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LOOKING  AHEAD 

The  voice  of  the  union  worker 
will  be  heard  once  again,  in  1986 


SEE  PAGE  2  AND  THE  PRESIDENTS  MESSAGE 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE   PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Anthony  Ochocki 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 

Wayne  Pierce 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  PRESIDENT  EMERITUS 

William  Sidell 
William  Konyha 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  Joseph  F.  Lia 
120  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

Second  District,  George  M.  Walish 

101  S.  Newtown  St.  Road 

Newtown  Square,  Pennsylvania  19073 

Third  District,  John  Pruitt 
504  E.  Monroe  Street  #402 
Springfield,  IHinois  62701 

Fourth  District,  E.  Jimmy  Jones 
12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue.  #3 
North  Miami.  Florida  33161 

Fifth  District,  Eugene  Shoehigh 
526  Elkwood  Mall  -  Center  Mall 
42nd  &  Center  Streets 
Omaha,  Nebraska  68105 


Sixth  District,  Dean  Sooter 
400  Main  Street  #203 
RoUa,  Missouri  65401 

Seventh  District,  H.  Paul  Johnson 
Gramark  Plaza 

12300  S.E.  Mallard  Way  #240 
Milwaukie,  Oregon  97222 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
5330-F  Power  Inn  Road 
Sacramento,  California  95820 

Ninth  District,  John  Carruthers 
5799  Yonge  Street  #807 
Willowdale,  Ontario  M2M  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 
1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 
Calgary,  Alberta,  T2K  OG3 


Secretaries,  Please  Note 

In  processing  complaints  about 
magazine  delivery,  the  only  names 
wtiich  tlie  financial  secretary  needs  to 
send  in  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are  NOT  receiving  the  magazine. 
In  sending  in  the  names  of  mem- 
bers who  are  not  getting  the  maga- 
zine, the  address  forms  mailed  out 
with  each  monthly  bill  should  be 
used.  When  a  member  clears  out  of 
one  local  union  into  another,  his 
name  is  automatically  dropped  from 
the  mailing  list  of  the  local  union  he 
cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the  secre- 
tary of  the  union  into  which  he  cleared 
should  forward  his  name  to  the  Gen- 
eral Secretary  so  that  this  member 
can  again  be  added  to  the  mailing  list- 
Members  who  die  or  are  suspended 
are  automatically  dropped  from  the 
mailing  list  of  The  Carpenter. 


Patrick  J,  Campbell,  Chairman 
John  S.  Rogers.  Secretary 

Correspondence  for  the  General  Executive  Board 
should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


PLEASE  KEEP  THE  CARPENTER  ADVISED 
OF  YOUR  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS 


NOTE:  Filling  out  this  coupon  and  mailing  it  to  the  CARPENTER  only  cor- 
rects your  mailing  address  for  the  magazine.  It  does  not  advise  your  own 
local  union  of  your  address  change.  You  must  also  notify  your  local  union 
...  by  some  other  method. 


This  coupon  should  be  mailed  to  THE  CARPENTER, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


NAME. 


Local  No. 

Number  of  your  Local  Union  must 
be  given.  Otherwise,  no  action  can 
be  taken  on  your  change  of  address. 


Social  Security  or  (in  Canada)  Social  Insurance  No.. 


NEW  ADDRESS. 


City 


State  or  ProviDce 


ZIP  Code 


ISSN  0008-6843 

VOLUME  106  No.  1  JANUARY,  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

1 985  Roundup,  1 986  Outlook 2 

Labor  Movement  Unified  in  '85;  Outlook  for  Economy  Uncertain  .  PAI  4 

Today  We  Labor  to  See  His  Dream  5 

UBC  Forest  Products  Conference  Board 6 

CLIC  Report 9 

Home  Builders:  New  L-P  Boycott  Target 10 

Blueprint  for  Cure 13 

National  Reciprocal  Agreements  Protects  Members  Benefits  15 

ILCA  Awards  21 

Missing  Children  21 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washiington  Report 8 

Ottawa  Report 12 

Labor  News  Roundup 14 

Local  Union  News 22 

We  Congratulate 25 

Members  in  the  News 26 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 27 

Retirees'  Notebook 29 

Consumer  Clipboard 31 

Plane  Gossip 32 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 33 

In  Memoriam  , 37 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 

Published  monthly  at  3342  Bladensburg  Road,  Brentwood,  Md.  20722  by  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  Joiners  of  America.  Subscription  price:  United  States  and  Canada  $10.00  per  year,  single  copies  $1.00  in 
advance. 


THE 
COVER 


A  blanket  of  snow  covers  the  Mall  in 
Washington,  D.C.,  and  clusters  of  snow- 
flakes  deck  the  trees  which  frame  the 
United  Brotherhood's  General  Offices  at 
the  foot  of  Capitol  Hill.  The  cars  move 
slowly  along  Constitution  Ave.,  past  the 
U.S.  Department  of  Labor,  housed  in 
the  building  to  the  left  of  the  UBC  head- 
quarters. 

Winter  sometimes  comes  slowly  to  the 
nation's  capital.  The  first  snowfall  oc- 
casionally comes  on  Christmas  Day.  It 
is  not  until  the  first  months  of  the  new 
year  that  a  deep  freeze  sets  in. 

Weather  forecasters  predict  that  some- 
time during  the  month  of  January  we  will 
have  a  few  days  of  thaw — an  annual  crack 
in  the  refrigerator  door  which  offers  a 
brief  glance  at  spring.  One  meteorology 
professor  who  has  kept  his  eye  on  the 
January  thaw  for  years  says,  "It's  not 
folklore.  It  appears  about  two  winters 
out  of  three.  It's  worth  a  $3  bet  that  it 
will  show  up  this  year .  .  .  but  no  more." 

An  old-time  Washington,  D.C.,  news- 
paperman probably  had  a  January  thaw 
in  mind  when  he  wrote  these  lines: 

"Oh,  what  a  blamed  uncertain  thing 

This  pesky  weather  is! 

It  blew  and  snew  and  then  it  thew 

And  now,  by  jing,  it's  friz." 

Legend  says  that  the  "thew"  comes 
about  mid-January  in  the  Midwest,  a  little 
earlier  farther  west,  and  between  the  18th 
and  23rd  in  the  eastern  states.  As  for  the 
Canadian  provinces,  the  prospects  are  a 
bit  uncertain. 


NOTE:  Readers  who  would  like  additional 
copies  of  our  cover  may  obtain  them  by  sending 
50i  in  coin  to  cover  mailing  costs  to.  The 
CARPENTER.  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


LOOKINC  AHEAD 

The  voice  oj  the  union  worker 
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THE  VOICE  OF  THE  UNION  WORKER  WILL  BE  HEARD  ONCE  AGAIN  IN  1986 


Where  do  we  go  from  here? 

We  ask  ourselves  this  question  as  a 
new  year  begins. 

The  answer  lies  in  many  areas  of 
uncertainty.  Key  questions  are  these: 
Where  are  the  new  jobs?  Where  are  the 
job  opportunities? 

The  United  States  and  Canada  will 
begin  to  move  forward  again  when  there 
is  purchasing  power  in  the  hands  of 
more  and  more  of  the  nation's  workers. 

Money  well  spread  through  the  pop- 
ulation is  what  makes  the  economy 
thrive — not  excess  profits,  not  cheap 
labor,  and  not  stock  manipulations.  Real 
income — the  gain  in  the  value  of  your 
money  from  year  to  year — is  down  for 
most  people. 

Let  us  give  you  a  few  of  the  so-called 
economic  indicators  which  have  accu- 
mulated during  the  past  month: 

The  civilian  unemployment  rate  in 
the  United  States  edged  down  slightly 
to  7%  in  November.  This  change  re- 
sulted in  part  from  a  decline  of  92,000 
in  the  civilian  labor  force  at  that  time, 
hi  December  Christmas  shopping 
brought  the  workforce  up  a  bit.  and  the 
picture  undoubtedly  improved  slightly. 
Nevertheless,  the  unemployment  rate 
is  far  above  the  4%  rate  judged  ac- 
ceptable by  most  economists. 

The  U.S.  Labor  Department  said 
about  8.1  million  Americans  are  ac- 
tively seeking  jobs  but  unable  to  find 
work.  Among  major  worker  groups, 
teenage  unemployment  remains  very 
high  at  18.4%.  Blacks  are  15.9%  un- 
employed; Hispanics,  10.7%). 

Among  the  economic  indicators,  some 
were  positive,  some  negative,  and  one, 
the  speed  with  which  orders  are  filled, 
was  unchanged.  Positive:  increased 
money  supply,  increase  in  average 
workweek,  growth  in  plant  and  equip- 
ment contracts,  and  a  rise  in  building 


permits.   Orders  for  consumer  goods 
dropped  last  year. 

There  are  changes  in  Social  Security 
this  year.  On  January  1  the  Social 
Security  tax  rate  went  up  from  7.05%i 
to  7.15%).  The  increase  will  amount  to 
$1.50  per  month  more  for  a  person 
earning  $1 .500  a  month,  for  example, 
with  a  matching  amount  coming  from 
the  employer. 

The  earnings  base — the  maximum 
amount  of  annual  earnings  taxed  for 
Social  Security — rose  to  $42,000  this 
month,  which  is  way  above  the  annual 
income  of  most  of  our  members.  The 
1985  base  was  $39,600.  The  increase  is 
based  on  the  change  in  average  earn- 
ings levels  from  1984  to  1985,  according 
to  the  Social  Security  Administration. 

A  promising  sign  for  1986  is  the  drop 
in  mortgage  interest  rates.  In  1982  the 
average  prospective  home  owner  had 
to  pay  an  average  interest  rate  of  17.3% 
in  the  United  States.  As  we  begin  1986, 
the  average  home  mortgage  interest  rate 
has  dropped  to  10.5%.  Last  month,  the 
Veterans  Administration  dropped  its 
home  mortgage  rate  to  10.5%,  as  well. 

There  are  steps  being  taken  this  year 
to  curb  the  growing  "underground 
economy" — those  many  cash  transac- 
tions and  similar  measures  taken  to 
avoid  taxes  and  other  financial  respon- 
sibilities. The  Internal  Revenue  Service 
is  increasing  its  computer  surveillance 
of  employer  and  employee  income  rec- 
ords for  one  thing. 

In  California,  organized  labor  is 
backing  a  bill  in  the  state  legislature 
which  would  halt  the  flow  of  millions 
of  dollars  of  construction  and  tax  money 
into  the  underground  economy  of  that 
state.  The  bill  would  prohibit  banks, 
savings  and  loans,  and  other  lenders 
from  releasing  construction  money  until 
It  is  proved  that  the  borrowers  have 


met  Social  Security,  disability,  unem- 
ployment insurance,  and  workers'  com- 
pensation insurance  obligations. 

The  U.S.  House  of  Representatives, 
last  month,  approved  overwhelmingly 
a  five-year,  $10  billion  toxic  waste  clean- 
up bill.  For  the  first  time,  the  Environ- 
mental Protection  Agency  is  able  to  set 
up  a  definite  timetable  for  cleaning  up 
the  dangerous  and  noxious  chemical 
and  nuclear-waste  dumps  festering 
around  North  America  like  so  many 
boils. 

Labor  was  strongly  behind  this  leg- 
islation. Not  only  does  the  toxic  waste 
bill  offer  freedom  from  toxic  fears  to 
many  communities  across  the  land,  but 
it  increases  the  penalties  for  polluters. 
A  "right  to  know"  provision  sought  by 
the  AFL-CIO  would  require  companies 
producing  dangerous  chemicals  to  re- 
port to  local  communities  on  the  han- 
dling, storage,  and  emissions  of  chem- 
icals in  nearby  facilities. 

Labor  will  renew  its  fight  for  plant- 
closing  legislation.  Congress  failed  to 
pass  a  modest  plant-closing  bill  in  1985. 
The  U.S.  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
other  groups  claimed  credit  for  defeat 
of  the  legislation  after  the  last  session 
of  the  Congress,  but  labor  has  not  given 
up  this  fight  and  new  plant-closing  bills 
will  be  introduced  later  this  month. 

Construction  spending  has  increased 
slightly  in  recent  months.  Although 
housing  starts  are  still  far  below  what 
they  should  be,  commercial  construc- 
tion remains  high  in  many  parts  of  North 
America. 

The  Union  Labor  Life  Insurance 
Company's  "J  for  Jobs"  mortgage  in- 
vestment account  reached  a  record 
$155.27  million  last  July,  a  $19  million 
increase  over  its  1984  figure.  The  ac- 
count, which  invests  in  job-creating, 
union-built  real  estate  investments,  grew 


CARPENTER 


at  a  very  favorable  17.5%  annualized 
rate  of  return  during  the  1984-85  fiscal 
year. 

The  War  on  Poverty  in  America  con- 
tinues in  1986.  Almost  one  in  seven 
Americans  currently  lives  below  the 
poverty  line,  which  is  $10,609  for  a 
family  of  four.  Of  nearly  34  million 
poor,  more  than  13  million  are  children. 
More  than  one  out  of  every  five  children 
now  lives  in  poverty. 

The  income  gap  between  upper  and 
lower-income  families  has  been  grow- 
ing, especially  since  1980.  It  is  now 
wider  than  at  any  time  since  the  end  of 
World  War  II.  Census  statistics  show 


that  all  income  groups,  except  the  rich- 
est fifth  of  the  population,  had  less 
after-tax  income  in  1983  than  in  1980. 
Between  1980  and  1984  there  was  a 
transfer  of  $25  billion  in  disposable 
income  from  poor  and  middle-income 
families  to  the  richest  fifth  of  the  pop- 
ulation— the  rich  get  richer,  additional 
evidence  of  the  need  for  tax  reform. 

Workers  are  under  seige  in  every 
trade  and  industry  across  the  country 
and  the  labor  movement  stands  as  the 
main  line  of  defense,  AFL-CIO  Secre- 
tary-Treasurer Thomas  Donahue  said 
recently. 

"No  worker  in  American  is  unaf- 


fected by  the  slow  and  sure  destruction 
of  America's  industrial  base  or  by  the 
flood  of  imports  that  is  sweeping  Amer- 
ican products  from  our  own  market- 
place," Donahue  said. 

When  people  argue  that  the  real  trou- 
ble is  not  a  job  shortage  but  a  labor 
surplus,  then  the  whole  society  is  put 
at  risk.  "We  simply  have  to  stop  the 
hemorrhage  of  American  jobs,"  Don- 
ahue said. 

"We  are  the  main  line  of  defense  for 
the  plain  people  who  are  not  trying  to 
Uve  high  on  the  hog  at  the  expense  of 
their  neighbors,  who  are  just  trying  to 
pay  the  mortgage,  put  the  food  on  the 
table  and  get  kids  through  school.  U3fi 


DEALING  WITH  THE  DEFICIT 

Ever  since  Ronald  Reagan  became  President  in  1980,  there's 
been  talk  from  the  Republican  camp  and  the  White  House  about 
balancing  the  federal  budget.  Much  of  it  was  just  talk — Up  service 
for  the  conservatives  in  the  GOP. 

At  the  beginning  of  his  administration,  President  Reagan  had 
talked  much  about  how  he  used  to  have  a  balanced  budget  when 
he  was  governor  of  the  State  of  California.  Then  he  began  to 
realize  that  the  State  of  California  budget  is  different.  It  doesn't 
spend  billions  on  defense  every  year  ...  so  the  White  House 
didn't  talk  so  much  about  a  balanced  budget. 

But  the  talk  continued  in  Congress  through  much  of  1985,  until 
two  Republican  senators,  Phil  Gramm  of  Texas  (a  former  Demo- 
crat) and  Warren  Rudman  of  New  Hampshire,  proposed  a  balanced 
budget  amendment.  Their  proposed  legislation  bounced  around 
Capitol  Hill  until  late  at  night  on  December  1 1  when  Congress 
approved  it  and  sent  it  to  the  White  House.  The  bill  arranges  a 
sweeping  new  system  which  theoretically  will  end  federal  deficit 
spending  by  1991  by  making  massive  cuts  in  social  programs  and 
the  Defense  Department,  which  will  eventually  make  the  tax 
burden  easier  on  our  grandchildren. 

For  the  record,  many  economists  believe  that  it  will  be  necessary 
for  the  Reagan  Administration  to  restore  the  tax  cuts  enacted  in 
1982  and  1983  if  there  is  any  hope  of  realistically  solving  the  deficit 
problems.  Continued  on  Page  28 


"YOUR  TROUBLE  ISJHE  COMPANY  YOU  KEEP. . .  5«  PLEASE" 


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REFORMING  THE  TAX  LAWS 

The  Republicans  and  their  1979  candidate,  Ronald  Reagan, 
campaigned  on  a  vote-getting  promise  to  cut  federal  taxes.  Pres- 
ident Reagan  kept  that  promise  two  years  later,  but  his  cuts  helped 
those  at  the  high  end  of  the  income  scale  but  didn't  help  the 
average  American  worker  much.  It  did,  however,  play  havoc  with 
the  federal  budget.  The  sharp  drop  in  federal  revenue  helped  to 
create  the  biggest  federal  debt  in  history.  For  the  first  time  in 
many  years  it  appeared  that  the  Democrats  were  the  fiscally- 
responsible  political  party  and  the  Republicans  were  the  wild 
spenders,  due  to  top-heavy  defense  spending  and  tax  write-offs 
for  big  business. 

The  Democrats,  with  strong  support  from  organized  labor, 
renewed  their  call  for  tax  reform,  so  that  the  nation's  millionaires 
and  its  multi-billion-dollar  corporations  would  shoulder  their  share 
of  the  tax  burden.  The  White  House  belatedly  saw  that  tax  reform 
was  a  good  vote-getter  for  1986,  and  President  Reagan  declared 
that  tax  reform  was  to  be  the  number  one  priority  of  his  second 
term  in  office.  Early  in  1985  he  began  touring  the  country  on 
behalf  of  tax  reform.  Unfortunately,  his  party  was  not  falling  into 
Une  behind  him.  Continued  on  Page  28 


JANUARY,     1986 


Labor  Movement  Unified  in  '85; 
Outlook  for  Economy  Uncertain 


The  year  1985  came  to  a  close 
with  the  labor  movement  more  uni- 
fied in  its  sense  of  purpose,  but  with 
the  economy  stagnating  and  the  na- 
tion facing  runaway  deficits  and  pos- 
sibly a  deep  recession. 

The  past  year  offered  a  mixed 
picture.  Unemployment  remained 
above  7%,  a  level  which  used  to 
signify  "recession,"  and  less  than 
one-third  of  the  jobless  received  ben- 
efits. In  this  "growth  recession," 
the  lower-wage  service  sector  con- 
tinued to  grow  while  the  factory 
sector  lost  jobs,  often  to  low-wage 
imports.  Record  deficits,  with  the 
national  debt  doubling  to  $2  trillion 
under  President  Reagan's  policies, 
created  uncertainty  even  as  Con- 
gress wrestled  with  tax  reforms  and 
the  need  for  increased  revenue. 

On  the  labor  front,  many  unions 
fought  back  and  stopped  or  slowed 
the  trend  to  concessions.  Operating 
in  a  hostile  climate,  labor  looked 
more  to  its  own  resources.  The  AFL- 
CIO  convention  marked  the  30th 
anniversary  of  merger  and  adopted 
policies  urging  unions  to  use  more 
flexibility  in  organizing  and  bargain- 
ing and  to  open  their  ranks  to  non- 
members  so  labor  could  resume  its 
growth. 

This  is  the  story  of  1984,  told 
through  the  headline  files  of  Press 
Associates: 

JANUARY — Jobless  rate  edges  up  to 
7.2%;  9.5  million  out  of  work  .  .  .  Slower 
growth  for  manufacturers  forecast  by 
government  .  .  .  Watts  says  FAA  report 
confirms  worsening  air  traffic  system  .  .  . 
CWA  says  higher  phone  bills  hurt  elderly, 
poor,  jobless  .  .  .  Reagan  non-union  in- 
augural casting  call  sparks  labor  protests 
.  .  .  Kifkland  blasts  Treasury  plan  to  tax 
worker  benefits  .  .  .  Wiederkehr  heads 
roofers  as  Roy  Johnson  retires  .  .  .  Kirk- 
land  hits  Social  Security  freeze  .  .  .  Rea- 
gan vows  to  stay  the  course  of  conserva- 
tive agenda  in  inaugural  address  .  .  . 
UAW  angered  over  OSHA  rejection  of 
emergency  formaldehyde  rule  .  .  .  AFL- 
CIO  warns  new  OMB  powers  threaten 
worker  protections  .  .  . 


FEBRUARY— Jobless  rate  rises  to  7.4% 
.  .  .  Service  Employees  sue  EPA  on 
school  asbestos  'cover-up'  .  .  .  Idaho 
unions  win  Injunction  to  block  'right-to- 
work'  law  .  .  .  BLS  says  recessionary 


trends  continued  in  1984  contracts  .  .  . 
Rail  unions  ink  pacts  with  Conrail  to 
restore  industry-level  wages  .  .  .  Postal, 
federal  union  chiefs  fight  Hatch  Act 
charges.  .  .Supreme  Court  extends  U.S. 
wage  rules  to  state,  municipal  workers 
.  .  .  AFL-CIO  calls  for  action  on  'job 
deficit'  .  .  .  Paperworkers,  OCAW  plan 
merger  .  .  .  AFL-CIO  blasts  domestic 
cuts,  urges  defense  spending  freeze  .  .  . 

MARCH— AFL-CIO  Council  urges  new 
approaches  to  spur  resurgence  of  labor 
.  .  .  Jobless  rate  7.3%;  nearly  10  million 
out  of  work  .  .  .  UAW,  lUE  hit  end  of 
Japan  auto  import  curbs;  urge  action  to 
save  200,000jobs  .  .  .  Nix  Reagan's  Med- 
icare, Medicaid  cuts,  broad  coalition  tells 
Congress  .  .  .  Striking  Transport  Work- 
ers say  Pan  Am  is  out  to  bust  unions  .  .  . 
Social  Security  '86  COLA  hike  cancelled 
by  Senate  GOP  panel .  .  .  Drozak  pledges 
support  to  farmers,  hits  Reagan's  veto 
of  emergency  farm  bill .  .  .  Court  awards 
$5  million  in  backpay  to  Miami  hotel 
strikers  .  .  .  Coke  plant  workers  in  Gua- 
temala win  pact  after  1-year  sit-in  .  .  . 
Yale  pacts  prove  power  of  worker  soli- 
darity .  .  .  Kirkland  attacks  proposal  to 
tax  job-related  benefits  .  .  .  Reagan  blocks 
extra  aid  for  long  term  unemployed  .  .  . 
Labor  welcomes  naming  of  Brock  as 
Labor  Secretary  .  .  .  Labor  urges  plant 
shutdown  bill  to  cushion  impact  .  .  . 
Textile,  apparel  unions,  industry  unite 
on  import  reform  bill  .... 

APRIL — Jobless  rate  hangs  at  7.3%  as 
job  growth  falls  short  .  .  .  Japan's  plan 
to  boost  auto  exports  blasted  by  labor, 
business.  Congress  .  .  .  High  court  gives 
public  workers  right  to  hearing  before 
firing.  .  .  Mayors,  public  employee  unions 
hit  Reagan  city  cutback  plans  .  .  .  Senior 
citizen  groups  blast  GOP  Social  Security 
cuts  .  .  .  'Phase-out'  of  jobless  benefits 
voted  by  Congress  .  .  .  Rights  panel's 
'no'  to  pay  equity  hit  by  labor,  women's 
groups  .  .  .  Unions  send  'RTW'  law  to 
Idaho  referendum  in  '86  .  .  .  World  union 
movement  urges  sanctions  against  South 
Africa.  .  .50th  anniversary  of  CIO  marked 
by  labor  veterans  .  .  .  Brock  wins  bipar- 
tisan praise  as  he  lakes  over  Labor  Dept. 
.  .  OSHA  is  failing  to  protect  work- 
ers from  job  hazards ,  congressional  study 
finds  .... 

MAY — Jobless  rate  hangs  at  7.3%;  Man- 
ufacturingjobs  decline  .  .  .  Senate  rejects 
Social  Security  cuts,  votes  to  freeze  mil- 
itary spending  .  .  .  Brock  names  labor 
lawyer  to  key  Labor  Dept.  post  .  .  . 
Kruse  elected  leader  of  Roofers  .  .  . 
Striking  Louisiana-Pacific  workers  win 


support  from  big  shareholder .  .  .  Rubber 
Workers  win  pacts  with  'Big  Four'  tire- 
makers  .  .  .  TWU  President  William 
Lindner  dies  at  age  65  .  .  .  Senate  scraps 
Social  Security  COLA  .  .  .  Operating 
Engineers'  President  Turner  retires;  Du- 
gan  elected  to  finish  term  .  .  .  NLRB's 
Dotson  attacks  labor,  working  press  and 
academics  .  .  .  Trade  panel  finds  import 
flood  seriously  hurts  shoe  industry  .  .  . 
Senate  confirms  NLRB  nominees  .  .  . 
House  budget  keeps  Social  Security 
COLA,  saves  domestic  programs,  freezes 
Pentagon  .  .  .  AFL-CIO  urges  Congress 
to  reject  Reagan's  subminimum  wage  .  .  . 

JUNE — Nation's  economy  stalled;  un- 
employment still  at  7.3%  .  .  .  House 
backs  sanctions  against  South  African 
government  .  .  .  Labor  urges  Congress 
to  overhaul  Reagan  tax  proposals,  make 
reforms  fair  for  workers  .  .  .  AFL-CIO 
asks  Congress  to  stop  corporate  raids  on 
pension  funds  .  .  .  Seniors  rally  to  fight 
Social  Security  cuts  .  .  .  Iron  Workers 
council  elects  Juel  Drake  to  succeed 
Lyons  .  .  .  Airline  Pilots  sign  new  pact, 
end  strike  against  United  .  .  .  Judge  con- 
victs executives  of  murder  in  worker's 
cyanide  poisoning  death  .  .  .Unions  blast 
rejection  of  pay  equity  by  EEOC  .  .  . 

JULY— Jobless  rate  at  7.3%  for  fifth 
straight  month  as  national  economy  stag- 
nates .  .  .  Unions  can't  fine  members 
who  scab,  Supreme  Court  rules  in  back- 
ing NLRB  ...  2.3  million  manufacturing 
jobs  lost  in  35  states  since  1979  .  .  .  AFL- 
CIO's  AIFLD  expresses  'disgust'  as  Sal- 
vador murder  suspect  cleared  .  .  .  UAW 
wins  wage  hikes,  job  security  in  first  pact 
at  GM-Toyota  plant  .  .  .  Executives  get 
25-year  terms  in  worker's  job-related 
death  .  .  .  General  Electric  unions  ratify 
new  three-year  pacts  .  .  .  Business  hails, 
labor  ignores  Wagner  Act's  50th  anni- 
versary .  .  .  Apparel,  textile  unions  urge 
new  quota  system  to  curb  imports  .  .  . 
Reagan  tax  planfavors  rich  and  business, 
Kirkland  says  .  .  .  Wage,  benefit  cuts 
spur  walkout  by  USWA  at  Wheeling- 
Pittsburgh  .  .  . 

AUGUST— Jobless  rate  freezes  at  7.3% 
for  sixth  straight  month  .  .  .  Congress 
okays  budget  resolution  preserving  So- 
cial Security  COLA  .  .  .  UAW's  new 
pact  with  Saturn  Corp.  breaks  new  ground 
in  auto  industry  .  .  .  Union  study  urges 
worldwide  action  to  prevent  another 
Bhopal  disaster  .  .  .  Federal  court  up- 
holds Pilots  on  key  issues  in  United  strike 
.  .  .  UFCW  urges  banning  lie  detectors 
as  bane  to  U.S.  workers  .  .  .  Unions  say 
worker  rights  endangered  by  new  rail 
alcohol,  drug  rules  .  .  .  CWA  demands 
that  AT&T  negotiate  over  surprise  cut 
of  24,000  jobs  .  .  .  UAW  celebrates  50th 
anniversary 

SEPTEMBER— Jobless  rate  dips  to 
7.0%;  still  'recession  level,'  AFL-CIO 
says  .  .  .  Poverty  rate  declined  in  '84, 
but  33.7  miUion  remain  poor.  .  .AFSCME 
to  appeal  court  ruling  on  Washington 
State  pay  equity  .  .  .  Reagan  stalls  strike 

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CARPENTER 


'  'As  I  have  said  many  times,  and  believe 
with  all  my  heart,  the  coalition  that  can 
have  the  greatest  impact  in  the  struggle 
for  human  dignity  here  in  America  is 
that  of  the  Negro  and  the  forces  of 
labor,  because  their  fortunes  are  so 
closely  intertwined. ' ' 

Martin  Luther  King  in  a  letter  to 
Amalgamated  Laundry  Workers,  i%2 


Today  We  L 
to  See  His  D 


The  third  Monday  of  this  month, 
January  20,  marks  the  first  U.S.  cele- 
bration of  a  national  holiday  dedicated 
to  a  black  American  hero.  Dr.  Martin 
Luther  King.  Dr.  King,  by  his  life  and 
work,  exemplified  the  spirit  of  broth- 
erhood and  justice  we  in  labor  still 
struggle  for  today. 

His  life  was  dedicated  to  peace  and 
to  ensuring  the  right  of  all  people  to 
hve  in  decency  and  respect,  free  from 
the  fear  of  oppression  and  injustice.  We 
remember  Dr.  King  as  a  humanitarian, 
committed  to  the  civil  rights  struggle, 
who  met  his  death  while  supporting  the 
efforts  of  Memphis  sanitation  workers 
to  achieve  dignity. 

Memphis,  Tenn.,  in  1968,  was  the 
scene  of  a  strike  by  1 ,200  AFSCME 
Local  1173  members,  a  group  of  pre- 
dominately black  sanitation  workers. 
The  City  of  Memphis  had  refused  to 
recognize  the  union  or  to  grant  payroll 
dues  deduction.  Dr.  King  had  come  to 
Memphis  to  support  the  strike  by  lead- 
ing a  non-violent  march  through  the 
city.  But  it  was  not  meant  to  be.  A 
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Martin  Luther  King  Jr.  Holiday 


Resolution  enacted  by  the  AFL-CIO  at  its  '85  convention 

WHEREAS,  A  goal  pursued  for  14  years  by  the  AFL- 
CIO  and  its  affiliates  will  be  realized  on  January  15,  1986, 
when  the  birthday  of  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Martin  Luther  King, 
Jr. ,  will  be  celebrated  for  the  first  time  as  a  national  holiday; 
and 

WHEREAS,  Labor's  advocacy  of  a  holiday  honoring  the 
memory  of  Martin  Luther  King  arose  from  the  conviction 
that'  no  other  American  in  our  time  has  more  fully  exem- 
plified the  spirit  of  brotherhood  that  alone  can  bring  to  birth 
a  society  of  hberty  and  justice  for  all;  and 

WHEREAS,  Trade  unionists  will  never  forget  that  Martin 
Luther  King  met  his  death  from  an  assassin's  bullet  while 
supporting  the  peaceful  struggle  of  Memphis  sanitation 
workers  to  achieve  dignity  and  a  living  wage  through 
collective  bargaining;  and 

WHEREAS.  Observance  of  Martin  Luther  King's  birth- 
day affords  to  every  American  an  opportunity  to  honor  and 
emulate  his  personal  courage  and  unswerving  fidelity  to  the 
cause  of  equal  rights  and  equal  opportunity;  therefore,  be 
it 

RESOLVED:  That  the  AFL-CIO,  in  the  words  of  its 
Ninth  Constitutional  Convention,  "pledges  to  continue  its 
efforts  to  bring  ftbout  the  day  when  the  dream  of  Dr.  Martin 
Luther  King,  Jr.,  of  dignity,  justice  and  peace  for  all  shall 
be  fully  realized;"  and,  be  it  further 

RESOLVED:  That  the  AFL-CIO  calls  upon  all  trade 
union  organizations  and  their  members  lo  initiate  the  ob- 
servance of  Dr.  King's  birthday  by  participating  in  com- 
munity events  that  not  merely  pay  tribute  to  his  memory 
but  that  exemplify  his  spirit. 


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Martin  Luther  King  was  a  guest  speaker 
at  AFL-CIO  conventions.  Here  he  is  intro- 
duced by  the  late  AFL-CIO  President 
George  Meany. 


JANUARY,     1986 


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U.S.  sessions  of  the  new  conference  board  were  held  in  the  General  Office  board  room.  Al  top. 
President  Patrick  Campbell  speaks  to  the  initial  /gathering.  In  the  lower  left  picture,  at  the 
Canadian  session,  Fred  Miron  of  Local  2693.  Port  Arthur,  Ont.,  directs  a  question  to  Newfound- 
land Minister  of  Forestry  Simms.  Al  lower  right.  Siinms  responds  to  questions  about  aerial 
spraying  of  the  spruce  budworm  and  the  hemlock  looper,  two  forest  pests. 


UBC  International  Forest  Products  Conference 
Board  Holds  First  Meeting,  Charts  Future  Efforts 


General  President  Patrick  Campbell 
convened  the  first  meeting  of  the  UBC 
International  Forest  Products  Confer- 
ence Board  on  November  13  and  14  at 
the  General  Office  in  Washington, 
D.  C.  Composed  of  key  Canadian  and 
U.S.  Lumber  and  Plywood  Council  and 
Local  Union  representatives,  the  Board 
was  formed  to  address  challenges  pre- 
sented by  mill  shutdowns,  the  intro- 
duction of  new  products  and  machin- 
ery, "overcapacity"  in  the  industries, 
and  anti-union  efforts  by  major  U.S. 
and  Canadian  forest  products  corpo- 
rations. 

The  Board  heard  reports  on  economic 
developments  in  the  industry  in  both 
countries,  including  new  products  and 
investments.  It  also  reviewed  detailed 
information  on  the  extent  of  union  and 
non-union  operations,  and  on  the  UBC's 
lumber  and  sawmill  membership  and 
collective  bargaining  relationships. 

The  Brotherhood's  Industrial  and 
Special  Programs  Departments  had  pre- 
pared reports  on  various  aspects  of  the 
industry  for  the  meeting.  Each  repre- 


sentative also  reported  on  problems  and 
developments  in  his  area.  Representa- 
tives from  UBC  Canadian  lumber  and 
sawmill  locals  had  gathered  in  Corner 
Brook.  Newfoundland,  in  late  October 
to  hear  reports  on  the  current  status  of 
the  Canadian  forest  products  and  paper 
industry,  to  discuss  common  problems, 
and  to  prepare  a  report  on  the  Canadian 


Mike  Fishman,  assistant  to  the  general 
president  for  industrial.  Representative 
Gonzo  Gillingham,  and  lOth  District  Board 
Member  Ron  Dancer  discuss  the  confer- 
ence agenda. 


industry  for  the  Board  meeting. 

In  his  opening  remarks.  President 
Campbell  charged  the  Board  with  mak- 
ing recommendations  for  further  orga- 
nizing and  collective  bargaining  gains 
for  the  UBC's  50,000  members  in  the 
forest  products  industry.  He  repeated 
the  International's  willingness  to  com- 
mit resources  for  protecting  the  UBC's 
members  in  the  industry,  and  for  main- 
taining and  expanding  the  union's  role 
through  targeted  organizing  efforts.  The 
UBC,  as  the  largest  North  American 
union  with  members  in  the  forest  prod- 
ucts industry,  may  be  the  only  organi- 
zation capable  of  committing  the  re- 
sources needed  to  do  the  job,  Campbell 
pointed  out. 

Board  discussions  covered  the  need 
for  a  better  exchange  of  contracts  and 
collective  bargaining  developments 
among  Canadian  lumber  and  sawmill 
locals,  a  single  UBC  voice  in  Canada 
on  forest  products  industry  issues,  and, 
in  the  U.S.,  coordinated  bargaining 
strategies  between  the  Northwest  and 
the  South  and  to  better  target  organizing 


CARPENTER 


Group  tackles  challenges  of  mill  shutdowns, 

claims  of  'overcapacity'  in  the  industry, 

the  introduction  of  new  products, 

and  anti-union  efforts  of  major  corporations 


efforts  in  the  industry.  They  also  ad- 
dressed the  growing  use  of  owner-op- 
erators in  parts  of  the  Canadian  indus- 
try, non-union  operations  in  both  the 
Pacific  Northwest  and  the  Southeast, 
and  wood  products  trade  between  the 
two  countries. 

The  International  Forest  Products 
Conference  Board  will  continue  to  meet 
on  a  periodic  basis  to  exchange  infor- 
mation on  common  industry  develop- 
ments and  employers  in  the  U.S.  and 
Canada. 

At  both  the  Canadian  and  U.S.  In- 
dustrial Conferences  in  March,  work- 
shops on  the  forest  products  industry 
will  be  held  to  review,  in  more  detail, 
the  issues  raised  by  the  Conference 
Board  (See  announcement  below).  UDfi 


Industrial  Parley 

Called  for 

U.S.  and  Canada 

Full-time  industrial  council  and  lo- 
cal union  representatives  and  other 
representatives  servicing  industrial 
members  are  being  advised  by  a  mail- 
ing from  General  President  Patrick  J. 
Campbell  of  a  Canadian  industrial 
conference  March  20-22,  1986,  in  To- 
ronto and  a  conference  for  represen- 
tatives in  the  U.S.  on  March  4-6  in 
French  Lick,  Ind. 

While  the  agenda  for  the  confer- 
ences will  vary  somewhat,  both  will 
include  sessions  on  the  mill-cabinet 
and  the  forest  products  industries. 
Current  industry  problems  and  bar- 
gaining developments  will  be  covered 
and  organizing  target  areas  will  be 
identified.  The  conference  will  also 
introduce  new  tactics  and  approaches 
to  help  local  unions  win  good  settle- 
ments under  adverse  conditions. 

The  conferences  mark  the  second 
consecutive  year  that  U.S.  and  Ca- 
nadian industrial  conferences  have 
been  conducted  by  the  General  Office 
and  reflect  the  International's  in- 
creased commitment  to  the  Brother- 
hood's industrial  membership. 

Representatives  desiring  more  in- 
formation on  the  conferences  should 
contact  the  Industrial  Department  at 
the  General  Office  or  the  Canadian 
Research  Office  in  Toronto. 


Several  members  of  Local  2019,  who  are  employed  at  the 
Klipsch  Speaker  Co.,  Hope,  Ark.,  took  part  in  the  "85%  in  '85" 
steward  training.  Pictured  front  row,  from  left,  are  Robert 
Wyatt,  Thomas  Peck,  Marsha  Sutton,  and  Rena  Hicks.  Middle 
row,  from  left,  are  Dexter  Flenory,  Roy  Byers,  Richard  Town- 
send,  and  Karan  Joe.  Back  row,  from  left,  are  Kevin  Nicholson, 
Alice  Hamilton,  Deronda  Beavers,  and  Bill  Holybee.  Not  pic- 
tured were  Gary  Middleton,  David  Walker,  Frances  Hale,  and 
Charles  Alexander, 


85%  In  '85  Industrial  Program 
Showed  Impressive  Results 


"85%  in  '85,"  the  UBC's  volun- 
tary in-shop  organizing  program,  has 
brought  nearly  1,000  new  members 
into  the  UBC  since  first  being  im- 
plemented by  the  Southern  Council 
of  Industrial  Workers  in  March  and 
the  Mid-Atlantic  Industrial  Council 
in  July. 

Relying  on  local  union  members 
to  sign  up  fellow  workers  in  their 
shops,  the  goal  is  to  bring  the  mem- 
bership in  each  UBC  shop  up  to  at 
least  85%  of  the  employees.  The 
program  has  been  introduced  in  states 
which  prohibit  union  security  clauses 
requiring  all  workers  to  join  the  union, 
and  it  has  been  instrumental  both  in 
building  up  union  membership  in  the 


two  Councils  and  in  strengthening 
the  participating  locals. 

In  the  Southern  Council  of  Indus- 
trial Workers,  the  program  has  been 
part  of  a  more  general  educational 
program  involving  both  steward  and 
officer  training,  and  is  being  carried 
out  by  International  Representatives 
Earnie  Curtis,  Alice  Beck  and  Ed 
Fortson.  In  the  Mid-Atlantic  Indus- 
trial Council,  Representatives  Tony 
Delorme  and  Maria  Frederic  have 
implemented  the  program. 

The  program,  which  will  change 
its  name  to  "Get  On  Board  the  UBC 
Express"  beginning  in  1986,  may 
soon  be  introduced  in  other  UBC 
industrial  councils. 


Slogan  For  1986: 

'Get  On  Board  The  UBC  Express' 


JANUARY,     1986 


Washington 
Report 


OSH^  ■  ''■^EL  STANDARD 

Under  the  new  hazard  communication  standard 
of  the  Occupational  Safety  and  Health  Administra- 
tion, chemical  companies  by  November  25  must 
label  containers  and  provide  data  sheets  to  manu- 
facturers who  use  chemicals.  Worker  training  ses- 
sions must  begin  by  May  25,  but  a  Union  Carbide 
plant  in  Hahnville,  La.,  will  begin  worker  training  in 
January.  A  Plaquemine,  La.,  Dow  Chemical  plant 
prepares  manuals  that  will  be  followed  by  worker 
training. 

Some  states  will  be  tougher  than  OSHA.  Texas 
requires  disclosure  of  hazardous  materials  to  the 
community  as  well  as  the  manufacturers.  "OSHA 
rules  don't  go  far  enough,"  says  an  assistant  attor- 
ney general  in  Louisiana,  where  the  state  is  drafting 
its  own  rules.  Some  other  states  plan  to  enforce 
their  own  standards. 


FIRST-YEAR  INCREASES 

The  prevalence  of  back-loaded  settlements 
pushed  the  average  first-year  wage  increase  in  pri- 
vate collective  bargaining  contracts  negotiated 
during  the  first  nine  months  of  1985  to  the  lowest 
level  recorded  in  the  17-year  history  of  the  series, 
the  Bureau  of  Labor  Standards  reports.  The  aver- 
age first-year  wage  gain  was  2.3%  for  contracts 
settled  between  January  and  September  of  this 
year,  lower  than  the  previous  record  low  of  2.4%  for 
contracts  settled  during  1 984.  The  2.3%  figure  also 
is  a  shade  lower  than  the  2.5%  average  first-year 
gain  for  contracts  settled  during  the  first  nine 
months  of  1984. 

Sharp  increases  in  the  size  of  construction  indus- 
try settlements  kept  the  median  first-year  wage  in- 
crease for  all  industries  in  agreements  concluded 
during  the  first  nine  months  of  the  year  at  about  the 
same  level  as  last  year,  according  to  the  Bureau  of 
National  Affairs,  Inc.,  Collective  Bargaining  Negoti- 
ations and  Contracts  service.  Construction  con- 
tracts yielded  a  median  first-year  wage  increase  of 
2.9%  in  the  first  three  quarters  of  1985,  up  from  a 
median  of  zero,  or  a  wage  freeze,  last  year. 


WORKPLACE  INJURIES,  1984 

in  November  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  re- 
ported that  1 984  injury  rates  increased  for  almost 
all  occupations  and  industries.  This  came  after  a 
steady  decline  for  three  years  in  most  areas.  In  our 
industries,  the  following  figures  were  reported. 

Lumber  and  Wood  Products — 19.3  injuries  per 
100  full-time  workers  (up  from  18.1  in  1983),  Furni- 
ture and  Fixtures — 14.9  injuries  per  100  full-time 
workers  (up  from  13.8  in  1983),  Construction— 15.4 
injuries  per  100  full-time  workers  (up  from  14.7  in 
1983). 

During  1981-^3,  OSHA  took  credit  for  reducing 
injury  rates,  claiming  it  was  due  to  their  new  coop- 
erative approach.  Now  that  the  rates  are  rising 
again,  OSHA  has  blamed  it  on  increasing  employ- 
ment levels,  where  new  workers  are  hired  who  may 
be  more  accident  prone. 

One  official  stated,  privately,  that  "those  who  take 
the  credit  should  also  take  the  blame."  A  scientist 
at  the  Congressional  Office  of  Technology  Assess- 
ment who  analyzed  the  trends  claims  that  in  some 
industries,  the  rates  have  been  tracking  employ- 
ment, but  in  others,  such  as  construction,  the  rates 
have  gone  up  faster  than  would  be  expected.  This 
difference  may  be  due  to  the  inadequacies  of 
OSHA  under  this  administration. 


HUD  AND  DAVIS-BACON 

In  a  letter  to  Housing  and  Urban  Development 
Secretary  Samuel  J.  Pierce,  Jr.,  the  AFL-CIO  Build- 
ing Trades  charged  HUD  with  ignoring  the  Labor 
Department's  wider  view  of  the  scope  of  Davis- 
Bacon  prevailing  wage  protections.  HUD  is  not  ap- 
plying Davis-Bacon  wage  requirements  in  urban  de- 
velopment action  grant  and  community  develop- 
ment block  grant  projects  despite  indication  by  the 
Labor  Department  that  such  projects  do  fall  under 
the  scope  of  the  Davis-Bacon  Act. 

A  Labor  Department  opinion  held  that  Davis-Ba- 
con prevailing  wage  protections  are  applicable  not 
only  when  UDAG  and  CDBG  funds  are  used  di- 
rectly to  pay  for  construction,  but  also  when  those 
funds  are  used  for  activities  that  are  "integrally  and 
proximately"  related  to  that  construction.  Land  ac- 
quisition and  certain  professional  services  should 
be  protected  by  Davis-Bacon  regulation,  according 
to  the  Labor  Department  opinion. 


HOUSING  WINDING  DOWN 

Housing's  three-year  expansion  is  showing  signs 
of  winding  down  gradually  because  of  stagnating 
economies  in  many  areas  of  the  country,  according 
to  John  J.  Koelemij,  president  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Home  Builders. 

Koelemij's  observation  was  backed  up  by  housing 
starts  figures  released  recently  by  the  U.S.  Census 
Bureau.  New  housing  construction  fell  9%  in  Sep- 
tember to  a  seasonally  adjusted  annual  rate  of 
1,583,000  units,  the  Census  Bureau  reported.  Ac- 
tual starts  for  the  first  nine  months  of  1985  totaled 
1 ,321 ,800,  down  4%  from  the  number  recorded  dur- 
ing the  same  period  in  1 984. 


8 


CARPENTER 


CLIC  UPDATE 

HR  281,  Double  Breasting 
Bill,  Requires  Your 
Immediate  Attention 


House  Resolution  281,  now  before  the  U.S.  Congress, 
is  the  so-called  "double  breasting  bill."  If  passed  by  both 
houses  of  Congress  and  signed  by  the  President,  this  bill 
would  make  it  harder  for  construction  companies  with 
union  contracts  to  set  up  non-union  companies  on  the  side 
as  a  way  to  obtain  low-bid  jobs  and  undermine  union 
contract  standards  and  work  practices. 

The  bill  passed  the  House  Education  and  Labor  Com- 
mittee last  summer.  As  we  go  to  press,  it  still  awaits  floor 
action.  Congressmen  must  be  made  aware  of  how  important 
this  bill  is  to  Building  Tradesmen  and  particularly,  in  our 
case,  to  Carpenters,  Millwrights,  and  the  other  construction 
craftsmen  and  women  in  our  ranks. 

The  bill  provides  that  separate  firms  performing  similar 
construction  work  wiU  be  considered  a  single  employer  if 
there  is  common  management  or  ownership  of  the  firms. 

The  Associated  General  Contractors  and  other  manage- 
ment organizations  have  mounted  an  attack  on  H.R.  281, 
claiming  that  it  attacks  worker  and  employer  freedoms. 
What  it  would  actually  do  is  eliminate  the  subterfuge  under 
which  contractors  with  labor-management  agreements  are 
able  to  deny  job  rights  and  union  wages  and  working 
conditions  through  dummy  companies. 

It  is  vitally  important  to  union  members  protecting  their 
hard-won  contracts  that  H.R.  281  is  passed  by  the  House 
and  eventually  enacted  into  law.  CLIC  urges  UBC  members 
to  write  their  congressmen  as  soon  as  possible,  asking  that 
they  support  H.R.  281  and  eliminate  double  breasting  from 
the  construction  industry. 

Write:  Congressman ,  U.S.  House  of 

Representatives,  Washington,  D.C.  20515. 

The  year  1986  will  be  a  crucial  year  for  political  action 
by  trade  unionists.  There  will  be  Congressional  elections 
in  the  fall,  and  the  new  session  of  Congress  has  many 
pieces  of  legislation  which  need  support.  The  UBC  is  on 
record  as  supporting  tax  reform,  aid  for  farmers,  buy- 
American  legislation,  and  many  other  legislative  issues. 

Funds  are  needed  by  CLIC,  and  UBC  members  will  be 
asked  to  join  CLIC  or  renew  their  membership,  this  year. 

Delegates  to  the  recent  Illinois  State  Convention  of 
Carpenters  started  the  ball  rolling  for  the  new  year.  They 
contributed  $2,750  to  CLIC,  in  addition  to  the  1%  CLIC 
payroll  deduction  to  which  all  fuUtime  Illinois  UBC  officers 
and  representatives  have  subscribed. 

This  year  all  435  House  seats  and  one-third  of  the  Senate 
will  be  up  for  election  without  a  national  ticket  to  cloud 
the  issues  with  100  million  dollar  media  campaigns.  We 


The  official  emblem  of  the  Car- 
penters Legislative  Impove- 
rnent  Committee  has  been 
redesigned  from  time  to  time 
to  add  symbols  of  new  crafts 
and  jurisdictions  to  the  center 
of  the  emblem.  A  pile  driver's 
rig  at  center  is  the  latest  to 
join  the  grouping. 


Your  letters  and  petitions  urging  Congress  not  to  la.x  workers' 
fringe  benefits  but  to  shift  some  of  the  la.x  burden  to  tax-free 
corporations  instead  have  had  their  effect.  The  House  ta.x  re- 
form bill  passed  last  month  does  not  tax  our  hard-earned  fringe 
benefits. 

must  help  elect  our  friends  who  will  be  running  for  election 
in  '86.  CLIC  will  help  to  accomplish  this. 

CLIC  is  your  political  voice  in  Washington.  It  is  sup- 
ported by  the  voluntary  contributions  of  our  concerned 
members. 

These  past  five  years  under  an  anti-union  Administration 
have  been  devastating  to  us  all.  Let's  hope  that  valuable 
lessons  have  been  learned.  The  chance  for  a  friendly 
majority  in  the  U.S.  Senate  is  upon  us  in  '86,  and  CLIC 
is  the  way  to  achieve  that  goal.  UDC 


How  UBC  Members  Feel 
About  Public  Issues 

In  an  effoii  to  get  members'  views  on  legislative 
issues  before  the  U.S.  Congress,  ttie  Carpenters 
Legislative  Improvement  Committee  prepared  a  se- 
ries of  10  questions,  which  were  published  in  the 
October  issue  of  Carpenter.  Readers  were  asked  to 
clip  out  the  questionnaire  and  return  it  to  UBC  General 
Treasurer  and  CLIC  Director  Wayne  Pierce.  The 
percentages  below  show  how  you  voted. 


Oc 

1  you  think  that  .  .  . 

YES 

NO 

ABSTAIN 

1. 

the  reduction  of  the  deficit  should  be 

54% 

45% 

1% 

done  with  some  tax  increase? 

2. 

military  spending  should  grow  faster 
than  the  rate  of  inflation? 

11% 

87% 

2% 

3. 

Immigration  reform  is  an  important 
issue  for  Labor? 

93% 

5% 

2% 

4. 

legislative  action  should  be  taken  to 
slow  the  rate  of  foreign  imports? 

93% 

5% 

1% 

S. 

legislative  efforts  can  help  organizing? 

83% 

9% 

8% 

6. 

Social  Security  should  be  cut? 

15% 

85% 

7. 

the  tax  rate  for  corporations  should 
be  raised? 

89% 

9% 

2% 

8. 

social  programs  such  as  food  stamps 
should  be  cut  back? 

31% 

65% 

4% 

9.  farm  programs  are  important  to  la- 
bor? 

10.  union  members  should  become  more 
active  in  communicating  with  Con- 
gress, especially  when  they  are  re- 
quested to  do  so  by  the  Carpenters 
Legislative  Improvement  Committee 
or  the  local  Union? 


889 


959 


9% 


3% 


3% 


2% 


JANUARY,     1986 


HONEBUILDERS:  New  L-P  Consumer  Boycott 


As  L-P  boycott  handbilling  at  retail 
lumber  dealers  continues  to  be  highly 
successful  in  many  areas,  a  new  phase 
of  the  L-P  boycott  is  being  initiated. 
The  focus  of  this  new  boycott  consumer 
action  will  be  the  home  sales  of  hom- 
ebuilders  who  use  LP  wood  products. 

In  many  regions  of  the  country,  boy- 
cott survey  reports  indicate  that  large 
quantities  of  L-P  wood  products  are 
being  used  in  local  residential  construc- 


Two-Year  Challenge 

The  AFL-CIO  sanction  for  the  L-P 
boycott  was  granted  in  January  of 
198-4  at  the  urging  of  the  Brotherhood 
on  behalf  of  over  1 .500  striking  U.B.C. 
members  at  L-P  mills  in  the  Pacific 
Northwest.  In  the  two  years  since 
that  date,  we  have  conducted  the 
most  aggressive  labor-consumer  boy- 
cott in  the  labor  movement.  We  should 
be  proud  of  that.  Every  member  who 
has  given  up  a  Saturday  morning  to 
distribute  LP  boycott  leaflets  in  front 
of  a  retail  lumber  store  should  be 
proud— proud  because  you  have  helped 
your  brothers  and  sisters  in  this 
Brotherhood  and  their  families  and 
because  you  are  part  of  the  most 
aggressive  effort  to  fight  an  anti- 
union cancer  in  this  country  today. 

You  should  also  be  proud  because 
the  results  have  been  as  impressive 
as  the  effort.  Hundreds  of  retailers, 
manufacturers,  contractors,  and  con- 
sumers have  stopped  selling  and  us- 
ing L-P  products  because  of  the  pos- 
itive public  response  to  consumer 
publicity.  While  LP  has  increased  its 
total  production  capacity  nearly  25% 
since  the  strike  started,  its  sales  and 
profit  performances  have  been  the 
worst  of  major  producers  in  the  forest 
products  industry  over  the  past  two 
years. 

In  those  areas  where  little  or  no 
boycott  activities  have  been  con- 
ducted. I  urged  you  to  join  the  fight 
now.  To  those  who  have  participated. 
I  thank  you  and  urge  your  continued 
support.  In  fighting  L-P.  the  Broth- 
erhood is  sending  a  strong  message 
to  L-P  and  any  other  employer  that 
an  attack  on  any  of  our  members  is 
an  attack  on  all  of  us.  and  we  will 
fight  hack. 


PATRICK  J.  CAMPBELL 

General  President 


tion.  The  lumber  yards  of  many  large 
homebuilders  reveal  considerable  sup- 
plies of  the  struck  wood  products.  An 
aggressive  handbilling  campaign  advis- 
ing the  public  about  homebuilders  who 
distribute  L-P  wood  products  will  en- 
able the  boycott  to  reach  users  of  large 
volumes  of  L-P  products. 

L-P's  waferboard  product,  sold  under 
the  brand  name  "Waferwood,"  is  man- 
ufactured specifically  for  the  residential 
construction  market.  With  10  wafer- 
board  plants  operational,  L-P  has  over 
one  billion  square  feet  ('/»"  basis)  of 
waferboard  production  capacity.  L-P's 
"Waferwood"  has  been  a  key  target  of 
the  UBC  consumer  boycott  at  retail 
lumber  dealers.  Boycott  handbilling  to 
the  public  at  sales  models  of  new  homes 
containing  L-P  wood  products  should 
produce  the  same  positive  consumer 
response  we  have  experienced  at  retail 
lumber  dealers. 

Conducting  L-P  boycott  handbilling 
at  the  site  of  new  home  sales  of  builders 
using  L-P  products  will  require  step- 
by-step  preparation  by  the  local  or 
council  planning  the  action.  The  first 


step  is  to  clearly  identify  L-P  products 
at  the  jobsite  and  in  the  construction 
process.  Photographs  of  the  L-P  prod- 
ucts being  used  in  the  construction  of 
homes  to  be  handbilled  will  be  the  best 
method  of  documenting  the  L-P  prod- 
ucts" use. 

Once  the  use  of  L-P  products  by  a 
homebuilder  is  identified  and  docu- 
mented, the  General  Office  should  be 
contacted  for  special  consumer  boycott 
handbills  and  instructions  designed  spe- 
cifically for  that  homebuilder.  As  with 
the  handbilling  activity  at  retail  lumber 
yards,  the  General  President  will  com- 
municate with  the  targeted  homebuild- 
ers, informing  them  of  the  impending 
handbilling  and  providing  them  with 
copies  of  the  literature  to  be  distributed 
to  prospective  homebuyers.  Lawful 
handbilling  activity  can  then  begin  urg- 
ing the  public  not  to  purchase  homes 
constructed  with  any  L-P  wood  prod- 
ucts. 

Every  UBC  council  or  local  is  urged 
to  begin  surveying  local  residential  con- 
struction projects  to  identify  potential 
targets  for  new  home  L-P  boycott  hand- 


UBC  President  Urges  Shareholder  Opposition 
to  Weyerhaeuser  Anti-Tal(eover  Proposals 


Stimulated  by  concerns  about  pos- 
sible takeovers,  the  management  of  many 
corporations  in  the  country  are  urging 
shareholders  to  support  restrictive  by- 
law revisions  designed  to  immunize  the 
companies  from  takeovers.  Weyer- 
haeuser Company,  a  major  forest  prod- 
ucts company,  is  the  latest  corporation 
to  make  this  plea  to  shareholders.  Fear- 
ful of  a  corporate  takeover,  Weyer- 
haeuser's  board  of  directors  asked  for 
shareholder  support  of  several  pro- 
posals which  gave  the  board  major  new 
powers  to  determine  whether  to  reject 
or  accept  a  takeover  offer. 

While  expressing  concern  about  the 
negative  impacts  on  workers  and  com- 
munities associated  with  many  corpo- 
rate takeovers.  General  President 
Campbell,  in  a  letter  to  major  Weyer- 
haeuser institutional  shareholders,  urged 
opposition  to  the  bylaw  provisions. 
"While  the  broad  social  and  economic 


value  of  the  takeover  activity  we  have 
witnessed  recently  is  questionable,  given 
the  work  dislocation  and  the  inefficient 
use  of  capital  that  often  characterize 
these  transactions,  the  measures  pre- 
sented merit  close  critical  review  in 
light  of  the  clear  disadvantages  identi- 
fied by  the  company  with  the  adoption 
of  such  restrictive  amendments.  As  a 
representative  of  workers  whose  retire- 
ment funds  are  active  institutional  in- 
vestors with  modest  holdings  in  Wey- 
erhaeuser common  stock,  it  is  my 
concern  that  the  proposed  changes  are 
too  restrictive  of  basic  shareholder 
rights."  said  Campbell. 

The  Nassau  County  Carpenters  Ben- 
efit Funds,  which  holds  Weyerhaeuser 
stock,  and  Funds  Administrator  Gary 
A.  Cocker  were  instrumental  in  initi- 
ating the  solicitation  of  Weyerhaeuser 
stockholders. 


10 


CARPENTER 


Target 


billing.  As  soon  as  users  of  L-P  wood 
products  are  identified,  the  General  Of- 
fice should  be  informed  and  given  rel- 
evant documents  so  that  sample  hand- 
bills can  be  sent  for  distribution  to  the 
targeted  homebuilder.  Detailing  the  facts 
about  distribution  of  L-P  products  should 
enable  all  members  of  the  public  to 
exercise  informed  judgement  and  effec- 
tively support  the  L-P  strikers'  cause. 

Steps  for  Initiating  L-P  Consumer 
Boycott  New  Home  Handbilling 

(1)  SURVEY:  Survey  residential  home 
construction  sites  for  use  of  L-P  wood  prod- 
ucts, particularly  waferboard.  Lumber  yards 
maintained  by  large  homebuilders  are  good 


L-P  Waferboard,  easily  identified  by  the  red  spray  along  the  edges,  stacked  in  the  supply 
yard  of  a  Maryland  Builder. 


starting  points  for  surveying  purposes. 

(2)  DOCUMENT  PRODUCT  USE:  Clearly 
document  the  use  of  L-P  wood  products  on 
homes  under  construction.  Taking  photo- 
graphs is  the  recommended  method  of  doc- 
umenting the  use  of  L-P  products. 

(3)  CONTACT  UBC  GENERAL  OFFICE: 

Following  identification  of  homes  for  L-P 
boycott  handbilling,  notify  the  General  Of- 


fice. Special  handbills  and  instructions  will 
be  provided  and  the  homebuilder  will  be 
informed  of  upcoming  handbiUing. 

(4)  CONDUCT  NEW  HOMES  L-P  HAND- 
BILLING:  Handbilling  at  sales  models  of 
new  developments  during  busy  buying  pe- 
riods will  maximize  communication  to  the 
consumer,  and  a  positive  consumer  response 
may  discourage  continued  use  of  the  prod- 
ucts, ill)!) 


Taxpayers'  JTPA  Funds  Help  Contractor 
Pay  Sub-Standard  Wages  on  L-P  Project 


L-P's  efforts  to  reduce  work  and  living 
standards  in  the  lumber  industry  have  been 
well-documented  and  have  produced  a  two 
year  strike  by  1,500  UBC  members  in  the 
Pacific  Northwest.  Recent  activities  in  the 
small  town  of  Dungannon,  Va.,  where  L-P 
is  constructing  a  new  waferboard  plant, 
indicate  that  L-P's  condition  is  contagious. 

Business  Agent  James  Wright  of  Mill- 
wright Local  319  in  Roanoke,  Va.,  found  L- 
P  using  a  contractor  out  of  Oregon  to  build 
its  new  waferboard  mill  in  Dungannon.  Casey 
Enterprises  was  paying  millwrights  approx- 
imately half  the  local  millwright  rate,  so  an 
"area  standards"  picket  was  initiated.  Weeks 
of  primary  picketing  has  slowed  the  project, 
yet  Casey  Enterprises  refuses  to  pay  the 
area  rate.  Casey  Enterprises,  which  has  worked 
on  various  L-P  waferboard  projects  in  the 
past  and  will  undoubtedly  be  vying  for  others, 
is  receiving  JTPA  funds  from  the  federal 
government  to  cover  half  the  wages  of  various 
workers  on  the  project. 

The  Local's  picketing  evoked  concern 
from  local  residents  when  construction  on 
the  project  slowed  due  to  the  picket's  impact. 
Business  Agent  Wright  spoke  with  the  local 
residents  who  had  complained  about  the 
slowed  construction,  and  he  expressed  a 
commitment  to  work  with  the  local  com- 
munity to  ensure  decent  wages  for  those 
constructing  the  plant.  The  union  also  dis- 
cussed the  community's  legitimate  interest 
in  seeing  that  fjiir  wages  are  paid  to  those 
who  will  work  in  it  once  it  is  completed. 

"Louisiana-Pacific  recognizes  Scott 
County's  economic  hard  times  and  therefore 
is  attempting  to  take  advantage  of  the  local 
people  by  using  a  contractor  paying  sub- 
standard wages,"  explained  Wright. 


This  L-P  plant  construction  project  in  southwest 
Virginia  was  marked  by  picketing  and  counter- 
picketing.  First,  Millwrights  Local  319  displayed 
placards  to  inform  the  public  that  Casey  Enter- 
prises was  not  paying  wages  and  fringe  benefits 
as  negotiated  by  the  area  contractors'  associa- 
tion. Then  a  group  of  local  residents,  afraid  that 
"outsiders"  might  delay  the  plant  opening  and 
future  jobs,  began  to  picket,  too.  Community 
picketers  soon  saw  the  Millwrights'  viewpoint, 
however,  removed  their  picket  line  and  supported 
them.  Photos  by  Tim  Cox  of  the  Coalfield,  Va., 
Progress. 


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LABOR  MINISTER:  'COOPERATE' 

Co-operation  between  labor  and  management  is 
the  key  to  improving  Canada's  productivity  perform- 
ance, says  federal  Labor  Minister  Bill  McKnight. 

In  part,  McKnight  said,  labor-management  talks 
have  been  unproductive  because  each  side  ap- 
proaches the  problem  from  a  different  perspective. 
"The  very  word  productivity  means  vastly  different 
things  in  the  labor  and  management  dictionaries. 
The  employee  dictionary  interprets  productivity  as 
the  process  through  which  jobs  are  eliminated.  Em- 
ployers define  the  term  as  the  essential  ingredient 
for  industrial  growth." 

The  minister  offered  a  few  words  of  advice  to 
labor  and  management  officials  who  are  currently 
striving  for  a  more  co-operative  relationship. 

"Begin  (with  the  premise)  that  employee  well- 
being  will  be  accorded  the  highest  priority.  This 
means,  among  other  things,  the  recognition  of  hu- 
man worth,  greater  involvement  in  workplace  deci- 
sionmaking, an  enlightened  labor  adjustment  pro- 
gram should  layoffs  become  necessary,  and  a  safe 
and  healthy  working  environment." 

Securing  labor-management  co-operation  in 
health  and  safety  matters  is  particularly  important  to 
the  labor  minister. 

4.3  MILLION  IN  POVERTY 

More  than  870,000  Canadians — most  of  them 
children  or  young  adults — have  been  forced  into 
poverty  by  unemployment  and  tough  economic 
times  during  the  past  five  years,  according  to  a 
study  by  the  National  Council  of  Welfare. 

The  report,  which  was  released  in  late  October, 
indicates  that  more  than  4.3  million  Canadians — 
about  one  sixth  of  the  country's  population — are 
poor. 

Statistics  Canada  defines  as  poor  a  person  who 
lives  in  a  city  of  more  than  500,000  and  who 
earned  less  than  $9,839  last  year.  A  family  of  four 
is  considered  poor  if  it  had  an  income  of  less  than 
$20,010  last  year. 

Ken  Battle,  director  of  the  advisory  council,  said 
the  report's  findings,  based  on  the  preliminary  re- 
sults of  a  survey  of  35,200  households  across  the 
country,  are  a  measure  of  the  extent  of  poverty  in 
Canada  today. 

'Until  unemployment  comes  down  below  the  dou- 
ble digits,"  he  said,  "one  would  expect  the  numbers 
to  stay  as  bad  as  they  are." 


ILO  FAULTS  3  PROVINCES 

Three  provinces  have  violated  United  Nations 
standards  with  laws  restricting  collective-bargaining 
rights  for  public  employees,  the  International  Labor 
Organization  has  found. 

The  United  Nations  agency's  governing  body  ap- 
proved a  report  from  its  freedom-of-association 
committee  that  found  fault  with  legislation  in  Al- 
berta, Newfoundland,  and  Ontario.  The  organization 
is  still  dealing  with  a  complaint  about  British  Colum- 
bia laws. 

The  criticisms  are  contained  in  a  1 4-page  section 
of  the  report  dealing  with  complaints  about  provin- 
cial legislation  lodged  by  several  unions. 

But  the  ILO,  which  sets  and  monitors  interna- 
tional labor  standards,  has  no  power  to  impose 
sanctions  on  any  country  that  violates  its  conven- 
tions. 

The  report  "shows  that  provincial  governments  in 
Canada  abuse  their  legislative  power  to  tilt  the  bal- 
ance in  their  relations  with  their  employees,"  he 
said. 

UIC  PAYMENTS  GO  UP 

Some  Canadian  workers  and  their  employers  will 
be  paying  higher  contributions  to  the  national  unem- 
ployment insurance  scheme  beginning  this  year. 

An  increase  in  the  maximum  insurable  earnings 
covered  by  the  plan  will  raise  contributions  for  both 
employers  and  employees.  The  actual  premium  rate 
remains  unchanged  at  $2.35  for  every  $100  of  in- 
surable income  for  employees  and  $3.29  for  em- 
ployers. 

The  Conservative  government,  in  its  May  23, 
1985,  budget,  froze  the  premium  rate  for  employees 
in  1986  at  the  $2.35  figure.  That  move  was  de- 
signed, among  other  things,  to  give  a  government- 
appointed  inquiry  into  the  unemployment  insurance 
system  time  to  complete  its  work. 

For  1986,  the  maximum  income  that  can  be  in- 
sured each  week  is  being  raised  to  $495,  up  $35 
from  the  1985  level.  The  1986  figure  is  more  than 
$100  more  than  it  was  in  1983.  However,  the  pre- 
mium rate  level  for  employees  has  increased  only 
five  cents,  from  $2.30  in  1 983. 


UNION  MEMBERS  BETTER  OFF 

Unionized  employees  are  enjoying  shorter  work 
weeks,  increased  vacation  benefits,  and  more  provi- 
sion for  maternity  leave,  says  a  new  Labor  Canada 
survey  of  960  collective  agreements. 

Of  the  more  than  two  million  unionized  workers 
surveyed,  52.7%  have  a  40-hour  work  week.  Seven 
years  ago,  it  was  46.6%. 

During  the  same  period,  the  proportion  of  workers 
with  a  37.5-hour  work  week  improved  to  1 1 .4% 
from  8.4%  in  1978.  As  of  July  1985,  9.6%  had 
achieved  a  35-hour  week,  compared  with  7.6% 
seven  years  ago. 

Today,  74%  of  the  agreements  in  Labor  Cana- 
da's analysis  contain  some  from  of  maternity  leave 
provision,  compared  with  59%  in  1978.  Nineteen 
percent  of  agreements  providing  for  such  leave  also 
grant  pay  for  at  least  part  of  the  period  over  and 
above  the  benefits  paid  by  unemployment  insur- 
ance. 


12 


CARPENTER 


'Blueprint  For  Cure' 

Labor-Backed  Fund-raising  Effort 
Offers  Hope  for  Diabetes  Sufferers 


"Blueprint  for  Cure,"  organized  la- 
bor's campaign  to  raise  funds  for  con- 
struction of  a  new  Diabetes  Research 
Institute  facility  at  the  University  of 
Miami,  is  also  a  blueprint  for  hope  for 
the  12  million  men,  women,  and  chil- 
dren suffering  from  diabetes. 

Spearheaded  by  the  Building  and 
Construction  Trades  Department,  the 
AFL-CIO,  and  all  organized  labor,  the 
project's  coordinators  have  set  a  goal 
of  raising  between  $7  and  $10  million, 
primarily  from  organized  labor,  in  the 
next  three  years.  Co-chairmen  of  the 
project  are  UBC  General  President  Pat- 
rick J.  Campbell,  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades  Department  President 
Robert  A.  Georgine,  and  Sheet  Metal 
Workers  President  Edward  F.  Car- 
lough. 

"Blueprint"  Events 

Several  "Blueprint  for  Cure"  fund- 
raising  dinners  are  being  sponsored  by 
the  Building  Trades  Department,  in- 
cluding one  held  in  Chicago,  111.,  in 
August  honoring  Edward  F.  Brabec, 
president  of  the  Chicago  Federation  of 
Labor  and  Industrial  Union  Council, 
attended  by  Jane  Byrne,  former  mayor 
of  Chicago,  and  U.S.  Senator  Alan  J. 
Dixon  (D-Ill.);  and  one  in  Los  Angeles, 
Calif.,  honoring  William  R.  Robertson, 
executive  secretciry-treasurer  of  the  Los 
Angeles  County  AFL-CIO. 

A  total  of  144  labor  leaders  are  ex- 
pected to  participate  in  the  First  Annual 
"Labor  of  Love"  Golf  Tournament 
next  month  in  Miami,  Fla.,  timed  to 
coincide  with  the  AFL-CIO  winter 
meetings.  Participants  will  also  be  able 
to  visit  the  Diabetes  Research  Institute 
at  the  University  of  Miami. 

Local  Fund-raising 

Events  such  as  bake  sales,  holiday 
programs,  movies,  pot  luck  suppers, 
raffles,  phone-a-thons,  and  fish  frys  may 
seem  small  in  comparison  to  the  na- 
tional fundraising  events  already  sched- 
uled. But  "Blueprint  For  Cure"  leaders 
have  pointed  out  that  these  events  ac- 
tually constitute  the  heart  of  the  hu- 
manitarian effort  and  will  do  the  most 
to  advance  the  search  for  a  cure  for 
diabetes. 


In  addition  to  these  smaller  efforts, 
more  elaborate  events  can  be  conducted 
locally.  For  example,  local  members 
could  hold  a  walk-a-thon,  bike-a-thon, 
swim-a-thon,  or  a  dance  marathon.  It 
is  suggested  that  these  can  become 
annual  events  in  the  community's  fun- 
draising effort. 


Team  Effort 

In  the  end,  it  will  take  dedication  and 
commitment  from  every  union  member 
to  make  "Blueprint  For  Cure"  a  suc- 
cess, says  General  President  Campbell, 
national  "Blueprint  For  Cure"  co- 
chairman. 

"By  donating  time,  money  and  serv- 
ice to  this  effort,  union  members  can 
show  every  American  what  each  of  us 
has  known  for  a  long  time. 

"Our  strong  and  proud  labor  move- 
ment benefits  everyone.  'Blueprint  For 
Cure'  typifies  those  benefits  and  our 
efforts."  UlJi; 


Recent  Contributors 
to  'Blueprint  for  Cure' 

Reuben  Barkus 
Rayford  P.  Black 
George  R.  Bourquin 
Lloyd  G.  Buchanan 
Harold  Cheesman 
Ralph  J.  Dominick 
Edward  J.  Kammerer 
William  H.  Leininger 
Carl  Leonhard 
Michael  W.  Miller 
H.  E.  Morris 
Arnold  Murphy 
Anthony  J.  Piscitelli 
William  &  Loretta  Rash 
Carmen  J.  Recce 
Leonard  J.  Sova 
William  Volk 

Walter  &  Caroline  Warner 
Harold  T.  Barry  Co. 
Homestead  Paving  Co. 
Bob  Poppino,  Inc. 

North  Central  Texas  District  Council 
Robert  H.  Getz 
Linda  S.  Kennedy 
Samuel  Nasiadka 
Daniel  DiFeo 
Edward  J.  Hahn 
Lewis  K.  Pugh 
J.  Harvey  Scouton 
Matthew  Tyniec 
The  Luther  A.  Sizemore 
Foundation,  Inc. 

Continued  on  Page  38 


A  weeping  cardinal  moans  the  St.  Louis  loss  to  the  Kansas  City  Royals  in  Missouri's 
first  all-state  World  Series  on  this  facsimile  check  proudly  displayed  by,  from  left,  Virgil 
Heckathorn,  executive  secretary-treasurer:  Don  Adams  and  Dave  Langslon,  business 
representatives  of  the  Kansas  City  Carpenters  District  Council.  The  check  itself  repre- 
sented the  payoff  on  a  World  Series  bet  between  the  agents  of  the  St.  Louis  and  Kansas 
City  District  Councils.  The  St.  Louis  agents'  payment  went  to  support  the  Diabetes 
Research  Institute.  The  $1,000  contribution  will  swell  labor's  support  of  the  fight  against 
diabetes,  originated  by  the  Carpenters,  expanded  by  the  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades  Department,  and  endorsed  at  the  AFL-CIO  convention. 


JANUARY,     1986 


13 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


Labor's  Use  of  TV 
viewed  at 
AFL-CIO  Convention 

The  AFL-CIO  Convention  showed  la- 
bor's increasing  use  of  television.  Dele- 
gates were  treated  to  four  hours  a  day  of 
closed-circuit  programming  featuring 
convention  highlights  and  a  sampling  of 
television  ads  and  shows  local  unions 
have  used  for  organizing,  disputes,  and 
contract  talks.  More  than  a  dozen  videos 
were  shown  to  introduce  floor  debate  on 
certain  issues. 

Each  day,  the  labor  federation's  Labor 
Institute  of  Public  Affairs  offered  30  min- 
utes of  convention  highlights  via  satellite 
to  more  than  500  commercial  TV  stations. 
AFSCME,  the  public  employee  union, 
offered  an  interview  with  its  chief  by 
satellite  hookup  with  TV  reporters  to 
promote  the  union's  push  for  pay  equity. 
Other  unions  planned  similar  events. 

Milliken  now 
worl(s  witli  labor 
to  protect  U.S.  jobs 

"The  United  States  is  sacrificing  its 
manufacturing  infrastructure  on  the  altar 
of  free  trade,  a  god  no  other  country 
workships,"  observed  Roger  Milliken, 
chairman  of  Milliken  &  Co.  of  Spartan- 
burg, S.C,  in  a  letter  to  the  New  York 
Times. 

Milliken  is  well-known  in  labor  circles. 
In  1956,  he  told  500  workers  at  his  Dar- 
lington, S.C,  mill  that  if  they  voted 
union,  he  would  shut  down  the  mill.  They 
did,  and  he  did. 

Milliken,  69,  is  described  as  an  iron- 
fisted  tyrant  and  is  still  anti-union,  but 
he  has  seen  12  of  his  mills  shut  down  by 
low-wage  imports. 

That  reality  has  converted  him  into  a 
hardworking  leader  of  the  mdustry-union 
Crafted  With  Pride  Council.  It  is  aggres- 
sively promoting  a  publicity  campaign  to 
persuade  consumers  to  buy  "Made  in 
U.S.A."  apparel. 

UPS  woricers 
request  ABC's  '20/20' 
treatment 

A  group  of  California  Teamsters  em- 
ployed by  United  Parcel  Service  wants 
ABC-TVs  "20/20"  program  to  look  into 
UPS  working  conditions.  So  they've 
launched  a  letter-writing  campaign.  UPS 
says  it's  an  unhappy  minority  of  workers. 
ABC  says  it  hasn't  noticed  the  effort. 


Greenpeace  will 
no  longer  buy 
Hanes  T-shirts 


Greenpeace  USA  is  refusing  to  pur- 
chase Hanes  T-shirts  and  sweatshirts  in 
the  future  because  of  their  anti-union 
stance  and  sweatship  conditions.  The 
political  and  education  director  of  United 
Food  and  Commercial  Workers  Local  17 
in  Bellevue,  Wash.,  contacted  Green- 
peace when  he  saw  Hanes'  products 
advertised  in  their  catalog.  He  pointed 
out  to  them  that  not  only  do  Hanes' 
workers  work  in  deplorable  conditions, 
but  that  the  company  had  two  Catholic 
nuns  arrested  because  they  encouraged 
the  workers  to  join  a  union. 

In  a  letter  of  response  from  Greenpeace 
they  said  when  they  have  fulfilled  their 
current  commitment  with  their  supplier, 
they  would  look  to  a  union  shop  for  their 
merchandise  and  emphasized  they  "share 
the  concern  and  dignity  of  all  living 
things." 


Workers  consider 
purchase  of 
Uniroyal  Chemical 

Union  workers  at  Uniroyal  Chemical 
Co.  are  considering  purchase  of  the  com- 
pany, Joseph  Rzeszutek,  president  of 
Local  218  of  the  United  Rubber  Workers, 
said  recently  in  Naugatuck,  Conn.  Uni- 
royal Chemical  employs  about  400  people 
at  its  Naugatuck  plant  and  an  estimated 
3,000  worldwide.  It  was  put  on  the  market 
by  its  parent  company,  Uniroyal  Inc.  in 
Middlebury,  Conn. 


Part-Timers  increase 
in  growing  number 
of  industries 

There  is  an  increase  in  part-time  em- 
ployees at  firms  where  business  fluc- 
tuates according  to  The  Wall  Street  Jour- 
nal. 

For  example,  American  Airlines  Inc.'s 
labor  pacts  allow  it  to  use  part-time 
ground  crews  in  cities  where  it  has  few 
flights.  Previously,  it  kept  two  full  shifts 
of  full-timers  at  the  sites.  USAir  Inc. 
uses  increased  numbers  of  part-timers 
for  plane  loading  and  counter  help  to 
deal  with  airport  rush  times  early  and 
late  in  the  day.  Best  Products  Co.  says 
75%  of  its  hourly  employees  are  part 
time,  up  from  60%  three  to  five  years 
ago. 

Preliminary  results  of  a  Dun  &  Brad- 
street  Corp.  survey  of  2,638  corporations 
show  that  31%  use  part-timers  working 
20-25  hours  weekly.  Part-timers  grow  in 
popularity  at  food  stores.  Delchamps  Inc. 
says  half  of  its  non-management  workers 
are  part-timers. 


Depression  and 
lower  pay  after 
plant  closings 


The  new  job  after  the  plant  closed 
meant  considerably  less  pay. 

A  recent  study  shows  that  most  of  the 
former  managers  and  clerical  and  hourly 
workers  at  International  Harvester's  Ft. 
Wayne,  Ind.,  plant,  closed  in  1983,  found 
work  but  took  pay  cuts  as  much  as  40%. 
Factory  workers  took  about  a  20%  pay 
cut,  and  it  took  them  an  average  of  39 
weeks  to  find  new  work.  Today  84%  of 
the  former  managers,  78%  of  the  factory 
employees  and  61%  of  the  clerical  work- 
ers are  employed  full  time. 

Indiana  University  sociologists  Patrick 
Ashton  and  Peter  ladicola  surveyed  555 
former  plant  workers  in  a  study  funded 
by  Harvester  and  the  United  Auto  Work- 
ers union.  "The  financial  impact  was 
much  greater  than  we  anticipated,"  Pro- 
fessor Ashton  says.  Factory  workers  re- 
ported an  average  loss  of  $6, 159  in  family 
assets. 

Personal  problems  emerged.  Half  the 
salaried  workers,  48%  of  the  factory 
workers,  and  24%  of  the  managers  said 
they  were  depressed  more  often  while 
job  searching. 

AFL-CIO  approves 

boycott  of 

BASF  A.G.  products 

The  Oil,  Chemical  and  Atomic  Work- 
ers International  Union  received  sanction 
by  the  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council  to 
boycott  products  of  BASF  A.G.  Corpo- 
ration of  Geismar,  La.,  and  place  them 
on  the  Don't  Buy  List. 

Two  hours  before  their  contract  ex- 
pired in  May  1984,  the  company  locked 
out  the  400  members  of  OCAW  Local  4- 
620.  The  NLRB  has  upheld  union  charges 
against  the  firm  which  has  attempted  over 
the  past  six  years  to  destroy  or  cripple 
the  union  through  oppressive  demands, 
revocation  of  certain  contract  provisions, 
and  unreasonable  contract  concessions. 
BASF  A.G.  has  taken  each  ruling  into 
court  to  delay  compliance. 

Products  to  boycott  that  are  manufac- 
tured by  BASF  A.G.  Corporation  are: 
BASF  video,  audio  and  computer  tapes 
and  discs,  Lurotin  brand  vitamins,  and 
Alugard  340-2  protectant  found  in  some 
brands  of  anti-freeze. 

UAW  workers 
agree  to  alternative 
health  benefits 

General  Motors  and  the  United  Auto 
Workers  agreed  recently  that  Saturn  Corp. 
workers  must  choose  between  a  health 
maintenance  organization  or  a  preferred 
provider  organization,  such  as  a  hospital, 
for  health  benefits.  They  can't  select 
conventional  health  insurance  as  can  other 
auto  workers. 


14 


CARPENTER 


NATIONAL  RECIPROCAL 
AGREEMENTS  PROTECT 
MEMBERS'  BENEFITS 

. . .  but  greater  effort  by  local  officers  is  needed 


Responding  to  the  mandate  of  the 
delegates  to  the  last  General  Conven- 
tion, new  national  Reciprocal  Agree- 
ments were  developed  and  distributed 
to  all  local  unions  and  councils  in  1983. 
These  agreements  protect  the  pension 
and  welfare  benefits  of  UBC  members 
who  find  it  necessary  to  take  work 
outside  their  local's  jurisdiction  for  a 


period  of  time.  (A  more  complete  ex- 
planation of  the  reciprocal  program  ap- 
pears below.) 

The  new  agreements  work  .  .  .  but  too 
many  members  are  still  not  enjoying  this 
long-awaited  benefit.  The  reason;  many 
local  union  and  district  council  repre- 
sentatives who  serve  as  trustees  of 
benefit  funds  have  not  pushed  for  ap- 


proval of  the  documents  at  meetings  of 
boards  of  trustees.  On  the  pages  which 
follow  this  article  is  a  list  of  Pension 
Funds  and  welfare  funds  which  have 
approved  the  new  Reciprocal  Agree- 
ments. The  General  Officers  are  urging 
all  members  to  contact  their  local  union 
officers  to  get  this  protection  in  force  in 
your  fund. 


How  the  Pension  Reciprocal  Agreement  Works 


If  you  work  outside  the  area  covered 
by  your  local's  negotiated  pension  fund, 
the  pension  you  have  already  earned  is 
protected  (and  you  can  be  adding  to 
your  ultimate  pension)  (/your  fund  and 
the  one  under  which  you  are  working 
have  signed  the  new  agreement.  There 
is  no  transfer  of  money  in  some  situa- 
tions. Instead,  your  pension  credit  will 
be  maintained  in  each  fund  under  which 
you  work  and  when  you  retire  you  will 
receive  pension  checks  from  several 
Carpenter  pension  funds.  This  is  called 
the  "pro-rata"  or  "partial"  pension 
arrangement. 

For  example,  suppose  you  have  7 
years  of  pension  credit  in  your  local 
union's  program  (sometimes  called  a 
home  fund)  and  then  you  leave  to  work 
in  other  jurisdictions.  Your  pension 
credit  record  might  look  like  this: 


Pension 
Credit 

Home  Fund  1977-1983 
Carpenter  Fund  "A" 

1984-1986 
Carpenter  Fund  "B" 

1987-1991 

7  years 
3  years 

5  years 

JANUARY,     1986 

If  you  retired  at  age  65  in  1992  and 
all  three  Funds  were  participating  in 
the  program  you  would  get  a  pension 
from  all  three  programs  because:  a) 
When  you  combine  the  credits  under 
all  three  Funds  you  would  have  more 
than  10  years  in  total;  b)  You  have  at 
least  one  year  of  credit  in  each  fund 
since  1955;  and  c)  You  meet  the  age 
requirement  for  a  pension.  Of  course, 
the  amount  of  the  monthly  check  you 
receive  from  each  of  the  funds  will  be 
based  only  on  the  credit  you  earned 
under  each  fund  and  on  each  fund's 
own  benefit  level. 

Another  possible  way  your  pension 
can  be  secured  is  if  the  funds  under 
which  you  work  sign  a  special  section 
of  the  Reciprocal  Agreement  called 
"Exhibit  B,"  or  the  Transfer  of  Con- 


Pension  and  welfare  agreements  which 
participate  in  the  national  program  are 
now  operating  in  35  states. 


tributions  arrangement.  Here,  contri- 
butions made  to  other  Carpenter  funds 
are  sent  to  your  local's  fund  periodically 
and  they  are  converted  into  pension 
credits  only  by  that  fund.  At  retirement, 
your  eligibility  and  the  amount  of  your 
pension  will  be  determined  only  by  your 
local's  fund.  And,  you  will  receive  a 
single  monthly  check  from  that  fund. 

For  example,  if  you  worked  under 
Carpenter  Fund  "A"  and  Carpenter 
Fund  "B"  as  shown  in  the  previous 
example,  those  funds  would  send  the 
contributions  back  to  your  home  fund. 
They  would  have  no  further  obligation 
to  pay  you  benefits.  Your  home  fund 
would  determine  the  value  of  those 
contributions  and  would  adjust  your 
pension  record  accordingly. 

Conditions — The  Transfer  of  Contri- 
butions arrangement  only  is  effective 
if: 

1.  All  the  funds  under  which  you  work 
have  signed  the  necessary  document 
(Exhibit  B)  and 

2.  You  sign  an  authorization  form  in- 
dicating that  you  want  the  contri- 
butions returned  to  your  local's  fund, 
within  60  days  of  the  time  you  start 
working  in  another  jurisdiction. 


15 


DIRECTORY 


Reciprocal  Agreements 

of  the  Pro-Rata  Pension  Plan 

WE  URGE  YOU  TO  KEEP  THIS  ISSUE  FOR  REFERENCE 


Here  is  a  listing  of  pension  funds  wliich  have  signed  the  National  Carpenters  Pro  Rata  Pension  Agreement 
(NCPRPA)  or  the  International  Reciprocal  Agreement  for  Carpenter  Pension  Funds  (IRACP-A/B);  also,  a  listing 
of  funds  which  have  signed  the  toaster  Reciprocal  Agreement  for  Health  and  Welfare  Funds  (MRAH&W). 

The  funds  are  listed  by  state.  Councils  and/or  local  unions  covered  by  or  participating  in  a  specific  fund  are 
listed  following  each  fund.  (Is  your  fund  on  this  list— why  not?) 


ALABAMA 

Carpenter')  Local  Union  109  Pension  Fund 

(IRACP-A,  10/8/84) 
907  Two  Mile  Pike 
Goodletl>,ville,  Tennessee  37072 
(615)  859-0131 

ARIZONA 

Arizona  State  Carpenters  Pension  Trust 

Fund  (NCPRPA,  7/1/71) 
5125  North  16th  Street,  Suite  A104 
Phoenix,  Arizona  85016 
(602)  264-1804 

Arizona  Sliile  Di.slrici  Council 

Local  Unions:  857.  906.  I0S9.  1100. 
II5J.  1216.  1327.  1914 

ARKANSAS 

Carpenters  Pension  Fund  of  Arkansas 

(NCPRPA,  5/1/81) 
1  Riverfront  Place,  Suite  580 
N.  Little  Rock,  Arkansas  72114 
(.501)372-6081 

Local  Unions:  690.  891 

CALIFORNIA 

Carpenters  Pension  Trust  Fund  for 

Northern  California  (NCPRPA,  1/1/72) 
995  Market  Street 


San  Francisco.  California  94103 

(415)  777-3863 

California  Stale  Council 
Bay  Counties  District  Council 
Golden  Empire  District  Council 
Monterey  Bay  District  Council 
North  Coast  Counties  District  Council 
Sacramento  Area  District  Council 
Santa  Clara  Valley  District  Council 
Sequoia  District  Council 
Sierra-Nevada  Foothill  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  22.  34.  35.  36.  42.  102. 
109-L.  144-L.  162.  180.  262.  316. 
354.  483.  550.  586.  642.  668.  701.  751. 
771.  829.  848.  925.  939.  981.  1040. 
1109.  1147.  1149.  1235.  1240.  1280. 
1323.  1381.  1408.  1418.  1486.  1496. 
1522.  1570.  1599.  1618.  1622.  1789. 
1861.  1869.  2006.  2035.  2046.  2114. 
2164.  2565 

Carpenters  Pension  Trust  Fund  for 

Southern  California  (NCPRPA,  10/27/71) 
520  South  Virgil  Avenue 
Los  Angeles,  California  90020 
(213)  386-8590 

Los  Angeles  District  Council 
Orange  County  District  Council 
San  Bernardino-Riverside  Counties 

District  Council 
Ventura  County  District  Council 


Local  Unions:  24.  40-L.  42.  235.  300. 
460-L.  563.  710.  721.  743.  769.  844, 
929.  944.  1046.  1052.  1062.  1113. 
1125.  1140.  1205.  1400.  1437.  1453. 
1478.  1497.  1506.  1507.  1607.  1632. 
1648.  1752.  1815.  1913.  1930.  1959, 
1976.  2015.  2042.  2172.  2203.  2231. 
2308.  2367.  2375.  2435,  2463.  2477 

Mill  Cabinet  Pension  Fund  for  Northern 
California  (NCPRPA,  1/1/81) 

995  Market  Street 

San  Francisco,  California  94103 

(415)  777-3863 

California  State  Council 

Bay  Counties  District  Council 

Golden  Empire  District  Council 

Monterey  Bay  District  Council 

North  Coast  Counties  District  Council 

Sacramento  Area  District  Council 

Santa  Clara  Valley  District  Council 

Sequoia  District  Council 

Sierra  Nevada  Foothill  District  Council 

San  Diego  County  Carpenters  Pension 

Fund  (NCPRPA,  6/16/71) 
3659  India  Street,  Room  100 
San  Diego,  California  92103 
(619)  565-9126 

San  Diego  County  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  1296.  1300.  1358.  1490. 
1571.  2020.  2078.  2080.  2398.  2600 


How  the  Health  and  Welfare 
Reciprocal  Agreement  Works 


For  health  and  welfare  coverage, 
a  separate  Reciprocal  Agreement  was 
developed.  Here,  the  system  works 
the  same  way  as  the  transfer  of 
contributions  program  for  pensions. 
If  you  work  under  another  fund's 
juiisdiction  and  both  that  fund  and 
your  local's  fund  have  signed  the 
agreement,  the  contributions  made 
on  your  behalf  will  be  sent  back  to 
your  local's  fund.  That  fund  will 
convert  the   money  into  eligibility 


credits  and  any  health  care  claims 
will  be  processed  only  by  your  lo- 
cal's Fund. 

Here,  too,  you  must  request  in 
writing  that  the  contributions  be  sent 
back  to  your  home  fund. 

Take  a  close  look  at  the  listing  of 
funds  which  have  signed  the  Recip- 
rocal Agreement.  If  your  fund  is  not 
there,  there  is  a  good  chance  that 
your  benefits  will  be  in  danger  any 
time  you  work  outside  your  regular 


fund's  area.  Make  sure  your  local's 
officers  do  everything  they  can  to 
have  your  funds  join  the  reciprocity 
program.  When  you  are  ready  to 
retire — or  when  you  have  a  large 
hospital  bill  that  won't  be  paid  be- 
cause you  lost  eligibility — it  will  be 
too  late  to  correct  the  problem. 

Copies  of  the  agreements  and  an- 
swers to  questions  about  them  are 
available  at  the  General  Office. 


16 


CARPENTER 


Southern  California  Lumber  Industry 
Retirement  Fund  (NCPRPA,  5/3/77) 
650  South  Spring  Street,  Room  1028 
Los  Angeles,  California  90014 
(213)  625-7662 

Los  Angeles  District  Council 

Orange  County  District  Council 

San  Bernardino  and  Riverside  Counties 

District  Council 
Ventura  County  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  721.  743,  1062,  1140, 
1407.  1507,  1632.  1959,  2020,  2144, 
2172,  2288,  2477 


COLORADO 

Centennial  State  Carpenters  Pension  Trust 

Fund  (NCPRPA,  10/22/71) 
789  Sherman  Street,  Suite  560 
Denver,  Colorado  80203 
(303)  831-4033 

Colorado  Centennial  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  55,  244,  362,  510,  515. 
1156.  1173.  1351.  1360.  1391.  1396. 
1583.  2243.  2249.  2413,  2467,  2834 


CONNECTICUT 

Connecticut  State  Council  of  Carpenters 
State-wide  Pension  and  Health  Funds 
(IRACP-A,  1/1/84)  (MRAH&W,  1/1/84) 

10  Broadway 

Hamden,  Connecticut  06518 

(203)281-5511 

Connecticut  State  Council 
Local  Unions:  24,  30,  43,  210 


FLORIDA 

Central  Florida  Carpenters  District  Council 
Pension  Fund  (IRACP-A  &  B,  1/1/84) 
(MRAH&W,  1/1/84) 

P.O.  Box  20173 

Orlando,  Florida  32814 

(305)894-5171 

Central  Florida  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  251-L,  1447,  1685,  1765 

Gulf  Coast  District  Council  of  Carpenters 

Pension  Fund  (DIACP-A,  1/1/84) 
3800  Fletcher  Avenue,  Suite  105 
Tampa,  Florida  33612 
(813)  977-7682 

Gulf  Coast  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  696,  1275,  2217,  2340 

Jacksonville  and  Vicinity  Carpenter's 
District  Council  Pension  Fund  (IRACP- 
A,  1/9/83)  (MRAH&W,  1/9/83) 

P.O.  Box  16845 

Jacksonville,  Florida  32245-6845 

(904)  398-3151 

Jacksonville  and  Vicinity  District 
Council 

Local  Unions:  627,  1278,  2292,  2411 

Palm  Beach  County  Carpenters  Pension 

Fund  (IRACP-A,  9/1/84) 
2247  Palm  Beach  Lakes  Boulevard,  Suite 

101 


West  Palm  Beach,  Florida  33409 
(305)  689-8000 

Palm  Beach  County  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  628,  819,  959,  1308. 
1927.  2770.  3230 

South  Florida  Carpenters  Pension  Trust 

Fund  (IRACP-A,  10/1/83) 
P.O.  Box  560695 
Miami,  Florida  33156 
(305)  525-0612 

Broward  County  District  Council 
South  Florida  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  405.  727,  993,  1250, 
1379,  1394,  1509,  1554,  1641,  1947, 
2024.  2795,  3206 

Florida  Millwrights,  Piledrivers,  Highway 
Construction,  and  Divers  Pension/ 
Welfare  Funds  (IRACP-A,  1/1/84) 
(MRAH&W,  4/25/85) 

3500  Fletcher  Avenue,  Suite  105 

Tampa,  Florida  33612 

(813)  977-7682 

Local  Unions:  1000,  1026 


IDAHO 

Idaho  Branch,  Inc.,  A.  G.  C. -Carpenter 

Pension  Trust  (NCPRPA,  6/1/80) 
1662  Shoreline  Drive,  Suite  200 
Boise,  Idaho 
(208)  345-5630 

Washington-Idaho-Montana  Carpenters- 
Employment  Retirement  Trust 
(NCPRPA,  7/1/71) 

E.  123  Indiana 

P.O.  Box  5434 

Spokane,  Washington  99205 

(509)  328-0300 

Local  Unions:  28,  88,  98,  112,  153,  220, 
286.  313.  398.  557.  670.  718.  770.  911, 
1085,  1172,  1211,  1332,  1524.  1691, 
1699.  1849,  2205,  2225,  2382,  2425. 
3243 


ILLINOIS 

Carpenters  Welfare  and  Pension  Funds  of 
lUinois  (IRACP-A  &  B,  9/25/85) 
(MRAH&W,  9/25/85) 

28  North  First  Street 

P.O.  Box  470 

Geneva,  Illinois  60134 

(312)  232-7166 

Carpenters  Welfare  and  Pension  Funds  of 
Illinois 

Central  Illinois  District  Council 
Chicago  and  Northeast  District  Council 
East  Central  Illinois  District  Council 
Five  Rivers  District  Council  (Iowa) 
Four  Rivers  District  Council  (Kentucky) 
Madison  County  District  Council 
Northwest  District  Council 
Southeastern  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  4,  16,  44,  63,  166,  183 
189,  195,  295,  308,  347,  363,  377  ' 
378,  410,  422,  559,  633,  634,  636, 
638,  640,  644,  678,  725,  767,  772 
790,  904,  916,  990,  1027,  1260 
1267,  1412,  1535,  J  693.  1734.  1808, 
2049.  2087.  2158,  2310 


Chicago  District  Council  of  Carpenters 
Pension  Fund  (IRACP-A,  1/1/84) 
(MRAH&W,  1/1/84) 

12  East  Erie  Street 

Chicago,  Illinois  60611 

(312)787-9455 

Chicago  and  Northeast  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  1,  10,  13,  54,  58.  62.  74- 
L.  80.  141.  181.  199.  242.  250.  272. 
434.  558.  839.  1185.  1307.  1539.  1693, 
1889.  1954 

Chicago  District  Council  of  Carpenters 
Millmen  Pension  Fund  (IRACP-A,  1/1/ 
84) 

12  East  Erie  Street 

Chicago,  Illinois  6061 1 

(312)  787-9455 

Chicago  and  Northeast  District  Council 
Local  Union:  1027 

Carpenters  District  Council  of  Madison 
County,  Illinois  and  Vicinity  Health  and 
Welfare  Fund  (MRAH&W,  11/28/83) 

617  W.  Chain  of  Rocks  Road 

Granite  City,  Illinois  62040 

(618)  931-0076 

Madison  County.  Illinois,  and  Vicinity 
District  Council 

Local  Unions:  295.  377.  378.  633.  725, 
990,  1267.  1535,  1808 

Danville  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 
(IRACP-A  &  B,  12/10/84)  (MRAH&W, 
12/10/84) 

17  E.  Main  Street 

Danville,  Illinois  61832 

(217)  442-0975 

Local  Union:  269 

Local  Union  496  Insurance  Fund 

(MRAH&W,  1/20/84) 
555  S.  Schuyler  Avenue,  Suite  220 
Kankakee,  Illinois  60901 
(815)  933-5041 


INDIANA 

Northwest  Indiana  and  Vicinity  District 
Council  of  Carpenters  Pension  Trust 
Fund  (NCPRPA,  7/1/81) 

2111  West  Lincoln  Highway  (Route  30) 

Merrillville,  Indiana  46410 

(219)  769-6944 

Northwest  Indiana  and  Vicinity  District 
Council 

Local  Unions:  599,  1005,  1043,  1485 

Eastern  Indiana  Fringe  Benefit  Fund 

(MRAH&W,  2/23/84) 
3515  Washington  Boulevard 
Indianapolis,  Indiana  46205 
(317)  925-8925 

Eastern  Indiana  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  912,  1016 

Evansville  Area  Carpenters  Health  and 

Welfare  Fund  (MRAH&W,  9/13/83) 
1035  W.  Franklin  Street 
Evansville,  Indiana  47710 
(812)  422-6972 

Local  Union:  90 


JANUARY,     1986 


17 


Local  Union  413  Health  and  Welfare  Fund 

(MRAH&W,  2/29/84) 
315  N.  Lafayette  Boulevard 
South  Bend.  Indiana  46601 
(219)  233-2138 


Indiana  State  Council  of  Carpenters  Health 
and  Welfare  Fund  (MRAH&W,  11/30/83) 
P.O.  Bo.x  55221 
Indianapolis,  Indiana  46205 
(317)925-8925 

Iniliana/Kenliicky  District  Council 
Wahash  Valley  District  Council 
White  River  Valley  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  215,  222.  232.  292.  J65. 
565.  7M.  9J2.  1142.  IIS8.  1664.  1775. 
ISI6.  J2I0 

Carpenters  Labor  Management  Pension 

Fund  (IRACP-A,  3/6/85) 
5638  Professional  Circle 
Indianapolis.  Indiana  46241 

(317)247-1347 

Local  Unions:  51.  71.  108,  202.  287, 
329,  475,  497.  514.  566.  569.  576.  665. 
763.  783.  857.  891.  943.  1015.  IIIO. 
1160.  1313,  1357.  1362.  1404.  1585, 
1683,  1686,  1796,  1836.  1865.  1894. 
1964.  2008.  2027,  2030,  2077,  2093, 
2110,  2201,  2321,  2342,  2367,  2696. 
2753,  2957 

KANSAS 

Kansas  Construction  Trades  Open  End 

Pension  Trust  Fund  (NCPRPA,  1/1/72) 
4101  Southgate  Drive 
P.O.  Box  5168 
Topeka,  Kansas  66605 
(913)  267-0140 

Local  Unions:  750,  918,  1095,  1224. 
1445.  1587.  1980.  2279 


KENTUCKY 

Falls  Cities  Carpenters  District  Council 
(IRACP-A  &  B,  1/1/85)  (MRAH&W, 
12/1/83) 

4017  Dixie  Highway 

Louisville.  Kentucky  40216 

(502)  448-6644 

Local  Unions:  64,  458.  1650.  2209,  3223 


LOUISIANA 

Carpenters  District  Council  of  New 
Orleans  and  Vicinity  Pension  Fund  and 
Health  and  Welfare  Plan  (IRACP-A  &  B, 
1/1/84)  (MRAH&W,  12/1/83) 

1407  Decatur  Street 

New  Orleans.  Louisiana  701 16 

(504)949-1642 

New  Orleans  and  Vicinity  District 
Council 

Local  Unions:  332,  584.  1846.  1931. 
2258.  2436 

United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  Local 
Union  1811  Pension  Fund  (NCPRPA, 
10/20/71) 

c/o  Southwest  Administrators 

P.  O.  Box  4617 

Monroe,  Louisiana  71201 

(318)  323-5121 


Northwest  Louisiana  Carpenters  Pension 

Plan  (IRACP-A,  1/1/84) 
2715  Mackey  Office  Place,  Suite  207 
Shreveport,  Louisiana  71118 
(318)687-5055 

Local  Union:  764 

Carpenters  Local  1098  Pension  Fund 
(IRACP-A  &  B,  1/1/84)  (MRAH&W, 
1/1/84) 

5219  Choctaw  Drive 

Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana  70805 

(504)  355-0317 

MAINE 

Entry  from  New  Hampshire 
MARYLAND 

Cumberland.  Maryland,  and  Vicinity 
Building  and  Construction  Employees' 
Trust  Fund  (NCPRPA,  8/1/71) 

72  Greene  Street 

Cumberland,  Maryland  21502 

(301)722-2141 

Local  Union:  1024 

Carpenters  Pension  Fund  of  Baltimore. 

Maryland  (IRACP-A  &  B,  5/23/85) 
1 105  North  Point  Boulevard,  Suite  306 
Baltimore.  Maryland  21224 
(301)  285-6200 

Local  Unions:  101,  191,  340,  544,  626, 
974,  1024.  1141,  1354,  1548,  2012 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Massachusetts  State  Carpenters  Annuity 

Fund  (IRACP-A  &  B,  2/1/84) 
69  Winn  Street 

Burlington,  Massachusetts  01803 
(617)  273-0260 

Local  Unions:  33,  40.  41,  48,  49.  56, 
67.  82,  107,  111,  218.  275.  424.  475. 
535.  596,  1121.  2168 

Western  Massachusetts  Carpenters 
Pension  Fund  (NCPRPA,  1/1/80) 
20  Oakland  Street 
Springfield,  Massachusetts  01108 
(413)  736-0486 

Local  Union:  108 

Carpenters  Local  Union  624  Health  and 

Welfare  Fund  (MRAH&W,  1/18/84) 
30  Cottage  Street,  Room  23 
Brockton,  Massachusetts  02401 
(617)  586-3081 

Carpenters  Local  Union  1305  Health  and 

Insurance  Fund  (MRAH&W,  1/10/84) 
239  Bedford  Street 
Fall  River.  Massachusetts  02721 
(617)  672-6612 

MICHIGAN 

Michigan  Carpenters  Council  Pension 
Fund  (IRACP-A  &  B,  12/14/83) 
(MRAH&W,  1/1/84) 

241  East  Saginaw.  Suite  601 

East  Lansing,  Michigan  48823 

(517)351-3400 

Local  Unions:  46,  100,  116,  297.  334, 
335,  512,  704,  871,  898,  958,  1132, 
1227.  1373.  1449.  1461.  1654.  1832. 
2252 

Local  Union  1028-L  flRACP-A  &  B 
only) 


Carpenters  Pension  Trust  Fund — Detroit 
and  Vicinity  (IRACP-A  &  B,  11/18/84) 
30700  Telegraph  Road.  Suite  2400 
Birmingham,  Michigan  48012 
(313)645-6550 

Detroit  and  Vicinity  District  Council 
Local  Unions:  114,  118,  998.  1067. 
1102.  1301.  1452 
Detroit  Carpenters  Health  and  Welfare 

Fund  (MRAH&W,  6/30/83) 
20300  Civic  Center  Drive,  Suite  205 
Southfield,  Michigan  48076 
(313)  352-1970 

Detroit  and  Vicinity  District  Council 
Local  Unions:  114.  118.  998.  1067. 
1301 

Local  Union  5-L  Health  and  Welfare  Fund 
(IRACP-A  &  B,  1/1/82)  (MRAH&W, 
8/17/84) 

7301  Schaefer 

Dearborn.  Michigan  48126 

(313)584-3550 

Millwright's  Local  1102  Health  and 
Welfare  Fund  (MRAH&W,  1/1/85) 

23401  Mound  Road 

Warren,  Michigan  48091 

(313)  756-3610 

Resilient  Floor  Coverers  Pension  Fund — 
Detroit  Area  (IRACP-A  &  B,  1/31/85) 
(MRAH&W,  1/31/85) 

Suite  4601.  Bingham  Center,  30700 
Telegraph  Road 

Birmingham,  Michigan  48010-3787 

(313)645-6427 

Local  Union:  2265 
MINNESOTA 

Twin  City  Carpenters  and  Joiners  Pension 
Fund  (IRACP-A  &  B.  12/5/85) 

2850  Metro  Drive.  Suite  404 

Bloomington.  Minnesota  55420 

(612)  854-0795 
Twin  City  District  Council 

Uxal  Unions:  7.  87.  548.  851.  889. 

MISSOURI 

Carpenters  District  Council  of  Kansas  City 
and  Vicinity  Pension  Fund  (NCPRPA,  9/ 
17/80)  (MRAH&W,  8/1/83) 
3100  Broadway,  Suite  505 
Kansas  City,  Missouri  64111 
(816)  756-0173 

Central  Missouri  District  Council 
Kansas  City  and  Vicinity  District 

Council 
Local  Unions:  27-L.  61.  110.  168.  311. 
499.  607.  714.  777,  797.  938.  945,  978. 
1262,  1271,  1329,  1434,  1529,  1635. 
1792.  1880.  1904.  1915.  1925.  1953. 
2057.  2099.  2297 
Local  Unions:  607,  1434,2057 
rMRAH&W  only.) 
Carpenters  Pension  Trust  Fund  of  St. 

Louis  (NCPRPA,  9/1/81) 
Carpenters  Building 
1401  Hampton  Avenue 
St.  Louis,  Missouri  63139 

(314)  644-4800 

5/.  Louis  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  5,  47.  73.  73-L.  185.  417. 
602.  795,  1008,  1596,  1739,  1795, 
1839,  1875,  1987,  2119,  2214.  2298. 
3202 


18 


CARPENTER 


MONTANA 

Washington-Idaho-Montana  Carpenters 
Employment  Retirement  Trust 
(NCPRPA,  7/1/71) 

n.  izj  inaiana 

P.O.  Box  54M 

Spokane,  Washington  99205 

(509)  328-0300 

Local  Unions:  28,  88,  98.  112.  153,  220. 
313,  398.  557.  670.  718,  770,  911, 
1085,  1172.  1211.  1332.  1524,  1691. 
1699,  1849.  2205.  2225,  2382.  2425. 
3243 

NEBRASKA 

Lincoln  Building  and  Construction 
Industry  Pension  Plan  (NCPRPA,  2/19/ 
80) 

First  National  Bank  Building,  Suite  211 

100  North  56th  Street 

Lincoln,  Nebraska  68504 

(402)  466-1070 

Local  Union:  1055 

Omaha  Construction  Industry  Health, 
Welfare,  and  Pension  Plans  (IRACP-A  & 
B,  1/16/85)  (MRAH&W,  1/16/85) 

8707  W.  Center  Road 

Omaha,  Nebraska  68124 

(402)  392-2180 

Local  Union:  400 

NEVADA 

Northern  Nevada  Carpenters  Pension 

Trust  Fund  (NCPRPA,  6/1/72) 
1745  Vassar  Street 
P.O.  Box  11337 
Reno,  Nevada  89510 
(702)786-1120 

Local  Union:  971 

Construction  Industry  and  Carpenters 
Joint  Pension  Trust  for  Southern  Nevada 
(NCPRPA,  1/1/80) 

1830  East  Sahara  Avenue,  Suite  100 

Las  Vegas,  Nevada  89160-1320 

(702)  732-1966 

Local  Unions:  1780,  1822 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

Northern  New  England  Carpenters 

Pension  Fund  (IRACP-A  &  B,  11/3/85) 
490  Valley  Street 
P.O.  Box  930 

Manchester,  New  Hampshire  03105 
(603)  622-0984 

Local  Unions:  320.  407,  538,  621.  625, 
921,  1487 

NEW  JERSEY 

New  Jersev  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 
(IRACP-A  &  B,  1/1/83)  (MRAH&W,  1/1/ 
83) 

130  Mountain  Avenue 

Springfield,  New  Jersey  07081 

(201)  379-6100 

Central  New  Jersey  District  Council 
South  Jersey  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  65,  121,  124,  155.  393, 
399.  455,  542,  620.  623,  715,  781.  821, 
1006,  1107,  1489,  1578,  1743,  2018. 
2098,  2250 

Local  Union  15  (IRACP-A  &  B  only) 


E.  C.  Carpenters  Pension  Fund  (IRACP-A 

&  B,  6/13/84)  (MRAH&W,  6/13/84) 
76  South  Orange  Avenue 
South  Orange,  New  Jersey  07079 
(201)762-4228 

Local  Union:  1342 

Carpenters  and  Millwrights  Local  3 1 
Pension  Fund  (NCPRPA,  10/6/71) 
1.  E.  Shaffer  &  Co.,  Administrator 
31  Airpark  Road 
CN62 

Princeton,  New  Jersey  08540 
(609)  921-0644 

Carpenters  Resilient  Flooring  Local  Union 
2212  Pension  and  Welfare  Fund  (IRACP- 
A  &  B,  1/1/84)  (MRAH&W,  1/1/84) 

1503  Stuyvesant  Avenue 

Union,  New  Jersey  07083 

(201)964-7779 

NEW  MEXICO 

New  Mexico  District  Council  of 
Carpenters  Pension  Trust  Fund 
(NCPRPA,  1/1/81) 

1200  San  Pedro  NE 

P.O.  Box  11399 

Albuquerque,  New  Mexico  87192 

(505)  262-1921 

New  Mexico  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  1245,  1294,  1319,  1353, 
1962 


NEW  YORK 

Hudson  Valley  District  Council  of 
Carpenters  Pension  Fund  (NCPRPA, 

10/1/82) 
632  Route  9W 
Newburg,  New  York  12550 
(914)  561-7885 

Hudson  Valley  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  245,  255,  258,  265 

Nassau  County  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 
(IRACP-A,  7/13/83)  (MRAH&W, 
7/13/83) 

1065  Old  Country  Road 

Westbury,  New  York  11590 

(516)  334-8300 

Nassau  County  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  1093,  1291.  1397,  1772, 
1921 

New  York  City  District  Council  of 
Carpenters  Pension  Fund  (NCPRPA, 
4/1/80) 

204-8  East  23rd  Street 

New  York,  New  York  10010 

(212)  685-2546 

New  York  City  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  17,  20,  135,  246,  257, 
296,  348,  531,  608,  740,  902,  1164, 
1456.  1536.  2155,  2287.  2632,  2947 

Suffolk  County  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 

(NCPRPA,  4/1/80) 
Fringe  Benefit  Funds 
Box  814 

Medford,  New  York  11763 
(516)  732-2544 

Suffolk  County  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  1222,  1837,  2669 


Westchester  County,  New  York, 
Carpenters  Pension  Fund  (IRACP-A  & 
B,  7/1/83)  (MRAH&W,  7/1/83) 

10  Saw  Mill  River  Road 

Hawthorne,  New  York  10532 

(914)  592-8670 

Westchester  County  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  53,  77,  149,  163,  188. 
350.  493.  543,  1134 

Carpenters  Local  Union  964  Pension  Fund 

(NCPRPA,  3/12/73) 
130  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 
(914)  634-8959 


OHIO 

Ohio  Carpenters  Pension  Fund  (IRACP-A 

&  B,  12/12/83) 
3611  Chester  Avenue 
Cleveland,  Ohio  44114 
(216)  361-6190 

Capital  District  Council 

Cleveland  and  Vicinity  District  Council 

Lake  Erie  District  Council 

Maumee  Valley  District  Council 

Summit,  Medina,  and  Portage  Counties 

District  Council 
Tri-State  District  Council 
United  Counties  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  3.  11,  69,  105,  171,  182, 
186,  200,  248.  254,  267.  268.  356.  372. 
404.  437.  484,  639,  650,  660,  705,  735, 
892.  940,  976,  1079,  1108,  1138,  1241, 
1242,  1255,  1279,  1359,  1365,  1393, 
1426,  1438,  1454,  1457,  1519,  1581, 
1750,  1755.  1871,  1929,  2077,  2239, 
2333.  2662.  2906 

Cleveland  and  Vicinity  Carpenters  District 

Council  Hospitalization  Fund 

(MRAH&W,  10/26/83) 
361 1  Chester  Avenue 
Cleveland,  Ohio  441 14 
(216)  361-6190 

Cleveland  &  Vicinity  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  11,  105,  182,  254,  404. 
1108.  1365,  1750,  1871,  1929 

Miami  Valley  Carpenters  District  Council 

Pension  Fund  (NCPRPA,  8/1/71) 
201  Riverside  Drive,  Suite  3A 
Dayton,  Ohio  45404 
(513)  228-8139 

Miami  Valley  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  104,  1228,  1311,  1807. 
2248,  2408 

Ohio  Valley  Carpenters  District  Council 
Pension  Fund  (NCPRPA,  10/1/71) 
(MRAH&W,  6/17/85) 

200  Central  Trust  Building 

309  Vine  Street 

Cincinnati,  Ohio  45202 

(513)977-3458 

Ohio  Valley  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  2,  47-L.  637.  698,  703, 
739,  873,  1477 

Construction  Industry  Health  and  Welfare 

Trust  (MRAH&W,  5/1/85) 
Delta  Lane  and  Old  Route  52 


JANUARY,     1986 


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P.O.  Bo.x  1014 

South  Point.  Ohio  45680 

(614)  377-2742 

Local  Union:  1519 


OREGON 

(Oregon-Washington  Carpenters-Employers 
Pension  Trust  Fund  (IRACP-A,  2/24/84) 
(MRAH&W,  2/24/84) 

309  S.  W.  Si.xth  Avenue 

P.O.  Bo.x  3168 

Portland.  Oregon  97208 

(503)  225-5671 

Local  Unions:  190.  247.  426.  573.  738. 
780.  814.  933.  1001.  1036.  1065.  1094. 
1273.  1277.  1342.  1388.  1427.  1502. 
1543.  1707.  1715.  1760.  1857.  1896. 
1961.  2019.  2066.  2067.  2081.  2084. 
2130.  2133.  2154.  2181.  2204.  2218. 
2275.  2289.  2416.  2419.  3082 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Carpenters  Pension  Fund  of  Western 

Pennsylvania  (NCPRPA,  2/27/80) 
495  Mansfield  Avenue,  First  Floor 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania  15205 
(412)  922-53.30 

Western  Penn.sylvania  District  Council 

Uu-al  Unions:  33-L.  81.  142.  165.  206. 
211.  230.  333.  422.  462.  500.  541. 
556.  616.  682.  773.  900.  947.  1010. 
1014.  1088.  1160.  1419.  1759.  1936. 
1999.  2235,  2264.  2274 

Carpenters  Local  Union  261  Annuity  Fund 
(IRACP-A  &  B,  9/1/83)  (MRAH&W, 
9/1/83) 

431  Wyoming  Avenue 

Scranton,  Pennsylvania  18503 

(717)  342-9673 

RHODE  ISLAND 

Rhode  Island  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 

(NCPRPA,  1/18/72) 
14  Jefferson  Park  Road 
Warwick,  Rhode  Island  02888 

(401)  467-6813 

Rhode  Island  Carpenters  District 
Council 

Local  Unions:  94.  342.  801.  3086 


TENNESSEE 

Middle  Tennessee  District  Council  of 
Carpenters  Pension  Fund  (NCPRPA, 
5/1/78) 

200  Church  Street 

Nashville,  Tennessee  37201 

(615)  859-0131 

Uical  Unions:  223.  1544 

Tri-Slate  Carpenters  District  Council  of 
Chattanooga,  Tennessee,  and  Vicinity 
Pension  Trust  Fund  (NCPRPA,  6/30/71) 

P.O.  Box  6035 

Chattanooga,  Tennessee  37401 

(615)  756-7638 

Tri-Slate  Chattanooga  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  50.  74.  654.  1002.  1274. 
1608.  1821.  1993.  2132.  2429.  2461. 
2470.  2490.  3257 


Carpenters  Local  Union  No.  345  Pension 

Plan  (NCPRPA,  1/1/80) 
750  Adams  Street 
Memphis,  Tennessee  38105 
(901)  525-1080 

TEXAS 

Texas  Carpenters  Pension  Fund  (IRACP- 

A,  1/1/84) 
6162  East  Mockingbird  Lane,  Suite  207 
Dallas,  Texas  75214 
(214)  827-7420 

Local  Unions:  14.  977.  1266.  1565.  1884 

Houston  District  Council  of  Carpenters 
Pension,  Health,  and  Welfare  Plan 
(IRACP-A,  1/1/85)  (MRAH&W,  1/1/85) 

7151  Office  City  Drive,  Suite  101 

Houston,  Texas  77087 

(713)  644-6223 

Local  Unions:  213.  526.  973.  1084. 
1226.  1334.  1890.  2232 

UTAH 

Utah  Carpenters  and  Cement  Masons 

Pension  Fund  (NCPRPA,  7/28/72) 
3785  South  7th  East 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  84106 
(801)263-2692 

Carpenters  District  Council  of  Utah 

Local  Unions:  784.  450.  722.  1498.  2202 


VERMONT 

Entry  from  New  Hampshire 

WASHINGTON 

Carpenters  Retirement  Trust  of  Western 

Washington  (NCPRPA,  8/3/76) 
P.O.  Box  1929 
Seattle,  Washington  98111 
(206)623-6514 

Washington  Stale  Council  of 

Carpenters 
Seattle.  King  County,  and  Vicinity 

District  Council 

Local  Unions:  131.  317.  470.  562.  756. 
770.  1144.  1148.  1303.  1532.  1597. 
1699.  1708.  1797.  2127.  2205. 
2396 

Millmens  Retirement  Trust  of  Washington 

(NCPRPA,  11/23/71) 
2512  Second  Avenue,  Room  206 
Seattle,  Washington  98121 
(206)  624-8236 

Local  Unions:  338.  2234 

Washington-Idaho-Montana  Carpenters 
Employment  Retirement  Trust 
(NCPRPA,  7/1/71) 

E.  123  Indiana 

P.O.  Box  5434 

Spokane,  Washington  99205 

(509)  328-0300 

Local  Unions:  28.  88.  98.  112.  153.  220. 
286.  313.  398.  557.  670.  718.  770.  911. 
1085.  1172.  1211.  1332.  1524.  1691. 
1699.  1849.  2205.  2225,  2382.  2425. 
3243 


Tacoma  Millmen's  Pension  Trust  Fund 

(IRACP-A,  1/1/84) 
P.O.  Box  1894 
Tacoma,  Washington  98401 
(206)  572-6818 

Local  Union:  1689 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Chemical  Valley  Pension  Fund  of  West 
Virginia  (IRACP-A  &  B,  9/23/85) 

401  Eleventh  Street 
Huntington,  West  Virginia  25701 
(304)  52.5-0331 

Chemical  Valley  District  Council 
North  Central  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  128.  476.  518.  604.  899. 
1159.  1207.  1369.  1911.  2430 

Carpenters  Health  Fund  of  West  Virginia 

(MRAH&W,  5/29/85) 
401  Eleventh  Street 
Huntington,  West  Virginia  25701 
(304)525-0331 

Chemical  Valley  District  Council 
North  Central  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  128.  476.  518.  604.  899, 
1159,  1207.  1369.  1911.  2430 

WISCONSIN 

Wisconsin  State  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 
(IRACP-A  &  B,  10/13/83)  (MRAH&W, 
10/27/83) 

P.O.  Box  4002 

Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin  54702 

(715)835-3174 

Central  Wisconsin  District  Council 
Fox  River  Valley  District  Council 
Wisconsin  River  Valley  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  204.  252.  314.  361.  406. 
606.  630.  657.  755.  782.  820.  836.  849, 
955.  1063.  1074.  1143.  1146.  1246. 
1344.  1364.  1403.  1521,  1709.  1844. 
1864.  1919.  2064,  2112,  2129.  2244. 
2246.  2334,  2351,  2504,  2898.  3203 

Building  Trades  United  Pension  Trust 
Fund — Milwaukee  and  Vicinity  (IRACP- 
A  &  B.  8/16/83) 

2323  N.  MayfairRoad 

Milwaukee,  Wisconsin  53226 

(414)  257-4150 

Milwaukee  District  Council 

Local  Unions:  10-L.  264.  344.  1053, 
1114.  1181,  1208,  1314,  1573,  1741, 
2073,  2283,  2331,  2337 

Racine  Construction  Industry  Pension 
Fund  (IRACP-A  &  B,  8/26/85) 
(MRAH&W,  8/1/84) 

1824  Sycamore  Avenue 
Racine,  Wisconsin  53406 
(414)  634-3583 

Local  Union:  91 


WYOMING 

Wyoming  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 

(NCPRPA,  1/1/76) 
200  Consolidated  Royalty  Building 
Casper,  Wyoming  82601 
(307)  235-5636 

Uwal  Unions:  469.  1564.  1620 


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CARPENTER 


Carpenter,  BC's  On  the  Level 
Win  Awards  in  ILCA  Judging 


Once  again,  Carpenter  magazine  garnered 
awards  in  tlie  annual  International  Labor 
Communications  Association's  competition. 
In  the  1985  competition  (covering  1984  edi- 
tions), Carpenter  took  first  place  for  best 
cover  with  a  February  1984  safety  cover, 
and  third  place  for  best  feature  with  "The 
Real  Truth  About  Housing  Costs"  in  the 
September  1984  issue. 

Commending  the  February  cover,  the 
judges  remarked:  "Framed  within  the  page, 
a  montage  on  job  safety  strongly  emphasizes 
red  in  the  four-color  process  to  dramatize 
danger  in  a  most  effective  way.  Keyed  to  a 
new  series  starting  inside,  this  cover  is  a 
model  of  its  kind." 

"The  Real  Truth  About  Housing  Costs," 
also  published  in  brochure  format,  received 
the  comment,  "Useful  economic  back- 
ground and  good  graphics  show  that  mort- 
gage interest  rates  —  not  the  wages  of 
construction  workers  —  are  to  blame  for  the 
high  cost  of  new  homes." 

For  the  second  year  in  a  row,  the  British 
Columbia  Provincial  Council  of  Carpenters' 
newspaper  On  The  Level  was  the  first  choice 
for  general  excellence  among  regional  pub- 
lications of  fewer  than  20,000  circulation. 

"The  judges  picked  On  The  Level  for  the 
top  award  because  they  were  impressed  by 
its  activist  emphasis  upon  news  you  can  use, 
whether  to  design  a  gambrel  roof  today  or 
a  new  economy  tomorrow.  Dozens  of  stories 
are  packed  into  a  hefty  package  of  well- 
reported  stories  accompanied  by  informa- 
tive, clearly  labeled  photographs.  A  sample 
of  the  page-top  section  titles  from  a  typical 
issue  —  Newslines,  Around  the  Province, 
Union  News,  Solidarity  News,  Organizing, 


ILCA  Secretary-Treasurer  James  Cesnik, 
left,  presents  the  1985  awards  to  General 
Secretary  John  S.  Rogers,  editor,  and 
Roger  Sheldon,  associate  editor. 


Politics,  International  News,  Level  Dossier, 
Labour  History,  and  Back  Page  —  only 
hints  at  the  wide-ranging  concerns  covered 
in  this  fascinating,  action-oriented  publica- 
tion." 


There  are  more  than  20  UBC  local  union 
and  council  newsletters  and  newspapers 
being  published  in  the  United  States  and 
Canada.  If  your  local  or  council  would  like 
advice  and  assistance  in  starting  a  news- 
sheet  for  your  members,  write:  Carpenter, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington, 
D.C.  20001 


Alice  Perkins 
Gets  Acrylic  Eyes 

Alice  Perkins,  the  little  girl  bom  10  years 
ago  without  a  face  and  adopted  by  UBC 
family  Ray  and  Thelma  Perkins  of  Mary  ville, 
Tenn.,  continues  to  undergo  surgery. 

Her  nose  and  upper  plate  already  surgi- 
cally created  by  Dr.  John  Lynch  at  Vander- 
bilt  Hospital,  Alice  lacked  only  eyes.  She 
received  blue  eyes,  created  by  John  Carney, 
one  of  only  150  oculists  in  the  U.S.,  last 
October.  Formers  were  installed  a  year  earlier 
to  increase  the  size  of  the  interior  of  Alice's 
eye  sockets  to  hold  the  acrylic  eyes.  The 
final  stop  was  pressure  bandages  over  Alice's 
new  eyes  so  that  the  sockets  and  eyes  could 
adjust  to  each  other. 

Although  the  eyes  will  have  to  be  replaced 
periodically  as  Alice  grows ,  "They  look  very 
natural,"  says  Thelma  Perkins.  "She's  so 
proud  of  those  eyes." 

Next  spring  Alice  is  scheduled  for  exten- 
sive surgery  —  a  bone  graft  to  close  the 
palate. 

Recent  donations  to  Carpenters  Helping 
Hands,  Inc.,  are  listed  below.  Donation  total 
at  the  end  of  November  was  $168,640.83. 

Local  Union,  Donors 

8,  Dennis  F.  Dempsey 

8,  Francis  McKenna 

17,  William  Wood 

17,  Ernest  J.  Piombino 

213,  Eldridge  Bustion 

531,  Ellen  &  Harold  Myck 

1437,  Charies  Clark 

Additional  Donors:  Patricia  Weaver,  Doug 

Flowers,  Alcoa  Twenty-Five  Year  Service 

Club,  Stuart  Robbins,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Floyd  Timm. 

Contributions  should  be  made  out  to  lielping  Hands  and 
sent  to  Helping  Hands,  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  Joiners  or  America,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


Missing  Children 


If  you  have  any  information  that  could  lead  to  the  location  of  a 
missing  child,  call  The  National  Center  for  Missing  and  Exploited 
Children  in  Washington,  DC,  1-800-843-5678 


RAYLENE  SUSAN 
HENSLEY,  15,  has  been 
missing  from  her  home 
in  Louisiana  since  Janu- 
ary 5,  1983.  Her  hair  is 
dark  blond  and  her  eyes 
are  blue. 


CHRIS  HARVEY,  16, 

has  been  missing  from 
Colorado  since  July  1 1 , 
1984.  His  hair  is  light 
brown  and  his  eyes  are 
hazel. 


TAMMY  L.  BELAN- 
GER,  9,  has  been  miss- 
ing from  her  home  in 
New  Hampshire  since 
November  13,  1984.  Her 
hair  and  eyes  are  brown. 


LUKE  TREADWAY,  11, 

has  been  missing  from 
his  home  in  Oregon 
since  May  23,  1984.  His 
hair  is  dark  blond  and 
his  eyes  are  brown. 


JANUARY,     1986 


21 


locni  union  nEuis 


Aid  for  Members 
At  Dillard  Mills 


Sydney  Bowl  Construction  Underway 


Five  hundred  UBC  members  at  the  Dillard 
Sawmills  of  the  Roseburg  Forest  Products 
Company  in  Dillard,  Ore.,  have  been  certi- 
fied by  Secretary  of  Labor  William  E.  Brock 
as  eligible  to  apply  for  cash  benefits,  training, 
and  other  employment-related  assistance  un- 
der the  Trade  Adjustment  Assistance  pro- 
gram. 

The  members  of  Local  2949,  Roseburg, 
Ore.,  were  engaged  in  the  production  of 
softwood  lumber  used  in  construction  proj- 
ects. Many  were  totally  or  partially  sepa- 
rated from  their  jobs  because  of  foreign 
imports.  The  Office  of  Trade  Adjustment 
Assistance  conducted  an  investigation  and 
provided  the  basis  for  certification. 

Anyone  terminated  from  a  job  at  the 
facility  on  or  after  June  7.  1984.  is  eligible 
for  TAA  benefits.  The  program  provides 
cash  compensation  for  a  total  of  52  weeks 
at  the  same  rate  paid  weekly  for  regular 
unemployment  insurance  in  Oregon.  Eligible 
workers  receive  52  weeks  of  payments  minus 
the  number  of  weeks  for  which  they  may 
have  already  collected  Ul  benefits.  When 
enrolled  in  an  approved  training  program, 
workers  may  receive  up  to  26  additional 
weeks  of  cash  benefits.  The  employment 
security  agency  in  Oregon  will  administer 
assistance  through  local  offices  under  pro- 
visions of  the  Trade  Act  of  1974. 


Colorado  Picnic 


A  horseshoe  loiirnamenl  and  hohhy  exhibit 
were  just  two  of  the  activities  enjoyed  last 
year  hy  the  families  allendinf;  Berlhoiid. 
Colo..  Local  510' s  annual  membership 
family  picnic.  Above  are  horseshoe 
chumps  Lou  Devens  and  partner.  Below, 
the  hobby  crafts  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hullie 
Mullen  are  enjoyed  hy  picnickers. 


Members  of  Lixnl  I5HS.  .Sydney.  N.S..  are  involved  in  the  construction  oj  (  iniic  ^lo. 
Phase  2  of  the  Convention  Centre  Project  being  built  in  Sydney  for  the  Canada  Winter 
Games  I9K7.  The  Centre  has  two  stories  with  a  mezzanine  between  floors.  The  total  size 
is  approximately  100,000  square  feet,  with  a  5.000-scat  bowl,  a  J.OOO-seal  arena  with  a 
portable  stage,  and  an  ^50-seal  theater  on  the  upper  howl  with  a  2,500-seut  theater  and 
u  spacious  display  area. 


Builders,  Unionists  Honored  in  Peekskill 


At  Local  I63's  Labor-Management  Dance  were,  from  left,  Andrew  O'Rourke,  county 
executive.  Steward  Midler,  general  contractor:  Ralph  Cannizzaro,  retired  secretary- 
treasurer.  Westchester  District  Council:  David  Bogdonoff,  builder;  Richtird  Jackson, 
mayor  of  Peekskill:  Gordon  Lyons,  dinner  dunce  chairman:  and  George  Pataki.  New 
York  Slate  asemblvman. 


At  a  recent  labor-management  dinner 
dance.  Local  163.  Peekskill,  N.Y.,  honored 
two  area  builders  that  have  been  building 
union  for  50  years.  Also  honored  was  Ralph 
Cannizzaro.  a  representative  for  the  local 
for  1.^  years,  serving  on  the  Westchester 
District  Council  for  10  years.  Toastmaster 
Gordon  Lyons  stressed  the  need  for  labor 
and  management  to  work  together,  and  urged 


people  on  both  sides  to  "put  away  person- 
alities in  order  to  serve  their  membership.'" 
Proclamations  were  received  from  the 
county  and  state  assemblies,  along  with  a 
letter  of  congratulations  from  President  Rea- 
gan, and  Congressman  Hamilton  Fish  en- 
dorsed the  affair  wholeheartedly.  Proceeds 
from  the  affair,  attended  by  .53.5  people,  were 
given  to  the  honorees'  favorite  charities. 


Illinois  Opera  House  Renovation 


As  a  part  of  their  community's  Job  Train- 
ing Partnership  Act,  Local  904,  Jacksonville, 
III.,  operated  a  Summer  Youth  Labor  Project 
this  past  summer.  The  program  involved  five 
youths  in  a  labor  intensive  project  to  help 
renovate  the  Phoenix  Opera  House  in  Rush- 
ville.  111. 

The  youths  made  the  building  structurally 
sound,  repairing  damage  caused  by  age  and 


water.  The  materials  were  provided  by  the 
opera  house,  and  the  Two  Rivers  Regional 
Council  of  Public  Officials  furnished  the 
necessary  tools  and  equipment. 

Projects  such  as  this  are  sponsored  to 
provide  training  in  the  construction  trades 
and  allow  the  rehabilitation  or  improvement 
of  community  buildings  that  would  not  other- 
wise be  possible. 


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General  Convention  in  Chicago,  III.,  in  1981, 
has  been  viewed  by  thousands  in  the  five 
years  since  it  was  created.  Designed  to  show 
how  the  crafts  represented  by  our  union 
have  helped  to  make  the  United  States  and 
Canada  great  since  the  first  colonists  landed 
on  our  shores,  the  exhibit  has  been  on  display 
in  such  major  cities  as  Omaha,  Neb.,  Phoe- 
nix, Ariz.,  Santa  Fe,  N.M.,  Los  Angeles, 
Calif.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  and  Washington,  D.C. 

The  exhibit  is  designed  for  easy  erection 
and  dismanthng.  Between  showings,  it  is 
housed  in  a  40-foot  trailer. 

"Building  America"   is  a   1 27-foot-long 


Our  centennial  exhibit, 
"Building  America,"  was 
shown  last  fall  in  the 
North  Plaza  lobby  of  the 
U.S.  Department  of  La- 
bor, Washington,  D.C.  A 
crew  of  apprentices  from 
the  D.C.-Md.-Va.  Train- 
ing School,  shown  here, 
handled  the  installation. 


"walk  through"  display  which  commemo- 
rates a  century  of  labor-management  coop- 
eration in  the  construction  industry. 

The  exhibit  shows  in  a  series  of  dramatic 
and  historical  pictures  how  skilled  craftsmen 
have  helped  to  build  America  for  the  early 
colonies  to  the  20th  century.  Among  the 
many  photographs  are  early-day  pictures 
from  the  UBC  archives. 

It  is  still  available  for  showings  at  state 
fairs,  museums,  shopping  centers,  and  sim- 
ilar locations.  To  arrange  such  showings  in 
your  area,  your  local  union  or  council  should 
discuss  the  matter  with  General  Secretary 
John  S.  Rogers  at  the  General  Office  in 
Washington,  D.C. 


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Members  of  Local  301 1 .  Wil.^on.  /V.C  .,  iiimc  din  in  xirong  support  of  their  picket  line  ul  the 
Hackney  Brothers  Body  Company  plant.  November  4.  A  pif;  roast,  prepared  near  the  picket  line, 
helped  to  keep  members  fed  and  morale  hif^h  diirini;  the  early  daws  of  the  strike. 


Local  3011  Members  Walk  Out  at  Hackney 
Bros.  Body  Co.,  Settle  for  3%  Increase 


One  hundred  and  twenty  members  of  U  BC 
Local  3011  walked  off  their  jobs  November 
4  at  Hackney  Brothers  Body  Co.  in  Wilson, 
N.C.,  rejecting  contract  proposals  by  the 
company. 

It  was  the  first  strike  in  the  company's 
131-year  history.  Hackney  Brothers  em- 
ployees have  been  union  members  since 
1941. 

"This  is  not  an  economic  strike."  Tony 
Delorme,  business  representative  of  the  Mid- 
Atlantic  Industrial  Council,  said.  ""It  is  a 
strike  about  the  way  these  people  are  treated, 
and  they  are  not  treated  well."' 


It  is  reported  that  relations  with  manage- 
ment soured  when  Hackney  officials  said 
they  would  be  terminating  the  traditional 
time-and-a-half  pay  for  employees  working 
overtime  and  would  pay  the  regular  hourly 
wage  instead.  The  employees  also  asked  for 
transfer  of  the  company"s  insurance  policy 
from  its  current  carrier  to  another  organi- 
zation which  would  provide  broader  cover- 
age at  lower  cost. 

Local  3011  went  back  to  work  the  first 
week  of  December,  agreeing  to  a  39r  wage 
increase.  Other  issues  remain  to  be  settled. 
Approximately  45  new  members  were  signed 
up  by  the  local  union  during  the  strike. 


Call  Channel 
"Home  Doctor": 
The  Call's  Free 

Channel  Home  Centers,  a  major  East 
Coast  retailer  of  wood  products,  has 
a  toll  free  number  (1-800-CHANNEL) 
which  the  public  can  call  with  any 
questions  about  home  fix-ups.  Chan- 
nel is  a  major  retailer  of  L-P  "Wa- 
ferboard"",  with  its  over  100  stores 
targeted  for  L-P  boycott  handbilling. 
UBC  members  may  want  to  take 
advantage  of  this  opportunity  to  cour- 
teously convey  to  the  Channel  "Home 
Doctor"  that  they  will  not  patronize 
Channel  Home  Centers  as  long  as 
L-P  products  are  sold. 


Banquet  attendants  at  Local  ilOi's  20th 
anniversary  celebration  held  recently  in 
Martinsville.  Va. 


Martinsville  Local 
Marks  Anniversary 

Twenty  years  of  operation  for  UBC  Local 
3103.  Martinsville,  Va.,  was  recently  cele- 
brated by  members.  Local  3103  President 
Houston  Surber  Jr.,  acted  as  master  of 
ceremonies  for  the  special  banquet  and  dance, 
introducing  a  number  of  speakers  including 
Fred  Martin,  one  of  the  original  20  members 
who  helped  organize  the  local,  and  Tony 
Delorme,  who  spoke  on  "H5%  in  "85."" 
Richard  Hearn  presented  awards  to  employ- 
ees. Local  3103  is  a  member  of  the  Mid- 
Atlantic  Industrial  Council. 


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Golden  Hammer 
Award  to  Flath 


Pictured  above,  from  left,  are  Larry 
Hodgin,  financial  secretary.  Local  1120: 
Elvin  Busby,  president  of  the  Local:  and 
Virgil  Flath  with  his  Golden  Hammer. 


Virgil  Flath,  Local  1120,  Portland,  Ore., 
was  recently  presented  a  Golden  Hammer 
Award  in  appreciation  of  all  his  time  and 
efforts  on  behalf  of  the  group.  For  the  past 
six  years,  Flath  has  served  as  their  recording 
secretary,  and  before  that  he  held  several 
other  offices.  He  is  presently  a  member  of 
the  apprenticeship  committee  and  is  shop 
steward  at  Specialty  Woodworking  in  Port- 
land. The  specially  inscribed  plaque  was 
donated  by  Vaughan  and  Bushnell,  tool 
manufacturers. 


Bolger  Honored 


The  56th  Annual  Convention  of  the  Illi- 
nois State  Council,  recently  assembled  in 
East  Peoria,  III.,  honored  retired  Fox 
River  Valley  District  Council  President 
Paul  Bolger. 

Bolger,  left,  holds  a  special  plaque  pre- 
sented to  him  by  State  Council  Executive 
Secretary-Treasurer  Dick  Ladzinski  and 
Council  President  Don  Gorman. 


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or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
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The  United  Way  of  Michigan  found  Nicole 
Conley's  sparkling  smile  and  pretty  blue 
eyes  to  be  just  right  for  their  Labor  Poster 
Child.  Her  dad,  Tim  Conley,  a  third-year 
millwright  apprentice  with  Local  1102,  De- 
troit, Mich.,  and  his  wife  Brenda  quickly 
agreed.  They  were  happy  to  do  something 
for  the  United  Way — especially  after  all  that 
United  Way  agencies  had  done  for  them. 

Last  April  the  Conleys  discovered  that 
their  daughter  Nicole,  who  was  only  16 
months  old,  had  leukemia.  Her  skin  was 
frequently  bruised  and  a  simple  touch  brought 
tears  to  her  eyes.  After  five  months  of 
treatment,  Nicole's  cancer  had  gone  into 
remission,  and  the  family  gratefully  wel- 
comed back  their  happy  little  girl.  But  all  is 
not  over;  Nicole  still  undergoes  chemother- 
apy every  three  weeks  (she's  on  a  three- 
year  program),  and  also  requires  special 
attention  since  her  immune  system  is  weak- 
ened. 

Much  of  her  medical  attention  comes  from 
the  United  Way  and  United  Foundation 
agencies  who  have  provided  medical  and 
financial  assistance  to  the  Conleys.  "We 
couldn't  get  by  without  them,"  the  couple 
says.  Today  Nicole's  picture  smiles  down 
from  posters  throughout  their  area  reminding 
all  that  "thanks  to  you  it  works." 

SCOUTING  AWARD 

Dale  Hollopeter,  a  member  of  Local  1394, 
Fort  Lauderdale,  Fla.,  was  recently  honored 
by  the  presentation  of  his  George  Meany 
Award  during  an  AFL-CIO  Ball  at  the  Dip- 
lomat Hotel  in  Hollywood,  Fla.  Hollopeter 
was  given  the  award  in  recognition  of  his 
outstanding  service  to  youth  through  the 
programs  of  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America. 

Currently  a  member  of  the  Troop  Com- 
mittee for  Pack  1 15  in  Wilton  Manors,  Fla., 
Hollopeter  became  involved  in  scouting  48 
years  ago  by  joining  Scout  Troop  93  in 
Hinella,  N.J.  Throughout  the  years,  he  has 
served  as  Junior  Assistant  Scout  Master, 
Cub  Master,  and  as  a  committee  member 


for  various  troops  in  both  Florida  and  New 
Jersey. 

In  addition  to  his  work  with  the  Boy 
Scouts,  Hollopeter  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Doric  Blue  Lodge  140,  'York  Rite  Bodies, 
Council  of  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  Chap- 
ter of  Royal  Arch  Masons  Keystone  Chapter 
20,  Knights  Templar  Malta  Connandery  35, 
and  the  Scottish  Rite  Bailey  of  Lake  Wkorth, 
32nd  Degree. 


YEAR'S  IRISHMAN 


Pascal  McGuinness,  president  of  the  New 
York  City  and  Vicinity  District  Council, 
was  recently  feted  by  the  Grand  Council  of 
United  Emerald  Societies.  McGuinness 
was  chosen  as  their  1985  "Irishman  of  the 
Year."  He  is  pictured  above  receiving 
congratulations  from  '  'honorary  Irish- 
men." From  left,  are  New  York  City 
Comptroller  Harrison  J.  Gotdin ,  Congress- 
man Mario  Biaggi.  McGuinness,  and 
Thomas  Manton. 

ESSAY  WINNER 

Vernon  R.  Pursley  III  of  New  Haven, 
Mo.,  recently  took  top  honors  in  a  state- 
wide contest  sponsored  by  the  Missouri 
Association  of  Realtors 
with  an  essay  titled, 
"How  Becoming  a 
Homeowner  Can  Give 
Me  a  Voice  in  Amer- 
ica." His  prizes  in- 
cluded a  plaque  and  a 
$500  check.  In  a  prelim- 
inary contest,  he  had 
been  awarded  a  $100 
cash  prize  by  the  Frank- 
lin County  Board  of  ' 
Realtors.  Pursley 

Pursley  is  the  son  of  Rosalyn  and  Vernon 
Pursley  Jr.  His  father  is  a  22-year  member 
of  Local  47,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  his  grand- 
father, Vernon  Sr.,  is  a  38- year  member  of 
the  same  local. 

In  1984  Pursley  was  the  recipient  of  the 
National  4-H  Gardening/Horticulture  award 
presented  by  Ortho  Chevron  which  gave  him 
a  $  1 000  scholarship  and  an  all-expenses-paid 
trip  to  Chicago,  III.,  for  the  National  4-H 
Congress.  He  is  currently  studying  horti- 
culture at  East  Central  College  in  Union, 
Mo.,  on  a  scholarship. 


JANUARY,     1986 


25 


Members 
In  The  News 

Beautifying  tlie  Sctiool 

From  flowers  to  four-by- 
fours,  Chris  Heyer  strives  for 
perfection  in  everything  she 
does.  The  28-year  old.  second- 
year  apprentice  at  the  Stony 
Point  Apprentice  Training 
Center,  is  a  member  of  Local 
964,  Roctiland  County  and  Vi- 
cinity. N.Y..  and  spends  her 
spare  time  beautifying  the  lo- 
cal's headquarters  in  New  City, 
N.Y.,  by  planting  flowers  and 
vegetables  in  their  barren  plot. 
"It's  just  my  way  of  saying 
'  Its  just  my  way  of  saymg  thank  you,"  she  explains;  a  way  to 
repay  kindness  shown  to  her  by  union  members.  Before  planting 
a  single  seedling,  Heyer  borrowed  several  books  on  gardening 
from  her  local  library  "so  1  wouldn't  do  the  job  haphazardly,"  as 
she  told  a  reporter  from  the  Rockland  County  Journal  News.  She 
stopped  by  the  local  office  on  a  regular  basis  last  spring  while  she 
was  working  at  a  construction  site  just  down  the  road.  "Before 
going  to  work,  I'd  stop  by  and  plant  flowers.  Sometimes  I  even 
gardened  on  the  weekends,"  she  said. 

When  Heyer  started  last  May,  there  was  nothing  but  weeds  in 
the  patch  that  was  soon  filled  with  petunias,  marigolds,  peppers, 
and  tomatoes.  And  the  neighbors  of  the  union  frequently  com- 
mented on  how  professional  her  arrangement  of  the  flowers  looked. 
Heyer  gets  raves  for  her  carpentry,  too,  Richard  Bonacore, 
coordinator  of  the  Stony  Point  Apprentice  Training  Center  says. 
"Chris  is  one  of  the  best  apprentices  to  come  to  us.  When  she's 
around  you  know  it  because  she  gives  more  than  the  average 
person,  whether  it  be  digging  a  ditch  or  planting  a  flower." 


New  Heart  Gives  New  Start 


We've  all  heard  of  "getting 
a  new  lease  on  life,"  and  we 
usually  consider  it  a  figure  of 
speech.  But  Michael  Covert,  a 
23-year  member  of  Local  1839, 
Washington,  Mo.,  gives  new 
meaning  to  the  old  expression. 
In  June  of  1984  Michael  be- 
gan experiencing  chest  pains. 
He  immediately  saw  his  doctor 
and  was  hospitalized  for  car- 
dial miopathy,  an  enlargement 
of  the  heart.  In  October  he  went  into  cardiac  arrest.  Although  his 
condition  eventually  stabilized,  he  was  unable  to  even  walk  because 
he  was  so  weak.  On  Nov.  26,  1984,  Michael  got  a  new  start  when 
doctors  performed  a  heart  transplant  operation. 

In  an  amazing  three  months,  Michael  had  completely  recovered 
from  the  operation.  He  returned  to  his  job  doing  trim  work  for 
CSC  and  ConTech.  There  are  no  restrictions  on  his  activity  and 
he  can  do  everything  he  used  to  do. 

Michael  and  wife  Peggy  are  grateful  to  the  Carpenters'  Health 
and  Welfare  Trust  Fund  for  the  financial  assistance  they  received, 
but  they're  more  grateful  to  the  organ  donor  who  made  Michael's 
new  life  possible.  "If  it  wasn't  for  an  organ  donor,  I  wouldn't  be 
here,"  he  says. 


Michael  Cover!  with  wife 
Pegf>\  and  daughter  Jennifer. 


West  Virginia  Members 
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In  early  November  torrential  rains,  churned  up  by  the 
fringes  of  a  hurricane,  poured  14  inches  of  rain  over  a  three- 
day  period  on  Moorefield,  W.Va.,  flooding  the  watershed 
of  the  Potomac  and  Shenandoah  Rivers.  Homes  were  torn 
apart  and  towns  devastated  by  the  flood  waters. 

More  than  75%  of  the  town  of  Moorefield  was  covered 
by  flood  waters.  Members  of  UBC  Local  2101  employed 
by  the  American  Woodmark  Corp.,  suffered  extensive 
damages.  By  November  10,  453  homes  were  uninhabitable. 
There  were  four  deaths  and  four  persons  missing.  A  total 
of  23  American  Woodmark  employees  lost  their  homes  and 
personal  belongings.  Only  two  were  covered  by  insurance. 
Thirty-four  American  Woodmark  employees  suffered  se- 
vere water  damage  to  their  homes. 

The  UBC's  Mid-Atlantic  Industrial  Council  has  appealed 
for  monetary  and  material  aid  for  those  stricken.  The 
Brotherhood  has  made  an  initial  contribution  of  $10,000, 
and  the  Mid-Atlantic  Council  has  added  $2,500,  but  much 
more  is  needed. 

The  personnel  director  of  American  Woodmark  has  com- 
piled a  list  of  the  individual  losses,  and  persons  able  to 
contribute  to  Local  2101  flood  relief  are  urged  by  Richard 
Hearn,  secretary  of  the  Mid-Atlantic  Council,  to  make 
checks  out  to  "UBC  Local  2101  Flood  Relief  Fund"  and 
send  contributions  to:  UBC  Mid-Atlantic  Industrial  Council, 
P.O.  Box  966,  Marion,  Va.  24354. 


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RPPREiiriCESHip  &  TRnminc 


Berthoud  Grads 


New  journeymen  carpenters  receiving  cer- 
tificates and  belt  buckles  from  Local  510, 
Berthoud,  Colo.,  are,  from  left,  Tom 
Lemmo,  Eileen  Marie,  Richard  Parody, 
and  Chris  Baggiani. 


Non-Union  Apprentice 
Court  Suit  Fails 


Non-union  contractors  in  Washington  State 
lost  a  suit  claiming  that  state  rules  governing 
wage  rates  for  apprentices  constitute  illegal 
price  fixing.  The  suit  was  aimed  at  the  state's 
Department  of  Labor  and  Industries  and  six 
current  and  former  members  of  the  Appren- 
ticeship and  Training  Council. 

The  court  ruled  against  the  contractors  on 
the  grounds  that  authority  for  the  rules  "can 
be  found  within  the  council's  broad  authority 
to  regulate." 

The  non-union  contractors  claim  the  rules 
require  them  to  pay  such  high  wage  rates 
they  are  almost  "completely  excluded"  from 
"effective  competition  for  public  works  con- 
tracts in  the  state." 

The  ruling  ensures  for  the  time  being  that 
contractors'  competitiveness  does  not  come 
at  the  expense  of  fair  wages.  Judge  Voor- 
hees,  who  presided  over  the  case,  said  the 
standards  were  set  to  establish  a  framework 
for  a  "progressively  increasing  scale  of  wages 
to  be  paid  apprentices." 


California  State 
Contest  Winners 

The  27th  Annual  California  State  Appren- 
ticeship and  Training  Contest  was  held  in 
Santa  Barbara  recently.  All  of  the  contest- 
ants had  won  a  first  or  second  place  in  a 
local  competition  before  advancing  to  the 
state  contest. 

The  entrants  were  each  given  a  set  of 
plans  and  eight  hours  to  complete  their 
assigned  project.  The  judges  considered  both 
quality  and  efficiency  of  the  work.  In  addi- 
tion ,  there  was  a  four-hour  written  test  which 
was  worth  30%  of  the  total  competition. 

All  of  the  contestants  were  guests  at  an 
award  banquet  held  at  the  Mirmar  Hotel 
after  the  contest  was  completed.  Kent  Shub- 
ert,  Local  1418,  Lodi,  46  No.  Counties,  took 
a  first  place  in  the  carpentry  division;  David 
Hukill,  Local  721,  Los  Angeles,  il  So. 
Counties,  was  the  first  place  mill-cabinet 
worker;  and  John  Brick,  Local  1607,  Los 
Angeles  won  in  the  millwright  division. 

Awards  were  presented  by  Creighton 
Blenkhom,  director,  joint  apprenticeship  and 
training  committee  fund  for  Southern  Cali- 
fornia; Frank  Benda,  director,  46  Northern 
Counties  Carpenters  Joint  Apprenticeship 
and  Training  Committee;  and  Bill  Williams, 
director,  San  Diego  and  Vicinity  Carpenters 
Joint  Apprenticeship  and  Training  Commit- 
tee. Trophies  were  presented  by  Thomas  L. 
Benson,  chairman,  California  State  JATC; 
and  Hans  Wachsmuth  Jr.,  vice-chairman  of 
the  California  JATC.  Each  contestant  was 
given  his  cash  award  and  a  plaque. 


MILLWRIGHT  TOOLS 

Gilbert  H.  Adams,  63,  recently  retired 
from  Local  1454,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  due  to 
poor  health.  He  has  an  array  of  millwright 
tools,  many  never  used  and  some  still  in 
their  original  boxes. 

He's  offering  them  for  sale  to  fellow 
UBC  millwrights.  Call  Adams  at  (513)  988- 
0070  or  write:  Gilbert  Adams,  700  Green- 
wood Lane,  Trenton,  OH  45067. 


Kent  Shubert,  Local  1418.  Lodi,  Calif, 
winner  in  the  carpentry  competition,  is 
pictured  above,  left,  with  C.C.  Blenkhorn, 
center,  and  Tom  Benson. 


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First  prize  winner  in  the  mill-cabinet  com- 
petition was  David  Hukill,  Local  721,  Los 
Angeles,  Calif. 


John  Brick,  Local  1607,  Los  Angeles, 
Calif,  during  the  millwright  competition  in 
which  he  won  first  place. 


Graduates  at  Niagara-Genesee 

Local  280,  Niagara-Genesee  and  Vicinity,  Lockport, 
N.Y.,  recently  graduated  a  class  of  12  apprentices,  which 
included  its  first  women  journeymen.  The  newly  gradu- 
ated are  pictured  above.  Front  row,  from  left,  are  Justine 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Kevin  O'Brien,  Mark  Teoli,  Kenneth  Fura, 
and  Audrey  Waszak.  Back  row,  from  left,  are  John 
Woods,  Ray  Lamb  Jr.,  Phil  Kratz,  David  Lucatra,  Duane 
Deutschner,  Dennis  Lunney,  and  James  Hackett. 


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Apprenlicei  Dean  Scoll.  Local  906,  Glen- 
dale.  Ariz.,  rear,  and  Vernon  Nen\  Local 
1089,  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  al  work  on  the  home- 
less shelter  in  Phoenix.  Ariz. 


A  group  of  UBC  apprentices,  outside  the  shelter,  front  row,  from  left,  arc  Clary  Liinig, 
Local  1216,  Mesa,  Ariz.:  and  Vernon  New.  Local  1089,  Phoenix,  Ariz.  Back  row  from 
left,  are  Fred  Work,  head  of  apprenticeship  and  training  program:  Scott  Dean,  Local 
906.  Glendale.  Ariz.:  Dennis  Hill,  Local  1089,  Phoenix,  Ariz.:  Ron  Rinickcr.  Local  1089 
Phoenix.  Ariz.:  and  Brian  Bailey,  Local  906,  Glendale,  Ariz. 

Arizona  Members 

Build  Shelter 

For  Homeless  Men 

Apprentices  from  the  Arizona  Carpenters' 
Apprenticeship  and  Training  Committee  were 
among  union  members  from  over  a  dozen 
labor  organizations  who  volunteered  their 
time  and  talents  to  erect  a  new  shelter  for 
homeless  men  in  the  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  area. 
The  project  was  the  product  of  a  team  effort 
by  labor,  city  officials,  and  contractors. 

Members  of  14  building  trades  unions  built 
the  facility,  which  was  financed  mostly  by 
a  $10,000  donation  from  the  Central  Arizona 
AFL-CIO  and  the  Phoenix  Fire  Fighters. 
Earlier  this  year,  union  crews  renovated  a 
women's  facility  in  the  same  complex. 

The  13.000  square  foot  shelter  was  literally 
rebuilt  during  the  six  months  it  was  under 
construction.  It  now  includes  an  open  shower 
area,  laundry  room,  and  a  dining  and  activity 
area.  Shelter  Director  Art  Stillwell  credits 
organized  labor  for  their  cash  and  manpower 
contributions  of  over  $40,000,  and  for  "tak- 
ing the  lead  in  this  project." 

Dealing  Deficit 

Continued  from  Page  3 

In  the  months  ahead  we  shall  see  how 
much  the  Reagan  Administration  and  the 
Congress  will  actually  trim  from  the  federal 
government's  trillion-dollar  shopping  list. 


Reform  Tax  Laws 

Continued  from  Page  3 

On  December  1 1  tax  reform  lost  out  to 
"politics  as  usual"  as  Republican  Congress- 
men, supported  by  special  interests  and  the 
corporate  lobbyists,  defeated  the  legislation 
through  procedural  maneuvering.  We'll  have 
to  wait  and  see  what  1986  will  bring. 


Brian  Bailey,  Local  906.  Glendale,  Ariz., 
looks  pleased  to  be  pounding  another  nail 
in  place  for  this  community  service 
project. 


Ron  Rinicker.  left.  Load  1089,  Phoenix. 
Ariz.,  and  Gary  Lunig,  Local  1216,  Mesa, 
Ariz.,  work  together  on  this  installation. 

CARPENTER 


Retirees' 
Notebook 


A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Retiree  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings and  goings  of  individual  retirees. 


Sculpture  Visited 


New  Kensington  Retirees'  Luncheon 


Barney  Rust,  a  retired  carpenter  from  Lo- 
cal 114,  East  Detroit,  Mich.,  sent  us  a 
photograph  of  the  bronze  sculptured  car- 
penter featured  on  our  September  cover. 
His  photograph  was  taken  before  the 
lunch  bucket  and  thermos  bottle  were  re- 
moved from  the  statue,  and  includes  his 
granddaughter,  Nicole  Ervin,  left,  and  a 
friend,  Debbie  Morland.  According  to 
Rust,  these  two  young  ladies  brought  a 
smile  to  the  bronze  face. 

Fancy  Butter  Churns 

"Polished  country"  is  the  way  Joseph 
Sinclair,  of  Local  1245,  Clearwater,  Fla., 
describes  the  products  he  creates.  He  makes 
a  variety  of  items,  but  the  most  chal- 
lenging task  he  has  encountered  is  the 
old-fashioned  butter  | 
chum  pictured  to  the 
right.  The  churn  is 
made  of  poplar  with 
stainless  steel  bands. 
His  daughter  paints 
country  scenes  on 
many  of  his  products 
before  they  are 
stained  to  gleaming 
finish.  Brother  Sin- 
clair was  formerly  a  ^ 
member  of  Local  ^ 
160,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.  ' 


Oldest  Member  Dies 

Feb.  3,  1985,  Ingvald  Watten  of  Local 
361,  Duluth,  Minn.,  reached  the  age  of  100. 
He  died  November  8  in  Park  Point  Manor. 

Bom  in  Kristiansund,  Norway,  and  a 
resident  of  Duluth  for  80  years,  Watten  was 
"a  good  mechanic  and  a  good  union  mem- 
ber," according  to  his  many  friends.  He 
designed  and  buik  many  houses  for  Con- 
tractor-Developer Gunnar  Johnson  over  a 
period  of  16  years.  He  retired  to  a  nursing 
home  at  the  age  of  73,  but  even  there  he 
continued  doing  carpentry  work  and  land- 
scaping during  his  first  10  years  there. 


Retirees'  Club  Number  32  of  Local  333,  New  Kensington,  Pa.,  gathered  at  the  Hill 
Crest  Country  Club  in  Lower  Burrell,  Pa.,  for  its  thrid  quarterly  luncheon.  Pictured 
above  from  left,  are  H.  Bohickik,  E.  Hvizdos,  M.  Shaffer,  M.  Kordos,  A.  Gutknecht,  J. 
Hettmen,  S.  DeSimone,  and  G.  Fiscus. 

Middle  row,  from  left,  are  J.  Talbot,  president:  B.  Eshbaugh;  A.  Kunkle;  E.  Boyd:  B. 
Davis:  J.  Deren:  J.  Burnett:  D.  Downs:  and  A.  Girard,  business  representative. 

Back  row,  from  left,  are  R.  Cribbs,  C.  Kammerdeiner,  E.  McMillen,  J.  Sommers,  J. 
Bahnak,  and  F.  Crissman. 


Avoid  Snow  Shoveling  As  You  Grow  Older 
Short  Stretches,  fCeep  yuarm 

Snow  shoveling  is  a  strenuous  exercise,  akin  to  weight-lifting.  It's  hard  on  the  heart 
(more  than  1,200  deaths  annually  are  linked  to  shoveling  snow)  and  on  legs,  arms  and  the 
back.  Even  those  in  good  physical  condition  must  be  careful  and  limit  what  they  do. 
Older  persons,  and  those  not  in  good  physical  condition,  should  leave  snow  shoveling  to 
others  or,  if  they  feel  they  must  shovel  the  snow,  they  should  do  it  carefully. 

Shoveling  is  an  isometric  exercise  that  requires  6  to  15  times  the  energy  that  a  body 
uses  at  rest — an  overload  then  can  make  enormous  demands  on  a  body's  cardiovascular 
system.  A  professional  magazine.  The  Physician  and  Sportsmedicine,  gives  some  tips: 

Use  a  short  shovel  with  a  small  scoop.  Dress  comfortably,  to  be  warm,  but  don't  dress 
so  heavily  that  you're  hot  inside:  Increased  body  temperature  can  add  stress  to  your 
cardiovascular  system.  Begin  gradually.  Lift  only  small  loads,  lifting  with  your  legs  and 
not  your  back,  pushing  the  snow  instead  of  lifting  if  you  can  and  avoid  straightening  up 
and  throwing  snow  aside.  Those  40  and  over  should  do  their  shoveling  in  short  stretches, 
resting  between  them.  Don't  take  the  dangerous  approach  of  thinking  you  want  to  get  the 
shoveling  over  with  and  then  rest. 

The  magazine  recommends  wearing  a  cold-weather  mask  or  a  scarf  to  help  warm 
inhaled  air.  And  it  warns  against  large  meals,  coffee,  tea,  colas,  alcohol  or  tobacco 
before  or  after  shoveling.  There  is  strong  medical  agreement  that  a  quick  drink  or  two 
will  help  ward  off  the  cold;  it  doesn't  and  may  even  make  the  dangers  of  cold  and 
exercise  harder  on  the  body. 

If  Your  Car  Won't  Start  In  Cold  Weather 
Jump  Starts,  Don't  Smoke 

Whether  you  drive  or  not,  cars  should  be  started  daily  in  cold  weather  and  run  for  five 
minutes  or  so. 

However,  starting  a  cold  car  puts  an  added  strain  on  batteries.  Millions  of  drivers  run 
into  trouble  every  winter;  auto  clubs  and  garages  have  a  difficult  time  trying  to  keep  up 
with  service  calls. 

Many  car  owners  buy  jump-start  cables  to  start  cars  themselves.  It's  more  dangerous 
than  nine  out  of  ten  realize.  The  National  Society  to  Prevent  Blindness  issues  warnings 
annually  against  battery-related  eye  injuries.  It  offers,  for  25  cents,  a  glow-in-the-dark 
sticker  listing  safety  tips.  Send  a  quarter  to  the  organization  at  79  Madison  Avenue,  New 
York,  NY  10016  and  request  the  battery  sticker. 

Briefly,  don't  smoke;  be  sure  ignitions  are  off  when  attaching  cables  (the  cars  should 
be  in  park  or  neutral  and  not  touching);  check  that  the  dead  battery  has  fluid  in  the  cells 
and  isn't  frozen);  be  sure  the  bad  battery  and  the  good  one  are  of  the  same  voltage,  and 
make  absolutely  certain  that  you  follow  jump-start  directions.  If  you  don't  know  what 
you're  doing,  don't  do  anything — your  safety,  your  battery,  and  your  car  could  be  in 
jeopardy  if  you  make  a  mistake. 


JANUARY,     1986 


29 


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N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001.  Indicate 
color  preferred. 


Recertification 
Vote  At  Nord 
Is  Contested 

On  Oct.  4,  1985,  the  National  Labor  Re- 
lations Board  ruled  that  the  E.  A.  Nord  Co., 
Everett,  Wash.,  had  committed  unfair  labor 
practices  in  its  dealings  with  UBC  Local 
1054,  and  had  wrongfully  interfered  with  the 
fairness  of  the  July  II,  1984,  decertification 
election. 

Therefore,  the  NLRB  ruled  that  a  new 
election  must  be  held  to  determine  whether 
Nord  employees  wished  to  be  represented 
by  UBC  Local  1054  after  all.  After  over  two 
years  of  strike  activity.  Brotherhood  mem- 
bers were  ready  to  cast  their  ballots  for  the 
UBC  in  the  Dec.  4,  1985,  election. 

The  election  results  favored  Local  1054: 
484  votes  were  cast  for  the  UBC,  and  284 
were  cast  against  the  union.  Unfortunately, 
the  464  votes  of  the  striking  Local  1054 
members  are  being  challenged  since  they 
had  not  worked  at  the  plant  in  over  12 
months.  This  12-month  ruling  is  currently 
being  contested  and,  once  again,  it  is  time 
to  wait  for  the  NLRB  decision. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that,  of  the  484 
votes  for  the  UBC,  20  votes  were  cast  by 
strike-breakers  brought  in  by  Nord. 


Quebec  Construction 
Election  Brings 
Indecisive  Results 


None  of  the  major  trade  unions  listed  on 
the  ballot  for  the  recent  province-wide,  con- 
struction-industry-representation election  in 
Quebec  won  a  decisive  majority  in  the  No- 
vember voting. 

Consequently,  two  of  them  will  have  to 
merge  their  memberships  in  order  to  gain 
total  representation  in  the  province,  accord- 
ing to  Claude  Lafontaine,  financial  secretary 
of  Local  2817. 

The  International  (representing  the  United 
Brotherhood)  garnered  approximately  IWc 
of  the  total  vote,  second  to  the  Federation 
des  Travailleurs  de  Quebec  (F.T.Q.),  which 


On  December  4,  the  day  of  the  NLRB 
recertification  election.  Local  1 054  mem- 
bers were  still  on  the  picket  line  after  874 
days  of  strike. 


General  Office 
Appointments 

General  President  Patrick  J.  Camp- 
bell has  announced  two  recent  staff 
appointments. 

Lewis  K.  Pugh  has  been  named  to 
head  the  UBC  Research  Department. 
He  fills  a  vacancy  created  by  the  death 
of  Nicholas  Loope  last  year.  Pugh 
has  been  working  with  Assistant  to 
the  General  President  Jim  Davis  on 
juridictional  matters.  Prior  to  that  he 
served  as  secretary  of  the  Washing- 
ton, D.C,  Md.,  Va.  District  Council 
of  Carpenters. 

Ted  Kramer,  formerly  with  the  Ap- 
prenticeship and  Training  Depart- 
ment, replaces  Pugh  in  the  Jurisdic- 
tional Department. 


obtained  approximately  42%  of  the  total 
vote. 

Quebec  millwrights  showed  almost  a  two- 
to-one  preference  for  the  International,  but 
Carpenters  ran  fourth  to  the  F.T.Q.,  the 
C.S.N.  (Confederation  des  Syndicate  Na- 
tionaux),  and  the  C.S.D.  (Centrale  des  Syn- 
dicate Democratiques.) 


The  executive  committee  of  Millwrights  Local  2182.  Montreal.  Que.,  played  a  vital  role 
in  the  recent  Quebec  construction  industry  election.  Its  members  include,  from  left.  M. 
Denis  Guertin.  Jean  Guy  Godin.  Jacques  Champagne.  Gerard  Renaud.  Roger  Desro- 
siers,  Jacques  Gelinas.  Germain  Parenteau.  Gilles  Apestiguy.  Francois  Lebel.  Gilles 
Douce t.  and  Dorima  Boulay. 


30 


CARPENTER 


Hazards  of  Winter 

The  snow  and  the  icicles  of  winter  bring 
both  joy  and  hardship  to  UBC  members  and 
their  families  across  the  land  this  month.  It's 
a  time  to  bring  out  the  blankets,  the  heaters, 
and  the  snow  plows.  We  offer  these  words  of 
caution: 


SNOW  THROWERS-Consumers  who 

clear  driveways  and  sidewalks  with  snow  throw- 
ers are  cautioned  by  safety  experts  to  use 
extreme  caution  when  clearing  snow  and  debris 
from  clogged  discharge  chutes  and  blocked 
augers  or  collectors  on  the  machines.  Keep 
your  hands  and  feet  away  from  all  rotating  and 
moving  parts.  Stop  the  engine  whenever  you 
leave  the  operator  position.  Even  better,  remove 
the  key,  spark  plug  wire,  or  power  cord.  Make 
sure  your  area  of  operation  is  a  good  distance 
from  other  people  and  pets.  Never  fill  the  fuel 
tank  indoors  or  add  fuel  to  a  running  or  hot 
engine.  Read  your  owner's  manual. 


Most  snow  thrower  injuries  fiappen  when  consumers 
try  to  clear  snow  from  the  discharge  chute  or  debris 
from  the  auger/collectors.  Keep  hands  arid  feet  away 
from  all  rotating  and  moving  parts. 


KEROSENE  HEATERS-Consumers 
planning  to  buy  a  kerosene  heater  this  winter 
should  check  state  and  local  building  codes  and 
fire  ordinances  to  determine  if  kerosene  heaters 
are  permitted.  New  voluntary  manufacturing 
standards  for  kerosene  heaters  became  effective 
all  over  the  U.S.  last  December,  the  Consumer 
Product  Safety  Commission  tells  us.  They  pro- 
vide for  additional  safety  features  which  were 
not  present  in  many  heaters  manufactured  ear- 
lier. When  purchasing  a  kerosene  heater,  look 
for  improved  guards  or  grills  that  reduce  the 
risk  of  bums;  a  manual  shut-off  device;  cau- 
tionary labels  that  stress  the  use  of  1-K  kero- 
sene; a  wick-stop  mechanism  that  prevents  a 
dangerously  low  setting. 


Manual 
Shut-Off 


Improved  guards 
or  grills. 


CAUTION:  Improper  fuel  may 
cause  pollution  and  sooting 
"of  the  burner.  Use  only  water 
clear  No.  1-K  Kerosene. 
DANGER:  Risk  of  explosion. 
Never  use  gasoline  in  this 
heater. 


CAUTION:  Risk  of 
indoor  air  pollution. 
Use  this  heater  only 
in  a  well  ventilated 
area.  See  operating 
instructions  for 
details. 


Wick-stop 
mechanism 


HEAT  TAPES — Homeowners  and  mobile 
home  residents  who  use  electric  heat  tapes  to 
prevent  exposed  water  pipes  from  freezing  are 
cautioned  by  government  safety  experts  to  in- 
spect the  tapes  for  possible  fire  hazards.  Also 
known  as  pipe  heating  cables,  heat  tapes  consist 
of  two  wires  enclosed  in  molded  plastic  insu- 
lation which  emit  heat  due  to  electrical  current 
passing  through  the  wires  when  the  cable  is 
plugged  into  an  outlet.  Some  heat  tapes  are 
plugged  in  year-round,  and  a  thermostat  located 
in  the  power  supply  cord  turns  on  the  tape 
whenever  the  outdoor  temperature  approaches 
freezing.  In  one  study  of  35  fires,  investigators 
learned  that  40%  of  the  heat  tapes  were  "ov- 
erwrapped";  that  is,  the  tape  was  lapped  over 
itself  when  the  consumer  installed  the  tape 
around  the  pipe.  When  in  doubt  have  a  qualified 
electrician  check  your  installation. 


•  Install  only  as  instructed. 

•  Heat  tape  must  not  overlap  or  touch  Itself. 

•  Replace  if  electrical  insulation  fias  deteriorated. 


JANUARY,     1986 


31 


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SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED. 


LONGEST  MILE 

A  young  man  took  a  job  painting 
higlnw/ay  stripes.  On  his  first  day, 
he  painted  for  10  miles;  the  second 
day,  five  miles:  and  the  third,  one 
mile.  On  the  fourth  day,  the  boss 
called  him  in  for  a  talk. 

"You're  fired,"  the  boss  said.  "You 
were  doing  fine  at  first,  but  now 

"I  can't  help  it,"  the  young  man 
explained.  "Each  day  I  get  farther 
from  the  paint  can." 

— Boys'  Life 

BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER' 

HUNTING  SEASON 

A  young  Swede  appeared  at  the 
county  judge's  office  and  asked  for 
a  license. 

"What  kind  of  a  license?"  asked 
the  judge.  "A  hunting  license?" 

"No,"  was  the  answer.  "Aye  tank 
aye  bane  hunting  long  enough.  Aye 
want  marriage  license." 

LOOK  FOR  THE  UNION  LABEL 

EPITAPH  TO  AN  OLD  MAID 

Here  lies  the  bones  of  Nancy  Jones 
For  her  life  held  no  terrors; 

She  was  born  a  maid,  died  a  maid. 
No  hits,  no  runs,  no  errors! 


LET'S  TAKE  TURNS 

First  Hunter;  "It's  getting  awfully 
late  and  we  haven't  hit  a  thing  yet." 
Second  Hunter;  "Let's  miss  two 
more  apiece  and  then  go  home." 
— Rubber  Neck 
URW  Local  26 

BOYCOTT  LP  PRODUCTS 

NO  SURPRISE  TO  HER 

The  husband  surprised  his  wife 
with  another  man  in  a  dimly-lighted 
cocktail  lounge.  "Well!"  he  shouted. 
"What  does  this  mean?' 

"See!"  exclaimed  the  wife  to  her 
table  companion.  "I  told  you  he  was 
stupid!" 

IMPORTS  HURT  *  Bl'Y  UNION 
CHURNED  MILK 

The  agricultural  expert  recently 
gave  a  group  of  gentlemen  farmers 
this  advice; 

"Never  milk  a  cow  during  a  thun- 
derstorm. She  may  be  struck  by 
lightning — and  you'll  be  left  holding 
the  bag." 


GOODBYE,  NOW 

A  passenger  in  a  plane  sat  re- 
laxed at  a  window  observing  the 
spectacle  of  the  heavens.  Suddenly 
a  parachutist  appeared  and  drifted 
by. 

"Going  to  join  me?"  the  parachu- 
tist yelled. 

"No,  I'm  very  happy  where  I  am," 
the  contented  passenger  an- 
swered. 

"Just  as  you  like,"  called  the 
parachutist,  "but  I'm  the  pilot," 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

In  the  midst  of  this  toil  and  strife 

I  haven't  got  time  for  a  wife 

If  I  stand  the  test 

I  will  have  compressed 

and  cut  down  on  the  years  of  my 

life. 

— James  MacDonald 
Dayton,  Ohio 


SEE,  CLUMSY! 

Did  you  hear  about  the  fellow 
who  fell  into  the  lensgrinding  ma- 
chine and  made  a  spectacle  of 
himself? 

ATTEND  LOCAL  MEETINGS 

WHAT'S  BRAVERY? 

A  Texan  was  trying  to  impress  on 
a  Bostonian  the  valor  of  the  heroes 
of  the  Alamo.  "I'll  bet  you  never  had 
anything  so  brave  around  Boston," 
he  boasted. 

"Did  you  ever  hear  of  Paul  Re- 
vere?" asked  the  Bostonian. 

"Paul  Revere?"  mused  the  Texan. 
"Isn't  he  the  guy  that  ran  for  help?" 
— Rubber  Neck 
URW  Local  26 

USE  UNION  SERVICES 

UNJUST  CRITICISM 

"The  younger  generation  is  get- 
ting a  lot  of  criticism  these  days.  I 
really  can't  condemn  them,  be- 
cause I  was  something  of  a  cutup 
myself  during  my  teens.  I  remember 
vividly  when  our  high  school  prin- 
cipal called  me  into  his  office  one 
afternoon.  He  had  my  entire  record 
in  front  of  him.  After  studying  it  for 
many  minutes,  he  looked  up  at  me 
and  said,  'Have  you  ever  thought 
seriously  of  becoming  a  dropout?" 

SUPPORT  'TURNAROUND' 

A  HEATED  REJOINDER 

The  salesman  breezed  into  the 
office  one  sultry  afternoon.  "Hi,  Wil- 
lie," he  greeted  the  office  boy. 
"Haven't  seen  you  in  a  long  time. 
How's  your  boss  standing  the  heat?" 

"Haven't  heard,"  came  Willie's 
terse  reply.  "He's  only  been  dead 
a  week." 

BUY  UNION  *  SAVE  JOBS 

GOOSE  BUMPS? 

Working  toward  his  Cooking  merit 
badge,  a  Scout  brought  home  a 
chicken,  plucked  it,  and  put  it  in 
the  oven.  When  he  opened  the  oven 
door  an  hour  later,  the  chicken  sat 
up,  and  said,  "Look,  kid,  either  turn 
on  the  heat  or  give  back  my  feath- 
ers." —Boys'  Life 


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Lafayette,  La. 
Picture  No.  1 


Lafayette,  La. 
Picture  No.  2 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


Lafayette,  La. — Picture  No.  3 


Lafayette,  La. — Picture  No.  4 


Lafayette,  La. — Picture  No.  6 


Lafayette,  La. 
Picture  No.  5 


Lafayette,  La. 
Picture  No.  7 


Lafayette,  La.— Picture  No.  1 0 

LAFAYETTE,  LA. 

Members  of  Local  1897  were  recently 
honored  for  their  dedicated  years  of  service  to 
the  UBC. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  46-year  member  Ben 
Trahan. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  44-year  member  Nelson 
Broussard. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  Kossuth  Broussard  and 
James  R.  Wise  who  received  their  40-year  pins. 


Lafayette,  La. — Picture  No.  8 

Picture  No.  4  shows  members  receiving  35- 
year  pins,  front  row,  from  left:  Edward  M. 
Sellars,  Norris  Latiolais,  R.  L.  Benoit,  Louis  J. 
Belsome,  and  Wallace  Domingue. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Dennis  Sellars  (who  was 
also  honored  for  his  31  years  of  service  to  the 
local  as  business  representative  and  financial 
secretary),  Forrest  J.  Rogers,  Elvie  Menard,  M. 
J.  Broussard,  Lennie  Arceneaux,  Pershing 
Gautreaux,  and  John  A.  Thibodeaux. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  36-year  member 
Antoine  Dugas. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  the  recipients  of  30- 
year  pins,  front  row,  from  left:  L.  J.  Dore, 
Vernon  Colson,  Louis  D.  Barras,  Didier 
Broussard,  and  Roy  Lasseigne. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Lionel  Wyble,  Percy 
Landry,  and  Woodrow  Tong. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  31 -year  member  Robert 
H.  Read. 

Picture  No.  8  shows  25-year  pin  recipients, 
front  row,  from  left:  Joseph  W.  Hebert,  Emile 
Guilbeau,  and  Clarance  Ducharme. 

Back  row,  from  left:  John  Meriweither, 
Ashton  Dugas,  Alton  Broussard,  and  Francis 
Broussard. 

Picture  No.  9  shows  20-year  pin  recipients, 
from  left:  Lawrence  Angelle,  Michael 


Lafayette,  La. — Picture  No.  9 

Ardeneaux,  Mentor  Doucet,  Wilbert  Foreman, 
and  Clyde  Jeansonne. 

Picture  No.  10  shows  22-year  member 
Keremic  P.  Bajat  Sr.  who  was  also  honored  for 
having  served  as  president  of  the  local  for  the 
past  10  years. 

Also  presented  with  service  pins,  but  not 
pictured  were:  45-year  pin  recipient  IHerman 
Sonnier;  40-year  pin  recipients  Joseph  Aycock, 
Leonard  Chaddick,  Olivier  J.  Credeur:  35-year 
pin  recipients  Saris  P.  Aucoin,  James  Aycock, 
Agnus  Broussard,  Ervy  Broussard,  Vincent 
Cradeur,  0.  P.  Davidson,  Wallace  Domingue, 
Albert  Eagilen,  James  Helton,  Sims  Laborde, 
Veillon  Martel,  R.  J.  Potier,  S.  J.  Benin,  Harold 
P.  Richard,  and  Joseph  D.  Savoie;  30-year  pin 
recipients  C.  A.  Arnould,  Stanley  Champeaux, 
Lawrence  Delahoussaye,  Eddie  Fontenot, 
Whitney  Gordon,  Herband  Guidry,  Wesley 
Malancon,  Russell  W.  Rosbury,  John  M. 
Trahan,  and  Sidney  Watkins;  25-year  pin 
recipients  Willie  Carter,  Weston  F.  Chiasson, 
Howard  Hebert,  John  Landry,  and  James  L. 
LeDoux;  20-year  recipients  Alfred  Bernard, 
Allen  Delahoussaye,  Paul  Domingue,  Paul 
Ducharme  Jr.,  Everette  Giroir,  Saul  J. 
Lavergne,  Richard  Petry,  Burleigh  J.  Pitre, 
Hubson  Resweber,  and  Ray  J.  Viator. 


JANUARY,     1986 


33 


Port  Huron,  Mich. 


Provo,  Utah — Picture  No.  2 

PROVO,  UTAH 

Local  1498  held  a  pin  presentation  dinner  to 
honor  longstanding  members  recently. 


Provo,  Utoh 
Picture  No.  3 


Picture  No.  1  shows  45-year  member  Rulon 
Western. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Allen  Hudson  and  A.  Dale  Bartholomew. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  member  Paul 
Allen. 


Ventura,  Calif. — Picture  No.  3 


VENTURA,  CALIF. 

At  Local  2463's  annual  picnic,  UBC  families 
enjoyed  a  barbecue  and  games,  and  members 
with  longstanding  service  received  pins. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  60-year  members 
Herman  Treiberg,  center,  and  Carl  Treiberg, 
right,  with  Ventura  District  Council  Secretary 
Sam  Heil. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  50-year  member  R. 
Trevor  Morgan,  right,  with  Heil. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  25-year  members,  front 


row,  from  left:  Jim  Foyil,  John  Brewton, 
Richard  Jacobson,  Larry  Wright,  Sam  Hudnall, 
Bob  Hofmann,  Lyie  Jensen,  Angel  Barraza,  L.D. 
McDowell,  and  Gene  Croxen. 

Middle  row,  from  left:  C.  P.  Wall<er,  Jim 
Kelley,  Floyd  Smith,  Lloyd  Harris,  Dale  Wilson, 
Nelse  Hicks,  Ray  Paolucci,  Refeigo  Villa,  and 
John  Fox. 

Back  row,  from  left:  John  Pryor,  Malcolm 
Cornett,  Harold  Baker,  John  Tye,  Larry  Dobbs, 
Ramon  Lightner,  Dale  Troxell,  Carl  Wright  Jr., 
and  Harvey  Gaskill. 


PORT  HURON,  MICH. 

The  members  of  Local  1067,  along  with  their 
wives,  families,  and  friends,  recently  gathered 
to  mark  the  50th  anniversary  of  the  local.  The 
celebration  was  two  years  in  coming,  but  this 
did  not  manage  to  dampen  the  spirits  of  the 
party-goers,  many  of  whom  were  awarded 
service  pins. 

Pictured  are  five  old-time  members  of  the 
local.  They  each  have  more  than  35  years  of 
service  to  the  UBC.  From  left:  Ed  Brune,  Jess 
Wingard,  Amos  Warwick,  Clint  Cooper,  and 
Don  Warr. 

Pin  recipients  included:  40-year  members  Ed 
Brune,  Clinton  Cooper,  Jim  Muldoon  Sr.,  Don 
Warr,  and  Jess  Wingard;  35-year  members 
Ralph  Dortman,  George  Gunn,  Harold  Keeler, 
Gaston  Lepine.  Wallace  Lindow,  Mac  May, 
Robert  Mcintosh,  Gordon  McKenzie  Jr.,  Gordon 
McKenzie  Sr.,  Willis  Rossow,  Clyde  Rushton, 
Nick  Sertich,  Charles  Smith,  Carl  Tenniswood, 
Amos  Warwick,  Cliff  Weber,  Victor  Weiland, 
John  Wilkins,  and  Bill  Cannon;  30-year 
members  Kenn  Appleford,  Morian  Cherry,  Don 
Clements,  Robert  Cline,  William  Cummins, 
Merle  Fleury,  Jack  French,  Erwin  Lawson,  John 
Martin,  Jim  Muldoon  Jr.,  Ed  Pauly,  and  Harry 
Turloff;  25-year  members  Charles  Coggins, 
Victor  Krosnicki,  Alex  Lessie,  and  Arnold 
Ready;  and  20-year  members  Urban  Angoli, 
Robert  Baldock  Sr.,  John  Beem,  Howard  Diem, 
Karl  Fasel,  Robert  Forstner,  Tom  Gilbert,  Ray 
Campbell,  Robert  Gunn,  Arlen  Hendrick,  Rex 
McCorkle,  Stan  Mollan,  Julius  Peyerk,  Dick 
Sopha,  Gary  Warwick,  and  Guy  James. 


Ventura,  Calif. — Picture  No.  1 


Ventura,  Calif. — Picture  No.  2 


34 


CARPENTER 


Beacon,  N.Y. — Picture  No.  5 

BEACON,  N.Y. 

Members  with  25  or  more  years  of  service  to 
the  Brotherhood  were  recently  honored  at  a 
Local  323  dinner  dance.  Presenting  the  service 
pins  was  General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell, 
the  local's  special  guest. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  45-year  members 
Pasquale  Cloffe,  Leonard  Coughlin,  and  F. 
Letterio  with  General  President  Campbell, 
Business  Representative  Louis  Amoros,  and 
First  District  General  Executive  Board  IVlember 
Joseph  Lia. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  President  Campbell, 
Board  Member  Lia,  and  Business 
Representative  Amoros  with  40-year  members 
N.  Johannets,  J.  Ranalli,  J.  Romanelli,  C. 
Caruso,  A.  J.  Letterio,  G.  Beckwith,  V. 
Romanelli,  A.  Pisanelli,  F.  Caruso,  and  A. 
Alberico. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members 
William  Kahara,  Robert  Claussen,  Dominic 
Corrado,  and  Michael  McCullough  being 
congratulated  by  the  honored  guests. 

Picture  No.  4  includes  30-year  members  J. 
Aylward,  D.  Capogna,  M.  Corcoran,  A. 
Gendron,  J.  Lia,  P.  McCabe,  F.  Meditz  Sr.,  M, 
Ranalli,  J.  Rose,  L.  Snickars,  A.  Wager,  J. 
White  Sr.,  R.  Yozzo,  and  J.  Zucca  and  the 
General  President. 

Picture  No.  5  shows,  from  left:  25-year 
member  Gerard  Schuder,  Lia,  Campbell,  25- 
year  member  Carl  Whitt  Jr.,  and  Amoros. 

Also  honored,  but  not  pictured  were:  60-year 
member  Dominic  A.  Papo  Sr.;  50-year 
member  Afred  Vitanza;  40-year  members  A. 
Martin  and  C.  Ten  Eyck;  35-year  members  Q. 
Ciancanelll,  Stanley  Fischer,  and  Janis  Lomanis; 
30-year  members  W.  Beyer,  H.  Haley,  G. 
Jurgeleit,  G.  Mirra,  W.  Schneider,  and  L. 
Vermeersch;  and  25-year  members  A. 
Antonecchia,  N.  Frusciante,  and  Julius  Zakis. 


Beacon,  N.Y.— Picture  No.  2 


The  "Service  To  The  Brother- 
hood" section  gives  recognition 
to  United  Brotherhood  members 
with  20  or  more  years  of  service. 
Please  identify  photographs 
clearly— prints  can  be  black  and 
white  or  color— and  send  material 
to  CARPENTER  magazine,  101 
Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Wash- 
ington, D.C.  20001 


Beacon,  N.Y. — Picture  No.  4 


Minneapolis,  Minn. — Picture  No.  1 


Minneapolis,  Minn. — Picture  No.  3 


MINNEAPOLIS,  MINN. 

Members  of  Local  1644  enjoyed  a  social 
hour  and  dinner  at  Jax  Cafe  in  Northeast 
Minneapolis  in  honor  of  members  with  25  years 
and  50  years  of  service  to  the  Brotherhood. 
President  Edward  Svoboda  and  Trustee  Kenneth 
Norling  presented  the  service  pins  to  the 
members,  with  a  special  plaque  presentation  to 
Douglas  Guliffer,  recently  retired  treasurer,  for 
his  26  years  of  service. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Mario  Johnson,  Melvin  Balzer,  Victor 
Ecklund,  Alan  Twistol,  Alvin  Rinta,  Darryl 
Brinker,  Wendell  Erickson,  William  Hurd, 
Raymony  Sturm,  Conrad  Isenberg,  and  Roy 
Koski. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  Business  Rep.  Wm.  P. 
Lukawski  Jr.,  left,  and  Retired  Treasurer 
Gullifer. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  50-year  members,  from 
jeft:  Paul  Jorgensen,  George  Huffman,  and 
President  Svoboda. 

Arthur  Petersen  also  received  a  50-year  pin, 
but  was  unable  to  attend  the  ceremony. 


JANUARY,     1986 


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Labor  Unified 

Continued  from  Page  4 

by  UTU;  names  panel  to  study  dispute 
.  .  .  Labor  Day  parades  and  picnics  show 
resurgence  of  solidainty  .  .  .  Sheet  Metal 
union  launches  drive  to  protect  members 
from  asbestos  .  .  .  Administration  backs 
bill  to  reverse  Supreme  Court  in  overtime 
pay  case  .  .  .  Trade  bills  move  in  Con- 
gress; Reagan  'free  trade'  attacked  .  .  . 
Labor  urges  Congress  to  extend  trade 
adjustment  assistance  .  .  .  Auto  Workers 
mark  50th  anniversary  as  union  which 
has  'made  history'  .  .  .  Full  appeals  court 
panel  upholds  OSHA's  hearing  protec- 
tion rule  .  .  .  Rubber  Workers  honor 
founders,  look  to  trade  concerns  on  50th 
anniversary  .  .  . 

OCTOBER — Jobless  rale  edges  up  to 
7.1%;  manufacturing  job  losses  continue 
.  .  .  Unions  reach  stock  sale  agreement 
with  Conrail,  Morgan  Stanley  .  .  .  UTU 
reaches  tentative  pact  with  major  rail- 
roads ...  U.S.  bishops  say  social  justice 
must  underlie  all  economic  decision  mak- 
ing ..  .  House  passes  bill  to  curb  textile, 
apparel  imports  .  .  .  Chemical  accidents 
since  1980  cause  135  deaths,  1,500  inju- 
ries .  .  .  Auto  Workers  strike  Chrysler 
over  wage,  job  security  issues  .  .  .Labor, 
state,  local  governments  reach  time-and- 
half  pact  .  .  .  AIW  50th  anniversary  con- 
vention launches  organizing  drive  .  .  . 
UAW  pact  with  Chrysler  restores  parity 
with  GM,  Ford  .  .  .  Steelworkers, 
Wheeling-Pittsburgh  reach  settlement,  end 
three-month  strike  .  .  . 

NOVEMBER— Jobless  rate  hangs  at 
7.1%;  no  jobs  for  8.3  million  workers  .  .  . 
Kirkland  in  AFL-CIO  convention  key- 
note lashes  'enemies  of  labor,'  vows 
movement  will  organize  and  grow  .  .  . 
Gramm-Rudman  dangerous  to  economy, 
domestic  programs,  budget  process,  la- 
bor says  .  .  .  UTU  ratifies  pact  with 
railroads  .  .  .  Jacobson  elected  ILCA 
president  .  .  .  AFL-CIO  convention  urges 
action  to  curb  unfair  trade  .  .  .  Nation's 
trade  deficit  soars  to  new  record  in  Sep- 
tember .  .  .  Worker  deaths  jump  to  3,740 
in  "84;  record  rise  in  injuries,  illnesses 
.  .  .  Senate  votes  to  limit  imports  of 
textiles,  clothing,  shoes,  copper  .  .  . 
Modest  plant  shutdown  bill  killed  by 
House  .  .  . 


DECEMBER — House  panel  keeps 
worker  benefits  tax-free  .  .  .  Kirkland 
sees  labor  adapting  to  workforce,  polit- 
ical changes  .  .  .  Inflation  up,  workers' 
real  wages  down  in  October  .  .  .  Martin 
Marietta  workers  certified  for  import 
benefits  .  .  .  Shoe  imports  up  29%  over 
year  earlier  .  .  .  Wall  blasts  denial  of 
veterans  benefits  to  seamen  .  .  .  UA 
program  prepares  school  kids  for  earth- 
quakes .  .  .  Labor,  allies  mount  drive 
behind  Democratic  tax  relief  .  .  .  Jobless 
rate  dips  to  7.0%;  no  work  for  8. 1 .  million 
.  .  .  Labor  demands  government  toughen 
benzene,  formaldehyde  rules  .  .  .  MEBA 
announces  plans  to  organize  air  traffic 
controllers  .  .  .  Construction  spending 
increases  slightly.  IJrjfJ 


36 


CARPENTER 


in  mEmoRinm 


The  following  list  of  674  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $1,239,863.67  death  claims  paid  in  October  1985;  (s) 
following  name  in  listing  indicates  spouse  of  members 


Local  Union,  City 


Local  Union,  City 


Local  Union,  dry 


1  Chicago,  IL — Carroll  E.  Johnson,  Elizabeth  F.  Con- 
nolly (s). 

4  Davenport,  lA — Edmund  P.  Klosterman,  Frederick 
W.  Schreck. 

5  St.  Louis,  MO— William  F.  Chlanda. 

6  Hudson  County,  NJ — Joseph  M.  Abbatiello. 

7  Minneapolis,  MN — Alfred  Lawrence  Johnson,  Keith 
Armstrong,  Kristian  Utgaard.  Marvin  C.  Gordon, 
Pete  E.  Johnson. 

8  Philadelphia,  PA — Anni  Karlberg  (s),  Rudolph  Thorn- 
sen. 

9  Buffalo,  NY— Samuel  Carson. 

11  Cleveland,  OH— George  W.  Dearth,  James  M.  Ma- 
gee.  John  Mortier. 

12  Syracuse,  NY — Frank  J.  Maher,  John  Carlson. 

14  San  Antonio,  TX — Mary  Jane  Esser  (s). 

15  Hackensack,  NJ — Alfred  Marciano,  Angelo  Caruso, 
Gina  Delvecchio  (s).  John  Eberle.  Martin  Klaassen. 
Jr.,  Raymond  MacDonaid.  William  Palko. 

16  Springfield,  IL — Warren  H.  Hopwood. 

17  Bronx,  NY — Joseph  Principe.  Lawrence  Porcelli, 
Sigurd  A.  Hansen. 

18  Hamilton,  Ont.,  CAN— Donal  Clement. 

22  San  Francisco,  C\ — Albert  Hambelton.  Alfons  Sten, 
David  S.  Johnston,  Donald  R.  Cowger,  Frances  B. 
Lee  (s),  Griffith  Lewis  Thomas,  Robert  L.  Carpen- 
ter. 

24  Central,  CT — Carmen  Christiano. 

25  Los  Angeles,  CA— Hal  Harris. 

30    New  London,  CT— Oliver  E.  Wolff 

34  Oakland,  CA— Alfred  R.  Felix.  Genevieve  D.  Wright 
(s). 

35  San  Rafael,  CA— Donald  MacKay. 

36  Oakland,  CA — Axel  E.  Johnson,  Daryl  W.  Langseth, 
Don  Ross,  Elmer  C.  Hofstra,  Esther  M.  Fiori  (s). 
Gilbert  W.  Thompson.  Josephine  Stump  (s),  Leo  A. 
Ringleman,  Lester  S.  Holmes.  Mack  Washington. 
Mae  Alma  Mello  (s),  Mark  R.  Paulson,  Verne  S. 
Thompson. 

40  Boston,  MA — James  O'Connor. 

41  Woburn,  MA— Harold  W.  Finethy. 

42  San  Francisco,  CA — Nicholas  J.  UnisofT,  Pedro 
Cacicedo. 

43  Hartford,  CT— Emil  Cardillo.  James  Davis. 

47  St.  Louis,  MO— Hobert  Cari  Bowen.  Joseph  F. 
Feldhaus. 

48  Fitchburg,  MA— Arthur  Breau. 

50    Knoxville,  TN— Geneva  Russell  (s). 

53    While  Plains,  NY— Elizabeth  W.  Brown  (s).  John 

H.  Anderson. 
55    Denver,  CO — Clarence  E.  Grannell.  Clyde  E.  Green. 

James  T.  Stovall. 

60  Indianapolis,  IN — D.  F.  Geier,  Lloyd  Luzader. 

61  Kansas  City,  MO— Everette  H.  Dorman.  Harold  R. 
Matney,  Jack  R.  Manning,  Odessa  Hornbuckle  (s), 
Olen  R.  Knight,  Orville  L.  Lubben,  Pete  Z.  Koury, 
Virgil  Vangordon. 

64  Louisville,  KY — Roberta  Mae  Brown  (s). 

65  Perth  Amboy,  NJ — Edward  J.  Grobleski. 

73  St.  Louis,  MO— John  Q.  Sanguinelt.  Sr. 

74  Chattanooga,  TN — Bemie  Stuart  Hamilton  (s).  James 
P.  Roberson,  Logan  H.  Mc Arthur. 

76  Hazelton,  PA — Catherine  Zanolini  (s).  Mabel  Gerber 
(s),  Raymond  Bosack. 

80  Chicago,  Il^Charles  L.  Cook.  William  C.  Schulz. 
Jr.,  William  E.  Oldenburg. 

81  Erie,  PA— Carl  Robert  Imler,  Edward  W.  Buetiko- 
fer,  John  J.  Surovick. 

85     Rochester,  NY— William  H.  Haupt.  Jr. 

87    SI.  Paul,  MN— William  P.  Sower. 

89    Mobile,  AL — John  Freeman  Brown. 

94  Providence,  RI — Angeline  D.  Peloquin  (s),  John 
Thorsen,  Salvatore  Reale,  Seymour  Laprad,  Victor 
Minus,  William  Lund.  William  Richardson. 

98    Spokane,  WA— John  J.  Whiltaker. 

101  Ballimore,  MD— Spencer  C.  Scott. 

102  Oakland,  CA— Kenton  Eli  Yoder.  Thomas  William 
Vollmer,  William  Patrick  Napier. 

104  Daylon,  OH— William  D.  Barker. 

105  Cleveland,  OH— Eileen  Ann  Luzar  (s).  Leo  J.  Boh- 
land,  Lloyd  L.  Leiendecker,  Robert  D.  Joyce. 

106  Des  Moines,  lA — Albert  W.  Dick,  Ernest  Macrow. 
Rachel  McBirnie  (s). 

109    Sheffield,  AL-Gladys  D.  Whitfield  (s). 
HI    Lawrence,  MA — Domenic  J,  Gangi. 

113  Middletown,  OH— Owen  H.  King. 

114  East  Detroit,  MI — Andrew  Scott  Topp.  Carol  A. 
Weston  (s).  Jeremiah  Clancy.  Paul  Brenner.  Paul 
Fernandes,  Pearl  Spicer,  Ralph  A.  Plichta.  Raymond 
Brett,  Theophiel  Verkouille,  Torstein  Sorfonn. 

118    Detroit,  MI— ChffO,  Wright,  Otis  May,  Ruth  Martha 

Henrion  (s). 
121     Vineland,  NJ— John  Kleppe. 
124    Passaic,  NJ— Lavera  Utter  (si. 

131  Seattle,  WA— Archie  Vanslyck,  August  Brace,  Betty 
Lister  (s),  Fred  Schmidt,  George  S.  Werstiuk,  Hilda 
May  Niemi  (s),  John  W.  Cloughley,  Lloyd  H. 
McFarland,  Theodore  H.  Bode,  Sr. 

132  Washington,  DC— Albert  W.  Smith,  Charlotte  Anna 
Thrall  (s),  James  W.  Vandegrifl,  John  T.  Mitchell. 
Samuel  Woods. 

133  Terre  Haute,  IN— Walter  J.  Ogbom 


135    New  York,  NY— Michael  Muc. 

141  Chicago,  IL — Eari  E.  Richards.  Johan  Emil  Ander- 
son, William  Turk. 

142  Pittsburgh,  PA— Peter  George. 

144    Macon,  GA— Marshall  I.  Tucker,  Sr. 

161  Kenosha,  WI— Morris  M.  Barnett. 

162  San  Mateo,  CA — Juanita  Wischhusen  (s). 

163  Peekskill,  NY— John  Valimaa. 

166    Rock  Island,  IL — Juanita  Capps  (s),  Quentin  Palm- 

gren,  Robert  T.  Leach. 
168    Kansas  City,  KS— Donald  E.  Yach,  Harry  E.  Terrell. 
171    Youngstown,  OH — Edward  Gradski.  Joseph  Hucko. 

Sr. 
180    Vallejo,  CA— Dick   Aguilera,   Lester  E.   Hallford, 

Vivian  T.  Hood  (s). 

182  Cleveland,  OH — Henry  Liebmann,  Jr. 

183  Peoria,  lU-Russel  Horn. 

184  Salt  Lake  City,  UT— Edward  H.  Colton,  Joseph  L. 
Montgomery.  Joseph  W.  Jorgensen,  Milton  Cun- 
dick,  Reulon  R.  Gallagher. 

186    Steubenville,  OH— John  J.  Takach.  Jr. 

188  Yonkers,  NY— Peter  R.  Nicol. 

189  Quincy,  IL — Raymond  H.  Eickelschulte. 

198  Dallas,  TX— James  C.  McWilliams.  Lillian  Coving- 
ton (s),  Orie  Spencer  (s),  Walter  G.  Rhodes. 

200  Columbus,  OH— Clyde  H.  Blackburn,  Kenneth  K. 
Kummer,  Robert  E.  Rush. 

201  Wichita,  KS— Harry  P.  Anderson. 

206    Newcastle,  PA — Greg  H.  Paul,  Louis  J.  Sanfelice, 

William  R.  Heim. 
210    Stamford,  CT— Alexander  Newton,  Olive  M.  Danks 

(s). 
218    Boston,  MA— Daisy  B.  Adams  (s). 
222    Washington,  IN— Charles  R.  Berry. 

247  Portland,  OR— Melvin  W.  Tonkinson. 

248  Toledo.  OH— Merrill  R.  Scheanwald. 

249  Kingston,  Ont.,  CAN— Beatrice  Isabelle  Roper  (s). 

250  Lake  Forest,  IL — George  E.  McClinlock. 
254    Cleveland,  OH — Milton  Solomon. 

256    Savannah,  GA — William  E.  Pye. 

258  Oneonta,  NY — John  Johnsen. 

259  Jackson,  TN— James  R.  Pipkin 

260  Berkshire  County,  MA— Gilbert  F.  Rudd 

261  Scranton,  PA — Frank  Frankosky. 

262  San  Jose,  CA — Carlos  Souza. 

264  Milwaukee,  WI — Albert  Laverenz. 

265  Saugerties,  NY — Edmund  Baron,  Leslie  Kealor. 
267    Dresden,  OH— Esther  Louise  Rickelts  (s).  Otto  C. 

Heft. 

269    Danville,  II^George  E.  Porter. 

272    Chicago  Hgt.,  II^Frederick  A.  Burzlaff. 

275    Newton,  MA— Ruth  Cooper  (s). 

278  Walertown,  NY— Carmen  Scudera.  Dwight  E.  Wal- 
ton. Kermit  Walrath. 

280  Niagara-Gen.  &  Vic,  NY — George  F.  Jacobs,  James 
G.  Kelly.  William  T.  Davis. 

283    Augusta,  GA — Decherd  Cornelius  Smith. 

287    Harrisburg,  PA— Aden  G.  Light. 

297     Kalamazoo,  Ml — Edwin  Manchester. 

308    Cedar  Rapids,  lA— Vera  Jackson  (s). 

311     Joplin,  MO— Kenneth  E.  Meador.  Malloy  B.  Schroll. 

314     Madison,  WI— Rudolf  Faust. 

316  San  Jose,  CA— Hubert  R.  Mitchell,  Jennie  R.  Kiser 
(s).  Mary  A.  Schmidt  (s),  William  T.  Duncan. 

317  Aberdeen,  WA — Erik  Bergstrom. 

323  Beacon,  NY— Alfred  Vitanza. 

324  Waco,  TX— Raymond  G.  Rejcek. 

338    Seattle,  WA— Elwood  Frank  Jensen.  Robert  O.  Banks. 

344  Waukesha,  WI — Traman  Rheingans. 

345  Memphis,  TN — Edward  Gale  Buckley.  Emanuel  P. 
Williams.  Loyd  N.  Pritchard,  Margaret  White  (s). 

347  Mattoon,  IL — Harry  F.  Haveman. 

348  New  York,  NY — Adrian  Ahearn.  Milton  Vanhom, 
Robert  Collins. 

355    Buffalo.  NY— Richard  Sitarek. 

359    Philadelphia,  PA — John  L.  Oechsner.  Joseph  M. 

Williams. 
363    Elgin,  IL — John  Ducey. 
370    Albany,  NY— Beatrice  A.  Cardinal  (s).  Frank  J. 

Piela.  Robert  H.  Pelkey. 
388    Richmond,  VA — Jacqueline  P.  Fortune  (s). 
393    Camden,  NJ — Leon  A.  Hudson. 
400    Omaha,  NE— Avis  Nadine  Hyde  (s). 

403  Alexandria,  LA — Wilkerson  K.  O'Quinn. 

404  Lake  County,  OH — Clarence  Eugene  Turnquist.  Sr.. 
Glenn  Chester  Sharp. 

411    San  Angelo,  TX — Arrie  Thelma  Wachsmann  (s). 

Vivian  Gale  Preas  (s). 
417    St.  Louis,  MO — Bernice  E.  Mundschenk  ts).  Lorenz 

T.  Hammerschmidt. 
434    Chicago,  IL — Lansing  Lockwood,  Paul  Louise.  Rose 

Anna  Spagnola  (s).  Rudolph  M.  Stone.  Shirley  M. 

Peele  (si. 

454  Philadelphia,  PA— Fred  D.  Bowe.  James  D.  Harvey. 

455  Somerville,  NJ— Joseph  C.  Keller. 
458    Clarksville,  IN— Robert  Dismore. 
4*0    Wausau,  WI— Elizabeth  Sharpe  (s). 
475    Ashland,  MA— James  F.  Hutch 

480     Freeburg,  II^EIIsworth  H.  Rea,  Lester  Gegel. 
483    San  Francisco,  CA — Fred  Moltzen.  Henry  Meints. 
Sr. 


493     Ml.  Vernon,  NY— John  Garzi,  Joseph   L.   Smith, 

Philip  Santoro. 
512    Ann  Arbor,  MI— Otto  Scherdt. 
514    Wilkes  Barre,  PA— Michael  Yamelski. 
517    Portland,  ME— Hilding  A.  Berg. 
526    Galveston,  TX — Dorena  Horn  Chambers  (s). 
530    Los  Angeles,  CA — Marvel  Vanhorn. 
535     Norwood,  MA — Edward  Landry. 
541     Washington,  PA— Edith  Mae  Sickles  (s). 

557  Bozeman,  MT — Garret  Van  Dyken 

558  Elmhurst,  II^Mary  B.  Simpson  (s). 
562     Everett,  WA— Charles  Balsiger. 

576    Pine  Bluff,  AR— Willie  M.  Burt. 

586    Sacramento,  CA — B.  George  McFariand,  Florence 

V.  Bowling  (s).  Milton  S.  Compton.  William  G. 

Engberg. 

595  Lynn,  MA — Charles  B.  Packard.  Edwin  Sullivan. 

596  St.  Paul,  MN— Dale  A.  Holman.  Gordon  Carl  Bart- 
lett.  Joann  C.  Kenyon  (s). 

599    Hammond,  IN— Allison  Walker.  Bill  Martin. 

608  New  York,  NY— Robert  McGinn.  Segundo  Rodri- 
guez. 

609  Idaho  Falls,  ID— Lester  B.  Martin. 

610  Port  Arthur,  TX— John  W.  Childers. 

611  Portland,  OR— Karl  1.  Hedin. 
620    Madison,  NJ— John  Seiter. 

622  Waco,  TX— Thurman  A.  Walker 

623  Atlantic  County,  NJ — Frank  M.  Primerano 

625  Manchester,  NH— Leslie  F.  Slade 

626  Wilmington,  DE— Arthur  Dunfee,  Clifford  H.  Sim- 
pers, Frederick  L.  Schroeder,  Robert  H.  Thomas. 

627  Jacksonville,  FL — Geneva  D.  Surrency  Sides  (s), 
Thomas  H.  Bulford.  William  J.  Carwile. 

638  Marion,  IL — George  T.  Cox.  Robert  E.  Dotson. 

639  Akron,  OH — Emery  Baum.  John  L.  Lewis. 

640  Metropolis,  IL— Earl  Abbott.  Phyllis  Melba  Rub- 
enacker  (s),  Ralph  Stone. 

642    Richmond,  CA — Delbert  Howard. 

665    Araarillo,  TX— Ernest  P.  Jones,  Jerrel  H.  Slagle. 

668    Palo  Alto,  CA— Peter  B.  Biedma. 

696    Tampa,  FI^Katie  P   Pate  (s). 

698    Covington,  KY— Raymond  Wood. 

703  Lockland,  OH— Edward  C.  Cramer. 

704  Jackson,  MI — Arthur  D.  Vernon. 

710  Long  Beach,  CA — Abraham  F.  Mosher,  James  0. 
Horsager,  Lawrence  O.  Grossnickle. 

715    Elizabeth,  NJ — Vincent  Mannuzza. 

721  Los  Angeles,  CA — Arturo  Santiesteban.  Donald  L. 
Conklin.  Ernest  Mitchell.  Marion  L.  Powell. 

732    Rochester,  NY— John  P.  McBride. 

735  Mansfield,  OH— Chas.  G.  Lovering.  Gale  W.  Allen, 
Maxine  V.  Wynn  (s). 

740    New  York,  NY— Vincent  D.  Weyer. 

743    Bakersfield,  CA— Gracie  Thelma  Williams  (s). 

745    Honolulu,  HI — Charles  Misao  Hamasaki. 

751  Santa  Rosa,  CA — Doris  Rose  Graveland  (s).  Ferdi- 
nand Jackl. 

753  Beaumont,  TX — James  H.  Thomas,  Levi  H.  Oker- 
vall. 

758    Indianapolis,  IN— Elizabeth  V.  Eckart  (s). 

770    Yakima,  WA— Chauncey  W.  McDonald. 

781     Princeton,  NJ— William  J.  Birch. 

785    Cambridge,  Out.,  CAN— Ursula  Rose  Mclver  (s). 

792    Rockford,  II^Robert  W.  Adams. 

819     West  Palm  Beach,  FI^-Goldie  M.  Smith  (s). 

824    Muskegon,  MI — Frank  Sharnowski. 

839  Des  Plaines,  IL — Cecil  Eldrige.  James  Iddings.  John 
R.  Campbell. 

845  Clifton  Heights,  PA— George  J.  Wilds. 

846  Lethbdge  Alta,  CAN— Charlie  Taniguchi.  L.  Dean 
Lamb. 

857    Tucson,  AZ— Alex  K.  Parker,  Jr..  Edwin  V.  Derton, 

Joseph  A.  Carroll,  Paul  S.  McNeil.  Sr. 
873    Cincinnati,   OH — Douglas   Rothermel.  Grover  B. 

Rocklin. 
891    Hot  Springs,  AR— Earl  N.  Palton 
900    Alloona,  PA— Kermit  P.  Poor. 
902    Brooklyn,  NY— David  Uberti.  Earl  Sletner. 
906    Glendale,  AZ— Geraldine  K.  Beaty  (s). 
943    Tulsa,  OK— Edward  Leon  Clifton,  James  H.  Scog- 

gins.  John  Edgar  Hamon. 
948    Sioux  City,  lA— Clarence  P.  Dolan. 
953    Lake  Charles,  LA— Lloyd  Mitchell.  Randolph  Chau- 

vin.  Walter  J.  Fuselier. 
958    Marquette,  Ml — Arnold  Peterson.  Roy  F.  Brown. 
964     Rockland  County,  NY— David  Dippre,  Elizabeth  J. 

Attigliato  (si. 
976    Marion,  OH— John  R.  Erwin.  Paul  Oberle.  Wesley 

R.  Hartley, 
993    Miami,  FL— Earl  H.  Moore. 
998    Royal  Oak,  MI— John  D,  Flowers.  John  T.  Parker, 

Michael  Peters,  Peter  Olsen,  Vaino  Rajanen. 
1005    Merrillville,  IN — Emilio  A.  Arceo.  James  W.  Jones, 

Steve  P.  Horvatich. 
1014    Warren,  PA — David  E.  Helander,  Ernest  Johnson, 
1022    Parsons,  KS— John  Atherton. 
1024    Cumberiand,  MD— Frederick  E.  Wolfe,  Jack  H. 

Kendall. 
1027    Chicago,  lU-William  O.  Binning. 
1040    Eureka,  CA — Andrew  Swanback.  Norton  Sleenfott, 
1042    Plaltsburgh,  NY— Theresa  G.  Boulrice  (s). 


JANUARY,     1986 


37 


Local  Union.  On  /.or 

ID44     Palm  Springs.  CA— Ludvig  A    Dalos  1452 

105«  Philadelphia.  PA— Gene  Mecoli.  Walter  Bowman  1453 
1052     Hollywood.    CA— Charles    N     Pennington,    Harry 

Preston  Kccfer,  Helen  Rose  Shuck  (s).  Stanley  P.  1454 

Weisbard.  William  A   Sorensen,  1456 
1062     Santa  Barbara,  CA— Val  Ariza. 
1067     Port  Huron,  MI— Tom  Wood. 

107J     Philadelphia,  PA— Walter  Moore.  1498 

1074  Eau  Claire,  WI— Reginald  M  McKay  1506 
1079     Sleubenville.  OH— Earl  R    Fmnev,  Sr. 

1089     Phoenix.  AZ— John  Pivoda.  Talhen  N.  Bushy.  1507 

1093    Clencove.  NV— Margaret  D.  Cunningham  (si.  1519 

1097     Longview,  TX— Sybil  Dean  Craver  Keese  Is).  1529 

IIM     Tyler.  TX— Karl  Bell  Sword.  1532 

1108  Cleveland.  OH— Frieda  Geiger  Isl.  John  Kloos  1536 
1125     Los  Angeles,  CA— Clam  W.  Done,  Harry  Chrtord 

Scott.  Maja  E,  Larson  (s),  1545 

1KV4     Ml.  Kisco,  NY— Ralph  Defeo  1553 

1142     Lawrenceburg.  IN— William  D.  Rinehart.  1554 

1146     Green  Bay.  WI— Kenneth  Hermsen  1564 

1149     San  Francisco.  CA— Ethel  J- Meadors  (si.  James  A,  1571 

Fame  II 

1151  Thunder  Bay  Ontario.  CAN— Lena  Andreychuk  (si  1590 
1164     New  York.  NV— Anna  lacopelli  Is),  Elsie  Bremer 

(s)  1596 

1173     Trinidad.  CO— Walter  Goad  1597 

1185     Chicago,  IL— John  R    Ryan  1598 

1188  Ml.  Carmel.  IL— David  Williams.  1599 
1194     Pensacola,  FL— Howell  C   Cobb 

1205     Indio.  CA— Herbert  G    Pflueger  1607 

1207     Charleston.  WV— James  M    Harper.  1618 

1216  Mesa.  AZ— Jeanne  M.  Day  (s).  1622 
1226     Pasadena.  TX— Ira  Aydelott 

1250  Homestead.  Fl^-Edwin  B.  McCall,  Marvin  L.  Sou-  1632 
(hard  1635 

1251  N.  Westminster  BC,  CAN— Johannes  Tebaerts  1659 

1266  Austin,  TX— Homer   B    Guinn,   Walter  E     Wind-  1664 
meyer  1665 

1267  Worden.  IK— Elmer  F  Fech  1685 
1278  Gainesville.  Fl^James  M  Williams  1689 
1281     Anchorage.  AK— Donald   E.   Church.   Kenneth   E.  1713 

Doerpinghaus.  Paul  T   Horton  1739 

1296     San  Diego.  CA— Harper  Shepard.  Harry  W    Berry.  1752 

Leon  E.  Palmer  1764 

1301     Monroe.  Ml— Charles  Walker  1765 

1305     Fall  River.  MA— Leionel  A    Benoit.  Manuel  Alves.  1772 

Margaret  R.  Correia  (s).  1778 

1307  Evanslon.  II^Earl  Gathercoal.  Elmer  Stoll.  John  1780 
Martin  Olsen.  1789 

1308  Lake  Worth.  Fl,— Edward   Hoimlo,   Mane  Emma  1815 
Aurore  Lalonde  (s). 

1319     Albuquerque,  NM— Charlcie  L.  Martin  (s). 

1337     Tuscaloosa,  AU-Charlcs  William  Barney,  1821 

1342     Irvington,  NJ — Fannie  Malanga  (s).  Jose  Morales.  1822 

Magnus  Nielsen. 

1358     La  Jolla,  CA— Edgar  J    Scoville  1832 

1365     Cleveland,  OH— Johann  Febel  1845 

1371     Gadsden,  AL— Homer  Chester  Stephens.  William  1846 

O   Si   John. 

1377     Buffalo,  NY— James  Ryan,  1849 

1400     .Santa  Monica,  CA— Donald  O,  Nosker.  Edwin  W  1856 

Clark 

1407     .San  Pedro,  CA— Leonard  J,  Kuller,  1861 

1411     Salem,  OR— Lon  J    Barrett  1865 

1418  Lodi,  CA — Clarence  Fredenck.  Paul  Chancey 

1419  Johnstown.  PA— Bealnce  Keipcr  (s)  1913 
1423     Corpus  Christie,  TX— Dora  Emelia  Wendt  (si,  Tom- 

mie  Rounlree  (s)  1921 
1438     Warren.  OH— Marvin  B,  Hart,  Raymond  Panse, 

1445     Topeka,  KS— Charles  A    Adams.  John  A    Daven-  1931 

port  1971 


/  Unum,  Cin 
Detroit,  MI — Herman  A,  Hofmann.  Mike  Cielic/ka 
Huntington  Beach,  CA — George  F,  French,  Maurice 
Aimc  LeBlanc 

Cincinnati,  OH — Charlene  Motley  (s), 
Nev*  ^'ork.  NY — Dons  F   Kelly  (s).  Einar  Johannes- 
sen.  James  Dunn.  Manne  E,  Eks(am.  Nils  O,  Olsen. 
Ronald  Manm,  Thomas  Dolan, 
Provo,  LIT — Byron  Parker.  George  E.  Anderson, 
Los  Angeles,  CA — John  McDonald.  Sherman  Hill. 
Willard  P    MacGillivray, 
F.I  Monte,  CA— Henry  B,  Colver 
Ironton,  OH — Austin  B,  Stevens 
Kansas  Cily,  KS — George  W    Armstead, 
Anacortes,  WA — Mildred  Eugenia  Mclnnes  (s). 
New  York,  NY — John  Kennedy,  Theresa  Blasucci 
(s) 

Wilmington,  DE — Francis  E,  Gott. 
Culver  Cily,  CA— Josef  Gauss,  Willie  D,  Kimble 
Miami,  Fl^ — Ignacio  Castellanos. 
Casper,  WY— Robert  R,  Kowalski, 
East  San  Diego,  CA — Hans  C,  Petersen.  James  L. 
Manin.  Melvin  C,  Kraft.  Wilber  F    Bennett, 
Washington,  DC — Glen  F,  Evans.  Henry  Borgersen. 
Nicholas  Loope, 

SI.  Louis,  MO— Michael  R,  Love. 
Bremerton,  WA — Edgar  E.  Adams, 
Victoria.  BC,  CAN— James  E,  Allman, 
Redding.  CA— Ernest  J,  Shelley.  Robert  S    Brad- 
mon 

Los  Angeles.  CA — Roben  William  Lange, 
Sacramento.  CA — Vernon  C,  Stewart, 
Hay  ward.  CA — Ina  Lander  Johnson  ( s).  Leona  Marie 
Dnscoll  (s).  Thresea  Agnes  Strength  (s). 
San  Luis  Obispo.  CA — James  W   Atterberry. 
Kansas  Cily,  MO— Richard  P   Mayo. 
Bai*tlesville,  OK — Luther  M,  Tarrant, 
Bloominglon.  IN — Ralph  E,  Mitchell.  Virgil  L.  Myers. 
Alexandria.  VA — Heston  Vermillion, 
Melbourne-Daytona  Beach,  FL — Elmer  Grant, 
Tacoma.  W,A— Gcrd  Buss, 
Huron.  SD — Roland  Kjellerson, 
Kirkwood.  MO — Marjorie  A.  Boerner  (s). 
Pomona.  CA — Chnstian  V.  Krehbiel, 
Marion.  VA — Alice  Hazel  Cave  (s), 
Orlando.  FI^Leo  J    Russell, 
Hicksville.  NY' — Vernonica  Barry  (s). 
Columbia.  SC — Benjamin  O,  Neal.  Sr, 
Las  Vegas.  NV — Eugene  Lattin.  John  P   Nagelhout, 
Bijou.  CA — Mary  Campbell  (s). 
Sania  Ana.  CA — Clarence  Johnson.  Harold  F.  [ore. 
Jerome   P     Kearney.   Karl  J     Stover,   Leonard  J, 
Elsaesser,  Mary  Sue  Rodgers  (si,  Paul  Evans, 
Morristown,  TN — Nannie  Velna  Susong  (s). 
Fort  Worth,  TX— Albert  H     Sydow,   Roger  Port- 
wood,  Roy  L,  Hausenfluck 
Escanaba,  Ml — Agnes  L,  Larsen  (s), 
Snoqualm  Fall,  WA — Hazel  I    Mam  (s). 
New  Orleans,  LA — Aaron  M.  Beard,  Ivy  Thigpen, 
Louis  P   Codifer.  Jr, 

Pasco,  WA — Clarence  Niemeyer,  William  C,  Fetton, 
Philadelphia,    PA— Edward   J     OConnell,    Robert 
Wilson.  Victor  J    Meyer, 
Milpilas,  CA — Cart  L,  Swanson, 
Minneapolis.  MN — Carl  P.  Johnson.  George  E.  Pio- 
rek 

Van  Nuys,  CA— Elmer  P.  Ellis.  Gerald  W,  Pelton, 
Gladys  Hansen  (s).  Nets  A.  Swanson, 
Hempstead,  NY— Frank  E,  Puff.  Joseph  W    Vaver- 
chak 

New  Orleans,  LA — Mack  W    Knobloch, 
Temple,  TX — Lillie  Griffin  (si 


Loiiil  Vniiin,  Cm 

2007  Orange,  TX— James  D   Bean 

2008  Ponco  Cily,  OK— Carwin  W    Hand 

2018     Ocean  County,  NJ — Joseph  Willever  Bennett, 

2020     San  Diego,  CA— Harold  O.  Ford 

2046     Martinez,  CA — Bnino  Constance  Ann  (s).  Libero 

E,  Lupcri.  Mary  Virgie  Brown  (s).  Temple  H.  Lents, 

Thomas  E    Doherty 
2068     Powell  River,  BC,  CAN— Walter  A   Carlson. 

2077  Columbus,  OH— Dee  Mabry.  Jr 

2078  Vista.  CA— Kenneth  M    Ammons.  Sr. 
2085     Natchez.  MS— Percy  King.  Jr 

2119     SI.  Louis.  MO— William  E    Marx 

2127     Cenlralia.  WA— Alvin  Jole 

2164     San  Francisco.  CA — Delbert  D,  Baumgartner, 

2172     Santa  Ana.  CA — Manan  V,  Smith  (s).  Toivo  Hiiva, 

2182     Montreal,  Que.,  CAN— Valmore  Chenard, 

2203     Anaheim,  CA — Donald  V,  Manska. 

2212     Newark,  NJ— Carl  A.  Kaiser,  Sr. 

2217     Lakeland,  FL— Lydia  Louise  Will  (s). 

2232     Houston,  TX — Francis  Preston. 

2235     Piltsburgh,  PA— Stephen  Lesnansky. 

2250    Red   Bank,   NJ— Daniel   Pearson.   Peter  Johnson. 

Russell  C,  Hampton 
2258    Houma.  LA — Clarence  Champagne.  Otho  Crochet. 
2274    Piltsburgh.  PA— Cilendon  Steen, 

2287  New  York.  NY— Meyer  B   Charlop. 

2288  Los  Angeles,  CA— Frank  Davis.  Sr,,  Geraldme  M. 
Hamilton  (s).  James  W,  Tisdale.  John  Sieger, 

2292     Ocala.  FI^Frank  A,  Brush.  Robert  Nesselt, 

2298     RoUa.  MO— Floyd  Bnltain 

2311     Washington.  DC— Alfred  Porter  Knick, 

2375     Los  Angeles,  CA — Benjamin  F,  Ferree. 

2.<96     Seattle.  WA— Julian  M.  Pedersen, 

2398     El  Cajon,  CA— Walton  Wilson. 

2400     Woodland.  ME— Constance  M.  Curtis  (s). 

2405     Kalispell.  MT — Jerome  G,  Compeau.  Jr, 

2429     Fort  Payne.  AL— Carl  F,  Wyatl 

2435     Inglewood.  CA — Dorothy  M.  Trepanier  (s).  Melvin 

C    Hanke, 
2443     Ventura.  CA— Herbert  A,  Mitchell  Sr. 
2498    Longview.  WA— Jonah  Bates 
2519    Seattle.  WA— Erlilng  Ordahl,  Johan  Johansen.  John 

Kerb.  Mary  Elizabeth  Wegner  (s), 
2565     San  Francisco.  CA — Del  Rae  Schlenz  (s). 
2608     Redding.  CA— Edith  E,  Blankenship  (s).  Murel  S. 

Nelson.  Sr. 
2633     Tacoma,  WA — Lloyd  McAfee, 
2693     PI.  Arthur.  Onl..  CAN— Roy  A   Gosnell 
2739    Yakima.  WA — George  J,  Champagne,  Hiram  Love, 

Raymond  Nelson. 
2761     McCleary,  WA— Alice  Fay  Arnold  Is).  Esther  Se- 

manko  (s).  Leonard  Jhanson, 
2798     Joseph  Oregon— Julia  Reel  (si,  Mary  Helen  Gray 

Is), 
2805     Klickitat.  WA— Robert  B   Graeme,  Sr. 
2812     Missoula,  MT — Gladys  T,  Armstrong  (s). 
2815     Battle  Creek,  MI— Clarence  J    Srb. 
2817     Quebec,  Que.,  CAN— Horace  Elliott. 
2831     Calmar,  lA — Stanley  F,  Frana, 
2848     Dallas,  TX— Donald  A,  Watlev, 
2881     Portland.  OR— Benjamin  Quinn,  John  Wilcox, 
2902     Burns.  OR— Daniel  P,  Mannen. 
2942     Albany,  OR— Melvin  R,  Emerson,  Neil  A.  Canida. 
2949     Roseburg,  OR — Albert  Mow,  Clementine  Schierman 

(s).  Earl  L,  Keeler. 
3035     Springfield,  OR— Leslie  H    Washburn. 
3038     Bonner.  MT— Glen  McLaughlin. 
3125     Louisville.  K\ — Claudell  Jaggers, 
9109     Sacramento,  CA— Paul  L,  Palmer 


OSHA  Closes  in 
On  Open  Shop 


OSHA  has  been  known  to  keep  its  distance 
if  contractors  develop  a  strong  safety  record. 
The  office  is  admittedly  underfunded  and 
can  only  take  the  time  to  investigate  what 
appear  to  be  serious  safety  violations. 

The  deaths  of  two  workers  within  ten  days 
at  the  same  open  shop  site  near  Atlanta  have 
caught  the  attention  of  OSHA. 

OSHA  has  undertaken  an  investigation  at 
North  Park  Town  Center,  a  $250  million 
project  under  development  by  Portman  Barry 
Investments.  Atlanta.  Ga. 

"We  have  run  into  several  cases  in  recent 
months  where  the  level  of  safety  was  inad- 
equate or  not  being  emphasized,"  said  OSHA 
area  Director  Joseph  L.  Camp. 

Hopefully,  this  type  of  evidence  will  con- 
vince the  Administration  that  funds  and 
manpower  are  essential  tools  in  ensuring 
workers'  safety. 


Martin  Luther  King 

Continued  from  Page  5 

bullet  from  the  gun  of  James  Earl  Ray 
snuffed  out  Dr.  King's  life  as  he  stood 
on  a  balcony  of  the  Loiraine  Motel  on 
the  evening  of  April  4,  1968. 

Today,  as  we  remember  Dr.  King's 
struggle  for  freedom,  justice,  and  equal- 
ity for  all  people,  let  us  be  cognizant 
that  the  full  realization  of  his  goals  has 
not  yet  been  attained.  The  Brother- 
hood, with  all  AFL-CIO  affiliates,  has 
pledged  to  continue  all  efforts  to  bring 
about  the  day  when  the  dream  of  Dr. 
King,  that  all  Americans  of  every  race, 
color,  and  background  can  live  and 
work  together  in  dignity  and  peace. 

As  we  honor  Dr.  King  and  tribute 
his  outstanding  role  in  the  history  of 
our  nation  and  of  organized  labor,  let 
us  not  forget  to  continue  to  fight  to  see 
his  dream.  DHL' 


DiabetesContributors 

Continued  from  Page  13 


Local  Union  I 
Local  Union  184 
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Local  Union  1278 
Local  Union  1379 
Local  Union  1509 
Local  Union  1861 
Local  Union  1889 
Local  Union  24.'!5 
Local  Union  510 
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Local  Union  627 
Local  Union  1091 

Check  donations  to  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
campaign  should  be  made  out  to  "Blueprint 
for  Cure"  and  mailed  to  General  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell,  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America,  101  Con- 
stitution Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


Local  Union  1207 
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Local  Union  2018 
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Local  Union  2264 
Local  Union  2283 


38 


CARPENTER 


NAIL  SHOOTER 


Steve  Palmberg,  a  member  of  Local  75 1 , 
Santa  Rosa,  Calif.,  has  recently  introduced 
an  easy-to-use  tool  which  allows  you  to  nail 
in  places  a  hammer  could  never  reach.  With 
Nail  King  you  can  nail  through  obstructions, 
set  finishing  nails,  toe  nail  at  awkard  angles, 
work  inside  cabinets,  between  joists  and 
forms,  and  bypass  rebar.  And  all  without 
bruising  a  finger. 

The  tool  consists  of  a  barrel  with  a  weighted 
rod.  Nails  are  fed  into  either  end  of  the 
barrel,  and  then  driven  home  with  little 
effort. 

Nail  King  is  available  in  two  sizes:  the  26" 
O'/i  lb.)  size  for  2d  box  to  16d  duplex  is 
$29.95;  and  the  18"  (Wi  lb.)  size  for  2d  to 
16d  finish  nails  is  $19.95.  Both  prices  include 
shipping  and  handling.  Visa  and  Mastercard 
are  accepted. 

For  more  information,  or  to  order,  write: 
Nail  King,  1 275  4th  Stree  i  #  1 52 ,  Santa  Rosa , 
CA  95404;  or  call  toll  free,  (800)  457-3368, 
in  California,  (707)  546-6245. 

GRINDING  STAND 

Cache  La  Poudre  Cutler's  Supply  an- 
nounces its  new  Goose  Neck  Arbor  Stand, 
G.N.A.S.®,  an  economical  alternative  to 
high  priced  grinding  and  buffing  equipment. 
The  stand's  free-standing  design  allows  for 
usage  with  no  obstructions  from  motor  or 


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Calculated  Industries 23 

Clifton  Enterprises 39 

Foley-Belsaw  Co 28 

Hydrolevel 30 

Irwin 36 

Vaughn  Bushnell 36 


pedestal,  from  either  the  right  or  left  side. 
This  versatile  product  performs  as  a  grinder, 
buffer,  Sander,  deburrer,  and  polisher,  for 
handling  large  and  small,  odd,  or  long  shapes. 
It  is  adaptable  to  large  and  small  gas  and 
electric  motors  and  also  may  be  adapted  to 
water  power,  in  undeveloped  areas. 

This  product  is  useful  for  home,  light 
industry,  small  workshops,  farm,  and  ranch 
and  is  valuable  to  home  hobbyists,  metal 
workers  and  welders,  knife  makers,  gun- 
smiths, lapidarists,  jewelers,  and  others. 
With  numerous  accessories  and  attachments 
available  through  Cache  La  Poudre  Cutler's 
Supply  and  local  stores  it  becomes  a  multi- 
purpose tool. 

The  G.N.A.S.®  is  made  in  America  and 
comes  with  a  lifetime  guarantee. 

The  picture  shows  expanding  grinding  drum 
which  is  not  included  in  the  base  price. 

For  pricing  and  purchase  information, 
contact  Cache  La  Poudre  Cutler's  Supply, 
2808  Gardner  Place,  La  Porte,  CO  80535  or 
call  Linda  Roesener  (303)  223-1743. 

POWER  NAILER 


Paslode  Corp.  has  announced  that  it  will 
introduce  the  Impulse™  300  Power  Nailer  at 
the  National  Association  of  Home  Builders 
Convention  in  Dallas,  Tex.,  this  month.  The 
Impulse  300  is  the  world's  first  hoseless, 
airless,  cordless,  and  completely  self-con- 
tained power  nailer.  The  tool  represents 
"breakthrough"  technology  that  parallels 
pneumatic  technology,  introduced  by  Pas- 
lode  almost  25  years  ago. 

Paslode  Corp.  has  developed  the  new 
Impulse®  system  to  provide  greater  flexi- 
bility and  productivity  to  the  construction 
industry.  The  tool's  design  is  ideal  for  new 
home  construction,  remodehng,  and  rehab 
work,  as  well  as  fencing  and  other  remote 
construction  site  applications  where  air  hoses 
become  a  burden  and  electric  power  is  not 
available. 

"This  power  tool  eliminates  the  last  re- 
maining utility  of  the  hammer  and  nail.  As 
a  result  it  makes  carpenters  more  efficient 
on  small  projects,"  says  Robert  Bellock, 
Paslode  Corp.  director  of  product  develop- 
ment. For  more  information,  contact  William 
G.  Roberts,  Paslode  Corporation,  2  Marriott 
Drive,  Lincolnshire,  IL  60015.  Telephone: 
(312)634-1900. 


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the  weight  off  your 
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UBC  Member:  Like  a  decal  of  the 
UBC  emblem  for  your  hard  hat? 
Write:  Organizing  Department, 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  Joiners  of  America,  101  Con- 
stitution Avenue,  N.W.,  Washing- 
ton, D.C.  2000L  Send  along  a 
stamped,  self-addressed  envelope. 
(Only  one  per  request.) 


JANUARY,     1986 


39 


The  Union  Agenda 

for  1986 
Is  A  Long  One 


The  UBC  continues  to  take 

on  the  role  of  people's 

advocate  during  the  new  year 


Old  Man  1985  walked  out  on  us  December  31 
with  a  lot  of  unfinished  business  on  the  ledger. 
He  wasn't  able  to  get  many  jobless  workers 
back  on  the  job.  He  got  us  deeper  into  hock  on 
imports  and  exports,  and  he  left  a  lot  of  corporate 
fat  cats  running  around  tax  free.  He  did  get 
things  started,  we  hope,  in  easing  the  tension 
about  nuclear  war,  but  we'll  have  to  wait  and 
see  what  happens  during  these  follow-up  ses- 
sions at  the  bargaining  table  between  President 
Reagan  and  General  Secretary  Gorbachev. 

The  kid  with  the  hourglass  who  took  his  place 
January  1  looks  kind  of  green,  but  we  are  hoping 
he  has  served  some  kind  of  union  apprenticeship 
which  gives  him  the  knowledge  and  skills  to  deal 
with  the  problems  of  the  world. 

We  want  him  to  know  that  we're  behind  him, 
if  he  makes  a  strong  effort  to  clean  up  the  mess 
accumulated  over  the  years,  if  he  can  formulate 
economic  policies  which  don't  shortchange  our 
cities  as  they  try  to  cope  with  inner-city  prob- 
lems, if  he  can  keep  special  interest  groups  from 
detouring  vital  tax-reform  legislation,  if  he  can 
make  a  dollar  earned  in  1986  worth  what  it  used 
to  be  worth  15  or  20  years  ago. 

There  are  obstacles  to  progress  in  the  new 
year,  and  I  might  list  a  few: 

OUR  MONEY'S  WORTH— American  fami- 
lies with  children  have  seen  their  pre-tax  income 
plunge  steadily  over  the  past  1 1  years,  with  the 
steepest  drop  in  purchasing  power  concentrated 
among  those  in  the  lowest  income  bracket. 
According  to  a  Congressional  study,  the  typical 
middle-income  family  lost  10.9%  of  its  purchas- 
ing power  between  1973  and  1984.  Single  per- 
sons, too,  have  suffered  due  to  an  unbalanced 
tax  system  and  high  living  expenses. 

JOBS  LOST  TO  IMPORTS— If  you  look  at 
what  we  just  stated  above — the  drop  in  real 
income  for  the  average  family — you  understand 


why  many  American  and  Canadian  families  are 
settling  for  cheap,  imported  clothing  and  other 
consumer  goods  even  though  they  are  sacrificing 
quality  for  affordability.  Their  wages  and  their 
share  of  manufacturing  profits  have  dropped. 
Short  of  tariff  restrictions,  we  will  never  stop 
the  flood  of  cheap  imports  into  the  U.S.  and 
Canada  until  the  workers  of  other  countries 
reach  our  income  levels  through  free  and  dem- 
ocratic collective  bargaining  .  .  .  and  that's  a 
long  way  off.  That  can't  be  accomplished  over- 
night, even  though  organized  labor  is  doing  its 
best  to  assist  trade  unionists  in  other  countries. 

SACRIFICES  IN  QUALITY— The  United 
Brotherhood,  for  all  its  century  and  more  of 
existence,  has  stood  for  quality  workmanship. 
It  has  fought  to  preserve  its  standards  of  ap- 
prenticeship in  the  construction  trades  and  its 
standards  of  workmanship  in  the  manufacturing 
industries  whose  workers  it  represents.  Because 
of  the  recession  and  inflation  of  the  1970s  and 
the  "right  to  work"  frauds  today,  union  crafts- 
man are  fighting  an  uphill  battle  against  medio- 
crity, against  inadequate  housing,  and  against 
double-breasted  subterfuges. 

ANTI-UNION  SENTIMENT  IN  HIGH 
PLACES— The  1980s  have  brought  an  influx  of 
right-wing  power  manipulators  into  government 
and  industry  who  have  created  crippling  legis- 
lation and  agency  decisions  which  have  set  back 
the  cause  of  all  workers.  The  decisions  rendered 
by  the  Reagan-appointed  National  Labor  Rela- 
tions Board  have,  in  many  ways,  stymied  the 
union  election  process,  collective  bargaining, 
and  rational  grievance  procedures.  I  need  only 
cite  the  plight  of  our  members  who  have  been 
on  strike  against  the  Nord  Door  Co.  for  more 
than  two  years  and  our  Lumber  and  Sawmill 
Workers  who  are  victims  of  what  appears  to  be 
an  industry  test  case. 

In  recent  years  there  has  grown  up  around  us 
a  whole  industry  of  labor  baiter  and  anti-union 
legal  counsels  who  are  only  too  eager  to  bust 
unions  ...  for  a  fee.  Things  have  become  so 
bad  that  the  National  Right  to  Work  Committee 
has  even  complained  because  the  Boy  Scouts  of 
America  are  allowing  their  troops  to  learn  about 
labor  through  a  simple  merit-badge  procedure. 

UNEMPLOYMENT  STILL  HIGH— It  was 
good  news  at  the  White  House,  last  month,  when 
it  was  learned  that  the  unemployment  rate  in 
the  United  States  had  dropped  a  fraction  of  a 
point  to  7%.  Big  deal!  I  remember  when  we 
used  to  give  Richard  Nixon  hell  when  the  un- 
employment level  stood  at  6%  and  when  Con- 
gress passed  the  Humphrey-Hawkins  Bill  of 
1977,  establishing  4%  as  an  unemployment  goal 
in  the  nation! 


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I 


A  professor  at  the  University  of  Southern 
Cahfomia  predicted  recently  that  robotic  man- 
ufacturing will  displace  4%  of  the  U.S.  workforce 
in  the  next  10  years.  The  government  must 
prepare  for  this  eventuaUty.  As  the  United  Auto 
Workers  have  commented  in  the  past,  robots 
don't  buy  cars.  Jobless  workers  don't  have 
purchasing  power. 

This  professor  gave  an  example  of  how  tech- 
nology eliminates  middle  class  jobs  in  super- 
markets: "While  most  of  the  checkout  people 
at  supermarkets  were  adults  in  days  past,  the 
computerized  cash  register  and  scanner  'de- 
skilled'  these  jobs  so  that  most  of  these  positions 
are  now  held  by  inexperienced  workers,  often 
teenagers,  who  receive  half  the  pay." 

SAFETY  NET  WITH  HOLES— Another  un- 
resolved issue  which  we  have  to  face  in  1986  is 
the  proposed  cutting  of  social  services  under- 
written by  federal  and  state  governments — the 
trimming  of  the  so-called  safety  nets  for  those 
in  poverty,  the  disabled,  the  underprivileged, 
the  health  and  welfare  cases.  It  is  proposed  that 
many  of  these  government  services  and  federal 
fundings  be  eliminated  in  order  to  balance  the 
federal  budget. 

The  Administration  would  have  us  believe 
that  we  can  go  back  to  the  old  days  when  charity 
began  at  home,  when  neighbors  got  together  and 
pooled  their  limited  resources  to  bury  someone 
from  their  midst. 

Fortunately,  or  unfortunately,  today  is  not 
like  yesterday  in  many  respects.  The  mobility 
of  our  society  has  created  situations  where 
neighbor  does  not  know  neighbor,  and  where  a 
family  is  scattered  from  one  end  of  the  nation 
to  another. 

I,  for  one,  do  not  expect  Uncle  Sam  to  be  my 
benevolent  uncle  who  puts  shoes  on  my  feet  and 
helps  me  out  of  my  sickbed.  Fortunately,  I'm 
blessed  with  good  health  and  good  circum- 
stances. And  I  know  that  my  fellow  UBC  mem- 
bers do  not  ask  for  charity  or  public  support 
when  they  can  make  do  for  themselves,  but 
there  are  mentally  ill  people  turned  out  on  the 
streets  today  for  lack  of  funds  for  institutions, 
there  are  disabled  persons  unable  to  afford  the 
high  cost  of  medical  care  and  the  necessary 
mechanical  devices.  Our  lawmakers  must  be 
compassionate  in  such  cases,  if  we  are  to  survive 
as  a  nation  of  free  people. 

Our  union  will  continue  to  aid  the:  oppressed 
and  support  worthy  causes  as  best  we  can.  I 
have  been  tremendously  impressed  and  appre- 
ciative of  the  contributions  made  thus  far  to  the 
Diabetes  Research  Institute,  our  current  fund- 
raising  effort. 

Nevertheless,  if  the  federal  budget  must  be 


cut,  let  our  lawmakers  look  elsewhere:  to  the 
countless  instances  of  porkbarrel  legislation  which 
buy  votes  but  often  do  little  public  good. 

I  hope  I  have  not  painted  too  bleak  a  picture 
of  the  new  year  for  the  young  fellow  with  the 
hourglass.  I  do  see  signs  of  progress.  I  see 
President  Reagan  calling  for  tax  reform,  follow- 
ing the  Democratic  lead.  I  see  a  nationwide 
movement  underway  to  "Buy  American."  I  see 
some  cooling  off  of  the  international  arms  race; 
I  even  see  astronauts  becoming  construction 
workers  in  space,  using  a  "cherry  picker"  for 
"high  altitude"  work  while  speeding  along  at 
thousands  of  miles  per  hour  (ground  speed). 

I  see  our  union  turning  around  in  1986,  picking 
up  new  members  in  spite  of  decertifications  and 
the  delaying  tactics  of  the  union  busters.  I  see 
our  local  unions  and  councils  preparing  for  the 
decision-making  activities  of  our  1986  General 
Convention  next  fall. 

If  we  keep  working  away  at  the  job  of  over- 
coming the  handicaps  to  progress  I  have  listed, 
we  should  reach  many  of  our  goals  in  1986.  With 
that  in  mind,  I  wish  you  and  yours  a  happy  and 
prosperous  new  year. 


Patrick!.  Campbell 
General  President 


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"The  trade  unions  are  the  legitimate  outgrowth  of  modern 
societary  and  industrial  conditions.  .  .  .  They  were  born  of  the 
necessity  of  workers  to  protect  and  defend  themselves  from 
encroachment,  injustice  and  wrong.  ...  To  protect  the  workers 
in  their  inalienable  rights  to  a  higher  and  better  life;  to  protect 
them,  not  only  as  equals  before  the  law,  but  also  in  their  health, 
their  homes,  their  firesides,  their  liberties  as  men,  as  workers. 


and  as  citizens;  to  overcome  and  conquer  prejudices  and  antag- 
onism; to  secure  to  them  the  right  to  life,  and  the  opportunity  to 
maintain  that  life;  the  right  to  be  full  sharers  in  the  abundance 
which  is  the  result  of  their  brain  and  brawn,  and  the  civilization 
of  which  they  are  the  founders  and  the  mainstay;  to  this  the 
workers  are  entitled.  ...  The  attainment  of  these  is  the  glorious 
mission  of  the  trade  unions." 

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VOLUME  106  No.  2  FEBRUARY,  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


THE 
COVER 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Growth  or  Stagnation? , 2 

Actual  Unemployment  Still  Double  Digits 5 

Young  Families  Spend  on  Necessities 7 

Building  the  Treasure  Houses 8 

L-P  Boycott  Profile:  Washington,  Oregon 11 

Circus  Wheels  a  Lost  Art 12 

Children  in  Poverty 15 

Missing  Children  15 

Diabetes  Research  Institute  Contributions 21 

Job  Safety  and  Health  Update 26 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 6 

Ottawa  Report 10 

Labor  News  Roundup 14 

Local  Union  News 16 

We  Congratulate 22 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 23 

Plane  Gossip 28 

Retirees  Notebook 29 

Consumer  Clipboard:  Stop  Counterfeit  Imports 30 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 31 

In  Memoriam  37 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 

Published  monthly  at  3342  Bladensburg  Road,  Brentwood,  Md.  20722  by  the  United  Brotherhood  o(  Carpenters 
and  Joiners  of  America.  Subscription  price:  United  States  and  Canada  $10.00  per  year,  single  copies  $1.00  in 
advance. 


The  magnificent  exhibit  currently  at 
the  National  Gallery  of  Art  in  the  East 
Building,  Washington,  D.C.,  could  not 
have  happened  without  the  talents  of 
UBC  members  like  Richard  DeMarr,  Lo- 
cal 132,  who  is  shown  on  our  cover 
creating  a  sculpture  rotunda  designed 
specifically  to  display  many  of  the  Greek 
and  Roman  busts  that  are  a  part  of  The 
Treasure  Houses  of  Britain:  500  Years 
of  Private  Patronage  and  Art  Collecting. 

DeMarr  was  one  of  20  Brotherhood 
carpenters  who  transformed  the  sleek, 
modern,  I.M.  Pei-designed  building  into 
a  series  of  17  galleries  evocative  of  Eng- 
lish country  homes  spanning  500  years. 
The  open  design  of  the  building  allowed 
the  gallery's  design  team  to  create  rooms 
specially  around  objects.  It  then  fell  to 
the  carpenters  to  bring  the  designs  to  the 
gallery  walls,  floors,  ceilings,  and  door- 
ways. Their  tasks  ranged  from  straight- 
forward installations  of  moldings  and 
paneling  to  major  construction  efforts 
such  as  the  rotunda.  The  dome-ceilinged 
room's  simple  shape  belies  the  challenges 
its  archways,  round  niches,  and  door- 
ways raised  during  construction. 

The  finished  product  can  be  seen  in 
the  smaller  photo,  taken  just  before  the 
opening.  Although  most  of  the  sculptures 
in  the  carefully  designed  niches  are  Ro- 
man copies  of  the  Greek,  the  bust  in  the 
center  of  the  photo,  flanked  by  two  urns, 
is  a  famous  Aphrodite  head  attributed  to 
Praxiteles  which  dates  back  to  the  fourth 
century.  It  is  one  of  many  special  treas- 
ures in  this  collection  of  Britian's  best. 

Cover  photos  by  William  SchaefferlNa- 
tional  Gallery  of  Art. 


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Printed  in  U.S.A. 


Adapted  from  a  cartoon 

by  Seaman  in 

the  AFL-CIO  News 


GROWTH  or  STAGNATION? 

The  issues  facing  labor  and  government 
this  year  are  complex  and  critical 


As  each  new  year  arrives,  jour- 
nalists and  public  officials  assure  us 
that  the  months  ahead  are  particu- 
larly critical,  that  this  year  is  dif- 
ferent from  all  previous  years.  Very 
often  they're  wrong. 

This  year,  however,  we  are  told 
by  many  reliable  sources  that  cer- 
tain issues  are  coming  to  a  head, 
and  that  decisions  must  be  made  in 
1986.  These  are  some  of  the  eval- 
uations: 

NEW  RECESSION?— According 
to  one  management  newsletter,  the 
risk  of  another  recession  is  growing. 
However,  the  newsletter  com- 
ments, slow  economic  expansion  is 
more  likely.  A  year  of  sub-par  busi- 
ness growth  is  what  some  analysts 
expect  in  1986. 

Interest  rates  will  reflect  what 
many  economists  have  termed 
"growth  recession."  They'll  re- 
main, at  least  for  the  time  being  at 


single-digit  levels  for  many  car  pur- 
chases and  for  many  consumer  goods 
and  appliances.  As  an  accompa- 
nying chart  shows,  the  interest  rates 
seem  to  be  leveling  off  in  some 
areas  and  even  declining  in  others. 
There  is  cause  for  alarm  in  one 
particular  area:  the  tremendous 
growth  in  so-called  "plastic"  pur- 
chases— the  use  of  credit  cards  for 
every  conceivable  monetary  trans- 
action, usually  at  high  interest  rates 
of  18%  to  21%.  Banks  have  found 
it  more  profitable  to  operate  credit 
card  systems  than  to  make  small 
consumer  loans.  It  is  a  form  of 
usury  which  must  be  checked,  lest 
it  bring  the  whole  monetary  system 
of  North  America  down  in  an  un- 
usual form  of  bankruptcy.  Credit  is 
increasing,  while  savings  decline. 

BALANCED  BUDGETS?— This 

year  the  U.S.  Congress  must  come 
to  grips  with  its  do-or-die  decision 


last  December  to  drastically  trim 
the  Federal  Budget.  The  Gramm- 
Rudman  Bill,  designed  as  a  blue- 
print for  the  trimming,  is  one  of  the 
most  far-reaching  pieces  of  legis- 
lation in  recent  years.  It  has  re- 
ceived mixed  reactions  from  every 
element  of  our  society,  and  some 
special  interest  groups  are  already 
howling.  Basically  what  it  says  is 
that  the  Federal  government  must 
cut  adrift  many  welfare  programs, 
trim  many  so-called  "pork-barrel" 
appropriations  which  help  constit- 
uents of  certain  Senators  and  Con- 
gressmen, and  inevitably  it  must 
trim  the  huge  defense  budget.  There 
will  be  future  shock  in  the  trimming 
process,  and  the  taxpayers  know  it 
but  any  application  Gramm-Rud- 
man  must  take  into  account  the 
rights  of  the  working  people. 

The  Federal  Budget  affects  every 
state  and  local  budget  in  the  United 
States,  so  this  will  be  a  case  of 


CARPENTER 


"trickle  down"  economy  which  none 
of  us  Hke  to  consider. 

MORE    JOBS    OVERSEAS?— 

The  foreign  trade  gap  will  grow 
narrower  during  the  first  half  of 
1986,  some  economists  predict,  but 
it  will  do  so  at  the  price  of  more 
inflation.  America's  job-destroying 
trade  deficit  took  a  big  leap  in  No- 
vember, sending  1985  into  the  rec- 
ord books  with  the  most  disastrous 
export-import  imbalance  in  the  na- 
tion's history. 

The  November  $13.7  billion  trade 
gap  was  $2.2  billion  higher  than  the 
previous  month.  A  modest  3.5% 
gain  in  U.S.  exports  to  other  coun- 
tries was  swamped  by  a  9.8%  surge 
in  imports.  The  $131.8  billion  cu- 
mulative trade  deficit  for  the  first 
11  months  of  1985  has  already  ex- 
ceeded the  $123.3  billion  deficit 
posted  for  all  12  months  of  1984, 
which  until  now  was  the  worst  on 
record. 

American  workers  have  felt  the 
deficit  and  painfully — in  the  shrink- 
age of  manufacturing  jobs  that  kept 
the  unemployment  rate  festering 
around  7%  throughout  what  had 
been  touted  as  a  year  of  economic 
recovery. 

An  AFL-CIO  analysis  warned  that 
the  continuing  hemorrhage  in  for- 
eign trade,  with  plant  closings,  un- 
employment and  lost  income,  "poses 
a  serious  threat  to  America's  fu- 
ture." 

Federation  Economist  Mark  An- 
derson pointed  out  that  no  other 


nation  would  allow  its  trade  balance 
to  deteriorate  so  drastically. 

"The  Reagan  Administration  must 
not  be  allowed  to  mortgage  Amer- 
ica's future,"  he  warned.  In  the 
absence  of  presidential  leadership, 
Anderson  stressed,  "it  is  essential 
that  Congress  assert  leadership  to 
reduce  the  trade  deficit,  address  the 
special  problems  of  the  most  seri- 
ously damaged  industries  and  shape 
trade  law  to  reflect  international 
realities." 

The  U.S.  trade  deficit  with  Can- 
ada, America's  largest  trading  part- 
ner, went  against  the  trend  and 
dipped  slightly  to  $1 .98  billion.  This 
year  a  special  task  force  will  work 
to  modify  U.S.  and  Canadian  eco- 
nomic relations,  which  will  even- 
tually ease  trade  problems  in  North 
America. 

TOXIC  DUMP  CLEAN  UPS?— 

A  battle  over  funding  the  cleanup 
of  toxic  waste  dumps  was  left  un- 
resolved at  the  adjournment  of  the 
first  session  of  Congress  and  was 
resumed  after  the  House  and  Senate 
reconvened  last  month. 

The  controversy  sidetracked  final 
passage  of  a  budget  reconciliation 
bill  that  also  included  two  other 
labor-supported  measures — an  ex- 
tension of  the  trade  adjustment  as- 
sistance program  for  workers  whose 
jobs  are  wiped  out  by  imports  and 
a  rise  in  the  single-employer  pen- 
sion insurance  program. 

Left  unresolved  was  the  means 
of  replenishing  the  "superfund"  set 


up  five  years  ago  to  finance  cleanup 
of  toxic  waste  where  the  responsi- 
ble party  cannot  be  identified  or  is 
insolvent. 

A  House-passed  bill  would  fund 
the  program  for  another  five  years 
primarily  from  taxes  on  petroleum 
and  chemical  producers,  the  chief 
sources  of  the  nation's  toxic  con- 
tamination. That's  how  the  program 
has  been  funded,  although  the  $1.2 
billion  allocated  for  the  first  five 
years  proved  grossly  inadequate. 
The  House-passed  measure  would 
have  raised  $10  billion  for  the  su- 
perfund. 

The  Senate,  by  contrast,  had 
bowed  to  the  wishes  of  the  petro- 
chemical industry  and  voted  to  fi- 
nance a  $7.5  billion  program  in  large 
part  through  a  broad-based  tax  on 
manufacturing. 

Opponents,  including  the  AFL- 
CIO,  protested  that  this  would 
amount  to  a  national  sales  tax.  The 
House  had  rejected  such  a  broad- 
based  tax. 

The  rival  funding  plans  became 
a  source  of  controversy  for  the 
reconciliation  budget  aimed  at  re- 
ducing the  deficit.  That's  the  catch- 
all bill  combining  the  legislative 
recommendations  of  various 
congressional  committees  to  com- 
ply with  the  spending  ceilings  Con- 
gress adopted  last  spring. 

A  House-Senate  conference  in- 
cluded in  the  final  version  of  the 
deficit-reduction  bill  the  Senate's 
manufacturing  tax,  while  accepting 

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interests  rates — which  almost  all  of  us  pay 
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credit-card  interest  known  at  this  time. 

Demand  that  your  credit  cards  charge 
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now  under  4%  a  year. 

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pockets  of  credit  card  companies  and  banks — 
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the  higher  House  figure  for  the  cost 
of  the  program. 

The  Senate  approved  the  recon- 
ciliation package,  but  the  House  by 
a  bipartisan  205-151  vote  deleted 
the  manufacturing  tax  and  sent  the 
measure  back  to  the  Senate.  The 
back-and-forth  routine  continued, 
stalling  the  adjournment  schedule, 
until  the  measure  was  sent  back  to 
conference  for  a  new  try  in  the 
second  session. 

TAX  REFORM?— Changes  in  the 
tax  laws  can  become  big  political 
footballs  in  1986,  but  many  Wash- 
ington watchers  predict  a  final  OK 
of  a  tax  reform  bill  by  Congress  late 
in  1986,  maybe  in  time  for  the  No- 
vember elections.  It  will  probably 
have  to  be  a  bill  which  President 
Reagan  can  and  will  sign  to  cap  off 
the  legislative  attainments  of  his 
second  term  in  office. 

If  a  tax  bill  is  passed,  it  will 
probably  have  an  effective  date  of 
January  1,  1987,  and  it  may  peg  top 
tax  rates  at  around  38%.  The  min- 
imum tax  may  be  increased,  closing 
loopholes  for  the  rich.  State  and 
local  tax  deductions  may  stay,  and 
income  averaging  may  come  to  an 
end.  Businesses  are  expected  to 
lose  some  investment  credits  and 
some  depreciation  breaks.  But  don't 
rule  out  a  separate  tax  hike  of  one 
form  or  another  later  to  help  the 
deficit  cutters  cope  with  Gramm- 
Rudman  budget-balancing  efforts. 

WORKING      CONDITIONS?— 

Unemployment  remains  a  serious 
problem  in  North  America,  despite 
recent  drops  in  percentages.  We 
still  have  a  long  way  to  go  before 
we  are  down  to  the  4%  unemploy- 
ment rate  considered  normal  by  the 
Humphrey-Hawkins  Bill  of  more 
than  a  decade  ago. 

We  are  told  that  management 
will,  in  many  instances,  change  its 
methods  of  dealing  with  the  work- 
force. Many  corporations  will  "in- 
novate, automate,  and  consoli- 
date." More  companies  will  opt  for 
a  tough,  pared-down  operation  this 
year,  says  the  Research  Institute  of 
America.  General  Motors  will  set 
the  pace  when  it  revamps  its  cor- 
porate wage  policies.  Merit  pay  will 
replace  cost-of-living  hikes  for 
110,000  white  collar  workers,  the 
institute  predicts. 


PRODUCTIVITY   RISE?— Any 

one  who  believes  that  American 
workers  are  not  hard  workers  will 
find  themselves  in  sharp  disagree- 
ment with  most  of  America's  lead- 
ing executives. 

According  to  a  just-released  sur- 
vey by  Robert  Half  International, 
a  large  recruiting  firm,  nearly  9  out 
of  10  of  the  people  who  run  some 
of  America's  largest  corporations 
describe  today's  average  American 
worker  as  industrious. 

Of  course,  they  don't  say  that 
when  they  get  to  the  contract  bar- 
gaining table,  but  we  know  it  to  be 
true. 

Half  International  contends  that 
"American  workers  are,  too  often, 
unjustly  maligned,  especially  when 
compared  to  their  counterparts  in 
some  other  highly  industrialized 
countries." 

The  Research  Institute  of  Amer- 
ica states  that  worker  performance 
and  involvement  in  more  company 
activities  are  keys  to  boosting  pro- 
ductivity even  more  than  it  was  in 
1985.  That  means  fewer  middle 
managers  while  more  plant  workers 
take  on  added  responsibilities.  Ford 
Motor  Company  aims  to  cut  20,000 
from  its  rolls,  we  are  told,  and  these 
will  be  mostly  white  collar  middle 
managers. 

Leaner  hiring  practices  are  antic- 
ipated and  more  use  of  temporary 
workers.  At-home  computer  work- 
ers will  grow  in  number,  according 
to  predictions.  John  Naisbitt,  au- 
thor of  the  best-selling  Megatrends, 
predicts  that  homes,  offices,  and 
factories  will  change  the  way  North 
Americans  work  and  live  in  1986 
because  of  the  tremendous  growth 
in  computer  usage.  If  this  be  true, 
it  will  mean  additional  challenges 
to  union  organizers  and  union  rep- 
resentatives. 

North  Amencan  management  will 
be  watching  the  growing  number  of 
Japanese-managed  firms  operating 
in  this  hemisphere,  particularly 
studying  their  relations  with  labor 
unions  and  with  individual  workers. 
Japan's  paternalistic  methods  may 
not  work  with  independent  Ameri- 
can workers,  although  Japanese 
production  and  sales  methods  are 
highly  successful. 

Recently,  Komatsu,  a  Tokyo- 
based  manufacturer  of  construction 
machinery,  took  over  a  plant  in 
northeast  England  that  was  closed 


by  Caterpillar  Tractor  in  1984.  The 
Japanese  firm  will  invest  over  $14 
million  in  the  factory,  which  was 
acquired  from  the  local  county 
council,  and  expects  to  be  making 
hydraulic  excavators  and  wheeled 
loaders  at  the  site  by  the  end  of 
1986. 

Under  an  agreement  signed  in 
December  with  the  U.K.  Depart- 
ment of  Trade  and  Industry  (DTI), 
Komatsu  will  receive  about  $1.7 
million  in  assistance  from  the  Brit- 
ish government  as  well  as  regional 
development  grants.  The  factory  is 
located  in  Birtley,  Tyne  and  Wear, 
England. 

Target  output  for  the  plant  is  2400 
earthmovers  by  1988.  At  least  80% 
of  the  machinery  will  be  destined 
for  export,  primarily  to  other  Eu- 
ropean countries.  Over  270  jobs  will 
be  created  in  the  first  two  years  of 
operation. 

Komatsu  (UK)  Ltd.,  the  wholly- 
owned  British  subsidiary,  expects 
to  tap  U.K.  suppliers  for  60%  of 
the  components  used  in  the  ma- 
chinery. The  firm  says  the  local 
content  figure  will  rise  to  70%  by 
1988  and  to  80%  by  1991. 

Over  50%  of  the  plant's  capital 
equipment  will  be  from  local  sources 
as  well. 

GOVERNMENT     OUTLOOK— 

U.S.  industry  will  have  a  better 
year  in  1986,  the  U.S.  Department 
of  Commerce  has  predicted,  with 
80%  of  the  nation's  manufacturing 
companies  expected  to  enjoy  growth, 
while  the  country's  dominant  serv- 
ice industries  increase  their  profits. 
The  Commerce  Department,  in  re- 
leasing its  forecast  of  U.S.  business 
prospects,  said  that  growth  in  1986, 
while  not  up  by  a  spectacular  mar- 
gin from  1985,  will  be  at  least  more 
uniform,  with  the  gap  between  the 
fastest  growing  companies  and  the 
also-rans  narrowing. 

In  Canada,  we  are  told,  there  is 
hope  for  an  expanded  economy  un- 
der the  new  Monroney  government. 
Labor  Canada,  a  division  of  the 
federal  Department  of  Labor,  re- 
ported recently  that  unionized 
workers  are  enjoying  shorter  work 
weeks,  increased  vacation  benefits, 
and  more  provision  for  maternity 
leave.  Wages  still  lag  in  many  areas. 
Foreign  capital  is  flowing  into  Can- 
ada, as  it  is  doing  in  the  United 


CARPENTER 


Cartoonist's 
Comments 


States,  and  worker  organizations 
must  keep  an  eye  on  business  de- 
velopments resulting  from  this  in- 
flux to  assure  union  representation 
at  all  new  manufacturing  installa- 
tions. 


There  are  still  employment  prob- 
lems created  by  the  large  number 
of  young  people  entering  the  job 
market  each  year,  and  the  educa- 
tion system  will  get  some  over- 
hauling to  prepare  young  people  for 


more  skilled  occupations. 

The  good  life  in  North  America 
is  still  elusive  for  most  of  us  but, 
generally  speaking,  Americans  and 
Canadians  are  at  least  expected  to 
hold  their  own  in  the  year  ahead. 


Actual  Unemployment  Still  in  Double  Digits 


Much  of  America  never  recovered 
from  the  1982  recession,  and  the  real 
level  of  joblessness  was  at  double-digit 
levels  throughout  1985. 

That's  the  thrust  of  a  report  by  the 
Full  Employment  Action  Council  and 
the  Roosevelt  Centennial  Youth  Proj- 
ect, titled  "Three  Years  of  Recovery: 
Where  Are  the  Jobs?" 

It  notes  that  the  official  unemploy- 
ment rate  for  1985 — at  7.2% — was  higher 
than  the  rate  for  all  but  six  of  the  last 
35  years. 

Counting  underemployed  and  dis- 
couraged workers  as  part  of  the  labor 
force  pushes  the  real  jobless  rate  to 
13%,  the  study  notes.  But  even  using 
the  lower  official  rate,  blacks,  Hispan- 
ics,  teenagers,  and  women  heads  of 
families  all  experienced  double-digit 
joblessness. 

Among  blacks,  the  15.1%  official  rate 
for  1985  translates  into  24.6%  real  un- 
employment, and  the  10.5%  Hispanic 
unemployment  rate  represents  a  real 
rate  of  18.3%. 


Both  the  persistence  and  the  nature 
of  unemployment  suggest  the  need  for 
targeted  government  action,  the  report 
says.  It  urges  "more  adequate  funding 
of  existing  programs  such  as  the  Job 
Training  Partnership  Act  and  the  Job 
Corps,"  along  with  "resources  for  new 
initiatives"  including  community  em- 
ployment programs,  youth  job  projects 
and  conservation  activities.  Instead,  it 
notes,  programs  to  deal  with  structural 
unemployment  are  being  cut  back  and 
"the  so-called  recovery  may  continue 
to  bypass  millions  of  workers  and  their 
communities." 

The  report  examines  the  "uneven  and 
incomplete"  recovery  from  the  reces- 
sion. Employment  in  the  service  sector 
was  up  by  1 .8  million  over  the  last  year. 
But  manufacturing-sector  jobs  dropped 
a  further  173,000. 

"Since  1979,  before  the  last  two 
recessions,  employment  in  the  manu- 
facturing sector  has  dropped  1.6  mil- 
lion," the  report  shows.  It  cites  the 


"serious  implications  for  family  living 
standards"  because  pay  levels  in  the 
service  sector  average  only  two-thirds 
of  manufacturing  pay. 

Duration  of  unemployment  is  longer 
than  before  the  last  recession  began, 
the  study  points  out.  At  latest  count, 
2.2  million  persons  had  been  out  of 
work  for  15  weeks  or  more,  and  1.2 
million  for  27  weeks  or  more.  But  only 
about  one-third  of  the  unemployed  and 
just  1%  of  those  out  of  work  for  more 
than  six  months  were  receiving  unem- 
ployment compensation. 

The  report  shows  that  the  real  jobless 
rate  was  higher  last  October  than  in 
1979  in  39  states.  The  largest  increases 
over  that  period  were  in  West  Virginia, 
Louisiana,  Illinois,  Kentucky,  Missis- 
sippi, Texas,  Oklahoma,  Ohio,  and  Ar- 
kansas. 

Thirteen  of  the  nation's  20  largest 
metropolitan  areas  also  had  higher  real 
jobless  rates.  Houston,  Cleveland,  Chi- 
cago, and  Pittsburgh  posted  the  biggest 
increases. 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


Washington 
Report 


WAGE  DETERMINATIONS 

A  new  U.S.  Labor  Department  publication  will 
make  current  wage  determinations  under  the  Davis- 
Bacon  and  related  acts  more  accessible  to  anyone 
needing  them,  Susan  R.  Meisinger,  Deputy  Under 
Secretary  of  Labor  for  Employment  Standards,  has 
announced. 

The  Davis-Bacon  and  related  acts  require  that 
wage  rates  prevailing  in  an  area  be  paid  to  workers 
on  federally-funded  construction  contracts  of  $2,000 
or  more. 

The  Labor  Department  determines  the  prevailing 
wages  for  each  craft  and  area  for  construction,  al- 
teration, or  repair  work,  including  painting  and  deco- 
rating. Since  1971  it  has  published  these  general 
wage  determinations  in  the  Federal  Register. 

Now  this  information  will  be  available  in  a  new 
publication,  "General  Wage  Determinations  Issued 
Under  the  Davis-Bacon  and  Related  Acts,"  obtain- 
able through  the  Government  Printing  Office. 

"This  new  procedure,"  Meisinger  said,  "began  in 
January.  It  will  replace  the  cumbersome  and  costly 
systems  that  have  previously  been  used  and  make 
these  wage  determinations  easily  available  to  those 
who  need  them  for  inclusion  in  thousands  of  con- 
struction contracts." 

She  said  the  new  system  will  eliminate  serious 
problems  users  have  had  in  locating,  interpreting, 
filing,  and  duplicating  published  general  wage  deter- 
minations. 


HANDS  ACROSS  AMERICA 

Senator  Alan  J.  Dixon  (D-lll.)  has  introduced  leg- 
islation designating  May  25,  1986,  as  "Hands 
Across  America  Day." 

The  legislation  is  intended  to  focus  attention  on  a 
nationwide  effort  planned  for  next  May  to  raise 
funds  to  combat  hunger  and  homelessness. 

At  3  p.m.  on  May  25,  more  than  three  million 
people  across  the  country  are  expected  to  join 
hands  to  connect  both  coasts  after  having  contrib- 
uted between  $10  and  $35  each  to  help  the  na- 
tion's hungry  and  homeless. 

The  ceremony  will  include  the  singing  of  "Amer- 
ica the  Beautiful"  and  "We  Are  The  World,"  which 
will  be  broadcast  on  radio  stations  across  the  coun- 
try. It  is  hoped  that  as  much  as  $100  million  will  be 
raised. 


CORPORATE  CORRUPTION 

Apparently  it  pays  for  corporations  to  cheat  or 
knowingly  violate  the  law  because  government  reg- 
ulation is  too  weak  or  non-existent. 

That's  the  view  of  Professor  Amitai  Etzioni  of 
George  Washington  University  in  Washington,  D.C., 
as  expressed  in  an  op-ed  article  in  the  New  York 
Times  which  began  this  way: 

"Do  recent  reports  of  check-kiting  (E.F.  Hutton), 
overcharging  on  defense  contracts  (General  Dy- 
namics), failing  to  inform  authorities  of  deaths  to 
patients  who  took  Oraflex  (Eli  Lilly),  and  employee 
deaths  from  cyanide  poisoning  (Film  Recovery  Sys- 
tems) involve  only  a  few  rotten  apples,  or  is  the 
corporate  core  corrupt? 

"The  conventional  wisdom  is  that  these  are  iso- 
lated incidents,  but  my  own  survey  suggests  that 
roughly  two-thirds  of  our  500  largest  corporations 
have  been  involved  to  some  extent  in  illegal  behav- 
ior over  the  last  10  years.  And  once  the  public 
realizes  the  true  scope  of  the  problem,  demands  for 
a  large-scale  clean-up  campaign,  involving  stricter 
enforcement  and  higher  penalties,  are  sure  to  fol- 
low." 

Etzioni  said  one  survey  reported  that  a  majority  of 
retired  executives  conceded  that  "industry  cannot 
regulate  itself"  and  government  regulation  is  re- 
quired. 

IMMUNIZATION  BILL 

During  the  1985  session  of  Congress,  five  sena- 
tors introduced  the  Universal  Child  Immunization 
Act  of  1986  (S.  1917),  which  would  provide  assist- 
ance to  the  international  health  community  in  pro- 
viding worldwide  immunization  to  children  against 
childhood  diseases. 

Cosponsors  include  Senators  Bill  Bradley  (D-N.J.) 
who  sponsored  the  bill,  Dennis  DeConcini  (D-Ariz.), 
Ted  Kennedy  (D-Mass.),  Slade  Gorton  (R-Wash.) 
and  Spark  Matsunaga  (D-Hawaii),  said  the  bill  ex- 
presses the  will  of  Congress  that  the  United  States 
contribute  to  the  ongoing  effort  to  immunize  all  chil- 
dren by  the  year  1990. 

Four  million  children  die  annually  from  diseases 
such  as  polio,  measles,  whooping  cough,  diphthe- 
ria, tetanus,  and  tuberculosis — the  same  childhood 
ailments  which  have  been  effectively  eradicated  in 
developed  countries  through  immunization  pro- 
grams. The  Senate  recently  appropriated  $50  mil- 
lion for  child  survival  activities  through  a  resolution 
calling  for  universal  access  to  immunization  by 
1990  and  accelerated  efforts  to  eradicate  childhood 
diseases. 


SCAB  TERM  PROTECTED 

The  National  Labor  Relations  Board  has  deter- 
mined that  posting  an  unflattering  description  of  a 
"scab"  following  a  labor  dispute  in  which  workers 
crossed  a  picket  line  is  protected  activity.  After  re- 
moval from  an  employee  bulletin  board  of  an  article 
(short  story  writer  Jack  London's  "Definition  of  a 
Scab")  by  the  company,  the  Board  ruled  it  unlawful 
removal.  The  notice  portrayed  a  "scab"  as  a  "two- 
legged  animal  with  a  corkscrew  soul,  a  water- 
logged brain,  and  a  combination  backbone  made  of 
jelly  and  glue." 


CARPENTER 


Young  Jamilies  are  spending  their  money 
on  necessities  . . .  not  Yuppie  pleasures 

Congressional  committee  reports  on  the  baby-boom  generation 


The  media  has  made  much  of  the 
Yuppie,  the  acronym  for  Young, 
Upwardly-mobile  Professional.  The 
stereotypical  have-it-all  Yuppie 
drives  a  BMW,  drinks  imported 
ChabUs,  owns  a  luxury  condo  and 
a  state-of-the-art  stereo,  wears 
Gucci  shoes,  and  eats  out  regularly 
at  upscale  restaurants. 

Boosted  by  Madison  Avenue  and 
Hollywood,  the  Yuppie  has  be- 
come so  ingrained  in  American 
popular  mythology  that  he  or  she 
has  almost  become  synonymous 
with  the  postwar  "baby  boom" 
generation,  usually  defined  as 
those  78  million  Americans  born 
between  1946  and  1964. 

However,  a  study  released  re- 
cently by  the  congressional  Joint 
Economic  Committee  (JEC)  punc- 
tures the  myth  of  a  Yuppie  major- 
ity. Sure,  Yuppies  exist  and 
they're  more  visible  in  their  expen- 
sive imported  cars  and  pricy  res- 
taurants than  their  less  affluent 
counterparts.  Still,  they're  by  no 
means  typical  of  their  generation, 
the  study  points  out. 

In  1984  the  typical  young  Ameri- 
can family  consisted  of  a  husband 


and  wife  and  a  pre-teenage  child, 
the  study  said.  Fewer  than  half  of 
these  couples,  aged  25-34,  owned 
their  homes.  Their  combined  pre- 
tax income  totaled  $25,157, 
"hardly  enough  to  buy  a  BMW 
and  eat  out  regularly.  If  this  is  the 
case,  what  are  young  families 
spending  their  money  on?  The  an- 
swer comes  as  no  surprise  to  those 
families:  basic  necessities,"  the  re- 
port said. 

The  baby  boom  generation,  it 
said,  "has  experienced  a  dramatic 
dechne  in  its  ability  to  pursue  the 
conventional  American  dream:  a 
home,  financial  security,  and  edu- 
cation for  their  children." 

In  the  decades  prior  to  the 
1970s,  young  people  rightly  ex- 
pected to  live  better  than  their  par- 
ents, the  report  noted,  adding, 
"Such  is  not  now  the  case.  A 
father-son  example  illustrates  this 
dramatically."  It  showed  that  a 
young  man  who  left  home  in  the 
1950s  or  1960s  could  expect  by  age 
30  to  be  earning  a  third  more  in 
inflation-adjusted  dollars  than  his 
father  did  when  the  young  man 
lived  at  home. 

But  today,  a  30-year-old  man  is 


making  about  10%  less  in  real 
earnings  than  his  father  did  when 
the  young  man  left  home,  the  re- 
port said.  "The  fact  that  the  man's 
father  owns  a  house  with  easy 
mortgage  payments  only  sharpens 
the  contrast  in  their  economic  sta- 
tus," it  added. 

In  1973  the  average  30-year-old 
earned  $23,580  in  inflation-adjusted 
1984  dollars.  By  1983,  that  figure 
had  dropped  to  $17,520  in  real  dol- 
lars, a  26%  decline.  Average  family 
income  in  this  age  group  fell  14% 
during  this  decade  despite  a  large 
increase  in  two-earner  households, 
the  study  said. 

To  purchase  a  median  price 
home  in  1973,  the  average  30-year- 
old  would  have  had  to  spend  21% 
of  his  gross  monthly  earnings  on 
mortgage  payments.  By  1983  he  or 
she  would  have  had  to  spend  44%, 
which  usually  puts  homeownership 
out  of  reach.  "That  is  despite  the 
fact  that  today  fewer  than  half  of 
all  new  housing  units  are  detached 
single-family  dwellings  as  com- 
pared with  more  than  60%  in  the 
1970s"  the  report  said. 

Continued  on  Page  36 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


With  Ihe  mural  at  the  opening  of  the  exhibit  behind  him.  Bob  Jones  of  Local  1590.  Washington.  D.C..  cuts  a  large,  arch-shaped  piece 
of  plexiglass  to  be  installed  on  the  front  of  a  display  case. 


Dutch  Holland.  Local  132.  Washington,  D.C..  and  Harold 
Lida.  Local  1694.  apply  a  velvet  covering  to  the  plywood 
shelves  of  a  display  case  which  will  hold  a  magnificent  array 
of  silver.  Photo  by  Wm.  SchaefferlNational  Gallery  of  Art. 


The  fireplace  below  represents  no  particular  fireplace,  but 
the  spirit  of  1 7th  century  house  style.  Dick  Yates,  Local 
132,  Washington,  D.C.,  gives  his  work  a  final  inspection 
before  it  is  moved  into  place  for  the  display  of  14  pieces  of 
Chinese  porcelain,  right.  Photos  by  Wm.  Schaeffer/National 
Gallery  of  Art. 


The  Job  foreman.  Randy  Payne,  Local  132,  Washington,  D.C., 
is  shown  on  the  upper  level  of  the  East  Building  working  on 
the  exhibit  sales  area  while  Tom  Piddington.  Local  1665.  Alex- 
andria, Va.,  insert,  works  downstairs  in  the  exhibit  shop. 


CARPENTER 


Building  the 

Treasure  Houses' 


For  The  Treasure  Houses  of  Britain. ■ 
Five  Hundred  Years  of  Private  Patron- 
age and  Art  Collecting,  the  current 
exhibit  at  the  National  Gallery  of  Art 
in  Washington,  D.C.,  UBC  members 
have  transformed  a  light  and  airy  20th 
century  building  into  a  series  of  17 
galleries  representing  English  country 
houses  from  1485  to  1985,  including  a 
dark  Tudor  castle  and  a  romanesque 
rotunda.  The  result  is  a  magnificent 
showcase  for  an  exhibit  of  this  scope — 
it  features  over  800  priceless  objects 
from  over  200  treasure  houses. 

J.  Carter  Brown,  gallery  director; 
Gervase  Jackson-Stops,  exhibit  cura- 
tor; Gaillard  Revenel,  gallery  design 
chief;  and  Mark  Leithauser,  assistant 
chief  of  design,  chose  to  create  a  chron- 
ological series  of  typical  rooms,  or  parts 
of  rooms,  as  the  most  effective  way  to 
showcase  the  treasures.  Rather  than 
attempt  to  recreate  specific  rooms  ex- 
actly, the  team  designed  each  gallery 
as  representative  of  a  period  after  view- 
ing paintings,  and  touring  the  houses 
themselves,  and  based  on  their  histor- 
ical knowledge  of  architecture.  Various 
elements  appropriate  to  each  period 
were  included  to  evoke  the  presence  of 
a  British  country  home. 

One  of  the  more  precise  recreations 
is  the  Jacobean  Long  Gallery,  which 
duplicates  the  door  of  a  castle,  the 
windows  of  another  famous  home,  and 
the  ceiling,  molding,  and  room  colors 


glitter  and  increased  excitement  to  the 
show. 

Mounting  the  exhibition  cost  over 
four  million  dollars,  part  of  which  was 
covered  by  a  grant  from  the  Ford  Motor 
Co.  But  funding  was  only  one  hurdle 
the  planners  had  to  overcome  in  their 
transformation  of  the  two  top  floors  of 
the  gallery's  East  Building.  Brown, 
Jackson-Stops,  Ravenel,  and  Leithau- 
ser made  countless  trans- Atlantic  flights 
to  visit  the  homes  of  hundreds  of  United 
Kingdom  aristocrats  and  ask  permis- 
sion to  borrow  their  treasures  (over 
90%  of  the  owners  said  yes),  to  inspect 
the  objects  and  ensure  that  they  were 
in  good  enough  condition  to  withstand 
the  travel,  and  to  coordinate  the  place- 
ment of  each  object  and  the  flow  of 
each  room.  In  most  cases  the  objects 
could  not  leave  Britain  until  late  sum- 
mer because  their  owners  allow  paying 
visitors  to  tour  the  homes  as  a  means 
of  raising  the  funds  needed  to  maintain 
them. 

Many  of  the  items  are  over  500  years 
old,  and  some  even  date  back  to  ancient 
Greek  and  Roman  times.  Some  had 
never  before  left  the  homes,  and  others 
had  never  even  been  moved.  Crating, 
shipping,  and  insuring  the  objects  were 
primary  concerns,  and  what  of  the  dif- 
ference in  climate — especially  the  warm, 
dry  air  found  in  the  gallery?  Dry  heat 
would  cause  irreparable  damage  to  the 
Van  Dyck,  Rembrant,  and  Velazquez 
Continued  on  Page  36 

These  three  photos  show  the  same  room,  The  Waterloo  Gallery.  The  intricate 
molding,  cornices,  and  columns  are  highlighted  in  the  photo  at  bottom  left, 
which  also  details  the  careful  spacing  of  the  dentil  molding  as  it  turns  the 
corners.  At  top  left  is  a  photo  showing  an  overview  of  the  room  with  work  in 
progress,  including  the  humidifying  ducts  waiting  to  be  installed.  The  finished 
room  is  shown  in  the  photo  below.  Photos  at  top  left  and  below  by  Wm. 
Schaeffer/  National  Gallery  of  Art. 


of  a  portrait  of  the  Countess  of  Arundel. 
This  portrait  hangs  in  the  room  to  em- 
phasize the  similar  features.  Another 
room  that  imitates  a  painting  found  on 
one  of  its  walls  is  the  Dutch  Cabinet. 
(Cabinet  means  a  small  room.) 

Not  your  typical  carpentry  job,  work- 
ing at  the  gallery  is  full  of  challenges 
and  surprises.  Corning  Construction 
Corp.  of  Beltsville,  Md.,  has  a  contract 
with  the  gallery  to  keep  four  or  five 
carpenters  employed  in  the  exhibit  shop 
full  time,  year  round.  Their  shop  is 
located  below  the  exhibition  areas  and 
is  fully  equipped  to  handle  almost  any- 
thing they  need  to  create  an  exhibition. 
For  the  Treasure  Houses  exhibit.  As- 
sociated Builders  of  Hyattsville,  Md., 
was  brought  in  to  help,  bringing  to  20 
the  number  of  UBC  members  on  the 
project.  Working  with  the  gallery  staff 
is  very  demanding  as  they  insist  upon 
consistent,  high  quality  work,  and  peo- 
ple who  can  accept  the  job's  challenges 
and  demands. 

The  UBC's  quality  people,  all  affili- 
ated with  the  Washington,  D.C.,  and 
Vicinities  District  Council,  began  the 
heavy  construction  work  in  June  of 
1985,  completing  it  in  time  for  the  show's 
November  3  opening,  five  months  later. 
On  November  9,  the  exhibit's  patrons, 
Their  Royal  Highnesses,  Prince  Charles 
and  Princess  Diana,  visited  the  gallery 
for  black-tie  opening  festivities,  adding 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


OttaiMra 
Repprt 


QUEBEC  BILL  42  CHANGES 

Last  summer  a  new  Act  respecting  occupational 
accidents  and  diseases  went  into  effect  in  Quebec. 
Long  hoped  for  by  parties  interested  in  the  work 
environment,  the  Bill  is  a  sizeable  reform  of  almost 
600  sections.  It  constitutes  an  important  landmark 
in  the  development  of  occupational  health  and 
safety,  making  Quebec  a  frontrunner  in  North  Amer- 
ica with  regard  to  the  compensation  of  occupational 
accident  victims. 

Bill  42  considerably  changes  the  regulations  re- 
garding compensation.  Medical  aspects  of  the  sys- 
tem have  been  removed  from  the  control  of  the 
Commission  de  sante  et  de  securite  du  travail  du 
Quebec.  The  injured  worker  chooses  his  own  physi- 
cian and  hospital.  The  attending  physician  rules  on 
the  payment  date.  In  return,  nevertheless,  he  must 
provide  a  more  complete  file  to  the  CSST  on  his 
patient,  but  he  is  now  paid  to  do  so. 

In  addition,  the  new  method  of  compensation  re- 
places the  lifetime  pension  with  a  mixed  formula,  a 
revenue  replacement  indemnity  and  a  fixed  annuity 
to  compensate  for  bodily  damages.  "Thus  a  major 
legislative  flaw  is  corrected,  which  has  prevailed  up 
until  now  in  the  area  of  compensation;  under  the 
previous  system  small  disabilities  were  over-com- 
pensated and  major  disabilities  under-compen- 
sated," explains  Robert  Sauve,  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  CSST.  The  new  system  is 
more  just  for  everyone,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Em- 
ployers Council. 

However,  for  the  unions,  the  question  of  compen- 
sation constitutes  the  main  stumbling  block  to  Bill 
42.  "On  this  aspect  we  have  not  yet  reached  our 
objective,"  says  Robert  Bouchard,  of  the  Quebec 
Federation  of  Labour.  "Ideally,  we  would  have  liked 
the  principles  of  compensation  which  have  pre- 
vailed until  now  to  be  wholly  transferred  into  Bill  42. 
The  problem  with  the  present  bill  is  the  concept  of 
suitable  employment.  There  has  been  a  great  strug- 
gle to  obtain  a  clearer  and  more  specific  definition 
of  suitable  employment  which  would  allow  us  to  say 
that  a  particular  worker  cannot  be  integrated  into  a 
job  called  suitable  considering  his  physical  or  men- 
tal abilities.  Unfortunately,  this  idea  has  remained 
quite  vague!  It  will  certainly  complicate  the  exercise 
of  the  right  to  return  to  work  which  we  mean  to 
have  respected  at  any  cost." 


SECOND-HAND  SMOKE  RULE 

Hundreds  of  thousands  of  Canadian  workers  may 
be  forced  to  stop  smoking  on  the  job  after  a  federal 
labor  adjudicator,  in  a  landmark  decision,  declared 
second-hand  tobacco  smoke  a  dangerous  sub- 
stance. 

The  decision  could  revolutionize  the  Canadian 
workplace,  moving  this  country  a  giant  step  closer 
to  the  smoke-free  office,  health  and  labor  spokes- 
men said  recently. 

Though  researchers  have  said  for  some  time  that 
second-hand  smoke  may  cause  cancer,  this  is  the 
first  time  the  link  has  been  recognized  by  a  labor 
adjudicator. 

The  decision  will  immediately  give  870,000  Cana- 
dian public  service  workers  a  precedent  for  de- 
manding protection  from  tobacco  smoke  in  the 
workplace. 

In  the  longer  term,  the  decision  may  serve  as  a 
precedent  for  virtually  every  unionized  worker  in 
Canada  because  it  stipulates  that  keeping  workers 
free  from  tobacco  smoke  is  a  basic  principle  of 
safety  in  the  workplace. 


FED  PENSION  REFORM  HERE 

In  introducing  Bill  C-90,  Ottawa  has  moved  close 
to  the  finish  line  of  the  decade-long  trudge  toward 
reform  of  Canada's  retirement  income  system. 

Called  the  Pension  Benefits  Standards  Act  1985, 
the  bill's  main  impact  on  company  pension  plans 
will  be  to  improve  pension  portability,  to  bolster 
women's  pensions  and  remove  sex  discrimination, 
and  to  extend  coverage  to  part-time  workers.  The 
changes  take  effect  in  1987. 


FED  MINIMUM  WAGE  UP 

The  federal  minimum  wage,  now  the  lowest  in  the 
country  at  $3.50  an  hour,  will  be  raised  to  $4  in 
May — the  first  increase  in  four  years,  Labor  Minister 
Bill  McKnight  has  announced. 

McKnight  also  announced  that  the  government 
will  abolish  the  separate  youth  minimum  wage,  now 
$3.25  an  hour,  making  the  $4  rate  applicable  to  all 
employees  when  the  change  takes  effect. 

"This  increase  not  only  reflects  the  government's 
commitment  to  an  equitable  minimum  wage  but 
also  brings  the  federal  minimum  wage  more  into 
harmony  with  rates  in  other  jurisdictions,"  he  added 
in  a  statement. 

McKnight  estimated  earlier  this  year  that  only 
about  2,500  of  approximately  600,000  workers 
within  federal  jurisdiction  currently  earn  the  mini- 
mum wage. 

Federal  jurisdiction  includes  industries  such  as 
banking,  shipping,  air  transport,  broadcasting,  rail- 
ways, grain  elevators,  and  pipelines. 

The  new  federal  wage  will  compare  with  the  fol- 
lowing rates:  Newfoundland  $4,  Nova  Scotia  $4, 
Prince  Edward  Island  $4,  New  Brunswick  $3.80, 
Quebec  $4,  Ontario  $4,  Manitoba  $4.30,  Saskatch- 
ewan $4.50,  Alberta  $3.80,  British  Columbia  $3.65, 
Northwest  Territories  $4.25,  and  Yukon  $4.25. 


10 


CARPENTER 


Locals  and  Councils  Urged  to  'Adopt'  L-P  Strikers 


There  are  approximately  500  strikers 
picketing  the  Louisiana-Pacific  Corpo- 
ration after  two  years  of  hardship  and 
struggle,  and  they  need  financial  assist- 
ance to  provide  for  their  basic  needs  and 
the  needs  of  their  families. 

General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell 
has  issued  a  plea  to  all  UBC  local  unions 
and  councils  throughout  North  America 
to  "adopt  a  striker,"  so  that  the  fight 
against  L-P  will  ultimately  defeat  the 
company's  blatant  attempt  at  union  bust- 
ing in  the  forest  products  industry. 

"If  your  local  or  council  can  help 
support  one  of  these  workers  at  $100  a 
week  or  half  or  a  quarter  of  this  amount 


on  a  weekly  basis,  please  help  out," 
Campbell  declared  in  his  appeal  for  as- 
sistance. "I'd  appreciate  hearing  from 
everyone.  To  those  who  have  given  their 
time  and  financial  support  to  the  struggle 
against  L-P,  I  ask  your  continued  sup- 
port. To  those  who  have  not  yet  given, 
now  is  the  time.  I  am  well  aware  that  a 
weekly  financial  commitment  will  be  a 
burden  for  many,  because  these  are  not 
the  best  of  times  in  most  areas.  But  in 
this  Brotherhood,  we  must  be  our  broth- 
er's keeper,  even  if  it  hurts  a  little." 

Campbell  noted  that  the  L-P  boycott 
and  the  strike  effort  has  already  exacted 
a  heavy  price  from  the  company. 


"When  this  strike  began,  L-P's 
spokesperson  publicly  stated  that  in  a 
perfect  world  they  would  like  to  'return 
to  the  work  ethics  of  the  20s  and  the 
30s.'  As  trade  unionists,  we  cannot  let 
any  major  employer  succeed  in  such 
efforts  to  turn  back  the  clock  on  working 
men  and  women." 

Campbell  stated  that  we  must  continue 
this  fight  for  justice  for  ourselves  and  for 
future  generations  of  workers  in  the  for- 
est products  industry.  Last  month,  the 
United  Brotherhood  expanded  its  boy- 
cott to  include  home  builders  who  use 
L-P  products  in  their  construction  proj- 
ects. 


Boycott  Profile: 


Local  2845  members,  from  left,  Rusty  Anderson,  Tim  Jensen, 
Richard  Osborn,  and  John  Svicarovich  conduct  boycott  hand- 
billing  at  Fred  Meyer  in  Forest  Grove,  Ore. 


Local  1746  members,  front  row,  from  left,  Jim  Hamilton,  Don 
Fletcher,  Liz  DiStael.  Marlene  Marcon,  Carol  Sampson,  Dave 
Campbell  and  Doug  Patterson  join,  back  row,  from  left.  Brad 
Witt  of  the  Western  Council  LPIW,  UBC  Representative  Mark 
Furman,  and  Local  1120  Financial  Secretary  Larry  Hodgin,  in 
preparing  for  recent  handbilling  at  Fred  Meyer. 


Brotherhood  members  in  the  heart  of 
the  L-P  strike  territory  have  been  con- 
ducting regular  boycott  activity  since 
the  boycott's  inception,  under  the  di- 
rection of  7th  District  Board  Member 
Paul  Johnson.  Members  from  the  Se- 
attle and  Tacoma  District  Councils  in 
Washington,  along  with  the  Oregon  State 
and  Willamette  Valley  District  Councils 
and  affiliates  of  the  Western  Council, 
have  been  active  boycott  participants 
in  L-P's  home  territory.  The  boycott's 
impact  has  been  impressive,  as  two 
years  of  activity  has  produced  a  lengthy 


Survey  local  homebuilding 
projects  for  L-P  products 

Please  begin  to  monitor  residential  con- 
struction projects  in  your  area  to  see  if  L-P 
wood  products,  particularly  L-P  waferboard, 
are  being  used.  If  such  homebuilding  projects 
are  identified,  please  notify  the  General  Pres- 
ident, and  appropriate  action  will  be  taken. 


list  of  retailers  that  have  dropped  L-P 
products. 

Area  boycott  activities  are  being  co- 
ordinated by  UBC  Representative  Marc 
Furman  and  have  focused  on  lumber 
retailers  in  the  area,  including  Fred 
Meyer,  B  &  I  Lumber,  Parr  Lumber 
Co.,  Copeland  Lumber,  and  Henry  Ba- 
con Lumber  Co.  Fred  Meyer,  with 
twenty  stores  located  in  the  Portland 
and  Seattle  areas,  is  the  primary  target 
for  boycott  handbilling  at  present.  A 
Labor  Board  charge  filed  by  Fred  Meyer 
against  the  UBC  handbilling  was  re- 
cently dismissed  and  intensified  boycott 
action  is  planned. 

In  addition  to  the  boycott  handbilling, 
UBC  members  in  the  area  have  engaged 
in  numerous  other  strike  support  activ- 
ities. Picketing  of  L-P  sponsored  Davis 
Cup  tennis  matches  and  a  stock  ana- 
lysts' meeting  at  which  L-P's  Chairman 
Harry  Merlo  spoke  was  conducted,  and 
several  demonstrations  have  been  co- 
ordinated at  L-P's  corporate  headquar- 
ters in  Portland,  Ore. 


Handbill  developed  by  our  Washington-Or- 
egon members  and  distributed  at  the  L-P- 
sponsored  Davis  Cup  Tennis  Tournament. 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


11 


I^H^^XjO  . . .  nearly  a  lomi  ai4 


by  Kiri  Olson 

Ornately  designed  and  lavishly  pcdnted 
wagon  wheels  were  a  colorful  part  of 
circus  parades.  In  addition  to  their  bril- 
liance, they  were  extremely  heavy  and 
built  of  fine  quality  wood  to  withstand 
all  of  the  rigors.  Today,  the  fabrication, 
let  alone  the  sight,  of  steel-rimmed 
wooden  circus  wheels  is  very  rare. 

A  century  ago,  wagon  builders  bought 
their  wheels  from  companies  that  spe- 
cialized in  making  them.  At  that  time, 
a  wheel  would  cost  about  $100.00.  Beggs 
Wagon  Co.  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  ad- 
vertised, "All  sizes  of  sunbursts  on 
short  notice.  Nicely  carved.  Furnished 
in  the  white  or  completely  painted  ready 
to  put  on."  The  best  known  circus 


wheel  manufacturer  was  St.  Mary's 
Wheel  &  Spoke  Co.  of  St.  Mary's,  Ohio 
who  advertised  in  1922,  "The  Circus 
boys  are  ready  for  a  busy  season!  Are 
you?" 

J.  C.  White  was  the  superintendent 
of  the  St.  Mary's  Wheel  &  Spoke  Co., 
while  his  father,  Thomas  A.  White,  was 
president  and  general  manager  from 
1890  to  1936.  In  his  book.  Circus  Bag- 
gage Stock,  C.  P.  Fox  recounts  J.  C. 
White's  explanation  of  how  the  massive 
circus  wheels  were  made:  "The  hubs 
were  always  made  of  elm  because  of 
its  toughness.  After  they  were  turned 
and  mortised  to  fit  the  flanges,  the 
spokes  were  driven  into  the  hub  blocks. 


then  the  Sarven  flanges  were  pressed 
on  hydraulically.  The  spokes  were  white 
oak  and  were  turned  to  desired  diameter 
and  mortised  to  fit  right  in  the  hub.  The 
other  end  of  the  spoke  was  tenoned  to 
fit  the  felloe.  Before  the  assemblying, 
the  spokes  were  sanded  and  finished. 
They  were  also  grooved  for  the  Vi^-inch 
panels  that  were  inserted  between  the 
spokes.  The  spokes  were  then  driven 
into  the  hub,  filed,  sanded,  and  finished 
in  the  center  of  the  wheel.  The  panels 
were  then  glued  in  place  before  the 
felloes  were  applied.  The  felloes  were 
white  oak.  (The  panels  mentioned  were 
for  sunburst  wheels  used  on  parade 
wagons.) 


This  set  of  wheels,  axles,  axle  nuts,  and  skeins,  right,  are  fresh  out 
of  the  Beggs  factory.  All  circus  wheels  revolve  on  tapered  friction 
bearings.  They  usually  had  16  spokes  and  sometimes  18,  as  com- 
pared to  14  on  farm  or  commercial  wagons.  Spokes  up  to  two  inches 
in  diameter  were  made  of  second-growth  hickory,  while  larger  spokes 
were  made  of  second-growth  white  oak.  Wheels  cost  between  $75 
and  $125  each,  with  $20  extra  to  "sunburst"  them.  The  Beggs  Wa- 
gon Company  also  manufactured  baggage,  cage,  and  parade  wagons 
for  many  circuses. 

The  power  of  a  horse  when  pulling  a  load  is  developed  in  the  hind 
quarters.  Far  right,  a  heavy  stringer  wagon  is  in  obvious  difficulty. 
The  show  and  date  of  this  photo  are  unknown,  but  the  show  is 
probably  Ringling  in  the  1920s.  (Photos  and  captions  from  Circus 
Baggage  Stock  by  C.P.  Fox.) 


12 


CARPENTER 


"All  wood  used  was  air-dried  in  open 
sheds  for  about  two  years  before  using. 
After  this  the  billets  were  dried  to  about 
4%  moisture  content  in  the  dry  kilns. 
The  dish  was  built  into  the  wheels  by 
the  angle  we  put  on  the  tennon  that 
was  driven  into  the  hub. 

"The  steel  tire  was  shrunk  on  the 
wheel  as  a  last  step.  When  finished,  the 
wheels  were  dipped  in  linseed  oil." 

Some  of  the  first  circus  wheels  had 
a  circular  fan  of  scrolled  and  painted 
wood  fastened  to  the  outside  of  the 
spokes.  These  wheels  were  dazzling 
but  quite  vulnerable  to  damage,  espe- 
cially as  circus  wagons  became  heavier 
and  more  massive.  So  the  wheel  dec- 
oration was  changed,  and  triangular 
pine  inserts  were  placed  between  the 
spokes,  forming  a  sunburst  pattern. 

The  wide  edge  of  the  triangular  web 
was  fluted.  These  webs  were  painted 
red,  starting  from  the  point  of  the  web, 
turning  gradually  to  orange  and  then  to 
yellow.  When  the  wheel  rolled,  it  re- 
sembled a  sunburst.  The  felloes,  spokes 
and  hub  were  usually  painted  white 
with  red,  green,  yellow,  or  blue  detail. 

Making  a  steel-rimmed  wooden  wheel 
was  a  long,  painstaking  process.  First, 
the  wheel  size  had  to  be  determined  by 
the  weight  the  wagon  would  haul.  They 
ranged  from  28"  to  52"  in  diameter. 
Then,  the  fabrication  could  begin.  There 
were  three  major  components  to  the 
wooden  wheel:  the  felloes,  spokes,  and 
hub.  The  felloes,  which  formed  the 
circumference  of  the  wheel,  were  usu- 
ally made  of  two  or  more  oak  sections. 
Depending  on  the  diameter,  the  spokes 
were  made  out  of  oak  or  hickory.  Their 
size  was  determined  by  the  circumfer- 
ence and  tread  width  of  the  wheel. 
Circus  wheels  were  generally  16  or  18- 
spoked.  Some  wheels  had  wooden  hubs. 
Other,  better-made  wheels  had  steel 
Sarven  Patent  hubs.  After  all  of  the 
components  were  made,  the  completed 
wheel  was  dipped  in  hot  linseed  oil. 

The  width  of  the  rim,  or  tire,  was 
generally  from  2"  to  8"  and  it  was  Vi"  to 
1"  thick.  To  form  the  tire,  hot  rolled 
steel  of  proper  width  and  thickness  was 


roUed  to  the  correct  diameter  and  welded . 
The  tire  was  placed  in  a  blazing  fire  for 
expansion.  When  it  reached  the  right 
temperature,  the  tire  was  removed  with 
hook  poles. 

The  next  step,  which  proved  the 
accuracy  of  the  wheelwright's  work, 
was  to  place  the  tire  over  the  wood 
wheel.  If  the  fit  was  tight,  a  sledge 
hammer  was  used  to  force  the  red  hot 
tire  over  the  wheel.  This  had  to  be  done 
quickly  so  the  felloe  would  not  ignite. 

Then,  water  was  poured  over  the  hot 
metal  to  start  the  shrinking  process.  It 
was  very  important  that  this  step  be 
done  evenly  for  uniform  shrinkage.  The 
wheel  could  also  be  placed  in  a  tank  of 
water  to  cool.  After  it  dried,  the  wheel 
was  painted  and  placed  on  an  axle  of  a 
wagon,  ready  to  carry  tons  of  weight. 

With  the  advent  of  pneumatic  tires 
in  the  1930s  and  1940s,  steel-rimmed 
wooden  wheels  became  scarce.  The 
nostalgic,  rumbling  sounds  from  the  old 
wooden  wheels  would  appear  to  be  gone 
forever.  The  Circus  World  Museum  in 
Baraboo,  Wise,  however,  brings  back 
these  familiar  old  circus  sounds  daily. 
The  museum  is  built  on  the  original 
winter  quarters  of  the  Ringling  Bros. 
Circus  (1884-1918).  The  Ringlings  got 
their  start  in  Baraboo,  their  hometown. 
Nearly  all  160  of  the  museum's  antique 
circus  wagons,  the  world's  largest  col- 
lection, rest  on  steel-rimmed  wooden 
wheels. 

The  museum  also  features  a  historic 
wheelwright's  shop  display.  "We  have 
tried  to  establish  a  working  shop  of  the 
skilled  craftsmen  who  made  and  re- 
paired ornate  circus  wagon  wheels  years 
ago,"  says  Jim  Williams,  the  museum's 
display  director.  "Visitors  can  observe 
their  tools  and  work."  The  exhibit, 
housed  in  part  of  the  historic  Ringling 
Elephant  Barn,  is  divided  into  several 
work  areas  for  smithwork,  painting,  and 
repair.  There  are  also  hundreds  of 
spokes,  hubs,  felloes,  and  completed 
wheels  on  display,  as  well  as  some  hand 
made  tools  and  a  historic  Ringling  hippo 
den  ready  to  have  new  wheels.  Visitors 
Continued  on  Page  38 


Before  a  steel  tire  could  be  made, 
the  wheelwright  (top)  had  to  meas- 
ure the  wheel's  circumference .  After 
the  steel  tire  was  placed  in  a  blaz- 
ing fire  to  expand,  the  red  hot  ring 
was  towered  with  hook  poles  (mid- 
dle) onto  the  wooden  wheel  and 
hammered  into  place.  The  last  step 
of  a  long,  painstaking  process,  the 
entire  wheel  was  lowered  into  a 
tank  of  water  (bottom)  to  cool  and 
shrink  the  tire  which  tightened  the 
felloes  on  the  spokes  and  the  spokes  i 
into  the  hubs.  1 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


13 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


Poll  shows  many 
young  workers 
want  unions 


Labor's  critics  often  gleefully  point  to 
figures  that  show  that  six  out  of  seven 
young  workers  don't  belong  to  a  union, 
claiming  that  this  proves  unions  are  old- 
hat  to  growing  groups  of  workers.  But 
when  those  young  workers  are  quizzed 
on  their  attitudes  toward  unions,  they 
tell  a  different  story. 

A  recent  Harris  poll  revealed  that  four 
out  of  ten  non-union  workers  under  the 
age  of  35  say  they  would  vote  for  a  union 
if  they  had  the  chance.  In  comparison, 
only  one  out  of  four  non-union  workers 
over  50  years  old  feels  the  same  way. 

When  full-time  workers  were  asked 
what  they  think  is  the  impact  of  unions 
on  the  well-being  of  working  people  to- 
day, nearly  half  of  those  aged  18  to  29 
(46%)  said  unions  help.  Younger  work- 
ers, reports  the  survey,  are  more  likely 
to  feel  unions  help  than  older  workeres 

■  do. 
When  they  actually  have  a  chance  to 
vote  union,  however,  those  good  inten- 
tions don't  always  translate  into  votes. 
Modem  labor  law  has  become  so  weak 
that  it  no  longer  protects  workers'  rights 
to  free  elections  for  union  representa- 
tion— those  days,  managements  can  de- 
lay the  vote,  decide  who's  eligible  to 
vote,  fire  workers,  threaten  them  and 

■  twist  their  arms  in  ways  that  would  have 
been  practically  unheard-of  and  certainly 
illegal  thirty  and  forty  years  ago. 


Retirees'  earning 
exemption  increases 
in  1986  change 

Beginning  last  month,  the  amount  re- 
tirees under  U.S.  Social  Security  can 
earn  and  still  receive  full  benefits  rose  a 
few  hundred  dollars. 

The  1986  annual  exempt  amount  for 
people  65  and  over  is  now  $7,800,  up 
from  $7,320  in  1985.  The  1986  exempt 
amount  for  retired  persons  under  65  is 
now  $5,760,  up  from  $5,400  in  1985. 

A  person  whose  earnings  do  not  exceed 
the  annual  exempt  amount  will  receive 
all  benefits  due  for  the  year.  Benefits  are 
reduced  $1  for  each  $2  of  earnings  above 
the  exempt  amount.  This  test  does  not 
apply  once  a  person  reaches  70. 

The  amount  of  annual  earnings  needed 
to  earn  a  quarter  of  coverage — the  meas- 
ure of  work  credits  under  the  law — is 
now  $440  for  1986.  up  from  $410  in  1985. 
In  1986,  a  worker  will  earn  four  quarters 
of  coverage  if  his  or  her  annual  earnings 
are  $1,760  or  more. 


NLRB  rules  employer's 
ban  on  union 
sticker  violates  act 

A  divided  NLRB  has  ruled  that  an 
employer  violated  the  Taft-Hartley  Act 
by  firing  a  construction  worker  who  re- 
fused to  remove  union  stickers  from  his 
company-issued  hardhat.  In  a  2-1  deci- 
sion, the  Board  majority  of  Members 
Dennis  and  Johansen  found  that,  in  the 
absence  of  safety  or  production  reasons 
for  a  ban  on  wearing  a  union  insignia, 
the  employee  had  a  right  to  express  his 
support  for  the  union  by  placing  stickers 
on  his  hardhat. 

In  dissent,  Chairman  Dotson  says  the 
employer's  ban  on  covering  hardhats 
with  union  stickers  should  be  upheld 
because  the  employees  had  "ample  al- 
ternative methods"  to  express  support 
for  the  union,  such  as  wearing  union  T- 
shirts  or  placing  a  union  insignia  on 
personal  belongings. 

Johnny  Lambert  was  working  as  a 
crane  operator  for  Malta  Construction 
Company  on  a  highway  project  south  of 
Atlanta  in  1983  when  Local  926  of  the 
Operating  Engineers  tried  to  organize 
Malta  employees.  To  express  his  support 
for  the  union,  Lambert  placed  union 
stickers  on  his  crane  and  on  his  hardhat. 
When  a  supervisor  ordered  him  to  re- 
move the  stickers,  Lambert  removed  the 
stickers  from  his  crane  but  not  from  his 
hardhat.  After  the  supervisor  warned 
Lambert  he  would  be  fired  unless  he 
removed  the  sticker  and  he  still  refused, 
the  employee  was  fired  for  defacing  com- 
pany property.  The  union  filed  charges 
with  NLRB, 

Reversing  an  administrative  law  judge's 
ruling  in  favor  of  Malta.  NLRB  finds  no 
special  circumstances  which  override  the 
employee's  presumptive  right  to  dem- 
onstrate union  support  by  wearing  union 
insignia.  Malta  argued  that  its  orange 
hardhats  were  useful  in  distinguishing  its 
emioyees  on  a  muhi-employer  worksite, 
but  the  Board  finds  no  evidence  that  the 
stickers  obscured  the  color  of  the  hardhat 
or  otherwise  damaged  the  company's 
property.  NLRB  concludes  that  the  em- 
ployer's ban  on  union  insignia  was  not 
necessary  "to  maintain  production  or 
discipline,  or  to  ensure  safety." 


Rubber  Workers 
adopts  plan  lor 
union-made  tools 

At  the  United  Rubber  Workers  Skilled 
Trades  Conference  held  recently  in  St. 
Louis.  Missouri,  they  adopted  a  recom- 
mendation to  incorporate  language  in 
future  contracts  to  include  a  provision 
for  union-made  tools.  The  provision  states 
that  "...  the  company  will  replace  at 
no  cost  to  the  employee  all  worn,  dam- 
aged or  stolen  tools,  with  American  or 
Canadian,  union-made  tools  depending 
on  the  plant  location." 


Phony  advertising 
solicitors  working 
Washington  State 

The  Washington  State  Labor  Council, 
AFL-CIO,  has  warned  that  bids  appar- 
ently have  been  solicited  for  advertisers 
forfradulent  directories,  newspapers  and 
annual  reports  purportedly  connected  to 
the  council.  The  council  said  at  least  two 
recent  incidents  have  occurred  of  tele- 
phone solicitations  for  advertising  in  phony 
publications  misrepresented  as  being  la- 
bor-related. 

U.S.  appeals  court 
reverses  Silkwood; 
wants  new  trial 

In  a  major  disappointment  for  labor, 
the  U.S.  Court  of  Appeals  in  Denver, 
Colo,  has  reversed  the  $10,000,000  pu- 
nitive damage  award  against  the  Kerr- 
McGee  Corp.  in  the  Karen  Silkwood 
case. 

Describing  itself  as  reluctant  to  regard 
"...  errors  that  permitted  the  jury  to 
consider  improper  elements."  the  court 
called  for  a  new  trial. 

In  a  major  dissent,  however,  one  of 
the  justices  in  the  circuit  pointed  out  that 
the  first  trial  lasted  II  weeks  and  that 
forcing  the  case  to  a  new  trial  was  "atro- 
cious." 

The  justice  said  in  his  dissent  that  the 
other  justices  "...  refused  to  face  the 
general  nature  of  this  case.  The  truth 
is  .  .  .  that  the  treatment  of  Silkwood 
shook  the  entire  nation.  Her  suffering 
and  death  will  not  soon  be  forgotten." 

The  judge  charged  that  the  Kerr-McGee 
Company's  arguments  "do  not  justify 
either  a  reversal  or  a  new  trial. 

"The  award  for  punitive  damages  is 
not  all  excessive  in  light  of  the  needless 
and  excessive  injury,"  he  wrote. 

"The  evidence  and  verdict  serve  to 
call  attention  to  the  danger  from  the 
misuse  of  the  material  and  its  tragic 
result." 

Daniel  Sheehan,  the  main  attorney  for 
the  Silkwood  estate,  reported  prepara- 
tions for  a  new  trial  are  already  under- 
way. 

Big  gains  made 
in  South,  lUD 
organizers  report 

While  most  unions  are  having  a  difficult 
time  attracting  new  members,  organizers 
for  the  AFL-CIO  Industrial  Union  De- 
partment are  reporting  a  resurgence  in 
union  organizing  success  in  the  South. 
lUD's  organizing  department,  which  is 
based  in  Atlanta  and  has  confined  its 
activities  to  the  South  for  the  past  several 
years,  says  thai  through  the  first  10  months 
of  1985  it  has  participated  in  32  repre- 
sentation elections,  winning  25  to  gain 
bargaining  rights  for  more  than  4,000 
workers  and  losing  only  three  elections 
in  units  totaling  600  employees. 


14 


CARPENTER 


CHILDREN  IN  POVERTY 

. .  .On  The  Rise 


The  white  house  staff  deserves  high 
marks  for  manipulating  public  opinion 
into  believing  the  President  should  get 
the  credit  whenever  the  sun  comes  out. 

When  the  Census  Bureau  recently 
reported  that  the  number  of  people  in 
poverty  declined  by  1 .8  million  last  year 
to  33.7  million,  the  White  House  called 
it  a  "triumph"  for  Reagan's  economic 
policies. 

What  the  White  House  staff  ignored 
was  the  fact  that  the  decline  in  the 
poverty  rate  to  14.4%  followed  five 
years  of  sharp  increases  in  poverty. 
The  Reagan  recession,  the  deepest  since 
the  Great  Depression  of  the  1930s, 
pushed  the  poverty  rate  to  a  record 
15.3%  in  1983. 

The  New  York  Times  pointed  out 
editorially  that  the  poverty  rate  is  still 
higher  than  when  Reagan  took  office — 
"one  step  forward  after  two  steps  back." 

The  bragging  by  the  Administration 
seems  premature  with  unemployment 
still  in  the  7%  recession-level  range  after 
33  months  of  "recovery."  Worse,  some 
economists  see  signs  of  a  recession 
shaping  up,  an  event  which  will  swell 
the  numbers  of  poor  in  the  absence  of 
anti-poverty  programs. 

One  of  the  most  distressing  aspects 
of  this  supposed  good  news  poverty 


report  is  that,  for  the  tenth  consecutive 
year,  the  gap  between  the  number  of 
children  living  in  poverty  and  the  rest 
of  the  population  has  widened. 

From  1970  to  1983,  the  poverty  rate 
for  children  under  16  rose  from  15.5% 
to  22.8%.  Over  the  same  period,  the 
gap  between  the  overall  poverty  rate 
and  that  for  children  grew  from  a  2.9% 
difference  to  a  7.5%  difference.  In  1984, 
the  gap  edged  up  again  to  7.6%  points, 
even  though  the  poverty  rate  for  that 
age  group  fell  slightly  to  22% 

For  children  under  18  years  old,  the 
poverty  rate  fell  from  22.2%  in  1983  to 
21.3%  in  1984.  The  rate  for  white  chil- 
dren fell  from  17.5%  to  16.5%. 

The  rate  for  black  children  and  His- 
panic children  remained  virtually  un- 
changed at  46.5%  and  39%,  respec- 
tively. 

For  children  under  the  age  of  six,  the 
poverty  rate  was  even  higher — 24%  in 
1984,  which  was  a  drop  of  1%  over  the 
year.  Black  children  in  this  age  group 
were  poor  at  the  record  rate  of  51.1%, 
up  from  49.4%  in  1983. 

According  to  Michael  R.  Lemov,  ex- 
ecutive director  of  the  Food  Research 
and  Action  Center,  "The  United  States 
remains  the  only  industriahzed  nation 
in  the  world  where  children  make  up 


the  largest  segment  of  the  poverty  pop- 
ulation." 

In  a  report  analyzing  the  data  on 
poverty  among  children,  FRAC  warned: 
"Children  are  the  largest  group  of  poor 
Americans;  they  are  the  victims  of  an 
economic  generation  gap  that  threatens 
our  ability  to  substantially  reduce  the 
level  of  poverty  in  America  for  a  new 
class  of  poor." 

The  consequences,  FRAC  said,  are 
"long-term  health  risks  for  an  entire 
generation  of  Americans.  Poverty  and 
its  side  effects  among  children  can  lead 
to  poor  physical  growth,  anemia,  and 
poor  behavioral  development."  Such 
problems  translate  into  reduced  abilities 
to  perform  well  in  school,  it  noted. 

The  Reagan  Administration  may  con- 
Continued  on  Page  38 


Missing  Children 


If  you  have  any  information  that  could  lead  to  the  location  of  a 
missing  child,  call  The  National  Center  for  Missing  and  Exploited 
Children  in  Washington,  D.C.,  1-800-843-5678 


CHERYL  PETERS,  age 

unknown,  has  been 
missing  from  Minnesota 
since  May  21,  1984.  Her 
hair  and  eyes  are  brown. 


TERRY  DESCHAMPS, 

18,  has  been  missing 
from  California  since 
July  25,  1984.  Her  hair 
is  blonde  and  her  eyes 
are  green. 


TONY  FRANKO,  age 

unknown,  has  been 
missing  from  his  home 
in  California  since  May 
9,  1983.  His  hair  and 
eyes  are  brown. 


JENNIFER  DOUGLAS, 

18,  has  been  missing 
from  her  home  in  Colo- 
rado since  July,  1984. 
Her  hair  is  blonde  and 
her  eyes  are  gray-blue. 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


15 


locni  union  nEuis 


Local  122  Marks 
100th  Anniversary 

Local  122,  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  celebrated 
its  100  anniversary  last  November  19  with 
a  gala  event  attended  by  General  President 
Patrick  J.  Cainpbell  and  Philadelphia  Mayor 
W.  Wilson  Goode.  who  spoke  on  the  ad- 
vantages of  the  labor  movement.  President 
Campbell  reviewed  the  Brotherhood's  dra- 
matic, century-old  history. 

Metropolitan  District  Council  President 
and  Business  Manager  Edward  Coryell  pre- 
sented a  plaque  to  President  James  O'Don- 
nell  and  Business  Agent  Seamus  Boyle. 
Congressman  Robert  Borski  presented  a 
United  States  flag  which  had  been  flown 
over  the  Capitol  in  Washington  as  a  memento 
of  the  occasion. 


I^U'lll't* 


The  banquet  committee  and  spouses  al  Local  122' s  1 00th  anniversary  celebration. 


Fernald  Council  Receives 
Karen  Siikwood  Award 

Karen  Siikwood,  a  representative  for  her 
local  Oil,  Chemical  and  Atomic  Workers 
union,  died  on  her  way  to  meet  a  New  York 
Times  reporter  with  evidence  of  falsified 
safety  records  and  missing  plutonium  from 
the  Kerr-McGee  plutonium  processing  plant 
where  she  worked  in  Crescent,  Okla.  Just 
prior  to  her  death  she  was  severely  contam- 
inated with  plutonium  that  was  found  in  her 
bedroom,  bathroom,  and  kitchen.  Although 
no  one  has  yet  been  held  responsible  for  her 
death.  Kerr-McGee  was  held  responsible  for 
her  contamination  in  a  1979  trial  which 
awarded  $10  million  in  punitive  damages  to 
Silkwood's  three  children. 

By  giving  awards  in  Karen  Silkwood's 
name,  the  Christie  Institute,  a  public  interest 
law  firm  and  policy  center,  recognizes  work- 
ers who  have  reported  hazards  ignored  by 
employers  and  federal  agencies.  A  Karen 
Siikwood  award  was  recently  conferred  on 
the  entire  Fernald  (Ohio)  Atomic  Trades  and 
Labor  Council. 

Gene  Branham,  president  of  the  Fernald 
Atomic  Trades  and  Labor  Council,  Bob 
Schwab,  chairman  of  the  plant's  safely  com- 
mittee and  a  member  of  Carpenters  Local 
2380,  Fernald,  Ohio,  and  other  representa- 
tives of  the  Council,  have  just  ended  a 
successful  strike  for  health  and  safety  at  the 
Fernald  nuclear  weapons  facility  near  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio.  They  have  obtained  what  is 
probably  the  most  comprehensive  health  and 
safely  language  ever  in  a  contract  at  a  nuclear 
facility.  They  have  won  the  right  to  refuse 
dangerous  work  and  protection  from  retal- 
iatory dismissal.  Workers  at  the  Fernald 
plant  are  now  able  to  participate  in  the 
creation,  monitoring,  and  enforcement  of 
standards  and  procedures  designed  to  pro- 
tect their  health  and  safety. 


Last  year,  the  Fernald  Council  won  per- 
mission for  the  National  Institute  for  Oc- 
cupational Safety  and  Health  (NIOSH)  to 
inspect  the  medical  and  radiation  exposure 
records  of  workers  at  the  plant.  The  inspec- 
tion resulted  from  a  1980  request  by  Al 
O'Connor,  district  council  president  of  the 
local  International  Association  of  Machin- 
ists, and  John  Webster,  a  representative 
from  the  International  Chemical  Workers 
Union.  The  request  was  initiated  after  Webs- 
ter examined  1,956  seniority  rosters  and 
noticed  that  a  high  number  of  people  died 
in  their  early  50s. 


The  Fernald  facility  may  be  the  largest 
nuclear  waste  dump  in  the  United  States 
and,  according  to  the  Evironmental  Protec- 
tion Agency,  the  worst  source  of  uranium 
emissions  in  the  nation.  According  to  a 
report  by  Ohio  Senator  John  Glenn,  people 
living  near  the  boundary  of  the  plant  from 
1956  to  1969  received  an  equivalent  of  140 
chest  x-rays  a  year.  But  the  plant  has  won 
69  awards  from  state  and  federal  agencies 
for  an  exemplary  safety  record. 

Glen  Branham  was  nominated  by  Sam 
Fife  to  accept  the  Siikwood  Award  on  behalf 
of  the  entire  Fernald  Council. 


Gene  Burnham.  left,  accepts  the  Karen 
Siikwood  award  on  behalf  o]  the  Fernald 
Atomic  Trades  and  Labor  Council,  with 
Bob  Schwab,  right.  Carpenters  Local 
2iS0.  Fernald.  Ohio. 


Gene  Burnham.  center,  with  Jehune  Dyl- 
lan.  star  of  the  one-woman  show  "Silk- 
wood."  and  Karen  Silkwood's  daughter, 
Kristi  Meadows,  right  during  the  recent 
award  convention. 


16 


CARPENTER 


'Run  for  the  PAC  in  Phoenix,  Arizona 


The  first  annual  "Run  for  the  PAC"  was 
sponsored  by  Arizona's  State  District  Coun- 
cil of  Carpenters  in  conjunction  with  the 
Central  Arizona  Labor  Council.  It  was  held 
in  Encanto  Park,  Phoenix.  A  part  of  an  effort 


to  raise  funds  for  their  political  action  com- 
mittee, the  event  included  a  fun  run- walk  as 
well  as  a  5K  run.  A  pancake  breakfast  for 
the  300  people  in  attendance  followed  the 
run  through  the  park. 


Runners  go  off  their  marks  at  the  start  of  the  Arizona  5K  race. 


The  Arizona  Stale  District  Council  of  Carpenters  Executive  Board,  who  helped  to 
coordinate  the  event,  from  left,  include  Bob  Mover,  Bill  Boggs,  Chuck  Byers,  Ed 
Friedman,  Bill  Martin,  Joel  Greene,  Benny  Bidwell,  and  Richard  Mills,  Not  pictured  are 
Don  Fornear,  Harrv  Drake,  and  Richard  Handcock. 


Outstanding  Employer  Awards  in  New  Jersey 


Area  contractors,  local  members,  and  elected  officials  were  among  the  400  gathered  at 
the  Local  31,  Trenton,  N.J.,  annual  "Friends  of  Labor  Rally ."  A  highlight  of  the 
festivities  was  the  presentation  of  Outstanding  Employer  Awards  to  four  area  contractors 
who  were  chosen  by  the  Local  for  their  high  ethics  and  dependability.  Local  31  gives  the 
awards  in  appreciation  of  these  worthy  qualities. 

The  Outstanding  Employer  Award  winners  pictured,  from  left,  are  James  Capizzi, 
president.  Local  31;  Michael  Zagola,  vice  president.  Local  31;  Sam  Secrelario,  Frus- 
cione  Co.:  Paul  Massey,  MGM  Contracting  Co.;  Ernest  Tenzer,  Ten-Kar  Construction 
Co.:  Archie  Massey,  MGM  Contracting  Co.:  Roland  Aristone  Jr.,  Arislone  Co.;  and 
Thomas  Canto,  business  agent.  Local  31. 


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17 


Paducah  Wins  With  1925 
Labor  Goddess,  Primitive  Pete 

Labor  Day  1985  proved  to  be  a  special  day  for  UBC  Local  559 
members  in  Paducah.  Ky.  They  were  awarded  a  trophy  for  the 
most  original  float  in  the  AFL-CIO  Parade,  and  their  1925  candidate 
for  "Goddess  of  Labor"  was  honored  guest  at  the  day's  festivities. 

Virginia  Harton  Owen  was  16  when  she  received  her  crown  at 
the  Carpenters'  union  hall.  Her  prizes  included  a  crown  of  flowers, 
a  bouquet,  a  box  of  candy,  and  some  prize  money.  Her  victory 
60  years  ago  was  helped  by  the  efforts  of  her  father,  who  was  a 
union  carpenter,  her  five  brothers,  and  her  boyfriend  (who  later 
became  her  husband).  The  winner  of  the  contest  was  determined 
by  who  sold  the  most  tickets  to  the  Labor  Day  picnic,  and  every 
one  of  her  brothers  was  out  there  selling  hers. 

Owen  joined  Miss  Labor  Day  1985  as  the  parade  wound  its  way 
through  downtown  Paducah.  Further  back  was  the  prize-winning 
tribute  to  Primitive  Pete  designed  by  Local  559. 


Virginia  Harton  Owen.  left.  «.v  she  looked  on  Labor  Day  1925 
after  heini;  presented  with  her  prizes,  and.  right,  as  she  looked 
on  Labor  Dav  1985. 


From  the  bearskins  worn  by  Loeal  559  members  Raymond  Blay- 
lock  and  William  Voylas  to  the  clever  arrangement  oj  branches, 
rocks,  and  bark,  the  float,  above  left,  was  truly  a  sight  to  see. 
The  tribute  to  Primitive  Pete  for  the  invention  of  the  handle 
brought  to  the  local  the  "Most  Original  Float  1985"  trophy. 


Caddo  Door  Employees 
Vote  for  Union  Label 


On  election  day  jubilent  employees  celebrate  the  UBC  victory. 


Delores  Edmonds,  chairperson  from  the  Caddo  Door  warehouse 
department,  above  left,  listens  intently  to  pre-election  instruc- 
tions. Above  right,  employees  gathered  the  night  before  the 
election. 


Representative  Willie  Shepperson  meets  with  members  of  the  in- 
plant  committee  to  plan  strategy  for  the  upcoming  election. 


Defying  a  company  threat  to  "shut  down  the  plant  if  the 
employees  voted  for  the  union"  and  making  a  public  display  of 
their  commitment  to  the  UBC.  55  employees  of  the  Caddo  Door 
and  Veneer  Co..  Bossier  City,  La.,  voted  in  the  union  label  in 
late  September. 

Caddo  Door,  a  manufacturer  of  hollow  and  solid  core  wood 
doors,  waged  a  vicious  campaign  which  was  met  head  on  by  UBC 
Representative  Willie  Shepperson  and  a  team  of  campaign  coor- 
dinators Patricia  Ann  Wheatley.  Mamie  R.  Gibson,  and  Rachel  \. 
Davis.  These  efforts  paid  off  when  the  final  vote  was  in:  55  for 
the  UBC  and  17  against. 

As  a  show  of  strength  throughout  the  campaign,  the  in-plant 
committee  designated  days  to  wear  the  UBC  button,  days  to  put 
a  UBC  bumper  sticker  on  cars,  and  days  to  wear  UBC  T-shirts. 
On  election  day,  the  committee  had  everyone  come  in  dressed  in 
a  UBC  cap,  T-shirt,  blue  jeans,  white  sneakers,  with  a  white  UBC 
pen  outside  the  right-hand  pocket  of  the  jeans. 

After  49  years  of  non-union  conditions,  the  employees  of  Caddo 
Door  have  finally  gotten  what  they  deserve. 


18 


CARPENTER 


UBC  Forest  Products  Boards 
Firm  Up  Their  Operations 

Growing  concern  for  the  welfare  of  employees  in  the  U.S.  and 
Canadian  forest  products  industries  recently  prompted  the  United 
Brotherhood  to  establish  a  UBC  International  Forest  Products 
Conference. 

It  held  its  first  meeting  November  13  and  14  at  the  UBC  General 
Offices  in  Washington,  D.C.,  with  General  President  Patrick  J. 
Campbell  serving  as  chairman.  International  Forest  Products 
Conference  Board  members  are  James  Bledsoe,  executive  secre- 
tary of  the  Western  Council  of  Lumber,  Production,  and  Industrial 
Workers;  Mike  Draper,  Western  Council  of  Lumber,  Production, 
and  Industrial  Workers;  Ray  White,  Southern  Council  of  Industrial 
Workers;  Richard  Heam,  Mid-Atlantic  Industrial  Council;  Fred 
Miron,  president  of  the  Northern  Ontario  District  Council;  and 
Wilf  Warren,  president  of  Local  2564,  Grand  Falls,  Nevj^oundland. 

Since  this  formative  conference,  reported  last  month  in  Car- 
penter, two  subsidiary  boards  have  been  formed  to  handle  the 
distinct  problems  of  U.S.  and  Canadian  members  in  the  industry. — 
a  four-member  U.S.  Forest  Products  Joint  Bargaining  Board  and 
an  eight-member  Canadian  Forest  Products  Conference  Board. 

The  Brotherhood's  Industrial  and  Special  Programs  Departments 
are  working  with  both  of  these  subsidiary  boards,  compiling  data 
and  establishing  policies  to  deal  with  industry  problems. 

Among  the  problems  being  studied  by  the  conference  are  the 
lumber  and  sawmill  shutdowns,  the  claims  of  overcapacity  in  the 
industry,  the  continuing  boycott  of  Louisiana-Pacific  Corporation, 
the  introduction  of  new  products  and  technology,  and  the  anti- 
union efforts  of  some  corporations. 

A  new  staff  member  has  been  added  at  the  international  office 
to  assist  with  the  overall  program.  He  is  Denny  Scott,  43,  former 
research  director  for  the  International  Woodworkers  of  America. 
Before  joining  the  IWA,  Scott  also  served  in  the  research  depart- 
ments of  the  AFL-CIO,  the  Machinists,  and  the  Printing  Press- 
men's unions.  A  native  of  California,  Scott  is  a  graduate  of  the 
University  of  California  at  Los  Angeles.  With  the  Brotherhood  he 
will  work  primarily  on  collective  bargaining  services  and  coordi- 
nated bargaining  in  the  industry. 

Fulltime  industrial  council  and  local  union  representatives  and 
other  representatives  have  been  advised  of  a  Canadian  industrial 
conference  March  20-22,  1986,  in  Toronto.  The  first  meeting  of 
the  Canadian  Forest  Products  Board  will  be  held  on  March  18  and 
19,  prior  to  the  main  sessions  and  a  conference  for  U.S.  industrial  • 
representatives  at  French  Lick,  Ind.,  March  4-6.  There  will  be  a 
workshop  of  business  representatives  serving  the  forest  products 
industry  at  the  French  Lick  industrial  leadership  conference. 


Strong  Employee  Beliefs  Bring 
UBC  Label  to  Arkansas  Plant 

On  Dec.  20,  1985,  employees  of  Hackney  Brothers  Body  Co., 
Fayetteville,  Ark.,  voted  overwhelmingly  to  be  represented  by 
the  United  Brotherhood.  The  new  UBC  members  are  involved  in 
the  manufacture  of  truck  bodies. 

The  Brotherhood  has  had  a  contract  with  the  Hackney  Brothers 
plant  in  Wilson,  N.C.,  since  1941.  The  members  at  the  Wilson 
plant,  Local  3011,  recently  conducted  a  successful  walk  out.  (See 
January  1986  Carpenter.) 

In  the  face  of  an  anti-union  campaign  conducted  by  the  law  firm 
of  Gilker  and  Swan,  Mountainburg,  Ark.,  Hackney  employees  put 
together  a  strong  in-plant  organizing  committee  to  express  their 
belief  in  the  UBC.  Tony  DeLorme,  business  manager  for  Local 
3011,  Wilson,  came  down  to  help  with  the  organizing  effort  as 
well.  UBC  representatives  Jim  Tudor,  George  Woods,  and  Jay 
Phillips  were  also  a  part  of  the  42-16  victory. 


Indiana-Kentucky  Poll 
Compares  Attitudes  of 
Construction  Users 


At  the  forefront  of  the  Brotherhood's  labor  management  coop- 
eration committees  is  the  Indiana  and  Kentucky  District  Council's 
LMCC. 

The  Indiana  and  Kentucky  Labor  Management  Committee  is 
sponsoring  a  comprehensive  research  project  designed  to  study 
the  construction  industry  within  the  council's  jurisdiction.  The 
committee  has  contracted  with  the  Indiana  University  Labor 
Studies  Institute  to  conduct  a  mail  survey  and  a  series  of  interviews 
to  find  out  more  about  how  construction  service  users  (owners), 
as  customers,  perceive  labor  and  contractors.  The  institute  recently 
revealed  the  final  results  of  the  first  phase  of  the  project. 

"Because  of  their  close  proximity 
on  a  construction  project,  owners 
and  administrators  often  select  con- 
tractors based  on  their  perceptions 
of  labor,"  the  report  states. 

Data  was  collected  by  the  insti- 
tute concerning  building  character- 
istics such  as  cost,  project  type,  and 
problems  during  construction.  Users 
themselves  were  profiled  in  terms 
of  the  type  of  contractor  selected 
and  satisfaction  with  contractor  per- 
formance. Information  was  obtained  for  216  construction  projects 
in  the  region. 

The  study  found  that  non-union  contractors  were  used  more 
often,  but  primarily  on  small  projects  as  measured  by  dollar 
volume.  Costs  were  mentioned  as  factors  for  non-union  construc- 
tion. Costs  were  not  listed  as  a  major  factor  among  construction 
users  who  depended  upon  union  contractors. 

On  non-union  projects,  several  problems  were  reported  regard- 
ing the  building  codes,  fire  codes,  and  zoning. "Users  having  small 
non-union  projects  appear  to  be  more  inexperienced  in  dealing 
with  administrative  regulations,"  according  to  the  survey. 

Skilled  labor  availability,  mentioned  by  users  as  a  particular 
strength  of  unionized  construction,  was  said  to  be  more  important 
on  large  projects.  Labor  problems  occurred  in  nearly  equal 
proportions  on  both  union  and  non-union  projects,  and  quality  of 
workmanship  was  the  most  frequently  cited  cause  of  labor  prob- 
lems in  both  instances. 

There  were  differences  observed  with  respect  to  worker  atti- 
tudes, with  non-union  construction  perceived  by  users  as  having 
fewer  problems  in  this  regard. 

It  was  also  learned  that  those  owners  using  only  union  contrac- 
tors on  their  projects  tended  to  blame  management  practices  as 
the  cause  of  problems  to  a  greater  extent  than  did  those  using 
only  non-union  contractors.  It  was  not  clear  as  to  what  might  be 
the  source  of  this  attitude.  This  will  be  explored  in  more  detail  as 
the  research  survey  continues. 

There  were  statistical  differences  among  users  as  to  the  level 
of  satisfaction  with  contractor  performance.  Although  overall 
satisfaction  among  respondents  was  high,  those  who  used  non- 
union contractors  had  the  highest  level.  Non-union  contractors 
were  considered  more  able  to  work  with  users  directly  on  a  project. 
Several  users  suggested  that  big  contractors  often  seemed  disin- 
terested in  performing  work  on  smaller  projects. 

The  majority  of  responses  indicated  that  users  had  no  preference 
for  either  union  or  non-union  contractors.  Only  26%  of  those  using 
union  contractors  prefer  them  over  non-union  contractors.  The 
percentage  of  users  who  prefer  to  continue  using  only  non-union 
contractors  was  far  greater — 62%. 

Regarding  the  necessity  for  labor/management  cooperation, 
researchers  report,  "As  opposed  to  the  recent  wave  of  concession 
bargaining,  both  sides  have  a  stake  in  the  outcome  of  the  process. 
If  contractors  fail  to  remain  strong  market  competitors,  job 
opportunities  for  union  building  trades  people  will  continue  to  be 
lost.  Both  labor  and  management  would  be  well-advised  to  address 
the  concerns  of  their  potential  customers  if  the  industry  is  to 
remain  healthy." 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


19 


Former  Guard  Tells  How 
'Security  Firms'  Provoke 
Picket  Violence  To  Bust  Strikes 


Labor-Management 
Pact  in  Detroit 


The  Detroit  District  Council  of  Carpenters 
recently  reached  an  agreement  with  the  As- 
sociated General  Contractors  of  America, 
Detroit  Chapter,  and  the  Carpenters  Con- 
tractor Association.  This  accord  will  provide 
that  two  cents  per  hour  will  go  to  a  labor- 
management  productivity  and  training  pro- 
gram. A  program  committee  was  established 
to  make  a  complete  study  of  the  surrounding 
area  to  determine  what  steps  need  to  be 
taken  to  encourage  more  union  work  and 
better  relations  with  the  users. 


While  working  for  the  Nuckols  and 
Associates  security  firtn  for  six  years, 
George  Johns  specialized  in  provoking 
violence  in  order  to  help  companies  get 
injunctions  against  striking  unions. 

"Our  purpose  was  to  break  strikes," 
Johns  said  recently.  "We  could  guar- 
antee any  employer  that  we'd  have  an 
injunction  for  him  within  two  weeks." 

Johns  described  blowing  up  an  elec- 
tric transformer  on  one  occasion,  and 
setting  $148,000  worth  of  lumber  on  fire 
another  time.  "Both  these  incidents 
were  blamed  on  the  unions  in  order  for 
the  companies  to  get  injunctions,"  he 
said. 

"We  used  video  cameras,  35mm 
cameras,  and  tape  recorders  24-hours- 
a-day.  We  wore  riot  gear  with  helmets, 
face  guards,  and  jumpsuits  and  we  car- 
ried nylon  batons  36-inches  long.  Each 
guard  also  carried  a  gun,  mace,  hand- 
cuffs, and  soft  nylon  gloves  with  lead 
in  the  knuckles." 

Johns  spoke  recently  at  a  joint  United 
Auto  Workers/United  Mine  Workers 
rally  held  in  Kentucky  in  support  of 
strikers  at  the  A.T.  Massey  Company, 
and  he  described  some  of  the  other 
tactics  used  by  the  Nuckols  firm: 

"One  of  our  guys  would  walk  up  to 
a  picket  in  front  of  the  plant — especially 
if  the  striker  was  wearing  a  wedding 
band — and  say  he  had  gone  to  bed  with 
the  guy's  wife.  When  the  striker  got 
mad  and  took  a  swing  at  our  guy,  we'd 
get  his  picture  and  take  it  to  a  judge. 

"Sometimes  we'd  use  rubber  bands 
and  paper  clips.  They  can  puncture  the 
skin  and  draw  blood.  When  one  would 
hit  a  striker,  he'd  come  after  our  se- 
curity officer  and  we'd  take  another 
picture. 

"When  a  union  and  a  company  would 
be  negotiating,  something  would  often 
happen  inside  the  plant.  Or  something 


would  be  destroyed.  It  would  be  blamed 
on  the  union  and  the  company  would 
break  off  the  negotiations. 

"In  one  strike,  we  knew  there  was  a 
'snitch'  inside,  telling  the  strikers 
everything  that  was  going  on.  I  followed 
one  of  the  secretaries  home  one  night 
and  got  a  picture  of  her  hugging  one  of 
the  strikers.  Soon  after  that,  she  was 
fired  .  .  .  but  not  for  that,  of  course." 

Nuckols  and  Associates  was  based 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  had  more  than 
400  employees  working  in  19  states  until 
it  filed  for  bankruptcy  in  1983. 


Committee  members,  front  row,  from  left, 
are  Robert  Wunderlich.  Carpenter  Con- 
tractors Association:  Raymond  Lepine, 
president.  Carpenters  District  Council: 
Daniel  Kelley.  secretary-treasurer.  Car- 
penters District  Council:  and  Michael 
Haller.  Associated  General  Contractors. 
Back  row,  from  left,  are  Jack  McMillan. 
Carpenters  International:  Jerry  Jahnke. 
Carpenters  International  Task  Force:  and 
Forrest  Henry.  Associated  General  Con- 
tractors 


Organizing  'Higtiest  Priority' 
To  Counterattack  Union  Busters 


New  approaches  are  essential  to  or- 
ganize the  unorganized  and  to  counter 
the  union-busting  industry,  AFL-CIO 
delegates  declared  at  their  recent  con- 
vention in  Anaheim,  Calif. 

Declaring  that  organizing  is  "a  con- 
tinuing obligation  and  challenge  of  the 
highest  priority,"  a  convention  reso- 
lution called  for: 

•  Flexibility  in  approaching  new 
groups  of  workers. 

•  Developingjob  issues  and  contract 
proposals  responsive  to  employees  "who 
may  have  values  and  needs  different 
from  those  of  currrent  union  mem- 
bers." 

•  Developing  new  research  tech- 
niques and  new  strategies  and  tactics 
for  organizing  both  small  shops  and 
major  units. 

•  Developing  comprehensive  cor- 
porate campaigns  to  help  affiliates  deal 
with   recalcitrant   employers,    particu- 


larly multinational  corporations. 

•  Trainingstaff  members  to  deal  with 
organizing  problems  in  such  special 
sectors  as  white-collar,  clerical,  and 
professional  fields. 

•  Providing  affiliates  with  informa- 
tion on  union-busting  consultants  and 
studies  of  the  impact  of  their  methods. 

The  convention  deplored  the  emerg- 
ence of  "high-priced  consultants,  law- 
yers, and  others  whose  wares  consist 
of  cynical  overt  and  covert  strategies 
to  coerce  workers  to  turn  against 
unions." 

"The  goon  squad,  the  club,  and  the 
labor  spy  of  the  1930s  have  been  re- 
placed by  the  modern  union-busters' 
sophisticated  and  manipulative  tech- 
niques," the  resolution  declared. 

Such  techniques,  the  resolution  as- 
serted, are  equally  "destructive  of  free 
worker  choice  on  union  representa- 
tion." 


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Church  Group,  Golfers,  Individual  Members 
Contribute  to  Diabetes  Research  Institute 


An  architect's  drawing  showing  the  Diabetes  Research  Institute  as  it  will  eventually 
appear  on  the  campus  of  the  University  of  Miami. 


The  current  drive  by  the  United  Broth- 
erhood and  other  Building  Trades  unions 
to  raise  construction  funds  for  the  Diabetes 
Research  Institute  at  Miami,  Fla.,  is  moving 
at  a  fast  pace  in  1986. 

General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell 
received  a  letter  recently  from  Sister  Joseph 
Mary,  executive  director  of  Saint  Dominic's 
Home  in  New  Yorlc  State,  along  with  a 
check  for  $387.  Sister  Joseph  Mary  wrote: 
"I  noticed  that  you  mentioned  to  your  mem- 
bership that  if  each  gave  $1.00  to  the  Dia- 
betes Research  Center,  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  dollars  would  be  raised.  While  we 
can't  come  anywhere  near  that  amount,  St. 
Dominic's  staff,  also,  would  like  to  contrib- 
ute $1.00  each  to  this  important  cause." 

In  another  letter,  Loretta  Rash,  wife  of 
William  E.  Rash  of  Local  348,  Queens  Vil- 
lage, N.Y.,  and  a  victim  of  diabetes  with 
'serious  vision  problems,  praised  the  efforts 
of  UBC  members  to  raise  funds  for  the 
research  center.  Many  individual  UBC  mem- 
bers have  added  contributions  to  those  of 
their  local  unions. 

In  his  travels  about  North  America,  Pres- 
ident Campbell  has  often  asked  for  a  show 
ofhands  from  his  audiences,  indicating  those 
members  and  guests  with  diabetes  in  their 
families.  The  number  has  been  large. 

On  February  13-16  the  First  Annual  Labor 
of  Love  Golf  Tournament  will  be  held  at  the 
Doral  Hotel  and  Country  Club  at  Miami 
Beach,  Fla.,  with  funds  going  to  the  Diabetes 
Research  Center,  which  will  be  erected  on 
the  campus  of  the  University  of  Miami. 
President  Campbell  is  one  of  eight  union 
presidents  sponsoring  this  event. 


Recent  donations  to  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
include  the  following: 

Raymond  E.  Brewer 
James  P.  Brooks 
Donald  J.  Brussel 
Thomas  G.  Heinsz 
Dale  Henton 
Glen  M.  Jackson 
OUie  W.  Langhorst 
Erven  Meyer 
Terry  Nelson 
Robert  H.  Pape 
James  W.  Rudolph 
Francis  X.  Schnur  Jr. 
Vince  Scidone 
E.  T.  Staley 
Wm.  J.  Steinkamp 
Patrick  J.  Sweeney  Jr. 
Patrick  J.  Sweeney  III 
Leonard  Terbrock 
James  A.  Watson 
Alexander  and  Ruth  Yates 

Local  155 
Local  400 
Local  668 
Local  899 
Local  1260 
Local  1930 
Local  2015 
Local  2042 
Local  2463. 

I  and  K  District  Council 
Ventura  County  District  Council 

James  J.  Andrews 
Clement  W.  Blazek 
Samuel  J.  Dilena 
Louis  J.  Elefante 

Continued  on  Page  36 


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FEBRUARY,     1986 


21 


UIE  COnCRnTUlllTE 


.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who,  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


SCOTT 


CITY  COUNCILMAN 

When  the  citizens  of 
Sioux  City.  Iowa,  went 
to  the  polls  last  elec- 
tion day,  they  knew 
who  they  wanted  on 
their  city  council.  Bob 
Scott,  a  34-year  old 
member  of  Local  948. 
who  decided  to  run 
only  minutes  before 
the  filing  deadline  and 
quickly  organized  his 
campaign  staff,  was  far  ahead  of  the  field  of 
four  candidates.  Scott  garnered  22. .3%  of  the 
vote,  making  him  one  of  the  youngest  council 
members  in  recent  years. 

A  little  known  name  only  two  weeks 
before  the  election,  Scott  had  to  make  sure 
his  campaign  picked  up  speed  quickly,  and 
he  did.  He  won  his  seat  easily,  even  over- 
taking the  favorite  in  the  election  as  top 
vote-getter.  A  large  part  of  his  success  is 
credited  to  his  labor  support. 


MEANY  AWARD 


Donald  R.  Cook,  a  29-year  member  of 
Local  5,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  has  been  singled 


out  by  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America  to  receive 
the  George  Meany  Award.  The  award  is 
presented  to  union  members  who  have  given 
outstanding  service  to  youth  through  BSA. 
Cook's  involvement  includes  completing 
Wood  Badge  and  Scoutmaster  training,  and 
earning  the  Grant  District  Recognition  Award. 
He  has  been  a  Cub  Den  Leader  and  adult 
advisor,  has  served  on  the  leadership  training 
staff  and  the  Eagle  project  review  board, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  the  Arrow. 


Robert  O.  Kortkamp.  secretary-treasurer 
of  the  Si.  Loidis  Labor  Council,  left,  and 
Robert  J.  Kelley.  president,  right,  offer 
their  congratulations  to  Cook  on  his 
George  Meany  Award. 


INSPIRING  VET 

The  thrill  of  victory  comes  not  only  from 
the  win  itself,  but  also  from  the  satisfaction 
of  accomplishing  a  goal.  Winning  can  be  a 
baseball  player  hitting  a  home  run,  a  golfer 
sinking  a  hole-in-one,  or  a  veteran  whose 
loss  of  a  limb  becomes  a  source  of  inspiration 
and  hope  to  others. 

Bill  McGuire,  a  millwright  member  of 
Local  102,  Oakland,  Calif.,  has  enjoyed 
victories  in  baseball,  in  golf,  and  in  life.  He 
is  a  disabled  American  veteran  who,  as  a 
Marine  helicopter  pilot  in  Viet  Nam,  lost  a 
leg,  and  then  came  home  to  several  years  of 
hospitalization  and  1 1  operations  to  save  his 
remaining  leg.  Since  then  he  has  won  his 
battles,  mastering  the  use  of  his  artificial 
limb,  and  helping  other  amputees  with  theirs. 

After  successes  in  high  school  and  college 
as  a  baseball  player,  McGuire  was  drafted 
by  the  Cincinnati  Red  Legs,  a  Triple  A  Farm 
Club  for  the  major  league  Reds.  Upon  his 
return  from  Viet  Nam  he  realized  that  he 
could  not  expect  to  play  major  league  ball, 
so  the  avid  sportsman  channeled  his  energies 
into  his  work  and  took  up  golf.  McGuire 
quickly  showed  an  aptitude  for  the  game  and 
has  won  several  tournaments  in  California. 
For  the  past  two  years.  Local  102  has  had 
the  privilege  of  hanging  the  "Jim  Green 
Invitational  Millwright  Open  Golf  Tourna- 
ment" plaque  in  the  union  hall  thanks  to 
McGuire's  scores  of  72  even  par  in  1984, 
and  74.  two  over,  in  198^. 

The  47-year  old  millwright  has  been  a 
UBC  member  since  1964  and  is  currently 
working  for  a  Bay  Area  construction  com- 
pany. He  is  often  called  on  by  the  Veteran's 
Administration  to  come  into  hospitals  and 
clinics  to  instruct  and  encourage  other  am- 
putees in  the  proper  use  of  an  artificial  limb. 


MASSACHUSETTS  LOCALS  RENOVATE  SENIOR  CENTER 


Thanks  to  Carpenters  Local  41  of  Wobum, 
Mass..  and  Local  595  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  the 
Wilmington,  Mass.,  Senior  Citizens  will  be 
moving  into  a  new  senior  center,  a  move 
which  has  been  10  years  in  the  making.  At 
the  annual  town  meeting,  the  Seniors  had  a 


boarded-up  school  turned  over  to  them  for 
a  multi-purpose  senior  center,  but  no  funds 
to  renovate  the  building.  Through  fund  rais- 
ing and  grants  from  the  State,  the  Seniors 
accumulated  enough  money  for  material,  and 
then  the  Carpenters  came  to  the  rescue. 


Coordinated  by  Local  4rs  Roy  Fowlie,  40 
union  men  shingled  the  leaky  roof,  replaced 
old  large  windows  with  energy-saving  small 
ones,  and  clapboarded  the  building.  The 
Wilmington  Senior  Citizens  had  only  thanks 
and  praise  for  the  "talented  carpenters." 


Members  of  Massachusetts  Local  41  and  Local  595  donate  their  lime  to  work  on  the  roof  and  replacing  windows  at  the  new  senior 
center  in  Wilmington,  Mass. 


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Largest  Christmas 
Tree  in  U.S. 


Graduates  and  Contest  Winner  in  Local  124 


The  "World's  Largest  Christmas  Tree"  is 
constructed  every  year  in  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  by  stringing  lights  on  the  Soldiers 
and  Sailors  Monument  in  Monument  Cir- 
cle. In  addition,  two  festive  holiday 
"houses"  are  constructed  for  Santa  and 
other  holiday  activities,  with  all  carpentry 
work  done  by  UBC  apprentices. 


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Local  124,  Paterson,  N.J.,  recently  awarded  certificates  to  graduating  apprentices, 
including  the  first  place  winner  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Apprenticeship  Contest,  John 
Faulch.  Pictured  at  top,  seated,  from  left,  are  Michale  Safonte,  Mariano  Gonzalez, 
President  Peter  Palatini,  and  Business  Representative  John  Radits.  Standing,  from  left, 
are  Business  Representative  Jack  Tobin,  Retired  Business  Representative  William  Bom- 
mena.  First  Place  Winner  John  Faulch,  Peter  Mollis,  Jeff  Kiraly,  and  Apprentice  Com- 
mitteeman Ed  Bushmann.  Pictured  in  the  lower  photo,  from  left,  are  President  Palatini, 
Gonzalez,  Safonte,  Edward  Hubschmilt,  Patricia  Harrington,  and  Business  Representa- 
tive Radits. 


Apprentice  Graduates  of  Local  31  Honored 


Indiana  holiday  carpenters  include,  front 
row,  from  left,  Don  Pearson,  David  New- 
man, Tim  Swineford,  Jeff  Johns,  and  Bob 
Peters;  and  back  row,  from  left.  Instructor 
Don  Tilley,  Coordinator  Joe  Essex,  In- 
structor Wendel  Vandivier,  Bill  Smith,  and 
Calvin  Shrader. 


The  graduating  apprentices  of  Local  31,  Trenton,  N.J.,  were  presented  with  completion 
certificates  recently  by  local  officials.  Pictured,  left,  is  Local  President  James  Capizzi 
presenting  Dominick  Cardarelli  with  the  "Outstanding  Apprentice  of  the  Year  Award." 
In  the  picture  above,  front  row,  from  left,  are  new  journeymen,  Kevin  Krause,  Augustine 
Faille  Jr.,  Roman  Petruniak,  John  Robbins,  Albert  Decowski,  Dominick  Cardarelli  and 
Steve  Martin.  Back  row,  from  left,  are  Craig  Bronish,  apprentice  committee  secretary: 
Thomas  Canto,  Local  31  business  agent;  Robert  Bogdan.  apprentice  committee  chair- 
man; President  Capizzi;  Sam  Secretario,  PETS  coordinator;  Charles  DiFranco,  PETS 
instructor;  and  Joseph  Gigiotii,  apprentice  committee  treasurer. 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


23 


Wheel-Chair  Ramps 
in  Little  Rock 

In  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  the  officers  and 
apprentices  of  Carpenters  Local  690  are 
going  a  few  steps  further.  Working  with  a 
United  Way  agency,  the  Visiting  Nurse  As- 
sociation, local  AFL-CIO  Community  Serv- 
ices liaison  representative  LeMarle  Schuller. 
and  local  lumber  companies,  they  help  out 
home-bound  wheel-chair  patients  by  build- 
ing access  ramps  for  their  residences. 

The  Visiting  Nurses  identify  people  in 
need  of  the  ramps.  The  Community  Services 
liaison  arranges  for  the  needed  materials 
from  lumber  companies,  and  alerts  Local 
690.  Apprentices  construct  the  ramps,  re- 
ceiving training  program  credit  for  the  hours 
spent  on  the  installations. 


Evansville  Grads 


Recent  graduates  of  the  West  Side  Build- 
ing Trades  School.  Evansville.  Ind..  pic- 
lured  above  are.  from  left.  Keith  Coomes, 
Richard  Berry,  and  Randy  Hilgeman. 


Bay  Counties  Grads 


Local  690  carpenters  build  the  first  ramp 
in  Little  Rock  for  Brandy  Hargrove,  a 
three-and-a-half-\ear-old  victim  of  cerebral 
palsy.  Several  more  ramps  are  being  built 
as  part  of  a  plan  to  make  this  activity  an 
ongoing  labor/community  service. 


The  California  Bay  District  Council  hon- 
ored some  of  its  graduating  apprentices  at 
an  Apprentice  Day  Picnic  at  Turtle  Rock 
Ranch  in  Walnut  Creek.  Calif.  Some  of  the 
women  receiving  their  certificates  pictured 
above  are,  from  left,  Vivian  Miller.  Local 
■483.  San  Francisco:  Joyce  Vanman,  Local 
22.  San  Francisco:  Donna  Levitt.  Local 
483:  Geraldine  Smith.  Local  483:  and 
Mary  Lou  Watson.  Local  36.  Oakland. 
Other  women  who  completed  the  appren- 
ticeship program  are  Sara  Coe,  Local  22: 
Carol  Rose.  Local  483:  Leann  Gustafson. 
Local  36:  Melissa  King,  Local  22:  Yvonne 
Dakioff  Local  2164.  San  Francisco:  Rose- 
seann  Cabrera.  Local  162.  San  Mateo: 
Jeannette  Holliday.  Local  668.  Palo  Alto: 
and  Terry  Ray.  Local  848.  San  Bruno. 


