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EDITORIAL COMMENT , Labor's Endorsement Of Mondale Was The RightThing To Do! For the past several months our Journal has carried editorials and fcatmed tlnidt:s which have favored the acti on of the AFl·CIO and its affihalcs, including the lBEW, of endorsing Walter F. Mondale for President of the United States. We arc now more than ever of the firm opinion that labor's cndorsement of fonner Vice President Mondalc was the right thing to dn. We have received many expressions that commend the officers of the Brotherhood on our judgment and the stand taken on the Mondalc enrlursclIlt:IH . We have also received a few letters taking exception to the endorsement. As we have emphaticall y pointed out before in paSt statements which also have been printed in the /ournal-evcry man and woman in our Brotherhood, and every man and woman in our country of voting age or over, has the right and privil ege of voting for the candidate who in the voter's opinion is the best qualified to admmister the affairs of our nation. That righ t is pan of an individual's freedom given under our wonderful democratic system, a system that we are most fortunate to live under and one that never should be changed. But there is one pomt I want to mak e very clear. Your officers have an obli· ga ted responsibility to the members we serve to advise them on all matters affecting their welfare as we look after their hest interests and that of our Brotherhood. This includes keeping our members informed and knowledgeable on political and legislative matters that affect their statuS in life as union members. Political :1ction, whether we like it or not, has become an integral pan of the trade union movement and its programs to obtalll the necessary legislation that brings econom ic progress, protection and security to union members and a ll workers. Politic-'ll action by unions is also needed to help fight against the enemies of organized workers, who for greed and profit have a fervent desire to wipe legislauon off the books that was enacted to give workers the right to join unions and to bargain collectively with thei r employers. Today in the White House we have a president and his administration who a.re most insensitive to workers' needs, hostile to unions and who arc predominantl y working in the best interests of corporate business and the wealthy class of our nation. Since taking offi ce President Reagan and his administration have, through their economic policies, undermined the wages and living standards of the workforce of America. Also, in their futile attempt to balance the budgct through "Reaganomics," they have also brought untold misery and suffering to millions of unem ployed workers, the elderly, the poor, the sick and the disadvan· taged. Never in the history of orga· nized labor has there been a morc anti-union atmosphere generated by a president and his adminis· tration. By regulatory powers they have decimated the protection affUlded workers under OSHA, Davis-Bacon, minimum-wagc-andhour laws, and have stacked the NLRB with people who have made successful careers working for u l tra-conservative, anti-union organizations. Even the U.S. Supreme Court, evidently caught up in the fever to bust unions, handed down a horrendous decision which al lows employers to escape their obligations under a union contract simply by implying bankruptcy, nOt proving it. There is only one answer to help end the war against the effect iveness of the trade union movement- rid the White House and the Congress of the enemies of organized labor. One great step in the right direction is to keep workmg for the election of Walter F. Mondale in November. r!l..k 9/ iJJLd.. Charles H. Pi ll ard International President • -
, , " • " OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS • JOURNAL • JULY • 1984 I CHARLES H. PILLARD, Editor Volume 83, No. 7 July. 1984 FEIlTLlIlES 1984 AFL-CIO Union Industries Show President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped Labor leaders From Great Britain Visit the United Slates 28th Annual Telephone Conference Held In Seattle. Washington ISEW Honorary Membership Awarded Astronauts George D. Nelson and James D. van Hollen New York Labor Rally for Energy and Jobs Canadian Federation of Labour Convention Held in Edmonton, Alberta 1984 Founders' Scholarships Awarded Mondate For President OEPAFlTIVIENTS Editorial Comment Research and Education Safety Tips Local Lines In Memoriam Rellections ON OUR COVER-nils refreshing summer scene is 01 Pomt AtkmSOl1 llghlhouse in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada Inside this issue ala articles on the 1984 Telephone Conference, the Canadian FederaliOfl of Labour Convention, the IBEW Founders' Scholarships, and other Important news items 2 5 5 6 10 14 15 18 19 Inside Front Cover 20 22 23 59 Inside Back Cover 10""·(:10 ANI) eL.C _,NTEDON UNION MAOr.: PAP£R ..osnu.sTlfl. c,... 01_
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