1984-07 July IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

honou All of OUT compliments should be extended
10 each of these members
Work 10 our arta is stitJ ycry bad, II looks like
thert will be no improycm~ot unl1! tht economy
Improves Qu, best roall our members. Remember,
work unIOn, thmk Union bo.' unIOn'
l",clt PAIlKEY, 0 M
•
Dinner
were on Jl!cndanceon the bright Salurday mornons,
over~hadowcd by the billowmg smoke lrom the
Sun 0,1 refinelY, iust onch~lf mIle hom (he mect ·
m/( place As the two·hOl" ra ll y concluded, the
rally membo!rs took to the S!leCts. Arllvmg at the
Sun Ollmamgal(, we lomed 111 "soltdamy fOle"cr "
and chamtd "boyeul! Still'" Wuh 21mS utcnded
OVCt hIS head and eyes lifted high. one UnlOnlSI
decl~ r ed, "Together, the~ un't beat us"
The need 10 bc a /(oad unum member and be
"'valved In your local IIIlIUII, K5 well as SUPPOIlIll/(
our 1j..,lhcIs and SIsters III ulher Ulllons, IS "now"
ThaI can h..' accomplIshed by hccommg ~CUye III
your untun and gOIng 10 the "OIm,lt booth to "ole
Out the pcuplt thaI ~re presently ,nempllng 10
destroy untons and elimmale the secUIllY and
call1m/lab,lllY of .lllhe wOIklllg class, blue colla.
mIddle class Amcncans Un lied ..... e stand, dIVided
webll
11M ROBE~TS, P S
Retirees
.Iclt is tht fllod line 1.1 Ihe Gamc Oinnc •. Thc t",·o
on Ihe .ight are looking fOf bu lltu.
Members of Loc~1 212 . Cincinnati, Ohio, 2S thcy
p.rlkipat e in thf fu nenl fill NECA on ,\bleh 30,
1984.
Members Maintain Vigil
During NECA Dispute
L.U. 2 12 (i& ol, CINCINNATI, OHIO- The 1'0.
tlon,l Eleclrlc,1 Contractors A~~(lClatH.m INECAI
forrnatJy eSlahllshed a Imlllng ccnter for Industry
helpcls on March 10, 19R4 NECA has pTlludly
staled thu they can ~nd will !tall! 300 helpers lor
Ihe electl1cal mduslly, II m bCI there 15 an ceo·
nonlle 5tr1ke n comr~ct's end Qunc to the cun
nary, tht members of lQCal 212 hove suce"ssfuJly
malnt.;l.Ined a p .. aceful "'11,1 I! Ihe tramm8 cente.,
the success of whIch Ix-came eVIdent when the
tr a lnin~ center consolidated thei r class SC!SlOn 10
Monday, Wednesday, Friday from the ulIglllal
Monday Ihrough Saturday P~rtlClpallng lTamCe1
h.llvc mformcd local member~ Ih.llt poor 311cndance
" and pOOl a\lllude wu the cause lor the class
changes. We ale proud to say Ihat our peacdul
",gII hJs been and WIll conllnue 10 be a success as
members 01 Local 212 eonllnue to IIIlonIt Ihe
lIalllees 01 thell lights and thcll future II Ihey ue
placed In a lob wllhm the mdustry, Two palliculal
events had a profound dfcci on the school Filsi
was the presence of '" !unclal processton at the
s.::hool u members 01 Ihe lou! ulllon pondered the
demise of NECA. The funeral proceSSIon "'.J' com
plcte with e.:ukels, pallbealeu .lind tombslOnn 101
all of the parucipatlllg conuaetors, The second and
conllnulllg eVent 15 the conSunt plcsenlauon of
1.1100,'5 fcchng throu!\h boo, son!\s
NECA has Slated lo r rn~lIy Ihat !abm umons
wltilin CIIlCtnnatl WClc very docllt. ThiS statement
hu become the cat,lyst that has Imgcd ~ men!
benhlp 10 the trutSI meamng of sohdullY We
shall overcome
ROII~RT W LEWIS, P S
Employment Trailing Off;
Game Dinner Held
L.U. 237 (i), NIACARA FALLS, N,Y.-As Aplll
starts, the local sull has 11111 employment The
Somersct Power Planl scheduled losun m OCluhcr
Isslowmgdown and manyo( OUI traveling Brothers
arc hem1\ 1a,,1 off. The AlbIOn PrISon lob should
5000 IU.t .10 meo and has to bo.' done by Deecmhe.
II looks h ke a slow Winter
On Febluny 2J the local SIck COnllnlllee had a
Came Dmner 31 Ihe Crown Resta" . ~nl IU r ~ls e
money for sltk and dIsabled IIrothers Thelc ""ere
149 people tlt~re 10 cal ~nd WIll Iltt 70 dunated
dour priZes. Thc cflch~ITmcn, luhn Po!!~y and Itld
H~rpham , WIsh 10 th~nk ~veryonc wllo hought
tickets, don:ued V(ll1son 01 othcr I\~rne ~nd BIll
8l1Sso who dId tht cookmg
The slag campaU! WIll bo.' al Camp J2 on Sep·
tember 21~2J
Don'l lor8("1 thc meCI1I1~ on the thlld Thursday
at 1100 p.m ~t tile Elks H~1l Try IU ~t1cnd
lAMES T[RII[KlMRY, I'.S
Contract Expires ;
Members Unite in Solidarity
L. U. 2 45 (o, u ,~ o v t & rtb l, TOLEDO , OIllO_M,y 1
markcd Ihe Cxp,ut