Illinois  Picks 
Its  '85  Champs 

The  Illinois  State  Council  held  its  18th 
Annual  Carpentry  Apprenticeship  Contest 
last  fall  in  cooperation  with  the  Chicago  and 
Northeast  Illinois  District  Council. 

The  eight-hour  manipulative  test  was  held 
at  the  Arlington  Park  Race  Track  Exposition 
Hall  during  the  annual  Home  and  Energy 
Show.  There  was  also  a  four-hour  written 
test.  Awards  were  presented  to  the  winners 
at  a  banquet  at  the  Willow  Creek  Hotel  in 
Palatine. 

Dick  Ladzinski,  state  council  secretary- 
treasurer,  announced  the  following  contest 
winners: 

CARPENTRY— First  Place,  Joseph  G. 
May,  Local  54,  Chicago;  Second  Place, 
Joseph  B.  Hutton,  Local  378,  Edwardsville; 
and  Third  Place,  Michael  J.  Shoultz,  Local 
1188,  Mount  Carmel. 

MILL-CABINET— First  Place,  Allen 
Musch,  Local  792,  Rockford:  Second  Place, 
Robert  H.  Buechler,  Local  742,  Decatur; 
and  Third  Place,  Kenneth  W.  De  Jong,  Local 
1027,  Chicago. 

MILLWRIGHT— First  Place,  Michael  J. 
Perham,  Local  1693,  Chicago;  Second  Place, 
Ronald  Berends,  Local  2158,  MoUne;  and 
Third  Place,  Gregory  T.  Demos,  Local  1693, 
Chicago. 


Don  Gorman,  left,  president  of  the  Illinois 
Stale  Council,  congratulates  the  three 
top  Illinois  stale  winners:  Joseph  G.  May. 
Local  54,  Chicago,  carpentry:  Michael  J . 
Perham,  Local  1693.  Chicago,  millwright: 
and  Allen  Musch.  Local  792,  Rockford. 
mill-cabinet. 


Florida  IVIillwright  and  Machinery  Graduates 


Graduates  from  the  Local  1000.  Tampa,  Fla.. 
millwright  apprenticeship  program  from  the  past 
four  years  were  recently  honored  at  an  appren- 
ticeship dinner  given  by  the  local.  In  attendance 
were  Fourth  District  Board  Member  E.  Jimmy 
Jones  and  Gulf  Coast  District  Council  Business 
Rep.  J.  Larry  Jones,  who  presented  certificates 
to  the  apprentices.  Pictured,  kneeling,  from  left, 
are  Joseph  H.  Perez.  Timmy  L.  Hard.  Dale  P. 
Denis:  standing,  from  left,  are  Larry  H.  Hart, 
James  T.  Harvey,  Gary  L.  Norman,  Business 
Manager  Elmer  W.  Tracy,  Donald  E.  Moore,  and 
David  V.  Vurgesko:  third  row.  from  left,  are 
President  Robert  W.  Young.  Chairman  Fal  John- 
son, Richard  K.  Ferrell.  Business  Rep.  J.  Larry 
Jones.  Board  Member  E.  Jimmy  Jones,  and  Mor- 
ris N.  Bearry:  fourth  row,  from  left,  are  Daniel  J. 
Vavra.  Coordinator  Gerald  M.  Smith  II.  Michael 
D.  Bearrv.  and  Kirk  N.  Chubhs. 


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CARPENTER 


lAiser  Village  9  Los  Angeles  9 
Simulates  Real-Ltfe  Law  and  Order 


Above,  Laser  Village  shown  in  a  training 
mode,  with  two  Los  Angeles  County  Sher- 
iff's vehicles  stationed  for  action. 


Located  at  the  Biscailuz  Center,  Los  An- 
geles County  Sheriffs  Department,  in  East 
Los  Angeles,  Laser  Village  is  a  unique 
facility  which  has  been  used  for  training  law 
enforcement  officers  from  agencies  through- 
out Southern  California  since  it  opened  in 
October  of  1983.  Participants  are  equipped 
with  modified  revolvers  and  shotguns  fitted 
with  laser  optics  that  fire  harmless  lasers 
effective  up  to  60  feet,  and  a  vest  which 
contains  70  laser  sensors. 

The  Village  complex  has  approximately 
6,000  square  feet  of  interior  office  space  and 
contains  scaled-down  replicas  of  a  bar,  liquor 
store,  bank,  gun  shop,  escrow  office,  doc- 
tor's office,  attorney's  office,  and  single- 
family  dwelling.  Each  replica  is  complete 
with  exterior  identification,  lights,  carpets, 
interior  decor,  and  furniture. 

It  is  used  as  a  training  area  to  improve 
accuracy  in  shooting  under  pressure  by  sim- 
ulating real-life  situations.  This  specialized 
training  is  beneficial  in  correcting  the  false 
sense  of  firearms  proficiency  some  law  en- 
forcement officers  have.  The  scenarios  re- 
quire officers  to  quickly  distinguish  between 
victims  or  bystanders  and  suspects,  as  well 
as  to  think  about  cover,  shooting  techniques, 
and  hitting  a  moving  target. 

Laser  Village  was  made  possible  by  in- 
dustrialist Kenneth  Norris  of  the  founding 
family  of  Norris  Industries.  Norris,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Los  Angeles  County  Sheriffs 
Department  Reserve  Forces,  donated  funds 
to  the  County  of  Los  Angeles  for  the  con- 
struction of  the  complex  and  the  purchase 
of  the  necessary  equipment. 

The  buildings  which  make  up  Laser  Vil- 
lage were  created  by  the  joint  effort  of  Los 


Above  and  right,  a  "suspect"  being  ap- 
prehended in  a  simulated  tactical  situation 
at  Laser  Village  by  a  member  of  the  Los 
Angeles  County  Sheriffs  Department. 


Angeles  County  District  Council  of  Carpen- 
ters, Carpenters  Joint  Apprenticeship  and 
Training  Committee  Fund  for  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia, Carpenters  Local  1506,  Los  Angeles, 
Calif.,  and  the  Los  Angeles  County  Carpen- 
ters Joint  Apprenticeship  Committee.  All 
furnishings  were  donated  by  local  businesses 
and  the  exterior  lighting  was  provided  and 
installed  by  the  Southern  California  Edison 
Company. 

Laser  Village  is  an  example  of  government 
and  the  private  sector  working  together  to 
benefit  the  public.  With  the  assistance  of 
concerned  community  leaders  and  the  do- 
nation of  construction  labor  administered  by 
the  Los  Angeles  County  Carpenters  JATC 
and  the  District  Council  of  Carpenters,  this 
modern  training  facility  was  provided  at  no 
cost  to  the  taxpayers. 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


25 


JOB  SAFETY  AND  HEALTH— UPDATE 


Extending  'Right-to-Know'  to  Construction 


When  OSHA  published  its  "Hazard 
Communication"  Standard  in  Novem- 
ber 1983.  it  extended  the  right  to  tcnow 
about  chemicals  on  the  job  only  to 
workers  in  manufacturing.  They  argued 
that  since  they  had  the  highest  expo- 
sures, they  were  the  most  important 
group  to  cover.  OSHA's  regulation  was, 
in  large  part,  an  effort  to  head  off  the 
numerous  state  regulations  that  were 
being  passed  to  give  workers  these 
rights.  The  industry  challenged  the  state 
laws  after  the  OSHA  regulation  came 
out,  claiming  the  state  laws  should  now 
be  pre-empted  by  the  Federal  Standard. 
The  court  rulings  last  year  declared  the 
state  laws  pre-empted,  but  only  in  the 
industries  covered  by  the  OSHA  stand- 
ard, e.g.  manufacturing.  Almost  all  of 
the  state  laws  covered  all  employees, 
including  those  in  construction,  hospi- 
tals, etc. 

Arguing  that  workers  in  these  other 
industries  also  had  significant  expo- 
sures to  toxic  chemicals  and  should 
have  the  right  to  know  what  chemicals 
they  are  working  with,  the  unions  chal- 
lenged the  federal  rule  in  court,  and  last 
May.  won  their  case.  The  Third  Circuit 
Court  ruled  that  OSHA  must  consider 
extending  its  Hazard  Communication 
Standard  to  all  other  industries. 

So.  in  response  to  the  court's  decision 
and  the  growing  number  of  state  laws 
that  were  not  pre-empted  in  these  in- 
dustries, on  Nov.  27.  1985.  OSHA  pub- 
lished an  Advance  Notice  of  Proposed 
Rulemaking,  requesting  information  on 
how  and  if  its  regulation  should  be 
extended  to  cover  other  industries. 
OSHA  also  requested  comments  on  the 
coverage  of  toxic  substances  such  as 
wood  dust  where  the  original  regulation 
was  unclear,  an  issue  raised  by  the 
UBC  Safety  Department. 

Comments  in  response  to  the  OSHA 
notice  are  due  Feb.  27,  1986. 

At  the  same  time,  in  response  to 
another  part  of  the  Third  Circuit  Court's 
ruling,  OSHA  significantly  tightened  up 
the  trade  secret  provisions  in  the  reg- 
ulations, making  it  harder  for  compa- 
nies to  withhold  the  chemical  identity 
of  a  toxic  substance  from  workers  by 
claiming  it  is  a  trade  secret. 

A  trade  secret  is  determined  by  six 
criteria:  (1)  how  widely  it  is  known 
outside  the  business;  (2)  how  widely  it 
is  known  by  employees  and  others  in 
the  business;  (3)  how  much  the  secret 
is  guarded;  (4)  how  much  value  it  would 
have  to  a  competitor;  (5)  how  much 
money  or  effort  was  spent  in  developing 


it;  and  (6)  the  ease  or  difficulty  with 
which  it  could  be  discovered,  e.g.  by 
chemical  analysis.  Even  those  chemi- 
cals whose  identity  is  a  trade  secret  by 
this  definition,  must  be  disclosed  to 
health  professionals  if  there  is  a  need 


to  know  it,  and  they  sign  a  confiden- 
tiality agreement.  This  new  definition  • 
of  trade  secret  was  effective  immedi- 
ately. The  Standard  goes  into  effect  for 
the  manufacturing  industries  on  May 
25.  1986. 


OSHA  Formaldehyde  Rules 


More  than  four  years  after  the  UBC 
joined  13  other  unions  in  asking  OSHA 
to  tighten  the  regulations  for  formal- 
dehyde, and  after  extensive  lawsuits 
filed  by  the  UAW,  OSHA.  under  court 
order,  finally  issued  a  new  proposed 
regulation  for  formaldehyde  on  Dec. 
10.  1985.  The  proposal  will  lower  the 
eight-hour  time-weighted  average  ex- 
posure from  3  parts  per  million  down 
to  either  1.5  or  1  ppm  and  set  an  action 
level  of  either  0.75  or  0.5  ppm  which 
would  trigger  numerous  requirements. 
The  proposal  would  also  eliminate  the 
existing  limit  on  short-term  exposures 
{currently  5  ppm  for  up  to  30  minutes 


DRIVING  SAFELY 
IN  BAD  WEATHER 
BROCHURE 

Bad  weather  may  put  a  crimp  in 
your  style,  but  chances  are  you'll  still 
get  in  the  car  and  go  wherever  you 
had  planned.  To  help  remove  the 
tension  from  automotive  journeys  in 
inclement  weather,  the  National  Safety 
Council  has  developed  a  20-page 
booklet,  "Driving  Safely:  Whatever 
the  Weather." 

While  recommending  you  do  not 
drive  in  extremely  adverse  condi- 
tions, the  Council  brochure  offers 
information  needed  to  help  any  driver 
during  such  weather  emergencies  as 
fog.  heat,  hurricanes,  earthquake,  and 
blizzards. 

Interested  parties  can  receive  a  free 
single  copy  of  the  pamphlet  by  send- 
ing a  self-addressed  business-sized 
(#10)  envelope,  affixed  with  39?  in 
postage,  along  with  your  request,  to 
Dept.  PR,  National  Safety  Council, 
444  North  Michigan  Avenue,  Chi- 
cago, IL  60611.  This  promotional  of- 
fer expires  June  I,  1986. 


a  day  with  no  exposures  over  10  ppm). 

Also  proposed  are  requirements  for: 
monitoring  of  employee  exposures; 
medical  surveillance  for  exposed  work- 
ers; training  and  education  on  the  haz- 
ards of  exposure  to  formaldehyde  and 
how  to  minimize  exposure;  selection 
and  maintenance  of  personal  protective 
equipment  (e.g.  respirators);  methods 
to  control  exposures;  emergency  pro- 
cedures; regulated  areas;  and  record- 
keeping. 

OSHA  actually  published  two  pro- 
posals. The  first  (the  one  preferred  by 
the  Office  of  Management  and  Budget) 
would  merely  change  the  exposure  level 
and  include  none  of  the  additional  re- 
quirements such  as  exposure  monitor- 
ing. The  second  would  both  change  the 
exposure  level  and  include  all  the  ad- 
ditional provisions.  The  reason  for  the 
dual  proposals  is  that  despite  evidence 
from  animal  studies  that  formaldehyde 
causes  cancer,  0MB  prefers  to  treat 
formaldehyde  as  an  irritant  until  there 
are  enough  dead  bodies  linked  to  for- 
maldehyde-induced cancer  to  prove  it 
is  a  human  carcinogen.  This  is  in  direct 
contradiction  to  OSHA's  Cancer  Policy 
under  which  formaldehyde  would  be 
classified  as  a  probable  human  carci- 
nogen. The  OSHA  proposals  were 
strongly  criticized  by  union  safety  ex- 
perts for  not  declaring  formaldehyde  a 
human  carcinogen,  and  for  not  setting 
a  new.  lower  short-term  exposure  limit. 

The  comments  on  the  proposal  are 
due  by  March  10,  and  hearings  will  be 
held  in  Washington,  D.C.,  beginning 
April  22. 

UBC  members  have  significant  ex- 
posures to  formaldehyde  in  glues  for 
particleboard  and  plywood,  glues  for 
carpet  and  floor-laying,  lamination  of 
wall  board,  use  of  urea-formaldehyde 
foam  insulation,  and  in  sawing  and 
machining  formaldehyde-based  wood 
products  such  as  particleboard  in  cab- 
inet shops  or  on  the  worksite. 


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CARPENTER 


New  Benzene  Rule  Proposed 


On  Dec.  10,  1985,  OSHA  issued  a 
new  proposal  to  regulate  benzene  ex- 
posure in  the  workplace.  The  proposal 
would  lower  the  allowable  exposure 
limit  for  benzene  from  10  parts  per 
million  to  1  ppm  over  an  eight-hour 
time-weighted  average.  It  also  deleted 
the  25  ppm  ceiling  and  50  ppm  10-minute 
peak  concentrations  currently  in  the 
standards.  The  proposal  includes  nu- 
merous other  provisions  for  exposure 
monitoring,  employee  training,  meth- 
ods of  control,  medical  examinations, 
etc.  The  AFL-CIO  and  several  other 
unions  expressed  strong  objections  to 
the  lack  of  a  short-term  exposure  limit 
in  the  proposal. 

OSHA  tried  lowering  the  TWA  for 
benzene  from  10  ppm  to  1  back  in  1978, 
but  it  was  challenged  by  the  petroleum 
industry,  and  struck  down  by  the  Fifth 
Circuit  Court  and,  in  1980,  by  the  Su- 
preme Court.  The  courts  claimed  that 
OSHA  had  not  demonstrated  that  a 
significant  risk  existed  from  exposure. 


and  that  the  new  rule  would  substan- 
tially reduce  that  risk  of  disease. 

Benzene  is  a  solvent  that  is  a  common 
product  in  petroleum  refining  in  a  proc- 
ess called  catalytic  reformation.  It  was 
used  as  a  solvent  in  the  rubber  industry, 
for  artificial  leather  goods,  and  in  the 
printing  industry.  It  is  a  by-product  in 
the  use  of  toluene  to  make  explosives. 
Many  common  solvents,  such  as  tol- 
uene, are  contaminated  with  benzene. 

Benzene  has  been  known  to  cause  toxic 
effects  since  1897  and  hundreds  of  cases 
of  aplastic  anemia  and  leukemia  (a  cancer 
of  the  blood)  have  been  linked  to  benzene 
exposure.  UBC  members  working  in  oil 
refinery  maintenance  are  considered  to 
have  high  exposures.  Many  other  mem- 
bers may  be  exposed  to  small  amounts 
as  a  contaminant  in  other  solvents. 

Comments  on  the  proposal  are  due 
February  14.  Hearings  will  be  held  in 
Washington,  D.C.,  on  March  11,  New 
Orleans  on  March  25,  Los  Angeles  on 
April  2,  and  in  Chicago  on  April  8. 


Building  Trades  Concrete  Comments 

The  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Construction  Trades  Department,  on  behalf 
of  the  UBC  and  its  14  other  affiliates,  filed  comments  with  OSHA  in 
December  on  their  proposed  concrete  standard  (See  November  issue  of 
the  Carpenter).  The  BCTD  recommended  that: 


•  A  structural  engineer  be  required  for 
supervision,  consultation,  and  planning 
throughout  the  project. 

•  Loads  be  prohibited  on  partially- 
cured  concrete  without  on-site  approval 
of  the  structural  engineer  or  architect. 

•  Protection  of  all  rebar  whenever 
anyone  is  working  above  it  in  addition 
to  fall  protection  requirements. 

•  Workers  climbing  reinforcing  steel 
be  protected  with  safety  belts  or  equiv- 
alent protection. 

•  Reinforcing  steel  be  supported  lat- 
erally to  resist  overturning  forces  (such 
as  wind)  and  to  prevent  collapse. 

•  Lateral  support  be  defined  to  require 
guying  or  the  equivalent  protection. 

•  Employees  not  be  permitted  to  ride 
concrete  buckets. 

•  No  one  be  allowed  under  suspended 
buckets. 

•  Bull  float  handles  be  insulated  to 
protect  against  accidental  contact  with 
electrical  wires. 

•  Concrete  buggies  be  required  to  have 
knuckle  guards. 

•  Formwork  and  slip-form  systems  be 
designed  by  the  structural  engineer. 

•  The  rate  of  lift  of  a  vertical  slip-form 


be  determined  by  a  structural  engineer. 

•  Baseplates,  shoreheads,  extension 
devices,  and  adjustment  screws  be  in 
firm  contact  and  secured  to  the  founda- 
tion and  form. 

•  Single  post  shoring  be  prohibited  for 
more  than  one  tier. 

•  Forms  not  be  removed  until  the 
concrete  has  been  tested  by  the  engineer, 
preferably  using  in-place  testing. — Table 
Q-1  specifying  minimum  times  should  be 
eliminated  as  inadequate. 

•  Written  procedures  should  exist  for 
testing,  and  the  results  should  be  made 
available  to  all  employees. 

•  Reshoring  systems  be  designed  by 
the  structural  engineer  and  erected  under 
their  supervision  during  form  removal; 
they  should  support  all  foreseeable  loads 
imposed  on  them. 

•  Lifting  inserts  for  precast  concrete 
tilt-up  panels  have  a  minimum  safety 
factor  of  2,  embedded  inserts — a  factor 
of  4,  and  lifting  hardware — a  factor  of  5. 

•  Signs  and  barriers  are  necessary 
safety  features  during  pre-stressing  and 
post-tensioning  of  concrete  (OSHA  pro- 
posed eliminating  this  requirement  to 
save  $4.76  million). 


The  BCTD  also  strongly  objected  to  OSHA's  use  of  cost-benefit  analysis 
in  setting  the  standard  and  placing  a  value  on  a  worker's  life  ($3.5  million). 

Copies  of  the  BCTD  comments  are  available  from  the  UBC  Department 
of  Occupational  Safety  and  Health. 


Craft  disputes 
settlement  plan 
called  success 

A  new  plan  to  resolve  jurisdictional 
disputes  among  building  trades  unions 
on  construction  jobs  has  worked  well 
in  its  first  19  months  of  operation,  said 
Dale  Witcraft,  the  plan's  administrator. 

The  Plan  for  the  Settlement  of  Juris- 
dictional Disputes  is  an  agreement  by 
15  building  and  construction  trades 
unions  and  six  employer  groups  to  settle 
jurisdictional  problems  quickly,  through 
arbitration  if  necessary. 

Witcraft  pointed  out  that  none  of  the 
participating  contractors  has  reported 
a  jurisdictional  strike  since  the  program 
was  launched.  He  said  only  five  dis- 
putes reached  the  national  level  for 
arbitration  during  the  plan's  operation, 
in  sharp  contrast  to  previous  years 
when  25  disputes  a  week  might  go 
unresolved. 

Signatories  to  the  plan  include  the 
AFL-CIO  Building  and  Construction 
Trades  Department  on  behalf  of  its 
affiliates,  the  National  Constructors  As- 
sociation, National  Electrical  Contrac- 
tors Association,  Mechanical  Contrac- 
tors Association,  National  Erectors 
Association,  Sheet  Metal  and  Air  Con- 
ditioning Contractors  Association,  and 
the  National  Association  of  Plumbing- 
Heating-Cooling  Contractors. 

Drug  abuse 
strategy  looks  to 
rehabilitation 

Drug  abuse  costs  the  nation  nearly 
$47  billion  in  lost  wages  and  outlays  for 
medical  care  and  the  punishment  of 
drug  traffickers,  the  AFL-CIO  said  re- 
cently, as  it  supported  a  national  strat- 
egy to  deal  with  the  problem. 

The  program  endorsed  by  the  con- 
vention includes  prevention,  enforce- 
ment, international  cooperation,  medi- 
cal detoxification  and  treatment,  and 
research. 

In  a  related  resolution,  the  AFL-CIO 
called  for  labor-management  coopera- 
tion "to  reduce  the  incidence  of  alcohol 
I  and  drug  use  in  the  workplace"  by 
improving  working  conditions,  reduc- 
ing the  strain  that  leads  to  dependency, 
and  rehabilitating  addicted  workers. 

It  also  urged  Congress  to  investigate' 
the  escalating  use  of  employee  screen- 
ing tests  "to  insure  workers'  rights  and 
dignity,"  and  to  enact  legislation  if  it 
finds  that  these  rights  are  being  abused. 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


27 


H^i^ 


GOSSIP 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO; 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED 


CANT  AFFORD  IT 

They  were  at  the  movies,  and 
during  an  intense  love  scene  she 
nudged  her  husband  and  said:  "Why- 
is  it  that  you  never  make  love  to  me 
like  that?" 

"Listen,"  he  snapped,  "do  you 
know  how  much  they  have  to  pay 
that  fellow  for  doing  it  in  the  mov- 
ies?" 

BOYCOTT  L-P  PRODUCTS 

NO  PLACE  LIKE  HOME? 

A  lady  was  entertaining  her  friend's 
small  son.  "Are  you  sure  you  can 
cut  your  meat?"  she  asked,  after 
watching  his  struggles. 

"Oh   yes,"    he   replied,    without 
looking  up  from  his  plate.  "We  often 
have  it  as  tough  as  this  at  home." 
— "Nancy's  Nonsense" 

BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER- 


GOLDEN  YEARS 

When  you  have  too  much  room 
in  the  house  but  too  little  in  the 
medicine  cabinet,  you're  old,  son, 
you're  old. 

Money  can't  buy  popularity,  but 
it  puts  you  in  a  wonderful  bargain- 
ing position. 

— Terzick  Times 


QUIET  CONSERVATION 

A  speaker  was  lecturing  on  forest 
preserves.  "I  don't  suppose,"  said 
he,  "that  there's  a  person  in  the 
house  who  has  done  a  single  thing 
to  conserve  our  timber  resources." 

Silence  ruled  for  several  sec- 
onds, and  then  a  meek  voice  from 
the  rear  of  the  hall  timidly  retorted: 
"I  once  shot  a  woodpecker." 

ATTEND  LOCAL  MEETINGS 

DAYLIGHT  AND  DARK 

Pat  was  visiting  his  friend  Mike 
at  work.  Mike  had  just  started  work- 
ing as  an  attendant  at  a  large  men- 
tal hospital. 

Pat  said  to  Mike,  "Nobody  wears 
uniforms  around  here.  How  can  you 
tell  the  patients  from  the  staff?" 

"That's  easy,"  Mike  replied.  "The 
staff  gets  to  go  home  at  night." 

— Debra  Rollinson 
Local  1930, 
Camarlllo,  Ca. 

BUY  UNION  *  SAVE  JOBS 


PEACE  OF  MIND 

The  best  tranquilizer  is  a  clear 
conscience. 


COULD  BE  WORSE 

A  politician  burst  angrily  into  the 
newspaper  editor's  office. 

"You've  got  your  nerve!"  he 
roared.  "What's  the  idea  in  printing 
lies  about  me  in  your  paper?" 

"Humph!"  grunted  the  editor,  un- 
perturbed. "You  should  complain! 
What  would  you  do  if  we  printed 
the  truth  about  you?" 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

I'm  busy  as  a  mad  hatter 
and  eating  is  just  one  more  matter. 
When  I'm  running  late 
I  put  ice  on  my  plate, 
and  my  teeth  start  right  in  to  chatter. 
— James  MacDonald 
Dayton,  Ohio 


MONEYLESS  EXPERT 

After  dinner,  the  economist  was 
explaining  to  his  wife  just  why  the 
bank  rate  stood  at  its  present  level, 
why  recessions  occurred,  and  how 
they  could  be  cured. 

"It  seems  wonderful,"  his  wife 
piped  up  during  the  first  break  in 
the  monologue,  "that  anyone  could 
know  as  much  as  you  do  about 
money — and  have  so  little  of  it!" 

SUPPORT  'TURNAROUND' 

WHICH  WAY'S  UP? 

The  deep  sea  diver  had  scarcely 
reached  tfie  bottom  when  a  mes- 
sage came  from  the  surface  that 
left  him  in  a  dilemma. 

"Come  up  quick,"  he  was  told, 
"the  ship  is  sinking!" 

— Rubber  Neck 
Cumberland,  Md., 
URW  Local  26 

ADOPT  A  LUMBER  COMPANY 

POLLING  THE  JURY 

Lawyer:  "Are  you  acquainted  with 
any  of  the  men  on  the  jury?" 

Witness:  "Yes,  sir,  more  than  half 
of  them." 

Lawyer:  "Are  you  willing  to  swear 
that  you  know  more  than  half  of 
them?" 

Witness:  "As  far  as  that  goes,  I'm 
willing  to  swear  I  know  more  than 
all  of  them  put  together." 

USE  UNION  SERVICES 

UNQUESTIONABLY! 

The  husband  and  wife  were  ar- 
guing. The  husband  said:  ".  .  .  and 
another  thing:  every  time  I  ask  you 
a  question  you  don't  answer.  You 
just  ask  me  another  question!"  And 
the  wife  replied:  "Do  I  really  do 
that?" 

IMPORTS  HURTS  *  BUY  UNION 

MORE  TRUTH  THAN  FICTION 

By  the  time  a  man  finds  those 
greener  pastures,  he  can't  climb 
the  fence. 


28 


CARPENTER 


Retirees' 
Notebook 

A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Retiree  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings and  goings  of  individual  retirees. 


Chicago  Heights 
Retirees'  First  Year 


Retirees  Club  40,  Chicago  Heights,  111., 
started  last  year  out  with  an  installation-of- 
officers  ceremony  conducted  by  William 
Cook,  executive  vice  president  of  the  Chi- 
cago and  Northeast  Illinois  District  Council 
of  Carpenters.  When  the  Carpenters  Illinois 
State  Council  asked  for  volunteers  to  help 
set  up  displays  and  booths  for  the  state 
apprenticeship  contest,  14  club  members 
traveled  to  Arlington  Park  to  assist.  The 
club  rounded  out  the  year  with  an  autumn 
picnic  that  was  well-attended  and  a  luncheon 
and  play  in  Chicago  during  the  December 
holidays.  President  Robert  Sweeten  reports 
that  the  club  is  looking  forward  to  a  busy  1986. 


Chicago  District  Council  Vice  President 
Bill  Cook  presents  Retirees  Club  No.  40 
charter  and  list  of  charter  members  to 
Club  President  Robert  Sweeten  and  Club 
Vice  President  Evelyn  Ross. 


CLUB  REMINDER 

The  January  1986  UBC  Retirees 
Club  Reporter  went  out  last  month  to 
the  52  retiree  clubs  now  in  operation. 
Officers  are  urged  to  expedite  the 
return  of  the  directory  and  member- 
ship cards  enclosed  with  the  news- 
letter. 

General  Secretary  John  S.  Rogers 
encouraged  the  continuation  of  com- 
munity projects  and  stressed  the  im- 
portance of  maintaining  contact  with 
legislators  on  issues  that  affect  the 
retired  and  elderly. 

For  information  on  organizing  a 
retirees  club  in  your  area,  write  Gen- 
eral Secretary  John  S.  Rogers, 
UBCJA,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


Al  Pellegrino,  left,  with  a  film  crew  from  Sunset  magazine,  including  film  director, 
Jeff  Simon  (with  hat)  during  shooting  of  a  marketing  film  about  the  gardening 
skills  at  the  Pellegrino  residence. 

A  Gardening  Star  Is  Born 


Growing  up  and  growing  vegetables  in 
New  York,  Al  Pellegrino  couldn't  have 
guessed  his  vegetables  would  one  day  put 
him  in  the  hmelight.  But  that's  just  where 
his  veritable  Garden  of  Eden  on  what  was 
once  a  sandlot  has  put  him — star  of  Sunset 
Magazine  and  a  Sunset  documentary  on 
Pellegrino 's  ability  to  make  the  desert  bloom 
at  his  home  in  Palm  Desert,  Calif. 

Pellegrino,  a  member  of  Local  493 ,  Mount 
Vernon,  N.Y.,  since  1935,  and  his  wife 
Georgia  moved  to  California  upon  retire- 
ment, bringing  a  few  cuttings  and  some  seeds 
to  start  fresh.  Before  long,  the  couple  had  a 
bounty  of  crops  producing  much  more  than 
they  could  possibly  eat.  An  area  paper 
chronicled  the  Pellegrinos  gardening 
achievements,  and  the  Pellegrinos  forwarded 
the  article  to  the  editors  of  Sunset  Magazine. 
When  the  editors  read  the  Pellegrinos'  story, 
they  came  out  to  investigate  for  themselves. 
Amazed  at  artichokes  growing  in  the  desert 
and  fascinated  with  Pellegrino's  Italian  flat 
parsley,  the  Sunset  staffers  took  a  number 
of  photos.  The  result  was  the  appearance  of 


Pellegrino  and  his  parsley  in  the  October 
Sunset  Magazine.  Then  a  film  documentary 
crew  arrived  to  film  him  for  an  annual  Sunset 
marketing  film  shown  to  about  15,000  mar- 
keting and  advertising  people  nationwide  on 
how  readers  use  Sunset  publications. 

Georgia,  who  with  her  husband  puts  in 
eight-hour  days  in  the  garden,  insists  its  not 
all  good  soil,  water,  sun,  and  luck.  "You've 
got  to  treat  everything  you  plant  with  indi- 
vidual love  and  care."  She  gives  the  plants 
names,  talks  to  them,  and  keeps  a  diary  of 
each  day's  activities. 

The  Pellegrinos  garden  includes  Italian 
finger  peppers,  cocuzzi  squash,  asparagus, 
shallots,  fennel,  oregano,  basil,  three  vari- 
eties of  seedless  grapes,  escarole,  and  com. 
"Our  watermelons  were  too  big  to  lift,"  says 
Pellegrino. 

And  as  if  his  gardening  success  wasn't 
enough,  Pellegrino  keeps  active  as  an  advi- 
sory board  member  for  the  Palm  Springs 
Savings  Bank  and  marshals  three  golf  tour- 
naments— the  Bob  Hope  Classic,  The  Vin- 
tage, and  the  Dinah  Shore. 


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Pa.,  the  club's  sponsoring  local.  Pictured  above,  kneeling,  from  left,  are  Geno  Chia- 
vacci,  Metro  Maziuk,  James  Vaughan,  Tony  Jankola,  and  Harry  Wiesel.  Standing,  from 
left,  are  Matt  Jankola,  Manuel  Cetta,  Matt  Rossi,  Dave  Kellam,  Francis  Donovan, 
James  Bartell,  Bill  Shutkufski,  and  Club  President  Pat  Armen. 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


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20,000  jobs  lost  to  import  fraud: 


This  article  i\on  a  first  award  in  its  class  in  the 
Internatioftal  Labor  Commitnications  Associa- 
tion's 1985  journalistic  awards  contest.  It  was 
written  by  Janice  Habudafor  the  Ladies'  Garment 
Workers'  "Justice"  newspaper.  It  is  excerpted 
here  with  permission  from  "Justice." 


By  JANICE  HABUOA 


Unscrupulous  importers  trying  to  beat 
the  government's  crackdown  on  ap- 
parel and  textile  customs  fraud  are 
finding  their  schemes  literally  are  falling 
apart  at  the  seams. 

Take  two  plots  recently  unraveled  by 
the  United  States  Customs  Service  in 
New  York: 

•  A  shipment  of  one-piece  jumpsuits 
(garments  that  are  subject  to  few  import 
regulations)  turned  out  to  be  sweatshirts 
and  sweatpants  (imports  that  are  tightly 
controlled)  sewn  together  at  the  waist. 

•  Another  shipment  contained  brightly 
colored  garments  invoiced  as  men's 
swimwear.  The  garments'  flimsy  tear- 
away  linings,  however,  were  intended  to 
disguise  women's  shorts — garments  sub- 
ject to  strict  regulations. 

Those  are  but  two  schemes  used  by 
sly  importers  to  avoid  quotas  and  du- 
ties. It's  a  battle  of  wits  daily  between 
them  and  Customs  officials;  a  battle 
that  has  received  substantial  publicity 
ever  since  Customs  began  "Operation 
Tripwire,"  a  task  force  created  to  step 
up  the  enforcement  of  import  regula- 
tions. 

Working  out  of  Kennedy  Interna- 
tional Airport  and  the  ports  of  New 
York  and  New  Jersey,  the  15-member 
task  force  has  seized  about  $5.5  million 
worth  of  apparel  since  the  operation 
began . 

If  a  case  of  fraud  is  uncovered,  it  is 
the  importers  who  are  prosecuted,  even 
though  the  garments  or  documents  were 
altered  overseas.  Most  cases  are  settled 
in  civil  court  with  the  importer  losing 
his  goods.  If  criminal  intent  is  found, 
the  case  is  sent  to  criminal  court.  In  a 
1983  case,  three  New  Jersey  men  were 
sentenced  to  jail  terms  after  they  were 
found  guilty  of  importing  and  selling 
more  than  IOO,(X)0  pairs  of  counterfeit 
designer  jeans,  worth  $5  million. 

Customs'  battle  against  import  fraud 


U.S.  Aims  To  Stop  Counterfeit 
Apparel  and  Textile  Imports 


is  not  limited  to  U.S.  shores.  There  is 
a  handful  of  agents  stationed  overseas 
who  try  to  nip  the  problem  in  the  bud. 

Agents  visit  sites  where  plants  are 
supposed  to  be  located,  verify  what  is 
produced  and  check  if  the  facilities  are 
capable  of  producing  the  volume  of 
garments  that  importers  claim. 

Those  investigations  produce  some 
surprises,  according  to  National  Import 
Specialist  Eileen  F.  Crowley.  While 
investigating  a  case  of  suspected  tran- 
shipment (where  a  country ,  having  filled 
its  quota,  ships  its  goods  through  an 
unregulated  country  and  lists  the  other 
country  as  the  garments'  origin),  an 
agent  was  supplied  with  the  name  and 
address  of  a  factory  and  instructed  to 
determine  whether  the  facility  was  ca- 
pable of  producing  a  certain  item. 

What  the  agent  found  at  the  given 
address  was  a  bar  and  hourly  hotel, 
Crowley  said. 

As  an  import  specialist,  Crowley 
identifies  import  fraud  schemes  like  the 
non-existent  factory  and  altered  gar- 
ments. She  works  closely  with  apparel 
designers,  manufacturers,  and  import- 
ers, and  has  expert  knowledge  of  quo- 
tas, trading  practices,  and  international 
supply  and  demand. 

By  drawing  on  her  extensive  knowl- 
edge and  experience,  Crowley  is  able 
to  target   potential   problems   months 


before  shipments  reach  the  U.S.  She 
knows  what  quotas  are  filled,  what 
importers  should  be  watched.  And  she 
is  encountering  increasingly  sophisti- 
cated import  fraud  schemes. 

A  scheme  that  cannot  be  detected  by 
the  naked  eye  involves  misidentifying 
the  fiber  content  of  a  garment.  A  suspect 
sweater  was  labeled  as  containing  55% 
linen  and  45%  cotton.  That  combination 
is  not  subject  to  visa  or  quota  regula- 
tions, Crowley  said. 

Laboratory  analysis  revealed  the 
sweater  actually  was  74%  cotton  and 
26%  linen,  a  blend  that  is  subject  to 
both  kinds  of  restrictions. 

In  another  case,  a  shipment  of  baggy 
white  pants  was  invoiced  as  men's  wear, 
yet  the  sales  tags  stated  the  pants  were 
styled  "for  the  young  Jr.  Miss." 

Dealing  with  counterfeit  apparel  is 
simplified  for  Customs  by  trademark 
registration.  Once  a  manufacturer  reg- 
isters its  trademark  with  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury,  Customs'  job  is  to 
make  sure  incoming  apparel  bearing  the 
mark  is  genuine. 

When  counterfeiting  is  suspected,  the 
trademark  owner  is  called  in  to  examine 
the  apparel  for  special  identifying  char- 
acteristics: fabric  weight,  thread  pat- 
terns, etc.  Most  fakes  "really  jump  out 

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In  1935  Albert  F. 
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Local  2305.  Today,  50 
years  later,  he's  still  a 
proud  member  of  the 
Brotherhood  in  what  is 
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Unkenholz 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


Toledo,  Ohio— Picture  No.  1 


Toledo,  Ohio — Picture  No.  2 


ROCK  ISLAND,  ILL. 
AND  DAVENPORT,  IOWA 

The  members  of  Locals  4  and  166  got 
together  recently  to  award  Brotherhood  pins  to 
members  with  longstanding  service  to  the  UBC. 
There  were  nearly  400  in  attendance,  with  the 
mayors  of  both  cities  represented. 

75-year  member  Gust  Faust  of  Local  166 
was  honored  as  the  member  with  the  longest 
service.  His  pin  was  presented  to  him  at 
another  time.  69-year  member  Raymond 
Rohwedder  of  Local  4  was  the  oldest  member 
in  attendance. 

Also  honored  were:  45-year  members 
Donald  Covemaker,  Glenn  Hallin,  Charles  Hawk, 
Oscar  Hilker,  Frank  Knapp,  Peter  Johnson,  Fred 
Bergeson  and  Clifford  Bourdeau;  40-year 
members  Harold  Deters,  Seolin  Haarstad, 
Willard  L.  Heisley,  Carroll  Lynn,  Robert  L. 
Nelson,  William  H.  Pahl,  Clarence  Aupperle  and 
Ernest  Berntsen;  35-year  members  Robert 
Roselle,  Harold  Ellison,  Floyd  Whitbeck,  Ben 
Rowe,  Otto  Hess,  Bill  Buennig,  Al  Rogowski, 
Jim  Dobyns  Sr.;  and  30-year  members  Albert 
M.  Carlson,  Harold  Sears,  Edward  Klehn,  Ted 
Kononous,  and  Hazen  Perkins. 


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Jacksonville,  Fla. — Picture  No.  1 

JACKSONVILLE,  FLA. 

At  their  annual  picnic  the  millwrights  of  Local 
2411  honored  those  members  who  had  20 
years  or  more  service  to  the  UBC. 

Picture  No.  1  shows 
35-year  members,  from 
left:  W.E.  French,  Harry 
Manges,  W.  H.  Troupe, 
and  Jasper  Duncan. 

Picture  No.  2  shows 
30-year  member 
Addicon  C.  Lanier. 

Picture  No.  3  shows 
25-year  members,  from 
left:  R.L.  Cole,  and 
Bobby  0.  IVIoore. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  20-year  members,  from 
left:  Irving  S.  Boggs,  and  Larry  Manges. 


Picture  No.  2 


Toledo,  Ohio — Picture  No.  4 


TOLEDO,  OHIO 

Some  members  of  Local  248  were  honored 
recently  by  the  presentation  of  service  pins  at  a 
meeting. 

Picture  No.  1  shows,  from  left:  40-year 
member  Ervin  Goetz,  and  35-year  member 
Lawrence  Pike. 

Picture  No.  2  shows,  from  left:  40-year 
member  William  Wisnieski,  and  35-year 
member  Homer  Shunk. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Chartes  Harbauer  and  Don  Young. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Frank  Whalen,  Stanley  Bucksky,  and  Gilbert 
Luce. 


Jacksonville,  Fla.— Picture  No.  3 


Jacksonville,  Fla.— Picture  No.  4 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


31 


SANDUSKY,  OHIO 

Local  90  members  recently  gathered  on 
Recognition  Night  to  present  pins  to  those  with 
20  or  more  years  of  service  in  the  UBC 

Picture  No.  1  shows 
55-year  member  Fred 
Wobser  Sr. 

Picture  No.  2  shows 
45-year  members,  from 
left:  Roy  Humberger 
and  Vincent  Kaufman. 

Picture  No.  3  shows 
40-year  members,  front  , 

row,  from  left:  Elton  * 

Winck,  Ralph  Myers,         Picture  No.  1 
Max  Schallenberg,  Albert  Lippus,  Gerald  Eberly, 
James  Grosser,  and  Russell  Welshenbach. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Edward  Robinson,  Cecil 
Bibb,  and  Harold  Lichtle. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  B.  M.  Garton,  Walter  Bauer, 
James  Porter,  Kenneth  Bailey,  and  Harvey 
Yontz.  ■ 

Back  row,  from  left:  George  Lichtle,  Richard 
Binting,  Clarence  Popke,  Max  Jarrett,  Raymond 
Reidy,  and  Fred  Wotiser  Jr. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  some  of  the  following 
30-year  members:  Robert  Hastings,  Raymond 
Schell,  Forest  Peters,  Eugene  Schwerer,  Allan 
Febbo,  Leo  Cullen,  Charles  Lichtle,  Joe  Jarrett, 
Ralph  May,  Norbert  McLaughlin,  George  Becraft, 


Sandusky,  Ohio — Picture  No.  2 


and  Frank  Campbell. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Calir  Havice,  Richard  Cravrford,  and 
Raymond  Gross. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  some  of  the  following 
20-year  members:  President  and  Business 
Manager  Al  Simms,  who  presented  all  the  pins, 
Allan  Meyers,  Leo  Glovinsky,  Richard  Keller, 
Tennis  Miller,  Paul  Absher,  Mark  Cole,  Richard 
Bilton,  Thomas  Schofield,  Kenneth  Failor,  John 


Sandusky,  Otiio — Picture  No.  3 


Dingus,  James  Douglas,  James  Harris,  and 
John  Shenberger. 

Picture  No.  8  shows  father  and  son,  Fred 
Wobser  Jr.  and  Sr.,  who  together  have  90 
years  of  service  to  the  Brotherhood. 

Also  honored,  but  not  pictured  were:  55-year 
member  Edward  Voegle;  45-year  member 
Vincent  Kaufman;  40-year  member  Harley 
Brown;  35-year  member  Frank  Burdue;  30-year 
member  Stanley  Bennett;  and  2D-year  member 
Thomas  Bond  Sr. 


Sandusky,  Ohio — Picture  No.  4 


Sandusky,  Ohio — Picture  No.  5 


BERTHOUD,  COLO. 

At  the  annual  membership  family  picnic. 
Local  510  presented  service  pins  to  members 
with  longstanding  service. 

Pictured  are  20  to  45  year  members:  Charles 
Van  Abbema,  Wes  Abels.  Ben  Bay,  Clois 
Gilleland,  Joe  Gomez,  Paul  Elkins,  Don  Moyer, 
Doug  Krebs.  Joseph  Jackson,  Guy  Knebel, 
Henry  Leininger,  and  Doyle  Bolenbaugh. 


Sandusky,  Ohio — Picture  No.  6 


Sandusky,  Ohio,  Picture  No.  8 


Sandusky,  Ohio,  Picture  No.  7 


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Norwalk,  Conn. — No.  2 


NORWALK,  CONN. 

Local  210  members  recently  received  service 
pins  for  30  to  68  years  of  service. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Tom  DeGrippo,  Dan  Klumac,  Aldo  Bottino, 
Eddie  Neilson,  Donald  Rich,  and  Per 
Thompson. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Lou  Imbrogno,  John  Castronovo,  Joe 
Pastore,  Joe  Cioffi,  Milce  Fiorito,  George 
Newton,  Charles  Perna,  Franl<  Vallario,  Adam 
Petrowski,  Vin  Vodola,  and  John  Brown. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Arvid  Backlund,  Danny  Thomas,  and 
Patrick  Petrizzi. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  59-year  member  John 
Delia,  left,  45-year  member  Patrick  Petrizzi, 
center,  and  51 -year  member  Joe  Bove,  right, 
with  Business  Agent  Lou  Imbrogno. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  68-year  member  Carl 
Swanson,  left,  30-year  member  Park  Swanson, 
center,  and  60-year  member  Joe  Pankowski. 


FREMONT,  OHIO 

The  brothers  of  Local  2239  recently  gathered 
to  pay  tribute  to  members  with  many  years  of 
sen/ice  to  the  UBC. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  50-year  member 
Andrew  Hoffman  receiving  his  pin. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  President  Richard  Wolf 
presenting  a  45-year  pin  to  Lincoln  Wolfe. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  45-year  member  Jacob 
Goodman  receiving  his  pin. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  John  Durbin,  and  John  Paul 
Goetz. 

Back  row,  from  left,  Kenneth  Sale,  Harold 
Hawk,  William  OhI,  and  Kenneth  Hopkins. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Leonard  May,  Robert  Carr,  and  Frank 
Walters. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  30-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Ralph  Branum,  Russel  Dahms, 
Clyde  Rozelle,  and  Leon  Adams. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Hariy  Colvin,  Harold 


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Norwalk,  Conn. — No.  5 


Beckley,  Robert  Zink,  Jack  Stiger,  and  Joseph 
Cooper. 

Also  honored  but  not  pictured  were:  45-year 
member  Clifford  Jay;  40-year  members  Ralph 
Engle,  Willard  Garn,  Wilfred  Jackson,  Thomas 
Russett,  and  Charles  Straub;  35-year  members 
William  Burd,  Carl  Clymer,  Sidney  Crandall, 
Merle  Friedt,  Marion  Riedel,  Elwood  Shively, 
and  Andy  Zekany;  30-year  members  Donald 
Cline,  Marvin  Davis,  Orville  Dawson,  Louis 
Snyder,  and  James  Wonderly;  25-year 
members  Maurice  Boling,  Robert  Bortel,  Paul 


Fremont — No  1  Fremont — No.  3 


Fremont,  Ohio — No.  5 

DeTray,  Paul  Dubbert,  Eidon  Gloer,  William 
Hitching,  Carl  Hopkins,  Carl  Uhinch,  and  Victor 
Wurm;  and  25-year  members  Billy  Joe  Dobbs, 
Anthony  Douglas,  Sam  Feasel,  Herbert  Gonya, 
Norman  Harman,  George  Hoffman,  Robert 
Johnson,  Frank  Kwiatkowski,  Gary  Neason, 
Michael  Otermat,  Marion  Peters,  Richard  Rose, 
Joe  Sloma,  James  Vollmar,  Eugene  Walters, 
and  Robert  Woessner. 


Fremont,  Ohio— No.  4 


Fremont,  Ohio — No.  6 


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San  Francisco,  Calif. — Picture  No.  1 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF. 

Members  numbering  one  over  1000  were 
recently  honored  by  Local  22  for  25  years  or 
more  of  continuous  membership.  A  festive 
dinner  dance  w/as  held  for  the  enjoyment  of  all. 

Picture  No.  1  shoves  a  few  younger  members 
of  the  Murphy  Irish  Dancers  that  performed  for 
attendants. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  UBC  members  and 
guests  gathered  for  the  event. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  Financial  Secretary  and 
Business  Rep.  Jim  O'Sullivan,  left,  Orchestra 
Leader  Sal  Carson,  center,  and  Treasurer  and 
Business  Rep.  Jim  McPartlan  entertaining  the 
members  with  a  rendition  of  "My  Wild  Irish 
Rose." 

Recipients  of  25  to  29-year  pins  are  as 
follows:  Bennie  F.  Adams,  Thaine  H.  Allison, 
Gian  F.  Andreazzi,  Leif  Aspoy,  Ceasar  Azevedo, 
Donald  Baffico,  Raymond  Bailey,  Joseph 
Balague,  Dennis  Beldon,  Henry  W.  Block,  B. 
Bonau,  Thomas  A.  Bottomley,  John  F. 
Bouchard,  Ivan  Boutrup,  Chet  R.  Bower, 
Dennis  E.  Brahney,  Thor  Bratene,  Raymond 
Bratt,  George  Bukowsl<i,  Rudi  Burkowski, 
Bernard  Burnfield,  Gaspar  Busalacchi,  J.  A. 
Camilli,  Thomas  J.  Casey,  James  Clancy, 
James  L.  Clark.  Charles  Conefrey,  Desmond 
Connor,  Senan  Conway,  Denis  J.  Crowe, 
George  S.  Davis,  Werner  Dehnbostel,  Charles 
R.  Devereaux  Jr.,  Daniel  F.  Doherty,  John 
Dooley,  John  F.  Duffy,  Horst  Eifler,  Thomas  V. 
Farrelly,  Charles  Felix,  Nunzio  Ferrara,  Bernard 
J.  Fitzpatrick,  Coleman  Flaherty,  William 
Franke,  Gabriel  Fnel,  John  Garcia,  Robert  L. 
Gardiner,  Johannes  Geiken,  Alfred  L.  Giannini, 
Richard  Glassel,  John  J.  Glynn,  Patrick  J. 
Glynn,  Haruki  Goto,  Kenneth  Grant,  Michael 
Greene,  Adolph  Gressel,  George  A.  Griffith,  Al 
D.  Gross,  Gary  J,  Guaico,  John  C.  Guillory, 
Eamonn  Guinnane,  Claus  Haase,  Patrick  Hagan, 
Sven  Hallquist,  Philip  V.  Hally,  Charles  C.  C. 
Han,  Robert  E.  Hanke,  John  Healy,  Thomas  M. 
Heffernan,  Ole  Heltby,  Harold  Hickenbottom, 
Gerald  V.  Hunt,  Melvin  Huse,  Lars  T.  Huser, 
Edgar  A.  Ibarra,  Roberto  B,  Ibarra,  Vaughn 
Janssen,  Bobby  R.  Jones,  Edward  D.  Kiernan, 
Patrick  H.  Kinahan,  Alex  Kish,  Frank  Knez, 
Gerhard  Konopka,  Anton  Kowaczek,  John  H. 
Kroll,  Louis  La  Beaud,  Paul  La  Fargue,  Jack  E. 
Lagoria,  Haakon  Leiro.  Johannes  Leiro,  Edward 
P.  Lendewig,  Gary  W.  Lewis,  Stanley  Lewis, 


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San.  Francisco, 
Calif.— 
Picture  No.  2 


William  J,  Maples,  Mervyn  Mason,  Charles 
McDonald,  Leo  A.  McDonald,  Phillip  McGee 
Jr.,  Patrick  B.  McGorrin,  Sean  McGovern, 
Patrick  McGuirk,  Elwood  Mclntyre,  Donald  F. 
McLean,  James  F.  McPartlan,  David  Michael, 
Isaiah  L.  Milam  Jr.,  Joe  C.  Mills,  Patrick  J. 
Molloy,  Julius  Montalvan,  Michael  Mooney, 
Juan  Morales,  Frederick  Moses,  Joseph  Mucha, 
Emanuel  Mula,  Patrick  J.  Mulhern,  Arno  Muller, 
John  Murphy,  Richard  A.  Nelson,  Wolfgang 
Neubauer,  Horst  G.  Neumann,  Carl  Noll,  Patrick 
O'Shea,  Cornelius  O'Sullivan,  Daniel  O'Sullivan, 
Henry  J.  Oberg,  Leif  0.  Odegard,  Siegfried 
Pallman,  Vilho  Partio,  Frederico  Perez,  Walter 
0.  Peterson,  John  Pickard,  Urban  Pope, 
Matthew  Quane,  Richard  Quill,  Erwin  M. 
Rathner,  Patrick  Roarty,  Hilaire  Robert,  William 
J.  Rodgers,  Eskil  Ronn,  Thomas  J.  Rosemont, 
John  H.  Russell,  Henri  Ruzette,  Patrick  J. 
Ryan,  Tedford  V.  Sands,  Dennis  W.  Saunders, 
Hugh  Savage,  Robert  J  Savage,  Guss  S. 
Sheals,  George  J.  Smith,  Norman  0.  Smith, 
Richard  L.  Sobrato,  Joseph  Sparrowhawk, 
Frank  Spes,  Matthew  Stanford,  David  J.  Sten, 
Michael  R.  Sullivan,  Rocco  Svero,  Carmelo 
Timpano,  P.  E.  Tockmakidis,  Albert  J.  Trent, 
Wesley  Trojacek,  John  Var,  Bruno  Venne, 
Joseph  Walsh,  William  J.  Warto,  Robert  White, 
Joseph  K.  Whiteside,  B.  W.  Wilson,  George  H. 
Winsted,  Jimmie  Young  Jr.,  and  Frank  J. 
Zavosky. 

Recipients  of  30  to  34  year  pins  are  as 
follows:  Martin  Adelson,  G.  E.  Adkinson, 
Lawrence  Aguilar,  Otto  Albright,  Willie  A. 
Anderson,  Beniamin  Ashby,  Harry  Bach,  George 
W.  Bailey,  James  T.  Bam,  John  H.  Bain, 
Delbert  L.  Baker,  Gerhard  Bergman,  Oscar 
Beyer,  Harold  J.  Bishop,  John  P,  Borg,  Lennart 
E.  Bostrom,  Martin  Brennan,  James  Bruno, 
Chris  Burmer,  James  P.  Busby,  George  L. 
Callaghan,  Charles  Caron,  Pasquale  Cassano, 
Albert  B.  Celio,  James  E.  Chase,  Henry  Chipley, 
Otto  Christensen,  Bernard  L.  Christian,  Edward 
J.  Clark,  Curtis  Collins,  Con  Corkery,  Patrick 
Cremin,  Robert  D.  Cross,  Wesley  Dahl,  Nils 
Danielson,  John  Donald  Dawson,  Angelo  De 
Mario,  Leo  R.  Domars,  Andrew  Driscoll,  Ivor 
Dunning,  Sven  Feldin,  Howard  R.  Fleckner, 
Thomas  Fleming,  Sidney  W.  Foote,  James 
Forslund,  Carrol  B.  Franks,  Jerry  Franzo,  James 
Gallagher,  Dwight  Garrison,  A.  Gianni,  John  W. 
Gibbons,  Massie  Gillenwater,  Francisco  Gomez, 
Thomas  Grogan,  Silvio  Guinasso.  Fjalar 


Gullmes,  Thomas  Guttormsen,  Conn  Hagan, 
Patrick  Hanley,  George  H.  Hartig,  Andrew  A. 
Heavey,  John  M.  Henner,  Nick  W.  Hess,  Daniel 
Hughes,  Raymond  Husher,  Samuel  Jacobs, 
David  E.  Johanson,  Oscar  F.  Johnson,  Moritz 
Jonasson,  Gerhard  Junginger,  Robert  H.  Kamp, 
Edward  B.  Kelly,  Don  Kenison,  Peter  Kentera, 
George  Kiddo,  Corwin  H.  Kirkpatrick,  Jim 
Kudroff,  Russell  Lanning,  Ronald  Lewis, 
William  MacAnanny,  Burton  K.  Madsen. 
Giovanni  Magoncelli,  John  P.  Maloney,  Kenneth 
W.  Mangelsdorf,  Herbert  Martin.  James  P. 
McCarron,  John  McConnell,  John  McKeon, 
James  R.  Mosley,  Denis  J.  Mulligan,  James 
Murphy,  John  H.  Newmarker,  David  J.  Nichols, 
Denis  O'Donnell,  Jerome  P.  O'Grady,  John  P. 
O'Reilly,  Manuel  Ortiz,  P.  I.  Osterlund,  George 
Paris,  Francis  P.  Parnow  Jr.,  Ronald  Parsons, 
Henry  Paterson,  Alfred  F.  Pechar,  Robert 
Perruquet,  Thomas  Prendiville,  George  Price, 
James  0.  Puckett  Sr.,  Ysabel  Rangel,  Louis 
Ravano,  Fred  Rodenberg  Jr.,  Michael  Rohan, 
Shoji  Sakurai,  Joseph  Salazar,  Ernest 
Schallebaum,  Robert  W.  Scontrino,  Salve 
Scorsonelli,  Vito  Serafini,  Bernard  Shanley, 
Frank  Simpson,  Chartes  Smoot,  Alton  G. 
Sneler,  Walter  Sonnberger,  Harry  Soogian,  Jack 
P.  Sparks,  Garold  D.  Stowell,  Patrick  H. 
Stratford,  Herbert  A.  Swanson,  Lionel  Swindler, 
Ralph  E.  Taylor,  Paul  R.  Trudell  Jr.,  Damaso 
Vazquez,  Odmund  Vik,  Dan  G.  Vitali,  Daniel 
Peter  Walsh,  Charles  Ware,  Jack  Watts,  Philip 
Weiner,  Sam  Weiner  Jr.,  Philip  Wespechar, 
James  0.  Wilkerson,  Eugene  Williams,  Albert 
Wyrsch,  and  George  Zukas. 

Recipients  of  35  to  39  year  pins  are  as 

follows:  Alfred  Adams,  William  R.  Adamson, 
Joseph  Addiego,  Ralph  Alberigi,  Kenneth 
Albright,  Ray  Allison,  Felipe  Alvarado,  Martin 
Alvey,  Manuel  Araujo,  Earl  Arnold,  Kenneth 
Arntz,  Frank  J.  Asello,  Mario  Baffico,  Michael 
Bakisian,  Angelo  Baldelli,  Rudolph  Baldonado, 
Harold  Bartlett,  William  R.  Beam,  U.  L.  Beck, 
Bert  Beckman,  Mario  Beltrano,  Anselm 
Benjamin,  Julien  H.  Bernier,  Kenneth  E. 
Berringer,  Silvio  J.  Bessone,  Clifford  G.  Bloom, 
Anton  Boehle,  Matvai  V.  Bogdanov,  James  A. 
Bolles,  Carlo  Bomben,  Lloyd  R.  Bond,  Richard 
C.  Booth,  William  Borgen,  Alex  J.  Borovkoff, 
Piero  Boscacci,  W.  F.  Boyd,  Alvin  W.  Brady, 
Arthur  J.  Branstrom,  John  Brosnan  Sr., 
Timothy  Brosnan,  Carlton  Lee  Brown,  Clarence 
E.  Brown,  Eugene  Brown,  Peter  Bruno,  Bernal 
S.  Burrows,  Duane  Busenbark,  Harry  C. 
Bussman,  Joseph  Byrne,  Peter  Byrne,  Piero  A. 
Cacianti,  Robert  Cain,  Alfred  W.  Cairns,  Eli  L. 
Calmels,  Robert  L.  Cameron,  Joseph  W. 
Canedo,  John  Caranlik,  Nils  Carlson,  Frank  L. 
Carr,  Angelo  D.  Carrozzi,  Willmar  Carter, 
Michael  F.  Caruso,  Paul  R.  Casha,  Frank 
Castelan,  James  V.  Cavalier,  Nevin  J.  Cavero, 
Vincent  Ceccarelli,  Ignacio  J.  Cervarich,  Harry 
Chinazzo,  Charles  A.  Cirac,  Axel  Clausen,  Frank 
J.  Coen,  Robert  F.  Cole,  Joseph  Coleman, 
David  G.  Conforti,  Silvestre  J.  Corona,  Ottorino 
Costantini,  Lawrence  P.  Costello,  Richard 
Cotter,  Donald  R.  Cowger,  Luther  Cravrtord, 
Donald  Curran,  Armand  D'Amico,  Jack 
D'Asaro,  William  Earl  Dale  Jr.,  Carl  Dallas, 
Clayton  Dauphinee,  Roland  B.  Davis,  Willie  I. 
Davis,  John  Dawson  Jr.,  Edward  M.  DeBono, 
Herman  Deurloo,  Robert  W.  Dias.  Philip  Diaz, 
Angelo  J.  Dichiera.  Richard  H,  Dietrich,  John 
Dorham,  Jerome  Dowdy,  Joseph  P.  Driscoll, 
Albert  C.  Dukes,  Ervin  Dunaway,  R.  F.  Duncan 
Sr.,  Charles  S.  Dunleavy,  Daniel  Dushkevich, 
John  A.  Eaves,  Esbern  Enevold,  Robert  E. 


34 


CARPENTER 


Ensor,  Cloys  R.  Epps,  Ottavio  Ercolini  Jr., 
Alfred  D.  Espino,  George  J.  Etzel,  Derald  R. 
Fagley,  Howard  Falk,  Howard  Feeney,  Floyd  M. 
Fiser,  Bernard  Fitzpatrick,  Frank  E.  FItzpatrick, 
Joseph  Flannery,  Raphael  Flores,  James  C. 
Ford,  Clyde  W.  Forsnnan,  Robert  E,  Fournier, 
Bernard  S.  Fox,  William  J.  Frizzell,  Floyd 
Funderberg,  Henry  Funk,  Earnest  Galassi, 
William  Galos,  John  Galvan,  Virgil  Gardner  Sr., 
F.  P.  Gebhard,  Jimmie  Gee,  Adelard  Genest, 
Robert  E.  George,  Louis  Geranio,  Jack  M. 
Godsey,  Robert  F,  Green,  Sylvester  Griffin, 
James  M.  Grigg,  Reinhard  Grossman,  Robert 
A.  Grover,  Erwin  Gutsch,  Alvln  Hall,  Coleman 
Halloran,  Fred  A.  Hannak,  William  F.  Hauser, 
H.  G.  Hawley,  Coleman  Hendon,  Gustave 
Hennig  Jr.,  Bernabe  Hernandez,  Joseph  C. 
Hernandez,  Gerald  D.  Hickman,  Lloyd  Hill, 
Anthony  Holman,  Fred  S.  Horst,  George  W. 
Husak,  William  J.  Irwin,  Stanley  M.  Jabin,  Jose 
Jiminez,  Glen  Johnson,  Robert  E.  Johnson, 
Russell  P.  Johnson,  David  C.  Johnston,  Marlon 
Johnston,  Donald  Junkin,  Elmo  F.  Kale,  William 
Karl,  Roderick  M.  Kern  Jr.,  Ernest  Killgore, 
Harvey  Klavinger,  Samuel  Knox,  Birger 
Knutsen,  Andrew  Koval  Jr.,  Ivan  Kuchan,  Leroy 
H.  Kuhn,  Frank  Kurpinsky,  Louis  Lagomarsino, 
William  Harvey  Laird,  Charles  Lamb,  Marino 
Lari,  Wilburn  B.  Larson,  Roger  Lawhorn, 
Joseph  Le  Compte,  Ernest  E.  Lehman,  Herbert 
Letin,  Philip  Letourneau,  Emile  W.  Lewis,  Harry 
Lis,  Joseph  Loughran,  Henry  Van  Love,  Gerald 
A.  Luppens,  Remo  E.  Luzzi,  Peter  Maffia,  Paul 
Mannoni,  Michael  John  Marconi,  Harry  Martin, 
Modesto  W.  Martinez,  Leo  L.  Martini,  George 
J.  Martisus,  Donald  E.  Mason,  Silvio  V. 
Massoletti,  Harry  W.  Matlock,  Carlos  R. 
Mattson,  Howard  W.  Mattson,  Alfred  L. 
Maurice,  David  C.  McDermott,  James 
McDonagh,  William  F.  McDonagh,  Eugene 
McDonough,  John  V.  McDonough,  Patrick  J. 
McGee,  Albert  B.  McKay,  Leslie  McKay,  John 
T.  McTernan,  Eugene  Medina,  Nevin  Carl 
Meier,  Robert  Menzies  Jr.,  Paul  Mericle,  James 
Miller,  Kenneth  Miller,  Walter  E.  Miller,  Edward 
A,  Moeller,  Arnulfo  Moreno,  Fernando  Moreno, 
Dale  Morioka,  Walt  Morrow,  Thomas  J.  Mueller 
Jr.,  Dan  W.  Mullins,  Christopher  Murphy,  John 
Henry  Murphy,  David  L.  Nagel,  Robert  W. 
Nebel,  Ventura  Neira,  Edward  F.  Nelson,  Ralph 
Nelson,  Robert  L.  Nelson,  Edwin  R.  Ness, 
Sylvester  F.  Neumann,  David  Nicholas,  Robert 
E.  Noe,  Edward  E.  O'Brien,  Arnold  B.  Olson, 
Francis  J.  Olson,  Ralph  Ortiz,  Joel  E. 
Ostegaard,  Earl  C.  Paden,  Joseph  PagliettinI, 
Bruno  Paolinelli,  Alex  Pappas,  Jesse  Paramore, 
Dante  P.  Paris,  John  G.  Pastorino,  Arthur  D. 
Paymiller,  Edward  S.  Payne,  Charles  J.  Peart, 
C.  H.  Pemberton,  Raymond  Petrucci,  Everett 
Pierce,  Aristlde  Polini,  Arthur  Pomerenke, 
Spencer  Prange,  Carroll  K.  Price,  Livio  A. 
Puccetti,  Eugene  R.  Purtell,  Robert  H.  Quinn, 
Jacob  Quiring,  George  R.  Radoff,  John 
Ragona,  A.  Ray,  Maurice  Reid,  Robert  H.  Reid, 
Foster  Reynolds,  Paul  Richards,  Bill 
Richardson,  Carl  Rigler,  Francisco  Rios,  Roy  R. 
Roberts,  Tom  L.  Robinson,  David  E.  Roche, 
James  C.  Roofener,  Armand  Rudolph, 
Raymond  Rushing,  Ivan  E.  Ryan,  Norman 
Salsbery,  Sterling  0.  Samples,  Phinas  L. 
Saterlee,  Joseph  Savin,  Joseph  Scarabosio, 
Raymond  C.  Schelegle,  Robert  Schenk, 


Theodore  Schmidt,  Irwin  Schultz,  George 
Schuster,  Leonard  Scott,  George  Scrico,  John 
Shanley,  Edward  T.  Sherry,  Pete  W.  Siliznoff, 
Albert  Silvestri,  Benjamin  C.  Smart,  Jack  R. 
Smith,  Samuel  P.  Smith,  Livio  Socal,  John 
Sonne,  James  Sorensen,  Jack  D.  Spear,  Eric  E. 
St.  Denis,  Joseph  Staffy,  Melvin  Sten,  Bryant 
Sterling,  Raymond  P.  Stupi,  Otto  L.  Suter, 
Edward  W.  Suvanto,  Charles  Swaiko,  Harold 
David  Taylor,  William  Teuber,  Willy  Carl 
Thoms,  Paul  S.  Thorsteinson,  Gordon  Thyren, 
Henry  Tigri,  Robert  E.  Tipton,  George  Todesco, 
Reginald  Tousey,  Enrique  C.  Trujillo,  Melvin  W. 
Turri,  John  R.  Van  Koll,  Edward  J.  Vella, 
Vernon  Vuolas,  Michael  Walsh,  John  F.  Warda, 
Leroy  Watson,  Ewing  Watt,  George  E.  Westfall, 
Harold  Whiting,  Denzil  S.  Willis,  Albert  S. 
Wilson,  Lowell  A.  Wright,  Richard  F.  Wright, 
Joseph  M.  Yoho,  Fred  Ziakoff,  and  Thomas  L. 
Zuber. 

Recipients  of  40  to  44  year  pins  are  as 
follows:  H.  E.  Arant,  Louis  Balazs  Jr.,  George 
Balletto,  Antone  M.  Bandarra,  George 
Baumgarten,  Joseph  M.  Behm,  Paul  Belchar, 
Francis  Be'rnie,  Floyd  Bible,  Stanley  Block, 
Secondo  Boito,  Carl  Bording,  Milton  Bose, 
Louis  C.  Boyes,  Louis  Cagel,  Robert  J. 
Campbell,  Roy  Cardellini,  Roland  R.  Carey,  G. 
R.  Cherry,  John  Chickosky,  Robert  Cloney, 
William  R.  Coldewe,  Alex  L.  Craig,  Andrew 
Daiss,  Walter  Davalos,  Ira  S.  Davis,  Walter  E. 
Davis,  Anthony  Dichiera,  Hugh  W.  Dozier, 
Robert  F.  Dunne,  Dave  N.  Elam,  Carl  Eschler, 
Egisto  Fanti,  Peter  L.  Felix,  Victor  Fellows, 
Vincent  Foley,  Paul  Gambino,  Primo  Gestra,  J. 
Harris  Giddings,  Stephen  Gifford,  Ray  S. 
Gonsales,  Leopoldo  Gozzi,  Barney  H.  Green, 
Vernon  Greenwood,  Leslie  Grill,  James  D. 
Guiney,  Stanley  Gwarlney,  William  Haecherl, 
Alden  Hall,  Albert  E.  Hambelton,  Gordon 
Hendrickson,  Fred  C.  Hernandez,  William  B. 
Hinkle,  Harris  Hoecker,  Harold  E.  Howell, 
William  A.  Hyers,  Edward  R.  lorio,  Joseph  C. 
Jesus,  Eugene  Jobe,  Earl  Johnson,  Edgar  G. 
Johnson,  Theodore  Johnson,  Eric  Karell, 
Patrick  Kelly,  Peter  Kephart,  William  Kirner, 
William  Komo,  Lester  La  Mar,  George  E.  Labo, 
W.  T.  Lahti,  Leonard  Lahtinen,  Alfred  R.  Le 
Mar,  Frank  Ludwig,  Carl  Lund,  Ernest  Mattel, 
John  F.  Martin,  C.  0.  McCamish,  Lewis  J. 
McDermott,  Jack  C.  McElroy,  James  0. 
McGaughy,  J.  W.  McKlnney,  Charles  J. 
Mignosa,  Albert  Moerman,  Thomas  P.  Mullen, 
William  Murphy,  George  Narlock,  S.  J.  Nason, 
William  B.  Neff,  Harold  M,  Nelson,  Iver  H. 
Nelson,  Odell  E.  Nelson,  Walter  W.  Nelson,  S. 
A.  Nemeth,  Verner  R.  Nielsen,  James 
O'Sullivan,  Donald  F.  Odgers,  Fred  Oeverndiek, 
Carl  0.  Olson,  Caesar  Orsi,  Carl  W.  Owen, 
Bennett  F.  Pace,  Ed  V.  Parent!,  Steve  Pavlich, 
Bruce  A.  Pendleton,  William  E.  Peterson,  D.  0. 
Phillips,  James  J.  Picaso,  John  J.  Pittavino, 
Frank  Portman,  Mario  Puccetti,  Herbert  C. 
Quantz,  Roy  Raynor,  Timothy  Reen,  William 
Rice,  Everett  Rogers,  R.  T.  Rogers,  Julio 
Romero,  Henry  Ruggeri,  Clark  Saxton,  John 
Scaduto,  Herbert  Schenk,  Milton  Schupbach, 
Charles  Shields,  Leroy  A.  Smith,  Joseph  S. 
Sousa,  Ralph  G.  Stein,  Robert  E.  Stravrther, 
Milton  Sykes,  Harold  Taber,  Salvatore  Tassone, 
Louis  M.  Thomas,  Claude  Thompson,  Aldo 
Tigri,  Stephen  Tom,  David  G.  Tyler,  A.  B. 
Varner,  Eugene  P.  Vollstedt,  August  G.  Walker, 
Delbert  A.  Wallace,  Dale  C.  Warman,  William 
R.  Watkins,  Kenneth  A.  Willford,  Jewell  D. 
Williams,  Woodrow  Wilson,  Edgar  A.  Wooden, 


Jack  Wruble,  C.  D.  Wrye,  H,  G.  Zabriskie,  and 
Kurt  Ziemer. 

Recipients  of  45  to  49  year  pins  are  as 
follows:  Winfred  Allison,  Robert  Anderson, 
Albert  Arata,  John  Arnott,  Leon  H.  Ayle,  Frank 
Baber,  L.  F.  Baker,  Leo  Barrett,  Joseph 
Baumann,  Leslie  E.  Begin,  Leilo  J.  Bernardini, 
Emil  Bettega,  Michael  Biagini,  Manuel  Biedma, 
John  H.  Blaedel,  Milton  Booth,  William  H. 
Brewer,  George  Callagy,  Norman  Cambra,  J.  H. 
Caruso,  Edwin  E.  Cary,  Frank  Castellano,  B.  W. 
Cebula,  Amos  Cendali  Jr.,  J.  J.  Christensen, 
Douglas  Christian,  Frank  Clark,  Bob  Coffey, 
Alvln  Cole,  Edgar  G.  Davis,  Everett  E.  Davis, 
Quinto  De  Antoni,  A.  De  Young,  C.  H. 
Dresselhaus,  E.  H.  Duncan,  Eugene  Egger, 
Lloyd  Eiserman,  R.  B.  Feying,  Charles  E. 
Fletcher  Sr.,  Robert  Fletcher,  Charles  Foliotti, 
James  A.  Gallaway,  Victor  Gavron,  George 
Giacomino,  R.  S.  Gowan,  William  Graziano, 
Berger  Gustafson,  Earl  T.  Gustafson,  C.  H. 
Hartman,  Dan  Harvey,  L.  C.  Hatlen,  James 
Heath,  James  F.  Heffernan,  A.  G.  Heglin, 
Richard  Higuera,  Ben  Hoecker,  John  Hoem, 
Floyd  0.  Hughes,  Louis  J.  Hunt,  Lloyd  Hunter, 
Waler  Isaeff,  Robert  Jensen,  Harry  Kanewske, 
Franklin  B.  Kegg,  Harry  Kelman,  Lee  Klahn, 
Albin  Larson,  H.  M.  Lazzarini,  Hulder  Lee, 
Herbert  G.  Lindberg,  Clifford  Lindquist,  Robert 
Lindquist,  J.  A.  Lingeman,  W.  J.  Loscutoff, 
William  M.  Loswick,  Donald  Mac  Lean,  Ed 
Mandt,  Thomas  Manton,  Al  Martin,  Ernest 
Massoletti,  Ben  M.  Melcher,  R.  Miailovich, 
Walter  Michael,  Harold  (H.  C.)  Miller,  Renaldo 
Montegari,  Leo  Moretton,  Harty  J.  Mullin,  Allan 

A.  Murdock,  William  Murdock,  Roland 
Musante,  Andrew  Neenan,  Howard  Nelson, 
Rosario  F.  Occhipinti,  Leo  Olbrych,  W.  E. 
Pallas,  Fred  Pendleton,  Joseph  Peter, 
Augustino  Pieretti,  M.  Robert  Pioli,  Elton  Poltz, 
Giacomo  Raccanello,  W.  Remmy,  John 
Reynolds,  Francis  Richards,  George  T. 
Robinson,  Jim  Rockwell,  Robert  Rosemont,  P. 
W.  Rosenbaum,  John  Rossi,  John  M. 
Rudometkin,  William  H.  Salih,  L.  J.  Schnapp, 
Fred  Schneider,  Jack  Schultz,  Simon  P. 
Sellman,  Henry  Semeit,  William  H.  Short, 
Claude  Shuey,  Ralph  E.  Sisson,  Dean  Smith, 
Robert  Cole  Smith,  P.  D.  Snedaker,  Chris 
Sollid,  Alfred  Staff,  A.  Steinauer,  Aaron  T. 
Strickland,  Tony  Sukle,  R.  H.  Sundquist, 
Gunnar  Svenningsen,  Joe  Tringale,  Bernhard 
Tullinen,  W.  L.  Vallans,  Joseph  Varrone,  Carl 
W.  Vedell,  John  Vollen,  Louis  Voipe,  Carl 
Waldheim,  Albert  F.  Walker,  Floyd  Warnock, 
Charlie  Washam,  Robert  V.  Waylett,  John 
Wenstrom,  Harry  Wiedenkofer,  Reinhold  Wiese, 
and  Joseph  Zlelen. 

Recipients  of  50  to  54  year  pins  are  as 
follows:  Ethan  Allen,  Frank  E.  Berg,  Frank  R. 
Carlson,  Joseph  F.  Ciatti,  Albert  Cochelle,  Pete 
Costanzo,  J.  J.  Creegan,  Samuel  Dahlberg, 
Charles  R.  Devereaux,  Huge  A.  Fodge,  Walter 
Ghielmetti,  John  Giorda'.io,  Axel  Hallberg,  Jesse 
Howard,  Ralph  (Rolf)  Jensen,  Frank  Kammerer, 
Melvin  Kenney,  Dave  Lewis,  Antonio  Midile,  I. 

B.  Ramstead,  George  W.  Rohrs,  N. 
Rudometkin,  J.  E.  Shervington,  Clarence  P. 
Smith,  R.  C.  Smith,  Edwin  Soderlund,  J.  J. 
Sullivan,  Martin  E.  Walker,  and  Cecil  Westman. 

Recipients  of  55  to  59  year  pins  are  George 
Arras,  Rollo  Brown,  Alfred  Hamberg,  and 
Morris  Stein;  C.  A.  Clancy,  Mario  Ponte,  and 
Audie  VIck  received  60  to  64-year  pins;  and 
Walter  Zecker  received  a  70  to  74-year  pin. 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


35 


Blueprint  Contributors 

Continued  from  Page  21 

Samuel  C.  Gavitt 
Robin  Gerber 
Adeline  R.  Grimme 
Luther  B.  Hundley 
Ted  L.  Knudson 
Fred  Moeller 
Anthony  Ochocki 
Raymond  O'Kane 
Richard  Otte 
Harold  Shoemaker 
Gene  Slater 
Clair  A.  Springman 
Roger  Stephenson 

Missoula  White  Pine  Sash  Company 

Welfare  and  Humanity  Fund 
J.  Vitolo  Construction.  Inc. 

Local  67 
Local  122 
Local  627 
Local  715 
Local  993 
Local  1509 
Local  2024 
Local  2212 

Guy  D.  Adams 
Dale  Adkins 
Glen  Birchfield 
Grace  Brandon 
John  F.  Bums 
Ronald  I.  Cameron 
Russell  Cantu 
David  A.  Copp 
Joseph  Cusimano  Jr. 
Marc  J.  Furman 
Marvin  J.  Habbinga 
George  L.  Henegar 
Elmer  E.  Henning 
Ted  C.  Higley 
Joel Jansson 
H.  Paul  Johnson 
Russell  R.  Kimble 
Sigurd  Lucassen 
Patrick  D.  McGinnis 
Dale  H.  Messer 
Peter  Nagy 
Martin  P.  O'Boyle 
Roy  W.  Parent 
Lee  Peterson 
Ronald  D.  Smoot 
Earle  A.  Soderman 
Robert  A.  Sundberg 
Fiery  J.  Thielen 
James  A.  Winters 


Saint  Dominic's  Home 
Shapell  Industries,  Inc. 

Local  24 
Local  66 
Local  345-L 
Local  388 
Local  514 
Local  624 
Local  1014 
Local  1752 

Jacksonville  District  Council 


Young  Families 

Continued  from  Page  7 

"Younger  workers  have  been 
particularly  hard-hit  by  the  eco- 
nomic conditions  of  the  past  dec- 
ade," said  JEC  chairman  David  R. 
Obey  (D-Wis.)  in  commenting  cfn 
the  report. 

"Young  families  are  having  to 
make  many  hard  choices,"  Obey 
continued.  As  noted  in  the  study, 
the  congressman  said  baby  boom- 
ers are  "deferring  marriage,  they 
are  relying  on  two  wage  earners, 
they  are  postponing  having  chil- 
dren, they  are  having  fewer  chil- 
dren, and  they  are  buying  smaller 
houses." 

"They  spend  14%  less  on  furni- 
ture than  an  equivalent  family  in 
1973,  30%  less  on  clothes,  15% 
less  on  personal  care,  and  38%  less 
on  charitable  contributions.  Their 
savings  rate  dropped  by  75%.  In 
1983  there  were  almost  1  million 
more  young  families  than  there  had 
been  in  1973  who  had  no  savings  at 
all.  Young  families  in  1983  also  had 
considerably  more  debt,"  Obey 
noted. 

"We  clearly  have  a  serious 
problem  in  terms  of  making  it  pos- 
sible for  a  substantial  portion  of 
one  generation  of  Americans  to 
share  in  a  standard  of  living  that 
most  Americans  once  took  for 
granted,"  he  continued. 

The  JEC  chairman  concluded, 
"We  must  achieve  higher  rates  of 


growth  and  that  means  increasing 
the  productivity  and  competitive- 
ness of  our  economy.  That  is  a 
hard  and  complex  job  with  no  sin- 
gle easy  solution.  But  it  is  past 
time  that  we  got  started."         !J!j(J 


Treasure  Houses 

Continued  from  Page  9 

paintings,  the  original  Chippendale  fur- 
niture, and  the  incredible  silks  and  ta- 
pestries painstakingly  woven  centuries 
ago  and  accoustomed  to  a  damp  British 
environment.  The  entire  exhibit  area, 
35,000  square  feet,  had  to  be  humidified 
and  the  proper  temperature  maintained 
for  the  duration  of  the  showing.  Miles 
of  ductwork  were  installed  before  com- 
pleting the  rooms.  Of  course,  in  keeping 
with  the  exacting  gallery  standards, 
ducts,  vents,  and  tubing  were  to  be 
unobtrusive.  You  don't  often  find  hu- 
midifiers in  15th  century  British  castles. 
Brotherhood  members  rose  to  meet 
this  challenge  as  they  meet  all  the  as- 
signments they  are  faced  with  at  the 
gallery.  They  enjoy  their  work  and  all 
its  demands.  Tom  Piddington,  Local 
1665,  Alexandria,  Va.,  remarked  that 
working  there  is  an  ideal  job.  In  addition 
to  the  opportunity  to  be  a  part  of  ex- 
hibits like  Treasure  Houses,  King  Tut, 
and  The  Splendors  of  Dresden,  the 
carpenters  really  get  a  chance  to  stretch 
their  training  and  knowledge.  Each  ex- 
hibit brings  with  it  new  challenges  and 
new,  almost  impossible  tasks.  For 
Treasure  Houses,  UBC  members  found 
themselves  faced  with  a  variety  of  chal- 
lenges from  carefully  gluing  the  velvet 
covering  onto  the  display  case  shelves 
so  that  not  a  seam  showed  to  installing 
elaborate  cornices  and  moldings  with 
perfectly  matched  and  mitered  corners 
to  throwing  handfuls  of  sand  on  the 
floor  until  it  had  just  the  right  feel  of  a 
Tudor-era  castle.  They  never  knew  what 
use  their  talents  would  be  put  to  next 
but  the  gallery  always  knew  what  they'd 
deliver — quality.  jjyjj 


Treasure  Houses  Exhibit  Brings  Awards  to  11  Brotherhood  Carpenters 


In  addition  to  being  one  of  the  most 
fabulous  exhibitions  of  British  art  ever  as- 
sembled, and  setting  record  attendance  fig- 
ures at  the  National  Gallery  of  Art  in  Wash- 
ington, D.C. .  The  Treasure  Houses  of  Britain 
has  garnered  craftsmanship  awards  for  1 1 
UBC  members  whose  skill  and  innovative 
techniques  brought  the  exhibit  to  life. 

The  awards  are  given  by  the  Washington 
Building  Congress  each  year,  and  the  recip- 
ients will  be  honored  at  a  dinner  later  this 
month.  All  of  the  winners  are  employed  by 
Coming  Constmction  Corp..  Beltsville,  Md., 
which  has  been  a  UBC  contractor  for  48 
years. 


The  craftsmen  who  are  to  receive  the 
awards  are:  Dick  Yates,  Local  132,  Wash- 
ington, D.C;  Tom  Piddington,  Local  1655. 
Alexandria,  Va.;  Robert  Jones,  Local  1590, 
Washington,  D.C;  Jerry  Moore,  Local  132; 
Randy  Payne,  Local  132;  Lester  DuMont, 
Local  1590;  George  Callaway,  Local  1145, 
Washington,  D.C;  Frank  Brookley.  Local 
142,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Ray  Nicholson,  Local 
528,  Washington,  D.C;  Danny  Sludds,  Lo- 
cal 1665;  and  Richard  DeMarr,  Local  132. 

The  only  individual  award  winner,  Yates 
was  chosen  for  his  attention  to  detail  in 
creating  the  comer  fireplace  pictured  on  page 
eight.  He  was  also  a  part  of  the  team  that 


received  an  award  for  the  doomed  ceiling  of 
the  sculpture  rotunda  featured  on  our  cover. 
The  dome  was  a  challenge  for  Yates  and 
other  team  members  Nicholson,  Studds,  and 
DeMarr  since  it  was  framed  out  of  wood 
and  then  formed  by  two  layers  of  'A"  drywall. 
Piddington,  Jones,  and  Moore  were  honored 
for  their  detail  and  molding  in  the  Dutch 
Cabinet  room.  Payne,  DuMont,  Callaway, 
and  Brookley  received  their  award  for  the 
arched  ceiling  of  the  Waterloo  Gallery  pic- 
tured on  page  nine. 

Each  of  these  jobs  required  attention  to 
detail  and  a  special  application  of  the  car- 
pentry skills. 


36 


CARPENTER 


The  following  list  of  359  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $631 ,385.21  death  claims  paid  in  November  1 985;  (s)  following 
name  in  listing  indicates  spouse  of  members 


Local  Union,  City 


Local  Union.  City 


Local  Union,  City 


90 
98 
101 

102 
104 
105 
106 
114 

124 
131 


132 
135 
142 
161 
169 
181 
183 


195 

200 


242 
247 
249 

255 

256 

257 


258 
260 
262 
264 
267 
278 
286 
296 
297 
308 
314 
316 


Chicago,  IL — Bernard  Battistelli.  Bruno  De 
Maertelaere. 

Wheeling  West,  VA— Robert  L.  Warren. 
St.  Louis,  MO— GeraJdine  Lois  Pauselius  (s). 
Minneapolis,  MN — Norman  Crosby.  Peter  R.  Pru- 
sait.  Wayne  Stein. 

Philadelphia,  PA — Douglas  G.  Fumess,  Sigurd  G. 
Haug. 

Cleveland,  OH— Rose  Haic  (s). 
(Chicago,  IL^Egbert  Buurma,  James  A.  Knoll,  Mi- 
chael F.  Jaworski. 

San  Antonio,  TX— Walter  B.  Read.  William  A. 
Mitchell. 

Bronx,  NY — Harry  Passkow. 
San  Francisco,  CA — Charles  T.  Caron. 
Central,  CN — John  Sapienza,  Nellie  Castiglione  (s). 
Paul  Breitkreuz.  Rene  Ouellette. 
Toronto  Ont,  CAN — Douglas  Trory. 
Oakland,  CA— John  A.  Olesky. 
San  Rafael,  CA— Fay  W.  Scovill  (s).  George  Wash- 
ington, Margaret  C.  Stapp  (s). 
Boston,  MA — John  J.  Sullivan. 
San  Francisco,  CA — William  M.  Emond. 
St.  Louis,  MO— Everett  H.  Whitworth. 
Fitchburg,  MA — Jeremiah  Gardner,  Veiko  Jokela, 
Walfred  Maki. 

Boston,  MA — Thomas  J.  McKee. 
Chicago,  IL — William  F.  Grein,  Jr. 
Denver,  CO — Ronald  G.  McGillivray. 
Chicago,  IL — Alrik  Carlson.  Earl  Milgrom,  Erik 
Bark.  Henry  Lubs.  Henry  Meise.  Hubert  Jacobs, 
Lawrence  Anderson.  Lester  Wickstrom,  Ludwig 
Wieland,  Vernon  A.  Larson. 
Indianapolis,  IN — Roscoe  R.  Swafford. 
Kansas  City,  MO — Geraldine  S.  Puhr  (s),  Raymond 
L.  Lamb.  Robert  M.  Livingston. 
Chicago,  IL— Dollie  M.  Radis  (s|. 
Olean,  NY— Earl  W.  Southard. 
Canton,  OH— Albert  Juszli. 

Chicago,  IL — Josephine  Larson  (s).  Lorraine  O. 
Kapel  (s). 

Anaconda,  MT — Sara  Kirkeby  (s). 
Evansville,  IN — Arnold  C.  Hesson. 
Spokane,  WA — Kenneth  Smith. 
Baltimore,  MD — John  H.  Skuhr.  John  J.  Faherty. 
Rudolph  Zinn. 

Oakland,  CA — Patricia  Jane  Corn  (s|. 
Dayton,  OH — Bruce  Gilley.  Sondra  M.  Green  (s). 
Cleveland,  OH — Marija  Sankovic  (s). 
Des  Moines,  lA — Orville  L.  Olson. 
East  Detroit,  MI — Bernardo  Pulsinelli.  Renee  El- 
friede  Maki  (s). 

Passaic,  NJ — Jisseltje  Kuyper  (s).  William  Modla. 
Seattle,  WA— Frans  Nelson,  Herbert  B.  Bitz.  Law- 
rence C.  Shannon,  Olaf  Arthur  Berg,  Roy  Laughren, 
Thomas  P.  Cranson. 
Washington,  DC — Eiza,  Earl  McDavid. 
New  York,  NY — Gustave  Kjellberg.  Leo  Rosen. 
Pittsburgh,  PA— Richard  R.  Maffei.  Rodney  L.  Lee 
Kenosha,  WI— Fern  B.  Smith  (s). 
East  St.  Louis,  IL — Joan  Francine  Howell  (s). 
Chicago,  Il^William  V.  Tela. 
Peoria,  IL — Grant  C.  Wanack.  Herbert  E.  Brown. 
Nelson  C.  Lenaway. 

Salt  Lake  City,  UT — Doyle  Smith,  Janis  E.  Jirgen- 
sons. 

Peru,  IL — Lois  M.  Vodacek  (s). 
Columbus,  OH— Charles  F.  Reid,  Chester  O.  Wal- 
ton. Willard  G.  Hale. 

Houston,  TX— Al  Knight.  Cifton  L.  McClure,  For- 
rest G.  Brady,  George  B.  Holstead.  Sr.,  Ole  Mid- 
strom,  Vina  Longbotham  (s). 

Atlanta,  GA — Alan  J.  Campbell.  Donald  Earl  Gray, 
James  E.  Durham,  Sr. 

Riverside,  CA — Bernard  E.  Snider.  Bill  Van  Ant- 
werp, Raymond  B.  Morris,  Jr. 
Chicago,  Il^Julius  J.  Tomasek,  Otto  A.  Kowalski. 
Portland,  OR— Harold  Hoffhines. 
Kingston  Ont,  CAN— Walter  S.  Keech. 
Bloomingburg,    NY — Michael     Joseph     Bellarosa, 
Stanley  V.  Dailey. 

Savannah,  GA — Jessie  P.  Brown.  Julian  S.  Ashmore. 
New  York,  NY — Cainer  V.  Linzen,  George  L.  Fri- 
berg.  Giuseppina  Barone  (s).  Marcello  Zadra.  Wil- 
liam Rypysc. 

Oneonta,  NY— Walter  Dewey.  Sr. 
Berkshire  Cnty,  MA— Stanley  P.  Ryczck. 
San  Jose,  CA — Tony  Rose. 
Milwaukee,  WI— Nola  H.  Schultz  (s). 
Drsden,  OH— Russell  V.  Sowers. 
Watertown,  NY— Walter  L.  DufTer. 
Great  Falls,  MO— Earl  Stanley  Haaby. 
Brooklyn,  NY — Edward  Edwardsen,  Gunnar  Olsen. 
Kalamazoo,  MI — Joyce  L.  Gardner  Is). 
Cedar  Rapids,  lA — Vernon  Goad. 
Madison,  WI — Frank  Holan. 
San  Jose,  CA — Kenneth  Young,  Theo  N.  Petty. 


338  Seattle,  WA— Alvin  B.  Thorkelson,  Herbert  C.  West. 

340  Hagerstown,  MD— Charles  J.  Butts. 

343  Winnipeg  Mani,  CAN — Joseph  Iskierski. 

356  Marietta,  OH— Arthur  C.  Atherton. 

434  Chicago,  II^Michael  Pukalla. 

452  Vancouver  B  C,  CAN — Fred  Pereverzoff. 

454  Philadelphia,  PA— Doshia  B.  Tucker  (s). 

458  ClarksviUe,  IN— Bonnie  Jean  Mull  (s). 

465  Chester  County,  PA— Mary  Ellen  Siter  (s). 

470  -ftcoma,  WA— C.  L.  Major.  John  W.  Heydlauff. 

493  Mt  Vernon,  NY— Egidio  Lucente. 

500  Butler,  PA— Donald  C.  Hunt.  Orvis  B.  Himes. 

512  Ann  Arbor,  MI— Albin  V.  Burke. 

^  514  Wilkes  Barre,  PA — Bernard  Laskowski. 

531  New  York,  NY— Alfred  Hinz,  Anne  L.  Garchik  (s), 

Armand  Poropat. 

562  Everett,  WA— John  D.  Bell, 

579  St.  John  N  F,  CAN— George  W.  Young. 

600  Lehigh  VaUey,  PA— Anthony  Unger,  Sr..  Earl  J.  Rex, 

608  New  York,  NY — Joseph  A.  Vasile,  Lucien  L.  Dupre. 

634  Salem,  lI^Delbert  Louis  Gillett. 

638  Marion,  IL — James  Ewell  Conkle, 

639  Akron,  OH— Ernest  Darlak, 

642  Richmond,  CA— Colonel  Hadley  Crow,  Gilbert  C. 

Stephens. 

644  Pekin,  IL— Floyd  W.  Coffman. 

665  Amarillo,  TX — Lota   Nellie   Lummus   (s),   Thena 

Frances  Ward  (s). 

675  Toronto  Ont,  CAN— Elsie  Gulka  (s). 

710  Long  Beach,  CA — Orville  Lee  Murray. 

721  Los  Angeles,  CA — Paul  Bruckner.  Therese  Fischer 

(s). 

727  Hialeah,  FL — Roman  John  Szymula. 

735  Mansfield,  OH — George  E.  Eckstein,  Mayme  May 

Grove  (s). 

743  BakersReld,  CA— Jesse  Dean  Seigal.  Walter  A.  Em- 
erald, Woodrow  W.Yarbrough. 

745  Honolulu,   HI — Mitsushi    Shito,   Norman   Noboru 

Taomae. 

751  Santa  Rosa,  CA— Lois  B.  Stiles  (s). 

753  Beaumont,  TX— Clifford  Carl  Duggan, 

756  BeUingham,  WA— Melvin  B.  Coe, 

769  Pasadena,  CA— Plez  E.  Allen. 

782  Fond  Du  Lac,  WI— Melvin  R.  Ollerman. 

790  Dixon,  II^Lelah  Rogers  (s). 

819  West  Palm  Beach,  FL— Gricsmer  Harvey  S. 

839  Des  Plaines,  Il^Leo  Fersch. 

845  Clifton  Heights,  PA— Gerald  P.  Burke. 

900  Altoona,  PA— Harry  R.  Guyer. 

906  Glendalc,  AR— Marie  Carlin  (s). 

912  Richmond,  IN— Delbert  F.  Wines. 

971  Reno,  NV— Andrew  J.  Swalley, 

977  WichiU  Falls,  TX— Pearl  Keenan  (s).  Thruman  H, 

Cannon, 

1000  Tampa,  FL — Helen  Lesyshyn  (s).  Joseph  R.  Lewis. 

1003  Indianapolis,  IN — Galen  T.  Freed. 

1014  Warren,  PA— John  J.  Kushner. 

1016  Muncie,  IN — Charles  E,  Brown,  Roberi  H.  Swinger, 

Stafford  W.  Wallingsford. 

1023  Dalhousie  NB,  CAN— Martial  Pelletier. 

1027  Chicago,  II^Tullio  Buoni. 

1050  Philadelphia,  PA — David  Langley,  Frank  Pingitroe, 

Joseph  Paone.  William  Siggson. 

1055  Lincoln,  NE — Lorenz  Elmsliauser, 

1089  Phoenix,   AZ^Arthur  Hazelton,  Sr,,  Charles  R. 

Spray,  James  O,  Noble,  Julio  S,  Arellano. 

1093  Glencove,  NY — Angelo  A,  Simoneschi, 

1098  Baton  Rouge,  LA — Ernest  Farmer, 

1109  VisaUa,  CA— Paul  Freeze, 

1120  Portland,  OR— Antonio  Cangialosi,  Charles  R,  Whit- 
comb.  Freida  D,  Savitts  (s),  Louis  Verbraeken, 

1126  Annapolis,  MD — Roy  Elmer  Miser, 

1138  Toledo,  OH— Earl  M.  Bringe,  James  Mahaney, 

1146  Green  Bay,  WI— Orin  Kittelson, 

1148  Olympia,  WA— Howard  Fuller, 

1149  San  Francisco,  CA — Duane  O.  McGraw, 
1159  Point  Plasant,  WV— Margaret  R.  Bray  (s). 
1192  Birmingham,  AL — Clinton  C.  Holman, 
1205  Indio,  CA— Robert  Coulter. 

1235  Modesto,  CA— Lloyd  A.  Windrem,  Walter  Zanini, 

1250  Homestead,  FU-Gordon  D.  Myiks.  Lewis  G,  Bar- 
rett. 

1251  N.  Westminster  EC,  CAN— Walter  Abram, 

1273  Eugene,  OR— Elsie  A,  Kaasa  (s). 

1274  Decatur,  AL — Alton  J,  Fears,  George  Kirchner. 
1296  San  Diego,  C A— Earl  J,  Hider. 

1302  New  London,  CT— Mildred  Best  (s), 

1303  Port  Angeles,  WA — Leonard  Johannes, 
1314  Oconomowoc,  WI — Roy  J,  Nienow. 
1329  Independence,  MO — Francis  Nelson. 

1342  Irvington,  NJ — Anthony  Adelizio.  Edward  Emer- 
son, Roberi  J,  O'Connell,  William  C.  Rommel. 

1358  La  Jolla,  CA — Francis  L.  Morris. 

1362  Ada  Ardmore,  OK— Shelton  M.  Estes. 

1365  Cleveland,  OH— Margaret  Whitacre  (s). 

1388  Oregon  City,  OR— Arihur  Huntley. 


1394     Ft.  Lauderdale,  FI^Ethel  C.  Brown  (s). 

1396    Golden,  CO— Kenneth  H.  Anderson. 

1400    Santa  Monica,  CA— Alba  T.  Paul, 

1407    San  Pedro,  CA— Joel  C,   Curnutt,   Lawrence  R. 

Gamble,  Manuel  R.  Muro. 
1419    Johnstown,  PA— James  Eldon  Stahl. 
1428    Midland,  TX— Cecil  Impson, 
1449     Lansing,  MI — Cecil  Mapletoft. 
1454    Cincinnati,  OH— Charles  O,  Edwards. 
1456    New  York,  NY— Edward  R,   Penny,  Frank  Ras- 

lowsky,  John  L.  Romonoski,  Stella  Migliaccio  (s). 
1461    Traverse  City,  MI— Willard  Randall. 
1464    Mankato,  MN — Olivia  Heminover  (s), 
1495    Chico,  CA— Clarence  C,  Vingness. 

1497  E.  Los  i\ngeles,  CA — Fredolf  G,  Johnson. 

1498  Provo,  UT— Mark  A.  Brown. 
1507    El  Monte,  CA— Elmer  L.  Eaks. 

1529    Kansas  City,  KS— Leroy  Ellsworth  Campbell. 

1533    Two  Rivers,  WI— Kathleen  G.  Juul. 

1536     New  York,  NY— Assunta  Marra  (s|. 

1565     Abilene,  TX— Herman  Hyatt,  Roy  A.  Caton. 

1571    East  San  Diego,  CA — Eberhard  J,  Augustine,  James 

Lee  Scott, 
1581     Napoleon,  OH— Guy  E.  Stanlield, 
1583    Englewood,  CO— Gail  C.  Scholl. 
1588    Sydney  NS,  CAN— Gerald  White, 

1595  Montgomery  County,  PA — Evelyn  Bible  (s),  Francis 
Deery.  William  Chomiak. 

1596  SI.  Louis,  MO— Raymond  Schultz, 
1620    Rock  Springs,  WY— Howard  O,  Hibler. 

1622    Hayward,  CA — Cleve  Burlington,  Loucille  Petersen 

(s), 
1635    Kansas  City,  MO— George  H,  Payur, 
1644    Minneapolis,  MN — George  Zembai, 
1665    Alexandria,  VA — Andrew  C.  Monroe. 
1693    Chicago,  IL — Charles  M.  Gramberg.  Patricia  B. 

Armstrong  (s), 

1707  Kelso  Longview,  WA — William  C.  Gamble. 

1708  Auburn,  WA— Robert  J.  Guggenbickler. 
1715  Vancouver,  WA — Benjamin  H.  Gray,  Jr. 
1735     Pr  Rupert  EC,  CAN— John  Gorda 

1752     Pomona,  CA — Arthur  R,  Romero,  George  O,  Brooks, 

Howard  W,  Gordon. 
1770    Cape  Girardeau,  MO— Charies  J.  McCollum. 
1780    Las  Vegas,  NV — Douglas  E,  Mueske,  James  Barger. 
1815    Santa  Ana,  CA — Ernest  Gommel,  Robert  Vasquez. 

1822  Fort  Worth,  TX— Bob  Wood. 

1823  Philadelphia,  PA— Charles  W.  Freeman, 

1846  New  Orleans,  LA— Helen  C,  Melerine  (s),  Robert 
A,  Cribb.  Wan-en  Willoz,  Sr. 

1849  Pasco,  WA— Fay  Wallace  Stilwill,  Hartwick  J.  Dul- 
lum,  Walter  E,  Anderson, 

1856    Philadelphia.  PA— Ralph  L  Poplin. 

1884    Lubbock,  TX— Walter  J.  Allison. 

1897    Lafayette,  LA — Ervy  Broussard. 

1931     New  Orleans,  LA — Carla  Bivalacqua  (s). 

1947    Hollywood,  Fl^-John  A.  Callbeck. 

20O6    Los  Gatos,  CA — Joseph  Stonecipher, 

2020  San  Diego,  CA — Erwin  H,  Spinning.  Norma  Jean 
Kwast  (s),  Vincent  Ciolino. 

2046     Martinez,  CA— Russell  Williams. 

2057     Kirksville,  MO— Wanen  T.  Miller. 

2078    Vista,  CA— Harty  J.  Pratt. 

2103  Calgary  Alta,  CAN— James  Edward  Logelin,  Val- 
entine Peter  Szautner. 

2132    La  Follette,  TN— General  Lee  G,  L.  Brown. 

2217    Lakeland,  FI^Andrew  J,  Alvey.  Wilmer H.  Holton. 

2244    Little  Chute,  WI— Emily  Bungean  (s). 

2264  Pittsburgh,  PA— William  John  Capan. 

2265  Detroit,  MI — James  Kenneth  Peters. 
2274    Pittsburgh,  PA— Charies  Ray 

2286    Clanton,  AI^David  O.  Sanders. 

2375    Los  Angeles,  CA — Martin  Ganz. 

2416     Portland,  OR— Elmer  L.  Dewitl,  Julius  H,  Bergs- 

trom, 
2436    New  Orleans,  LA — Johnny  C.  Parker. 
2486    Sudbury  ONT,  CAN— Maria  Haus  (s). 

2519  Seattle,  WA— Antonio  Reyes. 

2520  Anchorage,  AK — Ralph  H,  Rasmussen, 
2528     Raincllc,  WV— Ruth  Halsey  Hail  (s), 
2565     San  Francisco,  CA — Richard  Bigeal. 
2629     Hughesville,  PA— Marcella  R.  West  (s). 
2693    Pt.  Arthur  Ont,  CAN— Roland  Letouraeau. 
2696    Milford,  NH— Thomas  P.  Healy. 

2715     Medford.  OR— John  C.  Ramos. 

2754     Pembroke  Ont,  CAN— Faith  Lapointe. 

2795    Ft.  Lauderdale,  FL— Herman  Fields. 

2949    Roseburg,  OR — Thurman  Lee  Marical  (s). 

3074    Chester,  CA — Emmett  M.  Brockman,  Mario  Delizio. 

3088    Stockton,  CA— Ethel  Mary  Fleming  (s).  Jesse  Gabell. 

3127  New  York,  NY— Albert  S,  Budrik,  Margaret  Pater- 
son. 

3161  Maywood,  CA — Michael  Quaranla.  Shiriey  S.  Odrich 
(s). 

3175     Pembroke  Ont,  CAN— Allan  Dament  (s). 

7000  Province  of  Quebec  LCL  134-2— Francoise  Cham- 
berland  (s).  Lucien  Ethier.  Wilfrid  Lauzon. 


FEBRUARY,     1986 


37 


Circus  Wheels 

Continued  from  Page  13 
can  learn  the  step-by-step  process  of 
making  a  steel-rimmed  wooden  wheel 
by  viewing  several  pictorial  panels  in 
the  shop. 

Today,  only  a  few  craftsmen  turn  out 
these  beautiful  wagon  wheels.  One  such 
artisan  still  plying  his  craft  as  a  wheel- 
wright is  Henry  Foerster  of  Sheboygan , 
Wise.  Foerster,  who  has  been  making 
wheels  for  less  than  20  years,  recently 
constructed  wheels  for  the  Circus  World 
Museum's  newly  restored  Ringling  Bell 
Wagon.  Foerster  believes  the  wheel- 
making  process  should  be  done  in  a 
historically  correct  way.  "I  follow  the 
same  principles  to  fabricate  a  wheel  as 
were  used  long  ago,"  he  says. "But 
instead  of  using  some  of  the  old  methods 
like  placing  the  tire  in  a  coal  or  wood 
fire,  I  use  modern  conveniences  like  a 
torch."  The  product,  however,  is  still 
a  wooden  masterpiece  of  white  oak  with 
sunburst  inserts  of  oak,  elm,  or  ash. 

Making  circus  wagon  wheels,  with 
their  brilliant  sunbursts  and  colorful 
detail,  is  indeed  nearly  a  lost  art.  But 
talented  wheelwrights  like  Foerster  are 
helping  to  keep  the  craft  alive. 

C.  P.  Fox  sums  up  the  nostalgic 
beauty  of  circus  wagon  wheels  well  in 
his  book.  Circus  Parades:  A  Pictorial 
History  of  America 's  Greatest  Pageant, 
when  he  writes,  "To  those  who  remem- 
ber the  circus  parade,  the  wheels  on 
the  wagons  not  only  had  a  beautiful, 
flashing  effect,  but  had  a  rumbling  knock 
all  their  own.  No  other  wheel  had  that 
deep  throated  knock.  .  .  .  The  sound, 
along  with  the  clanking  of  chains  and 
shuffling  of  elephants,  are  indelibly  re- 
tained in  the  memories  of  those  who 
were  fortunate  enough  to  watch  a  pa- 
rade." tlljr; 

Children  in  Poverty 

Continued  from  Page  15 

sider  it  good  news  that  more  than  13 
million  children  under  18  live  in  pov- 
erty, but  most  people  who  care  about 
the  long-term  implications  cannot. 

Especially,  as  FRAC  pointed  out.  if 
there  is  increased  unemployment  during 
another  recession.  Only  about  one-third 
of  the  unemployed  receive  jobless  ben- 
efits, and,  coupled  with  cuts  in  social 
programs,  the  result  could  worsen  the 
already  disgraceful  poverty  level  for 
children  and  adults. 

In  a  related  study,  a  study  by  Con- 
gress' Joint  Economic  Committee  said 
that  between  1973  and  1984,  declines 
in  average  real  income  for  households 
headed  by  women  was  greater  than  that 
for  two-parent  families,  and  that  aver- 
age real  incomes  for  families  headed 
by  women  were  lower  in  1984  than 
in  1967.  !J!ji; 


OSHA  Award 


On  Oct.  28,  1985.  Patrick  Tyson.  Acting 
Assistant  Secretary  of  Labor  for  OSHA, 
right,  presented  tlie  Maine  Federal  Safety 
and  Heallii  Council  the  second  place  na- 
tional award  from  the  Department  of  La- 
bor for  Significant  Contributions  to  the 
Federal  Safety  and  Health  Program.  Steve 
Perry.  VBC  representative  and  chairman 
of  the  Maine  Federal  Safety  and  Health 
Council,  accepted  the  award  on  behalf  of 
the  council  at  ceremonies  in  New  Orleans 
during  the  National  Safety  Council  Con- 
gress. 

The  Federal  Safety  and  Health  Councils 
are  nationally  mandated  groups  with  vol- 
untary participation  from  federal  work- 
places and  their  labor  unions  whose  goals 
are  to  improve  safety  and  health  condi- 
tions in  the  Federal  workplaces.  Before 
being  appointed  an  International  Repre- 
sentative. Perry  was  secretary  of  the 
Portsmouth  Federal  Employees  Metal 
Trades  Council  and  president  of  Local 
3073  at  the  Portsmouth  Naval  Shipyard. 


Which  Are  You? 

Submitted  by  Gary  Adams 

Some  members  keep  their  union  strong 
While  others  join  and  just  belong. 

Some  dig  right  in — some  serve  with 

pride. 

Some  go  along  jusi  for  the  ride. 

Some  volunteer  lo  do  their  share. 
While  some  lie  hack  and  just  don't  care. 

On  meeting  day  some  always  show. 
While  there  are  those  who  never  go. 

Some  do  their  best,  some  build,  some 

make , 

Some  never  give,  but  always  lake. 

Some  lag  behind,  some  let  things  go. 
Some  never  help  their  union  grow. 

Some  drag,  some  pull,  some  don't, 

some  do. 

Consider — which  of  these  are  you? 


Consumer  Clipboard 

Continued  from  Page  30 

at  you — it's  a  piece  of  junk,"  Carroll 

said. 

American  apparel  and  footwear  man- 
ufacturers lost  almost  $1  billion  in  do- 
mestic and  export  sales  during  1982 
because  of  foreign  product  counterfeit- 
ing and  other  fraudulent  activities,  the 
U.S.  International  Trade  Commission 
stated  in  a  recent  report.  Furthermore, 
the  lost  revenues  translated  into  a  loss 
of  20,824  jobs  in  the  apparel  industry 
alone. 

It's  no  surprise  that  Taiwan  and  Hong 
Kong  were  identified  as  the  major 
sources  of  counterfeit  apparel.  But  the 
28-country  list  compiled  by  the  ITC 
also  included  major  European  coun- 
tries, almost  every  South  American 
country,  and  even  Egypt  and  Saudi 
Arabia. 

Collectively,  they're  counterfeiting 
T-shirts,  knit  sport-shirts,  jeans,  sweat- 
ers, and  accessories  like  belts,  caps, 
and  ties.  There's  a  whole  range  of 
sportswear  being  faked  too:  tennis,  snow 
skiing,  and  jogging  wear,  sweatshirts, 
shorts,  and  athletic  footwear.  Most  of 
these  goods  falsely  carry  a  brand  name 
or  designer  label  or  logo,  the  ITC  re- 
ported. 

Fake  Levi  jeans  far  outsell  the  real 
thing  in  most  Asian  countries,  accord- 
ing to  another  report  on  counterfeiting 
prepared  by  a  House  subcommittee. 
Bogus  Walt  Disney  T-shirts,  "Members 
Only"  jackets,  and  IZOD  Lacoste  gar- 
ments have  turned  up  in  this  country. 

The  House  report  stated  that  current 
laws  to  protect  American  products  are 
too  weak.  A  recent  rash  of  proposed 
legislation  indicates  lawmakers  agree 
tighter  controls  are  needed  against  im- 
port fraud. 

An  anti-counterfeiting  bill  now  before 
Congress  would  impose  criminal  and 
civil  penalties  for  domestic  counterfeit- 
ing. Another  proposal  recommends  that 
duty-free  status  be  denied  to  developing 
countries  that  do  not  enforce  laws  to 
protect  patents,  trademarks,  and  copy- 
rights of  American  products.  Ijrjfi 


JACK  LONDON  STAMP 

The  Samual  Gompers  Stamp  Club  has 
available  First  Day  Covers  on  a  25i  stamp 
honoring  Jack  London,  which  was  first  is- 
sued on  January  11.  London  was  a  prolific 
writer  about  labor  issues  and  is  credited  with 
a  famous  definition  of  a  "scab."  The  First 
Day  Covers  can  be  ordered  from  the  Sam 
Gompers  Stamp  Club,  P.O.  Box  1233, 
Springfield.  Va.  221.M.  Price  is  1  for  $1.  or 
3  for  $2.50.  Send  stamped  self  addressed 
#10  envelope. 


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CARPENTER 


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Nails  work  twice  as  hard  with  this  unique 
new  Joist  Hanger  Clip.  Newly  designed  joist 
hangers  from  Panel  Clip  make  nails  do  dou- 
ble duty,  are  stronger,  more  efficient,  and 
save  time  and  labor.  Nails  are  directed  on 
an  angle  through  the  joist  and  into  the  header 
through  a  unique  tube  that  is  formed  into 
the  hanger.  The  consistent  nail  angle  permits 
the  use  of  a  lighter  gauge  steel  while  achiev- 
ing higher  load  values. 

For  further  information  and  a  free  detailed 
catalog  of  other  structural  connectors  con- 
tact: The  Panel  Clip  Company,  P.O.  Box 
423,  Farmington,  MI  48024.  Wats  800-521- 
9335,  except  Michigan:  313-474-0433. 


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NOTE:  A  report  on  new  products  and  proc- 
esses on  this  page  in  no  way  constitutes  an 
endorsement  or  recommendation .  All  per- 
formance claims  are  bused  on  statements 
by  the  manufacturer. 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Calculated  Industries 17 

Clifton  Enterprises 21 

Foley-Belsaw  39 

Full  Length  Roof  Framer 39 


REDWOOD  SIDING 


Redwood 


Siding  Patterns 
And  Application 


A  new  illustrated  12-page  booklet  provides 
comprehensive  technical  information  on 
specifying,  handhng,  installing,  and  finishing 
redwood  siding.  It  includes  nailing  diagrams 
and  pattern  charts  for  bevel,  tongue  and 
groove,  shiplap,  and  board  and  batten.  Price: 
600.  California  Redwood  Association,  591 
Redwood  Highway,  Suite  3100,  Mill  Valley, 
C  A  94941. 

WALL  JACK  SYSTEM 


The  Powerlift  wall  jack  system  can  make 
the  job  of  lifting  walls  and  frameworks  easier. 
A  set  of  two  Powerlift  wall  jacks  allows  two 
men  to  lift  the  longest  residential  walls  easily. 
The  Powerlift  uses  a  circular  cranking  mo- 
tion rather  than  jacking  up  and  down,  so  it 
delivers  continuous  power.  It's  compact 
enough  to  fit  into  most  toolboxes,  according 
to  the  manufacturer. 

Powerlift  wall  jacks  have  an  all-steel  chas- 
sis, a  3,000  pound  strength  steel  cable,  a  6- 
inch-wide  base  plate,  and  a  Vi-inch  steel 
upper  wall  stop. 

To  purchase  a  set  of  Powerlift  wall  jacks 
or  for  more  information  contact: 

Powerlift,  Inc.,  4639  Washington  St.  NE, 
Minneapolis,  MN  55421.  Telephone:  (612) 
572-1143. 


Always  look  for  the  UBC's  union  label 
when  you  shop  for  building  supplies. 


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Full  Length  Roof  Framer 

The  roof  framer  companion  since 
1917.  Over  500,000  copies  sold. 

A  pocket  size  book  with  the  EN- 
TIRE length  of  Common-Hip-Valley 
and  Jack  rafters  completely  worked 
out  for  you.  The  flattest  pitch  is  V2 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease Vz  inch  rise  each  time  until 
the  steep  pitch  of  24"  rise  to  12" 
run  is  reached. 

There  are  2400  widths  of  build- 
ings for  each  pitch.  The  smallest 
width  is  Vi  inch  and  they  increase 
Vi"  each  time  until  they  cover  a  50 
foot   building. 

There  are  2400  Commons  and  2400 
Hip,  Valley  &  Jack  lengths  for  each 
pitch.  230,400  rafter  lengths  for  48 
pitches. 

A  hip  roof  is  48'-9*A"  wide.  Pitch 
is  TMi"  rise  to  12"  run.  You  can  pick 
out  the  length  of  Commons,  Hips  and 
Jacks  and  the  Cuts  in  ONE  MINUTE. 
Let  us  prove  it,  or  return  your  money. 


In  the  U.S.A.  send  $7.50.  California  residents 
odd  45 «  tax. 

We  also  have  a  very  fine  Stair  book  9"  X 
12".  It  sells  for  $4.50.  California  residents  add 
27*  tax. 


A.   RIECHERS 

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FEBRUARY,     1986 


39 


Where  Our  New 
Members  Are 
Coming  From 


. .  .and  how  we're  going 
to  keep  them  with  us 


During  recent  years,  the  North  American  labor 
movement  has  gone  through  re-evaluations  of 
its  goals  and  purposes.  It  has  done  a  lot  of  soul 
searching,  and  it  has  had  a  horde  of  detractors 
circling  its  union  camps  like  so  many  wolves  on 
the  prowl. 

The  situation  has  become  so  uncertain  that  in 
some  instances,  members  have  taken  off  their 
UBC  buttons  and  put  away  their  dues  books 
and  taken  non-union  jobs.  Journalists,  mean- 
while, have  told  their  readers  that  the  labor 
movement  is  in  trouble,  losing  members,  and 
that  labor  unions  are  a  thing  of  the  past. 

Those  of  you  who  know  me  realize  that 
nothing  gets  my  dander  up  more  than  to  hear 
someone  bad  mouthing  the  labor  movement  and 
especially  our  own  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America.  I  feel  the  same 
way  about  a  labor  union  that  Benjamin  Franklin 
felt  about  the  union  of  the  American  colonies 
when  he  signed  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
and  told  his  fellow  members  of  the  Continental 
Congress,  "We  must  all  hang  together,  or  as- 
suredly we  shall  all  hang  separately." 

Truly,  these  are  the  times  which  try  the  souls 
of  dedicated  trade  unionists.  There  are  so  many 
economic  forces  pulling  at  us  from  many  direc- 
tions that  we  spend  much  of  our  time  putting 
out  fires  and  realigning  our  ranks  just  to  keep 
our  members  employed  and  their  families  secure. 

I  look  in  the  classified  advertisements  of  the 
local  newspaper  and  I  see  ads  for  "CARPEN- 
TERS, CARPENTERS'  HELPER,  CARPEN- 
TERS &  LABORERS.  .  .hourly  or  piece  work, 
framing  carpenter  crews  needed,  .  .  ."  and  I 
know,  and  you  know,  without  checking  that 
most  of  these  jobs  listed  in  these  ads  are  not 
union.  They  offer  no  job  protection;  layoffs  are 
frequent,  and  the  pay  is  below  union  scale. 

I  remember  the  old  days  when  a  builder  or 
contractor  called  the  union  hall  and  told  the 
business  agent  to  send  so  many  carpenters,  so 
many  lathers,   so  many  piledrivers,   or  finish 


carpenters,  or  apprentices,  and  the  builder  knew 
he  was  getting  trained  and  skilled  workers.  He 
knew  what  the  wages  would  be  and  that  they 
would  stay  that  way  for  the  duration  of  the 
project.  Jurisdictional  problems  were  minor  ones, 
and  they  were  settled  on  the  spot  between  the 
principals. 

When  the  weather  was  good  in  the  old  days 
a  construction  job  would  be  a  beehive  of  activity, 
with  hodcarriers  moving  up  and  down  the  floors, 
bricklayers  laying  tier  after  tier  of  brick,  lathers 
tacking  mesh,  and  plasterers  following  right 
behind  with  trowels  and  mixes.  These  were 
proud  tradesmen,  and  workers  with  craft  skills 
were  looked  up  to  by  their  neighbors. 

I  know  you  can't  hold  back  progress,  but 
today's  new  technology  in  industry  and  the 
building  trades  has  taken  away  some  of  our  pride 
in  craftsmanship,  and  at  the  same  time,  it  has 
taken  away  some  of  the  pride  and  prestige  that 
went  with  the  job  and  the  union.  And,  of  course, 
the  sad  fact  is  that  technology  has  taken  away 
jobs.  When  you  visit  a  construction  site  today 
you  seldom  see  that  beehive  of  activity. 

The  same  is  true  in  the  manufacturing  indus- 
tries. Robotics  and  computer  programming  have 
eliminated  many  workers  from  assembly  lines. 
The  jobs  which  are  left  are  often  transferred 
overseas  to  countries  where  labor  is  cheap  and 
the  standard  of  living  is  such  that  a  worker  can 
get  by  on  pennies  a  day. 

So  while  technology  and  economics  were 
whittling  away  at  blue  collar  union  jobs,  trade 
unions  were  also  losing  members  by  default.  In 
the  construction  industry,  for  example,  too  many 
skilled,  union  building  tradesmen  drifted  away 
during  the  60s  and  70s  from  the  bread-and-butter 
jobs  in  residential  housing  and  small  construction 
to  the  big  commercial  jobs  which  pay  higher 
wages  and  overtime.  Only  a  few  years  ago,  non- 
union contractors  were  a  negligible  factor  in  the 
industry.  Today,  a  lot  of  those  small  non-union 
contractors  have  moved  into  the  bigtime  and 
joined  the  top  400  firms  listed  in  the  Engineering 
News  Record. 

At  the  peak  of  America's  manpower  mobili- 
zation during  World  War  II  a  third  or  more  of 
the  nation's  labor  force  was  organized  into 
unions.  Now  less  than  one  fifth  of  the  workforce 
is  union.  This  is  partly  due,  of  course,  to  the 
tremendous  growth  in  white-collar  occupations 
and  the  service  industries,  which  were  once 
largely  unorganized.  Quite  honestly,  the  building 
and  construction  trades  and  the  allied  industries 
they  represent  were  once  the  backbone  of  the 
North  American  labor  movement.  Today,  they 
have  lost  much  of  their  clout  with  the  growth  of 
the  white-collar  industries. 


40 


CARPENTER 


There's  an  old  saying:  "In  union  there  is 
strength."  No  truer  words  have  been  spoken. 
We  will  not  regain  our  level  of  respect  in  our 
areas  of  jurisdiction  until  we  have  the  numbers, 
until  we  pass  the  million  mark  in  membership 
and  go  beyond  that  to  a  complete  saturation  of 
our  jurisdiction. 

So  where  are  these  members  coming  from? 

There  are  clues  to  the  answer: 

The  AFL-CIO  commissioned  a  recent  study 
of  workers  in  the  United  States  which  showed 
that  approximately  28%  of  all  non-union  work- 
ers— 27  million  workers  in  all — are  former  union 
members.  Most  of  these  people  dropped  out  of 
their  unions  because  they  left  their  unionized 
jobs  for  one  reason  or  another. 

The  question  is:  did  they  walk  away  from 
these  jobs  with  a  bad  taste  for  trade  unionism? 
Did  they  feel  that  the  union  to  which  they 
belonged  had  done  all  it  could  for  them?  Would 
they  rejoin  that  union  or  another  union  when 
the  opportunity  presents  itself? 

The  Brotherhood  has  a  tremendous  respon- 
sibility to  educate  its  members  to  what  the  union 
does  for  them.  This  is  particularly  true  with  our 
apprentices  in  the  building  trades.  We  are  train- 
ing highly  skilled  journeymen  who  are  not  finding 
union  jobs  because  union  contractors  are  being 
underbid  and  don't  have  jobs  for  them.  In  the 
four  short  years  of  apprenticeship  training  we 
must  convince  our  apprentices  that  union  mem- 
bership is  the  only  way  to  go. 

The  motto  should  be:  Once  a  union  advocate, 
always  a  union  advocate. 

This  is  especially  true  among  those  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  non-union  workers  who  unsuc- 
cessfully supported  efforts  to  estabUsh  a  union 
in  their  workplace.  It  tears  an  organizer  apart 
when  he  or  she  works  day  and  night  with  some 
people  at  a  plant  or  job  site,  people  who  have 
the  courage  to  work  for  a  union  and  take  all 
kinds  of  abuse  from  management,  only  to  lose 
an  election  and  have  to  pull  up  stakes  and  leave 
these  people  behind  to  suffer  more  abuse.  These 
workers  put  their  jobs  on  the  line,  and  we  must 
do  more  to  keep  them  in  our  camp  for  the  next 
time  we  try  to  organize  the  job  site.  .  .otherwise 
there  won't  be  a  next  time. 

Then  there's  the  situation  where  we  have  the 
employees  of  a  plant  about  equally  divided  for 
and  against  our  union,  due  to  the  fact  that  the 
employer  has  thrown  fear  into  as  many  employ- 
ees as  possible.  There  is  a  union  contract,  but 
it's  not  a  strong  one.  There's  a  decertification 
election,  and  the  union  loses.  We  can't  leave 
these  pro-union  workers  high  and  dry  either. 
We  must  be  able  to  come  back  to  this  core  of 
union  supporters  and  try  again  to  win  an  election. 


In  addition  to  these  considerations,  I'd  hke  to 
suggest  a  few  more: 

•  We  must  support  efforts  to  make  the  job  site  and  the 
manufacturing  plant  a  safe  workplace.  We'll  gain  respect 
from  members  and  employers  alike. 

•  We  must  support  the  efforts  of  the  Building  Trades  for 
market  recovery.  We  must  work  with  union  contractors  to 
make  them  more  competitive.  Market  recovery  is  nothing 
new.  We  call  it  Operation  Tiirnaround  in  our  own  union, 
but  it  all  means  the  same  thing:  bid  the  job;  get  the  job;  put 
trade  unionists  to  work. 

•  We  must  emphasize  time  and  again  the  advantage  of 
belonging  to  the  UBC — our  reciprocal  pension  agreements, 
our  health  and  welfare  benefits,  the  processing  of  grievances, 
and  the  fellowship  of  our  brothers  and  sisters  in  the  trade. 
We  must  remind  the  workers  of  North  America  that  the 
trade  union  movement  is  the  strongest  advocate  of  consumer 
protection  in  the  world. 

•  The  union  must  continue  to  be  the  greatest  source  of 
manpower  in  the  construction  industry. 

There  are  signs  that  we're  coming  out  of 
the  recession  of  the  early  1980s.  The  lumber 
industry  is  beginning  to  move  ahead  a  bit  in 
spite  of  the  union  busting  efforts  of  some 
companies.  Housing  is  showing  promise. 

The  time  to  enlist  new  members  in  the 
UBC  is  now! 


Patrick  J.  Campbell 
General  President 


THE  CARPENTER 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

Address  Correction  Requested 


Gompers  Memorial 


worn  but  not  forgotten 


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Of  all  the  monuments  in  Washington, 
D.C,  honoring  great  Americans,  only  one 
is  dedicated  to  a  great  leader  of  the 
working  people — the  Samuel  Gompers 
Memorial  Statue  and  Park.  However,  the 
Memorial,  a  bronze  and  granite  sculptural 
group  of  Gompers  (a  founder  of  the 
American  Federation  of  Latxjr)  and  six 
allegorical  figures  representing  the  Amer- 
ican latx)r  movement,  is  in  need  of  major 
repair. 

The  Washington  Labor  Council  has 
taken  on  the  project  of  raising  money  to 
restore  the  statue,  and,  although  the  fund- 
raising  drive  has  not  officially  started,  to 
date,  $12,000  has  come  in  for  the  resto- 
ration project.  The  estimated  total 
needed  to  complete  the  project  is 
$100,000. 

The  National  Park  Service,  overseer  of 
the  park  on  Massachusetts  Avenue  at 
1 0th  Street  in  northwest  Washington, 
supports  the  project  and  will  provide 
some  federal  funding  for  the  park  land- 
scaping. The  goal  of  the  Labor  Council 
committee  is  to  restore  the  Gompers  Me- 
morial in  time  to  hold  rededication  cere- 
monies on  Labor  Day,  1 986. 

Concurrent  with  the  fundraising  effort 
for  the  Gompers  Memorial  is  a  drive  to 
raise  funds  to  commission  a  memorial  to 
the  legendary  black  labor  leader,  A. 
Philip  Randolph. 

If  you  want  to  help,  send  your  contribu- 
tion to:  Gompers-Randolph  National  Me- 
morial Fund;  c/o  Metropolitan  Washing- 
ton Council,  AFL-CIO;  1411  K  Street, 
N.W.,  Suite  1400;  Washington,  D.C. 
20005. 


March  1986 


United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  &  Joiners  of  America 


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GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Anthony  Ochocki 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 

Wayne  Pierce 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  Joseph  F.  Lia 
120  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

Second  District,  George  M.  Walish 

101  S.  Newtown  St.  Road 

Newtown  Square,  Pennsylvania  19073 

Third  District,  John  Pruitt 
504  E.  Monroe  Street  #402 
Springfield,  Illinois  62701 

Fourth  District,  E.  Jimmy  Jones 
12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue,  #3 
North  Miami,  Florida  33161 

Fifth  District,  Eugene  Shoehigh 
526  Elkwood  Mall  -  Center  Mall 
42nd  &  Center  Streets 
Omaha,  Nebraska  68105 


Sixth  District,  Dean  Sooter 
400  Main  Street  #203 
Rolla,  Missouri  65401 

Seventh  District,  H.  Paul  Johnson 
Gramark  Plaza 

12300  S.E.  Mallard  Way  #240 
Milwaukie,  Oregon  97222 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
5330-F  Power  Inn  Road 
Sacramento,  California  95820 

Ninth  District,  John  Carruthers 
5799  Yonge  Street  #807 
Willowdale,  Ontario  M2M  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 

1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 
Calgary,  Alberta,  T2K  0G3 


William  Sidell,  General  President  Emeritus 
William  Konyha,  General  President  Emeritus 
R.E.  Livingston,  General  Secretary  Emeritus 


Patrick  J.  Campbell,  Chairman 
John  S.  Rogers,  Secretary 

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VOLUME  106  No.  3  MARCH,  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Domestic  Programs  Face  Gramm-Rudman  Budget  Cuts 2 

Statistics  Tell  the  Story:  Causes  of  Death,  UBC 4 

The  UBC  Benevolent  Program 5 

Second  Vice  President  Ochocki  Announces  Retirement 6 

Anti-Union  Bias  of  Reagan-Packed  NLRB  Continues 8 

When  Unemployment  Compensation  Runs  Out,  Employer  Gains 9 

Georgia  Power  Project  Shows  Union  Skills 10 

A  Second  Major  Deficit:  Home  Equity  Loans 13 

Diabetes  and  Blueprint  for  Cure 14 

CLIC  Report:  Act  on  'Double  Breasted'  Bill 15 

Louisiana-Pacific  Shows  Decline 16 

Auxiliaries  Active  in  Many  States 27 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 7 

Ottawa  Report 11 

Labor  News  Roundup 12 

Steward  Training 19 

Local  Union  News 20 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 22 

Safety  and  Health:  Cancer  24 

Consumer  Clipboard:  1 986  Tax  Law  Changes 26 

Plane  Gossip 30 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 31 

Retirees'  Notebook 35 

In  Memoriam 37 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 

Published  monthly  at  3342  Bladensburg  Road,  Brentwood,  Md.  20722  by  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  Joiners  of  America.  Subscription  price:  United  States  and  Canada  $10.00  per  year,  single  copies  $1.00  in 
advance. 


THE 
COVER 


Spring  will  blossom  officially  on  Thurs- 
day, March  20. 

Since  the  world  began,  the  vernal  equi- 
nox has  occurred  at  precisely  the  moment 
the  sun  crosses  the  Equator.  As  the  tilted 
earth  continues  its  journey  around  the 
sun,  more  light  falls  on  the  Northern 
Hemisphere.  The  days  become  increas- 
ingly warmer  and  longer. 

The  first  day  of  spring  may  not  be  a 
spring  day,  however.  In  many  parts  of 
the  United  States  March  is  a  blizzardy, 
blustery  month. 

Spring  life  returns  north  at  a  leisurely 
pace  of  about  15  miles  a  day.  Like  an 
invisible  stream,  the  season  flows  across 
the  countryside,  filling  valleys  and  climb- 
ing into  hills.  Little  by  little  it  captures 
all  but  winter's  last  redoubts  on  high  icy 
peaks. 

Some  plants  thrust  up  through  thawing 
soil  to  greet  the  verdant  season.  Crocus 
and  skunk  cabbage  are  among  the  early 
risers. 

Animals  also  get  busy.  Hibernating 
creatures  such  as  the  groundhog  reap- 
pear. 

Spring  exerts  an  influence  on  people, 
too.  Women  appraise  the  latest  fashions. 
Gardeners  start  tinkering  with  lawnmow- 
ers  and  hoes.  Ball  players  oil  their  mitts 
and  gloves.  Bicycles  emerge  from  base- 
ments. 

Spring  hasn't  always  been  a  favorite 
time  for  youngsters.  American  mothers 
once  were  convinced  that  the  seasonal 
change  brought  "spring  fever"  whose 
symptoms  included  anemia,  skin  pallor, 
fading  of  the  eyes  and  hair,  and  a  gen- 
erally blanched  and  withered  look. 

A  popular  first-day-of-spring  remedy 
in  1901  was  two  ounces  of  sulphur  and 
two  ounces  of  molasses,  mixed,  and 
downed  before  breakfast. 


Photograph  by  G. 
Armstrong  Roberts. 


Hampfler  for  H. 


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Printed  in  U.  S.  A. 


Domestic  Programs  Face 
Gramm-Rudman  Budget  Cuts 

MANY  VITAL  FUNCTIONS  OF  GOVERNMENT  WILL  BE  AFFECTED 

By  CALVIN  G.  ZON 

Press  Associates 


Hundreds  of  programs  affecting  mil- 
lions of  Americans  are  set  for  across- 
the-board  cutbacks  March  1 ,  the  sched- 
uled date  of  the  first  installment  of 
the  Gramm-Rudman-Hollings  balanced 
budget  law. 

Later  installments  aimed  at  reducing 
the  federal  deficit  to  zero  by  1991  could 
wreak  havoc  on  a  wide  range  of  activ- 
ities from  air  traffic  control  to  meat 
inspection,  from  Coast  Guard  drug  pa- 
trols to  cancer  research,  from  college 
loans  to  IRS  refunds. 

The  Reagan  Administration  was  re- 
ported to  be  preparing  a  budget  that 
would  impose  about  $60  billion  in  do- 
mestic spending  cuts  for  Fiscal  Year 
1987  beginning  October  1  while  boost- 
ing military  spending  by  3%.  The  Rea- 
gan budget  will  be  sent  to  Congress  in 
early  February. 


UnderGramm-Rudman-Hollings,  the 
kind  of  automatic,  across-the-board 
spending  cuts  set  for  March  1  will  go 
into  effect  if  Congress  and  the  President 
cannot  agree  on  a  different  mix  of 
domestic  and  defense  cuts  or  revenue 
increases  which  satisfy  the  new  law's 
deficit  cut  schedule.  The  automatic  cuts 
must  come  equally  from  military  and 
domestic  spending. 

The  cuts  beginning  March  1  will  total 
$11.6  billion  and  come  from  funds  which 
Congress  had  appropriated  for  the  cur- 
rent fiscal  year  through  September  30. 
These  appropriations  are  to  be  "se- 
questered," or  cancelled,  following  a 
joint  budget  report  by  the  White  House 
Office  of  Management  and  Budget  and 
the  Congressional  Budget  Office.  Under 
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings,  the  OMB- 
CBO  report  is  sent  to  the  General  Ac- 


counting Office  for  review  and  then  to 
the  President,  who  orders  the  specific 
cuts  based  on  the  report. 

The  0MB  and  the  CBO  estimated  a 
record-breaking  $220  billion  deficit  for 
the  current  fiscal  year,  greater  than  had 
been  expected,  as  a  result  of  a  weak 
economy,  higher  military  spending,  and 
an  expensive  farm  program. 

The  requred  $11.6  billion  in  cuts  will 
mean  4.3%  less  for  domestic  programs 
and  4.9%  less  for  the  Pentagon.  How- 
ever, since  this  fiscal  year  will  be  five- 
months-old  on  March  1,  these  percent- 
age cuts  of  money  not  yet  spent  by  the 
various  government  agencies  will  be 
substantially  higher. 

OMB  Director  James  C.  Miller  III 
said  the  cuts  could  be  achieved  "with 
a  minimum  of  disruption,"  but  others 
were  less  optimistic.  Unions  represent- 


CARPENTER 


ing  cdr  traffic  system  technicians  and 
IRS  and  Customs  Service  employees 
said  their  operations  could  be  substan- 
tially disrupted  this  year.  Cuts  specified 
in  the  OMB-CBO  report  are  likely  to 
produce  these  results: 

•  A  nearly  $140  million  cut  for  the 
IRS  virtually  wipes  out  its  1986  increase 
and  may  mean  that  last  year's  problem- 
plagued  tax  season  will  be  repeated. 

•  A  nearly  $16  million  cut  for  the 
Food  and  Drug  Administration  prob- 
ably will  mean  a  slowdown  in  new  drug 
approvals. 

•  A  $33  million  cut  in  mass  transit 
subsidies  could  affect  the  cost  and 
equality  of  commuting. 

•  The  fee  that  a  student  pays  to 
obtain  a  guaranteed  loan,  now  $125  for 
a  $2,500  loan,  will  increase  to  about 
$137. 

•  A  $112  million  cut  for  the  National 
Institutes  of  Health  will  affect  NIH's 
full  range  of  research,  including  cancer, 
heart  disease,  arthritis,  stroke,  and  neu- 
rological disorders. 

•  Postage  rates  for  non-profit  mail- 
ers, including  the  labor  press,  charities, 
and  universities,  may  be  increased. 
Mailing  costs  for  Carpenter  went  up 
$8,000  in  January  and  are  expected  to 
go  up  at  least  11%  this  month. 

•  The  Agriculture  Department's  meat 
and  poultry  inspection  service  and  its 
animal  and  plant  health  inspection  serv- 
ice may  have  to  be  cut  back. 

•  The  Coast  Guard's  patrols  against 
drug  trafficking  and  illegal  fishing  in 
U.S.  waters  are  likely  to  be  reduced. 

•  The  National  Park  Service  faces  a 
$26  million  cut,  which  may  mean  fewer 


park  rangers  and  park  maintenance 
workers  as  well  as  a  shortened  camping 
season  at  national  parks. 

•  A  $7.9  million  cut  for  the  Library 
of  Congress  will  curtail  the  number  of 
reading  machines  for  the  bUnd  as  well 
as  the  library's  effort  to  preserve  gov- 
ernment documents. 

•  Furloughs  of  government  employ- 
ees will  be  avoided  if  possible,  but  some 
agencies  are  likely  to  force  employees 
to  take  some  leave  without  pay. 

•  Cuts  in  the  Department  of  Health 
and  Human  Services  will  result  in  cut- 
backs in  child  vaccination  programs, 
community  and  migrant  health  centers, 
family  planning,  and  the  National  Health 
Service  Corps,  which  provides  doctors 
for  health  centers,  according  to  the 
Children's  Defense  Fund. 

A  spokeswoman  for  the  National 
Council  of  Senior  Citizens  said  that 
although  Social  Security  benefits  have 
been  exempted  from  Gramm-Rudman- 
HoUings,  administrative  support  is  vul- 
nerable. She  said  the  Administration 
may  close  or  reduce  staff  in  Social 
Security  Administration  offices  across 
the  country. 

Senior  centers,  which  provide  meals 
and  other  kinds  of  assistance  to  the 
elderly,  also  are  likely  targets,  said  the 
NCSC  spokeswoman.  She  added  that 
the  quality  of  senior  housing  also  could 
be  affected. 

Reductions  in  Medicare,  veterans' 
medical  care,  commiunity  and  migrant 
health  centers  and  Indian  health  serv- 
ices are  Umited  to  1%  in  1986  and  2% 
annually  from  1987  through  1991.  IJfJfi 


"Ma'am,  the  president  sent  me  over  to  make  a  few  .  .  .  er-a  .  .  .  alterations" 


Second  Thoughts 

JUST  ABOUT  no  one,  it  seems, 
is  bragging  any  more  about  the 
so-called  Gramm-Rudman  bill  as 
the  path  to  a  balanced  federal 
budget.  And  for  very  good  rea- 
son. 

A  mechanical  formula  for  re- 
ducing funds  already  appropri- 
ated by  Congress  is  no  way  to 
run  a  government  or  decide  on 
priorities.  That  should  have  been 
obvious  from  the  start,  but  fore- 
sight has  not  been  the  hallmark 
of  this  Congress. 

Now  that  the  first  installment 
of  the  mandatory  budget  cut  is 
almost  upon  us,  members  tif  Con- 
gress who  so  recently  were  trum- 
peting its  virtues  have  fallen  si- 
lent. The  President  who  was  so 
quick  to  embrace  its  concept  now 
hems,  haws,  and  bemoans  the 
lack  of  flexibility. 

It  would  be  tempting  but  un- 
productive for  the  labor  move- 
ment and  the  few  other  groups 
that  foresaw  the  outcome  to  mut- 
ter an  "I  told  you  so"  and  let  the 
cooks  stew  in  their  own  broth. 

In  reality,  though,  no  one  can 
afford  to  be  indifferent  to  the 
consequences. 

Both  Congress  and  the  Presi- 
dent have  the  responsibility  to 
address  America's  revenue  needs 
as  an  alternative  to  dangerous 
neglect  of  either  the  public  wel- 
fare or  the  nation's  defense. 
Budget  deficits  will  be  smaller  if 
tax  revenues  are  greater. 

The  tax  reform  bill  the  House 
passed  and  sent  to  the  Senate  is, 
at  the  President' s  insistence,  rev- 
enue-neutral. But  it  doesn't  have 
to  be.  If  more  revenue  is  needed, 
as  members  of  both  parties  in- 
creasingly acknowledge ,  it  makes 
a  lot  of  sense  to  achieve  this 
through  tax  reforms.  But  tax  re- 
form does  not  mean  a  value- 
added  national  sales  tax  that 
would  shift  the  burden  still  further 
onto  middle-income  Americans 
who  spend  most  of  what  they  earn 
because  they  don't  have  "surplus 
income"  for  investments. 

Editorial  in  the 
AFL-CIO  News 


MARCH,     1986 


TEN  LEADING  CAUSES 


Members  of  the  United  Brotherhood 
suffer  fewer  accidental  deaths  and 
strokes  than  the  general  population,  but 
they  succumb  more  frequently  to  bron- 
chitis, emphysema,  and  asthma — more 
than  double  the  number  for  the  general 
population.  Statistics  show  a  higher 
degree  of  deaths  from  cancer  but  fewer 
deaths  from  heart  diseases.  Influenza 
and  pneumonia  deaths  dropped  signif- 
icantly in  1984  from  3.3%  to  1.4%. 

The  statistical  differences  between 
the  causes  of  death  for  UBC  members 
and  the  general  population  are  not 
alarming.  In  most  cases  there's  only  a 
degree  or  two  of  difference  between 
them — normal  statistical  differences, 
but  the  data  bears  noting. 

For  the  10  leading  causes  of  death, 
the  Brotherhood's  five-year  experience 
compares  with  the  general  population 
as  follows: 


PERCENTAGE 
OF  DEATHS 

Cause 
of  Death 

UBC 

experi- 
ence 

U.S. 
experi- 
ence 

(Average  Over  5  Years 
Heart                          41.9% 

) 
42.5% 

Malignant 
neoplasms 
(cancer) 

29.9% 

23.8% 

Cerebrovascular 
diseases  (stroke) 

7.8% 

9.2% 

Bronchitis, 
emphysema, 
asthma 

6.8% 

3.3% 

Accidents 

4.2% 

5.7% 

Influenza, 
pneumonia 

2.8% 

3.0% 

Suicide 

1.6% 

1.6% 

Cirrhosis 
of  liver 

1.8% 

1.7% 

Kidney  disease, 
uremia 

1.6% 

N.A.* 

Diabetes 

1.7% 

N.A.* 

•  No  available  dala. 

The  above  data  covers  only  those 
UBC  members  eligible  for  Schedule  1 


and  Schedule  2  benefits  under  the  in- 
ternational benevolent  program. 

These  comparative  statistics  are  sup- 
plied to  us  by  Martin  E.  Segal  &  Co.. 
Inc.,  consultants  and  actuaries  for  the 
Brotherhood's  benevolent  program.  The 
statistics  for  U.S.  experience  come  from 
the  U.S.  government's  National  Center 
for  Health  Statistics.  They  do  not  in- 
clude Canadian  data. 

The  UBC  data  comes  from  our  ac- 
tuaries' most  recent  annual  report  to 
the  General  Executive  Board,  which 
covers  the  Year  1984.  For  a  complete 
breakdown  of  the  causes  of  death  in 
the  UBC  during  1984,  see  the  accom- 
panying table  at  right. 

As  we  have  reported  in  the  past, 
many  UBC  members  are  longlived.  In 
1984  there  were  13  deaths  of  members 
100  years  and  older — one  was  104  and 
another  was  106.  A  total  of  494  members 
died  in  their  90s. 

At  the  end  of  1984,  the  average  age 
of  the  membership  was  46  years,  and 
the  average  period  of  membership  in 
the  union  was  15'/2  years. 


CAUSES  OF  DEATH 

Among  Brotherhood  Members 

1984 

Causes 

Number 

Accident 

333 

Apoplexy 

553 

Appendicitis 

1 

Abscess 

10 

Anemia 

9 

Aneurysm 

94 

Asthma 

13 

Blood  poison 

93 

Bronchitis 

23 

Cirrhosis 

155 

Carcinoma 

2,728 

Diabetes 

141 

Embolism 

80 

Emphysema 

607 

Edema 

6 

Epilepsy 

7 

Fever 

1 

Gall  Stones 

2 

Hepatitis 

11 

Gastritis 

3 

Hemorrhage 

36 

Heart  Disease 

3,486 

Homicide 

27 

Intestinal  obstruction 

19 

Influenza 

3 

Leukemia 

101 

Nerve  disorder 

70 

Meningitis 

2 

Kidney  disease 

146 

Paralysis 

— 

Peritonitis 

9 

Pancreatitis 

5 

Pneumonia 

113 

Rupture 

5 

Arthritis 

7 

Senility 

95 

Suicide 

116 

Sclerosis 

22 

Tumor 

52 

Tuberculosis 

5 

Ulcers 

32 

Undetermined 

747 

Killed  in  action 

— 

Uremia 

7 

Hypertension 

66 

Colitis 

1 

Encephalitis 

2 

None  of  the  above 
Total 

2 

10,045 

CARPENTER 


Each  month  the  United  Brother- 
hood's benevolent  program  pays  out  in 
death  benefits  (funeral  donations)  an 
average  of  $1  million  to  the  beneficiaries 
of  deceased  members  and/or  their 
spouses.  In  December  a  total  of  790 
executors  benefited  from  this  program. 

Since  the  program  began  more  than 
seven  years  ago,  over  $86  million  has 
been  paid  out  on  behalf  of  more  than 
60,000  deceased  members. 

Benefits  pahd  since  1982  are  higher 
than  levels  for  prior  years  because  of 
improvements  in  the  benefits,  which 
were  adopted  at  the  1981  Centennial 
Convention  in  Chicago,  111.  The  average 
benefit  paid  in  1984  was  $1,743;  in  1983 
it  was  $1,663;  and  in  1982  it  was  $1,568. 

Taking  into  account  the  per  capita 
income  and  the  investment  income  for 
last  year,  the  UBC's  actuarial  firm  states 
that  "the  net  result  of  the  1985  expe- 
rience" should  be  a  further  increase  in 
the  reserves  of  the  Death  and  Disability 
Fund.  Per  capita  income  in  1984  (the 
latest  figures  available)  was  $14,062,700 
and  investment  income  was  $4,960,300 
for  a  total  of  $19,023,000.  Benefits  paid 
last  year  totaled  $16,577,000. 

For  a  number  of  years  the  Brother- 
hood administered  a  pension  program 
for  its  membership  with  limited  pre- 
miums and  Umited  benefits,  but  inflation 
and  other  financial  factors  took  their 
toll  of  this  program,  and  the  33rd  Gen- 
eral Convention  of  the  Brotherhood, 
held  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in  1978,  discon- 
tinued this  program  and  substituted  an 
expanded  death  benefits  (funeral  do- 
nation) program,  using  a  portion  of  the 
per  capita  payments  previously  allo- 
cated to  the  pension  fund. 

The  new  program,  which  became 


United  Brotherhood's 
Benevolent  Program 
Proves  Worth  in 
Seven  Years  Experience 


effective  on  Jan.  1,  1979,  is  partially 
financed  by  a  per  capita  tax  which 
currently  stands  at  $5.70  per  member 
per  month  for  Benefit  Schedule  1  (cov- 
ering construction  members).  There  is 
also  a  separate  program  for  members 
for  whom  the  per  capita  tax  is  $3.85 
per  member  per  month  of  which  250 
per  member  goes  to  Benefit  Schedule 
2  (covering  industrial  members).  Re- 
tired members  pay  $4.00  per  month. 

The  annual  reports  to  the  United 
Brotherhood's  General  Executive  Board 
of  the  current  benevolent  program  in- 
dicates the  wisdom  of  the  33rd  General 
Convention  delegates  in  changing  the 
program  in  1978. 

I'he  Brotherhood  paid  out  in  death 
benefits  more  than  $10'/4  million  during 
1979,  the  first  year  of  the  program. 
Almost  a  million  dollars  goes  out  each 
month  to  those  persons  handling  funeral 
costs  for  members  and  their  spouses 
and  as  disability  donations.  {Editor's 
Note:  You  will  find  the  most  recent 
report  on  Page  37  of  this  issue,  which 
shows  that  $1,398,917.24  was  distrib- 
uted in  December  of  last  year.) 

Though  these  are  tremendous  sums 
to  be  dispensed  by  a  single  union,  the 
income  to  the  Fund  over  the  same 
period  has  been  more  than  adequate  to 
finance  the  benefits. 

A  member  can  participate  in  the  death 
benefits  program  after  only  two  years 
of  active  membership.  Benefits  increase 
after  five  years  and  after  30  years.  It  is 
a  good  program,  designed  to  meet  the 
need  of  the  times. 

Some  of  the  statistical  data  provided 
to  us  by  the  actuarial  firm  which  ad- 
ministers the  Fund,  The  Martin  E.  Segal 
Co.,  indicates  the  future  soundness  of 
the  new  program. 

The  sustaining  support  of  younger 
UBC  members^primarily  between  the 
ages  of  20  and  34 — assures  continued 
growth  and  strength  for  the  entire  death 
benefits  program. 

There  were  approximately  68,000 
members  covered  by  the  former  Broth- 
erhood pension  plan  which  was  discon- 


tinued in  1978.  By  contrast,  the  current 
death  benefits  program  is  an  all-inclu- 
sive plan  which  draws  support  from  all 
members  and  provides  benefits  for  all. 

There  is  revenue  lost  to  the  program 
during  periods  of  recession,  as  layoffs 
and  unemployment  take  their  toll  in 
membership  rolls.  It  is  during  these 
critical  times  that  local  secretaries  must 
do  their  utmost  to  keep  their  members 
in  good  standing  ...  to  protect  their 
long-range  benefits. 


UBC  Benevolent 
Program  Praised 

Frederick  Snow,  financial  secretary  and 
business  representative  of  Local  1778,  Co- 
lumbia, S.C.,  recently  received  a  letter  from 
the  widow  of  a  member,  as  follows: 

"Dear  Mr.  Snow: 

"I  received  the  check  to  pay  on  my 
husband's  funeral  with  much  gratitude. 
He  had  worn  his  25-year  union  pin  for 
several  years  with  pride.  He  had  the 
opportunity  to  answer  anyone  who  asked 
what  kind  of  pin  it  was. 

"Now  I  shall  keep  it,  as  he  thought  so 
much  of  it  and  always  approved  of  the 
work  of  his  local  union.  I  wish  he  could 
know  how  much  the  organization  helped 
me  with  the  funeral  expense.  Thank  you 
so  much  for  such  promptness. 
Sincerely, 
Mrs.  C.W.  Fertick" 

EDITOR'S  NOTE;  Under  conditions  pre- 
scribed by  the  United  Brotherhood's  Con- 
stitution and  Laws,  UBC  members  in  good 
standing  with  many  years  of  continuous 
membership  and/or  their  spouses  are,  under 
certain  conditions,  entitled  to  funeral,  dis- 
ability, and  other  donations  in  time  of  need. 
The  complete  UBC  benevolent  program  is 
explained  in  Sections  48  through  53  of  the 
Constitution  and  Laws.  A  member  can  ob- 
tain a  copy  of  the  UBC  Constitution  and 
Laws  from  his  or  her  local  union.  He  or  she 
can  receive  a  copy  of  the  Brotherhood's 
Benevolent  Program  leaflet,  which  contains 
the  benevolent  provisions  of  the  Constitution 
and  Laws,  by  requesting  it  from:  General 
Office,  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  Joiners  of  America,  101  Constitution 
Ave.  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


MARCH,     1986 


Vice  President  Ochocl(i  Announces  Retirement 


The  United  Brotherhood's  Second 
General  Vice  President  Anthony  "Pete" 
Ochocki  has  announced  his  retirement 
as  a  general  officer,  effective  April  1. 
For  the  past  three  years  he  has  served 
diligently  in  one  of  the  key  administra- 
tive positions  at  the  General  Office,  and 
he  plans  now  to  return  to  his  native 
Michigan. 

Ochocki  brought  to  the  office  of  sec- 
ond general  vice  president  a  wealth  of 
experience  in  organizing,  craft  training, 
and  local  union  and  district  council 
administration. 

He  began  working  at  the  trade  at  an 
early  age — an  orphan  who  went  to  live 
with  an  uncle  in  the  general  contracting 
and  logging  business.  He  worked  in  the 
industry  until  going  into  military  service 
in  1942. 

After  returning  from  military  service 
in  World  War  II,  Ochocki  worked  on 
many  commercial  construction  jobs  in 
Detroit,  Mich.,  as  well  as  spending  time 
in  the  shops  and  mills. 

Active  in  the  Brotherhood  since  1947, 
he  served  Detroit  Local  337  as  secretary 
pro  tern  in  1949  and  was  elected  re- 
cording secretary  in  1950. 

Appointed  business  representative  of 
the  Detroit  Carpenters  District  Council 
on  August  8,  1952,  he  served  in  that 
capacity  until  September  1,  1958,  when 
he  resigned  to  take  a  position  as  busi- 
ness representative  and  organizer  for 


ANTHONY  OCHOCKI 

Shop  and  Mill  Local  1452,  Detroit. 

He  continued  in  this  position  until 
July  1,  1960,  when  he  took  office  as 
financial  secretary  and  business  agent 
of  his  home  Local  337.  He  served  as 
member  of  the  apprenticeship  commit- 
tee and  then  as  secretary  of  the  com- 
mittee. 

In  late  summer  1963,  Ochocki  re- 
turned to  the  Detroit  District  Council 
as  administrative  assistant  to  the  sec- 
retary-treasurer. He  served  one  two- 
year  term  as  president  of  the  Michigan 
State  Carpenters  Council. 

During  the  period  of  his  employment 
as  a  representative  of  the  Brotherhood 


in  the  city  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  in  addition 
to  serving  as  an  official  of  the  local 
union,  Pete  was  elected  to  the  Inter- 
national Convention,  was  chairman  of 
the  Carpenters  District  Council  Edu- 
cational and  Research  Committee,  was 
appointed  by  the  governor  to  the  State 
of  Michigan  Housing  Codes  Commis- 
sion, served  as  an  executive  board 
member  of  the  Carpenters  District 
Council,  a  member  of  the  Trial  Board 
Committee,  a  member  of  the  executive 
board  of  the  District  Council  of  Car- 
penters, an  executive  board  member  of 
the  Detroit  and  Wayne  County,  Mich. 
Federation  of  Labor,  prior  to  its  merger 
with  the  CIO,  and  was  active  in  many 
state  and  local  community  affairs  pro- 
grams. 

He  resigned  this  position  in  1966  to 
take  employment  with  the  international 
union  as  national  project  coordinator  in 
the  Brotherhood's  MDTA  Apprentice- 
ship Program,  where  he  served  until 
August  1969,  when  he  was  appointed 
director  of  organizing  by  the  General 
President. 

On  April  15,  1972,  Ochocki  was  ap- 
pointed General  Executive  Board 
Member  of  the  Third  District. 

Ochocki  was  named  Second  General 
Vice  President  of  the  United  Brother- 
hood in  1982.  filling  the  vacancy  created 
by  the  elevation  of  Sigurd  Lucassen  to 
First  General  Vice  President. 


Labor  Unions  Declare  Boycott  of  Shell  Oil  Products 


The  AFL-CIO  has  launched  a  nationwide 
consumer  boycott  against  the  products  of 
Shell  Oil  Co.,  a  division  of  the  Royal  Dutch/ 
Shell  group,  as  part  of  an  international  labor 
movement  protest  of  the  multinational  cor- 
poration's repressive  treatment  of  black 
workers  in  South  Africa  and  its  refusal  to 
take  positive  action  against  apartheid. 

The  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council  ap- 
proved the  action  by  mail  ballot  at  the 
request  of  federation  President  Lane  Kirk- 
land  and  United  Auto  Workers'  President 
Owen  Bieber  who  chairs  the  AFL-CIO  Com- 
mittee on  South  Africa.  The  boycott  is  the 
latest  step  in  the  federation's  long-standing 
program  to  support  the  eradication  of  apart- 
heid. 

"We  hope  this  boycott  will  encourage 
Shell  to  disinvest  in  South  Africa  as  part  of 
the  broad  effort  to  pressure  the  South  Af- 
rican regime  to  end  the  apartheid  system," 
Kirkland  and  Bieber  said. 

The  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council  has  sup- 


ported a  policy  of  compelling  disinvestment 
in  multinational  companies  in  the  energy 
sector  in  South  Africa,  as  well  as  firms 
identified  by  the  black  trade  union  movement 
of  South  Africa  as  being  in  violation  of 
internationally  accepted  labor  standards. 

The  AFL-CIO  Shell  boycott  comes  in 
response  to  a  request  from  the  International 
Confederation  of  Free  Trade  Unions  with 
which  the  AFL-CIO  is  affiliated.  The  ICFTU 
and  its  Coordinating  Committee  on  South 
Africa  have  been  working  closely  with  black 
trade  unions  in  South  Africa  to  select  targets 
for  campaigns  including  boycotts  in  support 
of  that  country's  black  labor  movement. 

The  ICFTU's  call  for  international  action 
against  Shell  was  initiated  by  South  Africa's 
National  Union  of  Mineworkers  and  the 
Miners  International  Federation  following  a 
strike  at  a  Shell-owned  coal  mine  and  in- 
creased union-busting  and  repressive  activ- 
ities on  the  part  of  Shell's  mine  management. 


The  NUM  dispute  with  Shell  started  early 
in  1985  when  black  miners  walked  out  of  the 
Rietspruit  mine  (owned  jointly  by  Shell  and 
Barlow  Rand,  a  South  African  conglomerate) 
to  attend  a  memorial  service  for  a  miner 
killed  on  the  job.  When  the  company  sus- 
pended four  shop  stewards,  the  workers 
struck  for  four  days.  The  company  then  fired 
86  miners  and,  according  to  the  NUM, 
refuses  to  permit  union  meetings,  intimidates 
its  workers  and  refuses  to  allow  shop  stew- 
ards any  access  to  union  members. 

In  the  United  States,  Shell  sells  gasoline 
sold  under  its  own  name  at  retail  service 
stations,  and  it  distributes  a  variety  of  other 
petroleum  and  natural  gas  products. 

The  AFL-CIO  Shell  consumer  boycott  will 
be  directed  against  products  of  the  company 
and  not  against  individual  merchants  selling 
these  products.  Union  members  are  urged 
to  cut  in  half  and  send  to  AFL-CIO  Head- 
quarters their  Shell  credit  cards. 


CARPENTER 


Washington 
Report 


NO  GRIEVANCE  ON  TAPE 

The  National  Labor  Relations  Board  recently, 
held  that  either  party  may  properly  object  to  use  of 
recording  devices  in  grievance  meetings.  In  unani- 
mous decisions  against  a  union  in  one  case  and 
against  management  in  another,  the  Board  said 
grievance  hearings  are  extensions  of  the  collective 
bargaining  process.  Tape  recorders  stifle  discussion 
and  prevent  "meaningful"  collective  bargaining  from 
taking  place. 


SOCIAL  SECURITY  GOING  STRONG 

On  January  31 ,  the  Social  Security  old-age  fund, 
once  a  financial  basket  case,  paid  the  Medicare 
hospital  trust  fund  $10.6  billion,  completing  repay- 
ment of  funds  it  borrowed  from  Medicare  in  1982  to 
stave  off  imminent  bankruptcy. 

And  within  the  next  few  months,  the  old-age  fund 
will  repay  the  Social  Security  disability  trust  fund 
$2.5  billion,  completing  loans  made  from  that  fund 
during  the  same  period. 

In  1 982  the  old-age  fund  faced  insolvency  be- 
cause the  nation's  economic  conditions  during  the 
preceding  five  years  were  so  much  worse  than  had 
been  projected  that  the  schedule  of  income  and 
outgo  based  on  payroll  taxes  and  benefit  outlays 
were  severely  miscalculated. 

At  that  time,  the  old-age  fund  was  authorized  to 
borrow  $12.4  billion  from  the  Medicare  trust  fund 
and  $5.1  billion  from  the  disability  benefits  trust 
fund  to  keep  going.  Interest  was  to  be  paid  monthly 
until  repayment. 

In  1 983,  Congress  approved  a  financial  rescue 
plan  for  the  old-age  system,  based  on  new  Social 
Security  taxes  and  a  six-month  cancellation  of  a 
cost-of-living  increase. 

The  old-age  fund  repaid  part  of  the  loans  a  year 
ago,  and  the  new  payments  will  wipe  out  the  re- 
maining debt. 

The  system  is  now  in  better  financial  shape  than 
had  been  predicted  when  the  rescue  plan  was 
adopted. 

Combined  old-age  and  disability  reserves  were 
about  $42  billion  at  the  end  of  1985,  roughly  $7 
billion  higher  than  the  projected  balance  for  that 
date. 


UNION  WORKER  BETTER  OFF 

Unionized  employees  are  enjoying  shorter  weeks, 
increased  vacation  benefits,  and  more  provision  for 
maternity  leave,  says  a  new  federal  survey  of  col- 
lective agreements. 

Of  the  over  two  million  unionized  workers  sur- 
veyed by  the  Department  of  Labor,  52.7%  have  a 
40-hour  work  week.  Seven  years  ago,  it  was  46.6%. 

The  survey  of  960  collective  agreements  across 
Canada  was  released  recently  by  Labor  Canada,  a 
division  of  the  federal  department  of  labor. 

During  the  same  period,  the  proportion  of  workers 
with  a  37.5-hour  work  week  improved  to  1 1 .4% 
from  8.4%  in  1978.  As  of  July,  1985,  9.6%  had 
achieved  a  35-hour  week,  compared  with  7.6% 
seven  years  ago. 

Today,  74%  of  the  agreements  analyzed  contain 
some  form  of  maternity  leave  provision,  compared 
with  59%  in  1 978.  Nineteen  percent  of  agreements 
providing  for  such  leave  also  grant  pay  for  at  least 
part  of  the  period  over  and  above  the  benefits  paid 
by  unemployment  insurance. 


WORK-RELATED  INJURIES  UP 

Work-related  injuries  and  illnesses  in  private 
industry  increased  in  1984,  reports  the  U.S.  Depart- 
ment of  Labor's  Labor  Statistics.  Eight  incidents  of 
injury  or  illness  were  reported  for  every  100  full-time 
workers,  a  rate  of  8.0,  compared  with  an  incidence 
rate  of  7.6  in  1983.  The  number  of  injuries  and 
illnesses  increased  to  5.4  million  in  1984  from  4.9 
million  in  1983.  This  over-the-year  increase  of 
1 1 .7%  was  considerably  higher  than  the  6.6%  in- 
crease in  hours  of  exposure  which  resulted  from 
increased  employment  and  hours  during  the  second 
year  of  the  current  economic  recovery. 

Job-related  injuries  occurred  at  a  rate  of  7.8  per 
100  full-time  workers  in  1984.  The  injury  rate,  which 
had  been  in  the  double  digit  range  a  decade  ago, 
dropped  to  8.8  in  1975  and  then  rose  to  9.2  in  1978 
and  1979.  The  injury  rate  dropped  steadily  each 
year  after  that  to  a  low  of  7.5  in  1 983  and  then  rose 
0.3  point  in  1 984.  The  number  of  workers  employed 
and  the  hours  they  worked  varied  from  year  to  year 
as  did  the  mix  of  experienced  and  inexperienced 
workers  and  the  proportion  of  those  employed  in 
high-  and  low-hazard  industries. 

In  1984  injury  rates  rose  in  all  the  industry  divi- 
sions for  which  data  was  presented.  Goods-produc- 
ing industries  (agriculture,  mining,  construction,  and 
manufacturing)  had  the  highest  rates,  1 1 .0  per  1 00 
full-time  workers  for  the  sector  as  a  whole. 


JAIL  FOR  LYING  TO  O.S.H.A. 

A  company  safety  director  was  recently  given  a 
jail  sentence  for  lying  to  OSHA.  He  pleaded  guilty 
to  a  charge  that  he  lied  to  an  inspector  during  an 
OSHA  inspection  of  a  company  plant.  The  safety 
director  had  claimed  that  a  tool  was  being  repaired 
when  in  fact  it  was  not  functioning  under  his  instruc- 
tions to  prevent  OSHA  from  measuring  employee 
exposure  to  cobalt  dust  emitted  by  the  machine. 
The  safety  director  was  sentenced  to  three  months 
in  jail  and  fined  $10,000  by  a  federal  judge.  This  is 
believed  to  be  the  first  case  of  its  kind. 


MARCH,     1986 


ANTI-UNION  BIAS  OF  REAGAN-PACKED 
NATIONAL  LABOR  RELATIONS  BOAR 


By  GENE  ZACK 

AFL-CIO  News 

A  National  Labor  Relations  Board 
handpicked  by  President  Reagan  con- 
tinues to  siiow  a  pro-employer,  anti- 
worker  bias  in  all  its  activities,  the  AFL- 
CIO  Lawyers  Coordinating  Committee 
charged  in  a  new  report. 

In  the  two-year  period  since  1983, 
when  Reagan's  appointees  attained  ma- 
jority control  of  the  NLRB,  there  was 
an  unmistakable  shift  in  the  direction 
of  favoritism  toward  management,  the 
committee  said  in  the  December  issue 
of  "The  Labor  Law  Exchange." 

Statistics  compiled  by  the  committee 
showed  what  it  called  "a  marked  aver- 
sion" to  finding  employers  guilty  of 
unfair  labor  practices  and  "an  equally 
notable  willingness"  to  rule  unions  guilty 
of  such  practices. 

The  report  updates  an  earlier  analysis 
of  the  Reagan  labor  board  and  covers 
the  first  two  years  of  Chairman  Donald 
L.  Dotson's  tenure.  Under  Dotson,  it 
found,  the  board  sustained  complaints 
against  employers  in  50%  of  the  cases, 
while  complaints  against  unions  were 
sustained  about  85%  of  the  time. 

The  pattern  "contrasts  sharply"  with 
the  NLRB's  record  in  two  previous 
periods:  from  September  1975  to  Au- 
gust 1976,  when  the  members  were  all 
Republican  appointees,  and  from  Sep- 
tember 1979  to  August  1980,  when  three 
of  the  four  members  were  Democrats. 

Despite  the  markedly  different  polit- 
ical complexions  of  those  previous 
boards,  the  committee  said,  they  each 
"ruled  against  employers  and  againt 
unions  with  almost  equal  frequency." 
Under  the  even-handed  approach  in 
those  previous  periods,  complaints 
against  employers  were  sutained  84% 
of  the  time,  while  those  against  unions 
were  upheld  in  74%  of  the  cases. 

But  all  that  has  changed  during  the 
first  two  years  of  the  Dotson  board. 
Since  1983  the  NLRB  increased  its 
dismissal  rate  300%  in  cases  involving 
complaints  against  bosses,  while  the 
percentage  of  dismissals  of  complaints 
against  unions  decreased  almost  40%-. 

The  same  contrast  is  evident  in  rep- 
resentation cases,  the  lawyers'  group 
asserted. 


In  the  Republican-controlled  1975- 
76  period,  representation  cases  were 
decided  in  accord  with  the  employer's 
position  35%  of  the  time.  Management 
prevailed  46%  of  the  time  in  the  Dem- 
ocratic years  of  1979  and  1980. 

But  with  control  of  the  NLRB  firmly 
in  President  Reagan's  grasp,  the  per- 
centage of  representation  decisions  fa- 
voring employers  rose  sharply  to  72% 
in  the  1983-84  period — more  than  dou- 
ble the  rate  under  the  1975-76  board 
dominated  by  Republican  appointees. 
It  declined  only  slightly,  to  66%,  during 
1984-85. 

In  a  series  of  articles  analyzing  the 
NLRB's  metamorphosis  into  a  blatant 
management  tool  under  the  Reagan 
Administration,  the  lawyers  pointed  out 
that: 

•  While  Dotson  insists  the  board  has 
merely  sought  to  restore  a  labor-man- 
agement balance  upset  by  the  alleged 
"excesses"  of  President  Carter's  labor 
board  under  the  chairmanship  of  John 
Fanning,  the  figures  totally  disprove 
that  argument. 

There  have  been  30  cases  thus  far  in 
which  the  board  reversed  earlier  prec- 
edents. Only  13  of  those  original  cases 
were  decided  by  the  Fanning  board. 
Almost  an  equal  number — 12  cases — 
overturned  precedents  predating  the 
Carter  era,  and  the  remaining  five  over- 
ruled decisions  that  occurred  when  Re- 
publican appointees  were  in  the  major- 
ity. 

•  Under  Dotson's  chairmanship,  the 
NLRB  has  made  it  "more  difficult  for 
employees  to  obtain  union  representa- 
tion" by  siding  with  management  in 
favor  of  larger,  rather  than  smaller, 
units  for  bargaining  purposes — even 
though  the  units  sought  by  workers 
would  have  met  previous  tests  for  an 
appropriate  unit. 

The  end  result  has  been  to  "deny 
union  representation  to  a  group  of  em- 
ployees who  have  a  community  of  in- 
terest and  who  desire  such  represen- 
tation" by  forcing  them  into  a  much 
larger  unit,  often  involving  workers  in 
remote  locations. 

•  In  its  day-to-day  activities,  the  board 
has  demonstrated  its  "hostility  to  unions 


and  collective  bargaining"  through  a 
pattern  of  "fact-twisting,  rule-misap- 
plication, and  procedural  pettifogging 
that  disdains  every  aspect  of  employee 
rights"  contained  in  the  National  Labor 
Relations  Act. 

This  is  evident,  among  other  things, 
in  the  imposition  on  workers  of  "norms 
of  polite  behavior  more  appropriate  to 
genteel  social  gatherings  than  to  the 
give-and-take  of  shop-floor  disputes," 
while  countenancing  management's 
"most  outrageous"  ahbis  for  its  anti- 
union activities  and  characterizing  em- 
ployers' "most  threatening  conduct  as 
benign." 

The  committee  noted  that,  prior  to 
taking  over  the  NLRB  helm,  Dotson 
wrote  that  collective  bargaining  fre- 
quently led  to  "the  destruction  of  in- 
dividual freedom."  Since  assuming  the 
chairmanship,  the  lawyers  charged, 
Dotson  has  made  it  clear  that  what  he 
favors  is  "the  worker's  'freedom'  to  be 
powerless." 

In  none  of  the  decisions  reversing 
previous  board  rulings  did  the  board 
favor  the  interests  of  workers  over  the 
interests  of  employers,  the  publication 
pointed  out.  "Every  single  rule  change 
announced  by  the  Dotson  board  has 
rebounded  to  the  employers'  benefit." 

An  analysis  of  the  decisions  made  by 
a  board  dominated  by  Reagan  appoint- 
ees revealed  this  distinct  trend: 

"If  a  case  presents  a  conflict  between 
the  employer's  freedom  to  manage  its 
business  and  the  union's  right  to  bargain 
about  matters  affecting  the  bargaining 
unit,  management  prevails." 

"If  the  perceived  conflict  is  between 
the  employer's  right  to  control  the 
workplace  and  the  rights  of  individual 
employees,  the  employer  again  pre- 
vails." 

It  is  only  when  the  issue  comes  down 
to  one  between  union  members  who 
want  to  act  collectively,  and  individual 
members  who  don't  want  to  join  them 
in  their  concerted  actions,  does  the 
Dotson  board  come  down  on  the  side 
of  "individual  rights." 

The  upshot  of  the  string  of  NLRB 
decisions  upholding  management — even 
when  it  engages  in  such  illegal  tactics 


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as  discharges,  threats,  coercion,  and 
the  refusal  to  bargain— is  that  the  board 
has  demonstrated  to  employees  "the 
futility  of  turning  to  the  NLRB  for 
protection  of  their  rights,"  the  publi- 
cation insisted. 

Although  there  have  been  wide  po- 
litical swings  in  the  presidency  since 
the  NLRB  was  created  in  1935,  the 
lawyers  said,  this  is  the  first  time  that 
one  party  had  seized  control  in  order 
to  "club  the  other  side  into  submission 
by  attempting  to  demonstrate  that  the 
law  has  lost  all  vitality  and  cannot  be 
counted  on  to  provide  the  protection  it 
promises." 

With  the  board's  decisions  increas- 
ingly anti-union,  a  final  article  in  the 
publication  suggests  that  unions  "con- 
sider arbitration  as  an  alternative"  to 
turning  to  the  NLRB  to  enforce  con- 
tractual rights  guaranteed  by  the  labor 
relations  act. 

Such  issues  as  the  protection  of  in- 
dividuals engaged  in  primary  and  sym- 
pathy strikes,  the  problems  of  "double- 
breasting"  under  which  employers  shift 


Board  employees  also  feel  brunt  of  NLRB  bias 


NLRB  management  has  reached  a  ten- 
tative agreement  on  two  new  contracts 
with  the  NLRB  Professional  Association, 
which  represents  about  200  attorneys 
working  for  the  five  Board  members  and 
the  NLRB  General  Counsel  in  Washing- 
ton, D.C.  The  parties  agreed  in  principle 
on  new  contracts  to  replace  pacts  which 
expired  on  January  21,  with  the  accord 
following  three  days  of  non-worktime 
picketing  at  NLRB  headquarters  by  at- 
torneys protesting  lack  of  progress  in 
contract  talks. 

Working  against  a  midnight  deadUne 
on  January  28,  the  parties  managed  to 
settle  the  major  sticking  points  in  the 
contract  negotiations,  which  included  a 
revamped  performance  appraisal  system 
and  a  difference  between  the  Board  mem- 
bers and  the  General  Counsel  on  whether 
attorneys  should  be  granted  the  option 
of  a  "compressed  work  schedule."  The 
new  contracts,  one  for  the  Board  side 
and  one  for  attorneys  working  for  the 
General  Counsel,  impose  a  new  five-tier 


appraisal  system  which  may  make  it  more 
difficult  for  attorneys  to  receive  quality 
in-grade  pay  increases.  The  General 
Counsel  agrees  to  permit  "compressed 
work  schedules"  on  a  one-year  trial  basis 
which  would  allow  attorneys  to  work 
nine-hour  days  and  take  one  day  off  every 
two  weeks.  The  Board  members  decline 
to  allow  compressed  work  schedules. 
Wages  are  not  bargainable  for  federal 
employees. 

Before  the  accord,  union  spokesman 
had  accused  NLRB  management  of  seek- 
ing "give-backs"  on  basic  contract  pro- 
tections and  had  charged  management  of 
"stonewalling"  the  union  by  delaying 
tactics  at  the  bargaining  table.  On  Janu- 
ary 24,  the  attorneys  began  picketing 
outside  Board  headquarters  during  non- 
work  hours  to  publicize  their  dispute  with 
management.  The  new  contracts  must 
still  be  ratified  by  the  membership  of  the 
Professional  Association  and  approved 
by  NLRB  Chairman  Dotson  and  General 
Counsel  CoUyer. 


to  a  non-union  subsidiary  work  that 
should  be  done  under  union  contract, 
plant  closings,  and  the  binding  of  a 
successor  employer  to  an  existing  con- 
tract in  the  event  of  a  merger  or  a 
takeover  might  all  be  handled  more 
sucessfully  through  the  arbitration  pro- 
cedure. 


Private  action  is  hardly  an  adequate 
substitute  for  the  public  rights  enunci- 
ated by  existing  labor  law,  the  publi- 
cation said,  but  since  the  board  has 
abdicated  its  responsibility,  workers  and 
their  unions  are  left  with  "no  other 
sensible  option."  IjrJU 


When  Unemployment  Compensation 
Runs  Out  In  Your  State, 
Employers  May  Get  Tax  Breaks 


While  two-thirds  of  the  nation's  job- 
less were  denied  unemployment  com- 
pensation benefits  in  1985 — the  highest 
disqualification  level  in  the  program's 
50-year  history — some  employers  who 
fought  for  stricter  eligibility  require- 
ments are  being  rewarded  with  sub- 
stantial cuts  in  state  unemployment 
taxes. 

The  AFL-CIO  branded  the  states' 
action  as  "unconscionable,"  and  re- 
newed its  call  for  a  major  overhaul  of 
the  unemployment  insurance  system  so 
that  it  regains  its  original  role  as  a 
program  "that  helps,  rather  than  ex- 
cludes, those  who  need  it." 


The  purpose  of  unemployment  insur- 
ance is  to  put  a  floor  of  protection  under 
workers  who  lose  their  jobs  through  no 
fault  of  their  own,  according  to  Bert 
Seidman,  director  of  the  Department  of 
Occupational  Safety,  Health  and  Social 
Security.  But  today,  he  asserted,  "the 
program  fails  miserably  in  living  up  to 
that  promise." 

Seidman  sharply  disagreed  with 
economists  who  claimed  that  lower  job- 
less levels  made  it  possible  for  the  states 
to  slash  employers'  jobless  insurance 
rates. 

Unemployment  is  hovering  just  be- 
low the  7%  level,  he  pointed  out.  But 


the  amount  of  money  being  paid  out 
under  the  federal-state  system  has  been 
curtailed  because  of  cutbacks  initiated 
by  the  Reagan  Administration  with  the 
enthusiastic  backing  of  employers. 

The  Reagan  assault  has  resulted  in 
tougher  standards  which  have  disqual- 
ified large  numbers  of  workers  from 
receiving  regular  benefits,  while  the 
elimination  of  extended  unemployment 
benefits  has  left  the  long-term  jobless 
without  any  assistance,  he  said. 

The  result,  Seidman  declared,  is  that 

less  than  one-third  of  the  unemployed — 

and  virtually   none  of  the  long-term 

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MARCH,     1986 


An  aerial  view  of  Georgia  Power's  Plant  Scherer.  Juliette,  Ga. 

Union  Skills  Plus  Quality  Control 
Keep  Georgia  Power  Project 
Below  Budget,  Ahead  off  Schedule 


The  Georgia  Power  Company  has  an 
extensive  construction  program  under- 
way in  North  Georgia — Plants  Scherer, 
Bartletts  Ferry,  and  Vogtle.  Vogtie  is 
a  nuclear  power  facility;  the  others  are 
fossil  fuel.  Another  nuclear  power  plant. 
Hatch,  has  been  completed. 

Except  for  minor  work  by  Brown  & 
Root  at  Bartletts  Ferry,  everything  is 
union  construction  by  AFL-CIO  Build- 
ing Trades,  including  UBC  carpenters, 
millwrights,  piledrivers,  and  other  crafts. 

Plant  Scherer  at  Juliette,  Ga.,  has 
employed  at  peak  construction  almost 
5,000  workers.  It's  below  budget  and 
ahead  of  schedule — a  tribute  to  the  craft 


skills  of  union  workers  and  the  com- 
pany's dedication  to  quality  control  and 
safe  working  practices. 

Plant  Scherer  is  a  four-unit,  fossil- 
fuel  power  generating  plant.  Construc- 
tion began  in  1974  under  a  project 
agreement  between  the  Building  Trades 
of  Atlanta  and  North  Georgia  and  the 
Georgia  Power  Company.  In  recent 
months  contractors  have  employed  about 
1,200  Building  Tradesmen. 

Units  1  and  2  have  been  completed 
and  are  operating,  and  the  entire  facility 
is  expected  to  go  on  line  in  1989. 

Georgia  Power's  project  manager, 
Wayne   Wilhoit,   has   stated   that   the 


initial  start-ups  on  Units  1  and  2  were 
the  best  the  company  has  ever  experi- 
enced. 

"The  proof  of  the  pudding  is  in  the 
eating,"  was  Wilhoit's  comment.  "The 
plant's  first  two  units  are  running  ex- 
ceptionally well  due  to  good  construc- 
tion, good  design,  good  operation,  and 
dedicated  quality  control." 

Quality  control  checks  in  all  GP  plants 
follow  much  the  same  procedure.  In- 
spectors keep  daily  inspection  logs  to 
verify  that  work  is  done  by  engineering 
and  construction  procedures,  project 
procedures,  and  contract  specifica- 
tions. 

"If  inspectors  find  problems,  they 
issue  change  clarification  requests  or 
non-conformance  reports,"  says  Wil- 
hoit. "And  corrections  are  made.  We 


Millwright  leaders  on  the  job  include,  from 
left.  Jim  Clark,  millwright  superintendent 
and  a  member  of  Local  1263.  Atlanta: 
Waylon  Morton,  business  representative. 
Local  144.  Macon:  and  Larry  Calhoun, 
general  foreman  and  also  a  member  of 
Local  144. 


also  do  surveillance  audits  periodically, 
and  our  work  is  audited  by  the  quahty 
assurance  department." 

About  50  inspectors  keep  tabs  on 
quality  at  the  Scherer  construction  site. 

"We  don't  have  a  quality  control 
Continued  on  Page  38 


Sitting  astride  a  steel  beam,  John  Borough,  a  civil  section 
inspector,  torques  a  bolt  to  verify  the  tension. 


Quality  control  in  the  mechanical  section  involves  checking  this 
boiler  drum,  which  Barry  Peters  inspects  in  Unit  4. 


10 


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Ottawa 
Report 


METRO  BUILDING  YEAR 

Metropolitan  Toronto's  building  boom  exploded 
last  year  with  a  record  $1 .7  billion  worth  of  building 
permits  issued — a  27%  jump  from  1984. 

The  dramatic  spurt  in  permit  values  means  valua- 
ble added  tax  assessment  for  Metro  that  officials 
say  will  help  control  future  property  tax  hikes. 

Leading  the  way  in  1 985  in  total  value  of  permits 
issued  was  the  City  of  Toronto  with  a  record  $572 
million  worth,  up  13%  from  1984.  The  biggest  per- 
centage increase  was  in  Scarborough,  where  per- 
mits rose  a  whopping  59%  over  1984  to  $483.5 
million.  Close  behind  was  North  York  with  an  all- 
time  high  of  $41 1  million  in  permits,  a  44%  increase 
over  the  year  before. 

Tiny  East  York  witnessed  a  25%  hike  in  permit 
values,  going  from  $23  million  in  1984  to  $29  mil- 
lion last  year,  while  Etobicoke's  permits  slipped  4% 
from  1984  to  $197.5  million  and  York  slipped  7%  to 
$23.1  million. 

"It's  good  news  for  the  tax  base  and  good  news 
for  the  construction  industry,"  said  Toronto  Building 
Commissioner  Michael  Nixon.  "We've  had  six  con- 
secutive years  above  $500  million  so  we're  avoiding 
the  cyclical  bust  and  boom  periods." 

The  Toronto  Construction  Association  is  "very 
pleased"  with  the  latest  trends,  said  executive  di- 
rector Cliff  Bulmer.  "This  year  looks  slightly  better 
than  1 985  and  1 985  was  significantly  better  than 
1986." 

"I'm  very  excited,"  said  North  York  Mayor  Mel 
Lastman.  "This  helps  keep  taxes  down  and  creates 
thousands  and  thousands  of  jobs." 

"We're  the  home  of  the  billion-dollar  downtown," 
Lastman  crowed,  explaining  there  are  more  than  $1 
billion  worth  of  projects  under  construction  on 
Yonge  St.  between  York  Mills  Rd.  and  Finch  Ave. 

Permits  issued  represent  only  the  value  of  con- 
struction and  not  direct  tax  benefits,  officials  cau- 
tion. But  they  say  there  is  a  link  between  added 
construction  and  increased  tax  assessment,  and  the 
more  money  municipalities  get  from  development, 
the  less  they  have  to  rely  on  property  taxes. 

Nixon  said  there  are  already  $350  million  worth  of 
permit  applications  waiting  to  be  issued  in  Toronto 
for  1986,  including  $140  million  for  the  giant  Scotia 
Plaza  project.  Toronto  last  year  issued  permits  for 
several  big-ticket  items,  including  $38  million  for  the 
new  Metro  police  headquarters  on  College  St.  and 
$50  million  for  projects  at  Harborfront,  he  said. 

East  York's  figures  were  boosted  by  two  new 
housing  projects. 


ONE  OUT  OF  FIVE  IN  '85 

Last  year,  on  average,  one-fifth  of  Canada's  con- 
struction labor  force — or  20  people  out  of  every 
100 —  was  unemployed. 

Year-end  figures  released  by  Statistics  Canada 
recently  show  Canada  had  a  total  construction  labor 
force  of  733,000,  on  average,  in  1985.  On  average, 
1 47,000  of  those  people  were  unable  to  find  work  in 
any  given  month. 

The  industry's  average  jobless  rate  is  also  7% 
higher  than  the  average  1985  construction-unem- 
ployment rate  in  the  United  States. 


CHARTER  CASES  ARE  THREAT 

For  Canada's  labor  movement,  the  important  bat- 
tles of  1986  may  well  be  fought  in  the  courtroom 
rather  than  at  the  bargaining  table  or  on  the  picket 
line,  according  to  Lome  Slotnick,  writer  for  the  To- 
ronto Globe  and  Mail. 

"With  relatively  few  major  contracts  expiring  this 
year,  attention  will  focus  on  more  than  a  dozen 
labor-related  Charter  of  Rights  and  Freedoms  cases 
before  courts  across  the  country.  For  unions,  the 
cases  represent  a  costly  and  fundamental  challenge 
to  their  power  and  effectiveness,"  states  Slotnick. 

Before  the  year  is  out,  labor  should  have  at  least 
some  indication  of  whether  the  4-year-old  Charter  is 
going  to  mean  a  disaster  or  just  a  false  alarm. 

Labor's  problem  with  the  Charter  is  simple: 
unions  derive  their  strength  from  collective  action, 
from  the  majority  imposing  its  will  on  the  minority; 
the  Charter,  however,  is  the  shining  light  of  individ- 
ual rights,  designed  to  benefit  those  who  feel  they 
have  been  oppressed  by  majorities. 

Moreover,  the  Charter  hands  enormous  power  to 
judges,  who,  with  some  exceptions,  have  tradition- 
ally ruled  against  workers'  organizations. 


REGINA  CONSTRUCTION  LOW 

Construction  in  Regina,  Sask,  plunged  to  its  low- 
est level  in  more  than  a  decade,  last  year,  with 
year-end  figures  showing  $138  million  worth  of 
building  permits  issued  in  1985. 

The  final  figure  is  down  20%  from  the  $172  mil- 
lion in  permits  issued  in  1 984  and  is  the  lowest  total 
since  1974. 


SASKATCHEWAN  RULING 

The  Saskatchewan  Labor  Relations  Board  has 
called  for  "war  on  the  streets"  with  its  decision  that 
employers  are  no  longer  bound  by  expired  con- 
tracts during  negotiations,  a  union  official  told  the 
Toronto  Globe  and  Mail. 

The  board  made  its  ruling  in  January  in  an  unfair 
labor  practice  suit  brought  against  Canada  Safeway 
Ltd.  of  Winnipeg  by  the  Retail  Wholesale  and  De- 
partment Store  Union. 

"What  you're  going  to  see  is  no  contract,  no 
work,"  said  John  Welden,  president  of  the  Prince 
Albert  and  District  Labor  Council.  He  said  labor 
groups  in  Prince  Albert  will  join  unions  across  the 
province  to  "do  everything  in  their  power"  to  see 
the  decision  overturned. 


MARCH,     1986 


11 


Labor  News 
Roundu 


'Buy  American' 
cars  not  popular 
around  White  House 


In  the  exclusive  White  House  parking 
lot,  it's  foreign  imports  three-to-two. 

That's  what  a  Scripps-Howard  News 
Service  reporter  found  in  checking  72 
cars  belonging  to  high-level  White  House 
staffers  entitled  to  use  the  special  parking 
facility. 

Forty-three  of  the  vehicles  were  for- 
eign-built, most  of  them  from  Japan.  The 
import  ratio  of  close  to  60%  in  the  White 
House  parking  lot  is  nearly  double  the 
foreign  penetration  of  the  U.S.  auto  mar- 
ket. 

Auto  imports  have  risen  sharply  since 
President  Reagan  abandoned  the  volun- 
tary restraint  agreement  that  set  an  an- 
nual ceiling  on  Japanese  cars  sent  to  the 
United  States.  If  the  parking  lot  survey 
is  a  barometer,  "Buy  American"  isn't  a 
very  popular  slogan  around  the  White 
House  these  days. 


Elderly  care  is 
worker  concern, 
survey  finds 

Caring  for  elderly  relative  or  friends  is 
a  second  full-time  job  for  a  significant 
number  of  workers,  according  to  a  survey 
conducted  by  the  30,000-employee  Trav- 
elers Corporation  in  Connecticut.  Among 
a  sample  of  home  office  employees  sur- 
veyed, 20%  are  providing  some  form  of 
care  for  an  older  person,  while  8%  de- 
voted 35  hours  or  more  a  week  to  the 
task — as  much  or  more  time  than  they 
put  in  at  the  office. 

The  Hartford-based  company,  one  of 
the  world's  largest  diversified  insurance 
and  financial  services  corporation,  con- 
ducted the  survey  last  June  to  determine 
how  many  employees  care  for  elderly 
people,  what  kinds  of  care  they  provide, 
and  how  this  responsibility  affects  their 
private  and  professional  lives.  The  com- 
pany is  now  developing  a  dependent  care 
program  as  an  employee  benefit. 

Female  workers  were  found  to  be  the 
primary  caregivers,  with  69%-  of  women 
respondents  replying  that  they  provided 
care  to  elderly  relatives,  as  compared 
with  29%  of  men.  A  large  number  of 
respondents  were  members  of  the  "sand- 
wich generation" — in  their  30s  and  40s 
and  raising  young  children  as  well  as 
caring  for  older  relatives.  Many  reported 
that  the  demands  of  work  and  the  house- 
hold are  stressful,  and  only  one  in  five 
of  the  respondents  said  they  never  felt 
that  caregiving  interfered  with  other  needs 
and  family  responsibilities. 


Management  pay 
in  construction 
is  averaged 


Average  total  compensation  for  pres- 
idents of  construction  firms  which  re- 
ported more  than  $250  million  in  revenues 
during  1985  was  $196,324,  according  to 
Personnel  Administrative  Services,  Inc., 
of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Board  chairmen  of  multi-million-dollar 
j  construction  firms  did  even  better,  av- 
eraging $244,276. 

The  highest  average  base  salary  for 
presidents  was  found  in  firms  performing 
industrial  construction,  with  an  average 
base  of  $113,200  before  bonuses  and 
benefits. 


Promises!  promises! 
with  union  contract 
it's  guaranteed 

An  at-will  employee  who  was  fired 
without  severance  pay  or  pension  bene- 
fits after  working  for  the  Arkansas  Book 
Company  for  49  years  failed  to  convince 
the  Arkansas  Supreme  Court  that  the 
company  should  be  held  liable  for  inten- 
tional infliction  of  emotional  distress. 
Employers  that  discharge  at-will  employ- 
ees cannot  be  held  liable  for  emotional 
distress  unless  the  manner  in  which  the 
discharge  is  accomplished  is  "so  extreme 
and  outrageous  as  to  go  beyond  all  pos- 
sible bonds  of  decency  and  be  regarded 
as  atrocious  and  utterly  intolerable  in  a 
civilized  community,"  Justice  Dudley 
said.  "The  discharge  of  a  long-time  em- 
ployee alone  does  not  meet  this  test." 

Wilford  Harris  worked  for  the  book 
company  from  1930  until  1979.  While 
Harris  had  no  written  employment  con- 
tract and  the  company  had  no  pension 
plan,  he  had  been  assured  by  a  former 
owner  of  the  company  that  he  could  work 
until  retirement  and  that  he  would  receive 
some  form  of  pension.  However,  he  sub- 
sequently was  fired  with  no  severance 
pay  or  pension  benefits,  and  the  company 
contested  his  unemployment  compensa- 
tion claim.  The  trial  court  found  Harris 
had  no  claim  against  the  company  for 
intentional  infliction  of  emotional  dis- 
tress— a  "tort  of  outrage." 

Harris  presented  no  evidence  of  an 
employment  contract  with  the  company 
except  for  letters  from  previous  owners 
concluding  with  such  phrases  as  "looking 
forward  to  a  continued  employment  or 
association  for  many  more  years,"  ac- 
cording to  Justice  Dudley.  "A  supposed 
breach  of  vague  assurances  of  long-term 
employment  does  not  constitute  the  tort 
of  outrage,"  the  court  says.  Nor  does 
the  company's  failure  to  live  up  to  the 
previous  owner's  assurances  that  Harris 
would  receive  some  type  of  benefits  un- 
der an  "undefined  pension  plan"  consti- 
tute intentional  infliction  of  emotional 
distress.  The  court  relates  that  the  com- 
pany has  no  pohcies  or  handbooks  es- 
tablishing a  pension  plan. 


Ontario  civil  servant 
gets  pro-choice 
exemption  from  dues 

An  Ontario  civil  servant  who  opposes 
abortion  has  been  granted  an  exemption 
from  paying  a  portion  of  her  union  dues 
becau«e  of  the  pro-choice  stand  taken  by 
her  union. 

The  decision  by  the  Ontario  Public 
Service  Labor  Relations  Tribunal  says 
Rose  Marie  MacLean,  a  devout  Roman 
Catholic  who  works  for  the  Ministry  of 
Community  and  Social  Services,  falls 
under  a  religious  exemption  to  compul- 
sory union  dues. 

The  ruling  said  Mrs.  MacLean,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Ontario  Public  Service  Em- 
ployees Union,  should  donate  to  charity 
the  portion  of  her  dues  that  the  union 
would  otherwise  spend  furthering  its  po- 
sition on  abortion  rights. 

The  decision  appears  to  be  the  first  in 
Canada  that  says  opposition  to  abortion 
can  be  included  as  part  of  a  religious 
exemption,  and  also  the  first  that  exempts 
a  worker  from  only  part  of  his  or  her 
union  dues.  Most  Canadian  and  U.S. 
unions  have  not  taken,  and  do  not  expect 
to  take,  a  position  on  such  a  social  issue. 

But  the  ruling  is  emphatic  in  declaring 
that  unions  have  the  right  to  take  stands 
on  political  and  social  issues — except  that 
"employees  with  strong  religious  con- 
victions should  not  be  compelled  to  sub- 
sidize ideological  activity  by  the  trade 
union  which  conflicts  with  their  religious 
conviction  or  beliefs." 


Rather  have  the 
title  or  the 
overtime  pay? 

Tired  of  being  considered  a  "peon" 
where  you  work? 

Cheer  up.  It's  possible  for  your  boss 
to  transform  you,  overnight,  into  a 
"professional"  or  even  an  "executive." 

The  U.S.  Labor  Department  says  that 
workers  getting  paid  as  little  as  $155  a 
week — $3.87  an  hour — can  be  classified 
as  "executives,"  while  those  making 
$170  can  be  put  into  the  "professional" 
category. 

If  you're  making  $250  or  more  a  week, 
there's  even  more  exciting  news.  If  your 
boss  defines  your  duties  the  right  way, 
you  could  become  a  "high-paid  execu- 
tive." 

There's  only  one  catch.  If  you  move 
into  one  of  those  classifications,  you'll 
lose  your  overtime  pay. 

The  Reagan  Administration  is  taking  a 
look  at  the  regulations,  but  hasn't  said 
whether  it  wants  to  change  the  salary  or 
duty  tests. 

President  Carter  tried  in  1981,  but 
employers  objected,  saying  the  new  sal- 
ary tests  were  too  high. 

After  all,  who  knows  "professionals" 
and  "executives"  better  than  the  boss? 


12 


CARPENTER 


America's  Second  Major  Deficit: 

$150  Billion  in  Second  Mortgage  (Equity)  Loans 


I 


Some  Americans  are  in  hock  up  to 
their  eyeballs  today,  thanks  to  bank 
deregulation,  the  easing  of  usury  laws, 
and  so-called  home  equity  loans. 

In  some  states  fly-by-night  lending 
institutions  are  enticing  home  owners 
to  go  into  ever  deeper  debt  through 
home  equity  loans  with  interest  rates 
which  range  as  high  as  25%  and  balloon 
payments  that  bring  about  eventual 
foreclosure. 

Many  hapless  home  owners,  far  be- 
hind in  credit-card  payments,  car  pay- 
ments, and  the  like,  never  stop  to  realize 
that  a  home  equity  loan  is  simply  a 
fancy  name  for  a  second  mortgage,  and, 
if  a  second  mortgage  is  not  paid  on 
time,  the  second  mortgage  holder  might 
come  and  take  the  house  away. 

According  to  a  recent  article  in  the 
Wall  Street  Journal  there  is  a  fellow  in 
Virginia  who  calls  himself  "The  Mort- 
gage Doctor."  For  a  $1,500  fee  he 
recently  directed  a  homeowner  to  a 
lender  who  charged  $6,581  in  up-front 
fees  on  a  $17,959  equity  loan!  The 
lender  knew  or  should  have  known  that 
such  a  loan  couldn't  be  repaid.  The 
borrower  pleaded  in  a  Virginia  state 
court  for  redress,  but  it  was  too  late. 
The  deed  was  done. 

The  newspaper  article  tells  of  Angelo 
Lovaglio  of  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  who  ad- 
vertises mortgage  loans  but  isn't  a  mort- 
gage banker.  His  company  isn't  a  li- 
censed lender  nor  is  it  listed  in  the 
telephone  book.  Mr.  Angelo,  as  he  calls 
himself,  is  a  loan  arranger.  His  ads 
promise  "no  income  or  credit  check." 
Just  sign  on  the  dotted  hne. 

Borrowers  accustomed  to  dealing  with 
more  traditional  mortgage  bankers  will 
find  reputable  lending  institutions  trying 
to  compete  with  "credit  arrangers" 
who  play  by  different  rules — whatever 
the  money  market  will  bear. 

Several  years  ago  the  federal  govern- 
ment moved  to  ease  banking  regulations 
as  a  method  of  curbing  inflation  and 
stimulating  the  economy.  All  it  suc- 
ceeded in  doing  was  create  a  short- 
term,  get-rich-quick  banking  system  of 
short-term,  high  interest  loans,  money 
market  certificates,  premium  offers  for 
new  accounts,  and  equity-credit  mort- 
gages. 

Second  mortgages  were  once  largely 
used  by  consumers  only  in  extreme 
emergencies,  usually  to  pay  off  other 
debts.  But  as  home  owners'  equity 
increased  because  of  rising  property 
values,  many  large  financial  institutions 


The  relaxing  of  state  usury  laws 
opens  up  a  whole  new  field  for  fraud 
and  unscrupulous  money  changers. 


could  no  longer  ignore  this  largely  un- 
tapped market  and  began  promoting 
equity  loans  for  many  different  pur- 
poses. 

Some  mortgage  lenders  are  finding  it 
profitable  to  lend  to  high-risk  customers 
because  of  the  raising  or  the  outright 
abolishment  of  many  state  usury  ceil- 
ings. If  the  State  of  Delaware,  for  ex- 


Bankers'  Wish  List 

The  U.S.  House  of  Representatives 
recently  passed  House  Resolution 
2443,  a  bill  to  give  bank  customers 
more  timely  access  to  their  deposits. 
Instead  of  liaving  to  wait  for  days  for 
a  check  to  clear,  banks  have  now 
been  given  an  ultimatum  on  how  long 
they  can  hold  back  a  check  before  it 
is  cleared  with  the  bank  of  origin. 

In  recent  years  some  banks  have 
been  able  to  reap  additional  profits 
by  using  these  delayed  funds  for  their 
own  investments. 

"The  banks,  Unabashed  by  their 
billions  of  dollars  of  profits  from  the 
delayed  funds,  are  now  demanding  a 
variety  of  new  powers  as  a  quid  pro 
quo  for  giving  consumers  the  right  to 
their  funds  as  provided  by  H.R.  2443," 
according  to  Congressman  Femand 
St.  Germain  of  Rhode  Island. 

"No  sooner  had  the  house  acted 
than  rumors  began  circulating  around 
the  lobbyists'  watering  holes  that  the 
banks,  who  have  lived  high  off  the 
delayed  funds  game,  planned  to  exact 
a  new  price  from  the  consumer.  .  . 

"Sure,  we'll  let  our  customers  have 
their  money,  if  the  Senate  lets  us 
dabble  in  retail  businesses,  the  se- 
curities market,  insurance,  and  what- 
ever high-risk  investment  happens  to 
come  along — of  course,  all  the  while 
with  fewer  regulators  looking  over 
our  shoulders." 

The  Congressman  comments  that 
it  will  be  interesting  to  see  whether 
the  Senate  will  protect  consumers' 
basic  rights  without  having  to  pay  a 
further  price. 

"The  merits  of  the  various  items 
on  the  banks'  legislative  wish  list 
should  be  decided  on  their  own  and 
not  piled  on  the  blistered  shoulders 
of  the  already  overburdened  Ameri- 
can consumer." 


ample,  raises  its  allowable  interest  ceil- 
ing on  loans,  the  banks  incorporated  in 
that  state  quickly  develop  a  lucrative 
credit-card  business,  stretching  across 
state  lines.  Then  a  next-door  state  like 
Maryland  is  faced  with  lobbyists  from 
its  own  lending  institutions  trying  to 
raise  the  interest  ceiling  in  its  state 
assembly,  and  on  and  on  and  higher 
and  higher  it  goes. 

Second-mortgage  indebtedness  has 
more  than  doubled  since  1982  to  a 
record  high  of  $150  billion.  This  is  partly 
due  to  rising  property  values  and  the 
growing  number  of  companies  that  make 
such  loans.  In  New  York,  for  example, 
the  number  of  state-licensed  mortgage 
bankers,  many  of  whom  only  make 
equity  loans,  jumped  to  136  in  1985 
from  54  just  two  years  ago.  The  total 
is  undoubtedly  much  higher,  however, 
because  equity  lenders  who  make  fewer 
than  20  loans  a  year  need'nt  be  licensed 
in  the  State  of  New  York. 

"If  you  don't  want  to  be  licensed  in 
New  York,  you  can  do  19  (loans),  then 
form  another  corporation  and  start 
again,"  says  Howard  A.  Baumgarten, 
a  New  York  state  banking  official.  Adds 
another  state  banking  official,  "It  has 
been  done." 

Spotty  state  regulation  is  cited  by 
some  consumer  groups  as  the  reason 
homeowners  often  borrow  more  than 
they  can  afford  to  repay.  The  National 
Consumer  Law  Center  in  Boston,  Mass., 
reports  that  equity  lenders  are  respon- 
sible for  "a  startling  growth  of  home- 
foreclosure  problems."  Says  Irv  Ack- 
elsberg,  a  lawyer  with  Community  Le- 
gal Services  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  "That 
home  is  often  the  only  thing  that  sep- 
arates the  borrowers  from  the  bottom. 
To  prey  on  them  is  despicable." 

Indeed,  state  regulators  are  finding 
mounting  casualties  of  more  liberal 
lending  practices.  In  South  Carolina, 
one  equity  lender  foreclosed  on  130 
houses  in  a  recent  2'/2-year  period.  In 
New  York,  borrowers  lodged  more  than 
250  complaints  last  year  against  mort- 
gage bankers,  compared  with  133  com- 
plaints the  previous  year.  Not  all  of 

Continued  on  Page  15 


MARCH,     1986 


13 


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Diabetes: 

A  Deadly  Disease 

Believed  Curable 


It's  diabetes,  the  "sugar"  disease. 
And  it  is  a  lot  more  serious,  and  a  lot 
more  deadly  than  most  people  realize. 

Consider  these  grim  statistics:  1,600 
people  are  diagnosed  with  diabetes  ev- 
ery day.  It  kills  822  people  every  day. 
It  blinds  96  people  every  day.  It  leads 
to  leg  and/or  foot  amputations  for  1 10 
people  every  day.  And  its  various  other 
complications  hospitalize  more  than 
5,500  people  eveiy  day. 

In  the  face  of  these  statistics,  it's 
amazing  that  so  many  people  think  that 
diabetes  is  nothing  more  than  a  minor 
inconvenience  easily  treated  with  a  daily 
shot  of  insulin.  Not  true. 

For  many  diabetics,  their  condition 
is  treatable  with  a  daily  shot  of  insulin. 
But  this  is  a  treatment  that  merely 
forestalls  the  inevitable  onset  of  the 
many  complications  which  arise  from 
diabetes,  including  death.  Insulin  is  not 
a  cure,  and  doctors  involved  in  diabetes 
research  bemoan  the  fact  that  the  public 
thinks  it  is. 

The  discovery  of  insulin  in  1922  al- 
lowed doctors  to  combat  the  principal 
cause  of  diabetes:  the  body's  failure  to 
produce  insulin  on  its  own.  Insulin  is  a 
hormone  needed  to  convert  sugar, 
starches  and  other  food  into  the  energy 
needed  for  daily  life. 

Tremendous  strides  toward  a  cure 
have  been  made  at  the  Diabetes  Re- 
search Institute.  Only  the  construction 
of  a  new  facility  in  which  to  continue 
the  research  is  delaying  what  doctors 
believe  is  the  imminent  discovery  of  a 
cure. 

Leaders  of  the  American  labor  move- 
ment have  been  so  impressed  with  the 
Institute's  recent  progress,  which  in- 
cluded a  new  transplant  treatment  cur- 
ing diabetes  in  dogs,  that  last  year  they 
committed  to  raising  the  funds  neces- 
sary to  build  the  new  facility.  They 
have  organized  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
campaign  co-chaired  by  UBC  General 
President  Patrick  J.  Campbell,  to  in- 
volve all  of  organized  labor  in  the 
fundraising  effort. 

Among  the  recent  contributors  to 
Blueprint  for  Cure  are  the  following 
individuals  and  organizations: 

Victor  Bait 
Harry  Blue 
Terrance  Blue 
Frank  Catalanotto 


John  L.  Diver 

Robert  C.  Ericsson 

James  Fallon 

Richard  Gustafson 

Hugh  F.  Hamilton 

John  Hanela 

Thomas  D.  Hohman 

Leslie  Hulcoop 

William  &  Marie  Julius 

Joseph  Kaczmarski 

Lloyd  Kotaska 

Mr  &  Mrs  Francis  M.  Lamph 

Kirk  LiaBraaten 

Ferdinand  Math 

Gerry  Mitchel 

Norman  Neilan 

Wayne  Pierce 

George  M.  Walish 

James  Wejcman 

James  F.  Whalen 

Sam  Zamiello 

George  Zastrow 

Local  24 
Local  839  raffle 
Local  964 
Local  1006 
Local  1050 
Local  1100 
Local  1539 
Local  1772 

Capital  District  Council 

A.  J.  Christian 
Martin  Ciezadlo 
William  E.  McCauley 
Patrick  Melillo,  Sr. 
Ernest  J.  Piombino 
William  Sidell 

In  memory  of  Louise  Ruto 
In  memory  of  Charles  Trifiletti 

Local  142 
Local  272 
Local  370 
Local  1856 
Local  1911 
Local  2298 

Washington  D.  C.  District  Council 

Ladies  Auxiliary  No.  3 
Ladies  Auxiliary  No.  554 


Check  donations  to  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
campaign  should  be  made  out  to  "Blueprint 
for  Cure"  and  mailed  to  General  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell,  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America,  101  Con- 
stitution Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


14 


CARPENTER 


CLIC  UPDATE 
HR  281,  Double  Breasting  Bill, 

Requires  Your  Immediate  Attention 


House  Resolution  281,  now  before 
the  U.S.  Congress,  is  the  so-called 
"double  breasting  bill."  If  passed  by 
both  houses  of  Congress  and  signed  by 
the  President,  this  bill  would  make  it 
harder  for  construction  companies  with 
union  contracts  to  set  up  non-union 
companies  on  the  side  as  a  way  to 
obtain  low-bid  jobs  and  undermine  union 
contract  standards  and  work  practices. 

The  bill  passed  the  House  Education 
and  Labor  Committee  last  summer.  As 
we  go  to  press,  it  still  awaits  floor 
action.  Congressmen  must  be  made 
aware  of  how  important  this  bill  is  to 
Building  Tradesmen  and  particularly, 
in  our  case,  to  Carpenters,  Millwrights, 
and  the  other  construction  craftsmen 
and  women  in  our  ranks. 

The  bill  provides  that  separate  firms 
performing  similar  construction  work 
will  be  considered  a  single  employer  if 
there  is  common  management  or  own- 
ership of  the  firms. 

The  Associated  General  Contractors 
and  other  management  organizations 
have  mounted  an  attack  on  H.R.  281, 
claiming  that  it  attacks  worker  and 
employer  freedoms.  What  it  would  ac- 
tually do  is  eliminate  the  subterfuge 
under  which  contractors  with  labor- 
management  agreements  are  able  to 
deny  job  rights  and  union  wages  and 
working  conditions  through  dummy 
companies. 

It  is  vitally  important  to  union  mem- 
bers protecting  their  hard-won  con- 
tracts that  H.R.  281  is  passed  by  the 
House  and  eventually  enacted  into  law. 
CLIC  urges  UBC  members  to  write  the 
congressmen  as  soon  as  possible,  ask- 
ing that  they  support  H.R.  281  and 
eliminate  double  breasting  from  the 
construction  industry. 

Write:  Congressman  , 

U.S.  House  of  Representatives,  Wash- 
ington, D.C.  20515. 


CLIC,  the  Carpenters  Legislative  Im- 
provement Committee,  is  the  voice  of 
UBC  members  in  Washington,  D.C.  It 
is  supported  by  voluntary  contributions 
from  concerned  members.  And  if  ever 
there  was  a  year  for  membership  con- 
cern, 1986  is  the  year.  After  four  years 
under  an  anti-union  Administration,  1986 
is  the  year  to  affect  a  change  as  all  435 
House  seats  and  one  third  of  the  Senate 
seats  will  be  up  for  election. 


CLIC  contributions  go  to  men  and 
women  of  both  parties  to  best  serve 
UCB  members'  needs.  CLIC  was  busy 
in  1985  monitoring  legislation  in  Con- 
gress. Much  of  this  legislation  is  still 
pending,  such  as  H.R.  281,  the  "Dou- 
ble-Breasting Bill";  H.R.  1616,  the 
"Plant  Closings  Bill";  H.R.  268  con- 
cerning taxation  of  certain  employer- 
paid  benefits;  H.R.  472,  the  Davis- 
Bacon  Reform  Act;  and  H.R.  2178  con- 
cerning employee  exposure  to  end  re- 
lease of  hazcirdous  substances. 

The  1986  campaign  for  CLIC  mem- 
bership contributors  was  kicked  off  in 
January,  and  the  general  officers  all 
urge  member  support  through  dona- 
tions and  direct  contact  with  members 
of  Congress  and  the  Senate  to  engender 
support  of  UBC  positions. 


L-P  Waferboard  Expansion 
Forced  Into  Canada 

L-P's  major  expansion  of  waferboard  mills 
in  the  U.S.  was  sidetracked  when  the  com- 
pany last  month  announced  it  would  be 
building  a  waferboard  plant  in  Dawson  Creek, 
British  Columbia.  L-P,  no  stranger  to  envi- 
ronmental problems,  stated  that  the  aggres- 
sive enforcement  of  environmental  regula- 
tions by  the  Western  states  prompted  its 
move  hundreds  of  miles  north  of  the  Cana- 
dian border. 

UBC  members  and  affiliates  have  actively 
participted  in  environmental  review  proc- 
esses in  states  throughout  the  country  when 
air  and  water  emission  permits  are  being 
considered  at  new  L-P  plants.  An  initial 
permit  denial  and  subsequent  revocations  of 
operating  permits  have  resulted  at  L-P's  two 
waferboard  plants  in  Colorado  and  a  current 
lawsuit  by  Local  3074,  Chester,  Calif.,  has 
blocked  construction  at  L-P's  planned  waf- 
erboard mill  in  Sierra  County,  Calif  The 
construction  delay  at  the  Sierra  County  mill, 
which  was  to  supply  the  San  Francisco  area 
market,  in  large  measure  prompted  to  the 
move  to  Dawson  Creek,  which  will  now 
service  the  San  Francisco  market  from  thou- 
sands of  miles  away. 


A  payroll  checkoff  system  for  CLIC  has 
been  instituted  among  the  seven  local 
unions  of  the  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  Vicinity 
District  Council.  The  1985  contributions  to 
CLIC  under  this  system  totaled  $10,000, 
and  William  Halbert,  secretary  and  busi- 
ness manager  of  the  council,  right,  re- 
cently presented  the  checks  to  General 
Treasurer  and  CLIC  Director  Wayne 
Pierce. 

Home  Equity  Loans 

Continued  from  Page  13 

these  complaints  involve  home-equity 
lenders,  but  many  do.  The  growing 
volume  of  complaints  is  even  more 
significant  because  complaints  tradi- 
tionally tend  to  drop  as  interest  rates 
fall,  say  New  York  banking  officials. 

Partly  as  a  result  of  these  complaints. 
New  York  Gov.  Mario  Cuomo  recently 
formed  a  task  force  to  study  mortgage 
banking  in  his  state.  "People  who  are 
hocking  their  equity  in  their  house  may 
not  be  aware  that  their  payment  may 
be  more  than  they  can  handle,"  says 
Stanley  Greenstein,  a  mortgage  con- 
sultant and  task-force  member.  "We 
have  lenders  who  are  willing  to  lend 
money  without  any  credit  check  or 
verification  of  income.  That's  relatively 
new." 

Classified  ads  in  many  metropolitan 
newspapers  underline  this  point.  "Credit 
problems,  foreclosures,  judgments  & 
repos.  no  problem,"  states  one  recent 
ad  in  a  New  Jersey  newspaper.  Another 
says,  "Loan  based  SOLELY  on  the 
equity  in  your  home  regardless  of  credit 
or  income."  Mr.  Okun,  the  New  Jersey 
mortgage  banker,  defends  such  adver- 
tising. "This  is  America,"  he  says.  "It's 
not  for  bureaucrats  to  decide  whether 
somebody  can  borrow  money  or  not." 
fie  declines  to  comment  on  specific 
loans  but  says,  "I  have  a  lot  who  make 
it  (repay  the  loans)  and  a  few  who 
don't." 

Home-equity  lenders  not  only  seek 
customers  through  classified  ads  but 
also  rely  heavily  on  brokers  to  steer 
them  business.  These  brokers,  who  often 
portray  themselves  as  lenders  in  ad- 
vertisements, tell  homeowners  that  they 
will  find  them  the  best  loan  deal.  But  it 
doein't  always  work  out  that  way. 


MARCH,     1986 


IS 


1985  Financial  Figures 
Indicate  Dismal  Year 
For  Louisiana  Pacific 


End  of  the  year  financial  figures  for  1985 
issued  by  L-P  revealed  that  despite  major 
increases  in  the  company's  wood  products 
production  capacity,  sales  for  the  year  were 
stagnant.  The  figures  showed  weak  profit 
performance,  with  the  income  generated 
from  operations  lower  than  in  the  two  pre- 
vious years.  The  yearly  earnings  per  share 
total  of  $.72  contrasts  to  $1.19  earnings  per 
share  figures  in  1984.  The  $.72  per  share 
also  contrasts  dramatically  with  the  pro- 
jected earnings  estimates  from  L-F  stock 
analyst's  such  as  Merrill  Lynch  whose  es- 
timates for  the  1985  earnings  began  as  high 
as  $5.00  per  share. 

The  1985  financial  results  for  the  struck 
company  reflect  a  continuation  of  depressed 
economic  performance  which  has  afflicted 

Special  Strike  Support 


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Local  1622,  Hayward,  Calif.,  member 
Ernie  Bull,  pictured  above,  left,  with  UBC 
Representative  Lloyd  Larsen,  has  provided 
weekly  support  to  the  L-P  strikers  by 
transporting  food  donations  to  the  L-P 
strikers  and  their  families.  The  effort  of 
Brotherhood  members  such  as  Ernie  Bult 
have  enabled  the  L-P  strikers  to  continue 
their  fight. 


L-P  since  the  strike  began  in  1983.  Neither 
the  company's  earnings  performance  nor  the 
value  of  the  company's  stock  have  achieved 
pre-strike  levels.  The  UBC's  national  labor- 
consumer  boycott  and  corporate  campaign 
have  been  instrumental  in  producing  the 
earnings  slide  at  L-P. 

L-P  Boycott  at 
NAHB  Convention 

As  a  part  of  the  on-going  attack  on  L-P, 
UBC  members  handbilled  the  national  con- 
vention of  the  National  Homebuilders  of 
America  held  in  Dallas.  Tex.,  January  17- 
19,  to  inform  the  homebuilders  of  the  UBC's 
intensifying  boycott  actions  against  residen- 
tial builders  using  L-P  products.  The  three 
day  event,  which  is  the  largest  gathering  of 
U.S.  homebuilders,  drew  nearly  60,000  peo- 
ple to  the  convention  and  exhibit  center  in 
Dallas. 

The  handbilling,  coordinated  by  Al  Springs, 
director  of  the  UBC  Southwest  Organizing 
Office,  and  UBC  Representative  William 
(Bud)  Sharp,  informed  the  convention  par- 
ticipants of  the  UBC's  planned  nonpicketing 
boycott  activities  against  homebuilders  uti- 
lizing LP  wood  products.  LP  was  a  major 
exhibitor  at  the  convention,  showcasing  its 
waferboard  product  to  the  gathered  home- 
builders. Director  Springs  reported  that  the 
boycott  handbilling  effectively  alerted  the 
participants  to  the  continuing  labor  problems 
at  LP. 

As  reported  earlier  in  the  Carpenter,  sur- 
veys of  local  residential  construction  sites 
in  your  area  should  be  conducted  to  deter- 
mine if  L-P  products  are  being  used.  Appro- 
priate correspondence  and  boycott  handbills 
have  been  developed  for  homebuilders  found 
to  be  using  L-P  products.  A  major  portion 
of  L-P's  wood  product  production,  partic- 
ularly its  waferboard  product,  is  consumed 
in  the  residential  homebuilding  market. 


Connecticut 
Gives  $5,200 
to  Strikers 

William  Arena.  Local 
210  president.  West- 
ern Connecticut,  pre- 
sents U.B.C.  LP 
Regional  Boycott 
Coordintor  Stephen 
Flynn  a  $5,200.00 
check  in  support  of 
the  L-P  Strike  Fund. 


HOI\/IE    BUILDERS 

NEW  L-P  BOYCOTT   TARGET 


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tte  hmnci  conilructcd  by  hunicb 


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1  lh»i  UK  Louinau-PuUk  wood  producta.  Tht 


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The  handbill  on  the  UBC's  boycott  distrib- 
uted at  the  NAHB  convention. 


John  M.  Overman.  Te.\as  Council  of 
Industrial  Workers  representative,  catches 
an  attendant  going  into  the  convention. 


A.  Z.  Wright,  retired  member  of  Dallas 
Local  2848  distributes  LP  boycott  hand- 
bills at  the  NAHB  convention. 


Al  Spring.  Southwest  Organizing  Office 
director,  and  Bud  Sharpe.  task  force  or- 
ganizer, outside  the  Dallas  convention 
center. 


16 


CARPENTER 


Books  for  the 

CONSTRUCTION  CRAFTSMAN 


Measured  Shop  Drawings 
For  American  Furniture 
Thos.  Moser 

Meticulously  labelled  working  plans  for 
over  70  table  and  desks,  chests  and  cabinets, 
beds  and  headboards  are  covered  in  this 
book  by  Thos .  Moser  whose  factory  in  Maine 
has  become  famous  for  tranquil  clean  lines. 
These  simple  classics,  rooted  in  rural  19th 
century  America,  are  designs  that  have 
evolved  over  time  to  suit  the  needs  of  the 
people  that  use  them.  Contained  in  the  book 


MEASURED 
SHOP  DRAWINGS 

FOR 

AMERICAN 
FURNITURE 


I 


Thos.  Moser 


AND  JlCCJjl-a"  'M  «OWT 


are  over  500  photographs  and  line  drawings. 
Scale  drawings  for  variations  on  the  same 
piece  are  provided  so  crafts  people  can 
change  and  expand  the  piece  to  fit  their  own 
tastes  and  requirements. 

Pubhshed  by  Sterling  Publishing  Co.,  Inc., 
2  Park  Avenue,  New  York,  NY  10016.  $24.95 
U.S.  Hardcover,  $33.50  Canada. 


IVIal(ing  Birdliouses  & 

Feeders 

Charles  R.  Self. 

What  unique  combination  will  lure  a  hum- 
mingbird, an  owl,  a  chickadee,  or  a  bluebird 
into  your  backyard  to  stay?  The  right  kind 
of  house  and  feed,  says  author  Self,  and  he 
shows  precisely  how  to  construct  over  41 
different  kinds  of  birdhouses  and  other  struc- 
tures that  will  make  the  birds  you  want  to 
attract  safe,  comfortable,  and  happy.  He 
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MARCH,     1986 


will  suit  the  birds  you  want,  and  how  to 
construct  each  project. 

Pubhshed  by  Sterling  Publishing  Co. ,  Inc. , 
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paperback  U.S.,  $11.95  Canada;  $16.95 
hardcover  U.S.,  $22.50  Canada. 


IVIeans  Illustrated 
Construction  Dictionary 

Another  on-the-job  reference  work  where 
even  experienced  professionals  can  turn  for 
immediate  answers  about  construction  terms 


is  the  Means  Illustrated  Construction  Dic- 
tionary. Whether  a  question  falls  in  the  field 
of  architecture,  contracting,  engineering,  or 
estimating,  this  easy-to-use  construction  dic- 
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lustrations, the  over  450  pages  contain  more 
than  12,000  definitions  of  terms. 

Published  by  R.  S.  Means  Co.,  Inc.,  100 
Construction  Plaza,  P.O.  Box  800,  Ingston, 
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Industrial  unions  urge 
trade  law  actions  on 
labor  standards  violators 


The  AFL-CIO  Industrial  Union  De- 
partment has  called  for  vigorous  en- 
forcement of  provisions  of  U.S.  trade 
laws  that  require  compliance  with  in- 
ternationally recognized  labor  stand- 
ards by  nations  receiving  preferential 
treatment  in  trade  with  the  United  States. 

Recently  enacted  laws  that  require 
observance  of  international  standards 
include  legislation  setting  up  the  Car- 
ibbean Basin  Initiative  and  measures 
that  reauthorized  the  General  System 
of  Preferences  and  the  Overseas  Private 
Investment  Corp. 

A  resolution  adopted  by  the  lUD 
executive  council  said  enforcement  of 
these  provisions  could  bring  about  a 
significant  improvement  in  workers' 
rights  in  nations  that  sell  their  products 
in  the  United  States. 

To  carry  out  the  legislation,  the  lUD 
said,  the  United  States  should  insist 


that  its  trading  partners  observe  Inter- 
national Labor  Organization  conven- 
tions guaranteeing  the  right  of  workers 
to  organize  and  bargain  collectively, 
and  requiring  effective  occupational 
health  and  safety  standards. 

Imports  produced  under  "working 
standards  and  conditions  which  violate 
internationally  accepted  levels"  have 
contributed  to  job  losses  in  the  United 
States,  the  lUD  noted.  "Using  the  power 
of  our  marketplace  to  oblige  these  coun- 
tries to  meet  international  standards  will 
benefit  not  only  their  workers  but  our 
own  as  well,"  the  resolution  asserted. 

Following  each  day's  morning  ses- 
sions, conference  delegates  went  to 
Capitol  Hill  to  meet  with  their  senators 
and  representatives  to  urge  action  in 
both  the  trade  and  occupational  health 
and  safety  areas. 


85%  in  '85  Cap, 
Jacket  Winners 

"Get  on  Board  the 
UBC  Express" 


Reports  on  the  success  of  the  UBC's  "85% 
in  '85'"  organizing  program  in  the  South  and 
Southeastern  States  were  still  coming  in 
during  the  opening  weeks  of  1986. 

In  this  special  organizing  effort  among 
local  unions  of  District  4  and  the  UBC 
Southern  Industrial  Council  attempts  were 
made  to  enlist  at  least  85%  of  the  work  force 
in  each  industrial  plant  under  contract  with 
the  UBC.  Members  who  signed  up  five  or 
more  members  during  the  drive  received  red 
windbreakers  with  the  UBC  organizing  em- 
blem and  UBC  caps. 

Early  in  the  campaign,  Local  2316,  Boy- 
kins,  Va.,  signed  up  50  new  members;  Local 
2392,  McKenney,  Va.,  signed  up  20;  and 
Local  3011,  Wilson,  N.C.,  added  an  addi- 
tional 20. 

The  campaign  is  continuing  in  1986  with 
the  slogan,  "Get  on  Board  the  UBC  Ex- 
press." Members  can  get  more  information 
about  the  program  from  their  local  officers. 


GOOD 


make 
hard  work 
easier! 


Take  the  Vaughan  Rig  Builder's  Hatchet,  for  example. 


A  useful  tool  for  rough  construction 
and  framing,  this  hatchet  has  an 
extra-large,  crowned  milled  face 
and  a  blade  with  a  3y2"  cut.  Its  28  oz. 
head  and  17y2"  handle  put  power 
into  every  blow.  Full  polished  head 


and  select  hickory  handle  make  it 
look  as  good  as  it  feels  to  use. 

We  make  more  than  a  hundred 
different  kinds  and  styles  of  strik- 
ing tools,  each  crafted  to  make 
hard  work  easier 


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goggles  when  using 
striking  tools. 


VAUGHAN  &  BUSHNELL  MFG.  CO. 
11414  Maple  Ave.,  Hebron,  IL  60034 

For  people  who  take  pride  in  their  work . . .  tools  to  be  proud  of 


Barbara  Morgan,  Brenda  Biltabee.  and 
Mertie  Griffin,  shown  above,  were  jacket- 
and-cap  winners  in  Local  2392,  Mc- 
Kenney, Va.  A  fourth  employee  of  Keller 
Aluminum  Furniture  who  won  a  jacket  and 
cap  was  Dorothy  Rainey. 


Local  3011  employees  of  Hackney  Bros. 
Body  Co.,  Johnny  Jackson  and  Marvin 
Joyner  with  UBC  jackets  and  caps.  Addie 
Eatman  and  Dennis  Weaver  also  won 
jackets  and  caps. 


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CARPENTER 


steward  Training 


JACKSONVILLE,  FLA. 

Representative  David  Allen  recently  conducted  training  ses- 
sions for  stewards  of  Millwright  Local  2411. 

Pictured,  front  row,  from  left,  are  Bobby  O.  Moore,  A.  H. 
Strickland,  Larry  Manges,  Norman  Miller,  Christopher  Doyle, 
and  D.  E.  Nettles. 

Middle  row,  from  left,  are  Hubert  Nettles,  Danney  Barren- 
tine,  Martin  Roberts,  David  Allen,  Chesley  Manus,  Lewis 
Jones,  and  Paul  Thomas. 

Back  row,  from  left,  are  Paul  French,  Wayne  Alford,  Jimmy 
Kinlaw,  E.  R.  Mayberry,  Ken  Lockwood,  and  Paul  Thomas. 


ASHLAND,  MASS. 


FALL  RIVER,  MASS. 

Nine  members  of  Local  1305  recently  took  the  UBC's  "Build- 
ing Union"  construction  stewards'  training  course,  which  was 
conducted  by  Task  Force  Representative  Stephen  Flynn.  Flynn 
was  assisted  by  Business  Representative  Bernard  Skelly. 

The  group  included,  front  row  from  left,  Manny  Silva,  Ken 
Corriea,  Nanci  Lown,  Bob  Lopes,  and  Dana  Welch.  Back  row 
from  left,  Wally  Ainsworth,  Business  Representative  Skelly, 
Norm  Landreville,  and  Ron  Rheaune. 


Certificates  have  been  issued  to  19  members  of  Local  475 
showing  completion  of  the  "Building  Union"  construction  stew- 
ards' training  program.  Task  Force  Representative  Stephen 
Flynn  conducted  the  classes. 

Participants  shown  in  Picture  No.  1:  Seated,  from  left,  are 
James  Bucchino,  Dennis  Lanzetta,  Acey  Knowles,  and  Stanley 
MacPhearson.  Standing,  from  left,  are  Martin  Ploof,  business 
representative,  an  instructor;  Mark  Reil;  Jon  McDonough;  Chris 
larussi;  Thomas  Rowley;  and  Leo  Ouellette.  In  Picture  No.  2, 
seated,  from  left,  are  Richard  Lee,  Buddy  Santosuosso,  Fred 
Neiderberger,  and  George  Wright.  Standing,  from  left,  are  Wal- 
ter Jodrey,  Chauncey  Cann,  Clarence  Smith,  Albert  Gonneville, 
Anthony  Camuti,  John  Smith,  and  Representative  Stephen 
Flynn. 


VICKSBURG,  MISS. 

Nine  members  of  Local  2147  recently  com- 
pleted the  UBC  steward  training  program. 
Three  members  are  shown — Nellie  Hicks, 
Lillian  Brown,  and  Rubye  Blackman.  Oth- 
ers who  participated  included  Reola  Mar- 
shall, Mytell  Alexander,  Geneva  Phelps, 
Elisabeth  Cosby,  Carolyn  Ellis,  and  Rosie 
Thomas. 


LOUISVILLE,  MISS. 


Stewards  and  members  of  Plywood  Work- 
ers Local  3181  recently  completed  a  stew- 
ard training  program.  Seven  members  took 
the  course.  Shown  in  the  picture  are  Mar- 
vin Knowles,  Mack  Young,  Eddie  Mayo, 
Robert  Richardson,  and  Leroy  Gill.  Not 
shown  are  Paul  Coburn  and  Shelton 
Cooper. 


ATHENS,  GA. 

Among  the  recent  graduates  of  the  UBC 
steward  training  program  are  the  five 
members  of  Local  3078  shown  in  the  ac- 
companying picture — Clayton  Patman, 
Phillip  Maviro,  Frankie  Snodgrass,  Ezell 
Echols,  and  Dale  Allen. 


MARCH,     1986 


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Missouri  IVIembers  Donate  Labor  for  Boys  Town  Barn  and  Stalls 

Seventeen  members  of  Local  2298,  Rolla, 
Mo.,  put  in  200  hours  of  volunteer  labor  to 
build  27  horse  stalls  and  a  new  bam  for  Boys 
Town  of  Missouri.  The  stalls  are  needed  to 
shelter  the  horses  that  pull  the  Boys  Town 
Wagon  Train  each  spring.  The  work  was 
done  in  three  weekends. 

Vince  Scidone,  business  representative 
for  the  Rolla  area,  coordinated  the  effort, 
but  the  praise  goes  to  the  17  carpenters  who 
did  the  work.  All  members  of  Local  2298, 
they  were  Paul  Borders,  Jack  Butler  Jr., 
Jack  Butler  Sr.,  Jeff  Butler.  Jim  Butler,  Don 
Davidson,  Vick  Giannobile,  Richard  Golla- 
han,  Noel  Hill,  Vince  Lombardo,  Wayne 
Richmond,  David  Rinck,  Vince  Scidone,  Bill  The  carpenters  from  Local  2298  that  volunteered  their  time  for  Boys  Town  included,  from 
Setzer,  Paul  Shelton,  Luther  Sooter,  and  left,  Jeff  Butler.  Vick  Giannobile.  Vince  Lombardo,  Jack  Butler  Jr..  Steve  Whilson.  Jim 
Steve  Whitson.  Butler.  Vince  Scidone,  and  Jack  Butler  Sr. 


Nova  Scotians  Celebrate  100  Years  in  the  United  Brotherhood 


A  group  of  over  700  Brotherhood  members 
and  their  guests  recently  gathered  in  Halifax . 
N.S.,  to  commemorate  the  100th  anniversary 
of  the  founding  of  Local  83.  Highlights  of 
the  convention  included  a  keynote  address 
by  Ninth  District  General  Executive  Board 
Member  John  Carruthers  and  the  presenta- 
tion of  The  Craft  Transformed,  a  book  on 
the  history  of  carpentry  and  the  union  in  the 
region.  The  book  was  undertaken  as  a  cen- 
tennial project. 

Nova  Scotian  carpenters  have  seen  a  great 
deal  of  growth  and  change  in  these  last  100 
years.  The  theme  of  the  anniversary  con- 
vention was  "Partners  in  Nova  Scotia's 
Growth  for  100  Years."  And  members  are 
already  planning  to  be  an  important  part  of 
the  next  century.  Local  83  has  become 
involved  with  education  and  apprentice  pro- 
grams offered  by  the  government  that  will 
ensure  that  their  members  are  among  the 
most  well-trained  carpenters  in  the  future. 


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gates pictured  above  left.  Pictured  at  right  are  some  of  the  over  700  who  were  present  at 
the  100th  anniversary  celebration  for  Local  83,  Halifax,  N.S. 


Aid  For  Eyesight 


Carpenters  Local  510  Berthoud,  Colo., 
presented  a  $1 ,000  check  to  the  Aimee  Af- 
dahl  Fund  at  a  recent  Lions  Club  Pancake 
breakfast. 

Aimee,  an  18-month-old  Loveland, 
Colo.,  girl,  is  a  victim  of  retrolentalfibro- 
plasia,  a  disease  that  took  her  sight 
shortly  after  birth.  In  an  effort  to  regain 
vision,  Aimee  has  undergone  a  number  of 
operations  in  Boston,  Mass.  More  of  these 
trips  wilt  be  necessary,  and  the  traveling 
costs  are  draining  family  finances. 

Gary  Knapp.  representing  Carpenters 
Local  510,  presented  the  check  to  Aimee's 
grandfather,  John  Keefauver.  The  money 
came  from  the  UBC's  Helping  Hands 


Fund,  and  is  specifically  meant  to  assist  in 
correcting  Aimee's  blindness. 

The  check  presentation  occurred  during 
a  pancake  breakfast  the  Berthoud  Lions 
Club  sponsored  on  Aimee's  behalf.  All 
proceeds  from  the  breakfast  were  turned 
over  to  Aimee's  family. 


Local  1780  Fills  in 
for  Santa  Claus 

Members  of  Local  1780,  Las  Vegas,  Nev., 
took  a  little  time  this  past  Christmas  to  share 
some  holiday  spirit  with  the  senior  citizen 
residents  of  Nye  General  Hospital  in  Ton- 
opah.  LaMar  Lister  and  other  Local  1780 
members  purchased  $500  worth  of  gifts  which 
were  then  distributed  on  December  23 — just 
in  time  for  the  holiday.  After  the  carpenters 
had  played  Santa  Claus  and  presented  all 
the  gifts,  a  group  of  carolers  from  a  local 
church  arrived  to  entertain  the  residents  for 
the  evening. 

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Attend  your  local  union  meetings 
regularly.  Be  an  active  UBC  member. 


20 


CARPENTER 


Sydney  Local  1588  Enjoys  Holiday  and  Construction  Activities 


Local  1588,  Cape  Breton  Island,  Sydney, 
N .  S . ,  held  a  dinner  dance  during  the  holidays 
with  Jim  Tobin,  a  task  force  representative, 
bringing  greetings  from  the  general  office. 
The  dinner  was  an  opportunity  for  members 
and  their  spouses  to  relax  and  enjoy  social- 
izing, eating,  and  dancing,  and  from  all 
reports,  enjoy  they  did! 

Another  project  in  the  works  for  Local 
1588  is  the  construction  of  St.  Ann's  Church, 
Glace  Bay,  Cape  Breton.  The  building  com- 
bines structural  steel  and  wood  frame  with 
the  interior  ceiling  of  the  main  church  con- 
structed entirely  of  wood.  Construction  is 
being  done  by  M.  Sullivan  and  Sons  Ltd. 


A  full  house  enjoyed  the  festivities  at  Local  I588's  dinner  dance. 


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Disability  Checl<  Won 

After  a  two-year  fight  for  justice .  Chief 
Steward  Clifford  Shepard,  left,  a  Local 
2848  member  employed  by  Overhead  Door 
Corp.,  was  finally  able  to  present  a  weekly 
disability  check  for  $500  to  Harold  Byrd, 
center,  a  former  employee  at  the  plant. 
Also  present  was  James  E.  Berryhill,  Lo- 
cal 2848  president. 


San  Diego  l\/lember 
vs.  Drug  Abuse 

After  watching  a  friend's  teenage  son 
struggle  with  drug  addiction  for  three  years, 
San  Diego,  Calif.,  Local  2020  member  Jim 
Noel  felt  he  needed  to  do  something  to  help 
other  young  people  "avoid  making  the  mis- 
take that  can  ruin  your  life."  So  he  started 
his  own  media  blitz  with  cards  and  bumper 
stickers  he  had  printed  with  "Real  Friends 
Don't  Encourage  You  To  Do  Drugs"  and 
"You  Gota  Be  Sick  To  Take  Drugs  When 
You're  Well."  Noel  then  sent  the  stickers 
($1 .00  a  piece  to  Jim  Noel,  3989  Texas  Street, 
San  Diego,  CA  92104)  to  friends,  politicians, 
students,  and  celebrities  all  over  the  country. 
He  has  received  many  appreciative  letters, 
including  one  from  Nancy  Reagan  who 
thanked  him  for  taking  "the  time  and  trouble 
to  send  me  such  an  encouraging  message." 


SHIPMATES  REUNION 

U.S.S.  Marblehead,  CL-12,  all  former 
shipmates  will  meet  for  a  reunion  in  June 
1986,  Philadelphia  area.  For  more  informa- 
tion write:  Joe  Grantham,  Secretary, 
T.F.R.V.,  Route  2,  Box  48A,  Wildwood, 
FL  32785. 


A  wood-and-steel-framed  St.  Ann's  church  building  is  under 
construction  in  Cape  Breton,  Sydney,  N.S. 


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RPPREnilCESHIP  &  TRRininG 


California  Dry  wail/Lather  Apprentice  Training  Center  First  of  its  Kind 

The  new  Kiefer-Paquette  training  center 
in  Hay  ward,  Calif.,  was  recently  dedicated 
at  a  ceremony  attended  by  over  250  people. 
The  drywall/lather  training  center,  the  only 
one  of  its  kind  in  the  country,  is  over  13,000 
square  feet  and  is  also  the  headquarters  for 
the  Northern  California  office,  staffed  by 
four  full-time  employees  serving  the  growing 
apprenticeship  community.  The  drywall/lather 
apprenticeship  program  in  Northern  Cali- 
fornia presently  has  over  800  apprentices. 

Guest  speakers  at  the  event  included  Hay- 
ward  Mayor  Alex  Guilani,  Carpenters  State 
Council  Executive  Secretary  Anthony  B. 
Ramos,  Northern  California  Drywall  Con- 
tractors Executive  Director  Ronald  Becht, 
California  Drywall  Contractors  Association 
Past  President  Ed  Ryan,  UBC  General  Rep- 
resentative Paul  Welch,  and  Carpenters  46 
Northern  California  Counties  Conference 
Board  Executive  Director  Larry  Bee. 

The  center  was  named  for  Joseph  Kiefer 
and  Robert  Paquette,  who  together  have 
over  60  years  of  service  to  apprenticeship 
and  the  industry.  The  dedication  was  done 
in  the  memory  of  the  late  Glen  Parks,  past 
business  representative  of  Local  88-L  whose 
dedicated  service  and  help  was  instrumental 
in  making  the  training  center  a  reality. 


Attend  your  local  union  meetings 
regularly.  Be  an  active,  voting  member 
of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpen- 
ters and  Joiners  of  America. 


The  new  Kiefer-Paquette  training  center  is  pictured,  lop.  along  with  Vll'.s  gathered  at  the 
center's  dedication  ceremony.  Speal<ing  is  William  Woodhridge.  drywallllathers  board  of 
trustees  chairman,  owner  of  Commercial  Interior  Builders.  Sealed,  front  row,  from  left, 
are  Kenny  Davis  of  Kenny  Davis  Plastering:  Dean  Puthuff,  trustee.  Local  I09L  member; 
Larry  Bee;  Paul  Welsh;  Joseph  Kiefer.  retired  carpenter;  Robert  Knight,  trustee.  Local 
36  member:  Johann  Klehs,  county  assemblyman:  Robert  Paquette,  trustee,  D  &  R 
Paquette  Drywall;  Ed  Ryan,  Golden  Gate  drywallllather  CDCA  member;  and  Anthony  B. 
Ramos.  Back  row,  from  left,  are  James  R.  Downing,  secretary-treasurer  of  board  of 
trustees,  JRD  Inc.;  Joseph  Grigsby,  board  of  trustees  co-chairman  and  assistant  to  the 
executive  secretary  of  the  Bay  Counties  district  council:  James  Ellery,  trustee,  James 
Ellery  Lathing:  Romeo  T.  Otto,  trustee,  R.T.  Otto  Lathing  &  Drywall:  Ron  Langston, 
trustee,  Sacramento  District  Council  of  Carpenters;  Tom  Pearl,  trustee.  Local  12^0; 
Dennis  McConnell,  trustee.  Local  2006;  Ted  Woodard,  board  of  trustees  director;  and 
Jerry  Will,  trustee,  Local  88-L. 


l\/ladison  Graduates  Receive  Certificates 

Journeymen  certificates  were  recently  awarded  to  a  group  of  Local  620.  Madison.  N.J., 
apprentice  graduates.  Front  row,  from  left,  are  Dennis  Parrillo,  Anthony  Nucci,  Joseph 
Gessner,  Thomas  Koller,  Samuel  Eastridge,  Chester  Stefanelli,  and  Matthew  Reino. 
Pictured  above,  bacic  row,  from  left,  are  William  O'Neil,  John  Esclimann,  Edward 
Burrows,  Lewis  Romano,  Robert  Hendershol,  and  Business  Manager  George  Laufen- 
berg.  Other  graduates,  not  pictured,  were  Vito  Collucci,  Frederick  Cone,  Michael  G. 
Smith,  Orlando  Vega,  and  Eric  Engslrom. 


Local  1065  Retiree 
Welcomes  Apprentice 

New  apprentice  Kevin  Boitz,  Local 
1065,  Salem,  Ore.,  gets  sworn  in  by 
retired  50-year  member  Waller 
Klemp  at  a  recent  local  union 
ceremony. 


22 


CARPENTER 


Melissa  Curley,  Roberto  Urbima,  Kraig 
pictured  above  with  the  corpsmembers 


1986  Training 
Conference 


The  National  Joint  Committee  has  orga- 
nized a  spring  conference  to  discuss  and 
improve  training  for  the  craft  areas  of  car- 
pentry, millwrighting,  mill-cabinetry,  lath- 
ing, floorcovering,  and  piledriving  as  imple- 
mented by  local  joint  committees  and/or 
affiliate  bodies. 

The  conference  will  be  held  at  the  Logan 
Airport  Hilton,  Boston,  Mass.,  May  5th 
through  8th.  It  will  begin  at  9:00  a.m.  Tues- 
day, May  6,  1986,  and  conclude  at  12:00 
noon  on  Thursday,  May  8,  1986.  It  is  sug- 
gested that  attendees  plan  to  arrive  on  Mon- 
day, May  5,  and  schedule  their  departure 
for  Thursday  afternoon. 

Rates  for  conference  attendees  are  single, 
$85;  Double,  $95.  The  cut-off  date  for  the 
special  rate  is  April  4,  1986.  Reservations 
are  to  be  made  through  the  Training  De- 
partment of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters, 101  Constitution  Ave.  NW,  Wash- 
ington, D.C.  20001.  A  $20  registration  fee 
should  be  forwarded  to  the  Training  De- 
partment with  your  reservation  request. 
Checks  should  be  made  payable  to  the  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of 
America. 

If  there  are  any  topics  you  wish  to  have 
put  on  the  agenda  for  the  conference,  please 
submit  them  to  Sigurd  Lucassen,  101  Con- 
stitution Avenue  NW,  Washington,  D.C. 
20001,  by  March  28,  1986. 

"We  consider  the  Conference  extremely 
important  to  the  continuing  enlargement  of 
our  training  activities  and  trust  that  those 
who  are  directly  involved  in  and  supportive 
of  training  make  attendance  of  this  confer- 
ence a  priority  over  other  conferences,  if 
due  to  economic  problems,  some  priority 
has  to  be  established,"  said  Sigurd  Lucas- 
sen,  first  general  vice  president  and  co- 
chairman  of  the  National  Joint  Committee. 


Darren  Hashing  with  the  rocking  horse  he 
made  for  Santa  Claus  to  give  to  some 
youngster  in  Anaconda. 


Red  Bank,  N.J.,  Apprentice  Graduates 


Anaconda  Corpsmembers  Show  Spirit  of  Giving 


Schnellback,  Tim  Smith,  and  David  Stafford  are 
90  handmade  cradles. 


Corpsmembers  at  the  Anaconda,  Mont., 
Job  Corps  center  made  sure  they  spread  the 
holiday  spirit  as  far  as  they  could  this  past 
Christmas.  Together  they  made  180  wooden 
toys  for  distribution  to  needy  children,  and 
one  corpsmember,  Darren  Hosking,  made  a 
rocking  horse  for  Santa  Claus  to  give  away 
in  a  drawing. 

It  all  started  when  a  local  organization 
called  the  Thrift  Center  found  that  their 
annual  Christmas  distribution  of  toys  to 
needy  area  children  was  threatened  by  fi- 
nancial troubles.  In  1984  over  800  new  and 
used  toys  had  been  distributed  to  300  fami- 
Ues,  and  the  center  planned  on  only  giving 
away  used  toys  in  1985. 

A  local  paper  pubhshed  a  story  about  the 
center's  problems  and  the  community  re- 
sponded whole-heartedly.  More  than  $1,500 
was  raised  and  all  kinds  of  toys  were  do- 
nated, including  two  dozen  dolls  handmade 
by  a  group  of  Anaconda  women  in  six  weeks 
and  90  wooden  cradles  and  90  wooden  trucks 
made  by  the  Job  Corps  members. 

Bob  Wolter,  an  instructor  at  the  Anaconda 
center  said  that  the  wooden  toys  were  just 
"a  slight  way  of  thanking  the  people  of 
Anaconda  for  supporting  the  Center  ...  a 
Uttle  good  will." 


At  their  annual  Christmas  celebration,  the  members  of  Local  2250,  Red  Bank,  N.J., 
presented  awards,  and  certificates  of  completion  to  their  recently  graduated  apprentices. 

The  new  journeymen  are  pictured  above.  Front  row,  from  left,  are  Andrew  Clark, 
Blaine  Dempsey,  Scott  Seigh,  John  Lucassen,  Jeff  Perry,  and  Paul  Ralph.  In  the  back 
row,  from  left,  are  James  A.  Kirk  Jr.,  business  representative:  John  Sorenson:  Kevin 
Martz;  Patrick  Burke;  Kevin  Tierney;  Mike  Megill;  Dennis  Morgan;  and  Phillip  Parratt, 
president.  Not  pictured  is  Ed  McDonnell. 


Award-winning  apprentices  from  the  class 
of  1985  are  pictured  at  right.  From  left,  they 
are  Paul  Gutleber,  the  top  first-year  appren- 
tice; Joseph  Arneth,  top  second-year  ap- 
prentice; Robert  Ellwood,  top  third-year  ap- 
prentice: Scott  Seigh,  top  fourth-year 
apprentice,  and  John  Lucassen,  second 
fourth-year  apprentice. 


MARCH,     1986 


23 


CANCER  on  the  job 


Cancer  now  affects  one  out  of  every  four 
people  in  the  U.S.  In  1979  over  2.000  UBC 
members  died  of  cancer,  second  only  to 
deaths  from  heart  disease.  There  are  esti- 
mates that  23  to  30%  of  cancers  are  due,  in 
part,  to  exposures  in  the  workplace,  so  one 
out  of  3  or  4  cancers  may  be  due  to  cancer- 
causing  chemicals  at  your  job. 


WHAT  IS  CANCER? 

Cancer  is  the  name  for  a  whole  category 
of  diseases  all  having  the  same  common 
characteristic  of  cells  growing  at  a  rapid  and 
abnormal  rate.  If  the  abnormal  cells  grow 
too  much,  the  patient  will  die.  Unlike  damage 
due  to  exposure  to  other  toxic  substances, 
cancer  continues  to  grow  even  after  the 
cancer-causing  substance  (carcinogen)  has 
been  removed.  It  may  not  show  up  for  20- 
40  years.  This  long  period,  or  latency  period, 
before  the  disease  shows  up  makes  it  difficult 
to  identify  the  cause  of  many  cancers. 


PREVENTING  OCCUPATIONAL 
CANCER 

To  prevent  cancers  that  are  caused  by 
occupational  exposure,  we  must  recognize 
possible  carcinogenic  agents  and  then  work 
to  minimize  exposure.  The  UBC  Industrial 
Safety  and  Health  Department  can  help  you 
find  out  if  what  you  are  working  with  can 
cause  cancer. 

There  are  several  ways  to  keep  exposures 
to  carcinogens  to  a  minimum: 

1 .  Substitution.  Find  a  different  chemical 

that  does  the  same  job  but  does  not 
cause  cancer.  For  example,  toluene  is 
often  substituted  for  benzene. 
Unfortunately,  sometimes  the 
substitute  seems  safe  only  because 
we  know  less  about  its  effects.  It  may 
also  turn  out  to  be  hazardous. 

2.  Enclosure.  Exposures  can  be  minimized 

by  totally  enclosing  a  process  so  none 
of  the  material  leaks  out.  This  has 
been  effective  in  the  case  of  vinyl 
chloride.  It  can  also  save  the 
company  money  since  there  is  less 
material  wasted.  The  problem  is  that 
maintenance  crews  still  are  exposed, 
as  are  workers  exposed  in  emergency 
spills.  Plus  enclosing  and  automating 
the  process  may  decrease  the  number 
of  jobs. 

3.  Engineering  contols.  Improving  the 

ventilation  system  can  help  control 
exposures.  Local  exhaust  ventilation 
controls  can  be  very  effective  if 
properly  designed  and  maintained. 
Too  often,  however,  they  are  poorly 
maintained,  get  clogged  up,  and  do 
not  work.  Or  they  are  poorly 
designed  and  may  not  do  the  job.  It  is 
just  not  sufficient  to  keep  adding  to 
the  existing  system.  This  can  cause 
the  whole  ventilation  system  to 
become  unbalanced  and  adequate  air 


is  not  pulled  through  each  section  of 
the  system. 

Improved  sanitation  and  housekeeping 
can  also  help  prevent  exposure  to 
carcinogens  in  the  workplace.  For 
example,  clothes  that  may  be 
contaminated  with  carcinogens  should 
not  be  brought  home  to  be  laundered 
and  contaminate  the  family  wash. 
Change  rooms,  shower  facilities,  and 
fresh  work  clothes  should  be  provided  at 
work  by  the  employer. 
Until  exposure  is  minimized  through 
improved  ventilation,  we  have  to  insist 
on  a  thorough  program  for  personal 
protection.  This  would  include 
protective  garments,  gloves,  respirators, 
and  a  complete  training  program  in  their 
use  and  the  employer's  maintenance 
program.  Such  equipment  must  be 
NIOSH  approved  for  use  against  the 
particular  substance  you  are  working 
with.  The  most  effective  equipment  for 
respiratory  protection  are  supplied  air 
respirators  which  use  their  own  pure  air 
supply.  They  are  also  more  comfortable 
to  wear.  This  should  not  be  relied  on  as 
a  permanent  solution  however. 
Respirator  programs  can  never  be  as 
protective  as  preventing  exposure  in  the 
first  place  by  using  engineering  controls. 
The  Local  has  a  right  to  get  records 
from  the  company  of  any  exposures  to 


chemicals  they  have  monitored,  and 
information  on  their  toxic  effects.  If  they 
have  any  sampling  of  the  air  done,  ask 
for  the  results  and  see  how  high  the 
levels  of  exposures  were. 
One  other  way  to  fight  cancer  in  the 
workplace  is  by  doing  your  own  epidimio- 
logical  studies,  keeping  track  of  what 
people  are  dying  from  at  your  plant,  and 
trying  to  corrolate  it  with  their  jobs  or 
show  that  they  are  dying  at  a  different  rate 
than  other  "'normal"  Americans.  The  UBC 
Safety  and  Health  staff  would  also  be  able 
to  help  you  do  such  a  study. 

Lastly,  discuss  any  suspicions  of  cancer 
problems  with  your  fellow  workers.  By 
exchanging  your  own  experiences,  you  will 
become  aware  of  possible  problems  early 
on  and  the  Local  can  act  to  demand 
protection. 


TELLING  YOUR  DOCTOR 

Nowadays  many  cancers  can  be  treated 
successfully  if  detected  early. 

If  you  do  have  cancer,  discuss  the  possi- 
bility with  your  doctor  that  it  may  be  the 
result  of  exposures  in  the  workplace.  Most 
doctors  know  very  little  about  occupational 
medicine.  Medical  schools  generally  devote 
only  four  hours  to  occupational  medicine 


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24 


CARPENTER 


What  the  Studies  Tell  Us 


JVasal  Cancer  and 
Wood  Dust 

Nasal  cancer  is  extremely  rare.  Less  than 
one  person  in  100,000  gets  it.  But  it  is 
much  more  common  among  wood  workers 
than  in  the  general  population.  There  has 
therefore  been  concern  that  wood  dust,  or 
certain  types  of  wood  dust,  may  cause  na- 
sal cancer 

Nasal  cancer  was  first  associated  with 
furniture  workers  in  England  in  1965  and 
has  since  been  confirmed  in  other  coun- 
tries. A  number  of  chemicals  that  are  con- 
stituents of  certain  kinds  of  wood  (as  well 
as  some  chemicals  used  in  the  wood  prod- 
ucts industry)  are  suspected  of  causing  can- 
cer. Several  studies  of  workers  exposed  to 
wood  dust  have  found  nasal  cancer  (cancer 
of  the  nasal  passages  and  sinuses)  as  well 
as  colon  and  rectal  cancers.  In  1981,  the 
International  Agency  for  Research  on  Can- 
cer concluded  that,  at  least  for  the  furniture 
industry,  there  was  sufficient  evidence  to 
link  wood  dust  exposures  and  nasal  cancer. 
Hardwoods  are  suspected  of  being  more 
hazardous  than  softwoods.  The  latency  pe- 


riod for  nasal  cancer  from  wood  dust  is 
about  40  years.  More  studies  are  being 
done  to  confirm  these  results.  Until  such 
studies  are  completed,  we  must  exercise 
caution  in  handling  wood  dust  because  of 
the  suspicions  it  may  cause  cancer.  In 
March  1985  the  UBC  petitioned  OSHA  to 
set  a  separate  standard  for  wood  dust  of 
Img/m'. 

Formaldehyde  and 
Cancer 

Formaldehyde  is  commonly  used  in 


ifelU*"' 


glues,  foams,  and  resins  for  plywood,  par- 
ticle board,  and  foam  insulation.  Only  lim- 
ited evidence  has  been  found  that  humans 
exposed  to  formaldehyde  will  get  cancer. 
However,  recent  experiments  on  rats  ex- 
posed to  formaldehyde  resulted  in  a  high 
rate  of  nasal  cancer.  Critics  have  argued 
that  the  rats  were  exposed  to  too  high  a 
dose  and  the  results  are  invalid.  Other  sci- 
entists claim  this  study  as  evidence  that 
humans  may  get  cancer  from  exposure  to 
formaldehyde  and  suggest  that  the  most 
cautious  and  protective  approach  is  to  treat 
it  as  a  carcinogen  and  keep  exposure  to  the 
lowest  feasible  amount.  In  October  1981 
the  UBC,  along  with  12  other  international 
unions  and  the  AFL-CIO,  petitioned  OSHA 
for  an  Emergency  Temporary  Standard  to 
reduce  formaldehyde  exposures  to  the  low- 
est feasible  limit  because  of  the  possible 
carcinogenic  risk.  On  December  4,  1985, 
OSHA  published  a  proposed  new  standard 
for  formaldehyde  which  would  lower  the 
permissable  exposure  limit,  from  3  ppm  to 
either  1  or  1.5  ppm. 


What  Chemicals 

Cawise  Cancer? 

Over  2,800  chemicals  cause  cancer  in  animals  and  may  cause 
cancer  in  humans.  Hazards  UBC  members  might  be  exposed  to 
include: 

Hazard 

Cancer  Caused 
or  Suspected 

Industry  or 
Process 

*Wood  Dust 

Nasal,  colon,  rectal 

Woodworking, 
furniture 

*Fonnaldehyde 
Resins 

Nasal,  Brain 

Plywood,  particle 
board,  furniture, 
glues,  foam 
insulation 

*Trichloroethylene 

Liver 

Solvent,  paints, 
resins,  varnish 

Benzene 

Leukemia  (white 
blood  cells) 

Solvent,  furniture 
finish,  glues,  oil 
retinenes 

Vinyl  Chloride 
Monomer 

Liver  (angiosarcoma) 

Polyvinyl  chloride 
plastics 

*Styrene 

7 

Solvents,  adhesives, 
lacquers,  fiberglass 
plastics 

Arsenic 

Lung,  skin 

Wood  preservatives 

Welding  fumes 
(nickel,  beryllium 
chromates) 
Asbestos 

Lung,  nasal 

Lung,  GI 

Mesothelioma  (chest 
cavity  lining) 

Welding 

Insulation  repair 

shipyard, 

construction 

Ultraviolet  Light 

Skin 

Welding  arc 

*Methylene 
chloride 

7 

paint  strippers, 
degreasers 

*  Suspected,  see  section  on  formaldehyde 

and  wood  dust. 

Cancer  in  the  UBC 

In  1978,  Dr.  Samuel  Milham  published  a  study  of  the  UBC 
looking  at  causes  of  deaths  which  occurred  in  1969-1970  and 
1972-1973.  He  found  the  highest  causes  of  death  were  heart 
disease  and  cancer.  Cancer  was  the  cause  of  one  in  five  deaths. 
This  is  not  high  when  compared  with  a  normal  population.  But 
working  people  are  usually  healthier  than  a  '  'normal' '  popula- 
tion, which  includes  more  older  people,  the  unemployed,  handi- 
capped, etc.  He  did  find  an  '  'excess' '  or  unusually  high  amount 
of  cancer  among  our  members.  These  were  divided  up  by  trade 
and  the  cancers  he  found  to  be  in  excess  are  listed  below: 


Occupation 

Construction  Workers 


Acoustical  Tile  Applicators 
and  Insulators 


Millwright 


Pile  Drivers 


Ship  Carpenters 

Millman,  Lumber,  Sawmill 
Workers 


Cabinet  Makers 
Furniture  Workers 
Plywood  Workers 


Cancer 

Lung  cancer,  leukemia-lymphoma 
(blood  cells) 

Lung  cancer,  mesothelioma  (chest 
cavity  lining) 

Lung  cancer,  multiple  myeloma, 
(bone  marrow) 

Lung  cancer,  stomach  and 
pancreas  cancer 

No  excesses  observed 

Leukemia-lumphoma  (blood 
cells),  multiple  myeloma  (bone 
marrow) 

Leukemia-lymphoma  (blood  cells) 

Lung  cancer 

Leukemia-lymphoma  (blood  cells) 


The  cause  of  most  of  these  cancers  is  unknown.  The  cancers 
of  the  blood  and  bone  marrow  (leukemia-lymphoma  and  multiple 
myeloma)  are  often  linked  with  exposure  to  solvents  like  benzene 
which  may  be  used  in  wood  working  glues.  Mesothelioma  is 
always  a  result  of  exposure  to  asbestos.  Lung  cancer  would  be 
due  to  an  inhaled  carcinogen.  Stomach  cancer  would  result  from 
some  carcinogen  which  was  either  swallowed  or  inhaled  and 
later  swallowed. 


MARCH,     1986 


25 


U.S.  Tax  Form 
Changes  in  *85 


Toll  Free  Help 
Available 


If  you  have  questions  or  problems 
when  preparing  your  tax  forms,  you 
can  call  the  IRS  for  assistance.  In  the 
back  of  your  tax  preparation  booklet 
you'll  find  a  toll-free  number  hsted 
for  your  area.  IRS  professionals  will 
be  taking  calls  to  these  numbers  to 
assist  you  in  understanding  the  new 
regulations  and  procedures  and  an- 
swer any  questions. 


The  1985  tax  forms  you  will  be  filing  next 
month  contain  several  major  changes  in 
format.  However,  the  most  dramatic  change 
is  not  the  addition  of  a  new  line  or  a  new 
form  to  file.  This  year  marks  the  first  year 
that  tax  indexing  is  in  effect. 

A  part  of  the  Economic  Recovery  Tax  Act 
of  1981,  tax  indexing  adjusts  tax  brackets, 
personal  and  dependent  exemptions  as  well 
as  zero  bracket  amounts,  according  to  the 
percentage  increase  in  the  Consumer  Price 
Index  for  the  previous  fiscal  year.  The  size 
of  the  increase  for  1985  is  4.1%.  This  means 
that  the  $1,000  personal  exemption  is  in- 
creased to  $1,040.  The  zero  bracket  amount, 
or  the  amount  you  can  earn  tax-free,  is 
increased  to  $3,540  for  joint  returns  and 
$2,390  for  single  returns  (up  from  1984's 
figures  of  $3,400  and  $2,300,  respectively). 

Other  modifications  to  the  1985  1040  Form 
affect  the  deductions  listed  below.  Taxpay- 
ers who  file  the  1040EZ  or  1040A  Forms  will 
find  some  of  the  same  changes  made  to  these 
forms. 

Alimony — Alimony  payments  are  deduct- 
ible for  the  payer  and  may  be  included  under 
income  by  the  recipient.  In  an  effort  to  verify 


that  the  recipient  is  properly  reporting  this 
additional  income,  the  Internal  Revenue 
Service  has  adopted  a  new  filing  requirement 
for  the  spouse  paying  alimony.  In  addition 
to  listing  the  amount  of  alimony  paid  during 
the  year,  the  payer  will  provide  the  IRS  with 
the  full  name  and  social  security  number  of 
the  former  spouse  receiving  payments. 

Dependency  exemption — The  1985  1040 
Form  features  a  new  line  in  the  exemptions 
section  for  divorced  parents  with  dependent 
children.  Beginning  this  year,  the  parent 
who  is  awarded  custody  of  a  child  is  entitled 
to  the  dependency  exemption,  even  if  the 
custodial  parent  does  not  provide  more  than 
half  of  the  child's  support.  However,  if  there 
is  a  written  agreement  to  the  contrary,  a 
copy  of  this  document  must  be  included  with 
the  tax  return  of  the  noncustodial  parent 
claiming  the  deduction. 

Mortgage  interest — Individuals  paying  $600 
or  more  in  mortgage  interest  during  1985  will 
be  sent  a  copy  of  Form  1098  by  the  financial 
institution  receiving  their  payments.  The 
amount  indicated  on  this  form  should  be 
entered  on  Schedule  A.  There  is  no  need  to 


include  this  form  with  your  tax  return  since 
a  copy  of  it  will  already  have  been  forwarded 
to  the  IRS  by  the  financial  institution  in- 
volved. 

Charitable  contributions — Individuals 
making  charitable  contributions  of  property 
(other  than  publicly  traded  securities)  with 
a  claimed  value  of  more  than  $5,000  will 
have  a  new  form  to  file  with  their  1985 
return.  Form  8283  requires  that  the  following 
details  concerning  the  donated  property  be 
provided  to  the  IRS:  the  charity's  signed 
acknowledgement  of  the  gift,  information 
about  the  property,  and  a  signed  certificate 
from  an  appraiser  detailing  the  property's 
fair  market  value. 

Taxpayers  who  don't  itemize  on  Schedule 
A  will  discover  an  increased  in  the  deductible 
amount  for  charitable  contributions.  Non- 
itemizers  can  deduct  up  to  50%  of  their  total 
contributions,  with  no  dollar  limit.  This  com- 
pares to  a  maximum  deduction  of  $75  in 
1984  (25%  of  the  first  $300  contributed). 

IRAs — Last  year's  1040  Form  contained 
a  separate  line  for  1984  IRA  contributions 
made  in  1985.  This  separate  entry  is  not 
included  on  this  year's  tax  form. 


Semiannual  Savings 
Bonds  Rate  8.36% 


Series  BE  U.S.  Savings  Bonds  are  now 
receiving  an  8.36%  interest  rate.  Treasurer 
of  the  United  States  Katherine  D.  Ortega 
announced. 

Rates  on  Series  EE  Bonds  are  set  at  85% 
of  the  average  rates  in  the  market  of  five- 
year  Treasury  marketable  securities  during 
the  past  six  months.  The  latest  rate  is  the 
seventh  semiannual  "market-based"  rate  to 
take  effect  since  variable  rates  for  Savings 
Bonds  were  introduced  on  November  1, 
1982.  The  previous  rate,  in  effect  from  May 
1  through  October  31,  1985,  was  9.49%. 

Treasurer  Ortega,  who  is  also  National 
Director  ofthe  U.S.  Savings  Bonds  program, 
said  the  new  rate  "will,  as  the  Treasury 
intended  when  it  implemented  the  variable 
rate  structure,  continue  our  competitive  stance 
among  savings  instruments.  Coming  off  a 
year  in  which  sales  increased  by  29%  to 
$5,025  billion,  I  look  forward  to  continuing 
sales  gains  in  1986." 


Construction  Pay  Rebounded  In  1985 
With  Fewer  Wage  Freezes  And  Rollbacks 


For  the  first  year  since  1981,  negotiated 
wage  and  benefit  increases  in  new  construc- 
tion labor  agreements  in  1985  were  larger 
than  in  the  preceding  year,  according  to  an 
analysis  of  year-end  data  by  the  Construction 
Labor  Research  Council.  First-year  wage 
and  benefit  increases  last  year  averaged  1 .6% 
or  34«:  an  hour,  according  to  CLRC's  survey 
of  828  agreements,  contrasted  with  the  0.4% 
or  8(2  per  hour  average  gain  posted  in  1984 — 
the  lowest  in  more  than  40  years. 

The  higher  increase  in  1985  was  attributed 
to  fewer  freezes  and  rollbacks  than  in  the 
previous  year.  However,  pacts  incorporating 
wage-fringe  freezes  remained  the  most  com- 
mon settlement  in  1985  with  232  of  828 
agreements  providing  no  first-year  increase. 
First-year  rollbacks  occurred  in  65  settle- 
ments. Among  contracts  with  increases,  the 
amount  negotiated  in  1985  was  no  higher 
than  in  1984.  While  second-  and  third-year 
increases  were  higher  than  in  the  first  year 


in  multi-year  contracts  concluded  in  1985, 
CLRC  found  these  increases  to  be  lower 
than  in  the  previous  year  and  the  lowest 
deferred  increases  since  the  mid-1960s. 

CLRC  says  negotiated  increases  in  1985 
were  offset  by  cost-saving  changes  in  work 
rules  that  reduced  first-year  gains  by  an 
estimated  lit  per  hour  in  contracts  with 
these  language  modifications.  The  most  fre- 
quent modification  reported  was  reduction 
in  the  over  time  premium  from  double  time 
to  time  and  a  half  for  daily  and  Saturday 
work.  Also  common  were  reductions  in  the 
cost  of  shift  work,  elimination  or  reduction 
of  travel  pay,  fewer  paid  holidays,  and  es- 
tablishment of  a  work  week  of  four  10-hour 
days. 

The  all-industries  median  first-year  wage 
increase  during  January,  1986  is  3%  or  27.8^ 
an  hour,  compared  with  4%  or  31.8(2  in 
January,  last  year. 


26 


CARPENTER 


UBC  Local  Ladies' 
Auxiliary  Unions 

Club  activities  promote  the 
Brotherhood  in  area  communities 


Although  UBC  local  ladies'  auxiliary  unions 
don't  get  a  lot  of  publicity,  they  quietly 
provide  a  strong  and  active  wellspring  of 
support  for  the  United  Brotherhood  and  the 
causes  of  labor.  From  scholarship  funding 
to  raising  money  for  health  and  research 
foundations  to  political  action  to  continually 
upholding  the  union  label,  the  activities  of 
the  auxiliaries  are  many  and  varied. 

Following  is  a  directory  of  active  auxiliary 
locals  and  state  councils,  and  the  procedure 
for  starting  a  local  auxiliary. 

Organizing  a  Local  Auxiliary 

1.  Write  local  union  for  cooperation. 

2.  To  organize  a  local  auxiliary,  there 
must  be  at  least  10  eligible  men  or  women. 

3.  Notify,  or  have  notified,  all  those  eli- 
gible for  membership  to  meet  at  a  designated 
place  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  an  aux- 
iliary. 

4.  The  chairperson  of  the  meeting  (usually 
the  person  organizing  the  auxiliary)  enter- 
tains a  motion  that  an  auxiliary  be  organized. 
If  motion  carries,  the  application  for  charter 
is  then  signed  by  the  eligibles  present. 

5.  After  the  eligibles  have  signed,  the 
election  of  officers  may  be  held.  If  the 
members  wish  to  postpone  the  election  of 
officers,  an  acting  chairperson  and  secretary 
may  be  elected. 

6.  The  newly  elected  officers  then  preside 
at  the  meeting  under  the  guidance  of  the 
organizer. 

7.  The  appUcation  for  charter  and  outfit 
is  then  mailed  to  the  general  president  ac- 
companied by  charter  fee  of  $50.00. 

8.  In  locaUties  where  the  necessary  eli- 
gibles are  not  sufficient,  several  towns  may 
organize  a  combination  auxiliary. 


ALABAMA 

629  Sheffield— Ueels  Carpenters  Hall,  2nd  and 
4th  Thursdays.  Mrs.  Thomas  L.  Mecke,  R. 
S.,  Rte.  7,  Box  243,  Florence,  Ala. 

658  Birmingham— Meets  1810  7th  Ave.  N.,  2nd 
and  4th  Mondays. 

ARIZONA 

407  Glendale— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  5826  54th 

Dr.,  4th  Monday.  Joyce  Bolin,  R.  S.,  7246 

W.  College  Dr.  (85029). 
743  Tucson— Meets  Union  Hall,  606  S.  Plumer, 

3rd  Tuesday. 
871  Flagstaff— Meets.  Linda  Gundelach,  R.  S., 

2113  N.  East  Street  (86001). 


ARKANSAS 

55 1  Pine  Bluff— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  901  Vi  Pop- 
ular, 3rd  Friday.  Linda  Newman,  R.  S.,  R. 
R.  2,  Box  162,  Rison  (71667). 

774  Jonesboro— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  4928  E. 
Nettleton,  1st  &  3rd  Mondays. 


CALIFORNIA 

160  Oakland— Meets  Union  Hall,  8460  Enterprise 
Way,  1st  &  3rd  Thursdays.  Linda  Bryon, 
R.  S.,  1523  Fountain,  Alameda  (94501). 

170  San  Diego — Meets  Members  Home,  4th  Fri- 
day. Anne  M.  Hedenkamp,  R.  S.,  515  2nd 
Ave.,  Chula  Vista  (92010). 

216  5ana  Ana— Meets  2829  W.  1st  St.,  2nd  Thurs- 
day noon — 3rd  Tuesday  night.  Mrs.  Clark 
Hocutt,R.  S.,  12551  Lampson  Ave.,  Garden 
Grove,  Calif.  (92640). 

232  Bakersfield— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  911  20th 
St.,  1st  Wednesdays.  Sherry  Self,  R.  S., 
1 125  Dawn  St.  (93304). 

244  San  Jose — Meets  Labor  Temple,  2102  Alma- 
den  Rd.,  1st  Wed.  Peggy  Garn,  R.  S.,  496 
Minnesota  Ave.  (95125). 

338  Roseville— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1038  Mel- 
ody La.,  2nd  Tuesday.  Melody  West,  R. 
S.,  6224  Jack  London,  Sacramento  (95842). 

373  Salinas— Meets  422  N.  Main  St.,  Carpenters 
Hall,  2nd  Wed.  Dorothea  Francis,  R.  S.,  9 
Trevithal  Street  (93901). 

403  Glendale— Meets  105  Chevy  Chase,  1st  Fri- 
day. Thelma  Simpronio,  R.  S.,  3651  First 
Ave.,  La  Crescenta  (91214). 

412  Vista — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  353  Broadway, 
1st  and  3rd  Mon.  Helen  Chapman,  R.  S., 
P.O.  Box  1016,  Vista,  Calif.  (92083). 

470  Santa  Rosa— Meets  1700  Corby  Ave.,  3rd 
Tuesday. 

495  San  Rafael— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  647  Lin- 
daro  St.,  1st  Wed.  Rita  Wilcox,  R.  S.,  224 
Ridgeway  Ave.,  Fairfax  (94930). 

503  Crannell — Meets  Crannell  Cook  House,  1st 
Monday. 

506  San  Diego — Meets  2309  Broadway,  2nd  and 
4th  Mondays.  Marg  Whitely,  R.  S.,  425 
Canyon  Rd.,  Canebrake,  Julian  (92036). 

521  Inglewood— Meets  5730  W.  Arbor  Vitae,  Los 
Angeles,  2nd  Tues.  Dorothy  Lager,  R.  S., 
5414  W.  138th  Street,  Hawthorne  (90250). 

543  Oxnard— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  444  W.  2nd 

St.,  2nd  Monday.  Willa  Dever,  R.  S.,  254 
W.  First  St.,  Oxnard  (93030). 

544  Napa — Meets  Labor  Temple,  1606  Main  St., 

4th  Monday.  Theresa  Huntsinger,  R.  S., 
1767  Laurel  (94558). 
554  Mountail  View — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  701 
Stierlin  Rd.,  2nd  Thursday.  Sandy  Hoopes, 
R.  S.,  4908  Massachusetts  Dr.,  San  Juan 
(95136). 


Bloomington  Club 
Gives  Puppet  Show 

One  hundred  and  two  children  and  grand- 
children of  Local  63,  Bloomington,  III., 
members  enjoyed  a  puppet  show,  above 
right,  sponsored  by  Ladies  Auxiliary  792 
during  the  Christmas  holidays.  The  chil- 
dren also  got  a  special  treat,  above  left, 
when  Santa  Claus  (a.k.a.  Donald  Alsman, 
Local  63)  visited  the  party. 


618  Modesto— Meets  602  10th  St.,  1st  Tuesday. 

621  Palo  Alto — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1st  Tues- 
day. 

639  Costa  Mesa— Meets  8302  Atlanta  Ave.,  Hun- 
tington Beach,  2nd  and  4th  Wednesdays. 
Helen  Green,  R.  S.,  2038  Anaheim  (92627). 

647  Pomona — Meets  1144  E.  Second,  2nd  Tues- 
day. Trini  Escaneules,  R.  S.,  955  E.  7th  St., 
Pomona  (91766). 

667  Richmond— Meets  3750  San  Pablo  Dam  Rd., 
El  Sobrante,  1st  and  3rd  Tuesdays.  Mrs. 
Osie  Martin,  R.  S.,  2836  Tulare  Ave.  (94804). 

674  Monterey — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  773  Haw- 
thorne St.,  1st  and  3rd  Mondays. 

712  Riverside— Meets  1038  10th  St.,  2nd  and  4th 
Mondays.  Anna  L.  Sweeney,  R.  S.,  640 
Kemp  St.,  Riverside,  Calif. 

717  San  Diego — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  23rd  and 
Broadway,  2nd  Monday.  Grace  Smith,  R. 
S.,  3830i/2  Villa  Terr.  (92104). 

728  Los  Gatos— Meets  17480  Shelbume  Way,  1st 
Tuesday.  Lois  Rose,  R.  S.,  1095  Hazel- 
wood,  Campbell  (95008). 

748  Marysville— Meets  212  Bridge  Street,  Yuba 
City,  1st  Thursday.  Claretta  Webb,  R.  S., 
2795  Piute  Rd.,  Marysville  (95901). 

802  Fresno— Meets  5228  E.  Pine,  3rd  Wednesday. 

863  Hayward— Meets  1050  Mattox  Road,  4th 
Thursday.  Lena  M.  Weir,  R.  S.,  4173  David 
St.,  Castro  Valley  (94546). 

872  Visalia— Meets  319  North  Church,  4th  Thurs- 
day. Caria  Dignan,  R.  S.,  2520  17th  St., 
Kingsburg  (93631). 

COLORADO 

156  Denver— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  2011  Glen- 
arm  PI.,  1st  Wednesday.  Iva  H.  Andrews, 
R.  S.,  4575  Winona  Ct.  (80212). 

203  Colorado  Springs — Meets  members  homes. 
3rd  Monday.  Beth  McConnell,  R.  S.,  922 
N.  Logan  (80909). 


MARCH,     1986 


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223  Grand  Junction — Meets  members'  homes,  1st 
Thursday.  Julia  Maldanado.  R.  S.,  402  W. 
Grand  Ave.  (815011. 

404  Fori  Co//in5— Meets  429  E.  Magnoha,  1st 
Friday. 

803  Golden — Meets  Carpenters  Hall.  2nd  Tues- 
day. 

CONNECTICUT 

653  Bristol — Meets  at  homes,  4th  Wednesday.  Mrs. 
Frances  Albert,  R.  S..  57  Concord  St., 
Bristol,  Conn 

FLORIDA 

87  Tampa— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  204  E.  Hen- 
derson Ave.,  1st  Monday.  Joann  Brace,  R. 
S.,  2306  1 1 1th  Avenue  (336121. 

736  Davtona  Beach— Meeti  Carpenters  Hall,  919 
Beach  St.,  4th  Wed.  Jessie  Miller,  R.  S., 
136  Maplewood  Dr.  (320171. 

850  West  Palm  Beach— Meels  537  Gardenia,  2nd 
and  4th  Mondays.  Pauline  D.  Pierce,  R.  S., 
801  Belmont  Dr.  (334061. 

884  Fl.   Lauderdale— Meeli   2nd  Thursday,   808 

Broward  Blvd.  Susan  Molnar,  R.  S.,  429  S. 
W.  22nd  Terrace  (33312). 

IDAHO 

582  Idaho  Falls— Meets  325  Chamberlin,  3rd  Fri- 
day. Mabel  Hook,  R.  S,  933  Bryan  Road, 
Pocatello  (832011. 

854  Cascade — Meets  Community  Action  Center, 
4th  Monday.  Rose  Moore,  R.  S.,  P.O.  Box 
366(836111. 

859  Nampa — Meets  Labor  Temple,  1st  Monday. 
Donna  Teeten,  R.  S.,  124  Canyon  (83651). 

ILLINOIS 

230  Springfield— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  211  W. 
Lawrence,  1st  Mon.  Mrs.  Patricia  Casper, 
R.  S.,  604  N.  Daniel  (62702). 

366  Elgin — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1st  Wednes- 
day. Mrs.  Wesley  Meyers,  R.  S.,  897  N. 
Water  Street,  S.  Elgin  (60177). 

657  Marion — Meets  members'  homes,  4th  Thurs- 
day. Mrs.  Burrell  Moore,  R.  S.,  1000  W. 
Blvd.  (62959). 

792  Bloominglon— Meets  2002  Beich  Rd.,  2nd 
Wednesday.  Lynn  Perschall,  R.  S.,  2002 
Beich  Rd.  (61707). 

861  Rock  Island— Meets  1420  W.  16th  St.,  Dav- 
enport, 1st  Tuesday.  Martha  La  Mar,  R.  S., 
R.  1,  Dixon,  Iowa  (52745). 

INDIANA 

398  Muncie — Meets  Members  Homes,  1st  Satur- 
day. Cindy  Bramlett,  R.  S.,  3185-S-SR3, 
Hartford  (47348). 

445  Terre  Haute — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1 18  N. 
3rd  St.,  1st  Thurs.  Anna  May  Haring,  R. 
S.,  2009  South  4th  St.  (47802). 

462  Lafayette — Meets  Duncan  Hall,  3rd  Thurs- 
day. Mary  Johnson,  R.  S.,  1422  Virginia  St. 
(47905). 

471  Gary — Meets  Labor  Temple,  2nd  Thursday. 

828  Indianapolis — Meets  2635  S.  Madison  Ave., 
2nd  Tuesday. 

848  Vincennes  Meets  1602  Main  St..  2nd  Mon- 
day. Vera  Stevens,  R.  S,  609  Dubois,  Law- 
renceville.  111.  (62439). 

852  Covington — Meets.  Patty  Beasley,  R.  S.,  R. 
R.  4,  Veedersburg  (47987). 

885  Vincinnes— Meets  1604  Main  St.,  1st  Monday. 

IOWA 

4  Des  Moines — Meets  1223  6th  Ave.,  3rd  Tues- 
day. Dolores  Summy,  R.  S.,  7803  S.W.  10th 
PI.  (50315). 
307  Sioux  City — Meets  at  homes,  3rd  Monday. 
Irma  Moss,  R.  S,  912  So.  Glass  St.  (51 106). 


483  Burlington— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  817 
Koestner  St.,  2nd  Mon.  Jeanne  Baker,  R. 
S.,  R.R.  1,  Box  41,  Weaver  (52658). 

806  Cedar  Rapids — Meets  1266  Wilson  Avenue, 
S.  W..  1st  Monday.  Lillian  Edwards.  R.  S., 
6052  Westview  Avenue  S.  W.  (52404). 

861  Davenport— Meets  1621  West  16th,  1st  Tues- 
day. 

KANSAS 

95  Topeka — Meets  Carpenter  Bldg.,  1st  and  3rd 
Fridays.  Florence  Martell,  R.  S.,  605  West 
8th  (66603). 
768  Kansas  City— Meets  \Wi  North  10th  St..  2nd 
Wednesday.  Ethel  Parsons,  R.  S.,  1321 
Central  (66102). 

MASSACHUSETTS 

744  Fitchburg — Meets  Thomas  Phalen  Hall,  2nd 
Monday.  Bonnie  Amico,  R.  S.,  Thomas 
Phalen  Hall,  Fitchburg,  (01420). 

827  Springfield — Meets  26  Willow,  1st  Friday.  Mrs. 
Rose  Bertone,  R.  S.,  50  Ariiss  St. 

846  West  Newton — Meets  members'  homes,  3rd 
Monday.  Mary  Pacione,  R.  S.,  63  Webster 
PI.,  West  Newton  (02165). 

874  Ashland — Meets  at  58  Union  Street,  last  Tues- 
day. Gail  Deitemeyer,  R.  S..  88  Whitcomb 
Drive,  S.  Lancaster  (01561). 

MINNESOTA 

61  5/.  Paul — Meets  Labor  Centre,  3rd  Monday. 
Edna  Erickson,  R.  S.,  1933  E.  Nevada  Ave. 
(55119). 
750  St.  Cloud — Meets  Labor  Temple,  2nd  Thurs- 
day. Mrs.  Oscar  Engstrand,  R.  S.,  146  N. 
35th  Ave.,  St.  Cloud,  Minn. 

MISSOURI 

23  St.  Louis — Meets  1401  Hampton  St..  2nd  and 
4th  Tuesdays.  Marge  Strumsky.  R.  S.,  5 
Eastview  Dr.,  Fenton  (63026). 

122  Kansas  City — Meets  625  W.  39th.  Carpenters 
Bldg..  3rd  Wednesday  following  1st  Mon- 
day. Christine  Wright,  R.  S.,  1900  Spruce 
(64127). 

285  Jefferson  City — Meets  Carpenters  Bldg.,  230 
W.  Dunklin,  Isl  Thursday.  Mrs.  Reva  Meyer, 
R.  S.,  1414  E.  Miller,  New  Bloomfield,  Mo. 

390  Carthage — Meets  Members  Homes,  1st  Mon- 
day. Frances  Whitaker,  R.  S.,  1024  East 
Fairview  (64836). 

431  Springfield — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  642 
Boonville  Ave.,  1st  Thursday.  Dorothy  Ray, 
R.  S.,  2521  Boonville  (65803). 

679  St.  Joseph— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  310  So. 
Belt  Hwy.,  3rd  Friday.  Mrs.  Imogene  M. 
Barton,  R.  S.,  3211  Locust  St.  (64501). 

704  Poplar  Bluff— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  2nd  Fri- 
day. Myrtle  B.  Brown,  R.  S.,  Rt.  2  (63901). 

MONTANA 

202  Bozeinan — Meets  Labor  Temple,  1st  and  3rd 
Fridays.  Bobbie  Sue  Mainwaring.  R.  S., 
Box  367,  Belgrade  (59714). 


Washington  State 
Auxiliary  Convention 

The  secretary  of  the  Washington  State 
Council  of  Ladies'  Auxiliaries,  Mary  Lar- 
son, reports  that  preparations  for  the  April 
state  convention  are  well  underway.  At- 
tendants to  the  convention  plan  on  exploring 
changes  to  reverse  the  recent  decline  in 
membership. 


311  Anaconda — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  215  E. 
Commercial  Ave.,  4th  Wednesday.  Mar- 
garet Baumgardner,  R.  S.,  9141A  E.  4lh  St. 
(59711). 

435  Pohon— Meets  City  Hall,  1st  and  3rd  Tues- 
days. 

472  Billings— Meets  24  South  29th  St.,  2nd  and 
4th  Tuesdays.  Emma  J.  Lohriein,  R.  S.,  615 
Avenue  E  (59102). 

791  Helena — Meets  Labor  Temple.  Gayle  Hoffer, 
R.  S.,  3733  Hwy.  12,  E.  Helena  (59635). 

797  Kalispell— Meets  704  S.  Main,  2nd  Wednes- 
day. Martha  Peterson,  R.  S.,  520  4th  West 
(59901). 

NEBRASKA 

399  Lincoln — Meets  Union  Hall,  2nd  Tuesday. 
Marie  Filbert,  R.  S.,  1942.  Euclid  Ave., 
Lincoln  (68502). 

498  Fremont — Meets  in  homes,  3rd  Monday.  Pau- 
line Sorge,  R.  S.,  2509  N.  Broad  St.  (68025). 

721  Hastings — Meets  in  homes,  1st  Tuesday.  He- 
lene  Nauenberg,  R.  S,,  1126  N.  Colorado 
(68901). 

NEVADA 

597  LajVfgaj— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  501  Lamb 
Blvd.,  1st  Friday.  Sue  Jarman,  R.  S.,  2233 
Raymond  Ave.  (89110). 


NEW  JERSEY 

877  Lakehurst — Meets  Carpenters  Hall.  Mary  El- 
len Coughran,  R.  S.,  23  Laurleton  Ave., 
Jackson  (08527). 


NEW  YORK 

78  Port  Chester— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  232 
Westchester  Ave..  Port  Chester,  1st  Mon- 
day. Mrs.  E.  Carison.  R.  S.,  39  Palace 
Place,  Port  Chester,  N.Y. 

343  Niagara  Falls — Meets  Carpenter  Hall,  Buffalo 
Ave.,  2nd  &  4th Tuesdays.  Mrs.  Frank  Rice, 
R.  S..  3820  Walnut  Ave.  (14301). 

770  Schenectady — Meets  Carpenter  Hall,  145  Bar- 
rett St.,  1st  Tues.  Shirley  Chandler,  R.  S., 
1 1 15  Fort  Hunter  Road,  Schenectady.  N.Y. 

876  Rochester — Meets  55  Troup  St.,  3rd  Friday. 
AndreaChomopyski.R.S.,  1986 Brace  Rd.. 
Victor  (14564). 

OHIO 

2  ro/pJr)— Meets  Carpenters' Hall,  1217Prouty, 
4th  Monday.  Irene  Meder,  R.  S.,  820  So. 
Ave.  (43609). 

410  Lima— Meets  Union  Hall,  702  N.  Jackson  St., 

2nd  Wednesday. 
730  Kent — Meets  Labor  Temple,  4th  Monday. 
811  Steubenville — Meets      Legion      Hall.      4th 

Wednesday.  Mrs.  Joseph  Huff,  Jr.,  R.  S., 

Rte.  2,  Toronoto 

OKLAHOMA 

121  0<:m«/.i;pf— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  208  S. 
Central,  1st  and  3rd  Thursdays.  Mary  Jane 
Hawkins,  R.  S.,  1008  E.  13th  St.  (74447). 

139  Muskogee — Meets  Carpenters  Hall.  230  N. 
7th  St.,  2nd  and  4th  Mondays.  Ruth  Keeler, 
R.  S.,  221  North  T  (74401). 

205  Enid — Meets  in  members'  homes,  1st  Mon- 
day. Mrs.  Charles  Dillard,  R.  S.,  114  East 
Ohio  (73701). 

211  Oklahoma  C/rv— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  9141^ 

California.  Zula  White,  R.  S.,  5719  S.  Klein 

(73109). 
331   7"«faa— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  8220  E.  Skelly 

Dr.,  1st  Tuesday.  Wanda  Booth,  R.  S.,  Rt. 

4,  Box  450,  Broken  Arrow  (74014). 


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CARPENTER 


OREGON 

291  Klamath  Falls — Meets  1911  Johnson  Ave.,  1st 
&  3rd  Wednesdays.  Roseanna  Breeding, 
R.  S.,  4212  Fargo,  Klamath  Falls  (97601). 

354  Bandon — Meets  Labor  Temple,  1st  Tuesday. 
Mrs.  Olive  Williams,  R.  S.,  Box  293  (9741 1). 

421  Med/ord— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  123!/:  W. 
Maia,  1st  Friday. 

502  Coos  Bay — Meets  Labor  Temple,  North  Bend, 
2nd  Friday.  Alice  Gayewski,  R.  S.,  P.O. 
Box  3651  (97420). 

599  Baker— Meets  Union  Hall,  1900  Resort  St., 
2nd  Thursday.  Esther  Rudolph,  R.  S.,  1940 
Oak  (97814). 

613  Wallowa — Meets  Union  Hall,  2nd  Wednes- 
day. Velma  Hescock,  Pres.,  Box  386  (97885). 

643  Coquille — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  Isl  and  3rd 
Mondays. 

684  St.  Helens — Meets  Labor  Temple,  1st  Mon- 
day. 

700  Kinzua — Meets  Community  Jeffmore  Hall,  1st 
&  3rd  Wednesdays. 

764  Pilot  Rock — Meets  in  Homes,  4th  Wednesday. 
Mary  Denny,  R.  S.,  Box  421,  Pilot  Rock 
(97868). 

865  Bend — Meets  Bend  and  Redmond,  1st  Thurs- 
day. Sharon  Gormley,  R.  S.,  P.O.  Box  494, 
Terrebonne  (97760). 

PENNSYLVANIA 

35  Philadelphia— Meets  1616  Orthodox  St.,  4th 
Monday.  Catherine  Ippolito,  R.  S.,  6660 
Tulip  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

478  McKeesport — Meets  Members'  homes  when 
convenient.  Mrs.  Edith  Breakall,  R.  S.,  508 
Palm  St.  (15132). 

665  New  Brighton — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  2nd 
Wednesday.  Geraldine  Coulter,  R.  S.,  512 
Hillcrest  Ave.,  Beaver  Falls,  (15010). 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

785  Russellville— Meets  Union  Hall,  2nd  Tuesday. 
Mary  L.  King,  R.  S.,  Rte.  1,  Box  56,  St. 
Stephen,  S.  Car. 

TENNESSEE 

337  Memphis — Meets  members'  homes,  2nd 
Wednesday.  Mrs.  H.  C.  Johnson,  R.  S., 
3667IrmaSt.  (38127). 

449  Knoxville — Meets  516  W.  Vine  Ave.,  Knox- 
ville,  1st  Friday. 

TEXAS 

3  Dallas — Meets  6614  S.  Thornton  Frwy.,  2nd 
and  4th  Mondays.  Betsy  Millican,  R.  S., 
c/o  6614  So.  R.  L.  Thornton  Frwy.  (75232). 
6  Houston — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  2600  Ham- 
ilton, 2nd  Monday.  Merle  Kunz,  R.  S.,  724 
Duff  (77022). 

180  Amarillo — Meets  1st  Thursday.  Twila  Hilt- 
brunner,  R.  S.,  4310  Summit  (79109). 

391  Abilene— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  10741/:  S. 
Second,  2nd  and  4th  Mondays. 

51 1  Austin — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  400  Josephine 
St.,  2nd  and  4th  Wednesdays.  Bobbie  Miller, 
R.  S.,  Rt.  3,  Box  80,  Elgin  (78621). 

536  Beaumont — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1965  Park 
St.,  1st  Monday.  Mrs.  S.  T.  Haire,  R.  S., 
4655  Revere  Lane,  Vidor  (77662). 

558  Texas  City — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  2nd  Mon- 
day. Donna  McLain,  R.  S.,  5021  Brainle- 
rook,  Dickinson  (77539). 

596  Temple— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  220  N.  Main 
St.,  2nd  Tuesday.  Effie  Mae  Bell,  R.  S., 
1101  Cedar  Dr.,  Killeen  (76543). 

603  Wichita  Falls— Meets  4400  Jacksboro  Hwy., 
1st  Tuesday.  Edith  Hall,  R.  S.,  1219  Chris- 
tine (76302). 


677  Denton — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1st  Monday. 
Lorene  Lewis,  R.S.,  1716  Crescent  (76201). 

783  Lufkin — Meets  Labor  Temple,  1st  Friday.  Joyce 

Barringer,  R.  S.,  Rt.  4,  Box  882  (75901). 

784  Orange — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1st  Wednes- 

day. Lotus  Hale,  R.  S.,  210  Campus  St. 
(77630). 

843  Fort  Worth— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  824 
Pennsylvania  Ave.,  1st  and  3rd  Mondays. 

851  Lubbock— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  2002  Ave- 
nue J.  1st  Monday.  Rhonda  Hibdon,  R.  S., 
3009  36th  (79413). 

881  Angelton — Meets  4th  Monday.  Linda  West, 
R.  S.,  201  North  Velasco. 

UTAH 

218  5a//  Lake  City— Meets  Labor  Hall,  2261  Red- 
wood Rd.,  2nd  Wed.  Mrs.  Vee  Gehring, 
R.  S.,  1337  Green  St.  (84105). 

VIRGINIA 

762  Portsmouth — Meets  Carpenters  BIdg.,  3rd 
Monday. 

WASHINGTON 

8 1  Wenatchee — Meets  Labor  Temple ,  2nd  Thurs- 
day. Mrs.  Patricia  Hunter,  R.  S.,  834  Walker 

Street  (98801). 
149  0/ympia— Meets  820  S.  Frederick  St.,  2nd 

and  4th  Thursdays.  Susie  Thurlow,  R.  S., 

4703  17th  S.E.,  Lacey  (98503). 
188  Kelso-Longview— Meets     1525     25th     Ave., 

Longview,  3rd  Tuesday.  Shirley  Ray,  R. 

S.,  2363  40th  Ave.,  Longview  (98632). 
198  Bellingham — Meets    members    homes,     1st 

Tuesday.   Mary  LaFreniere,  R.   S.,  3524 

Bennett  Dr.  (98225). 
207  Spokane — Meets  West  120  Mission  Avenue, 

2nd  Friday.  Susan  McEnaney,  R.  S.,  1519 

Newer  Rd.,  Veradale  (99037). 
267  Tacoma — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1322  Faw- 

cett  Ave.,  Tacoma,  2nd  and  4th  Thursdays. 

Anne  Davis,  R.  S.,  5024  So.  A.  Tacoma 

(98408). 

274  Snoqualmie — Meets  Union  Hall,  Snoqualmie, 
3rd  Tuesday.  Martha  Roselair,  R.  S.,  Box 
669,  North  Bend  (98045). 

283  Bremerton — Meets  Carpenters  BIdg.,  632  5th 
St.,  1st  and  3rd  Thursdays. 

292  Vancouver — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1st  Tues- 
day. Mardell  Rominger,  R.  S.,  1214  E.  29th 
St.  (98663). 

427  Pasco — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1st  Tuesday. 
Agnes  Welsh,  R.  S.,  3324  W.  19th,  #24 
Kennewick  (99337). 

453  Klickitat— Meets  Union  Hall  BIdg.,  2nd  Tues- 
day. Sandi  Geary,  R.  S.,  Gen.  Del.  (98628). 

624  Auburn-Kent — Meets  homes,  2nd  Monday. 
Alberta  Sundstrom,  R.  S.,  633  Celery,  Al- 
gona  (98002). 

628  Renton— Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  231  N.  Bur- 
nett, Renton,  2nd  and  4th  Mondays. 

769  Moscow-Pullman— Meets  325  W.  3rd,  Mos- 
cow, Idaho,  3rd  Monday. 

824  Yakima— Meets  Union  Hall,  712  N.  7th  St., 
4th  Wednesday.  Evelyn  Shore,  R.  S.,  Rt. 
2,  Box  684  (98902). 

869  Longview — Meets  Barnes  BIdg.,  Room  102. 

880  Bremerton— Meets.  Pat  Tennis,  R.  S.,  1710 
Crestview  Dr.  (98312). 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

237  Parkersburg — Meets  homes,  4th  Tuesday.  Mrs. 
J.W.  Ralston,  R.  S.,  3019-23rd  St.,  (26105). 

WISCONSIN 

l\0  Racine — Meets  Union  Hall,  3rd  Thursday. 
Mrs.  William  Horak,  R.  S.,  4233  Danbury 
Lane  (53403). 


132  Green  Bay— Meets  Labor  Hall,  508  Main  St., 
Green  Bay,  3rd  Monday. 

252  Milwaukee — Meets  Carpenters  D.  C.  BIdg., 
3020  W.  Vliet  St.,  2nd  Wednesday.  Sylvia 
Germain,  R.  S.,  2429  N.  50th  St.,  New 
Berlin  (53210). 

420  Superior — Meets  Labor  Temple,  2nd  Thurs- 
day. Regina  Kania,  R.  S.,  528  N.  21st  St. 
(54880). 

539  West  Allis— Meets  Bumham  Bowl,  2nd  Mon- 
day. Emma  Griesemer,  R.  S.,  2367  S.  98th 
(53227). 

875  Milwaukee— Meets  3020  W.  Vliet  St.,  2nd 
Friday.  Rae  Wolfe,  R.  S.,  2007  So.  31st 
(53215). 

878  Janesville — Meets  Labor  Temple,  215  Dodge 
St.,  2nd  Wednesday.  Georgia  Schneider, 
R.  S.,  3010  Hwy.  14,  Rt.  6  (53545). 

WYOMING 

104  Casper— Meets  Carpenter  Hall,  642  E.  A  St., 
2nd  Saturday.  Velma  Neifert,  R.  S.,  642 
East  A  (82601). 

CANADA 

ALBERTA 

823  Edson — Meets  Union  Hall,  2nd  Tuesday.  Jesse 
Lounsberry,  R.  S.,  P.O.  Box  1702  (TOE- 
OPO). 

BRITISH  COLUMBIA 

732  New  Westminster — Meets  732  Royal  Ave.,  1st 
and  3rd  Thursdays. 

738  Chilliwack — Meets  homes,  1st  Tuesday. 

776  Prince  George— Meets  Union  Hall,  503  Al- 
ward  St.,  Prince  George  B.C.,  4th  Wednes- 
day. 

NEW  BRUNSWICK 

535  Saint  John — Meets  Carpenters  Hall,  1st  Mon- 
day. Dawn  Belyen,  R.  S.,  66  Cranston  Ave. 
(E2K-3M9). 

ONTARIO 

303  roronro— Meets  169  Gerrard  St.  E.,  2nd  Tues- 
day. 

680  Barrie — Meets  members  homes,  2nd  Wednes- 
day. 
687  Niagara  Falls — Meets  members  homes,  2nd 

Tuesday.  Mrs.  Mary  Lou  Walter,  R.  S., 

1006  Uppers  Lane. 
695  London — Meets      members      homes,      4th 

Wednesday.  Mrs.  R.  Calvert,  R.  S.,  363 

Avondale  Rd.,  London. 
740  Port  Arthur — Meets  Lakehead  LabourCenter, 

Ft,  William  Rd.,  4th  Monday. 
826  Kapuskasing — Meets  7A  Cain  Street,  Last 

Tuesday.  Mrs.  Rose  Clinchamps,  R.  S., 

Opasatika. 

QUEBEC 

775  Lac  Megantic — Meets  Papineau,  2nd  Thurs- 
day. Mrs.  Roland  Richard,  R.  S.,  Rue  Jeanne 
Mame. 

STATE  COUNCILS 

California  State  Council— Hope  Cain,  R.  S.,  5440 

Baltimore  Dr.,  Apt.  179,  La  Mesa  (92041). 
Indiana  State  Council — Mrs.  Kay  Walker,  R.  S., 

Rte.  1,  Box  6,  Eaton,  Ind.  (47338). 
Nebraska  State  Council — Marie  Filbert,  R.  S., 

1942  Euclid  Ave.,  Lincoln,  Nebr.  (08502). 
Oklahoma  State  CounciV— Shirley  Meredith,  R.  S. , 

1312  W.  5,  Okmulgee,  Okla. 
Texas  State  Council— io\tnme  Watts,  R.  S.,  2510 

Rosewood  Dr.,  Mesquite  (75150). 
Washington  State  Council — Mary  Larson,  R.  S., 

No.  3305  Sargent  Rd.,  Spokane  (99212). 


MARCH,     1986 


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SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW.  WASH.,  D.C.  20001 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED. 


LIKE  HE  SAID 

When  John  Johnson  applied  for 
his  driver's  license  in  the  crowded 
bureau,  an  officer  shoved  a  paper 
across  the  desk.  "Write  your  last 
name  first,  and  your  first  name  last," 
he  said  hurriedly. 

"How's  that  again,  sir,"  asked 
Johnny  somewhat  confused. 

"Like  I  said  before,"  replied  the 
officer .  .  .  "Backwards!" 

Johnson  shrugged  his  shoulders. 
After  all,  they  knew  what  they  wanted. 
Laboriously,  he  wrote:  "nhoJ 
nosnhoJ." 

BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER' 

A  DOG'S  LIFE 

The  contemporary  sage  de- 
scribes every  man's  life  thusly: 
"Twenty  years  of  having  his  mother 
ask  him  where  he's  going.  Forty 
years  of  having  his  wife  ask  the 
same  thing.  And  at  the  end,  leaving 
his  mourners  wondering,  too," 

LOOK  FOR  THE  UNION  LABEL 

ATOZ  STORY 

Filing  system:  A  method  of  mis- 
placing correspondence  alphabet- 
ically. 


BLESSED  RELIEF 

The  convention  speaker  had 
droned  on  for  an  hour  and  a  half. 
The  delegates  were  becoming  rest- 
less and  making  loud  noise  on  the 
floor.  The  presiding  officer,  trying 
to  gavel  for  silence,  missed  the 
rostrum  and  hit  his  secretary-treas- 
urer on  the  head.  Dazed,  the  sec- 
retary-treasurer mumbled:  "Please 
hit  me  again  ...  I  can  still  hear 
him!" 

BOYCOTT  L-P  PRODUCTS 

AT  THE  SCENE 

A  man  fell  out  of  a  10-story  win- 
dow. He  hit  with  a  thud,  a  crowd 
gathered,  and  a  witness  rushed 
over  and  said  to  him,  "What's  hap- 
pened?" 

"I  dunno,"  said  the  man,  standing 
and  dusting  himself  off.  "I  just  got 
here  myself." 

IMPORTS  HURT  *  BUY  UNION 

ANGEL  OF  MERCY 

Local  21 62  Member  Neil  Sargent, 
Kodiak,  Alaska,  tells  us  this  story 
about  a  union  picketline  at  a  non- 
union job:  A  scuffle  broke  out,  and 
an  injured  man  was  taken  to  the 
hospital.  The  nurse  was  a  Catholic 
nun  who  took  one  look  at  him  and 
asked,  "Is  he  a  scab?" 

BE  UNION!  BUY  LABEL! 


ENGLISH  UP  TO  DATE 

Teacher:  "I  have  went  out.  Why 
is  that  wrong?" 

Pupil:  "Because  you  ain't  went 
out  yet." 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

There  was  a  young  man  from  St. 
Paul 

Who  went  to  a  fancy  dress  ball. 
He  thought  he  would  risk  it 
And  go  as  a  biscuit, 
But  a  dog  ate  him  up  in  the  hall! 
— Brothers,  Mountain  View,  Calif. 


MUST  BE  INSANE 

The  insane  asylum  attendant 
rushed  over  to  the  head  physician. 
"Doctor,  a  man  outside  wants  to 
know  if  we  have  lost  any  male 
inmates." 

"Why?"  asked  the  medical  man. 

"Someone  ran  away  with  his  wife!" 

ATTEND  LOCAL  MEETINGS 

WASHING  THE  CAR 

Young  Steve  Scott,  son  of  Dennis 
Scott,  submitted  this  essay  to  his 
teacher:  How  to  Wash  a  Car — "There 
are  several  steps  I  follow  when  I 
wash  the  car.  First,  I  get  a  bucket 
from  the  garage.  Second,  I  put  soap 
and  water  in  the  bucket.  Third,  I 
take  the  sponge,  dip  it  in  the  water 
and  start  washing  the  car.  Finally, 
I  rinse  all  the  soap  off  with  the  hose. 
Then  I  go  to  my  dad,  who  is  sleep- 
ing, and  ask  him  for  my  money. 

USE  UNION  SERVICES 

ORNERY  SIDEWINDER 

Out  in  West  Texas,  a  cowboy 
rushed  out  of  a  saloon,  made  a 
running  broad  jump,  and  landed 
on  his  sittin'-spot  in  the  middle  of 
the  street. 

"Hurt  yourself?"  asked  a  by- 
stander. 

"Reckon  I'll  live,"  bellowed  the 
cowboy,  dusting  fiimself  off,  "but 
I'd  sure  like  to  get  my  hands  on  the 
cussed  varmint  who  moved  my 
horse." 

STAY  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

A  DEADLY  SPOUSE 

There  is  a  guy  in  our  local  union 
who  is  so  hen-pecked  he  had  to 
ask  his  wife's  permission  to  commit 
suicide.  And  she  is  so  ornery  she 
wouldn't  give  it  to  him! 

BUY  UNION  *  SAVE  JOBS 

SOMEONE  ELSE'S 

Accused:  "How  could  I  commit 
forgery  when  I  can't  write  my  own 
name?" 

Judge:  "You  are  not  accused  of 
writing  your  own  name." 


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CARPENTER 


S«rvte« 

To 

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Bir«lherho«4l 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


SALEM,  ORE. 

Retired  member  Walter  Klemp,  Lo- 
cal 1065,  receives  his  50-year  pin 
and  congratulations  from  Local 
1065  President  Gerald  Warren. 


Chicago,  III.— Picture  No.  4 


Chicago,  III. — Picture  No.  5 


Chicago,  III.— Picture  No.  2 

CHICAGO,  ILL. 

Local  1  held  its  annual  pin  party  where 
longstanding  members  are  awarded  service  pins 
recently. 

Picture  No.  1  shows 
50-year  member  John 
P.  Schuler. 

Picture  No.  2  shows 
45-year  members  John 
Balik  and  Walter 
Crutcher. 

Picture  No.  3  shows 
40-year  members  Ralph 
Nelson,  Otto  Prim,  and 
William  Sanders. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members 
Stanley  Gruszesl<y,  Ed  Horn,  Herb  Kuehne,  Joe 
Mann,  Theo  Mason,  Richard  Oulund,  Franl< 
Quattrochi  Sr.,  Pete  Savas,  Mil<e  Stafan,  Alex 
Vasauskas,  and  G.  R.  Wooley. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  30-year  members  Frank 
Knopfhart,  Matt  Loda,  John  Plettau  Sr.,  James 
Mannella  Sr,,  Gene  Schellenburger,  Bill 
Strezelec,  and  Herb  Hahn. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  25-year  members 
August  Petek,  and  Anthony  Melo. 


Picture  No 


BLOOMINGBURG,  N.Y. 

Bernard  Murray,  center,  receives 
his  55-year  pin  from  Local  55  Presi- 
dent Clarence  Terpening,  right,  and 
Hudson  Valley  District  Council 
President  Charles  Vealey,  left. 
"Bus"  Murray  was  honored  at  Lo- 
cal 255 's  Eleventh  Annual  Dinner 
Dance.  Bus  served  his  local  as  busi- 
ness representative  and  his  district 
council  as  first  vice  president. 


The  "Service  To  The 
Brotherhood"  section  gives 
recognition  to  United 
Brotherhood  members  with 
20  or  more  years  of  service. 
Please  identify  photo- 
graphs clearly— prints  can 
be  black  and  white  or 
color— and  send  material  to 
CARPENTER  magazine, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


MARCH,     1986 


31 


Las  Vegas, 
Nev. 
Picture 
No.  2 


; 


Las  Vegas,  Nev. — Picture  No.  7 

LAS  VEGAS,  NEV. 

Longtime  members  of  Local  1780,  spouses, 
and  guests  were  recently  honored  at  a  luncheon 
buffet  and  pin  award  ceremony  at  the  Showboat 
Hotel.  Over  140  members  were  in  attendance  to 
receive  25  through  50  year  service  pins. 
Business  Manager  Clifford  L.  Kahle  was  the 
master  of  ceremonies;  President  Roy  W.  Taylor 
hosted  the  event.  Among  the  honored  guests 
was  Governor  Richard  Bryan. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  50-year  member 
Herman  Wills,  center,  receiving  his  pin  from 
Business  Manager  Kahle  and  President  Taylor. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  Earl  L.  Schult,  Archie  Taylor,  George 
Serleth,  Gerard  Parent,  J.  D.  Adams,  and 
Charles  Franklin. 


Picture  No.  3  shows  40-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Alva  Haning,  M.  K.  Garhardt, 
Frank  Garcia,  A.  D.  Foster,  Claude  Barnes,  and 
Charlie  P.  Camp. 

Middle  row,  from  left:  Al  Wall,  C.  W.  Moore, 
Edwin  McMahon,  Walter  Kajfas,  Clyde  Jarman, 
and  Jack  Hinrichs. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Robert  Zinsmeister, 
Michael  StrobI,  Gerald  Stoddard,  Marcelino 
Ozuna,  and  Orwin  Olson. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Louis  Fonseca,  Robert  Ericson, 
Alfred  Droz,  Beul  Dodson,  B.  D.  Davis, 
Financial  Secretary  Oscar  Brassfield,  Bobby 
Ballard,  and  Lawrence  Arseneault. 

Middle  row,  from  left:  Lawrence  Manning, 
Roy  E.  Lile,  Jay  Levy,  Clifford  Kemple,  Thayne 
Holladay,  and  Raymond  Hall. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Clint  Phillips,  Ted 
Vilhauer,  Wessel  Vermy,  Morris  Simpkins,  Paul 
Specht,  and  Mack  Morris. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  30-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left;  Boyd  Martin,  Carl  Lundberg, 
Talmadge  A.  Johnson,  Charles  Giddens,  Darwin 
Farnsworth,  Vaughn  Crane,  Clyde  Bradley,  and 
Aden  Bauer. 

Middle  row,  from  left:  President  Taylor,  Jack 
Roberson,  John  Snook,  Donald  Roberson, 
Richard  McManaman,  and  Richard  Perryman. 

Back  row,  from  left;  James  Justice,  Tom  P. 
Williams,  and  Mike  Valero. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  25-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  James  Hartling,  Harold  Curry, 
Beniamino  Canal,  Claude  Burton,  William 
Beasley,  Kenneth  Beales,  Carl  Andreason,  and 


Solomon  Alires. 

Back  row,  from  left;  Walter  L.  Ruesch,  Roy 
L.  Patterson,  Robert  K.  Peterson,  Lloyd  Lass, 
Richard  Johnson,  and  William  C.  Hollinger. 

Governor  Richard  Bryan,  left,  is  welcomed  by 
Business  Manager  Kahle. 

Members  receiving  pins  but  not  pictured  are 
as  follows:  50-year  members  Lawrence  Hakala, 
Eugene  Owens,  and  William  B.  Ragland;  45- 
year  members  Quince  Alvey,  George  Bach, 
James  L.  Blakeman,  Clarence  E.  Bourque, 
James  B.  Boyer,  Hiram  Bruce,  Emmit  Causey, 
Jack  C.  Causey,  Odes  Cremer,  Lewis  Dansby, 
Roy  L.  Dunne,  Arthur  J.  Erickson,  Herbert 
Fassler,  John  Genis,  Rex  Glenn,  Duncan 
Gordon,  Ernest  Hagewood  Sr.,  Lester  Loyd, 
Homer  Morgan,  Ernie  Pahll,  Fred  J. 
Pennington,  Thomas  P.  Pool,  Lee  Roy  Pounds, 
Pernal  Price,  Alex  Raski,  William  Russel,  Rudy 
Salinger,  Fred  Sanchez,  George  L.  Scaggs, 
Vernon  B.  Southern,  Forrest  W.  Sprague, 
Clarence  W.  Stephens,  Lloyd  Swope,  Joe  Vigil, 
Donald  J.  Williams,  and  Andrew  Yacek;  40-year 
members  Louis  G.  Biel,  Joseph  0.  Bunker, 
Fred  J.  Christensen,  Walter  Davison,  Clarence 
Fulton,  George  Gartin  Jr.,  Maurice  J.  Gib.son, 
Vance  S.  Goebel,  Howard  W.  Griswold,  Merle 
E.  Harris,  Edward  Hauser,  Bruce  Ingram, 
Arthur  Kistler,  Darwin  Long,  Irwin  A.  Mc 
Collum,  Tom  B.  Mc  Cullough,  A.  D.  Mc  Kenna, 
Clifford  Merholtz,  A.  C.  Mortensen,  Francis 
Mucklow,  Ralph  B.  Phillips,  Lester  Richards, 
Santi  Sestini,  Lawrence  G.  Shaw,  Allan 
Shepherd,  Art  Trimmer,  Eugene  Wagner,  C.  I. 
Walkington,  William  Whidden,  Glen  L.  Woolery, 


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CARPENTER 


and  Hugh  A.  Zug;  35-year  members  William  F. 
Alexander,  Chester  Barrow,  Eugene  D.  Beaver, 
Arthur  Beck,  Elmer  Berry,  Mario  Bianco,  Robert 
Birchum,  Charles  Biskner,  Harry  J.  Block, 
Joaquin  Bravo,  Manuel  Campa,  Ralph  D.  Carle, 
James  T.  Carline,  Ray  G.  Cook,  Thomas  L. 
Daly,  Henry  Davis,  Grant  R.  Day,  Jess  K. 
Dennis,  Oscar  T.  Drews,  Fred  Ebeltoft,  George 
Eisley,  Donald  T.  Ericksen,  Fred  Eudy,  Charles 
Fansher,  Clarence  A.  Fink,  Vern  E.  Ford, 
William  V.  Forsman,  Perry  Fortson,  Howard  P. 
Gartin,  Raymond  L.  Glenn,  Arthur  Gohde,  Harry 
Hammond,  V.  E.  Hawkins,  Charles  E.  Hill,  Jack 
V.  Hora,  Loice  L.  Jacobs,  William  J.  Johnson, 
Henry  Kratzer,  William  J.  La  Comb,  David  W. 
Laflin,  Ogan  Layman,  Joseph  E.  Lopez,  Thomas 
A.  Lunt,  John  Maas,  Ernest  Manning,  Salvatore 
A.  C.  MInutoli,  Joe  Munhall,  Allen  M.  Nyberg, 
Clyde  Oakes,  Charles  Ogan,  Sam  Payan, 
Edward  M.  Petrle,  Marcus  Pinkelman,  Donald 
A.  Pope,  Alfred  Radke,  Jack  L.  Rhude,  Roy 
Robblns,  Victor  Ruesch,  William  R.  Schoessler, 
Ed  Schramm,  Peter  Schubert,  Elmer  Sepede, 
Edward  Therkelsen,  Edward  Thomas,  Claude 
Thompson,  Joseph  V.  Tippets,  Charles  H. 
Tolliver,  Delfino  J.  Vigil,  Glenn  Waite,  Joe  W. 
Walker,  Benjamin  Weaver,  Kenneth  W. 
Wicklund,  Frank  Wieler  Jr.,  Burdell  Wood, 
Wallace  Wring,  Almon  W.  Bame,  and  Steve  L. 
Shroyer;  SO-year  members  Robert  C.  Allanson, 
Charles  F.  Anderson,  Rex  Austin,  Ralph  Axtell, 
Wallace  Bagby,  Sam  L.  Baker,  Vernice  Baynum, 
Leo  Boosh,  Robert  A.  Brown,  Ed  Bullock, 
Morris  W.  Burcham,  Legrand  Bywater,  Frank 
Carrasco,  Clifton  Chapin,  Clarence  Christensen, 
Donald  P.  Clayton,  John  Clodfelter,  Homer 
Craig,  David  F.  Cummings,  Ros  E.  Dean, 
Nelson  Doble,  Gerald  W.  Dunaway,  James 
Duvan,  John  R.  Edgar,  Hollls  G.  Emry,  Carl  E. 
Eriksson,  James  Gormley,  Robert  L.  Henry, 
William  E.  Henry  Sr.,  Alfred  C.  Hermann, 
Bobby  J.  Hudson,  Francis  Hutchins,  Clark  Isom 
Sr.,  Rufus  M.  Johnson,  Eugene  Johnston, 
William  G.  Joseph,  Walter  I.  Karas,  William  A. 
Kramer,  Rulen  Laub,  Shelby  Lewallen,  Gerald 
Lucero,  Robert  Marchak,  James  Mc  Arthur, 
Frank  W.  Milavec,  Paul  Murphy,  Leonard  E. 
Newman,  Donald  F.  Nichols,  Elmer  B. 
Niewierowski,  Tullis  C.  Onstott,  Charles  E. 
Powers,  Harry  Riter,  Robert  L.  Rodgers,  John 
P.  Smith,  Alvin  E.  Snow  Sr.,  Loyd  Thayne, 
Doyle  B.  Thibert,  Robert  B.  Timm,  Robert  Troy, 
Isidore  D.  Vannozzi,  Fletcher  Walters,  James  L. 
Weatherman  Sr.,  Loris  Westover,  Jack  Wilcher, 
Thomas  D.  Wisener,  and  E.  J.  Woods;  and  25- 
year  members  Devon  Anderson,  Gary  B. 
Anderson,  Warren  Ardoin,  Richard  Arriola, 
Harry  Baldridge,  Samuel  D.  Barto  Sr.,  Robert 
L.  Bates,  Roy  Boich,  Norman  R.  Bonnet, 
Truman  Brackenbury,  Leonard  M.  Brown, 
Marius  Call,  R.  L.  Cannon,  Carl  Christie,  H.  H. 
Colbert,  Robert  L.  Edney,  Kenton  Ellsworth, 
John  R.  Erickson  Sr.,  Sam  Fedelleck,  Arnol 
Freeman,  Gerald  E.  Freeman,  M.  Keith  Gardner, 
Gail  F.  Gibson,  Sanford  Gleason,  Robert  C. 
Hanson,  F.  David  Kelly,  Alton  Kephart,  Stanley 
Kosakowski,  Harvey  W.  Lish,  Howard  D. 
Loosbroock,  C.  F.  Mc  Gowen,  Adriati  Moore, 
Theodore  Mull,  Eldon  Neitling,  David  A.  Nilsen, 
Ralph  Overton,  Ronald  E.  Pulse,  James 
Ransier,  Herman  Saiaz  Jr.,  Lionel  Sloman, 
John  E.  Smith,  Donald  G.  Stewart,  Richard  B. 
Thompson,  Roger  Tufaro,  Earl  J.  Turner,  Adam 
Valerio,  Theodore  B.  Volness  and  George 
Watts. 


Harrisburg,  Pa. — Picture  No.  1 


Harrisburg,  Pa.— Picture  No.  2 
HARRISBURG,  PA. 

At  the  annual  Christmas  meeting  of  Local 
287,  pins  were  presented  to  members  having 
25  to  50  years  of  continuous  service  to  the 
Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows,  seated,  from  left:  Floyd 
H.  Brown,  25  years;  Robert  T.  Sholly,  25 
years;  Willard  Allen,  25  years;  Howard  Wise,  30 
years;  Donald  Himes,  25  years;  Kenneth  Griest, 
25  years;  Ellis  Dumas,  30  years;  and  Raymond 
Getz,  25  years. 

Standing,  from  left:  Elmer  Faur,  30  years; 
Roy  S.  Roush,  30  years;  Samuel  W.  Rowe,  30 
years;  Ross  E.  Shuman,  25  years;  B.  Donald 
Kauffman,  30  years;  Howard  Jamison,  25 
years;  and  Charles  Aurand,  25  years. 

Picture  No.  2  shows,  seated,  from  left:  Carl 
Morrow,  40  years;  Roy  Berkheiser,  40  years; 
John  Kutay,  40  years;  William  Stevick,  50 
years;  Elmer  Dixon,  45  years;  Diego  Vales,  35 
years;  Donald  Austin,  35  years;  and  Henty 
Miller,  40  years. 

Standing,  from  left:  Charles  Reinoehl,  35 
years;  Benjamin  Painter  Jr.,  35  years;  Edward 
Volkar,  35  years;  Willard  Peiffer,  40  years; 
Marlin  Hershey,  35  years;  Davin  Sholly,  35 
years;  Richard  Keller,  35  years;  Dana  Reese,  35 
years;  and  Ronald  Beane,  35  years. 

Other  members  receiving  pins  but  not 
pictured  are  as  follows:  25-year  members 
Richard  Biggs,  Larry  Brenneman,  Mac  Delancy, 
Lewis  Gerber,  Barry  Hahn,  Jesse  Hicks, 
Richard  Hurley,  and  Joseph  Penica;  30-year 
members  John  Boeshore,  James  Heiser,  Ira 
Mummert,  Steven  Reinhart,  Fred  Stevenson, 
and  Isabel  McNaughton;  35-year  members 


Daniel  Blascovich,  Herley  Dorman,  John  H. 
Enders  Jr.,  Reynolds  Glunt,  Howard  Trautman, 
David  White,  and  Eugene  Lindsey;  40-year 
members  Lloyd  Bowers,  Allen  Jones,  John 
Lahr,  and  Howard  Via;  and  45-year  members 
Harry  Lyons,  Paul  W.  Witmer  Sr.,  Roy  D. 
Witmer  Jr.,  and  George  H.  Wolpert. 


WENATCHEE,  WASH. 

Harry  B.  Wagner  Sr.,  a  member  of 
Local  2205,  who  says  he's  never  been 
in  arrears,  recently  received  his  65- 
year  pin.  Above,  Wagner  poses  with 
his  wife. 


MARCH,     1986 


33 


Memphis, 
Tenn. 
Picture 
No.  1 


At  the  annual  Christmas  party  and  service 
pins  awards  night,  Local  715  conferred 
continuous  service  pins  upon  several  members. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Chaim  Ash,  Joseph  Friedrich,  Allan 
Fredericks,  Walter  Peal,  John  Harkins,  Charles 
Berzinec,  and  John  Casey. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Allen  Froschauer,  Steve  Cyglear,  Nick 
DeMarco,  Sidney  Resnick,  and  Gus  Solazzi. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Business  Representative  John  Williams, 
William  LaMorte,  Nat  Szmiga,  John  Koziol, 
George  Fehrenbacher,  with  President  John 
Vella. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  45-year  member 
Lawrence  Carr,  center,  with  Williams,  left,  and 
Vella,  right. 


Elizabeth,  N.J.— Picture  No.  2 


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Memphis,  Tenn.— Picture  No.  2 

Memphis,  Tenn.— Picture  No.  5 

MEMPHIS,  TENN. 

Local  345  recently  held  its  annual  pin 
presentation  ceremony  in  the  Carpenters' 
Building  in  Memphis. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  20-year  members,  from 
left:  Mason  Williams,  H.  R.  Piland,  R.  E. 
McDaniels,  Gerald  H.  Bennett,  Wm.  T.  Cox  Jr., 
R.  E.  French,  I.  E.  Johnson,  and  Loy  E.  Smith. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members  W.  T. 
David,  left,  and  Wm.  R.  James. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Wm.  M.  Delk,  Gerald  C.  Cox,  and  Alva 
Johnson. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Frank  J.  Bennett  Sr.,  George  H.  Daniels, 
Earl  H.  Laatsch,  and  C.  W.  Moore. 

Picture  No.  5 
shows  40-year 
members,  from  left: 
N.  C.  Brigance,  Edgar 
Duncan,  M.  E. 
Hutchens,  and  John 
W.  Lacy. 

Picture  No.  6 
shows  45-year 
members  0.  P. 
Davis,  left,  and  T.  A. 
Graham. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  50-year  member  W.  H. 
Russum. 

Picture  No.  8  shows  Representative  George 
W.  Henegar,  left,  being  presented  with  a  45- 
year  pin  by  Alva  Jackson,  Local  345  financial 
secretary. 

Members  receiving  pins  but  not  pictured  are 
as  follows:  20-year  members  James  E.  Black, 
J.  C.  Bradley,  W.  E.  Fortner,  M.  H.  Gentry,  H. 

D.  Harrison,  J.  A.  Parsons  Jr.,  W.  F. 
Sturdivant,  and  J.  L.  Traver;  25-year  members 
R.  H.  Ales,  Simon  0.  Ervin,  Woodson  Harris, 
Revis  Lockhart,  V.  B.  McAlister,  H.  T. 
McMillen,  Clarence  Rhea,  T.  H.  Shelton,  H.  H. 
Smith,  and  James  E.  White;  30-year  members 
Charles  L.  Barton,  C.  M.  Burns,  G.  L.  Coley, 
C.  F.  Holloway,  David  J.  Jones,  D.  L.  Laster, 

E.  D.  Lee  Jr.,  J.  E.  Lyons,  Ben  Morris,  C.  V. 
O'Neil,  T.  E.  Pennington,  M.  E.  Ratliff,  Ira  D. 
Stewart,  and  Willie  Lee  Woods;  35-year 
members  F.  E.  Cook,  J.  D.  Gentry,  A.  H. 
Jones  Jr.,  J.  H.  Littlejohn,  James  T.  Moore,  J. 
R.  Thurman,  and  E.  J.  White;  40-year 
members  Grady  Hart,  Herman  Houston,  H.  P. 
Jones,  and  John  T.  Lyon;  45-year  members  E. 

F.  Culp,  H.  A.  Kellum,  J.  S.  Lowe,  Louie 
Powell,  and  Frank  White;  and  50-year  members 
E.  L.  Adcock  and  J.  W.  Vaughn. 


Picture  No.  7 


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CARPENTER 


Retirees' 
Notebook 


A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Retiree  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings and  goings  of  individual  retirees. 


First  Canadian  Club 
Chartered  in  BC 

In  January,  a  group  of  retired  carpenters 
met  in  Victoria  to  form  the  first  UBC  Retirees 
Club  in  Canada,  Retirees  Club  53.  The  broth- 
ers who  attended  this  historic  meeting  are 
all  long-time  members  of  the  Brotherhood 
and  include  past  business  agents,  recording 
secretaries,  trustees,  vice  presidents,  and 
other  officers  of  the  union  including  retired 
general  executive  board  member  E.  T.  "Al" 
Staley  who  is  also  a  past  president  of  Local 
1598,  Victoria,  B.C. 

Victoria  is  noted  for  being  the  retirement 
capital  of  Canada,  a  fitting  location  for  the 
first  Brotherhood  retirees  club  in  Canada. 


Tool  Collector  Enriches  Indiana  Museum 


Charter  members  of  Retirees  Club  53,  Vic- 
toria, B.C.,  pictured  above  are,  from  left. 
Glen  Eby;  Rick  Ferrill,  past  business 
agent;  Wally  Silberhorn;  Jack  Schellen- 
berg;  Bob  Curry;  and  Peter  Tolen.  Stand- 
ing, from  left,  are  Gordon  Paddon,  past 
trustee;  George  Lovgren;  Del  Porteous, 
past  conducter;  Ivor  Moline;  Guy  Packard; 
Art  Kilgore,  past  recording  secretary  and 
vice  president;  Helmut  Arnkens;  Bill 
Weavers,  past  recording  secretary;  Morris 
Sobie;  Jim  Sawyer,  past  business  agent; 
Sam  Elrose;  and  E.T.  "Al"  Staley. 


Five  generations  of  carpenters  can  accu- 
mulate an  awful  lot  of  planes,  braces,  and 
hammers.  Just  ask  Kenneth  Jordan,  a  retired 
member  of  Local  232,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.  He 
recently  donated  his  collection  of  over  100 
antique  carpentry  and  woodworking  tools  to 
the.  Noble  County  Historical  Society.  The 
collection  began  with  the  tools  used  by  his 
grandfather  who  came  to  the  States  from 
England  in  1888.  He  had  learned  carpentry 
skills  at  the  knee  of  his  father,  who,  in  turn, 
had  been  taught  by  his  father — Jordan's 
great-great-grandfather.  One  of  Jordan's  most 
prized  possessions,  a  weathered  journal 
started  by  this  great-great-grandfather  in 
May  1878,  contains  information  about  each 
work  day,  including  the  day's  appointments, 
business  transactions,  and  the  prices  of  ma- 
terials and  services.  Jordan's  great-grand- 
father later  used  the  same  journal. 

The  tools  in  the  collection  have  come  from 
his  family,  people  he  has  worked  with,  and 
his  trips  to  sales  and  flea  markets.  Brother 
Jordan  will  tell  you  about  the  set  of  20 
different  wooden  planes  that  he  has  cleaned 
and  restored  to  almost-new  condition.  He 
bought  them  for  less  than  their  early  1800s 
price.  He  also  has  an  American  broad  ax 
from  the  late  1700s,  an  all- wooden  brace 
made  in  Sheffield,  England,  and  a  rare  set 
of  bits,  still  in  the  original  leather  sheath.  A 
study  of  early  American  tools  has  convinced 
Jordan  that  his  collection  is  pretty  compre- 
hensive, including  a  sampling  of  almost  ev- 
ery kind  of  carpentry  and  woodworking  tool 
used  by  early  settlers. 

Jordan  says  he  will  miss  having  the  tool 
collection  nearby.  He's  worked  carefully 
over  the  last  20  years  to  preserve  and  restore 
each  tool — and  he's  enjoyed  being  able  to 
use  some  of  them  in  his  own  projects.  But 
since  he  retired,  he  arid  his  wife  have  been 


WIDOWS  WELCOME 

A  recent  letter  to  the  General  Sec- 
retary raised  a  question  regarding 
membership  in  retirees'  clubs.  Daniel 
T.  Reynolds,  recording  secretary  for 
Retirees  Club  2  in  Kansas  City,  Kan., 
wrote  to  ask  if  the  widows  of  UBC 
members  were  eligible  for  member- 
ship in  a  UBC  retirees  club.  His  letter 
has  been  answered  individually,  but 
we  thought  there  may  be  some  others 
out  there  with  the  same  question:  yes, 
widows  of  UBC  members  are  wel- 
come to  enjoy  the  activities  and  priv- 
ileges of  membership. 


Kenneth  Jordan  makes  a  final  examination 
of  his  extensive  tool  collection. 

spending  their  winters  in  Texas  and  their 
summers  in  Wisconsin  and  Jordan  has  wor- 
ried about  the  safety  of  his  collection. 

What  better  way  to  ensure  its  safety  and 
relieve  his  worries  than  to  donate  the  col- 
lection to  a  museum?  Jordan  welcomed  the 
opportunity  to  share  his  hobby  through  a 
display  in  the  Old  Jail  Museum  in  Noble 
County.  The  tools  have  all  been  recorded 
and  labeled  for  the  viewer's  information, 
and  now  a  bit  of  the  past  is  on  display  for 
the  community. 

Kansas  City  Retirees 
Share  Their  Blessings 

Last  Christmas  the  members  of  Retirees 
Club  3,  Kansas  City,  Kan.,  spread  more 
than  just  good  cheer  in  their  community. 
The  group  sent  out  23  checks  for  $60  to 
needy  members  of  the  District  Council.  They 
got  suggestions  from  business  agents  and 
other  members,  and  were  able  to  make 
Christmas  a  Uttle  merrier  for  those  less 
fortunate. 

The  club  continued  their  concern  for  oth- 
ers into  the  new  year  by  sending  a  check 
for  $200  to  the  Louisiana  Pacific  strike  fund. 


Club  No.  11  Holds  Annual  Dinner 

Retirees'  Club  Number  11  brings  together  those  from  Local  4, 
Davenport,  Iowa,  and  Local  166,  Rock  Island,  III.,  for  a  variety 
of  activities.  A  recent  event  was  the  annual  dinner  for  retirees. 
Members  of  the  committee  who  planned  the  dinner  are  pictured 
above,  front  row,  from  left,  Bernard  Rowe,  club  president;  Bill 
Fox,  secretary;  Hank  Bennett;  Gwyn  Hughes,  treasurer,  and 
Marcel  VandeWalle,  financial  secretary.  Back  row,  from  left, 
are  Bill  Aringdale,  business  agent  for  Local  4;  and  Weldon 
Hidlebaugh. 


MARCH,     1986 


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jobless  except  a  handful  in  Alaska  and 
Puerto  Rico — are  receiving  benefits. 

It  is  not  just  the  long-term  jobless 
who  are  adversely  affected,  he  pointed 
out.  Many  of  those  trying  to  survive 
without  benefits  are  the  ones  who  never 
get  on  the  rolls  because  of  "harsh 
disqualification  measures,"  or  who  lose 
their  eligibility  prematurely. 

"It  is  unconscionable  that  the  em- 
ployers who  fought  tooth-and-nail  to 


make  the  unemployment  compensation 
laws  more  restrictive  are  now  being 
rewarded  by  substantial  slashes  in  their 
unemployment  insurance  taxes,"  Seid- 
man  stressed. 

The  drive  to  lower  employers'  insur- 
ance costs  is  being  paced  by  California, 
which  will  chop  its  rate  almost  24%  this 
year.  In  Massachusetts,  employers  will 
pay  16%  less  in  unemployment  taxes  in 
1986  than  they  did  last  year,  and  only 
half  as  much  as  they  did  in  1984.  Ari- 
zona is  lowering  its  rate  15%  from  the 
1985  level. 

The  disclosure  of  the  state  action 
came  as  the  Center  on  Budget  and 
Policy  Priorities  was  reporting  that  only 
32.6%  of  the  jobless  got  benefits  last 
year.  The  study,  based  on  an  analysis 
of  Labor  Department  data,  emphasized 
that  this  was  the  lowest  level  of  benefit 
payments  since  the  program  was  inau- 
gurated in  the  depths  of  the  Great  De- 
pression of  the  1930s. 

Unemployment  insurance  coverage 
last  year  was  "dramatically  less"  than 
at  any  time  in  the  1970s,  according  to 
John  Bickerman,  the  center's  research 
director. 

"The  5.6  million  persons  without 
benefits  was  more  than  2  million  per- 
sons greater  than  in  any  year  in  the 
1970s,"  Bickerman  pointed  out,  and 
was  almost  unchanged  from  1982,  when 
unemployment  hit  double-digit  levels  at 
the  bottom  of  the  Reagan  Recession. 

The  center  blamed  much  of  the  drop 
in  coverage  on  the  Administration's 
decision,  in  which  Congress  concurred, 
to  end  the  supplemental  compensation 
program  in  March  1985.  That  program 
provided  payments  for  an  additional  8 
to  14  weeks  to  jobless  workers  who  had 
exhausted  all  other  benefits.  Elimina- 
tion of  the  supplemental  program  drove 
340,000  of  the  unemployed  from  the 
benefit  rolls. 

Although  present  law  permits  jobless 
workers  to  draw  benefits  for  a  maximum 
of  26  weeks,  Bickerman  said,  many 
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Cancer  on  the  Job 

Continued  from  Page  24 

during  their  four-year  course  of  study.  You 
should  tell  your  doctor  about  your  Job,  what 
you  might  be  exposed  to,  and  what  you 
know  about  the  hazards  of  those  exposures. 
Exposures  on  previous  jobs  may  also  be 
important  due  to  the  long  latency  period  of 
most  cancers.  By  letting  the  doctor  know 
what  may  have  caused  your  cancer,  it  could 
help  him  or  her  identify  possible  cancer 
hazards  in  the  workplace  and  prevent  future 
cancers  for  other  workers.  It  also  will  help 
you  collect  evidence  for  later  workers'  com- 
pensation claims. 

RESOURCES 

For  more  information  on  cancer  in  the 
workplace  you  should  read: 

Cancer  and  the  Worker.  Phyllis  Lehman, 
third  printing  1978,  New  York  Academy 
of  Sciences  (2  East  63rd  St.,  New  York, 
New  York  10021),  $5,50  including 
postage,  A  short  easy  to  read 
introduction  to  cancer  in  the  workplace. 

"Everything  Doesn't  Cause  Cancer." 
National  Cancer  Institute  pamphlet, 
NIH  No.  80-2039,  available  from  NCI 
(Bldg.  31-A,  Room  10A18,  9000 
Wisconsin  Ave.,  Bethesda,  Maryland 
20205). 

Other  Sources  of  Cancer 
Information 

National  Cancer  Institute,  Bldg.  31-A,  Room 
10A18.  9000  Wisconsin  Ave..  Bethesda, 
Maryland  20205  (301/496-5583).  Cancer  com- 
munications-information office  will  answer 
any  questions  you  have  about  cancer  and 
its  causes.  Also  publishes  a  bibhography  on 
cancer  in  the  workplace.  (NIH  Publication 
No,  81-2001). 

Carcinogen  Information  Program.  (P.O,  Box 
6057,  St.  Louis,  Missouri  56139).  The  pro- 
gram has  produced  a  series  of  18  short 
bulletins  alerting  the  public  to  hazards  from 
cancer-causing  chemicals.  They  can  be  ob- 
tained free  by  writing  to  the  program.  The 
program  also  will  answer  written  requests 
for  information  about  hazards. 

UBC  Safety  and  Health  Department.  The 

International  has  its  own  Safety  and  Health 
staff  in  the  Industrial  Department  which  can 
help  you  search  for  information  on  possible 
carcinogens  and  on  cancer  in  the  workplace. 
They  have  an  extensive  library  and  access 
to  computer  data  banks.  Also,  the  original 
version  of  this  article  in  booklet  form  may 
be  obtained  from  the  safety  and  health  staff. 
Contact  Joe  Durst,  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001,  or  call  202/546- 
6206.  UiJf; 


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The  following  list  of  790  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $1,398,917.24  death  claims  paid  in  December  1985;  (s) 
following  name  in  listing  indicates  spouse  of  members. 


Local  Union,  City 

3    Wheeling,  WV — John  Freeman,  Mary  Homer  (s), 
Olis  W.  Thomberry. 

7  Minneapolis,  MN — Evelyn  J.  Hanson  (s),  Norbert 
Andring. 

8  Philadelphia,  PA — Leonard  Alberto,  Mario  L.  Ven- 
triglia.  Paul  J.  Carberry,  Wilfred  Vaudreuil. 

9  Buffalo,  NY— George  Mellors. 

10    Chicago,  IL — Glenn  E.  Prescott,  Hershel  E.  Wingo, 

John  Schlau,  Theodore  C.  Lauterbach. 
U    Cleveland,  OH— Fred  N.  Singer. 

12  Syracuse,  NY — Joseph  Angeloro. 

13  Chicago,  IL — Emma  Chavez  (s). 

14  San  Antonio,  TX — Oscar  Fulghum,  Jr. 

15  Hackensack,  NJ — Bemt  S.  Bemtsen,  Edward  Edone, 
Elin  E.  Newquist  (s). 

16  Springfield,  IL — Nerval  Franklin  Melton. 

17  Bronx,  NY — Edward  Kamer,  Eric  Laaksonen,  Jo- 
siah  Whyte,  Mabel  Torjesen  (s).  Mina  Crisafulli  (s). 

20  New  York,  NY — Dominick  Ellera,  Elmer  Sandberg, 
Nels  Odson,  Russell  McAuliffe,  Sebastian  Leonardi. 

22  San  Francisco,  CA — Audie  Vick,  Charles  Smoot, 
DaJe  Dyzbaiys.  George  W.  Price. 

24  Central,  CT— Anthony  J.  Raccio.  Frank  Hoben, 
George  Bartis,  Joseph  Fow. 

27  Toronto,  Ont.,  CAN— Charles  H.  Bambrough.  Fer- 
nando Debrito,  Gerald  F.  Hawkins,  Joseph  P.  Camp- 
bell. 

28  Missoula,  MT— Fred  Engel,  Robert  L.  Johnson. 

30  New  London,  CT — Helen  Briggs  (s),  Onesime  Maur- 
ice. 

31  Trenton,  NJ— William  J.  Driver,  Sr. 

33  Boston,  MA— Clifford  S.  Bennett.  Thomas  M.  Ken- 
nedy. 

34  Oakland,  CA— Melvin  E.  Crawford. 

36  Oakland,  CA— Arthur  E.  Helmkamp,  Arthur  L. 
Fain,  Francis  J.  Siegle.  Georg  Klehs,  Henry  Orde- 
man,  James  Smith,  Jr.,  John  J.  Bossert,  Mickey  W. 
Werb,  Roy  D.  Reeves,  Russell  H.  Bishop. 

54  Chicago,  IL — Paul  Majka. 

55  Denver,  CO — Adam  J.  Schamberger.  Carl  E.  Borge- 
son,  Francis  Stephan,  Joseph  D.  Gunnoe,  Lloyd  L. 
Smith. 

58  Chicago,  Il^-Carl  G.  Carison,  Kenneth  Ries,  Peter 
F.  Mausolf. 

60  Indiananpolis,  IN— Allen  R.  Smith,  Ary  M.  Heck, 
Janyce  D.  Ellis  (s),  Raymond  E.  Gee,  Walter  L. 
Dake. 

62    Chicago,  Il^Paul  Bert  Olson. 

64  Louisville,  KY — Delma  D.  Sullivan,  Lois  Ann  Nu- 
gent (s),  McKJnley  Thurman,  Sr. 

66  Olean,  NY— Christine  J.  Palmer  (s),  Edith  F.  Fanton 
(s),  Elton  E.  Carlson. 

73  St.  Louis,  MO— Joe  B.  Touchstone. 

74  Chattanooga,  TN— Homer  T.  Johnson,  Leon  W. 
Moore,  Jr. 

76    Hazelton,  PA — Thomas  Buglio. 

80    Chicago,  IL — Lorraine  O.  Kapel  (s),  Plinio  Pagni. 

87  St.  Paul,  MN— Doris  L.  Mohr  (s),  Elaine  Behm  (s), 
Frank  Fredrickson,  Harold  Danielson.  John  Lib- 
hardt,  Julia  Priebe  (s),  Lloyd  M.  Collins,  Merrill  W. 
Phillips,  Milton  H.  Braatz,  Oscar  Morseth. 

90  Cvansville,  IN — Lillie  Marie  Huey  (s),  Rayetta  Hughes 
(s).  Sharon  Smitley  (s). 

91  Racine,  WI— Walter  Koch. 

94    Providence,  RI — James  White. 
98    Spokane,  WA — Carmin  L.  Bemiss,  Charles  D.  At- 
kmson.  Homer  L.  Stumbough,  Robert  L.  Mallette. 

100  Muskegon,  MI— Edgar  York. 

101  Baltimore,  MD— Claude  J.  Buckmaster. 

104  Dayton,  OH— John  W.  Bafs.  Kirtley  Humphrey. 

105  Qevdand,  OH— James  R.  Rastatter,  John  D.  Walker, 
Jr. 

106  Des  Moines,  lA — Clair  R.  Roberts,  Doris  Louise 
Trower  (s). 

108  Springfield,  MA — Joseph  Leo  Ducharme. 

109  Sheffield,  AL— George  R.  Randolph,  Hobson  Price. 

110  St.  Joseph,  MO— Ethe!  Hetherington  (s).  Nelson  A. 
Wright,  Rcy  B.  Hetherington. 

111  Lawrence,  MA — Susan  A.  Roberge  (s). 

112  Butte,  MT— Ord  Mitchell. 

114    East  Detroit,  MI— Wilfred  Hansen. 

116    Bay  City,  MI— Geraldine  L.  Jones  (s). 

118    Detroit,  MI— Ben  Stime,  Lawton  L.  Dodd.  Lorene 

Ostrander  (s).  Nicholas  Yekin.  Walfred  T.  Naasko, 

Zemery  G.  Harden. 
120    Utica,  NY— Alfred  Monopoli. 
122    Philadelphia,  PA— Elizabeth  J.  Coffin  (s),  Joseph 

Varley,  Stephen  Seger. 
124    Passaic,  NJ — Antonio  Buonocore,  Joseph  J.  Tam- 

buro.  Thomas  Walmsley. 

131  SeatUe,  WA— Curren  Troy  Collins,  Henry  W. 
Schneider,  Hilda  J.  Swensen  (s),  James  R.  Dunn, 
Louis  V.  Benson,  Lutie  Lee  Williams  (s),  Ronald 
W.  Hoefer,  William  A.  Chramosta. 

132  Washington,  DC— Elizabeth  Green  (s),  Harold  C. 
Beacom,  John  W.  Skinner. 

141  Chicago,  IL — George  Pearson. 

142  Pittsburgh,  PA— Esther  A.  Lander  (s). 
162    San  Mateo,  CA — Joan  Arlene  Reeves  (s). 

165  Pittsburgh,  PA— Albert  S.  Wilson,  Anthony  J.  Mar- 
iani. 


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168    Kansas  City,  KS— Edward  Kvaternik. 

171    Youngstown,   OH — George   Schuller.   Grace   Mae 

Baldwin  (s). 
174    Joliet,    IL— Clarence   A.    Weidemann,   James   A. 

Knowles,  Roy  P.  Stellwagen. 

180  VaUejo,  CA— Carl  Jones. 

181  Chicago,  IL— Carl  Fred  Swanson.  Willard  O.  Nor- 
berg. 

182  Cleveland,  OH — Herbert  Andrew  Wachsman,  Jo- 
seph J.  Podlena,  Robert  M.  Roy. 

183  Peoria,  Il^-Charies  L.  Kuntz. 

184  Salt  Lake  City,  UT— Ellis  J.  Seeds,  Emily  K.  Ellerbe 
(s),  Herman  B.  Jensen. 

190    Klamath  Falls,  OR— Samuel  V.  Ellis. 
195    Pern,  IL— Alvin  H.  Retat. 

198  DaUas,  TX— Beverly  Abbott  (s),  Claudia  Hedgecock 
(s).  Warren  G.  FInster,  William  Jessie  Fields. 

200  Columbus,  OH— Dwight  Wilcox,  Ellen  Irene  Shan- 
non (s),  William  E.  Lowe. 

201  Wichita,  KS— Charies  L.  Byfield.  Wilbur  G.  Strain. 

210  Stamford,  CT— Joseph  L.  Cadrin,  Joseph  Michael 
Cheney,  Mary  S.  Strate  (s),  William  Hardy. 

211  Pittsburgh,  PA — Samuel  Hollenberger,  Jr. 

213  Houston,  TX— Edgar  L.  Mathews,  Sr.,  Floyd  Frank- 
lin Parker,  Harry  Louis  Zedler,  June  J.  Phelps  (s), 
Violet  Anna  Mcllveen  (s),  William  Henry  Morris. 

218    Boston,  MA — Ernest  L.  Nelson. 

220    Wallace,  ID— Edward  J.  Lannen. 

223  NashvUle,  TN— David  Walter  Dement,  Jr.,  William 
Lindell  Robertson. 

225  Atlanta,  GA — Charies  Starcher,  Frank  O.  Edmon- 
son, George  Brumfield,  Sr.,  Henry  Curtis  George, 
Sr.,  John  H.  Harrelson. 

229  Glens  Falls,  NY— Wilson  M.  Stanton. 

230  Pittsburgh,  PA— Charies  R.  Shumaker.  Robert  G. 
Neal. 

235     Riverside,  CA — John  T.  Unrue. 

246  New  York,  NY— Nathan  Schneider. 

247  Portland,  OR— Carl  A.  Larson,  Giles  B.  Richardson, 
Lorents  A.  Lorenzen,  Milford  M.  Spier,  Octa  Ellen 
Duggins  (s),  Olav  B.  Emberland,  S.  J.  Schulthies, 
Selma  V.  Bailey  (s). 

250    Lake  Forest,  Il^-Clarence  Ollie  Tucker. 

256  Savannah,  GA — Beasley  E.  Austin,  Eugene  E.  Pur- 
cell. 

257  New  York,  NY — Axel  Johnson,  Elaine  Altevogt  (s). 
Nils  Hanson,  Ture  Roslund. 

260    Berkshire  County,  MA — John  Ericksen. 

264  Milwaukee,  WI — Arnold  C.  Pennebecker,  Carl  L. 
F*feifer,  William  Crawford. 

265  Saugerties,  NY— Bemice'F.  Hill  (s). 

267  Dresden,  OH— Clarence  R.  Swank. 

268  Sharon,  PA— Joseph  Fieri. 

272    Chicago  Heights,  IL — Mary  Perino  (s). 

275     Newton,  MA— Fred  Atwell,  William  Danforth. 

278     Watertown,  NY— Oliver  T.  Raymond. 

280  Niagara-Gen  &  Vic,  NY— Donald  B.  Eaton.  Joseph 
R.  Falsetti. 

281  Binghampton,  NY — Erving  B.  Lambert. 

287  Harrisburg,  PA— Elvin  C.  Zielinski,  Ethel  B.  Ross 
(s),  Margaret  A.  Miller  (s),  Virginia  A.  Witmer  (s). 

296  Brooklyn,  NY— Peter  Moland. 

297  Kalamazoo,  MI— Richard  A.  Ritter. 

302  Huntington,  WV— Amos  Oney,  Clarence  R.  Thomp- 
son, Emogene  Saunders  (s). 

304  Denison,  TX — Elmer  Harlan  Johnson,  Lester  Lee 
Geis. 

316  San  Jose,  CA — Clifford  Richardson,  Glenn  L.  Seger. 

317  Aberdeen,  WA — Leo  A.  Sabanski. 
324     Waco,  TX— Edwin  Wolske. 

329  Oklahoma  City,  OK— Ernest  Allen  McAlister,  Wil- 
liam H.  Falvey. 

333  New  Kensington,  PA — Francis  E.  Melts. 

334  Saginaw,  MI— Clyde  E.  Shaw. 

335  Grand  Rapids,  MI — George  Nelson  Van  Lente, 
Hannes  E.  Rantala. 

338    Seattle,  WA— Etta  S.  Morehouse  (s),  Russell  More- 
house. 
340    Hagerstown,  MD — Virginia  L.  Swain  (s). 
342    Pawtucket,  RI — Emile  Racine. 

344  Waukesha,  WI — Mason  W.  Christianson. 

345  Memphis,  TN— Clifton  O.  Smith,  Dolores  Jeanette 
Cox  (s). 

348    New  York,  NY— Gloria  J.  Petrilli  (s),  William  Wii- 

tamak. 
350    New  Rochelle,  NY — Giuseppe  Cozzi. 
354    Gilroy,  CA— George  V.  Watts.  Joseph  H.  Young. 
359    Philadelphia,  PA— Cecelia  A.   Foley  {s).  Charies 

Guenst,  Ernest  Schoeck.  Frank  DeTommaso. 
370    Albany,  NY— Elizabeth  Schidzick  (s),  George  Van- 

denhouten,  Nacy  J.  Petralia,  Norman  E.  Wensley, 

Robert  I.  Barnes. 
374    Buffalo,  NY — Louis  Montemage. 
379    Texarkana,  TX— Marguriette  Annie  Rider  (s). 
388    Richmond,  VA— Willie  Lee  Woods  (s). 
393    Camden,  NJ— May  U.  Fair  (s). 

399  Phillipsburg,  NJ— Edward  O.  Osmun,  Salvadore 
Vonelli. 

400  Omaha,  NB— Clara  A.  Sweetman  (s).  Clyde  Ed- 
monds. Frank  L.  Sutton,  Gerald  V.  Vermuele. 


luxai  UmioM.  City 

403  Alexandria,  LA — Clem  Roy. 

404  Lake  Co,  OH— Charles  J .  Winters,  Charies  Susman, 
Esther  M.  Ritari  (s),  Fred  L.  Kitley. 

407  Lewiston,  ME — Louis  Parent. 

411  San  Angelo,  TX— Mae  Dell  Austin  (s). 

413  South  Bend,  IN— Earl  E.  Yeagley,  Ellis  M.  Hem- 

inger,  Frank  E.  Sailer. 

422  New  Brighton,  PA— Edward  Blanarik. 

424  Hingham,  MA— William  H.  Weston. 

433  Belleville,  IL — David  H.  Gronemeyer,  William  L. 

G.  Hauck. 

452  Vancouver  BC,  CAN— Gina  Bellio  (s). 

453  Auburn,  NY — John  L  .  Bciier. 

454  Philadelphia,  PA — John  J.  Sorensen. 

455  Somerville,  NJ — Anna  Susko  (s),  Elias  H.  Sutton. 
465  Chester  County,  PA — Lewis  E.  Thomas. 

469  Cheyenne,  WY— Gran  L.  Loshbaugh. 

470  Tacoma,  WA— Gotthilf  B.  Mueller,  Harold  Vik, 
Hildegard  Martha  Strautman  (s).  James  Beckman, 
Judith  C.  Burke  (s). 

480    Freeburg,  IL — Edward  Nowicki. 
515     Colorado  Springs,  CO — Elred  Bolger. 
517    Portland,  ME— Ethel  Bergh  (s). 

530  Los  Angeles,  CA — Conrad  E.  Freudiger,  Erik  Algot 
Moline. 

531  New  York,  NY— Bernard  Forde. 

541  Washington,  PA — Joseph  Martin  Kendgia. 

543  Mamaroneck,  NY— Charles  Trifiletti. 

550  Oakland,  CA— Fred  Hobbs,  George  A.  George, 
George  E.  White,  Salvatore  A.  Russeo. 

556  MeadviUe,  PA— Evelyn  H.  Getty  (s),  Walter  F.  Biel. 

557  Bozeman,  MT — John  Malcolm  Nickey. 

558  Ehnhurst,  IL— Harold  J.  Kane. 
563  Glendale,  CA— Leona  W.  Raia  {s). 
565  Elkhart,  IN— Elaine  U.  Essig(s). 

569    Pascagoula,  MS — Arthur  C.  Hawthorne. 
586    Sacramento,  CA — George  H.  Pino,  Orville  J.  imel, 
Wilbur  C.  Wolfe. 

599  Hammond,  IN — Albert  Delibertis,  Anton  Felker. 

600  Lehigh  VaUey,  PA— William  D.  Leiby. 

606    Va  Eveleth,  MN— Delia  Signe  Bodas  (s).  Donald  C. 

Pollary. 
608    New  York,  NY— Hans  Thorkelsen,  Joseph  Malczyn- 

610    Port  Arthur,  TX— James  B.  Barclay. 

621  Bangor,  ME— Carroll  A.  Harris. 

622  Waco,  TX— Lloyd  G.  Hayes,  Walter  A.  Skipworth, 
William  L.  Scott. 

623  Atlantic  County,  NJ — Horace  Sampson. 

624  Brockton,  MA— Fred  Littlefield. 

625  Manchester,  NH — Simonne  C.  Racicot  (s),  Sylvio  I. 
Dube. 

626  WUmington,  DE^Joseph  M.  Wright.  Lloyd  V.  Kil- 
len.  Walter  Kistenmacher. 

627  Jacksonville,  FL — Leslie  A.  Moore. 

634  Salem,  IL— William  Howard  Phillips. 

635  Boise,  ID— Clarence  E.  Newell. 
640    Metropolis,  BL — Frank  L.  Werner. 

642  Richmond,  CA — Robert  Elvin  L^mun,  Robert  Ver- 
non Wise. 

657    Sheboygan,  WI— Hans  Fischer. 

660    Sprin^ld,  OH— Herbert  F.  Grant,  Hobert  N.  Boggs. 

665    AmariUo,  TX— Woodrow  Wilson  Byars. 

668  Palo  Alto,  CA — Andrew  S.  Feltrop.  Raymond  Tay- 
lor. 

690    Little  Rock,  AR— B.  E.  Butler. 

696    Tampa,  FL— Johann  Haase. 

701    Fresno,  CA— John  T.  Cargill,  Warren  G.  Cox 

704  Jackson,  MI— Harold  G.  Foster. 

705  Lorain,  OH— Elmer  J.  Schoff. 

710    Long  Beach,  CA— Dorothy  G.  Hahn  (s).  Jerry  E. 

Okeefe. 
715    Elizabeth,  NJ — John  Kalamen,  Warren  Schieren- 

beck,  William  Heffernan. 
721     Los  Angeles,  CA— Joseph  W.   Shields,  Walter  V. 

Barrett. 
725    Litchfield,  Il^Wm.  Fenwick  Nelson. 

739  Cincinnati,  OH — Louis  Kramer. 

740  New  York,  NY — Abraham  Goldberg.  Agnes  Mc- 
Cartney (s). 

743    Bakersfield,  CA — Lee  J.  Larios,  Miley  Mae  Davis 

(s). 
745    Honolulu,   HI — Nishibata   Soichi.   Tatsumi   Nagai, 

Toshitsuka  Oshiro. 
747    Oswego,  NY — Byran  Rurey. 
751    Santa  Rosa,  CA — Georgia  Lucille  Lovelace  (s). 
753    Beaumont,  TX— Paul  Jack  Zoch. 

755  Superior,  WI — Ernest  A.  Linder,  Violet  F.  Carlson 
(s). 

756  Bellingham,  WA— Everett  A.  Becker. 
763    Enid,  OK— Melvin  S.  Martin. 

767  Ottumwa,  lA— William  Ralph  Agee. 

769  Pasadena,  CA — Marjorie  Velma  Jensen  (s). 

770  Yakima,  WA — Florence  M.  Cosgrove  (s). 
790  Dixon,  II^Robert  S.  Sines. 

792    Rockford,  IL— Barbara  Jean  Anderson  (s). 

821    Springfield,  NJ — Andrew  Gentry.  Henry  Lemanski. 

Joseph  E.  Poda.  Jr. 
832    Beatrice,  NE — Leland  Morris. 
839    Des  Plaines,  H^Anna  H.  Doniea  (s),  Conrad  F. 

