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2 President’s Message

3 Secretary-Treasurer’s

Message

4 IBEW Currents

Member Posts Letter

from Iraq

6 Safety Corner

What Is This Thing

Called Safety?

8 Organizing Wire

Mountain Satellites,

Inc. Workers Vote

IBEW; Victory for

Oregon Municipal

Utility Workers; and

Texas Utility Co-Op

Seals IBEW Deal

16 Local Lines

27 In Memoriam

A Glass from the Past10 Pole-Top Jewels: Collectors of Old

Insulators Trace Electrical Industry’sHistory

The Cutting Edge7 International Office Upgrade of

Computer Technology Will Save Time and Money

The Year of Hard Bargaining12 Economic and Political Woes Have

Taken a Toll in Contract Negotiationsin IBEW Industries

Fee Payers Objection Plan25 Notice to Employees Covered by

IBEW Union Security Agreements forCalendar Year 2004

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POLE-TOP JEWELS10In the Dark

Is it any wonder that there has been a failure of the grid? The deregulatedpower industry has been running them at a max load for years and notspending a dime to maintain or upgrade the system.

There is plenty of blame to go around: consumers who saw deregulationas a way to get back at the power company, Wall Street who just sees dol-lars, and the executives of the power companies. If you lay off your workersand do no maintenance, things happen.

Bill Toohey

Local 51 member, Springfield, Illinois

Stormy Weather

Tax cuts for the rich, coupled with unending war based on propagandaand irrational fear are all part of the Republican agenda. They have divertedpublic attention from a failed economy, and waged an assault on workersrights and civil liberties.

Any union member voting Republican can be likened to a farmer,perched on the roof of his flooded homestead and fervently praying for rain.

Terrance J. Foyle

Local 94 member, Cranbury, New Jersey

On the Road

While traveling this summer with my girl’s fast pitch softball team, wecovered a lot of jurisdictions, including Locals 100, 474, 364, and 68. I wouldlike to extend a personal “Thank You” to all of the agents and their staffmembers. Calling the hall meant getting advice on area businesses that sup-port labor, which was not available at the hotels. While this may seem a littleunorthodox, it proved to be more valuable than calling “Triple A.”

To me, traveling means “I’ve Been Equally Welcome!”Terry Smolik

Local 176 member, Joliet, Illinois

Stepping Up

Many thanks for your excellent presentation on the LIS case (July/August2003 IBEW Journal.) The muck in this case keeps getting deeper. The LISapprenticeship program is being decertified by the state: no classes, noinstructors, no graduates, no records, etc.

Another worker just came forward, has not been paid in two months.Vehid Husejnovic had those unique personal qualities that galvanized otherworkers to step forward and fight for their rights.

Victor Uno,

Local 595 Business Manager, Dublin, California

LETTERS EDITORTOTHE

INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS

First District

PHILIP J. FLEMMING1450 Meyerside Drive, Suite 300

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5T 2N5

Second District

FRANK J. CARROLL, JR.4 Armstrong Road, 2nd Floor

Shelton, Connecticut, 06484

Third District

DONALD C. SIEGEL500 Cherrington Pkwy.

Suite 325Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 15108

Fourth District

PAUL J. WITTE8260 North Creek Drive, Suite 140

Cincinnati, Ohio 45236

Fifth District

MELVIN W. HORTON100 Concourse Parkway

Suite 300Birmingham, Alabama 35244

Sixth District

LAWRENCE P. CURLEY8174 Cass Avenue

Darien, Illinois 60561

Seventh District

JONATHAN B. GARDNER320 Westway Place, Suite 531

Arlington, Texas 76018

Eighth District

JON F. WALTERS330 Shoup Avenue, Suite 204

P.O. Box 51257Idaho Falls, Idaho 83405

Ninth District

MICHAEL S. MOWREY2500 Venture Oaks Way, Suite 250

Sacramento, California95833-4221

Tenth District

ROBERT P. KLEIN5726 Marlin Road, Suite 500

Chattanooga, Tennessee37411-4043

Eleventh District

WILLIAM C. EADS300 South Jefferson, Suite 300

Springfield, Missouri 65806

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

EDWIN D. HILLInternational President

1125-15th St., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20005

JEREMIAH J. O’CONNORInternational Secretary-Treasurer

1125-15th St., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20005

INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Chairman

MILTON L. FOSTERc/o IBEW Local 1912701 Hoyt Avenue

Everett, Washington 98201

First District

JOSEPH A. McCAFFERTYc/o IBEW Local 380, 3900 Ridge Pike

Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426

Second District

RUI M. CARRINHOc/o IBEW Local 1274

1329 Jefferson BoulevardWarwick, Rhode Island 02886

Third District

SALVATORE J. CHILIAc/o IBEW Local 381590 E. 23rd Street

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Fourth District

LONNIE PLOTTc/o IBEW Local 613

501 Pulliam Street, SW, Suite 250Atlanta, Georgia 30312

Fifth District

LYLE KEITH QUERRYc/o IBEW Local 53

1100 E. Admiral Blvd.Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Sixth District

WILLIAM H. TURNERc/o IBEW Local 570

750 S. Tuscon BoulevardTuscon, Arizona 85716

Seventh District

PATRICK LAVINc/o IBEW Local 47

600 N. Diamond Bar Blvd.Diamond Bar, California 91765

Eighth District

JOSEPH FASHIONc/o IBEW Local 353

1377 Lawrence Avenue, EastNorth York, ON, Canada M3A 3P8

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CORRECTION TO THE JULY/AUGUST IBEW JOURNAL

In the “TRANSITIONS” articleabout deceased InternationalRepresentative Chris Wilson,his oldest son, Chris, Jr. shouldhave been included in the listof family members. 1

IBEW JOURNAL, OCTOBER 2003 3

umbers by themselves don’t prove any-thing, but when statistics start piling upin one direction, it’s hard to deny real-ity. The U.S. Census Bureau reportedin late September that three millionmore Americans are living in povertyover the last three years,

and that household incomeshave fallen to the lowest levelsin six years. Manufacturingjobs have continued to disap-pear for 37 straight months.Unemployment is still over 6 percent. And the income gap between the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans andthe rest of us continues togrow—and not in our favor.

Working people are sliding deeper intothe hole, and it’s hard to see a way out rightnow. Before we can dig out, we’ve got tosee how we got there in the first place.

History shows that between 1948 and1973, Americans generally believed that theeconomy of the country was for the benefitof the people, that people should help eachother when they could, and demand thatthe government help those less fortunate.

Starting in about 1973 and speeding upconsiderably in the early 1980s a smallgroup of multinational corporations, using unlimited funds,bankrolled politicians who would do their bidding (RonaldReagan was a creature of General Electric), gradually boughtup media companies, and began to slowly change our atti-tudes. They took advantage of some of the failures of the greatsocial programs of the 1960s and started to make us believethat we needed only ourselves, that those less fortunate shouldsimply work harder, that the unfettered market would alwaysbe fair to those of us worthy of it, and that the governmentcould best serve us all by insuring that the creators of wealth

get free rein. Their wealth would trickle down to the workersby allowing these same creators of wealth, to create jobs forthem, at wages suitable to their abilities.

They have convinced us that if all is not well it is becausesome among us are the problem, and thus the enemy. If thegovernment wasn’t coddling the people not working, the mar-ket could do its miracles, so the poor and unemployed are theenemy. If companies didn’t have to hire minorities, the mar-kets could do its miracles, so minorities were the enemy. If

you have a gun, those who want to “takeaway my gun” are the enemy. If you’redeeply religious, those who don’t believeas you do are the enemy. And if you arestuck in a low-paying dead end nonunionjob, those people in unions making moremoney are the enemy. It was classic divideand conquer.

So now too many in North Americawaste our energies on hating and fightingeach other while the creators (and owners)of wealth ship good jobs overseas, lowerall of our wages, and bombard us with theirparty line. And because we are so busy hat-ing each other, we pay no attention.

And so the creators of wealth controlmore of the wealth and more and more ofour lives. Well, I serve only one Creator,not the corporate masters. And I believethat if the American people would just payattention, and realize that we are all onepeople and all in this together, then wemight change things. If we would just wakeup and see that 5 percent of the Americanpeople own 95 percent of the wealth, inthis country, and the top 1 percent owns 95percent of that, then maybe we couldchange things.

The real Creator warned about worship-ing false gods and the corporate creators of wealth have donewhat the Founding Fathers sought to avoid—created a nationalreligion, and money is its name. If we just realize that we thepeople are not each other’s enemies, then we have a shot atgetting out of the hole we find ourselves in. After all, 95 per-cent can outvote 5 percent every time. 1

NFurther Into the Hole

“AND SO THE CREATORS

OF WEALTH CONTROL MORE

OF THE WEALTH AND MORE

AND MORE OF OUR LIVES.”

JEREMIAH J. O’CONNORINTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER

2 IBEW JOURNAL, OCTOBER 2003

he late summer of 2003 will not go downas a great period of time in the annals ofthe modern electricity industry.

In August, we witnessed one of the largest blackoutsin North American history, affecting some 50 million peo-ple in the United States and Canada. That prompted NewMexico Governor and former Secretary of Energy BillRichardson to call our electrical sys-

tem “third world.” Then in September, Hurricane Isabel

roared through the Mid-Atlantic stateswhere her heavy winds and rain createdhavoc with the electricity infrastructure.From North Carolina up to Pennsylvania,customers went without power, some formore than a week. The result was a tragicloss of life in some places and, at the veryleast, a serious disruption of daily life.

In both cases, IBEW members led theway to get the power back on line. Itgrieves me to report that at least two ofour members lost their lives in the line ofduty in aftermath of the hurricane. Theywere out there serving the public in thefinest tradition of service, an ethic thatused to motivate the utility industry.

Both the blackout and the storm causedangry citizens to wonder what on earthhad happened to their once reliable elec-tricity system. Many, including the talkingheads in the media, came to the conclu-sion that a system susceptible to suchwidespread failure means something isfundamentally wrong. And it didn’t takesome of them long to put their finger onthe fact that cutbacks in staffing at utilitiesand the economics of a deregulated indus-try had caused dangerous lapses in mainte-nance and new construction that left the system vulnerable.

Sound familiar? It should. The IBEW first publicly warnedabout these effects of deregulation in 1996. The pamphlet wepublished that year—“Will Deregulation Short-Circuit NorthAmerica’s Electric Power Supply?”—reads like an eerie fore-telling of what has come to pass. (It’s available onwww.ibew.org.)

The blackout and the hurricane took the issue of the

restructuring of the electric utility industry out of the realm ofeconomists and industry insiders and put it squarely onto thekitchen tables of North America. The realization is finally start-ing to sink in that the promises of deregulation have proved tobe empty. Proponents said that in a deregulated market, con-sumers could pick the utility they used, and with choice wouldcome savings because to market rates would fall in a competi-tive environment.

Tell that to the people of North America from coast to coastwho have had to pick up the pieces ofthese broken pipe dreams.

Since the onset of deregulation, utilitieshave shed workers at alarming rates, withreductions in work forces ranging from 25to 35 percent between 1991 and today,according to the Bureau of Labor Statisticsand figures provided by the companiesthemselves. Companies naturally havefewer line crews to maintain the lines, trimthe trees and replace rotten poles and crossarms. At substations and power plants,maintenance cycles that periodically checkbreakers, transformers and turbines havestretched from two to three, four or fiveyears. Some companies have resorted to asole practice of maintenance by catastrophe.

Incredibly there are still those whodon’t get it. The U.S. Congress has beenbusy writing and rewriting a mishmash ofan energy bill that is unlikely to protectAmericans from the kind of disasters thathave ravaged the system. And the trend inCanada continues to be for the privatiza-tion and deregulation of utilities that havefor decades delivered reliable, affordablepower.

It’s time to stop all the talk about thewonders of deregulation. We need to goback to basic economics—you get whatyou pay for. What we need is investment

in a system that delivers affordable, reliable power over a well-maintained, modernized grid—like the kind we used to have.Otherwise, Gov. Richardson’s assessment of our “third world”system will become all too accurate. 1

TAreWe Getting ThroughYet?

“ THE REALIZATION IS

FINALLY STARTING TO SINK

IN THAT THE PROMISES

OF DEREGULATION HAVE

PROVED TO BE EMPTY.”

EDWIN D. HILLINTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

IBEW JOURNAL, OCTOBER 2003 54 IBEW JOURNAL, OCTOBER 2003

IBEWCURRENTS

Letter From the FrontThe following letter was received recently by the Journal.

Greetings From Iraq,

We have six IBEW brothers deployed and working together here in the city of

Kirkuk in northern Iraq. We are stationed at a captured Iraqi Air Base that has sus-

tained years of neglect and recent lootings and bombings. We are working with

local 220/380 commercial power, as well as 120/208-generator power. One of the

greatest challenges we face is to provide both power sources to American and

local equipment with limited resources. Due to our location we can’t call our

favorite electrical supply house for parts. We have to modify the parts we have on

hand and, in some cases, fabricate parts to complete the job.

We feel that Iraq was wired according to what we refer to jokingly as the “IEC

(Iraqi Electrical Code).” While safety and workmanship are concerns to us, they are

not concerns with the area Iraqi electricians. Among other unsafe practices, they

climb metal ladders leaning against power poles while working with high voltage

wearing only sandals on their feet. We battle with heat problems daily. The 120-

degree plus weather is creating many problems with our 4,160-volt primary power

production generators and distribution transformers.

We are working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day, but we are a crew dedicated to

completing the mission. We have installed an airfield lighting system on a 9,000-

foot runway, which was not an easy task, especially in this extreme environment.

Local power is down more than it is up, leaving many without power for days.

We are also updating and maintaining a 2,200-person tent city that includes a din-

ing facility, commercial laundry facility, hospital, water production plant, sewage

treatment facility and more. It is basically a portable city in tents.

Our IBEW brothers deployed here in Kirkuk are shown in the attached photo.

In Solidarity,

Technical Sgt. Jack Vollriede, U.S. Air Force

IBEW Local 134 member, Chicago, Illinois

IBEW members deployed with the U.S. Air Force in Kirkuk, Iraq: from left:Joseph Brown, Local 494, Milwaukee,Wisconsin; Jack Vollriede, Local 134,Chicago, Illinois; Robert Swartout, Local 343, Le Sueur, Minnesota; Michael Plunkett, Local 2150,Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and RichardBrockmann, Local 494. Not pictured is Nestor Hinojosa, Local 2150.

The IBEW i spleased to an-

nounce the ap-pointment of PhilipJ. Flemming to thepost of First DistrictVice President, effec-tive October 1, 2003.Brother Flemmingrep laces Dona ldLounds, who retired.

Brother Flemmingwas initiated intoIBEW Local 1432 inCharlottetown, Prince EdwardIsland in 1967, where as an

app ren t i c e hehelped the unionestablish a pres-ence in the con-struction industrythere. He workedas an inside wire-man for eightyears before beingelected businessmanager/financialsecretary of thelocal in 1975. Heserved in that post

until his appointment as Inter-national Representative in

1981 serving Newfoundlandand Labrador. In 1992, he wastransferred to Ontario wherehe serviced IBEW members inthe paper mills as well asthose in the construction andmanufacturing industries. Hisproudest achievement therewas to organize a 600-mem-ber unit at a manufacturingplant in Toronto. In 1999,Brother Flemming was trans-ferred to the First Districtoffice and a year later hebecame the vice president’sexecutive assistant.

Active in the Prince EdwardIsland labor community, heserved as president of theP.E.I. Federation of Labour as amember of the P.E.I LabourManagement Council and theApprenticeship Adv i s o r yBoard. Brother Flemmingattended the West RoyaltyTrades College in P r i n c eEdward Island and served inthe Reserve Army for threeyears.

The IBEW congratulatesand wishes Brother Flemmingmuch success in his newposition. 1

First District InternationalVice President Donald

Lounds has announced hisretirement effective October 1,2003.

Brother Lounds was ap-pointed First District Interna-t ional Vice Pres ident bythen-International President J. J.Barry effective October 1, 1997,to fill the vacancy created bythe retirement of Ken Woods.He was elected to that post atthe IBEW 36th InternationalConvention in San Francisco in2001.

A n a t i v e o f O shawa ,Ontario, Vice President Loundsattended public schools thereas well as the Oshawa Colle-giate and Vocational Institute.

He was initiated into theIBEW in 1960 and, at age 19,took on an immediate role inthe affairs of his local. Hebecame an executive boardmember of Local 874 inOshawa in 1962 and servedseveral terms before beingelected business manager/financial secretary in 1970.

He served in that capacityuntil April 1974 when he wasappointed to the First Districtstaff and assigned to Albertaand the Northwest Territories.The provincial governmentappointed him to several

T R A N S I T I O N S

First District Inter-national Repre-

sentative John E.Platt announced hisretirement effectiveOctober 1, 2003,completing a longand distinguishedcareer o f t radeunion service span-ning more than 30years.

Prior to his initi-ation into the IBEWin 1990 as an InternationalRepresentative assigned to the

former IBEW TenthDistrict, which wasat that time theIBEW railroad dis-trict, Brother Plattwas president ofthe Canadian Sig-nal and Commu-nications Union,which merged withthe IBEW in Octo-ber 1990.

