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

At Swivelier Company
Cigar
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Membe~ of Loul 363. New City. N.Y •. ' ~.n ll)l
loured It •• Sw,~.II • • Company wll". Ihey wo.k.
Shown " Mr. Ph., ..". plant managl ' . wllh the
d isplay 01 p.oduCIS Ihe complI"'y mak ..,
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Shown a re Mr. Phelln; M., A~~ordlno. s ho p
stewlrd: and Mr. Jacobs In Iront 01 p.nelbo~rd
lo r Iochlina d,5plly •.
Broth •• [I";et "CI._'" Brown. wno .. tired trom
Local 369. Lo ...."lIIe. Ky .• In 1973. Is shown
,wIII,n, 1>11 I .. rn In the 16£W BOWlin, To ..,na·
ment In Wasn lnglon. O.C. P I~tu red 10 I>lt 'eft
ere BrOlht .. (d [nt"dg. and Bin Volt.
Mr
Pete "'ccordlno. union shop steward
Mr. Schwam:. is president of the company.
Mr. I'heLm. who starleu 18 ycar~ 3 j;O in Ihe
union. is now plant manal;cr. 1 he union
~ hop ..,Ie\\ard al the plant h Mr. ]'ctc
Accordino, \\.ho has been there 10 )cn"',
The COOlp:tny ... Iarlcd oUI ... ilh I ()(:l l 3 in
I1rooU)n (lml nuw has Lac:l! }t;1 in Roel·
land County.
The comp;tny !>ell ... it~ prooucts Ih rou~h­
OUI the Umted 51ales and Canada lind ha\
abo sold in other tOllnlrie. und elen
Ihout!h II v.a\ heller lov.artl Ihe lauer pOlrt
o f the )c.lr. nothing can compemale for Ihe
lart!e all1llllnh e no\\. :Iml before
it "a ~ very li t:hl .
We c:ln II lso pili some of the bl;ullc o n
ollr)el\·C,),. In the past fe\\ ) ears. \\hen \\C
halc had hig jllh~ anu filII emplo)mcnl. our
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Mr. Pete Accordlno; Mr Sehwl"tl. pres,dent of
SWlveloe r; and Mr. Phelln,
members and ollr COntnl(Wr.. let t!o o f resi·
c.h:nlial and small comnlercinl and iouu ~·
trial jobs. Dil;ber olOney nnd pfofits WCfC
ea!oier (0 comc by • ..0 ~hy ,holiid thc con·
Iraclors bid the ~ mllil joh ~, I n n if they did.
our r eople lIidn'l "11111 10 "orl. on Ihem.
'I he result. non·union 'hop, hone picl.eu up
Ihe \Iack.
Small one-and·t"o m;ln C the) .. ere able 10
p,cl. lip more and more or the \\Orl. we
thou!!ht \\as too meni rll 10 do. No\\. along
\\ilh ABC, thc~c eonlracto" nre forming a
non-union union. of ,nrl'. :lnu nrc e\Cn \r}.
ing 10 gel 11 fedemlly fllmlcd :lpprentice,hip
progr:lnl 'Iarted. Sc.lh upp,.~n l icc, paid fwm
)our ta"( dollar'
Wilh thint!s hl.c th" h.lppcnint:. hoI'. long.
lin }Oll Ihinl. lour lin ion .. ill be ahle 10
protect )'our rit!hts M II "orl.ing man7 It
'\Cem\ Ih:lt hig mone). lhc poli[ici:1n,. a nd
lhe courts really enjuy ~eeing union [l'Coplc
hit the dedi Tt) ,;ty ),our fui lire i, in )Otlf
hand, b a grO!.s ur.dcr,t;ltement If )011 U(ln'l
help It .. I..«p ollr uniun ,Irong. )011 mit!ht :I~
IIl'I ll. i~5 it t!ood·b)e.
A~ a union memocr )UII h:I'" 10 fight for
}our right-. in acconl:uKe 1\lIh the l:1wS pro·
vided through al lr 1\',·:11 h) I"\I ~ and Ihe
I BI'W CUlhlilllliun 11 111 rememocr one
thint!: olher member\ 11.1\1,' ri}:ht\ al\(l. Whal
lOU thin!. i~ a ,iol;lliun. n\;l) h.:: mhinterrre·
1:lIion. Refure }uu 1"l.e :t..tinn. lie ~Ufe your
interpretalion i, in :In·"nl.ln~·e .. ith the
thml.mg of the IBI \\ :mu i, in the h;:,~t
inten'~h of the m;ojUljt) of 1[, memocf\, If
)011 ~pe,,~ and a.·1 In" 'llli.. U). }UU rna} in·
(rillt!" on Ihe ri!;hl\ ,lIul eundil",", of olher~
Ihal are ~uPr>05ed I .. be )"lIr " Il rother~."
Let'~ \\url. lot!cther lu ~ecp our union
'trnng.
I{' )(';I II. JOII'.
Dorn on Seplember 24. 190 1. "Cig:lr"
lI·a, inillaled inlo L0(;31 369 Ihe day afler
hi~ hillhdll)' in 1923. Shortly after his fi rst
311elllpi (II retirement. Drother Drown re'
!lIrned 10 Ihe Irllde 10 apply li b many years
I)f uflCllcnce a~ chief union Sle\\lUU on the
'·ord tfuel. pL'"t project. lie h:l~ been reo
tired now 'iinee November. 1973. lie has
heert a blJ\\ler in Ihe Eleclric:.1 Worl.e l"ll
I eallue ,inec ih inception ( E.~ aCI ualc is
open for di~~IMion,) Although his c)e~igh l
has delerlorated bceall'oC of a eatnTnll con·
dltinn. "Cigar" i, ~lill an acli\c participant
on Ihc I &. II I'lectric Team cI'ery J"uc\uny
ni t! ht lie h;l ~ been an a s~et 10 the local for
many yc:a r\ :lnd his pcr,evcr:mce a~ :I bowler
h Ill~r e l y o nc eXample o f hi ~ determination.
T he emplo) ment picturc still indicates a
trend of impro\cment allhough p:.infull)·
,low. ).e'enll Joh~ arc ju,t gell ing "ofT Ihe
bo.."lrll,.- v.hile a fell of the lart!er jok arc
nc;oring .'umpletion.
0 ,,"·1 forget' The munthly mcetint! ",ill
he on Ihe fOllrth Monda} Ihi~ munt h. (a,
"'1101 1) /o.b ~e "Ian\ 10 allcml.
OIt\-lIl [; lOl t t t 11.. 1' 5.
Brother Fish Receives
life-Saving Award
L.l'. 3911. C II"I{u:sro~ . S.c. John D.
n'h. a jllllrne)man linemall in Ihe Waller·
IlIlTo line ~re\\. fe~ci'eu Ihe 1976 SoUlh
Carolina o.:"uration:ll U fe-S:I~ing A"':.rd
at the \9th StIIlth Carolina O,;cupational
~;Ifely ConferCllce (In October 6 :lOd 7 in
Columhia. II I.' "a~ pre~ented Ihe A" ard plu~
" SIU() ,a\i n ~, "ond fur pulling lin IIllcon·
\~IUU' v.llm:ln from her bllrning car follo"­
ing an 11 4 ,5 :'01. aUlo accidenl. on May 19.
in front of Ihe SCE-CeO Waherhoro Senitc
Center Building. \\here he lIa ~ worl.ing.
More un Ilrothcr I h h ne\t monlh.
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