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IJecemller '996 

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Winning 

Shotfrom 

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EDITORIAL 

J.J Borry, Intemollonol President 

What a YeaI' 

cccmber seems to bring Ollt our refl ecl ive 

D nature. The short dfl s and Ihe closing of 

anothe r year make U ' all ponder \ hal has gone 

hl!fore in the previolls monlhs and whal is to 

co me wi l h the promise of a new yea r. For 

working people. the nal ional elecl ions in the 

nile d S lates provided call c fo r rclkction. 

The d cct ions yielded mi xed rc...,\u!t1\. ...trong Irtbor 

VO l e helped propel Presidelll Bill linton to an ovcrwhelming 

electoral vote victory fl nd .'111 l~ight - p o jn t 

popular vote margin over en. Rohe rt Dole, Exit polls 

howed that union housdlOlds ravored Prl'..;iucnl lin 

Ion by 64 percent. with 2 pcrcent for Sl!n, Dole and S 

percent for Ross Pero!. The I B 1:: \ and I he r~SI 01 

organi/ed IflOOr fonnall cndor~u Prc~ilk'n t Clinton 

hcca ut,e or our belief that hi.:;; reelection wo uld he in 

the be:,t economic i n t ert.:st~ of wUJ'kir1g people. \Vhilc 

wc rt:spcct divergent vi ew fo:

JJ.IARlY 

ln1erroo1 MCJI p", I 

112515'" $I N W 

WOlJ. )1OfI, D

I B E W 

CU RRE NTS 

Pillard's 

]\/lessage 

(Ed. I/O/(' 

Some 

rem/en lu/) 'f.! ll.lA, .. d to 

~ee Ihe lext of Ihe 

me~ .wge .full to lire 

IB EW·., 35th COIll'ell 

HOI1 h)' {merntlllolllli 

Presidem En/fruu .. 

ClllIrfe\' P,lIard, w" o 

wo'O wwhle 10 (l1Il!lId 

U1 pero;()" Ilere it is.) 

InlemahonoJ PresicJenl Emenful 

Dear Presidenl BaIT) : 

II is with the wa rmeM feelings of 

brotherhood and a ffect io n Ihat I 

extend my personal brrccti ng" to you, 

Secretary Moore. and all Ihe officers. 

delegates. and slaff allhe 351h Inlernationa1 

Convention of our grl.!3t uniun. 

W hile il grieves me that I cannol tx: 

\1,.ith you in person. I hope Ihal everyone 

down Ihere in Phi ladelphia knows 

that this old o ldler is most cenain l ~ 

there in spirit. ju!:tl a:, I am there in 

spiril \\ ith all m\' IBEW brothers and 

sistcI1I in all their activities. 

The opporlUnily 10 lead tltis greal 

umon was the gre.le I h nor of my life. 

I take pride in !..nQ\\ing Ihal I worked 

hard and foughl hard on behalf of or 

members. II is an awesome responsibil 

Ity 10 lead a IIIl10n such as Ihe IBEW, 

representing so many facets of the electrical 

ind u~ l ry. i.lmll hopl: Ih (l t those of 

you whom I knQ\\ wel L and lhose who 

have never mel me know that , alwa~ 

kepI Ihe weU being of Ihe membership 

foremost in my !lund. as I !..now you tlo 

a~ wcU. 

The heauty of the IBE\V is [hal il is 

buill on the mOl.;t solid foundation in 

the labor filO\ emenl. \Ve haH~ a 

Irel1lcndou~ bas.c of talent in this organuallDn. 

and there IS no force thai can 

beat U~ if we remain lrw: 10 the pri nciples 

of \olidarily and hrotherhood. 

Ha\lng wielded the gavel at four 

International Con\cnlio n ~. I know 

Ih .. 11 there wilJ he 110 shortage 

of IIvel} discus ion 

c-tm.llh:bah.! 0 11 man} is ues 

at thi .. Cllnvt!nLlon. 1 urge 

a ll of you. ho \ ever. 10 

leave the hall Ullilcd. 'Nc 

have p l ent~ of genUlne 

enemies oul there. people 

\\ ho l)C:ek nothing Ie ~ than 

the ut:struct ion of the 

lahor m ovem ent. I r we 

stand toget he r. th.:)' ha \lc 

11 0 hop ' 01 doing. ~n_ 

I hope Ihal ~oo. Ihe delegall! 

10 Ihls convention. 

carryon the proud tradnion of Ihe 

(BEW. Let U~ Ill.!ver forget Ihat we 

have

Australian 

Electrical 

Workers 

Visit TIle 

IBEW 

omcial, from the Electrica 

l T rades Union 

(N.S, W.) o f Au,l,."li" 

mlHlu a r.;IOP a t the: 

SecrelOry Moore, 

_and !rom the 

ftth. poses wifh 

NeviJ1e &ens, 

orgoniset" for the 

flec"~al Trocr, of NECA. ETU. Ihe NSW 

lind ACT I:lcctricity Supply Indu .. try 

1 rai ni ng Co-ord in a ti o n COlllmit tee. 

MM Cable..,. Int egra l ~ Il crg~ (l nd 

R dl'i.~cra li on and Ir C(lndi li1.) n in~ 

Con\r,H.:\ur'-l A ... ~\)cia\ i ol\ nf AN, . The 

c\!ntrc ha .. i.I long Ibt of 'pun::.or"~ 

illrillcling '''!It'h comptlllu· ... (I'" Sharp. 

H oover ,HIli ACfE\V COl'por

I.BE\lV Gels 

a " TOlll''' 

at Universal 

Studios~ 

l ocal 40. Hn l 

Iy\\tlod. Ca li · 

IUl"lIiH . llducu 

anOlhcr group 

01 e l1lpl o~el'~ 

c~idcn t of the Joint Shipyard Bargainll1g 

Council. \ ICC presidenl or the 

Briti'h Columbia and Yukon Territor 

y Building and Conr;;trucliun 

rrade .. Council : a memhcr of the 

\I1i nil.;(c:r of Lahour's Con~lruclion 

Indu";lrv Advb,on ('mlncil of British 

('o!umbiii; memher of thl' Joint 

Ad mini"lrativc COl11 l1li llC~ ror the 

.I urbdiclional ""i£,lI l11e111 Plan of the 

Briti..,h Columhia Con!llrutlH1n Indus- 

try: a member 01 the Federal Con 

"'lructlon Inuu..,lry DC\c!tlpmclll 

council: and prc\o,icicnl of thr.: BlI1ldmg 

'1",dc, OlUne" and Ihe Meidl I"lddc, 

CouncIl. lie- al,o ..,t:rvcd ror I\\-dve 

l:Ul.., on the Bri li,h ('oluml"ua L::lhour 

Rclu ti on~ Board. 

Urolher McAvoy ,crvcd hi, cou ntry 

II ~ ill1 r.:lct.;triclan in the Royal Canadian 

avy In Korca and Will

SECOND PLACE 

Submitted by Ronald Harowicz, Local 77, 

Seattle, Washington 

This photo depicts a crew from Local 77 working in the 

wake of a natural gas explosion. The photo was aclu Ci lly 

taken on a sunny day, but the smoke from the explosion 

made it look like an early morning fog. 

6 

'BIW JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1996

RESU~iS 

OF THE 

iBEUI'S 

FIRST 

PHOIO 

C ONTEST 

THIRD PLACE 

Submitted by Michael Monroe, Local 387, 

Phoenix, Arizona 

This photo shows members of Local 387 hanging 

around" I a Iraining site for work in Ihe G rand Canyon, 

II conveys Ihe lenglhs 10 which some members go in 

performing their jobs, 

IBEW JOURNAL/ DECEMBER 1996 

IIG ivto' Us YOllr BC'I l . hOI!" 

""d Ihe hen dllne 0 11 Ihe 

in'iide bad. cover of the April1 ...... uC of 

Ihe /13£11' Jill/nil/I, Thai i, e,actly 

",hal morc Ih"n 6(H) 113 1 W mel11 he" 

t1 id in !-.uhmitling cll1ric~ Itl the fif"it 

ever I SEW Pholo Con lc,t. 

nnle'ita nl, \\crc :t\l..cd 10 , uhmil 

photograph" ,huwing I B t: \V rnl.!ll1bers 

at \\ork on th e joh or ptirlidpntlllg in a 

uniun-rclm ... u ucth it). A .. Ih ~ CHit for 

cnlrics Slilh:cl: "One f(:t clor that unilc~ 

IBE\V member" b rrh.h:- pridc in 

doing high qua lity work: pnde in thL' 

trade: prith: in hcin!!, pari or the 

I BE\V. \\ c \\;Inl (0 'iCC the IBC\V 

C\IJCriencc on film:' Thill l.'xpcricncc 

., c,\i.Il:ll) \\h;)1 '\hme" Ihroll~h In th t.! 

entries. c\pcciall~ tho, ~ "..:h':ClcU (1'\ 

our wmner" 

The judging 111 the conl4,!\t \\ ~l'l dlln~ 

by a panel cOIl'lbting of: Bill Burk~. ,I 

profession al phowgr:lpher in I h.; 

WHsh inglun, D.C. CIrca ; Carol Ci polnfl, 

Supe",i'or of Ihe InEW Journal 

1111(.1 Medin Rdalioll s DCptHlmcnt; 

James Du .. lww. DireCll)r of tht: II EW 

Utilit y DI'!1arlnwll l; Mic:lmcl NugcJl(, 

I nlern rll iona l Rep re"il.!nl alive and 

ama teur photographer; rlI IIJ Susan 

Phillip" So I'ctary--ll'en,ul'cr of Ih e 

Intanation a) I .ahor CC.l11l11unlcatl0n\ 

>socialion (ILC ), 

The fjf"'-,l fllac~ \\ inner. Ir.::uur~ d on 

lhl.! co\'er of thi~ issue \HP... uhlllllted 

h~ ~Iark Smaniotlo 01 loral 21 n. 

Atlantic Cit, c\\ Jerse} 

The JOllrlwl \\I~he\ 10 IluHlk e \ e r~ 

one \\ ho ,u~ll1i llcd clHric ... to the: 

contest. \Ve plan to tlo it ag,l in In 

1997. ~o loot.. for annOUnCCnll·nts in 

fUlure is"lul.' ... . 

• 

( ( OIlfil/lled ml Nprt Page) 

7

PHOTO CONTEST 

HONORABLE NlE 

(COllfilfued from Page 7) 

19 & 

ONS 

Submitted by Kathleen Johnsen, 

Local 77, Seattle, Washington 

Shown here are Kristie Prechael. 

an apprentice Local 77 memb r 

lIeh). and Gory LoGear moving 

secondary wires to a new pole. 

Submitted by Barney D. Hill, 

Local 763, Omaha , Nebraska 

Local 763 member Dove Su~on 

prepares to put in 1,380 lb. coal 

conduit ninety at the Nebraska 

City Station of the Omaha 

Public Power District. 

Submitted by James W. Burge, 

Local 126, Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania 

This photo shows a crew from 

Local 126 sleeving and 

pressing wire for a project in 

Martinsburg. Po. 

8 

IIEW JOURNAL/DECEM8ER 1996

Submitted by Michael J. Damico, 

Local 124, Kansas City, Missouri 

The iudges thought this photo captured the family 

values that ore so important to IBEW members 

Retired member John Fennessy is pictuled holding his 

grandson Drew Fennessy Rrnther Damico noted on 

the photo that Drew's other grandfather, his mother 

and five uncles ore also IBEW members and asks: 

"Think he'll be on electrician? 

Submitted by 

Eric Gyur, 

Local 18, 

Los Angeles, 

California 

The judges 

thou!:)h t Illut this 

entry dramatically 

portrayed 

the product with 

w hich every 

IBEW member 

works rn some 

formelectricity 

GET 

READY 

TO 

GIVE US 

ANOTHER 

SHOT~ 

The first IBEW Photo Contest was 

such 0 success thot we mR going t() 

do it again in 1997 We will be 

looking for high quality photos by 

IBEW members which convey the 

pride and spirit of our Brothers and 

Sisters through their work and 

union activities. 

A call for entries, including a 

slightly revised set of contest rules, 

wifl be published In the NIorch 1997 

issue of the Journal. Since 1997 is 

not on IBEW Convention year, we 

will hove a longer open period for 

submissions. 

Once ogoin. the Journal extends 

than to all who porticipoted in the 

1996 contest. Who knows? 

Maybe your prize-winning shot 

will oppeor In next December's 

Journal. 

IDEW JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1996 

9

A 

con voy of transformer and e cort vehicles 

started across the runway at the Cleveland- 

H opkins International Airport, 

under the watchful eyes of tbe airtraffic 

controll ers in the airport 

control tower.

T he melodic sounds of bagpipes playing" 

oing Home," eloquent I piped 

by Loc" I 3R. Cleveland. Ohio. member 

PaLrick Logan. no;lIc.d acro~ lhe 

L:umac

(Continued frvm PUKe 1/ ) 

wa !, handled by riggers frum 1 cam 

'\t cr!) Loca l 4U7. I B E W' f11l.!mbc r ... 

Robert pu hlcr and .. T . FI:lnagan 

disconnCCIl!d lhc fi nal ground connection 

and ... ervcd i.l li high-voltage ' Hf!!lymen 

for th e co ntract perso nnel 

working in the !oI uh~ lal i o n. After the 

tri.llhformcr W;I,\ slid onto the trailer 

[tnd ...('curt'll I he • A A LcRC l:lectrical 

P~)\\ Cl Di "'putch Office wa!'! contacled 

hy l'iH.1l0 . With COOl' !ina tio ll 

bdwcc n the Phillips crew ;lnd Power 

Di spatch. cS'icnlia l e le ctrica l load!) 

12 IBEW JOURNAL/ DECEMBER 1996

W('re p'a{'~d on lies illld trtll1sfcrred [0 

othl!r "'l1 h "'la l ion~. uhsta lion K wa~ 

switched ~) ut of ... l.!rVIi,,' I.: 'lIh.l the tractor· 

1 rai Icr -Irilll::-'!"Or11Il: I (;( 1111 h i IHI t inn 

W~ I ~ drivell (Ju t of lhl.! ... uh ... I'lIiotl p.1 SSing 

under the uc-cnc l'lli/cd 138kV 

hu \!oo fCl!ding the re ma ining transformc 

r ~. A !\ ,",00 11 ... "t the equipmell l W ~l~ 

clear or the subs tat ion. POWCI' Di 'ipatch 

Wil~ lIotified and the suhsta tioll 

WllS sWl lcheu back into !oo~ rvic c. 