Brother Platt is a13-year member of

IBEW Local 2002, Winnipeg,Manitoba.

Brother Platt served for 10years as president of CSCU,which represented signal andcommunications employeeson all Canadian railways. Hebegan h is t rade unioncareer in 1962 as a part-timeCSU officer and served asbusiness manager for manyyears.

In 1998 Brother Platt trans-ferred from the former IBEWTenth District to the First Dis-trict, where he continued inhis assignment assisting Cana-dian railway local unions and

IBEW Railroad System Council11, which includes CanadianNational Railway, CanadianPacific Limited, Toronto Termi-nals Railway and OntarioNorthland Railway.

A native of England andeducated at private schoolsthere, Platt emigrated toCanada in 1957. Now residingin Ottawa, Ontario, he looksforward to his retirement.

The IBEW congratulatesBrother Platt and wishes himall the best in retirement. 1

R E T I R E D

John E.Platt

A P P O I N T E D

Philip J.Flemming

labor-related boards, includingworkers’ compensation andthe Canadian Standards Asso-ciation. In 1979, he was re-assigned to the First DistrictOffice and served as executiveassistant to Vice PresidentWoods from 1987 until he suc-ceeded Woods in 1997.

At the time of his retire-ment Vice President Loundswas a member of the execu-tive board of the CanadianBuilding and ConstructionTrades and a general vicepresident of the CanadianLabour Congress. He alsoserved on the boards of theConstruction Sector Council,the Canadian Labour andBusiness Centre and the Cana-dian Union Advantage BenefitPlan.

Brother Lounds is thefather of three children, Jon,Sarah and Bert and the proudgrandfa ther to Jon andMelanie’s children, Tyler,Nolan and Alyssa. He has alsoserved as coach or managerfor a variety of neighborhoodhockey and baseball teams.The Brotherhood wishes VicePresident Lounds all the bestin retirement. 1

R E T I R E D

DonaldLounds

International President EdwinD. Hill (right) administers theoath of office to newly appoint-ed First District InternationalVice President Philip J.Flemming.


The change, which is the biggest in 30years in the union’s administration, is setto occur on December 1, 2003.

“We’re moving into the future,” saidLarry Neidig, IBEW Senior ExecutiveAssistant to the International Presidentand International Secretary-Treasurer.“This is going to mean less paper, lessmail and faxes. It’s also going to be eas-ier, more efficient and less costly.”

It has taken four years to completethe changeover from the old COBOL-based mainframe to the new fourth-gen-

eration relational database, which willhave an impact on locals and districtoffices, and the International Office. Themost dramatic change will be felt in thePer Capita Membership and Pension andDeath Claims departments, where anentirely new Microsoft Windows-com-patible program will replace three sys-tems that still rely on carbon copyprintouts from dot-matrix printers.

The new system will give computerusers, primarily in the InternationalOffice, a superior database that provides


W H AT I S T H I S T H I N G C A L L E D S A F E T Y ?Safety is defined as the “condition of being safe from

undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss.” Safe is defined

as “free from harm or risk.” So, safety implies a condition

free from actual harm or the risk of harm or injury.Occupational Safety and Health regulations, in Canada and the

United States, contain requirements detailing responsibilities for work-place safety.

Employers must provide a safe workplace free of hazards that couldcause serious harm or death to employees. Employers are required to:� Comply with all applicable safety regulations and standards

� Provide training on specific health and safety standards necessary forthe work to be performed

� Inform employees of their safety rights

� Provide employees with updated operating procedures and workrules

These employer responsibilities represent a partial list of thoserequired by the regulations. A complete list can be obtained fromnational, provincial, and state Occupational Safety and Health acts.

Workers also have rights and responsibilities under these safety andhealth regulations.

Workers have the right to request information from the employerspecific to the hazards associated with the work they have beenassigned. If it is believed that violations of regulations or serious work-place hazards exist in the workplace, workers may file a complaint.

Workers should act in a responsible manner when exercising theirjob-safety rights. Workers should report to the employer hazardous con-ditions present at the jobsite and any job-related injury or illness.

Workers are required to work in compliance with the provisions ofthe published regulations and follow the work rules established by theemployer.

Safety must be the top priority for every individual involved on everyjob.

Responsibilities for safety in the workplace are clear. Union workersdemand the highest level of training, the best equipment, tools, and workpractices—ultimately demanding the highest obtainable level of safety.

Putting into practice our respective safety-related duties will help pro-mote and ensure a safe workplace and help to achieve our accident pre-vention goals. 1

In an upgrade that leapfrogs several gen-erations in technology, the IBEW is tran-sitioning from its 1970’s-era mainframecomputer system to one of the mosthighly advanced record-keeping systemsavailable. The change will result in amore efficient use of member dues moneyand make administering the day-to-daybusiness of the organization easier—pro-viding a direct benefit to local unions.

more powerful methods of retrievingdata, without the help of computer staff.“Within the last 30 years, with the archi-tecture we’ve had, seeking certain datarequired meeting with the computerstaff,” said Richard Shepler, Computer Ser-vices Department director. “In many caseswe would need to write [computer] pro-grams. Now the end user has at their fin-gertips the ability to extract informationinstantly.”

Reports may be compiled in severaldifferent formats at any time, and unlikethe old system, they don’t have to beprinted. They can be saved electronicallyor e-mailed, Shepler said, giving users anenormous amount of flexibility they didn’thave before. Security and privacy havebeen major considerations in the develop-ment of the program, so access to thedatabase will be limited and users willenter only through secure connections.

Custom-tailored to meet the specifica-tions of the IBEW Constitution, the newsystem will track members’ dues pay-ments and various transactions such asname changes, membership transfers,withdrawals, and much more, said PerCapita Department Director DmytroHalkyn. In addition, this system will fea-ture a searchable cache of historicalmembership records and back issues of

International Office staffer MauriceMarshall, a computer operator, mans theback-up server console, at left. The diskarray and hardware of the IBEW’s newrelational database, top and bottom.

(Continued on page 28)

Mountain Satellites, Inc., is the majorprovider in California for installation ofDirecTV, Inc. digital satellite televisionequipment. The newly organized unit isthe first group at Mountain Satellites togain IBEW representation.

“This win represents a foot in the doorfor the IBEW at Mountain Satellites andwithin the broader industry,” said IBEWNinth District International RepresentativeBrian F. Ahakuelo. “It opens up theopportunity to organize the other 550employees at Mountain Satellites, Inc.”

Mountain Satellites employs 600workers in California and operates fouroffices in the state. Its main office inApple Valley is located just outside LosAngeles County.

Organizing initiatives are underwayat other Mountain Satellites offices, saidRobert Corona, Local 11’s organizingdirector, who was instrumental in thesuccessful Carson drive. “Since theNLRB election, Local 11 also hasreceived calls from employees at othermajor satellite TV providers” expressingan interest in the IBEW, Corona said.

The campaign at Mountain Satellite’sCarson office began in May and movedforward rapidly. “Employees were eagerto sign authorization cards,” Ahakuelosaid. “They were really motivated toorganize and gain union representa-tion.”

Corona received a call in late Aprilfrom a worker who described employee

dissatisfactions with the company’streatment of workers. Initially, Coronaand Organizer Kevin Norton met withfour employees. Turnout grew at subse-quent meetings, with up to 25 workersattending. Employees said the companyfailed to treat workers with respect anddid not pay them for all time worked.

“We let the workers know exactlywhat the employer was going to dobefore they did it,” Corona said. So,when the company launched efforts tothwart the drive—it held a “workersappreciation” dinner, offered positionsto various people and threatened thatthe company would have to close if theworkers chose a union—employeesknew in advance to anticipate thesetypical maneuvers. Management alsobrought in a union-busting law firm,organizers said.

“Employees were very enthusiasticabout following through with theprocess,” Corona said. “Soon we had 27cards signed. Workers were enthusiasticabout the union, about the possibility ofgetting representation—and standing upas one.”

Keys to the drive’s success were“keeping an open line of communica-tion with the workers, keeping theminformed, and always being absolutelyup front and honest” about what theunion could do, Corona said. “This gaveworkers more gumption to want to fol-low through” with securing union rep-resentation.

El Segundo, California-based DirecTV,Inc. is a subsidiary of Hughes ElectronicsCorp. DirecTV has approximately 11 mil-lion customers nationwide and provideslocal channel service to more than 50U.S. markets. DirecTV employs morethan 3,000 workers nationwide.

The company filed an objection tothe July 28 election and a hearing wasscheduled for September 4. The out-come will be reported in a future issue.1

Mountain Satellites, Inc. Workers Vote IBEWWorkers at Mountain Satellites, Inc. in California voted forIBEW representation following a brisk organizing drive markedby enthusiasm on the part of employees. The 44 satellite instal-lation technicians who work out of Mountain Satellites’ Car-son, California, office voted for Local 11, Los Angeles, in aNational Labor Relations Board election held July 18, saidBusiness Manager Marvin Kropke.


Workers at a municipal utility in thecity of Eugene, Oregon, have at long lastgained IBEW representation.

A unit of 142 employees at EugeneWater and Electric Board (EWEB) cele-brated their long-sought victory in latesummer following a successful organiz-ing drive conducted by IBEW Local 659,Medford, Oregon.

New members at EWEB work in theoperations and maintenance outsideunits, said Local 659 Business ManagerRon Jones. The municipal utility providesall water and electric service for the city.The IBEW Ninth District office supportedLocal 659’s campaign.

Most utilities across Oregon are union,but EWEB had remained nonunion formore than a century, organizers said.

“The EWEB has been in existence for100 years, and this is the first time we’vebeen able to break through with a suc-cessful organizing drive,” said Local 659Organizer Ron Johnson. Numerous pastattempts to organize over the last 50 yearswere unsuccessful, he said, and a repre-sentation election held approximatelythree years ago was lost by a mere sevenvotes.

A 95 percent voter turnout for the2003 representation election, conductedby mail-in ballot August 7-22, resulted ina vote tally of 95 to 41 in favor of theIBEW. The Oregon Employee RelationsBoard conducted the election.

Johnson credited employees at EWEBfor their role in the success of the orga-nizing drive, noting the contributions ofseveral key players who were especiallyinstrumental: Mark Hankins, an EWEB

journeyman lineman, who was the firstto call local union organizers; TonyMcCallum, also a journeyman lineman;and Glen Lane, an equipment operator.Local 659’s campaign began in May.

A key to winning the election wasgaining the support of “non-electricemployees, including grounds workers,construction and backhoe crews, andothers,” said International RepresentativeBrian Ahakuelo who coordinates indus-trial organizing in the Ninth District.“Prior campaigns did not bring in sup-port from the non-electric guys,” and“that was a major hurdle.” InternationalRepresentative Juanita G. Luiz “talked toEWEB employees who work in a non-electrical capacity about how she orga-nized a water district of about 500

employees in California and that waspersuasive,” Ahakuelo said. “Luiz metwith employees at an organizing meetingjust prior to the election.” InternationalRepresentative Richard “Dick” Rogersalso contributed to the campaign.

Approximately 300 administrative/cleri-cal employees at EWEB remain unrepre-sented, Ahakuelo said, and “the IBEW isalready talking with those workers” aboutthe union. “If IBEW organizes the admin-istrative/clerical workers, it would be awall-to-wall contract,” he said. “Organizersare hoping for a snowball effect.

“Industrial organizing in the NinthDistrict is really taking off,” Ahakuelosaid. “We have a ton of campaigns goingon and IBEW organizers are very moti-vated district wide.” 1


ORGANIZINGWIRE

Local 11 OrganizingDirector RobertCorona (right) metwith employees ofMountain Satellites,Inc. just before thegroup made a“march on theboss” to presentauthorization-for-representationcards signed by amajority of workers.

Texas Utility Co-Op Seals the Deal: Workers Vote IBEW All the WayFront office utility workers at Lamar Electric Cooperative voted July 15 to join IBEW Local

20, Dallas-Forth Worth.

They join 14 utility line workers at the Paris, Texas, electric co-op who voted to

join Local 20 in a February 27 National Labor Relations Board election. [See “Texas

Electric Co-op Votes for IBEW,” IBEW Journal, May 2003, p.8.]

The front office group includes six clerical employees and two meter readers.

Lamar Electric utility workers were tired of the company’s disrespectful treatment and man-

agement’s attitude of “it’s my way or the highway,” organizers said. 1

Employees at Eugene Water and Electric Board were instrumental in the success-ful outcome of Local 659’s organizing campaign. Key EWEB players included, fromleft: Tony McCallum, Glen Lane and Mark Hankins.

Victory for Municipal Utility Workers in Oregon

tems. Governed by a national association,hobbyists are linked by conventions,Internet chats, numerous books and anofficial magazine named Crown Jewels ofthe Wire.

Insulators prevent electricity, commu-nications and railroad wires from beinggrounded. These pole-top caps may befound gracing crossbars on poles every-where. Insulators are unique to the dateused, the manufacturer, material, use,shape and embossings. One collectoryears ago classified all the insulators hecould find and assigned them a “consoli-dated design” or “CD” and a number. Thecurrent price guide for North Americanglass insulators cites more than 9,000 dif-ferent insulators.

No other piece of electrical transmis-sion hardware is as interesting to collec-tors, or as celebrated. Prices for somerare pieces reach into the thousands ofdollars. Clark counts among his favoritesthe turquoise-hued insulators producedby glass company Hemingray and oncefound on transmission lines in Montana.“Some of these things date from whenelectricity was first invented,” Clark said.

Interest in the history of the industryprompted Clark to donate several insula-tors from his collection to the Interna-tional Office archives.

Chicago Local 9 member LarryVeneziano, owner of H&H Electric, saidhe started collecting insulators as a utilitylineman 40 years ago. After an antiquedealer came along asking to “rescue” the

insulators Veneziano and his crew hadbeen throwing out, “we started savingthem for him,” he said. After seeing thedealer’s collection, Veneziano said he washooked. “It’s a neat hobby,” he said. “It’slike a treasure hunt.”

Today, among other places, insulatorscan be found on the Internet auction sitee-Bay, which has served to attract a newgeneration of collectors. Veneziano saidalthough they were once ubiquitous,many insulators are disappearing, gettingreplaced by new ones, or in the case ofnew distribution lines, getting buriedunderground.

Most of the insulators up forauction on e-Bay are common,running for prices around $10 to$15. Many are valued in the hun-dreds of dollars, and some rarepieces can fetch big-league prices.Last June, a telegraph insulatorproduced by Emminger’s around1910 sold for $38,000. Thegreen model with embossingon the rim and side was usedin Pennsylvania when thecommunication was in Morsecode. Veneziano said only

four of the model—CD 263—are knownto exist today. In whathe characterizes as hismost regrettable moveas an insulator collec-tor, he said he tradedtwo such models 20years ago, for about$500.

As a “tribute to thehistoric evolution ofelectricity,” as eachmodel reads, Local 9and H&H Electric commissioned themanufacture of 650commemorative red,blue and green insula-

tors. Standing approximately six inchestall, each low-voltage, pin type, privateissue glass insulator bears the H&H logoand mentions Local 9. But their commem-orative nature does not mean they func-tion solely as paperweights, Venezianosaid. Four of the special insulators are inuse in suburban Chicago on a street lightcircuit.

To learn more about insulators and thehobby of insulator collecting, log on to theNational Insulator Associat ion atwww.nia.org. 1

It’s the insulators that occupy his atten-tion. Clark’s interest in insulators startedwhile he was a lineman in the 1970s,when he came face to face with enoughinsulators to recognize that differences incolor, design and material made for inter-esting collecting. While working in con-struction utility maintenance for acontractor and for Montana Power Com-pany, he started saving glass insulators asthey were replaced by porcelain. His col-lection numbers into the hundreds, and hisinterest has never faded.

“If I see an old telephone line, I oftenlook up and kind of squint,” Clark said.

He’s not alone. If the electrical tradeever sanctioned an official hobby, itmight just be insulator collecting. Foryears, the pastime has had its own below-the-radar subculture populated by enthu-siasts and hobbyists, with clubs, referencebooks, terminology and identification sys-

Even though his professional

pole-climbing days ended

years ago, IBEW Special

Projects Director Rocky Clark

still finds his eyes wandering

to the summit of roadside

utility poles.


Local 9 lineman Lenny Veneziano, son ofH & H Electric owner Larry Veneziano,installs a commemorative glass insulatoron a pole in suburban Chicago.

IBEW SpecialProjects Department

Director Rocky Clark’scollection of old glass

insulators numbers in the hundreds

previous agreement before a federal medi-ator helped to broker a deal. The IBEWnegotiated jointly with the CommunicationsWorkers of America (CWA) in the talks.

Many observers of the telecommunica-tions industry predicted a strike. Verizonmade no secret of its intention to shiftmore of its health care costs onto workersand enhance its freedom to cut jobs. Oneof the most contentious issues was Veri-zon’s desire to be able to shift more workfrom its heavily unionized Northeastregions to areas where labor costs werelower. The company trained managers tofill in for workers in anticipation of astrike and hired some replacements aswell. But through tenacious negotiationtactics backed by incredible workplacesolidarity from the rank and file of bothunions, the bargaining team won a con-tract that thwarted Verizon’s intentions.

