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EDITORIAL 

The Real 

Issue: Living 

Up to Legal 

Obligations 

To the majorit y of Americans, 

the tcrm "double brcasting" 

conjure up an image of a man's 

suit. But to millions of men and 

women who are members f 

America's building and construction 

trade. unions the term " double 

breasting" repre ems a widespread 

practice that is threatening 

their way of life . Double brcasting 

is.a greedy, cyni cal, dishonest device 

that enable a compa ll y to 

take its arne orga nil.H lion. it ~ 

same equipment a nd its same per 

. onne l and divide itself int twO 

companies-one to employ worken. 

ull der the terms or a contract 

vol untarily negotiated and signed , 

the other to provide a method by 

which to completely disregard 

that contract. 

H . R. 2& t , which passed the 

U. S. HOllse of Representative 

by a 227-197 vote On June 17. and 

S. 492. now pending in the U. 

Senate, would prohibit dOllble 

brcHsting. In apparent despernlion. 

organ izat ions and individuals 

who do not want double brea ting 

terminated have released a volley 

of misinformation. fal ehood and 

deceit concerning what the legislation 

docs, 

This editorial is. first of all . to 

advise you Ihat both the mea ure 

pas cd by the House a nd the Senate 

bill cont ain ab,ulutel y 110 language 

that wOllld force wo rkers to 

join a union . It conwi ns absolutely 

nO language that w uld 

force an employer 10 hire union 

workers. II does nOl give workers 

any new picketing privileges. It 

neither jncrca~cs nor decreases 

dbplIlC at a job,itc. The oilly is 

, ue which H. R. 281 and S. 492 

dcal wilh is the ,anctilY of a legal 

contract. 

The rea l 'Iucslion is, should construc'lion 

companies be required to 

keep Ihcir word ;)nd 1;" 0 up to 

their legal oblig;)lions? 

Co ngress ional COml11i l tr. '~S have 

go ne to cxtrC!1l(:~ to clarify th e 

language of H. R. 281 so there 

could be no po>,iblc Illi under 

' tanding "fits intent, ~co re and 

purr"'c. Vet , opponents comi nue 

to rai,. objecti on, basel! on their 

misreading the ph raseology to suit 

their own purposes. Dy no mere 

coincidence. the vast majority of 

opponent s uf duuble-hrca,ting legis 

lation happen to be the same individua 

l " and the sa me orgil lli zalion~ 

, ho are against (/11)' mea life 

that protects the wages. security. 

hca ll h, welfare. pension or working 

condilions of worke rs. Iron i 

call y. Ihe " "11e dish,,"csty th nt 

exists in the practice of double 

brC::lsling il\ cC:lrri cd over in the arguments 

again't the legislation 

and agai n:'1 uny m ea~ L1res design 

ed to prutect workers' rights, 

whet her it j:, honoring n con trac t, 

paying a prevailing \ age-you 

na me iL 

Thi. di shonesty rai,cs a fundamental 

question: Haven' , we in 

America hau qu it e enollgh of busi- 

J- J. Borry 

111 lema I iOl1a I President 

ne,s selfi shnc". ho,l ile takeov 

rs , in ider deals. phony bankru 

ptcies. incredibly high execlItive 

bonuses (afte r employee ' havc 

been forced to accept wage reductions) 

, ruthless discharge or experienced 

workers. plant closings 

and tmn"rer '? I n' t it abOul time 

all citizcns--e pecially those such 

as newspaper editors, who mold 

publi c opinion-in ' i t on rcspon 

ibility. accountabilit y. 

in tegrit y. honcsly and character 

in the cUII:,uuction industry 

and in all cgme nts f 

the American economy? 

Double brcasting should be a 

vila] conccrn (0 every believe r in 

the righls proclaimed by the U. S. 

Constitution . The need for a prohibition 

agai nst double brcasting 

and double dealing Imlay is no 

less urgent than when the law wa 

wrillen in 1959 during the administration 

of President Eisenhower 

-a ge neration be fore crafty businessmen 

di scovered a way to escape 

arld avoid contractual obligations 

"Iey had negotiated and 

voluntaril y agreed to. The proposed 

legislation i designed to 

prohibit thi s practice-not hi ng 

more. Fairne. s. This i, all thai 

building and conSiruction Irades 

work ers are seeking. 

Without your im mediate help 

S. 492 will be in serious jeopardy . 

A batwlion of business organi zations 

led by the A ,ociatcu Builders 

and Contracto" and the hambe 

r of ommcrce have launched a 

massive. nationwide, grass-roots 

lobbying campaign ugainst 

S. 492-and it 's a lready having 

the desired effect. Senatc taffers 

are complaining to us that their 

pri ncipals arC hearing H 101 from 

the opponents of . 492 bUI lillie 

if anything fro m it, supporters. 

COIIl.3CI your scnalors loday, 

sk Ihel11 to help purge double 

breasting in (he construction industry. 

Urge Ihem 10 support S. 492- 

Ihe anlidoublc-brclIsl ing bill . ,

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J. J. BARRY JACK F. MOORE 

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J o u R N A l 

Off,(,ol Pul;;io((Ihon of tt.o 1"lcmohol1(11 Brotherhood 01 Eleclf'ool Worl nn 

Vol.ome86, Numberl0 

October 19B7 

f!

IIFor a BeHer 

Way of Life" 

One Instance where the Nationa' 

Electr;cal 8 enefll Fund monies are beIng 

invested fo create jobs (or OUf membel$ 

as well as for members of other trades 

;s the Resea rch West Project In 

Roc,.'vme, Md. On sire at tMs project are 

Loea' 26, Wa shington, D.C., members, 

'eft to righI, Randy Jenkins, David 

Young , Charles Crawford l Business 

Manager Wade Sheriff and James De 

Vane. 

Since April we have introduced those I. 0. departments which most visibly 

service the local unions. Beginning this month we present the seldom-seen, 

but crucial technical deportments under International Secretory Jock Moore 

without which service to the members would be impossible. 

Pension Investlllent And 

Employee Benefits Department 

Improving Benefits 

And Investments 

espo lld ing to the 11'tanOalc of 

I13 EW delegale, al Ihe 33rd 

Inlcrnational Convention when they 

pa ',ed Rcsolution o. 51. Intcrnallonal 

Presi lent J . J . Barry creatcd 

the IBEW Pcn, ion In veslment 

and Employee Bencfi" Department 

on Janu,\I I. 1987. 

Thi re.olmion in part calls for a 

department "To preserve . prOlCCl. 

anrl promote the slahilil Y and growth 

or Pcnsion Plan ~ arli liated with Ihc 

Intcrnational Brot hcrh od of Elec· 

tric,11 Workers. .." The depart· 

mtnt incorpo rate Ihe Pension ~tn d 

Insu rance Section ur the Research 

Departmcnt with the Pen 'Ion I n 

vC"tlmcnls Departmen t. Interna 

Ii nal Reprc,cntativc Roy Dickin· 

son was made an Executive A s 

,islant to the International Secrctary 

and head, up the combined 

operation . 

The dep

DIrector Roy 

DickInson and hIs 

.secret.1IY, Anne 

Connelly. prepare an 

Investment report. 

"To preserve, protect, 

and promote the 

stability and growth 

of Pension Plans 

affiliated with 

the International 

Brotherhood 

Electrical 

Workers," 

Dcpart ment ... taff mcm 

~pun~ i hll.! . 

be" wor~ "ilh IB t W local union" 

providing them \\ ith auv in: and a~ 

!'Ii!\ta ncc in pcn ... ion malle, '" ;1'\ well 

as helping Ihclll wil h j,)b-crcliling 

pCIl!\io ll fund Illvcsl rn cnl :\ in confunnancc 

"illl Re,ul ulion Nu , 5 I. 

Inlernali,)mil Officer" Inlernatiunal 

Rcprc"' l.! lI lat ivci\ HIlU loca l 

union hll ... inc ....... ma nage r ... rece ive 

assi.sw ncc wit h invc

InternatIonal Representative Jack Hull discusses employee benefits 

'.$Sues with, leN to right, Ruth Briggs, Rebecca Wilbanh and Denise Martire. 

\i~ 

I 

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Pausing Irom the day's actlvlUes are, 

left to right, Tina Haney, Zandra Brandon 

and supervisor Debbie Nissan. 

4

Director Dickinson and 

Tina Samson. investment 

manager~ relliew pension 

lund Investment data. 

International Representative Mike 

Nugent works prim arily with pension 

inveslment matters. 

Checking an Invesfment 

record Is accountant 

Debbie Branzell. 

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Additional responsibilities inelude 

the admini tration of the 

Electrical Industry Pension and 

Heahh Recipro al Agreements, coordination 

of the AFL-CIO Inve t 

ment Tracking System, and working 

with const ruction local union 

pension and welfare funds. Thc department 

also be nefits all branches 

of Ihe Brotherhood by providing 

other depanments within Ihe International 

Office with information on 

companies and indu ·trie which has 

been secured through in veSlment 

procedures. A new init iative for the 

deparlment is ajointIBEW-NECA 

employee benefi ts education program 

whi ch will ScI up training 

prognlm, for trustees of local union 

concerning inveslment matters. 

International Repre elliative Mike 

ugent who work primarily in the 

Pcn ion Inves tment Section and International 

Representati ve Jack Hull 

who is respons ible for the Employee 

Benefits Section a re part of 

the de part ment 's personne l. Also 

part of the staff is Tina Samson. an 

investment manager who provide, 

expertise in all areas of pension 

fund inve,tment. 

Real estate held by Ihe ISE W 

and through the pension funds is 

ad ministered by Debbie Nisson who 

is a superviso r in the Pensiun I n 

vestment Section. She is assisted 

by accountant Debbie Bra nzcll and 

accountant clerk Tina Haney. Zandm 

Brdndon serves as secretary for 

Ihe Pension Investment Section. 

tn the Employee Benefits Section. 

Ruth Briggs and Rebecca Wilbank 

arc re search ass istants and 

are responsible for preparing information 

on the Rec iprocal Agreements 

and working on pen ion and 

insu rance su rveys. Deni 'c Manire 

i, the secretary for thi section. 

Anne Connell y i secretary to Assistant 

Dick in on and is re'ponsible 

rar office adminbtralion wilhin the 

department. 

T hruughjudicious invc st m cn t~ of 

member:,' [1 cn~iu n fund monies and 

ca refu l attention to fo stering better 

hellcfits for all members, th e depart 

ment helps to promote" A Better 

Way of Life Through the 

lB EW:· 

IB EW JO RJ ALIOCTOBER 1987 

5

Welcome to Ihe 19805, where 

Ihe "Iradilionar' Iwo-parenl 

family-worki ng falher and homemaker 

wi fc-

~ng 

adoption of a child or to "ilcnd 

10 a seriOlls health condition or 

a child lattcndillg lhe ~crju lJs 

hta1th conditions of the employee's 

parents is included in H. 

R.925); 

• up 10 26 weeks or unpaid leave 

ror an employee who i~ unable 

to work due to his Of her own 

serious he.alth condition; 

• mainlenance of employer-provided 

bellcfit....--hcatth coverage, 

l>ension , ctc.--during leave; 

• cmplo,yces 10 be r~l;j torcd IIJ previtlu:, 

or equivalent positions 

upon returning to work, with 

conlinualion ur bcncfib. 

Safeguard" aga in ~ 1 

fraudu le nt Ll SC 

liThe United States IS 

the only 

industrialized nation 

in the world without 

a notional policy to 

protect workers 

when they take 

needed parental or 

medical leave." 

AFt-C/O Secretory-TreoSUler 

Tbomo, R_ Donabue 

Country Total Job Paid l •• ve 

Leave Security 

Canada 37 weeks Yes 60% of payliS weeks 

Italy 48 weeks Yes 80% of payl22 weeks 

W. Germany 26 weeks Yes tOO% of pay ' 14-18 weeks 

Sweden 52 weeks Yes 90% of pay/38 weeks 

Rnland 35 weeks Yes 100% of pay/35 weeks 

Austria 52 weeks Yes 100% of pay/20 weeks 

Chile 18 weeks Yes 100% of payil 8 weeks 

United Slates 

m EW JO KNAL/OCTOB ER 1~87 

,...,.. 

Recipient 

Mother 

MOlher 

Mother 

Mother or Father 

Mother or Father 

MOlher 

Unspecijled 

of Ihe,e leave period, arc incl uded 

in Ihe bill as well ., mechani,m, 

to pC l mit 1111': u:>...: uf ICUUI.:t.::tI WUlkhour 

> ·hcdufcs or Oc xible feave 

,c hcdlll~ s . 

It 's li me for Cungres:-. and the 

Reagan adlllinislnllion to qlli l paying 

lip ,crvice 10 ··fami ly policy·' 

a polrcy Ihal \0 rar only lal~, aholll 

abonion. ,chool prayer a mi le" 

book -cnsorship. II ·, lime to address 

Ihe hallengcs Ihal Ihe changing 

ampo,ilio n 01" Ih e work fo rce 

ha ~ created. 

liTo rnsurr thal a persun . .. has 

a job 10 cmnc back to and is nol 

~lr iJ>pcd of his Uf her health care 

bcndits . .. is about the minimum 

for a decenl sociely.', IA - L- to 

slale ment in supporl of Ihe F

Delegates listen aUenlively to a speaker at ,he meeting. 

Work, 

Commitment 

W Turn 

Tide 

International Executive Council Chair· 

mBn Clyde Bowden leports on the aGtlv· 

HIes of the council. 

Local 159{), Toronto, Ontario, 

Bu~ incss Man"gcr Reg Conrad 

opened the sevenlh " All Canada" 

Progress Meeting lin June 23 by 

welcoming the 175 delcgales to To· 

ronto. First District I ntcrnational 

Vi e Pre.ident Ken G. Rose intro· 

duced the international Officers and 

guests in attendance. including M r. 

