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

eu, as oPJ'IO,ed 10 87 uRIan milu,
m dO$ln&, I would urge ,II 01 our members 10
be registered to VOte "nd gel OUI on November 6,
1984,10 eleel candidalu who bel,eve In Ihe labor
movement and working people Also, gel OUI 10
you r unn meeungs and puucip;(e in OUr own
democratle process within our loc"l unIon, Every
voice Ind every VOte eoun",
NORMAN R 8RO"''N, As.sT 8.M
Rally
Dinner
•
Parade
Pictured I I the Augun 2, 1984, filly for W,h".
Mondale and Ce.aldlnt hr.aro a.r, left 10 . ight,
~lIlt T.euu.ff Ann Rlc hards,nue Replu rnluivc
Mickey l eland, Waltel Mondale, Ce .. ldinc ft.­
raro, GO ~ flno. Mar k While and San Antonio Mayo.
IItnry Cl5nnOl_ {Photo ~ub mi ll ed by Lou160, San
An ton io, Tu .!
At Ihe dinntr ,ivtn In. loul 66, Hounon, Tn..,
ap prcndetS a' f, back InW, If I! to rlghr, Ben Wu.le n
Eddie Riddle, instrunOI, Inhn Speuhlrrl Rob
Thompson, Ronnie Bu .d, Ri chard Chcnowcth,
Hury Crawnoski, busintu manage.; Mack ktnd.
lI. and Billy Begnaud, inJtrucIO' , fronl . 0w, ldl
lu .igh., an Tum Cu .. &~ q Richa"l Dtn,~ldu ,
Richard Bouch, E. ic Boonel jimmie O'Neal, In­
Itlurlo" Cary Gordy; and Sam Cermano.
Loeal S8'. elephanl flail in Il>e labor Da y Parade,
Work Scene Looks Up;
Parade Is a Success
L U, 58 (i,fm,!pa8< rtbl, DETROIT, ...\I C II ~G .eel ­
ings hom Oe trOll, Brothers and S,sters, I'm h;1 PPY
to report that nur wnrk situ;1lion IS lookln~ much
beue., We h ;1 ~e less than 600 members nn the OUIof-work
list and three to four big prole((s corning
up thIS ycar. Who knows, maybe we WIt[ hIve
lome tr aveling BrOlhers here next summer,
OUr labor Day Plude wu a grc ... t success. Almon
150,000 peo ple (arne downtown fOI I real
emilaraung litn~, lu~~ l 58 "Ull the flo~1 tOntcU
with a ISVI-fool·talJ elephant wtth the facc of
Rcag ... n. The ek ph;1nt was &la ndlOg On a trai ler
with ... Por ta-Iohn mounted directly bcneuh his
back end wllh sigos saying thIS W;1S Rugan's
" tnekle·down eeonomlcs," T he flOlll was mainly
deSIgned by apprenllce Carlos Cardon.l Ela,ne
Crawford ami Culos spent many hours wOlkmg
on our plump rachydcrm The speeUto,,' ItaCIIOn
10 the elephant was o\'elwhdmlOg, It was the hll
01 the dQy
Aller the Pande all marchen and Ihell laml],u
.... ere inVlltd b,ck to OUI hIli lor beel, hot dogs,
pop "nd music_ At one ume thcre wu country
musIc '1'1 the parkm& lot, B";lIher JIm Sptltt and
h •• band IR the haU and firm hr. R ... lph WUthrr~
and hIS band in the park next dool. Everyone had
a gleal !Lme_ Many of the .etllees participated IR
the Parade Iglln thIS ycar local S8 know. how 10
throw a pally and Bern.e l aoowllch and his Patade
COmmill(( desel"'e a bIt rll on the back lor In
ouutandrng effort
Remembe., the only .ul powel the workmg
pelson has Iny mort IS al Ihe ballol b(u ThIS is
our yeal lO change things_ Gel e~" I)'body you know
OUt 10 VOle beellusc we need a 101,,1 effort to be ... 1
Reagan
BoB KJNSO ......, P,S.
Local Hosts
Democratic Nominees
L U_ 60 \I!, SAN ANTONIO, TE X._On 11Iu.sclay,
Auguu 2,1984, San Anlonlo wa, P,;v!lclle.1 to play
ho~t to the DemocrallC n"m,"n~ 'nr Jlrr~ulr.n l and
vIce preSident, Walttr Mondale and C""ldrnc felraro
AI'Ploximately 5,000 people turned OUt fI"
thfll rally. Due 10 In uuemely busy 6chedule,
Ihe rally Was held dur1llg thc day whcn mnst peorle
I know we lc al wo,k trying 10 scratch out a h~lng
ThIS is somelhing that hasn't been euy to do ID
the rccent past.
As in every p. esldentlal election yur Ihal I can
remember. lObs ha~e becume more plentiful and
unemployment IS down {COIneldence, mayhdl
ThInk aboul II. A.e you bene. off now than you
were lou. years agol
Mondale and rerralo lie supposed 10 be he. e
agaID belore the November decuon If you gel a
chance to hca. them spcak, I Ih",k you would
bendlt hom 1\ as well as enlOY II. If I sound a hllle
one-SIded, I guess I am, but abo~e all else, no
matte. who you thrnk would do Ihe bener lob. Ihe
mosl Impo.unt Ihlng you Can do IS '-OIO!! II you
don't yote, Ihen you. YOICe ' $ not belllg hUld
I am !,Ioud 10 lay that loc ...! 60 and Alterman
Ele(( .. e Company ale worklOg IOgethe. on the
Ronald McDonald 1I0use. ThIS IS a very worth·
whtle prolect as II affords ra,enu of childt~n who
a. e the unfortunate ~icllms of eanCer a pl ... ce to
suy WLlh thell chIld len while they afe be,ng
tluled A 101 of r ...,enu will now be ahle to be
wIth thell Ch,ld,en when Ihey arC nceded the mOSt
who otherWISe mIght nol be able to afford it
BrothelS C ... II Weyel and Rudy M ~ n do~a ha ~ c t ~kcn
the bull by th~ h U III ~ and ar t !!. '~"'K KClJtru usly of
theIr lime 10 o ~ trsce Ih" projeCt Whe n they ask
fOI volunteers, plcue a~ail you"elf of the opportUnLly
to help olhen who arC 10 a IIInc of g'cu
need. Than k you.