By the August 2 deadline, negotiatorshad succeeded in making enoughprogress that they declared their intentionto continue negotiating and not go out onstrike, thus not forcing economic hard-ship on the members and disruptions onthe public while at the same time leavingVerizon holding the bill for its contin-

gency work force. After weeks of hag-gling over the principle concepts and thedetails of the contract, the parties reacheda tentative agreement that does not forceworkers to bear premium costs for theirhealth insurance, protects the job securityprovisions of the previous contract, andwins wage and pension increases.

“The contract is a solid one that manypeople thought we never could achieve inthis climate,” said TelecommunicationsDepartment Director Joseph Penna, wholed the IBEW’s bargaining team along withMyles Calvey, chairman of System CouncilT-6 in New England, and Dominic Turdo,president and business manager of Local827 in New Jersey.

PG&EOn the other side of the country, Cali-

fornia Local 1245 continues bargaining on

behalf of 12,000 workersemployed by bankrupt util-ity Pacific Gas & Electric. Aftertwice rejecting a proposed con-tract, 9,000 workers in the physicalunit voted last month on what the com-pany termed its last, best and final offer.(Due to the Journal’s press schedule,results were not available for this issue.Watch www.ibew.org or www.ibew-1245.com for news.) In the meantime,members are working under an automaticextension of the three-year contract thatexpired last December.

The latest contract includes wage andpension increases as well as some reliefon retiree medical insurance, said Local1245 Communications Director Eric Wolfe.“We’re at the end of the road, so I thinkmembers are beginning to understandthey would have to greatly escalate the

level of confrontation ifthis agreement isn’t ac-cepted,” Wolfe said.

The proposed five-year agreement includes


The harsh environment for workershas had a corrosive effect on collectivebargaining, undermining the basic instru-ment of economic security for IBEWmembers. Not surprisingly, the turmoil inthe utility industry has spilled over intothe negotiation process, but telecommu-nications and manufacturing have alsonot been immune. Citing the need for“flexibility and maintaining a competitiveedge,” employers are increasingly takinga hard line.

Health care in particular has emergedas the biggest bargaining issue in negotia-tions, with companies seeking to shiftcosts onto workers as medical costs soar.“The situation with health care hasreached crisis proportions in the U.S.,” saidInternational President Edwin D. Hill. “Asmore and more Americans lose their cov-erage, greater cost pressures are placed onexisting health insurance plans, and thathas put us in our current predicament. Weneed nothing short of a national solutionto this issue.”

But the anti-worker atmosphere in theUnited States goes beyond one issue. Thetone of bargaining in general this year hasbeen more antagonistic and confronta-tional as the economy spirals downward.IBEW members have achieved somenotable victories, but more common havebeen bitter stalemates that have left work-ers seething at their employers, especiallyin the utility industry.

Here is a look at some of the majortalks covering IBEW members in 2003.

VerizonApproximately 22,000 IBEW members

at Verizon in New England, New Jersey,New York and Pennsylvania (those work-ers who were part of Bell Atlantic beforethat company merged with GTE to formVerizon) reached a tentative five-yearagreement on September 4 after threemonths of hard bargaining. The membersworked without a contract for four weeksfollowing the August 2 expiration of the

While workers in the United States have been reeling from a

tidal wave of legislative and regulatory proposals that threaten

their rights and well being (see “The Summer of Our Discontent,

IBEW Journal, September 2003, p.12 or on www.ibew.org),

similar shock waves have been felt all year long in another

forum—the bargaining table.


THE HARSH SEASON OF OUR DISCONTENT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE POLITICAL/POLICY

ARENA; COLLECTIVE BARGAINING HAS BEEN MORE CONFRONTATIONAL IN 2003

InternationalPresidentEdwin D. Hill andInternationalSecretary-Treasurer Jerry O'Connorattended aBoston rally inJune as talkswith Verizongot under way.Also picturedis Local 2222BusinessManagerMyles Calvey.

A T-shirtworn by anunidenti-fied mem-ber ofLocal 2222in Bostonconveysthe highlevel offrustrationwith thecompanyprior tonegotia-tions.

Above: PG&E Gas Serviceman RayShepherd (center) speaks at a spe-cial meeting of union activists lastsummer. At left is Hydro ElectricCrew Leader Dave Cannon, at rightis Troubleman Tom Garcia.

Right, PG&E Operating Clerk Typist Brenda Fisher discusses priorities for PG&E bargaining at a special meeting of union

members last October.

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wage re-openers in the fourth and fifthyears of the contract. Throughout thenegotiations the company has soughtnumerous givebacks from the union.

“Generally these were fairly con-tentious negotiations because our mem-bers had a wide variety of issues theywanted improvements on,” Wolfe said.“Overall the package was the best we’veever negotiated in terms of dollar value.”

After once rejecting a proposed agree-ment, 3,000 Local 1245 members in thecompany’s clerical unit ratified a contractearlier this year. If the physical unitagreement is ratified, the company hasagreed to apply the improvements to theclerical unit in a separate agreement.

Local 1245 and the company are inagreement on a plan to bring PG&E out ofbankruptcy. The plan under considerationby the California Public Utilities Commis-sion calls for keeping the company intactand paying off all of its creditors in thewake of the state’s 2000-2001 deregulationcrisis.

Oyster CreekA lengthy strike ended at Oyster Creek

Nuclear Generating Station after morethan two months at the country’s oldestnuclear power plant, owned by Amer-Gen. More than 200 members of Local1289 in Lakewood, New Jersey, returnedto work in August.

Workers struck over job security,safety and pay issues during a plant shut-down that started in May. With the sup-port of parent Exelon, the companyattempted to lay off critical personnel,abolish job descriptions, increase the useof contractors and eliminate long-stand-ing rules providing protections for work-ers during layoffs. The companyemployed hardball negotiating tech-niques, both during the strike and

through the months of negotiations pre-ceding the walkout.

AmerenIn negotiations with several Illinois

and Missouri utility locals representing900 members, Ameren Corp. took atough line at contract renewal time, butnot out of necessity, saidAlton, Illinois, Local 649Business Manager JackTueth.

“The company took ahard approach on thisthing,” said Tueth, whobargained alongside twoo t h e r l o c a l s w i t h members at Ameren:Col l insvi l le , I l l inois ,Local 309 and St. LouisLocal 1439. “It’s not thatthey needed a wagefreeze, they just wantedit. People are aggra-vated. The company isnot broke.”

Ameren put its last,best and final offer onthe table in July afterthree months of talks. Inthe final hours of negotiations, the com-pany removed unacceptable health careand sick leave proposals, knowing theywere strike issues. What they left on thetable was a three-year contract that didnot include a raise in the first year andwork rule changes the members will havedifficulty swallowing, Tueth said. InAugust, the contract was just barely rati-fied by a majority of the membership.

Ameren workers represented by theIBEW are also paying higher deductionsfor health care premiums. “The companytells us we are among the highest paidfor what we do,” said John Desmond, a

Local 1439 member. “We do make a goodliving but we work for a company that isamong the top utilities in the country. Itseems to go hand in hand.”

MirantAfter twice rejecting contract offers,

members of Local 1900, Washington,D.C., employed by merchant generatorMirant are working under the terms of aonerous four-year contract imposed bythe company. Mirant purchased the gen-erating capacity of the Potomac ElectricPower Company (PEPCO) in December2000 and assumed the collective bargain-ing agreement with Local 1900.

Declaring the talks were at animpasse, Mirant implemented the rejected

contract three weeksafter filing for Chapter11 bankruptcy in mid-July. The local, whichhas expressed its will-ingness to continue bar-gaining, is awaiting aruling from the NationalLabor Relations Boardfor the impasse declara-tion, said Business Man-ager John Coleman.

“It’s gotten ugly andfolks are very upset withthe company,” Colemansaid. “They ask me howthe union could letthem do this, but wedidn’t let them. Theyjust did it.”

The contract, cover-ing 600 workers at

plants in the Washington, D.C. area,slashes pension benefits, weakens workrule and job security provisions and dra-matically increases the employees’ shareof medical premiums. But the workers—who authorized a strike last summer—have little room to maneuver due to thecompany’s tenuous financial position.

“Quite frankly, we were ready to go,but the bankruptcy takes the wind out ofyour sails,” Coleman said. “I don’t believein striking at this juncture.”

Like many energy companies, Atlanta-based Mirant—one of the largest powercompanies in the world—saw its fortunes

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rise and fall with Enron during the free-wheeling heyday of electricity deregula-tion. The post-Enron era has been unkindto many in the sector. Mirant’s debts, acollapse in the energy markets and weakrevenue combined to lead it into insol-vency.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company

Five hundred members of Atlanta’sLocal 84 at nuclear plants near Savannahand Augusta in Georgia reluctantly votedin favor of a new three-year contract inJuly after a full year of negotiating. Thenegotiations were marked by the com-pany’s insistence on transferring workerswithout regard to seniority, said Local 84Business Manager Doyle Howard.

The company also insisted on workersbearing a greater share of health carecosts. Members working at nuclear plantsoutside Savannah and Augusta decidedthe objectionable language did not rise tothe level of a strike issue, Howard said,preferring to wait for a more favorableclimate in the future.

Rockwell CollinsIBEW negotiators characterized spring

negotiations with manufacturer RockwellCollins as difficult. This year, 2,500 work-ers at the company’s Iowa plants agreedto taking on medical co-payments, from aprevious contract that required no costsfor health insurance, said InternationalRepresentative Troy Johnson.

Unlike other companies that use thefaltering economy or underwhelmingfinancial performance to wrangle conces-sions from workers, defense contractorRockwell Collins made no such argu-ment. But the implied threat of movingwork to a plant that employs nonunionworkers encouraged negotiators to com-promise.

“They have more nonunion facilitiesthan they do union,” Johnson said.“That’s why if we don’t organize thosefacilities, they’re just going to keep com-ing after us with the same threats.”

General ElectricGeneral Electric is the largest corpora-

tion in the world. The IBEW—one of 14

unions at GE—represents 3,500 GEworkers across the United States, con-centrated in Indiana, Texas, Georgia andKentucky. In the new agreement, theunions negotiated a significant wageincrease, but accepted more of the bur-den for health care. They also wonimprovements to the company’s pensionplan.

“The bottom line is it is a good agree-ment,” said IBEW Manufacturing Depart-ment Director Bob Roberts. “Our peoplewere assuming they would pay more inmedical anyway. I think they were quiterelieved to come away with the otherimprovements.”

The four-year agreement, reached onJune 17, will affect far more than thosecovered by it, Roberts said. “GE sets thetone for the manufacturing industry,”Roberts noted. “If GE was to come after usand demand major concessions, you can

count on other com-panies coming in withsimilar demands.”

Madison Gas & Electric

After six monthsof talks, 250 membersof Madison, Wiscon-sin, Local 2304 rati-fied a three-yearcontract in July. Butan effective campaignwaged both insidethe organization andin the public eye pre-vented the company

from winning its major goals of freezingpensions and forcing the members torelinquish bargaining rights over retire-ment benefits.

Months before bargaining started, thelocal formed a solidarity committee todirect communications and actions leadingup to the negotiations. MGE, which hasone of the best credit ratings among gasand electric utilities in the country, wasexposed as the lowest-paying investor-owned utility in Wisconsin by an airplanetrailing the message “MGE: Profits BeforeFamilies” at a summer event attended by250,000 people.

“You have to prepare for a full-scalewar before you get a decent contract,” saidLocal 2304 Business Manager David Pok-linkoski.

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Bloomington, IndianaLocal 2249 memberGina Turley hangs arefrigerator door onan overhead convey-or. (In the back-ground is memberElmer Holcomb.)

Local 2249memberChrisPrange,right, ScottOwen, RonGlasscockand DaveSkirvinworking onfinal insideassembly of GE side-by-siderefrigera-tors.

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BARGAINING IN

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HAS BEEN MORE

ANTAGONISTIC AND

CONFRONTATIONAL

AS THE ECONOMY

SPIRALS

DOWNWARD.

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Welcome to new contractors: Ther-mal Automation and Alarm Tech.

Thanks to Bro. Carl Scheutzow,who organized Local 38’s 8th annualfamily Walleye Fishing Tournamentheld July 19.

DENNIS MEANEY, ORGANIZER

Montana Lineman RodeoL.U. 44 (catv,lctt,o,rtb,s&u), BUTTE,

MT—This year’s Montana LinemanRodeo featuring linemen, tree trimmer,backhoe and ladies pole climb eventswas a huge success. Sixty-six appren-tice linemen and line school partici-pants, along with 22 teams participated.This year’s rodeos were dedicated toBus. Mgr. Stan Dupree, who passedaway Aug. 15, 2002.

The top apprentice was Doug Tufrom Flathead Electric, a Local 768(Kalispell, MT) member, followed byArnie Sorrell from Mission Valley, also aLocal 768 member. Third, fourth, andfifth place overall apprentices wereLocal 44 members Shane Dunn fromHill County Electric, Trevor Keune ofPAR Electric, and David Dixon ofDanella. Matt Moore was the top North-Western Energy Apprentice finishingninth overall.

The top overall team comprisedLeo Oates, Cliff McCarthy, and CliffCampbell from Clark Public Utilities,followed by Travis Tennison, CodySeilstad, and Tao Iseminger from PrideConstruction. The top NorthWesternEnergy team, finishing third overall,comprised Chuck Dixon, Nick Hegge,and Lawrence Moran. Chuck is cur-rently Local 44’s president, Nick is ourtreasurer, and Lawrence is an Execu-tive Board member.

DON HENDRICKSON, B.M./F.S.

Work Still SlowL.U. 48 (c,em,i,rtb,rts&st), PORT-

LAND, OR—The state of Oregon isstill leading the nation in unemployedworkers. Washington state is not farbehind. There are no large projects onthe horizon at this time and Book 1 isvery full.

Local 48 celebrated their annualpicnic at Oak’s Amusement Park againthis year. Many Brothers and Sistersbrought their families to enjoy a day inthe sun down by the Willamette River.

Local 48, with other trade unions,has been active in staging informationalrallies at the G.P. Paper Plant in Wauna,OR. G.P. Paper was given major taxbreaks by the state of Oregon and thearea counties to upgrade and add a

production line at the Wauna site. Thecompany then brought in out-of-statecontractors and workers to abuse itsgift from Oregon. Probably state lawswill be rewritten to prevent this fromoccurring again after this blatant abuse.

DAVE JACOBSEN, P.S.

‘Million Solar Roofs’ PartnerL.U. 68 (i), DENVER, CO—We have

formed a committee to investigate therapidly advancing photovoltaic indus-try. Sister Mary Broderick is the drivingforce behind this committee. Herefforts in research and work with Lau-rel Scott of our Apprenticeship Train-ing Center have paid off.

Local 68 and the Denver Joint Elec-trical Apprenticeship Training Centerhave been accepted as partners in the“Million Solar Roofs” program for theDenver region, a milestone accom-plished in just three months.

We are in the process of requestinga grant from the U.S. Department ofEnergy to purchase photovoltaic train-ing modules for the ApprenticeshipTraining Center. This partnership willbe a real asset to us in obtaining thegrant. Our goal is to be the numberone supplier of highly skilled, trainedand qualified electricians to do thiswork—always the IBEW goal.

DANIEL J. CURTIN, PRES.

Construction is SlowL.U. 90 (i), NEW HAVEN, CT— At

this writing construction is very slow.We have several good-sized projectssecured, but we have no idea whenthese projects will start, thanks to thiseconomy. The severe slowdown inwork has led to insufficient fundsbeing paid across the board. The localwas forced to move its health and wel-fare contribution up to $5.42 an houralong with many other benefit fundchanges in an attempt to find ways tokeep our funds strong.

We will open a new apprentice andjourneyman training area this fall.Journeyman classes are ongoing. Allinquiries for availability, time and costshould be addressed to ApprenticeshipDirector Paul Costello. We are cur-rently in the process of selecting avery small apprentice class to fill theneeds of these hard times.

A special thanks to all of the IBEWlocals that found work for our unem-ployed members, with a very specialthanks to Local 99 in Rhode Island andLocal 103 in Boston.

KENNETH B. KING, B.M/F.S.

Gov. McGreevey VisitsL.U. 102 (c,catv,I,it,o&t), PATER-

SON, NJ—New Jersey Gov. JamesMcGreevey, IBEW Third District Int.Vice Pres. Donald C. Siegel, Third Dis-trict Int. Rep. Wyatt R. Earp, and Pas-saic County Sheriff Jerry Speziale werehonored guests at our July unionmeeting. Gov. McGreevey thankedBus. Mgr. Lou Baram and the member-ship for the hard work done duringhis campaign and assured us that allour efforts do not go unnoticed. Thegovernor reconfirmed that he signedExecutive Order #1, which encouragesthe use of PLA’s on all state fundedprojects. He also saved the $15 billionNJ School Initiative and has encour-aged a PLA for all school projects.