The tnli kr wa"i tcmpora rily pml..eu 

on " Lc l~ C 'lrccl a ",I " "jccp" (Jolly 

with additional (rai lci WIH!cI ... ) \Va::, 

phlced hdween the tractor Hm.! tmile .. 

to dj ~ l rib u te the \\eight of the tnlU'" 

Immel' to more wheels in contact \\ jth 

ruad surfaces-a re4uc:-. t from Cleve· 

bll1d-F-I opkins Inlernational Airport, 

The move requires midnight cro ... ... ings 

f the main runways at the ai rpon In 

gain ilCCC~~ 10 Ihe rail sidin!!. At the 

rin al l'lccliring t)f th~ lran\forlll!!r for its 

rail trip through til ..: beiJuttLul Ohio 

and P cn n ~ylvani a coull trysi de. ho ld· 

down hlocl.;" \\ cre wddcd to the rail 

em· an d the transformer was lashed lO 

the ra il ca r wilh s,tainh..: ... ~-s l cc l cable. 

A nd :11 th e d c s ig n the airport 

will il tl C>\ 1 10 Loca l JWs fin e inte r 

unIon coopcra til.l ll and d L!dic l:l lionwith 

SOt1 thing l11u "iic to re lax the workerS::It 

the en d of a hard day. 

t 

Local 38 workers remove",e 138kV bvsllings; 

... remove tfJe 34.SkV bushings; and 

... remove ",0 cooling radiotors . 

Workers toke the slack up Of! 'he winch cabfes 10 effect 

tfJe moving af file tram former onfo tile fraile r. 

The transformer being slid backwarc/s onfo the trailcr, 

IBEW JOURNAL/ DECEMBER 1996 13

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Cfheeffh(] 

..•....•.. _. I 1

C~ eIlLI'aI eallatla 

1'l'og1'('SS I\I('rl illg 

BroLher Sllllluel Riddick. 

businc .... ~ mllnager 

or Loca I 773. 

\Vinusor. Onlario. 

opl!l1l:li the mCl! ling 

welcom mg dclcgatc~ 10 Wind-.or. 

Int~rnational Plc:-, idcnl J.J. Barry 

~pllkc lo delega te),

SAFETY & HE AL T H 

OSHA Implementing a 

Special Emphasis Program 

(SEP) for Silicosis 

Silica Cxp4.)su rc. all ancient hn/arc.!. 

rcmain~ It scriuu'i threat 10 mun)' 

U . . \\orkers. including sandbla~ters. 

cOI1~truction workcr~. rOllndr~ \\orkcrs. 

~lOncculh.:f'!, 

anti tho,c 1O\'ohcd 

tn drilltng. quarr) ing UJld tunneling 

through the carlh\ cru..,t. 

Di~ea~1;, a..,sociatl.!d with the inhala· 

lion or ~i h c;:I -C Il tain ing u u~ t s include 

chronic airway o h ~tructio n 

si li cosi~. 

and bronchiti~, tubcrculll~is and lung 

ca ncer. A ll hough OSHA currently 

ha a perm issible exposure limit 

(PEL) for si lica. Ihere is evidence Ihal 

11 i 100 high. 

Al o. the ubsc!nce of a comprehcn 

'5ive stanuard. including provisions for 

product substilU ti n. engineering con 

Ir Is. respirolory prOlection and medica 

l screening and survei ll ance. has 

contributed to inadequate protection 

of workers. In order to improve 

worker protection. OSHA 15 design aIing 

silica as a priority for comprehensive 

rulemaking 10 reduce Ihe burden 

of silica-relaled diseases. 

Hazard O('scrlplion 

early 2 million worker. incl uding 

over JOO.ooo in high-ri k setlings. are 

exposed 10 cryslalline silica. High ri k 

settings Include sandblasters. painter') 

who do sandblasllng. rock drillers 

and roofbollc". and high ri k 

foundry "ark. 

ilica expoliure is known to ca use 

ilico is. a d isabling. progressive and 

some li me~ fa lal dbea!'lc involving ~ca r 

ring of the )ung~ with rc~ullil1g cough 

anu ,horlno" of bre,lIh. Olher diseases 

3'\SOCIOlted wllh the Inhalation of 

sltic3-conlaining dusts include chr nie 

;un"'ay Ob.,tfUClioll anu bronchilb. 

t uhl'rculo~ i "i and sever'al ('!xt l' tI pulmOlliH) 

diseuse,. The Il1l1.:rnd tiol1ill 

Agcnc~ for RC\~i1rch on ca ncer has 

identified ,ll1e.. 1 ..' :1 IlOlenllal human 

arcino},tl'n. 

Deaths frurn accelerated ,ilicn,i~ 

and ~i li cotubcrcu l ol:ii, COlli I nu!..· 10 

occur 111 ,al1uhla'tc~. fock urill!!r, :IOd 

\V(lrkc l'~ In other UU\;\ty trauc..;. DeHthl.; 

wi th sillc ,i-: currently numher ahout 

300 c,,'c~ annuully, 

Given the currenl platcauing uf 

annual :,ilicosi:, death count In the 

United Stales, current prevention 

approaches appear 10 be limned 

1\ recent study or g Id miner~ concluded 

Ihal " 45-year exposure under 

Ihe cu rrenl 0 IIA Ma ndard would 

lead 10 a Iifelime rbk f , ilicosis of 35 

percent to 47 percent. T he current 

authorli suggested '·thal the current 

o HA si lica exposure le\.1 is unacceptably 

hIgh." 

Cunenl Hilus 

Whi le OSHA cu rrenll y has a PEL 

fo r cryslalline "llca. more Ihan 30 

perce nl o f S H A-c II cclcd silica 

sam p les 1"'01 1 9~2 Ihrough 1991 

exceeded the currenl PEL. The CUf· 

renl 0 HA P Ls for cry'tulline silica 

are 10 mglm3 dl\ Idcd by Ihe percenl 

of slilca in Ihe UUSI +2 (respirable) 

and 30 mg/m3 divided b) Ihe percenl 

of "Iica In Ihe dll,1 +2 (tolal du I). 

FUrlhermore. for rislObalue and tridymitc. 

the ~a m c form ula ~ h o ul d he 

ul.icd roJ' determining the PELs, 

dl"ldcd by one-hall. 

Recenl , tUUIl!!o. !!ouggc!!ot thai the current 

0 II

• 0.1 mglm3 of conlalll"d Iflpo1i re - 

pir'able quaTt/' T\!l:.piruhlc fracllon of 

Ihe d ust. 

n le United K 111gdom aduph.:d regulations 

sCH'J'e iy rC~ l l'iclillg the 11. c of 

a hrasivc~ containing free ,ilica in 19-19. 

NIOS! I recomme nded Ih 31 the l1~e of 

sami in ilbrasi\'c bl.I"-ling be l'limi natctl 

in 197~. 

In 1l)9~ . hl!cause of conllnulng 

ob~cr\"alion and inH!'ligntioll of dj~ 

I.:a~(! and uCalh rrom allra-.;in: bhl\Hng. 

NIO II i'i"iued nn it lert rel1l~ra t ing thl'\ 

rCCOIllIllI'IlU;11il..1ll. 

Raliona l(' 

Silica meet"- the critcrill 01 the priorit) 

planning pn. lCc~'\. ry..,liIllina: ... ilica 

n.:prc.;;;c nts a \'t'r~ ,,::criOU'i. hc nlth ha7 ~ 

nrd. i.1!) indicated by co nlinu iJ1~ th.: .. lth:. 

from accckralcd ,dH.:n'l\ In ~tlmjme 

thods and local exhaust \ cnlilulion 

to minimi7c expthure:, to ~i lica du I. 

Always usc the du, 1 contro l ,yslems and 

keep them well mi.lintained. 

• Be aW,lre that the highest silica (,"onCc.!ntrations 

may occur inside enclosed i.m.:as 

during. concre te or I1H1SOltr) stlWlIIg or 

abra.;;ivc hla\ling. 

sc Type E prcssllfc-dcmand Of PO~ltivc-prc!o!surc. 

Hbm~ivc-b l j]sting rC!otpiralors 

when sandblasling. 

• Change IIli O disposable r w.,h.hl e 

wo rk clothes tlllhe worksitc. 

• Do nol cat. drink or 'll>C lobacco products 

in dust)' area!; such as sruu.Jbla liog 

areas. 

• Wa h hands and face before eating. 

dl'illkillg UI sllIoking u UI ~ i dc uu:,ty Ul CUS, 

• Shower and c1wngc into c1 cH n clothes 

before leaving the worksile. 

To receive a copy of NIO 1-1 Alerl No. 96- 

112. caU 1-800-35- 10 I!. II is also avm lahlc 

,I N IOSI-I·s homcpagc a l hlll':I1 ...... "'. 

:dc.go,·INfOSlInwlllcl'"gc.hlml. , 

blaster", dlHj rock dnllcf"i a nd by 

recent slUtl!es \\hich demonstrd lc a 

sw ti,til:HII ), sign ifica nt inCrCH\C in lung 

c;mCCf among silica-expo.;;cd workcf'\, 

parliculMI) anlOng th ose \\ 1111 ... ilI CO~ i s, 

Additionally. e xpo~un.: ... tuuic, indio 

ca l e thai o me wod;,cr ...

L 0 C AL 

LIN E S 

Pictured with Ninth Dbtrid Int. Rep. John Hunhlr (front row, leftl orlt severol offiters 

of Local 6, San FranciKo, CA: Exec. Boord membeor Oer.1e G,Mn {fronl row, cented, 

Exec. Boord mClTlber Phil rarrelly Ifront (Ow, right); cmd, bock row, from left, Exec. 

Board lTlember Steve Woh;h. Bus. Mgr. Franz Glen, P'fli. Don Whoalcy. Vice Pres. 

John O' Routh. Re, (l ml Ihe () Ide~ t JlllraJc III the 

sla te ..,( lndmnll Nexl )lcllr the 111th 

Alln uHll.l'Ihot 1) 11\ Awx:ifltlUII P[lrude 

~dl be hdlllll Iloonville , IN We look 

fonlOrd to ~c'"l C\C I~ ml!mhcr from 

l ocal 16 (Jul III the p,muJc Ile'I ~\:a l 

LCJC.t1 If) mourn, Ihe 1M or t he: fol- 

IU\O\I ng mell1t~N, 11t)~':J.rd Burroughs. 

rn~'St C.1UWI. I"ell Blunel, ~ll1"hnll 

Pert)· nnd 11 11111111\ Ilc, is 

"rJdl:d to the next motllh· .. pot Tht: 

rn t!mher who W ! I ~ dll"Kl! 1I lur th~ d',IW 

inS at the cptcmhcr m~ctmg W . I~ nOl 

prC'>I.'nl, 'iQ he In't nut (In II ~I 'ill put 

We t:xtcnd our t ~ l ndolcn cc to Ihe 

famlh1!\ of the 10\1(""lnlo\ I11cmhen who 

p~d ;IWIIY lecent l)'" John l)odko"lch. 

Jim Riley and (;ordnn Pound Ou r 

TRADE CLASSIFICATIONS 

( a~j ·\ Iarm dnd 'tgll;ll 1('1) rh .. -drl,nl~ rCLhnlO.ln~ (mp") MOl,un l'IC1UfC ~luJIC)', 

h,.., t\ttlllIlC ~;tn:h~l:nlcc lfm) 1I;Ii;Iurc \ hlOurilLlurinE (m Il ""udcar Sc""U;1.' l echnlctan 

l iM)1 nn"~1: Opc:ra!olS 1~ 1I"''' GlnCrnment {tJI ( )ul~ldl: 

,,,' Cal'llcSrh«n Iii IIb>dc (p, J'II\o\cltmu~ 

lall' l C"at'llt I('IC'H'IOO lin Iruouuml.'ntlc(hotC13 {pt'.tl l 'wf~~~lIJnlJ.I"ni!Im:c.·['i 

"I ( "c.nmUnlC.illlC)fK Iklll LJnc ( k:.aran~:\: 1 r .. c ,111.1 1(;\1'.0 "U'" 

Inl ( I;l.ncmcn IfUllm,"\! (pIc) f'tllk'\t'Ifl,\1 Tc~"hnK.".il1 

I....,) [iI;~1fu"al [quirmcnt 1''''' (mil 'I.untl'ndfll..c and C1cm:al 

(tit [!cctncaJ I Il~po..'C\!r," ( 11101 \1 ,"nh:n. ln~1.: .wJ OI'l\:r,'110n (rr' l{,ulrt),ld 

(I'm) I lectm:1I1 "'lanufal:lUnng Im,,"' ) \t.u'UI'I~luflnl'. ()nlt~, WorLcB (nhl R,ltl)u· I tll;\I~\lln Il n\;llk3~liog 

(r\) 1 11!(lm: ~'~Ih Itll:l r) \hlllO" ( r1I11 ) 1( lldtll I ekllsmn ~ 1 '1f1llfll(;ll1nng 

(rl'" Ra..h,,.. lo;;Ic\l,mn I'\)L'C 

b u) "K!n Ice (kutf'dtllm.. 

\htJPlIlI.;n 

(,' 

( .. ", Sign rr\ct(lf 

( "pa) Sound .. nd PuNk: 

\ddre't.\ 

( ~ ) lunJ IcdIIllL1Jl'" 

(II Ickrhltllc 

(., 1 11111\ 

l urn.) ( uhl\ OIlKr \\urLu, 

( .. ~ ) Wur+.:hou~ ,lnJ ~\lrrl~ 

20 

' •• W JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1996

Warking on the 

reOOYClhon 01 

Sovnd Deportment 

lacilit;e!o 

at Sony Studioi 

are LO«l1 40, 

Hollywood. C ..... 

sound techni· 

cion. Nick 

Spigel. Gardon 

COI".Y and Todd 

Boswe ll. 

The locol22, Om(lho, NE, retirCClJ' Hoot is fO(ltvred in Ihe 1996 Labor DcJy p.~cd With .11\ oulstanding 

memlxrshlp nnd fTlelllJs Thank .. II lso 

80 10 Monlnn,' I'o\\.er 10. illld I h 

cmployee3. 

Allor the c~cllh hcglln on schedule. 

th1lnk,~ In pnrl IU rodco coord..,al0r 

Mike (Hucekert nnd assnuant Clark 

111ri ~l inn . 

I hlllll..S 111 the event cOlH'dlnnlors: 

Steve IIeTI11\111S0n 1I11l1 flllllll)' ( back hoe 

operntors): Kevi n Wil hnm:. (gas lech 

IIEW JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1996 

2 1

e\'enu); John Hahn (line clearance 

c\-e-n! ): and Tabbc:n & WLlham! Con· 

SlructlOfl Co. for use of theL r eqmpmenl 

and for their emplo)ees' Lstantt. 