Doug Wright rcprc,cnting the Canadian 

Eleclrical Contractors Association 

and rman Purdy reprc::,t: 

llli Ilg Il le Eleci. ica l COi llraclors 

A~socja l io n of Onta rio . 

Mr. Wright welcomed th ' delegates 

to Toronto on behalf of CECA 

and the ECAO. He suggested that 

in order to be uccc 'sflli lhe partners 

in the eleclrical industry had 

to conti nue their dialogue, not just 

the heated exchange which occur 

during negotiations. 

Di"ussing the need for local IInion 

political activity, IBEW Interna 

lional Treasurer Thomas Van Arsdale 

slaled, "The trade union mo\'e 

"'e"t has th. right to ""ist and has 

to he accept ed a a rull Illlrtner ill 

JD EW J OURNAL/OCTOBER t9S7

sodety! Iitl is " force which can 

change so many Ihings for the bet 

(erment of socicly." 

I EC' Chairman Iyde Bowde n 

tha nked Ihe delegalc< for their suppori 

lit Ihe la,1 Convention and 

reported un the vanOliS activities 

and rc'pon ihilitic'\ of the.: Inlcmati(lnal 

Execulive ouncilo 

Vice !'re,iuenl Ro,c Ihanked Ihe 

deicgalc, for Iheir hel p in making 

the 33 rd Internalional Convenlio n 

Ihe be" Convenlion ever held. Indi 

cat ing tu the delegates lhal this 

would be his I"" addrc" 10 Ihem 

a~ Vice Prc,idcnl . he ,aid. " I 

hope . . yOll leave Ihi' meeting 

wi lh Ihe ... dedicalion a nd lelerll1in;)tion 

lu conlinue. Ihe work of 

your local union,. your members 

a nd Ihe I B EW for I he he lle rment 

of all." 

Brother Rose nOled Ihe Iroubles 

the trade union mnvClIlcnl ~lI f'fcr'i 

from a ll ack ' by government. employer' 

and nnlracIO". "right-Io- 

"Our challenge is to reverse (govern · 

me nt and management) actions," stated 

Intornatlonal President J. J. Barry. 

Ca nauian product a nu processes 

with new (Inadi an Jobs be ing crealed. 

Addre"ing Ihe problem of advcr,e 

lahour Icgj,lalion cnacted or 

proposed ror the various provin es. 

Vice Presidenl Ro,c nuled Ihal 10 

a large eXlcnl Ihi, ona be due 10 

anadian labour', rerll sal to change 

it l) advcr arial att itude wi thin its 

own I1Ink!-l. thereby leaving governme 

nl 10 solve labollr proble ms. " If 

we as labour nnd management CaJlnol 

or will nul discuss and resolve 

our mutual problems. thell someone 

will ; and 0 lonA ;'IS lh at someone is 

government. we bo.h loser' Brolher 

Ro,c concluded. 

Urolher William Baird. Lucal 353. 

Toronlo. pl'c~e n tc d a fil m On alcohol 

and substance abuse whic h empha 

izeu Ihal rc,pon,ibilil y to our 

membe rs docs not

International Secretary 

Jack Moore emphasized 

that "Political education, 

to th e extcnt that evety 

member understands this, 

Is their responsibility not 

only as trade union members, 

out as citizens of 

this country! " 

Eighth District IEC member James 

MeAllo, describes the formula tion 01 

Bill 19 In British Columbia. 

relary \ ho may have problem. wit h 

pension application or olher mal 

Icr~ . He al 0 ,klailcd the evenl' 

Ic"ding up to Ihe formulalion of Bi ll 

19 in Brili,h olumbia and explained 

Ih e devaslaling effecL,,! hi, 

hill will have on workers in lhm 

province if it become" law. 

Conslrll et ion anti Mainlcnilncc 

Dcpanmem Dire lor Charles I'\;her 

and Research and Euucal ion Depanmenl 

Director Roberl Woou ''' 

,i5led at Ihe work hops he ld on 

June 24 a nd 25 for Ih e Ul il ity. Telephone. 

M anu fac tll ring. Govern· 

me n! Employee, and Con~l ruc!i o l1 

Branches and worker, employed in 

thc paper mill indl"lr·y . Director 

Wood ,,150 e'plained Ihe IB EW 

Opinion and P",ctice S'lI"vey. wh i h 

was complclcLi by lhc Lickg

New members o( Local 1137 wIth Fourth O(strlcr International Represe ntative Lawrence Hogan, center rear. 

Liz Robinson. switchboard operator, 

pauses for the camera. 

Earlier thi, ycar the president of 

Local 1737 asked Inlernational 

Repre sentative L.awrencc Hogan of 

ihe Fourth Di"trict stafr 1'(11' assi,tance 

in orga nizing the clerical and 

in>ide support employee, 01' the 

Northern Virgini

NETDA 

eling 

• • 

Tra InIng Director Don Ivory. Jdaho 

Eleclrlcal JATC, I, the new HETDA 

chairman for 1988. 

he 30th Annual Meet ing of Ihe 

National Electrical Train ing Direc 

lnrs' A""ciation was held in 

Sa n Francbco. Calif rnifl, on June 

2 1-25. 1987. The meeli ng IVa, 

c haired by Cl ive J. Callaway. lr.,i n 

ing direclur of Ihe Ccnlral Florida 

JATC. In allcnti ance were Ins conslruc 

lion lrai ni ng direc tors from the 

United States and Canada ami ,ix 

inviled guests. 

Charle, " Bud" Fi,her, dircclu, 

of the IBEW Co nslruc lion and 

Maintenance Department. strc\>cd 

the need lorl:hange in the co n ~ l r u - 

tion industry 10 meet the challenges 

of nonunion compelilion. He ciled 

Ihe importanc.: of ncxibility 'l> a 

tool for recapturing work Ihal has 

been lo,t to the nonunion seclor. 

Brother Fisher pr:,i cd the new five 

year apprcntice,hip program as an 

c~ t re m e l y progrc"ivc move by bot h 

the IBEW and NECA 10 ,ecure 

future employment for I BEW conqruction 

membcf\ Director Fi,her 

mgcd each Inloning direclor to implemenl 

Ihe ncw j il111y modified 

program a, 'oon tl · po ·siblc. 

ECA i'rc,iucnl Emerson Ha m 

ilton ,poke ab lIl the renewed com 

,"it,"""1 of the IBEW and ECA 

to ,,,Ive inuu>try problem, on a 

joint and mutuall y beneficial b",i,. 

He empha.,izcd that nOlhing is more 

imrortanl to the fut ure of the ele - 

lrical inuliMry lhan lhc proper training 

of young me n and women who 

want 10 become c1ectrician!\. 01- 

109 Ihe incredible growth of clee- 

Delegates en/o), a light moment during a presentallon. 

12 

IIII';W JO KNALiOl'IUtJI"K IY~7

Lell to right are NETDA Secretary Richard Gauthier; NJATC Director A.1..~::~~ 

and Bud Fisher, director of the IBEW Construcrlon and Maintenance Departmen t. 

Training Directors 

Carol Dekker, NOr· 

fOlk I Virginia; 

Karen Canonica, 

Everett, Washing· 

ton; and Karen 

Clausen, Springfield, 

Oregon, en· 

j oy a break during 

the meeting. 

the assembled training direclors 

aboul the change tll be made in 

the cun"iculum and tests for the 

NJATC courses in the new fiveyear 

program . 

In small group 5essi ns Ihe training 

directors shared ideas about the 

cha llenges facing their re'pe tive 

progl1lms. Quc,(ion, formulated by 

these groups were laler addrc»ed 

by Director Pear:,un uuring the gen· 

eral I\css ions. 

Don Ivory. traini ng director 1'0 1' 

the Idaho Elect rical JATe, a, 

sumed his dUlies "' N ETDA chairpe 

rson lor 1988. Richard Eric'on. 

training director on ong 1,I" no for 

the assau and SuOi>lk oumies 

lATe. was cho,cn chairpcr,ol1-ciect 

10 'trcceed Brother Ivory in 1989. 

T he group elected Richard Gaut 

h ie r, t rai ning director 10 I'l he H ous 

IOn A rca Electrical l AT . as secretary 

and Mel vin Wi ncgarte n. 

[mining director for the Till,,, Electrical 

JATe. as (reasurer. Raymon 

Roberts of Richmond. Virginia. wa 

sele ted to be executive coordina 

( r. Ronald O'Riley of Dallas was 

chu~c.n CIS hi ~tnrian. C 

t,iC in the 100th 

Congrc~'i in the areas of trai ning 

and education. 

A. J. Pearson , director or the 

National .Joint Arr re nticeship anJ 

Training ol1l lllillCC ror the E lcl;' 

trical Industry. chaired a serie' of 

general inf rrnational esstons to 

explain and discu" the new con- 

lraCI languuge. sta ndard;.. of ap· 

prcntice,hip and the uptional ,chol 

""hiI'. Robert Chessler. a"i~tam 

directo,· of the NJATe. informed 

TrainIng at work.- A Local 61" 

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 

Inside wireman apprentice, 

left, explains how an electrical 

contactor works 

10 Business Manager 

Ferdy Marllnez. . 

IUF:W .JOURNAL/OCTOBER t9~7 

t3

IBEW MEMBERS 

IN IME NEWS 

Education 

Strengthens 

Our Union 

Celebrating 

50 years of 'he 

National 

Apprenticeship 

Act. 

J. J. Sarry 

Fitzgerald Ad 

Commemorated 

lBEW member. recenLly panicipated 

in the 50t h anniversary celebration 

of the PitLgerald Act (, a 

tional Apprenticeship Act) which 

provided ollicial statu, and concern 

John M. Grau 

Remembering a Leader 

for app rcll t icc~hip l rall"lIllg in the 

Unit ed States. Am ng those atte 

ndi ng the ce lebration August 16- 

2 we re I nlcrnal ional P rc ~ id cn l 

J. J . Barry .lIld ~ A Execut ive 

Vi e Pre,idcnt John M. Grall. 

Work'\hop!\. lh.:mol1\lration .... 

and 

exhibits highlighted the celebralion. 

While touring the J8EW Archives, International Secretary Jack Moore and Mrs. Jeffle 

Keenan, wIdow of former International Secretary Joseph D. Keenan, admired the 

various photos, mementos and awards In the exhibit honoring Brother Keenan. Mrs. 

Keenan was dellghred with the exhibit and very Impressed with 'he 'SEW Archives. 

Brorher Honry McGulro of Local 46, SC! 

attIe, Wash ., (lell) I. congr.lul.,ed by 

1_ O. Olreelor 01 S~/IIlmprovemenl Department 

Kenneth Edwards upon recelv· 

ing his bachelor of arts degree from the 

George Meany Center (or Labor Sfudles. 

One more example of the onstant 

de 'ire to acquire new 

knowledge typi a l of IB EW memhers 

is the recent achievement of 

Brother Henry " Hank" McGuire 

Jr. A La al 46. Seaule . Washington. 

busines, reprc,cntativc. Brolher 

McGuire received his ba helo r of 

art s degree in labor studies from 

Anti och University at Ihe George 

Meany Center for Labor ludic on 

J uly 29. 

Th" progralli Brothel McGuire 

took advantage of was jointly developed 

by the George Meany Cenler 

and Antioch nivcr.hy to fit 

the needs of active unton leaders 

who wi.h to earn a degree in labor 

studies bllt arc unable to a!te nd 

classe regul arly in traditional colleges 

bccausc of wOI'k schedules 

and the unpredictable nature ofunion 

assignments. The college program 

permits participants to study independently 

at ho me w hile conti nuing 

their regular union work.. At the 

beginning of each term. the p

Special TCC·l 

Meeting Called 

During a special meeling of Ihe 

Tee- Ion Augusl 5. Telepbone 

Departmenl DircelOr Anhur Pe rry 

apprised the delegales of whal has 

Iranspired during "~~ r ie of meetings 

held wilh e WA on Ihe issue of 

coordinated bargaining. These 

meetings have been held 10 ex plore 

method thai would ensure Ihe best 

pos ible communication. cooperation 

and coordination bel ween 

!BEW and eWA for the benefi t of 

lhei r respective rne!llbcr~. 

President J. J. Barry has slaled 

Ihat we have an obligation to our 

members empl oyed by AT&T and 

Ihe Regional Bell Opcnlt ing ompanie, 

to make ,ure we take full 

ad vanlage of the highest degree of 

cooperation and coordination possible. 

Meeting 

The IBEW 

T h~ approx imalely 100,000 visitors 

attending " Erie Days." Ihe 

lradili onal fe,livili., 10 promote the 

ilY of Erie. Pennsylvania. had a 

hance 10 learn a lillie more aboul 

labor unions. e~pec i a ll y Ihe !B EW. 

For the first time during th is celehml 

ion. an ISEW hooth wa:, set up 

wilhin fe:-.ti val gr ound!!!. P.a sscr:,by 

cOIII

ntemation,,1 Vice President John 

I A. Hightower ailed the Twelrth 

Di,triet Progre" Meeting to order 

on June 18 in Charleston. outh 

Carolina. He turned the podi um 

over to C h a rl c~tOl1 Local 776 Business 

Manager Bobby Meyers who 

led the Pledge of Allegiance to the 

Flag. 

Roben Wo d. dire tor of the Research 

a nd Education Department 

in the International Office. discussed 

the "urvey being conducted 

at the meeting to obtain input from 

the membership. Brother Wood also 

dis ussed the various advantage, 

and disadvantage" of different kinds 

of surveys. 