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844  Canoga  Park.  CA— Flora  Elizabeth  Sparks  (s).  Wall 
J    Gwi;izdowski 

845  Clirion  Heighb.  PA— Fred  Weisthedcl,  Richard  F 
Oaks, 

848    San  Bruno,  CA— Frank  A   Quadros. 
8S7    Tucson.  AZ— Ethel  B.  Echnoz  (si.  George  Marble. 
Viola  McCormick  Clark  (s). 

899  Parker^burg.  WV A— Howard  L    Deever.  Jr. 

900  Alloona.  PA— Evans  HIte,  Sr 

902  Brooklyn.  NY— Antonio  Sanloro.  Edward  Callegari. 
George  Bayer.  Hjalmar  Johnson.  Mathilde  Johansen 
(s).  Pedro  Santos.  Richard  Klosc. 

904    JacksonviUe.  IL — Fred  M.  Simmons 

906  GiendaJe.  AZ— Floyd  R.  Cole.  Keith  J  Mulholland, 
Marcella  M.  Goelz  (s). 

916     Aurora.  IL— Lloyd  Vest 

925    Salinas.  CA— Charles  Kiso. 

932     Peru.  IN— William  L.  Cree. 

940    Sandusky,  OH— Zeldon  E   Mesnard. 

943    Tulsa,  OK— Hughey  Coughran, 

953  Lake  Charles,  LA— Charles  W.  Johnson.  Louis  Ed- 
ward Hatsfelt.  Sr. 

955    Applelon.  WI— Edward  C   Besaw 

958     Marquette,  MI— Kenneth  A-  Montagna. 

971     Reno,  NV— Raybum  M.  Brown, 

973  Texas  City,  TX— Dan  P   Ray 

974  Baltimore.  MD— Hugh  F  Coylc.  Jr..  Minika  T. 
Pedersen  (s), 

976    Marion,  OH — Lester  Leroy  Stiner, 

978    Springfield.  MO— Junior  F.  Dyson, 

981     Petaluma.  C A— Frank  Donahue 

998    Royal  Oak,  MI— Frank  L.  Jones.  George  Pihajlich. 

Harold  V,  Turner.  Sharon  Schnell  (si. 
1000    Tampa.  FL— Elberta  Miller  Johnson  (s), 

1026  Miami.  FL — Conrad  Bothun.  Kermit  Tindell. 

1027  Chkago.  IL — Abnim  Goldberg.  Jacob  Gordon.  James 
L-  Jones 

1042     Plaltsburgh,  NY— Hazel  Gough  (si 

1050  Philadelphia,  PA — Benjamin  Lorenzo.  Salvatore 
Pigliacelli, 

1052  Hollywood,  CA — Gerald  Momson.  Joseph  Alfred 
Gray 

1059    Schuylkill  County,  PA— Frank  Marcolla 

1062  Santa  Barbara,  CA— Daniel  L.  Wnght.  Marguerite 
Masonheimer  (s). 

1067     Port  Huron.  MI— Girvan  Kerr 

1073    Philadelphia.  PA— John  Calhoun.  William  Shaffer. 

1097     Longview.  TX— Howard  A,  Finley, 

1100     Flagstaff,  AZ— Frank  Abbatte 

1102  Detroit,  MI— Betty  Jackson  (s).  Fred  S,  Larson. 
Harold  A,  O'Neil.  Hector  McGregor.  Patrick  Brown. 

IIIM    Tyler.  TX— Hershel  Edwin  Newman, 

1108    Cleveland.  OH— Leonard  A    Van, 

1120     Portland.  OR— Joe  Baricevic.  John  H,  McConnell. 

1138    Toledo,  OH— Mae  Bell  Reifert  (s).  Roy  Smith. 

1140  San  Pedro,  CA— Amelia  Marotta  (si.  Charles  Lan- 
ders, 

1145  Washington,  DC— William  F   Walker, 

1146  Green  Bay,  WI — Joseph  Hendncks.  Joseph  Nichols, 

1147  Roseville.  CA — Jacob  Kramer.  Leo  Lorenson. 
1149    San  Francisco,  CA — Frank  W,  Durgin.  Jr,.  Nelson 

A,  Wnghl, 
1151     Thunder  Bay,  ON  CAN— Phyllis  Morden  (s). 
1155    Columbus,  IN — Leonard  J,  Brewer, 
1164    New  York,  NY — Louis  Casamassima, 
1176    Fargo,  ND— Leo  E,  Washlock, 
1184    Seattle,  WA— Albert  Simmons.  Donald  A,  Kiehl- 

bauch.  Isaac  McDonald.  Walter  W,  Anderson, 
1207     Charleston.  WV  A— Alice  R    McClain  (s), 
1227     Ironwood,  MI— Jack  V    Maltson 
1235     Modesto,  CA— Gerald  D   Brown 

1240  Oroville,  CA— Jessie  M.  Anglin  (s), 

1241  Columbus,  OH — James  A.  Kilbarger, 

1245    Carlsbad,  NM — David  L.  Long.  Ernie  E.  Brown. 

Ralph  Thornton.  William  F,  Noms. 
1258  Pocatello.  ID— Thomas  H,  Phillips. 
1266     Austin.  TX— Richard  M,  Franklin, 

1274  Decatur,  Al^Robcrt  H.  Garrett, 

1275  Clearwater.  Ft^Eveline  Carlton  (si.  Ralph  Ander- 
son, 

1277  Bend,  OR— Ray  A,  Markham. 

1278  Gainesville,  FU-George  W    Harris 

1296    San  Diego,  CA — Frank  Moedl.  Frank  V,  Loveday. 

Leon  Palasik.  fjwen  Martin  Stephens. 
1301     Monroe,  MI — Ivan  Johnson,  Jason  S.  King, 
1307     Evaaston,  IL — Rosalie  Anderson  (si, 
1319    Albuquerque,   NM — Fernando   Lopez.   Florah   M, 

Andrews  (s).  Harvey  A,  Varley, 
1323    Monterey,  CA — Miguel  M,  Morales. 
1325    Edmonton  AB,  CAN — Christian  Jensen.  Frank  Krone- 

busch.  Joseph  Jesse, 
1329     Independence,  MO— Joseph  A   Wilkes. 
1334     Baytown,  TX— Henry  J    Lalumandicr. 
1342    Irvinglon.  NJ — Frances  Rosen  (s).  Sakarias  Johnsen. 

Sam  Rothslein, 
1346     Vernon,  BC,  CAN — Eugenia  Golin  (st, 
1351     Leadville,  CO— John  Poderzay.  William  L.  Haneke. 

Jr 
1358    La  Jolla,  CA— Ada  Mary  Hill  (s).  Frances  M,  Norris 

(si, 
1363     Oshkosh,  WI— Joseph  Neubauer 
1366    Quincy.  Il^Willard  Fleer.  Winifred  Welchert  (si, 
1373    Flint,  Ml— William  H   Root, 
1381     Woodland,  CA — Arthur  J,  Anderson.  John  Colom- 

bara, 
1386    f*rovince  of  New  Brunswick — Connne  Breau  (s), 
1391     Denver.  CO— Edward  C    Leek.  Herman  A,  Dad- 

dario.  Juanila  Irene  Mannon  (si, 
1394     Ft.  Lauderdale.  Fl^-Emesl  R    Mobley 
1397     North  HempsUd.  NY— Nathan  Johanson, 
1402     Richmond.   VA— Johnny   Clifton    Harreli.   William 

Harold  Young, 
1404     Biloxi.  MS — Carrol  L,  Batia.  Jr,.  George  Herring, 


Local  Union.  Cirv 


Local  Union.  Cirv 


1418 
1421 

1437 

1438 
1449 
1452 
1453 

1456 


1460 
1462 
1471 
1478 
I486 
1495 
1496 
1497 
1498 
1506 
1507 
1509 
1519 

1521 
1526 
1529 
1532 
1533 
1535 
1539 
1553 


1571 

1577 
1583 
1590 

1594 
1596 
1597 
1598 
1599 
1607 

1618 
1622 
1632 
1644 
1650 

1669 
1673 
1685 


1688 
1689 
1691 
1694 
1699 
1708 
1715 
1739 

1741 

1749 
1750 
1770 

1772 
1778 
1780 

1795 
1806 
1811 
1815 


1822 

1836 
1837 
1839 
1846 


1856 

1861 
1865 
1871 
1904 
1911 
1913 

1919 
1947 

1961 
1962 
1971 
1994 
2012 
2027 
2046 


Redwood  City,  CA — Bradley  Soward.  Fredenck  A, 
Carlton.  Marvin  F,  Conwell.  Orville  MacDonatd 
Lodi.  CA — Harry  Raymond  Shelstead, 
Arlington.  TX— Fred  D   Searcey 
Compton.  CA — Ira  E,  Ruston.  Juanita  J,  Ruther  (s). 
Oscar  Leon  Shaler, 
Warren,  OH — Robert  G,  Thompson. 
Lansing.  MI — Forrest  Winters, 
[lelroit.  MI — Alois  J,  Lammertyn, 
Huntington  Beach,  CA — Beatrice  Richman  (s).  Jesse 
M,  Green.  Moms  R.  Whitehead, 
New  York.  NY — Jacob  E.  Svenningsen.  John  F, 
Sullivan.  John  Nersten.  John  W.  Holman.  Ragnar 
Carlson.  Robert  Saunders.  Sten  Stanley.  Wilben  C. 
Jensen.  Wilfred  J,  Luby, 
F.dmonlon,  Alia,  CAN — Elwood  Roy  Aldous. 
Bucks  County,  PA— Jack  H    Ellis 
Jackson,  MS— Ralph  Everett  Dry. 
Redondo,  C A— Thomas  H    Wilson. 
Auburn,  CA— Foster  W   Wheeler. 
Chico,  CA— MIrven  P,  Reed. 
Fresno,  CA — Alfred  L.  Jorges. 
E.  Los  Angeles.  CA— Hazel  M,  Sutton  (s), 
Provo,  UT — Marion  Roundy. 
Los  Angeles,  CA — Calvin  Jones.  Patrick  S,  Henry, 
El  Monte,  CA— Marion  L.  Gibbs. 
Miami.  FL — Eddie  K,  Dismuke, 
Ironton,  OH — Frank  Edwin  West.  James  Franklin 
York, 

Algoma,  WI — Edward  Zuege.  Virgil  E,  Hafeman, 
Denton, TX — Henry  I,  Reinart.  James FloydMurrell, 
Kansas  City,  KS — Donovan  M.  Easter. 
Anacortes,  WA — Virginia  May  Russell  (si. 
Two  Rivers,  WI— Gerirude  M    Roelse. 
Highland,  Il^Leland  A  Stoff 
Chicago,  IL — Chester  Drapinski.  Frank  J.  Sefcik, 
Culver  City,  CA— Constance  L.  Williams.  David 
Barnes.  Gregg  E,  Lasha.  June  A,  Ayer.  Perry  C, 
Allen.  Quy  T,  Du.  Robert  Michael  Finn. 
East  San  Diego.  CA— Wilbur  B.  Habennan, 
Buffalo,  NY— Daniel  Gurbacki 
Englewood,  CO— Albert  E,  Sickler, 
Washington,  DC — Jennings  L,  Dobyns.  Theodore 
G,  Johnson, 

Wausau.  WI— Walter  Gnggel, 
St.  Louis.  MO — Mary  Inez  Flader  (s), 
Bremerton.  WA — Robert  L,  Workman. 
Victoria.  B.C.  CAN— Nils  Holm, 
Redding,  CA — Adnan  Mossom, 
Los  Angeles,  CA — Clara  C.  Reisner  (s).  Josef  F, 
Caviezel,  Ronald  H,  Rhodes.  Jr. 
Sacramento,  CA — Judson  E.  Morey, 
Hayward,  CA — Alvon  V,  Johnson, 
S.  Luis  Obispo,  CA — Clifford  E.  Lackore, 
MinneapoUs,  MN — Norman  Brakken  (s). 
Lexington,  KY — Dewey  Clifford  Rose.  Ernest  R, 
Burdette.  Sr, 

Ft.  William.  Ont.,  CAN— Onni  Abel  Lappalainen, 
Morgantown,  NC — John  D,  Stephens, 
Melboume-Daylona  Beach,  FL-— Anthony  J,  Janos- 
kie.  Cathenne  Beer  Williams  (s).  Nellie  Mae  Fink 
Is).  Robert  C,  Roberts. 
Manchester,  NH — Robert  E,  Johnson, 
Tacoma,  WA— Aimer  C,  Mattsen.  Arthur  Jacol, 
Coeur  De  Alene.  ID — Julia  Anlonich  (s), 
Washington,  DC — Leo  Wikinger, 
Pasco,  WA — Frank  E,  Lane.  Roy  Elder. 
Auburn,  WA — Fred  O.  Lochridge. 
Vancouver,  WA — Franklin  E.  Haun.  George  C,  Bump, 
Kirkwood,  MO — Margaret  Widener  (s).  William  S, 
Nicolson. 

Milwaukee,  WI — Alice  Ida  Frenz  (s).  Elmer  Frenz. 
Roy  C,  Wolter, 

Anniston,  AL — Flem  Archie  Tarwater, 
Cleveland,  OH— Orlo  A,  McKibben.  Russell  Villan, 
Cape  Girardeau,  MO — John  Wilfong, 
Hicksville.  NY — Finn  Granstad.  Walter  Koppmann, 
Columbia,  SC — Herbert  A,  Broadway, 
Las  Vegas,  NV — Floyd  Savage.  Jacob  Romo.  Keith 
W,  Nunn.  Raymond  G,  Holyfield, 
Farmington,  MO — Cecil  Ray  Thomas.  Lloyd  Clark 
Dallastown.  PA — Emanuel  Stump. 
Monroe,  LA — Woodrow  W.  Jenny, 
Santa  Ana,  CA — Earl  E,  Cheek.  Frederick  J,  Grode. 
Jr  .  Helene  Merchant  (s).  Norbert  Risse.  Theodore 
W    Frey, 

Fort  Worth.  TX— Gordon  F    McLaughlin.  Jessie 
Lou  Beasley  (s), 

RussellvUle,  AR— James  W    Ridout. 
Babylon.  NY— Noriief  Nilsen, 
Washington,  MO — Mayrose  S,  Voss  (si. 
New  Orleans.  LA — Charles  L,  Richardson,  Elvira 
Landry.  Forrest  P.  Daigrepont.  Foster  P.  Desselles. 
Sr,.  John  Dellavalle.  Jr..  Joseph  G,  Duplantis, 
Philadelphia,   PA— John   Gmiter.   W     Robert   Mc- 
Connell, 

Milpitas.  CA— Willie  I    Allen, 
Minneapolis,  MN — Rudolph  Jenson, 
Cleveland,  OH— Calvin  L    Poland.  Virgil  Noble 
North  Kansas,  MO — Forrest  L,  King. 
Beckley,  WV— Frank  S,  Huddleston, 
Van  Nuys,  CA — Fred  Bniner.  Manuel  Roman.  Vir- 
ginia Franco  (s). 

Stevens  Point,  WI— Benedict  P   Gavin 
Hollywood,  FL — Arthur  P.  Hammond.  Arthur  T, 
Ameson.  Howard  W,  Larsen.  Ralph  S.  Niles.  Sr, 
Ruseburg,  OR — Franklin  Keith  Cashner, 
Las  Cruces,  NM — Arnold  Boice  Palmore, 
Temple,  TX — Barney  Carroll, 
Natchez,  MS — James  C    Kerr, 
.Seaford,  D&— Jerdie  Ellen  Hitchens  (s). 
Rapid  City,  SD— Russell  Whitley, 
Martinez,   CA — Arthur   Otto    Heeszel.    Ernest    C. 


2047 
2067 

2077 
2078 

2087 
2103 

2104 
2114 
2154 
2164 
2172 
2203 

2205 
2247 
2250 

2287 

2288 

2308 
2311 
2313 
2361 

2375 
2396 
2404 

2405 
2411 

2435 

2461 
2463 

2477 

2486 
2490 
2519 
2522 
2564 
2601 
2637 
2682 
2684 
2687 
2713 
2714 

2739 
2750 

2755 
2780 
2787 
2816 
2823 
2900 
2902 


3099 

3175 
3206 


Mathers.  Lilliam  M,  Decker  (s).  Melvin  Clarence 
Lundberg.  Woodrow  Clifford  Roark, 
Hartford  City,  IN— Carry  M  Chesher. 
Medford,  OR— Albert  Gilice  Miller.  Don  C    Huff- 
man. 

Columbus,  OH — Kenneth  L.  Brunty, 
Vista,  CA— Albert  A.  Oertner.  Charles  B.  Siris.  Luis 
Ricardo  Latorre, 

Crystal  Lake,  IL — Joseph  L,  Glosson, 
Calgary,  Alta.,  CAN— Rita  Leone  Gullason  (s).  Wil- 
liam W,  Ruff 

DaUas,  Fl.  Worth,  TX— William  K.  Foster. 
Napa,  CA— Charles  V.  Whitworth. 
Portland,  OR — George  Law. 
San  Francisco,  CA — Frank  R.  Kessel. 
Santa  .^na,  CA — Joseph  V,  Opferman. 
Anaheim,  CA — Benjamin  J.  Ditch.  Marion  L.  Smit- 
lle, 

Wenatchee,  WA — William  J,  Landers. 
Juneau,  AK — Jesse  R,  Shanks, 
Red  Bank,  NJ— John  F.  Allcorn, 
New  York,  NY — Abraham  Kroch.  Ernest  Kenny. 
William  McHenry, 

Los  Angeles,  CA — Colleen  Robert  Spoon  (s),  Theo- 
dore V.  Runston.  Thomas  V.  Mitchell. 
Fullerton,  CA— Irene  J.  Denolf  (si. 
Washington,  DC — Charles  Haag, 
Meridian,  MS — N,  Burnell  Banes. 
Orange,  CA — Jimmy  Wayne  A(well, 
Los  Angeles,  CA — Percy  B,  Wilfong, 
Seattle,  WA— James  E,  Colby. 
Vancouver.  B.C.,  CAN— Archibald  Kerr,  Nellie 
Edith  Cummings  (s).  Ray  Heimersen. 
Kalispell.  MT — Joe  Dickinson, 
Jacksonville,  FI> — Robert  Parker  Miller, 
Inglewood,  CA — Curtis  R,  Harris,  Thelma  Coates 
Klatte  (si, 

Cleveland,  TN— Lloyd  R  Lord. 
Ventura,  CA — William  V.  Lanier, 
Santa  Mana,  CA — Dewey  Compton.  Harold  P,  Hen- 
derson. 

Sudbury,  Ont.,  CAN— Malhew  Karst. 
McMinnvUle,  TN— Melvin  Hillis. 
Seattle,  WA— William  B    Banek. 
Si.  Helens,  OR— Theodore  F    McAtee. 
Grand  Fall,  NFL.,  CAN— Albert  Carroll. 
Lafayette,  IN — Eugene  Christman. 
Sedro  Wolley,  WA — Roger  L.  Geanety, 
New  York,  NY — Isaac  Johnson.  Rose  M.  Fowler. 
Greenville,  MS — Ernest  Jones. 
Auburn,  CA — Joseph  Arthur  Wirth. 
Center,  TX— Mack  Allen  Ratcliff. 
DaUas,  OR— Merritt  G.  Barth.  Sr..  Robert  K.  Pres- 
nall. 

Yakima,  WA — Ina  May  Carrico  (s). 
Sprin^eld,  OR— Gerald  P.  Morris,  John  A,  Luckey. 
Marvin  A,  Roberts. 
Kalama,  WA— Charies  E.  Warten. 
Elgin,  OR— laurel  E   Witty. 
Springfield,  OR— Wallace  G.  Linn, 
Emmett,  ID — Alexander  T,  Desky.  Ellis  A.  Baker. 
Pembroke.  Ont.,  CAN — Vernon  E.  Cornell. 
Sunbury,  PA— William  H.  Lilley. 
Bums.  OR— Alfred  Whiteaker.  Charles  D.  Craw- 
field.  Chauncey  Leroy  Stewart,  Freda  Castles.  Wanda 
Bell  Young  (si. 

Roseburg,  OR — Harry  A.  Bratsch.  John  Perry  Ross, 
Lorraine  Thompson  (s),  Nathaniel  G.  Thomas.  Roy 
A.  Willis. 

Springfield,  OR— Hoyd  Roy  Holder. 
Stockton,  CA— Alfred  Breitbarth. 
Aberdeen,  WA— Mike  V   Basich. 
Pembroke,  Ont.,  CAN — Wayne  Stephen  Gagne  (s) 
Pompano  Beach,   FL — Andrew  Dangelo.   Michael 
Markis, 
New  Orleans,  LA — Linda  Aycock  Koontz  (s). 


Georgia  Power  Project 

Continued  from  Page  10 

department  per  se,"  explains  Wilhoit, 
"Our  inspectors  work  out  of  construc- 
tion in  the  three  major  disciplines — 
civil,  mechanical,  and  electrical." 

A  unique  part  of  the  quality  program 
at  Plant  Scherer  is  the  construction 
department's  annual  quality  improve- 
ment program,  similar  to  the  perform- 
ance improvement  goals  and  standards 
used  in  departments  companywide. 

Dennis  Read,  deputy  manager  of  GP's 
quality  assurance  department,  says, 
"The  most  important  aspect  of  quality 
is  where  it  comes  from — the  people, 
the  workers — they're  the  most  impor- 
tant part  of  the  quality  wheel — the  ones 
doing  the  quality  work."  JJJJfJ 


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A  rail  cut-off  tool,  which  can  cut  many 
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Madison,  Wis. 

The  tool  includes  a  stop  block  which  can 
be  set  to  the  length  required. 

The  rugged,  durable  tool  is  operated  man- 
ually. Simply  select  the  proper  rail,  set  the 
stop  block,  slide  the  channel  through  the 
appropriate  die  until  it  touches  the  stop 
block.  Then,  pull  the  lever  down  to  shear 
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Seider's  cut-off  tool  can  be  designed  to 
include  custom  dies  to  cut  a  variety  of  rail 
shapes  and  sizes.  It  is  a  popular  tool  for 
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INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Calculated  Industries 39 

Clifton  Enterprises 14 

Cline-Sigmon 36 

Foley-Belsaw  Co 17 

Hydrolevel 17 

The  Irwin  Co 21 

Marsupial 36 

Vaughan  &  Bushnell 18 


A  new  variable  speed,  cordless  caulking 
gun  is  the  latest  addition  to  the  family  of 
rechargeable  power  tools  available  from  AEG 
Power  Tool  Corporation  of  Norwich,  Conn. 
The  EZ  581  Variable  Speed  Caulking  Gun 
has  an  electronic,  adjustable  speed  control 
knob  that  allows  users  to  match  the  flow  of 
material  required  to  different  applications. 

The  EZ  581  Variable  Speed  Caulking  Gun 
can  be  used  for  virtually  any  gluing,  sealing 
or  caulking  application.  The  portable  gun 
operates  on  a  2.4  volt  DC,  one-hour  quick- 
charge  battery  pack  that  permits  use  wher- 
ever a  power  source  is  unavailable  or  incon- 
venient. 

The  new  tool  uses  standard  11  ounce, 
tenth-size  cartridges  of  caulk,  glue,  or  seal- 
ant. The  lightweight  EZ  581  weighs  3.4  lbs., 
preventing  user  fatigue.  The  cord-free  EZ 
581  can  apply  up  to  35  cartridges  of  caulk 
per  charge  in  high  speed  at  46  seconds  per 
cartridge. 

Other  featiires  of  the  new  caulking  gun 
include  a  special  no-drip  feature  that  pre- 
vents material  waste  and  a  convenient  lock- 
switch  that  prevents  the  discharge  of  mate- 
rial during  clean-up  or  storage. 

Each  EZ  581  Variable  Speed,  Cordless 
Caulking  Gun  comes  with  a  removable  bat- 
tery pack  good  for  up  to  300  full  charges 
and  a  120  volt  AC  battery  pack  charger. 
With  an  extra  battery  pack,  work  can  con- 
tinue without  interruption. 

For  more  information  on  the  new  AEG 
EZ  581  Variable  Speed  Cordless  Caulking 
Gun,  call  or  write:  AEG  Power  Tool  Cor- 
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piping,  electrical  wiring,  and  sheet  metal 
duct-work. 

Copies  of  "Guidelines  for  Roof  Mounted 
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National  Roofing  Contractors  Assn.  and  $2 
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39 


Tax  Justice  in 

An  Election  Year? 

Let's  IHope  So 


Several  current  proposals 

will  be  studied  by  the  Congress. 

Your  voice  is  needed! 

Most  of  us,  this  month,  are  beginning  to  get 
our  papers  together  for  the  annual  tax  return. 
The  deadline  in  the  United  States  is  April  15.  In 
Canada  it  is  April  30. 

It  comes  every  year  without  fail,  and  it  hits 
most  of  us  pretty  hard.  As  much  as  one  dollar 
out  of  every  five  earned  flows  out  of  our  hands 
and  into  the  federal  coffers.  And  then,  of  course, 
there  are  local,  state,  and  provincial  taxes. 

Many  of  you  have  to  fall  back  on  H  &  R 
Block,  or  a  certified  public  accountant,  or  maybe 
a  brother-in-law.  Others  of  us  burn  the  midnight 
oil  to  get  it  all  together  on  time. 

The  problem  is  that  we  don't  have  a  battery 
of  tax  consultants  and  tax  attorneys  like  some 
of  the  major  multinational  corporations  which 
are  paying  nothing  or  almost  nothing  in  taxes 
year  after  year.  Hardly  any  of  us  have  these  so- 
called  tax  shelters  which  help  the  moneyed 
people  dodge  the  tax  collectors.  We  ease  the 
pain  with  tax  deductions  from  salary,  or  we  pay 
the  hard  way  at  the  end  of  each  year. 

Much  political  talk  has  been  uttered  about 
easing  our  tax  burden  in  the  1980s.  President 
Ronald  Reagan  talked  much  about  cutting  taxes 
when  he  was  campaigning  for  office  in  1980,  and 
a  lot  of  voters — rank-and-file  voters,  that  is — 
thought  he  was  talking  about  their  tax  burdens. 
It  turned  out  that  his  tax  cuts,  the  following 
year,  did  very  little  for  most  of  us.  For  the  most 
part,  they  helped  corporations  with  write-offs. 
They  gave  continued  advantages  to  the  oil  and 
gas  industry  and  other  special  interests. 

What  is  needed,  of  course,  is  true  tax  justice — 
taxation  based  upon  the  ability  to  pay  and 
taxation  based  upon  the  value  to  the  individual 
and  the  corporation  of  government  services. 

Our  union  and  the  other  unions  of  organized 
labor  have  a  long  history  of  advocating  a  fair 
tax  structure.  You'll  find  our  founder,  Peter 
McGuire,  wrote  about  it  in  Carpenter  more  than 
a  century  ago. 

We  believe  there  is  an  inseparable  relationship 


between  fairness  in  taxation  and  the  willingness 
of  citizens  to  support  their  government. 

The  federal  income  tax  structure  has  drifted 
further  and  further  away  from  the  principle  of 
ability  to  pay.  It  is  financing  a  diminishing  share 
of  the  nation's  public  investment  requirements, 
and  it  is  incapable  of  meeting  the  revenue  needs 
of  the  nation. 

The  corporate  income  tax  currently  accounts 
for  less  than  10%  of  federal  budget  receipts,  and 
each  year  many  huge  and  highly  profitable  cor- 
porations pay  no  federal  income  tax  at  all. 

A  major  overhaul  of  the  tax  structure  is  long 
overdue.  The  federal  income  tax  unfairly  dis- 
criminates against  one  form  of  income — wages 
and  salaries — in  favor  of  unearned  income,  which 
can  be  sheltered  through  phantom  deductions, 
capital-gains  exclusions,  phony  losses,  and  over- 
seas investments.  Working  men  and  women, 
who  pay  the  lion's  share  of  taxes,  meet  their 
income  tax  obligations  in  full  every  pay  day. 

Such  a  major  overhaul  must  establish  fairness, 
reduce  complexity  and  end  the  preferential  treat- 
ment given  wealthy  individuals  and  profitable 
corporations.  It  must  diminish  unfairness  toward 
people  who  work  for  their  money  and  eliminate 
favoritism  toward  people  whose  money  works 
for  them.  To  do  this  requires  a  full  range  of 
measures  necessary  to: 

•  End  the  preferential  double-standard  which 
taxes  workers'  wages  and  salaries  at  far  higher 
rates  than  "unearned  income"  on  the  savings, 
investments,  and  estates  of  the  wealthy. 

•  Reinstate  the  corporate  income  tax  as  a  major 
source  of  revenue  and  equity  and  eliminate  the 
so-called  incentives  that  subsidize  mergers,  take- 
overs, plant  shutdowns,  overseas  investments,  and 
other  activities  that  conflict  with  the  national 
interest. 

•  Develop  a  basic  structure  (with  appropriate 
credits,  exemptions,  exclusions,  deductions,  and 
graduated  rates)  which  assures  that  the  poor  are 
off  the  rolls,  working  people  pay  no  more  and  no 
less  than  their  fair  share,  and  the  loopholes  and 
escape  hatches  for  the  wealthy  are  closed. 

Many  of  the  proposals  for  reform  currently 
before  the  Congress,  including  the  Administra- 
tion's, contain  provisions  that  move  toward 
these  goals.  At  the  same  time,  all  the  major 
proposals  contain  measures  that  conflict  with 
fairness  or  take  only  modest  and  limited  steps 
in  curbing  abuses  of  the  wealthy  and  corpora- 
tions and  would  unfairly  affect  the  middle  class 
and  increase  the  tax  burdens  of  many  working 
people. 

We  will  continue  to  oppose  efforts  to  heap 


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more  of  the  tax  burden  on  working  people 
through  taxing  workplace  benefits  such  as  health 
care,  unemployment  insurance,  and  workers' 
compensation. 

We  beheve  the  attempt  to  eliminate  the  de- 
duction for  state  and  local  taxes  will  undermine 
the  ability  of  states  and  localities  to  raise  revenue 
and  provide  essential  services  for  their  citizens. 
We  further  deny  that  justice  can  be  achieved 
through  such  limited  approaches  as  the  Admin- 
istration's business  tax  proposals  which  pick  and 
choose  from  the  vast  array  of  corporate  pref- 
erences, keeping  some  and  eliminating  others. 
The  result  continues  the  distortions  and  retains 
the  opportunities  to  manipulate  the  tax  structure. 

We  also  beheve  that  any  comprehensive  tax 
measure  worthy  of  support  must  curb  the  tax 
subsidies  available  to  U.S.  firms  that  subsidize 
off-shore  production  and  export  U.S.  jobs. 

The  AFL-CIO  is  convinced  that  the  conse- 
quences of  the  Reagan  deficits  ultimately  will 
force  the  Congress  to  come  to  grips  with  the 
need  to  increase  revenues.  We  will  work  with 
the  Congress  to  ensure  that  any  such  revenue 
increases  are  equitable,  and  we  will  continue  to 
oppose  efforts  to  shift  even  more  of  the  burden 
onto  the  backs  of  workers  and  the  middle  class 
through  excessive  or  inappropriate  use  of  excise 
taxes  and  fees  for  government  services,  a  re- 
gressive and  unfair  national  sales  tax,  value- 
added  taxes,  or  other  consumption  tax  devices 
which  violate  the  fundamental  principle  of  abihty 
to  pay. 

Americans  and  Canadians  alike  must  realize 
that  union  members  are  willing  to  bear  their  fair 
share  of  the  tax  burden.  We  are  not  trying  to 
dodge  our  public  responsibilities.  We  have  learned 
the  hard  way  that  you  have  to  pay  for  what  you 
get  in  this  life.  Very  few  of  us  win  lotteries  or 
fall  heir  to  fortunes. 

We  reahze,  as  every  responsible  citizen  must 
reahze,  that  the  federal  deficits  are  enormous 
and  that  our  children  and  our  grandchildren  will 
be  paying  interest  on  them  unless  we  find  better 
ways  of  raising  federal  revenue  to  pay  off  these 
debts. 

We  do  not  overlook  the  possibility  of  tax 
increases  in  some  areas.  But  will  we  get  a  tax 
increase — in  this,  of  all  years,  an  election  year? 
There  are  rumbhngs.  Business  Week,  a  fairly 
reliable  barometer  of  business  thinking,  head- 
lined recently:  "Is  a  tax  cut  coming?  It  seems 
inevitable.  And  that  may  mean  new  energy  levies 
or  perhaps  even  a  European-style  value-added 
tax." 

VAT — the  value  added  tax — is  a  big  money 
raiser,  and  it's  sneaky.  You  pay  all  down  the 
line  as  a  product  is  put  together,  each  step  of 


the  way.  It's  like  a  national  sales  tax,  but  it's 
written  into  the  price  of  what  you  buy.  In  western 
Europe,  the  rates  vary  from  17%  in  West  Ger- 
many, to  14%  in  Britain,  to  22%  in  Denmark.  A 
Dane  adds  180%  to  the  price  of  a  car — thanks 
to  VAT. 

There's  nothing  wrong  with  a  deficit — if  it's 
kept  in  bounds.  Few  people  could  buy  a  house, 
or  a  car — without  a  manageable  deficit.  But  we 
are  paying  big  bucks  in  interest  to  carry  this 
deficit  and  it  ought  to  be  reduced. 

Look  for  the  Senate  to  write  a  whole  new  tax 
bill,  not  like  the  President's,  or  the  House- 
version.  Then  on  to  conference,  where  the  fur 
will  fly. 

No  tax  bill  ever  comes  easy,  no  matter  where 
it's  introduced — in  city  hall,  the  state  legislature, 
a  provincial  assembly,  or  the  Congress. 

You  can  be  assured,  however,  that  union 
legislation  monitors  will  be  protecting  your  in- 
terests to  the  limits  of  their  ability  as  this 
legislative  year  moves  into  high  gear. 

Your  letters  to  legislators  and  financial  support 
of  the  Carpenters  Legislative  Improvement 
Committee  is  vital  to  this  effort. 


Patrick  J.  Campbell 
General  President 


THE  CARPENTER 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

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GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Anthony  Ochocki 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 

Wayne  Pierce 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  Joseph  F.  Lia 

120  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

Second  District,  George  M.  Walish 

101  S.  Newtown  St.  Road 

Newtown  Square,  Pennsylvania  19073 

Third  District,  John  Pruttt 
504  E.  Monroe  Street  #402 
Springfield,  Illinois  62701 

Fourth  District,  E.  Jimmy  Jones 
12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue,  #3 
North  Miami,  Florida  33161 

Fifth  District,  Eugene  Shoehigh 
526  Elkwood  Mall  -  Center  Mall 
42nd  &  Center  Streets 
Omaha,  Nebraska  68105 


Sixth  District,  Dean  Sooter 

400  Main  Street  #203 
Rolla,  Missouri  65401 


Seventh  District,  H.  Paul  Johnson 
Gramark  Plaza 

12300  S.E.  Mallard  Way  #240 
Milwaukie,  Oregon  97222 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
5330-F  Power  Inn  Road 
Sacramento,  California  95820 

Ninth  District,  John  Carruthers 
5799  Yonge  Street  #807 
Willowdale,  Ontario  M2M  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 
1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 
Calgary,  Alberta,  T2K  OG3 


William  Sidell,  General  President  Emeritus 
William  Konyha,  General  President  Emeritus 
R.E.  Livingston,  General  Secretary  Emeritus 


Patrick  J.  Campbell,  Chairman 
John  S.  Rogers,  Secretary 

Correspondence  for  the  General  Executive  Board 
should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


Secretaries,  Please  Note 

In  processing  complaints  about 
magazine  delivery,  the  only  names 
which  the  financial  secretary  needs  to 
send  in  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are   NOT  receiving  the  magazine. 

In  sending  in  the  names  of  mem- 
bers who  are  not  getting  the  maga- 
zine, the  address  forms  mailed  out 
with  each  monthly  bill  should  be 
used.  When  a  member  clears  out  of 
one  local  union  into  another,  his 
name  is  automatically  dropped  from 
the  mailing  list  of  the  local  union  he 
cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the  secre- 
tary of  the  union  into  which  he  cleared 
should  forward  his  name  to  the  Gen- 
eral Secretary  so  that  this  member 
can  again  be  added  to  the  mailing  list. 

Members  who  die  or  are  suspended 
are  automatically  dropped  from  the 
mailing  list  of  The  Carpenter. 


PLEASE  KEEP  THE  CARPEISTER  ADVISED 
OF  YOUR  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS 


NOTE:  Filling  out  this  coupon  and  mailing  it  to  the  CARPENTER  only  cor- 
rects your  mailing  address  for  the  magazine.  It  does  not  advise  your  own 
local  union  of  your  address  change.  You  must  also  notify  your  local  union 
...  by  some  other  method. 


This  coupon  should  be  mailed  to  THE  CARPENTER, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


NAME 


Local  No. 


Number  of  your  Local  Union  must 
be  given.  Otherwise,  no  action  can 
be  taken  on  your  change  of  address. 


Social  Security  or  (in  Canada)  Social  Insurance  No.. 


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ZIP  Code 


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VOLUME   106  No.  4  APRIL,  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


THE 
COVER 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Convention  Call 2 

Taking  the  Initiative:  Heavy  and  Highway  Construction 5 

The  ABC's  of  ABC  7 

American  Express:  More  Than  a  Credit  Card  Company 8 

Words  We  Seldom  Hear  These  Days Grover  Brinl<man    11 

Blueprint  for  Cure 13 

Hard  Hats 14 

Legislative  Update:  Workers'  Issues 16 

Proper  Gear  for  a  Worker 18 

More  Books  for  the  Union  Craftsman 20 

Asbestos  and  the  EPA:  An  Update 21 

Missing  Children  23 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 10 

Ottawa  Report 12 

Labor  News  Roundup 19 

Local  Union  News 24 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 27 

Consumer  Clipboard 29 

Retirees'  Notebook 31 

Plane  Gossip 32 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 33 

In  Memoriam  37 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 

Published  monthly  at  3342  Bladensburg  Road.  Brentwood,  Md.  20722  by  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  Joiners  of  America.  Subscription  price:  United  States  and  Canada  $10.00  per  year,  single  copies  $1.00  in 
advance. 


Toronto  is  a  city  ready  for  visitors. 
The  Metropolitan  Toronto  Convention 
and  Visitors  Association  is  open  Monday 
through  Friday,  with  a  toll-free  number: 
1-800-387-2999.  Telegiiide  is  Canada's 
videotex  travel/leisure  database  designed 
for  visitors  and  residents  and  accessed 
by  terminals  throughout  Ontario's  public 
access  areas.  The  Toronto  Transit  Com- 
mission consists  of  818  miles  of  subway, 
trolley,  and  streetcar  routes.  And  Key  to 
Toronto  is  an  informative  city  magazine 
published  monthly  for  hotel  guests.  In 
October  of  this  year  alone,  Toronto  will 
host  such  diverse  events  as  the  Interna- 
tional Food  and  Wine  Fair,  the  4th  In- 
ternational Ceramic  Symposium,  the 
Energy  Lifestyle  Show,  the  Toronto 
Ski  Show,  and  of  course,  the  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners 
35th  General  Convention,  (See  General 
Convention  Call,  Page  2.) 

Visiting  between  the  neighboring  coun- 
tries, U.S.  and  Canada,  is  simple — no 
passport  or  visa  is  needed;  U.S.  citizens 
visiting  over  two  days  can  bring  back 
$400  U.S.  in  merchandise  duty  free. 

Sights  to  see  include  the  CN  Tower, 
pictured  on  our  cover,  the  tallest  free- 
standing structure  in  the  world;  Fort 
York,  a  restored  fort  of  the  War  of  1812 
period;  and  Casa  Loma,  Sir  Henry  Pal- 
latt's  98-room  "dream  castle,"  incorpo- 
rating the  finest  features  of  numerous 
European  castles. 

Our  cover  picture  shows  Toronto's 
spectacular  skyline  taken  across  the  water 
from  Island  Park. 
Photo  courtesy  of  Canadian  Embassy 


NOTE:  Readers  who  would  like  additional 
copies  of  our  cover  may  obtain  them  by  sending 
sot  in  coin  to  cover  mailing  costs  to.  The 
CARPENTER,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W,, 
Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


Printed  in  U.S.A. 


CONVENTION  CALL 


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OF  AMERICA 
JOHN  s.  ROGERS  INSTITUTED  AUGUST  12!?  I8S1 

General  Secretary 

®«^^^  Washington,  D.  C.    30001 

March  20,  1986 

TO  THE  OFFICERS  AND  MEMBERS  OF  LOCAL  UNIONS,  DISTRICT,  STATE, 
AND  PROVINCIAL  COUNCILS  OF  THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF 
CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

Greetings : 

You  are  officially  notified  that,  in  accordance  with  the  action  of  the  General  Executive 
Board,  the  Thirty-Fifth  General  Convention  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America  will  be  held  in  the  Metro  Convention  Center,  Toronto,  Ontario,  Canada, 
beginning  Monday,  October  6,  1986,  at  10:00  a.m.  and  will  continue  in  session  from  day  to 
day  until  the  business  coming  before  the  Convention  has  been  completed. 

The  basis  of  representation  in  the  Convention,  in  accordance  with  Section  18-C,  is:  one 
hundred  (100)  members  or  less  shall  be  entitled  to  one  delegate;  more  than  one  hundred 
(100)  members  and  not  more  than  five  hundred  (500),  two  delegates;  more  than  five  hundred 
(500)  and  less  than  one  thousand  (1,000),  three  delegates;  one  thousand  (1,000)  members 
and  less  than  fifteen  hundred  (1,500),  four  delegates;  fifteen  hundred  (1,500)  members  and 
less  than  two  thousand  (2,000),  five  delegates;  two  thousand  (2,000)  and  less  than  twenty- 
five  hundred  (2,500),  six  delegates;  twenty-five  hundred  (2,500)  and  less  than  three  thousand 
(3,000),  seven  delegates;  three  thousand  (3,000)  or  more  members,  eight  delegates.  The 
number  of  members  of  the  Local  Union  shall  be  the  number  in  good  standing  in  the  month 
that  the  Convention  Call  is  issued.  Upon  payment  of  a  special  per  capita  tax  of  $50  per  year, 
which  shall  be  payable  not  later  than  July  1  of  each  year,  State,  Provincial  and  District 
Councils  shall  be  entitled  to  representation  by  election  of  one  delegate. 

A  Local  Union  owing  two  months'  tax  to  the  General  Office  is  not  entitled  to  representation 
in  the  Convention. 

In  accordance  with  Section  18-F,  upon  receipt  of  the  Convention  Call,  all  Local  Unions 
and  Councils  are  directed  to  issue  notice  of  special  called  meeting(s)  for  the  purpose  of 
selecting  delegates  to  the  Thirty-Fifth  General  Convention  by  secret  ballot  Section  18-F 
further  provides:  "All  members  shall  be  notified  by  mail  to  attend  the  meeting  at  which  the 
delegates  are  to  be  elected.  No  member  shcdl  be  eligible  unless  working  for  a  livelihood  in  a 
classification  within  the  trade  autonomy  of  the  United  Brotherhood  as  defined  in  Section  7, 
or  in  employment  which  qualifies  him  or  her  for  membership  under  Section  42-F,  or  is 
depending  on  the  trade  for  a  livelihood,  or  is  employed  by  the  organization  as  a  full-time 
officer  or  representative;  provided,  further,  that  members  who  are  life  members,  apprentices, 
trainees  or  probationary  employees  shall  not  be  eligible.  A  member  must  have  been  twelve 
(12)  consecutive  months  a  member  in  good  standing  of  the  Local  Union  and  a  member  of 
the  United  Brotherhood  for  two  consecutive  years  immediately  prior  to  nomination,  except 
where  the  Local  Union  has  not  been  in  existence  the  time  herein  required.  A  member  must 
be  a  citizen  of  the  country  in  which  the  Local  Union  is  located  at  the  time  of  nomination. 
To  be  eligible  for  nomination  or  election  as  a  delegate  to  a  General  Convention,  a  member 
must  meet  the  requirements  of  Section  31-E." 

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Council  delegates  properly  elected  by  the  delegates  to  the  Council  will  be  seated  as  del- 
egates to  the  General  Convention  with  full  voice  and  vote  on  all  matters  except  election  of 
General  Officers.  (In  such  cases  required  notices  will  be  sent  only  to  Council  delegates.) 
However,  a  Council  delegate  to  the  General  Convention  can  vote  for  General  Officers  at  the 
General  Convention  if  (1)  he/she  has  been  properly  elected  by  vote  of  the  membership  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  Constitution  and  Laws,  or  (2)  he/she  was  properly  elected  to  a  Council  of- 
fice by  vote  of  the  membership  in  accordance  with  the  Constitution  and  Laws,  and  the  Coun- 
cil By-Laws  provide  that  the  member  holding  the  office  is  automatically  a  delegate  to  the 
General  Convention,  and  the  members  were  on  notice  at  the  time  they  voted  that  they  were 
voting  for  a  General  Convention  delegate  as  well  as  a  Council  officer.  Therefore,  when  such 
delegates  appear  before  the  Credentials  Committee  at  the  General  Convention,  he  or  she 
must  have,  in  addition  to  Credentials  and  Due  Book,  a  letter  from  the  Council  describing  the 
manner  in  which  elected  as  a  delegate  to  the  General  Convention  and  a  copy  of  the  Coun- 
cil By-Laws,  if  applicable.  If  your  credentials  are  in  order,  you  will  be  seated  as  a  fully  ac- 
credited delegate  to  the  General  Convention,  entitled  to  participate  fully  in  its  affairs  and 
deliberations,  including  the  right  to  vote  on  all  matters  before  the  General  Convention,  in- 
cluding the  right  to  vote  for  General  Officers,  subject  to  the  above  provisions. 

Section  31-E  provides:  "A  member  cannot  hold  office  or  be  nominated  for  office.  Business 
Representative,  Delegate  or  Committee  who  has  reached  the  age  of  70  years  at  the  time  of 
nomination  or  unless  present  at  the  time  of  nomination,  except  that  the  member  is  in  the 
anteroom  on  authorized  business  or  out  on  official  business,  or  prevented  by  accident, 
sickness,  or  other  substantial  reason  accepted  by  the  Local  Union  or  Council  prior  to 
nominations,  from  being  present;  nor  shall  the  member  be  eligible  unless  working  for  a 
livelihood  in  a  classification  within  the  trade  autonomy  of  the  United  Brotherhood  as  defined 
in  Section  7,  or  in  employment  which  qualifies  him  or  her  for  membership  under  Section 
42-F,  or  is  depending  on  the  trade  for  a  livelihood,  or  is  employed  by  the  organization  as  a 
full-time  officer  or  representative;  provided,  further,  that  members  who  are  life  members, 
apprentices,  trainees  or  probationary  employees  shall  not  be  eligible.  A  member  must  have 
been  twelve  (12)  consecutive  months  a  member  in  good  standing  immediately  prior  to 
nomination  in  the  Local  Union  and  a  member  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America  for  two  consecutive  years  immediately  prior  to  nomination,  unless  the 
Local  Union  has  not  been  in  existence  the  time  herein  required.  A  member  must  be  a  citizen 
of  the  country  in  which  the  Local  Union  is  located  at  the  time  of  nomination  or  appointment 
A  member  who  retires  after  being  elected  may  complete  the  term  for  which  elected.  Contracting 
members  are  not  eligible  to  hold  office,  nor  shall  a  member  who  has  been  a  contracting 
member  until  six  (6)  months  have  elapsed  following  notification  by  the  member  to  his  or  her 
Local  Union  in  writing  that  he  or  she  has  ceased  contracting." 


NOMINATIONS  AND  ELECTIONS 

Nomination  and  election  of  delegates  shall  be  at  special  called  meeting  (s). 

All  members  must  receive  notice  by  mail  of  the  number  of  delegates  to  be  elected  and 
the  time,  place  and  date  of  the  nominating  meeting.  This  notice  shall  be  by  letter  or  post- 
card and  shall  be  sent  not  less  than  fifteen  days  prior  to  the  date  set  for  the  nomination  of 
delegates.  Notice  of  nominations  must  be  mailed  to  each  member  at  his  or  her  last  known 
address  as  reported  to  the  Recording  Secretary  under  Section  44-G.  No  other  form  of  notice 
is  permitted.  (Notice  in  newspapers  or  similar  publications  shall  not  constitute  proper  notice, 
but  may  be  used  as  a  supplementary  notice.) 

All  members  must  receive  notice  by  mail  of  the  time,  place  and  date  of  the  election. 
This  notice  shall  be  by  letter  or  postcard  and  shall  be  sent  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  the 
date  set  for  the  election  of  delegates.  Notice  of  the  election  must  be  mailed  to  each  member 
at  his  or  her  last  known  address  not  less  than  fifteen  days  prior  to  the  election.  No  other 
form  of  notice  is  permitted.  (Notice  in  newspapers  or  similar  publications  shall  not  consti- 
tute proper  notice,  but  may  be  used  as  a  supplementary  notice.) 

APRIL,     1986  3 


I 


I 


A  Local  Union  (or  Council  electing  its  delegate  by  membership  vote)  may  use  a  com- 
bined notice  of  nomination  and  election  if  it  contains  all  the  necessary  information,  is  mailed 
by  letter  or  postcard  to  each  member  at  his  or  her  last  known  address,  as  indicated  above, 
and  is  sent  at  least  thirty  days  before  the  election  and  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to  nomina- 
tions. If  a  Local  Union  or  Council  sends  a  combined  thirty-day  notice,  nomination  and  elec- 
tion of  delegates  may  be  held  at  the  same  special  called  meeting. 

To  be  eligible  to  vote  for  delegates  in  a  Local  Union  a  member  must  have  held  member- 
ship in  the  Local  Union  for  at  least  twelve  (12)  consecutive  months  (unless  the  Local  Union 
has  not  been  in  existence  the  time  required)  and  be  in  good  standing  at  the  time  of  voting. 
Contracting  members  are  not  eligible  to  vote.  The  benefit  status  of  a  member  shall  not  be 
considered  in  determining  his  or  her  eligibility  as  a  candidate  for  delegate  or  his  or  her  eligi- 
bility to  vote  for  delegates. 

It  shall  be  the  responsibility  of  the  Financial  Secretary  to  certify  the  eligibility  of  all 
candidates  for  delegate  at  the  time  of  nomination. 

Where  two  or  more  Local  Unions  have  merged,  the  period  of  membership  required  as  a 
condition  of  eligibility  for  nomination  for  delegate  or  voting  in  an  election  for  delegates  may 
be  established  by  including  continuous  membership  in  any  of  the  Local  Unions  whose 
merger  resulted  in  the  existing  Local  Union. 

Names  of  the  elected  delegates  are  to  be  in  the  General  Office  by  July  15,  1986. 

Each  delegate  will  be  entitled  to  one  vote.  (A  delegate  representing  more  than  one 
chartered  body  will  be  entitled  to  only  one  vote.)  Proxy  representation  is  not  allowed. 
Each  delegate  establishes  claim  to  a  seat  in  the  Convention  through  official  credentials 
supplied  by  the  General  Office  which  must  be  properly  filled  out  and  signed  by  the  Presi- 
dent and  Recording  Secretary  of  the  Local  Union  or  Council  which  he  or  she  represents, 
with  the  Seal  of  the  Local  Union  or  Council  affixed  thereto. 

Delegates  must  have  their  due  books  with  them  to  show  that  they  are  members  in  good 
standing  and  have  been  members  in  good  standing  for  twelve  months  prior  to  their  election 
and  the  expense  of  each  delegate  attending  the  Convention  is  to  be  paid  by  the  Local  Union 
or  Council  he  or  she  represents. 

A  form  letter,  with  self-addressed  envelope,  addressed  to  the  General  Secretary,  is  en- 
closed with  this  Convention  Call.  The  letter  provides  space  for  the  General  Office  with  the 
necessary  information  regarding  the  election  of  delegates.  This  letter  is  to  be  completed  by 
the  Recording  Secretary  immediately  following  the  delegate  election  and  mailed  promptly 
to  the  General  Secretary.  When  the  information  required,  including  the  home  address  of  the 
delegates,  is  received  at  the  General  Office  and  the  elected  delegates'  membership  status  and 
eligibility  are  found  to  be  in  compliance  with  our  Constitution  and  Laws,  credentials  and 
further  information  will  be  sent  to  the  delegates'  home  address  and  not  to  the  Local  Union 
or  Council. 

All  amendments  to  the  Constitution  and  Laws  proposed  by  Local  Unions,  District,  State 
or  Provincial  Councils  must  be  submitted  separately,  in  triplicate,  by  August  6,  1986.  in 
accordance  with  Section  63-E  and  F. 


Fraternally  yours. 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT.  GENERAL  SECRETARY. 


CARPENTER 


Taking 

the 

Initiative 


Over  the  past  decade  trade 
unions  have  faced  various 
economic  and  philosophical 
tests.  This  is  the  first 
of  a  series  of  articles 
describing  ways  in 
which  the  UBC 
is  fighting 
back. 


Representatives  of  the  National  Joint  Heavy  and  Highway  Committee  confer  with  representatives  of 
management  on  ways  in  which  union  craftsmen  can  be  used  to  advantage.  Terry  G.  Bumpers,  adminis- 
trative assistant  to  the  committee,  is  at  right. 

Heavy-and-Highway  Union  Contractors 

Get  Work  Assignments  through 

Construction  Industry  Information  Net 


Last  year,  five  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades  unions  and  the  Team- 
sters which  jointly  participate  in  heavy 
and  highway  work  across  the  United 
States  had  their  most  successful  year. 
Their  members  worked  under  project 
agreements  totaling  $919,100,000. 

The  employment  of  union  building 
tradesmen  shot  up  more  than  200% 
between  1984  and  1985,  more  than  dou- 
bhng  the  1984  total  of  $361,026,241. 

Credit  for  the  spectacular  growth  of 
union  work  in  this  area  of  construction 
goes  to  the  National  Joint  Heavy  and 
Highway  Construction  Committee  and 
its  new  and  innovative  Construction 
Industry  Information  Network — a  com- 
puterized system  which  ties  unions  and 
union  contractors  into  a  job-hunting 
team. 

The  National  Joint  Committee  is  an 
aggressive  coalition  of  six  unions — the 
United  Brotherhood,  Operating  Engi- 
neers, Laborers,  Plasterers  and  Cement 
Masons,  Bricklayers,  and  Teamsters. 
It  was  created  in  1954  when  the  general 
presidents  of  the  Carpenters,  Laborers, 
Operating  Engineers  and  Teamsters 
signed  a  declaration  of  policy  "to  co- 
ordinate their  activities  on  heavy  and 
highway  construction  work  to  the  end 
that  such  work  might  be  thoroughly 


organized."  An  office  was  established 
and  jointly  maintained  by  the  four  unions 
to  be  administered  by  a  chairman  and 
secretary.  (Today  the  full-time  head  of 
the  national  office  is  designated  an  ad- 
ministrative assistant.  He  is  Terry  G. 
Bumpers,  a  Teamster.) 

The  National  Joint  Committee  had 
limited  success  during  the  1950s,  but  it 
was  disbanded  in  1958  and  was  not 
reactivated  until  1964,  when  the  Plas- 
terers and  Cement  Masons  became 
members.  The  International  Union  of 
Bricklayers  also  joined  the  group  as  the 
sixth  member. 

Between  1974  and  1983  the  National 
Committee  succeeded  in  pinning  down 
an  average  of  only  $162,917,000  in  heavy 
and  highway  work  per  year.  In  1983  the 
total  jumped  to  $258,078,415,  and  the 
installation  of  computer  equipment  for 
the  Construction  Industry  Information 
Network,  the  following  year,  opened 
up  the  entire  system. 

At  about  the  same  time,  federal  fund- 
ing for  the  U.S.  highway  system  began 
to  blossom  as  the  5(i-per-gallon  assess- 
ment on  gasoline  began  to  fill  Federal 
Highway  Trust  coffers. 

The  National  Joint  Committee  now 
operates  with  three  full-time  employees 
and  one  part-time  worker.  It  has  moved 


its  offices  into  the  new  headquarters 
building  of  the  Union  Labor  Life  In- 
surance Co.  in  the  nations'  capital. 
Teams  are  going  into  the  field  to  monitor 
the  available  work. 

Key  to  the  committee's  recent  suc- 
cess in  finding  work  for  union  Building 
Tradesmen  is  the  Construction  Industry 
Information  Network  which  quickly  ties 
union  contractors  to  the  biggest  and 
most  promising  heavy  and  highway  jobs 
in  the  country. 

Through  the  use  of  a  computer  bank 
and  the  latest  methods  of  data  process- 
ing, 241  contractors  employing  union 
members  are  regularly  alerted  to  the 
five  largest  jobs  let  each  month  in  each 
state,  along  with  details  of  each  project 
and  what  crafts  will  be  needed.  There 
are  contractors  in  the  network  who  tell 
the  committee,  "I'll  go  any  place  in  the 
country."  There  are  others  who  want 
to  stay  within  their  state  or  region,  or 
they  want  to  stick  to  certain  types  of 
specialty  work.  In  any  case,  the  net- 
work computers  have  the  necessary 
information  and  will  work  with  the 
contractor  to  make  a  successful  bid. 
The  committee  will  only  target  jobs 
where  there  is  not  a  competitive  union 
agreement. 

In  years  past,  lack  of  intercommun- 


APRIL,     1986 


ication  has  caused  hundreds  of  con- 
tractors to  lose  important  construction 
projects  because  they  hid  work  without 
the  knowledge  that  competitive  adjust- 
ments were  being  made,  or  they  failed 
to  bid  jobs  because  they  didn't  know 
that  bid  adjustments  could  be  obtained. 

All  benefits  of  the  network  are  avail- 
able to  the  participating  contractors 
without  cost  or  obligation.  CIIN,  op- 
erating out  of  the  Washington,  D.C., 
office  of  the  National  Joint  Committee, 
will  do  the  research  work  necessary  to 
make  a  successful  bid.  When  possible. 
CLIN  supplies  the  names  of  the  engi- 
neering firm,  the  subcontracting  nec- 
essary, and  as  many  specifications  as 
possible. 

The  CIIN  system  provides  contrac- 
tors with  timely  project  information, 
the  ability  to  expand  to  other  locations 
throughout  the  country  and  to  other 
types  of  construction,  helps  establish 
relationships  with  other  network  con- 
tractors, and  eventually  will  provide  a 
link  between  general  and  sub-contrac- 
tors, suppliers,  and  minority  contrac- 
tors. 

Before  entering  the  CIIN  system  the 
contractor  is  asked  to  fill  out  a  short 
market  questionnaire.  This  question- 
naire establishes  what  type  of  work  that 
contractor  performs  and  in  what  area(s) 
of  the  country.  This  enables  the  Na- 
tional Committee  to  quickly  identify 
contractors  who  may  want  to  bid  up- 
coming projects. 

For  example,  let's  say  the  committee 
targets  a  bridge  job  in  Casper,  Wyo. 
This  information  is  then  plugged  into 
the  system,  and  immediately  the  Na- 
tional Joint  Committee  has  a  list  of 
contractors  willing  to  perform  bridge 
work  in  Wyoming.  These  contractors 
are  then  notified  by  mailgram  or  by 


phone  of  this  job  and  that  competitive 
adjustments  have  been  made.  In  this 
way,  the  six  participating  unions  get 
more  union  contractors  to  bid  this  job. 

Once  a  contractor  is  entered  into  the 
system  he/she  receives  a  copy  of  a 
construction  agreement  which  may  be 
utilized  on  a  project-hy-project  basis 
upon  direct  approval  of  the  national 
committee. 

In  order  to  obtain  committee  ap- 
proval, justification  must  be  given  by 
the  contractor,  such  as  a  high  degree 
of  non-union  competition  or  non-com- 
petitive collective  bargaining  agree- 
ments. 

The  national  committee  recognizes 
that  a  contractor  participating  in  the 


Heavy  and  highway 

job  opportunities 

increased  more 

than  200%  in  1985 


network  might  go  double-breasted  or 
might  even  turn  non-union.  When  this 
happens,  the  services  of  the  network 
are  no  longer  available  to  this  firm.  The 
National  Joint  Committee's  newsletter, 
published  several  times  a  year,  lists 
such  changes  in  the  status  of  contrac- 
tors. 

The  CIIN  is  a  pioneering  program 
being  studied  by  management  groups 
such  as  the  Associated  Building  Con- 
tractors, which  has  its  own  computer- 
ized job  bank  to  funnel  non-union  work- 
ers around  the  country.  The  AFL-CIO 
Building  and  Construction  Trades  De- 
partment also  has  the  program  under 
study. 


The  Heavy  and  Highway  Committee 
has  taken  affirmative  action  regarding 
the  protections  afforded  workers  by  the 
Davis-Bacon  Law. 

The  Davis-Bacon  Law,  enacted  more 
than  a  half  century  ago,  has  been  of 
major  importance  in  stabilizing  wages 
in  the  heavy  and  highway  construction 
industries.  Major  projects  funded  or 
partially  funded  by  Federal  appropria- 
tions must  pay  "prevailing  wages"  un- 
der the  Davis-Bacon  Law.  The  pre- 
vailing wage  is  determined  by  the  U.S. 
Department  of  Labor,  and  it  reflects 
the  dominant  wage  structure  in  a  par- 
ticular area,  usually  the  union  scale. 

Each  union  participating  in  the  work 
of  the  committee  has  a  Davis-Bacon 
representative,  and  these  representa- 
tives have  created  an  information  ex- 
change and  are  coordinating  all  matters 
pertaining  to  Davis-Bacon  prevailing 
rates  and  enforcement.  They  meet  pe- 
riodically to  explore  the  best  ways  to 
monitor  government  and  contractor  ob- 
servance of  Davis-Bacon  regulations. 

The  need  to  form  this  coordinating 
group  was  driven  home  when  it  was 
learned  that  a  recent  U.S.  District  Court 
ruling  under  the  Freedom  of  Informa- 
tion Act  permits  unions  to  obtain  cer- 
tified payroll  information  on  non-union 
contractors. 

Many  states  now  have  so-called  "Lit- 
tle Davis-Bacon  Laws,"  and  wage  de- 
terminations by  state  agencies  are  being 
carefully  scrutinized.  The  National  Joint 
Heavy  and  Highway  Committee  is  en- 
couraging the  formation  of  subcommit- 
tees in  every  state  for  organizing  activ- 
ities and  monitoring  purposes. 

There  are  HHCC  field  representa- 
tives in  most  states,  and  each  repre- 
sentative comes  from  one  of  the  six 
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Equipped  with  hard  hals  and  all-wealher  jackets,  the  UBC  representative  and  other  trade  unionists  on  the 
National  Joint  Heavy  and  Hifthway  Committee  visit  construction  sites  to  "talk  up"  project  af^reements. 
Here  they  visit  construction  sites  along  the  Metro  subway  system  in  Washington.  D.C. 


CARPENTER 


The  ABC's  of  ABC 

PERHAPS  THE  MOST  OPENLY  ANTI-UNION  ORGANIZATION  IN  AMERICA 


The  Associated  Builders  and  Con- 
tractors (ABC)  formed  in  Baltimore, 
Md.,  in  1950,  claims  to  be  the  voice  of 
merit  shop  construction,  providing  the 
highest  quality  product  at  the  most 
competitive  cost  without  job  interup- 
tions  or  stoppages. 

According  to  the  1981  president  of 
ABC,  "ABC  is  no  longer  the  little  kid 
on  the  block — the  Association  can  offer 
the  large  contractor,  as  well  as  the 
small,  something  more  than  just  mem- 
bership." At  their  1985  convention, 
ABC  claimed  a  membership  of  17,000, 
estimated  a  "total  dollar  volume  ap- 
proaching $220  billion,"  and  claimed 
that  "the  open-shop  share  of  the  mar- 
ketplace is  now  estimated  at  70%  and 
will  continue  to  grow." 

For  years  now  all  the  union  construc- 
tion trades  have  heard  from  ABC  are 
these  undisputed  claims  of  increases  in 
membership,  increases  in  market  share, 
and  construction  dollar  volume  done 
by  open-shop  contractors.  We  thought 
it  was  high  time  someone  took  a  closer 
look  to  see  just  who  ABC  really  is.  To 
do  this  we  obtained  a  copy  of  the  1984- 
85  ABC  Membership  Directory  and 
analyzed  their  members  by  type,  loca- 
tion, and  dollar  volume.  This  analysis 
revealed  some  very  interesting  facts 
about  ABC  and  reinforced  our  opinion 
that  ABC  is  the  most  anti-union  orga- 
nization in  America  today. 

The  ABC  directory  includes  infor- 
mation on  how  to  stop  union  organizing 
drives.  They  advise  contractors  to  "tell 
employees  about  known  racketeering. 
Communist  participation,  or  other  un- 
desirable activities  in  the  union."  They 
also  advise  to  "tell  employees  your 
opinion  about  union  policies  and  union 
leaders,  even  though  in  uncomplimen- 
tary terms." 

Here's  what  our  analysis  of  ABC 
membership  reveals: 

First,  using  ABC's  own  classifica- 
tion system  in  its  directory,  we  broke 
down  the  membership  by  type  of  con- 
tractor and  found  that  only  20.2%  are 
general  contractors  (see  membership 
breakdown).  More  importantly,  39.6% 
of  its  total  membership  are  not  con- 
tractors at  all.  If  ABC's  membership  is 
increasing  as  it  claims,  are  these  in- 
creases due  to  more  members  like  The 
Hanky  Panky  Store,  Drug  Emporium, 
and  the  Lancaster  YMCA? 


Second,  76.4%  of  all  member  con- 
tractors do  business  of  under  $1  million. 
If  ABC  "is  on  a  roll,"  as  they  claim, 
then  who  is  doing  the  $220  billion  worth 
of  work,  when  their  own  directory  re- 
veals that  the  average  dollar  volume  of 
a  general  contractor  is  between  $500,000 
and  $750,000. 

Even  worse,  the  average  ABC  mem- 
ber subcontractor  does  between  $300,000 
and  $500,000  worth  of  work.  If  you  give 
the  benefit  of  doubt  and  use  the  top 
dollar  volume  figure  for  both  general 
and  sub-contractors  (i.e.  $750,000  and 
$500,000  respectively)  times  the  num- 
ber of  members  in  each  category,  we 
find  total  ABC  member  contractors  doing 
approximately  $5.9  billion.  If  "merit 
shop  contractors  ..."  have  a  "total 
dollar  volume  approaching  $220  bil- 
lion," $214  billion  is  being  done  by  non- 
ABC  members. 

Third,  looking  at  the  location  of  ABC 
members  we  find  one  third  of  their 
membership  located  in  the  six  states  of 
Alabama,  Arkansas,  Florida,  Louisi- 
ana, Tennessee,  and  Texas.  In  fact,  one 
of  every  ten  ABC  members  has  a  Texas 


address  (see  membership  map). 

At  this  point  you  might  ask,  just  what 
difference  does  all  this  make?  Well,  the 
next  time  you  hear  ABC  claim  to  be 
the  voice  of  the  open-shop  movement, 
ask  them  why  their  members  are  only 
doing  $6  billion  of  the  "$220  billion" 
open  shop  market.  The  next  time  you 
hear  them  talk  about  repeal  of  the 
Davis-Bacon  Act,  ask  them  if  their 
member,  the  House  of  Chong,  really 
cares.  The  next  time  you  hear  them 
testify  before  Congress  against  common 
situs  picketing  legislation,  ask  them  if 
their  member  the  Texas  Dance  Hall  is 
really  an  opponent.  The  next  time  ABC 
claims  17,000  merit  shop  contractor 
members,  ask  them  why  40%  of  their 
members  are  not  contractors  at  all. 

For  a  state-by-state  breakdown  of 
ABC  membership,  dollar  volume  by 
type,  and  a  listing  of  ABC  banks,  in- 
surance companies,  lawyers,  etc.,  call 
or  write  the  National  Joint  Heavy  and 
Highway  Construction  Committee.  UUfi 

Reprinted  from  the  September,  1985.  issue 
o/Heavy  and  Highway  News,  official  news- 
letter of  the  National  Joint  Heavy  and  High- 
way Construction  Committee. 


ABC  MEMBERSHIP  BREAKDOWN/$  FACTS  &  FIGURES 

General  Contractors 

3,386 

or 

20.2% 

Sub-Contractors 

6,763 

or 

40.3% 

Suppliers 

3,702 

or 

22.1% 

Non-Construction 

2,207 

or 

13.1% 

Other 

730 

or 

4.3% 

Total  Membership 

16,788 

Dollar 

Percentage  of  Contractors 

Volume  of  Business 

Gen.  &  Subs. 
Combined 

Generals 

Subs 

Did  not  include  $  volume 

5.9 

7.6 

5.1 

Under  $300,000 

44.4 

32.7 

50.3 

$300,000-$500,000 

12.2 

9.3 

13.7 

$500,000-$750,000 

7.9 

6.7 

8.5 

$750,000-$1 ,000,000 

7.4 

6.3 

6.9 

$1 ,000,000-$3,000,000 

11.8 

15.3 

10.1 

$3,000,000-$6,000,000 

4.9 

8.5 

3.1 

$6,000,000-$1 0,000,000 

2.4 

4.6 

1.2 

$10,000,000-$20,000,000 

1.5 

3.2 

0.6 

Over  $20,000,000 

1.6 
Note  the  following: 

3.8 

0.5 

Under  $1,000,000 

76.4 

61.6 

83.7 

$1,000,000-$1 0,000,000 

20.3 

30.8 

15.2 

Over  $10,000,000 

3.3 

7.6 

1.1 

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ABOVE:  The  American  Express  credit  card  facil- 
ity being  built  non-union  in  Greensboro.  N.C. 
RIGHT:  Members  of  Local  225  picket  a  Robin- 
son-Humphrey project  in  Atlanta.  Ga..  on  which 
non-union  general  contractor  Puce  Construction 
is  working.  Robinson-Humphrey .  an  American- 
E.xpress  subsidiary,  is  an  active  real  estate  devel- 
oper. 


AMERICAN 
EXPRESS 


MORE  THAN 
A  CREDIT  CARD 
COMPANY 


To  most  Americans,  the  name  Anr 
ican  Express  is  almost  synonymuu., 
with  the  credit  card  and  travelers  checks 
business,  in  which  the  company  is  the 
leading  participant.  The  company's 
popular  "Don't  leave  home  without  it" 
ad  campaign  theme  has  provided  tre- 
mendous consumer  recognition  of  these 
services.  To  Building  Tradesmen,  how- 
ever, American  Express  Company  is 
much  more  than  a  credit  card  company. 
An  examination  of  the  multi-faceted 
financial  services  company  and  its  sub- 
sidiaries reveals  the  company  to  be  a 
major  participant  in  commercial  real 
estate  development.  It  also  maintains 
considerable  relationships  with  Build- 
ing Trades'  benefit  funds  through  its 
asset  management  subsidiaries. 

MAJOR  CREDIT  CARD 
FACILITY  GOES  NON-UNION 

On  April  2,  1985,  American  Express 
announced  plans  to  build  a  $4()-60  mil- 
lion credit  card  facility  in  Greensboro, 
N.C.  Prior  to  the  start  of  the  project. 
General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell 
and  Building  Trades  President  Robert 
J.  Georgine  corresponded  with  Ameri- 
can Express  officials  to  ensure  that 
union  contractors  be  given  an  oppor- 


tunity to  bid  the  project.  A  prompt 
response  to  President  Campbell  indi- 
cated that  the  project  general  contractor 
had  not  been  selected  and  "that  it  is 
neither  the  intention  nor  the  desire  of 
American  Express  to  exclude  any  group 
of  viable  contractors  from  the  the  bid- 
ding process."  Within  two  weeks,  work 
on  the  project  started  with  a  non-union 
contractor,  Carlson  Builders  of  Atlanta, 
Ga.,  in  charge.  Union  general  contrac- 
tors and  subcontractors  seeking  to  bid 
the  project  were  given  the  word  that 
the  project  was  already  let. 

Protests  from  Campbell  produced  a 
subsequent  meeting  with  American  Ex- 
press Chairman  James  D.  Robinson  III. 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Business 
Roundtable,  which  resulted  in  new  as- 
surances that  union  contractors  would 
be  provided  an  opportunity  to  bid  re- 
maining portions  of  the  project.  Given 
recent  developments  on  the  project, 
Robinson's  assurances  do  not  appear 
meaningful,  as  many  fair  contractors 
employing  local  building  tradesmen  have 
apparently  failed  to  receive  serious  con- 
sideration for  the  bulk  of  the  work.  The 
most  recent  arrival  on  the  project  is 
Shields  Inc.,  the  largest  non-union  dry- 
wall  contractor  in  North  Carolina. 

American   Express'  failure  to  seri- 


ously consider  union  contractors  in  the 
construction  of  its  new  credit  card  fa- 
cility seems  to  be  merely  symptomatic 
of  the  approach  taken  by  American 
Express  and  its  subsidiaries  engaged  in 
real  estate  development  business.  Re- 
ports from  Atlanta,  Ga..  show  several 
projects  of  Robinson-Humphrey  De- 
velopers, an  American  Express  subsid- 
iary, to  be  utilizing  non-union  general 
contractors.  One  project  is  a  $60  million 
Intercontinental  Hotel  job  on  which 
Pace  Construction  is  the  general  con- 
tractor. Charter  Builders  is  the  non- 
union general  contractor  on  another 
Robinson-Humphrey  commercial  office 
complex  project.  The  general  contrac- 
tors on  both  of  these  sites  are  presently 
being  picketed  by  Local  255  in  Atlanta. 
Other  subsidiaries  such  as  The  Balcor 
Company  Inc..  and  The  Boston  Com- 
pany Inc.,  are  actively  engaged 
throughout  the  country  in  real  estate 
development  making  American  Ex- 
press one  of  the  largest  diversified  de- 
velopers in  the  country. 

The  actions  of  American  Express  and 
its  subsidiaries  in  denying  union  con- 
tractors the  opportunity  to  bid  con- 
struction work  are  all  too  common  in 
today's  business  environment  where  it 
is  open   season  on   unions.    What   is 


8 


CARPENTER 


AMERICAN  EXPRESS 


TRAVEL  RELATED  SERVICES 

Credit  Cards 
Travelers  Checks 


SHEARSON  LEHMAN  BROTHERS 

Shearson  Asset 
Management 
Lehman  Managem.ent 
The  BalcoT  Company 
The  Boston  Company 
Bernstein-Macaulay  Inc. 
Robinson-Humphrey 


The  corporate 
structure  of  Ameri- 
can Express  shows 
it  to  be  a  multifa- 
ceted  financial 
services  company 
providing  a  variety 
of  services  to 
unions  and  their 
members,  including 
investment  man- 
agement of  worker 
benefit  funds. 


particularly  disturbing  in  the  case  of 
American  Express  is  the  fact  that  the 
company  benefits  rather  handsomely 
from  financial  relationships  with  Build- 
ing Trades'  unions,  their  members,  and 
members'  retirement  funds. 

OutHned  above  are  the  various  facets 
of  American  Express'  financial  net- 
work, while  the  diagram  below  provides 
an  overview  of  how  American  Express 
subsidiaries  reap  considerable  revenues 
as  investment  managers  of  Building 
Trades'  pension  funds. 

The  leading  money  maker  for  the 
company  is  its  Travel  Related  Services 
division  with  20  miUion  American  Ex- 
press Cards  in  circulation.  With  all 
divisions  combined,  American  Express 
made  over  $810  million  in  profits  for 
1985. 

While  the  number  of  trade  unionists 
utilizing  the  company's  credit  card  is 
undoubtedly  high,  of  particular  interest 
is  the  relationships  maintained  by  the 
benefit  funds  of  affiliated  Building 
Trades'  unions  with  the  company's  In- 
vestment Services  subsidiaries.  Amer- 
ican Express'  key  investment  services 
company  is  Shearson  Lehman  Brothers 
Inc.,  produced  by  a  marriage  of  Shear- 
son  and  Lehman  Brothers  Kuhn  Loeb 
in  1984.  Shearson  Lehman  provides 
investment  banking  services,  commer- 


cial paper,  municipal  bonds,  and  future 
trading,  and  various  trading  operations 
for  institutional  investors,  such  as  pen- 
sions. Major  Shearson  Lehman  Broth- 
ers Inc . ,  subsidiaries  include  the  follow- 
ing companies:  The  Robinson-Humphrey 
Company  Inc.;  The  Balcor  Company; 
The  Boston  Company  Inc.;  Bernstein- 
Macaulay  Inc.;  Shearson  Asset  Man- 
agement, Inc.;  and  Lehman  Manage- 
ment Co.  Inc.  Each  of  these  companies 
provides  asset  management  services  for 
union  pension  funds. 


UNION  DOLLARS  TO 
AMERICAN  EXPRESS 

The  current  edition  of  the  Money 
Market  Directory,  a  directory  of  cor- 
porate, public,  and  union  pension  funds, 
indicates  that  American  Express  in- 
vestment management  subsidiaries  re- 
ceive considerable  union  business.  The 
total  assets  of  Building  Trades  pension 
funds  managed  in  part  by  American 
Express  subsidiaries  is  nearly  $5  billion. 
An  additional  $5  billion  in  non-Building 
Trades  union  pension  funds  is  also  man- 
aged in  whole  or  in  part  by  company 
subsidiaries.  In  managing  a  major  por- 
tion of  these  funds,  American  Express 
subsidiaries  annually  receive  millions 


of  dollars  in  management  fees.  Addi- 
tionally, brokerage  fees  are  earned  by 
company  subsidiaries  for  services  pro- 
vided the  funds. 

The  picture  painted  by  the  above 
information  poses  an  all  too  familiar 
scenario:  Workers'  retirement  money 
being  managed  by  companies  for  a 
handsome  fee,  while  these  same  com- 
panies pursue  construction  activities 
using  non-union  contractors.  Aggres- 
sive action  is  imperative  to  turn  the  tide 
on  this  growing  anti-unionism.         IJ!jfj 


PLEASE  NOTE 

Any  member  who  has  information 
on  the  construction  activities  of  any 
American  Express  subsidiary  should 
contact  his  or  her  business  agent  with 
such  information.  Agents  are  re- 
quested to  contact  the  Special  Projects 
Department  at  the  UBC  General  Of- 
fices in  Washington,  D.C.,  with  the 
information.  Also,  any  information 
available  on  existing  financial  relation- 
ships with  American  Express  or  its 
subsidiaries  is  requested. 


READ  FURTHER 

Please  turn  to  Page  40  for  a  statement  by 
General  President  Campbell  on  the  invest- 
ment of  pension  funds. 


BUILDING  TRADES 
PENSION  FUNDS 


AMERICAN  EXPRESS 


$  MtLLIONS  IN 
MANAGEMENT 
COMMISSIONS 


Robinson-Humphrey 
Lehman  Mgt. 
Shearson  Assets  Mgt. 
The  Balcor  Co. 
Bernstein-Macaulay 
The  Boston  Co. 


$  MILLIONS 


$  MILLIONS 


$  MILLIONS 


NON-UNION 
CONSTRUCTION 


APRIL,     1986 


Washington 
Report 


HOMELESS  NO  CONCERN 

"Shocking  and  disnnaying"  was  the  reaction  of 
Boston  Mayor  Raymond  J.  Flynn  to  a  Reagan 
Administration  official's  comment  that  the  homeless 
are  not  a  concern  of  the  federal  government. 

James  C.  Miller  III,  director  of  the  White  House 
Office  of  Management  and  Budget,  told  the  House 
Budget  Committee  that  the  rising  number  of  home- 
less in  the  nation  "tugs  on  one's  heart  strings,"  but 
the  problem  is  "not  a  federal  responsibility." 

When  Miller  said  that  the  Reagan  budget  had 
programs  like  the  Community  Services  Block 
Grants  to  help  states  with  the  homeless,  Rep.  Mike 
Lowry  (D-Wash.)  pointed  out  that  the  Administration 
proposed  axing  the  program  in  1987  and  eliminat- 
ing $70  million  targeted  for  the  homeless  in  the 
Federal  Emergency  Management  Agency. 

Boston  Mayor  Flynn  went  further,  saying  that 
Reagan  cuts  in  job  training,  housing,  and  health 
care  "have  contributed  directly  to  the  increase  in 
the  number  of  homeless  people  on  the  streets  of 
America." 


PENSION  AGENCY  NAME  CHANGE 

Secretary  of  Labor  William  E.  Brock  has  an- 
nounced that  the  Office  of  Pension  and  Welfare 
Benefit  Programs  (OPWBP)  has  been  renamed  the 
Pension  and  Welfare  Benefit  Administration 
(PWBA). 

Dennis  M.  Kass  has  been  named  assistant  secre- 
tary and  David  M.  Walker,  deputy  assistant  secre- 
tary. 

According  to  Secretary  Brock,  "A  fundamental  re- 
sponsibility of  the  United  States  Department  of  La- 
bor is  to  protect  the  retirement  income  security  of 
American  workers.  The  new  organization  and  lead- 
ership will  allow  more  effective  and  efficient  admin- 
istration of  the  department's  areas  of  responsibility 
under  the  Employee  Retirement  Income  Security 
Act  (ERISA)  and  strengthen  the  department's  lead- 
ership role  in  the  development  of  national  retire- 
ment income  policy." 


DANIELS  TESTIFIES  ON  DRUGS 

Construction  industry  representatives  testified  be- 
fore the  House  Education  and  Labor  Committee 
recently  regarding  the  apparent  increase  in  sub- 
stance abuse  in  the  construction  industry.  A 
spokesman  from  Daniels  International  Corporation 
stated  that  one  out  of  five  construction  workers  has 
a  drug  problem  which  results  in  "billions  of  dollars" 
of  losses  from  accidents,  lost  productivity,  and  in- 
creased compensation  and  insurance  rates.  Daniels 
is  a  non-union  construction  firm.  Building  Trades 
representatives  did  not  testify  at  the  hearings. 


HOME  CONSTRUCTION  STRONG 

Construction  of  new  homes  rose  a  strong  1 5.7% 
in  January  to  a  seasonally  adjusted  annual  rate  of 
2.1  million  units,  the  Commerce  Department  re- 
ported. 

January's  housing  start  rate  was  the  highest 
since  February  1 984  and  was  nearly  1 6%  above 
the  1 .8  million  rate  one  year  ago.  In  December 
starts  increased  9.1%,  not  the  17.5%  originally  esti- 
mated by  the  department. 

Commenting  on  the  report.  Commerce  Secretary 
Malcolm  Baldrige  expressed  guarded  optimism.  De- 
spite the  large  gain  in  January  starts,  he  said  de- 
posits at  the  nation's  thrift  institutions  "remain  slug- 
gish, loan  qualifying  standards  have  been  tightened, 
and  vacancy  rates  for  rental  housing  in  some  re- 
gions are  high.  Thus,  while  boom  conditions  are  not 
likely,  we  can  look  fonward  to  a  year  of  further  gains 
from  1985's  total." 


AIDS  TELCCOMFERSNCE 

The  first  national  teleconference  on  Acquired  Im- 
mune Deficiency  Syndrome  (AIDS)  in  the  Work- 
place, co-sponsored  by  The  Bureau  of  National  Af- 
fairs, Inc.,  and  the  Public  Broadcasting  Service,  will 
be  transmitted  March  26  to  more  than  1 00  sites 
nationwide. 

The  teleconference  will  provide  a  forum  for  a 
comprehensive  investigation  and  discussion  of  the 
legal  and  medical  issues,  public  implications,  and 
employer/employee  concerns  of  AIDS  in  the  work- 
place. The  seminar  will  bring  together  top  public 
health  officials,  attorneys,  policymakers,  insurance 
representatives,  corporate  and  union  officials,  and 
gay  rights  advocates.  More  than  2,000  people  are 
expected  to  attend. 


TOiCYO  PLANE;  NCI  TRAIN 

President  Reagan,  in  his  State  of  the  Union  ad- 
dress, said  he  wants  to  go  ahead  in  spending  $600 
million  for  research  on  a  jetliner  that  could  fly  from 
Washington  to  Tokyo  in  two  hours. 

In  the  budget  he  sent  to  Congress,  Reagan  also 
proposed  ending  the  $670  million  a  year  subsidy  to 
Amtrak,  which  carries  21  million  passengers  a  year, 
1 1  million  in  the  Northeast  corridor.  The  cut  would 
put  Amtrak  into  bankruptcy. 


10 


CARPENTER 


Brotherhood  stems 
from  the  heart,  .  . 

Fifth  District  Representative  Mike  Shetland 
of  St.  Paul.  Minn.,  served  the  Brotherhood  long 
and  well.  He  died  February  9  following  a  strug- 
gle against  a  virus  infection  and  heart  failure. 
On  the  day  before  he  died  he  wrote  a  letter  to 
General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell.  In  it  he 
expressed  his  personal  thoughts  about  the 
Brotherhood: 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother: 

There  are  far  too  many  phrases  and 
cliches  spoken  in  the  labor  movement. 
But  leaders  of  vision  have  a  way  of 
speaking;  visualizing  and  cutting  right 
to  the  heart  of  truth:  The  reason  for  the 
existance  of  our  organization  is  people. 
Not  abstract  statistics  but  indimduals, 
with  needs,  dreams  and  hopes  which 
could  not  be  fulfilled  unless  they  associ- 
ated with  other  individuals  into  an  or- 
ganization such  as  ours. 

I  know  you  were  tired  when  you  gave 
your  wrap-up  speech  in  Denver.  Also  I 
know  that  even  when  tired,  you  gather 
energy  while  you  speak  and  can  really 
"let-er-rip." 

I'm  a  little  embarrassed  to  admit  this, 
but  your  speech  at  the  Denver  Leader- 
ship Conference  literally  moved  me  to 
tears.  Brotherhood — a  damn  good  prior- 
ity goal  for  the  UBC. 

Brotherhood  stems  from  the  heart,  not 
from  the  mouth.  It's  proven  by  actions 
that  are  taken;  priorities  that  are  made; 
and  is  the  truest  measure  of  an  organi- 
zation such  as  ours,  because  without  it, 
it  is  harder  to  achieve  our  other  impor- 
tant functions  such  as  negotiating  for 
agreements,  training  apprentices,  etc. 

Since  I  first  joined,  I've  had  a  special 
feeling  about  the  UBC,  and  this  is  really 
a  long-winded  letter  of  thanks  and  ap- 
preciation that  I  will  never  be  able  to 
express  properly  in  words.  I  will  try  to 
say  thank  you  by  returning  the  same 
sense  of  Brotherhood  to  my  fellow  mem- 
bers and  maybe  instilling  a  few  people 
with  this  feeling  along  the  way. 

During  my  recent  "trials"  because  of 
unexpected  deterioration  of  my  heart 
due  to  a  virus  of  all  things,  the  support 
of  friends  and  associates  in  the  UBC 
has  helped  me  so  much.  It's  impossible 
for  me  to  express  what  this  support  has 
meant  to  me. 

Leon  Greene  who  is  retired,  of  course, 
has  fielded  an  incredible  number  of 
phone  calls,  relieving  my  wife  of  some  of 
the  burdens  she  has  faced.  You  and  Sig- 
urd Lucassen  cleared  up  insurance 
problems  when  they  arose.  The  Depart- 
ment of  Organization  has  been  great.  I 
wish  I  could  show  you  the  stack  of  cards 
I've  received — It's  at  least  8"  high.  Not 
just  signed  cards,  but  cards  with  letters, 
some  almost  poetic,  that  have  lent  me 
support  and  strength. 

I  am  truly  lucky  and  blessed.  The 
Brotherhood  in  the  UBC  is  not  an  empty 
word.  Our  organization  has  HEART. 

THANKS  FOR  EVERYTHING 

Fraternally, 

Mike  Shotland 


A  Wife  Expresses  Her  Gratitude 


Dear  Mr.,  Campbell: 

I  want  to  send  my  heartfelt 
thanks  to  you  and  to  the  Brother- 
hood for  the  generosity  and  kind- 
ness you  showed  to  Michael  and 
me  during  his  illness  and  now  in 
his  death. 

Michael  lived  his  life  by  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Brotherhood.  In  doing 
so  he  not  only  enriched  m.y  life  per- 
sonally, but  the  lives  of  all  working 
men  and  women. 

Michael  was  extremely  proud  of 
his  position  as  your  Representative. 


He  showed  a  generosity  c>f  spirit 
and  a  level  of  integrity  in  all  his 
dealings  that  made  all  those  asso- 
ciated with  him  proud  to  know  him 
in  return. 

The  Brotherhood's  kindness  to- 
wards us  in  these  last  months  has 
reconfirmed  my  faith  in  the  good- 
ness and  rightness  of  the  labor 
movement  as  a  whole  and  the 
Brotherhood  in  particular. 

Sincerely. 

Jaye  Rykunyk  Shotland 


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GIRDLE 


Words  We  Seldom  Hear  These  Days 


by  GROVER  BRINKMAN 

Many  newspapers  and  magazines  have 
regular  features  that  are  focused  on 
increasing  our  word  power,  well  worth 
anyone's  time.  However  the  purpose 
of  this  article  is  not  to  suggest  new 
words  in  your  vocabulary  but  to  talk 
about  some  of  the  words  we  once  used 
and  now  rarely  hear. 

At  the  turn  of  the  century,  the  black- 
snake  was  found  on  practically  every 
farm.  Today,  anyone  under  fifty  would 
shrug  in  doubt  at  mention  of  the  name. 
The  blacksnake  was  a  leather  whip, 
braided  over  a  pliable  core,  having  a 
loop  for  the  user's  wrist.  If  one  drove 
a  "surrey  with  the  fringe  on  top,"  it 
also  was  equipped  with  a  blacksnake 
to  prod  the  horses  to  a  trot. 

Mention  a  caddy  to  a  woman  today 
and  she  would  invariably  associate  the 
word  with  a  golf  course.  But  years  ago 
a  caddy  was  a  tin  box  that  held  tea. 


coffee,  or  condiments.  A  Barlow  was 
a  single-bladed  jack-knife  named  after 
its  inventor,  a  favorite  among  the  boys. 

Clapboards  were  split  from  timber  by 
use  of  a  frow,  mallet,  and  brake.  The 
clapboard  was  the  forerunner  of  the 
shingle  on  a  roof.  A  firkin  was  a  wooden 
cask  made  to  hold  butter  or  lard.  Nog- 
gins were  small  wooden  cups  found  in 
most  homes.  Madder  did  not  indicate 
increased  anger  but  referred  to  a  plant 
used  to  make  dye.  Johnny  cakes  pre- 
ceded the  present  day  pancake.  Pattens 
were  wooden  overshoes,  generally  used 
for  barnyard  work  at  the  turn  of  the 
century.  Now  the  wooden  shoes  are 
gone,  and  so  are  the  men  (and  women) 
who  wore  them. 

Silver  coins  were  designated  by  bits. 

Two  bits  was  25  cents;  six  bits,  75 

cents.  A  Picayune  was  a  half  bit.  A 

Continued  on  Page  30 


APRIL,     1986 


11 


il 


Ottawa 
Report 


CONSTRUCTION  COMMITTEE 

After  more  than  a  year  of  discussion,  the  Cana- 
dian Labor  Market  and  Productivity  Centre  has  es- 
tablished a  sector  committee  for  the  construction 
industry. 

The  committee,  approved  by  the  centre's  board 
of  governors,  has  been  formed  to  analyse,  advise 
on,  and  undertake  projects  related  to  labor  markets 
and  productivity  issues  as  they  affect  Canada's 
construction  industry. 

An  equal  number  of  labor  and  management  offi- 
cials have  been  appointed  to  the  12-man  sector 
committee.  All  are  members  of  the  National  Joint 
Committee — formed  by  the  unionized  contractors' 
sector  of  the  Canadian  Contruction  Association  and 
the  Canadian  Executive  Board  of  the  Building  and 
Construction  Trades  Department. 

Norman  Wilson,  chairman  of  the  Canadian  Exec- 
utive Board,  and  Robert  McMurdo,  chairman  of 
CCA's  unionized  contractors'  sector,  will  co-chair 
the  new  body  which  was  formed  to  make  recom- 
mendations on  how  to  raise  Canadian  productivity, 
report  on  labor  market  requirements  and  increase 
employment. 

WOMEN  AND  UNIONS 

During  the  past  decade,  Canadian  women  have 
started  to  make  their  presence  felt  in  organized 
labor,  and  the  effect  has  been  a  steady  erosion  of 
the  intolerance  that  once  kept  them  politically  off 
balance  even  in  their  own  unions. 

Now,  with  the  proportion  of  women  in  unions 
growing  steadily,  both  sexes  are  starting  to  accept 
that  women  and  women's  issues  are  at  least  half  of 
what  union  work  is  about. 

In  1962  women  constituted  16.4%  of  Canadian 
union  members;  in  1972  they  made  up  24.2%.  By 
1982  they  made  32.3%  of  membership,  almost 
twice  as  much  as  20  years  earlier. 

But  women  still  get  paid  less  than  men.  A  1985 
booklet  on  women's  issues  published  by  the  Cana- 
dian Union  of  Public  Employees  reports  that  Cana- 
dian "women  with  the  same  education  and  skills  as 
men  doing  similar  work  are  paid  from  $6,000  to 
$10,000  a  year  less." 


BANKRUPTCY  COMPENSATION 

The  Ontario  Government  plans  legislation  that 
would  protect  workers  who  currently  lose  wages 
they  are  owed  when  an  employer  becomes  bank- 
rupt or  insolvent. 

A  recent  report  of  an  inquiry  into  the  problem 
says  workers  lost  a  potential  $10-million  in  wages 
and  benefits  in  a  year-long  period  ending  in  March 
1983. 

Saying  existing  protection  for  workers  is  inade- 
quate, the  report  urges  the  Government  to  set  up  a 
fund  to  compensate  workers  quickly  for  up  to  two 
months  of  unpaid  wages.  The  Ministry  of  Labor 
would  then  have  the  power  to  got  after  a  company 
or  its  owners  and  directors  for  1 V2  times  the  money 
paid  out  of  the  fund. 


BUDGET  CUTS  150,000  JOBS 

New  Democratic  Party  researchers  say  their  anal- 
ysis of  the  Conservative  government's  first  budget 
indicates  close  to  50,000  jobs  could  be  lost  this 
year  and  another  100,000  lost  next  year  due  to  tax 
increases  and  program  cuts  contained  in  the 
budget. 

And  they  say  the  budget  measures  will  mean  a 
tax  increase  of  $500  for  the  ordinary  Canadian  fam- 
ily next  year  as  a  result  of  the  extra  two  cents  a  litre 
gasoline  tax,  the  increase  in  federal  sales  tax,  the 
de-indexation  of  personal  exemptions,  old  age  se- 
curity pensions,  the  family  allowance,  and  the  elimi- 
nation of  previously  scheduled  tax  cuts. 

But  if  the  budget  is  tough  on  ordinary  Canadians, 
it  is  not  tough  on  the  rich.  The  Conservatives  have 
backed  off  on  their  promise  of  a  maximum  tax  on 
the  wealthy  and  given  a  huge  $500  million  capital 
gains  tax  holiday. 

And  while  the  federal  government  by  1990-91 
will  have  collected  $4.1  billion  more  in  personal 
income  taxes  and  $2.6  billion  more  in  sales  taxes,  it 
will  have  received  $2.2  billion  less  in  corporate 
taxes. 

The  New  Democrats  say  they  will  work  "against 
another  budget  that  takes  more  away  from  ordinary 
Canadians"  and  for  a  budget  that  makes  the 
wealthy  pay  their  fair  share.  They  pledge  to  press 
the  government  to  take  leadership  in  setting  targets 
to  reduce  unemployment,  and  invest  in  resource 
upgrading,  community  development,  technological 
development,  housing,  and  municipal  projects. 


'85  BUILDING  PERMITS  UP 

The  value  of  building  permits  issued  in  1985 
could  surpass  $19  billion — an  increase  of  more  than 
20%  over  1984 — Statistics  Canada  reported  in  Jan- 
uary. 

Despite  a  slackening  of  building  intentions  during 
October — the  latest  month  for  which  figures  were 
available — it  appears  1985  will  be  the  best  year 
since  1981  for  construction  activity,  agency  official 
Gaetan  Lemay  said. 

Should  the  value  of  permits  issued  in  November 
and  December  remain  high,  that  would  also  sug- 
gest that  a  relatively-healthy  level  of  construction 
activity  will  continue  at  least  into  the  first  few 
months  of  this  year. 


12 


CARPENTER 


'Blueprint  for 
Cure'  Contributions 
Go  to  Diabetes 
Research  Center 

In  its  determined  assault  on  diabetes, 
the  Diabetes  Research  Institute  relies 
heavily  on  support  from  the  Diabetes 
Research  Institute  Foundation  (for- 
merly the  Juvenile  Diabetes  Research 
Foundation).  The  Foundation,  formed 
in  1971  by  a  small  group  of  parents  of 
children  with  diabetes,  is  continually 
meeting  the  needs  of  people  with  the 
disease  and  their  families  through  ed- 
ucation, information,  and  counseling. 
The  Foundation  also  strives  to  expand 
public  awareness  of  the  severity  of 
diabetes,  and  to  accelerate  research 
oriented  to  finding  a  cure. 

The  Foundation  has  become  a  sig- 
nificant and  successful  funder  of  dia- 
betes research.  The  Foundation  pi- 
oneered the  "centers  of  excellence" 
approach  to  acceleration  of  diabetes 
research,  which  resulted  in  creation  of 
the  Institute.  Continuing  Foundation 
support  has  advanced  the  Institute  to 
the  forefront  of  diabetes  research. 

In  1980  a  group  of  major  donors 
launched  an  endowment  program  under 
Foundation  auspices  to  create  chairs 
for  the  Institute's  distinguished  scien- 
tific leaders.  The  first  endowed,  chair, 
established  with  a  $1  million  commit- 
ment, is  named  the  Mary  Lou  Held 
Professor  of  Medicine  and  Scientific 
Director  of  the  Diabetes  Research  In- 
stitute, and  is  occupied  by  Dr.  Daniel 
H.  Mintz. 

Today  the  Institute  also  benefits  from 
grants  and  awards  bestowed  upon  mem- 
bers of  its  faculty — a  key  measure  of 
high  esteem  which  the  Institute  has 
earned  within  the  scientific  community. 

The  Foundation's  fundraising  efforts 
span  the  entire  year  and  comprise  a 
full,  varied  schedule  of  special  events 
and  activities  through  which  corpora- 
tions, service  organizations,  and  indi- 
viduals in  South  Florida,  the  state,  and 
the  nation  give  unstintingly  of  their  time 
and  resources. 

In  addition  to  fund  raising,  the  Foun- 
dation provides  a  wide  array  of  services 
and  programs  such  as  a  speakers  bu- 
reau, diabetes  screening  programs, 
family  support  group  programs,  physi- 
cian referrals,  a  comprehensive  edu- 
cation program  providing  literature  and 
information,  and  a  bimonthly  newspa- 
per, "Focus  on  Diabetes,"  that  brings 
information  and  hope  on  a  continuing 
basis  to  some  20,000  recipients. 

Individuals  and  organizations  who 
make  contributions  to  the  UBC's  Blue- 


print for  Cure  campaign  are  helping  the 
work  of  the  Foundation.  This  is  our 
most  recent  list  of  contributors: 

Helen  Domaniewitz,  John  Raymond 
Earp  Sr.,  Virginia  Kenyan,  Myles 
Mcintosh,  Douglas  Matejovsky,  Ralph 
R.  Reichman,  Gene  M.  Slater,  Albert 
L.  Spring,  Robert  H.  Strenger,  B.  R. 
Upton,  William  Wood,  and  Sam  Za- 
miello. 

Local  Unions  200,  483,  971,  1126, 
1280,  and  1509. 

Illinois  State  Council  and  Pennsyl- 
vania State  Council. 

A  donation  in  memory  of  Arthur  Har- 
kins  Sr. 

Local  Unions  48,  181,  223,  261,  287, 
377,  1146,  1421,  1456,  and  1672. 

Ohio  State  Council  and  New  York 
State  Labor-Management  Committee. 

Fred  E.  Carter,  Davis  H.  Crocker, 
Kathy  L.  Krieger,  Patrick  O'Dea,  Adam 
Petrovich,  Chester  Prystowski,  George 
Vest  Jr.,  and  Michael  Zumpano. 

• 
Check  donations  to  the  "Blueprint  for 
Cure"  campaign  should  be  made  out  to 
"Blueprint  for  Cure"  and  mailed  to 
General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell, 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America,  101  Constitution 
Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


DIABETES  FACTS 

Diabetes  has  long  been  an  under- 
estimated disease  with  regard  to  its 
severity,  its  incidence,  and  the  widely 
held  belief  that  insulin  had  solved  the 
problem.  Diabetes  is  a  serious  chronic 
disease  directly  affecting  as  many  as 
12  million  Americans,  including  3  mil- 
lion young  people  dependent  on  in- 
sulin injections.  Insulin  is  a  treatment, 
not  a  cure. 

You  should  know  the  facts: 

•  Diabetes  results  from  a  relative 
or  absolute  deficiency  of  insulin,  a 
hormone  produced  by  the  beta  cells 
of  the  islets  of  Langerhans  of  the 
pancreas. 

•  The  National  Commission  on  Di- 
abetes reports  that  diabetes  is  the 
third  leading  cause  of  death  from 
disease  in  the  United  States. 

•  The  average  American  born  to- 
day has  a  better  than  one-in-five  chance 
of  developing  diabetes,  or  becoming 
a  carrier  of  this  silent  killer. 

•  Diabetes  is  the  leading  cause  of 
new  blindness  in  the  United  States. 

•  Average  life  expectancy  is  re- 
duced by  approximately  one-third. 

•  The  complications  of  diabetes, 
afflicting  the  blood  vessels  and  nerv- 
ous system,  affect  virtually  every  or- 
gan in  the  body,  producing  such  man- 
ifestations as  blindness,  kidney 
disease,  bladder  dysfunction,  stroke, 
impotence ,  and  gangrene ,  which  often 
leads  to  amputation  of  limbs. 


Heavy  and  Highway 

Continued  from  Page  6 

international  unions  which  make  up  the 
national  committee.  In  addition,  the 
states  are  divided  into  10  regions  for 
closer  coordination  of  the  committee 
work. 

The  committee  maintains  a  list  of 
double-breasted  contractors,  those 
contractors  who  have  both  union  and 
non-union  operations.  Through  the 
CIIN,  committee  members  are  in- 
formed when  these  contractors  bid  or 
work  non-union. 

Several  years  ago  the  national  com- 
mittee attempted  to  establish  a  formal 
labor-management  committee  for  the 
purpose  of  making  long-range  plans,  so 
that  union  contractors  could  bid  suc- 
cessfully on  jobs.  The  national  contrac- 
tors advised  the  committee  at  that  time 
that  all  they  needed  from  organized 
labor  was  a  document  which  allowed 
them  to  be  competitive  with  non-union 
contractors  in  bidding  on  projects.  Even 
though  the  committee  was  interested  in 
a  broader  approach,  it  began  negotia- 
tions on  a  "heavy  and  highway  con- 
struction agreement"  to  cover  initially 
those  states  in  which  the  non-union 
competition  was  the  most  serious.  After 
seven  negotiating  sessions,  the  National 
Joint  Committee  arrived  at  a  highway 
construction  agreement  which  covered 
16  states  and  was  signed  by  the  six 
general  presidents  of  the  member  unions. 

Shortly  after  this,  the  same  contrac- 
tors who  had  asked  for  such  an  agree- 
ment advised  the  committee  that  they 
were  not  in  a  position  at  that  time  to 
sign  a  national  construction  agreement 
and  any  future  agreements  would  have 
to  be  on  a  project-by-project  basis.  In 
spite  of  the  fact  that  the  committee  still 
believes  the  proper  approach  is  a  multi- 
state  agreement,  it  has  changed  its  pol- 
icy to  allow  the  highway  construction 
agreement  to  be  applied  on  a  project- 
by-project  basis. 

This  agreement  has  been  sent  to  the 
contractors  in  the  Construction  Indus- 
try Information  Network  along  with 
appropriate  application  forms.  These 
contractors  have  also  been  advised  that 
the  basic  agreement  can  be  used  on 
projects  other  than  highway  construc- 
tion, depending  upon  the  degree  of  non- 
union competition  the  contractor  faces. 

Areas  of  heavy  and  highway  work 
across  the  United  States  are  now  care- 
fully targeted,  and  the  National  Joint 
Heavy  and  Highway  Committee  ex- 
pects to  put  more  skilled,  union  Build- 
ing Tradesmen  to  work  in  1986  as  it 
pursues  project  agreements  in  earnest. 
Union  members  still  get  only  a  portion 
of  the  total  work  in  the  industry,  but 
its  portion  is  expected  to  increase  sub- 
stantially in  the  years  ahead.  UDC 


APRIL,     1986 


13 


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From  turtle  shells  to  metal  barrels  to  hard  boiled  hats^ 
over  the  years  head  protection  has  remained  smart  fashion. 


What  can  withstand  the  impact  of  a 
five-pound  hammer  falling  eight  feet, 
comes  in  a  rainbow  of  colors,  has  been 
in  use  since  the  time  of  Constantine  the 
Great  (about  A.D.  306),  and  weighs  less 
than  a  pound?  It's  your  occupational 
head  protection,  or  hard  hat,  of  course. 

According  to  the  E.D.  Bullard  Co. 
of  Sausalito,  Calif.,  they  invented  "hard 
boiled  hats"  in  1919  and  began  pro- 
moting their  use  in  mines  here  and 
abroad.  By  the  late  1920s  many  large 
American  companies  were  reporting 
substantial  decreases  in  scalp  injuries 
and  days  of  lost  time  due  to  such 
injuries.  In  the  early  1930s  UBC  con- 
struction crews  on  the  Colorado  River's 
Boulder  Dam  were  wearing  "hard 
boiled"  hats.  And  by  the  late  1930s, 
the  Golden  Gate  Bridge  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, Calif.,  was  touted  as  the  world's 
first  all-hard-hat  construction  job. 

For  World  War  II,  the  military  adapted 
World  War  I's  shallow,  heavy,  pan  of 


steel  with  its  padded  leather  lining  to 
develop  the  lightweight  steel  or  plastic 
helmet  that  became  widely  used  in  the 
civilian  industrial  sector. 

Although  Bullard  lays  claim  to  the 
American  invention  of  the  hard  hat, 
anthropologists  for  the  National  Geo- 
graphic Society  report,  "Those  hard 
hats  worn  on  building  sites  trace  their 
lineage  to  the  first  cavedweller  who  put 
a  turtle  shell  on  his  head  to  ward  off 
falling  rocks."  Constantine  the  Great 
ordered  work  crews  to  wear  metal  battle 
helmets  to  protect  themselves  from  fall- 
ing masonry  while  building  the  Egyptian 
obelisk  in  Rome's  Circus  Maximus  over 
1,600  years  ago.  And  helmets  found  in 
the  ruins  of  Corinth  in  Greece  are  said 
to  date  back  about  2,300  years. 

Today  federal  law  requires  your  em- 
ployer to  provide  you  with  a  hard  hat, 
if  the  work  site  requires  it.  And  all  hard 
hats  must  meet  the  American  National 
Standard    Institute's    Safety    Require- 


Piclured  al  top  are  World  War  II  ship- 
wrights who  donned  metal  hard  hats  for 
protection  as  they  stepped  up  their  pro- 
duction to  140  ships  per  month.  Al  hollom. 
coal  miners  in  the  1800s  wore  lamps  on 
their  hard  hats  to  aid  visihilitw 


During  the  1984  restoration  of  the  cable 
cars  in  San  Francisco,  Calif,  hard-halted 
workers  installed  the  sheave  wheels. 


In  1918  the  steel-hel- 
meled  "doughboy" 
of  World  War  I  he- 
came  the  trademark 
of  Doughboy  Wheat 
Flour  produced  by 
the  Mennel  Milting 
Co.  of  Toledo,  Ohio. 


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A  IJth  Century  Norman  knight  added  a 
flat-lop.  barrel  helmet  lo  his  armor  of 
banded  mail.  It  proved  to  be  fatally  im- 
practical. Enemy  weapons  didn't  glance 
off  the  barrel,  and  the  helmet  so  com- 
pletely enclosed  the  head  of  the  warrior 
and  was  so  supported  by  a  padded  cap 
covering  the  head  that  a  blow  on  the  side 
of  the  helmet  would  place  the  wearer  on 
the  list  of  casualties  almost  immediately. 


14 


CARPENTER 


Loggers  in  1918  wearing  World  War  I  steel  helmets  knew  the  value  of  head 
protection  as  they  felled  the  Douglas  fir.  .  .    at  least  two  of  them  did. 


Caring  for  your  hard  hat 


Exposure  to  sun,  heat,  cold,  chemi- 
cals, and  ultra-violet  rays  all  work  to 
deteriorate  your  hard  hat,  making  it  un- 
safe as  well  as  uncomfortable.  But 
proper  care  and  maintenance  can  en- 
sure that  your  helmet  offers  reliable, 
comfortable  protection. 

The  hard  hat  is  composed  of  a  shell, 
to  deflect  falhng  objects,  and  a  suspen- 
sion system,  to  absorb  impact  energy. 
The  shell  should  be  examined  for 
cracks  on  a  regular  basis.  If  any  are 
present,  no  matter  how  thin  they  seem 
to  be,  the  helmet  should  be  replaced. 
Cracks  will  spread  and  widen  in  time. 
Exposure  to  heat,  sun,  and  chemicals 
will  make  your  shell  brittle  and  stiff. 
Replace  it  if  there  is  a  visible  craze 
pattern. 

Any  hat  that  has  sustained  an  impact 
should  be  immediately  replaced,  even  if 
there  is  no  apparent  damage. 

The  suspension  system  holds  the 
shell  in  place  on  the  head,  and  holds 
the  shell  away  from  the  head,  allowing 
free  circulation  of  air.  Most  systems 
should  be  replaced  once  a  year  since 


they  become  worn  and  damaged.  Hair 
oils,  perspiration,  and  normal  wear 
cause  various  parts  to  crack,  fray,  and 
tear. 

You  can  prolong  the  life  of  your  pro- 
tective headgear  by  cleaning  the  sus- 
pension and  shell  as  a  part  of  a  regular 
inspection  program.  A  wet  sponge  or 
soft  brush  with  a  mild  detergent  and 
water  will  remove  dirt  and  stains  with- 
out damage. 

The  proper  use  and  treatment  of  your 
hard  hat  can  also  prolong  its  life,  and 
yours.  Don't  carry  anything  in  your 
helmet,  the  space  is  there  to  cushion  a 
blow  to  the  head.  Don't  alter  or  modify 
the  shell  other  than  in  accordance  with 
the  manufacturer's  instructions.  And 
don't  paint  your  helmet;  the  paint  may 
have  solvents  which  could  make  it  brit- 
tle and  crack  easily.  Decals,  such  as 
the  UBC  hard  hat  decal,  may  be  ap- 
plied without  causing  damage.  In  fact, 
a  recent  National  Labor  Relations 
Board  decision  upheld  a  worker's  legal 
right  to  wear  a  union  decal  on  his  hard 
hat. 


merits  for  Industrial  Head  Protection. 
All  helmets  have  a  dome-shaped  shell 
of  one-piece  construction.  Type  I  head- 
gear has  a  continous  brim  that  is  at 
least  I'/i  inches  wide  all  around  the  hat. 
Type  II  helmets  have  no  brim,  but  a 
peak  that  extends  forward  from  the 
crown.  Hard  hats  are  divided  into  four 
classes  which  are  determined  by  var- 
ious factors  including  insulation  resist- 
ance, flammability,  and  water  absorp- 
tion. Each  class  is  intended  for  use  in 
specific  circumstances. 

A  series  of  tests  is  performed  on  all 
headgear  before  classification.  The  im- 
pact resistance  test  requires  that  hel- 
mets transmit  an  average  force  of  not 
more  than  850  pounds.  In  addition,  no 
individual  helmet  shall  transmit  a  force 
of  more  than  1,000  pounds. 

The  test  procedure  for  penetration 
resistance  involves  the  placement  of  a 
helmet  underneath  a  one-pound  plumb 
bob  with  a  steel  point.  The  plumb  bob 
is  then  dropped  10  feet  to  strike  the 
shell  within  a  three-inch  circle.  Class 
A  and  B  helmets  shall  not  be  pierced 
more  than  Vs  inch  and  Class  C,  not 
more  than  Vw  inch. 

All  headgear  is  restricted  in  weight 
to  only  15.5  ounces — less  than  one 
pound.  And  an  important,  but  little 
known,  ANSI  standard  says  that,  "In- 
dustrial protective  helmets  should  not 
be  stored  on  the  rear-window  shelf  of 
an  automobile,  because  the  sunlight  and 
extreme  heat  may  cause  degradation 
that  will  adversely  affect  the  degree  of 
protection  they  provide.  ..." 

Two  types  of  materials  are  presently 
used  by  manufacturers  of  protective 
headgear.  Each  offers  the  same  impact 
protection,  but  different  degrees  of  pro- 
tection from  electrical  shock.  Ther- 
moplastic helmets  offer  the  maximum 
electrical  shock  protection — from  up  to 
30,000  volts,  while  fiberglass  protects 
the  wearer  from  up  to  2,200  volts. 

Thermoplastic  hats  and  caps  are  the 
more  popular  of  the  two.  They  are  less 
expensive  and  provide  better  protection 
against  electrical  shock,  but  are  not  as 
heat  resistant  as  fiberglass.  Fiberglass 
helmets  do  not  support  combustion  and 
will  not  melt;  they  are  useful  in  situa- 
tions where  high  heat  is  a  hazard,  but 
there  is  no  danger  from  electrical  con- 
tact. Aluminum  headgear  is  no  longer 
made  because  of  its  high  cost  and  lack 
of  resistance  to  electricity. 

Prior  to  the  implementation  of  the 
Occupational  Safety  and  Health 
Administration  in  the  early  1970s,  when 
head  protection  became  mandatory  in 
many  industries,  several  organizations 
had  developed  to  promote  the  use  of 
hard  hats.  One  such  group,  known  as 
the  Turtle  Club,  was  founded  in  1946 

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APRIL,     1986 


15 


LEGISLATIVE  UPDATE 

Congress'  Record  on 
Worker's  Issues  Better 
In  1985  Than  1984 

Congress  in  1985  generally  showed  more 
support  for  issues  affecting  working  people, 
including  taxes  and  trade,  than  it  did  in  1984, 
according  to  an  AFL-CIO  "report  card"  on 
the  first  session  of  the  99th  Congress. 

"Despite  a  generally  negative  political 
climate,  there  was  a  marked  improvement 
in  congressional  voting  on  issues  of  impor- 
tance to  working  men  and  women,"  AFL- 
CIO  President  Lane  Kirkland  commented. 
"Much  of  the  credit  for  this  improvement 
was  due  to  hard  work  at  the  grassroots  by 
our  affiliates  and  legislative  action  commit- 
tees." Kirkland  added. 

Labor's  most  notable  1985  success  came 
in  the  area  of  ta.\  reform,  including  the  defeat 
in  the  House  of  President  Reagan's  proposals 
to  ta,\  employee  benefits  and  to  eliminate 
the  federal  la.x  deduction  for  state  and  local 
taxes,  Kirkland  said,  "The  battle  to  preserve 
these  victories  has  been  transferred  to  the 
Senate,"  he  noted. 

"Labor's  biggest  setback,"  Kirkland  said, 
was  the  House  defeat  of  a  modest  plant 
closing  protection  bill  "which  simply  re- 
quired employers  to  notify  workers  90  days 
prior  to  a  permanent  shutdown  and  to  consult 
with  the  employees  about  possible  alterna- 
tives." Calling  the  bill  the  "most  important 
workers'  rights  initiative  in  recent  years," 
he  criticized  "weak-kneed  Democrats"  who 
provided  the  margin  of  its  208-203  defeat. 

On  trade,  "an  explosion  of  pent-up  back- 
home  pressure  forced  this  issue  to  the 
congressional  center  stage  as  lawmakers 
returned  from  the  August  recess  after  listen- 
ing to  constituent  outrage  over  lost  jobs, 
padlocked  plants,  and  depressed  communi- 
ties." Kirkland  said.  A  bill  to  limit  textile, 
apparel,  shoe,  and  copper  imports  was  ap- 
proved overwhelmingly  by  both  the  House 
and  Senate,  but  just  short  of  the  margins 
needed  to  override  President  Reagan's  veto. 

The  1985  report  card  was  based  on  17  roll 
call  votes  in  the  House  and  21  in  the  Senate. 
Other  issues  included  the  Gramm-Rudman- 
Hollings  budget-balancing  act.  pay  equity 
for  women,  farm  worker  sanitation.  Super- 
fund  toxic  cleanup,  and  sanctions  against 
South  Africa. 

In  the  House,  the  report  said.  Democrats 
improved  their  voting  records  to  809?  with 
labor  compared  to  749?  in  1984.  Republican 
support  remained  nearly  the  same  at  21%  in 
1985  as  against  229?  in  1984. 

In  the  Republican-led  Senate.  Democrats 
voted  with  labor  i<(V'r  of  the  time  compared 
with  759-?  in  1984.  Republicans  supported 
labor's  position  249?  of  the  time  compared 
with  199?  in  1984. 


The  Political  Picture 

The  U.S.  Congressional  elections  next 
November  will  be  a  critical  test  for  the  two 
major  political  parties.  The  Democrats  want 
to  recapture  the  majority  in  the  U.S.  Senate 


Show  Your  Support 

Let  your  co-workers  know  that  you 
support  the  efforts  of  the  Carpenters 
Legislative  Improvement  Committee 
(CLIO  to  improve  your  lot  in  life. 
CLIC  has  representatives  working  al- 
most daily  in  the  halls  of  Congress 
and  the  state  legislatures  on  behalf  of 
needed  legislation. 

Show  your  support  by  contributing 
$2  to  CLIC  and  receive  in  return  a 
decal  like  the  one  above  for  your  hard 
hat.  Let  'em  know  you've  contrib- 
uted! 


Some  are  built  solid 
.  .  .  and  some  not  so 
solid 


and  produce  some  fresh,  winning  faces  for 
the  elections  of  1988.  Many  Democrats  be- 
lieve that  they  will  not  have  a  better  oppor- 
tunity to  elect  Congressional  representatives 
for  the  rest  of  the  century  than  they  have 
this  year. 

The  Republicans  will  consider  it  a  major 
victory  if  they  hold  on  to  their  current  control 
of  the  Senate.  The  odds  makers  point  out 
that  the  Democrats  have  fewer  senate  seats 
at  stake — 22  vs  12.  In  the  next  test  of  the 
Senate  in  1988.  the  numbers  could  reverse 
and  favor  the  Republicans. 

Meanwhile,  the  Democrats  are  expected 
to  retain  control  of  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives, since  the  edge  is  already  252-183. 
and  many  Democratic  seats  are  judged  to 
be  "safe." 

Political  analysis  say  the  GOP  will  have 
its  best  "window  of  opportunity"  in  1992. 
when  results  of  the  1990s  census  should 
increase  the  Republican  grip  on  the  West 
and  the  Sunbelt. 


VBC  Exhibit 
Schedule  for  '86 

The  United  Brotherhood's  centen- 
nial exhibit.  "Building  America."  has 
completed  its  1985  tour.  A  highlight 
of  the  1985  schedule  was  its  display 
in  the  North  Plaza  of  the  U.S.  De- 
partment of  Labor  in  Washington. 
DC. 

There  is  still  available  lime  to 
schedule  its  display  in  other  parts  of 
the  country  before  the  General  Con- 
vention in  October,  according  to  Gen- 
eral Secretary  John  S.  Rogers.  Any 
local  union  or  council  considering  the 
display  of  the  exhibit  during  the  com- 
ing months  should  discuss  the  matter 
with  General  Secretary  Rogers. 


]  he  lop  12  llo('i\  of  the  East  London 
apartment  huildm^,  leaning  like  the  Tower 
of  Pisa  hut  still  intact. 

If  you've  been  in  the  construction 
industry  long  enough,  you've  occasion- 
ally heard  someone  say,  referring  to 
today's  high-rise  buildings.  "They  don't 
build  them  like  they  use  to  .  .  .". 

Whoever  said  that  may  occasionally 
be  right,  but  consider  the  toughness  of 
a  building  erected  in  England  in  1968 
and  demolished  last  year. 

And  then  consider  what  happened 
last  year  to  a  modern  office  building 
erected  in  Nashville.  Tenn.,  by  non- 
union labor  when  a  portion  of  the  build- 
ing collapsed  following  a  rainstorm. 

The  structurally-sound  building  in 
England  was  a  2 1 -story  apartment 
building  in  East  London,  erected  18 
years  ago  "using  a  French  industrial- 
ized system,"  nccordingto Engineering 
News  Record. 

The  industry  magazine  reports  that 
the  demolition  crew  for  the  East  Lon- 
don job  managed  to  knock  away  only 
the  first  nine  floors  in  its  controlled 
explosion.  The  12  top  stories,  although 
leaning  by  10  degrees  when  the  dust 
settled,  stood  relatively  intact  with  un- 
broken windows!  An  estimated  1,000 
charges  were  laid  on  the  ground,  sec- 
ond, fourth,  sixth,  and  eighth  floors  of 
the  building. 

The  Greater  London  Council,  owner 
of  the  building,  claims  it  never  expected 
the  blast  to  bring  down  all  21  stories 
although  it  hoped  the  remnants  would 
only  be  two  to  four  stories  high. 

According  to  John  Keefe,  project 
manager  for  the   council,   the   major 


16 


CARPENTER 


The  Parkview  Towei  office  budding  in  NashxiUe,  Tenn  ,  lecently 
suffeied  damage.  An  outer  wall  gave  way  duiing  a  rainstorm, 
injuring  none  but  leaving  the  occupants  thunderstruck  and  ex- 
posed to  the  weather.  The  building,  we  are  told,  was  built  non- 
union.— Nashville  Banner  Photograph. 


problem  was  insufficient  preweakening 
of  the  entire  structure.  Once  the  explo- 
sives were  set  off,  the  preweakened 
joints  were  supposed  to  create  a  void 
inside  large  enough  for  the  upper  stories 
to  fall  into. 

L.E.  Jones  (Demolition)  Ltd.,  Lon- 
don, which  won  the  $550,000  demolition 
contract  earlier  this  year,  declined  to 
add  to  statemeiits  issued  by  the  council. 

An  official  from  the  U.K.'s  National 
Federation  of  Demolition  Contractors 
Ltd.,  says  the  contractors  most  likely 
were  concerned  that  more  explosives 
would  cause  the  upper  portion  of  the 
building  to  blow  out,  not  down,  dam- 
aging surrounding  property  with  flying 
debris. 

The  council  says  Jones  will  use  the 
conventional  wrecking  ball  to  destroy 
the  remaining  stories  and  then  clear  the 
rubble  within  the  original  1 1-week  con- 
tract period. 


8.5  Million  Out  Of 
Work  In  February 


"Seven  percent  unemployment,"  Oswald 
continued,  "is  normally  associated  with 
recession,  not  'recoveries.'  We've  made  no 
progress  since  May  1984  and  are  still  dis- 
playing no  national  will  to  make  progress." 


Watch  AiRSTfCShs  making 
a  better  America . . . 


The  nation's  civilian  unemployment  rate 
jumped  to  7.3%  in  February  from  6.7%  in 
January,  seasonally  adjusted,  the  U.S.  La- 
bor Department  reported. 

The  high  jobless  rate  had  been  improving 
slowly  since  last  summer,  but  February's 
rise  returned  it  to  the  level  that  prevailed 
throughout  the  first  half  of  1985. 

In  February  8.5  million  Americans,  their 
ranks  swelled  by  700,000,  looked  for  work 
but  couldn't  find  any.  The  department  said, 
"This  unusual  increase  was  concentrated  in 
certain  groups  in  the  economy.  Two-thirds 
occurred  in  just  three  states — California, 
Texas  and  Illinois;  one  quarter  was  among 
Hispanics;  and,  almost  three  quarters  was 
among  workers  aged  25  and  over. 

Most  major  labor  force  groups  showed 
increases  in  their  jobless  rates.  Rates  for 
adult  men,  at  6.2%,  for  adult  women,  at 
6.7%,  for  teenagers,  at  19.0%,  and  for  full- 
time  workers,  at  6.9%,  were  all  about  a  half 
a  point  higher  than  in  January. 

Up  more  sharply  were  the  unemployment 
rates  for  Hispanics,  from  10.1%  in  January 
to  12.3%,  and  for  whites,  from  5.7%  to  6.4%. 
The  jobless  rate  for  part-time  workers  rose 
a  full  point  to  9.4%. 

The  department  said,  "Unemployment  in- 
creases were  concentrated  among  those  who 
lost  their  jobs  and  do  not  expect  recall  and 
among  labor  force  entrants,  particularly  re- 
entrants." 

AFL-CIO  economist  Rudy  Oswald  com- 
mented, "Clearly,  unemployment  never  was 
down  to  6.7%.  And  while  the  jump  to  7.3% 
may  be  news  to  statisticians,  it's  not  news 
to  the  15.1  million  Americans  who  are  un- 
employed, too  discouraged  to  look  for  work, 
or  forced  to  work  part-time  because  full- 
time  work  is  not  available. 


Hard  Hats 

Continued  from  Page  15 

by  C.R.  Rustemeyer,  who  was  then  the 
safety  director  of  Canadian  Forest 
Products  Ltd.  The  Club's  only  require- 
ment was  that  members  had  escaped 
serious  injury  because  they  had  been 
wearing  a  hard  hat  at  the  time  of  an 
accident.  Members  were  also  expected 
to  encourage  others  to  wear  hard  hats. 

Although  the  Turtle  Club  stopped 
accepting  members  after  federal  legis- 
lation required  head  protection,  worker 
interest  has  revived  the  group.  If  you, 
or  somebody  you  know,  has  escaped 
serious  injury  since  July  1983,  write  to 
the  Turtle  Club  for  an  appliction: 

Turtle  Club 

P.O.  Box  9707 

San  Rafael,  CA  94912-9707 

Members  receive  a  hard  hat  with  the 
club  insignia,  a  membership  certificate, 
a  wallet  card,  and  a  lapel  pin.  And 
members  pledge  themselves  "to  prac- 
tice safety  and  to  promote  the  accept- 
ance and  the  use  of  proper  head  pro- 
tection where  necessary."  There  are 
no  dues  or  charges;  the  club  is  spon- 
sored by  the  E.D.  Bullard  Co.         [)!]{; 


Attend  your  local  union  meetings  regu- 
larly. Be  an  active  member  of  the  United 
Brotherhood. 


AFL-CIO 

Union- 
Industries 
Show 


UBC  members  in  the  Kansas 
City  area  are  invited  to  visit 
the  United  Brotherhood's  ex- 
hibit at  the  1986  AFL-CIO 
Union  Industries  Show.  It's  all 
free,  and  there  are  prizes,  and 
giveaways. 


APRIL,     1986 


17 


Above,  our  Fehni- 
ary  from  cover, 
and  at  rif>hl.  an  ad- 
vertisement from 
the  October  ^21 
Carpenter. 


Proper  Gear  for  a  Worker 

. . .  a  Carpenter,  Mill-Cabinet  Worker,  Millwright,  Pile  Driver, 
Industrial  Worker,  and  any  other  UBC  member  —  quality 
union-made  workclothes 


It's  Made 

Just    for    the    Carpenter 

The  Inter  urban  Special  Carpenters' 
I  Kerall  is  specially  iie:>i^iied  to  lieli*  yen 
keep  yniir  tools  richt  on  the  job  with  you 
and  make  your  days  work  easier. 

It's  made  up  of  heavy  white  Boatsail 
drill  and  has  the  best  of  workmanship. 

Here  are  the  12  Special  Pockets; 
Four  Nail  Pockets     Three  Pencil  Pockets 
Two  Front  Pockets      One  Watch  Pocket 
Two  Hip  Pockets  Rule  Pocket 

Try  Square  Loops  Hammer  Loop 

Screw  Driver  Loop 

Have  your  mcichant  ocilpr  yon 

^i   pair  so  you  can  <eo   what   Clu'V  ^— ■— i^^ 

,irc.     Or  send  us  ^'2.-2o  and  a  pair  P?'fli^'^ 

will    l>e   sent   prepaid.      Return    It  ^^^^f^ 
•lod  ^et  your  money  if  you  don  l 
tike  It. 

Sherman  Overall  Mfg.  Co. 
SHERMAN,  TEXAS 

We  Make  Everv  Pair  Make  Good 


We  recently  received  a  letter  from  Steve 
Stucka  of  Local  55,  Denver.  Colo.,  who  had 
this  to  say: 

"On  the  cover  of  your  Carpenters'  Mag- 
azine, the  February  1986  issue,  you  show  a 
carpenter  working.  In  my  opinion,  it  is  a 
poor  picture  of  a  carpenter  at  work. 

"First,  he  is  standing  on  a  scaffold  with 
a  lot  of  debris  at  his  feet;  there  is  only  a 
handrail  at  one  side,  and  he  does  not  have 
on  a  uniform  or  a  hard  hat. 

"If  this  is  a  true  picture  of  a  carpenter, 
what  has  happened  to  his  union  overalls  and 
a  hard  haf.^  I  have  been  a  carpenter  for  over 
50  years,  and  that  is  not  the  way  a  member 
of  this  trade  should  look  and  especially  in 
an  international  magazine." 

Steve  Stucka  raises  an  issue  which  crops 
up  from  time  to  time  when  generations  of 
carpenters  get  together. 

In  the  old  days  the  proper  "uniform"  for 
a  carpenter  was  a  union-made  carpenter's 
overall  similar  lo  the  one  shown  in  the  1921 
advertisement  above,  with  special  pockets — 
nail  pockets,  two  front  pockets,  two  hip 
pockets,  try  square  loops,  pencil  pockets,  a 
rule  pocket,  a  hammer  loop,  and  a  screw- 
driver loop.  Many  overalls  had  watch  pock- 
els  as  well. 

Today,  few  carpenters  wear  the  traditional 
white  overall.  Most  such  overalls  are  worn 
by  inside-trim  carpenters  who  don't  have  to 
slosh  through  slush  at  a  job  site.  Cabinet- 
maker members,  too.  occasionally  wear  white 
overalls  or  coveralls,  although  they're  not 
required  to  do  so. 

The  rules  for  apprentices  entering  the 
annual  apprenticeship  contests  usually  state 
the  following:  "Contestants  shall  wear  suit- 
able work  apparel.  The  clothing  the  partic- 
ipant normally  wears  on  the  job  would  be 
considered  suitable.  Shorts,  cut-offs  and 
street  shoes,  or  garments  with  monograms. 


insignias.  or  lettering  are  not  acceptable. 
Leather  pouches,  cloth  nail  aprons,  or  over- 
alls with  nail  pouches  are  allowed." 

Three  important  considerations  for  any 
joumeyperson  carpenter  are  that  his  or  her 
work  gear  be  durable,  American  or  Canadian 
made,  and  union  made.  Walter  Stein,  direc- 
tor of  the  union  label  department  of  the 
Amalgamated  Clothing  Workers,  says  that 
if  it's  American  made  it  is  likely  to  be  union 
made,  because  most  work  clothes  made  in 
America  are  union  made. 

The  United  Garment  Workers,  for  ex- 
ample, tell  us  you'll  find  their  label  in  Osh- 
kosh-B'Gosh  work  clothes.  Cardhart  over- 
ails  and  coveralls.  King  Louie  Jackets,  and 
Lee  and  Levi  jeans,  to  name  some  of  the 
leading  brands.  If  T-shirts  are  part  of  your 
work  gear,  look  for  American-made,  union 
made  shirts  there,  too.  Avoid  Hanes  T-shirts 
until  they're  organized,  we're  told.  The  United 
Brotherhood  has  a  line  of  T-shirts,  available 
at  cost  from  the  General  Office. 

The  Amalgamated  Clothing  and  Textile 
Workers  union  has  also  supplied  us  with  a 
list  of  union-made  garments.  They  include 
the  following  work  clothes. 


Coals-Shop 

Coveralls 

Coveralls 

Coveralls 

Coveralls 

Coveralls 
Coveralls 
Coveralls 

Coveralls- 
Insulated 
Coveralls 

Coveralls-Lined/ 

Unlined 

Frocks- 

Laboralory 

Jackets 

Jackets 

Jackets 

Jeans 

Jeans 

Jeans 

Jeans 

Jeans 

Jeans 

Pants 
Pants 


Pants 
Pants 


WORK 
CLOTHES 

Apparel- 

Instituiional 

Caps-Shop 

Clothes 

Clolhes-Flame 

RetardantyLint 

Free 

Coats-  Laboratory 

Coats-Shop 

Coals-Shop 


BRAND/LABEL 

Career  Apparel 
Imperial 
Big  Smith 

Buckeye 

Euclid 


An-Wear 
Euclid 


Unjtog 


MANUFACTURED 
BY 

Ottenheimer  & 
Co  .  Inc 

Smith  Bros    Mfg 
Co. 

Buckeye 
Apparel.  Inc 
Euclid  Garment 
Mfg.  Co. 

Rogow's 
Euclid  Garment 
IVIfg,  Co. 
Unltog  Co. 


Pants 
Pants 


Rainwear- 
Ruhbenzed 
Shins 
Shirts 


Shirts 
Shirts 


Shirts 
Smocks 


Suits-Industrial 

Suits-Scrub 
Uniforms 

Uniforms 
Uniforms 
Uniforms-Cotton 


GCA 

Caleb  V.  Smith 

Euclid 

Gross 

Madewell  of  New 
Bedford 
Snow  Press 
Prole  \all 
Big  Mac 

Our  Best  Unilog 

GCA 

Big  Smith 

Snow  Press 

Shire-Tex 
Euclid 

Gross 

Universal 

Cavhartt 

Shire-Tex 
Vidaro 

Big  Smith 

Jay 

Big  Yank 
Buckeye 


Fine  Vines 
Work  wear 

Protexall 
Big  Mac 

Unitog 
Jomac 

Big  Yank 
Workwear 


Protexall 
Big  Mac 

Unilog 
Eucid 

GCA 

Fyrepel 

Angelica 
Euclid 

Prairie 
Snow  Press 
White  Duck 


Winston  Uniform 

Corp. 

Caleb  V.  Smith 

&  Sons.  Inc. 

Euclid  Garment 

Mfg.  Co. 

Gross-Galesburg 

Co. 

Madewell  Mfg. 

M.  Snower  Co. 
Protexall,  Inc. 
The  Jay  Garment 
Co. 
Unitog  Co. 

Winston  Uniform 

Co. 

Smith  Bros.  Mfg. 

Co. 

M.  Snower  Co, 


Davenshire,  tnc. 
Euclid  Garment 
Mfg.  Co. 

Gross-Galesburg 

Co. 

Canton  Mfg. 

Corp, 

Cavharlt  South. 

Inc. 

Davenshire.  Inc. 

Euclid  Garment 

Mfg.  Co. 

Smith  Bros.  Mfg. 

Co. 

The  Jay  Garment 

Co 

Big  Yank  Corp. 

Buckeye 

Apparel.  Inc. 

Euclid  Garment 

Mfg.  Co. 

Fine  Vines,  Inc. 

Mid-South  Mfg. 

Co. 

Protexall.  Inc. 

The  Jay  Garment 

Co, 

Unitog  Co. 

Jomac.  Inc. 

Big  Yank  Corp. 

Laurel  Industrial 

Garment  Co, 

M.  Fine  &  Sons 

Mfg.  Co,.  Inc. 

Protexall.  Inc. 

The  Jay  Garment 

Co. 

Unitog  Co. 

Euclid  Garment 

Mfg.  Co. 

Winston  Uniform 

Corp. 

Fyrepel 

PrtKlucts.  Inc, 

Fine  Vines.  Inc, 

Euclid  Garment 

Mfg.  Co. 

Praine  Mfg.  Co. 

Opehka  Mfg.  Co. 

While  Duck  Co.    IJrJlJ 


18 


CARPENTER 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


Contractors  tired 
of  sub-standard 
non-union  worl( 

A  healthy  dose  of  union  labor  is  curing 
the  blues  for  corporate  executives  frus- 
trated by  shoddy  construction  work  on 
their  projects. 

Henry  Haywood,  executive  director  of 
Alabama's  Associated  General  Contrac- 
tors, told  building  trades  representatives 
that  many  owners  and  contractors  are 
tired  of  sub-standard  non-union  work  and 
that  construction  executives  realize  that 
projects  manned  by  union  members  are 
handled  "better  and  faster"  than  non- 
union jobs. 

Alabama  Power  Co.  official  W.A.  Ma- 
lone  reported  that  eight  of  its  last  nine 
major  construction  projects  completed 
by  union  crews  were  finished  on  or  ahead 
of  schedule  and  within  budget. 

And  a  Reynolds  Alumnium  Corp.  of- 
ficial pointed  out  that  union  building 
trades  crews  had  completed  repairs  to  a 
fire-damaged  plant  in  two  and  a  half 
weeks,  instead  of  the  six  weeks  originally 
estimated. 

John  L.  Campbell,  business  manager 
for  Sheet  Metal  Workers  Local  48  in 
Birmingham,  recalled  that  several  years 
ago  he  had  warned  contractors  "they 
were  helping  to  create  a  jungle,"  by 
starting  up  non-union  operations.  "To- 
day, many  of  these  contractors  agree 
with  me,  and  if  we  continue  to  do  what 
is  best  for  our  members  and  contractors, 
we  will  get  out  of  that  jungle." 


Are  Japanese 
manufactured  liouses 
coming  tliis  way? 

David  Charboneau  of  Local  182, 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  has  called  to  our  atten- 
tion a  recent  news  item  in  Rodale's  New 
Shelter,  a  consumer  publication,  which 
shows  that  the  Japanese  are  "making  big 
strides  in  home  manufacturing  technol- 
ogy and  are  aiming  at  the  American 
marketplace." 

Misawa,  one  of  the  world's  largest 
home  producers,  has  cut  pre-fabrication 
costs  by  half,  according  to  the  report. 
The  company  has  also  developed  a  new 
ceramic  wall  system  that  significantly 
reduces  labor  time. 

According  to  Rodale's  New  Shelter, 
the  Japanese  already  have  the  lowest 
household  energy  consumption  of  any 
industrialized  country,  and  the  houses  in 
Japan  are  the  "tightest"  in  the  world. 


Jury  investigates 
cliarges  of  illegal 
British  workers 

The  Machinists  reported  that  a  federal 
grand  jury  is  investigating  charges  that 
Wittek  Industries  illegally  imported  20 
British  workers  to  replace  lAM  Local 
113  members  on  strike  since  October  7. 
Local  113  struck  after  the  firm  refused 
to  moderate  demands  for  a  wage  freeze, 
pension  takeaway s,  and  a  two-tier  wage 
system,  despite  a  good  bargaining  rela- 
tionship since  the  mid-1950s.  The  Justice 
Department  is  investigating  whether  the 
company  fradulently  obtained  visas  for 
the  strikebreakers  and  whether  they  were 
brought  to  the  U.S.  under  false  pre- 
tences. 


Proliferation  of 
low-paid  job- 
posing  problems 

Unable  to  agree  whether  recent  labor 
market  developments  have  led  to  a 
shrinking  middle  class,  labor  experts  par- 
ticipating in  the  Joint  Economic  Com- 
mittee's 40th  anniversary  symposium 
conclude  that  a  significantly  large  share 
of  new  jobs  are  at  the  lower  end  of  the 
income  scale. 

The  level  of  inequaUty  in  earned  in- 
come among  U.S.  workers  decUned 
steadily  in  the  1960s  and  most  of  the 
1970s,  economists  generally  agree.  "Then 
somewhere  between  1975  and  1978,  the 
distribution  of  wages  and  salaries  took  a 
sharp  U-tum,"  says  MIT  professor  Ben- 
nett Harrison.  He  says  that  earnings  gaps 
for  all  major  demographic  groups  have 
widened  ever  since. 

To  a  large  extent,  minority  workers 
haven't  shared  in  the  current  economic 
recovery  which  has  created  about  10 
million  jobs  since  the  end  of  1982,  says 
Princeton  University  economist  Bernard 
Anderson.  The  wage  gap  between  blacks 
and  whites  has  widened,  he  says,  as  has 
the  gap  between  black  and  white  unem- 
ployment rates.  Structural  unemploy- 
ment, which  typically  isn't  remedied  by 
vigorous  economic  growth,  remains  a 
major  problem,  Anderson  says.  If  the 
Gramm-Rudman  deficit  reduction  law  re- 
sults in  severe  cuts  or  the  elimination  of 
currently  successful  jobs  programs,  such 
as  the  Job  Corps,  Anderson  says  such 
actions  would  be  "counterproductive 
public  policy." 

Prospects  for  significant  improvements 
in  the  nation's  productivity  would  be 
greatly  enhanced  if  labor  and  manage- 
ment, as  well  as  the  Federal  Goverment, 
would  change  certain  attitudes  and  pol- 
icies that  inhibit  progress,  according  to 
a  separate  panel  of  experts  taking  part 
in  the  symposium. 


Family  policies 
needed  for 
working  parents 


Employers  should  guarantee  women 
at  least  six  weeks  of  job-protected  ma- 
ternity leave  with  partial  income  replace- 
ment and  should  consider  providing  six 
months  of  unpaid,  parental  leave  to  all 
parent  workers,  according  to  recommen- 
dations prepared  by  a  panel  of  the  Eco- 
nomic Policy  Council  of  the  United  Na- 
tions Association  of  the  United  States  of 
America.  EPC's  Family  Policy  Panel  also 
recommends  that  employers  and  unions 
allow  greater  flexibility  in  the  workplace. 
"This  includes  flexibihty  in  attitude,  in 
the  scheduling  of  work  hours  and  leave 
time,  and  in  the  design  of  employee 
benefits  packages,"  the  panel's  co-chair- 
persons, AUce  Ilchman,  president  of  Sarah 
Lawrence  College,  and  John  Sweeney, 
president  of  the  Service  Employees  say. 

"Maternal  and  parental  leaves  and 
benefits,  child  care  services,  equal  em- 
ployment opportunity  and  pay  equity, 
maternal  and  child  health  care,  and  in- 
creased workplace  flexibility  are  impor- 
tant components  of  a  cohesive  family 
policy,"  the  EPC  report  says. 


First  U.S.  flag 
vessel  to  transport 
Japanese  autos 

The  National  Maritime  Union  and  the 
Marine  Engineers'  Beneficial  Associa- 
tion will  man  the  first  U.S. -flag  vessel 
built  specifically  to  transport  Japanese 
autos  to  the  United  States  under  the 
terms  of  a  pioneering  agreement  between 
the  union-contracted  Marine  Transport 
Lines  and  Nissan  Motor  Co.  The  com- 
pany won  a  three-year  consecutive  voy- 
age charter  to  transport  up  to  50,000 
Nissan  cars  each  year  to  this  country  and 
elsewhere.  The  service  is  expected  to 
begin  in  mid- 1987,  after  the  delivery  of 
the  firm's  new  pure-car  carrier,  which  is 
being  built  in  Japan. 


Transport  workers 
request  reduction 
in  company  fares 

In  Philadelphia,  an  extraordinary,  pos- 
sibly an  unprecedented,  proposal  by  a 
major  union  had  both  employers  and 
unionists  shaking  their  heads  in  astonish- 
ment. The  proposal,  advanced  by  the 
Transport  Workers  Union  to  increase 
patronage,  was  for  a  10%  reduction  in 
fares  charged  by  the  company. 


APRIL,     1986 


19 


More  Books  for  the 
Union  Craftsman 


Seventy  Years  of  Life  and 
Labor:  An  Autobiography 

Samuel  Gompers 
Edited  by  Nick  Salvatore 

Originally  published  in  1925.  this  contem- 
porary edition  of  Seventy  Years  of  Life  and 
Labor;  An  Autobiography  has  all  the  flavor 


SEVENTY  YEARS 
LIFE  AND  LABOR 

\     N         A     I       r     ()     B     I     <)     (,     K     A     (•     >l     > 

SAMUEL  GOMPERS 


and  feistiness  of  the  original  work  with  a 
new.  detailed  introduction  by  Nick  Salva- 
tore, a  faculty  member  at  the  New  York 
State  School  of  Industrial  Labor  Relations. 
Cornell  University.  The  introduction  places 
Gompers  story  in  context  of  the  develop- 
ments of  his  time,  allowing  today's  unionists 
to  understand  the  role  Gomper  played  in 
building  the  union  movement.  The  280  pages 
are  Gompers  from  his  start  as  a  young  worker 
in  1850  to  Worid  War  1.  The  American 
Library  Association's  Booklist  calls  it  "a 
measured  and  steady  view  of  a  fascinating 
and  important  man." 

Published  by  ILR  Press.  New  York  State 
School  of  Industrial  and  Labor  Relations. 
Cornell  University.  Box  KMKM).  Ithica.  NY 
1485.^;  (607)  256-3061 .  $8.95  paperback;  $24.00 
hardcover. 


The  Triangle  Fire 
Leon  Stein 

This  is  the  first  paperback  edition  of  an 
out-of-print  classic,  a  book  hailed  by  critics 
as  "a  work  of  humanity  and  literature" — 
the  story  of  the  tragic  sweatshop  holocaust 
that  seared  the  conscience  of  a  nation  and 
changed  the  face  of  an  industry.  Originally 
published  in  1962.  The  Trianf^le  Fire  was  a 
Book-of-the-Month  Club  selection  and  went 
through  five  printings. 


THE 

TRIANGLE 
FIRE 


BY  LED\  5TEIIM 


Here  is  the  minute-by-minute  recreation 
of  what  happened  that  terrible  spring  after- 
noon in  1911  when  fire  broke  out  at  the 
Triangle  Shirtwaist  Factory  in  Manhattan. 
In  less  than  half  an  hour.  146  Triangle 
employees  were  dead — most  of  them  young 
women.  Terrified  by  the  raging  inferno  within 
the  "fireproof  building,  unable  to  reach 
inadequate  fire  escapes,  they  jumped  from 
windows,  some  in  groups  of  two  or  more, 
arms  entwined. 

From  interviews  with  survivors,  and  ex- 
haustive research.  Leon  Stein,  editor  of 
Justice,  official  publication  of  the  Interna- 
tional Ladies  Garment  Workers  Union,  has 
reconstructed  the  Triangle  disaster  from  be- 
ginning to  end.  He  also  tells  in  this  compel- 
ling, powerful  book  of  the  dramatic  lawsuits 
against  the  Traingle  owners,  and  the  nation- 
wide storm  of  protest  that  followed  the 
needless  tragedy — protests  that  eventually 
led  to  major  industry  reforms. 

For  information  contact  publishers  Carroll 
&  Graf  Publishers  Inc.,  260  Fifth  Avenue, 
New  York.  NY  19001;  (212)  889-8772. 


Mal(ing  Action  Toys  in 

Wood 

Anttiony  and  Judy  Peduzzi 

Toys  in  this  project  book  are  alive — they 
swing,  tumble,  rotate,  jump,  or  rattle.  The 
authors  are  full-time  loymakers,  basing  many 
of  their  creations  on  ideas  that  have  been 
handed  down  from  generation  to  generation. 
The  toys  are  inexpensive  to  make  and  require 
only  small  amounts  of  wood;  some  of  the 
projects  are  even  simple  enough  to  be  built 
by  the  children  themselves.  Toys  include  a 
tumbling  parrot  that  flicks  his  tail  and  does 
other  tricks,  and  a  twirling  merry-go-round 


with  interchangeable  figures.  Diagrams  clar- 
ify construction  and  each  finished  toy  is 
illustrated  in  full-color  photographs. 

Published  by  Sterling  PublishingCo..  Inc., 
2  Park  Avenue.  New  York.  NY  10016.  $8.95 
U.S.  paperback.  $11.95  Canada. 


Architectural  and  Building 
Trades  Dictionary 
Third  Edition 
/?.  f .  Putnam 
G.  E.  Carlson 

An  excellent  reference  tool  for  any  trades- 
person,  the  Architectural  and  Building;  Trades 
Dictionary  defines  over  7500  architectural 
terms.  Included  in  the  books  510  pages  are 
642  illustrations,  a  glossary  of  legal  terms 
related  to  building  trades,  and  a  complete 
listing  of  common  material  sizes.  Many  prac- 
tical tips  on  design  and  construction  are 
included  with  easy-to-understand  definitions 
and  trade  terms. 


Published  by  American  Technical  Pub- 
lishers. 12235  South  Laramie  Ave..  Alsip. 
IL.  60658;  (800)  323-3471,  or  call  collect  in 
Illinois  (3 12)  37 1-9500.  $16.25  paperback  plus 
$2.00  shipping  and  handling. 


20 


CARPENTER 


Asbestos  and  the  EPA:  An  Update 


Part  1 :  Proposed  Ban  and 
Phase  Out 

Asbestos  poses  a  threat  to  human 
health  in  each  phase  of  its  use — mining 
to  the  manufacturing  of  asbestos  prod- 
ucts to  installation  and  use  to  eventual 
removal  to  toxic  waste  sites.  Asbestos 
causes  lung  cancer,  gastrointestinal 
cancer,  asbestosis  (a  disabling  lung  dis- 
ease), and  mesothelioma  (a  cancer  of 
the  chest  cavity  lining).  The  major  threat 
to  our  members  comes  from  exposure 
during  removal  and  renovation  work  on 
buildings  that  already  contain  asbestos. 
There  is  another  threat,  though,  posed 
by  the  continued  use  of  asbestos-con- 
taining products. 

Many  people  believe  that  because 
certain  uses  of  asbestos  were  banned 
in  the  mid  1970s,  asbestos  itself  is  no 
longer  used  in  the  U.S.  Yet  in  1984 
about  240,000  metric  tons  of  asbestos 
was  used  in  the  U.S.  to  make  products 
such  as  transite  board,  asbestos-cement 
pipe,  asbestos  roofing  felt  and  flooring 
felt,  vinyl  asbestos  floor  tiles,  asbestos 
brakes  and  friction  products,  asbestos 
fireresistant  clothing,  and  gasket  pack- 
ings. About  70-80%  of  the  new  asbestos 
used  in  the  U.S.  goes  into  construction 
materials. 

Very  little  asbestos  is  now  mined  in 
the  U.S.  Ninety-five  percent  of  asbestos 
used  in  the  U.S.  is  imported  from  Can- 
ada. Canada  then  imports  from  the  U.S. 
many  of  the  asbestos  manufactured 
products  made  with  their  own  asbestos. 

Although  in  many  of  these  products 
the  asbestos  is  bonded  in  a  cement  or 
vinyl  matrix,  when  the  products  are 
manufactured,  machined,  or  used,  the 
asbestos  can  escape  and  significant  ex- 
posures can  occur.  Cutting  transite  (as- 
bestos-cement board)  with  a  circular 
saw,  for  example,  can  produce  very 
high  levels  of  asbestos  dust  in  the  air, 
especially  when  the  saw  has  no  exhaust 
system  attached  to  it.  The  same  is  true 
of  cutting  of  AC  pipe  with  an  abrasive 
disc  saw.  There  is  also  some  concern 
about  asbestos  that  might  leach  out  of 
an  AC  water  pipe  and  into  drinking 
water  or  fibers  released  during  use  of 
vinyl  asbestos  floor  tiles.  Exposures 
during  the  eventual  removal  fo  these 
materials,  such  as  sanding  down  vinyl 
asbestos  floor  tiles  or  ripout  of  roofing 
felt,  can  be  very  high. 

Since  1979  EPA  has  been  considering 
how  to  address  this  problem  of  the 
continued  use  of  asbestos  in  the  U.S. 
Several  years  ago  they  developed  a 


proposal  to  ban  most  uses  of  asbestos 
and  phase  out  all  other  uses  over  several 
years.  The  proposal,  however,  got  stalled 
by  The  Office  of  Management  and  Budget 
after  a  series  of  high  level  meetings  with 
officials  from  the  asbestos  industry  and 
from  the  Canadian  government. 

Finally,  after  congressional  investi- 
gation into  the  delay,  on  January  19, 
1986,  EPA  published  their  proposal  rule 
to  ban  and  phase  out  all  new  asbestos 
use  in  the  U.S.  The  proposal  would 
immediately  ban  all  asbestos  construc- 
tion materials  and  asbestos  clothing. 
Asbestos  brakes  and  other  friction 
products  would  be  banned  either  in  five 
years  or  phased  out  over  a  10-year 
period.  All  other  uses  of  asbestos  would 
be  phased  out  after  10  years.  This 
system  is  based  on  the  reahty  that  while 
most  uses  of  asbestos  have  substitutes 
now,  some  small  percentage  does  not. 
The  gradual  phase  out  will  give  industry 
some  leeway  and  incentive  to  find  al- 
ternatives. During  this  period  all  prod- 
ucts not  immediately  banned  would 
have  to  have  warning  labels. 

EPA  is  proposing  this  rule  because 
they  believe  that  no  level  or  exposure 
to  asbestos  is  safe  and  that  even  if 
OSHA  reduces  worker  exposures  to  0.2 
or  0.5  fibers/cc  (as  they  are  expected 


to  do  this  month),  significant  risks  still 
exist  to  those  workers  and  to  the  public 
from  asbestos  exposure.  Comments  on 
the  proposal  are  due  April  29th.  A 
hearing  will  be  held  in  mid-May. 

The  UBC  has  been  fighting  hard  for 
years  for  a  strong  protective  new  OSHA 
standard  for  asbestos  exposure  in  con- 
struction. This  proposed  regulation 
would  add  a  further  measure  of  protec- 
tion for  our  members  who  are  still 
installing  or  removing  new  asbestos- 
containing  products.  We  support  the 
proposed  ban  and  phase  out  of  asbestos 
to  protect  not  only  our  members,  but 
their  families  and  the  public  as  well. 
Our  comments  to  EPA  this  month  will 
reflect  this  concern. 

Part  2:  Crackdown  on 
Removal  Contractors 

Part  of  The  Clean  Air  Act,  called  the 
National  Emissions  Standards  for  Haz- 
ardous Air  Pollutants  (NESHAP)  law, 
specifies  how  to  do  asbestos  removal 
while  minimizing  the  exposure  to  as- 
bestos to  both  workers  and  the  public. 
The  regulations  require  that  if  260  linear 
feet  or  160  square  feet  or  more  of 
asbestos  is  removed:  the  asbestos  must 
be  wetted  before  removal  and  kept  wet 


Substitutes  for  Asbestos  Products 


Item 

Asbestos-cement  pipe 


Roofing  felt 


Flooring  felt, 
Felt-backed  vinyl  sheet 
flooring 

Vinyl  asbestos  floor  tile 


Asbestos-cement  sheet 


Asbestos-cement  shingles 


Substitute 

Polyvinyl  chloride  (PVC)  pipe 
Ductile  iron  pipe 
Prestressed  concrete  pipe 
Reinforced  concrete  pipe 

Organic  felt 

Fiberglass  felt 

Single-ply  membrane  roofing 

Felt-containing  fiberglass,  cellulose,  polyethylene 
or  polypropylene  fibers,  ceramic  fibers,  plastic- 
foam,  unbacked  sheet,  ceramic  tiles,  carpetmg, 
wood  flooring 

Asbestos-free  vinyl  composition  floor  tiles  with 
fiberglass,  polypropylene,  polyethylene,  or  cellu- 
lose 

Glass-reinforced  concrete,  cement-wood  board, 
galvanized  steel,  aluminum,  concrete  siding,  poly- 
vinyl chloride,  or  ceramic  tile 

Asphalt-fiberglass  composition  shingles,  cedar- 
wood  shingles,  Monray  roofing  tile,  concrete  tile, 
aluminum,  PVC  siding,  brick,  tile 


NOTE:  While  most  substitutes  are  considered  to  be  much  safer  than  asbestos, 
they  may  also  pose  other  hazards.  Concern  has  been  raised  about  the 
possibility  that  man-made  mineral  fibers  (ceramic,  fiberglass)  may  poten- 
tially pose  a  hazard  similar  to  asbestos,  if  the  fibers  are  small  and  thm 
enough  to  be  inhaled. 


APRIL,     1986 


21 


until  collection  and  disposal,  the  owner 
or  contractor  must  dispose  of  the  waste 
properly,  and  EPA  must  be  notified  in 
advance  of  a  demolition  or  renovation 
operation  (notice  must  be  given  for  ail 
demolition  jobs).  Violations  of  the 
NESHAP  regulation  are  subject  to  fines 
of  $25, 000  for  each  day. 

In  January,  EPA  began  a  crackdown 
of  violators,  filing  II  lawsuits  against 
28  defendants  around  the  nation.  Vio- 
lators included  the  State  of  Florida; 
Ankeny,  Iowa-community  school  dis- 
trict; Boise  State  University.  Idaho;  the 
State  of  Washington  for  The  Coleman 
Ferry  Terminal  demolition. 


'Asbestos  causes  iung 

cancer,  gastrointestinal 

cancer,  lung  disease,  and 

mesothelioma.' 


Part  3:  Asbestos  in  Schools 
Legislation 

For  the  last  two  and  one-half  years, 
the  Service  Employees  International 
Union  (SEIU)  and  teachers'  unions 
(AFT.  NEA)  have  been  pressuring  EPA 
to  require  a  clean-up  of  the  asbestos 
problem  in  the  nation's  schools.  EPA 
has  provided  a  lot  of  technical  infor- 
mation to  school  districts  on  how  to 
deal  with  their  asbestos  problems,  and 
even  required  that  they  survey  their 
buildings  for  asbestos  and  report  the 
results  to  EPA,  parents,  and  teachers. 
However,  they  have  refused  to  require 
the  schools  to  clean  up  the  problem 
once  it  was  uncovered. 

The  unions  requested  that  EPA  take 
4  actions;  (I)  require  that  corrective 
action  be  taken  when  an  asbestos  haz- 
ard is  found;  (2)  set  standards  for  de- 
termining when  a  hazard  exists  that 
requires  action;  (?•)  set  performance 
standards  for  abatement  work  to  make 
sure  workers  are  protected  and  the  jobs 
are  done  right;  and  (4)  expand  the  rules 
for  inspecting  buildings  to  other  public 
and  commercial  buildings.  The  UBC 
wrote  to  EPA  in  April  1984  supporting 
these  requests  and  later  testified  at  EPA 
public  hearings  on  the  matter.  EPA  has. 
thus  far.  refused  to  budge.  Given  the 
current  climate  against  regulating.  EPA 
may  be  hesitant  to  put  out  any  regula- 
tion that  would  require  school  districts 
to  do  an  asbestos  cleanup,  no  matter 
how  necessary.  Such  standards  could 
then  be  pointed  to  by  parents  and  work- 
ers in  other  workplaces  in  demanding 
a  clean  up.  In  early  198.'^,  SEIU  and 
other  organizations  filed  a  lawsuit  against 
EPA  for  refusing  their  petition. 


After  a  year  of  inaction.  Congress 
was  spurred  to  enter  the  fray.  In  Feb- 
ruary. Congressman  Florio  (D-NJ)  and 
Senator  Stafford  (R-Vt)  introduced  the 
"Abestos  Hazard  Emergency  Re- 
sponse Act  of  1986"  into  Congress.  The 
bills  would  require  EPA  to  set  uniform 
standards  for  schools  to  inspect  and 
test  for  asbestos,  and  in  abating  the 
hazard.  It  would  require  training  and 
certification  of  contractors  involved  in 
asbestos  clean-up  and  abatement  work. 
EPA  has  estimated  that  up  to  75%  of 
all  school  asbestos  abatement  work  has 
been  done  improperly  by  "rip  and  skip" 
contractors. 

These  bills  are  strongly  supported  by 
the  AFL-CIO,  the  PTA.  Governors' 
and  Mayors'  Associations,  public  health 
associations,  environmental  groups,  the 
American  Lung  Association,  and  the 
American  Cancer  Society.  The  Senate 
bill  is  number  S.  2083.  The  House  bill 
is  HR4.3II. 

Please  contact  your  Congressional 
Representative  and  Senator  to  co-spon- 
sor and  support  these  bills. 

Part  4  -  EPA  Asbestos 
Information  Centers  and 
Publications 

EPA's  Asbestos  Action  Program  has 
set  up  three  regional  Asbestos  Infor- 
mation Centers  and  several  satellite 
centers.  The  regional  centers  provide 
training  courses  for  contractors  and 
some  worker  training.  All  centers  are 
sources  for  information  on  asbestos  and 
for  EPA  publications.  The  regional  cen- 
ter addresses  are; 

Georgia  Institute  of  Technology 

GTRI/EDL/EHSD 

Atlanta.  GA  .30332 

(404)  894-3806 

Center  for  Environmental 

Management 

Graves  House 

Tufts  University 

Medord.  MA  02155 

(617)  381-3531 

Asbestos  Training  Center 

University  of  Kansas 

Division  of  Continuing  Education 

5005  W.  95th  St. 

Shawnee  Mission.  KS  66207-3398 

(913)648-5042 

Two  new  regional  centers  are  set  to 
open  this  spring  at  the  University  of 
California  at  Berkeley  (in  conjunction 
with  UCLA),  and  at  the  University  of 
Illinois  at  Chicago. 

Satellite  centers  have  been  set  up  at 
the  University  of  Utah,  University  of 
Texas  at  Arlington,  Rutgers  Medical 
School  (N.J.),  and  Drexel  University 
(Philadelphia,  Pa).  Other  universities 
and  local  Committees  on  Occupational 
Safety  and  Health  (COSH)  groups  will 


be  getting  smaller  grants  to  do  asbestos 
training. 

New  EPA  publications  on  asbestos 
are  now  available.  They  include; 

A.sbcxtos  Fact  Book,  II  pgs..  Aug. 
1985.  briefly  describes  EPA's  activities 
on  the  asbestos  problem; 

Ashcsios  in  BiiiUlini^s-Guiciance  for 
Service  and  Maintenance  Personnel. 
16  pgs.,  July  1985,  a  picture  book  illus- 
trating "do's  and  don't's"  for  mainte- 
nance workers  who  come  in  contact 
with  asbestos  (EPA  #590/5-85-018); 

Asljcstos  Waste  Management  Guid- 
ance. 32  pgs..  May  1985,  a  short  booklet 
detailing  the  requirements  and  precau- 
tions to  be  taken  in  handling  and  dis- 
posing of  asbestos  waste  (EPA  #530- 
SW-85-007); 

Guidance  for  Controlling  Asbestos  - 
Containing  Materials  in  Buildings.  10 
pgs..  June  1985.  a  technical  guide  to 
how  to  abate  asbestos  hazards  in  build- 
ings, primarily  written  for  building  own- 
ers, but  contains  much  useful  infor- 
mation (EPA  #560/5-85-024,  also  known 
as  "the  purple  book"). 

To  obtain  copies  of  EPA  publica- 
tions, call  your  regional  Asbestos  In- 
formation Center,  or  call  (800)  424-9065 
(555-1404  in  Washington,  D.  C).  The 
UBC  Department  of  Occupational  Safety 
and  Health  also  has  some  copies  of 
these  publications  available.  JjjtJ 


Someone  helped  to  organize  each  and 
every  labor  union,  and  someone  helped 
every  member  to  join  Now  you  can  help 
the  unorganized.  Simply  supply  the  Gen- 
eral Office  in  Washington,  DC.  with  the 
name  and  location  of  an  unorganized 
plant,  and  the  names  and  addresses  of 
some  of  its  unorganized  workers.  Upon 
receipt  of  a  sufficient  number  of  names 
and  addresses  of  interested  unorganized 
workers,  the  General  Office  will  see  to  it 
that  a  UBC  representative  does  his  best 
to  bring  union  conditions  to  the  unorga- 
nized. 

Each  and  every  unorganized  worker 
threatens  the  security  and  working  con- 
ditions of  every  union  member.  Unorga- 
nized employees  in  nonunion  plants  and 
at  nonunion  construction  sites  compete 
with  union  labor  and  tend  to  hold  wages 
and  working  conditions  down.  Protect 
yourself  and  your  family  by  protecting 
union  wages  and  working  conditions. 

Supply  the  Organizing  Department  at 
the  General  Office  with  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  unorganized  workers  NOW! 

HELP  THE  UNORGANIZED! 


22 


CARPENTER 


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St.  Paul  Creates 
Winter  Wonderland 

Members  of  three  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  local 
unions  joined  with  other  Building  Trades 
members  last  winter  to  create  a  spectacular 
and  towering  Ice  Palace  beside  a  local  park 
lake. 

After  Laborers  cut  640-pound  blocks  of 
ice  from  the  lake  they  were  placed  on  a  con- 
veyor erected  by  members  of  Millwrights 
Local  548,  shown  in  the  background  above, 
and  transported  to  the  site  on  wooden  chutes 
erected  by  Carpenters  of  Local  87.  Piledriv- 
ers  of  Local  1847  prepared  the  palace  foun- 
dation with  heavy  wooden  piles,  and  Car- 
penters and  Laborers  poured  a  concrete  slab. 
Bricklayers  laid  the  ice  blocks,  using  ice 
slush  as  mortar,  and  Electricians  wired  the 
whole  structure  for  colored  lights. 

The  Ice  Palace,  shown  in  color  on  our 
back  cover,  was  created  almost  entirely  by 
volunteer  labor.  Two  80-man  shifts  worked 
six  days  a  week  from  mid-December  until 
February  6.  A  January  thaw  set  in  near  the 
end  of  the  project,  so  they  weren't  able  to 
reach  the  height  expected — now  they're 
thinking  of  next  winter. 


Old  Woman's  Shoe 
For  Local  Festival 

If  an  old  woman  really  wants  to  live  in  a 
shoe,  there's  one  in  the  vicinity  of  Niagara 
Falls,  N.Y.,  created  by  members  of  Carpen- 
ters Local  280  of  Niagara-Genesee  and  Vi- 
cinity and  retirees  of  Electrical  Workers 
Local  237. 

The  shoe  is  a  Size  142  Triple  Z.  It's  24 
feet  long,  15  feet  high,  and  during  the  5th 
Annual  Festival  of  Lights  in  Niagara  Falls, 
it  was  in  front  of  the  city's  Wintergarden. 

The  picture  above  shows  two  apprentices 
of  Local  280  wearing  special  jackets  for  the 
occasion.  They  were  part  of  the  15-member 
UBC  crew  who  put  in  600  man-hours  as 
apprentice  cobblers. 

The  work  was  under  the  direction  of  Philip 
Lange,  instructor  in  Local  280's  apprentice- 
ship program.  Retirees  of  IBEW  Local  237 
did  the  indoor  wiring  so  animated  characters 
could  be  placed  in  the  viewing  areas. 

The  shoe  was  given  an  "old  leather"  look 
with  canvas  donated  by  the  Falls  Tent  and 
Awning  Company. 


Missing  Children 


If  you  have  any  information  that  could  lead  to  the  location  of  a 
missing  child,  call  The  National  Center  for  Missing  and  Exploited 
Children  in  Washington.  DC.  t -800-843-5678 


Debra  Frost,  19,  has 

been  missing  from  her 
home  in  Utah  since 
July  9,  1984.  She  has 
sandy  blond  hair  and  ha- 
zel eyes. 


Kelly  Morrissey  has  been 
missing  from  her  home 
in  New  York  since  June 
12,  1984.  Her  hair  is 
blond  and  her  eyes  are 
brown. 


William  Dale  Gunn,  17, 

has  been  missing  from 
his  home  in  Oregon 
since  June  16,  1984.  His 
hair  is  brown  and  his 
eyes  are  blue. 


Desiree  Carroll,  5,  has 
been  missing  from  her 
home  in  Texas  since 
March  25,  1983.  Her 
hair  and  eyes  are  brown. 


APRIL,     1986 


23 


Locni  union  news 


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The  PRIDE  Program,  established  hy  tiuiii- 
agemcnl  and  labor  lo  recognize  a  journey- 
person  and  apprentice  of  the  week,  has 
been  instituted  at  the  S.D.  Warren  Scott 
Paper  plant  in  .Sl^ouhegun.  Me.,  where 
Local  320.  Augusta  and  Walerville.  Me.. 
members  are  employed  hy  the  Rust  En.gi- 
neering  Co.  Pictured  above  right  are.  from 
left.  James  P.  Laney.  the  millwright  stew- 
ard on  the  job:  Guston  LeClair,  millwright 
of  the  week:  Ron  Cormeau,  project  man- 
ager: Russell  Clement,  business  agent  for 
Local  320:  Paul  Turdiff.  carpenter  appren- 
tice of  the  week:  and  Jay  Guber.  carpenter 
steward.  Pictured  above  is  the  20-hy-30- 
foot  sign  that  alerts  passers-by  that 
PRIDE  is  working  at  the  plant. 


N.Y.  President 
Emeritus  Honored 


Arvid  Andersen  recently  became  the  first 
past  president  of  Dockbiiilders  Local  1456. 
New  York.  N.  Y..  lo  be  awarded  the  title 
president  emeritus.  Bestowing  the  honor, 
with  the  approval  of  the  executive  commit- 
tee, was  President  and  Business  Manager 
Frederick  W.  Devine. 

Andersen  joined  the  local  in  1926.  .Serv- 
ing as  a  business  agent  and  later  as  presi- 
dent, he  was  also  Dockbuilder  Foreman 
and  Dockbuilder  General  Foreman  on 
some  ot  the  biggest  jobs  in  and  around 
New  York. 


CARPENTER  magazine  is  always  grateful  to  receive  local  union 
news.  If  your  local's  been  involved  in  something  you'd  like  to  tell 
us  about,  write  CARPENTER  magazine,  101  Constitution  Ave., 
N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


Volunteers  Build  Picnic  Shelter 

Unemployed  members  of  Local  63.  Bloomington.  III.,  are  mak- 
ing their  free  time  count  by  donating  labor  lo  build  a  picnic 
shelter  at  the  union  hall.  The  structure  will  be  enjoyed  hy  all 
members,  especially  at  the  annual  picnic  in  August. 


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"Building  Union"  was  the  subject  of  a  steward  training  course 
for  members  of  Local  169.  Greg  Warneke  look  this  picture  of 
ihe  large  group  of  participants.  .Seated,  from  left,  ihey  included 
Gus  Sharos.  Donald  Prall.  Charles  Howell.  Frank  Norkus.  Bill 
Thompson,  and  Jim  Gravol.  First  row.  standing,  from  left.  Busi- 
ness Representative  Jim  Kennedy.  Keith  Howell.  Rich  Kelley. 
Ron  Gladdue.  Don  Ulrich.  Leonard  Fahrner.  John  Donahue. 
Asst.  Business  Representative  Harold  Kiilin.  Flvin  Robertson. 
Second  row.  standing,  from  left.  Brian  I.eBeaii.  Jim  Tolley. 
Scott  Kennedy.  D<m  Man!:..  Alvin  Seager.  Paul  Welle.  Joe 
Lemansky.  Bill  Perry.  Mike  Ogden.  and  Waller  Madura. 


24 


CARPENTER 


Union  Representatives  Learn 
Survival  Tactics  At  KC  Seminar 


When  management  trys  to  weaken  and 
destroy  your  union,  seek  alternatives  to  a 
strike.  Be  cautious  about  accepting  reduced 
contract  benefits.  Stay  on  the  job  and  fight 
back. 

This  was  the  gist  of  much  of  the  advice 
given  recently  to  participants  in  an  all-day 
union  seminar  held  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.  A 
total  of  225  union  members  from  six  Mid- 
western states  discussed  the  seminar  theme, 
"Union  Power:  Alternatives  in  Dealing  with 
Cutbacks  and  Union  Busters,"  and  they 
received  new  yet  proven  tips  on  preserving 
their  unions  and  getting  acceptable  con- 
tracts. 

Edward  Durkin,  the  United  Brotherhood's 
special  projects  director,  showed  the  union 
representatives  how  to  use  public  sources 
in  researching  companies.  He  described 
methods  used  to  obtain  reports  and  forms 
filed  by  companies  with  federal  agencies.  He 
also  pointed  out  that  there  is  much  related 
industry  information  available  which  bears 
on  the  activities  of  a  particular  company. 

Joe  Uhlein,  from  the  AFL-CIO  Industrial 
Union  Department  in  Washington,  D.C., 
stressed,  "Any  union  action  that  drags  on 
too  long  becomes  a  drag.  We  must  pick 
actions  that  are  effective  in  less  time."  He 
added,  "Our  actions  must  convey  the  power 
of  working  people  and  show  in-plant  soli- 
darity." 

The  "corporate  campaign"  was  discussed 
as  a  viable  new  union  strategy.  The  corporate 
campaign  involves  use  of  information  and 
pressure  outside  of  traditional  tactics  to 
move  an  obstinate  management  into  dealing 
with  the  union. 

A  corporate  campaign  can  involve  pres- 
sure through  stockholders,  financial  re- 
sources, related  companies,  and  interlocking 
directorships.  "The  oject,"  it  was  explained, 
"is  to  make  union  busting  more  expensive 
and  damaging  than  reasonable  negotia- 
tions." Success  requires  extensive  knowl- 
edge of  the  company's  structure,  financing, 
and  top  officers. 

One  useful  tool  is  purchase  of  some  stock — 
however  little — in  the  company  with  which 
it  has  or  seeks  a  contract.  The  union  then 
has  a  voice  with  fellow  stockholders  in 
business  decisions. 

Speakers  pointed  out  unions  owning  stock 
in  corporations  should  receive  profit-and- 
loss  data  and  other  valuable  information 
which  can  be  used  in  assessing  company 
demands  for  cutbacks  in  wages,  benefits, 
and  jobs. 

The  seminar  ended  with  six  concurrent 
workshops,  allowing  participants  to  break 
into  smaller  and  concentrated  groups. 

In  her  workshops  on  "Some  Beliefs  for 
Building  Solidarity,"  Cindy  Nietfeld  of 
Communications  Workers  of  America  ob- 
served unions  can  use  in  reverse  some  of 
the  antiunion  tactics  of  the  Reagan  Admin- 
istration. She  observed,  "Unions  are  not 
foreign  to  American  Workers.  They  are 
known  for  helping  every  worker." 

During  the  "Countering  the  Union-Buster 
at  Work  and  at  the  Bargaining  Table"  work- 


shop, Tom  Balanoff,  International  Brother- 
hood of  Boilermakers,  noted  company  pro- 
posals to  change  "for  the  worse"  insurance, 
pension,  job  security,  and  work  rules  must 
be  immediate  "cause  of  suspicion." 

Kansas  City  union  attorney  Marsha  Mur- 
phy noted  during  the  "What  is  Left  of  the 
Law  after  Ronald  Reagan"  workshop,  the 
law  "was  not  that  good"  for  workers  even 
before  the  discredited  ex-union  member  got 
into  the  White  House.  "But  it  certainly  is 
much  worse  now,"  She  urged  union  soli- 
darity in  fighting  the  Administration's  moves 
to  weaken  unions. 

When  union  members  know  the  Occupa- 
tional Safety  and  Health  Administration  has 
missed  job-site  safety  problems  during  in- 
spections, "they  should  immediately  show 
documented  information"  to  inspectors,  ad- 
vised Don  Spatz  of  the  Boilermakers.  He 
said  companies  frequently  learn  in  advance 
"the  inspection  is  coming."  He  said  in 
smaller  cities,  management  discerns  this  in- 
formation through  hotel  registrations. 

Unions  must  prepare  in  advance  for  deal- 
ing with  reporters,  observed  Meyer  L.  Gold- 
man, of  the  Labor  Beacon,  during  his  "Meet- 
ing the  Media  in  Modem  Times"  workshop. 
He  urged  unions  to  get  their  positive  news 
to  the  press  instead  of  waiting  for  the  jour- 
nalists to  "contact  you  during  controver- 
sies." He  pointed  out  that  the  corporate 
campaign — which  involves  fighting,  but 
staying  on  the  job  after  contract  expiration — 
requires  the  union  to  take  the  initiative  in 
getting  its  story  to  the  people. 

Remarks  of  participants  after  the  seminar 
included,  "I  wish  we  could  have  been  armed 
with  some  of  what  we  learned  today  before 
we  had  to  accept  recently  a  concession 
contract"  and  "We  have  been  fired  up  today 
to  go  back  to  our  union  hall  and  win  instead 
of  losing." 

Registration  for  the  seminar  came  from 
the  Kansas  City  area;  St.  Louis,  Sedalia, 
Columbia,  and  Cape  Girardeau,  Mo.;  To- 
peka  and  Manhattan,  Kan.;  Omaha  and 
Superior,  Nebr.;  Des  Moines  and  Marshall- 
town,  Iowa;  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  and  Chi- 
cago, III. 

The  seminar  was  the  first  course  offered 
by  the  new  labor  studies  division  of  Labor 
Beacon  Communications  Inc.  The  seminar 
was  endorsed  by  several  union  groups,  in- 
cluding the  Greater  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Labor 
Council,  AFL-CIO,  and  the  Tri-County  La- 
bor Council  of  Eastern  Kansas. 


EVERSOLE  Survivors 

Walter  Hendrickson  of  Local  1456,  New 
York  City,  was  aboard  a  ship  blown  up  22 
miles  east  of  Leyte  Gulf  in  the  Philippines 
during  World  War  II.  There  were  136  sur- 
vivors, and  they're  planning  a  reunion.  If 
you're  one  of  the  136  aboard  the  USS  Ev- 
ersole  DE  404,  write  Hendrickson  at  32 
William  Street,  Nutley,  N.J.  07110. 


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25 


New  Feet-Inch  Calculator  Lets  You  Solve 
Building  Problems  In  Seconds! 

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26 


CARPENTER 


nppREniiiESHip  &  TRnminc 


Canadian  Carpentry 
Apprenticeship  Contest 


Syracuse  Graduates 


Apprentices  in  the  1985  Canadian  contest,  from  left,  are  Ken 
Stoian,  Saskatchewan  Provincial  Council  of  Carpenters;  James 
Barabash,  Local  2103,  Calgary,  Alta;  Third  Place  Winner  Harry 
Fong,  Local  452,  Vancouver,  B.C.;  Don  Coucette,  Local  27, 
Toronto,  Ont.;  First  Place  Winner  Graeme  Williams,  Local 
1325,  Edmonton,  Alta.;  Paul  Vodak,  Local  27,  Toronto,  Ont.; 
Trevor  Markovich,  Local  343,  Winnipeg,  Man.;  and  Second 
Place  Winner  Joe  Duncan  Local  1598.  Victoria,  B.C. 


Four  graduating  apprentices  received  journeyman  certificates  at 
Syracuse,  N.Y.,  Local  12's  December  meeting.  Pictured,  from 
left,  are  Neil  Daley,  business  representative;  Paul  Sinay;  Steven 
Young,  recording  secretary,  former  JAC  instructor:  Mark  Mc- 
Glaughin;  Timothy  Woods,  coordinator;  Richard  Matthews;  and 
Timothy  Kogut. 


Last  November  the  First  Canadian  Ap- 
prenticeship Contest  took  place  in  Calgary, 
Alberta,  Canada. 

Eight  provincial  finalists  representing  five 
provinces  were  tested  on  a  stair  and  rafter 
layout,  surveying,  a  three-hour  theory  exam 
and  a  seven-hour  practical  test.  The  Com- 
petition took  place  over  three  days  with  the 
practical  portion  being  performed  in  Cal- 
gary's largest  shopping  mall. 

The  mall  proved  to  be  an  ideal  venue  for 
public  exposure.  Each  contestant  contructed 


a  two-seat  patio  bench,  later  donated  to  local 
senior  citizens  homes. 

The  awards  banquet  was  attended  by  var- 
ious officials  of  the  union,  the  industry,  and 
the  local  technical  institute.  Provincial  Man- 
power Minister  Ernie  Isley,  and  Tenth  Dis- 
trict Board  Member  Ronald  J.  Dancer,  and 
N.Y.  Contruction's  Joe  Urchevich  pre- 
sented the  awards. 

The  1986  contest  has  been  tentatively 
scheduled  for  British  Columbia. 


New  Journeyman 


Chamber  of  Commerce  Boost 


New  journeyman  Mike  Windham,  Local 
1778,  Columbia,  S.C.,  receives  his  certifi- 
cate from  Financial  Secretary  and  Busi- 
ness Representative  F.  R.  Snow. 


California  Graduates 


The  Greater  Oswego,  N.Y.,  Chamber  of  Commerce  is  getting 
some  help  from  Oswego  Local  747  carpenters-in-training.  The 
apprentices  are  helping  with  renovation  of  the  Chamber's  his- 
toric building  to  provide  affordable  offices  for  non-profit  organi- 
zations. Apprentices  kneeling  are,  from  left,  Fran  Hoefer,  Al- 
isha  Albright,  and  Bob  Baldwin;  standing  are,  from  left,  Joe 
Miuccio,  Tom  Paeno,  and  Rich  Delong,  with  instructor  Bob 
Cummings. 

APRIL,     1986 


Five  new  journeymen  were  awarded  graduation  certificates  from 
Local  1913  at  its  annual  presentation  dinner.  Picture,  from  left, 
are  Financial  Secretary  Vern  Lankford,  Business  Agent  James 
Mannino,  Charles  Abblett,  Ramona  Davidson,  Dwennon  Healy, 
Harry  Underwood,  and  Business  Agent  and  President  Bill 
Adair. 


27 


Detroit  Training  School  Reports 
'Good  Year'  Enrollment  for  1986 


Apprentice  Darryl  Phimmer  mortises  a  door  hutt  in  Detroit's 
lock  installation  class. 

Herb  Schultz.  direc- 
tor of  the  Detroit 
training  school,  in 
his  office  in  Fern- 
dale,  Mich.  The 

The  Detroit  (Mich.)  Building;  Tradesman       PETS  program  is  in- 
recently  featured  the  Detroit  District  Coun-       corporated  into  De- 
cil's  apprenticeship  training  school  in  a  front-       "■'"'  leaching  proce- 
page  story,  calMng  attention  to  its  contri-       dares. 
butions  to  young  people  of  the  area. 

"We  want  our  apprentices  to  know  every 
facet  of  the  trade."  School  Director  Herb 
Schultz  told  the  newspaper's  associate  edi- 
tor. Bill  Pomeroy.  "What  we  want  them  to 
be  is  dependable,  responsible,  prompt,  wor- 
thy ....  The  bottom  line  is  becoming  a 
well-rounded  worker." 

The  Detroit  school  operates  in  expanded 
facilities  in  Ferndale,  Mich.  It  has  a  broad 
spectrum  of  training  equipment  and  incor- 
porates the  PETS  (Performance  Evaluation 
Training  System)  into  its  program. 

Schultz  reported  that  enrollment  is  mount- 
ing because  the  current  work  picture  is  good. 
Schultz  has  a  theory  that  peak  enrollment 


Instructor  Cicero  Haralson  ad- 
vises Stanley  Kuznicki  on  the 
proper  use  of  a  power  plane. 
Power  tools  are  used  only  after 
hand  tools  are  mastered. — Pho- 
tographs by  The  Detroit  Building 
Tradesman. 


years  follows  a  10-year  cycle.  In  1978  there 
were  950  apprentices,  and  in  1968  the  total 
was  1.100.  He  anticipates  around  900  stu- 
dents in  1988.  Currently  there  are  350  first- 
year  apprentices,  the  first  good  year  in  the 
1980s,  Schultz  says. 

Detroit  apprentices  can  pick  up  credits  in 
and  out  of  the  classroom.  Attending  monthly 
union  meetings  equals  one  credit;  picketline 
duty  brings  another,  as  does  being  on  the 
honor  roll  or  participating  in  state  contests. 
These  extras  are  limited  to  three  credit  hours 
apiece. 


Sarnia  Journeymen 


Gathered  above,  the  ri'(  cnt  graduates  of  Local  1592.  Sarnia.  Onl..  /)/<  /»/<</.  Ii"ni  Icll. 
are  President  Ralph  Pretty.  Apprenticeship  Committee  Vice  Chairman  prank  Christie. 
Bryan  Edwardson.  Larry  Smith.  Ted  Panchyshyn.  Cordon  C.  Brown.  Jamie  Miller.  Kevin 
Kealev.  and  Apprenticeship  Committee  Chairman  James  C.  Wodham. 


Education 
Pays  Off  at 
GM  Saturn 

The  selection  of  a  rural  town  in 
Tennessee  as  the  site  for  a  big  pro- 
duction plant  for  the  General  Motors 
Saturn  automobile  was  influenced  by 
the  state's  education  system  and 
teacher  incentive  pay  program,  ac- 
cording to  GM. 

GM's  need  to  train  6,000  workers 
for  its  high  tech  plant  explains  its 
emphasis  on  education  as  part  of  the 
favorable  "atmosphere"  it  wanted. 
United  Auto  Workers  feel,  however, 
that  the  availability  of  a  large  non- 
union labor  pool  was  also  a  factor. 

Nevertheless,  education  and  train- 
ing remain  important  factors  in  up- 
grading local  economies,  as  labor  has 
long  contended. 

Since  1982,  a  host  of  states  have 
upgraded  their  schools: 

•  40  of  them  now  use  higher  re- 
quirements for  high  school  gradua- 
tion. 

•  36  states  have  stiffened  and  ex- 
panded their  student  competency  tests. 

•  21  have  adopted  incentive  pay 
plans  rewarding  teacher  excellence. 


28 


CARPENTER 


Cosigning  a  Loan 


What  would  you  do  if  a  friend  or  relative 
asked  you  to  cosign  a  loan?  Before  you  give 
your  answer,  make  sure  you  understand 
what  cosigning  involves.  Under  a  recent 
Federal  Trade  Commission  rule,  creditors 
are  required  to  give  you  a  notice  to  help 
explain  your  obligations. 

COSIGNERS  OFTEN  PAY 

Some  studies  of  certain  types  of  lenders 
show  that  as  many  as  three  out  of  four 
cosigners  are  asked  to  repay  the  loan.  That 
statistic  should  not  surprise  you.  When  you 
are  asked  to  cosign,  you  are  being  asked  to 
take  a  risk  that  a  professional  lender  will  not 
take.  The  lender  would  not  require  a  cosigner 
if  the  borrower  met  the  lender's  criteria  for 
making  a  loan. 

As  the  notice  explains,  in  most  states,  if 
you  do  cosign  and  your  friend  or  relative 
misses  a  payment,  the  lender  can  collect 
from  you  immediately  without  pursuing  the 
borrower  first.  And  the  amount  you  owe 
may  be  increased — by  late  charges  or  by 
attorneys"  fees — if  the  lender  decides  to  sue 
to  collect.  If  the  lender  wins  the  case,  he  or 
she  may  be  able  to  take  your  wages  and 
property. 

IF  YOU  DO  COSIGN 

Despite  the  risks,  there  may  be  times  when 
you  decide  to  cosign.  Perhaps  your  son  or 
daughter  needs  a  first  loan,  or  a  close  friend 
needs  help.  Here  are  a  few  things  to  consider 
before  you  cosign. 

•  Be  sure  you  can  afford  to  pay  the  loan. 
If  you  are  asked  to  pay  and  cannot,  you 
could  be  sued  or  your  credit  rating  could 
be  damaged. 

•  Before  you  cosign  a  loan,  consider  that 
even  if  you  are  not  asked  to  repay  the 


debt,  your  liability  for  this  loan  may  keep 
you  from  getting  other  credit  you  may 
want. 

Before  you  pledge  property,  such  as  your 
automobile  or  furniture,  to  secure  the 
loan,  make  sure  you  understand  the  con- 
sequences. If  the  borrower  defaults,  you 
could  lose  these  possessions. 
You  may  want  to  ask  the  lender  to  cal- 
culate the  specific  amount  of  money  you 
might  owe.  The  lender  does  not  have  to 
do  this,  but  some  will  if  asked.  You  also 
may  be  able  to  negotiate  the  specific  terms 
of  your  obligation.  For  example,  you  might 
want  to  have  your  liability  limited  to 
paying  the  principal  balance  on  the  loan, 
but  not  late  charges,  court  costs,  or  at- 
torney's fees.  In  this  case,  ask  the  lender 
to  include  a  statement  in  the  contract  like 
this:  "The  cosigner  will  be  responsible 
only  for  the  principal  balance  on  this  loan 
at  the  time  of  default." 
You  may  want  to  ask  the  lender  to  agree, 
in  writing,  to  notify  you  if  the  borrower 
misses  a  payment.  In  this  way,  you  will 


have  time  to  deal  with  the  problem  or 
make  back  payments  without  having  to 
repay  the  whole  amount  immediately. 

•  Make  sure  you  get  copies  of  all  important 
papers,  such  as  the  loan  contract,  the 
Truth-in-Lending  Disclosure  Statement, 
and  any  warranties  if  you  are  cosigning 
for  a  purchase.  You  may  need  these  if 
there  is  a  dispute  between  the  borrower 
and  the  seller.  Because  the  lender  is  not 
required  to  give  you  these  papers,  you 
may  have  to  get  copies  from  the  borrower. 

•  Check  your  state  law.  Some  states  have 
laws  giving  you  additional  rights  as  a 
cosigner. 

The  Federal  Trade  Commission  enforces 
a  number  of  federal  laws  involving  consumer 
credit  for  which  free  publications  are  avail- 
able. If  you  would  like  additional  information 
concerning  debt,  ask  for  the  following  FTC 
publications:  The  Credit  Practices  Rule  and 
Solving  Credit  Problems.  Write  to  Public 
Reference,  Federal  Trade  Commission, 
Washington,  D.C.  20580. 


Cosigner's  Notice 

You  are  being  asked  to  guarantee  this  debt,  think  carefully  before  you  do. 
If  the  borrower  doesn't  pay  the  debt,  you  will  have  to.  Be  sure  you  can 
afford  to  pay  If  you  have  to,  and  that  you  want  to  accept  this  responsibility. 

You  may  have  to  pay  up  to  the  full  amount  of  the  debt  if  the  borrower  does 
not  pay.  You  may  also  have  to  pay  late  fees  or  collection  costs,  which 
increase  this  amount. 

The  creditor  can  collect  this  debt  from  you  without  first  trying  to  collect  from 
the  borrower.*  The  creditor  can  use  the  same  collection  methods  against 
you  that  can  be  used  against  the  borrower,  such  as  suing  you,  garnishing 
your  wages,  etc.  If  this  debt  is  ever  in  default,  that  fact  may  become  a  part 
of  your  credit  record. 

This  notice  is  not  the  contract  that  makes  you  liable  for  the  debt. 

*  Depending  on  your  state,  this  may  not  apply,  II  state  law  forbids  a  creditor  from 
collecting  from  a  cosigner  witfiout  first  trying  to  collect  from  the  primary  debtor,  this 
sentence  may  be  crossed  out  or  omitted  on  your  cosigner  notice. 


MADE  IN  AMERICA: 
cars  and  trucks 

Is  a  new  car  purchase  your  reason 
for  investigating  loan  procedures?  The 
growing  use  of  overseas  components 
makes  it  increasingly  difficult  to  find  an 
"all-American"  car. 

The  Research  Department  of  the 
United  Auto  'Workers  defines  U.S. -built 
cars  as  being  75%  domestic  content. 
U.S. -assembled  vehicles  are  most  likely 
30-40%  North  American  content. 

According  to  this  definition  the  fol- 
lowing are  domestically-produced  cars 


and  trucks: 

•  All  GM  cars  and  trucks  except  the 
Chevy  Sprint  (Suzuki),  Spectrum 
(Isuzu),  LUV  (Isuzu),  El  Camino  and 
Caballero  trucks  (assembled  in  Mex- 
ico); 

•  All  Ford  cars  and  trucks  except 
the  Ford  Courier  (Mazda)  and  Mercury 
Merkur  (Ford  of  Europe); 

•  Volkswagen  Golf; 

•  All  AMC  and  Jeep  vehicles,  plus 
the  Renault  Alliance  and  Encore; 

•  All  Chrysler  cars  and  trucks  except 
Dodge  Colt,  Vista,  RAM  50,  and  Chal- 
lenger,  Plymouth   Champ,   Conquest, 


and  Sapporo  (all  Mitsubishi)  and  a  few 
K  cars  (Reliant  and  Aries)  assembled 
in  Mexico; 

•  U.S. -assembled  Nissan  Sentra; 

•  U.S. -assembled  Honda  Accord; 

•  U.S. -assembled  Nova  (GM-Toy- 
ota  joint  venture);  and 

•  Canadian-assembled  Volvo. 

A  good  thing  to  keep  in  mind  when 
shopping  for  an  auto  is  that  an  estimated 
one  job  in  seven  in  the  U.S.  is  auto- 
related.  Rubber  workers,  glass  work- 
ers, textile,  steel,  plastics,  electronic 
and  other  workers  as  well  all  play  a 
part  in  the  U.S.  auto  industry. 


APRIL,     1986 


29 


Words  Seldom  Heard 


Continued  from  Page  II 

stingy  person  was  referred  to  as  pica- 
yunish. 

A  man  on  construction  today  would 
wrinkle  a  puzzle  brow  if  his  foreman 
asked  him  to  chink  and  daub  the  chim- 
ney on  a  house.  But  this  was  a  method 
of  filling  the  cracks  between  logs  with 
mud  or  clay,  mixed  with  grass  or  other 
holding  material  such  as  brome  sedge 
or  prairie  grass. 

A  potato  hole  was  not  a  potato  with 
a  hole  in  it,  hut  a  conical  mound  in  the 
garden  in  which  potatoes,  apples,  and 
other  vegetables  and  fruits  were  stored 
for  the  winter,  covered  first  with  straw, 
then  dirt,  to  keep  out  the  frost. 

A  Sander  was  not  a  device  for  sanding 
wood  but  was  something  like  a  pepper 
shaker,  filled  with  fine  sand  which  was 
sprinkled  over  ink  to  dry  it.  This  was 
before  the  days  of  the  blotter. 

Sillabub  was  sweetened  cream,  fla- 
vored with  wine  and  whipped,  after 
which  it  was  poured  over  Johnny  cakes, 
much  as  we  used  "store-bought"  syrup 
today. 

A  sleeper  is  not  a  person  dozing  but 
a  heavy  timber  used  to  support  a  sagging 
wall.  That  term  is  still  used.  A  fence 
worm  was  not  used  for  fishing  but 
described  the  zigzag  outline  of  a  rail 
fence  that  gained  its  popularity  in  Vir- 
ginia. 

Girdles  were  not  only  worn  by  women. 
The  word  also  applied  to  deep  rings 
chopped  around  trees  to  deaden  their 
growth.  Poke  yokes  were  worn  by  live- 
stock to  keep  them  from  pushing  through 
fences.  A  jack  was  a  small  wooden  cup, 
the  inside  of  which  was  coated  with  tar. 
Cedarware  was  a  bucket  or  other  con- 
tainer made  entirely  of  narrow  cedar 
staves  banded  together. 

Linsey  was  the  name  given  certain 
home-woven  cloth.  Gum  wax  came  from 
the  sweet  gum  tree,  preceding  chewing 
gum.  Graham  bread  was  a  home-made 
loaf,  baked  from  wheat  coarsely  ground. 

Farmers  used  a  machine  with  whir- 
ring cylindrical  knives  to  cut  oats  straw 
into  inch-long  lengths,  which  was  fed 
to  horses  daily.  This  was  known  as 
cutting  haxel.  The  word  is  completely 
gone  from  our  reference  books  today. 

This  could  go  on  and  on  but  space 
does  not  permit.  Most  pioneer  words 
have  vanished  from  today's  scene,  re- 
placed by  words  describing  our  new, 
computerized  society.  This  might  be 
termed  lamentable,  for  many  of  these 
words  had  their  own  distinctive  charm. 
But  now  they  are  lost  in  the  limbo  of 
the  fast-moving  twentieth-century  world. 

You-all  have  a  good  day! 

Whip  us  some  syllabub!  Hi)!! 


Batter  Up  for  the  UBC 


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training  than  UBC-emblem  ball 
caps,  jackets,  and  T-shirts? 
Outfit  your  whole  team,  and 
your  family  too,  in  our  high 
quality,  union-made  articles. 


White  T-shirts  with  dark  blue  trim  at  the 
necl<  and  sleeves  have  the  Brotherhood 
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sayings: 

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My  Mom  is  a  Union  Carpenter 

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30 


CARPENTER 


Retiree  Builds  Ramps  for  IVIS  Patients 


Retirees' 
Notebook 

A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Retiree  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings and  goings  of  individual  retirees. 


Retirees  on  Piclcet 
Line  Duty 

Unions  have  begun  to  tap  retired  members 
for  picket-line  duty.  Retired  unionists  long 
have  been  enhsted  for  political  activities 
and  now  some  unions  use  them  during  con- 
tract negotiations  and  organizing  drives.  Tha 
Boilermakers  union  gets  retirees'  help  as 
extra  pickets  at  some  of  the  60  U.S.  cement 
plants  where  members  continue  to  work 
despite  expired  contracts. 

United  Food  and  Commercial  Workers 
Union  retirees  help,  too.  About  50  picketed 
two  hours  a  day  during  a  meat  cutters  strike 
in  Santa  Barbara,  Calif.,  last  fall.  A  similar- 
sized  group  handed  out  literature  during  a 
Florida  organizing  effort  at  Grand  Union 
stores  in  1984. 


Visalia,  Calif.,  Club 
Boasts  30  Members 

Retirees'  Club  3  in  Visalia,  Calif.,  cur- 
rently has  80  members  on  its  rolls  and  is 
going  strong.  Club  Number  3  keeps  a  full 
calendar  of  events  going  for  retirees  and 
their  spouses  including  barbecues,  pot  luck 
suppers,  fishing  trips,  and  trips  to  Calico 
Ghost  Town  and  Roy  Rogers  Museum. 

At  their  monthly  meetings,  a  representa- 
tive from  Blue  Cross  insurance  is  present  to 
help  with  questions  or  problems  that  club 
members  may  have.  During  holidays  such 
as  Halloween,  Christmas,  and  July  4,  special 
events  are  organized. 

Recording  secretary  Mary  Bruce,  who 
keeps  us  up  to  date  on  all  these  activities, 
tells  us  that  new  members  are  always  wel- 
come to  join  the  group's  social  hours,  meet- 
ings, and  reminiscences. 

LaPorte  Club 
Donates  Food 

The  spirit  of  sharing  was  demonstrated 
recently  by  Retirees'  Club  45,  LaPorte,  Ind. 
At  one  of  their  regular  business  meetings, 
members  packed  up  boxes  of  canned  goods 
and  staples  to  be  donated  to  the  Salvation 
Army.  The  supplies  were  then  distributed 
to  needy  families. 


Retiree  Kortz  at  work,  upper  right,  and  with  an  MS  victim  and  her  new  ramp. 


In  January  1960  Herbert  Kortz,  a  40-year 
member  of  the  UBC  belonging  to  Local  68, 
Menomonie,  Wise,  received  the  news  that 
his  wife  Margaret  had  multiple  sclerosis. 
Caring  for  his  bed-ridden  wife,  Kortz  became 
an  active  member  of  the  North  Star  chapter 
of  the  National  Multiple  Sclerosis  Society, 
and  in  1965  was  elected  to  the  board.  Upon 
his  retirement  in  1980,  Kortz  announced  he 


would  build  wheel  chair  ramps  for  any  MS 
patient  in  the  Twin  Cities  area;  if  the  patient 
furnished  the  material,  he'd  furnish  the  labor 
free.  As  of  September  1985,  he  has  built  34 
ramps  for  a  total  of  291  man  hours.  Kortz 
has  also  served  the  UBC  as  business  rep- 
resentative, secretary  of  the  district  council, 
and  secretary-treasurer  of  the  state  council. 


Mississippi  Group  Has  Active  Wives 


In  Jackson,  Miss.,  it's  the  ladies,  shown  above  with  their  husbands,  who  keep  Retirees' 
Club  41  going  strong.  The  group  holds  regular  monthly  meetings  and  members  gel 
together  every  other  month  for  a  dutch-treat  lunch. 

Holiday  Activities  in  Bloomington 


The  retirees  of  Club  5,  Bloomington,  III.,  may  be  small  in  number,  but  their  enthusiasm 
and  energy  keep  the  club  on  the  move.  Hospitality  Chairperson  Juanita  Shoemaker 
recently  sent  to  us  some  photos  of  the  group's  activities,  which  ranged  from  riding  in  the 
local  labor  day  parade  to  Christmas  parties  with  friends  and  local  officers  to  a  trip  to 
Rockome  Gardens  in  Arthur,  III.  At  left,  members  are  distributing  candy  during  the 
Labor  Day  parade;  at  right,  retirees  who  made  the  trip  to  Rockome  Gardens. 


APRIL,     1986 


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(iossip 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO; 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED. 


NO  COLLECTIVE  BARGAIN! 

The  minister  beamingly  asl^ed  the 
bride  how  many  children  she  ex- 
pected to  have.  "Ten,  at  least,"  she 
replied.  "I  want  our  marriage  to  be 
a  happy  union."  "Happy  union," 
snorted  the  groom.  "With  that  many 
kids,  it  sounds  more  like  an  open 
shop!" 


ADOPT  A  LUMBER  STORE 


THE  SOUND  OF  MONEY 

Inquisitive  youngster:  "Daddy,  if 
money  talks,  how  come  we  can't 
hear  if?" 

Quick-thinking  papa:  "That's  be- 
cause money  goes  faster  than  the 
speed  of  sound!" 


BUY  UNION  •  SAVE  JOBS 


REASONABLE  DEDUCTION 

The  business  agent  was  com- 
plaining that  his  wife  was  untidy, 
didn't  keep  the  house  clean,  was  a 
bum  cook,  was  extravagant  and 
doesn't  understand  him.  His  friend 
listened  sympathetically,  then  asked: 
"When  did  you  meet  this  other 
woman?" 


THE  HARD  WAY! 

He  was  out  with  his  new  girl 
friend.  He  rounded  a  bend  at  close 
to  forty.  A  sudden  skid  and  the  car 
overturned.  They  found  themselves 
sitting  together,  unhurt,  alongside 
the  completely  smashed  car.  He 
put  his  arm  around  her  waist,  but 
she  drew  away. 

"It's  all  very  nice,"  she  sighed, 
"but  wouldn't  it  have  been  easier 
to  just  run  out  of  gas?" 


USE  UNION  SERVICES 


WHICH  IS  WHICH 

Fishing  is  just  a  jerk  at  one 
end  of  the  line  waiting  for  a  jerk 
at  the  Other  end. 

— Ernie  Ford 

SUPPORT  THE  L-P  BOYCOTT 


HAD  A  KICK  COMING 

Mac:  "Why  did  you  kick  my  dog?" 

Sandy:    "He    raised    his    leg — I 

thought  he  was  going  to  kick  me," 


STOP  AND  GO 

The  horse  ambled  along  for  a 
short  distance  and  then  stopped. 
This  procedure  was  repeated  sev- 
eral times.  A  curious  bystander  ap- 
proached the  farmer  and  asked 
kindly,  "Is  your  horse  sick?" 

"Nope,"  answered  the  farmer, 
"he's  so  afraid  I'll  say  'whoa'  and 
he  won't  hear  me,  that  he  stops 
every  once  in  a  while  to  listen." 


THIS  MONTHS  LIMERICK 

An  accident  really  uncanny 
Befell  a  respectable  granny: 
She  sat  down  in  a  chair 
While  her  false  teeth  were  there 
And  bit  herself  right  in  the  fanny, 
—Jack  Greenwood 
Venice,  Fla. 


GOOD  CAUSE 

"I'm  getting  a  divorce — my  wife 
called  me  an  idiot." 
"That's  no  grounds  for  divorce." 
"Well,  it  was  like  this.  I  came 
home  and  found  my  wife  in  the 
arms  of  the  man  next  door,  and  I 
said  'What's  the  meaning  of  this?' 
and  she  said,  'Can't  you  see,  you 
idiot'?" 


ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 


NO  PROBLEM 

A  lovely  young  girl  stood  at  the 
bank  teller's  window.  He  looked  at 
her  and  the  check  she  wished  to 
cash,  then  asked  her  if  she  could 
identify  herself.  She  pulled  a  small 
mirror  from  her  handbag,  glanced 
in  it,  and  with  relief  said,  "Yes,  it's 
me  all  right." 

— Nancy's  Nonsense 


STAY  IN  GOOD  STANDING 


GOOD  FOUNDATION 

The  good  thing  about  beginning 
at  the  bottom  is  that  you  always 
have  something  solid  to  go  back 
to. 


IMPORTS  HURT  •  BUY  UNION 


NO  CHICKEN,  THAT  ROOSTER! 

The  minister  had  just  finished  an 
excellent  chicken  dinner.  As  he 
looked  out  of  the  window  a  rooster 
strutted  across  the  yard.  "My!"  said 
the  minisler,  "that  is  certainly  a 
proud  rooster."  "Ves,  sir,"  said  his 
host,  "he  has  reason  to  be  proud. 
One  of  his  sons  just  entered  the 
ministry." 


DON'T  BUY  L-P 

CHARACTER  REFERENCE 

An  application  of  money  will 
sometimes  remove  stains  from  a 
man's  character. 


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CARPENTER 


S«rvto« 

To 

The 

Br«lh*riio«d 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who   recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


Warren,  Pa. 


WARREN,  PA. 

At  Local  1014's  pin  presentation  dinner, 
members  Harry  S.  Swedenhjelm,  50  years,  left, 
and  George  Larson,  60  years,  right,  were 
honored  for  their  many  years  of  service  to  the 
Brotherhood. 


Van  Nuys,  Calif. — Picture  No.  1 


Van  Nuys,  Calif.— Picture  No.  3 


Van  Nuys,  Calif. — Picture  No.  5 


Van  Nuys,  Calif.— Picture  No.  6 
APRIL,     1986 


Van  Nuys,  Calif.— Picture  No.  2 


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Van  Nuys,  Calif. — Picture  No.  4 


VAN  NUYS,  CALIF. 

Local  1913  recently  held  its  annual  pin 
presentation  and  dinner  at  Nob  Hill  Restaurant. 
Forty-five  long-time  members  were  presented 
service  pins. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Umberto  Barragan,  Ben 
Dibene,  Michael  Zubach,  and  Ronald  Vincelli. 

Standing,  from  left:  Henry  Cooke,  Michael 
Munroe,  Charles  Shelton,  Joe  Dingman,  Pauli 
Laine,  and  Olavl  Harja. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Franl<  Rising,  James  C.  Hill, 
Elidoro  Flores,  Gilbert  Zamora,  and  Hugh  Story. 

Standing,  from  left:  Tauno  Til<ka,  Pete 
Kaldhusdal,  Lewin  Minter,  Kenneth  Robinson, 
Woodrow  Hite,  Joe  Silvia,  and  Al  Reeves. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Albert  Shepherd,  Harold 
Kelsch,  Lee  Kully,  and  George  A.  Papp. 

Standing,  from  left:  Bill  Plantenberg,  Frank 
Monroe,  Guido  Fasso,  John  Campbell,  and 
Rene  Wille. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  George  Wyckhuyse,  William 


Barabas,  Victor  Jensen,  George  Nagy,  and 
Frank  Hellman. 

Standing,  from  left:  Robert  Hauger,  Los 
Angeles  DC  Secretary-Treasurer  Paul  Miller,  Lee 
Critchfield,  Sidney  McCaleb,  Karl  Dahlsten, 
Steele  Brand,  and  John  W.  Fletcher. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  Richard  Heflin,  David  Burris,  and  Los 
Angeles  DC  President  Doug  McCarron. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  William  Nilsson,  left, 
receiving  his  50-year  pin. 


It's  important  to  us  to  list  the  names 
of  members  receiving  honors  with  the 
proper  spellings  and  designations.  With 
ttiis  in  mind,  please  send  us  type- 
written information  on  pin  presenta- 
tions whenever  possible,  and  when 
this  is  not  possible,  please  print  the 
information.  As  we  know  from  ex- 
perience, script  is  very  difficult  to 
decipher. 


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ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

At  a  recent  St.  Louis  District  Council  get- 
togettier,  Carl  Reiter,  right,  was  tionored  for 
being  "one  of  the  most  active  and  distinguished 
members"  of  the  St.  Louis  Carpenters  District 
Council  with  the  presentation  of  his  50-year  pin 
and  a  certificate.  Awarding  the  certificate  is 
Executive  Secretary-Treasurer  OIlie  W. 
Langhorst.  Reiter,  a  member  of  Local  73. 
served  as  the  council's  assistant  executive 
secretary-treasurer,  as  a  business  agent  and  as 
a  delegate  to  the  district  council:  and  currently 
as  a  trustee  in  the  council's  retiree  club. 


SAN  BERNARDINO,  CALIF. 

The  membership  of  Local  944  recently 
gathered  for  an  afternoon  buffet  to  honor  469 
of  their  members  who  had  completed  25  or 
more  years  of  continuous  service  to  the  UBC. 
They  represent  a  total  of  16,757  years  of  proud 
union  carpentry. 

Pins  were  presented  to  55-year  member  A.J. 
Withers;  50-year  members  Ed  F.  ftflanning,  Ben 
Walston,  and  John  G.  Writer;  45-year 
members  Paul  B.  Alton,  John  A.  Bentley,  Otis 
Burrows,  Charles  L.  Campbell,  Francis  H, 
DeClercl<,  Coy  W.  Duke,  H.  W.  Dulaney, 
Charles  B.  Duncan,  John  Eder,  Homer  Ford  Sr. 
A.  L.  Griffin,  Herbert  R.  Heston,  Edwin  D. 
Hoover,  N.  Everett  Ingle,  J.  H/lilton  Johnsen, 
Edward  Koelzer,  R.  D.  Landon,  Granville  A. 
Miller,  Emil  S.  Mintz,  H,  H.  IVIorrison,  Robert 
L.  Nelson,  John  W.  Painter,  Alcott  S. 
Palmquist,  Charles  R.  Pearce,  Charles  D, 
Prograce,  H^orley  V.  Scott,  Frank  Spriet,  E.  A. 
Ware;  40-year  members  Charles  J.  Abel, 
Frederick  H.  Adolphi,  William  W.  Andrews, 
James  R.  Arnold,  Joe  E.  Barry,  Lemuel  Blevins, 
Bezeairlu  Brown,  Cornelius  Button.  William 
Carleton,  Med  Choate,  Wallace  G.  Clawson, 
Winton  Cowell,  John  D,  Cox,  Arthur  0.  Dahl, 
Clarence  Dahlseid,  James  Darling,  Henry  Daros, 
John  DeLange,  Earl  E.  DePeugh,  Donald  S. 
Dunning.  Theodore  R.  Fisher,  Otis  W.  Fosmo, 
Merrill  D.  Funk,  John  Gallentine,  Weldon 
Gibson,  Troy  Goss,  Dan  E.  Grant,  William  H. 
Griffin,  Gilbert  Halterman,  James  T.  Hawkins 
Jr.,  B.  J.  Hayden,  Kenneth  H.  Hayden,  Werdie 
Helie,  George  A.  Hood,  Arthur  G.  Huddleston, 
Robert  S.  Huss.  Sam  Igyarto,  William  V. 
Jacob,  Richard  L.  Jennings,  Roland  J. 
Jennings,  Raymond  B.  Johnson,  Woodrow 
Jolly,  Jack  Kaczor,  W.  H.  Keil,  James  P.  Kelly 
Sr.,  John  K.  Kovaciny,  Frank  C.  Kunzweiler, 
Frank  M.  Landes,  Paul  Lopez,  James  H.  Lyon, 
Maurice  M.  McCoy,  C.  L.  McCraw,  D.  W. 
McEuen,  Dale  G,  McKee,  Samuel  Macon,  Willie 
W.  Macon,  Fred  J.  Maier,  Kenneth  B. 
Marquiss,  F.  B.  Miller,  John  H.  Miller,  George 
W.  Moore,  Chester  Munroe,  Ira  K.  Nevling, 
Preciliano  Orona,  Leo  L.  Owens,  Thomas 
Owens  Jr.,  Hollis  Parrish,  L.  E.  Randolph,  Sr,, 
Reyes,  Jesus  F.  Reyes,  Frank  W.  Rickerson, 
William  J.  Roberts,  Charles  Rodocker,  Bert 
Rogers,  William  E,  Ryan  Jr.,  Alexander 
Scialabba,  Elmer  J.  Senk,  Cecil  Starkey,  H. 
Beecher  Stowe,  Ted  St.  Pierre,  Robert  B. 
Thurman,  Alt  Tusberg,  Gary  L.  Vaughn,  Jack  H. 
Walker,  Luther  Walker,  Frank  M.  Wilson, 
Harvey  L.  Wood,  Earl  Young,  Melvin  L.  Zolber; 
35-year  members  Ellas  Abacherii,  Walter  Ansel, 
George  D.  Atchison,  Jesse  M.  Barnhart,  Lonnie 


Barrier,  L.  Benson,  Paul  L.  Betancourt,  Herman 
Block,  Loyd  L.  Boatright,  Z.  L,  Boliek,  J.  C. 
Bourns,  Frank  Bridges,  Deemal  S.  Brooks, 
Semion  B.  Buchanan,  Pasquale  Buglino,  Joseph 
Campeau,  J.  S.  Canoles,  Conrad  Chambers, 
Vernon  H.  Clemens  Sr.,  Grant  Cohick,  Phillip 
Cruz.  Alex  M.  Daily,  M.  L.  Davis,  Leonard 
DeLange,  Joseph  A.  Duperron,  Sam  P. 
Edmondson,  C.  0.  Evans.  James  R.  Farris, 
John  E.  Farthing,  Richard  Fehrenbach,  George 
J.  Ferguson,  Sam  N.  Finch  Sr.,  Margil  R. 
Flores,  Carl  Forbis,  Raymond  E.  Fry,  Carrall  T. 
Furgerson,  Cecil  C.  Furney,  Arthur  Garon, 
Amos  A.  Gatlin  Jr.,  T.  L.  Graham,  Elum  Gray, 
Ernest  E.  Griffin,  Roy  W.  Gwatney,  John  H. 
Hancock,  Max  W.  Harmon,  Claude  L.  Head, 
George  Hopkins,  Edwin  L.  Hornsby,  Richard  G. 
Humphries,  James  Hunter,  Frank  H.  Imus, 
Andrew  Johnson  Jr.,  Robert  H.  Johnson,  Max 
C.  Jones,  E.  W.  Kelley,  Howey  N.  Kendall, 
Ralph  E.  King,  Richard  C.  Klaus,  Edgar  E. 
Leidholt,  S.  M.  Lopez,  Gustave  A.  Lutz,  Findlay 
J.  McKay,  Reid  C.  McKee,  Clinton  S.  Mcl^eely, 
Paul  H.  Mackzum,  Manuel  R.  Madrid,  Roy  J. 
Malone,  John  C.  Martin  Sr.,  Harry  E.  Miller, 
John  W.  Miller,  Merl  C.  Miller,  Harold  E. 
Minikel,  Robert  F.  Moorshead,  Howard  Morris, 
Jack  Names,  Zack  T.  Norris,  Herman  J.  Olson, 
Harold  F.  Onken,  David  Orona.  Robert  E. 
Patrick,  Jesse  G.  Pepper,  Loren  T.  Perce,  W. 
F.  Perkins,  James  M.  Phillippi,  Bernard 
Phillips,  Hubert  Phillips,  Orley  Philpott,  Christo 
R.  Pinard,  Emmett  L.  Polee,  R.  E.  Rasmussen, 
B.  F.  Reindel,  George  D.  Reul,  Henry  F.  Reyes, 
Manuel  Reyes,  Hilllard  Rhoades,  Ernest  M. 
Richards,  Gilbert  Rios,  Charles  E.  Roberts, 
Garland  E.  Rounsavall,  Edward  A.  Salvini,  Sr., 
H.  W.  Saveland,  Dominick  J.  Sgambellone, 
Robert  L.  Shough,  Sr,,  Eddie  Skipper,  Elmer 
W.  Smith,  Woodrow  W.  Smith,  Leo  E.  Socha, 
Walter  Sorenson,  Barney  M.  Spranger,  Walter 
J.  Sprenger,  Robert  W.  Stachura,  Elden  R. 
Stanton,  Chester  C.  Steele,  William  A. 
Stephens,  Dale  E.  Tarr,  Paul  M.  Thibadeau, 
Sanford  S.  Thompson,  Everett  Thornton 
William  L.  Thurman,  Howard  A.  Trisler,  W,  C. 
Turner,  Vincent  Van  Valer,  Marcel  D.  Vernay, 
Robert  Vitale,  Joe  P.  Walker,  John  F.  West,  A. 
L.  Whitworth,  Leo  Willhite,  Aubrey  L.  Williams, 
Earl  L.  Williams,  Howard  J.  Williams,  Robert  L. 
Wilson,  James  W.  Wood,  R.  C.  Worden,  Billy 
J.  Zastrow;  30-year  Members  Roman  M. 
Aguilar,  Robert  H.  Anderson,  August  D. 
Andresen,  Richard  L.  Arias,  Earl  E.  Aubrey, 
Charles  Auzenne,  John  M.  Bakker,  John  L. 
Basay,  Howard  R.  Blum,  Charles  A.  Bodden, 
Harold  E,  Bogle,  L.  M.  Booth,  Cornelius 
Brinkman,  Herman  Broome,  C.  Francis  Brown, 
Peter  J.  Brown  Sr.,  Rosviell  Brown,  John  A. 


Castillo,  Leigh  Cavanaugh,  Luis  A.  Colunga,  C. 
R.  Cook,  Olin  L.  Cordell,  Ralph  E.  Cowan,  Bart 
M.  Crego,  Ralph  E.  Creller,  William  S.  Davis, 
Oscar  Deibert,  Sr.,  Jack  Delaney,  Theodore  M. 
Denmark,  Norman  Dennett,  Richard  E. 
Dickerson,  Delmar  Dopier,  Bill  V.  Doyle,  Wayne 
C,  Dunn,  Nicholas  J.  Durst.  Robert  B.  Dyer, 
Gerald  T.  Edwards,  Roland  C,  Ellingson,  Arlie 
J.  Files,  Jesus  R.  Flores,  Robert  Fredrickson, 
Samuel  C.  Frisby,  Jr.,  Roy  E.  Gatts,  James  W. 
Gilliam,  Sr.,  Frank  E.  Goodwater,  Larry  Gray 
Sr.,  Milliard  Gream,  Charles  R.  Greenup, 
Richard  Gutierrez,  Ben  R.  Hale,  Arthur  B.  Hall, 
Arthur  E.  Hall,  William  L  Harvey,  Sr.,  Paul  W. 
Heldt,  Johnny  G.  Hernandez,  T.  E.  Johnson. 
Clifford  L.  Kelso,  Sam  Kennon,  Clarence  M. 
Ketterhagen,  Joseph  A.  King,  Elvest  D.  Knott, 
Charles  Kretschmaier,  Edward  Lakey,  G.  L. 
Lane,  Lester  Lauritzen,  E.  W.  Littlepage, 
Charles  G.  Love,  Morris  E.  Lucky,  James  T. 
McCallister,  Alford  R.  McCord,  Joe  0. 
McKinnerney,  Joe  N.  Martinez,  Herbert  A. 
Meek,  Richard  Meidlinger,  Ernest  Mendoza, 
Dale  Messer,  Walter  C.  Michael,  Carl  J,  Miller, 
Odell  0.  Mitchell,  Lawrence  R.  Moore,  Bert  E. 
Morgan,  Fred  A.  Morris,  Gene  0.  Morris,  Earl 
S.  Morrison,  Charles  E.  Myers,  Wilbur  L. 
Myers,  Virgil  Oakleaf,  Edward  E.  Onken, 
Charles  J.  Ort,  Carl  J.  Owens.  Arnold  S. 
Palhegyi,  Louis  A.  Palhegyi,  Clinton  E.  Perdue, 
Sam  R.  Perea,  Bert  A.  Peterson,  Millard  D. 
Piatt,  Chester  A.  Poe,  Oscar  Pool,  Jerry  D. 
Prather,  Joe  R.  Priest,  Gilbert  Rangle,  James 
0.  Raymer,  Phillip  Redondo,  William  P.  Reed, 
Jack  H.  Reeves,  Walter  A.  Reierson,  Russell  E. 
Rhoda,  James  T.  Rose,  Willard  H.  Sams,  A.  L. 
Scott,  Don  B.  Shelton,  M.  F.  Shoemaker. 
Joseph  C.  Short,  Sr.,  Paul  Sissung,  Albert  L. 
Sossman,  Carl  E.  Stellingburg,  Gregory 
Stevens,  Lloyd  W.  Stone,  John  H.  Sund, 
Frederick  A.  Tetzlatt,  M.  M.  Tilton,  Mike 
Treadwell,  John  Ulman,  Gioggio  Vaccarella, 
William  Vander  Wall,  Joseph  Van  Gese, 
Salvador  C.  Vasquez,  Tony  S.  Vermillion,  Eddie 
Vidargar,  James  B.  Viero,  Danny  T.  Vraa, 
Wallace  Watson,  James  L.  Wehr,  Bert  M. 
Weinmann,  Joe  D.  White,  Merle  Willhite,  Aaron 
C.  Williams,  Ezra  Wolter,  J.  D.  Wood,  Thomas 
W.  Wright,  Lawrence  Youngsma  and  25-year 
members  Jules  M.  Auzenne,  James  0.  Becker, 
Loyd  K.  Berna,  Raymond  V.  Bianchi,  Carl 
Boyer,  James  E.  Boyer,  Jimmy  D.  Boyer,  Lloyd 
L.  Bryant,  Owen  Buse,  Kenneth  Coffey,  Eugene 
R.  Cook,  Jesse  0.  Cook,  Jay  W.  Cooper,  John 
E.  Cosner,  Darrell  Curtis,  William  B.  Davis, 
Elzie  W.  Dhabolt,  Veria  H.  Formway,  Walter  H. 
Fundum,  Howard  K.  Gandy.  John  Griffin  Sr.,  J. 
A.  Hamilton  Jr.,  Joseph  L.  Hamilton,  Luther  E. 
Hammick,  Jacob  Harder,  Lloyd  C.  Harter, 
Rodney  N.  Huff,  Ronald  Hufferd,  William  C. 
Jackson,  John  E.  Jenkins,  A.  H.  Knutson, 
Charles  R.  Kramer,  Fernando  Lerma,  William  H. 
Lerner,  Arthur  B.  Lundstrom,  David  B. 
McConnell,  Philip  J.  Mach,  Warren  D.  Malone, 
Johnny  L.  Mehefko,  Melvin  M.  Mortenson, 
William  S.  Nash,  Ambrose  S.  Ornelas,  Gleason 
Owens,  William  F.  Patrick,  Ivan  0.  Paulson, 
Chancy  R.  Pearce,  Robert  I.  Phelps,  Charles 
W.  Piehler,  David  E.  Poarch,  Ralph  E.  Pohlers, 
James  H.  Pratt,  Ouane  Radtke,  William  H. 
Radtke,  L.  A,  Rodgers,  Frank  Rodriguez,  Juan 
T.  Rodriguez,  William  Ross,  Paul  L.  Sampson, 
William  H.  Schultz,  Alfred  T,  Seidenkranz,  Oran 
Smith,  Robert  J.  Smith,  Wayne  L.  Spiva,  Harry 
A,  Stamp,  Lyie  F.  Strayer,  Francis  G.  Sydner, 
Sherman  Taylor,  John  R.  Tymchek,  George 
Untied  III,  Walter  W.  Walker,  Plez  Wallen, 
Robert  A.  Williams,  Frank  J.  Ydiando. 


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CARPENTER 


GREENSBURG,  PA. 

At  a  recent  banquet  at  the  Greensburg 
Country  Club,  Local  462  awarded  service  pins 
to  members  with  25  or  more  years  of  service. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Raymond  E.  Henry  and 
Donald  J.  Rugh. 

Standing,  from  left:  Weldon  F.  Livengood, 
Carl  J.  DeAngelo,  John  Hauser,  Gafred  "Bud" 
Shaffer,  and  Curtis  Logan. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left;  Steven  Zabkar,  Jack  Snyder,  Clifford  C. 
Menoher,  and  John  Mollick. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members 


Greensburg,  Pa. — Picture  No.  2 


Greensburg,  Pa. 
Picture  No.  4 


Greensburg,  Pa. 
Picture  No.  5 


Greensburg,  Pa. — Picture  No.  3 


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Redbank,  N.J.— Picture  No.  1 


RED  BANK,  N.J. 

Members  of  Local  2250  gathered  over  the 
Christmas  holidays  for  their  annual  pin 
presentation  to  those  with  longstanding  sen/ice 
to  the  UBC. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members  Paul 
Moffler,  left,  and  Robert  Murray. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  60-year  member 
Michael  Daly,  center,  with  Business 
Representative  James  A.  Kirk,  left,  and 
President  Phillip  Parratt. 

Also  honored  but  not  pictured  were:  60-year 
memliers  Roger  Wymbs,  Adolph  Johnson, 
Grahm  Rockafellow,  and  Felix  Settembre;  55- 
year  member  Charles  Unger;  and  25-year 
members  Neil  Baxter  Jr.,  Fred  A.  Behr,  Howard 
Folbrecht,  Harry  Hurley,  Donald  A.  Kornek, 
James  P.  Murray,  and  Robert  P.  O'Connell. 


Redbank,  N.J.— Picture  No.  2 

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Rochester,  Minn. — Picture  No.  2 


Greensburg,  Pa. 
Picture  No.  6 

seated,  from  left:  William  Zabkar,  George  Popp, 
Jack  T.  Ficca,  Albert  Ruda,  Earl  Stein,  Victor  J. 
Vikartowky,  Calvin  M.  Kerr,  and  William  J. 
Horrell. 

Standing,  from  left:  Howard  Piter,  banquet 
speaker  and  vice  president  of  Minnotte 
Brothers;  Robert  P.  Argentine,  banquet  speaker 
and  executive  business  manager  of  the  Western 
Pennsylvania  District  Council;  Charles  Wohler; 
John  Bodner;  Everett  Brewer;  Ralph  Shirey; 
Robert  Steiner;  Charles  May;  and  Robert 
Campbell. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members: 
Albert  Hickok,  left,  and  Donald  Bush. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  45-year  members:  Ed 
Saxman,  left,  and  Earl  Cunningham. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  Robert  R.  Campbell, 
left,  receiving  an  award  of  merit  for  34  years  of 
dedicated  service  to  the  local  as  recording 
secretary.  Presenting  the  award  is  George  E. 
Masarik,  Local  462  officer  and  banquet 
committee  member. 


ROCHESTER,  MINN. 

At  Local  1382's  Christmas  party,  17 
members  were  awarded  pins  for  longstanding 
.  service  to  the  Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Alger  Johnson,  Kendale  Schacht,  and 
Marvin  Luckow. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Godfrey  Luck,  t^orbert  Rivers,  Donald 
Podolske,  and  Lorenze  Schieck. 

Picture  No.  3  shows 
40-year  member  Robert 
Ferguson. 

Members  receiving 
pins  but  not  pictured 
are  as  follows:  30-year 
member  Chester 
Tenley;  35-year 
members  Paul  Bartz, 
Irvin  Berg,  Vernon 
Frederickson,  George 

Ihrke,  Oliver  Olson,  Raymond  Pfeiffer,  and 
Lawrence  Shaw;  and  40-year  member  Andrew 
Haughland. 


Picture  No.  3 


APRIL,     1986 


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Madison,  N.J. — Picture  No.  3 

MADISON,  N.J. 

Service  pins  for  members  with  up  to  60  years 
of  service  were  recently  awarded  by  Local  620. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  members,  from  left: 
Tony  Pennucci,  57  years;  Business  IWanager 
George  Laufenberg;  Louis  Ramsey,  60  years; 
and  Oscar  Tonnesen,  60  years. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  members,  from  left: 
Sigwald  Rolfsen.  45  years;  Lewis  Ramsey,  60 
years;  Business  Manager  Laufenberg;  Tony 
Pennucci,  57  years;  and  Joseph  Petrone,  48 
years. 


Madison,  N.J. — Picture  No.  4 


Picture  No.  3  shows  members,  from  left: 
Business  Manager  Laufenberg;  Harold 
Randolph,  49  years;  Eugene  Marian,  45  years; 
Anthony  Terono,  48  years,  Sabato  Marconi,  46 
years;  Edmund  Jurasinski,  49  years;  and 
Thomas  Small,  48  years. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  25-year  members,  front 
row.  from  left:  Peter  L.  Pennella,  Michael  E. 
Loury,  Michael  A.  Petrone,  John  M.  Arsi,  and 
Frank  Brincka. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Anthony  Pazienza,  Pat 
Matthew  Rocco,  William  J.  Cunningham,  John 


Astrab,  Business  Manager  Laugenberg,  Edward 
Kudlacik,  John  Buttacovoli,  Herman  C.  Waetge, 
and  Grant  W.  Nye. 

Also  receiving  pins  but  not  present  for 
photos  were  25-year  members  Charles  A. 
Cheek,  Willard  Francisco,  Caniel  L.  Pallotta, 
Vincent  J.  Pallotta,  l^orman  H.  Schroeder, 
Richard  W.  Small,  and  John  J.  Youhas;  and  45 
tlirough  49  year  members  James  Ginocchio, 
Whittier  Mossett,  Robert  Nearpass,  Raymond 
Swayze,  James  Callari,  Clifford  Egbert,  Harold 
Flucht,  John  Hetherington,  William  Murray, 
Wilbert  Olson,  and  Frank  Toth. 


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Winnipeg,  Man. 

WINNIPEG,  MAN. 

Local  343  recently  held  its  98th  anniversary 
banquet  and  presented  pins  to  members  with 
20  to  45  years  of  service 

Pictured  are.  front  row,  from  left:  45-year 
member  Albert  Roy;  40-year  member  Enoch 
Overgaard;  and  35-year  members  R.  H. 
Zeemel,  John  Andrushko.  Adolf  Robert,  Donald 
Plowman,  and  Andre  Daeninck. 

Back  row,  from  left:  25-year  member  Frank 
Thomas;  and  20-year  members  Ronald  Blonski, 
Roger  Comeau,  George  Engel,  Glen  Erskine, 
Ferdinand  Kopeschny,  Oleska  Wanwaruk,  Theo 
Perraault,  and  Frank  Niznowski. 


St.  John's,  Nfld. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  NFLD. 

Local  579  recently  held  a  banquet  in  honor  of 
its  35-year  members.  Thirty-two  qualified  for 
the  presentation,  ranging  m  age  from  64  to  86 
years.  Speaking  to  the  gathering  was  Local 
President  Cyril  Troke,  Vice  President  Vincent 
Burton,  and  International  Representative  Gonzo 
Gillingham,  who  reminded  those  present  that  if 
it  weren't  for  the  efforts  of  trade  unionists, 
society  would  not  be  enjoying  the  kind  of  health 
care,  pensions,  and  old  age  security  that  we 
enjoy  today." 

Pictured  are,  front  row,  from  left:  Thomas 


Hann,  Wilfred  Vincent,  Pearce  Bradly,  Benjamin 
Windsor,  and  Jesse  Way. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Arthur  Badcock,  Edward 
Dalton.  Silar  Broderick,  Randell  Chislett, 
Samuel  Crewe,  Philip  Oliver,  Charles  Hampton, 
Rober  Seymour,  and  Peter  Tucker, 

Also  receiving  pins  were  George  Austin,  Fred 
Bailey,  Archibald  Barrett,  John  Bradbury,  Albert 
Bussey,  Eldon  Gray,  John  Hawe,  Vincent 
Hearty,  Harrison  Hillier,  Leo  Kinsella,  William  J. 
Molloy,  Herbert  Mulley,  Lewis  Parsons, 
Leonard  Peach,  Claude  Ralph,  Peter  Robbins, 
George  Fred  Smith,  and  John  F.  Walsh. 


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CARPENTER 


The  following  list  of  1,138  deceased  members  and  spouses  repre- 
sents a  total  of  $2,004,548.44  death  claims  paid  in  January,  1984; 
(s)  following  name  in  listing  indicates  spouse  of  members 


Ltn'til  Union.  Cify 

1     Chicago.  IIj— Mark  Arthur  Rhodes. 

4    Davi'iiporl,  lA — Arthur  Eastin.  Joseph  Bcrnaucr 

6  Hudson  Counl.y,  N.|— John  B.  DcRosa 
Morton  O.  Press 

7  Minneapolis,  MN— ChlTord  Warlield 

Helen  F.  Dudo  (s).  Joseph  Larson.  Robert  Stake. 

8  Philadelphia.  PA— Francis  J.  Hilt.  Margaret  C.  Heul- 
ings  (s). 

I)     Cleveland.  OH — Jerry  Sourek.  Jr.,  Nancy  C.  Sobole 

(s). 
12    Syracuse,  NY — Carmen  Grandinetti. 
1.1    Chicago,  IL — Margaret  Moran  (s). 
15     Hackensack,   NJ — Alexander   B.    Fafara.   Carmine 

Guimara,  Harry  Lutz.  John  Monroe,  Joseph  Del 

Vecchio,  Marjnus  Griep,  Orric  K.  Tanis. 
18     Hamilton,  Onl.  CAN—Frank  O.  Haley.  Mirko  Buric. 
20     New  York,  NY— Ellen  Olson  (s). 
22    San  Francisco,  CA — Albert  Wyrsch,  EvelynG.  Bran- 

denberg  (s).  Everett  Davis,   Iver  Nelson,  Nick  J. 

Rudometkin,  Paul  Mannoni,  William  Remmy. 

24  Central,  CN— George  Studwell,  Lillian  Kamb  (s). 

25  Los  Angeles,  CA — Emii  De  Laere,  Harold  Tayson, 
Rudolph  Brown,  Sabina  Anne  Prior  (s). 

27     Toronto.   Ont.   CAN— Henny   Anna   Allereilie   (si. 

Sophia  Dc Wilde  Is). 
31     Trenton,  NJ — Andrea  Costantino. 

33  Boston,  MA— Elizabeth  B.  Walker  (s).  Louis  Shap- 
iro. William  J.  Belliveau. 

34  Oakland,  CA— John  P.  Sliney,  Phyllis  Eileen  Vos- 
burgh  (s). 

35  San  Rafael.  CA— George  Canby.  Robert  E.  Cox. 

36  Oakland.  CA— Carrol  ().  Martin.  Donald  E.  Mar- 
shall, Joseph  Roy  Norskog. 

42  San  Francesco,  CA — Michael  W.  Reis.  Unto  Theo- 
dore Haapakoski. 

43  Hartford,  CN— Edward  Lasky. 
47    St.  Louis.  MO— Earle  L.  Bunte. 

49  Lowell.  MA— Gerald  B.  Daigle. 

50  Knoxville.  TN — Collier  Edmonson.  Everett  Seals. 
Ida  Louise  DeWine  (s),  James  E.  Clark.  Joseph  E. 
Mays.  Margie  Lee  GulTey  Kelly  (s).  Maxwell  Earl 
Goss,  Robert  R.  Wood. 

53  White  Plains,  NY — Herman  Mutgrave. 

54  Chicago.  IL — Sylvia  Leirvik  (s).  William  G.  Schoen- 
born. 

60  Indianapolis,  IN — Charles  L.  Kepner.  Ray  Perdue. 

61  Kansas  City.  MO— Alfred  E.  Keehler,  Dwight  N. 
Scott,  Kenneth  L.  Bolinger.  Robert  H.  Lewis.  Rob- 
ert V.  Grubb,  Stella  M.  Phillips  (s). 

62  Chicago.  IL — Albert  C.  Larson.  Anna  M.  Nelson 
(s),  Clare  H.  Carlson. 

64  Louisville,  KY— Fred  Otlersbach.  Jr. 

65  Perth  Ambov,  NJ — Steve  A.  Munyak. 

6*    Olean,  NY— Charles  Schoening,  Paul  E.  Booth. 
69    Canton,  OH— Marion  W.  Mehl. 
74     Chattanooga,  TN — Grace  Lusk  (s). 

76  Hazelton,  PA — Ralph  Seppi.  Thetma  A.  Thamarus 
Is). 

77  Port  Chester,  NY — August  Longo. 

80  Chicago,  IL— Alfred  A.  Kiddie.  Emil  Olson.  Mar- 
garet D.  Wales  (s),  Marjorie  Rowena  Bowen  (s), 
Toivo  A.  Piippo. 

81  Eric,  PA— Glenn  Davis. 

83     Halifax,  NS  CAN— Edward  Joseph  Heberl. 

85     Rochester,  NY — Francesco  S.  Didonato,  Myron  L. 

Bedette,  Peter  Ferstead. 
94    Providence,  RI — Agnes  E.  Conway  (s). 
98     Spokane,  WA — Edward  L.  Sanderson,  Nora  Fern 

Hastings  (s). 

101  Baltimore,  MD — George  D.  Dean,  Joseph  Goldstein, 
Philomene  Barchel  (s),  Walter  V.  Babington. 

102  Oakland,  CA — Allen  L.  Moore.  Judson  L.  Eager, 
Richard  Rochelle. 

104  Dayton,  OH— Azel  W.  Uhl. 

105  Cleveland,  OH— Jacob  Yelcho. 

106  Des  Moines,  lA — John  Neal. 

Ill     Lawrence,   MA — Charles   W.    Drouin,    Patricia   T. 

Danko  (s). 
114     East  Detroit,  MI— Anthony  J.  Wyrembelski,  Earl  P. 

Trinkaus. 
118     Detroit,  Ml — Elmer  Henning.  Evander  H.  Holmes, 

Harry  Frazis. 
122    Philadelphia,   PA — Raymond   Myers,  Thomas   So- 

busiak. 
128    SI,  Albans,  WV— Jay  W.  Conklin. 

131  Seattle,  WA — Earl  R.  Eastwood,  Lynn  F.  Mclntyre, 
Oscar  F.  Johnson. 

132  Washington,  DC— Lyall  V.  Knupp,  Richard  H.  Beall, 
Thomas  F.  Clancy. 

133  Terre  Haute,  IN — Bernice  Taylor  (s).  Freeman  Stew- 
art. 

135     New  York,  NY— Leon  Mitchell,  Rubin  Mattson. 

142    Pittsburgh,  PA— John  K.  Creasy. 

144    Macon,  GA — Earle  Lester  Home. 

155     Plainfield,  NJ— Joseph  Johnson,  William  Wickett. 

159    Charleston,  SC — Henry  L.  Ackerman. 

165     Pittsburgh,  PA— Anthony  J.  Marcellino,  William  R. 

Bleil. 
171     Youngstown,  OH— Adolph  Sandin.  DeWilt   Null, 

Elizabeth  Eileen  Schlabaugh  (s), 
174    Joliet,  Il^Wayne  L.  Wallers, 

180  Vallejo,  CA— James  E.  Lund, 

181  Chicago,  IL — James  F.  Panter. 


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Cleveland,  OH — Elmer  G.  Simmerer,  Henry  Scholtz, 
Martin  E.  Dziak.  Michael  J.  Ramunni, 
Salt  Lake  City,  UT— Edna  J.  Emmertson  (s),  Marthis 
F.  Lawson,  Mason  S.  Webb. 
Steubenville,  OH— Vivian  Gerclta  Settle  (si, 
Yonkers,  NY— William  Baker. 
Peru,  IL — Paul  J.  Campeggio,  Thomas  Hollenback, 
Dallas,  TX — H.  L.  Scroggins,  Kyle  E,  Eaves,  Max- 
ine  Sink  (s). 

Chicago,  IL — Edmond  Slyne,  Fred  O,  Peters,  John 
Bertotti,  John  Person,  Joseph  Shovey,  Leo  Walter 
Lewandowski,  Rose  Milyasevich  (s),  Tage  E,  Flo- 
din,  Walter  Fred  Mackintosh. 
Columbus,  OH — Charles  H.  Montgomery,  Claude 
Sheets.  Dewey  Overmire.  Gladys  Geraldine  Poling 
(s). 

Wichita.  KS — Delvenia  G.  Birsh  (s).  James  Payton, 
Raymond  C.  Owens. 
Poughkeepsie,  NY — Thomas  E.  Bond. 
Des  Moines,  lA — Dustin  C.  Brown. 
Stamford,   CN — Alexander   Munro.   Cora   Shaugh- 
nessv  (s).  Joseph  Drouin.  Salvatore  Messina. 
Pittsburgh,  PA— Joseph  Pickel. 
Houston,   TX— Alfred   Groba.   Cecil   Wann    Kelly. 
Evelyn  L.  Pinson  (s).  William  Harris. 
Atlanta.  GA — William  Frank  Turner. 
Pittsburgh.  PA — Henry  L.  Commander.  Robert  G. 
Neal. 

Nev*'  York.  NY — Luigi  Sette. 
Portland.  OR — Daniel  Dale  Timmins. 
Cleveland.  OH— Beverly  D.  Futey  (s).  Loretta  Dyar- 
mett  (s). 

Bloomingburg.  NY — Roy  C.  Vanwagner. 
Savannah.  GA — Jesse  A.  Ashmore. 
Nev*  ^'ork,  NY — Veronica  Brier  (s). 
Milwaukee,  WI— Robert  P.  Jach. 
Saugerties.  NY — William  Sagar. 
Chicago  Hgt.  IL — John  D.  Zander. 
Newton.  MA — Henry  Belliveau. 
Watertown.  NY — Harry  Timmerman. 
Niagara-Gen  &  Vic,  NY — Joseph  Godino. 
Binghamton.  NY — George  Hamilton.  Laverne  Whit- 
more,  Michael  Senko. 

Kalamazoo,  MI — Carlton  Holly,  Rudolf  Neumeier. 
Pullman,  WA— John  J.  Perry. 
Madison,  WI — Frank  Holan. 

San  Jose,  CA — James  B.  Gibson,  John  R.  Wilson. 
Manuel  I^ernandes.  Peter  Hutchison.  Stella  E.  Wal- 
son  (s). 

Aberdeen,  WA — Victor  Anderson. 
Roanoke,  VA — Wilbur  L.  Mullins. 
Oklahoma  City,  OK— Cecil  Ray  Taylor,  Clyde  J. 
Gentry.  Edith  Mae  Modena  (s).  Ewell  Adrian  Buck- 
ley. 

Memphis.  TN — Buford  C.  Walding.  Hugh  Mitchell. 
John  T.  Lyon,  Leroy  Jordan. 

Mattoon,  IL — James  W.  McComas,  Reuben  P.  Gil- 
bert. 

New  York,  NY — Anton  Bumburger. 
New  Rochelle,  NY — Louise  Dinapoli  (s). 
Philadelphia,  PA— Joseph  A.  Kelly. 
Albany,  NY' — Angelo  D.  Sano. 
BufTalo,  NY— William  Ziolkowski. 
Alton,  IL — John  E.  Long.  Levi  Hauversburk. 
Richmond,  VA— Marshall  W.  Tate. 
Camden,  NJ — Anne  S.  Cooey  (s).  Bertha  E.  Temple 

(5). 

Omaha.  NB— Paul  E.  Otto. 

Alexandria,  LA — Jerome  Labro,  Lonnie  D.  Rey- 
nolds. 

Lake  Co,  OH — Clemence  W.  Moreland. 
Lewiston,  ME — Marie  Anna  Perron  (s). 
Ft.  Madison  &  Vie,  lA — Vernon  Hetherington. 
South  Bend,  IN— John  W.  Knepple,  Wilma  G.  Sny- 
der (s). 

Cincinnati,  OH — Charles  Fichler,  Clyde  Mullins. 
St,  Louis,  MO — Sam  Singleton. 
New  Brighton,  PA — Edward  E.  Young. 
Hingham,  MS^Esther  Gorachy  (s),  Gerald  Penney. 
Belleville,  H^Harvey  Ohiendorf,  William  S.  Weit- 
kamp. 

Vancouver,  BC  CAN — Knut  Peterson. 
Auburn,  NY — Frank  Riccio. 

Philadelphia,  PA— Edith  G.  Duncan  (s).  Peter  W. 
Costello. 

Clarksville,  IN — Emma  Lottich  Snider  (s). 
Chester  County,  PA — Thomas  DeHaven. 
Cheyenne,  WY— Wayne  S.  Kelly. 
Tacoma,  WA — Bertha  Oquist  (s),  Howard  A.Jensen, 
Kenneth  L.  Swenson. 
Ashland.  KY— Labe  W.  Sexton. 
San  Francisco,  CA — Carl  Gustafson. 
Lancaster,  NY — Alvin  K.  Winter. 
Ann  Arbor,  MI — Catherine  Francis  Sharp  (s),  John 
W.  Bird. 

Elmira,  NY— Elbert  T.  Wilson,  Sada  L.  Davis  (s). 
Mamaroneck,  NY — Anthony  Macri,  Sr. 
Oakland.  CA— Delbert   Kisner.  Robert  O.   Sachs. 
True  Protzman. 

Glendale,  CA— Charles  R.  Good.  Edwin  D.  Peters, 
Sr.,  Vera  Shearin  Loaney  (s). 
Baker,  OR— Clifford  D.  Bowen. 
Pine  Bluff,  AR— Herbert  H.  Coats. 


Local  Union.  City' 

586    Sacramento,  C.\ — Charles  J.  Hardy,  Glenn  E.  Lot- 

speich. 
603     Ithaca,  NY— Zanc  J.  Nash. 

610  Port  Arlhur,  TX— Chester  Paul  Thompson,  Lizay 
Romero. 

611  Portland,  OR— Richard  Travis,  Sr. 

613     Hampton  Roads,  VA — Velna  Lucy  Moorefield  (s). 

620  Madison,  NJ — John  Toye. 

621  Bangor,  ME — Ealhel  F.  Rowe,  Josephine  Rancourt 
(s),  Rita  Dumais  Is). 

623  Atlantic  County.  NJ— John  N.  Garner,  Oscar  Hilton, 
Peter  Guinasso. 

624  Brockton.  MA — Eric  Lindfors. 

626  Wilmington,  DE— Anesla  J.  Thornburg  Is),  Clifford 
B.  Mowbray. 

627  Jacksonville,  FI^Annie  G.   Chitty  (s),  Artie   P. 
Boyette,  Raymond  V.  Bowen. 

633  Madison,  IL — Leona  D.  Stockert  (s),  Steve  George 
Kaman. 

634  Salem,  IL — Elza  Greenwood. 

638  Marion,  IL — Clarence  Ward  Severs,  Hobert  William 
Forby,  John  William  James. 

639  Akron,  OH— Mike  Postak,  Willie  L.  Sosebee,  Sr. 
641     Fort  Dodge,  lA — Ernie  Owen  McGruder. 

654    Chattanooga,  TN— Samuel  Ben  Davis. 

665     Amarillo,  TX— Donald  A.  Pace,  Vernon  C.  Bray. 

668     Palo  Alto,  CA— Finis  E.  Vaughn. 

678    Dubuque,  lA— Clarence  G.  Miller. 

682    Franklin.  PA— Kenneth  Sibble. 

690    Little  Rock,  AR— Edwin  Doyle  Spann. 

696    Tampa,  Fl^Mark  C.  Riggs. 

701     Fresno,  CA — Donald  Lips,  Virgil  F.  Moore. 

710     Long  Beach,  CA — George  P.  Rasmussen,  John  H. 

Witham,  Marvin  R.  Anderson. 
721     Los   Angeles,   CA — Beate    Maria   Schumacher  (s), 

Ignacio  Duran,  John  Rufer.  Leo  Opheim.  Margarita 

Raussa  Sanchez  (s). 

724  Houston.  TX— Wayne  V.  Barnett. 

725  Litchfield,  lI^Hasiel  F.  Percival. 

726  Davenport,  lA — Helen  J.  Garlock. 
735     Mansfield,  OH— Howard  Vantilburg. 

738  Portland,  OR— Sigurd  Backstrom,  Stanley  E.  Stew- 
art. 

739  Cincinnati,  OH — Harold  Lewetch,  Manford  Fee. 
743    Bakersheld.  CA — Maryellen  Newman  (s). 

745     Honolulu.    HI — Makoto    Kawata.    Patrick    Minoru 

Sakoguchi,  Sadaji  Uesugi. 
753    Beaumont,  TX — Lonnie  Seaman. 
758     Indianapolis,  IN— Goldman  B.  Hill. 
764    Shreveport,  LA — Erie  W.  Harris.  Hazel  C.  Logan 

(s). 
772     Clinton.  lA — Joseph  Lind. 

780    Astoria,  OR— Herbert  N.  Braley,  Robert  H.  Keith. 
783    Sioux  Falls.  SD— Martin  Nyhaug.  William  J.  Hoare. 
801     Woonsoeket.  RI— Lea  G.  Clement  (si. 
820    Wisconsin  Rapids,  WI — Lawrence  joosten.  Marjorie 

Voneinem  (s). 
848    San  Bruno.  CA — Margaret  Masters  (s).  Virgil  Micke. 
857    Tuseon,  AZ— Arlie  H.   Hammil.  Arthur  C.  Gou- 

beaux.  Louis  S.  Robinson. 
889    Hopkins.  MN — Clarence  Thompson. 
900     Altoona,  PA— Vern  M.  Gathagan. 
902     Brooklyn.  NY — Enrico  Gasperetti.  Sarah  Serkin  (si. 
906    Glenda'le.  AZ^Carl  H.  Johnson. 
911     Kalfspell,  MT— Harold  Chickering. 
916     Aurora,  IL — Donald  W.  Morris,  Herman  Pittman. 
944    San  Bernardino,  CA — Charles  D.   Prograce,  Elzie 

W.  DhL-bolt. 
951     Brainerd,  MN— Fridthjof  W.  Pedersen. 
953     Lake  Charles,  LA — George  Richard  Reeves. 

958  Marquette,  MI — Thelma  Eleanor  Syrjanen  (s). 

959  Boynton,  Fl^Donald  H.  Wilton. 

964  Rockland  County,  NY— Frank  S.  Ragalyi. 

971  Reno,  NV — Elvin  E.  Olds,  George  Franklin  Rogers, 
James  Leiand  Rosevear. 

977  Wichita  Falls,  TX— Glen  D.  Jones. 

998  Royal  Oak,  MI— Earl  Hodges,  Stephen  Thomas. 

1001  N,  Bend  Coos  Bay,  OR— Hiram  Elias  Roe. 

1006  New  Brunswich,  NJ — Raymond  E.  Totten.  Sr. 

1014  Warren.  PA — John  Edward  Naegeli. 

1015  Tulsa,  OK— Billy  Wayne  Martin. 
1022  Parsons,  KS— Howard  Peak. 

1027    Chicago,  IL — Dan  Ostrow,  Ernest  Kaye,  Evelyn 

Shalvis  (s),  Vlastimer  Jovanovic. 
1050    Philadelphia,  PA— Bryon  Stalnecker. 

1052  Hollywood,  CA — Clementine  Jacqueline  Wagner  ts). 
Herbert  H.  Fnzell. 

1053  Milwaukee,  WI — Eugene  Kozikowski.  Henry  Sta- 
pelfeldt.  Waller  W.  Behrens. 

1062  Santa  Barbara,  CA— Cecil  J.  Wolfe. 

1074  Eau  Claire,  WI— Afner  H.  Olson,  Clarence  A. 

Depew. 

1078  Fredericksburg,  VA — Thelma  Marie  Jenkins  (s). 

1084  Angleton,  TX— Annie  Lou  Borders  (s). 

1089  Phoenix,  AZ— Roy  L.  Morris. 

1091  Bismarck  Mandn,  ND— John  P.  Parker. 

1098  Baton  Rouge,  LA — Denver  McCallister,  Malcolm  A. 

Walton. 

1102  Detroit,  MI— Leonard  P.  Cashen. 

1108  Cleveland,  OH— Lester  Schmidt. 

1120  Portland,  OR— Adolph  E.  Vogele,  Ralph  D.  Gabel. 

1121  Boston  Vicinity,  MA — Charles  F.  Carr. 

1125     Los  Angeles,  CA — Marie  Evelyna  Benedict  (si.  Otto 
Johnson. 


APRIL,     1986 


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Alpena.  Ml— Warner  P   Hunt. 
Mt.  Kisco,  NY— Wanda  McCord  CI 
Toledo,  OH— l.awrcnLC  H.  Williams 
San  Pedro,  CA — Ciustav  Beuker.  Philip  Flonnc 
Wasliinglon,  DC— Max  R    Huhn 
Roseville,  CA — Dorothy  Mae  Ira  (si.  Earl  Leighl>. 
i  iijicnc  Kaufman. 

San  Francisco.  CA — David  Herman.  Jacot>  Saco- 
Mkh.  Waller  l.ilieWad 
Thunder  Bay,  Onl..  CAN— Peter  Danek 
Columbus,  IN — Huyene  McKinney. 
Point  Pleasant,  VVV— Homer  A.  Kuhl. 
Pitlsbureh,  PA— Anna  K    Weigand  (si. 
Ne»  Vork,  NV— Adam  Bauer.  Frank  Dubiel 
.Shakopee.  MN— William  A   Oerlh, 
Billinss,  MT— Richard  Hanna 

Chicaso,  IL— Alben  R,  Zibcll.  William  T  Hambach, 
Crand  Island,  NE— John  H,  Ulneh 
Pcnsacola,  FL— Willie  Allen. 
Charleston,  WV— Matlie  B.  Samples  (si 
Medford.  NV— Chester  Rhodes.  John  Blake.  Jr 
Ironwood,  Ml — Elmer  Forslund, 
Modesto.  CA— James  W.  Urbin. 
N.  Westminster,  BC,  CAN— Alice  Dorothy  Wilson 
(s).  Alma  Harriet  Priebe  (s). 
Iowa  City,  lA — Atherton  Dwighl  Beasley, 
.Austin,  tX — Vernon  W    Kelley 
Decatur,  AL — Marshall  E,  Chandler, 
Clearwater,  FL — Irene  Grauman  (s) 
Mountain   View,   CA — Homer   Mahan.    Martin    H, 
(iehrkc 

.\nehorage,  AK — Cecil  F.  Burk.  Richard  T.  Breeden 
Huntington,  NV — Ernest  B.  Olsen.  Robert  Hammill 
San  Diego,  CA — Howard  O.  Green.  Jess  L.  Vea/ey. 
Ruth  Lane  (s),  Shelton  Buchanan 
San  Diego,  CA — Jesus  E.  Cardenas 
New  London.  CT — Doris  M.  LeClair  (si 
Fall  River,  MA— Belmyra  Machado  (s).  Donald  S 
MacMullen.  Joseph  Bastarache 
Fvanston,  IL — tihzabeth  Relzinger  (s) 
Lake  Worth,  FL— Dessie  M    Wagner  (si.  Domlhy 
A    Malson  (s),  Irvin  R,  Childs 
Alliuquerque,  NM — Arthur  D,  Michael,  Jerry  Mor- 
gan 

Monterey,  CA — Paul  Raymond, 
Independence,  MO — William  H,  Burkhart. 
Sante  F'e,  NM — Filadelho  Miera.  Jose  Morgas 
Toledo,  OH — Mclvin  Long, 
Chester,  IL — Fred  J.  Bueckman. 
Cleveland.  OH— Anthony  J.  Stack. 
Seattle,  WA — Earl  Beyers. 

Santa  Monica,  CA — Constantino  Cordone.  Paul  F 
Icrli/zi 

Richmond,  VA — Roscoe  D    Hunley. 
San  Pedro,  CA — Julian  Sedillo, 
Paducah,  KV — Frank  E,  Korte 
Johnstown,  PA — Frank  Yosie.  Robert  E,  Miller, 
Cumpton,  CA — Richard  Rhodes.  Sr, 
Topeka,  KS — Rcnnie  Richa.  William  L.  Jones, 
Lansing,  Ml — Harold  L    Byrd.  Theodore  Battin 
Detroit,  MI — Henry  Radziszewski, 
Huntington  Beach,  CA — James  A,  White, 
New  York,  NY — Andrew  Osterberg,  Jack  Zucker. 
Norman  Jensen 

La  Porte,  IN — Edward  Keenan.  Harry  E    Dwight 
Burlington,  NJ — Herman  E    Strickland, 
E.  Los  .Angeles,  CA — Harry  Kazanan, 
El  Monte,  CA — Benjamin  L,  Richards.  Darwin  H 
Hunter.  Donald  B,  Calvin.  Herbert  Graham,  John 
Kniayenbnnk.    Jose    Esparza.    Raymond    Stabile. 
Waller  S,  Wika, 

Kansas  City.  KS — Lotus  M,  Thornton, 
New  York,  NV— Camillo  Dalleva.  Ehzabelh  Diorio 
(si.  Cius  Butler 

Culver  City,  CA— Heltie  Lucille  Matthews 
Napoleon,  OH — George  Walker 
Englewood,  CO — Arturo  Ruiz.  Robert  S,  Ewbank 
Lawton,  OK — Benjamin  W,  Howard.  Paul  Flick.  Sr 
Hutchison,    KS — Orval    Deffenbaugh.    Vernon    E, 
Bcckcr 

Washington,    DC — George   C,    Brown,    James    W 
Schwalcnberg 

Wausau,  WI — Walter  Cinggel, 
SI.  I>ouis,  MO — Herbert  Gerher 
Bremerton,  WA— Floyd  J    Williams, 
Redding,  CA— Wanda  Whitman  (si, 
Los   Angeles,  CA — Edward  W,   Miller,  Jeffrey   L, 
Smith 

(Irand  Rapids,  Ml — Floyd  A,  Wilson.  Jacob  J,  Pruis, 
Hayward.  CA — Florence  F,  Forwood  (s).  George  1 
Poller.  Helen  1,  Harding  (si.  John  W,  Combs.  Leo 
Schoenborn.  Vernon  Hoffman.  William  P,  Brasiel 
S.  Luis  Obispo,  CA — Charles  B,  Atwood.  Gordon 
E,  Ward, 

Minneapolis,    Ml — Ansel   C     Jorgenson.    Evall   C 
Larson,  Obert  N    Metvedt, 
.\leKandria,  VA — Jack  F,  Graham, 
Ft.  William,  Ont.,  CAN — Frances  Urquart  Pesheau 

(si 

Morganlon,  NC — Homer  C,  Abernathy. 

Tacoma.  WA — Francis  Piva.  Richard  EIrod. 

Chicago,  IL — Kurt  Lalour 

Pasco,  WA— Ed(th  Dolsby  (si 

Auburn,  WA— Dclbert  E,  Gilbert.  Haskel  L   Davis 

Vancouver.    WA — Bert    V,    Homes,    Mary    Pearl 

Thompson  (si. 

Murray,  KV — Clara  Brandon  (s) 

Kirkwood,  MO — Constance  D,  Bangert  (si.  Nancy 

N    McKinney  (s>, 

Milwaukee.  WI — Harold  Peck,  Raymond  A   Noggle, 

Ponland,  OR— Alice  F    Franco  (s). 

Pittsburgh,  PA— Gilbert  L   Aul. 

Orlando,  FL — Frank  Cochrane. 

Las  Vegas,  NV — George  Clifford  Kemple 


Lottil  Union.  City 

1789     Bijou,  CA— Frank  Albert  Wruble. 
1797     Renlon,  WA— Glona  Millar  (si 
1811     Monroe,  LA— Joseph  William  West, 

1815  Santa  Ana,  CA — Merle  Ashley  Traslavina  (si.  Percy 
C   Clark.  William  l.efner 

1816  PIvmouth,  IN — James  Lcroy  Coplen.  Sr, 

1822  Fort  Worth,  TX— Grady  B  Harns.  Howard  Milton 
Singleton,  Rufus  Lester  Leggett.  Sr..  Sue  F. 
McKinney  (s) 

1823  Philadelphia,  PA— Charles  Sieber. 

1845  Snoqualm  Fall,  WA— Louis  Glen  McDivitt.  Wendell 
1,    Hutchins 

1846  New  Orleans.  LA — Alonzo  T  Stanga.  Amy  L,  Spell- 
man  (si.  Annette  Delancy  (s).  Arledgc  H,  Ashbey. 
Sr,.  Camille  O  Authement.  F^austin  P,  Bellow. 
Pauline  Mathics  (si.  Vernon  P,  Williams 

1849     Pasco,  WA— Cai  Causey.  Charles  Peters.  Frank  A, 

Osborne, 
1865     Minneapolis,  MN— Joseph   D    Deibler,   Luella  M 

Goede  (s), 
1871     Cleveland,  OH — George  T,  Neforos, 
1889     Downers  Grove,  IL — Ezra  J ,  Ponder,  John  Devereux, 

Fa(rick  John  l,ynn.  Paul  T,  Conrad.  Pete  Bonarek, 

Thomas  Barr,  Wyate  H,  Stokes. 

1896  The  Dalles.  OR— John  M   Moore,  Lloyd  J.  Jacobson. 

1897  Lafavette.  LA — Eddie  Babmeaux, 
1911     Becklev,  WV— Charles  W,  Howell 

1913  Van  Nuys,   CA— Arthur   M     Carsrud.   Bernice   H. 

Monroe  (si.  Toivo  P,  Sihvonen, 

1921  Hempstead,  NY— Henry  Betz.  Louis  M    Miller 

1927  Dclray  Beach,  FI^Archibald  M    Crichlon, 

1929  (  leveland,  OH— Charles  D    Enzor 

1946  London,  Ont.,  CAN — Lloyd  Jamieson, 

1947  Hollywood.  FL — Arthur  T,  Arneson 

1961     Roseburg,  OR— William  Morris  Polmateer, 

1978     Buffalo,  NY— Alice  Mane  Duffy  (si, 

2006     IxK  Calos,  CA— Darrol  D,  Deluca.  Vernon  O,  Walker. 

2018     Ocean  County,  NJ — Clarence  E,  Allerton, 

2t)46     Martinez,  CA — Howard  Flory,  Iva  Lee  Woods  tsl. 

Louis  H    Kolling- 
2049     <;ilberlville,  KY— Flossie  M    House  (s) 
2073     Milwaukee,  WI — Bernard  Bergmann.  Henry  Brze- 

zinski 
2076     Kclowna,  B.C..  CAN— Pietro  Agoslino  Creta, 
2078     Vista,  CA— Eloise  B,  Bonney  (si, 
2093     Phoenix,  AZ— Merle  Church 
2101     Moorefield,  WV— Junior  Thomas  Funk  Isl,  Ralph 

Dwight  Alt  (si, 
2114     Napa,  CA — Charles  Franklin  Hatmaker, 
2127     Cenlralia,  WA— Herbert  O,  Wirkkala, 
2155     New  York.  NY — Samuel  Frydman 
2158     Rock  Island,  ll^John  H    Booth 
2203     Anaheim,   CA — F>ances    E     Fordyce   (si.   George 

Berger.  Veryl  Glenard  Foft 
2209     Louisville,  KY — Cecil  li    Moore.  David  Eskridge. 
2217     Lakeland,  Fl. — William  Eugene  Bridges. 
2232     Houston,  TX— Josic  Lee  Feazle  (s). 
2250     Red  Bank,  NJ— Fdilh  Johnson  Is). 
2258     Houma,  LA — Felix  Clement, 
2287     New  York,  NY— Bernard  Rakofsky.  Louis  Krebs, 

Theresa  E,  Souran  (s).  William  Finkelstein, 
2291     Lorain,  OH — James  E,  Conley, 
2.108     Fullerlon,  CA— Wayne  A    Perry 

2310  Madisonvillc.  KY— Roger  D   Travis 

2311  Washington,  DC — George  Kincaid,  Horacio  Artiga, 
2317     Bremerton,  WA— Jack  D    Houghton 

2.161  Orange,  CA — Jimmy  Wayne  Alwell 

2371  Cambridge  City,  IN — Waldron  Robinson, 

2375  Los  Angeles,  CA — Lulu  Margaret  Smith  (s). 

2398  El  Cajon,  CA— Elmer  Krueger, 

2404  Vancouver,  B.C.,  CAN— John  David  Yoell, 

24.10  Charleston,  WV— James  B    Smithers. 

2435  Inglewood,  CA — William  L,  Jackson 

2456  Washington,  DC — James  D,  Conroy, 

2471  Pcnsacola,  Fl.— Robert  S,  Bell, 

2493  Quesnel,  B.C..  CAN— Hjalmar  Holm, 

2519  .Seattle,  WA— Cora  Bell  Cozy  (si,  Hans  Ramcke, 

2608  Redding,  CA— Eugene  C    Martin 

2633  Tacoma,  WA — Frank  Marmo.  George  Barragar, 

2696  Milford,  NH — Edmund  Romagnoli. 

2767  Morton,  WA— Sam  Self 

2795  Ft.  Lauderdale,  Fl^Paul  T    Horan. 

2805  Klickitat,  WA— Roben  F   Gimlin 

2835  Independence,  OR — Bruce  C,  Smith, 

2881  Portland,  OR— Roy  C    Wilcox 

2942  Albany.  OR— Woodrow  Wilson, 

2949  Roseburg,  OR— Alma  A,   Mertens  (si,  Delores  L, 

Franklin  (s).  Harlow  E,  Wagner.  Mary  Lou  Wilson 

(si 

,1023  Omak,  WA— Vernon  Dale  Cotton, 

.10.38  Bonner.  MT— Robert  Rees.  Wallace  Cantrell. 

3074  Chester,  CA— John  Sloan 

.3088  Stockton.  CA— Rodney   S.   Von   Fletcher.  Wilfred 

James  Ferns  (s) 

.1091  Vaughn.  OR — Francis  (iarner  Armstrong,  William 

F^  Hawkins 

3148  Memphis,  TN— Willroy  Hanna 

3161  Maywood,  CA — Alben  Rubalcava.  Frank  Krause. 

7000  Province  of  Quebec,  Local  1.14-2 — Joseph  Bibeau, 

Mane  Luce  Munelle  Savard  (s). 


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ancient  Romans,  the  Plen-Wood  is  a  simple, 
yet  effective  heating  and  cooling  system. 
Instead  of  heating  and  cooling  ducts,  the 
entire  underfloor  space  is  used  as  a  sealed 
plenum  chamber  from  which  warm  or  cool 
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furnace  through  floor  registers  to  the  rooms 
above. 

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thousands  of  homes  and  other  structures  in 
every  climatic  region  of  the  country. 

The  Plen-Wood  can  cut  construction  costs 
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tages of  the  system  include  improved  sala- 
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Union  Pension 

Funds  IVIust  Work 

for  Worl(ers 


Retirement  fund 

managers  must  be 

aware  of  situation 


Worker  pension  funds  are  the  largest 
source  of  investment  capital  in  our  econ- 
omy today,  with  assets  of  over  $1  trillion 
dollars  and  projections  indicating  this  fig- 
ure will  pass  the  $3  trillion  dollar  mark  by 
the  turn  of  the  century.  These  funds,  which 
are  the  retirement  security  of  millions  of 
American  workers,  own  more  than  20% 
of  the  outstanding  stock  of  the  nation's 
500  largest  industrial  companies.  By  the 
year  2000,  workers'  pension  funds  will 
control  50%  of  the  stock  of  American 
corporations.  In  short,  worker  pension 
funds  are  the  lifeblood  of  our  economy. 

The  numbers  above  reveal  the  tremen- 
dous power  of  these  funds,  a  power  that 
is  all  too  often  being  used  against  the 
interests  of  plan  beneficiaries  and  workers 
in  this  country.  It  is  not  uncommon  to  see 
union  pension  fund  assets  flowing  into 
non-union  construction  or  holding  the  stock 
of  anti-union  companies  in  their  portfolios. 
A  further  problem  being  experienced  is  that 
these  funds  are  increasingly  being  managed 
by  professional  investment  advisors  hostile 
to  the  rights  of  workers  and  the  goals  of 
organized  labor. 

The  use  of  union  pension  fund  assets  to 
support  companies  bent  on  undermining 
worker  and  union  rights  is  not  only  wrong, 
it  threatens  the  very  integrity  and  viability 
of  these  funds.  When  union  pension  money 
is  funneled  into  non-union  construction 
projects,  our  members  lose  and  our  mem- 
bers' pension  funds  are  threatened.  Like- 


wise, when  union  pension  funds  hold  the 
stocks  and  bonds  of  companies  hostile  to 
basic  worker  rights,  we  aid  companies 
which  challenge  the  very  concept  of  worker 
retirement  funds. 

We  must  never  lose  sight  of  a  most 
important  fact:  Pension  trust  assets  are 
the  earned  retirement  income  of  plan  ben- 
eficiaries. The  law  imposes  on  plan  trust- 
ees the  fundamental  duty  to  manage  the 
trust  in  the  sole  interests  of  the  beneficia- 
ries. In  fulfilling  these  obligations,  it  is 
proper  and  necessary  that  the  services  of 
financial  experts  be  utilized  in  the  invest- 
ment and  administration  of  fund  assets. 
However,  this  does  not  dictate  that  we  do 
business  with  fund  managers  who,  while 
reaping  millions  in  management  fees  from 
worker  pension  funds,  work  against  the 
interests  of  our  members,  nor  does  it 
require  that  our  funds  be  invested  in  anti- 
union companies. 

The  investment  advisors  who  manage 
the  vast  amount  of  worker  pension  assets 
noted  above  include  insurance  companies, 
banks,  and  independent  investment-man- 
agement companies.  The  names  of  the 
financial  institutions  you  see  providing 
construction  financing  on  the  non-union 
construction  projects  in  your  area  are  the 
same  institutions  which  manage  many  of 
our  funds.  Financing  non-union  construc- 
tion is  not  the  only  role  these  financial 
institutions  play  in  the  construction  in- 
dustry, many  are  also  major  regional  and 
national  real  estate  developers. 

Examples  of  pension  fund  assets  being 
used  against  the  best  interests  of  plan 
beneficiaries  are  increasingly  common.  The 
opening  pages  of  this  issue  of  Carpenter 
magazine  contain  an  article  about  one  such 
group  of  investment  and  financial  services 
companies  which  cause  us  immediate  con- 
cern. American  Express  Co.  and  its  sub- 
sidiaries benefit  handsomely  from  the 
management  of  union  pension  funds,  while 
at  the  same  time  they  engage  in  the  de- 
velopment of  millions  of  dollars  of  con- 
struction using  non-union  contractors. 

We  don't  need  to  do  business  with 
investment  advisors  who  in  other  business 


ly 


activities  refuse  to  use  or  even  consider 
using  contractors  employing  our  mem- 
bers. It's  obvious  that  if  our  construction 
members  don't  work,  these  plans  lose  their 
funding  source  and  their  long-term  viabil- 
ity is  threatened.  A  fund  manager  who 
either  directly  or  through  subsidiary  op- 
erations refuses  to  work  with  our  members 
does  not  deserve  our  business.  There  are 
plenty  of  competent  investment  manage- 
ment companies  we  can  work  with. 

By  the  same  token,  we  must  begin  to 
vigorously  demand  that  our  pension  assets 
not  be  invested  in  anti-union  companies, 
such  as  Louisiana-Pacific,  and  Halliburton 
Corp.,  the  parent  of  Daniel  Construction 
Co.,  and  many  other  such  companies.  The 
AFL-CIO  boycott  fist  is  composed  of 
companies  whose  stock  and  bonds  should 
not  be  found  in  our  members'  pension 
funds.  With  the  broad  universe  of  stock 
investments  available,  we  need  not  sac- 
rifice financial  return  when  we  require  that 
our  funds  be  invested  in  companies  which 
respect  basic  worker  rights. 

The  protection  of  basic  worker  rights  has 
been  and  continues  to  be  the  basic  goal  of 
the  Brotherhood  and  the  entire  trade  union 
movement  in  this  country.  These  basic 
rights  are  under  increasing  attack  by  com- 
panies in  which  our  pension  funds  hold 
significant  ownership  positions  and  those 
institutions  which  manage  these  retirement 
funds.  It  is  incumbent  upon  us  to  fight  this 
injustice. 

The  Brotherhood  has  a  long  and  proud 
history  of  involvement  in  the  initiation  and 
growth  of  the  private  worker  pension  sys- 
tem in  this  country.  In  1971  it  pioneered 
a  program  of  pro-rata  agreements  which, 
for  the  first  time,  afforded  members  in  the 
construction  trades  the  ability  to  change 
jobs  and  maintain  their  pension  benefits 
at  the  same  time.  In  other  words,  a  mem- 
ber covered  by  a  pension  plan  under  the 
International  Pro-Rata  Agreement  who 
moves  from  one  job  covered  by  the  pro- 
rata agreement  to  another  job  covered  by 
the  pro-rata  agreement  can  achieve  con- 
tinuity of  pension  coverage  as  provided  in 
the  agreement.   When  the  international 


agreement  was  signed  by  General  Presi- 
dent M.A.  Hutcheson  and  other  labor  and 
management  officials  in  1971,  many  local, 
district,  and  area  pension  plans  had  al- 
ready signed  reciprocal  plans  and  had 
achieved  some  measure  of  "portability." 
A  list  of  pension  plans  covered  by  the 
master  pro-rata  agreement  is  published 
periodically  in  our  Carpenter  magazine. 

We  face  new  challenges  today  which 
we  must  confront.  Workers'  retirement 
funds  must  not  be  used  against  the  inter- 
ests of  those  who  have  toiled  to  establish 
these  funds  in  the  hope  of  a  secure  future. 


Patrick  J.  Campbell 
General  President 


THE  CARPENTER 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

Address  Correction  Requested 


Non-Profit  Org. 

U.S.  POSTAGE 

PAID 

Depew,  N.Y. 
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Ice  Palace 

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Building  with  wood,  metal,  concrete 
.  .  .  these  are  the  usual  materials  ...  but 
building  with  ice?? 

Last    winter,    UBC    Carpenters,    Mill- 
wrights, and  Pile  Drivers  of  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  worked  with  other  Building  Trades- 
men to  create  the  masterpiece  of  that 
city's  Winter  Carnival.  Erected  beside  a 
frozen  lake,  the  St.  Paul  Ice  Palace  rose  to 
a  towering  height  of  128  feet,  nine  inches 
and  glowed  through  the  night  with  an  ar- 
ray of  colored  lights  strung  by  members 
of  the  International  Brotherhood  of  Electri- 
cal Workers.  Union  "Brickies"  laid  the 
640-pound  ice  blocks,  and  engineers  shot 
laser  beams  at  various  blueprint  targets 
every  12  hours  to  monitor  any  shifting  or 
settling.  The  palace  would  have  gone 
higher  into  the  winter  sky,  but  weather 
inconsistencies  caused  the  master  plan  to 
be  scaled  back  in  the  final  days.  Neverthe- 
less, the  Ice  Palace  was  spectacular  ...  a 
tribute  to  skilled  union  labor.  For  more 
about  the  Ice  Palace  turn  to  Page  23. 
Photographs  by  Donald  Cameron,  Local 
87,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 


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Cover  Story 


HEALTH  CARE  COSTS 
A  Battle  Labor 
Must  Win 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

John  Pruitt 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 

Wayne  Pierce 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  Joseph  F.  Lia 

120  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

Second  District,  George  M.  Walish 

101  S.  Newtown  St.  Road 

Newtown  Square,  Pennsylvania  19073 

Third  District.  Thomas  J.  Hanahan 
12  E.  Erie  Street 
Chicago,  Illinois  60611 

Fourth  District,  E.  Jimmy  Jones 
12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue,  #3 
North  Miami,  Florida  33161 

Fifth  District,  Eugene  Shoehigh 
526  Elkwood  MaU  -  Center  Mall 
42nd  &  Center  Streets 
Omaha,  Nebraska  68105 


Sixth  District,  Dean  Sooter 
400  Main  Street  #203 
Rolla,  Missouri  65401 

Seventh  District,  H.  Paul  Johnson 
Gramark  Plaza 

12300  S.E.  MaUard  Way  #240 
Milwaukie,  Oregon  97222 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
5330-F  Power  Inn  Road 
Sacramento,  California  95820 

Ninth  District,  John  Carruthers 
5799  Yonge  Street  #807 
Willowdale,  Ontario  M2M  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 

1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 
Calgary,  Alberta,  T2K  OG3 


William  Sidell,  General  President  Emeritus 
William  Konyha,  General  President  Emeritus 


Patrick  J.  Campbell,  Chairman 
John  S.  Rogers,  Secretary 

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should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


Secretaries,  Please  Note 

In  processing  complaints  about 
magazine  delivery,  the  only  names 
which  the  financial  secretary  needs  to 
send  in  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are   NOT  receiving  the  magazine. 

In  sending  in  the  names  of  mem- 
bers who  are  not  getting  the  maga- 
zine, the  address  forms  mailed  out 
with  each  monthly  bill  should  be 
used.  When  a  member  clears  out  of 
one  local  union  into  another,  his 
name  is  automatically  dropped  from 
the  mailing  list  of  the  local  union  he 
cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the  secre- 
tary of  the  union  into  which  he  cleared 
should  forward  his  name  to  the  Gen- 
eral Secretary  so  that  this  member 
can  again  be  added  to  the  mailing  list. 

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VOLUME  108  No.  5  MAY  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Health  Care  Costs:  A  Battle  Labor  Must  Win 2 

American  Express:  Members  Urged  to  Leave  Home  Without  It 4 

Pruitt  Succeeds  Ochockl  as  Second  General  Vice  President ........  5 

Hanahan  Named  Third  District  Board  Member 5 

Industrial  Leaders  Confer  In  Indiana 6 

Taking  the  Initiative:  Industrial  Sector  Moves  Ahead 8 

General  Secretary  Emeritus  Livingston  Dies 10 

L-P  Financial  Decline  Continues 11 

"Double  Breasting"  Legislation  Introduced  by  D'Amato 13 

Missing  Children 13 

Legislative  Update:  GOP's  Labor  Record 14 

Canadian  Industrial  Conference 17 

Canadian  Forest  Products  Board  Holds  First  Meeting 19 

Blueprint  for  Cure  Campaign  Rolls  On 23 

Chemical  Hazards  on  the  Job:  Your  New  Right  to  Know 27 


THE 
COVER 


For  labor,  the  spiraling  cost  of  health 
care  and  its  subsequent  impact  on  health 
insurance  premiums  and  coverage  has 
become  one  of  the  issues  of  the  1980s, 
at  the  bargaining  table  and  in  the  political 
arena.  Our  cover  story  this  month  takes 
an  in-depth  look  at  this  issue  and  the 
need  for  cost  controls  and  in-depth  plan- 
ning. While  the  threat  of  rising  health 
care  costs  may  seem  to  loom  like  an  ugly 
menacing  monster,  unconquerable  by  any 
individual  effort,  every  effort  helps. 

One  health  care  area  destined  for  growth 
in  the  80s  is  preventative  health  care; 
people  taking  control  of  their  own  health — 
stopping  smoking,  moderating  alcohol, 
excercising,  and  attending  to  their  eating 
habits.  Hospitals  and  health  maintenance 
organizations  all  over  the  country  are 
shifting  their  emphasis  to  provide  edu- 
cation and  help  to  people  willing  to  take 
responsibility  for  the  physical  and  med- 
ical shape  of  their  bodies. 

Perhaps  this  will  help  to  get  the  health 
care  system  back  on  track — away  from 
a  huge  money-making  institution  that  has 
lost  sight  of  the  original  goals  of  the 
medical  profession,  often  gaining  at  the 
expense  of  the  little  man,  to  an  institution 
where  health  care  professionals  and  or- 
ganizations can  work  with  the  patients, 
not  just  at  combatting  illnesses,  but  at 
achieving  health. 

Photo  credits:  Silhouette  of  man  from 
Taurus  Photos  Inc.;  top  right,  American 
Cancer  Society;  middle  and  lower  pic- 
tures. Kaiser  Permanente . 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 12 

Labor  News  Roundup 15 

Ottawa  Report 18 

Local  Union  News 20 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 24 

Plane  Gossip 29 

Members  in  the  News 30 

Retirees'  Notebook 31 

Consumer  Clipboard 32 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 33 

In  Memoriam 37 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 

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cartoon  bv  Stampone. 

AFL-CIO  News 


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lealth  care  costs  .  .  .  post-retirement 
health  benefit  programs  .  .  .  cost  con- 
tainment .  .  .  medical  malpractice  .  .  . 
generic  drugs. .  .  .  They'rejust  somany 
words  .  .  .  until  you  check  into  a  hos- 
pital with  a  major  ailment.  Then  it  all 
falls  on  you  like  a  keg  of  10-penny  nails. 

"Until  recently  I  was  one  of  those 
people  who  looked  at  articles  on  hos- 
pitals in  my  union  magazine  with  only 
a  passing  interest,"  one  union  member 
told  us.  "It  seemed  as  though  the  ar- 
ticles were  filled  with  a  lot  of  statistics. 

"Then  I  had  a  heart  attack,  and  the 
statistics  became  a  reality.  I  spent  14 
days  in  a  local  hospital,  and  the  bill  for 
the  stay  was  $10,000.  Then  I  was  re- 
ferred to  another  hospital  in  another 
town,  where  I  spent  nine  days  at  a  cost 
of  $21,000. 

"When  the  bills  arrived  from  both 
hospitals  they  ran  for  16  pages  .  .  .  and 
they  were  almost  all  Greek  to  me. 

"These  costs  were  just  for  the  hos- 
pital. They  didn't  include  the  doctors' 
bills. 

"As  I  sat  down  and  looked  over  the 
itemized  statement,  I  was  totally  amazed. 
One  particular  pill  cost  $2.10.  A  doctor 
gave  me  a  prescription  for  these  same 
pills,  and  I  paid  $3.15  for  100  tablets  at 
the  drug  store. 

"Fortunately,  my  health  insurance 
covered  the  majority  of  expenses.  But 
it  made  me  stop  and  think.  What  about 
the  people  who  are  unemployed?  The 
elderly?  Those  people  out  on  the  streets? 
I  tell  you.  I'm  glad  we  have  health 
insurance  in  our  contract  .  .  ." 

This  union  member  is  one  of  the  lucky 
Americans  and  Canadians  covered  by 
employer-paid  health  insurance  plans. 
More  than  35  million  of  our  friends  and 
neighbors  have  no  health  insurance  at 
all.  Health  coverage  which  was  building 
up  over  the  past  three  decades  is  now 
beginning  to  erode  because  of  increased 
costs.  Since  1982,  the  percentage  of 
private  health  insurance  plans  with  de- 
ductibles of  $150  or  more  has  risen  from 
9%  to  38%. 

Hospitals  are  buying  costly  high-tech 
equipment  to  save  lives,  which  is  fine, 
but  those  costs  are  being  passed  on  to 
patients. 

The  problem  is  made  more  critical 
because  more  and  more  people  are 
living  longer,  and  the  medical  expenses 
of  the  elderly  are  staggering.  Though 
Medicare  covers  much  of  the  expense 
for  acute  illnesses,  it  does  not  cover 
the  prolonged  custodial  care  that  sen- 
iors often  need. 

There  must  be  some  cost  controls 
and  there  must  be  more  long  range 
public  planning. 

Much  of  the  crisis  in  health  care 


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HEALTH  CARE  COSTS 
A  Battle  Labor  Must  Win 


centers  around  "cost  containment." 
Cost  containment,  basically,  is  any  pro- 
gram designed  to  fight  increases  in  the 
cost  of  health  care  and  to  make  sure 
that  people  receive  the  high  quality 
health  care  they  need  and  deserve. 

For  years  some  employers  who  pro- 
vide medical  care  as  a  fringe  benefit  in 
a  contract  have  been  arguing  that  they 
should  pay  less  of  this  benefit  and 
employees  should  pay  more.  At  the 
bargaining  table  union  negotiators  have 
refused  to  make  concessions  in  this 
area.  They  do  not  want  to  penalize  their 
members  for  something  which  isn't  their 
fault. 

Instead  of  reducing  benefits,  the  union 
suggests  a  program  to  control  health 
care  costs  at  the  source  by  working 
with  the  employers,  the  doctors,  and 
the  hospitals  to  hold  down  charges  to 
union  members  and  their  families.  In 
some  cases  this  might  include  boycot- 
ting certain  health  plans  and  certain 
hospitals  and  exposing  fraud  in  billings. 

If  you're  covered  by  a  good  health 
plan,  you  may  ask  why  you  should  be 
concerned  with  how  high  your  medical 
bills  are.  The  money  to  pay  them  doesn't 
come  out  of  your  pocket,  you  may 
believe. 

Actually,  when  you  think  about  it,  it 


does.  You  earn  every  benefit  contained 
in  your  UBC  contract.  The  company 
doesn't  give  you  anything.  In  many 
cases,  the  health  care  benefit  came  to 
you  because  the  employer  wasn't  will- 
ing to  pay  higher  wages. 

Suppose,  for  example,  that  medical 
costs  continue  to  skyrocket  during  the 
term  of  your  present  contract.  When 
negotiations  come  up  again,  the  com- 
pany may  propose  concessions  in  the 
area  of  your  health  benefits. 

If  management  doesn't  succeed,  then 
company  negotiators  might  try  to  make 
up  that  cost  in  some  other  area  of  the 
contract. 

The  bottom  line  is  that  the  money 
used  to  provide  your  health  benefits — 
and  every  other  benefit  in  your  con- 
tract— is  your  money,  negotiated  for 
you  by  the  union.  So  it's  in  every 
member's  interest  to  hold  down  the 
cost  of  health  care. 

How  does  cost  containment  work? 

Under  most  contracts,  the  trustees 
of  the  health  and  retirement  funds  in- 
terpret the  guidelines  for  all  of  the 
union's  contractual  health  care  benefits, 
whether  they  are  provided  through  the 
funds,  a  private  insurance  company,  or 
a  benefits  administrator. 

Some  trustees  have  set  up  a  model 


CARPENTER 


program  for  dealing  with  the  two  largest 
problems  in  health  care  costs:  excessive 
fees  and  charges  for  medically  unnec- 
essary or  inappropriate  services.  There 
have  even  been  cases  of  union  members 
or  their  dependents  being  charged  for 
services  that  were  never  performed. 

The  cost  containment  program  is  de- 
signed to  prevent  doctors,  pharmacies, 
and  other  medical  suppliers  from  charg- 
ing unreasonable  amounts  or  unfair  fees 
for  their  services,  and  to  prevent  them 
from  collecting  such  fees  from  mem- 
bers. 

How  will  you  know  whether  you're 
being  charged  too  much  or  getting  billed 
for  unnecessary  services? 

In  most  cases,  your  health  insurance 
carrier  will  let  you  know.  As  part  of 
the  cost  containment  program,  the  funds 
and  most  insurance  companies  have 
established  "reasonable  charges"  for 
various  kinds  of  medical  services.  If 
you  are  overcharged,  your  doctor  or 
hospital  will  receive  a  notice  of  the 
overcharge,  along  with  a  reasonable 
payment  for  the  services  you  received. 
The  notice  will  also  ask  the  doctor  or 
hospital  whether  there  was  anything 
unusual  about  the  case  which  could 
legitimately  result  in  a  higher  than  nor- 
mal charge. 

You  should  also  get  an  "Explanation 
of  Benefits"  (EOB)  form  in  the  mail, 
which  will  list  the  services  you  re- 
ceived, the  amounts  billed,  the  amount 
paid  by  your  health  insurance,  and  the 
reason  that  payment  was  denied. 

You  are  the  only  person  who  knows 
whether  you  received  particular  serv- 
ice, so  it's  up  to  you  to  let  your  em- 
ployer or  plan  administrator  know  about 
it.  To  do  that,  you  should  read  your 
EOBs  carefully  to  make  sure  that  you 
received  all  the  services  hsted.  If  you 
find  a  charge  for  a  service  you  never 
received,  you  should  notify  your  em- 
ployer or  plan  administrator  immedi- 
ately. 


Your  unionjights 

to  maintain 

benefits  and 

reduce  costs. 


Employers  have  pursued  three  prin- 
cipal methods  for  direct  shifting  of  health 
care  costs  to  workers:  raising  deducti- 
bles, increasing  co-payments,  and  re- 
quiring partial  payment  of  insurance 
premiums.  Some  employers  have  also 
instituted  various  forms  of  cash  rebates 
to  encourage  lower  utilization  of  health 
benefits. 

During  the  1970s  the  high  percentage 


of  payroll  costs  going  to  health  insur- 
ance premiums  resulted  in  "monies  that 
rightfully  should  have  been  available 
for  wage  and  benefit  increases"  being 
diverted  to  maintenance  of  existing 
health  care  coverage.  Over  the  past 
several  years,  the  situation  has  wors- 
ened dramatically,  with  "employer  af- 
ter employer  coming  to  the  bargaining 
table  demanding  that  workers  pick  up 
a  significant  portion  of  health  premiums 
and/or  sacrifice  coverage"  painstak- 
ingly acquired  through  years  of  nego- 
tiation. 

Current  concern  centers  around  so- 
called  "deductibles"  hsted  by  the  health 
insurance  company.  Deductibles  are 
"front  end"  fees — assessed  on  a  yearly 
basis — that  must  be  paid  for  health  care 
services  before  the  insurance  plan  will 
pay  any  benefits.  Co-payments  repre- 
sent a  percentage  of  medical  bills  that 
must  be  paid  by  a  plan  participant  each 
time  he  or  she  uses  certain  services 
covered  under  the  plan. 

Studies  of  private  insurance  plans 
show  that  deductibles  have  increased 
by  300%  in  recent  years.  In  addition,  a 
survey  of  250  large  firms  by  Hewitt 
Associates,  a  benefits  consultant, 
showed  that  while  89%  of  the  firms 
provided  full  reimbursement  for  hos- 
pital room  and  board  in  1979,  by  1984 
only  50%  of  the  companies  provided 
reimbursement  without  requiring  a  co- 
payment  from  participants.  In  1979, 
45%  of  the  companies  provided  full 
reimbursement  for  surgery;  that  figure 
has  since  dropped  to  29%. 

The  United  States  is  spending  more 
than  $1  billion  per  day  on  health  care 
services.  Public  health  care  programs, 
including  Medicare  and  Medicaid,  con- 
sume 12%  of  the  entire  federal  budget. 
The  cost  of  private  benefit  plans  is 
doubling  every  five  years,  leading  to 
higher  and  higher  premium  demands 
from  insurers. 

In  spite  of  what  Americans  now  are 
paying  for  the  cost  of  health  care  serv- 
ices, the  number  of  people  without 
needed  protection  is  rising,  including 
large  numbers  of  low-wage  and  jobless 
workers.  Another  disturbing  trend  is 
the  growth  in  corporate  ownership  of 
health  care  facilities.  For-profit  corpo- 
rations are  becoming  a  growing  pres- 
ence in  health  care — hospitals,  nursing 
homes,  HMOs,  and  every  other  type 
of  health  care  facility.  Private  corpo- 
rations have  better  access  to  capital 
markets,  and  their  expansionary  objec- 
tives are  facilitated  by  the  current  tax 
structure  and  reimbursement  system. 

Organized  labor  remains  convinced 
that  the  only  way  to  assure  all  Ameri- 
cans access  to  quality  health  care  they 
can  afford  is  through  the  enactment  of 

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Cost  Containment: 
How  You  Can  Help 


You  can  help  the  union  make  sure 
that  UBC  members  and  their  families 
receive  quality  health  care  at  a  reason- 
able cost  by  following  these  steps: 

•  Read  your  Explanation  of  Benefits 
(EOB)  forms  (which  you  will  receive 
whenever  a  claim  is  paid  or  denied)  to 
make  sure  the  information  is  accurate. 
You  should  contact  your  employer  or 
plan  administrator  immediately  if  the 
EOB  shows  payment  for  services 
which  you  did  not  receive. 

•  Ask  your  doctor  or  pharmacist  to 
substitute  FDA-approved  generic  drugs 
for  brand  name  drugs  whenever  possi- 
ble. Generic  drugs  have  been  tested  by 
the  Food  and  Drug  Administration  and 
are  proven  to  be  just  as  effective  and 
safe  as  brand  names.  They  are  also 
cheaper. 

•  Ask  your  doctor  to  write  prescrip- 
tions for  as  long  a  period  as  possible, 
especially  if  you  take  medication  on  a 
regular,  long-term  basis. 

In  these  cases,  most  doctors  will 
write  the  first  prescription  for  a  30-day 
supply,  the  second  for  a  60-day  supply, 
and  all  prescriptions  after  that  for  a  90- 
day  supply.  They  do  this  to  make  sure 
first  that  the  medication  is  appropriate 
for  your  condition,  and  also  to  make 
sure  that  there  are  no  harmful  side  ef- 
fects. 

But  some  doctors  will  continue  to 
write  prescriptions  for  a  30-day  supply, 
which  means  either  that  you  have  to  go 
back  to  the  doctor  every  month  to  get 
another  prescription  or  your  druggist 
has  to  call  the  doctor's  office  every 
month  for  a  refill.  Either  way,  it  costs 
more  than  necessary,  because  the  doc- 
tor may  charge  you  for  another  office 
visit,  and  the  pharmacist  may  collect 
three  dispensing  fees  instead  of  one 
during  each  90-day  period. 

•  Make  sure  your  pharmacist  fills 
prescriptions  for  the  length  of  time  or- 
dered by  the  doctor.  Most  do,  but 
some  pharmacists  "split"  prescriptions. 
For  example,  if  your  doctor  gives  you  a 
prescription  for  a  30-day  supply,  the 
pharmacist  might  fill  it  for  only  15  days 
and  make  you  come  back  for  the  other 
15-day  supply.  This  way,  the  pharma- 
cist collects  two  dispensing  fees  instead 
of  one  for  your  prescription. 

•  Contact  your  employer  or  plan  ad- 
ministrator immediately  if  your  doctor 
or  hospital  tries  to  make  you  pay  for  a 
bill  which  was  denied  because  the  serv- 
ice was  not  medically  necessary  or  the 
charge  was  excessive. 


MAY     1986 


AMERICAN 
EXPRESS 


Brotherhood  Members 

Urged  To 

Leave  Home  Without  It 

Non-Union  Construction  Prompts  Boycott  Call 


American  Express  Co.'s  use  of  non- 
union contractors  to  construct  its  $60 
million  credit  card  processing  facility 
in  Greensboro.  N.C.,  has  prompted 
UBC  General  President  Patrick  J. 
Campbell  to  call  for  the  initiation  of  a 
labor-consumer  boycott  of  American 
Express  Co.  credit  and  travel  products 
and  services. 

As  reported  in  the  April  edition  of 
Carpenter,  American  Express  is  pres- 
ently constructing  a  major  credit  card 
facility  in  Greensboro,  N.C.  Non-union 
contractors  paying  substandard  wages 
and  benefits  are  constructing  the  project 
which  will  serve  as  a  regional  customer 
service  center  for  American  Express' 
credit  card  business.  Repeated  efforts 
by  the  Building  Trades  and  the  Broth- 
erhood to  secure  the  work  have  been 
repudiated.  Assurances  from  the  Amer- 
ican Express  chairman  and  chief  ex- 
ecutive officer  that  fair  contractors  would 
be  provided  the  opportunity  to  bid  and 
secure  work  on  the  project  proved  to 
be  illusory. 

"Accountability  is  the  key  issue  in 
this  dispute,"  stated  Campbell.  "We 
must  let  American  Express  Co.,  and 
any  other  company  that  works  against 
the  interests  of  working  men  and  women, 
know  that  we  will  fight  back.  American 
Express"  use  of  substandard  contrac- 
tors contributes  to  undermining  the  liv- 
ing standards  our  members  and  others 
have  labored  hard  to  establish,  and  must 
not  be  rewarded  with  union  members 
business,"  continued  Campbell. 

DIVERSIFIED  FINANCIAL 
SERVICES  COMPANY 

American  Express  Co.  is  a  major 
financial  services  company  with  sales 
in  igs.")  of  over  $11.5  billion.  The  com- 
pany "s  major  money  makers  are  its  well- 
known  travel  services  products,  such 
as  credit  cards  and  travelers  cheques. 
Other  operations  of  the  company  in- 
clude: international  banking,  insurance 
(Fireman's  Fund,  IDS  Financial  Serv- 
ices) and  investment  services.  Within 
the   investment   services   division   six 


subsidiaries,  including  the  Robinson- 
Humphrey  Co.  Inc.;  The  Balcor  Co.; 
the  Boston  Co.  Inc.;  Bernstein-Macau- 
ley  Inc.;  Shearson  Asset  Management 
Inc.,  and  Lehman  Management  Co. 
Inc.,  provide  investment  management 
services  for  billions  of  dollars  of  union 
pension  funds. 

Several  of  the  various  American  Ex- 
press subsidiaries  identified  above  are 
also  major  real  estate  developers  with 
significant  real  estate  portfolios.  On  two 
construction  projects  being  developed 
by  American  Express  subsidiaries,  UBC 
locals  are  picketing  non-union  contrac- 
tors conferring  substandard  wages  and 
benefits  on  the  projects. 

CAMPAIGN  DEVELOPS 
IN  BUILDING  TRADES 

General  Presidents  Alerted 

In  an  initial  effort  to  publicize  the 
actions  of  American  Express  to  the 
entire  labor  movement.  General  Presi- 
dent Campbell  wrote  to  all  AFL-CIO 
general  presidents  and  the  leaders  of 
the  non-affiliated  Teamsters,  National 
Education  Association,  and  the  United 
Mine  Workers  Union  to  apprise  them 
of  the  use  of  substandard  contractors. 
"Companies  such  as  American  Express 
which  derive  a  significant  portion  of 
their  business  from  unions  and  union 
members  must  be  held  accountable  for 
their  actions  which  undermine  our 
members'  efforts  to  establish  fair  work- 
ing standards  in  the  communities  in 
which  they  live,"  stated  Campbell. 

Magazine  Article  Distributed 

The  nearly  1 ,000  delegates  from  across 
the  country  in  attendance  at  the  annual 
Building  and  Construction  Trades  De- 
partment legislative  conference  in 
Washington,  D.C.,  were  briefed  on  the 
role  of  American  Express  in  distributing 
the  "product"  of  substandard  contrac- 
tors. Reprints  of  the  April  Carpenter 
magazine  article  on  American  Express 
were  distributed  to  each  delegate.  A 
workshop  for  delegates  on  corporate 
campaigns  provided  UBC  staff  an  op- 


portunity to  educate  those  in  attendance 
about  the  issues. 

ANNUAL  MEETING 
OF  SHAREHOLDERS 

Union  pension  funds  shareholders 

At  Carpenter  press  time,  plans  were 
being  made  to  attend  the  American 
Express  Co.  annual  meeting  of  share- 
holders at  company  headquarters  in 
New  York.  A  preliminary  survey  of 
Carpenter  and  Building  Trades  union 
pension  funds  indicate  that  these  worker 
funds  hold  approximately  800,000  shares 
of  American  Express  common  stock. 
While  these  stock  holdings  represent  a 
relatively  small  portion  of  the  outstand- 
ing shares  of  the  company,  the  com- 
bined value  of  the  stock  investment  is 
over  $55  million,  nearly  three  times  the 
stock  investment  in  the  company  held 
by  the  company's  entire  board  of  di- 
rectors. 

The  meeting  will  be  used  to  inform 
the  company  management,  the  hundreds 
of  shareholders  in  attendance,  and  the 
financial  analysts  and  press  at  the  meet- 
ing of  the  primary  labor  dispute  with 
substandard  contractors  used  by  Amer- 
ican Express,  and  to  speak  out  on  union 
concerns.  UBC  members  from  the  New 
York  District  Council  of  Carpenters  will 
distribute  boycott  handbills  at  the 
shareholders  meeting  in  New  York. 

Business  Roundtahle  Connection 
The  American  Express  board  of  di- 
rectors, which  is  chaired  by  Mr.  James 
D.  Robinson  III,  includes  such  lumi- 
naries as  Henry  A.  Kissinger,  former 
Secretary  of  State,  and  until  recently, 
former  President  Gerald  R.  Ford. 
Robinson  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
national  Business  Roundtable,  a  group 
of  high-powered  corporate  chief  exec- 
utives often  described  as  the  most  pow- 
erful business  lobby  in  the  country.  The 
Business  Roundtable,  which  represents 
major  construction  users,  prepared  a 
widely  circulated  study  on  construction 
several  years  ago  which  is  credited  with 
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CARPENTER 


John  W.  Pruitt  Succeeds 
Ochocki  As  Vice  President 


John  W.  Pruitt,  who  has  served  as 
3rd  District  Board  Member  since  No- 
vember 1982,  was  named  last  month  to 
succeed  Anthony  Ochocki  as  the  United 
Brotherhood's  Second  General  Vice 
President. 

Ochocki  retired  April  1 .  He  was  hon- 
ored April  16  at  a  retirement  dinner  in 
Washington,  D.C. 

Vice  President  Pruitt  has  been  a 
member  of  the  UBC  for  39  years.  He 
joined  Local  16,  Springfield,  111.,  fol- 
lowing military  service  in  World  War 
II. 

Board  Member  Pruitt  has  served  his 
local  union  as  assistant  business  agent 
and  business  agent.  General  President 
M.  A.  Hutcheson  appointed  him  a  gen- 
eral representative  in  July  1964.  During 
this  time,  he  also  served  for  eight  years 
as  president  of  Local  16  and  as  president 
of  the  Springfield  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades  Council.  He  was  elected 
to  the  executive  board  of  the  Illinois 
State  Council  of  Carpenters  in  1963  and 
has  continued  to  serve  to  this  date. 

Active  in  the  apprenticeship  program 
as  an  instructor  in  1951,  he  was  a  staff 
member  of  the  International  Appren- 
ticeship Contest  Committee  and  a  co- 
ordinating judge  representing  the  United 
Brotherhood. 


JOHN  W.  PRUITT 


Pruitt  was  instrumental  in  estabhsh- 
ing  the  district-wide  Heavy  and  High- 
way Contract  of  Illinois  covering  Dis- 
trict 6,  and  later  assisted  in  negotiating 
the  state-wide  agreement. 

He  and  his  wife,  Doris,  have  two 
sons,  both  members  of  Local  1098, 
Baton  Rouge,  La. 


Thomas  J.  Hanahan  Named 
3rd  District  Board  IVIember 


Representative  Thomas  J.  Hanahan, 
51,  a  UBC  member  for  35  years  and 
long-time  labor  and  political  leader  in 
his  home  state  of  Illinois,  has  been 
appointed  by  General  President  Patrick 
J.  Campbell  as  Third  District  General 
Executive  Board  Member,  succeeding 
John  Pruitt  in  that  position. 

An  apprentice  carpenter  in  Local  13, 
Chicago,  111.,  at  the  age  of  17,  Hanahan, 
has  since  served  Local  13,  the  Chicago 
District  Council,  and  state  labor  groups. 
He  is  a  member  of  a  truly  UBC  family. 
His  father,  Thomas  J.  Hanahan  Sr.  was 
active  in  Local  13  from  1924  to  1968. 
His  brother  Robert,  son  Thomas  III, 
and  uncles  and  cousins  are  also  mem- 
bers. 

Hanahan  is  well  known  in  Illinois  for 
his  18  years  of  service  as  a  state  legis- 
lator. He  served  as  chairman  of  the 
appropriations  and  the  labor  and  indus- 
trial affairs  committees  and  was  sponsor 
of  the  most  comprehensive  and  pro- 
gressive public  employee  collective 
bargaining  law,  minimum  wage  laws. 


THOMAS  J.  HANAHAN 

workman's  compensation  laws,  the 
Fringe  Benefit  Protection  Act,  tax  relief 
for  the  elderly,  and  much  additional 
legislation. 

He  was  appointed  a  UBC  represent- 
ative by  General  President  Campbell  in 
January  1983. 


Working  Women's 
Awareness  Week 

May  4—10  is  Working  Women's 
Awareness  Week,  inaugurated  by  the 
Coalition  of  Labor  Union  Women  to 
dispel  the  myths  that  have  hindered 
women's  full  equality  of  opportunity  in 
the  work  place  and  in  society. 

According  to  the  Coalition  of  Labor 
Union  Women,  the  week  is  also  de- 
signed to  recognize  the  past  and  present 
contributions  of  working  women  to  so- 
ciety and  to  show  unorganized  working 
women  that  CLUW  and  the  labor  move- 
ment are  the  leading  voices  for  all 
working  women.  Workshops,  talk 
shows,  and  other  activities  are  planned. 

The  United  Brotherhood  has  a  grow- 
ing number  of  women  members  in  its 
ranks — carpenters,  millwrights,  indus- 
trial workers,  and  other  skilled  workers. 
Young  women  have  equal  opportunity 
to  join  the  apprenticeship  ranks  of  the 
UBC,  and  many  have  done  so  in  recent 
years. 

We  join  CLUW  in  saluting  these 
members  and  their  sisters  in  the  work- 
force. 

Health  Care  Costs 

Continued  from  Page  3 

a  universal  comprehensive  national 
health  care  program.  Until  that  is 
achieved,  we  will  work  on  a  variety  of 
fronts  to  fight  cutbacks,  control  costs, 
and  improve  health  services  for  all 
Americans.  Responding  to  the  concern 
about  health  care  within  the  trade  union 
movement,  the  AFL-CIO  Executive 
Council  has  appointed  an  ad  hoc  com- 
mittee on  health  care  to  strengthen  and 
coordinate  all  of  the  federation's  health 
care  activities. 

Labor  will  oppose  further  cutbacks 
in  Medicare  and  Medicaid  and  any  ef- 
fort to  impose  means  testing  in  Medi- 
care or  to  destroy  the  program  by  re- 
placing it  with  individual  vouchers  or 
medical  care  IRAs.  We  will  oppose  the 
Administration's  plan  to  tax  health  care 
benefits. 

We  will  also  continue  to  work  for  the 
expansion  of  Medicare  to  provide  cov- 
erage for  prescription  drugs,  long-term 
care,  and  other  services  essential  to 
maintain  the  health  of  Medicare  bene- 
ficiaries. 

Unions  will  support  federal  cost-con- 
tainment legislation  which  would  pro- 
vide across-the-board  health  care  cost 
control  at  the  state  level  while  protect- 
ing the  wages,  benefits,  and  other  con- 
tractual rights  of  health  care  employees. 

Until  this  legislation  is  enacted,  we 
will  continue  to  urge  states  to  take  the 

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MAY     1986 


TOP  ROW:  From  left.  General  President  Campbell  opened  the 
sessions  at  French  Lick  with  a  call  for  broad  and  decisive 
actions  in  dealings  with  employers:  delegates  in  a  general  ses- 
sion at  the  conference  hotel. 

SECOND  ROW:  Special  Projects  Director  Ed  Durkin,  assisted 
by  Representative  Marc  Furman.  describes  corporate  relations: 
Third  District  Board  Member  John  Pruitt  and  First  General  Vice 
President  Sigurd  Lucassen:  Staff  Economist  Watly  Malakoff 
leads  a  discussion  on  in-plant  tactics. 


THIRD  ROW:  General  Treasurer  Wayne  Pierce:  Ray  White, 
secretary.  Southern  Council:  Assistant  to  the  General  President 
Mike  Fishman,  Richard  Wierengo,  secretary,  Michigan  Council: 
Frank  Gurule,  Local  721,  Los  Angeles:  Representative  Roy  Par- 
ent: and  Michael  Draper,  business  representative.  Western 
Council. 

FOURTH  ROW:  Assistant  General  Counsel  Ed  Gorman  dis- 
cusses in-plant  actics  and  Collective  Bargaining  Specialist 
Denny  Scott  describes  conditions  in  the  wood  products  industry. 


CARPENTER 


UBC  Industrial  Leaders  Discuss  New  Alternatives 
to  Collective  Bargaining  at  Indiana  Conference 

Conference  sets  the  stage  for  more  coordinated  programs 


New  strategies  for  organizing  and 
collective  bargaining  for  United  Broth- 
erhood industrial  members  were  de- 
scribed at  a  UBC  Industrial  Conference 
in  French  Lick,  Ind.,  March  4-6. 

As  the  conference  got  underway, 
General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell 
told  the  230  delegates,  "We  are  going 
to  pay  particular  attention  to  a  problem 
our  locals  are  increasingly  facing:  em- 
ployers who  are  forcing  negotiations  to 
an  impasse  and  then  presenting  the 
union  with  a  choice  of  either  accepting 
a  poor  settlement  or  striking  under 
unfavorable  conditions." 

President  Campbell  added , ' '  We  have 
to  respond  in  new  ways."  He  told  the 
assembly  that  plants  and  areas  for  or- 
ganizing are  going  to  be  targeted. 

Campbell  called  attention  to  the  fact 
that  UBC  contracts  with  major  forest 
products  corporations  expire  next  month 
on  the  West  Coast  and  in  the  South, 
and  he  reported  that  the  Forest  Prod- 
ucts Joint  Bargaining  Board  has  begun 
implementing  a  strategy  for  these  ne- 
gotiations. 

He  cited  the  UBC's  coordinated  ef- 
forts with  Regions  III  and  V  of  the 
International  Woodworkers  of  America 
on  the  new  U.S.  Forest  Products  Joint 
Bargaining  Board.  These  regions  are  in 
joint  discussions  with  representatives 
of  the  Brotherhood's  Western  Council 
and  the  Southern  Council  of  Industrial 
Workers  on  many  issues. 

The  general  president  stressed  the 
growing  importance  of  the  work  of  the 
Special  Programs  Department  of  the 
UBC,  which  provides  research  data  to 
the  bargaining  boards  and  researches 
the  interlocking  arrangements  among 
corporations,  identifies  the  corpora- 
tions' weak  points,  makes  presentations 
at  shareholder  meetings,  and  develops 
overall  strategies  for  dealing  with  cor- 
porations. 

He  called  the  UBC's  work  in  this 
area  "one  of  the  most  innovative  and 
effective  of  any  international  union" 


and  told  delegates  that  our  program  is 
in  the  forefront  of  the  labor  movement. 

He  called  particular  attention  to  the 
department's  analyses  of  various  UBC 
pension  funds  and  their  impact  on  in- 
dustry investments.  He  warned  that 
much  of  the  funds  set  aside  for  UBC 
members'  retirement  are  being  invested 
in  firms  and  projects  which  are  non- 
union and  even  anti-union  and  that  labor 
must  not  deal  with  pension  fund  man- 
agers who  do  not  recognize  the  impor- 
tance of  plowing  back  hard-earned 
members'  pension  funds  into  job-cre- 
ating enterprises. 

The  three-day  conference  at  French 
Lick  covered  a  wide  range  of  subjects — 
pension  bargaining,  legislation,  quality 
worklife  and  gainsharing  programs  pro- 
moted by  management,  in-plant  tactics 
for  dealing  with  management,  and  re- 
searching a  company. 

There  were  special  industry  work- 
shop sessions  for  two  industrial  groups — 
the  forest  products  members  and  the 
mill-cabinet  industrial  members.  A  sur- 
vey of  mill-cabinet  locals  made  prior  to 
the  conference  showed  variations  of  as 
much  as  $6  in  journeyman  rates  in  the 
mill-cabinet  industry. 

The  Brotherhood's  new  training  pro- 
gram for  local  union  collective  bargain- 
ing committees  was  also  previewed  by 
the  delegates. 

All  eight  U.S.  districts  of  the  Broth- 
erhood were  represented  at  the  French 
Lick  conference.  A  separate  conference 
for  industrial  units  of  Canada  was  held 
later  in  Toronto,  Ont.  (See  the  report 
on  this  conference  on  Page  17.) 

Both  gatherings  afforded  the  partic- 
ipants an  opportunity  to  compare  their 
contracts  with  those  of  other  local  unions 
in  other  parts  of  the  nation. 

Of  much  benefit  to  the  delegates,  too, 
was  a  discussion  of  research  methods 
which  might  be  used  to  evaluate  the 
intrastructure  and  activities  of  employ- 
ers. Delegates  were  shown  the  value  of 
approaching  the  bargaining  table  from 


positions  of  strength  through  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  management.  An  inten- 
sive workshop  dealing  with  in-plant 
tactics  in  impasse  situations  was  also 
conducted. 

It  was  the  first  comprehensive  con- 
ference for  industrial  locals  since  a 
similar  session  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. ,  a  year 
and  a  half  earlier.  The  workshops  in 
St.  Louis  dealt  with  employer  demands 
for  concessions,  organizing  problems, 
and  impasse  bargaining.  The  recent 
conference  in  Indiana  introduced  new 
strategies  to  deal  with  these  problems. 

In  the  forest  products  area,  General 
President  Campbell  pointed  out  that  the 
UBC  is  backing  the  new  Forest  Prod- 
ucts Joint  Bargaining  Board  with  or- 
ganizing support  in  the  Northwest, 
South,  and  Midwest. 

"We  are  setting  up  organizing  teams 
to  go  after  targeted  mills.  We  are  now 
looking  at  other  areas  of  the  country 
where  forest  products  producers  have 
their  plants,"  Campbell  noted. 

The  General  President  introduced  a 
newly-appointed  bargaining  coordina- 
tor with  much  experience  in  the  indus- 
try who  will  help  to  introduce  the  co- 
ordinated bargaining  strategy  to  locals 
and  councils. 

Looking  toward  the  UBC  General 
Convention  in  Toronto,  Ont.,  next  Oc- 
tober, Campbell  advised  the  delegates 
that  the  General  Office  is  looking  at  the 
Brotherhood's  Constitution  and  Laws 
to  see  what  changes  might  be  needed 
now  in  the  industrial  sector.  He  noted 
that  the  General  Officers  are  also  con- 
sidering state-wide  and  regional  struc- 
tures among  the  industrial  locals  to  help 
them  in  their  coordinated  programs. 

Campbell  said,  "I  am  committed  to 
whatever  changes  are  necessary  to  in- 
sure that  our  membership  in  every 
council,  every  local,  every  shop,  and 
every  plant  gets  the  best  service  and 
the  best  contracts  possible." 


MAY     1986 


Taking 

the 

Initiative 


Over  the  past  decade  trade 
unions  have  faced  various 
economic  and  philosophical 
tests.  This  is  the  second 
of  a  series  of  articles 
describing  ways  in 
which  the  UBC 
is  fighting 
back. 


/ 


A  group  of  UBC  local  union  and  council  leaders  in  a  caucus  diirint;  the  recent  Canadian  industrial 
conference  in  Toronto. 


The  UBC's  Industrial  Sector 

Moves  Ahead  With  New  Approaches 

To  Negotiations  And  Bargaining 


The  challenges  facing  our  members 
and  the  unorganized  workers  in  the 
industrial  sector  have  never  been 
greater — plant  shutdowns  and  transfer 
of  work  to  other  areas,  anti-union  con- 
sultants, mergers  and  buy-outs,  and  the 
introduction  of  new  machinery  and 
products  to  displace  workers. 

But  the  UBC  has  geared  up  and  is 
ready  to  take  on  whatever  obstacles 
stand  in  the  way  of  making  further 
organizing  and  bargaining  gains  in  our 
industrial  sector. 

If  you  work  in  the  forest  or  wood 
products  industry — whether  it's  in  a 
lumber  or  plywood  mill,  a  furniture 
plant,  a  mill-cabinet  or  fixture  shop,  a 
modular  home  plant,  or  any  related 
industry — the  UBC  believes  you  belong 
in  the  largest  union  in  these  industries, 
the  only  union  with  the  resources,  the 
innovative  new  methods,  and  the  com- 
mitment to  organize  and  protect  its 
members  in  these  industries  .  .  .  the 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America. 

We  believe  that  unions  today  need 
new  responses  and  new  strategies  to 
deal  with  a  fast-changing  industry.  That 
is  why  the  UBC  is  moving  ahead  with 
a  whole  array  of  new  programs  specially 
adapted  to  the  problems  union  members 


and  working  people  face  in  today's 
economy — corporate  campaign  tactics, 
membership  training  programs,  coor- 
dinated bargaining,  in-plant  tactics, 
newly-established  industry  conference 
boards,  and  an  in-plant  organizing  com- 
paign  which  is  bringing  hundreds  of 
new  members  into  the  UBC. 

This  is  what  the  United  Brotherhood 
is  doing  to  better  sereve  our  industrial 
membership: 


Industrial  and  Organizing  De- 
partment— To  provide  more  effective 
service  and  organizing  efforts  in  the 
industrial  sector.  General  President 
Campbell  has  consolidated  the  Indus- 
trial and  the  Industrial  Organizing  De- 
partments under  the  direction  of  his 
assistant  Michael  P.  Fishman.  The  de- 
partment coordinates  such  programs 
and  services  as  arranging  educational 
and  industry  conferences,  publishing 
the  Organizin^-lndiistrial  Bulletin,  de- 
veloping audio-visual  and  written  train- 
ing materials  for  business  representa- 
tives, stewards,  officers,  and  members, 
assisting  councils  and  local  unions  ne- 
gotiate the  best  agreements  possible, 
planning  bargaining  strategy  with  our 
affiliates,  and  maintaining  a  computer- 


ized file  of  UBC  industrial  agreements 
for  use  in  negotiations  and  organizing. 

The  organizing  side  of  this  depart- 
ment coordinates  a  large  organizing 
staff  throughout  the  United  States  and 
Canada  to  target  and  coordinate  our 
field  organizers'  activities.  Special  or- 
ganizing teams  have  been  set  up  in 
several  industries  to  supplement  bar- 
gaining efforts.  By  combining  industrial 
servicing  and  organizing  in  one  depart- 
ment, the  Industrial  Department  is  able 
to  better  target  organizing  efforts  to  the 
needs  of  our  industrial  sector. 

While  many  unions  have  cut  back 
their  organizing  efforts  in  recent  years 
due  to  the  difficult  economic  times,  the 
UBC  has  not  because  we  believe  that 
organizing  the  unorganized  is  as  im- 
portant today  as  it  ever  was.  And  it's 
an  important  way  to  protect  the  working 
standards  and  jobs  of  our  members. 


Special  Programs  Depart- 
ment— The  UBC  has  the  largest  and 
most  innovative  Special  Programs  De- 
partment of  any  international  union. 
This  department  has  pioneered  many 
of  the  "corporate  campaign"  tactics 
being  used  by  the  labor  movement  to- 
day, such  as  shareholders'  actions,  de- 


8 


CARPENTER 


tailed  financial  research,  national  infor- 
mational campaigns  aimed  at  specific 
companies,  and  the  use  of  government 
regulatory  agencies  to  probe  corporate 
practices.  All  these  activities  are  de- 
signed to  supplement  traditional  orga- 
nizing and  bargaining  methods  and  to 
give  our  members  and  our  organizers 
the  edge  when  dealing  with  recalcitrant 
employers.  It's  a  tool  workers  need 
today,  with  labor  laws  increasingly 
stacked  against  working  people.  The 
UBC  is  one  of  the  few  unions  that  can 
provide  its  members  with  this  resource. 

Safety  and  Health— The  UBC  is 

also  one  of  the  few  international  unions 
to  employ  a  full-time  industrial  hygien- 
ist  in  addition  to  a  safety  and  health 
director.  This  department  is  in  the  fore- 
front of  occupational  safety  and  health 
work,  whether  it's  in  helping  our  locals  • 
bargain  for  better  contract  language  to 
protect  our  members  against  hazards, 
training  representatives  and  safety  and 
health  committees  in  hazard  identifi- 
cation and  correction,  testifying  before 
government  agencies  on  issues  affecting 
worker's  safety  and  health  on  the  job, 
or  tracking  down  information  on  a 
chemical  being  used  by  members  in  one 
of  our  shops.  We  believe  a  safe  job  is 
as  much  a  basic  right  as  decent  wages 
and  working  conditions,  and  we  back 
up  that  belief  with  the  resources  and 
know-how  to  make  safety  a  top  priority 
for  our  membership. 


UBC  International  Forest  Prod- 
ucts Conference  Board — Major 
changes  are  taking  place  in  the  North 
American  forest  products  industry — 
introduction  of  new  technology  and  new 
panel  products,  mill  shutdowns,  merg- 
ers, relocation  of  mills,  and  antiunion 
campaigns  by  major  corporations.  As 
the  leader  and  the  largest  union  in  the 
North  American  forest  products  indus- 
try, the  UBC  has  launched  a  major 
initiative  to  overcome  these  chal- 
lenges— the  UBC  International  Forest 
Products  Conference  Board — which  is 
composed  of  six  lumber  and  sawmill 
leaders  from  the  U.S.  and  Canada. 

The  Board  is  chaired  by  UBC  General 
President  Patrick  J.  Campbell  and  has 
one  branch  in  the  U.S.  (the  U.S.  Joint 
Bargaining  Board)  and  one  in  Canada 
(the  Canadian  Forest  Products  Board). 
Each  deals  with  issues  and  problems 
specific  to  its  nation's  industry.  (See 
report  on  Canadian  board  on  page  19.) 

The  UBC  has  added  to  its  Interna- 
tional staff  R.  Denny  Scott,  formerly 
research  director  of  the  International 
Woodworkers  of  America,  to  work  with 
the  board  in  the  area  of  collective  bar- 
gaining coordination.  The  UBC's  Spe- 
cial Programs,  Industrial,  Safety  and 


Health,  and  Organizing  Departments 
provide  research  and  other  support  to 
the  board. 


U.S.  Forest  Products  Joint  Bar- 
gaining Board — The  U.S.  Forest 
Products  Joint  Bargaining  Board,  whose 
formation  was  widely  reported  in  the 
press  and  is  expected  to  have  a  major 
impact  on  the  industry,  has  started  work 
in  two  important  areas:  coordinated 
bargaining  with  the  major  forest  prod- 
ucts corporations  and  targeting  and  co- 
ordinating organizing. 

In  the  area  of  bargaining,  this  board's 
goal  is  to  coordinate  industry  bargaining 
in  the  Northwestern  United  States  with 
bargaining  in  the  Southern  states.  Al- 
most all  of  the  major  forest  products 
corporations  have  operations  in  both 
areas  and  often  use  lower  wage  rates 
in  the  South  to  undercut  union  wages 
and  collective  bargaining  strength  in  the 
Northwest. 


The  emblem  of  the  new  U.S.  Forest  Prod- 
ucts Joint  Bargaining  Board. 


General  President  Campbell  under- 
scored the  need  for  national  union  co- 
ordination in  the  industry:  "In  the  past, 
our  lumber  and  sawmill  councils  and 
locals  have  made  important  gains  through 
regional  coordinated  bargaining.  But  we 
now  need  a  national  coordinated  strat- 
egy for  bargaining  and  organizing.  We 
cannot  afford  to  bargain  with  major 
employees  on  a  regional  level  when 
they  operate  on  a  national  and  some- 
times international  basis." 

UBC  forest  products  organizing  teams 
have  been  established  in  the  Northwest, 
the  South,  and  the  Midwest  as  part  of 
a  national  campaign  to  protect  union 
standards  in  the  industry. 

The  U.S.  Board  originally  included 
the  UBC  Southern  Council  of  Industrial 
Workers  and  the  UBC  Western  Coun- 
cil. It  has  since  been  joined  by  the 
Southern  and  Western  Regions  of  the 
IWA.  The  four  councils  have  signed  a 
unity  statement  in  preparation  for  up- 


coming industry  bargaining  in  the 
Northwest  which  pledges  the  councils 
to  a  joint  national  bargaining  program. 
The  Board  represents  a  major  com- 
mitment to  turning  back  the  efforts  of 
major  forest  product  corporations  to 
undermine  union  working  conditions 
throughout  the  industry.  The  UBC  is 
proud  to  have  instituted  this  important 
first  step. 


Canadian  Forest  Products  Con- 
ference Board — Eight  delegates  from 
UBC  Canadian  lumber  and  sawmill  lo- 
cal unions  make  up  the  Canadian  Forest 
Products  Conference  Board  which  had 
its  first  official  meeting  immediately 
preceding  the  Canadian  Industrial  Con- 
ference. The  board  was  established  as 
a  means  for  representatives  to  exchange 
information  and  ideas  on  issues  affect- 
ing our  Canadian  membership.  The  board 
will  also  help  the  Brotherhood  to  arrive 
at  policy  positions  regarding  Canadian 
forest  products  issues.  Also,  as  UBC 
organizing  activity  gears  up  in  the  Ca- 
nadian woods  and  forest  products  in- 
dustry, the  board  will  play  an  important 
role  in  coordinating  and  targeting  the 
UBC's  efforts. 

The  establishment  of  the  board  is  a 
formal  recognition  of  the  importance  of 
our  Canadian  forest  products  members 
and  the  role  this  sector  will  play  as  the 
UBC  expands  its  Canadian  industrial 
membership. 


Weyerhaeuser:  U.S.  Forest 
Products  Board  in  Action — The 

Weyerhaeuser  Company,  the  nation's 
largest  lumber  producer,  has  under- 
taken a  public  relations  campaign  in 
advance  of  industry-wide  negotiations 
to  extract  concessions  from  both  the 
UBC  and  the  IWA  in  the  Northwest. 

The  UBC  and  the  U.S.  Forest  Prod- 
ucts Board  have  not  allowed  Weyer- 
haeuser to  carry  out  its  campaign  un- 
contested. Appearing  at  a  special 
shareholders  meeting  last  November, 
representatives  of  the  UBC  raised  ques- 
tions about  the  company's  internal  op- 
erations, thereby  serving  public  notice 
that  the  union  would  contest  Weyer- 
haeuser's  campaign  to  win  unjustified 
concessions.  The  board  has  also  count- 
ered Weyerhaeuser' s  public  relations 
efforts  with  an  informational  campaign 
aimed  at  workers  and  communities  af- 
fected by  the  corporation.  An  intensive 
analysis  of  Weyerhaeuser' s  finances  and 
corporate  structure  has  also  been  un- 
dertaken by  the  UBC's  Special  Pro- 
grams Department  which  is  being  used 
by  the  board  in  charting  its  strategy  for 
upcoming  negotiations.  An  example  of 

Continued  on  Page  26 


MAY    1986 


General  Secretary  Emeritus 
Richard  E.  Livingston  Dies 


Richard  E.  Livingston,  general  sec- 
retary of  the  United  Brotherhood  until 
his  retirement  in  1978.  died  April  14  of 
pulmonary  and  respiratory  arrest  in 
Suburban  Hospital,  Bethesda,  Md.  He 
was  79. 

Livingston  served  the  United  Broth- 
erhood as  general  secretary  for  21  years 
and  was  an  active  member  of  the  UBC 
for  almost  a  half  century. 

Born  in  Falls  View.  Ont..  Canada,  of 
American  parents,  he  spent  most  of  his 
early  life  in  Buffalo,  N.Y.  After  attend- 
ing public  schools  there,  he  entered  the 
construction  field  in  the  employ  of  his 
maternal  grandfather.  Alexander 
McLeod.  a  union  contractor.  In  1928 
an  injury  forced  him  to  give  up  con- 
struction work  temporarily  and  in  1937 
he  re-entered  the  field. 

Dick  Livingston  took  an  active  inter- 
est in  union  affairs  from  the  beginning. 
He  was  appointed  business  agent  of 
Local  9.  Buffalo,  in  1946.  Two  years 
later  he  was  elevated  to  the  position  of 
president  and  business  manager  of  the 
Buffalo  and  Vicinity  District  Council, 
a  position  to  which  he  was  re-elected 
repeatedly. 

In  1954  he  was  appointed  a  general 


representative  by  General  President 
M.A.  Hutcheson  and  assigned  to  work 
on  the  St.  Lawrence  Seaway  Project  in 
upstate  New  York. 

In  1957  he  was  named  general  sec- 
retary of  the  international  union  and 
worked  in  Indianapolis.  Ind..  until  the 
General  Offices  moved  to  Washington 
in  1961.  He  was  re-elected  at  five  sub- 
sequent conventions  of  the  union  until 
his  mandatory  retirement  in  1978. 

Livingston  was  long  active  in  mari- 
time labor  affairs,  serving  as  an  officer 
of  the  AFL-CIO  Maritimes  Trades  De- 
partment. He  was  also  a  secretary  and 
vice  chairman  of  the  AFL-CIO  Secre- 
tary-Treasurers Conference. 

In  1964  the  Buffalo.  N.Y..  Diocesan 
Labor-Management  College  awarded 
him  the  Bishop's  Plaque  as  the  out- 
standing labor  leader  of  that  year. 

He  was  a  delegate  to  meetings  of  the 
International  Labor  Organization  in  Ge- 
neva, Switzerland,  in  1971,  and  in  1976 
he  was  a  fraternal  delegate  from  his 
union  to  the  conference  of  the  British 
Union  of  Construction  Allied  Trades 
and  Technicians  in  Scarborough,  Eng- 
land. 

His  wife,  the  former  Marion  Schla- 


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R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 


ger,  died  in  1975.  He  is  survived  by 
two  daughters,  Kathleen  Schavone  and 
Colleen  O'Neil,  both  of  Bethesda,  and 
three  grandchildren. 

Funeral  services  were  held  April  19 
in  Buffalo,  N.Y. 


Moments  in  Ihe  life  of  R.  E.  Livini>ston: 
At  top  left,  he  confers  with  William  Blair, 
second  general  vice  president  between 
1952-1962:  top  right,  he  lights  the  flame 
that  "extinguishes"  the  office-building 
mortgage  of  Local  1837.  Babylon.  N.Y., 
as  Local  President  Peter  Cavanaiigh  and 
General  Representative  and  now  General 
Secretary'  John  Rogers  look  on:  at  lower 
left,  Livingston  was  on  the  escort  commit- 
tee for  U.S.  Secretar}'  of  Labor  Willard 
Wirtz,  left,  at  a  Building  Trades  confer- 
ence: at  tower  right,  he  joins  a  convention 
platform  discussion  with  then  General 
President  M.A.  Hutcheson  and  Second 
General  Vice  President  and  now  General 
President  Patrick  J.  Campbell:  below.  Liv- 
ingston follows  convention  proceedings 
with  retired  Representative  Clarence 
Briggs  and  Retired  General  Treasurer 
Peter  Terzick. 


10 


CARPENTER 


L-P  Financial  Decline  Continues, 
As  UBC  Maintains  Strike  and  Boycott 


L-P's  recently  released  1985  annual 
report  to  its  shareholders  provides  the 
details  that  document  L-P's  continued 
profit  decline,  dating  back  to  the  begin- 
ning of  the  UBC  strike  and  boycott  of 
the  forest  products  company.  The  com- 
pany's financial  figures  confirm  the  39.5% 
drop  in  profits  reported  earlier  in  the 
industry  and  financial  press.  The  in- 
come per  share  figures  tell  the  story  of 
a  deteriorating  profit  picture  during  the 
period  of  the  strike: 

Income  per  share  before  non-oper- 
ating and  unusual  items 

1985  1984  1983 


$..50 


$.63 


$.66 


Business  Week  magazine's  annual 
scorecard  of  company  financial  per- 
formance for  the  1985  period  also  shows 
L-P  lagging  behind  forest  product  in- 
dustry competitors  in  nearly  every  fi- 
nancial category.  The  industry  average 
for  return  on  shareholders'  equity,  a 
key  indicator  of  company  profitability, 
was  8.2%,  double  L-P's  3.4%  perform- 
ance. The  company's  profit  margin  for 
the  fourth  quarter  of  1985  was  a  meager 
1.7%. 


•  Genera/  President 
pledges  continued 
effort  against  L-P 

At  the  annual  convention  of  the  West- 
ern Council  of  Lumber,  Production,  and 
Industrial  Workers  held  recently  in  Sac- 
ramento, Calif.,  UBC  General  Presi- 
dent Patrick  J.  Campbell  reaffirmed  the 
Brotherhood's  commitment  to  the  fight 
against  L-P.  Campbell  told  the  dele- 
gates that  "L-P  has  embarked  on  a 
calculated  plan  to  destroy  the  liveli- 
hoods of  every  worker  in  the  Pacific 
Northwest  forest  products  industry.  The 
fair  work  standards  in  this  industry  are 
the  result  of  years  of  struggle,  and  we 
will  not  let  L-P  turn  back  the  clock  on 
working  men  and  women  in  this  indus- 
try, no  matter  how  hard  it  may  try." 

President  Campbell  presented  West- 
ern Council  Secretary  James  Bledsoe 


with  a  check  for  $50,000  for  the  striking 
L-P  workers.  The  money  was  the  initial 
installment  of  the  funds  collected  from 
U.B.C.  members  and  locals  throughout 
the  country  following  Campbell's  re- 
quest for  aid  for  the  strikers.  Locals 
and  members  throughout  the  country 
responded  with  generous  pledges  of 
support  for  the  strikers. 

•  Corporate  campaign 
and  boycott 
activities  intensify 

With  the  spring  building  session  bol- 
stered by  declining  home  mortgage  in- 
terest rates,  UBC  members  are  urged 
to  survey  and  identify  home  construc- 
tion sites  in  their  areas  on  which  L-P 
products  are  used.  The  major  market 
for  L-P's  waferboard  product  is  in  the 
residential  construction  market  which 
is  experiencing  an  upturn  at  this  time. 
L-P  boycott  handbills  have  been  de- 
veloped and  are  available  from  the  Gen- 
eral Office  for  use  at  new  home  sites 
where  L-P  products  are  found.  The 
handbill  informs  the  public  of  the  dis- 
pute with  L-P  and  urges  that  they  not 
purchase  homes  in  which  the  struck 
products  are  used. 

•  Forest  Product 
Executives 
meeting  handbilled 

For  the  second  year  in  a  row,  UBC 
members  from  the  Bay  Area,  Calif., 
District  Council  of  Carpenters  demon- 
strated at  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Western  Wood  Products  Association  in 
protest  of  L-P  union-busting  labor  prac- 
tices. The  gathering  of  hundreds  of 
executives  from  the  forest  products 
industry  provided  a  good  opportunity 
to  convey  the  Brotherhood's  determi- 
nation to  fight  L-P  and  any  other  com- 
pany adopting  a  similar  labor  relations 
posture.  Bay  Area  Carpenters  Execu- 
tive Secretary  Jim  R.  Green  reported 
that  several  thousand  handbills  were 
distributed  to  attendees  over  the  course 
of  the  convention. 


•  Environmental  actions 
against  L-P 

at  Colorado  plant 

L-P  is  experiencing  continuing  diffi- 
culty in  Colorado,  where  its  two  waf- 
erboard mills  have  been  under  constant 
attack  by  local  civic  groups  and  regu- 
latory agencies  due  to  the  pollutants 
being  emitted  from  their  mills.  In  Feb- 
ruary of  this  year,  L-P  received  its 
second  letter  of  revocation  for  the  air 
emission  permits  it  holds  for  the  two 
mills.  The  Brotherhood  participated  in 
the  hearing  last  year  concerning  the 
initial  permit  revocation.  Challenges  to 
Forest  Service  proposed  timber  sales 
have  also  prevented  L-P's  cutting  of 
federal  timber  in  the  area  to  date. 

•  L-PWJC  members 
to  attend  L-P 
stiareholder  meeting 

At  Carpenter  press  time,  the  L-P 
Workers  for  Justice  Committee  was 
finalizing  plans  for  attendance  at  the  L- 
P  annual  shareholders  meeting  to  be 
held  in  Panama  City,  Fla.  A  proxy 
solicitation  of  L-P  shareholders  is  being 
conducted  to  inform  the  shareholders 
of  the  status  of  the  strike  and  several 
other  issues  relating  to  L-P's  opera- 
tions. The  committee  is  composed  of 
striking  L-P  workers  who  hold  stock  in 
the  company.  Over  four  million  proxy 
votes  were  received  by  the  committee 
last  year  in  conjunction  with  its  solici- 
tation. 

General  Executive  Board  Member 
E.  Jimmy  Jones  is  coordinating  the 
picketing  and  handbilling  activity  to  be 
conducted  at  the  meeting  which  will  be 
attended  by  dozens  of  UBC  mem- 
bers and  a  delegation  of  striking  L-P 
workers. 

•  Merrill-Lynch 
questioned  on 

L-P  stock  ownersliip 

The  Chairman  of  the  board  of  Merrill- 
Lynch  Inc. ,  one  of  the  largest  securities 
companies  in  the  country,  was  chal- 
lenged at  the  company's  April  meeting 
of  shareholders  regarding  its  ownership 
position  in  L-P.  Available  data  indicates 
that  Merrill-Lynch  holds  over  four  mil- 
lion shares  of  L-P  stock  on  behalf  of 
clients.  The  stock  represents  approxi- 
mately 15%  of  the  outstanding  stock  of 
the  company.  Merrill-Lynch  is  recog- 
nized as  the  lead  stock  analyst  on  L- 
P's  stock  and  has  maintained  a  "Buy" 
recommendation  on  the  stock  since  June 
10,  1983,  10  days  prior  to  the  initiation 
of  the  lumber  workers'  strike.  L-P's 
$.50  per  share  earnings  for  1985  noted 
above  contrasts  sharply  with  Merrill- 
Lynch's  initial  1985  earnings  projec- 
tions for  L-P  of  $5.00  per  share,    jjjjj; 


MAY     1986 


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1985  CONTRACTS  AVERAGE  LOW 

Major  collective  bargaining  contracts  settled  in 
private  industry  during  1985  provided  average  wage 
adjustments  of  2.3%  in  the  first  contract  year  and 
2.7%  annually  over  tfie  life  of  thie  contract,  the  U.S. 
Department  of  Labor's  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics 
reported.  The  first-year  average  was  the  lowest  for 
any  year  since  the  series  began  in  1968.  The  last 
time  the  same  parties  bargained  (generally  two  to 
three  years  ago),  average  wage  adjustments  were 
3.9%  in  the  first  contract  year  and  3.7%  a  year  over 
the  contract  life. 

The  Bureau's  major  collective  bargaining  agree- 
ments series  for  private  industry  covers  7.0  million 
workers  in  bargaining  units  with  at  least  1 ,000  work- 
ers. In  addition  to  data  on  settlements  reached  in 
1985,  this  report  includes  information  on  wage 
changes  effective  in  the  year  that  resulted  from  the 
new  settlements,  agreements  reached  in  earlier 
years,  and  cost-of-living  adjustments. 


RIGHT-TO-KNOW  BILL 

Senator  Howard  Metzenbaum  (D-Ohio)  and  Sen- 
ator Robert  Stafford  (R-Vt.),  the  ranking  Republican 
on  the  Senate  Labor  Committee,  have  introduced 
"right-to-know"  legislation  in  the  Senate  (S.  2050) 
which  would  identify  and  notify  workers  who  are  at 
high  risk  of  disease  because  of  on-the-job  exposure 
to  toxic  substances. 

A  companion  bill  in  the  House  (H.R.  1309)  is 
awaiting  action  by  the  Education  and  Labor  Sub- 
committee on  Health  and  Safety. 

The  legislation  could  save  thousands  of  workers 
from  early  death  and  would  provide  insurance  in- 
centives for  the  early  detection  and  treatment  of 
occupational  disease.  The  measure  enjoys  biparti- 
san support  and  has  a  good  chance  of  passage  this 
year. 

In  related  action,  H.R.  3090,  which  would  estab- 
lish a  compensation  system  for  occupational  dis- 
ease victims,  is  moving  toward  a  committee  mark- 
up. The  bill  would  create  a  federal  compensation 
insurance  fund  and  would  open  the  way  for  victims 
of  asbestos  and  other  job-related  diseases  to  file 
claims  for  compensation. 


STRONG  HOUSING  PACE 

With  mortgage  interest  rates  at  their  lowest  level 
in  seven  years,  builders  broke  ground  on  new  units 
at  a  seasonally  adjusted  annual  rate  of  2,088,000 
during  January,  the  strongest  building  pace  re- 
corded in  the  past  two  years,  the  Commerce  De- 
partment recently  reported. 

"In  many  areas  of  the  country,  we  have  all  the 
ingredients  that  will  keep  new  construction  and 
home  sales  at  a  high  level  nationally  for  most  of 
1986,"  said  David  C.  Smith,  president  of  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Home  Builders.  "Fixed  rate 
mortgages  are  approaching  single  digits,  inflation 
remains  under  control  and  the  economy  is  still 
growing,  creating  new  jobs  and  increasing  real  in- 
comes of  potential  home  buyers  who  want  to  up- 
grade their  existing  housing." 

Single  family  homes  were  started  at  an  annual 
rate  of  1 .35  million  during  January,  up  24%  from 
December — the  highest  rate  since  February  1 984. 
fy/lultifamily  units  were  started  at  an  annual  rate  of 
735,000,  up  3%  from  the  previous  month.  Region- 
ally, starts  rose  28%  in  the  Northeast,  22%  in  the 
Midwest,  1 7%  in  the  South  and  2%  in  the  West. 

February  starts  dropped  slightly  to  1 ,990,000 
new  units.  Analysts  consider  the  decline  a  small 
setback  and  note  the  level  of  building  activity  is  up 
22%  from  last  year. 


LONGSHORE  COMPENSATION 

New  regulations  maintaining  protections  for  in- 
jured maritime  workers  and  their  families  and  at  the 
same  time  tightening  eligibility  procedures  became 
effective  Jan.  31,  1986,  the  U.S.  Labor  Department 
announced. 

The  final  regulations  provide  not  only  for  the  con- 
tinued provision  of  workers  compensation  benefits, 
but  also  give  employers,  insurers,  and  the  Depart- 
ment of  Labor  the  means  to  better  control  program 
costs  and  abuses. 

Procedural  changes  to  help  assure  that  benefits 
are  paid  only  to  those  entitled  to  them  include:  a 
more  timely  settlement  process;  in  specific  situa- 
tions, barring  the  participation  in  the  program  of 
health  care  providers  and  claims  representatives 
who  have  committed  specified  fraudulent  acts;  and 
modification  "second  injury"  claims  rules. 


LABOR  RIGHTS  UPHELD  IN  BILL 

New  legislation  to  link  the  importation  of  foreign 
products  with  fair  labor  standards  and  respect  for 
trade  union  rights  by  the  exporting  nation  was  com- 
mended by  top  U.S.  labor  officials  and  economic 
experts  at  a  Capitol  Hill  conference. 

The  bill,  called  the  Fair  Trade  and  Economic  Jus- 
tice Act  of  1 986,  was  unveiled  at  the  one-day  con- 
ference on  Labor  Rights  and  the  Trade  Debate  in 
the  Rayburn  House  Office  Building.  The  conference 
was  sponsored  by  a  broad  range  of  unions,  human 
rights  groups,  and  members  of  Congress. 

AFL-CIO  President  Lane  Kirkland  said  the  federa- 
tion "welcomes  legislation  linking  the  granting  of 
trade  preferences  and  investment  incentives  to  a 
country's  respect  for  labor  rights." 


12 


CARPENTER 


Legislation  Against  ^Double  Breasting' 
Introduced  in  U.S.  Senate  by  D'Amato 


Alfonse  D'Amato,  New  York  Repub- 
lican, has  introduced  in  the  U.S.  Senate 
a  bill  to  limit  the  practice  of  "double 
breasting"  in  the  construction  industry. 
Called  the  Construction  Industry  Labor 
Law  Amendments  of  1986,  or  Senate 
Resolution  2 1 8 1 ,  the  bill  is  a  companion 
to  House  Resolution  281  introduced  by 
Congressman  William  Clay  of  Missouri. 

Senator  D'Amato's  bill  grew  out  of 
a  recent  meeting  of  the  New  York 
legislator  with  UBC  General  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell  and  the  resident 
officers. 

A  major  provision  of  the  proposed 
legislation  would  outlaw  a  practice  em- 
ployed by  some  construction  contrac- 
tors of  establishing  both  union  and  non- 
union operations  and  circumventing 
contractual  relations  with  Building  and 
Construction  Trades  unions  with  the 
non-union  arrangement. 

As  Senator  D'Amato  told  the  Senate 
when  he  introduced  S.2181  on  March 
II,  "Occasionally,  employers  set  up 
separate  subsidiary  corporations  for  the 
purpose  of  bidding  on  construction  work 
on  a  non-union  basis,  and  its  divisions 
may  compete  against  each  other  for  the 
same  work.  Under  these  circum- 
stances, employers  can  shift  work  pre- 
viously performed  under  a  collective 


bargaining  agreement  to  the  non-union 
affiliate  corporation." 

"When  employers  form  a  new,  non- 
union subsidiary  to  perform  exactly  the 
same  work  as  a  unionized  subsidiary, 
the  company  violates  the  law  if  it  re- 
fuses to  apply  the  collective  bargaining 
agreement  to  both  operations.  Other- 
wise, they  are  permitted  to  freely  cir- 
cumvent their  collective  bargaining 
agreements  by  setting  up  another  com- 
pany." 

Another  portion  of  the  D'Amato  bill 
would  amend  the  National  Labor  Re- 
lations Act,  Section  8(F),  to  grant  law- 
ful, pre-hire  agreements  the  binding 
status  of  agreements  already  reached 
with  a  majority  representative. 

Under  present  law,  pre-hire  agree- 
ments may  be  repudiated  by  employers 
after  they  have  taken  full  advantage  of 
their  benefits.  These  agreements  enable 
employers  to  learn  labor  costs  for  plac- 
ing bids  and  provide  them  with  a  readily 
available  supply  of  skilled  workers  from 
hiring  halls.  This  bill  would  assure  that 
pre-hire  agreements  be  treated  as  bind- 
ing until  a  democratic  election  shows 
that  the  union  has  lost  its  majority 
support. 

Under  the  NLRA,  as  amended,  pre- 
hire  agreements  recognizing  the  union 


as  the  collective  bargaining  represent- 
ative for  the  workers  and  establishing 
wages  and  working  conditions  may  be 
signed  before  the  workers  to  be  covered 
by  the  contract  are  hired.  There  are 
logical  reasons  for  this.  The  transient 
nature  of  construction  work  differs,  for 
example,  from  factory  work  performed 
by  a  stable  set  of  employees  in  a  fixed 
location  over  long  periods  of  time.  Due 
to  the  very  nature  of  construction  proj- 
ects, workers  may  work  on  several 
different  projects  for  several  different 
employers  in  a  given  year. 

Problems,  however,  have  arisen.  En- 
tering a  pre-hire  agreement  is  strictly 
voluntary.  If  the  agreement  is  not  rec- 
ognized by  the  employer,  the  workers 
or  the  union  must  seek  recognition  by 
petitioning  the  NLRB  for  an  election. 
Since  many  projects  last  only  for  a  few 
months,  the  NLRB  often  will  not  con- 
duct a  representation  election.  Further, 
the  National  Labor  Relations  Board  and 
the  courts  have  permitted  employers  to 
repudiate  their  pre-hire  agreements.  This 
legislation  is  necessary  in  order  to  fulfill 
the  congressional  intent  of  the  NLRA's 
special  provisions  for  collective  bar- 
gaining in  the  industry  and  the  unique 
characteristics  of  the  industry. 


Missing  Children 


If  you  have  any  information  thai  could  lead  to  the  location  of  a 
missing  child,  call  The  National  Center  for  Missing  and  Exploited 
Children  in  Washington.  DC.  1-800-843-5678 


ANN  GOTLIB,  15,  has 
been  missing  from  her 
home  in  Kentucky  since 
June  1,  1983.  She  has 
curly  auburn  hair  and 
grey  eyes. 


ELIZABETH  ANN 
MILLER,  16,  has  been 
missing  since  August  16, 
1983,  from  her  home  in 
Colorado.  She  has  blond 
hair  and  green  eyes. 


TOYA  HILL,  12,  has 

been  missing  from  her 
home  in  Maryland  since 
March  24,  1982.  She  has 
black  hair  and  brown 
eyes. 


TRICIA  KELLETT,  12, 

has  been  missing  from 
her  home  in  Illinois 
since  May  7,  1983.  She 
has  blond  hair  and  blue 
eyes. 


MAY     1986 


13 


LEGISLATIVE  UPDATE 

GOP  Labor  Record 
in  Congress  Leaves 
Much  to  Be  Desired 

The  United  Brotherhood  has  Repubhcan 
voters  in  its  ranks,  members  who  have  voted 
the  Republican  ticket  in  a  family  tradition 
and  members  who  have  supported  GOP 
pohcies  on  particular  issues. 

A  former  general  president.  William 
Hutcheson.  was  a  registered  Republican  and 
was  mentioned  at  one  point  as  a  candidate 
for  the  U.S.  vice  presidency.  The  UBC  has 
Republican  friends  in  Congress  who  have 
voted  "right"  on  issues  of  concern  to  our 
members  and  their  constituents. 

But.  at  times,  we  wonder  in  which  direc- 
tion the  Grand  Old  Party  is  headed.  We  look 
at  a  recent  rundown  of  House  and  Senate 
votes  on  major  issues  concerning  labor, 
pubhshed  by  the  AFL-ClO's  Committee  on 
Political  Education,  and  we  find  that  the 
GOP's  anti-worker  record  is  bad  and  must 
be  considered  between  now  and  the  Novem- 
ber 4  elections. 

The  following  list  shows  how  GOP  legis- 
lators voted  in  1985  on  seven  key  issues  in 
the  House  and  seven  additional  issues  in  the 
Senate.  W  is  for  "wrong,"  and  R  is  for 
"right." 

HOUSE 

1.  Plant  closing— Proposal  merely  would  have 
required  firms  planning  to  padlock  plants 
and  abandon  their  workers  and  communities 
to  ( I )  give  adequate  notice  to  employees  and 
(2)  meet  with  employee  representatives  to 
explore  for  possible  alternatives  to  closing 
doors.  Overwhelming  GOP  opposition  killed 
bill  208-203  on  November  2. 

GOP  Vote:  159  W  15  R  90%  Wrong 

2.  Tax  fairness— In  1984,  nearly  90.000  com- 
panies paid  no  federal  income  taxes.  Dem- 
ocrats proposed  a  minimum  tax  on  corpo- 
rations so  all  would  pay  at  least  something. 
Proposal  was  beaten  283-142  on  May  23. 


GOP  Vote:  139  W  37  R  80%  Wrong 

6.  Job  safety— For  years  OSHA  failed  to 
issue  a  minimal  sanitation  standard  for  drink- 
able water  and  for  adequate  wash-up  and 
toilet  facilities  for  field  workers.  Democrats 
proposed  to  make  sanitation  standards  a 
condition  of  farmer  eligibility  for  federal 
agricuhure  aid.  Defeated  227-199  on  October 

8. 


GOP  Vote:  177  W  1  R 


99%  Wrong 


GOP  Vote:  168  W  10  R 


90%  Wrong 


7.  Food  for  the  poor — Since  President  Rea- 
gan took  office.  Republicans  slashed  $7  bil- 
lion from  the  food  stamp  program  for  the 
needy,  which  also  helps  feed  the  families  of 
jobless  workers.  House  Republicans  pro- 
posed to  cut  program  by  a  further  $550 
million.  Defeated  238-171  on  October  7. 

GOP  Vote:  153  W  23  R  87%  Wrong 


SENATE 

1.  Jobless  benefits— Republicans  killed  a 
proposal,  offered  by  one  of  their  own,  to 
extend  supplemental  unemployment  benefits 
program  for  six  months.  Programs  expira- 
tion cut  off  400,000  workers  and  their  fam- 
ilies. April  3  vote  was  58-34  against. 


GOP  Vote:  41  W  5  R 


89%  Wrong 


2.  Wage  protection— Senate  GOP  proposed, 
and  put  through,  plan  to  weaken  long-stand- 
ing Davis-Bacon  law  protections  of  wages 
and  standards  of  workers  on  federally-fi- 
nanced construction  projects.  Proposal  passed 
on  49-49  tie  vote  June  4. 


GOP  Vote:  39  W  12  R 


76%  Wrong 


3.  Social  Security— Democratic  effort  to  re- 
store cost-of-living  adjustments  to  Social 
Security  recipients  was  defeated  by  Senate 
GOP,  costing  beneficiaries  $220  a  year— 51- 
47  on  May  9.  (COLA  was  relstored  at  in- 
sistence of  Democratic-controlled  House.) 


GOP  Vote:  49  W  3  R 


94%  Wrong 


3.  Jobs  for  youth— Republicans  almost  tor- 
pedoed bill  modeled  after  highly  successful 
Depression-era  Civilian  Conservation  Corps 
to  put  jobless  youths  to  work  on  needed 
conservation  projects.  But  jobs-for-youth 
bill  passed  193-191  on  July  II. 

GOP  Vote:  148  W  18  R  89%  Wrong 

4.  Union  rights— House  right-wingers  tried 
to  curb  union  lobbying  and  registration, 
political  education,  and  get-out-the-vote  pro- 
grams among  members.  Plan  defeated  233- 
186  on  July  30. 

GOP  Vote:  160  W  16  R  90%  Wrong 

5.  Pay  discrimination — Proposal  simply  to 
make  a  study  of  wage  and  job  classification 
discrimination  in  the  federal  work  force 
based  on  sex,  race,  or  national  origin  passed 
259-162  over  solid  GOP  resistance  on  July 
30. 


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4.  Health  care  cuts — Democrats  tried  to  re- 
store $4.6  billion  cut  from  basic  Medicare, 
Medicaid  health  programs,  but  GOP  votes 
sustained  cuts  in  health  aid  to  the  elderly 
and  the  poor— 54-44  May  9. 

GOP  Vote:  51  W  1  R  98%  Wrong 

5.  Aid  to  education— Democrats  proposed 
to  restore  funds  slashed  from  popular  Head 
Start  program  for  disadvantaged  children 
and  from  major  education  programs  for 
handicapped  and  disabled.  GOP  votes  shelved 
proposal  50-47  on  May  9. 

GOP  Vote:  47  W  4  R  92%  Wrong 

6.  Public  health— Superfund  toxic  dump 
clean-up  proposal  included  payment  of  med- 
ical expenses  to  citizens  victimized  by  dump- 
site  toxic  substances.  GOP  opposition  de- 
feated provision  49-45  on  September  24. 

GOP  Vote:  40  W  11  R  78%  Wrong 

7.  Importing  workers— Despite  high  unem- 
ployment here.  Senate  GOP  pushed  measure 
to  import  350,000  foreign  agricultural  work- 
ers, threatening  jobs  of  U.S.  migrant  work- 
ers. Passed  51-44  on  September  17, 


GOP  Vote:  36  W  15  R 


71%  Wrong 


Gramm-Rudman 
Makes  No  Sense 

Since  December  12  the  Gramm-Rudman 
Balanced  Budget  and  Deficit  Control  Act 
has  been  the  law  of  the  land.  During  that 
same  period  of  time,  the  1987  deficit  projec- 
tion has  shrunk  from  well  over  $200  billion 
to  $178  billion,  and  neither  President  Reagan 
nor  Congress  has  lifted  a  finger  to  achieve 
these  savings. 

What's  happening  then?  Does  this  prove 
that  Gramm-Rudman  works' 

"No;  in  fact,  the  wild  swing  in  deficit 
projections  illustrates  one  of  the  the  biggest 
dangers  of  Gramm-Rudman,"  says  Con- 
gressman Mike  Lowry,  Washington  State 
Democrat. 

"Our  economists,  despite  their  best  ef- 
forts, simply  don't  have  a  crystal  ball  to 
reveal  the  exact  level  of  economic  growth, 
interest  rates,  inflation,  and  unemployment 
which  are  necessary  to  project  the  deficit. 
Each  of  these  factors  is  central  to  determin- 
ing the  deficit. 

"A  wrong  guess  of  just  one  percentage 
point  on  1987  interest  rales,  for  example, 
would  add  another  $10  billion  to  the  deficit. 
When  was  the  last  time  you  or  anyone  else 
knew  the  level  of  interest  rates  next  month 
yet  alone  next  year?  Imagine  the  fix  we  all 
will  be  in  if  these  assumptions  prove  to  be 
too  optimistic  and,  despite  good  faith  actions 
on  the  part  of  the  White  House  and  Congress 
to  meet  the  $144  billion  deficit  ceiling  for 
1987,  we  find  ourselves  $25  or  $30  billion 
short  in  October  and  trigger  Gramm-Rudman 
automatic  cuts. 

"For  these  and  other  policy  reasons.  1 
worked  from  the  very  start  to  defeat  or  at 
least  drastically  modify  this  mindless  pro- 
posal. Despite  some  positive  changes  in  the 
final  version.  1  voted  against  Gramm-Rud- 
man because  it  represents  a  fundamental 
shift  of  power  to  the  president  and  takes  a 
meat-ax  approach  to  the  one-quarter  of  the 
budget  not  exempt  from  Gramm-Rudman 
cuts.  Gramm-Rudman  vests  extraordinary 
power  in  unelected  officials  in  agencies  which 
are  no  more  than  acronyms  to  most  citizens: 
OMB.  CEO,  and  GAO. 

"Gramm-Rudman  makes  no  sense  be- 
cause it  fails  to  address  the  single  biggest 
reason  for  the  budget  deficit:  the  excessive 
and  inequitable  tax  cuts  of  1981.  The  1981 
tax  cuts,  even  after  the  1982  tax  increases, 
have  cost  $456  billion  over  the  last  5  years. 
The  doubling  of  military  spending  further 
aggravated  the  problem  despite  cuts  in  do- 
mestic spending. 

"Further,  the  across-the-board  automatic 
cuts  triggered  by  Gramm-Rudman  do  not 
make  any  distinction  between  high  and  low 
priority  programs.  This  approach  penalizes 
worthy  programs  along  with  the  wasteful 
ones.  Housing  for  low-income  Americans, 
the  homeless,  the  elderly,  and  the  handi- 
capped will  be  vulnerable  to  deep  cuts,  but 
tax  deductions  for  vacation  homes  will  not 
be  touched.  And  when  you  effect  these  cuts 
in  housing,  keep  in  mind  that  also  means  a 
loss  of  jobs,  conslniction  jobs.  Meals-on- 
Wheels  for  the  elderly  will  be  vulnerable, 
but  tax  deductions  for  business  meals  and 
entertainment  will  be  protected." 

CARPENTER 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


Coalitions 
for  America 
fights  unions 

A  movement  based  on  putting  together 
right-wing  power — called  Coalitions  for 
America — has  jumped  into  the  Congres- 
sional fight  to  prohibit  unions  from  "the 
use  of  compulsory  union  dues  for  political 
purposes." 

The  letterhead  shows  that  the  group  is 
really  a  coalition  of  coalitions:  the  Kings- 
ton Group,  Library  Court,  Stanton  Group, 
721  Group,  Carroll  Group,  as  well  as  the 
Jewish/Conservative  Alliance. 

The  Stanton  Group  is  headed  by  Henry 
"Huck"  Walther,  former  head  of  mem- 
bership services  of  the  National  Right  to 
Work  Committee  and  also  executive  vice 
president  of  the  U.S.  Defense  Commit- 
tee, General  Daniel  Graham's  organiza- 
tion behind  his  "High  Frontier"  satellite 
project  which  is  involved  in  lobbying  for 
SDL 

The  Coalition  president  is  Paul  M. 
Weyrich,  head  of  the  very  active  10-year- 
old  Committee  for  the  Survival  of  a  Free 
Congress.  Interesting  supporters  include 
the  Gun  Owners  of  America,  run  by 
Lawrence  D.  Pratt,  who  has  worked  for 
numerous  right-wing  causes  and  the  Cit- 
izens Committee  for  the  Right  to  Keep 
and  Bear  Arms. 


IVITD  call  to 
protect  offshore 
construction,  production 

President  Frank  Drozak  has  called  on 
Congress  to  include  "Buy-American" 
language  in  any  legislation  dealing  with 
offshore  structures  involved  in  the  pro- 
duction of  oil  and  gas. 

In  a  letter  to  all  senators  and  repre- 
sentatives, he  urged  that  at  least  50%  of 
materials  used  for  such  structures  be 
domestically  produced  and  that  the  con- 
struction work  be  done  by  Americans. 

Drozak  said  that  "the  advent  of  foreign 
government  subsidization,  below-cost 
pricing,  and  dumping  has  assured  that 
virtually  no  new  mobile  drill  rigs  have 
been  built  domestically  since  1982."  He 
cautioned  that  unless  Congress  rectifies 
the  situation,  "this  trend  will  continue 
while  costing  tens  of  thousands  of  jobs 
in  our  U.S.  shipyards  and  related  indus- 
tries." 