A"'ards and .. Ionen of Ihe e\'ent~ 

are hsted as (0110....' 

First pllce o'ttr.n "'Inner~ "'cre 

Cbuck OUlOd, I'id: Hellc Ind 

uIIHcncc: MOlln, all e.mpll»)tt.s of 

~t onl.n. Po"er Company (MPC). 

Fl1~t place In REA ,'han Lodge on the 

Oll!:gon Coast. The focus \l,a~ otJ nego· 

tjllllons and how Itl mll ke them a \lin· 

Win ~LtUllt ion (or I,!\'cryone More th an 

30 members of the lBew and NECA 

wcre pre"'ienl 10 li~tcn ond Icarn from 

Semi e. Flahert)'. Ph.D .. from Corne ll 

Um\'ersiIY, Ilrof. noherty hits worked 

wlth Ihe JUFW for (I\er 10 yea r .... 

puning on seminars and a5li ung with 

l\ eJo liatLOn~ . He sho\Oo's ho .... the old 

Illlitud~ and poslutes aTC counter productwe. 

and goes on 10 hQ\\> hou. bOlb 

~lde~ can leave the hargaming table 

with pins. Both the IBEW and NCCA 

lacol A8, 

Pantond, 

OR, memhetS 

OM 

theft- fomiliei 

enjGy 

th.locol'i 

onnuel 

w....,. 

picnk . 

h3\C to Bda('lt lo all tbe \Ooorld -\\ ide 

rurcc~ Ih.1I push and pulllU w e tiln'l 

~ul-cessr ull) "(Irk and h\c In the 21st 

cenlury \\itb 'lIItude: ~ rormed Ind 

hardened In Ihe 195(h and'~ Prof 

nahen) '-

local 68, Denver, CO, ero. Paul So~r 

is awardod a lah pin by Int. Pret.. J.J. 

B(lrry ollocol 68 0 ' 90niu r Poul Loy· 

boum Ioo.u an. 

enn ..... orker; Ihe rJRhl HI forln.lol n 

or ~ i st labor Organll...1llOnS \\o11h 

OUt any bnds of lhrcal or dlKTUTll' 

natIOn agom!>! them Predu:tithlv, 

tbat IlIlute clund work In", 

women and men Ih'(lUr.huUI ou, 

cOllnlry 10 organize th~m ch'c, 

mlo lIOO. \ffiJOfIs II) Older to bellC. 

thc:m-.ehe:s. AI the. wmc lime Ihal 

Ihe ranks of the rgani1:ed Hades 

and lobor &rouf'S s\\oellcd,thc ~tan· 

dard of lIVing of Amcllcan \\olk 

tn- then walles Dnd ben~nlS 

Increased 10 fI grelil cr c ~t c ll\ than 

in any olher period of our nallon'! 

history 

These c\cnto. rcsullcd mlhe ere 

ali n of a lur~c nnd slable middle 

class_ Organl/cd wotkcr~ cfl uld 

afford 10 t;)\.e \'aCal lons lhc) 

be.&an 10 pray ide for Ihelr own 

golden yell" Tbey \\'e rc .ble to 

sct 3SIIle some ml)dest cQnlnbu 

lion 10 the eduaulon of their chiltircn 

The)' Imd Ihclr ramlh~ "'ere 

lIblc to enJoy ,om~ of Ihe good 

things In life. 

The economic \\ealth of Ih e 

Uniled S IIII:& a~ 11\ Induurt al 

nation remllnS buicilly sec urc. 

While there IS slglUfi(';Jnlly gle:ller 

intern.tion.!1 el)lI1pcllllfln tOI Ihe 

production o( necessary good nnd 

serVIce , the coulIlr)' 11 5 1\ whole 

rem:llns healthy nul II curi ous 

thll1g has hnpp.: ned 10 Iho e wbo 

produce Ihe good lind Str. lce~ 

""hlcb we all need and Ilio'oC ,*ho 

build Ihe bulldin,\ and olber 

'itruc:tu rc, In which Ihe erononlle 

wcaUh ~ ercalcd AmentJ" mid 

die class hI!.! ~brunk The rnl v ..,ge 

of IU worlu~ ha, 3unc 'leadlly 

downhill for Ihe lalil I\NO dCC3dcs 

or more. AI Ihe amc lime. Ihe 

wage carners III mllilY othcl mdu'l' 

In.lI cau ntrl e~ hn\e illcrea ed l'Oill' 

mfieantl), and uppeal to lle dmn, 

bellci IiUln UU I" AmcnClI11 wo l1tC~. 

Whal blli happened 10 thai 

weal lh" II has nul C\·IIIX)l1Ih:d. nor 

IS II lllke n b)' the govcrn nlcn l In 

to:lIl1ion. lhther, U' Ihe nmldle 

cl 3~~ has ~ h ru n" , \\, e arc sll:adlly 

le l U rnln~ 10 a ~I I Ua.1 1 n where the 

nch Itt:(;ome richer and Ihe num· 

ber; of peuple who f..'On'l"tItUle Ihe 

economIC undcrcla 'Icadlty 

mcrc.'e1 I"neh ur 11\ lI:u re,ld 

S1udici and n(\\1paper I "icle 

:thoUI Ihe ~oe ddenl;J I;UIllpt:n~lion 

pldn, mddc:: nvall.thk ICl 

lop m:maJcl"'I I-"ach (II U'i hp" rcad 

aboullhe tI Uj!.C Jlrfe:,entt In IIIdl!t(S 

at workers and tOf! mnnagcl'$, 

1111' onl) allsy,cr "' .. n!lulll lu J 

re:wgmtnlfl Ihnt only tty t}IJ!.!l1l1lllll 

IB.W JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1996 

can \\t SUSUIIII our;el,'cs and derend 

our famdtes. Wor).:cn: don'l need to 

rend Iny ~tamlics 10 be told hoYt 

bad thln~!. are OrJlI nrzin& wilh 

Iheir c~y,orkel1 milt boor orpruzlu,onlO 

Ii Ihe on ly .... ay tbey can 

ba\C a Illcamngful \'OK.'e al vo'Ork 

The local unions lffiliat ~ d wIlh 

tho Colorado BUlldtn! "nd Con· 

llructlon Tnldta Counol mt,;lll for 

Ihell" mcmbell 1 be amI III Icmllin 

memberS of Ihe: middle c1a~ i h~y 

have dedictlled their vc,ry exis· 

lellce to cllhllncing the (hgnity and 

the economic wel fare of Ih ~ i r 

IIlcmht::r. we IIIVIIC you to join In 

th l5 exciting :n.1 ivlty by affillal10g 

wllh your appropriate craft umon 

n ~ l ""'Ishts tl) all rOI Ihe holiday sea. 

son ahead 

JAM ES R. RI'I , . PRES. 

ANNUAL GOLF 

TOURNAMENT 

I".U, 71. (1,n~I& e), TACOMA, \V 

Oreehngs, 8rOlhtfli and $,stcr,.! As of 

tbis writing mille September, \Io'C ha\'e 

cnJu)cd aotte long summer lind It good 

one fo r WOr).: Ihis yc.a r. JUSt .IS pre· 

dielably Ihough. the work hilS 51 wed 

dow n li nd the Sook$ li re slnrlln8 10 

luad up rtgam 

It', ..... ith so rrow Ihnl I rcporllbe 

pll!lSlOg Clf Bro Ron Cole earlier lhl$ 

summer. This new \\'85 mel with mue:h 

,adnen by Ihe 8roth('r~ and iSlers 

.... ho had knOy,"O dnd \\oorl.. ed \\o;lh Ron 

m"er the )'ea~ 

Anolher MBrolner- of SOrl§ also 

passed aw.) tnlS -s ummer, Merl e 

McMull en (McMullen Eleclru:) .... a5 

o ne of Ih e 0llgln31 founders- of Ih e 

N[CA hBpler in Ihc Tacoma are: •• 

hnnlln, the ISEW and 'ECA togclh 

er ror the gObtl o f all II's m)' under· 

Slanding Ih at Mr McMullcn wa a 

~ I ronl umon man and II good unioo 

co nl ractor 10 work tor before he 

rellrcd. Unfo n unalel). wh en his sons 

luo L \'1;:1 the hu ~ ," e ss , Ihey IIIlmedlaiel} 

wenl nOn-Ul"lIon. 

The AnnUli Golf Tournament It 

NW~\II1t1) Valle) In Yelm .... as a blastl 

The.re were 175 IOEW lind NECA 

"champion" plaYing Ihi year Jerry 

Ir\\ In ( Wu shlngton I:.lecln c) nnd his 

crt.", \loon the O\"crailioumameni Bro. 

Jim Miller won a ~t of custom·made 

dubs fOI hI! hole'IIl-onc on Ilole Foor. 

whle:h became our reward Wi th Ih c 

rnuod he tUJUghl OIl Ihe Cluh lIouse 

Thanks, Jlml Oro. Dick Dunlap also 

Yoon I SCI of eu~lnm durn al the ra rne 

Juring Iht banquet 

\..I:'IClI 1 1 f1 '~ pIcnIC hlld u greln lumOU I 

III Lul)OIl OcJ e:h on leamoo,"l1 Islllnd. 

T nil of kid .. were \fansfl)lmed into 

hutlerfile!i. llgers, ghos\.& lind ~uch when 

SiSler Kc:!ly Dornan brought her race· 

(XIlIIll!lll fnend tn the salherlllg. A hel 

lC::r ume couldn't have becn had. wnat 

"'1111 ull thc foud, and games . Ion: lor 

Ihe 1.lds (big kids. tOO)1 1I0pe 10 St¢ 

(ven more familid there ne:tt )'cul 

AnOlhel luod Drolher hilS I ~tired 

thl \Car Uro Rollen I-u l"'tte n""erlh 

( A~fJ(Cn ), 11 local 76 member or -12 

ye:al"" I Md lhe rJea~ufe of \\(lfking Wllh 

"}(eally Kollen Kobert W 

al lilt INTEL 

Joll In DuPon t. Ho\'c (un 6i1nng. Boh. 

nnd Irynot lodme 0.'01100 ctV)'1 

Since il Will be II.lmosl ('Hl 5 tm a~ II) 

the Ilmt you rend thll>, leI's nfll rorgello 

Five local 100. Fruno. CA, Srolh.,.. who received thllir 40-yoor pin. gath.r for 0 

photo: from left, Robert Perllins, l ichord Stine, Rkhord GCllvoni, lorlln Honhman 

and Harold Kam it:r.. 

sign up for the Chnstmll5 pany for Ibe: 

families, kids IIn~ rl! \IJ"ea. I'm orufe volunleers 

will be. nl!eckd 10 help, so con· 

tace the hall on where IO SI&" up fortnat. 

For anyone .... no need.o. to COfllJct me 

regarding e'cnlS hll('pel)Jng III tile local 

Ihat I ma\ nut be: I""art 0(, pIca!IC: lea\e 

}'our phone: number Cindudin& I rea 

coo!;, l /Il m) p.1ger. I "'III try to return 

aU c.t1ls "'lthln 24 houn. TIle number is 

{2U61291 ·0!i9 1!.. Olher tblln thlli. "'ork 

hard and be safe, Sec lOU OUllt.at! 

JAKI OSIJORr-. p.s 

INTERNATIONAL 

OFFICERS AnEND 

LOCAL MEETING 

l.U.98 (i.tm,,".gIHI&iIJ. "'"LADEt,. 

l'IlIA, I'A-On Sept. 10. 1996. we wei· 

corned InL Pres. J J. Barry, Inl. S~C . 

Jack Moore. and Third Dislrici Int. 

Vice Pres. Ed""lR D. HIli to our local 

union mcctln,g.. Pr~ Ban)' addrewd I 

slandlng'roonlo()l1l), ct(t9od end sl~d 

10 Ihe mcmbt:.t1blp the urgency of re· 

e:1e:cung l>res. Climon and of eleelln, 

senalors aod Icpn:.stnlull\CS who support 

the libor mmerrn:nt. 

Donng Ih i ~ meelln&. HIlS. Mgt J(llm 

Dougherty prtsented a SIO.OOO C PI! 

check 10 Prcs. Darry. who noted Ihat 

we mnkcd fifth ollt iona !ly III ronlnbu 

liol\$ to COrE, 

We hope e\'cryone who IlIIended the 

351h IBI!.W (,lln\cllli(m cnJo)"ed them 

stay in Pbiladelphia IS much as we 

enloyed lhelr bemg here. We hope. )OU 

wi ll 11. 11 come back a~lI.m soon. 

0000 Iud: to our newly elt:cted local 

union off icers ..... ho lire liSted u fol· 

Iov. . 8us \1gr_ John OO \lg~ny , p~ 

!I:trr) Fo)". Vice !'res. Ilime.5 farroW', 

Rec. Sec James Mackin. Fin. Sec. Fran· 

CI!. Walsh" am.I 1 teas. Edward NCIIson: 

ElfCculi\'e Board mcmbers Tim 

BHlWn, Ed ( ·"S'Pmger. Jack Dc:nJumc •• 

K~nll McOuillen .and Jim Min\::; Ind 

Fxa mmmg Board memhea HIli Cora· 

lO. Bob Kell{';hl:!r I nJ MI).:e N ...... ee:ko .. 

Il nlllliQ ..... sky E1ecled as del e,nle$ 1("1 

lilt! 351h IfibW onnmlion were: John 

o ugbefl Y, Ed Coppinger, Jllmes PUtrow, 

I l lIrI) Fo),. Bob I last)'. Ed Neilson 

and Fred Schacfner. 

The Dcbomh Ilcart "nJ Lung Foun 

dation recc:nlly named Bus. Mar- Joh n 

Doughert) " Henri or the Communlly 

M;Jn of the- Year. In recogntuon f his 

efrotLS 10 help the less fortun:ue mem 

ben of our society. On June 7. 1996. 

Philadelphla's pobltCai. economic dnd 

labor leaden allende:d The Deborah 

Annual Ranque:l. which W.1!!i held .ol l 

Penn's Landmg C'ateren., lo""llneu ltv: 

pr¢';j(intatlOn 0111115 presllgInUlI1\\ard. 

MA1T1U w P. JUOQL .. P.S 

WORK 

SITUATION FAIR 

I.. • 100 (I,o.elll.rl ,c-&sl"t. fRE 1'10. 

CA-Our local's annual ptCnlC at Wolf 

u"es broughl us logtlher foc food. fun 

Ind ,Imes Thankl 10 6ro Richard 

Grcco and SI$ter "., Crcco Ind 411 ..... 00 

\·olunleered. DecauJt of ,II your belp. 

t""eryone had III ,ClOd Ilinr. 