International I're,iuent J. J. Barry 

pointed out that ,ince "people a rc 

the common denominator of progress" 

the need fo r more of them in 

the IBEW is the bottom line! Due 

to plant cia ·ings. the encroachment 

uf the nOllu nion element and the 

govcrnmcn('~ encouragement of 

for 

antiunioni'nl. the !BEW I"" , uffered 

a uecline in Illcmh.:r"hip in 

recent year,, _ 

Il owever. President Barry believe 

.... " ,"Vc have (he unity; we have 

t.he clesire j and we have the determin 

ation to create a \'iAOrous ~m d 

succc~sful, long-ra llge organizing 

cam lmign" to rever 'e thl" tre nd and 

begin in rca~ in g mcmhcr ... hip. The 

achievement of this goal will require 

the hard work and dedication of not 

only local union leader,. but ,,1'0 

rank-and-file membe",. who arc the 

• lonpeople 

unorganized employee .. WI ll 

li!\ICn to and Irll,t the 11101)1. 

While discll,~ing trade p Hey. 

I'rc,ident Barry noted that if 0111 - 

pCl ili vcncsI) j~ IlIcal\urcd on wage, 

"Iu,,~. t Joe most cOl11petitive nation~ 

Delegates devote fhel, attention to one of rhe presentations. 

t6 

ttlEW .IOURNAt.lQCTOBER PIM7

International President 

Barry, rlghl. presen fs a 

COPE plaquo fo Local 295 

Business Manager Gene 

Denton. center. for the 

local's hat!/ng the highest 

per capita conlrlbutlon 

in the District, Al Ief' is 

Vice President 

Hightower. 

From left, Internal/anal President Barry . Vice President Hightower and lEe member 

Harry Bexley attend the Manufacturing Wo rkshop. 

woul d be placc, like Bangladesh 

,,1,,1 [I hi""i,,! [llll, he nOle t! . .. When 

you look to Ihos(' places on Earlh 

Ihat have the chcapcsl '\'4:tgcs, 'yuu 

will inevitably nnd the world 's most 

deplorable Ih'inl: conditions !" 

Lo\\' wage" arc rartia ll rc~ponsible 

fo r Ihe I .." of manufacturing 

jobs. bll l " grealer contributor is 

lhe inequit y of nur traue polick~ . 

The Reaga n adrnini~lrat i on espouse..:: 

" free tradc" - an e"'ono mic 

posiliol1 whidl CXPO~C!'t (l UI' markct 

to all l:Ol11cr~ cVl! n though these 

olher cOllnlric, cxdtllic goo t! ~ from 

the U niled Stale,. For cX[lm ple . the 

Japancsl! (.Ife invacJing the U.S. CO Il 

,,( ru ction imJu"lry . Some $4 hillion 

worth 01' construction work will be 

performed this ye"r by geucrnl COn· 

tr'ad or!oi frum Japan. In conlrast 1 an 

S8·billioo a i rpurl-cl l n~ fructi o n job in 

Japan hu", cnmpll'lcl.v excluded America" 

('(mlraClOrs from bidding on this 

IIlEW JOl)IINA UOCTOIlFR 19R7 

;;;;;;;;;;;:,; an(/ Edo~o,; 

partment DIrector Robert Woo d 

discusses the members' survey. 

work- in etTecl declaring . ., Ameri 

cans need nul uJ>pl)'!" 

Prc,idc nl Barry called for a fair 

chance 10 Cl1n1rclc and , '; I.Ied hi ~ 

po,ilion: I ) "rply \he " fakes \ 0 

import :"! from (.;ounl rics maintu in ing 

cxccso;; ivc tra tle "'Ilirplusc.o;; with the 

Uni led Slale fo r IUC:II> II ilh con· 

Iribul ion' of $~ . OO or more pa 

member went to Bill Lowery. i"lIIsi· 

ness manager. Local IT: Jerry 

Roger .. , h u ~ i n c ~'\ rn alwgcr, Local 

238: and Jo hn Wright. busi ness 

manager. Local 270. Gene Denlun. 

bu sines!'t nlalltlger. Loea! 295. received 

a COPE pla que honuring Ihc 

highe .. t pcr carHH con tribution in 

the Twelfth DiSiricl. Loca l 47 ~ wa, 

honored fo r bei ng the local wi lh the 

highe;;t amounl uf cont ribution, in 

the Twelft h Di strict-$1. 114. Cill' 

of I-lope Cancer f'ighling Aw;ml 

wcrc given to John PriC(!. bU!\lnC" 

manager uf Loc,,1 ~36, and Paul 

Pil, on uf Local II X) , 

The next 'reaker on Ihe agenda 

was M r. Dave Roberts. who rcplaced 

N EeA Regio"al Directo r 

Mic ke.y McG uire lI pon Mr. Mc 

(iuirc"!oo rcti rCffl l:n l. M r . Roberts 

di,eusseti Ihe N EC A convc nlion 

anti slated he fi rm ly ~e l icves the 

blame for low prouuclivily lic, wi lh 

management and not wi th the workers. 

H e cnvi"\ion~ tt brighler future 

for N ECA anllthe tB EW and tUl,h 

fo rward to Ihe cha ll enge, o ffercd 

by hi, new po,ition. 

Fourth I EC Di,trici member 

l'larry Bex ley di,c""eu Ihe recent 

ac ti on:.. or the I n t c rn ~ li {)llil l Executive 

Cu ull ci l ~H1 d ... hared hi s vicwpoinl 

0 11 the Ilcce"ilY or COPE 

part i ip:nion. 

Du ring the w o rk~ hor " conducted 

On June 1':1. Prc,ident Barry offered 

h i~ pcrsomll comme nt .. on the i~o::ues 

d i scu~~c d , wh ich rangeu rrom 

Ihc Dt!I.../t' II'lI ucci .. ion (regarding 

prchirc ag. rce m c n l~) 10 drug testing. 

from work hU ll r~ to One-on-One 

orga ni Ling. 

1t 

17

Willi"", N.!Irv. 11If'~ 1 n . OmItM, Hfth~ 

I nd hi, wll_. Dorl .. Ippclllred In styl. 

on his 11151 dlly 01 work belore rellr. 

rrMlfU. 

BILL NARY 

RmRES IN STYLE 

L .• 1211. rb& ~pa ,. OMAHA. ifJl. 

Oro nlll N~ry retired elJccllvc June 

ro When he .Im.. cd un tttc Jo~.'e, 

tbe rcd carpel was OUI and an arch 

of'decln..:al conduit Ihtll \Io'aS hckl by 

.. coooUlI honor guard 

Bill hn~ ~""cd. IUSI tanl bu'l. 

nC'.,.. mrmagu. beeullvC' Board 

member. Doord of DtrCClorl for lhe 

Crwll Umon. Hoard uf Olrttlor of 

EWO f :and !lCf"\"cJ on many other 

local CllnlmltlCC" I'l e .. olunleered hi!, 

lime ror hundr d~ or polLl1eal and 

pobh(' relJ,lttOns prugram', He also 

ru.~ served It.~ 'leeward. superintendent 

111M! ull PO~ltIOfl~ 10 bcl"'een. 

"'dlow wor .. c.... nud Ext:cutlve 

Bo.uu mcmbcn prcscnled h.lm with 

II guld poLkt'l \Io .~ ch . ,I hen or ">pccial 

Clga-N dnd tnn'c1mg mont) for III weltdc-.crved 

"""-' ·.lkllrc:.... lmeot . A tUm w:as shown 

fq;1'1nJ.n& thr hlllllHl .. nf r.lc.·ln cnl 

hurn .. , We tll.lnk Un'!. Smith ror rc· 

Rllnlh lll!l (I" llthl \tifl't~ firtl 'os the 

nUI~t Importa r'll Gil idclinc to Ihe wuy 

we ..... ork 

Wll h IIC'cpc .. t wrr(tw ..... e P:IY our 

l a~' rCsflCct\ to Ilm'i 1-larryT B t nltt~ 

lind CliHl.~ n"'l! J "r/)/anm k Wc e/l.· 

lend W Ihclf ramtll\:"'- ollr deep anJ 

heunrclt ... vm~th 

Koc,l It M. IA'i11 JK .. P •. 

SCHOLARSHIP 

WINNERS 

ANNOUNCED 

t .U. 26 (l&t"I). \\' \,SIIlN(:TO:\. 

O.t:.-Wc: .1/\: pk.l'>Cd to ..nnounc:e 

I~ wmnc l"S ofthl~ ~car '~ -.c hot .n~hlJ'l 

awan1 Slephanrt' l Il u~ ... anJ MIchadl 

K\Jn ~ 1 ~h . l1 uShc~ I" 'he 

dllugtuer nr 11m AUred H ugh~ . :md 

Mr. Kunu los ,he "iOn of Bro. Eugene 

Kun.,l . 0,.. vcry be ..., w,.,hC"~ am.J 

congnlulauom. lo Stcphame and Mi· 

chael, 

Loc:d 26 h.l\ e"ptrlcnt.:ed a trc· 

mcntkMI' lunounl "f gro ..... th 'fh(: nKI!,\ 

rc..:cnl coni nbution wa., the amalgamulicn 

or LAICal 1)11. (OfTT\t'rl}l Fronl 

KIJ)dl . mtn um 10\: ... 1 11m. not unl) 

iocrca..cd the 'itiC of oor member· 

shl!". but :.1 ,"-, &rc.'all~· e' .... mdcd uur 

aCt'VoIl'htl;.11 Jun ~~hc tton We .... ill 

marnUlln Ihe hont Ro~al office a.. a 

s;ih~_ UIIC ('Ifficc. Bro, W ... r.J ~hcr is 

Ihe bt,..lIlC ..... I);.;nt 1.11 Ihlll office. Wc 

howe .. I.!>1l llptlle,1 a Qlcl1ill! uflkc in 

Muna ..);l't With Hm. Sill Giu'iti in 

chargt' 

Bros. J ()~c ph A" Cunmngham. 

fmnch X ron er I.lod Ed,,"~,1rd M 

111110"1.''1 h:I\'iC ftlll'td We \\,,, 11 Ihem 

II km,(t and heahhy rctm:mcnt. 

W~ :Ire "'Iddcncd II) I'eptJI1 ItMI 

Br(b. !loren W. Shrc ...... bury. Wayne 

R. (iulcry, M ,u ~ Cullunl. ';VII) G 

An~fI!w!> . ClaYlOn 1). Galoque Jr. and 

HUlVey J M,u'l\"cr hrlVc Il'WII..'t1 (LWl:t)' . 

Our cl)ntl.i lence t~ll h ~lr lovcd lm l' ~ 

WAI}I H. SlIl W,1I 1 JK n.M. 

THE BENEFITS 

OF MARKET 

RECOVERY 

LU. "811&rts). I'ORTI.A.Nn. (IR.E- 

The fnllowlI\~ I" .11\ IRl CrvtcW wit h 

B u ~. MgT. l!d Ollme' rtlCllrdmg Inc 

Markel Rculvc.ry " 1.10 being u~cd In 

our loclII: 

Q Whlll" market rtf.!O"'t.:I-y"' A, A 

plan h) rceo vcrour nmrkclshurc rrQm 

,he t,'I J'lCn . ~hop conirnCION Jon .. Llmt 

nll}!ht have gun.., lu I ltc~ ~u ll t l ~~ l orlii 

arc l paid 

by the conlnH:lor combined wnh 

Marlr..et Reo)\'cry 1·lInd., cn'turc ru tl ~ 

~C:21e W3~ for the employee on 

targeted jOb" 

o Ooc.., ("fur luo..011 lC;III )· IlC:cd mar· 

Kel r«o\'ery" A YC\; II tt.J\ kepI our 

local tlO,);!1 (umnll)- 1,0 percent or 

all tJ"p"tc~ an: n-.ult..cl·rc('ovcry 

rcla l~d II h;I" bnmghl ITl almo!>1 

JO(I,(I(K) Juh huul' ..... llh 4.50 membcN 

rccCI~ ' rnS muncy rrvm the fund h ) , 

e'llt lllpl~ , rt"tlLl enlinl JOb-. h.1ve 10· 

crcas.:d rrom 1.000 Job hoon In 198:1 

lu 1~ , OtIOJllh hI 'llf' In 1~7. 

Q. \\Idl murket ,"overy t.tlf\ In 

on:aOlzjn~ 10 lhc future" t\ Yes ; n~hl 

no ...... it I~ our bc\t 1001 (or compelJn3 

"""thoJ'ICn·shuflconlrn.. lm~ _ W mlr..mg 

dl)..c.l) wllh ECA. \Io'e hllye been 

able 10 build confidence. '" ~mr kJCal 

FomlCf cu .. lomcr, .ue: .1"'"'\10 3~k j ng 

union conlmclor .. 1(1 bid on JOtts be· 

GUISC lhey \10 ,111' lhe 'IIo1ll" dune nght 

.11 COOlpt:tltIVC! custs 

PHIl It> 

rAMKUi. It. 

LET'S BE HEARD 

SUPPORT COPE 

L.L1. 68 m. Uf.· VER. t"OI ~U , -Lo· 

cal (-Joe h:I ' \l.Ulted \'efY Imrtl uver the 

p;.i.\>1 )C.. l h. III~U I fllt lld ~ of labor 

\Io cre clcclt'''' 1(1 (.Ok" III \lolh mum ..· 

ip.;11 and .. latcC!lcctlon

Gov. Roy Rom., addlelSe. tM gooor.al 

members hip meelillg 01 locel &8, Dellver, 

Coto. 

the I-louse Ia.. , :.Llrnmer. II should be 

or)led S k agg~ Ilod Campbell (and 

Schroeder) agreed \.\.l lh orgll1ll7.cd lu_ 

bor Ihat the bIll should be p3!:sed. 

We also look for sll pllOn frl) n1 another 

newly eleetcd frie- nu , Se n. Tim 

Wirl h. 