He  pointed  out  that  one  mobile  rig 
alone  represents  425  direct  jobs  and  more 
than  1,200  related  jobs  for  American 
shipyard  workers,  steelworkers,  and  sup- 
ply industry  workers. 


AFT  scholarship 
in  memory  of 
Christa  McAuliffe 

The  American  Federation  of  Teachers 
has  established  a  scholarship  program  at 
Maryland's  Bowie  State  College  in  mem- 
ory of  Christa  McAuliffe  who  died  aboard 
the  space  shuttle  Challenger.  McAuliffe 
was  to  be  the  first  teacher  in  space.  She 
had  been  an  AFT  member  for  eight  years, 
teaching  in  Prince  George's  County,  Md., 
public  schools  while  she  earned  a  grad- 
uate degree  at  Bowie  State. 


URW  urges 
restrictions  on 
imported  tires 

Citing  the  decline  in  U.S.  tire  and 
rubber  goods  production  and  sales  and 
the  resultant  loss  of  jobs,  the  United 
Rubber  Workers  Union  urged  Congress 
to  place  restrictions  on  imported  tire  and 
other  rubber  goods. 

In  a  letter  to  all  members  of  Congress, 
URW  President  Milan  Stone  called  for 
passage  of  legislation  "to  effectively  pro- 
tect this  once-thriving  industry  from  the 
unfair  deluge  of  imports  which  is  like  a 
growing  cancer  in  our  ntion." 

Imports  in  the  tire  replacement  market 
have  grown  from  8%  to  nearly  25%  over 
the  past  decade,  directly  or  indirectly 
resulting  in  the  closing  of  26  tire  plants 
in  the  U.S.  Stone  pointed  out  that  the 
URW  recently  received  notice  of  more 
plant  closings  that  will  result  in  the  loss 
of  another  6,000  jobs,  in  addition  to  the 
50,000  jobs  lost  in  the  rubber  industry 
since  the  mid-1970s. 

Stone  said  that  "Americans  deserve  a 
level  playing  field  with  fair  international 
trade  practices."  He  urged  that  restric- 
tions similar  to  those  imposed  on  Amer- 
ican goods  by  exporting  countries  be 
placed  on  rubber  imports. 


Videotaping 
job  applicants 
is  new  twist 


Many  employers  may  soon  be  video- 
taping job  interviews  so  they  can  make 
worker  selections  at  their  leisure,  ac- 
cording to  the  Research  Institute  of 
America. 

The  institute  tells  of  one  franchiser  of 
such  interview  facihties  who  has  studios 
in  20  cities  and  charges  $300  for  a  20- 
minute  tape.  The  franchised  videotaping 
unit  is  given  questions  to  ask  the  job 
applicants,  and,  when  the  tapes  are  com- 
pleted, they're  shipped  to  the  client.  The 
practice  is  designed  to  save  travel  costs 
and  help  decide  close  contests,  says  the 
institute's  newsletter. 


Scouts  directed 
to  check  for 
union  label 

By  now,  every  local  council  of  the  Boy 
Scouts  of  America  has  received  an  official 
publication  called  Funding  Capital  Needs. 
It  has  a  section  entitled  "Involving  Or- 
ganized Labor"  which  gives  direction 
relative  to  securing  union  made  goods 
and  services.  Noting  that  "organized 
labor  has  done  much  to  provide  extra 
value  in  doing  work  for  the  BSA,  both 
contractural  and  volunteer,"  it  directs 
local  Scout  councils  to  "be  equitable  in 
their  consideration  of  the  opportunity  for 
organized  labor  to  provide  goods,  serv- 
ices, and  construction."  There  follows  a 
check  list  for  identifying  area  union  firms 
and  involving  them  in  the  bidding/pur- 
chasing process. 


NRW  Committee 
attacks  Boy  Scouts, 
Statue  renovators 

The  National  Right  to  Work  Commit- 
tee is  at  it  again.  This  time  they  are 
pressuring  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America 
about  the  design  for  a  new  American 
Labor  merit  badge  being  worked  out  with 
unions.  Susan  Staub,  Vice  President  of 
NRTWC,  claims  only  18.8%  of  the  work 
force  is  unionized.  The  Committee  also 
attacked  the  renovators  of  the  Statue  of 
Liberty  for  hiring  only  union  help. 


Employee  owners 
in  Virginia 
thriving  success 

You  can't  tell  the  citizens  of  a  small 
Virginia  town  named  Emporia  that  seam- 
stresses lack  enterprise.  They  had  enough 
enterprise  to  take  over  an  abandoned 
dress  factory  recently  and  make  a  thriv- 
ing success  of  the  closed-down  plant. 
Although  the  women  had  no  experience 
in  financing  a  business,  they  got  together 
and  bought  $100  shares  in  the  project;  a 
few  could  even  afford  to  invest  $1000. 
All  together  the  women  and  their  families 
invested  $30,000  to  get  the  plant  humming 
again. 

"They'll  get  it  all  back,"  said  the 
elected  plant  manager.  The  new  em- 
ployer-owners agreed  that  at  first  they'd 
draw  down  $3.00  an  hour  and  work  40 
hours  a  week.  That's  a  20%  pay  cut  until 
business  picks  up;  and  it  started  to  pick 
up  the  moment  they  took  over.  Their 
spirits  were  raised  tremendously  when 
they  unexpectedly  got  an  order  for  500 
dresses  from  Youngland  Fashions  of  New 
York.  And  Youngland  plans  to  continue 
placing  orders. 


MAY     1986 


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American  Express 

Continued  from  Page  4 


stimulating  the  open-shop  construction 
boom  of  recent  years. 

On  the  local  level,  American  Express 
has  recently  joined  Piedmont  Associ- 
ated Industries,  a  notorious  anti-union 
outfit  in  the  Greensboro,  N.C.  area  for 
the  past  forty  years.  It  appears  that 
American  Express  wants  to  insure  that 
once  the  facility  is  built  non-union,  it 
will  also  be  operated  that  way. 


MEMBERS  URGED 
TO  JOIN  CAMPAIGN 

UBC  members  throughout  the  United 
States  and  Canada  are  urged  to  let 
American  Express  know  that  Brother- 
hood members  and  their  families  will 
be  "leaving  home  without  American 
Express."  Those  holding  American  Ex- 
press cards  are  urged  to  return  their 
cards  to  the  company  with  an  appro- 
priate message  to  the  company's  chair- 
man. The  example  below,  drawn  from 
a  letter  from  the  UBC  business  agent 
in  Greensboro,  N.C,  provides  the  mail- 
ing address  for  the  company: 


Mr.  James  D.  Robinson  III 
Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer 
American  Express  Company 
American  Express  Tower 
World  Financial  Center 
New  York,  New  York  10285 


Dear  Sir: 

Please  find  enclosed  the  pieces  of  our 
card.  For  over  two  decades  we've  done 
business  with  American  Express.  We 
have  encouraged  our  members  and  their 
families  to  do  the  same.  No  more. 

In  the  corporate  sector  as  well  as  the 
private  one,  your  word  is  your  bond. 
That  is  a  truth,  and  truth  does  not 
change  or  alter  due  to  circumstances  or 
influence.  It  is  a  constant. 

Another  constant  is  what  occurs  when 
that  bond  is  broken.  Whether  it  is  the 
word  of  a  nation,  a  business  or  an 
individual,  the  result  is  decline. 

Wherever  and  whenever  possible,  our 
members  and  officers  will  let  other 
members  knowjust  how  unreliable  your 
company's  word  has  been  proven  to 
be.  Our  young  adults  will  be  encouraged 
to  consider  cards  from  all  competitive 
firms  before  choosing.  The  various 
churches  and  organizations  our  mem- 
bers chair,  attend  and  financially  sup- 
port will  also  be  asked  to  consider 
carefully  your  actions  in  using  unfair 
construction  contractors  before  re- 
newal with  your  company  is  effected. 


all  the  non-union  contractors  to  whom 
you've  awarded  the  contracts  on  the 
Greensboro,  N.C,  Customer  Service 
Center  job  will  be  able  to  take  up  the 
slack  from  the  business  the  UNITED 
BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS 
AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA,  LO- 


CAL UNION  2230,  and  friends  used 
to  award  you. 

Sincerely, 

Business  Representative  & 

Financial  Secretary-Treas. 


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CARPENTER 


Canadian  Industrial  Conference  Delegates 
Discuss  Pension  Plans,  Industry  Technology 


Representatives  of  UBC  industrial 
locals  throughout  Canada  assembled  in 
Toronto,  Ont.,  March  20,  21,  22,  to 
plan  a  comprehensive  program  for  the 
months  ahead. 

General  President  Patrick  J.  Camp- 
bell opened  the  conference  by  telling 
the  46  assembled  delegates  about  new 
ways  in  which  the  General  Office  is 
responding  to  the  problems  and  chal- 
lenges facing  the  Brotherhood's  indus- 
trial membership.  He  stressed  that  new 
responses  are  needed  because  of  the 
many  changes  taking  place  in  our  in- 
dustries. 

Following  the  General  President's 
address  and  a  report  on  the  work  of  the 
Industrial  Department  from  Michael  P. 
Fishman,  a  presentation  on  the  need 
for  union  involvement  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  members'  pension  plans  was 
given  by  Gordon  Manion,  a  pension 
consultant  to  UBC  Canadian  local 
unions. 

Other  conference  sessions  covered 
how  to  research  companies  and  devise 
appropriate  strategies  for  bargaining  and 
organizing,  and  in-plant  tactics  unions 
can  use  to  support  bargaining  efforts. 
Both  sessions  drew  on  innovative  new 
tactics  being  developed  by  the  UBC's 
Special  Programs  and  Industrial  De- 
partments. 

First  General  Vice  President  Sigurd 
Lucassen  conducted  a  special  meeting 
of  mill-cabinet  representatives  to  view 
audio- visual  materials,  showing  the  new 
technology  being  introduced  in  the  in- 
dustry. Representatives  discussed  how 
best  to  handle  the  effects  the  new  tech- 
nology is  having  on  UBC  members  and 
the  need  for  greater  cooperation  be- 
tween the  Brotherhood's  construction 
and  mill-cabinet  sectors. 

The  delegates  also  previewed  the 
UBC's  new  audio-visual  program  for 
collective  bargaining  committees.  The 
delegates  offered  comments  and  sug- 
gestions which  will  be  incorporated  into 


President  Campbell 
opened  the  confer- 
ence with  a  call  for 
coordinated  action 
in  this  convention 
year.  At  the  table. 
First  General  Vice 
President  Lucas- 
sen,  10th  District 
Board  Member  Ron 
Dancer,  and  9th 
District  Board 
Member  John 
Carruthers. 


Among  the  speakers,  from  left:  Eric  Hautala,  secretary.  North  Ontario  D.C:  Wilf 
Warren,  president.  Local  2564,  Grand  Falls,  Nfld.;  Walter  Oliveira,  secretary,  Ontario 
Industrial  Council:  and  Representative  Claude  LaFontaine,  financial  secretary,  Local 
2817,  Quebec. 


the  final  version  of  the  program  which 
will  be  available  in  several  months. 

The  final  workshop  of  the  Confer- 
ence, conducted  by  professor  William 
Gilsdorf  of  Concordia  University  in 
Montreal  and  Denny  Scott,  the  UBC's 
collective  bargaining  specialist,  intro- 
duced new  approaches  to  getting  mem- 
bers constructively  involved  in  the  union. 

In  closing  the  conference.  First  Gen- 
eral Vice  President  Lucassen  empha- 
sized the  need  for  a  commitment  to 
membership  service  and  to  looking  at 
new  approaches  such  as  those  pre- 
sented at  the  conference  so  that,  despite 
the  many  changes  in  our  industries, 
UBC  members  continue  to  receive  the 
best  service  and  best  contracts  possible. 

Participants  in  the  conference  in- 
cluded: 

Lou  Bradley,  Local  1338,  Charlottetown, 


P.E.I. ;  Wilf  Warren,  Local  2564,  Grand 
Falls,  Nfld.;  Roger  Nault,  Local  2612,  Pine 
Falls,  N.B.;  Gordon  Asmundson,  Local  2612, 
Pine  Falls,  N.B.;  Gerald  McClure,  Local 
2399,  Maniwaki,  Que.;  Paul  LeBlanc,  Local 
802,  Windsor,  Ont.;  William  McGillivray, 
Local  1569,  Medicine  Hat,  Alta.;  Corby 
Pankhurst,  Local  846,  Lethbridge,  Alta.; 
Jack  Thomas,  Local  2103,  Calgary,  Alta.; 
John  Murphy,  Local  3002,  Airdrie,  Alta.; 
Lloyd  Zulof,  Local  2191 ,  Calgary,  Alta. ;  Jan 
Andersen,  Local  2410,  Red  Deer,  Alta.; 
Walter  Rosenberger,  Local  1325,  Edmonton, 
Alta.;  Denis  Auger,  Local  2921,  Shippegon, 
N.B.;  James  Barry,  Local  2450,  Plaster  Rock, 
N.B.;  Eric  Hautala,  Local  2693,  Thunder 
Bay.  Ont.;  Lloyd  Szkaley,  Local  2693, 
Thunder  Bay.  Ont.;  Claude  Sequin,  Local 
2693,  Thunder  Bay.  Ont.;  Norman  Rivard, 
Local  2995,  Kapuskasing.  Ont.;  Ray  Bois- 
seneault.  Local  2995,  Kapuskasing.  Ont.; 
Ron  Ferguson,  Local  506,  Vancouver,  B.C.; 

Continued  on  Page  23 


MAY    1986 


17 


OttaiMfa 
Report 


CONSTRUCTION  4-YEAR  HIGH 

The  bullish  mood  of  consumers  in  1985  boosted 
construction  in  Canada  to  the  highet  level  in  four 
years. 

Improvements  in  the  market  for  new  houses  and 
buoyant  retail  sales  produced  strong  gains  in  both 
residential  and  commercial  construction  in  1985,  a 
recent  survey  shows. 

Residential  starts  were  up  20%  and  commercial 
starts  rose  17%,  according  to  the  survey  by  Cana- 
data,  a  division  of  Southam  Communications  Ltd. 
Southam  Communications  is  a  unit  of  Southam  Inc. 
of  Toronto. 

By  region,  Ontario  showed  a  strong  lead  in  hous- 
ing starts,  with  a  40%  increase  from  1984.  Mani- 
toba was  up  16%,  and  Alberta  and  British  Columbia 
both  showed  14%  gains,  while  a  3%  decline  oc- 
curred in  Quebec  and  Saskatchewan. 

Based  on  last  year's  strong  performance,  growth 
this  year  should  continue  at  a  healthy  and  stable 
pace. 


QUEBEC  LABOUR  LAWS 

Quebec's  major  labour  organizations  have  wel- 
comed the  recommendations  of  a  commission  set 
up  to  revise  the  province's  labour  laws. 

Louis  Laberge,  president  of  the  Quebec  Federa- 
tion of  Labour,  said  the  provincial  government 
should  act  quickly  to  implement  the  111  recommen- 
dations made  public  January  20  by  a  commission 
headed  by  Judge  Rene  Beaudry,  thereby  apprecia- 
bly improving  Quebec's  labour  relations  climate. 

Laberge  particularly  stressed  the  importance  of 
the  commission's  main  proposal,  that  Quebec  es- 
tablish a  labour  relations  board  that  could  quickly 
resolve  union-management  disputes,  instead  of 
having  the  two  sides  appear  in  court. 

Under  the  current  system,  more  than  40,000  em- 
ployees have  been  waiting  for  months,  and  some- 
times years,  to  be  certified,  Laberge  said. 

But  the  commission  should  also  have  endorsed 
the  concept  of  multi-employer  bargaining  to  improve 
the  chances  of  small  business  employees  joining 
trade  unions,  Laberge  said. 

Quebec's  other  central  labour  bodies  have  also 
endorsed  the  Beaudry  report,  but  employer  groups 
have  criticized  its  recommendations  as  being  too 
"pro-union. " 


HIGHLIGHTS  OF  BUDGET 

Some  highlights  of  Finance  Minister  Michael  Wil- 
son's second  budget,  designed  to  bring  the  federal 
deficit  down  to  $29.5-biilion  from  $34.3-billion  in- 
clude: 

•  Another  $100-million  cut  from  major  federal  job 
and  training  programs  for  next  year.  The  cut,  which 
will  apply  to  the  1987-88  fiscal  year,  follows  a 
$200-million  cut  for  1986-87. 

•  A  3%  surtax  on  personal  income  taxes  starting 
July  1986.  (For  high-income  earners,  this  will  be  in 
addition  to  the  surtax  imposed  in  the  May  1985 
budget.  That  surtax  expires  at  the  end  of  the  year.) 

•  Federal  sales  tax  will  increase  by  one  percent- 
age point  as  of  last  month. 

•  The  tax  on  a  package  of  25  cigarets  will  rise  in 
two  stages  by  about  8C. 

•  Consumers  will  see  increases  of  about  120  on 
a  710-millilitre  bottle  of  liquor.  6C  for  a  case  of  24 
beer,  and  1C  on  a  750-millilitre  bottle  of  wine. 

•  Starting  in  the  1 986  tax  year,  families  and  indi- 
viduals with  an  annual  income  of  less  than  $15,000 
will  be  able  to  file  for  a  sales  tax  rebate  of  $50  per 
adult  and  $25  a  child. 

•  A  3%  surtax  on  corporations'  federal  tax  paya- 
ble replaces  a  5%  surtax  in  January  1987.  But  over 
three  years  starting  July  1 987,  corporate  tax  reduc- 
tions will  be  phased  in. 

•  Businesses  lose  their  3%  inventory  allowance. 

•  Montreal  and  Vancouver  have  been  designated 
international  banking  centres. 

•  A  $700-million  mortgage  program  is  being  set 
up  to  help  farmers. 


TEXTILES  NEED  PROTECTION 

Sixty  thousand  jobs  could  disappear  if  the  gov- 
ernment does  not  increase  federal  protection  of  the 
clothing  industry.  This  was  predicted  by  the  govern- 
ment's textile  and  clothing  board  in  a  recent  report. 

The  report  concluded  that,  although  the  restraints 
on  imports  cost  every  Canadian  $14  a  year  in 
higher  prices,  the  loss  of  jobs  would  be  a  greater 
hardship  for  workers. 

Since  1981  Canadian  textile  and  clothing  indus- 
tries have  lost  24,000  jobs  in  Qntario  and  Quebec 
because  of  increased  imports.  Low-cost  imports 
hurt  Canadian  producers,  and  the  board  suggested 
the  government  pursue  more  rigid  country-to-coun- 
try agreements  to  keep  the  industry  stable. 


MORATORIUM  ON  TAXATION 

Finance  Minister  Michael  Wilson  has  announced 
that  the  moratorium  on  the  taxation  of  northern  ben- 
efits would  continue  until  the  end  of  1986.  The 
remission  affects  housing  and  travel  benefits  for 
employees  in  northern  regions  of  Canada,  due  to 
the  unique  economic  and  social  conditions  there. 

The  new  policy  on  the  taxation  of  northern  bene- 
fits was  developed  in  consultation  with  representa- 
tives of  the  groups  affected,  he  said. 

"The  new  regime  will  go  into  effect  Jan.  1,  1987, 
allowing  time  for  individuals  affected  to  express 
their  views  on  the  proposed  measures  before  they 
are  implemented,"  Wilson  said. 


18 


CARPENTER 


Owner/Operators  of  Canada's  Forest  Products 
Industry  Must  Have  Union  Representation, 
Say  Delegates  to  First  Meeting 
Of  UBC  Canadian  Forest  Products  Board 


Group  won't  endorse  herbicide  spraying 


The  new  Canadian  Forest  Products 
Board,  established  a  few  months  ago 
as  an  adjunct  to  the  International  Forest 
Products  Conference,  held  its  first 
meeting  March  19  in  Toronto,  Ont., 
preceding  the  Canadian  Industrial  Con- 
ference. It  tackled  an  array  of  pressing 
issues.  Representatives  of  the  five  prov- 
inces where  lumber  and  sawmill  work- 
ers are  employed  joined  with  seven 
delegates  appointed  by  the  General 
President  to  plan  future  activities. 

The  board  expressed  concern  over 
the  growing  number  of  so-called  owner/ 
operators  employed  in  the  woods  like 
independent  contractors — workers  who 
are  not  protected  by  union  contracts 
and  who  tend  to  lower  the  pay  and  the 
benefits  of  salaried  workers  by  their 
independent  arrangements  with  com- 
pany management. 

In  certain  areas,  most  notably  North- 
ern Ontario,  unions  have  dealt  with  the 
problems  by  including  owner-operators 
under  collective  bargaining  agreements. 
In  other  areas  unions  have  not  been  so 
successful  in  bringing  owner-operators 
under  the  protection  of  union  represen- 
tation. 

The  board  members  were  also  con- 
cerned with  two  matters  related  to  the 
use  of  chemicals  in  the  forests.  Some 
provincial  agencies  are  considering  the 
use  of  herbicides  to  defoliate  the  forest 
floor  so  that  workers  and  heavy  equip- 
ment can  move  about  more  easily  dur- 


ing logging  operations.  After  a  long 
discussion,  the  board  concluded  that, 
because  of  possible  hazards  and  a  lack 
of  demonstrated  need,  it  could  not  en- 
dorse herbicide  spraying.  Herbicide 
spraying  includes  the  use  of  2,4-D,  the 
chemical  found  in  Agent  Orange,  which 
has  been  widely  condemned  because  of 
its  use  as  a  defoliant  in  Vietnam  and  its 
possible  harmful  effect  on  soldiers  who 
came  in  contact  with  it. 

There  was  also  a  discussion  of  the 
use  of  insecticides.  The  group  heard 
from  Larry  Lambert  of  the  Ontario 
Department  of  Natural  Resources  on 
the  province's  spraying  program  which 
is  largely  aimed  at  eliminating  the  spruce 
budworm  and  other  pests.  The  bud- 
worm  is  a  larvae  which  is  destroying 
much  northern  timber.  Representatives 
of  the  UBC's  safety  and  health  depart- 
ment participated  in'  these  discussions 
and  joined  in  recommending  that  the 
aerial  spraying  of  insecticides  be  con- 
tinued. The  Board  felt  that  such  spray- 
ing is  essential  to  protect  the  lumber 
industry.  It  recommended  that  bacte- 
rial, or  BT,  spraying  should  be  used 
near  populated  areas,  with  chemical 
sprays  being  relegated  to  areas  where 
there  is  less  chance  for  human  contam- 
ination. 

The  board  also  spent  some  time  plan- 
ning an  organizing  drive  in  the  Canadian 
lumber    industry    and    discussing    the 


Larry  Lambert  of  the  Ontario 
Department  of  Natural  Re- 
sources discusses  the  prov- 
ince's spraying  program. 


problems  of  organizing  in  remote  areas 
of  some  of  the  provinces. 

Participants  in  the  initial  meeting  of 
the  Canadian  Forest  Products  Confer- 
ence Board  included: 

Eric  Hautala,  Local  2693;  Gordon  As- 
mundson,  Local  2612;  Raymond  Boisson- 
neault.  Local  2995;  Gerald  McClure,  Local 
2399;  Denis  Auger,  Local  292 1 ;  James  Barry, 
Local  2450;  Raymond  Horth,  Local  2817; 
Norman  Rivard,  Local  2995;  Wilfred  War- 
ren, Local  2564;  Fred  Miron,  Northern  On- 
tario D.C. ;  Roger  Nault ,  Local  26 1 2 ;  General 
Executive  Board  Members  John  Carruthers 
and  Ronald  Dancer;  and  members  of  the 
International  staff.  jJSJg 


Board  members  assembled  for  their  first  official  picture,  below  left,  and  in  a  regular  session,  below  right. 


MAY     1986 


19 


locni  union  nEuis 


Southern  California  Tradesmen  Enlisted  for  Veterans  Memorial 


When  Venliira  County.  Calif.,  officials  decided  they  wiinteJ  a 
Veterans  Memorial  at  the  County  Government  Center,  they 
l<new  where  to  turn  for  help.  Area  hiiildin};  tradesmen  were 
enlisted  to  help  construct  the  monument  and  it  was  dedicated 
last  Veterans  Day.  The  volunteer  workers  are  pictured  above 
left.  From  left  arc  Joseph  N .  Duran.  financial  secretary.  Local 
2015.  Santa  Paula:  David  Garcia.  Local  2015:  Richard  Tal- 
maf>e.  Local  2463.  Ventura:  Randy  Southerlund.  business  repre- 
sentative, Ventura  District  Council:  Manuel  Melendez.  Local 


2015:  Ed  Evans.  Local  2015;  Eddie  Cruz,  president.  Ventura 
District  Council:  Joe  A.  Duran.  Local  2015:  Louis  Price,  con- 
ductor. Local  2042.  O.xnard:  Ruben  Diaz,  landscapcr:  Gilbert 
Gonzales,  concrete  contractor:  Cliff  Butler,  retiree.  Local  2015: 
Sam  Heil,  executive  secretary.  Ventura  District  Council:  and 
Bob  Snelgrove.  trustee.  Local  2463.  Not  pictured  were  James 
Kelley.  president.  Local  2463:  and  Javier  Gonzales.  Local  2463. 
The  completed  memorial  is  pictured  above  rifiht. 


TMI  in  North  Dakota  Goes  86%  in  '86 


Due  to  the  efforts  of  union  members  at  TMI  in  Dickinson,  N.D.,  20  more  employees 
just  became  members  of  Local  1091,  Bismarck,  N.D.  The  union  now  represents  appro.xi- 
malely  86'//  of  the  production  workers  at  the  cabinet  shop  at  TMI,  and  Business 
Representative  Dale  E.  Jones  says  the  union  members  are  f^oini;  to  keep  pushinf;  for 
IUO"r  union  participation.  TMI  manufactures  cabinets  and  laminated  tops. 

Pictured,  front  row.  from  left,  are  Dan  Meier.  Lorin  Riedl.  LcRoy  Frank.  Kevin 
Zastoupil.  John  Dennis.  Earl  Novotny.  Sharon  Leach,  and  Darlcne  Olsson.  In  the 
second  row.  from  left,  are  Adeline  Klein.  Mardella  Rohdc.  Evelyn  Krehs.  Sharon  Stimac. 
Betty  Knaup.  Carol  Heidecker.  Marie  Roll,  and  Violet  Pesheck.  In  the  third  row.  from 
left,  are  Vince  Bren.  Keith  l.antz.  Joel  Kadrmas.  Jim  Erdle.  Scott  McNeil.  Ro.t;er 
Portscheller.  Adam  Klu^.  Vick  Frank,  and  Chet  Kadrmas.  In  the  back  row.  from  left. 
are  Ken  Heidecker.  Dave  Grossman.  Jim  Karcky.  Dan  Sticka.  Alan  Alpert.  Albert 
Myron.  Randy  Bren.  Bob  Van  Eechout.  and  Tom  Frenzel. 


Project  Boots  Aids 
Afghan  Freedom  Fighters 

American  labor  unions  are  lending  a  hand 
to  Afghan  freedom  fighters  through  the  Phoe- 
nix. Ariz.,  based  "Project  Boots,"  a  joint 
project  of  the  United  Stales  Council  for 
World  Freedom  and  the  Committee  for  a 
Free  Afghanistan  designed  to  provide  the 
Afghan  freedom  fighters  with  used  but  serv- 
iceable boots  of  the  type  worn  by  construc- 
tion workers,  hunters,  and  the  military.  Vet- 
erans organization  such  as  the  American 
Legion  and  the  Veterans  of  Foreign  War.  in 
addition  to  the  National  Rifle  Association, 
are  also  asking  their  members  to  contribute. 

Many  Afghan  fighters  have  no  supplies 
and  can  only  get  boots  by  taking  them  from 
wounded  or  dead  Russian  soldiers.  "Project 
Boots"  is  shipping  any  boots  that  are  still 
serviceable  abroad. 

UBC  members  in  various  parts  of  the 
country  have  responded  with  assistance.  In 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  the  District  Council  has  set 
up  a  box  in  Carpenters  Hall  for  those  who 
wish  to  drop  boots  off.  Local  unions  have 
also  been  asked  to  try  and  collect  boots  from 
members  and  bring  them  in.  Apprentices  in 
Phoenix,  Ariz.,  have  made  another  kind  of 
contribution;  they  made  the  pallets  for  the 
boxes  that  are  used  to  ship  the  boots  and 
other  supplies  to  the  Afghans  and  are  lending 
a  hand  with  the  packing. 

Send  boots  and  related  items,  your  tax 
deductible  contribution,  or  for  more  infor- 
mation to:  United  States  Council  for  World 
Freedom,  .MKJ.'i  W.  Northern  Ave.,  Suite  4, 
Phoenix,  AR  8.'i02l. 


20 


CARPENTER 


Sisters'  Senior  Center  in  Coos  Bay 

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A  72-iinit  senior  citizens'  retirement  cen- 
ter is  being  Ijiiilt  by  the  Drake  Construc- 
tion Co.  in  Coos  Bay.  Ore.,  this  year.  The 
center,  to  be  called  Evergreen  Court  for 
Retirement  Living,  is  being  constructed  by 
members  of  Local  1001 .  Coos  Bay.  and 
will  be  owned  and  operated  by  the  Sisters 
of  Mercy. 

Pictured,  left,  is  the  east  wing  of  the 
new  center.  It  will  be  connected  to  the 
west  wing  by  a  common  section  which  is 
under  construction  in  the  foreground. 

Pictured  above  is  Rick  Kent,  a  Local 
1001  member,  laying  out  unit  framing. 


UBC  Victory  at  Dunbar  Furniture 


UBC  Local  2690  membership  grew  by  nearly  150  when  Dunbar  Furniture  Inc.  employ- 
ees voted  for  United  Brotherhood  representation  late  last  September.  The  Fort  Wayne, 
Ind.,  operation  produces  executive  class  office  fioniture. 

Pictured,  above  left,  are  the  victorious  negotiating  committee  members.  Front  row. 
from  left,  are  Karen  King,  Ann  Cornewell.  Leroy  Slangle.  and  Flo  Bauer.  Back  row, 
from  left,  are  International  Representative  Dean  Beck,  Jill  Ross,  Audrey  Hurlburt,  Karl 
Doehrman,  and  Darlene  Geyer. 

Pictured,  above  right,  are  Dunbar  employees  celebrating  the  election  results. 


Indiana  Hydroelectric  Dam  Gets  Face  Lift 

Members  of  Carpenters  Local  215.  Lafay- 
ette, Ind.,  recently  completed  phase  two  of 
the  concrete  face-lifting  project  on  the 
Oakdale  hydroelectric  dam,  located  in 
northern  Carroll  County.  The  dam's  three 
large  floor  generators,  one  of  which  is  pic- 
lured  in  the  rear  of  the  photograph,  pro- 
duce power  for  the  local  area.  The  Oak- 
dale  dam  also  forms  Lake  Freeman, 
producing  a  fine  fishing  and  recreational 
area  for  both  vacationers  and  local  resi- 
dents. Local  union  members  completing 
the  project,  front  row,  from  left,  are  Greg 
Moore.  Robert  Anderson,  and  Jerry 
Myers.  Back  row,  from  left,  are  Dean 
Roth.  Joseph  Basile,  and  Lee  Martin. 


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Court  Says  Calling  This  Contractor 
A  Scab  Is  Not  Libelous  Usage 


The  use  of  the  word  "scab"  to  de- 
scribe a  non-union  contractor  who  hired 
workers  at  substandard  rates  of  pay  is 
not  hbelous,  according  to  the  First  Cir- 
cuit Court.  Affirming  a  grant  of  sum- 
mary judgment  in  favor  of  Carpenters 
Local  475  of  Framingham  Court .  Mass. , 
the  court  holds  that  the  word,  although 
unpleasant,  was  literally  correct. 

The  lawsuit  was  filed  by  Howard  W. 
Barss,  the  owner  of  an  open  shop  con- 
struction firm  that  paid  wages  and  ben- 
efits considerably  below  those  set  by 
union  contracts.  In  May  1983,  Local 
475  set  up  a  picket  line  with  the  follow- 
ing legend  on  the  signs:  "HOWARD 
BARSS  IS  an  officer  of  H.  W.  Barss 
Co.  Inc.  H.W.  Barss  Co.  Inc.  is  A 
SCAB  contractor.  Carpenters  Local 
Union  #475."  The  words  in  capital 
letters  were  arranged  so  that  the  dom- 
inant message  was  "HOWARD  BARSS 
ISA  SCAB." 

Barss  alleged  that  the  picket  signs 
were  defamatory  in  that  they  held  him 
up  to  "contempt,  hatred,  scorn,  and 
ridicule."  He  also  charged  that  as  a 
community  leader  involved   in   many 


charitable  activities,  he  was  injured  in 
his  personal  and  business  reputation  by 
the  attacks  on  his  integrity. 

The  First  Circuit  agreed  with  a  lower 
court  that  the  element  of  falsehood 
needed  for  a  libel  claim  is  missing.  Chief 
Judge  Torruella  explains  that  in  the 
context  of  a  labor  dispute  the  statement 
did  not  constitute  the  essential  false- 
hood needed  to  establish  liability. 

"A  common  definition  of  'scab"," 
the  court  says,  "is  a  person  who  works 
for  lower  wages  than,  or  under  condi- 
tions contrary  to,  those  prescribed  by 
a  trade  union.  In  his  deposition  Barss 
admitted  that  his  company  had  employ- 
ees who  were  paid  well  below  the  union 
rate  and  who  did  not  receive  health 
insurance  or  pension  benefits.  He  ad- 
mitted that  the  picket  signs  basically 
complained  that  Barss  was  not  paying 
the  union  standard  wage  rates  in  the 
area.  While  he  felt  that  a  scab  was  a 
low-life  scoundrel,  he  did  admit  famil- 
iarity with  the  term  in  its  classic  labor 
dispute  applications."  Chief  Judge 
Campbell  and  Judge  Breyer  joined  in 
the  court's  opinion. 


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A  Union  Steward 

A  steward's  job, 

is  a  thankless  job. 

He's  the  center  of  attention 

in  an  angry  mob. 

Riding  the  fence, 

he's  an  arbitrator. 

Agreements  in  hand, 

he's  a  dictator. 

With  unsure  footing, 

a  fabricator, 

A  steward  must  be 
many  different  types  of  men. 
Off  the  top  of  my  head, 
at  least  nine  or  ten. 

A  steward  must  be  an  arbitrator. 
A  steward  must  be  a  mediator. 
A  steward  must  be  a  shoulder  to 

cry  on. 
A  steward  must  be  sometimes  a 

peon. 
A  steward  must  be  a 

psychiatrist, epA  steward  must 

be  a  psychologist. 
A  steward  must  be  a  concerned 

preacher, 
A  steward  must  be  an  ardent 

teacher. 
A  steward  must  be  sometimes  a 

mother, 
A  steward  must  be,  at  all  times,  a 

Brother, 

All  of  these  things  and  probably 

more, 
a  steward  must  be,  when  he  goes 

through  the  door. 
And  at  the  end  of  the  job, 
there  are  no  pats  on  the  back. 
At  the  end  of  the  job: 
no  money  sack. 

A  steward's  job, 
is  a  thankless  job. 
Time  and  attention, 
it  will  rob. 
The  Business  Agent's 

representation, 
is  what  he  did  entrust. 
Why  did  "I"  accept  it? 
Because,  somebody  must. 
—Jerry  Gaskey 

Millwright  Local  #1043 

Gary,  Ind. 


BOMB  GROUP  REUNION 

The494lhBonibGroupofthe7thAir 
Force,  which  operated  in  the  Pacific  during 
World  War  11 ,  and  its  support  units  are 
holdinga  reunion  J  une2t)-22,  l9S6,allhe 
Marriott  Hotel,  NorthCharleslon,.S.C.  Any 
veterans  of  these  organizations  are  asked  to 
write:  Thomas  E.Moseley.. '53  Healon  Ave., 
Norwood,  MA  02062. 


22 


CARPENTER 


Blueprint  for  Cure  Campaign 
Rolls  On  In  Many  Areas 


Contributions  to  the  UBC's  "Blueprint 
for  Cure"  campaign  continue.  Funds  go  to 
help  the  work  of  the  Diabetes  Research 
Institute  Foundation  and  bring  the  new  di- 
abetes research  center  that  much  closer  to 
reality.  Recent  contributors  are: 

James  Allen,  Christ  Altergott,  Howard 
Baumgartner,  William  Bennett,  Lana  J. 
Cantrell,  Vernon  Dahl,  Mr.  &  Mrs.  Francis 
M.  Lamph,  George  H.  Laufenberg,  Robert 
Mathis,  V.  C.  Mathis,  William  T.  Nipper. 
James  T.  Parry,  Angeline  Sidari.  and  Louis 
Spatafore. 

Local  Unions  1507,  1509,  2162. 

Ljfke  Erie  D.  C.  and  Suffolk  Coimty  D.  C. 

Local  Unions  8,  1509. 

Local  Unions  80,  269,  1088,  1358,  1419. 
3202. 

Broward  County  D.C.,  Broward  County 
Ladies  Auxiliary  884,  Broward  Coiintv,  PAC, 
Buffalo  D.C. 

Delegates  to  Canadian  Industrial  Confer- 
ence. 

Johnstown  Building  Trades  Council  and 
North  Central  Pennsylvania  Building  Trades 
Council. 

Harry  Cohen,  John  and  Mary  Jean  Roehr, 
William  and  Susan  Roehr. 

Florida  Conference  of  Carpenters  Busi- 
ness Agents  and  Knights  of  Columbus  #4608. 

Barney  DeSantis,  Dennis  M.  Dyer.  Jacob 
Vander  Meulen,  Lyle  H.  Pierce,  John  Poyer, 
Bill  Shoehigh,  Ronald  Stadler,  Kenneth  L. 
Wade. 

A  donation  in  memory  of  George  Eli  Neff 

A  donation  in  memory  of  Randy  Tooth- 
acher 

Local  Unions  320,  350,  515.  725. 

William  B.  Hester,  Ernest  J.  Piombino, 
De  Armond  Shadduck,  Sherman  Tennyson. 

A  donation  in  Memory  of  Helen  E.  Sackelt 

L.  Vaughn  Company 

Local  Unions  44,  144-L,  184,  2287,  2795, 
3206. 

Maumee  Valley  D.C.  and  South  Jersey 
D.C. 

Jerome  J.  Kearney,  Arthur  W.  Keenan, 
Jon  McPhail,  Pat  O'Connor 
Edward  Perkowski. 

A  donation  in  Memory  of  David  R.  John- 
son, Sr. 

Commonwealth  Electric  Co.,  Ja.x,  Ft. 


Delegates  to  the  California  State  Council 
Convention  and  Delegates  to  the  Western 
District  Council  Convention. 

Optima  Financial  Corporation. 

James  A.Bledsoe,  Billy  H.  Brothers,  Mike 
Draper,  Irvin  H.  Fletcher,  Ronald  D.  Lig- 
gett, Larry  W.  Null.  Willie  Shepperson. 

New  York  Fund  Raiser 

The  New  York  State  Carpenters  Labor 
Management  Committee  recently  held  a  50/ 
50  drawing  at  five  dollars  per  ticket,  with 
50%  of  the  proceeds  going  to  the  "Blueprint 
for  Cure"  fund.  Tickets  were  sold  at  the 
committee's  legislative  reception  and  at  the 
annual  meeting;  $  1 65  was  sent  to  the  diabetes 
fund. 


Harold  Emsweller,  left.  Local  280.  Niag- 
ara-Genesse.  N.Y.,  winner  of  the  New 
York  50150  draw,  is  congratulated  by 
Rocco  Sidari,  New  York  stale  council  sec- 
retary, while  First  District  Board  Member 
Joe  Liu  looks  on. 

Check  donations  to  the  "Blueprint  for 
Cure"  campaign  should  be  made  out 
to  "Blueprint  for  Cure"  and  mailed 
to  General  President  Patrick  J.  Camp- 
bell, United  Brotherhood  of  Carpen- 
ters and  Joiners  of  America,  101  Con- 
stitution Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C. 
20001. 


Texas  Auxiliary  IHeips  Diabetes  Drive 


Ladies  Auxiliary  3, 
Dallas,  Tex.,  with  a 
$100  check  for 
'  'Blueprint  for 
Cure"  program 
front  row,  from 
left,  are  Nelda  Hill, 
Virginia  Kenyou, 
and  Betsy  Millican: 
second  row,  from 
left,  Eulalah 
Hosey,  Johnnie 
Watts,  Rita  An- 
spaugh,  Adele 
King,  Calra  Simon, 
and  Dorothy  Roe. 


Postage  Hikes  \\wi\ 
Carpenter  IVIailings 

All  union  publications,  including  Carpen- 
ter, which  rely  on  the  non-profit  rate  struc- 
ture of  the  U.S.  Postal  Service  had  their 
rates  increased  on  January  1  by  25%  to  40%. 

Carpenter  suddenly  found  itself  paying 
$8,000  more  per  month  just  to  get  distributed 
across  the  country. 

To  add  to  the  dismal  cost  picture,  the 
postage  rates  went  up  again  on  March  9, 
adding  an  additional  $  to  our  monthly  postage 
bill. 

The  Postal  Service  board  of  governors 
says  it  has  to  make  up  for  budget  cuts 
required  by  the  Gramm-Rudman-Hollings 
Act,  but  actually,  these  postage  increases 
have  been  in  the  mill  for  several  months. 

Carpenter,  like  many  other  non-profit  pub- 
lications, has  been  distributed  by  third  class 
mail  since  1982.  It  proved  to  be  more  eco- 
nomical to  switch  from  second-class  mail  to 
third  class  mail  at  that  time,  and  the  service 
was  just  as  good.  In  fact,  postal  returns  for 
wrong  addresses  or  changed  addresses  were 
more  prompt  under  cheaper  third  class  rates. 

Now,  we're  told  that  rate  hikes  for  third 
class  mail  may  rise  as  much  as  18%-,  while 
second  class  rates  rise  7%. 

Canadian  distribution,  meanwhile,  re- 
mains far  costlier  than  US.  distribution.  The 
unit  postage  price  in  Canada  is  more  than 
double  the  U.S.  rate. 

Because  of  this  the  editorial  staff  of  Car- 
penter is  reevaluating  the  whole  circulation 
program  of  the  Brotherhood  magazine  in  an 
effort  to  deal  with  increased  costs. 


Susan  Dunlop,  assistant  to  AFL-CIO  Pres- 
ident Lane  Kirkland,  urges  the  Postal  Rate 
Commission  to  block  Administration  at- 
tempts to  end  subsidies  for  nonprofit  mail- 
ers. Testifying  with  her  were  Edwin  M. 
Schmidt,  left,  director  of  the  federation's 
Department  of  Reproduction  and  Mailing, 
and  James  M.  Cesnik,  editor  of  the  Guild 
Reporter  and  secretary-treasurer  of  the  In- 
ternational Labor  Communications  Associ- 
ation. 

Canadian  Conference 

Continued  from  Page  17 

J.  Kimberly,  Local  2511,  Penticton,  B.C.; 
Robert  Todd,  Sask.  Pro.  Council. 

Steve  Phillips,  Sergio  Liliani,  Walter  Oliv- 
eira,  Ed.  Watling,  Ken  Graves,  and  Ilmar 
Rani,  all  of  Local  2679,  Toronto,  Ont.;  Adam 
Salvona,  Ontario  Industrial  Council;  Ken 
Fen  wick  and  David  McQueen,  of  Local 
3054,  London,  Ont.;  plus  members  of  the 
International  staff.  |J[lfJ 


MAY     1986 


23 


RPPREIITICESHIP  &  TRIimmC 


Nursery  Help  from  Apprentices 


When  II  San  Angela  niir\ery  needed  help,  il  wa\  a  K>'"iip  of 
upprentkes  from  Loeal  411.  San  Aiigelo.  Te\..  ihal  eaine  lo  ihe 
rescue.  The  nursery,  a  non-profit  organization  Ihal  cares  for  69 
children  of  families  with  low  incomes,  hud  a  garage  sale  last 
summer  to  raise  money  for  playground  equipment  .  .  ,  and  then 
found  that  the  wooden  deck  they  wanted  cost  more  than  they 
could  afford.  So  the  carpenters  signed  on  to  help  with  the  deck 
and  the  playground  equipment.  Working  on  the  project  were 
Thomas  Davis.  Kellv  Danteist.  Pete  Harnande:.  Ralph  Fraser, 
Savero  Soto.  Milton  Watson.  Bill  Woolsey.  Instructor  John 
Stanton.  Instructor  Al  Davis,  and  Business  Agent  Bill  Pelzel. 


Worcester  Group  Presentation 

Apprenlices  of  Local  107.  Worcesler.  Mass..  leccntly  put  down 
their  tools  and  left  their  pencils  in  theory  class  lor  lessons  of  a 
different  kind — a  special  training  session  on  the  UBC  structure 
and  trade  unionism.  Conducting  the  meeting  was  Task  Force 
Representative  Stephen  A.  Flynn.  who  showed  the  UBC  slide 
presentations  "The  International  Union"  and  "You  are  Your 
Union,"  the  film  "The  Inheritance."  and  talked  about  the  n^ed 
for  the  apprentices  not  only  to  be  good  carpenters,  hut  to  be  active 
and  proud  union  members. 


Second  and  third-year  Local  107  apprentices  attending  union 
presentation  seated,  from  left,  were  Steve  Bcnsen.  Charles 
Clancy.  Frank  Campanello.  Mike  Cronin.  and  Boh  Lloyd. 
Standing,  from  left,  are  Instructor  John  Giierlin.  Mike  Ide.  Mike 
Macaruso.  John  (iordon.  Jim  Krause.  John  Piotrowski.  Dave 
Van  Dyke.  Rene  Gihree.  Ron  Martin.  Kerry  Brenner.  Business 
Rep.  Jack  Lynch,  and  Darrin  Yokes. 


Brother  Helping  Brother 


Bli^'^ 


Tom  and  Vivian  Thompson  survey  the  progress  of  work  on  their 
garage  and  sewing  room,  donated  hy  Local  1597  members.  The 
cost  of  building  materials  was  defrayed  hy  local  merchants. 

Brother  helping  brother  is  Ihe  theme  of  a  recently-complelcd 
project  of  the  apprentices  of  Local  L'>97.  Bremerton.  Wash.:  a  24- 
by-2X-foot  garage  and  an  adjacent  20-by-20-foot  sewing  room  for 
UBC  member  Tom  Thompson,  who  was  stricken  with  multiple 
sclerosis  in  I97X  and  is  now  confined  to  a  wheelchair. 

When  Thompson  began  planning  his  garage,  il  occurred  to  him 
that  maybe  his  fellow  building  tradesmen  could  help  him  out  with 
the  construction.  So  inslruclors.  business  representatives,  and 
apprentices  would  come  and  visit  on  weekends,  drinking  gallons 
of  coffee,  enjoying  do/ens  of  homemade  cookies,  and  putting  up 
Ihe  Thompsons'  walls  and  windows. 

According  lo  Thompson,  "1  have  seen  a  lot  in  my  years,  and 
Lve  never  seen  a  group  work  together  like  these  guys.  This  is 


First  and  fourth-vear  apprentices  at  Local  I07's  program  on 
lotion  structure  and  trade  unionism  seated,  from  left,  were  Rob- 
ert (linerelli.  Matthew  Solitro.  William  Oser.  S<i>t  Richardson, 
and  Mike  Chamberlain.  Standing,  from  left,  are  Instructor 
Thotn  Russell.  Brian  Leveillee.  Robert  Davenport.  Kevin  Ste- 
venson. Cliff  Buck.  Malt  Lacroiv.  Earl  Turner.  Dave  Dusoe. 
I'liul  Duprc.  l)a\e  F.stahrook.  and  Steve  Serru. 


something  great.  .  .  .  There's  a  lot  lo  be  said  for  the  union." 

.John  Sleffens,  business  representative  for  Local  1597  and 
executive  secretary  for  the  Building  Trades  Council,  says  Ihe 
union  was  happy  lo  do  the  job.  "The  apprentices  got  credit  and 
necessary,  hands-on  practice  on  an  honest-to-goi>dness  building." 
Several  area  merchants  donated  materials  or  provided  them  at 
cost  to  the  Thompsons.  'Tom  and  his  wife  Vivian  are  very  grateful 
for  their  wonderful  new  addition  .  .  .  and  Ihe  brotherly  love  that 
built  it. 


24 


CARPENTER 


Connecticut  Graduates 


New  Journeymen  for  Local  54 


Graduating  apprentices  from  Local  24,  Central  Connecticut, 
were  recently  presented  with  completion  certificates.  Pictured, 
from  left,  are  Sal  Monarca,  coordinator;  Robert  Aubin;  Danny 
Rosa;  Mike  LaPila;  Paul  Botteon,  apprentice  of  the  year;  James 
Mazzarella;  Joe  Marks;  Daryl  Janis,  instructor;  Louis  Colavito; 
and  Ralph  DeSimone,  instructor.  Not  pictured  are  Peter  Lengyl 
and  Joseph  Caputo. 


Alaskan  Carpenters  and  Millwrights 


Eight  apprentices  recently  became  journeymen  carpenters,  and  two  became  millwright 
journeymen  of  Local  1243.  Fairbanks,  Alaska.  Pictured  above,  from  left,  are  Michael 
Green,  Gerald  Van  Bruggen,  Ronald  Allen,  Ron  Tribble,  Edward  Bering,  Randall  Friz- 
zell,  Jeff  Taylor,  Millwright  Luke  De  Julio,  and  Coordinator  Daniel  Hoffman.  Not 
pictured  are  Millwright  Kanwa  Soekoro  and  Curl  Barnett. 


Belgium  General  Workers  Union  Visitor 


cassen  are  pictured  with  the  president  of 
the  Belgium  General  Workers  Union, 
right,  and  his  interpreter,  center.  Juan 
Fernandez  toured  the  General  Office  and 
the  Washington  area  Apprenticeship  and 
Training  School  during  his  recent  visit  to 
the  United  States.  He  was  very  pleased  to 
be  able  to  meet  with  building  trades  lead- 
ers and  especially  to  discuss  apprentice- 
ship and  safety  programs. 

The  General  Workers  Union  represents 
workers  in  the  construction,  chemical,  pa- 
per, petroleum,  glass,  stone,  and  ceramics 
industries.  It  is  the  largest  private  sector 
union  and  the  second  largest  union  in  the 
General  Federation  of  Belgium  Labor. 


General  President  Patrick  Campbell  and 
First  General  Vice  President  Sigurd  Lu- 


Apprentice  graduates  of  Local  54,  Ber- 
wyn.  III.,  pictured  above,  seated,  from  left, 
are  Wayne  Zahrobsky,  Joseph  May.  and 
Richard  Kocourek.  Standing,  from  left, 
are  President  Robert  Lid,  Business  Man- 
ager Martin  Umlauf  Financial  Secretary 
Kenneth  Mocarski,  and  Business  Repre- 
sentative Eugene  Dzialo. 

May  was  the  first  place  winner  in  the 
1985  Illinois  State  Apprenticeship  Contest, 
Construction  Division.  Other  apprentices 
to  graduate  during  1985  were  George  Bar- 
dahl,  Robert  Bezouska,  Scott  Clausius, 
Jerome  Franklin.  Eulalio  Gonzalez,  David 
Jagielski.  Richard  Marvan,  Senola  Mc- 
Kinney,  Sandy  Medina,  Roberto  Pasillas, 
and  Mark  Pendola. 


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In  just  a  few  minutes  you  accurately  set  batters 
for  slabs  and  footings,  lay  out  inside  floors, 
ceilings,  forms,  iixtures,  and  cbeck  foundations 
for  remodeling. 

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...  the  old  reliable  water 
level  with  modem  features.  Toolbox  size. 
Durable  7"  container  with  exclusive  reser- 
voir, keeps  level  filled  and  ready.  50  ft. 
clear  tough  3/10"  tube  gives  you  100  ft.  of 
leveling  in  each  set-up,  with 
1/32"  accuracy  and  fast  one- 
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side, around  corners,  over 
obstructions.  Anywhere  you 
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Why  waste  money  on  delicate  5l|S|W'' 
instruments,  or  lose  time  and  ac- 
curacy on  makeshift  leveling?  Since  1950^ 
thousands  of  carpenters,  builders,  inside  trades, 
etc.  have  found  that  HYDROLEVEL  pays  for 
itself  quickly. 

Send  check  or  money  order  for  $16.95  and 
your  name  and  address.  We  will  rush  you  a 
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MAY     1986 


25 


Continued  from  Page  9 

the  research  on  the  corporate  interlocks 
between  Weyerhaeuser  and  two  other 
major  forest  products  producers  ap- 
pears at  right.  With  the  formation  of 
the  U.S.  Forest  Products  Joint  Bar- 
gaining Board  and  the  commitment  of 
the  UBC's  resources,  UBC  lumber  and 
plywood  affiliates  are  in  a  strong  posi- 
tion to  formulate  an  offensive,  rather 
than  a  defensive,  strategy  in  preparation 
for  industry-wide  bargaining. 

Louisiana-Pacific — Marshaling  the 
UBC's  resources  against  union-busting 
when  1 ,500  UBC  members  in  the  Pacific 
Northwest  were  forced  out  on  strike  in 
June  1983  by  the  union-busting  bar- 
gaining tactics  of  a  massive  forest  prod- 
ucts corporation,  the  response  of  the 
UBC  was  unequivocal:  a  national  con- 
sumer boycott  and  a  corporate  cam- 
paign and  the  accumulation  of  ample 
resources  for  the  L-P  strikers  to  con- 
tinue their  struggle.  Thousands  of  UBC 
members  across  the  country  have  ac- 
tively participated  in  boycott  activities 
and  have  donated  several  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars  in  donations  to  the  L-P 
strikers.  UBC  members — often  sacrific- 
ing a  day's  pay — have  turned  out  at  L- 
P  rallies  and  mass  leafiettings  at  the 
New  York  Stock  Exchange  on  Wall 
Street,  at  L-P's  corporate  headquarters 
in  Portland,  Ore.,  and  at  an  L-P  spon- 
sored public  event  in  Atlanta. 

The  UBC  Special  Programs  Depart- 
ment, as  part  of  its  extensive  corporate 
campaign,  has  conducted  a  proxy  so- 
licitation of  L-P  shareholders,  has  con- 
tested L-P's  condition  at  the  corpora- 
tion's shareholders  meeting,  and  has 
confronted  L-P's  actions  whenever  the 
corporation  has  appeared  before  gov- 
ernment agencies  to  apply  for  environ- 
mental and  building  permits. 

We  believe  that  if  L-P  succeeds  in 
injuring  one  group  of  our  members 
through  its  union-busting  tactics,  other 
UBC  members  will  eventually  be  harmed 
as  well.  That  is  why  the  UBC  has  made 
the  struggle  of  the  L-P  strikers  the 
struggle  of  all  Brotherhood  members 
and  why  General  President  Campbell 
has  fully  committed  the  significant  re- 
sources of  the  UBC  in  the  struggle 
against  L-P.  If  other  corporations — in 
the  forest  products  or  any  other  indus- 
try— attempt  to  attack  the  livelihoods 
of  Brotherhood  members  through  union- 
busting  maneuvers,  the  UBC  serves 
notice  that  it  will  respond  in  the  same 
way  we  did  with  L-P  because  we  op- 
erate under  the  principle  that  an  injury 
to  one  of  our  members  is  an  injury  to 
all. 

The  Mill-Cabinet  Industry:— The 

UBC's  50.000  members  belonging  to 
mill-cabinet  local  unions  are  a  proud 


CORPORATE  INTER-LOCKS 


ROCK  ISLAND 
COMPANY 


POTLACH 
CORPORATION 


WEYERHAEUSER 
COMPANY 


BOISE  CASCADE 


SRI  INTERNATIONAL 


HEWLETT-PACKARD 


An  example  of  UBC  Special  Programs  Department  research  showing  interlocks 
between  the  corporate  boards  of  three  major  forest  products  corporulions  under 
contract  to  the  UBC. 


WEYERHAEUSER 
COMPANY 


POTLATCH 
CORPORATION 


BOISE  CASCADE 


and  important  part  of  our  union's  in- 
dustrial sector.  These  skilled  cabinet- 
makers form  a  critical  link  to  the  con- 
struction job  sites  where  their  union 
label  products  are  installed  by  Broth- 
erhood carpenters. 

As  in  the  forest  products  industry, 
important  changes  are  also  taking  place 


in  the  mill-cabinet  industry — introduc- 
tion of  new  machinery,  changes  in  the 
work  of  journeymen,  and  national  mar- 
kets replacing  regional  markets.  These 
developments  and  the  problems  they 
are  creating  for  UBC  members  were 
the  subject  of  two  recent  meetings  of 
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26 


CARPENTER 


Chemical  Hazards  on  the  Job: 

Your  New  Right-to-Know 


Suppose  you  are  de-greasing  a  piece 
of  equipment  or  glueing  together  ve- 
neer. The  fumes  are  maicing  you  nau- 
seous, and  yet  your  supervisor  tells  you 
the  stuff  is  harmless.  Too  often  workers 
are  not  told  of  the  dangers  of  chemicals 
in  the  plant.  But  now,  under  a  new 
OSHA  regulation  you  have  the  right  to 
find  out  about  the  hazards  of  those 
chemicals — at  least  if  you  work  in  man- 
ufacturing plants.  In  1983  OSHA  pub- 
lished the  Hazard  Communication 
Standard  also  known  as  the  "right-to- 
know"  law.  This  new  regulation  re- 
quires that,  beginning  Nov.  25,  1983, 
chemical  manufacturers  and  importers 
label  any  containers  they  ship,  and 
provide  customers  with  Material  Safety 
Data  Sheets  detailing  the  hazards  of 
exposure  to  these  chemicals.  Six  months 
later,  beginning  May  25,  1986,  employ- 
ers in  manufacturing  must  begin  com- 
plying with  the  HCS. 

The  Hazard  Communication 
Standard 

The  new  OSHA  standard  requires 
that  chemical  manufacturers  review  the 
scientific  evidence  of  the  hazards  of 
their  products  and  report  them  to  em- 
ployees and  customers.  Employers  in 
manufacturing  must  set  up  a  written 
hazard  communication  program.  This 
program  must  include  labeling  of  con- 
tainers, provisions  for  Material  Safety 
Data  Sheets,  and  an  employee  training 
program.  There  must  be  a  list  of  haz- 
ardous chemicals  in  each  work  area,  a 
procedure  for  informing  employees  doing 
non-routine  tasks  (such  as  annual  main- 
tenance) and  contractors  working  in  the 
plant  of  the  hazards,  and  a  list  of  haz- 
ards from  chemicals  in  unlabeled  pipes. 

Labels  on  containers  must  state  the 
name  of  the  hazardous  chemical,  the 
hazard  warnings,  and  the  name  and 
address  of  the  manufacturer  or  im- 
porter. Signs,  placards,  process  sheets, 
or  batch  tickets  can  be  used  instead  of 
labels  as  long  as  the  alternative  conveys 
the  same  information.  Portable  con- 
tainers for  immediate  use  don't  have  to 
be  labeled.  The  employer  cannot  re- 
move or  deface  the  labels. 

Material  Safety  Data  Sheets  must  be 
developed  by  the  manufacturer  and  kept 
by  the  employer  for  each  hazardous 
chemical.  These  data  sheets  give  infor- 
mation on:  the  chemicals  in  the  mixture; 
their  physical  and  chemical  properties; 
hazards  such  as  flammability,  explosiv- 
ity,  and  reactivity;  health  hazards  in- 
cluding  symptoms   of  exposure;   any 


How  To  Use  The  New  Law 

This  law  gives  workers  important 
rights  to  training  and  to  information 
about  the  hazards  of  chemicals  they 
are  working  with.  Under  the  law,  the 
employer  must  provide  this  informa- 
tion to  you  upon  request.  You  should 
write  to  your  employer  and  request 
that,  under  the  OSHA  Hazard  Com- 
munication Standard  (29  CFR 
1910.1200)  or  local  or  state  R-T-K 
law,  they  provide  you  with  a  list  or 
all  chemicals  being  used  in  the  plant 
and  MSDSs  on  each  chemical.  Under 
a  separate  OSHA  standard  (29  CFR 
1910.20),  you  are  also  guaranteed  in- 
formation on  any  exposure  measure- 
ments the  employer  has  taken  in  the 
plant.  You  can  then  do  surveys  of  the 
members  to  see  if  they  are  having  any 
symptoms  of  overexposure  and  use 
this  information  to  press  for  better 
controls  on  chemical  use  in  the  plant, 
or  that  the  company  switch  to  safer 
chemicals. 

If  the  company  will  not  provide  you 
with  this  information  or  you  feel  the 
MSDS  is  not  accurate  or  is  incom- 
plete, you  have  the  right  to  file  an 
OSHA  complaint  and  get  an  investi- 
gation. Complaints  about  an  MSDS 
will  not  penahze  your  employer  since 
they  are  directed  at  the  chemical  man- 
ufacturer who  wrote  the  MSDS  and 
supplied  it  to  your  employer. 


exposure  limits,  safe  handling  proce- 
dures; control  measures  (e.g.  ventila- 
tion); emergency  and  spill  procedures; 
first  aid;  the  manufacturer's  name,  ad- 
dress and  phone  and  the  date  of  prep- 
aration. These  MSDS  must  be  made 
available  to  employees  on  each  work 
shift. 

Employees  must  be  trained  about  the 
hazards  of  chemicals  on  the  job  at  the 
time  of  their  initial  assignment  and 
whenever  a  new  hazard  is  introduced 
into  the  work  area.  They  must  be  told 
of  the  requirements  of  this  standard, 
the  operations  of  their  area  where  haz- 
ardous chemicals  are  used,  and  of  the 
location  and  availability  of  the  written 
HCS  program  and  the  MSDS.  Training 
must  include  information  on:  how  to 
detect  the  presence  of  a  hazardous 
chemical,  the  hazards  of  these  chemi- 
cals, how  to  protect  yourself  from  ex- 
posure (including  protective  clothing, 
work  practices,  and  emergency  proce- 
dures), an  explanation  of  the  HCS  pro- 
gram and  labeling  system,  and  how  to 
get  and  use  the  hazard  information. 


The  employer  or  manufacturer  has 
some  limited  rights  to  keep  the  identity 
of  hazardous  chemicals  secret  if  he  can 
prove  that  the  information  is  a  trade 
secret  vital  to  business.  This  right  to 
keep  trade  secret  information  confiden- 
tial was  severely  limited  by  a  successful 
lawsuit  filed  by  the  Steelworkers  Union 
on  behalf  of  the  AFL-CIO  and  its  affil- 
iates. Trade  secret  information  may  be 
revealed  to  health  professionals  (if  they 
are  willing  to  sign  a  confidentiality 
agreement),  or  to  physicians  and  nurses 
during  a  medical  emergency.  The  court 
decision  also  told  OSHA  to  provide 
similar  access  to  workers  and  their 
representatives. 

This  standard  only  applies  to  work- 
places in  manufacturing;  however,  be- 
cause of  the  union  lawsuit,  the  courts 
ruled  that  OSHA  must  reconsider  ex- 
panding the  law  to  other  industries, 
such  as  construction  and  hospitals.  In 
November  1985  OSHA  published  an 
Advance  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemak- 
ing requesting  comments  on  the  expan- 
sion of  HCS  to  other  industries.  The 
UBC  and  other  Building  Trades  Unions 
strongly  supported  the  coverage  of  con- 
struction. 

State  and  Local  Laws 

By  the  time  OSHA  published  its  HCS 
in  Fall  1983,  over  a  dozen  states  and 
several  cities  had  passed  their  own  R- 
T-K  laws.  In  fact,  a  major  impetus  for 
the  HCS  was  that  the  chemical  manu- 
facturers were  complaining  that  they 
had  different  requirements  to  meet  in 
each  state.  The  manufacturers  were 
hoping  for  a  weak  federal  standard  that 
would  preempt  all  the  state  and  local 
laws  and  provide  uniform  requirements 
nationwide.  But  the  grass-roots  move- 
ment for  state  and  local  R-T-K  laws 
strongly  supported  by  state  federations 
and  local  unions  has  continued  una- 
bated. As  of  Spring  1986,  there  are  28 
states  and  61  cities  or  counties  that 
have  their  own  laws  (52  of  the  61  local 
laws  are  in  California).  Many  of  these 
laws  are  stronger  than  the  federal  HCS 
and  most  provide  more  coverage,  or 
for  public  access  to  the  information. 

The  fight  over  preemption  of  state 
and  local  laws  has  been  focused  in  the 
courts.  In  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania, 
and  the  Federal  Third  Circuit  Court, 
■  the  judges  have  ruled  that  state  laws 
are  preempted  by  the  federal  HCS,  but 
only  in  those  industries  covered  by  the 
federal  law.  Therefore,  in  those  states 
with  laws  that  cover  construction  (as 


MAY     1986 


27 


most  states  do),  the  state  R-T-K  law 
remains  in  effect  in  those  non-manu- 
facturing sectors.  Also  many  of  these 
state  and  local  laws  include  a  public 
safety  or  community  provision  which 
allows  access  to  this  information  to 
community  residents  or  to  police  and 
fire  departments.  Since  OSHA  has  no 
jurisdiction  in  these  areas,  these  pro- 
visions of  the  state  and  local  laws  also 
remain  in  effect. 

A  recent  decision  in  Ohio  was  the 
first  ruling  relating  to  a  city  or  county 
R-T-K  law.  The  U.S.  District  Court  for 
the  Northern  District  of  Ohio  ruled  in 
February  that  the  Akron  city  R-T-K 
law  was  not  preempted  by  the  federal 
HCS,  even  in  manufacturing  plants. 


States  Right- 

■tO-KnOW  Laws- 

-(March  1986) 

Arkansas 

Massachusetts 

North  Dakota 

California 

Michigan 

Oregon 

Connecticut 

Minnesota 

Pennsylvania 

Delaware 

Missouri 

Rhode  Island 

Florida 

Montana 

Tennessee 

Illinois 

New  Mexico 

Texas 

Iowa 

New  Jersey 

Vermont 

Maine 

New  York 

Washington 

Maryland 

North  Carolina 

West  Virginia 
Wisconsin 

How  To  Read  A  Material  Safety  Data  Sheet 


A  Material  Safety  Data  Sheet  can  be 
a  very  useful  source  of  information,  but 
it  can  often  seem  confusing  or  technical. 
Sometimes  a  MSDS  is  incomplete  or 
inaccurate.  This  factsheet  will  help  you 
translate  MSDSs  into  plain  English,  so 
it  is  useful  to  your  members. 
An  MSDS  is  usually  divided.into  nine  sec- 
tions: 

Section  I  identifies  the  chemical,  who  man- 
ufactures it,  and  gives  any  other  names  that 
the  chemical  goes  by.  It  also  gives  the 
Chemical  Abstract  Service  number.  The  CAS 
number  is  a  universal  system  for  identifying 
chemicals.  Each  chemical  is  assigned  a  unique 
number.  Often  information  on  chemicals  can 
be  looked  up  more  easily  by  CAS  number. 

Section  II  gives  the  ingredients  if  it  is  a  mixture 
of  several  chemicals  (OSHA  only  requires 
hazardous  chemicals  to  be  listed  if  over  1% 
of  mixture,  carcinogenic  chemicals  if  over 
0.1%  of  mixture),  what  percent  of  each 
chemical  is  in  the  mixture  (percentage  not 
required  by  OSHA),  any  data  from  scientific 
experiments,  and  any  exposure  limits  from 
OSHA,  NIOSH  or  ACGIH.  OSHA  exposure 
limits  are  required  by  law.  NIOSH  and 
ACGIH  limits  are  recommendations  which 
are  more  up  to  date,  but  do  not  carry  the 
force  of  law.  The  TWA  is  the  time-weighted 
average  exposure  over  an  eight-hour  work- 
day. Data  from  animal  experiments  is  usually 
presented  as  the  dose  (in  grams  of  chemical 
administered  per  kilogram  of  the  animal's 
weight)  that  kills  half  of  the  animals  (called 
the  Lethal  Dose  or  LD  50).  Exposure  levels 
are  measured  in  ppm  (parts  of  chemical  per 
million  parts  of  air)  or  mg/m3  (milligrams  of 
chemical  in  each  cubic  meter  of  air). 

Section  III  presents  physical  properties  of  the 

chemical,  such  as  its  boiling  point,  solubility 
in  water,  vapor  pressure,  etc.  Chemicals 
with  a  high  vapor  density  (greater  than  1) 
settle  to  the  floor  when  generated.  Those 
with  low  vapor  density  rise.  This  section 
also  gives  information  on  the  chemical's 
appearance  and  odor,  which  may  help  iden- 


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The  Brotherhood's  Department  of  Occupa- 
tional Safety  and  Health  has  thousands  of 
MSDSs  on  different  chemicals.  For  a  copy 
of  the  index  write  to:  United  Brotherhood 
of  Carpenters  and  Joines  of  America,  De- 
partment of  Occupational  Safety  and 
Health.  101  Constitution  Air.,  N.W., 
Washington.  DC.  20001. 


tify  over-exposures.  If  the  "odor  threshold" 
is  above  the  exposure  limit,  then  if  you  can 
smell  it  you're  being  exposed  to  too  much. 
If  it  is  below  the  exposure  limit,  smelling  it 
can  act  as  a  warning  to  limit  exposures. 
Section  IV  on  fire  and  explosion  data  gives 
information  on  how  easily  the  chemical  can 
cause  fires  or  an  explosion,  and  what  to  use 
to  extinguish  fires. 

Section  V  on  reactivity  indicates  how  easily 
it  will  react  with  other  chemicals  and  lists 
chemicals  you  should  never  mix  with  it. 


Section  VI  gives  the  health  hazard  informa- 
tion. It  indicates  the  possible  toxic  effects 
of  overexposure  and  lists  first  aid  actions  to 
take  if  it  is  splashed  in  the  eye,  gets  on  the 
skin,  is  inhaled  or  swallowed. 
Section  VII  details  procedures  to  follow  if 
there  is  a  chemical  spill  or  leak  and  how  to 
properly  dispose  of  the  chemical. 
Section  VIII  discusses  what  type  of  protective 
clothing  (respirators,  safety  glasses,  gloves) 
to  wear  when  handling  the  chemical,  and 
other  protective  measures  to  follow,  such  as 
having  eye  wash  stations  or  safety  showers 
available. 

Section  IX  lists  any  special  precautions  and 
additional  comments.  Here  is  where  rec- 
ommendations would  be  made  regarding 
medical  exams.  Also,  information  regarding 
its  carcinogenic  (cancer-causing)  effects  would 
be  made  here. 

Often  the  MSDS  will  be  signed  at  the  end 
by  the  medical  personnel  or  industrial  hy- 
gienist  who  reviewed  it.  Signed  MSDSs  are 
generally  more  reliable  than  unsigned  ones. 

The  most  important  sections  of  the  MSDS, 
as  far  as  overexposures  are  concerned,  are 
sections  VI,  VIII,  and  IX,  which  tell  what 
the  toxic  effects  may  be,  how  to  protect 
yourself  and  any  special  precautions  you 
should  take. 

MSDS  can  provide  very  useful  informa- 
tion, but  many  times  they  do  not.  Often 
ingredients  are  not  listed  because  they  are 
considered  "trade  secrets"  or  because  the 
manufacturer  does  not  consider  them  haz- 
ardous. Sometimes  toxic  effects  are  down- 
played: for  example,  chemicals  that  cause 
cancer  in  laboratory  animals  should  be  as- 
sumed to  cause  cancer  in  humans,  unless 
proven  otherwise,  but  some  companies  will 
not  label  a  chemical  as  a  carcinogen  until 
there  is  human  evidence  that  it  can  cause 
cancer.  Also  MSDSs  need  to  be  updated 
periodically  as  new  evidence  or  toxic  effects 
are  discovered.  You  can  check  with  the 
Brotherhood's  Department  of  Occupational 
Safety  and  Health  for  more  information  on 
the  hazards  of  various  chemicals  and  to 
check  on  the  accuracy  of  MSDSs. 


28 


CARPENTER 


GOSSIP 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO: 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED. 


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FIRE  HAZARD 

Mr.  Dillon  called  Festus  into  his 
office  and  told  him,  "Festus,  I  want 
you  to  go  out  and  find  Black  Bart, 
Arrest  him  and  bring  him  in." 

Festus  replied,  "OK,  Mr.  Dillon, 
but  can  you  describe  him  for  me?" 

Mr,  Dillon  told  him,  "Well,  he  v^/ears 
a  paper  shirt,  paper  pants,  paper 
boots,  and  a  paper  hat," 

Festus  said,  "All  right,  Mr,  Dillon, 
but   what   are   we   arresting    him 
for?"     Mr,  Dillon:  "Rustling," 
— B.  F.  Barrow 
Local  14 
San  Antonio,  Tex. 


ATTEND  YOUR  LOCAL  MEETINGS 


A  LOUD-SQUEAKER? 

"What's  Caroline  so  mad  about?" 

"She  stepped  on  one  of  those 

scales  with  a  loudspeaker  and  it 

called  out,  'One  at  a  time,  please.' " 


SIMPLE  MATH 

On  a  visit  to  Moscow  a  man  asked 
a  Russian  official  about  their  form 
of  government. 

He  said,  "It's  very  simple.  Under 
communism,  if  I  have  a  million  ru- 
bles, I  share  it  with  you.  If  I  have  a 
20-room  mansion,  I  share  it  with 
you.  If  I  have  a  brand  new  suit,  I 
share  it  with  you.  And  if  I  have  a 
bottle  of  vodka  .  .  ." 

The  visitor  said,  "Would  you  share 
it  with  me?" 

He  said,  "Nyet." 

"Why  not?" 

The  official  said,  "I  have  a  bottle 
of  vodka." 

BE  UNION!  BUY  LABEL! 


IF  IT  FITS 

A  father  took  his  son  into  the 
family  business  with  great  expec- 
tations, only  to  be  disappointed. 
Unfortunately,  the  day  the  son  was 
told  he  was  to  step  into  his  father's 
shoes,  dad  was  wearing  loafers. 

—Grit 


BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER 


GOOD  FOUNDATION 

The  good  thing  about  beginning 
at  the  bottom  is  that  you  always 
have  something  solid  to  go  back 
to. 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

A  silly  young  lady  named  Jean 
Bought  a  shiny  new  sewing 

machine. 
She  was  quite  color-blind 
And  half  out  of  her  mind. 
Made  her  wedding  gown  purple 
and  green! 

— John  T.  Harding 
Retiree 
Coquille,  Ore. 


DOG'S  LIFE 

First  woman:  "Why  should  I  get 
married?  I  got  a  dog,  and  that's 
almost  as  good  as  a  husband." 

Second  woman:  "Don't  be  silly. 
A  dog  isn't  anything  like  a  hus- 
band." 

First  woman:  "Well,  my  dog  is. 
He  barks  at  me  in  the  morning, 
growls  at  me  in  the  afternoon,  and 
wants  to  go  out  at  night!" 


BOYCOTT  L-P  PRODUCTS 


WEATHER  OR  NOT 

A  tenant  was  complaining  to  his 
landlord,  "My  roof  is  leaking  and 
the  rain  keeps  coming  through  the 
broken  window,  causing  my  floors 
to  be  flooded.  How  long  is  this 
going  to  continue?" 

The  landlord  shrugged.  "How 
should  I  know?  I'm  not  a  weather- 
man." 

"Nancy's  Nonsense" 


LOOK  FOR  THE  UNION  LABEL 


WHITE  WALLS  FREE 

A  car  dealer  buying  a  cow  from 
a  farmer  got  the  following  break- 
down similar  to  the  breakdown  of 
the  "bargain"  he  received  when  he 
purchased  his  automobile: 

One  basic  cow  $200.00 

Two-tone  exterior  45.00 

Extra  stomach  75.00 

Storage    compart- 
ment 

dispensing    de-         60.00 
vice 
Four  spigots  at 

$10,00  each  40.00 

Genuine  cowhide 

upholstery  125.00 

Dual  horns  15.00 

Automatic  fly 

swatter  35.00 


Total 


$595.00 


MAY     1986 


29 


Members 
In  The  News 

Camino  Carver 


From  Art  to  Carpentry 


John  Taylor's  alias  is  the '  'Camino  Carver. ' ' 
Taylor,  a  member  of  Local  2749,  Camino, 
Calif.,  and  an  employee  of  Michigan  Cali- 
fornia Lumber  Co..  has  been  featured  in  the 
company  newspaper,  the  local  newspaper, 
and  on  radio.  Taylor,  carving  with  a  chain 
saw,  has  progressed  from  carving  his  first 
"very  amateur"  bear  to  carve  many  much- 
improved  bears,  some  eagles,  and  busts  of 
local  residents. 

Michigan  California  Lumber  Co.  has  co- 
operated with  Taylor's  hobby,  reports  his 
wife  Jo  Ann.  Taylor  has  bought  or  salvaged 
much  of  his  wood  from  the  company  for  his 
five-foot  plus  creations. 


Lather  in  Leningrad 

It's  a  long  commute 
from  Minneapolis  to 
Moscow,  but  Ken 
Weissenfluth,  a  Local 
I9()L  lather,  worked  in 
Leningrad  for  five  weeks 
as  a  part  of  a  seven-man 
crew  chosen  to  restore 
the  stucco  facade  of  the 
U.S.  Consulate  in  the 
former  capital  of  Rus- 
sia. He  traveled  to  the 
U.S.S.R.  with  other 
employees  of  Donnelly 
Stucco  Co.,  a  family-owned  firm  that's  been  in  Minneapolis  for 
three  generations. 

Workers  were  chosen  very  carefully  for  this  assignment.  Not 
only  did  Donnelly  want  top-quality  craftsmen,  they  also  had  to 
gel  government  travel  clearances  and  work  permits.  Weissenfluth 
did  not  know  for  certain  that  he  was  going  until  the  day  prior  to 
his  departure  when  his  work  permits  had  finally  been  signed. 

The  crew  had  their  work  cut  out  for  them.  The  building  had  to 
be  cleaned  of  many  years  of  grime  and  soot,  but  it  rained  every 
afternoon  for  the  first  two  weeks  on  the  job,  making  their  efforts 
uncomfortable  and  less  effective.  After  the  cleaning,  the  crew  set 
to  restoring  the  figurines  and  fancy  sculpture  on  the  front,  fixing 
the  deteriorated  plaster,  puttying  and  painting  the  window  frames, 
and  caulking  the  joints.  They  put  in  1 1-hour  days,  six  days  a  week, 
but  since  the  workers  were  carefully  watched  and  could  only  go 
where  the  government  allowed  them,  the  long  days  didn't  keep 
them  from  much. 

Although  the  government  did  restrict  their  movements,  Weis- 
senfluth managed  to  sightsee  a  bit,  visiting  two  or  three  places  a 
week,  including  the  gravesite  of  Peter  Tchaikovsky,  the  great 
Russian  composer.  Weissenfluth  remarked  that,  according  to  the 
tour  guides,  "Russia  has  the  best  of  everything."  (Although 
consulate  employees  had  said  that  it  would  have  taken  the  Russian 
workers  three  years  to  complete  the  renovation  work  that  the 
Donnelly  crew  completed  in  five  weeks.) 

Working  in  the  Soviet  Union  was  a  once-in-a-lifetime  opportunity 
for  Weissenfluth,  but  he  was  grateful  to  return  to  his  family  and 
the  good  old  U.S.A.  "I'm  proud  to  be  an  American!"  he  said. 
And  he  and  the  other  crew  members  can  be  proud  of  their  work; 
it  can  stand  before  the  craftsmen  of  Eastern  Europe  and  speak 
for  the  quality  and  talent  of  its  crew. 


Women  have  been  signing  up  for  UBC  apprenticeship  and 
training  programs  for  more  than  two  decades,  but  they're  still 
breaking  ground  in  some  areas.  Local  261,  Scranton,  Pa.,  has  just 
accepted  its  first  woman,  Carol  Cancelli,  and  a  northeastern 
Pennsylvania  magazine,  TEMPO,  ran  an  article  about  the  new 
lady  carpenter  in  a  recent  issue. 

Cancelli  received  a  degree  in  commercial  art  from  the  Art 
Institute  of  Pittsburgh,  but  feels  she  has  found  her  niche  as  a 
carpenter.  She  loves  the  opportunity  to  work  outdoors,  and  the 
hard  physical  work  means  she  doesn't  have  to  worry  about  keeping 
in  shape. 

The  23-year  old  began  her  carpentry  work  with  non-union 
companies  as  a  weekend  job  four  years  ago.  When  her  studies 
were  completed,  she  found  commercial  art  did  not  pay  well  in  the 
area,  so,  to  pursue  her  interest  in  carpentry,  she  joined  the  UBC. 

"I  have  to  work  three  times  as  hard  ...  -to  keep  proving 
myself,"  says  Cancelli,  "I  do  it  because  I  really  enjoy  it."  What 
better  reason  is  there? 


20-Year  Boxing  Career 

Dick  Topinko's  been  a  name 
in  the  sports  news  for  over 
20  years  now.  An  18-year 
member  of  Local  440,  Buf- 
falo, N.Y.,  Topinko  began 
making  headlines  when  he 
won  the  novice  Jr.  Welter- 
weight championship  in  1965 
after  only  three  months  of 
training.  Topinko  continued 
boxing  and  was  undefeated 
in  10  fights  before  being 
drafted  into  the  army.  In  1967 
Topinko  returned,  resumed 
his  boxing  career,  and  by 
1970  was  picked  Prospect  of 
the  Month  by  Rina  Maga- 
zine. A  shoulder  injury  forced 
Topinko  to  quit  boxing  in 
1970,  ending  a  career  of  50 
fights:  42  wins  and  only  8 
losses.  He  still  keeps  in  good 

physical  shape.  The  Lackawanna,  N.Y.,  edition  of  Front  Page 
recently  reviewed  Topinko's  boxing  career  and  noted  that  he  is 
now  a  professional  model  as  well  as  a  carpenter. 


Memo  to  My  Union  Rep  Hubby 

I've  changed  my  name  to  Norma  Rae 
So  you'd  stay  home  and  listen  today 
To  grievances  over  lack  of  pay 
And  other  injustices  along  the  way. 
And  just  to  show  you  my  bargaining  power 
Meet  me  upstairs  in  half  an  hour 

—Cindi  Ahmann,  Wife  of  Steve  Atimann 
Bus.  Rep.,  Local 2465  Willmar,  t^inn. 


30 


CARPENTER 


Retirees' 
Notebook 

A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Retiree  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings arid  goings  of  individual  retirees. 


NCSC  Arts  Festival 
Invites  Union  Entries 

The  National  Council  of  Senior  Citizens 
has  announced  sponsorship  of  a  "Senior 
Arts  Festival"  to  be  held  uring  the  NCSC 
Constitutional  Convention,  at  the  Fontaine- 
bleau  Hilton,  Miami,  Fla.,  July  7-12,  1986. 

The  theme  of  the  Festival  is  "We  are  the 
20th  Century,"  in  recognition  of  the  many 
contributions  older  Americans  have  made 
to  the  growth  and  progress  of  this  great 
country,  and  the  technological,  social,  and 
cultural  contributions  for  which  the  elderly 
are  responsible. 

All  union  retirees  are  invited  to  attend  the 
Convention  and  participate  in  the  Arts  Fes- 
tival. The  National  Council  of  Senior  Citi- 
zens is  the  only  organization  for  the  aging 
endorsed  by  the  AFL-CIO,  and  NCSC  works 
closely  with  international  unions  to  encour- 
age support  for  legislation  of  benefit  to  both 
seniors  and  workers.  NCSC  President  Jacob 
Clayman  says  he  hopes  that  the  Arts  Festival 
will  reflect  this  close  alliance  between  labor 
and  retirees. 

"Programs  like  Social  Security  and  Med- 
icare have  been  won  by  the  joint  efforts  of 
organized  labor  and  older  Americans," 
Clayman  said.  "And  seniors  have  helped 
unions  by  petitioning  Congress  to  end  the 
flood  of  imports  that  are  drowning  the  jobs 
of  American  workers.  Through  plays,  pos- 
ters, poems,  short  stories,  and  essays,  we 
invite  all  retirees  to  tell  this  story  of  unity — 
one  that  has  made  America  a  better  place 
to  live." 

For  more  information  on  the  arts  festival, 
and  for  additional  information  on  the  con- 
vention, write  to  Ken  Hoagland,  NCSC,  925 
Fifteenth  Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C. 
20005. 


Stained  Glass  Art 
Is  Retiree's  Hobby 

A  37-year  member  of  Local  17,  Bronx, 
N.Y.,  Floyd  Fihppi  reads  with  interest  about 
the  many  hobbies  and  activities  of  UBC 
retirees.  He's  put  his  carpentry  training  to 
new  use  in  his  hobby  of  creating  stained 
glass  art,  and  is  becoming  quite  adept  at  the 
techniques.  An  avid  collector  of  Avon  bot- 
tles as  well,  Filippi  is  interested  in  selling  or 
swapping  pieces  of  his  bottle  collection. 


Marcher  Retiree  Tops  in  Fund-Raising 


Bob  Allen  is  78  but  that  doesn't  stop  him 
from  filling  up  his  calendar  with  daily  obli- 
gations— daily  volunteer  obligations,  that  is. 
And  the  beginning  of  each  year  is  when  he's 
busiest,  when  its  time  to  collect  donations 
for  the  March  of  Dimes. 

A  member  of  the  Brotherhood  for  over  40 
years,  the  Seattle,  Wash.,  Local  64  member 
worked  in  construction  for  most  of  his  life. 
Before  retirement  a  decade  ago,  Allen  worked 
for  a  firm  that  handled  major  remodeling 
projects  at  several  hospitals,  including  Se- 
attle's Children's  Orthopedic  Hospital. 

"I'd  go  by  the  wards  and  see  those  kids 
in  their  cribs,  unable  to  walk,  sick  year  after 
year  ...  I  was  going  on  68  when  I  retired 
and  decided  I'd  do  some  good  with  the  time 
I  have  left,  and  I'd  do  it  for  kids  who  couldn't 
help  themselves." 

Allen's  kept  that  pledge.  For  seven  years 
he's  participated  in  the  annual  March  of 
Dimes  Mothers'  March,  raising  more  than 
$10,000  since  he  started,  a  total  higher  than 
any  other  individual  Washington  participant 
in  the  March.  He  is  also  one  of  the  oldest 
participants  and  a  recipient  of  the  March  of 
Dime's  President's  Award  for  Distinguished 
Voluntary  Service. 

In  addition,  Allen  works  with  this  fellow 
Kiwanians  to  help  developmentally  disabled 
students  at  an  area  grade  school,  and  he 
drives  a  wheelchair-bound  student  to  classes 
at  Everett  Community  College. 


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Over  200  Involved  Retirees  in  St.  Louis 


Two  hundred  and  eighty-two  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  retirees  and  spouses  maintain  an  in- 
volvement with  the  United  Brotherhood 
through  the  activities  of  Retirees'  Club  21. 

During  the  Christmas  season,  over  200  of 
the  club's  members  joined  a  ventriloquist,  a 
dance  band,  Santa  Claus,  and  several  local 
union  officials  for  a  holiday  celebration. 
Santa  distributed  gifts  and  candy  favors,  and 


canned  goods  were  collected  for  the  Salva- 
tion Army. 

Another  event  the  club  was  involved  in 
was  an  anti-R-T-W  rally  held  on  the  steps 
of  the  state  capitol  in  Springfield  the  day  the 
General  Assembly  opened  a  new  session.  A 
crowd  of  over  4,000  gathered  to  express 
their  opposition  to  "right-to-work"  legisla- 
tion; Retirees'  Club  21  had  120  representa- 
tives lending  their  voices  to  the  group. 


At  left,  an  accordion  player  entertains  the  group  as  the  dance  band  takes  a  break  at  the 
St.  Louis  Retirees'  Club  Christmas  celebration.  At  right.  Santa  Claus  (Ollie  Langhorst, 
executive  secretary-treasurer,  St.  Louis  District  Council)  greets  members  who've  been 
good  for  goodness'  sake. 


MAY     1986 


31 


CONSUMER 
CLIPBOARD 


The  Educated  Eater 


Perhaps  you  wonder  about  the  safety  of 
propyl  gallate.  a  food  additive.  Or  you  want 
to  know  more  about  the  burgeoning  field  of 
biotechnology  and  how  it  will  affect  the  food 
supply.  Maybe  you  want  to  know  which 
reducing  diet  is  safe  for  you? 

Answers  to  these  and  similar  questions 
are  given  in  several  recent  publications. 

The  Complete  Eater's  Digest  and  Nutri- 
tion Scoreboard  by  Michael  F.  Jacobson. 
Ph.D.  (Anchor  Press.  New  York.  $9.95. 
Paper)  updates  and  combines  two  previous 
works.  Eater's  Digest  and  Nutrition  Score- 
board. 

Jacobson  is  executive  director  of  the  Cen- 
ter for  Science  in  the  Public  Interest  and 
one  of  the  country's  leading  advocates  of 
safe,  nutritious  food. 

Some  critics  see  him  as  an  extremist 
because  he  prefers  apple  juice  and  bran 
muffins  to  cokes  and  cookies  and  soyburgers 
over  hamburgers  and  because  he  condemns 
potentially  harmful  additives. 

However.  Jacobson's  views  are  not  al- 
ways far  out.  He  does  not  condemn  all  food 
preservatives,  for  example.  He  says  calcium 
propionate  and  sodium  propionate — put  into 
commercial  baked  goods  to  prevent  molds 
and  bacteria — "are  one  of  the  most  innoc- 
uous food  additives.  " 

The  calcium  propionate  contributes  cal- 
cium to  the  diet,  he  explains,  while  "pro- 
pionic acid  occurs  naturally  in  many  foods 
and  acts  as  a  natural  preservative  in  Swiss 
cheese  .  .  .  Propionate  is  also  formed  and 
used  as  a  source  of  energy  when  the  body 
metabolizes  certain  fats  and  amino  acids." 


By  GOODY  L.  SOLOMON 


He  takes  a  dim  view,  however,  of  the 
sodium  nitrite  put  into  processed  meats  such 
as  bacon  and  hot  dogs.  This  is  an  additive 
to  "avoid."  he  says,  "mainly  because  it 
combines  with  substances  called  amines  to 
form  nitrosamines  which  cause  cancer." 

Jacobson  further  urges  "that  you  eat  sal- 
ami, bologna,  hot  dogs,  and  especially  bacon 
rarely  or  not  at  all"  because  "they  are 
generally  loaded  with  saturated  fat  and  salt . ' ' 

As  for  the  propyl  gallate  named  above,  it, 
too,  is  an  additive  to  avoid.  Used  to  increase 
the  shelf  life  of  fats  and  oils,  it  is  suspected 
of  playing  a  role  in  cancer,  says  Jacobson, 
citing  laboratory  studies  completed  in  1981. 

Overall,  this  volume  is  a  helpful,  educa- 
tional reference  work.  Given  today's  ever 
controversial  and  changeable  ideas  about 
food,  however,  it's  wise  to  consult  several 
sources  of  information. 

Biotechnology,  An  Industry  Comes  of  Age 
by  Steve  Olson  ($9.95  by  mail  from  National 
Academy  Press,  2101  Constitution  Avenue, 
N.W.,  Washington.  D.C.  20014). 

In  the  days  and  months  ahead,  you  will 
be  hearing  a  lot  about  biotechnology  and  the 
changes  it  promises  for  food  production. 

"Microorganisms  might  be  genetically  en- 
gineered that  provide  nitrogen  to  important 
crops,  greatly  reducing  the  need  for  fertili- 
zer. Plants  might  be  produced  that  grow 
faster  or  in  more  places  or  that  have  larger 
and  more  nutritious  yields,"  explains  Olson 
in  this  new  book. 

But  is  biotechnology  thoroughly  safe?  Ex- 


perts aren't  sure.  Some  agricultural  appli- 
cations might  "affect  the  ecosystem  in  un- 
anticipated, and  possibly  detrimental  ways," 
cautions  author  Olson. 

Based  largely  on  a  February  1985  confer- 
ence of  the  National  Academy  of  Sciences 
and  covering  biotechnology  in  other  fields 
as  well  as  food  production,  the  book  com- 
prehensively reports  on  the  status  of  this 
new  research  field,  the  variety  of  manipu- 
lations it  is  capable  of,  activities  of  govern- 
ment regulators,  and  more. 

Weight  Loss  Promotions,  a  report  by  the 
Council  of  Better  Business  Bureaus  and  the 
Food  and  Drug  Administration,  available 
free  from  the  CBBB,  1 5 1 5  Wilson  Boulevard, 
Arlington,  VA  22209. 

This  10-page  manuscript  doesn't  mince 
words  about  the  frauds  in  the  weight  loss 
market.  By  all  means  get  a  copy  if  you  think 
you  have  to  trim  down  fast. 

Here  you  will  learn  why  "quick  loss" 
regimens  are  doomed  to  long-term  failure 
and  can  be  harmful.  The  report  covers  dif- 
ferent methods  ranging  from  starch  block- 
ers— which  FDA  deems  to  be  drugs  and 
therefore  should  not  be  marketed  without 
its  approval — to  bulk  producers,  grapefruit 
diet  pills,  and  the  programs  of  diet  clinics. 

Regarding  clinics,  the  report  cautions  that 
some  "provide  legitimate  and  valuable  serv- 
ices .  .  .  however,  some  clinics  use  ques- 
tionable methods  .  .  .  (such  as)  injections  or 
pills  of  HCG,  human  chorionic  gonadotro- 
pin." 


Tips  on  How  To  Buy  and  Store  Ice  Cream 


Not  all  ice  creams  are  created  equal.  Here 
is  information  to  help  you  select  the  best  ice 
cream  for  your  family: 

Read  the  Ice  Cream  Label: 

The  government  requires  that  ingredients 
in  ice  cream  be  listed  on  the  label.  If  an 
artificial  flavoring  is  added,  il  must  be  stated 
as  such.  You  will  see  these  terms  when 
shopping  for  ice  cream: 

•  All  Natural:  This  means  no  artificial 
ingredients  are  used.  No  artificial  flavors, 
colors,  emulsifiers,  or  stabilizers  are  used. 

•  Artificially  Flavored:  This  means  ex- 
actly what  it  says — something  artificial  has 
been  added  for  flavor.  Depending  on  ingre- 
dients used  for  flavoring,  ice  cream  must  be 
labeled  in  one  of  three  ways: 

All  natural  flavoring — "vanilla  ice  cream"; 


More   natural   than   artificial   flavoring — 
"vanilla  flavored  ice  cream"; 
More  artificial   than   natural   flavoring — 
"artificially  flavored  vanilla  ice  cream." 

There  are  many  other  ingredients  that 
prevent  an  ice  cream  from  being  called  "all 
natural."  It  may  be  the  sweeteners  or  the 
additives  that  improve  the  ice  cream's  tex- 
ture or  color.  Corn  syrup,  for  one.  is  not 
considered  an  "all  natural"  ingredient,  but 
sugar  is. 

Looking  at  the  label  of  an  "all  natural" 
ice  cream,  you  will  see  milkfat,  nonfat  milk, 
sugar,  and  egg  yolks  listed.  Egg  yolks,  not 
found  in  all  ice  creams  are  added  to  enhance 
the  ice  cream's  whipping  ability  and  give  the 
ice  cream  a  creamy  texture  and  rich  flavor. 

Ingredients  listed  on  naturally  flavored  ice 


cream  labels  might  include  carbo  bean  and 
guar  gums.  These  are  natural  vegetable  seed 
extracts  used  in  minute  quantities  to  prevent 
formation  of  coarse  ice  crystals. 

Storing  and  Serving  Ice  Cream: 

Keep  ice  cream  tightly  covered  in  the 
freezer.  Never  let  it  melt  completely  and 
then  try  to  refreeze  it.  If  you  do,  large  coarse 
ice  crystals  will  form  which  destroy  the 
flavor  and  texture.  For  optimal  flavor,  serve 
ice  cream  when  it  is  slightly  soft  to  the 
touch. 

After  serving,  you  may  wish  to  press  foil 
or  plastic  wrap  over  the  remaining  ice  cream 
before  reclosing  the  container,  or  store  the 
carton  in  a  plastic  bag  to  prevent  absorption 
of  freezer  odors. 


32 


CARPENTER 


Service 

fo 

The 

Brelherheed 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood  who   recently   received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union.    Tarrytown,  N.Y.— Picture  No,  1 


Tarrytown,  N.Y. — Picture  No.  2 

TARRYTOWN,  N.Y. 

IWembers  with  25  or  more  years  of  service 
were  recently  honored  by  Local  149  at  the  Bob 
Bucci  Memorial  Clambake,  named  in  honor  of 
the  local's  recently  departed  business 
representative  of  10  years. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  Harry  Stickles,  Franz  Kirsten  Sr. ,  and 
Matthew  Karl. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  40-year  members  Elwin 
Daby,  left,  with  President  Gary  Omboni  and 
Business  Representative  Garry  Playford. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  40  year  members,  from 
left:  Sal  Pagano,  Kenneth  Imm,  Gus  Neilson, 
John  CentofantI  Sr.,  Malcolm  MacDougall,  Gus 
Nelson,  Bill  Kerr,  Gene  Fallon,  Steve  Lazorchak, 
Albert  MacDougall,  Pete  Caimi,  George 
Partelow  Sr.,  and  Stanley  Mruz. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Salvatore  Gililiano,  George  Adams,  Frank 
Strick,  Carl  Swanson,  Joe  Lanza,  Harold 
Schneider,  Asa  Barnes  Sr.,  Al  Gammaratti,  and 
Tony  Caplia. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  30-year  members, 
kneeling,  from  left:  Harvey  Miller,  Frank 
Ferraro,  Mike  Dolcimascola,  Henry  Gourdine, 
Steve  Pinter,  Franz  Kirstein  II,  Vincent  Placona, 
and  Al  Ganim. 

Standing,  from  left:  Art  Davidson,  Ed  Nanni, 
Ralph  Stelluti,  Manny  Delrio  Jr.,  John  Benvin, 
Bill  Scully,  Carl  Schmid,  August  Ortmann,  Gabe 
Galletto,  and  Phil  Goodrich. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Mike  Lorenz,  Paul  Nadeau,  John  Centofanti 
Jr.,  Jim  Romine,  Antonio  Armesto,  Ed  Ward, 
Dave  Tolib,  Rudy  Reiman,  Dave  DeSousa, 
Pasquale  Finnelli,  John  Vlacancich,  Merv 
Verpermann,  and  Tony  De  Sousa. 


Tarrytown,  N.Y.— Picture  No.  6 


MAY    1986 


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San  Bruno,  Caiif. — Picture  No.  1 


San  Bruno,  Calif.— Picture  No.  2 


San  Bruno,  Calif. — Picture  No.  3 


San  Bruno,  Calif. — Picture  No.  4 


SAN  BRUNO,  CALIF. 

Local  848  recently  field  its  "Old  Timers"  pin 
party  tionoring  members  with  25  or  more  years 
of  service  to  tfie  Brothertiood.  Ttie  year  1985 
also  marked  tfie  75tf)  anniversary  of  Local  484, 
organized  l\/Iarch  28,  1910.  A  fine  time  was  fiad 
by  all  at  a  dinner  dance  with  music  provided  by 
the  Tommy  Donate  Trio. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  John  A.  Gustafson,  business 
agent  and  financial  secretary;  James  Ellis; 
James  Jones;  and  William  Achziger. 

Standing,  from  left:  Trinidad  Ruiz;  Bruno 
Alpi;  William  fVlacreadie;  Charles  Taylor;  John 
Roylance,  recording  secretary;  Jacl<  Williams; 
William  Scroeder;  and  Hubert  Myers. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Eli  Premenl(o,  Wilfred  Gerrits, 
and  Carl  Young. 

Standing,  from  left:  Peter  Kpocrak;  Donald 
Richman;  W.  T.  Ponder;  LeRoy  Sutherlund; 
William  Lovingood,  treasurer;  Joe  Grisby,  Bay 
DC  of  Carpenters;  and  Ken  Marsh. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members, 
kneeling,  from  left:  Victor  Copan,  Sherman 
Sabel.  and  Richard  McKay. 

Sitting,  from  left:  Roy  David,  Leiand 
Micheletti,  Raymond  Giusti,  Joseph  Halter, 
Norman  Luchsinger,  Ed  Drummond,  and 
William  Schroeder. 

Standing,  from  left:  Tom  Spellman,  trustee; 
Grisby,  Bay  County  DC;  Harold  Maffei;  Jack 
Linneman;  Atilio  Agresti;  Louis  Felarski;  Harold 
Lucas;  Donald  Hennessey;  Albert  Bertetta;  Leon 
Caujolle;  Dominic  Fistolera;  Charlie  Rocco;  Larry 
Schindler;  Mac  Hum;  Leon  Bondonno;  and 
Albert  Herminghaus, 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Lonnie  Higgins  and  Arthur  Patrick. 

Picture  No,  5  shows  45-year  member  Nello 
Ciucci,  center,  being  congratulated  by  Joe 
Grisby.  Bay  County  DC  of  Carpenters,  left,  and 
Anthony  Ramos,  executive  secretary  California 


BERWYN,  ILL. 

Members  with  25  and  50  years  of  service  to 
the  Brotherhood  were  awarded  pins  at  Local 
54's  annual  Christmas  party. 

Pictured  are  25-year  members,  seated,  from 
left:  Ferdinand  Fabsits,  William  Sonka,  Edward 
Mikos,  and  Frank  Knapczyk. 

Standing  are,  from  left:  Kenneth  Mocarski, 
financial  secretary;  Martin  Umlauf,  business 
manager;  Robert  Lid,  president;  and  Eugene 
Dzialo,  business  agent. 

Other  members  receiving  their  pins  were  25- 
year  members  Michael  Biskup,  William 
Campbell,  George  DeVito  Jr.,  Paul  Domolky. 
Edward  Fuhrmann,  Frank  Murawski,  Hartwig 
Naliwko,  Bruno  Rosch.  and  Joseph 
Rothenberger;  and  50-year  members  Arden 
Dewsnap,  George  Hansen,  and  Frank 
Zahrobsky,  whose  grandson,  Wayne,  received, 
his  journeyman  certificate  at  the  same 
Christmas  party. 


State  Council  of  Carpenters,  right. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  55-year  member  Archie 
McDonnell,  right,  with  Business  Rep.  and 
Financial  Secretary  Gustafson. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  60-year  member  August 
Erickson,  right,  also  with  Gustafson. 

CARPENTER 


Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. — Picture  No.  1 


WILKES-BARRE,  PA. 

Local  514  President  Richard  Klinl<  presented 
service  pins  to  members  of  longstanding 
service  at  a  recent  local  meeting. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  50-year  member  Ronald 
Littleton,  left,  receiving  congratulations  from 
Edw/ard  Blazejewski  Sr.,  business  representative 
of  the  Keystone  District  Council  of  Carpenters. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  45-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  David  Jones,  Dominick 
Recine,  Ivan  Covert,  Charles  Rupert,  and 
Maurice  Kresge. 

Standing,  from  left:  John  Okal,  Herman 
Hildebrand,  Ilio  Maurizi,  Alfred  Ninotti,  and 
James  Parry. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  40-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Joseph  Salano,  IVIichael 
Duda,  Norman  Cooper,  Nelson  Spaide,  and 
John  Raggi. 


Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. — Picture  No.  5 


Standing,  from  left:  Victor  Nienus,  William 
Kozey,  Michael  Levy,  and  John  Helfrich. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Michael  Mirsola,  Joseph 
Baluta,  Lloyd  Jennings,  Frank  Drost,  and 
Michael  Lombardo. 

Standing,  from  left:  Carl  Youngblood, 
Vladimir  Dutko,  William  Ide,  Charles  Wheeler, 
William  Unvarsky,  and  Paul  Condurso. 

Picture  No  5  shows  30-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Harold  Moss,  Donald  Purvin, 
and  George  Zarychta. 

Standing,  from  left:  Charles  Makarewicz  and 
Frank  Suscavage. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  25-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Angelo  Guiliano,  Donald 
McHale,  Guy  Acierno,  and  Edward  Blazejewski 
Jr. 

Standing,  from  left:  Edward  Glue,  Joseph 
Kashuba,  and  Eugene  Sivilich. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  20-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Joseph  Janora,  Richard 


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WISCONSIN  RAPIDS,  WiSC. 

Leo  T.  Kubisiak  Sr.'s  fame  has  spread 
beyond  his  city  limits  to  at  least  13  Wisconsin 
counties.  Kubisiak  recently  received  his  65-year 
pin  from  Local  820.  Soon  after,  Financial 
Secretary  Mark  Erickson  learned  that  Kubisiak, 
born  April  1898,  initiated  August  1920,  holds 
the  longest  continuous  membership  card  in  the 
Wisconsin  River  Valley  District. 

Pictured  is  Kubisiak  with  pin  in  hand  and  his 
wife  Sophia  on  his  arm. 


Mogavero,  Joseph  Swartz,  and  Edward 
Milbrodt. 

Standing,  from  left:  Raymond  DIuzeski,  Karl 
Kaminski,  Leo  Carr,  William  Sennett,  and  Jerry 
Hanchulak. 


Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.— Picture  No.  6 
MAY     1986 


Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.— Picture  No.  7 


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Phoenix,  Ariz. — Picture  No.  1 


Phoenix,  Ariz.— Picture  No.  2 


Phoenix,  Ariz. — Picture  No.  5 


Phoenix,  Ariz. — Picture  No.  3 


Phoenix,  Ariz. — Picture  No.  4 


PHOENIX,  ARIZ. 

At  its  annual  pin  presentation  ceremony, 
Local  1089  honored  members  with  25  to  70 
years  of  service. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  Jack  Greene,  executive 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Arizona  State  District 
Council,  left,  who  presented  retired  financial 
secretary  Jerry  Hofman,  center,  with  his  50- 
year  pin;  and  Robert  Boggs,  business 
representative  and  financial  secretary,  right, 
with  his  25-year  pin. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  members,  from 


left:  H.  Rocky  Shackelford  and  Carl  Diamond. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Elmer  Stewart,  Pete  Krawchuk, 
J.  R.  Weigle,  Nick  Gallegos,  Kurt  Tadewald, 
and  Jack  Mitchell. 

Middle  row,  from  left:  Lonnie  Hopper, 
William  Archer,  Harold  McCombs,  Carwin 
"Buck"  Rogers,  and  M.  A.  McCarty. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Ray  Chavez,  Jack 
Nelson,  and  Francis  Jackson. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  George  Hester,  George 
Patschke,  Robert  Eager,  Roy  Longshore,  Fred 


Long,  and  Welborn  Parker. 

Middle  row,  from  left:  James  B.  Porter, 
Alfred  Sutton,  and  Manuel  Maldonado. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Fred  C.  Bailey,  Harold 
Baldwin,  and  Fayburn  Johnson. 

Picture  No.  5 
shows  45-year 
members,  from  left: 
Ellsworth  J.  Purdy 
and  Wesley  Edwards. 

Picture  No.6 
shows  70-year 
member  Albert 
Golder.  Picture  No.  6 


Tacoma,  Wash. 


Columbia,  S.C. 


COLUMBIA,  S.C. 

Members  of  Local  1778  recently  received 
pins  to  honor  their  years  of  service  to  the 
Brotherhood. 

Pictured  seated  are,  from  left:  James  Tart, 
23  years:  K.  W.  Monville,  20  years;  Milford 
Ward,  25  years;  and  Sam  Mouzou,  20  years. 

Standing,  from  left:  Financial  Secretary  and 
Business  Representative  F.  R.  Snow,  33  years; 
D.  C.  Hammack,  35  years;  Frank  Wojack,  21 
years;  R.  D.  Hood,  20  years;  B.  E.  Sish.  20 
years;  and  Marvin  Miles,  20  years 


The  "Service  To  The  Brother- 
hood" section  gives  recognition 
to  United  Brotherhood  members 
with  20  or  more  years  of  service. 
Please  identify  photographs 
clearly— prints  can  be  black  and 
white  or  color— and  send  material 
to  CARPENTER  magazine,  101 
Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Wash- 
ington, D.C.  20001 


TACOMA,  WASH. 

Local  2633  recently  celebrated  its  50th 
anniversary  with  a  pin  presentation  for  50-year 
members. 

Pictured  are,  from  left:  Mike  Wargo,  Frank 
Sidorski,  John  Sader,  Mike  Rutz,  Rueben 
Larson,  and  Ludvig  Haugland.  Members  also 
receiving  50-year  pins  but  not  present  for  the 
photo  were  George  Baron,  Floyd  Deland,  Tillie 
Grout,  Ralph  Johnson,  Frank  Junntti,  Ed  Miller, 
Leo  Simpson,  and  Stan  Vlastel.  Seventh  District 
Board  Member  H.  Paul  Johnson  was  on  hand 
for  the  momentous  occasion  and  presented 
pins  to  the  members. 


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CARPENTER 


The  following  list  of  394  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $687,698.95  death  claims  paid  in  February  1986;  (s) 
following  name  in  listing  indicates  spouse  of  members 


Local  Union.  City 

5  St.  Louis,  MO — Alexander  Dryton,  Frank  Gratis. 
Sr.,  Irene  Roesch  (s),  William  F.  Kaltenborn. 

6  Hudson  County,  NJ — Haiman  Rockoff,  Melvin  Scott. 
Rudolph  Wolf. 

7  Minneapolis,  MN — Audrey  Y.  Fiedler  (s).  Maijorie 

A.  Johnson  (s).  Peter  Sandin. 

8  Philadelphia,  PA — Gordon  Evans,  Thomas  H.  F. 
Gibson. 

9  Buffalo,  NY — John  E.  Cheslow,  Margaret  Becker 
(s).  William  Wincheser. 

10  Chicago,  IL — Adoiphus  Williams.  Patricia  E.  Gillis- 
pie  (s). 

11  Cleveland,  OH— Clyde  J.  Kersten.  Edward  N.  Mer- 
cier.  Sr.,  Louis  Marcus  Kettel. 

12  Syracuse,  NY — Arthur  Walters.  Bruce  W.  Mann. 
John  H.  Breece.  Thomas  Barone. 

15    Hackensack,  NJ — Alexander  J.  Giannotti.  Charles 

B.  Anthony,  John  Cell,  Phillip  R.  Furman. 
18    Hamilton,  Ont.,  CAN.— Ruth  Pringle  (s). 

22    San  Francisco,  CA — Catherine  E.  Steinauer  (s). 

27    Toronto,  Ont.,  CAN— Antonio  Rosati. 

33     Boston,  MA — Alfred  Zaffini.  Michael  F.  Sweeney. 

35  San  Rafael,  CA— Samuel  Riboli. 

36  Oakland,  CA — Edward  C.  Brunson.  Evelyn  Petty 
(s).  Everett  Pierson,  Mallory  Todd,  Jr. 

48     Filchburg,  MA— Stanley  Herbeck. 

54  Chicago,  IL — Joseph  Hlavacek,  Louis  Grieger,  Os- 
car Madtsen. 

55  Denver,  CO — Charles  E.  Zimmer.  Donald  Jarrett, 
Stanley  Bergman. 

60    Indianapolis,  IN — Thelma  G.  Behrens  (s). 

69    Canton,  OH — Antonio  Logozzo. 

74    Chattanooga,  TN— Clyde  Walter  Massey,  John  B. 

Cross. 
80    Chicago,  IL — Billie  Johnson  (s),  Edward  J.  Pitra, 

Freeman  H.  Blough. 
83    Halifax  N.S.,  CAN — Clarence  Eugene  Fisher. 
87    St.  Paul,  MN— Albert  Lamolte.  Carl  R.  Lindquist, 

Eric  Mattson,  Lloyd  Butenhoff.  Peter  N.  Latuff. 

89  Mobile,  AL — Emmitl  Earl  Fleming.  George  Richard 
Richardson,  Nolan  B.  Thomas. 

90  Evansville,  IN — Henry  F.  Kuhlman,  Marilyn  J.  Kifer 
(s),  Oswald  Roth. 

91  Racine,  WI— John  Masik. 

93  Ottawa,  Ont.,  CAN— Edward  Leeder. 

94  Providence,  RI — Anders  Andersen. 

101  Baltimore,  MD— Edward  I.  Dunigan.  Estelle  S.  Bir- 
kelien  (s). 

102  Oakland,  CA — Arthur  James  Tennier,  Elmer  D. 
Sullivan,  Fred  Alexander  Evans. 

103  Birmingham,  AL — Clarence  M.  Wilson. 

104  Dayton,  OH— Ruth  A.  Campbell  (s). 

105  Cleveland,  OH— George  L.  Rinehart. 

106  Des  Moines,  lA — Craig  L.  Hollingworth. 

108  Springfield,  MA— Horace  P.  Biondi.  Merle  Ruth 
Ekiund  (s). 

114  East  Detroit,  MI— Arthur  C.  Linteau.  Fred  Schin- 
dler. 

116    Bay  City,  Ml— Louis  H.  Serum. 

118  Detroit,  MI— Donald  F.  Champagne.  John  E. 
McLellan,  John  Harry  Moyer.  Joseph  Noble.  Law- 
rence C.  Samp,  MackL.  Johnson,  Peter  Westerlund. 

124  Passaic,  NJ — Cornielus  Maas  II,  John  Meyer.  Leo- 
pold StidI,  Jr.,  Oswald  A.  Krause. 

131  Seattle,  WA— Everett  A.  Thomas. 

132  Washington,  DC — Amelia  Ann  Long  (s).  Raymond 
D.  Albrite,  Thomas  Eligia  Gilliam. 

133  Terre  Haute,  IN — Lois  Johnson  (s).  Ray  W.  Tennis. 
135    New  York,  NY— Andrew  Dobush,  Celia  Moll  (s). 

Samuel  Nozick. 
141    Chicago,  II^Elmer  C.  Lindholm,  Jack  Marsh  Bell. 

Nils  E.  Holgerson. 
144    Macon,  GA — Augustus  Thomas  Edwards,  James  F. 

Hutto. 
149    Tarrytown,  NY— Frank  Cristello. 
161     Kenosha,  WI — Magdalene  Packard  (s). 
168    Kansas  City,  KS— Lloyd  E.  Stevenson. 
171     Youngstown,  OH — Warren  E.  Major. 

181  Chicago,  IL — Holger  J.  Mortensen.  Paul  S.  Nielsen. 

182  Cleveland,  OH— Karl  Voll,  Stephen  J.  Phillips. 
191     York,  PA— Ray  W.  Werner. 

198  Dallas,  TX— Caton  B.  Roberts,  Clyde  John  Reddell, 
Reed  S.  Bartlett.  Virginia  Bailey  (s). 

199  Chicago,  IL — Anna  Linnea  Bergstrom  (s).  Ruth  V. 
Bootman  (s). 

200  Columbus,  OH— Clinton  Orr,  Harold  C.  Nelson. 
Lois  G.  Formyduval  (s). 

201  Wichita,  KS— Teresa  R.  Foulk  (s). 

203    Poughkeepsie,  NY — Doris  E.  Mostaccio  (s). 
210    Stamford,  CT— John  W.  Scolield. 
230     Pittsburgh,  PA— Glenn  P.  Davis. 
232    Fort  Wayne,  IN — Clarence  Hormann. 
242    Chicago,  IL — Cecil  Randolph  MacDonald,  Donald 
J.  Marta. 

246  New  York,  NY— Amelia  Ubertini  (s). 

247  Portland,  OR— Arlene  H.  MacKinnon  (s),  Frank 
Jarvis,  Grace  Weitzel  (s).  Henry  Legler.  John  P. 
Woods. 

254  Cleveland,  OH — Raymond  Doyle. 

257  New  York,  NY— Isaac  Sheps. 

261  Scranton,  PA — Samuel  L.  Moon. 

262  San  Jose,  CA — Paul  Lee  Bruton. 

264  Milwaukee,  WI— Chris  Wassen,  Sr.,  Michael  E. 
Kubricky. 


Local  Union,  City 

265  Saugerties,  NY— Bonita  Starke  (s). 

267  Dresden,  OH— Carl  Dispennett. 

275  Newton,  MA — Joseph  Leo  Leblanc. 

280  Niagara-Gen&Vic,  NY— Mark  M.  Delia. 

297  Kalamazoo,  MI— Carl  Tenney.  William  Harold  Har- 
ris. 

304  Denison,  TX — Clarence  L.  Suiter,  Owen  Pearson. 

311  Joplin,  MI— Fred  V.  Clouse. 

314  Madison,  WI— Wilfred  V.  Wagner. 

319  Roanoke,  VA — Susan  Crookshanks  (s). 

323  Beacon,  NY— Salvatore  G.  Muscat. 

343  Winnipeg,  Mani.,  CAN — Victor  Johnson. 

344  Waukesha,  WI— Peder  H.  Johnson. 

345  Memphis,  TN— George  H.  Daniels. 

348  New  York,  NY — Felix  Aragona,  Joseph  Lollo. 

350  New  Rocbelle,  NY — Mario  DeLauretis. 

354  Gilroy,  CA — Freeman  L.  Northcott. 

355  Buffalo,  NY— Eugene  Tschaepe. 

359    Philadelphia,  PA— Carl  A.  Widmann.  Frank  M.  Putz. 

Jr. 
361     Duluth,  MN— Peter  O.  Gustafson, 
363    Elgin,  IL — Lyie  T.  Anderson,  Virginia  Bolger  (s). 

Walter  Goodiell. 
388    Richmond,  VA — Lawrence  Lee  Moore. 
410    Ft.  Madison&Vic,  lA— Martin  P.  Halbasch. 
434    Chicago,  IL — John  J.  Cohan. 
452    Vancouver,  BC,  CAN— Bryan  Brend,  Ernesto  Do- 

paco. 
470    Tacoma,  WA— Joseph  W.  Laba. 
480    Freeburg,  IL — Delphine  Reichert  (s). 
483    San  Francisco,  CA — Harvey  A.  Dahlberg,  Raymond 

Sparrow. 
503    Lancaster,  NY — Joseph  A.  Sojka. 
510    Berthoud,  CO— Fred  Windecker. 
531     New  York,  NY— Fred  Krausch,  Mary  Stanek  (s). 
538     Concord,  NH— Carl  E.  Rines. 
548    Minneapolis,  MN — John  Naastad,  Louis  E.  Klop- 

ping. 
550    Oakland,  CA — Jack  Giunta,  Steve  Stepanich. 

562  Everett,  WA — Paul  A.  Bramann. 

563  Glendale,  CA— LyIe  C.  Ramsey. 

596  St.  Paul,   MN— Eleanor  J.  Colburn  (s),  Nels  G. 

Lindberg,  Richard  A.  Jaworski. 

599  Hammond,  IN— John  Tall. 

608  New  York,  NY— Michael  McGovern. 

620  Madison,  NJ — Samuel  Mason. 

623  Atlantic  County,  NJ— Walter  Kaltenbach. 

627  Jacksonville,  Fl^-Judith  Shiferdek  Palow  (s). 

638  Marion,  II^AIfred  Wheaton. 

642  Richmonnd,  CA — Arthur  Allen  Adams. 

654  Chattanooga,  TN— Linus  R.  Ginn. 

665  Amarillo,  TX— Walter  E.  Wilborn. 

668  Palo  Alto,  CA— Loyd  V.'Crothers. 

690  Little  Rock,  AR— Hobert  A.  McCabe.  James  L. 

Snell. 

698  Covington,  KY — Joseph  Bryant  Garrigus. 

701  Fresno,  CA— Barbara  1.  Masse  (s). 

705  Lorain,  OH — Raymond  Brunner. 

721  Los  Angeles,  CA — Denis  Silver.  Michael  Martinez. 

725  Litchfield,  II^Richard  Hantla. 

732  Rochester,  NY— Conrad  Wolf. 

740  New  York,  NY— James  Gibbs. 

743  Bakersfield,    CA— Clair    Boston.    Nicolas    Bonilla 

Gomez. 

747  Oswego,  NY — Shirley  E.  Marlowe  (s). 

751  Santa  Rosa,  CA— Eldora  Flaine  Cole  (s). 

756  Bellingham,  WA — Raymond  J.  Bajema. 

758  Indianapolis,  IN— Arthur  J.  Heichelbech. 

764  Shreveport,  LA — Audie  Edward  Hodgers  (s),  Ben 

W,  Ayers. 

769  Pasadena,  CA — Alice  B.  Krauss.  F.  Dclmer  Bowne 

(s). 

780  Astoria,  OR— Carl  W.  Hill. 

792  Rockford,  IL— Axel  R.  Carlson. 

795  St.  Louis,  MO— Vicki  Lynn  Rose  (s). 

821  Springfield,  NJ — Epifanio  Aponte. 

829  Santa  Cruz,  CA— Robert  A.  Baker. 

836  Janesville,  WI — Spencer  Belzer. 

844  Canoga  Park,  CA— Dessie  U.  Tadlock  (s). 

848  San  Bruno,  CA— Robert  Hale. 

902  Brooklyn,  NY— Frank  Danisi.  Olaug  Margaret  Thi- 

nesen  (s). 

918  Manhattan,  KS— Pearl  Cain  (s). 

943  Tulsa,  OK— Leilus  Ore  Martin. 

944  San  Bernardino,  CA — Frank  M.  Wilson. 
947  Ridgway,  PA — Jesse  B.  Moyer. 

973    Texas  City,  TX— Ricky  Knight  Fisher. 
977    Wichita  Falls,  TX— Edward  R.  Roberts. 
998    Royal  Oak,  MI— Earl  L.  Watson. 
1000    Tampa,  FI^Alma  Deloria  Martin  (s). 
1005     Merrillville,  IN — Frederick  J.  Krieg.  Genevieve  Flynn 

(s). 
1027    Chicago,  H^Frieda  Holtz,  Heinrich  Szlalki  (s). 

John  Nygaard,  Robert  Moeller. 
1050     Philadelphia,  PA— Joseph  Fiorello. 

1052  Hollywood,  CA— Bennic  Dean  Williams  (s). 

1053  Milwaukee,  WI — Alex  Gramblicka. 

1055     Lincoln,  NE — Harry  E.  Nourthup,  Marion  V.  Crumb 

(s). 
1062     Santa  Barbara,  CA— Claude   H.   Irby.   Robert  C. 

Greenwood. 
1080     Owcnsboro,  KY— Thurman  T.  Varble. 
1084    Angleton,  TX— Carlie  B.  Critendon,  Henry  G.  Boles. 
1089    Phoenix,  AZ — Benjamin  Baum,  Lewis  M.  Moe. 


Local  Union.  City 


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1108 

1109 
1132 
1134 

1136 
1143 
1149 
1164 
1185 

1263 
1271 
1275 
1303 

1307 
1308 
1329 
1345 
1353 
1394 
1400 
1407 
1408 

1418 
1419 
1453 
1456 


1476 
1478 
1485 
1486 
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Longview,  TX — Gid  McDonald. 
Cleveland,  OH — Frank  P.  Kolarsky.  Fred  Pachasa, 
George  Klubnik. 

Visalia,  CA— Ollie  Elizabeth  Roberts  (s). 
Alpena,  Ml — Ethel  Kraniak  (s). 
Mt.  Kisco,  NY — George  De  Flavis.  Octavio  Silvag- 
noli. 

Kettle  Falls,  WA— Walter  Jack  Peterson. 
La  Crosse,  WI — Loren  Johnson. 
San  Francisco,  CA — Loong  Geung  Fong. 
New  York,  NY — Edmond  Deamicis,  JohnM.  Larson. 
Chicago,  IL — Frances  D.  Johnson  (s),  Richard  L. 
MaskofT. 

Atlanta,  GA— Alex  W.  Busby. 
Nevada,  MO — Ernest  Lester  West. 
Clearwter,  Fl^John  Hart. 

Port  Angeles,  WA — Albert  Leroy  Chapman,  Henry 
Andrews,  Lloyd  O.  Palmgren. 
Evanston,  IL — Raymond  Powroznik. 
Lake  Worth,  FL — Helen  Amarescu  (s).  Leslie  Belcher. 
Independence,  MO — Frank  Noynaert. 
Buffalo,  NY— Harold  Haskins. 
Sante  Fe,  NM — Pedro  Gonzales. 
Ft.  Lauderdale,  FL — Andrew  A.  Schmclz. 
Santa  Monica,  CA — John  M.  Harry. 
San  Pedro,  CA — Thomas  Stromberg. 
Redwood  City,  CA — Emily  Chell  (s),  Frank  Mari- 
nelli. 

Lodi,  CA — Albert  Hinsz.  Martin  Christensen. 
Johnstown,  PA — Mildred  R.  Mack  (s). 
Huntington  Beach,  CA — John  Paul  Kudika. 
New  York,  NY — Elsa  Kjarbo  (s),  Karin  Kristenson 
(s),  Kathleen  Guerin  (s),  Margaretta  Pearson  (s), 
Martin  Penny. 

Lake  Charles,  LA — Clarence  A.  Hunt. 
Redondo,  CA— Clyde  A.  Tallant. 
La  Porte,  IN — Joan  Schroeder  (s). 
Auburn,  CA — Donald  H.  Gregory. 
San  Diego,  CA — Joseph  Janiec. 
Los  Angeles,  CA — Vernon  A.  Kirklen. 
El  Monte,  CA — Herbert  A.  Clemens.  Munetoshi 
Furuken. 

Miami,  FL — Mildred  McGuirt  (s),  Rubin  E.  Olson. 
Chicago,  IL — Marcella  V.  Froelich  (s). 
East  San  Diego,  CA — Howard  M.  Vandeveer. 
West  Allis,  WI— Carl  Molitor. 
St.  Louis,  MO — Joseph  A.  Badura. 
Los  Angeles,  CA — Stephine  Ann  Clifford  (s). 
S.  Luis  Obispo,  CA — Bertha  J.  Preusser  (s). 
Lexington,  KY — Charles  W.  Hedger.  Fred  A^-vin. 
James  R.  Taylor. 
Bloomington,  IN — Gilbert  Barr. 
Tacoma,  WA— Don  S.  Lewis,  Esther  T.  Ogland  (s). 
John  B.  Clark. 

Kelso  Longvew,  WA — Bessie  E.  Sundberg  (s). 
Cleveland,  OH — Harold  Kaninsky. 
Pomona,  CA — Clarence  S.  Williams. 
Parkersburg,  WV — Roma  E.  Beardsley  (s). 
Marion,  VA — Carl  B.  Harrington,  Everette  C.  West, 
Hicksville,  NY — Frederick  A.  Holzwarth. 
Bijou,  CA — Fred  Hasbrouck. 
Renton,  WA — John  Calhoun,  Willard  C.  Parker. 
Santa   Ana,   CA — Daniel   B.   Griggs,   Edmund   E. 
Zozaya,  John  Jaworsky. 
Las  Vegas,  NV — Arthur  Ralph  Paquette. 
Babylon,  NY — Alexander  Korbe. 
New  Orleans,  LA— Guy  A.  Gebbia,  Henry  F.  Thi- 
bodeaux. 

Pasco,  WA— Bill  V.  Toney. 

Philadelphia,  PAt— Frank  J.  Hochmuth,  Michael  Ma- 
son. 

Minneapolis,  MN — David  H.  Morrison. 
Lubbock,  TX— Paul  A.  Thomas. 
Van  Nuys,  CA — Carl  Krohn,  Sue  Tsugi  Ishikawa 
(s). 

Hempstead,  NY — Sophie  L.  Helms  (s). 
Cleveland,  OH— Dale  G.  Miller. 
Hollywood,  FL — Ismet  Djokaj. 
Riverside,  CA — Heinz  Koch,  Samuel  Mason. 
Los  Gatos,  CA— Floyd  W.  Olson. 
Ocean  County,  NJ — Lavinia  C.  Justice  (s). 
Miami,  Fl^Carl  E.  Moffett. 
Martinez,  CA — Anthony  J.  Buffo. 
Mexico,  MO — Charles  Fred  Sims. 
Albuquerque,  NM — Jimmie  Earlene  Mullen. 
Boston,  MA — Harold  Parsons. 
McMinnvitle,  OR — John  Crawford. 
New  York,  NY— Ethel  Krebs  (s). 
Los  Angeles,  CA — Angelia  M.  Hatcher  (s),  John  C. 
Folk.  Magdiyn  Marie  Edwards  (s). 
Meridian,  MS — Howard  A.  Hudson. 
Baraboo,  WI — Leo  J.  Crawley. 
Los  Angeles,   CA — Arnold  G.   Lewis,  Chesley   E. 
Burkey.  Jamers  E.  Strickland,  Mason  Y.  Crews. 
Holland,  MI — Warren  E.  Nysson. 
Seattle,  WA— Floyd  Miller. 

Bancouver.  BC,  CAN— Hellen  Kathleen  Sedola  (s). 
Joan  Luscombe  (s). 
Ventura,  CA — Ralph  A.  Anderson. 
Seattle,  WA — Arthur  J.  Lafrcniere. 
Pt.  Arthur,  Ont.,  CAN— Kenneth  W.  Gillam-Wright. 
Goshen,  OR — Robert  Earl  Franklin. 
Morton,  WA — Kenneth  McClure  Davis. 
Sweet  Home,  OR — Allen  L.  Duncan. 


MAY     1986 


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2942  Albany.  OR— Matthew  H .  Tudor,  Ruth  Naomi  Lewis 

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29<».<  Franklin,  IN— Willie  R   Smith. 

3054  London,  Onl..  CAN— Harold  Arthur  McCoy. 

3074  Chester,  CA— Peter  Melhus. 

3091  Vaughn,  OR — Carl  E.  Johnson,  George  M.  Fisher. 

3103  Martinsville,  VA— Doctor  T.  Craighead. 

3127  New  York,  NY— William  Frankel. 

3103  Martinsville,  VA — Doctor  T.  Craighead 

3161  Mavwood,  CA — Rosario  Ochoa  Rodriguez  (s). 

3199  Coiiway,  NC— Virginia  L.  Moore. 

.1219  Toronlon,  Onl.,  CAN— Thomas  Alvin  Rea 

9042  Los  Angeles.  CA — Jack  Denny  Peterson. 

9.145  Miami.  PL— George  Henry  Skinger. 

9440  Santa  Ana.  CA— Alfred  Edward  Maxwell. 

Taking  the  Initiative 

Continued  from  Page  26 

mill-cabinet  representatives  in  March — 
one  at  the  U.S.  Industrial  Conference 
in  Indiana  and  one  at  the  Canadian 
Industrial  Conference  in  Toronto.  The 
sessions  were  chaired  by  First  General 
Vice  President  Sigurd  Lucassen. 

A  Greater  Role — With  growing 
challenges  in  many  of  our  industries — 
such  as  new  machinery  which  has  in- 
creased capacity  and  eliminated  jobs, 
development  of  national  and  often  in- 
ternational markets  in  formerly  region- 
ally-based industries,  and  coordinated 
corporate  efforts  to  undermine  union 
conditions  in  various  industries — the 
International  has  taken  on  a  new  role 
in  coordinating  the  bargaining  and  or- 
ganizing efforts  of  affiliates.  When  cor- 
portions  coordinate  their  bargaining  on 
a  national  or  international  basis,  the 
UBC  has  responded  with  national  and 
international  conference  boards.  Where 
common  industry  problems  confront 
local  unions,  industry  meetings  such  as 
the  mill-cabinet  meeting  have  been  called 
by  the  General  Office.  Where  locals 
bargain  with  different  units  of  the  same 
corporation,  coordinated  bargaining 
committees  have  been  formed  by  the 
International.  In  every  instance,  the 
International  has  taken  the  initiative  in 
seeing  that  we  are  responding  in  the 
most  effective  way  to  the  needs  of  our 
industrial  members. 

The  Collective  Bargaining  Com- 
mittee Program — A  test  run  of  the 
new  UBC  Training  Program  for  Collec- 
tive Bargaining  Committees  was  con- 
ducted at  both  the  U.S.  and  Canadian 
Industrial  Conferences.  The  program 
includes  an  audio-visual  program,  a 
manual  for  committee  members,  and 
written  materials.  Using  feedback  from 
representatives  at  the  Conferences,  the 
audio-visual  program  is  being  put  into 
final  form  and  will  be  available  for 
representatives  use  in  early  summer. 

Get  On  Board  .  .  .  The  UBC  Ex- 
press— The  UBC's  new  voluntary  or- 
ganizing program — "Get  on  Board," 
was  initiated  in  1985.  (The  program  was 
initially  known  as  "85%  in  "85"  and 
changed  its  name  to  "Get  on  Board"" 


in  January  1986.)  UBC  stewards  and 
members  using  the  program  have  al- 
ready signed  up  hundreds  of  new  mem- 
bers in  "right-to-work""  states.  Con- 
sisting of  in-plant  organizing  training, 
steward  and  officer  training,  and  ac- 
companying materials,  the  "Get  On 
Board"  program  was  introduced  into 
71  locals  by  International  and  Council 
representatives  with  over  1.200  new 
members  signing  up  in  the  first  year. 

The  program  is  now  being  extended 
to  include  non  right-to-work  states  and 
plans  are  being  formulated  to  include 
unorganized  shops  as  well. 

Shipyard  Representation — The 

Brotherhood  is  also  increasing  its  ac- 
tivities involving  members  employed  in 
shipyards.  Last  year  it  assigned  a  new, 
roving  representative  to  this  industrial 
sector.  ijyg 


Health  Care  Costs 

Continued  from  Page  5 

initiative  and  pass  health  care  cost  contain- 
ment legislation.  The  UBC  urges  that  public 
programs  be  developed  to  assist  facilities, 
including  inner  city  public  hospitals  which 
serve  a  disproportionate  share  of  low-income 
patients.  We  also  support  the  enactment  of 
legislation  to  distribute  the  burden  of  treating 
the  medically  indigent  equitably  among  hos- 
pitals, and  we  oppose  the  current  practice 
of  giving  for-profit  corporations  preferential 
treatment  for  their  capital  investment  under 
the  Medicare  reimbursement  system. 

We  will  support  efforts  to  improve  living 
conditions  for  patients  in  nursing  homes  and 
to  assure  decent  wages  and  working  condi- 
tions for  employees  in  such  facilities.  Labor 
will  support  legislation  to  improve  the  con- 
tinuity and  quality  of  care  for  those  in  need 
of  mental  health  services,  and  viable  retrain- 
ing programs  enabling  workers  employed  in 
mental  health  institutions  to  obtain  jobs  in 
community  facilities. 

The  recent  AFL-CIO  convention  in  Los 
Angeles  resolved: 

"The  AFL-CIO  will  continue  within  the 
limits  of  its  capacity  to  provide  assistance 
to  affiliates  developing  cost-containment  in- 
itiatives to  reduce  the  cost  of  collectively- 
bargained  health  insurance  benefits  without 
diminishing  quality  or  access  to  care.  Such 
initiatives  include  preadmission  authoriza- 
tion programs,  utilization  review,  mandatory 
second  surgical  opinions,  case  management, 
encouraging  the  use  of  generic  drugs,  and 
developing  alternative  delivery  systems  like 
HMOs  and  PPOs.  We  also  urge  affiliates  to 
participate  in  local  coalitions  with  other  trade 
unionists  as  well  as  any  other  groups  in  the 
community  which  will  join  with  us  in  efforts 
to  control  costs,  improve  quality,  and  en- 
hance access  to  care. 

'Millions  of  workers  are  victims  of  plant 
closings  or  permanent  layoff,  and  find  them- 
selves without  any  health  insurance  cover- 
age to  protect  their  families.  The  federal 
government  should  establish  an  emergency 
program  to  provide  health  insurance  protec- 
tion for  these  unemployed  workers."    yjjf) 


38 


CARPENTER 


MULTI-USE  LEVEL 


There's  a  new  multifunctional  level  on  the 
market — manufactured  by  Elephant  Indus- 
tries Inc.  of  Southwest  Florida — which  has 
many  features.  It  can  be  a  24"  level,  straight 
edge,  and  rule;  a  48"  level,  straight-edge, 
and  rule;  an  180-degree  protractor  on  both 
sides;  and  a  square  when  locked  at  90  de- 
grees. 

It  has  a  true  and  complimentary  degree 
indicator  on  each  side  and  tension  screws 
to  adjust  a  locking  lever.  The  locking  lever 
can  be  operated  from  either  side,  which 
permits  locking  in  any  position.  It's  made 
out  of  lightweight,  durable  molded  A.B.S., 
a  material  used  in  the  aerospace  industries. 

For  the  name  of  a  local  distributor,  write 
or  call:  Elephant  Industries  Inc.,  3949  North 
U.S.  41:  North  Fort  Myers,  FL  33903.  Tel- 
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CORDLESS  HOLSTER 

A  new  line  of  Cordless  Quick-draw™  work- 
belt  holsters  has  been  designed  for  cordless 
electric  drills  and  screwdrivers.  The  holsters 
afford  professional  users  maximum  comfort 
while  using  a  tool,  and  maximum  security 
from  dropping  the  bolstered  tool.  Individual 
holster  models  have  been  designed  to  custom 
fit  each  major  brand  of  cordless  tool:  AEG, 
Bosch,  Black  &  Decker,  Hitachi,  Makita, 
Metabo,  Milwaukee,  Porter-Cable,  Ryobi, 
Sears,  Skil,  and  Wen. 

The  Cordless  Quick-draw  holster  is  top 
grain  cowhide  and  fits  work  belts  up  to  VW 
wide.  Some  holsters  have  straps  that  snap 
shut  over  the  top  of  the  tool  for  a  more 
secure  fit,  and  snap  out  of  the  way  for  regular 
use.  The  design  balances  the  tool's  weight 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Calculated  Industries 38 

Clifton  Enterprises 21 

Foley-Belsaw 39 

Hydrolevel 25 

Irwin 22 

Vaughan  &  Bushnell 16 


to  provide  unrestricted  ease  of  movement. 
Cordless  Quick-draws  retail  from  $8.50  to 
$14.50.  A  left-handed  holster  is  available. 
Accessory  cases  hold  spare  batteries. 

For  further  information  contact:  Pence 
Industries,  819  Cedar  Street,  P.O.  Box  718, 
Springfield,  OH  45504.  Telephone:  513-325- 
1813. 


CARGO  STABILIZER 


Here's  an  item  for  your  van  or  pickup 
which  will  help  to  keep  tools  and  supplies 
in  place;  two  adjustable  spring-loaded  bars 
connected  by  a  restraining  net.  In  seconds 
you  can  install  the  JIM-BOB  System  in  any 
pickup  truck.  Suburban,  Bronco,  Blazer, 
station  wagon,  or  van.  One  size  fits  all 
vehicles.  The  result  is  always  the  same:  no 
more  spilled  groceries,  overturned  gas  cans, 
sliding  suitcases  or  tool  boxes,  and  you  won't 
hear  annoying  rattles  either. 

Available  at  major  department  stores,  dis- 
count stores,  hardware  stores,  automotive 
parts  retail  stores,  either  as  a  system  com- 
prised of  a  connecting  net  and  bars  (Model 
No.  2005),  or  as  single  bars.  Suggested  retail 
price  is  $39.95  for  the  JIM-BOB  System,  or 
$19.95  for  the  bar  alone. 

For  further  information:  Margot  Teleki, 
TAL  Communications  Inc.,  P.O.  Box  9179, 
Morristown,  NJ  07960.  Telephone:  (201)  326- 
9220. 


NOTE:  A  report  on  new  products  and  proc- 
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endorsement  or  recommendation.  Alt  per- 
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by  the  manufacturer. 


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Seed  Planting  Time 

for  Jobs,  Pensions, 

Industrial  Growth 


'Hollow'  corporations  can 

destroy  North  America's 

strength  and  stability 


It's  green-up  time  across  North  Amer- 
ica, as  many  of  our  members  who  are 
part-time  farmers  will  tell  you.  If  the  seeds 
aren't  already  in  the  ground,  you'd  better 
move  quickly  and  plant  them,  because,  as 
the  Good  Book  says,  "As  you  sow,  so 
shall  you  reap." 

We're  doing  some  seed  planting  in  the 
United  Brotherhood.  This  spring,  we're 
planting  seeds  of  thought  in  the  minds  of 
every  pension  portfolio  manager  in  the 
United  States  and  Canada,  telling  them 
that  we  expect  union-pension  seeds  to  be 
planted  in  corporate  investments  and  in 
union  firms  which  bloom  into  jobs  for 
UBC  members.  By  harvest  time  we  expect 
to  see  more  and  more  union  construction 
coming  from  our  pension  seed  packets. 
We  expect  to  see  more  manufacturing  jobs 
for  union  members  and  fewer  layoffs.  W£ 
sow;  we  expect  to  reap. 

As  I  stated  in  my  message  to  you,  last 
month,  "The  use  of  union  pension  fund 
assets  to  support  companies  bent  on  un- 
dermining worker  and  union  rights  is  not 
only  wrong,  it  threatens  the  very  integrity 
and  viability  of  these  funds." 

Any  farmer  will  tell  you,  you  have  to 
plant  the  best  seed  to  harvest  a  good  crop, 
and  the  best  seeds,  in  our  case,  come  from 
the  pension  funds  of  those  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  UBC  construction  and  in- 
dustrial nlembers  who  will  wither  on  the 
vine  if  they're  not  working.  In  the  long 
run,  the  vitality  of  a  construction  firm  or 
a  manufacturing  firm  will  just  fade  away. 


the  vast  funds  of  the  pension-management 
organizations  will  diminish  if  there  aren't 
enlightened  employers  and  prosperous 
workers,  directly  or  indirectly,  feeding  the 
pension-funds  kitty,  so  to  speak. 

The  magazine.  Business  Week,  in  its 
March  3  issue  put  its  finger  on  the  basic 
threat  to  North  America's  economy  and, 
in  the  long  run,  on  the  pension-portfolio 
business.  It  published  a  20-page  article 
entitled,  "The  Hollow  Corporation,"  in 
which  it  deplored  the  slipping  away  of 
America's  industrial  base,  with  the  loss 
each  year  of  thousands  of  well-paid  in- 
dustrial and  unionized  jobs. 

I  don't  know  how  many  corporate  and 
public  leaders  will  heed  the  magazine's 
warning,  but  the  threat  is  clearly  de- 
scribed: "From  autos  to  semiconductors, 
many  U.S.  manufacturers  are  turning  into 
marketers  for  foreign  producers.  A  new 
type  of  company  is  emerging — one  that 
may  design  or  distribute  but  doesn't  ac- 
tually make  anything.  A  hollow  corpora- 
tion. It  is  a  phenomenon  our  economy 
cannot  afford." 

Companies  are  abandoning  manufactur- 
ing to  bolster  their  profits  through  acqui- 
sitions of  other  companies,  mergers,  stock 
options,  union  busting,  and  ties  with  for- 
eign corporations  .  .  .  "quick  fixes  that 
foreshadow  a  national  crisis,"  is  how 
Business  Week  describes  them. 

And,  to  get  back  to  my  original  point, 
such  actions  are  jeopardizing  the  financial 
stability  of  countless  worker-earned  pen- 
sion plans.  In  the  past  half  century.  Social 
Security  in  the  United  States  and  Social 
Insurance  in  Canada,  combined  with  union- 
negotiated  pension  plans,  have  turned  the 
retirement  years  of  millions  of  North 
American  workers  into  truly  golden  years. 
Many  of  these  plans  grew  out  of  the  Great 
Depression  of  the  1930's.  North  American 
workers  have  built  up  through  hard  bar- 
gaining a  system  of  job  benefits,  including 
pensions,  which  must  not  be  frittered  away 
by  pension-fund  managers  looking  for  quick 
fixes  rather  than  job-creating  investments. 

It  is  one  thing  to  get  a  good  return  on 
your  investment.  That's  required  by  law. 


But  it's  another  thing  to  reap  questionable 
dividends  by  buying  into  construction  firms 
which  cut  labor  costs  by  hiring  scab  and 
ahen  workers. 

Labor  has  been  telling  public  officials 
and  corporate  leaders  for  a  long  time:  We 
don't  want  hollow  corporations;  we  want 
a  revitahzed  intrastructure  for  North 
American  industry. 

As  Business  Week  states,  "The  idea  that 
a  post-industrial  America  can  become  in- 
creasingly prosperous  as  a  service-based 
economy  appears  to  be  a  dangerous  myth 
.  .  .  Service  sector  jobs  just  don't  pack 
the  punch  of  industrial  jobs — in  wages, 
innovations,  and  productivity." 

I  sometimes  think  that  some  of  the 
former  corporation  executives  and  voodoo 
economists  in  the  Reagan  Administration 
think  that  the  problem  of  America's  erod- 
ing industrial  base  will  just  go  away,  if 
they  don't  think  about  it.  They  have  multi- 
national mentality  when  it  comes  to  the 
nation's  economy,  even  though  they  be- 
come super  patriotic  when  it  comes  to 
foreign  policy. 

In  this  issue  of  Carpenter,  and  in  pre- 
vious issues  as  well,  we  have  called  at- 
tention to  the  non-union  investment  poli- 
cies of  many  money  managers.  We  have 
noted  that  the  subsidiaries  of  such  major 
corporations  as  American  Express  are 
putting  union  pension  funds  into  non- 
union construction.  We  have  shown  how 
a  labor  boycott  has  affected  the  anti-union 
practices  of  the  Louisiana-Pacific  Corp. 
We  reported  seminars  on  the  subject  of 
the  "union-free  environment,"  where 
union-busting  "experts"  attempt  to  show 
corporate  leaders  how  to  avoid  negotiating 
pension  plans  and  other  fringe  benefits. 
(They  should  be  holding  seminars  showing 
how  a  union  environment  can  bring  sta- 
bility and  prosperity  to  an  ailing  company.) 

Business  Week  suggests  that  one  way  in 
which  America  can  revitalize  itself  and 
put  down  foreign  competition  is  through 
the  use  of  more  robots  and  more  auto- 
mation, with  computers  linking  all  the 


diverse  operations.  This  is  seen  as  a  way 
to  increase  productivity. 

Robots,  of  course,  don't  pay  taxes, 
don't  pay  union  dues,  and  don't  have  to 
be  pensioned  off. 

Fine,  but  the  central  problem  still  re- 
mains: What  happens  to  the  workers? 
What  happens  to  their  negotiated  fringe 
benefits?  Are  we  all  supposed  to  go  out 
and  get  service  jobs  in  fast  food  shops, 
selling  hamburgers  beside  "guest  work- 
ers" from  overseas? 


Patrick  J.  Campbell 
General  President 


THE  CARPENTER 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

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GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

John  Pruitt 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 

Wayne  Pierce 

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Washington,  D.C.  20001 


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Fourth  District,  E.  Jimmy  Jones 
12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue,  #3 
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Fifth  District,  Eugene  Shoehigh 
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William  Sidell,  General  President  Emeritus 
William  Konyha,  General  President  Emeritus 


Patrick  J.  Campbell,  Chairman 
John  S.  Rogers,  Secretary 

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VOLUME  106  No.  6  JUNE  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Building  Trades  Score  Success  Against  Double-Breasting 2 

American  Express  Shareholders'  Meeting 5 

Louisiana-Pacific:  The  Fight  Goes  On 6 

Taking  the  Initiative:  Organizing  Encourages  Membership 9 

AFL-CIO  Industrial  Conference  Urged  To  Support  Building  Trades  ...  11 

AFL-GIO  Union-Industries  Show 13 

Retired  Second  General  Vice  President  "Pete"  Ochocki  Cited 14 

Legislative  Update:  Hobbs  Amendment 16 

Blueprint  for  Cure 19 

Missing  Children 19 

Brotherhood  Launches  UBC  VISA  Credit  Card  Program 20 

Workers'  Comp:  Your  Rights 23 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 12 

Ottawa  Report 18 

Labor  News  Roundup 22 

Local  Union  News 25 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 27 

We  Congratulate 28 

Consumer  Clipboard 29 

Retirees  Notebook 31 

Plane  Gossip 32 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 34 

In  Memoriam 37 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 

Published  monthly  at  3342  Bladensburg  Road,  Brentwood.  Md.  20722  by  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
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THE 
COVER 


Although  we  may  not  always  realize 
it,  the  strength  of  the  United  Brotherhood 
is  a  force  to  be  reckoned  with.  Those 
who  take  the  union  lightly  need  only  look 
at  this  month's  cover  for  proof  positive 
of  our  might. 

Just  days  before  H.R.  281  reached  the 
House  floor  for  the  crucial  vote,  many 
feared  that  the  bill,  which  prohibits  con- 
struction employers  from  setting  up 
"double-breasted"  operations  and  de- 
nying workers  their  hard-earned  wages 
and  benefits,  could  not  win  the  necessary 
votes  for  passage.  But  in  politics  timing 
is  everything  .  .  . 

During  the  AFL-CIO  Building  and 
Construction  Trades  Department  Con- 
ference in  Washington,  D.C.,  President 
Robert  Georgine  exhorted  UBC  mem- 
bers and  other  building  tradesmen  to 
pound  the  pavement  on  Capitol  Hill, 
reminding  members  of  Congress  of  the 
importance  of  a  yes  vote.  Conference 
goers  responded  with  fervor,  and  then 
celebrated  the  bill's  passage — cognizant 
that  they  had  played  a  vital  role, 

Our  purchasing  power  has  been  dem- 
onstrated, our  financial  muscle  flexed,  in 
the  on-going  strike  against  the  Louisiana- 
Pacific  Corp.  This  month  marks  the  third 
anniversary  of  the  strike  and  our  resolve 
has  not  wavered. 

Without  the  nationwide  support  of  the 
L-P  boycott  and  other  coordinated  strike 
activities,  including  the  strike  fund,  many 
striking  members  would  surely  have  lost 
the  faith.  But,  knowing  that  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  Brotherhood  members  are 
united  behind  the  cause,  the  fight  to  bring 
justice  to  the  L-P  workers  continues. 


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t/..?.  Senator  Daniel  Inouye  of  Hawaii,  left,  and  C\>n^ressman  William  Clay  of  Missoari.  primary  .sponsor  of  H.R.  281, 
right,  as  they  were  escorted  into  the  1986  Bnildin.v  and  Construction  Trades  Legislative  Conference  in  Washington.  D.C. 


Building  Trades  Win  First 
Round  In  Fight  To  Outlaw 
Double-Breasting 

Conference  Delegates  Score  Successes  on  Capitol  Hill 


By  DAVID  L.  PERLMAN 

AFL-CIO  News 

House  members  listened  when  build- 
ing trades  leaders  from  their  home  dis- 
tricts came  calling  and  voted  229-173 
for  a  labor-sought  bill  to  curb  double- 
breasted  contractors. 

The  legislation,  long  a  high-priority 
goal  of  the  Building  and  Construction 
Trades  Department,  is  aimed  at  con- 
tractors who  evade  their  union  agree- 
ments by  setting  up  non-union  subsi- 
diaries paying  substandard  wages  and 
benefits. 

It  passed  the  House  on  April  17.  just 
hours  after  the  legislative  conference 
adjourned.  Amendments  that  would  have 
gutted  the  bill  were  soundly  defeated. 

In  terms  of  lobbying  impact,  the 
building  trades  conference  couldn't  have 
been  better  timed.  The  House  vote  had 
been  expected  to  be  hairbreadth  close. 

When  the  3,0(K)  delegates  arrived, 
BCTD  President  Robert  A.  Georgine 
stressed  the  importance  of  their  mission 
in  terms  of  the  House  vote.  Double- 
breasting  tactics,  he  charged,  are  erod- 
ing the  living  standards  of  workers  and 
poisoning  the  collective  bargaining 
process. 


The  bill's  chief  sponsor.  Rep.  William 
L.  Clay  (D-Mo.).  warmly  welcomed  to 
the  legislative  conference,  warned  that 
antiunion  employer  groups  were  vig- 
orously lobbying  the  other  side. 

AFL-CIO  President  Lane  Kirkland 
gave  the  delegates  a  message  to  take  to 
their  meetings  with  House  members. 

He  urged  them  to  make  sure  that  the 
House  members  they  lobbied  under- 
stand that  the  double-breasting  bill  is 
"a  key  issue"  to  the  entire  labor  move- 
ment. 

Let  them  know,  Kirkland  said,  that 
the  forthcoming  vote  is  "a  political 
litmus  test"  of  whether  members  of 
Congress  are  "with  us  or  against  us." 

In  their  Senate-side  lobbying,  the 
delegates  were  able  to  savor  a  major 
victory  while  the  conference  was  still 
in  session.  That  was  the  54-44  vote  that 
blocked  an  attempt  to  amend  the  Hobbs 
Act  into  a  weapon  against  unions  en- 
gaged in  lawful  strikes. 

It  was  one  of  the  issues  that  was 
given  special  attention  in  the  legislative 
briefings  that  delegates  received  before 
meeting  with  their  home-state  congres- 
sional delegations. 


In  his  keynote  to  the  conference, 
Georgine  warned  that  collective  bar- 
gaining in  the  construction  industry  needs 
"a  major  repair  job." 

A  system  that  has  served  workers 
and  employers  well  for  generations  is 
"falling  apart,  not  by  neglect,  but  by 
design,"  he  charged. 

If  open-shop  contractors  have  their 
way,  he  warned,  skills  will  be  lost  and 
"America  will  pay  the  price  of  shoddy 
construction  in  the  years  to  come." 

Georgine  spoke  of  the  pride  in  crafts- 
manship that  has  been  a  characteristic 
of  generations  of  union  workers,  and 
warned  that  forcing  wages  and  working 
conditions  down  to  the  lowest  levels  of 
open-shop  contractors  will  deter  "bright 
young  workers"  from  following  a  trade. 

America  will  be  the  loser,  he  warned, 
if  the  attacks  on  collective  bargaining 
result  in  "carpenters  who  can  pound 
nails  but  can't  hang  doors." 

A  caravan  of  buses  took  the  confer- 
ence delegates  to  their  Capitol  Hill 
lobbying  rounds,  and  Kirkland  noted 
that  they  were  meeting  with  members 
of  Congress  on  the  day  that  income  tax 
returns  were  due.  UDC 


CARPENTER 


Lane  Kirkland,  presi- 
dent of  the  AFL- 
CIO.  told  delegates 
that  "labor  baiters" 
have  put  their  stamp 
on  many  Republicans 
in  Congress  and  that 
labor  must  fight  its 
causes  even  harder 
than  before. 


While  the  House  passed  a  "good," 
but  "not  perfect,"  tax  reform  bill,  Kirk- 
land noted,  the  Senate  appears  to  be 
moving  backwards  towards  using  "re- 
gressive excise  taxes  to  pay  for  income 
tax  cuts  for  the  rich  and  for  corpora- 
tions." 

He  suggested  that  the  delegates  re- 
mind their  senators  that  the  union  mem- 
bers they  represent  pay  more  taxes  than 
at  least  50  of  the  nation's  biggest  and 
most  profitable  corportions  that  avoided 
all  federal  taxes. 

Kirkland  expressed  concern  at  the 
shrinkage  in  the  number  of  moderate 
Republicans  in  Congress  who  could  be 
counted  on  to  give  working  people  "a 
decent  shake."  While  labor  still  has 
"some  Republican  friends,"  they  are 
"too  few." 

The  "labor-baiters"  who  have  put 
their  stamp  on  the  GOP  are  aided  by 
"boll  weevils  who  wear  the  Democratic 
label  but  who  vote  with  Reagan,"  he 
noted.  But  "fortunately,  there  is  an 
election  on  the  horizon,"  Kirkland  said. 

New  assaults  on  the  Davis-Bacon 
Act's  prevailing  wage  provisions  were 
on  the  conference  agenda.  So  were  tax 
reforms,  including  a  long-standing 
building  trades  campaign  to  allow  tax 
deductions  for  the  cost  of  traveling  to 
and  from  often-distant  construction  sites. 

The  lobbying  wasn't  limited  to  strictly 
building  trades  issues. 

Secretary-Treasurer  Jacob  Sheink- 
man  of  the  Clothing  and  Textile  Work- 
ers spoke  to  the  delegates  of  the  ravages 
that  imports  have  inflicted  on  American 
industry  and  workers — and  of  the  ripple 
impact  on  all  segments  of  the  economy. 
Similarly,  UBC  President  Patrick  J. 
Campbell  was  the  emissary  from  the 
building  trades  unions  to  the  overlap- 
ping legislative  conference  of  the  In- 
dustrial Union  Department. 

A  big  turnout  of  delegates  and  union 
people  from  the  Washington  area  helped 
raise  money  for  the  Diabetes  Research 
Institute  at  a  dinner  honoring  America's 
athletes.  Building  trades  unions  have 
adopted  this  as  a  special  cause. 

Conference  workshops  covered  a 
range  of  building  trades  concerns,  in- 
cluding drug  and  alcohol  abuse,  safety 
enforcement,  pension  fund  invest- 
ments, apprenticeship  training,  media 

Building  and  Construction  Trades  President  Robert  Georgine.  at 
left  below,  led  the  call  for  enactment  of  H.R.  281.  Other  confer- 
ence speakers,  shown  below  from  left,  included  Senator  Joseph 


communications,  and  corporate  strat- 
egies, among  others. 

But  the  final  emphasis,  as  the  dele- 
gates headed  home,  was  to  use  the  once- 
a-year  legislative  conference  as  the 
stimulus  for  a  year-round  program  of 
communications  with  home-state 
congressional  delegations. 

Georgine  told  them  that  "1986  will 
be  a  watershed  year  in  American  poli- 
tics." Without  Ronald  Reagan  at  the 
top  of  the  ticket,  he  stressed,  "candi- 
dates will  have  to  present  themselves 
to  us  on  the  basis  of  their  platform  and 


record." 

He  reminded  them  not  to  neglect  state 
and  local  elections.  With  the  budget 
squeeze  of  the  Gramm-Rudman  law, 
Georgine  noted,  the  government  role  in 
construction  will  increasingly  come  from 
states  and  localities. 

Union  members  and  workers  gener- 
ally will  benefit,  he  stressed,  "if  we  are 
successful  in  restoring  the  collective 
bargaining  system  in  the  construction 
industry"  and  can  protect  gains  made 
at  the  bargaining  table  from  being  wiped 
out  by  unfair  laws.  fjljfj 


How  Your  Representative  Voted:  Double  Breasted 


The  Building  Trades  have  called  the  dou- 
ble-breasted bill,  designed  to  prevent  con- 
tractors from  having  both  union  and  non- 
union work  crews  (H.R.  281),  the  most 
important  legislation  on  Capitol  Hill  this 
year. 

The  bill  was  passed  on  April  17.  A  "YES" 
vote  for  H.R.  281  is  a  vote  in  favor  of  union 


representation  on  the  job.  A  "NO"  vote 
supports  the  position  of  the  union  buster. 
"NV"  indicates  your  representative  did  not 
vote.  The  legislation  will  increase  the  sta- 
bility of  collective  bargaining  in  the  construc- 
tion industry. 

This  is  how  your  representative  in  Con- 
gress voted: 

12  Zschau  (R)  No 

13  Mineta  (D)  Yes 

14  Shumway  (R)  No 

15  Coelho  (D)  Yes 

16  Panetta  (D)  Yes 

17  Pashayan  (R)  Yes 

18  Lehman  R.  (D)  Yes 

19  Lagomarsino  (R)  No 

20  Thomas  W.  (R)  No 

21  Fiedler  (R)  No 

22  Moorhead  (R)  No 

23  Beilenson  (D)  Yes 

24  Waxman  (D)  Yes 

25  Roybal  (D)  Yes 

26  Berman  (D)  Yes 

27  Levine  (D)  Yes 

28  Dixon  (D)  Yes 

29  Hawkins  (D)  Yes 

Continued  on  Page  4 
Biden  of  Delaware,  Senator  Patrick  Moynihan  of  New  York. 
UBC  General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell,  and  Ohio 
Governor  Richard  Celeste. 


ALABAMA 

ARKANSAS 

1  Callahan  (R) 

No 

!  Alexander  (D) 

Yes 

2  Dickinson  (R) 

NV 

2  Robinson  (D) 

Yes 

3  Nichols  (D) 

NV 

3  Hammerschmidt  (R) 

No 

4  Bevill  (D) 

Yes 

4  Anthony  (D) 

No 

5  Flippo  (D) 

6  Erdreich  (D) 

Yes 
Yes 

CALIFORNIA 

7  Shelby  (D) 

Yes 

1  Bosco  (D) 

Yes 

2  Chappie  (R) 

No 

ALASKA 

3  Matsui  (D) 

Yes 

\L  Young  D.  (R) 

Yes 

4  Fazio  (D) 

Yes 

5  Burton  S.  (D) 

Yes 

ARIZONA 

6  Boxer  (D) 

Yes 

1  McCain  (R) 

No 

7  Miller  G.  (D) 

Yes 

2  Udall  (D) 

Yes 

8  Dellums  (D) 

Yes 

3  Stump  (R) 

Yes 

9  Stark  (D) 

Yes 

4  Rudd  (R) 

Yes 

10  Edwards  D.  (D) 

Yes 

5  Kolbe  (R) 

Yes 

11   Lantos  (D) 

Yes 

30  Martinez  (Dl 

■^      ^ 

12 

Crane  P.  (Rl 

NV 

3  Wolpc  (Dl 

Yes 

6 

Addabbo (Dl 

I 

31   Dymally  (Dl 

1       . 

13 

Fawell  (Rl 

No 

4  Siljander  (Rl 

No 

7 

Ackerman  (Dl 

Yes 

32  Anderson  (D) 

\cs 

14  Grotherg  (Rl 

NV 

5  Henry  (Rl 

No 

8 

Scheuer (Dl 

Yes 

33  Dreier(R) 

No 

15 

Madigan  (Rl 

No 

6  Carr(Dl 

Yes 

9 

Manton  (Dl 

Yes 

34  Torres  (D) 

Yes 

16 

Martin  L.  (R) 

No 

7  Kildee  (Dl 

Yes 

10 

Schumer  (Dl 

Yes 

35  Lewis  J.  (Rl 

No 

17 

Evans  L.  (D) 

Yes 

8  Traxler  (Dl 

Yes 

11 

Towns  (Dl 

Yes 

36  Brown  G.  (Dl 

Yes 

18 

Michel  (R) 

No 

9  Vander  Jagt  (Rl 

No 

12 

Owens  (Dl 

Yes 

37  McCandless  (R) 

No 

19 

Bruce  (Dl 

Yes 

10  Schuettc  (Rl 

No 

13 

Solarz  (Dl 

Yes 

3X  Dornan  (Rl 

No 

20 

Durbin  (Dl 

Yes 

n   Davis  (Rl 

Yes 

14 

Molinari  iRl 

Yes 

39  Dannemeyer  (R) 

No 

21 

Price  (Dl 

Yes 

12  Bonior  (Dl 

Yes 

15 

Green  (Rl 

Yes 

4(1  Badham  (Rl 

No 

22 

Gray  K.  (D) 

Yes 

13  Crockett  (Dl 

Yes 

16 

Rangcl  (Dl 

Yes 

41    Lowery  (Rl 

NV 

INDIANA 

14  Hertel  (Dl 

Yes 

17 

Weiss  (Dl 

Yes 

42  Lungren  (Rl 

No 

15  Ford  W.  (Dl 

Yes 

18 

Garcia  (Dl 

Yes 

43  Packard  (Rl 

No 

1 

Visclosky  (Dl 

Yes 

16  Dingell  (Dl 

Yes 

19 

Biaggi  (Dl 

Yes 

44  Bates  (Dl 

Yes 

2 

Sharp  (Dl 

Yes 

17  Levin  (Dl 

Yes 

20 

DioGuardi  (Rl 

Yes 

45  Hunter  (Rl 

No 

3 

Hiler  (Rl 

No 

18  Broomlield  (Rl 

No 

21 

Fish  (Rl 

Yes 

COLORADO 

4 
S 

Coats  (Rl 
Hilhs(R) 

No 
No 

MINNESOTA 

23 

Oilman  (Rl 
Stratton  (Dl 

Yes 

Yes 

1  SchroedertDl 

Yes 

6 

Burton  D.  (R) 

No 

24 

Solomon  (Rl 

No 

2  Wirth(Dl 

Yes 

7 

Myers  (Rl 

No 

1  Penny  (Dl 

Yes 

2s 

Boehlert  (Rl 

No 

3  Strang  (Rl 

No 

8 

McCloskey  (D) 

Yes 

2  Weber  (Rl 

No 

26 

Martin  D.  (Rl 

Vcs 

4  Brown  H.  (Rl 

No 

9 

Hamilton  (D) 

No 

3  Frenzel  (R) 

No 

27 

Wortlev  (Rl 

Yes 

5  Kramer  (Rl 

NV 

10  Jacobs  (Dl 

Yes 

4  Vcnto  (Dl 

Yes 

28 

McHugh(Dl 

Yes 

6  Schaefer(Rl 

NV 

5  Sabo(Dl 

Yes 

29 

Horton  (Rl 

Yes 

CONNECTICUT 

1 

IOWA 

Leach (Rl 

No 

6  Sikorski  (Dl 

7  Stangeland  (Rl 

Yes 

No 

3(1 
31 

Eckert  (Rl 
Kemp (Rl 
LaFalce  (Dl 

No 
Yes 

1   Kennelly  (Dl 

Ye; 

T 

Tauke (Rl 

No 

8  Oberstar  (Dl 

Yes 

32 

Yes 

2  Gejdenson  (Dl 

Yes 

3 

Evans  C.  (Rl 

NV 

MISSISSIPPI 

33 

Nowak  (Dl 

Yes 

3  Morrison  B.  (Dl 

4  McKinney  (Rl 

Yes 
Yes 

4 
5 

Smith  N.  (Dl 
Lightfoot  (Rl 

Yes 

No 

1   Whitten  (Dl 

Yes 

34 

Lundine  (Dl 

Yes 

5  Rowland  j.G.  (Rl 

Yes 

6 

Bedell  (Dl 

Yes 

2  Franklin  (Rl 

Nc 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

6  Johnson  (Rl 

Yes 

3  Montgomery  (Dl 

No 

1 

Jones  W.  (Dl 

Yes 

DELAWARE 

1 

KANSAS 

Roberts  (Rl 

No 

4  Dowdy  (Dl 

5  Lott  (Rl 

Yes 

No 

s 

3 

Valentine  (Dl 
Whitley  (Dl 

No 
No 

AL  Carper  (D) 

Yes 

1 

Slattery  (Dl 

Yes 

MISSOURI 

4 

Cobey (Rl 

No 

FLORIDA 

1  Hutto  (Dl 

2  Fuqua  (Dl 

3  Bennett  (Dl 

4  Chappell  (Dl 

5  McCollum  (Rl 

No 
No 
Yes 

Nc 
Nc 

3  Meyers  (Rl 

4  Glickman  (D) 

5  Whittaker  (Rl 

KENTUCKY 

1  Hubbard  (Dl 

2  Natcher  (D) 

No 
Yes 

No 

Yes 
Yes 

1  Clay  (Dl 

2  Young  R.  (Dl 

3  Gephardt  (Dl 

4  Skcllon  (Dl 

5  Wheat  (Dl 

6  Coleman  E.  (Rl 

7  Taylor  (Rl 

Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
Yes 
No 
No 

5  Neal  (Dl 

6  Coble  (Rl 

7  Rose  (Dl 

8  Hefner  (Dl 

9  McMillan  (Rl 
1(1  Broyhill  (Rl 
11   Hendon  (Rl 

No 
No 
No 
No 
No 
No 
No 

6  MacKay  (Dl 

No 

3 

Mazzoli  (Dl 

No 

7  Gibbons  (Dl 
K  Young  C.  (Rl 

No 

NV 

4 

5 

Snyder (R) 
Rogers  (R) 

No 
No 

8  Emerson  (Rl 

9  Volkmer(Dl 

No 
Yes 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

AL  Dorgan  (Dl 

Yes 

9  Bilirakis  (Rl 

No 

6 

Hopkins  (R) 

No 

MONTANA 

OHIO 

in  Ireland  (Rl 

11  Nelson  (Dl 

12  Lewis  T,  (Rl 

No 
No 
No 

7 

Perkins  (Dl 

LOUISIANA 

Yes 

1  Williams  P.  (Dl 

2  Marlenee  (Rl 

Yes 

No 

1 

Lukcn  (Dl 
Gradison  (Rl 

Yes 

No 

13  Mack(Rl 

No 

1 

Livingston  (R) 

No 

NEBRASKA 

3 

Hall  T.  (Dl 

Yes 

14  MicaiDi 

No 

t 

Boggs  (D) 

Yes 

1   Bereuter  (Rl 

No 

4 

Oxley  (Rl 

No 

15  Shaw  (Rl 

No 

3 

Tauzin  (D) 

No 

2  Daub  (Rl 

No 

5 

Latta  (Rl 

No 

16  Smith  L.  (Dl 

Yes 

4 

Roemer  (D) 

No 

3  Smith  V.  (Rl 

Nc 

6 

McEwen  (Rl 

No 

17  Lehman  W.  (Dl 

Yes 

5 

Huckabv  (Dl 

No 

7 

DeWinc  (Rl 

No 

18  Pepper  (Dl 

Yef 

6  Moore  (R) 

No 

NEVADA 

8 

Kindness  (Rl 

No 

19  Fascell  (Dl 

Yes 

7 

Breaux  (D) 

Yes 

1   Reid  (Dl 

Nc 

9 

Kaptur  (Dl 

Yes 

8 

Long  G.  (D) 

Yes 

2  Vucanovich  (R) 

No 

10 

Miller  C.  (R) 

No 

GEORGIA 

1  Thomas  L.  (Dl 

No 

9 

Long (Dl 

Yes 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

11 
12 

Eckart  (Dl 
Kasich  (Rl 

Yes 

No 

2  Hatcher  (Dl 

No 

MAINE 

1  Smith  R.  (Rl 

Nc 

13 

Pease  (Dl 

Yes 

3  Ray (Dl 

No 

1 

McKernan  (Rl 

No 

2  Gregg  (Rl 

Nc 

14 

Seiberling  (Dl 

Yes 

4  Swindall  (Rl 

No 

T 

Snowe  (Rl 

No 

NEW  JERSEY 

15 

Wyhc  (Rl 

Yes 

5  Fowler  (Dl 

6  Gingrich  (Rl 

No 
No 

MARYLAND 

1   Flono  (Dl 

Yes 

16 

17 

Regula  (Rl 
Traticant  (Dl 

Yes 
Yes 

7  Darden  (Dl 

NV 

1 

Dyson  (Dl 

Yes 

2  Hughes  (Dl 

Yes 

18 

Applegate  (D) 

Yes 

8  Rowland  (Dl 

No 

T 

Bcntley  (R) 

NV 

3  Howard  (Dl 

Yes 

19 

Feighan  (Dl 

Yes 

9  Jenkins  (Dl 

No 

3 

Mikulski  (Dl 

Yes 

4  Smith  C.  (Rl 

Yes 

20 

Dakar  (Dl 

Yes 

10  Barnard  (Dl 

No 

4 

Holt  (Rl 

No 

5  Roukema  (Rl 

No 

21 

Stokes  (Dl 

Yes 

5 

Hoyer  (Dl 

Yes 

6  Dwyer  (Dl 

Yes 

HAWAII 

6 

Byron  (Dl 

No 

7  Rinaldo  (Rl 

Yes 

OKLAHOMA 

1  Heftel(D) 

Yes 

7 

Mitchell  (Dl 

Yes 

8  Roc  (Dl 

Yes 

1 

Jones  J.  (Dl 

NV 

2  Akaka  (Dl 

Yes 

8 

Barnes  (Dl 

Yes 

9  Torricelli  (Dl 

Yes 

2 

Synar (Dl 

No 

10  Rodino  (Di 

Yes 

3 

Watkins  (Dl 

No 

IDAHO 

MASSACHUSETTS 

11  Gallo  (Rl 

Yes 

4 

McCurdy  (Dl 

No 

1  Craig  (Rl 

No 

1 

Conle  (Rl 

Yes 

12  Courter  (Rl 

Yes 

5 

Edwards  M.  (Rl 

No 

2  Stallings  (Dl 

Yes 

2 

Boland  (Dl 

Yes 

13  Saxton  (Rl 

Yes 

6 

English  (Dl 

No 

ILLINOIS 

3 

4 

Early  (Dl 
Frank  (Dl 

Yes 
Yes 

14  Guarini  (Dl 

Yes 

OREGON 

1   Hayes  (D) 

Yes 

5 

Atkins  (Dl 

Yes 

NEW  MEXICO 

1 

AuCoin  (Dl 

Yes 

2  Savage  (D) 

Yes 

6  Mavroules  (D) 

Yes 

1   Lugan  (Rl 

NV 

2 

Smith  R.  (R) 

No 

3  Russo  (D) 

Yes 

7 

Markey  (D) 

Yes 

2  SkeenlRI 

No 

3 

Wyden  (D) 

Yes 

4  O'Brien  (Rl 

No 

8 

O'Neill  (Dl 

S 

3  Richardardson  (Dl 

Yes 

4 

Weaver  (D) 

Yes 

5  Lipinski  (Dl 

Yes 

9 

Moaklev  (D) 

Yes 

NEW  YORK 

5 

Smith  D.  (R) 

NV 

6  Hyde (Rl 

No 

10  Studds  (Dl 

Yes 

7  Collins  (Dl 

Yes 

II 

Donnelly  (D) 

Yes 

1  Carney  (Rl 

No 

PENNSYLVANIA 

8  Rostenkowski  (Dl 

Yes 

2  Downey  (Dl 

Yes 

1 

Foglietta  (D) 

Yes 

9  Yates  (Dl 

Yes 

MICHIGAN 

3  MrazeklDl 

Yes 

2 

Gray  (D) 

NV 

10  Porter  (Rl 

No 

1 

Conyers  (Dl 

Yes 

4  Lent  (Rl 

Yes 

1 1   Annunzio  (Dl 

Yes 

2 

Pursell  (Rl 

No 

5  McGrath(Rl 

Yes 

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Page  3 

CARPENTER 


UBC  Members  Attend 
American  Express 
Shareholders  Meeting 


Neil'  York  Cily  District  Council  members  leaflet  share- 
holders at  new  American  Express  headquarters  in  NYC. 


As  the  limousines  began  to  arrive  at 
American  Express'  headquarters  in  New 
York,  N.Y.,  dehvering  well-heeled 
shareholders  for  the  company's  annual 
meeting,  members  of  the  New  York  City 
District  Council  greeted  them  at  the  door 
with  handbills  carrying  the  message: 
"American  Express:  Leave  Home 
Without  It."  Both  on  the  street  and 
inside  the  meeting,  American  Express 
shareholders  and  directors,  including 
former  President  Gerald  R.  Ford  and 
former  Secretary  of  State  Henry  Kissin- 
ger, were  informed  of  the  Carpenters' 
concerns  with  the  company's  construc- 
tion practices.  UBC  staff,  attending  the 
meeting  as  representatives  of  Brother- 
hood pension  funds  which  own  Ameri- 
can Express  stock,  confronted  company 
Chairman  James  Robinson  III  with 
questions  about  the  refusal  of  American 
Express  to  allow  equal  competitive  bid- 
ding opportunities  to  union  contractors 
on  its  new  $60  million  credit  card  facility 
in  Greensboro,  N.C.,  which  is  being 
built  by  non-union  Carlson  Builders  from 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

Questions  posed  to  Robinson  focused 
on  early  commitments  by  American 
Express  officials  to  UBC  General  Pres- 
ident Patrick  J.  Campbell  to  allow  fair 
contractors  an  effective  opportunity  to 
secure  work  on  the  project.  Numerous 
union  general  and  subcontractors  who 
sought  to  compete  for  the  project  were 
informed  that  they  need  not  apply. 
Consequently,  the  vast  majority  of  the 
project  contracts  went  to  non-union 
subcontractors.  American  Express'  re- 
cent membership  in  an  "anti-union" 


organization  of  Greensboro-area  busi- 
nesses. Piedmont  Associated  Indus- 
tries, was  also  challenged  at  the  meet- 
ing, with  the  chairman  able  only  to  offer 
assurances  that  the  company  is  not  anti- 
union. UBC  questioning  at  the  annual 
meeting  was  intended  to  draw  attention 
to  the  considerable  differences  between 
what  American  Express  promises  in  the 
construction  arena  and  what  it  actually 
delivers. 

In  response  to  the  UBC's  call  to 
"Leave  Home  Without  It,"  Brother- 
hood members  have  been  responding 
by  forwarding  pieces  of  American  Ex- 
press cards  to  the  company  chairman. 
Actions  of  this  sort  illicited  the  com- 
ment from  an  American  Express  official 
at  the  shareholders  meeting  that  the 
"chairman  doesn't  like  to  receive  cut 
up  credit  cards."  As  the  Brotherhood's 
efforts  to  spread  the  message  about 
unfair  contractors  used  by  American 
Express  to  the  rest  of  the  labor  com- 
munity intensify,  the  flow  of  returned 
credit  cards  will  no  doubt  continue  to 
increase. 

In  calling  for  aggressive  action  against 
American  Express,  UBC  General  Pres- 
ident Patrick  J.  Campbell  stated,  "It  is 
important  that  we  use  our  economic 
power  as  individuals  and  institutional 
consumers  against  the  users  of  unfair 
construction  contractors  which  deny 
our  members  job  opportunities.  We 
must  begin  to  hold  accountable  those 
companies  which  while  benefiting  from 
our  patronage  conduct  their  business  in 
a  manner  which  undermines  fair  work 
standards."  UyC 


Below  is  a  sample  letter  to  American 
Express  from  the  Business  Manager  of 
Local  162.  San  Mateo,  Calif. 


Let  American 

Express  Hear  From 

You 

Mr.  James  D.  Robinson  III 
Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer 
American  Express  Company 
World  Financial  Center 
New  York,  N.Y.  10285 

Dear  Sir: 

After  reading  the  article  in  the  Car- 
penter magazine  in  April  1986,  and 
learning  of  feelings  of  American  Ex- 
press toward  Union  Craftsmen,  I  must 
cancel  my  membership  as  a  card- 
holder in  your  organization. 

After  some  sixteen  years  of  mem- 
bership with  American  Express,  which 
Ijust  recently  renewed,  1  am  returning 
my  card,  cut  in  two.  to  effectively 
sever  relations  with  your  organiza- 
tion. I  shall  urge  all  my  friends,  neigh- 
bors and  constituents  to  do  likewise. 

Very  truly  yours. 


Sam  J.  Shannon 


JUNE     1986 


L-P  DATELINE 


May  1984  Carpenter— WeMtm  Cmimil  mcmin-n  III  LP  head-    ivigy  -1984  Carpenter— Rulh  on  Wull  Smel.  ,v>«  y„ik.  ,\\  v..  m,m 
qiiariers  in  Porllaml.  On.,  in  prolesl  of  company  l,iclic.<:.  than  10.000  teafleis  pas.'.ed  out  lo  frequenters  of  liiuincial  Jisirut. 


Louisiana-Pacific:  THE  FIGHT  GOI 


From  the  beginning,  the  cause  of  the 
UBC  strikers  in  their  fight  against  Lou- 
isiana Pacific  Corp.  has  been  very  sim- 
ple— the  protection  of  the  fair  work 
standards  established  in  the  forest  prod- 
ucts industry  by  dedicated  trade  unions. 

June  24,  1983.  marked  the  beginning 
of  the  strike  against  L-P,  the  nation's 
second  largest  lumber  producer,  by  1 ,500 
members  of  the  Western  Council  of 
Lumber  Production  and  Industrial 
Workers.  In  the  three  years  since  the 
strike's  beginning,  the  Brotherhood  has 
carried  out  an  aggressive  campaign 
against  L-P  which  has  had  a  dramatic 
impact  on  L-P's  financial  performance. 

Three  summers  ago  L-P,  insistent  on 
wage  and  benefit  rollbacks,  broke  from 
the  industry  bargaining  association  and 
forced  a  strike  in  an  effort  to  bust  its 
workers  and  their  union.  Despite  the 
hardships  endured  during  the  long  strike, 
one  thing  is  clear:  As  the  determination 
of  the  L-P  strikers  to  win  this  fight  has 
intensified,  so  has  the  support  provided 
the  strikers  from  the  beginning  by 
Brotherhood  members  throughout  the 
country. 

"Wall  Street  to  Main  Street": 
Campaign  Launch 

In  April  I9S4  Brotherhood  members 
rallied  on  New  York's  Wall  Street  to 


send  the  message  to  the  financial  com- 
munity that  the  Brotherhood  was  pre- 
pared to  fight  L-P  "from  Wall  Street  to 
Main  Street."  The  rally,  attended  by 
1,500  Brotherhood  members,  marked 
the  beginning  of  an  aggressive  and  com- 
prehensive effort  against  L-P.  A  na- 
tional labor-consumer  boycott  of  L-P 
wood  products  was  begun  along  with  a 
corporate  campaign  targeting  company 
vulnerabilities. 

Brotherhood  actions  against  L-P  have 
taken  a  variety  of  forms  in  the  three 
years,  with  the  commmon  element  in 
each  of  the  campaign's  actions  being 
the  participation  of  Brotherhood  mem- 
bers and  families.  UBC  members  and 
locals  have  provided  financial  support, 
manned  picket  and  boycott  lines,  par- 
ticipated in  regulatory  and  governmen- 
tal actions  against  the  company,  at- 
tended L-P  shareholders'  meetings,  and 
voiced  their  concerns  to  major  stock 
owners  of  the  company,  such  as  State 
Farm  Mutual  Automobile  Insurance  Co. 

AFL-CIO  Sanctions 
Boycott  of  L-P 

At  the  request  of  the  UBC,  the  AFL- 
CIO  E.xecutive  Council  approved  a 
labor-consumer  boycott  of  L-P  prod- 
ucts in  early  1984.  Since  that  time, 
hundreds    of    lumber    retailers    have 


stopped  the  sale  of  L-P  wood  products 
as  a  result  of  the  strong  public  support 
of  the  boycott  call.  In  February  of  1984 
General  President  Campbell  urged  the 
formation  of  L-P  Boycott  Support  Com- 
mittees to  conduct  store  surveys  and 
boycott  handbilling.  Hundreds  of  locals 
and  councils  have  responded  to  the  call 
and  today  over  five  hundred  retail  lum- 
ber dealers  have  stopped  the  sale  of 
L-P  products. 

The  initial  boycott  action  against 
L-P  products  involved  a  "Don't  Buy" 
campaign  targeting  L-P  products.  The 
focus  of  the  effort  was  later  changed  to 
urge  the  public  through  non-picketing 
publicity  not  to  patronize  lumber  deal- 
ers selling  the  struck  products.  "Don't 
Patronize"  handbilling  is  now  the  only 
form  of  boycott  activity  conducted. 
UBC  affiliates  have  also  been  urged  to 
target  for  boycott  handbilling  home- 
builders  who  use  L-P  products  in  hous- 
ing unit  construction.  Brotherhood 
members  in  every  region  of  the  country 
have  participated  in  the  boycott  cam- 
paign, making  the  L-P  boycott  effort 
the  most  aggressive  in  the  labor  move- 
ment within  the  last  decade. 

Corporate  Campaign 
Wide  Ranging 

To  complement  the  product  boycott 
against  L-P,  a  corporate  campaign  was 


November  1985  Carpenter— iiam 

Xterlti's  attempts  at  union  husttn,i,'  illus- 
trated in  the  Unitin  Register. 


June  1985  Carpenter— Strikini;  LP 

workers  register  at  the  door  of  the  L-P 
annual  stockholders'  meeting.  Grand 
Junt  tion.  Colo. 


OiMHTfieRAce!/ 


CARPENTER 


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initiated  against  L-P  in  an  effort  to 
attack  every  company  vulnerability. 
Over  the  course  of  the  fight,  a  wide 
range  of  actions  have  been  taken  to 
raise  the  costs  for  L-P's  union-busting 
actions. 

Forty  striking  L-P  workers  traveled 
to  Rocky  Mount,  N.C.,  in  May  1984  to 
confront  L-P  chairman  Harry  A.  Merlo. 
An  effective  presentation  and  hard 
questioning  by  the  strikers  had  Merlo 
running  from  the  meeting  when  it  ad- 
journed. Merlo  was  followed  to  the 
shareholders'  meeting  in  Grand  Junc- 
tion, Colo.,  in  1985,  where  100  strikers 
challenged  Merlo' s  union-busting  tac- 
tics. Again  Merlo  exited  quickly  to  a 
waiting  corporate  jet  waiting  to  ferry 
him  home  to  Portland,  Ore.  Last  month 
in  Panama  City,  Fla.,  a  delegation  of 
L-P  strikers  attended  the  shareholders' 
meeting  to  continue  the  fight.  The  meet- 
ing was  picketed  by  local  UBC  mem- 
bers. 

A  recent  announcement  by  the  Col- 
orado Department  of  Health  that  the 
Department  has  revoked  L-P's  oper- 
ating permit  at  its  new  mill  in  Montrose, 
Colo.,  is  the  third  setback  experienced 
at  the  mill  since  its  construction  two 
years  ago.  UBC  members  in  Colorado 
have  aggresively  pursued  their  environ- 
mental interests  in  the  state,  exposing 


April  1985  Carpenter— Pickering  tlw 

annual  Western  Wood  Products  Assn. 
in  Son  Francisco,  Calif. 

August  1984  Carpenter— L-P  sponsored 

tennis  matcli  picketed  in  Atlanta,  Ga. 


the  public  health  problems  associated 
with  the  operation  of  the  plant  in  Mon- 
trose and  in  Kremmling,  Colo.  Legal 
action  of  a  similar  nature  in  California 
has  prevented  L-P's  construction  of  a 
planned  waferboard  plant  in  that  state, 
and  helped  prompt  the  company  to 
move  the  planned  waferboard  plant  to 
British  Columbia,  thousands  of  miles 
from  the  markets  to  be  served  by  the 
mill. 

Brotherhood  efforts  have  focused  na- 
■  tional  attention  on  L-P's  use  of  federal 
grants  for  its  new  construction,  effec- 
tively ending  its  use  of  the  taxpayers 
support  of  the  program.  Legislative  ef- 
forts short-circuited  L-P's  attempt  to 
exempt  certain  of  its  mills  from  federal 
environmental  law,  at  a  cost  of  millions 
of  dollars  to  the  company. 

Spreading  the  Word 
Coast  to  Coast 

In  an  effort  to  apprise  the  public  of 
the  labor  dispute,  UBC  members  have 
picketed  L-P  sponsored  Davis  Cup 
tournament  events  in  Atlanta  and  Port- 
land. Wall  Street  offices  have  been 
handbilled  by  Brotherhood  members  on 
each  anniversary  of  the  strike,  and  a 
common  sight  at  forest  products  indus- 
try meetings  are  UBC  pickets.  Boston's 
Local  33  most  recently  challenged  Mer- 


MESSAGE  FROM 
General  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell: 

For  nearly  three  years  now,  this 
Brotherhood  has  been  fighting  L-P 
and  the  anti-union  cancer  it  represents 
in  every  part  of  this  country.  The 
lesson  of  the  last  few  years  for  L-P 
is  simple:  What  the  company  thought 
was  a  fight  with  1,500  strikers  in  the 
Pacific  Northwest  is  now  a  fight  with 
Brotherhood  members  nationwide. 

I've  said  it  many  times:  We  have 
every  intention  of  finishing  what  we 
start.  A  fair  work  standard  established 
by  dedicated  trade  unionists  in  every 
industry  in  this  country  is  under  at- 
tack, but  this  union  is  going  to  fight 
back  and  fight  back  hard. 

What  we  have  demonstrated  in  our 
campaign  against  L-P  is  both  a  will- 
ingness and  an  ability  to  fight  those 
who  would  seek  to  destroy  the  live- 
lihoods of  our  members.  We've  dem- 
onstrated staying  power  and  imagi- 
nation, and  there  is  more  to  be  done. 

If  it  is  necessary,  next  year  we  will 
be  talking  about  the  strike's  fourth- 
year  anniversary.  Brotherhood  mem- 
bers in  the  coming  year  will  be  called 
upon  to  Join  the  fight  against  L-P  in 
a  variety  of  ways.  Our  efforts  will  pay 
dividends,  in  the  form  of  a  stronger 
Brotherhood  ready  to  respond  to  the 
needs  of  any  member. 


January  1986  Carpenter— l-Ps  new 

waferboard  mill,  Dungannon,  Va.,  pick- 
eted by  Local  319  members. 


lo's  union  busting  actions  at  the  share- 
holders meeting  of  IC  Industries  where 
he  sits  as  a  director.  For  many,  the 
price  of  the  fight  has  been  high  with 
possessions  lost  and  livelihoods  changed. 
Yet  despite  these  sacrifices,  L-P  stri- 
kers and  Brotherhood  members  nation- 
wide remain  committed  to  the  intensi- 
fied campaign  to  protect  the  livelihoods 
and  work  standards  of  the  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  Brotherhood  members  work- 
ing in  the  wood  products  industry.  UiJD 

June  1986  Carpenter— Members  of  Local 
1194,  Pensacola,  Fla.,  picket  L-P's  recent 
shareholders'  meeting  in  Panama  City,  Fla. 


JUNE     1986 


CONTRIBUTORS 

to  the  L-P  Strikers  Support  Fund 

Since  General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell  called  for  international  support  of  l.ouisiana- 
Pacific  workers  on  strike  in  the  Western  States,  many  local  unions,  councils,  and  individuals 
have  responded.  In  fact.  67  local  unions.  2.^  councils,  and  Hve  individual  members  have 
pledged  to  make  periodic  donations.  Below  is  the  list  of  contributions  since  our  I98fi  appeal. 
Contributions  should  be  sent  to:  L-P  Strikers  Fund.  101  Constitution  Ave..  N.W.. 
Washington.  D.C.  2(1(K)I. 


LOCAL  UNIONS 

1.  Chicago  Illinois 

2.  Cincinnati  Ohio 

.1.  Wheeling  West  Virginia 

4.  Davcnpiirt  Iowa 

7.  Minneapolis  Minnesota 

]}.  Chicago  Illinois 

l^.  Hackcnsack  New  Jersey 

Ifi.  Springfield  Illinois 

2(1.  New  York  New  York 

24.  Central  Connecticut 

27-L.  Kansas  City  Missouri 

.^0.  New  London  Connecticut 

."^y-L.  Indianapolis  Indiana 

44.  Champaign-Urhana  Illinois 

47.  St.  Louis  Missouri 

.*'4.  Chicago  Illinois 

58.  Chicago  Illinois 

61.  Kansas  City  Missouri 

f>2.  Chicago  Illinois 

74.  Chattanooga  Tennes.see 

76.  Hazelton  Pennsylvania 

77.  Port  Chester  New  York 
SL  Erie  Pennsylvania 

X.S,  Rochester  New  York 
S7.  St.  Paul  Minnesota 
101.  Baltimore  Maryland 
K)6.  Des  Moines  I(.>wa 
110.  St.  Jt)seph  Missouri 
121.  Vineland  New  Jersey 
l?l.  Seattle  Washington 
lil.  Washington  D.  C. 
I3.t.  Terre  Haute  Indiana 
n.5.  New  York  New  York 
Iff.  Plainheld  New  Jersey 
166.  Rock  Island  Illinois 
168.  Kansas  City  Kansas 
181.  Chicago  Illinois 
184.  Salt  Lake  City  Utah 
203.  Poughkeepsie  New  York 
210.  Stamford  Connecticut 
218.  Boston  Massachusetts 
225.  Allania  Georgia 
230.  Pitlshurgh  Pennsylvania 
255.  Bloomingburg  New  York 
258.  Oneonia  New  York 
261,  Scranton  Pennsylvania 
300.  Ventura  California 
329.  Oklahoma  City  Oklahoma 
338.  Seattle  Washington 
340.  Hagerslown  Maryland 
354.  Gilroy  California 
359.  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania 

399.  Phillipsburg  New  Jersey 

400,  Omaha  Nebraska 

424.  Hingham  Massachusetts 
4.34.  Chicago  Illinois 
514.  Wilkes  Barre  Pennsylvania 
544.  Baltimore  Maryland 
548.  Minneapolis  Minnesota 
576.  Pine  Bluff  Arkansas 
613.  Hampton  Roads  Virginia 
620.  Madison  New  Jersey 

623.  Atlantic  Coupty  New  Jersey 

624.  Brockton  Massachusetts 
626,  Wilmington  Delaware 
638.  Marion  Illinois 

698.  Covington  Kentucky 

714.  Olathc  Kansas 

715.  Elizabeth  New  Jersey 
721.  Los  Angeles  California 
738.  Portland  Oregon 


739.  Cincinnati  Ohio  1526. 

758.  Indianapolis  Indiana  1529. 

769.  Pasadena  California  1532, 

777.  Harnsonville  Missouri  1533, 

781,  Princeton  New  Jersey  1544. 

839,  Des  Plaines  Illinois  1.548. 

899.  Parkersburg  West  Virginia  1.564. 

902.  Brooklyn  New  York  1571. 

916.  Aurora  Illinois  1583. 

958,  Marquette  Michigan  1594. 

964.  Rockland  Countv  New  York  1632. 

998.  Royal  Oak  Michigan  1644. 

1024.  Cumberland  Maryland  1691. 

1053.  Milwaukee  Wisconsin  1772. 

1067.  Port  Huron  Michigan  1780. 

1074.  Eau  Claire  Wisconsin  1795. 

1078,  Fredericksburg  Virginia  1832, 

1084,  Angleton  Texas  1846, 

1093,  Glen  Cove  New  York  1889, 

1108.  Cleveland  Ohio  1904. 

1120.  Portland  Oregon  1906. 

1 140.  San  Pedro  California  1913, 

1145.  Washington  DC.  1953. 

1160.  Pittsburgh  Pennsylvania  2018. 

1185.  Chicago  Illinois  2042. 

1260.  Iowa  City  Iowa  2087, 

1262,  Chillicothe  Missouri  2098. 

1302.  New  London  Connecticut  2114, 

1305,  Fall  River  Massachusetts  2130, 

1308,  Lake  Worth  Florida  2155, 

1329,  Independence  Missouri  2235, 

1359.  Toledo  Ohio  2250. 

1363.  Oshkosh  Wisconsin  2274. 

1388.  Oregon  City  Oregon  2287. 

1408.  Redwood  City  California  2292. 

1421.  Arlington  Texas  2298. 

1437.  Compton  California  2308. 

1453.  Huntington  Beach  California  2361. 

1478.  Redondo  California  2396. 

1489.  Burlington  New  Jersey  2398. 

1507.  El  Monte  California  2400, 

i5m.  Miami  Florida  2463, 


Denton  Texas 
Kansas  City  Kansas 
Anacortes  Washington 
Two  Rivers  Wisconsin 
Nashville  Tennessee 
Baltimore  Maryland 
Casper  Wyoming 
East  San  Diego  California 
Englewood  California 
Wausau  Wisconsin 
San  Luis  Obispo  California 
Minneapolis  Minnesota 
Coeur  D'Alene  Idaho 
Hicksville  New  York 
Las  Vegas  Nevada 
Farmington  Missouri 
Escanaba  Michigan 
New  Orleans  Louisiana 
Downers  Cirove  Illinois 
North  Kansas  Missouri 
Philadelphia  Pennsylvania 
Van  Nuys  California 
Warrensburg  Missouri 
Ocean  County  New  Jersey 
Oxnard  California 
Crystal  Lake  Illinois 
Camden  New  Jersey 
Napa  Calitbrnia 
Hillsboro  Oregon 
New  York  New  York 
Pittsburgh  Pennsylvania 
Red  Bank  New  Jersey 
Pittsburgh  Pennsylvania 
New  York  New  York 
Ocala  Florida 
Rolla  Missouri 
Fullerton  California 
Orange  California 
Seattle  Washington 
El  Cajon  California 
Woodland  Maine 
Ventura  California 


Atlantic  Conference  Donation 


RcprescntanvcsjiiDii  the  Atlantic  Conference  i>fCiiipcnlci.s .  wliich 
includes  Local  «.  Halifax.  N.S.:  Local  579.  Si.  John.s.  Nfld.; 
Local  US8,  Charlottetown,  P.E.L:  Local  IJS6.  Province  of  New 
Bnin.wick;  Local  1588.  .Sydney,  N.S.;  Local  2399,  Maniwaki. 
Que.:  Local  25J3.  Montreal,  Que.:  and  Local  2817.  Quebec: 
presented  a  check  to  President  Patrick  J .  Campbell  for  the  benefit 
of  the  L-P  strikers  darin.i>  the  recent  Industrial  Conference  in 
Toronto.  Pictured  above,  from  left,  are  Ronald  Dancer,  general 
executive  board  member  for  the  tenth  district:  John  Carruthers, 
general  executive  board  member  for  the  ninth  district:  Repre- 
sentative Jim  Tohin:  Lou  Bradley,  secretary,  Atlantic  Conference 
of  Carpenters:  President  Campbell:  First  Cieneral  Vice  President 
Sigurd  Lucassen:  Representative  Allan  Rodgers:  and  Represent- 
ative Jacques  Martel. 


2633.  Tacoma  Washington 

2750.  Springfield  Oregon 

2834.  Denver  Colorado) 

2882.  Santa  Rosa  California 

2900.  Sunburv  Pennsylvania 

2927.  Martell  California 

2949.  Roseburg  Oregon 

.3038.  Bonner  Montana 

3073.  Portsmouth  New  Hampshire 

3206,  Pompano  Beach  Florida 

COUNCILS,  CLUBS 

Adirondack  &  Vicinity  D.  C. 

Baltimore  &  Vicinity  D.  C. 

Central  Illinois  D.  C. 

Central  New  Jersey  D.C. 

Central  &  Western  Indiana  D.  C. 

Central  Wisconsin  D.  C. 

Chemical  Valley  D.  C. 

Chicago  &  Northeast  Illinois  D.  C. 

Cleveland  D.  C. 

Detroit  D.  C. 

East  Central  Illinois  D.  C. 

Fox  River  Valley  D.  C. 

Kansas  City  D.  C.  , 

Los  Angeles  County  D.  C. 

Miami  Valley  D.  C. 

Midwestern  Industrial  Council 

Nassau  County  D.  C. 

New  York  City  &  Vicinity  D.  C. 

North  Central  Texas  D.  C. 

Northwest  Illinois  D.  C. 

Orange  County  D.  C. 

Pacific  Northwest  D.  C. 

Paget  Sound  D.  C. 

San  Diego  County  D.  C. 

South  Jersey  D.  C. 

St.  Louis  D.  C. 

Tri-Counties  D.  C. 

Tri-State  Chattanooga  D.  C. 

Twin  City.  D.  C. 

Ventura  County  D.  C. 

Washington  D.C.  &  Vicinity  D.  C. 

Westchester  County  D.  C. 

Western  Pennsylvania  D.  C. 

Atlantic  Conference  of  Carpenters 

Connecticut  State  Council 

First  District 

New  York  Slate  Council 

Retired  Carpenters  Club  1083 

MEMBERS 

Richard  Bipes 
Joseph  Bodner 
William  Bronson 
Jtihn  Burns 
Bjarne  Carlson 
Fred  Carter 
Harold  Cheesman 
Joe  Copes 
Al  Cortez 
Bert  Dally 
Vernell  Ellz.y 
Bruce  Finke 
Virgil  Flath 
Edward  Fortson 
Neil  Hapworth 
Marcus  Hertel 
Edward  Hunt 
Virginia  Kenyon 
Robert  Konyha 
Frank  Lamph 
Wendell  Lee 
Steven  Leeds 
Robert  McLean 
Willard  Masters 
John  Overman 
Jay  Phillips 
Wanda  Phillips 
Hans  Rase 
Art  Reyes 
Albert  Spring 
De  Armand  Shadduck 
Ronald  Stadler 
Jim  Tudor 
Charles  Vooris 
Michael  Zumpano 


CARPENTER 


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gfor  the  full  support 

Union  Contractors 

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Picketing  is  one  of  the  traditional  organizing  methods  employed  to  tiirnaruund  non-union  opcralii 


The  Organizing  Department  Coordinates 

Boycotts,  Picicets,  and  Leafietting 

to  Encourage  UBC  i\/lembership 


The  past  decade  has  brought  many 
problems  and  challenges  for  the  con- 
struction members  of  the  United  Broth- 
erhood: high  unemployment  for  skilled 
journeymen  and  apprentices  in  all  of 
our  crafts;  a  decline  in  the  collective 
bargaining  structure  in  many  areas;  a 
severe  drop  in  construction  spending 
during  the  recession  of  the  early  1980s; 
and  the  resulting  growth  of  the  open 
shop. 

Adding  to  these  poor  conditions  were 
the  biased  decisions  of  the  National 
Labor  Relations  Board,  the  legal  ploys 
practiced  by  union  busters  in  the  courts, 
and  the  failure  of  legislators  to  enact 
bills  which  would  correct  many  of  the 
injustices.  On  top  of  all  this  was  the 
continued  watering  down  of  the  protec- 
tions afforded  by  the  Davis-Bacon  Law 
on  federal  construction. 

It  became  obvious  to  UBC  leaders 
that  the  old  solutions  to  these  problems 
would  not  always  work  and  that  new 
approaches  must  be  taken  to  regain  the 
initiative. 

In  1978  the  Brotherhood  launched 
what  was  to  be  a  pioneering  approach 
to  all  of  these  problems — Operation 
Turnaround — and  in  May  1985,  General 
President  Patrick  J.  Campbell  took  steps 


to  strengthen  construction  organizing 
by  separating  it  from  industrial  orga- 
nizing, which  was  placed  under  the 
stewardship  of  the  UBC's  industrial 
department. 

The  over  75%  of  the  Brotherhood's 
membership  forming  the  construction 
sector  now  had  a  separate  department 
to  better  serve  their  needs.  Assistant 
to  the  General  President  Thomas  D. 
Hohman  was  assigned  to  oversee  the 
activities  of  the  new  department  and 
coordinate  construction  organizing  ac- 
tivities within  the  10  districts  of  the 
United  Brotherhood,  with  immediate 
staff  supervision  the  responsibility  of 
each  general  executive  board  member. 
The  Organizing  Department  provides 
assistance,  backup,  and  coordination  of 
construction  organizing  targets  as  they 
are  selected  in  the  field  and  between 
districts. 

Operation  Turnaround 

The  UBC's  Operation  Turnaround 
Program  seeks  to  attack  the  problem  of 
construction  membership  loss  from  as 
many  different  angles  as  possible.  Ini- 
tially, a  Construction  Task  Force  was 
charged  with  the  responsibility  of  im- 
plementing Operation  Turnaround.  To- 


day, under  the  directive  of  the  general 
president,  the  entire  International  staff 
has  responsibility  for  its  implementa- 
tion. Major  Operation  Turnaround  ac- 
tivities include: 

Implementation  of  Labor  Management 
Cooperation  Committees 

Implentation  of  CVOC  (Construction 
Volunteer  Organizing  Committees) 

Overall  training,  education,  and  guid- 
ance of  construction  local  unions  and 
district  councils  in  recovering  construc- 
tion membership  losses.  Areas  of  pri- 
mary training  concentration  include: 

•  using  the  media  and  public  relations 
resources 

•  using  research  to  develop  modern 
organizing  strategies 

•  the  importance  of  community  and 
political  involvement  in  organizing 

•  the  necessity  of  using  traditional  or- 
ganizing methods — picketing,  leaflet- 
ting,  NLRB  proceedings,  etc. 

•  using  the  UBC  Special  Programs  and 
Research  Departments  to  exercise 
our  pension  funds  strength  and  obtain 
corporate  information  on  construc- 
tion organizing  targets. 


JUNE    1986 


Labor  Management 
Committees 

To  date,  our  International  staff  has 
been  directly  involved  with  the  imple- 
mentation of  over  3 1  funded,  joint  labor- 
management  cooperation  committees. 
The  staff  has  supported  the  formation 
and  maintenance  of  many  additional 
programs  across  the  U.S.  and  Canada. 
Our  "Proposed  Guidelines  for  the  Im- 
plementation of  Joint  Labor  Manage- 
ment Cooperation  Committees."  which 
includes  sample  bylaws  and  articles  of 
incorporation,  has  been  adopted  by  the 
AFL-CIO  National  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades  Department  and  pub- 
lished in  the  its  "Organizer's  Hand- 
book." This  UBC  manual  has  been  the 
model  for  nearly  all  new  LMCCS  im- 
plemented to  influence  perceptions  of 
the  union  construction  industry. 


CVOC  strategy 

Our  most  up-to-date  records  indicate 
there  are  over  100  Construction  Vol- 
unteer Organizing  Committees  actively 
functioning  throughout  the  Brother- 
hood. The  Organizing  Department 
maintains  records  on  CVOCs;  supplies 
committees  with  materials:  advises  lo- 
cal, state,  and  international  organizers 
on  organizing  strategy;  and  issues  cer- 
tificates and  various  recognition  awards 
to  volunteer  members  on  behalf  of  the 
general  president. 


State  and  DC  Organizing 

There  are  currently  five  state-wide 
organizing  programs  and  various  dis- 
trict council  programs.  The  state  coun- 
cil programs  in  Michigan  (Coordinated 
Housing  Organizing  Program),  Ohio 
(CHOP),  Colorado,  and  Florida  are  co- 
ordinated out  of  a  central  office.  The 
Indiana  CHOP  Program,  a  function  of 
the  Indiana  State  Council  of  Carpen- 
ters, operates  district  council  by  district 
council.  The  Organizing  Department  in 
the  general  office  serves  to  assist  these 
local  efforts  by  providing  training  ma- 
terials, rendering  organizing  strategy 
assistance,  and  coordinating  targets 
across  state  and  district  lines. 


Departmental  Cooperation 

The  Organizing  Department  works 
closely  with  a  number  of  other  depart- 
ments in  the  General  Office  as  construc- 
tion organizing  needs  overlap  into  other 
areas. 

Industrial  Department — As  organiz- 
ing campaigns  within  the  industrial  sec- 
tor indicate  the  need  for  assistance  in 
the  construction  sector,  or  vice  versa, 
the     Organizing     Department     works 


closely  with  the  Industrial  Department 
to  meet  the  needs  of  our  industrial 
membership  as  well. 

Research  Department  and  Special 
Programs — Our  highly  qualified  fact- 
finding departments  provide  the  Orga- 
nizing Department  with  valuable  infor- 
mation and  assistance  in  a  variety  of 
areas.  Special  Programs,  which  was 
established  as  a  resource  primarily  for 
construction  organizing,  provides  the 
Organizing  Department  with  corporate 
information  and  assistance  in  the  ap- 
plication of  "corporate  pressure"  in 
coordinated  organizing  efforts.  Simi- 
larly, the  Research  Department  pro- 
vides valuable  data  regarding  Davis- 
Bacon  and  contract  information  across 
our  broad  jurisdiction. 


The  United  Brotherhood' s  Operation  Turn- 
around is  a  campaign  to  bring  more  con- 
tracts to  union  contractors  and  more  jobs 
to  construction  members.  It  calls  for  con- 
certed action  hy  labor  and  management 
alike  to  become  winners  in  bidding  for 
work  on  major  construction  projects 
through  media  usage,  organizing,  pension 
funds  power,  research,  and  other  avenues 
of  cooperation. 


Jurisdiction  Department  assists  Or- 
ganizing on  occasion  as  jurisdictional 
and  organizational  problems  overlap. 
Close  communication  between  these 
departments  is  key  to  meeting  the  needs 
of  our  members. 

Recent  Developments 

A  recent  organizing  target  project 
was  the  installation  of  the  largest  paper 
machine  in  the  world  at  Westvaco's 
Covington,  Va.,  mill.  Through  the  ef- 
forts of  the  Organizing  Department,  in 
concert  with  the  Paper  Industry  Proj- 
ects Subcommittee,  a  coordinated  or- 
ganizing effort  aimed  at  BE&K  Con- 
struction Co.,  the  largest  non-union 
industrial  construction  firm  operating 
in  the  Southeast  (and  now  across  the 
entire  East  Coast  and  Midwest),  was 
recently  successful  in  influencing  West- 
vaco  Corp.  to  reconsider  the  practice 
of  negotiating  projects  without  com- 


petitive bidding.  The  UBC  took  the 
lead  in  coordination  of  the  campaign 
which,  among  other  things,  succeeded 
in  getting  the  National  Labor  Relations 
Board  to  issue  complaints  against  BE&K 
for  over  40  charges  filed  by  the  union 
for  discrimination  in  hiring  against  union 
members.  These  charges  are  currently 
being  processed.  Back  pay  is  being 
sought  on  behalf  of  these  40  workers, 
and  BE&K  has  shown  signs  of  con- 
ceeding  to  a  settlement.  Attendance  at 
Westvaco's  annual  shareholder's  meet- 
ing and  a  subsequent  meeting  with  the 
company  president  and  chairman  of  the 
board  are  believed  to  have  been  at  least 
partially  responsible  in  our  members 
acquiring  additional  work  at  other 
Westvaco  mill  locations. 

Even  more  recently.  General  Presi- 
dent Campbell,  through  the  Organizing 
Department  and  in  response  to  numer- 
ous independent  local  requests  for  as- 
sistance, has  launched  the  UBC's  first 
major  national  construction  organizing 
campaign. 

Prompted  by  the  loss  of  millions  of 
carpenter  work  hours  (primarily  fixture) 
in  the  department  store  industry,  the 
Organizing  Department  has  been  mon- 
itoring the  construction  practices  of 
twelve  of  the  largest  chains  in  the  dis- 
count department  store  industry.  With 
the  changes  in  technology  of  store  fix- 
tures and  the  cut-throat  competition  for 
consumer  dollars,  many  large  chains 
have  undertaken  to  expand,  remodel, 
and  construct  non-union.  Add  to  this 
the  alarmingly  rapid  growth  in  this  in- 
dustry, and  it  spells  unemployment  for 
many  UBC  members. 

Boycott  Target 

In  response,  particularly  noting  the 
almost  exclusively  non-union  construc- 
tion contracting  practices  of  one  partic- 
ularly fast-growing  firm,  the  Brother- 
hood has  launched  a  national  boycott 
of  Wal-Mart  Stores  Inc. 

Wal-Mart,  owned  and  operated  by 
the  reported  richest  man  in  America. 
Sam  Walton,  boasts  over  600  stores  in 
22  states,  predominantly  in  the  South 
and  Midwest. 

On  May  I,  1986,  the  Brotherhood 
launched  the  first  phase  of  this  cam- 
paign, a  mass  leafletting  of  Wal-Mart 
stores  in  over  60  cities  in  all  22  states. 
Over  150.000  leaflets  will  be  distrib- 
uted— perhaps  the  largest  one-shot  leaf- 
let campaign  ever  conducted  by  the 
Brotherhood. 

The  aim  of  this  campaign  is  to  catch 
the  attention  and  earn  the  respect  of 
every  retailer  in  this  industry  by  dem- 
onstrating a  strong  and  united  effort  in 
combatting  contracting  to  non-union 
construction  firms. 

Continued  on  Page  33 


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AFL'CIO  Industrial  Conference 
Urged  to  Support  Building  Trades 
In  Drive  to  Outlaw  Double  Breasting 

Campbell  emphasizes  need  to  rebuild  infrastructure 


A  legislative  conference  of  industrial 
unions  meeting  in  Washington,  D.C., 
April  16  and  17,  heard  a  plea  from  UBC 
President  Patrick  J.  Campbell  for  sup- 
port of  the  Building  Trades'  effort  to 
enact  H.R.  281,  the  bill  to  outlaw  dou- 
ble-breasting among  construction  con- 
tractors. 

"The  time  has  come  for  Congress  to 
restore  fairness  and  return  to  construc- 
tion workers  the  right  to  join  unions 
and  gain  collective  bargaining  protec- 
tion," Campbell  told  delegates  to  the 
gathering  of  AFL-CIO  Industrial  Union 
Department  legislative  leaders.  "Urge 
your  representatives  to  support  H.R. 
281  and  oppose  any  weakening  amend- 
ments." 

As  things  turned  out,  the  General 
President's  plea,  plus  a  gathering  of 
Buildings  Trades  representatives  and 
lUD  delegates  on  Capitol  Hill  following 
the  conference,  brought  favorable  re- 
sults. A  day  later,  the  House  passed 
H.R.  281  by  a  vote  of  229-173. 

Campbell  also  spoke  out  against  gov- 
ernment policies  which  put  basic  U.S. 
industries  at  a  disadvantage  in  compet- 
ing with  foreign  industries.  Far  too 
many  American  factories  lie  idle  be- 
cause of  government  policies  and  man- 
agement practices  which  encourage 
multinational  corporations  to  move  their 
manufacturing  facilities  overseas  or  dis- 
courage them  from  modernizing  their 
domestic  manufacturing  facilities  with 
modern  technology.  He  called  for  co- 
operative efforts  by  all  unions  to  get 


the  nation's  factories  back  to  full  pro- 
duction. 

Among  the  United  Brotherhood  del- 
egates to  the  lUD  conference  were 
Charles  Claytor,  president  of  the  New 
York  City  Industrial  Council;  John  Rog- 
gio,  business  representative.  Local  2632, 
New  York,  N.Y.;  Robert  Warosh,  sec- 
retary. Midwest  Industrial  Council; 
Terry  Fairclough,  business  represent- 
ative. Local  16,  Springfield,  111.;  Ken 
Acree,  business  representative.  Local 
904,  Jacksonville,  111.;  and  Wally  Mal- 
lakoff,  UBC  staff  economist. 

The  conference  devoted  much  atten- 
tion to  the  problems  of  international 
trade  and  also  focused  attention  on 
ways  of  assisting  victims  of  occupa- 
tional and  environmental  health  prob- 
lems. 

lUD  President  Howard  D.  Samuel 
sounded  the  tone  of  the  conference  with 
a  charge  that  the  nation's  trade  policies 
are  in  "shambles"  because  President 
Reagan  insists  on  "free  trade"  while 
other  governments  subsidize  exports 
and  restrict  imports  of  U.S. -made  goods. 

"The  main  cause  of  our  problem  is 
that  we  and  our  trading  competitors  are 
playing  by  different  rules,"  Samuel  said, 
as  he  called  for  legislation  that  would 
bring  American  trade  policies  and  prac- 
tices into  line  with  those  of  other  coun- 
tries. 

The  economic  vitality  of  America  has 
been  dangerously  weakened  by  a  trade 
deficit  that  roared  to  a  record-shattering 
$148.5  billion  last  year,  the  lUD  pres- 


ident pointed  out.  Over  the  past  five 
years,  he  said,  more  than  2  million  jobs 
have  been  wiped  out,  thousands  of 
plants,  including  "some  of  the  most 
technologically  up-to-date  factories  ever 
built"  have  closed  down,  and  hundreds 
of  communities  have  been  devastated. 

He  told  delegates  that,  as  they  walked 
the  halls  of  Congress  in  their  grass- 
roots lobbying  efforts,  they  would  find 
many  House  and  Senate  members  "re- 
ceptive and  understanding,"  adding  that 
"our  job  this  week  is  to  make  sure  they 
translate  understanding  into  effective 
legislation,  and  that  they  do  it  soon." 

In  a  luncheon  address,  AFL-CIO 
Secretary-Treasurer  Thomas  R.  Dona- 
hue unleashed  a  stinging  attack  on  "right- 
wing  reactionaries"  who,  he  said,  "took 
charge  of  our  economy  and  ran  it  into 
the  ground." 

They  gave  away  $750  billion  in  gov- 
ernment revenues  "to  finance  a  tax  cut 
shamelessly  slanted  toward  the  rich  and 
the  corporations,"  Donahue  charged. 
The  rich  used  their  share  to  "speculate 
in  the  stock  market  and  create  a  moun- 
tain of  paper  wealth,"  he  said,  while 
corporations  used  theirs  "to  buy  other 
corporations,  close  plants  in  America, 
and  ship  jobs  overseas.'' 

The  "financial  hemorrhage"  due  to 
imports  means  that  the  trade  deficit  is 
stuck  at  an  annual  rate  of  $150  billion, 
he  continued,  and  1 1 .5  million  workers 
suffered  full  or  partial  job  losses  be- 
tween 1980  and  1984. 

Continued  on  Page  30 


JUNE     1986 


11 


Washington 
Report 


GRAMM-RUDMAN  LEGAL? 

The  constitutional  challenge  to  the  automatic 
spending  cut  provision  of  the  Gramm-Rudman-Holl- 
ings  deficit  reduction  law  was  joined  by  the  AFL- 
CIO  and  public  sector  unions  in  arguments  before 
the  U.S.  Supreme  Court. 

The  law,  enacted  last  December,  requires  that 
budget  deficits  be  reduced  to  zero  in  five  steps  by 
Fiscal  1991.  If  Congress  fails  to  meet  the  pre- 
scribed targets  in  any  year,  the  law  requires  across- 
the-board  spending  cuts  sufficient  to  meet  the  tar- 
gets. 

The  comptroller  general,  who  heads  the  General 
Accounting  Office,  makes  the  final  determination  of 
the  level  of  cuts  needed.  In  February  a  special 
three-judge  panel  declared  the  law  unconstitutional 
on  the  grounds  that  it  improperly  gives  executive 
branch  budgetary  powers  to  an  official  who  is  ac- 
countable to  Congress.  The  comptroller  general  is 
nominated  by  the  President,  but  can  be  removed 
only  by  Congress. 

The  AFL-CIO,  the  federation's  Public  Employee 
Department,  the  Government  Employees,  the 
Postal  Workers,  and  the  Letter  Carriers,  in  their 
brief  before  the  Supreme  Court,  supported  the  con- 
clusion of  the  three-judge  panel.  "Congress  may 
not  delegate  the  task  of  carrying  out  a  law  Con- 
gress has  passed  to  federal  officers  who  are  re- 
sponsible exclusively  to  Congress,"  said  the  brief  in 
support  of  members  of  Congress  and  others  who 
have  challenged  the  constitutionality  of  Gramm- 
Rudman-Hollings. 


HOUSING  INFLATION  HEDGE? 

Consumers  still  view  housing  as  the  best  avail- 
able hedge  against  inflation,  but  not  as  effective  a 
hedge  as  it  once  was  perceived  to  be.  According  to 
a  study  by  the  Joint  Center  for  Housing  Studies  of 
r^lT  and  Harvard,  homeownership  as  an  investment 
lost  some  ground  in  recent  years. 

In  the  early  to  mid  1970s,  homeownership  bested 
other  investments  by  a  factor  of  about  two  to  one. 
That  trend  reversed  in  1980  as  the  return  on  invest- 
ment from  homeownership  dropped  below  the  rate 
for  all  other  investments. 


AIRLINE  JOB  LISTINGS 

U.S.  Department  of  Labor  regulations  setting  up  a 
national  listing  of  airline  job  vacancies  and  calling 
for  other  steps  to  help  displaced  airline  employees 
find  jobs  in  the  industry  have  gone  into  effect. 

The  regulations,  which  had  been  delayed  more 
than  a  year  and  a  half  by  court  rulings  and  legal 
challenges,  implement  provisions  of  the  Airline  De- 
regulation Act  of  1978  that  give  certain  displaced 
airline  employees  priority  hiring  rights  for  other  jobs 
in  the  industry. 

The  regulations  give  the  first-right-of-hire  to  all 
permanent  and  part-time  "protected  employees  '  in 
the  airline  industry  who  have  involuntarily  lost  their 
jobs — other  than  for  cause — since  passage  of  the 
act,  regardless  of  the  reason  for  the  job  loss. 

A  protected  employee  is  any  person  who  had 
been  employed  by  a  certificated  air  carrier  for  at 
least  four  years  as  of  Oct.  24,  1978,  the  date  the 
Airline  Deregulation  Act  was  passed.  The  regula- 
tions would  cover  the  layoffs  of  such  employees 
through  Oct.  23,  1988. 


EARNINGS  RISE;  PRICES  FALL 

Led  by  a  record  drop  in  gasoline  prices,  the  Con- 
sumer Price  Index  fell  a  seasonally  adjusted  0.4% 
in  March,  the  same  drop  as  in  February,  the  Labor 
Department  reported. 

The  department  also  reported  that  average 
weekly  earnings,  adjusted  for  deflation,  increased 
1.2%  in  fvlarch.  The  increase  stemmed  from  a  0.3% 
increase  in  average  hourly  earnings,  a  0.3%  in- 
crease in  average  weekly  hours,  and  a  0.6%  de- 
crease in  CPI  for  urban  wage  earners.  Since  March 
1985,  real  average  weekly  earnings  were  un- 
changed. 

The  February-March  drop  in  the  CPI  was  the  first 
two-month  decrease  since  July  and  August  of  1965. 
For  the  first  three  months  of  1986,  the  CPI  fell 
0.5%,  or  at  an  annual  rate  of  1 .9  %.  This  was  the 
largest  quarterly  drop  since  1 954. 


STRIKE  RECORD  LOW 

For  the  second  year  in  a  row,  all  measures  of 
major  strike  activity  hit  record  low  levels  last  year. 
Only  54  major  work  stoppages  (those  covering 
1 ,000  or  more  workers  and  lasting  at  least  one  full 
day  or  shift)  began  in  1 985,  down  from  the  previous 
low  of  62  the  year  before.  The  number  of  major 
strikes  has  declined  each  year  since  1 979  and  has 
been  below  100  since  1981.  From  1964  to  1979, 
the  total  was  never  less  than  200. 

Work  stoppages  in  1 985  involved  324,000  work- 
ers, down  from  the  previous  low  of  376,000  in 
1984.  Idleness  as  a  proportion  of  total  work  time 
was  .03%  (three  days  per  10,000  workers)  com- 
pared with  the  previous  lows  of  .04%  in  1 982  and 
1984. 

In  terms  of  workers  involved,  the  largest  1 985 
strike  was  at  Chrysler  Corporation,  where  70,000 
employees  represented  by  the  United  Auto  Workers 
were  out  for  13  days  in  October.  In  terms  of  days 
off  the  job,  the  biggest  strike  was  a  55-day  walkout 
in  November  and  December  by  22,000  grocery 
workers  in  Southern  California. 


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AFL-CIO  Union-Industries  Show 


Labor  leaders  from  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
and  from  across  the  country  were  pres- 
ent for  the  AFL-CIO  Union-Industries 
Show  at  Bartle  Hail  in  downtown  Kansas 
City,  April  25-30.  Over  the  six  days  of 
the  show,  close  to  300,000  attendants 
turned  out  for  the  event  which  show- 
cased union-made  products  and  the 
labor/management  relationship  that 
produced  them. 

One  of  the  highlights  of  the  entire 
Union-Industries  Show,  according  to 
the  Kansas  City  Star,  was  the  UBC 
gazebo.  Built  by  carpenter  apprentices 
from  the  Kansas  City  District  Council, 
the  gazebo  was  constructed  at  the 
Builders  Training  Center  in  Kansas  City 
in  two  pieces  and  transported  to  Bartle 
Hall  where  the  roof  was  lowered  down 
to  self-lock  with  the  12-foot  wide  struc- 
ture. After  the  show,  the  octagon-shaped 
construction,  complete  with  a  perfectly 
mitered  hardwood  floor,  was  donated 
to  a  non-profit  organization. 

Also  included  in  the  United  Brother- 
hood's display  were  machinery  displays 


showing  the  millwright  trades  and  tables  - 
constructed  by  millmen. 

Duke  McVey,  president  of  the  Mis- 
souri State  Labor  Council,  AFL-CIO, 
noted  the  professionalism  with  which 
the  show  had  been  put  together.  "What 
labor  has  to  show  is  its  skill,"  he  said, 
"Through  such  efforts  as  this  people 
are  finding  we  (unions)  can  provide 
better  labor." 

Kansas  City  Mayor  Richard  Berkley 
helped  cut  the  ribbon  opening  the  show, 
and  AFL-CIO  Secretary-Treasurer 
Thomas  Donahue  participated  in  the 
opening. 

Donahue  said  Americans  are  still  the 
best  workers,  but  that  other  nations 
have  gained  on  the  United  States  be- 
cause of  trade  policies  where  they  ex- 
port goods  but  import  little  from  this 
country.  "Our  countries  tax  and  import 
policies  have  to  change,"  he  said. 

"We  can't  do  it  alone,"  Donahue 
concluded.  "This  show  shows  the  re- 
lationship by  which  we  can  do  it." 


Retired  Carpenter  Al  Coe  demonstrating 
wood  carving  at  the  Union-Industries 
Show  with  Sixtli  District  Board  Member 
Dean  Sooler  at  top.  Above,  in  front  of  t lie 
UBC  gazebo  are.  from  left.  Leo  Bobo.  re- 
tired carpenter:  Don  Adams,  business 
rep.:  John  Lee.  carpenter:  Bill  Prettyman. 
retired  carpenter:  Sigurd  Lucassen.  first 
general  vice  president:  Thomas  Donahue, 
AFL-CIO  secretary-treasurer:  Bill  Thomas, 
apprentice  coordinator:  Virgil  Heclca- 
ihorne.  district  council  secretary:  Gary 
Smith,  business  rep.:  two  show  officials: 
and  Charles  Cates,  business  rep.,  in  back. 


AFL-CIO  General  Secretary-Treasurers  Conference 


Attendants  Convene  in  Kansas  City 

Held  annually  with  the  Union-Industries  Show  is  the 
AFL-CIO  General  Secretary-Treasurers  Conference.  On 
April  28  and  29  the  nearly  100  attendants  to  the  conference 
met  to  discuss  different  aspects  of  administering  an  inter- 
national union.  The  1986  conference  focused  on  cost 
containment  of  health  care  and  the  rising  costs  of  running 
a  union.  Also  discussed  were  rapidly  increasing  postal 
rates  affecting  mailings  to  members,  the  general  problem 
of  liability  insurance,  and  strategies  for  legislative  relief  of 
these  problems. 

The  conference  was  attended  by  UBC  General  Secretary 
John  S.  Rogers  and  UBC  General  Treasurer  Wayne  Pierce. 


At  the  Secretary-Treasurers  Conference,  General  Secretary 
Rogers,  left,  with  Richard  Cordtz,  Service  Employees  secretary- 
treasurer:  General  Treasurer  Wayne  Pierce,  right. 


JUNE     1986 


13 


Retired  Second  General  Vice 
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Cited  at  Testimonial  Dinner 


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A  crowd  of  friends,  relatives,  and 
admirers  filled  the  International  Ball- 
room of  the  Washington  Hilton  Hotel 
in  Washington,  D.C.,  on  April  16  to 
pay  tribute  to  retired  Second  General 
Vice  President  Anthony  "Pete"  Och- 
ocki. 

The  Annual  Legislative  Conference 
of  the  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Construc- 
tion Trades  Department  had  brought 
many  of  the  guests  to  town  for  the 
week,  but  the  evening's  dinner  drew 
still  more.  Nearly  1,000  people  were 
there  to  acclaim  the  40  years  of  service 
and  devotion  Ochocki  had  given  to  the 
United  Brotherhood. 

Lined  up  on  the  dias  to  honor  the 
retired  vice  president's  dedication  were 
AFL-CIO  Secretary-Treasurer  Thomas 
R.  Donahue,  BCTD  President  Robert 
Georgine,  and  General  Presidents 
Emeriti  William  Sidell  and  William 
Konyha.  Father  Joseph  Bonadio  gave 
the  invocation  and  benediction  and  First 
General  Vice  President  Sigurd  Lucas- 
sen  served  as  master  of  ceremonies. 

Before  sitting  down  to  dinner,  Och- 
ocki and  his  wife  Audrey  were  pre- 
sented with  several  gifts  as  tokens  of 
appreciation  for  their  service. 

Ochocki  has  had  a  long  and  illustrious 
UBC  career.  Even  before  entering  the 
service  at  age  19,  he  was  working  with 
an  uncle  in  the  general  contracting  and 
logging  business.  After  returning  from 
a  World  War  II  tour  of  duty,  he  was 


involved  in  commercial  construction  in 
the  Detroit  area  and  gained  experience 
in  other  facets  of  the  industry  by  spend- 
ing time  in  area  shops  and  mills. 

On  Sept.  2,  1947,  Ochocki  signed  on 
with  the  United  Brotherhood  and  began 
the  journey  that  would  bring  him  to  the 
General  Office.  By  1949  he  had  been 
elected  secretary  pro  tern  of  Local  337, 
Detroit,  Mich.,  and  in  1950  he  became 
recording  secretary. 

As  he  moved  up  through  the  ranks, 
Ochocki  acquired  a  vast  knowledge  of 
Brotherhood  functions  from  his  various 
positions.  For  si,\  years,  from  1952  until 
1958,  he  was  business  representative 
for  the  Detroit  Carpenters  District 
Council.  He  stepped  down  to  take  a 
position  as  business  representative  and 
organizer  for  Shop  and  Mill  Local  1452. 
In  I960  he  went  back  to  Local  337  to 
serve  as  financial  secretary  and  busi- 
ness agent.  He  also  worked  as  a  member 
of  the  apprenticeship  committee  and 
then  served  as  its  secretary. 

His  administrative  experiences  at  the 
local  union  level  stood  him  in  good 
stead  as  he  moved  back  to  the  Detroit 
District  Council  in  1963  as  administra- 
tive assistant  tO  the  secretary-treasurer. 
From  here  he  was  elected  to  a  two-year 
term  as  president  of  the  Michigan  State 
Carpenters'  Council. 

While  he  was  a  representative  of  the 
Brotherhood  in  Detroit,  Ochocki  was 
elected   delegate   to   the   International 


Guest  speukers  included,  from  lop.  AFL- 
CIO  Secretary-Treusiirer  Thomas  R.  Don- 
ahue. AFL-CIO  Building  and  Conslruclion 
Trades  Pre.', idem  Roherl  Georgine.  UBC 
General  President  Emeritus  William  .Sidell, 
UBC  General  President  Emeritus  William 
Konyha.  and  First  General  Vice  President 
Si.iiurd  Lucassen,  who  was  the  evening's 
toastmuster.  Opposite  page  right.  Ochocki 
is  toasted  and  roasted  hy  UBC  Resident 
Officers .  Prom  left  are  General  President  Pat- 
rick Campbell.  .Second  General  Vice  Presi- 
dent John  Pruitt.  General  Secretary  John 
Rogers,  and  General  Treasurer  Wayne 
Pierce. 


14 


CARPENTER 


At  lop  left  the  man  of  the  evening  receives  a  standing  ovation. 
At  top  right  Audrey  Ochocki  is  presented  with  bouquet  of  roses 
by  Third  District  General  Executive  Board  Member  Thomas 
Hanahan.  while  her  mother  looks  on.  Pictured  at  the  right  are 
General  Executive  Board  Members  with  Ochocki,  from  left, 
M.B.  Bryant,  Eighth  District:  E.  Jimmy  Jones,  Fourth  District: 
and  John  Carruthers,  Ninth  District. 


Conventions,  was  the  chairman  of  the 
Carpenters  District  Council  Educa- 
tional and  Research  Committee,  was 
appointed  by  the  governor  to  the  State 
of  Michigan  Housing  Codes  Commis- 
sion, served  as  an  executive  board 
member  of  the  Carpenters  District 
Council,  as  a  member  of  the  Trial  Board 
Committee,  and  as  a  member  of  the 
executive  board  of  the  Michigan  Fed- 
eration of  Labor,  prior  to  its  merger 
with  the  CIO. 

In  1966  Ochocki  resigned  his  post 
with  the  Detroit  District  Council  to 
become  national  project  coordinator  for 
the  International's  MDTA  Apprentice- 
ship Program.   His  ability  to  analyze 


problems  and  make  decisions  to  benefit 
the  entire  membership  was  a  valuable 
asset  in  this  job,  and  prompted  then- 
General  President  Maurice  Hutcheson 
to  appoint  him  as  director  of  organi- 
zation in  August  of  1969.  There  was  no 
doubt  that  his  background  and  experi- 
ence in  grassroots  organizing  had  pre- 
pared Ochocki  well  for  the  myriad  of 
activities  he  was  to  direct  and  supervise 
in  his  new  position.  His  ability  to  project 
the  needs  of  the  organization  into  the 
future  and  give  guidance  and  assistance 
to  local  labor  councils  were  factors  in 
his  selection  as  General  Executive  Board 
Member  for  the  Third  District  in  1972. 
When  he  ascended  to  the  office  of 


the  Second  Vice  President,  Ochocki 
was  equipped  to  face  the  many  duties 
of  his  office  by  drawing  upon  his  con- 
siderable background.  He  was  in  charge 
of  all  jurisdictional  matters  and  head  of 
the  Committee  on  Contract  Mainte- 
nance, which  implements  and  admin- 
isters agreements  enabling  our  con- 
struction members  to  compete  for 
maintenance  contracts  in  industrial 
plants.  And  he  still  kept  in  touch  with 
the  people  in  the  field  so  as  not  to  lose 
sight  of  the  most  important  part  of  our 
brotherhood — its  members. 

Although  the  Ochockis  will  be  enjoy- 
ing the  good  life  in  Wisconsin  now, 
there's  no  doubt  he'll  still  keep  in  touch. 


JUNE     1986 


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LEGISLATIVE  UPDATE 


How  Senators  Voted:  Hobbs  Amendment 


Senator  Charles  E.  Grassley's  (R-lowa) 
bill  which  sought  lo  subject  striking  workers 
to  federal  prosecution  for  otTenses  commit- 
ted during  picket  line  disputes  has  been 
defeated.  Under  the  bill  (S.1774),  striking 
workers  would  have  been  subjected  lo  the 
penalties  of  a  federal  anti-extortion  law  — 
the  Hobbs  Act — for  picket  line  misconduct. 

in  1973  the  Supreme  Court  ruled  in  United 
Slates  vs.  Enmons  that  the  Hobbs  Act  was 
not  intended  to  apply  to  minor  acts  or  threats 
of  violence  which  occur  during  legitimate 
strikes.  The  Enmons  decision  made  it  clear 
that  the  policing  of  strikes  is  a  matter  for 
state  and  local  law  enforcement  authorities 
and  not  for  federal  government's  responsi- 
bility. 

Even  without  the  legislation,  the  National 
Guard  is  often  called  in  to  intervene  in  labor 
disputes  on  the  side  of  the  employer.  If 
enacted,  the  bill  would  have  turned  the  clock 
back  to  the  days  when  the  federal  govern- 
ment policed  strikes  and  used  them  as  op- 
portunities to  bust  unions. 

Undercurrent  law,  no  labor  union  member 
or  official  is  immune  from  state  or  local 
prosecution  if  he  or  she  commits  an  illegal 
act  during  a  labor  dispute. 


THE  'NO'  VOTE 

Andrews.  Mark  (R-N.D.) 
Baucus  (D-Monl.) 
Biden  (D-Del.) 
Bingaman  (D-N.M.l 
Bradley  (D-N.J.) 
Burdick  (D-N.D.) 
Byrd.  Robert  (D-W.V.l 
Cranston  (D-Calf.) 
Danforth  (R-Mo.) 
Di.xon,  Alan  (D-III.) 
Dodd  ID-Conn.) 
Durenherger  (R-Minn.l 
D'Amalii  (R-N.Y.) 
Eagleton  (D-Mo.) 
Evans,  Daniel  IR-Wash.) 
Exon  (D-Neb.) 
Ford,  Wendell  (D-Ky.) 
Glenn  (D-Ohiol 
Gore  (D-Tenn.) 
Gorton  (R-Wash.l 
Harkin  (D-lowa) 
Hart  (D-Colo.) 
Hatfield  (R-Oreg.l 
Heflin  (D-Ala.l 


Heinz  (R-Pa.) 
Hollings  (D-S.C.) 
Inouye  (D-Hawaii) 
Johnston  (D-La.) 
Kennedy  (D-Mass.l 
Kerry  (D-Mass.) 
Lautenberg  (D-N.J. I 
Leahy  (D-Vt.) 
Levin,  Carl  (D-Mich.) 
Long,  Russell  ID-La.) 
Mathias  (R-Md.) 
Matsunagu  (D-Hawaii) 
Melchcr  (D-Mont.) 
Meizenbaum  (D-Ohiol 
Mitchell  (D-Me.) 
Moynihan  (D-N.Y.) 
Murkowski  (R-Alaska) 
Nunn  (D-Ga.) 
Packwood  (R-Oreg.) 
Proxmire  (D-Wis.) 
Riegle  (D-Mieh.) 
Rockefeller  (D-W.V.) 
Sarhanes  (D-Md.) 
Sasser  (D-Tenn.) 
Simon  (D-Ill.) 
Specter  (R-Pa.) 
Stafford  (R-Vl.) 


In  contrast  lo  its  harsh  treatment  of  work- 
ing people,  the  Grassley  bill  would  not  have 
subjected  employers  or  their  agents  to  fed- 
eral prosecution  even  if  they  committed  the 
same  offenses. 

Unions  have  been  so  successful  in  pre- 
venting picket  line  misconduct  that  instances 
of  wrongdoing  are  remarkably  few  in  num- 
ber. And  in  dealing  with  these  rare  in- 
stances— whether  caused  by  workers  or  em- 
ployers— slates  and  localities  are  meeting 
their  enforcement  responsibilities. 

On  April  16  the  Scinilc  hlocki'd  an  allempt 
to  bring  up  the  Grassley  anti-union  amend- 
ment to  the  Hohhs  Aet  for  floor  debute.  Its 
54-44  vote  scuttled  a  maneuver  to  bypass 
the  Senate  Labor  and  Human  Resources 
Committee,  which  had  rejected  an  almost 
identical  bill  last  September. 

In  this  situation  a  "No"  vote  would  he 
jtidi>ed  a  pro-union  vote,  and  a  "Yes"  vote 
an  anti-union  vole — a  vote  a/^ainsl  this  sec- 
ond attempt  to  apply  the  stiff  criminal  pen- 
alties of  the  anli-racketeerinfi  law  to  stri- 
kers— /'///■('  and  simple  union  busline;. 

This  is  how  yoio  home-stale  senators 
voted: 


Stennis  (D-Miss.) 
Stevens  (R-.Maskal 
Weicker  (R-Conn.) 

'NOT  VOTING' 

Goldwater  (R-.'\riz.) 
Hawkins  (R-Fla.) 

'YES'  VOTE 

Abnor  (R-S.D.) 
Armstrong  (R-Colo.) 
Benlsen  (D-Tex.) 
Boren  (D-Okla.) 
Boschwilz  (R-Minn.) 
Bumpers  (D-Ariz,) 
Chaffee(R-R.I.) 
Chiles  (D-Fla.) 
Cochran  (R-Miss.) 
Cohen  (R-Me.) 
Deconcini  (D-Ariz.) 
Denton  (R-Ala.) 
Dole  (R-Kans.) 
Domenici  (R-N.M.) 
East  (R-N.C.) 
Garn  (R-Utah) 
Gramm  (R-Tex) 


Grassley  IR-Iowa) 
Hatch  (R-Utah) 
Hecht  (R-Nev.) 
Helms  (R-N.C. I 
Humphrey  (R-N.H.) 
Kassenbaum  (R-Kans.) 
Kasten  (R-Wis) 
Laxalt  (R-Nev.) 
Lugar  (R-lnd.) 
Mattingly  IR-Ga.) 
McClure  (R-ldaho) 
McConncIl  (R-Ky.) 
Nicklcs,  Don  (R-Okla.) 
Pell  (D-R  I.) 
Pressler  (R-S.Dak.) 
Pry  or  (D-Ariz) 
Quaylc  (R-Ind.) 
Roth,  William  (R-N.H.) 
Rudman  (R-N.H.) 
Simpson  (R-Wyo.) 
Symms  (R-Ida.) 
Thurmond  (R-S.C.) 
Trible  (R-Va.) 
Wallop  (R-Wyo.)     , 
Warner  (R-Va.) 
Wilson,  Pete  (R-Calif.l 
Zorinsky  (D-Nebr.) 


Frontlash  Manual  For  Voter  Action 


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The  manual  also  offers  valuable  informa- 
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supplies  general  and  primary  election  dates, 
poll  hours,  information  on  access  for  the 
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for  absentee  voting. 

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16 


CARPENTER 


1986  Congressional  Primary  Elections  by  State 


state 

Primary 

Run-Off 

Up  for  Grabs 

Alabama 

June  3 

June  24 

7 

Represent 

Alaska 

Aug.  26 

2 

Represent 

Arizona 

Sept.  9 

5 

Represent 

Arkansas 

May  27 

June  10 

2 

Represent 

California 

June  3 

45 

Represent 

Colorado 

Aug.  12 

6 

Represent 

Connecticut 

Sept.  9 

6 

Represent 

Delaware 

Sept.  6 

1 

Represent 

Florida 

Sept.  2 

Sept.  30 

19 

Represent 

Georgia 

Aug.  12 

Sept.  2 

10 

Represent 

Hawaii 

Sept.  20 

2 

Represent 

Idaho 

May  27 

2 

Represent 

Illinois 

Mar.  18 

22 

Represent 

Indiana 

May  6 

10 

Represent 

Iowa 

June  3 

6 

Represent 

Kansas 

Aug.  5 

5 

Represent 

Kentucky 

May  27 

7 

Represent 

Louisiana 

Sept.  27 

Nov.  4  <" 

8 

Represent 

Maine 

June  10 

2 

Represent 

Maryland 

Sept.  9 

8 

Represent 

Massachusetts 

Sept.  16 

11 

Represent 

Michigan 

Aug.  5 

18 

Represent 

Minnesota 

Sept.  9 

8 

Represent 

Mississippi 

June  3 

June  24 

5 

Represent 

Missouri 

Aug.  5 

9 

Represent 

Montana 

June  3 

2 

Represent 

Nebraska 

May  13 

3 

Represent 

Nevada 

Sept.  2 

2 

Represent 

New  Hampshire 

Sept.  9 

2 

Represent 

New  Jersey 

Junes 

14 

Represent 

New  Mexico 

June  3 

3 

Represent 

New  York 

Sept.  9 

34 

Represent 

North  Carolina 

May  6 

June  3 

11 

Represent 

North  Dakota 

June  10 

1 

Represent 

Ohio 

May  6 

21 

Represent 

Oklahoma 

Aug.  26 

Sept.  16 

6 

Represent 

Oregon 

May  20 

5 

Represent 

Pennsylvania 

May  20 

23 

Represent 

Rhode  Island 

Sept.  9 

2 

Represent 

South  Carolina 

June  10 

June  24 

6 

Represent 

South  Dakota 

June  3 

1 

Represent 

Tennessee 

Aug.  7 

8 

Represent 

Texas 

May  3 

June  7 

27 

Represent 

Utah 

Aug.  19 

3 

Represent 

Vermont 

Sept.  9 

1 

Represent 

Virginia 

June  10 

10 

Represent 

Washington 

Sept.  16 

8 

Represent 

West  Virginia 

May  13 

4 

Represent 

Wisconsin 

Sept.  9 

9 

Represent 

Wyoming 

Aug.  19 

1 

Represent 

American  Samoa 

Nov.  4 

Nov.  18121 

1 

Delegate 

District  of  Columbia 

Sept.  9 

1 

Delegate 

Guam 

Sept.  2 

1 

Delegate 

Puerto  Rico 

(3) 

Sept.  9 

1 

Delegate 

Virgin  Islands 

Sept.  9 

1 

Delegate 

atives,  Senator  Denton,  Governor  Wallace** 

Btives,  Senator  Murkowski,  Governor  Sheffield 

Btives,  Senator  Goldwater*,  Governor  Babbitt** 

atives,  Senator  Bumpers,  Governor  Clinton 

atives,  Senator  Cranston,  Governor  Deukmejian 

atives.  Senator  Hart*,  Governor  Lamm** 

atives.  Senator  Dodd,  Governor  O'Neill 

ative 

atives.  Senator  Hawkins,  Governor  Graham** 

atives.  Senator  Mattingly,  Governor  Harris 

atives.  Senator  Inouye,  Governor  Ariyoshi** 

atives.  Senator  Symms,  Governor  Evans** 

atives.  Senator  Dixon,  Governor  Thompson 

atives.  Senator  Quayle 

atives.  Senator  Grassley,  Governor  Branstad 

atives.  Senator  Dole,  Governor  Carlin** 

atives.  Senator  Ford 

atives.  Senator  Long* 

atives.  Governor  Brennan** 

atives.  Senator  Mathias*,  Governor  Hughes** 

atives.  Governor  Dukakis 

atives.  Governor  Blanchard 

atives.  Governor  Perpich 

atives 

atives.  Senator  Eagleton* 

atives 

atives.  Governor  Kerrey** 

atives,  Senator  Laxalf,  Governor  Bryan 

atives.  Senator  Rudman,  Governor  Sununu 

atives 

atives,  Governor  Anaya** 

atives,  Senator  D'Amato,  Governor  Cuomo 

atives.  Senator  East* 

ative.  Senator  Andrews 

atives,  Senator  Glenn,  Governor  Celeste 

atives,  Senator  Nickles,  Governor  Nigh** 

atives.  Senator  Packwood,  Governor  Atiyeh** 

atives,  Senator  Specter,  Governor  Thornburgh" 

atives.  Governor  DiPrete 

atives.  Senator  Hollings,  Governor  Riley** 

ative.  Senator  Abdnor,  Governor  Janklow** 

atives.  Governor  Alexander** 

atives.  Governor  White 

atives.  Senator  Gam 

ative.  Senator  Leahy,  Governor  Kunin 

atives 

atives.  Senator  Gorton 

atives 

atives.  Senator  Kasten,  Governor  Earl 

ative,  Governor  Herschler** 


(1 )  In  Louisiana  a  candidate  receiving  more  than  50  per- 
cent of  the  vote  in  the  primary  is  elected  without  a  general 
election.  Nov.  4  will  be  the  date  of  a  run-off  contest,  if 
necessary. 

(2)  In  American  Samoa  the  primary  and  general  election 
are  held  at  the  same  time.  In  the  event  of  a  tie,  a  run-off 
contest  is  scheduled  for  Nov.  18, 


(3)  Information  not  available  at  press  time. 

*  Senators  with  a  (*)  have  announced  that  they  will 
not  seek  reelection  in  1986. 

"  Governor  either  ineligible  to  run  or  not  running 
for  reelection. 


JUNE     1986 


17 


OttaiMfa 
Report 


CLASSIFICATION  CARDS 

Labor  Minister  Pierre  Paradis  has  appointed  a 
15-man  committee  to  consider  the  present  use  of 
classification  cards  for  workers  in  the  Quebec  con- 
struction industry. 

Paradis  told  members  of  the  Quebec  Construc- 
tion Federation  that  the  committee  will  make  recom- 
mendations, based  on  qualifications  and  training  of 
individual  workers,  for  replacing  the  cards. 

At  present,  a  construction  worker  in  Quebec 
needs  two  documents  to  get  a  jotD — a  competence 
card  establishing  that  he  is  technically  able,  and  a 
classification  card  obtainable  only  after  he  has 
worked  in  the  industry  at  least  1 ,000  hours  in  the 
last  two  years. 

Liberal  candidates  in  the  last  election  promised  to 
do  away  with  the  classification  card  because  it 
tended  to  prevent  younger  workers  with  little  or  no 
experience  from  getting  jobs  in  the  industry. 

The  big  labor  federations  have  favored  the  card's 
continued  use. 


GOVERNMENT  SPENDING  CUTS 

Cutbacks  in  government  spending  have  produced 
a  widening  gap  between  the  rich  and  the  poor  in 
Canada.  This  was  one  conclusion  of  research  stud- 
ies commissioned  by  the  Canadian  Union  of  Public 
Employees,  the  National  Union  of  Provincial  Gov- 
ernment Employees,  and  the  Public  Service  Alli- 
ance of  Canada  for  presentation  to  a  conference  on 
social  government  cutbacks  recently  sponsored  by 
these  unions  in  Ottawa. 

A  study  which  examined  welfare  cuts  in  Sas- 
katchewan pointed  out  that  benefits  at  current  lev- 
els were  inadequate  for  people's  basic  needs. 

The  examination  of  the  impact  of  the  "restraint" 
program  in  British  Columbia  on  education  observed 
that:  "Cutbacks  have  meant  a  deterioration  in  the 
basic  education  available  to  children  in  B.C. " 

The  official  unemployment  rate  of  20%  in  New- 
foundland is  definitely  understated,  another  report 
said,  since  'full-time  regular  employment  is  a  minor- 
ity phenomenon  in  the  province." 


CODE  AMENDMENT 

Canada  Labor  Code  changes  giving  workers 
more  discretion  to  refuse  dangerous  work  and  mak- 
ing health  and  safety  committees  mandatory  in 
workplaces  with  20  or  more  employees  have  taken 
effect  in  most  areas  of  federal  jurisdiction. 

Approved  by  Parliament  nearly  two  years  ago  but 
only  recently  proclaimed,  the  new  amendments  in- 
clude: 

•  Allowing  employees  to  refuse  work  without  fear 
of  discipline  if  they  iDelieve  it  endangers  themselves 
or  fellow  workers  and  they  make  a  formal  com- 
plaint. 

•  Requiring  employers  to  establish  health  and 
safety  committees,  inform  workers  of  all  known  job 
hazards,  and  post  federal  health  and  safety  regula- 
tions where  they  can  be  easily  read. 

•  Encouraging  workers  to  identify  job-related 
health  and  safety  problems  and  allow  them  the 
same  appeal  rights  as  employers. 

The  code  covers  about  600,000  workers  in  fed- 
eral jurisdiction,  including  those  in  radio,  television 
and  cable  industries,  airports,  transport  companies, 
banks,  grain  elevators,  feed  mills,  seed-cleaning 
plants,  nuclear  facilities,  and  about  40  Crown  corpo- 
rations. 


MORE  ACTION  FROM  UNIONS 

A  big  majority  of  people  polled  in  Ontario  and 
Quebec  expect  unions  to  do  more  than  just  bargain 
with  employers.  Up  to  93%  in  both  provinces  look 
to  unions  to  deal  in  workers'  compensation,  affirma- 
tive action,  training,  lobbying  for  safety  laws,  cam- 
paign for  more  jobs,  help  combat  alcoholism,  pro- 
mote workplace  daycare,  and  various  other  work- 
related  issues. 

Most  people  in  both  provinces  are  opposed  to 
unions  donating  money  to  political  parties  (87%  in 
Quebec  and  75%  in  Ontario),  but  50%  (53%  union 
members)  in  Ontario  feel  unions  should  be  allowed 
to  support  the  party  they  think  does  the  most  for 
their  members.  Quebecers  do  not  feel  that  way: 
87%  oppose  that  concept. 

These  data  are  based  on  public  opinion  polls 
published  by  Vector  Public  Education  Inc.  on  behalf 
of  a  group  of  labour  sponsors. 


LABOUR  EDUCATION  FUNDS 

Federal  Labour  Minister  Bill  McKnight  has  an- 
nounced that  the  Financial  Assistance  Program  for 
Labour  Education  hereafter  would  be  a  continuing 
Labour  Canada  program. 

Begun  in  1977,  it  previously  was  extended  to  this 
March  31 . 

The  decision  to  establish  Financial  Assistance  for 
Labour  Education  as  a  continuing  Labour  Canada 
program  followed  a  recent  comprehensive  evalua- 
tion by  independent  consultants,  McKnight  said. 
The  evaluation  noted  that  more  than  100,000  trade 
unionists  from  all  regions  of  Canada  annually  partic- 
ipate in  various  education  activities  on  such  topics 
as  leadership  training,  technological  change,  occu- 
pational safety  and  health,  union  administration, 
and  collective  bargaining. 


18 


CARPENTER 


Your  Efforts  Vital  to  'Blueprint  for  Cure' 


One  of  the  most  frightening  things  about 
diabetes  is  its  unbiased,  far-reaching  hand. 
It  touches  people  from  all  walks  of  life  every 
day,  the  rich  and  poor,  the  educated  and 
illiterate,  and  our  families  and  our  friends. 
Part  of  the  beauty  of  our  "Blueprint  for 
Cure"  campaign  is  the  way  it  touches 
hundreds  ofthousands  of  building  tradesmen 
and  women  and  unites  their  power  to  work 
toward  a  cure  for  diabetes. 

Here  at  the  General  Office,  we  see  checks 
coming  in  every  day.  They  come  in  all  shapes 
and  sizes  from  members,  locals,  and  district 
councils.  But,  regardless  of  size  or  amount, 
they're  all  the  same — they're  all  vital  ele- 
ments of  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure." 

We've  been  hearted  by  the  number  of 
councils  and  groups  who  have  undertaken 
special  fund-raising  projects  and  contributed 
the  proceeds  to  the  campaigan.  And  we're 
grateful  to  all  of  you  who  have  added  your 
names  to  our  list  of  contributors: 

Local  53.  White  Plains.  N.  Y.: 

Local  63.  Bloomington,  111.; 

Local  465,  Ardmore.  Pa.: 

Local  1005.  Hobart,  Ind.: 

Local  1059.  Ashland.  Pa.: 

Local  1176.  Fargo.  N.  D.; 

Local  1509,  Miami,  Fla.:  and 

Local  2028.  Grand  Forks.  N.  D. 

Capital  District  Coiincil.  Retirees  Club  of 
St.  Louis,  Luther  A.  Sizemore  Foundation 
Inc..  and  George  Suddarlh  Foundation  Inc. 

In  Memory  of  R.  E.  Livingston.  David 
Braustein.  Edwin  D.  Brubeck,  Bert  Dally. 
John  H.  Donaldson,  Thomas  Flurry.  Ray 
Hamer,  Joseph  Pinto,  Anthony  Piscitelli, 
Vincent  Quagliana.  Hugo  M.  Rhoden.  and 
Don  Tottv. 

Local  'l7.  Bronx.  N.  Y.: 

Local  43.  Hartford,  Conn.: 

Local  81,  Erie,  Pa.: 

Local  1280,  Mountain  View.  Calif: 


The  Capital  District  Council  in  Columbus.  Ohio,  has  issued  a  challenge  to  other  locals 
and  district  councils.  They've  made  contributions  totaling  $20,000  to  the  "Blueprint  for 
Cure"  Campaign,  and  would  like  to  see  others  try  and  top  that.  Pictured  above, 
presenting  a  check  for  $15,000  to  President  Campbell,  are  Robert  L.  Jones,  executive 
secretary  of  Capital  District  Council  and  president  of  the  Ohio  State  Council:  Milan 
Marsh,  executive  secretary-treasurer  Ohio  State  Council:  Diego  Moreno,  Local  200: 
Delbert  Baker  Sr..  financial  secretaiy  of  Local  200:  Jack  Noggle.  business  agent  of 
Local  976:  and  Dale  Evans,  business  agent  of  Local  1241 .  The  $15,000  was  raised  by 
raffling  off  a  1986  Chevrolet  S 10  pick-up  truck. 

Local  2714.  Dalles.  Ore.:  and 

Local  2798.  Joseph.  Ore. 

Eastern  Virginia  district  Council,  Nassau 
County  Charitable  Trust  Fund.  Lotus  A. 
Borge.  Patrick  J.  Campbell.  James  Vic 
Cooley.  Ronald  J.  Dancer,  Geralis  Family. 
Robert  Mergner.  and  Charles  E.  Saville. 

In  Memory  of  Nicholas  Samela. 


Check  donations  to  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
campaign  should  be  made  out  to  "Blueprint 
for  Cure"  and  mailed  to  General  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell,  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America,  101  Con- 
stitution Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


Local  1419.  Johnstown.  Pa.,  has  a  three- 
day  fund-raiser  at  an  area  shopping  mall 
to  help  the  cause.  They  raffled  off  a  19" 
color  television  and  raised  $1,000.  Pictured 
from  left,  are  Randall  Empfield:  Robert 
Bonk,  business  agent:  Joseph  Catanese, 
president:  and  Donald  Ressler. 


Missing  Cliildren 


If  you  have  any  information  that  could  lead  to  the  location  of  a 
missing  child,  call  The  National  Center  for  Missing  and  Exploited 
Children  in  Washington,  D.C,  1-800-843-5678 


'T     "5" 


lA'- 


Jennifer  Sophia  Mar- 
teliz,  1 1 ,  has  been 
missing  from  Florida 
since  November  15, 
1982.  Her  hair  is  black 
and  her  eyes  are  dark 
brown. 


John  Gosch,  16,  has 

been  missing  from 
Iowa  since  September 
5,  1982.  His  hair  is 
light  brown  and  his 
eyes  are  blue. 


Russell  John  Mort,  6, 

has  been  missing  from 
New  York  since  May 
5,  1982.  His  hair  is 
light  brown  and  his 
eyes  are  brown. 


Nyleen  Kay  Marshall, 

7,  has  been  missing 
from  Montana  since 
June  24,  1983.  Her  hair 
is  brown  and  her  eyes 
are  blue. 


JUNE     1986 


19 


New  UBC  Credit  Card  Program 
Supports  Charitable  Organizations 


Dear  Brothers  and  Sisters: 

As  workers  in  the  trades,  we  know  good  tools  when 
we  see  them.  Now  I  want  to  introduce  you  to  a  new  kind 
of  tool — a  tool  that  can  help  cure  one  of  America's 
deadliest  diseases. 

This  new  tool  is  so  small  you  can  carry  it  in  your 
pocket  .  .  .  and  so  easy  to  use  you  will  make  it  part  of 
your  everyday  life. 

This  ingenious  tool  is  a  credit  card — an  internationally 
recognized  VISA  card  accepted  by  more  than  4  million 
businesses  worldwide.  But  this  card — specially  created 
by  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of 
America — does  something  that  no  other  credit  card  has 
ever  done:  It  generates  donations  to  UBC-endorsed  char- 
itable programs  each  and  every  time  you  use  it.  The  first 
donations  as  we  launch  this  campaign  will  go  to  help 
the  Diabetes  Research  Institute  develop  a  cure  for  dia- 
betes, a  chronic  and  often  deadly  disease  affecting  as 
many  as  12  million  Americans. 

Here,  in  summary,  is  how  it  works: 

•  When  you  become  a  UBC  VISA  cardholder.  $5  will 
be  donated  to  a  charitable,  tax-exempt  organization 
designated  by  the  UBC.  The  key  recipient  in  1986 
will  be  the  Diabetes  Research  Institute  Foundation, 
a  leader  in  the  search  for  a  diabetes  cure. 

•  Then,  every  time  you  use  your  UBC  VISA  card — no 
matter  how  small  the  purchase — another  5C  will  be 
donated  automatically  ...  at  no  cost  to  you. 

Think  for  a  moment  about  the  power  of  this  pocket- 
sized  tool.  How  often  do  you  go  to  a  store,  eat  at  a 
restaurant,  travel,  or  order  products  by  phone  or  mail? 
And  how  many  purchases  are  made  every  day  by  other 
UBC  members  and  their  families? 

Thanks  to  the  UBC  VISA  card,  each  of  these  small, 
isolated  purchases  is  now  an  opportunity  to  help  relieve 
the  suffering  of  millions  of  people.  The  more  you  use  the 
card,  the  more  you  help! 

And  help  is  badly  needed,  for  diabetes  is  a  far  more 
serious  and  deadly  disease  than  most  people  realize. 
Every  nickel  donation  that  UBC  VISA  cardholders  gen- 
erate during  the  first  phase  of  the  program  will  help  bring 
us  closer  to  a  cure  for  diabetes. 

Consider  these  grim  realities:  1,600  people  are  diag- 
nosed with  diabetes  every  day.  Diabetes  kills  822  people 
every  day.  It  blinds  96  people  every  day.  It  leads  to  leg 
and/or  foot  amputations  for  110  people  every  day.  And 
its  many  other  complications  hospitalize  more  than  5,500 
people  every  day. 

Despite  these  numbers,  many  people  think  that  diabetes 
is  just  a  minor  inconvenience  that  can  be  easily  treated 
with  a  daily  shot  of  insulin.  This  is  not  true  at  all. 


For  many  diabetics,  insulin  can  forestall  the  inevitable 
onset  of  many  complications,  including  blindness,  kidney 
and  bladder  disease,  gangrene,  and  often  death.  But 
insulin  is  not  a  cure. 

The  American  labor  movement  last  year  committed  to 
help  find  a  cure.  We  organized  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
with  the  goal  of  funding  the  construction  of  a  major  new 
research  facility  for  the  cure  of  diabetes.  The  new  facility 
will  be  operated  by  the  Diabetes  Research  Institute,  which 
has  already  made  tremendous  strides  toward  finding  a 
cure  for  this  terrible  disease. 

Now,  with  the  UBC  VISA  card,  thousands  of  members 
and  their  families  can  support  programs  like  the  "Blue- 
print for  Cure"  every  day  of  the  year,  with  no  additional 
out-of-pocket  expense.  All  that's  needed  is  to  use  the 
UBC  VISA  card  for  your  purchases  instead  of  cash,  checks, 
or  other  credit  cards.  The  more  you  use  it.  the  more  you 
help. 

Of  course,  the  UBC  VISA  card  has  many  other  advan- 
tages. You  can  use  it  at  more  than  4  million  stores  and 
restaurants  worldwide  .  .  .  You'll  owe  no  finance  charges 
if  you  pay  your  balances  within  25  days  ...  If  you  don't 
pay  in  full  within  25  days,  the  interest  on  your  outstand- 
ing balance  is  just  17.5% — lower  than  the  rate  charged 
by  most  major  banks  .  .  .  You  can  obtain  cash  advances 
at  over  100,000  banks — plus  instant  advances  at  24-hour 
automated  teller  machines  .  .  .  You  can  have  a  second 
card  free  for  a  member  of  your  family  or  household  .  .  . 
You  receive  up  to  $100,000  in  travel  insurance  when 
you  purchase  airline  tickets  on  the  card  .  .  .  You  can  use 
Convenience  Checks  tied  to  the  card  to  pay  off  old  bills 
or  other  credit  card  accounts  with  higher  interest  .  .  .  And 
you  start  with  a  credit  line  of  up  to  $3,000.  All  this  for 
a  modest  annual  fee  of  $20. 

The  UBC  VISA  card  is  managed  for  the  United  Broth- 
erhood by  Working  Assets,  America's  foremost  provider 
of  pro-labor  financial  services,  and  State  Street  Bank  and 
Trust  Co.  of  Boston,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  respected 
banks  in  the  country. 

To  take  advantage  of  this  powerful  new  tool,  simply 
fill  out  the  attached  application  form  in  this  issue  of 
Carpenter. 

1  believe  you'll  be  proud  to  carry  the  UBC  VISA  card 
in  your  wallet — and  proud  every  time  you  use  it.  Please 
send  for  your  card  today. 


Patrick  J.  Campbell 
General  President 


20 


CARPENTER 


Introducing 


The  UBC  VISA  Card 


A  Powerful 
Pocket-Sized  Tool 


Why  Every  UBC  Member 
Should  Carry  the 
UBC  VISA  Card: 


•  Accepted  at  4  million  stores  and 
restaurants  worldwide 

•  No  finance  charges  on  balances  paid 
within  25  days 

•  Starting  credit  lines  up  to  $3,000 

•  Cash  advances  at  100,000  banks 

•  Access  to  24-hour  teller  machines 

•  FREE  second  card  for  a  member  of  your 
household 

•  Convenience  Checks  to  pay  off  bills  or 
other  credit  cards 

•  17.5%  APR  on  balances  not  paid  within  25 
days — lower  than  most  major  banks 

•  $20  annual  fee 

•  5?:  donated  to  charity  every  time  you  use 
the  card. 


How  To  Apply: 


1.  Detach  and  fill  out  the  attached 
application. 

2.  If  you've  had  1  or  2  employers  in  the  last  2 
years,  fold,  staple,  and  mail  the  completed 
application. 

3.  If  you've  had  3  or  more  employers  in  the 
last  two  years,  make  photocopies  of  the 
front  page  of  your  Form  1040  for  1984  and 
1985.  Enclose  the  application  and  the  Form 
1040  copies  in  an  envelope  and  mail  to 
UBC,  230  California  St.  Suite  200,  San 
Francisco  CA  94111. 

All  credit  decisions  are  made  by  State  Street  Bank  and 
Trust  Co.  and  not  by  the  UBC.  Allow  30  days  for 
processing. 


You'll  be  proud  to  carry  the  UBC  Visa  Card  . .  . 
and  proud  every  time  you  use  it. 


JUNE     1986 


21 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


Survey  shows 
what  unions 
already  know 

The  Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society 
has  discovered,  after  an  expensive  sur- 
vey, something  unions  could  have  told 
the  huge  insurance  firm  for  nothing.  The 
discovery  was  that  some  workers,  both 
blue  collar  and  white  collar,  are  more 
satisfied  with  their  jobs  when  they're 
offered  a  cafeteria  plan,  which  is  a  variety 
of  benefits  to  choose  from.  Most  fre- 
quently chosen  were  a  life  insurance  plan, 
dental  coverage,  and  a  choice  of  two  or 
more  health  programs. 

Contracting  out 
wasteful  in 
federal  agencies 

Contracting  out  proves  to  be  wasteful 
in  federal  agencies.  The  White  House 
Office  of  Management  and  Budget  had  a 
notion  that  they  could  save  money  by 
contracting  out  to  private  firms  work  that 
had  traditionally  been  done  by  public 
employees.  According  to  recent  govern- 
ment reports,  privatization  often  has  pro- 
duced waste,  inefficiency,  and  billions  of 
dollars  added  to  the  federal  deficit. 

State,  County,  and  Municipal  Employ- 
ees President  Gerald  McEntee  said, 
"Contracting  out  is  a  return  to  the  spoils 
system  that  was  abandoned  more  than  a 
half  century  ago,  a  return  to  an  epidemic 
of  corruption,  and  the  birth  of  a  new  set 
of  robber  barrons." 

Bell  and  Howell 
to  shut  plants 
in  South  Africa 

Less  than  one  month  after  the  United 
Mine  Workers,  the  AFL-CIO,  and  the 
Free  South  Africa  movement  launched  a 
consumer  boycott  against  Royal  Dutch 
Shell  for  its  support  of  the  apartheid 
system  in  South  Africa,  another  major 
corporation  has  announced  that  it's  pull- 
ing out  of  South  Africa  rather  than  face 
a  possible  boycott. 

Bell  and  Howell,  the  giant  information- 
systems  company,  plans  to  end  its  op- 
erations in  South  Africa  because  of  fears 
its  products  might  be  boycotted  in  the 
United  States,  said  Donald  Frey,  Bell 
and  Howell's  chairman. 

Frey  said  the  company  decided  to  gel 
out  of  South  Africa  because  it  feared  its 
products  might  be  boycotted  by  state  and 
local  governments  and  by  pension  funds 
in  the  United  States. 

Boycotts  by  state  purchasing  agencies 
"is  a  real  fear,"  said  Frey. 


Four  workers 
win  right  to 
union  T-shirts 


Four  members  of  the  Furniture  Work- 
ers won  an  $1 1.500  settlement  from  Em- 
pire Furniture  Co.  in  Johnson  City.  Tenn., 
after  the  workers  and  union  demon- 
strated they  were  illegally  fired  for  union 
activities,  which  included  wearing  UFCW 
T-shirts  on  the  job.  UFCW  President 
Carl  Scarbrough  hailed  the  settlement  as 
an  "important  victory  for  four  coura- 
geous union  workers  who  were  unjustly 
mistreated  for  standing  up  for  their  rights." 
He  said  that  the  "only  way  to  put  an  end 
to  these  abuses  is  to  get  the  union  in"  at 
Empire. 

AFL-CIO  to  open 
new  organizing 
office  this  month 

A  new  office  of  the  AFL-CIO  intended 
to  help  affiliates  win  recognition  from 
recalcitrant  employers  soon  will  be  in 
operation,  according  to  Charles  Mc- 
Donald, the  federation's  new  director  of 
organizing.  The  AFL-CIO's  office  of 
Comprehensive  Organizing  Strategies  and 
Tactics  is  being  formed  to  help  develop 
in-house  corporate  campaign  capabili- 
ties, McDonald  explains.  The  use  of 
corporate  campaigns  to  combat  employ- 
ers" resistance  to  unionizing  was  rec- 
ommended by  the  AFL-CIO  Committee 
on  the  Evolution  of  Work  in  February 
1985. 

As  an  organizing  strategy,  the  purpose 
of  a  corporate  campaign  is  to  pressure 
employers  to  lake  a  neutral  position  on 
allowing  employees  to  exercise  their  right 
to  unionize.  Planning  a  corporate  cam- 
paign involves  a  careful  analysis  of  the 
target  company  in  order  to  find  both  its 
vulnerable  areas  and  its  sources  of  power, 
McDonald  emphasizes.  Once  these  have 
been  identified,  the  union  uses  the  infor- 
mation to  develop  appropriate  pressure 
tactics  such  as  contacting  the  employer's 
banks,  creditors,  customers,  and  stock- 
holders. When  others  are  drawn  into  the 
controversy,  their  self-interest  is  threat- 
ened and  they  in  turn  pressure  the  em- 
ployer into  a  neutral  organizing  position. 
McDonald  says. 

The  AFL-CIO  hopes  to  use  COST  to 
warn  employers  what  they're  "up  against" 
if  they  set  out  to  oppose  unionizing  efforts 
at  all  costs.  The  new  office's  mission  will 
be  to  teach  the  national  AFL-CIO  affili- 
ates how  to  run  corporate  campaigns 
themselves  by  helping  them  develop  their 
own  in-house  capabilities,  McDonald  ex- 
plains. The  COST  office  is  due  to  open 
this  month  and  will  work  out  of  the  AFL- 
CIO's  Organizing  and  Field  Services  De- 
partment at  the  federation's  headquarters 
in  Washington.  D.C.  Blue  Cross/Blue 
Shield  has  been  chosen  as  the  first  cor- 
porate campaign  project  because  it  is  a 
primarily  unorganized  industry  in  which 
unions  have  substantial  influence  since 
they  are  clients  of  the  organization. 


Boston  effects 
city-wide  boycott 
of  Coors 

Boston.  Mass.,  has  decided  to  dis- 
courage city  participation  in  events  spon- 
sored by  Coors.  In  a  resolution  passed 
by  the  Boston  City  Council  the  Resolve 
was  "That  the  Boston  City  Council  in 
meeting  assembled  does  hereby  establish 
a  Council  policy  discouraging  official  City 
participation  in  any  event  involving  the 
promotion  of  Coors  beer  or  other  Coors 
products  so  long  as  the  national  organized 
labor  boycott  endorsed  by  the  AFL-CIO 
shall  continue;  and.  be  it  further  Re- 
solved, That  from  this  time  hence,  and 
until  the  national  Coors  boycott  is  lifted, 
city  staff  shall  avoid  even  informal  in- 
volvement during  the  performance  of 
their  city  duties  in  any  future  events 
involving  the  promotion  of  Coors  beer." 


Steady  rise 
reported  for 
two-tier  systems 


Two-tier  wage  plans  specifying  lower 
rates  of  pay  for  new  employees  were 
included  in  about  1 1%  of  all  nonconstruc- 
tion  agreements  reported  in  1985,  ac- 
cording to  a  study  of  current  contract 
settlements  by  BNA's  Colleciive  Bar- 
gaining Negotiations  and  Contracts 
service.  Negotiation  of  two-tier  plans  has 
increased  steadily  from  5%  in  1983  to  8% 
in  1984.  The  1985  study  is  based  on  1,053 
contract  settlements.  Only  four  reported 
settlements  called  for  elimination  of  a 
previously  negotiated  two-tier  plan. 

Two-tier  settlements  are  more  popular 
in  nonmanufacturing,  appearing  in  18% 
of  such  contracts  negotiated  last  year. 
They  were  negotiated  in  all  postal  and 
railroad  pacts  that  were  concluded  and 
appeared  frequently  in  airline  and  whole- 
sale and  retail  settlements.  Six  percent 
of  manufacturing  agreements  contained 
such  provisions;  they  are  most  prevalent 
in  transportation  equipment  and  lumber. 

A  majority  of  two-tier  plans  negotiated 
in  1985  were  temporary,  permitting  pay 
of  new  workers  to  eventually  catch  up 
with  that  of  more  senior  workers.  Fifty- 
six  percent  of  plans  specified  temporarily 
lower  pay  rates.  16%  specified  perma- 
nently lower  rates,  and  the  rest  contained 
insufficient  information  to  classify.  About 
5%  of  plans  were  revised  to  stretch  out 
existing  progression  schedules  while  an- 
other 5%  called  for  shortening  existing 
schedules. 

Pay  cuts  or  freezes  in  1985  were  almost 
twice  as  frequent  in  contracts  with  two- 
tier  systems  as  in  all  contracts.  First- 
year  median  wage  increases  were  lower 
in  two-tier  pacts;  this  was  particularly 
noticeable  in  manufacturing  where  the 
median  was  zero  in  two-tier  settlements, 
as  against  35(2  per  hour  or  3.9%  for  all 
settlements. 


22 


CARPENTER 


Workers'  Compensation: 
YOUR  RIGHTS 


Thousands  of  workers  are  injured  on 
the  job  each  year.  Until  the  early  1900s 
workers  bore  the  entire  cost  of  their 
injuries.  In  some  cases  the  worker  sued 
his  or  her  employer  and  was  awarded 
damages.  But  such  awards  were  rare 
because  employers  used  three  pow- 
erful arguments  to  defend  themselves: 
they  claimed  that  the  worker  in  some 
way  contributed  to  the  injury  through 
his  or  her  own  negligence;  they  claimed 
that  one  of  his  or  her  fellow  workers 
helped  cause  the  injury;  and  workers 
supposedly  knew  the  hazards  of  the  job 
when  they  started  and  therefore  will- 
ingly assumed  the  risks  that  came  along 
with  the  work. 

These  arguments  made  it  very  diffi- 
cult to  sue  the  employer  if  you  were 
injured  on  the  job.  The  courts  almost 
always  ruled  against  workers. 

In  the  early  1900s  industrial  injuries 
and  disease  became  more  widely  rec- 
ognized as  a  serious  national  problem. 
In  1908  President  Roosevelt  called  for 
the  passage  of  a  workman's  compen- 
sation act  for  federal  employees,  which 
passed  the  Congress  later  that  year. 
Several  state  acts  were  ruled  unconsti- 
tutional by  the  courts  until  1911  when 
Wisconsin  passed  the  first  law  to  be- 
come and  remain  effective.  Many  other 
states  followed  suit,  and  by  1948,  all 
states  and  jurisdictions  had  such  laws. 

In  addition  to  the  state  acts  and 
Federal  Employees  Compensation  Act, 
there  are  now  several  others  covering 
small  jurisdictions,  such  as  the  Long- 
shoreman and  Harbor  Workers  Act 
covering  some  shipyard  workers,  the 
Jones  Act  covering  seamen  aboard  ships, 
and  the  Federal  Employers'  Liability 
Act  covering  railroad  workers. 

The  goals  of  the  state  workers'  com- 
pensation acts  were  to  provide  some 
relief  to  injured  workers  while  at  the 
same  time  limiting  the  employer's  lia- 
bility. In  exchange  for  giving  up  the 
right  to  sue  his  or  her  employer,  the 
worker  can  apply  for  benefits  from  the 
worker's  compensation  fund. 

Compensation  Benefits 

The  benefits  generally  cover  a  portion 
of  the  lost  wages  and  medical  and  re- 
habilitation expenses.  In  this  system 
the  employee  doesn't  have  to  prove 
that  the  employer  was  negligent  or  that 
they  or  their  fellow  workers  did  not 
contribute  to  the  accident.  If  you  are 
injured  on  the  job,  you  should  receive 


One  of  millions  of  workers  suffering  from  job-related  respira- 
tory diseases,  this  North  Carolina  man  retired  before  a  work- 
ers' comp  law  went  into  effect  in  his  state  and  was  left  without 
benefits.  Photo  by  Earl  Dotter 


compensation.  This  presumably  avoids 
the  costly  and  lengthy  litigation  in- 
volved in  lawsuits. 

Four  types  of  injuries  are  covered: 
permanent  total  disabihty,  where  you 
can  never  work  again;  temporary  total 
disability,  where  you  cannot  work  tem- 
porarily but  could  return  to  work  in  the 
future;  permanent  partial  disability, 
where  you  could  return  to  work  but  at 
a  reduced  workload  or  to  another  job 
but  with  impaired  capacity;  and  death. 

Benefits  vary  from  state  to  state. 
Generally  for  a  total  disability  workers 
receives  two-thirds  of  their  weekly  wage, 
usually  for  the  duration  of  their  disa- 
bility. Most  states,  though,  have  a  max- 
imum benefit  equal  to  the  average  weekly 
wage  for  that  state.  So  if  you  make 
more  than  the  average  worker  in  your 
state,  your  benefits  may  be  less  than 
two-thirds  of  your  wages.  Workers' 
comp  benefits  are  tax-free.  Lawyers  are 
usually  given  a  set  percentage  of  awards 
when  disputed  claims  are  settled  in  a 
hearing. 

Most  programs  provide  full  medical 
and  rehabilitation  benefits.  Each  pro- 
gram has  a  waiting  period  before  claims 
are  paid  to  eliminate  compensation  for 
minor  injuries. 

Occupational  Disease 

While  most  injury  cases  will  be 
awarded  benefits  once  filed,  occupa- 
tional disease  cases  such  as  asbestosis, 
occupational  cancer,  or  hearing  loss 
usually  go  uncompensated.  Most  com- 
pensation laws  have  a  "statute  of  lim- 
itations" that  limit  how  long  you  can 
wait  before  filing  a  claim.  This  is  to 
protect  an  employer  from  claims  being 
filed  many  years  later  and  having  un- 
ending liabilities.  Occupational  dis- 
eases, though,  often  take  many  years 


to  develop  (20-40  years  for  some  can- 
cers) after  exposure.  To  accommodate 
this  problem,  most  states  do  not  begin 
the  time  period  for  the  statute  until  the 
worker  finds  out  they  have  the  disease 
and  that  it  may  be  work-related.  Dem- 
onstrating that  a  disease  occurring  20- 
40  years  after  exposure  is  work-related 
can  be  very  difficult  though,  especially 
if  there  are  other  possible  causes.  Lung 
cancer  from  exposures  in  the  workplace 
could  also  be  caused  by  smoking.  Hear- 
ing loss  could  also  be  due  to  lifestyle 
(listening  to  loud  music,  riding  motor- 
cycles, pleasure  boating,  living  near  an 
airport).  The  Black  Lung  Compensation 
Act  got  around  this  problem  by  presum- 
ing that  anyone  who  has  black  lung  and 
worked  in  the  coal  mines  for  a  certain 
time  period  must  have  an  occupation- 
ally-related  disease.  But  for  less  specific 
diseases,  the  problem  is  much  more 
difficult. 

Promoting  Safety 

Another  goal  of  the  workers'  comp 
system  was  to  promote  safety.  However 
employers  have  no  incentive  to  improve 
conditions  in  the  workplace  under  the 
present  system.  The  threat  of  making 
large  payments  to  workers  has  been 
replaced  with  small  payments  each 
month  into  the  fund,  thus  spreading  out 
the  cost.  Since  many  workers  do  not 
apply  for  comp,  or  are  not  awarded 
comp,  diseases  by  and  large  do  not  get 
compensated,  and  the  payments  that 
are  made  are  inadequate,  the  premiums 
have  done  little  to  spur  companies  to 
improve  conditions. 

System  Criticized 

The  workers'  compensation  system 
has  often  been  criticized  as  inadequate. 
First,  the  payments  are  not  high  enough 


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and  in  most  cases  do  not  increase  with 
inflation  and  wages.  A  widow  receiving 
death  benefits  will  still  be  receiving  the 
same  amount  10  years  later.  Often  pay- 
ments are  paid  based  on  the  date  of 
injury,  not  on  the  date  of  aggravation 
or  reoccurrance.  In  addition,  much  of 
the  comp  money  goes  to  doctors,  law- 
yers, insurance  companies,  and  the  state. 
Second,  although  doctor's  bills  are  paid 
and  lost  wages  are  partially  replaced, 
the  worker  does  not  get  compensated 
for  any  pain  and  suffering  that  results 
from  the  injury.  This  is  the  main  reason 
for  large  awards  in  the  past  or  in  other 
personal  injury  cases.  Third,  the  system 
can  be  very  cumbersome  and  discour- 
aging to  workers  trying  to  get  compen- 
sation. Each  state  has  its  own  law  and 
filing  regulations.  Getting  compensation 
can  take  weeks,  months,  or  even  years 
(in  the  case  of  occupational  diseases). 
And  most  occupational  diseases  (95%) 
never  get  compensated.  Fourth,  be- 
cause the  comp  system  spreads  out  the 
liability,  most  companies  do  not  feel 
the  full  effect  of  a  bad  record  in  their 
premiums.  The  incentive  for  safety  is 
not  as  great. 

Because  of  the  inadequacies  of  the 
comp  system,  many  workers  have  taken 
to  suing  the  supplier  of  the  product  or 
machine  that  injured  them.  This  situa- 
tion is  particularly  evident  in  the  case 
of  asbestos  where  the  manufacturers 
now  have  over  14, ()()()  law  suits  pending 
against  them.  This  right,  though,  may 
soon  be  taken  away  by  product  liability 
bills  now  before  Congress. 

Using  the  System 

Despite  all  these  flaws,  it  is  the  only 
system  operating  to  compensate  injured 
workers.  Our  main  efforts  should  be  to 
prevent  accidents  and  injuries  from 
happening  in  the  first  place,  but  once  a 
worker  has  been  injured,  it  is  his  or  her 
right  to  receive  some  compensation.  So 
we  encourage  you  to  use  the  system 
and  apply  for  benefits. 

Some  locals  have  set  up  "compen- 
sation committees"  where  local  union 
members  learn  the  system,  document 
cases,  and  help  members  file  claims. 
By  learning  how  the  compensation  sys- 
tem works,  the  local  can  make  sure 
injured  workers  get  their  benefits ,  elim- 
inate the  need  for  attorneys  where  they 
are  not  required,  gather  evidence  to 
support  occupational  disease  claims, 
add  contract  language  to  gain  expanded 
rights  and  benefits,  and  even  push  for 
changes  in  state  laws  to  provide  fairer 
compensation. 

Resources 

The  details  of  how  to  file  vary  from 
state  to  state.  Most  states  publish  in- 
formation booklets  describing  the  pro- 


cedures. Contact  the  state  workers' 
comp  program  for  copies  of  their  re- 
quirements. Most  states  also  have  cen- 
tral and  field  offices.  Check  your  local 
phone  directory  for  the  one  nearest  you. 

The  state  AFL-CIO  often  has  rep- 
resentatives who  are  familiar  with  the 
state's  workers"  comp  system  and  who 
can  help  you.  Some  have  published 
guides  to  their  state's  program  (Ohio, 
Pennsylvania,  Illinois,  among  others). 

Workers"  comp  lawyers  in  each  state 
often  publish  short  handbooks  explain- 
ing the  system.  They  may  be  willing  to 
provide  information  to  attract  new 
clients.  They  often  have  extensive 
knowledge  and  experience  with  the  sys- 
tem. 

Some  local  COSH  groups  (Commit- 
tees on  Occupational  Safety  and  Health) 
have  published  guides  to  worker"s  comp 
for  their  state.  Two  booklets  in  partic- 
ular are  very  good:  "Injured  on  the 
Job;  A  Handbook  for  Pennsylvania 
Workers""  published  by  the  Philadelphia 
Area  Project  on  Occupational  Safety 
and  Health  (PhilaPOSH),  3001  Walnut 
St..  5th  Floor,  Philadelphia,  PA  19104, 
for  Pennsylvania  workers  ($6.00  with 
postage)  and  "Injured  on  the  Job:  A 
Handbook  for  Massachusetts  Workers'" 
published  by  the  Massachusetts  Coali- 
tion for  Occupational  Safety  and  Health 
(MassCOSH),  718  Huntington  Ave., 
Boston,  MA  02115,  for  Massachusetts 
workers  ($5.75  with  postage).  A  list  of 
COSH  groups  is  available  from  the 
UBC  Department  of  Safety  and  Health. 

For  federal  workers,  the  Western 
Institute  for  Occupational  and  Environ- 
mental Health  Sciences  (WIOES,  2520 
Milvia  St.,  Berkeley,  CA  94704)  has 
put  together  "A  Workers"  Guide  to  the 
Federal  Employees'  Compensation 
System"  ($2.00).  Another  important  re- 
source is  "Workers"  Comp:  Making  the 
Employer  Pay,""  Issue  16  of  American 
Labor  Newsletter  ($1.65  from  Ameri- 
can Labor,  1835  Kilbourne  Place  N.W., 
Washington,  DC  20010). 

The  federal  government  has  pub- 
lished several  books  with  information 
about  the  various  state  programs  in- 
cluding: "State  Workers"  Compensa- 
tion: Administration  Profiles"  and  "State 
Workers'  Compensation  Laws."  Cop- 
ies are  available  through  the  U.S.  De- 
partment of  Labor,  Employment  Stand- 
ards Administration,  Office  of  State 
Liaison  and  Legislative  Analysis,  Di- 
vision of  State  Workers"  Compensation 
Programs,  200 Constitution  Ave.  N.W., 
Washington,  DC  20210. 

For  more  information,  contact  the 
UBC  Department  of  Safety  and  Health, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Wash- 
ington, DC  20001.  UDfi 


24 


CARPENTER 


lomi  union  nEuis 


UBC  Victory 
at  Ontario  Plant 


The  Ontario  Labor  Relations  Board  has 
granted  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpen- 
ters, Local  1030,  bargaining  rights  for  the 
160  employees  at  Morewood  Industries  Ltd.'s 
prefabricated  window  and  door  plants. 

Morewood,  a  major  area  house  manufac- 
turer, has  been  ordered  to  rehire  and  com- 
pensate 12  employees  seeking  more  than 
$80,000  in  back  pay  for  being  fired  when 
they  tried  to  organize  a  union. 

In  a  recent  decision,  the  board  ruled 
Morewood,  which  is  located  in  Morewood, 
south  of  Ottawa,  broke  Ontario  labor  law 
by  firing  the  employees. 

Because  of  "massive  violations"  of  labor 
laws  in  July  1985,  the  board  ordered  More- 
wood  to  compensate  the  12  for  lost  back 
pay  and  to  provide  new  jobs  when  they 
become  available. 

The  decision  was  endorsed  by  all  three 
members  of  the  board  panel,  including  a 
management  representative. 


Chicago-NE  Illinois 
Bargaining  Survey 

The  arbitration  committee  of  the  Chicago 
and  Northwest  Illinois  District  Council  en- 
ters into  bargaining  for  new  agreements  with 
employers  this  month. 

It  was  discovered  prior  to  the  June  ses- 
sions that  some  employers  were  initiating 
so-called  "polls"  of  Carpenters  they  em- 
ploy. Their  purpose,  according  to  the  arbi- 
tration committee,  was  to  cause  division 
among  UBC  members  covered  by  the  con- 
tracts. 

To  counter  such  a  poll,  the  committee 
prepared  and  distributed  to  every  member 
via  the  district  council  newsletter  its  own 
poll — a  mail  survey  with  a  postage-paid  reply 
card  which  asked  in  detail  the  question: 
"What  do  you  want  in  next  agreements  with 
employers?"  The  committee  told  members 
that  this  was  the  "only  genuine  questionnaire 
for  members  of  local  unions  affiliated  with 
the  Chicago  and  Northeast  Illinois  District 
Council  of  Carpenters." 

An  accompanying  letter  from  District 
Council  President  George  Vest  and  Council 
Secretary  Wesley  Isaacson  urged  members 
to  attend  their  local  union  meetings  to  make 
suggestions  on  what  they  want  in  the  agree- 
ments. 

"With  your  cooperation  and  guidance,  we 
believe  that  the  arbitration  committee  will 
report  to  the  delegates  to  the  district  council 
with  sound,  fair,  and  workable  agreements 
before  the  expiration  dates  of  the  current 
agreements,"  the  two  council  officers  con- 
cluded. 


Pension  Money  at  Work  in  Syracuse 


Business  Agent  Neil  Daley,  Local  12,  Syracuse,  N.Y.,  second  from  right,  helps  with  a 
sign  on  a  $48  million  project  partially  financed  by  union  pension  money.  Six  million 
pension  dollars  were  lent  to  the  developer  who,  in  return,  agreed  to  build  the  project  with 
all  union  building  trades.  A  $32  million  high  rise  has  since  been  added  to  the  plans, 
making  the  total  projected  cost  of  the  project  $80  million. 

Also  pictured,  from  left,  are  Electricians  BA  Sam  Barber,  Operating  Engineers  BA 
Bernie  DeJoseph,  and  Ironworkers  BA  Kevin  McDermott. 

Colorado  Carpenters'  History  Distributed 


A  history  of  the  United  Brotherhood  in 
Colorado  entitled  Building  Colorado  by  Eliz- 
abeth Jamison  is  being  distributed  to  schools 
and  colleges  in  the  state,  and  the  Colorado 
State  Council  of  Carpenters  has  offered  to 
provide  speakers  to  student  groups. 

Charles  J.  McDonald,  a  retired  member 
of  Local  510,  Berthoud,  Colo.,  and  W.  W. 
Herlihy,  a  retired  electrician  representing 
the  Northern  Colorado  Central  Labor  Coun- 
cil, have  presented  Building  Colorado  and 
The  Road  to  Dignity,  a  centennial  history  of 
the  UBC  by  Tom  Brooks,  to  the  libraries  of 
the  University  of  Northern  Colorado,  Aims 
Community  College,  Northwestern  Junior 
College,  Sterling  High  School,  and  other 
educational  institutions  in  the  state. 


Charles  McDonald,  right,  and  W.  W.  Her- 
lihy, center,  present  copies  of  the  two 
UBC  histories  to  Claude  Johns  Jr.,  dean 
of  the  University  of  Northern  Colorado  Li- 
brary Services.  Photo  by  Sandra  Wilmoth, 
Centennial  Country. 


Labour  Law  Seminar,  Cape  Breton  Island 


Local  1588,  Cape  Breton  Island,  N.S.,  believes  in  educating  its  members.  Lawyer  Ron 
Pink  addresses  executive  members,  stewards,  and  rank  and  file  members. 


JUNE     1986 


25 


Los  Angeles 
Honors  Pile  Drivers 


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Los  Ani>eles  Mayor  Tom  Bradley  isxiit'J  a 
procUimalion  Jeclurin,i;  a  "Pile  Drivers 
Union  Day"  to  mark  the  65 ih  anniversar,' 
of  Local  2375,  Los  Angeles.  Calif.  The 
proclamation,  reproduced  above,  cites  the 
high  (.jiiality  workmanship  the  union  is 
noted  for  and  enumerates  several  of  their 
notable  projects. 


TREADLE  SAW? 

Gundy  Hanson  of  Local  7,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn.,  a  member  since  1942. 
has  turned  up  an  antique  saw  which 
he  can't  identify.  It  looks  like  some 
kind  of  treadle-operated  wood  saw. 
Can  anyone  give  our  readers  the  low- 
down'.'  Hanson  will  sell  it  to  a  tool 
collector.  Write:  7741  Tessman  Drive, 
Minneapolis.  MN  55445. 


Don't  Patronize 
Notice  for  Vegas 

We've  been  asked  by  trade  union  members 
of  Nevada  to  advise  UBC  members  that  they 
should  not  patronize  the  following  Las  Ve- 
gas, Nev.,  establishments; 

Sam's  Town  Hotel,  California  Hotel,  Four 
Queens  Hotel,  Vegas  World  Hotel.  Imperial 
Palace  Hotel,  Palace  Station  Hotel.  Bourbon 
Street  Hotel.  Aladdin  Hotel.  Las  Vegas 
Club,  and  the  Showboat. 

Claude  Evans,  executive  secretary-treas- 
urer of  the  Nevada  State  AFL-CIO,  tells  us, 
"Las  Vegas  is  a  highly  organized  city,  but, 
unfortunately,  we  do  have  some  establish- 
ments that  are  non-union.  During  the  hotel 
strike  in  1984  there  were  some  hotels  that 
went  non-union  and  others  that  never  signed 
contracts  with  our  labor  union." 

The  establishments  listed  above  are  among 
those  hotels. 


Broward  County 
Issues  Newsletter 

The  first  issue  of  the  Broward  County, 
Fla.,  Carpenters'  V.O.C.  Newsletter  was 
distributed  in  March  to  all  UBC  members 
in  the  district  council. 

The  12-page  edition  was  created  by  Mi- 
chael J.  Decker  of  Local  1394,  Fort  Lau- 
derdale, VOC  chairman  and  editor:  Ellen 
Randolph,  trustee  of  Local  2795,  Fort  Lau- 
derdale Floor  Coverers;  and  Andrew  P. 
Casilli  of  Local  .3206,  Pompano  Beach,  graphic 
designer.  Casilli  created  some  of  the  illus- 
trations in  the  newsletter  on  his  personal 
computer. 

The  newsletter  featured  an  article  on  open- 
shop  construction,  written  by  Business  Rep- 
resentative Thomas  Strimbu.  There  was  also 
an  item  on  organizing  by  Business  Repre- 
sentative Edd  Holladay. 

The  newsletter  staff  was  assisted  by  mem- 
bers of  Office  Employees  Local  128. 


80- Year  Landmark  for  Jamison  Door 


At  the  Jamison  Door  Co.  80th  anniversary  celebration,  from 
left,  are  Kenneth  Wade,  business  rep.:  Rollin  L.  Smith,  presi- 
dent, Jamison  Door:  Leo  Decker,  international  rep.:  John  V. 
Jamison  lU,  hoard  chairman.  Jamison  Door:  and  William  H al- 
bert, secretary-treasurer.  Baltimore  district  council. 

When  John  Jamison  III  announced  during  his  college  days  in 
the  1930s  that  he  was  going  home  to  make  doors,  "it  was  a 
common  Joke."  Says  Jamison,  "People  didn't  figure  on  it  having 
much  future." 

Now  after  80  years  of  operation.  Jamison  Door  Co.  in  Hagers- 
town.  Md..  is  still  going  strong — all  19.^  employees  in  the  UBC 
shop  can  have  the  last  laugh. 

Local  340  members  attended  Jamison  Door's  recent  80lh  anni- 
versary celebration;  the  company  (featured  in  the  January  1984 
Carpenter)  has  had  a  continuous  contract  with  the  Brotherhood 
since  1917. 

Over  the  years,  the  firm  has  turned  out  more  than  600.000 
doors — some  as  large  as  30'  x  30'  to  stifle  noise  at  entrances  to 
jet  engine  testing  chambers;  some  as  small  as  I'  x  I"  for  freezer 
compartment  openings. 


Centenarian  Celebrates 


William  A.  Robertson,  seated  above,  basks  in  admiration 
on  the  occasion  of  his  lOOlh  birthday.  Feb.  22.  1986.  A 
charter  member  and  former  president  of  Local  1251 .  New 
Westminster,  B.C..  Robertson  was  honored  by  officers  of 
his  local  union  and  the  international  union,  including  a 
letter  of  congratulations  and  good  wishes  from  General 
President  Patrick  J.  Campbell.  Wellwishers  are.  from  left. 
Tenth  District  Board  Member  Ron  Dancer.  Local  1251 
Financial  Secretary  Llovd  Eliason,  former  Business  Man- 
ager David  Holmes,  General  Representative  Pal  Mattel, 
and  Local  President  Tobx  Wilmann. 


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nPPREIITICESHIP  &  TRRminc 


Cleveland  JAC  Opens  Award-Winning  Training  Center 


For  over  100  years,  the  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
Apprenticeship  and  Training  committee  pro- 
grams turned  out  skilled  journey  men.  In  fact, 
since  1966  over  1,000  men  and  women  have 
met  the  standards  of  excellence  set  forth  by 
the  committee  and  been  awarded  completion 
certificates.  But  until  last  fall,  the  classes 
were  held  in  a  local  vocational  school. 

That's  all  changed  now.  The  JATC  has  a 
beautiful  new  award-winning  training  center 
with  16,000  square  feet  of  interior  space  and 
10,000  square  feet  of  outside  space.  The 
building's  design  provides  flexible  work  areas 
for  hands-on  instruction.  It  has  audio-visual 
facilities,  state-of-the-art  equipment,  and  fully- 
equipped  machine  and  mill  cabinet  shops. 
And  it  is  open  to  apprentices  and  to  jour- 
neymen who  want  to  take  refresher  courses. 

The  million-dollar  project  involved  the 
purchase  of  an  old  building  and  extensive 
rehabilitation  and  remodeling  work.  The 
center  was  given  an  award  by  Midtown 
Corrider,  a  self-help  organization  of  busi- 
nessmen and  residents  who  are  working  to 
raise  the  standards  of  the  area.  It  was  also 
honored  by  the  Builders  Exchange  for  the 
interior  trim  work  of  the  building. 

Cleveland  area  carpenters  are  involved  in 
another  educational  effort — to  educate  com- 
munity members  about  the  value  of  appren- 
ticeship and  the  skills  and  training  it  pro- 
vides. A  series  of  radio  spots  are  being  aired 
to  encourage  the  community  to  choose  the 
value  of  a  well-trained  union  craftsman. 


Kentucky  State 
Apprentice  Champ 


The  ClcvcUmd  apprenliceship  school  is  pklured  above;  inset  shows  center  of  operations. 


The  welding  machines  are  each  contained 
in  a  curtained  booth  to  protect  passersby 
from  flying  sparks  or  eye  damage. 


All  the  equipment  is  state-of-the-art  and 
the  large  open  work  spaces  give  students 
plenty  of  room  to  build  their  projects. 


Nashville  Graduates  Receive  Certificates 


Marvin  Byrer  Jr.,  of  Local  601,  Hender- 
son, Ky.,  was  the  winner  of  last  year's 
Kentucky  Stale  Apprenticeship  Contest. 
He  is  pictured  above  right,  receiving  his 
award  from  Bill  Sitns,  retired  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  Kentucky  State  Council. 


Journeyman  certificates  were  recently  awarded  to  graduating  apprentices  of  Local  1544, 
Nashville,  Tenn.  New  journeymen  pictured  above  left,  from  left,  are  William  Anderson 
Jr.,  Kenneth  Meadows,  Danny  Waggoner,  and  David  Boman.  Also  graduating,  but  not 
pictured,  were  Jeff  Dickey  and  Douglas  Jennings.  Above  right,  new  journeyman  Kenneth 
Meadows,  left,  received  the  "Outstanding  Apprentice"  award  from  Local  1544.  Present- 
ing the  award  is  instructor  Clyde  Tyree. 


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27 


UJE  COnCRIITUinTE 


.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who,  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


ROPING  CHAMP 


The  winner  of  the  Central  Missouri  Team 
Roping;  Contest,  Don  Davidson,  rif>ht.  a 
member  of  Local  229H.  Rolla,  Mo.,  ac- 
cepts from  Barrel  Simms,  u  saddle  given 
by  Anheiser-Busch. 

ULTRA  RUNNER 

Running  up  a  flight 
of  stairs  may  seem 
like  more  than  you 
can  handle  after  a 
full  day  on  the  joh, 
so  imagine  what  it 
would  be  like  to  run 
60  to  100  miles  it 
week,  one  or  two 
hours  a  day.  and 
even  more  when 
you're  on  vacation. 
That's  what  Ron 
Bomberger.  a  L^ocal 
287.  Hamsburg.  Pa., 
member,  does  to 
train  for  his  ultra- 
marathon  races. 

The  44-year-old  was  the  I9X.S  Masters 
Champion  for  100  Kilometers  in  Chicago. 
III.,  with  a  time  of  X  hours  and  17  minutes. 
In  Greenwich.  Conn.,  he  set  an  American 
age  record  with  1.^8  miles  and  1.^08  yards 
covered  in  24  hours.  Bomberger  has  also 
held  the  North  American  Masters  record  for 
a  48-hour  run  covering  207  miles,  and  a  fi- 
day  run  covering  4.^7  miles. 

Brother  Bomberger.  who  works  by  day 
installmg  gymnasium  hardwood  floors  and 
wall  panels  tor  racquelball  courts,  has  been 
competing  for  over  10  years  but  believes  he 
still  has  some  of  his  best  performances  to 
look  forward  to. 


SUPER  DRIVER 


Steve  Gioia  Jr..  Local  747,  Oswego.  N."!  .. 
may  be  a  millwright  by  the  week,  but  on  the 
weekend  he's  a  super-modified  race  car 
driver — "Super"  as  in  homemade  cars  pow- 
ered by  467  cubic  inch  Chevy  engines, 
weighing  1800  pounds,  and  valued  at  $2.'i,000. 
Gioia  is  the  I98.*>  Track  Champion  at  Oswego 
Speedway,  the  first  local  champion  in  the 
3 1 -year  history  of  the  Speedway.  He  also 
won  the  198.'i  International  Super  Modified 
Association  Championship  for  the  third  time. 
The  Association  tours  the  Northeast  and 
Canada  and  goes  as  far  west  as  Michigan. 
Gioia  is  sponsored  by  Genesee  Beer  and 
Northern  Janitor  Service. 


ILLINOIS  SCHOLAR 


The  annual  Illinois  State  Council  of  Car- 
penters scholarship  was  awarded  to  Clif- 
ford Bonds,  son  of  Floyd  Bonds.  Local  63. 
Bloomington.  III.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bonds  are 
pictured  above  accepting  the  check  for 
their  son  from  Dick  Lud-inski.  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  Illinois  .Stale  Council,  left, 
and  Robert  W.  Perschall.  business  repre- 
sentative of  Local  6J. 


MEANY  AWARD 

Albert  Coppola. 
Local  475,  Ashland. 
Mass..  has  been  in- 
volved in  Boy 
Scouting  for  .59  years 
and  is  now  the  proud 
recipient  of  the 
George  Meany 

Award,  recognizing 
"the  efforts  of  all  the 
years     I     put     into 

scouting."  Coppola  joined  Scouting  in  1927 
and  received  his  Eagle  Scout  in  19.10.  Out 
of  78  available  merit  badges,  he  acquired  65. 
He  later  received  eight  eagle  palms,  the 
Scouter's  Award,  Scouter's  key,  and  the 
highest  award  in  Scouting,  the  Silver  Beaver 
award. 

Coppola  retired  in  1980  after  27  years  of 
employment  with  the  Raytheon  Company. 


CORPSMAN  WINNER 


Jason  Cheney,  a  corpsman  at  the  Ana- 
conda Job  Corps  in  Anaconda,  Mont.,  was 
recently  awarded  lop  prize  in  the  small  crafts 
division  of  a  national  arts  and  crafts  com- 
petition. 

Cheney,  who  has  been  involved  with  the 
Corps  carpentry  program  since  October  1984. 
constructed  several  items,  including  models 
of  a  covered  wagon  and  a  stage  coach.  He 
estimates  that  the  stage  coach  took  25  hours 
to  construct  and  the  covered  wagon,  com- 
plete with  an  interior  light.  10  to  12  hours. 
All  of  the  pieces  were  worked  from  pine  and 
cedar. 

The  projects  were  entered  in  preliminary 
competitions  before  advancing  to  the  finals 
in  Washington.  D.C.  The  corpsmen  were 
able  to  travel  to  the  finals  with  their  work 
and  the  winners  were  presented  with  certif- 
icates of  recognition  and  cash  awards. 


28 


CARPENTER 


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Lay-away  Purchase  Plans 


Lay-away  purchase  plans  are  de- 
signed for  customers  who  want  to  buy 
merchandise  without  using  credit  or 
paying  the  full  price  immediately.  Lay- 
away  plans  frequently  are  offered  by 
discount  department  stores,  or  stores 
that  specialize  in  stereo  equipment,  ap- 
pliances, jewelry,  or  clothing. 

How  Do  Lay-aways  Work? 

Lay-aways  are  different  from  credit 
purchases.  When  you  buy  on  credit, 
you  take  the  merchandise  before  you 
pay.  When  you  use  a  lay-away  plan, 
you  pay  in  full  through  installments 
before  getting  the  merchandise. 

The  terms  of  lay-away  plans  vary 
from  store  to  store.  With  the  usual  plan, 
you  make  a  deposit,  usually  a  percent- 
age of  the  purchase  price,  and  pay  over 
a  period  of  time  until  you  have  paid  for 
the  item  in  full.  In  exchange,  the  retailer 
agrees  to  hold  your  selection  during 
that  time. 

How  Can  You  Avoid  Problems? 

To  avoid  any  misunderstandings,  get 
specific  information  about  a  store's  lay- 
away  terms  before  you  participate  in 
its  lay-away  program.  Ask  the  sales 
clerk  for  a  written  description  of  the 
store's  lay-away  plan  or,  if  that  is  not 
available,  get  information  concerning 
the  important  lay-away  matters  dis- 
cussed below.  If  any  of  the  store's 
conditions  are  not  acceptable  to  you, 
you  may  want  to  shop  elsewhere  for 
lay-away  merchandise. 

•  Terms  of  the  Lay-away  Plan.  It  is 
important  to  know  how  much  time 
you  will  have  to  pay  for  the  item; 
when  the  payments  are  due:  what 
minimum  payment  is  required;  and 
what  charges,  if  any,  are  added  to 
the  purchase  price.  For  example,  the 
seller  may  charge  a  service  or  lay- 


away  fee.  Also,  find  out  if  there  is  a 
penalty  for  late  payments,  such  as  a 
charge,  or  possibly  loss  of  the  lay- 
away  merchandise. 

•  Refund  Policy.  If  you  decide  that  you 
do  not  want  the  merchandise  after 
making  some  or  all  of  the  payments, 
you  may  expect  a  refund.  But,  re- 
tailers' policies  may  differ  about  this, 
Some  may  charge  you  a  lay-away 
service  fee  that  is  not  refundable. 
Some  retailers  may  only  give  you 
credit  to  apply  to  a  future  purchase 
made  in  their  store.  Ask  about  the 
store's  refund  policy  before  you  buy, 
and,  if  possible,  get  it  in  writing. 

•  Location,  Availability,  and  Identifi- 
cation of  Lay-away  Merchandise. 
Stores  often  carry  two  kinds  of  mer- 
chandise— items  that  are  available  for 
immediate  sale  and  items  on  display 
that  will  be  ordered  upon  request.  If 
you  are  buying  an  item  the  store 
keeps  in  stock,  ask  if  it  will  be  phys- 
ically set  apart  from  the  other  mer- 
chandise when  you  begin  payments. 
For  example,  some  stores  may  have 
a  separate  area  or  section  of  their 
stockroom  where  they  store  mer- 
chandise being  purchased  on  lay- 
away.  If  the  item  you  want  must  be 
ordered,  ask  the  sales  clerk  if  the 
item  will  be  ordered  in  advance  so  it 
will  be  available  to  you  when  you 
make  your  final  payment.  This  is 
especially  important  when  you  are 
ordering  merchandise  needed  by  a 
particular  date.  To  ensure  that  you 
receive  the  exact  item  you  are  pur- 
chasing, ask  the  clerk  to  identify  the 
merchandise  in  writing.  For  example, 
the  merchandise  could  be  described 
as — "One  (I)  blue  2-piece  suit.  Size 
10,  XYZ  Manufacturer.  Style  No. 
123."  Many  stores  have  a  space  on 
their  sales  receipt  to  identify  the  lay- 
away  merchandise. 


What  Else  Can  You  Do? 

Remember,  until  you  finish  paying 
for  the  lay-away  item,  the  retailer  has 
your  money  and  the  merchandise.  If 
the  store  goes  bankrupt  while  you  are 
still  paying,  your  money  and  the  mer- 
chandise may  be  lost.  To  help  avoid 
this,  and  to  find  out  if  there  are  com- 
plaints against  the  store,  check  the 
store's  reputation  with  your  local  Better 
Business  Bureau  or  consumer  protec- 
tion agency  before  you  buy  merchan- 
dise on  layaway.  In  addition,  if  you 
have  not  shopped  in  that  store  before, 
you  might  start  out  by  purchasing  a 
relatively  inexpensive  item  on  its  lay- 
away  plan. 

Also,  to  avoid  any  confusion,  keep 
good  records  of  the  payments  you  make 
on  the  lay-away  merchandise.  Then, 
when  each  installment  is  due,  you  will 
have  a  reminder  of  the  payments  made . 
These  records  may  be  useful  later,  if 
you  have  any  disputes  with  the  store. 

What  Laws  Protect  You? 

There  is  no  federal  law  that  specifi- 
cally governs  lay-away  plans.  The  Fed- 
eral Trade  Commission  Act,  however, 
makes  illegal  unfair  or  deceptive  sales 
practices  in  or  affecting  commerce.  There 
also  may  be  state  or  local  laws  that 
cover  lay-away  purchases  in  your  area. 
To  find  out  about  appropriate  state  or 
local  laws,  check  with  your  state  or 
local  consumer  protection  agency  or 
your  local  Better  Business  Bureau. 

To  inquire  about  possible  violations 
of  the  Federal  Trade  Commission  Act, 
write  to  the  Division  of  Credit  Practices, 
Federal  Trade  Commission,  Washing- 
ton, D.C.  20580.  While  the  FTC  cannot 
resolve  individual  disputes,  the  infor- 
mation you  provide  may  indicate  a 
pattern  of  practices  requiring  action  by 
the  Commission.  Ilrtfi 


JUNE     1986 


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9 

Boucher (Dl 

Yes 

No 

10  Wolf  (Rl 

No 

No 
Yes 

WASHINGTON 

Yes 

1 

Miller  J.  (Rl 

Yes 

No 

2 

Swift  (Dl 

Yes 

Yes 

3 

Bonker  (Dl 

Yes 

No 

4 

Morrison  S.  (Rl 

No 

Yes 

5 

Foley  (Dl 

Yes 

No 

6 

Dicks  (Dl 

Yes 

No 

7 

Lowry  (Dl 

Yes 

Yes 

8 

Chandler  (Rl 

No 

Yes 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Yes 

No 
Yes 

1 

Mollohan  (Dl 

Yes 

1 

Staggers  (Dl 

Yes 

3 

Wise  (Dl 

Yes 

4 

Rahall  (Dl 

Yes 

No 
No 

WISCONSIN 

No 

1 

Aspin  (Dl 

Yes 

■> 

Kastenmeicr  (Dl 

Yes 

3 

Gunderson  (Rl 

No 

No 

4 

Kleczka  (Dl 

Yes 

5 

Moody  (Dl 

Yes 

6 

Petri  (Rl 

No 

No 

7 

Obey (Dl 

Yes 

NV 

8 

Roth  (Rl 

No 

No 

9 

Sensenbrenner  (Rl 

No 

Yes 

No 

WYOMING 

No 

AL  Cheney  (Rl 

No 

Open-shop  Contractors  Fail  to  Stop 
Saturn  Auto  Plant  Project  Agreement 


The  National  Labor  Relations  Board 
regional  director  in  Memphis,  Tenn.. 
recently  threw  out  a  complaint  by  the 
non-union  Associated  Builders  and 
Contractors  accusing  the  AFL-CIO 
Building  and  Construction  Trades  De- 
partment and  the  Morrison-Knudsen 
Co.  of  unfair  labor  practices  in  the 
agreement  for  construction  of  General 
Motors  Corp.'s  Saturn  production  plant. 

As  things  now  stand.  General  Motors 
can  go  ahead  with  its  plans  for  the  huge 
auto  manufacturing  facility  with  the 
knowledge  that  all  plant  structures  will 
be  built  by  skilled  union  craftsmen.  The 
United  Brotherhood  expects  many  union 
carpenters,  millwrights,  pile  drivers, 
and  others  to  be  employed  not  only  on 
the  main  plant  facility  but  on  "spin  off 
projects  adjacent  to  the  Tennessee  com- 
plex. 

NLRB  Regional  Director  Gerald  P. 
Fleischut  rejected  the  ABC's  claims  of 
labor  law  violations  by  the  BCTD  and 
the  Idaho-based  builder  and  ruled  that 
further  proceedings  are  "not  war- 
ranted." The  NLRB  general  counsel  in 
Washington  recommended  dismissal  of 
the  complaint. 

Morrison-Knudsen  was  selected  by 
General  Motors  to  oversee  construction 
at  the  $3.5  billion  Saturn  plant  in  Spring 
Hill,  Tenn.  The  contractor  then  nego- 
tiated a  project  agreement  with  the 
BCTD  that  will  require  contractors  and 
subcontractors  to  hire  workers  through 


a  union  hiring  hall,  follow  union  work 
rules,  contribute  to  health  and  benefit 
funds,  and  sign  the  agreement. 

The  non-union  contractors  group  ob- 
jected to  these  provisions  and  filed  a 
complaint  with  the  NLRB,  contending 
that  they  were  illegal. 

The  ABC  insisted  that  even  though 
Morrison-Knudsen  was  named  con- 
struction manager  by  Saturn,  the  com- 
pany technically  was  not  a  "construc- 
tion employer"  and  had  "illegally 
entered  into  a  pre-hire  agreement." 

But  Fleischut  did  not  agree,  ruling 
that  Morrison-Knudsen  clearly  was  in 
fact  the  construction  employer  and  was 
thereby  entitled  under  federal  labor  law 
to  enter  into  a  pre-hire  agreement. 

Morrison-Knudsen's  role  on  the  con- 
struction project  "is  more  than  suffi- 
cient to  invoke  the  protection  of  the 
construction  industry  provision." 
Fleischut  said,  terming  the  project 
agreement  between  the  BCTD  and  Mor- 
rison-Knudsen valid  and  legal. 

The  company  is  a  "major  general 
contractor  with  construction  contracts 
throughout  the  United  States,"  Fleis- 
chut said. 

BCTD  President  Robert  A.  Georgine 
said  he  was  "delighted"  with  the  de- 
cision and  called  the  ABC  suit  "purely 
a  publicity  and  political  move  in  line 
with  their  usual  practices." 

Fleischut  said  that  while  it  appeared 
that  "Saturn  made  the  decision  that  the 


Spring  Hill  facility  would  be  con- 
structed pursuant  to  a  project  agree- 
ment, and  Saturn  has  the  final  authority 
as  to  which  contractors  will  actually  be 
awarded  the  project  bids  .  ,  .  Morrison- 
Knudsen  and  not  Saturn  is  the  signatory 
to  the  project  agreement." 

Still  pending  before  the  NLRB  are 
unfair  labor  practice  charges  brought 
by  the  National  Right  to  Work  Legal 
Defense  Foundation  against  Saturn  and 
the  Auto  Workers.  The  "right-to-work" 
group  claims  that  an  agreement  between 
Saturn  and  the  UAW  covering  plant 
operations  is  illegal  because  it  gives  the 
UAW  recognition  and  representation 
rights. 


Industrial  Conference 

Continued  from  Page  1 1 

Sen.  Howard  Metzenbaum  (D-Ohio) 
threw  his  support  behind  labor's  efforts 
to  reverse  the  trade  imbalance,  insisting 
that  if  America  isn't  allowed  to  sell  its 
products  in  countries  like  Japan,  Korea, 
and  Taiwan,  "they  shouldn't  be  able  to 
sell  their  autos  in  the  United  States." 

He  urged  delegates  to  "go  back  to 
the  trenches"  and  let  members  of  Con- 
gress know  that  "if  they  don't  support 
you"  on  trade  and  related  issues,  "you 
will  go  out  and  defeat  them"  in  Novem- 
ber. 

Rep.  Frank  J.  Guarini  (D-N.J.)  called 
fora  "well-defined,  assertive  U.S.  trade 
policy"  that  will  protect  the  best  inter- 
ests of  workers  and  their  industries. 
"We  must  be  firm,  tough,  and  resolute" 
in  international  trade,  he  said.  yjjfj 


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CARPENTER 


Retirees 
Notebook 


A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Retiree  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings and  goings  of  individual  retirees. 


Club  13's 
All  Aboard 

Retirees'  Club  13  of  Salinas,  Calif.,  has  a 
calendar  full  of  activities  to  keep  its  members 
busy.  In  January  they  hopped  aboard  Am- 
trak's  California  Zephyr  in  Oakland,  Calif., 
and  headed  for  Reno,  Nev.,  enjoying  the 
scenic  beauty  of  the  snow-capped  Sierras 
on  the  way.  Next  trip  on  their  agenda  is  a 
mini-cruise  to  the  San  Francisco  delta  re- 
gion. 

Not  all  of  the  club's  activities  take  them 
on  the  road.  At  Christmastide  there  was  a 
party  at  the  local  union  hall,  and  word  has 
it  that  the  group  will  host  folir  socials  this 
year. 

But  even  with  all  these  plans,  Warren  E. 
Tietz,  a  member  of  the  club,  reports  a 
difficulty  in  attracting  new  members.  He 
asked  if,  perhaps,  some  of  our  readers  have 
some  innovative  recruiting  ideas  to  share. 
You  can  contact  Brother  Tietz  directly  at: 
Retirees'  Club  13,  Carpenters'  Local  925, 
422  North  Main  Street,  Salinas,  CA  93901, 
or  write  to  us  here  at  Carpenter  and  we'll 
share  them  with  all  58  clubs. 


Chicago  Club 
Elects  Officers 


Scranton  Retirees  Honored 


Chicago  Heights  Retirees  Club  40  elected 
new  officers  recently.  They  were  installed 
by  William  Cook,  the  executive  vice  presi- 
dent of  the  Chicago  and  Northeast  Illinois 
District  Council,  before  enjoying  a  potluck 
supper  with  other  club  members. 

Pictured,  from  left,  are  new  officers  Frank 
Shampine,  trustee;  Doris  Farmer,  vice  pres- 
ident: Vice  President  Cook:  Robert  Sweeten, 
president:  and  Carmen  Sweeten,  secretary. 
Not  pictured  are  James  Adams,  treasurer: 
Vincent  Ramacci,  trustee;  and  Thomas  Sap- 
ienza,  trustee. 


Carpenters 
Hang  It  Up 


The  retirees  of  Local  261,  Scranton,  Pa.,  gathered  at  a  Christmas  party  held  in  their  honor. 
Pictured, front  row,  from  left,  are  Art  Schmidt,  John  Eilhurdt,  Fred  Bower.  Fred  Schimetfenig 
Jr.,  Local  261  business  representative:  Paul  Bisciaio,  Anthony  Wysocki,  and  Wellington 
Brown  Sr.  Back  row,  from  left,  are  Charles  Pumilia.  Patrick  Armen.  Robert  Behlke.  James 
Vaughan,  Clarence  Decker,  William  Shulkiifski.  Ray  Odgers,  Frank  Shiilktifski,  Dave 
Kellam,  John  Rutkauskas,  Harry  Weisel.  Joseph  Molell,  and  John  Slels. 


Five  New  Clubs 
Chartered 

Retirees'  clubs  are  springing  up  all  over. 
We've  issued  charters  to  five  new  clubs, 
from  New  Jersey  to  Texas,  in  the  past  few 
months. 

Club  No.  54,  with  24  charter  members, 
elected  Johnny  H.  Walsh  president.  You  can 
reach  him  at  15003  Monrad  Dr.,  Houston, 
TX  77053. 

Club  No.  55  was  founded  with  36  mem- 
bers. President  James.  Lokofsky  can  be 
reached  at  P.O.  Box  11123,  Trenton.  NJ 
08620. 

Club  No.  56,  counted  13  initial  members 
and  elected  Harold  Devine  president.  He's 
at  548  High  St.,  Warren,  OH  44483. 

Club  No.  57  had  16  founding  members. 
President  Michael  Kessler  can  be  contacted 
at  Box  281,  Media,  PA  19063. 

Club  No.  58  was  chartered  with  13  mem- 
bers. President  Edward  Murawski  is  at  803 
Illinois  St.,  Lemont,  IL  60439. 

If  there  are  seven  or  more  readers  who 
want  to  form  a  retiree's  club,  let  us  know! 
Or  if  you  want  to  join  an  already  existing 
club,  but  don't  know  where  to  go,  tell  us! 
We  want  all  our  retired  members  and  spouses 
to  be  a  part  of  the  activity. 

For  more  information  or  to  start  a  club 
write;  General  Secretary  John  S.  Rogers, 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Join- 
ers of  America,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


Made  in  USA? 

MADE  IN  USA  at  one  time  didn't  nec- 
essarily mean  MADE  IN  USA.  In  the  1930s, 
Japan  renamed  one  of  its  islands  "Usa"  so 
that  it  could  stamp  its  products  "Made  in 
Usa."  At  that  time,  Japanese-made  products 
were  regarded  as  shoddy  and  this  was  their 
way  to  dispel  derogatory  publicity. 


Patented 


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to  fit  all  sizes. 


NEW  SUPER  STRONG  CLAMPS 

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GOKIP 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO 

PLANE  GOSSIP.  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW.  WASH.,  D.C.  20001 

SORRY.  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED 


BLACK  AND  WHITE 

A  carpenter  and  a  millwright  each 
owned  a  horse.  But  they  could  not 
rennember  which  horse  belonged 
to  whom.  So  they  cut  off  the  mane 
of  one — but  it  grew  back.  Then  they 
cut  off  the  tail — but  it  grew  back. 
They  did  not  know  what  to  do. 
Finally,  in  desperation  they  found 
their  answer.  They  measured  the 
two  horses  and  found  the  black 
horse  was  four  Inches  taller  than 
the  white  horse, 

— Soys'  Life 

ATTEND  LOCAL  MEETINGS 

TO  THE  LAST  DROP 

Did  you  hear  about  the  boozer 
who  saw  a  sign  reading:  "Drink 
Canada  Dry."  The  next  day  he  went 
to  Canada. 

"Nancy's  Nonsense " 

BUY  UNION  *  SAVE  JOBS 

SMART  WIFE 

As  the  average  man  looks  around 
at  the  husbands  of  other  women, 
he  recognizes  that  his  wife  was  a 
pretty  good  judge  of  brains,  per- 
sonality, and  character  after  all. 


WRONG  SIDE  OUT 

A  couple  of  non-union  carpenters 
were  putting  siding  on  a  house. 
One  was  nailing  while  the  other  was 
holding  the  boards  in  place.  About 
every  third  nail,  the  fellow  with  the 
hammer  would  take  a  look  at  the 
nail  he  pulled  out  of  his  pouch,  toss 
it  over  his  shoulder,  and  pick  out 
another  nail 

"Why  are  you  doing  that'?'"  asked 
the  other  scab. 

"The  head's  on  the  wrong  end!" 
was  the  reply. 

"Don't  be  stupid!  Don't  throw  them 
away!  We'll  use  them  on  the  other 
side  of  tl  .  house!"theother)ackleg 
responded. 

— Tim  Keagy 


BOYCOTT  L-P  PRODUCTS 

HER  REASON 

"When  you  married  me  you  prom- 
ised to  love,  honor  and  obey." 

"Well,  I  didn't  want  to  start  an 
argument  in  front  of  all  those  peo- 
ple." 

BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER 


PLANE  FACTS 

A  apprentice  took  a  plane  to  visit 
his  cousin.  The  flight  took  less  time 
than  the  drive  from  the  airport  to 
the  cousin's  house  downtown. 

"Why  is  the  airport  so  far  from 
town?"  the  apprentice  asked. 

"Because,"  answered  his  smart- 
aleck  cousin,  "they  wanted  it  out 
there  where  all  the  planes  land!" 
— Boys'  Life 


THIS  MONTHS  LIMERICK 

There  was  a  young  man  from  Perth 

Who  was  born  on  the  date  of  his 

birth 

He  was  wed,  so  they  say 

On  his  wife's  wedding  day 

And  died  on  his  last  day  on  earth. 

Tim  Stevens 
Sault  Ste.  Mane 
Ont.  Can. 


PROGNOSIS  GOOD 

A  man  walked  into  a  doctor's 
waiting  room  and  when  the  recep- 
tionist asked  him  what  he  had  tie 
said,  "Shingles." 

She  took  his  name,  address,  and 
medical  insurance  information  and 
asked  him  to  have  a  seat. 

A  nurse's  aide  called  him  into  the 
office  and  asked  what  he  had.  Once 
again  he  said  "Shingles." 

She  took  his  weight,  height,  and 
complete  medical  history  and  led 
him  to  the  examining  room. 

"What  do  you  have?"  asked  the 
nurse  who  joined  him.  He  said, 
"Shingles," 

So  "she  took  a  blood  test,  an 
electrocardiogram,  checked  his 
blood  pressure,  and  told  him  to 
take  off  his  clothes. 

The  doctor  came  in,  looked  at 
him  and  asked  what  he  had.  He 
said,  "Shingles." 

"Where'^"  asked  the  obviously 
puzzled  doctor. 

"Outside  in  the  truck,"  replied  the 
man.  "Where  do  you  want  them?" 
— Robert  Gisler 
l\/lodesto.  Calif. 


SUPPORT  'TURNAROUND' 

REFUND  ROUTINE 

Unhappy  man — Here,  you  can 
just  take  this  stuff  back  and  refund 
my  money.  It  won't  work. 

Druggist — What  in  the  world  are 
you  talking  about? 

Man — I'm  talking  about  this  van- 
ishing cream.  I  rubbed  it  all  over 
my  wife's  mouth,  but  it's  still  there. 

ADOPT  A  LUMBER  COMPANY 

RING  YOUR  OWN  BELL 

The  small  boy  was  looking  at 
photographs  of  his  parent's  wed- 
ding in  an  album.  His  father  de- 
scribed the  ceremony  and  tried  to 
explain  its  meaning. 

"Oh!"  the  child  exclaimed,  "Is 
that  when  you  got  Mommy  to  come 
and  work  for  us?" 


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Organizing  Encourages  IVIembership 


Continued  from  Page  10 

During  the  last  year,  Wal-Mart  has 
kicked  off  an  extensive  public  relations 
campaign  with  a  "Buy  American" 
theme.  It  is  curious  that  only  after 
amassing  a  $2.8  billion  personal  wealth 
and  surging  toward  the  top  of  the  dis- 
count department  store  industry,  has 
Sam  Walton  begun  championing  the 
"Buy  American"  issue. 

Looking  Ahead 

It  is  extremely  important  for  those  of 
us  in  construction  to  look  ahead  to  our 
future  needs  and  problems.  Currently, 
we  are  facing  skilled  craft  shortages  in 
the  residential  construction  industry  in 
certain  areas  of  the  Midwest,  South, 
and  Atlantic  Coast.  Special  attention 
needs  to  be  refocused  on  apprenticeship 
and  training,  the  active  recruitment  of 
minorities  and  female  workers,  and  the 
effects  of  current  and  future  legislation. 

Many  economists  and  political  theor- 
ists forecast  that  our  North  American 
workforce  in  the  coming  decades  will 
be  sorely  lacking,  particularly  in  certain 
skilled  labor  classifications.  By  allowing 


our  superior  and  long-standing  appren- 
ticeship process  to  weaken  (even  in  the 
face  of  dramatic  work  losses)  through 
our  own  short-sightedness,  we  are  es- 
sentially nailing  down  our  own  coffin 
lid.  It  does  little  good  in  discussing 
organizing  to  ignore  one  of  the  essen- 
tials that  has  made  us  strong:  appren- 
ticeship and  training.  No  non-union  firm 
or  association  has  come  close  to  match- 
ing our  expertise  and  effectiveness  in 
this  area,  but  this  is  not  to  say  that  our 
system  couldn't  be  replaced.  We  need 
to  put  our  energies  into  improving  and 
expanding  our  training  facilities  and 
programs  so  that  we  can  meet  the  future 
head  on. 

We  have  made  good  progress  in  our 
day-to-day  battle  with  the  forces  that 
would  have  us  back  in  the  sweat-shop 
era.  Yet,  there  is  no  question  that  con- 
ditions are  gradually  worsening.  The 
Organizing  Department  in  the  General 
Office  stands  ready  to  assist  its  affiliates 
in  any  possible  way  to  organize  and 
return  this  organization  to  its  position 
of  former  strength.  UiJC 


» 


KNOW    ^ 

YOUR  RAT  ^M&Xf 

COLUMBUS  BULOfNCA  CONSTRUCTION  TR/tOfS  COUNCIL-i 


CREATIVITY 

The  Heart  of  Organizing 

Successful  union  organizing  is  an  art. 
It  requires  the  implementation  of  as 
many  tactics  as  an  organizing  staff  can 
muster.  Oftentimes,  one  good  idea  can 
be  the  determining  factor  between  per- 
ceived success  or  failure.  The  good 
organizer  is  always  experimenting.  If 
you  are  not  making  mistakes,  you're 
not  trying  hard  enough. 

We  have  emphasized  the  necessity 
of  working  closely  with  fair  contractors 
to  improve  their  competitive  position 
in  the  marketplace.  But  let's  not  forget 
the  value  of  good,  old-fashioned,  mili- 
tant public  organizing  pressure  on  the 
"rat"  contractor.  Only  by  supporting 
fair  employers  who  provide  decent 
wages,  benefits,  and  conditions  and,  at 
the  same  time,  aggressively  targeting 
employers  who  exploit  workers  can  we 
expect  to  improve  employment  oppor- 
tunities for  our  members. 

One  good  example  was  recently  sent 
to  the  Organizing  Department  by  Mar- 
ion, Ohio,  Local  976  Business  Agent 
Jack  Noggle.  The  Columbus  Building 
and  Construction  Trades  Council  de- 
termined to  make  an  example  of  the 
Setterlin  Company,  a  former  union  em- 
ployer who  had  "busted"  the  Trades 
in  the  previous  contract  negotiations. 
The  Trades  initiated  a  billboard  adver- 
tising campaign  publicizing  Setterlin's 


newly  acquired  anti-union  status.  (See 
photo.) 

In  addition,  Noggle  reports,  the  Trades 
had  an  enormous  rat  costume  made-up 
(for  about  $250)  to  further  dramatize 
"the  true  nature"  of  Setterlin's  opera- 
tions. The  Rat  was  then  seen  passing 
out  leaflets  (even  gifts)  at  Setterlin's 
jobsites,  bank,  supermarket,  church, 
and  home.  The  leaflets  read:  "This  is 
where  'Ralphie  The  Rat'  banks  .  .  ."; 
"This  is  where  'Ralphie'  buys  his 
cheese  .  .  .";  etc. 

The  novelty  of  this  idea  caught  the 
attention  of  "Sergeant  Bob,"  Colum- 
bus AM  radio  WTVN's  traffic-moni- 
toring-helicopter  reporter.  Much  to  the 
delight  of  "Ralphie's"  opposition,  each 
morning  from  atop  Columbus,  Sergeant 
Bob  announced  the  location  of  The  Rat. 

The  concept  was  so  successful  in 
deterring  the  growth  of  the  open-shop 
movement  in  Columbus  that  the  Trades 
had  three  more  Rat  costumes  made. 


WALL  JACKS 
for  Carpenters  and  Contractors 

SAVES  TIME  A 

■  Easy  to  set  up  and  rii--man'k- 

■  Easy  to  operate 

SAVES  MONEY 

■  Two  men  can  do  th' 
work  of  six 

IS  STRONG 

■  Lifts  the  longeii 
residential 
walls 

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They  began  taking  on  additional  targets 
and  passing  out  miniature  plastic  rats 
at  a  shopping  mall  where  one  rat  con- 
tractor was  involved  in  a  remodeling 
project.  Kids  loved  it,  and  parents  got 
the  message.  A  suit  filed  by  the  shop- 
ping mall  owner  was  dismissed  by  a 
local  judge,  according  to  local  trades- 
men. 

The  theme  was  expanded  even  fur- 
ther when  recently  the  Trades  rented 
some  33  billboards  throughout  the  city 
of  Columbus  in  order  to  publicize  the 
actions  of  various  rat  contractors.  Sev- 
eral billboards  were  chosen  in  key  lo- 
cations directly  adjacent  to  non-union 
contractors'  jobsites.  An  attempt  by 
one  rat  contractor  to  purchase  the  bill- 
boards was  rejected  by  the  sign  com- 
pany's owner. 

Needless  to  say,  these  aggressive 
tactics  have  achieved  a  major  victory 
in  terms  of  the  morale  of  local  building 
tradesmen.  They  have  also  proven  to 
be  a  strong  deterrent  for  marginal  union 
contractors  who  had  been  seriously 
considering  going  non-union. 

Novel  ideas  and  organizing  tactics 
which  have  proven  successful  in  your 
area  are  welcomed  in  the  Organizing 
Department.  It  is  important  for  us  to 
share  information  of  our  victories  in 
order  to  see  that  these  successes  spread. 


JUNE     1986 


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Service 

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The 

Brelherheed 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood  who   recently   received   pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


QUEENS  VILLAGE,  N.Y. 

At  the  recent  quarterly  meeting  of  Local  348, 
pins  were  awarded  to  members  with  25,  35, 
and  50  years  of  service  to  the  Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Oswald  Leichert,  Charles  Goodwin, 
Anthony  Lucas,  Fred  Lindeborg,  Arthur 
Boucher,  Charles  Andrade,  Joe  Moehrer, 
President  Ray  Schaefer,  Ward  Thorsen, 
Anthony  Gianni,  and  Manuel  Formoso. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  William  Jorgensen,  Bill  Neidharl,  Business 
Representative  Rudy  Houdek,  Edwin  Braun, 
Arnold  Anderson,  Dan  Baccari,  Anthony  Frisco, 
William  Langille,  Joseph  Varrone,  George 
Nobles,  and  Donald  Morck. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  50-year  members,  from 
left;  IVIario  Russo,  Gustav  Babrielsen,  Everett 
Cairns,  Bjorn  Bjornsen,  Ray  Elliot,  Joe  Petrin, 
William  Scerbe,  and  Business  Manager  George 
Albert. 


Queens  Village,  N.Y. — Picture  No.  1 


Queens  Village,  N.Y.— Picture  No.  2 


Queens  Village,  NY.— Picture  No.  3 


Lakeland,  Fla. — Picture  No.  1 


Lakeland,  Fla. — Picture  No.  2 


Lakeland,  Fla. — Picture  No.  3 


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LAKELAND,  FLA. 

Local  2217  recently  held  a  special  call 
meeting  for  Pm  Presentation  1985  awards. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  20-year  members,  from 
left:  James  Haynes,  Woodrow  Lovell.  David 
MacDonald,  C,  V,  Moore,  William  G.  Pierson, 
and  John  Porter, 


Lakeland,  Fla. — Picture  No.  5 


Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Winfred  Barlield,  Calvert  Dye,  Eugene 
Frasier,  Eldine  Smith,  and  Jamie  George. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Joe  Avery,  Johnnie  Driggers  Jr.,  Eddie  S. 
Jones,  Elmer  Jones,  William  C.  King,  Henry 
Koesterer,  and  Lonnie  L.  Whitaker. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members,  from 


left:  Francis  Dawson  and  Robert  Sabo. 

Picture  No.  5  shows 
40-year  member  Lewis 
Smith. 

Picture  No.  6  shows 
50-year  member  A.  J. 
Alvey. 

Honored  but  not 
pictured  were:  20-year 
members  Nathan  Allen,  Picture  No.  6 

Louis  Buxton,  John  L.  Headley,  Joseph 
Johnson,  Aubrey  Lynn,  James  Marlow,  Asa 
Mullis,  Jim  Stone,  Benton  West,  Robert 
Williams,  and  George  Willis;  25-year  members 
Gary  Fewox,  Jack  Keener,  James  Prickett,  and 
Ralph  Waller;  30-year  members  James  Caldwell 
Sr.,  Harold  Cook,  Oliver  Daniels,  John  Hedrick, 
Francis  Hommel,  William  Horn,  Thomas 
Macklin,  and  Robert  White;  35-year  members 
A.  K.  Hughes,  Wyatt  Godfrey,  and  Linton 
Moore;  40-year  member  Wilbert  A.  Schramm; 
and  45-year  member  Homer  Routt. 


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CARPENTER 


Tulsa,  Okla. — Picture  No.  1 

TULSA,  OKLA. 

Local  943  recently  held  its  annual  pin 
presentation  ceremony,  honoring  87  members 
with  over  2800  years  combined  service.  The 
keynote  speaker  Mike  Nobles  spoke  against  the 
so-called  "right-to-work"  law.  Special  guests  in 
attendance  were  General  Representative  Bud 
Sharp  and  District  Representatives  Mike  Lawter 
and  Jack  Kelly. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  20-year  members,  from 
left:  Clarence  Smith,  In/in  Williams,  and  Edward 
Chrisman. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Carol  Johnson  and  Ted  Hall. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  John  Campbell,  James  Wallace,  and  LeRoy 
Coursey.  „  ._jyj.„^„. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  j^tm^ 

35-year  member  Cliff  1        J         ; 

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Picture  No.  5  shows 
35-year  members,  from 
left:  Raymond  Sherrill,       -^^ 
John  Janzen,  and  Willbur  mSS    R 
Turner.  Picture  No.  4 

Picture  No.  6  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  N.  B.  Soerries  and  Orville  Cauins. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  V.  J.  Sharon,  Grant  Wilson,  and  Clarence 
Schultze. 

Those  not  available  for  pictures  receiving 


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Tulsa,  Okla. — Picture  No.  2 


honors  were  20-year  members  Floyd  Beaver, 
Homer  Clouse,  Charles  Dalrymple,  Robert 
Hahn,  Thomas  Hawley,  Eugene  Lee,  A.  A. 
King,  Frank  Watkins,  0.  W.  Thompson,  Robert 
Speir,  Harold  Smith,  Bill  McDaniel,  James 
Matthews,  Robert  Pinkstaff,  Wayne  Routson, 
Jim  Richardson,  and  Louis  Price;  25-year 
members  Bobbie  Vanderford,  Alden  Bell,  Louis 
Brinlee,  Lawrence  Bruce,  Ferman  Butler,  Arthur 
Leggens,  Raymond  Merciez,  Orville  Rill,  Wesley 
Shoemaker,  and  John  Stephens;  30-year 
members  Lester  Massey,  Arthur  Nice,  Joseph 
Reese,  Raymond  Goins,  William  Hann,  Jimmy 
Hendrix,  David  Beem,  Don  Briggs,  William 
Corser,  Everett  Willard,  Jerry  Williams,  and 
Wayman  Westcott;  35-year  members  Leonard 
Roach,  William  Ledlow,  J.  D.  Amos,  Andy 
Cookson,  Zack  Collins,  Bob  Casey,  Lyie 
Thomlinson,  Ronald  Miller,  and  Melvin  Roberts; 
40-year  members  L.  R.  Tyree,  Homer 
Sharpton,  Robert  Spessard,  Ralph  Hancock, 
William  Lile,  A.  C.  Hopkins,  and  Jimmy 
Cornelius;  45-year  members  Fred  Ansiel,  Paul 
Sheline,  John  Sylvester,  Earl  Lutz,  0.  A. 
Rinnert,  Morris  Rife,  H.  H.  Wells,  Walter 
Willard,  Eldon  Woods,  and  Eldon  Woodfin;  50- 
year  members  LyIe  Gwin  and  Charles  Lander, 
and  65-year  members  0.  M.  Loflin  and  Elbert 
Preston. 


Tulsa,  Okla.— Picture  No.  3 


Tulsa,  Okla  — Picture  No.  5 

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Tulsa,  Okla.— Picture  No.  6 
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Tulsa,  Okla. — Picture  No.  7 


MANHATTAN,  KANS. 

At  a  recent  meeting.  Local  918  members 
were  presented  service  pins  for  longstanding 
service. 

Pictured,  front  row,  from  left,  are:  Leo 
Ellenbecker,  25  years;  and  Richard  Silva,  25 
years. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Terry  Pittman,  10  years; 
Mike  Langley,  5  years;  Lovalle  Bradley,  10 
years;  and  Glenn  Stockwell,  25  years. 

Honored  but  not  pictured  were:  20-year 
members  Steve  Elmore  and  Norman  Lohse;  25- 
year  members  Joe  Ellenbecker  and  Leonard 
Pittman;  30-year  member  Archie  Inskeep;  35- 
year  members  Foy  Cody,  Imon  Jones,  Joe 
McNair,  and  Earl  Sibert;  40-year  member  Fred 
Childers;  45-year  members  Albert  Baber,  Leon 
Cairns,  Eugene  Hindman,  Charles  Karman,  and 
Harry  McCluskey. 


Manhattan,  Kans. 
JUNE     1986 


Anchorage,  Alaska 

ANCHORAGE,  ALASKA 

At  a  special  call  meeting  of  Local  1 281 , 
members  were  presented  with  pins  to 
commemorate  their  longstanding  service. 

Pictured  are,  front  row,  from  left:  Bill  D. 
Ross,  25  years;  Werner  Staaf,  25  years; 
Christian  Beckles,  30  years;  Harold  Aldrich,  35 
years;  Dean  Corder,  35  years;  Lutz  Gerlcke,  25 
years;  and  Delano  Kallenberger,  25  years. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Ted  Sidor,  30  years; 
Grady  Ward,  35  years;  A.  A.  Tegtmeier,  30 
years;  Gerald  Mesenhimer,  30  years;  Paul 
Sauer,  35  years;  Charlie  Handy,  35  years;  and 
Doug  Steward,  30  years. 

Members  receiving  pins  but  not  present  for 
photos  were  25-year  members  Ted  Adamy, 
Jack  Allen,  John  Burke,  Ivan  Gallyer,  Ed  Hally, 
Al  Hobbs,  Stephen  Kissee,  Lester  Page, 


Maurice  J.  Pepera,  Mancel  Postlewait,  Cecil 
Premus,  Tom  Ravithis,  William  Shira,  John 
Weatherly,  Walter  West,  and  Patrick  Whalen; 
30-year  members  Cecil  Burk,  Orland 
Christensen,  Glenn  L.  Colpitis,  Peter  Halverson, 
Stig  Hoffman,  Harold  Jurgensen,  Magne 
Kalhovde,  Patrick  Kiernan,  Roger  Lausterer, 
Elmer  A.  Richardson,  Donald  E.  Rogers,  Guy 
Rupright,  Walter  Seals,  Clyle  Simons,  and 
James  Winkle;  35-year  members  Edward  W. 
Abies,  William  Brotherston,  Gordon  Cooley, 
George  B.  Frederickson,  Clarence  Jalverson, 
Eric  M.  Harding,  Earl  E.  Larson,  Ernest  R. 
Matz,  Richard  H.  Nichols,  Theron  Saunders, 
Allerton  Willis,  and  Thaddius  Ziemlak;  40-year 
members  Wallace  Keiner  and  Sid  Larmer;  and 
45-year  members  Bertil  C.  Brandstrom,  D.  D. 
Clover,  Harold  Curtis,  Johnny  Schaefer,  and 
Eugene  Westover. 

35 


El  Monte,  Calif.— Picture  No.  5 


El  Monte,  Calif.— Picture  No.  6 


El  Monte,  Calif.— Picture  No.  7 
36 


A  recent  50th  anniversary  celebration  enjoyed 
by  Local  1507  included  service  pin  aw/ards  and 
the  presentation  of  the  Bent  Nail  Av^iard,  an 
award  to  give  recognition  to  those  in  the  UBC 
who  have  made  sizable  contributions  the  union 
and  to  mankind,  to  Gunnar  "Benny"  Benonys, 
Local  36,  Oakland,  Calif. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  Benonys,  second  from 
left,  receiving  the  Bent  Nail  Award  from  William 
A.  Bennett,  financial  secretary-treasurer  and 
business  rep.,  left;  George  Williams,  business 
rep.,  second  from  right;  and  Richard  L.  Green, 
recording  secretary  and  business  represen- 
tative, right. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  Carl  W.  Broome,  50- 
year  member,  right,  with  President  Walter  W. 
Bond. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  Richard  Crane,  45  year 
member,  right,  with  President  Bond. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members 
Vincent  Avelar,  left,  and  Herman  Bodtke. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  35-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Business  Rep.  Williams, 
President  Bond,  Russell  Oodd,  Frank  Walsh, 
Emerson  Lutes,  Edgar  TarBush,  Juan  Moya, 
Recording  Sec.  Green,  and  Financial  Sec. 
Bennett. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Olis  Miller,  0.  C.  Kruse, 
Paul  Frazier,  Lloyd  Gehre,  Joseph  Gibbs.  Ernest 
0.  Heck,  Pasquale  Liguori,  Lloyd  D.  Scott,  and 
James  King. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  30-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  President  Bond,  Frank  Parades, 
Edward  Dwyer,  Raymond  Green,  John  Friesen, 
Robert  Britt,  Recording  Sec.  Green;  and 
Business  Rep.  Williams. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Sherman  Walgreen, 
Ralph  Gettler,  Frolester  Long,  Kenneth  Spencer, 
Orvill  Kniep,  Vic  Voss,  Fin.  Sec.  Bennett. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  25-year  members,  front 
row  from  left:  Financial  Sec.  Bennett,  kneeling; 
Business  Rep,  Williams;  James  Tubb  Sr.; 
Walter  W.  Bond;  Paul  Long;  Doyle  Whalen;  and 
Recording  Sec.  Green. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Gary  Taylor,  Emigdio 
Frias,  Stan  Kasianovitz  and  George  Nolan. 

CARPENTER 


The  following  list  of  771  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $1,277,665.61  death  claims  paid  in  March  1986,  (s) 
following  name  In  listing  indicates  spouse  of  members 


Local  Union.  City 


Local  Union.  Citv 


Local  Union,  Cily 


3     Wheeling,  \VV — John  Kocara,  Riley  Bonnell. 

5     St.  Louis,  MO — Anna  A.   Pieper  (si.  Timothy  T. 

Henry. 
7     Minneapolis,  MN — Adolph  Winkler.  Arthur  Koetz. 

Donald   L.   Nims.   Karel   Holub,  Lyle  S.   Kelsey, 

Miriam  L.   Buranen  (s).  Robert  L.   Rong,  Selmer 

Vick.  Victor  Bill. 
10     Chicago,  IL— William  J.  Gorman,  Willie  J.  Little. 

12  Syracuse,  .NV— Edward  T,  Shea 

13  Chicago,  IL — Arthur  V.  Jones.  Edward  W.  Vigiletti. 

14  San  Antonio.  TX — Charles  J.  Cherry,  Gerrett  L. 
Perido.  Velma  J    Jackson  (s). 

15  Hackensack,  .NJ — Florence  M.  HartensteJn  is).  George 
Vandenberg. 

18     Hamilton,  Ont.  CAN— Harold  Nixon. 
20     New  York,  NY— Robert  Darcangelo, 
22     San  Francisco,  CA — James  L.  Clark.  John  Giordano. 
Joseph  Peter, 

24  Central  Connecticut — Dennis  Huot.  Joseph  M.  Smith, 
Mary  Gleason  (s).  Nuhle  .Mien.  Rosemarie  Healy 
(s). 

25  Los  Angeles.  C.A— \\incie  J.  C.  DeBaca  (s). 
28     Missoula,  MT — Maxme  E,  Peterson  (s). 

30  New  London,  CT — Elizabeth  Mortensen  (s),  Fred- 
erick Carl  Weisse,  Robert  H.  Wood. 

31  Trenton,  NJ— Elizabeth  Miller  is).  John  K.  Cody. 
Mary  M.  Szolomayer  (si.  Richard  A.  Smith, 

34  Oakland,  CA— Hobart  Ellsworih  Snapp,  Virginia  1. 
Bygum  (s),  Walter  R.  Mooney. 

35  San  Rafael,  CA — Robert  F.  Harrington. 

36  Oakland,  CA— Fred  Alvin  Tate,  Henrietta  E. 
Holtschlag  (s). 

40    Boston,  MA — Anna  M.  Johnson  (s). 

42  San  Francisco,  CA — Fred  J.  Nicolaus. 

43  Hartford,  CT — Alger  Johnson,  Dolores  Simard  (s). 
Edward  Baj,  Peler  Paul  Solak.  Rudolph  McCorkle. 

46  S.  Ste.  Marie,  MI— CImion.  W.  Clegg,  Sr.,  Dorothy 
M.  Norton  (s). 

47  St.  Louis,  MO— Hazel  E.  Vohsen  (s),  Walter  Lichius. 
William  E.  Crouch. 

48  Filchburg,  MA — Clito  Piermarini,  George  Kalinen. 

50  Knoxviile,  TN— David  Boyd,  Herbert  K.  Pelfrey. 
Omer  Coker. 

51  Boston,  MA — Leon  G.  Pannier. 

53  White  Plains.  NY— Joseph  Kulch 

54  Chicago,  IL^— Robert  G.  Mason,  Sr. 

55  Denver,  CO — C.  Hubert  Harris.  Lula  Frances  Pe- 
terson (s),  William  A.  Kno.x. 

58  Chicago,  IL — Alex  Nelson,  James  Ronga,  Joseph 
Brunelli,  Lillian  L.  Takala  (s),  Ralph  W.  Travis. 

61  Kansas  City,  MO— Everett  G.  West,  Leonard  Wil- 
liams. Marius  T.  Andersen,  Mary  J.  Miller  (s). 

62  Chicago,  IL — Gilbert  Cox. 

64     Louisville,  KY — Lawrence  A.  Sapp. 

66  Olean,  NY— Ellsworth  Wilson,  Waiter  Bergquist. 

67  Boston.  MA— Charles  F.  Kilroy.  Karl  Richt.  Michael 
J.  Noone. 

71     Fort  Smith,  AK— Dwight  Haga. 

73  St.  Louis,  MO — James  T.  Holdsworth,  Louise  Rice 
(s),  Michael  Wayne  Dale,  Robert  Phillips.  William 
L.  Martin. 

74  Chattanooga,  TN— Joseph  P.  Roe. 

76  Hazelton,  PA— William  O.  Tempest. 

77  Port  Chester,  NY— Vrjo  Nenonen. 

80  Chicago,  IL — Arvids  Sumanis,  Edward  C.  Enerson, 
Eric  J.  Slavinskas,  Grace  Dewbrey  (s),  William  J, 
Gorkowicz. 

81  Erie,  PA— Harold  Brown. 

83     Halifax,  N.S.,  CAN— Thomas  Kelley. 

87  St.  Paul,  MN— Howard  J.  Crolly,  Lawrence  Peter- 
son, Lawrence  Thompson,  Paul  J.  Sorenson.  Sidney 
Swanson.  William  Denzer. 

89     Mobile,  AL— Jessie  C.  Richburg. 

94    Providence,  RI — Roger  Kirchner,  Thomas  Bailey. 

98  Spokane,  WA — Lawrence  J.  Goerz.  Lester  W.  Chan- 
dler. 

100  Muskegon,  MI — Joseph  Rutowski 

101  Baltimore,  MD — Alonzo  C.  Murphy,  Anthony  Pe- 
tersam,  Ernost  N.  Webb,  Clyde  B.  Gentry,  Jesse 
S.  Hance.  John  H.  Cunningham,  Joseph  Tritto, 
Stanley  Place,  Vernon  Kline,  William  G.  Miller, 
William  T.  Ayres. 

102  Oakland,  CA— Dale  K.  Haney.  Marvin  Bell. 

103  Birmingham,  AL — William  A.  Tidwell. 

105  Cleveland,  OH— Oscar  Peterson,  Victoria  Dix  (s). 

106  Des  Moines,  lA— Donald  W.  Diehl. 
108    Springfield,  MA — Leonard  H.  Morin. 

114  East  Detroit,  MI— Catherine  F.  King  (s),  Cecil  Bond, 
Emil  Thoel.  Hilory  Early,  John  Boots,  John  Musser, 
Rene  Baron. 

118  Detroit,  Ml — Elmer  Jenks,  Marie  Green  (s).  Mary 
Kopcik  (s),  Saima  Irene  Kilpela  (s). 

121     Vineland,  NJ— Stephen  C.  Young. 

124     Passaic,  NJ— William  Lesko. 

131  Seattle,  WA — Emily  Broughton  (s).  Gede  Frank 
Meditz.  Helen  A.  Goodard  (s),  Walter  F.  Teske. 

132  Washington,  DC— James  G.  Davis,  Marian  B.  Wil- 
loughby  (s). 

141  Chicago,  IL — Emil  A.  Enander,  Peter  Conrad  Nel- 
son. 

142  Pittsburgh,  PA— Carl  Bergman,  Fred  G.  Bohn.  Rocco 
Satriano.  Thomas  H.  Weikel. 


149  Tarrvtown,  NY — James  Moran,  Margaret  A.  Wynant 
(s). 

165  Pittsburgh,  PA — Eleanor  Lopresti  (s). 

166  Rock  Island,  IL — Francis  Thomas, 

169     East  St.  Louis,  ILr— Adolph  Volkmann,  Jr..  David 

Kenneth  Rank,  Leo  H.  Tonies. 
171     Youngstown,  OH— Stanley  Helminiak. 

182  Cleveland,  OH— Henry  C.  Burkholder.  John  Schmoll, 
Raymond  J,  Kivimaki. 

183  Peoria,  IL — Harry  S.  Nelson,  Martin  L.  Swanson, 
Melvin  King,  Thomas  D.  Cowen. 

184  Salt  Lake  City,  UT— Gilbert  W.  Wightman.  Harry 
Leesman.  Lula  Lina  Oja  Garrard  (s). 

186  Steubenville,  OH— Harold  R.  Barnes. 

187  Geneva,  NY— Clifford  Simmons.  Harold  Dibble. 

188  Yonkers.  NY— Patrick  Kilduff.  Reginald  Wocher. 
195     Peru,  IL— Elizabeth  L.  Bowie  (s). 

198  Dallas,  TX— Carl  R.  Murrell,  Leland  C.  Priewe.  Leo 
C.  Barton;  Willie  Ray  Moulton. 

199  Chicago.  Il^Elizabeth  D.  O'Neill  (s).  Jeanette  C. 
Wesolowski  (s),  John  Joseph  Kary. 

200  Columbus,  OH— Carl  J.  Feil,  Charles  E.  Hill,  Jr., 
Roy  E.  Parkinson. 

202  Gulfport.  MS— Barbara  M.  Barnett  (s).  Curtis  C. 
Conerly. 

203  Poughkeepsie,  NY — Hiram  Philips. 

204  Merrill,  WI— Bernard  B.  Barry. 
206     Newcastle,  PA^Eileen  Smolnik  (s). 

210  Stamford,  CT— George  Punzelt,  Jolan  Margaret  Fo- 
dor  (s),  Lillian  F.  Johnson  (s),  Marcello  Lisi.  Roy 
T.  Lindberg.  William  J.  Masilotti.  Jr. 

211  Pittsburgh,  PA— Frank  J.  Smith,  William  E.  Emrick. 
213    Houston,  TX — Corene  Pratt  (s),  James  W.  Myers, 

Jewel  R.  Bryan.  William  B.  McKnight. 
218     Boston,  MA — Lome  K.  MacCallum. 

222  Washington,  IN — James  H.  McGavic. 

223  Nashville,  TN — Dennis  Baird,  Ernest  L.  Woodside, 
Will  Jack  Wills. 

225  Atlanta.  GA — Arvel  K.  Palmer,  Gladys  Irene  Bow- 
den  (s),  Herbert  W.  Rainey.  James  L.  Presley, 
Martha  Elizabeth  WotTord  (s),  Noel  Guy  Parr. 

230  Pittsburgh,  PA— Evelyn  F.  Platts  (s),  Kenneth  W. 
Withers. 

235     Riverside,  CA — James  A.  Taylor. 

242     Chicago,  IL — Frank  Klopschek.  Fred  Johnson. 

244     Grand  Jet.,  CO— Paul  J.  Hammond. 

246  New  York,  NY— Kurt  Paul  Werner  Oesterheld.  Rich- 
ard Ott,  Theodor  Seiz. 

247  Portland,  OR — Andrew  Espey  Crozier. 

249  Kingston,  Ont.,  CAN — Murray  McMahon. 

250  Waukegan,  IL— Charies  A.  Hutchinson,  George  John 
Stefanchik.  Iver  H.  Olsen. 

256  Savannah,  GA— Chester  B.  Wilson. 

257  New  York,  NY— Edith  Johanson  (s).  War  V.  Swans- 
son. 

262    San  Jose,  CA — Robert  A.  Henry. 

264  Milwaukee,  WI — John  Kovats. 

265  Saugerties,  NY — Leo  Burns. 

267     Dresden,  OH— Haskel  F.  Pryor.  Perry  J.  Bickel. 
269     Danville,  IL— WilberG.  Hialt. 
272     Chicago  Hgt.,  Il^Vladas  Rutkus. 
275     Newton,  MA— Frank  C.  Brown. 
283     Augusta,  GA— Lyndel  Clyde  Miller,  Mack  M.  Nor- 
ris. 

286  Great  Falls,  MT— Merle  Westerhouse  (s). 

287  Harrisburg,  PA — Glenn  M.  Beam,  John  Cascarino, 
Mary  Rishar  (s). 

311     Joplin,  MO — Thomas  M.  Hopkins. 

314     Madison,  WI — Edwin  Moely. 

316    San  Jose,  CA — Charles  W.  Jones,  Dorman  E.  Toms, 

Harry  W.  Show,  James  D.  Brown,  Lewis  Elam, 

Maryjane  Elizabeth  Sargent  (s).  Peter  Leal.  William 

Lydon. 
329    Oklahoma  City,  OK— Clarence  L.  Fruit,  Robert  S. 

Brown. 

334  Saginaw,  MI — Donald  W.  Gray,  John  Martin  Gud- 
ritz. 

335  Grand  Rapids,  MI-^Herman  Lindhout, 
338    Seattle,  WA— Emil  H.  Ekloff. 

340     Hagerstown,  MD — Josephine  Berkshire  (s). 

342  Pawtucket,  RI— Oscar  Cloutier. 

343  Winnipeg,  Mani.,  CAN — Joseph  Riel. 

345     Memphis,  TN — James  R.  Green,  Lillie  Burns  (s). 
348     New  York,  NY — Andrew  Andreasen,  Geraldine  De- 

grasse  (s),' John  Rask. 
354    Gilroy,  CA— Linda  C.  Northcott  (s). 
359     Philadelphia,  PA— Richard  J.  Carvell. 
370    Albany,  NY— Anthony  C.  Stanco. 
374     Buffalo,  NY— George  Mislin. 
388     Richmond,  VA— Elmer  Franklin  Cary. 
393    Camden,  NJ — Albert  B.  Tricker,  Jeanette  Penney 

(s). 
400    Omaha.  NE— Forrest  L.  Jessen,  Roy  C.  Sack. 

403  Alexandria,  LA — Julc  Honna  Rachal. 

404  Lake  Co.,  OH— Edwin  G.  Lahti. 

422     New  Brighton,  PA — Jeanne  A.  Cooper  (s). 
424     Hingham,  MA — George  W.  Snow. 
434     Chicago.  IL — Shirley  Vanderjack  (s), 
437     Portsmouth,  OH— Paul  Morrison. 
440     Buffalo,  NY— Frederick  R.  Smith.  Maxwell  W.  Law- 
ton. 


452  Vancouver.  B.C.,  CAN— Adolf  Barte!,  Leslie  Giles, 
Ted  Halldorson. 

465    Chester  County,  PA— Leslie  Gordon  Weidel. 

469     Cheyenne,  WY— Dixie  Olive  Edith  Melcher  (s). 

475  Ashland,  MA — Kenneth  C.  Romkey.  Norman  A. 
Dearmond. 

480     Freeburg,  IL — Grace  Gerling  (s). 

483    San  Francisco,  CA — Socorro  Fonseca  Vasquez  (s). 

496  Kankakee,  IL — Donald  Laverne  McCoy,  John  R. 
Bukowski. 

500     Butler,  PA— Rufus  Bowser. 

514  Wilkes  Barre,  PA— Earl  D.  Hergert,  Sr..  Robert 
Gryczka. 

522     Durham,  NC— William  V.  Short. 

535     Norwood.  MA — Leo  Stoddard. 

538     Concord,  NH — Edward  J.  Lachance. 

557    Bozeman.  MT — Leander  Clarence  Carpenter. 

563    Glendale,  CA — Clarence  Leroy  Barz,  John  E.  Mauch. 

579  St.  John,  N.F.,  CAN— Archibald  Barrett,  Jabez 
Hunter. 

586  Sacramento,  CA — Frank  Brown,  Fredrick  Marvin 
Miller,  George  D.  Askew,  John  Scott  Paschal,  Rich- 
ard J.  McFarland,  Richard  L.  Crawford,  William  H. 
Phillips. 