OUt \\orL si tualion IS flir ..... llb 

apprOlumllel)' 75 members (In Book I 

and 25 or]O uo n ook II , and some 

members lire worki ng OUI of town . 

I'h on ks 10 th

locol 102, PohwW»r\, NJ, aus. Mgr. lou 8aram and Bill Strauss of WV Commun ic~ 

ttoru display Ovtiotonding AchilMlmetd Award ~ presetlted by ~ t l~nologtes. 

os Thin:! Distric1lnt. YlCe Pres. £dvM D. HiD aod I.uceol reprtieflk!tfw Gilman 

f''90ro Iool on. 

Ine Labor FoTtt of Local lor and IS 

.!!ig.ncd by Oa\'ld A Laughland. Global 

Private SYSlems viet president. 

Vice I'res. H lll tOllrcd Loca l lO2's 

new building with Ous. Mgr. Oaram and 

oomplimenlcd the local on our aceomplrihmenlS. 

The offices and fine trninlflg 

facihlla are a proud leslllmCnl 10 our 

conlmucd cummltment 10 excellence. 

both now and in the futur . it. ,,"clltramed. 

~elJ -ed\lcated mcmPership 15 

beUer preparc proud LO ,nlrodU(c 

tile gradU;lllllg lIpp~nllC't' class of 1996 

(s¢c accompan);ng pbolO). We .lTe SlIre 

tbey will all be an asset 10 Ihc IIJEW 

and our local tlDlon. E\e n though Ihl~ 

cl3ss is small in numbcl-:t. lhc) are big ill 

heart from tblS d . Bryan Well: and 

Ed Peterson will be rcprcseJ1lmg Local 

1I2 at the Nonhll.·cSl StateS ApPleo· 

IItts1up Conteslm Botse, 10. !.his )eal 

Three mcmbcn. of this dass mo.Mged 

10 compete all fi\e yean of the pro, 

I!.ram with .. erealer tban CJO rercent 

GPA They aR Bryan Wetz (94.5 percenl). 

Craig MOOfC (93 perrenl), and 

K-e\i" Gardner (9 1 pertent), nus is an 

ItCOOmplishmcnt they can ~ proud 01, 

onl! .... hich .... a.!. oblalD~d through hard 

work and dedication. Way to go, guys! 

Work o n thc larger P TOJCC1.5 In our 

ju r isdi~ tio n has declined substantially 

wilh Ihe completion of thc: co·gcneru· 

l i!)n pfojech, bul (lur memhers have 

been ablt: to stay employed, itt large pan 

due to the. success of our Market RI..... "'O\'· 

t.ry rrotram and Ofpnilmg d1~ We 

ha\'e doubled the flumber of lilp1a10f) 

!>hops to c.3!Ilem Oregon and dmshcally 

mcr~ our m:u~et hare In the \\asb· 

ingtoo stale area of ~r JUnsdlCllon. 

DA.\'I:. ~OKntA!oot. p~ 

BA.NNER YEAR 

AT L.U. 124 

L.U. 12.4 (i,se.4! m,rlS ,S I)a,ees&nlar) . 

KANSAS CITY. MO-As wc 

approach the end of 1996. we at Local 

12.; have mueh 10 be thankful for 

Wor .. has remained robust throughoul 

the enure jear. and our memben. hil\·e 

reaped the benefits.. We baH: been able 

to rcfer h undreds of our tTl\'eling 

BrOIbers and Sl"SIc ...... an..! 1997 IS shap· 

mg. up 10 folio.... Ult. 

Out orp.nw.ng campa\gD bas tonl1n· 

PicNrecf are ~ ~t. of me local 112, Katnnewidc. WA, gradvoting appAn"' 

to dass of \ 996 : fnl.rn Iefi, f.roM row, larry Herbert. Scll)lIOC¥", Cfotg Moon, .. ill 

Portef, 8ryon W .."(., Laios knJnY and Ed Marroquin; bad, row, Bob fOi.~ , Ed Peter- 

1Of'I, Bill whi .., Emi. Dodd Jr. and Fran" P\ak!. Not pidvred are Brad Rudlc. al\d 

KeYin Gordner. 

24 

ucd 10 produce tlldustry·ka •. hng rC!iUIts. 

Qui \fled and \nle \cd\mqUd.. ottbntl.l 

led~· BUli MV. Lindell Lee:and hIS 

('Ir£3nI1lU.!: su(f. lliI\e put u.s iJt a \cf) 

!tl~ pm:iuon 10 achlc'c .tUT ~oal of 

;epn.'scnlin,;. e"cr)' dectriciiln In the 

JUrl,did lOO. Our success is due In large 

part to L ,r ne ....· membcrs an~ their 

saleslll.m\,h lp Wben they realize we 

rC lllh do mcan what we say, Ihc)' 

spreilJ the won! w!lh 'Zeal 

/\lthough 19% was full of good limes 

and organizing success. Bus. Mgt. Lee 

has nPi foo;ct §ight of Ihe raclthdt all this 

~hall~e is a link hard II) lakt' 1 Ic kn{l\\.S 

thiS is mostl) uncharted temtol). 50 he 

has lIIalk III point of k.«ping the memo 

bers infornred, enroumgmg questions 

and ho1dml!- "ngomg COMET cla.~ . 

He l;no~·" Ibo.'

the \«01 146, DeGotur. \l.. rnemben pittured here ret~t\y wmpklted !he fiYCI'Year 

JATC p"ogrem end grodUCliad to joumeyma" ,to'V~ : from " h, fronl rCYW, MOlk Mill i 

ga", Sam Howi~ , Po"nQ Nodler, John Sh~e) Jr., 80rt lowery and We! BOS"'; bade 

row, Oovid Thompwn, Duane Tumer. Snell Krut~in9er. Mike Mcinerney, M .... conlrg(, 

tor Jeff Hornmtr ot\d Terry Wille"borg. 

ror dUly polk). "'lIng wllh learnmg 

uttol1t the new poIJe)'. our Drothcrs and 

SWt:1'I 'II'ill be mformcd (lboul the other 

t(n;cts the Members As i)tan.:!: Proynm 

offen;. 

finally. wnks tt1l1l1 0( the tl8\cllng 

Brolhcn. aRd SI~tCN ~ho hclpc:d man 

tblS k>c31 dunng the last }cal 

RJCIIAKU RIOl.X p.s 

NEWS BRIEFS 

LU. \"6 \i&ru), IJECAT\fM.. 1 ~ 

M~. \behael Canlpn and joume}'mdn 

~irelllan \hc.hael Workman rcp~DIcd 

Clur local 3S delegatcli In IhL' 3511'1 

1111·W Imcmauonill Con\cnlion. 

("ollgmiulallllnll arc III order f(lr the 

grnduilung apprenllceshlp c1ag :IS new 

fir:.I·)C:lI lIl::.tlucllH IllUfncymtm "" iremBII 

Rodnc)" Collins bc:glm. hi::. lenule 

wll hndn ofl1. 

UII Curroll and (ienc Wrnlcrbauer 

m:lnned the AFL-CIO booth lllhe lUirt(\ISSllIle 

Fall 

Fotly 1050 mt:mbc-n did ~olunlee r 

mulOl(n.'tnot on thc l)cnuur t 'deblilluon 

Jouflk!yman "'lft.'mIlO Jerry Gash 

and 0J'prcnlloe \llke Spnklt.n helped 

001 ('~Ihnhc C1t.3.nhc.~ 

Pal and J.T. SI!au,htcr. ROil urn · 

mln~ lind Rod Wood, hd[)Cd al tbe 

\UJusu~rll IIhnOi I .... bor ooncd Fm: 

Ridge PKllIC 

Our local ptoudh b l ou~1 home the 

t1I1HI·I,I!t1.c lwpll) III UJI.,i1 GOr~ 1.I 11111Jdl 

softhaillournanlenl, 

Allendl\nc:c wa high "I Ih l~ }t:a,'s 

L IIlmr Day parnde and ricnlt. u "t: 

gC;)ft:d up (or Ihe {all c\cl:l1ons 

Tom and Rkk '1 uckcl .... erl.' the hshu\I!.ICl\lmlmlCnt 

'Mm\e,s. v;c.,,-I"ng In '>IX 

rounds o( crappie . Rogcr Mi1I~ and 

Dwight Bu rris finl~hcd second. and 

third plnl.'c "'ent ttl SWill Nurm,l1l and 

Jex Plll k...~lon 

FlhY-)'car service pms recently \\;ere 

presented 10 Cbarlcs r Sampson and 

Gcor&c C Kieser PIM (('I 'i~ years 

",,,rt' rrr .... ntrd Itl Rohfn ,\ tfi rkh ancl 

l.iemld W Koc.hlcr Sr 

Filty-one JOumC)m:1O 1Io1~IIu:n ha\c 

Me.n lured for Ihe: refuel outage al the 

amlOn Nuclear Po~cr Stut"lII 

Tbl rl)··eight memben will divide a 

$ 15.000 back ",age UI P \t:l1 lemenE 

wl lh Giberson Eltcltle. Giberson 

lt81ced 10 hire IV.'O member'!; and put 

four n a ptefert nllallmt 1I.!i1 

We are saddened III report the plI» 

Ing of 60· year n"~ m bc . Gcurge ('a ~1 

lind 21J·ycu r memher II Ken l Din a 

In I I! , We mourn Ihe lou of thest: 

Ilrolhers and extend our 'Y nlpathy to 

Ihelr rmmlu .. "S. 

JA M!!." R tJNI)tlRWDOD, P S. 

,.OW IOU.HAL/DECEMBER 1996 

JOYOUS HOLIDAY 

GREETINGS 

I .. . ISO (1.r1~p;a&~ , . WAlIKI" ' ; A 

IL-fhe holiday season i ~ Upu ll \I" 

I.et's enJo), II respon::'lhh acid hH~ • 

saJc new )e8r, 

R~ the IImc IhlS artlck: IIpre af'. th e 

eltt:hOfls Will be Ixhlnd ll\. WId ,r ~-.:· ~ c 

,II dcmc our pans Bod uerClW:d u ur 

nghl and rtspnnsibiluv III ~nlr- ".. "' Ill 

him: t,ent Ihe: :1nti · I ;I~lr OtlVo{11Wl.kll1r 

,"' ""c r-.n o:n](')' ltIe ht'hda) Ind thc 

tiC'll' ,Citl without Ihe Scmof;t'i Iu dl\. 

pllnt£e ou.lr,llnecto

Proudly ~il~lay i ng !heir Mrv!,. award, presented at the local 23" . CosITOYiUe. CA. 

onnu:ol p!cn lC are. from Ith: 50·yeor memben Willis Shepard. V&ntura Per.1, Ha,old 

Homllton, ~ Oriando, Joseph Eddings and Cliff Anderson; and 5.5·Y4lClr mtmber 

Frcnk Streicher, 

CongrdlulahO flS 10 UU I nc\\csl Jour· 

ne~men. "' bo ba"e compleled Ihe rl"eyear 

apprenticesh ip prOlrnm: Victor 

l..epe. Michael Dempsey. John Kel hum. 

Jaime Cortez.. Daniel Marlin e .. , Clilll 

By n, Healh W~ l l" h al, John Roka lind 

Mall Sllenmetz. 

As of th IS writing in Septemher 

work in our area has co nli nued to 

ImprOH! Our Inca I cantrIlClO'$ lire 

P'CkIOS up mOttll "'0Il.; :.'11 Ihe new ~h 

farma Stalt Unlvenll)' of Monterey 

Ba} Our never-endin, o r~ an i zrng 

effons are pl)'ing off in 'nil area Ind 

other areas as well. Keep up Ihe .real 

1o\0rk. For~ 1 and Ray! 

ROUERT W COLE. P.S 

CONVENTION 

EXPO BOOTH 

L U. l.~ (o..u,ea,em&lnl). VA ""COl). 

, .... 1(. BC-Allhe 15tb IREW Inlerrtt· 

nonal Con''tnlloo tn Philadelphia. JlA 

BC Hvdro and local 2.~ IIoNe pilnnen 

in sporuoring an ~ll1On booIb The 

booth 1Io"BS sl.8ffed bv local ~ memben 

Rod Bymellind ilm Greenwell (Nih 

alternalt! delegatC'o 10 Ihe Can,enllan). 

and 0 C Hydro rt!pre tnl.llnt umv 

Haffner And Wall)' Ilarwood 

The boolh dblllu)ed a parll1t!rshlp of 

working with lechnoloilY into the 21n 

century. It ~hO'Aed mllny diffe rent 

aSp!.:Ch (If Iht: UI IIlI) work our mcnrbc:1'$ 

do In lbeir dny·to-clilY jobs. An inleresl· 

jng picture WAS lhe destructl H' Ic')t'"8 

of a pole lOp transformer exploding in 

llnl1ll'S. l lus plC1ure n:. RS. 

THANKS TO 

BROTHERHOOD 

COMMlnEE 

I...U. 278 (i,u,ell1 &ko'l'I ), CO RPUS 

CII RISTI. TX-Drolhcn and Sisters. 

.",.,. '''rlrncl " hig I h~n k -yoll In Ihl" memo 

ben. of our Brolherhood Commi ttee 

for the fin e Job Ihe)' did of rgilnizmg 

Ihe !,eafood Gumbo Booth at Baylesl 

'96. It was a success and ~ill help us in 

future functions of our grelll loca l 

Mao)' thank.r. to OUt committee memo 

ben' \1lke ~· Ieilier. Ikn Amaro, Cb.ns 

tallia. Rnd ~~ciltl gumbo cool.:. Ken 

lIaSl inls, Also. mllDy Ib ank.s to the 

IBE.W membler5 and their rllmil~ ~ho 

worl.r:d ,0 hard. The job Ihey did is 

JfClI.tly,pplectated 

Worl. in our aru bd$ been dQW Se:,. 

era! Khool projects b.,'C goDe O\It fot 

bid. and .... e hope: Ihey go union It IS 

po~ ible Ihll a mini sirel miU will be 

bUIlt to our Jumd1ClJQn .....·br.ch WIll Ix:: .11 

~dG()mc Ul1Ion JOb 

We mourn the delths of the follow· 

Ing memht.o.: Robert E. Smith. Sooll 

LeB lanc. \Vallt'r WIII,ami and Ira 

\\ hnc'lilde. Ihc Ifll¥-'C dealh 01 0011 

LcDllnC" rcmind~ us 10 ul\Yl\'s think 

safety .' .... ork and 81 home. . 

Frnlilly. ~'e ~auld IILe to thank Bus. 

