Organizing Victories - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Organizing Victories
"Orga ll;=i" ,~ i.\ Ih(> primary 1001
u.H!d 10 strengthell OUl'UllltHl' ... {Jo.\i·
firm 1,',.,11 employer.L res"lli,,/{ ill (I
strOllg positioll a( tlrl! ha r~Ul llill K
fable," said IllIemmional Pre~id c nt
J J Rarry at a recent Progrc" M ee t­
ing . Funher rei nforcing Ihe lnllh 01
Ih b ~t u(cme nt were thc I.,weel viClOric
.... of two igorou\ local ...-
Lncal
II K e \". r~ . New JCI"ey. headed
by Bu~i nc ... ~ M :magcr MichaelCalabro;
and Locill 1238. Wilminglon.
J)r1i1wa Jl>.hpjul t~ (1 hy Btl \ in r~s Manager
Paul J. Simon Ill.
On Ju ll ~. tY'l2. Local I t5X "011 "
1Itional L:lhor Rdallon .. Board
electIon 10 rC'prc~clll l h(' C'mplu)cc .. of
j\mbicare. I nc., I nca t~d in Orange!. 'Jew
J c r~c y. One ol lhc 1:lrgercompanic, of
th ... l) pe opcr;lling in nllnhcm "" C\\
Jcr~c), Ambican:, Inc. emplo) .. about
65 "o r~c" 111 Ihe unll Ih.1 LOlal I 15
\\11\ repre"'C'J)L 111c'Ic cmplo) CC\. \\ ho
tr.JII')port paticllI .... (0 doclof\· olfiee ... or
ho\,pllal, lor tre~l1mC'fll or h!' ... h. \\ere
conlronled \\"lIh ptK}r \\urJ... ing nmdi·
tion, and lem \\ age, for hard. tiring
\\orh-.
\1 0'1 of Ihe probtcn" ta ced b)
Amblcarc. Inc. cmplo)C'c ... \\CfC Ihe
\;nne as 111O'Ie CI1LOIJlltcrcd b) other
un it I.: mplllycc, hcforc thc} \\ocre orgilni/ed.
An rnccn livC' 'plclll. wh'leh c l11-
pl oyce~ con~ i tlc rc d un fa ir. wa, u .. ed
ami put them at n"}.. when the) tried 10
meet the o bj ccti \lc~ uf the ~y .. tem to
earn it d Cl.:C IH w~ l gc
Local 1 1 5~ rnadc c>.tcn:-,i\c pn:paralion!'!
10 meet with the cmplo)'ee,. A
propu .... cd contratl \\oa'" prcpnrcd and a
negoti;tling cOlll mittee \\a....... cJcctcli .
\Vhcn Ihe VOle .. \"e fe