Fm.'nds of labor in office llrc vitlll 

10 .. lll hl: Brol hers .m~ SlSIers 3ero!>s 

the country. It i!o Irnpcnll ivc thaI 

I1ICC$ be .....'on in order 10 cunail antilabor 

legi .. lalion dll ring Reagan's las! 

I WI) years in offi ce , We pOsse!'ls two 

very strong lool!> thai wi ll Insure 

vicwry fo r our cau:.\!. The firsl is the 

nms .. of (lllr memocrshlp. If every 

membcrof lhe IBEW would wn{c Qr 

phone their il'glslalors. over ROQ,OOQ 

... oice)' I'.'ollill be he:lrd In Was htng· 

Ion. Our second s t ron~ 1001 is IUEW· 

COPE . In 0,1101':;1(10 alone LBEW· 

COPE provided over $)0.000 in fi· 

nancial :,u pporl for CO P~--endorscd 

candid'ltes. 

Many batt les arc slill rthead; every 

membC':r Ilf Local 68 lind Ihe cmirc 

IDEW is urged to conlnl'lll!c !oCOPE. 

TIll' jllb .1'0 11 SI1W! m((.v be yO/lr 011'/1.' 

JAM!..." R. RII'IE'r'. f'.S. 

BRO. BLADEN 

RETIRESAmR 

4 1 YEARS 

I..U. 70 10), WA!'iiIllNGTn 8 , U.C. 

Cnngrnlulatlonsto Vernon " Boodle" 

Bladen un hIS rctlfl:rne nt. "Ie lias: 

\leen 11 loyal. dedic:ned rne rnber for 

41 years. He was vice president for 

nine years and president for the pa:.1 

seven )'car)'. We w'~h him a happy. 

healt hv retirement. 

Eir::cllon of uftiCN~ w a~ held tit our 

June meetir\g. They ;Ire l 'rt!~ . !lobby 

Roc'p. VIce Pres. Will mm Cms. Ous. 

Mgr.-Fi n. Sec. Jamc, Orange, Rec. 

Sc~~ . William Ayres ~nd Trer,s. Rob· 

er! M" rchead T he l::,:"I:ceuli ... e l3o;lfd 

membcr~ IIrc Bros. JO&Cpll II:mf, W i l ~ 

11;1111 T Smith. Jo

"STRENGTH 

THROUGH 

MEMBERS" 

L. . 116 ,I, muu.spa em). FORT 

\\OKl11. TE.~ .-The GeMral Mo- 

101'3 Arlington Planl i in .he procc , 

1,1 c.l.ICn'il\c Il1Olhficallon and c'{pan· 

Ion. Olh~r pluJc'-b umh:r W"} 1m: 

Krchlc:r Snack F,)(ll!~. Gencml I)) ~ 

n.lrt\K .., I~rh Mall. Be:.11 Hclicoplt:r. 

Tc:"'I1~ In trumen l ~ and Ihret arca 

ht)"pil:ah . 

We have been W()",Hl~ \'cT) hanl 

10 tTlolinlmn good. ptl"1fIH' lummu· 

nie-alion .. wilh Olll member... ClI'.' 

,",( lOr. tlnd Olhcr craflS. Uur local 

.\ ~lInmg '.>trcngth e.tch day through 

the effons of our faith ful mcmbcn •. 

Buo;. MGT Bennie Willters hit .. rcc ..· 

tllbllshed ou r !lh!W3rd)o progr:lm. and 

Ihc) :m.: Ii ~·try \'Itlll p:ln in our unh. 

Th!! Ih'" Anlllllli G I ~ I(Tourna m en l 

Wll' held on June 6. First-place win· 

I"K!~ Werc: Bill M~·C1u rc. Keith H ow!;!n, 

Lurry Mil ler and Randy riu le. 

DAN W . R Ur-INI:l.S. R.S 

LOCALFORMS 

NEW COMMlnEE 

l. .• 122 n,u 'can') , GR£A T t'AUS. 

MOl\1'.- We are extrcmely proud ul 

our new l..abor· Management Cooper.tUun 

Commillce WhKh hu, been 

noC(l:otl.:ltcd tnto our Inside ,"gree ~ 

~nI Our gools Include coopcrnllon 

bc l ~et=n our local and all ~ig.llat()ry 

cunlrocton. mwnt.umngaoo t'(pand. 

jn~ the JX!fCenl:tge of umon .... or!.. in 

our JUrI..dlctlon, and wuc:llIng. {hr 

pubhc on tile ttualificattons I.lf1d Inun· 

mG of our eleclncians. We have: a 

committee ovcrs«m, the EK'\I\'lIlt' 

of the LMC con,iSlinlt of three 

.. Ignruory C(lntrllcIOt"'I. t .... o .... ll't'men . 

:. public member .and the bu~ ..) " 

man3~cr 

We h.IVI::1 nev. ~Icllerenlil l ed Cu,.. 

r,,"' wh ich I'; mruled to oor membe r· 

.. hlJ1 c\cr)' M"- ..... ccL.~ , Weju~1 com· 

pleled a ~ucccs~ru l project ror the 

An nual lI ome Show. A dlsplaylin· 

forlllil imn hoolh was sct up lind 

mun ned by bolh ..... iremen lind con· 

trtK:lon-, A pubhc-opinioll , reprc,cnt,1 

live and bUSiness manil.lj.cr. thu"IC nOI 

10 nm fur reelcct ion. Oll!..e .... 111 .1 1 

w,,>, be remembered for the excel· 

Icn. Jot1 he did ror Local 114 

The work .. ilUBlion m ,h.: K:.n,.h 

City area I~ stili holdlllg n~ u .... n 

I here ;In: :lppm"lmatel) .. (~) Ir.lvel 

erJ Stili working Ihroughoot Irn: ur ..'u 

Ole folluwmg member .. h'l\c Ie 

11f't:d Crom l.c)(o.l 12.1' Alben L Kltrt 

Jr.. I ~'h.m L "'Jorl'md, Oclmotr l 

Sim . George xkridcr I1fId IIMlc)' 

$rrngue The member- of I.(IC.;II I~,* 

r'\ll"nll ltk-lfllet:pc .. , .. ymp.1lh)' tilihe 

f~mlllC~orCharks L Harper. GcrukJ 

o Lc,hc. Onl:-' R. '1"1)(')111,,""0 . tah 

ducl A. Pm\lnge. Donald H. Mnuhkr 

.md A W Lalt:t on the recent II", 

or their kned ones. 

RAU'H ROUIt,ul IJ. I' ,S. 

Emil Duc::oulombf.r. lorm8' bu.lne.e 

rq"'~r 0 1 L.oeel 124, K.an .. s City, 

.... 

lOc:.I 122, Oreal Falls, Moot .. membe1s, I.n tOo right, Wayne Anderson Jr. end 

Wayne AnderaGn Sr. from A.T. t('-'rnene, en(l Jim Welnhen(ll. EnlerprlM Electric 

20 

local 130. New Orleans. U .. new oltlcers e,e, !ell '0 right. Pre&. Emile WoH, y~ 

PI". Jouph HlKlte", Bus. Iro\gr. JOMPh Pardo. Rtc. Sec. Joseph Trueh III end 

1, •••• Henry Haas III. 

OIL PRICES 

OFFER HOPE 

L.l. U() li&lI/. NEW ORL": NS, 

l.A.-AI our TC8ular m~'ct i nllil n July 

III. the 1II"llllaliun lIf uffitc,-, .....:1\ 

t!ell!. The nc ..... officers are Pre,. Lm· 

tic W(llr. Vic~ P re ~, Jo .. eph 1·llIdley. 

Ilu.. Mgr. Jo!>cph Pardo. Fill Sec. 

Eugene "Tom" Killeen Jr. I rcll' 

Il cllly l·l,lol

Telephone Un ll of ricers 0 1 local 164, J .... ~ CIIV, N.J .. . re. Haled, ,. 1110 flghl, 

Vi(:_ Chrmn. Sle ye C II~ . Chrmn. Pa ul Ab ru12ese, Rae. Sac. Norm,," Wrlghl: ltana .. 

ing, EIIeeu1lve Committe. membeft: Ton~ SulOne, Mike LuCIIIllIIo. Pllul Rlcluuds. 

Dlctc Fritlche .nd Bus . Agenl Thomas Mi .cl~no . 

Bus. t\ l!enl M I'-Clilgna rcf"llnted on 

the newly ncgutlal~d Cf.lnlrncL The 

rM: ..... a,gr«mcnt result~d III II I ~ per· 

cent IIIcrC'd-.c In 11K" envelope: ovtr a 

threc .. yt:tr rertoJ.. AI.MI . a :'i perrcnl 

IInnUlly oy..:r Ihe ~ Ihrct·ycoar pc .. 

rioo W-d,S cstl.lhh3 h(."'tI 

Twcmy ne ..... lUcruM .... of J"C"WII 

o.l!lICom \\oe~ .... ckomcd. and It wa.o. 

rc-porh:d Ihal Inc local ~ ..!> pre)'ccs .... 111 

receivc 0.1 15 ~n:cnl IllCrC

and Dob "00 ~Ipcd culT) rhe .on.:h 

for .fIr unHm dn;lrlC'"rtl,ndu\lr\ ;uul 

for h.\ndmg Ihe )"&)uo@~r members .1 

fir.c Iocul ",Ih ;l "'In;lf1g fUlure l 

\I.le .Ire lurreoll)" oil (ull cml"lo}' 

men! In mClAmn lIolX'full). "C 

w,lI he pUllmg ",,-line .,r uur Ir.nchng 

Ilmlhc ..... mll SiSh;!rs 10 "orl.. . I hope 

we don', fQrgcl 'hc Ic "n tl ~ Icar n~d 

from p .... 1 ~xp(rlcncc' . Sholl !\ hit of 

IO),flhy 10 Iho~c who "llJ(II.I 'Milt (I' 

In Ihe hard .ime,. T he p:\sr SII( ),c•• 1'!1 

halc leswi.l 'hc fihcn,lf"-llI ch "c nrc 

mddc. ,,~.llhennil Ihe fiN ,mf.:c in 

O\lCI" 60 ycnn. ~e~'crc an.J \:\Icnded 

unemr&o~ mell!. aruJ Wllge: UlIIle, 

!:olon!:o Pndc hpl our hl.'.1d~ hl~h. II 

uOIon cOlrd In our poetic,.,. IImt qUIIIII) 

and \lnar. 1>-.ahryl ~er 

lind JacqUl:~ LumfJ~m~ In lhe: LII..c 

Sired PoYlol.:r Plafll Ilmc diUm. Ihe 

rc{erce i.mIcn::d the nulrood I .. pa) 

IIlr Ihrce Uro.hc"" rill tHerwnl.' 

"orked b) an cmplo)'e~' (lr MUlhcr 

cntli 'Nh{1 ""a, rcrt~)nnlfl~ clcclrlc .• 1 

"ork. 

1.oc:a1230, Vklo,t •• B.C_ m.mbefl W4rt ~tcI w,I"...me. pins. 5en 10 rtghl 

J.Kk Lamont. JO ......... Ken O,ton. 35 ye.rs. tvor J.&c:obtlon, 15 yeitfll, aoO KtII 

AogM'I, JO yea.s. 

The ~c(,"li 1l1\I~kln ltv.mllli ;\lI 

,lNmcnl .. u .. hurlci.luUl 1.:1. 11111 ' 1111 ""= 

h.M uf Bro. Hri.ln I..(wl\. wh(1 ~ 

I:CI'I.!.!J (. ravlllcni rnr 1("1 wa~, IhlC 

III ililpropcr Ji!.m"'III. 

"he homd O\Cl lilrnl',i HIli \III 

ht1ll1l11ed Kh.III·, ftC),,!,,) ~lhrcn'lnn 

TIN: Imcl"illue C(lfnlll·t~ c ("1111111 1' 

"un 1 1

11k:: local moum!> Ihc.de3lh of Oro 

Nunnan G FarJe)' We ("lend our 

~)1mpath) 10 his r .. mil) '!IIl! rnc:n

and lechnologlcal chAnge, But something 

more SlnlSler h, 10 blame for 

eruplI\gjob lon-we Iw\'e been BI"' 

Ins our job awa)'~ A pO,1Ion or the 

hcgher JOb ('bl~lficDt!Un work IS being 

Miven 10 k)'Wer-p.lldjOb cI~\ification~ 

or IS being (onrmctcd 001_ The com· 

pany hils convlnced l,ur membership 

Ihat it wants to relieve them of tedious, 

repelltlve 11iC>~ rhl~ ~Iow trosian 

is promoted by both higher and 

kN.-rr-paid cmfls The: hlgher-paKl 

cntfts sec it as 8 wa) to make theIr 

jObs ea!,lcr and Increll~ the: prcslIgc 

or Ihel r JOb5: the lo'Wcr·paid c.lassifi· 

CDuon .. ees II a~ It WRy to gel promoted, 

flie le"ill}' I) (hilt ~mcc there 

IS 110\\ les~ \\ork fl)r Ihe: hl~e:r c1.uslficallU05.lhc 

llffipany. The dlllllll ,"nounl 

IS 0 high. bUI its IIclual val ue is 

rellclllAg lo ..... cr Ic ... ch I hc (o""hu) 

In Ihe While House IS lurmng hi ~ 

hock on us. Hts ",dmml~lrllllon has 

btcn busy burning Ihe la ..... ) mg.lni/_CtI 

lubor lobbied for I,lvc:r m.IO>· yta~ 

191< ~ Will be lin cltln.:l1Icl)' unpur· 

Lanl year ror Ihe Iflbor muvemcnl. 