Mgr Robert Shake IlDd organizer Mike 

Carr8 nco for rCT"cscntmg us ,ery well al 

the .'5th 1D[W Intemational Comien· 

lion 111c), reportcd al our local mt;~ling 

Ihol uml) in Ihe mLW is nl ils h lgh ~L 

We thank aU dcp:lrtmenlJ and diYlSions 

or the ISEW fOI D j1.rc~II.' JI1VCnlloll. 

ORGANIZING 

OUTREACH 

RILL WRIG HT.I'.S. 

l.U. 288 (I.u.rt.'l&§pal. \\ATF.RLOO, 

lA-AI Ihl'li wfllm. In carly AU8ust. 

ummel IS ID full S~In~ A 101 hit!> bec:n 

hitppcmn~ hcre II) our pan of the hean· 

!.tnd. We leccntly arpn1\ed a ne\lo ODe 

)ear COOlract and ba\e geared up for a 

ne\\ effort In OfganillOf 

LocaJ unton I:~ look pbcc Cat· 

ha. Itnd IIoCO Itrc ha!,p) 1\1 .n"'lUnu~ the 

rum~ of our o(flCe", OUl>. Mg.r Ricb 

Kurtentlach. I'r

In the oUlce and on Job"lte~ We are 

altinA radio pots

Chmtmas Rasket This tame h31> ra1~ed 

lJ~er $65,UOU 1m needy f:l11ulies dUring 

Ihe hnhda\ ScU.ion We ",ill continue 

"Of tin, to,ethcr til I"ttJIld ,I hcuer com· 

muml, III ~.ln"m~nlo. 

Our ""ork ha Iovoed somcv.baL and 

~(' havc Hook I memile,.; OUI of wor!... 

Thnnk.

Pictured 01. throc locol 400, A,bury Pcn • • NJ. member) .~pnii)tln ' ; ,'9 Illrelt generationl 

of tho Nowmon lomily: from left. leC LocaJ 412 memh.:t \ulunlcl'red 

Ihclr lime 10 p:lrt l":lralc In the hrlme· 

It~n ('ummuml\ lclc:hr.1111J1l 

LOCAL E.SCALATES 

COMET CAMPAIGN 

L • 414li.O.lI.mo,Mb,fb.c ... ,.",,~"'.:r,. 

wa,n&pll'l. EU\10 :1 ON. "1'-1 hI.' 

localLS \cry proud ttl hllh h",led thc 

rO\lFr l..eauc!nhlp I' fI~r"rn Jul) II· 

I:!. lY9fr 11m. \\,$, lit.: 11,,1 III Ihl' 11t,1 

f)"lfId III r:mada. ~n\1 3 trlJe indica· 

11('10 Ihat Local 421 ,. h ~"d(lll n 'hI,: 

ri!ht dirl!-clLon I h..: 1-'-'0 ID.lru,111t' 

II\f W Con""ulllfln Or"lnlllnl( Ou 

Jim Rudicil add 10( \1, bJU~oIlltlll 

n.~pl Illr \larl ) 1,·I\,nlll.:f - of Dill \iakmq', 

ehallm;l1llll lh ~ P;}rade CommitteI.', 

LllfTcnl rn~mhl:r' rqlu:-...:nlc:d l..l:x;.a14:W 

In tho; \ nek \am \ [} a~ l'arad..: an Scrh:lT'lhl: 

l On". hll'ul cHn lloclor T&J. 

;t)lo'""J their t-udicl uu ... l. to be ~d in 

'hc par.lJe ' ~m,ln} pc4lj1k \·~.... ed IhI!' 

pa,,,Jl! (mill the Ide-'-'oIlb. and il W..J.) 

~Ik)~ 0. 00 ItXaJ l'V IiII leaS! lhr(C' tirnC1. 

"', 11.11.1 ucclknl media c'\:flOSure \\ t: 

hope III tnC1'ea~ Ihe lIumh&:r of p.tnltl- 

pan I' h~llh mt'mhcr; (lnd cnmmCUlr" 

ne\1 \C.1I 

\\ C e\h·nJ our thanks 10 other 

1111· \\ In ..;.II.. 111011 J1rlJ\ ld ~ ", ork furuur 

Ifill'dlng meml-.:h, 

linhdJ, ~~~·lIn. ;lIId heH 'IIo ro;he\ for 

Ihe ''''0\ \1,:.11 '\1.111 

THANKS TO 

COMMlnEES 

.. ,~56 fI 01. 'El\ BRUi"\ \\ ICK. 

'J- Ihr' \I,"lllf\ummer ..... 1I5 bcLcd 

orf h) " !!r,",clhl.:' 

B\ thl! I,me Ihis /,,'IfIIIJ/I">ue lUI' 

It'ill'hcd lIur l l\1me~, .... 1.' ~III h,l\~ hJd 

nUl .l1I1I U,1l Chmlm.h polll\ r"f Ihe lhil· 

dr~n .~~ " .,rid undl.'r Kn,)v.III, h""'" 

mUlh fun II "llIr Ihe ,hll,hen e'er\ 

~ear and Ih, pleal gifl' Sam.1 h.~ (0·' 

Ihtm. { hmn .... ellh .... ulhC'J'p .Ind III'" 

(htl.. tm", l)oIrl\ CnmmiUn .tre 

Ih.,"~t"d In :.d\anec: 101 Ih..: lime lht"} 

'-f":nd "'hll'pme .Inll r1J;nnmll 

r he hlcal chaunc:d tv.o hu\e" 1n 

IftlO'rllll memhl'r., V.hll 'l1.ftl:d 111'10 

rlm~lrate in 3eli\ il ics in l'tlll.lLklrhiJ 

o"",,,ne:tllo, .llm.. lh.· IIH-\\'~ ~C; lh Inter 

n,iHlllldl ("'\\l.:nIIOO. Thl.'\ IllJr...hctJ In 

Ihe r{ulldc.: alung.~lth: Ih~ hahn,et 

\lUIIIIllCI"!o Hand hlll'd h~ Iht' III\;.LI1m 

Ihl~ ~ ..'II'n The da) "a, I!.Ypf'I.:J vff It} 

.:1 t.'HIIl'{:11 1m ItU:- \\ parl,e'p.ml'ilt Ihe 

\rc~1rum fe.lIunnp: H.lrtlolfu \i.. ndrdl 

In'uJc '(lurn'" repnll Ih.1I HIO \1 

orhdl.ukilim l·dUIIl.tld ...... III~ rel'T 

m, Ihl' fall U~""t v.t,h~ ... I" hI'lh f'lf the 

IIInl/.av.a,tcd lImo.: 1u In Ihe Ihlll~' 

)IIU\\; ~en r1.lfinin~ fur 

01.11 (:undnlcnu"',..1 III Ih

REGAINING 

MARKET SHARE 

Lt. .., .. (I,o.tm.rtb.ru. p a. lcll&u~ . 

\I E\IPIIIS. T'I-On June 29, 1996. 

Local 474 elected offictrs ror a Ihrcc· 

lear h:rm. Thc~ .rc: 8u \1,r 'Fm 

s.e, Jad" OiHlln. Pres. Glenn Grccn 

~ell. Vicc Pres. Bubba Greenwell. 

Trel5 Rlcl< tJO)J and RICe.. S« \lIke 

U.alc) . Elt..:uti\e Board m.;mbt~ bd:· 

iC' Dod~n. Da\id Ef"In. LUC) Grand 

PeIT~, Jeff Grcen'Acll. Glee U\Her 

EJobb) Rcc\cs Ind Roy Summill: and 

E~amm!ll~ Roar,J member.;. Jeff 81"0\\ n 

Infl. ROO, 

pecl ... 1 ~onl:!ra t ulalions are ulcnded 

\(I Hm. Jim Harrington on 1m recenl 

b~u ll ... CHoMS 10 SolIC Ihe hfe of a young 

Ilrl. On T abolll 3) .... e III Sallli J(lh n 

"ere III the- process of being b.'ll1ered 

h) Ihe l.ail end of Humeane Edou:ud 

Mlln) people come oul ItI Ilne o( Ihe 

~dCh ~ IIIlhe cil} to "'-.illcb th" 13,CCklt 

\\a\'e thai were ba'ihlllit Ihe shure:. A 

lar~e lu\e sy,l!pt it }"ollng $:ltl oul Into 

Ihe surf. Bro. Ilamnaton ~w \\hlll "",a~ 

IIlLIIl!! place: and. "'lit. oo.n.:j!:.&rd for hl~ 

o\\n pcnonal safely.~c inm the heel' 

mg urf to allempl a re"iCUe. Allhough 

Jim YoJ~ unable 10 mB);.e II to Ih..: I!lrl 

~hc \\-Ob GI\cd. I ;\c:r;~ In\ohL"d lit Ihc 

rocu!: .... as retrie\ed. cold .. nd ~"Lcn. 

bUI .... fe, CongralulaliDru, Jim. (Ill a \er;. 

~1~!K.1orbr.l\en" 

r-UCllALl. BI':'lll I',:' 

CELEBRATIONS 

OF LIFE 

I.. U. 530 (i.u&rtb). S.\KNlf\ . 0 ,", 

Our I.x:al cdcbralCS life allhlS lime (If 

yell r All memhcr; nrc cordial!) mntcu 

I I) )l) l tl us. W e ha\C ~t:\ern l elen15 

planned. 

Our Annual Bonll UC(, ~r,;h c duJ..:d fOI 

No\', lb. 1996. \\111 already htl.\·c laken 

p"Ice by Ih l! time 11IIS Hll lcJC is Jlu ll 

I"hed I he hllllquCI IS B scasonnl get 

WlIelhcr ",hleh reun ll e~ our memhCl~ 

\\ho arc near and far Y~1lN-Qf· 'nice 

r"u and gold \\'il1ches are jfllcmlllll!:lt:u 

"'Ith good food. s~C\;he~ and Ihoupbh 

of dancing: the nighl 3Wa~ 

1\e'(l comes Ihle hantiJ\~ of Ih~ 

C'hris"lmas hiilits. Our mcmhc~ Ime 10 

II[l:hl up our Cl\), W~ ~ho .... our CI\I~ 

Pfld..: b, annuall~ pUllinl ur the littJu~ 

that help make th~ ClI\ ofSaml~" ..... 10 

h:r .... onderland, \fonic~ ral~d In lbl 

(IrOn .rt" then donated 10 local chan 

t~ In Sarnia .... e ttkbrale IhlJ \tme of 

'ic.r .nd h.\;;: an offjC1.1 e"rnt call~d 

iht: C'elcbrallon of l.igh~ Toun~l~ and 

local" make the lOUt IIld ellcillm In 

..... l· at Ihe dl~pla)1. \\hld1lrul~ dauJc. 

Another e,'en\ w look forv. .. rd 10 1\ 

Ihe t:hlld ren'S Chmlma!> plIrt" Here 

nur loca l members and Iheir Camlliei 

parlake In friendl) COll \' e~tlon Rnd Ice 

toklllmg Followmg the skallng. our kids 

11,se\ 12 and undcr cnJoy mectlllg SI\f1I IlC\\- year ror aU 

1)0' L. FRANO PS 

Local 538, Denvill., IllMmber Jade 

McDonald is pictured 01 weB ollhe 

Wabcuh Pawer Hou .. cwertooking me 

Wabash Valley. 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS 

L V. 53S (II. DA~VIl . I.E, IL-Hllpp) 

hohtlav ~ In nil! Here III D II I1I·l ll e. we 

II ill he ·anllclP,Ulnll lhe ne"" yenr. 

A~ IIlwlI)1. \\ l' urc Yer, ar Jlr ecill l l~e 

uf nil the local!. "hi) 1I,,'o'c prOVided our 

Brotbers Il nd I ~ t cr~ \.Illh \\ or" 

This pasl sunmlCI our 5l.lhball team 

look scconu place In Ihe clly Inu rn a 

menl. t\llhough Ihe} dl L!n'l fair .I~ "'1.:11 

in lh Local bOl. Chamralgn·Url;!anli . 

Il. lournamcnl. C\Cflone h.Jd. great 

lIme 3nd \\ould Ii~c to urre " .hen 

Ihank!> 10 cI'cnunr- In Ch.unra1jl.lI ",ho 

WlS in\ohed 

11 I .... lIh \Orro" thllt I reflon Ihe 

Jld~nl:l of rc:tlrcd mt:mbcr earl E. Dtd- 

00.. Carl .... " Inmated Inlo Ihe IEIF\\ 

m 195::! and rchred IfllYMl Our~~mpath} 

goes 001 10 hu ratml\ 

\\br-n )ou'f\" ma'Lmg IC\OJUtlOru, for 

Ihc Ile\\- year. remembC'r ),our union 

Attend Ihe monlhl~ mer-hnl!:' It ",oukl 

be grtat to ke and hear from e\'ctyone 

And re~he to bu)! North American. 

buy ulllon 

Happy NcYo Ycprl 

KA1"Im .\lOORF.. /'.S. 

30 

181W JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1996

and he \\ iII eal for a da),: teach hIm how 

10 fish and he will ea t for a lifetime." 

We thnnk ~ach of them {or the rishing 

le-.sons. 

Jk"ETSKtPPER. 1'05. 

local 558, SMfiield, AL. member Neil 

Hall iJ ~hown corrying ,*,e 1996 

Olympic tof(h. He pos~ ltIe 100(h to 

the grandJOll of Olymptc champion 

}e~~ Owen5 in the rekJy run. 

BRO. HALL 

CARRIES OLYMPIC 

TORCH 

L.U. 558 (i,lI.u.cah·.rlh.rh.elD'''pll&ml,. 

SHEFFIELD. AL-Oulage work has 

h

Arthur Henncll. a J"J')car member 

lou~ .md Arthur lire ~tlh nll~d b\ 

flmil~ and rrleods of l.he 1Jl[\' and 

lornl""" 

A !i~c:lJtllh.II'J;. II) the n:htcd memo 

ben "'ho donllted thClf IlIllC and .,klll~ 

10 the rel>11lT3110n of Ihe IO~ill ulUtln .... 

picnic area. TIle1 wj,hc5 ror :t 

happy holiday ~(l);Qn. 

JAMFS A, ('I\MI'!\I'lL lUIS. 1{ 1'!' 