588    Montezuma,  IN — Frederick  J.  Funke. 

599  Hammond,  IN — Donnie  Keaton,  Wayne  E.  Pote. 

600  Lehigh  Valley.  PA— David  Farr,  Howard  D.  Kline, 
Linda  Berardinucci  (s),  Ruth  K.  Ferry  (s). 

602    St.  Louis,  MO— Helen  Geers  (s). 

608    New  York,  NY— Melvin  K.  Devoe. 

613     Hampton  Roads,  VA — James  R.  Morrison,  William 

Cecil  Roberson. 
620     Madison,  NJ — Samuel  Jerome.  Jr.,  Walter  Frohlich. 
624    Brockton,  MA— Ralph  Philbrick. 

626  Wilmington,  DE — James  G.  Kline. 

627  Jacksonville,  Fl^Henry  Dunn,  Hume  G.  Lee,  John 
E.  Cross. 

635  Boise,  ID— Ethel  H.  Hamm (s).  Kathleen  R.  Eldredge 
(s). 

636  Mt.  Vernon,  IL— Paul  J.  Kingery,  Walter  C.  Frailey. 
639    Akron,  OH — Patricia  Ann  Ewing  (s),   Wesley   E. 

Kerne  n. 
642     Richmond,  CA — Margaret  Johnson  (s).  Odessa  C. 

Perkins  (s),  Ramon  Vasquez. 
644  Pekin,  Il^Howard  E.  Groff. 
665     Amarillo,    TX— Johnnie    Margie    Darnell   (s),    Roy 

Hunnicutt,  Velma  Millet  (s). 
668    Palo  Alto,  CA— Adrian  Persson,  John  E.  Swilley. 

Lester  L.  Meyer. 
694     Boonville,  IN— Howard  R.  Hornback. 
696    Tampa,  FL— Harold  E.  Thrall. 
698    Covington,  KY — Arcus  Francis,  Betty  Lee  Cooper 

(s),  Esley  W.  Hiser. 
701     Fresno,  CA— John  T.  Williams,  Ralph  E.  Hood. 

703  Lockland,  OH— Carl  H.  Peterson,  George  Riley. 

704  Jackson,  MI— Glen  H.  Collier.  Jr.,  Irene  H.  Fletcher 
(s). 

710    Long  Beach,  CA — Gertrude  Riopelle  (s),  Mary  Vir- 
ginia Martin  (s). 
715    Elizabeth,  NJ— Joseph  Shinbein. 

721  Los  Angeles,  CA — Beverly  Jean  Jacobs  (s),  Eleuterio 
Velazquez.  George  P.  Manos.  Richard  H.  Brown. 

722  Salt  Lake  City,  LIT— Cullen  H.  Shoemaker,  Gerald 
Allan  Brown. 

727     Hialeah.  FL— Clyde  O.  Rogers,  Peter  S.  Miranda. 
740     New  York,  NY— Raymond  D.  Gregory. 
743     Bakersfield,  CA— Virgil  Loftis. 
747    Oswego,  NY — James  Castaldo. 
767    Ottumwa,  lA— Harold  H.  Turk. 

769  Pasadena,  CA— Earl  F.  Gamble. 

770  Yakima,  WA— Albert  C.  Carroll,  George  Mc- 
Cullough.  John  P.  Leingang,  Mildred  Irene  Pister 
(s). 

801     Woonsocket,    RI — Aram    Gelinas,    Exenepha    La- 

Chapelle. 
815     Beverly,  MA— John  S.  Lilja,  William  McShay. 
819    West  Palm  Beach,  FL— Katherine  Lucille  Carison 

(s). 
829    Santa  Cruz,  CA— Betty  Ann  Price  (s).  Gerald  Kelly. 
839     Des  Plaines,  IL — Arthur  Linneman,  Jakobine  Reinke 

Maksimovich  (s). 
845     Clifton  Heights,  PA— Edward  J.  Ryan. 
848    San  Bruno,  CA — Urbano  D.  Andrea. 
857    Tucson,  AZ — Marvin  Shelley. 
865     Brunswick,   GA — Edward    R.    Owens.   Jr.,    Henry 

Morris. 
871     Battle  Creek,  MI — Levern  A.  Fredenburg. 
873     Cincinnati,  OH— Henry  Schmidt  (s). 
902     Brooklyn,  NY— Borghild  Reiersen  (s),  Egbert  Polak. 

Girolama  Scavelli  (s).  Jacob  Jacobsen,  Vincenza 

Maltese. 
916     Aurora,  IL — Edward  F.  Lies,  Margaret  Buckner(s), 

Robert  J.  Klein. 
918     Manhattan,  KS— Petra  Elmore  (s). 
921     Portsmouth,  NH— Lewis  Morse. 
925    Salinas.  CA— Lois  Rhea  Bowen  (s). 
933     Hermiston,  OR — Margaret  L.  Bachman  (s). 

943  Tulsa,  OK— Herman  Houston  Henderson.  Leland 
J.  Boehm.  Luther  Oswal  Johnston,  Thelma  Munns 
(s). 

944  San  Bernardino,  CA— Arlie  J.  Files. 


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945  Jeffereor  Cily.  MO— Paul  Schulle  1456 
955  Appkton,  WI— Bemice  Newcomb  Carey  (s),  Doug- 
las K  Andrews.  William  Bussian  1460 
971  Reno.  NV— Cecil  M  Milchem.  Roy  F-  Johnston.  1462 
973  Texas  Cilv.  TX— Maebellc  Akcrs  Is).  Rulh  Slanlon  1464 
Isl  1469 
993     Miami.  Fl^— John  W   Hazard.  Norman  Gaines  Ship-  1478 

man 

998     RovalOali.  Ml— Joseph  Skursici,  I486 

1002     Knoxville.  TN— Ophal  F    Walker  1494 

1005     Merrillville.  IN— Alvin  H    Glulh.  Michael  Pavicich.  1495 

1010     I'nionlown.  PA— Paul  L    Bcrloni  1498 

lOl.A     Dallas  Fl.  Worlh.  TX— Belli  Jean  Cookson  (si.  Roy  1506 

Art  Cookson 

1024     Cumberland.    MD— Elmer    Roscnberger.    Paul    W  1512 

Parish  1519 

1026  Miami.  FL— Terry  Branlley  1521 

1027  Chicago.  IL— Melvern  Shelby.  Rulh  E.  Lucas  (si.  1522 
lO.Vi  l^HRview.  WA— Ivy  M  Jaspers  (si  1529 
1040  Eureka,  CA— George  A  Fosler.  Jr  15.V1 
1043     Can.  IN— Arthur  Reeves.  George  C  Velor.  Michael  1535 

J    Miiko  1539 

1050  Philadelphia.  PA — Francesco  Piazza.  George  M.  1544 
Chernck>.   Jr  ,   Horace   Macamsh.  Sr..   Nunzianle 

Pansi.  Robert  .Agnes-  1553 

1052  Hollywood.  CA— Keilh  Sivert  Bruce.  Olavi  Raudas-  1554 
koski  1565 

1053  Milwaukee.  WI— James  George  Lock  1569 

1054  EvereCI.  WA— Nellie  L  Ellioll  (si  1571 
1059     .Schuylkill  Counlv.  PA— Francis  W.  Blackwell 

1062     .SanlaBarbara.CA— John  Hawkins.  ReidarM.Dahl.  1583 

Rosie  L    Spiller  (si,  1587 

1067  Port  Huron.  Ml— Eleanor  Peruski  (s).  Helen  Foster  1590 
(si.  Richard  Vanhulsl 

1073  Philadelphia.  PA— Silvio  J    Sicilia 

1074  Eau  Claire.  Wl— Frank  Charles  Missfeldl  1595 
1080     Owensboro.  KY— Charles  W    Rideoul 

1084     Angleton.  TX— Alonzo  O.  Guthery  1596 

1089     Phoenix.  AZ^Carl  S   Smith.  James  M,  Meek.  Julius  1597 

Vcrslccg.  Jr.  1598 

1097  Longview.  TX— Chnslme  R  W  Railey  (s).  Jim  W,  1607 
Cingsby  1618 

1098  Baton  Rouge.  LA— Alvie  D.  Hughey.  Sullivan  Hig-  1620 
don 

1102     Detroit.  MI— Edward  Collcy.  Vito  A    Poma,  1622 

1109     Visalia.  CA— Harley  V,  Shull 

1113     San   Bernardino,  CA — Clement   S,   Gordon.   Peggy  1631 

Pinuilsl  1644 
1120     Portland.  OR— Delia  E    Cornelius  (si.  Edward  L 

Rehbcin.  John  H    Werth.  Zigmund  B    Sawzak-  1650 

1125     l-os  Angeles.  CA — Frances  Elva  Brocato  (s),  1673 

1138     Toledo.  OH— Elden  C    Lafollette.  John  Hallauer.  1683 

Rex  Lowell  Webster  1691 

1140     San  Pedro.  CA—Soren  K    Bach  1693 

1155     Columbus.  IN— Barren  B,  Fields.  1694 

1164     New  York.  NY— Juana  Colcas  (si.  1699 

1185     Chicago.  II.— Mallhew  W,  Klekamp.  1709 

1207     Charleston.  WV— John  Haggerty.  1741 

1216     Mesa.  AZ— Paul  V    Devore.  1750 

1235     Modesto.  CA— Robert  W   Cornell.  1752 

1240     Oroville.  CA— Robert  E    Armstrong  1757 

1250     Homestead,    FI^Barbara    Wilhelm    SirudholT  (si.  1759 

Donald  F    Carroll  1764 

1256     .Sarnia.  Ont..  CAN— Edison  Isaac.  Mary  Jean  Eakell  1772 

Isl  1778 

1262  Chillicothe.  MO— Earl  M  Baker  1780 
1266     Austin.  TX — August  Andy  Stall.  Byron  Lane  Davis, 

Dorothy  Jean  Holland  (s), 

1273     Eugene.  OR— Henry  W    Rilzman  1788 

12%     San  Diego,  CA— Arthur  G    Rockstad.  James  Elmer  1795 

Rutherford.  Laura  C    Rowland  (si.  Mary  Ann  Ida  1815 

Hcnselin  (si 

1302     New  I.ondon,  CT— David  W    Chapman  1832 

1.W5     Fall  River,  MA— John  Claudio.  John  L    Moodie.  1836 

1308     Lake  Worth,  FL— Martha  E    Seppala  (si.  18.37 

1310     .St.  Louis,  MO— Thomas  Michael  Louis,  1845 

1319     Albuquerque.  NM — G    H,  Simmons.  Sr,.  Gravdon  1849 

f     Daniels  1865 
1325     Edmonton.  Alta.,  CAN — Frieda  Querengesser  (si 

1.127  Phoenix.  AZ— Olio  Frank  Lawrence  1871 
1333     State  College.  PA— Robert  A    Chamberlain 

1.MI     Owensboro,  KY— Marvin  R    Jones  1880 

1342     Irvington.    NJ— Ernest    A     Fortunato.    Joseph    E  1890 

Szydlowski.   Louis  Vecchione.   Michael  Johnston.  1904 

Michael  S    Perugino  1906 
1346     Vernon.  B.C.  CAN— Joseph  A    Monn 

1353     Sante   Fe.   NM— Juan   Pablo  Ci     Lopez.    Maria    R  1913 

Herrera  (si.  Marjorie  Gavurnik  (si 

1365     Cleveland.  OH— Anita  Ungar  (si  1921 

1.373     Hint.  Ml— Elmer  Winlerlee  1925 

1379     North    Miami.    FI^FIes    C     Chandler.    John    K  1928 

Schneider.  Sadie  F   Kmll  (si,  Thomas  H    Fitzgerald 

1393  Toledo.  OH— John  Bukowski  1929 

1394  Ft.  Lauderdale.  FL— Nicholas  Fink 

1396  (Jolden.  CO— Dorothy  D   GraetT  (si  1947 

1397  North  HempsUd.  NY— Irving  Roilberg.  Joseph  Och- 

lera.  Thomas  F    Mullalv  1954 

1402     Richmond.  VA— Henry  Howard  Poulston.  Jr  1959 

1407  San  Pedro,  CA— Jack  I.    Hamden  1976 

1408  Redwood  City,  CA— Winnie  Agnes  Smith  (si. 

1412     Paducah,  KY— Kenneth  R    Crowley  2007 

1418  l.odi.  CA— Emil  Saltier  2020 

1419  Johnstown.  PA— Samuel  B  Mardis.  2046 
1423     Corpus  Christie,  TX — Beeman  N,  King.  C.  L,  Garza. 

Ola  C    Casey  (si.  Raymond  T    Tyler 

14.V1     Moberly,  MO— Eugene  Hines  2047 

1437     Compton.  CA — Leonard  Zensen,  2067 

14,1)1  Warren.  OH— Lyie  E  Sprague  2078 
1449     Lansing.  MI — Fernando  C    Weaver, 

1452  Detroit.  MI— August  Gelders.  Esther  B  Horowitz  2083 
(si.  Octavian  Pelrascu  2103 

1453  Huntington  Beach,  CA — Annette  L,  Hemmingsen  2127 
(si.  Joseph  V    Bmiewski.  Roger  A    Palmer  2155 

1454  Cincinnati,  OH— Donald  G    Thompson,  2209 


New  York,  NY— Gunhild  Koppen  isl.  John  Carlscn. 
Theresa  Mary  Kteiber  (si.  Thorbjorn  Nielsen, 
Edmonton,  Alta.,  CAN — Ernest  Vian, 
Bucks  County,  PA— Elizabeth  McCullen  Isl. 
Mankato,  MN — Beniamin  G.  Eggersdorfer, 
Charlotte,  NC— Karl  R    Knopf 
Redondo,  CA— Collelta  Pearl  Wendorf  (si.  Frank  U 
Stimac.  Jr- 

Auburn,  CA — Royal  E,  Shidler. 
International  Falls.  MN — Charles  Vernon  Larson, 
Chico,  CA— Donald  L,  Skinner.  Roy  J,  Hall. 
Provo.  UT— Rhoda  J,  Edwards  (si. 
Los   Angeles,   CA — Donald   Wajte.   Paul    F.   Cook. 
William  C,  Daggelt, 
Blountville,  TN — Lawrence  Weatherly, 
Ironton.  OH — Jesse  W,  Hams, 
Algoma,  WI — Joseph  J,  Bero.  Mark  A,  Hafeman, 
Martel.  CA— John  W    Brulon, 
Kansas  City.  KS — Clifton  A,  Pancake, 
Two  Rivers.  Wl— Russell  1     Grail 
Highland.  IL— Francis  Zellcr.  Jr 
Chicago.  IL — Isadore  Rosen 

Nashville.   TN— David   Argel   Leopard.    Donald   R 
Jones.  Howard  G,  Martin, 
Culver  City,  CA — Lester  W,  Owens. 
Miami,  FL^Valentin  Contreras- 
Abilene,  TX — Woodson  Emfinger 
Medicine  Hat.  Alta.,  CAN — Jean  Paul  Raymond, 
East   San    Diego,    CA— Fred    Carl    Fulle.    John    H 
Sleinmelz.  Russell  O'Brien, 
Englewood,  CO — Andrew  Melzler, 
Hutchison,  KS — Allen  R,  Stroberg.  James  S,  Long, 
Washington,  DC — AnloniaT,  Danielssonlsl.  George 
A     Price,    Harry   (J     Parks.   Robert    R    Campbell. 
Thomas  K    Dew  ill 

Montgomery    County.    P,A — Harry    Adie.    John    F 
Benkert.  Lynford  R"  Rinehart, 
.St.  Louis,  MO — Bernard  G,  Fllzer, 
Bremerton,  WA — Starling  P,  Cornelius, 
Victoria,  B.C..  CAN — Harry  George  Vetman, 
Los  Angeles.  CA — Richard  Tokuo  Wakimura. 
Sacramenlo,  CA — Ruth  K    Johnson  (s). 
Rock  Springs.  WY — Harold  M,  Uptegrove.  Jose  L, 
Mares. 

Hayward,  CA — Clarence  L.  Payton.  Lonnie  J    Wil- 
liams, 

Washington.  DC— Harry  R    Brechbill 
Minneapolis,  MN — Irvin  F    Madsen.  Lawrence  H 
Siebert 

Lexington.  K\ — Lige  Harnson  Teater. 
Morganton,  NC — Arvilte  Jerome  Dale. 
El  Dorado,  AK — Homer  G    Fuller, 
Coeur  Dalene,  ID — Frank  J    Johnson. 
Chicago,  11^ — Clare  J    Andrews, 
Washington,  DC — Robert  T,  Sargies. 
Pasco.  WA — Mabel  Jensen  (si. 
Ashland,  Wl — James  Haus. 
Milwaukee,  WI — Edward  Zelhofer. 
Cleveland,  OH — Mario  Lamacchia. 
Pomona.  CA — George  Reuben  Asper, 
BulTalo,  NY— Felix  Sobola 
Pittsburgh,  PA — Grayce  Ann  Kottler  (s), 
Marion,  VA — Glenn  S    Medley 
Hicksville,  NY — Arthur  Brown, 
Columbia,  SC — Jesse  Webster  Shaffer, 
Las  Vegas,  NV — Arley  Francis  Hayes.  Edward  E, 
Therkelsen.  Frances  T   Cremer  (s).  Henry  Kratzer. 
Oral  C    Barney, 

Indianapolis.  IN — Eura  Haydon  Francis. 
Farmington,  MO — Alonzo  Lawson. 
Santa  Ana,  CA — Colleen  Barrett  (si.  Pauline  Caster 
isl.  Stanley  Steck. 

Escanaba,  Ml — Norman  G    Anderson. 
Russellvitle,  AK — Cieorge  E,  Smith, 
Babylon.  NY — Jakobs  Ains, 
Snoqualm  Fall.  WA — Regina  H,  Jordan  (si, 
Pasco.  WA — Pauline  Anna  Fluor  (si. 
Minneapolis,  MN — Edwin  K,  Johnson.  Thomas  () 
Meyers.  Thorwald  Fihlstrom, 

Cleveland,   OH — Michael    Szabo.   Thomas   D.    Ed- 
wards 

Carthage.  MO— Harley  Rusk 
Conroe.  TX — Elsie  Anderson  (si. 
North  Kansas.  MO — Foy  Melvin, 
Philadelphia,    PA — Edgar    Anderson.    George    W, 
Hulme.  Helen  M,  Shearer  (si 

Van  Nuys,  CA— Anna  C    Kully  Isl.  Livio  R    Ar- 
mellin.  Thomas  Williams 
Hempstead,  NY— Dorothy  L  Trach  (si, 
Columbia,  MO— Helen  M    Wood  Isl 
Vancouver.  B.C..  CAN — David  R,  Schrciber.  Josee 
Menendez, 

Cleveland,  OH — Douglas  A    McNamee.   Henry  V. 
Clausen, 

Hollvwood.  Fl. —  Manon  M    (iranl.   Mike   Lcanza. 
Peter  W    Delia,  Sarah  F    Helton  Isl 
Brookheld.  II. — Stephan  J    Duczman 
Riverside.  CA — John  Goldy 

I-os  Angeles,  CA — Anthony  Caparella.  Joseph  Ca- 
parella 

Orange.  TX— Willie  Eugene  Woods, 
San  Diego.  CA — Roscoe  1.    Allen- 
Martinez,  C  A— .Allen  By  ley.  Alva  Armstrong.  Edwin 
Albert  Hagler.  Nathaniel  Brown.  Sr,.  Philip  Martin 
Wilson.  Ray  Robison.  Rebecca  Rotlmann  (s) 
Hartford  Cily,  IN— Eva  Naomi  Williams  (si 
Medford.  OR— John  D    Campbell, 
Visla.  CA— F    Arthur  Wells.  Herbert  C    Sanders. 
Shirley  E    Rowley  (si 
Red  Wing.  MN— Millon  L    Winberg 
Calgarv.  Alia..  CAN — Eileen  Munel  Stirling  (si, 
Centraiia.  WA— Edilh  1,    Boeck  (si 
New  York,  NV— RafTaclle  Buffone 
Ixiuisville,  KY — Hilery  Curry 


2212  Newark,  NJ — Charles  Tonkovich, 

2231  Los  Angeles.  CA— Henry  Avila 

2250  Red  Bank,  NJ— Edward  J ,  Penzimer.  Joseph  William 

Taylor.  Leighlon  Hammond. 

2258  Houma.  LA — Etienne  Folse. 

2264  Pittsburgh.  PA— Chester  J.  Pisarek. 

2274  Pittsburgh.  PA— Edward  Sabol. 

2283  West  Bend.  Wl— Frederick  W,  Quandt, 

2287  New  York,  NY— Louis  Mayo, 

2288  Los  Angeles,  CA— Albert  L.  Davis.  Frank  E,  Thrift. 
Rulh  Angellev  Isl. 

2309  Toronto,  Onl.,   CAN— Howard   Blakely.   Leo  Cal- 

laghan. 

23.14  Baraboo.  WI — Arnold  Enckson, 

2340  Bradnton-Saraslafl — Ramona  Liedkie  (si, 

23%  Seattle.  WA— Elmer  B.  Ellison.  Nels  Evanger. 

2398  El  Cajon.  CA— Julius  Breichman, 

2416  Portland,  OR— Augusta  E,  Anderson  (s).  Charles 

A   Markham.  Eflie  T  Critchlield  (si, 

2429  Fort  Payne,  AI^Mattie  Jewel  Tucker  (si. 

24.13  Franklin,  IN— Isaac  L    Huey 

2435  Inglewood,  CA— Lucille  1,  Kelly  (s). 

2453  Oakridge,  OR— Marrion  V    Warner  (si, 

2463  Ventura.  CA — Oscar  Virgil  Rodden, 

2486  Sudbury.  Onl.,  CAN — George  Kaksonen. 

2498  Longview,  WA — Vernon  O    Halvorson, 

2519  Seattle.  WA— Carl  O,  Johnston.  Herbert  F    Miller. 

2554  Lebanon.  OR — Robert  Rasmussen, 

2581  Libby.  MT— Wilhert  E.  Steiger, 

2588  John  Day,  OR— Cora  Lee  Gray  (si.  John  A.  Gray, 

2592  Eureka.  CA— Paul  W,  Puffer, 

2601  Lafayette.  IN— Milford  C.  Hulsell 

2608  Redding.  CA — Lawrence  D.  Hughes. 

26-13  Tacoma,  WA — James  Phillips, 

26-19  Bruce,  M.S — Lerov  McKibben, 

2667  Bellingham.  WA— Raymond  Stolz 

2693  Pt.   Arthur.  Onl.,  CAN— Charles  Lockhart.  Toivo 

Heinonen, 

2714  Dallas,  OR— Francis  E.  Gallogly 

2734  Mobile  Vic.,  AL — Francis  A.  Galdis. 

2739  Yakima,  WA — Leslie  Sauve, 

2755  Kalama,  WA — Florence  Anderson  (s).  Louis  J.  Lev- 

esque, 

2761  McCleary,  WA— Catherine  Harrah  isl.  Dorolhy  Peek 

(si, 

2780  Elgin,  OR— Albert  V.  Griffin, 

2812  Missoula,  MT— Walter  G.  Kunz. 

2817  Quebec.  Que..  CAN— Israel  Therrien, 

2819  New  Y'ork,  NY — Luz  Gautier  Isl.  Ramon  Rojas, 

2837  MilBinburg.  PA— Jean  E    Delong 

2845  Forest  (irove.  OR— Wallace  F    McPherson 

2881  Portland.  OR— Fred  L   Shird 

2947  New  Y'ork.  NY' — Donnie  Miller.  George  W,  Coles. 

Nepomuseno  Coy.  Robert  Browne.  Roberto  Flores. 

3074  Chester.  CA— Joseph  D,  Dines, 

3161  Maywood.  CA — David  A,  Gonzales, 

3210  Madison.  IN— Hosey  Holcomb, 

3223  Elizabelhlown.  KY — Julian  Raymond  Stinson, 

7000  Province  of  Quebec,  Local  1.14-2 — Narcisse  Ander- 
son 

9033  Pittsburgh,  PA— Dolores  June  Brown  Isl. 

9039  Indianapolis,  IN— John  E   Plotl.  William  Fran  Boyce, 

9042  Los  Angeles.  CA— Jacqueline  G,  Phillips  (s). 


Quarter-Circle  Square 

Have  yon  .seen 
one  of  these?  Its 
called  a  quarter- 
circle  square,  anil 
it  was  made  and 
patented  hy  A.  O. 
Calhoun  of  Victor. 
Mo.,  in  1912.  We 
are  told  it  is  made 
of  steel  with  a  cop- 
per coating.  If  any  UBC  members  have 
such  a  square.  Del  Hull  of  Local  998, 
Royal  Oak,  Mich.,  would  tike  to  communi- 
cate: 7165  Sashahuw.  Clarkston.  MI 
480/6.  Telephone:  il3l625-258i. 


Attend  vour  Local  Union  Meetings 

Regularly. 

Be  an  Active  UBC 

Member. 


38 


CARPENTER 


TRAPDOOR  SCAFFOLD 


A  new  access-door  scaffold  board  which 
allows  workmen  to  climb  inside  of  scaffold- 
ing has  been  announced  by  the  R.  D.  Werner 
Co.  as  an  option  to  its  standard  solid  decking. 
The  scaffold  board  fits  all  Werner  narrow 
and  wide-span  scaffolds,  in  six,  eight  and  10 
foot  models,  and  works  with  the  standard 
Werner  plywood  toeboard  system. 

The  access  door,  which  is  side-hinged  for 
;asy  operation,  is  riveted  to  the  plank  rail 
for  greater  strength.  From  the  bottom,  the 
door  is  easily  opened  with  a  single  push 
against  the  door.  From  the  top,  the  door  is 
opened  with  a  simple  finger  grip;  there  are 
no  projections  to  trip  workers. 

Additional  quality  and  durability  features 
include:  Heavy-duty  hinges — cadmium  and 
chromate  plated — with  stainless  steel  pins 
for  long  life;  stainless  steel  door  hold-down 
spring  clip;  high-strength  nylon  strap  to  pre- 
vent over-extension  of  the  door;  and  an 

NOTE:  A  report  on  new  products  and  proc- 
esses on  this  page  in  no  way  constitutes  an 
endorsement  or  recommendation.  All  per- 
formance claims  are  based  on  statements 
by  the  manufacturer. 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

American  Technical  Publishers  .  .  16 

Calculated  Industries 24 

Clifton  Enterprises 31 

Foley-Belsaw  Co 39 

Full  Length  Roof  Framer 16 

Powerlift 33 


added  extruded  aluminum  support  adjacent 
to  the  door. 

The  access  door  has  been  cycle-tested  to 
10,000  openings  and  closings  to  prove-out 
the  design  and  construction.  Duty  rating  is 
25  lbs.  per  sq.  ft.  The  board  meets  both 
OSHA  and  UL  code  requirements. 

For  further  information,  write  to  the 
R.  D.  Werner  Company,  P.O.  Box  580, 
Greenville,  PA  16125. 


GRAPHITE  HANDLE 

Stanley  Tools  is  introducing  the  "world's 
first"  graphite-handled  hammer  line. 

The  hammers  have  an  exclusive  balance 
between  graphite  and  fiberglass  for  durability 
and  performance.  They  have  virtually  un- 
breakable handles,  the  manufacturer  states. 
Their  new  hammer  fine  offers  16,  20,  and  22 
oz.  curve,  rip,  and  framing  models. 


'WOOD  FLOOR' 
SYSTEM 


The 

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Standard  Structures  Inc.  of  Santa  Rosa, 
Calif,  which  employs  members  of  Local  751 , 
has  introduced  a  superior  wood  floor  system 
of  exceptional  stiffness  at  a  low  price.  The 
system  is  presented  in  The  Quiet  Floor,  a 
new  eight-page,  four-color  brochure  for 
builder-developers  of  single-family  and  multi- 
family  residential  construction. 

Standard's  "Quiet  Floor"  system  is  a 
wood-floor  framing  system  designed  with 
finger-jointed,  extra-long  XL  joists  and  lam- 
inated MiniLam  girders.  These  members  are 
both  kiln-dried  to  a  low  average  9%  moisture 
content.  The  brochure  contains  span  tables, 
section  properties,  and  design  values. 

The  Quiet  Floor  brochure  also  describes 
the  floor  system's  advantages  and  includes 
successful  applications.  Advantages  de- 
scribed include  simple,  straightforward  con- 
struction. Standard  Structures  uses  the  UBC's 
Union  Label  No.  242. 

For  more  information:  Standard  Struc- 
tures Inc.,  P.O.  Box  K,  Santa  Rosa,  CA 
95402.  Telephone:  707/544-2982. 


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The  Planer/Molder/Saw  is  a  versatile 
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itable precision  molding,  trim,  floor- 
ing, furniture  ...  in  all  popular  pat- 
terns. Rips,  planes,  molds  sepa- 
rately ...  or  all  at  once.  Used  by  indi- 
vidual home  craftsman,  cabinet  and 
picture  framing  shops,  lumber  yards, 
contractors  and  carpenters. 
■  Never  before  has  there  been  a 
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that  does  so  many  jobs  for  so  little 
cost.  Saws  to  width,  planes  to  desired 
thickness,  and  molds  to  any  choice  of 
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Excuses,  Excuses! 

They  Don't  Get 

The  Job  Done 

We  tell  employers  we're 
better  than  open-shop 
workers.  Let's  show  it. 

When  our  United  Brotherhood  was  founded 
in  August  1881,  our  founding  delegates  said 
this  in  the  platform  they  adopted: 

"We  must  form  a  union  broad  enough  to 
embrace  every  carpenter  and  joiner  in  the 
land,  one  that  will  protect  every  man  in  his 
labor  and  in  his  wages  .  .  .  The  object  of  the 
organization  is  to  rescue  our  trade  from  its 
low  estate  and  raise  ourselves  to  that  position 
in  society  which  we  as  mechanics  are  justly 
entitled,  and  to  place  ourselves  on  a  founda- 
tion sufficiently  strong  to  secure  us  from 
further  encroachments  ..." 

In  our  105  years  of  existence  as  one  of  the 
truly  great  trade  unions  of  North  America, 
we  have  sometimes  fallen  short  of  these  plat- 
form goals.  And  sometimes  the  only  answers 
given  for  falling  short  come  in  the  form  of 
excuses.  They  come  from  several  directions. 

For  example,  far  too  many  of  our  local 
unions  are  not  creating  a  UBC  presence  in 
their  local  shops  and  at  local  job  sites.  By  this 
I  mean  that  they  are  not  adequately  repre- 
senting their  members  through  an  effective 
steward  system  or  they're  not  educating  their 
members  to  the  benefits  of  being  in  a  union. 
In  some  cases  they  are  not  adequately  rep- 
resenting their  members  in  the  lower  steps  of 
the  grievance  procedure.  They're  not  thinking 
union  and  talking  union  when  the  opportuni- 
ties arise,  and  consequently  they  are  losing 
touch  with  potential  new  members.  There's 
no  excuse  for  this  lack  of  awareness  among 
workers  in  a  plant  or  at  a  job  site. 

It  shouldn't  be  left  to  the  business  agent 
and  the  shop  steward  to  promote  the  virtues 
of  union  membership.  Some  local  unions  are 
conducting  so-called  "one  on  one"  member- 
ship drives  in  open-shop  states,  whereby  an 
active  union  member  talks  up  advantages  after 
the  day's  work  is  done.  I've  seen  men  talking 
union  in  American  Legion  halls  and  Elks 
Lodges,  and  I've  heard  women  in  conversa- 


tion about  the  union  in  plant  parking  lots  and 
at  social  gatherings,  and  it  makes  me  feel  that 
I  am  part  of  a  team  actively  working  for  the 
common  good.  We've  got  to  see  more  such 
activity  in  the  years  ahea  i  if  unions  are  to 
achieve  the  goals  they  set  out  to  achieve. 

When  a  local  union  is  perceived  to  be  weak 
and  ineffective,  it  has  a  bad  effect  on  the 
entire  membership  of  that  local  union.  Indi- 
vidual members  don't  want  to  devote  their 
time  to  local  projects.  They  don't  show  up  at 
meetings.  Sometimes  the  best  and  most  qual- 
ified members  don't  stand  for  local  office.  You 
can't  get  members  to  serve  on  committees. 

Excuses  aren't  the  answer  in  such  a  situa- 
tion. A  member  doesn't  pay  dues  Just  to  get 
excuses  from  the  local  leadership.  And — on  the 
other  side  of  the  coin — a  local  union  officer 
doesn't  want  to  take  on  added  responsibilities 
just  to  hear  one  excuse  after  another  from 
members  who  don't  attend  meetings,  don't 
support  bargaining  sessions,  and  don't  really 
understand  what  a  union  is  all  about. 

There's  no  excuse  for  not  supporting  training 
in  your  local  and  council.  We  must  not  be 
reluctant  to  train  members  for  leadership  roles 
in  a  plant  or  at  a  job  site.  A  smart  business 
agent  knows  that  when  he  or  she  has  alert 
and  sincere  stewards  working  strategically  all 
over  the  area,  he  has  a  team  that  will  produce 
results,  which  will  reflect  upon  him  as  well  as 
the  team.  The  whole  principle  of  trade  union- 
ism is  based  on  the  motto,  "workers  helping 
workers  to  better  their  lives."  We'd  better 
practice  what  we  preach  in  our  daily  trade 
union  activities. 

I  must  tell  you,  incidentally,  that  your 
General  Officers  are  finding  that  regional  sem- 
inars, steward  training  programs,  and  similar 
gatherings  of  UBC  leaders  are  proving  to  be 
tremendously  important  in  getting  the  word 
out  on  matters  of  importance  to  us  all.  I  am 
hoping  that  the  General  Convention,  next 
October,  will  give  serious  consideration  to 
making  attendance  of  our  full-time  local  offi- 
cers at  such  seminars  compulsory. 

Another  area  of  UBC  activity  where  I  hear 
excuses  from  time  to  time  is  apprenticeship 
and  training.  There's  no  excuse  for  putting  a 
local  apprenticeship  program  on  hold  when 
you  have  able-bodied  journeymen  with  knowl- 
edge and  experience.  If  we  don't  do  it,  you 
can  be  sure  that  the  open-shop  contractors 
will  come  along  with  their  inadequate  merit 
shop  leaflets  and  their  so-called  "task  train- 


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ing"  programs.  The  Brotherhood  has  devel- 
oped a  highly  successful  apprenticeship  train- 
ing program  we  call  PETS,  which  stands  for 
Performance  Evaluation  Training  System.  It's 
the  best  in  the  business,  and  it  should  be  used 
to  the  fullest. 

I've  heard  complaints,  and  I'm  sure  you 
have  too,  from  members  about  wages  being 
reduced  in  some  areas  so  that  union  contrac- 
tors can  stay  competitive  with  non-union  con- 
tractors. You  know,  and  I  know,  that  in  the 
long  run,  wage  cuts,  work-rule  concessions, 
and  givebacks  are  not  the  way  to  beat  the 
open  shop.  Neither  are  they  the  way  to  expand 
union  membership. 

But  we  have  been  through  a  serious  reces- 
sion in  the  construction  industry  during  recent 
years,  and  in  some  cases,  what  was  done  had 
to  be  done  to  keep  food  on  the  table. 

There  is  no  excuse  for  not  fielding  a  full  force 
of  local  volunteer  organizers  to  back  up  your 
international  organizers.  Union  representa- 
tives should  be  at  every  non-union  job  site, 
cards  in  hand,  ready  to  sign  up  any  workers 
showing  interest  in  our  activities. 

It  boils  down  to  this:  When  a  substantial 
number  of  workers  in  an  area  are  union 
members,  and  employers  and  contractors  realize 
that  the  union  is  the  best  and  most  assured 
source  of  skilled  manpower,  the  open  shops 
will  fall  by  the  wayside,  and  decent  wages, 
benefits,  and  working  conditions  will  prevail. 

I  should  also  note  that  there  is  no  excuse  for 
not  promoting  the  use  of  the  union  label  on  the 
products  we  produce.  We  have  a  basic  label 
agreement  which  should  be  negotiated  in  ev- 
ery cabinet  shop  and  mill  where  we  have  a 
union  shop.  It  can  be  stamped  on  lumber  and 
forest  products.  It  can  be  applied  to  manufac- 
tured products. 

It  is  also  possible  at  many  construction  sites 
to  put  up  a  sign  which  tells  the  public,  "This 
is  a  union  job"  and  lists  the  unions  involved. 
When  workmen  restored  the  White  House 
during  the  Truman  Administration,  they  found 
our  Brotherhood  label  in  the  partitions  and 
the  fixtures.  When  they  remodeled  parts  of 
the  Colorado  State  Capitol  in  Denver  about 
20  years  ago,  they  found  a  bronze  plaque 
telling  visitors  that  union  building  tradesmen 
worked  on  this  stately  building.  We  have  a 
proud  past,  and  our  label  goes  back  almost  a 
century.  There's  no  excuse  for  not  being  firm 
about  our  label  today. 

We  don't  need  excuses  for  much  that  we 


don't  accomplish.  We  need  greater  determi- 
nation, more  honest-to-goodness  trade  union 
fervor,  and  more  clout  in  the  marketplace. 

As  far  as  clout  is  concerned,  I  am  hoping 
that  the  delegates  to  the  General  Convention 
next  October  will  give  serious  consideration 
to  an  international  defense  fund  this  time 
around.  We  have  the  numbers  to  make  such 
a  fund  possible.  It  should  not  be  a  hardship 
on  those  of  us  working  steadily  to  help  those 
shut  out,  locked  out,  and  laid  off.  With  a  large 
UBC  defense  fund  on  the  shelf,  we  will  be 
able  to  take  on  the  giants  of  the  industries  we 
serve. 

We  at  the  General  Office  are  following  many 
avenues  of  activity  to  keep  our  union  strong. 
Sometimes  we  succeed,  and  sometimes  we 
fail. 

The  writer  Rudyard  Kipling  once  said, 
"There  are  forty  million  reasons  for  failure 
but  not  a  single  excuse."  You  can't  fail,  and 
you  can't  succeed,  if  you  don't  try.  Excuses 
don't  build  a  labor  union. 


Patrick  J.  Campbell 
General  President 


THE  CARPENTER 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

Address  Correction  Requested 


Gustave  Caillebotte 


Raboteurs  de  parquets,  1876 
The  Floor-scrapers 


According  to  many  critics  of  the  day,  the  good  taste  of  this  painting  by  Caillebotte  Is  "doubtful,"  with  its  "crude  realism" 
right  down  to  the  gentleman  who  "has  stopped  working  to  give  himself  over  to  that  kind  of  little  hunt  that  certain  habits 
of  cleanliness  would  make  unnecessary."  Yet  over  100  years  later,  audiences  still  marvel  at  this  rendition  of  craftsmen 
at  work  scraping  joints  to  refinlsh  the  floor.  Part  of  The  New  Painting:  Impressionism  1874-1886,  a  landmark  exhibit  of 
French  impressionist  paintings,  "The  Floor-scrapers"  can  be  viewed  at  The  Fine  Arts  Museums  of  San  Francisco,  Calif., 
through  July  6,  1986.  Reproduced  with  permission  from  the  National  Gallery  of  Art,  Washington,  D.C. 


July  1986 


United  Brofherhood  of  Carpenters  &  Joiners  of  America 


".  .  .  this  great  annivi 
festival  ought  to  be  commemo- 
rated as  the  day  of  deliverance, 
by  solemn  acts  of  devotion  to 
God  Almighty.  It  ought  to  be 
solemnized  with  pomp  and  pa- 
rade, with  shows,  games,  sports, 
guns,  bells,  bonfires  and  illumi- 
nations, from  one  end  of  the 
country  to  the  other,  from  this 
time  forever  more." 


Alii^ail  Adams 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

John  Pruitt  ' 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 
Wayne  Pierce 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  Joseph  F.  Lia 

120  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

Second  District,  George  M.  Walish 

101  S.  Newtown  St.  Road 

Newtown  Square,  Pennsylvania  19073 

Third  District,  Thomas  Hanahan 

9575  West  Higgins  Road 

Suite  304 

Rosemont,  Illinois  60018 

Fourth  District,  E.  Jimmy  Jones 
12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue,  #3 
North  Miami,  Florida  33161 

Fifth  District,  Eugene  Shoehigh 
526  Elkwood  Mall  -  Center  Mall 
42nd  &  Center  Streets 
Omaha,  Nebraska  68105 


Sixth  District,  Dean  Scoter 

400  Main  Street  #203 
Rolla,  Missouri  65401 

Seventh  District,  H.  Paul  Johnson 
Gramark  Plaza 

12300  S.E.  Mallard  Way  #240 
Milwaukie,  Oregon  97222 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
5330-F  Power  Inn  Road 
Sacramento,  California  95820 

Ninth  District,  John  Carruthers 
5799  Yonge  Street  #807 
Willowdale,  Ontario  M2M  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 

1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 
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VOLUME  106  No.  7  JULY  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Lady  Liberty  Has  a  Sparkling  New  Outlook 2 

Who  is  Lyndon  LaRouche? 4 

Forest  Products  Joint  Bargaining  Continues 6 

Taking  the  Initiative:  Maintenance  Agreements 7 

American  Express  Update 9 

Saving  the  National  Infrastructure 10 

L-P  Profit  Performance  Continues  to  Falter 13 

Niagara  Power  Plant  Hosts  Union  Reunion 15 

Brotherhood's  VISA  Credit  Card  for  Members 16 

Wal-Mart  Called  Upon  to  'Buy  American' 17 

Tragedy  at  Ludlow 19 

UBC  Seniorshield  '86  Medicare  Supplement  Benefits 20 

Alice  Perkins  to  Travel  This  Summer. 22 

Missing  Children 22 

Blueprint  for  Cure 23 

Is  Life  Cheap  at  OSHA? 30 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 12 

Ottawa  Report 14 

Labor  News  Roundup 18 

Local  Union  News 24 

Consumer  Clipboard:  Poisons 27 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 28 

Retirees  Notebook 32 

Plane  Gossip 33 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 34 

In  Memoriam 37 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 

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Newly  restored  and  ready  for  her  sec- 
ond century,  the  Statue  of  Liberty  graces 
our  cover  this  month  as  we  celebrate  the 
210th  birthday  of  the  United  States  of 
America. 

After  an  extensive  overhaul,  the  100- 
year-old  statue  emerged  from  her  300- 
ton  scaffolding  with  a  new  24-carat-gold- 
leafed  torch,  seven  new  spikes  for  her 
crown,  and  new  stainless  steel  interior 
supports.  Thanks  to  the  unstinting  efforts 
of  our  hation's  union  craftsmen,  the  Lady 
can  stand  tall  and  proud  once  more. 
Frederic  Bartholdi,  the  French  sculptor 
who  designed  the  statue,  formally  titled 
his  work  "Liberty  Enlightening  the 
World"  and  she  has  been  a  symbol  of 
our  country's  freedom  and  opportunity 
ever  since. 

This  month  an  international  naval  flo- 
tilla, the  Tall  Ships,  and  what  is  being 
billed  as  "the  world's  most  spectacular 
fireworks  display"  will  help  commemo- 
rate the  centennial  celebration  of  the 
statue  during  the  Fourth  of  July  weekend. 
Ships  from  the  United  States  and  around 
the  world  will  converge  in  New  York 
Harbor  as  part  of  the  extravaganza. 

The  celebration  will  have  special  sig- 
nificance for  nearly  half  the  population 
of  the  U.S.  whose  forebears  passed  by 
the  statue  on  their  way  through  Ellis 
Island.  Her  torch  truly  was  a  beacon  of 
hope  for  many  of  those  who  arrived  on 
our  shores  seeking  a  better  life  for  them- 
selves and  their  children. 

The  celebration  will  also  have  a  special 
meaning  for  the  members  of  the  United 
Brotherhood  who  made  the  Lady's  res- 
toration possible.  UBC  members  have 
been  working  on  Liberty  Island  through- 
out the  project  recreating  a  vital  symbol 
of  our  heritage. 

Official  U.S.  Coast  Guard  Photograph 
by  PAS  Elizabeth  Neely. 


CARPE]SJTll 


Lady  Liberty  Has 
New  Outlook  ft 

Skilled  union  crews  no 
restoration  of  Ellis  Islai 


A  pre-rcstoration  pholo  doesn't  reveal  the 
stractura)  weaknesses  engineers  discov- 
ered in  the  Statue. 


The  Statue  of  Liberty  and  Ellis 
Island  are  an  integral  part  of  our 
American  heritage.  For  40  years  pro- 
spective citizens  shed  tears  of  joy 
and  relief  upon  glimpsing  the  copper- 
skirted  lady  on  their  way  to  Ellis 
Island.  Seventeen  million  people 
passed  through  the 
"Great  Hall"  there 
while  Immigration 
officials  interro- 
gated them,  ex- 
amined them,  and 
molded  their  des- 
tinies. Today, 
there  are  one 
hundred  million 
Americans  who 
can  trace  their 
roots  hack  to  Ellis 
Island  and  untold 
others  whose  fore- 
bears" first  sight- 
ing of  freedom  was 
the  torch  held  aloft 
by  Miss  Liberty. 

As  our  nation's 
most  famous  lady, 
the  Statue  of  Lib- 
erty has  enjoyed  a 
special  place  in 
American  hearts 
and  minds  for  the 
last  hundred  years. 
This  month,  with 

the  eyes  of  the  world  turned  toward 
New  York  Harbor,  we  celebrate  her 
centennial  and  her  reintroduction  to 
society  after  an  extensive  two-year 
restoration. 

With  the  exception  of  some  needed 
repairs  in  1937,  Miss  Liberty  had 
not  had  any  restoration  work  done 
since  her  unveiling  on  October  28, 


1886.  However,  the  ravages  of  wind 
and  rain,  salt  water  and  pollution, 
time  and  millions  of  tourists,  had 
begun  to  take  their  toll  on  the  Lady 
by  the  early  1980s.  In  1982  the  Statue 
of  Liberty-Ellis  Island  Centennial 
Commission  was  formed  to  raise  the 
$230  million  necessary  for  the  res- 
toration of  both  of  these  historic 
landmarks. 

In  keeping  with  the  tradition  of 
the  statue,  the  funding  was  to  come 
from  the  private  sector.  After  all. 


Several  attempts  have  been  made  over  the  years  to  light  the  Ion  h  Irmn  wiihin  h\ 
iiittiiii;  oat  sections  of  the  copper  and  using  various  types  of  lighting.  In  the  end, 
Bartholdi's  original  intent  was  the  best:  the  new  torch  replicates  his  design  of  a 
copper  flame  with  24-caral  gold-leaf.  At  left.  Elmut  Leonardello.  Local  1536.  helps 
prepare  the  old  linch  for  lowering.  Photos  '   Dan  CornishlESTO. 


$450,000  was  raised  by  the  people 
of  France  to  give  her  to  us  in  the 
late  19th  century,  and  then  an  ad- 
ditional $350,000  was  raised  by 
American  schoolchildren  and  busi- 
nessmen to  build  the  pedestal  she 
stands  proudly  atop. 

The  scope  of  her  restoration  was 
enormous.    Highly    skilled    French 


copper  workers  were  flown  in  to 
work  alongside  the  union  craftsmen 
from  the  New  York-New  Jersey  area. 
Innovative  20th-century  materials  and 
technology  were  combined  with  one- 
hundred-year-old  techniques  to  re- 
place sections  of  the  statue's  "skel- 
eton," form  a  new  torch,  and  replace 
the  seven  spikes  of  her  crown.  Using 
100  different  types  of  hammers,  the 
French  craftsmen  formed  copper 
sheets  into  the  flame  and  torch  shapes 
while  other  workers  turned,  twisted, 
and  bent  approximately  1700  stain- 
less steel  bars  to 
fit  the  curves  and 
folds  of  her 
gown — each  bar 
taking  an  average 
of  six  hours  to 
place. 

Previous  reno- 
vations and  re- 
pairs which  al- 
tered the  original 
design  created 
various  problems 
for  the  Statue. 
Holes  that  had 
been  punched  in 
hercopper  "skin" 
to  allow  water  to 
drain  needed  to  be 
patched  and  an  in- 
ternal drainage 
system  installed. 
Her  uplifted  right 
arm  had  become 
structurally  un- 
sound and  needed 
to  be  repositioned 
and  reinforced. 
And  her  famed  torch  with  its  many 
windows  was  removed  and  replaced 
by  a  new  torch  topped  by  a  gold- 
leafed  flame  to  shine  brightly  both 
day  and  night  as  Bartholdi  originally 
intended. 

From  the  United  Brotherhood 
membersof  Local  6,  Hudson  County, 
N.J.,  Local  20.  New  York.  N.Y.. 


CARPENTER 


parkling 
986 


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and  Local  1536,  New  York,  N.Y., 
who  erected  the  scaffolding  and  were 
on  hand  to  remove  and  replace  the 
torch,  to  the  Painters  who  went 
through  four  tons  of  baking  soda 
while  removing  99  years  of  accu- 
mulated paint  and  coal  tar  from  the 
statue,  the  project  called  for  pains- 
taking attention  to  detail  and  steady 
nerves. 

Although  the  Statue  of  Liberty  has 
been  the  focal  point  of  the  restora- 
tion effort  and  centennial  celebra- 
tion, there  is  another  facet  of  the 
project — Ellis  Island. 

From  the  late  1800s  until  1943, 
Ellis  Island  was  the  main  arrival 
point  for  millions  of  immigrants  en- 
tering the  United  States.  The  27'/:- 
acre  island,  which  has  been  desig- 
nated as  a  National  Historic  Site, 
lies  just  northwest  of  the  Statue  of 
Liberty  in  New  York  Harbor,  a  short 
distance  from  both  New  York  and 
New  Jersey. 

Current  restoration  is  centering  on 
the  huge  main  building  located  in  the 
center  of  the  island.  UBC  members 
have  erected  scaffolding  around  the 
385-foot-long,  165-foot-wide,  62 -foot- 


high  building,  including  the  four  140- 
foot  towers  at  each  corner.  The 
structure  was  then  examined  for  signs 
of  deterioration.  Since  the  island  had 
been  virtually  abandoned  for  nearly 
40  years,  there  was  a  great  deal  of 
water  damage  and  destruction  from 
vandalism  that  needed  repairing. 

Brotherhood  members  from  Lo- 
cals 6,  20,  and  1536  are  involved 
with  this  restoration  as  well.  Much 
preliminary  work  has  already  been 
completed  and  heaters  are  running 
24  hours  a  day  to  dry  out  the  walls 
and  ceilings  from  their  years  of  ex- 
posure to  salt  air  and  water  leakage 
so  that  interior  rehabilitation  can 
proceed. 

Two  of  the  main  building's  most 
famous  rooms,  the  Registry  Room, 


The  overgrown  vines  and  broken  windows 
of  the  carpentry  shed  show  the  condition 
most  buildings  on  Ellis  Island  were  in  prior 
to  the  restoration. 

also  known  as  the  Great  Hall,  and 
the  Baggage  Room  will  be  restored 
to  their  1918-1924  appearance.  Some 
dormitories  and  other  rooms  are  also 
being  restored  or  rehabilitated  in  a 
manner  similar  to  the  original.  Other 
rooms  will  be  refitted  for  new  uses: 
theaters,  a  library  and  research  cen- 
ter, exhibit  space,  and  an  oral  history 
center.  The  intent  is  to  make  Ellis 
Island  a  place  Americans  can  visit 


to  learn  more  about  the  immigrant 
experience  and  the  multifaceted  ef- 
fect immigration  had  on  our  heritage 
and  our  nation. 

Included  among  the  museum  dis- 
plays will  be  chunks  of  glazed  ce- 
ramic tiles  and  pieces  of  timber  and 
metal  from  dismantled  water  tanks 
which  were  turned  up  during  the 
restoration.  (National  Park  Service 
staff  inspects  all  debris  before  it  is 
discarded  to  save  artifacts  for  the 
displays.) 

In  its  years  as  an  immigration 
processing  facility,  Ellis  Island  saw 
anxious  newcomers  from  50  coun- 
tries arrive  hoping  to  make  a  new 
home  in  the  land  of  freedom  and 
opportunity.  But  surviving  the  jour- 
ney to  America  was  not  always 
enough  to  ensure  their  entrance. 

Newly-arriving  immigrants  were 
directed  into  the  main  building.  There 
they  were  instructed  to  leave  what- 
ever meager  belongings  they  had  in 
the  Baggage  Room  and  proceed  to 
the  Great  Hall.  After  trudging  up  a 
long  flight  of  steps,  the  prospective 
Americans  were  given  medical  ex- 
aminations and  questioned  exten- 
sively to  determine  their  mental  and 
physical  health  and  eligibility  for 
citizenship. 

The  cavernous  Great  Hall,  with 
its  60-foot  ceilings,  is  185  feet  long, 
and  102  feet  wide.  Through  its  arched 
windows  the  Statue  of  Liberty  is 
clearly  visible — a  symbol  of  hope  for 
the  immigrants  as  they  awaited  pro- 
cessing. Although  the  average  stay 
on  Ellis  Island  was  three  to  five  hours 
and  only  20%  of  those  who  arrived 
were  detained  for  a  medical  or  legal 
reason,  the  emotional  impact  of  the 
stay  has  had  a  profound  and  lasting 
effect  on  the  Americans  who  expe- 
rienced it  and  the  country  they  came 
to  cherish.  Uilfi 


The  restoration  of  the  four  ornate  copper  domes  and  cornices  of 
the  main  building  on  Ellis  Island  presents  challenges,  especially 
in  duplicating  the  original  ornamental  work. 


The  300-ton  scaffolding  was  in  place  for  a  year  and  a  half  while 
crews  worked  to  complete  their  work  on  schedule.  Photo  '^  Dan 
CornishlESTO. 


JULY     1986 


Who  is  Lyndon  LaRouche  and  why  is 
he  doing  this  to  the  Democratic  Party? 

LaRouche' s  Followers  Threaten  the 
Basic  Foundations  of  Our  Society 


It  is  hard  to  take  Lyndon  H.  La- 
Rouche Jr.  seriously,  but  it  can  be 
dangerous  to  ignore  him.  That's  the 
hard  lesson  of  the  Illinois  primary,  where 
a  mi.x  of  demagoguery,  prejudice,  and 
voter  apathy  demolished  the  Demo- 
cratic Party's  statewide  ticket.  By  win- 
ning the  Democratic  primary  two 
LaRouche  followers  have  gotten  their 
names  on  the  ballot  as  candidates  for 
lieutenant  governor  and  secretary  of 
state. 

LaRouche's  loyalists  are  entered  in 
an  astonishing  number  of  political  con- 
tests this  year.  According  to  the  A'cir 
York  Times,  they  have  146  candidates 
for  the  U.S.  House.  14  for  the  U.S. 
Senate,  seven  for  governor,  and  more 
than  600  for  state  legislative  and  local 
party  posts  in  29  states.  Most  are  run- 
ning as  Democrats.  Some  are  running 
under  the  banner  of  LaRouche's  polit- 
ical front,  the  National  Democratic  Pol- 
icy Committee,  a  name  calculated  to 
confuse  voters. 

It's  easy  to  laugh  at  the  LaRouche 
cult,  which  swims  in  its  own  nightmare 
world  in  which  conspirators  and  assas- 
sins lurk  behind  each  bush.  And  it's 
easy  to  assume  that  LaRouche  follow- 
ers pose  no  threat  to  responsible  leg- 
islators and  candidates.  But  a  threat 
exists — if  we  sit  back  and  let  them  win 
elections. 

We  need  to  expose  LaRouche  can- 
didates and  their  true  colors.  Most  of 
their  political  beliefs  are  wildly  irra- 
tional. No  matter  what  issues  they're 
talking  about  in  their  campaigns,  their 
basic  philosophy  is  dangerous,  hate- 
ridden  nonsense. 

The  Queen  of  England  and  a  cabal 
of  international  bankers  are  determined 
to  kill  LaRouche  because  he  designed 
a  "new,  gold-based  monetary  system." 

The  list  of  co-conspirators  includes 
Henry  Kissinger,  the  Rockefeller  fam- 
ily, "big-time  Zionist  mobsters,"  and 
the  ubiquitous  "British  agents."  It  em- 
braces the  International  Red  Cross,  and 
such  odd  bedfellows  as  the  Ku  Klux 
Klan,  and  B'Nai  B'rith's  Anti-Defa- 
mation League. 

But  then  not  many  people  took  Adolph 
Hitler  seriously  when  he  wrote  his 
twisted  manifesto,  Mcin  Kampf. 

The    AFL-CIO    started    taking    La- 


Rouche seriously  more  than  a  decade 
ago  when  his  storm  troopers  of  the  self- 
styled  U.S.  Labor  Party  tried  to  break 
up  union  meetings  and  distributed  ob- 
scene leaflets  describing  local  union 
leaders  as  "homosexuals"  or  "per- 
verts." 

That  was  in  his  ultra-left  period,  al- 
though left  and  right  have  no  conven- 
tional meaning  in  the  LaRouche  polit- 
ical lexicon.  Those  who  challenge  him 
are  routinely  described  as  sexual  de- 
viants and  drug  dealers.  Personal  har- 
assment and  threats  are  the  weapons 
of  his  followers 

When  columnist  Mike  Royko  ex- 
posed one  of  the  LaRouche  front  groups, 
handbills  and  posters  appeared  claiming 
he  had  undergone  a  sex  change  opera- 
tion. His  assistant  found  pinned  to  her 
apartment  door  a  warning,  'We  will  kill 
your  cat." 

New  Hampshire  reporter  Jon  Pres- 
cage,  who  wrote  a  series  of  three  arti- 
cles critical  of  LaRouche  for  the  Man- 
chester Union  Leader,  could  never  prove 
that  LaRouche  supporters  killed  his 
three  cats.  But  a  dead  cat  appeared  on 


Be  Warned:  These  Are 
LaRouche  Candidates 

Following  are  the  1 1  states  in  which 
supporters  of  extremist  Lyndon 
LaRouche  entered  Democratic  pri- 
maries for  the  U.S.  Senate.  In  a  12th 
state,  Iowa,  the  candidate  claimed  by 
LaRouche — Juan  Cortez — contends 
he  was  unaware  of  the  way-out  poli- 
cies of  LaRouche  when  he  agreed  to 
seek  nomination.  His  present  status 
as  a  candidate  is  not  certain. 

Georgia — Gerald  Belsky;  Illinois — 
Sheila  Jones  (primary  over;  she  lost — 
still  might  run  as  independent);  Indi- 
ana— Georgia  Irey;  Maryland — De- 
bra  Freeman;  Missouri — John  Galla- 
ger;  New  Hampshire — Robert  Patton; 
New  York — Webster  Tharpley;  North 
Dakola — Anna  Belle  Bourgois;  Ohio — 
Don  Scott;  Oldahoma — George  Gen- 
try; and  Washington — Mark  Calney. 


his  doorstep  the  day  after  each  of  the 
articles  was  published. 

In  another  case,  reported  by  the  Wall 
Street  Journal,  neighbors  of  a  reporter 
who  wrote  articles  critical  of  LaRouche 
received  leaflets  inviting  them  to  "a  gay 
coming  out  party"  at  his  house. 

When  Polly  Girvin  opposed  La- 
Rouche's proposal  to  build  a  "summer 
camp"  for  his  followers  in  Loudoun 
County,  Va.,  where  she  lived  and  where 
the  63-year-old  LaRouche  has  a  fortress 
estate  patrolled  by  armed  guard,  pam- 
phlets appeared  in  the  county  calling 
her  a  drug  dealer  and  a  Soviet  agent. 

But  the  LaRouche  movement  is  not 
all  theater  of  the  absurd. 

The  innocently  named  National  Dem- 
ocratic Policy  Committee,  the  La- 
Rouche political  front,  fields  candidates 
who  speak  in  a  populist  political  tradi- 
tion of  the  evils  of  banking  and  the 
banking  system,  not  of  murky  assassi- 
nation plots. 

In  Illinois,  and  in  scores  of  states 
where  "LaRouchies"  are  running  in 
Democratic  primaries  for  offices  rang- 
ing from  school  boards  to  the  U.S 
Senate,  this  year's  campaign  appeal  is 
an  oddball  mixture.  LaRouche  candi- 
dates call  for  repeal  of  the  Gramm- 
Rudman  deficit-reduction  law,  praise 
President  Reagan's  "Star  Wars"  stra- 
tegic defense  initiative,  and  demand 
universal  blood  testing  and  the  quar- 
antining of  everyone  with  the  AIDS 
virus  until  a  cure  is  found.  Somehow, 
the  International  Monetary  Fund  gets 
blamed  for  the  spread  of  AIDS 

The  stories  are  legion  of  the  many 
times  LaRouche  operatives  have  mas- 
queraded under  false  colors  to  gain 
access  to  news  sources  and  political 
leaders  in  this  country  and  abroad. 
Reporters  for  reputable  newspapers  have 
been  embarassed  and  outraged  by  per- 
sons later  linked  to  LaRouche  fronts 
who  assumed  their  identities. 

At  airports,  well-dressed  LaRouche 
disciples  have  solicited  funds  for  anti- 
drug campaigns  and  for  subscriptions 
to  publications  such  as  Fusion,  a  mag- 
azine that  promotes  nuclear  energy. 

Some  people  who  thought  they  were 


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CARPENTER 


"POMTYOU  REMEMBER.HON?  IT  WAS  V/H(LE 

WE  (ACRE  ALL  J>RINK/Nl6  CHAMPASaIE  AT 

YOUR  VICTORY  PARTY" 


Lyndon  H.  LaRouche  Jr.,  whose  supporters  have  en- 
tered scores  of  Democratic  primaries,  as  he  cam- 
paigned for  the  U.S.  Presidency  in  1984.  He  called 
himself  the  candidate  of  the  U.S.  Labor  Party  at  one 
lime.  There  is  no  such  party.  Now  he  refers  to  his 
political  cult  as  the  National  Democratic  Policy  Com- 
mittee. Democrats  do  not  support  him. 


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Because  many  Demociats  voted  m  the  Illmois  piimary  without 
knowing  the  candidates,  two  LaRouche  nominees  for  public 
office  were  elected.  Former  U.S.  Senator  Adlai  Stevenson  III, 
an  expected  winner,  found  himself  on  the  outside.  Washington 
.Post  cartoonist  Herblock  describes  the  feeling. 


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The  clinched  fist  and  symbols  of  industry  forrtted 
the  emblem  ofLaRouche's  so-called  U.S.  Labor 
Party.  No  American  trade  unions  ever  recognized 
this  LaRouche  front. 


No  rhyme  or  reason,  except  unquestioned  allegiance  to  the 
ambitions  of  Lyndon  H.  LaRouche  Jr..  marks  the  LaRouche 
cult's  wild  swings  along  the  political  spectrum.  Headlines  from 
the  cult's  publications  chart  the  murky  path  of  LaRouche' s 
thinking.  New  Solidarity  was  published  as  a  labor-supported 
publication,  which  it  was  not. 


JULY     1986 


Bargaining  talks  began  last  April  lielwccn  major  employers  of 
the  NorlhwesI  forest  products  inctiistiy  and  the  unions  repre- 
senting their  respective  workers.  Shown  at  the  first-round  ses- 
sions, frotn  left,  are  Charles  Campbell,  president  of  Region  5, 
International  Woodworkers:  James  Bledsoe,  e.xecutive  secre- 
tary of  the  UBC's  Western  Council:  Bill  Huhbell,  first  vice 
president  of  IWA  Region  3:  and  Ra\  White,  e.xecutive  secre- 
tary of  the  UBC's  Southern  Council. 


Forest  Products  Joint  Bargaining 
Continues  with  Little  Progress 


As  Carpenter  goes  to  press,  bargaining  talks  between  major 
employers  in  the  forest  products  industry  and  unions  representing 
their  workers  show  little  readiness  by  the  companies  to  give 
workers  their  earned  share  of  the  market  profits.  Negotiations  are 
continuing. 

The  sessions  are  being  held  in  Portland,  Ore.,  and  unions 
coordinating  their  negotiations  include  the  UBC's  Western  Council 


of  Lumber,  Production,  and  Industrial  Workers,  the  UBC's  South- 
ern Council  of  Industrial  Workers,  and  Regions  Three  and  Five 
of  the  International  Woodworkers  Association. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  table  are  officials  of  the  Weyerhaeuser 
Co.,  Boise  Cascade,  Willamette  Industries,  and  Champion  Inter- 
national. 

Though  the  companies  have  opted  to  discard  the  traditional 
"association"  concept  and  are  instead  bargaining  separately,  the 
unions  have  expanded  their  coordination.  Inasmuch  as  both  the 
LPIW  and  IWA  have  counterparts  in  the  South  working  for 
common  employers,  a  new  bargaining  entity  composed  of  these 
constitutent  labor  elements  is  joined  as  one  in  the  1986  contract 
negotiations.  The  new  body  is  known  as  the  U.S.  Forest  Products 
Joint  Bargaining  Board. 

The  unions  propose  a  two-year  contract  term,  with  hourly  rate 
increases  of  AV/'i-  effective  with  the  anniversary  dates  of  each 
contract  in  1986  and  1987  respectively  for  all  Western  and  Southern 
operations  of  the  common  employer.  Further,  the  unions  seek 
common  expiration  dates  of  Southern  and  Western  contracts,  and 
an  additional  Sl.OOperhour  for  workers  in  the  southern  operations. 

Despite  recent  strong  financial  performances  by  Weyerhaeuser 
Company  in  its  wood  products  operations,  the  company  has  set 
its  sight  on  a  "watershed"  labor  agreement  which  features  major 
wage  and  benefit  cuts.  The  company's  bargaining  position  indicates 
one  thing:  "The  Tree  Growing  People  "  have  appaiently  chosen 
to  take  on  the  role  of   "The  Contract-Outting  People    " 

UBC  and  IWA  bargainers  have  proposed  a  modest  profit  sharing 
plan  which  would  provide  company  workers  a  fair  measure  of  the 
gains  enjoyed  by  the  company.  The  company  throughout  negoti- 
ations has  remained  insistent  on  $4.50  per  hour  wage  and  benefit 
cuts,  mandatory  overtime,  and  the  elimination  of  the  eight-hour 
workday.  Weyerhaeuser  seems  intent  on  dictating  a  settlement, 
rather  than  bargaining  for  one,  as  their  latest  offer  is  little  different 
than  their  first. 

Over  the  past  several  years,  Weyerhaeuser  Company  employees 
have  made  significant  sacrifices  as  the  company  and  the  entire 
industry  experienced  difficult  times.  Despite  the  hard  times  of 
recent  years.  Weyerhaeuser  Company  stockholders  and  Weyer- 
haeuser family  members  have  received  annual  stock  dividends 
higher  than  those  paid  in  the  boom  years  of  the  late  70s.  Now 
that  there  is  a  strong  resurgence  in  the  industry,  the  workers  of 
Weyerhaeuser  simply  want  the  fair  share  they  deserve. 


Lyndon  LaRouclie 

Continued  from  Page  4 

donating  to  anti-drug  campaigns  found 
themselves  listed  as  contributors  to  one 
of  LaRouche's  presidential  campaigns, 
unwittingly  helping  him  to  qualify  for 
matching  federal  funds. 

LaRouche's  high-priced  Executive 
Intelligence  Review  has  taken  in  the 
unwary,  despite  such  gibberish  as  this 
excerpt  from  an  economic  treastise  by 
LaRouche: 

"Ideal  economies,  like  healthy  or- 
ganisms, are  negentropic  processes.  .  .  . 
It  is  the  thermodynamic  characteristic 
of  negentropic  processes,  that  in  a  con- 
tinuous negentropic  function,  the  en- 
ergy-flux density  increases  with  time. 
Energy-fiux-density  signifies  a  meas- 
urement consistent  with  kilowatts  per 
square  meter,  of  throughput." 

Selective  listening 

In  political  campaigns,  people  often 
have  selective  hearing.  A  fanner  pressed 
for  mortgage  payments  can  relate  to  an 
attack  on  the  banking  system.  A  parent 
concerned  about  drugs  hears  a  young 
person    denounce    drug   dealers.    La- 


Rouche followers  aren't  the  first  to  see 
a  world  of  conspiracies. 

The  LaRouche  follower  who  won  the 
Democratic  Party  nomination  for  Sec- 
retary of  State  in  Illinois,  Janice,  A. 
Hart,  was  arrested  last  May  on  a  dis- 
orderly conduct  charge.  She  allegedly 
tried  to  disrupt  a  speech  by  Milwau- 
kee's RomanCatholic  Archbishop  Rem- 
bert  Weakland  at  a  Glencoe,  111.,  syn- 
agogue. Her  incredible  explanation  was 
that  the  archbishop  was  praising  Adolph 
Hitler. 

The  early  background  of  LaRoche 
was  covered  by  the  AFL-CIO  News  in 
a  series  of  articles  in  1982  by  Wesley 
McCune,  director  of  Group  Research, 
and  still  available  in  pamphlet  form 
under  the  title,  "Lyndon  LaRouche's 
Strange  Cult." 

LaRouche  was  born  to  a  Quaker 
family  and  joined  a  communist  splinter 
group  in  the  1940s.  He  later  aligned 
himself  with  a  wing  of  Students  for  a 
Democratic  Society  to  launch  the  Na- 
tional Caucus  of  Labor  Committees, 
later  to  become  the  U.S.  Labor  Party, 


with  the  newspaper  New  Solidarity  as 
its  organ.  As  he  swung  across  the  po- 
litical spectrum,  the  tax-exempt  Fusion 
Energy  Foundation  was  to  become  one 
of  his  principal  fronts. 

Anti-Semitism,  disguised  in  Russian 
style  as  anti-Zionism,  has  been  a  part 
of  the  LaRouche  propaganda.  When 
Polish  workers  rallied  to  the  banner  of 
Solidarnosc,  LaRouche  was  denounc- 
ing it  and  praising  the  repression  of 
Poland's  military  ruler.  Gen.  Jaruzelski. 

On  an  NBC  expose  of  LaRouche, 
Sen.  Daniel  P.  Moynihan  (D-N.Y.)  was 
asked  why  the  LaRouche  movement 
"shouldn't  just  be  ignored,"  since  it 
clearly  was  miles  removed  from  the 
nation's  political  mainstream. 

"They  drop  little  bits  of  poison  into 
the  political  bloodstream,"  Moynihan 
replied.  "Any  lie  that  is  vicious  enough, 
somebody  will  believe  it.  Any  slander 
that  is  cruel  enough,  somebody  will  half 
enjoy  it  and  be  tempted  to  take  it  in. 
You  have  to  fight  them." 

After  the  Illinois  primary,  a  lot  of 
people  are  saying  "amen."  [J!J(; 


CARPENTER 


Taking 

the 

Initiative 


Job  opportunities  arise  from 
the  fact   that  Building 
tradesmen  who  erect  and 
equip  a  plant  are  best 
qualified   to   service 
and  maintain  that 
plant.  Fourth  in 
a  series. 


Manhours  for  Plant  Modernization 

and  IVIaintenance  Have  Increased 

Under  National  Maintenance  Agreements 


If  we  have  learned  anything  over  the 
past  decade,  it  is  that  we  cannot  tackle 
contemporary  problems  in  the  old,  tra- 
ditional fashion.  The  construction  sec- 
tion of  the  United  Brotherhood  has  been 
plagued,  as  have  all  other  parts  of  the 
United  Brotherhood,  with  unique  prob- 
lems. Fundamentally,  the  traditional 
manner  in  which  we  have  continued  to 
carry  on  our  construction  collective 
bargaining  has  been  a  stumbling  block 
in  meeting  current  challenges. 

If,  in  fact,  there  has  been  a  bright 
spot,  it  has  been  in  the  area  of  the  four 
R's — remodeling,  renovation,  rehabili- 
tation, and  relocation — which  we  gen- 
erously refer  to  as  maintenance.  New 
construction,  while  expanding  in  op- 
portunities, has  been  blunted  by  the 
intrusion  of  the  open  shop  and  other 
forces,  causing  a  membership  decline 
in  some  areas.  The  accompanying  charts 
clearly  show  the  dramatic  and  positive 
impact  on  employment  opportunities 
that  maintenance  work  has  had  on  our 
membership. 

This,  of  course,  only  scratches  the 
surface.  There  is  much  to  be  done,  and 
the  United  Brotherhood,  and  the  13 
other  Building  Trades  unions  which 
participate  in  this  effort,  have  been 
aggressively  seeking  out  new  ways  and 
strategies  to  enhance  our  position. 


The  primary  thrust  of  this  effort  is 
being  undertaken  in"  concert  with  two 
well-established  organizations  within  the 
Building  Trades.  One  is  the  General 
President's  Committee  on  Contract 
Maintenance,  which  is  administered  by 
the  Building  and  Construction  Trades 
Department,  and  the  other  is  the  Na- 
tional Maintenance  Agreements  Policy 
Committee,  an  incorporated  labor-man- 
agement body  which  the  United  Broth- 
erhood was  instrumental  in  establishing 
in  1971  in  cooperation  with  the  National 
Erectors  Association. 

Each  of  these  committees  has  a  pri- 
mary mission,  which  is  marketing  the 
advantages  of  utilizing  fair  contractors 
who  employ  skilled  AFL-CIO  building 
trades  craftsmen  to  perform  the  work. 
It  was  emphasized  that  if  we  can  build 
the  plants,  then  we  should  maintain 
them.  Before  the  formation  of  the  two 
special  committees,  however,  the 
Building  Trades  did  not  have  a  conduit 
for  bargaining  and  bidding  strategies. 
We  were  unable  to  compete.  The  in- 
herent deterrent  was  the  traditional, 
autonomous  nature  of  the  crafts  and 
the  inability  of  the  local  area  collective 
bargaining  structures  to  deal  with  the 
unique  needs  of  this  ever-expanding 
industry. 

What  had  to  be  developed  was  a 


catalyst  of  standardized  work  rules  which 
provided  the  uniformity  necessary  to 
maximize  our  potential  in  meeting  the 
unique  needs  of  this  work.  In  most 
instances,  the  contractors  and  their 
craftsmen  work  within  the  highly  com- 
plex atmosphere  of  industrial  plants 
while  they  are  in  full  production.  There- 
fore, a  close  coordination  was  required 
and  certain  guarantees  had  to  be  made 
to  insure  an  orderly,  unimpeded  pro- 
gression of  work. 

Recent  years  have  brought  economic 
pressures  to  bear  on  North  American 
industries,  requiring  a  higher  degree  of 
cost  consciousness  by  industry.  Amer- 
ican industry  was  receiving  a  declining 
share  of  world  trade,  and  enormous 
trade  deficits  have  accumulated  in  re- 
cent years.  Big  business  had  a  choice 
of  either  using  the  organized  Building 
Trades  for  performing  their  in-house 
maintenance  work  or  enhancing  their 
in-plant  work  focus. 

In  recognition  of  this  situation,  the 
Building  Trades  accelerated  their  ef- 
forts to  coordinate  their  presentations 
to  industry.  The  General  President's 
Committee  on  Contract  Maintenance 
reorganized  to  meet  the  new  challenges, 
working  closely  with  users  and  con- 
tractors throughout  North  America.  This 
committee's  thrust  is  long-term  main- 


JU  L Y     1986 


tenance.  A  prerequisite  for  the  granting 
of  an  agreement  under  the  auspices  of 
the  GPC  is  a  guarantee  hy  the  user  that 
there  he  at  least  12  months  of  contin- 
uous maintenance  involved.  In  this  ac- 
tivity 14  crafts,  comprising  the  entire 
Building  and  Construction  Trades  De- 
partment, work  under  one  agreement. 
All  problems  arising  out  of  the  appli- 
cation and  interpretation  of  the  agree- 
ments are  referred  exclusively  to  the 
committee.  This  procedure  has  worked 
effectively  for  three  decades. 

The  General  President's  Committee 
is  the  first  and  the  oldest  of  the  two 
organizations  working  in  the  field  of 
national  maintenance  agreements.  It  was 
set  up  in  1956  shortly  after  the  merger 
of  the  AFL  and  CIO  to  protect  working 
agreements  already  in  force,  and  for  30 
years  it  has  huilt  on  that  initial  foun- 
dation. 

The  Brotherhood  was  designated  as 
the  first  administrator  of  the  program, 
and  Reggie  Moore  of  Local  2834,  Den- 
ver, Colo.,  was  named  its  first  coordi- 
nator. His  primary  assignment  was  to 
promote  the  use  of  contract  mainte- 
nance, and  his  office  was  to  serve  as  a 
clearing  house  through  which  pertinent 
information  could  be  brought  to  the 
attention  of  authorized  representatives 
of  the  various  international  unions  mak- 
ing up  the  General  President's  Com- 
mittee. 

The  work  increased  substantially  af- 
ter 1971  following  the  adoption  of  a 
resolution  giving  the  General  Presi- 
dent's Committee  the  authority  to  es- 
tablish wage  rates  as  a  percentage  of 
the  construction  rate  on  a  project-by- 


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project  basis  when  necessary.  The  num- 
ber of  hours  worked  by  Brotherhood 
members  under  this  agreement  steadily 
increased — 3,590,234  manhours  in  1978, 
4,058,457  manhours  in  1979,  and 
4,585,404  manhours  in  1980.  By  1984 
the  Brotherhood  members  had  chalked 
up  a  total  of  5.497,570  manhours.  The 
total  number  of  manhours  for  all  trades 
per  year  has  reached  the  40  million 
mark. 

The  second  organization  aggressively 
seeking  contract  maintenance  work, 
which  is  equally  important  to  UBC 
members,  is  the  National  Maintenance 
Agreements  Policy  Committee,  a  labor- 
management  team  established  in  1970. 


The  Nalionul  MainWnance  Ai>rccments  Pulley  Cominitlec  has  produced  two  films  lo  help 
promole  iind  sell  union  repair,  renovation,  rehahililalion,  and  replacement  work  to 
American  industry.  The  latest  is  called  "You  Make  the  Difference."  Another,  produced 
in  l':J82.  is  entitled  "Rehuildini;  America."  Below  are  four  scenes  from  these  films.  (The 
movies  are  available  on  8nun  and  16mm  film  and  three  sizes  of  video  cassettes.  For  more 
information  about  them  contact:  General  .Secretary.  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  the  Joiners  of  America,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W..  Washinjilon,  D.C.  2(1001 .) 


Twelve  craft  unions  are  coordinating 
their  maintenance-by-contract  activi- 
ties under  the  NMAPC,  and  their  ef- 
forts, too,  are  paying  off.  Since  NMAPC 
was  established  16  years  ago,  it  has 
produced  more  than  500  million  man- 
hours  of  work  for  Building  Tradesmen 
and  put  some  $80  billion  of  work  in 
place. 

The  NMAPC  is  the  only  formal  labor- 
management  organization  in  this  field 
which  is  incorporated  as  a  separate  legal 
entity.  This  action  was  taken  in  1982. 
The  organization  is  wholly  financed  by 
employer  contributions.  With  offices  in 
Rosslyn,  Va..  across  the  Potomac  River 
from  Washington,  D.C  NMAPC  has 
a  fulltime  impartial  secretary  and  a  staff 
of  five.  All  data  is  computerized. 

The  organization  anticipates  adding 
additional  staff  personnel  to  increase 
the  marketing  activity — promoting  the 
virtues  of  skilled  union  tradesmen  among 
construction  users. 

NMAPC's  labor  committee  meets 
monthly,  and  the  full  labor-management 
committee  meets  quarterly.  There  are 
2,600  contractors  and  1,100  industrial 
and  other  maintenance  users  partici- 
pating in  the  program. 

A  unique  activity  of  the  committee 
is  to  go  into  areas  and  meet  with  Build- 
ing Trades  representatives  in  two-day 
gatherings — assessing  needs  and  mar- 
keting strategies  the  first  day  and  meet- 
ing with  contractors  and  users  the  sec- 
ond day. 

To  keep  the  program  balanced  and 
progressive  the  committee  periodically 
holds  "work  scope  determination"  ses- 
sions to  clarify  the  work  to  be  per- 
formed. There  are  also  "wage  modifi- 
cation procedures"  to  evaluate  con- 
ditions in  the  industry  which  may  war- 
rant a  unique  approach  concerning  wage 
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American  Express 
Tactic  of  Pre-Approved 
Cards  for  Local  Unions 
Can*t  Counter  Boycott 
Momentum 


The  UBC  consumer  publicity 
campaign  against  American  Ex- 
press continued  to  gain  momentum 
and  national  attention  as  UBC 
members  and  locals  responded  to 
the  call  to  "Leave  Home  Without 
It."  With  an  increasing  number  of 
union  members  and  locals  ending 
their  business  with  American  Ex- 
press, the  travel  and  financial  serv- 
ices company  has  begun  a  drive  to 
aggressively  solicit  new  business. 
Such  efforts  are  meeting  with  little 
success,  as  Brotherhood  members 
are  sending  a  clear  message  to 
American  Express. 

American  Express,  targeted  for 
consumer  boycott  activity  by  the 
UBC  because  of  its  use  of  unfair 
contractors  and  refusal  to  fairly 
consider  union  contractors  for  its 
new  $60  million  regional  credit  card 
facility  in  Greensboro,  N.C.,  is 
sending  pre-approved  credit  card 
applications  to  union  locals  and  trust 
funds  throughout  the  country.  In 
response  to  one  such  solicitation. 
Brother  Donald  R.  Verhei,  coordi- 
nator of  the  Eastern  Washington- 
Northern  Idaho  Apprenticeship 
Trust  Fund,  told  the  company:  "It 
is  impossible  for  us  at  this  time  to 
do  business  with  a  corporation  that 
is  flagrantly  disregarding  union 
craftspeople  in  the  construction  of 


their  corporate   offices."   Brother     of  my  brothers  in  North  Carolina. 


Let  American  Express  Hear 
From  You  .  .  . 

Mr.  James  D.  Robinson,  III 
Chairman  &  Chief  Executive 

Officer 
American  Express  Company 
World  Financial  Center 
New  York,  New  York  10285 


Michael  V.  Dillon  of  Local  162,  San 
Mateo,  Calif.,  put  it  succinctly  to 
the  company:  "I  am  a  proud  union 
carpenter  and  the  American  Ex- 
press Company  is  cutting  the  throats 


I  will  NOT  do  business  with  the 
American  Express  Company.  En- 
closed is  my  account  and  renewed 
credit  cards,  cut  in  two.  Cancel  my 
account!" 


New  York  Pension  Conference  Canceled 


In  another  effort  to  attract  union 
business,  Shearson  Lehman  Broth- 
ers, an  American  Express  subsidi- 
ary specializing  in  the  pension  fund 
management  business,  planned  a 
statewide  pension  conference  in  New 
York  for  union  pension  funds  en- 
titled "A  Time  for  Opportunity." 


The  conference  was  indeed  going 
to  be  a  time  for  opportunity;  an 
opportunity  to  conduct  American 
Express  consumer  publicity  hand- 
billing.  After  the  withdrawal  by  sev- 
eral planned  conference  speakers, 
the  June  20  conference  was  can- 
celled. 


Press  Reports  American  Express  Boycott: 
'Carpenters  Hammer  at  American  Express' 


Due  to  the  fact  that  various  Amer- 
ican Express  subsidiaries  handle  a 
considerable  amount  of  union  pen- 
sion fund  assets,  a  leading  national 
pension  publication.  Pensions  &  In- 
vestment Age,  recently  wrote  on  the 
controversy  in  an  article  entitled 
"Carpenters  Hammer  at  American 
Express."  While  the  UBC  American 
Express  boycott  effort  is  limited  to 
the  company's  consumer  travel 
services  products,  namely  its  credit 
cards  and  travelers  checks,  the  ar- 
ticle cited  the  company's  relations 
with  worker  pension  funds. 

The  Pensions  &  Investment  Age 
article  referred  to  the  April  Carpen- 
ter, which  outlined  the  American  Ex- 


press controversy  and  the  company's 
considerable  union  pension  business. 
American  Express  conducts  its  pen- 
sion management  business  through 
several  subsidiaries,  including  The 
Boston  Co.,  Lehman  Management, 
Bernstein-MacCauley,  Robinson 
Humphrey,  The  Balcor  Co.,  and 
Shearson  Assets  Management. 

"It  is  important  that  major  con- 
struction users,  such  as  American 
Express,  clearly  understand  that  if 
they  choose  to  work  against  the 
interests  of  our  members,  we  will 
aggressively  respond,"  stated  UBC 
General  President  Patrick  J.  Camp- 
bell, in  urging  members  to  boycott 
American  Express  products. 


JULY     1986 


LEGISLATIVE  UPDATE 


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INFRASTRUCTURE    a 

big  word  out  of  your  dictionary  that 
stands  for  all  of  the  permanent  instal- 
lations that  help  to  keep  a  nation  going — 
the  highways,  the  bridges,  the  harbor 
facilities,  the  railroads,  the  water  and 
sewage  systems. 

The  word  is  being  bandied  about  the 
U.S.  Congress  this  year,  because  many 
legislators  and  public  officials  are  re- 
alizing that  all  of  these  elements  of  our 
infrastructure  are  in  need  of  repair. 

As  the  United  Brotherhood  sees  it. 
Congress  must  put  more  funds  into 
infrastructure  repairs,  and  the  Carpen- 
ters Legislative  Improvement  Commit- 
tee has  sent  a  position  paper  (See  op- 
posite page.)  to  the  Congressional 
Committee  on  Public  Works  and  Trans- 
portation urging  that  it  do  something 
about  this  matter.  CLIC  has  called  upon 
all  local  unions  and  councils  to  alert 
their  members  to  the  need  to  write 
Congressman  James  J.  Howard  (D-N.J.), 
chairman  of  the  committee,  and  other 


committee  members,  urging  support  and 
co-sponsorship  of  House  Resolution 
1776.  the  National  Infrastructure  Act. 
which  will  appropriate  the  necessary 
funds  to  get  the  rehabilitation  program 
underway. 

The  UBC  legislative  department  told 
Committee  Chairman  Howard,  "The 
Reagan  Administration  talks  a  lot  about 
the  expanding  economy,  but  the  truth 
of  the  matter  is  that  a  vast  majority  of 
the  new  jobs  are  in  the  $4  to  $5  per 
hour  range.  Ofcourse.  there  are  pockets 
of  prosperity,  but  they  are  not  wide- 
spread. Not  only  do  we  need  to  renew 
our  infrastructure  because  it  needs  to 
be  done,  but  because  doing  so  will  put 
thousands  of  workers  to  work  at  a 
decent  wage.  .  . 

"The  UBC  considers  this  to  be  of 
prime  importance  to  its  membership, 
and,  should  a  hill  be  passed,  not  only 
would  it  benefit  our  members,  it  would 
no  doubt  help  solve  the  budget  deficit 
problems  that  now  plague  our  coun- 
try." 


INFRASTRUCTURE 

a  big  word,  a  big  problem 


mr-    -—-• 

To  support  H.R.  1776  and  infrastructure  legislation  write:  Committee 

on  Public  Works  and 

Transportation,  2165  Rayburn  House  Office 

Building,  Washington, 

D.  C. 

20515 

Democratic  Members 

Cathy  (Mrs.  Gillis)  Long,  La. 
Jim  Chapman,  Texas 

Glenn  M.  Anderson.  Calif. 

Carl  C.  (Chris)  Perkins,  Ky. 

Robert  A.  Roe,  N.  J. 

John  B.  Breaux,  La. 

Norman  Y.  Mineta,  Calif. 

James  L.  Oberslar,  Minn. 

Republican  Members 

Henry  J.  Nowak,  N.  Y. 

Robert  W.  Edgar,  Pa. 

Gene  Snyder,  Ky. 

Robert  A.Young.  Mo. 

John  Paul  Hammerschmidt.  Ark. 

Nick  Joe  Rahall  II,  W.  Va. 

Bud  Shuster,  Pa. 

Douglas  Applegale.  Ohio 

Arlan  Slangeland,  Minn. 

Ron  de  Lugo.  Virgin  Islands 

Newt  Gingrich,  Ga. 

Gus  Savage,  III. 

William  F.  dinger  Jr.,  Pa. 

Fofo  I.  F.  Sunia,  American  S 

anioa 

Guy  V.  Molinari,  N.  Y. 

Douglas  H.  Bosco,  Calif. 

E.  Clay  Shaw  Jr.,  Fla. 

Jim  Moody.  Wis. 

Bob  McEwen,  Ohio 

Robert  A.  Borski,  Pa. 

Thomas  E.  Petri,  Wis. 

Joseph  P.  Kollcr,  Pa. 

Donald  K.  Sundquist,  Tenn. 

Tim  Valentine,  N.  C. 

Nancy  L.  Johnson,  Conn. 

Edolphus  Towns,  N.  Y. 

Ronald  C.  Packard,  Calif, 

William  O.  Lipinski,  111. 

Sherwood  L.  Boehlert.  N.  Y. 

Michael  A.  Andrews,  Texas 

Tom  Delay,  Texas 

J.  Roy  Rowland.  Ga. 

H.  L.  (Sonny)  Callahan,  Ala. 

Robert  E.  Wise  Jr..  W.  Va. 

Dean  Al  Gallo.  N.  J. 

Kenneth  J.  Gray,  III. 

Helen  Delich  Bentlev,  Md. 

Chester  G.  Atkins,  Mass. 

Jim  Ross  Lightfoot,  Iowa 

Peter  J.  Visclosky.  Ind. 

David  S.  Monson,  Utah 

James  A.  Traficant  Jr.,  Ohio 

John  G.  Rowland,  Conn.          J^ 

10 


CARPENTER 


United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  &  Joiners  of  America  Position  On 

SAVING  THE  NATIONAL 
INFRASTRUCTURE 


The  problems  facing  the  nation's  infrastructure  are  enor- 
mous. An  estimated  210,000  miles,  or  11%,  of  our  two 
million  miles  of  paved  roads  are  categorized  as  either 
deteriorating  or  deteriorated.  One-half  of  this  country's 
574,045  bridges  are  structurally  deficient  or  functionally 
obsolete.  By  the  turn  of  the  next  century,  approximately 
40,000  miles  of  interstate,  330,000  miles  of  arterials,  and 
630,000  miles  of  collector  roads  will  require  capital  im- 
provements to  maintain  serviceability.  The  Department  of 
Transportation  estimates  that  the  Interstate  Highway  Sys- 
tem, which  carries  20%  of  America's  traffic,  will  require 
$500  billion  in  repairs  in  the  next  10  years.  That  figure 
represents  more  than  federal,  state,  and  local  governments 
spent  on  all  public  works  in  the  1970s. 

Travel  volume  in  the  U.S.  is  expected  to  increase  by 
2.5%  a  year  between  now  and  the  year  2000,  meaning  that 
by  the  turn  of  the  century  our  roads  will  have  to  accommodate 
60%  more  traffic.  And  the  problem  goes  deeper.  It  extends 
to  such  vital,  life  supporting  systems  as  urban  water  supply 
and  wastewater  treatment  facilities. 

Our  national  commitment  to  infrastructure  needs  is,  as 
it  should  be,  substantial.  Highways,  bridges,  urban  water 
supply  systems,  and  wastewater  treatment  facilities  account 
for  40%  of  all  non-military  capital  investment  expenditures 
by  government  at  all  levels. 

Yet,  for  a  variety  of  reasons,  the  amount  of  funds 
allocated  to  maintain  and  properly  expand  the  infrastructure 
has  failed  to  keep  pace  with  needs. 

Physical  facilities  do  eventually  wear  out.  A  substantial 
portion  of  our  infrastructure  was  built  to  accommodate 
industrialization  in  the  late  19th  and  early  20th  centuries. 
Much  of  these  water,  sewer,  and  public  transport  facilities 
are  approaching  the  end  of  their  natural  lives. 

As  the  end  for  these  aging  facilities  has  approached,  a 
declining  share  of  GNP  has  been  devoted  to  infrastructure. 
While  federal  investment  expenditures  have  averaged  about 
1%  of  GNP  over  the  last  two  decades,  state  and  local 
government  expenditures  declined  from  2.2%  of  GNP  in 
1961  to  1.1%  in  1981.  The  result  is  obvious:  a  spending 
shortfall  of  at  least  $5  billion  a  year. 

The  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  feels  that  the- 
situation  has  been  aggravated  by  the  policies  of  the  Reagan 
Administration.  For  example,  between  1980  and  1982, 
federal  public  works  outlays,  including  grants  to  local 
governments,  were  reduced  to  85%  of  what  had  been 
authorized  by  existing  statutes.  While  some  of  the  federal 
decrease  was  absorbed  by  state  and  local  governments, 
overall  public  works  construction  outlays  declined  from 
$29  billion  to  $26  billion,  or  10%.  Accounting  for  inflation, 
total  public  works  spending  in  1982  was  some  25%  below 
the  level  of  the  late  1970s. 

The  Surface  Transportation  Act  of  1982,  which  went 
into  effect  in  January  1983,  provided  a  needed  boost  to 
highway  construction  and  maintenance.  Restoration  and 


rehabilitation  of  existing  federal  highways  has  reached  a 
level  120%  above  that  before  passage  of  the  Act.  Recon- 
struction of  some  3,000  miles  of  outmoded  highway  has 
been  initiated  each  year  since  passage  of  the  Act.  Resur- 
facing projects  are  up  almost  80%.  Federal  construction 
awards  for  highways,  roads,  and  streets  increased  by  33% 
in  1983  over  1982.  But  it  was  simply  not  enough,  and  these 
federal  awards  in  1984  were  below  those  in  1982. 

The  Administration's  fiscal  year  1987  budget  proposals 
would  further  hinder  the  effort  to  build  and  maintain  our 
vital  infrastructure.  Funding  for  major  highway  programs 
is  proposed  to  be  just  $12.8  billion  in  1987,  some  $2.6 
billion  below  current  levels.  The  proposal  includes  a  plan 
to  phase  out  federal  grants  for  construction  of  sewage 
treatment  plants.  Overall,  the  Administration  is  seeking  to 
cut  the  Department  of  Transportation  budget  by  some  20%. 
Included  are  proposed  cuts  of  $13.5  billion  in  Federal 
Highway  and  Mass  Transit  spending  between  1987  and 
1991 .  These  cuts  are  wrong. 

The  American  public  knows,  understands,  and  is  acting 
to  alleviate  the  chronic  funding  shortfall  in  infrastructure 
needs.  Last  November  a  record  of  $4.62  biUion  in  state 
and  local  bond  issues  were  passed;  voters  approved  70% 
of  all  bond  issues  placed  before  them. 

The  American  public  knows  and  understands  a  strong, 
modem,  and  sound  infrastructure  leads  to  increased  pro- 
ductivity, income,  business  activity,  and  general  economic 
expansion.  When  a  bridge  collapses  or  is  limited  to  light 
vehicles,  when  speed  limits  must  be  curbed  on  secondary 
roads  because  of  bad  roadbeds,  when  trains  have  to  slow 
to  20  miles  per  hour  because  of  bad  track,  our  economy 
slows  correspondingly. 

In  addition  to  paving  the  way  for  general  economic  growth 
and  well  being,  maintenance  of  the  infrastructure  creates  its 
own  economic  benefits.  It  has  been  estimated  that  fixing  all 
the  bridges  in  the  U.S.  in  need  of  repair  would  create  100,000 
jobs.  Maintaining  the  present  condition  of  highways  and 
roads  through  1995  will  employ  more  than  half  a  million 
people.  Repair,  modernization,  and  expansion  of  railroad 
track  to  keep  up  with  increased  traffic  between  now  and 
1990  can  produce  241,000  jobs  per  year.  The  dredging  of 
just  six  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Coast  ports  to  handle  cargo  ships 
of  up  to  150,000  tons  would  employ  44,000  people  per  year. 
Meeting  the  basic  repair  needs  of  water  supply  systems  in 
the  nation's  urban  areas  would  generate  at  least  50,000  jobs. 

For  far  too  long,  America  has  been  under-investing  in 
the  very  fabric  of  our  economic  and  social  framework. 
Gradually  in  recent  years  the  American  public  has  become 
aware  of  this  fact,  and  shown  the  willingness,  both  on  the 
local  and  national  level,  to  rectify  the  situation.  Now  is 
not  the  time  to  cut  federal  public  works  programs.  Now  is 
the  time  for  the  federal  government,  working  in  partnership 
with  state  and  local  governments,  to  push  ahead  and  restore 
to  greatness  our  precious  infrastructure. 


JULY     1986 


11 


Washington 
Report 


lilMfflli 


PRODUCTION  INCREASES 

U.S.  industrial  production  inched  up  0.2%  in  April, 
the  first  increase  since  January,  the  Federal  Re- 
serve Board  reported. 

The  increase,  which  reflected  a  rebound  in  motor 
vehicle  production,  followed  revised  production  de- 
clines of  0.7%  in  March  and  0.8%  in  February.  The 
revisions  made  the  February-March  decline  the 
steepest  two-month  drop  in  output  since  September 
and  October  1982  during  the  deep  recession. 

Production  of  business  equipment  rose  in  April 
after  dropping  the  two  previous  months.  But  output 
of  oil  and  gas  well  drilling  equipment  and  of  con- 
struction, mining,  and  farm  equipment  continued  to 
decline. 


JOBLESS  TOPS  6%  IN  34  STATES 

Unemployment  rates  were  above  6%  in  34  states 
and  8%  or  higher  in  21  states  in  March,  the  Bureau 
of  Labor  Statistics  reported. 

Six  states  reported  double-digit  jobless  rates: 
Louisiana,  with  13.1%;  West  Virginia,  with  11.7%; 
Kentucky  and  Alaska,  with  11.3%;  Mississippi,  with 
11.2%;  and  Wyoming,  with  10.6%.  Colorado  did  not 
report  labor  force  data  for  March. 

Over-the-year  decreases  in  unemployment  rates 
were  reported  in  29  states,  with  decreases  of  1 
percentage  point  or  more  in  nine  states.  West  Vir- 
ginia had  the  largest  decline,  with  a  3.3  percentage 
point  drop. 

Unemployment  rates  increased  1  percentage 
point  or  more  from  March  1985  through  March  1986 
in  Illinois,  Kentucky,  Louisiana,  and  Texas.  Wyo- 
ming had  the  largest  increase  of  2.2  percentage 
points.  Maine,  Montana,  and  South  Carolina  re- 
ported no  change  over  the  year. 

BLS  said  non-farm  payroll  employment  increased 
over  the  year  by  2%  or  more  in  29  states.  Arizona, 
Arkansas,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  and  Virginia 
had  the  most  job  growth  over  the  year,  with  in- 
creases in  excess  of  4%. 

Illinois,  Louisiana,  North  Dakota,  and  Oklahoma 
reported  decreases  in  employment  over  the  year. 


FIRST  CHAPTER  FOR  FUND 

The  first  local  chapter  of  labor's  new  health 
agency.  The  Workplace  Health  Fund,  has  been 
formed  in  the  Washington  area. 

The  fund  is  not  an  operating  agency  but  a  foun- 
dation which  develops  and  mobilizes  support  for 
programs  to  be  conducted  by  the  local  community 
locally  and  labor  affiliates  nationally. 

The  Workplace  Health  Fund,  the  only  voluntary 
agency  specializing  in  occupational  disease  re- 
search and  education,  has  been  approved  as  a 
participant  in  the  United  Way/One  Fund  Campaign 
and  the  Combined  Federal  Campaign. 


LOST  EXPORT  JOBS 

The  number  of  U.S.  jobs  either  directly  or  indi- 
rectly related  to  exports  fell  by  1 .8  million  or  25% 
between  1980  and  1984,  a  Commerce  Department 
study  finds.  "Full-time  equivalent  jobs  generated  by 
U.S.  goods  exports  peaked  in  1980  at  7.2  million, 
then  declined  through  1984  by  25%  to  slightly  be- 
low 5.5  million  jobs.  This  includes  both  jobs  directly 
and  indirectly  required  to  produce  exports,"  the  re- 
port says. 

Three  major  factors  accounted  for  the  loss  of  1 .8 
million  export-generated  jobs,  the  study  concludes. 
About  900,000  were  lost  due  to  the  decreased 
export  volume  over  the  1980-84  period,  700,000 
due  to  productivity  growth,  and  200,000  due  to  in- 
creased use  of  imported  raw  materials,  parts,  and 
components,  says  Commerce  analyst  Lester  Davis, 
author  of  the  report. 

Davis  explains  that  the  sizable  job  loss  attributed 
to  productivity  gains  means  that  it  took  700,000 
fewer  jobs  to  produce  the  same  export  volume  in 
1984  than  it  took  in  1980.  On  the  positive  side, 
there  were  quality  improvements  in  exported  prod- 
ucts and  technological  advances  that  enabled  U.S. 
industries  to  strengthen  their  market  positions. 

High-tech  industries  increased  their  share  of 
export-related  employment  in  manufacturing — from 
27%  in  1980  to  32%  in  1983  and  30%  in  1984. 


PLANT  CLOSING  NOTICES 

A  large  majority  of  private  firms  experiencing 
plant  shutdowns  and  mass  layoffs  are  providing 
their  employees  with  at  least  three  months  of  notice 
as  well  as  health  insurance  assistance,  according  to 
a  Conference  Board  survey  of  firms  in  all  major 
sectors  of  the  U.S.  economy.  Some  44%  of  the  512 
firms  responding  to  the  survey  reported  at  least  one 
closure  during  the  time  period  studied — January 
1982  to  January  1985 — and  59%  experienced 
either  substantial  layoffs  or  a  closure.  Of  busi- 
nesses that  reported  a  closing,  88%  said  they  pro- 
vided employees  with  advance  notice. 

Ronald  Berenbeim,  author  of  the  study,  says  that 
while  there  is  no  clear-cut  strategy  to  guide  compa- 
nies in  dealing  with  shutdowns,  the  study  showed  a 
strong  consensus  that  programs  should  contain  four 
major  ingredients — advance  notice,  severance  pay, 
extended  health  care  benefits,  and  outplacement 
help.  Some  79%  of  firms  extended  health  care  ben- 
efits for  displaced  workers  for  varying  lengths  of 
time.  More  than  50%  gave  outplacement  aid,  but 
only  a  small  percent  offered  retraining. 


12 


CARPENTER 


XM^  Profit  Performance  Continues  to  Falter 


•  Wood  Products  Resurgence 
Fails  to  Benefit  L-P 

With  the  drop  in  interest  rates  pro- 
ducing a  strong  homebuilding  surge 
throughout  the  country,  companies  in 
the  woods  products  industry  are  re- 
porting strong  earnings  performances. 
A  notable  exception  to  the  trend  is 
Louisiana-Pacific  Corp.  which  contin- 
ues to  struggle.  A  financial  scorecard 
of  thirty  of  the  largest  forest  products 
producers  prepared  by  Business  Week 
magazine  indicates  that  L-P's  sales  per- 
formance for  the  first  quarter  of  1986 
produced  the  lowest  profit  margin  in 
the  industry. 

L-P"s  0.4%  profit  margin  was  consid- 
erably below  the  industry  average  of 
3.1%,  as  was  its  12-month  earnings  per 
share  performance  of  $.73  compared  to 
an  industry  average  of  $2.10.  Another 
measure  of  financial  comparison  in  the 
survey  was  the  company's  return  on 
capital  performance,  a  measure  of  op- 
erational efficiency  and  profitability.  On 
this  score,  L-P  was  again  rated  the 
lowest  in  the  industry.  The  weak  first 
quarter  performance  follows  the  com- 
pany's 39.6%  profit  decline  in  1985. 

•  Boycott  Action  Continues 
to  Ta/re  Heavy  Toll 

L-P's  weak  economic  performance  is 
due  in  large  measure  to  the  continued 
effectiveness  of  the  boycott  efforts  of 
Brotherhood  members.  In  the  Pacific 
Northwest,  store  surveys  by  UBC  busi- 
ness agents  at  outlets  of  Fred  Meyers 
Inc.  indicate  that  L-P  waferboard  and 
other  lumber  products  are  no  longer 
stocked  at  the  stores.  Fred  Meyers  Inc. , 
with  nearly  100  retail  outlets  in  the 
Pacific  Northwest  states,  has  been  a 
key  retail  site  for  L-P  boycott  hand- 
billing  reported  Marc  Furman,  UBC 
representative  and  boycott  coordinator 
for  the  region.  Furman  indicated  that 
with  many  of  the  Fred  Meyers  stores 
in  close  proximity  to  struck  L-P  mills, 
consumer  response  to  the  boycott  call 
has  been  particularly  strong. 

•  L-P  West  Coast  Waferboard 
Production  Stalled  Two  Years 

For  over  two  years,  L-P  has  been 
seeking  to  build  new  waferboard  mills 
to  supply  the  lucrative  California  mar- 
ket. Despite  these  efforts,  the  company 


has  yet  to  produce  a  single  sheet  of  its 
waferboard  product  in  the  West.  In 
California,  problems  with  legal  compli- 
ance under  the  California  Environment 
Quality  Act  brought  to  light  by  UBC 
Local  3074  have  precluded  any  con- 
struction. In  British  Columbia,  a  gen- 
erous package  of  government  grants 
promised  L-P  in  exchange  for  a  com- 
mitment to  locate  in  the  province  is 
now  coming  under  close  scrutiny  as 
details  of  the  package  are  slowly  being 
made  public. 

A  letter  from  L-P  to  the  British  Co- 
lumbia government  seeking  special 
concessions  provides  a  good  glimpse  of 
both  the  marginal  profitability  associ- 
ated with  these  mills  and  L-P's  greed. 
L-P's  laundry  list  of  demands  reads  in 
part: 

"2.  Required  capital  cost  loan — $25 
million  American.  We  would  re- 


quest that  there  is  a  moratorium 
on  interest  and  principal  pay- 
ments for  the  first  three  years 
and  then  payments  to  commence 
at  a  rate  '/:  the  then  prime  rate. 

"3.  We  would  anticipate  no  stump- 
age  costs  on  Crown  Lands. 

"4.  We  would  require  the  land  for 
the  site  at  no  cost. 

"5.  We  would  need  a  rail  spur  to  be 
built  at  cost  to  the  railroad. 

"6.  A  five-year  provincial  income 
tax  holiday. 

"9.  We  would  expect  to  buy  power 
at  50%  of  the  published  industrial 
rate." 

Despite  L-P's  efforts  to  secure  spe- 
cial deals  with  communities  such  as 
that  indicated  above,  and  their  efforts 
to  impose  substandard  work  conditions 
in  their  mills,  the  company  still  cannot 
turn  a  respectable  profit. 


What  L-P's  Chairman 
Harry  Merlo  says: 

'  I  expect  all  of  our  managers  to  devote 
time  to  their  communities.  It's  not  only 
Itelpful  to  the  conununities.  but  it  helps 
the  managers  grow  and  live  up  to  their 
potential.  That's  why  legislation  de- 
signed to  balance  the  budget,  such  as 
Gramm-Rudman-Hollins ,  makes  so  much 
sense.  We'll  all  liave  to  lake  up  the  slack 
from  pared-back  government  programs. 
And  we'll  be  better  off  for  it.  In  effect, 
it  forces  corporate  America  and  Ameri- 
can individuals  to  stand  up  for  their 
fellow  man  on  a  neighborhood  basis, 
rather  than  continuing  to  rely  upon  fed- 
eral subsidies.  " 


What  Louisiana-Pacjfic 
Corporation  DOES: 

L-P  is  the  prime  beneficiary  of  U.S. 
taxpayer-subsidized  below-cost  timber 
sales  in  Alaska. 

L-P  recently  sought  a  Clean  Water  Act 
exemption  for  its  Alaskan  pulp  mill  to 
avoid  millions  of  dollars  of  environmental 
clean-up  costs. 

L-P  is  one  of  the  beneficiaries  of  a  $600 
million  timber  contract  bailout  pushed 
by  Forest  Service  boss,  John  Crowell, 
who  was  formerly  L-P's  general  counsel. 

L-P  received  nearly  $18  million  of  fed- 
eral and  state  grants,  low-interest  loans, 
and  a  federal  Urban  Development  Action 
Grant  to  build  its  $18.5  million  wafer- 
board  mill  in  Two  Harbor,  Minn. 

L-P  received  several  million  dollars  of 
Urban  Development  Action  Grants  to 
build  mills  in  Grenada,  Miss,  and  McMillan 
Township,  Mich. 

CONTRACTORS  building  L-P's  waf- 
erboard mill  in  Dungannon,  Va.,  receive 
federal  JTPA  money  to  pay  construction 
workers  on  the  project. 


JULY     1986 


13 


"FREE"  TRADE  COSTLY 


Ottawa 
Report 


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CARR  TO  LEAD  CLC 

The  Canadian  Labour  Congress  wrote  a  new 
chapter  in  trade  union  history  when  delegates  to  the 
2.2-million-mennber  body's  biennial  convention 
elected  Shirley  Carr  as  president,  the  first  woman  to 
head  a  national  labor  body  in  the  western  world. 

Carr,  a  member  of  the  Canadian  Union  of  Public 
Employees,  the  nation's  largest  public  sector  union, 
has  been  an  officer  of  the  CLC  for  the  past  12 
years.  She  was  chosen  by  acclamation  to  succeed 
Dennis  McDermott  of  the  Auto  Workers  who 
stepped  down  after  eight  years  to  accept  appoint- 
ment as  Canada's  ambassador  to  Ireland. 

In  her  acceptance  speech  Carr  said  she  was 
"appalled  "  at  the  government's  free  trade-privatiza- 
tion-deregulation agenda  and  praised  the  CLC  for 
turning  the  public  spotlight  "on  these  policies  which 
not  only  undermine  the  social  and  economic  fabric 
of  our  Canadian  society  but  attack  the  very  founda- 
tion of  our  sovereignty  and  our  distinctive  Canadian 
way  of  life." 

PICKET  LINE  CONDUCT 

Striking  workers  cannot  be  disciplined  for  conduct 
on  a  picket  line,  the  Canada  Labour  Relations 
Board  has  ruled  in  a  tough  judgment  ordering  the 
reinstatement  of  three  workers  fired  during  the  re- 
cent walkout  at  Pacific  Western  Airlines  Ltd. 

The  airline  had  fired  three  flight  attendants  during 
the  bitter  strike.  Two  had  been  involved  in  a  Van- 
couver incident  in  which  a  fellow  worker  who 
crossed  the  picket  line  was  called  a  scab. 

The  other  worker  was  fired  for  tying  up  PWA 
phone  lines  in  Calgary  with  abusive  nuisance  calls. 

But  a  board  judgment  written  by  vice-chairman 
Hugh  Jamieson  had  stern  words  for  PWA's  actions. 

"Confrontation  and  disruption  of  the  employer's 
operations  is  the  name  of  the  game  and  it  is  indeed 
inappropriate  for  the  employer  to  judge  the  conduct 
of  employees  who  are  compelled  by  the  very  nature 
of  our  adversarial  industrial  relations  system  to  act 
contrary  to  the  interests  of  the  employer,"  the  board 
wrote. 


Canada  is  exposing  itself  to  a  "heads  they  win, 
tails  we  lose"  situation  in  its  free-trade  negotiations 
with  the  United  States,  says  Edward  Broadbent, 
leader  of  the  federal  New  Democratic  Party. 

"All  Canadian  interests  are  up  for  grabs,  yet  the 
crucial  U.S.  Senate  power  (to  take  actions  against 
Canadian  imports)  will  remain  untouched,"  said 
Broadbent. 

Broadbent  said  the  Canadian  public's  support  for 
a  free-trade  arrangement  with  the  United  States  is 
waning,  and  he  urged  the  labor  movement  to  apply 
all  the  pressure  it  can  muster  against  the  federal 
Progressive  Conservative  Government. 

"The  government  has  been  seen  to  back  down  in 
the  face  of  public  pressure,"  Broadbent  said. 

Broadbent  said  free-trade  opponents  are  not  anti- 
trade or  anti-American. 

However,  Broadbent  said  jobs  and  the  Canadian 
way  of  life  would  be  threatened  if  U.S.  companies 
had  unfettered  access  to  Canadian  markets. 

PROPOSED  JOBSITE  RULES 

Responding  to  pressure  from  the  construction  in- 
dustry, the  Ontario  Labour  Ministry  has  proposed 
new  regulations  to  control  jobsite  alcohol  and  drug 
abuse. 

If  approved,  it  would  be  the  first  time  that  industry 
officials  could  "police"  jobsite  alcohol  and  drug 
abuse  under  the  Occupational  Health  and  Safety 
Act — Regulations  for  Construction  Projects. 

At  present,  the  eight-year-old  act  is  under  review. 
The  drug  and  alcohol  proposal  is  part  of  a  broad 
package  of  amendments  that  have  been  suggested 
by  the  ministry  in  an  effort  to  revise  the  current 
construction  regulations. 

Labor  and  management  officials  representing  all 
sectors  of  the  construction  industry  were  asked  to 
respond  to  the  ministry's  latest  proposals  by  mid- 
April. 

It  was  the  industry's  last  chance  to  comment  on 
the  amendments  before  the  ministry  drafts  its  final 
regulations  later  this  year. 

OVERHAUL  IN  NEWFOUNDLAND 

In  a  rare  moment  of  labor-management  harmony, 
an  advisory  committee  made  up  of  representatives 
of  the  Newfoundland  construction  industry  and  con- 
struction trades  has  unanimously  recommended  a 
thorough  overhaul  of  the  province's  labour  prac- 
tices. 

The  three-man  Construction  Industry  Advisory 
Committee  was  appointed  to  look  into  four  areas  of 
potential  labor  conflict,  particularly  those  which  are 
seen  as  adversely  affecting  anticipated  oil-related 
construction. 

Of  the  labor  practices  examined  by  the  Advisory 
Committee,  the  most  controversial  by  far  is  that  of 
"double-breasting,"  or  "spin-off"  hiring  by  which 
contractors  set  up  dummy  corporations  to  facilitate 
the  hiring  of  nonunion  workers. 

Though  double-breasting  was  virtually  unknown 
in  the  province  five  years  ago,  it  is  currently  esti- 
mated to  affect  anywhere  from  60%  to  90%  of  the 
province's  construction  industry.  Between  January 
and  July  1985  alone,  60  new  "general  contracting" 
companies  were  incorporated  in  Newfoundland  as  a 
means  of  evading  unionized  labor. 


14 


CARPENTER 


Niagara  Power 
Project  Hosts 
Union  Reunion 


Senior  Members  of  the  UBC 
Honored  at  Anniversary 
Ceiebration 


There's  a  big  reunion  in  upstate  New 
York  on  July  31,  and  11,700  union 
construction  workers  are  invited. 

The  get-together  is  part  of  the  New 
York  Power  Authority's  year-long  cel- 
ebration of  the  Niagara  Power  Project's 
25  years  of  operation,  and  everyone 
who  worked  on  the  big  all-union  project 
is  welcome.  That  includes  a  few  thou- 
sand senior  members  of  the  UBC  and 
the  Brotherhood's  General  President 
Pat  Campbell,  who  chaired  the  labor- 
management  committee. 

The  2,400,000-kilowatt  hydroelectric 
project,  one  of  the  largest  power  pro- 
ducers in  the  world,  was  dedicated 
February  10,  1961.  At  the  time  it  was 
the  largest  non-federal  public  power 
undertaking  in  the  nation.  When  Pres- 
ident John  F.  Kennedy  participated  in 
its  dedication,  he  called  it  "an  example 
to  the  world  of  North  American  effi- 
ciency and  determination." 

It  was  a  marvel  of  the  age.  It  was 
designed  to  harness  the  U.S.  share  of 
the  Niagara  River  waters  available  for 
power  production  under  a  1950  treaty 
with  Canada.  More  than  10,000  Building 
and  Construction  Tradesmen  moved  a 
mountain  of  dirt  and  rock  and  relocated 
roads  and  utility  lines  to  pave  the  way 
for  its  construction.  Power  began  flow- 
ing from  the  huge  project  within  three 
years  of  breaking  ground,  thanks  to 
Building  Tradesmen  working  round-the- 
clock  shifts,  seven  days  a  week,  despite 


The  photos  from  lop  left  to  bottom  right  show  the  construction  of  the  New  York  Power 
Authority's  Robert  Moses  Niagara  Power  Plant  in  1958,  1959,  and  1960  and  the  com- 
pleted plant  in  1961.  Electricity  was  produced  at  the  Moses  plant,  the  main  generating 
plant  of  the  New  York  Power  Authority's  Niagara  Power  Project,  in  early  1961,  less  than 
three  years  after  start  of  construction. 


Western  New  York's  harsh  winters. 

The  project  is  even  more  important 
now  than  it  was  then.  Today,  its  output 
goes  to  seven  states  in  addition  to  New 
York,  reaching  consumers  in  Vermont, 
Massachusetts,  Connecticut,  Pennsyl- 
vania, New  Jersey,  Rhode  Island,  and 
Ohio. 

The  New  York  Power  Authority 
charges  less  for  electricity  today  than 
it  did  25  years  ago — about  four-tenths 
of  one  cent  for  each  kilowatt  hour. 

Work  on  the  project  was  divided  into 
six  parts,  each  handled  by  a  separate 
contractor.  The  first  four  involved  con- 
truction  of  twin  water  intakes  on  the 
upper  Niagara  River,  four  miles  of  un- 
derground conduits  and  the  project's 


Paul  F.  Cole,  legis- 
lative director  of 
the  New  York  State 
AFL-CIO,  ad- 
dresses the  25th 
anniversary  cele- 
bration of  first 
power  from  the 
New  York  Power 
Authority's  Niag- 
ara Power  Project. 
Cole  called  the  hy- 
droelectric project, 
one  of  the  largest 
in  the  world,  "a 
testament  to  the 
workers  who  built 
it." 


open  forebay.  The  two  other  principal 
construction  jobs  were  the  main  gen- 
erating plant  and  the  auxiliary  pump 
generating  plant. 

Despite  the  severe  winter  weather 
battering  the  work  force,  not  a  day  was 
lost  to  the  elements. 

Men  and  machines  worked  around 
the  clock — in  mud,  ice,  snow,  sleet,  fog 
and  rain — to  maintain  the  tight  con- 
struction scheduled. 

Thousands  of  tons  of  earth  and  rock 
were  blasted  loose  from  the  Niagara 
gorge  wall  to  prepare  the  site  for  the 
concrete  and  steel  power  plant.  Then, 
with  the  weather  at  its  coldest,  the 
workers  placed  heated  concrete  in  the 
powerhouse  and  covered  it  with  giant 
sheets  of  polyethylene  to  prevent  freez- 
ing. 

Much  of  the  work  was  performed  in 
developed  areas  where  crews  had  to 
coexist  with  homes,  factories,  railroad 
tracks,  and  utility  lines,  avoiding  them 
to  the  extent  possible  while  getting  the 
job  done. 

Parts  of  eight  major  traffic  routes 
were  relocated.  And  76  houses  in  the 
path  of  the  conduits  were  transported 
by  trailer  to  the  Town  of  Niagara,  where 
the  Power  Authority  literally  created  a 
new  neighborhood. 

Thursday,  July  31,  is  the  date  set  for 
the  silver-anniversary  reunion  that  will 
honor  the  men  and  women  who  built 
the  Niagara  Power  Project. 

Continued  on  Page  30 


JULY     1986 


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Brotherhood  Launches  Credit  Card  Plan  for  Members 


Last  month,  the  United  Brotherhood 
launched  a  pioneering  credit-card  plan  de- 
signed to  put  reasonable  credit  terms  within 
the  reach  of  the  UBC's  three-quarters  of  a 
million  members. 

Using  a  special  VISA  card,  uilh  an  annual 
fee  of  only  $20  and  an  interest  charge  of 
17.5'r,  much  lower  than  the  rate  most  banks 
offer,  the  plan  is  administered  by  the  Stale 
Street  Bank  and  Trust  Company  of  Boston. 
The  bank,  which  employs  union  members. 


will  service  and  maintain  the  cards  and 
defray  most  of  the  marketing  expenses. 

In  a  unique  tie-in  arrangement,  the  Dia- 
betes Foundation  will  receive  $5  from  every 
VISA  cardholder  out  of  the  annual  fee  and 
five  cents  from  every  purchase  made  with 
the  VISA  card,  at  no  expense  to  the  card- 
holder. 

The  Boston  bank  will  administer  the  plan 
with  the  Working  Assets  Money  Fund,  which 
is  based  in  San  Francisco,  Calif.,  and  which 


has  had  long  experience  in  servicing  union 
investment  programs. 

To  become  a  part  of  this  low-rate  and 
financially-.sound  credit-card  plan,  fill  out  the 
application  form  below  and  mail  it  to:  UBC 
VISA,  Suite  200,  230  California  Street,  San 
Francisco,  Calif.  94111, 

If  you  have  questions  concerning  the  UBC 
VISA  card  program,  call  collect  4I.V7SS- 
0777  in  San  Francisco.  Calif..  X:.M)-fi:()0 
Pacific  Time. 


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Wal-Mart  Called  Upon 
to  'Buy  American'  Union  Construction 

National  construction  organizing  effort  aimed  at  discount  department  store  industry 


UBC  locals  in  over  60  cities  across 
21  states  participated  in  what  was  likely 
the  largest  single  leafletting  campaign 
ever  conducted  by  the  Brotherhood. 
Over  150,000  leaflets  were  distrubuted 
in  a  three-day  period  marking  the  first 
phase  of  a  campaign  which  began  May 
1,  1986.  The  handbills  informed  the 
public  of  the  Brotherhood's  dispute 
with  contractors  doing  work  on  Wal- 
Mart  stores. 

Wal-Mart  is  a  rapidly  growing  dis- 
count chain  owned  by  Sam  Walton, 
reportedly  America's  richest  man  with 
personal  assets  of  some  $2.8  billion. 
The  stores  are  located  primarily  in  small 


cities  and  towns  in  the  Midwest,  South, 
and  Southwest. 

Earlier  this  year,  Wal-Mart  kicked 
off  a  "Buy  American"  campaign  in  an 
effort  to  attract  consumers.  The  leaflets 
addressed  the  Brotherhood's  compli- 
ance with  the  buy-American  issue,  but 
called  into  question  the  company's  real 
motives  as  an  owner  utilizing  predom- 
inantly non-union  construction  contrac- 
tors. "Be  American — Buy  American — 
Build  With  American  Union  Labor," 
the  handbills  proclaimed. 

Initial  response  was  surprisingly  fa- 
vorable, as  indicated  by  survey  forms 
sent  in  from  local  unions  in  the  leaflet- 


ting  areas.  Press  releases  sent  out  to 
every  major  media  source  in  the  loca- 
tion of  the  targeted  stores  generated 
fair  and  often  positive  coverage.  Press 
response  was  heaviest  in  Wal-Mart's 
home  state  of  Arkansas,  where  local 
sources  requested  a  conference  with 
local  UBC  leaders. 

While  it  is  not  expected  that  the 
campaign  will  have  a  major  impact  on 
Wal-Mart,  the  larger  goal  is  to  capture 
the  attention  of  major  owners  in  the 
retail  chain  department  store  industry 
as  they  make  plans  to  expend  the  pro- 
jected billions  of  dollars  for  store  con- 
struction and  renovation. 


UBC  members  turned  out  in  many  parts  of  the  South  and  Midwest  to  protest  Wal- 
Mart's  use  of  non-union  contractors.  At  the  top:  Local  943  Business  Manager 
Gerald  Beam,  Assistant  Business  Manager  Ron  Weidman,  and  Gerald  Griffin 
distribute  leaflets  in  Claremont,  Okla.  Below  left:  John  Nichols  and  Gary  Gansner 
of  Local  2214  and  James  Waddinglon,  Local  1596,  in  the  St.  Louis,  Mo.  area. 
Center:  Randall  Parks,  Local  1672,  in  McCook,  Neb.  Lower  right:  Pete  Hammond 
and  Wm.  Hammond  of  Local  2214  with  young  Zachary  Nichols  in  Desoto,  Mo. 


JULY     1986 


17 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


'85  Construction 
materials  and  labor 
costs  at  15-year  low 

The  cosl  of  construction  materials  and 
labor  across  the  United  States  increased 
an  average  of  1.7%  in  1985,  it  was  re- 
ported recently  by  the  Cost  Information 
Systems  Division  of  McGraw-Hill  Infor- 
mation Systems  Co.  The  rise  was  the 
lowest  in  15  years. 

The  greatest  cost  jump  for  the  period, 
3.2%,  was  in  the  six  New  England  states. 
The  lowest  increase,  0.7%,  was  regis- 
tered in  the  Pacific  Coast  and  Rocky 
Mountain  stales. 


Full  employment 
policies  reduce 
unequal  pay 


Employers  say  that  providing  equal 
pay  for  women  will  force  bosses  to  fire 
women  because  they  will  be  too  expen- 
sive. 

However,  countries  with  a  small  gap 
in  the  pay  of  women  and  men  actually 
have  lower  unemployment  rates  than 
some  nations  where  men  earn  much  more 
than  women. 

In  Canada  women  earn  roughly  64(i  for 
every  dollar  men  earn.  Yet  in  Sweden, 
where  women  average  90%  of  men's 
earnings,  the  unemployment  rate  has  av- 
eraged 2%  for  more  than  40  years. 

A  new  study  by  University  of  Minne- 
sota industrial  relations  specialist  Dan 
MacLeod  notes  that  full-employment 
policies  by  governments  actually  serve 
to  reduce  the  gap  in  pay  between  the 
sexes.  As  a  rule,  he  also  found,  the 
countries  with  the  highest  percentage  of 
the  work  force  in  unions  had  the  lowest 
gap  in  male  and  female  pay. 

Kodak  won't 
pay  rehired 
workers  full  wage 

In  Rochester,  N.Y.,  the  great  brain- 
storm of  the  billion-dollar  Kodak  Co. 
bosses  backfired,  and  they  beat  a  hasty 
retreat  while  the  workers  chuckled.  The 
bosses  encouraged  workers  to  take  early 
retirement  to  slash  costs  and  also  maybe 
to  gel  rid  of  militant  union  workers.  But 
the  brilliant  inspiration  failed.  Kodak  had 
to  plead  with  the  laid-off  workers  to 
plea,se  come  back.  But  still  management 
had  to  display  its  anti-worker  bias.  It 
insisted  on  the  lowest  entry-level  pay  for 
even  the  most  veteran  workers. 


Coor's  cooler 
off  the  market 
in  four  months 

Although  the  wine-cooler  market  is 
growing  faster  than  any  other  beverage 
market,  Adolph  Coors  Co.'s  version  of 
a  wine  cooler.  Colorado  Chiller,  has  been 
pulled  out  of  test  markets  across  the 
country  less  than  four  months  after  its 
introduction.  Coors  is  the  target  of  a 
boycott  by  organized  labor. 

Union-made 
flags  fly 
around  the  world 

In  Verona,  N.J.,  the  Annin  Co.,  the 
world's  largest,  oldest,  and  most  famous 
flag  manufacturer  is  100%  union — the 
United  Textile  Workers.  An  oddity  of 
this  $70  million-a-year  industry  is  that 
the  union  men  and  women  also  make  the 
flags  of  40  other  nations,  not  to  mention 
the  U.S.  flags  that  went  to  the  moon  on 
Apollo  II  and  Apollo  12.  The  400  workers 
turn  out  5  million  flags  a  year  and  500 
flag  products.  Among  their  other  chores 
have  been  flags  for  the  Saudi  Arabian 
Navy  and  the  Nigerian  police  force.  But 
probably  the  product  they're  most  proud 
of  is  the  world's  largest  free-flying  flag, 
5,400  square  fleet,  that  hangs  on  the  New 
Jersey  side  of  the  George  Washington 
Bridge  across  the  Hudson  River. 


UAW-Saturn 
agreement  is 
upheld  by  NLRB 

The  general  counsel  of  the  National 
Labor  Relations  Board  has  upheld  a  con- 
tract between  the  United  Auto  Workers 
and  Saturn  Corp.,  a  new  subsidiary  of 
General  Motors  Corp.,  which  sets  up  a 
unionized  company  in  the  right-to-work 
state  of  Tennessee. 

The  ruling  by  Rosemary  M.  Collyer 
gives  GM  and  the  UAW  permission  to 
proceed  with  an  ambitious,  $5  billion 
project  to  produce  500,000  small  cars 
annually,  beginning  in  1990,  at  facilities 
now  under  construction  in  Smyrna,  Tenn. 

The  ruling  also  represents  a  major 
setback  for  right-to-work  advocates,  who 
have  argued  that  the  UAW-Saturn  con- 
tract contradicts  Tennessee's  "open  shop" 
law,  which  gives  workers  the  right  to 
hold  jobs  without  belonging  to  a  labor 
organization. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  contract,  ap- 
proved last  July  26  by  Saturn  officials 
and  the  union's  executive  board,  UAW- 
represented  workers  currently  employed 
at  other  GM  facilities  in  the  United  States 
would  receive  preferential  treatment  in 
hiring  at  the  new  company. 

The  contract  also  guarantees  "per- 
manent job  security"  for  at  least  80%  of 
the  UAW-represented  workers  who  would 
be  hired  at  the  Saturn  complex. 


UAW  holds 
off  decert 
attempt 

Members  of  Auto  Workers  Local  2008, 
Willmar.  Minn.,  defeated  a  decertifica- 
tion attempt  by  First  American  Bank  and 
Trust  despite  what  union  officials  de- 
scribed as  intense  pressure  from  man- 
agement to  convince  the  workers  to  reject 
the  union.  The  town  is  the  home  of  the 
"Willmar  8,"  a  group  of  women  who 
mounted  a  long,  but  ultimately  unsuc- 
cessful, attempt  to  organize  the  Citizens 
National  Bank  there.  The  UAW  added 
the  "8"  in  the  local  number  in  honor  of 
these  women,  whose  struggle  brought 
nationwide  union  support  and  won  public 
attention  through  a  movie  later  made 
about  the  fight. 

Union-hall  disaster 
centers  increase 
along  Pacific  Coast 

Among  the  more  recent  additions  to 
the  ranks  of  union  halls  prewired  as 
disaster  service  administration  centers 
under  the  AFL-CIO  Community  Serv- 
ices/American Red  Cross  Disaster  Coast- 
line Project  are  13  in  the  West.  They 
include:  one  in  Seattle,  Wash.;  two  in 
the  Tri-Cities  Area  of  Washington  State 
(Kennewick  and  Richland);  two  in  Port- 
land, Ore.;  two  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah; 
two  in  Northern  California  (Concord  and 
Martinez)  and  four  in  Southern  California 
(Bloomington,  Pomona,  Riversaide  and 
San  Bernadino).  These  bring  the  present 
total  of  project  sites  to  138  facilities 
representing  25  unions,  including  the  UBC. 
in  85  cities  in  31  slates. 


Newly  organized 
union  in 
Vatican  City 

In  Rome,  Italy,  after  thousands  of 
years,  trade  unionism  came  to  one  of  the 
world's  tiniest  countries,  the  30-acre  state 
of  Vatican  City.  How  many  members 
could  be  eligible'?  The  Vatican  Slate  em- 
ploys 2,500  people,  mostly  in  adminis- 
trative services  centered  around  the  Ro- 
man Catholic  Church.  The  new  union, 
the  Association  of  Vatican  Lay  Workers, 
with  1,700  members,  is  now  affiliated 
with  the  International  Confederation  of 
Free  Trade  unions.  It  seems  unions  don't 
differ  very  much  between  the  Holy  City 
and  elsewhere.  The  Vatican  union's  first 
initial  pay  demands  "fell  on  deaf  ears." 
But  most  recently,  five  of  the  union's 
eight  demands  were  agreed  to.  One  of 
the  most  important  demands  conceded 
by  the  Vatican  was  a  50%  increase  in  the 
minimum  wage.  One  question  that  doesn't 
worry  unions  In  other  countries  presses 
heavily  on  the  union  in  the  Vatican — will 
God  be  on  their  side? 


18 


CARPENTER 


Tragedy  at  Ludlow 

In  the  April  issue  of  the  United  Mine  Workers 
Journal,  there  was  a  commemorative  piece  on  the 
tragedy  that  occurred  in  Ludlow,  Colo.,  on  April  20, 
1914.  The  article  reminds  us  of  the  struggle  our 
forebears  fought  for  a  decent  wage  and  a  safe  work- 
place. It  also  brings  to  mind,  all  too  clearly,  the 
tactics  used  by  anti-union  employers  to  prevent 
unions  from  obtaining  justice  on  the  job. 

When  the  UMWA  struck  the  powerful  Colorado 
Fuel  and  Iron  Co.  in  1913,  the  company  retaliated 
by  evicting  striking  families  from  their  homes,  forcing 
more  than  1 ,000  to  move  into  canvas  tents  set  up  by 
the  union  near  Ludlow. 

The  workers  did  not  have  the  power,  the  wealth, 
or  the  political  clout  that  the  company  had  and  drew 
upon  in  the  struggle.  Colorado's  governor  sent  in 
armed  guards  and  the  state  militia  to  aid  the  company 
strike-breakers — but  the  miners  had  determination 
and  strong  leadership  on  their  side. 

Among  the  leaders  were  Louis  Tikas,  a  Greek 
striker,  and  "Mother"  Jones.  The  community  of 
strikers  grew  stronger  and  closer  as  they  braved  the 
bitter  winter  of  1913-1914  in  their  tents.  "Mother" 
Jones  was  often  found  making  inspiring  and  uplifting 
speeches  or  clothing  the  strikers'  children. 

Easter  fell  on  April  19  in  1914,  and  many  families 
celebrated  the  holiday  and  the  approach  of  spring. 
But  their  celebration  was  short-lived.  The  next  day, 
April  20,  guards  and  militia  attacked  the  colony  with 
machine  guns,  brutally  firing  rounds  into  the  tents. 

While  the  strikers  tried  to  defend  themselves  and 
their  families,  the  women  and  children  ran  into  the 
cellars  that  had  been  dug  beneath  the  tents  as  a 
refuge  in  case  of  attack.  But  the  guards  showed  no 
mercy.  After  their  shooting  spree,  they  set  the  tents 
afire,  and  1 1  children  and  two  women  died  as  a  result. 
Seven  men  were  killed  in  the  fighting,  including  Tikas. 

The  funeral  procession  that  followed  Tikas'  body 
to  his  burial  was  a  sight  to  see.  It  stretched  for  a 
mile  behind  him — a  tribute  to  his  work. 

Several  years  after  the  Ludlow  tragedy,  the  UMWA 
established  a  permanent  monument  to  honor  the 
sacrifice  made  by  the  coal  miners  and  their  families 
there.  Every  year  on  April  20  there  is  a  gathering  to 
remember  the  brutal  attack  .  .  .  and  to  be  thankful 
for  the  successes  unions  have  achieved  since  then. 


From  top:  A  view  of  the  lent  colony  in  Ludlow,  Colo.,  during 
the  winter  of  1913-1914;  The  Colorado  state  militia  riding  along 
the  top  of  boxcars  to  keep  the  workers  in  line  during  the  strike: 
A  legend  at  work — "Mother"  Jones  made  rousing  speeches  and 
brought  clothing  for  the  children  of  the  strikers:  A  young  man 
surveys  the  desolation  left  behind  after  the  fire  and  the  raid. 


JULY     1986 


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Alice  Perkins  Enjoying 
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Alice  Perkins,  ihc  liltle  girl  hum  wilhout 
a  face  and  adopted  by  Maryville.  Tenn., 
Carpenter  Ray  Perkins  and  his  wife  Thelma. 
a  nurse,  continues  to  progress,  reports  Thelma 
Perkins.  Alice  has  had  20  surgeries  and  was 
scheduled  for  extensive  surgery  again  this 
past  spring  when  her  doctor  look  a  leave  of 
absence.  Now  scheduled  for  surgery  in  the 
fall,  Alice  is  "taking  the  summer  off." 

"Alice  and  I  are  going  to  go  places  we 
have  been  wanting  to  see,"  says  Thelma. 
"Alice  is  doing  great,  talking  lots;  she  is 
really  growing  .  .  .  and  we  are  very  proud 
of  her." 

The  Perkins  extend  their  thanks,  once 
again,  to  the  people  all  around  the  world 
who  have  helped  Alice.  The  Kentucky  Junior 
High  Teen  Convention,  with  Associate  Pas- 
tor Tommy  Baker  of  First  Church  of  Christ, 
Florence,  Ky.,  recently  raised  over  $4, 000 
for  Alice,  close  to  the  estimated  cost  of  her 
next  surgery. 

Medically,  Alice's  condition  is  called  "bi- 
lateral cleft  face."  There  have  only  been  six 
known  cases  in  medical  history.  Instead  of 
normal  facial  features — eyes,  nose,  mouth — 
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mucus  membranes.  Usually  other  problems 
are  associated  with  the  condition,  but  Alice's 
general  health  has  been  excellent. 

Alice  is  almost  1 1  years  old  now,  and  has 
been  with  the  Perkins  for  over  nine  years. 
She  was  featured  in  the  Spring  issue  of 
FACES,  the  newsletter  of  The  National 
Association  for  the  Craniofacially  Handi- 
capped, formed  in  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  I.s 
years  ago  to  serve  victims  of  severe  facial 
deformity.  The  article  included  mention  of 
all  the  help  Alice  has  received  from  the 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Join- 
ers of  America. 


Local  Union,  Donors 

12  David  Bartholomew 

17  William  Wood 

17  George  Koroly 

10?  Arthur  Mathson 

180  Joseph  Richards 

264  Tom  Duggan 

370  Jeannie  Teauhey 

393  Henry  Delano 

902  Frederick  Behaylo 

595  Edward  J.  DiPieIro 

623  Daniel  Fritz 

668  Joseph  &  Edith  Fossa 

845  Chris  Christiansen 

964  Peter  Nagy 

1333  M/M  Sherman  Weaver 

1453  Albert  &  Mary  Corwin 

1506  M/M  Gordon  Mclntyre 

1595  Robert  Garner 

1622  Gene  Slater 

Ed.  Miaiki 

John  Hyde  Jr. 

Roger  Mifflin 

M/M  l,awrence  Benham 

Peggy  Perkins 

First  Church  of  Christ,  Ky. 

Shelby  Christian  Church 

First  Christian  Church,  Missionary 

Ky,  Jr.  Hgh  Teens  for  Christ  Class 

Ky,  Jr.  Hgh  Teens  for  Christ  Conv. 

Plum  Creek  Christian  Church 

Deborah  Mien  Linda  Floyd 

Jack  Whitaker  Beth  Pruitt 

Charles  Burgin  IJnda  Uadd 

Etta  Wilson  J.  Lee  Wallace 

Lesa  Bowley  Barbara  Born 

Royce  Robey  Sandra  Ford 

Donna  Harlow  Betty  Teele 

Lisa  Peroni  Scott  Bream 

Monty  Cooper  Margie  Brumfield 


('onlnbiilutn',  stiould  tic  made  oiil  tit  Helping  Hands  and 
sent  lt»  Helping  Hands,  LIniled  Brolherhood  nt'Carpenlers 
and  Jt>incrs  of  .America,  101  ConstilutiDn  Ave..  N.W., 
Washinglon.  D.C.  :0(XII 


Lumber  Workers 
Tell  Weyco  To 
Open  Tap 

Anyone  remember  the  Reagan  Adminis- 
tration's supply-side  promise  about  how  the 
huge  federal  tax  breaks  for  corporations  and 
the  wealthy  were  supposed  to  stimulate 
investment,  create  jobs,  and  make  everyone 
better  off.' 

Members  of  the  Lumber,  Production  and 
Industrial  Workers,  a  UBC  affiliate,  and  the 
Woodworkers  remembered  well  when  Wey- 
erhaeuser Co.  executives  tried  to  convince 
them  to  make  wage  concessions,  according 
to  the  "Union  Register." 

Weyco  executives,  trying  to  sell  the  idea 
in  lecture  and  slide  shows  in  communities 
in  Washington  and  Oregon,  said  the  give- 
backs  were  needed  to  "restore  the  compa- 
ny's competitive  edge"  with  non-union  firms 
and  a  glut  of  Canadian  lumber. 

But  union  members  put  the  executives  on 
the  spot  by  pointing  out  a  few  facts.  They 
noted  that  Weyco  received  some  $60  million 
in  federal  tax  credits  on  its  billion-dollar 
profit  from  1981  to  1984. 

Then,  while  the  company's  northwestern 
workers  faced  plant  closures  and  layoffs, 
the  company  invested  heavily  in  Canadian 
lumber  which  it  resold  in  the  United  States 
and  kept  its  six  Canadian  mills  running  at 
peak  levels. 

The  union  workers  lei  the  company  know 
that  now  that  interest  rates  are  down  and 
the  housing  industry  has  picked  up  steam, 
which  means  lumber  orders  are  likely  to 
increase,  they've  run  out  of  patience  waiting 
for  the  "trickle  down"  to  begin. 

Weyerhauser  is  one  of  four  major  forest 
products  companies  currently  in  contract 
negotiations  with  the  newly  formed  U.S. 
Forest  Products  Joint  Bargaining  Board, 


Missing  Children 


If  you  have  any  information  thai  could  lead  to  the  location  of  a 
missing  child,  call  The  National  Center  for  Missing  and  Exploited 
Children  in  Washinf;ton.  D.C.  1-800-843-5678 


ILENE  REBECCA 
SCOTT,  11 ,  has  been 
missing  from  her  home 
in  California  since  De- 
cember 20,  1980.  She 
has  brown  hair  and  blue 


JASON  TOWSEND,  9, 

has  been  missing  from 
his  home  in  Florida 
since  May  20.  1980.  He 
has  black  hair  and 
brown  eyes. 


NAJ  NARBONNE,  15, 

has  been  missing  from 
his  home  in  Massachu- 
setts since  March  31. 
1981.  He  has  blond  hair 
and  blue  eyes. 


REAGAN  UDEN,  16, 

has  been  missing  from 
his  home  in  Wyoming 
since  September  12, 
1980.  He  has  brown  hair 
and  brown  eyes. 


22 


CARPENTER 


Double-Breasted 
Battle  Shifts  to 
U.S.  Senate 


Following  passage  of  H.R.  281  in  the 
House  on  April  17,  construction  indus- 
try employers  are  gearing  up  to  stop  a 
companion  bill  introduced  by  Sen.  Al- 
fonse  D'Amato  (R-N.Y.)  in  the  Senate. 
The  proposed  legislation  would  expand 
the  definition  of  "single  employer"  in 
the  Taft-Hartley  Act  to  prevent  con- 
struction industry  employers  operating 
under  a  union  contract  from  setting  up 
non-union  firms  to  perform  the  same 
work.  The  bills  also  would  prevent 
contractors  from  repudiating  prehire 
agreements  with  building  trades  unions 
unless  employees  voted  against  union 
representation  in  an  NLRB-conducted 
election.  But  as  with  the  House  bill, 
our  active  support  of  this  measure  can 
win  its  passage.  The  United  Brother- 
hood has  asked  every  Senator  who  has 
not  already  signed  on  as  a  co-sponsor 
of  S.  2181  to  work  with  us  to  ensure  its 
success. 

In  our  request,  we  noted  that:  "  S. 
2181  is  a  straight-forward  attempt  to 
restore  equity,  fair  play,  and  the  historic 
concept  of  stable  labor  relations  to  the 
unique  labor  arena  of  the  constuction 
industry.  When  construction  employers 
sign  prehire  agreements  they  receive 
access  to  a  pool  of  highly  skilled  work- 
ers in  exchange  for  giving  those  workers 
a  written  agreement  to  rely  upon. 
Through  repudiation  and  double  breast- 
ing employers  receive  all  the  benefits 
of  the  bargain  with  a  union  while  the 
union  receives  none." 

Senators  were  also  reminded  "co- 
sponsorship  of  S.  2181  will  be  a  state- 
ment to  the  construction  workers  and 
their  famihes  in  your  state  that  you  will 
not  tolerate  construction  employers' 
company  shell  games  which  play  with 
workers'  wages  and  benefits.  UBC 
members  fulfill  their  contractual  com- 
mitment to  perform  skilled  work  with 
pride.  S.  2181  will  simply  enforce  con- 
struction employers'  responsibility  to 
fully  meet  their  contractual  duties  as 
well." 


You  can  write  to  your  Sen- 
ators urging  them  to  co-spon- 
sor and  actively  support  the 
Construction  Industry  Labor 
Law  Amendments  of  1986. 
Write  your  Senators,  U.S.  Sen- 
ate, Washington,  D.C.  20510. 


Conlrihiilions  from  local  unions  and  councils  continue  to  reach  the  General  Office 
for  the  Blueprint  for  Cure  campaign.  Among  the  check  presentations  to  General 
President  Patrick  J.  Campbell  at  a  recent  Building  Trades  gathering  in  Washing- 
ton, D.C.  were  the  four  shown  above.  At  upper  left.  Minnesota  State  Council 
Secretary  Bert  Dally  presented  a  check  from  donations  made  at  the  Minnesota 
state  convention:  at  upper  right.  Jim  Nicholson,  president  of  the  Westchester 
County.  N.  Y..  District  Council,  made  a  presentation  for  his  group:  at  lower  left. 
Ken  Castaldi  presented  a  check  from  Local  1005,  Merrillville,  Ind.:  and  at  lower 
right,  Eugene  Cartigan  and  Nassau  County,  N.Y.,  District  Council  leaders  made  a 
presentation. 


'Blueprint  for  Cure'  Still  Counting   Donations 


The  fund-raising  appeal  for  the  Diabetes 
Research  Institute  in  Miami,  Fla.,  was  ini- 
tiated last  November  and  we've  been  happy 
to  keep  a  tally  of  the  generous  contributions 
that  have  been  pouring  in  every  day  for  the 
last  eight  months. 

We're  fast  approaching  the  $200,000  mark 
from  individual  contributors  alone,  but  we've 
got  a  long  way  to  go.  In  recent  weeks  the 
flood  of  contributors  being  added  to  our  list 
has  slowed — but  the  need  to  find  a  cure  for 
diabetes  is  no  less  urgent. 

There  are  an  estimated  12  million  people 
suffering  from  diabetes  in  North  America. 
Insulin  shots  are  not  a  cure;  they  are  merely 
a  stop-gap  measure  to  control  the  disease. 
But  millions  of  diabetics  suffer  from  heart 
disease,  stroke,  kidney  failure,  blindness,  or 
loss  of  their  limbs  because  there  is  still  no 
real  cure. 

The  'Blueprint  for  Cure'  campaign's  goal 
is  to  raise  funds  for  the  construction  of  a 
Diabetes  Reserch  Center  where  doctors  and 
medical  specialists  can  concentrate  their 
efforts  on  finding  a  cure  for  diabetes.  Con- 
struction costs  are  estimated  to  be  $10  mil- 
lion— an  imposing  figure  to  be  sure,  but  it's 
not  beyond  the  reach  of  the  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  building  trades  workers  who 
have  united  their  strength  behind  the  cam- 
paign. 

We  are  grateful  to  all  of  the  generous 
donors  who  have  brought  us  to  the  $200,000 


mark,  and  we're  ready  for  another  flood  of 
contributions. 

Recent  contributors  include: 

Local  4,  Davenport  Iowa;  Local  66,  Olean 
N.Y.;  Local  296,  Brooklyn,  N.Y.;  Local 
902,  Brooklyn,  N.Y.;  Local  971,  Reno,  Nev.; 
Local  1246,  Marinette,  Wis.;  and  Local  1693, 
Chicago,  111. 

Mid-Atlantic  Industrial  Council. 

Retiree  Club  Local  19,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

In  Memory  of  Bette  Coffin  and  Albert 
LaSalle. 

Edwin  W.  Atwood,  Fred  L.  Bernhardt, 
James  G.  Brown,  John  R.  Fiore,  William  D. 
Fish  III,  Stephen  A.  Flynn,  Francis  and  Dee 
Lamph.  John  Mazzocchi,  Elena  Oftedal, 
Anthony  Piscitelli,  John  Poyer,  and  Michael 
W.  Schulte. 

Local  8,  Philadelphia.  Pa.;  Local  696, 
Tampa,  Fla.;  Local  1509,  Miami,  Fla.;  Local 
1755,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.;  Local  2396, 
Seattle,  Wash. 

Maumee  Valley  District  Council  and  West 
Virginia  State  Council  Lehman  Baker,  John 
L.  De  Polo,  William  Dickhoff,  Ray  Elmore, 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Fanning. 

Check  donations  to  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
campaign  should  be  made  out  to  "Blueprint 
for  Cure"  and  mailed  to  General  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell,  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America,  101  Con- 
stitution Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


JULY     1986 


23 


loni  union  neuis 


Cape  Breton  Coal 
Silo  Project 


One  of  two  concrete  portals  hein)>  huill  at 
Lingan  Phalen  Mine.  New  Walerford, 
Cape  Breton,  hy  Char  Jan  Enterprises'  Lo- 
cal 1588  members.  Svdnev.  N..S. 


Volunteers  Build 
Union  Playground 

Six  members  of  Local  500,  Butler,  Pa., 
joined  with  fellow  unionists  from  the  IBEW 
and  the  Laborers  to  install  playground  equip- 
ment for  the  Clarence  Brown  School.  The 
16-year  old  school  is  operated  for  severely 
handicapped  students  from  five  counties  in 
the  area. 

After  several  false  starts,  the  project  fi- 
nally made  it  to  the  drawing  board,  and  a 
call  went  out  for  volunteers  to  set  up  the 
donated  equipment.  The  hours  that  were  put 
in  would  have  cost  the  school  hundreds  of 
dollars  were  it  not  for  the  generosity  of  the 
unions. 

Among  the  carpenters  on  the  job  were: 
Stephen  J.  Doerr,  David  Miller,  James  P. 
Bridgeman,  John  Reiner.  Joseph  J.  Nebel, 
and  Dale  Fair. 


Les  Negociations  du 
Quebec,  Canada 

Depuis  le  30  avril  1986,  le  detret  de  la 
construction  est  expire  (convention  collec- 
tive imposee  par  le  Gouvenrement).  Le  18 
Decembre  1985.  le  Conseil  Provincial  du 
Quebec  des  Metiers  de  la  Construction  In- 
ternational signait  un  protocole  d'entente 
avec  la  F.T.Q.  Construction  pour  represen- 
ter  72%  des  travailleurs  de  la  construction 
du  Quebec. 

Suite  a  la  rencontre  patronale — syndicale 
du  9  avril  1986  pour  preparer  le  protocole 
de  negociation  avec  les  tables  particulieres 
des  metiers,  1' Association  des  Entrepreneurs 
de  la  Construction  du  Quebec  a  refusee 
categoriquemeni  et  a  demandee  interven- 
tion d'un  conciliateurau  Ministre  du  Travail. 

Le  6  mai  1986  a  eu  lieu  la  premiere 
rencontre  avec  les  parties  et  aucune  possi- 
bilite  de  rapprochement  suite  aux  demandes 
patronale,  de  diminuer  les  conditions  de 
travail  des  gars  de  la  construction. 

"C'est  un  retour  de  20  ans  en  arriere." 

Considerant  la  position  drastique  de 
I'A.E.C.Q.  gouvernee  et  appuyee  par  10,000 
petits  contracleurs. 

Des  greves  rotatives  sont  faites  sur  les 
chantiers  de  construction  pour  forcer  les 
employeurs  a  demander  a  I'A.E.C.Q.  de 
s'assoire  aux  tables  particulieres  des  me- 
tiers. 

Regardant  le  Local  2182  des  mecaniciens 
Industriels  (millwrights)  et  considerant  sa 
representativite  de  54%,  il  est  le  porte-parole 
officiel  pour  tous  les  mecaniciens.  de  chan- 
tier  de  la  provmce  de  Quebec  pour  negocier 
la  convention  collective. 

C'est  un  affrontement  patronat-syndicat 
pour  sauver  les  droits  acquis  des  travailleurs 
de  la  construction. 


Negotiations  in 
Quebec  Province 


The  Quebec  construction  industry  collec- 
tive bargaining  agreement,  an  agreement 
imposed  by  government  decree,  expired  on 
April  M).  1986.  Quebec  Millwrights  Local 
2182  entered  the  current  negotiations  as  the 
official  spokesman  for  all  millwrights  prov- 
ince-wide, having  achieved  57%  represen- 
tation in  the  last  election.  As  of  December 
1985,  the  Quebec  Building  Trades  Council 
represents  72%  of  the  provincial  construc- 
tion workers,  based  on  an  understanding 
reached  with  the  Quebec  Federation  of  La- 
bour. 

A  labour-management  meeting  was  held 
on  April  9,  1986  to  develop  a  negotiating 
protocol  for  craft-by-crafl  bargaining.  The 
Association  of  Building  Contractors  of  Que- 
bec, however,  categorically  refused  this  pro- 
posal and  demanded  the  intervention  of  a 
Labour  Ministry  mediator.  At  the  parties' 
May  6  meeting,  it  became  apparent  that 
there  was  little  possibility  of  accord  given 
the  Association's  demands,  backed  by  10,(XX) 
small  contractors,  for  substantial  conces- 
sions. In  effect,  management's  position  would 
set  us  back  20  years. 

Selective  rotating  strikes  have  now  been 
initiated  in  an  effort  to  bring  pressure  on  the 
Association  for  separate  craft  bargaining 
tables.  We  are  engaged  in  a  serious  battle 
with  the  bosses,  fighting  to  preserve  the 
rights  won  by  construction  workers  in  this 
province. 


This  report  has  been  printed  in  French  in 
addition  to  English  for  our  French  Canadian 
readers. 


Michigan  Industrial  Stewards 


\li  liii,  n  !><',  n.  I >d\id  Miller,  and  Janus  Hndi;t  iixm.  all  of 
Local  500,  work  on  the  playground  equipment  construction 
while  Joe  Nebel.  also  of  Local  500.  confers  with  Larr\  Chap- 
man of  the  Laborers  and  Tom  (liithric  of  the  IBEW. 


Members  of  Local  1615,  (hand  Rapids,  Mich.,  participated  in  the 
.Steward  Training  program  conducted  by  the  Michigan  Conned  of 
Industrial  Workers.  Pictured  above .  front  row.  from  left,  are  Linda 
Greenfeld  and  Rose  Priest.  Middle  row.  from  left,  are  Burt  Drent, 
Bryan  Skipp,  Darrell  Bovr,  Pat  Coykenool.  and  Margaret  Hurst. 
Back  row.  from  left,  are  Jack  Todd.  Mike  Gunnzson,  Bill  Bluinen- 
schein.  Jack  Dryer,  and  Bob  Minnema. 


24 


CARPENTER 


Operation  Murphy 
Enlists  l\/lembers 


Last  month  the  Hawaii  Federal  Employ- 
ees Metal  Trades  Council  concluded  Oper- 
ation Murphy,  an  intensive  year-long,  in- 
house  organizing  drive  at  the  Pearl  Harbor 
Shipyard  in  Honolulu,  Hawaii.  Members  of 
Carpenters  Local  747  participated. 

The  drive's  title,  MURPHY,  comes  from 
the  words  "Members,  Unity,  Respect,  Pearl 
Harbor  Yard." 

Council  President  Clyde  Hayashi  reports 
that  the  drive  was  a  huge  success,  swelling 
membership  by  14%  or  315  new  members. 

"We  began  with  2,112  members  in  the 
shipyard  knowing  that  the  potential  was  over 
6,100,"  Hayashi  said.  "We  had  about  4,000 
non-union  members  who  needed  to  be  re- 
cruited through  Operation  Murphy." 

Each  local  contributed  information  for  a 
booklet  for  each  steward  to  carry  in  the 
yard.  Because  of  the  cooperative  spirit, 
stewards  signed  new  members  to  any  of  the 
12  affiliated  local  unions  regardless  of  juris- 
diction. A  screening  committee  placed  the 
new  member  in  the  right  local. 

Last  year  the  council,  with  the  help  of 
some  elected  Hawaiian  officials  and  the 
press,  fought  hard  and  averted  a  reduction 
in  force.  The  council  has  had  major  fights 
with  management  over  the  Basic  Perform- 
ance Appraisal  Program,  the  rating  system 
under  the  1978  Civil  Service  Reform  Act, 
quality  circles,  safety,  the  negotiated  agree- 
ment, and  grievances. 

"Our  coordinating  committee  was  the  key , " 
Hayashi  said.  "It  was  local  people  seeing 
that  the  team  was  organizing." 


Union  Bunnies  Boost 
Public  Awareness 


Local  402  BA  James  Martin  and  President 
Neil  Balk  traded  their  street  clothes  for 
Easter  bunny  costumes  for  a  few  hours 
last  March  to  hand  out  400  lollipops  to 
youngsters  and  protest  leaflets  to  parents 
in  front  of  the  Florence  Savings  Bank  in 
Florence,  Mass.  Northampton-Greenfield. 
Mass.,  Local  402  was  protesting  the  local 
bank's  decision  to  build  a  branch  with 
non-union  labor. 


Building  Trades 
Protest  in  Omaha 


Local  400  marchers  protest  non-union  con- 
tractor at  local  shopping  center. 


Nearly  2500  turn  out  for  the  demonstration 
in  Omaha,  Neb. 

Carpenters  Local  400  and  Millwright  and 
Machinery  Erectors  Local  1463,  Omaha, 
Neb.,  were  among  the  participants  at  a 
recent  demonstration  sponsored  by  the 
Omaha  Building  and  Construction  Trades 
Council.  The  event  was  to  protest  Cross- 
roads Shopping  Center  owner  M.  Simon's 
use  of  the  non-union,  out-of-town  contractor 
Kelly-Nelson  from  Arkansas.  Close  to  400 
of  the  2500  marchers  that  turned  out  for  the 
event  were  affiliated  with  the  two  UBC 
locals. 

N.J.  Business  Rep 
To  Central  America 

A  few  weeks  ago,  65,000  trade  unionists 
marched  through  the  streets  of  San  Salvador 
to  demonstrate  the  growing  strength  of  El 
Salvador's  labor  movement.  It  was  the  larg- 
est such  demonstration  in  years,  the  Amer- 
ican Institute  for  Free  Labor  Development 
reports. 

Supporting  such  efforts  to  combat  right- 
wing  and  left-wing  anti-union  groups  in  Cen- 
tral America  is  Albert  Beck  Jr.,  business 
representative  of  Local  6,  Hudson  County, 
N.J.,  who  joined  a  labor  group  last  year 
touring  El  Salvador,  Nicaragua,  and  Costa 
Rica. 

Beck  noted  that  "the  AFL-CIO  is  very 
concerned  about  the  misinformation  being 
given  out  to  left-wing  labor  leaders  in  all  of 
these  countries  by  the  government  of  Nic- 
aragua, and  they  wanted  us  to  go  down  and 
see  for  ourselves  just  what  conditions  are." 

Beck  was  nominated  for  the  tour  by  the 
New  Jersey  AFL-CIO  and  was  one  of  II 
trade  union  representatives  selected  by  the 
AFL-CIO's  American  Institute  for  Free  La- 
bor Development. 


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steward  Training 

New  Willamette  Valley  District  Council  Stewards  Train 


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Steward  Training  was  conducted  hy  Representatives  Earl  Sod- 
erman  and  Elery  Thielen  for  several  newly-elected  stewards  in 
Oregon.  Participants  came  from  the  Willamette  Valley  District 
Council.  Local  3009,  Grants  Pass;  Local  2715.  Medford:  and 
Local  2949.  Rosehurg.  Above  left,  a  group  from  Local  3009  is 
pictured.  Front  row.  from  left,  are  Mel  Davidson.  Barb  Whiting. 
Roger  Ramsey,  and  Terry  Smith.  Back  row.  from  left,  are  Don 
Kelly.  Lawnie  Beavers.  Rod  Robinson,  and  Bob  Payne. 

The  group  pictured  above  left,  front  row.  from  left,  includes 
Mel  Davidson.  Local  3009:  John  May.  Willamette  Valley  District 
Council:  Meal  Meyer.  Willamette  Valley:  and  Representative 
Soderman. 

At  right,  stewards  from  Local  3009  at  work,  from  left,  are  Mark 
Russell,  Fred  Mozingo,  Fred  Winter.  Douglas  Ely.  and  Timothy 
Davidson. 


Michigan  Council  of  Industrial  Workers  Steward  Seminar 


The  Michigan  Council  of  Industrial  Workers  recently  conducted 
a  Steward  Training  seminar  for  members  of  Local  239  f  Holland, 
Mich.:  Local  1395.  Grand  Haven.  Mich.:  Local  2535.  Holland. 
Mich.:  Local  824.  Muskegon.  Mich.:  and  Local  1033.  Muskegon. 
Mich.  Pictured  at  top  left  are  participating  members  Dave  Brush. 
Local  2391:  Phylis  Laufersky.  Local  Li95:  Nellie  Rodriquez.  Local 
2535:  and  Tom  Boerigter.  Local  2535.  At  lop  right  are  Glenn 
Ebels.  Local 2535 :  Ray  McCaffey.  Local 2535:  Jim  Jaunese.  Local 
824;  William  Ackley.  Local  824;  Bob  Johnson,  Local  824:  Tom 


Flieman,  Local  2391 ;  Peggy  Gilmore,  Local  2391 :  Phylis  Goen, 
Local  2391;  Angela  Hecke,  Local  2391;  and  Cal  Schepel,  Local 
239L  At  bottom  left  are  Paul  Rauhorst,  Local  231 :  Bob  Gardner, 
Local  824;  Troy  Johnson.  Local  824;  Rick  Snell.  Local  824:  Steve 
Niezgoda.  Local  1033;  and  Ralph  Little.  Local  2391.  At  bottom 
right  are  Sue  Rainey.  Local  2391 ;  Werner  Andre  Jr..  Local  1033: 
Norva  Davenport.  Local  1033;  and  Carl  Woodruff.  Local  1033. 
Not  pictured  are  George  McGonaughy.  Local  824;  and  Lyn  D. 
Bailey.  Local  2391. 


26 


CARPENTER 


By  ROSE  ANN  SOLOWAY 

National  Capital  Poison  Center 


Poison  exposures  peak  nationwide  during 
the  summer  months,  when  many  people  take 
advantage  of  the  recreational  opportunities 
provided  by  the  warm  weather.  Every  year 
in  the  United  States,  millions  of  people  of 
all  ages  are  poisoned  by  things  in  and  around 
their  homes.  Depending  on  the  substance, 
poisons  can  harm  you  if  swallowed,  if  spilled 
or  splashed  on  the  skin  or  into  the  eyes,  if 
the  fumes  are  inhaled,  or  if  injected  into  the 
body  from  bites  or  stings. 

You  can  learn  about  common  household 
poisons  as  well  as  poisons  specific  to  your 
area  from  your  regional  poison  center.  If 
you  don't  already  know  the  number,  check 
the  inside  front  cover  of  your  telephone 
book,  or  ask  the  telephone  operator  or  your 
doctor. 

Be  prepared  to  treat  a  poisoning  with  two 
things:  Your  poison  center  telephone  num- 
ber and  a  bottle  of  ipecac  syrup.  Ipecac,  a 
medicine  which  causes  vomiting,  is  available 
without  a  prescription  in  any  drugstore.  It 
is  a  safe,  effective  way  to  empty  someone's 
stomach  of  a  poison — but  only  if  given  as 
needed,  with  medical  guidance. 

•  If  someone  spills  a  poison  in  the  eyes 
or  on  the  skin,  lots  of  running  water  is  the 
best  first  aid.  A  steady  stream  of  water  for 
at  least  15  minutes  is  very  important;  a 
shower  is  a  convenient  way  to  accomplish 
this  if  one  is  handy.  Then  call  the  poison 
center. 

•  If  someone  inhales  a  poisonous  fume, 
immediately  get  him  or  her  to  fresh  air.  Then 
call  the  poison  center.  (If  the  victim  is  not 
breathing,  start  artificial  respiration  while 
someone  else  calls  an  ambulance.) 

•  If  someone  swallows  a  poison,  remove 
the  remaining  substance  from  his  or  her 
mouth,  then  call  the  poison  center.  (If  the 
victim  is  unconscious,  call  for  an  ambu- 
lance.) 

The  experts  at  your  regional  poison  center 
are  there  24  hours  a  day  to  provide  immediate 
treatment  advice  in  case  of  a  poisoning.  Call 
immediately;  don't  wait  to  see  if  the  victim 
is  going  to  get  sick  or  have  a  bad  reaction. 
A  prompt  call  to  the  poison  center  might 
prevent  illness  or  injury;  in  fact,  about  75% 
of  poisonings  can  be  treated  at  home  if  the 
poison  center  is  called  right  away. 

A  few  common  warm-weather  poison  haz- 
ards follow: 

MUSHROOMS  Every  wild  mushroom 
should  be  considered  poisonous  unless  it 
has  been  identified  by  an  expert.  Poison 
center  files  around  the  country  are  full  of 
cases  of  individuals  who  became  seriously 


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ill  or  died  after  eating  mushrooms  that  they 
were  "sure  of."  Depending  on  the  variety, 
poisonous  mushrooms  may  cause  anything 
from  mild  stomach  upset  to  death  from  liver 
and  kidney  failure.  Teach  children  not  to  eat 
anything  without  first  asking  an  adult;  adults 
should  not  harvest  and  eat  wild  mushrooms 
unless  they  are  really  sure  of  their  identities. 

PLANTS  Your  nearest  regional  poison 
center  can  tell  you  which  poisonous  plants 
are  common  in  your  area.  Nationwide,  these 
are  some  of  the  most  commonly  reported 
outdoor  poisonous  plants:  holly,  pokeweed, 
yew,  rhododendron,  nightshade,  poison  ivy, 
daffodil,  rhubarb  (leafy  green  blades),  Eng- 
lish ivy,  Oregon  grape,  and  oleander. 

Learn  the  names  of  the  plants  growing  in 
your  yard,  and  ask  your  poison  center  if 
they  are  poisonous.  If  you  have  small  chil- 
dren or  pets,  you  might  want  to  find  out  the 
same  thing  before  planting  new  flowers  or 
shrubs. 

'Every  year  in  the  United 
States,  millions  of  people  of 
all  ages  are  poisoned  by 
things  in  and  around  their 
own  homes.'    . 


In  the  vegetable  garden,  the  leaves,  stems, 
and  vines  of  tomato,  potato,  and  eggplant 
are  all  poisonous. 

GARDEN  SUPPLIES  Some  bulbs  (e.g. 
daffodil)  and  seeds  (e.g.  morning  glory)  are 
poisonous.  Even  non-poisonous  seeds  might 
be  harmful  if  they  are  treated  with  fungicides. 
Fertilizers  can  be  harmful  to  children  under 
one  year  of  age  if  eaten  in  quantity. 

HERBICIDES  AND  PESTICIDES  Weed 
killers  and  bug  killers,  whether  for  indoor 
or  outdoor  use,  can  be  dangerous  if  swal- 
lowed, inhaled,  or  spilled  on  the  skin.  The 
degree  of  danger  varies  with  the  particular 
chemical,  but  it  is  never  safe,  for  people  or 
for  the  environment,  to  misuse  any  of  these 
products.  Buy  the  smallest  possible  quan- 
tities, use  only  for  their  intended  purposes, 
and  don't  use  them  when  children  or  pets 
are  around. 

By  the  way,  remember  that  leather  is  skin. 
Pesticides  that  can  harm  humans  through 
skin  exposure  can  also  be  absorbed  by  leather 
and  poison  people  wearing  leather  jackets, 
shoes,  watchbands,  hatbands,  belts,  etc. 

When  working  with  pesticides  and  herbi- 
cides, apply  them  as  directed  on  the  labels. 
Wear  hats,  long  pants,  long  sleeves,  and 
gloves.  Immediately  afterwards  shower  down 
from  head  to  toe  and  run  clothing  through  a 
hot  water  cycle  in  the  washer. 


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POOL  CHEMICALS  Chlorine  and  other 
chemicals  used  to  maintain  swimming  pools 
also  need  to  be  used  with  caution.  Follow 
label  directions  carefully.  Depending  on  the 
exact  substance,  these  chemicals  may  cause 
skin  irritation  or  difficulty  in  breathing  if 
inhaled  directly.  Also,  be  sure  not  to  mix 
any  chemicals  which  shouldn't  be  mixed. 
For  example,  chlorine  combined  with  any 
acid  makes  chlorine  gas,  which  can  be  deadly 
if  inhaled. 

GASOLINE  AND  CHARCOAL  LIGHTER 
FLUID  If  either  of  these  liquids  is  swal- 
lowed, it  is  very  easy  to  cough  or  choke  on 
them.  Choking  them  down  into  the  lungs, 
which  feels  like  trying  to  swallow  something 
"the  wrong  way,"  can  cause  pneumonia.  In 
addition  to  keeping  these  Hquids  out  of  reach 
of  children  and  pets,  resist  the  urge  to  siphon 
gasoline.  It  is  too  easy  to  choke  on  the  gas, 
and  chemical  pneumonia  could  result. 

FIREWORKS  In  addition  to  the  obvious 
explosive  hazards,  fireworks  and  firecrack- 
ers of  all  kinds  are  poison  hazards  if  swal- 
lowed by  children  or  pets.  The  various 
chemicals  in  them  can  damage  the  kidneys 
and  make  it  impossible  for  the  blood  to  carry 
oxygen  to  the  brain  and  other  vital  organs, 
among  other  things. 

FOOD  POISONING  The  old  saw  about 
keeping  hot  foods  hot  and  cold  foods  cold 
is  never  more  true  than  during  the  warm 
weather.  Foods  which  are  not  properly  stored 
can  quickly  reach  a  temperature  at  which 
dangerous  bacteria  can  grow.  Prepare  food 
with  clean  hands  and  utensils,  store  things 
at  the  proper  temperature,  and  refrigerate 
left-overs  promptly. 

ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGES  Talk  of  food 
prompts  talk  of  drink — and  alcoholic  drinks 
can  be  deadly  for  children.  Two  shots  of  80 
proof  liquor  is  enough  alcohol  to  kill  a  three 
year  old.  A  few  sips  of  beer,  wine,  or  liquor 
can  be  dangerous  for  a  smaller  child.  In 
children,  alcohol  does  more  than  depress 
the  central  nervous  system  and  make  them 
drunk.  It  can  also  cause  their  blood  sugar 
to  drop  to  dangerously  low  levels;  that  can 
cause  convulsion,  coma,  and  death  in  short 
order.  In  addition  to  keeping  household 
alcoholic  beverage  supplies  locked  up,  be 
sure  that  someone  is  watching  the  little  ones 
at  outdoor  gatherings.  Sometimes,  children 
die  after  taking  unobserved  sips  from  adults' 
cans  and  glasses. 

OTHER  WARM  WEATHER  POISON 
HAZARDS  Your  poison  center  can  ac- 
quaint you  with  the  poisonous  snakes,  spi- 
ders, and  insects  in  your  area.  Most  of  these 
critters  would  rather  leave  you  alone,  and 
sensible  behavior  to  avoid  provoking  them 
can  prevent  many  bites  and  stings. 


JULY     1986 


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Mid-Year  Conference  Discusses  Ways 

To  IVIeet  Industry  Needs,  Operate  Day  Scliools, 

Handle  Transfers,  Work  with  Communities 


First  General  Viee 
PresiJeni  Liictissen . 
uhiive.  called  for  a 
continued  hif;li 
level  of  Irainini;.  At 
far  riiihl  Charlie 
litinnets  of  San  An- 
tonio. Tex.,  during 
floor  disciission.s. 


A  wide  range  of  timely  topics  occupied 
the  agenda  of  the  UBC's  recent  Mid-Year 
Carpentry  Apprenticeship  Conference  in 
Boston.  Mass.  For  three  days.  May  fi,  7. 
and  8,  training  leaders  from  throughout  the 
United  States  and  Canada  considered  such 
timely  topics  as  robotics,  "blended  grids." 
drug  and  alcohol  abuse  among  apprentices, 
and  transfers  of  PETS  (Performance  Eval- 
uation Training  System)  blocks.  They  also 
toured  the  Robert  Marshall  Training  School, 
one  of  the  latest  and  most  modern  of  the 
schools  built  by  joint  apprenticeship  training 
committees  in  North  America,  and  visited 
the  Massachusetts  State  Apprenticeship 
Contest,  then  in  progress. 

Added  to  the  agenda  this  year  was  a 
discussion  of  legal   contracts,   association 


agreements,  and  apprenticeship  legislation, 
led  by  Kathy  Krieger.  UBC  associate  general 
counsel. 

First  General  Vice  President  Sigurd  l.u- 
cassen  set  the  tone  of  the  conference  in  his 
review  of  progress  and  decline  in  appien- 
ticeship  and  training.  He  called  for  a  contin- 
ued high  level  of  activity  in  all  UBC  sup- 
ported programs  because  of  the  nation's 
future  manpower  needs,  Hans  Wachsmuth 
Jr.  of  the  Associated  General  Contractors 
spoke  of  the  long  and  successful  record  of 
labor  and  management  cooperation  in  craft 
training  and  urged  that  it  continue  unbated. 

One  of  the  topics  discussed  was  the  re- 
lationship between  joint  committees,  train- 
ing schools,  and  public  educational  institu- 
tions,Recognizing  that  early  apprenticeship 


legislation  provided  that  public  schools  should 
play  major  roles  in  establishing  local  ap- 
prenticeship programs,  conference  partici- 
pants noted  that  labor  and  management, 
more  and  more,  are  establishing  their  own 
training  facilities,  and  it  was  the  general 
concensus  that  public  institutions  should 
only  be  supportive  services  today,  tunneling 
public  funds  from  their  source  to  the  pro- 
grams. 

The  conference  devoted  some  time  to  a 
discussion  of  day  schools  for  apprentices 
and  pre-apprenlices.  It  was  felt  that  in- 
creased scheduling  of  related  training 
during  the  day  has  many  advantages.  Some 
program  sponsors  pay  the  apprentices  at  a 
percentage  of  journeyman  scale  for  partici- 
pation in  day  classes:  others  offer  a  fixed 


Robert  Bryant, 
president  of  the 
Massachusetts 
Stale  Council,  wel- 
comed delegates  to 
the  conference. 


Charles  Brown  dis- 
cussed the  Cana- 
dian system  of  ap- 
prenticeship. 


Warren  Lee  of 
Louisville.  Ky..  de- 
scribed work  pro- 
motion activity  in 
his  city. 


Wendell  Phelps  of 
the  Falls  City  Dis- 
trict Council.  Ken- 
lucky,  talked  on 
community  rela- 
tions. 


Robert  Marshall  of 
Local  33.  Boston. 
Mass..  joined  in  the 
welcome  to  the 
cilY. 


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CARPENTER 


stipend;  others  offer  no  financial  support. 

There  was  a  give-and-take  session  about 
granting  apprentices  credit  for  prior  exper- 
eience.  It  was  pointed  out  that  entrants  to 
craft  training  vary  greatly  as  to  their  expe- 
rience and  background.  The  panel  leading 
this  discussion  said;  "Productivity  versus 
wage  is  the  factor  to  be  considered  in  eval- 
uating any  credit  given  for  prior  experience. 
A  joint  committee  will  most  probably  be 
able  to  make  evaluation  after  the  person  has 
demonstrated  productivity  capabilities  on 
the  project  ..." 

It  was  pointed  out  that  the  experiences  of 
some  entrants  may  be  limited  to  one  kind  of 
activity.  It  was  felt  that  immediate  attention 
must  be  given  to  guidelines  for  granting 
credit  for  previous  experience  to  persons 
taken  into  UBC  membership  "by  organiza- 
tional fact" — in  other  words,  when  an  entire 
project  or  work  crew  is  taken  in  through  a 
union  shop  agreement. 

The  conferees  spent  some  time  discussing 
ways  by  which  apprentices  who  transfer 
from  one  training  program  to  another  will 
be  assured  of  receiving  full  credit  for  past 
training.  Evaluation  of  training  must  be  un- 
dertaken when  an  apprentice  transfers  from 
a  non-PETS  program  to  a  PETS  program. 

The  discussion  panel  agreed  that  the  most 
important  aspect  of  apprentice  transfers  is 
to  make  certain  that  the  transfer  of  training 
does  not  penalize  the  apprentice,  and  that 
"the  transfer  builds  on  the  strengths  of  the 
prior  experience." 

Two  new  audio-visual  training  units  were 
shown  at  the  conference — an  informational 
slide  carousel  entitled,  "The  Competitive 
Edge,"  and  a  new  PETS  piledriving  carou- 
sel. 


A  Golden  Hammer 
Award  was  pre- 
sented to  Richard 
Croleau,  who  re- 
cently retired.  Con- 
gratulating him, 
from  left,  are  First 
District  Board 
Member  Joseph 
Lia,  Vice  President 
Lucas  sen,  and  Ap- 
prenticeship Direc- 
tor Jim  Tinkcom . 


House  Bars  Job 
Corps  Shutdowns 

The  U.S.  House  of  Representatives  re- 
cently voted  to  prohibit  the  Labor  Depart- 
ment from  going  ahead  with  its  plan  to  close 
six  Job  Corps  centers  because  of  a  4.3% 
budget  cut  required  by  the  Gramm-Rudman 
deficit  reduction  law. 

Members  of  Congress  from  districts  where 
centers  had  been  targeted  for  shutdown 
mounted  a  biparatisan  rescue  effort.  Their 
amendment  to  a  supplemental  appropria- 
tions bill,  adopted  by  voice  vote,  forbids  the 
closing  of  any  centers  and  bars  elimination 
of  any  training  slots. 

It  directs  the  Labor  Department  to  achieve 
the  budget  savings  through  other  cuts  in  the 
Job  Corps  budget.  A  stretchout  of  funds 


The  mid-year  conference  was  marked  by 
active  floor  discussion  of  legal  matters  and 
training  procedures. 


Charles  Allen  led  a 
discussion  of  robot- 
ics and  its  in- 
creased importance 
in  the  workplace. 


Michael  Molinari 
described  develop- 
ment of  the  new 
Massachusetts 
Training  Center. 


earmarked  for  repairs  and  postponement  of 
some  pilot  programs  are  among  the  alter- 
natives House  sponsors  suggested.  The 
funding  bill  to  which  the  amendment  was 
tacked  is  now  in  the  Senate. 

Union-provided  skills  training  would  be 
especially  hard  hit  by  the  scheduled  closing 
of  the  Job  Corps  centers.  At  the  five  con- 
servation centers  on  the  shutdown  list,  more 
than  half  the  trainees  are  enrolled  in  skilled 
programs  that  are  taught  by  union  crafts- 
men— principally  from  the  Carpenters. 
Painters,  Bricklayers,  and  Plasterers. 

The  civilian  conservation  centers  with 
union  involvement  that  were  targeted  for 
shutdown  included  three  operated  by  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  at  Frenchburg, 
Ky.;  Angell,  Ore.,  and  Curlew,  Wash.  Two 
operated  by  the  Interior  Department  are  at 
Collbran,  Colo.,  and  Mingo,  Mo.  Of  the 
1,098  training  slots  in  the  five  centers,  596 
are  in  union-provided  training. 


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Maintenance  Agreements 

Continued  from  Page  8 

parities  and  other  problems  which  may 
impede  the  progress  of  this  effort. 

With  all  the  problems  confronting  the 
construction  portion  of  the  United 
Brotherhood's  membership,  contract 
maintenance  continues  to  offer  prom- 
ise. 

The  number  one  customer  for  new 
construction  for  many  years  was  gov- 
ernment, with  federal,  state,  and  local 
expenditures  for  post  offices,  streets, 
transportation  systems,  military  camps, 
and  many  other  public  facilities.  Today, 
due  to  cuts  in  public  expenditures  and 
anticipatedtuts  under  the  Gramm-Rud- 
man  Law,  the  amount  of  new  construc- 
tion covered  by  the  Davis-Bacon  Law 
is  (jown  to  approximately  20%  of  the 
total. 

In  addition  to  the  two  major  agree- 
ments we  have  discussed,  there  are  also 
interior  systems  maintenance  agree- 
ments, mechanical  equipment  mainte- 
nance agreements,  high  speed  mechan- 
ical cooling  tower  agreements. 

Consequently,  maintenance  work  has 
taken  on  new  importance  for  union 
Building  Tradesmen.  Millions  of  man- 
hours  of  employment  for  union  crafts- 
men are  now  being  covered  by  inter- 
national maintenance  agreements. 
Millions  more  are  possible,  when  busi- 
ness and  government  recognize  the 
growing  need  for  a  revitalized  national 
infrastructure.  Uiit 

Niagara  Project 

Continued  from  Page  15 

Power  Authority  Chairman  Richard 
M.  Flynn  said  the  reunion  will  be  held 
on  project  grounds  near  Lewiston ,  N .  Y . 

Festivities  will  include  live  musical 
entertainment,  tours  of  the  project's 
Robert  Moses  Niagara  Power  Plant, 
refreshments — and  a  large  dose  of  nos- 
talgia. 

The  Power  Authority  has  located  more 
than  2,000  of  approximately  1 1,700  per- 
sons who  worked  on  the  project  be- 
tween 1958  and  1963. 

Most  of  the  former  workers  who 
contacted  the  Power  Authority  still  live 
in  Western  New  York.  But  many  re- 
sponses have  come  from  California, 
Florida,  Pennsylvania,  and  Ohio,  with 
a  sprinkling  of  others  from  almost  every 
state.  The  list  also  includes  a  sizable 
Canadian  contingent. 

The  Power  Authority  began  its  search 
for  the  construction  workers  in  January. 

Those  who  helped  build  the  project 
still  have  a  chance  to  obtain  an  invita- 
tion. They  should  send  a  postcard  with 
name,  address  and  phone  number  to 
Cathy  Barber  at  the  Niagara  Power 
Project,  P.O.  Box  277,  Niagara  Falls, 
NY.  14302.  Ulili  I 


JOB  SAFETY  AND  HEALTH 


Is  Life  Cheap  at  OSHA? 


Economists  playing  with  numbers  in 
the  New  Executive  Office  Building  next 
to  the  White  House  are  making  life  and 
death  decisions  affecting  your  safety  on 
the  job.  Playing  a  game  called  cost- 
benefit  analysis,  the  Office  of  Manage- 
ment and  Budget  is  weakening  or  doing 
away  with  regulations  it  decides  cost 
industry  too  much.  How  much  is  too 
much  depends  on  how  many  lives  the 
regulations  will  save,  the  value  OBM 
places  on  a  life,  and  the  costs  industry 
says  it  will  take  to  comply.  All  of  these 
figures  can  vary  wildly  depending  on 
who  you  talk  to  and  what  assumptions 
they  make.  And  yet  these  figures  are 
used  to  make  decisions  about  regula- 
tions at  EPA,  OSHA,  and  other  agen- 
cies. 

In  the  early  days  of  the  OMB,  under 
the  Carter  Administration,  there  was  a 
concern  for  costly  new  regulations  and 
their  impact,  especially  on  small  busi- 
nesses. The  OMB  helped  coordinate 
regulations  coming  from  the  agencies 
to  avoid  unnecessary  duplication  or 
burden.  One  month  after  Reagan  took 
office  he  signed  Executive  Order  12291 
which  orders  agencies  not  to  issue  new 
rules  wherever  the  costs  outweigh  the 
benefits.  The  OMB  was  given  authority 
to  review  all  new  regulations  from  this 
perspective. 

In  1980  Congress  also  passed  the 
Paperwork  Reduction  Act  giving  OMB 
the  power  to  control  paperwork  re- 
quirements. The  OMB  has  pariayed  this 
authority  into  unparalleled  power  to 
stop  regulations  that  are  inconsistent 
with  the  goals  of  the  Reagan  Adminis- 
tration. Because  the  costs,  benefits,  and 
paperwork  burden  of  regulations  are  in 
the  eye  of  the  beholder  (or  pen  of  the 
economist),  OMB 
can  basically  make 
the  numbers  come 
out  whichever  way 
suits  their  fancy. 
Normally  that 
means  stopping 
anything  business 
does  not  like. 

Economists  like 
to  think  of  their 
work  as  an  exact 
science;  and  since 
they  put  numbers 
on  everything,  it 
appears  to  be  one. 
In  reality,  they 
must  make  nu- 
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tions  that  often  turn  out  to  be  wrong. 
Look  at  the  problem  of  estimating  the 
costs  of  a  new  regulation.  Since  the 
regulation  doesn't  exist  yet,  this  proc- 
ess is  akin  to  crystal-ball  gazing.  Most 
cost  estimates  are  based  on  industry 
data  which  always  show  that  regula- 
tions are  enormously  expensive.  The 
OSHA  standard  for  vinyl  chloride,  for 
example,  was  estimated  by  industry  to 
cost  $90  billion  and  2.2  million  jobs. 
After  the  regulation  went  into  effect  in 
1975,  industry  was  in  compliance  within 
one  year,  initial  costs  were  only  $34 
million,  and  many  businesses  saved 
money  since  it  forced  a  more  automated 
process  and  less  vinyl  chloride  was  lost 
from  the  system. 

The  benefits  side  to  the  equation  is 
also  a  stab  in  the  dark.  Benefits  vary 
depending  on  what  you  include  and 
how  you  value  things  like  a  higher 
quality  of  work  life  and  more  job  sat- 
isfaction. For  an  earlier  reduction  in 
the  OSHA  asbestos  standard,  the  esti- 
mates of  benefits  from  regulating  varied 
by  400  times — so  using  the  highest  es- 
timate the  benefits  were  about  28  times 
the  cost,  but  with  the  lowest  estimate 
the  costs  were  over  14  times  the  ben- 
efits. Which  estimate  is  right?  Or  are 
none  of  them  correct? 

Many  of  the  benefits  from  OSHA 
standards  derive  from  the  fact  that  they 
save  lives.  When  you  are  forced  to 
weigh  the  costs  versus  the  benefits  of 
a  regulation,  you  have  to  decide  how 
much  each  life  that  you  saved  is  worth. 
The  value  of  a  human  life  has  been  a 
favorite  parlor  game  of  academics.  Some 
have  added  up  the  value  of  the  chemi- 
cals in  the  human  body  and  come  up 
with  about  $7.60.  Others  figure  how 
much  you  would 
earn  if  you  had 
lived.  All  of  this 
would  be  of  little 
interest  if  it  wasn't 
translated  into  life 
and  death  deci- 
sions at  the  OMB. 
This  is  what  hap- 
pened when 
OSHA  proposed 
changes  in  the 
concrete  safety 
standard. 

In  1984  OSHA 
proposed  revi- 
sions in  the  Stand- 
ard for  Concrete 
Construction  (see 


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CARPENTER 


November  1985  Carpenter  story).  Some 
changes  could  be  considered  improve- 
ments, while  others  clearly  watered  it 
down.  OSHA  conducted  a  "regulatory 
analysis"  to  estimate  the  impact  of  the 
regulation  on  the  industry.  In  several 
cases  OSHA  claimed  the  costs  of  the 
current  standard  or  the  new  proposal 
outweighed  the  benefits,  and  these  pro- 
visions were  dropped.  Two  examples 
will  tell  the  story. 

OSHA  claims  that  it  costs  $1.7  million 
a  year  to  place  caps  or  buckets  on 
rebars  to  protect  workers  from  possible 
falls  on  the  rebar,  and  impalement. 
They  also  claim  that  there  are  no  ben- 
efits from  that  standard  since  workers 
who  are  wearing  safety  belts  or  have 
guard  rails  on  their  scaffold  are  already 
protected  from  falling  onto  the  rebar. 
So  OSHA  has  proposed  ehminating  this 
requirement  to  cap  rebar.  Of  course 
OSHA  ignored  the  fact  that  many  peo- 
ple work  above  rebar  without  guard 
rails  or  safety  belts.  Since  OSHA  only 
requires  guard  rails  on  scaffolds  10  feet 
or  higher  in  construction,  workers  de- 
tach their  safety  belts  as  they  move 
around,  workers  erecting  or  dismantling 
a  scaffold  have  no  such  protection,  and 
in  a  certain  percentage  of  cases,  work- 
ers fall  over,  under,  or  around  guard 
rails  or  guard  rails  simply  break.  For 
all  these  workers,  rebar  protection  would 
save  lives. 

Workers  are  also  at  risk  from  con- 
crete buckets  overhead.  Deaths  have 
occurred  when  a  cable  snaps  and  drops 
the  bucket,  or  when  concrete  falls  from 
the  bucket.  OSHA  already  requires  that 
vibrator  crews  be  out  from  under  the 
buckets.  In  general  industry,  OSHA 
requires  that  the  operator  avoid  carry- 
ing loads  over  people  and  that  no  per- 
sons be  permitted  under  a  suspended 
load.  In  construction,  OSHA  estimated 
that  such  a  provision  would  cost  $21 
million  and  the  industry  has  termed  it 
unfeasible.  Based  on  workers  compen- 
sation and  OSHA  fatality  reports,  OSHA 
estimated  such  a  requirement  would 
save  three  lives  and  34  injuries  (with 
no  lost  work  time)  each  year.  Is  it  worth 
$21  million  to  save  those  lives  and 
prevent  those  injuries?  To  make  this 
decision,  OSHA  had  to  place  a  value 
on  a  human  life. 

How  much  does  OSHA  say  a  life  is 
worth?  OSHA  settled  on  $3.5  million 
each.  This  was  based  on  a  theory  called 
"wiUingness  to  pay."  This  theory  ar- 
gues that  the  best  estimate  of  the  value 
of  a  person's  life  is  what  they  them- 
selves are  willing  to  pay  to  save  it,  or 
to  get  paid  to  take  risks.  It  argues  that 
if  a  worker  takes  a  high  risk  job,  he  or 
she  gets  paid  more  for  taking  those 
risks.  That  pay  differential  can  be  cal- 
culated. If  a  worker  increases  his  or 


Are  Future  Lives  Worth  Less? 

How  much  would  you  spend  today  to  save  someone's  life  30  years  from 
now?  Many  work-related  deaths  are  from  occuptional  diseases  like  cancer 
that  may  not  occur  until  20-30  years  after  exposure  to  a  toxic  substance. 
0MB  economists,  using  a  theory  called  discounting  of  benefits,  claim  that 
we  should  not  spend  as  much  to  save  a  life  30  years  from  now  as  to  save 
a  life  today,  since  future  hves  are  not  worth  as  much.  If  it  costs  $3  miUion 
to  save  a  life,  they  argue  that  (at  a  discount  rate  of  10%),  we  would  be 
willing  to  spend  only  $179,000  today  to  save  that  life  30  years  from  now. 
By  this  logic,  0MB  can  effectively  argue  against  almost  any  regulations 
against  chemicals  that  cause  chronic  diseases  like  cancer. 


Is  It  Allowed  By  Congress? 

Reagan's  executive  order  only  requires  cost-benefit  analysis  where 
permitted  by  law.  When  Congress  passed  the  Occupational  Safety  and 
Health  Act  of  1970  which  created  OSHA,  the  senators  and  congressmen 
held  a  lengthy  debate  over  whether  the  lives  saved  by  this  legislation  should 
be  weighed  against  the  costs  business  might  incur.  As  the  Supreme  Court 
ruled  in  their  1981  decision  on  OSHA's  cotton  dust  standard: 

Congress  viewed  the  costs  of  health  and  safety  as  a  cost  of  doing 
business  .  .  .  (and)  Congress  thought  that  the  financial  costs  of 
health  and  safety  problems  in  the  workplace  were  as  large  or 
larger  than  the  financial  costs  of  eliminating  these  problems. 

In  Qther  words.  Congress  in  passing  the  Act  had  already  determined  that 
the  costs  outweighed  the  benefits,  and  that  the  OSH  Act  does  not  require 
that  a  cost  benefit  analysis  be  done  for  each  new  regulation.  While  the 
decision  was  only  applied  to  health  standards  at  the  time,  we  have  argued 
that  the  same  reasoning  applies  even  more  so  for  safety  standards  such  as 
the  Concrete  Standard. 


her  chances  of  death  from  1  in  10,000 
to  1  in  1,000  and  accepts  say  $1,000/ 
year  extra  pay  for  it,  in  this  theory  they 
would  accept  $10,000  for  a  risk  of  1  in 
100  and  $1  million  for  certain  death.  W. 
Kip  Viscusi,  a  leading  proponent  of  this 
theory  and  a  source  for  OSHA's  esti- 
mates, claims  that  the  lives  of  workers 
who  take  very  risky  jobs  are  only  worth 
about  $500,0()0,  whereas  executives  who 
take  few  such  risks,  are  worth  up  to 
$10  milUon  each.  For  the  average  job, 
l}e  recommends  a  figure  of  $3  million 
per  life. 

Viscusi  admits  to  several  flaws  in  his 
theory.  If  workers  are  not  fully  aware 
and  informed  of  the  risks  of  a  job,  they 
can  not  make  intelligent  rational  choices 
about  accepting  those  risks.  Also  many 
times  workers  don't  have  any  choice. 
The  risky  job  may  be  the  only  means 
available  for  supporting  their  family. 
Viscusi's  faith  is  in  the  free  market, 
where  workers  choose  or  reject  jobs 
based  on  how  risky  or  safe  they  are. 
Such  a  free  market  does  not  exist.  Too 
many  other  factors  control  people's  job 
choices.  And  workers  are  not  fully 
aware  of  the  risks  they  are  taking. 


There  is  also  the  issue  of  equity. 
When  workers  take  risks,  they  may  get 
some  small  incremental  pay,  but  they 
are  also  paying  if  they  get  injured  or 
killed  on  the  job.  The  employer,  though, 
is  the  one  who  benefits  by  not  having 
to  spend  the  money  to  clean  up  the 
worksite. 

Can  we  really  place  a  value  on  a  life? 
Decide  how  much  a  person  is  worth  to 
his  family,  his  kids,  his  community? 
And  even  if  we  could  set  a  price,  is  it 
that  precise  that  we  could  make  regu- 
latory decisions  based  on  that  value, 
decide  not  to  have  a  safety  regulation 
because  the  lives  saved  are  not  worth 
enough?  Our  answer  to  both  questions 
is  a  resounding  NO. 

As  we  go  to  press,  at  the  request  of 
the  Building  and  Construction  Trades 
Department  AFL-CIO,  OSHA  has 
scheduled  public  hearings  for  June  17- 
18  to  discuss  their  proposed  concrete 
standard.  While  we  intend  to  criticize 
the  proposal  itself  at  the  hearings,  our 
most  vocal  criticism  will  be  reserved 
for  their  cost-benefit  analysis  setting  a 
value  on  human  life.  IJrJO 


JULY     1986 


31 


Retirees 
Notebook 


A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  (JBC  Retiree  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings and  goings  of  individual  retirees. 


Meetings  Include 
Education  and  Fun 

At  their  regular  monthly  meetings,  the 
members  of  Retirees  Club  27,  Hammond, 
Ind..  have  guest  lecturers  on  a  variety  of 
topics. 

But  these  retirees  know  how  to  have  fun 
at  their  meetings,  too.  Pot  luck  suppers  are 
frequent  reasons  to  get  together,  and  music, 
singing,  and  dancing  follow  most  activities. 
Currently  on  the  agenda  are  a  trip  to  the 
Museum  of  Science  and  Industry  and  an 
evening  of  dinner  and  theater  at  Martinique 
in  Chicago.  111. 


Pictured  above  are  the  members  of  Retirees  Club  27  and  their  wives.  Our  letters  indicate 
that  clubs  with  active  wives  are  enjoying  a  great  deal  of  success. 


IIRWIN.  I^OWIER 
TARES. 


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and  stud  marHings  In  red.  Dedrrial 
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Retired  Carpenter 
Pens  Poetry 

Carpenter  magazine  printed  this  poem  last 
year  in  the  June  1985  issue,  courtesy  of  the 
Retirees  Club  of  Local  1 109,  Visalia,  Calif., 
author  unknown.  Since  that  time.  Local  1 109 
Financial  Secretary  Ervin  J.  Warkentin  has 
been  doing  some  research  and  has  revealed 
the  author — Fred  Creel,  otherwise  known 
as  "freddy."  A  Baptist  minister.  Creel  joined 
the  UBC  in  1958  in  Richmond,  Calif.,  and 
worked  as  a  carpenter  full  time  and  pastor 
part  lime  until  the  early  1970s  when,  for 
health  reasons,  he  switched  to  full-time  pas- 
toring. 

Says  Creel,  "1  had  been  in  the  practice  of 
writing  a  poem  for  the  church  bulletin  each 
week  and  had  also  written  other  types  on 
request."  So  when  asked  to  write  a  poem 
forthe  Visalia  Retirees  Club,  this  was  Creel's 
eloquent  response. 

THE  CARPENTER 

From  Maine  to  San  Diego, 
From  Key  West  to  Puget  Sound 
The  mark  of  Union  Carpenters 
Is  there;  just  look  around. 

See  that  bridge  across  the  river 
Or  that  freeway  cloverleaf? 
You  think  they  had  no  part  in  it? 
How  faulty  such  belief! 

From  the  deepest  missile  silo 
Several  stories  underground. 
To  the  tallest  office  tower 
His  work  is  always  found. 

In  America's  stores,  hotels  and  factories 
And  in  homes  across  the  land. 
From  the  mountains  to  the  seashores 
You  can  see  this  tradesman's  hand. 

If  there's  concrete,  carpenters  built  the 

forms. 
Where  there  are  structures  he  raised  the 

walls. 
He  hung  the  doors  and  set  the  cabinets, 
He  put  the  paneling  in  the  halls. 

It  was  often  "feast  or  famine," 
Sometimes  work  around  the  clock; 
Then  wait  so  long  to  go  out  again 
The  'wolf  began  to  knock! 

Through  the  icy  winds  of  winter 
And  summer's  scorching  heat. 
The  contractor  was  "losing  money" 
Or  there  was  a  deadline  he  had  to  meet. 

The  carpenter  groaned  and  griped  and 

grumbled. 
"Would  this  project  NEVER  end?" 
Then  he  anxiously  awaited  a  dispatch  slip 
So  he  could  go  out  once  again. 

Yes,  our  nation  enjoys  the  handiwork 
Of  those  who  ply  this  trade. 
But  not  only  in  their  craftsmanship; 
From  such  CHARACTER  Americans  are 
made! 

— freddy 


For  information  on  organizing  a 
retiree  club  in  your  area,  write  Gen- 
eral Secretary  John  S.  Rogers, 
UBCJA,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  DC.  20001. 


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GOSSIP 


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AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001 

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AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED. 


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HERE'S  LOOKIN'  AT  YER 

Two  brothers  lived  together.  One 
brother  had  false  eyes.  Each  night 
he  would  take  them  out  and  put 
them  in  a  glass  of  water.  One  night 
the  other  brother  went  to  get  a  drinl< 
and  by  mistal<e,  drank  the  eyes. 
Feeling  sick  the  next  day,  he  went 
to  the  doctor.  The  doctor  examined 
his  stomach,  shook  his  head,  and 
said  to  the  man,  "All  my  years  as 
a  doctor  I've  looked  at  a  lot  of 
stomachs,  but  this  is  the  first  time 
I've  seen  one  look  back  at  me." 

M.  Vidimsky 
Brooklyn.  N.Y. 

BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER' 

RIGHT  ANSWER 

Teacher:  "Who  can  tell  me  in 
which  battle  Gen.  Wolfe  cried,  'I  die 
happy'?" 

Johnny:  '  'I  can." 

Teacher:  "Yes?" 

Johnny:  "His  last  one." 

— Boys'  Life 


CHECK  THE  FRIDGE 

Small  boy:  "Dad,  where  are  the 
Alps?" 

Father  absorbed  in  the  evening 
paper:  "Ask  your  mother.  She's  the 
one  that  puts  everything  away." 
—Local  26 

United  Rubber  Workers 
Rubber  Neck 

LOOK  FOR  THE  UNION  LABEL 

DESTINATION  HERE 

A  man  came  running  up  to  the  dock, 
only  to  find  the  ship  two  yards  away. 
Without  a  second's  thought,  he 
grabbed  both  his  suitcases  and 
tossed  them  onto  the  deck  of  the 
ship,  then  jumped  aboard  himself 
and  said,  "Whew,  I  made  it."  The 
captain  smiled  at  the  breathless 
man  and  asked,  "Made  what?  We're 
about  to  dock." 

BOYCOTT  L-P  PRODUCTS 


NO  CHICKEN,  THAT  ROOSTER! 

The  minister  had  just  finished  an 
excellent  chicken  dinner.  As  he 
looked  out  of  the  window  a  rooster 
strutted  across  the  yard.  "IVIy!"  said 
the  minister,  "that  is  certainly  a 
proud  rooster."  Yes,  sir, "said  his 
host,  "he  has  reason  to  be  proud. 
One  of  his  sons  just  entered  the 
ministry." 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

A  crazy  young  lady  named 

Ruth 
Got  a  garter  strap  stuck  in  her 

tooth 
She  tied  down  one  end 
Then  ran  out  to  the  bend 
And  snapped  herself  clear  to 

Duluth! 

— Lorna  Mattern 
Columbia,  Md. 


FALL  FASTER 

A  young  man  was  one  hour  late 
for  his  first  day  at  work.  His  clothes 
were  torn.  He  was  bruised,  and  he 
had  an  arm  in  a  sling.  His  clock- 
watching  boss  was  furious. 

"Where  have  you  been?"  the  boss 
demanded. 

"I'm  sorry,  but  I  fell  out  of  a  10- 
story  window." 

"And  this  took  you  a  whole  hour?" 
— Boys'  Life 

IMPORTS  HURT  *  BUY  UNION 

EVIDENCE! 

"Have  a  peanut?" 

"No,  thanks;  they're  fattening." 

"Don't  be  silly.  Why  should  they 
be  fattening?" 

"I'm  just  going  by  what  I  see. 
Peanuts  are  all  I've  seen  an  ele- 
phant eating." 

BE  UNION!  BUY  LABEL! 

SURE-FIRE  DIET 

A  long-haired  youth  finally  broke 
down  and  had  his  long  hair  cut.  A 
friend  jokingly  asked,  "How  much 
weight  did  you  lose  in  the  opera- 
tion?" 

"About  135  pounds,"  the  boy 
answered.  "I  got  my  mother  off  my 
back!" 

—Local  26 

United  Rubber  Workers 
Rubber  Neck 

ATTEND  LOCAL  MEETINGS 

MISDIRECTED  EDIT 

A  man  who  was  to  give  a 
speech  appeared  with  a  band- 
age on  his  chin.  After  the  speech 
he  explained  that  while  shaving 
he  had  concentrated  on  his 
speech  and  cut  his  chin. 

A  listener  replied,  "What  a  pity 
you  didn't  concentrate  on  your 
chin  and  cut  your  speech." 


JULY     1986 


33 


Servt«« 
T» 

BrolEi«rii«o4 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood  who   recently   received   pins  for  years  of  service  in  the   union. 


DAYTON,  OHIO 

Pins  for  50  and  25  years  of  service  were 
recently  awarded  to  members  of  Local  104. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  50-year  member  Glenn 
Leatherman. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Roscoe  Pierson.  Paul  Hoops, 
and  Thurman  Ball. 

Standing,  from  left:  Franklin  Cumby.  Robert 
Lutz,  Clarence  Yackey.  and  Ronald  Whaley. 

Honored  but  not  pictured  were:  50-year 


Dayton,  Ofiio 
Picture  No.  2 

members  Henry  R.  Holmes,  William  H. 
Schulte,  and  the  late  Earl  Abery,  who  also 
received  the  local's  award  for  oldest  member; 
and  25-year  members  Gerald  R.  Adkins,  Harley 
L.  Albert,  Donald  A.  Beal,  Gene  Z.  Boy,  David 
D.  Campbell,  William  R.  Childers,  David  A. 
Combs,  Richard  E.  Cox,  Roger  A,  Grout, 
William  V.  Guinn,  Alva  Howard,  Cecil  G. 
Hutchings,  Fred  Saunders,  Eugene  A.  Smith, 
Roy  E.  Sowers,  Lester  L.  Tackett,  John  A. 
Walters  Jr.,  Frank  E.  Whisman,  Donald  L. 
Wright,  and  Herman  Combs. 


PORTLAND,  ME. 

Enos  E  Johnson,  initiated  into  Local  517  on 
April  1,  1892,  IS  pictured,  above  left,  receiving 
a  70-year  service  pin  from  Business 


Representative  Ken  Dunphe.  Johnson  served 
his  local  for  close  to  35  years  as  treasurer. 
Local  517  also  presented  178  service  pins  at 
the  annual  picnic,  pictured  above. 


Chicago,  III. — Picture  No.  1 


Ctilcago,  III— Picture  No.  2 

CHICAGO,  ILL. 

At  Local  13's  pin  party,  members  with  25 
and  60  years  of  service  were  honored. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Arthur  Gahagen,  Dale  Young,  Andrew 
Clancy,  John  O'Donnell,  Michael  Moran, 
Michael  Ruane,  John  Casey,  and  Luke  Miller. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  60-year  member 
Andrew  Berquist,  second  from  left,  with  Third 
District  Board  Member  Thomas  Hanahan,  Local 
13  President  and  Business  Manager  Thomas 
Ryan,  and  Financial  Secretary-Treasurer  Michael 
Sexton. 

Picture  No.  3  shows 
60-year  member  Sven 
Berquist,  brother  of 
Andrew  Berquist. 

Members  honored 
but  not  pictured  are: 
25-year  members  Ben 
Cook,  Frank  Fallon, 
Francis  Grady,  Nick 
Mazzocchi.  Charles 
Mis,  Mugar  Permanian,  Picture  No.  3 

Joe  Schultz,  Charles  Watkins, 
George  Wijtowych,  and  Ray  Panfill. 


EAST  CAMBRIDGE,  MASS. 

Andrew  Bitto  received  special  notice  at  a 
recent  monthly  meeting  of  Local  40 — a 
standing  ovation  from 
local  members  and  a 
pin  for  50  years  of 
service  to  the 
Brotherhood.  Bitto  said 
he  had  worked  for 
many  large  union 
contractors  during  his 
long  career  and  had 
always  acknowledged 
his  proud  heritage  as  a 
union  member. 
Business  Agent  Robert 
Bryan  expressed  the 


Bitto 


sentiments  of  all  present  when  he  said  that 
"Local  40  was  equally  proud  of  him  and  wished 
him  many  years  in  retirement." 


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Glendale,  Ariz. — Picture  No.  3 


Glendale,  Ariz. — Picture  No.  4 


Glendale,  Ariz.— Picture  No.  5 

GLENDALE,  ARIZ. 

At  a  pin  presentation  ceremony  in  December, 
Local  906  honored  over  250  members  for 
longstanding  service  to  the  Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  show/s  20-year  members,  from 
left:  Arizona  District  Council  Secretary  John  F. 
Greene,  Eugene  Brosseau,  Roy  Beockway, 
William  Bowling,  Francis  Gouverneur,  Joe 
Stephenson,  Pete  Chenosky,  and  Local 
President  Dana  C.  Martin. 

Picture  No.  2  sho»/s  25-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Local  Treasurer  Jack 
Friedman,  Ira  Rutherford,  Tony  Ohton,  Richard 
Pastad,  William  C.  Duncan,  and  Lyie  Anderson. 

Second  row,  from  left:  James  Cavinder,  John 
Campbell,  George  Friedman,  Clyde  Baker, 
Howard  Locklar,  Filemon  Martinez,  Keith  Van 
Sande,  Recording  Secretary  George  Patton,  and 
William  0.  Koontz. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Edward  Mattoon,  Vice 
President  Jesse  Brown,  Arthur  Peery,  John  F. 
Greene,  Roxy  Eckel,  Fred  Work,  and  Dana 
Martin, 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Claude  H.  Stevens,  Robert 
"Buck"  Jolly,  Eldon  Higgins,  Conductor 
Raymone  Fugate,  Virgil  Trigg,  and  Anthony 
D'Amico. 

Middle  row,  from  left:  Financial  Secretary  J. 
E.  Friedman,  Al  Rhodes,  Ben  Jewell,  Richard 
Waters,  Francis  Rizzi,  Donald  P.  Couch  Sr., 
Hershel  Gilmore,  George  Fanning,  and  Marion 
J.  Cauble. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Arizona  DC  Secretary 
John  F.  Greene  and  Edsel  Pitman. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Lon  Judy,  Kenneth 
Goldsbury,  Donald  Stakemiller,  Harrison  Warfel, 
H.  T.  Grant,  and  Adrian  Mills. 


Glendale,  Ariz. — Picture  No.  6 

Standing,  from  left:  Roy  Kurtz,  James 
Scoggins,  Frank  Rocco,  0.  K.  Henyan,  B.  B. 
Harrison,  William  S.  Hull,  Carlyle  Triick,  Luther 
Triick,  and  R.  W.  Broker. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  40-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  DC  Secretary  Greene, 
Theodore  Elds,  Robert  Cooley,  W.  W.  Bonner, 
and  Local  President  Martin. 

Standing,  from  left:  H.  E.  Pendergrass, 
William  Curran,  Sherman  Smith,  John  Engnell, 
and  Charles  Crawford. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  R.  L.  Stephenson  and  Albert  Nicolet. 

Those  honored  for  service  but  not  available 
for  photos  were  20-year  members  David 
Alsobrook,  Stan  Bielenski,  Doren  Cross,  Jan 
Den  Dulk,  Leonard  Den  Dulk,  Art  Driver,  Lowell 
Dubrava,  Edward  Estill,  Jim  Friedman,  Norman 
Froemming,  Alex  Gordoa,  Michael  Grande, 
Frank  Howard,  Bobby  Jones,  Anthony  Locorini, 
Richard  McKee,  George  Neubert,  Russell  Parks, 
Ralph  Petersen,  Johnny  Priest,  James 
Pritchard,  Donald  Radley,  Robert  Ramirez, 
George  Riley,  Felix  Sainz,  B.  J.  Sarten,  Anthony 
Scarry,  Anthony  Scheffer,  Elmo  Sherrill,  Ed 
Stambaugh,  Charles  Van  Trobe,  Ralph  Torres, 
Stuart  Wheat,  Ralph  Wickland,  and  James 
Wilber;  25-year  members  Ned  Alsobrook, 
Leonard  Bazner,  Jesse  Blue,  Donald  Bonner, 
Don  Brammier,  Keith  Bricker,  Omar  Brumm, 
Willie  Camp.  Robert  Combs,  Wesley  Cook, 
Warren  Dell,  Gene  Grant,  John  Hackett,  James 
G.  Harris,  Reed  Hearne,  Augustine  Hernandez, 
Donley  Isaacs,  Walter  Jewell,  Gene  Lazear,  Don 
Leap,  Kenneth  McDonald,  Harold  Manning,  Earl 
L.  Martin,  Joseph  Merideth,  Phil  Mills,  Joe 
Miranda,  Clifford  Moats,  Pablo  MoralezJr., 
Walter  Mussatto,  Charles  O'Kins,  Steve  Padilla, 
Calvin  Pepper,  Wayne  Priest,  Walt  Rhodes, 
Frank  Sandoval,  Erwin  Sieghart,  Ray  Skeen,  A. 


A.  Smith,  Bernard  Thibault,  Luciano  Urquidez, 
Carl  Utter,  Clarence  Wade,  Thomas  Wagner, 
William  T.  Walsh,  John  Weckesser  Jr.,  W.  P. 
Wilkins,  and  Steve  Zudell;  30-year  members 
James  Abbott,  John  Bauer,  A.  L.  Beaty,  John 
Belz,  James  Benson,  Ralph  Bolen,  Joe 
Bollinger,  Owen  Bowling,  Emmett  Chapman, 
Wade  Clemson,  Jack  Cline,  Floyd  Cole,  J.  T. 
Coxwell,  Arnold  Decker,  Paul  Edwards,  Lyie 
Ehorn,  Bernard  Field,  Frank  Graham,  Chuck 
Helm,  Floyd  Hintson,  Richard  Hood,  Clarence 
Hovland,  Wilfred  Hrenchir,  Robert  Jackonette, 
Lyie  Jewell,  Cheslie  Jones,  Paul  Kalman, 
Russell  Keltner,  Gene  Kidwell,  Edward  Kull,  Joe 
Lane,  John  Laub,  Jesse  Manske,  Lloyd  Miller, 
Charles  Munsey,  Guy  Nebiolo,  Paul  Nunnelley, 
John  Porvaznik,  Chester  Prall,  Earl  Ramsey, 
Loren  Roberts,  Temple  Robertson,  Charles 
Rust,  Michael  Schieipfer  Sr.,  Bob  Selph,  Floyd 
Silvernale,  Haskel  Stevens,  Woodrow  Walmer, 
and  David  Whitlock;  35-year  members  Frank 
Abernathy,  John  Blackner,  Elmer  Brown,  James 
Busch,  Marion  Carlin,  Roy  Clark,  Elmer  Craver, 
Bernard  Crowley,  James  Derrick,  Dan 
Deschane,  Harry  Dickey,  Roy  B.  Dille,  Thomas 
Duncan,  S.  G.  Friedman,  Ed  Hammer,  Oris 
Hanes,  J.  D.  Harrell,  Eldon  Harris,  Lloyd 
Hawkins,  Thomas  Haydon,  A.  B.  Hightower, 
Everett  Holleman,  Harold  Kellerman,  John  L. 
Kelly,  Jacob  Kniskern,  Chester  Long,  Earl 
Maurer,  Jean  P.  Morin,  Wallace  Musgrove, 
George  Myers,  Lewis  Nash,  Earl  Nelson,  J.  B. 
Newby,  Robert  Petersen,  Crone  Pitner,  Glenn 
Plowman,  Rollin  Randolph,  Glen  Richmond, 
Malcom  Roberts,  Thomas  Robinson,  William  J. 
Sears,  Frank  W.  Smith,  Paul  G.  Smith,  R.  D. 
Stallings,  Keith  Storm,  Frank  Svoboda,  Lee 
Underwood,  Milton  Warner,  B.  B.  Wilkins,  and 
William  H.  Young:  40-year  members:  0.  J. 
Ash,  Ernest  Colton,  Evan  Derrick,  Evan  Farley, 
George  Fielding,  D.  N.  Garrison,  R.  E. 
McDowell,  J.  W.  Marter,  W.  L.  Martinson, 
Herbert  Miller,  William  E.  Miller,  A.  C.  Motta, 

B.  T.  Pesnell,  John  I.  Reynolds,  Ken  Runnels, 
William  H.  Sarkell,  Loy  Selph,  Lee  Roy 
Thompson,  M.  D.  Wells,  Edward  White,  Wilbur 
Ziegler,  and  Herbert  Zummallen;  45-year 
members  B.  L.  Bass,  Shirley  Blankenbaker,  H. 
A.  Bowlin,  Frank  Brown,  John  C.  Dean,  Ralph 
Gilman,  Frank  Huffman,  Otto  Lensch,  Bert 
Owens,  Julius  Riedel,  and  Elmer  Spielman;  and 
63-year  member  Earl  Spitler. 


JULY     1986 


35 


St.  Louis,  Mo. — Picture  No.  1 


St.  Louie,  Mo. — Picture  No.  4 


GOOD 


make 
hard  work 
easier! 


Take  Vaughan  "999"  Rip  Hammers,  for  example. 


Originated  by  Vaughan,  these 
pro-quality  ripping  hammers  are 
available  in  6  head  weights  and  4 
handle  materials.  The  extra  steel 
behind  the  striking  face,  deep 
throat,  smoothly-swept  claws. 


and  full  polish  identify  a  hammer  that 
lookslas  good  as  it  feels  to  use. 

We  make  more  than  a  hundred 
different  kinds  and  styles  of  stnking 
tools,  each  crafted  to  make  hard 
work  easier. 


VAUGHAN  &  BUSHNELL  MFG,  CO 
11414  Maple  Ave,  Hebron,  IL  60034 

For  people  who  take  pride  in  their  work ..  .tools  to  be  proud  oj 


"il*^  ^  Make  safety  a  habit. 
7^  Always  wear  safety 


goggles  when  using 
sinking  tools. 


St.  Louis,  Mo.— Picture  No.  2    St.  Louis,  Mo. — Picture  No.  3 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

.IVIembers  with  25  to  65  years  of  sen/ice  to 
the  Brotherhood  received  recognition  at  Local 
1596s  annual  Christmas  party. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  front 
row.  from  left:  Robert  Bearden  and  J.  Morris. 

Back  row.  from  left.  Robert  Cranio.  Bernard 
Wendein,  Charles  Jordan,  Donald  Parks,  and 
Eugene  Appel. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  55-year  member 
Anthony  Oberkirsch,  left,  receiving  a  pin  from 
his  son,  20-year  member  Ron  Oberkirsch. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  Karl  Fritz,  now 
deceased,  right,  receiving  his  65-year  pin  from 
his  grandson  Kevin  Fritz,  Kevin's  father,  Walter 
Fritz,  was  a  former  president  of  Local  1596. 

Picture  No.  4,  shows,  front  row.  from  left; 
Ollie  W.  Langhorst,  executive  secretary- 
treasurer,  St.  Louis  DC;  Karl  Fritz;  George 
Reidel,  60  years;  Anthony  Oberkirsch,  55  years; 
Raymond  Petersen,  50  years;  Otto  Trostel,  50 
years;  Business  Rep.  William  Steinkamp,  and 
Business  Rep.  Glen  Jackson, 

Back  row,  from  left:  Local  President  Bob 
Monroe,  Trustee  Roy  Moehlmann,  Trustee  Keith 
Cobb,  Vice  President  Walter  Roesch,  Trustee 
Kevin  Byrne,  and  Warden  James  Patterson. 

Not  pictured:  25-year  members  Cecil  Gore, 
Robert  Spaulding,  George  Dingwall,  Charles  H. 
Miller,  Otis  Pendleton,  Edward  Perez,  Kenneth 
Sisak,  Michael  Bommarito,  Robert  Micka,  and 
Gary  Buettner;  and  50-year  members  Carl 
Borbein  and  Meredith  Thompson. 


HUNTINGTON  BEACH, 
CALIF. 

Local  1453  recently  honored  members  who 
had  completed  25  and  35  years  of  service. 

Twenty-five  year  members  honored  were 
Luciano  Chavarria,  Louis  Corona,  David  Cox, 
Tom  Dean,  John  Dellea,  Pete  Ferman,  Ken 
Goodwin,  Harold  Howe,  Robert  Lincourt,  Keith 
Neuman.  Thomas  Oldham,  Lawrence  Oviedo, 
Adam  Perstac,  Earl  Spiller,  John  Underwood, 
Donald  Waddell,  and  Forrest  Ward, 

Thirty-five  year  members  honored  were  Mel 
Adamoli,  Robert  Arbiso,  Gerald  Bagwell,  James 
Baker,  R.L.  Barrmgton,  George  Bent,  Bill 
Bickerstaff,  Thomas  Boyles,  Laurel  Camp,  Ken 
Coburn,  J.C.  Collinsworth,  James  Cramer, 
Louis  Deluna,  Norman  Gilbert,  Ernest  Harper, 
Dexter  Jackson,  Andrew  Johnson,  Glenn 
Krause,  James  Landreth,  Ben  Litz,  Orison 
Long.  John  McNeilly,  Henry  Moore,  Calvin 
Olson,  Keith  Pelkey,  Raymond  Pinkley,  Joe 
Regnier,  Norman  Reynolds,  Joe  Rowe  Jr., 
Oscar  Runing,  Daniel  Stevenson,  Leo  Stoiser, 
Walter  Watts,  Robert  Whyte,  and  Pete  Wilson. 

Special  recognition  went  to  Elmer  Cole,  94 
years  of  age.  who  completed  his  68th  year  with 
the  Brotherhood  during  1985. 


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The  following  list  of  758  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $1,378,059.30  death  claims  paid  in  April  1986;  (s)  following 
name  in  listing  indicates  spouse  of  members. 


Local  Union.  City 


I     Chicago.  Il^Walter  F.  Bandi,  Sr..  Walter  F.  Bandi. 
Sr. 

4  Davenport,  lA — Elmer  BailufT. 

5  St.  Louis,  MO — George  D.  Roberts. 

6  Hudson  County,  NJ— Arnold  Kuenzler. 

7  Minneapolis,  MN — Bernard  Vogen. 

8  Philadelphia,  PA — Ann  Rae  Lowman  (s),  Michael 
Minnar.  Thomas  J.  Kerrigan. 
BufTalo,  NY — John  Josepli  Conroy. 
Chicago,  IL — Walter  E.  Bosse,  William  James. 
Syracuse,  NY — David  Weinstein,  Richard  J.  Cum- 
mings. 

Chicago,  IL — Gertrude  C.  Dorgan  (s). 
Hackensack,  NJ — Loretta  J.  Riley  (s). 
Springfield,  IL-^Harold  V.  Svenson. 
Bronx,  NY — Albert  Russo.  Charles  Barbieri,  Joseph 
Gibbons,  Lawrence  H.  Johnston.  Levis  Greaves. 
Lillian  Mankowski  (s).  Saverio  Accardo,  William 
Speissegger. 

Hamilton,  Ont.,  CAN — James  Partington. 
San    Francisco,    CA — Coleman    Flaherty.    Patricia 
Frances  Koval  (s),  Tosca  Susan  Maffia  (s). 
Williamsport,  PA — Edward  S.  Kapluroski. 
Central,  CT — John  Bennatti,  Joseph  Jecture.  Jr.. 
Sally  Jaslrzemski  (s). 

Los  Angeles,  CA — Demus  Powell,  John  J.  Dupuy. 
Toronto,  Ont.  CAN— Frank  Bennitz. 
Boston,  MA — Bessie  Shulman  (s),  Daniel  E.  Mc- 
Lean. Lucien  L.  Doucet,  William  J.  Comeau. 
Oakland,  CA — Charles  Nixon,  Edgar  N.  Sanders, 
Lynda  Lee  Murry  (s). 

Oakland,  CA— Alta  Mae  Benonys  (s),  Carmelila  V. 
Phillips  (s),  Ethel  Louise  Isaac  (s),  Gordon  E. 
Hausauer,  Knud  Jensen,  Lawrence  Parker,  Leo 
Ball,  Melvin  E.  Smith.  Viviano  M.  Fiori. 
Boston,  MA — Anthony  Paradise.  Grace  Winifred 
Miles  (s).  Louise  Corbett  (s).  Richard  E.  Hodgdon, 
Riziero  Digregorio,  Stewart  Spencer,  Thomas  F. 
Connell. 
San  Francisco,  CA — Edward  G.  Braun. 

44    Champaign  Urba,  IL — Vernon  C.  Benson. 

47    St.  Louis,  MO— Delores  N.  Ruyle  (s).  Eula  Earline 

Dennis  (s),  Herbert  Edward  Gieseke,  Ida  A.  Brown 

{s),  Lenora  Johanna  Kinder  (s). 

Lowell.  MA— Walter  C.  Dunfey. 

Knoxville,  TN — Albert  Lee  Williams,  Miles  Edom 

McCuiston,  William  Leroy  Patty. 

Chicago,  IL — Casimir  Sandula.  Mirko  Joseph  Stary, 

Denver,  CO — Dobson  Myron  Gary,  Robert  Eitel. 

Chicago,  IL — Axel  Einar  Sandberg.  Eleanore  E. 

Berglund  (s). 

Indianapolis,  IN — Claude  E.  Smith,  Sr,.  Daniel  W. 

Macy.  Glen  J.  HofTert. 

Kansas  City,  MO— Chester  Thomas  Houk.  Ellis  R. 

Sutherland,  Eugene  E.  Mihelic,  Leslie  L.  Frazier. 

Lloyd  A.  Schneider.  Merritt  Lee  Hendnx.  Raymond 

Lynn  Hurt. 

62  Chicago,  IL — Bernard  Schurman.  Gordon  S.  Yost. 

63  Bloomington,  IL — Alma  E.  Meier  Is). 
Louisville,  KY — Charles  E.  Russell.  Lee  R.  Holman, 
Richard  J.  Bottorff. 

Glean,  NY — Anna  Elizabeth  McLaughlin  (s),  Ellen 
L.  Winsiow  (s),  Howard  S.  Peters. 
Boston,  MA — Charles  A.  Brauneis,  Mary  C.  Fiorillo 
(s). 

Canton,  OH — James  Heck. 

St.  Louis.  MO— Hazel  O.  Phillips  (s).  Lantie  B. 
Robinson. 

Chattanooga,  TN — George  Washington  Blevins. 
Hazelton,  PA — Clarence  George  Home.  Edward  A. 
Kalinowski,  Howard  Schell,  Joseph  Karpinski. 
Port  Chester,  NY— Edith  Minniti  (s). 
Chicago,  IL — Albert  Pott.  Alex  Jorgensen.  Clarence 
T.  Zima. 

Erie,  PA — Kenneth  Semple, 

Rochester,  NY — Kenneth  B.  Humphrey.  Oliver  E. 
Hunt.  William  L.  Vroman. 
Racine,  WI — Theodore  Urhausen. 
Providence,  RI — Alvin  Stcinkamp.  Dorothy  A.  Lim- 
erick (s),  Norah  McFelridge  Is),  Norman  Dionne, 
Thomas  Dimanna. 

Spokane,  WA — Cecil  Varner,  Joseph  T.  Naccaralo, 
Oliver  A.  Willis,  Tim  P.  Gunderson. 
Baltimore,  MD — Charles  A.  SchaetTer.  Raymond  L. 
Brown,  Stephen  J.  Akonom. 
Oakland,  CA — Erna  Rinden  (s),  Jacob  G.  Gonser. 
Cleveland,  OH — Louis  Taranlino. 
Des  Moines,  lA — Robert  E.  HaJsied. 
Springfield,  MA — Anton  Victor  Wigstrom,  Emile  L. 
Paro. 

St.  Joseph,  MO — John  W.  Anno,  Kitty  G.  Creager 
(s),  Leo  S.  Eckstein. 

Middletown,  OH— Dorothy  R.  Proffitt  (s),  Erma  E. 
Henderson  (s).  Luella  H.  Becker  (s). 
East  Detroit,  MI — Charles  Krakus,  Edward  Joseph 
Krysick,  Guiseppe  Vitiello.  James  Adamson.  Marcel 
Hughe.  Raymond  Satawa. 

Detroit,  MI— Cleo  D.  Tucker,  Evaline  May  Sophie 
Bakken  (s),  Sidney  Nathan  Johnson,  William  S. 
Holcombe. 

Utica,  NY— Phoebe  M.  Rice  (s). 
Passaic.  NJ — Bortolo  Galeazzi.   Irving  Schneider. 
Jacob  Visscher,  Jasper  Morici, 


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Local  Union.  City 

131  Seattle,  WA— Asbjorg  Imsland  (s).  Edwin  L.  Gus- 
tafson,  Harold  Langness,  Herbert  L.  Rundle,  John 
W.  Wood,  Olger  A.  Nyhus.  Peter  Heimdal,  Tom 
Torgrimson. 

132  Washington,  DC— Ffinlo  C.  Quine. 

133  Terre  Haute,  IN— Ray  Vangilder. 

135  New  York,  NY— Harnett  Chaskin,  Henry  R.  Benes, 
Isidor  Fish.  Leo  Gelbman. 

141     Chicago,  II^Kirby  Allen  Shields.  Leo  C.  Kubiak. 

144     Macon,  GA — Charlie  L.  McPherson. 

165     Pittsburg,  PA— Charles  E.  Holliday. 

168  Kansas  City.  KS— Charles  C.  Winfrey.  Joe  H.  Gar- 
rett. 

171     Youngslown,  OH — Erhard  Johnson. 

174  Joliet,  IL— Catherine  M.  Przybysz  (s),  Harry  T. 
Hodges,  Sr..  John  B.  Hakey. 

180  Vallejo.  CA— Gerald  M.  Moritz,  Jesse  Lee  Thomp- 
son. 

181  Chicago,  IL^— Elmer  Jensen.  Lauritz  Espeland.  Vi- 
told  Gomolka. 

182  Cleveland,  OH— Margaret  Hazucha  (s). 

183  Peoria,  Il^Emil  C.  Roos,  Francis  K.  Setterdahl, 
Harold  R.  Wicks,  Hazel  C.  Anderson  (s),  Howard 
D.  Hall.  Rodger  H.  Reuler. 

184  Salt  Lake  City,  UT— Gus  Kuykendall,  Louis  Smith, 
Wilbur  Perry  Curtis. 

185  St.  Louis,  MO—Augusl  P.  Krummel,  C.  Albert 
Ecklund. 

189    Quincy,  lU-Cecil  M.  Gilliland. 

198  Dallas,  TX— Allie  Ray  Bridges,  Bob  E.  Vestal.  Rufus 
Boswell  Wigley,  Jr..  William  H.  Sims. 

199  Chicago,  IL~Austin  Thomas  Harrity. 

200  Columbus.  OH— Wilbur  C.  Rase. 

201  Wichita.  KS— Keiih  K.  Wilson. 

203     Poughkeepsie,  NY^Harold  F.  Poluzzi. 

210  Slamrord,  CT — Agnes  Gustavson  (s),  Alexander 
Klucik.  Henry  L.  Burow.  John  J.  Mitchell.  Steven 
Dereszewski,  Steven  Hancharyk,  William  H.  Ha- 
vens, Jr. 

211  Pittsburgh,  PA — Thomas  E.  Davison.  Thomas  J- 
Tortella. 

213     Houston,  TX — Buford  Everett  Duren,  Edward  James 

Bryant.  Huston  A.  Laden,  James  E.  Henderson  Sr.. 

Lester  C.  Kneblik,  Orabelle  Carter  ts).  Robert  A. 

Lightbourne,  William  W.  Shew,  Zona  Mae  Gore  (s). 
215     Lafayette.  IN— Martha  E.  Deel  (s).  Park  Hayes, 
218     Boston,  MA— Herbert  N.  Christopher. 
222     Washington,  IN — Theodore  Young. 
225     Atlanta,  GA — James  Harrison  Addy. 
232     Fort  Wayne,  IN— Paul  Moor. 
244    Grand  Jet.,  CO — Kathryn  Drumm  (s).  Maurice  Lor- 

imer. 

246  New  York,  NY— Frank  Hartman.  Kurt  Paul  Werner 
Oesterheld. 

247  Portland,  OR — Andrew  Fahner,  Cecil  Loren  Boge. 
Charles  O.  Huggett,  Joseph  A.  Housman. 

248  Toledo.  OH— Bert  E.  Downs. 

256  Savannah,  GA — John  L.  Sublelt,  Thomas  B.  Strick- 
land. 

264  MilNvaukee,  WI— John  Dechert.  Walter  Schmeling. 

265  Saugerties,  NY — Guslave  Schmidt. 

272    Chicago  Hgt.,  II^Margaret  McCoy  (s), 
275     Newton,  MA— Harold  F.  Ham,  Oscar  Gallant. 
281     Binghamton,  NY — Edward  Fulier,  Edward  Hawley, 
Gerald  Holcomb. 

313  Pullman,  WA — Ernest  A.  Gertson. 

314  Madison,  WI — Marian  Haberman  (s). 

316  San  Jose,  CA — Benigno  M.  Montes,  Harold  Rempel, 
James  B.  Evans,  Lena  Mae  McVay  (s),  Martha 
ValtschefT(s). 

334  Saginaw,  MI— Carl  William  Schroeder. 

335  Grand  Rapids,  MI — Kenneth  Benoit,  Russell  Isen- 
hoff. 

338  Seattle,  WA— Frank  A.  Bom. 

342  Pawtuckel,  RI — Frank  John  Dowgiala. 

344  Waukesha,  WI — Herbert  Nettesheim. 

345  Memphis.  TN— Walter  E.  Hill. 

347  Mattoon,  Il^ClitTord  G.  Chaflant.  Stella  Vey  Scott 
(s). 

348  New  York.  NY — Alexander  Chernack,  Edward 
SoutholT,  Frank  Taimi. 

350     New  Rochelle.  NY— Domenick  M.  Yetto. 

355    BufTalo,  NY— Ludwig  Balzerski,  Michael  Dischner. 

359     Philadelphia,  PA— Carl  A.  Dupoldt,  Erich  Kehrer, 

Leroy   J.    Blackman,   Paul   E.   Folberlh,   Ruth   A. 

Blackman  (s). 
361     Duluth,  MN— Ethel  V.  Edwardson  {s),  Ingvald  G. 

Watten. 
370     Albany,  NY— James  McNulty,  Preston  W.  Hoffman. 
378     Edwardsville,  IL— Harold  Theuer. 
387     Columbus,  MS— Glen  T.  Ward. 
393    Camden,  NJ— Ernest  R.  Mason,  John  A.  Skrabonja. 
398     Lewiston.  ID— Hazel  Louise  Wildermuth  (s). 
400    Omaha.  NE— Arlene  L.  Elmer  (s). 

403  Alexandria,  LA — Alvin  O.  Prothro. 

404  Lake  Co,  OH— Denis  Grenicr.  Frances  Ott  (s). 

410  Ft.  Madison  &  Vic.  lA — Lester  Franklin  Simmons. 

411  San  Angelo.  TX — Donald  Bahlman. 
417  St.  Louis,  MO — Clarence  Bruno. 
424  Hingham,  MA— Joseph  Willett. 
433  Belleville,  IL— Omar  R,  Sheldon. 

452  Vancouver  BC.  CAN— Harold  Rosaine.  Joseph  Wil- 
son, Robert  Nord,  Sieve  Kranjc. 


Local  Union.  City 

458  Clarksviile,  IN— James  E.  Weber,  Nicholas  H.  Wal- 
ter. 

470  Tacoma,  WA — Ruth  Riveness  (s).  Thomas  Kenneth 
Thompson. 

483    San  Francisco,  CA — Charles  H.  Davis,  Martin  Moder. 

492  Reading,  PA— John  G.  Schaeffer,  Robert  F.  Ker- 
schncr. 

493  Mt.  Vernon,  NY— Rita  Merola  (s). 
510     Berthoud,  CO— Felix  W.  Martin. 

515  Colorado  Springs,  CO — Herbert  Gwyn. 
530  Los  Angeles,  CA — Shirley  Ann  Johnson. 
538     Concord,  NH— Robert  H.  Small. 

542  Salem,  NJ— Richard  Somers  Kille. 

543  Mamaroneck.NY- FortunataG.  Salvo  (s),  Marianna 
Lagani  (s),  Nicholas  Samela. 

550    Oakland,  CA— Grethe  Hansine  Northcott  (s). 

558  Elmhurst,  IL — Edward  M.  Schommer.  Elsie  Palm 
(s).  George  A.  Hood.  James  P.  Colford.  Peteris 
Rozenbergs.  Stanley  W.  Zaidel. 

559  Paducha,  KY — George  Francis  Gough.  Kathleen 
Ball  (s),  Robert  M.  Young.  Jr. 

562  Everett,  WA — Konrad  Nilsen. 

563  Glendale,  CA— Herbert  E.  Knighton. 

586    Sacramento,  CA— Clark  S.  Hall,  Clyde  J.  Jones. 
596    St.  Paul,  MN— Hilbert  G.  Johnson. 

599  Hammond,  IN — John  S.  Bodnar. 

600  Lehigh  Valley,  PA— Louis  Matatics.  Paul  I.  O.  Lud- 
wig. 

603  Ithaca,  NY— Casper  J.  Mauzy. 

604  Morgantown,  WV — Thomas  H.  Hardin. 
610  Port  Arthur,  TX— Louis  A.  Borel,  Sr. 
616  Chambersburg.  PA — Kenneth  M.  Wible. 

621  Bangor,  ME— Charles  Herbert  Hinckley.  Joseph 
Bourgoine. 

622  Waco,  TX — Emilie  Zapalac  (s),  Marion  F.  Pearce. 

623  Atlantic  County,  NJ — Robert  F.  Camp. 

624  Brockton,  MA — Joiin  H.  Peterson. 

625  Manchester,  NH — Patrick  D.  Treacy,  Theresa  F. 
Hall  (s). 

626  Wilmington,  DE — ClifTord  Fitzwater.  John  H.  An- 
derson, Margaret  May  Faux  (s). 

627  Jacksonville,  FL — Clarence  L,  Verner. 
634    Salem,  IL — Vern  J.  Veltman. 

638  Marion  IL — Earl  O.  Boucher.  John  D,  Baggolt, 
Sarah  E.  Martin  (s)  Tom  Larrison. 

639  Akron,  OH— Bernard  J.  Frohnapfel,  Hilda  M.  Hoo- 
ver (s). 

642  Richmond,  CA — James  Hawkins,  Marvin  Harvey 
Martin. 

644     Pekin.  II^Ralph  Morns. 

650     Pomeroy,  OH— Arthur  Casto. 

665     Amarillo,  TX — John  D.  Lummus. 

696  Tampa.  FL — Eugene  Tyson.  Graceila  Amador  (s), 
Richard  C.  Brundage. 

703     Lockland.  OH — Charles  M.  Gordon,  James  Cornell. 

710  Long  Beach,  CA— Claud  C.  Perigen.  John  E.  Wil- 
liams. 

715  Elizabeth,  NJ — Angelo  Martone.  Jean  Sandford  (s), 
Troy  C.  Duckett. 

721  Los  Angeles,  CA — Albert  E.  Crow,  Arnold  J.  Mar- 
kert,  Helen  B.  Marker!  (s),  Richard  H.  Brown. 

727     Hialeah,  FL— Benjamin  F.  Neville. 

738  Portland,  OR— Helen  Tosi  (s). 

739  Cincinnati,  OH — Frank  Jochum,  Lora  Lincke  (s), 
Milivov  Melvin  Yorgin,  Russell  White.  Susan  Ann 
Roberts  (s)  Violet  T.  Bross  (s). 

745  Honolulu.    HI — Haruo    Yanagi.    Shinryo   Tawada. 

Stanley  Morimoto. 

753  Beaumont,  TX — Johnnie  B.  Crosby. 

755  Superior.  WI — Theodore  Olander. 

763  Enid,  OK— Glenn  E.  Messick. 

764  Shreveport,  LA — Sebron  Leo  Grice. 
766  All>erl  Lea.  MN — Theckia  Leonhardi  (s). 

770  Yakima.  W A— Albert  C.  Carroll.  Virginia  Rae  Ruse 
(s). 

780  Astoria,  OR — Arvid  Jacobson. 

781  Princeton,  NJ— William  N.  Fry,  III. 
790     Dixon,  Il^Edward  T.  Boyer. 

819     West  Palm  Beach,  FL— Clyde  E.   England.  David 

Banks. 
821     Springfield,  NJ— Alois  Prokop,  Gwen  Gilbert  (s). 
836    Janesvitle,  WI — Donald  Samuelson. 

839  Des  Plaines,  Il^Oscar  Rilterbusch.  Wanda  Jessie 
Gassaway  (s). 

840  Clifton  Heights.  PA— Joseph  J.  Rupnick,  William  J. 
Bell. 

857  Tucson,  AR— Gerald  V.  Burke.  William  R.  Eseltine. 

898  St.  Joseph,  MI — Emile  Pesonen,  Raymond  A.  Star- 
back. 

902  Brooklyn,  NY— Regimen  Hunt. 

904  Jacksonville,  IL — Harry  Duane  Hillman. 

906  Glendale,  AR— J.  T.  Coxwell,  Michael  Grande. 

912  Richmond,  IN— Olden  Clarence  Lee. 

916  Aurora,  IL — Theodore  E.  Scheidecker. 

921  Portsmouth,  NH — Michael  G.  Stringer. 

925  Salinas.  CA^Louis  A.  Long. 

940  Sandusky,  OH— James  W.  Grosser,  Stanley  G.  Ben- 
nett. 

943  Tulsa,  OK — Harrison  Humphrey,  Lyie  Albert  Gwin. 

947  Ridgway,  PA— Wallace  R.  Olson. 

948  Sioux  Citv,  lA— Theodore  A.  Juhl. 

958     Marquette,  MI— Golden  Marie  Phelan  (s). 
964     Rockland  County.  NY— Theodor  T.  Olsen. 


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Loctil  Union.  OA' 


971     Reno  NV— Owen  S.  Adjutant. 

973     Texas  City,  TX— Walter  Akers. 

♦77     Wichita  Falls,  TX— Edward  H.  Castles. 

978    Springfield,  MO— Frank  D    Lauthern.   lona   Mae 

Appleby  (s),  Joseph  E.  Harmon. 
993     Miami  FU— Benjamin  T.   Russell,   Philip  Garnck, 

Verna  F.  Ketcham  (si 
998     Royal  Oak,  MI— Albert  Y.  Engelsman.  Harold  A. 

Hunter,  Vivon  Shelton. 

1006  New  Brunswich,  NJ — Eric  Osterblom.  Ignatius  F. 
Kucharski,  Katherine  Buckley  (s),  Nicholas  Arace. 

1007  Niagara  Falls,  ONT,  CAN— Raymond  Hopf. 

1024     Cumberland,  MD — Elma  Virginia  Lambert  (s).,  John 

T.  Luzier. 
1033     Muskegon,  MI — Theodore  Federson. 
1050    Philadelphia,  PA — Raymond  Price.  Sam  Verderame. 

1052  Hollywood,  CA — Eugene  Cook. 

1053  Milwaukee,  WI— Charles  Richter.  Waclaw  Szat- 
kowski. 

1062     Santa  Barbara,  CA — Jason  Paul  Loomis. 
1067     Port  Huron,  MI— Areola  Frantz 

1079  Steubenvillc,  OH— Mason  E   Roberson. 

1080  Owensboro,  KY— Joseph  Rolan  Millay. 

10*1  Anglelon,  TX— A.  B.  Smith.  William  E.  Sebnng. 
1089  Phoenix,  AR— George  W  Meredith.  Olof  Torne. 
1094     Albany  Corvallk,  OR— Moms  R    Lane 

1097  Longview,  TX— Dee  Augusta  Keese 

1098  Baton  Rouge,  LA— Elaine  D.  Taylor  (si,  Mircal  T. 
Parks,  Jr. 

1100     Flagslair,  AR— Fred  E    Melick 

1102     Detroit,  Ml— Waller  J.  Palucki.  Walter  Peter  Herod 

1108  Cleveland,  OH— Louis  A.  Marcinek,  Mane  Zika  (si, 

1109  Visalia,  CA— Ruth  Evelyn  Williams  (si. 
1114     S.  Milwauke,  WI— Norma  Rodell  (si. 
1134     Ml.  Kisco,  NY— Dorothy  Lusk  (si. 
1144     Seattle  WA— John  G.  Osborne. 

1147     Roseville,  CA— Eugene  W    Frank 
1164    New  York,  NY— Bruno  Knockelman.  Fritz  Walker, 
Junior  R.  Hightower.  Moritz  Woltand. 

1 184  Seattle,  W A— Haakon  Albinusen. 

1185  Chicago,  IL — James  M.  O'Connor. 

1194  Pensacola  FL — Frank  L.  Rawlinson.  Harold  h\  Col- 
lins. 

1205  Indio,  CA— Claude  L.  Miller.  Claude  W.  Reed. 
Dorsey  Nay  Morrow. 

1207    Charleston,  WV— John  E  Toney 

I2I6     Mesa,  AZ^Hill  Luker. 

1235     Modesto.  CA— Clyde  A.  Sims 

1241  Columbus,  OH— Gerald  M  Kenney,  William  Y 
Harrington. 

1246     Marinette,  WI — Ernest  F.  Erdman. 

1251     N.  Westminster,  B.C.,  CAN— Victor  Mikkonen 

1256     Sarnia,  Ont..  CAN — George  Turner. 

1263     Atlanta.  CA — Joseph  William  Schaefers. 

1274  Decatur,  Alabama — Hewitt  H.  Wilkerson. 

1275  Clearwater,  FL — Helen  Delange  (si. 

1280  Mountain  View,  CA — Claude  C.  Crisp,  Sr. .  Dorothy 
Clark  (SI. 

1281  Anchorage,  AK — Ray  R.  Rodgers. 

1292  Huntington.  NY— Albert  Stahman.  CliHbrd  May- 
hew 

1296     San  Diego.  CA— Dorothy  Tefft  (si. 

1305  Fall  River.  MA — Mary  E.  Belanger  (si,  Raymond 
Abbott,  Sr. 

1310    St.  Louis.  MO— Roberi  R   Mort 

I3I9  Albuquerque.  NM — Graydon  F.  Daniels,  Iris  Louise 
Caner  (si. 

1323     Monterey.  CA — Vernon  E.  Aujoux 

1325     Edmonton.  Alia.  CAN— Frank  PrunkI 

1329  Independence.  MO — Fred  E.  Newell,  Robert  Mar- 
shall Clifton,  Samuel  L.  Yankee. 

1334     Baytown,  TX — Adela  Anna  McManus  (si. 

1342     Irvington,  NJ — Dolores  M.  Kurdyla  (si. 

1345     Buffalo,  NY— Mary  Hariigan  (si. 

1347     Port  Arthur,  TX — James  Milton  Sonnier. 

1353  Sante  Fe,  NM— Delfina  Velarde  (si. 

1354  Aberdeen,  MI>— Patricia  Ann  Pritts  (si. 

1357     Memphis,   Tennessee — Katherine   Riddick   Thomas 

Isl 
1365     Cleveland,  OH — Andreas  Fnedrlch. 
1373     Rim,  MI— Laverne  H.  St.  John 
1386     Province  of  New  Brunswick — Earl  Fredenck  Rediker. 
1388     Oregon  City,  OR— Anhur  T    Edwards,  William  H 

Rusbuldl 

1392  New  Glasgow,  N,S,,  CAN— Edward  A.  Roberts. 

1393  Toledo,  OH— Edgar  Lalendorf,  Robert  T.  Harnson. 

1400  .Santa  Monica,  CA — Crestino  Lujan.  James  J.Shanley. 

1401  Buffalo,  NY— George  SchetTold 

1407  San  Pedro,  CA— Cleo  D  Wyatt,  Francis  E.  Heis- 
lerman. 

1408  Redwood,  City  CA— Helen  L   Huntington  (si 

1418  Lodi,  CA— Taft  Howard  Hipsher,  Victor  T  Parkin- 
son 

1419  Johnstown,  PA — Floyd  A.Carver. 

1437     Complon,  CA — Edna  C.  Struve  (si.  George  Martin 

Naughlln,  Glenn  E.  Kennedy. 
1449     Lansing,  MI — George  F.  Banker,  Marie  Katherine 

Gulick  (si 

1452  Detroit,  MI — Attilio  Diconcillo,  Charles  J.  Freeman. 

1453  Huntington  Bch.,  CA — Donnie  L.  Davis.  Gerald 
Doan,  Ralph  E  Schenck. 

1456  New  York,  NY — Agnes  Johnson  (si.  Arthur  .Spin- 
danger.  Gust  Anderson.  John  J.  Broderick,  John  R. 
Eriksson,  Paul  Romain  Bishop. 

1478     Redondo,  CA— Andrew  Morales,  Lee  J.  Scott. 

1481     South  Bend,  IN— Marchela  Sue  Annable. 

1485  La  Porte,  IN— Stanley  H.  Kozlowski. 

1486  Auburn,  CA— David  A.  Wielrick,  Frank  L.  Slnck- 
land 

1487  Burlington,  VT — Arthur  Provencher.  Kenney  N. 
Lunde 

1497     E.  Los.  Angeles,  CA — Jim  Sogoian,  Maxie  Roland. 
1506     Los  Angeles,  CA — Lloyd  Leroy  Johnson,  Richard 
R    Beedon 


1507     El  Monte,  CA— Alan  J,  PavlofT,  Beatrice  Dahl  (si. 

Blanche  J.  Watson  (si,  Henry  D.  Sanders,  Lowell 

E.  Wofford. 
1509     Miami,  Fl^Bea  Saypoff  (si. 
1529     Kansas  City,  KS— ClitTord  Harns. 
15.%     New  Y'ork,  NY' — Anthony  Monaco.  Domenico  Gug- 

lielmelti.  Dominick  Salvalore. 
1539     Chicago,  IL — Louis  L.  Hamilton. 
1553     Vancouver  B,C,  CAN— Elon  W.  Lindstrom. 
1553     Culver  City,  CA— Clayton  W.  Baker,  Frank  Free- 
man, 
1564     Casper,  WY— Hilmer  Hansen. 
1571     East  San  Diego,  CA— Edna  R.Killam  (si,   Wayne 

C.Taylor. 
1590     Washington,  DC — JohnOverberg,  Roger  A.  Boward. 
1595     Montgomery  County,  PA — Humbert  Destefano. 
15%    St.  Louis,  MS — Fred  Emmenegger.  Harold  Sasse, 

Karl  A.  Fritz. 
1597     Bremerton,  WA— Lloyd  L.  Butteriield,  William  T 

Fowler. 
1599    Redding,  CA— Herald  W.  Cox.  Mable  Ellen  Evans 

Isl. 
1607     Los  Angeles,  CA — Joseph  Deangelis,  Marion  H.  Fair 
1633     Kansas  City,  MO— Mildred  P.  Taylor  (si. 
1641     Naples,  FL— Elijah  A, Stephens, 
1650    I^exington,  KY' — Alma  Wierman  Sumner  (si.  Blanche 

Houser  Ladd  (si. 
1664     Bloomington,  IN — Kenneth  Hacker.  Melvin  P,  West 
1691     Coeur  D'alene,  ID— Olaf  Bratlie,  Syver  Moen 

1693  Chicago,  Il^Otto  A    Ebert 

1694  Washington,  DC— W   Raymond  Taylor 

1699     Pasco,  WA— Chester  Lee  Dolsby.  Fern  Lucille  Rose 

(si, 
1708     Auburn,  WA— Joseph  L,  Stevens. 
17.M     Murray  KY— Arthur  B,  Jewell. 
1741     Milwaukee,     WI— Roman     F.     Oechsner.     Walter 

LImaske. 
1750    Cleveland  OH— Albert  Baikerman,  Myron  T  Metzel 
1752     Pomona,    CA— Gerald    T     Pickett.    Harry    Owen 

Wealhenll. 
1764    Marion  VA — Eleanor  C.  Elswick  (si,  Goye  Emerson 

Reeves. 
1770     Cape   Girardeau,   MO — Kenneth   O'Bnan    Hanna. 

Terry  Jay  Hanna. 
1775     Columbus,  IN — Alfred  Schoettmer,  Leo  Quinn. 
1780     Las  Vegas,  NV— Alex  Raski,  Howard  H,  Gnswold, 

Manon  H,  Wilburn.  Vernon  A,  Lancaster. 
1792  .Sedalia.  MO— Glennis  Quantia  Eckerie  (si. 
1797     Renlon.  WA— Geraldine  Jacobson  (si,  Raymond  T. 

Bandy. 
1808     Wood  River,  IL— Blanche  Pauline  Earle  (si. 
1823     Philadelphia,  PA— Leroy  English 

1845  Snoqualm  Fall,  WA— Dale  T   Jackson 

1846  New  Orleans,  LA — Jesus  Gonzalez,  Octave  Oubre, 
Sr..  Wilfred  J.  Vincent. 

1849     Pasco,  WA— Albert  E.  Phillips,  Kenneth  Kcstner, 

Leo  C.  Eldhardt.  Leonard  Williams,  William  Frank. 
1865     Minneapolis.  MN— Dorothy  M.  Otle  (si,  Oscar  John- 
son. 
1875     Winlield,  MS— Roy  McNealy 
1889     Downers  Grove,  ll^Louis  Saif,  Waller  Ballis 
1904    North  Kansas,  MO— James  Alton  Bailey. 
1906     Philadelphia,    PA— Charles    A     Hobert.    John    W 

Mackner.  Sr. 
1913     Van  Nuys,  CA — George  A.  Miles,  Herma  McMilllan 

(si.  Walter  E.  Goldsby. 
1921     Hempstead,  NY— John  Ruppel 
1927     Delray  Beach,  FI^Anna  F   Kelly  (si. 
1931     New  Orleans.  LA— Ins  L.  Lucido  Isl. 
1962     Las  Cruces.  NM— Patncia  Ruth  Flatley  (si. 
2006     Los  Gatos.  CA — Thomas  D.  George. 
2018     Ocean  County.  NJ— Russell  S    Voorhees 
2020    .San  Diego.  CA — George  Alexander.  Henry  Schnell, 

Stephen  F.  BIrkenbach. 
2024     Miami,  FL — David  A,  Mitchell,  Fannie  Mae  Johnson 

(si 
2037     Adrian,  Ml — Samuel  D,  Gregg, 
2046     Martinez,  CA — Henry  Emerson,  John  P.  Terranova, 

Wallace  Nicholson. 
2049     Gilbertville,  KY— Floyd  E.  Gulp,  Sidney  Gordon 

Bridges. 
2078     Vista,  CA— Erna  B.  Rabe  (si,  Gwendolyn  H.  Nelms 

(si. 
2093    Phoenix,  AZ — Emmet  Earl  Furrey,  Mary  R.  Eche- 

veste  (si. 
2114     Napa,  CA— Fred  D   Barnes. 
2119    .St,  Louis,  MO— Chester  T.  Bailey. 
2130    Hillsboro,  OR— Clara  Stark  (si. 
21.V4    Warren,  AR — Emma  Lee  Jackson. 
2155     New  York,  NY— Frank  Heyer,  John  Chervenak 
2164     .San  Francisco,  CA — John  Gordon  Hancock,  Richard 

J.  Berg.  Robert  L.  Pedersen. 
2182     Montreal,  Que..  CAN— Elsa  Chambers  (si. 
2203     Anaheim.  CA — Joseph  F   Huss.  Lars  T.  Thompson, 

Milton  R    Mills. 
2217     Lakeland,  FI^Homcr  Routt 
2232     Houston,  TX— Donald  Ray  Quinn,  Hugh  Edward 

Courtney.  Oscar  G.  Glasscock. 
2250     Red  Bank,  NJ— Lester  H.  England,  Stanley  Ohoppe 
2274     Pittsburgh,  PA— Eleanore  Chambers  (si,  James  H 

Rose.  Richard  1.    Moore. 

2287  New  York,  NY— Anthony  Sansone. 

2288  Los  Angeles,  CA — Christine  Leakes  (si,  Gertrude 
M    Denton  (si. 

2337     Milwaukee,  WI— Orville  Clausing. 

2375  Los  Angeles,  CA — Arnold  G  Lewis,  Berry  B.  Line, 
E'lmest  R.  Rumpel.  Russell  E   Graff 

2398     El  C^on,  CA— Virgil  C    Wise 

2404  Vancouver,  B,C,,CAN — Jerome  MacNeil,  John  Nel- 
son O'Connor 

2410  Red  Deer,  AlU.,  CAN— Orval  E    Livingston. 

2411  Jacksonville,  FL — Don  Frazier. 
2416     Portland,  OR— Clifford  1    Penry. 


2443     Grand  Rapids,  MN — Norbert  Herman  Boedig-hei- 

mer. 
2453     Oakridge,  OR— Betty  lone  Mattson  (si. 
2477     Santa  Maria,  CA — Murel  Toomey. 
2489     New  .Salisbury,  IN— Hamilton  Adkins. 
2519    Seattle,  WA — Edwin  Bror  Anderson,  George  Cozy. 
2577     Salem,  IN— Clarence  Wyatt  McKillip. 
2581     Libby,  MT— Clayton  Youngs. 
2608     Redding,  CA— Herman  1     Bums. 
2633     Tacoma,  WA — Michael  J.  Vargo, 
2637     .Sedro  Wollev,  WA — Edward  Atkins  Reppeto. 
2659     Everett,  WA— Kenneth  R   Cline. 
2667     Bellingham,  WA — Elmer  Bergum. 
2679     Toronto,  Ont,,  CAN — Michael  Evan  Jackson. 
2698     Randon,  OR— Howard  V    Bovey 
2714     Dallas,  OR— Clay  G.  Huntley.  Thelma  Ruth  Neufeld 

(si 
2767     Morton.  WA— Martin  B    Baike 
2784    Coquille.  OR— Roe  T  Carter 
2794    Matloon.  WI— Clarence  C.  Zahn. 
2805     KlickiUI.  WA— Earl  D  Odie.  Ernest  Rufus  Martell 
2812     Mi-ssoula.  MT— Berdie  T   Gunter. 
2816     Emmell.  ID— Bertha  Lee  Hinton  (si.  Blanche  M 

Chadwell  (si. 
28.14     Denver.  CO — James  R.  Manning. 
2867     Albuquerque.  NM — Willie  J    Dominguez. 
2882     .Santa  Rosa.  C A— Ernest  C.  Steele 
2949     Roseburg.  OR— Alexander  Wolford.  Neoma  Ruth 

Jameson  (si.  Viva  Lee  Wnghl  (si.  William  Arnold. 
3009     Grants  Pass.  OR— Laurence  R    Hewitt 
3074     Chester.  CA— Clarence  E.  Wnght.  Jr..  Wilburn  El- 
liott. 
3088     Stockton.  CA — James  J.  Boggiano.  Samuel  J.  Lucas. 
3127     New  York.  NY— Bruno  F,  Costa.  Edward  Barr. 
3161     Maywood,  CA — Conrad  Cox,  John  T.  Rodriguez, 

Louis  A   Castro. 
7000    Province  of  Quebec  LCL  l.M-2— Charies  E  Gendron . 

Donat  Spenard.  Ernest  Beaulne.  Henri  Lambert. 

Napoleon  Roberge.  Raymond  Champeau. 
9033     Pittsburgh,  PA— Han^y  H    Horton 
9039    Indianapolis,  IN — Charles  Edward  Thomas. 
9042     Los  Angeles,  CA — Ernest  Duran. 
9074    Chicago,  IL— Eunice  Lorraine  Seaman  (si. 


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JULY     1986 


39 


We  Restore  a 
Statue,  and  We 
Restore  a  Faith 


The  United  States 

and  Canada  celebrate 

their  origins 

For  more  than  two  years,  some  members 
of  our  United  Brotherhood  in  New  York  and 
New  Jersey  have  shared  with  other  Building 
Tradesmen  the  restoration  work  on  the  Statue 
of  Liberty  in  New  York  Harbor. 

This  month,  they  can  sit  back  during  the 
Fourth  of  July  festivities  on  Liberty  Island 
and  share  the  tremendous  pride  of  knowing 
that  their  handiwork  will  be  seen  around  the 
world  .  .  .  that  their  children  and  grandchil- 
dren can  feel  a  part  of  those  great  moments 
when  Miss  Liberty  is  rededicated. 

1  want  these  members  to  know  that  our 
hearts  and  pride  are  with  them  on  that  special 
day.  Such  days  of  patriotic  fervor  are  some- 
times few  and  far  between — like  the  day  our 
astronauts  landed  on  the  moon,  the  day  Amer- 
ica celebrated  its  200th  birthday,  and  the  night 
the  victorious  U.S.  hockey  team  raced  around 
the  rink  with  the  Stars  and  Stripes  at  Lake 
Placid  after  defeating  the  Russian  team.  L  for 
one,  cherish  such  moments. 

And  1  know  that  my  Canadian  brothers  and 
sisters  have  such  feelings,  too,  when  the 
Maple  Leaf  flutters  from  a  mast  before  one 
of  their  public  buildings.  I  can  look  out  of  a 
window  in  my  Washington  office  and  see  six 
Maple  Leaf  flags  flying  from  poles  at  the  site 
of  the  new  Canadian  Embassy  being  con- 
structed on  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  two  blocks 
away.  That,  too,  gives  me  pride  and  a  feeling 
of  security  knowing  that  our  common  bond 
of  fellowship  is  so  close. 

Both  of  our  nations,  the  United  States  and 
Canada,  celebrate  their  origins  this  month. 
The  United  States"  Independence  Day  is  July 
4,  when  the  American  Revolution  was  offi- 
cially declared.  Canada  gained  its  status  as  a 
nation  on  July  1,  1867,  when  the  British  North 
America  Act  was  adopted  by  the  British  Par- 
liament. Both  dates  were  truly  milestones  in 


mankind's  progress.  Both  were  expressions 
of  freedom  in  a  New  World,  new  hope  for  the 
common  man. 

Canada  did  not  emerge  from  a  revolution, 
as  the  United  States  did.  Its  struggles  came 
earlier,  when  the  French  and  English  com- 
peted for  colonial  control.  It  took  a  treaty  in 
1763  and  several  legislative  acts  extending 
over  a  century  to  create  the  nation.  In  1867 
the  British  Parliament  passed  the  British  North 
America  Act  and  proclaimed  July  I  as  Cana- 
da's official  birthday,  and  the  nation  became 
the  Dominion  of  Canada,  a  status  it  held  until 
the  Statute  of  Westminister  in  1931  gave 
Canada  autonomy.  In  1947  the  Canadian  Cit- 
izenship Act  was  passed,  giving  Canadians 
the  right  to  call  themselves  Canadian  citizens. 

When  you  look  at  the  history  of  our  two 
nations,  you  realize  that  both  are  young  as 
nations  go.  And  yet  we  have  a  maturity  and 
a  way  of  life  unsurpassed  in  this  world.  Our 
forefathers  chose  well  when  they  set  us  on 
the  road  to  democracy.  The  governments  they 
founded  have  been  examples  for  others  to 
follow.  Our  labor  movement  has  evolved  over 
a  century  and  become  a  shining  example  of 
democratic  trade  unionism  for  the  other  work- 
ers of  the  world. 

The  torch  of  freedom  which  Miss  Liberty 
holds  high  above  New  York  Harbor  represents 
a  host  of  spiritual  ideals  for  oppressed  workers 
of  other  nations.  It  represents  stability,  for 
one  thing.  Workers  of  underdeveloped  nations 
constantly  torn  by  political  turmoil  and  dic- 
tatorial oppression  look  in  awe  at  our  political 
system.  Why  didn't  we  put  Mr.  Mondale  in 
jail  after  he  lost  the  election?  Don't  we  exile 
our  minority  political  leaders  and  raid  their 
offices?  Can  every  citizen  vote  in  an  election? 
Don't  you  have  a  labor  party?  Do  you  mean 
to  say  that  your  workers  belong  to  all  of  the 
political  parties? 

When  America  celebrated  its  bicentennial 
in  1976,  citizens  stretched  a  banner  near  Con- 
cord Bridge  in  Massachusetts,  the  site  of  a 
battle  in  the  American  Revolution.  The  banner 
proclaimed,  "The  revolution  is  not  over." 

That  banner  didn't  cause  police  action.  It 
wasn't  torn  down  by  angry  mobs.  It  didn't 
strike  fear  in  the  hearts  of  the  citizenry.  It 
was  just  another  group  of  Americans  speaking 
its  piece.  They  might  be  rabble-rousers.  They 
might  be  leftists.  They  might  even  be  com- 
munists. But  their  right  of  free  speech  under 
a  two-century-old  Constitution  was  protected. 

The  words  on  the  banner,  if  we  interpret 
them   correctly,   actually   have   a   profound 


meaning.  The  American  revolution  is  not  over. 
Americans  must  be  reminded  of  that  from 
time  to  time.  America's  striving  for  demo- 
cratic ideals  must  go  on  and  on.  The  nation 
should  remain  the  most  revolutionary  in  the 
world,  for  it  has  evolved  over  two  centuries 
the  greatest  measure  of  freedom  from  tyranny 
of  the  mind  and  spirit  that  the  world  has 
produced.  But  there's  much  more  to  be  done. 
As  Thomas  Jefferson  said,  "The  price  of 
liberty  is  eternal  vigilance." 

Communism  tries  to  portray  itself  as  the 
leader  of  a  revolution  for  peace  and  prosperity. 
The  Communists  release  flocks  of  white  doves. 
They  parade  and  shout  under  red  banners, 
and  they  flout  their  military  hardware.  But 
there  is  no  freedom  as  we  know  it  behind  the 
Iron  Curtain. 

For  some  reason,  which  is  hard  for  me  to 
understand,  we  have  to  keep  reminding  some 
people  of  that.  I  read  about  these  students 
who  supposedly  represent  American  youth  at 
these  so-called  peace  rallies  in  Havana  and 
Moscow,  and  I  wonder.  Are  they  just  plain 
stupid?  Where  did  they  go  wrong? 

The  communist  doctrine  calls  for  the  force- 
ful redistribution  of  wealth  and  the  authori- 
tarian rule  of  the  state — the  state  being  "the 
people,"  which  is  a  fraud  of  the  highest 
magnitude.  Yet  this  so-called  rule  "by  the 
people"  is  believed  by  many  of  the  underpri- 
vileged of  the  world,  and  we  must  constantly 
do  battle  against  Communist  deceit.  I  believe 
we  are  rising  to  this  challenge. 

As  some  of  our  writers  have  stated,  there 
is  a  rekindling  of  the  national  spirit  during  the 
1980s.  This  has  been  true  in  both  the  U.S. 
and  Canada.  Canada,  particularly,  has  played 
an  increasingly  greater  role  on  the  world  stage. 

I  do  not  credit  the  Reagan  Administration 
with  the  resurgence  of  the  American  spirit, 
although  the  Great  Communicator  has  been 
effective  in  pointing  up  America's  virtues  in 
his  speeches.  Labor,  like  Americans,  has  been 
grateful  for  every  effort  made  by  the  White 
House  to  bring  peace  with  honor  to  the  world. 

Instead,  I  credit  this  resurgence  of  our 
national  spirit  to  the  souls  of  individual  Amer- 
icans asserting  their-God-given  rights.  It's  in 
the  actions  of  the  consumer  advocates,  pro- 
tecting what  we  eat,  what  we  wear,  and  how 
we  live.  It's  in  the  actions  of  the  environmen- 
talists, demanding  the  clean-up  of  atomic  waste 
dumps,  water  pollution,  and  air  pollution.  It's 
in  the  actions  of  citizens  groups,  seeking  to 
reduce  drunken  driving,  trying  to  find  lost 
children,  and  struggling  to  establish  a  fair  tax 


system.  Certainly  it  is  found  in  the  North 
American  labor  movement.  John  F.  Kennedy 
once  said,  "Those  who  would  destroy  or 
further  limit  the  rights  of  organized  labor, 
those  who  cripple  collective  bargaining  or 
prevent  organization  of  the  unorganized,  do 
a  disservice  to  the  cause  of  democracy." 

That's  why  that  inscription  on  the  pedestal 
of  the  Statue  of  Liberty  about  "the  huddled 
masses"  has  so  much  meaning  to  the  op- 
pressed people  of  the  world;  why  so  many 
are  still  trying  to  get  into  North  America  by 
any  means  possible. 

There  are  challenges  that  won't  go  away, 
and  we  must  deal  with  them.  We  must  put 
our  house  in  order  for  generations  to  come, 
and  we  must  continue  to  spread  the  word 
about  U.S.  and  Canadian  freedoms,  if  we  are 
to  ever  achieve  real  freedom  and  prosperity 
on  this  shrinking  planet. 


Patrick  J.  Campbell 
General  President 


THE  CARPENTER 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

Address  Correction  Requested 


Non-Profit  Org. 

U.S.  POSTAGE 

PAID 

Depew,  N.Y. 
Permit  No^  28 


New  UBC  Credit  Card  Program  ^J 


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The  more  you  use  it, 
the  more  you  help. 

Here's  how  it  works: 

When  you  become  a  UBC  VISA 
cardholder,  $5  will  go  to  a  UBC- 
endorsed  charitable  organization. 
The  first  beneficiary  will  be  the 
Diabetes  Research  Institute 
Foundation,  a  leader  in  the  search 
for  a  diabetes  cure. 


Then,  every  time  you  use  your  UBC  VISA  card — no 
matter  how  small  the  purchase — another  50  will  be 
automatically  donated  .  . .  at  no  cost  to  you. 


GOOD  THRU 
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U.S.  Department  of  State  Reception  Rooms 

SKILLED,  UNION  CRAFTSMANSHIP  WAS  BEST 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHCX)D  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

John  Pruitt 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 

Wayne  Pierce 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  Joseph  F.  Lia 
120  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

Second  District,  George  M.  Walish 

101  S.  Newtown  St.  Road 

Newtown  Square,  Pennsylvania  19073 

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9575  West  Higgins  Road 

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12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue,  #3 
North  Miami,  Florida  33161 

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526  Elkwood  Mall  -  Center  Mall 
42nd  &  Center  Streets 
Omaha,  Nebraska  68105 


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Rolla,  Missouri  65401 

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Gramark  Plaza 

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5330-F  Power  Inn  Road 
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Calgary,  Alberta,  T2K  OG3 


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VOLUME  106  No.  8  AUGUST  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

The  Congressional  Batting  Record 2 

Let  the  Truth  about  S.  21 81  Be  Told 4 

U.S.  Diplomacy  in  UBC  Style 5 

Louisiana-Pacific,  American  Express:  Boycott  Targets 7 

Weyerhauser  Contract  Unsettled;  Company  Offer  Unacceptable 8 

Blueprint  for  Cure  Donations 11 

Treadle  Saw  Is  Really  Folding  Saw  Machine 11 

Taking  the  Initiative;  Safety  and  Health  and  Special  Programs 12 

Coors  Tries  Again  Under  Masters  Label 15 

Up  From  The  Mud  and  Seaweed 16 

CLIC  Contributions 17 

Military  Needs  More  Housing  Units 19 

Hey  There,  Toyota!  What  Are  You  Trying  To  Get  Away  With? 20 

Missing  Children 22 

Safety  and  Health:  New  Asbestos  Standards 27 


THE 
COVER 


A  grand  welcome,  indeed,  is  provided 
by  this  magnificant  architectural  entrance 
to  the  U.S.  State  Department  Diplomatic 
Reception  Rooms,  pictured  on  our  front 
cover.  And  it's  a  cover  to  make  us  all 
swell  with  pride.  The  recent  U.S.  State 
Department  renovation  was  undertaken 
to  provide  an  environment  worthy  of 
visiting  dignitaries  from  all  over  the  world, 
a  proud  showcase  for  the  finest  in  Amer- 
ican craftswork,  furniture,  and  design. 
And  where  could  they  go  for  the  best  in 
woodworking  but  to  UBC  members? 
Looking  through  the  archway  and  vaulted 
vestibule  of  the  John  Jay  Reception  Room 
towards  the  George  C.  Marshall  Recep- 
tion Room,  one  sees  the  hand-carved 
architrave  which  frames  the  double  doors 
of  the  Marshall  Room;  a  preview  of  the 
wonderful  craftwork  that  Ues  within.  (See 
story  on  Page  5.) 

Inspired  by  the  designs  and  ideas  of 
Thomas  Jefferson,  the  George  C.  Mar- 
shall Room  is  the  mirror  image  of  the 
18th-century-style  Jay  Room  with  the 
addition  of  a  pulvinated  frieze. 

John  Jay  (1745-1829)  served  as  second 
Secretary  of  Foreign  Affairs  under  the 
Continental  Congress  from  1784  until 
Thomas  Jefferson  took  office  as  first 
Secretary  of  State  in  1790.  George  Catlett 
Marshall(1880-1959)  served  as  Secretary 
of  State  from  1947  to  1949.  —V.S.  De- 
partment of  State  photograph  by  Richard 
Creek. 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 10 

Ottawa  Report 14 

Labor  News  Roundup 18 

Local  Union  News 23 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 25 

Consumer  Clipboard:  Consumer  Quiz 28 

Retirees  Notebook 29 

We  Congratulate 30 

Plane  Gossip 32 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 33 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 

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The  Congressional 
Batting  Record  .  . 

UP  or  DOWN  in  1986? 


There  are  435  Congressmen  and  100 
Senators  of  many  political  persuasions 
at  work  on  Capitol  Hill  in  Washington, 
D.C.  Assisting  them  are  thousands  of 
legislative  aides  and  committee  clerks, 
who  feed  the  hoppers  of  the  legislative 
branch  of  government  with  reports  and 
resolutions  designed  to  change  and  im- 
prove American  life. 

This  year,  a  total  of  2,500  proposed 
laws  was  presented  to  the  Congress. 
One  bill  might  simply  name  a  dam  in 
Middleville  for  a  favorite  son.  Another 
will  propose  that  the  rose  be  adopted 
as  the  national  flower. 

But  if  you  burrow  down  into  this  vast 
collection  of  proposed  legislation,  you'll 
find  some  that  directly  affect  you,  your 
family,  and  your  job:  tax  overhaul, 
health  care,  deregulations,  and  social 
security,  for  example. 

There  are  117  bills  before  the  99th 
Congress  which  concern  workers  and 
their  unions,  and  these  have  the  undi- 
vided attention  of  the  AFL-CIOs  Com- 
mittee on  Political  Education,  the  United 
Brotherhood's  Legislative  Department, 
and  the  Carpenters  Legislative  Im- 
provement Committee.  Congress  has 
acted  on  some  of  these  bills;  others 
seem  to  be  lost  in  the  shuffle  of  papers 
that  occurs  before  the  Labor  Day  re- 


Three  issues  still  on  base: 
an  effective  trade  bill  to 
protect  U.S.  jobs,  lax  re- 
form that  doesn't  let  cor- 
porations get  away,  and 
action  on  the  nation's  in- 
frastructure. 


cess.  Here's  a  rundown  of  the  major 
bills  which  concern  the  United  Broth- 
erhood and  the  Congressional  batting 
record  on  each  of  them: 

DOUBLE-BREASTING— This  is   S. 

(Senate  Resolution)  2181 .  known  as  the 
Construction  Industry  Contract  Secu- 
rity Act.  This  bill  is  of  special  concern 
to  our  construction  members,  as  it  would 
outlaw  the  practice  of  a  union  contrac- 
tor setting  up  a  non-union  operation. 
This  so-called  "double-breasting" 
practice  permits  an  employer  to  avoid 
his  responsibilities  under  a  collective 
bargaining  agreement  or  violate  the 
terms  of  a  pre-hire  agreement.  (See 
Page  4  for  anti-union  and  tinion  vicw.t 
of  this  legislation.)  The  Reagan  Admin- 
istration and  various  contractor  orga- 
nizations are  opposed  to  the  bill.  The 
bill  was  introduced  by  Sen.  Alfonse 
D'Amato  of  New  York,  and  it  has  been 


referred  to  the  Labor  and  Human  Re- 
source Committee. 

TAX  REFORM— The  big  tax  reform 
bill  you've  read  so  much  about  started 
out  in  the  House  as  H.R.  (House  Res- 
olution) 3838  and  was  adopted  by  that 
legislative  branch  last  December.  Un- 
der the  guidance  of  Sen.  Bob  Packwood 
of  Oregon,  it  was  adopted  by  the  Senate 
Finance  Committee  in  May.  It  now 
awaits  full  Senate  action.  Labor  sup- 
ports both  the  House  and  Senate  bills 
with  amendments.  However  one  im- 
portant amendment  proposal  which  the 
UBC  opposes  is  a  proposal  to  let  foreign 
corporations  like  Toyota  have  invest- 
ment tax  write-offs  when  they  do  busi- 
ness in  the  United  States.  (See  Pages 
20,  21,  and  the  President  s  Message 
beginning  on  Page  40.)  The  Senate  bill 
(S.313)  raises  personal  exemptions  to 
$2,000    for    low    and    middle-income 


CARPENTER 


taxpayers;  it  calls  for  unlimited  deduc- 
tions for  mortgages  on  first  and  second 
residences,  but  there  is  no  consumer 
interest  deduction.  There  are  provisions 
which  prevent  corporations  from  es- 
caping tax  free,  as  in  the  past.  There 
are  many  other  provisions,  too  lengthy 
to  list  here. 

HOBBS     ACT     AMENDMENTS— 

Congress  scored  two  hits  on  this  one, 
and,  so  far,  no  errors.  H.R.  83,  intro- 
duced by  Phil  Crane  of  Illinois,  and 
S.1774,  submitted  by  Charles  Grassley 
of  Iowa,  would  have  put  strikers  under 
federal  criminal  codes.  These  bills  would 
have  put  the  federal  government  on  the 
side  of  management  in  policing  strikes 
and  would  have  created  tough  federal 
sentences  for  union  members  involved 
in  picket-line  disputes.  The  House  bill 
has  been  referred  to  the  Judiciary  Com- 
mittee, where  we  hope  it  is  defeated, 
and  the  Senate  Bill  was  rejected  by 
failing  to  invoke  cloture. 

DAVIS-BACON  PROPOSAL— Rep. 

Charles  Stenholm  of  Texas  introduced 
H.R.  472,  and  Sen.  Don  Nickles  of 
Oklahoma  introduced  S.1005  in  the 
Senate.  Both  bills  are  called  the  Davis- 
Bacon  Reform  Act,  and  both  aim  to 
codify  into  law  Department  of  Labor 
regulations  that  drastically  changed  the 
administration  of  the  act  a  few  years 
ago.  The  UBC,  the  Building  Trades, 
and  the  AFL-CIO  contend  that  the 
regulations  violate  the  true  intent 
of  Congress  and  that  codification 
of  such  federal  regulations  is  an 
unheard-of  practice,  anyway. 
Neither  of  these  bills  have  moved 
out  of  subcommittees,  but  labor 
must  remain  vigilant.  No  home 
run  is  expected,  but  letters  from 
you  asking  defeat  of  this  legisla- 
tion are  needed. 


IMMIGRATION     REFORM— 

Congressman  Peter  Rodino  of 
New  Jersey  and  Sen.  Alan  Simp- 
son of  Wyoming  have  introduced 
H.R.  3080  and  S.  1200.  Labor  sup- 
ports the  sections  of  the  bills 
which  call  for  sanctions  on  em- 
ployers who  hire  aliens,  or  "un- 
documented" workers.  It  sup- 
ports generous  legalization  and 
anti-discrimination  practices  for 
certain  immigrants  already  here 
but  opposes  the  new  "bracero" 
guest-worker  program.  The  House 
Judiciary  Committee  has  re- 
ported out  the  bill  and  has  re- 
ferred it  to  the  Education  and 
Labor  Committee  and  the  Agri- 
culture Committee  for  their  input, 
before  moving  on  to  the  Rules 
Committee  and  the  House  floor. 
There  may  or  may  not  be  action 
this  year. 


CONSTRUCTION  TRAVEL  EX- 
PENSES— House  and  Senate  bUls  have 
been  introduced  by  Rep.  Pete  Stark  of 
California  and  Sen.  John  Melcher  of 
Montana  which  would  end  the  discrim- 
inatory treatment  of  construction  work- 
ers' travel  expenses  and  deductions  and 
allow  the  deduction  of  these  expenses 
from  federal  income  taxes.  The  House 
bill  is  pending  in  the  Ways  and  Means 
Committee;  the  Senate  bill  awaits  ac- 
tion by  the  Finance  Committee. 

HEALTH  CARE  COST  CONTAIN- 
MENT— Bills  in  both  houses  would 
provide  incentives  to  states  to  develop 
their  own  cost-containment  programs 
within  federal  guidehnes  and  remove 
incentives  in  the  current  reimbursement 
system  to  reduce  costs  through  layoffs 
or  reduction  in  the  part-time  status  of 
hospital  workers.  They  are  H.R.  1801, 
introduced  by  Richard  Gephardt  of  Mis- 
souri, and  S.I346,  introduced  by  Ted 
Kennedy  of  Massachusetts.  The  AFL- 
CIO  supports  both  bills.  The  House 
Ways  and  Means  Committee  has  the 
Gephardt  bill;  the  Senate  Labor  Com- 
mittee has  Senator  Kennedy's  bill. 

INTERNATIONAL  TRADE— Sev- 
eral bills  before  the  99th  Congress  are 
concerned  with  the  nation's  loss  of  jobs 
because  of  cheap  imports  and  tariff 
barriers  overseas.  Labor  supports  the 
Omnibus  Trade  Act  of  1986  introduced 
by  Rep.  Dan  Rostenkowski  of  Ilhnois 


which  would  protect  labor's  rights  and 
reduce  the  trade  deficit.  It  also  supports 
two  bills  in  the  House  and  three  in  the 
Senate  which  would  extend  trade  ad- 
justment assistance  to  workers  who 
have  lost  their  jobs  because  of  imports 
as  provided  in  budget  reconcihation 
legislation.  Labor  believes  that  trade 
adjustment  assistance  should  be  ex- 
panded to  include  income  support, 
training  and  job  search,  and  relocation 
allowances  for  workers  displaced  by 
cheap  imports.  There  are  also  bills  in 
the  House  and  Senate  regarding  import 
surcharges.  Labor  believes  that  an  im- 
port surcharge  would  provide  some  im- 
mediate relief  from  the  trade-distorting 
impact  of  the  overvalued  dollar.  The 
United  States  never  had  a  trade  deficit 
before  1971.  In  1984  the  U.S.  trade 
deficit  was  $123  biUion.  This  represents 
the  loss  of  three  million  domestic  jobs. 

INFRASTRUCTURE— We  described 
the  growing  need  for  improved  bridges, 
highways,  harbor  facilities,  railroads, 
and  water  and  sewage  systems  in  the 
July  issue  of  Carpenter.  All  of  these 
elerhents  of  a  nation's  structure  are 
defined  as  "infrastructure,"  and  a  bill 
to  improve  the  United  States  infrastruc- 
ture is  now  before  the  House  Commit- 
tee on  Public  Works  and  Transporta- 
tion. Entitled  H.R.  1776,  this  legislation 
would  not  only  improve  the  infrastruc- 
ture, but  it  would  also  put  thousands 
of  construction  workers  now  idle  back 
to  work. 


The  Davis-Bacon  Act,  which  maintains  wage  lev- 
els, is  again  under  attack.  Anti-union  forces  are 
trying  to  raise  the  threshold  at  which  Davis-Ba- 
con applies  to  $1  million  on  military  construction 
projects.  Should  they  achieve  their  goal,  prevail- 
ing wage  protection  would  virtually  cease,  be- 
cause military  construction  accounts  for  the 
lion's  share  of  federal  construction,  and  only 
7'/2%  of  all  military  construction  contracts 
awarded  during  Fiscal  Year  1985  exceeded  $1 
million. 

It  is  time  for  American  construction  workers  to 
stand  up  and  say  "Enough!"  In  1980,  President 
Reagan  pledged  that  he  would  not  support  repeal 
of  the  Davis-Bacon  Act.  Each  of  us  should  re- 
mind him  of  thai  promise. 


HOUSING  AUTHORIZA- 

TION—H.R.  4746  was  intro- 
duced early  in  this  session  of 
Congress  by  Representatives 
Henry  Gonzales  of  Texas  and 
Stewart  McKinney  of  Connecti- 
cut. Labor  believes  that  addi- 
tional federal  funding  is  needed 
to  keep  assisted  housing  pro- 
grams alive,  and  it  supports  the 
House  bill.  Known  as  the  Hous- 
ing Authorization  Bill,  it  was 
passed  by  the  full  House  on  June 
12. 

Incorporated  into  the  bill  is 
funding  for  the  HUD  and  Farm- 
er's Home  Administration  hous- 
ing programs — money  that  is  vital 
to  maintain  production  of  new 
low-  and  moderate-income  hous- 
ing units.  Also  included  are  spe- 
cific initiatives  for  the  homeless, 
the  Nehemiah  Housing  Oppor- 
tunity Grant  Program  which  en- 
ables low-income  families  to  pur- 
chase homes,  extensions  for  the 
FHA  mortgage  insurance  author- 
ity, the  Home  Mortgage  Disclo- 
sure Act,  and  other  important 
urban  development  provisions. 

The  bill  is  now  before  the  Sen- 
ate for  action. 


AUGUST    1986 


DEBARMENT— Two  bills  in  the 
House— H.R.  782  by  Silvio  Conte  of 
Massachusetts  and  H.R.  I4.'S9  by  Wil- 
liam Clay  of  Missouri — would  prohibit 
companies  that  violate  the  National 
Labor  Relations  Act  from  receiving 
federal  contracts  for  up  to  three  years. 
The  bills  have  been  referred  to  the 
Education  and  Labor  Committee.  La- 
bor supports  them,  but  they  are  op- 
posed by  the  National  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  the  National  Association  of 
Manufacturers,  and  other  business 
groups.  There  is  no  companion  bill  in 
the  Senate  at  present,  but  this  legisla- 


tion is  being  advanced  by  the  AFL- 
CIO,  and  more  support  is  being  sought 
on  the  Senate  side. 

SUMMARY— Despite  the  rosy  claims 
of  the  Reagan  Administration,  a  wide 
range  of  action  continues  to  be  needed 
to  meet  America's  human  and  economic 
needs.  In  spite  of  a  booming  stock 
market  and  skyrocketing  executive 
compensation,  unemployment,  under- 
employment, and  inadequate  pay- 
checks continue  to  plague  millions  of 
America's  working  men  and  women. 


Congress  doesn't  have  answers  to  all 
of  the  nation's  problems,  but  it  is  pre- 
sented many  alternative  solutions  to  the 
major  ones  we  face. 

Legislators  are  in  office  because  of 
the  votes  of  their  constituents.  If  they 
are  to  truly  represent  you  in  Congress, 
they  must  know  your  views.  Send  them 
a  letter  today.  Address  your  Congress- 
man, care  of  the  U.S.  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, Washington,  D.C.  20515. 
Address  letters  to  your  home  state  Sen- 
ators, care  of  the  U.S.  Senate,  Wash- 
ington, D.C.  20510.  UDL' 


Let  the  Truth  itbout  SM.  2181  Be  Told 


Now  that  the  U.S.  House  of  Represen- 
tatives has  approved  legislation  outlawing 
double-breasting  and  a  similar  bill  is  before 
the  U.S.  Senate  for  action,  anti-union  groups 
trying  to  preserve  this  immoral  industry 
practice  are  becoming  desperate.  Opponents 
of  S.  2181  have  spread  several  unfounded 


rumors  about  the  bill's  intent. 

The  noted  commentator  Paul  Harvey  picked 
up  one  of  these  rumors,  suggesting  that  S. 
2181  would  legalize  common  situs  picketing 
and  that  it  might  displace  the  so-called  "right 
to  work"  laws  .  .  .  none  of  which  it  does. 

When  Harvey's  commentary  was  broad- 


cast by  Station  KOLO-TV,  Reno,  Nev., 
Donald  Alford,  business  representative  of 
Reno  UBC  Local  971  called  the  station  and 
asked  for  equal  time  to  rebut  Mr.  Harvey's 
remarks.  At  lower  left  is  what  Paul  Harvey 
contended,  and  to  the  right  is  Alford's  re- 
sponse. 


'S.  2181  Is  a  Sneak  Attack' 

PAUL  HARVEY,  COMMENTATOR 

Say  you  are  building  a  house  and  across  town  I 
am  building  a  house.  We  are  using  the  same  con- 
tractor. 

Let's  say  any  one  of  the  tradesmen  working  on 
my  house  gets  upset  about  something,  files  a  griev- 
ance with  his  union,  starts  picketing  my  place  . .  . 

All  other  workers  have  to  stop  working  on  my 
house  . . . 

And  on  your  house,  too! 

If  we  are  building  something  much  bigger  than 
houses— enormous  skyscrapers  or  warehouses  or 
factories— same  thing. 

Any  construction  union  having  a  dispute  with  a 
single  contractor  or  sub-contractor  may  shut  down 
the  entire  project. 

And  may  shut  down  any  other  project  in  which 
that  contractor  is  involved. 

No,  this  is  not  legally  possible  at  present  but  a  bill 
called  S.  2181  passed  the  House  half  of  Congress 
in  April.  If  it  passes  the  Senate  later  this  month,  a 
freedom  Americans  have  enjoyed  for  210  years  will 
be  no  more. 

Construction  is  the  biggest  single  industry  in  the 
United  States;  bigger  than  cars  and  steel  combined. 

Anything  that  affects  construction  inevitably  will 
have  ramifications  in  all  industry— including  where 
you  work— or  where  you  might  not  be  able  to  work. 

The  essence  of  what  it  says  is  that  American 
workers  will  no  longer  have  any  choice  whether  to 
belong  to  a  union.  Either  they  will  or  they  won't  work. 

Americans,  we  have  been  down  that  road  and 
found  it  rough! 


'Double-Breasting  Is  a  Shell  Game' 

DONALD  ALFORD,  U.B.C.  Local  971 

Recently,  Commentator  Paul  Harvey  suggested 
to  his  listeners  that  America's  entire  construction 
work  force  would  lose  its  freedom . . .  that  "Amer- 
ican workers  will  no  longer  have  any  choice 
whether  to  belong  to  a  union,"  if  a  bill  now  before 
the  U.S.  Senate  is  passed.  Nothing  could  be  further 
from  the  truth!  What  Senate  Resolution  2181  ac- 
tually does  is  offer  more  freedom  to  the  American 
worker,  not  eliminate  it  . . .  freedom  to  bargain 
fairly  for  their  labor  in  the  truly  American  tradition 
of  a  fair  day's  work  for  a  fair  day's  pay. 

S.  2181  would  eliminate  a  shell  game  played  by 
some  construction  contractors  whereby  they  op- 
erate two  construction  businesses— one  union, 
with  trained,  skilled  craftsmen,  and  the  other  non- 
union, with  an  assortment  of  questionable  work- 
ers. Such  a  contractor  is  said  to  have  a  double- 
breasted  operation.  The  purpose  of  going  double- 
breasted  is  so  that  the  contractor  can  run  in  a 
lower  bid  on  a  construction  project  with  his  dou- 
ble-breasted company,  if  the  bid  of  his  union 
company  is  not  competitive.  In  effect,  he  is  un- 
dercutting the  livelihood  of  every  one  of  his  union 
workers  and  their  families  in  order  to  get  the  fast 
bucks.  He  is  actually  lowering  the  standard  of 
living  of  deserving  and  qualified  workers. 

I  ask  you,  Mr.  Harvey,  what's  so  all-American 
about  that? 

A  companion  bill  to  Senate  Resolution  has 
already  been  passed  by  the  U.S.  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives. It  should  also  be  approved  by  the 
U.S.  Senate.  That's  the  only  way  to  stamp  out  this 
contractors'  shell  game. 


Editor's  Note:  Alford's  quick  action  to  gel  labor's  views  before  the  general  public  shows  what  can  be  done  to  turn  around  the  opposition's 
propaganda.  If  your  local  union  wants  to  lake  similar  action  on  other  occasions,  the  Carpenter  can  lend  advice  and  assistance. 


CARPENTER 


U.S.  Diplomacy  in  UBC  Style 


"I  have  been  all  over  the  world  and 
visited  chiefs  of  state  .  .  .  there  are 
many  settings  that  are  breathtaking,  but 
there  are  none  that  are  better  than  what 
we  have  here."  This  was  a  remark  by 
U.S.  Secretary  of  State  George  Shultz 
March  8,  1986,  on  the  occasion  of  the 


reopening  of  the  Offices  of  the  Secre- 
tary. 

Breathtaking,  thanks  to  United 
Brotherhood  craftsmen.  But  it  wasn't 
always  so. 

In  1961,  the  Americana  Project  was 
formed  to  create  suitable  surroundings. 


from  the  unsuitable  surroundings  that 
existed,  for  American  diplomacy  at  the 
U.S.  Department  of  State,  Washington, 
D.C.  The  goal  was  to  obtain  a  perma- 
nent collection  of  the  finest  quality 
American  period  furniture  and  deco- 
rative art  for  the  Diplomatic  Reception 


Barry  N.  Hahn,  foreground,  and  Kenneth  W.  Wehr  Jr..  back- 
ground, work  on  doors  to  be  installed  in  the  U.S.  Department  of 
State's  Diplomatic  Reception  Rooms. 


Foreman  Robert  F.  Kressly  III.  the  middle  tier  of  three  genera- 
tions of  his  family  to  work  at  Eisenhardl  Mills,  works  on  State 
Department  doors. 


AUGUST    1986 


Rooms,  and  to  architecturally  improve 
the  Diplomatic  Reception  Room  inte- 
riors. Enter  UBC  members. 

Eisenhardt  Mills  Inc.  ofEaston,  Pa., 
was  chosen  to  do  the  architectural  ren- 
ovation, to  represent  the  nation's 
craftswork  to  dignitaries  from  all  over 
the  world.  Started  in  1937  by  William 
B.  Eisenhardt,  the  company  employs 
30  craftsmen,  members  of  Local  600, 
Bethlehem,  Pa.,  and  enjoys  a  reputation 
firmly  built  on  quality  work.  Prior  to 
being  selected  by  the  Fine  Arts  Com- 
mittee of  the  State  Department  to  pro- 
vide the  woodworking  for  the  lO-room 
office  complex  ofthe  Secretary  of  State, 
the  firm  had  been  retained  to  help  re- 
build Independence  and  Carpenters" 
Halls  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  City  Tavern 
and  Graff  House,  Philadelphia:  and  Im- 
manual  Church  on  the  Green,  New 
Castle,  Del.  Other  past  projects  have 
taken  them  as  far  as  Saudi  Arabia, 
Bermuda,  and  Mainland  China. 

Donald  Lockard,  founder  Eisen- 
hardt's  grandson,  is  now  carrying  on 
the  family  tradition  and,  along  with  the 
Eisenhardt  workers,  taking  pride  in  the 
fact  that  they  still  do  much  restoration 
by  hand.  Pegs  are  whittled  by  knives 
and  used  instead  of  staples,  nails,  or 
glues;  moldings  are  often  hand  planed; 
and  wood  carving  is  practiced  by  some 
of  the  seasoned  craftsmen. 

To  compensate  for  the  fact  that  mod- 
ern-day apprenticeship  training,  be- 
cause of  increasing  mechanization,  has 
a  different  focus  from  that  in  years  gone 
by,  the  mill  puts  new  apprentices  through 
a    thorough    four-year   apprenticeship 


program  covering  the  basics.  Each  ap- 
prentice is  teamed  with  a  journeyman 
to  study  the  different  characteristics  of 
the  woods,  to  learn  how  a  piece  will 
machine,  to  fashion  a  board  from  rough 
lumber. 

"After  the  apprenticeship,  it  can  take 
another  10  to  \5  years  to  really  become 
acquainted  with  all  aspects  of  wood- 
working." says  Lockhard.  A  steadily 
decreasing  number  of  experienced 
woodworkers  understand  the  compli- 
cated techniques  used  by  colonial 
craftsmen  to  produce  the  intricate  and 
delicate  detail.  Fewer  still  can  visualize, 
plan,  and  lay  out  the  work.  Eisenhardt 
Mills  prides  itself  on  having  UBC  crafts- 
people who  can  do  it  all.  and  interested 
and  capable  apprentices  eager  to  learn. 

Philadelphia's  Independence  Hall  was 
one  of  the  company's  most  exacting 
jobs.  All  ofthe  existing  woodwork  was 
removed;  "every  nail,  every  splinter" 
was  marked  and  catalogued. 

"Everything  had  to  be  exactly  like 
the  original,"  mill  foreman  Robert 
Kressly  told  Historic  Preservation  mag- 
azine. Kressly's  father  was  a  foreman 
before  him;  his  son  recently  signed  on 
as  an  apprentice. 

But  certainly  one  of  Eisenhardt  Mills" 
proudest  achievements  is  the  renova- 
tion of  the  State  Department's  Diplo- 
matic Reception  Rooms,  designed  from 
the  very  best  Colonial  Georgian  and 
Federalist  architecture  of  Early  Amer- 
ica. Demolition  ofthe  old  facilities  and 
construction  ofthe  new  was  completed 
in  less  than  seven  months  at  a  ci)st  of 
$2.25  million,  all  from  private  funding. 
And  upon  completion,  a  pleased  Sec- 
retary of  State  George  Schultz  held  a 
reception  in  the  newly-completed  rooms 
for  the  architect,  the  contractors,  and 
all  the  craftspeople  involved  in  making 
the  plans  a  reality. 

To  do  the  State  Department  reno- 
vation, Eisenhardt  Mills  was  paired 
with  Architect  Allen  Greenberg  for  the 
third  time.  It  is  always  a  friendly  and 
active  partnership. 

"These  are  the  people  who  bring  my 
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The  renovaled  for- 
mal office  of  the 
Secretary  of  State, 
riiiht.  is  based  on 
the  theme  of  paired 
Corinthian  pilas- 
ters. The  capitals 
Incorporate  Into 
their  desii;n  the 
Great  Seal  if  the 
United  Stale.'. .  in 
carved  mahogany, 
pictured  above. 


Brotherhood  members  worked 
with  carvinf;  artists  to  produce  the 
beautiful  Interior  woodwork  dis- 
played throughout  the  Diploinallc 
Reception  Rooms.  Intricate  key- 
stone and  shell  carving  dominates 
the  corner  cupboard  design,  top.  In 
the  small  private  waiting  room. 

The  door  architri\es  in  the  Secre- 
tary  of  State's  office,  middle,  were 
Inspired  by  work  in  historic  houses 
in  Maryland.  The  carving  on  the  in- 
ner edge  of  the  architrave  Is  a  tradi- 
tional Greek  water  leaf  motif.  The 
principal  feature  of  the  archltrive 
base  is  the  carved  American  Beauty 
Rose.  Washington.  D.C.'s flower, 
which  grows  out  of  the  center  of  the 
cable  molding  spiral  at  the  base  of 
the  door  jamb. 

The  fireplace  opening  in  the  office 
of  the  Secretary,  bottom.  Is  framed 
with  King  of  Prussia  marble,  sup- 
porting a  projecting  panel  with 
carved  shell  motif  and  elaborate  flo- 
ral and  leaf  decoration.  The  sur- 
round has  egg  and  dart  carving  with 
vine  leaves  and  grapes,  symbols  of 
hospitality,  at  the  corners. 


Diplomatic  Reception  Rooms.  U.S. 
DeparlmenI  of  State,  photographs 
bv  Richard  Creek. 


CARPENTER 


The 

BOYCOTm 


A  TRADITIONAL  LABOR  WEAPON  SERVES  WORKERS  WELL  TODAY 


The  boycott,  a  frequently  used  eco- 
nomic weapon  for  fighting  anti-union- 
ism throughout  the  long  history  of 
American  trade  unionism,  has  served 
working  men  and  women  well.  Ameri- 
can labor  history  has  many  examples 
of  the  effective  use  of  the  boycott 
weapon,  which  was  used  as  early  as 
1834  by  striking  shoe  binders  in  Lynn, 
Mass.  The  striking  workers  urged  the 
citizens  of  Lynn  not  to  patronize  the 
shoe  manufacturers.  The  Knights  of 
Labor  employed  consumer  boycotts 
early  to  curtail  workers'  purchases  of 
products  manufactured  by  "unfair  em- 
ployers." Samual  Gompers,  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  American  Federation 
of  Labor,  described  the  boycott  to  a 
Congressional  committee  in  the  follow- 
ing manner: 

"The  boycott  is  nothing  more  than 
the  effort  on  the  part  of  labor  to  defend 
their  friends  and  to  withhold  their 
friendship  from  those  who  are  their 
enemies  ..." 

The  Brotherhood's  use  of  the  boycott 
throughout  its  history  is  well  docu- 
mented. At  the  turn  of  the  century,  the 
Brotherhood  used  the  boycott  weapon 
as  an  organizing  tool.  The  first  Ameri- 


can boycott  began  in  1896  when  New 
York  builders,  architects,  and  manu- 
facturers of  trim  work  were  cautioned 
that  if  contracts  were  awarded  to  firms 
who  did  not  construct  the  trim  under 
union  rules,  they  would  refuse  to 
handle  it. 

Supplementing  the  boycott,  the  union 
label,  adopted  in  1900  by  the  Brother- 
hood ,  became  important  in  alerting  con- 
sumers and  workers  to  the  standards 
under  which  a  product  was  made.  The 
refusal  of  workers  to  handle  non-union 
products  was  an  essential  component 
to  early  organizing  efforts. 

As  with  nearly  every  other  aspect  of 
labor  relations,  changes  in  the  law  over 
the  years  have  narrowed  the  rights 
enjoyed  by  unions  in  the  boycott  area. 
Labor  boycotts  such  as  the  Coors  and 
the  Marvel  Poultry  campaigns  are  now 
confined  to  the  area  of  consumer  di- 
rected "don't  patronize"  or  "don't  buy" 
campaigns.  Effectively  run,  these  con- 
sumer-oriented boycott  efforts  can  help 
generate  the  pressures  necessary  to 
resolve  labor  disputes. 

The  Brotherhood  at  present  is  en- 
gaged in  two  important  labor  battles  in 
which  the  boycott  has  been  effectively 
employed.  The  two  campaigns  in  which 


the  boycott  has  been  utilized  and  the 
targeted  corporations,  Louisiana-Pa- 
cific Corp.  and  American  Express  Co., 
present  very  different  circumstances 
and  challenges.  In  both  cases  the  boy- 
cott has  been  incorporated  as  an 
integral  part  of  a  more  comprehensive 
campaign. 

Louisiana-Pacific 

In  January  of  1984  the  Brotherhood 
sought  and  received  AFL-CIO  sanction 
of  a  national  labor-consumer  boycott 
of  L-P  wood  products.  The  boycott  was 
initiated  in  support  of  1,500  Brother- 
hood members  fighting  L-P's  union- 
busting.  For  nearly  three  years  Broth- 
erhood members  have  aggressively 
conducted  L-P  boycott  activities,  pro- 
ducing tremendous  results. 

The  L-P  boycott  started  as  a  "Don't 
Buy"  campaign  targeting  struck  L-P 
wood  products.  Boycott  "Don't  Buy" 
picketing  was  conducted  at  retail  store 
locations  selling  L-P  lumber  products. 
From  this  beginning,  we  changed  the 
boycott  campaign  to  a  more  aggressive 
"Don't  Patronize"  effort  targeting  the 
retailers  of  L-P  wood  products.  In  order 


LOUISIANA-PACIFIC,  AMERICAN  EXPRESS:  BOYCOTT  TARGETS 


Members  and  spouses  of  Carpenters  Local  247,  Portland, 
Ore. — Kate  Barrett,  Ann  Zawaski,  Stephen  Angnos,  and  Bob 
Sheriff— explain  their  L-P  boycott  to  customers  leaving  a  lumber 
retail  outlet. 


Members  of  Local  225.  Atlanta,  Ga.,  picket  the  Pace  Construc- 
tion Corp.,  a  non-union  general  contractor  on  a  Robinson- 
Humphrey  project.  Robinson-Humphrey  is  an  American  Express 
subsidiary. 


AUGUST     1986 


to  convey  the  new  "Don't  Patronize"" 
boycott  message,  the  boycott  activity 
has  been  confined  to  consumer  hand- 
billing  and  other  "non-picketing  public- 
ity"" as  required  by  law.  In  addition  to 
the  handbilling  of  retail  store  con- 
sumers, new  home  buyers  have  been 
handbilled  at  new  home  sales  offices 
where  L-P  wood  products  have  been 
incorporated  into  the  new  homes. 

While  it  is  difficult  to  quantify  the 
boycott"s  impact  on  the  company  in 
exact  terms,  it  is  certain  the  impact  has 
been  significant.  L-P"s  sales  and  profits 
since  the  boycott  began  have  been  poor, 
with  the  company  experiencing  the  worst 
profit  performance  of  major  producers 
in  the  forest  products  industry.  Reports 
from  boycott  coordinators  and  local 
agents  organizing  handbilling  actions 
indicate  that  over  600  retail  store  lo- 
cations have  stopped  selling  L-P  wood 
products  following  UBC  boycott  activ- 
ity. The  600  plus  stores  ending  the 
product  sales  are  from  a  total  of  ap- 
proximately 1 ,500  stores  handbilled,  re- 
vealing a  very  high  rate  of  effectiveness 
from  the  boycott  activity. 


American  Express 

While  the  Brotherhood"s  L-P  boycott 
is  in  support  of  an  industrial  strike 
effort,  the  consumer-directed  boycott 
appeal  against  American  Express  is  a 
campaign  directed  against  a  construc- 
tion user  using  non-union  contractors 
paying  substandard  wages  and  benefits. 
American  Express  is  now  nearing  com- 
pletion of  a  credit  card  facility  in 
Greensboro,  N.C.  The  $60  million  proj- 
ect has  been  built  non-union  as  reported 
in  earlier  Carpenter  articles. 

Construction  users,  such  as  Ameri- 
can Express,  who  retain  contractors 
engaged  in  a  dispute  with  our  members 
or  who  pay  substandard  wages  and 
benefits  can  properly  be  targeted  for 
consumer  boycott  leafletting.  The  tar- 
geted boycott  products  at  American 
Express  are  the  company"s  consumer 
products,  notably  its  credit  cards  and 
travelers  checks.  Research  of  the 
American  Express  corporate  structure 
reveals    numerous    subsidiary    opera- 


tions, such  as  the  Boston  Co.,  Robin- 
son-Humphrey, Shearson  Asset  Man- 
agement, and  Bernstein-Macaulay, 
involved  primarily  in  real  estate  devel- 
opment and  the  pension  management 
business.  The  pension  management  op- 
erations of  these  companies,  which  in- 
clude billions  of  dollars  in  union  pension 
funds,  is  not  the  target  of  the  American 
Express  boycott,  as  legal  restrictions 
limit  the  boycott"s  scope  to  the  products 
of  the  company  directly  "distributing"' 
the  non-union  construction — in  this  in- 
stance, American  Express  Co. 

General  President  Patrick  J.  Camp- 
bell voiced  a  strong  boycott  message 
directed  at  money  managers  in  his  letter 
to  the  membership  in  the  April  Carpen- 
ter, when  he  stated: 

"A  fund  manager  who  directly  or 
through  subsidiary  operations  refuses 
to  work  with  our  members  does  not 
deserve  our  business.  There  are  plenty 
of  competent  management  companies 
we  can  work  with." 

While  plenty  has  changed  within  the 
labor  movement  in  the  days  since  the 
earliest  uses  of  the  boycott  weapon,  the 
goal  of  the  boycott  as  articulated  by 
Samual  Gompers  remains  the  same:  to 
withhold  economic  support  of  those 
who  are  the  enemies  of  working  men 
and  women.  Boycotts  remain  effective 
tactics  in  fighting  anti-unionism  to  this 
day.  L-P,  which  has  destroyed  the  liv- 
elihoods of  many  of  our  members,  has 
been  severely  hurt  by  our  boycott  ef- 
forts. American  Express,  which  is  em- 
ploying contractors  undermining  fair 
work  standards,  is  beginning  to  see  the 
full  dimensions  of  our  ability  to  effect 
their  business  as  the  "Leave  Home 
Without  It'"  campaign  takes  hold. 

The  Brotherhood  has  made  a  major 
commitment  to  running  effective  boy- 
cott campaigns  by  mobilizing  our  mem- 
bership, the  entire  labor  movement,  and 
supportive  members  of  the  general  pub- 
lic. Whether  it  is  lumber  products,  credit 
cards,  or  pension  business,  the  eco- 
nomic lifeblood  of  those  companies 
which  work  against  the  working  men 
and  women  should  be  attacked,  and  the 
boycott  remains  an  effective  mecha- 
nism for  mounting  such  a  challenge.  UBC 


Some  7,800  UBC  members  of  two 
woodworking  unions  went  out  on 
strike  June  16,  shutting  down  a  score 
or  more  Weyerhaeuser  Corp.  mills 
and  logging  operations  in  Oregon  and 
Washington. 

The  strike  was  called  after  two 
months  of  negotiations  between  the 
big  wood  products  corporation  and 
its  employees — members  of  the 
UBC's  Western  Council  of  Lumber, 
Production,  and  Industrial  Workers, 
and  the  International  Woodworkers' 
Region  3. 

The  Weyerhaeuser  operations  were 
shut  down  at  the  start  of  the  day 
shifts  at  Longview,  Enumclaw,  Ab- 
erdeen, Raymond,  Centralia,  and  Pe 
Ell  in  Washington  and  Springfield, 
Cottage  Grove,  North  Bend,  and 
Klamath  Falls  in  Oregon.  One  thou- 
sand of  the  workers  are  UBC-LPIW 
members,  and  6,800  are  with  the 
IWA.  All  had  remained  on  the  job 
past  their  May  3 1  expiration  date  of 
their  common  industry-wide  con- 
tract. 

"The  strike  is  over  Weyerhaeu- 
ser" s  refusal  to  negotiate — the  fact 
that  their  economic  proposal  has 
remained  stubbornly  unchanged  from 
the  onset  of  bargaining  months  ago, " ' 
said  Denny  Scott,  bargaining  rep- 
resentative for  the  U.S.  Forest  Prod- 
ucts Bargaining  Board  with  which 
the  two  unions  are  affiliated.  "Sim- 
ply put,""  he  remarked,  "the  strike 
is  about  getting  Weyerhaeuser  back 
to  the  table,  bargaining.  This  is  the 
strike's  objective."" 

Weyerhaeuser  company  officials 
continued  voicing  public  statements 
to  the  effect  that  they  do  not  intend 
to  relent  on  their  demands  for  wage 
and  benefit  roll-backs  amounting  to 
$4.30  an  hour. 

"It"s  been  the  same  story  since 
bargaining  opened  over  two  months 
ago,""  said  James  Bledsoe,  executive 


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user  Contract 
led;  Company 
Jnacceptable 


secretary  of  the  Western  Council 
LPIW  and  spokesman  for  the  Joint 
Bargaining  Board.  "The  company's 
so-called  final  offer  is  virtually  iden- 
tical to  the  very  first  offer  they  placed 
on  the  table." 

On  June  26, 10  days  into  the  strike, 
the  company  made  a  "modified  fi- 
nal" offer.  Because  the  company 
had  changed  some  of  the  contract 
language  demands  and  modified  their 
demand  for  wage  concessions,  the 
Western  Council  and  IWA  submitted 
the  proposal  to  their  locals  for  a 
vote.  The  vote  was  taking  place 
Jhrough  July  7,  as  Carpenter  pre- 
pared to  go  to  press. 

Meanwhile,  the  strike  continues. 
Although  the  company  has  brought 
supervisors  in  at  selected  plants  to 
run  the  operations,  not  a  single  union 
member  has  crossed  the  picket  hnes. 
Spirits  of  the  strikers  are  high,  and 
determination  is  strong.  At  the  UBC 
General  Office  in  Washington,  D.C., 
the  Industrial  and  Special  Programs 
Departments  are  gearing  up  for  a 
national  corporate  campaign  against 
Weyerhaeuser,  if  necessary. 

While  the  strike  continues  at  Wey- 
erhaeuser, the  Southern  members  of 
the  U.S.  Forest  Products  Joint  Bar- 
gaining Board  are  continuing  their 
negotiations  with  Georgia-Pacific.  On 
June  29,  1986,  all  Georgia-Pacific— 
Southern  Council  of  Industrial 
Workers'  locals  voted  to  reject  a 
proposed  three  year  agreement  that 
included  a  $500  bonus  the  first  year; 
a  4%  increase  the  second  year;  and 
a  $500  bonus  the  third  year.  In  an 
effort  to  bring  all  the  major  wood 
products  contracts  to  a  common  ex- 
piration date  of  1988,  the  UBC  locals 
are  holding  firm  for  a  two  year  agree- 
ment. As  of  this  date,  negotiations 
are  continuing  between  the  UBC, 
IWA,  and  Georgia-Pacific. 


An  architect  s  drawing  of  Summit  House   the  U  S  Department  of  Agriculture  s 
bid  for  more  U.S.  forest  products  sales  in  Japan. 

Summit  House  Designed  to  Convert  the 
Japanese  from  Cants  to  Wood  Products 


During  the  recent  Economic  Summit 
in  Tokyo,  Japan,  attended  by  President 
Reagan  and  other  high  U.S.  officials, 
Under  Secretary  of  Agriculture  Daniel 
Amstutz  dedicated  Summit  House,  shown 
above. 

The  5,400-square-foot  structure  was 
erected  in  Tokyo  by  the  American  Ply- 
wood Association  at  the  request  of  the 
U.S.  Foreign  Agricultural  Service.  It  was 
designed  to  show  Japanese  government 
and  construction  industry  leaders  that 
such  a  three-story  wood  frame  structure 
is  practical  in  Japan  and  that  it  is  com- 
petitive with  existing  Japanese  building 
methods  and  materials. 

Such  promotion  is  encouraging  to  UBC 
members  in  the  forest  products  industry 
and  long  overdue.  It  marks  the  first  time 
the  U.S.  government  has  encouraged  the 
export  from  America  oi  finished  forest 
products.  Heretofore,  wood  exports  have 
been  primarily  limited  to  cants — unpro- 
cessed logs  from  which  only  the  bark  has 
been  removed.  Jobs  are  lost  to  U.S. 
workers  when  cants  go  directly  from  the 
woods  to  overseas  processing  facilities. 
For  many  years,  Japanese  firms  have 
outbid  American  forest  products  com- 
panies for  unprocessed  logs.  During  the 
late  1960s  and  eariy  1970s,  the  UBC 
fought  hard  in  Congress  to  get  legislation 
restricting  the  export  of  cants. 

Summit  House  is  the  mixed-use  build- 
ing which  combines  offices  and  living 
accommodations,  as  well  as  space  for 
seminars  on  wood  construction. 

It  is  an  outgrowth  of  trade  talks  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  Japan  in 
October  1985.  One  of  the  goals  of  the 
talks  was  to  identify  trade  barriers  and 


develop  a  schedule  for  their  removal. 

"Summit  House  directly  addresses  the 
problems  of  restrictive  building  codes, 
under  utilization,  and  inefficient  wood 
use  in  Japan,"  said  Amsiutz. 

Japan  is  a  major  market  for  U.S.  wood 
products.  Japan  imported  roughly  $1.1 
billion  worth  of  wood  products  last  year, 
but  most  were  unprocessed  logs.  Pro- 
motional efforts  such  as  Summit  House 
are  designed  to  boost  exports  of  all  forest 
products.  "We  believe  the  market  for 
wood  products  can  double  in  the  next  10 
years,"  Amstutz  said. 

Work  on  Summit  House  began  in  Feb- 
ruary 1986  when  the  American  Plywood 
Association  sent  framing  and  drywall 
crews  to  Tokyo.  The  structure  was  de- 
signed by  Tokyo  architect  Yuji  Noga, 
who  has  extensive  experience  in  wood 
construction  in  the  United  States  and 
Japan. 

Through  the  efforts  of  officials  in  the 
United  States  and  Japan,  a  special  permit 
was  obtained  to  build  the  structure.  Wood 
construction  of  this  height  currently  is 
limited  by  Japanese  building  codes.  Sum- 
mit House  demonstrates  the  feasibility 
of  engineered  wood  construction  systems 
in  three-story  applications. 

"It  is  a  working  example  of  systems 
of  construction  that  are  not  in  use  in 
Japan  now,  but  could  be,"  said  Amstutz. 
Amstutz  presented  the  structure  to  the 
people  of  Setagaya  Ward,  the  section  of 
Tokyo  in  which  it  is  located,  who  will 
eventually  use  it  as  a  community  center. 
For  the  first  three  years,  however,  the 
structure  will  be  used  to  promote  wood 
utilization  in  Japan. 


AUGUST     1986 


Washington 
Report 


MAKE  FIRMS  ACCOUNTABLE 

Charging  that  "foreign  firms  operating  in  the  U.S. 
too  often  act  to  undermine  U.S.  social  standards," 
Howard  D.  Samuel  urged  congressional  support  of 
H.R.  2582,  the  Foreign  Investment  Disclosure  and 
Reciprocity  Act. 

Samuel,  president  of  the  AFL-CIO  Industrial 
Union  Department,  testified  recently  before  the 
Consumer  Protection  and  Finance  Subcommittee  of 
the  House  Committee  on  Energy  and  Commerce. 

Environmental  protection,  workers'  rights  in  labor- 
management  relations,  and  occupational  health  and 
safety  standards  are  areas  toward  which  foreign 
owners  often  take  a  "Jekyll  and  Hyde"  attitude, 
Samuel  charged.  They  ignore  laws  here  which  they 
obey  "to  the  letter"  in  their  own  nations,  he  said. 

The  problem  is  further  compounded  by  the  fact 
that  foreign-owned  firms  operating  in  this  country 
have  no  requirement  to  make  "full  financial  and 
ownership"  disclosures  comparable  to  the  extensive 
disclosures  required  of  companies  incorporated  un- 
der American  law,  he  pointed  out. 


HARD-HAT  SUMMITRY 

There's  been  much  talk  about  the  planned  Rea- 
gan/Gorbachev summit  and  the  U.S.-U.S.S.R.  cul- 
tural exchanges,  but  not  much  attention  given  to  a 
couple  of  recent  U.S.S.R.  visitors  to  Washington, 
DC. 

For  10  days  in  May,  the  General  Services  Admin- 
istration hosted  a  team  of  experts  in  building  design 
and  construction  management  from  the  U.S.S.R. 
The  six  visitors'  itinerary  included  stops  in  New 
York,  N.Y.,  and  Portland,  Ore.,  as  well  as  Washing- 
ton, D.C.  The  visit  resulted  from  a  U.S.-U.S.S.R. 
agreement  to  cooperate  in  the  exchange  of  informa- 
tion on  housing  and  construction  technology. 

Just  a  month  later,  another  U.S.S.R.  construction 
worker  made  a  17-day  visit  to  our  country.  The 
June  guest  was  hosted  by  the  Washington/Moscow 
Capital  Citizens'  Exchange.  Nikolai  ZIobin,  a  labor 
leader,  deputy  in  the  Presidium  of  the  Supreme 
Soviet,  and  a  Moscow  bricklayer,  toured  several 
local  construction  sites  and  offered  praise  for  the 
quality  of  U.S.  workmanship. 


HELP  FOR  FIRST-TIME  BUYERS 

A  Riegle-Cranston  bill  was  recently  introduced  in 
the  Senate  to  make  it  easier  for  young  people  to 
raise  the  cash  for  a  down  payment  on  a  home. 

The  bill,  co-authored  by  Senators  Donald  W.  Rie- 
gle  Jr.  (D-Mich.)  and  Alan  Cranston  (D-Calif.),  will 
permit  first-time  homebuyers  to  withdraw  money 
from  their  Individual  Retirement  Accounts  without 
penalty. 

Cranston,  who  opposes  a  provision  in  the  tax 
proposal  that  would  eliminate  deductions  for  more 
than  2  million  households  that  own  IRAs  in  Califor- 
nia alone,  said  "first-time  homebuyers  continue  to 
face  an  affordability  crisis." 

"Young  households — couples  under  the  age  of 
35  who  are  hoping  for  their  first  home — are  espe- 
cially hurt  by  escalating  prices,"  Cranston  said. 

"Studies  show  that  their  greatest  stumbling  block 
is  coming  up  with  the  cash  for  a  down  payment. 
Many  young  people  may  already  have  a  substantial 
amount  in  their  IRAs — if  they  could  get  at  it.  My  bill 
would  enable  them  to  do  so,  without  penalty." 


NLRB  CHAIR  ANTI-UNION? 

National  Labor  Relations  Board  Chairman  Donald 
L.  Dotson  has  dissented  on  several  recent  deci- 
sions, highlighting  once  again  what  many  labor  pro- 
ponents view  as  an  anti-union,  pro-employer 
stance. 

The  chairman's  comments  in  these  cases  under- 
score his  approach  to  decision  making,  the  role  he 
demands  of  the  General  Counsel  in  proving  a  viola- 
tion, and  the  approach  he  advocates  for  the  Board 
when  confronting  an  employer's  exercise  of  busi- 
ness judgment.  In  eight  such  cases  that  were  made 
public,  the  chairman  differs  with  his  colleagues  and 
favors  the  dismissal  of  unfair  labor  practice  com- 
plaints. 

The  chairman  castigated  the  Board  in  one  in- 
stance for  second-guessing  an  employer's  exercise 
of  business  judgment.  And  in  another,  he  found  that 
the  employer's  violation  was  isolated  and  de  min- 
imis (a  technical  violation  which  has  no  penalty). 


EX-AIDES  CASH  IN  ON  ACCESS 

The  streets  of  the  nation's  capital  are  filled  with  a 
new  breed  of  power  brokers  these  days.  According 
to  recent  estimates,  there  are  approximately  20,000 
lobbyists  and  high-priced  facilitators  in  Washington, 
D.C. — about  37  for  every  one  member  of  Congress. 

Labor  groups  and  pro-labor  lobbyists  who  are 
working  to  advance  our  causes  are  dwarfed  by  the 
presence  of  these  special-interest  consultants, 
many  of  whom  have  strong  ties  to  and  influence 
with  the  current  administration. 

A  major  concern  of  some  laborites  is  that  these 
pricey  lawyers,  public  relations  types,  and  lobbyists 
seem  to  have  too  much  influence  on  Reagan  poli- 
cies. Foreign  governments  are  lining  up  to  pay  ex- 
orbitant fees  for  their  services — and  the  major  offer- 
ing in  many  cases  is  access  to  the  administration 
by  virtue  of  the  ex-aides'  former  positions. 


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Blueprint  for  Cure 
Campaign  Continues 

The  "Blueprint  for  Cure"  fund  raising 
campaign,  initiated  by  the  United  Brother- 
hood and  the  Building  Trades  to  raise  money 
for  the  Diabetes  Research  Institute  in  Miami, 
Fla.,  got  a  tremendous  boost  in  June  with 
the  announcement  that  the  UBC's  VISA 
credit  card  program  would  aid  the  cause. 

Thousands  of  UBC  members  have  sent 
their  VISA  applications  to  Working  Assets 
Inc.  of  San  Francisco,  Calif.,  which  is  mon- 
itoring the  program.  Five  dollars  out  of  each 
VISA  membership  application  accepted  is 
going  to  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure"  drive. 

Recent  contributions  to  Blueprint  for  Cure 
include: 

Local  Unions 

In  Memory  of  Local  42  members: 

Edward  Braun,  Rosendo  Camacho,  U.  T. 
Haapakoski,  Einar  Hansen,  Michael  Lister, 
Fred  Nicolaus,  Robert  Williamson. 
117-L,  Appleton,  Wisconsin 
142,  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania 
252,  Oshkosh,  Wisconsin 
278,  Watertown,  New  York 
657,  Sheboygan,  Wisconsin 
782,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wisconsin 
849,  Manitowoc,  Wisconsin 
955,  Appleton,  Wisconsin 
1364,  New  London,  Wisconsin 
1693,  Chicago,  Illinois 
1752,  Pomona,  California 
2167,  Sturgeon  Bay,  Wisconsin 
2244,  Little  Chute,  Wisconsin 
85,  Rochester,  New  York 
2361,  Orange,  California 
2941,  Warm  Springs,  Oregon 
3203,  Shawano,  Wisconsin 

Councils 

Central  &  Western  Indiana  DC 
Fox  River  Valley  DC 
Missouri  State  Council 

Individuals 

George  R.  Bengough 

Tom  M.  Brown 

Bryant  Golf/Diabetes  Assn. 

Dale  Hagstrom 

Robert  Hickman 

In  Memory  of  Catherine  Beckes  Marrokal 

In  Memory  of  Earl  H.  Johnson 

In  Memory  of  John  J.  Morgan 

Francis  &  Adelia  Lamph 

Douglas  Matejovsky 

Howard  Nelson 

Ted  E.  Norcutt 

Sheret  Post  #35,  American  Legion 

Willie  L.  Shepperson 

Glen  Slaughter  and  Associates 

Frank  Di  Brizzi 

Henry  Hernandez 

Francis  McHale 

B.  R,  Upton 

Check  donations  to  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
campaign  should  be  made  out  to  "Blueprint 
for  Cure"  and  mailed  to  General  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell,  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America,  101  Con- 
stitution Ave.  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


The  folding  saw  machine  in  action.  The  operator  stood  to  one  side,  holding  firmly 
to  an  "improved  grip,"  and  he  sawed  with  a  pumping  motion  of  the  lever  grip. 


The  folding  saw  machine  could  be  set  up  as  shown  to  saw  down  trees  18  inches 
and  27  inches  from  the  ground,  according  to  the  1890s  catalog.  It  was  hard  work. 


'Treadle  Saw'  Is  Really  Folding  Saw  Machine 


In  the  June  Carpenter  we  asked  our  read- 
ers to  identify  what  looked  to  us  like  an 
antique  "treadle  saw."  We  got  the  true 
identification  from  two  members  who  are 
experts  with  regard  to  antique  tools. 

Kenneth  Runkle,  business  representative 
and  financial  secretary  of  Local  215,  Lafay- 
ette. Ind.,  informed  us  that  the  tool  in 
question  is  a  folding  saw  machine  from  the 
1896-97  period,  and  he  sent  us  pictures  from 
a  catalog. 

Jim  Pauze  of  Local  20,  Staten  Island, 
N.Y.,  also  sent  pictures,  and  he  writes,  "The 
saw  in  question  was  made  by  the  Folding 
Saw  Machine  Co.,  Chicago,  111.,  from  the 
late  1880s  to  approximately  1920.  It  came  in 
two  sizes  and  four  blade  lengths — S'A  feet, 
6  feet,  6'/2  feet,  and  7  feet — had  three  tooth 


designs,  and  cost  $23.50. 

"I  have  one  of  these  saws  in  very  good 
original  shape,  along  with  the  catalog  and 
testimonials  of  owners. 

"The  book  makes  claims  of  how  the  saw 
can  be  folded  up  like  a  pen  knife,  carried 
into  the  forest,  and  can  be  used  to  cut  up  to 
9'/:  cords  of  wood  per  day  by  oneself.  (Prob- 
ably with  no  coffee  breaks.)  One  testimonial 
claimed  that  one  man  cut  5,000  feet  of  logs 
in  one  day  and  still  had  energy  left. 

"The  saw  can  be  used  for  both  felling  and 
bucking,  has  a  clamp  to  hold  the  log,  a  saw 
guide  for  the  long  blade,  and  an  adjustable 
pressure  bar  to  speed  the  sawing. 

"I  have  used  mine  and  came  to  the  con- 
clusion that  the  woodsmen  80  to  100  years 
ago  were  either  supermen  or  liars." 


AUGUST     1986 


11 


Taking 

the 

Initiative 


Your  union  has  broadened 
its  activities  in  two  vital 
fields.  This  is  the  fifth 
in  a  series  of  articles 
describing  ways  in 
which  the  UBC 
meets  future 
needs. 


UBC  Induslriul  Safety  sluffers  visit  workplaces,  produce  iiifoniiatioinil  brochures  on 
hazards,  and  conduct  seminars  on  how  to  keep  the  workplace  safe. 

We  don't  leave  work-site  or  shop 

conditions  to  the  whims  of  employers. 

We  must  use  economic  strength,  as  well. 


Safety,  Health 

Supplying  Data 
On  Job  Hazards 

When  Ronald  Reagan  was  first  elected 
in  1980,  he  vowed  to  get  government 
off  the  backs  of  business.  The  most 
conspicuous  enemy  of  business  was 
OSHA,  and  Reagan's  appointees  made 
OSH A  a  special  target  for  reform.  OSHA 
regulations  issued  in  the  last  few  months 
of  the  Carter  Administration  were  im- 
mediately pulled  and  revised  to  their 
liking.  Worker  education  materials  were 
destroyed  because  they  were  too  pro- 
union.  And  a  major  revision  of  the 
OSHA  standards  began  to  give  em- 
ployers more  flexibility  by  getting  rid 
of  many  requirements. 

At  the  same  time  OSHA  had  awarded 
the  UBC  a  New  Directions  Grant  to 
start  a  safety  and  health  project  for  our 
industrial  members.  What  began  as  an 
educational  program  has  blossomed  into 
a  full-fledged  department  of  the  Inter- 
national, fighting  on  numerous  fronts 
the  retrenchment  occurring  at  OSHA, 
and  pushing  forward  for  even  more 
protections.  The  following  are  several 
areas  where  the  department  has  been 
active. 

OSHA  STANDARDS 

Vice  President  Bush  and  his  task 
force  on  Regulatory  Relief  specifically 
targeted  for  weakening  OSHA's  Com- 


mercial Diving  standard,  which  the  UBC 
had  won  for  its  members  in  the  mid- 
1970s.  The  UBC  fought  back  through 
testimony  before  Congress  and  OSHA 
and  succeeded  in  minimizing  the  dereg- 
ulation. 

In  1981  the  UBC,  along  with  many 
other  unions,  petitioned  OSHA  for 
tougher  standards  for  formaldehyde 
which  is  used  extensively  in  wood  prod- 
ucts. After  four  and  a  half  years  of 
prodding,  a  lawsuit  from  the  UAW,  and 
strong  testimony  in  support  by  the  UBC 
last  spring,  OSHA  finally  proposed  a 
new  standard  last  winter. 

For  ten  years,  OSHA  has  been  con- 
cerned about  the  cancer  hazards  of 
benzene.  Finally  last  winter,  because  of 
union  pressure,  OSHA  proposed  a 
stricter  standard.  The  UBC  offered  tes- 
timony last  spring  about  the  need  to 
protect  our  members  doing  mainte- 
nance work  in  oil  refineries. 

Thousands  of  our  members  have  be- 
come ill  from  exposure  to  asbestos  on 
the  job.  Almost  five  years  after  OSHA 
was  pressured  by  the  unions  to  reduce 
exposure  levels,  OSHA  recently  pub- 
lished a  new  Asbestos  standard  specif- 
ically for  construction.  The  UBC  Safety 
and  Health  Department  was  instrumen- 
tal in  this  process,  testifying  at  OSHA 
hearings  and  working  with  the  Building 
Trades  Department.  The  UBC  also  tes- 
tified before  EPA  in  support  of  a  ban 
on  asbestos  in  all  construction  mate- 
rials. 

OSHA  proposed  revisions  last  fall  to 


their  Concrete  Construction  standard. 
In  part  they  attempted  to  trade  off 
human  lives  to  save  the  employers" 
money.  The  UBC  and  the  Building 
Trades  Department  blasted  them  at 
hearings  in  June  for  such  an  immoral 
approach  to  safety. 

Under  pressure  from  the  Office  of 
Management  and  Budget,  OSHA  pro- 
posed last  year  to  eliminate  23  require- 
ments that  employers  keep  records  of 
inspections  of  power  presses,  cranes, 
and  other  equipment.  The  UBC  testified 
at  OSHA  hearings  last  May  about  how 
these  record-keeping  changes  would 
make  jobs  less  safe. 

In  198.^,  with  mounting  evidence  of 
the  health  hazards  posed  by  wood  dust, 
the  UBC  petitioned  OSHA  to  issue  a 
strict  standard  for  exposure  to  wood 
dust.  After  sitting  on  our  request  for 
over  a  year,  OSHA  is  shortly  expected 
to  agree  to  proceed  with  such  a  regu- 
lation. 

TRAINING,  EDUCATION 

The  UBC  Safety  and  Health  Project, 
which  evolved  into  the  Department  of 
Occupational  Safety  and  Health,  was 
charged  with  educating  our  industrial 
members  about  hazards  on  the  job  and 
their  right  to  a  safe  workplace.  In  the 
process,  the  staff  created  a  comprehen- 
sive resource  manual,  a  series  of  hazard 
identification  pamphlets,  and  an  audio- 
visual program  for  training  members  on 
hazard  recognition.  Training  sessions 
for  members  have  been  held  all  over 


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CARPENTER 


the  country  on  topics  ranging  from 
Asbestos  to  Health  and  Safety  Com- 
mittees and  the  new  Right-to-Know 
Laws.  Our  materials  have  been  recog- 
nized by  other  unions,  government 
agencies,  and  private  organizations  as 
some  of  the  best  educational  materials 
available.  Over  11,000  copies  of  our 
asbestos  pamphlet  have  been  distrib- 
uted to  members  during  the  past  two 
years.  Our  monthly  safety  articles  in 
the  Carpenter  magazine  for  the  past 
two  and  a  half  years  have  kept  memlsers 
up  to  date  on  the  new  developments  in 
the  field  of  occupational  safety  and 
health.  New  materials  are  in  the  works 
on  construction  safety,  health  and  safety 
committees,  and  noise  hazards  on  the 
job. 

TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE 

Our  staff,  consisting  of  a  safety  di- 
rector and  an  industrial  hygienist,  has 
provided  answers  to  hundreds  of  tech- 
nical questions  from  members  on  the 
hazards  of  individual  chemicals  and 
many  other  areas.  We  have  access  to 
computerized  data  bases  containing  in- 
formation from  over  15,000  medical 
journals.  We  also  have  one  of  the  best 
safety  and  health  libraries  in  the  coun- 
try. Many  times  OSHA  has  contacted 
us  for  information  on  particular  haz- 
ards. We  have  provided  assistance  to 
researchers  studying  the  hazards  of 
commercial  diving,  knee  injuries  among 
floorlayers,  and  sunlight  exposures  of 
concrete  workers. 

ORGANIZING 

Safety  can  be  an  effective  tool  in 
organizing,  and  the  department  has  been 
working  closely  with  the  Industrial, 
Special  Programs,  and  Construction 
Organizing  Departments  on  campaigns. 
Safety  is  a  bottom-line  issue  with  many 
workers  and  the  union's  efforts  in  this 
area  are  a  big  incentive  to  workers  to 
join  the  union  or  become  active. 

Whether  fighting  for  tough  new  reg- 
ulations, educating  the  membership,  or 
keeping  members  current  on  the  latest 
in  safety  and  health,  the  UBC  Depart- 
ment of  Occupational  Safety  and  Health 
is  out  in  front  defending  your  rights  to 
a  safe  and  heahhful  job,  and  helping  to 
make  that  a  reality. 


Armed  with  informa- 
tion provided  by  Spe- 
cial Programs,  these 
Northwestern  strikers 
are  ready  to  do  bat- 
tle with  unfair  corpo- 
rations such  as  Loui- 
siana-Pacific. 


Special  Programs 

New  Responses  to 
Growing  Challenges 

New  responses  are  needed  from  or- 
ganized labor  to  combat  the  growing 
intensity  and  sophistication  of  the  re- 
sistance that  keeps  cropping  up  in  or- 
ganizing campaigns  and  at  the  bargain- 
ing table.  Supported  by  an  anti- worker 
political  environment,  employers  in  this 
country  are  fighting  organizing  efforts 
with  a  ruthlessness  not  seen  since  the 
earliest  days  of  the  labor  movement. 
Contract  renewal  time  is  now  seen  by 
many  employers  as  an  opportunity  to 
bust  a  union  rather  than  a  time  to  engage 
in  constructive  bargaining. 

The  Brotherhood  has  made  a  strong 
commitment  to  counter  these  threats  to 
our  members'  collective  bargaining  rights 
and  the  fair  work  standards  they  have 
established  through  the  years.  Evidence 
of  that  commitment  is  the  creation  of 
the  UBC  Special  Programs  Depart- 
ment, which  is  responsible  for  assisting 
in  the  development  of  new  "corporate 
and  economic"  organizing  and  bargain- 
ing tactics  for  our  construction  and 
industrial  sectors.  The  Brotherhood  is 
the  only  international  union  which  has 
taken  the  initiative  to  establish  a  de- 
partment to  provide  the  in-house  ca- 
pability to  conduct  "corporate  cam- 
paigns" against  employers  and  channel 
our  economic  power. 

The  focus  of  the  department's  activ- 
ities is  on  developing- and  implementing 
non-workplace  "corporate  and  eco- 
nomic" tactics  and  strategies  in  con- 
junction with  the  Organizing  and  In- 
dustrial Departments  as  a  complement 
to  traditional  organizing  and  collective 
bargaining  efforts.  A  target — be  it  a 
construction  contractor,  user,  financier 
or  manufacturing  operation — is  system- 
atically and  thoroughly  researched,  vul- 
nerabilities identified,  and  actions  started 
to  create  pressure  on  the  target.  The 


goal  is  to  improve  our  organizing  and 
bargaining  stance.  "Economic"  orga- 
nizing tactics  use  the  tremendous  finan- 
cial power  that  rests  with  our  members' 
pension  and  welfare  funds  in  organizing 
and  bargaining  support  actions. 

PENSION  POWER 

How  would  you  feel  if  a  company  m 
which  you  were  a  part  owner  conducted 
business  in  a  manner  that  threatened 
you  and  your  family's  livelihood?  It 
happens  every  day.  Working  men  and 
women  in  the  country,  through  their 
retirement  and  welfare  funds,  are  major 
owners  of  corporate  America.  It  is  not 
uncommon  for  worker  benefit  funds  to 
hold  major,  if  not  majority,  stock  po- 
sitions in  the  large  public  corporations 
which  influence  our  economic  life.  The 
construction  user  who  refuses  to  allow 
union  builders  on  its  project,  the  bank 
which  finances  millions  of  dollars  of 
non-union  construction,  and  the  man- 
ufacturing operation  which  hires  a  union- 
busting  consultant  to  fight  a  union 
organizing  campaign  may  all  be  com- 
panies which  are  dependent  upon  the 
investments  and  business  of  union  pen- 
sion funds  to  survive. 

In  an  effort  to  put  meaning  into  the 
phrase  "pension  power"  and  establish 
a  measure  of  accountability  with  those 
companies  with  whom  our  benefit  funds 
do  business  with  or  invest  in,  a  program 
was  established  two  years  ago  to  iden- 
tify and  track  the  investment  portfolios 
of  the  Brotherhood's  pension  and  wel- 
fare funds.  The  goal  of  the  program  was 
to  identify  every  trust  fund  in  which 
Brotherhood  members  participate,  and 
compile  a  current  database  of  the  in- 
vestment portfolios  of  each  trust.  The 
positive  response  of  the  affiliates  to  the 
project  has  helped  insure  its  success. 

Approximately  300  Brotherhood  pen- 
sion and  welfare  trust  funds  with  assets 
of  over  $7  billion  are  now  tracked  on  a 
continuous  basis.  The  assistance  of  the 
Continued  on  Page  22 


AUGUST     1986 


13 


OttaiMfa 
Report^ 


UNIONS  FIGHT  SHUTDOWNS 

Employees  in  small  companies  are  increasingly 
eager  to  join  a  union,  spokesmen  for  the  labor 
movement  say. 

In  the  wake  of  the  recession,  many  of  these  com- 
panies speak  of  being  "lean  and  mean."  For  em- 
ployees, that  can  translate  into  work  speed-ups, 
lack  of  adherence  to  safety  procedures,  and  an 
absence  of  job  security,  regardless  of  seniority,  said 
Maurice  Keck,  assistant  to  the  national  director  of 
the  United  Steelworkers  of  America,  which  has 
190,000  members  in  Canada. 

Union  representatives  have  found  that  often  when 
a  company  is  pressing  for  greater  efficiency,  what 
happens  is  that  somebody  gets  hurt  because  of  a 
speeded-up  assembly  line. 

In  non-union  plants,  employees  have  been  forced 
to  quit  or  be  fired  for  applying  Ontario's  Occupa- 
tional Health  and  Safety  Act,  which  guarantees  that 
workers  can  refuse  to  work  in  unsafe  conditions. 

During  the  past  two  years  the  number  of  injuries 
in  Ontario  workplaces  has  increased  by  at  least 
24%,  based  on  the  number  of  claims  at  the  Work- 
ers Comoensation  Board. 


DUES  USE  UNRESTRICTED 

The  Charter  of  Rights  and  Freedoms  does  not 
bar  unions  from  using  members'  dues  to  support 
political  parties  and  social  causes,  the  British  Co- 
lumbia Supreme  Court  has  decided  in  the  first  court 
ruling  on  a  key  set  of  challenges  to  union  power. 

The  B.C.  court  was  ruling  in  the  case  of  Charles 
Baldwin,  a  jail  guard  in  Burnaby  who  must,  by  law, 
pay  dues  to  the  B.C.  Government  Employees 
Union.  Baldwin  said  his  Charter  rights  were  being 
infringed  any  time  the  union  spent  money  for  pur- 
poses other  than  collective  bargaining. 

But  in  a  judgment  handed  down  recently,  fVlr. 
Justice  Albert  Mackoff  said  the  Charter  cannot  be 
used  to  control  how  a  union  spends  its  money.  The 
spending  "is  the  activity  of  a  private  organization  to 
which  the  Charter  does  not  apply,"  the  ruling  says. 

The  B.C.  ruling  will  probably  be  appealed,  said 


John  Baigent,  the  lawyer  who  acted  for  the  union  in 
the  case. 

But  if  it  stands,  he  said,  "the  threat  that  unions 
would  be  restricted  to  bargaining  table  activities  is 
gone.  .  .  .  The  broader  agenda  of  the  trade  union 
movement  is  not  threatened." 

LESS  OVERTIME  IN  ONTARIO 

Unions  are  urging  tighter  legal  restrictions  on 
overtime,  while  employers  say  such  a  move  would 
hurt  business  in  Ontario. 

Both  positions  were  outlined  in  written  briefs  re- 
cently submitted  to  a  provincial  task  force. 

All  overtime  should  be  eliminated  in  the  construc- 
tion industry  "when  this  industry  is  faced  with  un- 
employment," said  the  Provincial  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades  Council  of  Ontario. 

"In  Ontario,  companies  work  excessive  amounts 
of  overtime  because  they  are  allowed  to,"  said  Lo- 
cal 1535  of  the  United  Auto  Workers.  "If  they  were 
restricted,  they  would  hire  more  workers  and  we 
would  all  reap  the  benefits." 

The  Ontario  government's  present  system  of  is- 
suing permits  to  permit  longer  hours  of  work  came 
under  attack  from  both  sides. 

In  most  cases,  companies  must  seek  a  provincial 
permit  if  they  want  staff  to  work  more  than  48  hours 
a  week  or  eight  hours  a  day. 

Although  permits  vary  in  details,  the  basic  one 
permits  10-hour  workdays.  It  also  permits  100  hours 
a  year  in  addition  to  what  would  have  been  worked 
on  a  48-hour-a-week  basis. 

An  overtime  rate  of  1 V2  times  normal  pay  must 
be  paid  after  44  hours  in  a  work  week. 

No  employee  can  be  required  to  work  more  than 
eight  hours  a  day  or  48  hours  a  week  without  his 
consent  or  the  consent  of  his  "agent,"  such  as  a 
union. 


BISHOPS  BACK  UNIONS 

Supporting  the  goals  and  activities  of  labor 
unions  is  a  Christian  responsibility,  says  a  May  Day 
message  issued  by  the  social  affairs  committee  of 
the  Canadian  Conference  of  Catholic  Bishops. 

The  strongly  worded  statement  says  unions  are 
under  attack  and  are  often  seen  as  outdated  institu- 
tions from  another  era.  But  it  says;  "We  firmly  be- 
lieve that  unions  have  an  essential  role  to  play  in 
defending  the  dignity  and  rights  of  working  people 
in  a  high-tech  market  economy." 

The  four-page  statement  urges  Roman  Catholic 
workers  to  become  involved  in  their  unions  and 
says  local  churches  should  become  aware  of  labor 
issues  "by  inviting  union  representatives  to  discuss 
common  issues  and  by  constructively  challenging 
any  anti-union  bias  that  may  exist." 

In  addition,  the  statement  says  unions  must  be 
"revitalized  and  strengthened"  to  cope  with  the 
modern  economy.  "It  is  also  important  that  labor 
unions  develop  new  strategies  in  relation  to 
changes  in  the  workplace  and  the  realities  of  a 
high-tech  age." 

It  continues:  "We  also  believe  that  the  labor 
movement  has  a  major  role  to  play  in  forming  a 
broader  social  movement  for  the  building  of  a  new 
society  based  on  social  and  economic  justice." 


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Coors  Tries  Again  Under  Masters  Label 

Attempts  to  Combat  Effects  of  Labor's  Boycott  Continue 


Coors  has  taken  another  crack  at  the  beer 
market,  this  time  under  the  "Masters"  label. 
To  reach  a  new  market,  Coors  joined  forces 
with  Molson  Breweries  of  Canada  and  Kal- 
tenberg  Castle  Brewery  of  West  Germany 
to  form  the  Masters  Brewing  Co.  Masters 
beer  is  brewed  at  Coors'  Golden,  Colo., 
plant  where  members  of  Brewery  Workers 
Local  366,  an  AFL-CIO  directly-affiliated 
union,  struck  the  brewer  in  1977  over  human 
dignity  issues  and  set  in  motion  the  suc- 
cessful Coors  boycott. 

Masters  becomes  the  fourth  Coors  product 
which  does  not  bear  the  Coors  label.  David 
Sickler,  AFL-CIO  National  Coors  Boycott 
coordinator,  pointed  out  that  the  success  of 
the  union-organized  boycott  has  forced  Coors 
to  reconsider  its  advertising  and  marketing 
strategies.  Sickler  noted  that  before  the  strike 
and  boycott,  1976  was  a  record  year  for 
Coors,  with  the  brewer  selling  a  record  14 
million  barrels  of  beer  in  11  states.  It  also 
had  the  lowest  advertising  budget  of  any 
brewer  in  the  business. 

But  by  1984,  while  Coors  had  expanded 
sales  to  46  states,  it  could  only  distribute  13 
million  barrels.  Its  advertising  budget  jumped 
to  $139  million,  the  largest  of  any  beer 
producer  in  the  world.  Sickler  pointed  out 
that  the  13  million  barrels  doesn't  reflect 
actual  sales,  but  Coors'  attempts  to  flood 
the  market.  In  California,  where  Coors  once 
held  50%  of  the  market,  it  now  has  slipped 
to  around  16%.  Even  in  its  own  backyard, 
Coors  is  losing  ground,  as  Colorado  sales 
that  topped  47%  of  the  market  in  1977  now 
lag  at  around  20%. 

Even  Coors  officials  have  admitted  the 
boycott  has  had  an  adverse  effect  on  sales, 
especially  in  California,  and  in  1981,  the 
company  filed  an  antitrust  suit  to  stop  the 
boycott.  The  lawsuit,  which  names  Sickler 
and  northern  California  boycott  coordinator 
Howard  Wallace  as  defendants,  was  dis- 
missed by  a  U.S.  District  Court  Judge  in 
1984. 


COORS  by  any  other 
name  is  still  COORS. 
Don't  buy  COORS, 
COORS  LIGHT,  HER- 
MAN JOSEPH'S  1868, 
GOLDEN  LAGER,  KIL- 
LIANS  IRISH  RED, 
MASTERS. 


Support  of  the  Coors  boycott  continues — 
from  California,  where  200  students  at  Cal- 
ifornia State  University,  San  Francisco,  signed 
a  petition  demanding  the  beer  not  be  sold 
on  campus,  to  Michigan,  where  the  state 
AFL-CIO  headquarters  recently  launched  a 
statewide  "Say  No  to  Coors"  campaign,  to 
both  sides  of  the  Mississippi  River,  where 
the  "No-Coors  Honor  Roll"  of  companies 
refusing  to  carry  Coors  products  continues 
to  grow. 

Coors,  operating  solely  from  its  Golden, 
Colo.,  plant  for  112  years,  is  now  going 
ahead  with  plans  to  open  a  second  plant  in 
the  Shenandoah  Valley,  Va.  In  1985,  ac- 
cording to  Peter  Coors,  president  of  the 
brewery  division,  the  company's  "strength- 
ened balance  sheet"  allowed  continued  plans 
for  growth.  The  Shenandoah  plant,  sched- 
uled for  completion  in  the  first  half  of  1987, 
will  package  about  2'/:  million  barrels  a  year 
to  start;  beer  will  be  brought  in  by  refrig- 
erated railroad  cars  from  Colorado. 

With  the  announcement  of  the  new  plant, 
being  built  non-union,  the  Virginia  AFL- 
CIO  began  making  plans  to  leaflet,  reem- 
phasizing  the  boycott.  Peter  Coors  an- 
nounced that  the  new  plant's  employees 
would  be  given  the  choice  of  having  union 
representation,  but  "we  believe  a  company 
that  operates  a  healthy  environment  for  its 


employees,  with  a  concerned  management, 
does  not  need  third-party  representation." 

But  Coors'  crimes,  in  the  minds  of  labor 
people,  extend  even  beyond  company  poli- 
cies, like  lie  detector  tests  and  searches  by 
"private"  police  and  the  company's  destruc- 
tion of  the  workers'  union  in  1978  through 
an  NLRB  election  in  which  striking  brewery 
workers  were  prohibited  from  voting.  Coors 
money  continually  goes  toward  breaking 
unions  on  a  national  scope  by  funding  such 
anti-union  organizations  as  the  Council  for 
a  Union-Free  Environment,  the  National 
Right-To-Work  Committee,  the  John  Birch 
Society,  and  the  Heritage  Foundation  which 
has  produced  a  conservative  manifesto  for 
the  eight  years  of  the  Reagan  Administration. 

So  the  question  remains.  ...  do  you  want 
the  money  you  spend  on  beer  going  to  this 
company?  Union  members  and  non-mem- 
bers alike  all  over  the  country  continue  to 
say  no. 


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Unions  Fight  Airline  Reduction  of  Exits  to  Add  Seats 


Deregulation  in  the  international  airline 
business  is  threatening  the  safety  of  crews 
and  passengers,  say  unions  representing  air 
industry  employees  in  several  countries. 

In  France  Air  France  cabin  crews  threat- 
ened to  strike  if  the  airline  removed  exits 
from  747s  to  install  six  more  seats  to  sell. 
Flight  attendants  said  with  fewer  exits  it 
would  be  harder  to  evacuate  the  aircraft  in 
an  emergency,  an  obvious  danger  to  the 
crew  and  the  passengers. 

Air  France  agreed  to  postpone  the  modi- 
fications. The  change  would  reduce  the  num- 
ber of  doors  to  eight  from  10.  in  the  U.S. 


air  unions  are  also  opposing  a  federal  gov- 
ernment proposal  to  let  the  airlines  block 
out  two  forward  exits  in  the  jumbo  jets. 
KLM,  Thai  International,  and  British  Air- 
ways have  already  removed  those  doors  to 
sell  12  more  seats. 

An  International  Metalworkers'  Federa- 
tion conference  in  Geneva,  Switzerland,  in 
September  1985,  called  for  a  world  standard 
of  15  years  on  the  age  of  all  aircraft.  After 
that  they  should  be  scrapped.  One  out  of 
six  passenger  planes  in  service  today  is  more 
than  16  years  old. 

More  than  100  air  industry  union  leaders 


attended  the  meeting.  IMF  General  Secre- 
tary Herman  Rebhan  called  old  planes  "flying 
coffins."  The  summer  1985  crash  of  Japan 
Air  Lines  747  was  the  result  of  "greed"  and 
airlines  "sacrificing  safety  standards  in  the 
hunt  for  profit  in  an  increasingly  competitive 
market,"  the  IMF  leader  said.  The  IMF 
represents  unions  of  airline  ground  workers 
including  in  Canada  the  International  As- 
sociation of  Machinists. 

The  JAL  plane  had  crashed  in  1978  and 
1983  and  was  "twice  patched  together," 
Rebhan  said.  It  had  made  18,000  takeoffs 
and  landings.  8,000  more  than  the  manufac- 
turer, Boeing,  recommends. 


AUGUST     1986 


15 


Matatich  with  his  divinn  "hard  hat," 
which  stood  him  in  good  stead  for  many 
underwater  jobs. 


For  45  years  John  Malatich  dressed  for 
work  in  a  waterproof  canvas  suit  and  a 
copper  helmet  with  glass  windows,  a  65- 
pound  "hard  hat"  made  almost  100  years 
ago. 

A  retired  member  of  Wharf.  Dock  Build- 
ers, and  Pile  Drivers  Local  454,  Philadelphia, 
Pa..  Malatich  is  truly  a  veteran  of  the  com- 
mercial diving  trade.  He  led  a  68-man  diving 
team  m  lifting  the  S.S.  Normandie  off  the 
bottom  of  New  York  Harbor  in  194.^.  He 
helped  to  raise  a  concrete  barge  in  Pakistan, 
secured  foundations  for  a  bridge  across  the 
Chesapeake  Bay,  inspected  foundations  for 
a  second  bridge  over  the  Chesapeake  Bay, 
laid  pipelines  in  the  Aleutian  Islands,  and 
cleaned  long  ribbons  of  seaweed  out  of  ships' 
pipes  in  the  arctic  waters  off  Greenland.  He 
has  found  diamond  rings,  false  teeth,  and 
missing  anchors  dropped  into  the  brimy 
deep.  He  once  fished  a  $700  toupee  out  of 
the  Delaware  River. 

Now  71  and  living  with  many  momentos 
and  memories  in  Burlington  Township,  N.J., 


Local  454  retiree  tells  how  to  probe 

the  deep  after  45  years  as  commercial  diver 

Up  from  the  Mud 
and  Seaweed 


Malatich  has  co-authored  a  book,  Tricks  of 
the  Trade  for  Divers,  which  is  what  they 
call  in  the  book  trade  "must  reading"  for 
UBC  members  earning  a  living  underwater. 
The  book  is  published  by  Cornell  Maritime 
Press  of  Centreville.  Md. 

"Commercial  divers  are  gutsy,  hard- 
working tradesmen  who  weld  joints,  lay 
pipe,  and  fix  boat  hulls  in  the  pitch  darkness 
of  muddy  rivers  and  murky  oceans,"  states 
the  Burlington  County  (N.J.)  Times  in  a 
recent  article  about  Malatich.  The  newspa- 
per called  commercial  diving  "a  profession 
where  danger  is  never  far  away  and  death 
not  far  behind." 

Malatich  says  that  since  he  entered  the 
trade,  17  of  his  fellow  divers  have  died  on 
jobs — tossed  from  oil  rigs  in  the  Gulf  of 
Mexico,  suffocated  by  a  severed  air  hose, 
or  broken  by  the  bends  (a  sometimes  fatal 
condition  caused  by  the  formation  of  nitro- 
gen bubbles  in  the  blood  when  air  pressure 
around  the  body  is  lowered  too  quickly). 

He  says  he  was  only  about  20  seconds 
away  from  death  himself  one  Sunday  morn- 
ing in  the  Schuylkill  River,  near  Philadelphia. 
His  air  generator  topside  pumped  engine 
exhaust  instead  of  oxygen  into  his  helmet 
while  he  was  working  below,  and  he  felt 


faint,  rose  to  the  surface,  breaking  water  as 
he  came  close  to  losing  consciousness.  (Ed- 
itor's Note:  During  the  1970s  the  UBC  fought 
successfully  for  improved  federal  safety 
standards  for  commercial  divers,  dramati- 
cally reducing  the  hazards  encountered  hy 
divers  on  the  job.) 

Malatich's  underwater  career  goes  back 
to  1934.  He  was  working  as  a  lifeguard  at  a 
Lake  Michigan  beach  when  he  saw  a  movie, 
"Anchors  Aweigh,"  and  he  decided  he 
wanted  to  be  a  U.S.  Navy  pilot.  He  hitch- 
hiked to  a  Milwaukee  recruiting  office  where 
Navy  officials  turned  him  down  twice  for 
flat  feel  and  a  late  wisdom  tooth.  Later,  the 
Navy  changed  its  mind  and  sent  Malatich  to 
submarine  school.  He  had  wanted  to  fly 
airplanes,  but  he  was  sent  to  the  warm, 
tropical  waters  off  Panama  to  learn  diving 
and  salvage  work. 

When  he  got  out  of  the  military  service  in 
the  late  1930s,  he  joined  the  divers'  union 
in  New  York.  That  was  about  the  time  that 
Samuel  Gompers  and  the  American  Feder- 
ation of  Labor  decided  thai  commercial 
divers  belonged  with  dock  builders  in  the 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Join- 
ers of  America. 

Continued  on  Page  38 


water  jet  hose 


ABOVE:  A  diagram  from  the  hook  showing  how  a  six-inch  rubber 
suction  hose  and  a  waterjet  hose  are  used  while  tunneling  under  a 
shipwreck  to  place  slings. 

RICIHT:  Commercial  divers  sometimes  become  undersea  carpen- 
ters. Here  two  U.S.  Navv  Mark  XII  divers  use  an  underwater 
cin  tdar  saw  on  a  nuirinc  proie(  t. 


16 


CARPENTER 


Top  Contributors 
to  cue  in  1985 

The  following  are  the  top  12  local  unions 
for  total  amount  collected  per  total  number 
of  members: 

Locals  with  1  to  50  members,  lop  3 

L.U.  587  South  Dakota  $     423.80 

L.U.  1013  Texas  178.45 

L.U.  208  Iowa  (disbanded  8/85)  123.00 

Locals  with  51  to  250  members,  top  3 

L.U.  384  North  Carolina  1,563.85 

L.U.  88  Montana  965.29 

L.U.  2351  Wisconsin  890.72 

Locals  with  251  to  500  members,  top  3 

L.U.  2158  Illinois  1,727.23 

L.U.  1906  Pennsylvania  1,434.50 

L.U.  2298  Missouri  1,414.50 

Locals  with  over  501  members,  top  3 


L.U.  964  New  York 

7,234.11 

L.U.  2250  New  Jersey 

2,767.95 

L.U.  66  New  York 

2,196.30 

The  following  are  the  top 

five  local  unions 

contributing  the  largest  sum 

L.U.  210  Connecticut 

10,908.62 

L.U,  964  New  York 

7,234.11 

L.U.  608  New  York 

4,826.87 

L.U.  1280  California 

3,366.24 

L.U.  225  Georgia 

3,275.90 

The  following  are  the  top  five  district  coun- 
cils contributing  the  largest  sum: 
Baltimore  &  Vicinity  District  Council 

10,986.92 
New  Mexico  District  Council  7,868.64 

Metropolitan  District  Council 

of  Philadelphia  and  Vicinity  7,535.54 
Cleveland  &  Vicinity  District  Council 

5,824.00 
Western  Pennsylvania  District  Council 

5,594.61 

The  following  are  the  top  five  state  councils 
contributing  the  largest  sum  at  an  annual 
convention  or  conference: 

Washington  State  Council  7,585.00 

Indiana  State  Council  5,727.00 

Illinois  State  Council  2,750.00 

Pennsylvania  State  Council  2,286.00 

Oregon  State  Council  2,263.00 


TAKING  ON  AMMUNITION. 


other  conventions  or  conferences  that 
contributed  a  collection  are  as  follows:  Mas- 
sachusetts State  Council  Convention,  Min- 
nesota State  Council  Convention,  Mid- 
western Industrial  Council  Convention, 
Louisiana  State  Council  Convention,  Ala- 
bama State  Council  Convention,  Kansas 
State  Council  Convention,  Colorado  State 
Council  Convention,  Wisconsin  State 
Council  Convention,  New  Jersey  Annual 
Legislative  Conference,  Second  District 
Conference,  New  York  State  Council  Con- 
vention, Willamette  Valley  District  Council 
Convention,  Texas  State  Council  Conven- 
tion, Mississippi  State  Council  Conven- 
tion, Georgia  State  Council  Convention, 
Michigan  State  Council  Convention,  Ohio 
State  Council  Convention,  Florida  State 
Council  Convention,  Oklahoma  State 
Council  Convention,  Connecticut  State 
Council  Convention,  Tennessee  State 
Council  Convention,  French  Lick  Seminar, 
Kentucky  State  Council  Convention,  and 
Maryland  and  Delaware  State  Council 
Convention. 

CLIC  Contribution 


While  in  Washington.  D.C.  for  a  recent 
Building  and  Construction  Trades  Confer- 
ence, several  stale  representatives  took  the 
opportunity  to  make  contributions  to  our 
CLIC  fund.  Pictured  above,  presenting 
two  checks  totaling  $8100  from  the  N.J. 
political  education  committee,  from  left. 
Bill  MichaloH-ski:  George  Laiifenberg, 
president,  Central  N.J.  District  Council  of 
Carpenters:  UBC  General  President  Pa- 
trick J.  Campbell:  and  UBC  General 
Treasurer  and  Legislative  Director  Wayne 
Pierce. 