Vice Pres. Siegel recognized thelocal for our efforts not only in NewJersey but also in our Pennsylvaniajurisdiction, which is a less laborfriendly environment.

At Local 102’s Annual ApprenticeBeefsteak Dinner, 30 apprentices werepromoted to “small works” wiremen,66 to journeyman wiremen, and 26graduating to teledata technicians. Con-gratulations to Thomas Turanik,William Schwenk, Lucrezia Azzolini,Lawrence Farrell, Dana Tietz, Ben Riz-zoto, Timothy Jones, Mark Terpak,Angelo Nicosia, Mark Mumford, andChris Plichta for having the highestGPA in their individual classes; to JamesScott Cullen for having the highest fiveyear GPA; and to all graduates onachieving their new classifications. JoeCucuzza, Charles Kazella, and RobertMuldoon won Unionism Awards.

JOE NITTI, P.S.

Multiple Contracts RatifiedL.U. 108 (ees,em,es,lctt,mar,mt,

rtb,rts,s,spa,t&u), TAMPA, FL—JCI (Unit8) negotiations are concluded and afive-year contract was ratified. JCI is amanufacturing company of automobile

and marine batteries in the Tampa Bayarea. Congratulations on a job welldone to Asst. Bus. Mgr. Jimmy Con-natser, Chairperson Gary Foll, ViceChairperson Steve Marsh, Rec. Sec.Jason Thomason and committee mem-bers Ray Sanchez and Joey Rogers.

WEDU (Unit 1) employees haveratified a one-year contract. WEDU(Channel 3) is a PBS affiliate in theTampa Bay area.

RUAN (Unit 9) employees have rati-fied a five-year contract. Specialthanks to Ed Falcher (chairperson), JoeHatfield (vice chairperson) and com-mittee members Gary Jenkins andDoug Swift for a job well done.

SECO (Unit 11) employees have rati-fied a four-year contract. Congratula-tions to Chairperson Kenny Green, ViceChairperson Donny Kent, Rec. Sec.Dave Rayber, Kenny Whitaker andMelissa Sola-Masso.

Tampa Electric (Unit 6) employeeswill be starting negotiations on June10. Committee members are Chairper-son Doug Bowden, Vice ChairpersonGary Raulerson, Pres. Robert Thomas,Rec. Sec. Jeff Woodlee, committeemembers Rick Coronado, Mark Fer-saci, Darrel Purifoy, T.J. Williams andSam Hamrick, Asst. Bus. Agent JohnMurphy and Bus. Agent Floyd Suggs.

Retired member John Vinson haspassed away. He was a member formore than 50 years. Our heartfelt sym-pathy goes out to Bro. Vinson’s family.

DOUG BOWDEN, P.S.

Slow Economy L.U. 110 (em,i,rts,spa&u), ST. PAUL,

MN—At this writing, we still have ourpeople being killed in Iraq, so pleasecontinue to pray for their well-being.

The effects of a slow economy con-tinue: We have 100 on Book I.

Local 110 Referral Bus. Rep. Ed Lin-den was honored at the Faribault Unitpicnic in June for his hard work and


Broadcasting Our MessageL.U. 8 (i&mt), TOLEDO, OH—The

work situation here is still bad, and wethank our sister locals for putting afew of our members to work. Chrysleris building a new engine plant in ourMichigan jurisdiction, which will help.

Our softball A-team went to the32nd IBEW Midwest Softball tourna-ment in Louisville and put in a greateffort, but were defeated in the cham-pionship game by Local 58 of Detroit.

Our local, along with two otherbuilding trades, recently purchased acontrolling interest in a local low-power television station. We’re hopingto impact our community with positivemessages about working class issuesand public service broadcasting.

Toledo is continuing to feel the illeffects of Wal-Mart as they give mostof their construction contracts to non-signatory contractors. Remember toshop at union friendly businesses.

It seems the Bushites’ efforts torevive the economy are stalled. Retain-ing American jobs isn’t a high priority.

CHUCK WISTINGHAUSEN, P.S.

Election ResultsL.U. 14 (i), EAU CLAIRE, WI—Our

local elected the following officers inJune: Bus. Mgr./Fin. Sec. Dean Licht,Pres. Richard Bygd, Vice Pres. DennisLee, Rec. Sec. Dennis McMahon, Treas.

Fredrick Siebenshuh; Executive Boardmembers Brian Takala, Jason Cebella,Kenneth Weigel, Wayne Geist, RolandPalmer and Michael Slifer; ExaminingBoard members Mike Burkart, JamesHanson and Donald Ringwald.

The officers were installed July 14by Sixth District International VicePres. Lawrence P. Curley.

Local 14 recently hosted a pre-retirement seminar for members age55 and older.

Presenters came in from across thenation to provide information onSocial Security, veterans benefits,Health & Welfare options, individualinvestment options, the National Elec-trical Benefit Fund (NEBF) and theIBEW Pension Benefit Fund.

Construction work in the jurisdic-tion continues to be slow with manyof our members on the road and look-ing for work. Our thanks go out to allthe locals that have found places forour people. Our hope is that we willbe able to someday return the favor.

JIM PIERCE, ASST. B.M.

Inside Wireman AgreementL.U. 26 (ees,em,es,govt,i&mt),

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As of this writ-ing, we are awaiting approval of thenew Inside Wireman Agreement fromthe International Office. Upon ourreceipt of the approved agreement, wewill have new agreement booksprinted for the members.

As you know by the languagerecently negotiated for paid holidays,it is more important than ever for youto obtain a D.C. journeyman’s licenseand keep it active by renewing it asrequired.

Local 26 congratulates former ourformer local union business manager,Bro. Buddy Satterfield, on his appoint-ment as director of CIR/Bylaws &Appeals at the I.O. We are proud ofBuddy’s success.

A new business agent has beenadded to our staff. Bro. Jerry Lewis

will be manning our Front Royaloffice, and we welcome him aboard.

Congratulations to all those appren-tices who graduated in June. This wasone of the best graduations yet! Neverstop learning—take advantage of themany journeyman classes.

Local 26 is saddened to report thefollowing member deaths: Bros. KarlW. Reh and Randall Danchak; andretired Bros. Raymond Boyd Metler,Donald Clark, Harry W. Creamer,James Bennett, Ralph Lonas, Arthur P.Rollins, Howard E. Thornton

The following Brothers have retiredsince our last article: Nelson L.Pumphrey, Raul Barrientos, Edwin D.Dean, Jr., Anthony Epperhart, MortonD. Katz, William E. Pensmith, John P.Kelly, Jr., Donald Swanson, Jr., DonaldJ. Becker and Frank J. Thompson.

HOWARD L. RITCHIE, JR., B.M.

Members on Out-of-Work ListL.U. 34 (em,i,rts&spa), PEORIA, IL

—Cleaner air emissions is in full effectaround our jurisdiction with three outof four powerhouses, Duck CreekCanton, Edward Station and Havana,putting in SCR systems.

At first hand, Havana Powerhousehas rolled through 2003 putting SCR inphases. Phase one completed twoyears ago was in the $4 million rangeand the second phase cost is around$3 million and is still in the final stagesof completion. With the SCR work andhomeland security, PMC has employedsome 45 wiremen through 10 monthsof work. Congratulations to RyanSharum, the union steward on the job.Ryan has held a very high standard.

It’s sad to report 200 members areon the out-of-work list. Close to oneout of four of us is not working. JATCis taking 16 apprentices for this year.The work outlook is gray. The ethanolplant is one bright spot with dirt beingmoved, just waiting on the bids tocome out. Our health plan is finallyshowing some increases in revenueinstead of a lot of negatives.

JASON NORTON, P.S.

Big Projects Coming UpL.U. 38 (i), CLEVELAND, OH—One

of the biggest jobs in town is at the allunion NEBF-financed legacy Villagejob with nine contractors and morethan 100 members working.

Large upcoming projects includeLake Erie Electric being awarded theSYSCO job, Hirsch Electric beingawarded the New Progressive Insur-ance Building and Doan/Pyramid Elec-tric doing the Stem Research Buildingat the Cleveland Clinic.

Residential membership is up to 70with all employed, and teledata con-tinues to expand.


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Technicians(lctt) Line Clearance Tree

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Technician(o) Outside(p) Powerhouse(pet) Professional,

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Newly elected Local 14 officers are installed July 14, 2003. From left, stand-ing, Bus. Mgr./Fin.Sec. Dean Licht, Pres. Richard Bygd, Exec. Board mem-bers Brian Takala and Roland Palmer, Vice Pres. Dennis Lee, Treas.Fredrick Siebenshuh and Exam.Board member Mike Burkart. Seated,Exec.Board member Jason Cebella, Exam. Board members DonaldRingwald and James Hanson, and Exec. Board members Michael Slifer,Wayne Geist and Kenneth Weigel.

Local 38 member Dennis Bednarski (seated, second from left) receivescongratulations at his retirement celebration. Joining him are Local 38Atlas Electric Company employees at the new University Hospital WolsteinResearch Institute. From left, standing, Bill Toth, Scott Bird, MarkOkerwall, Fred Schossler, Nick Heidenhoffer, Bill Brendza, Walter Buczak,Fred Schossler Jr., Mike Kenneley, Mike Jones and Ben Ehrenbeit; seated,Joe Sprenger, Bednarski, Doug Bednarski, Pat Brown, Bill DeFranco.

Attending Local102’s July unionmeeting: from left, IBEW ThirdDistrict Int. Rep.Wyatt R. Earp,Local 102 Bus.Mgr. Lou Baram,New Jersey Gov. JamesMcGreevey, andThird District Int. Vice Pres. Donald C. Siegel.

Local 110 Bus. Rep. Ed Linden (third from left) was honored at theFaribault Unit picnic. From left: Organizer Jeff Anderson, Bus. Mgr./Fin.Sec. Richard Vitelli, Linden, Faribault Unit Pres. Bob Delesha and Bus.Rep. Mike Dufour.

for our new HELP Fund. We thank EdMowry, Therr Hartje, Bobby Jones andhis wife, Deloris, Deidre Southard, EricHoffman, Troy Mowry and MaureenJohns for giving their own time tomake this day a success.

Our work was very slow but lookspromising for September. Some of ourhighline work should be picking up;overhead distribution on the other handis still looking quite slim. The under-ground boring work seems to be mov-ing again and we hope it will continue.

EDGAR R. MINGS, JR., B.M.

Congratulations to AllL.U. 236 (catv,ees,govt,i,mo,rtb &t),

ALBANY, NY—Congratulations to theapprentice class of 2003. The awardfor highest class average went toJames Ehmann and 2nd highest aver-age to Christopher Adams.

Congratulations are also in order tothe newly elected officers of Local 236:Bus. Mgr./Fin. Sec. Donald W. Rahm,Pres. Vincent J. Daly, Vice Pres. DonaldLeonard, Rec. Sec. Michael V. Doyle,Treas. Philip Pacifico; and ExecutiveBoard Members Mark Lajeunesse, DaleMacCracken, Michael McCloskey III,Robert O’Keefe, James Powell Jr., JamesRubino, Peter Westfall.

MICHAEL V. DOYLE, P.S.

Fundraising SuccessL.U. 238 (i,mo,o&u), ASHEVILLE,

NC—The work situation with ourcourt appointed president in office isbleak. There is one small bright spot.A small hospital in Highlands isexpanding, and a union contractor haslanded that project. They will need acrew of six for about a year.

Our community service projectshave been a lot of fun and we haveraised over $5,240 to aid the AshevilleTourists Children’s Fund “If the ShoeFits” program. Members participatingthis year have been Stan Hudson, CamHudson, Ben Munsell, Ronnie Reese,Chris Anderson, Fred Towers, JerryOwens, Mike Nix, Rick Sluder and RayStewart.

We have been asked once again tomarshal the Asheville Christmasparade on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003.The parade will be broadcast onThanksgiving Day on our local TV sta-tion. Members wanting to participateshould contact me.

RICK SLUDER, PRES.

New Apprenticeship ClassL.U. 246 (ees,i,rts&spa), STEUBEN-

VILLE, OH—Our local, along withLocal 64, Youngstown; Local 540, Can-ton; and Local 573, Warren, hosted the

Fourth District Progress Meeting atMountaineer Gaming Resort in Chester,WV. We were honored to have Int.Pres. Edwin D. Hill, Int. Sec.-Treas.Jerry O’Connor and Fourth District Int.Vice Pres. Paul J. Witte on hand.

Those selected for the first-yearapprenticeship class include: BrianMeyers, Scott Anthony, Tad Daily,Jason Eddy, Bill Ferguson, PatrickBerkey, Greg Serafini, Jesse Harvey,Michael Badgley and Robert Simms.Four of these brothers have success-fully completed their probation periods,having worked with the local’s orga-nizer on recent non-union projects.

ROBERT KIRKPATRICK, P.S.

New Officers ElectedL.U. 280 (c,ees,em,es,i,mo,mt,rts&

st), SALEM, OR—Our officers electedin June are Bus. Mgr. Dennis Caster,Pres. Tom Baumann, Vice Pres. Mike

Spade, Treas. Dave Baker, Rec. Sec.Tommy Paul. Elected to the ExecutiveBoard-At-Large are Mike Davis, WayneLathrop and Denny Ellis; and to theExamining Board, Dave Garrett, JohnClose and Jerry Fletcher.

These brothers have chosen tocommit their time and energy for thebest interests of Local 280. Let’s givethem the support they deserve!

Many thanks to outgoing Bus. Mgr.Steve Rose and Pres. Rich Lofton, bothof whom gave a great deal of theirtime and energy to serve the member-ship. We all owe them a great deal ofgratitude!

We also welcome Darryl Eastlandas our new dispatcher at the hall. Dar-ryl has an outstanding history servingthe local in many capacities and willbe great to have around!

JERRY FLETCHER, P.S.

Class of 2003 GraduatesL.U. 302 (i,rts&spa),MARTINEZ,

CA—Work in our local remains slow atthis writing. We hope things will havepicked up over the summer.

Congratulations to the Class of 2003apprentice graduates. Inside wiremangraduates: Adib Abdul-Mussawwir,David Asselin, Jason Blackwood,Robert Gaut, Herschel Gerber, JosephGrijalva, Eric Hoye, Steven Jelich, EricKohlmeyer, Jeffrey Lewis, WilliamMendoza, John Menke, Shane Miller,David Roe II, Michael Roe, Tim Rose,Scott Sanders, Tirzah Vernon, andGlenn Zimmerman.

Sound and Communication gradu-ates: Matthew Beckman, MichaelBrown, Patrick Chatigny, Jason Cruz,Ernesto Fagundes, Richard Gill, GeorgeJay, Caesar Lafreadas, Christopher Lutz,Jeff Marsey, Mathew McCombs, RyanMoore, Donald Onstott Jr., RaymondPrien, Rich Rassushin, Jose Rodriguez,

Kenneth Sablan, Justin Szymanski, andDustin Twitchell.

All who attended our picnic July 12had a great time and we were lookingforward to the Sept. 5 Old Timers Din-ner, scheduled to coincide with ourlocal’s 75th anniversary celebration.

We are saddened to report that wehave lost several active and retiredbrothers: Roy Boyce, Vernon Breuillot,Samuel Brown, Dave Coon, Blake Fal-stad, Frank Lemkuhl, Richard McClel-land, Dale Ostenburg, Jack Smith,Leonard Wenger and Paul Zimmer-man. Our condolences go out to theirfamily and friends.

TERRY BALDWIN, P.S.

Ball Field ProjectL.U. 306 (i), AKRON, OH—Sunny

summer activities included our annualgolf outing at Mayfair CC in June. Thewinning team out of 124 golfers com-prised Brothers Nick Sich, Jim Sich,Bernie Jenior and Marty Jenior. Accu-racy hole winners included ScottAnderson, Dick Muha and Erik Brun-ing. Marty Jenior and Jason Hornacekproduced crushing long drives.

The Social Committee had anotherbanner year with the annual picnic atClay’s Park.

Our members are volunteeringlabor for the Challenger Ball Field Pro-ject at Weaver School and Workshop.This Ball Field will provide an oppor-tunity for the mentally and physicallychallenged in our area.

Big grins are reported on the facesof Bros. Jim Betz, Joe Brostek, JohnHornacek, Tim Moore, Bill Proctor andMickey Tanaska, who recently retired.

We mourn the loss of retired Bro.Arthur Campbell. Our condolences tohis family and friends.

Keep well and work safe.BOB SALLAZ, V.P./P.S.

Update on ChangesL.U. 322 (govt,i,lctt,o&u), CASPER,

WY—Local 322 has seen a lot ofchanges in the past year. Rick Oak-land, former business manager, hasmoved on to the International OfficeConstruction and Maintenance Depart-ment. Chris Morgan was appointedbusiness manager. Garry Nettik is stillthe assistant business manager/orga-nizer and Scott DeGroot was hired asan organizer working out of theCasper office. Rocky Anderson, formerlocal union president, was hired as the


service for the unit and for the greatergood of the entire local. During histenure at Faribault Unit, attendance atmeetings more than tripled, organizingbecame a high priority, and membersbecame more politically active. Edworked hard to get many speakers onissues of concern to us.