FULL CALENDAR 

OF FALL EVENTS 

L. . 704 U.r-m (11" ' 1. DUBUQL 

IA-Sme!! our la\l \l,Tiltng. Luc.11 704 

held II summef I'lcnll: II ....'hlCh .11 In 

ortendancc had an enJo)ablt' Ilmil lind (I 

dellclou!> omt'ler. Mall V d or IlrJll!~. 

donlllctl by Du huqudllnd i1h;..:lfic«1 

Whnll!."alel"t. v,en: ~IYCII""U'J 

l l lC accompan~'ing pholo ~hQw~ Ihl;' 

I.ucal 7!» C'onlll1gcllI in nur IJlhur n oy 

celchr:uion p.Jr:lck nros. B. 1l Oates and 

()wen I.cCS/.'r canied Ihe 1~"1().1 hun 

n..:r, and ~eH~rlll l OC,11 UlIlOTI nU:Il1~rs 

and theIr familk.""i marcllcd along behmd 

the banner Locul «lntrnc1on wc:re rq.'lre~~nlted 

In Ihe parade. b) lhelr servICe 

\'lln~. whIch were dn\'l~n 11) load Ulut'n 

Brother.> JClllIlllg them .... cn' I .... u 01 l)ljr 

n:lired membtl1. Bros.. Om.:r Sis!!:r and 

FllslC' Crui-.e, BOlh Hmer anti FII'le 

"'!! IC jOU II IL~)lI1iUI '\.\ilemen rOt miln) 

years. Oro. Cruise iJl~oer"ed DS llUI 

bU~IIIC!>!i tlhUlHger 1100r 10 hi' rellfCnlenl 

The ,.\ nnual B u~lncs'i Tr9dl.: Stw ..... 

\\ :lS hel d 01 U u h uque'~ Lo ra~ (,o ll tl~C 

on S~p l . 111. Bros_ Jeff An!nnriu al'\o 

1'1\1 DielZ rcprco;cnlc(J I'alll-.un F.lcclr'll· 

of Oubuqul' III PWltlotlll& th.: !IT1JiOr. 

la nce o f utilizing "BC~l rO"'tr~ ,I',S 

~)"'ll!m~ In crlllcnl 4:ompu.eJ llperalion~ 

Thesl.' S)lotem~ prolccL com pUle:" 

ng31n~111I,'l'IHIU1"" hru .. noulo;, t)\cl'\utl 

d~,llghlnmg. and pov.cr !>ur.8c~ 

On ep\. 20. Iho Owen I Cl'~er 

rcttncd Ihe I~,~ M.ble.T Sl..illcd Warl· 

~f A-'llfd, Thl1 ."ud IS prcscuI111 \3u1118111111 b) 

I ~re J('Ihn \1.:lillj!.I'>t.l Il rceen1 m~cl· 

inS Ke\'ln n.)frel1 J.~mc, IJl!okup, 

Le lie rain. Mallbl.'w Dudi:o,·ic. 

R ll;hllr~1 (1 r ell l h(lu~e. GreE( Lengyel, 

Jon Lut.lv,lg, )o.hch,ld \1c ,,~e. Jllme~ 

1':lIIer;on, l'il1lolh), T' yle filiI.! Richll rd 

Rec'c We exh: 11i1 con.!\rlliula l i(l n ~ 10 

lhc5~ nl!\\ Journeymen lIodllppn:ntJccs. 

O lll Illl.'lil 's fu lU "~' plcmc \\'II.~ u great 

~tl~$~ Ilus )C3r. as ..... as our annual gal! 

nUllng ~tnll 'tlig plI;:mc \Ian\' of Illlf 

Ulcmncrs. 111:11\1: dud retlrcO.lurn.:d out 

for lbc~ C\'C:PI . A al~tl~ • thanb 10 

lJUllnh:rllllnml:nt C(1mnllllcl! for aJob 

.... dl-dC!n( 

WorL hll" bc!en ~nod rhi~ \'1:8r ~ilh 

The Local 704. Dubuque, IA. conrill9er11 diJP'aY1 me local'. boonnot' in a Lobor Ocry 

poro&'! • 

local 692, Boy City. MI, nlllwty nmrod memban tlHand tI retirement porty givlln in 

lfIeir honor: from left, fronl row, 10m Whol. r, Rol'I Voisin", Goorgf Snydet". Ron 

Ryder und Lorry Pi"11",,; bock rlJW. Jim N.il!", G.ro. Lolond • • AI K.rr. Ed 

Gruu.uynsU, Tam Hollenback and Ron Plllil, 

32 

Tho new ~n of locoI71'2'. &eo.... PA. o~ joined by Apprentice Oit. Wil10rd 

G40u (bock raw, ravt1h from left] for a photo, from left, front raw l Christopher Shatter, 

David King Jr,. Jomoel I(vnunonn. Carl Smitfl and Dennh Weigtll; bade row, SiwJne 

Bowl~ . Carl MaHliol'd, I("ith Neol, fWillord Glaul Matlrmoon Kimbrough, Charles 

wekh and John Molcipcrn_ Nal pidured i, new ;avrneymon franklin Michalski Jr. 

IIIEW JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1996

the DRAP line &:(,n~IrU C III>n .1t J&I 

I\peC'lahy Sled In rull ", il1g O\.lma!t P.1ny In 

Ilcccmher_ AHend your local um on 

mcetlng dnd help II) \olunu:cnnJ on 

Ihe Enh:namml:nI ("amnlllh:c IIJ mat..e 

1I11."\C Jl.1fUI:S II hu ~c .-.u~'I;t'\, 

Wor l.. in Ih~ 11(,u,IOn .1Iea bas 

Imrn>"cd JL ' ~UIll, and 1997 looks 10 be 

.. nlliher lI(1ud lear (0' cunSlruCllun 

PfOI CCU 'rne T~ \ktbal ('cOltf con· 

I lIlue~ 1" cxpand, and nUl umnn a,wnrac- 

10rs ha\'c been ,uccc::,~lul tJiJders nn 

se\'~ral pr ,\ nd tcmem"a III .1Itend 

){lUf local umdn mtclin", 

aRI 11 \It 1\1 "'/11 I' \ 

LOCAL MEMBER 

RUNS FOR STATE 

LEGISLATURE 

LU , 866ltfl,~"M \ ... (n',lI.. In 

Ihe: al:i:omf13n\jn~ rhllill HrO! I d 

O'Ari .. n. the I)l:llIuu.,tu. 1.

Ih~ prc~enlahon "nd u.h:ndln& con 

!1IlulaliOn I Local Cbmn. Guy 

Mertl 

uf .. :10 ~~ .." 

an declrkal ,,·orJ..u 

g.l\e~ him a \IC'Il'POIn I un Inue!> that 

"hool.. cant Icalh AI pr~ Imll:. the 

ekcuon had not )~I 11J..~n pllcc_ Good 

Iud.;. Ed 

eo on\ greetin£5 .and bC~ 1 "lshes 

for Impl') hullda) .. to 1111 

IBEW SALTS 

GET IT DONE 

LU. 90Sl 11&0). Vf.N1'U R , 

)..\1- ~ItAR I'. I'R '~ 

CA~D 

Jul} II, 19%. \101:' cc1ebnled Ihe 'iUCc~ful 

concJu!>tOn of tbe Unfair Labor 

Practice CI!tC Iillmst Veeo Inc. \llih a 

pre-Inal '>Cllkmcnt 101l"IOg $2.."i,txXl for 

"me' Local 9.52 DrOlhe" ThIS v.. a 

resu lt of an applit'allon en ma~s and 

ubsequcnt dlserimmallon against Ihe 

nme appltconu We commend our 

Ol',anllel, John "Carl" I."ie. and all our 

union all for their efforts ...... hich 

IOcluded itn unfulr Iilhor pl'lIcticlf !>Irik.e 

agaulSl Veco at Ihc PCp'ii pLlDI in Ventura. 

CA The accompanYlntt photo featurel 

Local 'lSl members displa)InJ 

tberr .".rd check 

\\'e held our local uruon c1ethon~ on 

June: IS. 1990 DI\'ld Tilmont \l>'IS 

elec.:led a, hU

DeMgohn 10 the 

3Srh 'SEW ,,!em0- 

tional ConY'8nhon 

from locoll306. 

Dea!tur, It.. rous.e 

'0.. a pIloto In 

• fIII.ckl""ia. 'Afrom 

ieft: becvtNe 

Soard tMtnb.r 

Joyce Oom, But, 

Mgr. K.,-in R. bn· 

ne tt and ExeIl ICR In Ihe same boat 

""uh U'5 are Locals 412 and 1613. both 

of K an~as CII)', \10 Kans .... Cuy 

Power and Ulht is luempllng. friend· 

Iy merler _ IIh L'lIl1corp United At 

p ICI.I .. d, the HI/lie h ille, Wblern 

Resoun:c:s is chIUen""A IH "'1lb I hosuIe 

t8):cO'oel We hope b) lhe lime tbis 

amele ~ 10 pnnl we Will ha\e • res· 

olution Our memhcnblp ... ould Ipprt. 

Ollie \'our thoughts and eocouragr:mcnt 

whilc .... e dcal \l;llh IhlS unusual process. 

Sea n'slfccllnll and ben wishes 

ror the nc\lo ~ellito all! 

SAM .... " J WU1T\fAN. PS 

NEW 

COMMITTEES 

FORMED 

loU. 1600 lie), IlETlltEIIEM. r A 

Local 1600 hilS had LI Lt:~ I ~luu ... eICOnl. 

mu nicallon ('"OOlllll llec III place for 

about a )'car nou Our actlVilles hive 

mduded 1nP" to lila "enn,»1\3nl3 Sl:lte 

Capitol and WuhtngtOfl , D.C.. to lobby 

rOt ulllil~ d~rc.ulall(l n thai would be 

rcspon.,iH 10 tUslomen., empt()yee.s 

and l«khol~(I1. Wc "''Ie aoo "'Ofl:.ed 

on I"'~UC~ rdallng 10 uttlll) I,):eo\'cr 

alh:.mpl . ""orters' compea$lhon Ind 

olher IC!!f':huue ,,~ue'\. fllCln, 'AUr"lnl 

people 

Our i1J~ndll 1ll1t\ Includes pubh~hlOJ 

an ~ A h; rl '· fOI Union bullc:ltn boards on 

a w(ek.ly schedule. ThiS ~t\len ~ bigb 

I I~ht\ Important currenl Bnd loplenl 

i,!uc Ihllt allcct us all , 

Local IMlIJ I-' re~.I H u~ Mgr, Bil l 

Schmitt has assigned U:'l some \'u)' 

impmtllm ..... url.. md uding!l ,'otcr regis· 

!rAtion driw thnt InclJ!~tuto.:d placin.ll 

II vOII:r n:gj~trDtH ln form IR our month· 

I} new.,lellcr. "OUI Umnn VOice," 

\\fc feel thllt continui"8 the fight (or 

dII!OII)' lind 'i.dfcty lI1\he ¥o'Ot kpl lloc. and 

the fillht (or fanuly .nd ~nlor cilizen 

need~. are or the ulnm~t Imponllncc. 

local 16fHI al-o htn imliah::l.I a 

mon thly dUI:\ th~ek'QfI (or COPl;.. 

KlIU¥oIlIl!: liIoIl f~dl,;lllll.t "" ICq U lt~ an 

cmv'o)cr v.ho alit ..." p3ymll deductJom 

fur fln~ Pi\£" ml.l'.l ,tllc.'M (Q)roll deduc· 

oons 101 ochn- l'/\ Cs, L.ocaIltJOO.nd the 

olf11mlllee limed utll cmplo).:r 10 pm 

\Ide rayroll deducuon (or IUEW COI'l 

"' ~ al!>11 In)\I;tlcd II $100 ('OPE 

dmy,ln, The name or an lKtl\e COl'l: 

C(lntrihutOJ d OMy, n mnnlhh. and Ihe 

winner Ii a ..... arded SIOO from ID EW 

COPI' 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

OF 1996 

1.. , t6UI (u), JA CKSOWILLE. F'L 

Witb the year coming w an end. \lot 

lake a momcnl to 1001. bott\; un all tha.t 

WC" ban .ccompli)h cu. III Ihe clllilcL 

part of the year, Lnc1l1161~ ')clecled 

our Ihird annUli ~Fox A¥lud' tl!clJ'li' 

ent He is Bro. (.mest \ 1.)berry . .. ho 

has been a member 111 good ILandlnl 

SlAte our mc:epIH)n In 19HA 8to 

Eunl:Sl lS abo one of our ouinandull 

shop sle""ards He b.s fac:ed mao) 

ad\ erst cUC1.IrMlln«i in hu n:1Ce LO 

our local . nd Ihe commUnll)' •• nd )'1:1 

he managcs 10 ~r.e "'llh a grC:;l1 deal 

of professionalism and enlhu51um, We 

,"ould like 10 ~a) Ihllnl you and con· 

gratulauon, El\rne1t! 

Local 1618 abo held our third annual 

}.IDA bowl-a·lImn, and a\ usun( II wn~ 

a grea l success We did nOI ha ve as 

IIIl1n)' plllti>;ip.hLb il~ J.)(eYlou~ly . but we 

cICceeded Ihe Amount of IlICJne)' r:used 

last ~' e nr hy UVC I SIO(} ,\nd (01 t he 

third )'eRI runillng, n ro, AnIOn Little· 

ton ,"'on for M H I'~I III til'" ("onf,null.· 

InlLans, AlllOn 

Jo closlng .... 1! "'ould 11k.: 10 rcmcmber 

our departed Bro. Arnold Gearhart OUI 

pm) nand lhou.ghts ar \.\llh hu (amily 

199,. has hecn , PfCIl) \uccc

A~bhIO~ ltlolinll X-rilY Ii; !Iolil! ava Il 

"ble I-m lurlhtlr IIIformalion (.";; 11 POI) 

~l."\.It,lHOM I·Nll' M-!9Stt 

("ongr;t.luldli"n, 10 nf(l~_ Forre.;!.s 

('m lind Jllnl(:~ l! Ou)'nn on Iheir 

reIIH'In",nl, \V~ ,,"u,h bolh of Ihem 

much hlPPlnclroli 30U lhe b\!"si of luck 

durmg lnl:lr r..:llremC'1I1 yelln 

I'he 'hlfi IlIld mCnl[)cr.. \)( I ,0(31 191';1 

ettcntl "mcere condolence,; ;Jnd dCl;p 

I:.!>I ~ympo.llh\ II.! 1111! f;ullll~ and fnendlro 

of SISler OdtH..:S \ [CRae SiSIC'T 

Io,Ir;RQ('" life cndel.l ,udcknh ~hell sbe 

~aml: nHo \'\Int.lct \l,jlh.ln (n\:rglll:J 

dCClflCilI ltne during a stam! rc~'ora · 

lIun Joh l)elmc, \\o1l):1 ~cry hardwork 

UIB and dcdl~I"CJ cmp!l),cl:, and s.he 

~III be m,""Cd Ilr(atl) n)' h':T fnends 

and CO-.... llrlU:.N 

JOII'l/ HOl. T_ p.s 

PR.EPARING 

FOR CONTRACT 

NEGOTIATIONS 

I .. U. 190H (u). (,OCOt\ , FL-TheJ5th 

mrw Inll:rnluonal (' n\enuon WaS 

held III l'lollidelphlll, P/\ dlJri ng Iht! 

month t)1 ~cfltcl\lh~r, and Pres,lBu~. 