U.S.  Diplomacy 

Continued  from  Page  6 

creations,  for  that  matter  the  creations 
of  any  designer,  to  life,"  said  Greenberg 
in  an  article  in  the  Architectural  Wood- 
work Institute  Journal,  Design  Solu- 
tions. "I  fully  realize  how  dependent  I 
am  upon  their  craftsmanship." 

"Once  in  a  while,  I  am  asked  how  I 
feel  about  'making  history,'  as  if  I  do 
make  history.  Of  course  I  don't;  but 
sometimes  when  I  am  in  that  facility  in 
Pennsylvania  or  among  the  workers  at 
a  site  such  as  the  State  Department,  I 
realize  I  do  know  people  who  make 
history.  I  have  stood  there  and  watched 
them  do  it  to  perfection." 

And  now  many  from  all  over  the 
world  will  view  that  perfection  for  years 
to  come.  UD!) 


Wal-Mart  Campaign 
Enters  Second  Phase 


m 

Leafletting  outside  a  Wat-Mart  store  in 
Moss  Bluff,  La. 


Doubling  their  initial  effort,  Brotherhood 
agents  and  members  have  distributed  over 
300,000  leaflets  at  some  300  Wal-Mart  Store 
locations  in  21  states  in  the  second  round  of 
handbilling  aimed  at  consumers  of  the  Ben- 
tonville.  Ark. -based  discount  department 
store  chain.  Round  Two  commenced  June 
21 ,  1986,  as  the  UBC  Organizing  Department 
added  about  50  new  stores  to  the  target  list. 
The  Brotherhood's  dispute  is  with  contrac- 
tors doing  construction  work  for  Wal-Mart. 

On  June  6,  Assistant  to  the  General  Pres- 
ident Tom  Hohman  and  Representative  Fred 
Purifoy  of  Arkansas  attended  Wal-Mart's 
annual  shareholder's  meeting  at  the  com- 
pany's headquarters  in  Bentonville.  Hohman 
asked  Wal-Mart  Chairman  Sam  Walton  why 
union  contractors  were  not  permitted  to  even 
bid  on  many  Wal-Mart  construction  projects. 
Hohman  was  referred  to  a  company  vice 
president,  who  later  stated  the  company  had 
no  intention  of  changing  their  contracting 
policies. 


Campbell  Honored 
With  Laity  Award 

UBC  General  President  Patrick  J.  Camp- 
bell was  an  honored  guest  at  the  recent  Sixth 
Annual  Construction  and  Building  Industry 
Awards  Dinner  in  New  York,  NY.  He 
shared  the  1986  Cardinal's  Committee  of  the 
Laity  Award  with  George  A.  Fox,  president 
of  the  Grow  Tunneling  Corporation. 

Each  year  since  1981  two  outstanding 
leaders  of  labor  and  management  are  hon- 
ored at  the  annual  dinner.  The  award  is  given 
in  recognition  of  "service  in  the  area  of 
economic  and  human  development." 

The  awards  dinner  was  held  May  16  at 
the  Sheraton  Centre  in  New  York.  The 
proceeds  from  the  dinner  benefit  programs 
of  Catholic  Charities  and  the  educational 
system  of  the  Archdiocese  of  New  York. 


AUGUST     1986 


17 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


Atari  agrees  to 
pay  $1  million 
to  settle  on  lay-offs 

Atari  Inc.  has  agreed  to' pay  up  to  $1 
million  to  settle  a  class  action  claiming 
that  the  video  games  manufacturer  vio- 
lated California  law  hy  relocating  oper- 
ations overseas  and  laying  off  537  work- 
ers three  years  ago  without  giving  them 
advance  notice.  The  case  was  triggered 
by  a  1983  layoff  of  the  company's  Con- 
sumer Products  Division  plant  in  Sun- 
nyvale in  a  move  which  eventually  led 
to  the  layoff  of  some  1,700  workers 
companywide  as  Atari  began  moving  work 
to  Taiwan  and  Hong  Kong. 

The  settlement  agreement  that  could 
provide  each  eligible  laid-off  worker  an 
award  of  some  $1,100  was  tentatively 
approved  by  Judge  Stone  of  the  Santa 
Clara  County  Superior  Court.  According 
to  the  agreement,  the  537  former  em- 
ployees in  Sunnyvale  are  eligible  for  the 
awards,  which  equal  an  average  of  four 
weeks"  pay  for  the  class  members.  Atari 
also  agreed  to  pay  $390,000  in  attorney's 
fees  for  former  workers. 


Workers  appreciate 
freedom  on 
the  job 

The  happiest  workers  are  the  most 
(/nbossed  workers,  it  was  found  in  a  study 
of  884  workers  conducted  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Minnesota  in  Minneapolis  and 
presented  to  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
American  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science.  Job  satisfaction  depends 
more  on  the  worker's  freedom  and  in- 
dependence than  on  wage  levels,  it  was 
found. 


Maritime  unions 
join  effort 
for  memorial 

Maritime  unions  have  joined  in  support 
of  an  American  Merchant  Mariners'  Me- 
morial to  honor  merchant  seamen  who 
died  in  service  to  their  country.  AFL- 
CIO  President  Lane  Kirkland  is  chairman 
of  the  memorial  commission,  and  U.S. 
Merchant  Marine  Academy  Director  Ad- 
miral Thomas  A.  King  is  commission 
president.  The  memorial  will  be  located 
in  Battery  Park  City  in  New  York's  lower 
Manhattan,  overlooking  the  Statue  of 
Liberty. 


Japanese  construction 
companies  coming 
to  U.S.  shores 

The  U.S.  has  become  the  single  largest 
source  of  construction  contracts  for  Jap- 
anese contractors.  According  to  an  anal- 
ysis published  by  International  Business 
Information  Inc.,  a  research  and  con- 
sulting firm  based  in  Tokyo,  Japan,  the 
43  largest  Japanese  companies  received 
$2.9  billion  in  overseas  contracts  during 
the  fiscal  year  ending  March  31,  1985. 
The  U.S.  accounted  for  $774  million  of 
those  contracts,  jumping  from  fourth  to 
first  place  among  overseas  contracts  and 
more  than  doubling  contracts  from  the 
previous  year. 

Forced  by  depressed  business  condi- 
tions at  home — the  public  works  budget 
declined  2%  in  1984,  along  with  a  sluggish 
housing  market — Japanese  construction 
companies  are  vigorously  expanding  into 
such  overseas  markets  as  the  U.S.,  the 
People's  Republic  of  China,  and  Aus- 
tralia. The  U.S.  is  considered  an  ideal 
market  in  terms  of  posing  little  country 
risk  and  offering  a  large  market  with  a 
wide  variety  of  construction  projects. 

Medium-sized  construction  companies 
from  Japan  have  begun  to  set  up  subsi- 
diaries in  the  U.S.,  joining  such  larger 
companies  as  Kajima  Corp.,  Ohbayashi 
Gumi,  and  Toda  Construction  Co.  The 
majority  of  U.S.  contracts  won  by  Jap- 
anese companies  to  date  have  been  for 
factories  and  offices  of  Japanese  com- 
panies such  as  Toyota,  Nissan,  Canon, 
and  Nippondenso.  as  they  expand  U.S. 
operations.  (Edilor's  Note:  See  our  re- 
port or)  Builditif;  Trades  action  against 
Toyota  on  Page  20.) 


Unions  bring 
better  pay 
to  women 

In  New  York  and  other  cities,  the 
Coalition  of  Labor  Union  Women  ascer- 
tained that  women  in  unions  earned  $67 
more  a  week — nearly  $3,500  more  per 
year — than  women  who  are  not  union 
members.  And  black  women  who  are 
union  members  draw  $85  more  a  week 
than  their  sister  counterparts. 


Unions  see 

no  need 

for  lie  detectors 

More  and  more  unions  and  union  mem- 
bers have  lined  up  against  polygraph  or 
lie  detector  tests.  President  William  Wynn 
of  the  1.3  million  member  United  Food 
and  Commercial  Workers  Union  told  a 
Senate  committee  that  the  polygraph  is 
"a  psychological  rubber  hose  which  has 
no  place  in  today's  workplace." 


Railroads  charged 
with  abuse  of 
drug  test  rules 

The  Railway  Labor  Executives  Asso- 
ciation has  charged  four  rail  carriers  with 
abusing  testing  requirements  of  the  Fed- 
eral Railroad  Administration's  new  al- 
cohol and  drug  rules.  In  suits  filed  in 
federal  courts  against  Amtrak,  Southern 
Pacific,  Conrail.  and  Norfolk  Southern. 
RLEA  charged  that  the  carriers  are  con- 
ducting random  tests  on  employees  with- 
out required  probable  cause  and  are  or- 
dering employees  to  be  tested  based  on 
observations  by  one  supervisor  instead 
of  the  two  required  under  the  federal 
rule.  An  RLEA  attorney  said  additional 
court  actions  are  planned  against  Bur- 
lington Northern,  Grand  Trunk  Western, 
Belt  Railway  of  Chicago,  and  Port  Au- 
thority Trans-Hudson. 


What  music 
can  do 
to  you 

Union  musicians  were  fascinated  by 
the  list  of  occupational  hazards  recently 
compiled  by  the  Upjohn  Co.  Among  the 
risks  was  the  chance  that  a  bassoon 
player  may  develop  stiffness  and  injury 
to  his  left  index  finger.  Here  are  other 
hazards:  violinist's  jaw  displacement,  horn 
player's  palsy,  cymbal  player's  shoulder, 
harpist's  cramp,  and  tuba  lips. 


Polish  union 
leader's  arrest 
condemned 

The  Polish  government's  recent  arrest 
of  Solidarnosc  underground  leader  Zbig- 
niew  Bujak  was  condemned  by  the  AFL- 
CIO. 

Bujak  had  been  among  the  few  Soli- 
darnosc union  leaders  to  escape  arrest 
during  the  Polish  martial  law  crackdown 
in  December  1981.  The  AFL-CIO  state- 
ment on  the  arrest  called  Bujak  "the 
courageous  and  popular  leader  of  the 
Temporary  Coordinating  Commission 
(TKK),"  the  name  of  the  banned  but  still 
active  Solidarnosc  movement. 

Thousands  of  Poles  demonstrated  in 
Kracow  and  Gdansk  to  protest  the  arrest. 
Lech  Walesa  urged  supporters  of  the 
outlawed  independent  union  to  carry  on 
the  struggle  against  "lawlessness"  by 
Polish  authorities. 

Bujak's  arrest,  the  AFL-CIO  said, 
"demonstrates  that  the  Polish  govern- 
ment has  no  intention  of  implementing 
the  social,  economic,  and  political  re- 
forms that  Solidarnosc  has  urged  as  the 
preconditions  for  Western  economic  aid" 
to  Poland. 


18 


CARPENTER 


Military  Needs  More  Housing  Units; 
Red  Tape,  Constraints  Worry  Builders 


The  Army,  Navy,  and  Air  Force  are  more 
than  34,000  units  short  of  the  amount  of 
housing  they  need  in  the  United  States, 
according  to  Capt.  Michael  Dallam,  con- 
struction director  in  the  office  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  Defense.  Overseas,  an  additional 
31,000  units  must  be  built,  mostly  to  accom- 
modate U.S.  forces  in  Europe. 

Dallam  noted  that  more  enlistees  than  ever 
are  married  when  they  join  the  services  or 
they  marry  during  their  first  year.  Military 
personnel  receive  a  variable  housing  allow- 
ance based  on  the  local  market,  and  with 
that  they  can  go  out  into  the  surrounding 
community  and  rent  or  buy.  According  to 
the  Pentagon  construction  director,  that 
doesn't  always  work,  because  allowances 
have  not  kept  pace  with  costs,  and  there  is 
a  shortage  of  housing  in  many  of  the  areas 
where  military  bases  are  located. 

The  Chicago  Tribune  reports  that  Uncle 
Sam  is  trying  to  enlist  home  builders  in  a 
campaign  to  upgrade  military  housing,  but 
"few  in  the  industry  are  marching  into  the 
fray." 

Red  tape  and  design  restrictions  have  kept 
many  builders  away.  Provisions  of  the  Davis- 
Bacon  Law  apply  on  military  installations, 
and  some  builders  have  tried  to  circumvent 
these  regulations. 

As  the  military  sees  it,  good,  affordable 
housing  is  the  best  way  to  keep  their  vol- 
unteer recruits  happy  in  the  service. 

"Dollars  invested  in  housing  could  pay 
great  benefits  for  our  country,"  said  Col. 
James  Bannwart,  chief  of  the  Air  Force's 
housing  and  services  division. 

"Most  of  these  people  [who  want  housing] 
are  at  a  critical  point  in  making  a  decision 
as  to  whether  the  military  will  be  their  career 
or  not,"  he  said.  "They  have  spent  half  of 
their  four  or  five  years  with  the  Air  Force 
in  school,  in  high-tech  training,  and  the  dollar 
value  on  replacing  those  individuals  is  high . " 


Colonel  Bannwart  said  competition  is  in- 
creasing for  available  housing  units  and  eco- 
nomics are  forcing  more  soldiers  to  look  for 
on-base  housing.  He  said  the  situation  could 
drive  younger  pilots  and  engineers  with  ad- 
vanced skills  into  the  private  sector,  where 
their  housing  opportunities  would  be  en- 
hanced. 

The  fiscal  1987  budget  asks  for  $  10.2  billion 
for  construction  at  700  sites  worldwide. 

In  the  current  fiscal  year  Congress  has 
authorized  funding  for  construction  of  only 
2,500  domestic  housing  units«nd  2,600  over- 
seas, according  to  Captain  Dallam.  That 
means  the  government  has  to  rely  on  the 
private  housing  market  to  make  up  the  dif- 
ference, he  said. 

"Our  personnel  receive  a  variable  housing 
allowance  based  on  the  local  market  and 
with  that  they  can  go  out  in  the  community 
and  rent  or  buy,"  Captain  Dallam  said.  "But 
that  doesn't  always  work  because  the  allow- 
ance has  not  kept  pace  with  costs  and  there 
is  a  shortage  of  housing  in  many  of  the  areas 
of  our  bases  anyway." 

The  military  is  turning  to  home  builders 
for  ideas  to  alleviate  the  shortage  of  housing 
units  nationwide  because  traditional  govern- 
ment procedures  are  no  longer  proving  fea- 
sible. Captain  Dallam  said.  Builders  are 
interested  in  the  strategy:  Several  hundred 
packed  a  seminar  at  the  builders'  recent 
annual  convention  in  Dallas  to  hear  military 
housing  officials. 

"Ten  years  ago  all  the  housing  we  built 
was  designed  by  our  architects  and  then  put 
on  the  street  and  bid  on  by  everybody,"  he 
said.  "At  the  time,  we  were  criticized  be- 
cause the  designs  were  too  restrictive  and 
we  needed  to  take  advantage  of  new  methods 
builders  offered." 

To  alleviate  those  criticisms.  Captain  Dal- 
lam said,  Congress  turned  to  a  system  of 
allowing  builders  to  design  to  military  re- 


quirements, but  set  a  ceiling  on  the  per-unit 
costs.  For  fiscal  year  1986  the  average  cost 
per  unit  authorized  by  Congress  on  military 
contract  housing  was  $75,000,  down  from  a 
high  of  $88,000  in  1982.  The  average  price 
for  new  civilian  single-family  housing  last 
year  topped  $108,000. 

"On  this  level  we  weren't  able  to  get 
[housing  contract]  proposals  with  the  quality 
we  needed,"  he  said.  "And  with  Gramm- 
Rudman  [mandated  federal  budget  deficit 
reduction]  on  the  way,  we  don't  expect  it  to 
get  much  better." 

Two  experimental  programs  have  been 
authorized  by  Congress  to  spur  private  sec- 
tor involvement  in  military  housing.  Both 
an  on-base  and  off-base  program  involve 
lease-back  arrangements  where  builders  erect, 
new  units  and  either  the  government  or 
individual  soldiers  then  contract  with  the 
builder. 

Military  housing  must  meet  Pentagon  de- 
sign standards  that  are  often  more  rigid  than 
local  codes  with  which  builders  work. 

"There  is  some  concern  that  we're  build- 
ing too  nice  a  house,"  said  Col.  Leslie 
Savage,  chief  of  the  Army  housing  manage- 
ment division  in  Washington.  "We're  work- 
ing with  accepted  tri-service  [Army,  Navy 
and  Air  Force]  specifications,  but  1  don't 
know  why  we  are  not  moving  toward  the 
local  building  codes"  as  a  standard. 

One  of  the  areas  of  greatest  need  for  the 
military  is  in  manufactured  housing,  a  part 
of  the  home  building  industry  that  is  just 
coming  into  its  own  as  a  component  supplier 
for  many  builders.  Federal  rules  require  that 
overseas  military  housing  consist  of  U.S.- 
manufactured  components.  But  as  with  do- 
mestic construction.  Colonel  Savage  said 
the  Army  is  "getting  very  little  response" 
from  America's  manufactured  housing  in- 
dustry. 

Another  area  that  could  see  greater  in- 
volvement by  local  builders  in  military  hous- 
ing is  rehabilitation.  Colonel  Savage  esti- 
mated that  more  than  $500  million  in  repair 
and  restoration  has  been  deferred  on  the 
Army's  $13  billion  in  housing  stock  alone, 
on  which  the  average  age  is  30  years. 


West  Virginia  Flood  Fund 
Aids  IVIembers  of  Local  2101 


A  house  tihs  cicizily  and  a  cur  lies  luilf  buried  under  debris 
in  the  aflermalh  of  the  flood  which  devusUiled  Moorefield. 
W.  Va.,  last  November.  The  number  on  tlie  building  desig- 
nates it  as  condemned  and  scheduled  for  removal. — National 
Geographic  Society  photograph 


Last  January,  we  reported  that  UBC  members  employed 
by  American  Woodmark  Corp.  at  Moorefield,  W.  Va.,  had 
been  devastated  by  floods  from  the  fringes  of  a  hurricane. 
Other  members  up  and  down  the  Potomac  and  Shenandoah 
Rivers'  watershed  also  suffered.  Although  water  rose  to 
within  a  few  feet  of  the  American  Woodmark  plant,  the 
workplace  itself  was  undisturbed. 

A  total  of  23  American  Woodmark  employees  lost  their 
homes  and  personal  belongings.  Only  two  were  covered  by 
insurance.  Thirty-four  American  Woodmark  employees  suf- 
fered severe  water  damage  to  their  homes. 

The  Brotherhood's  Mid-Atlantic  Industrial  Council,  the 
UBC,  and  many  of  its  affiliates  contributed  $14,798  to  a 
special  "UBC  Local  2101  Flood  Relief  Fund,"  and  more 
donations  are  anticipated,  according  to  Richard  Hearn,  sec- 
retary of  the  Mid-Atlantic  Council.  UBC  representatives  are 
working  with  company  management  and  local  officials  in 
prorating  the  funds  according  to  need.  Last  December,  cor- 
porate employees  of  the  company  collected  and  distributed 
toys  and  holiday  gifts  for  the  stricken  families.  The  company 
also  made  donations  to  employees,  to  the  Moorfield  Minis- 
terial Association,  and  to  the  Hardy  County  Disaster  Fund. 


AUGUST     1986 


19 


Hey  There  f 
Toyota! 
What  Are  You 
Trying  To 
Get  Away  With? 


ISuilding  and  Construction  trades- 
men have  been  subjected  to  a  num- 
ber of  indignities  in  recent  years  by 
employers  and  government.  Dou- 
ble-breasted operations  nullifying 
collective  bargaining  agreements  .  .  . 
continuous  attacks  on  prevailing 
wages  and  standards  that  have  been 
guaranteed  by  the  Davis-Bacon  Act 
and  other  laws  for  more  than  50 
years. 

Nothing,  however,  has  exceeded 
in  downright  arrogance,  gall,  and 
greed  the  current  effort  by  Toyota, 
a  Japanese  company,  to  build  a 
plant  in  the  United  States,  in  Ken- 
tucky, to  assemble  automobiles  from 
parts  made  in  Japan  by  Japanese 
workers. 

First — or  maybe  it  was  second — 
along  comes  Ohbayashi,  a  giant 
Japanese  construction  company 
serving  as  general  contractor  for 
Toyota,  with  an  offer  of  a  "peace" 
contract  to  the  construction  unions. 

Never  mind  a  "peace"  of  what. 
It  proposed  that  the  contractors 
decide  what  wages  would  be  paid, 
what  hours  would  be  worked,  who 
would  do  what  work,  and  who  would 
be  hired  and  fired  without  any  re- 
course. That's  all.  Just  sign  away 
rights  guaranteed  under  American 
labor  laws  as  a  condition  of  em- 
ployment. Well,  not  quite  all. 
Ohbayashi  also  would  bring  in  600 
or  so  of  its  workers  from  Japan. 


Second — or  maybe  it  was  first — 
Toyota  demanded  tax  exemptions 
and  subsidies  to  the  tune  of  several 
hundred  million  dollars,  at  a  mini- 
mum. 

The  Commonwealth  of  Kentucky 
has  already  promised  to  spend  $125 
million  of  the  taxpayers'  money  for 
the  plant.  The  actual  cost,  since 
Kentucky  must  borrow  most  of  the 
money,  could  well  exceed  $200  mil- 
lion. And  that's  in  addition  to  the 
state  expanding  roads  and  utility 
services,  grading  a  1 ,200  acre  build- 
ing site  and  giving  it — giving  it — to 
Toyota. 

You  think  that's  enough  for  the 
Japanese  firm?  Oh,  no!  Toyota  de- 
mands special  tax  and  transition 
benefits  even  though  the  Toyota 
project  is  outside  the  timetable  set 
for  transition  adjustments. 

Toyota  simply  must  not  be  per- 
mitted to  profit  from  its  lack  of 
respect  for  our  laws,  our  working 
standards,  our  traditions.  Particu- 
larly at  a  time  when  American  con- 
struction firms  are  not  even  per- 
mitted to  bid  construction  work  in 
Japan. 

Now  is  the  time  for  all  good 
tradesmen  to  come  to  the  aid  of 
their  country.  And  themselves.  They 
must  stand  together  against  this 
foreign  invasion  or  be  conquered 
by  division. 


UBC  General  Officers  have  sent  the  follow- 
ing letter  to  U.S.  Senators  regarding  the 
proposed  Toyota  tax  break: 


Dear  Senator: 

The  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters was  stunned  to  learn  that  the 
much  touted  Senate  tax  reform  bill 
contains  as  much  as  $100  million  or 
more  in  tax  benefits  for  the  construc- 
tion of  Toyota's  automobile  plant  in 
Kentucky.  The  inequity  and  irony  of 
this  special  interest  tax  break  is  un- 
derscored by  the  fact  that  the  Japa- 
nese government  has  refused  to  open 
the  Osaka  Airport  Project  for  inter- 
national bids. 

While  American  workers  and  busi- 
nesses are  losing  tax  deductions  and 
shelters  in  exchange  for  lower  tax 
rales,  the  Senate  has  slipped  in  a  tax 
gift  for  Toyota  that  mocks  the  refor- 
mist rhetoric  surrounding  the  tax  bill. 
Is  it  the  revenue  from  the  proposed 
taxation  of  unemployment  benefits 
that  will  be  sent  to  Japan  so  Toyota 
executives  can  keep  their  sushi  plates 
full?  Perhaps  reduction  of  the  medical 
expense  deduction  or  elimination  of 
deductions  for  work  uniforms  and 
union  dues  is  providing  the  tax  treat 
Toyota  will  enjoy. 

The  UBC  thinks  it  is  shameful  for 
the  Senate,  which  is  to  be  applauded 
for  its  overall  tax  reform  effort,  to 
throw  $100  million  more  dollars  at 
Toyota  on  top  of  the  $200  million  in 
benefits  already  given  by  Kentucky. 
We  urge  you  to  smoke  out  this  un- 
conscionable tax  break  hidden  in  the 
labyrinth  of  the  Senate  tax  bill,  and 
redirect  the  $100  million  dollars  sav- 
ings so  that  American  workers  receive 
more  tax  benefits. 


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i^H 

H  GOT  A  YEN  FOR  FAIRNESS? 

FORGET  TOYOTA! 


Toyota  is  building  an  $800  million  assembly  plant 
in  Kentucky.  It  has  hired  a  Japanese  general 
contractor  And  that  contractor  wants  you  to  give 
up  your  rights  under  America's  labor  laws  and  work 
the  Japanese  way. 

That  isn't  right! 

We  tried  to  work  out  a  fair  and  competitive  agree- 
ment with  Toyota  and  Ohbayashi,  the  Japanese 
contractor. 

What  we  proposed  was  good  enough  for  GM,  Ford 
and  Chrysler  But  not  for  Ohbayashi.  We  have  to  work 
their  way  or  not  at  all.  Ohbayashi  came  back  with  a 
take-it-or-leave-it  deal.  They  take  huge  profits  overseas 
to  Japan.  We  leave  our  basic  American  rights  as  union 
members  behind.  Is  any  job  worth  that? 

We  want  the  buck  to  stop  here.  Not  to  have  it 
shipped  over  to  Japan  in  the  form  of  profits  made  at 
our  expense. 

The  Japanese  won't  let  any  American  contractors 
work  in  Japan.  Yet  they  have  the  gall  to  come  here  and 
tell  us-the  best  and  the  proudest  craftsmen  in  the 
world— that  we  must  change  our  ways  if  we  want  to 
work  in  our  own  country. 

Thanks  to  the  job  done  by  skilled  craftsmen  in  the 
Building  and  Construction  Trades,  the  Statue  of 
Liberty  wears  a  Union  Label.  We  rebuilt  America's 
symbol  of  pride.  Let's  keep  our  own  pride  strong,  too. 

Help  educate  Toyota  and  its  Japanese  contractor 
that  in  America,  when  you  want  to  do  something 
right,  you  go  with  quality.  Union  Quality.  And  build  it 
union  with  American  construction  workers. 


FILL  OUT  THE  FORM  BELOW  AND  TURN  IT  IN 
TO  YOUR  LOCAL  UNION.  YOUR  LOCAL  WILL  FOR- 
WARD IT  TO  THE  INTERNATIONAL  SO  WE  CAN 
"SEND  TOYOTA  AND  OHBAYASHI  A  MESSAGE" 
FROM  ALL  OF  US. 


WE'RE  MAD  AS  HELL  AND 
WE'RE  NOT  GOING  TO 
TAKE  IT  ANY  MORE! 


That's  what  this  message  is  all  about. 

HELP  US!  HELP  YOURSELF! 
Let  Toyota  know  how  you  feel  today.  Give  this 
message  to  your  local  union  which  will  forward 
it  to  our  International. 

General  President 

United  Brotlierhood  of  Carpenters 

And  Joiners  of  America 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Wasliington,  D.C.  20001 

I  have  a  yen  for  American  fairness!  I  won't 
buy  a  Toyota  until  the  company  gives  American 
workers  a  break! 

Name: ^ 


Address:. 


AUGUST     1986 


21 


Taking  the  Initiative 

Continued  from  Page  13 

UBC  Data  Processing  Department  en- 
ables us  to  quickly  identify  the  cumu- 
lative holdings  of  all  the  Brotherhood 
members"  funds  in  a  particular  com- 
pany's stocks  and  bonds.  Our  funds' 
stock  portfolios  reveal  sizable  holdings 
in  many  corporations  participating  in 
construction  business  or  conducting 
manufacturing  operations.  As  corpo- 
rate shareholders  and  owners,  we  can 
act  within  the  corporation  to  generate 
pressure  on  companies  exhibiting  hos- 
tility towards  our  members. 

Another  important  aspect  of  the  fund 
tracking  program  is  its  ability  to  identify 
the  fund  managers  and  custodial  banks 
which  service  the  benefit  funds.  Not 
surprisingly,  many  of  the  insurance 
companies  and  banks  which  are  major 
participants  in  the  commercial  con- 
struction field,  acting  as  developers, 
and  permanent  and  construction  lend- 
ers, maintain  financially  rewarding  re- 
lationships with  our  funds  as  money 
managers  and  custodians.  Identification 
of  significant  relationships  between  union 
pension  funds  and  construction  project 
participants  on  particular  projects  has 
and  will  continue  to  aid  in  rectifying 
problems  with  non-union  contractors. 

In  this  area  of  pension  power,  the 
Brotherhood  has  taken  a  leadership  role 
among  the  Building  Trades"  unions. 
Following  the  lead  of  the  Carpenters, 
the  Building  Trades'  unions  have  like- 
wise begun  to  participate  in  the  data 
collection  program. 


CORPORATE  TARGETS 

The  Brotherhood's  three  year  cam- 
paign against  the  union-busting  efforts 
of  Louisiana-Pacific  is  a  good  example 
of  a  corporate  and  comprehensive  cam- 
paign. The  department  has  developed 
and  executed  a  campaign  against  L-P 
which  has  included  a  Wall  Street  rally, 
stockholder  proxy  solicitations  and  ac- 
tive participation  at  company  annual 
shareholders  meetings,  environmental 
challenges,  legislative  and  political  ac- 
tivity, media  exposure  of  numerous 
aspects  of  company  operations,  oppo- 
sition to  federal  and  state  construction 
grants,  and  coalition  formation  with  a 
variety  of  labor  and  non-labor  organi- 
zations; These  efforts,  combined  with 
a  national  boycott  of  L-P  wood  prod- 
ucts, has  produced  the  most  compre- 
hensive ongoing  labor  campaign  today. 

The  Brotherhood's  efforts  against 
American  Express  Co.  represent  a  good 
example  of  using  our  economic  power 
against  a  construction  user  employing 
contractors  paying  substandard  wages. 
The  American  Express  consumer  cam- 
paign was  brought  about  by  an  all-too- 
familiar  situation:  a  major  construction 
user  refusing  to  allow  contractors  em- 
ploying union  workers  to  bid  a  major 
company  construction  project. 

Corporate  research  revealed  consid- 
erable relationships  between  American 
Express,  its  subsidiaries,  and  organized 
labor.  In  addition  to  millions  of  dollars 
of  credit  cards  and  traveler's  checks 
business  derived  from  union  members 
and  their  families  by  American  Express, 
the  company,  through  various  subsidi- 


aries, provides  investment  management 
and  brokerage  services  to  dozens  of 
union  pension  funds.  From  these  man- 
agement and  brokerage  services,  Amer- 
ican Express  derives  millions  of  dollars 
of  commissions.  These  American  Ex- 
press subsidiaries  are  regularly  in- 
volved in  development  and  construc- 
tion. By  identifying  and  publicizing  such 
corporate  activities  and  relationships, 
a  necessary  response  can  be  developed 
to  show  construction  users  that  discrim- 
inatory bid  practices  will  cost,  not  save, 
money. 


NEW  TOOLS  AND  TACTICS 

Whether  our  fight  is  in  a  national 
campaign  or  a  localized  dispute  with  a 
contractor,  construction  user,  bank,  or 
manufacturing  concern,  we  must  be 
prepared  to  fight  attacks  on  our  mem- 
bership with  new  weapons.  A  key  com- 
ponent of  developing  new  tactics  is 
research.  The  information  gathered  from 
research  provides  a  base  for  corporate 
and  economic  organizing  strategies.  To 
assist  business  agents  and  organizers  in 
developing  strategic  research  skills  and 
identifying  corporate  information 
sources,  the  department  is  preparing  a 
training  manual  for  use  in  conjunction 
with  skill-building  seminars. 

In  recent  years,  the  Brotherhood  has 
moved  quickly  to  provide  affiliates  with 
new  tactics  and  techniques  for  respond- 
ing to  attacks  on  our  members'  liveli- 
hoods. We  are  developing  new  skills, 
and  preparing  ourselves  to  meet  the 
challenges  we  confront  on  the  construc- 
tion site  and  in  mills  and  shops.       UDU 


MissingChildren 


If  you  have  any  information  that  could  lead  to  the  location  of  a 
missing  child,  call  The  National  Center  for  Missing  and  Exploited 
Children  in  Washington.  D.C..  1-800-843-5678 


Garry  Patrick  Sidden, 

20.  has  been  missing 
from  his  home  in  North 
Carolina  since  July  21, 
1982.  He  has  brown  hair 
and  eyes. 


Calvin  Lee  Sidden,  15, 

has  been  missing  from 
his  home  in  North  Caro- 
lina since  July  21,  1982. 
He  has  blond  hair  and 
blue  eyes. 


Cinda  Leann  Pallet,  18, 

has  been  missing  from 
her  home  in  Oklahoma 
since  September  26, 
1981.  She  has  dark 
brown  hair  and  eyes. 


Jackie  Kay  Bayer,  18, 

has  been  missing  from 
her  home  in  California 
since  May  21,  1980.  She 
has  light  brown  hair  and 
brown  eyes. 


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lotni  union  nEuis 


Workers  Comp,  Health  on  Mid-Atlantic  Agenda 


Forty-eight  delegates  representing  15  local 
unions  of  the  Mid-Atlantic  Industrial  Council 
met  for  the  Council's  10th  Convention  in 
Richmond,  Va.,  in  June.  Official  council 
business  and  training  on  workers'  compen- 
sation laws,  collective  bargaining,  OSHA's 
new  Chemical  Hazard  Communication 
Standard,  and  union  decision-making  and 
participation  were  conducted  at  the  three- 
day  convention.  The  UBC's  voluntary  or- 
ganizing program,  "Get  On  Board,"  which 
is  designed  to  sign  up  non-members  in  UBC- 
represented  shops,  was  introduced.  The 
council  includes  locals  in  North  Carolina 
and  Virginia,  both  right-to-work  states  where 
in-plant  organizing  is  an  on-going  necessity, 
as  well  as  locals  in  Maryland  and  West 
Virginia. 


Carpenters  Lead 
Barn-Raising  Effort 

Disabled  people  in  Richmond,  Va.,  are 
going  to  be  enjoying  a  therapeutic  horseback 
riding  program,  thanks  to  Frank  "Bronco" 
Hollis,  Roger  Dameron,  Jim  Eppard,  Jay 
Cook,  Tony  Sawyer,  Chris  Powers,  Leonard 
Bottoms,  Steve  Harlow,  Bob  Corby,  and 
Dennis  Shorter,  members  of  Local  388, 
Richmond,  Va. 

One  phone  call  to  Hollis  set  the  wheels  in 
motion  for  construction  of  a  36'  x  36'  bam, 
a  cash  donation  from  the  union  and  a  local 
construction  company,  and  a  tremendous 
amount  of  skilled  renovation  work  on  the 
interior  of  an  old  farm  house  to  provide 
overnight  facilities  for  volunteers  wishing  to 
spend  weekends  working  with  the  riders, 
says  Sandra  L.  Bassett  of  the  Magnoha 
Centre  for  Special  Equestrians. 

"It  has  been  a  pleasure  and  a  real  boost 
to  be  around  a  group  with  so  much  enthu- 
siasm and  willingness  to  give  of  themselves 
to  help  others  .  .  .  the  involvement  of  the 
carpenters  and  Bronco's  enthusiasm  for  the 
project  has  resulted  in  other  craftsmen  of- 
fering their  help  as  well.  We  have  heard 
from  the  painters  union  and  a  representative 
of  the  bricklayers  union  [and]  we  very  much 
look  forward  to  meeting  and  working  with 
these  fine  men  and  bringing  them  into  the 
family  of  folks  supporting  this  pilot  project 
in  the  Richmond  area." 


Local  2203  Lends 
Hand  to  Member 

On  a  recent  Wednesday  night,  Paul  Ur- 
sulich,  a  strapping  six  footer,  was  attending 
a  Local  2203  meeting  in  Anaheim,  Calif. — 
l)e  even  won  the  door  prize.  The  next  night 
he  was  in  the  hospital,  paralyzed  from  the 
neck  down,  the  result  of  a  construction 
accident.  According  to  the  construction 
manager  at  the  site,  Ursulich  went  into  an 
excavation  to  check  the  grade  when  a  side 
collapsed. 

Some  members  of  Local  2203  went  over 
to  Ursulich's  house  on  Palm  Sunday  to  build 
a  ramp  for  his  wheelchair.  And  Ursulich 
hasn't  given  up  hope — he's  buying  a  van  and 
planning  on  going  to  college.  But  his  advice 
to  all  is:  Use  common  sense  while  working. 


Delegates  to  the  Mid-Atlantic  Industrial 
Council  convention  in  session  at  upper  left 
listen  to  the  remarks  of  Second  District 
Board  Member  George  Walish,  top.  At 
center,  above.  Representative  Floyd  Doo- 
little  makes  a  point  in  the  discussions.  At 
bottom.  Council  Secretary  Richard  Hearn. 
left,  and  Council  Business  Rep.  Graille 
Delorme,  right,  with,  from  left.  President 
Vaughnie  Witcher  and  award  winners  Nor- 
folk, Va..  Local  2514  President  Leonard 
Vincent,  and  Boykins,  Va.,  Local  2316  Re- 
cording Secretary  Rosa  Lee  Rawlings. 


Local  2203  member  Ursulich  at  his  home 
with  fellow  members,  from  left,  Larry  Cal- 
lahan, Business  Rep.  Bob  Napoles,  Bob 
Burns,  Al  Reid,  and  Ed  Santrv. 


Union  Workers 
Use  Gold  Shovels 


At  work  on  the  Magnolia  Centre  barn  in 
Powhatan  County.  Va. 


mmumi 
[Hlllillililllll' 

On  hand  for  the  April  18  ground-breaking 
ceremony  of  the  Mitsubishi  Motors  Dia- 
mond-Star auto  plant  in  Bloomington,  III., 
were  the  real  "shovel  turners"— from  left 
are  Timm  Frank,  Carpenters  Local  63, 
Bloomington,  III.;  Danny  Martinez,  La- 
borer Local  362;  and  Dan  Gassaway,  Lo- 
cal 63.  Turning  shovels  of  sand  in  the  cer- 
emonial sandbox  were  the  Governor  of 
Illinois  and  the  president  of  Mitsubishi 
Motors. 


AUGUST    1986 


23 


steward  Training 


Arkansas  Stewards  Train 


Training  for  48  Oregon  Stewards 


Graduates  of  lite  "85%  in  '85"  steward  training  program  Jroin 
Local  2660.  Hiillig.  Ark.,  employed  by  the  Manville  Corp.,  pic- 
tured above,  .front  row,  from  left,  are  Annie  Jones.  Onetliia 
Young.  G/rjJv.v  Barr.  Mac  .Smith,  and  James  Taylor.  Back  row. 
from  left,  are  Terry  McLemore.  Rudolph  Water.  Earl  Sims,  and 
Donald  Trainer. 

Massachusetts  Stewards 


Graduates  of  the  steward  training  program  "Btiilding  Union" 
from  Local  1305.  Fall  River,  Mass..  pictured  above,  front  row. 
from  left,  are  Paul  Fuggioli.  Tom  Mello.  Armand  L'Heureux, 
and  Peter  Dragon.  Buck  row.  from  left,  are  Robert  Benelli, 
Gary  Simons,  and  Instructor  and  Bus.  Mgr.  Bernard  Skelly. 


Victory  at  Span  l\/letals  Corp. 


Above,  the  17  UBC  votes  then  made  Span  Metals 
Corp..  Dallas.  Tex.,  a  UBC  shop  last  April.  The  NLRB 
election  resulted  in  a  17  to  9  victory  in  favor  of  a  union- 
shop  agreement.  Front  row.  from  left,  are  Danny  Hud- 
speth. Bobby  Howard.  Jerry  Reynolds,  and  Harold  Petlv. 
Middle  row.  from  left,  are  Roland  Persion.  Harry  Fmill . 
and  Rickey  Perry.  Buck  Row.  from  left,  are  Bernard 
Slaughter.  Ed  Hudspeth.  Robert  Clifton.  \'ernon  Smith, 
infant  Aljanon  Smith.  Donny  Hudspeth,  and  Marion 
Trigg.  Span  Metals  Corp.  is  a  subsidiary  of  the  Dallas 
Corp.  Dallas.  Tex. 


Participants  in  the  Albany.  Ore.,  steward  training,  above,  top. 
and  ill  the  Springfield.  Ore.,  steward  training,  above,  bottom. 


In  Albany,  Ore.,  and  Springfield.  Ore.,  48  stewards  from  nine 
local  unions  with  members  working  for  Simpson  Timber  Co., 
Willamette  Industries.  Boise  Cascade  Corp..  Bohemia  Inc., 
Roseboro  Lumber  Co.,  Georgia-Pacific  Co.,  Nicolia  Inc.,  and 
International  Paper  Co.,  recently  underwent  steward  training. 
After  previewing  the  duties  of  a  UBC  steward  in  "Justice  on  the 
Job,"  the  stewards  spent  the  day  going  over  working  agree- 
ments and  discussing  the  varied  duties  of  a  shop  steward.  Par- 
ticipants were  Local  2627  members  Gene  M.  Blanton,  Howard 
Williamson,  and  Brian  Woods;  Local  2750  members  Clara  Gray, 
Lynn  Stephens,  Paul  C.  Geedy,  Robert  Beullenmuller,  John  W. 
Ostrander.  and  Ma.x  J.  Groesbeck;  Local  2787  members  Rick 
Montgomery,  Bruce  Olson,  Gary  Moore,  Duane  Hooker,  Ron- 
ald Curlright,  Sherman  W.  Neely,  Randall  N.  Saltmarsh,  Dennis 
Mott,  Mel  Powell,  David  Kioela,  Doyle  W.  King,  Mike  Dodson, 
and  Forrest  Fentress;  Local  3035  members  Letha  Jaennette, 
Mike  Cessna.  Norm  Cecil,  Ben  Reed,  Leroy  Robinson,  Clinton 
Gardner,  and  Matthew  Johnson;  Local  3091  member  Pat  Eberly; 
Local  2714  members  Herb  Ferris,  Mike  Hiebert,  Clifford  Kee- 
lon.  Dave  Pagel,  Robert  Salinas  Jr.,  Tom  Vesely,  and  Ellis  E, 
Whitlow;  Local  2791  members  Verle  Steele,  Gene  Stewart,  and 
Tommie  Walker;  Local  2835  member  .Dan  Lowe;  and  Local 
2942  members  Jose  Balderas,  Betty  Corder,  Pat  Essensa.  Blaine 
Faulkner,  Harry  Nieman,  George  Rhodes,  and  Roy  Wicker- 
sham. 


IVIontgomery,  Ala.,  Stewards  Train 

Fifteen  members  of  Local  2343,  Montgomery,  Ala.,  recently 
completed  the  "859?  in  '85"  program  for  steward  training.  Re- 
ceiving certificates  of  completion  were  Willie  J.  Oliver,  Paul  E. 
Griffith,  Willie  L.  Adams,  Samuel  Floyd,  Isaiah  Sims,  Leon 
McDowell,  Lewis  Williams  Jr..  William  White.  William  C. 
Franklin,  Judge  Stokes,  Mary  Bevard,  Herbert  Hale,  J.T.  Jen- 
kins, James  E.  Sankey,  and  Jessie  Fergerson. 


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Apprentices'  Model  House  in  Massachusetts  Indiana  Graduates 


Apprentices  of  Local  1305,  Fall  River,  Mass.,  display  a  model  house  they  constructed  to 
scale.  Students  at  Diinan  Regional  Vocational  High  School,  ihey  are,  from  left,  appren- 
tices Edward  Geoffrey,  John  Pacheco,  Chris  Clements,  and  Dennis  Duretle;  with  In- 
structor Stephen  Marciszyn,  Business  Agent  Gary  D.  Simons,  Business  Manager  Bernard 
G.  Skelly,  and  Apprentice  Committee  Chairman  Ralph  F.  Mendonca. 


Graduating  apprentices  of  Local  1003,  In- 
dianapolis, Ind.,  on  the  occasion  of  he- 
coming  journeymen  carpenters  are  Randy 
Gowan,  left,  and  Andy  Willhite. 

Wyoming  Journeymen 


Barry  Williams,  left,  Harold  Creighton, 
center,  and  Raymond  Mack,  right,  as  they 
receive  journeyman  certificates  from  Local 
1564,  Casper,  V/yo. 


Bluebird  Happiness 
in  New  York  Counties 

The  Carpenters  J  AC  is  for  the  birds.  At 
least  it  is  in  Rockland  and  Orange  Counties, 
N.Y.  JAC  Chairman  William  A.  Sopko  ex- 
plains: "Our  students  have  been  studying 
and  working  very  hard  over  the  past  several 
months  receiving  instruction  from  the  ded- 
icated teachers  at  the  JAC  and  as  the  result 
of  one  of  the  projects  assigned  to  the  stu- 
dents, the  Carpenters  Union  has  200  bluebird 
houses  available  on  a  first-come  basis." 

The  bluebird  is  the  official  New  York  State 
bird,  and  in  conjunction  with  the  New  York 
Nestbox  Network,  a  program  coordinating 
both  the  National  Audubon  Society's  New 
York  office  and  the  Department  of  Environ- 
mental Conservation,  the  Carpenters  JAC 
has  become  part  of  the  expanded  effort  to 
restore  bluebirds  in  New  York  State. 

Mr.  Sopko  adds,  "The  goal  is  simply  to 
increase  the  nesting  opportunities  for  the 
bluebird  by  promoting  the  establishment  of 
bluebird  nest  boxes  and  to  increase  public 
awareness  of  bluebirds  and  their  needs.  We 
have  carefully  combined  the  needs  of  our 
environment  with  attractive  assignments  for 
our  apprentices  who  will  enter  the  work 
force  shortly  as  well  as  participate  in  this 
unique  opportunity  to  become  directly  in- 
volved with  conservation  efforts  of  our  state." 


Tulsa  JATC  Graduates  Apprentices 


Tulsa,  Okla.,  carpenters,  cabinetmakers,  and  millwrights  apprenticeship  program  re- 
cently held  its  annual  graduation  and  awards  banquet,  awarding  journeyman  certificates 
to  15  carpenters,  three  cabinetmakers,  and  three  millwrights.  Picliired  above,  front  row, 
from  left,  are  Coordinator  J. A.  Giesen,  Alan  Carl  Keith,  Deborah  Ann  Harper,  Joseph 
Warren  Copeland,  Juan  DeGollado,  Glenda  Ann  Resh,  and  Joel  Juarez.  Back  row,  from 
left,  are  Mark  Kimball  Luckett,  James  Robert  Simpson,  Sheldon  Lane  Christie,  David 
Dean  Marks,  Raymond  Lee  Hague,  and  Jimmy  Dean  Marks,  Graduating  hut  not  pic- 
lured  were  Hans-Peler  Boggs,  Anthoney  Paid  Ingalzi.  David  Craig  Lyster,  Bary  Ray 
LaMastres,  John  Carl  McCrackin,  Bruce  Lloyd  Prill,  Charles  Earle  Roberts.  John  David 
Robinelle,  and  Victor  Robert  Smith. 


AUGUST     1986 


25 


PETS  Facility  in  New  Jersey 


Local  1024  Graduates 


At  a  gnmnd-hreciking  ceremony  for  u  new  PETS  Irciinint;  school 
in  the  Local  31.  Trenton.  N.J..  complex  ure.from  left.  Sum 
Secretario,  PETS  directorlcoordinalor:  Robert  Boi^dan.  appren- 
ticeship committee  chairman:  Thomas  Canto.  Local  31  business 
agent:  Skip  Cimino.  Mercer  County  Freeholder  Board  president: 
John  Rafferty.  Hamilton  Township  mayor:  James  Capizzi,  Local 
31  president:  and  Charley  Segretario.  HOME  Inc.  treasurer. 


Eight  apprentices  recently  received  certificates  upon  completion 
of  their  apprentice  training  with  Local  1024.  Cumberland.  Md. 
Pictured  above,  from  left,  are  Eric  Payne,  Matt  Lueck.  Don 
Shirley.  Jamie  Detrick.  Steve  Hotit,  Tom  Conlon,  Mark  Wil- 
liams, and  Dale  Fike. 


Local  24  Apprentices 
Hold  Own  Meetings 

New  apprentices  conduct  their  own  "union 
meetings"  as  part  of  the  Local  24,  Central 
Connecticut,  Apprenticeship  Training  Pro- 
gram. The  meetings  are  held  on  a  monthly 
basis  before  class,  following  a  normal  order 
of  business  conducted  by  their  own  elected 
officers.  Task  Force  Representative  Stephen 
A.  Flynn  recently  called  a  special  meeting 
for  all  the  apprentices  to  present  (he  pro- 
grams "You  Are  Your  Union"  and  "This 
Is  Your  International,"  the  film  "The  In- 
heritance," and  discuss  the  need  for  the 
apprentices  to  be  active  and  informed  mem- 
bers. "The  Inheritance"  is  a  movie  about 
the  history  of  the  International  Ladies'  Gar- 
ment Workers  Union. 


Las  Vegas  JATC  Hosts  Banquet 


The  Las  Vegas,  Nev.,  Carpenters  JATC  recently  hosted  an  awards  banquet.  Apprentices 
and  JATC  committee  members  pictured  above,  from  left,  are  Clifford  Kahle,  committee 
chairman:  Myron  Dodson.  apprentice:  Ralph  Wilson,  committee  member:  Lee  Arnold, 
apprentice:  Andrew  Ozuna.  coordinator:  Cindy  Davis,  apprentice:  Stanley  Jones,  em- 
ployment security  department  director:  John  Schramm,  apprentice:  Budd  Ramsey,  state 
director  of  the  U.S.  Bureau  of  Apprenticeship  and  Training:  Glenn  Johnson,  apprentice: 
At  Benedetti,  committee  member:  and  Rov  Taylor,  committee  member. 


"Apprentice  officers"  of  Local  24  pictured  above,  seated  from 
left,  are  James  Russello,  Gina  Carafino.  Cynthia  McLaurin.  and 
Vinus  Walker.  Standing,  from  left,  are  Vincent  Matthews.  Presi- 
dent Charles  Beliveau.  Business  Manager  David  Saldibar.  Rob- 
ert Fruin.  and  Roger  Donahue. 


Sonu'  participants  in  Local  2-4's  special  "union"  class,  seated, 
from  left,  are  Mi/S-  Burke,  Jimmy  Espositi  Jr.,  Apprentice  Coor- 
dinator Sal  Monarco.  Dino  Uebanetii,  Tom  Coleman.  James 
Russello.  and  Bill  Fiinaro.  Standing,  frinn  left,  are  Instructor 
Ralph  DiSimone.  John  Laborde.  Mark  Roai.x,  Steve  De.yardins, 
Raymond  Capossi  Jr..  Sebastian  Fiorilla.  Salestriest  Brvant. 
Saiilo  Torres,  Silas  Aqui,  Michael  Pascarelli.  Joe  Tomasino. 
Robert  D.  Roberts.  Willie  Roberts.  Larry  McKenna  Jr.,  and 
Instructor  Lini  Calavito. 


26 


CARPENTER 


JOB  SAFETY  AND  HEALTH 


New  OSHA  Asbestos  Standards 


On  June  20,  1986,  two  years  after 
OSHA  had  a  series  of  public  hearings 
on  asbestos  and  10  years  after  NIOSH 
recommended  that  asbestos  exposures 
be  lowered,  OSHA  published  new  reg- 
ulations to  reduce  occupational  expo- 
sure to  asbestos.  At  the  urging  of  the 
Building  and  Construction  Trades  De- 
partment, AFL-CIO,  OSHA  published 
two  standards,  one  for  general  industry 
and  one  for  construction  work.  While 
the  OSHA  regulation  was  not  as 
protective  as  the  BCTD  proposal, 
it  does  represent  a  major  step 
forward  toward  worker  protec- 
tion. Most  importantly,  OSHA 
lowered  the  permissible  exposure 
limit  from  2  fibers/cc  (2  million 
fibers/cubic  meter)  to  0.2  fibers/ 
cc  (200,000  fibers/cubic  meters) — 
a  ten-fold  decrease.  This  in  itself 
should  save  thousands  of  lives. 
OSHA  also  required  many  other 
work  practices  to  limit  exposure. 
Below  is  a  summary  of  the  new 
construction  standard: 


29.  CFR  1926.58  Asbestos,  Tremo- 
lite,  Anthophyllite,  and  Actin- 
olite 

•  Permissible  exposure  limit  (PEL) 
of  200,000  fibers/cubic  meter  (0.2 
fibers/cc)  average  over  an  8-hour 
day  (subpart  c) 

•  Action  level,  to  trigger  some  protections 
at  one-half  the  PEL  or  100,000  fibers/ 
cubic  meter  (0.1  fibers/cc)  (subpart  b) 

•  Contractors  must  inform  other  employers 
on  the  site  of  their  asbestos  work  (subpart 
d) 

•  Regulated  areas  must  be  set  up  to  mini- 
mize the  number  of  workers  exposed 
whenever  PEL  may  be  exceeded.  Activ- 
ities in  the  area  are  strictly  controlled 
(subpart  e) 

•  Negative-pressure  enclosures  must  be  set 
up  wherever  feasible  (subpart  e6) 

•  Competent  person  must  supervise  all  ac- 
tivities and  compliance  (subpart  e6) 

•  Small-scale,  short-duration  operations  (e.g. 
maintenance)  are  exempt  from  negative 
pressure,  competent  person  requirements 
(subpart  e6) 

•  Exposures  must  be  monitored  initially  and 
daily  on  representative  workers  in  each 
work  area,  unless  historical  data  or  peri- 
odic monitoring  can  demonstrate  levels 
not  exceeding  the  action  level  (subpart  f) 

•  Employers  must  notify  workers  either 
individually  or  by  posting  of  their  expo- 
sures. Workers  and  their  representatives 
have  the  right  to  observe  monitoring  (sub- 
part f6) 

•  Engineering  controls  (e.g.  local  exhaust, 
HEPA  vacuums)  and  work  practices  (e.g. 
wet  methods),  must  be  used  to  control 


exposures  as  much  as  possible  (subpart  g) 

•  High-speed  abrasive  disc  saws  for  cutting 
asbestos  products  must  have  a  local  ex- 
haust (subpart  g2) 

•  Compressed  air  cannot  be  used  to  remove 
asbestos,  except  in  a  closed  system  (sub- 
part g2) 

•  Asbestos  materials  cannot  be  sprayed  on 
(subpart  g2) 

•  Employees  cannot  be  rotated  to  reduce 
exposures  (subpart  g3) 


DANGER 

ASBESTOS 

CANCER  AND  LUNG  DISEASE  HAZARD 

AUTHORIZED  PERSONNEL  ONLY 

RESPIRATORS  AND  PROTECTIVE 

CLOTHING 

ARE  REQUIRED  IN  THIS  AREA 


DANGER 

CONTAINS  ASBESTOS  FIBERS 

AVOID  CREATING  DUST 

CANCER  AND  LUNG  DISEASE  HAZARD 


Asbestos  warning  signs  and  labels  now  re- 
quired by  OSHA. 


Respirators  must  be  provided  as  follows: 
—half-mask  with  HEPA  filter  up  to  10  X 

PEL 
— full-face  mask  with  HEPA  filters  up  to 

50  X  PEL 
— powered  air-purifying  mask  with  HEPA 
filters  or  continuous  supplied^air  mask 
up  to  100  X  PEL 
— full-face  supplied-air  mask  (pressure  de- 
mand) up  to  1000  X  PEL  (subpart  h) 
Workers  using  half  or  full-face  masks  can 
request  PAPR.  Respirators  must  be  fit- 
tested  to  ensure  proper  fit  using  qualitative 
or  quantitative  fit-testing  initially  and  ev- 
ery six  months 

Protective  clothing  must  be  provided  for 
exposures  over  the  PEL.  Proper  launder- 
ing is  required,  (subpart  i)  Torn  or  ripped 
worksuits  must  be  immediately  mended 
or  replaced 

Decontamination  areas,  clean  rooms,  and 
showers  must  be  provided  for  exposures 
over  the  PEL,  except  for  small-scale  short- 
duration  operations  (subpart  j) 
Lunch  rooms  with  exposures  below  the 
Action  Level  must  be  provided  wherever 
food  is  consumed  on  site  (subpart  j) 
Employees  exposed  above  the  Action  Level 
must  be  trained  at  least  once  a  year  on 
the  hazards  of  asbestos,  their  relationship 
to  smoking,  how  to  minimize  exposure, 
the  uses  and  limitations  of  respirators. 


medical  exam  requirements,  the  OSHA 
standard.  Employees  have  access  to  all 
training  materials  (subpart  k) 

•  High-efficiency  (HEPA)  vacuums  must  be 
used  for  housekeeping.  All  waste  must  be 
sealed  in  impermeable  bags  or  containers 
and  labeled  (subpart  I) 

•  Free  medical  exams  are  provided  to  all 
employees  required  to  wear  a  negative- 
pressure  respirator,  or  those  assigned  to 
an  area  with  exposure  above  the  Action 
Level  for  30  or  more  days  per  year.  Exams 

are  provided  within  10  days  of  the 
30th  day  of  exposure,  and  at  least 
annually  after  that.  Exams  must  in- 
clude a  standardized  history  form, 
pulmonary  function  tests,  and  other 
tests  the  physician  feels  are  necessary 
(subpart  m) 

•  Employers  must  give  the  physician 
a  copy  of  the  OSHA  standard, 
information  about  the  employee's 
exposure,  duties,  respirator  use, 
and  previous  medical  exams.  The 
physician's  opinion  must  be  con- 
fined solely  to  medical  conditions 
that  may  limit  ability  to  work.  A 
copy  must  be  provided  to  the  em- 
ployee within  30  days  after  receipt 
(subpart  m3) 

•  The  employer  must  keep  records 
on  any  historical  data  used  for  ex- 
emptions from  monitoring  (as  long 
as  relied  on),  exposure  measure- 
ments (30  years),  medical  exami- 
nations (30  years  after  employ- 
ment), employee  training  (1   year 

after  employment).  Records  are  available 
to  employees  and  their  representatives. 
Medical  records  require  written  consent 
for  release  (subpart  n) 

•  Appendices  include  non-mandatory 
guidelines  for  abatement  and  maintenance 
work 

This  regulation  and  the  one  for  gen- 
eral industry  (29  CFR  1910.1001)  are 
scheduled  to  take  effect  July  20,  1986. 
Six  court  challenges,  though,  were  made 
to  the  standards:  two  from  the  unions 
(AFL-CIO  and  BCTD)  who  wanted  a 
more  protective  standard,  three  from 
the  asbestos  industry  which  wanted  less 
protection,  and  one  from  a  talc  mining 
company. 

For  more  information  on  these  new 
regulations,  OSHA  has  two  publica- 
tions: Asbestos  Standard  for  General 
Industry  (OSHA  #3095)  and  Asbestos 
Standard  for  Construction  Industry 
(OSHA  #3096)  both  of  which  can  be 
obtained,  along  with  copies  of  the  reg- 
ulation, from  the  OSHA  Publications 
Office,  Rm  S4520,  U.S.  Dept.  of  Labor, 
200  Constitution  Ave.  N.W.,  Washing- 
ton, D.C.  20210,  or  from  your  local 
OSHA  office. 


AUGUST     1986 


27 


Consumer  Quiz 


What  are  generic  drugs? 

Is  it  safe  to  refreeze  meat? 

What  does  "PICOWAVED"  mean? 


It  can  be  awfully  difficult  for  the  average 
consumer  to  keep  up  with  the  new  labels 
used  on  packaged  foods,  the  latest  in  pre- 
scription drug  names  and  uses,  and  the  best 
ways  to  conserve  energy  in  the  home.  Every 
day  the  Federal  Trade  Commission  in  Wash- 
ington. D.C.,  helps  consumers  find  the  an- 
swers to  these  and  other  questions.  Below 
are  listed  10  of  the  most  often  asked  ques- 
tions— and  their  answers. 

1.  You  respond  to  a  newspaper  advertise- 
ment offering  a  free  "trial"  pair  of  pan- 
tyhose. You  are  surprised  when  you  re- 
ceive a  package  of  four,  with  a  bill.  What 
should  you  do? 

If  you  are  sent  clothing,  cookware,  lin- 
ens, office  supplies,  or  any  other  mer- 
chandise that  you  did  not  order,  you 
have  a  legal  right  to  keep  the  shipment 
as  a  free  gift.  While  you  have  no  legal 
obligation  to  do  so.  sending  a  letter 
stating  your  intention  to  keep  the  ship- 
ment as  a  free  gift  is  an  advisable  pre- 
caution. Your  letter  may  discourage  the 
seller  from  sending  you  repeated  bills  or 
dunning  notices,  or  it  may  help  to  clear 
up  an  honest  error. 

2.  A  label  on  fresh  fruit  or  vegetables  read- 
ing "PICOWAVED"  means  what? 

The  labels  "PICOWAVED,"  "PICO- 
WAVEDTO  CONTROL  SPOILAGE." 


or  "PICOWAVED  TO  EXTEND 
SHELF  LIFE"  indicate  that  a  product 
has  been  treated  with  low-level  radiation 
to  kill  insects  and  bacteria  and  to  inhibit 
spoilage  and  extend  shelf  life.  Irradiation 
is  done  according  to  FDA  regulations. 

3.  What  are  generic  versions  of  leading 
prescription  drugs? 

Generic  drugs  are  now  available  for 
certain  compounds  on  which  the  patent 
has  expired.  The  generic  equivalent  is 
usually  considerably  less  expensive  than 
the  name-brand  version. 

4.  Why  are  voluntary  labels  now  carried  on 
many  aspirin  bottles? 

Many  aspirin  manufacturers  have  vol- 
untarily adopted  warning  labels  after 
studies  suggested  a  possible  link  be- 
tween aspirin  use  among  children  and 
teen-agers  with  flu  or  chicken  pox  and 
the  development  of  Reyes"  syndrome,  a 
rare  but  serious  disease.  Regulations  for 
mandatory  labeling  are  pending. 

5.  A  motorist  from  the  United  States  trav- 
eling to  Canada  with  a  CB  radio-equipped 
vehicle  should  do  what? 

Obtain  a  permit  bv  writing:  GRS  Licen- 
sing Center,  PO  Station  D,  Box  2798, 
Ottawa.  Ontario.  Canada  K2B8J.^.  Phone: 
613/966-3279.  Allow  sufficient  time  for 
a  mail  response. 


6.  What  is  the  largest  energy  user  in  the 
average  American  home? 

Space  heating  and  cooling  is  by  far  the 
largest  energy  user  in  the  average  home. 
Heating  water  is  the  second  largest  en- 
ergy user. 

7.  What  is  the  most  inexpensive  step  con- 
sumers can  take  to  save  energy — and 
money — in  their  homes? 

The  simplest  and  most  inexpensive  step 
consumers  can  take  to  save  energy  in 
their  homes  every  day  of  the  year  is  to 
reduce  the  temperature  setting  on  their 
water  heaters.  However,  homes  that  are 
not  adequately  insulated  against  the  out- 
side weather  could  derive  even  more 
energy  savings  with  a  relatively  small 
investment  in  some  insulation. 

8.  Federal  law  requires  that  all  food  prod- 
ucts be  graded  for  quality  by  USDA's 
Agricultural  Marketing  Service.  True  or 
False? 

False.  Grade  labeling  on  food  products 
is  not  required  by  federal  law.  Grading 
of  food  is  voluntary,  paid  for  by  the 
packer  or  processor  who  requests  it. 
However,  under  the  Meat  and  Poultry 
Products  Inspection  Acts,  USDA  in- 
spects all  meat  and  poultry  for  whole- 
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Consumer  Group 
Offers  Bank  Guide 

Consumers  who  feel  tangled  up  in 
red  and  black  when  confronted  with 
banking  choices  since  deregulation 
may  want  to  take  a  look  at  a  new 
book  from  the  Consumer  Federation 
of  America. 

The  Bunk  Book,  authored  by  CFA 
Executive  Director  Stephen  Brobeck 
and  economics  professor  Napthali 
Hoffman,  includes  information  on 
hundreds  of  banking  institutions 
around  the  country  and  lays  out  po- 
tential ripoffs  and  pitfalls  for  con- 
sumers in  the  many  new  banking 
services. 

The  book  may  be  ordered  from  the 
Consumer  Federation  of  America,  1424 
16th  St.,  N.W.,  Suite  604.  Washing- 
ton. DC  20036.  The  $6.95  cost  in- 
cludes shipping  and  handling. 


TRIPLETS  MARCHING  BAND 


These  Johnson  &  Johnson  toys  can 
strangle  children  if  hung  in  or 
across  a  crib  or  playpen,  according 
to  the  National  Consumer  Products 
Safety  Commission.  Take  these  toys 
away  from  your  child. 


28 


CARPENTER 


Retirees' 
Notebook 


A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Retiree  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings and  goings  of  individual  retirees. 


Charter  55  Presented 
In  New  Jersey 


Trenton,  NJ.,  Retirees  Club  55  President 
James  Loliofsky  Sr.,  right,  is  presented  the 
club  charter  by  Trenton  Local  31  Business 
Agent  Thomas  Canto. 


Prized 
Catch 

Retired  member 
George  Rick  Sr. , 
Local  308,  Cedar 
Rapids,  Iowa,  with 
one  of  his  many 
"big  catches"~this 
one's  a  30  lb.  2  oz. 
catfish.  Rick  also 
prides  himself  on 
growing  "the finest 
garden  in  Benton 
County,"  and  on 
not  telling  where  he 
catches  the  big 
ones. 


Club  27  Video  Buffs 
View  ILGWU  Films 

The  president  of  Retirees  Club  27,  Duke 
DeFlorio,  Hammond,  Ind.,  reports  that 
members  enjoyed  viewing  the  film  "The 
Inheritance,"  a  movie  about  the  history  of 
the  International  Ladies"  Garment  Workers 
Union  and  the  labor  movement  in  general, 
at  their  last  meeting. 

"Among  us  were  wives  and  friends,  and 
since  the  cassette  showed  people  from  all 
walks  of  life,  everyone  in  our  group  could 
relate  to  it.  In  fact,  some  of  our  members 
had  served  picket  duty  during  the  riots  at 
Republic  Steel  Mill." 

The  club  is  now  working  on  obtaining  the 
Ironworkers  film  of  the  building  of  the  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  Gateway  Arch. 


New  Officers  Elected  for  Retirees  Club  28 


Retirees  Club  28,  Montgomery  County,  Pa.,  recently  elected  new  officers  and  trustees, 
as  follows:  President  Peter  D'Achille;  Vice  President  Henry  Hammersmith:  Recording 
Secretary  David  Light:  Treasurer  Carl  Mazur;  Trustees  William  Young,  Marie  D'Achille, 
and  Abram  Hummell;  and  Warden  Arthur  Kalb.  Pictured  are  25  members  of  the  club 
prior  to  heading  off  on  a  bus  trip.  Seated,  from  left,  are  Mrs.  Hank  Hammersmith,  Jim 
Kooker.  Mrs.  Frank  Bruzas,  Frank  Bruzas,  and  Abram  Hummell.  Standing,  from  left, 
are  Rocco  Longo,  Ralph  Snyder,  Rube  Oweiler,  Carl  Mazur,  William  Young,  Ed  Miara, 
Pete  D'Achille,  Les  Brown,  Mrs.  Pete  D'Achille,  Frank  Kitices,  Mrs.  Abe  Hummell, 
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29 


UIE  lOnCRIITUiniG 


Leaders'  community  projects.  The  winner 
in  this  category  was  a  drug  awareness  pro- 
gram at  George  Wallace  High  School.  Dol- 
than.  Ala. 


.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who,  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


MEANY  AWARD 


PRIZED  FOREMAN 

Ford  H.  Williams 
Jr.,  a  carpenter  fore- 
man from  Walsh 
Construction  Co.  at 
Plant  Vogtle.  Way- 
nesboro. Ga.,  was 
awarded  the  Decem- 
ber cash  prize  of  $150 
for  his  crew's  4.1,854 
safe  manhours  with-  Williams 

out  a  lost-time  accident.  A  member  of  Local 
283,  Augusta,  Ga.,  Ford  was  featured  in  the 
plant  newspaper,  along  with  his  general 
foreman  and  safety  inspector.  Ford  also 
received  a  letter  of  thanks  from  Walsh's 
project  manager. 


WEST  POINT  GRAD 

Thomas  E.  Car- 
lledge  Jr.,  son  of 
Thomas  E.  Car- 
tledge.  Local  608, 
New  York,  N.Y., 
has  been  commis- 
sioned a  second  lieu- 
tenant in  the  U.S. 
Army  upon  gradua- 
tion from  the  U.S. 
Military  Academy  at 
West  Point.  N.Y.,  in  the  top  25% 
class.  He  will  be  stationed  with  the 
Corps  of  Engineers  near  Frankfurt 
many. 


Cartledge 


of  his 
Army 
,  Ger- 


MEMORIAL  SCHOLARS 

Richard  C.  Rout,  of  Monterey,  Calif.,  one 
of  the  founders  of  UBC  Local  1323,  died  a 
year  ago  at  age  78,  and  a  UBC  death  benefit 
was  sent  to  his  son.  John,  the  e.xecutor  of 
the  estate. 

The  younger  Rout  decided  to  establish  a 
memorial  to  his  father  with  these  funds  in 
the  form  of  periodic  scholarship  awards  to 
area  students  who  wish  to  participate  in  the 
Close-Up  Foundation  program  in  Washing- 
ton. DC. 

This  year,  four  students  benefitted  from 
the  scholarship  set  up  by  Rout,  a  teacher  in 
Fremont  Calif.  Although  the  funds  are  lim- 
ited, he  is  hopeful  that,  with  careful  planning, 
the  awards  will  be  available  for  several  years 
to  come. 

The  Close-Up  Foundation  organizes 
workshops  and  seminars  for  participating 
high  school  students  who  visit  Washington 
for  a  short  time  during  their  sophomore, 
junior,  or  senior  year.  The  program,  which 
is  tuition  funded,  offers  an  opportunity  to 
meet  with  lawmakers  and  observe  the  mech- 
anisms of  our  government  at  work. 


SKEET  CHAMP 

.'\fter  four  days  of 
competition  against 
the  best  shooters  in 
the  state.  Lee  Simp- 
kins,  Local  747.  Os- 
wego, N.Y..  won  the 
1985  New  York  State 
12-Gauge  Skeet 
Shooting  Champi- 
onship. Simpkins. 
who  has  spent  the 
last  20  years  "tuning 
up"  for  this  event, 
after  200  consecu- 
tive shots,  found 
himself  in  a  sudden 
death  shoot-off  with 
three    other    shoot-  Simpkins 

ers.   Simpkins  is  now  looking  forward   to 
defending  his  title  in  1986. 


UNIVERSITY  TRUSTEE 

G.  R.  Piatt,  busi- 
ness manager  and  fi-  ^  ^^ 
nancial  secretary  of 
Local  1519.  Ironlon.  '  .^ 
Ohio,  has  been  ap-  >•  •*>'^-i 
pointed  to  the  Shaw- 
nee State  University 
Board  of  Trustees  by 
Ohio  Governor 
Richard  Celeste. 
Piatt  is  active  in  a 
number  of  organi-  Piatt 
zations,  both  professionally  and  on  a  vol- 
unteer basis.  He  is  president  of  the  AFL- 
CIO  Shawnee  Labor  Council,  recording  sec- 
retary of  the  Tri-Stale  Building  Trades  Coun- 
cil, and  executive  board  member  of  the  Tri- 
State  District  Council  of  Carpenters;  he  is 
also  a  trustee  of  the  Community  Action 
Organization,  an  advisory  board  member  of 
the  Slate  of  Ohio  Temporary  Emergency 
Food  Assistance  Program,  and  on  the  Ohio 
Valley  Regional  Development  Commission. 


FUTURE  BUSINESS 

The  Future  Business  Leaders  of  America, 
an  organization  for  high  school  and  junior 
college  students,  holds  annual  competitions 
for  reports,  community  projects,  essays,  and 
other  categories  of  activity.  Winners  among 
the  essayists  this  year  were  students  from 
Aurora.  Mo.,  with  the  essay  theme.  "Buy 
American;  It's  Your  Job."  AFL-CIO  Sec. 
Treas.  Thomas  R.  Donahue  congratulated 
the  students  on  their  awareness  of  the  U.S. 
foreign  trade  problem. 

Roger  Sheldon,  associate  editor  of  Car- 
pcnlcr.  was  a  judge  for  the  Future  Business 


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Williuni  Breilenhcuh.  left .  receives  Genif'e 
Meuny  Awunl  from  ScdkI  Council  Presi- 
dent l\'un  GenJzel. 

William  Breitenbach.  a  member  of  Local 
1408.  Redwood  City.  Calif.,  was  recently 
presented  the  George  Meany  Award,  orga- 
nized labor's  highest  award  for  service  to 
youth  through  the  programs  of  Boy  Scouts 
of  America.  Breitenbach  has  been  a  Scouting 
leader  for  16  years  and  a  mainstay  of  the 
troop  outdoor  program  in  backpack  trips  and 
winter  camping. 


CONSERVATIONIST 

Charles  Hobart 
McKarns.  known  as 
"Hob"  by  his  fellow 
members  of  Local 
1581.  Napoleon. 
Ohio.  has  been 
named  Wildlife  Con- 
servationist of  the 
Year  by  the  League 
of  Ohio  Sportsmen. 

This  is  an  annual 
award  of  the  Na- 
tional Wildlife  Fed- 
eration. It  was  pre- 
sented at  a  recent 
banquet  in  Toledo. 

In  addition  to  being  a  retired  member  of 
the  United  Brotherhood.  McKarns  is  an 
outdoor  columnist  for  the  Hrxan  {Ohio}  Times 
and  a  44-year  member  of  the  Williams  County 
Conservation  League,  having  held  many 
offices  in  that  organization.  He  currently 
serves  as  the  league's  representative  on  the 
Tiffin  River  Preservation  Organization.  He 
has  been  a  participant  in  25  of  27  Williams 
County  Field  Days  and  has  organized  17  of 
the  annual  events. 

A  life  member  of  the  National  Rifle  As- 
sociation. McKarns  has  been  an  Ohio-NTRA 
hunter  safety  instructor  for  21  years. 

McKarns  joined  the  United  Brotherhood 
as  an  apprentice  at  the  age  of  18  in  1945. 
becominga  memberof  laical  2180.  Defiance. 
Ohio.  He  retired  from  the  UBC  in  January 
1985. 


McKarns 


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POINT  OF  VIEW 

A  starship  from  Mars  landed  in 
England  near  where  a  fellow  was 
having  tea  on  his  front  lawn.  The 
starship's  door  opened,  and  a  little 
purple  man  appeared.  He  was  very 
strange-looking.  He  had  flippers  for 
arms.  He  had  eyes  in  his  kneecaps. 
And  he  had  two  heads. 

"Earthman,"  he  said,  "I  wish  to 
see  your  leader." 

"Nonsense,  Old  Chap,"  the  Eng- 
lishman replied.  "What  you  want  to 
see  is  a  very  good  plastic  surgeon!" 
— Boys'  Life 


BOYCOTT  LP  PRODUCTS 


SPARE  THE  ROD? 

MOTHER:  Do  you  believe  in  clubs 
for  teenagers? 
TEACHER:  Only  if  persuasion  fails. 
— Catering  Industry  Employee 


NO  REPRIEVE 

Why  was  the  drop  of  ink  crying? 

Because  he  heard  his  mom  was 
in  the  pen  and  he  didn't  know  how 
long  the  sentence  would  be. 

— Nancy's  Nonsense 


BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER 


GLAD  THEY'RE  GONE 

A  gangster  rushed  into  a  saloon, 
shooting  left  and  right,  yelling,  "All 
you  filthy  creeps  get  out  of  here!" 
The  customers  fled  in  a  hail  of 
bullets — all  except  an  Englishman 
who  stood  at  the  bar  calmly  finish- 
ing his  drink. 

"Well,"  snapped  the  gangster, 
waving  his  smoking  gun. 

"Well,"  remarked  the  English- 
man, "there  certainly  were  a  lot  of 
them,  weren't  there!" 

— Catering  Industry  Employee 

ATTEND  LOCAL  MEETINGS 


BALMY  DAY 

The  weather  was  cold  when  a 
duck  walked  into  his  favorite  drug 
store  and  asked  the  pharmacist  if 
he  had  any  lip  balm. 

The  pharmacist  ansvtfered  "Yes, 
here's  a  tube  right  here.  Will  that 
be  cash  or  charge?" 

The  duck  replied,  "Just  put  it  on 
my  bill." 

— Gene  G.  Benson 
Warren,  Mich. 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

A  silly  young  fellow  named  Fred 
Tied  32  ducks  to  his  head 
He  told  them  to  fly 
And  soar  through  the  sky 
But  they  waddled  through 
swampland  instead. 

— Lorna  Mattern 
Columbia,  Md. 


STRUNG  OUT 

Three  strings  are  outside  a  store. 
One  string  says  to  the  others:  "I'm 
going  inside  where  it's  nice  and 
dry." 

A  few  moments  later,  the  string 
returns.  "The  store  owner  won't  let 
me  stay  because  I'm  a  string." 

The  second  string  gets  angry. 
"I'll  go  in  there." 

A  few  moments  later,  the  second 
string  is  back  with  the  same'story: 
"The  owner  said  I  can't  stay  'cause 
I'm  a  string." 

The  third  string  gets  furious.  He 
ties  himself  into  a  knot  and  unravels 
his  ends.  "I'll  get  in!" 

Inside,  the  store  owner  ap- 
proaches the  third  string:  "Say,  aren't 
you  a  string?" 

"No,  I'm  a  frayed  knot." 

— Boys'  Life 


BUY  UNION  *  SAVE  JOBS 

ON  THE  GREEN 

Golf  has  been  defined  as  that 
game  where  the  ball  lies  poorly  after 
every  shot,  but  the  player  lies  ex- 
ceptionally well  after  every  game. 
— The  Rubber  Neck 
URW  Local  26 

IMPORTS  HURT  *  BUY  UNION 

CAN'T  WIN 

Deciding  his  wife  needed  a  little 
more  affection,  the  man  bought  a 
box  of  candy  on  his  way  home  from 
work,  and,  on  presenting  it  to  his 
wife,  suggested  that  they  go  out  for 
dinner  that  evening.  Immediately 
the  wife  broke  into  tears. 

"It's  not  enough,"  she  sobbed, 
"that  Junior  broke  my  finest  vase 
this  morning  or  that  I  burned  by 
finger  on  the  iron  this  afternoon. 
Now  you  come  home  intoxicated, 
and  that's  all  I  can  take." 

— Catenng  Industry  Employee 


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CARPENTER 


Servio* 

The 
Irolherhood 


Des  Plaines,  III. — Picture  No.  1 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who   recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


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Des  Plaines,  III.— Picture  No.  3 


Des  Plaines,  111. — Picture  No  2 

DES  PLAINES,  ILL. 

Local  839  recently  held  a  Special  Call 
meeting  recently  to  honor  members  with  25 
years  or  more  of  service  to  the  Brotherhood 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Eugene  A.  Schmidt,  Dennis  L.  Carr,  and 
Gerald  F.  Krucek, 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Raymond  C.  Grandt,  William 
F.  Baney,  Marv  Taylor,  William  Hapke,  Ralph 
N.  Smith,  and  Peter  St.  George. 

Standing,  from  left:  Don  Schwank,  Ray 
Heppner,  Clarence  Henske,  Fred  D,  Buch, 
Bufford  Lowe,  Richard  Gayan,  Joe  IVIedrano, 
and  Charles  Ross. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  Roger  J.  Larsen,  Preston  H. 
Pingei,  Casimer  Robak,  and  IVlelvin  E.  Vogt. 

Standing  are,  from  left:  Wilford  Davidson  and 
William  Weydra. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Joseph  Michetts  and  Carl  Stefanik. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  45-year  members,  from 


Des  Plaines,  III  — Picture  No  4 


Des  Plaines,  III. — Picture  No.  5 

left:  R.  George  T.  Horcher,  Melvin  Mensching, 
and  Richard  Niemeyer. 

Picture  No.  6 
shows  60-year 
member  Leo 
Beaulieu,  recipi&nt  of 
a  gold  life- 
membership  card. 

Picture  No.  7 
shows  Frank  Sauer, 
right,  receiving  a  gold 
life-membership  card 
from  T.  Richard  Day. 


Picture  No.  6 


Atlanta,  Ga. 
AUGUST    1986 


Des  Plaines,  III.-— Picture  No.  7 


ATLANTA,  GA. 

Members  with  many  years  of  continuous 
sen/ice  were  awarded  25-  and  50-year  pins 
recently  by  Local  225. 

Pictured  are,  seated,  from  left:  Buford  Darby, 
25  years;  Glen  E,  Smith,  25  years;  Doyal 
Holland,  25  years;  Robert  G.  Price,  executive 
financial  secretary;  E.  Jimmy  Jones,  fourth 
district  board  member;  C.E.  Cottingham,  50 
years;  C.F.  Strickland,  Sr.,  25  years;  Herbert  H. 
Mabry,  president;  and  Arthur  Bowen,  51  years. 

Middle  from  left:  Paul  Roberts,  treasurer; 
James  T.  Duke,  25  years;  John  R.  Gibson,  25 
years;  Jessie  Black,  41  years;  William  E.  Cash, 
25  years;  Donnie  Willingham,  trustee;  Steve 
Simpson,  recording  secretary;  and  Leroy 
Bowen,  25  years. 

Back  from  left:  Terry  Finley,  business 
representative;  W.L.  Worley,  business  manager; 
Allen  R.  Duncan,  25  years;  Louis  K.  Mitchell, 
25  years;  L.C.  Edmonson,  25  years;  Walter 
Darnell,  Task  Force;  Donald  L.  Hanson,  25 
years,  Horace  P.  Murphy,  25  years  and  John 
Favors,  trustee. 

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PALO  ALTO,  CALIF. 

At  a  recent  membership  award  dinner, 
members  of  Local  668  were  presented  service 
pins. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  20-yeaf  members, 
seated,  from  left;  Bruce  Alaimo.  James  E. 
McShan,  Bill  D.  Fischer,  and  James  W. 
Keehley. 

Standing,  from  left:  James  T.  Nakatsu, 
Charles  K,  tVlcMullen,  Harry  D,  Jacoby,  Klaus 
G.  Luck,  Arthur  A,  Musson,  Ernest  J. 
Frederick,  and  George  R.  Danskey. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left;  George  Trouman,  Julo 
Rehnberg,  Domingo  E.  Roldan.  Eufemio  A. 
Gonzales.  Jerry  E.  Roldan,  and  Elmer 
Gustafson 

Middle  row.  from  left;  Charles  Ballard,  Joe 
Morinan,  Albert  K.  Harris,  Donald  R,  Ouelette, 


Palo  Alto,  Calif.— Picture  No.  8 

and  Thomas  Bottema. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left;  Norris  Howard,  Raymond  H. 
Swilley,  Felix  Ledbetter,  Robert  H.  Fukuda, 
Anthony  Dato,  and  Alvin  W.  Stott. 

Middle  row,  from  left;  Samuel  Royal,  Hans 
Skogheim,  Cleo  Ward,  Clyde  Griffin,  Richard 
Kowalski,  and  John  E.  Swilley, 

Back  row,  from  left;  Willard  W.  Best,  William 
F.  Peterson.  Robert  L.  Henke.  Harold  Ridinger, 
Ernest  D.  Bennett,  Tom  W.  Mills,  John  M. 
Bright,  and  Ned  G,  Hicholas. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  30-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left;  Franklin  D,  Corbett,  Billy  D. 
Williams,  Benjamin  Harrison,  Kenneth  Potter, 
and  Jack  W.  Howard. 


Middle  row,  from  left;  Herbert  Dietz,  James 
R.  Kelly,  Donald  Brubaker,  Robert  J.  Cooper, 
Franklin  D,  Ward,  and  Kai  M.  Jensen. 

Back  row,  from  left;  Harold  R.  Mitchell, 
Business  Representative  and  Financial  Secretary 
Klaus  G.  Luck,  Jim  L.  Stern,  and  John  A. 
Mosko. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  35-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left;  Nicola  Guarino,  George 
Kammeyer,  Robert  E.  Uher,  Gary  M.  Reeser, 
and  George  E.  Ozdinski. 

Middle  row,  from  left;  Steve  Blake,  Ronald  F. 
Hastings,  James  D.  Odie,  Edward  G.  Anderson, 
Harvey  0.  Flickner,  and  William  Fuentes. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Richard  A.  Fergon, 
Roger  E.  Petersen,  Rep.  Klaus  G.  Luck,  Emil 
H.  Feil,  and  Mendo  R.  Pleft. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  40-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Edward  Carpenter,  William  C. 
McCandless,  Ellis  B.  McGinty,  and  Benjamin 
Thiridnet. 

Middle  row,  from  left:  John  D.  Peterson, 
John  A.  Lahde,  Wallace  J.  Nielson,  and  James 
E.  Dodson. 

Back  row,  from  left:  O.B.  Landman,  Harry  E. 
Glawatz,  George  Oltrogge,  Rep.  Luck,  Earl  A. 
Brusberg,  Gail  P.  Darrin,  and  James  N. 
Whitten. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  45-year  members, 
seated,  from  left;  LaVon  E.  Wilson,  Wendell  K. 
Johnston,  and  Frederick  Samuel,  with  President 
Philip  H.  Stavn. 

Picture  No.  8  shows  50-year  member  Rudolph 
Johnson,  left,  receiving  a  pin  from  DC 
Executive  Secretary  Harvey  Landry. 


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CARPENTER 


BEND,  ORE. 

A  70th  Anniversary  celebration  and  pin 
presentation  was  recently  held  by  Local  1277. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  a  70th  anniversary  cake 
made  by  members  of  Bakers  Local  114,  Bend,, 
Ore.,  employed  at  Albertson's  supermarket. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Ralph  Garibay  and  Burt  Seaver. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Russ  Clark,  Carl  Dick,  and  Robert  Riedel. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Ellis  Malone  and  B.R.  Sears,  with  Oregon 
State  Business  Representative  and  pin  presenter 
Bob  Bothwell. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Oscar  Leagjeld  and  R.C.  Drewelow, 

Picture  No.  6  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  Roy  Letz,  William  Busche,  and  Walter 
Shores. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  a  hand-carved  plaque 
made  for  the  occasion  by  B.R.  Sears. 

Eligible  for  pin  presentations  but  not  present 
were  25-year  members  Harold  Hagen,  Jacob 
Cooper,  John  Sesock,  Stanton  Sherwood, 
Everett  Belcher,  and  Martin  Johannsen;  38-year 
members  Ven  Harwell,  Robert  Dougherty, 
Francis  Kriger,  Joseph  Steppe,  Robert 
Jessiman,  Robert  Nolan,  Allyn  Line,  Jim 
Holcomb,  and  Eddie  Clum;  35-year  members 
Walter  Kofoid,  George  Noxon,  Don  McLane, 
Marshall  Porterfield,  C.H.  Valentine,  Leiand 
King,  Robert  Plummer,  David  Kent,  Onan 
Beasley,  Lloyd  Dewell,  John  Wulf,  Elmer 
Hickey,  Jesse  Gregory,  Arthur  Faria,  Forrest 
Tomlinson,  Victor  Shoen,  Vernon  L. 
Thompson,  Phil  Lawrence,  Walter  Sexton, 
Warren  Cowger,  and  Herb  Graybeal;  40-year 
members  Robert  Killion,  George  Hobson, 


Bend,  Ore.— Picture  No.  2 


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Harold  Hill,  Alvin  Atkinson,  George  Rau,  G.A. 
Linville,  Roy  Smith,  Arthur  Zinzer,  and  Jim 
Dwinell;  and  45-year  members  E.H.  Wirch, 
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AUGUST     1986 


Picture  No.  5 


Bend,  Ore— Picture  No.  6 


ASHLAND,  MASS. 

At  Local  475's  Christmas  party  and  Awards 
Ceremony,  President  George  Henig  presented 
pins  to  members  with  25  to  45  years  of 
service. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  George  Henig,  Prime  "Skip"  Borelli, 
Gustave  Dellanoy,  and  Gordon  Clarke, 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Robert  Lavoie  Jr.,  Donald  Barrett,  Albert 
Risotti,  Rocco  Bucchino,  Joseph  LeBlanc,  and 
Richard  Strumpsky. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Paavo  Rutanen  and  Louis  Morrissey. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  member  George 
Benjamine. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  45-year  member  Cart 
Hayes. 

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Decatur,  III.— Picture  No.  3 


Decatur,  III. — Picture  No.  5 


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Decatur,  III. — Picture  No.  6 


DECATUR,  ILL. 

Local  742  recently  awarded  pins  to  members 
with  20  to  45  years  of  service  to  the 
Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  20-year  members,  front 
row.  from  left:  Leo  Smith,  John  Borders, 
Robert  Smith,  and  Wayne  Felter. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Robert  Ray,  Joseph 
Gant,  John  Sherman,  Bernard  Cornthwaite,  and 
James  Cornell, 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  William  Harlow.  Charles  Hambleton,  and 
John  Freeman. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  front 


row,  from  left:  Charles  Schwab,  Noble  Pyle, 
Charles  Cutler,  and  Charles  Burse. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Robert  Meek,  Walter 
Hensley,  Maurice  Wall,  William  Cain,  and 
Robert  Van  Fleet. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Lyie  Moseley,  James  Barnhart, 
Floyd  L.  Berg,  and  Henry  Cole. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Ivy  Wilson,  Vernon 
Simmons,  Donald  O'Brien,  Glen  Patton,  and 
Robert  Wooley. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  40-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Delbert  Mundy,  Arthur  Girard, 
Max  Ashenfelter,  Lawrence  Stine,  Boyd  Harp, 
and  Wayne  Cole, 

Back  row,  from  left:  Robert  Wilking,  Henry 
Poll,  Donald  Oestrieich,  James  Donnel, 
Lawrence  Warren,  and  James  Strachan. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  0.  W.  Balsley,  Daniel  Ducy,  and  Harold 
Wilber. 


SAN  ANTONIO,  TEX. 

Members  of  Local  14  received  40  and  50 
year  pins  at  a  recent  meeting. 
Picture  No.  1  shows  50-year  members  Rufus 

A.  Moore. 

Picture  No.  2  shows 
40-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Herman 

B.  Barrera,  Wallace 
Parker,  Frank  Kierstedt, 
and  Frencha  Riley. 

Back  row,  from  left: 
President  Anthony  P. 
Arreaga,  Jack  Adair, 
Raymond  Chavez,  Earl 
Spencer,  Elam  G.  Gembler, 
William  D.  Pennington,  and 
Business  Representative  Bernon  "Chico' 
Gooden. 


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San  Antonio,  Tex. — Picture  No.  2 


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CARPENTER 


The  following  list  of  631  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $1,121,276.42  death  claims  paid  in  May  1986,  (s)  following 
name  in  listing  indicates  spouse  of  members. 


Local  Union.  City 

1    Chicago,  IL — Stanley  Guzik. 

3  Wheeling,  WV— Harold  F.  Sutton,  Thomas  R.  Spen- 
cer. 

5  St.  Louis,  MO — Amo  Herman  Eckert,  Elizabeth 
Jane  Johnson  (s).  Lee  B.  Peter. 

7  Minneapolis,  MN — Albin  Lindfors.  Axel  Francis 
Buranen,  Danhart  Johnson.  Delpha  M.  Hokanson 
(s).  Emil  Jesser.  Holger  Nielsen.  Howard  Carlson, 
Leroy  M.  Matlson. 

8  Philadelphia,  PA — George  J.  Elick.  Laura  Shisler 
(s). 

10    Chicago,  ll^Nels  C.  Cederholm. 

13  Chicago,  IL — Henry  Raery.  James  Broz,  Jr. 

14  San  Antonio,  TX — Adolph  J.  Grabowski.  Ernest  P. 
Haufler,  Juan  A.  Avila.  Minerva  G.  Rodriguez  (s). 
William  J.  Mitchell. 

15  Hackensack,  NJ — Dario  Gambucci,  Leonard  Weiss, 
Thomas  J.  Hanrahan.  Jr. 

20  New  York,  NY — Baard  Lande.  Frank  Dibrizzi,  John 
Gorczakowski. 

22  San  Francisco,  CA — Edwin  O.  Mandl.  Iver  Nelson, 
James  J.  Picaso.  Timothy  Keen. 

23  Williamsport,  PA — Woodrow  Kissinger. 

24  Central.  CT— Frederick  J.  Hanlon. 

27  Toronto,  Ont.,  CAN— Anne  Krywy  (s),  Grace  A. 
Philcox  (s). 

28  Missoula,  MT— Albert  Lowe,  George  L.  McPhee, 
Paul  E.  Fairchild,  Walter  F.  Kahrig. 

30  New  London,  CT — Evert  Havukainen,  Therese 
Sheehan  McGuirk  (s). 

31  Trenton,  NJ— Joseph  C.  Muolo. 

33  Boston,  MA — Anthony  Digirolamo. 

34  Oakland,  CA— Roy  H.  Stephens.  William  S.  Rogers. 

35  San  Rafael,  CA— John  C.  Lezzeni,  Jr.,  Mary  M. 
Rodrigues  {s). 

36  Oakland,  CA — John  J.  Amos. 

38  St.  Cathrns,  Ont.,  CAN— Glenn  Reginald  Waite,  Ira 
G.  Harrington. 

42  San  Francisco,  CA — Einar  L.  Hansen. 

43  Hartford,  CT— John  R.  Blacha. 

47    St.  Louis,  MO — Anthony  F.  Hermyer,  Mary  Alice 

Simmons  (s). 
50    Knoxville,  TN — Arthur  Paris  Casey.  Eugene  Beets. 

William  Bradford  Chambers. 
54    Chicago,  IL — Gottleib  Rauser. 

61  Kansas  City,  MO— Dan  E.  Hamlett,  Edgar  R.  Mad- 
dux, Ira  Earl  Green,  Jr..  Lyle  E.  Stuckey,  Richard 
O.  Trompeter. 

62  Chicago,  IL— Margaret  B.  Scheulin  (s). 

64  Louisville,  KY — Rachel  Mae  Thompson  (s). 

65  Perth  Amboy,  NJ— Alex  Melega 

73  St.  Louis.  MO— Harry  D.  Skaggs,  Roland  H.  Croom. 

74  Chattanooga,  TN— Calvin  E.  Eller. 

76    Hazelton,  PA — Sarah  Bacher  (s),  Victor  Mirarchi. 
80    Chicago,  IL — James  E.  Goold. 
89    Mobile,  AL — Joseph  Kratochville.  Lura  Maye  Fos- 
ter (s). 
98    Spokane,  WA— Mertsie  H.  Herlin. 

100  Muskegon,  MI — John  Hendrickson. 

101  Baltimore,  MD— Barbara  Ellen  Lintz  (s).  George 
Anderson,  Herbert  Keyes,  Jr..  Homer  Lavoie.  Ma- 
mie Bell  Roberts  (s).  Mason  A.  Pritt,  Roland  L. 
Ward. 

103  Birmingham,  AL — Irvin  Bradford,  William  Albert 
Salter. 

104  Dayton,  OH — Earl  Abery,  N.  Madelene  Evans  (s). 

105  Cleveland,  OH — James  Hart,  Joseph  Cenin,  Reggie 
Dirocco. 

107  Worcester,  MA — Julia  F.  Swiechowicz  (s). 

108  Springfield,  MA — Edward  G.  Waskiewicz,  Everest 
Deslauriers.  Fernando  P.  Rugani. 

109  Sheffield,  Al^-Jesse  B.  Romine,  Marvin  F.  Mitchell. 
Mary  Lee  Trousdale  (s).  Ottis  M.  Blevins,  Thomas 
L.  Herring. 

no    St.  Joseph.  MO— Oliver  Bumphrey. 

Ill     Lawrence,  MA — Raymond  R.  Berry. 

113     Middletown,  OH— Andrew  Neff.  Estel  B.  Brooks. 

118     Detroit,  Ml — Axel  Herbert  Johnson,  Beatrice  Kin- 

nunen  (s),  Dave  Hallman,  Henry  Brown,  Loren  D. 

Grootegoed,   Margaret   B.   Green  (s),   William   R. 

Chavis. 
121     Vineland,  NJ — Walter  Langley,  Jr. 
124    Passaic,  NJ— John  Belli,  Peter  Crimi. 
128    St.  Albans,  WV— Peggy  Ann  Reedy  (s). 

131  Seattle,  WA— Arthur  A.  Thomas.  William  Floyd 
Taylor. 

132  Washington,  DC— Barbara  Ellen  Parker  (s),  Gottlieb 
Huber,  Lauren  D.  McNeil.  Stanley  J.  Mattingly, 
Ulicious  Dickson. 

133  Terre  Haute,  IN— Raymond  S.  Bussing,  William 
Henry  Santus. 

135  New  York,  NY— Philip  Hubelbank. 

141  Chicago,  lU-Glen  I.  Shain. 

161  Kenosha,  WI — Clarence  Axelson. 

162  San  Mateo,  CA— Ford  Dobesh,  William  Ragni. 

165  Pittsburgh,  PA— Margaret  H.  Love  (s). 

166  Rock  Island,  IL — Olaf  Rosenwing. 

169  East  St.  Louis,  IL— Walter  V.  Queenan. 

180  Vallejo,   CA — Frank   Freeman,   Jerald   R.   Clouse. 

Louis  W.  Kirk. 

182  Cleveland.  OH— Roger  Lee  Shook. 

184  Salt  Lake  City,  UT— Lars  O.  Johanson. 

188  Yonkers,  NY— John  Walkinshaw. 

190  Klamath  Falls,  OR— James  H.  Wallinder. 


Local  Union.  City 

195     Peru,  Il^John  A.  Kerste. 

198  Dallas,  TX— Billy  Joe  Shytle.  Jessie  J,  Mims,  Opal 
G.  Patterson,  Oscar  Lonceford  Tarver,  Ronald  W. 
Sims. 

199  Chicago.  II^-Ruby  M.  Sweeney  (s). 

200  Columbus,  OH— Ray  G.  Truax, 

201  Wichita.  KS— Cecil  E.  McGlothhn. 

202  Gulfport,  MS— Curtis  C.  Coneriy. 

203  Poughkeepsie,  NY — Vasco  Andreozzi. 

210  Stamford.  CT— George  M.  Parks,  Peter  Picarazzi, 
Walter  Svenson. 

211  Pittsburgh,  PA— Hemmrich  Henry 

213     Houston,  TX — Charles  H.  Lessmann,  Clarence  B. 

Simpson,  Grover  Cleveland  Friday,  Hazel  E.  Haden 

(s). 
215     Lafayette.  IN— Mable  M.  Tam  (s),  Foley  Jones. 

222  Washington,  IN— Grace  G.  King  (s). 

223  Nashville,  TN— Fred  C.  Oakley. 

225    Atlanta,  GA— Dock  Brownlee,  Reba  Jane  Bettis  (s). 
230     Pittsburgh,  PA— Alois  Blatz,  Nicholas  Kratofil. 
232     Fort  Wayne,  IN — George  A.  Till.  Howard  Foster. 

246  New  York,  NY— Frank  Zeller,  Jr.,  John  W.  Carson. 
Steve  Bathory. 

247  Portland,  OR— Clarence  E.  Smith.  Clarence  W. 
Olson. 

250  Waukegan,  IL — Clarence  W.  Dielz.  Enberg  Soren- 
sen.  Joseph  F.  Drabant.  Theresa  H.  Charling  (s), 
William  A.  Goodman. 

255  Bloomingburg,  NY — Beatrice  Werner  (s),  Charles 
A.  Mingus. 

256  Savannah  GA— William  T.  Willoughby,  Sr. 

257  New  York,  NY— Carl  Hallberg,  Mary  Miron  (s). 
259    Jackson,  TN — Dewitt  Talmadge  Chandler. 

261  Scranton,  PA — John  A.  Kislus. 

272  Chicago  Heights,  IL — John  Fred  Lerbs. 

278  Watertown,  NY— Clifford  Robert  McCormick. 

280  Niagara— Gen.  &  Vic,  NY— John  A.  Rybarczyk, 

Pamela  Lynn  Vickers  (s) 

283  Augusta  GA— James  A.  Poole,  John  R.  Walker. 

287  Harrisburg  PA — Roy  E.  Myers,  Roy  G.  Maurer. 

311  Joplin,  MO— Albert  Ray  Satleriy.  Cart  S.  Nickle. 

Mark  A.  Hessee. 

314  Madison,  WI — Thomas  J.  Mahoney. 

316  San  Jose,  CA— Evald  E.  Erickson. 

319  Roanoke,  VA— Issac  W.  Blevins. 

329  Oklahoma  City,  OK— James  R.  Hopson. 

334  Saginaw.  MI — Joseph  P.  Frappart. 

335  Grand  Rapids,  Ml— Walter  Pienla. 
342  Pawtucket.  RI— Willard  Partington. 
355  Buffafio,  NY— Loretta  H.  Baumler  (s). 
359  Philadelphia.  PA— David  C.  Sterritt,  Sr. 
361  Duluth.  MN— Ellen  E.  Timmer  (s). 

372  Lima,  OH-— Genevieve  Regedanz  (s). 

374  Buffalo,  NY^Domenic  Cervi,- James  Raidy. 

377  Alton,  IL— William  Edgar  Hardin. 

379  Texarkana,  TX— Lola  McDougal  (s),  Roy  J.  Ham- 
ilton. 

387  Columbus.  MS — Lucian  Vernon  Wilson  (s). 

388  Richmond.  VA— Oilman  Nicholas  Swift. 
400  Omaha.  NE— James  F.  Mace,  Lyle  C.  Ray. 
404  Lake  Co,  OH— Jack  K.  Howes. 

411     San  Angelo,  TX — Alma  Juanita  Gray  (s),  Ben  Frank 

Laws. 
413    South  Bend,  IN— John  W.  Florence,  Mary  1.  Riddle 

(s),  Paul  C.  Rough. 
417    St.  Louis,  MO— August  J.  Kissner,  Jr. 
433     Belleville,  IL— Fred  G.  Stomer,  Harold  E.  Rickert. 
440     Buffalo.  NY— Edward  Bauer. 
442     Hopkinsville,  KY— James  B.  Hodges. 
452     Vancouver,  B.C.  CAN— Alex  Mclntyre.  Henry  Rose. 

Rado  J.  Ursnik. 

454  Philadelphia,  PA— Arthur  N.  Whiting,  Cathenne 
Schepis  (s),  David  W.  While.  Sr..  John  T.  Murphy, 
William  J.  Harper. 

455  Somerville,  NJ— Kathleen  Small  (s). 
458  Clarksville,  IN— Walter  L.  Dellinger. 
470    Tacoma,  WA — Melvin  Brynestad. 

475     Ashland,  MA — Primo  Borelli,  Jr.,  Ralph  Langley. 
494     Windsor,  Ont.,  CAN— Earl  L.  Mousseau. 
512     Ann  Arbor,  MI — William  F.  Heilmann. 

514  Wilkes  Barre,  PA — Gertrude  Uranowski  (s). 

515  Colo  Springs.  CO— Grant  C.  Boling,  Marvin  Dale 
Titus,  Ralph  Knight. 

530  Los  Angeles,  CA — Alvin  Edward  Cerny  (s). 

531  New  York,  NY — Cecile  Martin  (s).  Marie  Doucette 
(s). 

542    Salem.  NJ— Minous  R.  Gould. 

550    Oakland,  CA — Edward  L.  Schembari,  Margaret  Silva 

(s). 
557     Bozeman,  MT— Alfred  J.  Faber. 
559    Paducah,KY — Charles  M.  Lemmon,  Morris  Russell, 

Susie  Charlene  Bruce  (s). 
562    Everett,  WA— Merle  E.  West. 
576     Pine  Bluff,  AR— Opie  D.  Carringlon. 
586    Sacramento,  CA — Marian  J.   Roth   (s).   Peggy   M. 

Mann  (s),  Steve  D,  Adams. 
596    St.  Paul.  MN— Neil  F.  White. 
601     Henderson,  KY — Charles  Goldsberry. 
603    Ithaca,  NY— Everett  Carr. 

606  Va  Eveleth,  MN— Alberta  Kathcrine  Cundy  (s). 

607  Hannibal  MO— Otto  L.  Dameron, 

608  New  York,  NY — Martin  Andreyko,  Olaf  Henriksen, 
Pentti  Forsman,  Stanley  Thornton. 

613    Hampton  Roads,  VA — Lee  E.  Chambers. 


Local  Union,  City 

625  Manchester,  NH — Leo  H.  Biscomet. 

626  Wilmington,  DE— Peter  J.  Mulrooney.  William  Wilk- 
inson, Sr. 

627  Jacksonville,  Fl^-John  P.  Willett,  William  T.  Spicer. 

633  Madison,  IL — George  Smith. 

634  Salem,  IL — Marion  Douglas  Collier. 

635  Boise,  ID — Feme  Bowles  Anderson  (s). 

638  Marion,  IL — Heze  McCuan,  Lula  Gay  Naas  (s). 

639  Akron,  OH— Dorsie  R.  Huff.  William  R.  Jones. 
642    Richmond,  CA — Anna  Kendall  (s),  Glenn  Lowell 

McDonald,  Odas  Charles  Jones. 

665     Amarillo,  TX — Jesse  S.  Hughes. 

668     Palo  Alto,  CA— Christopher  D.  Crawford. 

675    Toronto,  Ont.,  CAN— Mary  Elizabeth  Helm  (s). 

690    Little  Rock,  AR— John  P.  Evans. 

698     Covington.  KY— Edward  F.  Hoffman. 

710  Long  Beach,  CA— Addie  L.  Harris  (s).  Walter  H. 
Gaetz. 

715    Elizabeth,  NJ— Steven  Horin,  Winfield  Thome. 

721  Los  Angeles,  CA— Ellis  Oropeza,  Ruben  R.  Velas- 
quez. 

727     Hialeah,  FU-John  R.  Emby. 

743     Bakersheld,  CA — Julian  Edgar  Grady. 

747     Oswego,  NY— Dale  Owens. 

764  Shreveport,  LA — Audle  Robert  Lewis,  Thomas  K. 
Schonfarber,  Sr.,  William  Harry  Smith;  Sr..  Willie 
Bynum  Hunter.  Sr. 

780  Astoria,  OR— Leiand  W.  Dprman. 

781  Princeton,  NJ — George  Goetz. 

790    Dixon,  II^Bernice  E.  Needham  (s). 

815     Beverly,  MA— Leo  M.  Clay. 

821     Springfield,  NJ— William  Price. 

844    Canoga  Park,  CA — Fredrick  Leo  Mulligan.  Leslie 

Schmidt. 
848    San  Bruno,  CA — Archie  Leroy  McDonnell. 
902     Brooklyn,  NY — Martin  Brogan,  Maynard  Huggan, 

Nicholas  CacJoppo. 
904    Jacksonville,  Il^-Arthur  L.  Schafer. 
906    Glendale,  AZ^Russell  D.  Keltner. 
930    St.  Cloud,  MN— Leiand  A.  Noe. 

943  Tulsa,  OK— Earl  Dyball.  Eugene  Gwin,  Henry  Fred- 
erick Ansiel. 

944  San  Bernardino,  CA— Morley  V.  Scott,  Willie  W. 
Macon. 

953  Lake  Charles,  LA— Joseph  P.  Roy. 

955  Appleton,  WI— Leo  G.  Steffens. 

958  Marquette,  MI — Hugo  Mariin. 

971  Reno,  NV— Delmar  Scott. 

964  Rockland  Co.,  NY— William  J.  Stoops. 

973  Texas  City,  TX— Francis  J.  Mueller.  Sr. 

974  Baltimore,  MD — James  Rice. 

976    Marion,  OH — James  Raymond  Jett. 

978    Springfield,  MO— Carroll  O.  Edwards.  Evelyn  T. 

Snodgrass  (s),  Herman  B.  Stracke, 
993    Miami,  FL — James  B.  Lindsey,  Joseph  L.  Jereb, 

Jr.,  Richard  I.  Abrahmson,  Stanley  A.  Strohl. 
998    Royal  Oak,  MI— Charies  E.  Davis,  Irvin  A.  Johnson. 

Marie  Rose  Gontarz  (s). 
1000    Tampa,  FL— Harry  R.  Ibex. 

1002  Knoxville,  TN— Fox  Honeycutt,  Robert  L.  Taylor. 

1003  Indianapolis,  IN — Wandalea  Kalhryn  Osbome  (s). 
1010    Uniontown,  PA — Theresa  A.  Garlick  (s). 

1014  Warren,  PA— Russell  D.  Jordan. 

1015  Tulsa,  OK— Cloyce  Bud  Gilmer. 

1022  Parsons,  KS— Ervin  W.  Cooley.  Glenn  H.  Milks. 

1024  Cumberland,  MD— Aubrey  D.  Mauzy. 

1026  Miami,  FU— Kenneth  Lee  Winkler. 

1027  Chicago  IL — Aloysius  Floss. 
1042  Piattsburgh,  NY— Frank  W.  Burtt. 
1046  Palm  Springs,  CA— John  E.  Fincher.  Jr. 

1052  Hollywood,  CA— Bodil  Christensen  (s),  Ralph  M. 
Cowan. 

1053  Milwaukee,  WI — Howard  Raetter. 
1055     Lincoln,  NE^Leon  J.  Peters. 

1062    Santa  Barbara,  CA — Ronald  Schmeisser.  Sigbritt  R. 

Thielmann  (s). 
1074     Eau  Claire,  WI— Darrell  McGraw,  Herbert  F.  Gie- 

seke. 
1089    Phoenix,  AZ— Ron  B.  Renegar.  Seth  Hughes. 
1094     Albany  Corvallis,  OR— Daniel  W.  Styles 
1098    Baton  Rouge,  LA— Alvin  J.  Pinion.  David  W.  Webb, 

Roy  Eari  Threelon.  Sr..  Russell  J.  Picou,  Sterling 

Lee  Watts. 
1102    Detroit,  MI— George  L.  Hilborn.  Lyle  H.  Charon. 
1108    Cleveland,  OH — George  Sullivan.  John  Somerville, 

Thomas  Washburn. 

1113  San  Bernardino,  CA — Alvin  E.  Armstrong,  Casper 
W.  King,  Charles  B.  Baker. 

1114  S.  Milwauke.  WI— Robert  S.  Bell. 
1125    Los  Angeles,  CA — Herman  M.  Kuhl. 
1134     Mt.  Kisco,  NY— John  Maestri. 

1138  Toledo,  OH— Edward  A.  Wernet. 

1140  San  Pedro,  CA — Lenora  R.  Wood  (s).  Lonnie  Fryar. 

1141  Baltimore,  MD— Charles  A.  Williams. 
1146  Green  Bay,  WI— Rollin  J.  Jacques. 

1149  San  Francisco,  CA — David  Mac  Tice,  Florence  Mar- 
garet Wilkinson  (s).  Geratdine  N.  Lemon  (s),  Knutc 
O.  Boe,  Olley  L.  McCarty.  Timothy  Geist,  Valerie 
While  Newsom  (s). 

1153    Yuma,  AZ— Manuela  Nellie  Varela  (s). 

IISS  Columbus,  IN — Lee  Thomas  Nichols,  Willard  Quil- 
len. 

1172  Billings,  MT— Eleanor  Hubing  Bjoraa  (s).  Stanley 
Jacobson. 


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Local  Vnion.  City 


Local  Vnion.  dry 


1176     Fargo,  ND — Victor  H    Heinen 

1184  Seattle.  WA—  Ivcr  B    Nelson 

1185  Chicago.  IL— John  T    Keefe 
1208     Milwaukee,  WI— Kurt  H    Riwber 
122*     Pa^dena.  TX— Delben  M    Johnson, 
12JI     Modesto,  CA— Wilham  T    Bradley, 

1240     OrovUle.  CA— Jerry  Ramsey.  R,iy  W,  Philhps, 
1242     Akron,  OH— Franklin  J,  Oehan.  Ray  Joseph  Bur 

nclle 
1256     Sarnia.  Onl..  CAN— Willi.im  F,   Tilson 
1258     Pocatello.  ID — Charles  Abruir  Romriell.  Jr 
1266     Austin,   TX — Clarence   R,    Vandercook.    Mary    B 

Benner  (si.  Mary  Lou  Barr  (si.  Waller  M,  Wagner 

1274  Decatur,  AU-Curlis  E,  Williams.  Elsie  Mane  Mitch- 
ell (s),  Lurlyn  Cooper.  Luther  Fleming.  Peggy  Nell 
Runge (si 

1275  Clearwater,  Fl^— Floyd  L,  Gentry.  Myrtle  Eudeikis 
is) 

1281  Anchorage.  AK — Sidney  Larmer.  Walter  M,  Seals, 
Willis  G,  Turner, 

1296  San  Diego.  CA — Jasper  Brandt.  Nicholas  Hauta- 
maki.  Oval  E    Blair, 

1298     Nampa,  ID— Elias  M    Personelt 

1300  San  Diego,  CA— Norma  L,  Cody  (s).  William  Thomas 
Buster  Broun 

1302  New  London.  CT — George  H  Williamson.  Joseph 
P  Kern.  Stasia  Mary  Hirschfeld  Is).  Thomas  Swin- 
dells 

1310     St.  Louis.  MO — Raymond  Banholzer, 

J329  Independence.  MO— Cecil  W  Guyer.  Charles  Rich- 
ard Harris.  George  E,  Hin 

1337     Tuscaloosa,  AL — <jeorge  E  Harris.  TressleyT,  Hall, 

1342  Irvinglon.  NJ— Helen  Lynch  Is).  Joseph  Baldyga. 
Sr,.  Paul  P,  Stanish, 

1353     Sante  Fe.  NM— Mike  B,  Atencio 

1361     Chester.  IL— Carl  Quillman. 

1388     Oregon  City,  OR— Donald  R   Smiley.  Gilbert  CalilT 

1392     New  Glasgow.  NS,  CAN— Gordon  Stewart  Gillis 

1394     Ft.  Lauderdale.  Fl^-Woodrow  Allen 

1397     North  Hempstad.  NY — Antonio  Manani 

1401     Buffalo.  NY— Chester  H    Jendras 

1407  San  Pedro.  CA — Carlbert  Oden.  Joseph  Klein.  Nor- 
man Newman, 

1419    Johnstown.  P.\ — George  R,  Ickes. 

1423    Corpus  Christie,  TX—Guadalupe  G,  Garcia, 

1437  Compton,  CA — Anthony  G,  Jimenez,  Conne  Ran- 
dies Isl 

1445     Topeka,  KS — Oscar  Enckson, 

1449     Lansing.  Ml — John  Leroy  Whitinger 

1454     Cincinnati.  OH— Ronald  L    Melzger 

1469     Charlotte,  NC— Charlie  Hoke  Carpenler 

1471     .lackson.  MS— John  Henry  Slcgall, 

1505  Salisbury.  NC— Lloyd  Elsworth  Dell 

1506  Los  Angeles.  CA— Julius  Hull, 

1507  El  Monte.  CA— Abundio  Hernandez.  Carl  N,  Peter- 
son. Manon  Josephine  Minich  (s). 

1512     Blountville.  TN— Bernice  Hazel  Simerly  (s), 
1519     Ironlon.  OH — Virginia  Quillen  Cmm  (s) 
1521     Algoma.  WI — Emmanuel  Gordon.  Ervin  Villers, 
1529     Kansas  City.  KS — John  W    Reynolds.  Sr  .  Majorie 

Lucille  Guih  (s).  Roger  W  Burgeson 
1532  Anacortes.  WA— Thelma  J  Croy  (s) 
1539     Chicago.  II. — Aaron  Millner.  Fred  Salzberg.  Joseph 

F    Ries, 


1553     Culver  City.  CA— J    D   Quinalty. 

1565     Abilene.  TX — Thomas  Alexander  Thorn. 

1590     Washington.  DC— John  Overberg.  Marie  A    Miller 

(si 
1595     Montgomery  County,  PA — Howard  E,  Baldwin 
1597     Bremerton,  WA— Betty  Jean  Hoffman  (si.  John  E 

Pouttu 
1599     Redding.  CA— Fred  Copeland.  J,  Alfred  Harris,  l.efa 

Fern  Wentz  (s), 
1607     I.OS  Angeles,  CA— John  F    Vicars.  Paul  H    Helm. 

Richard  G    Homey 
1622     Havward.  CA — Thorval  Envald  Encksen 
1632     S.  i.uis  Obispo.  CA— Harold  F.  Flood 
1635     Kansas  City,  MO— Ernest  C    Phillips 
IM4     Minneapolis.  MN — Lee  Baker 
1669     Ft.  VViUiam.  Ont.,  CAN— Donald  Wiltshire.  Ma\ym 

Sawula 
1689     Tacoma,  WA— Lowell  E,  Taylor.  Paul  Loppe 
1693     Chicago.  II.— Fred  O   Sawalish 
169*     Penticton.  B.C..  CAN— Paul  Kurt  Gniner 
1741     Milwaukee.  WI — Andreu   Andntsch,  .Armand  Lei- 

bold,  Nicholas  Weilermann 
1743     Wildwood,  NJ— William  R   Gnncr 
1765     Orlando.  FI. — Raymond  F,  Robinson 
1780     Las  Vegas.  NE — George  Smierlelny.  Walter  Davison 
1789     Bijou.  CA^iabnel  Trouchon 
1792     Sedalia.  MO— Waller  J    Estes 
1811     Monroe.  LA — Woodrow  C,  Cruse 
1815    Santa  Ana.  CA— Claude  Z,  Watt.  Dorothee  L,  Con- 
ley  (s).  Ernest  J    Schag.  Ronald  L   Crabtree.  Roy 

E,  Graber.  Tony  H,  Martin.  William  Bamond 
1822     Fort  Worth.  TX— Euhl  Eugene  Hollowell.  Milburn 

D,   Owen.   Samuel  J,    Black  Jr  .   William   Asburv 

Wilson 

1831  Washington.  DC— Albert  V    Black 

1832  Escanaba.  Ml— Russell  Robitaille 

1837  Babylon.  NY— Helen  C  Decurzio  (s).  Henry  Dom- 
browski.  Nils  Lindslrom.  (_^lav  Aukland 

184*  New  Orleans.  LA — Howard  Warden.  Rodney 
McKnighl 

1849     Pasco.  WA — Ragnvald  Johanson 

1857     Portland.  OR— Robert  J    Caley 

1861     Milpitas.  CA— Robed  W    Bucb.  Thomas  Craig 

1865  Minneapolis.  MN — Bernard  R,  Gossehn.  Theodore 
P   Carlson 

1889  Downers  Grove.  IL — Sam  Brasile 

1890  Conroe.  TX— Ouida  Faye  Martin  (s) 

1913  Van  Nuys.  CA— Robert  A    Lee 

1914  Phoenix.  AZ — Curtis  Childers.  Jesus  Ramirez 
1916     Hamilton,  Ont.  CAN— Edwin  J    Cobb 

1921     Hempstead,  NY — Dommick  Sanzera 
1961     Roseburg,  OR— Max  Dort 

1975  Calgary.  Alta.  CAN— Terence  I,  Mathews 

1976  Ixis  Angeles.  CA— Susan  A,  Bleich  (s) 
1987  .SI.  Charles.  MO— Betty  J,  Franklin  (si 
1993     Crossville.  TN— Ira  T,  Lovelace 

2007     Orange.  TX— James  L.  High 

2042     Oxnard.  CA— Gaylord  Lyie.  Homer  Hall.  Jesse  P, 

Anherton 
204*     Martinez.   CA — Alfred   Silva  Nunes.    Harvey    Lee 

Smith.  Lois  May  Hampton  (s) 
2047     Hartford  City.  IN— Maurice  Pursley 
2049    Gilbertville.  KY— Louis  Washburn 


2073 
2103 
2154 
2158 

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2172 
2203 

2209 
2230 

2235 
2250 
22*8 
2274 
2283 
2288 
2308 

2311 
2313 
2350 
2361 
2396 
2398 
2404 

2416 

2456 
2463 

2498 
2540 
2601 
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2*59 
2*82 
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2715 
2734 
2755 
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2772 
2784 
2805 
2812 
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2921 
2929 
2949 

3088 

3099 

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3223 
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Milwaukee,  WI — Frank  Eisenzopf 
Calgary,  Alta,  CAN — Harry  A,  Potts 
Portland,  OR — George  Law 

Rock  Island,  IL — Gwendal  E,  Drummond.  Nina  May 
Sughroue  (s) 

.San  Francisco,  CA — Valentine  J,  Frackowiak 
Santa  Ana.  CA — George  A   Gimber 
Anaheim.  CA — Mary  Pennington  (s).  Reita  Rebecca 
Wiley  (s) 

Ix>uisville.  KY' — Beverly  Kaye  Simmons  (s) 
Greensboro,  N.C. — Filmore  M    Robertson 
Pittsburgh.  PA— Acie  Leo  Phillips 
Red  Bank.  NJ— Charles  Linger 
Monticello,  GA — Paul  Moore 
Pittsburgh,  PA— Kathleen  M    Meyer  (s) 
West  Bend,  WI— Laura  M,  Murre  (s),  Milton  Wilke 
Los  Angeles,  CA — John  William  Carlledge 
Fullerton,  CA — Angealbert   V,   Champagne.   Mary 
Ann  Mitas  is) 

Washington.  DC — Frederick  Shue 
Meridian.  MS — Linda  I    Hamner  Isl 
Scranton.  PA — John  Lapashanski.  Myron  Hine 
Orange.  CA — Harrell  Wilson  Keefe 
.Seattle.  WA — Merle  E,  Connally 
El  Cajon.  CA — Stanley  Nephew 
Vancouver.  B.C..  CAN — Hector  McLachlan.  Otto 
Menzel 

Portland.  OR— Herberl  O,   Williams.  Malcolm  A, 
Taylor 

Washington.  DC — Clara  Anna  Ahalt  (si 
Ventura.  CA— Robert  L    Brown.  Willard  William 
Bell 

l^ngview.  WA — Glenn  Thomas  Powers.  Jr, 
Wilmington.  OH— William  E,  McPhcrson 
Lafayette.  IN— W,  Claude  Allen 
Tacoma.  WA — Grace  Nichols 
Everett.  WA — Even  Rickard  Lucken 
New  Y'ork.  NY' — Lizzie  Boyd 
Dallas,  OR— Frederick  W    Klimbeck 
Medford,  OR— Robert  E   Crovelte 
Mobile  Vic,  AL — James  Curtis  Armstrong 
Kalama,  WA — William  E,  Laroy 
McCleary,  WA — Norman  Miller,  2767  Morion.  WA. 
Arlie  R    Alderman.  Ralph  L   Morgan.  William  Ver- 
valen 

Flagstaff.  AZ — Jacobo  Chavez 
Coquille.  OR — Lynn  Bowman 
Klickitat.  WA— Ernesl  Rufus  Martell 
Missoula.  MT— Helen  E    Sackell  (s) 
Fmmetl.  ID — Arthur  R    Mark.  Lewis  D,  Gordon 
Denver.  CO— Michael  G,  Clark 
Shippigan.  N.B..  CAN — .Mbanie  Chiasson 
Nashville,  TN — Andrew  Shaw 
Roseburg, OR— Doyle  P,  Sisco,  Ray  Heichel.  Ronald 
J    Lancaster 

Stockton.  CA— Garold  C,  White.  Maunne  Fern  Lu- 
cas (s).  Theodore  Stern 

Aberdeen.  WA— Ethel   M,   Porter  Is).  William   D, 
Kelly 

Pembroke,  Onl.,  CAN— Doris  Gutzeil 
Elizabethtown,  KY — Eugene  Gore,  John  M,  Devers 
Province  of  QuebecLCL  134-2 — Alice  Sarrazin  (s) 


UP  FROM  THE  MUD 

Continued  from  Page  16 


During  that  period  Malatich  worked  as  a 
diver  on  the  Narragansell  Bridge  in  Rhode 
Island  and  a  bridge  across  the  Potomac  River 
in  Washington.  D.C.  During  World  War  II 
he  blew  up  wrecked  ships  blocking  East 
Coast  shipping  lanes.  He  eventually  joined 
Local  454  in  Philadelphia  and  continued 
work  as  a  union  diver  and  dock  builder  until 
1981).  when  he  retired. 

This  UBC  diver  says  he  prefers  his  canvas 
dry  suit  and  helmet  to  today's  wet  suits  and 
scuba  gear. 

"In  a  wet  suit,  you  have  to  come  up  out 
of  cold  water  in  a  half-hour."  he  comments. 
"I'll  use  one  to  inspect  a  job.  but  to  work 
underwater  I  can  stay  down  in  my  canvas 
suit  for  two  hours.  In  a  half-hour  you're  just 
getting  your  bearings." 

Malatich  has  condensed  his  experiences 
into  a  240-page  book,  along  with  a  lot  of 
practical  advice  for  divers  and  dock-builder 
foremen.  This  is  a  commercial  divers  book 
which  assumes  a  basic  background  and  at 
least  some  experience.  It  provides  infor- 
mation about  equipment  and  tools,  ways  of 
conducting  successful  search  and  recovery. 


making  ship  repairs,  conducting  salvage  op- 
erations, pile  driving,  welding  and  burning 
underwater,  employing  explosives,  as  well 
as  laying  concrete,  pipes,  and  cables. 

Malatich's  co-author  is  Wayne  C.  Tucker, 
who  has   B.S.  and   M.S.  degrees  in 
neering  and  is  currently  a  research  asst.^iai 
with  the  U.S.  Navy  on  Deep  Submergenc 
Systems.  Tucker  is  the  author  of  Divers 
Handbook  of  Underwater  CaUuUition.s  and 
articles  in  Skin  Diver. 

Editor's  Note:  For  a  copy  of  the  book 
send  $22.50  in  cash,  check,  or  money  order 
to  Cornell  Maritime  Press,  P.O.  Bo.x  456, 
Centreville,  Md.  21617.  American  E.xpress, 
VI. S A ,  and  Mastercard  are  accepted.  Orders 
can  be  placed  by  telephone:  From  outside 
Maryland  cull  toll-free  imO)  63H-7641 :  from 
within  Maryland,  (301)  75S-I075.  .Stale  spe- 
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someness  if  they  are  sold  in  interstate 
and  foreign  commerce. 

9.  What  one  government  agency  provides 
consumer  education  to  citizens  in  every 
county  of  the  United  States? 

Local  offices  of  the  Cooperative  E.xten- 
sion  Service  are  listed  under  county  or 
:ity  government  in  your  telephone  di- 
rectory. 

10.  It  is  safe  to  refreeze  meat  or  poultry  that 
has  been  frozen  and  thawed.  True  or 
False'.' 

False.  Generally,  it  is  unsafe  to  refreeze 
meal  or  poultry  that  has  been  frozen  and 
thawed  unless  the  ,iroduct  has  been 
handled  properiy  md  thawed  in  the 
refrigerator.  The  quality  may  deteriorate 
after  repeated  refreezing.  but  often  it  is 
more  practical  to  refreeze  the  package 
than  to  risk  spoilage  by  keeping  it  in  the 
refrigerator  too  long.  Fresh  hamburger 
or  poultry  should  be  kept  in  the  refrig- 
erator only  two  days  before  using  or 
refreezing.  DDL 


38 


CARPENTER 


NIBBLER  BIT 


OPEN  REEL  TAPE 


The  Irwin  Company  is  offering  an  open 
reel  fiberglass  tape  series  with  a  '/i  inch  blade 
width  as  part  of  its  line  of  measuring  tapes. 
The  open  reel  tape  features  a  rugged,  durable 
black  ABS  plastic  frame  with  a  comfortable 
hand  grip  and  large  roller  arm  for  fast, 
effortless  retrieval. 

The  tape  features  a  woven,  non-metallic 
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coating.  The  result  is  a  tape  that  is  flexible, 
tough,  non-shrinking,  waterproof,  and  will 
not  crease  or  break  even  if  stepped  on. 

The  non-sparking,  flexible  fiberglass  con- 
struction makes  it  safe  around  electrical 
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Irwin  open  reel  tapes  are  available  in  50, 
100,  165,  200,  and  300  foot  lengths.  Each 
tape  includes  a  rugged  V4  inch  tape-end  hook 
for  anchoring. 

All  Irwin  tapes  are  manufactured  in  the 
United  States.  For  more  information  about 
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and  measuring  tapes,  contact  Diane  Schi- 
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NY  11772,  or  caU  (516)  289-0500. 

NOTE:  A  report  on  new  products  and  proc- 
esses on  this  page  in  no  way  consititules  an 
endorsement  or  recommendation.  All  per- 
formance claims  are  based  on  statements 
by  the  manufacturer. 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Calculated  Industries 31 

Clifton  Enterprises 29 

Foley-Belsaw  Co 39 

Full  Length  Roof  Framer 39 


The  Kett  Tool  Co.  has  introduced  an 
interchangeable  Nibbler  attachment  for  its 
portable  power  saws  and  shears  that  can  cut 
sheet  and  corrugated  metal  up  to  18  gauge 
at  a  rate  of  40  inches  per  minute. 

Designed  with  a  swivel  punch  and  die 
assembly,  the  Nibbler  allows  the  operator 
to  cut  a  '/16  wide  line  that  is  straight  or 
curved.  Curves  can  go  either  left  or  right, 
gradually  or  sharply.  The  attachment  can  be 
locked  into  any  360  degree  position. 

Changeovers  at  the  job  site  are  simple.  In 
minutes,  users  can  remove  the  saw  or  shear 
head  from  the  power  unit  and  then  attach 
the  interchangeable  Nibbler  head. 

For  more  information  on  the  Kett  #1020 
Nibbler  attachment,  write:  The  Kett  Tool 
Company,  5055  Madison  Road,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio  45227,  or  call  (513)  271-0333. 

COVING  TABLE 


Concepts  Design  and  Development  of 
Houston,  Tex. ,  has  introduced  a  coving  table 
that  is  specially  designed  for  bending,  shap- 
ing, and  curving  of  decorative  laminates  and 
plastics. 

The  coving  technique  allows  for  the  in- 
stallation of  one-piece,  seamless  backsplash 
countertops. 

The  Hot-Rod-Cov-R  coving  table  features 
a  patented  coving  rod  that  provides  uniform 
heat  for  high  quality  forming  of  decorative 
plastics.  It  requires  only  one  operator,  and 
it  produces  quality  work.  Every  Hot-Rod- 
Cov-R  sold  is  warranted  for  nine  months. 

Custom  design  of  a  coving  table  and  allied 
equipment  is  also  available  for  those  unique 
applications. 

Concepts  Design  and  Development  will 
send  a  trained  staff  member  to  the  custom- 
er's company  to  instruct  installers  on  the 
fundamentals  of  coving,  the  operation  of  a 
coving  table,  and  hands-on  installation  tech- 
niques for  a  small  fee.  Regularly  scheduled 
training  seminars  are  held  at  the  factory. 

For  more  information,  contact  Henry  Russ, 
Concepts  Design  and  Development,  Inc., 
10514  LaCrosse,  Houston,  TX  77029.  Phone 
(713)  674-9324. 


Full  Length  Roof  Framer 

The  roof  framer  eompanion  since 
1917.  Over  500,000  copies  sold. 

A  pocket  size  book  with  the  EN- 
TIRE length  of  Common-Hip-Valley 
and  Jack  rafters  completely  worked 
out  for  you.  The  flattest  pitch  is  V2 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease V2  inch  rise  each  time  until 
the  steep  pitch  of  24"  rise  to  12" 
run  is   reached. 

There  are  2400  widths  of  build- 
ings for  each  pitch.  The  smallest 
width  is  Vi  inch  and  they  increase 
Vi"  each  time  until  they  cover  a  50 
foot   building. 

There  are  2400  Commons  and  2400 
Hip,  Valley  &  Jack  lengths  for  each 
pitch.  230,400  rafter  lengths  for  48 
pitches. 

A  hip  roof  is  48'-9%"  wide.  Pitch 
is  IVz"  rise  to  12"  run.  You  can  pick 
out  the  length  of  Commons,  Hips  and 
Jacks  and  the  Cuts  in  ONE  MINUTE. 
Let  us  prove  it,  or  return  your  money. 


In  the  U.S.A.  send  $7.50.  California  residents 
odd  4S«  tax. 

We  also  have  o  very  fine  Stair  book  9"  X 
12".  II  sells  for  $4.50.  Californio  residents  add 
27t;  tax. 


A.   RIECHERS 

P.  0.  Box  405,  Palo  Alto,  Calif.  94302 


Planer  Molder  Saw 

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Now  you  can  use  this  ONE  power-feed  shop  to  turn 
rough  lumber  into  moldings,  trim,  flooring,  furniture 
—ALL  popular  patterns.  RIP-PLANE-MOLD  .  .  .  sepa- 
rately or  all  at  once  with  a  single  motor.  Low  Cost 
.  .  .  You  can  own  this  power  tool  for  only  $50  down. 

30:Day  FREE  Tda]!  ExciTrcTAcrs 

NO  OBLIGATION-NO  SALESMAN  WILL  CALL 

RUSH  COUPON 

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Toyota  Only  Talks 
'Peace,  Harmony' 
On  Its  Own  Terms 


Building  Trades  wonder 

whose  common  wealth 

is  being  protected 


Last  April  a  group  of  Japanese  business 
executives  toured  Kentucky,  Illinois,  New 
York,  Pennsylvania,  North  Carolina,  and 
Georgia,  looking  for  a  suitable  site  for  a  Toyota 
automobile  assembly  plant. 

As  you  can  imagine,  the  chambers  of  com- 
merce and  the  moneyed  interests  of  these  six 
states  did  everything  possible  to  woo  the 
Toyota  plant  to  their  state.  The  Common- 
wealth of  Kentucky  offered  these  incentives 
and  had  the  winning  bid: 

•  conveyance  without  cost  to  Toyota  of 
approximately  1,200  acres  of  land  near 
Georgetown,  Ky.,  for  a  plant  site, 

•  Toyota  would  not  have  to  pay  a  state 
school  tax  (the  largest  part  of  a  Kentucky 
property  owner's  tax  bill  is  the  school  tax), 

•  site  improvement  expenses  would  be  borne 
by  Kentucky  at  an  estimated  cost  of  $20 
million, 

•  a  highway  improvement  and  construction 
program  to  cost  approximately  $47  million 
would  be  underwritten  by  Kentucky,  with 
plans  and  specifications  subject  to  the  ap- 
proval of  Toyota, 

•  over  a  five-year  period,  the  common- 
wealth would  reimburse  Toyota  for  all  ex- 
penses incurred  for  training  up  to  600  George- 
town-site employees  at  factories  in  Japan  (the 
total  cost  to  the  State  of  Kentucky  would  not 
exceed  $65  million). 

The  Commonwealth  of  Kentucky  offered 
other  incentives,  but,  to  add  icing  to  the  cake, 
someone  proposed  in  Congress  to  provide 
Toyota  with  a  $100  million  federal  tax  exemp- 


tion. Toyota  and  similar  foreign  firms  would 
receive  this  tax  break  under  a  special  exemp- 
tion contained  in  the  tax  reform  bill  approved 
by  the  Senate  Finance  Committee  in  May  and 
still  awaiting  action. 

Dr.  Shoichiro  Toyoda  (yes,  that's  how  he 
spells  his  name),  company  president,  told  the 
press  that  one  reason  his  company  chose  the 
bluegrass  country  of  Kentucky  was  because 
company  officials  "feel  at  home  there,  as  it 
resembles  Toyota  City  in  Japan  in  its  geog- 
raphy, environment,  and  human  feeling." 

Another  reason,  of  course,  might  be  all  the 
goodies  offered  free  of  charge  to  the  big 
industrial  giant  across  the  Pacific — goodies 
that  American  taxpayers  will  be  underwriting 
until  such  time  as  Toyota's  yen  are  converted 
into  U.S.  dollars  and  distributed  to  U.S. 
workers. 

Now,  let  me  say  this:  American  workers 
have  seen  this  kind  of  you-scratch-my-back- 
and-I'll-scratch-your-back  relationship  be- 
tween public  officials  and  major  corporations 
before.  Since  World  War  II  hundreds  of  com- 
panies, large  and  small,  have  been  wooed 
away  from  cities  and  states  where  workers 
were  paid  union  wages  to  cities  and  states 
where  unions  were  weak  and  pay  was  the 
minimum  allowed.  Sunbelt  states  offered  tax 
write-offs  and  much  more.  You  know  about 
"runaway  plants."  Hundreds  of  them  moved 
to  the  South  and  Southwest  back  in  the  1950s 
and  the  1960s  until  the  workers  there  began 
to  realize  that  they  needed  unions,  too. 

American  workers  have  endured  such  ac- 
tions through  the  years,  and  they  and  their 
unions  have  survived.  But  this  Toyota  inva- 
sion is  something  new.  Right  off  the  bat, 
Toyota  has  indicated  that  unions  might  be 
considered  an  unnecessary  evil. 

For  several  months  Building  Trades  unions 
have  been  holding  talks  with  Toyota  and 
Ohbayashi,  the  Japanese  construction  com- 
pany serving  as  general  contractor  for  the 
Georgetown,  Ky.,  project,  but  these  talks 
have  broken  down. 

Bob  Georgine,  president  of  the  Building 
Trades,  reported  to  me  that  the  Japanese 
companies  demand  that  our  unions  sign  an 
agreement  which  essentially  renounces  their 
rights  as  guaranteed  under  American  labor 
law. 


Toyota  and  Ohbayashi  demand  that  the 
Building  Trades,  including  this  United  Broth- 
erhood, sign  what  the  firms  called  a  "peace 
and  harmony"  contract.  This  included  a  no- 
strike,  no-picketing  pledge  without  any  kind 
of  quid  pro  quo  from  management. 

"We  were  willing  to  make  concessions," 
Georgine  said.  "We  tried  to  negotiate  a  fair 
agreement.  They  don't  want  a  fair  agree- 
ment." 

The  Japanese  firms  have  hired  a  high-priced 
anti-union  law  firm  to  negotiate  with  us^ 
Ogletree,  Dickens,  Nash,  and  Smoak  of 
Greenville,  S.C. 

It's  not  enough  that  the  State  of  Kentucky 
throws  in  $200  million  in  land  and  other 
benefits  and  the  U.S.  Senate  may  allow  a  $100 
million  tax  write-off,  but  American  workers 
are  expected  to  work  for  Japanese  wages. 
And  much  of  these  benefits  would  go  to  a 
company  and  its  contractor  to  send  profits 
back  to  Japan. 

The  Kentucky  plant  is  a  $790  million  proj- 
ect. Work  has  already  begun  on  site  clearing 
and  access  roads  to  the  plant.  The  project  will 
employ  about  2,000  construction  workers,  and 
600  of  them  will  be  Japanese. 

Our  union  has  unemployed  members  in  the 
state  of  Kentucky,  as  do  other  Building  Trades 
unions,  and  these  skilled  construction  workers 
should  have  priority  for  the  work  to  be  done. 
As  things  now  stand,  the  Toyota  corporation 
continues  to  stall  in  its  talks  with  us,  while 
the  work  continues  with  mixed  work  crews. 

There's  no  excuse  for  one  of  the  world's 
wealthiest  industrial  giants  being  so  anti-union 
in  its  stance.  Building  Trades  unions  recently 
negotiated  a  project  agreement  with  General 
Motors  for  a  $5-billion  auto  assembly  plant  in 
Tennessee.  If  an  American  firm  can  work  with 
unions  and  pay  union  wages,  surely  a  Japanese 
firm  can  do  likewise. 

Curiously  enough,  these  two  major  auto- 
mobile manufacturers.  General  Motors  and 
Toyota,  have  launched  a  so-called  "joint  ven- 
ture" and  have  converted  a  former  Chevrolet 
plant  in  Fremont,  Calif.,  so  that  it  is  producing 
Nova  automobiles  for  the  American  market. 
Known  as  the  NUMMI  Facility,  this  plant  is 
being  retooled  under  the  National  Mainte- 
nance Agreement,  and  it's  all  union.  UBC 
members  are  working  there.  There  is  no  such 


thing  as  a  "peace  and  harmony"  contract  to 
disrupt  the  team  effort  there. 

We're  not  going  to  sit  back  and  let  this 
Toyota  invasion  set  a  pattern  for  other  foreign 
firms  wanting  to  come  into  the  United  States 
for  fast  Yankee  dollars.  I'm  sure  you  feel  the 
same  way. 

I  urge  you  to  turn  to  Pages  20  and  21  of 
this  issue  of  Carpenter.  We  have  more  about 
the  Toyota  situation  there.  You'll  find  a  copy 
of  a  letter  we  recently  sent  to  every  U.S. 
senator,  urging  that  he  or  she  not  allow  Toyota 
the  $100  million  tax  write-off  added  as  an 
amendment  to  the  tax  reform  bill. 

There's  a  coupon  on  Page  21  in  which  you 
are  asked  to  support  our  efforts.  I  urge  you 
to  take  advantage  of  this  opportunity  to  offer 
your  opinion  on  the  subject  of  union  construc- 
tion in  a  vital  U.S.  industry. 


/2.  ■ 


Patrick  J.  Campbell 
General  President 


THE  CARPENTER 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

Address  Correction  Requested 


Non-Profit  Org. 

U.S.  POSTAGE 

PAID 

Depew,  N.Y. 
Permit  No.  28 


THE  UNION  LABEL  SHOPPER 

A  New  All-Union,  Consumer  Catalog 

If  you  really  want  to  buy  union-made  products,  and  really  want  to  save  money, 
you  should  mail  in  the  coupon  below  and  receive  a  FREE  Union  Label  Shopper 
Catalog. 

The  Union  Label  Shopper  is  a  discount  mail  order  catalog  containing  only  union- 
made  goods.  Almost  all  products  in  the  catalog  are  available  at  a  discount.  So  you 
can  save  money  as  you  save  jobs. 

As  a  union  member,  you  have  been  looking  for  the  union  label  when  you  shop. 
Now  you  can  find  ONLY  union-made  products  in  the  catalog  and  save  money  when 
you  buy. 

One  million  free  catalogs  will  be  distributed  to  union  members  at  the  end  of 
September.  If  you  want  one,  to  save  union  jobs,  and  save  yourself  money,  fill  in 
the  coupon  below  and  mail  it  in  today. 


Please  send  me  a  FREE  UNION  LABEL  SHOPPER  DISCOUNT  CATALOG : 

Name: 


Address: 
City/State: 
Union:     _ 


-Zip: 


-Local  No.: 


Please  circle  the  Items  you  will  like  to  buy  from  the  Catalog: 

•  Work  Clothes  •  Women's  Clothes  •  Mens  Casual  Clothes  •  Shoes 

•  Children's  Clothes  •  Kitchen  Appliances  •  Radio  •  Luggage  •  TV 

•  Sports  Equipment  •  Furniture  •  Auto  Supplies  •  Tools 

Other: 

Mail  this  coupon  to:  UNION  LABEL  SHOPPER 
508  N   Second  Street,  Fairfield,  lA  52556 


September  1986 


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Origins  qf  the  UBC  in  Canada,  Page  2 

To  Overcome  the  Roadblocks  to  Our  Progress,  Page  10 

Crafts  Achieve  National  Record  at  IPP,  Page  14 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

John  Pruitt 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 

Wayne  Pierce 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  Joseph  F.  Lia 

120  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

Second  District,  George  M.  Walish 

101  S.  Newtown  St.  Road 

Newtown  Square,  Pennsylvania  19073 

Third  District,  Thomas  Hanahan 

9575  West  Higgins  Road 

Suite  304 

Rosemont,  Illinois  60018 

Fourth  District,  E.  Jimmy  Jones 
12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue,  #3 
North  Miami,  Florida  33161 

Fifth  District,  Eugene  Shoehigh 
526  Elkwood  Mall  -  Center  Mall 
42nd  &  Center  Streets 
Omaha,  Nebraska  68105 


Sixth  District,  Dean  Sooter 
400  Main  Street  #203 
RoUa,  Missouri  65401 

Seventh  District,  H.  Paul  Johnson 
Gramark  Plaza 

12300  S.E.  Mallard  Way  #240 
Milwaukie,  Oregon  97222 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
5330-F  Power  Inn  Road 
Sacramento,  California  95820 

Ninth  District,  John  Carruthers 
5799  Yonge  Street  #807 
Willowdale,  Ontario  M2M  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 
1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 
Calgary,  Alberta,  T2K  0G3 


William  Sidell,  General  President  Emeritus 
William  Konyha,  General  President  Emeritus 


Patrick  J.  Campbell,  Chairman 
John  S.  Rogers,  Secretary 

Correspondence  for  the  General  Executive  Board 
should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


i 


Secretaries,  Please  Note 

In  processing  complaints  about 
magazine  delivery,  the  only  names 
which  the  financial  secretary  needs  to 
send  in  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are  NOT  receiving  the  magazine. 

In  sending  in  the  names  of  mem- 
bers who  are  not  getting  the  maga- 
zine, the  address  forms  mailed  out 
with  each  monthly  bill  should  be 
used.  When  a  member  clears  out  of 
one  local  union  into  another,  his 
name  is  automatically  dropped  from 
the  mailing  list  of  the  local  union  he 
cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the  secre- 
tary of  the  union  into  which  he  cleared 
should  forward  his  name  to  the  Gen- 
eral Secretary  so  that  this  member 
can  again  be  added  to  the  mailing  list. 

Members  who  die  or  are  suspended 
are  automatically  dropped  from  the 
mailing  list  of  The  Carpenter. 


PLEASE  KEEP  THE  CARPENTER  ADVISED 
OF  YOUR  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS 


NOTE:  Filling  out  this  coupon  and  mailing  it  to  the  CARPENTER  only  cor- 
rects your  mailing  address  for  the  magazine.  It  does  not  advise  your  own 
local  union  of  your  address  change.  You  must  also  notify  your  local  union 
...  by  some  other  method. 


This  coupon  should  be  mailed  to  THE  CARPENTER, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


NAME. 


Local  No 

Number  of  your  Local  Union  must 
be  given.  Otherwise,  no  action  cmn 
be  taken  on  your  chance  of  •ddreu. 


Social  Security  or  (in  Canada)  Social  Insurance  No.. 


NEW  ADDRESS. 


City 


State  or  Province 


ZIP  Code 


ISSN  0008-6843 

VOLUME  106  No.  9  SEPTEMBER  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

The  Early  Years:  Origins  of  the  UBC  in  Canada 2 

Proposed  Constitutional  Amendments 5 

Weyerhaeuser,  Georgia-Pacific  Settlements 9 

Taking  the  Initiative:  We  Must  Continue  Bold  Steps 10 

American  Express:  Campaign  Intensifies 13 

Crafts  Achieve  National  Record  at  IPP 14 

Building  Trades  Take  Toyota  Issue  to  Embassy 15 

Enter:  Robots 17 

Quarter  Century  Mark  for  UBC  Headquarters 19 

Students'  Blueprint  for  Cure  Campaign 22 

Safety  and  Health:  Carpet-Layers  Knee 27 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 12 

Ottawa  Report 16 

Labor  News  Roundup 20 

Local  Union  News 23 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 25 

Members  in  the  News 28 

Consumer  Clipboard:  Getting  Info  on  Fast  Food 29 

Retirees  Notebook 31 

Plane  Gossip 32 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 33 

In  Memoriam 37 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 

Published  monthly  at  3342  Bladensburg  Road,  Brentwood,  Md.  20722  by  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  Joiners  of  America.  Subscription  pnce:  United  States  and  Canada  $10.00  per  year,  single  copies  $1.00  in 
advance. 


THE 
COVER 


On  September  1  thousands  of  trade 
unionists  will  march  down  Fifth  Avenue 
in  New  York  City,  as  they  have  done 
each  year  since  1881.  Local  union  dele- 
gations carrying  banners,  flags,  and  signs 
will  be  joined  by  bands,  floats,  and  city 
and  state  dignitaries. 

In  the  long  and  spectacular  parade 
commemorating  the  annual  workers'  hol- 
iday will  be  thousands  of  UBC  members 
from  the  New  York  City  area,  following 
the  tradition  of  "The  Father  of  Labor 
Day,"  our  own  Peter  McGuire,  founder 
of  the  United  Brotherhood. 

"Union  Workers  Earn  More"  say  the 
signs  in  the  foreground — a  slogan  used 
in  the  100th  Anniversary  Labor  Day 
Parade  in  1982  and  equally  true  today. 
Unionized  workers  still  earn  30%  more 
an  hour  than  their  nonunion  counter- 
parts, according  to  a  labor  economist, 
and  this  fact  should  be  paraded. 

Although  the  U.S.  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics  reported  recently  that  wage 
increases  negotiated  thus  far  this  year 
average  only  half  the  size  of  previous 
raises,  the  AFL-CIO  points  out  that  the 
income  picture  is  distorted  by  the  way 
the  government  compiles  and  analyzes 
its  statistics. 

BLS  limits  its  data  to  increases  in  base 
wage  rates  and  fringes  and  does  not  take 
into  account  the  growing  trend  toward 
lump-sum  bonus  payments  in  lieu  of  wage 
increases,  profit-sharing  plans,  and  stock 
ownership  concessions.  Keep  that  in  mind 
the  next  time  a  parade  goes  by. — Photo- 
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The  Early  Years: 

Origins  of  the 
UBC  in  Canada 


'  7/  [is]  the  duty  of  the  working- 
men  of  to-day  to  keep  up  their  claim 
to  the  history  and  make  the  Hue 
more  glorious  in  the  future." 

"Trade  unionism  [has]  made  it 
possible  for  men  to  face  their  em- 
ployers, standing  erect,  and  com- 
paratively independent." 

The  words  of  Peter  McGuire  were 
heartening  to  his  Canadian  audi- 
ence in  1884,  they  inspired  and 
compelled  workers  to  cleave  to- 
gether as  one  under  the  Brother- 
hood banner.  McGuire  was  invited 
there  to  convert  men  to  unionism 
and  to  bring  together  the  carpenters 
of  Canada  and  the  U.S. 

Since  the  early  days  of  organized 
labor  unions  in  North  America,  Cana- 
dian and  United  States  workers  have 
been  intimately  linked;  the  fortunes  of 
one  having  direct  and  powerful  effects 
on  the  other.  Their  shared  boundary, 
culture,  language,  and  work  ethic  made 
their  common  development  unavoida- 
ble. And  their  often-shared  employers 
made  their  progress  in  wages  and  ben- 


efits interconnected.  From  the  time  of 
the  founding  of  our  United  Brotherhood 
in  the  late  1800s,  the  special  bond  be- 
tween the  U.S.  and  Canada  has  been 
integral  to  the  strength  of  our  interna- 
tional union. 

Our  unique  international  affiliation 
can  be  traced  to  the  first  UBC  conven- 
tion in  Chicago  105  years  ago  where 
Canadian  and  U.S.  carpenters  saw  their 
destinies  being  made.  At  this  pioneer 
gathering  it  was  resolved  that  the  Broth- 
erhood of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of 
America  (the  United  was  added  later 
as  a  result  of  a  merger)  "would  enter 
into  relations  with  the  carpenters  of 
Canada  with  a  view  to  bringing  them 
into  our  fold."  As  a  part  of  this  effort, 
Peter  J.  McGuire,  the  first  general  sec- 
retary of  the  organization,  made  several 
trips  north  of  the  border.  His  visits 
invariably  created  a  surge  of  inspiration 
among  the  working  class  movement  and 
produced  a  jump  in  the  number  of 
charter  applications. 

The  diversity  of  Canada's  geog- 
raphy— the  maritime  provinces  to  the 
east,  the  logging  lands  to  the  west,  with 
rapidly  developing  cities  in  the  center — 
made  organizing  a  challenge  in  the  early 


years.  The  task  was  further  complicated 
by  the  mobility  of  workers  in  the  still- 
young  country.  But  McGuire  and  others 
managed  to  get  around  remarkably 
well — often  speaking  in  or  near  railway 
depots  and  then  pushing  on  ahead  to 
the  next  stop  by  nightfall. 

In  April  of  1882  Canadian  carpenters 
welcomed  Brother  McGuire  on  his  first 
visit  to  their  country.  Local  18,  Ham- 
ilton, Ontario,  which  official  records 
show  received  a  charter  on  January  30, 
1882,  making  it  the  first  Canadian  local 
to  be  issued  a  charter,  hosted  Mc- 
Guire's  visit.  He  addressed  a  crowded 
meeting  at  Larkins  Hall  in  Hamilton 
where  he  spoke  out  on  issues  of  the 
day  such  as  the  need  for  increased 
wages  and  shorter  hours. 

Word  of  McGuire's  union  spread 
throughout  the  province  of  Ontario.  In 
Toronto  a  group  of  carpenters  sent  him 
an  invitation  to  speak  to  them  about 
joining  this  carpenters"  union.  Address- 
ing this  group  at  the  Lennox  Tavern, 
McGuire  outlined  the  main  objectives 
of  the  labor  movement  in  general  and 
the  Brotherhood  in  particular.  The 
charter  for  what  was  to  become  Local 
27,  Toronto,  was  applied  for  after  this 


Carpenters  from  Local  1779.  Calvary,  Alherla,  march  in  llial 
city's  Labour  Day  parade  in  1912. 


An  curly  Vancouver  local  pci.\scci  a  million  to  hiiild  a  float  .for 
the  Labour  Day  parade  and  march  tof>ether  in  shirt  sleeves,  a 
new  white  apron,  and  a  straw  hat.  This  photo  is  believed  to 
have  been  taken  in  1894. 


CARPENTER 


First  Local  Union  Chartered  in  Each  Province 


Alberta 

Local  75 

Jan.  5,  1892 

Calgary 

British  Columbia 

Local  48 

July  25,  1883 

Victoria 

Manitoba 

Local  791 

June  27,  1892 

Brandon 

New  Brunswick 

Local  397 

April  18,  1881 

St.  John 

Newfoundland 

Local  1320 

March  12,  1917 

St.  Johns 

Nova  Scotia 

Local  83 

Jan.  23,  1885 

Halifax 

Ontario 

Local  18 

Dec.  18,  1881 

Hamilton 

Prince  Edward  Island 

Local  933 

Oct.  30,  1901 

Charlettetown 

Quebec 

Local  311 

July  25,  1887 

Montreal 

Saskatchewan 

Local  1783 

May  21,  1904 

Moose  Jaw 

Yukon  Territory 

Local  2499 

Sept.  21,  1948 

Whitehorse 

meeting.  The  charter  was  issued  on 
April  19,  1882,  and  Local  27  became 
the  second  Canadian  local  of  the  Inter- 
national. 

Toronto  was  a  center  of  construction 
activity  and  in  great  need  of  strong 
organizations  to  represent  the  interests 
of  the  workers  against  the  bosses  who 
were  unwilling  to  accede  to  any  re- 
quests. In  March  of  1882  Toronto  car- 
penters had  requested  a  raise  of  500  per 
day  (for  a  10-hour  day)  and  had  been 
turned  down  flatly. 

Workers  all  across  Canada  were  fac- 
ing the  same  difficulties  in  the  late 
1800s.  The  10-hour  day  was  required 
by  most  employers;  the  average  man's 
wages  were  not  enough  to  provide  for 
his  family's  basic  needs;  and  child  labor 
was  used  as  a  money-saving  tactic  in 
mills  and  shops.  These  working  children 
who  had  no  time  to  attend  to  their 
studies  soon  became  poorly-educated 
young  adults  with  no  way  to  provide 
for  their  families. 

Slavery,  which  hadn't  been  abolished 
until  1833,  had  left  an  indelible  mark 
on  employer/employee  relationships  in 
many  ways.  Perhaps  the  most  damaging 
result  was  the  lack  of  respect  for  em- 


ployees' needs  on  the  part  of  the  bosses. 
They  treated  workers  with  the  same 
disdain  they  had  shown  slaves  and  could 
neither  understand  nor  accept  the  con- 
cept of  workers  forming  organizations 
to  advance  and  protect  their  own  best 
interests.  Unionism,  which  had  had  a 
rocky  start  earlier  in  the  century,  was 
taking  root  throughout  Canada  as  the 
turn  of  the  century  approached.  And 
the  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America  was  a  leading  force 
in  the  growth. 

By  October  of  1886  there  were  al- 
ready 1 1  of  our  locals  stretching  from 
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  to  Victoria,  Brit- 
ish Columbia.  The  Brotherhood  was 
gaining  ground,  particularly  in  regions 
where  early  charters  were  issued  and 
successes  were  scored.  The  first  British 
Columbia  charter  was  issued  on  July 
25,  1883,  to  Local  48  in  Victoria.  The 
Victoria  charter  made  us  the  first  inter- 
national union  to  establish  a  branch  in 
this  province.  Nova  Scotia's  first  charter 
went  to  Local  83,  Halifax,  on  January 
23,  1885.  Another  pocket  of  strong 
union  activity  was  in  Quebec.  On  Au- 
gust 25,  1887,  Local  311  was  issued  that 
province's  first  charter. 


The  labor  movement  offered  hope, 
but  it  also  carried  with  it  a  risk.  In  some 
provinces  workers  even  kept  the  list  of 
union  members  secret  for  fear  they 
would  be  blacklisted  and  unable  to  find 
work.  But  for  most,  the  risk  was  worth 
it.  When  faced  with  uncertain  employ- 
ment, an  unstable  economy,  and,  per- 
haps more  importantly,  a  lack  of  re- 
sources to  fall  back  on  in  times  of 
hardship,  men  hesitated  to  move  about 
in  search  of  work,  and  unions  were  able 
to  offer  sorne  solutions. 

Men  who  had  been  getting  17 '/2c  per 
hour,  10  hours  per  day,  6  days  a  week 
when  Local  18  was  established  in  Ham- 
ilton were  able  to  report  progress  by 
May  1883.  Some  employers  had  granted 
the  200  per  hour  the  workers  had  de- 
manded soon  after  their  charter.  Bosses 
no  longer  cut  wages  in  the  winter,  and, 
according  to  the  local  secretary,  "We 
find  no  difficulty  in  paying  our  just  debts 
and  dues,  we  insure  each  member's 
tools  against  both  fire  and  theft,  we 
have  money  in  the  bank,  and  we  owe 
no  man  anything  except  good  will  to  all 
Brothers."  In  May  of  1885  this  local 
proceeded  to  adopt  the  Saturday  half 
holiday  as  well. 

Without  highways,  rapid  transit,  tel- 
ephones, and  mass  media,  word  did  not 
spread  as  quickly  in  the  late  19th  and 
early  20th  centuries  as  it  does  today. 
In  those  days  the  organizer's  job  of 
teaching  the  value  of  the  union  and 
encouraging  membership  in  these  rev- 
olutionary new  groups  was  a  challenge 
to   be   sure.    When   word   of  another 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


local's  success  had  reached  the  men 
before  him.  he  often  found  a  more 
receptive  audience. 

John  Flett  was  a  man  who  didn't 
need  any  such  assistance  in  his  orga- 
nizing efforts.  Originally  from  Local  18, 
this  carpenter  was  tapped  early  by  Sam- 
uel Gompers  to  assist  in  American  Fed- 
eration of  Labor  organizing  in  Canada. 
His  successes  were  phenomenal.  On 
one  trip  through  Ontario  he  organized 
14  new  locals  in  a  mere  seven  weeks. 
Next  on  his  schedule  was  a  trip  to  the 
maritime  provinces  where  he  found 
nothing,  but  left  locals  behind  in  every 
province  including  Prince  Edward  Is- 
land. Although  working  for  the  AF  of 
L,  Flett  was  instrumental  in  the  for- 
mation of  many  carpenter  locals.  In  one 
year,  1901,  he  organized  57  of  the  80 
new  locals  the  AF  of  L  had  chartered. 
And  he  was  credited  with  nearly  50 
charters  the  following  year. 

It  was  through  the  hard  work  and 
dedication  of  early  labor  leaders  like 
Gompers,  Flett,  and  our  own  McGuire 
that  our  union  grew  from  122  local 
unions  in  the  year  1881  to  679  in  1900. 
By  the  end  of  1902  carpenters  had 
formed  25  locals  in  Ontario,  7  in  Que- 
bec, 5  in  British  Columbia,  3  each  in 
Nova  Scotia  and  what  is  now  Alberta, 
2  each  in  Manitoba  and  New  Bruns- 
wick, and  1  in  Prince  Edward  Island. 

These  early  carpenters  were  part  of 
a  real  explosion  of  organization  for  the 
labor  movement  in  Canada  between 
1898  and  1902.  More  than  700  new  locals 
were  chartered  in  those  four  years, 
raising  the  number  of  organized  work- 
ers from  around  20,000  to  over  70,000. 
The  number  of  local  unions  tripled  across 
the  nation,  and  groups  that  hadn't  shown 
much  interest  in  unionism  were  becom- 
ing organized  along  with  all  the  rest. 

The  UBC  is  credited  with  advancing 
the  cause  of  the  labor  movement  in  the 
province  of  Alberta  especially.  Local 
1012  in  Frank  was  our  beachhead  there. 

Great  progress  was  made 
in  the  first  two  decades  of  our 
existence  in  Canada.  Pay- 
ments of  death,  disability,  and 
strike  benefits  from  the  Inter- 
national were  a  source  of  pride 
and  strength  for  members.  Lo- 
cals were  able  to  call  strikes 
to  gain  better  conditions — and 
win.  (Although  there  were 
constitutional  restrictions  on 
the  number  of  locals  that  could 
be  out  on  strike  at  one  time.) 
Many  cities  had  reported  that  the  nine- 
hour  day  had  been  widely  accepted. 
And  a  fair  rate  of  pay  for  overtime 
hours  was  established. 

The  International  had  itself  under- 
gone significant  changes  during  this  time. 
At  the  1888  General  Convention  in 
Detroit.  Michigan,  a  merger  of  the  5,000- 


member  United  Order  of  American  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  and  the  Brother- 
hood of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of 
America  was  approved.  Neither  group, 
however,  was  willing  to  give  up  its  name 
and  identity.  A  compromise  was  finally 
reached  when  the  name  United  Broth- 
erhood of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of 
America  was  suggested  and  accepted. 
Eight  years  (and  three  conventions) 
later  a  general  executive  board  was 
established.  It  consisted  of  five  mem- 


Today's  Canadian 
Carpenters 

Canadian  carpenters  comprise  a  full 
\07c  of  the  United  Brotherhood's 
membership  today.  Of  Ihem,  65.32% 
are  construction  workers  and  34.67% 
are  employed  in  the  industrial  sector. 
There  are  100  construction  locals  in 
Canada  and  37  industrial  locals. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  our 
Canadian  membership  has  a  signifi- 
cantly higher  percentage  of  industrial 
workers  than  our  U.S.  membership. 
In  fact,  in  Newfoundland  66.94%  of 
the  members  are  in  industrial  locals; 
in  New  Brunswick,  50.35%';  in  Que- 
bec, 46.01%:  and  m  Ontario  43.93%. 
Prince  Edward  Island.  Saskelche- 
wan,  and  the  Yukon  Territory  still 
draw  100%  of  their  membership  from 
construction  locals,  however. 


bers,  with  one  representative  each  from 
the  New  England  region  (including  New 
Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia)  and  the 
middle  states  region  (including  Ontario 
and  Quebec)  and  two  from  the  western 
states  region  (including  Manitoba  and 
British  Columbia).  At  the  16th  General 
Convention  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  in 
1910,  Canada  was  given  its  own  rep- 
resentative on  the  general  executive 
board. 

Even  before  the  United  Order  of 
American  Carpenters  and  Joiners  or  the 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners 


Moore 


Lloyd 


of  America  were  established,  there  were 
seeds  of  a  carpenters'  union  in  Canada. 
Various  smaller  regional  societies  were 
in  existence  before  these  international 
branches.  In  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  a 
group  known  as  the  Carpenters,  Joiners 
and  Cabinet-makers'  Society  bound 
masters  and  journeymen  together  for 
benevolent  purposes  in  1798.  A  group 


called  the  Hamilton  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  Society  was  formed  in  that  city 
in  1832.  The  United  and  Friendly  House 
Carpenters'  and  Joiners'  Society  was 
the  name  of  a  St.  John,  New  Brunswick, 
group  in  the  mid-180()s.  And  the  Jour- 
neymen and  Shipwrights  Association 
was  a  precursor  to  our  first  British 
Columbia  local. 

Canadian  labor  organizations  were 
greatly  influenced  by  British  trade  guilds 
or  "societies"  as  well  as  U.S.  unions. 
In  fact,  a  British  group,  the  Amalgam- 
ated Society  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners, 
was  the  first  international  union  to  form 
branches  in  Canada  in  1871.  The  Amal- 
gamated was  also  the  first  permanent 
union  of  building  trades  workers  in  the 
country. 

Although  after  1881  the  Amalgamated 
and  the  UBC  (or  its  predecessor  unions) 
drew  their  following  from  the  same  craft 
and  worked  frequently  side  by  side  in 
the  same  territory,  they  managed  to 
maintain  amicable  relations  for  the  most 
part.  In  1913,  after  quite  a  bit  of  ma- 
neuvering, the  two  groups  agreed  upon 
a  merger  to  be  effective  January  1,  1914. 
By  1925  problems  had  arisen  and  a 
group  known  as  the  Amalgamated  Car- 
penters of  Canada  was  established.  It 
drew  as  members  former  Amalgamated 
members  who  were  dissatisifed  with 
certain  Brotherhood  policies  and  other 
dissenters  from  American  unionism. 
During  the  late  1930s  they  lost  the 
majority  of  their  members. 

People  are  the  very  foundation  of  the 
labor  movement  and  the  United  Broth- 
erhood of  Carpenters.  Without  men  of 
vision  and  courage  as  our  leaders  we 
would  have  lost  our  fights  for  fair  wages 
and  hours  and  safe  and  sanitary  working 
conditions.  But  without  the  working 
men  there  would  have  been  no  need 
for  our  union. 

Working  men  were  the  reason  to 
develop  a  union  and,  down  through  the 
years,  they've  been  inspired  to  keep  it 
going.  Even  when  carpenters 
turn  their  energies  to  other 
causes,  enter  the  political 
arena,  or  retire  from  the  trade, 
they  bring  with  them  the  pulse 
of  the  labor  movement.  They 
often  forge  new  trails  for  labor 
advancement.  R.A.  Brockel- 
bank,  then-president  of  the 
Calgary  Carpenters'  Union, 
became,  in  1902,  the  first  labor 
movement  representative  to 
hold  elected  office  at  any  level  in  Al- 
berta. Tom  Moore,  an  organizer  for  the 
Brotherhood  and  president  of  the  Trades 
and  Labor  Congress  of  Canada,  was 
chosen  to  be  on  a  royal  commission  on 
labor  conditions  in  1919  and  subse- 
quently served  on  other  government 
panels.  He  was  instrumental  in  these 
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CARPENTER 


PROPOSED  AMENDMENTS 

to  the 
CONSTITUTION  &  LAWS 

"All  amendments  to  the  Constitution  and  Laws  submitted  by  Local  Unions,  District,  State  or  Provincial  Councils  for  the 
consideration  of  the  Convention  shall  be  filed  with  the  General  Secretary  not  later  than  sixty  days  preceding  the  holding  of 
the  Convention,  and  the  said  amendments  shall  be  published  in  The  Carpenter  in  the  issue  immediately  following  the  expiration 
of  the  filing  deadline  by  the  General  Secretary.  No  further  amendments  shall  be  considered  by  the  Constitution  Committee, 
other  than  those  submitted  in  accordance  with  the  above  or  submitted  to  the  Constitution  Committee  by  the  General  Executive 
Board;  however,  amendments  may  be  offered  from  the  floor  to  any  Section  while  it  is  being  reported  on  by  the  Constitution 
Committee." 

In  accordance  with  this  constitutional  provision  (Section  63  E),  the  following  proposed  amendments 
are  published  in  the  September  1986  issue  of  the  Carpenter.  The  Thirty-Fifth  General  Convention 
of  the  United  Brotherhood  will  convene  in  Toronto,  Ontario,  on  Monday,  October  6,  1986. 


SECTION  31 


Submitted  by  Local  Union  1669,  Thun- 
der Bay,  Ontario. 

Amend  Section  31: 

"Whereas,  due  to  ever-increasing 
technical  and  legal  matters  and  ever- 
changing  Labour  Relations  Laws  in  the 
operation  of  unions;  now  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  Business  Represen- 
tatives elected  under  Section  31  E  of  the 
Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners 
of  America  may  have  to  meet  qualifica- 
tions and  standards  set  up  by  the  local 
union  and/or  district  council." 


jm       SECTION  31 

Submitted  by  Oregon  State  District 
Council  of  Carpenters,  and  Pacific 
Northwest  District  Council  of  Industrial 
Workers 

Amend  Section  31,  Paragraph  A: 

"Whereas,  many  local  unions  are  in 
financial  trouble  due  to  loss  of  member- 
ship and  increased  costs  of  operation; 
and 

"Whereas,  the  cost  of  having  a  full- 
time  Financial  Secretary,  whose  duties 
are  limited  to  office  operation  and  at- 
tendance of  meetings,  is  an  undue  finan- 
cial burden  on  many  local  unions;  and 

"Whereas,  policing  and  organizing 
are  very  important  to  the  survival  of  the 
Brotherhood;  and 

"Whereas,  the  policing  and  organizing 
could  be  accomplished  without  hiring 
additional  people  by  changing  the  duties 
of  the  full-time  Financial  Secretary  to  a 
Financial  Secretary/Business  Represent- 
ative; therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  Section  31  A  of  the 
Constitution  and  Laws  be  amended  to 
read:  'The  officers  of  a  Local  Union  shall 


be  a  President,  Vice  President,  Record- 
ing Secretary,  Financial  Secretary, 
Treasurer,  Conductor,  Warden,  and  three 
Trustees.  Local  Unions  employing  full- 
time  officers  shall  elect  a  Financial  Sec- 
retary/Business Representative  and  the 
officers  shall  constitute  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Local  Union.  If  the 
Local  Union  deems  it  necessary  to  elect 
or  hire  an  additional  Business  Repre- 
sentative(s),  the  Business  Representa- 
tive(s),  who  is  not  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  shall  attend  the 
meetings  of  the  Executive  Committee 
with  voice,  but  without  vote.  No  member 
shall  be  eligible  to  be  an  officer  or  Busi- 
ness Representative,  Delegate,  or  Com- 
mittee Member  unless  such  member  is  a 
citizen  of  the  United  States  or  Canada, 
and  the  member,  to  be  eligible  to  serve 
in  any  such  capacity,  must  be  a  citizen 
of  the  country  in  which  the  Local  Union 
is  located.  No  member  may  hold  more 
than  one  office  or  be  a  candidate  for 
more  than  one  office  in  a  regular  election, 
in  the  same  subordinate  body,  unless 
dispensation  to  combine  two  or  more 
offices  is  or  has  been  granted  by  the 
General  President.  In  elections  held  to 
fill  vacancies  a  member  who  holds  an 
office  must  resign  said  office  in  writing 
before  accepting  nomination  as  a  can- 
didate for  another  office  in  the  same 
subordinate  body  (unless  the  offices  are 
combined  by  dispensation)  and  all  exist- 
ing vacancies,  including  those  left  by 
such  resignations,  shall  be  filled  by  the 
same  nominations  and  election.  Neither 
the  President,  Treasurer,  Financial  Sec- 
retary, nor  Recording  Secretary  can  act 
as  Trustee.'  " 


SECTION  31 

Submitted  by  California  State  Council 


of  Carpenters. 

Amend  Section  31,  Paragraph  D: 

"Whereas,  Section  31  of  the  Consti- 
tution and  Laws  of  the  United  Brother- 
hood explicitly  provides  minimum  time 
periods  for  notification  to  members  of 
nominations  and  elections  of  Officers, 
Delegates,  elected  Business  Representa- 
tives, and  Assistant  Business  Represen- 
tatives; and 

"Whereas,  upon  occasion  such  nom- 
inations and/or  election  notification  has 
been  sent  to  the  members  so  far  in 
advance  of  the  actual  time  of  nominations 
and/or  election  that  the  impact  of  the 
nominations  and  election  procedure  is 
diminished;  and 

"Whereas,  procedural  uniformity  in 
such  an  important  notification  is  desir- 
able; now  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  Section  31,  Paragraph 
D,  of  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  the 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  be 
amended  to  provide  additionally  that 
notices  to  the  membership  of  nomination 
and/or  elections  be  mailed  not  more  than 
60  days  prior  to  the  date  that  such 
nomination  and/or  election  shall  take 
place." 


SECTION  44 

Submitted  by  Local  Union  1597,  Bre- 
merton, Washington. 

Amend  Section  44,  Paragraph  I: 

"Whereas,  we  have  lost  many  mem- 
bers due  to  fewer  jobs  in  a  depressed 
economy;  and 

"Whereas,  many  of  these  members 
have  gone  to  work  nonunion  showing 
that  they  are  in  fact  'fair  weather  mem- 
bers'; and 

"Whereas,  many  times  they  wish  to 
return  when  a  job  is  being  offered  to 
them  if  they  are  union;  and 


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"Whereas,  they  will  get  that  job  before 
our  good  members  who  have  paid  their 
dues  through  the  hard  times  and  shared 
the  available  work  with  their  brother 
and  sister  members;  and 

"Whereas,  these  good  members  need 
more  protection  and  consideration  than 
is  currently  afforded  them  with  the  re- 
initiation fees  as  they  now  exist;  and 

"Whereas,  if  a  greater  dollar  amount 
is  involved  it  will  protect  and  place  a 
realistic  incentive  to  remain  a  member; 
now  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  the  delegates  to  the 
35th  General  Convention  of  the  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners 
of  America  support  an  increase  of  the 
re-initiation  fees  to  $700.00;  and  be  it 
further 

"Resolved,  that  'Admission  of  Mem- 
ber,' Section  44,  Paragraph  I,  will  now 
read,  '.  .  .  additional  sum  of  seven 
hundred  dollars  ($700.00).'  " 


SECTION  44 


Submitted  by  Local  Union  1708,  Au- 
burn, Washington. 

Amend  Section  44,  Paragraph  I: 

"Whereas,  we  have  lost  many  mem- 
bers over  the  years  for  various  reasons; 
and 

"Whereas,  many  of  these  losses  have 
been  due  to  members  going  to  work  in 
the  nonunion  sector  after  facing  a  little 
adversity  (out  of  work  for  a  few  weeks); 
and 

"Whereas,  in  the  1950s  our  member- 
ship reached  its  peak  with  over  850,000 
members;  and 

"Whereas,  the  Brotherhood  during 
this  period  was  taking  in  100,000  mem- 
bers per  year  but  was  losing  90,000 
members  per  year;  and 

"Whereas,  during  this  period  the 
Brotherhood  controlled  the  majority  of 
the  work  but  we  still  were  not  retaining 
our  members;  and 

"Whereas,  a  lot  of  our  members  have 
stuck  with  the  Brotherhood  through  good 
times  and  bad;  and 

"Whereas,  to  protect  those  members 
and  place  a  realistic  incentive  to  remain 
a  member;  now  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  the  delegates  here 
assembled  at  the  35th  General  Conven- 
tion of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America  change 
Section  44  #1  of  the  Constitution  to 
require  an  ex-member  who  is  dropped 
for  nonpayment  of  dues  to  pay  an  ad- 
ditional $  1 ,000  besides  initiation  to  rejoin 
the  Brotherhood;  and  be  it  further 

"Resolved,  that  this  become  effective 
and  apply  to  any  member  who  is  dropped 
for  nonpayment  of  dues  after  January 
1,  1987." 


SECTION  45 

Submitted  by  Oregon  State  District 
Council  of  Carpenters;  Pacific  North- 
west District  Council  of  Industrial 
Workers. 

Amend  Section  45,  Paragraph  A: 

"Whereas,  many  local  unions  are  in 
financial  trouble  due  to  loss  of  member- 
ship and  increased  costs  of  operations; 
and 

"Whereas,  many  local  unions  have 
been  forced  to  lay  off  full-time  personnel 
or  reduce  their  hours  in  an  attempt  to 
survive;  and 

"Whereas,  reduced  hours  for  policing 
and  service  to  the  members  has  a  negative 
effect  on  the  total  operation  of  a  local 
union;  and 

"Whereas,  the  working  member's  dues 
are  reaching  the  point  that  it  has  a 
negative  effect  on  organizing  and  main- 
taining members  in  the  industrial  seg- 
ment of  the  Brotherhood  due  to  the  wage 
rates  that  are  being  negotiated  under 
this  current  Administration;  and 

"Whereas,  in  many  local  unions  the 
retired  members  make  up  25%  to  50% 
of  the  total  membership;  and 

"Whereas,  the  retired  dues  structure 
as  established  in  the  Constitution  and 
Laws  of  the  United  Brotherhood  is  not 
sufficient  to  cover  the  actual  cost  of  per 
capita  tax,  local  death  funds,  or  other 
services  provided  for  the  retired  mem- 
bers; therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  that  Section  54  of  the  Con- 
stitution and  Laws  of  the  United  Brother- 
hood of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  Amer- 
ica be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

'Dues  for  members  covered  by  Benefit 
Schedule  1 ,  who  are  no  longer  working 
at  the  trade,  and  are  age  65  or  older 
with  not  less  than  thirty  years  of  con- 
tinuous membership,  shall  be  Nine 
Dollars  ($9.00)  per  month.  The  Local 
Union  shall  pay  the  General  Secretary 
Four  Dollars  ($4.00)  per  month  per 
capita  tax  for  each  such  member  of 
which  Two  Dollars  ($2.00)  shall  be 
used  for  the  general  management  of 
the  United  Brotherhood;  Two  Dollars 
($2.00)  shall  be  used  for  payment  of 
death  and  disability  benefits.';  and  be 
it  further 

"Resolved  that  Section  45,  Paragraph 
A  of  the  Constitution  and  Laws,  be 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 
'Minimum  dues  in  all  Local  llnions 
shall  be  established  in  an  amount  not 
less  than  Twelve  Dollars  ($12.00)  per 
month  to  be  paid  by  all  members.  The 
minimum  dues  shall  be  increased  by 
the  amount  by  which  the  per  capita 
tax  provided  in  Section  45  D,  E,  or  F 
is  increa.sed  by  action  of  any  Conven- 
tion of  the  United  Brotherhood,  as  of 
the  effective  date  of  any  such  increase 


in  per  capita  tax.  Whenever,  in  the 
judgment  of  the  General  President, 
the  dues  established  by  any  Local 
Union  or  per  capita  tax  by  a  District 
Council  appear  inadequate  to  enable 
the  Local  Union  or  District  Council  to 
function  properly  and  in  accordance 
with  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  the 
United  Brotherhood,  the  General 
President  shall  have  the  authority  to 
make  a  survey  of  the  finances  of  such 
Local  Union  or  District  Council.  Upon 
completion  of  the  survey  the  General 
President  shall  submit  a  report  to  the 
General  Executive  Board.  The  Gen- 
eral Executive  Board  is  authorized  and 
empowered  upon  the  basis  of  the  sur- 
vey to  establish  the  proper  amount  of 
such  dues.  The  General  Executive 
Board  is  also  authorized  and  empow- 
ered to  establish  a  minimum  fee  to  be 
paid  by  each  member  for  a  working 
card.  The  amount  of  monthly  dues 
payable  by  each  member  to  his  or  her 
Local  Union  shall  be  increased  by  the 
amount  by  which  the  per  capita  tax 
provided  in  Section  45  D,  E,  or  F  is 
increased  by  action  of  any  Convention 
of  the  United  Brotherhood,  as  of  the 
effective  date  of  any  such  increase  in 
per  capita  tax.  When  a  Local  Union 
raises  its  dues,  initiation  fee,  or  levies 
an  assessment,  a  secret  ballot  vote  shall 
be  taken  at  a  special  or  called  meeting. 
All  members  shall  be  notified  by  mail 
of  time,  place,  and  purpose  of  the 
vote.  All  members  in  good  standing 
shall  be  eligible  to  vote.  All  assessments 
must  be  approved  by  the  General 
President.'  " 


SECTION  46 

Submitted  by  Western  Ontario  District 
Council. 

Amend  Section  46,  Paragraph  B: 

"Whereas,  under  the  provisions  of 
Section  46  B  of  the  Constitution  and 
Laws  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters a  member  is  to  report  to  the 
local  union  office  before  securing  work 
in  the  area;  and 

"Whereas,  failure  to  report  shall  be 
under  penalty  of  a  fine  and/or  assessment 
of  $5.00  for  the  first  offense  and  $10.00 
for  the  second  offense  and  suspension 
for  the  third  offen.se;  and 

"Whereas,  the  penalty  for  failure  to 
report  should  be  justified  by  its  severity 
and  the  current  status  of  union  wages 
and  benefits;  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  the  provisions  of  Sec- 
tion 46  B  be  amended  to  read  one  hour's 
pay  of  the  current  collective  agreement 
of  the  local  union  whose  jurisdiction  has 
been  violated  for  the  first  offense,  two 
hours'  pay  of  the  current  collective 
agreement  for  the  second  offense,  and 


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suspension  for  the  third  offense  after  the 
member  has  been  duly  tried  and  found 
guilty." 


SECTION  49 


Submitted  by  Local  Union  199,  Chi- 
cago, Illinois. 

Amend  Section  49,  Paragraphs  B  and 
C: 

"Resolved,  to  raise  each  of  the  amounts 
listed  in  Section  49,  Paragraphs  B  and 
C,  to  amounts  more  equitable  to  today's 
higher  cost  of  funerals." 


SECTION  49 


Submitted  by  Local  Union  140,  Tampa, 
Florida. 

Amend  Section  49,  Paragraph  C: 

"Whereas,  the  average  life  span  con- 
tinues to  be  longer  and  longer;  and 

"Whereas,  members  admitted  be- 
tween the  ages  of  50  and  60  can  easily 
pay  dues  for  30  years  or  more;  and 

"Whereas,  a  member  paying  full  dues 
to  the  International  and  to  the  Death 
Benefit  Fund  for  30  years  or  more  should 
receive  more  than  $250.00;  now  there- 
fore be  it 

"Resolved,  that  any  member  paying 
into  the  Death  Benefit  Fund  for  30  years 
or  more,  regardless  of  age,  would  receive 
the  maximum  benefit  allowed,  currently 
$2,500.00." 


SECTION  49 


Submitted  by  Western  Ontario  District 
Council. 

Amend  Section  49,  Paragraph  C  and 
Section  50,  Paragraph  A: 

"Whereas,  under  the  provisions  of 
Section  49  the  funeral  donations  allowed 
our  brothers  are  inadequate  and  in  many 
cases  cause  delays  in  settlement  of  the 
estates  which  are  more  costly  than  the 
benefit  received;  and 

"Whereas,  such  an  amount  of  benefit 
is  ridiculously  low  in  today's  economic 
times;  now  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  the  benefits  under  the 
provisions  of  Section  49  C  and  Section 
50  A  be  set  at  an  amount  of  $500.00." 


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amounts  more  equitable  to  today's  higher 
cost  of  living." 


SECTION  51 

Submitted  by  Local  Union  199,  Chi- 
cago, Illinois. 
Amend  Section  51,  Paragraph  F: 
"Resolved,  to  raise  each  of  the  amounts 
listed  in  Section  51,  Paragraph  F,  to 
amounts  equitable  to  today's  higher  cost 
of  living." 


SECTION  50 


Submitted  by  Local  Union  199,  Chi- 
cago, Illinois. 

Amend  Section  50,  Paragraph  A: 
"Resolved,  to  raise  each  of  the  amounts 
listed  in  Section  50,  Paragraph  A,  to 


SECTION  51 


Submitted  by  Western  Ontario  District 
Council. 

Amend  Section  51,  Paragraph  F  and 
Section  52,  Paragraph  B: 

"Whereas,  under  the  provisions  of 
Section  51  of  the  Constitution  and  Laws 
of  the  United  Brotherhood  disability  do- 
nations are  issued  our  brothers;  and 

"Whereas,  the  amounts  of  donation 
should  represent  the  economic  times  of 
both  our  countries;  now  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  the  disability  donation 
allocated  under  Section  51  F  and  Section 
52  B  be  doubled  for  each  of  the  divisions 
for  years  of  service." 


SECTION  54 


Submitted  by  Western  Ontario  District 
Council. 

Amend  Section  54. 

"Whereas,  members  of  the  Brother- 
hood who  are  no  longer  working  at  the 
trade  and  are  disabled  and/or  retired 
should  be  given  special  treatment;  and 

"Whereas,  the  provisions  of  Section 
54  allow  for  the  reduction  of  dues  to  a 
$6.00  per  month  level;  now  therefore  be 
it 

"Resolved,  that  the  United  Brother- 
hood of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  Amer- 
ica provide  for  reduced  dues  for  those 
members  no  longer  working  at  the  trade 
who  are  60  years  old  and  over  and  who 
have  been  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood 
for  not  less  than  25  years." 


SECTION  54 

Submitted  by  Oregon  State  District 
Council  of  Carpenters,  and  Pacific 
Northwest  District  Council  of  Industrial 
Workers. 

Amend  Section  54: 

"Whereas,  many  local  unions  are  in 
financial  trouble  due  to  loss  of  member- 
ship and  increased  costs  of  operations; 
and 


"Whereas,  many  local  unions  have 
been  forced  to  lay  off  full-time  personnel 
or  reduce  their  hours  in  an  attempt  to 
survive; 

"Whereas,  reduced  hours  for  policing 
and  service  to  the  members  has  a  negative 
effect  on  the  total  operation  of  a  local 
union;  and 

"Whereas,  the  working  member's  dues 
are  reaching  the  point  that  it  has  a 
negative  effect  on  organizing  and  main- 
taining members  in  the  industrial  seg- 
ment of  the  Brotherhood  due  to  the  wage 
rates  that  are  being  negotiated  under 
this  current  Administration;  and 

"Whereas,  in  many  local  unions  the 
retired  members  make  up  24%  to  50% 
of  the  total  membership;  and 

"Whereas,  the  retired  dues  structure 
as  established  in  the  Constitution  and 
Laws  of  the  United  Brotherhood  is  not 
sufficient  to  cover  the  actual  cost  of  per 
capita  tax,  Local  death  funds,  or  other 
services  provided  for  the  retired  mem- 
bers; therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  Section  54  of  the  Con- 
stitution and  Laws  of  the  United  Broth- 
erhood of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of 
America  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
Dues  for  members  covered  by  Benefit 
Schedule  1,  who  are  no  longer  working 
at  the  trade,  and  are  age  65  or  older 
with  not  less  than  thirty  years  of  contin- 
uous membership,  shall  be  Nine  Dollars 
($9.00)  per  month.  The  Local  Union  shall 
pay  the  General  Secretary  Four  Dollars 
($4.00)  per  month  per  capita  tax  for  each 
such  member,  of  which  Two  Dollars 
($2.00)  shall  be  used  for  the  general 
management  of  the  United  Brotherhood 
and  Two  Dollars  ($2.00)  shall  be  used 
for  payment  of  death  and  disability  ben- 
efits." 


SECTION  54 


Submitted  by  Fox  River  Valley  District 
Council  of  Carpenters. 

Amend  Section  54. 

"Whereas,  the  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America  was 
organized  for  the  protection  of  workers 
rights  and  for  the  benefit  of  the  mem- 
bership; and 

"Whereas,  members  no  longer  work- 
ing at  the  trade,  60  years  of  age  or  over 
or  permanently  disabled  with  30  years 
of  continuous  membership,  have  dedi- 
cated their  working  lives  to  the  advance- 
ment and  further  strengthening  of  this 
United  Brotherhood;  and 

"Whereas,  early  retirement  is  a  choice 
of  members  within  their  local  pension 
plan;  and 

"Whereas,  these  retiring  members  are 
no  longer  required  to  retain  local  union 
membership  to  receive  their  local  pen- 
sion; and 


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"Whereas,  these  retired  members  are 
an  asset  to  their  local  union  and  the 
international  union  by  retaining  local 
union  membership;  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  the  Constitution  and 
Laws  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America,  Section 
54,  Reduced  Dues,  be  changed  to  read 
as  follows: 

"  'Members  covered  by  Benefit 
Schedule  I  who  are  no  longer  working 
at  the  trade,  who  are  60  years  of  age  or 
over  or  permanently  disabled  and  have 
not  less  than  30  years  of  continuous 
membership  shall  pay  dues  according  to 
the  following  schedule: 

(a)  60  years  of  age  with  30  years  of 
continuous  membership — $6.00 
dues  with  per  capita  tax  to  the 
International  to  be  set  at  $4.00 

(b)  65  years  of  age  with  thirty-five  (35) 
years  of  continuous  membership — 
$4.00  dues  with  per  capita  tax  to 
the  International  to  be  set  at  $2.00. 

(c)  70  years  of  age  with  40  years  of 
continuous  membership — Life 
membership  with  no  per  capita  tax 
to  the  International  and  no  local 
union  dues.'  " 


IB        SECTION  54 

Submitted  by  Detroit  District  Council 
of  Carpenters. 

Amend  Section  54. 
"Whereas,  the  United  Brotherhood 
of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America 
has  been  in  existence  for  105  years;  and 

"Whereas,  one  of  the  major  reasons 
for  our  progress  through  these  years  has 
been  because  of  the  leadership  of  our 
long  time  members;  and 

"Whereas,  many  other  labor  organi- 
zations have  provisions  which  allow  for 
their  retirees  to  be  exempt  from  paying 
dues;  now  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  the  delegates  of  the 
35th  General  Convention  take  action  to 
amend  the  Constitution,  Section  54,  to 
read  as  follows: 

'Members  covered  by  Benefit  Schedule 
1  who  are  no  longer  working  at  the 
trade,  and  who  are  age  65  or  older, 
and  have  not  less  than  30  years  con- 
tinuous membership,  shall  pay  no  dues 
but  be  issued  a  gold  card  in  appreci- 
ation of  their  years  of  service  to  the 

Brotherhood.'  The  Local  Union  shall 
al.so.be  charged  no  per  capita  tax  on 
these  members." 


SECTION  55 


Submitted  by  Western  Ontario  District 
council. 


Amend  Section  55.  Paragraph  A: 

"Whereas,  it  is  our  constitutional  right 
to  have  freedom  of  speech;  and 

"Whereas,  we  should  have  the  right 
to  express  our  views  and  criticize  without 
fear  of  reprisals;  and 

"Whereas,  the  use  of  the  quarterly 
password  is  questionable  at  many  of  the 
union  meetings;  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  Section  55  A  items  1 
and  3  be  deleted  as  chargeable  offenses 
under  the  Constitution;  that  Section  55 
A  item  9  be  removed  as  a  chargeable 
offense  under  the  Constitution;  and  that 
the  word  'lumping'  under  Section  55  A 
item  12  be  better  defined  as  well  as  adding 
the  words  'piece  work.'  " 


SECTION  55 

Submitted  by  Western  Ontario  District 
Council. 
Amend  Section  55,  Paragraph  C: 
"Whereas,  under  the  provisions  of 
Section  55,  Paragraph  C,  the  fine  or 
assessment  is  limited  to  an  amount  of 
$50.00  and  does  not  represent  a  true 
penalty  under  the  economic  circum- 
stances of  the  current  collective  agree- 
ment and  working  conditions;  now  there- 
fore be  it 

"Resolved,  that  the  fine  and/or  as- 
sessment under  the  provisions  of  Section 
55,  Paragraph  C,  be  increased  to  an 
amount  not  in  excess  of  $150.00." 


SECTION  55 

Submitted  by  California  State  Council 
of  Carpenters;  Kansas  State  Council  of 
Carpenters. 

Amend  Section  55.  Paragraph  C: 

"Whereas,  Section  55,  Paragraph  C 
has  been  in  effect  for  many  years;  and 

"Whereas,  during  that  time  there  have 
been  substantial  increases  in  wages  and 
fringe  benefits;  and 

"Whereas,  the  $50.00  limit  in  Para- 
graph C  is  no  longer  a  sufficient  deter- 
rent; therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  this  47th  California 
State  Council  convention  forward  to  the 
International  Offices  this  resolution  which 
requests  that  paragraph  C  of  Section  55 
be  amended  to  state  as  follows:  'If  found 
guilty  after  trial,  the  member  may  be 
fined  an  amount  equal  to  one  day's  pay 
and  fringes  for  each  successive  day  of 
the  offense  by  the  Local  Union,  District 
Council,  or  Industrial  Council  having 
Jurisdiction  of  the  offense.'  and  be  it 
further 

"Resolved,  that  the  California  State 
Council  distribute  to  each  local  union/ 
district  council  and  state  council  a  copy 


of  this  resolution  for  their  review  and 
action  prior  to  the  General  Convention." 


SECTION  59 


Submitted  by  Local  Union  1373.  Flint, 
Michigan,  and  Indiana  State  Council  of 
Carpenters. 

Amend  Section  59,  Paragraph  C: 

"Whereas,  in  the  Constitution  and 
Laws  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America,  Section 
59  C  second  sentence  reads  "Members 
affected  by  a  strike  but  who  are  permit- 
ted to  work  in  a  bargaining  area  where 
a  strike  is  in  progress  shall  pay  to  the 
District  Council  or  Local  Union  an  amount 
not  less  than  two  hours'  pay  for  each 
day  worked  during  the  strike  for  the 
purpose  of  establishing  a  strike  and  de- 
fense fund."  and 

"Whereas,  in  accordance  with  re- 
cently signed  international  maintenance 
agreements.  Article  XXII  reads  "During 
the  term  of  this  Agreement  there  shall 
be  no  lockout  by  the  company  and  no 
work  stoppage  by  the  Union."  and 

"Whereas,  a  member  working  under 
a  maintenance  agreement  in  a  bargaining 
area  where  a  strike  is  in  progress  must 
pay  this  high  assessment;  therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  that  the  Constitution  and 
Laws  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America,  Section 
59  C,  be  changed  to  read  "Members 
affected  by  a  strike  but  who  are  permit- 
ted to  work  in  a  bargaining  area  where 
a  strike  is  in  progress  shall  pay  to  the 
District  Council  or  Local  Union  an  amount 
not  less  than  one  hour's  pay  for  each 
day  worked  during  the  strike  for  the 
purpose  of  establishing  a  strike  and  de- 
fense fund." 


SECTION  59 


^ 


Submitted  by  Western  Ontario  District 
Council. 

Amend  Section  59,  Paragraph  F: 

"Whereas,  under  the  provisions  of 
Section  59  of  the  Constitution  and  Laws 
of  the  United  Brotherhood  it  provides 
for  an  assessment  for  nonattendance  to 
vote  on  matters  relative  to  negotiations 
and  terms  of  a  collective  agreement;  and 

"Whereas,  such  a.s.sessment  and/or  fine 
should  reflect  the  economic  times  and 
seriousness  of  the  violation;  now  there- 
fore be  it 

"Resolved,  that  the  provisions  of  Sec- 
tion 59,  Paragraph  ¥,  of  the  Constitution 
and  Laws  be  amended  to  read  an  as- 
sessment of  not  less  than  one  hour's  pay 
of  the  then  current  rates  defined  in  the 
local  union's  collective  agreement  con- 
cerned and  not  more  than  five  hours  pay 
of  the  current  agreement." 


CARPENTER 


Left:  Weyerhaeuser  wood  and  mill  workers  watched  the  last  load  of  logs  go  into  the  company's  plant  in  Springfield.  Ore.,  as  the 
picketing  got  underway  (AP  photo);  Center:  Longshoremen  picketed  en  masse  at  Aberdeen,  Wash.,  to  show  support  for  Weyco  strikers 
(Union  Register  photo):  Right:  Two  Local  1845  pickets  under  a  tarp  for  protection  from  the  rain  in  Snoqualmie,  Wash.  (Union  Register 
photo). 


UBC  Solidarity  Brings  Settlement  In 
Weyerhaeuser  Contract  Negotiations 


By  a  narrow  52%  margin,  members  of  the 
Lumber,  Production  and  Industrial  Workers 
voted  July  29  to  end  a  six-weeic  strike  against 
Weyerhaeuser.  The  settlement  applies  to 
nearly  1,000  members  and  came  four  days 
after  the  International  Woodworkers  of 
America  approved  an  identical  economic 
proposal.  IWA  operations  cover  6,500  work- 
ers in  Oregon  and  Washington. 

The  two  unions  bargained  jointly  under 
the  newly  created  U.S.  Forest  Products 
Bargaining  Board,  which  also  includes  the 
UBC,  Southern  Council  of  Industrial  Work- 
ers, and  IWA  Region  5  in  the  Southern 
states. 

The  Weyerhaeuser  settlement  contained 
wage  cuts  of  $2.85  per  hour  and  a  reduction 
in  vacation  pay  and  holidays.  A  new  profit 
sharing  plan,  however,  is  expected  to  mod- 
erate the  negative  effect  of  the  wage  cut 
during  the  two-year  contract.  Bonus  pay- 
ments under  the  profit  sharing  plan  will  be 
computed  semi-annually  and  paid  quarterly. 

John  Benham,  president  of  Local  3099, 
Aberdeen,  Wash.,  commented  on  the  settle- 
ment, "No  one  likes  the  rollbacks.  The 
company  never  did  prove  to  us  cuts  were 
justified,  but  the  alternative  looked  pretty 
grim  too.  There's  no  question  Weyerhaeuser 
was  moving  to  destroy  our  union.  Our  mem- 
bers could  have  held  out  on  the  picket  line 
for  a  very  long  time,  but  they  would  have 
paid  a  heavy  price  with  lost  jobs  and  broken 
lives.  We  at  least  preserved  our  union  jobs 
and  saved  our  union.  We'll  certainly  need  it 
when  we  meet  Weyerhaeuser  again  in  1988. ' ' 

In  spite  of  the  rollbacks  relunctantly  ac- 
cepted, the  strike  succeeded  in  moving  the 
company  off  their  take-it-or-leave-it  posture 
in  negotiations.  For  example:  The  lower  end 
of  the  profit  sharing  formula  was  changed  to 
speed  up  the  rate  of  payback,  and  agreement 
was  reached  to  lock  in  the  first  $1.20  per 
hour  of  bonus  payments  as  a  permanent 
addition  to  wage  rates.  Maximums  were  also 
removed  from  bonus  payments  above  the 
amount  of  wage  and  benefits  cuts. 

In  addition,  Weyerhaeuser  finally  with- 
drew objectionable  contract  language  that 
would  have  destroyed  seniority.  The  com- 
pany-proposed clause  gave  the  company  the 
sole  right  to  judge  employee  competency 


and  then  to  use  that  determinaton  to  award 
job  posting  and  to  make  layoffs.  Importantly, 
the  union  committee  also  reduced  the  con- 
tract term  from  three  years  to  two  years. 
This  allowed  a  quicker  return  to  the  bar- 
gaining table,  and  it  also  lined  up  Weyer- 
haeuser agreements  with  other  forest  indus- 
try companies,  thus  improving  union  strength 
in  1988. 

James  Bledsoe,  executive  secretary  of  the 
Western  Council,  Lumber,  Production  and 
Industrial  Workers  and  chairman  of  the  Joint 
Bargaining  Board,  said,  "We  feel  gratified 
for  the  solidarity  and  strength  shown  by  our 
membership  under  most  difficult  conditions. 
They  proved  their  willingness  to  stand  up 
and  fight  for  principle.  We  also  had  tremen- 


dous support  from  throughout  the  Carpen- 
ter's organization.  Local  unions  and  district 
councils  gave  an  overwhelming  response  to 
General  President  Campbell's  "Don't  Buy 
Weyerhaeuser  Products"  request.  Others 
worked  on  handbilling  Weyerhaeuser-owned 
banks  and  building  sites.  All  of  these  efforts, 
along  with  the  threat  of  a  prolonged  and 
grinding  national  campaign,  caused  this  com- 
pany to  come  back  to  the  bargaining  table. 
We  sure  don't  like  the  settlement,  but  we 
can  be  proud  of  the  way  our  organization 
responded  to  minimize  its  negative  effects." 

Bledsoe  continued,  "We're  beginning  an 
intensive  effort  immediately  to  build  our 
already  large  data  base  concerning  all  as- 
pects of  the  Weyerhaeuser  Corporation.  We'll 
also  be  working  very  closely  with  our  mem- 
bership over  the  next  two  years  and  forming 
alliances  with  other  organizations  to  prepare 
for  the  1988  negotiations.  We  fully  expect 
to  correct  inequities  at  that  time." 


Georgia-Pacific  Mid-Continent 
Settles  with  Southern  Council 


Several  thousand  members  of  the  UBC's 
Southern  Council  of  Industrial  Workers  and 
the  International  Woodworkers  of  America 
have  ratified  a  new  three-year  agreement 
with  Georgia  Pacific  Corporation's  Mid- 
Continent  Division.  The  agreement  is  retro- 
active to  June  1,  1986,  and  it  runs  to  June 
I,  1989. 

SCIW  members  covered  by  the  new  con- 
tract are  employed  in  G-P  particleboard  mills 
at  Taylorsville  and  Lewisville,  Miss.,  and  a 
plywood  mill  at  Fordyce,  Ark.  IWA  mem- 
bers are  at  G-P  plywood  mill  in  Crossett. 
Ark.,  and  at  a  plywood  mill  and  stud  mill  at 
Gloster,  Miss. 

The  new  agreement  calls  for  a  $  1 ,000  cash 
payment  in  the  first  year  with  4%  across  the 
board  wage  increases  the  second  and  third 
years. 

In  addition,  a  first-time  dental  program  is 
introduced  in  the  first  year  as  well  as  im- 
proved life  insurance  coverage,  increased 
accidental  death  and  dismemberment  bene- 
fits, and  improvements  in  the  pension  plan. 

In  the  second  year,  all  maintenance  and 
electrical  employees  will  receive  an  addi- 
tional $.50  per  hour  and  log  deck  operators 


an  additional  $.25  per  hour  over  and  above 
the  4%  increase. 

At  the  end  of  the  agreement,  the  base  rate 
will  be  $7.90  and  the  top  rate  in  Cossett 
$11.12. 

New  hires  will  receive  $1.00  below  the 
base  rate  for  the  first  90  days  of  employment 
and  $.50  below  for  the  second  90  days  if 
they  remain  in  the  utility  classification.  They 
will  receive  contract  rates  on  bid  jobs. 

"We're  pleased  with  the  settlement,"  said 
SCIW  Secretary  Ray  White.  "We  wanted  a 
two-year  agreement  but  we  are  pleased  with 
the  wage  increase  in  the  third  year  and  the 
increased  first-year  cash  payment." 

Several  contracts  have  been  negotiated 
with  $500  first-year  payments. 

White  said  the  biggest  thing  about  the  new 
pact  is  "gaining  wage  parity  with  G-P's 
Eastern  Division." 

The  major  problem  in  the  negotiations,  he 
said,  was  gaining  the  proper  negotiating 
forum. 

"The  company  wanted  to  bargain  unit- 
by-unit  and  we  wanted  to  bargain  as  a 
group,"  White  said.  "The  settlement  covers 
the  whole  group." 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


Taking 

the 

Initiative 


This  is  the  sixth  and  final 
nstallment  in  our  series 
(escribing  ways  in 
vhich  the  UBC 
neets  future 
leeds. 


w 


UBC  General  Of- 
fices are  at  the  very 
heart  of  govern- 
ment in  Washinii- 
lon.  DC.  Just  be- 
low the  arrow 
above  is  the  U.S. 
Department  of  La- 
bor. Immediately 
across  the  street,  to 
the  right,  is  UBC 
headquarters. 


To  Overcome  the  Roadblocks  to  Our 

Progress,  We  Must  Continue  to 

Take  Bold  Steps  in  the  Years  Ahead 


The  1980s  have  been  a  period  of 
change  for  organized  labor  in  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  Our  adversaries 
have  taken  full  advantage  of  legal  pro- 
cedures and  tied  us  up  in  court  litigation 
to  delay  organizing  and  collective  bar- 
gaining. We  have  endured  economic 
recessions  brought  on  by  the  conserva- 
tive, and  often  misguided,  policies  of 
government. 

We  have  been  under  seige  from  a 


variety  of  anti-union  forces  in  our  so- 
ciety. The  advent  of  overt  employer 
resistance  to  our  legitimate  trade  union 
activities  on  both  sides  of  the  interna- 
tional border  has  worked  to  thwart  our 
success  in  many  areas. 

To  overcome  the  roadblocks  to  our 
progress,  we  have  taken  several  initi- 
atives in  recent  years  so  that  we  can 
keep  ahead  of  the  future.  Some  of  these 
we  have  described  in  previous  install- 


ments in  this  series.  Next  month,  the 
delegates  to  our  35th  General  Conven- 
tion will  determine  what  further  actions 
we  must  take  for  progress  in  the  years 
ahead. 

INDUSTRIAL  PROGRESS 

In  1978  at  the  33rd  General  Conven- 
tion in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  the  delegates 
adopted  a  15-point  program  to  strengthen 


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CARPENTER 


the  work  of  our  organizing  department. 
Several  elements  of  this  15-point  pro- 
gram related  directly  to  the  needs  of 
our  growing  industrial  membership.  It 
was  voted  to  establish  an  industrial 
section  at  the  General  Office,  "properly 
staffed,  to  meet  the  servicing  require- 
ments of  our  industrial  membership." 
It  was  voted  to  "continue  the  estab- 
lishment or  expansion  of  new-concept 
industrial  councils  wherever  they  are 
needed  to  meet  the  service  needs  of 
our  membership."  It  was  also  decided 
to  maintain  and  expand  the  industrial 
contracts  computerized  analysis  pro- 
gram and  make  this  data  available  to 
local  unions  and  councils  for  official 
purposes.  Finally,  it  was  decided  to  set 
up  a  special  task  force  of  industrial 
representatives  to  work  for  the  bettei- 
ment  of  the  industrial  membership. 

These  moves,  eight  years  ago,  proved 
to  be  timely  and  wise.  Today,  one  out 
of  four  members  of  the  UBC  is  an 
industrial  member,  allied  to  our  craft 
membership  all  down  the  line — lumber 
and  sawmill  workers,  pre-fab  housing 
workers,  and  manufacturing  employees 
of  many  varied  industries. 

Our  industrial  section  at  the  General 
Office  has  a  director  with  field  experi- 
ence, a  staff  economist  and  educator, 
an  office  staff,  and  there  is  a  task  force 
with  industrial  representatives  in  every 
district.  There  are  13  industrial  councils 
at  work,  counting  those  which  work 
within  the  framework  of  our  senior 
industrial  council — the  Western  Coun- 
cil of  Lumber,  Industrial  and  Produc- 
tion Workers. 

Recently,  the  industrial  section  has 
moved  into  more  coordinated  bargain- 
ing with  other  industrial  unions.  It  has 
drawn  heavily  on  the  resources  of  the 
UBC's  special  programs  department 
and  has  taken  strong  initiatives  in  its 
dealings  with  giants  of  the  forest  prod- 
ucts industry — Louisiana  Pacific  Corp. 
and  Weyerhaeuser  Corp. — to  bring  jus- 
tice to  our  industrial  members. 


UNION  CONSTRUCTION 

The  past  decade  has  brought  many 
problems  and  challenges  for  the  con- 
struction members  of  the  United  Broth- 
erhood. Many  have  suffered  unemploy- 
ment because  of  a  slump  in  the 
construction  industry  and  the  inroads 
of  the  open  shop.  Right-to-work  laws, 
which  encourage  fly-by-night  contrac- 
tors, have  played  havoc  with  construc- 
tion job  opportunities  in  almost  half  of 
the  50  states  and  some  of  the  Canadian 
provinces.  Anti-union  groups  continue 
to  snipe  away  at  the  Davis-Bacon  Law 
in  an  effort  to  reduce  wage  levels. 

To  overcome  the  difficulties,  the  UBC 
has  taken  several  strong  initiatives: 


•  In  1978  it  launched  Operation 
Turnaround,  a  determined  effort  to  work 
with  union  contractors  to  bid  success- 
fully for  construction  contracts.  In  a 
partnership  arrangement,  the  UBC  or- 
ganizing department  aggressively  set 
about  working  effectively  with  union 
employers  and  trade  associations  for 
the  common  good.  Using  research  in- 
formation, public  relations,  and  other 
avenues.  Operation  Turnaround  has 
created  a  can-do  atmosphere  in  many 
cities  across  North  America.  Our  Pro- 
posed Guidelines  for  the  Implementa- 
tion of  Joint  Labor-Management  Co- 
operation Committees  has  been  adopted 
by  the  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades  Department  and  pub- 
lished in  its  organizers'  handbook. 

•  The  Brotherhood's  Coordinated 
Housing  Organizing  Program,  which 
was  created  earlier,  continues  to  assert 
itself  in  the  Middle  West,  particularly 
in  Michigan,  Ohio,  and  Indiana.  De- 
signed primarily  to  recoup  membership 
strength  in  home  building,  CHOP  has 
had  problems  because  of  the  housing 
slumps.  Brotherhood  leaders  believe 
the  time  is  now  ripe  to  revitalize  orga- 
nizing efforts  in  residential  construc- 
tion. 

•  The  construction  organizing  office 
of  the  Brotherhood  has  also  taken  on 
major  employers  and  major  construc- 
tion buyers  who  build  nonunion.  Rec- 
ognizing a  pattern  of  low-bid,  nonunion 
construction  among  affiliates  of  the 
American  Express  Co.,  the  UBC  has 
gone  to  the  top  and  demanded  that 
American  Express  recognize  the  Build- 
ing Trades  in  its  construction  programs. 
Meanwhile,  the  Wal-Mart  Co.,  one  of 
the  leading  retailers  of  the  nation,  has 
been  leafletted  and  confronted  in  its 
stockholders  meeting. 

•  Supporting  the  work  of  our  con- 
struction organizers,  our  special  pro- 
grams department  has  worked  under 
the  direct  instructions  of  the  General 
President  to  make  investment  portfolio 
managers  aware  of  the  importance  of 
investing  union  pension  funds  in  union 
construction.  Union  pension  funds  have 
become  the  largest  financial  pool  in 
North  America,  and  it  is  tremendously 
important  to  the  nation  that  these  funds 
are  plowed  back  into  job-creating  proj- 
ects. 

NATIONAL  AGREEMENTS 

In  the  area  of  the  so-called  four  Rs — 
remodeling,  renovation,  rehabilitation, 
and  relocation — the  UBC  has  also  taken 
the  initiative.  The  primary  thrust  of  this 
effort  is  through  two  well-established 
organizations  within  the  building  trades. 
One  is  the  General  Presidents  Commit- 
tee on  Contract  Maintenance,  which  is 
administered  by  the  AFL-CIO  Building 


and  Construction  Trades  Department, 
and  the  other  is  the  National  Mainte- 
nance Agreements  Policy  Committee, 
an  incorporated  labor-management  body 
which  the  United  Brotherhood  was  in- 
strumental in  establishing  in  1971  in 
cooperation  with  the  National  Erectors 
Association. 

We  have  also  worked  closely  with 
the  National  Joint  Heavy  and  Highway 
Construction  Committee  to  greatly  in- 
crease job  opportunities  on  America's 
infrastructure. 

OTHER  ACTIVITIES 

Early  in  the  1980s,  the  U.S.  Occu- 
pational Safety  and  Health  Administra- 
tion awarded  the  United  Brotherhood 
a  New  Directions  Grant  to  start  a  safety 
and  health  educational  program  for  our 
industrial  members.  What  began  as  an 
educational  program  has  become  a  full- 
fledged  department  of  the  international 
union,  fighting  on  numerous  fronts  the 
entrenchment  of  conservative  manage- 
ment elements  in  OSHA. 

The  Brotherhood  has  a  full-time  safety 
director  as  well  as  a  full-time  industrial 
hygienist  conducting  training  seminars, 
producing  safety  and  health  material, 
investigating  safety  and  health  abuses 
and  hazards,  fighting  for  improved  safety 
and  health  standards,  and  offering  tech- 
nical assistance  to  local  unions  and 
councils  regarding  safety  and  health 
issues  at  construction  sites  and  plant 
sites. 

Lending  strong  support  to  all  of  the 
other  departments  of  the  Brotherhood 
is  the  newest  department  at  the  General 
Office:  Special  Programs.  This  depart- 
ment is  responsible  for  assisting  in  the 
development  of  new  corporate  and  eco- 
nomic organizing  and  bargaining  tactics 
for  our  construction  and  industrial  sec- 
tors. The  UBC  is  the  only  international 
union  which  has  taken  the  initiative  to 
establish  a  department  to  provide  the 
in-house  capability  to  conduct  corpo- 
rate campaigns  against  employers  and 
channel  our  economic  power  for  such 
purposes.  Special  Programs  personnel 
attend  stockholder  meetings;  they  gather 
financial  data  about  employers;  they 
direct  and  assist  some  boycott  activi- 
ties; and  monitor  pension  fund  invest- 
ments. Approximately  300  Brotherhood 
pension  and  welfare  trust  funds  with 
assets  of  over  $7  billion  are  now  tracked 
on  a  continuous  basis. 

Whether  our  fight  is  in  a  national 
campaign  or  a  local  dispute  with  a 
contractor,  construction  user,  bank,  or 
manufacturing  concern,  we  must  be 
prepared  to  fight  attacks  on  our  mem- 
bership with  new  weapons.  Our  Special 
Programs  Department  is  prepared  to  do 
just  that.  |i;)(; 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


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Report 


LABOR-MANAGEMENT  TRAINING 

Secretary  of  Labor  William  E.  Brock  has  called  on 
the  nation's  business  schools  to  provide  academic 
training  in  labor-management  relations  and  cooper- 
ation. 

"If  we  intend  to  compete  with  other  industrialized 
nations  without  sacrificing  human  and  social  val- 
ues," Brock  said,  "workers  and  managers  alike 
must  develop  the  skills  necessary  to  realize  their 
mutual  goals  for  a  successful  enterprise." 

Brock  noted  that  recent  efforts  at  the  U.S.  Labor 
Department  have  been  designed  to  support  cooper- 
ative labor-management  relations  for  improving  both 
our  competitive  posture  in  today's  world  economy 
and,  "to  enhance  the  quality  of  life  for  American 
workers." 

Following  Brock's  lead  in  a  speech  at  the  40th 
anniversary  of  The  New  York  State  School  of  In- 
dustrial and  Labor  Relations,  Cornell  University, 
Deputy  Under  Secretary  Stephen  I.  Schlossberg 
said:  "Lack  of  preparation  in  labor-management  re- 
lations and  cooperation  disadvantages  managers 
and  denies  to  them  and  their  organizations  the  ben- 
efits which  can  be  realized  by  abandoning  adver- 
sarial relations.  The  adversarial  relationship  is  a 
luxury  we  can  ill  afford  in  our  highly  competitive 
economic  environment  when  cooperation  and  un- 
derstanding between  the  parties  are  essential." 


AFFIRMATIVE  ACTION 

The  AFL-CIO  has  issued  the  following  statement 
regarding  the  U.S.  Supreme  Court's  recent  decision 
on  affirmative  action: 

"The  Supreme  Court,  after  many  years  of  delay 
reflecting  the  complexity  of  the  legal  issues,  has 
finally  acted  to  clarify  the  standards  governing  af- 
firmative action.  In  so  doing,  the  Court  has  sought 
to  strengthen  enforcement  of  Title  VII  of  the  Civil 
Rights  Act  in  a  way  that  recognizes  the  interests  of 
current  employees  who  have  committed  no  wrong. 

"The  labor  movement  supports  affirmative  action 
that  is  consistent  with  federal  law  but  like  other 
segments  of  society,  has  been  divided  over  what 
the  law  permits.  Now  that  the  Court  has  spoken, 
the  AFL-CIO  plans  to  redouble  efforts  to  assure 
both  vigorous  enforcement  and  complete  compli- 
ance." 


MANDATORY  RETIREMENT 

Legislation  that  would  eliminate  the  age-70  ceiling 
from  the  Age  Discrimination  in  Employment  Act  has 
been  approved  by  the  House  Education  and  Labor 
Committee  by  voice  vote,  after  members  resisted 
moves  that  would  exempt  public  safety  officials 
from  the  bill  and  that  would  extend  its  provisions  to 
employees  of  Congress.  The  only  amendment 
adopted  by  the  committee  calls  for  EEOC  to  study 
the  controversial  question  of  mandatory  age  cut-offs 
for  public  officers  and  requires  the  Commission  to 
issue  guidelines  on  tests  of  the  "physical  and  men- 
tal fitness"  of  these  employees. 

The  bill  (H.R.  4154)  now  goes  to  the  Rules  Com- 
mittee where  Chairman  Claude  Pepper  (D-FIa), 
sponsor  of  the  legislation  and  the  leading  congres- 
sional advocate  for  the  elderly,  says  he  will  seek  a 
"closed  rule"  that  would  limit  debate  and  prohibit 
further  amendments  on  the  House  floor.  A  similar 
bill  (S.  1054),  introduced  by  Aging  Committee 
Chairman  Heinz  (R-Pa),  is  pending  in  the  Senate. 


TWO-TIER  WAGES  LOSING  OUT 

Unions  are  standing  up  more  against  two-tier 
compensation  systems  that  reduce  pay  scales  for 
new  hires,  according  to  a  recent  study  by  the  Bu- 
reau of  National  Affairs.  Of  550  contracts  surveyed 
by  BNA  during  the  first  six  months  of  this  year,  only 
8%  had  two-tier  wage  systems.  This  was  down 
from  9%  recorded  in  the  first  half  of  1 985. 

With  inflation  down,  the  BNA  reported  that  nearly 
12%  of  the  workers  surveyed,  including  70,000 
steelworkers,  gave  up  provisions  in  previous  con- 
tracts providing  for  annual  cost-of-living  adjustments 
based  on  changes  in  the  consumer  price  index.  At 
the  end  of  1984,  about  57%  of  union  workers  were 
covered  by  such  provisions  in  their  contracts.  By 
the  end  of  June  1986  that  number  had  dropped  to 
46%,  the  BNA  noted. 


TRADE  DEFICIT  CLIMBS 

Our  trade  deficit,  which  has  been  a  drag  on  the 
economy  and  has  cost  the  nation  millions  of  manu- 
facturing jobs,  showed  no  sign  of  easing  in  June 
and  headed  toward  a  new  record  that  could  reach 
$170  billion,  according  to  the  government. 

The  nation  imported  $14.2  billion  more  than  it 
sold  overseas  in  June,  the  same  gap  as  in  May,  as 
the  mid-year  turnaround  forcast  by  the  Reagan 
administration  failed  to  materialize. 

The  administration  predicts  improvement  in  the 
fall,  but  the  1986  deficit  still  is  expected  to  exceed 
last  year's  record  of  $148.5  billion;  in  the  first  six 
months,  imports  exceeded  exports  by  $83.9  billion. 

The  economy  could  slip  into  a  recession  if  the 
trade  deficit  fails  to  shrink  within  a  year,  Federal 
Reserve  Board  Chairman  Paul  A.  Volcker  warned  in 
congressional  testimony. 

Commerce  Department  estimates  show  the  deficit 
has  cost  2  million  jobs  since  President  Reagan  took 
office  in  1981. 


12 


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The  Brotherhood's  call  to  "Leave 
Home  Without  It"  has  hit  a  responsive 
chord,  as  hundreds  of  UBC  members 
have  sent  cut  up  credit  cards  to  Amer- 
ican Express'  corporate  headquarters. 
The  boycott's  affect  on  the  company  is 
starting  to  show  in  many  ways.  As 
American  Express  officials  attempt  to 
explain  the  company's  actions  in 
Greensboro,  N.C.,  to  the  labor  com- 
munity, they  are  caught  in  a  web  of 
contradictions.  A  new  construction  la- 
bor policy  has  also  been  advanced  by 
the  company  in  an  effort  to  halt  the 
boycott. 

In  a  series  of  communications  to 
union  pension  funds,  local  unions,  and 
UBC  members,  American  Express  is 
trumpeting  its  new  "Construction  Pro- 
gram Labor  Relations"  policies.  This 
policy  statement  includes  a  reference 
to  union  construction  of  American  Ex- 
press-owned facilities,  and  a  plan  to 
use  their  "best  efforts"  to  urge  union 
construction  on  projects  in  which  their 
real  estate  development  subsidiaries  are 
involved. 

American  Express  has  been  spread- 
ing the  word  that  the  problem  is  solved 
now  that  their  policy  statement  is  cir- 
culating, but  UBC  General  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell  thinks  otherwise. 
"The  company's  policy  notice  isn't 
worth  the  paper  it's  written  on.  For 
over  a  year,  we've  heard  statement  after 
statement  from  American  Express  about 
correcting  its  problems,  but  the  bottom 
line  is  that  its  current  projects  are 
still  being  built  nonunion,"  stated 
Campbell. 

Letters  from  the  company  to  UBC 
members  who  have  returned  their 
American  Express  cards  to  the  com- 
pany challenge  our  statements  concern- 
ing the  use  of  nonunion  contractors  on 
the  project  as  "totally  inaccurate."  Re- 
ports from  the  business  agents  of  each 


Building  Trades'  local  in  the  Greens- 
boro, N.C.,  area  confirm  that  over  95% 
of  the  project  has  been  built  by  non- 
union contractors.  Those  portions  of 
the  project  on  which  union  contractors 


This  letter  was  one  of  hundreds 
recently  sent  to  American  Express. 


Let  American 

Express  Hear  From 

You! 

Mr.  James  D.  Robinson  III 
Chairman  &  Chief  Executive  Officer 
American  Express  Company 
World  Financial  Center 
New  York,  N.Y.  10285 

Dear  Sir: 

I  am  enclosing  the  pieces  of  my 
American  Express  Card,  because  I 
am  a  member  of  the  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
American  Express  is  using  "non- 
union" contractors  to  build  a  new  $60 
million  credit  card  data  center  in 
Greensboro,  N.C. 

I  have  had  this  credit  card  since 
August  1970,  but  the  position  and 
stand  of  American  Express  to  build 
nonunion  is  lousy  enough  for  me  not 
to  renew  my  card  and  to  terminate 
same. 

I  shall  encourage  other  members  to 
do  the  same— DROP  AMERICAN 
EXPRESS!! 

Sincerely  yours, 

Robert  J.  Warosh 

Executive  Secretary-Treasurer 

Midwestern  Industrial  Council 


were  used  include  such  areas  as  the 
elevator  work  where  nonunion  con- 
tractors were  not  readily  available.  The 
letter  cites  the  structural  steel  as  having 
been  done  union,  yet  the  Ironworker 
local  for  Greensboro  confirms  that  no 
union  Ironworkers  worked  on  the  proj- 
ect. 

Robinson-Humphrey  Atlanta 
Projects  Continue  Non-Union 

An  American  Express  subsidiary, 
Robinson-Humphrey  Co.,  is  presently 
developing  two  major  projects  in  At- 
lanta, Ga. ,  an  office  building  and  a  hotel. 
Local  225  in  Atlanta  has  picketed  two 
nonunion  general  contractors.  Pace 
Construction  and  Charter  Builders,  who 
continue  to  work  the  projects.  In  a  letter 
to  a  UBC  pension  fund  utilizing  Shear- 
son  Lehman  Management,  Robinson- 
Humphrey's  sister  company,  a  vice 
president  of  the  company  indicated  that 
the  projects  are  "in  the  process  of  being 
renegotiated  and  will  provide  work  for 
200  union  carpenters."  A  meeting  be- 
tween Charter  Builders  and  Local  225 
agents  produced  the  promise  of  work 
for  two  carpenters,  not  the  indicated 
two  hundred. 

"The  company  has  started  a  well- 
orchestrated  effort  to  discount  our  al- 
legations against  them  and  cover  their 
nonunion  construction  practices  which 
are  undermining  the  work  standards  of 
our  members.  It  won't  work,  because 
facts  are  facts,  and  the  facts  clearly 
show  that  American  Express  and  its 
subsidiaries  are  working  against  the 
interests  of  our  members  by  working 
nonunion,"  stated  Campbell.  "We're 
tired  of  lip-service  without  positive  ac- 
tion, and  we're  going  to  press  our  boy- 
cott of  American  Express  to  publicize 
the  continued  use  of  nonunion  contrac- 
tors. "  UBC 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


13 


The  Intermountain  Power  Project  as  it  stood  one  year  ago.  The  cooling  towers  are  in  the 
foreground;  the  coal  handling  area  is  at  upper  right:  and  the  waste  disposal  areas  are  in 
the  background. 

Crafts  Achieve  National  Record 
At  Intermountain  Power  Project 

'A  Model  Jor  Future  Large  Construction  Projects' 


Craft  workers  at  the  big  $5.5  billion 
Intermountain  Power  Project  100  miles 
southwest  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
recently  achieved  a  national  record:  13 
million  manhours  of  work  without  a 
labor-related  disruption. 

William  G.  Bell,  vice  president  for 
Bechtel  Construction  Inc.,  general  con- 
tractor on  the  project,  called  the  agree- 
ment under  which  the  Building  Trades- 
men were  employed  at  IPP  a  model  for 
future  large  construction  projects.  The 
success  of  the  Intermountain  Power 
Project  points  up  what  the  Brotherhood 
and  other  craft  unions  have  been  saying 
in  recent  years:  that  project  agreements 
worked  out  with  all  the  trades  before 
the  first  shovel  is  turned  are  the  best 


way  to  assure  labor-management  har- 
mony and  a  project  which  is  below 
budget  and  on  time. 

Site  preparation  for  this  project  was 
begun  in  September  1981  and  completed 
on  time;  first  concrete  was  poured  Oc- 
tober 1982  on  time;  the  last  pour  for 
the  Unit  2  turbine  pedestal  was  on  time 
August  1983;  and  the  first  structural 
steel  was  on  time  in  January  1983.  Since 
then,  every  deadline  was  reached  ahead 
of  schedule  except  for  the  setting  of 
Stator  Unit  1,  which  was  simply  "on 
time." 

Unit  I  of  IPP  began  commercial  op- 
eration in  June,  ahead  of  schedule. 
Completion  of  the  entire  project  is  an- 
ticipated for  July  1987. 


The  peak  of  craft  manpower  was 
reached  in  September  1984  when  2,952 
Building  Tradesmen  were  employed. 
(The  total  manpower  peak  was  approx- 
imately 4,000.)  The  employment  level 
for  Building  Tradesmen  during  the  sum- 
mer just  ending  has  been  more  than 
1,000.  The  work  crews  have  included 
1,021  UBC  Carpenters  and  181  Mill- 
wrights drawn  from  local  unions 
throughout  the  area. 

The  Intermountain  Power  Project  is 
a  coal-fired  generating  facility  located 
near  the  community  of  Delta.  It  consists 
primarily  of  two  750  megawatt  turbine 
generators  supplying  direct-current 
power  to  a  distribution  site  in  Southern 
California  and  alternating-current  lines 
to  two  sites  in  Utah. 

IPP  was  originally  conceived  in  the 
early  1970s  by  a  group  of  Utah  munic- 
ipally-owned utilities  and  rural  electric 
cooperatives  as  a  four-unit,  3,000  me- 
gawatt plant.  These  utilities  later  joined 
with  six  California  municipal  utilities 
and  one  investor-owned  utility,  Utah 
Power  and  Light  Co.,  and  siting  and 
licensing  studies  were  begun  at  that 
time. 

The  site  had  been  previously  ap- 
proved by  the  U.S.  Secretary  of  the 
Interior  in  1979,  and  groundbreaking 
took  place  in  the  fall  of  1981.  However, 
the  recession  during  the  early  1980s 
caused  a  drop  in  electrical  power  fore- 
casts throughout  the  country,  and,  after 
considerable  study,  the  various  power 
firms  involved  in  the  project  decided  to 
reduce  the  project  from  four  to  two  750 
megawatt  units. 

The  first  of  these  two  generators 
started  commercial  generation  in  early 
June  of  this  year,  sending  electricity 
along  some  500  miles  of  power  line  to 
the  Los  Angeles  area.  IPP  is  a  project 
involving  26  utilities  in  Utah  and  Cali- 
fornia, and  the  majority  of  its  power  is 
going  to  Southern  California. 

When  management  and  labor  origi- 
nally worked  out  the  project  agreement 
five  years  ago,  covering  both  union  and 
nonunion  employees  at  the  project,  the 
IPP  site  manager,  Rodney  Clark,  told 
those  around  him,  "If  this  thing  works 
out,  we  should  have  a  party  in  the 
end." 

That's  what  happened.  A  few  weeks 
ago  all  participants  in  the  big  project 
got  together  for  a  Labor  Appreciation 
Dinner.  The  theme  of  the  dinner  was 
"Crafting  a  Success."  UBC  leaders 
were  among  the  honored  guests.  There 
was  also  a  big  barbecue  and  picnic  at 
the  job  site  for  all  employees. 

Bechtel  and  the  15  Building  Trades 
unions,  including  the  Teamsters,  worked 
out  the  IPP  Site  Stabilization  Agree- 
ment in  1981.  It  provided  for  work  under 

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CARPENTER 


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In  addition  to  all  of  the  scaffolding  on  the 
project,  Carpenters  installed  the  form  work 
for  490,000  cubic  yards  of  concrete.  By 
May  1986  the  project  was  96%  complete. 


A  Building  Tradesman  checks  deliveiy  of 
Unit  2's  low-pressure  turbine  rotor  below. 
Unit  I 's  turbine  had  been  installed  and 
alignment  completed.  The  lubricating  sys- 
tem for  the  bearings  was  being  prepared 
for  testing. 


Every  major  piece  of  equipment  with  a 
turning  shaft  was  leveled  and  aligned  by 
Millwrights.  Included  in  their  work  were 
the  two  750  megawatt  generators. 


Building  Trades  Take  Toyota 
Issue  to  Japanese  Embassy 


The  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades  Department  called  on 
the  Japanese  embassy  in  Washington 
to  head  off  an  escalating  dispute  over 
the  use  of  nonunion  labor  to  build  an 
$800-million  Toyota  auto  plant  near 
Georgetown,  Ky. 

Warning  that  the  interests  of  the  Jap- 
anese government  and  American  work- 
ers are  on  "a  direct  and  immediate 
collision  course,"  BCTD  President 
Robert  A.  Georgine  urged  the  embassy 
to  help  resolve  the  dispute  "in  a  manner 
that  protects  the  legitimate  interests  of 
all  concerned." 

Georgine  sharply  criticized  Ohbay- 
ashi  Construction  of  Japan  for  selecting 
five  nonunion  general  contractors  and 
for  presenting  the  Kentucky  BCTD  with 
a  "totally  one-sided"  proposal  giving 
Ohbayashi  the  "unrestricted  right"  to 
operate  the  project  on  an  open-shop 
basis. 

The  department  has  joined  a  suit  in 
Franklin  Circuit  Court  in  Kentucky 
challenging  the  legality  of  $200  million 
in  tax  breaks  to  lure  Toyota  to  that 
state,  Georgine  said  in  a  letter  to  First 
Secretary  Toshiro  Ozawa.  The  BCTD, 
he  added,  will  follow  up  with  a  nation- 
wide media  campaign  urging  American 
consumers  to  "refrain  from  purchasing 
Toyota  products." 

Georgine  cited  what  he  called  the 
"shocking  contrast"  between  the  way 
Japan  and  the  United  States  treat  each 
other's  contractors.  The  Japanese  have 
prohibited  American  firms  from  bidding 
on  the  Kansai  International  Airport 
project  in  Osaka,  he  said,  while  23 
Japanese  firms  obtained  $1.8  billion  in 
contracts  in  the  United  States  in  1985. 

Unionized  American  construction 
workers  are  capable  of  doing  the  job  at 
the  Toyota  facility,  the  BCTD  president 
said,  pointing  to  their  completion  of  the 
Honda  plant  in  Marysville,  Ohio,  "ahead 
of  schedule  and  under  budget;"  their 
construction  of  a  Mazda  plant  in  De- 
troit; a  Mitsubishi  facility  in  Blooming- 
ton,  Ind.;  and  the  agreement  to  build 
the  joint  General  Motors-Toyota  Saturn 
plant  in  Spring  Hill,  Tenn. 

This  isn't  the  first  time  that  the  BCTD 
has  found  itself  at  odds  with  the  Japa- 
nese government  over  the  choice  of 
contractors.  In  1984  the  department 
protested  the  hiring  of  a  nonunion  firm 
to  build  an  addition  at  the  Washington 
embassy.  At  that  time,  Ozawa  wrote  to 
Georgine  expressing  hopes  for  "a  mu- 
tually beneficial  relationship  between 
the  AFL-CIO  and  the  embassy." 


Reminding  Ozawa  of  that  incident, 
Georgine  cautioned  that  "there  can  be 
no  mutually  beneficial  relationship"  if 
the  Japanese  government  doesn't  inter- 
vene with  Toyota  to  prevent  "an  all- 
out  confrontation"  over  the  construc- 
tion policy  for  the  Kentucky  plant. 

Meanwhile,  Building  Trades  Unions, 
including  the  United  Brotherhood,  have 
urged  Congress  to  deny  Japanese  auto- 
maker Toyota  a  special  tax  break  to 
build  the  Kentucky  plant  following  the 
company's  refusal  to  negotiate  a  "fair" 
labor  agreement. 

Georgine  called  the  "potential  $100 
million"  tax  exemption  an  "outrageous 
giveaway  of  our  tax  dollars  to  under- 
write a  blatantly  anti-union  construc- 
tion project.  .  .  for  the  benefit  of  a  com- 
pany which  is  a  major  beneficiary  of 
this  nation's  disastrous  trade  deficit." 

The  proposed  tax  break  for  the  $790 
million  Toyota  plant  is  among  a  variety 
of  special  exemptions  contained  in  the 
bill  approved  by  the  Senate  Finance 
Committee  on  May  7.  The  company 
would  be  permitted  to  use  the  invest- 
ment tax  credit  and  the  accelerated 
depreciation  provisions  which  the  Sen- 
ate tax  reform  bill  generally  would  re- 
peal. 

Georgine,  president  of  the  AFL-CIO 
Building  and  Construction  Trades  De- 
partment told  reporters  at  a  news  con- 
ference that  several  months  of  talks 
with  Toyota  and  Ohbayashi,  the  giant 
Japanese  construction  company  serving 
as  general  contractor  for  the  project, 
had  broken  down.  "The  Japanese  com- 
panies demand  that  unions  sign  an 
agreement  which  essentially  renounces 
their  rights  as  guaranteed  under  Amer- 
ican labor  law,"  he  said. 

Toyota  and  Ohbayashi  demanded  that 
the  building  trades  sign  what  the  firms 
called  a  "peace  and  harmony"  con- 
tract, Georgine  said.  He  said  this  in- 
cluded a  no-strike,  no-picketing  pledge 
without  any  kind  of  "quid  pro  quo" 
from  management.  "We  were  willing 
to  make  concessions.  We  tried  to  ne- 
gotiate a  fair  agreement.  They  don't 
want  a  fair  agreement,"  he  said.  He 
added  that  the  firms  have  hired  "a  high- 
priced,  anti-union  law  firm  to  negotiate 
with  us."  He  identified  the  firm  as 
Ogletree,  Dickens,  Nash,  and  Smoak, 
based  in  Greenville,  S.C. 

Georgine  said  the  state  of  Kentucky 

had  provided  Toyota  $200  million  in 

land  and  other  benefits  to  build  the 

plant.  "The  U.S.  Senate  is  throwing  in 

Continued  on  Page  38 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


15 


Ottawa 
Report 


U.S.-STYLE  BANKRUPTCY? 

A  little-noticed  proposal  being  considered  by  the 
federal  government  would  import  U.S. -style  bank- 
ruptcy laws  into  Canada  by  allowing  the  courts  to 
slash  wages  and  benefits  in  union  contracts  at 
financially  troubled  companies. 

The  proposal,  contained  in  a  report  released  in 
January,  has  shocked  union  officials,  who,  unaware 
of  its  existence  until  recently,  are  angry  that  Ottawa 
has  not  consulted  labor  about  the  issue. 

"It's  a  direct  frontal  assault  on  collective  bargain- 
ing," said  Brian  Shell,  a  staff  lawyer  with  the  United 
Steelworkers  of  America. 

He  said  that  when  a  company  is  genuinely  insol- 
vent and  opens  up  its  books,  "then  responsible 
unions  will  truly  assess  what  they  should  do.  . . . 
We  think  it  should  be  up  to  the  workers  to  deter- 
mine whether  they  are  prepared  to  work  for  less." 


FIRST  CONTRACT  LAW  TESTED 

The  practical  meaning  of  Ontario's  new  law  on 
first-contract  arbitration  for  unions  will  be  defined  by 
three  cases  heard  by  the  labor  relations  board. 

The  law  was  adopted  by  a  Liberal-NDP  majority 
at  Queen's  Park  this  spring  over  strong  protest  by 
employer  groups.  It  seems  to  provide  workers  with 
a  new  tool  to  get  a  first  union  agreement  without 
going  on  strike. 

For  many  years,  long  and  bitter  first-contract 
strikes  have  been  one  of  the  uglier  features  of  On- 
tario industrial  relations.  About  15%  of  all  newly 
certified  bargaining  units  have  been  too  weak  to 
attain  first  agreements. 

The  Ontario  Federation  of  Labor  and  many 
unions  have  warned  that  the  language  of  the  new 
bill,  which  purports  to  address  this  problem,  is  so 
vague  that  unions  may  have  to  prove  an  employer 
is  bargaining  in  bad  faith  before  gaining  access  to 
the  new  arbitration  mechanism.  The  "bad  faith"  test 
is  a  difficult  legal  hurdle,  the  unions  say. 

The  leading  case  involves  W.H.  Smith-Classic 
Bookshops  and  the  Canadian  Papenworkers  Union, 
which  is  trying  to  get  a  first  contract  for  the  book- 
seller's Toronto  clerical  and  warehouse  employees. 

In  another  case,  UBC  members  are  asking  the 
board  to  fashion  a  first  agreement  for  70  employees 
of  Egan  Visual  Inc.,  a  successful  manufacturer  of 
visual  display  boards. 


QUEBEC  DEREGULATION  STUDY 

Anti-scab  rules,  hiring  practices  in  the  construc- 
tion industry,  and  fee-controls  in  some  professions 
should  be  relaxed,  if  Quebec  is  to  become  more 
competitive  economically,  a  government  report  on 
deregulation  says. 

A  top  labor  leader  called  the  report  a  declaration 
of  war. 

Among  the  93  recommendations  is  a  proposal 
that  Quebec's  tough  anti-scab  measures  be  brought 
into  line  with  "the  rules  existing  in  other  provinces." 

The  Quebec  Labor  Code  prevents  employers 
from  hiring  replacement  workers  during  a  legal 
strike.  The  Ontario  law  prohibits  employers  from 
hiring  professional  strike-breakers  but  not  from  hir- 
ing outside  workers  during  a  strike. 

Also  high  on  the  report's  list  of  regulations  in 
need  of  severe  paring  are  health  and  safety  provi- 
sions. Occupational  health  and  safety  rules  are  con- 
sidered to  be  the  most  restrictive  and  the  most 
costly  for  companies,  the  report  says.  It  recom- 
mends that  health  and  safety  committees  in  compa- 
nies with  fewer  than  50  employees  have  no  deci- 
sion-making powers.  It  also  says  health  and  safety 
programs  should  be  limited  to  "high-risk  units"  and 
that  controls  should  be  tightened  in  the  area  of 
workers'  compensation,  specifically  with  regard  to 
"back  ache"  and  short-term  absences. 

The  report  also  recommends  that  "the  rigid  rules 
existing  in  (the  construction)  industry  be  scrapped," 
particularly  in  the  home-building  area. 

UNIONS  NEWLY  CAUTIOUS? 

Canadians  this  year  are  witnessing  a  develop- 
ment on  the  labor  front  that  has  rarely  been  seen  in 
the  long  period  since  the  end  of  World  War  II: 
peace  in  industrial  relations  at  a  time  of  only  mini- 
mal gains  in  wages  and  salaries. 

Pradeep  Kumar,  associate  director  of  the  Indus- 
trial Relations  Centre  at  Queen's  University,  de- 
scribes the  recent  behavior  of  wages,  which  is 
marked  by  a  pronounced  deceleration  of  increases 
and  a  growing  emphasis  on  wage  flexibility,  as  a 
novelty  for  Canada. 

Labor  market  analysts,  though,  are  not  certain 
whether  the  new  attitude  reflects  a  permanent 
change  in  thinking  or  is  merely  a  short-term  shift  in 
union  tactics  in  response  to  high  unemployment 
and  temporary  concerns  over  job  security. 

NO  POLITICAL  USE  OF  DUES 

In  opposition  to  a  B.C.  court  ruling,  a  Supreme 
Court  of  Ontario  judge  has  now  ruled  that  Hailey- 
bury,  Ont.,  community  college  teacher  Merv  La- 
vigne  should  not  have  to  pay  the  portion  of  union 
dues  that  goes  to  causes  not  directly  related  to 
collective  bargaining.  The  use  of  compulsory  union 
dues  to  support  political  and  social  causes  violates 
guarantees  in  the  Charter  of  Rights  and  Freedoms, 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Ontario  has  decided  in  a 
long-awaited  judgement. 

Lavigne  is  part  of  an  Ontario  Public  Service  Em- 
ployees Union  bargaining  unit,  but  is  not  a  member 
of  the  union.  Under  a  system  called  the  Rand  for- 
mula, widely  used  across  Canada,  he  was  obliged 
to  pay  $338  a  year  in  union  dues,  since  he  receives 
benefits  that  were  won  through  union  bargaining. 


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"The  Moose."  a  Jirst-of-a-kiiui  working  robot  designed  for  Eleclrie 
Power  Research  Institute,  was  built  to  work  in  the  hostile  environme 
of  the  Three  Mile  Island  nuclear  power  station  to  remove  protective 
coatings  and  break  up  radioactive  concrete.  The  Moose  can  deliver  1200 
hammer  blows  per  minute. 


A  construction  site  can  be  a 
dangerous  place  to  work.  So,  too, 
can  a  mine  shaft  or  an  aging  nuclear 
power  plant.  All  are  places  of  risk  for 
human  workers  on  the  job. 

"Safety  is  not  as  good  as  it  should 
be,"  says  Mechanical  Engineer  Carl  R. 
Peterson,  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology,  addressing  specifically  coal 
mining  hazards  in  a  recent  Science 
News  article.  "Because  we  have  not 
been  able  to  remove  the  hazard  from 
the  operator,  it's  clear  we  ought  to 
consider  removing  the  operator  from 
the  hazard." 

Enter  the  robots.  Not 
human  replicas  wearing 
lighted  miners  caps, 
methodically  wielding 
hammers,  running  drills 
or  mopping  up  nuclear 
waste,  but  ma- 
chines designed  for 
specific  tasks.  Ro- 
bots already  play  an 
important  role  in  the 
largely-controlled  man- 
ufacturing environment 
but  robots  in  fields  such  as  construction 
and  mining  would  be  working  in  envi- 
ronments with  conditions  that  change 
unpredictably. 

The  high  accident  rate  of  construction 
work  combined  with  the  shortage  of 
Japanese  construction  workers  has  made 
robotics  technology  attractive  to  Japa- 
nese builders.  Specialized,  relatively 
simple  robots  are  being  tested  at  con- 


struction sites  in  Japan.  Robotics  in 
Japan  currently  focuses  on  modifying 
available  machines  for  current  use. 

The  United  States  has  focused  on 
long-term  capabilities  of  robots.  Appli- 
cations being  studied  include  a  proto- 
type excavator  able  to  find  and  dig  out 
pipes — for  use  in  extremely  hazardous 
work  like  excavating  around  leaking 
gas  lines;  a  vehicle  used  in  autonomous 
navigation  research — to  navigate  dan- 
gerous areas  in  coal  mines;  a  robot  to 
inspect  pipelines  from  within — to  make 
repairs  by  packing  weak  spots  with 
epoxy;  and  robot  bridge  inspectors — to 
creep  along  on  magnetic  feet,  mon- 
'^  "  itoring  the  quality  of  the  bridge  and 
perhaps  maintaining  it. 

The  construction  in- 
dustry in  the  U.S. 
has  shown  little  in- 
terest in  new  tech- 
nologies, however, 
according  to  Sci- 
ence New.'s.  "Either 
that's  going  to  have  to 
change,  or  we're  not  going 
to  be  able  to  compete  with 
foreign  contractors  or  equipment  man- 
ufacturers," says  Rolland  B.  Guy,  head 
of  a  construction  automation  study 
for  the  Battelle  Columbus  (Ohio) 
Laboratories. 

But  the  steady  decay  of  the  U.S. 
infrastructure  and  new  hazards  such  as 
those  stemming  from  nuclear  power 
plant  malfunctions  may  provide  an  in- 
centive to  develop  new  technologies. 


"Kluge,"  lop,  is  a  radio-controlled, 
three-wheeled  platform  designed  to  carry 
different  types  of  equipment  for  specific 
applications.  With  a  zero  turning  radius,  it 
can  navigate  extremely  narrow  passage- 
ways. As  pictured,  it  can  detect  motion  by 
ultrasonic  and  microwave  ranging  sys- 
tems, and  "sees"  through  television  cam- 
eras. 

The  MF3,  middle,  is  a  remote-controlled 
four-track  vehicle,  90"  long,  29"  wide, 
16"  high.  It  can  move  over  uneven  sur- 
faces, go  around  small  obstacles,  climb 
inclines  and  stairways  up  to  45°,  cross 
trenches  up  to  30"  wide,  operate  in  six 
inches  of  water,  and  carry  up  to  500 
pounds.  The  MF3  has  been  used  in  Ger- 
many for  power  plant  maintenance. 

The  Ode.x  I,  bottom,  a  walking  robot 
demonstrated  in  1983.  is  designed  to  oper- 
ate in  a  nuclear  facility. 

IRIS  (Industrial  Remote  Inspection  Sys- 
tem), left,  is  a  surveillance  and  inspection 
robot  for  hazardous  environments. 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


17 


Boston  Committee  Publicizes  Its  Work 


A  total  of  70  ccihs  in  the  City  of  Boston 
will  carry  signs  above  their  rear  windows 
for  a  six-month  period  ur)>ing  the  public  to 
'Build  It  Right— Build  It  Union." 


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A  billboard  high  above  Boston's  busy  Southeast  Expressway  reminds  motorists  that  the 
city's  array  of  downtown  skyscrapers  were  union  built  by  members  of  the  Boston  District 
Council  of  Carpenters  and  other  trades. 


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OPERATION  TURNAROUND 

Boston,  Mass.,  Carpenters  and  their  fair 
employers'  Promotional  Education  Pro- 
gram, a  joint  labor-management  cooperation 
committee,  has  undertaken  an  ambitious 
promotional  campaign. 

In  June  PEP  launched  an  impressive  ad- 
vertising aimed  at  increasing  public  aware- 
ness of  the  Brotherhood's  accomplishments 
and  instilling  pride  in  UBC  members. 

A  25-foot  by  50-foot  billboard  on  the 
Southeast  Expressway,  a  major  artery  for 
motorists  entering  the  city,  portrays  the 
Boston  skyline  with  the  words  "UNION 
BUILT"  adorning  the  top  of  the  sign.  The 
bottom  caption  reads  "Boston  District 
Council  of  Carpenters."  The  billboard  is  in 
the  foreground  of  the  actual  skyline  depicted. 

PEP  Executive  Director  Rick  Kronish  said 
the  billboard  is  leased  for  about  $6,700  per 
month  and  indicated  there  are  plans  to  add 
signs,  choosing  those  at  key  locations  in  the 
city. 

Advertisements  are  also  being  displayed 
throughout  the  city  atop  Boston  taxicabs 
which  read,  "Build  it  right  .  .  .  Build  it 
union — Boston  District  Council  of  Carpen- 
ters. "  Kronish  added  that  PEP  contracted 
with  the  cab  company  and  is  now  working 
toward  similar  sign  displays  on  city  buses. 

Initial  response  has  been  favorable,  ac- 
cording to  Kronish.  "We've  had  many  calls 
from  city  hall,  construction  users,  contrac- 
tors, building  trades  men  and  women,  and 
especially  our  own  members. 

PEP  is  funded  by  a  negotiated  5(Z  per  work 
hour  employer  contribution. 


'Building  America' 
On  the  Road  Again 

The  United  Brotherhood's  Centennial  Ex- 
hibit. "Building  America,"  which  has  toured 
many  cities  since  its  first  presentation  at  the 
34th  Convention  in  Chicago  in  1981,  has 
been  in  the  shop  for  repairs  in  recent  weeks. 

Last  month,  it  went  on  the  road  again. 
August  25  through  Labor  Day  it  will  be  at 
the  Mellet  Mall  on  West  Tuscarawas  Street 
in  Canton.  Ohio,  for  a  "Labor  Pest."  Then 
it  will  move  to  Kalispell,  Mont.,  for  exhi- 
bition in  a  new  shopping  mall  there. 

The  big  exhibit,  which  depicts  the  progress 
of  our  crafts  since  colonial  days,  is  housed 
between  showings  in  its  own  tractor  trailer. 
Showings  and  transportation  are  arranged 
with  the  General  Secretary's  office  in  Wash- 
ington. D.C. 


18 


CARPENTER 


Quarter  Century  Mark  for 
UBC  Headquarters 


Twenty-seven  years  ago  a 
service  station  on  a  prominent 
comer  of  Constitution  Ave- 
nue in  northwest  Washing- 
ton, D.C.,  was  razed  to  make 
room  for  the  future  head- 
quarters of  the  United  Broth- 
erhood of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America.  The  prop- 
erty, a  stone's  throw  away 
from  the  hallowed  halls  of 
Congress,  was  bounded  by 
Louisiana  Avenue  on  the  east 
and  Second  Street  on  the 
west. 

Located  just  north  of  the 
land  was  a  large  white  office 
building,  and  on  the  quiet 
tree-lined  streets  in  the  sur- 
rounding area  were  brick  ro- 
whouses  and  small  mom-and- 
pop  businesses. 

You  could  see  the  majestic 
form  of  the  Washington  Mon- 


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ument  looming  1 3  blocks  away 
and  feel  the  powerful  presence 
of  the  Capitol  next  door.  The 
broad  avenues  that  character- 
ize Washington,  D.C. ,  were 
bisected  by  trolley  car  tracks. 
The  trolley  ran  right  in  front 
of  the  future  UBC  headquar- 
ters and  could  take  you  any- 
where in  town  for  a  dime. 


The  actual  construction 
began  in  December  of  1959 
and  moved  rapidly  toward 
completion  in  1961.  As  the 
project  advanced,  many 
stopped  to  admire  the  im- 
pressive structure  designed  by 
Chicago,  111.,  architects  Hol- 
abird  and  Root  and  built  by 
the  union  labor  of  the  John 


A.  Volpe  Co. 

Some  questioned  why  the 
Carpenters'  building  was  being 
constructed  of  white  Georgia 
marble  instead  of  wood.  D.C. 
Fire  regulations  and  Consti- 
tution Avenue  building  codes 
demanded  that  certain  spec- 
ifications regarding  construc- 
tion materials  and  the  ap- 
pearance of  the  building's 
exterior  be  met  before  a  build- 
ing permit  was  issued. 

But  the  building's  interior 
highlights  the  beauty  and 
richness  of  wood.  Twenty 
rooms  are  trimmed  in  differ- 
ent species,  doors  throughout 
the  building  are  walnut  ve- 
neer (except  when  matching 
the  paneling  of  a  particular 
room),  and  the  stair  handrails 
are  African  mahogany.  The 
lobby  is  paneled  in  English 
oak;  straight  grain  and  solid 
cherry  paneUng  can  be  seen 
in  the  offices  of  the  General 
Secretary  and  the  General 
Treasurer;  and  the  legal  de- 
partment features  Appala- 
chian white  oak.  The  General 


Executive  Boardroom  and  its 
anterooms  are  finished  in  . 
teakwood,  and  the  fourth  floor 
reception  area  and  offices  are 
of  pencil-striped  American 
walnut. 

Today  the  building  still 
boasts  of  neighbors  such  as 
the  National  Archives  and 
the  Smithsonian  Museum 
buildings.  The  large  white 
building  to  our  north  houses 
the  National  Association  of 
Letter  Carriers,  and  the 
Frances  Perkins  Building  of 
the  Department  of  Labor  is  to 
the  west.  We  can  see  the 
National  Gallery  of  Art  from 
the  front  steps,  and  just  down 
the  road  construction  crews 
have  broken  ground  for  the 
Canadian  Embassy. 

Many  changes  have  taken 
place  around  us,  the  trolleys 
have  left  and  Metro's  arrived; 
the  design  of  the  Mall  has 
sent  several  city  streets  un- 
derground; and  new  Congres- 
sional office  buildings  have 
been  built  to  handle  the  ever- 
increasing  staffs  of  our  legis- 
lators. But,  through  it  all,  the 
gleaming  expanse  of  white 
marble  that  houses  our  Inter- 
national headquarters  has 
stood  proud  and  strong. 


SEPTEMBER    1986 


19 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


ULLICO  expands 
to  offer  more 
fiduciary  coverage 

In  response  to  the  increasing  difficul- 
ties that  many  employee  benefit  trust 
funds  are  having  in  securing  fiduciary 
liability  insurance,  the  Union  Labor  Life 
Insurance  Co.,  an  independent,  labor- 
owned  insurance  company,  has  an- 
nounced a  major  expansion  of  its  efforts 
in  the  fiduciary  liability  area. 

Fiduciary  liability  insurance  protects 
benefit  plans  and  their  trustees  in  the 
case  of  legal  actions,  paying  both  claims 
against  them  and  the  cost  of  legal  defense. 
In  the  last  year,  several  carriers  have 
abandoned  this  market,  while  others  have 
reduced  coverage,  raised  rates,  or  can- 
celled policies. 

ULLICO  has  issued  fiduciary  liability 
policies  for  several  years  through  a  sub- 
sidiary, the  Ulico  Casualty  Co.,  but  be- 
cause of  the  relatively  low  capitalization 
of  the  subsidiary,  the  company  had  to 
secure  the  participation  of  other  carriers 
before  it  could  issue  policies.  This  limited 
the  ability  of  the  company  to  respond  to 
the  needs  of  many  benefit  plans. 

The  ULLICO  board  of  directors  re- 
cently approved  the  transfer  of  $20  mil- 
lion in  assets  to  the  Ulico  Casualty  Co. 
Combined  with  anearlier  transfer  of  $2.5 
million  and  the  subsidiary's  prior  assets, 
this  will  enable  Ulico  Casualty  to  issue 
policies  with  up  to  $3  million  in  coverage 
without  having  to  secure  outside  partic- 
ipation. 


Government  retirement 
plan  lauded  by 
federal  unions 

Congressional  enactment  of  a  new  gov- 
ernment retirement  system  was  com- 
mended by  unions  representing  federal 
and  postal  employees. 

The  bipartisan  compromise  measure 
ended  an  impasse  with  the  Administra- 
tion that  had  imposed  a  double  payroll 
deduction  since  May  1  on  government 
and  postal  workers  hired  after  Jan.  1, 
1984. 

The  new  retirement  system  is  based 
on  Social  Security,  a  civil  service  pension 
program,  and  on  voluntary,  tax-deferred 
investments.  Congress  had  been  debating 
various  retirement  proposals  since  1984, 
when  newly-hired  federal  and  postal  em- 
ployees were  placed  under  Social  Secu- 
rity. 


Union  membership 
shows  continued 
growth  in  California 

Bucking  a  national  trend,  California 
reports  that  union  membership  in  the 
Golden  State  grew  by  3.7%  to  a  toted  of 
2,152,700  in  two-year  period  ended  in 
July  1985. 


NLRB  ruling 
upholds  graffiti 
supporting  unions 

Work-place  cases  involving  the  conflict 
between  a  worker's  right  of  free  expres- 
sion and  an  employer's  right  to  maintain 
decorum  and  protect  himself  and  his  staff 
from  criticism  are  becoming  more  com- 
mon, according  to  labor  law  experts. 
Employees  can  be  fired,  and  often  have 
been,  for  angering  the  boss  orally  or  in 
writing,  according  to  past  National  Labor 
Relations  Board  rulings,  which  include 
work  place  graffiti  cases  ranging  from 
angry  written  tirades  to  obscene  car- 
toons. 

But  when  these  statements  or  writings 
become  a  form  of  union  activity,  the 
worker  can  be  protected  on  the  grounds 
that  discussing  whether  to  form  a  labor 
union  is  a  "protected  activity"  under  the 
National  Labor  Relations  Act — even  when 
that  discussion  occurs  on  such  a  place 
as  a  restroom  wall. 


New  George  Meany 
Center  catalog 
out  for  '86-'87 

The  George  Meany  Center  for  Labor 
Studies  is  offering  66  institutes  and  work- 
shops for  the  1986-87  academic  year. 
Thirteen  new  subjects  are  offered,  fo- 
cusing on  new  ideas  and  techniques  to 
help  build  a  stronger  labor  movement. 

All  the  programs  are  open  to  fulltime 
officers,  representatives,  and  staff  em- 
ployees of  all  AFL-CIO  affiliates.  There 
is  no  charge  for  tuition. 

The  Meany  Center  catalog  for  the  com- 
ing year  offers  15  classes  on  organizing 
techniques,  7  classes  on  negotiating  skills, 
1 1  on  arbitration  methods,  3  on  pension 
administration,  12  on  union  communi- 
cations, 3  on  education,  and  15  on  "union 
building." 

Since  the  Meany  Center  opened  in 
1969,  42,200  union  leaders  have  partici- 
pated in  the  institutes  and  workshops. 
Last  year,  attendance  totaled  3,407.  Of 
those,  1,437  were  in  programs  sponsored 
by  the  Center  or  co-sponsored  by  their 
union.  Another  1,970  leaders  came  for 
conferences  or  for  staff  training  by  their 
own  unions. 

The  catalog  is  available  from  the  Reg- 
istrar, George  Meany  Center,  10000  New 
Hampshire  Ave. ,  Silver  Spring,  MD  20903. 
Or  call  (301)431-6400. 


Please,  don't 
look  for  jobs 
in  Alaska 

Jobseekers,  please  do  not  come  to 
Alaska. 

That's  the  message  the  Alaska  De- 
partment of  Labor  is  sending  out  to  all 
quarters.  The  agency  warns  jobseekers 
to  "beware  of  bogus  advertisements  of- 
fering high  paying  jobs  or  Alaska  job 
information  for  sale." 

Alaska's  unions  all  report  members 
waiting  for  openings  in  both  skilled  and 
semi-skilled  work.  Much  construction 
work  is  unionized  and  there  is  currently 
a  significant  downturn  in  construction 
and  oil  industry-related  jobs  as  a  result 
of  the  collapse  in  oil  prices. 

"We  urge  jobseekers  not  to  go  to 
Alaska  unless  they  have  a  firm  offer  of 
employment  to  avoid  the  traumatic  dis- 
appointments facing  many  newcomers 
there  now, "the  agency  said.  Unemploy- 
ment averaged  9.5%  in  1985,  with  some 
communities  suffering  23%.  Housing  is 
scarce  and  the  cost  of  living  is  high. 


ILGWU  victorious 
in  unfair  labor 
practice  settlement 

Some  320  Ladies'  Garment  Workers 
members  formerly  employed  by  Marlene 
Industries,  which  now  operates  as  the 
M.I.  Fund,  will  share  a  nearly  $1 .3  million 
backpay  settlement  from  the  company, 
according  to  National  Labor  Relations 
Board  General  Counsel  Rosemary  M. 
Collyer.  Under  the  settlement,  Elmco 
Corp. ,  a  firm  owned  by  the  former  owners 
of  Marlene  Industries,  will  reopen  a  closed 
apparel  plant  in  Loris,  S.C.,  and  offer 
reinstatement  to  former  strikers  who 
worked  for  Marlene  at  Loris.  The  ILGWU 
filed  unfair  labor  practice  charges  against 
Marlene  for  refusing  to  reinstate  employ- 
ees after  a  1971  strike  at  a  number  of 
Marlene  plants. 


Who  made 
that  masked 
car  anyway? 

With  U.S. -based  manufacturers  de- 
signing their  cars  in  Europe  and  building 
them  in  the  Orient,  the  "Made-in-the- 
U.S.A."  tag  carriers  questionable  accu- 
racy. Here's  one  example  of  a  masked 
car  that'll  be  "Made-in-Who-Knows- 
Where" — The  Desta.  Designed  in  Greece, 
the  Desta  is  destined  for  West  German 
production  from  Ford  parts  made  in  Eu- 
rope. Ford  plans  to  sell  it  in  the  U.S. 
Although  the  national  identity  will  be 
masked  by  international  wheeling  and 
dealing,  some  drivers  may  at  least  take 
comfort  from  the  Ford  logo  left  on  the 
steering  wheel. 


20 


CARPENTER 


Two  Labor  Specials 
For  Public  Broadcast 


The  Public  Broadcasting  Service  (PBS) 
will  celebrate  Labor  Day  1986  by  airing  two 
award-winning  documentary  specials  that 
examine  challenges  facing  working  people 
at  two  very  different  points  in  their  history. 

"The  Global  Assembly  Line,"  a  hard- 
hitting examination  of  the  human  toll  of 
current  international  labor  patterns ,  has  been 
scheduled  for  national  PBS  broadcast  on 
Tuesday,  September  2,  at  10:00  p.m.  EDT. 
"The  Women  of  Summer,"  which  PBS  will 
distribute  the  following  night,  Wednesday, 
September  3,  at  10:00  p.m.  EDT,  is  a  moving 
tribute  to  a  little-known  summer  school  for 
women  factory  workers  in  the  1920s  and 
30s. 

Both  films  received  major  funding  from 
The  National  Endowment  for  the  Humani- 
ties with  additional  support  from  the  Labor 
Institute  of  Public  Affairs  (LIPA),  on  behalf 
of  the  unions  of  the  AFL-CIO. 

TraveHng  from  Tennessee  to  Mexico,  from 
Silicon  Valley  to  the  Philippines,  "The  Global 
Assembly  Line"  takes  viewers  inside  our 
new  global  economy.  In  the  parking  lots  of 
shut-down  plants,  American  workers  picket 
in  anger.  Women  in  industrial  zones  in  Mex- 
ico and  the  Philippines  describe  high-tech 
sweatshops  and  organize  for  better  working 
conditions.  Executives  in  corporate  offices 
talk  frankly  about  their  worldwide  search 
for  low-wage  labor. 

The  project  was  fraught  with  dangers. 
Filming  in  Marcos'  Philippines,  they  ob- 
tained access  to  usually  off-limits  production 
zones,  where  young  women  are  making 
clock  radios,  designer  jeans,  and  computer 
parts  for  the  U.S.  market.  With  equipment 
hidden  in  grass-woven  bags  and  disguised 
as  public  health  nurses,  the  film  crew  entered 
impoverished  communities.  There,  young 
women  talked  about  being  locked  into  fac- 
tories several  days  in  a  row  and  staring  into 


New  Carrier-Rigging  Agreement  Signed 


UBC  leaders  recently  signed  a  new  millwright  maintenance  agreement  covering  mill- 
wrights employed  by  members  of  the  Specialized  Carriers  and  Riggers  Association.  It 
was  the  first  Brotherhood  agreement  with  a  funded  trust  provision  to  further  the  mill- 
wright trade,  and  it  was  signed  at  the  UBC  General  Offices  in  Washington.  D.C. 
Participants  shown,  seated  from  left,  include  UBC  First  General  Vice  President  Sigurd 
Lucassen,  UBC  General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell,  SCRA  President  Gene  Brymer, 
Joe  GaynorofTaft  Construction  Co.,  and  Bernie  Weir  of  Norris  Bros.  Standing  from  left 
are  Assistant  to  the  General  President  Jim  Davis,  UBC  Second  General  Vice  President 
John  Pruitt.  and  Tom  Kollins  of  SCRA. 

The  UBC  and  the  SCRA  have  been  working  under  a  national  maintenance  agreement 
for  15  years.  The  new  document,  with  the  funded  trust  provision,  is  expected  to  increase 
the  productivity  of  contractors  using  union  millwrights. 

"The  revision  should  enable  signatory  contractors  to  secure  more  work  and  provide 
employment  to  UBC  members,"  a  memorandum  of  understanding  states. 


microscopes  for  hours  on  end,  permanent 
eye  damage  the  inevitable  result. 

"People  knew  they  were  risking  their 
jobs — ands  even  their  lives — to  talk  to  us," 
says  Gray.  Today  she  is  proud  that  the 
interview  subjects  will  watch  the  film's  Phil- 
ippine premiere  in  a  Manila  theater,  where 
it  will  become  part  of  the  new  government's 
discussion  of  labor  rights  and  economic 
development. 

"The  Women  of  Summer"  introduces  us 
to  a  fascinating  group  of  women:  the  alumnae 


of  the  Bryn  Mawr  Summer  School  for  Women 
Workers.  At  a  50-year  reunion  on  Bryn 
Mawr  grounds ,  women  share  their  memories 
and  achievements.  They  listen  to  and  join 
in  singing  with  Ronnie  Gilbert  and  Holly 
Near. 

From  1921  to  1938,  the  summer  school, 
led  by  pioneering  educator  Hilda  "Jane" 
Smith — whose  vision  was  later  employed  by 
Eleanor  Roosevelt  to  establish  worker  ed- 
ucation programs  across  the  country — brought 
1,700  blue  collar  women  to  Bryn  Mawr. 


LOUISIANA-PACIFIC  BOYCOTT  SUPPORT 

The  UBC's  boycott  against  the  Louisiana-Pacific  Corporation's 
products  got  added  support  recently  when  the  Oregon  AFL-CIO, 
midway  through  its  convention,  held  a  noontime  rally  outside  L-P 
headquarters  in  Portland.  Oregon  AFL-CIO  President  Irv  Fletcher 
led  the  demonstration,  right.  Participating,  at  lower  right,  were  UBC 
Representative  Marc  Furman,  7th  District  Board  Member  Paid 
Johnson,  and  other  UBC  members.  (Oregon-Washington  Labor  Press 
photos.) 

One  picket  line  at  a  retail  outlet  got  a  quick  response,  below.  A 
retailer's  employees  removed  L-P  wood  products  from  a  retail  deal- 
er's stock  after  the  owner  decided,  in  the  face  of  the  boycott,  to  pull 
them  from  his  inventory.  (Photo  by  Aaron  Johanson.) 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


21 


students'  Blueprint 
For  Cure  Campaign 

UBC  Gen.  Pres.  Pat  Campbell  recently 
received  a  $50  check  and  letters  from  the 
president  and  secretary  of  the  student  coun- 
cil of  the  Corey  School  in  Buenq  Park,  Calif. 
The  council  president,  wrote: 

"Dear  General  President  Patrick  J.  Camp- 
bell: 

'  'Enclosed  is  a  check  for  $50  to  go  towards 
'Blueprint  for  Cure."  I  and  the  members  of 
our  student  council  hope  this  donation  of 
money  will  act  as  an  inspiration  to  others. 
We  believe  in  your  program  and  wanted  to 
help. 

"Sincerely, 

"Michael  Nakonieczny" 

In  a  letter  of  response  to  the  student 
council  members,  expressing  his  thanks. 
President  Campbell  said,  "With  your  help 
and  the  help  of  others,  1  am  sure  that  we 
will  reach  our  goal — complete  cure,  not  just 
treatment.  " 

Other  donations  to  Blueprint  for  Cure 
continue  to  arrive  from  local  unions  and 
individual  members.  These  are  among  the 
recent  contributors: 

Francis  Lamph;  Salvatore  Monarca;  Rich- 
ard J.  Stoddard;  Burdg,  Dunham  &  Assoc. 
Construction  Corp.,  1098,  Baton  Rouge, 
La.:  13.18,  Charlottetown,  PEl;  1889,  Down- 
ers Grove,  II.;  Sacramento.  Calif.,  District 
Council. 


LAYOUT  LEVEL 

•  ACCURATE  TO  1/32 

•  REACHES  100  FT, 

•  ONE-MAN  OPERATION 

Save  Time,  Money,  do  o  Better  Job 
With  This  Modern  Wotei  tevel 

In  just  a  few  minutes  you  accurately  set  batters 
for  slabs  and  footings,  lay  out  inside  floors, 
ceilings,  forms,  fixtures,  and  check  foundations 
for  remodeling. 

HYDROLEVEU 

...  the  old  reliable  water 
level  with  modern  features.  Toolbox  size. 
Durable  7"  container  with  exclusive  reser- 
voir, keeps  level  filled  and  ready.  50  ft. 
clear  tough  3/10"  tube  gives  you  100  ft.  of 
leveling  in  each  set-up,  with 
1/32"  accuracy  and  fast  one- 
man  operation — outside, in- 
side, around  corners,  over 
obstructions.  Anywhere  you 
can  climb  or  crawll 

Why  waste  money  on  delicate  'Hjfi^'^ 
instruments,  or  lose  time  and  ac- 
curacy on  makeshift  leveling?  Since  1£ 
thousands  of  carpenters,  builders,  inside  trades, 
etc.  have  found  that  HYDROLEVEL  pays  for 
itself  quickly. 

Send  check  or  money  order  for  $16.95  and 
your  Dune  and  address.  We  will  rush  you  a 
Hydrolevel  by  return  mall  postpaid.  Or  — buy 
three  Hydrolevels  at  dealer  price  -  $11.30  each 
postpaid.  Sell  two,  get  yours  freel  No  C.O.D. 
Satisfaction  guaranteed  or  money  back. 

FIRST   IN  WATER   LEVEL   DESIGN   SINCE    1950 

HYDROLEVELf 

P.O.  Box  G  Oceon  Springs,  Miss.  39564 


Four  members  of  the  Corey  School  slu- 
dent  council  with  a  poster  promoting 
■  Blueprint  for  Cure. 


Every  Voice  Counts  in 
Double-Breasted  Fight 

As  a  part  of  the  battle  to  get  S.  2181,  the 
anti-double-breasting  bill,  passed  in  the  Sen- 
ate, a  letter  from  the  UBC  legislative  de- 
partment went  out  to  all  retiree  club  mem- 
bers listing  the  Senate  co-sponsors  of  the 
bill.  Retirees  were  advised  to  write  to  both 
their  U.S.  Senators,  either  to  thank  them  if 
they  had  already  signed  on  as  a  co-sponsor, 
or  to  request  their  support. 

Add  your  voices  to  the  fight  against  dou- 
ble-breasting. 


$3  IVIillion  Approved  to  Retrain  Displaced 
Oregon,  Washington  Forest  Products  Workers 


The  U.S.  Labor  Department  has  approved 
$.^  million  in  Job  Training  Partnership  Act 
(JTPA)  funds  for  displaced  workers  in  the 
forest  products  industries  of  Oregon  and 
Washington. 

The  action  was  taken  by  the  Labor  De- 
partment following  appeals  by  the  United 
Brotherhood,  the  Western  Council  of  Lum- 
ber, Production,  and  Industrial  Workers,  and 
the  International  Woodworkers  of  America. 
These  efforts  were  bolstered  by  supporting 
letters  from  forest  products  compan'""- 

The  State  of  Oregon  has  agreed  not  to 
pre-allocate  its  $2  million  grant  to  existing 
service  delivery  areas,  as  they  have  done  in 
the  past.  Instead,  the  funds  will  be  held  at 


the  state  level,  and  an  advisory  panel  with 
wood-products-union  representation  will 
screen  retraining  proposals  for  funding. 

The  funds  allocated  to  the  State  of  Wash- 
ington will  serve  700  workers  in  the  western 
section  of  the  state  who  have  suffered  be- 
cause of  closed  mills,  and  these  funds  will 
be  administered  jointly  by  the  unions  and 
the  state,  operating  out  of  union  halls  in  the 
area. 

The  wood  products  industry  in  the  two 
states  historically  has  been  one  of  the  top 
job-providing  industries.  It  is  estimated  that 
Oregon  alone  has  more  softwood  sawtimber 
than  all  of  the  Southern  states,  including 
Texas.  So  does  Washington,  excluding  Texas. 


Canadian  Origins 

Continued  from  Page  4 

positions  and  recommended  old  age 
pensions  and  unemployment  insurance 
in  the  early  19()0s.  Our  own  interna- 
tional has  been  fortunate  in  having  es- 
teemed Canadians  as  leaders,  including 
Hairy  Lloyd,  a  millwright  hy  trade, 
who  started  out  in  Local  27,  Toronto, 
and  became  our  10th  General  President 
in  18%,  (He  was  a  member  of  a  Boston, 
Mass.,  local  at  the  time  of  his  election,) 
A  few  years  earlier,  in  1884,  another 
Local  27  member  named  Alec  Edgar 
had  been  elected  the  7th  General  Vice 
President  at  the  4th  General  Convention 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  In  more  recent 
years  the  Internationa!  has  also  bene- 
fited from  the  efforts  of  Peter  Tezick. 
our  former  General  Treasurer  who  was 
born  in  Rossland,  British  Columbia,  and 
General  Secretary  Emeritus  Richard 
Livingston,  a  native  of  Falls  View, 
Ontario, 

In  the  years  since  the  first  UBC  locals 
were  chartered,  the  International  has 
continued  to  expand  its  membership 
and  to  grow  along  with  members"  needs. 
Our  membership  roster  includes  the 
northern  Ontario  bushworkers,  mill- 
wrights in  Quebec,  and  pile  drivers  and 


marine  carpenters  on  both  coasts.  We've 
grown  as  a  result  of  mergers  and  con- 
solidations as  well  as  technological  and 
industrial  advancements. 

UBC  members  have  helped  to  shape 
the  nation's  cities,  skylines,  and  coast- 
lines. We've  built  government  build- 
ings, churches,  schools,  roads,  and 
bridges,  the  Olympic  stadium  in  Mon- 
treal, and  we  expect  to  be  a  part  of  the 
work  force  on  the  new  domed  stadium 
in  Toronto.  The  country's  energy  cen- 
ters are  Brotherhood-built  as  well.  UBC 
members  have  constructed  three  nu- 
clear generating  stations  in  Ontario  and 
one  in  New  Brunswick,  hydroelectric 
plants  in  Manitoba  and  British  Colum- 
bia, and  800  members  are  currently 
working  on  the  Darlington  project  in 
Ontario. 

The  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpen- 
ters has  been  a  force  in  Canada  for  over 
a  century.  Our  U.S.  and  Canadian 
members  have  stood  by  each  other 
through  two  World  Wars,  depressions, 
recessions,  strikes,  and  victories.  Al- 
though each  country  has  followed  its 
own  path  politically  and  culturally,  the 
special  bond  that  joins  our  members  on 
either  side  of  the  border  has  not  weak- 
ened, and  we  look  forward  to  centuries 
more  of  this  unique  bond  and  friend- 
ship. Uflfi 


22 


CARPENTER 


Loim  union  ncius 


Hawaii  UBC  Repairs 
Nonunion  Worit 

A  recent  issue  of  the  Hawaii  Carpenter 
tells  the  story  of  "an  older  woman  with 
limited  resources"  who  hired  a  nonunion 
contractor  to  make  repairs  to  her  home — 
and  then  called  the  officers  of  Local  745, 
Honolulu,  for  help  when  things  went  awry. 

With  photos  documenting  what  the  local 
found  when  they  went  to  see  what  could  be 
done,  the  article  carried  a  long  list  of  home- 
owner horrors. 

Asked  about  how  much  she  had  paid  for 
such  inept — and  unsafe — work,  the  owner 
replied  it  was  less  than  the  price  quoted  by 
union  contractors.  Now  she  will  pay  much 
more  because  of  the  shoddy  work  that  has 
to  be  done  over,  the  newsletter  pointed  out. 

The  lesson  has  been  learned.  Next  time, 
the  paper  quoted  the  customer,  she'll  contact 
a  union  contractor.  "You  get  what  you  pay 
for,"  she  said. 


Carpenter  Gives  Lift 
to  Disabled  Neighbor 

WhenJohnRakoskiof  Avenel,  N.J. ,  heard 
that  a  14-year-old  boy  with  spina  bifida  was 
coming  home  in  a  wheelchair,  he  wanted  to 
see  what  he  could  do  to  help.  The  result 
was  a  ramp  enabling  the  boy  to  leave  his 
house.  The  Avenel  Knights  of  Columbus 
donated  funds  for  materials,  and  Jersey  City 
Local  6  member  Rakoski  worked  with  stu- 
dents from  Project  ALIVE  (Avenel  Learning 
Institute  for  Vocational  Education)  to  com- 
plete the  ramp.  Rakowski,  43,  is  an  18-year 
member  of  the  UBC. 


Bringing  To  Code 

George  Ruhoff,  left,  and  Dale  Satermo, 
Local  1091 ,  Bismarck,  N.D.,  are  Just  two 
of  the  carpenters  who  were  instrumental  in 
repairing  an  elderly  woman's  home. 

When  the  Bismarck  Buildings  and 
Trades  Council  was  contacted  for  assist- 
ance in  bringing  this  home  up  to  code, 
various  members  of  Local  1091,  along  with 
other  crafts,  came  to  the  rescue  to  prevent 
a  91-year-old  woman's  eviction  from  her 
home. 

Dennis  Tetzloff  business  agent  for  the 
Painters,  and  Dennis  Murphy,  business 
agent  for  the  Sheet  Metal  Workers,  coor- 
dinated the  project. 

Dale  E.  Jones,  business  rep.  of  Local 
1091,  welcomed  the  opportunity  to  work 
closely  with  other  Building  Trades. 


Prince  Edward 
islanders'  Pact 


Signing  the  P.E.I,  agreement,  seated, 
from  left,  are  Martin  Kenny,  Local  1338 
president;  Bordon  Boyles,  construction  as- 
sociation committee;  P.E.I.  Labor  Minis- 
ter Wayne  Cheverie,;  Lou  Bradley.  Local 
1338  business  representative;  and  Norman 
MacLeod,  management  negotiating  com- 
mittee. Standing  are  Jim  Tobin,  UBC  in- 
ternational representative,  left,  and  Fran- 
cis Reid,  construction  association's  labor- 
relations  committee  director. 

UBC  Local  1338,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I. , 
in  the  Maritime  Province  of  Canada  and  the 
Construction  Association  of  P.E.I.  Labor 
Relations  Committee  recently  signed  a  two- 
year  contract.  The  agreement  includes  two 
wage  rates,  enabling  the  unionized  contrac- 
tors to  be  more  competitive  with  smaller, 
non-unionized  contractors.  The  two-tier  wage 
rate  was  first  installed  in  the  previous  col- 
lective agreement  and  since  that  time  has 
increased  jobs  for  unionized  carpenters  by 
15-16%  according  to  Louis  Bradley,  local 
business  agent. 

Fifteen  cents  of  the  wage  increase  will  go 
to  the  union  pension  plan  and  health  benefits, 
two  cents  will  go  to  the  Diabetes  Research 
Institute,  and  three  cents  will  go  to  a  special 
fund  used  to  maintain  union  dues  for  mem- 
bers unable  to  pay. 

Local  1338  represents  about  190  Island 
carpenters.  The  Labor  Relations  Committee 
represents  about  43  employer  firms. 


Portsmouth  IVITC 
Wins  Hazard  Pay 

Hailing  a  recent  decision  of  the  Federal 
Labor  Relations  Authority  as  a  major  victory 
for  working  people,  AFL-CIO  Metal  Trades 
Department  President  Paul  Burnsky  further 
declared  that  it  may  prompt  the  Navy  to  be 
more  vigilant  against  exposing  workers  to 
asbestos  hazards. 

Capping  a  five-year  struggle,  the  Ports- 
mouth, N.H.,  Metal  Trades  Council  won 
millions  in  hazardous  duty  back  pay  retro- 
active to  July  1983.  The  decision  affects 
2,600  workers  at  the  Navy  yard  because  of 
their  exposure  to  environmentally  hazardous 
substances  on  the  job. 

The  FLRA  ruling  will  benefit  members  of 
the  Machinists,  Iron  Workers,  Boilermak- 
ers, Carpenters,  Operating  Engineers,  La- 
borers, Sheet  Metal  Workers,  Painters,  and 
Electrical  Workers  affiliated  with  the  MTC 
at  Portsmouth. 

The  case  dates  back  to  1981  when  a  shop 
steward  filed  a  grievance  contending  that  the 
shipyard  failed  to  protect  employees  from 
the  dangers  of  cancer.  The  arbitration  award 
was  made  in  July  1983. 

Instead  of  complying  with  the  order,  how- 
ever, the  Navy  filed  an  exception  and  the 
union  appealed  to  the  FLRA. 

Besides  ordering  the  differential  for  work- 
ers doing  environmentally  hazardous  work, 
the  FLRA  upheld  the  arbitrator's  directive 
that  the  Navy  improve  the  way  it  identifies 
asbestos-related  material.  The  Navy  was 
ordered  to  proceed  with  a  plan  to  substitute 
other  material  in  the  maintenance  and  over- 
haul of  submarines. 


13  Tidewater  Affiliates 
Ratify  3- Year  Contract 

On  June  21  the  13  local  affiliates  of  the 
Tidewater  Federal  Employees  Metal  Trades 
Council  ratified,  3-1,  a  three-year  contract 
covering  more  than  8,000  workers  with  the 
Naval  shipyard  at  Portsmouth,  Va.  The 
agreement  replaces  a  contract  that  expired 
in  1979. 

Wages,  holidays,  and  certain  benefits  af- 
fecting shipyard  employees  are  not  covered 
by  contract  negotiations  but  are  set  by  fed- 
eral government  and  civil  service  regula- 
tions, explained  Glen  Latham,  vice  chairman 
of  the  council. 

Unions  participating  in  coordinated  bar- 
gaining for  the  Norfolk  yard  include  the 
Asbestos  Workers,  Boilermakers,  Carpen- 
ters, Electrical  Workers,  Fire  Fighters,  Iron 
Workers,  Laborers,  Machinists,  Operating 
Engineers,  Painters,  Plumbers  and  Pipe  Fit- 
ters, Professional  and  Technical  Engineers, 
and  Sheet  Metal  Workers. 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


23 


Connecticut  Training  Session  Completion 


Western  Connecliciil  Loccil  210  members  marked  the  completion  in  June  of  u  six- 
session  leadership  training;  program  held  on  Saturday  mornings.  The  program  was 
conducted  by  Professor  Morris  Fried  from  the  University  of  Connecticut  Labor 
Education  Center,  standing  above.  Business  Rep.  John  Cunningham,  and  Representative 
Stephen  A.  Flynn. 

During  the  si.x  months,  classes  were  held  on  trade  unionism  and  histoiy,  old-time 
union  busters  using  the  film  "The  Inheritance":  modern-day  union  busters:  and  the  UBC 
programs  "This  is  Your  International."  "You  and  Your  Union."  and  the  "Building 
Union"  construction  steward  training  program. 


Attend  your  local  union  meetings  regularly.  Your  vote  is  needed 
on  crucial  issues  concerning  your  job  and  your  industry.  Be  an 
active  member  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners 
of  America. 


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hard  work 
easier! 


Take  the  Vaughan  Rig  Builder's  Hatchet,  for  example. 

A  useful  tool  for  rough  construction 
and  framing,  this  hatchet  has  an 
extra-large,  crowned  milled  face 
and  a  blade  with  a  3y2"  cut.  Its  28  oz, 
head  and  l/Va"  handle  put  power 
into  every  blow.  Full  polished  head 


and  select  hickory  handle  make  it 
look  as  good  as  it  feels  to  use. 

We  make  more  than  a  hundred 
different  kinds  and  styles  of  strik- 
ing tools,  each  crafted  to  make 
hard  work  easier. 


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Always  wear  safety 
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Back-to-Work  Order 
Dictated  in  Quebec 

In  the  July  1986  issue  of  the  Carpenter, 
Quebec  Millwrights  Local  Union  2182  re- 
ported on  the  breakdown  of  construction 
industry  negotiations  in  the  Province  of  Que- 
bec and  the  beginning  of  selective  strike 
action  to  resist  concessions. 

Upon  the  initiation  of  a  general  strike  on 
June  16,  the  provincial  government  moved 
swiftly  to  force  the  unions  back  to  work. 
Acting  under  the  labor  relations  equivalent 
of  "martial  law,"  the  Minister  of  Labour 
issued  a  back-to-work  order  with  the  threat 
of  severe  sanctions  for  noncompliance — 
including  stiff  fines  and  loss  of  representation 
rights  for  five  years. 

The  governmental  order  additionally  dic- 
tates mandatory  resumption  of  negotiations: 
appointment  of  a  mediator  by  the  Labour 
Ministry,  with  a  report  due  August  1,  1986: 
and  unilateral  imposition  of  a  1986-1989 
contract  by  governmental  decree  if  the  par- 
ties fail  to  reach  an  accord. 

According  lo  Local  2182,  this  governmen- 
tal suppression  of  trade  union  action  smacks 
of  the  same  police  tactics  employed  in  South 
Africa.  "Such  is  the  meaning  of  'liberty'  for 
construction  workers  in  Quebec,"  remarks 
Business  Representative  Germain  Paren- 
teau. 

Retour  Au  Travail 
Ordone  Au  Quebec 

Apr^s  I'enquete  Cliche  qui  a  ete  faite  sur 
le  dos  des  travailleurs  de  la  construction 
pour  detruire  les  syndicals  au  Quebec,  voici 
ce  meme  gouvernement  au  pouvoir  appuye 
par  I'opposition,  qui  impose  au.x  travailleurs 
de  la  construction  sa  "loi  matraque"  (106) 
ainsi  comme  Botha  a  fait  en  Afrique  du  Sud. 

Pourquoi  ce  geste  gouvernmental? 

Le  Ministre  du  Travail  avail  nomme  un 
conciliateur  a  cause  de  I'impossibilite  de 
rapprochement  entre  les  parties,  Des  greves 
rotativesontete  faitesen  province,  etensuite 
la  greve  generale  declenchee  le  16  Juin  1986. 
C'etait  I'epreuve  de  force  legitime  pour  en 
arriver  a  une  convention  signee  et  pour 
ameliorer  les  conditions  des  travailleurs  de 
la  construction. 

Pourtant,  le  16  Juin  le  Ministre  de  Travail 
nous  imposait  sa  "loi  matraque"  pour  nous 
forcer  a  retoumer  au  travail.  Refuser  de  se 
soumettre  a  cette  ordonnance  nous  aurait 
expose  a  des  sanctions  allant  jusqu'a  ne  plus 
etre  apte  a  executer  le  travail  de  representant 
syndical  pour  une  periode  de  5  ans,  et  des 
amendes  trds  elevees.  En  plus,  les  parties 
sont  obligees  de  negocier:  le  Ministre  de 
Travail  nomme  un  m^diateur,  qui  doit  faire 
son  rapport  avant  le  ler  aout  1986:  et  si 
aucune  entente  n'intervient  entre  les  parties, 
le  gouvernement  impose  un  d^cret  jusqu'au 
30  Avril  1986. 

"C'est  cela  la  liberie  des  travailleurs  de 
la  construction  au  Quebec."  dit  le  Gerant 
d'Affaires  de  Local  2182. 

This  report  has  been  printed  in  French  in 
addition  to  English  for  our  French  Cana- 
dian readers. 


24 


CARPENTER 


HPPREI1TICESHIP  &  TRnminc 


From  the  left,  above:  Doug  Leman  of  Local  363,  Elgin,  III.,  first 
place,  carpenter;  Joseph  Allen  of  Local  1027,  Chicago,  first 
place,  mill-cabinet;  and  Thomas  J.  Verdone  of  Local  1693, 
Chicago,  first  place,  millwright. 

At  right:  The  Illinois  State  Apprenticeship  Contest  afforded  the 
state  council  an  opportunity  to  demonstrate  to  the  public  the 
special  skills  of  ftoor-and-wall-covering  members.  An  area  was  set 
aside  for  Apprentices  Charles  Valle  and  John  Miller  of  Local 
1185,  Chicago,  to  lay  carpeting  and  install  flooring.  In  the  picture 
from  left  are  Vallee;  Miller:  Tony  Pongetti,  instructor;  Dick  Lad- 
zinski.  council  secretary-treasurer  and  contest  coordinator;  and 
Warren  Lang,  business  representative.  Local  1185. 


19th  Illinois  State  Contest  Also  Demonstrates  Union  Floor,  Wall  Covering  Skills 


The  19th  Annual  Illinois  State  Carpentry 
Apprenticeship  Contest  was  held  recently  in 
Pekin,  and  seven  winners  were  chosen  from 
six  local  unions  in  the  state. 

A  special  feature  of  this  year's  contest, 
though  not  a  competitive  one,  was  a  dem- 
onstration of  floor  and  wall  covering  skills 
by  apprentices  of  Local  1 185,  Chicago. 

Contest  visitors  witnessed  this  demon- 


stration along  with  the  manipulative  test  in 
the  Central  Illinois  District  Council  Training 
Facility  in  Pekin.  Awards  were  presented  to 
the  winners  and  to  all  the  contestants  at  a 
banquet  at  Jumers  Castle  Lodge  in  Peoria. 

The  winners  were  as  follows: 

CARPENTRY— First  place,  Doug  Le- 
man, Local  363,  Elgin;  Second  place,  Gerald 
Brown,  Local  790,  Dixon;  and  Third  place. 


Steven  M.  Counter,  Local  54,  Chicago. 

MILL-CABINET— First  place,  Joseph  M. 
Allen,  Local  1027,  Chicago. 

MILLWRIGHT— First  place,  Thomas  J. 
Verdone,  Local  1693,  Chicago;  Second  place, 
Barry  L.  Kaufman,  Local  63,  Bloomington; 
and  Third  place,  Jerry  W.  McGowan,  Local 
1693,  Chicago. 


Many  Training  Programs  Adopt  Day 
School  Along  with  PETS  Blocks 


Traditionally,  apprentice  classroom  train- 
ing has  been  a  night  activity,  so  as  not  to 
conflict  with  the  regular  on-the-job  training 
of  the  work  day.  Classroom  studies  were 
accomplished  by  apprentices  on  their  own 
time  without  remuneration,  stipend,  or  fi- 
nancial support. 

This  situation  is  undergoing  change  in 
some  parts  of  North  America,  according  to 
a  panel  of  training  leaders  at  the  recent  Mid- 
Year  Training  Conference  in  Boston,  Mass. 

Conference  participants  were  told  that,  in 
recent  years,  many  apprenticeship  training 
programs  have  instituted  what  is  known  as 
"day  school."  Apprentices  attending  day 
school  are  sometimes  paid  by  their  sponsors 
at  a  percentage  of  journeyman  scale.  Others 
are  given  a  fixed  amount  to  help  defray 
expenses.  Still  others  are  offered  no  financial 
support  at  all. 

The  conference  panelists  who  discussed 
this  subject — Sam  Heil  of  the  Ventura  County . 
Calif.,  District  Council;  Roland  Smith,  Local 


106,  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  and  Keith  Ivy  of 
the  UBC  field  staff — described  a  variety  of 
day  school  schedules  instigated  by  some 
training  schools. 

Some  schedule  training  one  day  every  two 
weeks;  others  schedule  two  consecutive  days 
a  month;  and  others  schedule  five-day  train- 
ing time  blocks.  Almost  all  agree  that  the 
best  utilization  of  time  is  scheduling  time 
blocks  of  consecutive  days. 

Since  the  PETS  program  came  into  effect, 
many  programs  are  adopting  day  school  for 
the  following  reasons: 

•  Night  classes  are  too  short  for  the  ac- 
complishment of  most  PETS  tasks  in 
one  session. 

•  With  night  classes  there  is  considerable 
training  time  lost  in  the  start-up  and 
pick-up  time  required  for  each  separate 
session. 

•  Part-time  instructors  who  have  worked 
a  full  day  with  their  tools  and  appren- 


tices who  have  worked  a  full  day  with 
their  tools  have  a  fatigue  level  at  evening 
sessions  which  diminishes  their  effec- 
tiveness. Where  there  are  several  part- 
time  instructors  in  a  large  program,  all 
of  the  instructors  may  not  have  had  a 
full  or  adequate  orientation  or  be  con- 
sistent in  their  judging  of  adequate  per- 
formance levels. 

Transportation  costs  for  the  apprentices 
and  the  instructional  staff  are  reduced 
if  the  training  sessions  are  eight-hour 
periods  rather  than  three-hour  periods. 
There  can  be  better  utilization  of  train- 
ing center  space  with  daytime  training 
because  the  training  center  can  reduce 
its  space  requirements  and  instructor 
numbers  with  the  longer  period  of  train- 
ing. 

A  very  positive  factor  with  daytime 
training  and  full-time  instructors  is  that 
the  instructors  and  the  apprentices  be- 
come belter  acquainted;  the  instructors 
are  better  able  to  identify  the  strengths 
and  weaknesses  of  the  individual  ap- 
prentices when  they  have  a  regular 
schedule  with  them  and  an  ongoing 
relationship. 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


25 


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vinyl  deep  cushion  grip  which  is  baked 
and  bonded  to  "I"  beam  shaped  shank. 


Always  wear  Estwing 
Safety  Goggles  when 
using  hand  tools.  Protect 
your  eyes  from  (lying  parti- 
cles and  dust.  Bystanders 
Vtf'  shall  also  wear  Estwing 
Safety  Goggles. 


See  your  local  Estwing  Dealer.  If  he 
can't  supply  you,  write: 


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Detroit  JAC  Trains 
Lather  Apprentices 

Lathers  Local  ^-L.  Dearborn,  Mich.,  had 
an  apprenticeship  fund,  but  no  school  or 
program  for  lathers  .  .  .  until  this  year.  In 
connection  with  the  Detroit  Carpentry  JAC. 
a  new  class  of  10  apprentices  is  now  attend- 
ing school  and  studying  a  curriculum  spe- 
cifically for  lathers.  The  Detroit,  Mich.,  JAC 
has  purchased  27  new  carousels  on  lathing 
from  the  international  union,  and  will  be 
working  with  Local  5-L  to  continue  devel- 
opment of  the  program. 


Dflroil.  Mich..  JAC  Instructor  Ron  Con- 
rad, above  top,  looks  on  while  a  student 
works  out  a  basic  geometry  problem:  fu- 
ture lathers,  bottom,  listen  and  watch, 
prepared  to  take  notes. 


PETS  Training 
Adjusts  to  Industry 

Learning  blocks  in  the  Performance  Eval- 
uation Training  System  (PETS)  are  designed 
to  satisfy  the  needs  of  area  industry  and 
should  be  adjusted  in  their  usage  to  satisfy 
those  particular  needs. 

That's  the  recommendation  of  the  United 
Brotherhood's  apprenticeship  and  training 
department  in  a  recent  training  conference 
statement. 

"Industry  needs  vary  around  the  nation, 
and  apprenticeship  programs  should  design 
their  PETS  grids  to  reflect  the  specific  needs 
for  industry  in  the  area  it  services. 

"For  example,  it  may  be  necessary  for 
apprentices  in  a  program  to  have  some 
millwork  and/or  cabinetmaking  training  so 
that  they  can  satisfy  the  need  of  employers 
who  need  workers  with  those  skills.  The 
extent  of  the  millwork  training  may  not  need 
to  be  the  in-depth,  full-term,   mill-cabinet 


training  program.  It  may  only  need  to  be  a 
basic  preparation  in  mill-cabinet  processes. 
To  accomplish  the  desired  result,  a  section 
of  the  PETS  material  is  incorporated  into 
the  PETS  grid  for  that  program  in  lieu  of 
some  portion  of  the  PETS  grid  that  may  not 
be  as  important  to  the  employers.  " 


California  Apprentices 
Build  Goodwill 

"To  build  and  bill  not." 

That's  the  beginning  of  a  glowing  article 
in  the  San  Diego,  Calif..  Union  Tribune  aboul 
the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America  constructing  the  3,800- 
square-foot  addition  to  the  La  Jolla,  Calif., 
Children's  Museum  without  charge. 

Since  mid-February.  100  drywall  and  lath- 
ing apprentices  of  Local  2600  have  been 
working  for  the  museum,  knocking  out  what 
the  museum's  director  of  development  es- 
timates to  be  $30.000-$40.000  worth  of  work. 
And  it's  not  the  first  project  they've  taken 
on  at  no  charge.  Apprentices  have  also 
finished  off  interiors  for  the  Bostonia  Fire 
Station.  San  Diego  State  University,  and 
various  churches  under  the  supervision  of 
Apprentice  Coordinator  Leo  Carlin  and  In- 
structors Jerry  Bell  and  Walt  Frost. 

"Our  time  is  spent  not  only  in  learning 
but  in  doing  something  useful  for  the  com- 
munity," David  Bigler,  a  29-year-old  ap- 
prentice told  the  newspaper. 

In  concert  with  the  union's  labor  donation, 
there  were  donations  of  lumber,  carpet,  fire 
sprinklers,  electrical  work,  glass,  and  archi- 
tectural designs  from  other  sources  for  an 
estimated  total  of  $180,000. 


Harrisburg  Grads 
Complete  Training 


Six  apprentice  carpenters  recently  com- 
pleted Harrisburg.  Pa.,  Local  287' s  four- 
year  training  program,  sponsored  by  the 
local  and  area  building  contractors.  Ap- 
prentices completing  the  program  pictured 
above,  seated,  from  left,  are  Donald  Soko- 
loski.  Timothy  Smith.  David  Berkheimer, 
and  Robin  Smith:  not  pictured  are  Robert 
Cleveland  and  Robert  Pae  Jr.  Standing, 
from  left,  are  Richard  W.  Mart:  Sr..  JAC 
secretary;  Frank  Mulligan.  Bureau  of  Ap- 
prenticeship and  Training,  U.S.  Depart- 
ment of  Labor:  Dale  Gemmill.  Keystone 
Building  Contractors  Association:  and  Ed 
D.  Luzik,  apprentice  training  director. 


26 


CARPENTER 


JOB  SAFETY  AND  HEALTH 


Carpet-Layers  Knee 


What  do  carpet  layers,  football  play- 
ers, and  miners  have  in  common?  The 
answer:  a  high  rate  of  knee  injuries. 

A  study  of  workers"  compensation 
claims  for  knee  injuries  found  that  car- 
pet installers  accounted  for  over  6%  of 
all  compensation  claims  for  knee  inju- 
ries, even  though  carpet  installers  are 
less  than  .0006%  of  the  population.  In 
other  words,  there  were  over  100  times 
as  many  knee  injuries  among  carpet 
installers  than  would  be  expected.  Other 
occupations  with  higher  than  expected 
claims  for  knee  injuries  were:  tile  setters 
(53  times  higher),  floorlayers  (46  times 
higher),  drywall  installers  and  lathers 
(22  times  higher),  and  carpenters  (8 
times  higher).  A  study  in  Sweden  showed 
over  1  in  4  floorlayers  had  knee  injuries. 
Fourteen  percent  of  carpenters  did  also. 

Many  of  these  injuries  are,  of  course, 
due  to  the  large  amount  of  squatting 
and  kneeling  that  is  part  of  the  carpet 
or  floorlayer's  job.  While  kneehng,  all 
the  weight  is  placed  on  a  very  small 
surface,  the  knee  cap,  whereas  while 
standing,  weight  is  distributed  over  both 
feet.  Some  injuries,  though,  are  due  to 
kneeling  on  small  objects,  such  as  tacks 
or  nails  under  a  carpet. 

A  recent  study  of  members  of  Floor- 
layers  Local  873  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
by  NIOSH  (National  Institute  for  Oc- 
cupational Safety  and  Health)  found  a 
high  rate  of  skin  infections  on  the  knee 
among  carpet  layers  (7%  had  a  history 
of  past  infections).  Skin  thickening  and 
rashes  were  also  common. 

One  important  factor  in  the  high  rate 
of  knee  injuries  among  carpet  layers  is 
their  use  of  a  knee  kicker.  A  knee  kicker 
is  a  metal  tool  that  the  carpet  layer  hits 
with  his  or  her  knee  to  stretch  the 
carpet.  One  study  measured  the  force 
of  a  worker's  knee  hit- 
ting the  knee  kicker  and 
found  that  for  hard 
kicks  it  can  reach  as 
high  as  4  times  the 
worker's  body  weight. 
Carpet  layers  may 
make  as  many  as  140 
kicks  per  hour. 

The  NIOSH  study  of 
Local  873  revealed  that 
carpet  layers  had  over 
3  times  as  much  bur- 
sitis of  the  knees  when 
compared  with  mill- 
wrights in  Local  1454. 
They  also  had  over  5 
times   as   many    knee 


A  carpet  layer,  right, 
demonstrates  the  knee 
kicker.  Below  right  is 
the  power  carpet 
stretcher,  a  "knee- 
saving"  device. 

taps  (to  remove  fluid), 
and  over  3  times  as 
many  skin  infections. 
Almost  half  (47%)  of 
the  carpet  layers  had 
at  least  one  knee  tap 
or  episode  of  bursitis, 
compared  with  only 
11%  of  the  millwrights. 
Use  of  the  knee  kicker 
was  the  most  impor- 
tant factor  in  predict- 
ing bursitis.  Knee  taps 
were  more  related  to 
years  of  employment, 
amount  of  kneeling, 
and  age. 

While  some  states  recognize  knee 
injuries  as  a  compensable  disease  among 
carpet  layers,  others  do  not.  Local  1541 
in  British  Columbia  has  been  fighting 
for  years  to  make  knee  injuries  com- 
pensable as  an  industrial  disease  for 
carpet  and  floor  layers. 

Should  carpet  layers  just  accept  these 
facts  and  resign  themselves  to  disabling 
knee  injuries?  We  think  not.  Research- 
ers and  members  have  suggested  ways 
to  prevent,  or  at  least  reduce,  the  risk 
of  knee  injuries.  First  is  the  use  of  knee 
pads.  They  can  reduce  the  stress  of 
kneeling  by  distributing  the  weight  over 
a  greater  area  and  cushioning  the  knee. 
Research  in  Sweden  on  knee  pads  iden- 
tified high-resilient  foam  rubber  as  the 
best  pad  material  and  recommended 


Why  do  the  knees  start  to  hurt?  An  unprotected  knee  reslini.;  against  a  hard 
surface  is  not  fit  for  supporting  the  weight  of  the  body  for  any  extended  period 
of  time.  The  contact  surface  is  very  small  and  therefore  the  pressure  per 
surface  unit  becomes  very  high  resulting  in  injuries  to  the  cartilages  of  the  joint 
and  in  pain.  The  knee  pad  distributes  the  weight  over  a  greater  area,  cushion- 
ing the  knee. 


they  be  placed  in  a  knee  pocket  sewn 
on  the  front  of  the  trousers.  This  avoids 
the  problems  of  knee  pads  that  strap 
on  which  can  slip  down  or  cut  off  blood 
flow.  The  pockets  must  have  flaps  or 
open  downward  to  avoid  wood  shav- 
ings, screws,  etc.,  from  being  swept  up 
into  the  pockets.  The  form  pad  must 
be  at  least  20  mm  thick  (about  V*  inch). 
It  is  best  to  use  2  pads  (each  10  mm 
thick)  to  increase  flexibility.  In  addition 
to  absorbing  the  stress,  the  knee  pads 
also  provide  some  protection  against 
punctures  from  kneeling  on  nails  or 
tacks. 

Another  preventative  measure  is  the 
use  of  the  power  carpet  stretcher  in- 
stead of  the  knee  kicker.   While  the 
power  stretcher  is  bulkierto  use  than  the 
knee  kicker,  it  does  a 
better  job  and  does  not 
require  as  much  kick- 
ing. It  has  the  possi- 
bility of  saving  many 
knees. 

One  researcher  also 
suggested  that  workers 
rotate  jobs  so  they  don't 
have  a  kickingjob  more 
than  three  days  a  week. 
We  don't  need  to 
have  knee  injuries  if 
we  can  become  more 
aware  of  the  problem, 
and  take  some  prev- 
entative steps  to  avoid 
them. 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


27 


Members 
In  The  News 

Coast  Guard  Cracker 


Tommy  Corrigan  is  what  you  might  call  a  "safe  man."  Not  the 
cautious  type,  but  the  cracking  type.  As  a  part  of  his  work  for  the 
U.S.  Coast  Guard  on  Governors  Island,  N.Y.,  he  is  often  called 
upon  to  open  safes  for  which  keys  and  combinations  are  lost  or 
forgotten. 

The  retired  Local  608,  New  York,  N.Y.,  member's  ability  to 
crack  open  a  safe  and  then  repair  it  inexpensively  and  quickly 
was  discovered  just  a  few  years  ago,  and  it  has  turned  out  to  be 
quite  a  handy  talent.  Not  only  does  it  save  the  Coast  Guard  the 
time  and  trouble  of  hiring  an  outside  specialist  and  that  cost,  but 
it  gives  Corrigan  a  great  sense  of  pride  and  accomplishment — and 
several  letters  of  appreciation  from  grateful  safe  users,  according 
to  the  Governors  Island  Gazette. 

As  a  newly-arrived  journeyman  in  the  U.S.  in  19.'>8,  Corrigan, 
who  apprenticed  in  his  native  Ireland,  secured  ajob  with  a  cabinet- 
makers local  in  New  York.  He  worked  in  the  Empire  State 
Building  until  the  owner  sold  out  and  all  the  employees  were  fired. 
And  in  1961  he  became  a  member  of  Local  608,  New  York,  N.Y. 

Today  you'll  find  him  in  the  Governors  Island  carpenter  shop, 
but  he's  not  working  as  a  carpenter  these  days;  he's  a  locksmith. 
He  told  the  Gazelle  that  he  began  night  school  in  1976.  with  the 
union  helping  him  out.  In  1979  he  became  a  locksmith  and  retired 
from  Local  608 — although  he  remains  an  honarary  member. 


Volunteers  Rehabilitate  Center 


"They're  just  the  answer  to  my  prayers."  That  from  Venderee 
Pickett,  director  of  Peter  Pan  Nursery,  Pompano  Beach,  Fla., 
about  the  Broward  County  carpenters  who  voluntarily  showed  up 
at  7:.^0  on  a  Saturday  morning  to  pound  nails  and  patch  holes  at 
the  federally-subsidized  nursery. 

"We  just  wanted  to  show  the  public  that  the  unions  aren't 
always  on  strike,  aren't  always  asking  for  a  raise,  aren't  always 
walking  the  picket  line,"  Gus  Vass,  president  of  Local  .^206, 
Pompano  Beach,  told  the  Miami  ll'lii.)  Herald. 

Seven  UBC  members,  Vass,  Rod  McCall,  Nocholas  Frazier, 
Herbert  Scott,  Andrew  Casilli,  Walther  Seidel,  and  Owen  Tabais, 
spent  the  morning  replacing  locks,  palchmg  windows,  and  repairing 
playground  equipment. 

Peter  Pan,  which  provides  care  to  70  Pompano  Beach  children, 
is  one  of  several  federally-subsidized  day-care  centers  in  Broward 
County  run  by  the  Early  Childhood  Development  Association. 
The  union  plans  to  clean  up  other  centers  run  by  the  nonprofit 
association. 

"Hopefully,  we  can  do  one  a  week  or  something  like  that," 
said  Casilli,  co-chairman  of  the  union's  volunteer  committee. 


Blue  Ribbon  Carver 

Retired  carpenter  Jay  Crawford  is  convinced  that  anyone  can 
turn  out  a  woodcarving  worthy  of  display  on  the  mantelpiece.  Or 
so  he  told  The  Building;  Trudes- 
man.  Detroit.  Mich.  Crawford,  ••■■ 

a  .^9-year  member  of  Local  WS, 
Royal  Oak.  Mich.,  was  among 
7.'i  exhibitors  showing  creations 
recently  at  the  6th  annual  Wood- 
carving  Show  in  Madison 
Heights,  Wise. 

"We've  some  of  the  best 
woodcarvers  in  the  country  in 
the  Detroit  area,"  said  Craw- 
ford, who  boasts  a  blue  ribbon 
after  only  six  years  of  wood- 
carving. 

The  Metro  Carvers  of  Michi- 
gan, a  200-member  club,  pro- 
vides a  forum  for  members  like 
Crawford  to  share  ideas  and 
techniques. 

Crawford  prefers  carving  an- 
imals. A  whiltler  in  his  youth, 

he  made  his  first  duck  decoy  40  years  ago.  This  year  he  took 
charge  of  a  Decoys  of  Yesteryears  exhibit,  displaying  various 
artists'  decoys  and  antique  tools  used  to  sculpt  them, 

Ironman  Carpenter 

He's  a  superb  gourmet  cook; 
a  surfing  competitor;  has  won 
awards  for  his  needlepoint;  he's 
an  expert  in  plants  and  garden- 
ing; well-versed  in  sky-diving, 
scuba  diving,  karate,  rock  climb- 
ing, and  marathon  running — his 
newest  focus  is  the  triathlon. 
And  like  everything  else  he  does, 
Jim  Hatfield's  gone  in  for  it  in  a 
big  way. 

A  member  of  Local  1280, 
Mountain  View,  Calif.,  Hatfield, 
40.  has  pursued  carpentry  for  17 
years,  and  trialhlons  for  five. 
He's  won  and  placed  in  his  age 
group  in  a  number  of  triathlons, 
competing  in  such  events  as  the 
Ultimate  Endurance  Triathlon — 
a  3.6-mile  swim,  153-mile  bike 
ride,  and  a  3 1 -mile  run;  the 
Triathlon  World  Championships 
(Ironman I  in  Hawaii;  and  the 
Canadian  International  Ultra 
Triathlon  in  Penlicton,  B.C. 

Hatfield,  6'1",  185  lbs.,  told 
Ihe  San  Jose  (Calif.)  Mercury 
News  that,  while  he  considers 
himself  an  above-average  ath- 
lete, it's  his  mental  approach — 
which  includes  transcendental 
meditation  and  visualization 
techniques — that  gives  him  a 
competitive  edge.  Hatfield  has 
been  pictured  in  Runner's  World 
magazine  and  sought  out  to  write 
an  article  for  California  Bicyclist 
magazine. 

Says  a  friend:  "It's  difficult 
for  me  to  believe  that  anyone 
can  work  so  hard  all  day  and 
still  have  enough  energy  and  drive 
to  train  and  compete  like  Jim 
does.  All  in  all,  I  can't  think  of 
a  better  advertisement  for  the 
carpentry  profession." 


Hatfield's  "Iri-suit"  allows  him 
to  fio  from  ihe  swimminf;  event 
into  the  hiking  event  into  the 
running;  event  without  chanf;- 
ing.  This  picture  was  taken  just 
after  Hatfield  had  competed  in 
a  triathlon,  coming  in  first  in 
his  age  group. 


28 


CARPENTER 


Getting  Info 

on 
^^€ist  Food 


By  GOODY  L.  SOLOMON 

Press  Associates,  Inc. 


Nearly  everyone — from  consumer 
advocate  to  company  executive^agrees 
that  consumers  have  the  right  to  know 
what's  in  the  food  they  buy  in  fast  food 
restaurants. 

There's  less  agreement  on  how  to 
present  the  facts.  Is  it  enough  simply 
to  answer  the  questions  of  consumers 
who  call  or  write  company  offices?  If 
informative  booklets  are  available  at 
the  point  of  sale,  should  patrons  have 
to  ask  for  copies?  Should  ingredients 
be  Usted  on  wrappers  of  fast  food  items? 

A  public  debate  is  beginning  to  boil 
and  it  affects  more  than  40  million 
individuals  a  day — one-fifth  of  the  U.S. 
population — who  eat  in  fast  food  estab- 
lishments. In  a  year,  Americans  spend 
almost  $50  billion  in  these  eateries. 

At  present,  when  fast  food  patrons 
make  purchases,  they  "participate  in 
one  of  the  greatest  con-games  around," 
said  Rep.  Stephen  J.  Solarz  (D-N.Y.) 
for  they  are  taking  a  chance  on  the 
content  of  the  foods. 

"Millions  of  Americans  with  aller- 
gies, high  blood  pressure,  and  other 
health  problems,  suffer  serious  risks," 
he  stressed,  when  they  don't  know  the 
ingredients  of  foods. 

Solarz  has  introduced  a  bill,  which 
like  one  sponsored  in  the  Senate  by 
John  Chafee  (R-R.I.)  orders  federal 
agencies  to  enforce  the  existing  statute 
that  requires  ingredient  labeling  of  foods. 
Chafee  and  Solarz  have  written  their 
bills  on  the  premise  that  the  law  re- 
quiring ingredient  labeling  of  products 
sold  in  grocery  stores  applies  as  well 
to  packaged  items  in  quick  serve  res- 
taurants. 

While  the  legislation  has  strong  sup- 
port from  consumer  and  public  health 
advocates,  the  National  Restaurant  As- 
sociation calls  it  "impractical  and  un- 
workable," to  quote  a  letter  sent  to 
senators  last  May. 

As  an  illustration,  NRA  spokesper- 
son Jeffrey  Prince  pointed  to  the  cups 
used  for  iced  tea,  orange  juice,  and 
other  beverages.  A  typical  chain  serves 
16  beverages  and  uses  one  standard- 
sized  cup  for  all,  he  explained.  If  in- 


gredient labeling  were  required,  the 
chain  would  need  16  different  cups. 

"The  server  would  have  to  know 
where  they  are  and  how  to  grab  the 
right  one.  You  have  added  time  and 
expense  to  the  procedure  and  no  longer 
have  a  fast  food  restaurant,"  he  said. 

Underscoring  NRA's  position,  Wen- 
dy's vice  president  for  communica- 
tions, Denny  Lynch,  said  a  Wendy's 
burger  can  be  served  with  1,024  com- 
binations of  condiments  and  trimmings. 
"To  put  that  information  on  the  wrap- 
per, the  wrapper  would  have  to  say 
'This  sandwich  includes  one  or  more 
of  the  following'  and  list  (the  possibil- 
ities). That  would  confuse  the  con- 
sumer," he  said. 

NRA's  Prince  emphasized  that  the 
chains  are  now  doing  what's  right  and 
what  their  customers  want.  Not  only 
can  customers  get  answers  to  questions 
by  calling  or  writing  corporate  head- 
quarters, he  said,  but  also  a  few  of  the 
larger  chains  are  starting  to  publish 
booklets  that  contain  both  ingredient 
and  nutrient  facts.  The  booklets  are 
being  made  available  in  the  restaurants 
to  patrons  who  ask  for  copies. 


UBC  VISA 
Information 

In  the  past  few  months  Carpenter 
magazine  has  run  information  on  the 
UBC  VISA  card  promotion  being  ad- 
ministered by  Working  Assets  of  San 
Francisco,  Calif.  Several  interested 
members  have  called  international 
headquarters  with  various  questions 
regarding  the  card,  credit  require- 
ments, and  eligibility  standards.  The 
applications  are  being  handled  di- 
rectly by  Working  Assets.  Therefore, 
those  of  you  with  questions  need  to 
call  the  staff  at  Working  Assets  di- 
rectly. 

They  will  accept  your  collect  calls 
to  (415)  788-0777  between  8:30  am  to 
6  pm,  San  Francisco  time. 


McDonald's,  for  example,  began  dis- 
tributing booklets  in  its  New  York  State 
restaurants  in  a  one-year  pilot  program 
last  July.  Burger  King  and  Kentucky 
Fried  Chicken  were  to  have  their  book- 
lets available  nationwide,  starting  in 
July  and  August  respectively. 

Burger  King  favors  the  legislation 
proposed  by  Chafee  and  Solarz,  says 
assistant  public  relations  manager  Jo 
Hutchinson.  "We  feel  that  our  guide 
will  be  an  acceptable  substitute  for 
labeling  each  package.  It  would  serve 
the  same  purpose  and  be  even  more 
helpful,"  she  said,  explaining  that  fast 
food  customers  see  packages  after  they 
buy  their  food,  but  the  booklet  informs 
beforehand. 

Active  supporters  of  the  legislation 
include  the  American  Heart  Associa- 
tion, American  Cancer  Society,  Amer- 
ican College  of  Allergists,  Consumer 
Federation  of  America,  National  Heart 
Savers  Association,  and  two  consumer 
advocacy  groups:  Public  Voice  for  Food 
and  Health  PoUcy  and  the  Center  for 
Science  in  the  Public  Interest. 

The  advocates  allege  that  consumers 
who  write  letters  often  don't  get  the 
facts  they  are  seeking.  The  advocates 
view  the  new  booklets  in  fast  food 
chains  as  a  good  beginning  but  far  from 
sufficient  because  they  aren't  in  all  fast 
food  outlets  and  they  aren't  set  out 
where  customers  can  take  copies  with- 
out asking.  A  uniform  method  such  as 
listing  ingredients  on  food  wrappers  is 
preferred  by  this  school. 

More  forthright  disclosure  of  ingre- 
dients, believes  CSPI  executive  direc- 
tor Michael  Jacobson,  encourages  the 
chains  "to  compete  on  the  basis  on 
nutritious  alternatives  instead  of  gim- 
micks." 

It  is  no  coincidence,  he  believes,  that 
McDonald's  and  Burger  King  an- 
nounced their  consumer  booklets  at  the 
same  time  that  they  said  they  were 
ceasing  to  fry  chicken  and  fish  items  in 
a  blend  of  beef  fat  and  vegetable  oil. 
They  are  using  all  vegetable  oil  instead. 
Potatoes,  however,  are  still  fried  in  the 
blend  of  beef  and  vegetable  fats. 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


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CARPENTER 


Retirees 
Notebook 


A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Retiree  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings and  goings  of  individual  retirees. 


UBC  Senior  Ranks 
Have  Many  Members 

The  United  Brotherhood  had  107,434 
members  over  age  64  at  last  count.  That's 
about  one  out  of  every  six  members.  Among 
the  group  were  26  carpenter  centenarians 
(over  age  100),  including  a  104-year  old.  We 
also  boast  300  members  from  age  95  to  99 
and  1 ,524  members  between  the  ages  of  90 
and  94. 


Clubs  May  Assist 
Military  Mail  Call 

There  are  two  million  men  and  women  in 
the  United  States  Armed  Forces,  and  they're 
stationed  all  around  the  world.  For  a  number 
of  years  now,  a  group  of  concerned,  thought- 
ful Americans  has  shown  that  these  dedi- 
cated military  members  are  not  forgotten — 
especially  at  Christmas — through  Military 
Mail  Call. 

Directed  by  G.  L.  Spencer,  a  former 
member  of  the  Railway  Clerks,  Mail  Call 
sorted  mail  from  across  the  country  into  650 
bundles  and  sent  them  to  destinations  all 
over  the  globe  last  Christmas.  On  the  re- 
ceiving end  of  these  bundles  were  members 
on  isolation  tours,  hospital  patients,  and 
soldiers  lonesome  for  some  words  from  home. 

Mail  Call  is  an  exciting  project  for  all  kinds 
of  groups  to  get  involved  in — including  re- 
tirees clubs.  For  more  information  on  how 
you  can  have  a  part  in  this  unique,  patriotic 
program,  please  send  a  stamped,  self-ad- 
dressed, business-size  envelope  to:  MILI- 
TARY MAIL  CALL,  Box  14397,  Norfolk, 
VA  23518. 


Philadelphia  Retirees  Enjoy  Local  Union  Banquet 

UBC  retirees  in  the  vicinity  of  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  including  members  of  Retirees 
Club  No.  19,  recently  shared  a  banquet 
with  Brotherhood  officers  and  members  of 
their  sponsor.  Local  1050,  and  representa- 
tives of  other  UBC  local  unions. 

In  the  picture  at  right.  Carmen  Di- 
Donato,  right,  joins  in  a  presentation  with 
Domenick  Paone  Jr.,  and  Mario  Casa- 
donti. 

Senior  members  of  the  United  Brother- 
hood and  their  wives  are  shown  in  the 
group  photograph,  below,  from  left,  front 
row,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dom  Fiorentino,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Rocco  Giardinelti,  Tony  Spa- 
daro,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carmen  DiDonato,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dom  Paone.  In  the  back  row 
are  Local  1050  President  Joe  DeBellis  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anthony  LalU. 


Military  personnel  around  the  world  enjoy 
cards  and  letters  from  the  folks  back 
home. 


SENIORSHIELD 
Explained 

Many  calls  and  letters  have  come 
into  the  General  Offices  regarding  the 
SENIORSHIELD  health-insurance 
promotion  run  in  the  July  issue  of 
Carpenter.  A  number  of  retirees  were 
seeking  more  information  on  the  ben- 
efits available,  but  some  were  con- 
fused and  concerned  about  the  need 
for  such  a  program. 

The  SENIORSHIELD  program  is 
supplemental  insurance.  It  will  pick 
up  some  medical  costs  not  covered 
by  Medicaid  and  deductibles  as  well. 
It  has  no  effect  on  your  Medicaid 
eligibility,  and  you  have  no  obligation 
to  subscribe  to  the  plan. 

Its  coverage,  however,  is  invalu- 
able protection  against  a  serious  ill- 
ness or  accident.  Without  additional 
coverage,  medical  bills  can  possibly 
deplete  a  retired  couple's  lifetime  sav- 
ings. 

Any  questions  you  have  about  the 
SENIORSHIELD  program  or  its  cov- 
erage should  be  directed  to  the  plan's 
administrators'  toll  free  number:  (800) 
368-5724. 


Clubs  Participate 
In  Many  Projects 

We  have  tabulated  the  results  from  a 
recent  survey  of  UBC  retiree  clubs.  Out  of 
the  54  clubs  existing  at  the  time,  34  clubs 
responded,  representing  2,266  members,  of 
which  802  are  spouses  of  members.  Monthly 
meetings  are  held  by  all  but  one  of  the  clubs, 
and  24  of  the  clubs  responding  meet  in  union 
halls.  Meeting  days  chosen  were  varied: 
Sunday,  I  club;  Monday,  6  clubs;  Tuesday, 
1  club;  Wednesday,  II  clubs;  Thursday,  7 
clubs;  and  Saturday,  4  clubs. 

Standing  committees  are  as  follows:  26 
Membership;  21  Legislative;  26  Entertain- 
ment; 26  Sick;  3  Travel;  1  Finance;  I  Tele- 
phone; 1  Hobbies;  and  1  Refreshments. 

During  the  past  two  years,  18  clubs  have 
visited  city  or  town  officers;  21  clubs  have 
visited  state  legislators;  17  clubs  have  visited 
Congressmen;  and  13  clubs  have  visited  a 
U.S.  Senator. 


For  information  on  organizing  a 
retiree  club  in  your  area,  write  Gen- 
eral Secretary  John  S.  Rogers. 
UBCJA,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


SEPTEMBER     1986 


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GOSSIP 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED 


NOTHING  WORKS 

A  father  was  reprimanding  his 
son  and  a  tew  other  loating  teen- 
agers. "You  boys  should  think  more 
about  W-O-R-K,"  he  told  them, 
spelling  out  the  word. 

"Hey,  man,"  asked  one  of  the 
loafers,  "is  that  an  AM  or  FM  sta- 
tion?" 

— Herm  Albright 


BUY  UNION  *  SAVE  JOBS 


THAT'S  OBVIOUS 

The  new  minister's  car  broke  down 
just  after  the  morning  service,  so 
on  Monday  he  drove  it  to  the,  local 
garage  for  repairs. 

"I  hope  you'll  go  a  little  easy  on 
the  price,"  he  told  the  mechanic. 
"After  all,  I'm  just  a  poor  preacher." 

"I  know,"  came  the  answer.  "I've 
heard  you." 

— Nancy's  Nonsense 


GOTTA  THE  MESSAGE? 

A  tourist  in  Italy,  visiting  the  water- 
front, saw  what  he  thought  was  a 
German  submarine  moored  at  a 
pier.  He  said  to  an  Italian  fishing 
from  the  pier:  "Is  that  a  U-boat  out 
there?" 

To  which  the  fisherman  replied: 

"No,  thatsa  notta  my  boat,  I  don't 

gotta  boat.  I  just  fish  offa  da  pier." 

— Catering  Industry  Employee 


USE  UNION  SERVICES 


MISTAKEN  IDENTITY 

A  woman  rushed  out  of  the  gath- 
ering crowd  to  lean  over  the  victim 
of  a  bad  traffic  accident.  She  was 
shoved  aside  roughly  by  a  man  who 
yelled,  "Get  out  of  my  way,  I'll  han- 
dle this — I've  had  a  course  in  first 
aid." 

The  woman  stepped  aside  for  a 
few  seconds  as  she  watched  the 
man  work  clumsily  with  the  accident 
victim.  Then  she  tapped  him  on  the 
shoulder  and  said,  "When  you  get 
to  the  part  about  calling  a  doctor, 
I'm  already  here." 

— The  Rubber  Neck 
URW  Local  26 


IDENTITY  CRISIS 

Kindly  Policeman:  "Why  don't  you 
tell  us  your  name,  little  boy,  so  we 
can  tell  your  family." 

Little  Lost  Boy:  "My  family  knows 
my  name." 

— Nancy's  Nonsense 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

A  crazy  young  lady  named  Ruth 
Got  a  garter  strap  stuck  in  her 

tooth 
She  tied  down  one  end 
Then  ran  out  to  the  bend 
And  snapped  herself  clear  to 
Duluth! 

— Lorna  Mattern 
Columbia.  Md. 


EYE  CUE  TEST 

A  farmer  asked  a  banker  for  a 
loan.  The  banker  said,  "We'll  see.  I 
have  a  glass  eye.  If  you  can  tell 
which  eye,  you  get  the  money."  The 
farmer  pondered,  then  said,  "The 
right  eye."  The  banker  said,  "Re- 
markable! You're  the  first  one  who's 
been  correct.  How'd  you  know?" 
The  farmer  said,  "It's  the  most  sym- 
pathetic." 

— B.  F.  Barrow 

Local  14 

San  Antonio,  Tex. 


ATTEND  LOCAL  MEETINGS 


HOW  ABOUT  YOURS? 

Golfer:  Caddy,  how  would  you 
have  played  that  shot? 
Caddy:  Under  an  assumed  name! 
— Boys'  Life 


IMPORTS  HURT  *  BUY  UNION 


PURE  OF  MIND 

Did  you  hear  about  the  street 

cleaner  who  got  fired  because  he 

couldn't  keep  his  mind  in  the  gutter. 

— The  Rubber  Neck 

URW  Local  26 


DON'T  BUY  LP 

DRIVER'S  ERROR 

Late  one  night  a  man  called  the 
police  to  report  that  his  steering 
wheel,  brake  pedal,  and  accelerator 
had  been  stolen  from  his  car. 

"We'll  send  someone  right  over 
to  investigate,"  the  desk  sergeant 
promised. 

But  no  sooner  had  he  hung  up 
than  the  phone  rang  again.  It  was 
the  same  man.  'Don't  bother  com- 
ing," the  man  said  as  soberly  as  he 
could,  "I  got  into  the  back  seat  by 
mistake. " 

— The  Rubber  Neck 
URW  Local  26 


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A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who   recently   received   pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


SAN  LUIS  OBISPO,  CALIF. 

Local  1632  members  recently  gathered  for  a 
pin  presentation  ceremony  where  service  pins 
were  awarded. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  20-year  members,  from 
left:  Larry  D.  Hunt,  Stanley  W.  Engle,  and 
Dennis  T.  Larson. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left;  Donald  K.  Landis,  Norman  W.  Blackburn, 
and  Harold  St.  Clair. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Gale  Bracken,  Anthony  J.  Caruso,  Earl  E. 
Sands,  and  U.C.  Gossage. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members  from 
left:  Alfred  S.  Brazil,  Raymund  H.  Lathrom, 
Melvin  Walker,  Joe  N.  Coelho,  and  Ray 
Bradshaw. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  Clarence  L.  Mallory,  recording  secretary 
and  business  representative,  presenting  the 
pins  to  Thurman  McDaniel  and  Joseph  H. 
Laferty. 


San  Luis,  Obispo,  Calif. — Picture  No.  1 


San  Luis  Obispo,  Calif. — Picture  No.  2 


San  Luis  Obispo,  Calif. — Picture  No.  5 


San  Luis  Obispo,  Calif.— Picture  No.  3 


San  Luis  Obispo,  Calif — Picture  No.  4 


ocoNOMOWAC,  Wise. 

At  their  annual  dinner  dance,  Local  1314 
members  with  30  or  more  years  of  service  were 
honored.  A  special  presentation  of  a  70-year 
pin  was  conducted  for  Glaf  Thommesen,  who 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood  for  73 
years. 

Pictured,  seated,  front  row,  from  left:  Carl 
Gnewuch,  30  years;  Glaf  Thommesen,  70 
years;  Francis  Heimerl,  35  years;  Lester  Turke, 
30  years;  and  Edmund  Watterson,  30  years. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Walter  Griep,  30  years; 
Stanley  Propp,  35  years;  Werner  Franz,  30 
years;  Harry  Lesak,  35  years;  Edwin  Johnson, 
40  years;  Harold  Smith,  35  years;  Harvey 
Eckert,  35  years;  and  Horace  Becherer,  35 
years. 

IVIembers  receiving  pins  but  not  pictured:  30- 
year  member  Carl  Landgraf;  35-year  members 
Le  Roy  Ingraham,  Stanley  Griikowski,  Richard 
Rodenkirch,  James  Skowlund,  Albert 
Stoltenburg,  and  Charles  Tucker;  and  40-year 
members  Fred  Bankert,  Frank  Hackbarth,  Paul 
Schroder  Jr.,  and  Jerome  Schultz. 


Oconomowac,  Wise. 


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Indianapolis,  Ind. — Picture  No.  1 


INDIANAPOLIS,  IND. 

At  Local  10O3's  recent  dinner  dance, 
nnembers  of  20,  35,  and  40  years  of  service 
received  pins. 

Picture  No.  1  sfiows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Bill  Wilson,  Franl(  Baker,  and  Wayne 
Combs. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Pete  Lawson,  Bill  Briston.  and  Al  Sherry. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  20-year  members,  from 
left:  Jack  Reed  and  Lewis  Stuard. 


Indianapolis, 


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Indianapolis,  Ind. — Picture  No.  3 


Members  reaching  25  to  50  years  of  service 
to  the  Brotherhood  during  the  last  two  years 
were  recently  honored  at  Local  696's  biennial 
pin  presentation,  including  101-year-old  L.  M. 
Gray  for  50  years  of  service. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Robert  Bowmer,  International 
Representative  T.  L.  Carlton,  Jose  Cifuentes, 
William  Hart,  Eugene  Pierce,  Irvan  Williams, 
I\/!ike  Rittenberry,  Business  Representative 
Carmen  Cannella,  and  President  Robert 
Rainbolt. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Olav  Aursland,  Dalio  Betancourt,  Carmen 
Cannella,  Jack  Hossman,  Benny  Jordan,  Gerard 
Rug,  Gerald  Sultenfuss,  and  Gus  Teixeira. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  William  Austin,  Dominic 
Ficarrotta,  Nelson  Ligori  Sr.,  Dosson  fvlarch, 
Ted  Martin,  Ed  McCann,  and  Guy  Smith. 

Back  row,  from  left:  B.R.  Carlton,  Craig 
Winters,  Howard  Williams,  Ken  Waters,  Albert 
Smith,  Charles  Crowley,  B.R.  Cannella,  Al 
Medlin,  and  President  Rainbolt. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members, 
seated,  front  row,  from  left:  Domingo  Amador, 
Pete  Cicarello,  Wiley  Goddard,  Manuel 
Gonzalez,  Roy  Hernandez,  and  Hector  White. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Financial  Secretary  Brian 
Blair,  President  Rainbolt,  B.R.  Carlton,  B.R. 
Cannella,  and  Treasurer  James  Cook. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  45-year  members, 
seated,  from  left:  J.  W.  Almon,  John  Anderson, 
Pete  Dossey,  Denver  Fowler,  Henry  Hope,  C. 
W.  "Red"  Jordan,  and  George  Reynolds. 

Back  row  shows  union  officers. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  50-year  | 
members  Alfred  Walker.  [ 

Honored,  but  not  pictured, 
were:  25-year  members 
William  Carey,  Edgar  Haynes, 
Truman  Keene,  Leo  Sapp, 
Peter  Spoto,  and  Kenneth 
Williams:  30-year  members     Picture  No. 
Jack  Avis,  Fletcher  Butler,  Joe  Campana, 
William  Davis,  Willis  Fender,  Clyde  Inman, 
Taylor  Mayfield,  Everett  Raymond,  and  Earl 
Stemmelin;  35-year  members  Richard 
Brundage,  Vic  Caputo,  Ernest  Connally,  Ronald 
Elkins,  Vince  Falzerano,  Cecil  Geiger,  John 
Gomez,  Chester  Gregory,  Julian  Hadnott,  Peter 
Labruzzo,  Sam  Massey,  George  Morrison,  Don 
Pendino,  L.  C.  Phillips,  Velmer  Powell,  Philip 
Provenzano,  Nate  Silas,  and  John  Spivey;  40- 
year  members  Paul  Howard,  Earl  Johnson,  and 
John  Moody:  45-year  members  Edward 
Eckstein,  Dan  Gonzalez,  L.  L.  Harris,  Tom 
Manaco,  Edward  Nistal,  and  George  Reynolds: 
and  50-year  member  L  M.  Gray. 


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CARPENTER 


CASPER,  WYO. 

Thirty-three  members  were  eligible  to  receive 
pins  for  20  to  50  years  of  service  at  Local 
1564's  recent  banquet  and  pin  presentation. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  20-year  members,  from 
left:  William  A.  Smith,  Eugene  Kolb,  and  Everett 
Bledsoe. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left;  Preston  Justice,  Donald  O'Dell,  and  Robert 
Chaff  in. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Arthur  "Joe"  Allison  and  Roy  Mack. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  George  South  and  E.  J.  Lucero. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Ralph  Mathisen  and  John  Neifert. 

Not  pictured  is  50-year  member  Holger 
Johnson. 


Casper,  Wyo. — Picture  No.  2 


Casper,  Wyo.— Picture  No.  3 


Casper,  Wyo. — Picture  No.  4 


Casper,  Wyo. — Picture  No.  5 


Merrillville,  Ind. — Picture  No.  1 


IVIerrillville,  Ind. — Picture  No.  3 


IVIerrillville,  Ind. — Picture  No.  5 


Merrillville,  Ind. — Picture  No.  2 


Merrillville,  Ind. — Picture  No.  4 


MERRILLVILLE,  IND. 

Local  1005  recently  celebrated  its  14th 
annual  pin  banquet,  where  sen/ice  pins  were 
awarded  to  longstanding  members.  A  group  of 
360  was  on  hand  for  the  occasion,  which 
included  the  presentation  of  the  Contractor  of 
the  Year  Award  to  the  J.M.  Foster  Corp.  and 
the  Patron  of  the  Year  Award  to  the  Holiday 
Star  Theater. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Peter  Znika  and  John  Blink. 


Back  row,  from  left:  Charles  Glassford  and 
Howard  Johnson  Jr. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Gaylord  Dewees,  Bob  Green, 
Bernard  Betz,  Dewey  Ready,  and  Fred  I. 
Reynolds. 

Back  row,  from  left:  George  Hendershot, 
John  Thurman,  George  Nannenga,  Clyde 
Fauser.  Harry  Spurgeon,  and  Fidel  Villalobos. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Tage  Borge  and  BartuI  Letica. 


Back  row,  from  left:  Walter  Mahns,  James 
Cooley  Jr.,  and  Walter  Catlow. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Albert  Armstrong,  Sam 
Loiacano,  Berbard  Michiels,  Harold  Masa,  Billy 
Frost,  Lester  Cornett,  and  Ivan  Wynkoop. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Robert  Tucker,  Leonard 
Taylor,  John  Taylor,  James  Williams,  Fred 
Roberts,  John  Lowe,  and  Stephen  Czaika. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  Ben  Penny  and  John  Forrest. 


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Western  Conn. — Picture  No.  7 


Western  Conn. — Picture  No.  8 


Western  Conn. — Picture  No.  10 


WESTERN  CONNECTICUT 

Across  the  state  members  of  Local  210  have 
been  receiving  service  pins  for  longstanding 
service  to  the  Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows,  from  the  Bridgeport 
area.  25-year  members,  front  row.  from  left: 
Thomas  Ambrose,  Joseph  Camarra,  Louis 


Western  Conn.- 
, Picture  No.  1 1 


Zsampar.  Alan  DelFavero,  and  John  Skopp. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Larry  Quintiliano.  Ronald 
Beloin,  Donald  LaReau,  and  Leslie  Hatstat. 

Picture  No.  2  shows,  from  left:  25-year 
members  Robert  Kellerman,  Richard 
LeBrecque,  John  Skopp;  and  30-year  member 
Richard  Baldovm. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  from 
the  Torrington  area,  from  left:  John  Kropinski, 
Dave  Rinaldi,  John  tVlackiewicz,  Jerry  Beniamin, 
and  John  Hanachak. 

Picture  No.  4  shows,  from  the  Bridgeport 
area,  30-year  members,  front  row,  from  left: 
Vincent  Montanaro,  Charles  Mercurio,  and 
Thomas  Coba. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Steve  Gluse  and  Edward 
Duffy. 

Picture  No.  5  shows,  from  the  Danbury  area, 
from  left:  Thomas  Poster,  30  years;  Cliff 


Western  Conn. — Picture  No.  9 

Thorpe,  35  years;  Andre  Bouchard,  20  years; 
John  Crocker,  25  years;  and  Business  Agent 
Cliff  Cole,  35  years. 

Picture  No.  6  shows,  from  the  Bridgeport 
area.  35-year  members,  front  row,  from  left: 
William  Jupin,  Peter  Scinto,  Dominick  D'Amato, 
and  Carl  Fagerholm  Jr. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Michael  Ksizak,  John 
Higgs,  Ivan  O'Brien,  and  Business  Agent  Robert 
P.  Mooney. 

Picture  No.  7  shows,  from  the  Bridgeport 
area,  40-year  members,  from  left:  William  C. 
Stone,  Joseph  Tatroe,  Joseph  Belus,  and 
Thomas  Newman. 

Picture  No.  8  shows  40-year  members, 
Stamford  area,  from  left:  John  Ericson  and  Del 
Barden. 

Picture  No.  9  shows  45-year  members, 
Bridgeport  area,  from  left:  John  Kowats  and 
Charles  Sadowsky. 

Picture  No.  10  shows  members  from  the 
Torrington  area,  from  left:  Joseph  Fritch,  60 
years;  and  Ralph  Hinkley,  40  years. 

Picture  No.  11  shows,  from  the  Greenwich 
area,  from  left:  Business  Agent  Lou  Imbrogno, 
69-year  member  Carl  Swensen,  60-year 
member  Joe  Pankowski,  60-year  member  John 
Delia;  and  50-year  member  Joe  Bova. 


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CARPENTER 


The  following  list  of  606  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $1,102,416.29  death  claims  paid  in  June  1986;  (s)  following 
name  indicates  spouse  of  members 


Local  Union,  Cify 


Local  Union,  City 


Local  Union,  City 


102 
103 
105 


108 
109 
110 
112 
114 

118 


124 
128 
131 


135 
144 
165 
166 
168 
169 


Chicago,  IL — Joseph  Edward  Toombs,  Joseph  Ed- 
ward Toombs. 

Wheeling,  WV — Andrew  Adam  Zonkoski 
Hudson  County,  NJ — Anthony  Andronaco,  Edward 
Lipka. 

Minneapolis,  MN — Arne  M.  Lundemo.  Ernest  A. 
Anderson.  Ralph  Lyberg. 
Philadelphia,  PA— Wilfred  J.  Bell. 
Chicago,  IL— William  F.  Igaly. 
Syracuse,  NY — John  D.  Hansen. 
Chicago,  IL — Fred  M.  Jenner.  Warren  H.  Ewing. 
Springiield,  Il^Carl  L.  Peter. 
Hamilton,  Ontario,  Canada — Margaret  Ivory  (s). 
San  Francisco,  CA — Brian  Kiernan,  Carroll  K.  Price. 
George  A.  (jriffith,  George  J.   Etzel,  Jewell   D. 
Williams,  Louise  Marian  Husak  (s),  Roy  R.  Car- 
dellini,  Walter  E.  Pallas. 
Williamsport,  PA — Mark  Harris. 
Central,  CT— Joseph  Wolfer,  Jr.,  William  H.  Mills- 
back. 

Los  Angeles,  CA — Ernest  Price  Lawson,  Kenneth 
W.  Leiden. 

New  London,  CT — Elizabeth  Lyons  (s),  Russell  T. 
Fields. 

Trenton,  NJ — Elijah  Brewster. 
Boston,  MA — Walter  P.  Lucas. 
Oakland,  CA— Frank  Clark. 
San  Rafael,  CA — John  T.  McDonough. 
Oakland,  CA — Arthur  Maisonneuve,  James  A.  West. 
LLoyd  H.  Bollinger,  Robert  Miller,  William  Tru- 
chan. 

St.  Calhennes  Ont.,  CAN— William  Lowry. 
Boston,  MA — Oscar  Felix. 
San  Francisco,  CA — Rosendo  Camacho. 
Champaign  Urba,  IL — Andrew  L.  Oaks. 
St.  Louis,  MO— Richard  D.  Rucker. 
Fitchburg,  MA — John  Canu; 
Lowell,  MA — Erik  Mauritz  Nordin. 
Knoxville,  TN — Arthur  Walter  Robinson,  Howard 
B.  Drake,  Robert  Moyers. 
Boston,  MA— Anita  M.  Petecki  (s). 
White  Plains,  NY — Frederick  Shaw,  Nels  Danielson. 
Chicago,  IL— Max  Noehring. 
Denver,  CO — Roy  Krusemark. 
Chicago,  IL — Amie  E.   Leino,  Charles   F.   Adier, 
John  J.  Locus,  Theodore  Horott. 
Kansas  City,  MO — Homer  C.   Suddarth,  John  E. 
Pennell.  John  H.  Kimberling. 
Chicago,  IL — John  Anton  Hedstrom,  Otto  Dejong. 
Louisville,  KY — Delzie  H.  Slone,  Eugene  Evans, 
Maurice  D.  Young,  Othar  T.  Taylor. 
Olean,  NY — Chester  Davison. 
Boston,  MA — Edward  P.  Mulcahy.  Thomas  Curran. 
Canton,  OH — Anne  L.  Gancarski  (s),  Kalhryn  A. 
Gasper  (s). 

St.  Louis,  MO— Julia  F.  Kinder  (s). 
Chattanooga,  TN — George  S.  Ketner,  Sr.,  Ray  Wall. 
Hazelton,  PA — Donald  L.  Bitting. 
Chicago,  IL — Asbjorn  Hansen,  Charles  Errol  De- 
witt.  George  Spencer. 
Halifax  N  S,  CAN— Margaret  Marshall  (s). 
Rochester,  NY— Colin  M.  Bailey.  Henry  N.  Gaebel. 
St.  Paul,  MN— Carl  Rime.  Cora  A.  Carison  (s), 
Esther  Anderson  (s),  Vincent  E.  Rosdahl. 
Evansville,  IN — Clarence  J.  Klueg. 
Providence,  RI — Gordon  Cameron  Wellwood,  Her- 
bert E.  Hetherington,  Joseph  Almeida, 
Spokane,  WA— Clyde  W.  Apple.  Norvil  Holm,  Rus- 
sell J.  Adams. 

Baltimore,  MD — Arthur  Peak,  Edward  E.  Engel. 
Sr.,  Jan  Vandergucht. 
Oakland,  CA — Neil  Eugene  Rickard. 
Birmingham,  AL — Minnie  Odie  Friday  (s.) 
Cleveland,  OH — Benny  Augusta  Soderstrom,  Henry 
W.  Wills. 

Des  Moines,  lA — Claredelle  S.  Zimmerman  (s).  Je- 
lene  Steenhoek  Brown  (s),  Serafino  Ceretti. 
Springfield,  MA — Sergio  Pelloso. 
Sheffield,  Al^William  1.  Whitlock. 
SI.  Joseph,  MO— David  E.Wyckoff. 
Butte  Montana — John  E.  Mainard. 
East  Detroit,  MI— Helen  M.  Chaffin  (s),  Walter  J. 
Cwikla. 

Detroit,  MI — Albert  Bemeker,  Jr.,  Bessie  Holcombe 
(s).  Burton  Clouse,  Don  Chafin  Adams.  James  L. 
Vida,  John  A.  Loviska,  John  L.   Mcadoo,   Karl 
J.Hojberg,  Lawrence  Hightower,  Louis  Czepirski. 
Reynold  Blomquist,  Robert  C.  Miles.  Stanley  J. 
Graham,  William  E.  Leon.  William  Leckner. 
Philadelphia,  PA — James  Tarducci,  Sarah  A.  Wen- 
dler  (s),  Victoria  Handwerk  (s). 
Passaic,  NJ — Edwin  Grosser. 
St.  Albans  WV— Margaret  G.  Edmonds  (s). 
Seattle,  WA — Carl  A.  Swenson.  Ingebrigt  Arniin 
Apold,  Louis  C.  Honeyman,  Merie  Craddock,  Wal- 
ter E.  Nichols,  William  F.  Gath. 
Washington,  DC — Alvie  R.  Hale,  James  E.  Rishel, 
Kelscen  McGill. 

New  York,  NY— Alfred  A.  Piselli. 
Macon,  GA — Henry  J.  Gentry. 
Pittsburg,  PA — Andrew  P.  Danovsky. 
Rock  Island,  IL — Frank  E.  Jones. 
Kansas  City,  KS — Clarence  E.  Jones. 
East  St.  Louis,  IL — Joseph  L.  Marlin,  Roland  P. 
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Youngstown,  OH — Agnes  D.  Tatar  (s). 
Joliet,  IL — Rudolph  Seppi. 
Chicago,  IL — Knute  Jensen. 
Peoria,  IL — Arthur  Keller. 

Yonkers,  NY — Margaret  Petock  (s),  Nicholas  Be- 
large. 

Klamath  Falls,  OR— Clarence  E.  Blakley. 
York,  PA— Alverta  A.  Trout  (s). 
Peru,  Il^Calvin  Koehler,  Esther  Papp  (s). 
Dallas,  TX — Jess  Bell  Cunningham. 
Chicago,  IL — Joseph  C.  Pavlack. 
Columbus,  OH — Fred  C.  Pagura. 
Wichita,  KS — Clarence  O.  Dameron.  James  H.  Snell. 
Poughkeepsie,  NY — Vasco  Andreozzi. 
Merrill,  WI— William  Bonke. 
Stamford,  CT — Arthur  Elmer  Woods,  Ingeborg  E. 
Nielsen  (s),  Joseph  H.  Peterson.  Joseph  Larocca, 
William  S.  Horvalh. 

Pittsburgh,  PA— Charies  E.  Potts,  Ivan  C.  Wnght. 
Houston,  TX— Cecil  A.  Doss. 
Nashville,  TN— Harvey  Thomas  Conner,  Sr. 
Atlanta,  GA^Milton  Hayes. 
Pittsburgh,  PA— John  E.  Schmitt. 
Riverside,  CA — Elmer  F.  Smith.  James  R.  Taylor. 
Chicago,  IL — Roy  J.  Werner. 
New  York,  NY — Anna  Haaga  (s). 
Kingston,  Ont.,  Can. — Donald  Snyder.  Lewis  Sta- 
picy. 

Waukegan,  IL — Barbara  E.  Johnson  (s). 
Oshkosh,  WI— John  S.  Bednarek. 
Cleveland,  OH— Charies  J.  Pick. 
Savannah,  GA — Inez  H.  Morris  (s),  Maxwell  M. 
Jones. 

New  York,  NY — Erik  G.  Hanson,  Rosalie  Handrahan 
(s). 

Jackson,  TN— Thelma  Ruth  Hood  (si. 
Scranton,  PA — George  Mast. 
San  Jose,  CA — Louise  Moro  (s). 
Milwaukee,  WI — Gerhard  J.  Torke. 
Saugerties,  NY — Aloysius  B.  Emmerling. 
Watertown,  NY— Peter  S.  Ladue. 
Binghamton,  NY — Theodore  Babuka. 
Augusta,  GA — Marion  D.  Watson  (s). 
San  Jose,  CA — Charles  Meleen.  Jon  A.  Repetto. 
Leo  Brendel,  Lon  C.  Martin,  Sumner  J.  Decker, 
William  E.  Howe. 

New  Kensington,  PA — Clarence  K.  George. 
Pawtucket,  RI — Alexandre  Turgeon,  Joseph  Cour- 
noyer. 

Memphis,  TN — Clarence  Rhea,  George  B.  Scott, 
John  William  Fudge. 

New  York,  NY — Arthur  Hansen.  Carl  Trotta,  Eugene 
RafTerty.  Gerlando  Graceffa.  Irene  Tyznar  (s),  Jo- 
seph Trappasse.  Millie  Deluta  (s).  Peter  Omholt, 
Philomena  Ciotti  (s),  William  Link. 
New  Rochelle,  NY — James  Aracri,  Virginia  M.  White 
(s). 

Albany,  NY — Catherine  Machnick  (s),  Francis  Strain, 
Maijorie  Sundal  (s),  Walter  Male. 
Columbus,  MS — Dorothy  V.  Riggan  (s),  James  E. 
Rowan. 

Phillipsburg,  NJ — Hilda  M.  Hassemer  (s),  Robert 
D.  Handler. 

Alexandri,  LA — Alice  Mae  Bordelon  (s). 
South  Bend,  IN— Jen-y  W.  Harker,  Sr. 
Cincinnati,  OH — Frank  Flick. 
Chicago,  IL — Ivar  J.  Schoning. 
Portsmouth,  OH— Archie  Hall. 
Vancouver  BC,  Can. — Eli  Syeklocha. 
Philadelphia,  PA — James  Tabourn. 
Tacoma,  WA — Beryl  McWilliams  (s),  Carl  Martin- 
olich.  Sigrid  L.  Robinson  (s), 
Ashland,  MA — Gino  OHva. 
Freeburg,  IL — Mildred  Bohnenstiehl  (s). 
San  Francisco,  CA — Nels  Peterson,  Reidun  Lillian 
Tisell  (s). 

Mt.  Vernon,  NY — Karl  Nygren,  Rocco  Damiano. 
Kankakee,  IL — Henry  T.  Kottkamp. 
Ann  Arbor,  Ml — Mark  C.  Wire. 
Wilkes  Barre,  PA— Olio  Kemper  Jr. 
Colorado  Springs,  CO — Cart  O.  Paulson,  Oliver  F. 
Gilmore. 

Portland,  ME— Henry  P.  McKenney,  William  Hen- 
derson. 

Los  Angeles,  CA — Gladys  Malissia  Christian  (s), 
Lyman  B.  Russell. 
New  York,  NY— Harry  S.  Paci. 
Elmira,  NY— Walter  E.  Matuszak. 
Baltimore,  MD — Allen  Ellison. 
Oakland,  CA— Paul  J.  Phelps  Jr. 
Everett,  WA — Howard  R.  Johnson. 
St.  John,  NF,  Can. — James  Morey,  William  Molloy. 
Sacramento,  CA — Algoma  R.  Yoakum,  Denver  W, 
LangJey,  Edna  M.  Deal  (s),  John  F.  Poindexter, 
Nettie  E.  Mueller  (s),  Peter  J.  Kracher. 
Hammond,  IN — Mary  H.  Brown  (s). 
Ithaca,  NY — Andrew  Ojala. 
Morgantown,  W.  VA — James  R.  Lewellen. 
New   York,   NY — Carmela   Filippone   (s).   Gasper 
Amoscato. 

Port  Arthur,  TX — Eugene  E.  Barrow.  Henry  H. 
Vanmeter. 

Hampton  Roads,  VA — Roy  Daughtry. 
Madison,  NJ — Glenn  Burrows. 


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Atlantic  County,  NJ— William  W.  Tadley. 
Jacksonville,  FL — Harold  Davis,  Herbert  H.  Muel- 
ler. 

Madison,  IL — Louise  A.  Cox  (s),  Walter  Emde. 
Mt.  Vernon,  IL — James  H.  Kirk. 
Akron,  OH— Orel  E.  Gleiser. 
Metropolis,  IL — J.  H.  Bigley. 
Richmond,  CA— Leo  Knight,  Robert  Clinton  Mal- 
lory. 

Pomeroy,  OH— Walter  K.  Harris. 
Chickasha,  OK— William  H.  Eggleston. 
Millinocket,  ME — Joseph  W.  Streams.  Kenneth  W. 
Garnett. 

Amarillo,  TX— Philip  L.  Board. 
Little  Rock,  AK— Kathryn  R.  Gross  (s).  Price  A. 
Edwards,  Spencer  O.  Sisson. 
Covington,  KY— Blase  J.  Pikar,  Robert  F.  Traub. 
Fresno,  CA — Donald  Dunlavy. 
Long  Beach,  CA — Nathan  Allen  Wininger. 
Elizabeth,  NJ — Anastasia  Kralick  (s). 
Los  Angeles,  CA — Arturo  Renteria. 
Houston,  TX — Peter  Jankowiak. 
New  York,  NY— Harry  Staats. 
Bakersfleld,   CA— Alfred  Schmidt,   Richard  Dodd 
Covert. 

Honolulu,  HI — Harold  S.  Kodama,  Michiyo  Azeka 
(s),  Ryoichi  Kuwahara.  Tsugio  Katada. 
Indianapolis,  IN — Everett  Hudson. 
Pasadena,  CA — Louis  R.  Bruce. 
Yakima,  WA — Michael  Courneya. 
Clinton,  lA — Raymond  J.  Banker. 
Harrisonville,  MO — Ross  Winston  Golitz. 
Astoria,  OR — Blanche  Alice  Swanson  (s),  Charles 
O.  Zinn. 

St.  Louis,  MO— Stanley  D.  Victor. 
Beverly,  MA — George  W.  Cann. 
West  Palm  Beach,  FI^Earl  E.  Creselious,  Noah  H. 
Piper,  Walter  J.  Raybum. 
Muskegon,  MI — Orville  Gotts. 
Des  Plaines,  IL-Clarence  L.  Wille,  Clyde  O.  Tucker, 
Knute  D.  Jensen. 

Canoga  Park,  CA — Annie  Louise  Mann  (s),  Louise 
Lois  Wolf  (s).  Michael  Shirilla,  Raymond  W.  Stamp, 
Vincent  Piltz. 

Clifton  Heights,  PA— Joseph  W.  Sebra,  Mildred 
Plotts  (s),  Renzie  Grayson. 

Manitowoc,  WI — Edward  Bohacek,  Emily  B.  Kauf- 
mann  (s). 

Anoka,  MN — Clarence  R.  Bever,  Frederick  J.  Hau- 
ble,  Lonzo  G.  Badger. 
Tucson,  AZ — Joseph  Nadeau. 
Brooklyn,  NY — Gustav  Brannan.  Joseph  Charles, 
Marcus  Legall.  Rolf  Brynildsen. 
Kalispell,  MT— John  P.  Miller. 
Richmond,  IN— Dale  L.  Holbert. 
Aurora,  IL — John  A.  Randall. 
Sandusky,  OH — James  E.  Robinson. 
Tulsa,  OK— Ralph  Miller. 

San  Bernardino,  CA — Jewel  Olive  Huddleston  (s), 
John  G.  Writer,  Thomas  John  Standre. 
Wichita  Falls,  TX— Lewis  E.  Johnson. 
Springfield,  MO— Etta  Mae  Smythe  (s). 
Miami,  FL — Lester  L.  Harrington.  Milford  Olson. 
Royal  Oak,  MI — Edgar  G.  Cross,  Eleanor  Smith  (s). 
N  Bend  Coos  Bay,  OR— Edward  H.  Ainsworth 
Merrillville,  IN— Charies  W.  Green.  William  J.  Wat- 
kins  Sr. 

New  Brunswich,  NJ — Edward  Kalicki,  Edwin  J. 
Meade. 

Louisiana,  MO — Elba  L.  Schlieper. 
Parsons,  KS — Claude  Ellis,  Gladys  Fae  Parsons  (s). 
Cumberiand,  MD— Willis  F.  Clayton. 
Chicago,  Il^Otto  Krickhuhn. 
Muskegon,  MI — Symen  Vankekerix. 
Plattsburgh,  NY— Lloyd  K.  Tracey. 
Gary,  IN— Henry  M.  Seitz.  Robert  C.  Ray. 
Hollywood,  CA— Earl  W.  Campbell,  Sidney  Smoth- 
ermon. 

Schuylkill  County,  PA — John  F.  Delaney. 
Santa  Barbara,  CA — Eileen  G.  Dismuke  (s).  Laur- 
ence J.  Lebeck. 

Philadelphia,  PA — Robert  Glenn  Gadson. 
Fredericksburg,  VA — George  Emmett  Wiltshire. 
Phoenix,  AZ — Jesse  W.  Long.  Sr.,  Lloyd  B.  Rob- 
bins,  Mary  A.  McCarty  (s),  Waldo  Stoleson. 
Longview,  TX — Jessie  Pearl   Melton   (s),  Samuel 
Berry  Glass. 

Portland,  OR — Edward  A.  Powers.  Jacob  John  May- 
ert,  Jay  A.  Phillips,  Luis  G.  Granizo.  Ruth  A. 
Davis  (s). 

Toledo,  OH— Hazen  S.  Kreps. 
Lawrenceburg,  IN — Charles  H.  Jackson. 
Seattle,  WA— John  G.  Osborne. 
Green  Bay,  WI — Patricia  Mae  Luisier  (s) 
Olympia,  WA — Paul  Siewert. 

San  Francisco,  CA — Leo  McEnaney.  Tony  Calbo, 
William  P,  Fivella. 

Thunder  Bay,  Ont.,  CAN— Lars  Hurlen. 
Columbus,  IN — Lee  Thomas  Nichols. 
New  York,  NY — John  Bonomo. 
Chicago,  IL — Frieda  S.  Haaning  (s). 
Pasadena,  TX — Joseph  M.  Huff. 
Modesto,  CA — Mike  Kosich. 


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Oroville.  CA — Lawrence  H    Stone- 
Fairbanks,  AK — JcLinette  Blanche  Davis  (s). 
Homestead,  FL— Robert  S    Uhl 
^.   Westminster,   B.C.,   CAN— Allan   Pogue.  John 
Kerr,  Ronald  James  Tompkins- 
Pocatellu,  ID — Heber  Duane  Marley.  Jess  M.  Coffin. 
Chillicolhe.  MO— Clyde  Stewart.  Ray  Waller  Quinn. 
Walter  Anthony- 

Decatur,   AL — Benjamin   F.    Lentz.   Brenda   Faye 
Conlev  Isl. 

Bend,  OR— Clayton  H   Valentine 
Mountain  View,  CA — Ashley   D.   Warner.  Gladys 
Mary  Morton  (s). 