STEVE WHITE, P.S.

12 Members ElectedL.U. 124 (ees,em,i,mar,rts,se& spa),

KANSAS CITY, MO—Congratulationsto the 12 Local 124 members recentlyelected to public office. These officialswill help gain public works contracts.

In spite of the slow work situationthis summer, IBEW Local 124 mem-bers had good times—at the AnnualFamily Picnic June 7 and the AnnualLocal 124 Golf Tournament on June16. Chris Lacy and Sean Sullivanturned in a low score of 61. The Dad’sDay Dollars for Diabetes fund-raiserthe same day collected over $7,000.

The Skills USA/VICA National Com-petition was held June 22-27th inKansas City. August 8-10th was the17th Annual MDA Super SoftballWeekend with 150 teams participating.Local 124 has raised over $700,000 forMDA research.

We remember the fol lowingdeceased members: Leon Carlisle,Alfred Dennis, Lilburn Kirchhoff,Howard Lord, Herbert Moehle, RobertShull, and James Paylor.

Congratulations to the followingretired members: James Chaney,Joseph Franklin, Richard Hudson,Ronald Jones, Marvin Miller, WilliamMoehle, Gale Moore, Ralph Moriarty,Michael Sullivan, Joseph Terry, andRobert Williams.

FRANK MATHEWS, JR., P.S.

JATC Class of 2003L.U. 130 (i&o), NEW ORLEANS,

LA—Congratulations to the NewOrleans Electrical Joint Apprentice-ship & Training Committee’s (NOE-JATC) 2002-2003 graduating class. Thegraduates are Michael J. Boudreaux,Jr., Addrell J. Brewer, Robert M.Brown, Tanya A. Causey, Shondell M.Collins, Robert T. Farr, Brett T. Fell,Michael W. Fornerette, Andre E. Fran-cois, Scott D. Gerrick, Russell A.G’Sell, Milton Gullage, Chris R. Hoke,Corey J. Jeanfreau, Sean M. Krajcer,Danny J. Miller, Steven N. Nelson,Ricky C. Noto, Lonnie L. Reed, TroyRollins, Edmond J. Stein, Jr., Steven

Thomas, Coye E. Wigley, III andSteven H. Yost.

The NOEJATC has selected Coye E.Wigley, III as the 2003 OutstandingApprentice. Brother Wigley repre-sented the NOEJATC on May 31 at the2003 Louisiana statewide OutstandingElectrical Apprenticeship Competitionheld in Baton Rouge, LA. He alsoattended the NJATC 2003 NationalTraining Institute in August at the Uni-versity of Tennessee in Knoxville.

THOMAS HUGHES, P. S.

Construction at Honda PlantL.U. 136 (ees,em,i,rtb&u), BIRM-

INGHAM, AL—We at Local 136 are justgetting wound up again. Last year weelected Jackie Goodwin as our busi-ness manager, and Randy Goodwin aspresident. We also approved a fundingarrangement to buy and stock a newapprenticeship training center.

We are pleased to announce the

opening of our new JATC Apprentice-ship Training Center. With over 13,000square feet of classroom space, a 5,000square foot lab, and 3,000 square feetof office space, the center should suitthe needs of our members, contractorsand our apprentices for many years tocome.

Work in our jurisdiction is improv-ing. We have a second phase of con-struction going on at a Honda plant inLincoln, Al. They’re expanding totwice the original size, and shouldkeep up to 200 members working atleast until Christmas. We also have anout of state non-union contractorworking with us, and they may besigning a full letter of assent

soon. They used Local 136 exclusivelyto do two earlier projects.

We may be getting an instrumenttech classification soon. That willallow us to expand our work withinthe jurisdiction. Courses for that classwill begin in the fall, which furtherillustrates the benefit of our appren-ticeship training building.

We are having trouble with risinghealth care costs, much like every otherlocal. We’ve added most of our annualraises to the insurance fund tostrengthen the fund for the near future.

GERARD BERGERON, R.S.

No News on the Work FrontL.U. 150 (es,i,rts&spa), WAUKEGAN,

IL—Recently over $6,000 in scholar-ships were awarded by Local 150.Receiving $1,500 scholarships wereMichelle Meyers, daughter of Bro. RonMeyers; and Stephanie DePasquale,

daughter of Bro. John DePasquale.Receiving $1,250 scholarships wereCaitlin Mueller, daughter of Bro. PatMueller; and Kristin Bauer, daughter ofBro. Bob Bauer. A $500 memberscholarship was awarded to WendyCordts.

There have been some recentchanges to our health care benefitsand coverage. These are due to theescalating costs of health care thateveryone in the country is experienc-ing. Please be tolerant and under-standing of any changes that mayaffect you. The trustees do not makethese changes lightly, but rather withan eye to their fiduciary responsibility.

WENDY J. CORDTS, P.S.

Apprenticeship ClassL.U. 158 (i,mar&spa), GREEN BAY,

WI—Our 5th annual ApprenticeshipCompletion Banquet was held in April2003. Invited apprentice graduateswere Jason Bader, David Corn, DanDaubner, Kevin Davister, Mike Eland,

Patrick Fenlon, Ronald Fosick, JamesLambert, Troy Mooren, Shawn Perry,Adam Richmond, Erin Sikora, andScott Vander Logt. We also invited ourABC counterparts. Troy Mooren won aset of electrical hand tools donated byBAHCO.

In June 2003 the Local 158 Appren-ticeship Class of 1983 observed its20th reunion. Attending were DonaldAllen, Richard Brice, Daniel Christens,Dean Fidler, David Jerovetz, JamesLau, James Neuens, Michael Peotter,and Kriss Williquette. Our specialguest was our apprenticeship instruc-tor, Patrick La Haye.

JAMES NEUENS, B.M./F.S., P.S.

Foundation for WorkL.U. 180 (c,i,o&st), VALLEJO, CA—

Work here continues to be good, duein part to strong backing in local poli-tics. We have continued to interview,support and elect labor friendly candi-dates to public office. Therefore, PLAs(project labor agreements) are beingsigned on many public and privateprojects. Where the PLA is not used,we have been able to place strongprequalification conditions into therequired specifications.

Our new formula is to create thelean, mean signatory contractor fromscratch. We opened our small businessincubator in May and are guidingsome members from electrician tocontractor. Members need a vast col-lection of information and tools tobecome a contractor and manage theirbusiness during the critical first fewmonths. The incubator office is locatedjust across the hall from our unionoffice.

So it could be the game is over forthe competition. Labor friendly publicofficials strike one. Grass-roots con-tractors strike two. 2005 state certifica-tion of electricians strike three.

MICHAEL C. SMITH, BUS. AGENT

‘Poker Run’ Fund-RaiserL.U. 196 (govt,mt,o,t&u), ROCK-

FORD, IL—Local Union 196 had itsfirst “Poker Run” June 21, 2003. Wehad 83 motorcycles and raised money


Local 124 members elected to public office: From left, back row, KevinAdey, Curt Dougherty, John Pauley, Jason Norman, Matt Mapes, and DaleAllen. Front row, Bob Gregory, Allan Ward, Sondra Adams, Vince Accurso,Joe Runions, and Joel Womack.

Local 130 Class of 2003 Apprentice Graduates with 5th year ApprenticeInstructor Eric J. Rodriguez (left, back row).

Local 136recentlyopened itsnew JATCApprentice-ship TrainingCenter inBirmingham,AL.

Attending Local 158’s 2003 Apprentice Completion Banquet, from left: Bus.Mgr. James Neuens and new journeyman wiremen James Lambert, ScottVander Logt, Troy Mooren, Adam Richmond, David Corn and Jason Bader.

At the Local196 Poker Runfund-raiser,staffing thebooth are Bus.Mgr. Edgar R.Mings, Jr.(right) andlocal unionmember Eric“Fluffy”Hoffman.

Local 236 Apprentice Class of 2003.

Local 306 Speelman Electric crew at the new FedEx building in the city ofGreen, OH.

First all-female Habitat for Humanity project in Salem, OR: Volunteersfrom Local 280 are, from left, Sisters Marcie Valentine, Taunia Blakely,Tawnee Rolph and Teresa Howard with job coordinator Bro. Tom Carssow.Not pictured is Sister Stacie Shepherd.

gifts. Plans are in the works to raisefunds for next year’s event.

The Boy Scout Camp’s newrestroom and shower facilities projectat Camp Emerson, in the IdyllwildMountains, has been completed. Wethank members Duane Tasker, RobertWlaker, Paul Gomber, Shawn Hicks,Ken Nickey, Rick Purper, Steve Purper,Bill Perez and Steve Gomber for theirhard work on the project.

Bus. Mgr. Bill Perez, as president ofthe Building and Construction TradesCouncil, has been involved in negotia-tions of several PLA’s. The followingare at this time still in negotiations:MWD Lake Skinner Ozone Facility/SanDiego Pipeline Project, Cathedral CityHotel/Retail Complex, and MorongoCasino Project. The PLA for the secondphase of the Blythe Energy Project hasbeen finalized and submitted to thecrafts for signatures. Please note thatnone of these projects are due to startanytime before the first of the year.

DAWN LONG, P.S.

Lineman RodeoL.U. 500 (u), SAN ANTONIO, TX—

On Saturday, July 12, 2003, IBEWLocal 500/City Public Service employ-ees competed in the 7th Annual TexasLineman Rodeo, where linemen from22 utilities across Texas participated.

Team 1 consisted of Eugene Bar-rett, Kevin Haese and Timothy Sczech.Team 2 consisted of Andrew Berger,Lawrence Aguayo and Ephriam Kerby.Two apprentices competed, Tony Tri-ana and Fastino Sanchez. Participantscompeted in 15 different events rang-ing from hot sticking live wires to polerescue techniques. They were scoredon work practice, safety and time.

The team of Bros. Berger, Aguayoand Kerby placed first in the under-ground primary splicing competition.Tony Briana placed first in the “hurt-man” rescue and third in both the poleclimb and the perform change-out.

Everyone has done well, consider-ing this is only their second competi-tion. The next competition will be inMarch 2004 at the American PublicPower Association Line WorkersRodeo right here in San Antonio.

GARY FAKTOR, V.P.

JATC Class of 2003L.U. 520 (i&spa), AUSTIN, TX—

Local 520 congratulates Apprentice ofthe Year Juan Garza and his fellowgraduates of the Austin JATC Class of2003.

Graduates are: Kevin Adrian, Way-lon Allen, Ivica Antolocic, MitchellBuerger, Eric Cain, Randy Carter,Matthew Cates, Derek Cole, Troy Cor-bitt, Cody Dlouhy, Christopher Driskell,William Felps, Jordan Flores, Rodrigo

Garcia, , Joseph Garner, Joel Gore,Steve Hansen, Donald Kelso, RobertLarson, Danny Leos, Jon Lock, ChristinaLoomis, Jim Mallanez,, Miguel Marteniz,Richard Masters JR, Justin Mauck, EricMelde, Charles Meredith, GregoryMiech, John Milburn III, Jeremy Miles,Wyatt Neill, Micheal Nelson, HoracioPartida, Jullianna Phillips, Gerald Pre-jean, Cody Rackler, Cullen Robbins,Paul Rodgers, Paul Schunemann, SteveSimmons, Rafael Tarango, KristopherTeinert, Justin Turk, and James Will-mon.

LANE PRICE, R.S./P.S.

Congratulations, GraduatesL.U. 540 (i), CANTON, OH—Con-

gratulations from the officers andmembers of Local 540 to each of ourgraduating apprentices.

The graduation dinner included anexcellent speech from Bus. Mgr. Les T.Wiley. Bro. Wiley stated, “Each newclass becomes the future of our indus-try with an obligation to preserve whatwe have, build on it and pass it on tothose who come after us. Here is yourchance to step forward as leaders oftomorrow and help solve the prob-lems we face in the competitive battlefor our industry.”

Brothers and Sisters, please remem-ber all our brave soldiers who arefighting for our freedoms throughoutthe world—especially the families ofour soldiers who gave the ultimatesacrifice of life to preserve our endur-ing freedoms.

MICHAEL McELFRESH, ORG/P.S.

Old Party New PartyL.U. 586 (em,i&o), OTTAWA, ON,

CANADA—At first no one wanted it.But Bro. Mike Bruyere knew that achildren’s Christmas party was justwhat the local needed. The first yearshowed he was right when approxi-mately 100 children and their parentsattended in 1991. The annual celebra-

tion has grown steadily, with 175attending the last party.

Because participants must pre-regis-ter, the presents Santa gives are alwaysright for the age and sex of the chil-dren. Shiny new toys and a hall trans-formed by the work of 15 volunteersmake for a great party for the children.

New Party: An adult Christmas galawill be held at Ottawa’s newest andbest hotel on Dec. 13. The BrookstreetHotel in Kanata opened in June.Located on Marsh Golf Course, it isTerry Mathews’ high-tech answer toplush living.

DOUG PARSONS, PRES./P.S.

Dick Barnes MournedL.U. 596 (i,o&u), CLARKSBURG,

WV—Brother Richard “Dick” Barnes,former business manager of Local 596passed away in May 2003 at the age of91. He will be sadly missed.

Five new inside journeyman wire-men fill the ranks in the local. DonaldCrites, Scott Marshall, Darren Marteny,Brad Morris and Jack Ocheltree alltopped out in May 2003.

The newly organized IBEW Local596 Softball Team is coached by MikeSuder and Andre Parker. The team isplaying as hard as they can, but thefirst-year blues have bit them. Teammembers are: Clint Moran, Brad Mor-ris, Shane Flannigan, Scott Rowan,Danny Gonzalez, Ricky Gayton, BobKelly, Jon Stone, Adam Miller, andDavid Tallman. Hang in there team!

The Picnic Committee scored a bighit July 20 with family members andretirees coming out for fellowship,games, prizes and good food. Thework picture remains very slow.

BUTCH ADAMS, P.S.

47-Year MemberL.U. 606 (em,es,i,rtb,spa&u).

ORLANDO, FL—Olson Electric, theoldest licensed electrical contractor in

Florida, celebrated the birthday of oneof Local 606’s oldest working mem-bers. The accompanying photo wastaken at Bro. Keith Johnson’s surprise65th birthday party. Bro. Johnson hasbeen a member of our local for 47years. He has served on the Appren-ticeship Committee for the last 13years.

Work in the area is still slow, butthe contractors expect the work tostart picking up in the fall.

Since the beginning of this year, wehave lost nine members of our local:Bros. Michael Ayala, Herman Cunning-


training director and T.J. Woods, formerE-Board chair and local president, washired as day school instructor.

With the help of Outside OrganizerCoordinator Bruce Buckner, the localhas been successful in organizing twonew outside contractors, SchulteTA, Inc.and Short Powerline Service.

Congratulation to this year’s 15graduates of the Inside ApprenticeshipProgram Lucas Becker, Richard Beld,Brain Chamberlain, Michael Cook,Jason Edwards, Ira Fischer, JarebGoodrich, John Hokanson, NathanKysar, Marc Littell, Ron Martin, JerodPesek, Gabe Ragsdale, Chris Suther-land, Matt Talbott. Congratulations tothese men and their families.

Visit our new website atwww.ibew322.org where you can chatwith members and visit our job board.

CHRIS MORGAN, B.M./F.S.

Terry Tanner RetiresL.U. 332 (c,ees,i,o&st), SAN JOSE,

CA—There have been many changesaround our office lately. After fiveyears as business manager, Terry Tan-ner has retired. Terry can be proud ofall his accomplishments: new con-tracts, expanded membership, biggerroles for women and S&C membersand most especially, our beautiful,new union hall. It has become amodel in the city of San Jose for howto build “green” buildings.

Also retiring is Pete Reyes, a busi-ness agent for four years. Pete hasbeen active as long as he’s been amember. He understands what theunion does for its members andalways gave back with his service.

By a unanimous vote of the Execu-tive Board, Asst. Bus. Mgr. RobertTragni was elected to serve out Terry’sterm as business manager. Bro.Tragni’s position was filled by JayJames. This created an opening on thestaff and Dick Perez was appointed asa business agent. These men will do agreat job. Congratulations to all!

The work situation has improvedthis summer because of all the schoolconstruction work. About 200 insidewiremen are on the out-of-work list.But, once school starts, work mayslow down again. As long as the hightech industry is in a slump, so are we.

Don’t forget about the upcomingstate certification exam. Drop in onany Saturday for classes at the Electri-cal Training Center.

We will be working hard to defeatthe recall of Gov. Davis. He has donea lot of good for working people anddeserves to serve his term. Contact thehall to see how you can help.

“Every advance in this half century:

Social Security, civil rights, Medicare,aid to education, one after anothercame with the support and leadershipof American labor.”—Jimmy Carter.

ALAN L. WIETESKA, P.S.

Service Award PartyL.U. 354 (i,mt,rts,spa) SALT LAKE

CITY, UT—At the 8th District Progressmeeting, Pres. Edwin D. Hill swore inour new local union president, RichardKingery.