\1p 'ilke Brooks lHlcndcd 3S a dele· 

g,i!.1l' (rum UIII lura!. Elecllon~ of Inler· 

.na'lt~nill Olfi~(\ lIo..:n: held, .dnd '\Ome 

mtcfe'ouns. rtf'tln1 or CO/1\C'nlion actl\lht.· 

.. "'cre bruunhl 1'l:H:L und ~hared ~llh 

\lut 10\:,11 mcmtx'n;hip. 

OUt local [JIld OIhl:r locc1ls or System 

CounCIl I -4 hn\i~ heen bu.~y Im~parin! 

pmpoc.ak (Ilr Iht! neoct COnlraCI negOliallUn~ 

Thnugb 11 IlIJr ~ID a bll eatl~ . 

.. c need 10 ~I"ft nUv. 10 pl,n ttlgelhet 

llur pa.,;k.gc "nu wotl (Jut (lur trate 

~II!-" """ Ihat"" ""ill be w('11 plepllred 

whcn thl: ume CHIl1l"~ ill hIli! 1997. 

It''Illllll1(lrt:J111 In nole Ih:1\ mOSt !!a m ~ 

1l\,ltk 1Illl'lc 1.1\\ n}lllr31:1 ..... ere an~lhing 

but mUlual. Ind we ma) n

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Ot:\'dand ",1~ r,,-o'WCdl oj tbl: I'mtcu 

CEREMONY R E T IRE E S 

",,'" 'he ,\ '... L,. (io'd Ru," ".n,d 

Rt: T IRt. t.S \ s~ n C I \ 'rl O N O F 

l.U. 3. '\l\\ l OKk.i'l, QL I ~ ti\ S 

CII,\ltTEH_AI mlr ~CIIl: l llIIflI!C I III~ 

00 May 311. 11J9(i. ;1 11":\0 I'liHe of \IU":l!rll 

Wi\:! eleclcd Our o(rl(cr~ a f ~' a~ fllllo ..... ~: 

Chmn. " VIn!,: Garllnl.c1. "I VI(C 

Chrnll. John O'llara. ~nd Vice (1mln. 

Irv.m Cohen RCl· !\c.:I!. lI urDCC IJllI~n; 

!-in e/;". !-red 5,:1lrnlln; IIC:'I' Rt)!lcrl 

G"c-~hrn. Scr,.ea"11·al.A'm~ I"'dlcr:' 

lJeVilu anu t\ nlhlln\ '.lv3Ie\t.'; .101.1 

Trustees Abc Karlan (one y.e3r).lrvrn, 

Renner (1 .... 0 )·c.ln) (IfIU "mnk Mun[(: 

fl)l\.Ilno (IIircl! )CtU'l'. On Ih..: fJ 03rd or 

D lh!l'(O" nte: ~liI'C 1\ lkn, J(n)' Apl' not 

mellll Ihlll \Io~ nn: gmng III " I I'tlt It llt\'metll ,ciln \\c clIvld nut I!\·c 

III tllC /I1,II1I1U .... 1.' dn .... Ithoul thl; help 

rnJ ~Ultjll)fI tlf ('Uf employe,... "nd rom 

\ ,Ill \,,,,I,II~ 

\h· h;"j\y ~ilh 

her 1;\'mml ll~'C t'l11l1".'llnll. Utll ~u;k. {lnd 

'he h,,~ ,1 ~ICJI tl·.am \OI'ur~lIl~ "Ith hCI 

Ilu .. Iu~~~ (.In \\~ ,.:!") Tb,mk 10.011 

Ih~ \OInllll;n 

\\c hJ~1; Ii 111;110 ..:h:rpl;un. Sid \l1..:JcI· 

!I1.m. Volin dloe-. II I'ftoJ loh. lind JI", ill 

n~'" huarJ mt:m1:>tr. I)JvirJ l3.alQn \\ e 

al'r~l,.lIe 111 ... 11 e{ftlft .. uo behalf I)f ollr 

duh 

I mil' I~ C,lIdulIg up un II~ nil I 

rell'lIl h reu'I\oerJ Ill\' (14j \0..:.11 pi n ftonl 

Ihl.: 1131 \\ , lind I dDt ~till ""orkillg 1I)'llIg 

H't kecp Ilur ~h'.l'h~1 nh\e In du,ing 

.Im .utldc I cnwur .. g.:.all ullr mcm 

l1c" In .l1Ienu o'Ut nl:(1 meel,", ""here 

\OU \01111 eJltt1l '>ttIDI' \t1Uf tlkJ JJdI!> 

111:\ 1,(; OOn81''). P \ 

CELEBRATING 

100 YEARS 

IH ~' I IIU I':.s l:LIJ II 0 .. L.U . fI, SAN 

IrHAN(' I:H ' O, C'A- nc hun(jrc-d 

~":UJ'l; .IJItl. 11ll1(krn O l ~rnpll'" Sinn ed 1111), e"I1):I,ltlll,lIl\lI1~ Jr~ dllC :Ill 

around on tht: ~ll'Ct:~

C'11rt!\S 111 till nur Lucal !2 1t!lllces O\Ir 

h~ I wlllhc) (Ot h(ahh !lnd hilrlllll~" .is 

Ihl\ huhdav '>ea",on 1\ crlchul~d \ 1111) 

)00 .:&11 bale: a ~ )c.lr of 1l0UtJ hc.Jllh. 

harrme\\ anti ~nJil~menl 

\h \\oull.l liLt Il~ a!lL our lirothcl\ 

11\ mg OUt uf tbe' area to «nd U~ II Cilfd 

Idlm!! U~ ",h.. l'lIy. II wa~ anttli1cl .... t!1I 

pwnn.:J. enjoyable trip organved by Al 

\k)eh, 11" l'o'llc. Sl~. 1I11t.! Ralph dnd 

f'rum 'WIIIII:~. Th )' kcpt w. enl~namt..-d 

on the hu\ \/o"lIh gamt E:-" CE. HI-In i\ugUM thl: 

Rcttree\ pent a heautlful ¥ocd, \'1sllU'g 

the (,r,tnt..! (",WYIII) ,Hid North and 

Sou lh Dakota The \\ e~1 \tltl:ly hu~ n 

hll \I) oncr \fI beaU1" ,mJ ..cenen'. 

In September thc memtk:n "';Cftt for 

a JlOixl old ''-

Sister Joc.kie Alfonso receivelo her Locol 

130, New Orlecn~, LA, Retirees Clvb 

membenhip cord from Pre!, Ron Clark 

at tM local union off"., 

ebeon IS ~c h ed u led lor Dec III at the 

landmarl Rcstauranl. Ha\t.a good 

11mo We illI v.ekt')rnc bekic mlO 

the fold and wi h her good foriune 

l OOt, h ll ~ heen 11 f:lhuluu .. year, Wllh 

numerous "vcnl~ held {or the cl uh 

members. FrlHll JalluJf\ 10 the pre~e nl . 

OU I members ha\c enjoyed; 10 bus Inps 

1('1 \lUIOU'i gamhlmg ca~ i n(Js. a H .. I· 

lo",ccn dane.:. fo ur 4uarl\;rl~ meetin~ 

"'ilh food and rdreshmL'"nt~ Sotf'cd.and 

II. ChllSlmas SUPJlCr d.llltt 

At Ihe clo c of Ihl )·ca r. Rctlrees 

Club member~ ~hould he reody [0 

rene", thell membe~hlp for Ih..: }":1lI of 

1991. Anyone ~ h o 1I< 0uid lik.e 10 JOin 

Ihe Rellrccs ('Iuh rn :t \' t: ull Ihe Loc.11 

130 office for infOl mllllon aboul doing 

so, We .... elCQrnc 11 11 , cl lrcc~ Yil1hm our 

an:;t to JOlli our fun !;I ul>. 

BlOI)) ('AR\I MP I> 

MEET OUR NEWLY 

ELECTED OFFICERS 

RETIR EES C U III Of I.. U. IJ.t 

CHICAGO, I L-Al I h l~ wntlllg II) 

earl) Oc1ober. our summer I O\cr and 

\l,mlt!r ISllAI around tbe comer I hope' 

e\·cf)'ooe hlMJ a fine and en}O)lbk um· 

mer Our \\..:.nh~r In C'hlcalO ~ a. ~'CI 

and damp in \1:1\ and June. hu l "nee 

then il hill> h\,:cn hC8Ul i(u l OU I J ul)' 

luncheon was a I r\,::l1 'ucl.: c~\ l'hank" 

to " red ~Iemkcn anti hi" commltlcc 

A group o f our ne ..... '" elected 

Retiree'S Oub offlcen Irl." rl~tufed In 

!.he Il«lOmpanytnJ ph CI",b gathe, lot 0 photo 

with Locoll34 Sui, Mgr./Fin . Sec. Midta-' FiDgerold. 

, •• W JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1996 

Teartenl I,f Ihc (Jcur,e E 'orcrOS'> ~f 

Ilumdnllilnan .\'illard. The Peter J 

\-kCiulrc All no 'iCholl"hlr' IIIcre 

1It!\e:nh:d 10 2[1 me n and women 

ull endlng cnlle!!e .... h(l have: 8n AFL 

(10 m~·rn~er In Ihe f,lml l) 

(jueH \pcakers Included AFL·ClO 

F-:ccutl\C Vicr.: Pre .. LlOd a Cha\el· 

1'hl1tnTN'n, (IfI~ressman R b Andrelll'$. 

and Congn: man Roher! Tornce:lh 

1 he 5reaker~ c",~or ed Ihe Chnlon 

Gore \ll;:.l ct and ked all lite: memMI"i 

to leI out the "Ole 

AI thl'" wfllinalhe retirees IIIcre 

pllnOln, a luncheon on I\ ov I~ It the 

Rltrnllda Inn," II Rmmonton. \\ e h()pe 

it will hR\'e been R Helory ce!eblJlil'ln 

for 1II1001 1.lllilr. 

JOSf.I'1I L. I~ OC ll l'., rs 

ber or the Golden Age Road Runners 

(1uh The duro. ddr:1) the expenses of 

the dub (po~ l agc, UlllOnar). hohda,. 

deconlUons. ele,) 

We ex tend our condolence .. 10 Ihe 

families and f!le nds of Ihe follo ..... ing 

n~ llree s "ho pas ed IIW3Y recently 

nesler 1\l11~, Hen S l c \ 'cn~, ChMles N. 

Pel erson lind Ke nnelh L J hnson, 

JAM!:"; J "t .... CK. P.S 

' A VERY 

ACTIVE CLUB' 

RETII{U: S C I. II OF L U. 134 0, 

NEWI'ORT NF.WS. VA-The rellrees 

of Locill 1340 hllve II I'r.:ry 3CIIH~ dub, 

nn d ~ e nre hackl:d fully by our local 

Pic:rurod 01 the Locol 488 , Bridgeport, CT, Retiree, Clvb annval outing afe. from left: 

Nino Fran"lino (sealed), Bruce Frocz:ek, Dick Herlihy and Dick Kelly [se

THOMAS 

HAVEY 

LLP 

REPORT OF'INDEPE DE T 

UDlTORS 

To the Illt ~ rnaliona l Executive oUllcii of the 

l llt~rn "ti on ,,1 Brotherhood of Ekclrical Workers 

Washington. D. . 

We have auditcd th accompanying consolidat d statclne nt 01 as ets. liabilitie. and fund balancc 

of the Intern atio nal Brotherhood f Electrical Workers an i i t~ subsidiary as of Jun e 30. 1996. and 

1995. and Ihe related con olidatcd stalemenl of reve nue. expenses and changes in fun d balance 

and of cash now for the years then ended. 1ltesc fina ncial sta tements arC the re,ponsibility of 

the Uni on's ma nagement. Our re po nsibility is 10 ex pres an opinion on these financial stal ements 

ba ed on our audi ts. 

We conducted ou r audil ' in accordance wit h ge nerall y "ecepted audiling standa rd, Th ose 

standards require that we plan and perform the audit to oblain reasona ble assurance about 

whe ther the financial statem~nts are free of material misstatement. n audi t includes examining, 

on a test basis. evide nce supporting the amounts and disclosu res in th financial tatcment s. An 

aud it also includes as,essing the ae oUllling principle> u cd and significa nl estimates made by 

management. ~" well as evaluating the overa ll financial statement presentation, We believe lhat 

our audits provide a reasonable basis ror ur opini n, 

As de cribed in 'ote lc. per capita tax rcvenue i recorded when received ra ther than when 

earned, 1lle effect;, of thi s depa rt ure from ge nera ll y accepted account ing principles are nOI readil y 

elctermi nahl c, 

1n our opinion. except for the effects of not including per ca pi ta tax rceeiva bl in th e stateme nl of 

assets. liabililies and fund balance and nol recording pcr capita tax revenu e as earncd as discus 'cd 

in the preceding paragraph. the financia l tatemcnt referred to above pre~ent fairly. in all ma terial 

respects, the con olidatcd financia l po ition o( the International Brotherhood of Icct ri cal 

Workers an d ils sub idiary as of June 30. 1996. and 1995. and Ihe can olidated resulls of th eir 

operations and their cash nows for the years then ended. in conform it wit h genera lly accep ted 

accounting principles, 

July 26. 1996 

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40 

IBEW JOURNAL/DECEMBER 1996

IN1IRNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND ITS SUBSIDIARY 

CONSOUDATED STATEMENT OF ASSETS, LIABILmES, AND FUND BALANCE 

IX""" UA n 

June 30, 1996 June 30, 1995 hiM :l0, 19911 June lO, 1995 

R_ 

Unoppt'opric1td Wopnm..! '0101 '0101 Unoppropri~ Appropno'" 1 .. 1 ' 0101 

ASSETS 

lIA8JUTfS AND FUND RAlANCE 

Cash and cOIh eoUI'o'01em $ 575,744 I- 1575744 S 4'7 157 

l~I '~ j 

~\p:r,ob;e So 711,71J I- S. 711,l"oi I 695.753 

lcau .... """"""' ~ """"..I 

bod", 67926 67.'126 179380 Accfllfd net perIOdIC permot'I 

~ from Innl for ~ ItI£W ""'I...."'. wd 51 9,913,986 9.913986 II Ill' 187 

Pension Benefit fund 718.931 778,931 97.1.063 Pctyfol ded",hofl' 75,988 75988 156,289 