Anchorage,  .4K — Lynn  Ann  Rowe  (s). 
New  London,  CT — Eugene  J.  Pipistrelli. 
Fall  River,  MA — Kilecn  M,  Marion  (s), 
F^van-ston,  IL — Algol  Hmil  Carlson.  Jack  F,  Majesty- 
Albuquerque.  NM — Kenneth  W.  Crosby. 
Fdmonlon  .\!la.  CAN — Erna  Helm  (st.  Steve  Hauca. 
Baytown.  TX — Malcolm  E.  Bazzoon. 
Tuscaloosa,  AL — William  Langley- 
Irvinglon,  NJ — Leroy  Turner.  Thomas  J.  Contaldi. 
Buffalo,  NY— Frank  W.  Hoeh. 
Toledo.  OH — Edward  Lawrence  Searcy. 
Flint,  MI— William  R.  Devoe- 
(iolden,  CO — Lucille  M.  Thompson  (si. 
North  Hempstad,  NY — Fred  Starheim.  Norman  F- 
Dick.  Norman  Zwilling, 
.Santa  Monica,  CA — Michael  W.  Hickerson. 
Buffalo,  NY— Edward  Kuwik.  John  S.  Brell. 
Richmond,  VA— OIlie  Belle  WIson  (si. 
San  Pedro.  CA — Carl  Cardozi, 
Redwood  City,  CA — Richard  L,  Sharp, 
Paducah,  KY — Frank  E.  Korte, 
Lodi,  CA — Benjamin  F,  Ixing.  Rudolph  Josef  Shanda, 
Midland,  TX— Sadie  R,   Porter  (si.  William  Huev 
Shackelford, 

Lansing,  MI — Azelee  B,  Smith  (s).  Virginia  Ruth 
Howard  (s), 

Huntington  Bch,  CA — Albert  Erase.  Reinhard  Semf, 
New  York.  NV— Albert  Tibak.  Anthony  Cavalli, 
Omaha,  NE — Dean  F,  Snyder, 
Mankalo,  MN — Gladys  Darlene  Reinalda  (si 
Iharlolle,  NC— Frank  R,  Fink, 
Redondo,  CA — Gerald  M,  Coif.  Leo  Frank  Kleber, 
Burlington,  VT — Mollis  Goodrich 
San  Diego,  CA — John  A.  Dorns, 
E.  Los  Angeles,  CA — Elmer  Bacon.  Fred  Valdez. 
Oliver  Riggs, 

Los  Angeles,  CA — Ovide  E,  Lahr. 
Miami.  Fl. — (^tlo  Frederick  Martens 


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Blountville,  TN— Charles  T,  Phipps 

New  York,  N^' — Demetrios  Kamillalos, 

Chicago,  IL — Otis  M,  Estes, 

Baltimore,  MD— Clifton  W   Akers 

Culver  City,   CA — Eugene   Gallegos.   Johnson    H 

Lovetl, 

Washington,  DC — Andrew  Lee  Bailey.  Daniel  M, 

Hafer.  Iiugene  K,  Ogilvie.  Louie  Brock.  Luther  W, 

Harper,  Michael  Joyce.  William  P,  McGralh, 

Montgomery  County,  PA — Russell  Fetzer, 

St.  Louis,  MO — George  E,  Johnson 

Victoria,  B.C.,  Can — Warren  Smith, 

Redding,  CA — Joe  Whiteside, 

Los  Angeles,  CA — Ivan  R,  Stockman. 

Sacramento,  CA — Ale.v  B.  McGillivray, 

Hayward,  CA— Estellc  Nellie  Fraley  (si,  Harold  E, 

Royalty.   Sr..   Harry  J,   Andrus.  Ollie  J,   Peercy. 

Palmer  O,  Peterson.  Tony  .^ugust  Souza. 

Kansas  City,  MO — Maxine  N,  Hopkins  (s).  Merle 

A,  King  (s), 

Minneapolis,  MN — Arthur  A,  Deterling.  Floyd  K, 

Lundgren, 

Bartlesville.  OK— Alvada  V,  Perkins  (s), 

Melbourne-Davlona  Beach,  FL — Jack  Moore.  Joseph 

K,  Fink.  Jr,.  William  H.  Simpson 

Chicago,  IL— John  R.  Warburlon.  Van  W,  Eckard, 

Columbus,  GA — Ralph  E,  Spence. 

Kirkwood,  MO — Fred  A,  Street.  Sylvester  Kenne- 

beck.  William  Bach, 

Milwaukee.  Wi — Lloyd  Saleska. 

Portland,  OR— Malhunn  J.  Horellou. 

Pomona,  CA — Cilen  M,  Kirsch, 

Pittsburgh,  PA— Elva  J,  Flanigan  (s), 

Marion,  VA — George  F,  Stike.  Theodore  D,  Blevins, 

Las  Vegas,  NV — Benin  Levesque.  Lawrence  Arse- 

neault, 

Renlon,  WA — Everett  E,  Howard 

Wood  River,  IL — Charles  Tilden  Bond, 

Monroe.  LA — James  W,  Best 

Fort  Worth,  TX— Robert  Lee  Smith.  William  T, 

Dobbins, 

Washington,  DC— Albert  V,  Black, 

Russellville,  AR— Willard  W,  Ross, 

Snoqualm  Fall,  WA — James  M,  Hawkins, 

New  Orleans,  LA — Donald  J,   Maestri.  Enoch  P. 

Leblanc.  Wallace  A,  Ansardi, 

Pasco,  WA — Leiand  H,  Blum.  Leroy  Nelson. 

Philadelphia,  PA — Margaret  Roberts  (s), 

Milpilas.  CA — Raymond  L,  Jackson.  William   E, 

Olsen. 

Manteca,  CA — Haywood  Wynn, 

Cleveland,  OH — Leonard  J,  Lindrose, 

Van  Nuys,  CA — Frances  Marie  Poe  (s).  Marvin  E, 

Klone 

Stevens  Point,  WI — John  Janick.  William  Suchoski, 

Hollywood,  FL — Hans  Stunkel, 

Warrensburg,  MO — Clarence  E,  Heermann. 

Vicksburg,  MS — Ike  Knox  Barnes.  Sr, 

Natchez,  MS — Clarence  A,  Whitlington, 

Seaford,  DE — Eugene  F,  Muller, 

.San  Diego,  CA — Edward  Sirutis. 


Lorul  Viuon.  Cin 

2046  Martinez.  CA— Clarence  V   Russell.  McDowel  Pond, 

2047  Hartford  City,  IN— Lovelle  Kellogg, 
2067  Medford,  OR— Helen  Lena  Crane  (s) 
2078  Vista,  CA— Raymond  F,  Baker. 

2103  Calgary,  Alia,  CAN— Edward  Krawece. 

2127  Cenlralia,  WA— Floyd  Way  Vanalstine. 

2155  New  York,  NY— John  Maducci. 

2164  San  Francisco,  CA— A    Sulby  Kelly. 

2177  Martinsville,  IN— Hazel  K.  Cooper. 

2203  Anaheim,  CA— Patricia  L.  Nixon  (s). 

2212  Newark,  NJ— John  Gerity. 

2232  Houston,  TX — Verna  Faye  Van  Wagner  (s).  Wayne 

C    Price, 

2250  Red  Bank,  NJ— Herman  DeGeorge 

2265  Detroit,  MI — Charles  Chapman, 

2274  Pittsburgh,  PA— Richard  Martin 

2287  New  York,  NV— Irving  Melzger, 

2309  Toronto,   Onl.,   CAN— John    Rodger.    M     Bernice 

Grainger  (si.  Roger  J,  Jaiko, 

2311  Washington,  DC — James  N,  Lomax.  Sr, 

2317  Bremerton,  WA— Alice  Margaret  Whitney  (si,  Clar- 
ence Samuel  Oleson, 

2323  Monon,  IN— Phillip  Garling, 

2350  Scranlon,  PA— Edna  J,  Parker  (s). 

2.175  Los   Angeles,   CA— Barney   L.    Bissetl.    Mary    M, 

Pelletier  Is) 

2416  Portland.  OR— Gunnar  C,  Nielsen,  Veryl  L,  Hun- 

nicult 

2430  Charleston,  W\— William  E,  Kinder. 

2435  IngiewiMKl,  CA — Edward  L,  Vogh.  Ivan  L,  Agnew. 

John  J    Smutny.  John  M,  Schweighardt, 

2463  Ventura,  CA — Jim  FranciscoIIy, 

2470  Tullahoma,  TN — Jonathan  Roscoe  Smith, 

2484  Orange,  TX — Charles  Henry  Smith.  Johnnie  Faye 

Garner  (si, 

2498  Longview,  WA — Marion  J,  Harmon. 

2536  Port  (iamble,  WA — ftdmund  Purser. 

2565  San  Francisco,  CA — Bernice  Stewart. 

2588  John  Day,  OR— Frank  E.  Owen. 

2601  Lafayette,  IN— Dorothy  Kelsey. 

2629  Hughesville,  PA—lra  H.  Stcpp. 

2652  Standard,  CA — Ismael  Amador. 

2659  Everett,  WA — Emil  Anderson, 

2684  Greenville,  MS — Carey  Brown, 

2687  Auburn,  CA — Edwin  bolder. 

2691  Coquille,  OR— Ben  A    Rogers 

2761  McClearv,  WA— John  E,  Lind.  Juanita  Bays, 

2784  Coquille,  OR— Carl  O   Torrev 

2785  The  Dalles,  OR— Charles  J,  Marshall, 
2817  Quebec  Que,  CAN — Adonia  Roy, 

2823  Pembroke,  Ont.,  CAN— Edna  Nieman  (si 

2834  Denver,  CO— George  Edward  Collins. 

2942  ,41banv,  OR— Katie  E.  Wolkau  (si. 

2949  Rosehurg.  OR— Alfred  R   Fay.  Charles  F.  Stantield. 

.1023  Omak,  WA— James  Bergenhollz. 

.1090  Murfreesboro,  NC — Edgar  W.  Spiers,  Lois  Boone 

Vinson  (s).  Shirley  Fleetwood. 

3127  New  York,  NY— Meyer  Chait, 

3161  Maywood,  CA — Harry  W,  Thomas, 

3184  Fresno,  CA — Henry  Mellenberger. 

3219  Toronto,  Onl..  CAN— Roggero  Testani. 


Crafts  Achieve  Record 

Continued  from  Page  14 

a  merit  shop  environment,  bidding  op- 
portunities for  union  and  nonunion  con- 
tractors, uniform  wortcing  conditions, 
and  opportunities  for  training  for  the 
unskilled.  The  agreement  recognized 
Utah's  nonunion  labor  laws  and  per- 
mitted more  than  2.000  local  people  to 
be  trained  and  employed. 

Both  management  and  labor  officials 
admit  there  were  disagreements  and 
resulting  changes  during  the  past  five 
years,  but  Bob  Georgine.  president  of 
the  Building  Trades,  said,  "the  idea  to 
keep  the  spirit  of  bargaining  alive"  kept 
the  project  moving. 

"Undoubtedly  the  stabilization 
agreement  has  been  a  success  and  also 
has  been  beneficial  to  all."  said  Richard 
Tucker,  professor  of  project  manage- 
ment at  the  University  of  Texas  and  a 
speaker  at  the  Labor  Appreciation  Din- 
ner. "However,  agreements  are  only  a 
tool  and  do  not  make  great  projects. 
People  make  great  projects,  working  in 
concert  with  common  goals,  objectives, 
and  communications." 


Tucker  said  that  the  IPP  agreement 
was  somewhat  unique  in  that  it  antici- 
pated and  avoided  problems  by  involv- 
ing both  management  and  labor  in  plan- 
ning the  project. 

UBC  Representative  Lou  Heath  was 
assigned  to  much  of  the  work  on  the 
project.  Working  with  him  were  Patrick 
Eyre,  secretary  of  the  district  council. 
Carpenters  Business  Agent  Vance  Mar- 
vin, and  Millwrights  Business  Agent 
Dee  Slagowski,  UliC 


Toyota  Issue 

Continued  from  Page  15 

another  $100  million  or  so.  All  this 
money  will  go  to  a  company  that  will 
take  its  profits  back  to  Japan,  and  on 
top  of  this  Toyota  wants  to  undermine 
wages  and  working  conditions  of  Amer- 
ican construction  workers.  We  think 
that's  unfair  and  we're  outraged."  he 
said, 

Georgine  said  the  unions  will  con- 
tinue to  press  for  an  agreement.  He 
said  work  has  begun  on  site  clearing 
and  access  roads  for  the  plant.  DDL' 


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CARPENTER 


LOG-CABIN  BOOK 


Ever  consider  building  a  log  cabin  from 
scratch — having  the  building  site,  sufficient 
timber  available,  and  a  strong  back? 

J. P.  Dyck,  a  retired  member  of  Local  27, 
Toronto,  Ont.,  had  all  three.  He  took  his 
time  and  erected  a  palisade-type  cabin  (i.e., 
the  logs  are  vertical  instead  of  horizontal). 
When  he  was  finished,  he  compiled  an  illus- 
trated, 54-page  booklet  describing  what  he 
had  done.  The  title  is  Rosendoal.  a  cabi- 
netmaker's approach  to  building  with  logs. 
Dyck  tells  how  to  cut  and  skid  your  logs, 
how  to  chink  vertical  joints,  how  to  keep 
the  joints  tight  with  threaded  rods,  and  how 
to  finish  off  the  roof.  The  main  advantage 
of  building  vertically,  Dyck  notes,  are  that 
short  logs  (no  more  than  ceiling  height)  are 
easier  to  acquire  and  easier  to  handle. 

"This  book  is  written  to  prove,  or  rather 
to  tell  the  story  of  the  proof,  that  a  man  can 
still  go  into  the  bog  and  return  with  a 
structure  fit  to  live  in,"  says  Dyck.  "We 
spent  two  solid  years  in  our  structure,  a  little 
crowded  but  rather  invigorating  .  .  .  We  are 
proud  of  the  way  we  lived  in  spite  of  the 
fact  that  we  owned  a  large,  modern  home  in 
the  city." 

For  a  copy  of  Dyck's  book,  send  $5.45, 
cash,  check,  or  money  order,  to:  John  P. 
Dyck,  121  Rosendoal,  R.R.No.3,  Bancroft, 
Ont.,  Canada  KOL  ICO 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Calculated  Industries 30 

Clifton  Enterprises 39 

Estwing  Mfg.  Co 26 

Foley-Belsaw  Co 38 

Hydrolevel 22 

The  Irwin  Co 18 

Vaughan  &  Bushnell 24 


TERMITE  HANDBOOK 

If  you  want  to  know  how  to  repair  termite 
damage,  how  to  use  chemicals  to  destroy 
and  drive  away  the  pesky  bugs,  and  how  to 
save  money  while  you're  doing  it.  there's  a 
1 28-page  booklet  by  a  member  of  Millwrights 
Local  102,  Oakland,  Calif.,  you  might  con- 
sider. 

The  author,  George  Demaree,  57,  has  been 
a  UBC  member  for  32  years  and  was  at  one 
time  a  member  of  Carpenters  Local  316,  San 
Jose,  Calif.,  so  he's  seen  a  few  termites  in 
his  time. 

Termite  Repair  sells  for  $13.45  plus  $3.50 
for  shipping  and  handling — a  total  of  $16.95. 
Demaree  pays  any  state  taxes  which  apply. 

To  order  a  copy  or  get  more  information 
about  the  book  write:  Tradesman  Publishing 
Co.,  P.O.  Box  7654  C,  San  Jose,  CA  95150. 


PRODUCT  CATALOG 

The  Delta  Machinery  Catalog  for  Building 
Trades  and  Home  Shops,  a  source  for  quality 
wood  and  metalworking  machinery  for  the 
professional  craftsman  and  the  do-it-your- 
selfer, is  now  available.  A  complete  line  of 
band  saws,  circular  saws,  radial  saws,  drill 
presses,  grinders,  jointers,  planers,  lathes, 
shapers,  and  accessories.  For  the  free  44- 
page  catalog  write:  Delta  International  Ma- 
chinery Corp.,  246  Alpha  Drive,  Pittsburgh, 
PA  15238. 


HAND  CLEANER 

Quaker  State  Oil  Refining  Corp.  has  an- 
nounced the  addition  of  Quaker  State  Cream 
Hand  Cleaner  with  Pumice  to  its  line  of 
quality  automotive  aftermarket  products. 

Formulated  for  use 
with  or  without  water, 
the  hand  cleaner  com- 
bines abrasive  pumice 
with  soft  lanolin  for  a 
cleaning  power  that 
dissolves  grease,  dirt, 
tar,  gasket  cement, 
paint,  varnish,  putty, 
printer's  ink,  adhe- 
sives,  and  many  other 
substances,  without 
chapping  or  cracking  the  hands. 

Based  on  laboratory  tests,  Quaker  State 
Cream  Hand  Cleaner  with  Pumice  remains 
stable  and  effective  at  temperatures  as  high 
as  1 10°  F  and  as  low  as  -40°  F.  Most  cleaners 
lose  stability  and  effectiveness  easily,  re- 
sulting in  a  short  shelf  life. 

In  addition,  the  cleaner's  active  solvent 
replaces  offensive  odors  with  a  clean,  fresh 
scent.  The  balanced  formulation  does  not 
contain  chlorinated  solvents  and  is  alkali  and 
ammonia  free. 

Quaker  State  Cream  Hand  Cleaner  with 
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in  auto,  truck,  tractor,  and  boat,  and  a  five- 
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SEPTEMBER     1986 


39 


Labor  Day  1986: 

An  Early  Day  of 

Thanksgiving? 


Cheap  imports  don't  equal 

pocketbook  savings 

for  the  average  consumer 

Union  members  often  count  their  blessings  on 
Labor  Day.  They  picnic,  they  march,  they  wave 
banners,  and  they  shout  slogans.  Some  just  take 
it  easy  at  home;  others  make  their  last  trip  of  the 
summer  season  to  the  mountains  or  seashore. 

However  you  commemorate  this  day,  you  must 
know  as  I  know,  the  gratitude  I  feel  that  a  day 
has  been  set  aside  in  this  democracy  of  ours  to 
pay  tribute  to  the  workers  of  this  bountiful  land. 
It  is  like  a  second  Thanksgiving  Day  ...  a  time 
to  give  thanks  that  we  are  citizens  of  a  land  where 
we  can  freely  vote,  freely  form  unions,  and  freely 
bargain  for  wages  and  working  conditions. 

No  need  to  go  underground  like  Polish  Solidarity 
trade  unionists.  There's  no  requirement  to  dress 
in  a  proletariat  uniform  and  march  on  May  Day 
as  in  Czechoslovakia,  East  Germany,  Estonia, 
Latvia,  or  any  other  nation  behind  the  Iron  Curtain. 
There's  no  command  performance,  along  with  all 
the  artillery  as  in  Red  Square,  Moscow. 

There  is  much  to  be  thankful  for  as  a  worker  in 
America,  and  I  hope  that  every  American  and 
Canadian,  union  member  or  not,  will  appreciate 
the  spirit  of  fellowship  and  brotherhood  that  mo- 
tivates the  North  American  trade  union  movement. 

Unfortunately,  there  are  still  many  who  do  not. 

On  the  debit  side  of  the  picture,  this  Labor  Day, 
is  the  depressing  condition  of  many  of  North 
America's  basic  industries.  The  heart  of  America's 
steel  industry  hardly  beats  at  all  any  more.  The 
hearths  of  the  Monongahela  Valley,  which  once 
glowed  with  molten  metal  throughout  the  night, 
are  almost  cold.  The  Steelworkers  have  had  to 
take  cuts  and  more  cuts  to  provide  food  for  their 
families  ...  all  because  steel  imports  are  flooding 
U.S.  and  Canadian  markets  at  prices  at  which 
American  producers  cannot  compete  and  because 
American  steel  producers  didn't  modernize  their 
factories  in  time  to  compete  with  European  and 
Asian   manufacturers.   The   management   of  Big 


Steel  has  diversified  many  of  its  assets,  pulling  out 
and  leaving  the  workers  abandoned  in  their  com- 
pany towns. 

Look  at  the  situation  in  the  auto  industry. 
Nothing  is  really  resolved  regarding  imports  in  this 
industry.  Next  year,  two  manufacturers  plan  to 
import  new  car  models  from  Korea  bearing  U.S. 
trademarks  but  produced  by  Koreans  being  paid 
$3  and  $5  an  hour! 

I  hardly  need  describe  the  conditions  which 
exist  in  the  U.S.  and  Canadian  construction  in- 
dustries and  in  the  industrial  trades  allied  to  them. 
More  than  600,000  UBC  members  can  report  on 
that  from  their  own  personal  viewpoints.  Some 
have  suffered  layoffs;  many  have  fared  well.  Our 
lumber  and  sawmill  workers  and  our  plywood  and 
other  forest  products  members  have  undergone 
hardships,  as  they  have  struggled  with  the  giant 
corporations  in  that  industry  to  maintain  their 
livelihoods  and  fair  contracts. 

My  hat  is  particularly  off  to  those  members  in 
the  Pacific  Northwest,  in  the  South,  and  in  the 
Eastern  Canadian  woods  who  have  fought  the 
good  fight  and  proved  to  be  good  trade  unionists 
in  the  best  definition  of  that  term. 

I  would  salute,  also,  our  construction  members 
who  have  kept  their  heads  high  as  trade  unionists 
in  the  face  of  merit-shop  and  open-shop  attempts 
to  turn  them  nonunion.  It  takes  a  lot  of  spirit  and 
determination  to  fight  the  open  shop  in  most 
communities. 

The  U.S.  textile  industry  is  perhaps  hardest  hit 
of  all.  It  received  its  biggest  setback  last  month 
when  Congress  sustained  by  a  close  vote  President 
Reagan's  veto  of  legislation  to  restrict  textile 
imports.  Wherever  American  and  European  mul- 
tinational corporations  can  set  up  the  necessary 
mill  equipment  and  use  cheap  labor — the  jungles 
of  Southeast  Asia,  the  war-torn  hills  of  Korea,  or 
even  now,  at  President  Reagan's  suggestion,  the 
apartheid  ghettos  of  South  Africa — there  will  be 
unfair  competition  for  American  textile  workers. 
It  is  a  prime  example  of  the  Reagan  Administra- 
tion's lack  of  concern  for  the  nation's  domestic, 
industrial  capability  and  the  livelihood  and  pur- 
chasing power  of  its  workers. 

The  justification  for  all  of  this  unrestricted  trade 
is  supposed  to  be  that  cheap  imports  mean 
pocketbook  savings  for  U.S.  and  Canadian  con- 
sumers. 

What's  so  illogical  about  all  of  this,  of  course, 
is  that  unemployed  North  Americans  who  lose 
their  jobs  because  of  this  runaway  capital  will  not 
have  money  in  their  pockets  to  buy  even  the  cheap 
imported  goods  or  any  goods,  for  that  matter,  if 
something  is  not  done  to  protect  domestic  indus- 
tries from  the  unbalanced  trade  situation. 


Even  though  inflation  has  been  running  at  a 
moderate  pace  during  the  past  two  or  three  years, 
the  combination  of  the  stagnating  economy  and 
the  creeping  price  increases  of  recent  months  add 
up  to  bad  news  for  the  average  working  family. 
Idle  industrial  plants  do  not  create  encouraging 
productivity  statistics  for  the  bureaucrats  in  Ot- 
tawa or  Washington. 

In  1980  when  the  jobless  rate  in  the  United 
States  stood  at  7%,  presidential  candidate  Ronald 
Reagan  promised  American  voters  "jobs,  jobs, 
and  more  jobs."  Then  the  recession  of  1982  drove 
the  unemployment  rate  above  10%.  Today,  with 
the  Reagan  "recovery"  nearly  four  years  old,  the 
jobless  rate  in  the  United  States  still  exceeds  7%. 

So  much  for  campaign  promises. 

What  the  situation  boils  down  to,  it  seetns  to 
me,  is  that  we  have  at  the  White  House  and  in  the 
President's  Cabinet  a  collection  of  economic  and 
political  advisors  who  express  the  views  of  the 
monied  interests  of  not  only  this  country  but  the 
multinational  thinkers  manipulating  capital  world- 
wide. They  are  feeding  their  advice  to  a  man  who 
believes  all  that  he  read  back  in  the  1930s  in  those 
Horatio  Alger  books,  which  told  how  a  poor  street 
urchin  could  go  from  rags  to  riches  if  some  be- 
nevolant  rich  man  came  along  and  put  his  hand 
on  his  shoulder  and  showed  him  how  to  become 
a  millionaire  through  perse verence  and  hard  work. 

I  guess  the  equivalent  of  that  today  would  be 
for  some  operator  of  a  fast-food  chain  to  put  his 
hand  on  the  shoulder  of  some  down-and-out  fac- 
tory worker  and  tell  him  he  could  become  a 
millionaire  by  patiently  slinging  hamburgers  in  his 
local  fast-food  outlet. 

Another  equivalent  would  be  for  the  chief  ex- 
ecutive officer  of  some  North  American  corpora- 
tion to  walk  into  a  village  in  the  Far  East  and  tell 
some  poor  starving  native  to  put  away  his  primitive 
sewing  machine  and  come  with  him  to  that  bright 
new  factory  down  the  road  where  he'll  be  paid  $2 
an  hour  to  work  a  machine.  Soon  he  would  have 
a  company  T-shirt,  then  two  T-shirts,  eventually 
a  bicycle. 

All,  of  course,  without  a  union  to  represent  him. 

I  find  it  ironic  that  a  president  who  started  his 
career  as  a  Democrat  and  a  union  leader  (as 
president  of  the  Screen  Actors  Guild)  should  have 
learned  so  little  about  the  checks  and  balances  of 
capital  and  labor,  about  the  differences  between 
free  trade  and  fair  trade,  about  taxing  the  working 
population  and  taxing  corporations. 

No,  all  is  not  settled  and  content  this  Labor 
Day.  We  approach  our  35th  Convention,  next 
month,  with  many  resolutions  for  consideration. 

I  look  back,  as  I  do  before  every  convention. 


to  the  stated  objects  of  our  Brotherood,  Section  2 
of  the  Constitution  and  Laws,  and  I  find  that  they 
still  hold  true  more  than  a  century  after  they  were 
formulated  .  .  .  worthy  of  being  read  again  and 
reaffirmed  this  Labor  Day: 

"The  objects  of  the  United  Brotherhood  are:  to 
organize  workers  employed  within  the  trade  au- 
tonomy of  the  United  Brotherhood,  to  discourage 
piece  work,  to  encourage  an  apprenticeship  system 
and  a  higher  standard  of  skill,  to  develop,  improve 
and  enforce  the  program  and  standards  of  Occu- 
pational Safety  and  Health,  to  cultivate  friendship, 
to  develop  good  public  relations  in  the  community, 
to  assist  each  other  to  secure  employment,  to 
reduce  the  hours  of  daily  labor,  to  secure  adequate 
pay  for  our  work,  to  establish  a  weekly  pay  day, 
to  furnish  aid  in  cases  of  death  or  permanent 
disability,  and  by  legal  and  proper  means  to  elevate 
the  moral,  intellectual  and  social  conditions  of  all 
our  members  and  to  improve  the  trade  in  every 
way  possible." 


Patrick  J.  Campbell 
General  President 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

John  Pruitt 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 

Wayne  Pierce 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  Joseph  F.  Lia 

120  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

Second  District,  George  M.  Walish 

101  S.  Newtown  St.  Road 

Newtown  Square,  Pennsylvania  19073 

Third  District,  Thomas  Hanahan 

9575  West  Higgins  Road 

Suite  304 

Rosemont,  Illinois  60018 

Fourth  District,  E.  Jimmy  Jones 
12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue,  #3 
North  Miaini,  Florida  33161 

Fifth  District,  Eugene  Shoehigh 
526  Elkwood  Mall  -  Center  MaU 
42nd  &  Center  Streets 
Omaha,  Nebraska  68105 


Sixth  District,  Dean  Scoter 
400  Main  Street  #203 
RoUa,  Missouri  65401 

Seventh  District,  H.  Paul  Johnson 
Gramark  Plaza 

12300  S.E.  MaUard  Way  #240 
Milwaukie,  Oregon  97222 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
5330-F  Power  Inn  Road 
Sacramento,  California  95820 

Ninth  District,  John  Carruthers 
5799  Yonge  Street  #807 
Willowdale,  Ontario  M2M  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 
1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 
Calgary,  Alberta,  T2K  OG3 


William  Sidell,  General  President  Emeritus 
William  Konyha,  General  President  Emeritus 


Patrick  J.  Campbell,  Chairman 
John  S.  Rogeks,  Secretary 

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ISSN  0008-6843 

VOLUME   106  No.  10  OCTOBER  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

United  Brotherhood  Assembles  in  Toronto 2 

Convention  to  Convention  Review 4 

Low-Wage  Job  Growth  in  Services Calvin  G.  Zon  7 

The  Manville  Bankruptcy  Plan 9 

American  Express 9 

Union  Busting  in  Ontario 11 

Accords  Reached  with  Forest  Products  Producers 11 

L-P  Boycott  Update 12 

Campbell,  Housing  Trust  Condemn  Dismantling  of  FHA  Program  ....  13 

Building  Trades  Goes  Public  On  Toyota 13 

Stephens  Marine,  Shipbuilding  and  Craftwork  At  Its  Finest 14 

Missing  Children 15 

Blueprint  for  Cure  Donations  Can  Help  Science 19 

L-P  Strike  Fund  Contributors 19 

CLIC  Report:  Ten  States'  U.S.  Senate  Elections 20 

Safety  and  Health:  OSHA  Acts  on  UBC  Wood  Dust  Petition 27 


THE 
COVER 


The  35th  General  Convention  of  the  United 
Brotherhood  will  assemble  on  October  6  at 
the  Metro  Toronto  Convention  Centre  in 
Toronto,  Ont.,  Canada,  and  it  will  continue 
in  session  from  day  to  day  until  all  business 
coming  before  the  convention  has  been 
completed. 

This  month's  convention  has  special 
significance  for  our  Brotherhood:  It  is  the 
first  time  we've  convened  outside  of  the 
lower  48  states.  Anticipation  has  mounted 
steadily  as  delegates  prepare  to  take  part  in 
this  historic  event. 

In  honor  of  the  Toronto  assembly,  this 
month's  cover  features  the  Metro  Toronto 
Convention  Centre,  with  the  553.3-meter 
Canadian  National  Tower  behind  it.  Canada's 
largest  congress  and  trade  show  center,  it 
has  200,000  square  feet  of  column-free  exhibit 
space,  tiered  theater  seating  for  1 ,350  people, 
a  ballroom  for  3,000,  40  smaller  meeting 
rooms,  and  a  50-seat  boardroom.  A  source 
of  much  pride  for  Toronto  citizens,  the 
center  is  located  within  walking  distance  of 
fine  restaurants,  hotels,  and  the  subway. 

Just  a  block  away  is  the  newly  renovated 
Royal  York  Hotel  where  the  Credentials 
Committee  will  be  handling  registration  in 
the  Ballroom  foyer  on  Saturday  and  Sunday. 

Also  featured  on  our  cover  is  a 
representation  of  the  delegate's  badge  for 
the  35th  Convention.  Canada's  national 
symbol,  the  maple  leaf,  and  the  CN  Tower 
set  the  style  for  the  design  of  the  medallion 
of  the  badge,  which  will  be  worn  with  pride 
by  all  the  delegates. 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 6 

Ottawa  Report 10 

Labor  News  Roundup 16 

Local  Union  News 17 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 22 

Consumer  Clipboard:  Should  You  Refinance  Your  Home? 25 

Plane  Gossip 28 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood ' 29 

Retirees  Notebook 34 

In  Memoriam 35 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 

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CARPENTER,  101  Constitution  Ave,,  N.W., 
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United  Brotherhood 


Assembles  in  Toronto 


The  ?5th  Gencr;il  Convention  of  the 
L'nited  Brotheihood  ol' Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America  will  draw  over  ?.()()() 
people  to  Toronto.  Ont..  this  month. 
At  least  2.(X)()  delegates  are  expected 
to  attend  the  gathering  which  marks 
our  10?th  year. 

Delegates  will  be  very  involved  with 
the  business  to  be  covered  at  this  con- 
vention. There  are  many  important  res- 
olutions to  be  voted  on.  proposed  con- 
stitutional amendments  to  be  considered, 
and  plans  to  be  made  as  the  new  century 
approaches,  bringing  with  it  advanced 
technology  and  innovation. 

This  is  the  first  UBC  convention  ever 
to  be  held  outside  of  the  continental 
L'nited  States.  It  is  symbolic  that  wc 
would  hold  this  historic  conclave  in 
Toronto,  which  was  called  "the  meeting 


Tdidnld's  wdler- 
fidul  ix  dominulL'd 
hy  the  view  of  the 
CN  Tower,  hiil  also 
housis  of  sights 
such  lis  Queens' 
Quay  Terminal  and 
the  Harhorfronl 
complex. 


place"  by  the  Huron  Indians,  and  was 
home  to  one  of  the  first  Canadian  affil- 
iates of  the  United  Brotherhood. 

While  in  Toronto  convention  dele- 
gates and  guests  will  have  a  chance  to 
see  a  bit  of  Canada's  largest  metropolis. 
The  city  is  considered  a  "triumph  of 
planning"  by  many,  reflecting  its  ethnic 
diversity  and  the  strong  attraction  it 
has  for  visitors.  It  is  a  study  in  contrasts: 
visitors  will  see  quiet  lakeside,  restau- 
rants and  cafes,  bustling  downtown 
streets  filled  with  bankers  and  busi- 
nessmen, and  a  cosmopolitan  city  of- 
fering a  variety  of  theater  and  art. 

An  efficient  transportation  system 
makes  many  of  the  city's  cultural,  his- 
torical, and  entertainment  attractions 
convenient  to  downtown  Toronto.  UBC 
delegates  and  other  convention  goers 
should  be  able  to  take  advantage  of 
their  free  time  to  visit  some  of  the  sights. 
(A  box  listing  city  highlights  and  a 
visitors'  information  number  accom- 
panies this  article.) 

It's  been  five  years  since  our  land- 
mark centennial  convention,  and  our 
Brotherhood  has  seen  many  changes. 
As  we  gather  again  for  this  assembly, 
we  must  look  toward  the  future.  Deci- 
sions will  be  made  to  help  prepare  us 
to  enter  the  21st  century  as  a  vital  and 
powerful  presence. 

The  35th  is  the  first  convention  of 
our  second  century.  There  are  nearly 
3.000  downtown  Toronto  hotel  rooms 
ready  to  be  filled  with  the  convention 
attendees  .  .  .  and  the  UBC  is  ready  to 
move  ahead.  Ijfjfj 


Sightseeing  Information 

Toronto.  Canada's  largest  city,  is 
remarkably  compact  and  easy  to  get 
around  hy  subway,  trolley,  or  train. 
It  offers  a  wide  range  of  options  for 
dining  and  nightlife  and  a  varied  as- 
sortment of  sightseeing  attractions. 
Group  discounts  are  often  available. 

The  CN  Tower  is  the  world's  tallest 
free-standing  structure.  It's  glass- 
fronted  elevators  lake  visitors  up  to 
a  revolving  restaurant  and  indoor/ 
outdoor  observation  levels. 

Tours  of  City  Hall  are  available 
weekdays  between  4  a.m.  and  3:30 
p.m.  The  building  is  noted  for  its 
stunning  and  innovative  architecture. 
It  was  designed  around  the  theme 
"Eye  of  Government." 

The  Royal  Ontario  Museum  is  famed 
for  its  research  on  ancient  civiliza- 
tions and  for  its  superb  Chinese  col- 
lection. Among  current  displays  are 
Egyptian  mummies,  ornate  armor. 
Ming  tombs,  a  dinosaur  hall,  and  a 
"hands-on"  discovery  room. 

Casa  Loma  is  a  "medieval  castle" 
completed  in  1914.  The  dream  house 
of  Sir  Henry  Pellal.  a  soldier  and 
financier.  It  has  turrets.  98  rooms, 
and  a  secret  passageway. 

The  Ontario  Parliament  Building, 
home  of  the  Ontario  Legislature, 
houses  an  impressive  collection  of 
Canadian  art. 

Fort  York  is  a  restored  fort  of  the 
War  of  the  1812  period.  Guards  in 
period  uniform  demonstrate  military 
drills,  recreating  the  sights  and  sounds 
of  a  19th  century  garrison. 

Toronto  by  Trolley  is  a  guided  tour 
aboard  an  old-time  trolley  car.  The 
90-minute  tours  leave  from  various 
sites  around  the  city,  including  the 
Royal  York  Hotel. 

The  Metropolitan  Toronto  Conven- 
tion and  Visitors  Association  is  open 
Monday  through  Friday.  Their  visitor 
information  number  is  (416)979-3143. 


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Based  on  the  concept  '  'Eye  of  Govern- 
ment." Toronto  City  Hall  is  characterized 
by  twin  curving  lowers  protectively  encir- 
cling the  central  orb. 


Subway  slops  are  conveniently  located 
near  most  downtown  hotels  and  provide  a 
save  and  efficient  way  to  get  around  town. 


Customs  Information 

Every  30  days,  returning  U.S. 
residents  are  allowed  to  bring  back 
duty  free  $400  U.S.  (10%  charge  on 
any  amount  over,  retail  value)  worth 
of  personal  or  household  merchandise 
provided  they  have  been  out  of  the 
U.S.  for  48  hours.  This  amount  can 
include  one  carton  of  cigarettes,  100 
cigars  (no  Cuban),  one  pound  of 
smoking  tobacco,  and  32  ounces  of 
liquor,  provided  the  buyer  is  21  years 
of  age.  If  the  length  of  stay  is  less 
than  48  hours.  $25  worth  of 
merchandise  may  be  taken  back  to 
the  United  States  duty  free.  Goods 
bought  in  Canada  but  manufactured 
in  the  U.S.  are  duty  free  and  not 
included  in  the  basic  exemption. 
Handmade  crafts  and  works  of  arts 
are  also  exempt;  however,  a  receipt 
of  purchase  may  be  required.  In 
general,  it's  a  good  idea  to  save  sales 
receipts  and  invoices  of  all  purchases 
you  make  in  Canada  to  simplify  re- 
entry to  the  U.S.  For  further 
information  on  U.S.  customs 
regulations,  phone  (416)  676-2606  in 
Toronto  or  contact  U.S.  Customs  at 
Terminal  1  or  Terminal  2  of  Toronto 
(Pearson)  International  Airport  and 
request  the  booklet  Pocket  Hints. 


OCTOBER     1986 


Convention  to  Convention 

Reviewing  Five  Years  of  Lab 


In  1981^  (IS  our  triitniphant  centennial  convention 
drew  to  a  close,  organized  labor  prepared  for  the 
challenges  of  dealing  with  the  10-nionth  old  Rea- 
gan  Administration .  The  Republicans  had  returned 
to  power  in  the  U.S.  Senate.  Conservatives  ivere 
noiv  in  control,  pledging  to  undo  40  years  of  social 
and  economic  progress. 


Year  One 

Reagan's  pledge  to  "get  government  off 
our  backs"  turns  out  to  be  a  policy  of 
weakening  or  gutting  workplace  health  and 
safety  regulations,  laws  protecting  the  con- 
sumer and  the  environment,  and  child  labor 
protections. 

•  More  than  WMKt  UBC  members  join  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  other  trade  unionists  in  the 
biggest  Solidarity  Day  March  ever;  over -MMl.tMX) 
participants  converge  on  Washington,  D.t". 

•  Instead  of  the  promised  prosperity,  the 
economy  slides  into  its  eighth  postwar  reces- 
sion and,  following  the  19X0  downturn,  the 
lirsl  back-to-back  recession  smce  1919.  Real 
interest  rates  (mteresl  rates  minus  inflation) 
are  the  highest  in  half  a  century. 

•  The  Reagan  Recession  becomes  the  worst 
since  the  Great  Depression  of  the  \^M)s  in 
terms  of  unemployment,  business  bankrupt- 
cies and  farm  foreclosures. 

•  UBC  centennial  proclamations  continue  to 
appear  from  states  and  cities  all  over  the 
nation,  honoring  the  UBC  anniversary. 

•  The  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Construction 
Trades  Department  convenes  with  SDD.ODO 
construction  industry  workers  out  of  jobs — 
a  179;  construction  industry  unemployment 
rale. 

•  Unemployment  hits  levels  of  7(l-9l)^'f  in 
some  construction  trades,  including  carpen- 
ters and  miilvtrighls.  in  many  parts  of  the 
country. 

•  No  sooner  has  the  White  House  drawn 
up  the  first  budget  in  U.S.  history  with  a 
deficit  exceeding  $100  billion,  than  it  pro- 
nounces support  for  a  Constitutional 
Amendment  to  balance  the  budget. 

•  Tennessee  carpenters  build  a  World's  Fair 
In  Knoxville. 

•  Program  cuts  have  come  at  a  lime  when 
more,  not  less,  federal  action  is  needed  lo 
help  the  growing  number  of  victims  of  the 
Reagan  Recession  and  lo  help  the  economy 
get  on  its  feet. 

•  During  1981.  Reagan's  first  year  in  office, 
some  2.2  million  more  Americans  slip  into 


poverty,  an  increase  of  7.4%  according  to 
the  Census  Bureau. 

•  The  Brotherhood  launches  Carpenters 
Helping  Hands  drive  for  a  Tennessee  member 
and  wife's  foster  child  Alice  Perkins  born 
without  facial  characteristics. 

•  More  than  2  million  jobless  workers  have 
seen  their  unemployment  compensation  ben- 
efits run  out,  and  }  million  more  face  the 
loss  of  benefits  in  198.^  largely  because  of 
cutbacks  and  restrictions  pushed  through 
Congress  by  the  Administration. 

•  Since  Reagan  took  office,  over  a  million 
people,  mostly  the  "working  poor,"  have 
been  cut  off  from  the  food  stamp  program 
and  many  more  are  targeted  for  elimination. 

•  General  President  William  Konyha  joins 
White  House  Committee  to  seek  remedies  for 
declining  productivity  rate. 

•  State  history  projects  in  honor  of  the  UBC 
centennial  are  received  in  the  (Jeneral  Office 
from  all  over  the  continent. 

•  Raleigh  Rajoppi,  second  district  board 
member,  dies;  George  M.  Wallish  named  new 
.second  district  board  member. 

•  General  officers  and  board  members  in- 
stalled in  simple  ceremony  in  (Jeneral  Office. 

•  The  supply-side  tax  breaks  for  business, 
including  accelerated  depreciation,  tax  leas- 
ing, and  lower  corporate  and  capital  gains 
taxes,  fail  to  stimulate  investment  and  pro- 
ductivity. Instead,  capital  investment  de- 
clines in  1981  and  1982.  As  the  deepening 
recession  cuts  consumer  demand  for  indus- 
try's products.  309f  of  the  nation's  manu- 
facturing capacity  stands  idle.  Business  puts 
billions  in  cash  and  credit  inio  such  non- 
productive uses  as  buying  up  other  compa- 
nies. 

•  "Building  America"  photo  exhibit  intro- 
duced at  grand  opening  of  W  ashington,  D.C.'s, 
National  Building  Museum. 

•  Operation  lurnaround  is  launched  by  the 
I'BC.  a  major  campaign  to  combat  the  grow- 
ing open  shop  movement  in  North  America. 

•  Carpenters  Helping  Hands  tops  $11)0,000 
mark. 


Year  Two 

.Al  the  Reagan  Recession's  low  point  in 
Decemlier.  the  unemployment  rate  stands  at 
10.8'^r  with  12  million  people  officially  seek- 
ing work  and  millions  more  forced  into  part- 
time  work  or  too  discouraged  to  look  for 
jobs. 

•  William  Konyha  steps  down  as  UBC  (len- 
eral  President;  Patrick  ,1.  Campbell  moves 
into  office. 

•  Brotherhood  members  help  lo  create  Epcol 
extravaganza  at  Disney  World. 

•  Voters,  spurred  by  Solidarity  Day  il  get- 
out-the-vote  drives  by  organized  labor  and 
its  allies,  turn  out  in  great  numbers  lo  reject 
Reagan's  policies. 

•  Seventh  District  General  Executive  Board 
Member  Hal  Morton  retires;  Paul  .Johnson 
named  new  seventh  district  board  member. 

•  First  Brotherhood  CAPS  Computer  system 
goes  on-line. 

•  Late  in  1982.  with  the  November  elections 
nearing.  Congress  tries  to  stem  the  impact 
of  Reaganomics.  passing  a  three-year  $98.3 
billion  package  of  tax  increases  and  tax 
enforcement  "reforms"  on  business  and 
consumers  in  an  attempt  to  narrow  "supply- 
side"  deficits  which  were  heading  towards 
$150  billion.  Reagan  flip-flops  on  his  stance 
against  tax  increases  and  signs  the  bill. 

•  As  the  unemployment  rate  begins  its  up- 
ward spiral  toward  double-digits.  Congress 
hands  Reagan  a  major  defeat,  overriding  his 
veto  of  a  $14. 1  billion  supplemental  spending 
bill  for  programs  aiding  the  unemployed  and 
the  elderly  and  for  federal  workers'  salaries. 

•  Anthony  Ochocki  is  named  new  second 
general  vice  president. 

•  John  W.  Pruitt  is  new  third  district  board 
member. 

•  The  new  98lh  Congress  passes  and  Reagan 
signs  a  modest  $4.6  billion  emergency  jobs 
and  recession  relief  bill  to  provide  an  esti- 
mated 400,000  year-long  jobs  and  humani- 
tarian relief  for  the  unemployed, 

•  (ieneral  President  Fmerilus  Maurice  A. 
Hutcheson  dies. 

•  Supported  by  the  UBC  and  organized 
labor  is  a  bill  to  establish  a  federal  system 
of  compensation  for  the  tens  of  thousands 
of  victims  of  occupational  exposure  to  can- 
cer-causing asbestos. 

•  Organized  labor  is  surprised  when  the 
Administration  takes  a  drubbing  from  Con- 
gress on  its  "fox-in-the-chicken  coop"  ap- 
pointments. 

•  Carpenter  magazine  begins  a  series,  "The 
Foxes  in  the  Henhouse,"  looking  at  the  activ- 
ities in  various  federal  agencies  under  the 
Reagan  Administration. 


CARPENTER 


d  UBC  Events 


•  Top  Reagan-appoinled  officials  of  the  En- 
vironmental Protection  Agency  are  fired  af- 
ter a  congressional  investigation  exposes 
evidence  of  "sweetheart"  deals  with  major 
polluters  and  possible  misuse  of  the  billion- 
dollar  toxic  waste  clean-up  superfund.  The 
House  also  investigates  a  "rightwing  power 
grab"  at  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board. 

•  In  a  major  setback  for  the  building  trades, 
a  federal  appeals  court  upholds  Labor  Sec- 
retary Raymond  Donovan's  Davis-Bacon 
rule  changes.  These  include  a  redefinition  of 
the  prevailing  wage  on  federal  contracts  from 
30%  to  50%  and  the  broad  use  of  "helpers" 
to  do  skilled  work. 

•  General  President  Campbell  conducts  first 
press  conference  since  taking  office,  charging 
the  open-shop  movement  with  trying  to  take 
advantage  of  the  recession  and  oust  unions. 

•  Readers'  Digest  features  story  on  Carpen- 
ters Helping  Hands  recipient  Alice  Perkins. 

•  The  Occupational  Safety  and  Health 
Administration  puis  through  and  proposes  a 
number  of  changes  in  regulations  which 
organized  labor  says  weaken  OSHA  protec- 
tions. 

•  Fed  up  with  OSHA's  failure  to  reduce 
worker  exposure  to  toxic  substances,  unions, 
including  the  UBC,  petition  for  emergency 
standards  on  asbestos,  benzene,  formalde- 
hyde, and  ethylene  oxide — all  proven  or 
highly  suspected  carcinogens.  Unions  sue 
OSHA  after  it  refuses  their  petitions  on 
formaldehyde  and  ethylene  oxide. 

•  The  Supreme  Court  hands  down  a  mixed 
bag  of  decisions  affecting  workers  since 
Labor  Day  1982.  The  high  court  says  an 
employer  can't  punish  a  union  officer  more 
heavily  than  a  rank-and-file  worker  for  par- 
ticipating in  an  unauthorized  "wildcat  strike." 
It  also  rules  that  an  employer  must  bear  the 
burden  of  proof  if  a  union  sympathizer  is 
fired  during  an  organizing  campaign. 

•  On  the  bargaining  front,  unions  have  an- 
other difficult  year.  In  most  cases,  union 
negotiators  hang  tough  and  trade  conces- 
sions for  increased  job  security.  The  Labor 
Department  reports  that  wage  increases  in 
major  private  sector  bargaining  settlements 
in  1982  have  hit  the  lowest  point  in  14  years. 

•  Reagan  approves  tariff  increases  on  heavy- 
weight motorcycle  imports  to  fight  an  import 
flood  from  Japan;  the  Ladies'  Garment 
Workers  mounts  an  offensive  against  apparel 
imports;  ACTWU  and  UFCW  urge  import 
relief  for  the  footwear  industry. 


Year  Three 

After  a  period  of  "giveback"  during  the 
long  Reagan  Recession,  the  mood  of  unions 
facing  tough  bargaining  battles  changes  to 
"fight  back." 


•  The  year  since  Labor  Day  1983  is  marked 
by  long  and  bitter  strikes  by  13  unions 
representing  copper  workers  against  Phelps- 
Dodge  in  the  Southwest;  by  the  Amalgam- 
ated Transit  Union  against  Greyhound;  by 
the  Carpenters  and  Woodworkers  against 
Louisiana- Pacific  on  the  West  Coast;  and  by 
hotel  workers,  musicians  and  stagehands 
against  Las  Vegas  resort  hotels. 

•  UBC  "Building  America"  photo  exhibit 
seen  in  18  U.S.  cities. 

•  In  a  pattern  repeated  in  smaller  plants  and 
different  industries,  10,000  members  of  1 1 
unions  struck  West  Coast  shipyards  after 
employers  broke  a  45-year  stable  bargaining 
relationship.  The  shipbuilders  demanded  large 
wage  and  benefit  cutbacks  and  more  takea- 
ways  on  seniority,  craft  jurisdictions,  and 
holidays. 

•  Solidarity  in  union  ranks  helps  beat  back 
most  of  these  givebacks  and  union-busting 
attempts;  unions  also  refine  and  strengthen 
the  old  economic  weapons  of  national  boy- 
cotts and  corporate  campaigns  with  intensive 
public  education  efforts  to  successfully  in- 
crease their  clout. 

•  The  Brotherhood  introduces  the  UBC  Re- 
tirees Club  organization  to  bring  together 
retired  members  and  spouses. 

•  Unions  see  the  foundations  of  organizing 
and  bargaining  strength  being  chipped  away 
by  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board. 

•  Delays  caused  by  record  backlogs  of  pend- 
ing cases  at  the  NLRB  hurt  union  organizing 
and  bargaining  efforts  and  individual  union 
members  deeply  over  the  past  three  years. 
Led  by  Chairman  Donald  L.  Dotson,  the 
board  hands  down  a  decision  which  severely 
curtails  the  circumstances  under  which  a 
worker  can  refuse  unsafe  work.  And  it  re- 
verses earlier  board  rulings  to  allow  em- 
ployers to  move  operations,  even  to  non- 
union plants,  without  bargaining  or  consent 
from  unions,  even  in  the  middle  of  a  contract 
period. 

•  UBC  General  Treasurer  Charles  Nichols 
testifies  before  a  U.S.  House  Subcommittee 
on  Labor-Management  Relations  that  the  U.S. 
would  be  better  off  without  the  National  Labor 
Relations  Act. 

•  A  national  labor-consumer  action  campaign 
against  the  Louisiana-Pacific  Corp.  is  launched 
by  the  UBC,  with  AFL-CIO  backing. 

•  Job  creation  programs,  domestic  auto  con- 
tent legislation,  an  attempt  to  cap  Reagan 
tax  cuts,  and  a  health  insurance  program  for 
the  unemployed  die  in  the  Senate. 

•  Congress  passes  a  $15.6  billion  housing 
bill,  which  includes  money  for  community 
development  and  subsidized  housing. 

•  Charles  Nichols  retires  as  UBC  General 
Treasurer. 


•  In  a  deficit-cutting  measure  strongly  op- 
posed by  senior  citizens  groups.  Congress 
acts  to  reduce  Medicare  costs  by  increasing 
premiums,  freezing  physicians'  fees,  and 
limiting  some  hospital  reimbursements  with- 
out preventing  the  shift  of  extra  fees  and 
costs  to  patients. 

•  Wall  Street  Rally  in  New  York  protests  L- 
P's  actions. 

•  In  other  action.  Congress  wrestles  with 
immigration  reform,  and  approves  pension 
equity  legislation  for  women,  and  a  new 
federal  holiday  honoring  slain  civil  rights 
leader  Martin  Luther  King  Jr. 

•  On  Labor  Day  1983,  unemployment  stands 
at  9.3%,  with  some  10.4  million  Americans 
officially  out  of  work.  The  rate  edges  down 
over  the  year,  but  some  15  million  remained 
unemployed  and  underemployed,  about  the 
same  as  when  Reagan  took  office, 

•  Puerto  Rican  members  talk  Operation  Tur- 
naround organizing  with  Organizing  Director 
Jim  Parker. 

•  The  UBC  receives  a  Canadian  federal  grant 
for  Labor  Education  in  Canada. 

•  "Builders  of  the  Nation,"  the  UBC  reader's 
theater  seen  at  the  Centennial  convention, 
continues  to  be  viewed  and  produced  around 
the  country. 

•  The  AFL-CIO,  alarmed  over  the  nation's 
eroding  industrial  base  and  the  lack  of  lead- 
ership in  domestic  and  foreign  affairs,  takes 
a  bold  step  and  in  October  1983,  endorses 
Walter  F.  Mondale  for  the  Democratic  pres- 
idential nomination. 

•  UBC  members  begin  first  phase  of  Statue 
of  Liberty  renovation. 

•In  a  5-4  decision,  the  Supreme  Court 
rules  that  federal  nuclear  regulatory  power 
does  not  preempt  punitive  damages  for  peo- 
ple injured  by  radiation  in  nuclear  plants  and 
restores  a  $10  million  negligence  award  against 
the  Kerr-McGee  Corp.  in  Oklahoma  to  the 
family  of  Karen  Silkwood. 

•  Wayne  Pierce  named  UBC  General  Treas- 
urer. 

•  UBC  shipyard  workers  play  a  leading  role 
in  the  fight  against  asbestos  hazards. 

•  On  the  20th  anniversary  of  the  1964  civil 
rights  march,  300,000  gathered  at  the  Lincoln 
Memorial  for  "Jobs,  Peace  and  Freedom"; 
1.35   million  workers  demanded  jobs  and 

justice  on  Solidarity  Day  III;  air  traffic  con- 
trollers petition  for  new  union. 

Year  Four 

In  the  U.S.,  some  15  million  people  are 
without  jobs  or  working  part-time;  2.3  mil- 
lion high-paying  manufacturing  jobs  have 
been  lost  since  1979;  15%  of  the  population 
is  living  in  poverty,  6  million  more  poor 
since  1980;  record  deficits  are  in  the  range 
of  $200  billion. 

•  Organizing  Director  James  A.  Parker  re- 
tires .  .  .  Left  behind  is  a  legacy  of  UBC 
institutions — Voluntary  Organizing  Commit- 
tees, UBC  membership  in  the  AFL-CIO  In- 
dustrial Union  Department,  and  Operation 
Turnaround. 

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OCTOBER     1986 


Washington 
Report 


DAVIS-BACON  VICTORY 

In  a  major  victory  for  the  Building  and  Construc- 
tion Trades  unions,  the  House  of  Representatives 
voted  406-5  to  set  the  threshold  at  which  the 
Davis-Bacon  Act  applies  to  Defense  Department 
construction  projects  at  $25,000.  The  House  action 
came  on  the  heels  of  an  earlier  Senate  vote  that 
set  the  threshold  at  $250,000.  The  final  ceiling  will 
be  decided  by  a  House-Senate  conference  commit- 
tee. 

The  House  provision,  which  had  the  strong  sup- 
port of  labor,  was  sponsored  by  Chairman  Augustus 
Hawkins  (D-Calif.)  of  the  Education  and  Labor 
Committee.  The  Hawkins  amendment  raises  the 
Davis-Bacon  threshold  only  for  fiscal  year  1987. 
The  change  is  for  one  year  only  so  that  a  perma- 
nent, reasonable  change  in  the  threshold  can  be 
considered  in  the  form  of  new  legislation. 

Though  the  Hawkins  amendment  was  approved 
handily,  the  key  vote  occurred  when  the  House 
defeated  a  substitute  amendment  offered  by  Rep. 
William  Dickinson  (R-Ala.)  which  would  have  raised 
the  Davis-Bacon  threshold  to  $250,000.  The  higher 
ceiling  would  have  the  effect  of  exempting  nearly  all 
Defense  Department  construction  projects  from 
Davis-Bacon  prevailing  wage  protections. 


SAFE  DRINKING  WATER  LAW 

The  first  major  environmental  legislation  to  pass 
this  Congress,  the  House  and  Senate  overwhelm- 
ingly passed  and  President  Reagan  has  now  signed 
into  law  a  new,  stronger  Safe  Drinking  Water  Act. 
The  tougher  provisions,  which  include  requirements 
for  the  Environmental  Protection  Agency  to  set 
standards  limiting  contaminant  levels  for  83  sub- 
stances over  three  years,  were  based  on  reports  of 
increasing  contamination  of  the  nation's  drinking 
water  supply  by  hazardous  wastes. 


ROBOT  STANDARDS 

A  new  standard  establishing  safety  guidelines  for 
industrial  robots  brings  with  it  the  realization  that 
robotics  in  the  construction  industry  is  not  some 
futuristic  fantasy  of  a  "Buck  Rogers  world, "  but  a 
fact  of  life.  The  standard  makes  manufacturers,  in- 
stallers, and  users  of  robots  responsible  for  ensur- 
ing the  safety  of  employees  working  with  the  equip- 
ment. Adopted  by  the  American  National  Standards 
Institute,  Inc.  in  June,  the  standard  is  the  first  ANSI 
standard  for  industrial  robots  and  sets  the  rules  for 
their  construction,  installation,  care,  and  use.  The 
standard  (ANSI/RIA  R15.06)  recommends  that 
manufacturers  design  and  construct  robots  to  pre- 
vent hazardous  motion,  eliminating  possible  danger 
to  personnel  from  moving  parts,  component  mal- 
functions, power  loss,  and  electromagnetic  and  ra- 
dio frequency  interference.  Other  features  include 
guidelines  for  installers,  users,  and  manufacturers. 


CONTRACTING  MAY  SET  RECORD 

Led  by  a  robust  housing  market,  total  construc- 
tion contracting  for  1986  could  reach  a  record  high 
of  $236.4  billion,  according  to  a  mid-year  update  by 
McGraw-Hill's  Dodge-Sweet  Construction  Outlook. 
Although  the  deficit  reduction  and  tax  revision  rep- 
resent severe  handicaps  to  many  kinds  of  public 
and  commercial  building,  a  gain  of  as  much  as  20% 
is  expected  as  a  result  of  the  benefits  of  low  mort- 
gage rates,  though  multifamily  housing  is  likely  to 
be  down  as  apartment  "tax  shelter  market"  losses 
wane  in  appeal.  Residential  building  will  reach  1.85 
million  units  this  year,  the  best  in  the  1980s.  Non- 
residential construction  is  expected  to  decline  6%  to 
$77.2  billion,  primarily  due  to  a  sharp  drop  in  office 
building. 


AMENDMENTS  TO  J.T.P.A. 

The  House  has  approved  a  measure  authorizing 
a  series  of  technical  amendments  to  the  three-year- 
old  Job  Training  Partnership  Act,  including  a 
change  that  would  make  it  easier  for  farmers  and 
others  to  qualify  for  retraining  and  employment  as- 
sistance under  the  Dislocated  Worker  Program.  The 
bill  (H.R.  5185)  also  earmarks  funds  for  literacy, 
school  drop-out  prevention,  and  programs  that  help 
young  people  make  the  transition  from  school  to 
work.  A  similar  measure  (S.  2069)  was  approved  by 
the  Senate. 

Under  JTPA,  workers  who  lose  their  jobs  as  a 
result  of  declining  economic  conditions  in  their  com- 
munities may  qualify  for  job  search  and  retraining 
assistance  under  the  dislocated  worker  program. 
Currently,  eligibility  is  based  on  the  individual's  in- 
come for  the  previous  six  months.  Under  the  House 
bill,  the  income  "lookback"  period  would  be  ex- 
tended to  12  months,  extending  eligibility  to  individ- 
uals who  have  had  long  periods  of  joblessness  dur- 
ing the  previous  year.  The  bill  also  would  require 
the  Secretary  of  Labor  to  develop  methods  for  col- 
lecting data  on  permanently  dislocated  farmers,  and 
to  report  to  Congress  whether  joblessness  in  the 
farming  community  is  adequately  reflected  in  the 
unemployment  statistics  compiled  by  the  U.S.  Bu- 
reau of  Labor  Statistics. 


CARPENTER 


tPost  industrial  prosperity  a  myth?^ 


Low-Wage  Job 
Growth  in  Services 

■Hides  Erosion 
in  Factory  Sector 


By  CALVIN  G.  ZON 

PAI  Staff  Wiiler 

In  1980,  as  the  economy  weakened 
under  President  Carter  and  the  jobless 
rate  topped  7%,  presidential  candidate 
Ronald  Reagan  promised  American 
voters  "jobs,  jobs,  and  more  jobs." 
However,  the  Reagan  recession  of  1982 
drove  unemployment  above  10%. 

Today,  with  the  Reagan  "recovery" 
nearly  four  years  old,  the  nation's  job- 
less rate  still  exceeds  7%,  where  it  has 
been  stuck  for  more  than  two  years. 
And  8.4  million  Americans  were  un- 
employed in  mid-1986,  nearly  a  half 
million  more  than  when  this  Adminis- 
tration took  office  in  January  1981. 

Millions  of  jobs  have  been  lost  in  the 
trade-battered  manufacturing  sector  and 
in  the  depressed  energy,  mining,  and 
agricultural  sectors.  Further,  most  gov- 
ernment economic  reports  point  toward 
continued  sluggish  growth  and  high  un- 
employment at  best  or,  at  worst,  a 
second  Reagan  recession. 

Of  course.  President  Reagan  and  other 
Administration  officials  prefer  to  look 
at  the  bright  side  of  the  picture.  They 
boast  that  more  Americans  are  working 


today  than  ever  before  and  that  millions 
of  jobs  have  been  created  by  the  free 
market,  aided  by  the  Administration's 
deregulation,  "free  trade,"  and  busi- 
ness tax  break  policies. 

Labor  Day  1986  is  a  fitting  time  to 
look  behind  the  hype  and  the  happy 
talk  at  what's  really  been  happening 
with  regard  to  the  nation's  labor  force 
and  what  the  future  may  look  like  if 
trends  continue. 

The  President  is  correct  in  saying 
that  9.7  million  jobs  were  created  in  the 
first  five-and-a-half  years  of  his  Admin- 
istration. However,  this  is  not  excep- 
tional. For  example,  some  10  million 
jobs  were  created  during  the  four  years 
of  the  Carter  Administration. 

Moreover,  the  job  growth  during  the 
Reagan  years  has  been  confined  to  the 
service  sector.  In  June  1986,  there  were 
some  1.5  million  fewer  jobs  in  the  pro- 
duction sector  than  in  1980.  Most  of 
the  9.7  million  new  jobs  pay  consider- 
ably less  than  the  lost  manufacturing 
jobs.  Nearly  2.5  million  of  them  provide 
only  part-time  employment,  and  more 
than  half  of  those  who  hold  them  want 
full-time  work  but  can't  find  it. 

Of  the  9.7  million  new  jobs,  30.5% 
were  in  retail  trade,  where  the  average 
weekly  wage,  as  of  May,  was  $174.29, 


or  $9,063  a  year,  according  to  the  Bu- 
reau of  Labor  Statistics.  That  is  less 
than  the  government-set  poverty  level 
of  $10,990  a  year  for  a  family  of  four. 

The  BLS  said  about  58.9%  of  the 
added  jobs  were  in  the  category  of 
miscellaneous  services,  which  includes 
hotels  and  motels,  business  services, 
temporary  office  services,  and  health 
services.  The  average  wage  in  this  cat- 
egory is  $13,647  a  year.  The  other  10.6% 
were  in  a  variety  of  areas. 

Women  have  taken  nearly  85%  of 
these  new,  usually  low-paid,  and  often 
part-time  jobs  during  the  1980's  as  two- 
earner  families  have  become  necessary 
to  make  ends  meet  and  the  number  of 
single-parent  families  has  grown. 

Since  he  took  office,  450,000  jobs 
have  been  lost  in  the  primary  metals 
industry;  250,000  in  fabricated  metals; 
344,000  in  the  industrial  machine  in- 
dustry; 300,000  in  the  textile  and  ap- 
parel industry,  and  so  on,  in  lumber,  in 
pipe,  in  transportation  and  agricultural 
equipment,  in  chemicals,  in  paper,  in 
food  processing. 

In  addition,  331,000  mining  jobs  have 
been  lost,  many  of  them  recently  in  oil 
and  gas  drilling.  Some  200,000  family 
farms  were  lost  in  1985  alone,  with  no 
end  of  the  farm-belt  depression  in  sight. 
In  May,  the  U.S.  suffered  its  first  trade 
deficit  in  farm  products  since  1959. 

It  has  become  fashionable  in  some 
circles  to  write  off  as  insignificant  the 
decline  of  the  nation's  basic  industries. 
The  new  jobs  of  the  Information  Age 
and  the  High  Tech  era  will  more  than 
compensate  for  the  loss,  "futurist"  in- 
tellectuals argue.  A  "post-industrial" 
America  can  thrive  on  a  service  econ- 
omy, they  claim. 

These  notions  were  dispelled  in  a 
recent  issue  of  Business  Week  magazine 
whose  cover  story  was  headlined,  "The 
Hollow  Corporation. "  The  28-page  spe- 
cial report  concluded  that  "the  idea 
that  a  post-industrial  America  can  be- 
come increasingly  prosperous  as  a  serv- 
ice-based economy  appears  to  be  a 
dangerous  myth  ...  If  basic  industry 
is  allowed  to  wither,  the  service  sector 
cannot  thrive,"  the  report  said. 

The  Labor  Dept.  projects  that,  if 
current  trends  continue,  services  will 
provide  roughly  90%  of  all  new  jobs. 
But  this  job  growth,  said  Business  Week, 
isn't  likely  to  help  much  in  "keeping 
the  U.S.  competitive  in  world  markets 
and  raising  Americans'  standard  of  liv- 
ing." These  new  service  jobs  will,  on 
average,  pay  less  than  today's  jobs,  the 
report  said. 

It  is  said  high-paid  jobs  in  "leading- 
edge  technologies,  finance,  and  the 
professions"  will  be  more  than  offset 
by  larger  numbers  of  such  lower-paid 
jobs  as  janitors  and  clerks. 

Continued  on  Page  37 


OCTOBER     1986 


See  accompanying  story  on  opposite  page. 


ATTENTION 


People  With  Asbestos-Related  Diseases 


Manville  has  filed  a  Plan  to  compensate 

asbestos  victims.  You  have  a 

right  to  vote  on  that  Plan. 

Johns-Manville,  once  the  nation's  largest  producer  of 
asbestos  and  asbestos  products,  has  been  in  bankruptcy 
for  the  past  four  years.  A  plan  has  been  developed  to 
reorganize  the  corporation  and  to  set  up  a  Trust  to  provide 
compensation  to  current  and  future  asbestos  victims. 

The  Bankruptcy  Court  has  ruled  that  you  have  a  right  to 
vote  on  the  Plan  if  you  were  exposed  to  Manville  asbestos 
or  Manville  asbestos  products  and: 


You  have  filed  an  asbestos- 
related  health  lawsuit  against 
Johns— Manville  or  any  other 
asbestos  producer. 


OR 


You  have  not  filed  a  lawsuit, 
but  have  an  asbestos-related 
disease  which  has  been  diag- 
nosed by  a  physician. 


To  get  a  ballot  and  Plan  materials,  contact  your  lawyer  or 
call  toll  free  1-800-445-5412  or  write  to  Manville  Reorganiza- 
tion, RO.  Box  5851,  Denver,  Colorado  80217. 

If  the  Plan  is  confirmed,  you  will  still  be  able  to  file  a  claim 
for  compensation  with  the  Trust,  even  if  you  don't  vote  or 
are  not  eligible  to  vote  now  but  develop  an  asbestos- 
related  disease  in  the  future.  It  is  very  important  that  all 
asbestos  victims  who  are  eligible  to  vote  do  vote  on  the 
reorganization. 

The  court-appointed  Asbestos  Victims  Committee  has 
approved  the  Plan  as  being  in  the  best  interests  of  all 
asbestos  victims. 

All  ballots  must  be  postmarked  on  or  before 
November  14, 1986. 


CARPENTER 


The  Manville 
Bankruptcy  Plan 


The  Johns-Manville  Corporation,  once  the 
primary  asbestos  manufacturer  in  the  U.S., 
filed  for  bankruptcy  over  four  years  ago. 
Currently,  over  45,000  to  50,000  asbestos 
victims  have  lawsuits  pending  against  Man- 
ville for  causing  their  diseases.  The  bank- 
ruptcy courts  appointed  a  Victims  Commit- 
tee composed  primarily  of  19  trial  lawyers 
who  represent  the  present  claimants  and  an 
attorney,  Leon  Silverman,  to  represent  fu- 
ture claimants — those  who  do  not  yet  have 
asbestos  disease  but  may  become  sick  in  the 
future.  They  have  worked  out  a  plan  to 
reorganize  Manville  and  set  up  a  trust  fund 
and  claims  facility  to  compensate  victims. 
The  court  has  ordered  them  to  advertise  this 
plan  and  allow  victims  who  were  exposed 
to  Manville  products,  such  as  transite,  a 
chance  to  vote  for  or  against  it.  The  ad  on 
the  accompanying  page  is  part  of  that  infor- 
mation campaign  and  appeared  in  newspa- 
pers throughout  the  U.S.  the  weekend  of 
September  14th,  in  conjunction  with  a  tele- 
vision and  radio  ad  campaign  to  inform 
victims  of  their  right  to  vote  on  the  plan. 

The  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America  and  the  AFL-CIO  have 
not  taken  a  position  on  the  Manville  reorgan- 
ization plan  and  are  not  recommending  a  vote 
either  for  or  against.  We  are  helping  to 
publicize  the  ballot  proposal  and  to  encour- 
age victims  to  exercise  their  voting  rights" 
on  this  significant  question.  While  the  plan 
has  many  merits,  it  also  has  its  critics  and 
drawbacks.  Some  of  the  pros  and  cons  are 
outlined  below.  We  urge  you  to  weigh  the 
pros  and  cons  carefully  and  decide  for  your- 
self how  to  vote.  It  is  a  difficult  but  important 
issue  with  no  easy  solutions. 

The  plan  calls  for  Manville  and  its  insur- 
ance carriers  to  contribute  $2.6  billion  over 
the  next  28  years  into  a  trust  fund  for  victims. 
Victims  can  present  their  case  for  compen- 
sation to  the  trustees  of  the  fund  and  get  a 
quick  settlement  (within  5-6  months).  Vic- 
tims would  no  longer  have  to  prove  in  court 
that  asbestos  can  cause  disease,  but  would 
still  have  to  show  they  were  exposed  to 
Manville's  asbestos  products.  The  size  of 
the  settlement  would  depend  on  the  extent 
of  the  disease,  and  compounding  factors, 
such  as  smoking,  will  most  likely  influence 
awards.  Lawyers  will  probably  still  be  nec- 
essary to  make  the  best  case  and  get  the 
best  awards. Their  fees  would  typically  be 
negotiated  with  the  client  as  contingency 
fees  paid  out  of  the  award  money,  thus  an 
estimated  one-third  of  the  $2.6  billion  could 
go  for  legal  fees.  Victims  who  are  not  sat- 
isfied with  the  settlement  will  still  have  the 
right  to  sue,  but  they  will  have  to  sue  the 
trust,  not  Manville.  Whereas  in  the  past 
victims  sued  for  both  compensatory  damages 
(lost  wages,  medical  bills,  pain  and  suffering) 
and  for  punitive  damages  (to  punish  the 
company  for  wrong-doing  or  misconduct), 
punitive  damages  will  no  longer  be  available. 
Although  damage  awards  may  therefore  be 
lower,  those  in  favor  of  this  compromise 
argue  that  Manville's  assets  might  be  ex- 
Continued  on  Page  19 ' 


SHEARSON  LEHMAN  BROTHERS 

Shearson  Asset 
Management 
Lehman  Managem.ent 
The  Balcor  Company 
The  Boston  Company 
Bernstein-Macaulay  Inc. 
Robinson-Hum.phrey 


The  UBC  has  been  conducting  a  boycott  of  American  Express  services,  protesting 
the  corporation's  nonunion  building  projects. 

American  Express  is 
More  than  Meets  the  Eye 


Started  in  1850,  American  Ex- 
press is  now  the  eleventh  largest 
company  in  the  United  States, 
with  annual  revenues  of  almost 
$12  billion,  a  1985  profit  of  $810 
million,  and  over  70,000  employ- 
ees. With  over  20  million  credit 
cards  in  circulation,  most  people 
think  of  American  Express  as 
simply  a  credit  card  and  travelers 
check  company,  but  they're  much 
more.  Through  a  number  of  di- 
visions and  subsidiaries,  Ameri- 
can Express  is  a  multifaceted  fi- 
nancial services  company  involved 
in  world  banking,  insurance,  per- 
sonal finance,  real  estate  devel- 
opment, investment  manage- 
ment, and  other  businesses. 


Union  Funds  Managed 

American  Express  provides  one 
of  the  most  striking  examples  of 
a       corporation 


whose  seem- 
ingly independ- 
ent parts  com- 
bine to  become 
a  major  force  in 
the  investment 
management 
area.  Subsidi- 
aries of  Ameri- 
can Express,  in- 
cluding Shearson  Lehman  Bros., 
The  Boston  Co.,  The  Balcor  Co., 
Bernstein-Macaulay  Inc.,  and 
Robinson-Humphrey,  all  are  en- 
gaged in  the  business  of  managing 


Let  American  Express  Hear 

From  You  .  .  . 
Mr.  James  D.  Robinson,  III 
Chairman  &  Chief  Executive 

Officer 
American  Express  Company 
World  Financial  Center 
New  York,  New  York  10285 


and  investing  pension  and  other 
benefit  funds.  These  companies 
manage  a  combined  total  of  over 
$70  billion,  a  significant  portion 
of  which  is  union  pension  funds. 

Personal  Financial  Services 

With  the  purchase  of  IDS  Fi- 
nancial Services  in  1984,  Ameri- 
can Express  has  made  its  move 
to  enter  the  competitive  area  of 
personal  financial  services.  IDS 
is  geared  towards  the  smaller 
clients,  specializing  in  mutual 
funds,  insurance,  investment  cer- 
tificates, annuities,  and  other  in- 
vestment services. 


Real  Estate  Development 

The  company's  fund  manage- 
ment and  personal  services'  sub- 
sidiaries are  also  involved  in  the 
area  of  real  es- 
tate develop- 
ment and  fi- 
nance. They  act 
as  developers, 
provide  con- 
struction and 
permanent  fi- 
nancing for  new 
projects,  pur- 
chase existing 
buildings,  and  serve  as  real  estate 
consultants.  American  Express' 
combined  operations  rank  as  the 
twelfth  largest  real  estate  devel- 
opers in  the  United  States. 


OCTOBER     1986 


OttaiMfa 
Report 


UNION  MEMBERSHIP  UP 

Union  membership  in  Canada  increased  to 
3,730,000  as  of  January  1986,  compared  with 
3,666,000  a  year  earlier — an  increase  of  1 .7%,  ac- 
cording to  figures  released  recently  by  Labour  Can- 
ada. 

The  1986  membership  represented  37.7%  of 
non-agricultural  paid  workers  in  Canada — a  small 
decrease  from  the  39%  figure  of  last  year. 

The  eight  largest  unions  in  Canada  retained  the 
ranking  they  established  in  1985  and  recorded  a 
total  net  gain  in  membership. 


PENSION  FUNDS  RESTORED 

The  Ontario  Supreme  Court  ordered  Dominion 
Stores  Ltd.  to  repay  $38  million  it  took  from  a  pen- 
sion fund  covering  10,000  members  of  the  Retail, 
Wholesale  and  Department  Store  Union.  The  On- 
tario Pension  Commission  had  allowed  the  com- 
pany to  withdraw  the  funds  after  the  department 
store  chain  claimed  the  pension  plan  was  "over- 
funded."  However,  the  court  ruled  that  the  compa- 
ny's withdrawal  was  "without  authority,"  because 
the  pension  plan  was  financed  through  mandatory 
employee  payroll  contributions,  with  Dominion  mak- 
ing additional  deposits  when  needed.  Workers  at 
the  hearing  said  the  company  led  them  to  believe 
that  any  surplus  money  in  the  fund  belonged  to 
them. 


ALBERTA  LAWS  ANTI-LABOR? 

Recent  scenes  at  Edmonton  meat-packing  plants 
have  focused  national  attention  on  Alberta's  labor 
laws,  denounced  by  labor  leaders  as  the  most  reac- 
tionary in  the  country. 

At  the  heart  of  current  troubles,  however,  may  be 
the  declining  economy  and  deep-seated  anti-union 
atmosphere  in  the  province,  both  of  which  have 
made  bosses  more  aggressive  in  dealing  with  work- 
ers. 

Dave  Werlin,  president  of  the  Alberta  Federation 
of  Labor  says,  'The  laws  are  not  that  much  differ- 
ent or  worse  here  than  in  Ontario  or  B.C.  What  is 
different  is  that  the  conservative  climate  created  by 
this  government  .  .  .  leads  to  a  different  interpreta- 
tion and  application." 


DISPLACED  WORKERS  STUDY 

Canada  is  hosting  nine  states  selected  by  the 
U.S.  Department  of  Labor  and  the  National  Gover- 
nors' Association  to  participate  in  the  second  phase 
of  a  demonstration  project  to  study  how  Canada 
helps  dislocated  workers. 

Employment,  training,  and  economic  development 
officials  from  Arizona,  Arkansas,  Iowa,  f^ichigan. 
New  Jersey,  New  York,  Ohio,  Vermont,  and  Wis- 
consin will  spend  three  days  at  various  sites  in 
Canada  for  on-the-job  training  with  the  Canadian 
Industrial  Adjustment  Service. 

This  demonstration  project,  jointly  sponsored  by 
the  Labor  Department  and  the  National  Governors' 
Association,  was  established  to  disseminate  infor- 
mation about  the  Canadian  strategies  and  policies 
for  assisting  displaced  workers  and  to  determine 
whether  the  Canadian  system  can  be  applied  effec- 
tively at  plants  in  the  United  States. 

The  Canadian  program,  conducted  through  its  In- 
dustrial Adjustment  Service,  is  a  voluntary  system 
to  help  coordinate  training  and  outplacement  assist- 
ance for  dislocated  workers.  This  system,  based  on 
early  intervention  and  the  use  of  labor-management 
cooperation,  has  had  a  very  successful  placement 
rate  at  a  low  cost.  The  objectives  of  the  system  are 
job  development  and  job  placement. 

Thirty-four  states  participated  in  the  first  phase  of 
the  project — an  orientation  workshop  on  the  tech- 
niques used  in  Canada  to  assist  dislocated  workers. 
Nineteen  of  those  34  states  submitted  applications 
to  participate  in  Phase  Two.  Of  the  nine  states 
selected  for  training  sessions  in  Canada,  six  will  be 
chosen  this  Fall  for  an  actual  implementation,  at  a 
plant  site  or  sites  in  their  own  state. 


MEDICARE  THREAT 

The  Canadian  Health  Coalition  has  sharply  criti- 
cized the  Ontario  Medical  Association  for  its  support 
of  extra-billing.  "We  believe  the  Ontario  health  in- 
surance system  is  an  important  part  of  Canada's 
national  medicare  system, "  said  Guy  Adam,  CHC 
chairperson.  "The  Ontario  Medical  Association's 
claim  that  extra-billing  is  an  asset  to  Ontario's  medi- 
care system  is  a  very  real  threat  to  the  whole  of 
medicare.  Such  claims  support  the  incorrect  as- 
sumption that  elimination  of  extra-billing  in  all  prov- 
inces will  destroy  our  national  medicare  system. 

"The  actions  of  the  OMA  are  the  real  threat  to 
medicare.  Extra-billing  erodes  people's  right  to 
health  care.  If  the  OMA  is  really  interested  in  im- 
proving Ontario's  health  care  system  it  should  be 
working  to  establish  more  community  health 
centres.  In  these  centres,  physicans  can  spend 
quality  time  with  their  patients  working  to  prevent 
illness,  and  would  be  reimbursed  by  a  salary  mode 
system.  Support  for  and  working  within  community 
health  centres  would  do  away  with  the  issue  of 
extra-billing.  Physicians  in  community  health 
centres  are  accountable  to  a  community  board.  This 
community  accountability  would  alleviate  their  fear 
of  being  government  employees, "  he  said. 

Adam  pointed  out  that  Ontario  health  care  users 
have  been  insulted  time  and  time  again  by  OMA 
claims  that  medicare  is  not  being  eroded  by  extra- 
billing. 


10 


CARPENTER 


FIVE  WHO  STUCK  IT  OUT  AND  SUCCEEDED 


Union-Busting  Efforts  by  Ontario 
Lumber  Truss  Firms  Fail 


Local  companies  and  unions  considered 
it  a  test  case  when  UBC  Industrial  Local 
1030,  Ottawa,  Ont.,  took  on  the  J.  Steen- 
bakkers  Lumber  Co.  Ltd.  and  Capital  Roof 
Truss  Co.  Ltd.  in  a  contract  dispute. 

It  was  Local  1030"s  first  strike,  and  the 
local  business  community  wondered  whether 
the  local  union  had  the  strength  to  survive 
against  a  determined  anti-union  employer. 

Four  months  later,  everybody  knew  they 
did. 

Local  1030's  contract  with  Steenbakkers 
and  Capital  Roof  Truss  expired  on  Aug.  I , 
1985,  and,  by  law,  the  employees  became 
eligible  for  strike  action  last  winter. 

According  to  Representative  Frank  Man- 
oni,  employees  were  being  paid  $5.50  to  $8 
an  hour,  although  the  company  contended 
that  some  employees  were  paid  as  much  as 
$10  an  hour. 

The  local  asked  for  no  changes  in  the 
contract  language — only  a  5(H  per  hour  wage 
increase  in  each  of  two  years. 

Steenbakkers  told  the  union  it  wanted  the 
right  to  pay  employees  according  to  merit 
rather  than  the  wages  provided  by  the  union 
contract.  The  company  also  wanted  the 
union  to  give  up  its  job  security  system, 
which  was  based  upon  seniority. 

While  the  contract  talks  were  underway, 
the  company  gave  $200  bonuses  to  favored 
employees.  All  the  elements  for  union  bust- 
ing were  in  place. 

Last  March  24,  22  Steenbakkers  employ- 
ees went  on  strike  to  protest  the  company 
demands. 

In  a  parallel  dispute  two  former  employees 
of  Napean  Roof  Truss  Ltd.  appealed  to  the 
Ontario  labor  minister  to  ensure  that  they 
were  rehired  and  paid  seven  months  back 
wages.  Peter  and  Paul  Simmons  had  been 
fired  for  trying  to  join  Local  1030,  and  the 
Ontario  Labour  Relations  Board  ruled  that 
they  were  unjustly  fired.  Steenbakkers,  it 
turned  out,  was  also  a  silent  partner  of 
Nepean  Roof  Truss  Ltd.,  and  Steenbakkers 
said  the  two  men  would  be  rehired  when  the 
dispute  with  Steenbakkers  was  settled. 

Hubert  Steenbakkers,  manager  of  Steen- 
bakkers Lumber  Ltd.  and  Capital  Roof  Truss 
Ltd.,  told  the  newspapers,  "We  will  hire 
other  employees,  if  these  people  stay  out." 

During  the  opening  days  of  the  strike,  the 
union  asked  the  Ontario  Labour  Relations 
Board  to  order  the  company  to  bargain  in 
good  faith  or  resolve  the  dispute  by  arbitra- 
tion. 

As  the  picketing  continued,  some  of  the 
22-member  bargaining  unit  returned  to  work. 
Those  who  remained  out  determined  to  con- 
tinue the  battle,  despite  the  fact  that  they 
would  only  receive  $60  a  week  in  strike  pay. 

Local   1030  asked  the  Labour  Relations 


'^  I 


t  dill  nionllis  of  si  like  cjjorl.s.  iiuiiidini; 
pickeltines,  boycotts,  and  negotialions 
finally  resulted  in  a  successful  contract  for 
Local  1030  workers  at  Steenbakkers  in 
Ottawa.  Ont. 

Board  to  investigate  complaints  that  the 
company  refused  to  bargain  with  the  union's 
official  negotiator,  that  it  tried  to  get  an 
employee  excluded  from  the  union  negoti- 
ating committee,  and  that  the  company  wanted 
a  voice  in  the  selection  of  union  shop  stew- 
ards. 

In  May  Napean  police  charged  the  general 
manager  of  the  strike-bound  companies,  Hu- 
bert Steenbakkers,  with  assault  and  mis- 
chief. Steenbakkers  was  charged  with  as- 


saulting Local  1030  Treasurer  Andrew  Root 
in  an  incident  on  the  picket  line. 

By  that  time,  only  six  of  the  original  22 
employees  were  still  on  strike.  According  to 
the  Ottawa  Citizen,  the  others  either  never 
went  on  strike  or  they  took  jobs  elsewhere. 
The  two  sides,  meanwhile,  had  made  some 
progress,  and  further  meetings  were  sched- 
uled after  the  Labour  Board  ordered  the 
company  back  to  the  bargaining  table. 

Continued  on  Page  26 


Accords  Reached  with  Major  Forest 
Products  Producers  in  Northwest 


Following  contract  settlements  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Carpenter's  Western  Council  of 
Lumber,  Production,  and  Industrial  Workers 
and  Region  HI  of  the  International  Wood- 
workers of  America  with  Weyerhaeuser  Co. , 
agreements  were  reached  with  other  large 
wood  product  producers  in  the  Pacific 
Northwest.  The  agreements  covering  thou- 
sands of  Brotherhood  and  IWA  members 
were  negotiated  by  the  U.S.  Forest  Products 
Joint  Bargaining  Board,  which  is  comprised 
of  IWA  Regions  111  and  V  and  the  Broth- 
erhood's LPIW  and  Southern  Council  of 
Industrial  Workers. 

The  settlement  at  Willamette  Industries 
ended  a  27-day  strike  by  1,250  workers  at 
the  company's  ten  mills  in  the  Pacific  North- 
west where  it  had  implemented  its  last  con- 
tract proposal  on  August  4.  Once  the  strike 
began  on  July  2 1 ,  the  striking  workers  began 
developing  community  support  for  the  unions' 
bargaining  position.  The  efforts  resulted  in 
many  small  businesses  in  Lebanon,  Sweet 
Home,  and  Dallas,  Ore.,  posting  banners  in 


support  of  the  strikers.  The  public  support 
of  the  town's  small  businesses,  granted  in 
recognition  of  the  importance  of  fair  wage 
standards  to  the  entire  community,  prompted 
Willamette  to  end  a  program  of  employer 
awards  in  the  form  of  gift  certificates  re- 
deemable at  these  community  businesses. 

The  month-long  strike  at  Willamette  moved 
the  company  off  of  its  efforts  to  drastically 
reduce  employee  vacation  entitlements  and 
minimized  the  necessary  wage  concessions. 
The  agreement  reached  at  Willamette  im- 
mediately provided  the  outline  for  a  settle- 
ment at  Boise  Cascade  and  Champion  In- 
ternational where  4,000  UBC  members 
continued  to  work  under  the  provisions  of 
the  three-year  agreement  which  expired  in 
June. 

At  Boise  Cascade,  2,200  LPIW  members 
at  II  plants  in  Idaho.  Washington,  and  Or- 
egon approved  a  new  contract  by  a  62% 
majority  following  an  earlier  rejection.  Com- 
pany  modifications  of  its  efforts   to   limit 

Continued  on  Page  37 


OCTOBER     1986 


11 


Brotherhood's  L-P  Fight  Helps  Secure  Solid 
Future  in  Wood  Products  Industry 


With  the  recent  completion  ol'  con- 
tract negotiations  in  the  wood  products 
industry,  the  Brotherhood's  future  in 
the  industry  looks  promising.  A  great 
deal  of  the  credit  for  the  successful 
efforts  to  keep  the  union  companies 
under  contract  in  these  last  negotiations 
rests  with  the  Brotherhood  members 
who  have  joined  in  the  hght  against 
Louisiana-Pacific  over  the  past  three 
years.  Difhcult  economic  conditions  in 
the  industry  made  wage  concessions  a 
reahty.  but  strong  local  leadership, 
skillful  bargaining,  and  the  Brother- 
hood's commitment  to  the  L-P  fight 
have  insured  the  Brotherhood's  future 
in  the  forest  products  industry. 

"For  over  three  years,  I  have  been 
urging  Brotherhood  members  to  join  in 
support  of  our  striking  members  at 
Louisiana-Pacific  and  for  three  years 
you  have  responded.  This  membership 
response  has  shown  every  producer  in 
the  forest  products  industry  that  we're 
willing  to  fight  hard  to  protect  our 
members'  livelihoods.  We've  estab- 
lished a  strong  deterrence  that  will  serve 
us  well  in  the  future,"  stated  General 
President  Patrick  J.  Campbell. 

"Our  task  now  is  to  continue  to  fight 
L-P,"  Campbell  said.  "Our  campaign 
against  L-P  has  taken  us  down  many 
roads.  Brotherhood  members  have 
mounted  Labor's  most  effective  prod- 
uct boycott,  producing  a  list  of  over 
600  stores  that  have  dropped  the  com- 
pany's wood  products.  We've  success- 
fully stalled  and  blocked  company  ex- 
pansion efforts.  In  coalition  with 
environmental  and  civic  organizations, 
we've  raised  serious  obstacles  to  com- 
pany operations.  We've  successfully 
mobilized  a  significant  number  of  the 
company's  shareholders  in  support  of 
major  corporate  changes.  Public  fund- 
ing sources  for  LP  expansion  activities 
in  the  states  have  been  shutoff,  and  L- 
P  can  expect  more  of  the  same,"  con- 
tinued Campbell. 

Controversy  Follows  L-P 

In  nearly  every  town  LP  enters, 
controversy  is  usually  not  far  behind. 
The  latest  L-P  problems  are  in  Dawson 
Creek,  B.C.,  and  the  towns  of  Olathe 
and  Kremmling,  Colo.  L-P  demanded 
and  received  tremendous  economic  in- 
centives from  the  provincial  govern- 
ment in  British  Columbia  in  exchange 
for  a  commitment  to  build  a  new  waf- 
erboard  plant  in  the  province.  The  gov- 
ernment give-away  package  is  presently 
the   subject   of  legal   challenges   from 


community  groups  and  the  Interna- 
tional Woodworkers  of  America,  which 
represents  workers  at  nearby  plywood 
mills. 

In  Colorado,  L-P  has  been  brought 
before  the  State  Environmental  Com- 
mission for  the  second  time,  following 
the  issuance  of  new  citations  for  the 
emissions  of  air  pollutants  at  its  two 
state-of-the-art  waferboard  plants  in  the 
state.  The  two  mills  will  be  closed  if 
the  company  does  not  implement  effec- 
tive abatement  measures. 

In  Sierra  County,  Calif.,  where  L-P 
has  attempted  to  build  a  major  wafer- 
board  plant,  litigation  by  the  UBC  Local 
3074  has  blocked  construction  of  the 
plant.  Local  Business  Agent  Gerry 
Dunkly  reports  that  recent  favorable 
decisions  in  the  case  pose  serious  ob- 
stacles to  L-P's  construction  efforts. 


L-P  Acquisitions  Planned 

L-P  recently  announced  that  it  was 
making  two  major  acquisitions  of  tim- 
berland  in  Northern  California,  East 
Texas,  and  Louisiana.  The  company 
has  proposed  to  buy  98,000  acres  of 
timberland  and  a  sawmill  in  Calpella, 
Calit. .  and  the  operatii)ns  of  Santa  Fe 
Southern  Pacific  Corporation's  Kirby 
Forest  Industries  Inc.,  including  6.*>0, (KM) 
acres  of  timberland  and  their  operating 


plants  in  Texas  and  Louisiana.  L-P, 
which  in  the  past  has  relied  heavily  on 
public  timber,  appears  interested  in  se- 
curing its  own  timberbase.  Litigation 
and  administrative  appeals  of  Forest 
Service  timber  sales  in  Colorado  in 
which  the  Brotherhood  has  participated 
have  prevented  L-P  from  cutting  any 
public  timber  for  its  Colorado  opera- 
tions. 

Boycott  Commitment  Continues 

"It's  rare  that  a  union  commits  itself 
to  waging  a  campaign  against  a  com- 
pany or  contractor  as  long  as  we  have 
with  L-P,  hut  that's  what  makes  the 
Brotherhood  different,"  stated  Camp- 
bell. "We've  demonstrated  staying 
power  and  determination  which  will 
serve  us  well  in  all  our  fights.  The 
boycott  efforts  have  been  very  suc- 
cessful, and  I  urge  your  continued  sup- 
port. L-P  wood  products  are  distributed 
nationally,  so  everyone  can  get  in- 
volved. To  those  who  have  supported 
the  boycott,  we  need  your  continued 
support,  and  those  who  have  not  con- 
ducted boycott  activity  must  join  this 
effort,"  urged  Campbell. 

Those  who  need  assistance  in  starting 
boycott  activity  should  contact  the  Spe- 
cial Programs  Department  in  the  Genral 
Office.  Instructions  and  handbilling  ma- 
terials will  be  provided,  jjtji; 


12 


CARPENTER 


Campbell,  Housing  Trust  Condemn  Dismantling  FHA  Program 


The  Housing  Investment  Trust,  a 
joint  labor-management  organization  set 
up  to  create  affordable  housing  and  jobs 
for  union  members,  has  expressed  deep 
concern  over  the  Reagan  Administra- 
tion's efforts  to  weatcen  or  dismantle 
the  Federal  Housing  Administration's 
mortgage  insurance  program. 

UBC  President  Pat  Campbell,  a 
trustee,  listed  some  of  the  Administra- 
tion's recommendations:  "Such  pro- 
posals have  included  the  possible  sale 
of  FHA  assets  and  transferring  FHA 
mortgage  insurance  programs  to  private 
business  concerns,  disproportionate  cuts 
in  the  FHA  budget  and  its  staff,  disal- 
lowing closing  costs  as  part  of  a  mort- 
gage package,  arbitrary  limitations  on 
the  income  of  organizations  participat- 
ing in  the  FHA  programs,  and  efforts 
to  limit  the  authorizations  of  the  Gov- 
ernment National  Mortgage  Associa- 
tion." 

The  HIT  board  of  trustees  unani- 
mously adopted  a  resolution  condemn- 
ing the  Reagan  Administration  pro- 
posals. The  resolution  said,  in  part: 
"The  FHA  has  helped  millions  of 
American  families  to  find  decent,  af- 
fordable housing  and  achieve  the  Amer- 
ican dream  of  home  ownership  while 
producing  substantial  net  revenues  for 
the  federal  government. 

"Home  ownership  and  decent,  af- 
fordable housing  are  a  basic  American 
value  and  privilege." 

The  HIT  trustees  called  upon  all 
Americans  who  have  benefited  from 


The  Inislc'i's  of  the  AFL-CIO  Hon.siiii,'  Inve.sliiiciil  Trusi  in  session  in  Chicai^o,  with  UBC 
General  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell  in  attendance,  fourth  from  left.  AFL-CIO  Secre- 
tary-Treasurer Thomas  R.  Donahue,  in  the  right  rear,  leads  the  discussion. 


FHA  in  purchasing  their  homes  or  plan 
to  purchase  a  home  in  the  future  to 
voice  their  concern  and  join  in  resisting 
attempts  to  dismantle  FHA. 

Housing  Investment  Trust  produced 
an  annual  return  on  investments  of  16% 
between  Oct.  I,  1984,  and  June  30, 
1986,  while  meeting  its  primary  goal  of 
creating  jobs  for  union  members  ands 
affordable  housing,  the  AFL-CIO  Ex- 
ecutive Council  was  told. 

The  assets  of  the  fund  during  that 
period      increased      by      37.9%      to 


$145,916,750  while  its  ratio  of  expenses 
to  average  net  assets  was  cut  in  half 
from  1.4%  to  seven-tenths  of  1%. 

In  detailing  the  fund's  success  to  the 
Executive  Council,  HIT  officers  an- 
nounced that  its  board  is  continuing 
efforts  to  set  up  a  parallel  trust  fund 
for  commercial  and  industrial  real  es- 
tate. Negotiations  are  proceeding  with 
a  major  Washington  bank  toward  es- 
tablishing such  a  new  trust  fund,  which, 
like  the  housing  trust,  would  help  create 
jobs  for  union  members. 


Building  Trades  Goes  Public  on  Toyota  Construction 


The  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades  Department  continues 
to  work  in  Kentucky  to  ensure  that 
Toyota  builds  its  proposed  assembly 
plant  in  Georgetown  keeping  in  mind 
the  best  interest  of  all  Kentuckians. 

Toyota,  a  Japanese  company,  plans 
to  build  a  plant  in  the  United  States,  in 
Kentucky,  to  assemble  automobiles  from 
parts  made  in  Japan  by  Japanese  work- 
ers. The  Japanese  construction  com- 
pany Ohbayashi,  serving  as  general 
contractor  for  Toyota,  offered  a  "peace" 
contract  to  the  construction  unions  that 
proposed  that  the  contractors  decide 
what  wages  would  be  paid,  what  hours 
would  be  worked,  who  would  do  what 
work,  and  who  would  be  hired  and 
fired,  without  any  recourse.  And  Toy- 
ota demanded  tax  exemptions  and  sub- 
sidies amounting  to  several  hundred 
million  dollars. 

The  Commonwealth  of  Kentucky  has 
already  promised  to  spend  $125  million 


of  the  taxpayer's  money  for  the  plant, 
money  which  has  to  be  borrowed  with 
an  actual  cost  that  may  exceed  $200 
million.  And  that's  just  for  starters. 

What  it  seems  to  come  down  to  is 
that  Toyota  wants  the  freedom  to  build 
a  new  auto  plant  with  the  taxpayers 
paying  the  bill  for  about  a  $400  million 
incentive  package.  At  the  same  time 
Toyota  refuses  to  negotiate  a  project 
agreement  with  the  Kentucky  State 
Building  and  Construction  Trades 
Council. 

The  Building  and  Construction  Trades 
Department  has  now  taken  the  message 
about  Toyota  public.  There  have  been 
television  ads,  newspaper  ads,  flyers, 
leaflets — and  massive  coverage  by  the 
media.  Many  Labor  Day  rallies  empha- 
sized the  importance  of  a  project  agree- 
ment to  the  ongoing  health  of  the  unions. 

To  ensure  that  the  Toyota  deal  is  in 
the  best  interests  of  everyone  in  the 
state,  the   Building  Trades  has  chal- 


lenged aspects  of  the  state  package  in 
court,  and  is  preparing  to  ask  the  leg- 
islature to  reopen  their  considerations 
of  the  project  and  work  out  a  financial 
package  that  serves  everyone. 

Kentuckians  are  urged  to  write  to 
their  state  legislators  to  ask  them  to 
open  an  inquiry  on  the  Toyota  deal. 
They  can  also  help  by  contacting  the 
Kentucky  State  Building  and  Construc- 
tion Trades  Council  and  finding  out 
what  kind  of  assistance  they  can  give 
in  making  Toyota  consider  the  needs 
of  the  workers.  For  information:  Jerry 
Hammond,  Executive  Secretary /Treas- 
ure. KSBCTC,  P.O.  Box  445,  Main 
Post  Office,  Frankfort,  KY  40602. 

Building  Trades  President  Robert  A. 
Georgine  has  issued  a  letter  for  the 
Kentucky  union  membership  reminding 
them  that  "Your  Solidarity  is  essential 
to  our  having  another  accomplishment 
to  celebrate  next  Labor  Day." 


OCTOBER     1986 


13 


A  view  from  llic  wulfr.  above:  Home  of 
Slepbens  Yachts  in  Slocklon.  Below  lop. 
Local  lf>IS  Slewartt  David  Bari;e  and 
Business  Hep.  Cal  .McNecly  confer  at 
Stephens  Marine.  Below  middle  and  bot- 
tom,  UBC  crtiftwork  is  showcu.'ied  in  com- 
pany photographs  of  the  fine  woodworkini; 
in  a  yacht  bedroom  and  kitchen. 


A  photo  exiiibit  in  I9S2  at  The  Ha,i:iiin  Museum  in  St(}cklon.  Calif.,  on  Stephens  Pleasure 
Craft  diihbed  this  photo  "The  Oldest  and  Newest."  The  1925  Gracela,  .^6  feet  hy  1 1  feet 
hy  3  feet.  125  horsepower,  is  shown  next  to  the  1982  Iwone,  74  feel  hy  IS  feet  by  4.6  feel, 
I. WO  horsepower,  revealing  the  contrasts  in  products  of  the  Stephen  Yard  over  nearly  si.x 
decades.  The  Gracela  is  a  familiar  sight  in  Slocklon  waters:  the  Iwone  was  shipped  to 
Hong  Kong. 


Stockton, 
California 


Yosemite  St.  and 
Stockton  Channel 


Now  Stephens  Marine,  It's  Shipbuilding 
and  UBC  Craftwork  At  Its  Finest 


Great  shipbuilding  is  an  over-cen- 
tury-old tradition  in  Stockton,  Calif. 
The  city's  oldest  industry,  begun  in 
1850,  is  being  carried  on  today  by  Ste- 
phens Marine  Inc.,  one  of  the  finest 
custom-boat  builders  in  the  world,  with 
the  help  of  UBC  members. 

Founded  in  1902,  the  firm,  having 
produced  over  2000  boats,  is  possibly 
better  known  than  the  city  itself.  In  the 
formative  years,  before  1920,  river  tugs, 
barges,  and  commercial  passenger 
launches  gave  the  founding  Stephens 
brothers,  Roy  and  Theodore,  a  base  of 
experience  to  build  on  for  later  spe- 
cialization. To  date,  besides  custom 
motor  and  sailing  yachts,  Stephens  has 
produced  stock  cruisers  and  runabouts, 
navy  minesweepers,  army  tugs,  and 
aircraft  rescue  boats. 

The  firm,  originally  named  Stephens 
Brothers,  focused  from  the  start  on 
producing  lasting  boats  and  establishing 
a  lasting  reputation.  "That  this  ambition 
is  realized,"  a  1929  company  brochure 
read,  "is  evidenced  by  the  boats  that 


were  built  20  to  25  years  ago — still 
sound  and  in  operation  often  times 
wearing  out  a  couple  of  motors  but  still 
good  for  many  years'  hard  service." 

The  Stephens  boys  developed  a  fas- 
cination for  boats  early;  their  father  was 
the  proprietor  of  a  fruit-shipping  busi- 
ness. Their  first  boat,  the  33-foot  cen- 
terboard  sloop  Dorothy,  was  launched 
in  1902.  with  the  quality  of  construction 
highly  praised  in  the  San  Francisco, 
Calif.,  Pacific  Rural  Press.  Since  that 
time,  a>primitive  boat-building  facility 
on  a  partly-sunken  barge  near  the  north 
bank  of  Stockton  has  grown  to  three 
main  buildings  and  three  sets  of  ways, 
comprising  around  45,000  square  feet. 

While  the  company  has  always  been 
most  closely  identified  with  motor  craft, 
some  great  days  of  sailboat  building 
were  Stephens  in  the  late  1930s  when 
extensive  interest  in  auxiliary-powered 
cruising  sailboats  was  generated  among 
San  Francisco  medical  professionals. 
And  Stephens  Marine  is  back  in  the 
news  this  year  with  sailboat  building, 

CARPENTER 


turning  out  the  12-meter  USA,  the  first 
San  Francisco  boat  to  challenge  for  the 
America's  Cup  race,  to  be  held  Jan.  31, 
1987,  off  the  coast  of  Australia. 

In  1951,  the  Westlake,  an  outstanding 
85-foot  custom  yacht  was  built  for  a 
well-known  area  developer  by  Ste- 
phens, the  largest  motor  yacht  built  on 
the  West  Coast  in  a  generation.  During 
the  Korean  War,  the  largest  vessels 
ever  built  at  the  yard  were  con- 
structed— 16  145-foot  minesweepers  for 
the  Navy.  In  addition,  10  80-foot  train- 
ing vessels  were  produced  for  the  Naval 
Academy  at  Annapolis. 

By  the  early  1960s,  Stephens  was 
building  an  average  of  15  boats  a  year. 
The  company  expanded  its  territory  by 
opening  a  sales  office  in  Miami,  Fla.  In 
1966,  the  switch  from  wood  to  alumi- 
num for  hulls  and  most  superstructure 
parts  was  made.  The  last  all-wood  boat, 
the  50-foot  power  cruiser  Coquette ,  was 
launched  in  1974.  In  1976,  the  first 
Stephens-built  yacht  was  sold  to  a  Eu- 
ropean customer — the  92-foot  Mania  II 
to  Greece. 


Exquisite  decli  work 
by  Brotlierhood 
craftsmen  is  pictured 
above:  right,  one  of 
tiie  sets  of  ways 
where  boats  can  be 
raised  and  lowered 
out  of  the  water  with 
a  boat  in  progress. 


Now  in  its  84th  year,  the  firm  typi- 
cally has  a  maximum  of  three  large 
boats  under  production  at  one  time. 
Each  boat  takes  a  minimum  of  18  months 
ot  build;  Stephens  Marine  now  builds 
only  custom  yachts  of  65-foot  or  more 
in  length. 

The  UBC  has  proudly  been  on  board 


at  Stephens  for  over  30  years.  Currently 
12  members  of  Millmen  and  Industrial 
Carpenters  Local  1619,  Sacramento, 
Calif.,  turn  out  the  classic  clean-lined 
decking  and  interior  woodworking  that 
has  contributed  to  making  Stephens 
Marine  such  a  worldwide  well-re- 
spected name  in  the  boating  industry. 

UBfi 


MissingChildren 


If  you  have  any  information  that  could  lead  to  the  location  of  a 
missing  child,  call  The  National  Center  for  Missing  and  Exploited 
Children  in  Washington,  D.C..  1-800-843-5678 


Lisa  Oarrah  Swope,  22, 

has  been  missing  from 
her  home  in  Maryland 
since  December  20, 
1981.  She  has  blond  hair. 


Tyler  Innian,  7,  has  been 
missing  from  his  home 
in  Washington  since 
December  12,  1982.  He 
has  blond  hair  and  blue 
eyes. 


Charlotte  Kinsey,  18,  has 
been  missing  from  her 
home  in  Oklahoma  since 
September  26,  1981.  She 
has  blond  hair  and  brown 
eyes. 


Brian  Byle,  17,  has  been 
missing  from  his  home 
in  Arizona  since  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1981.  He  has 
brown  hair  and  brown 
eyes. 


lOCTOBER     1986 


15 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


Women  can 
collect  New 
York's  Garbage 

In  New  ■^ork.  N.Y.Job  barriers  based 
on  sex  look  the  most  strenuous  pum- 
meling  in  Gotham's  recent  history  when 
a  Manhattan  judge  cleared  the  way  for 
the  hiring  of  the  first  women  garbage 
collectors  in  the  city's  history.  The  judge 
rejected  a  proposal  by  the  Uniformed 
Sanitalionmen's  Association  to  drop  the 
names  of  44.367  candidates,  including 
1,700  women.  The  union  said  it  would 
appeal;  their  jobs  pay  $2.3,600  as  an  entry 
level  scale.  The  women  will  start  their 
training  immediately  with  the  entry-level 
scale. 


St.  Louis  area 
reads  union 
billboards 

"Unions  Work"  is  the  message  that 
the  Greater  St.  Louis.  Mo..  Labor  Coun- 
cil is  getting  across  to  residents  through 
a  new  media  campaign. 

The  council  and  20  area  unions  launched 
the  campaign  with  two  packages  of  bill- 
boards and  radio  spots  to  maximize  pub- 
lic exposure  to  the  union  message  for  the 
least  cost. 

For  $2,500.  unions  can  buy  billboard 
space  and  24  radio  spots  for  a  month. 
For  $950.  unions  get  a  billboard  and  12 
radio  spots.  Both  include  identification 
of  the  sponsoring  local. 

Council  President  Bob  Kelly  said  com- 
plimentary calls  on  the  campaign  have 
been  pouring  in  from  union  members. 
who  express  pride  in  hearing  the  spots. 


Ventilation 
standards  set 
in  California 

The  California  Occupational  .Safely  and 
Health  Administralion  Standards  Board 
adopted  ihe  nation's  first  minimum  ven- 
tilation standard  for  buildings  to  require 
minimum  levels  of  fresh  air  in  sealed 
buildings.  The  standard  was  a  major 
victory  for  the  coalition  of  unions,  com- 
munity, and  health  organi/?ations.  and 
health  care  professionals  which  first  pe- 
titioned for  il  almost  four  years  ago. 


Court  upholds 
vacation  earned 
on  daily  basis 

The  U.S.  Supreme  Court,  ruling  on  a 
case  initiated  by  the  California  Hospital 
Association  and  other  employer  groups, 
decided  that  employees  earn  vacation 
benefits  on  a  daily  basis.  The  high  court 
upheld  a  1985  decision  by  the  U.S.  Ap- 
peals Court  that  paid  vacations  are  earned 
benefits,  which  are  stale-regulated,  and 
are  not  governed  by  federal  pension  law. 
This  means  that  employers  who  set  va- 
calion  eligibility  dale  requirements  must 
pay  for  earned  vacation  benefits  if  em- 
ployees leave  their  jobs  or  are  terminated 
before  the  eligibility  date. 


SEIU  gets  first 
contract  at  Hyatt 
New  Orleans 

Thanks  to  solid  labor  backing  and  Ihe 
support  of  hundreds  of  allied  organiza- 
tions and  individuals.  Ihe  boycott  of  the 
Hyatl-Regency  New  Orleans  b\  the 
Service  Employees  has  been  successful. 
In  July  Ihe  hotel  signed  a  first  conlraci 
with  SEIU  Local  100.  and  Ihe  workers 
there  now  have  a  chance  at  the  kind  of 
wages,  benefits,  and  working  conditions 
Ihey  deserve.  The  contract  marks  Ihe 
end  of  a  five-year  struggle 


Union  employees 
more  satisfied  with 
tangible  rewards 

When  compared  to  all  non-union  em- 
ployees, those  in  unions  registered  less 
satisfaction  in  many  important  aspects 
of  Ihe  National  Survey  of  Employee 
Altitudes  (NSEA)  conducted  by  Sirota 
and  .Alper  Associates  and  co-sponsored 
by  Business  Week . 

"These  figures,  however,  while  accu- 
rate, may  not  provide  an  accurate  pic- 
ture, because  Ihe  union  group  contains 
mostly  non-exempt  employees  while  Ihe 
non-union  group  contains  a  mix  of  non- 
exempl  and  exempt  employees,"  noted 
Dr.  David  Sirola,  chairman  of  the  man- 
agement consulting  firm,  which  special- 
izes in  employee  and  altitude  research. 
"When  only  union  and  non-union  non- 
exempt  are  compared,  a  different  picture 
emerges. 

"Non-union  non-exempts  register 
greater  satisfaction  on  dimensions  such 
as  lop  management,  upward  communi- 
cations, and  job  challenge.  Union  non- 
exempts  are  markedly  more  satisfied  with 
the  tangible  rewards  of  worklife — espe- 
cially pay  and  benefits — and  they  plan  to 
stay  with  their  companies  longer.  The 
two  groups  are  quile  similar  in  all  other 
respects." 


Perdue  Farms  looks 
for  non-union  labor 
climate  in  Virginia 

Perdue  Farms  Inc.,  a  major  producer 
of  poultry  on  the  East  Coast,  is  planning 
to  build  a  deboning  plant  in  Ihe  area  of 
Emporia,  Va.  A  representative  of  the 
company  lold  the  Richmond  {Vu.)  News 
Leader  Ihal  the  company  could  employ 
2,000  workers  within  five  years. 

A  representative  of  Perdue  also  lold 
the  newspaper  that  Ihe  company  wants 
at  least  a  3-to-l  ratio  of  applicants  to 
jobs.  The  area  is  favored  because  "it  has 
everything  Perdue  is  looking  for — low 
tax  rales,  a  nonunion  labor  climate,  a 
source  of  unskilled  workers,  and  close 
proximity  to  its  distribution  center." 


Machinists 
and  El  A! 
settle  strike 

The  27-monlh  machinists  strike  against 
E\  Al  Israel  Airlines  has  been  sealed. 
lAM  President  William  W.  Winpisinger 
has  announced.  Ihe  AFL-CIO  Executive 
Council,  therefore,  requested  El  Al  be 
removed  from  labor's  "Don't  buy"  list. 

Legal  strike  action  against  Ihe  Israeli- 
owned  airline  began  in  March  1984.  A 
three-year  wage  freeze,  Ihe  right  lo  con- 
tract work  out,  and  across-the-board  cuts 
in  benefits  were  among  demands  of  El 
Al  in  an  allempi  lo  decertify  Ihe  lAM  as 
bargaining  agent. 

Through  the  cooperation  and  assist- 
ance of  Hisladrul  (Ihe  Israeli  labor  fed- 
eration), the  AFL-CIO,  and  other  sup- 
portive groups,  an  agreement  has  been 
reached  and  the  contract  ratified. 


100th  anniversary 
of  AFL  founding 
marked  in  1986 

At  a  convention  in  Columbus.  Ohio, 
in  1886.  Ihe  American  Federation  of  La- 
bor was  formed  as  successor  to  the  Fed- 
eration oi  Organized  frades  and  Labor 
Unions,  which  had  been  organized  in 
1881. 

Other  trade  unions  which  had  failed  lo 
gain  autonomy  within  the  ranks  of  Ihe 
rival  Knights  of  Labor  joined  the  new 
federation.  The  Knighls.  formed  in  1869, 
soon  were  eclipsed  by  the  AFL. 

Al  first.  Ihe  AFL  was  composed  mainly 
of  unions  of  printers,  carpenters,  cigar- 
makers,  iron  and  steel  workers,  and  iron 
molders.  Over  Ihe  next  12  years,  il  slowly 
doubled  its  original  membership  of 
138,000. 

Following  a  successful  coal  strike  in 
1902,  Ihe  United  Mine  Workers  became 
the  largest  affiliate  of  the  AFL. 


16 


CARPENTER 


lomi  union  nEuis 


B.C.  Letter  Calls 
for  Strong  Stand 

In  an  innovative  move,  the  British  Colum- 
bia Provincial  Council  of  Carpenters  has 
sent  letters  to  its  members  to  make  clear  the 
situation  Construction  Labour  Relations  As- 
sociation contractors  have  created  in  the 
province. 

The  members  had  previously  voted  over- 
whelmingly to  strike  if  necessary  to  protect 
wages,  working  conditions,  health  and  pen- 
sion plans,  apprenticeship  training,  and  other 
long-established  industry  conditions.  The 
contractors  forced  the  strike  by  refusing  to 
negotiate  "anything  other  than  massive  cuts 
to  our  collective  agreement." 

The  letter  reminded  members  to  stand 
firm  in  their  resolve  to  work  for  a  return  to 
fair  wages  in  B.C.  "To  achieve  this  we  are 
all  going  to  have  to  stick  together  .  .  ."  It 
reinforces,  once  again,  the  time-proven  credo 
of  trade  unionism,  "in  union  there  is 
strength." 


Norfolk  Firm  and  Local  2987  Sports  Minded 


Members  of  UBC  Local  2987,  Norfolk, 
Va.,  are  actively  engaged  in  a  local  sports 
program,  as  is  their  employer,  the  J.G. 
Wilson  Corp.  The  company,  which  has  man- 
ufactured rolling  doors  for  more  than  a 
century,  periodically  presents  awards  to 
"Sports  Champions  for  a  Better  America," 
recognizing   prominent   athletes   and   their 


Raymond  Berry, 
who  now  coaches  a 
professional  foot- 
ball learn,  the  New 
England  Patriots, 
and  was  at  one 
time  an  all-star 
Baltimore  Colt,  was 
a  Wilson  award  re- 
cipient. He  is 
shown  here,  second 
from  left,  talking  to 
Local  2987  mem- 
bers in  the  plant. 

"commitment  to  excellence  both  in  personal 
life  and  contributions  to  American  citizen- 
ship." Many  outstanding  athletes  have  vis- 
ited the  Norfolk  plant. 

Members  of  the  local  union  serve  as  spon- 
sors and  coaches  of  Little  League  teams  and 
other  sports  organizations  in  their  spare 
time. 


Local  142  Marks 
100th  Birthday 

The  lOOth  anniversary  of  Local  142,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  was  celebrated  at  a  banquet  and 
dance  at  the  Hilton  Hotel  and  Towers  with 
1,200  guests  in  attendance.  General  Presi- 
dent Patrick  Campbell  and  Senator  John 
Heinz  were  the  evening's  principal  speakers 
and  honored  guests.  Among  the  other  speak- 
ers and  guests  were  First  General  Vice 
President  Sigurd  Lucassen,  Congressman 
Doug  Walgren,  and  Don  Mosites,  president 
of  the  Master  Builders  Association  of  West- 
em  Pennsylvania. 


Robert  P.  Argentine,  recording  secretary 
and  banquet  committee  chairman,  pre- 
sents General  President  Campbell  with  a 
laminated  gavel  made  b\  Anthony  Criinv 
of  Local  142. 


Loggers,  Moose  In  Newfoundland  Fire 


David  Browti.  a  past  president  of  the  lo- 
cal, was  presented  with  a  Golden  Hammer 
Award  for  his  70  years  of  dedicated  serv- 
ice as  a  union  carpenter.  Brother  Brown 
has  been  a  UBC  member  for  65  years: 
before  that,  'he  was  an  Amalgamated 
member.  General  President  Campbell  and 
First  General  Vice  President  .Sigurd  Lu- 
cassen are  pictured  with  him. 


Members  of  Loggers'  Local  2564,  Grand 
Falls,  Nfld.,  have  added  two  more  require- 
ments to  their  job  description:  ability  to  fight 
fires  and  ability  to  act  as  surrogate  mothers 
to  orphaned  animals. 

Rocky  Brook  Logging  Camp,  which  is 
operated  by  Abitibi  Price  Inc.,  was  the  sight 
of  a  recent  fire.  Due  to  the  heroic  efforts  of 
UBC  members  working  there,  the  camp  was 
not  destroyed,  but  two  baby  moose  calves 
were  separated  from  their  mothers  by  the 
blaze.  While  waiting  for  wildlife  officials  to 
come  to  the  camp,  three  loggers  took  charge 
of  the  care  and  feeding  of  the  animals. 

Abitibi  loggers  had  already  earned  their 
reputation  as  good  firefighters,  now  their 
interest  in  wildlife  and  conservation  has  been 
demonstrated  as  well. 


Newfoundland  loggers,  from  left.  Howard 
Toms.  Morris  Burl,  and  Robert  Cooze 
gave  lender  loving  care  to  baby  moose 
calves  rescued  from  a  fire  near  the  Rocky 
Brook  Logging  Camp. 


Logging  eqitipmcnl  was  parked  in  the  lake 
to  save  it  from  the  fire. 


OCTOBER     1986 


17 


Camp  Contributions         Safety  Hazards  on  Texas  Council  Agenda 


A  fccitiircd  speaker  al  ihc  Kllli  Annual  Ciinvenli(ni  af  ihe  Je\a.\  Conneil  oj  Inclnslrial 
Workers  in  Dallas  was  UBC  Direetor  oj  Safely  anil  Health  Joseph  L.  Diirsl.  His 
presenlalion  on  the  idenlifiealion  of  safety  hazards  was  well  reeeiveil  hy  those  in  attenil- 
anee.  Durst  is  pietnred.  above  left,  with  deleijates  to  the  convention.  At  rif;ht  is  Al 
Sprinf;.  director  of  the  UBC  Southwest  (>r,i;ani:ini;  Office. 


Local  320.  Augusta-Watervillc.  Me.,  mem- 
bers working  on  the  Rust  Engineering  Co. 
job  at  the  S.D.  Warren-Scott  Paper  Co.. 
Skohegan,  Me.,  have  exceeded  their  goal 
of  $1 .000.00  in  contributions  for  the  Pine 
Tree  Camp.  The  final  tally  was  $1 .581 .41 
for  the  camp  for  crippled  children  in 
Rome.  Me.  Pictured,  with  the  sign  touting 
their  achievement  arc.  from  left.  Mill- 
wright Shop  Steward  Parker  Smith  and 
Carpenter  Shop  Steward  Jay  Gaber. 


Dumoulin  {Honored 


The  e.xecittnc  committee  and  membership 
of  Millwright  Local  2182.  Montreal.  Que., 
recently  presented  a  souvenir  plaque  to  In- 
ternational Representative  Guy  Dumoulin. 
memorializing  the  local  union's  emergence 
from  supervision  effective  February  I9S6. 
Shown  from  left  are  Business  Representa- 
tive Germain  Parenleau.  Guy  Dumtndin. 
and  President  Jean  Guv  Godin. 


Lors  de  la  reunion  mensuelle  du  20  Mai 
1986.  I'e.xecutif  et  les  membres  du  Local 
2182.  Millwrights.  Montreal.  Quebec.  Can- 
ada, remettaient  line  pUujiie  souvenir  aii 
Confrere  Guy  Dumoulin  pour  souligner  la 
levee  de  la  Tutelle  du  ler  Fevrier  W8f>. 
Photo:  De  Gauche  a  droite:  Le  Confrere 
Germain  Parenleau  Gerant  d' Affaires. 
Guv  Dumoulin.  Jean  Guv  Godin  President. 


Be  (I  pari  of  your 

union.  Attend  local 

union  tneetings. 


Steward  training  for  Local  599.  Hammond.  Ind..  was  recently  cimducted  by  Greg 
Martin,  international  representative,  and  Bob  Novak,  business  agent.  The  group  of 
stewards  also  viewed  the  film  "The  Inheritance." 

Pictured  above,  front  row,  from  left,  are  the  instriiclors  ami  their  newly  trained 
stewards.  Martin.  Frank  Depriest.  Novak.  Jim  Honiak.  Rax  l.ukowski.  Dan  Broun.  Greg 
Argentine,  and  Al  Ovaret. 

Middle  row.  from  left,  are  John  Childers.  John  Hoffman.  Tim  Socket.  Glenn  Flaherty, 
Fred  Tomkutonis.  Dan  Hernande:,  Chuck  Koepe,  "Chief  Enright ,  Tom  Perez,  Tom 
Driilis.  Chuck  Piintillo.  and  Gene  Johnson. 

Back  row.  from  left,  are  Tom  Childers.  Al  Michael.  Matt  Sloffregen.  Walt  Sosnowski. 
Mike  Wagner,  Paul  Nelson.  Rich  Poliis.  and  Dennis  Bcnoit. 


Steward  Training  in  Bloomingburg 


Construction  steward  training  certificates  were  recently  issued  to  25  members  of  Local 
255.  Bloomingburg.  N.Y.  The  members  who  participated  are  pictured  above,  including 
Joseph  Moliterno.  Robert  D.  Beebe.  Kenneth  J .  Fraley.  Thomas  N .  Karnavezos.  Steven 
Bloom.  Bradley  Todd.  Robert  W.  Todd.  Bruce  D.  Mungoven.  Leonard  E.  Smith.  Joseph 
M.  Ogrodnick.  Arthur  L.  Sojku  Jr..  David  Maher.  Sean  Moriarty.  Philip  R.  Thompsint, 
Peter  A.  Karnavezos.  Louis  Dodd.  Timothy  T.  Costello.  George  M.  Owens,  Edward  F. 
Chain.  Curtis  Ray  Luster.  Stanley  Freer.  JeffL.  Powell.  Robert  Lee  Tarnay.  Nicholas  A. 
Piperato.  and  Harold  M .  Day. 


18 


CARPENTER 


Blueprint  for  Cure  Donations  Can  Help 
Science  Solve  Several  Health  Puzzles 

UBC-Building  Trades  Drive  Shows  Continued  Progress 


In  recent  weeks,  medical  scientists 
have  received  new  encouragement  in 
their  search  for  a  cure  for  diabetes. 
Organ  transplant  research  has  offered 
new  clues  to  the  disease. 

Using  new  techniques  to  trick  the 
human  body's  immune  system  into  ac- 
cepting foreign  tissue  and  transplanted 
organs  has  apparently  cured  diabetes 
in  some  test  animals. 

The  type  of  diabetes  cured  in  these 
laboratory  tests  is  the  so-called  Type  I, 
which  afflicts  one  million  Americans. 
Type  I  victims  require  daily  insulin 
injections  for  their  entire  lifetime. 

Victims  of  Type  II  diabetes,  which 
affects  about  10  million  Americans,  pro- 
duce small  amounts  of  insulin  naturally 
in  their  bodies,  but  they  cannot  use  it 
effectively.  They  are  generally  treated 
through  drugs,  diet,  and  exercise. 

Both  types  can  lead  to  such  compli- 
cations as  heart  attacks,  kidney  failure, 
blindness,  and  limb  amputation,  but 
these  are  more  common  and  more  se- 
vere with  Type  I.  Type  I  is  so  devas- 
tating, in  fact,  that  researchers  have 
long  sought  ways  to  transplant  islet 
cells,  called  Islets  of  Langerhans,  to 
cure  rather  than  simply  treat  the  dis- 
ease. 

In  the  past  year  and  a  half,  research 
with  islet  transplants  has  not  only  held 
promise  in  diabetes  research  but  seems 
to  indicate  ways  of  making  human  organ 
transplants  more  assured. 

To  further  the  research,  the  United 
Brotherhood  and  other  Building  Trades 
unions  continue  their  drive  for  funds  to 
build  and  equip  the  Diabetes  Research 
Institute  on  the  campus  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Miami  at  Miami,  Fla. 

UBC  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell 
urges  readers  of  Carpenter  to  continue 
their  support. 

Recent  contributions  for  Blueprint 
for  Cure  have  been  received  from  the 
following: 

Groups  and  Individuals 

Third  District  Millwright  Conference 

Anthony  P.  D'Andrea 

Richard  Hutchinson 

Francis  M.  Lamph 

Student  Council  of  Corey  School 

Copeland  Surveying,  Inc. 

Bertrand  K.  Barker 

Carl  J.  Brown 

Edwin  B.  Deveau 

Elmer  Henning 

Brian  Morse 

In  Memory  of  Alvin  Heaps 

The  Marley  Company 

Valco  Associates,  Inc. 


Councils 

Mid-Atlantic  Industrial  Council 
Willamette  Valley  District  Council 
Wisconsin  River  Valley  District  Council 

Local  Unions 

54,  Chicago,  Illinois 
60,  Indianapolis,  Indiana 
80,  Chicago,  Illinois 
100,  Muskegon,  Michigan 
125,  Miami,  Florida 
469,  Cheyenne,  Wyoming 
558,  Elmhurst,  Illinois 
829,  Santa  Cruz,  California 
839,  Des  Plaines,  Illinois 
1310,  St.  Louis,  Missouri 
1338,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I. 
1418,  Lodi,  California 
1693,  Chicago,  Illinois 
1764,  Marion,  Virginia 
2750,  Springfield,  Oregon 


Check  donations  to  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
campaign  should  be  made  out  to  "Blueprint 
for  Cure"  and  mailed  to  General  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell,  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America,  101  Con- 
stitution Ave.  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


Manville  Bankruptcy 

Continued  from  Page  9 

hausted  by  punitive  awards  to  the  earliest 
plaintiffs,  leaving  insufficient  funds  to  com- 
pensate other  victims. 

In  addition  to  the  $2.6  billion,  80%  of 
Manville  stock  will  be  owned  by  the  victims 
and  up  to  20%  of  their  profits  will  also  be 
contributed  into  the  trust.  Critics  of  the  plan 
argue  that  while  present  claimants  may  be 
able  to  get  quicker  settlements,  the  awards 
will  be  inadequate  and  there  may  not  be 
enough  money  to  pay  future  claimants.  There 
are  expected  to  be  at  least  100,000  victims 
filing  claims  against  the  trust  fund  assets 
totalling  about  $2.6  billion.  Therefore  aver- 
age payments  cannot  be  more  than  about 
$26,000,  which  is  not  a  lot  of  money  when 
the  cost  of  medical  care  is  considered.  If 
some  victims  win  larger  sums  by  suing  the 
trust  or  there  are  more  than  100,000  claim- 
ants, even  less  money  will  be  available  for 
future  claims.  On  the  other  hand,  if  the  plan 
is  rejected  and  the  company  is  completely 
liquidated,  future  claimants  may  get  even 
less — or  nothing. 

For  further  information  about  the  plan  or 
eligibility  to  vote,  you  may  contact  the 
Victims  Committee  at  their  toll-free  number 
fisted  in  the  notice,  contact  your  attorney, 
or  write  to  the  UBC  Department  of  Occu- 
pational Safety  and  Health  for  a  copy  of  a 
memo  discussing  the  plan.  jj^jfj 


More  Contributors 
To  L-P  Strike  Fund 


Local  unions  and  individual  members  con- 
tinue to  support  the  "Adopt  an  L-P  Striker" 
Fund.  The  following  contributors  have  been 
added  to  the  list  since  our  full-page  report 
in  the  June  Carpenter: 
155,  Plainfield,  New  Jersey 
460-L,  Oxnard,  California 
543,  Mamaroneck,  New  York 
1042,  Plattsburg,  New  York 
1385,  Espanola,  New  Mexico 
1635,  Kansas  City,  Missouri 
1739,  St.  Louis,  Missouri 
2053,  Plainview,  Texas 
2104,  Dallas,  Texas 
2182,  Montreal,  Quebec 
2743,  Woodville,  Texas 
2848,  Dallas,  Texas 
Central  New  Jersey  District  Council 
Mid-Atlantic  Industrial  Council 
Texas  Industrial  Council 
Retirees  Club  15,  Chattanooga,  Tennessee 
Clarence  Briggs 
Betty  Petzak 
Peter  E.  Terzick 
B.  R.  Upton 

Contributions  should  be  sent  to:  L-P  Stri- 
kers Fund,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


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IF  YOUR  STATE  IS  MARKED 


Overall  1985  voting  record  for 
candidates  on  our  union  score- 
card,  rated  for  or  against  the  best 
interests  of  our  members,  our 
families. 


DOES  THIS 
REPRESENT  YOU? 


Think  about  it 


vote  for  labor's  best  interests. 


Senator  Jeremiah  Denton's 
(R-Ala.):  90%  against  labor 

•  Against  extending  desperately- 
needed  unemployment  benefits  for 
400,000  long-term  jobless  workers  (April 

3,  1985) 

•  Against  continued  Davis-Bacon  Act 
protections  of  building  and  construction 
workers'  wages  and  standards  (June 

4,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from  a 
range  of  major  education  and  job-train- 
ing  programs  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  $220  cost  of  living  adjust- 
ment (COLA)  for  Social  Security  recip- 
ients (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from 
Medicare  program  for  tfie  elderly  (May 
9,  1985) 

•  Against  adequate  funds  for  edu- 
cation, transportation,  job  training.  So- 
cial Security,  Medicare,  and  othier  pro- 
grams vital  to  working  families,  ttie 
elderly,  and  tfie  needy  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  requiring  payment  of  at 
least  a  minimum  tax  by  thousands  of 
profitable  corporations  that  now  dodge 
taxes  entirely  (May  9,  1985) 

Vote  for  Richard  Selby 

Senator  Paula  Hawkins'  (R- 
Fla.):  68%  against  labor 

•  Against  extending  needed  unem- 
ployment benefits  for  400,000  long- 
term  jobless  workers  (April  3,  1985) 


•  Against  rational  budget  policy  that 
protects  basic  programs  that  help  av- 
erage Americans  and  the  needy  (Oct, 
9,  1985) 

•  Against  continued  Davis-Bacon  Act 
protections  of  building  and  construction 
workers'  wages  and  standards  (June 
4,  1985) 

•  Against  requiring  payment  of  at 
least  a  minimum  tax  by  thousands  of 
profitable  corporations  that  now  dodge 
taxes  entirely  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  $220  cost  of  living  adjust- 
ment (COLA)  for  Social  Security  recip- 
ients (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from 
Medicare  program  for  the  elderly  (May 
9,  1985) 

Vote  for  Bob  Graham 

Senator  Steve  Symms'  (R- 
Idaho):  98%  against  labor 

•  Against  limiting  flood  of  imported 
manufactured  products  that's  already 
wiped  out  more  than  3.5  million  of 
America's  best-paying  industrial  jobs 
(Nov.  13,  1985) 

•  Against  extending  desperately- 
needed  unemployment  benefits  for 
400,000  long-term  jobless  workers  (April 
3,  1985) 

•  Against  adequate  funds  for  edu- 
cation, transportation,  |ob  training.  So- 
cial Security,  Medicare,  and  other  pro- 
grams vital  to  working  families,  the 
elderly,  and  the  needy  (May  9,  1985) 


•  Against  key  job-creating  program 
that  helps  finance  needed  road  repairs, 
water/sewer  system  projects,  educa- 
tion, and  health  facilities  (Nov  1 ,  1985) 

•  Against  continued  Davis-Bacon  Act 
protections  of  building  and  construction 
workers'  wages  and  standards  (June 
4,  1985) 

•  Against  $220  cost  of  living  adjust- 
ment (COLA)  for  Social  Security  recip- 
ients (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from 
Medicare  program  for  the  elderly  (May 
9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from  a 
range  of  major  education  and  job-train- 
ing programs  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  requiring  payment  of  at 
least  a  minimum  tax  by  thousands  of 
profltble  corporations  that  now  dodge 
taxes  entirely  (May  9,  1985) 

Vote  for  John  Evans 


Senator  Mack  Mattingly's  (R- 
Ga.):  92%  against  labor 

•  Against  extending  desperately- 
needed  unemployment  benefits  for 
400,000  long-term  jobless  workers  (April 

3,  1985) 

•  Against  adequate  funds  for  edu- 
cation, transportation,  job  training,  So- 
cial Security,  Medicare,  and  other  pro- 
grams vital  to  working  families,  the 
elderly,  and  the  needy  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  key  job-creating  program 
that  helps  finance  needed  road  repairs, 
water/sewer  system  projects,  educa- 
tion, and  healtfi  facilities  (Nov.  1 ,  1985) 

•  Against  continued  Davis-Bacon  Act 
protections  of  building  and  construction 
workers'  wages  and  standards  (June 

4,  1985) 

•  Against  $220  cost  of  living  adjust- 
ment (COLA)  for  Social  Security  recip- 
ients (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from 
Medicare  program  for  the  elderly  (May 
9,  1985) 

•  Against  requiring  payment  of  at 
least  a  minimum  tax  by  thousands  of 
profitable  corporations  that  now  dodge 
taxes  entirely  (May  9,  1985) 

Vote  for  Wyche  Fowler 

Senator   Don    Nickles'  (R- 
Okla.y.  98%  against  labor 

•  Against  limiting  flood  of  imported 
manufactured  products  that's  already 
wiped  out  more  than  3,5  million  of 
America's  best-paying  industrial  jobs 
(Nov.  13,  1985) 

•  Against  extending  desperately- 
needed  unemployment  benefits  for 
400,000  long-term  jobless  workers  (April 
3,  1985) 

•  Against  adequate  funds  for  edu- 
cation, transportation,  job  training.  So- 
cial Security,  Medicare,  and  other  pro- 
grams vital  to  working  families,  the 
elderly,  and  the  needy  (May  9,  1985) 


20 


CARPENTER 


Senator  Pat  Leahy's  (D-Vt.) 
overall  voting  record  for  1985 
on  our  union  scorecard:  83% 
for  the  best  Interests  of  our 
members,  our  families— one 
of  the  best  records  In  the 
entire  Senate 

•  For  funding  to  help  unemployed 
workers  maintain  their  health  care  in- 
surance (April  11,  1984) 

•  For  limiting  the  flood  of  imported 
manufacturing  products  that's  already 
wiped  out  more  than  3.5  million  of 
America's  best-paying  industrial  jobs 
(Nov.  13,  1985) 

•  For  extending  desperately-needed 
unemployment  benefits  for  400,000  long- 
term  jobless  workers  (April  3,  1985) 

•  For  continued  Davis-Bacon  Act 
protection  of  building  and  construction 
workers'  wages  and  standards  (June 
4,  1985) 

•  For  rational  budget  policy  that  pre- 
serves basic  programs  for  average 
Americans  and  the  needy  (Oct.  9, 1 985) 

•  For  needed  $220  cost  of  living 
adjustment  (COLA)  for  Social  Security 
recipients  (May  9,  1985) 

•  For  requiring  payment  of  at  least 
a  minimum  tax  by  thousands  of  profit- 
able corporations  that  now  dodge  taxes 
entirely  (May  9,  1985) 

•  For  restoring  funds  cut  from  Med- 
icare program  for  the  elderly  (May  9, 
1985) 

•  For  restoring  funds  cut  from  a  wide 
range  of  major  education  and  job-train- 
ing programs  (May  9,  1985) 


•  Against  key  job-creating  program 
that  helps  finance  needed  road  repairs, 
water/sewer  system  projects,  educa- 
tion, and  health  facilities  (Nov.  1,  1985) 

•  Against  continued  Davis-Bacon  Act 
protections  of  building  and  construction 
workers'  wages  and  standards  (June 
4,  1985) 

•  Against  $220  cost  of  living  adjust- 
ment (COLA)  for  Social  Security  recip- 
ients (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from 
Medicare  program  for  the  elderly  (May 
9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from  a 
range  of  major  education  and  job-train- 
ing programs  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  requiring  payment  of  at 
least  a  minimum  tax  by  thousands  of 
profitable  corporations  that  now  dodge 
taxes  entirely  (May  9,  1985) 

Vote  for  James  Jones 


Senator  James  Abdnor's  (R- 
S.D.):  76%  against  labor 

•  Against  limiting  flood  of  imported 
manufactured  product  that's  already 
wiped  out  more  than  3.5  million  of 
America's  best-paying  industrial  jobs 
(Nov.  13,  1985) 

•  Against  extending  desperately- 
needed  unemployment  benefits  for 
400,000  long-term  jobless  workers  (April 

3,  1985) 

•  Against  adequate  funds  for  edu- 
cation, transportation,  job  training,  So- 
cial Security,  Medicare,  and  other  pro- 
grams vital  to  working  families,  the 
elderly,  and  the  needy  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  continued  Davis-Bacon  Act 
protections  of  building  and  construction 
workers'  wages  and  standards  (June 

4,  1985) 

•  Against  $220  cost  of  living  adjust- 
ment (COLA)  for  Social  Security  recip- 
ients (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from 
Medicare  program  for  the  elderly  (May 
9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from  a 
range  of  major  education  and  job-train- 
ing programs  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  requiring  payment  of  at 
least  a  minimum  tax  by  thousands  of 
profitable  corporations  that  now  dodge 
taxes  entirely  (May  9,  1985) 

Vote  for  Tom  Daschle 

Senator  Slade  Gorton's  (R- 
Wash.):  80%  against  labor 

•  Against  limiting  flood  of  imported 
manufactured  products  that's  already 
wiped  out  more  than  3.5  million  of 
America's  best-paying  industrial  jobs 
(Nov.  13,  1985) 

•  Against  adequate  funds  for  edu- 
cation, transportation,  job  training,  So- 
cial Security,  Medicare,  and  other  pro- 
grams vital  to  working  families,  the 
elderly,  and  the  needy  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  key  job-creating  program 
that  helps  finance  needed  road  repairs, 
water/sewer  system  projects,  educa- 
tion, and  health  facilities  (Nov.  1,  1985) 

•  Against  continued  Davis-Bacon  Act 
protections  of  building  and  construction 
workers'  wages  and  standards  (June 
4,  1985) 

•  Against  $220  cost  of  living  adjust- 
ment (COLA)  for  Social  Security  recip- 
ients (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from 
Medicare  program  for  the  elderly  (May 
9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from  a 
range  of  major  education  and  job-train- 
ing programs  (May  9,  1985) 


Vote  for  Brock  Adams 


ELECTION  DAY:  NOV.  4th 


Senator  Alan  Cranston's  (D- 
Callf.)  overall  voting  record 
for  1985  on  our  union  score- 
card:  92%  for  the  best  In- 
terests of  our  members,  our 
families— -one  of  the  best 
records  in  the  entire  Senate 

•  For  funding  to  help  unemployed 
workers  maintain  their  health  care  in- 
surance (April  11,  1984) 

•  For  start-up  program  permitting 
affordable  after-school  child  day  care 
services  in  existing  school  facilities  (June 
27,  1984) 

•  For  extending  desperately-needed 
unemployment  benefits  for  400,000  long- 
term  jobless  workers  (April  3,  1985) 

•  For  continued  [3avis-Bacon  Act 
protection  of  building  and  construction 
workers'  wages  and  standards  (June 
4,  1985) 

•  For  rational  budget  policy  that  pre- 
serves basic  programs  that  help  aver- 
age Americans  and  the  needy  (Oct.  9, 
1985) 

•  For  needed  $220  cost  of  living 
adjustment  (COLA)  for  Social  Security 
recipients  (May  9,  1985) 

•  For  requiring  payment  of  at  least 
a  minimum  tax  by  thousands  of  profit- 
able corporations  that  now  dodge  taxes 
entirely  (May  9,  1985) 

•  For  restoring  funds  cut  from  Med- 
icare program  for  the  elderly  (May  9, 
1985) 

•  For  restoring  funds  cut  from  a  wide 
range  of  major  education  and  job-train- 
ing programs  (May  9,  1985) 


Senator  Robert  Kasten's  (R- 
Wisc):  80%  against  labor 

•  Against  extending  desperately- 
needed  unemployment  benefits  for 
400,000  long-term  jobless  workers  (April 

3,  1985) 

•  Against  continued  Davis-Bacon  Act 
protections  of  building  and  construction 
workers'  wages  and  standards  (June 

4,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from  a 
range  of  major  education  and  job-train- 
ing programs  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  $220  cost  of  living  adjust- 
ment (COLA)  for  Social  Security  recip- 
ients (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  restoring  funds  cut  from 
Medicare  program  for  the  elderly  (May 
9,  1985) 

•  Against  adequate  funds  for  edu- 
cation, transportation,  job  training,  So- 
cial Security,  Medicare,  and  other  pro- 
grams vital  to  working  families,  the 
elderly,  and  the  needy  (May  9,  1985) 

•  Against  requiring  payment  of  at 
least  a  minimum  tax  by  thousands  of 
profitable  corporations  that  now  dodge 
taxes  entirely  (May  9,  1985) 

Vote  for  Ed  Garvey 


OCTOBER     1986 


21 


nppREniicESHip  &  TRninmc 


Credit  for  Prior  Craft  Experience 
Discussed  at  Training  Conference 


Portland  Ceremony 


How  do  you  judge  the  craft  experience 
level  of  an  entrant  into  apprenticeship  train- 
ing' What  procedure  should  be  used  to 
determine  where  to  place  an  entrant  who 
has  already  had  some  related  training? 

These  were  among  the  questions  discussed 
by  a  panel  of  three  training  directors  at  the 
recent  Mid-Year  Training  Conference  in 
Boston.  Mass.  The  panelists — Pete  Gier  of 
the  UBC  field  staff;  Joseph  D'Aries.  director 
of  the  New  Jersey  training  program;  and 
Roland  Smith  of  Local  106.  Des  Moines. 
Iowa,  pointed  out  to  conference  delegates 
that  entrants  to  craft  training  vary  greatly 
as  to  experience  and  background. 

All  standards  make  provision  for  the  grant- 
ing of  credit  for  prior  experience,  based 
upon  the  committee's  evaluation  of  that 
experience.  The  determination  of  the  amount 
of  credit  to  be  given  and  the  best  time  to 
give  thai  credit  is  a  serious  consideration. 

"Productivity  versus  wage  is  the  factor  to 
be  considered  in  evaluating  any  credit  given 
for  prior  experience."  the  panelists  asserted. 
The  committee  will  most  probably  be  able 
to  make  an  evaluation  after  the  person  has 
demonstrated  productive  capabilities  on  the 
project. 

"Some  entrants  have  worked  in  a  craft 
area  and  may  have  developed  considerable 
productive   skills   and  adjustments   to  the 


workplace.  The  experience  they  have  may 
be  limited  to  one  kind  of  activity,  however, 
such  as  residential  framing,  sheetrock  ap- 
plication, or  concrete  construction,  and  on 
being  assigned  or  taken  into  employment  on 
a  project  that  does  not  utilize  the  limited 
experience  they  have,  may  cause  them  prob- 
lems in  justifying  a  wage-rale  level  signifi- 
cantly higher  than  the  entry  level,  and  may 
cause  them  to  suffer  a  great  deal  of  unem- 
ployment." 

Some  entrants  may  have  had  preparation 
in  a  structured  pre-apprenticeship  program. 
These  entrants  may  be  prepared  as  to  tool 
usage,  mensuration,  computation,  etc..  but 
since  they  have  not  had  actual  project  ex- 
perience, they  are  not  sufficiently  productive 
to  justify  being  paid  more  than  entry  level 
wages. 

There  is  one  classification  of  apprentices 
that  requires  the  immediate  attention  of  the 
program  sponsor,  the  panel  suggested.  There 
must  be  provision  for  the  immediate  granting 
of  credit  for  previous  experience  to  persons 
taken  into  membership  by  organizational 
fact.  These  are  persons  already  in  the  em- 
ployment of  contractors  who  become  sig- 
natory, and  who  the  employers  consider 
cannot  command  full  journeyman  scale,  but 
who  are  immediately  taken  into  apprentice- 
ship and  placed  at  a  period  reflective  of  their 
skill  and  experience. 


Local  517.  Portland,  Me.,  recently  held 
a  hanqiiet  to  honor  its  gradnatin!>  appren- 
tices. Alan  P.  Keefe.  new  instructor,  was 
introduced,  and  the  years  of  dedication 
that  relirinn  instructor  Vincent  DeViio  had 
f>iven  to  the  apprenticeship  program  were 
ucknowledficd. 

Pictured  at  the  top.  Barbara  Jessen.  a 
gradiiatint;  apprentice,  presents  a  gift  cer- 
tificate to  Brother  DeVito  and  his  wife. 

Below,  the  new  journeymen  are  pictured 
with  local  officers.  From  left,  are  Business 
Representative  Ken  Diinphe.  Barbara  Jes- 
sen. Chris  driklin.  Instructor  DeVito. 
Coleman  Walsh,  and  David  Joy. 

The  other  graduate.  Patrick  J.  O'Con- 
nell,  was  not  present. 


Rhode  Island  JAC  Graduates  28  Apprentices 


The  Rhode  Island  Carpenters  Joint  Apprenticeship  Coinmillet 
recently  graduated  17  carpenters  and  II  cabinetmakers. 

Pictured  above  left  are  the  new  carpenters,  front  row.  from 
left:  Charles  Gallagher:  Herbert  F.  Holmes,  business  manager: 
Robert  E.  Hayes,  J.A.T.C.  chairman:  Fred  Pare,  bitsiness  rep- 
resentative: William  Forward,  business  representative:  and  Mi- 
chael James. 

Back  row.  from  left,  are  Robert  (iadoury.  Daniel  Daignecaill. 


Dwayne  Bcauchaine.  James  Graham.  Jean  Turcott.  Donald 
Lund.  Scott  McQueston.  and  Steve  Therrian 

Above  right,  the  new  cabinetmakers  are  pictured,  front  row. 
from  left:  John  Shirlev.  William  Condon.  William  Ra:-a.  (/'(»>■ 
Beaume.  David  Roberto,  and  Scott  Batlisla. 

Back  row.  from  left,  are  Instructor  David  Cascx.  Hayes. 
Holmes.  Forward,  Pare,  Anthony  McKnighl,  Michael  Eddy,  and 
Michael  Ethicr. 


22 


CARPENTER 


Graduates  Honored  at  Dinner  Dance  in  Cieveiand 


The  Cleveland  and  Vicinity  J.A.T.C.  recently  held  a  graduation  dinner  dance  for  the  apprentices  completing  their  training 
in  1986.  Pictured,  from  left,  are  Dennis  Haley.  Local  1 108:  John  Heyer  Jr.,  Local  1108;  Al  Underwood,  Local  254;  Terry 
Tokar,  Local  11;  Tom  Travagliante,  Local  II;  Tom  Collins,  Local  1750;  Steve  Pumper,  Local  105;  Bob  Chipka,  Local  11; 
Don  Moss,  Local  1871;  Geno  Scarton,  Local  1871;  Tim  Calvey,  Local  1871 ;  Pat  Butterfield,  Local  1871 ;  Tim  Caito,  Local 
1750;  Sue  Wilbraham,  Local  404;  Rino  Saluppo.  Local  1871;  Francis  Lavelle,  Local  1871;  Bill  Marul,  Local  1871;  Dave 
Gibson,  Local  404;  Joe  Powell,  Local  1365;  John  Howard,  Local  404;  Dennis  Oppenheim,  Local  1365;  Wayne  Mitchell, 
Local  404;  Mike  Locke,  Local  404;  Ray  Schmidt,  Local  1108;  Tony  Tucciarelli,  Local  1750;  Dale  Solar,  Local  1365;  and 
Dewey  Salyers,  Local  1750. 


Indiana  Apprentices  Graduate 


Omaha  Carpenters 


Local  215,  Lafayette,  Ind.,  recently  held  an  apprentice  completion  ceremony  where 
certificates  were  awarded.  The  newly  graduated  apprentices  pictured  above,  from  left, 
are  Kenneth  Runkle,  business  agent  and  financial  secretaiy;  Scott  Johnson  Lowell 
Johnson;  Paul  Sprague;  Michael  Kesler;  Timothu  Kincaid;  Rich  Peltry;  Gary  Ordille  III; 
Steven  Worrell;  and  Mark  Mewhart,  instructor. 

73  New  Hawaiian  Journeymen 


Pictured  are  recent  graduates  of  the 
Omaha,  Neb.,  JAC  training  program. 
From  left  are  Coordinator  Dan  Gazinski; 
new  journeymen  carpenters  of  Local  400 
Marc  Wilwerding,  Marc  Brezina,  Dan  Wil- 
kins,  and  Troy  Vic;  and,  in  front,  a  new 
millwright  member  of  Local  1463,  Robert 
Wawrocki. 

Rockland  Graduate 


The  Hawaii  Carpenters  Apprenticeship  and  Training  program  held  a  graduation  cere- 
mony recently  at  the  Pagoda  Hotel's  C'est  Si  Bon.  The  class  included  67  carpenters,  5 
drywall  graduates,  and  1  graduate  from  the  lather  and  millman  trade.  Pictured,  front 
row,  from  left,  are  R.  Fong,  D.  Borje,  D.  Sytva,  A.  Te.xteira,  J.  Semana,  and  B.  Treit. 
Middle  row,  from  left,  are  L.  Watanabe,  A.  Renders,  F.  Juan,  G.  Del  Rosario,  P. 
Paguirigan,  J.  Nicklaus,  D.  Cholakian,  B.  Schubert,  H.  Ranis,  and  B.  Uyeda.  Back  row, 
from  left,  are  G.  Nakagawa,  J.  Espiritu,  C.  Tellio,  R.  Colaprete,  O.  Icari,  J.  Walker,  R. 
Miranda,  L.  Yokotake,  E.  Belmonte,  A.  Fijie,  M.  Kalai,  A.  Lee,  T.  Allen,  and  B. 
Bradley. 


Apprentice  Graduate  Joseph  Quinn,  cen- 
ter, was  photographed  with  President  Wil- 
liam Hamilton,  left,  and  General  Agent 
William  Sopko  al  the  Local  964,  Rockland 
County  and  Vicinty,  N.Y.,  graduation  cer- 
emonies al  the  Tappen  Zee  Motor  Inn  in 
Nvack,  N.  Y. 


OCTOBER     1986 


23 


Years'  Review 

Continued  from  Page  5 

•  On  Labor  Day  1984,  labor's  hopes  run 
high  as  Democratic  presiiienliai  candidate 
Walter  F.  Mondale  and  his  historic  vice 
presidential  choice.  Rep.  Geraldine  Ferraro. 
kick  off  their  campaign.  Issues  such  as  high 
unemployment  make  the  choice  clear  for 
many  union  members,  but  despite  massive 
union  voter  registration  and  campaign  drives 
and  a  large  union  turnout  for  Mondale, 
President  Reagan's  personal  popularity 
sweeps  him  to  a  second  term. 

•  Voters  check  any  second  "mandate"  with 
Congress,  with  Democrats  capturing  two 
Republican  seats  in  the  Senate  to  narrow 
the  GOP  majority  to  53-47. 

•  Building  tradesman  begin  restoration  of  the 
U.S.  Capitol. 

•  Reagan  opens  his  second  term  by  propos- 
ing more  drastic  cuts  in  dozens  of  domestic 
programs,  including  Medicare;  Medicaid; 
veterans'  health  care;  school  lunches;  farm 
prices  supports;  and  college  student  aid. 
Programs  targeted  for  elimination  include 
the  Job  Corps;  legal  services  for  the  poor; 
mass  transit  subsidies;  Amtrak;  and  federal 
revenue  sharing  with  some  40,000  local  and 
state  governments. 

•  With  the  L-P  strike  well  into  its  second 
year,  the  UBC  launches  "Adopt  a  Lumber 
Store"  campaign  in  L-P  boycott  action. 

•  Senior  citizens  and  union  allies  remain 
vigilant  to  protect  Social  Security  from  being 
victimized  by  deals  on  the  federal  deficit; 
labor  protests  the  Administration's  renewed 
appeal  for  a  $2.50  an  hour  subminimum  wage 
for  youth. 

•  Labor  also  strongly  supports  legislation 
to  cushion  the  impact  of  plant  closings  with 
advance  warnings,  to  stop  construction  in- 
dustry employers  from  running  "double- 
breasted"  or  dual  union  and  non-union  op- 
erations, to  end  corporate  raids  on  pension 
funds,  to  ease  the  impact  of  the  farm  de- 
pression and  halt  an  epidemic  of  destructive 
corporate  takeovers. 

•  UBC's  southern  Council  of  Industrial 
Workers  embarks  on  major  membership  drive. 

•  After  Reagan's  massive  1981  tax  cut  which 
shifts  taxes  from  the  wealthy  and  corpora- 
tions to  working  people,  unions  repeatedly 
call  for  closing  lax  loopholes  that  allow  the 
rich  and  corporations  to  escape  taxes. 

•  Labor  continues  to  try  to  turn  around  the 
Administration's  "free  trade  "  ideology  in 
favor  of  "fair  trade"  principles  to  fight  the 
record  $123  billion  trade  deficit  in  1984. 

•  On  the  Labor  Department  front,  organized 
labor  welcomes  the  appointment  of  former 
U.S.  Trade  Representative  William  E.  Brock 
as  Secretary  of  Labor  following  the  resig- 
nation of  Raymond  J.  Donovan  after  a  New 
York  slate  judge  refuses  to  dismiss  criminal 
fraud  and  larceny  charges  against  him.  in- 
volving his  actions  as  a  construction  com- 
pany official  before  his  appointment  to  the 
cabinet. 

•  After  the  resignation  of  Florida  construc- 


tion executive  Thorne  Auchter  as  head  of 
the  Occupational  Safety  and  Health  Admin- 
istration. Reagan  puts  in  Robert  Rowland, 
an  official  in  Reagan's  1980  presidential  cam- 
paign, as  a  recess  appointment.  Rowland 
resigns  after  10  months  at  OSHA,  increas- 
ingly under  fire  for  possible  conflict  of  in- 
terest. 

•  Harold  Lewis  retires  as  fourth  district  gen- 
eral executive  board  member:  Jimmy  Jones 
named  to  fill  fourth  district  board  member 
vacancy. 

•  Leon  Greene  retires  as  fifth  district  exec- 
utive board  member. 

•  Union  coalitions  win  an  important  victory 
in  the  Third  Circuit  U.S.  Court  of  Appeals 
to  extend  coverage  of  OSHA's  1983  "hazard 
communication"  rule  on  toxic  labeling  and 
information  to  an  estimated  60,000  workers 
outside  manufacturing.  The  ruling  also 
broadens  OSHA's  "trade  secret"  provision 
under  which  the  agency  had  sought  to  limit 
worker  access  to  chemical  information. 

•  May  4th  is  "L-P  Boycott  Day";  approxi- 
mately 600  retail  lumber  dealers  across  the 
country  are  hand-billed;  100  L-P  strikers  show 
up  at  L-Ps  annual  meeting  of  shareholders. 

•  The  OSHA/Environmental  Network  and 
state  and  local  safety  and  health  committees 
continue  to  win  strong  "right-to-know"  laws 
on  toxic  chemicals  at  state  and  community 
levels.  Some  27  states  and  two  dozen  com- 
munities pass  their  own  right  to  know  rules. 

•  Eugene  Shoehigh  becomes  fifth  district  ex- 
ecutive board  member. 

•  The  L-P  strike  begins  its  third  year. 

•  A  serious  setback  for  the  right  of  American 
workers  to  strike  and  set  membership  rules 
for  their  unions  comes  in  a  5-4  ruling  by  the 
Supreme  Court  that  unions  may  not  fine 
members  who  cross  picket  lines  during  a 
legally  authorized  strike. 

•  The  60.000-member  National  Union  of 
Hospital  and  Health  Care  Employees  re- 
ceives a  charter  from  the  AFL-CIO. 


Year  Five 

In  the  year  before  the  Brotherhood's  35th 
General  Convention,  unions  take  bold  ini- 
tiatives to  fight  back  against  the  considerable 
odds  stacked  up  against  workers  during  the 
Reagan  Administration. 

•  An  official  national  jobless  rate  remains 
stagnant  around  the  l'"-i  level,  with  millions 
more  Americans  underemployed  or  too  dis- 
couraged to  look  for  work,  and  soaring 
federal  and  trade  deficits;  erosion  of  the 
nation's  industrial  base  continues,  with  huge 
losses  in  high-paying  manufacturing  and 
mining  jobs  and  most  job  gains  showing  up 
in  the  lower-paying  service  sector. 

•  Environmental  opposition  and  slock  losses 
trouble  LP. 

•  Harsh  anii-union  attacks  by  employers 
and  pro-employer  labor  law  decisions  con- 
tinue; union  membership  is  at  an  all-time 
low  of  18%  of  the  workforce  in  1985;  and 
an  on-going  shift  in  wealth  from  low  and 


middle-income  Americans  to  the  wealthy 
and  corporations  continues. 

•  The  AFL-CIO  and  its  affiliates  launch  "a 
new  organizing  era"  with  experimental  union 
benefit  and  associate  membership  programs, 
while  labor  expands  corporate  campaign 
tactics,  bargaining  strategies,  and  solidarity 
aid  during  tough  organizing  and  contract 
fights. 

•  General  President  Pat  Campbell  is  cochair- 
man  of  the  national  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
campaign,  organized  labor's  push  to  raise 
funds  for  a  new  Diabetes  Research  Institute 
facility  at  the  University  of  Miami,  Fla. 

•  United  Brotherhood's  benevolent  program 
paying  out  death  benefits  is  praised  after  seven 
years  of  operation. 

•  Unions  lay  plans  for  associate  member- 
ship programs  to  extend  new  union  benefits 
to  an  estimated  27  million  members  who  left 
their  union  jobs  or  who  lost  jobs  due  to 
layoffs  or  plant  closings,  and  possibly  to  the 
hundredsof  thousands  of  non-union  workers 
who  voted  for  union  representation  but  lost. 

•  Unions  expand  their  use  of  satellite  tech- 
nology for  teleconferences  to  link  up  mem- 
bers around  the  nation  in  mass  meetings. 

•  In  Congress,  labor  joins  in  strong  coali- 
tions with  allied  groups  to  continue  to  press 
for  policies  of  social  and  economic  justice 
sorely  lacking  from  the  Reagan  Administra- 
tion. Congress  chips  away  at  Reagan  budget 
plans  to  shift  more  from  programs  for  the 
poor,  middle  class,  jobless,  seniors,  and 
handicapped  to  a  bloated  military  budget, 
and  narrowly  defeats  a  labor-opposed  bal- 
anced budget  amendment  to  the  Constitu- 
tion. 

•  UBC  Vice  President  Anthony  "Pete"  Och- 
ocki  announces  retirement. 

•  In  what  the  AFL-CIO  called  a  "reckless, 
thoughtless  approach"  to  the  deficit  crisis. 
Congress  passes  the  Gramm-Rudman-Holl- 
ings  balanced  budget  law,  which  initiates 
across-the-board  cuts  in  hundreds  of  do- 
mestic programs.  The  Supreme  Court  later 
strikes  down  the  law's  automatic  enforce- 
ment mechanism,  as  labor  urges,  based  on 
a  technicality  involving  the  constitutional 
separation  of  executive  and  legislative  branch 
powers. 

•  1985  financial  figures  indicate  a  dismal  year 
for  LP. 

•  American  Express,  a  major  holder  of  union 
pension  funds,  is  targeted  for  boycott  action 
for  nonunion  construction. 

•  In  action  on  Capitol  Hill,  a  labor-backed 
bill  to  require  notice  to  workers  affected  by 
plant  closings  or  large  layoffs  is  narrowly 
defeated  in  the  House.  Unions  win  major 
victories  when  the  House  bans  "double- 
breasting"  by  union  contractors,  and  the 
Senate  rejects  attempts  to  amend  the  Hobbs 
Act  to  make  it  an  anti-union  tool  for  em- 
ployers. 

•  John  W.  Pruitt  is  new  UBC  second  general 
vice  president. 

•  Thomas  J.  Hanahan  named  third  district 
executive  board  member. 

Continued  on  Page  26 


24 


CARPENTER 


Should  You 
Refinance  Your  Home? 


'  Should  you  refinance  your  home  mort- 
gage? That's  a  question  many  homeowners 
are  asking,  given  the  lower  interest  mortgage 
rates  that  are  currently  available. 

But.  how  do  you  decide  if  refinancing 
makes  sense  in  your  particular  case?  The 
answer  depends  on  many  factors,  including 
your  tax  bracket,  the  length  of  time  you  plan 
to  stay  in  your  home,  and  the  additional 
charges  you  must  pay  for  the  refinancing. 

What  follows  is  information  to  help  you 
decide  whether  to  refinance  your  home  mort- 
gage and  how  to  go  about  it.  (You  may  want 
to  refer  to  the  chart  to  see  how  much  money 
you  might  save  if  you  refinanced  your  mort- 
gage.) 

How  much  will  it  cost  to  refinance? 

When  you  refinance  your  mortgage,  you 
usually  pay  off  your  original  mortgage  and 
sign  a  new  loan.  To  do  this  you  again  pay 
most  of  the  same  costs  you  paid  to  get  your 
original  mortgage.  These  include  settlement 
costs,  discount  points,  and  other  finance 
charges.  You  also  may  be  charged  a  penalty 
for  paying  off  your  original  loan  early. 

The  total  cost  for  refinancing  a  mortgage 
often  runs  between  i%  and  6%  of  the  total 
amount  you  borrow.  So.  to  refinance  a 
$100,000  mortgage,  the  lender  might  charge 
you  between  $.^.000  and  $6,000. 

Will  the  interest  rate  save  you  money? 

Before  you  go  through  the  expense  of 
refinancing,  check  that  interest  rates  have 
dropped  enough  to  make  refinancing  worth- 
while. A  2-3%  difference  between  the  rale 
on  your  current  mortgage 
and  the  new  rate  over  a 
period  of  time — generally 
several  years — usually 
offsets  the  costs  you  must 
pay  at  closing. 

Because  there  are  many 
"up  front"  costs  associ- 
ated with  refinancing,  you 
also  should  consider  how 
long  you  plan  to  live  in 
your  home.  Generally,  if 
you  plan  to  sell  your  home 
within  the  next  three 
years,  you  may  not  have 
enough  time  for  the  lower 
monthly  payments  to  off- 
set the  money  you  must 
pay  for  the  refinancing. 


How  many  "points"? 

In  refinancings,  lenders 
often  charge  two  to  three 


points  for  a  new  loan.  A  point  equals  \%  of 
the  loan  amount.  For  example,  three  points 
on  a  $100,000  mortgage  loan  would  add 
$3,000  to  the  refinancing  charges. 

Shopping  for  points  as  well  as  interest 
rates  may  save  you  money.  As  a  rule  of 
thumb,  each  point  adds  about  '/s  to  'A  of  ]% 
to  the  interest  rate  the  lender  is  offering. 

Generally,  the  lower  the  interest  rate  on 
the  loan,  the  more  points  the  lending  insti- 
tution will  charge.  Some  lenders  offer  refi- 
nancings with  no  points,  but  generally  charge 
higher  interest  rates.  To  decide  what  com- 
bination of  rate  and  points  is  best  for  you. 
balance  the  amount  you  can  pay  up  front 
with  the  amount  you  can  pay  monthly. 

Some  lenders  may  offer  to  finance  the 
points  so  that  you  do  not  have  to  pay  them 
up  front.  This  means  that  the  points  will  be 
added  to  your  loan  balance,  and  you  will 
pay  a  finance  charge  on  them.  Although  this 
may  enable  you  to  get  the  financing,  it  also 
will  increase  the  amount  of  your  monthly 
payments. 

What  about  other  settlement  costs? 

Settlement  costs  typically  include  fees  for 
the  loan  application,  title  search,  appraisal, 
loan  origination,  credit  check,  and  lawyer's 
services.  You  also  may  be  required  to  pay 
recordation  fees  or  transfer  taxes.  If  you  are 
shopping  for  a  lender,  ask  for  a  list  of  charges 
and  costs  you  must  pay  at  closing. 

Will  your  refinancing  affect  taxes? 

With  a  lower  interest  rate  on  your  home 
loan,  you  will  have  less  interest  to  deduct 
on  your  income  tax  return.  That,  of  course. 


SAMPLE  MORTGAGE  PAYMENT  SAVINGS 

The  following  chart  illustrates  the  monthly  and  yearly  differences  in  your 
mortgage  payments  if  you  refinanced  to  a  10%  30-year  fixed-rate  mortgage 
for  $7.'i,000.  Remember,  however,  thai  the  actual  amount  you  may  save  by 
refinancing  depends  on  many  factors,  such  as  your  tax  bracket,  and  how  long 
you  plan  to  remain  in  your  home. 


Your  Prescnl     Current  Monlhl\      Monlhty  Pavinciit 
Morlgiigc  Rale  Paymenl  at  Itt'i 


Monthly  Difference       Annual  Difference 

in  Mortgage  Payment  in  Mortgage  Payment 

at  1(1'';  al   l()'~; 


12.0% 

$771 

12.5 

800 

13.0 

830 

13.-5 

859 

14.0 

889 

14.5 

918 

15.0 

948 

15.5 

978 

16.0 

1 ,009 

$658 


SII3 
142 
172 
201 
231 
260 
290 
320 
351 


may  increase  your  tax  payments  and  de- 
crease the  total  savings  you  might  obtain 
from  a  new,  lower-interest  mortgage.  As  you 
consider  how  the  new  loan  may  affect  your 
taxes,  remember  that  the  lower  your  tax 
bracket,  the  longer  it  may  take  you  to  recoup 
the  costs  of  obtaining  the  new  loan. 

You  should  know  that  a  new  Internal 
Revenue  Service  ruling  changes  the  picture 
with  respect  to  points  paid  solely  for  refi- 
nancing your  home  mortgage.  IRS  regula- 
tions now  require  that  interest  (points)  paid 
up  front  for  refinancing  must  be  deducted 
over  the  life  of  the  loan — not  in  the  year  you 
refinance,  as  was  the  previous  interpretation 
of  the  law.  This  means  that  if  you  paid  a 
certain  number  of  points,  you  would  have 
to  spread  the  tax  deduction  for  those  points 
over  the  life  of  the  loan.  Additional  regula- 
tions, however,  may  be  issued  in  this  case. 
So,  check  with  the  IRS  to  see  if  any  new 
rulings  have  been  released  concerning  refi- 
nancing, particularly  if  you  are  using  the 
new  loan  to  make  home  improvements. 

Consider  a  different  type  of  mortgage 

If  you  are  thinking  about  refinancing  your 
mortgage,  you  might  want  to  consider  other 
types  of  mortgages.  For  example,  you  might 
want  to  look  into  a  15-year,  fixed-rate  mort- 
gage. In  this  plan,  your  mortgage  payments 
are  somewhat  higher  than  a  longer-term  loan, 
but  you  pay  substantially  less  interest  over 
the  life  of  the  loan  and  build  equity  more 
quickly.  (Of  course,  this  also  means  you 
have  less  interest  to  deduct  on  your  income 
lax  return.) 

You  also  might  want 
to  consider  refinanc- 
ing if  you  have  an  ad- 
justable rale  mortgage 
with  high  or  no  limits 
on  interest  rate  in- 
creases. You  might 
wanl  to  switch  to  a 
fixed-rate  mortgage  or 
to  an  adjustable  rate 
mortgage  thai  limits 
changes  in  the  rate 
over  the  life  of  the  loan. 


$1,356 
1,704 
2,064 
2,412 
2,772 
3,120 
3,480 
3.840 
4.212 


SouEce:  Mortgage  Bankers  Association  of  America 


What  Do  You  Look 
For  When  Shopping 
For  A  Home 
Mortgage? 

If  you  decide  to  re- 
finance your  mort- 
gage, shopping  around 
by  calling  several 
lending  institutions  to 


OCTOBER     1986 


25 


Home  Refinancing 

Continued  from  page  25 

ask  each  one  what  interest  rale  and  fees  Ihey 
charge  will  help  you  get  the  best  deal  avail- 
able. Also  ask  each  about  their  "annual 
percentage  rate"  (APR)  and  compare  them. 
The  APR  will  tell  \ou  the  total  credit  costs 
of  the  refinancing,  including  interest,  points, 
and  other  charges.  In  some  cases,  the  lender 
must  give  you  a  written  statement  of  the 
costs  and  terms  of  the  financing  before  you 
become  legally  obligated  for  the  loan.  You 
will  want  to  review  this  statement  carefully 
before  you  sign  the  loan. 

Remember,  you  do  not  have  to  refinance 
your  mortgage  with  the  same  lender  that 
provided  your  original  mortgage.  However, 
to  keep  your  business,  some  lenders  will 
offer  their  original  mortgage  customers  the 
incentive  of  lower  mortgage  interest  rates, 
sometimes  with  reduced  closing  costs. 

If  you  decide  to  apply  for  refinancing  with 
a  particular  lender,  get  a  written  statement 
guaranteeing  the  interest  rate  and  the  number 
of  discount  points  that  you  will  pay  at 
closing.  This  binding  commitment  ensures 
that  the  lender  will  not  raise  these  costs 
even  if  rates  increase  before  you  settle  on 
the  new  loan.  If  you  cannot  get  a  lender  to 
put  this  information  in  writing,  you  may 
wish  to  choose  one  who  will. 

Most  lenders  place  a  limit  on  the  length 
of  time  (say.  60  days)  they  will  guarantee 
the  interest  rate.  You  must  sign  the  loan 
during  that  time  or  lose  the  benefit  of  thai 
particular  rale.  Because  many  people  are 
refinancing  their  mortgage  loans,  there  may 
be  a  delay  in  processing  the  papers.  There- 
fore, you  may  want  to  contact  your  loan 
officer  periodically  to  check  on  the  progress 
of  your  loan  approval  and  to  see  if  additional 
information  is  needed. 


Will  the  Lender  Refund  Your  Application 
Fees  If  You  Do  Not  Sign  the  Mortgage? 

When  you  apply  for  a  mortgage,  some 
lenders  require  you  to  pay  a  special  charge 
to  cover  the  costs  of  processing  your  appli- 
cation. The  amount  of  this  fee  varies,  but  it 
may  be  $100  to  $200.  Usually,  you  must  pay 
this  charge  at  the  time  you  file  the  applica- 
tion. 

Some  lenders  do  not  refund  this  applica- 
tion fee  if  you  are  not  approved  for  the  loan 
or  if  you  decide  not  to  take  it.  ,So,  before 
you  apply  for  a  mortgage,  ask  lenders  whether 
they  charge  an  application  fee.  If  they  do, 
find  out  how  much  it  is  and  under  what 
circumstances  and  to  what  extent  it  is  re- 
fundable. 


Where  Can  You  (io  For  More  Information? 

If  you  have  further  questions  about  refi- 
nancing or  problems  with  financing  compa- 
nies, you  may  want  to  contact:  Division  of 
Credit  Practices,  Federal  Trade  Commis- 
sion. Washington.  DC.  2O.'i80.  While  the 
FTC  cannot  resolve  individual  disputes,  it 
can  act  when  it  sees  a  pattern  of  possible 
law  violations.  jjjjfj 


UBC  Grande  Dame  Celebrates  55th  Year 

Scaled  at  her  desk,  surrounded  hy  co-workers.  Adeline  Grinime  cclehrules  her 
55th  anniyersdiy  workinf;  in  the  United  Brolherluiod's  record  department.  She 
he.iian  her  UBC  employment  on  July  3.  1931 .  with  the  Brotherhood  in  liidiaiuipo- 
lis.  Ind..  and  when  the  Brotherhood  moved  to  Washiii.i,'lon.  D.C..  Adeline  moved 
too — accompanied  hy  her  husband.  Leonard,  who  heads  the  UBC  print  shop.  Savs 
another  employee  who  also  made  the  move  from  Indiana.  "She's  always  been  as 
sweet  as  she  is  now." 


Years'  Review 

Continued  from  Page  24 

•  In  decisions  favorable  to  workers,  the 
Supreme  Court  unanimously  upholds  a  198.1 
amendment  to  the  Social  Security  Act  which 
makes  it  illegal  for  slate  and  local  govern- 
ments to  withdraw  from  the  system;  lets 
stand  a  lower  court  ruling  confirming  unions" 
right  to  measure  workplace  noise  levels;  and 
rules  that  employees  earn  vacations  on  a 
daily  basis,  despite  employer-established  el- 
igibility dates. 

•  General  Secretary  Emeritus  Richard  E. 
Livingston  dies. 

•  UBC  members  attend  American  Express 
stockholders'  meeting. 

•  In  one  of  the  worst  NLRB  decisions  from 
labor's  viewpoint,  the  board  rules  3  to  I  that 
employers  are  legally  free  to  hire  scabs  as 
"temporary  replacements"  during  a  lockout 
lo  bring  "economic  pressure"  against  union 
workers. 

•  L-P  strike  begins  fourth  year;  prolit  per- 
formance continues  to  falter. 

•  Reflecting  the  workers'  hard  situation  is 
the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics'  report  that 
major  settlemenls  in  1985  averaged  2.3% 
wage  gains  in  the  first  year — a  17-year  low. 
Annual  wage  gains  over  the  contract  life 
wage  averaged  2.79f . 

•  A  new  VISA  credit  card  program  is  launched 
by  the  UBC,  supporting  charitable  organi- 
zations. 

•  Brotherhood  craftsmen  complete  architec- 
tural renovation  of  the  U.S.  State  Department. 

•  American  Express  campaign  intensifies. 

•  The  UBC  joins  the  Building  Trades  cam- 
paign to  persuade  Toyota  to  build  union  in 
Kentucky. 

•  As  the  violence  of  the  South  African 
government  escalates  against  apartheid  pro- 
testers there,  a  coalition  of  labor  and  other 


groups  launch  a  worldwide  consumer  boy- 
colt  against  Shell  Oil  Co.  products  in  an 
attempt  to  force  its  parent.  Royal  Dutch/ 
Shell,  and  other  multinational  corporations 
to  break  their  lies  with  South  Africa.  U.S. 
unions  also  join  labor  worldwide  in  calling 
for  government  economic  sanctions  against 
South  Africa — a  move  opposed  by  the  Rea- 
gan Administration. 

•  Brotherhood  International  Headquarters  in 
Washington,  D.C.,  marks  quarter  century. 

•  Woodworkers  settle  a  pact  for  6, .500  strik- 
ing Weyerhaeuser  Co.  workers.  \}%V, 


Union  Busting 

Continued  from  Page  1 1 

One  problem  was  the  animosity  expressed 
by  Hubert  Steenbakkers's  toward  Andy  Root. 
The  Board  noted  that  Steenbakkers's  refusal 
to  bargain  face-to-face  with  Root  was  frus- 
trating efforts  lo  reach  a  settlement. 

By  now,  the  total  number  of  strikers  was 
five,  and  these  five  manned  their  picket  line 
with  determination,  talking  to  truck  drivers 
and  asking  for  support.  One  morning  Manoni 
found  his  car  covered  with  while  paint  and 
a  lire  slashed. 

Manoni  appealed  to  the  local  Building 
Trades  and  the  Ottawa  Labour  Council  for 
support.  This  proved  to  be  a  turning  point. 

"The  response  surpassed  my  expecta- 
tions," Manoni  said  later. 

One  hundred  and  fifty  trade  unionists  from 
the  area  converged  on  the  company  site,  (in 
June  25  delegates  to  the  Ottawa  Labour 
Council  voted  to  boycott  Steenbakkers's 
building  supply  retail  store. 

That  did  it.  Flyers  were  distributed  in 
front  of  the  store,  and  almost  75'^  of  the 
customers  turned  away.  Steenbakkcrs  was 
reported  to  be  furious. 

On  July  15  the  company  signed  a  thr^e- 
year  contract.  The  union  was  preserved. 
The  five  strikers  and  all  the  "free  riders" 
benefited  by  the  new  contract.  Manoni  said 
the  workers  will  receive  wage  increases  of 
up  to  $1  an  hour  immediately  and  I'^i  in  the 
lasl  Iwo  years  of  the  contract.  [jyij 


26 


CARPENTER 


JOB  SAFETY  AND  HEALTH 


OSHA  Acts  on  UBC  Wood  Dust  Petition 


OSHA  has  finally  come  around  to  the 
UBC  point  of  view  that  wood  dust  is 
more  than  just  a  nuisance.  According 
to  dozens  of  reports  and  studies  in  the 
scientific  literature,  wood  dust  is  a  toxic 
chemical  that  needs  to  be  regulated  like 
other  chemicals  in  the  workplace. 

In  an  August  4th  letter  to  Joseph  L. 
Durst  Jr.,  UBC  Director  of  Occupa- 
tional Safety  and  Health,  John  A.  Pen- 
dergrass.  Assistant  Secretary  of  Labor 
for  OSHA,  committed  OSHA  to  begin 
the  process  of  setting  a  standard  for 
exposure  to  wood  dust  in  the  work- 
place. Pendergrass'  letter  came  in  re- 
sponse to  a  March  1985  petition  from 
the  UBC  and  a  follow-up  letter  last 
June.  Pendergrass  stated  that  after  re- 
viewing the  extensive  data  on  the  health 
effects  of  wood  dust  submitted  by  the 
UBC,  "our  preliminary  finding  is  that 
there  is  adequate  demonstration  of  ad- 
verse health  effects  among  workers  ex- 
posed to  wood  dust  to  justify  the  initi- 
ation of  regulatory  action." 

This  letter  came  just  five  days  after 
representatives  of  the  wood  products 
industry  met  with  OSHA  staff  and  de- 
livered a  "discussion  paper"  outlining 
their  objections  to  regulation  of  wood 
dust  exposure.  The  industry  claims  that 
there  is  no  significant  risk  of  "material 
health  impairment"  from  exposure  to 
wood  dust  and  that  studies  showing 
high  rates  of  nasal  cancer  among  wood- 
workers were  primarily  done  in  Europe, 
and  more  recent  findings  and  U.S.  re- 


sults show  much  lower  levels  of  risk 
than  previously  reported. 

Nasal  cancer  is  very  rare  in  the  gen- 
eral population ,  accounting  for  less  than 
2  deaths  for  every  million  people.  In 
one  of  the  first  studies  done  of  wood- 
workers in  England,  nasal  cancer  oc- 
curred among  furniture  workers  at  a 
rate  of  almost  I  per  1 ,000  or  an  extraor- 
dinary 500  times  the  normal  rate.  Dr. 
J.  H.  Wills  in  1982  reviewed  studies 
done  in  12  different  countries  including 
the  U.S.,  and  found  that  78.5%  of  all 
adenocarcinomas  (a  form  of  nasal  can- 
cer) were  among  woodworkers.  While 
the  rate  of  nasal  cancer  varies  from 
study  to  study,  a  much  higher  rate  is 
almost  always  found  among  workers 
exposed  to  wood  dust.  Recent  studies 
in  Sweden  found  nasal  cancer  to  be  18 
times  higher  among  furniture  workers. 
In  the  Netherlands  a  140-fold  increase 
in  nasal  cancer  was  found  among  fur- 
niture and  cabinet  makers,  a  16-fold 
increase  among  carpenters  and  joiners, 
and  a  26-fold  increase  among  those 
having  high  wood  dust  exposure. 

The  only  comparable  study  done  in 
the  U.S.  was  published  in  1984  and 
found  a  6-fold  increase  in  adenocarci- 
noma among  furniture  workers  and  a 
4-fold  increase  among  all  wood-related 
occupations. 

While  the  difference  between  the  high 
rates  in  other  countries  and  the  lower 
rate  in  the  U.S.  is  as  yet  unexplained, 
even  a  4  or  6-fold  increase  in  a  member's 


risk  of  getting  nasal  cancer  should  be 
something  of  concern.  Further  studies 
in  the  U.S.  may  find  higher  rates  as 
well. 

Another  study  in  Montreal  recently 
demonstrated  higher  lung  and  stomach 
cancer  rates  among  workers  exposed 
to  wood  dust.  A  1984  study  by  the 
American  Cancer  Society  also  found 
higher  stomach  and  lung  cancer  rates 
among  carpenters  and  joiners  in  the 
U.S.  and  higher  stomach  cancer  rates 
among  woodworkers. 

The  industry's  position  paper  also 
ignored  the  numerous  studies  showing 
the  other  health  effects  of  wood  dust 
such  as:  eye,  nose,  and  throat  irritation; 
dermatitis  (skin  rash);  allergic  lung  re- 
actions (asthma);  and  damaged  lung 
function  (demonstrated  in  recent  stud- 
ies in  both  the  U.S.  and  Canada). 

OSHA  will  be  studying  this  problem 
during  the  coming  year  and  drafting  a 
proposed  rule  for  hmiting  wood  dust 
exposure  on  the  job.  One  important 
element  of  the  OSHA  rulemaking  will 
be  information  on  how  much  wood  dust 
workers  are  now  being  exposed  to.  Has 
your  employer  or  OSHA  ever  measured 
the  air  levels  of  wood  dust  in  your 
workplace?  If  so,  please  fill  out  the 
coupon  below  and  send  it  to  the  UBC 
Department  of  Safety  and  Health.  We 
will  be  gathering  this  information  in 
preparation  for  future  hearings  at  OSHA. 


WOOD  DUST  EXPOSURE  SURVEY 


Name: 

Local  Union  or  District  Council 

Employer's  Name: 

Address: 


Air  levels  of  wood  dust  were  measured  on 


month 


year 


By: 


(     )  Employer 


(    ) OSHA 


Please  return  to: 

Joseph  L.  Durst  Jr. 

Department  of  Occupational  Safety  &  Health 

United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  &  Joiners 

of  America 

101  Constitution  Avenue,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 


OCTOBER     1986 


27 


NO  CATS  MEOW 

A  man  walks  into  a  restaurant, 
and  sits  down.  The  waitress  ap- 
proaches him  with — "I  have  pigs 
feet,  cows  brains,  and  braised  liver," 
To  which  he  replied  "Look  I  have 
my  own  problems.  Just  bring  me  a 
ham  sandwich  and  a  cup  of  coffee," 

— Catering  Industry  Employee 


ADOPT  A  LUMBER  COMPANY 


MOTHER  KNOWS  BEST 

Young  wife  after  spat  with  her 
husband,  talking  on  phone  with  her 
mother.  "That  beast,"  she  cried.  "I'll 
teach  him  a  lesson,  I'm  coming 
home  to  stay  with  you." 

"Hold  on,  dear,"  urged  her  mother. 
"If  you  really  want  to  teach  him  a 
lesson,  I'll  come  stay  with  you!" 


ENEMIES 

A  woman  was  bitten  by  a  mad 
dog  and  was  advised  to  make  a 
will  because  there  was  a  possibility 
of  rabies.  She  wrote  furiously  for 
two  hours. 

"It  looks  like  an  unusually  long 
will,"  her  lawyer  said. 

"Who's  writing  a  will?"  she 
snapped.  "This  is  a  list  of  the  people 
I'm  going  to  bite." 


GOSSIP 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  V/ASH.,  D.C.  20001 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED 


BUY  UNION  *  SAVE  JOBS 

DE-FINITIONS 

If  lawyers  are  disbarred  and  cler- 
gymen defrocked,  doesn't  it  follow 
that  electricians  can  be  delighted, 
musicians  denoted,  cowboys  der- 
anged, models  deposed,  tree  sur- 
geons debarked,  and  drycleaners 
depressed? 

—Local  26 
United  Rubber  Workers 
Rubber  Neck 

BOYCOTT  LP  PRODUCTS 

FLYING  FRUIT  CUP 

A  little  boy  showed  his  teacher 
his  drawing  entitled,  "America,  the 
Beautiful."  In  the  center  was  an 
airplane  covered  with  apples,  pears, 
oranges,  and  bananas. 

"What  is  that'r'"  his  teacher  asked, 
pointing  to  the  picture. 

"That's  the  fruited  plane,"  the  little 
boy  replied, 

— Nancy's  Nonsense 


BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER 


LIVE  AND  LET  LIVE 

"What  I  mean  is,"  explained  the 
insurance  salesman  to  a  bewil- 
dered rural  prospect,  "how  would 
your  wife  carry  on  if  you  should 
die'?" 

"Well,"  answered  the  farmer  rea- 
sonably, "I  don't  reckon  that's  any 
concern  o'  mine — so  long  as  she 
behaves  herself  while  I'm  alive." 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

A  pretty  young  maiden  named 
Jess 
Got  herself  in  a  very  big  mess, 
For  staying  out  late 
She  was  grounded  that  date 
And  now  she  goes  out  a  lot  less. 

—Monica  Smitli 

daughter  ot  Lowell  S/n/f/i, 

Local  2205, 

Wenatchee.  Wash 


ATTEND  LOCAL  MEETINGS 

DOUBLE  VISION 

Glasses  have  an  amazing  effect 
on  a  person's  vision — especially  af- 
ter they  have  been  filled  and  emp- 
tied several  times. 

DONT  BUY  LP 


MOVING  ADDRESS 


send 


"Did  you  know  you  can  \ 
mail  to  Washington?" 

"Why  not';'" 

"Because   he's   dead — but  you 
can  send  mail  to  Lincoln." 

"But  he's  dead,  too." 

"I  know— but  he  left  his  Gettys- 
burg Address." 

— Nancy's  Nonsense 


USE  UNION  SERVICES 


WHAT  DID  HE  SAY? 

A  new  Sunday  School  teacher 
had  to  iron  out  some  problems  with 
the  Lord's  Prayer.  One  child  had  to 
be  corrected  after  repeating,  "How- 
ard by  thy  name."  Another  prayed, 
"Lead  us  not  into  Penn  Station." 
Still  another  surprised  the  teacher 
with,  "Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven, 
how'd  you  know  my  name?" 

IMPORTS  HURT  *  BUY  UNION 

IT'S  SEW  EASY 

Sign  in  a  drycleaner's  window: 
No  matter  how  bad  the  stain,  we'll 
take  It  out  and  sew  up  the  hole. 


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CARPENTER 


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A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood  who   recently   received   pins  for  years  of  service   in  the  union. 


Hiaieah,  Fla.— Picture  No.  2 


Hiaieah,  Fla.— Picture  No.  3 


Hiaieah,  Fla. — Picture  No.  4 


Saskatoon,  Sask. — Picture  No.  1 


SASKATOON,  SASK. 

Local  1985  recently  held  a  Dine-and-Dance 
affair  to  honor  the  recipients  of  service  pins  for 
25  years  or  more  membership  in  the  United 
Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Bob  Todd,  business  representative;  Jacob 
Wiebe  Jr.;  Leo  Fritz,  general  representative; 
Bronie  Talarski;  Ernie  Maunu;  Sveinung  Garlick; 
and  Ron  Dancer,  general  executive  board 
member  for  the  10th  district. 

Picture  No.  2  show/s  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Peter  Roy,  Wes  Kologie,  Larry  Butler,  and 
Walter  Harasymchuk. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Earl  Herlen,  George  Altmann,  Nick  Gruza, 
and  Peter  Gruza. 

Also  honored  but  not  pictured  were:  35-year 
member  Robert  Gillespie;  30-year  members 
Pius  Bretzer,  John  Clark,  and  Ivar  Klath;  and 
25-year  member  Charles  Smith. 


Hiaieah,  Fla. — Picture  No.  5 


Saskatoon,  Sask. — Picture  No.  3 


HIALEAH,  FLA. 

Local  1509  recently  held  its  annual  pin 
awards  ceremony  to  honor  members  with 
continuous  service  to  the  Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Norman  Simmons  and  Robert  Bauman. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  member  E.M. 
Plant  left,  and  Local  President  Thomas  Puma. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  General  Rep.  Jose  "Pepe"  Collado,  Fred 
Jevnaas,  Cosne  Santos,  Ester  Woods,  and 
Frank  Mijeski. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Joe  Brown,  Benny  Perdomo,  Robert 
Bedenbough,  Alphee  Bouchard,  Frank  Laino, 
and  Dudley  Saunders. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  L.L.  Wallace,  Jon  Schmitz,  T.R.  Ferrell, 
Mario  Alleva,  and  Brewer  Eich. 


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DES  PLAINES,  ILL. 

A  special  presentation  was  made  recently  to 
John  Mollenkamp  of  Local  839,  Des  Plaines, 
111.,  of  a  60-year  pin  and  a  gold  life-membership 
card.  Making  the  presentation  was  Financial 
Secretary  Andrew  Goda.  left. 


SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 


Picture  No.  1  shows  20-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Ronald  Winters,  Larry  White, 
Fred  Summerville,  and  Myron  Howard. 

Second  row,  from  left:  Ross  Roser,  Donald 
Backus,  and  Mike  Corbett  Jr. 

Third  row,  from  left:  Mark  McLoughlin,  Bob 
Harrington,  Jim  Chavoustie,  and  Ambrose 
Flanagan. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Walt  Wertyschyn,  John 
Gonyea,  Bill  Cole,  and  George  Fleischman. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Stan  Szatanek;  Fran  Borasky, 
Jr.:  Neil  Daley,  business  representative;  Jim 
Brady;  Richard  Scott;  and  Dick  Flood. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Charlie  Lutz,  Pete 
Moore.  Jim  Reppi,  and  Bill  Lantry. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Leon  llnitzski,  president;  Joe 
Vega;  Joe  Tomarchio  Jr.;  Ike  Pethybridge; 
Vonnon  Hopper;  and  William  Murphy. 

Second  row,  from  left:  David  Thomas.  Ralph 
Barrella,  and  John  Bond. 

Third  row,  from  left:  Herb  Phillips,  George 
Danboise,  and  Roger  Morn. 

Fourth  row,  from  left:  George  LaCroix  Jr.  and 
Robert  Danboise. 

Back  row.  from  left:  Frank  Grosso  and  Bill 
Vogan. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members, 
row,  from  left:  Harold  Zentis  and  Tony 
Taormino. 

Second  row,  from  left:  Art  Monty,  Bob 
Phillips,  and  John  Sztechmiler. 

Back  row:  Art  Waldo. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  40-year  members, 
row,  from  left:  Warren  Anzel,  Jim  Stimler, 


front 


front 
John 


Des  Plaines, 


Piatkowski,  Bob  Faulter,  Financial  Secretary 
Charles  Dennis. 

Back  row.  from  left:  Ray  Culotti,  Donald 
Phillips,  and  Ray  Harris, 

Picture  No.  6  shows  50-year  members,  from 
left:  Howard  C.  Smith,  Carter  Stonecipher,  and 
Stan  Blonsky. 

Picture  No.  7  shows,  from  left,  the  three 
Phillips  brothers.  Herb,  Bob,  and  Don.  Between 
them  they  have  accumulated  106  years  in  the 
UBC. 

Picture  No.  8  shows  three  generations  of 
Danboise  carpenters,  from  left:  Robert,  George, 
and  Renard. 


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CARPENTER 


Lake  Worth,  Fla. 


LAKE  WORTH,  FLA. 

Local  1308  recently  made  service  awards  to 
long  time  members  at  a  banquet  held  at  the 
Palm  Beach  Ocean  Hotel. 

Pictured  are,  front  row,  from  left:  "Pete" 
Fritz,  40  years;  Fleetwood  James,  40  years; 
Frank  Morobito,  25  years;  Oivo  "Chips" 
Matson,  40  years;  Harry  Pearson,  50  years; 
Lawrence  Redding,  60  years;  Earl  Boles,  40 
years;  Lauri  Linden,  40  years;  and  Arnie 
Kytokangas,  40  years. 

Standing,  from  left:  Bruce  Reynolds,  district 
representative;  Jack  Turley,  40  years;  Joe 
Bogovich,  40  years;  John  Ricci,  25  years;  Dan 
Barcelona,  25  years;  William  Tidwell,  Local 
1308  president;  Charles  Pearson,  40  years; 
Kenneth  Moye,  master  of  ceremonies;  J.  K. 
Norris,  40  years;  Joseph  Lombardi,  25  years; 
John  Partridge,  international  representative; 
Cyril  "Cy"  Grammes,  40  years;  Roy  Forss,  25 
years;  William  Stephens,  40  years:  Charles 
Mitchell,  25  years;  and  Allan  Harikkala,  25 
years. 

Also  receiving  awards  but  not  pictured  above: 
65-year  member  Fred  Dickerson;  50-year 
members  Earl  Cain,  Jack  Munsey,  and  Arnie 
Pooman;  40-year  members  Walter  Anderson, 
John  Biehle,  Garland  Fore,  John  Foster,  Walter 
Gusler,  Carl  Kidd,  Walfred  Millimaki,  Quenton 
Murdoch,  and  William  Senior;  and  25-year 
members  Bobby  Ellis,  Louis  Lilley,  Arthur 
Swagerman,  and  Kirk  Wellman. 


Vineland,  N.J. — Picture  No.  1 


Huntington  Park,  Calif.- 
Picture  No.  1 


Vineland,  N.J. — Picture  No.  2 


Huntington  Park,  Calif. 
Picture  No.  2 


VINELAND,  N.J. 

Local  121  recently  held  their  18th  annual 
awards  dinner  dance,  presenting  service  pins  to 
members  with  30  to  45  years  of  service  to  the 
Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows,  45-year  members, 
from  left:  Ells  Wedjesbag  and  Frank  Gierczyk. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Geo.  Nestler,  Joe  Speziali,  Harry  Smith, 
and  Wm.  Barbaccia. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Ralph  Quick  and  Earl  Donofio. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Leroy  Smith,  Lyal  Whison,  Arnold  Breeden, 
and  Herb  Pierce. 


HUNTINGTON  PARK,  CALIF. 

Furniture  Workers  Local  3161  recently 
presented  service  pins  to  members  with  25  and 
35  years  membership  in  the  UBC.  The  event 
included  a  dinner  at  a  local  steak  house. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Robert  Caro,  Jose  L.  Cortes, 
Ramiro  Villalobos,  Roberto  Garcia,  Santiago 
Gutierrez,  Ricardo  Herrers,  Alex  Mena,  and 
Jesus  Moran. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Arthur  Sals,  local 
president;  Carlos  Moncada;  Gonzalo  Barba, 
business  representative  and  financial  secretary; 
Armando  Vergara  of  the  district  council;  and 
Doug  McCarron,  district  council  president. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Raymond  Garcia,  Ricarda  Granilla,  John 
Isaack,  Elisa  Malonado,  and  Rudolph  Rangel. 


M.L. 


Vineland,  N.J.— Picture  No.  3 


Vineland,  N.J. — Picture  No.  4 


OCTOBER     1986 


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Hammond,  Ind.— Picture  No.  2 


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Hammond,  Ind. — Picture  No.  1 


Hammond,  Ind. — Picture  No.  3 


Hammond,  Ind. — Picture  No.  4 


HAMMOND,  IND. 

The  members  of  Local  599  recently  gathered 
for  their  annual  award  night  and  presented 
membership  pins  to  those  with  many  years  of 
service  to  the  Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  William  Wiahone.  Chester  Graham,  Joseph 
Hindahl,  George  Lousheff,  Felix  Bannon,  and 
Donald  Scholte. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Thomas  Devich.  Charles  Adair,  Alan 
Burrell,  Theo.  Myers,  President  Stanley  Zwek. 
Arthur  Metts,  Charles  Nichols,  Richard  Wilson, 
and  John  Hoffman. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  40-year  members,  front 
left:  Chester  Pryzbyla,  Franl<  Radziwecki,  Dale 
Dunham,  Lowell  Gorbeaux,  Robert  Adams,  Irvin 
Beyers,  President  Stanley  Zurek,  Edward 
Behlmg,  Raymond  Dewes,  Julius  Housty, 
Harold  Huntington,  and  Lowell  Swin. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  Eugene  Lew,  President  Stanley  Zurek,  Joe 
Bursua,  Business  Agent  Robert  Novak,  and 
Homer  Mudd,  receiving  pin  for  his  brother, 
Willard  Mudd. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  50-year  members,  from 
left:  John  Horvath,  President  Zurek,  Karl 
Peterson,  and  B.A.  Novak. 

Picture  No.  6  shows,  from  left:  Duke 
DeFlono,  the  president  of  Retirees  Club  27,  and. 
74-year  member  Axel 
Olsen  who  celebrated 
his  91st  birthday  on  the 
night  of  the  awards 
banquet. 


Hammond,  Ind. 
Picture  No.  6 


JUNEAU,  ALASKA 

Members  of  Local  2237  recently  gathered  for 
a  recogmition  dinner  to  honor  those  with 
longstanding  service  to  the  UBC.  A  special 
guest  at  the  dinner,  which  also  celebrated  the 
groups's  45th  anniversary,  was  Alaska  Governor 
Bill  Sheffield,  who  is  much  admired  by  labor 
groups  in  the  state. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  45-Year  members,  from 
left:  Raymond  Paddock,  Thomas  Harris, 


Juneau,  Alaska — Picture  No,  2 


Hammond,  Ind. — Picture  No.  5 

im 

Juneau,  Alaska — Picture  No.  1 

Governor  Sheffield,  Paul  Emerson,  and  Carl 
Hagerup. 

Picture  No.  2  shows,  from  left:  30-year 
member  Fred  C.  Morgan,  and  40-year  members 
G.R.  Isaak  and  Anders  Engberg. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Clarke  Damon,  Victor  Bouschor,  Waino 
Korpela,  Roger  Sipes,  and  William  Heritage. 

Picture  No.  4  from  left:  Business  Agent  Roy 
Peck  and  Alaska  Governor  Bill  Sheffield,  who 
attended  the  ceremonies. 

Also  honored  but  not  pictured  were  45-year 
member  William  Helin:  40-year  members 
William  McCurry,  Albert  Smith,  and  Andrew 
Sutton:  35-year  members  Irvin  Hieber,  Helmer 
Pedersen,  Clifford  Simpson,  and  John  P 
Tegge:  30-year  members  Karl  W.  Bergman, 
Frank  Brown,  John  M.  Floreske,  Chris  Ladstein, 
Albert  Shaw,  and  Albert  Stotz:  25-year 
members  Norman  Hickok,  Carl  W.  Johnson, 
Clifford  W.  Larsen,  Julian  R.  Lowe,  Charles 
Pond,  Oscar  Stone,  William  R.  West,  and  Paul 
Vandor:  20-year  members  Bert  K  Brandt, 
Harley  Edwards,  Stewart  Eniex,  Patrick  Mitten, 
David  Richards,  and  Ralph  Shepard. 


Juneau,  Alaska — Picture  No.  4 


PLATTSBURGH,  N.Y. 

Local  1042  recently 
awarded  a  40-year  pin 
to  Robert  L.  Light, 
the  19th  and  last 
member  of  his  family 
to  be  initiated  into  the 
local.  Light  served  as 
financial  secretary 
from  1953,  when  he 
was  placed  in  office 
to  rectify  a  serious 
financial  condition, 
until  his  retirement  in 
July  1986.  He  also 
served  as  treasurer  of 
the  local. 


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CARPENTER 


Milwaukee,  Wise. 


MILWAUKEE,  WiSC. 

At  their  annual  Spring  Dance  and  Service  Pin 
Award  Niglit,  Local  1741  conferred  service  pins 
on  those  members  who  had  longstanding 
service  to  the  UBC. 

Pictured  are,  front  row,  from  left:  25-year 
members  Arlen  Ortlib,  and  Kelly  Hautala;  50- 
year  member  Arthur  J.  Bilder;  and  25-year 
members  Roger  Kubetz,  Helmut  Godejohann, 
and  Roger  Emery. 

Back  row,  from  left:  ,35-year  members  Jerry 
Fell,  Carroll  Gehrke,  Anthony  Berget,  Herbert 
Schultz,  Eugene  Roden,  Edwin  Hilak,  and  Ken 
Weber. 


Stieboygan,  Wise. 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO 

Five  members  with  a  total  of  150  years  of 
service  between  them  received  pins  at  Local 
415's  December  1985  meeting. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  members,  from  left: 
James  Hudgel,  20  years;  Gerhard  Stroeer,  20 
years;  Jack  Hartle,  20  years;  Jackie  Vaughn,  25 
years;  Edwin  Matlack,  35  years;  and  L.  Monty 
Erb,  30  years. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  pin  recipients  and 
members  attending  the  meeting  receiving  UBC 
T-shirts  and  hats. 


SHEBOYGAN,  WISC. 

Local  657  recently  held  its  annual  awards 
banquet,  awarding  pins  to  members  with  25  to 
35  years  of  service. 

Pictured  are,  front  row,  from  left:  Donald 
Van  Akkeren,  30  years;  Martin  Clement,  35 
years;  Carl  Mohar  Jr.,  45  years;  Ervin  Gildner, 
35  years;  and  William  Gill,  25  years. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Orville  Klauck,  30  years; 
Calvin  LeMahieu,  35  years;  Max  Kraemer,  35 
years;  Clint  Grossheim  30  years;  and  Eugene 
Blindauer,  25  years. 


Cineinnati,  Ofiio — Pieture  No.  2 


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Cincinnati,  Ohio— Pieture  No.  1 


NEW  ROCHELLE,  N.Y. 

At  Local  350's  annual  dinner  dance, 
members  with  30  to  36  years  of  experience 
were  honored. 

Pictured,  from  left:  Business  Representative 
Victor  Cristiano,  George  Hryciuk,  President 
Mario  Pavia,  Victor  DeVito,  Joseph  Hernon,  and 
Frank  MacGuire. 

Receiving  pins  but  not  photographed  were 
Unto  Aro,  James  Circelli,  Rocco  Consigliere, 
Ben  Cozza,  Joseph  Faico,  Arthur  Gadski, 
Anthony  lantorno,  Charles  Mangano,  Francesco 
Nadile,  John  Ryan,  and  John  Seiser. 


New  Rochelle, 
N.Y. 


OCTOBER     1986 


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Retirees 
Notebook 


A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Retiree  Ctuin  and  the  com- 
ings and  goings  of  individual  retirees. 


Five  New  Clubs 
On  The  Roster 

Since  our  last  count  five  new  retirees  clubs 
have  received  charters  from  the  General 
Office.  The  new  clubs  gather  their  members 
from  Tennessee.  Michigan.  Kentucky.  Col- 
orado, and  Pennsylvania. 

Retirees  Club  No.  59  elected  Johnny  C. 
Harslon  as  president.  He  can  be  contacted 
by  writrng  203'/;  North  Highland  Ave.  Jack- 
son. Tenn.  39301. 

Ralph  B.  Brawner  is  the  president  of  the 
Club  No.  60.  His  address  is  23401  Mound 
Rd..  Warren,  Mich.  48091. 

The  president  of  the  Club  No.  61  is  Orvis 
Roy.  He's  at  402  South  Broadway,  Lexing- 
ton, Ky.  40508. 

Club  No.  62  elected  Charles  Stein  presi- 
dent. His  address  is  P.O.  Box  272,  Lafayette, 
Colo.  80026. 

The  Western  Pennsylvania  Central  Reti- 
rees have  formed  Club  No.  63  with  Philip 
Sweeney  as  president.  He  is  at  495  Mansfield 
Ave.,  Pittsburgh.  Pa.  15205. 

Politics  Behind 
Seniors  Organization 

There's  a  questionable  seniors  organiza- 
tion which  fronts  for  a  drug  company,  and 
the  group  has  a  confusing  name. 

The  link  between  the  two  was  revealed 
when  mailgrams  sent  to  legislators  acciden- 
tally had  a  return  address  for  the  Manhattan 
office  of  Pfi/er  Inc.,  a  huge  mullimillion 
dollar  drug  company. 

The  group  is  called  National  Alliance  of 
Senior  Citizens,  which  has  always  been 
suspected  of  fronting  for  conservatives  and 
business  interests.  The  name  is  very  similar 
to  the  labor-backed  National  Council  for 
Senior  Citizens. 

Baltimore  (Md.t  Sun  writer  Robert  Tim- 
berg  revealed  that  the  connection  came  dur- 
ing a  legislative  battle  over  the  use  of  generic 
drugs  in  New  York  State. 

The  National  Alliance  and  the  National 
Council  are  poles  apart,  and  are  easily  con- 
fused because  the  names  are  so  similar.  The 
National  Alliance  was  set  up  10  years  ago 
in  Ihe  back  room  of  a  Georgetown  tailor 
shop  as  a  conservative  rival  to  the  better 
known  and  progressive  National  Council  of 
Senior  Citizens. 


LaPorte  Club  Has 
Full  1986  Agenda 

Retirees  Club  45,  LaPorle,  Ind.,  reports 
a  membership  that's  29  strong.  In  a  recent 
letter  to  the  General  Offices.  Club  President 
Harold  Mahl  outlined  some  past  activities 
of  the  group,  including  a  Christmas  dinner 
al  Tom's  Landing  Restaurant,  two  white 
elephant  sales,  and  a  bus  trip  to  Kings  Manor 
in  Chicago,  111.,  for  dinner  and  entertain- 
ment. On  the  summer  agenda  were  a  picnic 
with  two  other  area  clubs,  a  polluck  supper, 
a  cookie  bake,  and  a  trip  to  a  While  Sox 
baseball  game. 

Minority  of  Retirees 
Under  Employer  Plans 

While  the  inclusion  of  retirees  in  em- 
ployer-provided health  insurance  plans  of- 
fers an  important  supplement  to  Medicare 
and  other  public  health  programs,  in  recent 
years  fewer  older  retirees  have  been  covered 
under  such  plans.  A  Department  of  Labor 
study.  Employer-Sponsored  Retires  Health 
Insurance,  found  that  in  1983  some  6.9 
million  retirees  and  their  dependents  were 
covered  by  private  sector  employers'  health 
insurance  plans.  Of  the  6.9  million,  4.6  were 
retired  workers;  the  remainder  were  their 
dependents.  In  examining  retirees  over  age 
65,  however,  the  study  found  that  only  4.3 
million  retirees  and  their  dependents,  or  16*^^ 
of  the  over-65  population,  were  covered  by 
health  insurance  sponsored  by  private  sector 
employees. 

UBC  retirees  over  age  65  have  available 
to  them  a  new  program  to  help  them  handle 
the  ever-rising  costs  of  medical  care  m  their 
.golden  years.  UBC  SENIORSHIELD  '86 
offers  low  group  premiums,  guaranteed  eli- 
gibility, and  peace  of  mind. 

Enrollment  kits  personalized  for  each  UBC 
retiree  should  have  arrived  at  his  or  her 
home  by  now.  If  retirees  have  any  further 
questions,  call  toll-free  (800)  368-5724. 


Retiree  Club  23 
Acquires  Rare  Beams 

A  rare  piece  of  history  was  unearthed  near 
the  Maumee  River  at  Grand  Rapids.  Ohio. 
Three  1 50- year-old  wooden  beams  were  sited 
by  an  avid  fisherman.  Ted  Barton,  as  he 
enjoyed  his  favorite  pastime. 

This  was  the  beginning  of  the  acquisition 
of  these  historic  beams  by  the  Maumee 
Valley  Carpenters  Retirees  Club.  According 
to  Aubrey  Van  Horn,  president  of  the  Re- 
tirees Club,  Barton,  who  is  editor  of  the 
Northwest  Ohio  Labor  Union  Newspaper. 
called  to  tell  of  his  find  and  from  there  the 
club  went  to  the  Toledo  Metro  Parks  Board 
to  ask  permission  to  save  the  beams  for 
restoration  and  public  display. 

Lyle  Rothenbuhler.  member  of  Club  No. 
23,  received  permission  from  the  parks  board 
to  remove  the  beams,  clean  them  up,  and 
place  them  in  a  public  spot.  "We  want  future 
generations  to  have  a  chance  to  see  them." 

The  beams  were  part  of  the  dam  across 
the  Maumee  River  and  the  Miami  and  Erie 
Canal  built  in  1838.  In  1908  the  wooden  dam 
and  canal  locks  were  replaced  by  concrete 
and  the  beams  left  submerged  in  mud  and 
water  until  about  15  years  ago  when  park 
rangers  unearthed  the  beams  and  they  laid 
on  the  bank  until  this  year. 

The  beams,  which  have  been  milled,  dated 
and  shaped,  represent  an  important  piece  of 
local  history  dating  back  some  150  years. 
They  have  been  moved  to  the  Cotter  Ap- 
prenticeship School  in  Toledo  for  refurbish- 
ing. The  carpenter  retirees,  with  the  aid  of 
park  personnel  and  a  truck  from  Lathrop 
Co.  who  graciously  donated  their  services, 
moved  them  from  the  park  to  the  school  late 
last  year,  where  they  were  placed  in  the 
custody  of  Ralph  Moore,  apprenticeship  co- 
ordinator. 

"The  Retiree  Club,"  said  Van  Horn,  "is 
hoping  to  place  at  least  one  beam  in  Toledo's 
proposed  convention  center  for  all  the  public 
to  enjoy."  That  beam  would  be  the  biggest — 
24  feel.  2  inches  long.  23  inches  wide,  and 
10  inches  deep. 


Historic  beam  at  Providence  Metro  Park.  Grand  Rapids.  Ohio,  with  Retiree  Chih  No.  2J 
members,  from  left.  Harold  Hertz.  rec(nding  secretary:  Lyle  Rothcnbahler:  Byron  Sitter: 
Charles  Siiter:  Howanl  Ihalman:  /■<■/«  Szymanski:  loid  Aiihrev  Van  Horn,  iircsidenl. 


34 


CARPENTER 


The  following  list  of  1 ,141  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $2,058,918.78  death  claims  paid  in  July  1986;  (s)  following 
name  in  listing  indicates  spouse  of  members 


Lociil  Union.  Cih- 


Chicago,  IL — Alex  Wojciuch,  Andrew  J.  Anetsber- 
ger,  Michael  J.Soltesz,  Peter  Bleeker,  Rudolph  Clar- 
ence Vanderley. 

Cincinnati,  OH — Glenn  B.  Scott,  John  J.  Gumbert, 
Jr. 

Wheeling,  WV — Lee  C.  Main,  Pearley  M.  Thomas. 
Davenport,  lA — Jeanelta  Vay  Brown  (s). 
St.   Louis.  MO— Anita  W.   Sloat  (s),  Dempsy  J. 
Parker. 

Minneapolis,  MN — Axel  W.  Gustafson.  Eddie  Saltz- 
man.  Edward  A.  HofT,  Edwin  Cavanagh,  Newell 
Sognesand.  Olaf  K.  Burg. 

Philadelphia,  PA — Edward  F.  WhJtaker,  Hammie 
Dykes,  Owen  Hugh  Watson,  Samuel  Tuber,  William 
Oettel. 

Chicago,  IL-^Edward  Suroviak,  Norman  F.  Adam- 
sheck. 

Cleveland,  OH— Clarence  Stanley  Mack.  Frank  J. 
Jezek.  Sr.,  John  Moss. 

Syracuse,  NY — Charles  H.  Church.  Frederick  T. 
Floor,  Jane  E.  Pithybridge  (s).  Mildred  1.  Faulter 
(s). 

San  Antonio,  TX — Clifton  Brasuell,  Gerald  F.  Bos- 
ton. 

Hackensack,  NJ — Beatrice  L.  Robertella  (s).  Fred- 
erick P.  Einermann.  Jeannie  H.  Witkowski  (s),  Mary 
E.  Lindahl  (s). 

Springfield,  IL — Andrew  R.  Chism. 
Bronx,  NY — Abraham  Zeidenberg.  Adolph  Ander- 
sen, Annie  M.  A.  Knutsen  (s),  Anthony  Scocozza. 
August  Schildt,  Biagio  Musso,  Carmine  Dalessan- 
dro.  Catherine  Suneson  (s).  Evelyn  Hool  (s).  Gunnar 
Tournquist,   Harry   R.    Nelson,    Ivan  John   Basic. 
Joseph  A.  Coietti.  Leah  Chapman  (s).  Oscar  Alf 
Olsen.   Ralph   P.   Inversa,   Robert  Suter,   Roberto 
Stinga,  Sam  Trotz. 
New  York,  NY— Laura  Olsen  (s). 
San  Francisco,  CA — Bennie  Frank  Adams,  Eugene 
Jobe,  F.   P.  Gebhard,  Joel  E,  Oslegaard,  Lloyd 
Eiserman.  Walter  Zecher.  William  H.  Brewer. 
Central  Connecticut — Emmy  Klocek  (s),  Frances  H. 
Muscarella  (s).  Pasquale  Cassella. 
Toronto,  Ont.CAN — John  Beaton.  Joseph  Terkov- 


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34 


ICS. 

Trenton,  NJ — Ruth  Lecompte  (s) 
Oakland,  CA— David  W.  Scott.  Maxine  B.  Harris 
(s). 

San  Rafael,  CA — Kay  F.  Dockery  (s).  Louis  G, 
Harvey.  Rosemarie  Mauroni  (s).  William  E.  Laxton. 
Oakland,  CA — Albert  K.  Boyden.  Carrie  P.  Greene 
(s).  Collins  E.  Chenault.  Ernest  M.  Crow.  Isaac 
Williams,  Jr..  James  MacLeod,  Orville  M.  Bowen. 
Robert  G.  Stevenson. 

Boston,  MA — Barbara  B.  Locke  (s),  Gus  McLellan, 
Henry  Gonsalves.  James  Peterson,  Lawrence  C. 
Begin,  Percy  A.  Howell,  Roland  D.  Mugford,  Stew- 
art Cooper. 

San  Francisco,  CA — Michael  Anthony  Lister,  Ni- 
colasa  C.  Romero  (s). 

Hartford,  CT — Andrew  P.  Kravontka,  Sylvia  Shirley 
Ledoyt  (s).  Thomas  A.  Thompson. 
Champaign-Urbana,  IL — Earl  H.  Johnson,  Floyd  E. 
Swinford. 

Fitchburg,  MA — Edward  M.  Lewis. 
Lowell,  MA — Antoinette  Dupont  (s). 
Knoxville,  TN— Ira  E.  Pike.  Samuel  R.  Hart,  Velna 
Evans  (s). 

Boston,  MA— Albert  O.  Crowell. 
Chicago,  IL — Frank  Rezabek. 
Denver,  CO — George  Zimmerman,  Howard  R.  Prose. 
Ralph  O.  Elliott,  Ruth  Bell  Leigh  (s),  Walter  P. 
Facey. 

Boston,  MA— William  T.  Tricketl. 
Chicago,  IL — Arthur  W.  Mueller,  Ellis  F.  Johnson, 
Gottfrid  A.  Olson,  Harriet  Pionke  (s).  Signe  Irene 
Anderson  (s). 

Indianapolis,  IN — Arthur  W.  Tincher,  Elbert  R. 
Kernodle,  Eugene  Neidigh.  Morris  Smith,  Oliver 
Lydick. 

Kansas  City, MO — Bernerd  E.  Reever,  Charles  E. 
Hudgens.  Max  P.  Wolfe.  Orion  Mattias  McAtee. 
Roger  R.  Kalinka. 

Chicago,  H^Charles  Johnson.  Randolph  Rossider. 
Richard  L.  Olson. 

Bloomington,  IL — John  J.  Konetski.  Stephen  J.  Ray- 
craft. 

Louisville,  KY — Charles  A.  Donahue.  Sr..  Clifton 
Riggins.  John  F.  Cooper. 
Glean,  NY— John  R.  Barr.  William  Dehaven. 
Boston,  MA— Earl  T.  Harnett.  Waller  R.  Hearn. 
Canton,  OH — John  E.  Schoeppner, 
Chattanooga,  TN — Bailey  H.  Prince.  David  Frank 
Rozzell.  James  Ervin  Thomas.  John  Hoyi  Biddle. 
Salley  E.  Wall  (s). 
Hazelton,  PA— Daniel  R.  Difeo 
Port  Chester,  NY— Dominick  Pannella.  Emil  Blech- 
ner.  Frank  Betfailo, 

Chicago,  IL— Helen  K.  Fath  (s),  John  Ahlen.  Jr.. 
Lillian  Phillips  (s).  Robert  W.  Crawley.  Victor  John- 
son. William  E.  Wills. 
Erie.  PA — Stanley  Balczon. 
St.  Paul.  MN— John  E.  Peterson. 
Mobile.   AL — Henry   J.    Davis.    Katie   McGilberry 
Butler  (s).  Lewis  L.  Leonard,  Woodrow  W.  Hat- 
tenstein. 


Local  Union.  City 

91     Racine,  WL— Stephan  Cahoj. 

93  Ottawa,  Ont,  CAN — Emery  Mayer,  Thersia  Laub 

(s). 

94  Providence,  Rl^John  E.  Johnson.  Joseph  Andrade. 
Lucy  Scuico  (s).  Nazareno  Sciotto. 

98     Spokane.  \VA— John  F.  Milliard,  Robert  Naccarato. 

101  Baltimore,  MD— Carl  J.  Burg.  Clifford  T.  Lee,  Edgar 

B.  Fowler.  Godfrey  C.  Clark,  Herbert  A.  Schubert. 
Kenneth  W.  Dotson,  Robert  Hughes,  Ruby  May 
Dowdy  (s). 

102  Oakland,  CA— Donald  L.  Erickson.  Edward  E. 
Dupree,  Eugene  B.  Ingersoll,  Frank  Remitz,  Naomi 
Edna  Piercy  (s). 

103  Birmingham,  AL — Alice  Bolton  (s). 

104  Dayton.  OH — Garland  Coolman. 

105  Cleveland,  OH— Gerard  Duffy. 

106  Des  Moines,  lA — Claude  F.  Muselman,  Harold 
Reeves. 

108  Springfield,  MA— Theophile  S.  Dejkus. 

109  Sheffield.  AL— Frank  L.  Hyde. 
Ill     Lawrence,  MA — Henry  Salois. 

113  Middletown,  OH— Elva  Blankenship,  Ernest  V. 
Murphy. 

114  East  Detroit,  MI— Albert  L.  Jones.  Arthur  Jackson. 
Charles  C.  Swick,  Elmer  William  Socia.  Guiseppe 
Cipriano,  Joseph  M.  Rots,  Lionel  G.  Warren,  Marion 
E.  Staten  (s),  Percy  Elliott.  Peter  A.  Santo.  Robert 
John  Burns. 

115  Miami,  PL — Merritt  H.  Baublitz. 

118  Detroit,  MI — Alexander  Ordan,  Armond  Joseph. 
Charles  Beaudoin.  Chesley  Green,  Effie  Ryan  (s) 
Harold  W.  Cogswell.  Ida  Seljgson  Is),  Jannie  Smith 
(s),  Mary  Ella  Smithers  (s),  Nathan  A.  Chambers, 
Otto  C.  Walter.  Peter  Paul  Braun,  Peter  Schmidt, 
Phillip  Krause,  William  Wesley  Synder,  Zygmont 
Artkop. 

120  LUica,  NY — George  Depalma,  Pasquale  Ferraiolo. 

121  Vineland,  NJ— Bertrum  A.  Breeden. 

123  Broward  County,  FL — Ferdinand  Thomas  Amato, 
George  Hunt,  Russell  W.  Snyder,  Thomas  E.  Win- 
gate. 

124  Passaic,  NJ— Albert  M.  Vara,  Henry  Deboer,  Joseph 
Fisher.  Richard  Mullenberg. 

125  Miami,  FL— Charles  Vetor,  Francis  Laino,  George 
W.  Dewald.  Henry  J.  Billingsley.  James  Timberlake, 
Sr..  Joan  L.  Jollay  (s),  John  Murray  Smith,  Nathan 
Brodie,  Nellie  E.  Nettles  (s).  Nicholas  La  Scala. 

128    St.  Albans,  WV~Ora  Estill  Justice. 

131  Seattle,  WA — Abe  Harris,  Andrew  Homick,  Fred 
E.  Atkinson,  George  H.  Bleakney,  Hilda  A.  Gjerde 
(s).  Manford  Lou  Hull,  Robert  A.  Kartak,  Roberta 
Bryant  (s). 

132  Washington,  DC— Millard  G.  Smallwood.  Paul  H. 
Lafon.  Peter  J.  Ellis,  William  S.  Lee. 

133  Terre  Haute,  IN — Merrill  -Arthur  Abrams,  Stacey 
Pierce,  William  R.  Beeler. 

135     New  York,  NY— Patricia  F.  Dalma  (s). 

140  Tampa,  FL — Peter  Labruzzo.  Sr. 

141  Chicago,  IL — Alex  R.  Oiund,  Edward  Teschke, 
George  Kocsis,  Johan  Albin  Anderson. 

149     Tarrytown,  NY — Carl  Marlinsen. 
153     Helena,  MT— Jesse  N.  Tobol 
155     PlainHeld,  NJ — John  Lamson 
161     Kenosha.  \VI— Walter  L.  Kordecki 
163     Peekskill,  NY— Carl  Syverson 
166     Rock  Island,  IL— Unie  Posey 

168  Kansas  City,  KS — Naomi  E.  Owens  (s) 

169  East  St.  Louis,  II^Robert  I.  Newell,  Vern  Earl 
Southwick 

171     Youngstown.  OH — Charles  E.  MacDonald,  Christian 

C.  Blanch,  Joseph  Habenschuss,  Mary  Edith  Kahler 
(s).  Randall  Burkelt,  Stanley  Fenton. 

174    joliel,  IL — Angelo  A,  Pisoni,  Joseph  Callow. 

180  Vallejo,  CA, — Jasper  J.  Shook.  Lawrence  F.  Ruch. 

181  Chicago,  IL — Claude  I.  Speaks.  Joseph  Halama. 
Linder  Nelson.  Palmer  Nerbo. 

182  Cleveland,  OH— Edmund  J.  Kuczmarski,  Vincent 
Melzger. 

183  Peoria,  IL— Lyle  E.  Mahr. 

184  Salt  Lake  City,  UT— Frank  B.  Lowder,  John  A. 
Wester.  John  H.  Anderson,  Moroni  Schindler.  Ru- 
dolph I.  Christiansen. 

185  Si.  Louis,  MO,— Edward  I.  Carpenter 

186  Steubenville.  OH— Bernell  E.  Stern,  John  Mc- 
Donald. 

189  Quincv,  IL— Ralph  Magill. 

190  Klamath  Falls,  OR.— Clarence  E.  Blakley. 

191  York,  PA.— Chancie  T.  Neff. 

195  Peru.  IL — Gilbert  Conibear,  Harry  G.  Barber,  John 
Spelich, 

198  Dallas,  TX — George  F.  Sorrells.  James  W.  Crowder. 
Jessie  Mavis  Baggs(s).  Jewell  Martin  (s).  John  David 
Hayes,  Thomas  Tidwell  Vaught.  William  Fritz 
Thompson. 

199  Chicago.  IL — Burnell  P.  Sweeney,  George  P.  Pol- 
jack,  Reed  Tillev. 

200  Columbus.  OH— Edna  Mae  Cochran  (s).  Ralph  H. 
Edison.  Thomas  D.  White. 

202  Gulfporl.  MS — Cornelius  J.  Ausmer. 

203  Poughkeepsie,  NY — Carl  G.  Edlund.  Leocadia  Man- 
cini  (s).  William  H.  Millerschon. 

206     Newcastle.  PA— William  A.  Kelley. 

210    Stamford,  CT — Gerald  T.  Denike.  Guy  Henderson. 

Joseph  Strate.  Michael  A.  Casliglione,  Michael  W. 

Mersko.  William  M.  Pivirotto. 


Local  Union.  City 


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Pittsburgh,  PA— Dorothy  M.  Kohnen  (s),  James  R. 

Moore,  Joseph  Henry  Schuster. 

Houston,   TX — Alfred   E.   Smallwood,   Charles   H. 

Kunz,  Edgar  Johnson,  Harmon  E.  Martin.  John 

Ezra  Baughman.  Joseph  E.  Vachon,  Joyce  Lorain 

Gilmer,  Lester  V.  McGraw,  Ralph  J.  Cornman. 

Lafayette,  IN— Edward  Paul  Zufall. 

Boston,    MA — Agustus    F.    Walsh,    Doris    Loretta 

Keough  (s). 

Washington,  IN — Gerald  J.  Myers. 

Nashville.  TN— Doyle  Duke. 

Atlanta,  GA — Herbert  Landrum  Jones.  Richard  Pe- 
ter Jongema,  Roy  L.  Kimbrell.  Samuel  Leon  Love. 
230     Pittsburgh,  PA— Anthony  J.  Desio,  Charles  F.  Slough. 

Herman  W.   Elms.  Irene  B.  Huinak  (s),  John  M. 

Benedek,  Margaret  Eckbreth  (s),  Wilfred  E.  Hiner- 

man. 

Fort   Wayne,   IN — Daniel   F.    Harshman.   Paul   D. 

Abbott. 

Riverside,  CA — G.  Clyde  Monroe,  Jerry  A.  Papan- 

drea. 

Chicago,  IL — Albert  J.  Ledin,  Caroline  Sheiato  (s), 

Gustav  H.  Flodslrom. 

New  York,  NY — Nils  Hommen,  Solomon  Weintraub, 

Vincenzo  Evola. 

Portland.  OR — Donald   McBride.  Herman  Spiess, 

Martin  Karges.  Orville  J.  Johnson.  Per  Fredriksli. 

Therese  D.  LaPointe  (s). 

Toledo,  OH— Galen  D.  Smith,  Geraldine  M.  Stemen 

(s). 

Waukegan,  IL — Thomas  F.  Trice. 

Cleveland,  OH — Edward  A.  Jenkins. 

Bloomingburg,  NY — Elmer  G.  Stevens,  John  Sheley. 

Savannah,  GA — Julian  Paul  Wammock. 

New  York,  NY — Karl  Fethlan,  Lillian  Lucia  Duncan 

(s). 

Jackson,  TN — Robert  Paul  Holloway. 

Scranton,  PA — Alex  Yakacki. 

San  Jose,  CA — Brian  Howe.  John  Macias. 

Milwaukee,  WI — Harrison  D.  Seeley.  HugoG.  Klip- 
pel.  Maurice  A.  Ask.  Peter  W.  Kurszewski,  Sr. 

Saugerties,  NY — Hilda  Yerry  (s). 

Dresden,  OH — Vance  L.  Kawa. 

Sharon,  PA— Ronald  W.  Clark. 

Danville.  IL — Ernest  Zander.  Lawrence  R.  Reese, 

Russell  Hall. 

Chicago  Hgl.,  IL — Waller  Lamacki. 

Newton,  MA — Charles  J.  Stone,  Irene  H.  LeBlanc 

(s) 
280     Niagara-Gen.  &  Vic,  NY— Elizabeth  Fulgenzi  (s). 

Eugene  C.  Sage. 

Binghamton,  NY — Arthur  W.  Farrow,  Lois  Westcotl 

Barnes  (s). 

Harrisburg,  PA — Arthur  E.  Hopple,  Eleanor  J,  Bar- 

lol  (s),  Leon  E.  Mattern. 

Linton,  IN— Blair  D.  Wilson,  Gilbert  Huffman. 

Brooklyn,  NY — Carl  V.  Soderlund,  David  Sprung, 

Harald  Hansen.  Herman  Pelmas,  Ivan  Greene.  James 

Rose,  Max  Hochberg,  Olaf  Olafsen,  Olav  B.  Olsen. 

Sol  Fink,  Trygve  Grundeland. 

Kalamazoo,  MI — Arnold  L.  Perin. 

Cedar  Rapids,  lA — William  Usher. 

Madison,  WI— Hilda  TetzlalT(s).  Leo  Thomas  Swee- 
ney. William  Kruse. 

316  San  Jose,  CA — Berhard  Striegel. 

317  Aberdeen,  WA — Roy  Sackie. 
Roanoke,  VA — Arnold  M.  Hutchinson. 
Augusta,  ME — Gerald  V.  Vintinner,  Sr..  Romeo  A. 
Levesque. 

Beacon,  NY — Walter  A.  Schneider. 
Pawtuckel.  RI — Joseph  LaCourse. 
Memphis,  TN — Creed  L.  Bales.  Francis  W.  Gran- 
tham, Harrison  C.  Johnson.  John  B.  Cloyd,  John 
Vern  Clark.  T.  J.  Holden.  Vernon  Harlsfieid.  Wil- 
liam T.  Higginbollom. 

Mattoon,  IL — Marcel  Henry,  Otto  W.  Loser. 
New  York.  NY — James  Swain,  Olaf  Olafsen.  Wilfred 
Quinton. 

Gilroy,  CA— Claude  D,  Chappell. 
Philadelphia.  PA — Frank  Kovacic.  Jobe  Trout.  Nor- 
man MacDonald,  Richard  Schmolz. 
Duluth,  MN — Arnold  L.  Fossum,  DelmarE.  Himes. 
Uno  George  Makilalo. 
Pueblo.  CO — Arthur  L.  Bressan. 
Marion,  IN — Everett  A.  Burden. 
Albany,  NY — John  A.  La  Malfa. 
Texaricana,  TX — Lilburn  E.  Holmes. 
Richmond,  VA — Grover  Wilson  Parrish. 
Camden,  NJ— Emma  Margaret  Harvey  (s).  James 
H.  Hampton,  Jr. 
Omaha,  NE — Hubert  Sullivan. 
Alexandria,   LA — C.   Newton   Rhodes.   Wertie   M. 
Rhodes  (s). 

Ft.  Madison  &  Vic,  lA — Emil  PieschI,  George  N. 
Wolfe. 

San  Angelo,  TX — Alvin  O.  Hendersholt. 
South  Bend,   IN — Dale   N.   Cochrane,   Eugene   K. 
Holycross.  Robert  J.  Sones. 

New  Brighton,  PA — Mary  Theresa  McKee  (s).  Myr- 
tle M.  Wesche  (s).  Vera  Dorusha  (s). 
Hingham.  MA — Curtis  G.  Riggins,  Grace  R.  Riggins 
(s). 

433  Belleville.  IL— Mae  E.  Nurdin  (s). 

434  Chicago,  IL — Joyce  E.  Pochinskas  (s). 
437     Portsmouth.  OH— Waller  Dietrich. 


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446  S(.  Sle  Marie,  Onl..  CAN — Agnes  Livingstone  Is). 
Irene  (".tmer  Isl 

453  Auburn.  N\ — Gerald  R.  Patience. 

454  Philadelphia.  PA— Arthur  N.  Whiting. 

455  .Somerville.  NJ— William  F.  Ryan.  Sr. 

462     (Ireensburg.  PA — Merle  R.   Snyder.  Raymond   F 

tmrr 
470     Tacoma.  W  A — Hne  K.iiia.  Ksther  Meyer  (si.  Frcnd\ 

D    Medloek,  Lero\  Fhinne> 
472     .\shland,  K^— Bett>  Lo.i  Moore (s).  Jennie  Rowland 

(SI 

475     .Ashland.  MA — Raymond  Moloney 

4S3  San  Francisco.  CA — Lee  Alfred  Thors,  Lcnora  kiilh 
McDonald  (s) 

492     Reading.  P.A— Walter  <1    Damweber, 

49.1  Mt.  \ernon.  N\— Charles  Rogers.  Emma  K  Pern 
(si.  John  Hesenuis 

496     Kankakee.  II. — Thomas  N.  Martin. 

506     Vancouver.  B.C.  Can. — Oscar  Sorensen 

510  Berlhoud.  CO— George  L  Williams.  Harold  R  An 
derson.  Harry  W.  Hanks.  James  H  Paxton.  Michael 
D   Shotland.  Wayne  M,  Lockett 

512     Ann  Arbor.  Ml — Alwin  John  Beuerle 

515     (  olo.  Springs.  CO— Ralph  F    Maddux 

517  Portland.  ME— Rcnaldo  R  Lowr> .  R.>hen  M  Wey- 
nunilh 

5.31     Nev>  York.  NY— Leo  Fisco 

5.15  Norwood.  MA— A  Ruben  Sundherg.  Walter  Tack- 
ell 

548     Minneapolis.  MN — Alice  Couture  (s). 

556     Meadville.  PA— Everelte  W    Barger. 

558  Elmhurst.  11,— Edward  John  Daleiden.  Louis  H 
Hoenc.  Pal  Irsan  C  arson 

559  Paducah.  KV— Linda  Blalock  Baucum  (s) 
562     Everett.  WA— Marv  Hudon  (s). 

56,1     <;lendale.  CA— ITias  l.ovold.  Hazel  M    Farmer  Isl. 

Jeddv  N    Allred.  Rinaldo  Uagostino 
565     Elkhard.  IN— Rosemary  G    Mullelt  (s) 
569     Pascagoula.  MS — Irvin  Louise  Kellv 
576     Pine  BlulT.  AR— l.oyd  Collins  While 
586     Sacramento.  CA — ClilTord   N     Lewis 

C  ole.  I  etmard  R   Goodpaster 

599  Hammond.  IN— Albert  Adreas  Huisma 

600  Lehigh  Valley.  PA— Charles  W   Campbell 
Fret/  (s).  George  J     Kline.  Herbert  L 
Matthew  J    Busch.  Ihomas  Kerr 

602  St.  Louis.  MO— Charles  D    Bnegleb. 

60.1  Ithaca,  NY— John  Oaden 

604  Va  Evelelh.  MN— Gunnar  Lund 

609  Idaho  Falls.  ID— Clyde  W    Ritter.  Victor  1.   kmelz 

610  Port  Arthur.  TX— Viola  M    Rucklerlsl. 

61.1  Hampton  Roads.  VA-Cniy  Derrenbacker.  John  E. 
Ogburn.  Sr  .  Kenneth  Gus  Green.  Marion  Landiin 
Shackelford.  Oiha  H    Ayscue 

620  Madison.  NJ — Ben.iamin  Petrone.  Robert  Titm.m 

621  Bangor.  ME — (harles  Gardiner,  Elmer  F,  Conradv 
62.1      \tlanlic  Countv.  NJ— John  H    Pidd 

624  Broikton.  MA  — Harold  Went^ell. 

625  Manchester.  NH— Howard  H    Hall. 
6-14     Salem.  II,— Ralph  Ivan  (iarren 

615     Boise.  11>— D    Gordon  Hampe,  John  Fred  Clavton. 

Luther  W.  Mallard.  Sr 
6.19     Akron.   OH— Chester    Brooke.    Dommick    Ditiore. 

Henrv  Brabham.  William  Zavortmk. 
640     Metropolis.  II.— Otis  Wallace 
642     Richmond.  CA — James  [idward  Davis.  Roy  William 

Moran.  Thomas  McGhee.  Vester  Robinson 
644     Pekin.  II,— Ellis  R    Jaylor.  George  S.  Lacey 
650     Poinerov.  OH — Cosper  Jenkins. 
660     Springfield.  OH— John  Dee  Barker. 
665     .\marillo.  TX — Gloy  Clinton  Ashlock 
668     Palo    ,\lto.    CA — Newmon    Flowers. 

W.ilkcr 
678     Dubuque.  lA — Paul  Hauber. 
684     Davlon.  OH— Don.ild  Ray  Warner 
696     Tampa.  FL — .Andrew  Harrison. 
698     Covington.  KY— Richard  N    Walters.  Sr 
701     Fresno.  CA — George  L    Gage.  Jake  Reitz.  Johnnie 

M    HilKs). 
701     LiHkland.  OH— Howard  Ray  more 
710     Long  Beach.  CA — F,dna  Mary  Clements  Is).  Edwin 

M    Kiihn.  Kenneth  I,     Thompson.  Robert  M.  Hell. 

714  Olathe.  KS — Suzie  Beatrice  Andrews  (si. 

715  Elizabeth.  NJ— Charles  Minnell.  Helen  Elizabeth 
Mtiretli  (s).  Theodore  Huber. 

721  Los  Angeles,  CA — Angela  Nunez  Vasquez  (si.  F,dd\ 
B.  Feitsma.  Fernando  Villalla.  George  Bakes.  George 
W    Penfield.  Gosia  Sundholm.  Nils  Holmberg 

726     Davenport,  lA — Richard  Faulhaber 

712     RiKhesler,  NY— Floyd  Kloss. 

719  Cincinnati,  OH — Betty  L  Adamson  (si,  Louis  H 
LoK.  Ihomas  W    Barilev 

742     Decatur,  IL— Helen  M    Strachan  (si. 

74.1  Bakersfield,  CA— Clyde  McKinley  Gray.  Marcus  S. 
Absher.  Violel  K.  Kulilek  (sl. 

751  Santa  Rosa,  CA — Clarence  Hagerly.  Eva  Lorene 
Miller  (si,  Melv(n  Tague. 

751    Beaumont,  TX — Peter  Tomasello. 

764  Shreveport,  LA — Jack  D.  Seward.  Pearl  F  ,\dams 
(si.  Waller  E.  Bucklew 

767     Ottumwa.  lA— Walter  T.  Weathcrstonc. 

769  Padadena.  CA — Joseph  F    Kurn.  Larry  W   Reeves 

770  Yakima.  W  A— Ulen  O    Henderson. 

772     Clinton.  lA— Albert  L.  Burt.  Carl  E.  Bunn.  Howard 

Hansen 
781     Princeton,  NJ — Maurice  McGoldrick. 
785     Cambridge,  Ont.,  Can. — William  Stephens 
792     Rockford,    IL— Charles    Wade    Burkcll.    Harrv    S 

Amelung.  Lawrence  Fry.  (")rval  Dtibbs.  Richard  F 

Stroheckcr 
815     Beverly.  MA — Irving  Harlow. 
824     Muskegon.  Ml— Carl  Albin  Lofquist.  Harold  J.  Roe 
829     Santa   Cruz,   CA — Benjamin   Vincent   Jordan.   Ole 

Marlin  Mohus 


Wallac 


W 


8.19     Des  Plaines.  II^Bruce  S    Morthland.  Martin  W 
.'Xntlerson.  W.iller  J    Ziomek 

844  Canoga  Park.  CA— Jacque  Ffhe  Sproule  (si. 

845  (  liflon  Heights.  PA  -Joseph  P,  Morns. 

848  San  Bruno.  CA — Cl.iudeC   Hamilton.  Eddie  Rainev. 
Llcla  Filarski  (si.  William  Rivaisl 

849  Manitowoc,   W'l— George   S     Hebel.   Wilfred   Cay- 
em  berg 

857     Tucson,  \'/^ — Stephen  Kostunck 

871     Battle  Creek,  MI— Harold  P   Overlcv 

902     Brooklyn,  NY— Allred  Rosa.  Ethel  .Stockwood  (si. 

James  P    Gargiula.  John  Chapan 
904     Jacksonville.  II, — Bertha  Fave  Seymour  (si 
906     (ilendale.  AZ— Mabel  O    Diilc 
921     Portsmouth.  I'A— Alfred  Barron.  Donald  F,  Guil- 

mcllc.  Eulsee  Jr^hnson.  Jeanclte  M.  Brockman  (si. 

Lee  Makomb  Burgess.  William  Anhur  Rudd. 
9.18     Richmond.  M.S— Barbara  J    Anderson  (si.  Estell  I) 

Miller.  Tcddv  I)    Pike 
941     Tulsa,  OK— Edgar  Overby,  Gladys  Martha  Jackson 

Is) 
944     San  Brnardno,  CA — Ira  K.  Ncvling. 
948     Sioux  City,  lA — True  C"oover 
955     .\ppleton.  Wl — Joseph  G    Jansen 
964     RiH-kland  Co.  NY— Michael  Magnalta 
971     Reno.  NF,— Thomas  Hayward  Fishhurn. 
971     TexasCily.TX-John  Leo  Bennett.  Ruth  M    Barton 

isl 
974     Baltimore.  Ml) — Alfred  tritz.  Christian  J    Pedersen 

976  Marion.  OH— Herman  Rulan 

977  Wichita  Falls.  TX— James  M    Davis.  Sr 

978  Springfield.  MO — Edward  S.  Carr.  Simeon  L    Ma 

pics 

981  Petaluma.  CA— Hoke  S    Patterson 

991  Miami.  FL— Lester  I,    Harnnglon 

998  Roval  Oak.  Ml— Charles  Junlunen.  Gladys  Myers 

1002  Knoxville.  TN— Wmdlc  Murray 

1005  Merrillville,  IN— James  Milton  Denny. 

1006  New  Brunswich,  NJ — Joseph  Zavacky.  Stephen  Ka- 
plar 

1014  Warren.  PA— Lillian  Viola  Anderson 

1026  Miami.  FL— John  I     Hickey 

1027  (  hicago.  IE- Nikolaus  Marx 
1041  (,arv.  IN— Clarence  E    McDade 
1046  Palm  Springs.  C.\ — Cecil  L.  Cook 

1050  Philadelphia,  PA— Antonio  Fonunato.  Nicholas  Ra 
dovich.  I'rimo  Lclii.  Thomas  Jones 

1052     HollvwcMid.  CA— Ravmond  Mardn  Bradis 

1051  Milwaukee.  WI— Howard  Raellcr.  William  B  Dem 
beck 

1054     Everett.  WA— Harold  F    Bowlin.  Millon  F   Burscll. 

Vernon  P.  McGnH 
10.55     Lincoln.  NF,— Floyd  Gad  Adams.  John  H.  Boyd 
1062     Santa  Barbara,  CA— Donald  R    Lewis.  Elizabeth 

Knudson 
1065     Salem.  OR — Dewey  A.  Simons.  Harlan  L.   Long. 

I  CO  l.ani/ 
1067     Port  Huron.  Ml— Nicholas  Serlich. 

1074  Fau  Claire.  Wl— Dimald  V    Hughes. 

1075  Fredericksburg,  VA — Julian  V    Robinson. 
10S9     Phoenix.  A/,— Edg.ir  Judd. 

1(191      Bismarck.  Nl>— Anhur  E.  Strand 

1094     Albany  Corvallis.  OR— ErnesI  R    Zurbuchen 

1(196     Oklahoma  City,  OK— Eugene  V    Mollev 

1097  Longview,  TX— Earl  Cherry 

1098  Baton  Rouge.  LA— Ezra  Funderburk.  Nola  Ray 
Walls.  Simon  J    Oliphant. 

1102     Detroit.  Ml— George  S    Moore.  H     Dale  Hodges, 

I  ucian  Maxey  Weir. 
1105     Uoodlawn.  AL — Joseph  T.  Evans.  Ruby  McGowan 

Berglmd  (s) 

1108  Cleveland.  OH— Fieanore  Gavnlofl' (si,  Helen  Du 
lala  (s).  Lloyd  i,arsen.  Valma  E.  Young  (s) 

1109  Visalia.  CA— Lloyd  Odiorne 
1114     S,  Milwaukee.  Wi— Lcrov  Gatzke 

1120  Portland.  OR— J  Bernardo  Garcia.  Marian  I, .  Laun- 
dreau  (s) 

1121  Boston  Vicnty.  MA — John  L.  Lyons.  Timothy  R 
Lannon 

11.18  Toledo.  OH— John  W    Rudolph 

114tl  San  Pedro.  CA— 1  r.ink  Maroll.i.  Ihomas  Cullen 

1141  La  Crosse.  Wl — .Adolph  G    fhiimpson 

1144  .Seattle.  WA— Linda  J    Aas  (s) 

1146  Creen  Bay.  Wl— I  red  John  Baake.  Gary  J    Reedy 

1147  Ruseiille.  CA — F.rnest  Vernon  Glenn 

1149     San  Francisco.  CA— Estey  L   Garrett  (si.  John  Bar- 

lolini.  Lam  Howard.  Mario  D    Rivera 
1160     Pittsburgh.  PA— Edward  A.  Dzimiera 
1164     New  York.  NY— Felix  Werney.  Fntz  Walker.  Sal- 
v.tlore  Pugliese. 

1184  Seattle.  WA — Bonifacio  Ben  Cantu.  Eugene  Nelson, 
Robert  S    P    Langmaid 

1185  Chicago.  II, —  Eleanor  Dralhringlsl,  John  T  Hanley . 
Lorclta  H    GoKsehalk  isl 

1187  (;rand  Island.  NF— Marrv  Ann  Morns  (si. 

1207  Charleston.  WV— l.eandcr  Adkins 

1222  Medford,  NY —George  Tedesto 

1240  Oroville.  CA— Laura  M    Hillenlsl 

1241  Columbus.  OH— Dwighl  B    Bun 

1242  Akron,  OH— Mark  Srephen  Armhrus(cr 
1256  .Sarnia.  Ont..  CAN— Ralph  Thompson 

1266  Austin.  TX— Bendal  Watson,  Ralph  Fverhard,  Sallv 
Belle  Wise  (si.  Waller  M  Wagner.  Weldon  Mc- 
Kinney 

1277     Bend.  OR— Anhur  John  Fana.  Roy  A.  Smith. 

1280     Mountain  View.  CA— Dorothy  Louise  Heck  (s). 

1296  San  Diego,  CA — Delberl  Stark.  Edward  C,  Corcoran. 
F^lmer  M  Laird.  Eric  Erickson.  Francisco  M,  Mor- 
ales, Harr)ld  A.  Taylor,  Henrv  A,  Brunson,  Homer 
Winlock  Smith,  John  Roy  Jories,  Ovid  C,  Willis 

1102     New  London.  CT— Harry  E    Siostron 

1.101     Port  Angeles.  WA— Frances  Charlotte  Eaton  (SI. 

1.105  Fall  River,  MA — Anione  F  Rose.  Frank  Lynam. 
Joseph  Castellina 


1.107     Evanslon.  II,— Ruth  M    Zillmci  Isl. 

LIU     Dayton.  OH- Laco  ^     Wagner.  Sr, 

1114     OcontmiowrK-.  Wl — Jerr>me  Schultz 

1119     Albuquerque.  NM— Haskel  R.  Welch. 

1.121     Monterey.  CA— Cecil  C.  Walker.  Leo  Edwin  Thill- 

gen.  Vernon  W.  Ask 
1.125     Edmonton,  Alia,  CAN— John  Marko 
1.142     Irvingtnn.  N.l — George  Richard  Dorer.  John  Such 
ircki.  Joseph  M    (ir/yb.  Manfred  Bucco.  Ri>ben  I 
(,>uigle\ .  Rooseveil  Robinson 
1.145     Buffalo,  NY— Alben  Mehner.  Alfred  O.  Riesc.  Dom- 
inic Coppola 
1154     Aberdeen,  Ml> — Karen  Lee  Creeger  (s), 
1,155     Crawfordsville,  IN— John  R   Carmicheal. 
1.1.59     Toledo.  OH     Richard  Halmakci 
1.161     Ihester.  IL— .-Wcline  E.  Hanman  (si. 
1.168     .Seattle.  W  A— Chester  Quanrud 
1.171     Flint.  MI— l.lovd  L    Andrews 
L179     North  Miami.  Fl.— Charles  A    Butz.  Jr 
1.19.1     Toledo.  OH— Kay  Ann  Bockbrader  Isl.  Virgil   K 

Allen 
1.194     Ft.  Lauderdale,  Fl.— Peter  W    Rieman 
1.197     North  Hempstad.  NY— Joseph  Ladigoski. 
1400     Santa   Monica.   CA— John    B.    Peters.   William   1. 

Frvin 
1404     Biloxi.  M.S— Woodrow  Gilhen 

1407  San  Pedro.  CA — Aubrey  L.ooney.  Leonard  E.  Deg- 

Vlllc 

1408  Redwood  City,  CA— Edith  M.  Kickbush  (si.  Lonnic 
Mcl.ain 

1412     Paducah.  KY' — Clarence  N.  Holcomb. 

1418     Lodi,  CA— Fred  L.  Bailey.  Irene  H.  Bell  (si.  James 

I     Morns.  John  L  Speegie.  John  To.  Cunningham. 

Louis  A.  Prato, 
1421     Corpus  Christie,  TX — D.  C     Reynolds.   Maria   A, 

Flores  (s) 
1437     Compton.  CA — Even  Dewyn.  John  H.  Manick. 
1445     Topeka.  K.S— William  C    Pollard. 
1449     Lansing.  Ml— Versile  V-    Archer. 

1452  Detroit.  Ml— Waller  Palonka 

1453  Huntington  Bch.  CA— Arthur  Bclhs.  Ernest  F.  Har- 
per, tilcn  (  l.irence  Niel.  John  Morrow. 

1456  New  York.  NY' — Finar  Reinertsen.  Evans  Sturte- 
vanl.  Hans  Hansen.  John  J  Ohara.  Melvin  C.  Riley. 
S  Garland  Anthony.  Thomas  Kavanagh.  Trygve 
Westhasscl 

1461  Traverse  City.  Ml  —  Lett  Drewa 

1462  BueksCountv.  PA— Joseph  F.  Pyie.  Kenneth  Yordv 

1463  Omaha,  NF— Helen  Barbara  Oseka  (si. 

1464  Mankato,  MN— Anhur  W    Edhlund. 
1471     .lackson.  MS — Leia  Mane  Rowley  (si 
1478     Redondo.  (A— Everett  S    Doolilllc 

1485  La  Porte.  IN— Kathervn  J    Wintek  (si 

1486  Auburn.  CA— Irlis  M.  Williams,  Moses  A  Helllcy. 
Nelson  I     Berry. 

1495  Chico.  CA— Dorothy  C    Rolf  Is) 

1497  F.  Los  Angeles,  CA — Elwood  Dolson 

1498  Provo.  HT— Angus  Moncnsen.  William  F.  Drage 
1506  Los  Angeles.  CA— Abe  Gallerslein.  David  J     Mal- 

men.    Leo    Harrison   Zimmerman,    Lloyd    William 

McBndc.  Ravmond  G    Berg.  William  H.  Hass.in 
1.507     Fl   Monte,   CA— Lewis    F     Baincv.    Margarila   (. 

Avclar  (si.  Victor  Delaros.i.  Waller  R    l.andlelh 
1512     Blountville.  TN— Llizabclh  I      Mock  Isl,  Mil.in  I, 

Millard 
1515     Winnipc-g.  Man.  CAN— Jean  Goike  Is) 

1521  .Algonia,  VVT — Harold  John  Duponl 

1522  Mattel,  CA — Francis  Eugene  Walbndge.  John  I, 
Bradley 

1526     Denton.  TX— Walter  Long 

1529  Kansas  City.  K.S— Jess  J,  Olinger.  Norman  L.  Ad- 
kins. William  H,  Mark 

1532     Anacortes.  WA — Maynard  M     Thompson. 

15.16  New  York,  NY' — CharlesJohnson.  Ird.  Fiore  Barone. 
Luigi  Pela.  Philomena  Monaco  (si  ' 

15.19     Chicago.  IL— Harlan  Benglson 

1.545     Wilmington.  DE— Nancv  McConnell  (si 

1548     Baltimore.  Ml)— Chester  Edward  Golanski. 

1564     Casper.  WY— Merl  Dennis. 

1581  Fnglewood,  CO— Clyde  J.  Rolhfuss.  Kathleen  Lager 
Is) 

1590     Washingtim,  DC— Roy  E    Lee 

1592     Sarnia.  Ont..  CAN— John  Kidman 

1596  St.  Louis.  MO— Floreinc  C  Tombndge  (si.  John  F 
Oil.  Ravmond  .\    Ziegler.  Raymond  O.  Petersen 

1597  Bremerton.  WA— Ernest  L.  Nelson.  Milton  L.  Ram- 
slead 

1598  Victoria.  B.C.,  CAN— James  F.  Clements. 
1607     Los  Angeles.  CA— Rufus  W.  Carter. 

1615     Grand  Rapids.  Ml— Pearl  C    Van  Weslen  (si. 

1622  Hayward.  CA— Carol  Ann  Alyea  Is).  Glenilh  Ru- 
dolph Hood.  Joan  Margaret  Bettencoun  (s).  Victor 
Tavare 

16.12  S.  Luis  Obispo,  CA— Howard  D  Evans.  Paul  R 
Hogan 

1615     Kansas  City,  MO — Harrold  M.  Chewning. 

1644     Minneapolis,  MN — Herbert  F   Crocker. 

1665  Alexandria,  VA— Reginald  P.  Vosburg.  Ruth  S.  Er- 
iksson (si 

1669     Fl.  William,  Onl..  CAN— Alben  L   Johnson 

1672     Hastings.  NF- Andrew.  Liija 

1681     Fl  Dorado,  AR— Hugh  K    Kavis.  Olha  L.  Johnson. 

1689      Taeoma.  WA — Andrew  J    Sabol.  Srdney  F,  Dougal. 

1691  Coeur  Dalene,  ID — Arnold  Raymond  Guy.  Frank 
( )lensl.tger 

1691     Chicago.  IF- Collelte  L.  Meliani  Is) 

1701     Buffalo.  NY— Richard  L.  Mahlmcisler. 

1707     Kelso  Longvew.  WA— Arnold  G    Hage. 

1715     \ancouver.  WA — Floyd  Bnngman 

1723  Columbus.  (iA — James  A.  Eason  Sr..  Louis  Clemens 
H.irt 

I74I  Milwaukee,  Wl — Gerhart  Badzio.  Herwig  Jahnke. 
Willi.im  B.islian 

1750     Cleveland,  OH— Edward  Kowalski.  John  A    Sholl. 


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Raymond  Millhof. 
1752     Pomona,   CA— Emil   A.    Rricson,    Fred    L.   Cook, 

Melba  F.  Anderson  (s),  Ruth  Frances  Deamer  (s), 

Vernon  Sherman. 
1759    Pillsburgh,  PA— Jack  Edward  Hutcheson. 

1764  Marion,  VA — Goldie  B.  Richardson  (s),  James  W. 
Hall,  Thomas  F.  Blevins 

1765  Orlando,  FL — Armand  Tanava,  Claude  Pearcy,  Karl 
D.  Fuls. 

1775    Columbus,  IN — Glenn  Marcum,  Harley  L.  Robison. 

1778    Columbia,  SC— Clyde  M.  Crout. 

1780     Las  Vegas,  NV— Eddie  F,  Williams,  Lawrence  Hak- 

ala,  Theo  E,  Rash. 
1788     Indianaplis,  IN— Paul  E.  Monroe. 
1811     Monroe,  LA — Andrew  Franklin  Cooper. 
1815     Santa   Ana,   CA— Elsie   K.   Potter  Is),   Wayne   L. 

Crown,  William  X.  Vaughn. 
1837    Babylon,  NY — Gordon  Anderson,  Richard  J.  Rosen- 

busch. 
1839    Washington,  MO— Byron  O.  Jackson. 
1846    New  Orleans,  LA — Alden  S.  Barilleaux,  Autie  J. 

Dowdwn,  Eldon  J.  Savoie,  Ivan  J.  Dupre,  Joy  Gatio 

(s),  Murphy  Acosta.  Theresa  Boudreaux  (s). 
1849    Pasco,  WA — Manuel  Coulee. 
1856     Philadelphia,  PA— Frank  R.  Burton.  Irvin  T.  Speight. 

Joseph  McMullen,  Patricia  Holdsworth  (s). 
1865     Minneapolis,  MN — Edwin  Westlin. 
1869     Manteca,  CA— Robert  Stranbrough. 
1871     Cleveland,  OH— Anastasia  M.  Swan  (s),  Elsie  Scherba 

(s),  John  E.  Calabrese. 
1880    Carthage,  MO— Floyd  Burton 
1889    Downers  Gorve,  IL— Clarence  Carlson,  George  C. 

Vix. 
1904    North  Kansas,  MO— Ivan  Clyde  Taylor. 
1906    Philadelphia,  PA— Albert  Petrancuri. 

1913  Van  Nuys,  CA — Frances  Louise  Williams  (s),  Julius 
Williams,  Michael  A.  Anaya.  Tauno  Tikka,  Thomas 
H.  Aldrich. 

1914  Phoenix,  AZ— Douglas  Ray  Hale. 

1915  Clinton,  MO— Leslie  P.  Clites. 

1925    Columbia,  MO — Marvin  Lee  Sheridan,  Jr. 

1930  Santa  Susana,  CA — Fred  W.  Rankin,  George  N. 
Lee. 

1931  New  Orleans,  LA — Oscar  P.  Davis,  Sr. 

1962     LasCruces,  NM — James  Ross  Flatley,  Joe  N.  Chavez. 
1976     Los  Angeles,  CA— Orvill  S.  Beatty. 

1997  Columbia,  IL— Walter  B.  Wienhoff. 

1998  Pr.  George,  B.C.,  CAN— Daniel  Bryce,  Frank  Loz- 
insky. 

2006     Los  Gatos,  CA— Gary  J.  McGill. 

2015     Santa  Paula,  CA— Claude  M.  Ragsdale. 

2027  Rapid  City,  SD— Harvey  E.  Albrecht. 

2028  Grand  Forks,  ND— Leonard  R.  Fincke,  Martin  J. 
Buurman. 

2035     Kingsbeach,  CA— Marion  C.  Barrett  (s). 
2037     Adrian,  MI— Sheldon  R.  Benfield. 
2042     Oxnard,  CA— Dan  W.  Clark. 

2046  Martinez,  CA — George  Albert  Leoni.  George  H. 
Rookard,  George  Kaufenberg,  Richard  E.  Hawk. 
Stanley  L.  Stefik. 

2047  Hartford  City,  IN— Wilma  1.  Clark  (s) 
2061     Austin,  MN— Harold  A.  Busswitz. 

2067     Medford,   OR— Harley  S.   Harper,   Raymond   M. 

Stiffler. 
2073    Milwaukee,  WI— John  Drall,  Joseph  N.   Nolden, 

William  M.  Angst. 

2077  Columbis,  OH— Ruth  James  (s). 

2078  Vista,  CA— Raymond  F.  Baker. 
2080    Escondido,  CA — Joseph  Mason. 
2099    Mexico,  MO — Clarence  Meranda,  Jr. 
2119    St.  Louis,  MO— Floyd  T.  Thornton. 

2127    Centralia,  WA — Tesse  Beatrice  Armstrong  (s). 

2154  Portland,  OR— Harold  Clunas. 

2155  New  York,  NY — Jeannie  Sugameii  (s). 
2164    San  Francisco,  CA — James  J.  Hill. 
2168    Boston,  MA— Henry  D.  White. 

2203     Anaheim,  CA — Adaline  Emma  Morgan  (s),  Raymond 

Hosking,  William  H.  Brewer 
2209    Louisville,  KY— John  William  Foster. 
2212    Newark,  NJ— Jean  J.  Hilton. 
2232    Houston,  TX— Bennie  F.  Douglas,  Walter  Schmidt. 
2235     Pittsburgh,  PA— Angelo  J.  Bufalino. 
2250    Red  Bank,  NJ— Albert  Aschettino,  John  Bach. 
2252     Grand  Rapids,  MI — John  Swanson. 
2264    Pittsburgh,  PA — Samuel  Schwartz. 
2274    Pittsburgh,  PA — Russel  Livenspire,  Ullin  J.  Myers. 

Jr. 

2286  Clanton,  Al^Lurabell  Vinzant  (s). 

2287  New  York,  NY— Clifford  Nilsen,  Gabe  Tessar  Sr., 
Louis  Cracolici. 

2288  Los  Angeles,  CA— Bert  E.  Turner,  Cullen  W.  Low- 
thorp,  Cyril  V.  Roberts,  Joseph  M.  Pelrin,  Michael 
S.  Russell,  William  Gail  Jackson. 

2298     Rolla,  MO— Eugene  H.  Dorenkamp. 

2375  Los  Angeles,  CA— David  S.  Burton,  Elmer  C.  Swan- 
son. 

2396  Seattle,  WA— Agnes  Katherine  Bendicksen  (s),  El- 
mer A.  Thiele,  Homer  S.  Halverson. 

2398     El  Cajon,  CA— Patricia  Klingler  (s). 

2404  Vancouver,  B.C.,  CAN— Charles  Howard  Mc- 
Donald, Harry  M,  Spidell. 

2411     Jacksonville,  FL — Reece  C.  Simmons. 

2416     Portland,  OR— Albert  ieo  Willis. 

2435  Inglewood,  CA — Lula  Elizabeth  Domenico  (s),  Romie 
Urban,  William  B.  Sanden. 

2471     Pcnsacola,  FI^Dan  E.  Parker. 

2477    Santa  Maria,  CA — Marie  Teresa  Smith  (s), 

2492    Reedsporl,  OR— Carroll  L.  Robinson. 

2498     Longview,  WA — Donovan  Ross  Keeney. 

2519  Seattle,  WA — Kenneth  C.  Livingston,  Marjorie  Eliz- 
abeth Hoza  (s),  Raymond  R.  Focht,  Thomas  T. 
Doan. 

2528    Rainclle,  WV— Charles  W.  Flanagan,  Edwin  Webb. 


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2564 

2577 
2581 
2588 
2600 
2608 
2633 

2659 
2682 
2687 
2693 
2714 
2739 

2761 

2767 

2780 
2805 

2817 

2819 

2834 
2881 

2941 
2942 
2949 

2995 
3055 
3062 
3088 
3091 

3127 
3130 
3161 
3202 
3223 
7000 


9053 
9074 
9440 


Gilchrist,  OR— Dorothy  Marie  Phillips  (s),  John  B. 
Weems. 

Grand  Fall,  NFL,  CAN— Alexander  Wilton,  Harry 
Stuckless.  John  Vincent. 
Salem.  IN — Eugene  Caves. 
Libby,  MX — Edna  M,  Bonneau  (s). 
John  Day,  OR — Ralph  Truman  Frazier. 
San  Diego,  CA — Barbara  Ann  Muehlhausen  (s). 
Redding,  CA — Lloyd  James  Lea. 
Tacoma,  WA — Doris  Owen  Blades  (s),  Elmer  Ro- 
binson. 

Evert,  WA — Emil  Anderson,  George  1.  Geisdorf. 
New  York,  NY — Felix  A,  Burgos. 
Auburn,  CA — Charles  R.  Baggett. 
Pt.  Arthur,  Ont.,  CAN— Edward  Joseph  Wawia. 
Dallas,  OR — Russell  Arthur  Inman. 
Yakima,  WA— Albert  G.  Dallman.  Samuel  B.  Mar- 
shall. Virgil  E.  Govreau. 

McCleary,  WA — Robert  B.  James,  William  A.  Jones. 
Morton,  WA — Beulah  Hightower  (s),  Vernon  Otis 
Peterson 

Elgin,  OR— Pearl  Elvis  Hook. 
Klickitat,  WA— George  H.  Crawford,  John  C.  Mon- 
roe, Virgil  F.  Maupin. 

Quebec,  Que.,  CAN — Humberto  Vieira,  Laureal  Pa- 
quet,  Mari  Allot. 

New  York,  NY — Felix  DeJean,  Lonnie  Hedgepetyh. 
Vincent  Diliberti. 

Denver,  CO — Robert  R.  Sanderson. 
Portland,  OR — Andrew  Lewis  Peterson.  Clarence 
E.  Wilson,.  George  A.  Nunn. 
Warm  Springs,  OR — Hubert  Naugher. 
Albany,  OR— Harlan  C.  Packard. 
Roseburg,  OR — George  F.  Morris,  Guy  E.  Mullin. 
Ray  Heichel,  Sam  O.  Bishop. 
Kapuskasng,  Ont.,  CAN — Henri  Paul  Belanger, 
Goshen,  IN — Ivan  Martz. 
Temple,  TX — Precious  P.  demons. 
Stockton,  CA — Tina  R.  Hipfner. 
Vaughn,   OR — Allard   William   James,    Fred    Rinn 
Springsteel. 

New  York,  NY — George  Wilcox. 
Hampton,  SC — Harold  K.  Smoak. 
May  wood,  CA — Conrad  Cox. 
Warrenton,  MO — Raymond  A.  Koehler. 
Elizabethtown,  KY — Arthur  Rigelwood 
Province  of  Quebec,  LCL  134-2 — Adelard  Gagnon, 
Alma  Gufvremont.  Amedee  Laroche,  Rolland  Ouel- 
lette. 

Detroit,  MI— Wallace  J.  McKinnon,  William  A. 
Doig. 

Philadelphia,  PA— Charles  J.  Landy,  Jr. 
Chicago,  lU— Joseph  J.  Farrell. 
Santa  Anna,  CA — James  Arnold  Mullicane. 


Accords  Reached 

Continued  from  Page  11 

vacation  benefits  produced  the  favorable 
vote  on  August  22.  Plant  closures  and  im- 
proved worker  productivity  at  Boise  resulted 
in  improved  production  volumes  by  a  re- 
duced workforce.  These  productivity  im- 
provements were  used  to  counter  the  com- 
pany's deep  wage-cutting  efforts. 

As  with  Williamette  and  Boise  Cascade, 
Champion  International  improved  its  final 
contract  proposal  on  the  heels  of  the  ratifi- 
cation votes  at  the  other  companies.  Mem- 
bers of  the  IWA  struck  the  company's  Rose- 
burg, Ore.,  mill,  but  approved  the  company's 
contract  proposal  following  the  LPIW  ap- 
proval on  August  24. 

The  wage  concessions  and  benefit  modi- 
fications embodied  in  the  industry  agree- 
ments reflected  the  poor  earnings  perform- 
ance experienced  by  industry  producers. 
The  period  since  the  last  agreement  in  1983 
has  seen  two  and  one  half  years  of  corporate 
losses  followed  by  recent  profit  rebounds. 
Despite  the  unsettled  nature  of  the  industry 
caused  by  major  corporate  consolidations 
and  capacity  reductions,  the  unprecedented 
cooperation  exhibited  by  the  unions  in  the 
industry  during  these  negotiations  has  pro- 
tected a  strong  basis  for  future  union  expan- 
sion in  the  industry.  jj^jfj 


Low-Wage  Growth 

Continued  from  Page  7 

Although  the  U.S.  still  holds  the  edge 
in  high  technology,  Lester  C.  Thurow 
of  the  Masschusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology asked,  "If  U.S.  industries  lose 
their  production  base,  how  can  their 
engineers  and  scientists  keep  coming 
up  with  the  software  to  sell  overseas?" 
In  other  words,  "most  advances  in 
technology  are  generated  along  the 
learning  curve  of  an  ongoing  production 
process,  not  in  the  vacuum  of  a  uni- 
versity laboratory,"  Business  Week 
noted. 

Preserving  U.S.  industry  and  the  jobs 
that  depend  on  it  is  good  for  the  nation' s 
economy  as  well  as  the  American  stand- 
ard of  living.  "If  lowering  wages  is  the 
only  way  for  the  U.S.  to  regain  its  edge, 
then  the  solution  may  be  worse  than 
the  problem,"  Business  Week  con- 
cluded. It  noted  that  it  was  Henry  Ford 
who  made  it  an  economic  axiom  that 
the  welfare  of  American  business  ulti- 
mately depends  on  having  workers  who 
earn  enough  to  buy  the  products  they 
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making  a  temporary  step  right  on  the  wall. 
The  Qwik-Step  makes  the  ladder  obsolete 
for  many  tasks.  It  can  also  be  used  as  a 
handle  for  the  carpenter  who  must  carry  a 
framed  wall  to  ifs  final  location. 

It's  light  weight  and  small  size  makes  it 
easy  to  carry.  The  chrome  finish  makes  it  a 
lifetime  tool.  It  is  a  perfect  addition  to  any 
professional  carpenter's  tool  box  or  belt. 
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The  Irwin  Company  is  introducing  mark- 
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tools.  Offered  in  red.  yellow,  blue,  green, 
black,  and  white,  the  crayons  may  be  used 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Calculated  Industries 38 

Clifton  Enterprises 37 

Cline-Sigmon 19 

Foley-Belsaw  Co 39 

Full  Length  Roof  Framer 39 


to  mark  on  oily,  slick,  wet.  cold,  and  dry 
surfaces.  This  makes  them  ideal  for  use  with 
lumber,  concrete,  cardboard,  ceramics,  and 
metal,  according  to  the  manufacturer. 

Each  crayon  is  hexagonal  and  measures 
4'/:  inches  in  length.  All  are  non-toxic  and 
waterproof  for  long-lasting  capabilities. 

The  crayons  come  packaged  in  boxes  of 
12  per  color.  All  Irwin  marking  crayons  are 
made  in  the  United  States. 

For  further  details  about  the  new  crayons, 
contact  Diane  Schikowitz.  Product  Man- 
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217  River  Drive.  Patchogue.  NY  11772; 
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A  paint  from  Great  Britain  can  be  applied 
to  floors  and  other  surfaces  in  film  and 
television  studios,  as  well  as  other  estab- 
lishments, and  then  peeled  off  to  restore  the 
original  condition.  Originally  devised  to  meet 
the  needs  of  television  production  at  the 
BBC's  Pebble  Mill  studios  in  Birmingham, 
Pebble  Mill  Peelable  is  so  tough  that  large 
vehicles  can  be  driven  over  it. 

The  initial  coat  can  be  force  dried  using 
cold-air  fans  in  about  four  hours,  after  which 
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Tomorrow's  UBC 

Members  on 

School  Buses 

Today 

Our  convention  delegates 

lay  plans  for  the  present 

and  an  uncertain  future 


Last  month,  those  big  yellow  buses  began 
operating  again,  picking  up  millions  of  children 
across  the  land  and  iaking  them  back  and  forth 
to  school  to  prepare  them  for  later  life.  Five 
days  a  week,  nine  months  out  of  each  year,  the 
youngsters  are  transported  to  their  classrooms, 
their  lockers,  their  desks,  and  their  teachers. 

Their  parents  hope  that,  after  a  reasonable 
number  of  years,  they'll  come  out  at  the  end  of 
the  educational  assembly  line  as  smart,  well- 
trained  young  adults  ready  to  earn  their  way  in 
life. 

1  need  not  tell  you  that  it  doesn't  always  work 
out  that  way. 

As  dedicated  trade  unionists,  we  hope  that 
more  than  a  million  of  today's  young  people  will 
take  up  the  trade  of  carpentry  and  the  crafts 
and  industrial  jobs  allied  to  it,  and  we  further 
hope  that  every  one  of  them  recognizes  the 
value  of  trade  union  membership  and  eventually 
signs  up  with  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America. 

That  doesn't  always  work  out  either. 

There  are  a  lot  of  roadblocks  between  school 
and  construction  jobs,  between  school  and  fac- 
tory. There  are  additional  roadblocks  between 
jobs  and  union  membership.  Most  of  these 
roadblocks  will  be  discussed  and  acted  upon  by 
the  delegates  to  our  35th  General  Convention, 
meeting  this  month  in  Toronto.  Ont. 

The  first  big  roadblocks  are  job  shortages. 
There  are  8'/:  million  Americans  and  more  than 
a  million  Canadians  out  of  work  today.  Another 
7  million  Americans  are  forced  to  work  part- 
time,  or  they've  used  up  their  unemployment 


benefits  and  are  too  discouraged  to  look  for 
jobs. 

The  highest  unemployment  rate  is  among  our 
young  people,  and  that  situation  may  not  be  any 
better  next  June,  when  millions  of  students  will 
graduate,  unless  steps  are  taken  by  government 
and  industry  to  create  more  job  opportunities 
and  better  training  procedures  to  match  people 
to  jobs. 

Otherwise,  we'll  wind  up  next  June  with  a 
few  million  more  unprepared,  unmotivated  young 
people,  ill-equipped  to  take  even  the  entry-level 
jobs  offered  to  them  by  the  predominantly  white- 
collar  industries. 

Workers  producing  semi-conductors  now  out- 
number workers  in  blast  furnaces  and  steel  mills. 
The  workforce  for  electronic  computing  equip- 
ment production  is  now  larger  than  the  combined 
workforces  for  farm  and  construction  machinery 
and  equipment,  including  mining  and  oil  field 
equipment  and  industrial  trucks  and  tractors. 

In  sheer  workforce  numbers,  so-called  "high 
tech"  has  emerged  as  a  significant  force  in  U.S. 
manufacturing.  High-tech  industries  now  em- 
ploy more  workers  than  the  steel  and  auto 
industries  combined. 

Unfortunately,  the  high-tech  industries  have 
been  notoriously  non-union,  and  they're  trying 
to  stay  that  way.  They'll  tell  you  they  can't 
compete  with  Singapore,  Hong  Kong,  Korea, 
and  Taiwan  unless  they  keep  wages  low.  That, 
to  my  way  of  thinking,  is  nonsense.  High  tech 
will  eventually  be  making  inroads  in  the  indus- 
tries we  serve,  and,  when  it  does,  we  intend  to 
bargain  for  wages  and  working  conditions  befit- 
ting U.S.  and  Canadian  workers. 

Unions  have  shied  away  from  high-tech  be- 
cause it  has  been  traditionally  set  apart.  It  once 
employed  college-trained  engineers  and  techni- 
cians. It  was  the  highest  skilled  of  the  white 
collar  industries. 

Well,  it  isn't  that  way  any  more.  It  is  as  much 
a  "basic"  industry  today  as  steel  and  auto 
manufacturing,  and  it  should  be  treated  as  such. 
The  vast  majority  of  high-tech  workers  are 
unorganized,  and  they  should  be  receptive  to 
union  representation. 

The  high-tech  industry,  like  many  other  in- 
dustries, has  been  affected  by  mergers  and 
changes  in  company  ownership.  Some  depend 
upon  government  contracts  to  survive.  There 
have  been  widespread  layoffs  of  workers  and 
wage  cuts — not  a  healthy  climate  forjob  hunters. 
It  is  an  industry  where  retraining  and  extended 
training  are  important  factors  forjob  security. 


Contractual  arrangements  for  retraining  and 
severance  pay  are  becoming  more  vital  in  the 
industrial  sector  today,  as  large  corporations 
manipulate  their  investments — shutting  down 
mills,  affecting  mergers,  instituting  bankruptcy 
proceedings  to  destroy  unions,  and  shifting  pro- 
duction to  non-union  areas  of  the  country. 

Under  such  circumstances,  the  job  market 
changes  almost  daily,  and  young  people  coming 
into  the  job  market  must  compete  with  displaced 
older  workers,  even  their  parents  in  some  in- 
stances. 

It's  not  like  it  was  in  the  old  days,  when  a 
youngster  could  follow  in  a  parent's  footsteps 
and  be  assured  of  a  livelihood.  We  have  smiled 
with  pride  in  the  United  Brotherhood  to  find 
three  and  four  generations  of  carpenters,  cabi- 
netmakers, and  millwrights  working  at  their 
trades.  It's  not  as  simple  to  achieve  that  today 
as  it  used  to  be,  particularly  if  the  union  jobs 
are  not  available. 

We  must  continue  to  train  young  people  for 
our  skilled  trades,  maintaining  our  comprehen- 
sive apprenticeship  program.  We  must  also  do 
what  we  can  to  prepare  young  people  for  ap- 
prenticeship through  the  Job  Corps  and  other 
avenues  of  assistance. 

At  the  same  time,  we  must  redouble  our  efforts 
to  overcome  the  open-shop  movement.  We  must 
convince  the  general  public  that  unions  are  as 
modern  and  as  vital  to  today's  economy  as  they 
were  in  the  days  of  the  sweatshops  and  the 
blackhsts. 

And,  beyond  this,  we  must  show  our  young 
people  in  schools  across  North  America  that 
unions  are  here  to  stay,  that  unions  are  demo- 
cratic voices  in  a  free  society. 

Organized  labor  has  contributed  much  to  the 
development  of  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
It  was  a  driving  force  in  obtaining  free  public 
schools  and  free  textbooks  for  universal  edu- 
cation. It  has  fought  for  more  than  a  century  to 
guarantee  quality  health  care.  It  has  been  in  the 
forefront  of  the  fight  for  civil  rights.  It  has  fought 
for  decent  housing,  safe  streets,  and  a  fair  tax 
system. 

Countless  school  children  today  have  a  dis- 
torted idea  of  what  unions  are  all  about.  One 
union  newspaper  recently  stated: 

"Your  child  comes  home  from  school  with  a 
question:  'Don't  you  belong  to  a  union,  daddy?' 
When  you  say  you  do,  the  child  thinks  for  a 
second  and  says,  'Well,  you're  not  a  gangster, 
are  you?'" 

Such  a  mistaken  image  of  unions  is  reinforced 


by  television  and  radio  news  broadcasts  or 
newspaper  reports  of  strike  violence.  Sometimes 
the  only  other  information  students  receive  about 
labor  unions  comes  from  a  flood  of  propaganda 
supplied  to  schools  by  special  interest  groups. 
Some  of  our  own  members,  who  grew  up  with 
such  views  around  them,  have  not  yet  become 
believers.  Many  of  our  members  no  longer 
understand  the  benefits  of  union  membership. 
They  listen  to  the  prophets  of  doom  who  talk 
about  declining  union  membership,  and  they 
wonder:  where  do  we  go  from  here? 

With  these  factors  in  mind,  I  hope  that  the 
delegates  to  our  35th  General  Convention  will 
come  away  from  Toronto  with  a  renewed  spirit 
and  a  determination  to  build  a  strong  union 
foundation  for  those  kids  on  the  school  buses 
today. 


PATRICK  J.  CAMPBELL 
General  President 


THE  CARPENTER 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

Address  Correction  Requested 


Non-Profit  Org. 

U.S.  POSTAGE 

PAID 

Depew,  N.Y. 
Permit  No.  28 


Photographs  from  (Canada's) 
National  Film  Board.  Between 
Friends;  Danny  Singer,  photog- 
rapher. 


Washington  State 
to  British  Columbia 


Ferry  operates 
between  nations 
all-year-round 


Over  34.7  nautical 
miles,  from  Anacortes, 
Wash.,  to  Sidney,  B.C., 
the  ferries  pictured  carry 
up  to  2500  passengeers 
and  160  cars,  making  up 
to  four  trips  a  day  from 
each  coast  during  the 
summer  months.  Cross- 
ing the  Strait  of  Juan  De 
Fuca,  the  trip  takes  about 
3V2  hours,  sailing 
through  some  interna- 
tional waters.  Ferry  serv- 
ice has  been  running 
since  the  turn  of  the  cen- 
tury; the  State  of  Wash- 
ington has  operated  fer- 
ries on  this  particular 
route  since  1951. 


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November  1986 


Unifed  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  &  Joiners  of  America 


reliminary  Report  on  the  Convention 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

John  Pruitt 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington.  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 

Wayne  Fierce 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  Joseph  F.  Lia 

120  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

Second  District,  George  M.  Walish 

101  S.  Newtown  St.  Road 

Newtown  Square,  Pennsylvania  19073 

Third  District,  Thomas  Hanahan 

9575  West  Higgins  Road 

Suite  304 

Rosemont,  Illinois  60018 

Fourth  District,  E.  Jimmy  Jones 
12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue,  #3 
North  Miami,  Florida  33161 

Fifth  District,  Eugene  Shoehigh 
526  Elkwood  Mall  -  Center  Mall 
42nd  &  Center  Streets 
Omaha,  Nebraska  68105 


Sixth  District,  Dean  Scoter 
400  Main  Street  #203 
Rolla,  Missouri  65401 

Seventh  District,  H.  Paul  Johnson 
Gramark  Plaza 

12300  S.E.  Mallard  Way  #240 
Milwaukie,  Oregon  97222 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
5330-F  Power  Inn  Road 
Sacramento,  California  95820 

Ninth  District,  John  Carruthers 
5799  Yonge  Street  #807 
Willowdale,  Ontario  M2M  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 

1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 
Calgary,  Alberta,  T2K  OG3 


William  Sidell,  General  President  Emeritus 
William  Konyha,  General  President  Emeritus 
Peter  Terzick,  General  Treasurer  Emeritus 
Charles  E.  Nichols,  General  Treasurer  Emeritus 


Patrick  J.  Campbell,  Chairman 
John  S.  Rogers,  Secretary 

Correspondence  for  the  General  Executive  Board 
should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


Secretaries,  Please  Note 

In  processing  complaints  about 
magazine  delivery,  the  only  names 
which  the  financial  secretary  needs  to 
send  in  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are   NOT  receiving  the  magazine. 

In  sending  in  the  names  of  mem- 
bers who  are  not  getting  the  maga- 
zine, the  address  forms  mailed  out 
with  each  monthly  bill  should  be 
used.  When  a  member  clears  out  of 
one  local  union  into  another,  his 
name  is  automatically  dropped  from 
the  mailing  list  of  the  local  union  he 
cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the  secre- 
tary of  the  union  Into  which  he  cleared 
should  forward  his  name  to  the  Gen- 
eral Secretary  so  that  this  member 
can  again  be  added  to  the  mailing  list. 

Members  who  die  or  are  suspended 
are  automatically  dropped  from  the 
mailing  list  of  The  Carpenter. 


PLEASE  KEEP  THE  CARPENTER  ADVISED 
OF  YOUR  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS 


NOTE:  Filling  out  this  coupon  and  mailing  it  to  the  CARPENTER  only  cor- 
rects your  mailing  address  for  the  magazine.  It  does  not  advise  your  own 
local  union  of  your  address  change.  You  must  also  notify  your  local  union 
...  by  some  other  method. 


This  coupon  should  be  mailed  to  THE  CARPENTER, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


NAME. 


Local  No. 


Number  of  your  Local  Union  must 
be  eiven.  Otherwise,  no  action  can 
be  taken  on  your  change  of  address. 


Social  Security  or  (in  Canada)  Social  Insurance  No. 


NEW  ADDRESS. 


City 


State  or  Province 


ZIP  Code 


THE 
COVER 


ISSN  000&-6843 

VOLUME  106  No.  11  NOVEMBER  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Convention  Story 2 

Convention  Committees 5 

Trade  Deficit  Impairs  Industry  and  Economic  Growth 11 

Building  Trades  Action  Against  Toyota 13 

Nord  Door  Sued  by  Anti-Union  Consultants 13 

Learning  about  Labor  in  School 14 

Wal-Mart  Petition  Campaign  In  22  States 17 

Don't  Buy  Louisiana-Pacific  Wood  Products 18 

CLIC  Report 19 

Safety  and  Health:  Local  Coalitions 29 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 10 

Ottawa  Report 12 

Labor  News  Roundup 16 

Local  Union  News 21 

We  Congratulate 23 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 25 

Consumer  Clipboard:  It's  Time  for  Fire  Safely 27 

Retirees  Notebook 28 

Plane  Gossip 31 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 32 

In  Memoriam 37 

What's  New? 39 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  40 


Published  monthly  al  3342  Bladensburg  Road,  Brentwood,  Md.  20722  by  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  Joiners  of  America.  Subscription  price:  United  States  and  Canada  $10.00  per  year,  single  copies  $1.00  in 
advance. 


Printed  in  U.S.A. 


The  35th  General  Convention  of  the 
United  Brotherhood  assembled  October 
6  at  the  Convention  Centre  in  Toronto, 
Ont.,  for  five  days  of  intensive  planning 
and  decision  making.  A  total  of  2,083 
delegates  and  1 ,826  registered  guests  par- 
ticipated in  the  week's  activities. 

It  was  the  United  Brotherhood's  first 
general  convention  since  the  observance 
of  the  union's  centennial  in  Chicago,  five 
years  ago  .  .  .  the  first  convention  of  the 
UBC's  second  century.  Under  the  Con- 
stitution and  Laws,  the  UBC  will  not 
gather  for  its  36th  General  Convention 
until  1991,  so  resolutions  and  proposed 
changes  in  the  Constitution  and  Laws 
were  carefully  deliberated  in  10  active 
sessions. 

Our  November  cover  shows  some  of 
the  key  convention  participants.  At  upper 
left,  General  President  Patrick  J.  Camp- 
bell dehvers  the  keynote  address.  At 
middle  left.  First  General  Vice  President 
Sigurd  Lucassen  is  at  the  rostrum.  Below 
that.  General  Treasurer  Wayne  Pierce 
confers  with  Second  General  Vice  Pres- 
ident John  Pruitt. 

Other  pictures  show  the  speakers'  plat- 
form and  a  host  of  attentive  delegates 
seeking  recognition  from  the  chair  to 
speak  at  floor  microphones. 

At  lower  right,  General  Secretary  John 
S.  Rogers  delivers  his  report  to  the  con- 
vention. 

Photographs  are  hy  Official  Photog- 
raphers Francis  Federici  and  Tom  Estrin 
of  Affiliated  Graphics. 


NOTE:  Readers  who  would  like  additional 
copies  of  our  cover  may  obtain  them  by  sending 
i<H  in  coin  to  cover  mailing  costs  to.  The 
CARPENTER,  101  Constitutmn  Ave,,  N,W,, 
Washington,  D,C.  20001. 


CARPEI^li 


'**J,|J^     Preliminary  Report  an  Ihe  Convention 


A  PRELIMINARY  REPORT 


35th  General  Convention  Adopts 
Progressive  Five-Year  Program 


Delegates  approve  estab- 
lishment of  Brotherhood 
defense  fund  and 
changes  in  the  Constitu- 
tion and  Laws  to 
strengthen  local  unions 
and  councils  in  organizing 
and  collective  bargaining. 


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Bold  and  progressive  measures  to 
strengthen  our  union  were  approved  by 
the  2,083  delegates  attending  the  United 
Brotherhood's  35th  General  Conven- 
tion, October  6-10  in  Toronto,  Ont. 

They  set  the  stage  for  an  aggressive 
organizing  program  throughout  the 
United  States  and  Canada  during  the 
next  five  years,  and  they  modified  the 
UBC's  Constitution  and  Laws  in  one 
all-day  session  to  strengthen  local  unions 
and  councils  in  their  day-to-day  admin- 
istration. 

A  major  step  was  taken  by  the  con- 
vention when  it  approved  constitutional 
wording  which  will  enable  the  General 
Executive  Board  to  establish  the  Broth- 
erhood's first  defense  fund.  Another 
change  in  the  Constitution  is  expected 
to  expedite  ratification  of  collective  bar- 
gaining agreements.  The  establishment 
of  the  international  defense  fund  is 
expected  to  strengthen  the  position  of 
local  unions  and  councils  involved  in 
negotiations  with  major  industrial  em- 
ployers and  construction  contracting 
firms. 

A  wide  range  of  studies  was  made 
by  14  of  the  convention's  19  working 
committees,  and  their  recommenda- 
tions will  be  reported  in  detail  in  the 
December  issue  of  Carpenter. 

General  President  Patrick  J.  Camp- 
bell set  the  tone  of  the  convention  in 
his  keynote  address  with  the  rallying 
call,  "We  have  battles  to  fight  and  wars 
to  win  .  .  .  We've  been  priming  our 
goals  and  rebuilding  our  union  .  .  .  We 
will  continue  to  do  so." 


Workers  in  the  United  States  and 
Canada  will  become  an  endangered  spe- 
cies if  unions  don't  keep  up  the  fight  to 
preserve  working  conditions  and  stand- 
ards. President  Campbell  warned. 

"When  somebody  comes  along  and 
tells  you  your  wages  are  too  high,"  or 
insists  that  "you've  got  to  change  your 
working  conditions  to  compete,  I  think 
they're  on  the  wrong  end  of  the  ham- 
mer," Campbell  stressed. 

He  criticized  the  Toyota  Motor  Co. 
and  public  officials  in  Kentucky  who 
produced  a  "windfall"  for  the  Japanese 
automaker  at  the  expense  of  state  and 
federal  taxpayers  while  the  carmaker 
builds  its  auto  assembly  plant  with  a 
Japanese  contractor  and  nonunion  la- 
bor. 

Campbell  told  delegates  that  a  lot  of 
multinational  corporations  and  non- 
union construction  companies  would 
like  to  push  its  workers  into  molds 
turning  out  employees  who  are  "all 
alike,  all  low  paid  and  none  with  ben- 
efits." 

He  also  criticized  the  practices  of 
some  corporations  who  hire  outside 
firms  at  exorbitant  rates  to  increase 
productivity,  when  better  cooperation 
and  communication  with  the  workers 
on  the  job  would  produce  results  and 
solve  the  problem  "  in  a  couple  of  hours . " 

The  delegates  reviewed  the  Broth- 
erhood's cooperative  labor-manage- 
ment programs,  under  which  more  than 
30  local  union  and  management  com- 


mittees work  together  to  bid  against 
open-shop  contractors. 

They  also  examined  the  bargaining 
activities  and  efforts  pursued  by  lumber 
and  sawmill  workers — members  of  the 
Carpenters  and  the  Woodworkers — co- 
ordinated through  the  Forest  Products 
Joint  Conference  Board. 

In  another  report,  the  delegates  dis- 
cussed increased  work  opportunities  for 
union  millwrights  and  carpenters,  par- 
ticularly in  maintaining  pollution  abate- 
ment equipment. 

In  a  convention  address,  AFL-CIO 
Vice  President  Robert  A.  Georgine 
warned  that  the  average  worker's  wages 
will  fall  unless  unions  are  more  diligent. 
"In  the  construction  industry,  real  wages 
have  fallen  a  shocking  15%  over  the 
past  eight  years,"  he  pointed  out. 

Georgine,  who  heads  the  Building 
and  Construction  Trades  Department, 
declared  that  the  nation  had  turned 
"back  to  a  time  when  the  rich  are  getting 
richer  and  the  poor  are  getting  poorer, ' ' 
while  the  middle  class  "that  unions 
have  created  over  the  years  is  in  jeop- 
ardy." 

UBC  General  Treasurer  Wayne  Pierce 
urged  the  delegates  to  become  actively 
involved  in  the  political  process,  in 
order  to  meet  labor's  goals  of  "main- 
taining decent  wages  and  working  con- 
ditions, organizing  the  unorganized, 
achieving  full  employment  and  seeing 
that  workers'  rights  are  protected  on 
the  job." 

The  Convention  approved  several 
measures   to   strengthen   the   interna- 


OPPOSITE  PAGE:  At  upper  left,  the  registration  of  delegates.  Al  upper  right,  the  convention  gavel  is  presented  to  President  Campbell 
by  Toronto  District  Council  Secretary  Frank  Rimes,  left,  and  Council  President  Matthew  Whelan,  right.  Center,  left,  AFL-CIO 
Secretary-Treasurer  Tom  Donahue  speaks  to  the  convention.  Center,  right,  delegates  from  the  First  Dislricl  join  I  he  floor  discussion. 
Lower  left.  General  Secretary  John  S.  Rogers  discusses  election  procedures  with  members  of  the  Election  Committee.  Lower  right,  a 
demonstration  in  support  of  the  general  officers  gels  underway  following  their  nomination. 


NOVEMBER     1986 


tional  ties  between  U.S.  and  Canadian 
members.  The  union's  board  was  ad- 
vised to  find  ways  of  extending  the 
UBC's  pension  reciprocity  program 
throughout  Canada,  and  it  was  voted 
to  explore  ways  of  expanding  the  activ- 
ities of  the  union's  annual  Canada  Con- 
ference. The  convention  indicated  its 
willingness  to  discuss  reaffiliation  with 
the  Canadian  Labour  Congress,  but 
agreed  that  representation  must  be  based 
upon  membership  and  other  consider- 
ations. 

All  resident  officers  of  the  United 
Brotherhood  were  elected  without  op- 
position. There  was  only  one  contest 
among  the  board  members,  and  the 
incumbent  was  elected. 

General  President  Campbell  reported 
to  the  delegates  that  the  Brotherhood 
is  rebuilding  its  councils,  and  building 
stronger  local  unions,  properly  fi- 
nanced. Noting  that  the  union  is  now 
105  years  old,  he  told  delegates  "It  took 
us  over  a  hundred  years  to  build  what 
we  enjoy  today,  and  it  will  probably 
take  the  next  hundred  years  to  hold  on 
to  what  we've  got." 

He  said  that  nonunion  construction 
contractors  are  using  the  Davis-Bacon 
Law  as  a  bogeyman,  "no  different  from 
the  way  they  used  situs  picketing  in  the 
past." 

"Every  time  we  move  to  improve 
our  position,  the  threats  come  down 
and  the  public  is  faced  with  a  barrage 
of  propaganda." 

The  convention  continued  to  place  a 
high  priority  on  apprenticeship  and  craft 
training.  First  General  Vice  President 
Sigurd  Lucassen  told  the  delegates  that, 
although  the  recession  of  the  early  1980s 
has  caused  a  loss  of  income  for  affiliate 
training  programs,  the  UBC  will  con- 
tinue to  maintain  its  high  level  of  train- 
ing. 

"Statements  have  been  made  to  the 


Representalive  Pete 
McNeil,  shown 
seated.  atlenJed 
eifiht  UBC  conven- 
tions before  (,'<)/«;? 
to  Toronto.  He 
placed  all  the  pins 
which  he  and  his 
wife  had  acqidred 
from  these  gather- 
ings on  one  official 
jacket  and.  with  as- 
sistance from  five 
other  delegates,  he 
raffled  off  the  he- 
decked  garment, 
shown  at  left.  The 
team  raised 
$14,600.13  for  the 
Blueprint  for  Cure 
diabetes  research 
drive. 


effect  that  American  workers  are  not 
as  productive  as  they  were  in  the  past," 
Lucassen  said.  "Such  statements  are 
uncalled  for.  American  workers  are 
good  producers,  if  they  are  allowed  to 
work  effectively.  Productivity  is  not 
measured  by  the  effort  expended  by  the 
workers.  It  is  measured  by  the  amount 
of  work  correctly  done  as  a  result  of 
that  effort. 

"In  the  construction  industry  the 
problem  of  productivity  has  developed 
because  the  nonunion  sector  of  the 
industry  has  no  provisions  for  train- 
ing." 

He  called  training  programs  of  non- 
union employer  groups  "stopgaps  for 
temporary  employer  needs." 

General  Secretary  John  Rogers  noted 
that  the  union  had  suffered  membership 
losses  since  its  previous  convention, 
but  it  has  set  itself  a  goal  of  one  million 
members,  "an  objective  which  can  be 
achieved."  He  reported  continued 
progress  in  record-keeping  technology 
among  affiliates  and  more  attention  to 
direct  communications  between  mem- 
bers and  the  union's  general  office  in 
Washington. 

AFL-CIO  Director  of  Organization 
Charles  McDonald  warned  the  dele- 
gates that  the  rules  of  labor-manage- 
ment relations  are  changing,  and  labor 
must   change   the  way   "it   plays  the 


MORE  TO  COME 

This  is  only  a  preliminary  re- 
port on  the  United  Brotherhood's 
35th  General  Convention.  A  com- 
plete report,  with  a  special  color 
section,  will  appear  in  the  Decem- 
ber 1986,  edition  of  The  Carpen- 
ter. 


game."  What  is  needed,  he  said,  is  "the 
right  blend  of  skills,  youth,  imagination, 
and  tenacity  to  make  the  Carpenters 
grow  and  grow  in  record  numbers."  He 
commented  that  General  President 
Campbell  has  recognized  this  trend.  He 
noted  that  the  Carpenters  "must  be 
doing  something  right,"  because  the 
union's  "NLRB  election  success  rate 
is  greater  than  any  AFL-CIO  union." 

"We  have  witnessed  over  the  past 
five  or  10  years  the  creation  of  a  monster 
in  the  United  States,"  he  said,  "an 
entire  industry,  worth  conservatively 
at  least  half  a  billion  dollars,  that  has 
blossomed,  fed  by  greed,  and  a  total 
absence  of  moral  scruples  with  lawyers, 
industrial  relations  experts,  security 
forces,  goons,  psychologists  who  have 
shaped  this  monster  and  intruded  into 
every  step  of  industrial  relations. 

"They  specialize  in  early  union  pre- 
vention, breaking  up  organizing  drives, 
defeating  even  the  successful  union, 
when  that  union  has  been  able  to  win 
an  National  Labor  Relations  Board 
election,  by  stonewalling  or  ignoring 
the  results  of  that  election." 

McDonald  noted  that  labor  is  winning 
the  battle  against  this  monster. 

"The  facts  are  that  workers  want 
unions,  and  our  affiliates  are  finding 
ways  to  overcome  the  many  obstacles 
before  them  and  help  the  unorganized." 

AFL  -  CIO  Secretary  -  Treasurer 
Thomas  Donahue,  who  spoke  to  the 
convention  on  its  third  day  of  sessions, 
told  delegates  that  "the  tide  is  beginning 
to  turn"  for  working  people. 

"Working  together,  we  have  won 
important  rounds,  but  the  assault  on 
our  wages  and  working  conditions  is 
not  going  to  end  as  long  as  millions  of 
workers  have  no  jobs." 

"The  most  urgent  goal  that  we  have 
is  to  correct  the  distortions  of  foreign 
trade  that  are  causing  the  wholesale 
destruction  of  North  America's  manu- 
facturing base,  causing  the  export  of 
two  million  jobs  a  year." 

By  convention  action  the  per  capita 
payment  for  construction  members  will 
increase  from  $5.70  to  $6.20  next  Jan- 
uary 1  and  to  $6.70  a  year  later.  For 
industrial  members,  the  per  capita  rises 
on  January  I  to  $4.10  from  $3.85,  and 
the  General  Executive  Board  is  empow- 
ered to  raise  the  industrial  sector  dues, 
but  by  no  more  than  750  by  1990. 

In  the  final  session  of  the  convention 
the  delegates  voted  to  raise  the  mini- 
mum dues  in  all  local  unions  from  $9 
to  $n.  They  voted  down  proposals  to 
increase  initiation  fees,  recommending, 
instead,  that  such  fees  be  maintained 
at  a  reasonable  amount  to  support  the 
UBC  organizing  effort.  UDC 


CARPENTER 


CONVENTION  COMMITTEES 


It  was  the  responsibility  of  19  convention  commit- 
tees to  review  the  work  of  the  Brotherhood  during 
the  past  five  years  and  to  make  recommendations  to 
the  convention  on  actions  to  be  taken  in  the  years 
ahead.  On  this  page  and  the  pages  which  follow  are 


the  delegates  who  served  on  these  committees.  Four 
of  the  committees — Constitution,  Resolutions,  Fi- 
nance, and  Appeals  and  Grievances — were  advance 
committees,  and  they  began  work  a  few  weeks  before 
the  opening  of  the  35th  General  Convention. 


CONSTITUTION  COMMITTEE— Seated, 

from  left:  Robert  Price,  Local  225,  At- 
lanta, Ga.;  Robert  Argentine,  Western 
Pennsylvania  District  Council;  Committee 
Secretary  Anthony  L.  Ramos,  California 
State  Council;  Committee  Chairman 
George  Vest  Jr.,  Local  141,  Chicago,  III.; 
Stewart  Malcolm,  Local  203,  Poughkeep- 
sie,  N.Y.;  and  Paschal  McGuinness,  Local 
608,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Standing,  from  left:  Marvin  K.  Robin- 
son, Florida  State  Council;  James  B.  Ker- 
lee,  Washington  State  Council;  Leonard 
Terbrock,  St.  Louis  District  Council;  Clay- 
ton Grimes,  Twin  City  District  Council; 
Robert  Jones,  Capital  District  Council; 
Frank  Rimes,  Local  27,  Toronto,  Ont.; 
and  Paul  Miller,  Los  Angeles  District 
Council. 

RESOLUTIONS  COMMYlTEE^Seated, 

from  left:  Terrence  Bodewes,  Buffalo  Dis- 
trict Council;  Committee  Secretary  George 
Laufenberg,  Local  620,  Madison,  N.J.; 
Committee  Chairman  Milan  Marsh,  Ohio 
State  Council;  Joseph  Polimeni,  Local 
1342,  Irvington,  N.J.;  and  Daniel  Kelley, 
Detroit  District  Council. 

Standing,  from  left:  William  Lang,  New 
Mexico  District  Council;  Marvin  Hall,  Or- 
egon State  District  Council;  Wayne  C. 
Cox,  Local  1598,  Victoria,  B.C.;  Elliott  El- 
lis, Local  66,  Olean,  N.Y.;  Kenneth  Pekel, 
Local  125,  Miami,  Fla.;  Robert  Hanna, 
Local  844,  Canoga  Park,  Calif;  H.  Keith 
Humphrey,  Missouri  State  Council. 

FINANCE  COMMlTTEE^Seated,  from 
left:  Kenneth  L.  Wade,  Maryland  and  Del- 
aware State  Council;  Committee  Secretary 
Elmer  Jacobs,  Summit  Medina  District 
Council;  Committee  Chairman  Harvey 
Landry  Jr.,  Santa  Clara  District  Council; 
and  John  Irvine,  Local  2309,  Toronto, 
Ont. 

Standing,  from  left:  Andris  Silins,  Bos- 
ton District  Council;  Dewey  Conlon,  Local 
213,  Houston,  Tex.;  Joseph  Farrone,  Lo- 
cal 1059,  Schuylkill,  Pa.;  Wesley  Isaacson, 
Local  58,  Chicago,  III.;  and  Jim  R.  Green, 
Bay  Counties  District  Council. 


CONSTITUTION  COMMITTEE 


RESOLUTIONS  COMMIHEE 


FINANCE  COMMITTEE 


NOVEMBER     1986 


CONVENTION 
COMMITTEES, 

Continued 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT'S  REPORT— 

Sealed,  from  left:  Gerald  L.  Beedle.  Local 
87.  Si.  Paul.  Minn.:  Fred  Miron.  Local 
2693.  Fori  Arlhiir.  Onl.:  Commillee  Secre- 
lary  Joseph  B.  McGrogan,  Local  180.  Val- 
lejo.  Calif.:  Commillee  Chairman  Millon 
Holzman.  Local  1539,  Chicago.  III.:  and 
Robert  Mark  Mullen,  Local  1266.  Austin. 
Te.x. 

Standing,  from  left:  Scott  David  Fisher. 
S.  Central  Michigan  District  Council:  Bar- 
ney Walsh.  Local  67,  Boston.  Mass.: 
Frank  Gerald  Spencer.  Local  1578. 
Gloucester  City.  N.J.:  David  Earl  Biddle, 
Local  125.  Miami.  Fla.:  and  Billy  R.  Wil- 
liams, San  Diego  District  Council. 

GENERAL  SECRETARY'S  REPORT— 

Seated,  from  left:  Arthur  H.  Galea.  Local 
2.  Cincinnati.  Ohio:  Commillee  Secretary 
George  W.  Geiger  Jr.,  Jacksonville  Dis- 
trict Council:  Committee  Chairman  Russell 
Pool,  Local  483,  San  Francisco,  Calif: 
William  Sullivan,  Local  2396,  Seattle, 
Wash.:  and  Knule  Larson,  Central  Wis- 
consin District  Council. 

Standing,  from  left:  David  R.  Hedlund, 
Local  1489.  Burlington.  N.J.:  Leonard  A. 
Brandt.  Local  7.  Minneapolis.  Minn.:  Vir- 
gil W.  Heckalhorn.  Kansas  City  District 
Council:  and  James  Nicholson.  Local  53. 
White  Plains.  N.  Y. 

Not  pictured:  Wilfred  Warren.  Local 
2564.  Grand  Falls.  Nfld. 

GENERAL  TREASURER'S  REPORT— 

Sealed,  from  left:  Douglas  A.  Thomas. 
Local  1789.  Bijou.  Calif.:  Bobby  G.  Pier- 
son.  Local  515.  Colorado  Springs.  Colo.: 
Committee  Chairman  Douglas  J .  Mc- 
Carron.  Local  1506.  Los  Angeles.  Calif: 
Committee  Secretary  Williani  Pritchell. 
Washington,  D.C..  District  Council:  and 
Emslev  W.  Curtis,  Local  1273.  Eugene, 
Ore. 

Standing,  from  left:  Michael  J.  Molinari, 
Massachusetts  Stale  Council:  Walter 
Ralph  Mabry.  Local  1 102.  Detroit,  Mich.: 
Clarence  D.  French.  Local  1386.  Province 
of  New  Brunswick:  James  W.  Osburn.  Lo- 
cal 690.  Little  Rock.  Ark:  and  Richard  H. 
Grady.  Local  1404,  Biloxi,  Miss. 

GENERAL  EXECUTIVE  BOARD'S  RE- 
PORT—Seated,  from  left:  Gerald  W.  New- 
mann.  Local  334.  Saginaw.  Mich.:  Com- 
mittee Secretary  Paul  M,  Dohson. 
Houston  District  Council:  Committee 
Chairman  Francis  J .  McHale,  Local  2287 , 
New  York,  N.Y.:  and  Gary  E.  Knapp.  Lo- 
cal 510.  Berlhoud.  Colo. 

Standing,  from  left:  Cyril  Torke,  Local 
579.  St.  Johns.  Nfld.:  John  L.  Jarrell. 
Chemical  Valley  District  Council:  Larry 
Null.  Sequoia  District  Council:  and  John 
H.  George.  Local  1098.  Baton  Rouge.  La. 

Not  pictured:  Ronald  E.  Aasen.  Pacific 
Northwest  Industrial  Workers. 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT'S  REPORT 


GENERAL  SECRETARY'S  REPORT 


GENERAL  TREASURER'S  REPORT 


GENERAL  EXECUTIVE  BOARD'S  REPORT 


liAiil^ 


CARPENTER 


TRUSTEES'  REPORT— Seated,  from  left: 
Raymond  E.  Such.  Local  1176.  Fargo, 
N.D.;  and  Committee  Chairman  William 
Sopko.  Local  964.  Rockland  County.  N.Y. 

Standing,  from  left:  Rocco  A.  Sidari. 
New  York  State  Council;  Douglas  Banes, 
Northwest  Illinois  District  Council:  Hous- 
ton Hamilton,  Local  576.  Pine  Bluff.  Ark.: 
Gaylord  Allen,  Wyoming  District  Council; 
Robert  Joseph  Nakonieczny,  Local  1607, 
Los  Angeles,  Calif;  and  J.  Stephen  Bar- 
ger,  Kentucky  Slate  Council. 

Not  pictured:  Committee  Secretary  Wil- 
liam C.  Halbert.  Baltimore  District  Coun- 
cil, and  Donald  E.  Alford,  Local  971, 
Reno,  Nev. 

APPRENTICESHIP— 5ea/e(/,  from  left: 
James  H.  Freeman,  Skagit  Valley  District 
Council;  Willis  F.  Griffin  Jr. ,  Jefferson 
County  District  Council;  Anthony  Michael, 
Local  114,  Detroit,  Mich.;  Committee  Sec- 
retary Samuel  Heil,  Ventura  County  Dis- 
trict Council;  Committee  Chairman  Robert 
D.  Marshall,  Local  33,  Boston,  Mass.;  and 
David  V.  Holmes.  Local  1251.  N.  West- 
minster. B.C. 

Standing,  from  left:  James  Tinkcom, 
UBC  director  of  Apprenticeship  and  Train- 
ing; Thomas  L.  Benson,  Local  710,  Long 
Beach,  Calif;  Henry  P.  Baldridge,  Okla- 
homa State  Council:  Robert  H.  Getz,  Key- 
stone District  Council:  and  J. P.  Long  Jr.. 
Local  1822,  Fort  Worth,  Tex. 

EUECTIO^— Seated,  front  row,  from  left: 
Ken  Hale  McCormick,  Tennessee  Slate 
Council;  Lawrence  Thomas  Shebib,  Local 
1588,  Sydney,  N.S.;  Committee  Secretary 
Erwin  R.  Hearn.  Mid  Atlantic  District 
Council;  Russell  Allen  Ward.  Local  2279, 
Lawrence,  Kan.;  Al  Benedetti,  Local  1827, 
Las  Vegas,  Nev.;  Michael  E.  Wright.  Lo- 
cal 1021,  Saskatoon,  Sask.;  and  Commit- 
tee Chairman  James  D.  Slebiska,  Local 
106,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Seated,  back  row,  from  left:  William  A. 
Lawyer,  Local  278,  Walertown,  N.Y.; 
James  H.  Donnella,  Northwest  Industrial 
District  Council;  Leon  C.  Waggoner  Jr., 
Golden  Empire  District  Council;  N.G. 
Bergstrom,  Rocky  Mountain  District 
Council;  and  Dick  Ladzinski,  Illinois  State 
Council. 

INDUSTRIAL— 5eaferf,  from  left:  Commit- 
tee Chairman  James  S.  Bledsoe.  Western 
District  Council;  Committee  Secretary 
Charles  E.  Belt,  Indiana  Industrial  Coun- 
cil; Joseph  S.  Lia,  Local  964,  Rockland. 
N.Y.;  Dominic  R.  Papatis.  Local  142. 
Pittsburgh.  Pa.;  and  Alan  T.  Maddison. 
Local  2076.  Kelowna,  B.C. 

Standing,  from  left:  Frank  Gurule,  Local 
721,  Los  Angeles,  Calif.;  Walter  Oliveira, 
Local  2679,  Toronto,  Ont.;  and  James  E. 
Berryhill.  Local  2848.  Dallas.  Tex. 

Not  pictured:  Richard  Dittenber.  Local 
1055,  Lincoln,  Neb. 


TRUSTEES'  REPORT 


APPRENTICESHIP 


ELECTION 


INDUSTRIAL 


NOVEMBER     1986 


CONVENTION 
COMMITTEES, 


Continued 


NEGOTIATED  FRINGE  BENEFITS— 

Sealed,  from  lefl:  Commitlee  Secretary 
Billy  H.  Brothers.  Inland  Empire  District 
Council:  Committee  Chairman  John  Cun- 
ningham. Local  210.  Stamford.  Conn.: 
Jose  J.  .Aparicio.  Local  1062.  Santa  Bar- 
bara. Calif.:  and  Herschel  E.  Davis.  Cen- 
tral Illinois  District  Council. 

Standing,  from  left:  Gustavo  M.  Figu- 
eroa.  Local  115.  Miami.  Fla.:  Peter  R.J. 
Pittman.  Local  1975.  Calgary.  Alb.:  and 
Donald  A.  Glassen.  Local  1644.  Minneap- 
olis. Minn. 

Not  pictured:  Donald  Guilbeault.  Local 
2041.  Ottawa.  Ont. 

ORGANIZATION— 5fa/ft/,  from  left:  Ar- 
mando Vergara.  Local  721.  Los  Angeles. 
Calif:  Committee  Chairman  Edward  C. 
Coryell.  Philadelphia  District  Council: 
Committee  Secretary  Thomas  E.  Ryan. 
Local  13.  Chicago.  III. 

Standing,  from  left:  Robert  Warosh. 
Midwest  Industrial  Council:  Larry  A. 
Bourg.  Local  1846.  New  Orleans.  La.:  Mi- 
chael Draper.  Local  2902.  S.K.  Mamizuka 
Jr..  Local  745.  Honolulu.  Hawaii:  James 
Watson,  Local  2214,  Festus.  Mo.:  and  Pe- 
ter L.  Cavanaugh.  Local  1837,  Babylon. 
N.Y. 

Not  pictured:  Denis  Auger.  Local  2921 . 
Shippegan.  N.B. 

POLITICAL  EDUCATION  AND  LEGIS- 
LATION— Sealed,  from  left:  Committee 
Chairman  John  F.  Greene.  Arizona  Dis- 
trict Council:  Committee  Secretary  Roger 
G.  Perron,  Local  407.  Lewiston.  Me.:  and 
Wilbur  A.  Yates,  Local  102,  Oakland, 
Calif 

Standing,  from  left:  Bert  E.  Dally.  Min- 
nesota District  Council:  Wayne  Pierce. 
UBC  general  treasurer:  James  W.  Ru- 
dolph. Local  47.  St.  Louis.  Mo.:  Robin 
Gerber.  UBC  legal  staff  Roy  A.  Houch- 
ins.  Indiana  Slate  Council:  and  Kenneth 
M.  Case,  Local  1461 .  Traverse  City.  Mich. 

Not  pictured:  Edward  D.  Prunty.  West 
Virginia  Stale  Council:  Earl  Steward  Huff. 
Local  627.  Jacksonville.  Fla.:  and  Edward 
J.  Vincent.  Local  102.  Oakland.  Calif 

RULES — Seated,  from  left:  Committee 
Secretary  Louis  J.  Amoroso,  Local  323. 
Beacon,  N.Y.:  Committee  Chairman  Pat 
M.  Eyre,  Local  184,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah: 
and  William  Smith,  Local  770,  Yakima. 
Wash. 

Standing,  from  left:  Kauko  Niemi.  Local 
1669,  Thunder  Bax,  Ont.:  Ambrose  J . 
Manley.  Local  1005.  Merrillville.  Ind.: 
Gordon  F.  Franco.  Local  262,  Sun  Jose, 
Calif:  Fred  Schimetfenig.  Local  261, 
Scranton,  Pa.:  and  Louis  Basich,  Local 
1079.  Steubenvitle.  Ohio. 


NEGOTIATED  FRINGE  BENEFITS 


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RULES 


CARPENTER 


UNION  LABEl^Seated,  from  left:  Sigurd 
Lucassen,  UBC  first  general  vice  presi- 
dent: Committee  Secretry  Paul  E.  Snyder, 
Local  2882,  Santa  Rosa,  Calif.:  Committee 
Chairman  Irving  Zeldman,  Local  2155, 
New  York,  N.Y.:  Martin  C.  James,  Local 
1294,  Albuquerque ,  N.M.:  and  Werner  R. 
Lange,  Local  613,  Hampton  Roads.  Va. 

Standing,  from  left:  Brian  Francis 
Cooper,  Local  S3,  Halifax,  N.S.:  Edward 
F.  Loomis,  Local  10,  Chicago,  III.:  and 
Neal  S.  Meyer,  Willamette  Valley  District 
Council. 

WARDENS— 5enrerf,  from  left:  Committee 
Chairman  David  P.  Saldibar,  Local  24, 
Central  Connecticut:  Robert  Rasmussen, 
Local  2520,  Anchorage,  Alaska:  Michael 
D.  Stevens,  Local  586,  Sacremento,  Calif.: 
Kenneth  H.  Busch,  Ohio  Valley  District 
Council:  and  Bruce  E.  Brommeland, 
Miami  Valley  District  Council. 

Standing,  from  left:  Corby  Pankhurst, 
Local  846,  Lethbridge,  Alta.:  General 
President  Patrick  J.  Campbell;  Michael  W. 
Schwab,  Local  2375,  Wilmington,  Calif: 
Frank  Hollis,  Local  388,  Richmond,  Va.: 
Clifford  Leroy  Kahle,  Las  Vegas,  Nev.: 
Homer  Loghry,  Local  1463,  Omaha,  Neb.; 
and  Richard  P.  Wierengo,  Michigan  In- 
dustrial Council. 

Not  pictured:  Norman  Vokes,  Local 
107,  Worcester,  Mass. 

MESSENGERS— Seated,  from  left:  Com- 
mittee Chairman  George  Elrod,  Local  413, 
South  Bend,  Ind.;  Walter  Rosenberg,  Lo- 
cal 1325,  Edmonton,  Alta.;  Committee 
Secretary  Robert  A.  McCullough,  Local 
626,  Wilmington,  Del.;  Joseph  R.  Guidry, 
Local  1897,  Lafayette,  La.;  and  Jerry  Mel- 
vyn  Witt.  Local  88-L,  Oakland,  Calif. 

Standing,  from  left:  Jon  Clem  Echols, 
Local  1144,  Seattle,  Wash.;  Johnny  Ray 
Conklin,  Southeast  Missouri  District 
Council:  UBC  General  President  Patrick  J. 
Campbell:  Phillip  G.  Burnett,  E.  Central 
District  Council;  and  Sam  J.  Shannon,  Lo- 
cal 162,  San  Mateo,  Calif. 

Not  pictured:  Eugene  R.  Lee,  Local 
1857,  Portland,  Ore.;  and  Normand  J. 
LeBlanc,  Local  675,  Toronto,  Ont. 

APPEALS  AND  GRIEVANCES— 5£'are^, 

from  left:  Bill  E.  Perry,  Orange  County 
District  Council;  Committee  Chairman 
Thomas  C.  Ober,  South  Jersey  District 
Council:  Committee  Secretary  Richard  L. 
Hart,  Seattle  District  Council;  Robert 
Hayes,  Local  94,  Providence,  R.I.;  and 
Perry  Joseph,  Local  1310,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


UNION  LABEL 


MESSENGERS 


APPEALS  AND  GRIEVANCES 


NOVEMBER     1986 


Washington 
Report 


JOB  TRAINING  NEEDED 

To  revive  the  U.S.  "as  the  world's  leading  eco- 
nomic and  industrial  power,"  a  massive  job  training 
and  education  effort  must  go  hand  in  hand  with  a 
national  reindustrialization  and  trade  policy,  AFL- 
CIO  President  Lane  Kirkland  said  at  a  recent  con- 
ference sponsored  by  the  Human  Resources  Devel- 
opment Institute,  the  AFL-CIO's  employment  and 
training  arm.  Some  150  HRDI  staff  members  from 
HRDI  projects  across  the  country  attended  the  five- 
day  conference  in  Washington,  D.C. 

Regional  economic  and  employment  trends  dem- 
onstrate the  importance  of  a  workforce  that  is  "well- 
educated,  well-trained,  versatile,  and  adaptable," 
Kirkland  said.  Today,  he  said,  "unemployment  is 
lowest  in  the  traditional  high-wage  areas  of  the 
northeastern  states,  which  were  written  off  a  few 
years  back  in  the  rush  of  companies  said  to  be 
looking  for  lower  labor  costs  in  the  Sunbelt  states." 

"States  that  base  their  appeal  on  low  wages,  low 
taxes,  and  low-grade  health  and  education  systems 
are  learning  the  lesson  that  spending  to  upgrade 
human  resources  is  not  merely  an  unavoidable  ex- 
pense, but  the  most  productive  investment  that  any 
government  can  make,"  the  federation  chief  said. 


CONSTRUCTION  PREDICTIONS 

New  apartment  construction  is  expected  to  de- 
cline about  18%  this  year  primarily  because  of  un- 
certainty created  by  proposed  tax  reform  legislation, 
according  to  recent  reports. 

Multifamily  units  were  started  at  an  annual  rate  of 
622,000  in  June,  up  slightly  from  the  previous 
month  but  down  22%  from  the  peak  of  799,000  in 
February.  Multifamily  permits  have  declined  for 
three  consecutive  months  and  in  June  were  17% 
below  the  March  level.  For  the  year,  550,000  multi- 
family  starts  are  projected,  down  18%  from  the 
670,000  started  in  1985. 

The  high  and  steady  level  of  single  family  hous- 
ing construction,  however,  is  one  of  the  "bright 
spots"  in  today's  othenwise  sluggish  economy.  New 
single  family  homes  were  started  at  an  annual  rate 
of  1 ,223,000  during  June,  down  2%  from  the  pre- 
vious month  but  up  18%  from  the  June  1985  rate. 


U.S.  BRIDGES  DEFICIENT 

Bridge  rebuilders  made  record  headway  in  1 985, 
but,  according  to  the  Federal  Highway  Administra- 
tion, the  nation's  bridge  problem  remains  serious.  A 
total  of  16,550  bridges  were  fixed  or  replaced  last 
year  and  thus  removed  from  the  "deficient "  list, 
compared  with  10,605  replaced  or  improved  in 
1984.  The  net  total  of  deficient  bridges  declined  in 
1985  by  6%  to  243,917  at  the  end  of  the  year.  That 
figure,  however,  represents  42%  of  the  bridges  in- 
cluded in  the  nation's  bridge  inventory.  The  price  for 
bringing  all  deficient  bridges  up  to  current  standards 
is  estimated  at  $50.8  billion,  a  5%  rise  over  the 
1 984  estimate. 


NIOSH  LOSES  7  OFFICES 

How  concerned  is  President  Reagan  with  the 
health  and  welfare  of  millions  of  American  industrial 
workers?  Reagan  himself  has  given  an  answer  to 
this  question — a  cold  callous  answer.  The  National 
Institute  for  Occupational  Safety  and  Health,  the 
agency  responsible  for  researching  the  safety  and 
health  of  laboring  men  and  women,  was  sharply 
reduced  by  a  White  House  edict.  The  Chief  Execu- 
tive— with  the  stroke  of  a  pen — wiped  out  NIOSH 
regional  offices  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  New  York, 
N.Y,;  Chicago,  III.;  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Dallas,  Tex.; 
San  Francisco,  Calif.;  and  Seattle,  Wash. 


SUPERFUND  PROGRESS 

Breaking  a  two-and-a-half-year  deadlock, 
congressional  conferees  have  apparently  reached 
an  agreement  that  will  allow  the  nation's  Superfund 
toxic  waste  cleanup  program  to  continue.  Some  de- 
tails have  yet  to  be  worked  out,  but  basic  agree- 
ment has  been  reached  on  funding  the  $9  billion 
program  primarily  by  the  petrochemical  industry  and 
other  manufacturers. 

The  Environmental  Protection  Agency  puts  the 
number  of  toxic  waste  sites  at  over  23,000  across 
the  nation.  The  five-year  program,  funded  at  the 
$1 .6  billion  level,  has  resulted  in  fewer  than  500 
starts  and  has  completed  cleanup  at  only  13  toxic 
waste  dump  sites. 

Superfund  was  operating  at  an  abnormally  slow 
pace  since  last  year,  when  Congress  failed  to  come 
to  an  agreement  on  how  to  fund  the  program. 

The  new  package  proposed  by  the  conferees 
sets  new  cleanup  standards  for  hazardous  chemical 
dumps  and  better  protections  for  neighboring  com- 
munities or  victims  of  industrial  poisons.  Last 
month,  the  conferees'  report  was  approved  by  Con- 
gress, and  the  Superfund  program  should  generate 
jobs  for  many  building  trades  workers. 


PUSH  FOR  THIRD  TERM? 

An  amazing  attempt  to  maneuver  President  Rea- 
gan into  a  third  term  as  president  was  launched 
recently  by  a  small  group  of  Republican  leaders.  To 
achieve  a  third  term  for  Reagan  would  require  a 
constitutional  amendment,  plus  a  two-thirds  vote  by 
both  houses  of  Congress  and  approval  by  three- 
fourths  of  the  state  legislatures.  And  then  he  must 
be  nominated  and  elected. 


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CARPENTER 


Massive  Trade  Deficit  Impairs 
Industry  and  Economic  Growtli 


.  The  nation's  trade  deficit  soared  to  a 
record  $18  billion  in  July,  with  imports 
doubling  exports  for  the  first  time  on 
record — and  the  AFL-CIO  warned  that 
the  imbalance  would  reach  "massive 
proportions"  by  year's  end.  The  deficit, 
which  is  running  well  above  last  year's 
$148.5  billion  record,  has  caused  the 
loss  of  between  3  and  4  million  jobs 
since  1980,  the  last  year  the  U.S.  ran  a 
trade  surplus.  The  1986  trade  deficit  is 
expected  to  be  about  $187  billion. 

The  influx  of  imports  and  stagnation 
of  exports  has  devasted  such  basic 
industries  as  steel,  machine  tool,  and 
textile  and  apparel,  and  is  encroaching 
on  such  technologically  advanced  in- 
dustries as  semiconductors  and  tele- 
communications. As  for  the  economy 
as  a  whole,  the  chickens  have  come 
home  to  roost.  The  trade  deficit,  more 
than  any  other  factor,  has  been  respon- 
sible for  the  economy's  sluggish  per- 
formance during  the  past  two  years, 
according  to  analysts. 

This  year's  lower  interest  rates  and 
plunging  energy  prices  were  supposed 
to  spur  growth  and  create  jobs.  Instead, 
the  unemployment  rate  remains  stuck 
above  7%,  growth  has  slowed  to  a 
crawl,  and  government  reports  on  in- 
dustrial production,  factory  orders,  fac- 
tory use,  and  other 
economic  vital  signs 
point  to  the  danger 
of  another  Reagan 
recession. 

The  Federal  Re- 
serve Board's  usual 
elixir  to  stimulate 
economic  growth — 
expanding  the 

money  supply — 
hasn't  worked  this 
year  as  it  has  in  the 
past,  and  the  trade 
deficit  is  mostly  to 
blame.  As  Business 
Week  magazine 
said,  "While  rapid 
money  growth  has 
probably  stimu- 
lated consumer  de- 
mand, much  of  this 
purchasing  power 
has  gone  for  foreign 
goods." 


In  addition,  consumer  purchasing 
power  has  been  held  down  by  the  high 
rate  of  unemployment  and  by  the  de- 
clining number  of  well-paid  jobs  in  the 
unionized  manufacturing  sector.  The 
average  earnings  of  production  work- 
ers, adjusted  for  inflation,  declined  more 
than  9%  from  1977  to  1985.  Again,  the 
trade  imbalance  is  largely  to  blame  for 
the  loss  of  these  middle-income  jobs 
that  keep  demand  strong,  factories 
humming,  and  the  economy  afloat. 

Agriculture,  for  years  a  bright  spot 
on  the  American  trade  balance  sheet, 
turned  negative  last  May  for  the  first 
time  since  1959.  An  agricultural  trade 
surplus  of  $26.6  billion  in  1981  has  been 
dwindling  steadily,  largely  because  of 
an  overvalued  dollar  and  foreign-sub- 
sidized farm  exports. 

In  1985  the  United  States  became  a 
debtor  nation  for  the  first  time  since 
World  War  I  as  it  continued  to  import 
far  more  than  it  exported  and  borrowed 
heavily  from  foreigners  to  pay  for  the 
extravagance. 

The  trade  figures  increased  the  like- 
lihood that  Congress  will  approve  ef- 
fective trade  legislation  next  year.  The 
House  on  August  6  fell  just  short  of  the 
two-thirds  needed  to  override  President 


Reagan's  veto  of  a  bill  to  limit  imports 
of  textiles  and  apparel,  shoes,  and  cop- 
per. The  House  overwhelmingly  passed 
a  comprehensive  fair  trade  bill  in  May, 
and  the  new  figures  have  increased  the 
pressure  for  Senate  action. 

Trade  is  becoming  an  important  issue 
in  this  year's  congressional  election 
campaigns.  After  the  July  trade  report 
was  released.  Rep.  Tony  Coelho  CD- 
Calif.),  chairman  of  the  Democratic 
Congressional  Campaign  Committee, 
said,  "Thirty-one  of  the  50  states  are 
now  in  recession — with  high  unemploy- 
ment, largely  due  to  the  record  trade 
deficits,  in  heavy  manufacturing,  agri- 
culture, and  high-tech  industries." 

"Trade  has  become  a  major  political 
issue  because  the  Republican  Party 
leadership  is  out  of  touch  with  Ameri- 
ca's heartland,"  Coelho  said.  Cam- 
paigning Republicans  have  taken  pains 
to  distance  themselves  from  the  Reagan 
Administration's  "free  trade"  stand. 

U.S.  multinational  corporations, 
rather  than  invest  at  home,  continue  to 
move  capital  and  jobs  abroad  in  search 
of  the  highest  profits  and  lowest  wages. 
These  big  companies  have  tried  to  shift 
the  blame  to  the  victim — the  American 
worker — for  being  "greedy"  in  wanting 
to  maintain  a  decent  standard  of  living. 
The  multination- 
als and  the  Reagan 
Administration  de- 
fend this  state  of  af- 
fairs as  "free  trade" 
despite  the  fact  that 
the  other  nations  of 
the  world  protect 
their  industries  from 
imports  and  boost 
their  exports  in  a 
variety  of  ways.  But 
in  this  election  year, 
the  voters  are  de- 
manding a  fair  trade 
policy  to  bring  the 
trade  deficit  under 
control,  preserve 
the  nation's  indus- 
trial base,  and  save 
the  good  jobs 
needed  for  a  healthy 
economy  and  the 
American  standard 
of  living.  DDfi 


NOVEMBER     1986 


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EQUAL  PAY  FORMULA 

Manitoba  and  its  17,500  public  employees  have 
agreed  on  a  formula  to  bring  in  pay  equity  aimed  at 
raising  wages  for  low-paid  women's  jobs  in  the  civil 
service. 

The  agreement  was  reached  this  past  summer 
between  the  government  and  the  Manitoba  Govern- 
ment Employees  Association.  Roberta  Ellis-Grun- 
feld,  the  province's  pay  equity  commissioner,  hailed 
it  as  a  "major  step  in  Manitoba  and  in  Canada" 
toward  ensuring  that  women  in  "undervalued  and 
underpaid"  jobs  receive  equal  pay  for  equal  value. 

Women  hold  7,300  of  the  civil  service  jobs  in 
Manitoba,  earning  on  average  83%  of  what  the 
average  male  employee  is  paid. 

The  province  will  use  a  point  system  that  was 
devised  by  Hay  Management  Consultants  Ltd.  of 
Toronto.  The  system  was  applied  in  Minnesota, 
which  instituted  pay  equity  in  its  civil  service  in 
1982  and  extended  it  to  local  governments  and 
school  boards  in  1984. 

JOBLESS  REPORT  RELEASED 

The  number  of  people  unemployed  for  more  than 
a  year  increased  91.6%  from  1982  to  1985,  accord- 
ing to  a  study  recently  released  by  Statistics  Can- 
ada. 

In  this  period,  short-term  and  medium-term  unem- 
ployment more  or  less  levelled  off.  In  the  three-year 
period,  the  number  of  people  unemployed  six 
months  or  less  decreased  to  888,000  from  962,000; 
and  the  number  out  of  work  from  six  months  to  a 
year  increased  slightly,  from  181,000  to  193,000. 

However,  the  number  of  people  unable  to  get  a 
job  for  more  than  a  year  jumped  from  58,000  to 
112,000  from  1982  to  1985,  the  Statistics  Canada 
report  noted. 

Since  this  supposedly  was  a  period  of  economic 
recovery,  one  would  expect  'that  over  time  this 
would  level  out  as  persons  from  all  levels  of  dura- 
tion of  unemployment  would  find  jobs,"  commented 
Gary  Cohen,  the  author,  a  labour-market  analyst, 
who  prepared  the  report  for  Statistics  Canada. 

The  proportionate  increase  in  long-term  unem- 
ployment varied  by  industry  in  the  period  1982  to 
1985:  from  a  low  of  53.4%  in  manufacturing  to  a 
high  of  136.5%  in  construction. 


PARLIAMENTARY  UNIONS  OK 

About  3,000  employees  on  Parliament  Hill  now 
have  the  right  to  join  a  union  and  be  certified; 
negotiate  salaries,  hours  of  work,  vacations,  staff 
performance  appraisals,  classifications,  and  related 
working  conditions;  consultation  in  the  establish- 
ment of  new  job  classifications;  union  notice 
boards;  and  leave  for  union  business. 

These  points  are  contained  in  a  recently  passed 
bill.  The  legislation  covers  messengers,  cafeteria 
workers,  librarians,  cleaners,  and  maintenance  staff, 
who  have  fought  for  four  years  for  the  right  to 
organize  a  union.  About  1,000  already  were  union 
members  when  Bill  C-45  was  passed. 

Unfortunately,  it  does  not  cover  the  staff  of  Mem- 
bers of  Parliament  and  the  negotiations  procedure 
is  limited  to  arbitration.  However,  changes  in  staff- 
ing, classification  and  the  need  for  an  independent 
third  party  grievance  procedure  were  introduced. 

The  legislation  is  more  restrictive  than  that  cover- 
ing other  federal  public  servants,  who  may  strike. 


PART-TIME  WORK  INCREASING 

Part-time  employment  in  industries  covered  by 
the  Canada  Labour  Code  is  increasing  faster  than 
that  for  full-time  employees,  according  to  a  study 
released  by  the  federal  labour  department  which 
covered  polled  firms  within  federal  jurisdiction,  such 
as  banking,  transportation,  and  communications. 

The  Survey  of  Part-time  Employment  in  Federally 
Regulated  Industries  found  that:  38%  of  employers 
increased  their  full-time  work  force  between  1983 
and  1985,  but  48%  reported  increases  of  part-time 
workers  during  that  period.  While  14%  of  employers 
reported  increases  of  10%  or  more  in  full-time  em- 
ployment, 20%  said  that  part-time  employment  in- 
creased by  at  least  10%  between  1983  and  1985. 

The  increase  in  part-time  employment  in  the  pe- 
riod of  the  survey  was  particularly  significant  among 
financial  institutions:  81%  reported  an  increase  in 
part-time  work;  while  36%  increased  their  full-time 
work  force.  And  the  financial  sector  expects  that 
this  trend  will  continue  until  mid-1987.  "Nine  per 
cent  of  employers  in  finance  expect  increases  of 
10%  or  more  in  full-time  employment,  whereas  36% 
expect  part-time  employment  to  increase  by  10%  or 
more  over  this  period,"  the  survey  reported. 

A  23-hour  week  is  the  average  of  permanent 
part-time  employees,  who  work  44  weeks  a  year. 
Their  average  income  in  1984  was  $9,260. 


CANADIAN  CONTENT  IN  CARS 

A  poll  conducted  for  the  Motor  Vehicle  Manufac- 
turers' Association  indicates  strong  public  support 
across  Canada  for  the  principle  of  Canadian  con- 
tent in  the  manufacture  of  automobiles. 

The  study,  conducted  by  Optima  Consultants, 
asked:  "Would  you  support,  or  not  support,  having 
the  federal  government  require  that  foreign  manu- 
facturers meet  the  same  Canadian  value-added 
rules  that  apply  to  domestic  auto  manufacturers?" 

The  national  average  of  support  for  mandatory 
Canadian  content  requirement  was  86%.  In  the  At- 
lantic Provinces  and  Quebec,  the  positive  response 
was  83%;  in  Ontario,  89%;  in  Manitoba  and  Sas- 
katchewan, 84%;  in  Alberta  and  B.C.,  87%. 


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CARPENTER 


Building  Trades  Action  Against  Toyota 
Saves  American  Taxpayers  $32  IVIillion 


With  strong  United  Brotherhood  leg- 
islative support,  the  AFL-CIO  Building 
and  Construction  Trades  Department 
has  convinced  the  Congress  that  giving 
tax  advantages  to  the  Toyota  Motor 
Co.  is  unfair.  Before  it  adjourned  in 
September,  the  Senate-House  Confer- 
ence Committee  on  Tax  Reform  struck 
down  a  proposed  amendment  to  the  tax 
reform  bill  which  would  have  given  the 
Toyota  Motor  Co.  a  special  $32  million 
tax  break  in  its  construction  of  a  plant 
near  Georgetown,  Ky. 

Robert  Georgine,  president  of  the 
Building  Trades  and  UBC  member,  is- 
sued the  following  statement  to  the 
press  following  the  committee  decision: 

"The  Building  and  Construction 
Trades,  AFL-CIO,  its  15  affiliated  na- 
tional and  international  unions  repre- 
senting 4.1  miUion  members  and  espe- 
cially our  members  in  the  state  of 
Kentucky  are  very  pleased  with  the 
decision  of  the  Conference  Committee. 

"We  are  proud,  as  we  have  been 
many  times  in  the  past,  with  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Conference  Committee  and 
their  representative  chairman  who  after 
having  reviewed  the  facts  of  the  issue, 
which  were  originally  brought  to  their 
attention  by  the  Building  Trades'  unions, 
demonstrated  their  firm  commitment  to 
the  principles  of  fairness." 

The  transition  rule  was  a  special  ex- 
emption written  into  the  Senate  version 
of  the  tax  bill  granting  to  Toyota  specific 
tax  breaks  not  given  to  American  com- 
panies. It  permitted  Toyota  to  retain 
accelerated  depreciation  rates,  invest- 
ment tax  credits,  and  other  privileges 
which  were  specifically  eliminated  for 
other  companies  by  the  reforms  in  the 
new  bill. 

A  lobbyist  for  Toyota  in  Washington, 
D.C.,  told  the  Lexington  (Ky.)  Herald- 
Leader,  "The  unions  lobbied  heavily 


...  is  a  time-honored 
Japanese  tradition 


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. . .  and  Kentuckians,  never  to  be  outdone, 

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in  Kentucky  and  in  Washington  against 
giving  a  tax  break  to  a  nonunion  plant, 
and  it  apparently  had  some  impact." 

"The  company  has  no  right  to  these 
tax  breaks,"  Georgine  told  reporters. 
"We're  happy  that  this  is  the  way  this 
is  being  played  out." 

The  Building  Trades  fought  the  spe- 
cial provision  for  Toyota  because  of  a 
dispute  over  their  use  of  nonunion  labor 
for  the  construction  of  an  $800  million 
auto  assembly  plant  in  Kentucky. 

There  were  tax  breaks  in  the  tax 
reform  bill,  however,  for  automakers 
such  as  General  Motors  Corp.,  which 
is  building  a  plant  for  Saturn  automo- 
biles in  Spring  Hill,  Tenn.,  under  a 
union  project  agreement. 

Jerry  Hammond,  executive  secre- 
tary-treasurer of  the  Kentucky  State 
Building     and     Construction     Trades 


Council,  said  he  considered  the  decision 
to  deny  Toyota  the  $32  million  tax  break 
"a  victory  for  the  tax  reform  package." 

The  United  Brotherhood  worked  hard 
to  defeat  the  attempted  $32  million 
giveaway  to  Toyota.  Last  July,  in  Car- 
penter magazine,  we  urged  readers  to 
write  to  General  President  Patrick  J. 
Campbell,  and  declare:  "I  won't  buy 
Toyota  until  the  company  gives  Amer- 
ican workers  a  break."  The  general 
president's  office  was  flooded  with  let- 
ters supporting  the  UBC  position. 

In  addition,  every  UBC  member  in 
Kentucky  received  a  letter  urging  that 
Kentucky  Congressmen  and  Senators 
be  contacted  and  told  of  the  Toyota 
giveaway.  Thousands  of  cards  and  let- 
ters went  to  Capitol  Hill  requesting  that 
the  "transition  privileges"  proposed  for 
Toyota  be  denied. 


Nord  Door  Sued  by  Anti-Union  Consultants 


For  59  years  Local  1054,  Everett, 
Wash.,  and  Nord  Door  Inc.  enjoyed  a 
harmonious  relationship.  In  1983,  how- 
ever, that  all  changed.  Nord  left  the 
Timber  Employers  Association  during 
contract  negotiations  and  provoked  the 
first  strike  in  the  company's  nearly  six- 
decade  existence.  Local  1054  is  now 
into  its  fourth  year  of  picketing  and 
other  strike  activity. 

As  part  of  Nord's  union-busting  pro- 
gram, the  company  hired  the  San  Fran- 


cisco law  firm  of  Littler,  Mendelson, 
Fastiff,  and  Tichy  and  the  West  Coast 
Industrial  Relations  Association.  De- 
spite these  efforts.  Local  1054  membeit, 
have  stood  their  ground ,  picketing  Nord 
to  affirm  their  right  to  fair  treatment. 

In  addition  to  strike  troubles,  Nord 
has  had  to  defend  itself  against  an 
arbitration  on  contract  violations,  a 
NLRB  complaint  on  alleged  coercive 
conduct  by  management  and  now  a 
lawsuit    by    Littler,    Mendelson    and 


WCIRA  to  retrieve  neariy  $  1 50,000  Nord 
owes  them  for  services  rendered. 

Nord  lost  the  arbitration  and  was 
held  responsible  for  substantial  pay- 
ments to  several  hundred  union  work- 
ers. The  Littler,  Mendelson/WCIRA 
case  has  not  yet  been  resolved;  how- 
ever, there  is  a  lesson  to  be  learned 
here:  A  company  that  is  willing  to  cheat 
its  loyal  workers  may  not  hesitate  to 
try  to  cheat  its  union-busting  consult- 
ants. 


NOVEMBER     1986 


13 


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together.    In  that  way  they  would  have 
more  strength.   They  would  ask  for 
better  working  conditions  and  more  pay. 
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Sample  pages  from  What  is  a  Union?  explain  how  unions  began.  Copies  are  available  from  the  General  Seerelary 


Learning  about  Labor  in  School 


Organized  labor's  contribution  to  the 
development  of  this  country  is  a  story 
rich  in  history  as  well  as  an  extremely 
significant  factor  in  the  development  of 
our  democratic  way  of  life.  Unfortu- 
nately, for  too  long  a  time,  organized 
labor,  its  history,  its  contributions,  and 
its  goals  have  been  omitted  from  text- 
books and  school  curricula.  This  is  a 
disservice  to  the  students  and  their 
families,  many  of  whom  are  union  mem- 
bers. 

The  students'  mistaken  image  of 
unions  is  reinforced  by  television  and 
radio  news  broadcasts  or  newspapers 
that  focus  on  the  dramatic  and/or  un- 
usual such  as  strikes  or  violence.  Often 
the  only  other  information  students  re- 
ceive about  the  labor  movement  comes 
from  the  flood  of  materials  supplied  by 
business  organizations  to  the  schools 
that  normally  say  nothing  at  all  about 
unions  or  workers'  rights  but  many 
times  are  blatantly  anti-union. 

Such  a  view  of  the  labor  movement 
has  even  insidiously  spread  to  some  of 
our  own  members,  resulting  in  a  loss 
of  union  spirit.  Many  of  our  members 
no  longer  understand  the  benefits  of 
union  membership.  They  seem  to  be- 
lieve that  their  salary  and  fringe  benefits 
are  gifts  from  management.  For  new 
union  members  there  is  little  appreci- 
ation of  the  struggles  waged  by  other 
unionists  that  led  to  the  improved  work- 
ing conditions  for  themselves  and  their 
families.  There  is  even  less  understand- 
ing of  the  many  gains  that  unions  have 


won  for  all  working  people,  whether 
union  members  or  not. 

A  labor  education  program  in  the 
schools  is  one  way  to  give  young  people 
an  opportunity  to  learn  about  unions 
before  they  begin  working.  Upon  leav- 
ing school,  if  they  enter  union  jobs  they 
will  more  likely  be  active  union  sup- 
porters, or  if  their  first  job  is  nonunion 
they  will  be  more  receptive  to  organiz- 
ing. 


A  labor  education  pro- 
gram in  ttie  schools  is  one 
way  to  give  young  people 
an  opportunity  to  learn 
about  unions. . . 


Labor  always  has  had  great  interest 
in  the  educational  process  and  in  its 
quality.  It  also  is  concerned  that  schools 
provide  adequate,  unprejudiced  in- 
struction in  labor  history  and  about 
labor's  role  in  American  society.  Fur- 
ther, we  want  schools  to  prepare  people 
for  productive  roles  and  to  become 
intelligent  consumers  in  a  rapidly 
changing  technological  society. 

Overall,  the  aims  of  labor  in  the 
schools'  programs  would  be  to  increase 
students'  knowledge  of  unions  and  the 
labor  movement,  to  develop  in  students 


a  more  positive  attitude  toward  unions, 
and  to  include  labor  studies  curricula 
in  schools  and  teacher  preparation. 

As  international  unions  and  other 
groups  recognize  the  importance  of 
sharing  our  history  with  students,  many 
are  establishing  programs  and  coordi- 
nating materials  to  further  this  goal. 
Labor-in-the-schools  projects  and  pro- 
grams can  range  from  the  very  simple 
to  the  very  complex.  Some  local  unions 
or  individual  members  are  involved  in 
school  visits  as  speakers  or  contribute 
books  about  labor  to  school  libraries. 

Here  at  the  General  Office,  we  have 
recently  received  a  limited  number  of 
copies  of  What  is  a  Union?,  an  ele- 
mentary-level paperback  book  appro- 
priate for  use  by  grade  school  teachers 
in  classrooms  and  for  inclusion  in  school 
and  community  libraries.  Copies  can  be 
obtained  by  contacting  the  General  Sec- 
retary's office. 

Althea  Braithwaite,  the  author  of  the 
book,  is  known  primarily  as  a  children's 
author.  She  had  originally  written  this 
book  for  use  in  Great  Britain,  but  adapted 
it  for  the  U.S.  It  was  published  by 
Rourke  Enterprises  of  Windermere,  Fla. 

The  publication  explains  how  trade 
unions  function  to  make  better  working 
conditions  for  people.  It  tells  readers 
how  the  need  for  unity  among  the  work- 
ing people  was  first  realized  and  how 
unions  began.  Pensions,  training  pro- 
grams, and  strikes  are  also  discussed. 
Color  drawings  by  Chris  Evans  illus- 
trate the  text. 


14 


CARPENTER 


The  AFL-CIO  Department  of  Edu- 
cation has  prepared  a  manual  designed 
to  assist  union  members  in  developing 
a  labor-in-the-schools  program.  It  con- 
tains sample  publications  and  materials, 
examples  of  labor-in-the-schools  proj- 
ects, and  other  resources. 

The  handbook.  Labor  in  the  Schools, 
How  to  do  It!,  is  available  for  $5  (orders 
of  10  or  more  receive  a  20%  discount) 
from  the  AFL-CIO,  Pamphlet  Division, 
815  16th  Street  NW,  Washington,  DC 
20006. 


What  is  a  Union? 

by  Althea 


This  paperbacic  is  appropriate  for  use  in 
schools,  homes,  and  public  libraries. 


In  addition,  the  AFL-CIO  Depart- 
ment of  Education  has  available  Teacher 
Kits  containing  material  about  unions 
and  the  labor  movement  which  are 
available  free  of  charge  on  individual 
request.  The  Education  Department  also 
has  the  largest  circulating  film/video 
cassette  library  on  labor  topics  in  the 
United  States. 

Reports  from  all  around  the  country 
have  demonstrated  that  our  efforts  to 
get  organized  labor  represented  fairly 
and  accurately  in  schools  do  achieve 
results.  Some  states  and  school  districts 
have  already  added  labor  history  to 
their  social  studies  or  American  history 
curriculum.  In  many  cases  individuals 
or  groups  are  scheduling  speaking  en- 
gagements and  visits  to  schools  to  fur- 
ther student  knowledge  and  foster  a 
more  positive  image  of  the  unionist. 

If  we  want  our  children  and  succes- 
sive generations  to  understand  the  vital 
role  of  organized  labor  in  the  develop- 
ment of  this  country,  we  must  all  take 
whatever  steps  we  can  to  get  labor  in 
the  textbooks,  in  the  classrooms,  and 
in  the  schools.  JJiiC 


Labor  History  Handbook  a  UBC  Member's  Dream 


We  all  understand  the  value  of  teach- 
ing labor  history  to  schoolchildren,  but 
only  a  handful  of  states  currently  give 
labor  a  place  in  their  curriculum.  Just 
this  fall  another  state  joined  the  list  with 
a  handbook  on  labor  studies  for  use  by 
social  studies  teachers. 

The  state  is  Kentucky,  and  credit  for 
pushing  the  handbook  goes  in  large  part 
to  Local  559  member  Bill  Sanders, 
according  to  a  columnist  in  the  Padu- 
cah,  Ky.,  Sun-Democrat.  The  veteran 
member  has  spent  10  years  touting  the 
value  of  such  a  publication  to  politicians 
and  other  union  officials. 

"To  see  this  finally  happen  in  the  last 
years  of  my  life — I  just  couldn't  be 
happier,"  said  the  78-year-old  execu- 
tive secretary  of  the  West  Kentucky 
Building  and  Construction  Trades 
Council. 

Sanders  saw  the  rough  draft  of  the 
book,  which  is  geared  toward  middle 
and  high  school  students  and  likes  what 
he's  seen.  "This  will  give  our  young 
people  a  better  understanding  of  what 
the  labor  movement  is  all  about.  It's 
not     propaganda.     It's     the     facts." 

The  handbook  divides  Kentucky  la- 
bor history  into  five  periods,  but  em- 
phasizes 20th  century  events,  starting 
with  the  formation  of  the  Kentucky 
Federation  of  Labor  in  1900. 

Among  more  recent  events  cited  in 
the  handbook  are  the  creation  of  the 
Kentucky  Labor-Management  Advi- 
sory Council  by  the  General  Assembly 
in  1978.  Six  years  later.  Gov.  Martha 


Sanders  is  pleased  to  see  Kentucky  include 
the  state's  labor  history  in  its  schools. 


Lane  Collins  established  the  Kentucky 
Labor  Cabinet  and  appointed  Dr.  John 
C.  Wells  as  the  state's  first  secretary 
of  labor. 

For  1986  it  noted,  "Toyota  breaks 
ground  for  an  auto  factory  in  George- 
town, Ky.  Labor  is  concerned  that  the 
Japanese  could  build  political  influence 
in  the  U.S.  and  the  major  manufacturers 
would  be  able  to  offset  the  effect  of  any 
trade  barriers  that  Congress  could  erect. 
(Japanese  goods  built  in  this  country 
are  made  with  parts  that  usually  come 
from  Japanese  suppliers.)" 

The  handbook  concludes  by  warning 
that  "although  the  potential  uses  of 
technology  are  great,  care  must  be  taken 
to  assure  that  workers  receive  humane 
treatment  through  its  use.  It  is  certain 
that  more  far-reaching  changes  are  yet 
to  come.  The  manner  in  which  labor 
and  management  respond  to  the  chal- 
lenges will  shape  the  course  of  labor 
history  in  the  decades  to  come." 


Let  American  Express 
Hear  From  You! 

The  following  letter  is  one  of 
hundreds  recently  sent  to  American 
Express: 

Chairman  James  D.  Robinson  III 
American  Express 
777  American  Expressway 
Fort  Lauderdale,  Florida  33337 

Chairman  Robinson: 

I  have  worked  as  a  Union  Carpenter 
all  my  life.  I  have  enjoyed  a  fair  wage 
and  working  conditions  which  we  have 
negotiated  over  the  years.  Now  I  am 
the  full-time  Business  Agent  for  Car- 
penters Local  976  in  Marion,  Ohio.  I 
represent  skilled  craftsmen  who  work 
very  hard  for  their  wages  and  benefits, 
sometimes  becoming  permanently 
disabled  or  losing  their  life. 

When  I  see  a  company  such  as 
American  Express  building  a  project 
nonunion  for  the  purpose  of  cheating 
skilled  craftsmen  out  of  fair  wages 
and  benefits,  then  I  must  cease  all 
business  transactions  with  you  im- 
mediately. 

Jack  R.  Noggle 
Local  976 
Marion,  Ohio 


Camp  Contributions 


Last  month  we  reported  the  success  of  a 
fund-raising  drive  at  the  Rust  Engineering 
Co.  Job  at  the  Warren-Scott  Paper  Co.  in 
Skohegan,  Me.  Members  of  Local  320, 
Augusta-Waterville,  Me.,  exceeded  their 
goat  ofSLOOO  to  be  donated  to  a  camp  for 
crippled  children.  Missing  in  the  photo 
that  accompanied  the  account  was  Mill- 
wright Shop  Steward  Parker  Smith,  pic- 
tured above. 


NOVEMBER     1986 


15 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


Utah  Building 
Tradesmen  seek 
Davis-Bacon  violators 

In  an  unprecedented  move  for  orga 
nized  labor  in  Utah,  a  $1000  reward  i; 
being  offered  to  anyone  furnishing  infor 
mation  leading  to  the  conviction  of  con- 
tractors found  in  violation  of  the  Davis- 
Bacon  Act. 

The  reward  is  being  offered  by  the 
Utah  Building  and  Construction  Trades 
Council,  an  affiliated  group  of  Utah  labor 
unions.  The  Council  reports  it  will  hold 
all  information  in  confidence. 

Davis-Bacon  requires  contractors  to 
pay  prevailing  wages  as  determined  by 
the  Department  of  Labor  on  construction 
projects  financed  with  federal  funds. 

In  addition  to  failure  to  pay  prevailing 
wages,  the  Council  says  some  employers 
are  requiring  that  a  portion  of  wages  be 
returned  as  a  condition  of  employment. 
Others  are  requiring  employees  to  work 
additional  hours  not  shown  on  their  time 
cards,  and  still  others  are  paying  em- 
ployees on  a  piece-work  basis. 

The  intent  of  the  law  was  to  insure 
that  the  federal  government,  through  its 
bidding  and  construction  contracts,  does 
not  drive  down  or  subvert  local  wage 
rates.  Labor  unions  periodically  report 
prevailing  wages  for  their  people  to  the 
Department  of  Labor. 

Some  contractors  question  whether  the 
Department  checks  to  see  if  these  figures 
are  inflated  or  include  a  balanced  pro- 
portion of  nonunion  wages.  The  Depart- 
ment of  Labor  publishes  area-adjusted 
wages  which  contractors  on  federal  proj- 
ects are  obliged  to  follow. 

The  Associated  General  Contractors 
of  Utah  has  adopted  a  position  that  Davis- 
Bacon  should  be  obeyed,  as  it  is  the  law. 


Commission  rules 

to  stem  tide 

of  imported  flowers 

Imports  of  fresh-cut  flowers  may  be 
injuring  domestic  producers,  according 
to  a  ruling  by  the  U.S.  International 
Trade  Commission.  The  Commission  is- 
sued, in  all,  14  preliminary  rulings  in- 
volving the  anti-dumping  act,  one  of 
which  concerned  importation  of  several 
varieties  of  flowers  which  has  exceeded 
$200  million  in  1985.  The  ruling  also 
called  for  enforcement  of  countervailing 
duty  law. 

Dumping  is  the  sale  of  products  at 
prices  less  than  fair  value,  and  counter- 
vailing duties  are  meant  to  offset  subsi- 
dies by  foreign  governments. 


Short-term  exposure 
limit  needed  on 
ethylene  oxide 

A  federal  appeals  court  ordered  the 
Occupational  Safety  and  Health  Admin- 
istration to  adopt  a  short-term  exposure 
limit  on  the  suspected  cancer-causing  gas 
ethylene  oxide  or  explain  why  it  isn't 
needed.  The  State.  County  and  Municipal 
Employees,  Hospital  and  Health  Care 
Employees,  and  the  Public  Citizen  Health 
Research  Group  brought  the  issue  to 
court  after  OSHA  failed  to  include  a 
short-term  limit  in  its  EtO  standard. 
AFSCME  President  Gerald  McEntee 
welcomed  the  ruling,  saying  that  "thou- 
sands of  health  care  employees  need 
protection  from  the  effects  of  the  gas," 
which  is  used  as  a  sterilant  for  medical 
equipment  and  in  manufacturing. 

The  United  Brotherhood  has  asked 
OSHA  to  also  consider  short-term  ex- 
posure limits  for  asbestos,  benzene,  and 
formaldehyde. 


Two  large 
corporations 
announce  layoffs 

Big  business  and  particularly  multibil- 
lion-dollar  firms  continuously  boast  of 
how  much  they  contribute  to  the  econ- 
omy and  how  many  jobs  they  contribute. 
Recently,  in  the  space  of  a  week,  two  of 
the  nation's  largest  and  richest  manufac- 
turing corporations  made  their  "contri- 
bution." IBM  announced  the  firing  of 
4,000  workers  this  year  and  8.000  next 
year,  all  to  cut  costs.  And  General  Motors 
will  lay  off  4,000  in  the  months  to  come 
from  its  Chevrolet-Pontiac  group  alone. 


Boy  Scouts 
aim  to 
buy  union 


in  a  new  official  publication,  the  Boy 
Scouts  of  America  gives  stirring  recog- 
nition to  the  contribution  unionists  make 
to  their  communities.  The  booklet,  en- 
titled Fundini;  Capital  Needs,  notes  that 
"organized  labor  has  done  much  to  pro- 
vide extra  value  in  doing  work  for  the 
Boy  Scouts  of  America,  both  contractual 
and  volunteer." 

The  publication  includes  a  special  sec- 
tion called  "Involving  Organized  La- 
bor." where  it  explains  how  to  find  union- 
made  goods  and  services.  It  tells  local 
Scout  councils  to  "be  equitable  in  their 
consideration  of  the  opportunity  for  or- 
ganized labor  to  provide  goods,  services, 
and  construction,"  and  gives  a  checklist 
how  to  identify  union  firms  in  the  area, 
and  to  involve  them  in  the  bidding/pur- 
chasing process. 


Gallup  finds 
Americans  favor 
U.S.  made  products 

That  "Made  in  America"  is  gaining 
back  respect  was  discovered  in  a  recent 
Gallup  Poll.  The  findings  were  that  Amer- 
icans perceive  U.S. -made  products  as 
higher  in  quality,  home  electronics  being 
the  exception  to  the  rule.  Over  1,000 
adults,  representing  a  cross  section  of 
ages,  education,  and  income,  were  asked 
questions  relating  to  the  quality  of  a 
product.  The  poll  is  an  appraisal  of  the 
way  consumers  feel  about  various  prod- 
ucts and  is  not  intended  as  an  appraisal 
of  the  products  themselves  or  the  coun- 
tries that  manufacture  them. 


Consumers  favor 
clothing  made 
in  the  U.S.A. 

U.S.  apparel  was  rated  tops  in  another 
survey  conducted  recently  by  R.  H.  Bru- 
skin  Associates.  No  less  than  70%  of 
over  2,000  men  and  women  interviewed 
thought  U.S. -made  clothing  best  for 
"overall  quality,"  while  only  8%  favored 
foreign-made  apparel  in  this  category. 

U.S. -made  clothing  scored  from  60% 
to  69%'  in  such  categories  as  best  value, 
workmanship,  size  variety,  best  material, 
and  long  lasting.  Comparable  scores  for 
foreign-made  apparel  ranged  from  21% 
to  8%. 


Japanese  workers 
aren't  so  happy 
or  loyal  after  all 

Singing  company  songs,  the  team-spir- 
ited, pro-management  employees  of  big 
Japanese  firms  are  the  idols  of  North 
American  managers.  But  a  new  survey 
by  the  Japanese  electrical  workers'  union 
indicates  East  Asian  employees  may  be 
less  loyal  to  their  bosses  than  workers 
in  other  industrially-developed  countries. 
Swedish  workers  are  twice  as  likely  as 
Japanese  employees  to  say  they  "do  the 
best  for  my  company."  West  Germans 
and  workers  in  Yugoslavia  are  more  loyal 
to  the  boss  than  Japanese  employees. 
Japanese  workers  are  more  likely  to  say 
they  do  "as  much  for  my  company  as  it 
does  for  me.  "  The  lO-country  survey 
was  conducted  among  11,000  electrical 
machinery  workers  by  Professor  K. 
Thurley,  London  University,  a  British 
social  scientist,  who  says  the  fabled  loy- 
alty of  Japanese  workers  is  the  result  of 
confusing  employer  paternalism  with  em- 
ployee devotion.  He  thinks  "the  myth  is 
collapsing. "  The  typical  Japanese  worker 
is  more  disgruntled  than  other  workers 
in  the  international  study  because  of 
excessive  overtime  and  the  lack  of  suf- 
ficient leisure. 


16 


CARPENTER 


UBC's  Wal-Mart  Petition  Drive 
Commences  In  22  States 


After  two  successful  mass  leafletting  ef- 
forts aimed  at  consumers  at  over  600  Wal- 
Mart  stores  in  22  states,  the  United  Broth- 
erhood's boycott  is  taking  a  different  twist. 
In  mid-September  25,000  petitions  were 
mailed  to  Wal-Mart  campaign  coordinators 
in  all  22  states,  mostly  in  the  South  and 
Midwest,  where  the  company  does  business. 
The  petitions  read: 

PETITION 

Attention:  Sam  Walton 

Chairman  of  the  Board 

Wal-Mart  Stores  Inc. 

