Winning Shotfrom theIBEW Photo Contest - International ...

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