L.U.
70 (lctt&o), WASHINGTON, DC--Local 70 appreciates all
the IBEW brothers and sisters who restored electric service and
cleared trees after Hurricane Isabel devastated our eastern region.
Please keep those workers who lost their lives, and their families,
in your prayers. During the storm and its aftermath, Local 70 gathered
vital information and data on outages, damages, fatalities, work
force locations, staging areas, etc. and passed that information
on to International President Edwin D. Hill and Director Rick Ellis,
who were monitoring the situation closely.
We were out visiting many of the crews and making them feel welcome.
Bros. Gary Horan and James Hairr are assets to the IBEW as they
inform Local 70 on nonunion activities. Thanks to Locals 24, 26,
50 and 666 for their contributions, which enabled us to converse
with thousands of union and nonunion workers.
Yet again, organizing coordinators and organizers from across the
East Coast were here to assist our locals organizing efforts. We
thank Fourth District Int. Vice Pres. Paul J. Witte for his contributions.
We are grateful for the dedication of all involved.
At this writing, our work situation is plentiful. We had a lot
of work in 2003. We hope this years annual picnic will be well
attended--see you on the beach.
Our condolences to the families and friends of Bros. Bobby D. Smith,
James C. Gunter and James P. Wallen.
A Local 80 fourth-year
apprentice, Paul
Lenthall, is busy at work
in the Motor Control lab
at the union hall.
L.U.
80 (i&o), NORFOLK, VA--The local JATC program has made
some recent improvements and additions to the classrooms here at
the union hall. JATC Dir. Mike Iacobellis and several apprentices
volunteered their help to construct stud walls in one classroom
to train residential wiremen. In an effort to create on-the-job
conditions, another room was equipped with benders, pipe dies, motor
starters and other tools and materials donated by some of our members
and contractors.
Another classroom is dedicated to PLC and computer training with
eight stations set up at individual desks. The improvements and
the additions of the 'hands-on shop' are tremendous assets, in that
we can schedule the hours and days of training to suit the needs
of our apprentices and journeyman upgrade classes.
A journeyman upgrade class on Motor Control was recently completed
and a Fiber Optics class is now under way. Local 80 and JATC will
continue to expand our commitment to ensure that our journeymen
and apprentices receive the finest training available. The IBEW-NECA
NJATC training program is considered the best in the industry and
we must strive to maintain that excellence.
Third District Int. Rep. Steven
A.
Kamen (left) instructed a Local
86 Steward Training class. Among
those attending were, from left,
Peter Nowak, Jack Meredith, Kyle
Norsen and Tom Fraser.
L.U.
86 (ees,em,es,i,rts&spa), ROCHESTER, NY--The JATC Committee
announces the hiring of Phil Smith and Paul Healy as our day school
instructors. The entire JATC extends a sincere thank-you to the
12 candidates who interviewed.
Through the transition to day school, we have had to say goodbye
to many of our evening instructors. A special thank- you from the
JATC to all for many years of service. Also a debt of gratitude
to Greg Post, who as our first day school instructor, was instrumental
in getting the program off the ground.
Recently Local 86 held a Steward Training class for the manufacturing
sector. Int. Rep. Steven Kamen instructed the class, assisted by
Bus. Mgr. Bill Auble and Asst. Bus. Mgr. Tom Shaffer. The interest
of our members to better understand the duties and responsibilities
of a steward was the catalyst for holding the class. Many thanks
to I.O. Rep. Kamen, who presented a thought provoking and informative
class, and to the members who spent a Saturday to attend.
Register to Vote! It is your right as an American!
Local 100 Turnupseed Electric
project at the
Guardian Glass plant in Kingsburg, CA. Randy Mull,
second from right, was general foreman.
L.U.
100(c,em,i,o,rts&st), FRESNO, CA--Our local union election
of officers will be held in June 2004. Nominations will take place
at the May general meeting.
Local 100 general meetings are held the second Tuesday of each
month at 7 p.m. Work safe.
L.U.
102 (c,catv,i,it,o&t), PATERSON, NJ--The JATC announced
plans to build a 20,000 square foot addition to the Parsippany union
hall to enhance our current training facility. It will feature two
hands-on shops, including a high voltage splicing area with a manhole,
and will allow for expanded journeyman training. The JATC currently
offers a number of journeymen courses and runs OSHA 30 courses year
round. These courses make us more employable. I urge all members
to capitalize on these opportunities.
Our local is stepping up its already aggressive organizing campaign.
Organizing is paramount to our survival as an organization as it
brings in competing contractors and gives us access to new customers.
It is a fact that more than 90 percent of our organized contractors
hire new personnel from the hall as they continually expand and
grow.
Another tool Local 102 uses aggressively is the picket line. We
currently have lines up in Morristown and Hillside. We recently
had success in picketing Compaq in Hackettstown, where we were awarded
more than 80 percent of the work. We need our membership to get
involved in picketing. Please call the hall and help work the lines--it
has never been more important that we show our strength and demonstrate
that we will remain a force to be reckoned with.
L.U.
104 (lctt,o&u), BOSTON, MA--The work picture in Local
104s jurisdiction is still good. We have mostly 40-hour distribution
work, but we do have some transmission and sub-station work also.
Call if you are interested in coming this way.
We completed our first agreement with the Town of Mansfield Municipal
Electric Department, and members ratified the contract. This is
a newly organized unit.
We held our annual Apprentice Award and Service Pin night at the
December 2003 meeting. Apprentices who completed their apprenticeship
in 2003 received plaques and IBEW watches. Years-of-service pins
were presented also. Thomas OHara Sr. received his 55-year pin.
Tom is still an active dues-paying Local 104 member. He looks terrific
for a person with 55 years in our industry.
All of us at Local 104 wish to thank the many locals that supported
the Josh Ladd/Walter Shaw Fund. The outpouring of support from the
IBEW proves once again that we are the union of hearts and minds.
We at Local 104 appreciate all that was done for our fallen brothers
families.
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