We  the  undersigned  Wal-Mart  customers 
urge  you  to  ensure  the  employment  of  local 
construction  contractors,  paying  fair,  union 
wages  and  benefits  to  local  workers  on  Wal- 
Mart  construction  projects.  Since  you  are 
reportedly  the  richest  man  in  America  (worth 
nearly  $3  billion)  and  Wal-Mart  is  a  highly 
profitable  corporation,  we  feel  this  is  not  too 
much  to  ask. 

Should  we  find  that  Wal-Mart  is  unwilling 
to  comply  with  our  request,  we  shall  individ- 


ually cease  doing  consumer  business  with  Wal- 
Mart  and  urge  ail  family  and  friends  to  do 
likewise. 

Once  a  significant  number  of  these  signed 
petitions  are  received  in  the  General  Office, 
Wal-Mart  organizers  plan  to  present  the 
accumulated  signatures  to  Mr.  Walton  per- 
sonally. Leafletting  and  petition  signing  are 
taking  place  only  at  Wal-Mart  locations  that 
were  built  by  nonunion  carpenters. 

One  strong  indication  that  the  boycott  is 
having  a  direct  effect  on  Wal-Mart  recently 
came  from  Local  1836  Business  Represent- 
ative Ray  Fountain,  Russelville,  Ark.  Foun- 
tain reports  that  UBC  work  on  the  compa- 
ny's new  warehouse/distribution  center  being 
constructed  near  the  Wal-Mart  headquarters 
in  Bentonville,  Ark. ,  will  be  done  by  Holman 
Construction — a  union  contractor.  Though 
it  has  over  65  Wal-Mart  stores  across  Ar- 
kansas, (the  most  in  any  state),  and  the 
massive  headquarters  complex,  this  is  the 
first  time  in  the  company's  16-year  history 
that  it  has  used  union  carpenters  in  Arkan- 
sas, according  to  Fountain. 


Joe  Hall,  Local  690.  Little  Rock,  Ark., 
lop.  and  Business  Representative  Jim  Os- 
hurn.  Local  690,  below,  distributing  leaf- 
lets outside  a  Bentonville.  Ark..  Wal-Mart 
facility. 


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ened surface  for  good  topcoat  bond. 
Choose  13V2"  or  16"  hickory  handle. 

We  make  more  than  a  hundred  differ- 
ent kinds  and  styles  of  striking  tools, 
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17 


Please...  DON'T  BUY^ 

LOUISim-PACIFIC 


WOOD  PRODUCTS 


UNITED  BROTHERHOOD 

OF  CARPENTERS 

AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 


"L-P  Sued  for 
Operating  Without 
Permits" 

This  recent  headline  in  Colorado 
newspapers  began  a  new  chapter  in  L- 
P's  struggle  to  keep  its  new  waferhoard 
plants  in  Colorado  operating.  Originally 
blocked  by  UBC  opposition,  the  two 
waferboard  mills  have  been  attacked 
by  state  environmental  regulators  for 
two  years.  Now,  the  federal  Environ- 
mental Protection  Agency  is  after  L-P 
for  its  emissions  of  carbon  monoxide 
and  "potentially  toxic  chemicals'"  from 
the  mills. 

Citing  L-Pas  a  "significant  violator,"" 
the  EPA  filed  a  lawsuit  in  federal  district 
court  charging  that  L-P  failed  to  apply 
for  a  special  EPA  permit  for  its  two 
Colorado  plants.  The  action  could  cost 
the  wood  products  company  as  much 
as  $25,000  a  day  for  each  day  it  fails  to 
comply  with  EPA  notices  of  violations 
issued  in  June.  L-P's  response  to  these 
repeated  charges  is  to  threaten  to  leave 
the  state,  eliminating  the  jobs  created 
by  the  plants. 

Forced  closure  of  the  new  wafer- 
board  plants  or  an  abandonment  of  the 


GIVE  LP  A  CALL 

L-P  has  established  a  toll  free 
number,  1-800-547-6331,  which 
you  can  call  to  ask  questions 
about  the  company.  Here  are  a 
few  you  might  ask: 

Why  did  L-P  destroy  the  liveh- 
hoods  of  1,500  dedicated  workers? 

Why  is  L-P  a  union-busting 
company? 

How  come  Harry  Merlo  makes 
so  much  money  and  the  workers 
in  the  company's  plants  so  little? 

If  you  don't  like  the  answer 
you  get,  CALL  AGAIN! 

1-800-547-6331. 


$40  million  investment  would  create 
serious  problems  for  L-P  in  the  financial 
community.  L-P's  aggressive  wafer- 
board  expansion  is  an  important  basis 
for  the  continued  support  of  the  com- 
pany by  certain  Wall  Street  analysts 
and  a  retreat  from  the  expansion  pro- 
gram would  signal  serious  vulnerabili- 
ties. 


U.S.  Bancorp's 
Chairman  Joins 
L-P  Board 


The  newest  member  of  L-P's  board 
of  directors  is  John  A.  Elorriaga,  chair- 
man and  chief  executive  of  U.S.  Ban- 
corp. In  a  letter  to  Elorriaga  following 
the  announcement  of  his  new  position, 
UBC  General  President  Patrick  J. 
Campbell  wrote:  "There's  an  old  adage 
that  you  can  judge  people  by  the  com- 
pany they  keep.  Your  position  on  the 
L-P  board  says  a  lot  about  you  and 
U.S.  Bancorp.  As  our  fight  against  L- 
P  continues,  we  will  endeavor  to  inform 
the  working  men  and  women  of  Oregon 
about  U.S.  Bancorp's  association  with 
LP." 

Handbilling  action  will  be  conducted 
at  branch  offices  of  U.S.  Bancorp  affil- 
iated banks  to  inform  bank  customers 
of  the  bank's  association  with  the  union- 
buster.  Elorriaga  is  very  familiar 
with  the  L-P  dispute,  as  L-P's  corpo- 
rate headquarters,  which  has  been  the 
target  of  numerous  labor  demonstra- 
tions, is  located  in  the  U.S.  Bancorp 
headquarter's  building  in  Portland, 
Ore. 


New  L-P  Products  Added  to  Boycott  List 


L-P  is  now  producing 
a  bark  mulch  product  for 
gardening  consumers 
marketed  under  the  name 
"Landscapers  Pride." 
The  product  is  sold  in 
Texas,  Oklahoma,  Ar- 
kansas, Mississippi,  and 
Louisiana. 


L-P  is  also  now  pro- 
ducing vegetables  from 
greenhouses  located  on 
various  mill  sites.  The 
vegetables  are  marketed 
under  the  name  "Gour- 
met Gardens."  Business 
must  be  tough  in  the  wood 
products  business. 


While  L-P  adds  such 
products  to  supplement 
its  weak  earnings  per- 
forflnance,  it  also  quietly 
reported  that  its  much- 
promoted  attempts  to  ob- 
tain $10  million  in  new 
venture  capital  recently 
went  bust. 


18 


CARPENTER 


CLIC  Report 

Voter  Revolt 
In  the  Heartland? 


When  U.S.  voters  go  to  the  polls  on 
Election  Day,  November  4,  we  may 
see  "a  populist  revolt  in  the  heartland," 
says  Congressman  Tony  Coelho,  chair- 
man of  the  Democratic  Congressional 
Campaign  Committee. 

He  bases  his  prediction  on  a  study 
by  Democratic  staff  members  of  the 
Congressional  Joint  Economic  Com- 
mittee. 

The  study  finds  that  America's  East 
and  West  Coasts  are  doing  well,  while 
the  34  states  which  are  generally  con- 
sidered the  heartland  have  sagging 
economies. 

The  conventional  wisdom  once  was 
that  the  nation's  economy  was  split 
along  have  and  have-not  lines  between 
a  prosperous  Sunbelt  and  a  rusting 
Frostbelt.  Now  Democratic  Congres- 
sional staff  members  tell  us  that  there 
is  a  different  split  today — the  "haves" 
on  the  West  Coast,  extending  from 
Silicon  Valley,  near  San  Francisco,  down 
through  Orange  County,  Calif.,  an  area 
of  high-tech  industries,  and  the  "haves" 
in  16  East  Coast  States,  where  financial 
service  firms,  investment  houses,  in- 
surance companies,  and  advertising 
agencies  are  booming.  In  between  is 
the  broad  farming  and  manufacturing 
area  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  where 
farm  foreclosures  and  plant  shutdowns 
abound  and  the  energy  industries  are 
suffering.  According  to  the  Democrat's 


CLIC  Endorsements 

The    Carpenters    Legislative    Im- 
provement Committee  has  taken  a 
reading   among  its   local   and   state 
groups,  and  it  offers  these  candidates 
for  the  U.S.  Senate  who  are  endorsed 
for  election  on  November  4: 
ALABAMA— Richard  Shelby 
ARIZONA— Richard  Kimball 
COLORADO— Timothy  E.  Wirth 
FLORIDA— Bob  Graham 
GEORGIA— Wyche  Fowler 
LOUISIANA— John  Breaux 
MARYLAND— Barbara  Mikulski 
MISSOURI— Harriett  Woods 
NEVADA— Harry  Reid 
NEW  YORK— Alfonse  D'Amato 
NORTH   CAROLINA— Terry   San- 
ford 

OKLAHOMA— Jim  Jones 
SOUTH  DAKOTA— Tom  Daschle 
VERMONT— Patrick  Leahy 
WASHINGTON— Brock  Adams 
WISCONSIN— Ed  Garvey 

These  are  the  endorsements  we 
have  received  at  press  time.  UBC 
members  are  urged  to  check  their 
local  CLIC  and  COPE  (the  AFL- 
CIO's  Committee  on  Political  Edu- 
cation) endorsements  for  local,  state, 
and  federal  offices. 


economic  study,  the  Midwest  has  re- 
placed the  South  as  the  area  of  the 
country  with  the  lowest  family  incomes. 
Congressman  Coelho  anticipates  that 
heartland  voters  may  not  bhndly  sup- 
port Reagan-endorsed  candidates  this 
time  around  but  will  recognize  the  dire 
consequences  of  the  trade  deficits  as 
they  apply  to  farm  production  and  the 
smokestack  industries. 


Knife  Sales  for  CLIC 

For  many  years,  John  Carr,  Local  338, 
Seattle,  Wash.,  has  been  donating  stag- 
horn  handled  knives  he  makes  to  raise 
money  for  CLIC.  John  Carr,  recently  re- 
tired after  27  years  as  financial  secretary 
and  business  representative  of  his  local,  is 
pictured,  above,  right,  with  CLIC  Commit- 
tee Chairman  Wilbur  Yates.  The  knives, 
displayed  at  the  recent  Washington  State 
Council  Convention,  brought  in  $700  this 
year  for  CLIC.  Earlier,  he  raised  $400  for 
CLIC. 


Time  to  Vote  in  the  General  Election,  November  4 


In  1845 — when  the  population  of  the 
United  States  was  only  18  million  and 
James  K.  Polk  was  in  the  White  House 
having  defeated  Henry  Clay  the  pre- 
vious year,  1,337,243  to  1 ,299,068— the 
U.S.  Congress  decided  that  all  general 
elections  for  pubHc  office  should  be 
held  during  the  first  week  of  November, 
because  "harvesting  is  over  then,  and 
winter  has  not  yet  made  the  roads 
impassable." 

Tuesday  was  designated  instead  of 
Monday,  because  many  voters  lived  a 
day's  journey  from  a  polling  place  and 
objected  to  travehng  on  Sunday. 

Much  has  happened  since  then.  The 
privilege  of  voting  has  been  extended 
not  only  to  landowners,  but  to  all  eli- 
gible men  and  women  18-years  of  age 
and  older.  We've  been  using  voting 
machines  since  they  were  first  installed 
at  the  polls  in  Lockport,  N.Y.,  in  1892. 


But  one  thing  has  not  changed:  Al- 
though millions  of  Americans  are  eli- 
gible to  vote,  few  go  to  the  polls. 

Statisticians  at  the  Bureau  of  the 
Census  report  there  are  some  30,000,000 
more  Americans  of  voting  age  today 
than  in  1970,  partly  because  of  popu- 
lation increases  and  partly  because  of 
the  lower  voting  age.  But  millions  of 
potential  voters  will  not  qualify  because 
they  never  have  registered  to  vote.  And 
millions  more  will  simply  stay  home. 

Less  than  half  of  the  electorate  voted 
in  the  off-year  elections  of  1962,  1966, 
and  1970,  and  officials  fear  greater  voter 
apathy  this  year. 

Since  the  early  days  of  the  republic, 
labor  unions  have  fought  to  extend  the 
franchise  for  voting  to  more  eUgible 
Americans. 

Today,  labor  works  diligently  to  get 
out  the  vote  on  Election  Day,  reminding 


its  members  of  the  importance  of  every 
vote  in  any  election. 

Organized  labor's  traditional  dictum 
that  "every  vote  counts"  was  never 
verified  more  convincingly  than  in  the 
election  races  for  the  U.S.  Senate  four 
years  ago.  A  switch  of  only  30,000  votes 
in  five  states  would  have  given  the 
Democrats  control  of  the  Senate.  Even 
though  Democrats  took  55%  of  all  the 
votes  cast  in  the  Senate  races  in  33 
states,  the  GOP  hung  on  to  its  54-46 
majority.  Respected  pollster  Louis  Har- 
ris commented  that  the  election  was  an 
"almost  total  rejection  of  the  New  Right 
and  neo-conservatism.  We  have  purged 
ourselves  of  Reagan's  1980  mandate." 
Asked  about  the  blue-collar  vote,  Har- 
ris replied,  "The  unions  did  an  effective 
job  of  getting  out  their  vote." 

Let's  get  out  the  vote  again  on  No- 
vember 4! 


NOVEMBER     1986 


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Get-On-Board 
Campaign  in  Virginia 

Members  of  Local  1764,  Marion,  Va., 
signed  up  115  members  between  May  and 
July  of  this  year  as  part  of  their  ongoing 
"Get-On-Board"  Campaign.  At  last  report, 
35  more  members  had  been  signed  and  the 
campaign  was  still  going  strong. 


"jH 


Darrell  Tibbs,  Local  1764,  is  presented  a 
UBC  watch  by  Mid-Atlantic  Industrial 
Council  Executive  Secretary  E.  Richard 
Hearn,  for  signing  the  most  new  mem- 
bers— a  total  of  21. 

Making  It  Shine 
In  Ft.  Lauderdale 


Thirteen  members  of  Carpenters  Local 
123,  Broward  County,  Fla.,  donated  their 
time  and  talents  to  the  city  of  Ft.  Lauderdale 
as  a  part  of  the  "Make  It  Shine"  program. 
The  program  is  coordinating  75  civic  projects 
for  completion  during  1986  in  celebration  of 
the  city's  75th  anniversary.  Projects  range 
from  beach  clean-ups  and  improvements  to 
other  restorations  around  the  city. 

Carpenters  Andrew  Casilli,  Charles  Fa- 
rone,  Larry  Feldheim,  Mickey  Feldheim, 
Kurt  Hoeft,  Edd  Holladay,  Hank  Knispel, 
Gordon  Long,  Paul  Matteodo,  Jeff  Miller, 
George  Morreale,  Daniel  O'Niel,  and  John 
Schlageter  were  involved  in  replacing  the 
existing  wood  facade  on  a  Voyager  Sight- 
seeing Train  Station.  The  station  is  a  pro- 
posed site  for  the  visitors'  information  center 
and  a  focal  point  of  Ft.  Lauderdale  public 
beaches. 

The  project  involved  replacing  the  existing 
facade  with  tongue  and  groove  V-joint  rough 
sawn  cedar. 


Local  1764  campaign  members  in  bright  red  UBC  jackets.  Front  row,  from  left,  are  Mary 
Hawthorne,  Rita  Debord  (daughter),  and  Mary  Cornett  accepting  a  jacket  for  deceased 
member  David  Cornett.  In  the  back  row,  from  left,  are  Allen  Richardson,  Johnny  Greer, 
Darrell  Tibbs,  Roy  Pennington,  Roger  Wyatt.  and  Jeff  Call. 


The  newly  refurbished  Voyager  Sightseeing  Train  station. 


VOC  Chairman  Mike  Decker  and  State 
Organizer  Gordon  Long  work  on  the  dem- 
olition of  the  old  facade. 


Appreciation  sign  erected 
agnizing  those  who  made 
cessful. 


by  the  city  rec- 
the  project  suc- 


NOVEMBER     1986 


21 


Veterans  Hospital  Gazebo  Built  by  Members 


Members  of  Local  455 .  Somen-ille.  N.J.. 
donuled  iheir  services  in  cooperation  with 
the  Edward  J.  Hall  Chapter  of  the  Tele- 
phone Pioneers  of  America  to  construct  a 
gazebo,  right,  on  the  grounds  of  the  U.S. 
Veterans  Hospital  in  Lyons.  N.J. 

The  nine  members  spent  a  weekend  last 
summer  building  the  outdoor  pavilion. 


Pictured  below  are  the  members  who  volunteered  on  the  proj- 
ect. Front  row.  from  left,  are  Emil  Fielder  and  Business  Repre- 
sentative George  Clark.  Middle  Row.  from  left,  are  Tom  Mc- 
Agon.  Jack  Murphy.  John  Mackay  Sr..  and  John  Mackay  Jr. 
Back  row.  from  left,  are  Steve  Susko.  Greg  Lewchuck.  Kevin 
Brannon.  Project  Manager  Ralph  Burns,  and  Don  Meador. 


Millwrights  Picket  Q.I.T. 


Local  2182  Millwrights  picketing  on  ihc  (JIT.  project  at  Tracy, 
Que.,  following  the  regional  contractor  association's  refusal  to 
negotiate  a  new  collective  bargaining  agreement.  From  left,  are 
job  steward  Rene  Lamothe,  Bertrand  Boivin,  Pierre  Carlier.  Luc 
Beaudoin,  and  Rene  Lanoie. 

Photo  d'un  groupe  de  millwright  dii  Local  2IH2.  de  gauche  a 
droite:  Le  delegue  de  chantier  Rene  Lamothe.  Bertrand  Boivin. 
Pierre  Cartier.  Luc  Beaudoin  el  Rene  Lanoie  fesuni  dii  pique- 
tage  sitr  le  projet  Q.LT.  a  Tracy.  Quebec.  Canada.  Suite  au 
refus  de  TA.E.C.Q.  de  negocier  la  convention  collective  qui 
prenail  fin  le  30  avril  1985  des  travailleurs  de  la  construction. 


Locals'  Records 
Donated  to  Amherst 

The  Archives  and  Manuscripts  Depart- 
ment at  the  University  of  Massachusetts. 
Amherst,  has  acquired  the  records  of  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenter  locals  in  Spring- 
field, Holyoke,  Chicopee,  Westfield,  and 
Amherst.  Mass.  Included  are  minutes  of  the 
French  and  English-speaking  locals  (1885- 
1975),  dues  and  membership  records  (1885- 
1980),  and  records  (including  minutes,  cor- 
respondence, and  subject  files)  of  two  West- 
ern Massachusetts  district  councils  of  Car- 
penters (Springfield  and  Holyoke)  covering 
1900  to  1975. 


70th  Birthday,  St.  Louis  Auxiliary 


Ladies'  Auxiliary  23.  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  recently  celebrated  70 
years  of  UBC  affiliation  with  a  dinner  and  special  anniversaiy 
cake.  Pictured  from  left  are  James  Watson,  business  representa- 
tive, St.  Louis  District  Council:  and  au.xiliaiy  officers  Bernice 
Eaton,  president;  Irma  Reiler.  conductor:  Dorothy  Robben, 
treasurer:  Betty  Seitz,  warden:  Pal  Wendt.  secretary  pro-tem: 
Georgia  Canziani.  vice  president:  Florence  Thien.  trustee: 
Marge  Strumsky,  secretary:  and  Jane  Nichols,  trustee  and  pub- 
licity chairperson. 


Interior  Systems  Upgrade 


Twenty-eight  shop  stewards  from  Local  255.  Bloomingburg. 
N.  Y..  recently  upgraded  their  training  by  taking  part  in  an 
evening  program.  Topics  on  the  agenda  included  the  jurisdic- 
tional problems  the  United  Brotherhood  is  facing  on  interior 
systems  installation.  The  slide  presentation  "The  International 
Union"  was  also  viewed  and  discussed. 

Participants  included:  Ralph  Brasington,  Boyd  Brower.  Frank 
Bartula,  Charles  Flieger,  Dale  R.  Sheeley.  Dayne  Roosa.  Fred 
LeRoy,  Henry  Hey.  Jeff  Weiner.  Robert  Manning,  Ludwig  E. 
Takacs.  Carl  Gerow.  Frank  Slesinsky.  Larry  Nelson.  Raymond 
Pranga,  Harold  Taegder.  Harold  Heater.  David  M.  Kaczor. 
John  B.  Potter.  Francis  J.  Gilner.  Joseph  Zingalis.  Frederick 
Terry.  Charles  Croopin  Jr..  Kenneth  DeWitt.  Charles  Vealey 
III.  Leo  Davis.  August  Nolte.  and  Manuel  Rios. 


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CARPENTER 


MISS  PRE-TEEN  NJ 


UIE  tonGRnTUinTE 


.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who,  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


SOUTH  BEND  AWARD        WINNING  SCHOLARS 


Sivak 


The  scholarship  com- 
mittee of  Local  413, 
South  Bend,  Ind.,  re- 
cently announced  that  it 
had  awarded  its  $500 
non-renewable  scholar- 
ship for  1986  to  Dawn 
Elizabeth  Sivak.  The 
daughter  of  Michael  Si- 
vak, a  Local  413  mem- 
ber, and  his  wife,  Dawn 

is  a  graduate  of  the  John  Adams  High  School. 

She  plans  to  attend  Indiana  University  at 

Bloomington,  where  she  will  pursue  a  degree 

in  health  professions. 

TEXAS  PROJECT 

Fifteen  volunteers  from  Local  977,  Wich- 
ita Falls,  Tex.,  gave  their  time  and  talents 
to  a  different  kind  of  project  recently.  The 
carpenters  pitched  in  to  build  a  1 ,085-square- 
foot  log  cabin  in  Lucy  Park  as  part  of  Texas' 
150  birthday  celebration  this  year. 

After  the  sesquicentennial,  city  officials 
plan  to  rent  the  facility,  complete  with  its 
mini-cafe  and  terraced  outdoor  patio,  for 
meetings  and  small  parties. 

When  Local  977  Business  Representative 
Ernie  Hopson  heard  about  the  cabin  con- 
struction, he  volunteered  his  time  and  re- 
cruited Ben  Cariise,  Kim  Collins,  Doug  Hart, 
Marco  Villareal,  Gillis  Broy,  Larry  Elling- 
son,  J.C.  Walters,  Bill  Hamby,  James  Ow- 
ens, Mike  Liskowski,  John  McGee,  Paul 
Smith,  Dwain  Wrinkle,  and  Mickey  Cleve- 
land to  lend  a  hand. 


Each  year  Local  210,  Western  Connecti- 
cut, awards  two  $1,000  scholarships  to  sons 
or  daughters  of  local  members. 

The  winners  are  selected  by  a  panel  of 
clergymen  and  community  leaders. 

This  year's  winners  are  Carmine  Boccuzzi 
and  Edward  Comstock  Jr.  The  awards  were 
presented  to  Carmine  and  Edward  by  Gen- 
eral President  Pat  Campbell  at  the  85th 
Connecticut  State  Council  of  Carpenters 
convention. 

Carmine  graduated  from  Westhill  High 
School  in  Stamford.  He  will  be  attending 
Yale  University  in  the  fall  where  he  plans 
to  study  English  and  history. 

Edward  graduated  from  Pomperaug  High 
School  in  Southbury.  He  is  presently  at- 
tending United  States  Air  Force  flight  train- 
ing school.  He  will  attend  Bridgewater  State 
University,  where  he  plans  to  study  aviation 
and  political  science. 


Pictured  at  the  scholarship  anaid  piesen- 
tation,  from  left,  are  Matt  Capace.  schol- 
arship chairman:  UBC  General  President 
Patrick  Campbell:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward 
Comstock  Sr. :  and  Carmine  Boccuzzi, 
scholarship  winner. 


Kimberly  Ann  Suchak,  daughter  of  Frank 
and  Barbara  Suchak  of  Middlesex,  N.J.,  was 
recently  crowned  Miss  New  Jersey  National 
Pre-Teen.  Kimberly's  father  Frank  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Local  155,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Kimberly,  a  sixth  grade  honors  student, 
bested  53  contestants  to  represent  New  Jer- 
sey in  the  Miss  National  Pre-Teen  Pageant 
to  be  held  at  Walt  Disney  World,  Orlando, 
Fla.,  next  month.  In  addition  to  the  all- 
expense  paid  trip,  she  received  a  $500  schol- 
arship and  additional  merchandise  prizes. 


LOCAL  AWARDS 

For  15  years  Local  261,  Scranton,  Pa., 
has  awarded  college  scholarships  to  sons  or 
daughters  of  members  of  Local  261.  The 
awards  are  jointly  funded  by  members  of 
Local  261  and  their  employing  contractors. 

This  year's  winners  were  Daria  Schuster, 
West  Scranton  High  School,  Scranton;  Nancy 
Rydzy,  Pittston  Area  High  School,  Dupont; 
and  Paul  Krenitsky,  Scranton  Preparatory 
School,  Blakely.  Each  graduate  will  receive 
$2,000  each  year  for  a  total  of  four  years. 

A  dinner  was  held  at  the  Ramada  Inn  in 
Chinchilla,  Pa.,  to  honor  the  recipients  and 
their  parents. 


UBC  carpenters  got  involved  with  the  construction  of  this  log 
cabin  in  Wichita  Falls,  Tex.,  where  the  sesquicentennial  cele- 
bration is  underway. 


Pictured  from  left,  are  Charles  Pumilia,  retired  business  repre- 
sentative. Local  261:  Daria  Schuster,  recipient  1986  award:  Paid 
Krenitsky,  recipient  1986  award:  Nancy  Rydzy.  recipient  1986 
award:  Fred  Schimelfenig  Jr.,  business  representative.  Local 
261:  and  Joseph  W.  Greco,  president,  Local  261. 


NOVEMBER     1986 


23 


Recent  Blueprint-for-Cure  Donations 


Even  when  they're  not  in  the  headhnes 
with  new  developments,  the  people  at  the 
Diabetes  Research  Center  in  Florida  are  still 
working  to  find  a  cure  for  the  millions  who 
suffer  every  day  with  diabetes. 

UBC  President  Patrick  J.  Campbell  urges 
readers  of  Carpenter  to  continue  to  send 
Blueprint  contributions  to  101  Constitution 
Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


Recent  contnbutions  for  Blueprint  for  Cure 
have  been  received  from  the  following: 

In  Memory  of  Herbert  C.  Skinner 

Texas  State  Council  Ladies  Au.xiliaries 

Mississippi  State  Council 

Ted  Norcutt 

John  E.  Sheppard 

1338,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I. 

2564,  Grand  Falls,  Newfoundland 


Building  Affordable  Homes  in  Boston 


Many  people  today  are  discovering  that 
there  is  a  housing  shortage  and  affordability 
crisis  in  some  areas  of  the  U.S.  Neighbor- 
hoods are  being  priced  beyond  the  reach  of 
those  who  grew  up  in  them. 

In  Boston,  Mass..  there's  someone  who's 
working  on  a  solution  to  the  problem.  Tom 
Mclntyre,  a  vice  president  of  the  Bricklayers 
and  Masons  Union,  is  involved  with  a  project 
that  produces  affordable  homes  for  working 
class  people  in  the  neighborhoods  they're 
used  to.  His  is  a  not-for-profit  company 
which  builds  low-cost  residences. 

General  construction,  plumbing,  and  elec- 
trical contractors  are  selected  by  the  rep- 
resentative union  and  must  pay  union-scale 
wages.  There  is  a  profit  margin  for  the 
contractors,  but  the  home-buyer  still  gets  a 
house  40%  below  market  rate. 


The  first  project  began  when  Mclntyre's 
firm  bought  23.000  square  feet  of  land  from 
the  city  for  $1.  He  found  a  local  bank  willing 
to  lend  him  $1.2  million  without  collateral 
in  an  arrangement  whereby  the  union  pen- 
sion fund  puts  an  amount  equal  to  the  loan 
in  certificates  of  deposit  that  earn  6.5%  to 
7%.  The  loan  rate  was  then  set  at  8%.  Thus 
the  housing  project  realizes  a  savings  of  3% 
to  4%  on  the  interest  rate. 

The  homes  will  be  sold  to  winners  of  a 
lottery  who  meet  income  requirements.  The 
lottery  is  only  open  to  neighborhood  resi- 
dents. An  additional  stipulation  is  that  no 
unit  can  be  resold  for  more  than  its  purchase 
price  plus  inflation  to  discourage  investors. 
A  small  number  of  homes  are  also  set  aside 
for  winners  in  a  citywide  lottery  to  ensure 
there  is  no  discrimination. 


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Stair  On  A  Dare 


A  home-construction  vignette  from 
UBC  Member  Rocky  Meyer,  Local 
1094,  CorvaUis.  Ore.,  and  the  result. 


"She  wanted  something  different. 
1  said  how  about  a  fire  house  pole 
and  so  it  started  .  .  .  with  a  dare. 
Discussed  it  for  a  long  time  (about  15 
minutes)  and  decided  to  go  spiral. 
Initial  decision  was  the  hardest  part; 
but  committed — now  it  was  time  to 
draw  plans  and  order  material,  oak. 
clamps,  screws,  glue.  This  was  to  be 
a  week-end  do-it-yourself  project. 
Started  turning  balusters  before 
Thanksgiving  and  finished  installation 
next  Fourth  of  July.  Had  some  help, 
too — holding,  sanding,  staining,  and 
oiling,  also  some  questions  where, 
why,  how,  when,  mostly  when.  Talk 
about  supervision,  the  eagle  eye  was 
ever  present,  constuction  of  the  Great 
China  Wall  did  not  receive  more  at- 
tention. It  was  a  fun  time  .  .  .  worked 
when  we  felt  like  it  and  played  when 
we  had  the  need.  We  just  wanted 
something  special  for  the  house." 


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CARPENTER 


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Apprenticeship  Sponsors  Urged  to  Warn 
Trainees  of  Drug,  Alcohol  Job  Hazards 


N.J.  Honoree 


The  construction  industry  is  considered  a 
hazardous  occupation,  and  persons  whose 
judgment  is  impaired  by  drugs  or  alcohol 
constitute  a  great  ristc  to  themselves  and  to 
the  workers  around  them. 

Three  panelists  at  the  1986  Mid-Year 
Training  Conference  in  Boston,  Mass.,  tac- 
kled this  touchy  but  timely  subject  and 
opened  a  floor  discussion  on  how  various 
joint  committees  are  dealing  with  the  prob- 
lems of  drugs,  alcohol,  and  controlled  sub- 
stance abuse. 

The  panelists — Doyle  Brannonof  the  UBC 
field  staff;  William  Thomas,  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  training  coordinator;  and  Donald  Dav- 
enport, Atlanta,  Ga.,  coordinator — had  this 
to  say: 

"Controlled  substance  usage  has  become 
a  great  concern  of  the  workers  and  of  the 
employers  due  to  the  diminished  safety  fac- 
tor. 

"Some  employers,  particularly  utility 
companies,  have  implemented  on-the-proj- 
ect  drug  testing  by  the  use  of  urine  specimens 
and  are  requesting  that  persons  whom  they 
consider  risks  submit  to  testing.  The  position 
of  these  employers  is  that  once  a  person  has 
failed  this  chemical  test  they  will  be  dis- 
missed from  employment  and  are  never  again 
to  be  taken  into  employment  by  that  com- 
pany. 

"There  has  been  much  discussion  about 
the  legality  of  such  testing  and  issues  raised 
about  the  invasion  of  privacy.  This  require- 
ment will  probably  be  tested  in  the  courts, 
but,  until  that  issue  is  settled,  the  tests  are 
in  effect  and  the  careers  of  those  who  are 
failing  the  test  are  ruined. 

"The    sponsors   of  apprenticeship   pro- 


grams are  greatly  concerned  about  the  ap- 
prentice population  and  its  use  of  drugs. 
Apprenticeship  sponsors  have  obligations  in 
their  attempt  to  discourage  drug  usage  by 
the  apprentices,  but  there  are  also  limitations 
as  to  what  the  program  sponsors  can  real- 
istically accomplish  within  the  confines  of 
the  control  they  have  over  the  apprentices. 
"The  apprenticeship  sponsor  has  the  ob- 
ligation to  warn  and  warn  and  warn  the 
apprentices  of  the  ruinous  effect  that  the  use 
of  controlled  substances  will  have  on  their 
fives  and  on  their  careers.  Further,  the 
apprenticeship  sponsors  can  and  should  make 
the  apprentices  aware  of  the  support  orga- 
nizations, agencies,  etc.,  to  which  they  may 
refer  themselves  as  they  make  an  effort  to 
"kick  the  habit." 


Joseph  D' Aries,  administrative  manager 
of  the  New  Jersey  Apprentice  Training  and 
Education  Fund,  was  honored  recently  for 
his  dedication  to  vocational  education  by 
the  Middlesex  County  Vocational  and 
Technical  Adult  Schools. 

D' Aries,  speaking  above,  noted  in  his 
remarks  that  the  working  relationship  be- 
tween the  UBC  and  Middlesex  County  Vo- 
cational Schools  dates  back  to  1914  when 
carpenters  helped  lobby  for  the  founding 
of  these  schools  in  the  county. 


South  Florida  Graduation  Banquet 


Graduating  Apprentices  of  the  South  Floiida  Caipenteis  Joint  Apprenticeship  and 
Training  Trust  Fund  of  Miami,  Fla.,  were  awarded  graduation  certificates  at  the  annual 
Completion  Banquet  held  at  the  prestigious  University  Club  atop  the  Amerifirst  Building. 
Seated,  from  left,  are  Robert  Noe,  Russell  McCrackan,  Thomas  Yeager,  Daniel  DeMott, 
Kenneth  Nunn,  Otto  Diaz,  Joseph  Saint  Victor,  and  Robi  Pugh  with  her  son. 

Pictured  standing,  from  left,  are  Kent  Wallace,  Raymond  Lackie,  Matthew  Godlove, 
Stuart  Ostroff,  John  Joyner,  Patrick  Hazzard,  Dennis  Morgan,  John  Gardner,  Harry 
Rubi,  and  Clifton  Shoemaker. 


Westchester  County,  N.Y.,  Graduates  43  in  Recent  Ceremony 


The  Westchester,  N.Y.,  Carpenters  J.,\.T.C.  recently  held 
graduation  ceremonies  for  43  graduating  apprentices.  Awards 
were  also  presented  to  the  winners  of  the  carpenter  and  mill- 
cabinet  contests. 

Pictured  above  left,  from  left,  are  Anthony  Dapolito,  first 
place  carpenter  winner;  Salvatore  Pelliccio,  general  agent. 


Westchester  District  Council:  Joseph  Lia,  general  executive 
board  member  for  the  first  district;  James  Nicholson,  president, 
Westchester  District  Council;  Irwine  Brooks,  chairman.  Building 
Trades  Employers  Association;  and  Steven  Lanzi,  first  place 
mill-cabinet  winner. 
Pictured  at  right  are  24  of  the  43  new  journeymen. 


NOVEMBER     1986 


25 


New  Feet-Inch  Calculator  Solves 
Building  Problems  In  Seconds! 

Simple  to  use,  time-saving  tool  that  works  with  ANY  fraction  to  1164th 


Now  you  can  solve  all  your 
building  problems  right  in  feet,  inches 
and  fractions — with  the  all  new  Con- 
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This  handheld  calculator  will  save 
you  hours  upon  hours  of  time  on  any 
project  dealing  with  dimensions.  And 
best  of  all,  it  eliminates  costly  errors 
caused  by  inaccurate  conversions  using 
charts,  tables,  mechanical  adders  or 
regular  calculators. 

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CARPENTER 


It's  Time  for 
Fire  Safety 


In  1982  wood-burning  appliances  ac- 
counted for  more  fires,  more  fire  deaths,  and 
greater  property  damage  than  any  other  kind 
of  heating  fuel— about  140,000  fires,  250 
deaths,  and  $257  million  in  property  damage. 
These  losses  represented  20%  of  all  residen- 
tial fires  in  the  U.S.,  5%  of  all  fire  deaths, 
and  8%  of  estimated  property  damage. 

Research  indicates  that  most  wood  heating 
fires  involve  the  chimney  and  not  the  appli- 
ance itself.  The  majority  of  these  fires  are 
contained  within  the  chimney  and  cause  no 
damage  to  the  house.  There  is  concern, 
however,  not  only  about  the  chimney  fires 
that  did  ignite  other  parts  of  the  house,  but 
also  about  the  potential  future  hazard  from 
the  continued  use  of  chimneys  whose  struc- 
tural integrity  has  been  compromised  by  a 
chimney  fire.  This  is  especially  true  in  light 
of  the  fact  that  many  contained  chimney 
fires  are  not  reported  to  the  fire  services;  in 
fact,  consumers  may  not  even  be  aware  that 
a  chimney  fire  has  occurred. 

Therefore,  the  Consumer  Product  Safety 
Commission  is  issuing  a  special  safety  alert 
concerning  chimneys  used  with  woodburn- 
ing  stoves,  fireplaces,  and  fireplace  inserts. 
The  Commission  urgently  warns  consumers 
to  be  aware  of  the  potential  fire  hazards 
associated  with  these  chimneys. 

Now  that  the  nation  has  entered  the  heat- 
ing season,  the  Commission  strongly  urges 
you,  if  you  have  a  stove  or  fireplace,  to 
check  the  chimney  for  any  damage  that  may 
have  occurred  in  the  past  heating  season.  If 
it  is  difficult  to  examine  the  chimney,  a  local 
chimney  repairman,  chimney  "sweep,"  or 
dealer  can  help.  Have  any  damage  repaired 
now. 

Most  fires  involving  either  masonry  or 
prefabricated  metal  chimneys  occur  because 
of  improper  installation,   use,   or  mainte- 


nance. The  Commission  staff  has  identified 
the  following  common  causes  of  fires: 

•  Improper  chimney  installation  too  close 
to  wood  framing. 

•  Installation  of  thermal  insulation  too  close 
to  the  chimney. 

•  Improperly  passing  the  stovepipe  or  chim- 
ney through  a  ceiling  or  wall,  causing 
ignition  of  wood  framing. 

•  Structural  damage  to  the  chimney  caused 
by  the  ignition  of  creosote  (a  black  tarlike 
substance  that  builds  up  inside  the  chim- 
ney in  normal  use). 

Structural  damage  to  metal  prefabricated 
chimneys  that  results  in  wood  framing  being 
exposed  to  excessive  temperatures  or  leak- 
age of  potentially  toxic  gases  to  the  interior 
of  the  home  can  take  the  following  forms: 

•  Corrosion  or  rusting  of  the  inner  liners  of 
metal  chimneys. 

•  Bucking,  separation  of  the  seam,  or  col- 
lapsing of  the  inner  liner  of  metal  chim- 
neys. (This  can  result  from  too  hot  a  fire, 
especially  in  high-efficiency  stoves  and  in 
fireplace  inserts,  or  from  a  creosote  fire.) 

Structural  damage  also  occurs  in  masonry 
chimneys,  often  associated  with  deteriora- 
tion or  improper  installation  of  the  chimney. 
The  tile  inner  liner  and  the  surrounding  brick 
or  block  structure  may  crack  and  separate, 
perhaps  as  a  result  of  the  ignition  of  creosote 
that  has  built  up  in  the  chimney.  Many  old 
chimneys  do  not  have  a  tile  liner.  If  your 
chimney  does  not  have  a  liner,  the  addition 
of  a  properly  installed  liner  is  advisable. 
Also,  a  clay  liner  should  be  sealed  with 
refractory  cement. 

Even  when  the  heating  appliance  is  prop- 
erly installed,  people  with  either  metal  or 
masonry  chimney  systems  should  frequently 


check  the  chimney  for  creosote  deposits, 
soot  build-up,  or  physical  damage.  This 
involves  only  a  simple  visual  examination, 
but  it  should  be  done  as  often  as  twice  a 
month  during  heavy  use.  If  you  see  heavy 
creosote  buildup,  suspect  a  problem,  or  have 
had  a  chimney  fire,  a  qualified  chimney 
repairman  or  chimney  "sweep"  should  per- 
form a  complete  safety  inspection.  They  can 
arrange  for  any  necessary  repairs  or  creosote 
removal,  which  must  be  done  before  the 
heating  appliance  is  used  again. 

The  Commission  advises  owners  of  all 
chimneys  to: 

•  Be  sure  that  the  chimney  and  stovepipe 
were  installed  correctly  in  accordance 
with  the  manufacturer's  recommendations 
and  local  codes.  If  there  is  any  doubt,  a 
building  inspector  or  fire  official  can  de- 
termine whether  the  system  is  properly 
installed. 

•  Minimize  creosote  formation  by  using 
proper  stove  size  and  avoiding  using  low 
damper  settings  for  extended  periods  of 
time. 

•  Have  the  chimney  checked  and  cleaned 
routinely  by  a  chimney  "sweep"  at  least 
once  a  year.  Inspect  it  frequently,  as  often 
as  twice  a  month  if  necessary,  and  clean 
when  a  creosote  buildup  is  noted. 

•  Always  operate  your  appliance  within  the 
manufacturer's  recommended  tempera- 
ture limits.  Too  low  a  temperature  in- 
creases creosote  buildup,  and  too  high  a 
temperature  may  eventually  cause  damage 
to  the  chimney  and  result  in  a  fire. 

•  Frequently  look  for  signs  of  structural 
failure. 

If  you  have  had  a  fire  or  other  safety 
problem  with  your  chimney,  or  would  like 
additional  information,  call  the  Commis- 
sion's toll-free  Hotline  800-638-CPSC. 


Children  and  lighters: 
a  dangerous  combination 


Did  you  know  that  your  three-year- 
old  child  may  be  capable  of  lighting 
your  cigarette  lighter? 

About  200  deaths  each  year  are 
associated  with  fires  started  by  ciga- 
rette lighters.  Of  these,  an  estimated 
140  deaths  are  the  result  of  children 
playing  with  lighters;  most  of  the 
victims  are  less  than  five  years  old. 
Children  who  survive  such  fires  are 
often  severely  burned,  resulting  in 
disfigurement  for  life  and  emotional 
adjustment  problems.  Many  of  these 
tragedies  are  avoidable. 

Cigarette  lighters,  particularly  dis- 
posable ones,  are  fascinating  to  many 
children.  They  — 


•  are  colorful, 

•  fit  easily  into  a  small  hand, 

•  have  a  wheel  that  turns  and  emits 
sparks,  and 

•  produce  a  small  flame. 

This  is  a  recipe  for  disaster.  Chil- 
dren less  than  five  years  of  age  are 
twice  as  likely  to  die  in  a  fire  as  older 
age  groups  and  this  is  largely  because 
of  fires  started  by  children  playing 
with  matches  or  lighters.  Children  as 
young  as  two  or  three  years  of  age 
are  known  to  have  ignited  these  fires. 
When  a  fire  occurs,  children  fre- 
quently run  and  hide  rather  than  in- 
forming an  adult  or  trying  lo  escape. 


NOVEMBER     1986 


27 


Retirees 
Notebook 


A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Rt'iinc  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings and  joint's  of  individual  retirees. 


Retiree's  Banks 
Aid  Upper  Room 

Louis  MacNevin  has  been  serving  meals 
at  the  Upper  Room,  a  nearby  soup  kitchen, 
since  it  opened,  but  he  wanted  to  do  some- 
thing more.  So  the  retired  carpenter  from 


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MacNevin 


Local  1338,  Charlotte- 
town.  P.E.I..  created 
a  house-shaped  piggy 
V^J;;,,^  bank     out     of    scrap 

/f^~^  wood,  convinced  lo- 
cal businessmen  to 
display  the  banks,  and 
now  other  people  are 
helping  the  soup 
kitchen  by  dropping 
their  change  into  the  "houses." 

MacNiven  calls  the  banks  "rat  traps"  and 
says  they  were  inspired  by  the  Garfield  banks 
he  had  seen  in  several  stores.  MacNiven 
decided  to  "catch  thai  old  cat"  and  stir  up 
some  friendly  competition  between  the  busi- 
nesses that  were  displaying  his  houses  and 
those  that  were  displaying  Garfield.  The 
competition  will  also  help  his  cause  because 
proceeds  from  all  banks  go  to  the  Upper 
Room.  At  last  count  there  were  24  "rat 
traps"  out. 

Father  Jerry  Tingley.  chairman  of  the 
Upper  Room  steering  committee,  presented 
MacNiven  with  a  plaque  for  his  "outstanding 
service  beyond  the  call  of  duty"  to  the 
establishment  and  the  people  it  serves.  The 
plaque  was  one  of  the  first  ever  presented 
by  the  Upper  Room. 


Club  12,  Texas, 
Keeps  Growing 

Retirees  Club  12  has  a  full  and  busy 
schedule  of  duties  and  activities  to  keep 
members  involved.  It  was  chartered  with  34 
members  in  1984  and  has  grown  to  50. 

Club  members  take  their  responsibilities 
seriously,  but  enjoy  socializing  as  well.  They 
work  with  Local  198,  Dallas,  Te.x..  on  voter 
registration,  telephone  committees,  letter- 
writing  campaigns,  sign  building  for  political 
candidates,  visiting  sick  members,  and  in- 
viting candidates  and  public  officials  to  visit 
meetings  and  speak  out  on  the  issues. 

Meetings  are  held  on  the  third  Wednesday 
of  each  month,  with  a  luncheon  and  guest 
speaker  followed  by  fellowship  and  games. 
Club  member  N.J.  Hardeman  tells  us  that 
locals  without  clubs  don'l  know  what  they're 
missing.  He  encourages  everyone  to  organ- 
ize one. 


Canadian  Retirees 
Parl(  Privileges 

An  item  in  our  October  1985  issue  of 
Carpenter  told  U.S.  retirees  who  were  62 
or  older  where  to  get  information  on  "Golden 
Age  Passports,"  which  provide  free  lifetime 
entrance  to  national  parks  and  other  federal 
recreation  areas,  and  discounts  on  camping, 
parking,  and  other  fees. 

A  Canadian  retiree  recently  wrote  to  us 
for  information  on  a  comparable  Canadian 
program.  We  did  a  little  research,  and  we're 
happy  to  pass  along  what  we've  learned. 

Most  Canadian  recreation  areas  and  parks 
are  run  by  the  provincial  governments  and 
each  has  its  own  regulations.  Any  questions 
on  reduced  fees  or  discounts  should  be 
addressed  to  your  own  local  authorities. 

We  also  learned  that,  once  you  start  get- 
ting your  pension  check  from  the  federal 
government,  you  are  issued  an  identification 
card.  The  card  is  not  a  discount  card  as 
such,  but  only  a  verification  of  your  age. 
Many  stores  and  agencies,  however,  offer 
discounted  goods  and  services  to  those  who 
present  their  cards. 

In  addition,  some  provinces  (Ontario,  for 
example)  issue  a  privilege  card  to  those  who 
are  65  or  older  which  entitles  the  bearer  to 
discounts  on  rail  or  other  public  transport, 
free  prescription  drugs,  and  other  benefits. 
Contact  your  provincial  government  for  fur- 
ther information  and  details  on  obtaining  a 
privilege  card. 


Retirees  Unite  With 
Ladies  Auxiliary 

Retiree  Club  23.  Toledo.  Ohio,  reports  an 
average  attendance  of  up  to  10  members. 
The  club's  meeting  day  and  hour  coincides 
with  Ladies  Auxiliary  No.  2,  with  a  future 
plan  to  get  together  after  meetings  "for  fun 
and  frolic."  Each  club  currently  invites  the 
other  club  to  attend  when  they  have  speak- 
ers. 

Retiree  Club  23  also  runs  a  food  bank. 
Government  surplus  food  is  distributed  once 
a  month  to  the  unemployed  and  needy  of 
the  area. 


Retirees  Club  19 
Aids  Blueprint 

Members  of  Retirees  Club  19.  Philadel- 
phia. Pa.,  recently  held  their  second  annual 
banquet,  which  we  reported  in  the  Septem- 
ber issue.  {Editor's  note:  We  slated  incoi- 
rectlv  that  it  was  a  banquet  co-sponsored 
by  Local  1050. ) 

Proceeds  from  the  banquet,  which 
amounted  to  $1,500,  were  turned  over  to 
Club  President  Carmen  DiDonalo.  Accom- 
panied by  Second  District  Board  Member 
George  Walish,  DiDonato  subsequently  pre- 
sented the  Diabetes  Blueprint  for  Cure  do- 
nation to  General  President  Patrick  J.  Camp- 
bell in  his  Washington  office. 

John  Wonders  Why 
He's  Out  of  Work 

The  president  of  UBC  Retirees  Club  19, 
Carmen  DiDonato,  told  us  this  story: 

"I  visited  my  friend  John  and  his  wife 
Mary  the  other  day.  John  has  been  out  of 
work  for  six  months.  We  hadn't  taken  off 
our  coats  before  John  began  to  criticize  the 
country,  the  economy,  the  unions,  and  big 
business  in  particular,  because  of  his  long 
unemployment. 

"As  we  talked.  John's  son  drove  into  the 
garage  on  a  Japanese  Honda  and  parked  it 
between  John's  Volkswagen  and  the  Swed- 
ish Sabb.  After  watching  Lawrence  Welk  on 
John's  Japanese  Sony  television  .  .  .  Mary 
brought  out  her  Swiss  projector  and  showed 
slides  of  their  Caribbean  cruise  aboard  a 
German  ship.  Mary  was  wearing  a  wig  made 
in  Taiwan  and  said  it  was  a  great  buy  and 
looked  good  with  her  Italian  shoes  and 
Portuguese  handbag. 

"Dinner  was  served  on  Irish  linen,  the 
china  came  from  Korea.  Throughout  dinner. 
John  complained  of  the  unfair  treatment  he 
got  from  his  company.  He  said,  'My  com- 
pany claimed  they  had  to  cut  back  because 
of  foreign  competition.  Did  you  ever  hear 
of  such  a  ridiculous  thing'' 

"And  guess  what  we  had  for  dinner — 
Polish  ham!" 

Wake  Up!  Insist  on  U.S. -made  products 
whenever  possible. 


1 


Pictured,  from  left,  A.J.  Christian,  Treasurer  Bob  .Scott.  N.J.  Hardeman  and  President  Le 
Roy  King  of  Club  12  man  an  antique  tool  display  booth  at  the  Te.xas  State  Council  of 
Carpenters  convention. 


28 


CARPENTER 


JOB  SAFETY  AND  HEALTH 


COSH  GROUPS 


Local  Coalitions  for 
Occupational  Safety  and  Health 


Non-profit  groups  developed  to 
protect  workers  on  the  job 


ALASKA 

Alaska  Health  Project 

417  W.  8th  Avenue,  Anchorage,  Alaska 

99501 
(907)  276-2864 

Director:  Lawrence  D.  Weiss 
Areas  of  particular  interest  of  expertise: 
Asbestos  abatement  training 
Building  related  illnesses 
Hazardous  waste  (worker  and  community 

protection) 
Teaching  occupational  health  and  safety  to 

high  school  teachers  and  students 


"COSH"  groups,  or  Coalitions  for  Oc- 
cupational Safety  and  Health,  have  been  an 
exciting  part  of  the  labor  movement  for 
nearly  15  years  now — yet  most  workers  have 
never  heard  of  them. 

COSH  groups  are  independent,  non-profit, 
tax-exempt,  labor-based,  volunteer  coali- 
tions of  local  unions  concerned  about  job 
safety  and  health.  They  provide  technical 
assistance  from  health  and  legal  profession- 
als, educational  programs  and  materials,  and 
political  action — all  aimed  at  protecting  the 
health  and  safety  of  workers  on  the  job  and 
preventing  work-related  injury,  illness,  dis- 
ease, and  death. 

The  first  group  started  in  Chicago  (the 
Chicago  Area  Committee  on  Occupational 
Safety  and  Health  or  CACOSH),  and  is  still 
alive  and  well.  Now  there  are  about  30  such 
groups  in  existence,  in  states  such  as  New 
York,  Massachusetts,  Connecticut,  Rhode 
Island,  Maryland,  Maine,  Tennessee,  North 
Carolina,  Alaska,  and  California. 

Funding  is  provided  through  dues  paid  by 
local  unions  on  a  per  capita  basis,  and  also 
by  small  foundation  grants,  grants  from  cit- 
ies, and  grass  roots  fundraising  (such  as  T- 
shirts,  buttons,  literature  sales,  beef  and 
beer  nights,  plant  gate  collections,  raffles). 
Some  also  get  support  through  the  United 
Way  Donor  Option  campaign. 

Staff  members  serve  the  local  members, 
develop  leadership,  help  plan  educational 
programs,  answer  requests  for  information, 
provide  speakers  at  union  meetings,  organize 
fundraising,  and  conduct  political  cam- 
paigns. They  have  played  a  key  role  or  led 
the  fight  in  numerous  legislative  and  regu- 
latory campaigns  including:  for  OSHA  Reg- 
ulation providing  for  access  to  employee 
medical  records  and  chemical  hazard  com- 
munication; against  S.B.  2153  Schweiker — 
"OSHA  Killer  Bill"  defeated;  for  Local  and 
State  Right  to  Know  laws,  Local  and  State 
Asbestos  Removal  legislation,  and  State 
Public  Employee  OSHA  laws. 

Through  volunteer  legal  resources,  hand- 
books on  Workers'  Compensation  have  been 
developed  that  spell  out  in  plain  language 
the  rights  of  injured  workers.  They  are  now 
widely  used  within  the  labor  movement. 

Volunteer  health  professionals  have  also 
contributed  their  expertise.  Occupational 
health  speciahsts  and  industrial  hygienists 
have  spoken  at  union  meetings,  testified  for 
unions  in  workers'  compensation  and  court 


cases,  written  articles  for  newsletters,  and 
scores  of  easy-to-read  "factsheets"  on  spe- 
cific chemicals  and  work  processes  that  have 
literally  won  health  and  safety  grievances 
for  locals.  Newsletters  and  factsheets,  as 
well  as  educational  programs  and  political 
action  tactics,  have  been  picked  up  by  other 
groups  around  the  country,  as  all  COSH 
groups  encourage  reproduction  of  each  oth- 
er's materials. 

The  COSH  groups  are  governed  by  a 
Board  of  Directors  consisting  of  union  rep- 
resentatives and  health  professionals. 

COSH  groups  have  been  a  strengthening 
factor  for  the  American  labor  movement. 
They  have  withstood  the  test  of  time  because 
they're  answering  a  need — helping  to  form 
health  and  safety  committees  and  assisting 
with  health  and  safety  grievances,  arbitra- 
tions, OSHA,  NLRB,  and  court  cases.  In- 
stead of  solving  the  local's  health  and  safety 
problems,  COSH  groups  teach  the  local 
members  how  to  solve  problems  themselves 
through  training  and  education  and  health 
and  legal  resources  (sometimes  national  in 
scope).  They  rely  heavily  on  development 
of  the  inner  strength  and  solidarity  of  the 
local  in  its  sincere  efforts  to  protect  the 
health  and  safety  of  its  members.  There  is 
no  substitute  for  resolute  action  by  local 
members — ultimately  they  will  decide  what 
strategies  to  use  to  improve  health  and  safety 
conditions  on  the  job. 

Whether  it's  toxic  chemicals  or  compli- 
cated work  processes,  new  technology  or 
unsafe  machinery,  job  stress  or  workers' 
compensation,  COSH  groups  have  been  there 
to  serve  every  union's  needs.  The  labor 
movement  must  continue  to  support  these 
desperately  needed  efforts.  While  the  Rea- 
gan Administration  attempts  to  destroy 
OSHA,  NLRB,  the  courts,  and  the  labor 
movement,  COSH  groups  are  strengthening 
labor's  resolve  to  fight  for  safe  jobs.  It's  one 
way  to  beat  back  the  horrible  statistics  on 
occupational  disease  and  injuries. 

A  safe  job  is  your  right.  If  you  don't  fight 
for  that  right  you'll  lose  it.  The  best  way  to 
fight  is  in  an  organized  manner.  COSH 
groups  stand  ready  to  assist  in  that  struggle. 


Reprinted  from  material  by  Jim  Moran, 
associate  director,  Philadelphia  Area  Proj- 
ect on  Occupational  Safety  and  Health 
(PhilaPOSH) 


CALIFORNIA 

BACOSH  [San  Francisco  Bay  Area 

COSH] 
c/o  Ms.  Elaine  Askari,  L.O.H.P.,  Institute 

of  Industrial  Relations,  University  of 

California,  2521  Channing  Way,  Berkley, 

California  94720 
(415)  482-1095 
Director:  Kim  Hagadone 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Workers'  compensation 
Policy  legislation 
Occupational  health  news  (monthly 

publication) 

LACOSH  [Los  Angeles  COSH] 
2501  S.  Hill  Street,  Los  Angeles, 

California  90007 
(213)  749-6161 

Director:  Bob  Villalobus,  Chair 
Judith  Linfield,  Staff 
Coordinator 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Training  in  Spanish 
Medical  screening 
Right-to-know  standard 
20-week  course  in  local  community  college 

on  occupational  safety  and  health 

SacramentoCOSH 

c/o  Fire  Fighters  Local  522,  3101  Stockton 
Boulevard,  Sacramento,  California  95820 
(916)  444-8134 
Secretary:  Chris  Weinstein 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
General  health  and  safety  training 

SCCOSH  [Santa  Clara  Center  for  OSH] 
277  W.  Hedding,  Suite  106,  San  Jose, 

California  95 110 
(408)  998-4050 
Director:  Shirley  Conrad 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Health  and  safety  for  electronic'hi-tech 

workers 
Injured  workers  project 


CONNECTICUT 

ConnectiCOSH  [Connecticut  COSH] 
425  Washington  Avenue,  North  Haven, 

Connecticut  06473 
(203)  789-7783 

Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
General  health  and  safety  training 


NOVEIMBER     1986 


29 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

Alice  Hamilton  Center  for  Occupational 

Safely  and  Health 
801  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  S.E..  Suite  303. 

Washington,  D.C.,  20003 
(202)  543-0005 
Director:  Brian  Christopher 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Asbestos  control 
Lead  control 
Federal  occupational  safety  and  health 

legislation 
COSH  network  coordinator 


ILLINOIS 

CACOSH  [Chicago  COSH] 

33  East  Congress  Expressway.  Suite  723, 

Chicago.  Illinois  60605 
(312)  939-2104 
Director:  Donald  Hank,  Chairman 

Michael  Ross,  Staff 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
General  health  and  safety  training 


MAINE 

Maine  Labor  Group  on  Health,  Inc. 

Box  V,  Augusta,  Maine  04330 

(207)  289-2770 

Director:  Diana  White 

Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 

Hazards  in  the  pulp  and  paper  industry 

Reproductive  health  hazards 

Right  to  know/Hazard  communication 


MARYLAND 

MaryCOSH  [Maryland  COSH] 

325  East  25th  Street,  Baltimore,  Maryland 

21218 
(301)  467-3666 
Director:  Darien  Bowie 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Asbestos  abatement  training 
Right-to-know  training 
VDT  workshops 
General  health  and  safety  training 


MASSACHUSETTS 

MassCOSH  [Massachusetts  COSH] 
718  Huntington  Avenue,  Boston, 

Massachusetts  02115 
(617)  277-0097 
Director:  Nancy  Lessin 

Western  MassCOSH 

458  Bridge  Street,  Sprmgfield, 

Massachusetts  01103 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 

Health  and  safety  for  women  workers 

(traditional  and  non-traditional  jobs) 
Health  and  safety  for  electronics/high  tech 

workers 
Health  and  safety  for  health  care  workers 
Right-to-know  training  and  educational 

programs 
"Learner-centered  teaching  techniques" 

for  worker  education  on  health  and 

safety 
Asbestos  programs  (focusing  on  hazard 

recognition  and  health  effects) 
Training  for  Hispanic  speaking  workers 


MICHIGAN 

SEMCOSH  [Southeast  Michigan  COSH] 
1550  Howard  Street,  Detroit,  Michigan 

48216 
(313)961-3345 
Director:  Barbara  Boylan 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Hazards  of  office  work  and  video  display 

terminals 
Hazards  of  health  care  work 
Asbestos  abatement  training  (development 

in  progress) 
Repetitive  trauma  injuries/ergonomics 
Building  health  and  safety  committees/ 

strategies 
Utilization  of  Michigan  RTK  law 
Utilization  of  MIOSHA  law 

NEW  YORK 

ALCOSH  [Allegheny  Council  on 

Occupational  Safety  and  Health] 
P.O.  Box  704,  Jamestown,  New  York 

14702 
(716)  484-7231 

Director:  Arthur  L.  Thorstenson 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
General  health  and  safety  training 

CNYCOSH  [Central  New  York  COSH] 
615  W.  Genessee  Street,  Syracuse,  New 

York  13204 
(315)  437-9401 
Director:  Gordon  Darrow 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Workers  compensation 

NYCOSH  [New  York  COSH] 

275  Seventh  Avenue.  25th  Floor,  New 

York,  New  York  10001 
(212)  627-3900 
Director:  Joel  Shufro 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Asbestos 

Workers  compensation 
Office  hazards 

ROCOSH  [Rochester  COSH] 
167  Flanders  Street,  Room  D-42, 

Rochester,  New  York  14626 
(716)  436-3484 
Director:  Ronald  G.  Ball 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Training-the-trainer  programs 
Health  survey  design  and  implementation 

WNYCOSH  [Western  New  York  COSH] 
450  Grider  Street,  Buffalo,  New  York 

14215 
(716)  897-2110 

Director:  Roger  Cook,  Executive  Director 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Organizing  an  occupational  health  clinic 
How  to  become  a  United  Way  member 
Technical  assistance  hotline  program 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

NCOSH  [North  Carolina  COSH] 

P.O.  Box  2514,  Durham.  North  Carolina 

27705 
(919)  286-9249 
Director:  Tobi  Lippin 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Right-to-know 
Carpal  tunnel  syndrome/repetitive  motion 

injuries 
VDT's  and  job  stress 
Microelectronics/economic  development 

and  health  impacts 


OHIO 

35  E.  7th  Street,  Suite  200,  Cincinnati, 

Ohio  45202 
(513)  421-1849 
Director:  Harriet  Applegate 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
General  health  and  safety  training 


PENNSYLVANIA 

PHILAPOSH  [Philadelphia  Projct  OSH] 
3001  Walnut  Street.  5th  Floor, 

Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania  19104 
(215)  386-7000 
Director:  Jim  Moran 

Joan  Gibson 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Safety  community  training 
V.D.T.  community  training 
Hazard  communication  training 
Asbestos  training 
Workers  compensation  training 
Contract  language  training 


RHODE  ISLAND 

RICOSH  [Rhode  Island  COSH] 

340  Lockwood  Street,  Providence,  Rhode 

Island  02907 
(401)751-2015 
Director:  James  Celenza 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Right-to-know  training  (state  law.  federal) 
Hazards  in  fire  services 
Asbestos  and  asbestos  abatement 
Occupational  hazards  in  health  care 
Education  and  training  progrms  for  non- 
English  speaking  workers 


TENNESSEE 

TNCOSH  [Tennessee  COSH] 

705  N.  Broadway,  Room  212,  Knoxville, 

Tennessee  37917 
(615)525-3147 

Director:  Norma  W.  Jennings 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Right-to-know  law  in  Tennessee 


WISCONSIN 

WISCOSH  [Wisconsin  COSH] 

1334  S.  nth  Street.  Milwaukee.  Wisconsin 

53204 
(414)  643-0928 
Director:  Mark  Schulz 
Ares  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Training  on  Wisconsin  Right-to-know  law 

and  hazard  communications  standard 
Knowledge  of  OSHA  regulations  and 

inspection  procedures 


CANADA 

WOSH  [Windsor  OSH  Project] 
1109  Tecumseh  Road  East.  Windsor, 

Ontario  N8W2T1.  Canada 
(519)  254-4192 
Director:  James  Brophy 
Areas  of  particular  interest  or  expertise: 
Producing  educational  materials  on: 
Asbestos,  welding,  plastics,  office 
hazards,  shift  work,  reproductive 
hazards,  general  health  and  safety  guide 


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CARPENTER 


GOSSIP 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO: 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001. 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED. 


STORK  STORIES 

"Mom,"  the  little  boy  asked,  "Is 
the  stork  that  brought  me  the  same 
stork  that  brings  ants,  spiders,  and 
frogs?" 

"Yes,  dear,"  she  answered. 

"Then  you  didn't  do  so  bad  after 
all,  did  you?" 


SUPPORT  'TURNAROUND' 

NO  CROWDING  HERE 

An  American  tourist  was  in  his 
bathing  suit  in  the  middle  of  the 
desert.  An  Arab  rode  up  and  blinked 
In  amazement. 

"I'm  going  swimming,"  the  tourist 
explained  with  a  smile. 

"But  the  ocean's  800  miles  from 
here!"  The  Arab  exclaimed. 

"Eight  hundred  miles!"  said  the 
tourist.  "Boy,  what  a  beach!" 

—Grit 

ADOPT  A  LUMBER  COMPANY 


HUMAN  NATURE 

How  come?  When  you  open  a 
window/  yourself,  you  get  fresh  air, 
When  somebody  else  opens  it,  you 
get  a  draft. 


BUILD  YOUR  CASE 

The  law  professor  was  lecturing 
on  courtroom  strategy.  "In  arguing 
a  case.  If  you  have  the  facts  on 
your  side,  hammer  on  those  facts. 
If  you  have  the  law  on  your  side, 
hammer  on  that." 

"What  If  you  have  neither?"  asked 
a  student. 

"In  that  event,"  advised  the  pro- 
fessor, "hammer  on  the  table." 

—Local  26 
United  Rubber  Workers 
Rubber  Neck 

ATTEND  LOCAL  MEETINGS 

LET'S  BE  HONEST 

Doctor:  "You'll  get  along  all  right, 
young  man.  Your  left  leg's  swollen, 
but  I  wouldn't  worry  about  it." 

Tiger  Cub:  "I  guess  not.  If  your 
leg  were  swollen  I  wouldn't  worry 
about  it  either." 

— Soy's  Life 
BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER 


C2? 


NO  ADVICE  NEEDED 

The  panhandler  asked  the  man 
for  a  dollar.  The  man  protested  that 
asking  for  a  buck  was  too  much; 
the  beggar  should  ask  for  a  dime 
or  a  quarter  at  the  most,  "LIssen," 
replied  the  bum,  "either  gimme  the 
buck  or  don't  gimme  the  buck,  but 
don't  try  to  tell  me  how  to  run  my 
business!" 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

There  once  was  a  man  from 

Peckheath 
Who  sat  on  his  pair  of  false  teeth 
He  jumped  up  with  a  start 
And  said,  "Well,  bless  my  heart! 
I've  bitten  myself  underneath!" 

Gerry  Moorman 

Locai1615 

Grand  Rapids,  Micli. 


CARRY  ON,  OLD  MAN 

They  found  the  stoic  Englishman 
on  a  jungle  path  In  Africa  ...  he 
had  been  pinned  to  the  ground  for 
two  days  by  a  spear  through  his 
chest.  Tenderly  they  knelt  down 
beside  him  and  asked  solicitously: 
"Does  it  hurt  terribly?" 

They  could  barely  hear  his  reply: 
"Only  when  I  laugh." 

USE  UNION  SERVICES 

SHORT  CUT 

Somebody  figured  it  out:  We  have 
35  million  laws  trying  to  enforce  the 
Ten  Commandments. 
—Local  26 
United  Rubber  Workers 
Rubber  Neck 


BUY  UNION  *  SAVE  JOBS 


AND  BE  DONE 

When  officers  of  organizations 
make  reports,  it's  good  to  use  the 
Three  B  System: 


1.  Be  specific 

2.  Be  brief 

3.  Be  seated 


-Nancy's  Nonsense 


BOYCOTT  LP  PRODUCTS 

REAL  PLEASURE 

A  Texas  rancher  had  some  boots 
made,  and  they  turned  out  to  be 
too  tight. The  bootmaker  insisted  on 
stretching  them. 

"Not  on  your  life!"  exclaimed  the 
rancher.  "Every  morning  when  I  get 
out  of  bed,  I  got  to  corral  some 
cows  that  busted  out  in  the  night 
and  mend  fences  they  tore  down. 
All  day  long,  I  watch  my  ranch  blow 
away  in  the  dust.  After  supper,  I 
listen  to  the  radio  tell  about  the  high 
price  of  feed  and  the  low  price  of 
beef;  and  all  the  time  my  wife  is 
nagging  me  to  move  to  the  city, 
Man,  when  I  get  ready  for  bed  and 
pull  off  these  tight  boots,  that's  the 
only  pleasure  I  get  all  day!" 


NOVEMBER     1986 


31 


'tiiliaJisS'  '-'-i^W 


Sorvice 

To 

TIm 

Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood  who   recently   received   pins  for  years  of  service   in   the   union. 


THUNDER  BAY,  ONT. 

Members  with  longstanding  service  to  the 
Brotherhood  were  recently  honored  at  Local 
1669's  pin  presentation  banquet.  A  special 
presentation  was  made  to  Jack  Pesheau,  who 
retired  after  24  years  as  business  agent  and 
business  manager,  and  William  Sherman  was 
recognized  for  27  years  of  service  as  business 
agent. 

Picture  No.  1  shows,  front  row,  from  left: 
Walter  Sohlman,  business  representative; 
Hilding  Olin,  44-year  member,  longest 
membership  In  1669;  Eli  Bro,  43-year  member, 
second  longest  membership  in  local;  J.G. 
Pesheau,  past  recording  secretary  and  business 
manager;  and  VInce  Young,  president. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Ed  NIemI,  trustee; 
Wayne  Sohlman,  vice  president;  Kauko  NIemi, 
treasurer  and  business  manager;  George 
Sameluk,  financial  secretary;  and  John 
Johanson,  business  representative. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Robert  Armstrong,  Laurie  Kantola,  and 
Arthur  Kwamsoos. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left'  Risto  Saari,  Giovanni  Marchese, 
Kauko  Niemi,  Lino  Tempesta,  Ed  Pedersen, 
Guido  Nardo,  and  Paavo  Haavisto. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Ray  Hirvonen,  Second 
Prosdoclmo,  Walter  Sohlman,  Arvi  Knotio, 
Burno  Einats,  Richard  Oye,  Emile  Loisel,  and 
MIkko  Haavisto. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  25-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Erkkl  Siren,  Bruno  Sunilla, 
Helmo  Aalto,  Arvo  Mannisto,  and  John 
Stanczyk. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Tapio  Yrjana,  Pekka 
Nieminen,  Wilho  Simi,  Reino  Korpi,  Johann 
Weldner,  and  Louis  Cordileone. 

Receiving  pins  but  not  pictured  were  35-year 
members  Joseph  Berllnquette,  Johannes 
Dagsvik,  Carl  Koivu,  Edward  Laaksonen, 
Joseph  Lafroce,  Stanley  Lotysz,  Holly  Sharpe, 
Oslas  St.  Amand,  Ray  Tikkanen,  and  Birger 
Wicklund;  30-year  members  Lars  Anderson, 
Joe  Berlasso,  Stephen  Borsk,  Emile  Boudreau, 
John  Mackenzie,  Paul  Maki,  Vilho  Metsaranta; 
Paul  Peltola,  Severino  Piccinato,  Nick  Raiko, 
Eric  Salmi,  Olavi  Torkkeli,  Arvi  Tyrvainen,  Leevi 
Uusitalo,  E.J,  Vibert,  Ben  Wickman,  and  Fred 
Wickman;  and  25-year  members  August 
Kohlin,  Mauno  Kuitunen,  Al  Likar,  Pentti  Lillvis, 
Aarne  Luomala,  Elias  M.  Rossi,  and  Bruno 
Theophil. 


Thunder  Bay,  Ont. — Picture  No.  4 
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Thunder  Bay,  Ont. — Picture  No.  2 

CARPENTER 


DES  MOINES,  IOWA 

Local  106  recently  held  a  retirees'  luncheon 
to  which  members  with  many  years  of  service 
to  the  United  Brotherhood  were  Invited. 
Following  the  luncheon,  which  was  arranged  by 
the  Ladies'  Auxiliary,  service  pins  were 
presented.  Among  the  awards  was  a  plaque  and 
70-year  pin  for  Arthur  Marlatt  for  his  many 
years  of  dedication  and  membership.  Brother 
Marlatt  was  unable  to  attend  the  banquet  and 


receive  his  award  that  day. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Ray  Cooper  Jr.  and  Ray  Murray  Sr. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Robert  Hall,  David  Paul,  Art  Johnson,  Glen 
Ackerlund,  Wilbert  Babcock,  Wm.  Sawhill, 
Robert  Nowles,  Wilbur  Adair,  Robert  Hansell, 
Guy  Anderson,  J.E.  Coon,  and  B.C.  Ritchhart. 

Picture  No.  3  shows,  from  left:  President 
Robert  Schaffer  with  50-year  members  Forest 
Hayes  and  Clyde  Moore. 


Des  Moines,  Iowa — Picture  No.  1 


St.  Paul,  Minn.— Picture  No.  2 


St.  Paul,  Minn.— Picture  No.  3 


St.  Paul,  Minn. — Picture  No.  5 


St.  Paul,  Minn. — Picture  No.  4 
NOVEMBER     1986 


Des  Moines,  Iowa — Picture  No.  3 


ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 

Members  with  25,  35,  and  50  years  of 
continuous  membership  in  the  Brotherhood 
were  honored  by  Local  87. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members: 
Lavern  Moldenhauer,  Ernie  Baum,  John 
Logerquist,  Carl  Johnson,  Fred  Wasenberger, 
Merlin  Wenger,  Glen  Soderstrom,  Harry 
Karnick,  and  George  Pankonin. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members; 
including:  Vergel  Wason,  Thomas  Kelly,  James 
Preimsberger,  Vern  Chaney,  Edward  Kuhn, 
Chris  Wangen,  Larry  Torgrinson,  Fred  Plessel, 
Leon  King,  Darold  Brockman,  Jack  Raway, 
Robert  King,  Tony  Stelter,  and  Del  Darson. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Francis  G.  Andrews  and  Ralph  E.  Steffen. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year-members: 
George  Lehmann,  Donald  Tatreau,  Jerome 
Westgard,  Edward  Weaver,  Wilford  Lehmann, 
Ralph  Meier,  Robert  Edberg,  Clifford  Knutson, 
Ronald  Bentley,  Lloyd  Roberts,  Milan  Raether, 
Milton  Erickson,  Henry  Aguirre,  Raymond 
Michaletz,  Carl  Evans,  Marvin  Wangen,  John 
Dreyling,  Reinhold  Colburn,  Leroy  Hanson, 
Merrill  Stenzel,  Edwin  Moser,  William 
McCarthy,  Ruben  Johnson,  and  John  Stone. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  50-year  members,  from 
left:  Roy  Bredahl  and  Frank  Beck. 

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Reno,  Nev. — Picture  No.  5 


Reno,  Nev.— Picture  No.  8 


RENO,  NEV. 

A  banquet  and  pin  presentation  was  recently 
held  by  members  of  Local  971  to  honor  those 
members  with  20  years  or  more  of  service.  The 
celebration  took  place  at  the  Comstock  Hotel  in 
Reno,  Nev.  A  special  presentation  was  made 
earlier  to  60-year  member  Otto  Reichenback  at 
his  home.  Due  to  ill  health  he  was  unable  to 
attend  the  festivities. 

Piclure  No.  1  shows  50-year  members,  from 
left:  tVlelvm  Webb,  Lawrence  Quadrio.  William 
Webb.  Bernard  Mentha,  and  Ray  Keller. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  Willis  Ivloose,  Marco  IVIcCauley,  and 
Herbert  Smith. 


Picture  No.  3  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Victor  Lahti.  Harry  Londos,  John  Marshall, 
Henry  Osborn,  Leslie 
Salas,  Howard 
Sutherland,  and  John 
Walsh. 

Picture  No.  4  also 
shows  40-year 
members,  from  left:  F. 
B.  Biggs,  Gordon  Cook, 
John  Frank,  Chester 
Gavel,  Richard  Gibson, 
Jack  Hallahan,  Ben 
Jones,  and  Arthur  Hanneman.      Picture  No.  6 

Picture  No.  5  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  John  Pruitt,  John  Nunn,  Arthur 


Weatherman,  Harold  Hancock,  and  Ernest 
Alfred. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  30-year  member  Eldon 
Hanneman. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  30-year  member  Leo  J. 
Vinson. 

Picture  No.  8  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  C.  M.  Carroll,  Richard  Larsen,  Dennis 
Cooper,  Siegfried  Wagner,  and  Edward  Wilcox. 

Picture  No.  9  shows  20-year  members,  from 
left:  Donald  E.  Alford.  Askel  Gunbjornsen, 
Wilbur  Henrichs,  and  Richard  Hardenbrook. 

Picture  No.  10  shows  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur 
Hanneman  and  son  Eldon  Hanneman.  Arthur 
and  Eldon  have  a  combined  membership  of  80 
years. 


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CARPENTER 


Richmond,  Va.— Picture  No.  1 


Riclimond,  Va.— Picture  No.  3 


Richmond,  Va. — Picture  No.  4 


Richmond,  Va. — Picture  Nj.  2 


Richmond,  Va.— Picture  No.  6 


Richmond,  Va.— Picture  No.  5 

WAUSAU,  Wise. 

Local  460  recently  held  its  Old  Timers 
Banquet,  honoring  members  with  20  or  more 
years  of  service  to  the  Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows 
50-year  member 
Edward  Schroeder. 

Picture  No.  2  shows 
members,  front  row, 
from  left:  James 
Martin,  20  years; 
Clarence  Szalewski,  30 
years,  Henry  Ostrowski, 
25  years,  Karl  Chrlich 


Picture  No 


35  years;  Vilas  Heinrich,  30  years;  and 
Lawrence  Lehner,  president. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Ronald  Stadler,  general 
representative;  Harold  Jashman,  30  years; 
Frank  Ruppe,  25  years;  Carey  Schroeder,  25 
years;  Phil  Cohrs,  business  agent;  and  Henry 
Peters,  30  years. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  members,  front  row, 
from  left:  Alfred  Potts,  45  years;  Frank 
Schmidtbauer,  30  years;  Ray  Pazorski,  30 
years;  Lawrence  Neitzke,  45  years;  and  Phillip 
Ganser,  35  years. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Cohrs;  Stadler;  Lester 
Schwarm,  40  years;  Harold  Kehrberg,  40  years; 
and  Lehner 


RICHMOND,  VA. 

Local  388  recently  awarded  pins  to  members 
with  20  to  45  years  of  service  at  a  Pinning 
Party. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  20-year  members,  from 
left:  Delino  Richardson  and  Vernon  Hague. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Thomas  E.  Quick,  J.W.  Eppard,  William 
IVlesser,  and  James  R.  Vanderiet. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  CM.  Moseley,  Reece  E.  Carroll,  and 
Jimmy  Hudson. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  George  E.  Hodges,  Elvis  Woods,  and  Sager 
E.  Marshall. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  40-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Samuel  M.  Felts,  Norman  R. 
Stuart,  J.G.  Bufford,  Walter  J.  Vaughan, 
Hutchie  Hudson,  and  Charles  E.  Zahn  Jr. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Business  Representative 
and  Financial  Secretary  Frank  Hollis,  Coral  E. 
Andrews,  Clyde  McPeters,  Eugene  Collins, 
George  Law,  and  President  Roy  Adams. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  Hugh  Scroggins,  Albert  A.  Church,  Willard 
M.  Wray,  R.J.  Gordon,  and  James  E. 
Halloway. 


Wausau,  Wise. — Picture  No.  2 
NOVEMBER     1986 


Wausau,  Wise. — Picture  No.  3 


35 


Regina,  Sask. — Picture  No.  1 


Regina,  Sasl<. — Picture  No.  2 


Regina,  Sask. — Picture  No.  4 


Regina,  Sask. — Picture  No.  3 

REGINA,  SASK. 

Local  1867  recently  honored  members  with 
20  to  40  years  of  service  to  the  Brotherhood. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Andrew  Friedrich,  Edward  f^le,  Alex 
Schafer.  and  John  Lascue. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  member  Jacob 
Klein. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  General  Representative  Leo  Fritz,  Kenneth 
Block,  Ervin  Ryba,  Jerome  Vertefeuille,  Sam 
Zerebecki,  George  Zink,  Clarence  Saville,  and 
Local  President  Greg  Borowski. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Fred  Gruber  and  Frank  Boehme. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  20-year  members,  from 
left:  Guiseppe  Ricci,  Bart  Ricci,  Leonardo 
Girardi,  Victor  Leibel,  Howard  Donald,  Peter 
Brandt,  Mike  Hlynski,  and  Joe  Taylor. 


Regina,  Sask. — Picture  No.  5 


Pi^^     ^i 


I- 


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Pittsburgti,  Pa.— Picture  No.  1 


Plattsburgfi,  N.Y. 

PLATTSBURGH,  N.Y. 

On  the  occasion  of  his  retirement  from  the 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  Local  1042, 
Plattsburgh,  N.Y.,  the  family  of  Leeward  Santor 
hosted  a  surprise  party  for  him  at  his  home. 
The  party  featured  a  lovely  cake  with  the  UBC 
emblem  and  Brother  Santor's  dates  of 
membership  iced  on  it  and  a  special 
presentation.  A  Golden  Hammer  Award  was 
given  to  the  40-year  member,  compliments  of 
the  Vaughn  and  Bushnell  Tool  Co.  Less  than  a 
week  after  the  party.  Local  1042  presented 
Santor  with  his  40-year  pin, 

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Picture  No.  1  Picture  No.  2 

PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

At  a  recent  banquet  held  by  Local  1048  of 
the  Carpenters'  District  Council  of  Western 
Pennsylvania,  service  pins  were  presented  by 
President  Frank  Dusi  and  Business  Rep.  William 
Waterkotte  to  two  longstanding  UBC  members 
of  the  UBC. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  50-year  member  Ellis 
Zimmerman. 

Picture  No. 
Shire. 


2  shows  25-year  member  Paul 


At  their  recent  awards  presentation  banquet, 
35  and  40-year  members  of  Local  2274  were 
given  Brotherhood  service  pins  for  their  long- 
standing association  with  the  union. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Arthur  E.  Erwin,  Wendell  Heeter  Sr., 
Walter  Radzilowski,  Howard  Rosendale,  John 
P.  Hughes,  Robert  C.  Clark,  John  Danko,  and 
Frank  R,  Caputo. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  members,  front 
row,  from  left:  Lawrence  Glenn,  Alonzo  Kalp, 
Joseph  Canale,  Robert  D.  Griger,  John 
Brudowsky,  William  Johnson,  Albert  Rose, 
Paul  Samuelson,  Milford  Ward  and  Akex  Becze. 
Back  row,  from  left:  Elwood  Pratt,  Ralph 
Gigliotti,  George  Malaski,  John  Gulisek  Sr., 
Robert  McCartney,  Charles  Johnson,  and  Lester 
D.  Snyder. 

CARPENTER 


The  following  list  of  752  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $1 ,357,914.42  death  claims  paid  in  August  1986,  (s)  following 
name  in  listing  indicates  spouse  of  members. 


1    Chicago,  IL — Peter  Kosjer. 

3  Wheeling,  WV— John  Zuvella. 

4  Davenport,  lA — Ray  S.  Singleton,  Robert  Otis  Bur- 
den. 

7    Minneapolis,  MN — Christ  H.  Vare,  Elmer  West- 
mark,  Eric  O.  Peterson,  Richard  V.  Mouchka. 

10  Chicago,  Il^-John  Griffin. 

11  Cleveland,  OH — Herman  E.  Swensen,  James  J.  Ko- 
vacevich,  John  C.  Eagen,  Lester  J.  Goetz. 

12  Syracuse,  NY— E.  Orlando  Holley,  Sanford  J.  Hoyt. 

13  Chicago,  H^CHfford  L.  Pawlak. 

14  San  Antonio,  TX— James  D.  Covert. 

15  Hackensack,  NJ — William  H.  Hillenius. 
20    New  York,  NY— John  T.  Sykes. 

22  San  Francisco,  CA — Camie  Harry  Hartman.  P.  P. 
Gebhard,  Ira  S.  Davis,  Raymond  Rushing. 

24  Central  Connecticut — Frank  Midolo,  Henry  Janicki, 
John  W.  Dydo. 

25  Los  Angeles,  CA — Catalina  Cervantes  (s). 
28     Missoula,  MT— Paul  E.  Fairchild. 

33  Boston,  MA — Frank  Albanese. 

34  Oakland,  CA— Albert  Wesley  Hagan. 

35  San  Rafael,  CA — Frank  Campagna,  Jr. 

36  Oakland,  CA — Andrew  Warren  Johnson,  Arthur  W. 
Maple,  Joe  F.  Mariey,  Rena  Pamehz  Mitchell  (s), 
Thelda  Widerstrand  (s).  William  Truchan. 

40    Boston,  MA — Anthony  Paradiso,  Arthur  J.  Miner. 

Jr.,  Benjamin  H.  Rial,  M.  Joseph  Bowen,  Michael 

J.  Cryan. 
42    San  Francisco,  CA — Erna  Bauer  (s),  Robert  Owens 

Williamson,  William  C.  Lamson. 
44     Champaign  Urbana,  IL — Velma  D.  Trimble  (s). 
47    St.  Louis,  MO— Gilbert  Eggers. 

50  Knoxville,  TN — Brytus  Paul  Dockery,  Daniel  Vem 
Zehner,  Geneva  Ingram  (s),  Thomas  E.  Thompson. 

51  Boston,  MA — Francis  P.  Carey. 

53  White  Plains,  NY— Frederick  J.  Prior. 

54  Chicago,  IL — Rudolf  Spacek,  Stanley  Wlodarczyk. 

55  Denver,  CO — John  Carl  Harden,  Ray  J.  Cochran. 

60  Indianapolis,  IN — Alfred  B.  Hutchinson,  Frank  A. 
Baumann,  William  McGinty. 

61  Kansas  City,  MO— Arthur  I.  Lien,  Loraine  M.  Maier 
(s),  Nettie  Vittorino  (s),  Thomas  J.  Tobin. 

62  Chicago,  IL — Elmer  Mortensen,  Howard  T.  Teufel. 

63  Bloomington,  IL — John  R.  Gibson. 

64  Louisville,  KY — Elmer  Gatewood,  Sr. 

65  Perth  Amboy,  NJ — Anthony  Garzillo.  Sr.,  Cecilia 
Zajewski  (s),  Harry  Baum. 

66  Olean,  NY — Loren  G.  Near,  Richard  M.  Tinker. 
69    Canton,  OH— Ernest  M.  Williams. 

73  St.  Louis,  MO— Lillian  F.  Wallace  (s). 

74  Chattanooga,  TN — Elmore  Dodson,  George  Allen 
Jenkins,  Stanley  Klara.  William  Earl  Combs. 

77    Port  Chester.  NY— Ralph  W.  Sherwood. 

81    Erie,  PA — Karl  Emanuel  Peterson. 

87    St.  Paul,  MN — Arthur  B.  Anderson,  James  Peterson. 

John  Boldizar,  John  Dean  Schwenn,  Peter  D.  Hog- 

lund,  Philip  Charles  Nelson. 
91     Racine,  WI— Ruth  Koeshall  (s),  Svend  A.  Jensen, 

Viggo  J.  Nelson. 
94    Providence,   RI — Andrew   Marco,   James   Larosa, 

Robert  James  Tevyaw. 

100  Muskegon,  MI — Donald  Sutherland. 

101  Baltimore,  MD— Charles  Bulterfield.  Ellwood  O. 
Gischel,  Elwood  W.  Golliday,  Francis  Arrington. 

102  Oakland,  CA — Gioacchino  Salvatore  Amante,  Her- 
shel  Harelson. 

103  Birmingham,  AL — Alice  Bolton  (s).  Joseph  Self, 
Pres  Wesley  Greer. 

104  Dayton,  OH — Avery  McGraw,  Sigmund  Anderson. 

105  Cleveland,  OH — Anton  Sankovic,  Benny  Augusta 
Soderstrom  (s),  Sarah  V.  Betts  (s). 

107  Worcester,  MA — Alice  C.  Gaudreau  (s).  Raymond 
J.  Chenette,  William  T.  Gaudreau. 

108  Springfield,  MA— Julie  B.  Paul  (s).  Walter  E.  McNeil. 

109  Sheffield,  Al^John  Walker  Narmore,  Nell  Jean 
Herring  (s).  Robert  Lee  Irons. 

112    Butte,  MT— Joseph  Luebeck. 

114    East  Detroit,  MI — Amiel  R.  Zieike,  Antonio  Nico- 

demi,  Bruno  Markiewicz,  Edgar  N.  Ball. 
120    Utica,  NY— Albert  A.  Stukey,  Alson  H.  Phillips. 

124  Passaic,  NJ — Daniel  Melfi. 

125  Miami,  FL — Jack  Handy,  John  W.  Lavin.  Lee  E. 
Erskine.  Norman  Simmons,  Samuel  D.  Nettles. 
William  C.  Chambers.  Jr..  William  H.  Robertson. 

131  Seattle.  WA — Anders  J.  Lonset.  Arnie  Lindjord. 
Arthur  M.  Keski,  Arthur  Steele,  Bernis  Burl  Simp- 
son, Bertie  Hassell  (s),  Fred  Danielson,  John  C. 
Bower.  Roy  A.  Matson,  Victor  Irvin  Ritchie,  Walter 
E.  Nichols. 

132  Washington,  DC— R.  Berley  Bibb.  Vernon  E.  Du- 
vall. 

133  Terre  Haute,  IN— Lucille  Steward  (s). 
140    Tampa,  Fl^William  Walter  Liedkie. 

142     Pittsburgh,  PA— Albert  J.  Simmons.  James  A.  True, 

Kenneth  N.  Schwartzer. 
144     Macon,  GA — James  Randall  Peters. 

161  Kenosha,  WI — John  S.  Harrison. 

162  San  Mateo,  CA — Anna  M.  Thelander  (s),  Herbert 
W.  Disney,  John  H.  Hurit.  Raymond  McGlashan. 

163  Peekskill,  NY— Harold  Riesdorph. 

166    Rock  Island,  IL — Frederick  J,   McCracken.  James 

D.  Simonson. 
169    East  St.  Louis,  IL — Vern  Earl  Southwick. 


180  Vallejo,  CA— Daniel  Bunyan  Boatwright. 

181  Chicago,  IL — Leo  Thomas  Foy,  Victor  Hess. 

182  Cleveland,  OH— Elmer  Kovach.  John  Krieger. 

183  Peoria,  IL — Howard  E.  Schlosser. 

184  Salt  Lake  City,  UT— Bertha  Mudrock  (s).  Jack  K. 
McKone.  Ray  Robinson,  Ruth  Smith  Allen  (s), 
Vance  S.  Sutton. 

187    Geneva,  NY— Bernie  Ennis. 
190    Klamath  Falls,  OR— Jack  Lagrande. 
195    Peru,  IL— Stanley  Reynolds. 
198    Dallas,  TX— Hilton  R.  Young,  James  Bishop  Frank- 
lin. 
200    Columbus,  OH — James  H.  Baucum. 

210  Stamford,  CT — Bernard  Francis  Hagan,  Dominick 
L.  Sorge,  Frank  J.  Memoli,  John  J.  Martin,  Thomas 
Yoczik. 

211  Pittsburgh,  PA — Lorraine  Sauter  (s). 

213  Houston,  TX— Etta  A.  Bustion  (s),  Pat  Murphy, 
Wilbum  Bud  Byrd,  William  Hardy  Ware. 

223    Nashville,  TN — James  D.  Deaton,  John  Arnold  Gill. 

225  Atlanta,  GA — Aaron  Paul  Bartenfeld.  James  Fred- 
erick Voyles,  Loyd  Whidby,  Norman  Parris  Wil- 
banks,  Walter  S.  Mobley. 

230    Pittsburgh,  PA — Frank  Sorrentino. 

232  Fort  Wayne,  IN — Herman  Brandeberry,  •  Warren 
Bowen. 

235     Riverside,  CA— Allen  F.  Shine. 

242    Chicago,  IL — Duane  Button. 

246  New  York,  NY — Chaim  Abramowicz,  Dave  Schnei- 
der, Morris  Itkin. 

252    Oshkosh,  WI— Emil  H.  Ohm. 

255  Bloominghurg,  NY — Edward  Baldwin. 

256  Savannah,  GA — Cecil  Tompkins. 

257  New  York,  NY— Linda  Hiinko,  Walter  Orlowski. 

258  Oneonta,  NY— Lorraine  A.  Powell  (s). 

261  Scranton,  PA — Elizabeth  M.  Vaughan  (s),  George 
Rutkoski,  John  Galaydick,  Leon  Toms,  Lewis  Shaf- 
fer. 

264  Milwaukee,  WI — Anthony  J.  Lyss,  William  L.  Jack- 
son. 

275    Newton,  MA — ^Joseph  Degagne,  Nicholas  Vitale. 

281  Binghamton,  NY — Jacob  Faciszewski,  Lawrence  E. 
Dykeman. 

283    Augusta,  GA — Alex  B.  Florence,  Faye  Fleming  (s). 

287  Harrisburg,  PA— Cari  E.  Miller,  Howard  K.  Traut- 
man,  John  S.  Kutay,  Oscar  W.  Garner,  Richard  C. 
Witman,  Roy  H.  Gingrich,  William  E.  Stalb. 

292     Linton,  IN— Charley  Edwin  Scott. 

296  Brooklyn,  NY — Aba  Lederman,  George  Ledet,  Signe 
Hauge  (s),  Sigvald  Olsen. 

297  Kalamazoo,  MI — Alex  Kussy,  Jr.,  Elizabeth  Decker 
(s). 

308    Cedar  Rapids,  lA — George- Novak. 

314  Madison,  WI — Elmer  Curtis,  Joseph  Cvikota,  Juris 
Brakmanis. 

316  San  Jose,  CA — Bemice  L.  Bunnell  (s),  Cereta  Lor- 
raine Ball  (s),  Edwin  Booth.  Frank  M.  Henry," James 
A   Becks 

329  Oklahoma  City,  OK— Billie  Ray  Main.  Howard  G. 
Roberts,  Lorita  Myrl  Ritchie  (s),  Mary  Ellen  Burges 
(s),  Verna  Mae  White  (s). 

333  New  Kensington,  PA — Charles  E.  Bales. 

334  Saginaw,  MI —  Neil  E.  Daniels. 

335  Grand  Rapids,  MI — Gerald  Marr,  Lewis  L.  Clinls- 
man. 

340    Hagerstown,  MD — Kenneth  Lovett  Shingleton. 

342    Pawtucket,  RI — Henry  Laporte. 

345     Memphis,  TN — Kenneth  W.  Pitts,  Marvin  Eugene 

Vick. 
348     New  York,  NY— Donald  R.  Sullivan,  Ralph  Saffioti. 

355  Buffalo,  NY— William  C.  Lutz. 

356  Marietta,  OH— Charles  Everett  Roby. 

359    Philadelphia,  PA— Albert  J.  Rohanna,  Henry  N. 

Gilmour. 
361     Duluth,  MN— Harold  E.  Rinta. 
365     Marion,  IN — Everett  A.  Burden. 
370    Albany,  NY— Geroge  F.  Bassett,  Sr.,  William.  H. 

Moak. 

387  Columbus,  MS— Luke  O.  Wilson. 

388  Richmond,  VA — Ruby  Lucille  Chambers  (s). 
410    Ft.  Madison  &  vie,  lA— Clyde  L.  Stansbery. 

433  Belleville,  IL — Ernst  Ladewig. 

434  Chicago,  IL — Marshall  J.  Braccio,  William  Kowal- 
czyk. 

437     Portsmouth,  OH— Orville  William  Shaw. 

469  Cheyenne  WY — Lucile  M.  Brundage  (s). 

470  Tacoma,  WA— Donald  R.  Hankel,  Fred  Klapstein, 
John  Karamatic. 

472    Ashland,  KY— Charles  K.  Thompson,  Elwood  Sal- 

yers. 
475     Ashland,  MA — Joseph  A.  Chaisson. 
492     Reading,  PA— Earl  W.  Drumheller, 
496     Kankakee,  IL— Dale  E.  Sutherland. 
499     Leavenworth,  KS — George  M.  Payne. 

514  Wilkes  Barre,  PA— Daniel  Balas,  George  Wiidoner. 

515  Colorado  Springs,  CO— Frances  M.  Waddill  (s), 
Harold  Wayne  Bamhart. 

531  New  York,  NY— John  A.  Zych,  Paul  Aldo  Philippe. 

532  Elmira,  NY— Calvin  J.  Ford.  John  P.  Billen. 
544    Baltimore,  MD— Ernest  E.  Williams. 

548     Minneapolis,  MN— Sunday  Mary  Pickar  (s). 

550    Oakland,  CA— Brian  John  Walton,  Mollis  M.  Ewart. 

Jose  J.  Brenes.  Lena  Durante  (s). 
557     Bozeman,  MT — Ralph  Jones,  Jr. 


558    Elmhurst,  II^Lloyd  C.  Mack.  Wesley  W.  Peterson. 

562  Everett,  WA— Aloysis  Patrick  Dawson.  Donald 
Franklin  Chriscaden,  Henry  W.  Eisenhower,  Louis 
Hudon,  Paul  C.  Rindero,  Sam  M.  Olson. 

563  Glendale,  CA— Arthur  W.  Maycroft,  John  Edward 
Fuoco,  Raymond  A.  Walters 

586  Sacramento,  CA — Hoyt  John  Stidman,  Jack  R.  Ste- 
phens, Kenneth  Herman  Busch,  Lindsay  Martin, 
Richard  E.  Morgan,  Thelman  Elwood  Smith,  Wilma 
E.  Ingram  (s). 

599  Hammond,  IN— Ernest  Cox,  Leo  C.  Driscoll.  Oma 
Lackey  (s). 

600  Lehigh  Valley,  PA — Frances  A.  Mayes  (s). 

604    Morgantown  WV — Albert  Arly  Jones,  Edwin  W. 

Golden,  Ralph  C.  Livengood,  Wilma  Lea  Frey  (s). 
608    New  York,  NY— Saverio  Amato. 
610    Port  Arthur,  TX— Mary  Falcon  (s). 
613    Hampton  Roads,  VA— Jerry  Vernon  Daugherty,  John 

E.  Ogbum,  Sr. 
620    Madison,  NJ — Alberta  Randolph  (s),  Ralph  Norton. 

622  Waco,  TX— Clovis  Dennis. 

623  Atlantic  County,  NJ— Arthur  T.  Mason. 

626  Wilmington,  DE — Jason  C.  Taylor. 

627  Jacksonville,  FL — Carlos  M.  Sorondo,  Clifton  E. 
Harris,  Flora  M.  Barfield  (s),  Henley  Eari  Adams, 
Lonie  Smith  Bratcher  (s). 

638  Marion,  H^Virgil  Leland  Kinder,  Willie  Partain. 

639  Akron,  OH— Raymond  C.  Wentink. 

641  Fort  Dodge,  lA — Edwin  L.  Crouse. 

642  Richmond,  CA— Helen  S.  McNeil  (s),  Walter  Elzie 
York,  Walter  Guy  Denney. 

644    Pekin,  H^Anton  Bodie,  Lloyd  H.  Rusch. 
668    Palo  Alto,  CA— Edward  M.  Higa,  Gottfried  L.  John- 
son, Helen  Faye  Williams  (s). 
690    Little  Rock,  AR— Marvin  O.  Gross. 
698    Covington,  KY— William  E.  Waters. 
701     Fresno,  C A— Kenneth  Haws. 

703  Lockland,  OH— Arthur  E.  Seebohm,  Fred  H.  Ja- 
cobs, Harry  V.  Collum,  Wesley  W.  Craig. 

704  Jackson,  MI— Albion  K.  Hall. 

721    Los  Angeles,  CA — Hubert  K.  Stewart,  Louis  Pollock, 

Myrna  Jenine  Oberman  (s),  Paul  Norman  Ralph, 

Roy  F.  Russell. 
739    Cincinnati,  OH— Cornelius  R.  Pape,  Hiram  C.  Steele. 
742    Decatur,  Il^Paul  E.  Gripe.  Robert  H.  Banning. 
747    Oswego,  NY — Nicholas  M.  DeLuca. 
751    Santa  Rosa,  CA— Clay  Belshaw,  Elgin  J.  Bailey. 

James  Johnston. 
764    Shreveport,  LA — Carl  B.  Shoeberlein,  Jr..  Egbert 

Wise.  J.  C.  Slaughter,  L.  T.  Roach.  Wilma  Hogg 

Bryan  (s). 

769  Pasadena,  CA — Cornelius  J.  Vandello.  Edward 
Barnes,  Vito  Ponzo. 

770  Yakima,  WA— Dorothy  A.  Popp  (s),  Frank  C.  War- 
ren, William  H.  Benjamin. 

780    Astoria,  OR — Konrad  Helmersen. 

782  Fond  Du  Lac,  WI— Audrey  A.  Scheer  (s). 

783  Sioux  Falls,  SD— Edwin  Rothenberger. 
790    Dixon,  IL — Rose  Leslie  (s),  Thomas  Smith. 
792    Rockford,  Il^William  F.  Thompson. 

801    Woonsocket,  RI — Leo  Lemay. 

829    Santa  Cruz,  CA— Paul  E.  Sultzer. 

832    Beatrice,  NE— Ronald  D.  Wiechmann. 

839    Des  Plaines,  IL— James  W.  Rudden. 

844  Canoga  Park,  CA— Ray  J.  Stinchcomb,  Willard  Hud- 
son. 

849    Manitowoc,  WI— Frank  L.  Rank. 

857    Tucson,  AR— Helen  P.  Golembieski  (s). 

865  Brunswick,  GA — Cecil  T.  Britt.  Ernest  Frank  Joiner, 
Jr. 

873    Cincinnati,  OH— Howard  Barz. 

889  Hopkins,  MN — Gladys  S.  Anderson  (s).  Maijorie 
Ann  Linde  (s). 

902    Brooklyn,  NY — Angelina  Perrone  (s).  Max  Daroff. 

906    Glendale,  AR— Nathan  K.  Lilly. 

921    Portsmouth,  NH— Lyle  R.  Nevens. 

930    St.  Cloud,  MN— Frank  A.  Wludarski. 

943  Tulsa,  OK— Celia  Fern  Mclntire  (s),  Edgar  Overby, 
William  A.  Coleman. 

944  San  Bernardino,  CA— Charles  J.  Abele.  Claude  L. 
Head. 

947    Ridgway,  PA — Andrew  John  Anderson. 

958    Marquette,  MI — Bernard  R.  Chiamulera. 

964    Rockland  Co.,  NY— Alfred  Chous. 

971    Reno,  NV — Gerald  W.  Cameron,  Thomas  Hayward 

Fishburn. 
973    Texas  City,  TX— Arthur  A.  Birdwell. 

977  Wichita  Falls,  TX— Odessa  Wilson  (s). 

978  Springfield,  MO— Carl  A.  Wilcox. 

998    Royal  Oak,  MI— Fred  0.  Guilmette,  George  M. 

Rhanor,  Lars  Edward  Roseland,  Nial  Robert  Thorpe. 

Robert  M.  Johnson,  Theodore  VendUnski. 
1005    Merrillville,  IN— George  H.  Wiley,  Paul  Coffman. 
1008    Louisiana,  MO— Anna  F.  Potter  (s). 
1010     Uniontown.  PA— Muriel  D.  Bell  (s). 
1027    Chicago,  IL— Henry  Wellmann,  John  Tibstra,  Ot- 

tavio  lelletich,  Walfrid  Johnson. 
1040    Eureka,  CA— Carl  M.  Herron. 
1046    Palm  Springs,  CA— Coil  Crawford. 
1050     Philadelphia,  PA— Nils  Arvidsson. 

1054  Everett,  WA— Burven  E.  Speed. 

1055  Lincoln,  NE— Melvin  H.  Buis. 

1062  Santa  Barbara,  CA — David  R.  Messer,  Dorothy 
Flahive  (s). 


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1089  Phoenix,  AZ— Harold  A,  McDade.  Jack  Irvin  Morris, 
Ruby  M.  Brooks  (s).  Vernie  Perkins. 

1093    Glencove.  NY— Mildred  Silipo  (s). 

1098  Baton  Rouge,  LA— EIra  M.  Toops,  Howard  C.  Ad- 
ams. 

1100     Flagstaff,  AZ— Lee  Avery. 

1108  Cleveland,  OH— Bette  Schneider(s).  William  Loehr, 

1109  Visalia,  CA— Willard  Warren  Howell. 
IU4    S.  Milwaukee,  WI— John  Slamka, 

1125     Los    Angeles,    CA — Lon    Anderson.    Minnie    Ruth 

McMillion  (s). 
1138     Toledo,   OH—Helen   M.    Layman   (s),    Horace   A. 

Lepper.OpalM.  Kaser(s).  Russell  A.  Saloff,  Stanley 

A.  Wolniewicz. 
1149     San  Francisco,  CA — James  B.  Murphy.  Larry  Vas- 

quez.  Wilham  R.  Lister. 
1156     Montrose,   CO— Donald   C.    Workman,   Ernest  O. 

Underwood. 
1164     New  York,  NY— Bruno  Timpano.  Michael  Toscano. 

Sophie  Rader  (s). 

1184  Seattle.  W A— Daniel  W.  Raetzloff. 

1185  Chicago,  ll^Doroihy  C.  Barlow  (s).  Marion  B. 
Lapetma  (s).  Olto  Clawson. 

1207    Charleston,  WV— Lakin  Davis  McDerment.  Theo 

L.' Turner. 
1222    Medford,  NY— Frank  Amendola.  Michael  Edward 

Debetta. 
1235     Modesto,    CA— Dan    W,     Fairless.    Kenneth    W. 

McKinley.  Reuben  G.  South. 
1243     Fairbanks,  AK— Turza  Marie  Engle  (s). 
1250     Homestead,  Fl^-Ralph  R.  Edge,  Timothy  F,  Casey. 
1263     Atlanta.  GA— Vicki  L.  Lisowski  (s). 
1274    Decatur,  AL — William  Arthur  Darmer. 
1280     Mountain  View,  CA — Ferdinand  Woodard,  Frances 

Helen  Hamby  (s),  Lester  E,  Morton, 
1300    San  Diego,  CA— Ervin  E.  Hulsey.  Fred  John  Gaxi- 

ola. 
1302    New  London,  CT — Carl  Fusaro,  Simon  George  La- 

fountaine. 
1305    Fall  River,  MA— Joseph  Witengier,  Vivian  V.  Be- 

rube  (si. 
1307    Evanston,  IL — Albert  R.  Townsend.  Irene  Boynton 

(s),  Laverne  Howard  (si.  Louis  Star.  Marie  Bertha 

Hanke  (s). 
1311     Dayton,  OH— Laco  Y   Wagner,  Sr. 
1313    Mason  CItv.  lA— Robert  M.  Seaman. 


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1319    Albuquerque,  NM — Alvar  L.  Leyba,  Joe  C.  Luna. 

1323     Monterey,  CA— Joseph  B.  Bruno. 

1342     Irvington,  NJ— Cathenne  M.   Kurtz  (si.   Elizabeth 

G,   Barberie  (s).   Ellis  Peterson.   Michael  Joseph 

Ugaro. 
1351     Leadville,  CO— Martha  G.  McKinney  (s). 
1357    Memphis,  TN — Deward  Elmer  Pendergrass. 
1361     Chester,  IL — Laveme  Congiardo  (s).  Oscar  F.  Stahl- 

man. 
1365    Cleveland,  OH — John  J,  Bronson, 
1368    Seattle,  WA— Chester  Quanrud. 
1373    Flint,  Ml — Kenneth  J.  Manning.  Sr. 
1381     Woodland,  CA— Dean  Kcrrv  Quam.  Roland  Smit- 

lick, 
1393    Toledo.  OH— Edward  C.  Roepke. 

1396  Golden,  CO— Edwin  H.  Brunnings.  Estle  H.  Stout. 
Fredrick  A.  Nichols, 

1397  North  Hempstad,  NY— Gustav  A,  Anderson.  Peter 
Krawchuk. 

1400    Santa  Monica,  CA — Elmer  M,  Mahoney.  Paul  W, 

Johnson. 
1404    Biloxi.  MS— Ruby  Mae  Jarrell  (s). 
1407    San  Pedro,  CA — Freeman  A.  Mason.  Lilyan  I.  Tyler 

(s).  Walter  J,  Kloetzer.  William  D.  Cobb. 
1418    Lodi,  CA— Lucinda  M,  Sharenbrock  (s), 
1421     Arlington,  TX — Louise  M,  Johnson  (s), 
1423    Corpus  Christie,   TX— Joe   H.    Doreck.   Jose   G. 

Navejar,  Jr..  Ola  C.  Casey  (s). 

1437  Compton,  CA — Richard  F.  Logsdon. 

1438  Warren,  OH— Kenneth  A.  Sayre. 

1445    Topeka,  KS — Loren  G.  Hansroth,  Robert  E.  Pence. 

1452  Detroit,  MI— Ray  E.  Masten. 

1453  Huntington  Bch.,  CA— Astrid  Hansen  (s).  Glen  Clar- 
ence Niel, 

1456  New  York,  NY— Adier  Pedersen.  Daniel  Dom.  Hil- 
dur  Nilsen  (s),  Mary  Miller  (s). 

1457  Toledo,  OH— Doris  M.  Patynko  (s). 

1461  Traver^City,  MI — Clarence  Neuman.  Wesley  Plamp. 

1462  Bucks  County,  PA— Viltorio  Corradetli, 
1469    Charlotte,  NC— William  Graham  Clary, 
1490    San  Diego,  CA— Eithel  H    French. 
1495     Chico,  CA— Friedrich  Ernst  Schoen. 
1498    Provo,  UT— Orvell  Q.  Jackson. 

1506  Los  Angeles,  CA — Edward  Lyle  Henry,  Robert  Fen- 
nally  Gragg, 

1507  El  Monte,  CA— Ben  F,  Kimbrough. 
1521     Algoma,  WI— Roland  Herlache. 
1529    Kansas  City,  KS— Jess  J.  Olinger, 

1532    Anacortes,  WA — Margaret  Ellen  Wood  (s),  Stancil 

Joe  Brown. 
1536    New  York,  NY — Barney  Kadashaw,  Samuel  Newby, 
1539    Chicago,  IL — Sylvester  Mackiewicz, 

1564  Casper,  WY— Ralph  B,  Davidson, 

1565  Abilene,  TX— Fairy  Dell  Davis  (s). 
East  San  Diego,  CA— Kurt  M,  Canfield,  William  C. 
Knolts. 

Englewood,  CO — Bert  L.  Meilinger,  Maxine  A,  Lin- 
dahl  (s). 

Washington,  DC — Michael  Havay,  Jr. 
Montgomery  County,  PA — Marilyn  Bauer  (s),  Peter 
Slulac, 

St.  Louis,  MO— Alfred  C.  Roeper.  Edward  W.  Cza- 
pla.  June  Rose  Fulwider  (s),  Raymond  O,  Petersen, 
Bremerton,  WA — Albert  Smith.  Fred  Evan  Irish. 
Redding,  CA— Charles  Hill.  Doyle  Canker,  Gus 
Martm.  Nolan  P.  Hart. 
Los  Angeles,  CA — Oscar  P.  Miltenberger. 
Grand  Rapids,  MI— Pearl  C.  Van  Westen  (s). 
Hayward,  CA — Benjamin  P.  Bandurraga.  Carl  Erik- 
sen.  Elvie  M,  Edge  (s),  Jesse  Bartlett  Ward.  Palmer 
O.  Peterson.  Theodore  E,  Scott. 
San  Luis  Obispo,  CA — Mollis  O.  Poage.  John  E. 
Silva.  Philip  Preusser, 

Minneapolis,  MN — Frances  L,  Pederson  (s).  John 
E.  Anderson- 
Lexington,  KY — Edwin  E.  Eriandson.  Hazel  Horn 
Tipton  (s).  William  E.  Ritchey. 
Alexandria,  VA — Arthur  R.  Eaton.  Cecil  M.  Bailey, 
El  Dorado,  AR — George  Meilinger,  James  Doyle 
Strickland. 

Melbourne-Daylona  Beach,  FL — Edward  Prock.  Ray 
Eugene  Teets, 

Stillwater.  OK— John  W,  Heusel, 
Manchester,  NH — Walter  Schoepf, 
Tacoma,  WA— Albert  E,  Martin.  Robert  H.  Ward. 
Auburn,  WA — Jerry  S,  Newman.  Kathy  L,  Peterson 
Is). 

Vancouver,  WA — George  J.  Trangmar,  Herman  S. 
Wolkar,  Sophie  Margaret  Brooks  (s). 
Kirkwood,  MO — Harry  Burchard.  Murl  Can. 
Milwaukee,  WI — Edward  Talbot.  Marie  E.  Caspary 
(s).  Theodore  Niemann, 

Portland,  OR— Felice  Haley  (s),  John  J,  Dreiling. 
Melvin  L,  Schisler,  Pasquale  Tanselli. 

1749  Anniston,  AL — Lauria  Rena  Hutto  (s). 

1750  Cleveland,  OH— Donna  G.  Keefer  (s),  Morris  Du- 
chon, 

1764  Marion,  VA— David  B,  Comett, 

1765  Orlando,  Fl^lrving  Otto  Olsen, 
1772    Hicksville,  NY — Janis  Putnins.  Lydia  Jacobsen  (s|. 
1780     Las  Vegas,  NV— Alberta  Wall  (s).  Blanche  C.  Quac- 

quarini  (s),  Harold  R,  Boone.  Marvin  M.  Dunagan. 

Sr..  Thomas  L.  Daly. 
1808    Wood  River,  II^Henry  W   Keiser 
1811     Monroe.  LA — Chester  R.  Sanders. 
1815     Santa  Ana,  CA — George  Rupert.  Henry  Novak.  Leo 

Ferdinand.  Sheryl  Ann  Coghill  (s). 

1836  Russellville,  AR — Frank  A,  Schwemin. 

1837  Babylon,  NY— Erick  Frank  Olson, 

1839  Washington,  MO— Rjla  Delores  Bocklage  (s).  Thomas 
W,  Busse.  Sr. 

1845  Snoqualm  Rail,  WA— Emma  M.  Hogback  (s). 

1846  New  Orleans,  LA — Gaston  Joseph  Lemoine.  Mal- 
colm D.  Childress,  Rudolph  J.  Williams.  Jr. .  William 
Winstine, 


1849  Pasco,  WA— Edna  Palm  Is),  John  Reihl,  Kenneth 
Hill, 

1855  Bryan,  TX— Susie  B.  Haltom  (s). 

1856  Philadelphia,  PA— Jane  Faketle  (s).  John  J.  Quigg. 
1889  Downers  Grove,  IL— Charles  L.  Pierce. 

1896  The  Dalles,  OR— Gertrude  Dorothy  Turner  (s). 

1897  Lafayette,  LA — Herman  Joseph  Sonier. 
1904  North  Kansas,  MO— Guy  Ether  Howser. 

1913  Van  Nuys,  CA— Earl  C.  Harrison.  Jesse  R,  Ellis. 

1921  Hempstead,  NY— Birgille  J.  Ellison  (s). 

1934  Bemidji,  MN— Margarette  G,  Burud  (s). 

1961  Roseburg,  OR— John  M,  Roush, 

1971  Temple,  TX — Clem  Irvin  Mensch,  Vessie  Gertrude 
Mensch  (s), 

1976  Los  Angeles,  CA — Jose  Antonio  Amezcua. 

1978  Buffalo,  NY— William  Boquard. 

2006  Los  Galos,  CA — Ernest  Henry  Gilstrap. 

2012  Seaford,  DE— Floyd  Obier. 

2018  Ocean  County,  NJ— Edwin  M.  Yerkes.  Joseph  S. 
Lomonico, 

2020  San  Diego.  CA— Harold  Mendenhall. 

2046  Martinez.  CA — James  W,  Demars,  Vernon  Huffman, 

2049  Gilbertville,  KY— Charles  W,  Travis,  Clyde  E,  Rob- 
ertson. Willard  H,  Watkins, 

2073  Milwaukee,  WI — Clemence  Czapinski,  Delmo  Ren- 
zaglia. 

2077  Columbus,  OH— Russell  Murphy. 

2078  Vista,  CA— Sylvester  E.  Koski. 
2127  Centralia,  WA— Floyd  E.  Gage. 
2158  Rock  Island,  II^Duane  Wesley  Bark. 

2203  Anaheim,  CA — Kenneth  Rober  Leuschen.  Ruben 
M.  Draeger.  William  W.  Woodruff, 

2204  Las  Vegas,  NM — John  P.  Montenegro. 

2205  Wenatchee,  WA— Sigurd  Wesslen. 
2232  Houston,  TX— Edward  Paul  Helmer. 
2235  Pittsburgh,  PA— Albert  P.  Fullick. 

2250  Red  Bank,  NJ— Felix  Settembre.  Ronald  J.  Brendel. 

2265  Detroit,  MI— Agnes  Grab!  (s),  Carl  Nelson,  Jr. 

2274  Pittsburgh,  PA— Roy  E.  Craig. 

2283  West  Bend,  WI— Clarence  Jacob  Kudek,  Reginald 

Florian  Cottrell. 

2288  Los  Angeles,  CA— Irma  C.  Kaun  (5),  Walter  Bresee. 

2313  Meridian,  MS — Edgar  J.   Clearman.  Thomas  W. 

Tillery. 

2317  Bremerton,  WA — Eino  N.  Lindquist. 

2334  Baraboo,  WI — Kenneth  Erickson. 

2375  Los  Angeles,  CA — Lillian  C.  Dickerson  (s). 

2398  El  Cnjon,  CA— Catherine  Freeland  (s),  John  C. 

Vaughn. 

2405  Kalispell,  MT— Raymond  F.  Lindberg. 

2411  Jacksonville,  FL — Boaz  Groover. 

2425  Glendive,  MT— Glenn  R.  Hallock. 

2453  Oakridge,  OR— Alvin  J.  Morris. 

2463  Ventura,  CA — Nannie  Jeanette  Kelley  (s). 

2519  Seattle,  WA— Raymond  R,  Focht. 

2554  Lebanon,   OR — Martha   Isabella  Brown  (s),    Udo 

Mandelkow. 

2601  Lafayette,  IN— Fred  W.  Meeker. 

2608  Redding,  CA— Frank  Tallerico. 

2633  Tacoma,  WA— Clark  Justice. 

2714  Dallas,  OR— Otto  Chapman. 

2719  Thompson  Fall,  MT — Eugene  Labrosse. 

2761  McCleary,  WA— Herbert  Harlan, 

2766  Potlatch,  ID— Richard  Sanderson, 

2767  Morton,  WA— Beulah  Hightower  (s),  John  Zigler. 
2805  Klickitat,  WA— James  F.  Gallagher. 

2816  Enunett,  ID— Clifford  Cates,  Dennis  C.  SutlifT,  Hessy 

Karh  Coins, 

2875  Charlotte,  NC— Alfred  D.  Potts, 

2881  Portland,  OR— Mabel  Rae  Scott  (s). 

2902  Burns,  OR— Irvin  P,  Schouviller. 

2927  Martell,  CA— Tyler  Shively  Yale. 

2941  Warm  Springs,  OR— Kenneth  Ray  McKenzie. 

2947  New  York,  NY — Frank  Gerlando,  George  Unger. 

2949  Roseburg,  OR— Luis  A.  Medina.  Richard  Bert  Cosby. 

2979  Merrill,  WI— Phyllis  Glenetzke  (s). 

3023  Omak,  WA— Alvie  J,  Metcalf. 

3074  Chester,  CA — Edgar  1,  Crow.  Jess  M.  Murphy. 

3091  Vaughn.  OR— Clayton  Paul  Jones. 

3099  Aberdeen,  WA— Arthur  L.  Murphie. 

3127  New  York,  NY— Stephania  Blahy. 

3148  Memphis,  TN— Cathey  William  Locke, 

3161  Maywood,  CA — Georgia  Mae  Brown  (s).  Gilbert  N. 

Moya.  Jesus  Alvarez, 

3203  Shawano,  WI— Eli  Herman  Bubolz, 

9009  Washington,  DC— Robert  Howard  Smith,  Thomas 

G.  Conklin. 


Bunk  Bed  Safety 

The  Consumer  Federation  of 
America  has  petitioned  the  Consumer 
Product  Safety  Commission  to  issue 
a  mandatory  safety  standard  for  bunk 
beds.  CFA  said  there  have  been  23 
reported  deaths  related  to  bunk  beds, 
and  injuries  rose  75.5%  in  the  last 
seven  years  to  3 1 .727.  CFA  asked  the 
federal  agency  to  require  better  mat- 
tress supports,  less  space  between 
guardrails  and  mattresses,  and  guard- 
rails on  the  wall  side  of  bunk  beds. 


38 


CARPENTER 


FURRING  CHANNEL 


Clinch-On-Comers,  the  second  largest 
manufacturer  of  comerbead  molding  in  the 
United  States,  introduces  Dry  wall  Furring 
Channel  and  Resilient  Furring  Channel  to 
their  comerbead,  J-bead,  L-bead  and  metal 
accessories  line. 

CUnch-On-Comers'  new  Dry  wall  Furring 
Channel  is  a  25-gauge  galvanized  steel  hat- 
shaped  channel  used  for  screw  attachment 
of  wallboard  in  wall  and  ceiling  furring.  The 
special  knurled  face  surface  allows  for  ease 
of  screw  penetration. 

The  new  Resihent  Furring  Channel  is  also 
made  of  25-gauge  galvanized  steel  and  is 
screw-attached  to  wood  or  steel  framing. 
Wallboard  is  attached  to  the  knurled  wide 
flange  and  kept  from  direct  contact  with 
framing  members.  The  resilient  furring  chan- 
nel system  is  one  of  the  most  effective 
methods  of  controlling  sound  transmission 
through  ceilings  and  partition  walls. 

Both  the  Drywall  and  Resilient  Furring 
Channel  are  sold  in  a  standard  length  of  12 
feet,  and  can  be  ordered  in  custom  lengths 
to  fit  most  job  requirements. 

Clinch-On-Comer's  new  catalog — The 
Professional  Edge — is  now  available.  For 
more  information  contact  Clinch-On-Cor- 
ners  Inc.,  Box  2645,  50  SW  Cleveland  Av- 
enue, New  Brighton,  MN.  55112-3506.  In 
Minnesota,  call  (612)  633-2230;  in  Florida, 
1-800-624-2662;  all  other  areas,  1-800-523- 
4642. 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Calculated  Industries 26 

Clifton  Enterprises 39 

Foley-Belsaw 38 

Hydrolevel 17 

Irwin 24 

Fine  Woodworking 20 

Vaughn  &  Bushnell 17 


SLIDE  HAMMER 

Mark  Benda  of  Lo- 

1//  cal    2046,    Martinez, 

;/  Calif.,  has  developed 

jl  a  nail  driver  for  inac- 

jjj  cessible  areas. 

//  The   Slide   Shooter 

///  Model  2081   is  fabri- 

cated from  cold,  rolled 
steel.  The  rod  and 
guide  tube  are  zinc 
plated  for  rust  resist- 
ance and  appearance. 
The  2.5  lb.  handle  is 
wrapped  with  a  dura- 
ble vinyl  closure  for  a 
comfortable  grip. 
Drives  6  through  16 
penny  common  or  du- 
plex nails  with  ease. 
The  SUde  Shooter  is 
available  in  two 
lengths,  28.5  inches 
(tool  box  size)  and  38 
inches. 

It's  useful  in  naihng 
forms  through  rebar, 
instalhng  cabinets,  in- 
stalling shut  offs,  block 
outs  and  sleeves,  and 
knocking  out  shiners. 
For  more  information  write  or  call:  Benda 
Industries,  3502  Cranbrook  Way,  Concord, 
CA  94520,  (415)  685-9189. 


SHINGLERS'  TOOLS 


New  shinglers'  hammers  and  hatchets 
manufactured  by  Estwing  Manufacturing  Co. 
feature  heavier  heads  with  larger  striking 
surface.  Both  tools  are  forged  in  one-piece 
and  feature  fully  polished  heads  and  handle 
neck  with  Estwing' s  exclusive  "molded-on" 
nylon-vinyl  grip.  Estwing's  No.  E3-CA  ham- 
mer is  used  for  all  composition  roofs  and 
No.  E3-S  hatchet  is  used  for  wood  shingles 
and  general  roofing.  Both  can  be  used  for 
standard  or  metric  shingles.  Available  from 
Estwing  Mfg.  Company,  2647  Eighth  Street, 
Rockford,  IL  61101. 


NOTE:  A  report  on  new  products  and  proc- 
esses on  this  page  in  no  way  constitutes  an 
endorsement  or  recommendation.  All  per- 
formance claims  are  based  on  statements 
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39 


Putting 

Convention 

Resolutions  Into 

Trade  Union 

Action 

Delegates'  responsibilities 

do  not  end  when 

the  convention  adjourns 


As  you  receive  this  issue  of  our  union 
magazine,  delegates  to  our  35th  General 
Convention  are  returning  home  to  their 
respective  local  unions  and  councils  and 
preparing  for  five  more  years  of  union 
activity. 

They  bring  with  them,  I  trust,  the  full 
array  of  resolutions  adopted  by  the  con- 
vention, and  they  know,  because  they 
were  there,  the  mandates  of  this  momen- 
tous gathering. 

The  delegates  have  an  obligation  to 
report  in  detail  the  actions  taken  by  the 
35th  General  Convention.  Your  next  local 
union  meeting  should  have  on  its  agenda 
a  full  report  of  what  transpired  in  Toronto, 
and  I  urge  you,  as  a  member  who  has 
received  the  full  obligation  of  this  Broth- 
erhood, to  attend  this  union  meeting  and 
hear  what  your  delegation  has  to  say. 

Each  of  the  2,083  convention  delegates 
was  elected  under  the  democratic  proce- 
dures of  our  Constitution  and  Laws.  Each 
carried  to  Toronto  the  full  responsibility 
of  representing  you  and  your  fellow  mem- 
bers at  the  convention  ...  of  voting  ac- 
cording to  the  dictates  of  your  membership 


and  the  decision  of  his  or  her  experience 
and  conscience. 

A  general  convention  of  elected  dele- 
gates is,  today,  the  closest  we  can  come 
to  true  democratic  procedures  in  our  union. 
Science-fiction  people  tell  us  that  the  day 
may  come  when  members  of  an  organi- 
zation can  sit  in  front  of  their  home  tele- 
vision sets  or  some  electronic  gadgets  and 
press  buttons  to  record  their  votes  on 
issues  of  the  day.  Then  so  many  robots 
will  begin  recording  the  votes  and  putting 
into  action  the  findings  of  all  the  recording 
devices. 

I  hope  that  day  will  never  come  to  this 
union.  I,  for  one,  am  not  going  to  give  up 
my  place  in  the  world  to  some  super  gadget 
that  will  run  the  remaining  years  on  my 
life.  There  is  no  substitute  for  the  human 
element  in  our  society — no  substitute  for 
open  discussion  in  a  committee  room  or 
on  a  convention  floor  or  in  a  local  union 
meeting  or,  for  that  matter,  at  a  job  site. 
1  don't  believe  a  machine  will  ever  be 
developed  to  replace  the  human  brain. 
Nor  do  I  believe  the  political  scientists  of 
this  world  will  ever  develop  a  more  dem- 
ocratic procedure  for  masses  of  humanity 
than  those  practiced  by  the  people  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada  for  the  past  two 
centuries  .  .  .  what  we  call  "Western  de- 
mocracy." 

What  I  am  saying,  I  suppose,  is  that  we 
have  in  our  union  the  best  give-and-take 
procedure  for  running  our  working  lives 
that  35  general  conventions  have  been 
able  to  devise  over  a  period  of  105  years. 

Our  delegates  will  not  convene  again 
until  1991,  which  today  seems  like  a  long 
way  off.  Consequently,  the  mandates  of 
our  35th  General  Convention  will  guide 
us  through  the  final,  uncertain  years  of 
the  1980s. 

You  and  every  member  of  this  Broth- 
erhood should  be  acquainted  with  what 
was  accomplished  in  Toronto.  You  should 
be  ready  to  support  the  United  Brother- 


hood  in  its  ongoing  program.  To  para- 
phrase what  President  John  Kennedy  said 
in  his  inaugural  message  a  quarter  of  a 
century  ago,  you  should  ask  not  what  your 
union  can  do  for  you,  you  should  ask,  at 
this  time,  what  you  can  do  for  your  union. 

I  don't  have  to  tell  a  journeyman  car- 
penter that  a  wooden  framework  is  only 
so  strong  as  its  weakest  stud.  A  union 
member  is  only  so  strong  in  his  or  her 
convictions  as  the  amount  of  knowledge 
and  experience  he  or  she  has  about  his  or 
her  union's  activities. 

You  should  know  what  your  union  is 
up  to  in  the  months  and  years  ahead. 
There  are  several  ways  to  do  this:  Attend 
your  next  local  union  meeting,  hear  your 
delegates  report,  ask  questions.  Read  this 
issue  of  Carpenter  as  well  as  the  December 
issue  for  a  written  and  pictorial  report  on 
the  convention,  and  you  will  be  briefed 
on  the  program  laid  out  for  us  in  the  final 
years  of  the  1980s. 

You  know,  a  trade  union  convention 
the  size  of  ours  is  a  costly  drawing  together 
of  our  organization  for  its  deliberations — 
at  the  local  level  as  well  as  at  the  inter- 
national level.  That's  one  of  the  reasons 
why  a  union  doesn't  hold  a  convention 
every  year.  As  stewards  of  your  dues 
money  and  the  dues  money  of  the  thou- 
sands of  other  members  of  the  UBC,  your 
General  Officers  and  Board  are  well  aware 
of  the  fiscal  responsibilities  involved  in  a 
general  convention.  Transportation  costs, 
meal  costs,  the  leasing  of  the  convention 
center,  the  committee  rooms,  the  hotel 
facilities  all  add  up.  There  are  reports  to 
be  compiled  and  printed,  and,  fortunately, 
we  have  our  own  print  shop  at  the  General 
Office — a  union  shop — to  defray  some  of 
these  costs. 

So,  in  summary,  I  am  saying  to  you 
that  we've  all  put  a  lot  into  our  35th 
General  Convention,  whether  we  stayed 
home  or  not.  Now  we  must  show  results. 

You'll  find  in  the  opening  pages  of  this 


issue  of  Carpenter  a  summary  of  some  of 
the  actions  taken  at  the  convention.  A  list 
of  the  major  resolutions  adopted  and  the 
changes  made  in  the  Constitution  and 
Laws  are  reported,  I  urge  you  to  take  the 
time  to  read  this  report. 

In  closing,  I  want  to  commend  the  2,083 
delegates  who  worked  for  a  week  in  To- 
ronto. A  lot  of  them  put  in  overtime  in 
committee  sessions  and  caucuses.  They 
were  attentive  to  their  responsibihties.  It 
was  a  successful,  progressive  convention. 
Now  let's  get  back  to  our  day-to-day 
agenda. 


PATRICK  J.  CAMPBELL 

General  President 


THE  CARPENTER 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

Address  Correction  Requested 


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Permit  No.  28 


It's  Time  for  Holiday 
Gift  Giving— UBC  Style 


You  can  dress  up  your  cuffs  and  hold  your  tie  in 
place  witfi  fhls  well-crafted  set  of  cuff  links  and 
a  tie  tack.  Gold-plated,  with  the  Brotherhood 
emblem  in  color,  they  add  polish  to  any  occasion. 


$8.50  per  set 


Wristwatches  for  men  and  women  with  the  official 
UBC  emblem  on  the  face.  Battery-powered,  quartz 
watches,  made  by  Helbros,  these  attractive  time- 
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movement  and  a  written  one-year  guarantee. 

Men's  $54.00  each 
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These  functional 
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buckles  bear  the 
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Crafted  of  sturdy  metal,  the  buckle  is  SVs  inches 
wide  and  2  inches  long,  and  easily  attaches  to 
all  standard  belts.  Please  specify:  Carpenters, 
Millwrights,  fyiillmen.  Cabinet  Maker,  Piledrivers, 
Lumber  and  Sawmill  Workers,  Shipwrights,  or 
Industrial. 


A  warm,  waterproof,  nylon  vest, 
insulated  with  100%  Dupont  Hol- 
ofill,  is  ideal  for  holiday  giving. 
It's  attractive  and  practical  for  both 
men  and  women  members.  It's 
navy  blue  with  the  Brotherhood 
seal  displayed  on  the  front  with  a 
snap  front.  Sizes:  S,  M,  L,  XL. 

$20.50  each 


Dark  blue,  with  gold  and  blue  nylon  ribbing 
at  cuffs,  waist,  and  collar,  our  baseball  jacket 
has  gold  snaps  and  a  gold  Brotherhood 
emblem.  Sizes:  S,  M,  L,  XL.  Available  with 
kasha  lining  or  quilted  lining. 

Kasha  $29.00  each 

Quilted  $30.25  each 

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$5.50  each 


Keep  warm  and  dry  in  our  durable,  waterproof, 
nylon  windbreakers.  Both  dark  blue  jackets 
have  the  Brotherhood  emblem  on  the  left  front 
in  gold.  The  traditional  style  (pictured)  has  a 
snap  front,  drawstring  waist,  and  elasticized 
cuffs.  The  new  style  has  clothribbed  cuffs,  a 
zipper  front,  and  a  drawstring  waist.  Both 
styles  are  available  with  or  without  a  warm 
kasha  lining.  Sizes:  S,  M,  L,  XL. 


Snap-front,  lined  $20  each 

Snap-front,  unlined  $16  each 

Zipper-front,  lined  $23  each 

Zipper-front,  unlined  $19  each 


Send  order  and  remitlance— cash,  check, 
or  money  order— to:  General  Secretarv,  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of 
America,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001.  All  prices  Include 
the  cost  of  handling  and  mailing. 


December  1986 


CARPENim. 

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GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

John  Pruitt 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

John  S.  Rogers 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 

Wayne  Pierce 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  Joseph  F.  Lia 

120  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

Second  District,  George  M.  Walish 

101  S.  Newtown  St.  Road 

Newtown  Square,  Pennsylvania  19073 

Third  District,  Thomas  Hanahan 

9575  West  Higgins  Road 

Suite  304 

Rosemont,  Illinois  60018 

Fourth  District,  E.  Jimmy  Jones 
12500  N.E.  8th  Avenue,  #3 
North  Miami,  Florida  33161 

Fifth  District,  Eugene  Shoehigh 
526  Elkwood  Mall  -  Center  Mall 
42nd  &  Center  Streets 
Omaha,  Nebraska  68105 


Sixth  District,  Dean  Sooter 

400  Main  Street  #203 
Rolla,  Missouri  65401 

Seventh  District,  H.  Paul  Johnson 
Gramark  Plaza 

12300  S.E.  Mallard  Way  #240 
Milwaukie,  Oregon  97222 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
5330-F  Power  Inn  Road 
Sacramento,  California  95820 

Ninth  District,  John  Carruthers 
5799  Yonge  Street  #807 
Willowdale,  Ontario  M2M  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 

1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 
Calgary,  Alberta,  T2K  0G3 


William  Sidell,  General  President  Emeritus 
WiLUAM  KONYHA,  General  President  Emeritus 
Peter  Terzick,  General  Treasurer  Emeritus 
Charles  E.  Nichols,  General  Treasurer  Emeritus 


Patrick  J.  Campbell,  Chairman 
John  S.  Rogers,  Secretary 

Correspondence  for  the  General  Executive  Board 
should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


Secretaries,  Please  Note 

In  processing  complaints  about 
magazine  delivery,  the  only  names 
which  the  financial  secretary  needs  to 
send  In  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are  NOT  receiving  the  magazine. 

In  sending  in  the  names  of  mem- 
bers who  are  not  getting  the  maga- 
zine, the  address  forms  mailed  out 
with  each  monthly  bill  should  be 
used.  When  a  member  clears  out  of 
one  local  union  into  another,  his 
name  Is  automatically  dropped  from 
the  mailing  list  of  the  local  union  he 
cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the  secre- 
tary of  the  union  Into  which  he  cleared 
should  forward  his  name  to  the  Gen- 
eral Secretary  so  that  this  member 
can  again  be  added  to  the  mailing  list. 

Members  who  die  or  are  suspended 
are  automatically  dropped  from  the 
mailing  list  of  Tha  Carpenter. 


PLEASE  KEEP  THE  CARPENTER  ADVISED 
OF  YOUR  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS 


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rects your  mailing  address  for  the  magazine.  It  does  not  advise  your  own 
local  union  of  your  address  change.  You  must  also  notify  your  local  union 
...  by  some  other  method. 


This  coupon  should  be  mailed  to  THE  CARPENTER, 
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NAME 


Local  No. 

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be  Riven.  Otherwise,  no  action  can 
be  taken  on  your  change  of  address. 


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VOLUME  106  No.  12  DECEMBER  1986 

UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

John  S.  Rogers,  Editor 


IN  THIS  ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

General  Convention 2 

Strong  Program  For  Industrial  Members  Outlined 5 

$250,000  UBC  Donation  Delivered  by  Campbell 6 

American  Jobs:  Up,  Up,  and  Away 9 

Rehabilitation  Tax  Credit  Changes 10 

Harvard  Law  Students  Snub  Union  Busters 10 

Patrick  J.  Campbell  Centre  Dedication 16 

Special  Convention  Section 17 

Opening  Ceremonies 18 

Keynote  Address 20 

Speakers 21 

Fraternal  Delegates 27 

Officers,  Past  and  Present 28 

Election 29 

Demonstrations .^ 30 

Busy  Convention 32 

Hearing  Test 33 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Report 7 

Labor  News  Roundup 8 

Ottawa  Report 11 

Local  Union  News 12 

Members  In  The  News 14 

Plane  Gossip 34 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 35 

Consumer  Clipboard 38 

Retirees  Notebook 39 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 40 

In  Memoriam 45 

What's  New? 47 

President's  Message Patrick  J.  Campbell  48 

Published  monthly  at  3342  Bladensburg  Road,  Brentwood,  Md.  20722  by  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
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Bells  and  their  chimes  have  symbolized 
the  Yuletide  for  centuries.  From  Christ- 
mas through  the  New  Year  they  ring  out 
sounds  of  good  cheer  and  hope  everlast- 
ing. 

The  two  gold  bells  on  our  December 
cover  are  two  of  millions  attached  to 
ribbons,  wreaths,  and  gifts  as  mementos 
of  the  season.  Seen  through  the  diffusion 
of  a  stained  glass,  the  bells  and  the  ribbon 
on  our  cover  welcome  visitors  to  the 
warmth  of  a  winter  household,  as  orna- 
mental bells  have  done  for  centuries. 

It  was  the  Chinese  who  discovered 
that  bells  could  be  tuned  and  sounded  in 
chimes.  The  earliest  chimes  were  Chinese 
stone  chimes,  sets  of  L-shaped  marble 
slabs  suspended  in  wooden  frames  and 
struck  by  mallets.  Bell  chimes  first  ap- 
peared sometime  before  2000  B.C.  Both 
stone  and  bell  chimes  have  been  a  part 
of  Chinese  temple  worship  and  secular 
music  for  centuries. 

In  the  Middle  Ages  worshipers  in 
churches  and  monasteries  sounded  bells 
by  puUing  ropes  and  swinging  huge  clap- 
pers. In  the  late  18th  century  a  keyboard 
of  levers  and  pedals  was  developed.  Dur- 
ing the  present  century  an  ivory  keyboard 
with  electric  action  came  into  play,  often 
in  conjunction  with  automatic  roll-play. 

Still  it's  the  music  of  bellringers  in 
churches  and  pageants  which  provides 
the  spirit  of  the  holidays  for  most  of  us 
across  North  America,  this  month. 

Photograph  by  F.  Sieb 
from  H.  Armstrong  Roberts 


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copies  of  our  cover  may  obtain  them  by  sending 
SO«l  in  coin  to  cover  mailing  costs  to,  The 
CARPENTER,  101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
■Washington,  D,C.  20001. 


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eneral  Convention 


The  course  you  will  follow  as  a  member 
of  the  UBC  was  charted  by  the  delegates 
who  assembled  in  Toronto  in  October 
for  our  35th  General  Convention. 


The  general  convention  of  a  labor 
union  is  the  supreme  governing  body 
of  that  union's  membership.  Bringing 
together  delegates  and  leaders  from  all 
over  the  continent,  a  general  conven- 
tion of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America  sets  the 
course  of  the  organization  for  the  years 
ahead  .  .  .  until  the  following  conven- 
tion. 

It  might  even  alter  the  course  of  the 
union  itself,  if  the  delegates  so  choose. 
It  might,  for  example,  approve  the 
merger  of  another  union,  as  the  UBC's 
34th  Convention  did  in  1978,  when 
members  of  the  Wood,  Wire,  and  Metal 


CARPENTER 


Lathers  International  Union  became 
members  of  the  Brotherhood. 

The  convention  sets  the  pohcies,  al- 
ters the  structure  of  the  union  if  nec- 
essary, and  elects  officers  for  the  com- 
ing terms. 

Delegates  often  go  to  the  convention 
with  the  instructions  of  their  local  mem- 
bership, prepared  to  make  recommen- 
dations to  their  fellow  delegates  and  to 
vote  in  certain  ways. 

Before  the  convention  ever  gets  un- 
derway, there  is  much  preliminary  work 
to  be  accomplished.  Prior  to  the  35th 
General  Convention  of  the  UBC  in 
Toronto,  Ont. ,  last  October,  the  general 


officers  held  a  series  of  regional  con- 
ferences across  the  United  States  and 
Canada  and  assessed  the  problems  fac- 
ing the  membership  in  every  district. 
Advance  convention  committees  were 
selected — a  resolutions  committee,  a 
constitution  committee,  a  committee  to 
hear  appeals  and  grievances,  and  a 
finance  committee  to  study  in  detail  the 
financial  structure  of  the  union. 

The  general  officers,  meanwhile,  pre- 
pare comprehensive  reports  of  their 
stewardship  since  the  previous  conven- 
tion. In  the  case  of  the  United  Broth- 
erhood, these  reports  are  compiled  into 
printed  booklets  and  distributed  to  the 


delegates  when  they  present  their  cre- 
dentials at  the  registration  desks  of  the 
convention. 

In  the  weeks  before  the  convention 
the  resolutions  committee  evaluates  the 
resolutions  submitted  by  local  unions 
and  councils.  One  hundred  and  fifty 
such  resolutions  were  submitted  in  ad- 
vance of  the  35th  Convention,  and  rec- 
ommendations had  to  be  made  on  each 
by  the  committee — concurrence  or  non- 
concurrence.  Proposed  changes  in  the 
Constitution  and  Laws  are  submitted 
before  a  Constitutional  deadline — 60 
days  before  the  convention — and  these 
proposals  were  printed  in  Carpenter 


Candid  views  of  the  convention:  At  top  left.  Pres- 
ident Campbell  with  Monsignor  James  Cox,  who 
delivered  the  invocation.*  Fourth  from  left  at 
top,  George  Vest  Jr.  of  Chicago,  chairman  of  the 
Constitution  Committee.*  Third  from  left  in  the 
middle,  the  Hawaiian  delegation.*  Fifth  from  left 
in  center  strip,  Tom  Ober  of  Appeals  and  Griev- 
ances.* Third  from  left  at  bottom,  General  Sec- 
retary Rogers.*  Fifth  from  left,  bottom,  Retired 
Board  Members  Leon  Greene  and  George  Ben- 
gough. 


DECEMBER     1986 


magazine  so  that  all  members  would 
have  an  opportunity  to  study  them  and 
make  recommendations  to  their  local 
delegates. 

Fifteen  other  committees  are  ap- 
pointed to  carry  on  the  work  of  the 
convention — committees  to  evaluate  the 
reports  of  the  general  officers  and  the 
general  executive  board,  committees  to 
make  recommendations  regarding  po- 
litical action,  the  use  of  the  union  label, 
apprenticeship,  and  fringe  benefits,  and 
other  areas  of  concern.  There  must  be 
wardens  and  messengers  to  handle  the 
"traffic"  details.  An  election  committee 
must  be  on  standby,  in  case  there  is  a 
contest  for  an  international  office. 

Guest  speakers  are  invited  to  the 
convention  because  what  they  have  to 
say  is  of  importance  to  the  membership 
and  the  future  of  the  union. 


After  the  preliminaries,  the  conven- 
tion gets  down  to  the  business  of  dis- 
cussing the  committee  proposals  and 
the  issues  presented.  Gradually,  a  blue- 
print for  future  action  takes  shape. 

Eventually,  officers  are  nominated 
and  elections  are  held.  In  many  cases, 
the  incumbent  officers  are  unanimously 
approved  for  additional  terms  of  serv- 
ice. 

The  host  council  and  its  affiliated 
local  unions  have  a  full  agenda  of  ac- 
tivities before,  during,  and  after  the 
convention.  They  offer  assistance  to 
the  general  secretary's  office  in  Wash- 
ington in  obtaining  housing  for  dele- 
gates and  a  convention  site.  They  confer 
with  officials  of  local  agencies  and  the 
convention  bureau  to  determine  rules 
and    regulations     regarding    parking. 


public  transportation,  first  aid,  and  se- 
curity. During  the  convention  they 
maintain  close  liaison  with  the  general 
office  staff  regarding  the  arrivals  of 
guest  speakers  and  unexpected  prob- 
lems. When  the  convention  is  over, 
they  help  to  "close  up  shop." 

An  international  convention  adds  up 
to  five  days  of  work.  Enough  words  are 
uttered  at  the  rostrum  and  at  floor 
microphones  to  fill  two  or  three  books. 
The  printed  proceedings,  made  avail- 
able to  every  local  union,  are  a  record 
of  the  actions  taken,  the  opinions  ex- 
pressed— truly  labor  democracy  in  ac- 
tion, a  summing  up  of  the  hearts  and 
minds  of  more  than  2,000  trade  union- 
ists, planning  the  future  of  the  three- 
quarters  of  a  million  craft  and  industrial 
workers  in  our  progressive  organiza- 
tion. 


CARPENTER 


strong  Program  For  Industrial  Members 
Outlined  by  Convention  Committee 


The  United  Brotherhood  was  com- 
mended for  "the  reshaping  and 
strengthening  of  programs  for  its  in- 
dustrial members." 

The  Industrial  Committee  for  the  35th 
General  Convention  noted  that  "the 
Brotherhood  is  able  to  set  programs  in 
motion  to  assist  the  membership  in 
widely  diverse  industries." 

"It  is  a  source  of  great  pride  that  this 
organization  can  accomodate  the  varied 
interests  of  loggers;  wood-product 
workers;  people  in  the  door  plants, 
cabinet  plants,  aircraft  factories,  auto 
plants,  auto  parts  plants;  and  fish  work- 
ers in  Canada,"  committee  secretary 
Charlie  Bell  told  the  delegates.  "The 
Industrial  Department  has  changed  scope 
and  purpose  since  the  last  UBC  con- 
vention, five  years  ago.  The  focus  has 
turned  toward  the  creation  of  new, 
broader  mechanisms  for  carrying  out 
industry-wide  and  company-wide  ne- 
gotiations, plus  constructing  a  support 
system  to  make  these  new  structures 
work." 

Bell  warned  that  the  wages  and  ben- 
efits of  industrial  members  are  under 
"severe  attack  from  increasingly  anti- 
union corporations.  Our  weapon  to 
combat  this  onslaught  is  to  create  an 
educated  union,  unified  and  disciplined 
membership  with  strong  and  progres- 
sive leadership  throughout  the  Broth- 
erhood." 

The  committee  made  the  following 
recommendations : 

1.  Full  support  should  be  given  to  the- 
UBC  International  Forest  Products  Confer- 
ence Board  and  its  national  subdivisions, 
the  Canadian  Forest  Products  Conference 
Board,  and  the  U.S.  Forest  Products  Bar- 
gaining Board. 

2.  Wherever  possible  and  feasible  at  the 
national,  regional,  and  council  level,  the 
department  should  facilitate  industry  meet- 
ings at  which  representatives  begin  the  proc- 
ess of  carrying  out  industrywide  or  pattern 
bargaining. 

3.  An  education  program  be  developed  for 
UBC  members  explaining  and  seeking  sup- 
port for  these  industrywide  and  company- 
wide  bargaining  strategies  and  structures. 

The  mill-cabinet  industry,  long  considered 
a  localized  custom-type  industry,  has  under- 
gone dramatic  change.  Employers  now  com- 
pete in  regional  and  national  markets 
throughout  North  America.  It  is  obvious 
from  preliminary  research  and  mill  cabinet 
seminars  that  mill-cabinet  members  face 
common  problems  and  that  greater  coordi- 
nation and  communication  is  necessary. 

To  address  these  issues,  the  Committee 
further  recommends: 

4.  The  Industrial  Department  conduct  an 


industry  survey  to  better  understand  the 
needs  of  this  important  segment  of  our  in- 
dustrial membership  and  convene  a  meeting 
of  industry  representatives  to  review  this 
survey,  as  well  as  discuss  other  common 
programs  and  solutions. 

The  Industrial  Department  is  to  be  con- 
gratulated for  the  continued  emphasis  on 
leadership  training  programs  covering  job 
steward  training,  training  programs  for  local 
union  negotiating  committees  and  special- 
ized training  programs  on  such  topics  as 
pensions,  health  care  trends,  and  bargaining 
tactics. 

To  carry  out  new  programs,  it  will  be 
necessary  to  maintain  this  past  record  of 
education  and  training  so  every  steward, 
officer,  and  representative  understands  and 
supports  these  programs. 

The  committee  further  recommends: 


Western  Council 
Praises  Support 
In  Construction 

In  a  speech  to  the  35th  General 
Convention,  Jim  Bledsoe,  executive 
secretary  of  the  Western  Council  of 
Lumber,  Production,  and  Industrial 
Workers  and  chairman  of  the  35th 
Convention  industrial  committee,  had 
high  praise  for  the  support  given  to 
the  Western  Council's  strike  and  boy- 
cott against  Louisiana-Pacific  Corp. 

"I  was  astounded  when  I  saw  con- 
struction carpenters  throughout  the 
breadth  and  scope  of  the  United  States 
of  America  doing  a  job  for  industrial 
people  on  picket  lines  in  front  of 
stores  that  were  handling  Louisiana 
Pacific  products." 

He  also  commended  "the  impres- 
sive program  put  on  by  the  District 
Council  of  New  York  City"  when  a 
rally  was  held  on  Wall  Street  in  1984 
to  focus  attention  on  Louisiana-Pa- 
cific stock  and  its  corporate  practices. 

He  suggested  that  the  days  are  past 
when  industries  such  as  the  forest 
products  industry  can  negotiate  on  a 
local  or  regional  basis.  He  pointed 
out  that  major  forest  products  cor- 
porations are  multinational.  "They're 
in  the  West;  they're  in  the  South: 
they're  in  the  East;  they're  ia  Can- 
ada." 

"We  need  to  have  a  bargaining 
structure  for  industrial  unions  facing 
common  employers  in  a  common  in- 
dustry that  transcends  state,  provin- 
cial, and  national  lines.  We  don't  need 
to  shrink  back  to  our  borders.  We 
tried  it.  It  didn't  work." 


5.  The  Industrial  Department  continue 
present  training  programs  and  expand  these 
materials  to  include  a  new  leadership  training 
program  that  is  comprehensive  in  nature  .  .  . 

6.  A  program  for  local  action  be  developed 
for  the  industrial  sector,  and  the  program 
should  then  be  presented  and  implemented 
throughout  North  America. 

7.  When  small  industrial  locals  are  not 
able  to  adequately  represent  their  members 
or  to  organize  new  members,  they  should 
be  encouraged  to  merge  with  othe/  industrial 
local  unions  to  form  more  effective  organi- 
zations. 

The  report  of  the  Industrial  Committee  to 
the  34th  General  Convention  held  in  Chicago 
recommended  the  creation  of  an  Industrial 
Advisory  Committee  to  advise  the  general 
president  on  policies  and  strategies  concern- 
ing industrial  membership.  We  further  rec- 
ommend that: 

8.  The  UBC  support  the  continuation  of 
this  committee  and  recommend  meetings  be 
held  on  an  ongoing  basis  to  review  in  more 
detail  the  Industrial  Department's  programs. 

9.  The  committee  supports  programs  di- 
rected towards  full  coordination  and  joint 
tactics  of  collective  bargaining  and  organiz- 
ing among  unions  representing  forest  indus- 
try workers  .  .  . 

10.  The  Industrial  Committee  endorses 
and  supports  the  concept  of  a  special  defense 
fund,  created  from  the  United  Brotherhood 
of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America  general 
fund,  to  defend  and  advance  the  interests  of 
UBC  members  against  blatant  and  obnox- 
ious attacks  from  greedy  corporate  interests 

11.  The  Industrial  Committee  urges  con- 
tinued support  for  an  independent  Special 
Projects  Department  to  carry  out  programs 
for  the  industrial  section  as  well  as  the 
construction  section. 

12.  We  commend  the  general  officers  for 
their  steadfast  and  unyielding  support  of  the 
Louisiana-Pacific  strikers  with  a  national 
boycott  and  a  wide  assortment  of  other 
economic  tactics.  We  urge  that  these  pres- 
sures be  continued  until  an  acceptable  res- 
olution is  achieved  to  serve  as  notice  to  any 
other  corporation  considering  similar  action. 

13.  The  Committee  recommends  further 
that  every  effort  be  made  to  educate  the 
entire  industrial  membership  concerning  the 
potential,  the  effectiveness,  and  the  work- 
ings of  these  "corporate"  and  general  eco- 
nomic strategies  so  they  will  support  them 
and  help  carry  them  out. 

14.  Since  pension  funds  are  shareholders 
of  major  corporations  and  provide  a  means 
of  influencing  corporate  behavior,  the  Com- 
mittee supports  the  notion  of  closer  working 
relationships  between  jointly  administered 
funds  in  the  industrial  and  construction  sec- 
tors and  other  funds,  such  as  public  em- 
ployee funds,  in  order  to  increase  leverage 
in  these  corporate  campaigns. 


DECEMBER     1986 


Raffle  winner  Dale  Hagslrom,  Local  2028  financial  secretary  and  business  representa- 
tive, gets  a  hand  with  his  new  jacket  from  Rudy  Clay  of  the  fourth  district,  while  First 
General  Vice  President  Sigurd  Lucassen.  far  left,  and  William  Nipper,  sixth  district, 
look  on. 

Convention  Spurs  'Blueprint'  Donations 

Quarter  Million  Dollar  UBC 
Donation  Delivered  by  Campbell 


Brotherhood  members  at  the  UBC's 
35th  General  Convention  made  a  point 
to  attend  not  only  to  their  own  concerns 
but  to  the  concerns  of  others.  Over 
$37,000,  collected  by  two  groups,  was 
presented  for  the  Diabetes  Blueprint  for 
Cure  fund  during  convention  proceed- 
ings. 

Pete  McNeil,  a  sixth  district  general 
representative  from  Austin,  Tex.,  raf- 
fled off  a  jacket  covered  with  pins  and 
badges  from  conventions  as  early  as 
the  UBC  convention  in  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
in  1958.  That  raffle  raised  $14,600.  The 
jacket  weighed  10'/4  lbs.  when  it  was 
presented  to  the  raffle  winner.  Dale 
Hagstrom,  Local  2028,  Grand  Forks, 
N.D.,  who  pledged  to  return  the  jacket 
for  raffling  at  the  next  convention. 

H.  H.  "Skip"  Landry  Jr.,  executive 
secretary  of  the  Santa  Clara  Valley, 
Calif.,  District  Council,  contributed 
$17,700  from  an  additional  raffle  con- 
ducted in  California. 

Convention  attendants  also  heard  from 
three  guests  on  behalf  of  the  Diabetes 
Research  Institute  in  Miami,  Fla. 

Mike  Berezin,  executive  director  of 
the  Diabetes  Research  Institute  Foun- 
dation, spoke  of  the  origins  of  the  foun- 
dation, the  growth  of  the  drive  to  build 
the  research  institute,  and  the  progress 
that's  been  made  as  a  result  of  the 
Building  Trades"  commitment  to  the 
project. 

Gary  Kleiman,  a  living  testimony  to 
recent  advances  in  treatment  for  dia- 
betes sufferers,  spoke  of  his  experi- 


ences since  being  diagnosed  with  dia- 
betes at  the  age  of  6'/:. 

Dr.  Dan  Mintz  of  the  Diabetes  Re- 
search Institute  spoke  "not  as  a  sci- 
entist hoping  for  a  cure,"  but  "as  a 
human  being  [thanking]  you  for  millions 
and  millions  of  parents  who  have  suf- 
fered some  of  the  ravages  of  the  disease 
and  the  children  who  are  beginning  to 
hope  that  there  is  a  different  future  for 
them  than  the  past." 

UBC  President  Patrick  Campbell 
pledged  to  "keep  on  going.  The  Broth- 
erhood of  Carpenters  will  make  sure 
that  we  build  that  research  laboratory." 

"We  need  $10  million  to  get  off  the 
Continued  on  page  46 


Recent  contributions  to  Blueprint 
for  Cure  came  from: 

44,  Champaign,  Illinois 

131,  Seattle,  Washington 

149,  Tarrytown,  New  York 

469,  Cheyenne,  Wyoming 

658,  Millinocket,  Maine 

1026,  Miami,  Florida 

1280,  Mountain  View,  California 

1338,  Charlottetown,  P.E.I. 

1772,  Hicksville,  New  York 

Richard  J.  Reese  Assoc,  Inc. 

George  Badaracco 

David  Brown 

William  A.  Devins 

Douglas  D.  Dole 

Chester  Flechsig 

Francis  M.  Lamph 

Sigurd  Lucassen 

Kenneth  W.  Molock 

George  Zurow 

Local  462,  Greensburg,  Pennsylvania 

Local  1 100,  Flagstaff,  Arizona 

Harold  Baggarly 

Michael  Corbo 

Francis  Lamph 

Gary  E.  Knapp 

Empire  State  Consulting 

Sonora  Moose  Lodge  No.  2183 

Pete  McNeil's  jacket  raffle 

Santa  Clara  Valley,  Calif.,  D.C. 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 

Lowell  M.  King 


Local  203.  Poughkeepsie,  N.Y.,  donated 
the  $20,000  proceeds  from  its  recent  lOOlh 
anniversaiy  dinner  to  Blueprint  for  Cure. 
Business  Representative  Stewart  Malcolm, 
left,  presented  a  $20,000  check  to  Presi- 
dent Campbell  and  First  District  Board 
Member  Joe  Lia  following  the  event. 


On  "Pete  McNeil's  Jacket  Raffle  Detail"  were,  from  left.  Representatives  McNeil.  Sixth 
District:  Rudy  Clay.  Fourth  District:  Gilbert  Vigil.  Eighth  District:  an  unidentified  sup- 
porter: Gene  Hill.  Fourth  District:  William  Nipper.  Fourth  District:  Ed  McGuffey,  Fourth 
District:  Kevin  Thompson.  First  District:  and  George  Henegar.  Fourth  District. 


CARPENTER 


Washington 
Report 


REMODELING  RECORDS  SET 

Residential  remodeling  reached  record  levels  last 
year  as  Americans  spent  $80.3  billion  to  improve 
and  repair  their  homes,  according  to  the  National 
Association  of  Home  Builders. 

Remodeling  activity  has  soared  78% — from  $45 
billion  to  $80.3  billion — in  the  past  four  years,  at 
least  in  part  because  sales  of  new  and  existing 
homes  have  been  so  strong. 

Total  remodeling  expenditures  reached  the  high- 
est quarterly  figure  ever  recorded — $90.6  billion  on 
an  annual  basis — in  the  last  quarter  of  1985. 

The  1985  figures,  which  were  compiled  by  the 
U.S.  Bureau  of  the  Census,  showed  a  22%  in- 
crease in  maintenance  and  repairs,  a  23.5%  in- 
crease in  major  replacements  such  as  a  roof  or 
new  furnace  and  a  34%  decrease  in  additions. 


ANTI-LABOR  FIVE 

In  Washington,  D.C.,  the  ultra-conservatives  have 
selected  the  five  most  reactionary  members  of  Con- 
gress— men  whose  records  are  100%  anti-labor 
and  100%  anti-liberal.  The  five,  all  Republicans  and 
chosen  by  the  ultra-conservative  American  Con- 
servative Union,  are  James  McClure  and  Steve 
Symms,  of  Idaho;  Nevada's  Chic  Hecht;  Utah's 
Jake  Garn,  and  Jesse  Helms  of  North  Carolina. 
Liberal  Democrats,  as  might  be  expected,  were 
ranked  a  zero;  they  included  Gary  Hart  of  Colorado 
and  Howard  Metzenbaum  of  Ohio. 


AIRLINE  WORKERS'  PROTECTION 

A  recent  House  of  Representatives  vote  resulted 
in  a  329  to  72  win  for  airline  employees.  The  House 
voted  to  amend  the  Federal  Aviation  Act  to  require 
the  Department  of  Transportation  to  invoke  labor 
protection  provisions  when  approving  airline  merg- 
ers. The  provisions  use  seniority  as  a  guideline  for 
integrating  the  work  forces  of  the  merged  airlines. 

The  bill  was  opposed  by  the  airline  industry  and 
the  U.S.  Chamber  of  Commerce,  which  said  it 
would  impose  burdensome  costs  on  airlines  at- 
tempting to  merge.  Supporters  say  that  the  legisla- 
tion is  needed  because  DOT  has  failed  to  invoke 
these  provisions  in  recent  mergers. 


FORCED  RETIREMENT  ENDS 

Legislation  to  remove  the  mandatory  retirement 
age  of  70  for  most  of  the  nation's  private  sector 
workers  has  been  unanimously  approved  by  Con- 
gress and  was  signed  into  taw  by  President  Reagan. 
"This  legislation  is  a  historic  step  forward  in  guaran- 
teeing tine  elderly  of  this  nation  and  the  future  el- 
derly a  fundamental  civil  right — the  right  to  work  as 
long  as  they  are  willing  and  able,"  Rep.  Claude 
Pepper  (D-FIa),  the  86-year-old  congressman,  who 
was  the  main  author  of  the  bill  (H.R.  4154),  says. 
The  bill  marks  the  first  major  change  in  the  Age 
Discrimination  in  Employment  Act  since  1968. 

With  one  exception,  the  bill  is  essentially  the 
same  as  that  passed  by  the  House  in  late  Septem- 
ber. The  House,  recognizing  that  many  states  and 
localities  have  mandatory  retirement  ages  for  public 
safety  personnel — police,  firefighters,  and  prison 
guards — originally  voted  to  allow  that  practice  to 
continue  indefinitely,  while  removing  the  age  cap  for 
other  workers.  But  the  Senate,  in  behind-the-scenes 
negotiations,  limited  the  continuation  of  mandatory 
retirement  practices  to  a  period  of  seven  years  from 
Jan.  1,  1987,  the  effective  date  of  the  bill,  and 
included  tenured  academic  faculty  in  the  seven-year 
limit  as  well. 

By  removing  the  upper  age  limit,  the  bill  also 
requires  covered  employers  to  continue  the  same 
group  health  insurance  for  workers  over  age  70  as 
is  offered  to  younger  workers. 


KOREAN  VETERANS  MEMORIAL 

The  Senate  Subcommittee  on  Public  Lands  has 
approved  a  bill  to  construct  a  Korean  War  Veterans 
Memorial.  The  measure  calls  for  construction  of  a 
memorial  in  Washington,  D.C.,  under  the  direction 
of  the  American  Battle  Monuments  Commission. 

Public  funding  of  $1  million  is  authorized  with  an 
overall  estimated  cost  of  $3.5  million.  Public  contri- 
butions will  be  solicited. 

The  President  will  appoint  a  Korean  War  Veter- 
ans Memorial  Advisory  Board  to  consist  of  1 2  veter- 
ans of  the  war.  They  will  be  responsible  for  recom- 
mending a  site  and  design  for  the  memorial,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  American  Battle  Monuments 
Commission. 


MORE  WORKING  TWO  JOBS 

About  5.7  million  persons  were  working  at  more 
than  one  job  in  1985,  according  to  findings  from  a 
special  survey  released  by  the  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics  of  the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor.  The  dual 
jobholding  rate — 5.4% — was  up  from  4.9%  in  1980 
and  was  at  its  highest  level  in  over  two  decades. 

As  was  also  reported  in  this  survey  on  work  pat- 
terns, about  9  million  persons  worked  at  home  for  8 
or  more  hours  a  week  as  part  of  their  regular  jobs; 
nearly  30  million  usually  worked  on  Saturday;  and 
about  23  million  had  jobs  entailing  either  shift  work 
or  schedules  outside  the  normal  daylight  hours. 

This  data  was  obtained  through  special  questions 
asked  in  conjunction  with  the  May  1985  Current 
Population  Survey,  the  monthly  survey  of  about 
59,500  households  which  provides  the  basic  labor 
force  and  unemployment  data  for  the  nation. 


DECEMBER     1986 


Labor  News 
Roundup 


Labor  Department 
grants  $2.1  million 
for  displaced  workers 

The  Labor  Department  recently  granted 
$2.1  million  for  retraining  and  other  as- 
sistance to  displaced  workers  in  Texas, 
Kansas,  and  New  York  under  the  Job 
Training  Partnership  Act's  Title  III  pro- 
gram. 

The  Houston-Galveston  Area  Private 
Industry  Council  will  receive  $800,000  to 
assist  up  to  ."170  workers  dislocated  from 
the  oil  and  gas  drilling,  manufacturing, 
and  construction  industries. 

The  Rochester/Monroe  Private  Indus- 
try Council  in  New  York  will  receive 
$800,000  to  assist  up  to  615  workers  laid 
off  from  Eastman  Kodak  and  seven  other 
firms.  New  York's  Chemung,  Schuyler, 
Steuben  Private  Industry  Council  will  get 
$300,000  to  assist  up  to  100  workers  laid 
off  in  a  number  of  small  plant  closings. 

The  Kansas  Department  of  Human 
Resources  will  receive  $200,000  to  assist 
up  to  150  dislocated  oil  and  gas  workers 
and  workers  who  produce  equipment  for 
the  oil  and  gas  industry. 


Single-family 
homes  almost 
one-third  manufactured 

Almost  one-third  of  all  new  single- 
family  homes  sold  in  America  last  year 
were  manufactured  homes,  according  to 
the  Manufactured  Housing  Institute.  The 
association  says  that  deliveries  of  man- 
ufactured homes  in  the  Northeast  during 
the  first  six  months  of  1986  were  up  10% 
over  last  year.  The  East  North  Central 
region  saw  a  3.8%  rise. 


Drug-testing 
clause  not 
enforceable 

A  federal  arbitrator  in  Chicago  has 
ruled  that  drug-testing  clauses  written 
into  the  contracts  between  professional 
baseball  players  and  the  multimillionaire 
club  owners  are  not  enforceable.  Said 
Don  Fehr,  executive  director  of  the  union's 
Major  League  Players  Association,  "The 
clubs  may  not  get  the  test  results  by 
bypassing  the  union.  They  must  go  through 
the  union.  The  tests  are  therefore  not 
valid." 


OSHA  proposes 
toxic  chemical 
exposure  standard 

The  Occupational  Safety  and  Health 
Administration  has  proposed  a  new 
standard  covering  toxic  chemical  expo- 
sure for  some  one  million  laboratory 
workers.  Under  the  proposal,  laborato- 
ries would  be  required  to  develop  a 
hygiene  plan  to  prevent  overexposure, 
expand  the  number  of  chemicals  covered 
by  the  rule,  and  exempt  labs  from  routine 
medical  surveillance  and  record-keeping 
requirements  to  reduce  costs.  The  rule 
would  apply  to  labs  classified  as  indus- 
trial, clinical,  or  academic.  Dental,  vet- 
erinary, and  group  health  facilities  would 
be  exempt. 


Labor  educators 
sponsor  education 
essay  contest 

Workers  Education  Local  189,  the  old- 
est association  of  labor  educators  in  the 
nation,  is  sponsoring  a  nationwide  essay 
contest  on  the  topic,  "How  has  union  or 
university  labor  education  helped  me  to 
become  a  more  effective  union  leader  or 
active  member." 

The  contest  is  open  to  all  union  mem- 
bers who  have  participated  in  a  union  or 
university-sponsored  labor  education 
class,  conference,  or  summer  school.  The 
entry  deadline  for  the  1,000  to  1,500- 
word  essays  is  Feb.  I,  1987. 

The  first  place  prize  is  $200,  second 
prize  is  $100,  and  third  prize  offers  $50. 
A  panel  of  three  nationally  known  labor 
educators  will  judge  the  entries. 

For  an  entry  application,  write  to: 
Local  189  Contest,  c/o  Stanley  Rosen, 
Chicago  Labor  Education  Program  (m/c 
216).  University  of  Illinois,  P.O.  Box 
4348,  Chicago,  IL  60680.  Or  call  (312) 
996-2623. 


Salem  sworn  as 
Labor  Department 
solicitor 

George  R.  Salem  was  sworn  in  as 
Solicitor  of  Labor  by  Labor  Secretary 
William  E.  Brock.  Salem  served  as  acting 
solicitor  since  last  December  and  as  dep- 
uty solicitor  since  joining  the  Labor  De- 
partment in  April  1985. 

Before  joining  the  department,  Salem, 
32,  worked  eight  years  for  the  labor 
relations  law  firm  of  Thompson,  Mann 
and  Hutson.  In  1984,  Salem  served  as 
executive  director  of  the  Ethnic  Voters 
Division  of  Reagan-Bush  '84. 


N.Y.  signs 

compact  for  interstate 

wage  collections 

New  York  State  Labor  Commissioner 
Lillian  Roberts  recently  signed  a  recip- 
rocal agreement  with  the  state  of  Cali- 
fornia for  the  collection  of  back  wages 
owed  to  workers  by  their  employers. 

Through  legislation  signed  by  Gov. 
Mario  M.  Cuomo,  the  New  York  State 
Commissioner  of  Labor  was  given  the 
authority  to  enter  into  reciprocal  agree- 
ments with  other  states  for  the  collection 
of  back  wages  and  fringe  benefits.  This 
is  the  first  agreement  under  that  legisla- 
tion. 

Under  the  agreement,  if  a  New  York 
employer  leaves  the  state  owing  employ- 
ees back  wages  or  fringe  benefits  and 
either  relocates  or  has  assets  in  Califor- 
nia, the  California  Department  of  Indus- 
trial Relations  now  has  the  legal  authority 
to  attempt  to  collect  the  money  owed  on 
behalf  of  the  employees. 

Conversely,  if  a  California  employer 
relocates  to  or  has  assets  in  New  York 
and  owes  former  employees  back  wages, 
the  New  York  State  Department  of  Labor 
has  the  legal  authority  to  collect  the 
money  owed  to  the  former  workers  in 
California, 


Union  members 
asked  to  support 
Molson  boycott 

International  Longshoremen's  and 
Warehousemen's  Union  Local  6,  Bris- 
bane, Calif.,  has  asked  union  members 
to  support  a  boycott  of  Molson  Golden 
Ale,  brewed  by  the  Canadian-based  Mol- 
son Companies.  Ltd.  The  union  charged 
Molson  is  pursuing  union-busting  strat- 
egies at  the  Oxford  Chemical  Co.,  which 
Molson  took  over  in  1983.  The  ILWU 
said  Molson  has  stalled  on  a  new  contract 
and  hired  the  anti-union  law  firm.  Littler, 
Mendelson,  Fastiff  and  Tichy,  the  same 
firm  called  in  to  contribute  expertise  to 
Nord  Door  Inc.'s  union-busting  activi- 
ties. 


Sheet  Metal  contract 
nullified  because  of 
double-breasted  sub 

Building  Tradesmen  in  the  Los  Ange- 
les, Calif.,  Orlando,  Fla.,  and  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.,  areas  are  being  notified  by  the  Sheet 
Metal  Workers  International  Association 
that  the  union  has  nullified  its  collective 
bargaining  agreement  with  Limbach 
(Western  Air),  one  of  the  nation's  largest 
sheet  metal  contractors,  the  reason:  Lim- 
bach has  a  subsidiary  that  has  a  double- 
breasted  operation. 


CARPENTER 


COirie  tb 


Where  Mexican 
business  and  American 
business  can  rise  to 
new  heights. 


UP!  UP!  and  AWAY! 

The  U.S.  Commerce  Department 
promotes  the  movement 
of  American  jobs  to  Mexico 
. . .  with  your  tax  money! 


A  promotional  leaflet  distributed  by  the  U.S.  De- 
partment of  Commerce  to  encourage  American 
participation  in  a  trade  exposition  in  Acapulco, 
Me.xico,  designed  to  show  that  labor  costs  are 
cheaper  south  of  the  border. 


Believe  it  or  not,  the  U.S.  Department  of 
Commerce  in  Washington  has  promoted  an 
industrial  show  in  Acapulco,  Mexico,  this 
month,  designed  to  "lure"  American  indus- 
tries to  Mexico  .  .  .  which  means,  in  simple 
terms ,  promoting  the  movement  of  U . S .  jobs 
out  of  the  country. 

The  trade  show,  scheduled  for  December 
3-5,  means  that  the  Reagan  Administration 
is  promoting  "maquiladoras"  (literally 
"golden  mills") — plants  operated  by  Amer- 
ican firms  in  Mexico  which  assemble  com- 
ponents for  final  sale  in  the  United  States. 
According  to  a  brochure  being  distributed 
to  investors  and  manufacturers,  there  will 
be  seminars  and  workshops  on  "utilizing 
low-cost  foreign  labor  in  assembly  of  prod- 
ucts for  re-export"  to  the  United  States. 

The  United  Brotherhood,  through  its  leg- 
islative department,  has  written  to  every 
U.S.  senator  and  congressman  protesting 
the  action  by  the  cabinet  agency.  Congress- 
man Jim  Florio  of  New  Jersey,  chairman  of 
the  House  Subcommittee  on  Commerce, 
Transportation,  and  Tourism,  has  written  to 
the  U.S.  Comptroller  General,  warning  that 
such  use  of  taxpayer  funds  "must  end  once 
and  for  all." 

Sen.  John  Glenn  of  Ohio  wrote  to  General 
President  Patrick  J.  Campbell,  thanking  the 
Brotherhood  for  calling  his  attention  to  the 
Commerce  Department  action  and  stating: 
"I  share  your  outrage  over  the  use  of  Amer- 
ican tax  dollars  for  the  promotion  of  foreign 
industries.  At  a  time  when  our  trade  deficit 
is  heading  toward  an  all-time  record  $170 
billion,  and  millions  of  American  workers 
have  lost  their  jobs  due  to  unfair  foreign 
trading  practices,  it  is  inconceivable  that  the 
Department  of  Commerce  is  attempting  to 
move  even  more  American  jobs  abroad." 

Fortunately,  because  of  organized  labor's 
alertness  to  current  trade  legislation,  a  Con- 
tinuing Resolution  which  passed  Congress 
before  its  adjournment  contained  a  provision 
prohibiting  the  Commerce  Department  from 
spending  any  funds  to  sponsor  trade  exhi- 
bitions which  feature  the  advantages  of  for- 


eign companies  and  cheap  labor  overseas. 

Unfortunately,  the  deed  is  done.  U.S. 
taxpayers  paid  for  120,000  flyers  to  U.S. 
companies,  pushing  the  Acapulco  exposi- 
tion. They  were  targeted  to  a  variety  of 
companies — textile  and  clothing  manufac- 
turers, radio  and  television,  electrical  and 
electronic,  leather  goods,  wood  products, 
telephone  and  telegraph,  appliance,  and  toy 
manufacturers. 

Hundreds  of  big-name  American  compa- 
nies have  responded,  including  General  Mo- 
tors, Ford,  Chrysler,  Eaton,  Allied  Signal, 
Dresser,  Union  Carbide,  Rockwell  Interna- 
tional, clothing  companies,  toy  manufactur- 
ers, and  dozens  of  others. 

U.S. -owned  Maquiladoras  number  nearly 
1 ,000,  and  employ  close  to  250,000  workers. 
Only  20%  of  their  output  actually  stays  in 
Mexico. 

American  firms  are  the  principal  users  of 
the  Mexican  plants,  and  account  for  96%  of 
the  $2  billion  foreign  investment  that  has 
been  made  in  maquiladoras  in  the  past  dec- 
ade. 


The  Brotherhood's  action 
against  the  Commerce  Depart- 
ment's promotion  of  Expo- 
Maquila  is  another  instance  in 
which  your  union  was  at  the 
cutting  edge  in  preventing  unfair 
government  action  against 
American  workers.  The  UBC's 
legislative  department  will  be 
alert  to  legislation  in  your  inter- 
est when  the  100th  Congress 
convenes. 


MAQUILADORA 
MAQUILADORA 

MAQUILADORA 

72t  AN  HOUR 

The  cufrani  wage  rals,  Including  frlngeB,  In  a  MEXICO 

MAQUILADORA  pitnl  on  the  TEXAS  MEXICO  bord«r  la  aa 

low  as  S0.72  US   per  hour  A  MAQUILADORA  plant 

can  give  your  company  Ihfl  comp«1ltlwa  «dO«. 

For  mora  intotmalton,  c«ll  or  writa: 


^M- 


An  Amerlctn  Company  ctaated  lliaclKcOty  to  provide  a 

sInglQ  source  (or  you  ind  otiKr  US  Manuraclurorf  lo 

taks  advanlaga  ol  Mailco't  Maqulladora  program. 

PO  Drawer  720009 

Mtftinn.  Ttmi,  raw 


The  lure  of 
720  an  hour 

A  leaflet  distributed  by  a  com- 
pany called  Valcon  International, 
operating  out  of  a  post  office 
drawer  in  McAllen.  Tex.,  on  the 
Mexican  border — a  firm  which  de- 
scribes itself  as  "an  American  com- 
pany created  specifically  to  provide 
a  single  source  for  you  and  other 
U.S.  manufacturers  to  take  advan- 
tage of  Mexico's  Maquiladora  Pro- 
gram." 

The  leaflet  stales  "The  current 
wage  rale,  including  fringes,  in  a 
Mexico  Maquiladora  plant  on  the 
Texas-Mexico  border  is  as  low  as 
72<f  U.S.  per  hour.  A  Maquiladora 
plant  can  give  your  company  the 
competitive  edge." 


DECEMBER     1986 


Rehab  Tax  Credit 
Changes  Begin 
Next  IVIonth 


Special  tax  breaks  for  old  homes  are 
withering  away  just  as  many  of  the  old 
structures  they  were  designed  to  protect, 
says  a  Texas  A&M  University  accounting 
professor. 

That  should  concern  Americans  who  re- 
habilitate old  buildings  and  use  them  for 
commercial  purposes  or  rental  property,  said 
Dr.  Larry  Crumbley. 

"Generally,  all  structures  must  be  income 
producing,  or  used  for  commercial  purposes, 
before  realizing  tax  advantages."  said  the 
certified  public  accountant  and  professor  in 
Texas  A&M's  College  of  Business  Admin- 
istration, although  buildings  designated  as 
historic  structures  qualify  regardless  of  how 
they  are  used. 

Crumbley  said  people  interested  in  ob- 
taining tax  breaks  for  rehabilitating  old  homes 
should  first  contact  their  local  historical 
society  or  slate  commission,  such  as  the 
Texas  Historical  Commission  in  Austin,  to 
make  sure  the  home  qualifies. 

"Submit  plans  for  approval  before  begin- 
ning the  work."  he  stressed.  "You  want  to 
rehabilitate  with  care  to  enhance  the  struc- 
ture's historic  value,  besides  guaranteeing 
the  tax  advantages." 

Under  current  law.  a  15%  lax  credit  is 
allowed  to  rehabilitate  nonresidential  build- 
ings 30  to  40  years  old.  a  20%  credit  could 
be  used  for  those  older  than  40  years  and  a 
25%  tax  break  is  allowed  for  a  historic 
structure  of  any  age. 

Under  the  new  law.  effective  January  1. 
a  20%  tax  credit  is  allowed  for  rehabilitating 
certified  historic  structures  and  10%  is  al- 
lowed for  rehabilitating  buildings,  other  than 
historic  structures,  originally  placed  in  serv- 
ice before  19.36. 

"The  tax  breaks  apply  only  to  rehabili- 
tation. They  can't  be  obtained  for  purchasing 
or  enlarging  an  old  house."  Crumbley  pointed 
out. 

To  realize  the  breaks,  the  old  structures 
must  retain  at  least  15%  of  their  existing 
exterior  walls  (with  .50%  still  used  as  external 
walls)  and  75%  of  (he  internal  structural 
framework.  A  completely  gutted  building 
cannot  qualify  for  the  rehabilitation  credit. 

Also,  the  rehabilitation  costs  must  be  more 
than  $5,000  or  must  exceed  the  adjusted 
basis  of  the  building,  whichever  is  greater, 
he  said.  The  adjusted  basis  refers  to  the 
value  of  the  building  after  deducting  the  cost 
of  the  land  and  any  depreciation  taken  before 
renovation. 

"If  the  building  has  an  adjusted  basis  of 
$15,000.  you  would  have  to  put  in  at  least 
$15,000  before  you  could  realize  any  of  these 
tax  credits."  Crumbley  said.  "The  rehabil- 
itation work  itself  must  meet  the  Secretary 
of  Interior's  Standards  for  Rehabilitation,  a 
broadly-worded  guide  for  rehabilitating  hiis- 
toric  buildings."  he  said. 

"That's  not  all."  continued  the  Texas 
A&M  accountant.  "The  new  law  requires 
that  the  adjusted  basis  used  to  calculate 
future  depreciation  must  be  reduced  by  the 


July  31 ,  1986.  was  pioclaiincJ  Charles  Eis 
Day  in  Abilene,  Kiin.  Picliircd  above  is 
Mayor  Anne  Robson.  rinht.  presenting  Eis 
with  a  Certificate  of  Recognition  for  his 
continued  public  service. 


Brother  Charles  Eis: 
Newsweek  American  Hero 


This  year  marks  a  decade  since  retired 
carpenter  Charles  Eis.  Local  1095.  Salina. 
Kan.,  started  playing  Santa's  helper  for  300 
poor  children  in  Abilene.  Kan.  Eis,  who  was 
profiled  as  one  of  "One  Hundred  American 
Heroes"  in  Newsweek'^  special  Statue  of 
Liberty  Collector's  Edition  this  past  sum- 
mer, spends  his  time  scavenging  rejects  and 
broken  toys  from  a  retail  chain  and  replacing 
or  repairing  their  parts  and  pieces  to  give  as 
Christmas  gifts  to  the  needy  children  in  the 
area. 

Eis  has  been  salvaging  and  repairing  toys 
since  way  back  in  his  parenting  days  when 
he  scoured  the  alleys  of  Abilene  for  broken 
playthings  and  repaired  them  for  his  two 
sons.  The  81-year  old  proudly  boasts  that 
they  never  had  a  store-bought  toy. 

Today,  the  scope  of  Eis'  project  has  grown 
incredibly.  The  local  Elks  Lodge  approached 
him  ten  years  ago  about  repairing  toys  as 
Christmas  gifts  for  needy  children.  After 
three  years  of  the  salvage  project,  the  Elks 
dropped  out,  but  not  Brother  Eis. 

He  needs  part-time  help  to  keep  up  with 
the  volume  of  1 .000  toys  a  year,  and  his 
basement  shed  and  garage  are  overflowing 
with  toys  and  parts.  Eis  estimates  that  he 
spends  $500-$600  a  year  on  replacement 
parts — a  little  expansive  with  him  and  his 
wife  relying  on  social  security  these  days. 
But  he  doesn'l  want  to  disappoint  the  little 
ones  who  look  forward  to  his  toys  all  year — 
they  wouldn't  have  a  Christmas  without  this 
Santa's  helper. 

Brother  Eis  was  recently  awarded  a  cer- 
tificate of  recognition  by  the  United  Broth- 
erhood in  appreciation  of  his  efforts  and 
accomplishments. 


full  amount  of  the  credit  taken.  Straight-line 
depreciation  also  must  be  used  for  all  re- 
habilitation expenditures  added  to  the  orig- 
inal cost  of  the  building." 

The  tax  rules  are  spelled  out  in  the  1986 
Tax  Reform  Act  recently  passed  by  Con- 
gress, he  said. 


Harvard  Law 
Students  Snub 
Union  Busters 


Many  of  the  nation's  "best  and  brightest" 
law  school  students  are  passing  up  job  op- 
portunities with  union-busting  law  firms. 

At  Harvard,  more  than  200  students  de- 
clared their  refusal  to  consider  employment 
with  five  law  firms  the  AFL-CIO  has  iden- 
tified as  active  participants  in  management 
campaigns  that  prevent  workers  from  orga- 
nizing unions  or  scheme  to  decertify  existing 
unions. 

Talent  recruiters  from  the  nation's  biggest 
law  firms  visit  Harvard  and  other  high- 
prestige  law  schools,  and  competition  for 
top  students  is  often  intense. 

A  spokesman  for  the  law  student  boycott. 
Paul  S.  Bamberger,  stressed  the  distinction 
between  firms  that  represent  management 
as  part  of  a  normal  lawyer-client  relationship 
and  those  that  take  on  the  job  of  fighting 
unions. 

The  AFL-CIO  Department  of  Organiza- 
tion and  Field  Services,  which  keeps  tabs 
on  professional  union-busters,  had  these 
comments  on  the  firms  being  shunned  by 
the  law  students: 

Littler.  Mendelson.  Fastiff  and  Tichy  is  a 
large  San  Francisco-based  firm  that  has  held 
seminars  on  how  to  resist  organizing  cam- 
paigns. It  has  been  reprimanded  and  fined 
in  federal  court  for  filing  a  frivolous  and 
harassing  lawsuit  against  Local  3  of  the 
Operating  Engineers.  Campaigns  in  which  it 
has  been  involved  have  been  marked  by 
unfair  labor  practices. 

Morgan.  Lewis  and  Bockius  of  Philadel- 
phia is  described  in  organizing  reports  as 
"the  behind-the-scenes  director  of  coercive 
and  intimidating  campaigns."  including  tac- 
tics such  as  management  warnings  of  losses 
of  wages  and  benefits  if  workers  vote  for 
union  representation. 

Bond.  Schoeneck  and  King  of  Syracuse. 
N.Y..  is  identified  with  campaigns  that  prompt 
supervisors  to  warn  workers  that  the  only 
concern  of  unions  "is  to  get  dues  money 
from  workers  "  and  that  union  organization 
will  force  a  strike  or  result  in  plant  closings. 

Seyfarth.  Shaw.  Fairweather  and  Gerald- 
son  of  Chicago  has  actively  participated  in 
efforts  to  decertify  unions,  and  the  AFL- 
CIO's  National  Organizing  Coordinating 
Committee  notes  a  pattern  of  strikes  follow- 
ing employment  of  this  law  firm.  Many  of 
these  strikes,  it  says,  result  from  "a  man- 
agement-planned impasse  in  bargaining, 
where  the  strike  becomes  the  weapon  of 
management  rather  than  the  union." 

Vedder.  Price.  Kaufman  and  Kammholz 
of  Chicago  typically  "tries  to  scare  the 
workers  to  death  about  the  inevitability  of 
strikes  and  violence,"  AFL-CIO  records 
show.  In  a  typical  campaign  in  which  it  is 
involved,  supervisors  are  told  to  tell  em- 
ployees that  a  common  way  unions  "force 
members  to  obey  union  orders"  is  to  "put 
the  member  on  trial  and  force  the  member 
to  pay  a  fine." 

Several  of  the  firms  also  have  offices  in 
cities  other  than  their  headquarters  location. 


10 


CARPENTER 


DRUG  BILL  DROP  URGED 


OttaiMra 
Report 


COMMON  DAY  OF  REST 

The  statement  of  the  Canadian  Conference  of 
Catholic  Bishops  urging  return  of  Sunday  as  "a 
common  day  of  rest"  pointed  to  the  needs  of  fami- 
lies and  individuals. 

"While  it  is  necessary  to  be  able  to  enjoy  a  day 
of  rest,  it  is  equally  important  to  hold  this  day  in 
common,"  the  CCCB  said.  "As  social  beings  we 
need  the  community  of  others  to  develop  and  grow 
in  our  lives.  A  common  day  of  rest  helps  us  to 
maintain  these  relationships  and  strengthen  inter- 
personal communication."  But  random  days 
throughout  the  week  "would  further  increase  the 
dangers  of  the  widespread  privatization  and  individ- 
ualism in  our  society." 

"If  days  off  are  scattered  throughout  the  week, 
working  mothers  and  fathers,  especially  in  the  retail 
business,  will  not  be  able  to  be  together  with  chil- 
dren on  the  weekend.  Removing  this  opportunity 
would  place  a  further  strain  on  the  family  as  the 
basic  institution  of  our  society." 

ANTI-UNION  CONTRACTOR  LOSES 

A  prominent  anti-union  contractor  recently  lost  a 
10-year  court  battle  in  which  he  sought  millions  of 
dollars  in  damages  from  construction  unions  and 
Syncrude  Canada  Ltd. 

Mr.  Justice  Russell  Dixon  of  the  Alberta  Court  of 
Queen's  Bench  dismissed  Al  Henuset's  civil  action 
for  up  to  $55  million  in  compensation  for  loss  of 
business  during  a  labor  dispute  in  1976. 

Henuset  said  he  suffered  the  loss  at  the  hands  of 
the  Alberta  Building  Trades  Council,  the  Interna- 
tional Union  of  Operating  Engineers  Local  955, 
Syncrude,  Canadian  Bechtel  Ltd.,  and  Alberta  En- 
ergy Co.  Ltd. 

Henuset  told  the  court  two  labor  leaders  had 
blackmailed  Syncrude,  Alberta  Energy,  and  Bechtel 
in  1976  not  to  award  two  pipeline  construction  con- 
tracts to  his  firm,  Henuset  Brothers  Ltd. 

The  verdict  followed  a  month-long  trial  last  year 
which  involved  15  lawyers,  22  witnesses,  and  thou- 
sands of  pages  of  evidence. 

Dixon  described  Henuset  as  a  "dedicated  free- 
enterpriser,  with  no  love  for  unions,  unionism,  or 
socialism."  The  justice  also  said  Henuset  caused 
his  own  demise  and  was  not  a  victim  of  a  labor- 
business  conspiracy. 


Proposed  changes  to  Canada's  drug  patent  legis- 
lation will  cost  Canadians  hundreds  of  millions  of 
dollars  in  increased  drug  prices,  and  should  there- 
fore be  shelved  immediately,  a  coalition  of  national 
organizations  said  recently. 

"We  do  not  accept  that  the  Canadian  consumers 
and  taxpayers  should  be  forced  to  pay  more  than 
they  do  now  to  subsidize  ...  the  pharmaceutical 
industry,"  the  coalition  said  in  a  letter  to  Prime 
Minister  Brian  Mulroney.  "The  industry  is  very  profit- 
able. Moreover,  it  already  benefits  from  the  very 
generous  research  and  development  incentives 
available  to  industries  in  Canada." 

Draft  legislation  would  amend  the  Patent  Act  to 
allow  patent-holding  drug  companies  at  least  10 
years  of  monopoly  pricing  for  all  new  drugs  before 
they  could  be  made  available  as  less  expensive 
generic  equivalents.  The  draft  bill  undermines  the 
system  of  compulsory  licensing  introduced  in  1969. 

The  coalition's  letter  cited  the  1985  report  of  the 
federal  Commission  of  Inquiry  on  the  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Industry  (the  Eastman  Commission)  which  found 
that  compulsory  licensing  "has  brought  us  reason- 
able drug  prices  through  competition  rather  than 
through  the  type  of  costly  regulatory  bureaucracy 
used  to  control  drug  prices  and  profits  in  a  number 
of  other  countries." 

JOB  MARKET  STAGNANT 

The  sputtering  Canadian  economy  coughed  up  a 
few  more  jobs  in  September,  but  not  enough  to 
improve  the  underlying  picture  of  a  stagnant  job 
market  that  may  yet  get  a  little  worse  before  it  gets 
better. 

The  seasonally  adjusted  unemployment  rate  de- 
clined to  9.5%  in  September  from  9.7%  in  August. 
The  rate  had  been  down  to  9.5%  in  June,  but 
bounced  up  to  9.9%  in  July  when  nearly  100,000 
jobs  disappeared.  Despite  the  creation  of  48,000 
jobs  in  August  and  another  32,000  jobs  in  Septem- 
ber, the  economy  hadn't  yet  regained  the  ground 
lost  in  July. 

As  a  result,  employment  fell  at  an  annual  rate  of 
1.5%  in  the  third  quarter  to  a  seasonally  adjusted 
1 1 ,610,000  from  1 1 ,653,000  in  the  second  quarter. 
In  the  first  three  months  of  the  year,  there  were 
11,629,000  jobs. 

TORIES  EAGER  TO  CUT 

Since  the  election  of  the  Mulroney  government  in 
1984,  the  Tories  have  implemented  two  measures 
to  cut  Ul  costs  that  seriously  hurt  laid-off  workers 
who  are  entitled  to  severance  pay  or  pension  in- 
come. Since  last  March,  lump  sums  given  by  em- 
ployers as  severance  pay  count  as  earnings  and 
must  be  used  up  before  the  laid-off  workers  can  get 
Ul  benefits.  Those  with  large  severance  pay 
amounts — usually  the  workers  with  the  most  senior- 
ity— may  not  be  able  to  qualify  for  Ul  at  all. 

Then,  starting  in  January  of  this  year,  the  same 
restrictions  were  applied  to  pension  income  re- 
ceived by  workers  who  are  laid  off,  as  well  as  those 
who  opt  for  early  retirement. 

The  Mulroney  government  has  also  appointed  a 
Commission  of  Inquiry  into  Unemployment  Insur- 
ance, charged  with  studying  the  program  and  rec- 
ommending changes. 


DECEMBER     1986 


11 


locni  union  nEuis 


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Local  3073  Organizing  Committee  Success 

^M  ■>■■:' 


Committee  members  pictured  atiove,  front  row,  from  left,  are  I'ortsmotilli  Naval  Ship- 
yard organizinf!  committee  members  Mike  Chusse,  president:  Robert  Burleigh  recording 
secretary:  Jackie  Lord,  vice  president:  and  Cindy  Hall,  financial  secretary.  Back  row, 
from  left,  are  Gary  Carlson:  Steve  Powell,  steward:  Tim  Smith,  steward:  Tracy  Planle; 
Larry  Gould:  Charlie  Ireland,  steward:  and  Robert  Duke,  chairman. 


Local  3073,  representing  workers  at  the 
Portsmouth  Naval  Shipyard,  in  Portsmouth, 
N.H.,  recently  began  a  concerted  organizing 
effort.  The  local,  an  affilliate  of  the  Federal 
Employees  Metal  Trades  Council,  the  ex- 
clusive bargaining  agent,  represents  employ- 
ees in  the  carpentry,  cabinet  making,  ship- 
wright, wood  crafting,  rubber,  and  plastics 
trades. 

Past  organizing  efforts  were  conducted 
mainly  by  stewards  and  chief  stewards;  how- 
ever, due  to  the  diversity  of  the  trades  and 
other  problems,  these  efforts  have  met  with 
minimal  success.  This  latest  effort  was  un- 
dertaken with  the  continual  aid  and  assist- 
ance of  the  general  office  which  made  the 
difference,  according  to  Bob  Burleigh,  Local 
3073  recording  secretary. 

Under  the  chairmanship  of  Robert  Duke, 


a  committee  set  out  to  educate  those  em- 
ployees that  had  not  signed  up.  By  keeping 
a  very  high  profile  and  continually  working 
at  the  job  at  hand,  the  local  increased  its 
membership  by  well  over  25%  in  less  than 
6  months.  At  the  present  time  the  local  has 
organized  nearly  95%  of  its  potential  mem- 
bership. While  still  working  on  those  em- 
ployees that  have  not  yet  signed  up,  the 
committee  is  already  preparing  to  move  into 
other  areas  to  organize  the  unorganized. 

The  local  has  experienced  another  benefit 
in  addition  to  the  obvious  from  this  effort. 
By  increasing  its  membership,  the  local  has 
gained  more  strength  and  merits  an  addi- 
tional vote  within  the  Metal  Trades  Council. 
This  is  extremely  important  when  repre- 
senting the  concerns  of  the  membership  in 
matters  affecting  conditions  of  employment. 


Local  1594  Celebrates  50th  Anniversary 

Local  1594.  Wausau. 
Wise,  recently  cele- 
brated its  50th  anni- 
versary with  a  dinner 
dance  at  the  Wausau 
Labor  Temple.  On 
hand  for  the  festivi- 
ties, pictured  above, 
from  left,  are  Law- 
rence Schneider:  Pay 
Pias,  charter  mem- 
ber: Larry  Pelot, 
president:  John  W. 
Pruitt,  VBC  second 

general  vice  president:  Waller  Barnett.  representative:  and  Robert  J.  Warosh,  executive 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Midwestern  Industrial  Ciiuncil. 


Building  Trades  Aid 
Boy  Scout  Council 

Two  major  facilities  of  Columbia  Pacific 
Boy  Scouts  Council,  based  in  Portland,  Ore., 
have  been  renovated  extensively  by  volun- 
teers from  area  building  trades  unions.  The 
Columbia  Pacific  Boy  Scout  Council  serves 
15  counties  in  Oregon  and  southwest  Wash- 
ington, reaching  more  than  49.000  young 
persons  annually.  All  labor  and  most  mate- 
rials were  donated  for  an  estimated  savings 
of  $450,000. 

The  projects  were  coordinated  by  Earl 
Kirkland,  executive  secretary  of  the  Colum- 
bia-Pacific Building  Trades  Council,  and  other 
Building  Tradesmen  including  Ray  Baker, 
Local  1388,  Oregon  City.  Ore.,  financial 
secretary;  and  Marv  Hall,  executive  secre- 
tary of  the  Oregon  State  Council  of  Carpen- 
ters. 

Trainees  from  the  Angell  Job  Corps  Center 
near  Yachats  performed  structural  renova- 
tions at  the  Big  Lodge  at  Camp  Meriwether, 
a  historic  building  which  serves  as  the  camp's 
primary  program  center.  Camp  Meriwether 
on  Cape  Lookout  near  Tillamook  is  the 
council's  largest  facility.  It  serves  about 
3,000  campers  in  the  summer  while  another 
2,800  scouts  use  it  in  the  winter. 

Journeymen  and  apprentices  from  Local 
1388  joined  Plumbers  and  Pipefitters  Local 
290,  and  Sprinkler  Fitters  Local  669  to  install 
a  fire  protection  and  sprinkler  system  at 
Chief  Obie  Lodge,  the  scout  training  facility 
on  the  east  side  of  Mount  Scott  near  Port- 
land. 


Industry  Advancement 
Program  Award 


Local  ft,  Hudson  County,  N.J.,  a  carpen- 
ters, millwrights,  and  lathers  local,  was 
awarded  a  plaque  in  recognition  of  its 
outstanding  cooperation  and  dedication  to 
labor-management  relations  in  establishing 
an  indiistiy  advancement  program.  The 
plaque  was  presented  by  Richard  Kanlor, 
left,  on  behalf  of  the  Hudson  County  Con- 
tractors Association.  Receiving  the  award 
are  Albert  J.  Beck,  middle,  business  repre- 
sentative, and  Sal  De  Anni.  business  rep- 
resentative. 


12 


CARPENTER 


Landslide  Victory  at  Cardell  Cabinets 


Serving  on  the  Car- 
dell Cabinets  Inc. 
in-plant  committee, 
above,  front  row, 
from  left,  are  UBC 
Representative  A.J. 
Cortez,  Arthur 
Arevalo,  Ricardo 
Sanchez,  David  Cas- 
illas,  Eva  Duran, 
Juan  Flores,  Richard 
Zuniga,  and  UBC 
Representative  Art 
Reyes.  In  the  back 
row,  from  left,  are 
Jose  Contreras  (par- 
tially hidden)  and 
Gilberto  Serna. 


Close  to  130  Cardell 
employees  turned  out 
in  San  Antonio,  Tex., 
for  the  union  meeting 
prior  to  the  election. 


The  NLRB  election  at  Cardell  Cabinets, 
San  Antonio,  Tex.,  was  a  landslide  victory 
for  the  UBC.  When  the  ballots  were  counted, 
the  vote  came  back  107  for  the  UBC,  54  for 
the  company,  with  5  votes  challenged. 

Three  days  prior  to  the  election,  the  com- 
pany attorney  alleged  that  union  organizers 
had  threatened  and  coerced  certain  illegal 
aliens  by  purportedly  calling  the  Immigration 
Service.  The  ballots  were  impounded  by  the 
NLRB  until  an  investigation  was  held  and 
the  charges  declared  unfounded. 

Missouri  Auxiliary 
Welcomes  Officers 

The  new  officers  for  Ladies  Auxiliary  23, 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  to  serve  from  June  1986  to 
June  1989,  are  Helen  Thornton,  president; 
Georgia  Caniziani,  vice  president;  Shirley 
Steinkamp,  secretary;  Nan  Beckmann, 
treasurer;  Florence  Thein  (to  June  1988), 
Shirley  Jackson,  and  Norman  Steinkamp, 
trustees;  Irma  Reiter,  conductor;  and  Joann 
Terbrock,  warden. 

Name  That  Tool 

Robert  Alex- 

ander, a  UBC  mem- 
ber in  Castro  Valley, 
Calif.,  picked  up  the 
tool  pictured  at  a  ga- 
rage sale,  and  he'd 
like  to  know  what  he 
bought  and  how  it's 
used. 

Is  it  a  bit  like  the 
quarter-circle  square 
we  described  on  Page  38  of  the  June  1986 
Carpenter'!  Send  any  helpful  information  to: 
Editor,  Carpenter,  101  Constitution  Ave., 
N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


Copper  for  Liberty 
From  Granddad's  Farm 

Where  was  the  copper  mined  which  was 
used  in  the  casting  on  the  Statue  of  Liberty? 
It  has  been  more  than  100  years  since  France's 
gift  to  the  American  people  was  installed  in 
New  York  harbor,  but  researchers  had  been 
unable  to  trace  the  source  of  the  copper 
used  for  the  skin  of  the  statue. 

Before  he  died  earlier  this  year,  Baard 
Lande,  a  retired  member  of  Local  20,  Staten 
Island,  N.Y.,  had  an  answer  to  that  question. 
The  story  is  related  by  The  Carpenter,  the 
official  newspaper  of  the  New  York  District 
Council. 

In  1984,  on  a  visit  home  to  his  birthplace 
in  Visnes,  a  village  on  the  isle  of  Karmoy 
off  the  coast  of  Norway,  Mr.  Lande  was 
asked  by  a  committee  in  the  village  to 
determine  if  the  copper  used  in  the  Statue 
of  Liberty  was  mined  nearby  on  his  grand- 
father's farm.  Apparently,  there  had  been 
stories  told  through  the  years  of  the  copper 
being  used  by  the  French  for  a  "freedom 
statue." 

Seriously  ill,  Mr.  Lande  had  to  leave  the 
investigation  to  his  daughter  Kay,  who  sent 
a  pair  of  copper  tweezers  found  in  the  mine 
in  Visnes  to  Bell  Laboratories  in  Murray 
Hill,  N.J.,  where  analysis  showed  that  the 
same  copper  was  used  in  the  construction 
of  the  Statue  of  Liberty. 

Baard  Lande  died  before  he  knew  for 
certain  about  the  connection  between  his 
birthplace  in  Visnes,  Norway,  and  the  statue 
that  he  had  gazed  on  so  many  times  from 
his  home  on  Staten  Island.  It  is  no  small 
footnote  that  he  added  to  the  Liberty  Week- 
end celebrations. 


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Full  Length  Roof  Framer 

The  roof  framer  companion  since 
1917.  Over  500,000  copies  sold. 

A  pocket  size  book  with  the  EN- 
TIRE length  of  Coinmon-Hip-Valley 
and  Jack  rafters  completely  worked 
out  for  you.  The  flattest  pitch  is  V2 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease V2  inch  rise  each  time  until 
the  Steep  pitch  of  24"  rise  to  12" 
run  is  reached. 

There  are  2400  widths  of  build- 
ings for  each  pitch.  The  smallest 
width  is  Vi  inch  and  they  increase 
Vi"  each  time  until  they  cover  a  50 
foot   building. 

There  are  2400  Commons  and  2400 
Hip,  Valley  &  Jack  lengths  for  each 
pitch.  230,400  rafter  lengths  for  48 
pitches. 

A  hip  roof  is  48'-9'/i"  wide.  Pitch 
is  tVz"  rise  to  12"  run.  You  can  pick 
out  the  length  of  Commons,  Hips  and 
Jacks  and  the  Cuts  in  ONE  MINUTE. 
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DECEMBER     1986 


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Members 
In  The  News 

The  Basket  Man 


Mark  Henderson  of  Jeffer- 
son. Ky.,  started  out  as  a  car- 
penter, a  member  of  Local  1650. 
Lexington,  Ky.  And  the  36- 
year-old  is  still  a  UBC  mem- 
ber, but  lately  he's  been  mak- 
ing a  living  weaving  and  selling 
baskets.  Henderson  is  self- 
taught  and.  as  he  told  The 
(Sterling.  Ky.)  Advocale.  he 
stays  true  to  the  old-time 
method  of  basket  making,  us- 
ing no  nails  or  glue  to  construct 
his  unique  white  oak  baskets. 
He  has  developed  his  basket 
styles  through  library  research 
on  antique  baskets,  making  his 
tools  whenever  possible.  He 
even  cuts  down  a  tree  '"the 
old-time  way.  "  using  hand- 
made wooden  wedges  instead 
of  metal. 

The  father  of  five,  Hender- 
son started  selling  his  handiwork  about  two  years  ago  and  is  now 
producing  dozens  of  different  kinds  of  baskets — gizzard,  egg. 
gathering,  and  apple  to  name  a  few.  And  although  the  end  result 
is  a  thing  of  beauty,  Henderson  does  not  consider  himself  an 
artist. 

"This  is  an  old-time  farm  chore."  Henderson  told  The  Advocale. 
"This  is  a  piece  of  American  heritage;  what  you  are  buying  is  a 
piece  of  history.  Anytime  you  support  someone  who  is  keeping 
an  old  craft  alive,  you  are  supporting  a  piece  of  history." 

Immigration  Reformer 

A  few  years  ago  as  a  representative  for 
the  UBC  in  central  Texas.  Ray  Hernandez 
solicited  developers  and  others  to  employ 
union  craftsmen  for  construction  jobs. 

Over  time,  the  "yeses  started  turning  to 
nos"  because  employers  in  the  construction 
industry  already  had  an  unlimited  supply  of 
undocumented  workers.  Hernandez  told  the 
Corpus  Christi  (Te.x.)  Caller. 

"They  were  choosing  illegal  aliens  rather 
than  Americans  because  illegals  work  for 
less,  are  docile,  work  15  to  20  hours  a  day 
without  overtime  and  don't  demand  any 
rights."  Hernandez  said. 
It  was  then  that  he  decided  immigration 
reform  was  the  solution  to  the  problem.  The  matter  became  so 
important  to  Hernandez,  who  is  Hispanic,  that  he  left  his  job 
managing  a  medium-size  construction  firm  in  Dallas,  Tex.,  and 
took  a  pay  cut  to  work  for  the  Federation  for  American  Immigration 
Reform. 

The  federation,  which  seeks  to  stop  illegal  immigration  and  to 
reform  U.S.  immigration  policies,  has  70.000  members  nationwide. 
The  issue  is  "so  critical  now  that  20.000  of  those  Imembers]  have 
joined  in  the  last  six  months,"  Hernandez  said 

The  heart  of  any  U.S.  immigration  reform  legislation  should 
include  employer  sanctions  that  penalize  employers  for  knowingly 
hiring  undocumented  workers.  Hernandez  said,  because  jobs  are 
what  attract  illegal  immigrants  to  the  United  States. 


IVIaine  Program  Shows  Way 


Everyone  follows  a  different  road  to  finding  the  right  job.  There 
are  newspaper  classifieds  to  read,  friends'  recommendations  to 
take,  and  employment  services  to  consult.  Barbara  Jessen.  a 
recently  graduated  millwright  apprentice  from  Local  517.  Portland, 
Me.,  found  herself  training  for  her  "non-traditional"  position  as 
a  millwright  after  participating  in  a  slate  vocation-exploration 
program.  She  then  saw  an  ad  for  the  millwright  apprentice  exam 
and  was  on  her  way. 

Jessen  is  featured  in  a  Maine  Department  of  Education  publi- 
cation Tnidilional  and  Non-Tradilional  Occupalions.  The  publi- 
cation can  help  inform  students  and  others  about  the  requirements 
for  and  demands  of  a  variety  of  jobs,  it  also  highlights  the 
advantages  of  different  choices. 

In  a  discussion  of  her  decision  to  work  as  a  union  millwright, 
Jessen  praises  the  health/welfare  benefits  and  pension  package 
offered  by  the  union  and  says  that  she  chose  the  union  "to  learn 
the  right  way  to  do  things,  the  most  expedient  .  .  .  Union 
craftspersons  are  more  knowledgable." 


150  Foster  Cliildren 


A  35-year  UBC  member  of  Local  2028  and  his  wife  were  recently 
honored  by  Grand  Forks.  N.D..  County  Social  Services  officials 
for  their  31  active  years  as  foster  parents  to  over  150  foster 
children.  Wilmar  and  Evelyn  Wolfgram  have  always  had  their 
hearts  and  home  open  to  any  child.  Child  Protection  Services 
Supervisor  Carol  Johnson  told  the  Grand  Forks  Herald.  They've 
taken  in  children  ranging  in  age  from  one  day  to  19  years,  white 
children,  black  children,  and  even  pregnant  teenagers. 

The  average  length  of  a  stay  in  their  house  varies  as  much  as 
the  children.  But.  whether  it's  a  couple  of  hours  or  14  years,  the 
Wolfgram  influence  remains.  They  offer  patience,  guidance,  com- 
fort, and  security — without  judgement.  One  teenage  girl  came  up 
to  Evelyn  at  a  county  fair  recently  to  give  her  a  hug  and  her 
thanks.  Sometimes  foster  children  return  just  for  a  visit  and  bring 
their  own  children  along. 

Although  it  hasn't  always  been  easy.  Grand  Forks'  most  active 
foster  parents  have  always  provided  their  charges  with  a  good 
home  for  as  long  as  it  was  needed.  Today  they've  slowed  down 
a  bit,  but  keeping  up  with  all  these  foster  children  and  their  two 
adopted  children  sounds  like  a  full-time  job. 


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DECEMBER     1986 


15 


Campbell  Centre 
Dedicated 
In  Toronto 

The  Toronto,  Ont..  District  Council 
has  been  busily  building  and  furbishing 
new  administrative  offices  and  a  train- 
ing center  on  2'/:  acres  of  ground  at  64 
Signet  Drive  in  Weston. 

On  October  I,  prior  to  the  35th  Gen- 
eral Convention  of  the  Brotherhood  in 
Toronto,  the  building  was  dedicated  and 
named  for  General  President  Patrick  J. 
Campbell,  with  UBC  general  officers 
and  board  members  in  attendance.  The 
international  officers  and  other  guests 
traveled  by  special  bus  to  the  site  fol- 
lowing a  meeting  of  the  General  Ex- 
ecutive Board  in  downtown  Toronto. 
After  the  dedication,  there  was  a  tour 
of  the  offices  and  training  facilities  and 
a  reception. 


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The  training  area  and  the  administra- 
tive offices  take  up  54,000  square  feet. 
The  council  has  launched  a  $1 '/:  million 
office  conversion  plan.  At  present. 
Training  Director  Charles  Brown  has  a 
staff  of  three  working  with  him  in  train- 


ing 45  carpentry  students  in  pre-ap- 
prenticeship.  Millwright  apprentices  are 
expected  to  move  into  the  school  soon, 
and,  like  the  carpentry  trainees,  use  the 
UBC's  Performance  Evaluation  Train- 
ing System. 


CLIC  Support 
Scores  High 
In  Elections 


The  voter  turnout  on  the  U.S.  general 
election  day,  November  4,  was  poor, 
even  for  an  "off  year"  election.  Far 
less  than  half  the  eligible  voters  showed 
up  at  the  polls.  Only  37.3%  took  the 
time  to  vote.  According  to  The  New 
York  Times,  this  was  the  lowest  turnout 


In  early  September  Ihe  Maiimee  Valley  District  Council  of  Ohio 
collected  $1 .000  thrtmgh  its  Carpenters  Legislative  Improvement 
Committee  and  presented  a  check  for  that  amount  to  Congres- 
sional Candidate  Marcy  Kaptur,  running  for  office  in  the  Ninth 
Congressional  District  of  Ohio.  General  Representative  Roger 
Newman,  left,  and  leaders  of  the  council  are  shown  presenting 
the  check  to  Kaptur.  who  was  a  winner  in  the  November  4 
general  elections.  The  national  CLIC  contributed  more  than 
$3,000  to  Candidate  Kaptur.  as  well. 


in  the  United  States  since  a  general 
election  in  1948. 

Voters  among  the  working  popula- 
tion, however,  came  through  with  a 
sizable  vote  for  the  Democrats,  and  the 
Carpenters  Legislative  Improvement 
Committee  showed  the  strength  of  its 
endorsements,  among  Republicans  and 
Democrats  alike.  This  is  what  happened 
to  friends  of  labor  in  the  two  houses  of 
the  Congress; 

IN  THE  SENATE^CLIC  endorsed 
30  candidates  for  the  U.S.  Senate. 
Twenty-three  of  them  won,  and  seven 
lost  for  a  76.7% 
score.  Twelve  of 
these  candidates 
were  incumbents, 
and  all  12  incum- 
bents won.  CLIC 
supported  26 

Democratic  can- 
didates for  the 
Senate,  and  19 
won.  It  supported 
four  Republicans; 
all  four  won. 


IN  THE 

HOUSE— CLIC 

endorsed  293 

House  candi- 

dates, and  243 
won,  for  a  winning 
percentage         of 


The  Carpenters  Legislative  Improvement 
Committee  raised  $53,088.78  at  tables  set 
up  on  the  mezzanine  level  of  the  Royal 
York  Hotel  during  registration  fir  the  35th 
General  Convention. 

82.9%.  A  total  of  219  incumbents  were 
supported,  and  218  won,  for  99.5%.  All 
25  House  Republicans  supported  by  the 
UBC's  political  action  arm  were  elected. 
A  total  of  268  Democrats  received  CLIC 
endorsements,  and  218  won. 

All  in  all.  CLIC  scored  82.4%  in  the 
November  elections,  an  indication  of 
the  nation's  growing  support  for  labor's 
legislative  objectives. 

This  month,  UBC  legislative  repre- 
sentatives are  meeting  with  the  new 
Members  of  Congress  to  explain  our 
positions  on  various  issues  facing  work- 
ers, the  labor  movement,  and  the  gen- 
eral public. 


16 


CARPENTER 


PICTORIAL  REPORT 
on  the  35th 
General  Convention 


No  report  on  a  general  convention  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of 
America  would  be  complete  without  showing  the  color  and  excitement  surrounding  the  activity 
in  the  convention  hall. 

The  Toronto  Convention  Centre  was  brightly  lit  and  bedecked  with  flowers  as  the  35th  General 
Convention  assembled  for  five  days  of  deliberations.  From  special  seats  at  one  side  of  the  big 
auditorium  spectators  looked  down  upon  one  of  the  largest  gatherings  of  trade  unionists  in  North 
America. 

It  was  a  scene  of  vast  activity — the  gathering  of  craft  and  industrial  representatives  from  all  over 
the  United  States  and  Canada  to  chart  the  course  of  a  great  international  labor  union  for  the 
coming  years. 

Bold  and  progressive  measures  to  meet  the  challenges  of  the  years  ahead  were  discussed  and 
acted  upon,  and  an  array  of  noted  speakers  joined  in  making  the  35th  General  Convention  of 
the  UBC  one  of  the  truly  great  conventions  in  North  American  labor  history. 

The  pages  which  follow  show,  in  color,  our  memorable  35th  General  Convention. 


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Registration 
and  Welcome 

Delegates  and  guests  to  the 
35th  General  Convention  be- 
gan registering  on  Saturday 
morning,  and  all  had  signed 
in  by  mid-morning  on  Mon- 
day. After  presenting  creden- 
tials and  registering  on  the 
headquarters  hotel  mezzan- 
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Opening  Ceremonies 


The  first  session  of  a  United  Brotherhood  general 
convention  is  a  memorable  occasion  of  great  tradition. 
In  Toronto,  the  flags  of  the  U.S.  and  Canada  v^^ere  posted 
by  the  Colour  Guard  of  the  48th  Highlanders  to  the 
sound  of  bagpipes.  Then  an  orchestra  on  one  side  of  the 
hall  struck  up  the  national  anthems,  sung  at  the  rostrum 
by  UBC  member  Charles  Paul  (top  left  at  right).  Welcoming 
speakers  included:  Hon.  Alvin  Curling,  Ontario  Minister 
of  Housing  (top  center  at  right);  Brian  Foote,  Labour 
Relations,  Toronto  Construction  Association  (top  right  at 
right);  Peter  Scott,  deputy  chief  of  police  for  Toronto 
(bottom  left  at  right);  joe  Duffy,  secretary-treasurer  Ontario 
Building  Trades  (bottom  cenfer  at  right);  and  Guy  Du- 
moulin,  UBC  representative  and  now  special  represent- 
ative to  the  Building  Trades  in  Canada  (bottom  right  at 
right).  At  far  right,  Toronto  District  Council  Officers  Frank 
Rimes  and  Matt  Whelan  present  the  gavel  to  President 
Campbell  and  Secretary  Rogers  presents  a  reproduction 
of  the  35th  Convention  badge  to  the  host  officers. 


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pants, with  a  zipper  bag  to 
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and  guests. 


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PATRICK  J.  CAMPBELL 

General  President 

The  General  President's  opening  remarks  to  the 
35th  General  Convention — his  keynote  address — set 
the  pace  for  busy  and  productive  sessions  in  Toronto. 

"We  have  a  long  history  of  105  years,"  he  reminded 
delegates.  "This  is  our  first  convention  in  Canada.  It 
may  have  taken  us  105  years  to  get  here,  but,  as  I  said 
the  other  day  at  a  building  dedication,  we  are  one. 
We  are  all  members  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America.  .  . 

"We  may  hear  people  talk  about  Canadian  auto- 
mony,  and  we  may  hear  people  talk  about  separation. 
The  only  thing  I  can  say,  as  we  gather  together  here 
this  morning  to  start  our  deliberations,  is  that  the 
further  we  are  divided,  the  easier  it  will  be  to  get  the 
hell  kicked  out  of  us.  .  . 

"Please  take  the  message  back  to  our  members. 
Instill  in  our  people  the  knowledge  that  there  are  no 
islands  in  our  Brotherhood.  The  Brotherhood  is  one 
solid  mass  of  concrete  that's  not  going  to  be  shattered. 

"We  are  in  tough  times.  Some  of  the  things  you 
are  reading  from  the  U.S.  Congress  and  the  U.S. 
Senate  that  tell  us  about  possible  amendments  or 
repeal  of  the  Davis-Bacon  Law  get  me  to  the  point 
where  I  wish  they'd  throw  it  out  the  window.  They've 
used  it  as  a  bogeyman  like  they  did  with  situs  picketing. 
Everytime  we  move,  the  threat  comes  down,  and  they 
talk  to  us  about  our  union  conditions.  .  . 

"When  somebody  comes  along  and  says  to  you, 
"Your  wages  are  too  high.  You've  got  to  cut  your 
wages.  You've  got  to  compete.  I  think  they're  on  the 
wrong  end  of  the  hammer. 

"If  they  want  us  to  compete,  give  us  something  to 
compete  against,  not  countries  where  a  pittance  is 
paid  to  the  worker,  and  their  manufactured  articles 
are  sent  throughout  the  world  .  .  .  and  the  people 
who  made  them  can't  afford  to  buy  them.  .  ." 

The  general  president  turned  to  a  review  of  actions 
by  the  UBC  during  the  past  five  years: 

"We've  had  an  unusually  busy  five  years.  We've 
had  problems  with  a  couple  of  major  corporations — 
the  Louisiana  Pacific  situation,  for  example.  This  is 
going  into  its  fourth  year,  but  L-P  and  Mr.  Merlo  (its 
president)  knows  that  we  are  around. 

"I  think  the  greatest  inspiration  I've  had  since 
becoming  general  president  comes  when  I  ask  for 
help,  and  you  people  come  through  like  gangbusters. 


Your  support  of  our  L-P  campaign  will  never  be 
forgotten. 

"And  that  support  has  been  recognized  by  forest 
products  management  throughout  the  country.  I'm 
sure  if  you  have  been  reading  your  Carpenter  maga- 
zine and  staying  abreast  of  some  of  the  negotiations, 
then  you  realize  that  we  expected  bigger  and  costlier 
strikes  in  the  forest  products  industry.  When  we  set 
up,  through  the  Brotherhood,  the  International  Forest 
Products  Conference  Board,  we  didn't  have  too  many 
strikes.  Management  sat  down  and  negotiated  agree- 
ments in  all  of  the  major  lumber  companies  and  forest 
products  firms.  .  . 

"We've  spent  a  lot  of  money  on  a  few  strikes.  We've 
let  them  know  that  if  they  want  to  go  to  the  mat, 
we're  ready  to  go.  .  ." 

The  general  president  also  described  the  ongoing 
controversy  with  the  American  Express  Co.  and  the 
Brotherhood's  determination  that  UBC  pension  funds 
go  to  union  construction  jobs. 

Campbell  discussed  the  problems  of  the  Building 
Trades  with  the  Toyota  Motor  Co. 

"We  look  at  what  is  being  done  in  Kentucky,  and 
we  see  newspaper  stories  about  politicians  saying  that 
the  Building  Tradesmen  are  wrong,  and  when  we  see 
that  some  people  in  the  state  can  sit  down  and  make 
a  deal  to  let  a  foreign  corporation  come  in,  then  we 
wonder.  The  state  puts  in  about  $70  million  worth  of 
road  work  and  utilities  for  them;  they  come  in  and 
tear  down  all  the  working  conditions  in  the  area,  ask 
the  United  States  government  to  give  them  $100 
million,  and  then  they  go  to  the  local  schoolboards 
and  arrange  for  them  to  bring  over  half  of  their 
personnel  from  Japan  with  their  families,  and  that 
community  is  going  to  have  the  school  board  teach 
them  and  feed  them  and  house  them,  and  yet  Amer- 
ican and  Canadian  manufacturers  cannot  sell  a  car  in 
Japan  .  .  .  you  know  .  .  .  who's  kidding  who?" 

Campbell  reported  to  the  delegates  that  the  inter- 
national union  has  been  "priming  its  goals,  rebuilding 
councils,  consolidating  some  councils,  consolidating 
some  local  unions,  building  stronger  locals,  and  ar- 
ranging for  local  unions  to  be  properly  financed. 

"If  we're  going  to  do  anything  to  put  this  Brother- 
hood back  where  it  belongs — ^where  30  years  ago  we 
were  talking  about  nearly  a  million  members — we've 
got  to  do  more  than  watch  our  union  dwindle." 

Campbell  urged  the  delegates  to  get  acquainted 
with  their  legislators.  "The  fellow  who  helps  you  in 
the  legislative  halls  to  secure  and  hold  on  to  your 
traditional  unionism  needs  your  support." 

Discussing  traditional  unionism,  Campbell  com- 
mented, "None  of  our  members  fall  out  at  10  o'clock 
in  the  morning  to  do  calisthentics  with  the  superin- 
tendent. You  fall  out  in  the  morning  to  put  in  seven 
or  eight  hours  of  work  and  get  paid  and  go  home  and 
raise  a  family  with  the  wages  that  are  earned.  .  . 

The  general  president  called  American  and  Cana- 
dian union  workers  the  best  in  the  world.  .  .  "The 
best  of  the  world's  leading  democracies  .  .  .  and  if 
we  are  not  careful,  we  are  going  to  lose  them." 

Campbell  had  high  praise  for  the  Brotherhood's 
field  staff,  calling  it  the  best  in  the  labor  movement. 
He  told  local  and  council  leaders  that  they  must  give 
the  Brotherhood's  field  staff  full  support  when  they 
come  into  the  area  to  assist  in  administrative  and 
organizing  work. 

He  promised  that  the  Brotherhood  would  "invest 
its  money  in  its  people"  and  that  the  membership 
would  get  benefits  for  it. 


20 


CARPENTER 


Industrial 
management 
called 

shortsighted 
and  greedy 


ROBERT  GEORGINE 

President,  Building  and  Construction  Trades 

"We  are  back  at  a  time  when  the  rich  are  getting 
richer  and  the  poor  are  getting  poorer,  and  that  vast 
middle  class  that  the  unions  have  created  over  the 
years  is  in  jeopardy,"  Building  and  Construction  Trades 
Department  President  Robert  Ceorgine  told  delegates 
at  the  35th  General  Convention. 

"These  are  times  when,  more  than  ever  before,  our 
country  needs  a  strong,  united  labor  movement. 

"The  industrial  base  of  the  United  States  has  been 
weakened  in  the  past  20  years.  We've  had  the  mis- 
fortune of  having  shortsighted  and  greedy  industrial 
management  since  the  end  of  World  War  II,"  Ceorgine 
warned.  He  explained  that,  because  management 
chose  not  to  develop  our  own  natural  resources  and 
protect  our  technological  superiority  this  country 
now  faces  what  he  views  as  one  of  its  most  serious 
threats. 

The  former  president  of  the  Lathers  went  on  to 
discuss  how  "the  government  of  Japan  and  its  indus- 
trialists have  singlemindedly  set  out  to  dominate  world 
industry  and  manufacturing  .  .  .  Japanese  auto  firms 
are  coming  to  this  country  ...  to  impose  upon  the 
American  construction  worker  their  work  culture. 
Forget  our  traditional  work  standards,  forget  collective 
bargaining,  and,  above  all,  forget  organized  labor." 

Ceorgine  continued,  using  the  Toyota  Motor  Co. 
situation  in  Georgetown,  Ky.,  as  an  example.  The 
incentives,  demands,  and  concessions  they  imposed 
upon  the  state  of  Kentucky  are  not  available  to  Amer- 
ican companies — and  will  cost  American  workers  in 
taxes  as  well  as  in  jobs. 

"So  you  may  ask  why,  why  all  of  this  fuss  over  one 
job  in  a  very  small  rural  area  in  Kentucky?  Because  it 
strikes  at  our  very  foundation  .  .  .  at  the  fundamental 
principles  on  which  we  were  created.  They  want  to 
use  union  against  union,  worker  against  worker. 

"...  I  think  the  labor  movement  will  survive.  I 
believe  that  we  have  a  brilliant  future  ahead  of  us, 
but  it's  going  to  take  sacrifices.  .  .  .  We've  got  to  show 
the  contractors  and  these  big  businessmen  and  the 
Japanese  opportunists  that  if  you  want  our  skills,  you 
must  take  them  on  our  terms  or  you  don't  take  them. 

"We're  not  asking  for  a  whole  lot.  We're  just  asking 
for  a  fair  shake. 

"If  there's  going  to  be  anything  here  tomorrow, 
we've  got  to  do  the  job  today.  It  requires  sacrifice.  It 
requires  a  great  deal  of  work,  and  it  requires  leader- 
ship." 


Colorful  delegations 

on  the  floor 

of  the  35th  Convention 


Many  delegations  to  the  Toronto  convention  donned 
special  jackets  for  quick  recognition  on  the  con- 
vention floor.  Three  of  them  are  shown  below, 
from  the  top:  the  Second  District  and  its  green 
jackets;  the  Sixth  District  and  yellow  windbreakers; 
the  Fourth  District  in  Confederate  gray. 


DECEMBER     1986 


21 


'Carpenters 
determine  to 
do  something 
carefully 
and  well' 


Skilled  labor 
must  be  sold 
to  industry 
as  a 
commodity 


JOHN  PERKINS 

Director,  AFL-CIO  COPE 

"The  tradition  of  our  union  underscores  the  tradi- 
tion of  our  craft,"  said  John  Perkins,  director  of  the 
AFL-CIO  Committee  on  Political  Education  and  a  card- 
carrying  member  of  the  UBC  since  1952.  "When 
carpenters  determined  to  do  something,  they  deter- 
mined to  do  it  carefully  and  well  .  .  .  When  our 
Brotherhood  decided  that  the  political  activities  of 
the  labor  movement  were  important  to  get  into,  we 
got  into  it  with  a  full  commitment  to  do  it  right. 

"And  today  I  say  with  great  pride,  no  union  is  more 
ready  with  its  support  for  our  political  programs  than 
this  union;  and  for  that  and  to  all  of  you,  my  deep 
gratitude. 

"Now  there  are  some  who  say  that  we  ought  not 
be  in  politics;  labor  should  be  involved  only  in 
collective  bargaining  and  servicing  and  organizing; 
but  in  politics,  as  in  life,  the  biggest  risk  you  take  is 
to  stand  by  and  do  nothing  in  the  hope  that  other 
people  will  take  care  of  you,  that  they  will  be  wise 
enough,  choose  the  candidates,  shape  the  issues  that 
will  be  best  for  working  men  and  women." 

Perkins  spoke  on  the  great  importance  of  the  up- 
coming election,  reminding  members  that  the  labor 
movement  is  only  as  strong  and  effective  politically 
as  the  support  and  effort  of  the  members  make  it. 

"...  the  special  mission  that  our  union  movement 
fulfills  at  the  workplace  is  paralleled  by  a  unique 
responsibility  at  the  polling  place  and  in  the  legislative 
halls  of  our  country.  We  are  the  shop  stewards  for 
millions  of  building-class  working  Americans  and  for 
the  just  plain  people  of  our  land  who  do  not  carry  a 
card  and  for  all  of  those  with  an  honest  need  and  an 
honest  grievance.  .  .  .  we  can  elect  candidates  com- 
mitted to  progress,  prosperity,  and  justice." 


NOEL  BORCK 

National  Erectors  Association 

Noel  C.  Borck,  executive  vice  president  of  the 
National  Erectors  Association  and  new  director  of  the 
National  Maintenance  Agreements  Policy  Committee, 
wished  Brotherhood  members  "success  in  resolving 
the  many  tough  issues  that  are  confronting  your 
international  union  in  our  industry  today." 

Borck,  as  part  of  the  maintenance  industry,  ex- 
plained the  National  Maintenance  Agreements  Policy 
Committee — "a  program  designed  by  labor  and  man- 
agement together  to  capture  and  hold  work  for  build- 
ing tradesmen.  It  is  to  sell  skilled  labor  as  a  com- 
modity." 

Borck  praised  the  participation  of  the  UBC,  saying 
"You  should  know  that  your  international  union  is 
considered  one  of  the  most  important  members  of 
the  NMAPC  team  .  .  .  Even  in  1986,  when  we  have 
seen  a  slight  reduction  in  man  hours  worked  by  all 
crafts  in  the  first  six  months  of  the  year  of  our  program 
compared  to  ^1985,  the  carpenter-millwright  hours 
have  continued  to  rise.  In  1985,  carpenter-millwright 
hours  totaled  close  to  7  million  under  the  NMAPC 
program." 

The  executive  vice  president  spoke  of  American 
industry's  declining  share  of  world  trade,  "a  shrinking 
market  with  more  and  more  contractors  chasing  less 
and  less  work." 

"But  we  do  have  an  opportunity  not  only  to  maintain 
our  share  of  the  market,  but  increase  it. 

"Contractors  must  share  with  labor  their  concerns, 
their  problems,  and  make  use  of  your  ideas  to  tackle 
the  problems  that  we  face.  Too  often  the  contractor 
does  not  make  use  of  one  of  his  most  valuable 
resources,  the  brains  of  the  trained  craftsmen  that  are 
working  for  him." 


'This  Brotherhood  is  a  flagship. .  / 

DR.  DAN  MINTZ,  Diabetes  Research  institute  Foundation 


Dr.  Dan  Mcntz,  on  behalf  of  the  Diabetes 
Research  Institute  Foundation,  spoke  of  the 
progress  made  in  helping  diabetes  sufferers 
and  the  progress  needed. 

"What  we  need  now  ...  Is  to  be  able  to 
assemble  a  world-class  group  of  scientists, 
identify  them  with  parts  of  the  puzzle,  and 
get  them  moving  to  solve  these  problems. 

"Paddy  and  members  of  this  Brotherhood, 


this  gift  today  [see  Page  6],  this  donation 
today  is  a  beginning.  It  is  a  beginning  to  help 
us  reach  for  the  highest  ideals  that  I  know  in 
mankind.  We  want  to  cure  diabetes.  We  want 
to  remove  this  disease  from  mankind. 

"Your  union,  this  Brotherhood,  is  the  flag- 
ship of  what  is  the  beginning  of  a  noble  effort 
to  see  the  end  of  this  disease,  I  hope  in  our 
lifetimes." 


22 


CARPENTER    ' 


Deaths  due  to 

occupational 

illnesses 

called 

^appalling^ 


Most  urgent 
goal:  correct 
distortions 
of  foreign 
trade 


PIERRE  CADIEUX 

Canadian  Minister  of  Labour 

The  Honorable  Pierre  Cadieux,  Minister  of  Labour 
of  Canada,  began  by  extending  a  welcome  and  best 
wishes  to  UBC  delegates  from  Canada's  Prime  Minister 
Brian  Mulroney. 

Cadieux  discussed  the  bonds  of  cooperation  and 
friendship  between  Canada  and  the  U.S.  "It  is  no 
surprise,  then,  that  we  find  this  same  spirit  of  coop- 
eration in  the  North  American  labor  movement." 

Cadieux  discussed  labor  law  in  Canada,  explaining 
that  "Canada  Labour  Code  establishes  basic  standards 
which  address  such  factors  as  wages,  holidays  and 
leave,  dismissals,  workplace  safety,  the  right  to  refuse 
work  under  hazardous  conditions,  the  regulation  of 
labor-management  relations,  and  many  others." 

The  Minister  of  Labor  also  spoke  of  the  cooperation 
between  labor,  management,  and  government  in  Can- 
ada, singling  out  safety  as  a  number  one  issue. 

"Here  in  Canada,  during  the  past  decade  alone, 
more  than  10,000  Canadians  have  been  killed  on  the 
job,  not  including  deaths  due  to  occupational  illness 
.  .  .  The  toll  is  appalling,  and  collectively  we've  got 
to  do  something  about  it. 

"The  federal  government,  in  concert  with  labor  and 
management,  is  taking  a  direct  role  in  promoting  and 
enforcing  occupational  safety  and  health  require- 
ments in  workplaces  that  fall  under  federal  jurisdiction 
...  In  consultation  with  more  than  40  labor  groups 
and  employees'  associations,  the  government  recently 
updated  and  strengthened  these  provisions,  intended 
to  ensure  that  employees  in  these  workplaces  are 
adequately  protected  while  at  work." 


THOMAS  DONAHUE 

AFL-CIO  Secretary-Treasurer 

Thomas  Donahue,  the  AFL-CIO  secretary-treasurer, 
greeted  delegates  by  expressing  confidence  that  the 
"achievements  of  the  second  century  of  the  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  are  going  to 
be  just  as  great  as  those  of  the  first." 

He  reviewed  the  successes  of  organized  labor  in 
the  legislative  realm  during  the  last  five  years,  citing 
the  battles  that  were  won  against  a  federal  income 
tax  on  our  fringe  benefits,  an  amendment  to  the 
Hobbs  Act,  and  the  attempts  to  repeal  the  prevailing 
Davis-Bacon  law. 

"Working  together  we  have  won  a  couple  of  very 
important  rounds  and  more  [are]  within  our  reach, 
but  the  assault  on  our  wages  and  our  working  con- 
ditions is  not  going  to  end  .  .  ."  he  continued. 

Donahue  went  on  to  say  that  "the  most  urgent  goal 
that  we  have  is  to  correct  the  distortions  of  foreign 
trade  that  are  causing  the  wholesale  destruction  of 
America's  manufacturing  base,  and  causing  the  export 
of  two  million  jobs  a  year. 

Stressing  the  importance  of  remaining  a  cohesive 
and  united  force  in  the  nation,  Donahue  said,  ".  .  . 
our  second  task  is  to  get  on  with  the  program  of 
strengthening  the  labor  movement  at  every  level,  and 
at  the  Federation  we  have  been  trying  to  do  that. 

"The  end  is  to  revitalize  the  labor  movement,  to 
renew  it  as  a  force,  not  only  in  the  lives  of  our  people, 
but  as  the  civilizing  and  humanizing  institution  in  our 
nations.  And  we  can't  do  that  with  disconnected, 
dissatisfied  members.  We  can  do  it  with  members 
who  are  full  participants." 


We  Must  Protect  Multi-Employer  Pension  Plans 

KEN  CAM  ISA,  The  Martin  Segal  Co.,  Actuaries  to  the  UBC 


Ken  Camisa,  a  representative  of  the 
Martin  Segal  Co.,  addressed  delegates 
on  the  importance  of  protecting  multi- 
employer benefit  plans.  "The  problem 
that  many  of  us  face  in  the  multi-plan 
field  is  that  government  agencies,  the 
ones  that  regulate  the  plans,  hardly  know 
what  multi-employer  plans  like  the  ones 
that  you  established  really  are  .  .  .  ap- 


plying   rules    designed    for    single-em- 
ployer plans  becomes  disastrous." 

Camisa  urged  the  National  Coordinat- 
ing Committee  for  Multi-Employer  Plans 
in  the  U.S.  and  its  Canadian  counterpart, 
the  Canadian  Coordinating  Committee 
for  Jointly  Trusteed  Multi-Employer  Pen- 
sion and  Benefit  Plans,  to  continue  work 
in  the  legislative  arena. 


DECEMBER     1986 


23 


Brotherhood 
in  forefront 
of  union 
activity 
in  Canada 


FRANK  CHAFE 

Canada  Employment  and  Immigration  Sen/ice 

Frank  Chafe,  commissioner  of  the  Canada  Employ- 
ment and  Immigration  Service,  praised  the  UBC  for 
its  long  and  illustrious  history  in  Canada  in  his  address 
to  convention  delegates. 

"For  more  than  a  century,  the  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America  has  dedicated  its 
time  and  energies  to  the  economic  and  social  interests 
of  North  American  workers.  Its  presence  in  Canada 
over  the  years  and  its  history  here  is  worthy  of  note 
because  the  Brotherhood  has  been  in  the  forefront 
of  union  activity  in  Canada  in  the  building  and  nur- 
turing of  the  trade  union  movement  as  a  whole  in 
this  country  as  well  as  in  the  United  States. 

"In  growing  with  Canada,"  the  commissioner  con- 
tinued, "your  Brotherhood  has  helped  to  make  this 
nation  a  better  place  for  workers  and  their  families  to 
live  in,  and  for  that,  you  deserve  the  thanks  of  your 
Canadian  members  and  the  rest  of  your  trade  unionists 
who  traveled  the  road  alongside  of  you. 

"...  the  history  of  the  trade  union  in  both  our 
countries  deserves  to  be  told  over  and  over  again  for 
the  benefit  of  our  younger  brothers  and  sisters,  not 
only  to  remind  them  of  our  heritage,  which  is  a 
wonderful  one  and  which  they  have  an  obligation  to 
carry  out,  but  to  teach  them  the  true  value  of  the 
movement  to  society  as  a  whole  and  to  remind  them 
that  history  repeats  itself." 

Chafe,  who  administers  workers'  programs  such  as 
job  development,  skill  training,  and  unemployment 
insurance,  urged  delegates  "to  step  up  education 
programs  at  the  local  level  so  that  your  rank  and  file 
members  get  to  know  more  about  the  government 
programs  that  are  there  for  their  benefit,  so  that  they 
make  the  best  use  of  them  and  learn  how  to  best 
defend  against  the  erosion  that  can  set  in,  if  those 
who  would  like  to  see  them  weakened  get  their  way." 


We  build 
homes  people 
must  be 
able  to 
purchase! 


FRANK  DROZAK 

President,  AFL-CIO  Maritime  Trades 

"We  have  in  this  labor  movement,  through  the  AFL- 
CIO  with  its  leadership,  through  your  organization 
and  its  leadership,  worked  hard  and  long  over  many 
years  ...  for  justice,  decent  benefits,  and  an  oppor- 
tunity for  a  future  and  an  opportunity  for  our  chil- 
dren," Frank  Drozak,  president  of  the  AFL-CIO  Mar- 
itime Trades  Department,  told  convention  delegates. 

Remembering  the  days  when  carpenters  and  sea- 
farers paid  with  five  to  10  years  of  slave  labor  for  the 
cost  of  their  transportation  to  the  New  World,  the 
Seafarers  president  emphasized  how  much  progress 
we  have  made  in  overcoming  those  days  of  struggle. 

Drozak  reminded  members  that  much  of  the  leg- 
islation enacted  since  those  days  was  designed  to 
protect  and  defend  the  rights  of  the  working  class. 

"Yet  after  50  years  of  these  struggles  and  as  many 
good  pieces  of  legislation  passed  by  this  labor  move- 
ment, affecting  all  Americans,  people  have  forgotten 
about  the  eight-hour  day,  the  struggle  it  was  for  those, 
the  workmen's  compensation,  the  situs  picketing,  all 
of  these  pieces  of  legislation  that  became  law." 

He  exhorted  UBC  delegates  to  remember  that  "his- 
tory does  have  a  way  of  repeating  itself,  and  it's 
repeating  itself  in  a  dififerent  form  as  we  face  the  20th 
century.  We  must  understand  if  a  carpenter  is  going 
to  be  able  to  build  homes,  people  must  be  able  to 
purchase  homes." 

In  closing,  he  urged  members  "to  support  our 
friends  and  try  to  defeat  our  enemies"  to  help  turn 
around  the  Senate  and  create  jobs,  decent  living 
conditions,  and  opportunities  throughout  the  coun- 
try. It  is  most  important  to  work  for  the  things  we 
believe  in,  because,  "politicians  come  and  go,  but 
this  American  labor  movement  and  this  carpenters 
union  and  the  seafarers  union  I  represent  will  always 
be  here." 


In  Recognition  of  Dedicated  Service 

ROSE  WHITE}  Retired  Business  Representative,  Local  2565 


A  veteran  delegate  to  UBC  conven- 
tions, Rose  White  amused  attendants 
with  stories  from  her  37  years  as  a  busi- 
ness representative  with  Local  2565,  San 
Francisco,  Calif.,  and  accepted  a  com- 
memorative plaque  presented  by  Presi- 
dent Campbell,  as  delegates  demon- 
strated their  support  with  loud  applause. 


"  'To  Rose  M.  White,  upon  retirement 
and  in  recognition  of  her  many  years  of 
meritorious  and  dedicated  service  with 
the  ideas  and  objectives  of  the  United 
Brotherhood  and  untiring  efforts,'  " 
President  Campbell  read  from  the  plaque. 
"On  behalf  of  the  whole  trade  union 
movement,  and  Cod  bless  you." 


24 


CARPENTER 


Basically, 
the  AMC  goes 
out  and 
sells 
your  labor 


MITCHELL  DECUIR 

President,  Associated  Maintenance  Contractors 

President  of  the  Associated  Maintenance  Contrac- 
tors Mitchell  A.  DeCuir  took  the  podium  to  explain 
the  AMC  to  delegates.  The  AMC  is  made  up  of 
approximately  40  of  the  largest  engineering  and  con- 
struction companies  in  the  U.S.  and  Canada,  DeCuIr 
told  delegates,  and  deals  exclusively  with  union  labor. 

"Under  the  General  Presidents  Maintenance  Agree- 
ment, we  deal  with  13  of  the  international  organiza- 
tions that  make  up  this  committee  .  .  .  we  have 
increased  membership  that  we  employ  through  car- 
penters under  this  agreement  in  these  last  two  years 
due  to  [leadership]  within  your  organization. 

"Basically,  the  way  the  AMC  works  .  ,  .  we  go  out 
and  sell  your  labor.  We  have  salesmen  that  represent 
all  of  these  contractors  that  go  out  throughout  the 
country,  throughout  Canada,  selling  your  expertise 
and  others.  And  that  is  the  best  in  this  world.  .  .  . 

"In  the  first  quarter  of  1986,  we  did  8,653,159  hours 
under  the  GPA,  and  that  totals  up  to  almost  40  million 
man  hours  within  one  year  under  this  agreement  .  .  . 
at  the  present  time  we  have  425  GPA  agreements 
working  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada." 

DeCuir  told  delegates  that  there  are  currently  no 
big  jobs  coming  up.  "It's  just  small  jobs,  and  we  need 
to  get  ourselves  in  a  position  to  address  these  things 
on  a  timely  basis  .  .  .  maintenance  is  going  to  be  the 
name  of  the  game.    .  .  ." 


Brotherhood 
was  wise 
to  develop 
a  host 
of  crafts 


JOHN  DUNLOP 

Former  U.S.  Secretary  of  Labor 

Harvard  Professor  John  Dunlop,  former  U.S.  Sec- 
retary of  Labor,  made  note  of  the  Carpenters  role  in 
the  labor  movement,  saying  no  organization  in  the 
AFL-CIO  has  had  a  member  on  the  Federation's 
Executive  Council  as  many  years  as  the  UBC. 

Dunlop  discussed  the  Carpenters  historic  choice  of 


seeking  to  organize,  train,  and  develop  a  host  of  crafts 
within  the  organization  rather  than  strictly  ca.  penters. 
"I  think  it's  fair  to  say  that,  while  a  certain  degree  of 
commonality  and  skill  is  desirable,  this  organization 
is  what  it  is  today  because  it  opted  to  follow  the 
market." 

"And  I  think  that  in  this  great  time  of  adversity,  in 
this  time  in  which  we  have  both  in  Canada  and  in  the 
United  States  substantial  unemployment,  in  this  time 
when  our  industrial  base  is  being  disastrously  eroded 
by  misplaced  macro-economical  policies  .  .  .our  great 
organization  of  labor  and  the  construction  industry 
have  little  opportunity,  little  alternative  in  survival  but 
to  follow  the  market. 

"...  I  do  believe  that  for  construction  trades 
particularly,  the  development  and  maintenance  of 
some  kind  of  forum  in  which  you  can  exchange 
ideas  .  .  .  with  contractors  and  with  owners  in  my 
view  is  indispensible  to  your  growth  and  survival. 

"I  think  our  times  are  very  much  changed  and  today 
it  is  no  less  important  for  unions  in  construction  to 
maintain  and  have  a  feel  for  and  deal  with  owners 
than  it  is  to  deal  with  contractors  alone." 


f  I'ery  month, 
buyers  go 
overseas  for 
cheap  goods 
to  sell  here 


JOHN  MARA 

AFL-CIO  Union  Label  and  Service  Trades 

"I'm  heretotalkabouttheunion  label,  to  emphasize 
again  and  again  the  need  to  demand  the  union  label," 
John  E.  Mara,  secretary-treasurer  of  the  AFL-CIO 
Union  Label  and  Service  Trades  Department,  told 
convention  attendants.  "You  are  supporters  of  the 
label  by  tradition,  by  your  history,  and  by  the  com- 
petition you  get  every  day  from  imports." 

Mara  spoke  about  what  U.S.  workers  are  competing 
against,  using  as  an  example  12  and  13-year-old  girls 
in  garment  factories  in  Thailand  that  work  all  hours, 
"sometimes  all  night  long  to  get  the  work  out.  Many 
of  them  didn't  go  home.  They  even  slept  at  their 
machines,  or  slept  back  to  back  on  the  floor .  .  .  But 
their  main  product  is  cheap,  and  every  month  buyers 
come  from  Great  Britain,  from  the  U.S.,  from  Canada, 
to  buy  these  goods  cheap  and  sell  them  here." 

Mara  decried  the  current  free  trade  system,  saying 
"The  Department  of  Labor  has  informed  us  that  from 
1979  to  1984,  111/2  million  jobs  have  been  lost  in  this 
free  trade  world  in  which  we  live. 

"Public  awareness  of  the  American  import  has 
increased  35%,"  Mara  said,  returning  to  his  message 
of  "Look  for  the  union  labels." 

"People  are  looking  for  labels,  and  we  believe  that 
union  members  want  to  buy  union  products."  Mara 
told  delegates  about  the  new  AFL-CIO  "Union  Label 
Catalogue"  offering  union  members  a  discount  on 
union-made  products." 


DECEMBER     1986 


25 


Progress 
in  heavy 
and 

highway 
described 


TERRY  BUMPERS 

Director,  National  Joint  Heavy  and  Highway 
Construction  Committee 

Terry  Bumpers  addressed  the  convention  in  his 
position  as  director  of  the  National  Joint  Heavy  and 
Highway  Construction  Committee,  an  organization 
created  in  1954  "to  coordinate  the  activities  on  heavy 
and  highway  construction  work  to  the  end  that  such 
work  might  be  thoroughly  organized." 

Bumpers  spoke  about  the  lack  of  enforcement  of 
the  David-Bacon  Act  and  other  laws  meant  to  protect 
workers,  and  the  problem  of  contractors  changing  to 
nonunion  or  double-breasted  operations. 

He  spoke  about  using  pension-plan  owned  stock 
as  leverage,  commending  the  UBC  for  creating  "an 
awareness  that  we  have  a  whole  new  organizing  tool 
in  the  form  of  economic  power. 

"This  shows  that  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters is  one  union  that  is  reacting  to  adversity. 

"The  Heavy  and  Highway  Committee  is  responding 
to  adversity  by  creating  the  construction  industry 
information  network.  Other  unions  are  responding 
by  creating  labor  management  organizations  to  assist 
in  the  enforcement  of  the  Davis-Bacon  Act  and  other 
labor  laws. 

"So  far  in  1986,  we  have  gotten  almost  $900  million 
worth  of  work,  and  we  expect  to  go  over  $1  billion." 


One  of  the  exhibitors  at  the  35th  General  Convention  was  the 
Canadian  Employment  and  Immigration  Service.  Commis- 
sioner Frank  Chafe,  seated  at  center,  worked  with  2  staff 
members  in  answering  visitors'  questions  about  "The  Cana- 
dian lobs  Strategy. " 

26 


New  Democratic  Party 
leader  speaks  to  delegates 


IAIN  ANGUS 

Member  of  the  Canadian  Parliament 

"The  labor  movement,  and  this  union  in  particular, 
has  long  been  at  the  leading  edge  of  the  fight  for 
social  justice  and  fair  play,  and  my  collegues  and  I 
welcome  the  opportunity  to  join  with  you  in  contin- 
uing this  fight,"  said  lain  Angus,  a  member  of  Parlia- 
ment and  chairperson  of  the  Federal  Caucus  of  the 
New  Democratic  Party  of  Canada,  addressing  conven- 
tion delegates  on  the  fourth  day. 

"We  welcome  this  opportunity,  of  course,  because 
the  labor  movement  and  the  New  Democratic  Party 
share  common  goals.  We  are  dedicated  to  improving 
the  lot  of  working  men  and  women,  private  sector 
and  public  sector,  the  organized  and  unorganized. 
Whether  it's  at  the  workplace  or  on  the  picket  line  or 
in  the  House  of  Commons,  trade  union  men  and 
women  and  the  New  Democratics  are  working  to- 
gether for  a  more  just  and  more  compassionate 
nation." 

Angus  spoke  of  Canadians  responding  as  never 
before  to  the  message  of  fairness  and  reform  that 
both  the  labor  movement  and  the  New  Democratic 
Party  have  made  a  focus. 


Safety  partners  beforehand^ 
not  critics  afterward 


LEN  SYLVESTER 

General  Manager,  Construction  Safety 
Association  of  Ontario 

Len  Sylvester,  general  manager  of  the  Construction 
Safety  Association  of  Ontario,  spoke  to  delegates 
about  his  organization  and  the  need  for  "a  commit- 
ment to  support  occupational  health  and  safety  train- 
ing among  your  members." 

"Without  the  well-being  of  the  people  we  serve, 
we  would  have  no  industry." 

Sylvester  explained  that  his  organization,  with  a 
staff  of  113  people  and  a  budget  of  $9  million,  services 
Ontario's  constuction  industry,  labor  and  manage- 
ment. 

"We  provide  advisory  help  to  the  contractors  in  the 
province.  We  provide  training  programs.  In  fact,  we 
trained  some  40,000  work  people  last  year  in  this 
province,  40%  of  them  in  union  halls  .  .  .  We  have  a 
very  comprehensive  research  program." 

He  focused  on  the  association's  labor-management 
enterprise  that  brings  together  senior  representatives 
of  labor  and  management  to  address  occupational 
health  and  safety  issues. 

"These  labor-management  committees  have  an  op- 
portunity to  have  a  dialogue  on  [occupational  safety 
and  health]  regulations  .  .  .  from  1969  to  1985,  we 
have  had  as  high  as  75%  of  the  recommendations  .  .  . 
adopted  by  our  Ministry  of  Labour,  and  incorporated 
into  legislation  .  .  .  We  are  becoming  partners  be- 
forehand rather  than  critics  afterward." 

CARPENTER 


'A 

self-employed^ 
mobile  labor 
force  is  easy 
to  hire,  easy 
to  fire' 


JAMES  HARDMAN 

Allied  Trades  and  Technicians  of  Great  Britain 

"It  seems  not  only  do  we  have  a  common  language, 
collegues,  we  have  a  common  problem,"  James  Hard- 
man,  assistant  general  secretary  of  the  Union  of 
Construction,  Allied  Trades  and  Technicians  of  Great 
Britain,  said  in  his  convention  address.  "We,  too, 
have  been  subjected  to  a  government  which  has 
attacked  trade  unionism.  .  .  . 

"Our  right,  as  a  last  resort,  to  withdraw  our  labor 
and  peacefully  persuade  others  to  join  us  has  been 
severely  restricted.  And  our  right  to  expressed  soli- 
darity with  brothers  and  sisters  of  kindred  trades  in 
dispute  has  been  redefined  as  secondary  action  for 
which  trade  unionists  can  be  arrested  and  their  unions 
fined  by  the  law  courts  .  .  .  Our  aim  is  for  the  total 
repeal  of  the  conservatives'  industrial  relations  legis- 
lation." 

Hardman  called  "this  building  industry  of  ours  .  .  . 
vital  to  the  social  and  domestic  stability  of  our  very 
way  of  life"  in  providing  schools  to  learn  in,  hospitals 
to  be  cured  in,  plants  to  work  in,  homes  to  live  in. 
He'spoke  of  unemployment  as  a  problem,  saying  "as 
contractors  compete  with  each  other  for  less  and  less 
work,  they  are  increasingly  turning  to  self-employ- 
ment as  a  means  of  keeping  profit  margins  high. 

"In  short,  the  self-employed  provide  an  unorga- 
nized, flexible  and  mobile  labor  force — easy  to  hire 
and  easy  to  fire.  But  few  self-employed  operatives 
could  choose  their  hours  of  work  or  when  to  take 
holidays;  and  for  return  for  higher  payments,  they 
have  sacrificed  their  right  to  negotiate  employment 
rights,  their  right  to  decent  health  and  safety  protec- 
tion and,  where  national  insurance  dodges  are  in- 
volved, the  right  to 
many  state  benefits 
...  as  irresponsible 
self-employment  in- 
creases, so  does  the 
toll  of  accidents  in  our 
industry. 

"All  the  quantitive 
improvements  so  far 
achieved  because  of 
the  very  existence  of 
the  trade  union 
movement  are  essen- 
Hardman  presents  a  picture  of  a  *'3l.  But  ...  surely, 
flood  barrier  built  across  the  we  are  still   only  on 

Thames  River  by  members  of  the  mere  threshold  of 

his  union.  achievement." 


Lamon  and  an  Irish  harp  presented  to 
President  Campbell  and  the  Brotherhood. 

Workers  of  the  world  must  defend 
their  right  to  work  union 

GEORGE  LAMON 

National  Union  of  Woodworkers 

and  Woodcutting  Machinists  of  Ireland 

"It  is  not  a  peculiarity  of  language  that  we  use  the 
term  'brother'  in  our  trade  union  movement,"  George 
Lamon,  general  secretary  of  the  National  Union  of 
Woodworkers  and  Woodcutting  Machinists,  told  con- 
vention delegates.  "In  a  very  real  sense  trade  unionists 
are  brothers,  however  much  they  may  be  divided  by 
national  boundaries  .  .  . 

"Our  struggle  today  has  not  changed,  either  here 
on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  or  in  Ireland.  Unemploy- 
ment, the  scourge  of  our  fellow  workers,  is  back  with 
us,  only  the  date  has 
changed.  This  ongo- 
ing problem  must  be 
tackled    at    all    levels 
of    government    and 
amongst  ourselves,  by 
pressing  for  the  much 
needed  development 
of  better  working  ac- 
commodations, hous- 
ing, rebuilding  of  the 
inner  cities,  environ- 
mental works  and  in- 
frastructure with  roads      Lamon  presented  a  small  harp 
and  bridges.  as  a  gift  to  the  host  Ninth 

"It  is  the  right  of  the  District.  Board  Member  John 
workers  of  our  world  C^rruthers  accepts. 
to  work,  and  we  as  trade  unionists  must  commit 
ourselves  to  defend  that  right  to  work.  Let  us  not  go 
soft  in  our  approach  with  'I  am  all  right,  I  am  working," 
for  as  long  as  one  of  our  brothers  is  without  work 
this  movement  of  ours  has  a  challenge  .  .  .  Let  us 
leave  this  Convention  with  a  set  purpose  in  mind  to 
help  our  less  fortunate  brothers  by  whatever  means 
possible  to  us  to  lessen  the  burden  placed  on  them 
by  unemployment  and  the  social  ills  which  are  asso- 
ciated with  it." 


DECEMBER     1986 


27 


OFFICERS, 
Past  and  Present 


Convention  delegates  were  ad- 
dressed by  various  Brotherhood  of- 
ficers past  and  present  during  the 
wee/c.  Pictured,  top  row,  from  left, 
are  First  General  Vice  President  Sig- 
urd Lucassen,  Second  General  Vice 
President  John  Pruitt,  General  'Sec- 
retary John  Rogers,  and  General 
Treasurer  Wayne  Pierce.  Bottom  row, 
from  left,  are  General  President 
Emeritus  William  Sidell,  General 
President  Emeritus  William  Konyha, 
General  Treasurer  Emeritus  Chades 
Nichols,  and  Retired  Second  Gen- 
eral Vice  President  Anthony  Och- 
ocki. 


Two  Members  Received  Special  Recognition  at  the  Convention 


Representative  Lou  Heath  of  Arizona,  far 
left,  was  called  to  the  podium  by  Vice 
President  Lucassen  for  a  special  presenta- 
tion. Heath  recently  underwent  serious 
surgery  and  was  not  expected  to  be  able 
to  attend  the  convention,  but  surprised 
everyone  at  the  last  minute.  At  the  podium, 
the  veteran  UBC  employee  was  given  a 
get-well  card,  signed  by  UBC  representa- 
tives, advance  committee  members,  and 
others.  He  is  enjoying  a  speedy  recovery. 

Pictured  at  right  is  George  Sladojevic  of 
Sacramento,  Calif.,  who  was  awarded  a 
certificate  of  recognition  for  his  selfless 
efforts  in  saving  the  life  of  a  drowning 
woman.  His  quick  and  alert  action  earned 
him  the  admiration  and  commendation  of 
local  Fire  Fighters  and  the  UBC. 


28 


CARPENTER 


Election 


There  was  a  contest  for  one  board 
position  at  the  35th  General  Con- 
vention. Gene  Shoehigh  of  Omaha, 
Neb.,  incumbent  general  executive 
board  member  from  the  Fifth  Dis- 
trict, was  opposed  by  Ted  Sanford 
of  Denver,  president  of  the  Colo- 
rado Centennial  District  Council. 

When  a  contest  for  office  arises, 
the  election  provisions  of  the  Con- 
stitution and  Laws  come  into  play. 
The  election  committee,  named  at 
the  start  of  the  convention  and 
consisting  of  delegates  from  many 
parts  of  the  U.S.  and  Canada,  met 
with  General  Secretary  John  Rogers 
and  official  procedures  were  ex- 
plained. 

On  Thursday  morning,  October 
9,  the  polls  opened  at  7:30  a.m. 
and  stayed  open  until  2:30  p.m., 
when  the  ballots  were  counted. 
The  result  was  declared  that  after- 
noon, with  Gene  Shoehigh  elected 
to  the  Board. 


Bob  Argentine  of 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  at  up- 
per right,  was  one  of 
many  delegates  snap- 
ping camera  shutters 
during  the  convention. 
Retired  Third  District 
Board  Member  Cene 
Shuey  is  in  the  top 
row,  center. 


Convention 
Candids 


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Demonstrations  of 


The  nomination  of  General  Officers  and  Board  Mem- 
bers was  held  on  the  third  day  of  the  convention  in 
conformity  with  the  provisions  of  the  Constitution  and 
Laws.  It  was  a  colorful  occasion  as  demonstrations  of 
support  for  the  candidates  were  marked  by  music, 
noisemakers,  placards,  and  marches  down  the  aisles  and 
across  the  convention  platform.  The  youngster  on  the 
opposite  page  is  the  general  president's  grandson. 


30 


CARPENTER 


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Busy  Convention 

For  five  days  a  general  convention 
of  the  United  Brotherhood  is  a  bee- 
hive of  activity — committee  meetings, 
caucuses,  floor  discussions,  speeches, 
and  reports.  In  between  the  busy 
times  are  brief  periods  of  sitting  at 
delegation  tables  and  listening  to  the 
words  streaming  from  microphones 
and  loudspeakers  around  the  vast 
convention  hall. 

The  headbands  worn  by  many  del- 
egates signified  that  the  wearer  con- 
tributed $10  or  more  to  the  Building 
Trades  campaign  in  Kentucky  to  force 
Toyota  to  build  with  union  labor.  More 
than  $10,000  was  collected. 


.<y 


The  convention  was 
recorded  in  many  ways 

A  team  of  court  reporters  logged  every  word 
of  the  convention  proceedings  .  .  .  enough 
to  fill  1,708  pages  of  printed  booklets,  which 
were  distributed  to  delegates  on  each  suc- 
cessive morning.  Some  delegates,  like 
the  one  at  left,  tape  recorded  the  words 
streaming  into  the  microphones  for 
later  playback  at  local  union  meet-  j 

ings.  Others  took  pictures. 


Marilyn  Pike,  an 
audiologist  of  the 
Ontario  Ministry  of 
Labour,  shiows  a 
delegate  how  to 
record  his  hearing 
level  with  a  button 
device. 


By  a  series  of  com- 
puterized signals 
and  audibles  she 
notes  the  hearing 
variations  of  the 
delegate. 


UBC  Safety  and  Health 
Department  conducts  hearing 
tests^  technical  assistance  at 
convention 

Are  there  safety  and  health  hazards  on  your  job? 
Chemicals  that  you  think  might  be  toxic?  The  UBC 
Safety  and  Health  Department  had,  for  the  first  time, 
a  booth  at  the  General  Convention  in  Toronto  to 
answer  questions  from  delegates  on  job  safety  and 
health.  The  booth  provided  information  and  resource 
materials  published  by  the  UBC,  OSHA,  and  the 
Construction  Safety  Association  of  Ontario.  The  re- 
sources most  in  demand  were  materials  on  the  hazards 
of  asbestos,  including  the  latest  edition  of  our  popular 
booklet  "Asbestos — The  Deadly  Dust."  The  new  edi- 
tion includes  a  summary  of  the  new  OSHA  asbestos 
standard  that  are  now  going  into  effect.  The  Depart- 
ment is  also  developing  a  training  program  for  asbes- 
tos abatement  workers. 

The  Department  arranged  for  free  hearing  tests  at 
the  convention  with  the  assistance  of  Marilyn  Pike, 
an  audiologist  at  the  Ontario  Ministry  of  Labour,  and 
The  Construction  Safety  Association  of  Ontario.  Over 
100  members  had  their  hearing  tested  during  the 
week.  The  results  are  being  studied  to  determine 
what  percentage  of  our  members  might  have  lost 
their  hearing  because  of  noise  exposures  on  the  job. 
We  hope  to  use  this  information  to  press  for  more 
protection  for  our  construction  members  against  hear- 
ing loss  (while  OSHA  has  a  hearing  conservation 
amendment  to  protect  industrial  workers,  it  does  not 
yet  apply  in  construction).  The  UBC  will  soon  be 
publishing  a  booklet  on  the  hazards  of  noise  in  both 
construction  and  industrial  plants. 


Left:  Harry  Cherney  of  Local 
1719  signs  up  for  the  hearing 
test  with  UBC  Representa- 
tives Ron  Smoot  and  Earl 
Soderman.  Convention  time 
permitted  119  to  participate 
in  the  personal  evaluation 
and  statistical  study.  At  far 
left:  The  safety  and  health 
booth  was  attended  by  UBC 
Safety  and  Health  Director 
joe  Durst  and  Representa- 
tives Jim  Foster,  Al  Rodri- 
guez, and  Ralph  Novak. 


f  > 


DECEMBER     1986 


33 


GOSSIP 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO: 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED 


DEAD  RINGER? 

A  young  boy  applied  for  the  job 
of  firebell  ringer, 

"I  can't  hire  you,"  the  fire  marshal! 
said.  "You  can't  reach  the  rope." 

"Watch  this,"  the  boy  said.  He 
backed  up,  then  took  a  running 
jump,  hitting  the  bell  w/ith  his  face. 

The  fire  marshall  ran  to  his  side. 
"Are  you  all  right?" 

"Fine.  Can  I  have  the  job?" 

"Well,  I  don't  know." 

"Look,"  the  boy  said,  "I'll  do  it 
again."  And  he  did.  Twice. 

As  he  struck  the  bell  the  second 
time,  a  man  approached  the  fire 
marshall. 

"Who's  the  kid?"  he  asked, 

"I  dunno  his  name,  but  his  face 
sure  rings  a  bell." 

— Soy's  Life 


HOW  HIGH? 

Two  workers  were  having  a  hard 
time  trying  to  measure  a  flag  pole. 
After  several  unsuccessful  at- 
tempts, one  said  to  the  other,  "Why 
don't  we  lay  the  pole  on  the  ground 
and  measure  it  that  way?" 

"No  good,"  replied  the  other.  "We 
want  to  measure  the  height,  not  the 
length." 

— The  Rubber  Neck 
URW  Local  26 


ATTEND  YOUR  LOCAL  MEETINGS 


TOO  LATE 

Luke:  Make  me  a  Zombie. 
Bartender:  God  beat  me  to  it. 

^Catering  Industry  Employee 


BE  UNION!  BUY  LABEL! 


HOPEFUL  HINT 

The  courtship  was  progressing 
too  slowly  to  suit  the  girl.  She  de- 
cided to  seize  the  next  opportunity 
to  hint  for  a  proposal. 

The  next  evening  her  beau  took 
her  to  a  Chinese  restaurant. 

"How  would  you  like  your  rice?" 
he  asked. 

The  girl  looked  at  him  steadily 
and  said,  very  distinctly:  "Thrown!" 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

There  once  was  a  girl  named 

Molly 
Everything  she  did  was  for  folly 
She  ran  in  a  race 
And  fell  on  her  face 
She  never  ran  again,  by  golly! 

Molly  Beach 
Daughter  of 
Local  1369  member 
Morgantown,  W.  \Ja. 


HE'LL  LEARN 

A  young  draftee  was  startled  out 
of  a  sound  sleep  by  his  platoon 
sergeant  after  his  first  night  in  the 
army. 

"Hey,  you!"  bellowed  the  ser- 
geant, "It's  4:30!" 

"Four-thirty?"  mumbled  the  rookie. 
"Man,  you'd  better  get  to  bed.  We 
got  a  big  day  tomorrow." 

BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER 

CREATIVE  WRITING 

The  editor  of  a  newspaper  was 
questioning  a  reporter  who  covered 
a  political  rally.  "What  did  the  can- 
didate say?"  he  asked. 

"Nothing,"  said  the  reporter. 

"OK,"  said  the  editor,  "Keep  it 
down  to  one  column." 

—Local  26 
United  Rubber  Workers 
Rubber  Neck 

BOYCOTT  L-P  PRODUCTS 

SPARE  THE  ROD? 

Mother:  Do  you  believe  in  clubs 
for  teenagers? 
Teacher:  Only  if  persuasion  fails. 

— Catering  Industry  Employee 
LOOK  FOR  THE  UNION  LABEL 

A  LITTLE  TOO  HELPFUL 

A  young  man  wanted  to  get  off 
the  train  at  the  San  Lorenzo  station, 
but  the  conductor  said,  "We  don't 
make  that  stop  anymore,  but  I'll  tell 
you  what  I'll  do.  I'll  hold  you  over 
the  side,  and  you  get  your  legs 
moving,  and  I'll  let  you  off." 

The  conductor  in  the  next  car 
saw  the  man  running,  so  he  snatched 
him  up  and  said,  "Boy,  are  you 
lucky  I  saw  you.  This  train  doesn't 
stop  here  anymore." 

— Donald  Clowser 
Millwright  102 
Oakland,  Calif 


34 


CARPENTER 


HPPREnTicESHip  &  TRnminc 


Carpet  Installers'  Presentation 


Carpet-installer  apprentices  of  the  Chicago  District  Council 
have  completed  a  large,  colorful  circular  rug  with  the  United 
Brotherhood  emblem  at  its  center.  It  was  recently  presented  to 
the  General  Officers  at  the  General  Offices  in  Washington, 
D.C.,  by  District  Council  President  George  Vest  and  Third  Dis- 
trict Board  Member  Thomas  Hanahan. 


Apprentice  Presentations 

During  a  recent  award  ceremony  held  by  Local  532,  Elmira, 
N.Y.,  several  apprentice  presentations  were  made.  Jesse  Hollen- 
beck,  the  local's  retiring  apprenticeship  instructor,  was  awarded 
a  Golden  Hammer  plaque  for  his  years  of  dedication  and  service. 
Donna  Sayre  was  recognized  for  her  efforts  as  the  first  woman  to 
complete  the  course  of  apprenticeship  training  with  the  local.  And 
David  Collins  was  honored  as  the  year's  outstanding  apprentice 
and  also  presented  with  a  Golden  Hammer  plaque. 


.GratTsmen 


Pictured,  from  left,  are  President  Mike  TerwiUiger  and  Edward 
Baker,  local  business  representative,  with  Jesse  Hollenbeck. 


Pictured,  from  left,  are  David  Stewart,  recording  secretary: 
President  TerwiUiger;  Donna  Sayre;  David  Collins;  and  Business 
Representative  Baker. 


Southern  Conference 

Biloxi,  Miss.,  was  the  setting  for  the  38th  Annual  Southern 
States  Apprenticeship  Conference  held  recently.  Objectives  of 
the  conference  were:  to  stimulate  interest  in,  and  promote  train- 
ing of  skilled  craftsmen  through  a  quality  apprenticeship  pro- 
gram; to  establish  and  maintain  lines  of  communication  between 
management,  labor,  educators,  and  government;  to  provide  rec- 
ognition of  outstanding  apprentices  from  throughout  the  13 
Southern  States  area. 

Specialized  panel  discussions  were  conducted  as  part  of  the 
conference  program.  Guest  speakers  included  Governor  Allain 
of  Mississippi.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  conference,  the  largest 
of  its  kind  in  the  nation,  an  awards  banquet  was  held  honoring 
outstanding  apprentices. 


After  returning  from  the  conference,  the  outstanding  appren- 
tices from  Alabama  were  invited  to  the  state  capital  in  Mont- 
gomery to  be  honored  by  Governor  George  C.  Wallace.  Pic- 
tured with  Governor  Wallace  (seated),  from  left,  are  Robert 
Nolen,  carpenter;  Chris  Kendrick,  millwright;  Bill  Griffin,  busi- 
ness representative;  Marty  Stover,  carpenter;  Kenny  Powell, 
carpenter;  Allen  Pate,  commissioner  of  labor,  carpenter;  and 
'Calvin  Harrison,  apprentice  training  director.  All  are  members 
of  the  Jefferson  County,  Alabama,  &  Vicinity,  Carpenters  Dis- 
trict Council. 


Nassau  County  JAC  Graduation 


The  Nassau  County,  N.Y..  Carpenters  JAC  program  recently 
held  a  graduation  ceremony  at  its  training  center.  Pictured 
above,  seated,  from  left,  are  graduates  K.  Meyer,  Local  1291, 
Huntington,  N.Y.;  J.  Brown,  Local  1772,  Hicksville,  N.Y.,  sec- 
ond place  contest  winner;  D.  Tupper,  Local  1772;  Eugene  Har- 
rigna,  secretary-treasurer;  Virginia  Gausto,  executive  director. 
Association  of  Wall,  Ceiling  and  Carpentry  Contractors  of  L.I. 
and  N.Y.;  Maurice  Torruella,  New  York  slate  coordinator;  and 
Scott  Puetzer,  Local  1093.  Glen  Cove.  N.  Y.  Standing,  from  left, 
are  M.  McCarthy  (and  daughter).  Local  1292;  John  Howard, 
coordinator;  R.  Herley,  Local  1292;  K.  Humbert.  Local  1397. 
third  place  contest  winner;  Paid  Ehl,  Local  1772;  David  Kresof 
sky,  Local  1397.  North  Hempstead.  N.  Y..  first  place  contest 
winner;  T.  Mullaly  Jr.,  Local  1397;  D.  Bucknor,  Local  1093;  and 
Eugene  Merkel,  business  agent,  Local  1093. 


DECEMBER     1986 


35 


St.  Louis  Family  Affair 


IVIaine  Completion  Ceremony 


The  recent  St.  Louis,  Mo..  Carpenters  District  Council  ap- 
prenticeship graduation  ceremony  had  a  special  family  flavor  to 
it.  Among  the  over  200  new  journeymen  who  were  welcomed 
into  the  family  of  the  United  Brotherhood  were  two  sons  and  a 
nephew  of  council  officials. 

Pictured,  front  row,  from  left,  are  Millwright  Instructor  John 
Morarin  and  his  son  Michael.  Council  Executive  Secretary- 
Treasurer  Emeritus  Ollie  Langhorst  and  his  nephew  Michael, 
and  Retired  Business  Representative  Fred  Redell  and  his  son 
Richard. 

Richard  Redell  was  the  recipient  of  two  of  the  council's  nine 
annual  awards.  He  won  the  millwright  contest  and  the  Laurence 
O'Daniels  Millwright  Award. 

Back  row.  from  left,  are  Council  Assistant  E.xecutive  Secre- 
tary-Treasurer Don  Brussel,  Executive  Secretary-Treasurer 
Leonard  Terhrock.  and  General  Executive  Board  Member  for 
the  Sixth  District  Dean  Sooter. 


Pittsburgh  Presentations 

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At  a  recent  awards  presenliition  htiiu/iwl.  Local  2274.  I*ill.s- 
hurgh.  Pa.,  awarded  journeyman  certificates  to  apprentices  who 
had  succes.sfully  completed  their  required  program.  Pictured 
above,  from  left,  are  John  Taylor.  James  Kirkland.  Marcelynn 
Salata.  Murlene  Rohm,  Dough  Barclay.  Rudy  Z.  Cramer,  and 
Frank  Kiircsics. 


Receiving  apprenticeship  completion  certificate,  al  a  recent  Lo- 
cal 62  L  Bangor,  Me.,  award  ceremony .  from  left,  were  Robert 
England.  Barry  Lane,  Jeffrey  MeCue,  Royce  Sposato.  Lawrence 
Holden,  and  Merton  Pierce. 


Ontario  Apprentice  Contestants 


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Pictured  above  are  the  10  contestants  from  the  Ontario  Appren- 
tice Contest  held  in  the  Woodbine  Centre  Mall  in  Toronto,  Onl. 
Keith  Karn.  a  member  of  Local  2486.  Sundbury,  Out.,  took  first 
place  in  the  competition.  Amie  Legros.  Local  1669,  Thunder 
Bay.  Ont.,  was  the  second  place  winner,  and  Leon  Vim  Hiirren. 
Local  256.  Sarnia.  Ont..  won  third  prize.  The  winners  may  be 
competing  in  the  Canadian  Contest  to  be  held  in  Vancouver, 
B.C.,  this  month. 


Know  This  Tool? 

Gene  Slater  of  Local  1622,  Hay- 
ward.  Calif.,  has  this  tool  setting 
atop  a  chest  of  drawers  which  he'd 
like  to  identify.  He  believes  it's 
some  kind  of  wood  rasp  with  a 
changeable  cutter.  The  cutting 
blades  are  of  steel:  the  adjustable 
grips  are  of  brass.  Any  UBC  tool 
collectors  know  this  tool? 


New  Journeymen 


At  a  recent  banquet,  two  Local  308.  Cedar 
Rapids,  Iowa,  journeymen  were  awarded 
completion  certificates.  Pictured  above, 
from  left,  are  Billy  Joe  Reed  and  Scott 
Alyn  Musgrove. 


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How  the  99th  Congress 
Affected  Food  Issues 


By  GOODY  L.  SOLOMON 


In  the  rushed  closing  days  of  the  99th 
Congress,  we  heard  a  lot  about  money 
to  pay  Uncle  Sam's  bills,  immigration 
reform,  and  the  Superfund  to  clean  up 
toxic  waste  dumps. 

Less  publicized  battles  were  taking 
place,  however,  and  their  outcomes 
could  influence  the  quality,  price,  and 
safety  of  our  food. 

For  starters,  the  Food  and  Drug 
Administration,  whose  job  includes 
guarding  food  safety,  will  receive  an 
increase  of  $35  million  in  its  appropri- 
ations for  fiscal  1987,  the  year  which 
began  October  I.  bringing  the  total  to 
$438.3  million. 

This  gain,  at  a  time  when  the  ax  has 
been  falling  on  government  programs, 
results  in  large  measure  from  a  lobbying 
campaign  by  the  National  Food  Pro- 
cessors Association. 

Among  NFPA's  arguments:  that 
FDA's  inadequate  resources  retard 
progress  since  the  agency  cannot  obtain 
the  expertise  necessary  to  judge  new 
packaging  and  processing  techniques. 

"It  has  caused  delays  and  will  cause 
delays  in  the  future."  said  an  NFPA 
spokesperson. 

Recent  instances  of  food  tampering 
also  convinced  the  lawmakers  that  FDA 
needed  to  beef  up  its  effectiveness  and 
clout. 

Several  federal  feeding  programs  also 
got  a  monetary  shot  in  the  arm.  School 
breakfast,  summer  meals,  special  milk, 
and  WIC  (Women,  Infants,  and  Chil- 
dren) will  share  an  extra  $46  million  for 
fiscal  1987  and  1988,  and  $76  million 
for  fiscal  1989. 

School  breakfast  receives  the  largest 
amount,  $24  million  to  upgrade  nutri- 
tional quality.  A  study  by  USDA  had 
found  that  the  morning  meals  served  in 
schools  were  nutritionally  inferior — no- 
tably in  vitamins  A  and  B6  and  in  iron — 
to  those  obtained  elsewhere. 

In  contrast,  economy  was  a  driving 
force  behind  the  okay  Congress  gave 
to  a  more  flexible  meat  inspection  sys- 
tem. No  longer  must  all  meat  processing 
plants  receive  continuous,  daily  inspec- 
tion. Instead,  the  U.S.  Department  of 
Agriculture  has  the  power  to  decide 
whether  a  meat  processing  plant  could 


be  trusted  to  follow  the  sanitation  rules 
without  having  an  inspector  on  the 
premises  all  the  time. 

Called  the  Processed  Products  In- 
spection Improvement  Act  of  1986,  the 
new  law  permits  USDA  to  rely  on  the 
quality  control  records  of  certain  com- 


VA  Warns  Veterans 
of  Insurance  Hoax 

The  Veterans  Administration  is  once 
again  warning  World  War  II  veterans 
not  to  be  misled  by  false  information 
regarding  the  payment  of  a  special 
life  insurance  dividend. 

VA  Administrator  Thomas  K.  Tur- 
nage,  responding  to  a  reappearance 
of  a  hoax  that  has  plagued  the  agency 
for  almost  40  years,  reiterated  that 
the  VA  "does  not  pay  dividends  on 
lapsed  insurance  policies." 

The  hoax,  which  first  surfaced  in 
1948,  is  once  again  making  the  rounds, 
resulting  in  literally  thousands  of  in- 
quiries to  the  VA  from  all  over  the 
country.  It  is  refueled  every  few  years 
by  the  mysterious  distribution  of  "ap- 
plications '  often  poorly  reproduced, 
and  sometimes  directed  to  a  non- 
existent "Capt.  Prosser"  al  the  VA 
Insurance  Center  in  Philadelphia.  The 
forms  claim  that  dividends  are  avail- 
able for  the  asking  and  promises  World 
War  11  veterans  a  dividend  based  on 
their  military  service,  "even  if  they 
haven't  kept  their  policies  in  force," 

The  bogus  application  also  claims 
that  Congress  has  passed  a  law  au- 
thorizing the  dividends.  There  has 
been  no  such  action  nor  is  there  any 
pending. 

Turnage  said  that  it  costs  taxpayers 
a  great  deal  of  money  to  respond  to 
the  bogus  applications  and  strains 
VA's  normal  insurance  processing 
workloads.  He  asked  the  media,  vet- 
erans organizations,  and  the  general 
public  to  help  put  an  end  to  the  hoax. 

Annual  dividends  on  current  Gl 
insurance  policies  are  paid  by  the  VA 
to  veterans  who  continue  to  pay  pre- 
miums. Dividend  payments  are  made 
automatically,  usually  on  the  anni- 
versary date  of  the  policy,  and  no 
application  is  needed. 


panics  as  a  partial  substitute  for  the 
watchful  eyes  of  inspectors. 

USDA  says  it  will  be  able  to  allocate 
resources  more  efficiently  and  still  pro- 
tect the  public  health.  Consumer  ad- 
vocates and  unions  have  charged  that 
the  law  endangers  public  health  by 
putting  the  fox  in  charge  of  the  chicken 
coop. 

One  particular  bill's  failure  represents 
a  victory  for  consumers.  This  measure 
would  have  granted  regional  monopolies 
to  beer  wholesalers,  thereby  exempting 
them  from  federal  antitrust  laws. 

Supporters  of  the  so-called  beer  bill 
argued  that  it  would  protect  small-  and 
medium-sized  wholesalers  from  de- 
structive price-cutting  by  large  distrib- 
utors. 

Opponents  included  the  Justice  De- 
partment, the  Federal  Trade  Commis- 
sion, the  Food  Marketing  Institute,  a 
trade  group,  and  consumer  advocates. 

They  believe  the  bill  would  jack  up 
beer  prices. 

A  strengthened  pesticide  law  lost  out 
in  the  final  moments  of  Congress,  de- 
spite recent  events  that  promised  to 
resolve  15  years  of  disputes  between 
environmentalists  and  chemical  manu- 
facturers. At  issue  here  was  the  Federal 
Insecticide,  Fungicide,  and  Rodenticide 
Act. 

A  much-touted  compromise  between 
the  opposing  parties  earlier  this  year 
led  to  a  bill  that  would  have  expedited 
the  retesting  of  hundreds  of  chemicals 
already  in  use  but  deemed  potentially 
unsafe  on  the  basis  of  updated  science. 
But  it  failed  over  unresolved  disputes 
in  conference. 

Finally,  the  Public  Health  Service  is 
to  study  the  potential  of  warning  labels 
to  educate  the  public  about  the  risks  of 
alcohol  abuse.  PHS  is  also  to  draft 
recommended  language  for  the  labels. 

Legislation  to  require  warnings  on 
booze  labels  had  bipartisan  support  but 
never  made  it  to  the  Senate  floor  for  a 
vote. 

The  Distilled  Spirits  Council  of  the 
U.S.  opposes  the  warning  labels.  The 
Center  for  Science  in  the  Public  Inter- 
est, an  advocacy  group,  has  led  the 
crusade  in  their  favor. 


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Retirees 
Notebook 

A  periodic  report  on  the  activities 
of  UBC  Retiree  Clubs  and  the  com- 
ings and  goings  of  individual  retirees. 

Two  New  Clubs 

Two  new  retirees  clubs  have  joined  thie 
ever-growing  ranks  of  the  organization  re- 
cently. Club  No.  63  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  was 
granted  a  charter  with  199  members  on  the 
rolls.  Their  president  is  Phillip  Sweeney,  496 
Mansfield  Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  15205. 

Also  in  the  Pittsburgh  area  is  Club  No.  64 
with  45  charter  members.  Joseph  Jansen, 
their  president,  can  be  contacted  at  208 
Elfinwild  Road,  Allison  Park,  Pa.  15101. 

Houston  Club  Growing 

Only  seven  months  since  Retirees  Club 
54,  Houston,  Tex.,  held  its  first  meeting,  the 
group  already  numbers  86.  Members  meet 
twice  a  month  to  get  all  the  details  of 
organization  handled  and  to  recruit  mem- 
bers. Now  they  are  on  a  regular  schedule, 
meeting  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  each 
month. 

Johnny  M.  Walsh,  club  president,  recently 
reported  on  their  activities.  Other  officers 
are  Melvin  Bates,  vice  president;  Mrs.  Oleta 
Foley,  treasurer;  and  Louis  West,  secretary. 

This  past  summer,  the  club  held  its  first 
get-together  in  a  local  state  park.  Forty 
members  were  on  hand  to  enjoy  the  outing 
which  was  paid  for  by  the  50/50  raffles  and 
drawings  held  at  regular  club  meetings. 

Members  of  Club  54,  like  so  many  others 
we  hear  from,  remain  firmly  committed  to 
the  goals  of  unionism.  Whenever  needed, 
they  are  willing  to  walk  picket  lines  or  do 
what  it  takes  to  keep  the  spirit  going. 


General  Treasurer 
Emeritus  Nichols 
Reflects  On  Life 


A  recent  letter  from  General  Treasurer 
Emeritus  Charlie  Nichols  included  some 
reflections  on  life  after  65.  Brother  Ni- 
chols, who  was  on  hand  for  the  recent 
35th  General  Convention  in  Toronto, 
Ont.,  hit  this  milestone  last  June  and 
maintains  that  it  has  some  distinct  ad- 
vantages in  addition  to  the  discounts  at 
shops  and  restaurants. 

"Sixty-five  isn't  such  a  bad  age.  It  just 
sounds  ancient  unless  you're  somewhere 
in  the  proximity  of  the  figure — on  either 
side.  But  it's  not  really  a  disaster,  and  I 
haven't  felt  much  nearer  to  the  bone  pile 
since  June  30  when  I  hit  the  legal  "55" 
plus  10.  It  wasn't  nearly  as  bad  as  age 
40  or  even  50.  It  just  got  here  sooner 
than  I  expected. 

"Being  65  isn't  that  bad.  You'd  be 
surprised  how  conveniently  you  can  use 
it  as  an  excuse  to  cover  a  multitude  of 
idiosyncrasies  that  begin  to  peak  at  three- 
score and  five. 

"You  begin  to  notice  a  few  things,  too, 
especially  that  drivers  seem  to  be  much 
more  polite  and  generous  than  they  once 
were.  For  instance,  they  stop  when  they 
see  you  come  to  an  intersection  and  let 
you  proceed.  Sometimes  they  stop  20 
feet  down  the  street  and  let  you  pull  out 
from  the  curb.  And  they're  friendly — 
you  can't  make  out  just  what  they're 
saying,  but  you  can  see  them  talking  to 
you. 

"The  advantages  of  being  65  are  end- 
less. I  can't  wait  until'  I'm  70,  while  at 
the  same  time  wishing  I  were  35  again. 
That  was  a  good  age — if  I  remember 
correctly!  But  at  that  age  I  wouldn't  be 
able  to  go  to  the  mailbox  and  pick  up  my 
pension  check. 

"Give  my  best  regards  to  all  the  mem- 
bers who  made  it  possible  to  live  a  happy 
life  at  65." 


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To  organize  a  retiree  club  or  to 
submit  news,  write:  General  Secre- 
tary John  S.  Rogers,  UBCJA,  101 
Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washing- 
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Summer  Picnic  in  Omaha 


Club  54  members  are  pictured  above,  left  and  right,  enjoying  a 
picnic  lunch,  each  other's  company,  and  the  great  outdoors. 


Retirees  Club  No.  37  in  Oiiicilia.  Nch..  got  together  during  the 
summer  for  a  picnic  where  they  posed  for  the  above  group 
photo.  The  club,  which  is  affiliated  with  Local  400,  has  28 
retired  carpenters  and  their  wives  on  the  membership  rotes. 
They  hold  monthly  meetings  and  enjoy  meeting  and  welcoming 
new  retirees  to  the  club. 


DECEMBER     1986 


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Servioe 

The 
Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently   received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


CHAMPAIGN,  ILL. 

Local  44  recently  celebrated  with  a  service 
pin  presentation  and  mortgage  burning 
ceremony. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left;  Vernon  S.  Franzen,  Albert  N.  Hacker, 
Kenneth  E,  Morton,  Richard  E.  Dalton,  David 
M.  Grindley,  and  J.  Dan  Stirewalt. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Lewis  D.  Fox  and  Ralph  Lloyd  Williams. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Gerald  W.  Vezina  and  Charles  E. 
Ostendort. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Edwin  M.  Stevens,  George  Fox,  James  L. 
Dunn  Jr.,  and  George  H.  Wittig. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  45-year  members,  from 


left:  William  A.  Bradley  and  Mrs.  Minnie 
Holmes  for  Floyd  Holmes. 

Picture  No.  6.  shows  Life  Members:  Kenneth 
R.  Ronk,  Mrs.  Minnie  Holmes  for  Floyd 
Holmes,  John  Radmaker,  Earl  O'Shea,  and 
Elwood  B.  Albert. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  the  mortgage  burning 
ceremony.  In  foreground,  from  left:  James  L. 
Dunn  Jr.,  financial  secretary  Local  44;  and  Gary 
Wikoff,  vice  president  of  Marine  American 
National  Bank. 

Picture  No.  8  shows  three  generations  of 
Local  44  members,  from  left:  Eugene  P.  Deem, 
great  grandson;  Thomas  R.  Deem;  Timothy  C. 
Deem;  and  Christopher  B.  Deem. 

Picture  No.  9  shows  another  three- 
generation  family,  from  left;  Kenneth  B.  Bruce, 
Nobel  Bruce,  and  Daniel  L.  Bruce. 


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Pittsburgti,  Pa. 

PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

In  conjunction  with  their  100th  anniversary 
banquet,  the  members  of  Local  142  awarded 
Fred  McGloughan  a  Golden  Hammer  Award  for 
his  75  years  of  dedicated  membership  in  the 
United  Brotherhood.  Due  to  poor  health  Brother 
McCloughan  was  unable  to  attend  the  banquet 
so  Local  142  President  William  Shehab  and 
David  Hohman,  business  representative  and 
financial  secretary,  made  the  presentation  to 
him  at  home. 


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Cfiampaign,  111. — Picture  No.  1 

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Picture  No.  4 


Champaign,  III. — Picture  No.  7 


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Champaign,  III. — Picture  No.  9 


Champaign,  III. — Picture  No.  6 


Champaign,  III.— Picture  No.  8 


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CARPENTER 


OAKLAND, 
CALIF. 

Ben  A.  Sahlin 
recently  received  his 
50-year  pin  by  mail 
from  Local  36  at  his 
residence  in  Iowa 
Falls,  Iowa.  Sahlin  is 
93  years  old. 


Olean,  N.Y.— Picture  No.  1 

OLEAN,  N.Y. 

Local  66  recently  held  its  annual  awards 
banquet.  A  special  tribute  was  read  to  the 
following  members  in  honor  of  over  50  years  of 
service:  Burr  Bell,  84,  63  years;  Frank  Billings, 
91,  67  years;  Jesse  Colegrove,  90,  64  years; 
Howard  Cook,  77,  51  years;  Art  Crandall,  90, 
62  years;  Finer  Ek,  78,  59  years;  Reginald 
Ellison,  82,  57  years;  Harry  Holmquist,  82,  63 
years;  Earl  Hurd,  80,  63  years;  Homer  Ingram, 
87,  61  years;  Thomas  McLaughlin,  82,  61 
years;  Michael  Skudlarek,  80,  51  years;  John 
A.  Swanson,  89,  64  years;  and  Clayton 
Weakland,  72,  53  years. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  25-year  members,  from 
left:  Lyie  Milliman,  Garden  Lund,  and  Tom 
Pintagro. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Anthony  Trippy,  Robert  Sick,  and  Walter 
Hendrickson. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Ed  Padden,  Eugene  Bailey,  and  Tom  Nolan. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  Ed  Soplop,  William  Kayes,  Dan  Rucker, 
and  Harry  Vesneski. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  50-year  member  Gerald 
Raub,  right,  receiving  a  pin  from  Business 
Manager  and  Financial  Secretary  Elliott  Ellis. 

Receiving  pins  but  not  pictured  were  25-year 
member  Charles  Tinker;  30-year  members 


Olean,  N.Y.— Picture  No.  2 


Sahlin 


Olean,  N.Y.— Picture  No.  3 


Robert  Bennett,  Elliott  Ellis  Sr.,  Gilbert 
Freeman,  Lee  Harris,  Willis  Hosmer,  Richard 
Lewis,  Norman  Merrill,  Robert  P.  Moll,  George 
Packer,  and  Stanley  Swanson;  35-year 
members  Jack  E.  Brown,  Michael  Kane,  and 
Edward  Rawady;  40-year  members  Ray 
Perinne,  Robert  Patrick,  Charles  Walker,  Ralph 
Allen,  Edward  Bores,  Charles  Boza,  William 
DeHaven,  Alton  Deming,  Fred  Denhoff, 
Theodore  Gloss,  Eugene  Gordon,  Anthony  R. 
Gugino,  Clinton  Riehle,  David  Smith,  Winton 
Stalvey,  Evert  Swanson,  Herbert  Webster,  and 
Andy  Kovel;  45-ye3r  members  William  Bunnell, 
Ralph  Compton,  Frank  Racitano,  Lyie 
Schoonover,  and  John  Winslow,  and  50-year 
members  Everett  Case,  Richard  H.  Flanagan, 
and  Barney  Zeck. 


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Olean,  N.Y.— Picture  No.  4 


Olean,  N.Y.— Picture  No.  5 


Medicine  Hat,  Alberta 


Charleston,  W.  Va. 
DECEMBER     1986 


MEDICINE  HAT,  ALBERTA 

Local  1569  recently  honored  its  longtime 
members  with  a  special  pin  presentation 
meeting. 

Pictured,  from  left:  A.  Lutz,  30  years;  F. 
Lutz,  30  years;  P.  Dempsey,  35  years;  William 
McGillivray,  local  president;  B.  Parasynchuk, 
charter  member,  35  years;  E.  Wahl,  30  years; 
M.  Miller,  30  years;  and  W.  Dais,  25  years. 

Receiving  pins  but  not  pictured:  P.  Reiling, 
30  years;  and  J.  Bengert  Sr.,  25  years. 


CHARLESTON,  W.  VA. 

Members  with  30,  35,  and  50  years  of 
service  to  the  Brotherhood  recently  received 
pins  at  a  special  Pin  Award  Dinner  conducted 
by  Local  1207. 

Pictured,  from  left:  John  L.  Jarrett,  recording 
secretary  and  business  representative.  Chemical 
Valley  District  Council;  Everette  Sullivan, 
general  representative;  Robert  Wise,  West 
Virginia  congressman;  Isaac  Ong,  35-year 
member;  John  Johnson,  50-year  member;  G.E. 
Pegram,  50-year  member;  James  A.  Howes  Jr., 
35-year  member;  L.W.  Fink,  50-year  members; 
William  DuVall,  30-year  member;  Roy  Smith, 
35-year  member;  Hallett  Hill  Jr.,  assistant 
business  representative.  Local  1207;  Kenneth 
Starcher,  president.  Local  1207;  and  Robert 
Sutphin,  financial  secretary  and  business 
representative.  Local  1207. 


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Brewer,  Me. 

BREWER,  ME. 

Over  100  members  attended  the  Second 
Annual  Retirees  and  Awards  Banquet  held 
recently  by  Local  621 .  The  evening  included  a 
buftet  dinner,  dancing,  and  speeches  by  local 
ofticers,  followed  by  pinning  of  those  members 
with  20  years  or  more. 

Pictured  are,  front  row,  from  left:  Andrew 
Bisson,  20  years:  William  Whitcomb,  30  years; 
Thurlow  Little,  40  years:  Leiand  Fogg,  40  years; 
and  Armand  Morin,  30  years. 

Back  row,  from  left:  Ralph  (Pepper)  Martin, 
25  years;  Daniel  Speed,  25  years:  Duane 
Brown,  20  years,  Nathanial  Reynolds,  25  years 
(accepted  by  Allan  Ashmore);  and  Arthur 
Condon,  25  years. 

Receiving  pins  but  not  present  were 
Alphonse  Chaloux,  30  years;  and  Leo  Hamel, 
20  years. 


State  College,  Pa. 


Washington,  D.C. 

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STATE  COLLEGE,  PA. 

Local  1333  recently  celebrated  60  years  of 
affiliation  with  the  United  Brotherhood  and 
awarded  service  pins  to  longstanding  members 
of  the  local. 

Pictured  are  pin  recipients,  from  left:  Joe 
Martinec,  30-years;  Tom  Kustanbauter,  40- 
years;  and  Charles  Spotts,  40-years. 

WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Members  of  Local  1590  joined  in 
congratulating  now-retired  38-year  member, 
Elliott  T.  Wilson,  77,  of  Philippi,  West  Va.,  on 
his  golden  wedding  anniversary.  Wilson  and  his 
wife  Agnes  are  shown  in  the  accompanying 
picture  with  some  of  their  anniversary  gifts. 
Wilson  was  initiated  into  the  Brotherhood  In 
1948. 


Lawrenceburg,  Ind. — Picture  No.  1 

LAWRENCEBURG,  IND. 

At  a  recent  pin  presentation  ceremony  Local 
1142  honored  members  for  longstanding 
service  to  the  UBC. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  30-year  members,  from 
left:  Earl  Watford,  Denver  Webb,  Robert  Oelker, 
Clarence  Sedler.  Curtis  Ester,  Troy  Adams,  and 
James  Blair. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  35-year  members,  from 
left:  Laurence  Womack,  Robert  Tufts,  and 
Victor  Greive  Jr. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  40-year  members,  from 
left:  John  Niemeyer  and  Davis  Booth. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  45-year  members,  from 
left:  Raymond  Stoneking,  Charles  Eaglin,  and 
William  Clifton. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  50-year  member 
Emerson  Eichler,  center,  being  congratulated  by 
former  Business  Representative  Davis  Booth, 
left,  and  Business  Representative  and  Financial 
Secretary  John  Kime. 

Honored  but  not  pictured  were:  30-year 
members  Kirby  Burton,  Richard  Clark,  Dorman 


Lawrenceburg,  Ind. — Picture  No.  3 


Lawrenceburg,  Ind. — Picture  No.  2 


Lange,  Floyd  Stevens,  and  Jack  Tremain;  35- 
year  members  Raymond  Baker,  Howard 
Brameier,  Edward  Braunagel,  Harry  Clark, 
Raymond  Cleeter,  Eugene  Louden,  Elmer  Miller, 
and  Roosevelt  Ratliff;  40-year  members  Paul 
Binder,  Claude  Booth,  Homer  Icard,  Glen 
Roseberry,  and  Ferman  Willoughby;  and  45- 
year  members  Leon  Jackson  and  Leiand 
Woodward. 


Lawrenceburg,  Ind. — Picture  No.  4 


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CARPENTER 


MINNEAPOLIS,  MINN. 

Nearly  200  members  of  Cabinet  Makers  and 
Millmens  Local  1865  were  recently  awarded 
service  pins  for  their  years  in  the  UBC.  Many  of 
the  pins  were  presented  at  an  awards  dinner  at 
the  Prom  Ballroom. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  some  of  the  following 
25-year  members:  Leo  Boschee,  Les  Crawford, 
Doug  Hendrickson,  Milen  Hiben,  Melroy 
Hokenson,  Don  Holzheu,  Bob  Hosford,  Byron 
Johnson,  James  Kamrud,  Mike  Kelly,  Pat  Kelly, 
Dennis  Loxtercamp,  Henry  Ritschel,  and  Larry 
Wuornos. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  some  of  the  following 
30-year  members:  Don  Christie,  Joe  Grosnacht, 
Walt  Gustafson,  Ray  Haagenson,  Lois  Herman, 
Noah  Hershey,  Richard  Keltner,  Arnold  Knapp, 
John  Kolozienski,  Irving  Korek,  Calvin  Krein, 
Hans  Lervik,  Harold  Morrison,  Dick  Petroske, 
Rudolf  Sackel,  Larry  Somers,  Ed  Stiller,  Ken 
Tschida,  Terrie  Wolfe,  Clint  Younker,  Irvin 
Zastrow,  and  John  Zananko. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  some  of  the  following 
35-year  members:  Roy  Blakeley,  Al  Cicchese, 
Charles  Cook,  Ken  Furbur,  George  Gernandt, 
Dennis  Hamre,  Don  Neidermier,  Eugene  Otte, 
Ed  Pendzimas,  Charles  Peter,  Nick  Rudensky, 
Arnold  Steger,  and  Al  Welters. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  some  of  the  following 
40-year  members:  Art  Bjorkman,  Floyd 
Broecker,  Bill  Cipala,  Gerald  Robeck,  Russ 
Couillard,  Oil  Gilbertson,  Jack  Graham,  Joe 
Kennedy,  Clem  Kintop,  Stanley  Krueger,  Carl  A. 
Larson,  Carl  T.  Olson,  Nels  Olson,  Wilbert 
Peterson,  Bob  Rommel,  Al  Sadecki,  Einar 
Sanderson,  and  Sam  Zieffler. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  some  of  the  following 
45-year  members:  Frank  Gwiazdon,  Earl 

Hulbert,  Lars  Korsgren, 
Art  Meidlinger,  and 
Henry  Tschida. 

Picture  No.  6  shows 
some  of  the  following 
50-year  members:  Abel 
Abelson,  Robert  Asp, 
Frank  Elert,  Ray 
Grabowski,  Einar 
Hagberg,  Alfred 
Hendricksen,  Hazen 
Lietzow,  Erick  Nelson, 
Wes  Nielsen,  Stan 


Picture  No.  7 


Opatrny,  Ted  Stigen,  Paul  Swanson,  and  Ernest 
Wickberg. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  70-year  member  Axel 
Swanson,  now  deceased. 

Also  honored,  but  not  pictured  were:  50-year 
members  William  Basler,  Erick  Bergstrom, 
John  Carlson,  Harry  Granstrom,  Philip  Helberg, 
Axel  Hendriksen,  John  Hummel,  Wm.  J. 
Larson,  Stanley  Mieleck,  Ray  Nelson,  Louis 
Schuh,  Ernest  Teske,  Ed  Vlach,  Earl  Walters, 
and  Oliver  Zurn;  45-year  members  Joseph 
Beck,  Gordon  Casper,  James  Formanek,  Joseph 
Grivna,  Harry  Gustafson,  Richard  Melhus, 
Herman  Sahl,  and  George  Spitzenberger;  40- 
year  members  John  Anderson,  Harry  Bauer, 
Gordon  Carlson,  David  Dobesh,  Bernard 
Dreher,  Hugo  Goede,  Clarence  Haaf,  Max 
Hardy,  Gene  Kosloski,  Ray  Kujelka,  Vinscent 
Logelin,  Glenn  Peterson,  Albert  Sax,  Art  St. 
Hilaire,  Sig  Swanson,  Norbert  Temple,  Arnold 
Toepher,  Ed  Warmuth,  and  Harley  Clark;  35- 
year  members  Louis  Arlich,  Clarence 
Bergensen,  Richard  Christensen,  Don  Erickson, 
Oddmund  Hamnes,  Joe  Kolodnyckyj,  Lloyd 


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Minneapolis,  Minn. — Picture  No.  3 


Minneapolis,  Minn. — Picture  No.  4 


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Claude  Stiller,  George  Tague,  Joe  Thibault,  Carl 
Waataja,  John  Willems,  Dough  Nordberg, 
Walter  Stadler,  and  Jim  Thorpe;  and  25-year 
members  James  Antsbauer,  Dwight  Erickson, 
Henry  Gesuelle,  Richard  Klavins,  Eugene  Kuntz, 
Fred  Lyons,  Ed  Natalino,  Jerry  Sandager, 
Dorthy  Schindier,  Anthony  Schmidt,  Marshall 
Skaalrud,  Chester  Spizcyinski,  and  Calvin 
Peterson. 


LaMere,  Rudolf  Linn,  George  Morin,  George 
Peterson,  Ruel  Rolland,  Roger  Schmidt,  Max 
Sherman,  John  Wattenhofer,  Oliver  Weflen, 
Marion  Wojda,  and  John  Pope;  30-year 
members  Wally  Barr,  Ron  Cihiar,  Frand  Dick, 
George  Forlite,  Palmer  Goppelt,  Frank  Hartman, 
Henry  Kennedy,  Frank  Lindberg,  Ronald  Lund, 
Leroy  Manteuffel,  John  McFedries,  Gilbert 
Miller,  Al  Oakvik,  Ted  Olson,  Lois  Ordorff, 


DECEMBER     1986 


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Ottawa,  III.— Picture  No.  3 


Ottawa,  III.— Picture  No.  5 


Ottawa,  III.— Picture  No.  6 


Ottawa,  III.— Picture  No.  9 


OTTAWA,  ILL. 

Local  195  recently  held  a  pin  presentation 
dinner  at  Koolie's  Banquet  Hall.  Presenting  the 
pins  were  Gene  Judge,  international 
representative,  Doug  Banes,  business  manager 
and  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Northwest  Illinois 
DC:  and  Bill  Bucl<ler,  president  of  the  Northwest 
Illinois  DC, 

Picture  No.  1  shows  20-year  members. 
Receiving  pins  were  Charles  Dubberstein, 
Robert  Fitzgerald,  Paul  Flahaut.  Richard  Koch, 
John  Mauch,  Dario  Piacenti,  Lewis  Smith,  Larry 
Thorsen,  and  George  VanVleet. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  25-year  members. 
Receiving  pins  were  Alan  Aimone.  Phil  Larson, 


Richard  Shumway,  Francis  Szott,  and  John 
Weeks. 

Picture  No.  3  shows  30-year  members. 
Receiving  pins  were  William  Cunningham, 
Walter  Dzierzynski,  John  Goralczyk,  Robert 
Kruger,  Donald  Ladzinski,  George  Ondrey, 
William  Pohl,  Robert  Sackse,  Floyd  Wood,  and 
Bernard  Zera, 

Picture  No.  4  shows  35-year  members. 
Receiving  pins  were  Irwin  Seals,  Harold  BIy, 
John  Corcoran,  John  Doogan,  Tony  Fedder, 
Roy  Hays,  Robert  Heiser,  Maynard  Kallner,  Al 
Kulupka,  Robert  McNally,  John  Mueller,  Gustav 
Nelson,  Alvin  Phillis,  Albert  Roy,  Carl  Schmidt, 
James  Shoemaker,  Erwin  Spelich,  Sidney 
Thorsen,  Lawrence  Weaver,  William  Weitzel, 
and  Gerald  Welch. 


Picture  No.  5  shows  40-year  members. 
Receiving  pins  were  Anthony  Banko,  William 
Barnes,  Francis  Heath,  Peter  LaValle,  John 
Mital,  Lawrence  Quiram,  and  John  Troy. 

Picture  No.  6  shows  45-year  members. 
Receiving  pins  were  Pete  Davito,  Edmund 
Halm,  William  Kjellesvik,  Joe  Mauser,  and 
Harold  Wallem. 

Picture  No.  7  shows  50-year  members. 
Receiving  pins  were  Delbert  Hoffman,  Roy 
Kjellesvik,  and  Richard  Streul  Jr. 

Picture  No.  8  shows  55-year  member  Louis 
Voytko. 

Picture  No.  9  shows  60-year  members. 
Receiving  pins  were  Albert  Bakalar,  Joe  Flahaut, 
Harold  Swanson,  Carl  Wagner,  and  Walt 
Williams,  former  business  representative. 


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CARPENTER 


The  following  list  of  724  deceased  members  and  spouses  represents 
a  total  of  $1,317,488.70  death  claims  paid  In  September  1986;  (s) 
following  name  in  listing  indicates  spouse  of  member. 


Local  Union.  City 


90 
93 

94 
98 
100 
101 


105 
106 
107 
108 


115 

116 
118 


120 
121 
122 


125 
130 


Chicago,  IL — Arthur  C.  Boettcher,  Jess  W.  Tar- 
naski. 

Minneapolis,  MN — Agatha  M.  George  (s),  Albert 
Rewitzer,  Louis  Swanson,  Walter  Wittman. 
Philadelphia,  PA — Michael  P.  Zane.  Robert  Fine- 
gold,  Robert  M.  Stefano. 
Cleveland,  OH — August  Peterka. 
Chicago,  IL — Edmund  I.  Anderson,  Louis  Kress. 
San  Antonio,  TX — Edward  Herman  Barth.  Elmer 
Blalock  Webster,  John  E.  West. 
Hackensack,  NJ — Ann  Hughes  (s),  Arthur  Nelson, 
Bernard  Amels,  John  Sorensen,  Kar!  T.  Selander, 
Leo  F.  Walsh,  Newell  Pratt,  Vera  J.  Giowacki  (s). 
Hamilton,  Ont.,  CAN — Andrew  Drotar.  George  Kor- 
pelahli. 

New  York,  NY— James  Litrell,  Odd  Arne  Sperre. 
San  Francisco,  CA — George  W.  Scrico.  Myrtle  M. 
Rogers  (s). 

Central,  CT — Anne  Jane  Haynes  (s),  Donald  Hoyt 
Bogue,  Francis  M.   Murphy,  Raymond  Spooner. 
Salvatore  Sapia,  Walter  Hershnik. 
Los  Angeles,  CA — Tommie  Lee  Jones. 
Toronto,  Ont.,  CAN— Elizabeth  Craig  (s).  Fred  Po- 
dashinsky,  Liberato  Giuliano,  Luigi  Panetta,  Rich- 
ard Krohm,  Warten  Maxwell  Mercer. 
Oakland,  CA — Lawrence,   F.   Maloney,   Louis  E. 
Rabe,  Woodrow  Kirkpalrick. 
San  Rafael,  CA— Frank  J.  Walsh. 
Oakland,  CA — Lester  T.  Thompson,   Madge   M. 
Williams  (s).  Rex  A.  Romesburg. 
San  Francisco,  CA — C.  Harry  Gibbs.  Jr.,  Henry  R. 
Larson,  Michael  Anthony  Lister. 
Hartford,  CT — Leroy  Fillmore. 
St.  Louis,  MO— Fred  O.  Richardson,  Kathleen  M. 
Detjen  (s),  Walter  Lee  Helm,  Washington  L  Goza, 
Jr. 

Fitchburg,  MA — Clarence  Deyo. 
Denver,  CO — Melvin  A.  Turner,  Robert  D.  Granath. 
Chicago,  IL — Algol  G.  Anderson,  Bert  Carl  Olson, 
Esther  Linnea  Anderson  (s),  John  Nelson,  Oscar  E. 
Lindberg. 

Indianapolis,  IN — Gladys  B.  Clouser  (s).  Heron 
Sims. 

Kansas  City,  MO — Arlie  J.  Martin,  William  C.  Dun- 
can. 

Bloomington,  IL — Dale  E.  Jones,  Mary  Linda  Korn 
(s). 

Louisville,  KY — James  O'Malley,  Lorene  M.  Har- 
desty  {s).  Louis  A.  Whalin. 

Olean,  NY — Betty  L.  Ferguson  (s).  Edmund  Mezzio, 
Lawrence  J.  Howard,  Ronald  Storey. 
Boston,    MA — Anthony    P.    Balkus,    Jeanette    C. 
McKenna  (s). 

Canton,  OH— Albert  McFadden,  David  H.  Beilzel. 
Chattanooga,  TN— William  Earl  Combs. 
Hazelton,  PA— Albert  J.  Wasilus.  John  Paul  Baran, 
Josephine  Fry  (s). 

Chicago,  IL — Hugo  L.  Hagstrom.  Kello  C.  Krueger, 
Mildred  E.  Schons  (s). 
Erie,  PA— William  Jack  Cada. 
Halifax,  NS,  CAN— Parker  Withrow.  Wilbert  Clyde 
Wagner. 

Rochester.  NY— Everett  R.  Millis. 
St.   Paul,    MN — Earl    Benson,    Henning   Bergman. 
Louis  Sapletal,  Ovila  Chapeau,  Selmer  Florhaug. 
Mobile,  AL — Francis  Terril  Blake.  William  Travis 
Langley. 

Evansville,  IN — Thomas  E.  Hight. 
Ottawa,    Ont.,    CAN — Jacques    Lance,    Raymond 
Richard.  Rheal  Bondu. 
Providence,  RI — Leonard  Conway. 
Spokane,  WA — Frances  Marie  Parcher  (s). 
Muskegon,  Ml — Steven  Bernia. 
Baltimore,  MD — Donald  H.  Tharp,  Edgar  Crockett, 
Jr..  Gardner  A.  Bentley.  James  F.  Staffer,  John  B. 
Callan.  Joseph  B.  Jarboe  Jr. 
Cleveland,  OH— Ernest  E.  Scott. 
Des  Moines,  lA — William  E.  Coffey. 
Worcester,  MA — Andrew  Kostka. 
Springfield,  MA — Dorothy  Orwal  (s),  Frances  M. 
Gour  (s). 

St.  Joseph.  MO— William  B.  Porter. 
Lawrence,  MA — Edward  J.   Hamilton,   Evelyn  L. 
Thibodeau  (s),  Mary  Albina  McLaughlin  (s),  Mildred 
D.  Travis  (s). 

Miami,  PL — Mary  E.  Lashley  (s). 
Bay  City,  MI— Bert  Brodie. 

Detroit,  MI — Allan  Harbert.  Andrew  A.  Hielala, 
Edward  Erke.  Felix  W.  Dembicki,  Frances  Louise 
Pavlowski  (s),  John  H.  Beno.  John  T.  Kettell,  Leo 
J.  Richart,  Marion  H.  Cerveny  (s).  William  A.  Ellis, 
William  J.  Roy. 

Utica,  NY — James  T.  Basenfelder. 
Vineland,  NJ — Marie  C.  Gould  (s). 
Philadelphia,  PA — Joseph  Janosch,  Karl  Schneider, 
Leon  Novicke,  Richard  Pavlik. 
Broward-Counly,  FL — Barbara  Ann  Doane  (s).  John 
W.  Branner,  Maria  D.  Meniz  (s). 
Miami,  FL — Andrew  Campo, 
Palm  Beach,  Fl^Alfred  J.  Cattabriga,  Dorothea  P. 
Melz  (s),  Emil  Nordstrom.  Frank  L.  Wortman,  John 
Biehle.  Luke  Carter.  Runo  K.  Seppala,  Stella  M. 
Johnson  (s). 

Seattle,  WA — Alexander  Ferency,  Bernis  Burl  Simp- 
son, Charles  Oneil,  Clarence  F.  Olson,  Hugh  I. 


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McGillivray,  Spense  M.  Wolsey,  Wilbert  C.  Bake- 
berg. 

132  Washington,  DC — Carl  E.  Robinson,  Eugene  T. 
Healey,  Irma  P.  Disse  (s). 

133  Terre  Haute,  IN — Lawrence  Brown,  Manford  G. 
Rudisel,  Roy  F.  Searing. 

140  Tampa,  FL— Charles  V.  Hirst,  James  Albert  Sutton, 
William  Walter  Liedkie. 

141  Chicago,  IL — John  Holstrom. 

142  Pittsburgh,  PA— Elmer  Ricci. 

144    Macon,  GA — Marshall  L.  McLeroy  Sr. 
149    Tarrytown,  NY— Manuel  Del  Rio  Sr. 
155     Plainfield,  NJ— Walter  Harrison. 
163     Peekskill,  NY— Erik  H.  Ferin. 
165     Pittsburgh,  PA — Dean  M.  Jackson. 
174    Joliet,  IL — Edward  Mandzuk,  James  H.  Doyle,  John 
Horvat,  Oliver  W.  Smith.  Roy  W.  McCullough. 

180  Vallejo,  CA— Theodore  H.  Bolt. 

181  Chicago,  IL — Andrew  Sacksen.  George  F.  McGhee. 
John  Larson. 

182  Cleveland,  OH— Joe  Wolny.  Robert  Stutzman. 

183  Peoria,  IL — Blanche  Josephine  Kelly  (s),  Ira  E. 
Allison,  Robert  C.  Wilson,  Willis  S.  Lacey. 

184  Salt  Lake  City,  UT— Evelyn  M.  Lepore  (s). 

185  St.  Louis,  MO— Francis  J.  Shea. 

187  Geneva,  NY — Edward  C.  Garrison,  Michael  Cin- 
cotta. 

188  Yonkers.  NY— Nicholas  Belarge. 

195  Peru,  IL — Iver  Anderson,  Max  Schmidt. 

198  Dallas,  TX— James  C.  Wood. 

202  Guifport,  MS— Dennis  Henry  Cuevas. 

203  Poughkeepsie,  NY— Walter  Stanton. 

211     Pittsburgh,  PA—EIizabeth  J.  Yerkins  (s),  John  G. 

Hillman. 
213    Houston,  TX— John  F.   Dybala,   Martin  Richard, 

William  E.  Maguire. 
218    Boston,  MA— James  R.  White. 
225    Atlanta,  GA— Jesse  Odis  Price,  Robert  Lee  Wamp- 

ler,  Winford  I.  Smith. 
230    Pittsburgh,  PA— Raymond  R.  Sutton. 
235     Riverside,  CA— Allen  F.  Shine. 
242    Chicago,  IL— Herbert  C.  Koeppe. 
244    Grand  Jet,  CO— John  Allen. 

247  Portland,  OR— Albert  W.  Paltridge,  Edwin  W.  Nel- 
son. John  J.   Lengvenis,  John  M.  Olson,  Lillian 

Heiney  (s),  Thomas  Jay  Sheridan. 
250    Waukegan,  IL — Harold  L.  Burge,  Issac  E.  Saari, 

Robert  W.  Hibbard. 
255     Bloomingburg,  NY — Jacob  J.  Resnik,  John  Magrel, 

Louis  C.  Cinkota. 
257    New  York,  NY — Bernard  Levine.  Ferdinand  Scharen. 

Michael  LaSalle.  Vanie  Marcoux. 
259    Jackson,  TN — Erma  Frances  Moss  (s).  Jesse  Doyle 

Williams. 
261     Scranton,  PA— Ruth  M.  Cox  (s). 

264  Milwaukee,  WI — Albert  Schwedler. 

265  Saugerties,  NY — Josephine  Reichel  (s). 
272    Chicago  Hgt.,  IL — Lester  Tondini. 

275    Newton,  MA— Esther  E.  Brooks  (s),  Robert  Caggi- 

ano. 
281     Binghamton,  NY— Theodore  Babuka. 
283     Augusta,  GA— Richard  Delta  Sapp. 
287     Harrisburg,    PA — Delbert    L.    Lauver,    Margaret 

Lautsbaugh  (s). 

296  Brooklyn,  NY— Edward  Stollman. 

297  Kalamazoo,  MI — Edward  Raas. 
314     Madison,  WI— Obert  Brekken. 

316  San  Jose,  CA — Dewey  H.  Buckland,  Margarette  H. 
Stone  (s).  Olive  A.  McCallister  (s),  Stella  Rose 
Hartis  (s),  Tom  Mitsunaga,  Wesley  C.  Scott. 

319     Roanoke,  VA — James  D.  Rucker. 

338     Seattle,  WA— Carolyn  Katherine  West  (s). 

344  Waukesha,  WI— George  William  Gohde.  , 

345  Memphis,  TN— Billy  W.  Morgan,  Samuel  F.  Scott, 
Virgle  Grant  Brown. 

348  New  York,  NY— Henry  Nordlund.  Hubert  Year- 
wood,  Joseph  Lutz.  Karl  Nelson.  Karl  Rostedt. 

355     Buffalo,  NY— William  C.  Lulz. 

361     Dulutb.  MN— Frank  Jagello. 

370  Albany,  NY— Frances  Comley  (s),  Leon  Breton  Sr., 
Stanley  Stevener. 

372     Lima,  OH— Harry  Cossel. 

377    Alton.  IL — Henry  Jacobs  Sr.,  James  E.  Cope  Sr, 

387    Columbus,  MS — James  A.  Taylor. 

393  Camden.  NJ— Enoch  U.  Dean.  EstherM.  Blackburn 
(s),  Robert  F.  Bush,  Wayne  E.  Stainrook. 

397     Whitby,  Ont.,  CAN— Eugeniusz  Ulanicki. 

400  Omaha,  NE — Arnold  Christiansen.  Earnest  Howard 
Petty.  Elizabeth  Churchill  (s),  John  W.  Kinsey. 

407     Lewiston,  ME — Alphee  R.  Caron. 

413    South  Bend.  IN— Joseph  W.  Lower. 

422     New  Brighton,  PA— Harry  H.  Filer. 

440     Buffalo,  NY — Joseph  Fournier. 

446    St.  Ste  Marie  Ont.,  CAN— Xavier  Joncas. 

452  Vancouver,  EC,  CAN — Alexander  Babee,  Bruno 
Vecchies,  Colin  Viksane,  Daniel  Kenneth  Florko, 
Erik  Liljedahl.  Frank  Schemenauer,  Fridolf  Nikolai 
Suvanto,  Ool  Rodima,  Paul  Thiessen. 

454     Philadelphia,  PA— William  A.  Gaines. 

458    Clarksville,  IN — Loveanna  Mary  Crocker  {s). 

460    Wausau,  WI— Verona  Schwaienberg  (s). 

462     Greensburg,  PA— Clifford  W.  Himler. 

465     Chester  County,  PA — Frank  Lichtfuss. 

470    Tacoma,  WA— Herman  Schaeffler. 

476    Clarksburg,  WV — Jim  Dannunzio. 


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San  Francisco,  CA — Katherine  Johnston  (s).  Merle 
E.  Edwards. 

Windsor,  Ont.,  CAN — Frederich  Samek. 
Kankakee,  IL— Jack  F.  Price. 
Lancaster,  NY — Frank  M.  Slimko. 
Berthoud,  CO— Guy  Hornby.  Michael  D.  Shotland. 
Ann  Arbor,  MI — Helen  Fostine  Carver  (s). 
Colo.  Springs,  CO — Viola  Maxine  Adams  (s). 
New  York,  NY — Charles  S.  Andreasson,  Guiseppe 
Ingrassia,  Jerry  Lyons. 
Washington,  PA — Milio  Careatti. 
Mamaroneck,  NY — Magdalena  Amelio  (s). 
Everett,  WA— Mary  Hudon  (s). 
Pine  Bluff,  AR— Leta  Mae  Shearer  (s). 
St.  John  NF,  CAN— James  Colbert. 
Sacramento,  CA — Kenneth  Herman  Busch. 
St.  Paul,  MN — Monica  Klein. 
Hammond,  IN — Frank  Plewniak. 
St,  Louis,  MO — Elva  Searcy. 
Morgantown,  WV — Edwin  W.  Golden. 
Idaho  Falls,  ID— Lament  D.  Bell,  Rose  Graham  (s). 
Port  Arthur.  TX— Nolan  N.  Guilbeau,  Wilfred  J. 
Provost,  Woodrow  Vizena. 
Portland,  OR— Peter  John  Gette. 
Hampton  Roads,  VA — Howard  Knore  Jump,  Marcus 
Willey. 

Atlantic  County,  NJ— Daniel  M.  Scull. 
Brockton,  MA — Arne  Rudolph  Johnson. 
Manchester,  NH — Albia  Duiac  (s),  Henry  L.  Mar- 
coux. 

Wilmington,  DE — Clarence  G.  Forrester,  Otho  G. 
Davis,  Peter  D.  Young,  Vernon  D.  Lewis. 
Jacksonville,  FL — Charles  H.  Starke  Jr.,  Woodrow 
W.  Westberry. 

Madison  &  Granite  City,  IL — Lacy  B.  Picks. 
Marion,  IL — Myrtle  Gertrude  Mixen  (s),  Nellie  Dav- 
idson (s),  Paul  Jochum. 

Akron,  OH — Carl  Giorgio.  Donald  E.  Worcester, 
H.B.  Shoemaker,  Sarah  Marie  McQuain  (s). 
Metropolis,  IL — Albert  C.  Wilkins. 
Pomeroy,  OH — Curtis  D.  Johnson. 
Springfield,  OH— James  C.  Beatty. 
Toronto,  Ont.,  CAN— Ralph  Herrick. 
Dubuque,  lA — Cyril  H.  Maiers. 
Franklin.  PA — Fred  Striegel,  James  Fred  Singleton. 
Covington,  KY— Charles  H.  Blackburn. 
Fresno,  CA — Frances  O.  Lang  (s),  Roy  H.  Luttrell. 
Jackson,  MI — Letha  Vaye  Stoops  (s). 
Long  Beach,  CA— Robert  P.  Crosby. 
Los  Angeles,  CA — Elmer  Leon  Baton,  Harold  V. 
Crowe,   Hermann   F.    Klewer,   Joseph  John  Cer- 
vantes, Laura  Janette  Prince  (s). 
Cincinnati,  OH — Millard  E.  Sullivan. 
New  York,  NY — Wige  Danielsen. 
Decatur,  IL — Lee  Roy  Newberry. 
Bakersfield,  CA— Allen  C.  Williamson.  Sr.,  Genave 
M.   Waller  (s),  Peggy  Gearllach  (s).  William  T. 
Townson. 

Santa  Rosa,  CA — James  A.   McCoy,   Phillip  Ar- 
couette. 

Beaumont,  TX— Ruth  Elizabeth  Wright  (s). 
Indianapolis,  IN — Rader  Sullivan. 
Shreveport.  LA — John  Ellis  Bryan. 
Pasadena,  CA — Murlin  K.  Lanferman,  Retha  Green 
(s). 

Harrisonville.  MO— Samuel  Herschel  Gwinn. 
Dixon,  Il^Ben  J.  Bills. 
Rockford.  Il^-Harold  Flint. 
Beverly,  MA — Harold  Parsons  Sr. 
Springfield,  NJ — Celso  Gomez,  Gertrude  A.  Rust 
(s). 

Clifton  Heights,  PA— Edward  R.  Rosato,  James  P. 
Dawson,  Joseph  F.  Kelly. 

Manitowoc,  WI — George  Dernier,  Siegfried  Haupt. 
Brunswick,  GA — Eari  Edward  Cassidy. 
Cincinnati,  OH — Alfred  Beasley. 
Hot  Springs,  AR— Clarence  B.  Vaughn,  David  H. 
Byrd. 

Grand  Haven,  MI — Arthur  Francis. 
St.  Joseph,  MI — Lowell  Siver 
Brooklyn,  NY — Cosmo  Bartoli.  Pliny  King. 
Glendle,  AZ — Sherman  Smith. 
Kalispell,  MT — Myron  A.  Novicki. 
Manhattan,  KS— Fred  M.  Childers. 
Portsmouth,   NH — Boleslaw   N.   Sabol.   Lenox   C. 
Stevens. 

Los  Angeles,  CA — Henry  Ellis. 
St.  Cloud,  MN— Alphonse  Reisinger. 
Sandusky.  OH — Blonda  M.  Garton.  James  A.  Krafty. 
Tulsa,  OK— Charles  C.  Riddell.  Frank  P.  Walsh. 
San  Brnardno.  CA — Elmer  W.  Smith,  John  Gallen- 
tine. 

Jefferson  City,  MO— Clifford  C.  Olsen. 
Rockland  Co.,  NY— Joseph  F.  Yonko. 
Reno,  NV — Aline  Bernice  Lyke  (s). 
Baltimore,  MD — Marjorie  B.  Smith. 
Wichita  Falls,  TX — Bluford  Lairmore  Robertson. 
Springfield.  MO— Cad  A.  Wilcox,  Carrol  G.  Wood- 
ward, Walter  W.  Kellogg. 

Royal  Oak.  MI — Henry  A,  Vermette.  Paul  E.  Nash. 
Tampa,  FI. — Gary  L.  Simmons. 
N  Bend  Coos  Bay,  OR— Roger  1.  Ban!. 
Merrillville.   IN — Charles   F.   Madison,   James   S. 
Franklin. 
Cumberland,  MD — Ruby  Elizabeth  Medrick  (s). 


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Chicago,  IL — Frederick  William  Crous. 
Lansing,  MI — Ernesl  R.  Brownlee. 
Gai  V,  IN— Jack  F.  Wilson. 
Philadelphia,  PA— Ralph  Zagrabbe 
Hollywood.  CA — Fred  Jackson.   Raymond   Martin 
Bradis,  Russell  L.  Lindenbaum 
Lincoln,  NE — Edgar  B.  Scdons. 
Santa  Barhara,  CA — Joseph  J,  Klinker. 
Salem,  OR — Loretta  Iverson  (s).  Webster  Smith- 
Port  Huron,  MI — James  O.  Fumess. 
Eau  Claire,  WI — Edna  M.  Oleson.  John  A.  Phillips 

(SI. 

Phoenix,  AR — Frances  M.  Tschoepe.  Richard  F. 
Baker  (s),  Vernie  Perkins. 
Glencove,  NY — Charles  Laut. 
Salina,  KS — Lorna  Mayhew  (s). 
Longview,  TX — James  Grady  Morton,  Noel  Franklin 
Graves, 

Baton  Rouge,  LA — Millard  F.  Campbell,  Rosamond 
Bazile  Martin  (s). 
PlagslafT,  AZ — Lee  Avery 
Cleveland,  OH— Mack  lender 

Portland  OR— Annie  Lynn,  Cleo  D,  Chitlock.  Harvey 
T.  Connor. 

Los  Angeles,  CA — Manon  Campbell. 
Alpena,  MI — Clarence  Sawade. 
Kettle  Falls,  WA — Lawrence  Lee  Preston. 
Toledo,  OH— Wilham  G    Bender 
San  Pedro,  CA— David  Walter  Wells,  Frank  Ya- 
mashita.  James  H.  Olarte. 
Lawrenceburg,  IN — Lawrence  Scudder. 
Olympia,  WA — Hugh  W.  Fanning. 
San  Francisco,  CA — Claude  J.  Barrett,  Dirk  Melvin 
Rynberg.  Marie  M.  Gazzano  (s),  Victor  M.  Cacao, 
William  McBride. 

Columbus,  IN — Cecil  E.  Koenigkramer. 
Point  Pleasant,  WV— Robert  E    Hunt. 
Pittsburgh,  PA — Geraldine  M.  Kaminski  (s),  Pauline 
Cronin  (s). 

New  York,  NY — Stefan  Gregorski.  Zoltan  Dinda. 
Shakopee,  MI — Adetbert  J.  Hoffman. 
Seattle.  WA — Albin  William  Troberg,  Winona  Al- 
exandna  Uzupes  (s). 
Chicago.  IL — Homer  Gilbert. 
Mesa.  AZ — Raybum  L.  Slarretl. 
Modesto,  CA — Evangeline  Elizabeth  Ferris  (s),  Ken- 
neth W.  McKinley.  Milo  Dewilte.  Ray  Ewing. 
Akron,  OH — Anna  Truex. 
Austin,  TX — Clarence  A.  Markert. 
Eugene,  OR — Agnes  Caroline  Stapleton  (s).  James 
A.  Smith. 

Mountain  View,  CA — Fern  Calhenne  Janovich  (s). 
Lilley  Ann  Holt  (s). 

Anchorage.  AK — Brtice  T.  Burrus.  Mildred  Smith 
Bailey  (s). 

Huntington,    NY — Arthur    Abrahamsson.    Oswald 
Tjersland. 

Port  angeles.  WA — Eileen  Hunt  (s) 
Falls  River.  MA — Jeanne  Couiombe  (s),  Virginia 
Cote  (s),  WiUiam  Kendall. 
Evanston.  IL — Eugene  Gibson,  Milton  Ogren. 
Albuquerque,  NM — R.  C.  Menini,  Vicenta  L.  Sal- 
dana  (s),  William  Edwin  Clark. 
Monterey,  CA — Leonard  Piazza. 
Edmonton,  Alta.  CAN — Adele  Birkoben  (s).  Josef 
Kwasnik.  Leonard  Lamberius. 
Irvington,  NJ — Armand  Rotondi. 
Sante  Fe.  NM — James  M.  Hands. 
Crawfordsville,  IN — Eugene  Pittman. 
Memphis.  TN — Deward  Elmer  Pendergrass. 
Ada  Ardmore,  OK — William  Floyd  Bourns. 
Flint,  MI — Alton  Rahm.  Anthony  P.  Tomaszewski, 
Lymon  Medlin. 

Woodland,  CA — Randall  Gamer  McBride,  Thomas 
William  Jones. 

Province  of  New  Brunswick — Charles  Saunders  B., 
Joseph  V.  Doiron. 
Golden,  CO— Karl  Preusse 
Santa  Monica,  CA — Paul  W.  Johnson. 
Richmond,  VA — Thomas  W.  Crowder. 
Biloxi,  MS— Paul  C.  Bird. 
San  Pedro,  CA — Eutimio  Saucedo. 
Redwood  City,  CA — Monique  G.  Hagnere  (s). 
Kingston,  Ont.,  CAN— Dallon  R   Sadler. 
New  Ulm,  MN— Albert  J.  Dietz. 
Lodi,  CA — Charles  Leonard  Edwards,  Clero  U. 
Benge. 

Midland,  TX— John  O  McCleery. 
Compton,  CA — Emil  Petersen. 
Warren.  OH — Stanley  Lament. 
Lansing.  MI — Russell  Tnpp 
Detroit.  MI — Albert  Kamerschen. 
Huntington  Bch.  CA— Richard  L    Nelson. 
Cincinnati.    OH — Julius    Edward    Harris,    Russell 
Alexander. 

New  York,  NY — George  Matty,  Gladys  Lovendahl 
(si.  Ole  Skeibrok.  Roy  Ekelund. 
Bucks  County.  PA — Dolores  Eileen  Eroh  (s). 
Jackson.  MS— Emile  L.  Langford  (s). 
Redondo.  CA— James  L  Slitt. 
E.  Los  Angeles,  CA — Edwin  C.  Helms. 
Ketchikan.  AK — John  Albert  Scudero,  Sr. 
El  Monte,  CA — Harold  Gladstone  Dernck.  John  A. 
McCorkle.  Robert  H.  Turner,  Wilfred  A.  Holmes. 
Miami,  AZ — Henry  C,  Garnson. 
Chicago,  IL — Sheldon  Koltun. 
Vancouver,  BC,  CAN — Julius  Kulovitz. 
Culver  City,  CA— Alvin  K.  Selvidge.  John  M.  Daw- 
son. 

Miami,  FL — Enrique  Ponte. 
East  San  Diego,  CA — Byron  Eugene  Teachout. 
West  Allis,  WI — Erven  Kieper,  Raymond  R.  Santas. 
Napoleon,  OH — George  W.  Chapman. 


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Englewood,  CO — Bert  L.  Meilmger 

Sydney  NS,  CAN — Alex   E.    Andrews,   Angus   M. 

Kennedy.  Bernetta  Boyd(s),  Mary  Jane  MacPherson 

(SI. 

Montgomery  Co.,  PA — Albert  Popick,  George  Gret- 

zula,  James  McMahon.  Robert  E,  Naughton. 

St.  Louis,  MO — Emil  L.  Rainoha,  Henry  J.  Sievert. 

Los  Angeles,  CA — Cecil  H.  Duncan,  Mickey  Milten- 

berger,  Russell  David  Eubanks. 

Sacramento,  CA — Arnold  L.  Tittel,  Billy  J.  Ken- 

dnck. 

Hay  ward,  CA — Ewing  C.  Forester,  Louis  R.  Miller. 

Washington,  DC — Charles  E.  Menges 

S.  Luis  Obispo,  CA — James  P.  Dawson,  Orval  P. 

Baxter. 

Minneapolis,  MN — Patrick  T.  Kane. 

Bloomington,  IN — Ruth  Helen  Burch  (s).  Sammy  R. 

Strauser  (st. 

El  Dorado,  AR — Paul  A.  Brewer 

Melbourne-Daytona  Beach,  FL — Helen   M     Brasol 

(si.  Oscar  C.  Robinson. 

Manchester,  NH — Emery  Pertas 

Tacoma,  WA — Henry  E.  Luoma 

Chicago,  IL — Paul  Muszynski. 

BufTalo,  NY— Aloy  N.  Slock,  Joseph  F.  Schwing. 

Vancouver,  WA — Walfred  Charles  Lassila. 

Portland,  OR— St.  Patrick  Earl  McCoy. 

Pomona,  CA — Evangeline  M.  Gowey  (s),  Harriette 

Lee  Tennyson  (s).  Harry  Taylor.  John  E.  Castle. 

Marion,  VA — Fred  Dewey  Hutchins,  Gariand  M. 

Blevins,  Lee  Roy  Catron.  Nancy  K.  Mathena  (s). 

Columbus,  IN — Estel  Carmichael. 

Dallastown,  PA — Carlton  Kreidler 

Santa  Ana,  CA — Glenn  A.  Wyman,  Leonard  Larsen. 

Plymouth,  IN — Ervin  Reinholt. 

Fort  Worth,  TX— Carl  Bradshaw,  Foster  E.  Melton. 

Escanaba,  MI — Arthur  T.  Erickson. 

Russellville,  AR — Abram  Murl  Humphrey. 

Babylon,  NY — Joseph  Larocco. 

New  Orleans,  LA — Alcess  P.  Hennessey,  Clarence 

C   Joseph,  Joseph  G.  Russell. 

Pasco,  WA— Gladys  F.  Paine  (s). 

Philadelphia,  PA — Annuzio  J.  Barone,  George  J. 

Loos  Jr. 


PHOTO  CONTEST 

Capture  a  "moment  in  building"  on 
film!  The  National  Building  Museum 
in  Washington,  D.C.,  is  sponsoring  a 
contest  for  photos  of  workers  in  the 
process  of  constructing  ti  building. 
The  contest  is  open  to  all,  there  is  no 
entry  fee,  and  there  will  be  both  a 
black  and  white  and  a  color  category. 
The  winning  photos  will  be  published 
in  Blueprints,  the  museum  publication 
as  well  as  exhibited  in  the  Great  Hall 
of  the  museum  publication,  the  Na- 
tional Building  Museum. 

Rules  of  the  contest  are: 

Up  to  three  entries  per  person  in 
each  category 

Entries  can  be  no  larger  than  I  I"xl4" 
and  must  be  mounted 
Photos  become  the  property  of  NBM 
and  cannot  be  returned. 
Entries  must  be  postmarked  by  Jan- 
uary 31,  1987. 

Each  photo  must  be  identified  on  the 

back  with  the; 
Name  and  address  of  photographer 
Address  of  construction  site 
Architect   and  construction   com- 
pany (if  possible) 

Camera  make  and  format  (35mm, 
4"x5",  etc.) 
Focal  length  of  lens 
Time  and  aperture  of  exposure  (if 
available) 
Kind  and  speed  of  film. 

Mail  your  entries  to: 
Photo  Contest 
National  Building  Museum 
Judiciary  Square,  NW 
Washington,  DC  20001 


1865  Minneapolis,  MN— Max  W    Hardy 

1871  Cleveland,  OH— Walter  R    Perog 

1889  Downers  Grove,  Il^Carl  John  Somers,  Donald  C. 

Eastling. 

1894  Woodward,  OK— Wilbur  Vincent  Potts. 

1911  Becklcy  WV— Raymond  Godfrey. 

1913  Van  Nuvs,  CA— Guslav  E.  Hoivik,  Leo  Burton. 

1914  Phoenix,  AZ,— Dvas  V    Roush. 

1921  Hampstead,  NY— Flora  Trotla  (si,  John  H.  Golden. 

1929  Cleveland,  OH— John  Skowranski. 

1934  Bemidji  MN — Russell  Anderson. 

1946  London,  Ont.,  CAN— Gordon  McCallum. 

1976  Los  Angeles.  CA — Richard  Bravo. 

1987  St.  Charles,  MO— John  B    Fanmng  Jr. 

2008  Ponco  City,  OK— Hiarm  B    Eddings. 

2018  Ocean  County,  NJ— Edwin  M    Yerkes 

2020  San  Diego,  CA— Harold  Mendenhall. 

2046  Martinez,  CA— Albert  Gale  Habig,  Bertrand  S.  Max- 
well, Glen  L.  Doud.  Robert  Henry  Sampson. 

2067  Medlord,  OR— James  C.  Hartgraves 

2078  Vista,  CA — Charles  Snodgrass.  Louis  K.  Hughes. 

2101  Moorefield  WV— Iva  A   Kile. 

2103  Calgary,  Alta,  CAN— Niels  Vilhelm  Christensen, 
Richard  G.  Mahoney. 

2114  Napa,  CA — Thomas  Edwin  Overholser. 

2127  Centralia,  WA— Vernon  Blankinship. 

2141  Scottsbluff,  NE — James  Thomas  Campion. 

2155  New  York,  NY — Emanuel  Ungar.  Fred  Reich. 

2158  Rock  Island,  II^Donald  Elliott.  Russell  Pickrell. 

2164  San  Francisco.  CA — Luigi  Mazzoni. 

2209  Louisville.  KY— Thomas  F.  Craig. 

2235  Pittsburgh.  PA— Joseph  L.  Kidder. 

2250  Red  Bank.  NJ— Frank  E.  Wilson  Violet  Dibling  (s). 

2274  Pittsburgh,  PA— Fred  A.  Johnston. 

2287  New  York.  NY— Joseph  Montalto,  Robert  Rocke. 

2288  Los  Angeles.  CA— Catherine  V.  Foleen  (s),  Harold 
R.  Sprauge.  Juan  C.  Escobar.  Sam  Catania.  Samuel 
Conslon. 

2309  Toronto.  Ont.,  CAN— John  Rodiadis. 

2311  Washington,  DC — Manuel  T.  Sission  Sr. 

2334  Baraboo,  WI — Earl  Conrad  Rachuy. 

2334  Merrill  WI — Lawrence  Zoellner. 

2375  Los  Angeles,  CA— William  H.  Myers. 

2404  Vancouver,  BC,  CAN — Jeanne  Louise  Krog  (s). 

2411  Jacksonville,  FL — Harry  Milton  Gregory.  Jenivee 

Manges  (s). 

2435  Inglewood.  CA — George  Monahan,  Lester  Weizer. 

2450  Plaster  Rk.  NB,  CAN— Cuffley  Joseph  W. 

2463  Ventura.  CA — Edward  Guziak.  Homer  T.  Ferren, 

Roy  L.  Burnum. 

2477  Santa  Maria,  CA — Raymond  Gasper. 

2519  Seattle,  WA— Cecil  Albert  Batterson,  Raymond  R. 

Focht.  Tony  M.  Foglia. 

2536  Port  Gamble,  WA— Russell  Fulton. 

2540  Wilmington,  OH— Elwood  Hayslip. 

2577  Salem.  IN— Leslie  Madden. 

2588  John  Day,  OR— Mary  Lou  Rider  (s). 

2592  Eureka,  CA— Eddie  Rocha,  Reed  A  Diltz. 

2633  Tacoma.  WA— Frank  Ressler.  Peter  Babnick.  Ralph 

Johnson. 

2652  Standard,  CA— Dale  Basket! 

2659  Everett,  WA— John  Petterson. 

2661  Fordyce,  AR — James  H.  Cranford. 

2682  New  York,  NY — George  Pecenco. 

2693  Pt.    Arthur,   Ont..   CAN— Alexander   Zawierucha, 

George  Ranta. 

2698  Bandon.  OR— Art  Jacobs 

2755  Kalama.  WA— Ernest  August  Keller. 

2841  Peshastin.  WA— Ralph  E.  Low 

2881  Portland.  OR— Guy  W    King. 

2902  Burns.  OR— Baldwin  Mace 

2947  New  York.  NY— Charles  Waskiewicz,  David  Pfeffer. 

Thomas  Pennes. 

2949  Rosenburg.  OR— Luis  A   Medina 

2993  Franklin.  IN— Cari  R.  Newkirk. 

3009  Grants  Pass.  OR— Orpha  V.  Haddock  (si. 

3088  Stockton.  CA— Frank  E.  Fleming,  Philip  Calibre. 

3127  New  York.  NY— David  Otto  Bowman. 

3161  Maywood.  CA — Amador  M.  Najera.  Frank  Beer, 

Miguel  D.  Duran  (s). 

3185  Creosote,  WA— Robert  Noel  Bell. 

7000  Province  of  Quebec  (Local   134-2)— Herve  Choui- 

nard.  Ida  Jacques  (s),  Omer  Barbe. 

9009  Washington,  DC— Thomas  O    Conklin. 

9065  San  Francisco,  CA— Wilberl  S.  Jones. 


Diabetes  Blueprint 

Continued  from  Page  6 

dime  .  .  .  This  Brotherhood  has  col- 
lected a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars  that 
I  am  going  to  present  to  you  (the  insti- 
tute representatives)  following  the  con- 
vention." 


Check  donations  to  the  "Blueprint  for  Cure" 
campaign  should  be  made  out  to  "Blueprint 
for  Cure"  and  mailed  to  General  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell,  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America,  101  Con- 
stitution Ave.  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001. 


46 


CARPENTER 


DUST  COLLECTORS 


MULTI-TIP  MAGNETIC 

The  Irwin  Co.  is  now  offering  a  magnetic 
screwdriver,  which  comes  complete  with 
four  interchangeable  tip  styles.  These 
tips  fit  No.  1  and 
No.  2  Phillips  points, 
No.  3-4  and  No.  6-8 
slotted  screw  heads, 
and  can  be  stored  in 
a  special  capped 
compartment  in  the 
handle. 

The  handles  are 
constructed  of  du- 
rable "Irwinite,"  so 
they're  non-absorb- 
ant,  highly  resistant 
to  impact,  and  im- 
mune to  most  acids, 
oils,  and  greases. 

Each  Irwin  multi- 
tipped  screwdriver 
blade  is  machine 
polished  high  carbon 
steel  tempered  full- 
length  for  extra 
strength,  resiliency, 
and  longer  life.  The 
blade  also  features  a 
magnetic  bay  which  holds  the  interchange- 
able tips. 

Irwin  "Lock-Tite"  expanded  wing  con- 
struction locks  blades  and  handles  into  one 
tight,  virtually  inseparable  unit.  The  blades 
will  not  turn  in  their  handles. 

Irwin  multi-tipped  screwdrivers  are  per- 
fect for  general  use;  in  cars,  trucks,  boats, 
apartments,  or  in  any  circumstances  where 
it's  convenient  to  carry  only  one  tool.  All 
Irwin  screwdrivers  are  manufactured  in  the 
United  States.  For  more  information  about 
the  multi-tipped  screwdriver  or  other  Irwin 
hand  tools  contact  Jim  Knowles,  Product 
Manager,  Irwin  Hand  Tools  Division,  P.O. 
Box  829,  Wilmington,  Ohio  45177.  Or  call 
(513)382-3811. 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Calculated  Industries 37 

Clifton  Enterprises 39 

Fine  Homebuilding 15 

Foley-Belsaw 47 

Full  Length  Roof  Framer 13 

Nail  King 13 


The  Delta  International  Machinery  Corp. 
is  now  marketing  two-stage  dust  collectors 
which  generate  700-1300  CFM,  more  than 
five  times  the  intake  power  of  a  heavy-duty 
industrial  vacuum.  Their  unique  two-stage 
design  system  separates  out  all  large,  abra- 
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and  only  fine  dust  passes  through  the  blower 
wheel  to  the  second  stage  filter  bag. 

Available  in  three  motor  sizes,  one  horse- 
power, two  horsepower,  and  three  horse- 
power, Dust  Collectors  fit  all  woodworking 
machinery,  including  planers,  shapers,  cir- 
cular saws,  belt  sanders,  jointers,  and  band 
saws.  Completely  portable,  they  can  be 
easily  moved  from  one  machine  to  another. 
Each  is  economical  and  quiet  in  operation. 

Powered  by  high-performance,  heavy-duty 
industrial  motors,  the  units  eliminate  debris 
at  the  source  before  it  gets  into  the  air.  A 
self-cleaning,  cast  aluminum  radial  blade 
blower  picks  up  the  smallest  sawdust  and 
chips.  Each  permanently  lubricated,  ball- 
bearing motor  is  completely  enclosed  and 
fan-cooled.  All  models  are  designed  to  op- 
erate a  minimum  of  eight  years  under  con- 
tinuous duty  use,  years  longer  for  normal 
usage. 

The  Three-horsepower,  Three-Phase  mo- 
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drum  lid  and  blower  housing.  Models  50-180 
(One-horsepower,  One-Phase)  and  50-181 
(Two-horsepower,  One-Phase)  have  durable 
fiberglas  drum  lids  and  14-gauge  steel  blower 
housing. 

Mounting  on  a  55-gallon  open  top  drum 
(not  included)  provides  ample  waste  capac- 
ity. Final  air  filtration  area  is  19  square  feet 
with  the  standard  bag  on  the  one-  and  two- 
horsepower  models.  The  three-horsepower 
model's  drum-mounted  bag  extends  to  a  full 
50  square  feet. 

A  complete  line  of  nozzles,  fittings,  and 
hoses  assure  flexibility  for  multiple  opera- 
tions. Hoses,  available  in  up  to  6"  diameters, 
accommodate  large  chips  without  clogging. 

For  additional  information  on  the  Two- 
Stage  Dust  Collectors,  or  the  name  of  a 
nearby  Delta  distributor,  call  toll-free:  Delta 
International  Machinery  Corp.,  (800)  438- 
2486.  In  PA,  (800)  438-2487. 


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We're  Being 
Outmanaged, 
Not  Outworked 


Skilled  North  American  labor 

must  be  allowed  to 

assert  itself  on  world  markets 


A  real  problem  in  the  North  American 
economy  is  now  coming  to  light.  And,  curi- 
ously enough,  it's  being  identified  by  such 
diverse  people  as  a  U.S.  cabinet  official,  a 
college  professor,  and  a  management  coun- 
selor. 

All  of  them  put  their  finger  on  a  growing 
cancer  in  today's  commercial  and  industrial 
world:  corporate  super  bigness  and  all  of  its 
bad  elements — company  takeovers,  plant 
closings,  absentee  owners  and  managers,  un- 
skilled and  unnecessary  middle  management, 
and,  to  top  it  all,  investment  greed. 

The  professor  says,  for  instance,  that  U.S. 
businesses  would  achieve  productivity  gains 
of  up  to  50%  if  they  developed  "radical  new 
roles  for  managers,  workers,  and  unions." 
Professor  Ben  Fischer  of  the  Carnegie  Mellon 
University  says  that  the  U.S.  workforce  con- 
tains a  lot  of  unnecessary  management  per- 
sonnel. 

"Experienced,  skilled  workers  do  not  need 
to  be  told  what  to  do  by  people  who  know 
far  less  than  they,"  he  says.  "In  fact,  workers 
usually  perform  better  when  given  freedom 
and  responsibility." 

Then,  along  comes  a  member  of  President 
Reagan's  cabinet.  Secretary  of  Commerce 
Malcolm  Baldridge.  He  told  one  of  these  think- 
tank  operations,  the  Center  for  Strategic  and 
International  Studies,  that  American  business 
has  lost  ground  to  foreign  competition  because 
of  shortsighted  management. 

"We   are   simply   outmanaged,"    he   said. 


"Most  of  all  we  lost  our  reputation  for  quality 
when  we  had  been  the  world's  leader.  There 
is  no  excuse  for  that,  and  there  is  no  one  to 
blame  but  American  management  .  .  .  not 
labor,  not  the  government,  but  management." 

Baldridge  indicated  that  not  enough  com- 
panies have  acted  to  cut  management  bloat 
and  return  more  decision  making  to  the  factory 
floor  or  the  construction  site. 

(/  might  say  to  Secretary  Baldridge  that  I 
agree  with  what  he  says  in  this  instance,  but 
he'd  better  look  at  the  shortsighted  manage- 
ment in  his  own  department,  as  well.  I'm 
referring  to  this  so-called  Maqidladora  Pro- 
gram his  department  is  supporting,  which 
encourages  American  jobs  to  go  to  Mexico. 
You  can  read  about  that  on  Page  9.) 

But,  to  go  back  to  what  I  was  saying,  there 
are  others  putting  their  fingers  on  the  eco- 
nomic cancers.  A  recent  New  York  Times 
article  reported  that  a  group  of  management 
consultants  warned  corporate  raiders  on  Wall 
Street  that  they  were  leaving  a  lot  of  worker- 
victims  in  their  takeovers,  that  they  are  putting 
American  and  Canadian  business  at  a  growing 
disadvantage  in  their  dealings  with  world  mar- 
kets. They  are  spreading  the  lines  of  com- 
munications between  capital  management  and 
labor  far  too  thin. 

There  is  no  question  about  it:  Many  so- 
called  entrepreneurs  are  targeting  American 
industries  for  destruction.  They  are  picking 
off  America's  ten-dollar-an-hour  jobs  and 
sending  them  to  72-cents-an-hour  locations  in 
less-industrialized  countries.  What  they're 
sending  back  to  us  are  third-world  products, 
third-world  living  standards,  and  third  world 
working  conditions. 

Unrestrained,  deregulated  management  runs 
along  its  path  of  greed  and  destruction  like 
wild  cancer  cells,  and  U.S.  and  Canadian 
workers  suffer. 

What  it  boils  down  to  is  the  fact  that  the 
bigger  some  companies  and  some  govern- 
ments get,  the  less  they  are  concerned  with 
being  their  brother's  keeper. 

And  the  bigger  and  more  remote  they  get, 
the  more  difficult  it  becomes  to  get  crucial 
labor-management  decisions. 

If  you've  ever  sat  at  a  bargaining  table  with 
the  representatives  of  a  major  corporation,  as 


I  have  and  as  many  of  your  local  and  council 
leaders  have,  you  know  how  frustrating  it  is 
to  have  to  wait  till  the  people  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  table  call  the  head  office  or  wait 
for  the  chief  executive  office  to  come  off  the 
golf  course  for  a  response  to  your  proposals. 
Just  imagine  what  it  will  be  like  to  negotiate 
with  the  top  people  in  Tokyo,  Hamburg,  and 
Hong  Kong. 

Big  is  not  beautiful  in  today's  corporate 
world,  except  for  those  inside  stock  traders 
who  manipulate  our  money  and  our  fives. 

I  am  reminded  of  the  fact  that  Ronald 
Reagan  campaigned  back  in  1980  on  a  platform 
which  was  supposed  to  cut  down  on  "big 
government."  (Actually,  government  has 
grown  bigger,  particularly  at  the  White  House.) 
What  the  President  didn't  mention  was  that 
he  wholeheartedly  approved  of  "big  busi- 
ness." In  fact,  that's  where  much  of  his 
campaign  money  was  coming  from,  and  that's 
where  he  acquired  many  of  his  Republican 
replacements  in  the  Executive  branch  of  gov- 
ernment and  in  our  embassies  overseas. 

In  effect,  what  President  Reagan  did  six 
years  ago  was  give  a  green  light  to  big 
business  to  go  on  a  rampage  against  its  work- 
ers and  their  unions  .  .  .  and  against  weak 
competitors.  Sometimes  the  Reagan  Admin- 
istration has  looked  the  other  way  when  an 
old-time  American  firm  picked  up  all  its  mar- 
bles and  moved  to  third-world  countries  with 
its  manufacturing  plants.  It  has  encouraged 
companies  to  move  to  the  Caribbean,  to  Tai- 
wan, to  Mexico,  to  Africa.  Meanwhile,  un- 
employment is  as  bad  today  as  it  was  six 
years  ago,  when  the  President  took  office. 

Two  years  ago,  when  he  was  returned  to 
office,  the  President  told  the  voters,  "You 
ain't  seen  nothing  yet!" 

Heaven  help  us ! 

I  go  back  to  what  Secretary  Baldridge  told 
this  think  tank.  He  told  the  group,  "We  have 
been  beaten  by  technology  that  we  invented, 
but  we  failed  to  apply  it  and  follow  through." 

Amen! 

The  United  Brotherhood  saw  some  of  the 
handwriting  on  the  wall  a  few  years  ago.  We 
began  to  talk  with  union  management  about 
our  mutual  concerns,  about  contract  clauses, 
about  work  rules,  about  unfair  competition. 


Union  management  and  union  labor  are  fight- 
ing a  holding  action. 

I  think  we've  been  in  the  trenches  and  the 
foxholes  long  enough.  I  am  hoping  that  the 
new  U.S.  Congress  and  the  Canadian  parlia- 
ment will  begin  their  own  Operation  Turna- 
rounds in  the  year  ahead. 

We  know  what  has  to  be  done:  Cut  man- 
agement bloat,  regulate  where  regulation  is 
needed,  put  people  back  to  work  on  North 
America's  infrastructure  ...  I  could  go  on, 
but  you  see  my  point.  As  the  Commerce 
Secretary  says,  the  cancerous  condition  lies, 
not  with  labor,  not  with  government,  but  with 
management  .  .  .  and  we  hope  that  the  think 
tanks  get  the  message. 


PATRICK  J.  CAMPBELL 
General  President 


THE  CARPENTER 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W. 
""'s'  ington,  D.C.  20001 

Address  Correction  Requested 


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The  Union  Label  Shopper  is  a  discount  mail  order  catalog  containing  only  union- 
made  goods.  Almost  all  products  in  the  catalog  are  available  at  a  discount.  So  you 
can  save  money  as  you  save  jobs. 

As  a  union  member,  you  have  been  looking  for  the  union  label  when  you  shop. 
Now  you  can  find  ONLY  union-made  products  in  the  catalog  and  save  money  when 
you  buy. 

One  million  free  catalogs  will  be  distributed  to  union  members.  If  you  want 
one,  to  save  union  jobs,  and  save  yourself  money,  fill  in  the  coupon  below  and 
mail  it  in  today. 


Please  send  me  a  FREE  UNION  LABEL  SHOPPER  DISCOUNT  CATALOG : 

Name:  


Address:. 


City/State:. 

Union: 


-Zip: 


_ Local  No.: 


Please  circle  the  items  you  will  like  to  buy  from  the  Catalog: 

•  Work  Clothes  •  Women's  Clothes  •  Mens  Casual  Clothes  •  Shoes 

•  Children's  Clothes  •  Kitchen  Appliances  •  Radio  •  Luggage  •  TV 

•  Sports  Equipment  •  Furniture  •  Auto  Supplies  •  Tools 

Other: 

Mail  this  coupon  to:  UNION  LABEL  SHOPPER 
508  N  Second  Street,  Fairfield.  lA  52556