II' ,. Important for u .. 10 w;,alch nOI 

only lilt present poli ... ie" or lhe prc: .... 

ldentml candidate:,. but al\o thCtrraSl 

\Upport or org...mLed I.II)nr We \:.In 

nut alTonl to allo",- dnutht.1 IlIjml",!>- 

11.!IIIOn 10 roam rree In the candy 

"lore ror anolher Ii.lllr )cm\. Yuur 

OllE~ fin: Nll1g !IIcti\'alcd again, and 

""e ~ hoo ld aU conlnt1ute ~ner(ttl'il)' 

WI: held our annll,t..! ..\II emng·in 

«remon) recenlly r(lrth" \ellr'.. ne\!, 

apprenllces. The), an: Stcphen H)cr. 

Thomas Rogun. Peler Lynch. Pjll nck 

Duwllllg. Glenn 111J111)ighn. hme!> 

McNicholas, Damel 0' Itlllc}. Clir· 

funJ Brcnocr. RJctHl.ru R .. nklll , Wlt 

Imm IIcrannc)'. Bntte WOJclechnv. 

.. kl, Glenn Boultulkllc. Kidltlrd 

l'l!umun. SantO Dir,umoooo, Jclln Paul 

U;ICtlU\,:. Earl G. H (lIflC", Mlchnel 

Price. Bruce Zadlock :'Hhl Keilh So. 

n::n-.en T~ c officer, (lnd 1l1cmber.. 

ulTer their ct'mgr.Uuldllon, .IlId good 

luck 10 our oc .... Brother .... 

The ,"19fMII8Un9 8pprem)cel 0; LOC8I 364, Roc;:lIlord, III. 

III ~ ....,lthdetp..cJlTu"" 1 mU~llI\form 

YOllurt hc p,I ...!>mg ofGrlry(lwll Cool. e 

II UI.! Williuu! ChristenKn Our mo~1 

"11 11 •• cre ,ymjlo1 lhies are eAh:ndct.! 10 

Ihe fam ilies and rriends of l'ur pu~t 

Hrclhrell 

SOLIDARITY 

STRIKES AGAIN! 

L. • J6.I n."".~,o;pa&nh J. K K 

FOHU. II.I •.- On Ju~ I' 1.., ..... 11 lM 

:1U1.! tin: Nnrthern lIIinoa .. ( h,lpler or 

NEeA heW the }\nnu:d JIlI"I ApprCl1llcc 

.. hlp Dinnt:.r hunllnng 17 

membcn, The class .... clkJiclorian ....'1» 

'lamel hKtL and the da .. s 'lIlut.. w 

lian \\,,}\ Scali tN'ln. [).,.rucl ultril , 

IC'

and ga\'e the me.m~n.hlp an updatc 

on local and national new!>. lie abo 

stre~ the Importance of contacung 

our legl laton on political ISS~S. 

C3rd~ and iellers Scnt 10 our stille 

'Icnalor had a strong imp;u;;1 on their 

recent c:o n ~i del1ltion 'l. 

Fonner Business Manllgt!r and 

lATe Dlf. J im Mayall relired e!Tec. 

twe J une 30. We thank Oro. Ma)'all 

for his contributions to our local, and 

14C 'Uo ish him wdl in !'tis J'Ctiremcnl 

We th.m L. Ihqse who panicipalcd 

and al!endcdlhe 1981 AFL-CIO Uruon 

IndustJl('S $hov. In Atlantic Oty, NJ. 

MI(,:HAl:.L D. DIXON. P.S. 

WORKSLOWi 

TRADE SHOW 

SUCCESSFUL 

I..' t. ~oo H,D&tm). ASBURY r"t\RK, 

N.J.- The 14or~ outlook In our ler. 

ntory IS slilI dim. The SUmmer monlhs 

did nol producejobs as in pan )'cars. 

The 1987 AFL-CIO Union IrnJustnc!' 

Sho14' was held in Atlantic Cit y. 

.J. Tile entire: c:on\'Cnlton hrdl floor 

1411~ Irnnsfonned inlo 3 giant exhibit 

i)f prooLM.:ts and servK'C5 alTered by 

union labor. Vi iton. were offered 

gin .. and dcmonsucll ions of some of 

tbe products. OurelcctriCaltrade wa!> 

rcpre~el1lcd by Local 400 in Ihe Sign 

Division, Local 2:11 in splice. LnCllJ 

211) In the Lme DI"'ision. and Local 

358 rn Ihe ornmcrcial DI"'lsion. Our 

bootb wao; manned by George Con 

~tan lln c, .... noc\:plalncd ho~ to make: 

a neon sign and 0014 10 lx::nd the glas!I 

lUbe .. 1'h1: ba u cc~s 1ft his new po~lIlOn 

OUi loe,,1 ~xpre:~:" thanks to 1he 

man~ \"oluntecrs .... 00 made Local 

400'!. Annual Softball Toumamcm a 

p"cOI:t ucccss. 

!\II(,:HAEL ERVING, r.s. 

CONTRACTS 

SETTLED; WORK 

IMPROVING 

L .U. ~ 7 :.1 (i,tl,em.rtb,rts&Spal. 1\110:: •.\'1- 

PillS. IT l'N.- Work. is improving 

Our C(lI1lmcb are: selllL-d, and 14C 

bope we can start pulling n'IOrc pc:opk: 

bock 10 wQfk. W e sull ha\e se\' 

era! on Book Onli:.. 

Elecnons wen: held recenl!) . bUi 

ruoofh Were 10 be held In Augu~1 fl)r 

Ihe omccs of busmess manager und 

recording ~crctary. 

Elghl members ha ....: rcurcd re· 

l:cntly . TheyarcJ. lladgcll.H. cw· 

man . J. Spence. J. Wise. R. Donde· 

\llle. C Winchester. A Maffei and 

M LanC4!~ l c r . We arc s .... ddened by 

tbe recef\t dealh of • cwn",1\ We 

exleoo our decpcsi sympatlues 10 hiS 

r.'lnul) anti f~OI.b, . 

Tho: V.tdU8UI\I

ADDRESS CHANGE? 

Stoh!fs and 5tsIers we 

wam you 10 ~ '(OUt 

.JOURNAL' When you have 

a change at address please 

let us. \mOw Be sure 10 rnelude 

your oio adoress and 

please don I fOl'gel 10 hll In 

L U and Card No This In- 

100maiIOn wdl be f1e1pl lJl In 

chedClng and keeping OUI 

records straight 

NAME 

HEW "",,",,55 

"you h.we changed #oeM 

unions, we musl have 

numbefs 01 both . 

Malt To Address 

Cttange Depar1mem 

Intemational Brotherhood 

01 Elecllical Wo rkers 

1125-15th Slreel N W 

WashH1910n, 0 C 20005 

STA.T£ 

~POOOE 

CARD NW..BER ;::-==-==-=-:cc==,,----- - 

I" ~ CJoe(;.t '" In t.oaI ~j 

PENSION "" EMBER 

OLD ADORESS 

CIlY SlAtE ZIP COOE 

fORMER LOCA.l UNION N ' BfA 

Don' l forget to register to vote al )lour new address. 

to be a rm orlhls 5f'1(cial occ.asion. 

cmrlo)mtnl' Cm!> PClI,m; TrU5_ Laun:nl 

Talbol. 8u~ Mgr_-Fin. Sec Bel'" 

n.mt Monn~ ami C,ecutj\'e Board 

M cm~ .... Rral Bmudlard. Jran·Phllhpe 

Lan~L". ,lnd Paul·Emile PlarllC'_ 

Considen ng we ha\'c a la~ gco 

!.!raphic area 10 CU\1~r, Ih ~ '" rk pic 

IIlTt has improved immcnscl)' in Ihe 

I ~st rew monlh!>. A vcr}' special l hlmk~ 

10 a ll ollr siSler locals w ho have 

asslsled us during our heavy unCAlp 

ll1~ men!. There :lre ra r 100 man}, 10 

Ii I individually: 0 thanks again, 

It should be polnlcd OUt the nell. 

o~n pcn~w.J ror recrultmg ne\\. member.!. 

in QlIc:b«" is coming Ihis aLJlumn; 

aoo 1I.1lh hanl ""'Ori;. cveral stratcgies 

we wi ll be USLOj; m our clT(lrt ttl 

rccufllurc 1he war!... If lOU should 

scc a mcmbi:1'" "'hose e mployment IS 

qLle!otionfible. don', '!;a~ or dll a n}" 

lh," ~. Cl\ntact the office firs l_ I am 

calltng on .tll the members to 'lIUpporl 

the officers and \ tafT In lhese under 

Inl.lOgs ,.• 

Roland 0 .. DUI.:b ·- VC'~I has t'Ccn 

named to 11 151 10 the (~nt7_mg 

camr"ugn. hUlch i'!> rtf.Ilh! tmg the 

rull panic.lpation and cooreranon of 

lhemernlx~ . -'Wewantlohu\egood 

communlcallon bcl",-

Local 728. FOr1 lJIuderdille . f l." g r.CiIJllin g class : left 10 righl. Ironl row. Lillian Cmlt. Cale Read, Sam ~ U. Rosemllry 

McKinney. Greg Ford. Steve Mllche:!1 and $eon Dougills; beck ' Ow. L.Uke Kellef. Theoc'ore Nagel. T1no Hochbefger. Kenneth O. 

Parter. Scott Halny St~ Marte Pacitti and Randy Dugger. 

)our n!!hl~. and contllei HlUr reprc· 

~ntal"C: .. hl kt them "now hi, .... \'00 

feci un " .. m·, (If }()lIr Cl1llCem. Keep 

\,'lU righh /'I)' u!l.mg Ih~m ... lilt! gel 

m\,tll ... ed III pohllc". 

LC!lll,I;.'HIIl Ih.11 ,,"uuhJ alii, .... Ii.'d· 

Cril l e mployee,> 10 bcctlml' rull)' III· 

,,,I ... cJ III p;lrti~an pollln:, 1111 Ihe ,r 

o ..... n lIme \~ h lk protllbillng (;ocrClon 

III 11M.- .... Ml..rl .. cl'. H.R ~o .U1d H I{ 

2 I. I'> cumnth !>em!; .. kbalcd In Can 

~rc,.. I he 1I .. lkh oI,LI nuu prohl"lh 

fc-JernJ cmplo}ccs (rom 3C'II\cI)' lak 

,"J! p.tr1 In partl ...." politIC" Yo Ilh our 

suppon U R 20 and "'.R. 21 coold 

be enaClcd RCgI"u:r lind 'Y(lle III Ih ... 

}'~ar' clnnd the rn\!JIe ~,-'Itlr 

.mJ 11.1.' Iml) I'\.'U:I\C rmm n percent 

tu \ rcn:cnt'l Wh} dO(:~ ;) ·' Are 

)011 I!. n:gl

for his prompt aClion In helping save 

the I1fc of fe llow employee James 

McNease. McNease (nol ye! (I mem o. 

ber) wa.. clectroculcd in an IUHISLIlll 

aceldcnI while in lhe process of lampms 

a pole thai h;Jd been se.! hel~et:n 

twO phases of primary. Bro. Kuntz 

helped remove McNeil'>!! from the 

danger an:a and immcdialcly secureJ 

medical help while Bm J oseph Zsak 

applied CPR. 3ro. Z:.ak wiliialcr be 

awarded the mEW Life Saving 

Award. Local 8 14 is rroud to have 

Ihese Brolhers as our me mbe ..... 

In negullallOlls we tire near an 

agreemenl with Cenlnll Missoun Cooperative 

Inc. of Sedalia and ilrc 

preparing for upcom i n~ negolUuions 

With Mi .. souri Public Service ClI .. 

which is Ihe larile!>1 employer ilf our 

members. The mcmPcrs of Ihis NcgOlial 

ing Team lire Pres. Lloyd Rub· 

ertson: Vice Pres. Arlie Hci sterberg; 

Exceulive Ronrd members Kenneth 

Janney. Ronald Cusick. Michael 

Baker: lind I$u~ . Mgr. }crry Hu m ... 

We·re Mlfe Ihal Ihe~ Orolht:rs will 

do their beSI 10 ncgOl llHe a fair e(ll1- 

troJ(:1 for 11\. 

Our besl wishes go 10 recentl y 

relm:d members Homer Clme, Kenneth 

Wheeler. James Tale, George 

Comfort . Jesse Justi$ il nd Johnnte 

Miller We have cqjo)'cd ,""orking 

wilh these men and hope they thor· 

oughly enJoy their rellrement. 

Don't forget 10 sllppon CO PE. 

JIM St;HNAKI::NHEft(i. P.S. 

AnENDYOUR 

UNIT MEETINGS 

L U. 11 311 (ul. !Ji\TII URST, N.H. 

We chalk-nged LocaJ 2166 In a basebull 

tou rnament. The ~mc wa .... played 

in Nigadoo. N.B .• in conjunction wilh 

their AnmHlII>icnlc. The l ellm~ were 

evenly matched, bll1 Local 1150 prevaI 

led. We send fntlernnl greelings 

II) Bus. Mgr. G:lry Savoie ror his 

ho"pltahlY il nd hore we COlO play 

again next year. Thanks abo to o ur 

friends at Laban' Drewery for thclr 

donations. 

We an: in negotiations wilh Consolidated 

Oalhursl a nd Uellcdunc 

Fertilizer. AlIc nd your meetings to 

keep up to (Iote on the progrcs!:l of 

lhese Im portant mailers, 

Dr:FtWIN Srorro. R .S. 

ARRESTS RAISE 

FUNDS FOR 

CANCER 

L.U. 1246 (em,. ADRIAN. M"ICH. 

Pres. Johll Silherho rn fi nd Dennis 

Rilcy, pla nt manager. were arrested 

June II and Ihrown In Ihe slAmmer. 

T heir b, 

manager and for hiS wlfc·!. p.Hlen ct," 

dU ri ng hi :'> ICnure Thunk!> t t l Jun 

Pane, M ike Daignault. Mark Kic!!. 

sling. Bus. Mgr Le .. lcr Jordan lind 

Pr~ . tne Jordan, 

Uro o. Rnbcrt t-' Tcmll wu ... Ir.lgl_ 

Clilly killed while v. orking on hi!> lill· 

tomobile. Lees all keep Uro. Tat Fms lcr. 

