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

Shown on the daIS, back row, lett 10
right, are lEe Chairman Wesley Taylor, ~
First O\Slrict VICe Presid8l11 K8I1 Rose,
Ninlh DistrICt VICe Preslderll Jack Mc­
Cann; IBEW Telephone Department 0. ....
rector An Perry; al the podium, Inlerna·
lional AePfesanta\lve Mary Ann Van
Meter, Inlemational RepreS8l11ative 8111
Davis and lEe member Glen McCall
First row, lett 10 righl. are Second Dis
tric1 VICe President John Flynn, Filth
District Vice President Dan Waters.
Sixth o.strict Vice Pre5ldenl James
Conway, Eighth Dlstnct VIce President
Jon Wallers. Twelfth Districl Vice PreS!
denl John Hl9htower. and IEC member,
James Mullaney, Jack McNulty,
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Dick Acton and Roben Missey
28th Annual Telephone
Conference Held In
Seattle, Washington
The 28th Annual Telephone Conference
was held In Seattle, Washmgton,
at the Red Lion Inn on May
2, 3 and 4, 1984. The Conference
was ca lled by International President
Pillard and was conducted by Telephone
Department Director Arthur
Perry and International Representatives
Wilham Davis and Mary Ann
Van Meter of the Telephone Department
staff.
The dcicgrllcs were welcomed to
Sea ttle by Marvin Willtams, presIdent
of the WashmglOll State Aft·
C IO, who gave an inspired talk on
the urgent need to "get out the vote"
In November and defeat Ronald Rcagan.
He reviewed the horrendous labor
record of the Reagan admllllStra­
Hon, particularly wuh the alltl-Iabor
appoll1tccS to the NLRB and federal
Judgeships. An additional welcome
was extended by International Vice
PreS1{ICnt Jack McCann of the Ninth
District, who brought grectlngs fmlll
PreSident Pillard and expressed thanks
and appreCiation to all the local UllIons
for their support over the past year
Director Perry, scrvl11g as Confer·
encc chairman, tntroduced the Inter·
nauonal Vice PrCSldents, Ch:lLrman
of the International Exeeut!\'c Coun'
cil Wes Taylor and thc lEe r1l1,:mbers
from the respective Dlstncts, all of
whom attended thc vanous sessions
and tOok anllctive role In the success
of the Conference. A speCial wei·
6 I IBEW JOURNAL JUl Y 1984
come was extended to our Canadwn
Brothers and Sisters of the First Vice
Presidential District who conducted
their All -Canada Telephone Confer·
ence In conjunction with the inter·
national Telephone Conference.
Director Perry then gave the An·
nual Report of the Telephone Dc·
partment highlighting the act\vllles
dunng the past year iO hargatning,
legislation, regulation and organtz-
1I1g. Sevcral cont ra cts were renegotiated
in the Telephone branch in
the Untted States and Canada, Illeluding
the Bcll Syslcm agreements,
and although those settlements were
nOI as Significant as some m the past,
the Bargainmg Committees were
nevertheless successful In turning
back many of the company's demands
for " glve·backs." Unfonunately,
many of those successes were
unattamable without strikes, whIch
has not becn necessary 10 the telephone
talks III the recent past.
In the area of regulalLon and leg·
Islation, 1983 was the year that "de·
regulatlon" was to take full effect III
the U.S. with a Strong movement to
the same end takmg place III Canada
as well. It IS generall y accepted that
the entire move to deregulation has
done Ilttlc, If anythlllg, to aId the
custOmer and continues to be diS'
.IStrouS to our members' ,ob secunty.
To lhat end the mEW continues to
press for legislative reltef to assure
ISEW Telephone Department Director Art Perry
is shown making his repon to the delegatM
Director Perry also conducted lhe Conlerence
Nlnlh District Vice President Jack McCann Is
shown welcoming the delegales to Ihe Tele· ...
phone Conference on behal! 01 PreSident PIllard
pension and benefit portability tor
our members who arc dln:ctly af· ..
fecled by divestiture.
Director Perry urged all local 1lI110ns
to actlvciy orgamze the unOlgalllzed -"'1
III the tc!ecommulllcauons field and
rcponed favorably on the more than
ISO mterconnect companies that hav(' ~
been brought tnlO the mEW over the
paSt tWO years. Currently the IBEW
IS actively workm& on an orgalllza
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