'Ie" World. And
thai mc, ... agc £,OC\ 10 the hl.:i.ln 01 the
modem labor mU\(·I1H~nt.
Columbu",' '-gac}, ,un IVC, ((Kia).
bCC;IU,C il ... end ... a mc~ ... age or bravery ..
cour:lge ;lnd dClennjn~lllon . [}e\pitc
hi ... ~hllr t omin,g!-l. h\! fat:cd Iht: unknown.
and ch:mged the cOUf';e or
Iw.tory. That b vcry mUl'h the legac}'
un wh ich the United SlalC\aml ;lI'ladn
\'.crc founded. And American and Canatl1allllJuon
lender ... have been ~ p read -
111& the woru th rough the labor 1lI0Vf"­
mcllt ever ~i Tl cc.
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III EW J OURNAL/OCTOBEK 1992
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