The ~ lI ondancc II thc regular monlhly meeting
h., been ~ try pOOl lately. [ very month, whcther
you realize" or nOt, some vcry Important decisions
IrC madCI and this local unIon (clIlmly oeeds and
dUlles your InpUt Attcnd you. uDlnn meellngs
.nd m.ke your~lf hu.d. It only I ~kn a courlc 01
hou.s PCI month
TOMMY D"'VI~, P.S
Local Hosts Contest;
Work Scene is Bad
L U_ 66 (o, u& t!, HOUSTON, T EX.-On May 25
t.oc:al 66 was proud to hoSl the \984 OutSIde
ApPlenlice COntnl ThIS yu. 11'1 ...... 1 M wa~ rrp
lesenled by Mack Kendall, who dId a very good
job. TheContru wu won by the Kansas aprren"ce
We would like 10 ukc lhlS 0ppo"Un"y 10 con
Kfllulale Kansas ag",n on a lob well done.
On lune IS Ihe App.enlLcc Commillcc held a
dmnel 101 the graduating al' p rcnllce~ Local 66
would lIkc to congratulate rhe new lourneymen
lor working.o ha rd lor th rce·and-onc-hall ytar~ 10
ac h ic ~ c th •• gnal We know they wdl mak" g"od
lourneymen, lind mO$1 Qf all Ihey "til make e~cellen
l union mcmrn:.s. Good luck 10 each and
eve ryone 01 you. The , •.• duale .... ,C Ronny Bea.d,
Ric hard n CM~idas, Ene I\oone, Rlch. rd 80hCl>,
Sam Germano, Richard Chenowclh, Gary Gordy,
Mack Kcnd;111, Rod Thompson, Tury Toole and
Cary Wood.
for the pall .c~tr.1 months Houston ligh llng
and Powu Company ha$ had a major drug IOd
alcohollnvesllgation which resufted III a new drug
policy by Ihe Company. A 10lnl committee of
Hl&'P and local 66 Spenl many hours discuuing
this SUbleel and hopefully has established a Ichab,htallon
proglam Ihat wtll help Iheir employeu
and all concerned rarlJU
The Walk ,itunion is 11111 vc ry bad hCle m
lIouston Thete a.e sull aooul 60 local Imemeu
On the book, and 00 work m 11,,111, so "uve a
rhone call," B.others. We hne appro:umately 24
of OUI hnemen worklnx.n Calrlolflla at lhllllme
On july 21, luul 66 Il~d ~ ba,-b-q ~nd !,Itnle,
and a xood lime was had by.1l CongratUlallons
to Wallcn SUleir.h"u.en, thc "chIef cook," and all
hIS aSSlSlanl (ooh lor a lOb well done on b,albecumg
the meat It was del,etous u was all the
olhu food Our Ihanlu al5n fOI everyone who
donated thell time 10 help ser¥( and dean up Ihe
picmc g.ounds
Welcome aboHd 10 Iktb Wa ld, who is OU I ne ...·
aSSl5Unt bu~mns manage. In chatgc of construe·
lion
~c .11 01 you at the nUt regular meeling,
MIH "R... T" R OBINSON, P.S
In Your Own Interest,
Get Out and Vote!
L U_ 72 {I& ul, WACO, TEX.-Greelings from eenual
Texas m the good ole USA The summer was
espeCIally hnt .Ind dry; but by the lime you are
reading thI S, ll should be • htl cooler_ Hopefully
we ""II have Icceived the abundance of rlln they
ha d foreculed also
Wel l, cnough about the wU lhe r. l eI's gel down
10 what should be mOSI Importanlln every wOlkmg
man and woman, the presidential ele((lon Ihat II
lakmg place 10 November 11 there Ilanyone among
us who IS nOI .eglSlc.ed to vote, they should be
alhamed of themselves [~ery VOle COUntS, Ind
yours 11 the mOlt .mpoltanl The hdp was there
If yuu necded II
Meanwhile, If your mmd IS not qUlle made up
yet U 10 whom 10 vote for , let me Iry .O sway you
In 'avol ol lhe Mond"le·fen alO ticket_ Thc [km
ocratle Pany has b.cen the {!lend 01 Ihe wOlk"'g
~ople for u long as I eall remembe. I am eon~Id
ered yuung In Ih,s trade, so you may wanl to uk
thc older people Ihell opinion They ha~e seen
p"huctaos come and go ... nd know the bad from
the good. You can't beat lul,life expe. ience Pnf
",rlan. tend", uac b.cu and flgu.el Ihat make
th,-m look good [)Qn'l take Ihell word for " look
LIp Ihe faclI youlsc!f, nr find lomcone you u n
rcall)' lrun 10 Idl you.
The labor ",,,vemen! h.ls been gomg 1111 fill Ihe '"
la~ 1 1110 y ear~ III mille, and It has bce ll and will b~
,difhcult I lru,t;Jl le. It 's be~n Sl Id tha, thc '70s WIS
the dee ~ dc of the 5e1f·cen tc rtd people_ During Ihe
'WI rhey prmested apIfIs! h" ieall y c~c r ythlng _