Mnry Hough, Peter Kunzelmann :lnJ 

Tibor 11clcz. The EXCCUlive Board 

elected !'Cler Kun1.elma nn chmmmn 

and Pat Fras ier secretary. 

Pre .... WILli Massey and sister Lm::al 

79 Prcs. Ray Vall ilce, prcscnH:d an 

awurd 10 Ihe owners of Jr,hn'5 I

letl to rlghlare M&I Rathbun, Local 1690. 0100111, N,Y,; Inl, Pro s.. J ,J, BArry : P I os.. 

Carol Hooper; and E.ecullve Bonrd Chmn Meg Malone. 

Inl. Rep. Joe Carrillo , Sovonth District. lefl , Inalalla now otllcers 01 LoeBI 2.1 12., 

Albuquerque, N.M, Left 10 right, Rec. Sec. Dixie Em~ttlo. Executive Board nwmber 

Tom Cndolana, VIce Pres. Jerry Moya , ExllKlullve BOflrd mem~r. MI nny JimenOl; 

Anel Kelle lele, Pt&l,IBul. MgrJ Fin, sec. S halon Se;llon, Troas, Bath Nlc korson, 

lind E.ecullve Bo ard momber$ BonnIe Smllh end Arlin ~n • • INot plClureCI. Execu· 

Ilv! 1301lid mcnnberll A991e Bonellu and J1m Monlono.1 

trun':l' on the Ilolh\r R,1U . 111\\ II' 111111 "iUn ge/> Chruughnul 

III" ClIlInlr,) . 

1\llIIlhcr Kill .Irlld e rel'allcd Ihe 

[cl1dr.: r, hl[l of Juhn L. Lewi .. in the 

linn, 'Iluggle III III IIII II IIC IIHIII'l n :. 1 

\~()r~ ..: r , M r Hitl nUled chat tod,IY 

1I 1111 11h ure ll/(c lI l'" nnl),..:d l ' ~ "'leumiZlng 

nltani,scm.:n l i)y dcnwnding in· 

crc.l'cd w:tgc .. lind h~' l tcr c tllldltlons 

Wh,II,. (11 ",:' A, J\lhl1 L. Lew" Ih lln 

,Ierell .... hrl t! nl'l:Ull.illll!:. " I .ubur • 

dCnl •• n,I, •• "'i'licc in the dC lcrmin.llion 

()l llh ''>( f'O h ~' l c" thalu(fecl the hu man 

c1e mcnl ;j p laLc ,II Ihe 1..(IIJIllil 

'able \\'h1.'n dl'chlon, :r ~ maJc that 

,.ffl.'(·1 Iht! dnlC'lHII or funl! Ih,11 Ih..: 

r.lnlil)' Or;! "",rk. l.: r m.J} cat. thce'( tc nl 

(II ..:dlll..,IIII IO III h l ~ ch il\lren, Ihe klllli 

,md ;lnm l1 nl of d,)lhms Ihcy o:;hall 

\\CIII , the fl.'\~ 1, lc:"II1'c, Ihey Inll} 

I!nj ,)}, ." 

I'h,,,!! ..... nnh I Ul~ JII" tilt Irllc 111 

I\)K7 :1\ Ihcy ,lid 111 1\}16' 

W il l IAM M. I"HI RShN. P . .'; 

The newljl eleCteei otflc:ers 01 Loe~1 1898, LlIurttldlllo, Pa. 

IBEW .IOURN ALIO TOaF.R 19R7 

UNIONS ARE 

NEEDED 

ORGANIZE! 

L.ll. ! 1t)4 \111 . NIt\t:M

Robert Dunleavy and Tom Hickman, Executive Assis tants to International Preslden' 

J. J. Barry, lead I. O. staff members and employees past the AFL-CIO headquarters 

In WashIngton, D. C .. on Ihei, way to the rally. 

HABEl' 

STRIKERS AT 

HBC 

'SEW slaff and employees at Ihe rally. 

On a hal (94 F). muggy Augusl 

~flemoo n. a large contingent 

or 1.0 . slalT members and employees 

led by Presidenl Barry's Executive 

AssiMa nl , Roberl Dunleavy 

and Tom Hickman rallied in 

Lafayelle Park across from the While 

HOll,e in support or sirikong membe 

... of Ihe Nalional Association of 

IJroadcast Emp l oyee~ and Technician!), 

As or September I. ABET 

members were entering their ninth 

week r a nationwide ' trike "gainsl 

the alional Broadca..,ting Qmpany. 

a part of the General Electric 

Company. Their fight involve,. 

among ot her i ~s Ll c~. cxtcn ive usc 

of "daily hires" and Icmporaries. 

job security, lo~~ of incollle. jurisdiclion 

and fringe benefils. GE bas 

refused fair collective bargain ingit 

view compromi se a, dcfcal- GE 

30 

~ im(ll y implemenled a final alTer. 

lake it or leave it. 

The rall y was organile" 10 , how 

,olid"riI Y wil h Ihese lillian brOl her 

and 'ister . 10 give Ihem renewed 

Irenglh 10 face Iheir Golialh. Car· 

rying sign. proclaiming lhcir su p 

pon 01 JJt::1 member . the IUEW 

contlngenl made an impre sive 

gruU(l . The I"rge rowd of Irade 

unioni l>. 10llriSI ·. and lunchtime 

trollers heard word, of olid,,;ty 

from AFL·CIO Pre.idenl La ne 

Kirkland . Assi"anl Hickman. 1.0 . 

Broad a ling Director Reggie Gilli 

am, I E Pre,i" enl William B. 

w" l ~r and other labor leaders. The 

hOI weal her didn't wilt anyone', 

'piri'..." Hl1d everyone rrc ~r nl pledged 

IBEW 5 ppo 

their support for however long the 

siruggle takes' 

Taking nolC of IBEW's large representalion 

. President Kirkland 

stated 10 a Joufllal slafr wrilcr ~ 

" The iBEWhada crynicetumout 

today. Thank you for caring." The 

WEW will eonlinue to care for NA 

BET members and for all unioni 'ts 

throughOUI orlh America because. 

as Pre ident Kirkland staled, "Sofidarit 

y is what it will l;'lke to win (his 

fight ... a fi ght for democracy in 

Ihe workplace. For an elld tu the 

view thaI employers tan tre:.t human 

being like any olher piece of I>rOP 

.rty-pllreh.sed at the .mlrkelpla". 

as a cnrpor::lle investment. " 

501.11>" RITY FO RF. VER! 

"Wh atever II takes, the AFL-CIO will be with you, shoulder 10 shoulder. unlit you are 

back at workj together, under a good union con tract" 

lane KIrkland 

IIIEW JO UII NALIOCTOIll>R I?S7

A. Lined jacket 

(S·M·L-XL-XXL) available 

In blue, red-527 

B. Emblem lackel (unlined) 

(S-M-L·XL) blue-S22 

C. Pullover (S-M·L-XL-XXL) 

available in cream, red, 

blue-S32 

ORDER BLA .. i\'TK 

Canadian Orders must be submined to 

First District Office. 

For delivery by Christmas. orders must be received 

no later than November 15. 

NO 

Description 

Size 

TO: 

International Brotherhood of 

Electrical Workers 

1125-15th Street. NW. 

Washington, DC 20005 

Color 

Price 

0 _ Emblem and Label 

T-Shirts (S-M-L-XL) 

available in blue. 

while-S5.75 

E. Adlustable cap avaIlable 

In blue. red-57. 00 

F. & G. Mans Seal or 

"IBEW" watcn-Sn.50 

H. & I. Lady's Seal or 

"IBEW" watcn-S67.50 

Please make checks payable 10 tBEW. 

Remi tl ance must accompany order. 

TOTAL _____ _

Residential Wiring Contest participants giving it the'r best shot! 

VlCA ancilBEW 

'.emoting 

In 

l19he need to in ·till a positi ve 

• work altitude and encourage 

ethics. in it iative and excellence 

in the you nger generation of workers 

_ _ .. ' is in pari the premise for 

the founding of the Voc,ltional Indus 

trial Club. of America. VICA. 

a nat ional organization of individuals 

involveu in coeducational secondary 

and post-secondary vocational 

education. was founded in 

1965. Included ill this group are 

This typical residenUal wiring work 

panel done by the contestants incorporates 

receptacles, single pole, three-way 

3rtd four-way switches, lights and an 

electrical panel with breakers_ 

tudent s in trade. industrial. technical 

and heallh occupations in the 

nation's public high schools. vocationallcch 

nical cente rs. area vocational 

schools. and junior and 

community colleges. 

V1 CA offers leadership. cit izen- 

J2 

WEW JOURNAL/OCTOBER 1987

ship and l:harm:tci development 

progmms to (llllpklllcnt the vocOItional 

st llde nt', ,k.iitraining. 11, 

progmms hell' ,tu

Bricklaying competition contestants hard at work. 

U.S. Skill Olympics 

ICA .pon ors mtlOy beneficial 

progr-d m,. hut nonc I' morC cffectl\C 

or motivale" partici p anl ~ better 

than the IC .S. kill O lympics. 

The kill Olympic, pJlII togct her 

thou",nd, of ,!Udent,. hu ndred s of 

leader and repre,enrntives of indust!'}'. 

amI million, of dollar> "orth 

of equipment into a gloriou prescntRlion 

of thc , kill, uf motivated 

young peuple. The be'l conlestant ' 

from local and 'latcwide competilion 

in 36 ep;u alC events batl le it 

out for 0 cted gold. ilver and 

bronLc mcdallion . kill-oric nlcd 

events run the gamut from • uta 

body and bricklaying to cosmelOlogy 

and ind u trial electronics. 

1987 VICA U.S. Skill 

Olympics 

Over 6.000 V I A me mber, de 

, e nded on Wichita. Kan.as. J line 

22-261(' pa rticipa lc in the 1987 U.S. 

kill Olympic,. Bcfore thou,"nd, 

of spectators from acrol priz.c: John C. Leillinc. 

Massaci1u,cth. second I'lizc; a nd 

James H. Ma"rle ld . ew Hamp 

'hire. third pri~e; po joill lIIall 

(lJ.:('m (~ l/t . ,hl! edll Cl/liollal .ry.\ll'f1I 

lIml thl' .\illdt!nls ill fO \l~J " il1 g 'h e 

!ilW/.I· of /CA . W(' a .\~ all oj ""I' 

lo cal wt;OIl,\ to "('COUll' im'oll'l'l/ 

lImi Irilly he('ome .. The Uninn of 

/1" 01'(,\ olll/Millds." I 

34 

III EW .I UU II NALIO T O IlEIl 1 9~7

Loan, Revised Standards 

Approved At 

NJATC Annual 

'-___ -,~ , I er. 

NJATC Dlrecfor A. J. Pearson demonstrates 

a typical programmable control· 

ler. 

. 1C mcmhcrs of the aliona.l Joint 

• Apprenliceship ,tnd Training 

Commillce fo r Ille Electricallnelustry 

( JATCJ held Iheir an nua l 

meeting at the Hyatt Regcn9 Cry s 

I,d City Hillel in Arlingron, Vi r 

gi nia. earlier ihis year. 

Un ~ er Ihe leadership of I BEW 

Presidenl J. J. Ra rry and , ECA 

Presidenl Donald W. Leslie. Ihe 

members ur lhi" committee received 

Up(laiCS un th e urrcnt ~latu!') 

f apprenticeship. journeyman and 

I'c !olidenl ;aJ ,raining pro£ram,,> in lh e 

electrical construclion bran h. Thi ~ 

presentation w,,, delivered hy the 

director of I he NJ ATe. A. J. Pear 

..,on. and hi, a, ... i~lanl . Robl!rl e h.:: . 

The curnmiltcc reviewed and approved 

an optional scholarship loan 

ngrccmcnt for USc by Iho

OUR PATH FOR tHE FUTURE: 

Organizing, Mutual 

Left to right, International 

Treasurer Thomas Van 

Arsdale, Fifth Olstric llEC 

member Robert R. Missey. 

Sevenlh DlslrlcllfC 

member Thomas J. 

Sweeney and lEe 

Chairman Clyde Bowden 

direct their aHentlon to a 

presentation. 

On the b

Delegates attending the Elghlh District Progress Meeting held i" July. 

in the elltire electrical industry.' Or~ 

g~Hli l in g lIIust he utlr Nu. 1 priority!" 

Urothe .. Wolte.·s emll hasized. 

The utler rrllslrntior1 un ion membcr, 

feci during the many ,Irugglc, 

Ihey face in Ihcir dail y elTort 10 

~lIr\i\lc wali another or the i:)sue'i 

rai,cd by Vice Pre,idenl Waliers. 

lie cxpre"ed hi, gmtiluuc to Ihose 

cmployer, in Ihe indu,[r who have 

,LUck with us and arc 'I!'Jlggling 

righl along,ide u,. undcr,tandlOg 

Ihal our Illutual economic wcll-Ilcing 

.' ucpcndelll on c1o,c collpentlion. 

Vicc 11rcsidcnt \Vnltcrs con~ r a t u 

lat l,,1 Ihose locals Ihat I"" e Illkeli the 

lend ill setting orga lli z in ~ as Iheir 

Nn. I prioril y. Be c.\.llr c3~c d his 

ndmirulion :md apprcdalinn In all 

Ihe local union offi cers for their de 

Il'rminatinn to face whal is probably 

Ihl' most chillienging I)('rioll nf our 

time wilh an aggressive nnd coop· 

erafhrc spirit, \'tilh Inial dedication 

to the principles of the Inlde uniun 

movement . 