Our annual service award party tookplace in July. A $250 gift certificate toSportsman’s Warehouse was presentedto Bro. William Chaplin III.

Our thanks to Bill and to all thosewho received their years-of-servicepins: 60-year member Spencer G. Der-bidge; 55-year members Ronald E.Carr and Kenneth Baum; 50-yearmember James Henderson; 45-yearmembers Michael Binyon, LelandAnderson, McCarroll Peterson, Hi Gib-son and Alvin Maughn; 40-year mem-bers Richard K Kristensen, RobertPlett, Robert F. Thomas Jr., Donald A.“Jump” Smith, Brent W. North andMichael E. Inskeep; 35-year membersDale L. White, Sheryl E. Walker,Charles (Chuck) Callahan and ThomasA. Richard; 30-year members D. B.Bently, Russell E. Ferre, Gregory Gor-don, Richard K. Bertoch and MichaelR. Florin; 25-year members David D.Forsberg, William B. Hall, Carl Brails-ford, James R. Clark, Rodney Fryar andShawn J. Murphy; 20-year memberMichael E. Crookston; and 5-yearmembers Paul Kristensen and Christo-pher Bone.

MANYA BLACKBURN, R.S./P.S.

Opportunities ScarceL.U. 364 (catv,ees,em,es,i,mt,rts&

spa), ROCKFORD, IL—Local 364 fami-lies recently came together for ourannual membership picnic held at ourhall’s grounds. Bro. Ray Pendzinskionce again coordinated the event andeverybody had a great time as always.

Work in our area and in surround-ing locals, as seems to be the casemost everywhere, has been very slowand employment opportunities for ourmembers as a result, remain scarce.

Local 364 recently established aSupplementary Unemployment Benefitfund so that in the future, memberswho might be hit unexpectedly hardby unforeseen negative economictimes might have a bit of a socialsafety net if they need it.

We need to oust the current occu-pants of the White House, get oureconomy rolling again, and get every-body back to work.

RAY PENDZINSKI, P.S.

Newly Elected OfficersL.U. 380 (ei,es,i&it), NORRIS-

TOWN, PA—At our July 22 local unionmeeting, past Pres. Ira Robbins sworein the newly elected officers. They areas follows: Pres. Boe Lawless, VicePres. Dave Schaaf, Rec. Sec. RogerDay, Treas. John Porco, Bus. Mgr./Fin.Sec. Kenneth R. MacDougall, Execu-tive Board members Tom Friel, ChrisGratton and Dennis Wolfgang. Exam-ining Board members Richard Gibson,Bill LaFountain and Ken McLaughlin.

Afterwards, Ken MacDougallthanked former Bus. Mgr. Tony McCaf-ferty for all he has done. Ken alsooutlined his future plans for the local.

The last few months have seen thepassing of five of our local brothers:Tom McClure, Sr., Ed McKeever, TimSmith, Larry Sopko and Jason Cirafisi.Our deepest sympathies go out to thefamilies of these fine men. JasonCirafisi’s sudden death was especiallytough news, because Jason was in histhird year of apprenticeship and was atop-notch apprentice, both in schooland on the job and will be sorelymissed by all who knew him.

SCOTT R. SHELDON, P.S.

75th AnniversaryL.U. 424 (as,ees,em,es,i,mo,o,ptc,

rtb,rts,spa&u), EDMONTON, AB,CANADA—Much has been happeningin the local this year in conjunctionwith our 75th Anniversary celebra-tions. The May 30th Golf Tournamentand Steak Barbecue raised over $3,000for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

The following day for the FamilyPicnic/Open House, members andtheir families were treated to a barbe-cue and invited to tour the recentlycompleted building renovations. Thatevening, a gala banquet and danceofficially marked our 75th Anniversary.Highlight of the evening was the hon-oring of the 10 business managerswho held office since our charter in1928. Seven of those 10 attended theceremony. They were led into thewaiting assembly by a piper and colorguard, followed by past local unionpresidents.

Unit 1 Committee served up stacksof “flapjacks”, bacon and scrambledeggs (with perfect weather), for theannual Klondike Days Pancake Break-fast on July 11. Calgary Unit 2 Commit-

tee served a similar breakfast on June27, a week ahead of the world famousCalgary Stampede.

DAVE ANDERSON, P.S.

100th AnniversaryL.U. 428 (govt,i,o,rts&spa), BAK-

ERSFIELD, CA—Local 428 was char-tered on July 21, 1903. Our local hasalways remained active and has neverbeen defunct, reinstated or rechartered.The charter members of Local 428 wereeight linemen, employees of the SunsetTelephone and Telegraph Company ofBakersfield, CA. Those first pioneerswere: F. T. Andrews, H. P. Leeds, M. H.Murray, F. Flint, F. J. Nichols, D. Black,C. T. Collins and H.W. Sproul. Theywere joined later in 1903 by Jim Baker,founder of Jim Baker Electrifier, andCharles Owens. On Sept. 17, 1917,then-Local 343 of Taft, CA, was char-tered and later amalgamated with Local428 on Nov. 1, 1953.

The 100-year celebration willinclude a picnic in October, a golf tour-nament, then dinner in November withhonored guests, Int. Pres. Edwin D. Hilland Int. Sec.-Treas. Jeremiah J. O’Con-nor.

At our 100th anniversary year, Local428 officers are: Bus. Mgr. DannyKane, Pres. James S. Elrod, Vice Pres.Don F. McLean Rec. Sec. Duane W.Moore, Treas. John A. King. ExecutiveBoard members are: Jon T. Bachman,Leslie G. Bragg, James Granheim, andDavid B. Thomas. Examining Boardmembers: Jerry Melson, Rick Oxfordand Eloy Zavala. Also on board areBus. Agent Duane Moore, OrganizerLarry Adams, office secretary JackieNelson and trust manager Gayle Curry.

We look forward for the presentand future members to lead this localto another 100 years.

IVAN BEAVAN, JR., P.S.

Thanks to a Good IdeaL.U. 440 (i,o,rts&spa), RIVERSIDE,

CA—Local 440 extends a very specialthanks to apprentice Shawn Hicks andhis wife, Michelle, for getting theInland Empire LMCC (which com-prises Local 440, San Bernardino Local477, and the Southern Sierra ChapterNECA) involved in a worthy cause. InJune the I.E. LMCC presented 13 chil-dren from the Loma Linda UniversityHospital pediatric dialysis unit with


Local 322OutsideOrganizerBruce Bucknerswears in newlyorganized localunion membersemployed byoutside contrac-tor SchulteTA,Inc.

At Local 424’sKlondike DaysPancakeBreakfast, Unit2 “Sheriff” JohnLast encour-ages Unit 1Chairman JimWatson to getthe flapjacksand baconcooking!

Newly elected officers at Local 380 are sworn into office.

Local 500 line-men KevinHaese (left)and EugeneBarrett installa jumper at the7th AnnualTexas LinemanRodeo.

Local 520 apprentice graduates attend a JATC graduation celebration intheir honor.

The Local 586 children’s Christmas party of 2002 was a great success.

Local 540’s 2003 graduating apprentices: from left, front row, Mike C.Davis, Mike R. Davis, David Millard, Jim Stockton, Aaron Brown and KirkSpencer; middle row, Brenda Harrington, Brad Klotz, Hope Sharrard andWayne Boden; back row, Ken Snyder, Jason Smith, Frank Swogger, MattMcElfresh and Scott McElfresh.

in June for our 50, 55, 60, and 65-yearmembers. Congratulations to all ser-vice recipients, especially Bros. AlbertLauter and Dale McMurray, whoreceived their 65-year pins.

Elections are coming up soon thestate Constitutional Amendments inSeptember and City of Houston elec-tions in November. Please exerciseyour right to vote.

JOHN E. EASTON, JR., B.M./F.S.

Congratulations, GraduatesL.U. 728 (em,i,r,rts,spa), FT. LAUD-

ERDALE, FL—On May 31, 2003, ournewest journeymen wiremen cele-brated at the Embassy Suites in BocaRaton.

Congratulations to the new journey-man wiremen of Local 728: EsnerBenoit, David Bickford, Zachary Cas-sidy, Jerry Fritz, Jr., Sean Frolich, JamesHayes, Jr., Henry Jean, Walter Jimenez,Ulysses Koontz, Keith Krieg, PeterMcCollum, Ronald Morgan, CharlesNewman, Ricardo Ordonez, DonnellParks, Jr., Kenneth Price, Daniel Prince,Barbara Rast, Ava Rowe-Edwards, Rod-ney Shaffer, Chadd Smith, Steven Sper-duto, Keith Stanley, Desmond Suckram,Glenn Wilhoit and David Woody.

Brian Schneider was outstandingapprentice of the south end of thejurisdiction and Bjorn Carlsson, out-standing apprentice of the north, wasthe only one with five years of perfectattendance.

Bus. Mgr. Jim Weldon told the grad-uates they were topping out of thebest JATC program in the country andsaid, “Don’t let any journeyman-wire-man that you work with call you ajunior journeyman. You are a full-fledged journeyman. … Go representyour local accordingly!”

BEVERLY CURPHEY, P.S.

Railroad ChangesL.U. 794 (rr), CHICAGO, IL—The

IBEW Railroad Coordinating Councilwas charged with the task of trans-forming the local unions that representrailroads. Many changes were madeand some impact our local.

First we would like to welcomeinto Local 794 the Amtrak brothers &sisters who are employed in the SignalDepartment at Chicago Union Station

and previously in Chicago Local 134. As some board our train some must

get off. It is with great sadness thatLocal 794 must see some membersleave. The Norfolk Southern brotherswill be transferred to Local 513,Decatur, IL. The electricians who cur-rently work for Metra Electric Lines(part of the Chicago rail commutersystem) are leaving us to becomemembers of Local 134.

Many of these members have bene-fited the IBEW with their hard workand diligence. Some who have servedLocal 794 and the affiliated SystemCouncils are: Gerry Claus, MikeChavez, Bob Papa, Mike Schimanski,Bob Schladrauff, Clyde Taksas, Erich

Wolf, and so many others that I couldprobably fill this magazine. Local 794wishes these brothers and sisters aprosperous railroad career.

A.W. BUITENWERF, PRES.

Years of Service AwardsL.U. 932 (c,i&st), COOS BAY, OR—

Congratulations to our 50- and 55-yearmembers and all others who receivedyears-of-service pins at a recent localunion awards ceremony.

In attendance for the ceremonywere 50-year members Eddie J. Snookand H.A. Hindman, both of whomreceived pins and certificates awardedby the I.O. Also attending were JudyBerkley, who received her 20-year pin,and Roy Snook, who was awarded his30-year pin.

Some of the 50- and 55-year mem-bers not in attendance at the cere-mony who also receivedyears-of-service pins include: 50-yearmembers Richard F. Borig, Joe W.Gillespie, James Gorman and JohnOrynicz; and 55-year members EugeneC. Bradley, Kenneth W. Chalk, RobertL. Cook, James W. Nichols Jr. andErnie W. Speaker.

ROBERT WESTERMAN, B.M./F.S.

Monsoon MembersL.U. 1116 (em,lctt&u), TUCSON,

AZ—Like our monsoon weather dur-ing the summer months, our local isthundering with activity.

Pres. Jim Corbin, Vice Pres. FrankGrijalva and SGS Unit-Chmn. Randy

Crider visited Washington, DC, to dis-cuss issues with our congressional rep-resentatives.

We are still in negotiations with SESfor the 2003 meter reader wages andin negotiations for a new SES supple-mental workforce agreement. As hasbeen the case in all our negotiations,health/welfare costs are a major topic.

Our organizing efforts have beensteadily on the rise, with 45 new mem-bers since February. We are happy tosign up so many, especially with somany of us reaching retirement. Weare looking to younger members tobecome more active and carry on withthe benefits that past members workedto maintain.

On a sad note, Local 1116 extendsour deepest condolences to the fami-lies of Bro. Ruben Ortiz and retiredBro. Fred Johnson, who passed on.

To our office staff, Sisters ElvidaAcosta and Lydia Orchard, your day-to-day duties are truly appreciated andI would like to say thank you.

R.CAVALETTO, P.S.

Combatting FirstEnergyL.U. 1298 (u), MORRISTOWN, NJ—

Local 1298 members and officers havebeen actively fighting the union-bust-ing tactics of our employer, FirstEnergyCorporation of Akron, OH.

FirstEnergy has abolished the con-cept of progressive discipline andinstead has been suspending unionworkers for minor infractions, beinginvolved in accidents, and not beingavailable for callouts. Initial suspen-

sions are for five days and in somecases as many as 10 days without pay.One lineman was fired after not takinga callout for the third time.

As well as using the grievanceprocedures, Local 1298 and the otherIBEW System Council U-3 Locals,327, 1303, 1309 and 1289, havetaken these issues to the New JerseyDepartment of Labor, to a hearingbefore the New Jersey State Legisla-ture Assembly Labor Committee, andto the FirstEnergy shareholders meet-ing. At the shareholders meeting, theofficers of all the FirstEnergy IBEWlocals donned red IBEW t-shirts anddistributed flyers detailing the poorethics rating of FirstEnergy. Theyalso spoke out in the meeting itself.

L.U. 1298 has started a web site,http://www.ibew1298.org, whichprovides news about the company andprovides a forum for news andannouncements from U-3 locals.

JOHN D. BARTRAM, P.S.

Graduation CeremonyL.U. 1426 (i,o,rtb,spa&u), GRAND

FORKS, ND—The local regretfullyreports the passing of several retiredmembers and one active member: Bro.Wade Hoar, who was a an outsidebranch groundman and a membersince March of 2000; and retired Bros.Melvin Lembke (inside wireman), JohnGunderson (Moorhead Public Service),Duane Moen (NSP), Lewellyn Lee(inside wireman), Thomas Beard(NSP) and Calvin Newcomb (NSP).Our condolences to their families andfriends.

On May 9, the local and the Dako-tas area-wide JATC held a completionceremony for our graduating appren-tices. Apprentice graduates are: SamBailey, Damon Balsdon, Jay Becker,


ham, Jim Driggers, Walter Ray Good-son, Rick Howey, Gerald Lukcso,William “Buddy” Shoaf, Fred Skrobotand Eugene Swinford. Our thoughtsand prayers are with the families ofour lost brothers.

JANET D. SKIPPER, P.S.

A Busy Bargaining YearL.U. 636 (as,catv,em,spa&u)

TORONTO, ON, CANADA—It hasbeen another busy year at the bargain-ing table with more than 24 collectiveagreements already ratified. Despitethe prevailing economic and politicaluncertainties across Ontario, our nego-tiating teams were able to secureimprovements to wages, benefits, lan-guage and working conditions that setthe standard for the industries weserve. We salute all those who con-tributed to these negotiations.

Dave Morris (Orillia Power) hasaccepted an appointment to the LineWorker Provincial Advisory Commit-tee—whose mandate is to review andrevise the training program for Power-line apprentices. Among their keyobjectives is to lobby the governmentfor recognition of Line Trades throughcompulsory certification.

Our Labour Education program hasbegun the fall semester with trainingcourses offered that deal with a varietyof topics aimed at raising the aware-ness of our members.

Recent events remind us yet againof the importance of political partner-ships and the social justice movement.Whether it is at the Municipal, Provin-cial or Federal level, organized labourmust work with our friends to ensure

that our voice is heard and issuesaddressed. The campaigns will soonbe in full swing—be sure to contributein whatever way you can.

PATRICK VLANICH, INTERIM P.S.

No Big Jobs on the HorizonL.U. 684 (c,i,o,rts&st), MODESTO,

CA—Since August, no big jobs haveappeared on the horizon and the sum-

mer school job work by this time isstarting to get done. So if you dobecome temporarily unemployed, whynot take state licensing classes at ourown JATC? Get ready for the statelicense exam before 2005.

On August 8 at Jacob’s in Modesto,we celebrated the graduation of ourapprentices. With traditional mechani-cal skills and new technology, ourworking brothers survive. Good luckyou, guys.

TORREY NEWTON, P.S.

NLRB SettlementL.U. 692 (i,spa&mt), BAY CITY,

MI—The Tri-County Building and Con-struction Trades Council OrganizingCommittee recently accepted an out ofboard settlement agreement withEncompass, Inc. The settlementamount totaled $200,000 for 56 build-ing trades people from six differentcrafts. The council filed ULP chargesagainst Encompass in January 2003 for“fail to hire” and “fail to consider to

hire” union applicants. The NLRBissued a complaint and the settlementcame prior to going to hearing.

Work is still slow with some jobcalls for Zone 1 and Zone 2, but weare hopeful that some new projectswill come our way in the near future.We thank our neighboring locals forhaving some work in tough times.

T.J. HOUSE, P.S.

Members Complete Licensing Classes

L.U. 700 (em,i,o&spa), FT. SMITH,AR—After new licensing laws werepassed by the Arkansas State Legisla-ture requiring a state apprentice orjourneymen license to work on jobs inthe electrical construction market,Local 700 sponsored test preparationclasses. Congratulations to the 28members who completed the course,and to Kenny Vaughn, who was thefirst to pass his Arkansas state journey-man exam. A big thanks to BarryRichardson for teaching these classes.

