1984-11 November IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

LOCflL LII\IES
I..
Scribe Saxs Vote
For Labor s Interests
L U. I ( i .~ m ,5 pa a. ru J. ST, LOUIS, M O._ThIs
month', burnm, qucstlon m.y wtll Jllvot ,bout
the IImplc words, "An you .c.lly bettc. off tooby
,hln you wtlc in 19801 " AI ,hIS point of h,vmg
11«0 ba, ..,td through the c.lmp"pl ""uh .lopO$
.boUI freedom, indIvIduality, JI"tn01l5m sod the
va,lt,lI, nail wlvmg', the .n,we. 10 the 'IUCSllon
may be. bit clouded. If YO"'IIC onc of the fonun.te
few who h.ve worked conlLnuOLU'y, ",vd ",d
mvt:llcd wlKly, and have .eyer.1 y",u' w~gU
ulel lucked ,way In hillh YIeld CD. o. ",nul
properly, the InS ...·C' may be yell but If you 3 1C
onc of the nuny who live week to week un yllUI
p.ycheek (to uy nothing of ,hule existing Without
• checkl. !,'ymg on the mon,.""" olllhc mC.nS of
u.nspon'lion, lor food Irld clOIhlng, thtn Ihe
.o,wt. " nO
Smce 1980 dIe ' t~lk . ~all1Y IS .h~1 people who
I~bor for thdr h ..,ng ~rc lo'lng Ihelr pllce In Ihe
e~onomy Rnl w~ges Jle down In r cl~"on 10 .he
Con.umer Pnce [ndell. and rtal IOt~re51 utes arc
up. DespHe .he da.ms thaI Inlblloo .s under
conuollnd the ,u~quent recovery r3e.n, ahud.
mO!lI economl!u fed that mtercSt r~IU w.1I rC
main in the doublc .1.,115 10' the rUI of the century
While that may be welcome new. 101 .he 10 pe,cent
01 the popul.llon who dellYe ,uMt.nu.1 person.1
meome h om mVelilment paymenn. II IS 01 [utle
cheer to the ma,omy who labor 10' thell fire and
pay .he fre,g.t 10 IhOlle InvUtorl "mply to maIO
uln an .verage livlOg nand.rd While II may be
..,ued thn .ht' 0Ppoflunity to IOYCSt IS open to
aU, the .m~lIen of mmd. can He tha. " you'rt
nOI the ODe Wllh tht' capllal you do the paym&.
nOI Ih~ rcce,Y.n,'
WhIle It II eVIdent that thoH 01 wealth arc
runnm, the poliCies th~tltul.!~ our economic IIvu,
it i. probably ItUe that they .Iway, have, but nOI
wilh Ihe unbridled b'a$ thown 10 the last loul
ye ... s. Th~ Au,uS! condne 10 D.llas showed the
ruling p.rty to be den In III mand.le to itself
The l ~ Will be no plllty b'C n ~,
heculin Board, lI obcrt " Rob" Wi lliarll50n, h ­
tcul;ve Board, Robert Missey, Runci. ! nc. ttaIY·
bus;neu mana'U I F. Muntir IlIddolL", pru ldtnt ,
Thomll Donunn, reco rdio, UCrtt" " Curse
Monckt on, EUCUlivf Board, Ind Dnnald Win·
mlnn, tru ~ unr . Adml n l~ t c rin , the ollh II 11th
D1 u rlet Vin P''lldf nt lack Moore , far.is hl.{MI ..-
io, hom thr piclUIf i~ lam n " On ...," Lawson, vier
p,u idrnt.'
Old-timers
BII)lncU M.n.grr Rnbert M;ucy is pielurrd after
prc .. r nling S, othrr lIen.y C. Schlichler, 1"1, and
Ihothrr lI enly C. Ku chne. , r ; ~hl , wit h Iheir me mo
br"h lp pi ns .nd c erllfl c al e~,
d.y, lune II, 1984. I Hh o'$tll(1 V"e PIUldent
I.ck Moore wu on hand.o admml51er the o.uh of
olflce 10 the Mwly elected Brothers The offlc~"
arc Robert Mincy, fln.ncbl tccrclary·bullUe,s
mlna/te., F Montie lladdo •• plnldent, Thoml5
Oonovan. Iccordln, ..,el~ taly , Oon~ld W.Umann.
treuurer, I.mcs "Dou," Law!On, v.ee preS,dCllt,
.nd lohn "lack" Stevens, Robe .. " Bob" w.ll"mlOn
.nd George Monckton. hecu"ve Board memhc ..
ThiS II B. othcr MIS.ey'. e"hth COIISCCUIIVr term
tn oIRee, rankin' h,m among the lOp busmess
m.u,en)O the Brolherhood In te rms of lon&