Inlcrnalio nal Trca:-,ul'cr Thomas 

Van A"dale addrc"cd Ihe nceli 10 

promote collective action amung 

Ihe memher 10 deal wilh communit)' 

prohlcms ,uch a, a Ict. hoi and 

drug rehahililalion. IEC Chlllrman 

I)'de Bowden reilcmteli the '01- 

portance of organiZing and I he rcal 

nccc ...... il~ or improving pOl"labJlilY 

of manpower among the locals. 

Ilrothcr Bowden rcp0l1eu un "righl 

IQ-I\ork" problems III Ari/ona. and 

J EC memher Bob Mi, cyeApandcd 

on Ihe new benefil, ullder NEBF 

and the ~ign i ficant impurlance Ihey 

III EW J OlIRNAUOCTOIlER 19K7 

Internatlonsl Vice President Wallers. right, 

presents a Zenith VCR to Paul Newman, 

Salt Lake City. as the first-prize winner 

o ( the COPE ralfle. Other winners were 

Walt Immomen, Anaconda, Mont. ; Elmer 

L Morrison. Colorado Springs; Steve 

Tronson, Medicine Lake, Mont.; Julie 

LeRoy, Salt Lake City ; Mike Theban. 

Bulte,' and A. B. Baumgartner, De nver. 

will have in providing coml'orl to 

ret iree,. I EC l1Iember Tom Sweeney 

rcvi.;wcd the organi/ing crrort!!l 

in hi ... 10 al anti described \In automalic 

" pickel poliO}" requinng each 

member 10 \\alk pic~et Iwo "ay, 

per year \\itholll pay. 

The man~ accompli,hmcnh lhe 

huilding lrades in Color(ld have 

achieved. Including an"tunng (hal 

the nc\\ '>5-hillion intcrnational airpori 

111 Denver i .... hull I h union 

cral"hlllcn. \\ a" broughl up bj 01- 

o""do Building Trade, Coun II Secrelary 

John Do nlon (a fonner Local 

I I hu,inc>' m'IIl uger). The vilal 

ncccs'\ily ur ollr joint cfTu rt :-. and 

the need for commit ment to cooper. 

lion wus :-,1 res. ed in the add r cs~ 

of N E Regional Oir~ct()r Dan 

McPeak. uigh th Di,trict E A Vice 

Pre~ident Wayne Well> gave a provocative 

lU l ~ on the value of a 

mutual initiativc by ECA ami the 

IBEW to pro laim the tremcndo", 

advanlagc'\ and quality performance 

we ofTer the con,tnJclioll indll~I 

I' Y anti il ... customer. ~"a learn 

and a~ par-Inc!"', in a common en'on 

10 ·cr vc. 

The la,t uay of the meeting consisted 

or ... cvcral work!'>.hop'\. Inlernational 

Repre'entative Kermit Dacus 

conducted a class on ,tewanl 

selection .... tcwanJ train ing. U~:o, i!\l 

anee to stewards and the proper 

role of II 'I~ward. I. O. Oircchlf of 

Research ali(I Eliueal ion Robert 

Wood conducled Ihe Opinio n Hlill 

Praclice Survey on behalf of Internaliona 

l Prc~ i th! n l BaIT Y. I .of..:a l 96Y 

BlI!)i ncs\ Manager Carl Baer cunducted 

tI workshop on prcparal ion 

and ,ubmi»ion 10 the Council on 

In dU'lrial Relalinns for Ihe Electrical 

COni I':! ·ting Indust ry. A, a ,illing 

member of the council for over 

four year:). :lrl pre~cnted an out 

'tanding ill,ight into Ihe working' 

and purpm"' " I" the C I R wilh excellent 

(Idvicc on ho\'V to he cITcctive 

when preparing and ~ u bmitli n g 

a ca:-,c. 

Al\ard, I\cre pre.cnled uunng a 

banquet on July ~3. and Ihe Eighlh 

Oi,lIicl COPE ralne was held . OPE 

collect ion, lotaled 2,4Y ~ . ~ 

37

RESEARCH AND 

EDUCAftON 

A Look at Collective 

Bargaining SeHlemenis 

N 

egolimions of m'lior olle live 

hargaining agreements in privale 

indu Iry conducled during Ihe 

firsl half of 1987 re ull ed in average 

wage in rca~cs or 2.1 per cnt in the 

fir,1 conlract year and 2.5 perccnl 

annuall y over the term of Ihe c·on 

IraCI. 

The lasl lime parlies 10 Ihe e 

agreements negoliated- between 

111'0 and three years ag(}-Ihc wage 

increase ,lVcraged 1.7 percent in 

Ihe first contract year and 2.6 percenl 

annually over Ihe lerm of Ihe 

contract. 

The elliements during Ihe fir,l 

half f 19 7 cover 732,000 worker' 

under 225 contracls. Approximalely 

363 .000 other worke" (primarily 

in Ihe construclion. airline 

and retail food induslries) were c v 

ered by 121 contracl, Ihal had expired 

bUI had not been renegotiated 

or ralifted by the end of June . 

These major colleclive bargaining 

agreements in private inuustry 

cover 6.4 million worke r>; in bargaining 

units Ihat consisl fat Ica,l 

1.000 worker>. Survey, of the SC I 

Ilcmenl, arc condllc",,1 hy Ihe RIIrcau 

of Labor Slatislics (0 LS). 

Departmcnl of Labor. 

Lump·Sum Provisions 

Lump-sum paymenl> were nOI 

incl uded in Ihe BLS wage calc ula- 

3& 

tion,. T"Cnl) -111'0 percenl Or 104.000 

of Ihe worke" covercd by Ihi s survey 

received lump-s.um payments. 

Their a erage wage adjustments 

were lower Ihan Iho,c of workers 

\vithout ~lIch pf(lvi~ions . Wage adj 

uslmenls for Ihp worke" who reccived 

lump- Ulll payments average 

0.5 percenl in Ihe fir I conlraCI year 

and 1. 1 percenl annual ly over Ihe 

lem1 of Ihe contracl. Workers who 

REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 

FOR URBAN WAGE AND CLERtCAL 

WORKERS-UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE 

di I nOI re cive lump-,um paymcnt> 

culcd for average wage incrca cs 

of 1.6 percent in Ihe fir>1 conlract 

ycnr ;md 2.9 percenl a nnuall y over 

the lerm of the contract. Although 

lump·sum provisions appeared in 

agreements in variou:.-. industries, 

they occurred primarily in t rim "' 

(lOrlalion-equipmenl m;-HlIIfHcluring 

c ntra t . 

JULY 1IM7 REfERENCE BASE. u.s. AVERAGE 19117 '00 

Allllemc Appalll & Trus- Mldltal 

Monlh Yeal Combined Food Hou,'"V Up~ eep portltlDn Clrl! 

July 1987 335.6 333.1 364.6 209.1 319.7 462.1 

June 1987 334.9 333.4 363.5 2'3.0 317.9 459.3 

May '987 333.4 33'.8 361.1 2'6.6 315.5 456.6 

April ,987 332.3 330.2 360.0 2,7.4 313.9 454.9 

March 1987 330.5 329.4 358.8 2'3.7 310.8 452.3 

February 1987 329.0 329.5 357.5 206.9 309.9 449.7 

January '1987 327.7 328.4 356.3 205.8 308.2 446.7 

December 1986 325.7 324.8 354 8 209.6 304.2 443.9 

July 1986 322.9 319.5 354.5 201.8 304.6 432.4 

July 1985 319.1 

July 1984 307.5 

July 1983 298.2 

July 1982 291 .8 

NOTE The CotIl umer PfIce IndeX tor all rlemt lnaeued 0 7 indIlx poII"It& dunog Ihe last moo1ll Of 0 a 

ThIll fIqU8Ilod Em amual rate of lnaease of 2:.. ", (0 21t 1 ~) Tho Inereue dUrIng Inti Pitt year 

Will 12.7 lndtlC potnts 0( 3.9%. Percent inCfease between two dates Is calculaled by IWlnlctlng 

lila iOdell number lor the BRllier date 110m that tor thO Ie'el 08t8 and dMCtlno Ine result D)' \he 

Inclell number lOr Ihe 681!ief date. !hen tnutbp\ylog by 100. 

EXAMPlE For the Pttiod 01 July lQ8610 July 19a1: 335 G - 321.11 12.7 Index pc)Intt, 12.1 dIVided by 

322.9 039 >I 100 3.9%. 

Prepnred by Deplr1ment (If n",.fch I nd Educ.,Jon, ISew, "ugu" 1981. 

IIU:W .IOURNALIOCTOUE R 19K7

Front-Loaded 

Agreements 

Two-fiflh s of Ihc workcrs undcr 

lhe,e ,ell ieme nl , ror Ihc lir' l hall' 

or 19 7 arc covered by rronl-Ioaded 

agrcemcn!> Ihat provid e the largcst 

w ugc incr ease!'! in the fi r~t YCHr of' 

the agreemen t. The,e rro nt -jO:lded 

agrccmenl , (primari ly in Ihe con 

:-.1.rUl.: tion, Ira n ~ p o rtatiun equipmcnlo 

retail ruod and rea l esta te 

maintenance industries) provide average 

i [1Crcn ~c::, or 4. 5 pcn ..:cnl in 

the fi rsl ye" r and 3.5 percent an 

IlUally over the term or the contract. 

The bach·loadcd agrcemcnb, 

which provide lower wage increases 

in Ihe lirsl year of the con 

Intet than in !'.uh)o)cqucnl years. cover 

onc-third or th e workers (prima ri ly 

in the con,tJ'uclio n, stee l and reta il 

food ind ustrie". One-fift h of Ihe,e 

workcr:-; received WilgC cuts dllri ng 

the fi r, t year. l3ack-loaded agreem 

c nt~ , on ave rage . provide no wage 

aelj u,tment ' in the firs t year and 2.3 

percenl annuall y over Ihe term of' 

the contract. ne-rourth or the 

worker, (prim arily in the construction 

indu,try) arc covereel by oneyea 

r agreement, or agreements Ihal 

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 

CANADA AVERAGE 

JUl.Y 1987 

AU lIems 

Month Year Combined 

July 

June 

May 

April 

March 

FebruaJ)/ 

JanuaJ)/ 

July 

July 

July 

July 

July 

1987 139.2 







1986 132.9 

1985 127.6 

1984 122.9 

1983 11 7.9 

1982 11 1.8 

FOOd 

134.2 

133.9 

132.4 

131 .2 

131.2 

13 1.3 

131.3 

127.6 

provide equal wage a dj ll "ilm Cnl~ cHeh 

year. 

A lotal of 48R,OOO workers got 

a verage wage increases of 4. 1 pcr a 

ce nt in the firsl year; 192 ,000 work 

el's gOI no wage change in the fir, t 

year; 52,000 workers e nd ed "r wit h 

average g,J pcrcenl dccn;ase, in 

t he Ii rst year. 

Increases by Industries 

Sett lements in nonmanufacturi ng 

imhl ioit rics. wh ich over appro.ximat 

d y 75 pereenl or the workers, 

provide ave rage increasc"i or 2.~ 

percent in the fir~ 1 conlract year 

and 3.1 pcrcellt annua ll y ov er Ihe 

te rm or Ihe wntract. Slightl y more 

than one-half of th e nOll lll anufaclUring 

workcr" arc in the con"itnIC· 

tion ind uslry. Their settkmcnt, 

provide average increases t)r J,O 

percent in the flr~t contract YC;'lr 

and 3.2 percent annually over the 

tc rm of Ihe cont ract. Thc:,c con· 

stl'lI clion agrccmcnt"i when negotiated 

previously (usua ll y two years 

ago) averaged I ,7 percent ill the 

" r "it contract y\!ar ClTlll 1 . pcrcenl 

annually over Ihe term of the contrac 

t, 

HousIng 

Clolhlng 

138.5 122.8 

137.8 123.2 

137.5 123.8 

137.1 123.0 

'136.5 122.6 

136.1 122.0 

135.4 119.8 

133.0 118.1 

SOURCE: STAnSTICS CANADA 

Heallh ,\ 

Transpor- Personal 

lallon Care 

143.1 139.8 

138.8 139.1 

138.2 138.9 

137.7 137.9 

137.5 136.9 

136.1 136.3 

136.4 135.6 

136.2 133.0 

1981 100 

Recreation 

& 

Rudlng 

137.5 

137.2 

137.3 

136.0 

135.3 

134.4 

132.6 

130.1 

NOTE; CBr'lOlla'. Consumer PrICe Index for ali llems 1 nQ10(l~ 1 0 Indell points during tho pasl morlth Of 

o 7"\ro. ThIs cqunlled an annuBi l8te 01 .ncreilPe 01 8.4' to 1 )

.. ~ ..- «.1 ~ . - .- · 

SAFnYTIPS 

WhalYou 

n'l Know Can Kill You! 

For years our mcmbcr, complaincd 

aboul Ihe white dusl 

corning from pipe in ulation in the 

shipyard. generating planl, and many 

olher in sla ll a l io n ~. Thcy fc lt Ihis 

dll~t was a nui "ance; but it wasn"t 

until 10. 20 Or 30 ycar, laler Ihat 

they di scovered thi asbestos dust 

had au. ed them ;eriou, lung damage 

rc~ult ing in death at an early 

age for them a well ~'s for many of 

their brothers. sister, and fami lies. 

Many of our worker, in ballery 

plants and cabl e s plicer for telephone 

companies worked amid lead 

fu m e~ fo r year> before discovering 

that it was the lead causing so many 

of t hei. fellow workers to become 

ill wi lh anemia. nervous condit ions 

or gastrointestinal di sorders. 

As more chemical. began 10 enter 

lhe workplace. our mcmbers began 

to rell li /c the ncce"ity of protecting 

themselve again t hazardous expo 

ure. It was di fficult. however. 

to fi nd out what they were working 

with. Chemical, were often called 

by thcir tmde name. such as .. Ex 

La hem 92," with no lIldicatio n as 

to whal the compound contai ned. 

