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• A new three-year working agreement has recently been negotiated between Ihe 13 ISEW inside local unions having sound jurisdiction ovcr the State of Wisconsin and the Wi sconsin Communications Contractors Association Inc .. an or ~:lIlilation rcprelocnting !.Ound employees th roughout the state. rtle agreement covcrs all elllplo)'c!'!s engaged in all work in COIlneelion with the manur:lcture, installation. testing, maint..:nance. operation. and servicing or all sOllnd, intercOIll. private telephone. closedcircuit TV systems, radio systems, bad ground music SystCllh. hm- Pictured signing the state· wide sound agreemerH in Wis· consin Rapids. Wisc., are officers of the WisconSin Communications Contractors Association and business representatives of the 13 ISEW locals, observed by Internatlnnal Rp(1resentallve Donald Crevier. left to right, DeWayne Wruck. l::IuslOess Manager, local 517, Appleton, Wise.; Bill Gaverke. journeyman technician, Local 577; and Tom Landvatler, journeyman techOiclan, Local 494. Milwaukee, check dues re
gunge Inborntories. electronic caril· Ion. antcnna distribution systems. clock and program systcms. and low·voltage systcms such as visu!!1 nurse call and audio·visual nurse· call systems, doctor's entrance reg;· ster syMerns, and low·vohage signal· illg systems nol required or specified to be in conduit, wirclllold, or race· ways. The original agreement, negoli· ated in 1969 with the association. uccomplished by Local Unions 158, 159, 494, 577, and 1147, as~isted by Donald L. Crevier. Intcrnation:,1 Rcpresentative. Sixth District, covcf\,!d six sound employers. AI the expirnlion of the ngreemcnt in 1972, there wcre 26 employers signatory to the contract. Thc type of work pcdormcd under this contract fe· quires the employers to move from one end of Wisconsin 10 the other at limes, following thc jobs. For th is reason, all the local un ions in the stale soon becamc awarc of the or· ganizing advantuges of thi s type of agrecmcnt. When the new 1972·1975 con· tract was lIegotinted in Grcen Lakc, Wisconsin, ratificd in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. und signed in Wbconsin Rapids. Wisconsin, Local Unions 127. 135. 158. 159.219.276.378. 430. 494. 577, 890, 953, and 1147 parlicipntcd. thcrl!by making this a trul! statewide agrecmcnt. In the pasl. radio, lV. and sound shops show...:d up on jobs and per· fomlcd their work non· union. Those duys arc ovcr now, beeausc any sou nd employcr want ing to work on construction jobs in Wisconsin is given a " letter of assent" to sign before progressing. The amount of sou nd work included in construction of hospitals, schools, hotcls. and motels is growi ng rapidly, An cx· umplc of this is lhe sou nd and com· munication system installed by Mid· west Communications & Audio. Inc. at the Fox Valley Technical Insti· lUte in Applcton, Wisconsin, at a cost of S 135.000. IllEW members working undCr this agrc\,!lllent man· ufactured. a!'>!'>embled, and installed all thc cquipmcnt along with 275,000 fect of wire. Anolhcr segmcnt of this operation that is gain· ing continuously is thc fubrication C'oo/;'WI'II 0/1 page 16 Bob ladd, technician. Local 577. Appleton. Wisc" tests fabricated units. Kenneth Tronnler. loumey· man technician. Local 158. Green Bay. Wlsc., tests out panet for Holzem Sound and Communications Service in Green Bay. Mike Jahner, assembler. Local 577. Appleton, Wise .• as' sembles units. Jim Massey, assembler, Local 577, Appleton. Wisc .. works on the punch press. - AprIl, 1973 "
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Page 3 and 4: EXECUTIVE OFFICERS CHARLES II. I' I
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Page 11: Leadership Training Held • In Den
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