Other journeyman classes will beheld throughout the year. Our trade ischanging with technology, and soshall we! Brothers and Sisters, I con-tinue to ask our contractors to bid jobsso they will hire out-of-work membersfrom our referral procedure. Whenthey do, please give eight hours’ workfor eight hours’ pay.

On our manufacturing side, CindyRussell is our new chairperson, withClif “Mule” Sutton filling the vice-chair.For now, jobs are holding steady, butwith Exide building a new plan inIndia, who knows.

KENNETH C. McCLENDON,B.M./F.S.

Contract NegotiationsL.U. 702 (as,c,catv,cs,em,es,et,

govt,i,it,lctt,mo,mt,o,p,pet,ptc,rtb,rts,se,spa,st,t,u,uow&ws), WEST FRANK-FORT, IL—Congratulations to therecently elected and re-elected Local702 officials. We know they will be anasset to our local and the membership.

We have had some tough negotia-tions involving Wayne White ElectricCooperative. However, through thesolidarity of our members, we weresuccessful in reaching a fair contract.

Negotiations continue for other bar-gaining groups such as Ameren Com-pany, Frontier Communication and

Newton Generating Plant. These com-panies want concessions while CEOsare assured of huge paychecks, bigbonuses, and guaranteed pensions.

We have about 30 wiremen laid-offright now. There are several proposedprojects on hold due to funding issues.

MARSHA STEELE, P.S.

$50 Million ProjectL.U. 704 (catv,em&o), DUBUQUE,

IA—Our members employed by West-phal Electric completed the America’sRiver project at the Port of Dubuquethis past summer. This impressivetourism center includes the NationalMississippi River Museum and Aquar-ium, $50 million complex that drew53,000 visitors in the first month ofoperation. Currently under construc-tion is a convention center, which willfurther enhance Dubuque’s riverfrontdevelopment. Local 704 is proud to beinvolved with these projects.

I join other IBEW members inextending condolences to the familyand friends of Bro. Ken Anglin, whopassed away June 12, 2003. Ken hadbeen a member of Local 704 for 28years. He previously was a co-ownerof Advance Electric and was an activemember, having served as an appren-tice instructor. Those of us whoworked with Ken will remember himas a man whose time ended too soon.

Local 704 is pleased to announcethe recent graduates from our appren-ticeship program. They are Bros.George Splinter, Phil Hildebrand,Jeremy Freiburger, Dave Jutson, MattDroessler, Corey Firzlaff, Tom Turner,Dave Wilson and Tom Naber.

RON HEITZMAN, P.S.

Houston NewsL.U. 716 (em,i,rts&spa), HOUSTON,

TX—The work situation is not so hotwith over 500 hands on Book I.

We’ve been participating in a greatdeal of activities—Cesar ChavezParade, Habitat For Humanity, our golfand softball tournaments, and ourBrotherhood Bash picnic. We had ourfirst Cinco de Mayo dance andfundraiser benefit, ‘Brothers HelpingBrothers,’ to help our sick and needymembers. We’ll be participating in theHarris County AFL-CIO Labor Day Cel-ebration in August and the PasadenaRodeo & BBQ Cook-Off in October.

We graduated 69 new journeymanin May. Congratulations to the graduat-ing class and to Scott Green, who wasour outstanding apprentice.

We had our Retiree Pin Ceremony


Local 636 members from Essex Power Services during their recent strike.

At Local 692’sAugust unionmeeting, settle-ment checksfrom Encom-pass, Inc. were handed out tofour local mem-bers, from left:Dan Gottleber,Dennis Caney,Stanley Yascoltand GeneAlexander.

Celebrating with Local 606 Bro. Keith Johnson (ninth from left) are, fromleft, Cliff Starling, Doug Miller, Jeff Bohr, Jim Sullivan, Bill Robinson, Sr.,Ricky Howey, Gary Jenkins, Phil Whisenant, “Birthday Boy” Johnson, JasonDuffield, Bobby Weich, Richard Bert, Monica Schorer, Andy Spencer, OlsonElectric Pres. Curtis Duffield, Victor Alfred and Mike Zimke.

Local 1298 Pres. Gary Dobrinsky, along with Local 1303 Pres. Danny Clare,Local 1309 Pres. Carol Scott, Local 1309 Vice Pres. Judy Meyers, SystemCouncil U3 Pres. Chubby Wardell and Local Pres. 327 Bones Sassman, out-side the FirstEnergy shareholders meeting in Akron, OH, on May 20, 2003.

Some ofthe Local704 crewmemberson theAmerica’sRiverProject.

Local 716 member Scott Green(center) was named JATC Out-standing Graduating Apprentice for2003. Extending congratulations areLocal 716 Pres. David R. Alley (left)and Local 716 Bus. Mgr. John E.Easton, Jr.

Local 1426 retired Bro. DelvinGylten presents a display case hebuilt and donated to the local.

At the Local 932 Pin Ceremony: From left, standing, Local 932 Bus. Mgr.Robert Westerman, Organizer Brian Crawford, Vice Pres. Pat Little, A.B.Turley, Ken Tippey, Rec. Sec. Roy Snook, Robert Shelton, RaymondDouglas, Lloyd Pedro, Judy Berkley, Shannon Coates, Jason Youmans andGigi Cirrincione. Seated are 50-year pin recipients H.A. Hindman (left) andEddie J. Snook.

Ryan Bjugstad, Seth Brown, AaronBurchfield, Alan Desautel, BlairFauske, Travis Franklin, Ryan Hallet,Michael Lee, Chad McKibbin, TravisMoser, Chris Thompson, Seth Thomp-son, Aaron VanBeek and ChadWachala. Congratulations to all.

On July 4, the members of the Cav-alier Air Force Station Unit (Mason &Hanger) participated in a parade heldin Park River, with Bro. Bill Lagepulling the float in his ’57 Chevy.

The ND Fishing Derby is Feb. 28,2004, at Devils Lake.

SCOTT SANSBURN, ORG.

A Tribute to Jerry Ceel L.U. 2150 (govt,lctt,o&u), MILWAU-

KEE, WI—On Feb. 13, 2003, formerBus. Mgr. Jerome “Jerry” Ceel receivedhis 50-year IBEW service award.

Jerry has been an active IBEWmember since becoming a lineman atthe age of 30 in 1951. He was initiatedas a member of Milwaukee Local 494.At age 18 in 1939, he joined the Civil-ian Conservation Corps, enlisted in theU.S. Army in 1940, and volunteered tobe a member of the First Special Ser-

vice Force during World War II. Dur-ing his five years in Special Forces, heearned three Purple Hearts and aBronze Star. Following the war, hereturned to Milwaukee and became amember of the Amalgamated TransitUnion until his opportunity for line-man came in 1951.

Under Jerry’s leadership as businessmanager, from 1964 until his retire-ment in 1982, Local 2150’s jurisdictiongrew from representing physical work-ers at Wisconsin Electric to includenuclear, clerical, technical, gas, andmunicipal workers. At age 82, he stillserves the IBEW as a delegate to theMilwaukee County Labor Council,AFL-CIO. Thanks go to Jerry for hiscontinued contributions.

NANCY WAGNER, P.S.

Local Hosts CSR SummitL.U. 2286 (u), BEAUMONT, TX—In

June, Local 2286 and Bus. Mgr. RandyAlbin hosted the seventh Customer Ser-vice Representative (CSR) Summit atLocal 53 in Kansas City, MO. Local 2286chief steward Mona Mack, of BeaumontPhone Center, moderated and TamaraGeier of Local 1483, Omaha, NE, actedas scribe. Issues discussed were “qual-ity monitoring,” health and safety, andorganizing strategies.

IBEW Eleventh District Int. Reps.Jerry E. Harris and C. J. King, Jr.attended the summit. Other IBEWmembers attending included: Lorena

Rosas, Reuben Sepulveda and Bus.Rep. Geralyn Washington-Tatum ofLocal 18, Los Angeles, CA; AleashaHarris, Dixie Brunner and Bus. Rep.Bruce VanCompernolle of Local 53,Kansas City, MO; B. Gayle Heitman,Ruth Malloy and Bus. Mgr. Paul Liraof Local 304, Topeka, KA; Carol

Ginthner and Marian L. Burns ofLocal 396, Las Vegas, NV; De’VonJohnson, Kim Melton and TamaraGeier of Local 1483, Omaha, NE; EricThompson, Jeff Harris and Bus. Mgr.Cindy Pereira of Local 1523, Wichita,KS; and Jerry Archer, Kelly Lemonsand Carol Canday of Local 1613,Kansas City, MO.

The eighth CSR Summit is sched-uled for Oct. 24, 2003.

Local 2286 Executive Board mem-ber Leonard R. Reed was elected

mayor of Willis, TX, in May 2003.Congratulations, Brother Reed!

KITTY PROUSE, P.S.

Verizon NegotiationsL.U. 2320 (t), MANCHESTER, NH—

By the time you read this, hopefullywe will have settled with Verizon.

Verizon deep pockets flooded theairways and print media with all sortsof propaganda. The company gearedup by beefing up their security armwith thousands of rent-a-cops, and

since we did not go out they havenothing else to do but harass ourmembers. The mobilization committee,led by Bill O’Neil and Russ Delaney,has been doing a fantastic job.

The Collette Lemay Scholarshipwinners were as follows: AdamNewell, son of Bro. Mark and SisterGail Newell; Sarah Fallon, Daughter ofSister Karen Camire and Bro. Dan Fal-lon; and Ryan Molloy, son of SisterSusan Molloy.

Bus. Mgr. Glenn Brackett and othernew members of the Executive Boardwere sworn in by Int. Rep. CarolFitzgerald, who represented 2nd Dis-trict Int. Vice Pres. Frank J. Carroll.

Bus. Mgr. Brackett reminds every-one to always protect your license.

JOHN MURPHY, P.S.

Many collective bargaining agreements

between employers and the IBEW or its

local unions include “union security” provi-

sions stating that employees must become

and remain members of the union as a con-

dition of employment. The National Labor

Relations Act permits employers and unions

to negotiate these clauses where they are

not otherwise prohibited by state law.

These provisions are also permitted under

the Railway Labor Act and under many

state public employee bargaining laws.

Under these laws, employees may fulfill

their “union security” obligations either by

joining the union and thereby enjoying the

full rights and benefits of union member-

ship, or by simply fulfilling their financial

obligations to the union.

Employees who elect to become agency

fee payers—that is, who choose not to

become full-fledged IBEW members—for-

feit the right to enjoy a number of benefits

available only to union members. For

example, only union members are entitled

to attend and participate in union meetings;

to run for union office and to nominate and

vote for candidates for union office; to par-

ticipate in contract ratification and strike

votes; to participate in the development and

formulation of IBEW policies; to participate

in the formulation of IBEW collective bar-

gaining demands; and to serve as delegates

to the International Convention.

Agency fee payers are generally charged

the same dues and initiation fees uniformly

required of IBEW members. However,

agency fee payers may object to supporting

certain union activities and may obtain a

reduction in their agency fees. In particular,

objectors are charged only for activities or

projects that are reasonably related to col-

lective bargaining. Examples of such

“chargeable” activities are negotiating

collective bargaining agreements; meeting

with employer representatives; meeting

with employees on employment-related

issues; participating in proceedings on

behalf of workers under the grievance pro-

cedure, including arbitration; and managing

internal union affairs.

Among activities considered “noncharge-

able,” which objectors are not required to

support, are support of political candidates,

general community service, legislative

activities, certain costs of affiliation with

non-IBEW organizations, and members-

only benefits.

The procedure for obtaining a fee

reduction under the terms of the IBEW

Agency Fee Payers Objection Plan is set

forth in full below. By way of summary, the

objection plan runs on a calendar year

basis, and objections must be filed annu-

ally. Current fee payers who wish to file

objections for calendar year 2004 must do

so during the month of November 2003.

Objections must be addressed to the Inter-

national Secretary-Treasurer, IBEW, 1125-

15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005,

and must be postmarked during the

November open period.

No special form is required to register

an objection. However, please include your

full name, your mailing address, the local

union to which you pay fees, your nonmem-

ber identification number (if known), and

your Social Security number. In addition, if

you move during the year, please advise the

International Secretary-Treasurer of your

new address.

Dues and fees paid by employees cov-

ered by IBEW bargaining agreements con-

sist of a portion payable to the local union

and a portion that is transferred to the Inter-

national. During January 2004, the Interna-

tional will mail a check reflecting the

reduction in the International’s portion of

the fees to each objector who has filed a

timely objection with the International Sec-

retary-Treasurer, along with a detailed expla-

nation of the basis for the fee reduction.

Also during January, the local union that

represents the objector will provide him or

her with a reduction in its portion of the

fees, either by sending a reduction check or

by adjusting the amount of the objector’s

periodic payments, and will provide infor-

mation explaining the basis for its reduction.

Employees who become fee payers at

other times during the year (either because

they are newly hired into the bargaining

unit or because they resign from union

membership) may file their objections for

the balance of the calendar year during the

first 30 days in which they are required to

pay agency fees. Objections must be

addressed to the International Secretary-

Treasurer, and must be postmarked during

the 30 days after the employee becomes

obligated to pay agency fees. The Interna-

tional and the applicable local union will

provide the objector with his or her reduc-

tion as soon as they are able to verify the

objector’s status.

The reductions are based on the percent-

age of the unions’ expenditures that were

devoted to “chargeable” and “noncharge-

able” activities during the previous fiscal

year, as defined above. For example, the

International determined that during its 2002

fiscal year, 63.01% percent of its expendi-

tures were for “chargeable” activities and

36.99% percent of its expenditures were for

“nonchargeable” activities. The locals’ por-

tions vary, with most local unions devoting

between 90 and 95 percent of their annual

expenditures to “chargeable” activities. In no

year has any IBEW local union spent a

smaller percentage of its expenditures on

“chargeable” activities than the International,

although some of the locals use the Interna-

tional’s percentage to calculate their own

annual reduction—thereby giving objectors

a larger reduction than they would if the

locals used their own figures.

THE IBEW AGENCY

FEE PAYERS OBJECTION PLAN

1. Nonmembers’ Right to Object.

Any employee who is not a member of

the IBEW and who pays agency fees to an

IBEW local union (LU) pursuant to a collec-

tively bargained union security provision in

the United States has the right to object to

expenditures of his or her fees for activities

that are not reasonably related to collective

bargaining. For purposes of this plan, such

activities will be referred to as “noncharge-

able activities.” The agency fees paid by a

fee payer who perfects an objection under

the procedures set forth below will be

reduced to reflect the expenditures of the

LU and the IBEW that are used for “charge-

Notice to Employees Covered by IBEW Union SecurityAgreements: Fee Payers Objection Plan for 2004


Retired Bro. Jerome“Jerry” Ceel (center),who served as Local2150 business managerfor the first 19 years ofthe local’s charter,receives his 50-yearIBEW service award.Presenting the award iscurrent Bus. Mgr. TimmDriscoll (left) and Jerry’sson, Forrest, who is thelocal’s president.

IBEW members attend the Local 2286-hosted Customer ServiceRepresentative (CSR) Summit in Kansas City, MO: from left, 1st row, RuthMalloy, B. Gayle Heitman, Carol Canady, Geralyn Washington-Tatum andPaul Lira; 2nd row, Lorena Rosa, Kim Melton, Dixie Brunner, Marian L.Burns, De’von Johnson, Tamara Geier and Mona Mack; 3rd row, ReubenSepulveda, Aleasha Harris, Randy Albin, Kelly Lemons, Jerry Archer and C.J. King; 4th row, Eric Thompson, Cindy Pereira, Jeff Harris, Jerry Harris andCarol Ginthner.

Local 2320 Bus. Mgr. GlennBracket was sworn into office byInt. Rep. Carol Fitzgerald (left) July2. Bro. Bracket’s wife, Shirley, andtheir children Becky, Zachery andAllison extend congratulations.

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able activities” (including, for example,

negotiating and enforcing collective bar-

gaining agreements, dealing with employers

on employment-related concerns, and

union administration).

2. Procedure for Filing Objections.

Objections must be made annually and

will be effective for a single calendar year

(January 1-December 31). Notice of this

plan will be published annually in the

IBEW Journal. Each fee payer who wishes

to file an objection must do so in writing,

addressed to the International Secretary-

Treasurer (IST) at the International Office of

the IBEW, 1125-15th Street, N.W., Washing-

ton, D.C. 20005. In registering their objec-

tions, objectors must include their name

and address, the LU to which they pay fees,

their nonmember identification number, if

known, and their Social Security number.

Objections must be post-marked during the

month of November preceding the calendar

year for which the objection will be in

effect, or during the first 30 days after an

employee becomes an agency fee payer

(either by being hired or transferred into

the bargaining unit, or by resigning from

union membership) and becomes obligated

to pay agency fees to an IBEW LU under a

collective bargaining agreement. All objec-

tions must be renewed annually, during the

month of November.