When the manu fac turer of these 

chemicah we re que,tioned . they 

wou ld Soay it wa~ a "trade liecrel. ,- 

For years the IHEW and many 

other lanor organi zlI ti on, foug ht for 

" "chemical labcl ing act" thaI would 

warn lI ' er~ of the chemical's hazards. 

Under the Cartel' ad ministration 

,uch " regulation was drafl ed 

to take effeci early in 1981. Unfortunately. 

o ne of the first aCl, of the 

Reagan adminis tration wa ... to block 

thi, aClion and hold il for further 

lUdy. 

A a result, labor began a campaign 

for st£ll C ami 10wll right-loknow 

laws, cmphal>izing Ihe need 

for '1 11 10 know what toxic mate rials 

40 

• • • 

CAUTION 

6.~ 

A 

RADIATION AREA 

FUll PROTfGlVf CLOTHING 

REQUIRED 

MR/ HR IT THIS POIMY IS 

DATE POSTED BY 

6,. CAUTION 6, 

RADIOACTIVE 

MATERIAL 

CAUTION 

RADIOACTIVE 

MATERIALS 

tll EW JOURNA LIO I OBbR 19~7

they were being e'po,ed 10. Soon 

the chemical manufacturers began 

a,king the Reagan adm ini,tration to 

pa~ s rederal re gu lat ion ... on hal£lrd 

recllgnilion to standardize the labeling 

requirement. They were having 

difficult y in devcloping labels 

Ihat would comply with all the variou, 

. late regulations . Can. e 

Qucntly. the adm i ni~lration tikI come 

"For years the IBEW 

. . . fought for a 

'chemical labeling 

act' that would warn 

users of the 

che mical's hazards./I 

out with a comprehensive "hazard 

recugni tion" ... randi.lrd : hilI il Jimit 

edthe standard so it onl y covered 

manufa turing employee,. This 

I'eglii alion hec:!me totally effective 

on May 25. IY86. The courts have 

,in~e onJcrcd OSHA til pl'Ovide 

c()vc ragc ror other occ upations anu 

have set dead line,> for the HA 

a lion. 

These regu lation, require employers 

to prope rl y label chemical 

conw incrs. [rain clI'lploycc:-t in s

Sounds Good! Advances in Home Audio Entertainment 

A ud io technology ha come a 

Miong way sin ce the days of Ihe 

RCA logo showing the dog lislening 

to his mastc r's voice . We have 

heard El vis on 455. sec n the cvo 

IUlion from eighHrnck to audioca, 

ette. and now enjoy the quality of 

compact di cs. A ' consumers. we 

are a de manding lot. Whether da ncing 

to our favorite mllsic or enjoying 

a telev ision show with an exciting 

sOllntl track, we are always searching 

for a higher qua lily of sou nd for 

our listening enjoyment. Advances 

in audio lech nology are bringing 

some in tcrcsling new features onto 

the home entertainment sce ne. 

Digital Audiotape 

Digital audiolape (OAT) is the 

lales l innovation in home audio. 

UAT combine, Ihe claril Y and 

crispness of compaci discs with the 

convenience of tape cassette, . These 

tape ca~~ct tl: ~ lllC ~ Ii glltly smaller 

than regu lar audioca ' sette ~ hut larger 

Ihan the microeas ettcs used in shirlpocket 

recorders. T he OAT cassetlc 

is similar in appearance to (I 

videoc" sette. 

The principle, of digilal audiu 

tape reconJing arc similar to the 

principles which hold mu sic on a 

com pact disc . To convert an analog 

signal to diBilal , the signal is sampled 

Ihousands uf time ' eac h second 

. Each sam pl e is assigned a 

numerical value 1I h tha t the luuder 

Ihe ,ound, Ihe higher the nUlllerical 

value. This numerical valu e is then 

con veri cd to digital form. During 

playback the pulses arc read by a 

playback head an d translated 10 the 

origi nal numerical va lue. Thi s (1 U 

rneri al va lue is the n rccull !-.lrll clcd 

10 an a na log signal w hich is a precise 

imit at ion of the origi nal. 

A lthough the re arc seve ral forms 

of OAT. the system wh ich will 

probably become the system of 

choice fur Ihe home is similar to 

I he current 8mm video recording 

syste m. A drum whch is 1. 18 inc hes 

in diameter r otellCs HI a speed of 

2.0 0 I·pm . This drum is equ ipped 

with a pai r of tape hCi\d:o. 10 record 

o r play separate track!'. across the 

lape . (Figu re I.) 

There arc fi ve basi da la fields 

pCI' Irack . The .ubeode portions 

include data on Ihe nlt"ic selection , 

tape time. indexing. etc. On Ihe 

other side of Ihe main digital pulse 

code Illodulat ion da la block are Iwo 

Figure 1. Dlgllal Audiotape 

MAGNETIC TAPE 

CASSETIE LID 

TAPE CASSETIE 

additional fields called aut omatic 

tra k following. These two fields 

arc used for head-Io-lape po itioning. 

The data for each channe l arc 

contained in even a nd odd data 

blocks. If one of the heads is unable 

to read the data ror sume reason. 

the ol her head will read the I'cciproeal 

data and interpolate the mi ssing 

data. 

BecaLi se the lape wra p around 

the head drum is only 90 degrees 

nn d Ihe rotating drum contains Iwo 

heads, the rcc rded signal first g e 

into a temporary butTer storage 

memory. T he ,ignal is released to 

Ihe heads in blocks when either 

head is in contact with the tape . 

During playback a , imilar data buf1h 

memory circuiL is used 10 ' tretch 

Ihe dala back into a continuous bit 

stream. 

Rn >T 4 TI.,r. HEAD 

RECORD/PLAY 

~~~~~;$~~~~ HEAD 

CASSETIE LID 

42 

IBEW JOVRNA\.IC1CTORF.R 1987

Figure 2. Transmission of MrS. 

•.. r-~ 

.. 

~ 

L-. 

L ~ 

MAIN CHANNEL 

TS",SEC 

PREEMPHASJS 

f 

LOWER 

VIDEO 

BIDfBANDS 

L. + R AUDIO I_U!5 MH I. 

i 

VIDEO 

CARRIER 

U ..... 

VIDEO 

IllDEBAHDS 

I 

I 

i 

I 

I I 

.. • . SUHl. • I I 

j 

~ ~ 

FROM 

MICROPHON ES " STEREO SUBCHANNEL 

COMPOSITE lELEVIS ION 

BALANCED L·R SIDEBANDS (OS9 SC) AUDIO OUT AUDIO 

l db.« ENCOO£R AMPlITUD!: 

FM 

'-- MODULATOR + 

TRANSMrrrEA 

CHROMA CARRIER 

,rAUDIO CARRIER 

.25 MHz 

H SYNC 

r----~2H~'~'~ .... ~k~HZ;..---J SUBCARRIER 

PUAEF 

GENERATOA 

I H Hi.T34 kHZ 

~H 13.67 kHZ 

2H 

1H PILOT 

OH 

SUBCARR IER 

SAP 

AUDIO 

~ .... , ENCODE. 

~ 

SAP FM SUBCHANNEL 

FREGlUENCY '--__...;;.....................;;;;.__...... 

'MODULATOR I'" 

'-----.oJ 

SECOND AUDIO PROGRAM (SAP) 

~2H :It1 "H 5 ... eH 1M 

L tACH $ ... " ~l ... " RK tS tD ~H L 

H . ".73-1 ~HI . 

Multichannel Television 

Sound 

Advances in aud io technology 

have also enhanced Ihe sound capabililies 

of te lev ision. Multichannel 

television sound (MTS) contains 

all Ihe ignals needed for stereo 

sound as well as a second audio 

program chan nel (SAP) and anol her 

chnn nel ca llcd Ihe professional 

chan nel. T he professional channel 

is used primaril y for program coordinalion 

by Ihe lelevision Sial ion. 

MTS is similar in Iheory to an 

FM ste reo mu ll iplex system. T he 

stereo audio input is not fro m a 

single source, but from at least two 

sources which may be addressed as 

" righl" and " left" ch annels. T he 

left cha nnel and right channel audio 

signa l ' arc mixed and matri xed to 

form two new signals, (Figure 2.) 

The main channel aud io signal 

(L + R) eonlain s audio from both 

Ihe left and Ihe right sou rces mi xed 

toge lher, Sta ndard lelevisions receive 

Ihi s signal normall y. The L + R 

signal lIses !he same 75 mic rosecond 

preemphas is and produces Ihe 

IBEW 10UllNALIOCTOBER 1987 

FIgure 3. SAP NoIse Reduc flon . 

- 

AXED 

PREEMPHA$lS 

d b x® ENCODER 

- 

SPECTRAL 

WlOEeANO 

... PtlTUDE 

-COM~ ES8lOH 

COMPAESSION 

~AR IABLE 

P IEEMPIiASISj 

(VARIABLE 

aAJO/ 

t 

same deviatio n (If the trans mitted 

audio carrier ( ± 25 kH z) to maintain 

audio compatibi lity with standard 

te levisions. 

The stereo subc hanll cl (L - R) is 

the differen ce between the left and 

the right audi o signals a s they a rC 

si mpl y connected in a phase hucking 

relat ionship. The L - R difference 

signal is produ ced by inverting 

Ihe right signal and audi ng il to the 

left audio signa l. This difference 

signal i, then compressed and encoded 

by a special noi se-reduction 

ci rcuit . 

Until a noise-reduction sys tem 

was developed by dbx ' , noise in 

Ihe slereo sube han nel seve rely lim- 

t 

-O\lERMOOULAnoH 

PA01ECTIOfoj 

ited the coverage area and prevented 

its use. At the transmitter 

the L - R and SAP audio signal s 

are encoded by the noi se-reduction 

circuits. (Figure 3.1 T hi s proce ss is 

not applied to the L + R auclio to 

maintain cOlll palibi lily wi th standar 

d television receivers. 

Fixed preemphasis boosts the 

st rength of' the higher frequencies 

of Ihe L - R anu SAP aud io. T his 

circuit provides a uniro rm r i ~e pe r 

octave in the signal leve!. The spectral 

compressor monilors the highfrequency 

con lent and adjusts Ihe 

precmphasis to c o mpemiHtc for the 

varying aud io informal ion. Pixed 

preemphasis and spectral com pres- 

4)

Figure 4. W/deband Signal Compression and ExpansIon. 

+ ""' • .-...... - 

-8Od. 

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Construction Organizing Methods Reviewed 

Sfudents re

• The lBEW rakes great p l ca~ lI re in 

:moouncing the FOllmh,;rt-' Scholar.,bip 

ProgrnOl for 19M 

'Ille IBH\V offers 1.0 it~ "ll~m hcr!ol a 

m:l.'Xu Tlum of 12 Founder!'>' Schol;lrsh ip::. 

IN MEMORIAM 

EWBA Death Claims Approved for Payment in July 1987 

local Surname "'mollnt Loal Sum.mn Amount LDul SlImlm, Amollnl Loc., Sumam. Amounl 

2 o.uqh.rty, E. ~ 2.'0000 Pens (1) WIllison. E. V. 2.'00.00 Pens (68) La rrabee. L F. 2.400 00 Pens (226) HllISoPllle. W E. 2.'00 00 

3 Crookes., E. E. 2.400.00 Fens (1) Wrighl, M R. 2.'00 00 Pens (77) Anderwn, W. E. 2.000.00 Pens (23O) PtlrrRn. V. M. 2. 400 00 

3 kaltsas, N. 2.400 00 Pens (3) CIwy. E. L 2.40000 Pens 171} Brmes, H E. 2.400 00 Pens (238) Coot. D. J 2.'00 00 

3 lDoyI. P. 2,40000 P, ns (3) Fa ul.ner, J H. 2.400 00 Pens (77) _. D.L 2.400.00 Pens (242) RlcharUs. S. R. 2.400 00 

3 AQunhodI, R. 2.400.00 P,ns (3) Risser, S. L 40000 Prns (77) Jdldson, C. G, 2.400.00 Pens (243) TrumbIJM , W E. 2.400 00 

3 1.eooetIo. R. 2.400 00 P,ns (3) Hrller, C, A. 2.400.00 Pens (77) R

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Pens 1533) Cmdon, ( H 2400 00 PenS. (725) _R. M. 2.400 00 Pens 11393) Willis. J O. 240000 Pens 110, Hoillns, C. P. 2.400.00 

Pens 1558, 8oItI. T. N. 2.400 00 POlIS. 17381 tonll.l. L 1.066 66 Pens 1147!)) Hmtet1er, 1:. c.. 2.400 00 Pens (I 0 ) Hurtal. J P, 2.400 00 

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Pens (561, Gnmanl. L 24 00 00 Pens 17561 Parm. W. G. 2.400 00 Pen,. (1579) mV!fl. J. J 2.400 00 Pens II 0) Hume, G. H. 2.400 00 

Pens (567) WiHllms, C H 2 400 00 Pens. 17601 Holmn. L H. 2.400 00 Pens (1583) lkIn~iI , l P. 2.400 00 Pens II 0 .) _ . H 2.40000 

Plln:. (567) WiMa.tll, C H 2 ' 00 00 Pens 1)67) ..... M •. 2.400 00 Pens . (1682) SimlTlOftli, 0 1 2.400 00 Pe", (10) -. R N. 2 400 00 

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11Je following members of Ibe 991b Congress bad peljecl 

(/00 jJercelll) voting records 0 11 key labor issues. 

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The equipment shown is minimal equipment which may not be sufficient 

in certain toxic atmospheres. For specific information contact the Environmental 

Protection Agency or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 

A Monthly IBEW Safety Reminder 

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