1973-04 April IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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P..:lu.ed her. I. an Allday
(.o,,,b,,,.. liu .., l .. fI III .IShl, erath.1lI
Allday, Ch.,ley GoodnIght. Raymond Allday,
and [,by Allday, .11 memben of Local 605.
Jachon, ""In.
Fla., I. sh ..... n
fla., which ... Ope.ittK d,m". his IpiO,.
lima from his duties lupervtSlng tBEW work
fo. II •• Commonwealth Electric Company_
he is Ihe first labor represemluilc ever
:t p poinl~ lI 10 thi, commi\\ion. Brother
~ h:(' u l l ollgh hopei 10 he (Ihle to en·
li!,!hlcn the puhlic on the vic", of luhor
in our ;.rc~.
T wo important jobs "ere Llnucrl;,kcn
by our bu .. incs~ manager nnd hi~ Negoli­
:tIini: C'olllmiuce. One is the ne" \\l)rJ.·
ing ngrecrncnl for in~ide wj"em;\I1, \\hich
wa1 acceptcil by both sides without OUI­
,ido help frum the Council Oil Indu,lrilL1
H: elRlion~. r h,~ \\a\ the fir-I lime in 12
)C:l.... lhnl \Ie negotiated and '\oCtlled
y,ilhoUI Ihe eoundl\ ahle a\\;,I:mce.
Our y,aSe pm;l.,lIgc y,as CUI tI) lhe Con·
~Iruction Indu~try Stabilizalion Committee
(( I\C'). tlUI an appcal y,rillen tly
Ollr Nellllliming COOlmiuee retrie\ed Ihe
10-1 y,C our momhly meeling nl·
tendllnce ~OO rer tent o\er Ihe pn'l
~e;.r.
Our worl picture seem~ 10 hc holding
Ml'lld) for 1110l'e loc;,1 memhcr~, ami we
I,mitip,' lc a sood nnd prO'ipcrou' ~ear
for all.
ROIII.kT Du 80 1 ~, I'.S.
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Retirees Club Holds Meeting ;
Work Slow in Area
I_U_ 595. Q,U o:t.ANI>, Ci\I. W.-Menlbel"';
of our newly-formed relirecs' cluh
hrld llH;:ir first meeting on J;mUlu) t 2th.
They adopted b)lay,·s and elected officeh,
The officen; are Walt Wet.(el, I're~ident:
Alfred Thiede. Vice P n:~ident: I u­
t ,lIe i!lIgers, Secretar)'-Trell\urer: IHld
William "Buel" f\ l urph~. 'ir" !)crgeant­
"t·Aml,.
nlCre wa\ an e\(clh.'nt turnutu at the
meeting. with 111,111) of the old'Ullleh
Ileneraling a reney,ed intere,t in getting
together 10 plan their IIcthuie, for the
flltll' ".
Duril1g a past legblath'e \c"ion 10
Sacr:ullcllto, 10 senator;. IlCliel'e it or
nOI. 10led al!aill~ 1 raj .. jnl: their own 'l,lllrie~.
with Ihe thou!;ht of Ihe 1.lread)­
olerburdened laxpa}er in mind,
Senator John Holmdahl "a..
ol1e of
the II,,,,, ,,1m luted il down. :lOtI he ha,
Iruly fulfilled his pledlle II) Ihe plight of
the workcr. He ha~ nlm intrOOLlccd a
t>ill for a la.~ credit for worlinll lib hill
\tlltes Ihal la;o.pa)en who "orl for
wa.t;es or sal3rics should reo.:eile a reduo.:.
lion of up 10 SIOO in tl1cir \tate IOcome
111."_
Recentl), the State of Californil'
found Ihal there was a huge SUrphl\ of
1II0ney held out of our p:l}checl .. fllr
lite purpose of pa)roll deducllon ... Governor
ite .. gan ha~ openl)' admitted Ihal
the pcrcenlage talen from our 'hecl.\
may h"le been a tlit tOO mu,h at the
heginning and thai II ~holild be more 10
proportion The governor al\() 't,'led
lhat. possibly. Ihe exce~ money ~hould
1;0 "lIcl to the people in lhe fnnn nf
,l;Ite par" "ddition~. T h i~ moncy could
ca,ily be absorbed in ~tu d y (;olllmiUcc,
on proper procedures. environmcntal imp:!cl.
~pecial a p p1l1tO. 1'.5,
Mississippi Power & light
Purchases C EPA System
I..U, 60S. JA C K SO ~ . \IISS, Sillninll
of the pureha..c :'grcelllent cOlering Ihe
...;tlc of the Capital Elcttrit' Power A,\ocialion
(CEI)A) s),slcm 10 " i,~i,~ippi
I)ower &: Light Company ( MI'&I.) WIIS
a nnollnceU recently by officials of the
11'.'0 firms, fol lowi n ~ I. re~u l ar meeling
o f Ihe CFI'A Board o f l)irector5.
Fxecution of the agreemenl WM a further
step in Ihe order!} program being
carried OUt belv.een 1M 11'.0 ~)"'Iems 10
complete eler) pha..c of Ihe tran~fcr by
March 3 hI. A~ a pan of the transfer
procedures. CFI'A and MI'&:I.. 10 :I jOlOt
liIill!>, ha'c pelitioned lhe Mi..sj"ippl
I'ublic Sen il:C Commi\\ion for tim,! l'Ppro'a!
on the mauer.
Wilh oler 12.000 of CFI'A's nearl)­
!6.000 memller-owners partidpatinS in a
rc..:ent election on M I'& I \ purch'bc pro­
IX>'"r, the l'OIe was more Ihnl1 11'.0 10
one f;uorinr th(' ""Ie. si'ing the CH'A
Board of Dire..:tors :I mandalc to proceed.
The mcmber-owncN will reeeil'c a
h:...e price of S IO-mil1ion pillS one-andone-half·million
dollar~ for athc, .,~\Ch.
J) i~tribution from lhe procccJ~ of Ihe
..:tIc will he IIll,de immeuialely 10 Ihe
mClllher~hip of CFI'A llfler final eoncili.
,ion of Ihe mauer. accordlnll to I l.
J ame~.
their prc,idenl. And Donald C
Lut~en. M I'& L Pre,ident. ~:tiu c .. ~nt,ally
the \lime thinll. th.11 full (,nd rrompl
pa),ment wilt be made.
In addilion 10 morc joh OPpQrtllOllic\
and general ~onomic pro!;re". other
henefit::. anti~if'''lcoJ fllll1l Ihe merger include-added
per\Onne!. equipment. and
facilities availahle for routine and emer·
gency C\'en-day-,,-y,cel acee,~ b) tele·
phone to ~rlice per\Onncl at no long
di,lanee charge to clhtomer: "ppro\i.
mat~l) the