3. Reduction in Agency Fees.

The agency fees of nonmembers who

file timely objections will be reduced for

the 12-month period beginning January 1 of

the year for which they are registering their

objections, and ending December 31 of that

calendar year. (Timely objections filed by

employees who begin paying agency fees

during the course of the year will be effec-

tive through December 31 of that year).

Unless advised otherwise by their respec-

tive LUs, objectors will be expected to remit

the full amount of fees charged by their

respective LUs. No later than January 31 (or

as soon as possible, in the case of timely

mid-year objections), both the International

and the LU to which the objector pays

agency fees will mail to each objector who

perfects his or her objection under this plan

a check reflecting the reduction in pay-

ments to which he or she is entitled, or will

otherwise advise the objectors how their

payments will be reduced.

Agency fees are composed of a portion

forwarded to the International as per capita

payments, and a portion retained by the

LU. When the IST receives timely objec-

tions, he will forward the names of the

objectors to the LUs to which they pay their

agency fees. As set forth in greater detail

below, the International will determine the

percentage reduction to be applied to the

per capita portion of the objector’s fees,

and will issue checks reflecting the reduc-

tion in per capita payments to which objec-

tors are entitled. In addition, each IBEW LU

will establish its own procedure for deter-

mining the reduction in its portion of the

agency fees and for reducing the objectors’

payments by the appropriate amounts.

4. Calculation of Reduction

in Per Capita Payments.

Before the beginning of the calendar

year, the IST will calculate the Interna-

tional’s per capita reduction as follows: The

IST will determine the International’s total

operating expenditures for all purposes

during the preceding fiscal year, the expen-

ditures made for activities which are

chargeable to objectors, and the noncharge-

able expenditures. The IST will then calcu-

late the ratio of chargeable and

nonchargeable expenditures to total expen-

ditures. The International’s expenditures

and calculations will be verified by an inde-

pendent auditor.

5. Per Capita Reduction Check.

No later than January 31 (or as soon as

possible after receiving a timely mid-year

objection), the IST will mail to each individ-

ual who has filed a timely objection a check

representing the reduction in per capita

payments to which he or she is entitled for

the entire calendar year. The reduction

checks will be accompanied by an explana-

tion of how the amount was determined

and an explanation of the appeal proce-

dure.

6. Appeal to Impartial Arbitrator.

An objector who has filed a timely

objection and who believes that the per

capita reduction provided by the IST does

not accurately reflect the International’s

expenditures on chargeable activities may

appeal to an independent arbitrator.

a. The appeal must be made in writing and

must be received in the office of the IST

within 30 days of the date on which the

IST mails the objector his or her per

capita reduction check. The appeal

should explain the basis of the chal-

lenge.

b. The impartial arbitrator will be

appointed by the American Arbitration

Association (AAA) through its Rules for

Impartial Determination of Union Fees,

issued on June 1, 1986.

c. Such appeals will be consolidated to the

extent practicable and heard as soon as

the AAA can schedule the arbitration.

The presentation to the arbitrator will be

either in writing or at a hearing, if

requested by any objector(s). If a hearing

is held, any objector who does not wish

to attend may submit his or her views in

writing by the date of the hearing. If a

hearing is not requested, the arbitrator

will set a date by which all written sub-

missions must be received and will

decide the case based on the records

submitted. The International will bear

the burden of justifying its calculations.

d. The costs of the arbitrator’s services and

any proceedings before the arbitrator

will be borne by the International. Indi-

vidually incurred costs will be borne by

the party incurring them.

e. While the appeal is pending, the IST will

hold in escrow a portion of the fees

paid by objectors in an amount suffi-

cient to insure that the portion of the fee

reasonably in dispute will not be

expended during the appeal procedure.

In the event that the impartial arbitrator

determines that the objectors are entitled

to a greater reduction in their fee pay-

ments than that calculated by the IST,

additional checks will be issued for the

balance of the reduction due, as deter-

mined by the arbitrator.

7. Appeals from Local Union

Fee Reductions.

An objector who has filed a timely

objection and who believes that the reduc-

tion provided by the LU to which he or she

pays agency fees does not accurately reflect

the LU’s expenditures on chargeable activi-

ties may appeal through procedures estab-

lished by the LU. In the event any objector

challenges both the International’s and the

LU’s reductions, such appeals will be coor-

dinated. 1


3 Autler, J. A. 6,250.003 Bell, R. H. 6,250.003 Charette, E. A. 3,125.003 Cooper, M. 12,500.003 Dugan Jr., E. J. 6,250.003 Fuhrer, J. R. 6,250.003 Koch, J. M. 6,250.003 Thomas, J. M. 6,250.008 Kinkaid, J. L. 6,250.009 Lizzadro, F. 6,250.0017 Chamblis, C. J. 3,125.0017 Sheridan, D. M. 12,500.0042 Bryan, W. A. 6,250.0058 Poirier, T. J. 6,250.0080 Barreras, F. D. 4,166.6782 Seymore, K. S. 6,250.00103 Abdou, J. F. 12,500.00134 Zittman, R. T. 6,250.00145 Lindgren, D. A. 12,500.00164 Odroniec, M. C. 6,250.00175 Walker, H. S. 6,250.00233 Jenkins, D. D. 6,250.00257 Holzer, A. N. 6,250.00271 Harper, K. J. 6,250.00275 Cyr, P. C. 6,250.00295 Magby, C. A. 6,250.00308 Clifford, W. E. 6,250.00364 Reed Jr., M. E. 6,250.00401 Males, A. W. 6,250.00401 Shaw, S. W. 6,250.00456 Ashmore, H. W. 6,250.00527 Hurt, G. 3,125.00577 Debruin, C. J. 12,500.00613 Newsome Sr., R. G. 6,250.00697 Jimerson, R. W. 3,125.00702 Miller, J. L. 6,250.00725 Raley, J. W. 1,562.50769 Kirkpatrick, D. W. 5,000.00773 Mifflin, G. C. 6,250.00894 Lundy, P. F. 6,250.001141 Lane, L. B. 6,250.001260 Ahakuelo, N. E. 6,250.001393 Tolliver, K. B. 12,500.00

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Pens. (1788) Boychuk, N. 3,000.00Pens. (2034) Posaluko, N. 3,000.00Pens. (2131) Aimonetti, W. F. 3,000.00Pens. (2150) Raisler, C. L. 3,000.00Pens. (2295) Joyce Jr., R. C. 4,576.00 Pens. (2330) Fleming, N. 5,935.12 Pens. (I.O.) Alfiere, E. P. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Buschert, M. L. 2,940.79Pens. (I.O.) Butler, C. H. 1,500.00Pens. (I.O.) Carter, C. E. 1,500.00Pens. (I.O.) Creel, J. N. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Currey, E. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Diesen, O. T. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Finger, F. A. 3,000.00

Pens. (I.O.) Gray, D. S. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Hall Jr., W. R. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Heim, L. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Hirsch, W. B. 6,250.00Pens. (I.O.) Hogle, R. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Hoppe, J. J. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Incandela, J. R. 4,607.50Pens. (I.O.) Irwin, J. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Johnson, J. B. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Logan, G. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Martin, E. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Meador, O. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Millar, M. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Padgett, T. M. 3,000.00

Pens. (I.O.) Peters, M. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Satterwhite, E. W. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Smith, M. G. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Strole, O. C. 1,500.00Pens. (I.O.) Uttech, R. C. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Vanover, J. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Watson, W. D. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Welch, H. E. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Wong, L. H. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Wunderlin, F. L. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Yanko, L. M. 3,000.00Pens. (I.O.) Young, R. R. 3,000.00

Total Amount . . . . . . . . . . . $1,087,096.59

Local Surname Amount Local Surname Amount Local Surname Amount Local Surname Amount SCHOLARSHIPSCHOLARSHIPIBEW FOUNDERS’®

AWARDED ONLY TO IBEW® MEMBERS

The IBEW® Founders’ Scholarships honor thededicated wiremen and linemen who, on

November 28, 1891, organized the InternationalBrotherhood of Electrical Workers®. The officersof the IBEW® are pleased to offer its workingmembers scholarships annually on a competitivebasis. It is hoped that the awards will not onlycontribute to the personal development of ourmembers but also steward the electrical industrythat our founders envisioned.

This award is for $200 per semester credit hourat any accredited college or university toward aninitial bachelor’s degree in an approved field. Themaximum distribution is $24,000 over a period notto exceed eight years.

Eligibility Checklist Founders’ Scholarship competition is an adult program, to be used solely by IBEW®

members. It is NOT for the children of members. 1. Applicants must have been in continuous good standing and have paid dues without

an Honorary Withdrawal for the four years preceding May 1 of the scholarship year,or be charter members of a local union.

2. Each applicant must be recommended in writing by the local union business manager.If there is no office of business manager, then the recommendation must come fromthe local union president, system council chairman or general chairman.

3. At least two additional letters of recommendation must be sent by individuals who arefamiliar with the applicant’s achievements and abilities.

4. Copies of all academic transcripts from high school, college, apprenticeship, or othereducational and developmental programs must be submitted.

5. A complete personal résumé is required. The résumé should outline education andwork history, any special honors or awards, military service, plus involvement in union,local, civic, community and religious affairs.

6. Applicants are required to submit a 250-500 word essay. The title and topic must be:“How the Founders’ Scholarships Will Benefit the Brotherhood and the ElectricalIndustry.” The essay must be typewritten and double-spaced.

7. Applicants must submit their previous test scores from the SAT I or the ACT. NOOTHER TESTING SERVICES ARE ACCEPTABLE. Archived scores or new test registra-tion may be obtained by contacting: SAT (609)771-7600, www.collegeboard.org, SATProgram, Box 6201, Princeton, NJ 08541-6201; or ACT Records (319)337-1313,www.act.org, ACT Records, P.O. Box 451, Iowa City, IA 52243-0451. To send scoresdirectly to the IBEW® Founders’ Scholarship, the code numbers are 0485 for SAT and0697 for ACT. It is strongly suggested that any new test taken should be the SAT I.

8. Materials need not be sent at the same time but must be postmarked prior to May 1of the scholarship year.

9. Retain a copy of the completed application for your files.

Selection of WinnersAwards will be based on academic achievement and potential, character, leadership,

social awareness and career goals.The independent Founders’ Scholarship Selection Committee will be composed of acade-

mic, professional and community representatives. They will examine the complete record ofeach scholarship applicant to choose the winners. All applicants will be notified, and thescholarship winners will be featured in the IBEW® Journal.

Responsibility of Each Founders’ ScholarScholarship winners may begin their studies in their next term or, at the latest, in Jan-

uary of the following year. Each term’s earned grades must be sent to the Founders’ Schol-arship Administrator, together with a Founders’ Scholarship Progress Sheet. After the firstcalendar year in the program, and by each August 1 thereafter, the annual Founders’Scholar paper is due. It must be at least 1,000 words on a labor-related topic, covering anyaspect affecting the current labor movement or labor history. Scholarships are not transfer-able and are forfeited if the student withdraws or fails to meet the requirements for gradua-tion from the college. If a serious life situation arises to prevent continuation of studies, thescholarship winner may request that the scholarship be held in abeyance for a maximum ofone academic year.

Free Act of the IBEW®

The creation of this scholarship program is a free act of the International Brotherhood ofElectrical Workers®. The IBEW® retains its right to alter, suspend, cancel or halt the IBEW®

Founders’ Scholarship Program at any time and without giving any reason, provided thatscholarship winners already in college under the program will continue to receive thestipends until graduation or the receipt of $24,000 for undergraduate study under theirIBEW® Founders’ Scholarships—whichever comes first.

APPLICATION FORM

Name: _______________________________________________________________(Please print or type)

Address:______________________________________________________________

Zip/Postal: ________________ Home Telephone #: ( _____ ) _______________________

SS/SIN #:______________________________ Birthdate:________________________

Member of Local #:__________________ Card #: _______________________________(On IBEW Journal Address Label or Dues Receipt)

Initiated into IBEW®: ______________________________________________________(Month/Year)

Most recent employer: _____________________________________________________

Job Classification: ___________________ Work Telephone #: ( _____ ) ________________

I wish to study for an initial bachelor’s degree in _____________________________________

___________________________________________________________________(NOTE: Field of study must be contributive to the development and improvement of the electrical industry as determined by the Founders’ Scholarship Administrator.)

List your first and second choices for college:

1.__________________________________________________________________

2.__________________________________________________________________

Did you complete high school or the GED? □ Yes □ No(Send transcripts or other evidence to the Scholarship Committee.)

Did you have the opportunity to take apprenticeship or skill improvement training? □ Yes □ No (Send transcripts of your courses to the Scholarship Committee.)

Do you have any education certificates, awards, or professional licenses? □ Yes □ No(Send evidence to the Scholarship Committee.)

Have you taken any college courses? □ Yes □ No(Send transcripts of all college courses to the Scholarship Committee.)

Name used on class records: _________________________________________________

When did you take the SAT or the ACT?: __________________________________________(Month/Year)

(To submit new test scores, it is strongly suggested that you take the SAT I. We will use your highest score;therefore, it may be in your best interest to retake the test.)

My signature is evidence that I understand and agree to all the rules governing the scholarship as listed onthis application and certify that all the information I have included is true. I agree that, if I am selected for anaward, my name and photograph may be used for publicity purposes with no additonal compensation due me.

___________________________________________________________________(Signature)

___________________________________________________________________(Date)

Mail application materials postmarked prior to May 1 to:

IBEW® Founders’ Scholarship Committee1125 Fifteenth Street, N.W.Washington, DC 20005

Form 172Revised 9/02

IBEW FOUNDERS’

the IBEW Journal dating to the publi-cation’s inception in 1893.

In general, it will make it easier tokeep track of the organization’sfinances. And streamlined pro-cedures will free up time oflocal union staff for other tasksto better serve members.

The new system will notrequire locals to drasticallychange how they provide infor-mation to the InternationalOffice—at least initially, Shep-ler said. For those local unionoffices using computerized pro-grams to process dues account-ing, grievance and job referral data, alooming ICS Windows upgrade maycall for a corresponding hardwareupgrade too. Local unions that send inhand-written journal sheets should con-tinue to do so, but there will be someminor changes to activity codes thenew system will introduce. For detailson procedural changes, locals shouldwatch for letters from the InternationalOffice.

Another important benefit of themore efficient new system, calledTIMSS (the “T” stands for TMAResources—the company that devel-oped the program—and the rest standfor Integrated Member Services Solu-tion), is the cost savings. Better meth-ods of retrieving, deciphering andanalyzing data result in incalculablecost savings, Shepler said. What previ-

ously required nine Computer ServicesDepartment staff to accomplish can bedone by three using the new system.

Local unions will be better servedwhen the new system is up and run-ning, because of the faster turnaroundof per capita processing, pension and

death claims and assistance for localunions who need information abouttheir members.

The next phase of a continuingtechnical upgrade, Shepler said, couldinclude installation of an additional T-1line to bring the web sitewww.ibew.org in-house. Today, itsserver is off-site at an AT&T server farm.

Journal and Media DepartmentDirector C. James Spellane said theorganization is relying more and moreon the web site to increase the level ofinteractivity between the district offices,field staff, organizers and local unions.The web unit of the Journal and Media

Department works with numer-ous other departments of theInternational Office to facilitatethe flow of information acrossthe organization.

Recent additions to the website, www.ibew.org include anew organizing reporting sys-tem that allows organizers tolog on to enter monthlyreports as well as to queryinformation and coordinatecampaigns with other organiz-

ers. Another tool available soon on theweb site is a mapping system thattraces the jurisdictional lines of localunions. It also contains a virtual “trampguide” with officers and contact num-bers listed for each local.

At some point the InternationalOffice is hoping to install a singleserver database that allows off-siteusers to enter information on the web,where it is stored—rather than printedand re-entered as it is now—and inte-grated and validated directly in thedatabase, Shepler said.

In preparation for that change, She-pler recommends that the local unionsinstall a high-speed data line with agood computer and a secure hook-up.“We’d like to be as accessible, yetsecure, and as interactive as possible,”he said. 1

The Cutting Edge

The old sheet-fed printer and tapeback-up will be replaced with a state-of-the-art system.

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AIR PURIFYING

Particulate Respirator

Dusts, mists, and fumes

Gas & Vapor Respirator

Hazardous gases and vapors

Combination Respirator

Both particulates and gases

ATMOSPHERE SUPPLYING

Air-Supplied Respirator

Hose to deliver clean, safe air

Self-Contained Breathing ApparatusWearable, clean-air supply pack

Combination Respirator

Hose and auxiliary supply pack

respirator is a protective face-piece,hood, or helmet that is designed toprotect the wearer against a variety ofharmful airborne agents. United Statesand Canadian Occupational Safety andHealth regulations require the use ofrespirators when effective engineeringcontrols are not feasible or while theyare being instituted.

There are different types of respirators and not anyone type is good for all exposures. Select according tothe hazard workers may be exposed to.

✔ Proper Selection

✔ Medical Evaluation

✔ Training in Use & Care

✔ Fit Testing

Printed in the U.S.A.

Two Basic Types of Respirators

A Respirator Program Must Include:

A

AN IBEW SAFETY REMINDER

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