AC'CrIIe

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD O' ELECJIlICAL WORKERS AND ITS SUBSIDIARY 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 

IllHIIIT "e" 

Year Ended Ime 30, Year Endtd JUfIf" 30, 

1996 1995 1996 1995 

Cosh Row! Rom ClpflI'oling octM~e! Net ntr~ lI'1 COIn 528,587 7.10' 

(mh~JrOlrl 

(o-.h and ar.h eqUMJlenb 01 bIg''''''1I9 rJ .,.-ar .47,157 39953 

,\/!,\o>od e b&cO\!U! of me s~ fl'lQlilflfy 01 m. In.esrmentl fOf goverMIMI ond goftI'nll'lfl' ogency obIigo. 

penod for .... hlCh pet c.oplO IS tofMO 01 requlrtcl by 9 r">efoJy ocreped OI:toun'l~ p!IIICtpleS 

hON, rorPDIO~ bond~ ,.., en:!.acd.s bn 'JQb.Iti O't N'm(]ll'cf ~ ~ morlel pf~ Ie. rno..e 

d NI~rrofl!T"lfNi ore conltd 01 cost GoM ond buts en RIC09I1'Z-ed OfIIy...men 1eC\,Iflt~ DI' $!Inlier ~ Fa ~ bon~ the loot 'IDle 15 da-muned bm.ed mike dl~ preenl 

OI'I.KrId 01' upon IIIOfuMy. for lhfl ~"cI rl«lld "9 9O'n 0' lou ~ C\'efogtr cost.....+.od ~I vied 

e FIJied Aue!~uildlng ImprOVl'mlflb IvfMlle 0f'Id' equipment ale carrlfll:! 01 COJT Mop odd !~, 

or, Ctlpllalrzed Replooomei\llo, mOln\enafl~ one! ,epo,u. .,.,.hlCh do no! Improve or ••'!md!he l'l'fll 

of ~ 18lp8dr~e O Het~ me 6J4lensed curranriy DeprlClCirooll compu!ed using the straIght-line 

mfllhocI (MIl' ~ e~llmoled useful lives of ~e ,eIo.l oueh whICh are 05 follow. 

Hurld.ng end trrao'ellll!n~ 10-.50 yean 

fvrr,~t GIld tq.: pmt"Il 2-10 yems 

Col\Odio~ f.AcNll'I9fI-Ihe Internotrenot UnCtl IIIQf'llCllIU os5etJ and ~blh:es In CollOda os.,.eJi m 

the Uni\ed ~al8~ II 15 the m!ent 01 the lrIrerootlot'lCll Union 10 receive and expend Conad,ol'\ ~orl 

'II Conodo and flOl, on 0 regular bam, tOIl~fllt them ro U S. d()lars for i,nanclai slalflmelll purfX»' 

!I 011 o~!S OM kl bMle!. ore e.prm:\ed In U S doiIcr equl~ 

ConodlOtl doIar~ ~ III E.hIM ,.,. Of~ ~~ 01 tht! I!)ItMnge loles In eli«t on t!'lIlost 

dayd the year ConoJrall dolors l"Coiuded JI1 Ell" bll 6' c-'t "on~ 01 nt oYefogit bC~9' 

rates lor !he yet¥' -Unreel zed ~~l end OICleowrs due 10 ~s .n !...cfIor.ge rt:\fl} ore 

locluded In "Canod,ol'l ~ loIS' in lilt con5Olidoted Iroiemenl of re~nUfl ! ApeIlW!i and 

enl)f'lQelln lund bolance, 

g 5~ 01 Coy, Flowr-ior ptJI'po~ cI the ccnlVllooied golemoot of msh Rows. wUt '10 all'llid 

,red 01 O""ounlJ ()f1 ha.-d and ill dt"'OIld dtpoJlf bonk OO:OIJ!'oI'i ~ ~ rmmtdOlt WI+.o;rO-...;lI 

Cert l"Oiel d ~f and 01'* hrgHy-lf/III,d I~m cedi Iftftl1otmeff!1, CI. (OIII,dtred 10 be 

,nve~, rather !han cain &qlIl'o'Oienti 

'10 .....

Note 3_ Tal Skriln 

The lrI"efflOi ~1\ItI"O.A ~""~o!! hos odv.:l that !til!: 1t-!!"IIChC)"c)1 UfI'l71 ".d,-ItS ~rdet " 

SOlfcll5J 01 the 10*1'(11 ~!\'etul Coao alld" rh2telore. r.oI wqect kltol UI1OO" p!ew",,1 Ir"'~me Io.l 

~w. 

Nole 4. Tlte Pension Plan for In~mcriooal OIficen, Reprl!senlDMs and Assistont5 

The Pem! ;QII Pkm Ie.- Inlornotioocl Offl,ers, R.&pre'>eMI',~el and ASSIStant. rs CJ deloned bMef,r plcn 

Tl1e plan W"rerl OIly officer represenlollW! 01 OHlstMt o/1ho. Inlefn(ltlorw:;ll Bro!herflood 01 £ltc:triml 

WOlU!t5 

80111 pia" pomc,poflu.ond me InlettlOtwIWotherhood of [le1;tl'1cai Worl:.ert. cOrlltlbu\e 10 the ?\on 

PahCipol\! coorrlbl.dlOf'll ate IT'Cde til !I. tOlit of S~ of Clln'l!nl Dnnual CDr.IpenWlar> e".," COl'!'libu 

bans are equ:J' t;,lbtd../taeroce ,n fte IJIIIOIIIII ~to",",!he P'.anJ "d,"S requ '...,...a-.d rhe 

IoIaI OII"()UnI COr.t1 :x.Md by porbOpcrl$ In !he OOIIOnoI vakoahOllIot I!'oe yeti' etldecl JIIM 30, 1995 

"'.OCfVoryoa.,Jed IhorcurrenlCOl'IIlbulioN no! be mode _8 cDf'!l'ibution'~ ~~ tr'! 

bwol)' 996 The ~Ulled emp/ayer cor:lll butions 10 thl' ~n ore bo~d on odIH:rlol COil os calo.1 1926,107 

lJrv&ogn lzed nat go n 129,604 60 11 125,\592011 

Accrued penllOll tD1I 1(',880 .,01 116)96,8021 

me pon 's Iunded 11Q~.B os 01 JUIIf ]0 1996 end 1995 Ii lU'!'ToQI'ited os I~ 

1996 199\ 

Accum\IIQw:o' beneht oboogOllQII 

V~led sp2,m,1321 1~1J08 '''I 

Non--...d ~8S61 ~.Ol 4221 

(15,412 9881 123999,B681 

Addilloool ber.efrl bo§Od on elilmo'ed 

ho'ulf! !lltll'f btl!! [8,7 AA 4361 18 ''',3161 

Pt~jOOed berdil obI90t!OO f3,i 1574241 132'" IBd) 

fOIf...clue 01 plgn 

36 65Q ]Q7 3j 1I11.2n 

h-:1tU 01 pIOn 

"" 

C\sm p'0'

IN M E M O RI A M 

paF Death Claims Approved for Payment in July 1996 

\0

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... 

t.do.nmJo,. W 

V-.., lC. 

HtwenJr .. U 

Kt)'H. G. W 

Sw1on, C. H. 

&uIirwer G. 

Hobin, I H. 

Wood. D. ( 

!eII,H,W. 

IIot~mot ' r J. p, 

Jl;lcomn, L G 

Corver,l. 

SWberg.W ( 

T1Iornouon .lf , E. C. 

W",It, LT. 

~dlaNi H. t. 

PaH, l H 

l'aDoA, l f 

o.u... .•. 

.... C.I. 

..,..1" 

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lmdnman, Il J 

Spent., LJ. 

Wiley, G. H 

E a~t l, W. H 

Metkl, D. E, 

hllllttt, A. 

BteI.I, l. H, 

Hutiey, FT. 

Ifodbtcl, I . l 

Muns~ , A.. 

IrudI'll(L, I. 

Buk!., W W 

lIMt, W E 

.......

,.,,1 Sumo ... ,........ SumOITll 

,."' 

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'~OL S~~ '-, "',' ""'... ...."" 

Spohill, A. 24 Brown, t l ':2~ WllholM, LH '""'PO, l 

S!'opl~, M. ].1 ' Bu",,", E. C. ~:. ~ ,J. A (nin Jr" H. 

, 

"""""', ~ Lard, C.l Lltwdyll.ll !ooIoIon, l e. 

bid W. l ... ".,.,le. Wrt9~ 11 .. W C. Htmndas, I A. 

....".;u,O,L Wnj,l D. - ,1.(, toy,H. 

~ , 1. waliorM, f. ~ webll, L L Wt

International 

Brotherhoocl 01 

Electrical 

Workers 

Pension and 

Death Benefit 

Payment Report 

August 1996 

Number admitted to pension last manth 

Totol number on pension 

Total pension payments last month 

Total pension payments last 12 months 

Death benefits paid last month 

Death benefits paid la st 12 months 

ISEW PENSION 

BENEfIT FUND 

343 

9C I/-,2 

~ !I''' ~.j'" 4'> 

~ M 120664 85 

$ 777 ~'Jr: I /-, 

, '38/ 394 52 

NATlONAL ElEORI(AL 

BENEFIT FUND 

520 

6779R 

$ 287 4 ?t.F 7 

S 12R 763 r16' 5 

PBF Death 

.- Claims Approved for Payment • In September 1996 

"".1 .....'" "".. ,,- ....... "",I mom. Amollnl ..... '-. 

.....'" 

Gnffith, R. A. OoYKIIOll, I, A. Roonty, •. L lonrown: F. I, 

Slrom, G. M. b'IlffC,lJ. ~fIorp.e r..1 Poo • E. J 

, 

5oIr.erJr., lL o'Oon .. u, J. P. Staro;. E G. , , IK., W. P. 

Wi"" C. £ &nmG L Id,U Wood,I. L 

1t:Jgmga1l, ' o G. Sf'9"*" G W 

::J J'. c..p.I.' H. 

Nolde H. f _0, 

W " 

Dnopto. LL 

""'.G. I. ""'. 1 V StrwoW.'- N &.rl, It D. 

Heiu, T.t 1tovmfitId, No 1ft & ,1. f. 

1..,.'.1 

~ atuwn, S. C. 1ryoo.1 5 CoI.-on, ( It Malltor. D J 

C. •. D J 

• • (, 

Gayle Jr., f. L KIthor.oH, l DriKoIl,J. F. /kElroy, C. E. .'. 

CtO"etI, L &, t:ollh f l PeluM, A J Flttther. M D 

" Morse", Kelly, J. H. 1(, R. 

CCllebter, (, 

t.ulbe'Mn, ft, 

,,",on, H 0 

Corroro, f 

Ool'lOkllO/\", 

Lndltrom, A. 

Shant. Ll ",,100(1. D. W Herft, l 1 WI. J. M 

GlKh, I J »-IO!ILC. Y-k G l ".,.J. ~ 

...,..,. T.t ~ . QI 

~l'" 

ItanIdr.wt L W. 

Motp. M. A.. ThorTUon C K '''. D!. fu.G l 

.JoMson Ir . M. l r.doI.c\. w , ........ C.W. WilIOIn Ir l A.. J 

lm!. l. ::r: I W. J Sochen l. N, Cnmbal. l. 0 

D ~ill. M. L \1111, A. AIrtorin. W ~ort.. , J. (. -" 

WCBofl. R. S. CrcMaI. C F Herlh. H. N lG.dtf ,G. L 

~bIoJ'l{ , S.C. Cuml,ungl.1. L HowoIiLD. 10/11110111, E. II. 

POI1ef H. A DtnIofl.W 1 5holftt. R. C. Wtrdon.k. , 

~,EB 1'tte,1Oft. H. L loti. A.. L HonSOl'l. J L 

Jowr.J.l "WMr,C. L ~ . O . A ToIaO ... D. P. 

~~W. 1towIu"9 It l. L Itt::: A.H. A'«ru W. J 

. G p, MiMI' ••• &Iu n • . c. .. xoft N G 

:::r,. TC tIowo«I I C_",holl! f.J. Duntall.J5 

H . MaeIond k .. R. A.. OrurM. l.l 1000. ' . L 

a.,.o., I. L 

Par_ A..H. 

fundi. f. C. ""'ill 5. 

Mi.ell.' 

_U 

M. Mc(,"/Y, C. l FoIoI.IO. Smith, J B 

linllich, R J. ROlf, L H. Frueh ..... L Wtbtr. G H. 

So\om. D. I. Ju\iln, N W. ~,. l J Vorga, L f 

Aasen. G 1ft. W,I&cmWln " ., U. Hog. M.S. Ker!drida, B. J. .1. RhocIt~ . V W. Poe k. D. L 

FoioIo .... ,. luM, R. l RovIJohn, K. M- Emonn R 

FiKino, J I>.. ............ ll Ko!M, E P MJIo R ~ 

c.-IOId K Gogooo

10

lie IBEW FOII/uiers' SellOlarslrips lumor tile 

detiiclIteclwirellleli flllrlli"elJleli wllo, on 

NUI'elllber 28, 1891, orgallized tile IlItematiOlwl 

BrotherlloOd of Electrical Workers. TI,e officer ' of 

tI,e IBEW are pleased to offer ils workillS IIIelll/Jers (IS 

mallY (/ 12 scilOlarsllips (ItIIIIl(Il/y IlII " cOlllpetitil'" b" is. 

ft is II0{led tlwl tile awards wilillot ollly colltribute to tile 

persOllal t/neloplllent ofollr IIIf",ber Imt also steward 

the electrical illdllstry tllat Ollr fOllllders ellvisiolled. 

TI,cre will be Qlle cl,olarsllip 1II11tmied (rOlll each group o( 

25 IJIIlIli(ied tlppliwllts, or IIIIIiOl (",.-tioll tl,cre0f. 

This alVord is (or $200 a selllestr'r eredil lIour at allY 

occre(lired rol/I'se or /lIIi vr r ~ i ty toward all illitial Bacllelor 

degree i'l (/11 a{}!Jroved field. Till' ""')lilllllll' di triblltiOIl b 

$24,000 over a period 1I0t to e)lceed ei 'lit years. 

SElECTION OF WINNERS 

Tile ;IItlepNldent ~·o"nde,.s ' S 1101

III E\\ ,/"",,,,,1 I 

II', I ' Ih ::'lre" 1. N.W._ 

W", -. hingl" " . D .. C _ 1 ( ~ )( b

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