L.U.
445 (catv,i&spa), BATTLE CREEK, MIThe Local
445 picnic was Sept. 18, 2004, at the Sportsman Club in
Bellevue. Chris and Pat Tramel, Deral and Sherry Murrie,
Rex Mcadow and friends created a patriotic motif. Thanks
to all volunteers!
Congratulations to 2004 graduating apprentices:
Chuck Brown, Ed Greene, Tim Klacking, Nate Lipscomb, Bryan
Mayes, Dave Morales and Troy Sloan.
The Executive Board appointed Deral
Murrie as Local 445 treasurer.
Mr. Bush: With over 1,000 American
combat fatalities in Iraq, huge budget deficits, jobs getting
exported, and worse on the horizon, I dont want you as my "foreman." To
be a good "boss," you must make decisions that benefit
the people on your crew.
ATTENTION TO ALL: The following
list of IBEW members, (birth date, then referral year), worked
in the Local 445 jurisdiction in the past. They have pension
contributions of less than $5,000 that may be refundable to
them. If you have knowledge of these members, please contact
Local 445: Jack Barron Jr. (12-10-52, 1989); R.T. Crowell (5-19-51,
1989); J.W. Eldridge (9-30-57, 1989); Elijah Harris (birth
date unknown, 1971); Jan Komdeur (unknown, 1968); John Paxton
(12-18-45, 1986); Robert Stahlhood (5-4-62, 1989); and Albert
Tulick, (unknown, 1970).
L.U.
449 (catv,em,i,o,rtb,rts,spa&u), POCATELLO,
IDAt the time of this writing we are preparing for the
holidays. This is our second year of collecting donations
for charity with IBEW/NECA LMCC. Our hot chocolate/coffee
trailer seems to be a hit with the Christmas shoppers,
and Albertsons generously allowed us to park the trailer
on its property. Thanks to our brothers and sisters for
all their time and effort. Special thanks to Laurie Watters
for heading up the holiday project.
Work has been slow in our area.
We thank all the locals that provided work for our members.
We hope the work picture will improve after the first of the
year.
Our condolences go out to the friends
and families of Bro. Max Johnson, a retired member, and Bro.
Dale Taylor, both of whom passed away.
Congratulations to Bros. Dennis
Hendricks and Jim Trevey. We wish them well in their retirements.
We are starting a new year. Its
important that we stay involved in our union. We also must
continue to be politically active at every level of government
and voice our convictions. Our voices need to be heard as to
the direction that we want our party to go.
L.U.
459 (ees,em,so&u), JOHNSTOWN, PAAs this new
year begins, we hope all trade unionists learn from past
mistakes, then move forward.
Going back to 2001, we recall a
legislative proposal introduced in the U.S. Congress as the
Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection bill (H.R. 1322).
U.S. Rep. John F. Tierney introduced the bill, and it had 78
co-sponsors. It was a bill we would love to have seen enacted.
It lacked political support, public support, and worker support.
In 2001 not many retirees or workers thought companies, or
courts, would let retirees suffer. Now many say what can we
do? We need to get this bill re-introduced and campaign for
its passage.
All trade unionists need to get
on board, not wait until its their turn to get hurt. In a
land of laws, we need laws passed to protect our retired workers.
Lets get the New Years resolution to include working for
legislative relief and organizing. Dont wait until youre
in a barrel and need help.
L.U.
461 (i,rts&spa), AURORA, ILMany thanks to
Local 461 Bro. Bob Young for submitting the information
for this months article:
For the second year in a row, we
stimulated much public awareness of our local by sponsoring
a booth at the Dekalb County Fair in Sandwich, IL. We gave
away IBEW embossed pens and pencils and held a free raffle for
the public. Prizes were a boys bike, a girls bike, and a 5,550
watt generator. At the booth we offered people information
about our various apprenticeship and journeyman training
programs, and also our LMCC Plus 5 program.
Many members contributed their time
again this year to assist with the booth. Members who helped
were: Bill Williams, Jim Messmer, Craig Staples, Lamont
Jennings, Steve Branson, Bob Albright, Rich Todas, Kyle Veeder,
Garret Hettinger, Craig Kendall, Jason Brendel, Jim Nauert,
Jerry West, Reed Keldie, Mark Parris, Steve Tshannen, Hector
Rosa, Joe Pyle Jr., Ken Weiland, Carl Schindlebeck, Jerry Branson,
Jon Vester, Mike Foulkes, Bob Young and Rob Young. Special
thanks to Rob Young for heading up the Fair Committee and doing
an excellent job coordinating everything this year. For everyone
involved it was a satisfying and worthwhile experience.
Local 474 members attend a
Living Wage Rally in downtown
Memphis, TN. From left: IBEW
Bros. Michael Belue, Scott
Brazzell and Wes Porter, with
C.H. Pate of the Operating
Engineers. Also at the rally, but
not pictured: Bros. Robert Hulse
and Derek Mann.
L.U.
474 (em,i,lctt,o,rtb,rts,spa&u), MEMPHIS, TNCommunity
activists and people of faith rallied outside Memphis City
Hall to support a living wage ordinance. The ordinance
seeks to create a working wage that would enable workers
to lift their families out of poverty.
We are experiencing intense economic
polarization across the nation. The rich are getting richer,
the poor are getting poorer, and the middle class is disappearing.
This trend cannot continue. As IBEW members, we love and serve
the Lord, respect family values, and contribute greatly to
societyespecially in the field of technology.
As middle-class working people we
deserve to have political representatives who represent our
causethe human cause. It is a sad day for America when such
social issues as abortion and same sex marriages have to be
on the political agenda. Local 474 rises against all immorality.
As a labor organization, we continue
to work diligently to empower the Democratic Party to advance
the cause of working people, especially on economic issues.
As a labor organization, we need to come together and present
an agenda to the Democratic Party on social issues that reflects
our moral valuesafter all, it should be "all about people
like us."
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