m the R"e and ,he SIX loul Brothell. Ceolge Ke n , 8nm Smee, Go.d Thompwn, Mike Shana· ball, "m Bryce and Andy TOlkelson ume In "cond m a steady, well·dlsclpll ned liCe, JUS t el&ht mm' utes out 01 Ilru pbce. Uur congratulations &0 10 the " Rhel R.ts" The wOlk picture has not blighlened up tOO much m our area, although .here IS a lot <strong>of</strong> work on the hon:ton We ale IWl1llng SlelCO, Doluco and .he downtown cOle to Itaf( Ihelr . eUnet ami UpanflOn.1t .nnounced lau Apnl We would ILkc to thank our locals m Onullo and aero$.l lhe bo,der 10. all IheLl help dunng our unemployment yells Ou. lalUI !JOup <strong>of</strong> Brothe.s 10 .e",e hom the <strong>IBEW</strong> lit lohn fOld, All Orav, W,lhel", RuJ"I"II, ErnIe Shaw, Don Urquhart, William F Wllhamson, C.m 1. "CI, Geo.,e Chad bolt, lell Smee, Norm Brock, Will Oates, Ernut Payne, Roben Hedefine, Harry Spencer Ind Walt Harpc:1 OUI local Wishes them all ,he ve,y b.,.1 III thClr re'Hemenl yun Brothell, OUI local was saddened by the dealh. <strong>of</strong> fou r <strong>of</strong> OUI member, lick Shannon, Bob Heda· Rne, Terry Steel and "m While. We u.end OUt deepest Iympath,es to Ihell famlhes Bo_ PAItI\U, P S. would be 10 5hu('Cn youl pcnciis. cn ck the books and hone y01.lr sk'lls. beuu~ Ihe cduclled 10UI neyman cieelllClln IS III demand! The Illmmer here pas.ed qllickly wuh the local 8rolhe" .nd S,.tCl~ enluy,nll full (mploymem alII" sulfellng <strong>11</strong>0m a vtr~ long and crowded ... IU on Ihe bench. We cannot strcss enough, howeve., the ImpOrtance <strong>of</strong> eonllnUlIIg to st:pport the fnends 01 labor m thc loc.l, IIlIe and IIIlIon,l elec,ions YU'" iub dq,~"d) u
Officials Thanks Graduates Piclu"d I . t . he judge . od It UtU who (ondutlt.d the drcllon 01 <strong>of</strong>ficefJ 01 Lonl <strong>11</strong>4 on l u"t I. P;clLud.1t the ntW olfltcu 01 Loca1 124, ".nul .. City,Mo., who Wr rt ~ woln in by the pU t pluidr!!t 01 Loul 124, Frank VOCh .llfl. to- The big A TI!I.T lob hu bc'tn b,uking ground for $tv" ••] momhl, and by 'rnn! at the latcst should tIC' ""Hlng 10 lake on wuemen A ll'ge gillen, prOlecl hu been proposed by the B. E. Saul Comp.ny nf Chevy Chan, Maryland, fOf the Overland Park, Kln.n, arCI. Similar to suucturea now clIll llng 1R IIOU51On and DaU •• , the projt:cl Will Include. 4S -IiGry hotd, oillee . space, condos and I large ,hopp;n, mall. If Ip' proved, the proltCI may nal' In 1985 Another PIOICCI prOpOsed by the R II S.llou ComJ'lany is I condominium complu on the Coun· try Club Plaza. Onglully de' lgncd as a Ic.ies <strong>of</strong> high·risc buildings, zoning obSlldn lie Cluslng .edeslgns <strong>of</strong> Ihe structures. Itowever, the I"oleel is eommitt~d to be In the $300 mUlion UeI, so .... whltev.:r the layout, thaI's I 1I,~c prolect [ would like to congr.tulale and compliment the following Srmher, on the fine job they did con dUCling thc Local 124 elecuon <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficers on lune L [ personally know a lot 01 hOUri <strong>of</strong> hud work wenl inlo whal ended II beillg a smooth alld nOli ' problemlilc clectlon. The following members we. e tellers It thi. fleclion : Guy D.uhclI, Paul Kidu, George Garrison. Karl Schmidt, Ga ry Williams, Charln McCormick alld Fred Wilion. The Iud,.: for the elecuon wu Brother MIke OWen5. Thin y·cight membe.s <strong>of</strong> Loc.1 124 recclved Ihel. IS·Yel. krvice pins at the gener.! meetlog on AuguSt 8 Tholc prUent wue Kelln~th N. Coun ney, Rlchud E. fallis, BUly C . Ferrell, Stcphen I Cocthals, Rodge r K. lbflingloo, ' amel Hood, Rob ell D_ Klmb.lI, Joseph A Lynch, 'r., and Dould ,," L. Pluce. and the followlI1g member, we. e .eeog nilCd for IS yells <strong>of</strong> IUVlee; ',ck 0 8.umll, Edwlfd L. Bedsworlh, Ja ck G Keeney, Evclett McNutt, Carl L. Stevent, Jr., Ihrohl Wills, Jlmes C. Albright, Evelel! M Dorr, Phil Mook, Sterhen H McAuley, Bell C. Shuley, Rodney A Sommer., Vince I. V.nCamp, Jr, Frank W WalJ.ce, Ir , Edwll1 Hanley, Frank S. Emery, Norman A Goodm.n, Otis V. Smilh, lames L. Crouch, Rllph 0 liarmer, Raymond G Huluy, Ronald W Jonet, Richud F Miller, David L. Morri$, jay W RUJhton, Richard D. Smilh, J.tk L. Sleele, Donald Brandon .nd Leonard E. lIahn. Broth er Raynal Steps Down as President • L U. 130 (181.0), NEW ORLEANS, LA.