1977-02 February IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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HI' I 'S Ihl l OCII l OS hochy leam In rull unlro.m
Sch olarship Awardee
Pllir SWiln50n. !JOn o r Brotne. LIRoy Swanson, Locar 11 0. St . Paul. Minn .• wu awltdld Ihl
annual Ellctrlcians & AIIOClalll. Inc. Schola..."lp. HI Is shown lIaled belwHn his ","renlS Ind
a t II" Is J acob H.laili. Elect ricIans & Ass.oclallS. Inc .. Boa. d ch.l.men. Slendl&. 11ft 10 "8ht.
1 ' 1 Board mlm~'1 RIChard Oreiling. Tl>omn aabe.. Laureno;e f'lnk. Rudotph Vllrooth. Richl.d
FI' lahlr. J oh n MUlller, John Frlnk"n. Geo'al Adam. J ames CUffln. Bruce Campbell. Mlchllt
Ih kutl. a nd JOh n Thoemk ••
Peter Swanson Awarded
E&A, Inc. Scholarship
L.U. liD, ST. PAUl .. MINN.- Electricians
& Associates. Inc" a non-profit organization
founded 10 promole Ihe welfu re of people
engaged in Ihe elcctrical industry and con·
sisting pri marily of members of local 110.
made: the a ward of the ISlh annual Electricians
&: Associates. Inc. Scholarship at the
regular Board of Directors meeting in OctObc:r.
1976.
1 he recipient was Peler Allen Swanson.
son of Brother and Mtli. Le Roy Swanson.
B rOlh~r Swanson is a journeyman cleclricinn
employed by Highland Electric Company of
SI. Pa ul.
Peter plans to e:arn a degree in mechani·
cal engineering by first all~ndjng Manlato
State College and then the University of
M lnne~OIa. lie is a 1974 graduale of Still­
..... aler lIigh School .... here he .... as an honor
roll student. His ulracurricular activilies
combted of playing ltombone in the: StaGe
(Jand. worldng as a clerk in a ha rdware
store. overhauling smull engines. and build.
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InG go-carts. Ue: plans 10 .... orl ..... hilc atte:nd·
mg college to defray e~ p enscs.
The Electricians &: Associale • Inc. Scholar..hip
is in the amount of $.500 per year for
a period of four years. 'rhe Award is made
on thc basis of scho l a r~ h ip. char:lcter, lind
ne:ed. A selection system that guaranlees liP_
I"licanl anonymity is employed by the Electricians
&: Associates. Inc. Scholarship Com.
mlllee: in deciding the recipient.
The members of Electrician! &: A.s.sociatu.
Inc. conGrarulale Peter and his pare:nts and
arc pleased 10 a~,ist thiS fine young man
ru .... Jrd his eduealional gool.
J OII'" M Ull t fR. P.S.
Reorg anization O ccurs
After Amalgamation
L.U. I I I. O E:oo; \ 't: R. COI.O.- ElTeethe
December 3. 1976. the preside:nt of Local
I I I. Donald L Shaputis. ruiJintd his office
to accept a position as assistant business
alOent for our local. Our hylaws prohibit any
individual from holding th ese: two offices al
lhe same time.
At the December meeting of our EJteculive
Board. I was appoinled to fi ll Oul the
unexpired lerm of President Shaputi~. On
behalf of the membership of ollr local. I
wish to thank Brother Shaputis for his ycan
of dcvolcd service 10 our Ciluse. We all "'ish
him the very beSt in his new position and
lnow he will do an outstandinG job in assisting
our members.
At the \ame time. the Execuli~e Boord
permitted the relocating of Assistant Busi·
ness Agent Gregory Munro to Grand lunction
for the beuer servicing of our members
on the Western Slope.
With the recent amalgamation of Loclils
925 and 1436 with Local III. we now have
JS IInits wil hin our local. Each of these
various units holds a separate meeting each
month and .... ith 14 of these uni ts located
in the " ;e~ lern part of Ihe state. it was fel t
that it .... ould be more economical and provide
beller service to ou r membership to
locate a business agent " ithin the area
served. Gregory will have a big job on his
hands and I am sure will appreciate all the
assistance yOIl can render. He will continue
to "'ork very closely .... ilh our main office in
the Denver arta. however.
One of the main areas I plan to work on
until I leavc office in July. is thc problem
of creating more interest wit hi n our various
un its. geuing people to become more aware
of what is happening. and to ta ~e an acth'e
role in maldng our union a more dfective
bod,.
Wherever you go or .... hatever meeting
you allend. the same problem seems to ai­
..... a)'l be present. People just don't want to
take the time or make Ihe effort to aUend
even one meeting a month. Why people lire
50 hesilant to put forth so lillIe elTort
towards somelhinll than can affect their Jives
so dramatically simply barnes me.
I would m,e 10 ci te just one example
within my own unit. We ha\'e only been
organiud for the past 5i'( years and hnve
made some fantastic progress in that period
of tim~ . We have an outl yi ng district .... here
four of our members have 10 make a round·
trip journey of 160 miles per night to auend
our monthly meeting. During this six-year
period, they have only misscd I WO meetings
due t() .... eather conditions. Usually all four
of them al1end. but very rare:ly Ire lhere
less than three: thai attend. Unfortunately
we: also have a few mem bers that live within
20 miles of our meeting place: a nd never
~ how up at the mccti ngs. What ma~es the
difference'? The people who allend their
meetings and tale an active part re member
Ih~ condilions .... e worked under before.
They ean scc the: benefits Ihey and their
families have rccrived in the past and .... ant
10 continue .... orking to impro.e these ..... ork·
ing conditions. T hey are not conlenl to sim·
ply take what someone else feels is adcqunte
for them to survive.
1 often wonder how v;ltiou$ conl Tnct nego·
tialions and grievances w()uld turn 0 111 if
Ihroughout the year all our units had turnouts
of 50 percent or beller. I'm certain it
....·ould be a much different ball game_ I certainly
hope all of you will male much more
of an effort to attend yOllr meetings Ihis
year. Beller )et_lnke a fellow member with
YOIl and Get twice the results.
SPENC ER CRONK , PRU.
IDEW Jou,nol
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