Local 915 JATC
Training Dir. Phillip
Humphrey recently
announced his
retirement. This
vintage photo of
Bro. Humphrey
was taken when
he first started
his job as training
director 35 years ago.
L.U.
915 (i&mt), TAMPA, FLBro. Phillip Humphrey, our JATC
director of 35 years, recently announced his retirement. Phillip
has won many citations for his work with apprentices. He previously
served as chairman of the National Electrical Directors Association.
As JATC director, Bro. Humphrey was in charge of two training facilities,
one in Ft. Myers and one in Tampa. Approximately 185 apprentices
are enrolled in the Local 915 JATC program, which has two full-time
instructors and four part-time instructors.
Phillip has been a member of Local 915 since 1960. He followed
in his fathers trade and that of other Humphrey family members,
all of whom have been a credit to the IBEW.
Phillip says he is first going to catch up on all his honey do
duties and then get in a lot of fishing and hunting.
We all wish Bro. Phillip the very best of luck and a long and happy
retirement
L.U.
1049 (lctt,o&u), LONG ISLAND, NYLocal 1049 is pleased
to announce that we have a new four-year agreement with our largest
employer, KeySpan Corp. Agreement came less than three hours before
an authorized strike deadline. We were not only successful in negotiating
a zero dollar weekly contribution to medical, dental and prescription
premiums, but we also negotiated a 14.2 percent compounded wage
increase over the term of the agreement.
None of our success would have been possible had it not been for
the support and solidarity of the membership. With six days to go
the members gave a 100 percent strike authorization vote to the
Main Negotiating Committee. On their own members arranged spontaneous
rallies at all of the operation headquarters and power plants. The
day before the deadline, over 1,000 of our members from the utility,
craft and tree divisions united and marched in solidarity.
On the last day of negotiations many of our political allies called
the company and voiced their support for Local 1049.
On behalf of Bus. Mgr. Ralph Ranghelli, I would like to thank all
the members for their support and solidarity. Without that we would
not have been so successful.
Local 1141s new multi-purpose facility
in Lawton, OK.
L.U.
1141 (i,rts&spa), OKLAHOMA CITY, OKOn Jan. 23, 2004,
IBEW Local 1141 completed renovations on a new multi-purpose facility
located at 227 S.E. J Avenue in Lawton, OK. The building is the
focal point of the unions educational efforts and will serve as
a base to organize and recruit new members in the southwestern counties
of our jurisdiction. Dedication ceremonies and related festivities
are planned for some time in May.
The brothers and sisters of our local wish to pay respect to our
retirees. A lot of good craftsmen have hung up their tools in the
last year. Most have gone fishing but are not forgotten. Thanks
for your work, your dedication to the IBEW and for teaching us the
trade.
L.U.
1249 (catv,lctt,o,t&u), SYRACUSE, NYWe are saddened
to report the recent passing of former Vice Pres. Joseph T. Leahey.
Initiated into the IBEW in 1966, Joe was a journeyman lineman who
loved this trade. He served on our Executive Board in the early
1990s. In 1997 he was appointed assistant business manager/organizer.
Bro. Leahey was responsible for negotiating contracts with several
municipals throughout the jurisdiction and was adamant about
recruiting new members. No matter what Joe did, whether it
was in the field or at the office, he always did an exemplary job!
Joe was a great union man and friend. He will surely be missed by
all who knew and worked with him. Our heartfelt sympathy to Bro
Leaheys family: his wife, Madelaine, James, Anne-Marie and Rudi.
The work situation remains fairly good in our area. Currently there
are approximately 35 linemen on the books. With spring arriving,
we hope we will have full employment again.
Remember: Buy union products and invest in America by purchasing
products labeled Made in the U.S.A.
Local 1307 members
employed by Choptank
Electric Co-op fly the
U.S. flag. On the utility
pole, listed alphabetically,
are: Kenny Cook, Chuck
Dean, Bill Hall, Mike
Little, Dan Melvin, Dave
Mitchell, Tom Simpson,
Allen Slaughter, John
Wade, Dave Ward and
Phil Wood.
L.U.
1307 (u), SALISBURY, MDWith the fall election approaching,
the time has come to make a push to get a friend of labor back in
the White House. Make sure you are registered and go the polls.
In 1992, when Democrats took over the White House, this country
had a huge deficit. At the end of that Democratic administration,
the deficit had been erased and there was actually a surplus. Pres.
Bush has shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in
U.S. history. We may never recover from another four years at this
pace. In George W.s first year in office, more than 2 million Americans
lost their jobs and that trend continues.
Its time to turn this thing around.
Bush and Cheney have roots deep in the oil business. Its interesting
that gasoline prices have soared. A known friend of Kenneth Lay,
George W. would like to change Social Security and he supported
cuts in health care for war veterans. And speaking of Kenneth Laynote
that more time and money were spent on investigating the Monica
Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating Enron, sponsor
of the biggest corporate rip-off in history.
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