-The aCtom· panying pic ture, submit led by a rothN Jim Loomi', ,hQw, President·eleci loc ra rdo giving oUlgoing President Benny R.lynll I cake from the membe" Pluldtnl·tlUI loe Pardo, .ighl, <strong>of</strong> LOCi I no, New O,lunl, ~ ., &lvu oUlloins PI",.i· de DI BtDDy lIyn,1 a u h from Iht memM .. <strong>of</strong> LOOCiI 1l0 . <strong>of</strong> Local 130. The mltllpllOn says If .lL, "LocI I IJO thanks you, Benny" Brother Rlynal deCIded nOI to run for reelec tion and WIll be retlling loon Benny has K rvcd thIS local well nOI only u pres' idcnl, but al,o II an 1I"5lant bu,incu agenl. I memb~r <strong>of</strong> tht Exccutive Hoard and variQu, com· mI lIeu. Among Ihe committees h~ served 0<strong>11</strong> were the NcgoUating Cornmlltce hWltei.nd Ihe Ileahh and Welfare COlllmillce lor nine yca", I want to Wish tvcryon( a liappy Thanklglving. I know if you only look al all tht n~j(auve Ihing' happening, like the work SItuallOn not being vuy good at the present IIIIIC, or&ani~ed lalwr IlwlY' fighling jun to lIay alive, Iht ullta-conservative • u5mg all the news medii Ihal they own to keer lelling the public tht orga lll;CJI bbor h., OUt· lived 'IS u5eiulness, onc could gel very depressed. Wdl, leI me lell you Ihat you have a lot to be thankful fo,. You I.ve m I country th.t <strong>11</strong>I0wl you co live your life your own way, spl:.k OUI for or agam~1 anylhll1g you have an Opll<strong>11</strong>0n on .nd mlny other Ihll1gl. I .It-O W,lli 10 say thlt or~.nized labor has nOI outlived HS u,dulneu. We hIVe 10 tonVlnce che general public Ihat we help them, too AU Ihe rub!.e has 10 do tS to look II al\ the lawl organized labor hIS fought for thai benefited everyone, nOt IUJ! us. When orp-nlled 1.bC'cl.1 people. These cho,en members arc this yeal's graduating appren lieu lohn Arnold, Myra Ch""ianson. R.ck Colbeck, Jeff COl, Jon Dcarnbarger, Doug Ford, Lynn H.rner, Bob Hlwbakcr, Ma.k Maples, Bill Smgle· lOn, Fred Smith. I'" and Rick WIllenborg. On Jun e 14, <strong>1984</strong>, there WII a banquel g,ven at our locil ball The evenin, was quile • lOece" and. very cnloyable lime for all who attended. Being one 01 Ihe new ,ourneymen myself, I 1m very th.nkful for the opportunity 10 h.ve served my apprcnlltuhlp and our unton as I whole I rcalbe how fortunate we were to have even heen klectCJI, and, for mOSI 01 UI, to hlye finIShed il1l1 • lIule oye, four yean. Howeyer, 1\ tould jUst IS cully not have hap(>C'n~d It .<strong>11</strong> We wrre I bit lucky though. Our c1u, wu laken In 1980 befole Rugan'. r~glme came <strong>11</strong><strong>11</strong>0 power Work beca1l1e .taree. IS it did for many other local, acrost Ihe country. The workIng c<strong>11</strong>1S, <strong>11</strong>1 gcn~ .. l. wu huded for hard urnes. Had It not be~n for the Clinton Power PI.nt job, our 10ClI would have hod in uee .. <strong>of</strong> 50 pctcelll unemployed for th~ pa" couple 01 years. Ncvellhcleu, our "fine" p.esident usu red everyone Ihat betler limes were ahead But 101 whom! Surely 1I0t the working middle dna, , he eldelly 01 Ih e poor "lUng Ronald" (anOlher ch"atter in a leries <strong>of</strong> lDiesl hu attacked Ihe very he~'1 <strong>of</strong> Americ • . Four yt," ago, our labor lude'li endorsed ~nd IU PflOrted Ihe l)cmocrallc Pany's cand.date, )unmy C.rter IIUI for some penonal, Ind.vidual reasonl, 1---------------------------------------- 1 I I ! Address CHANGED? I 1 Brothers and SIsters, we I want you to have your JOURNAL! When you have a change <strong>of</strong> address, please lei us know. Be sure 10 Include your old address and please don't lorget 10 fill in l. U. and Card No. This information will be helpful in checkIng and keeping our records straight. " you have changed local unions, we must heve numbe,. 0' bolh. NAME '.' .............. , .......... " .. , ........... . NEW ADDRESS .... " ..•......................... ,. ... ". ci~""""""'" ·&i'I.············· ii,;~."· PRESENT LOCAL UNION NO ...... " .............•... CARD NO ..................... " .................. . ell \lnknown - ei'leck witll loe.l Union) PENSION MEMBER o OLD AODRESS ........ , .. , ........................ . ci,; ........ , , ..... ·Si'l.· ..... , . , .... ii o ' COd •••. FORMER LOCAL UNION NUMBER Mail <strong>11</strong>: Clrtulitian Department Interutlonll 8raUterhDad af Eleclrlc31 Warker1 <strong>11</strong>25 15a Street, M.W., Wu~ingtOll , D. C. 2DDIl5 ~ - - --- ---- --- ---- -- - - -------- - --- - -- - -- - "
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