i Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/carpenter106unit mi^^^^Wnit^ Brotherhood Qf Carper^rs & Jo'mers of Agierii ^^.' 'mi^^j|^lrt*i^'v,, f>< -"^i ?«■? tw^ '7-.^ ^^^^ .^- ^1* ff^ \ January 1986 "EmER triers of America ^%^^ Founc/ed 7881 ^%^P W. *: A ^^ V iiv ^4f . ' 4... i.a* ' 5, *, x>. I* f' ^ ^4^ '^'^ 't m m .t 1$ t 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. 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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 uiltt be heard once again fn 1936 Printed in U. S. A. 1©©D3 (3 /A\m^z:^© 0 for more Job opportunities 0 less indebtedness and bad credit 0 a balanced trade program 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" I 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 Continued on Page 36 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 Continued on Page 38 m- m i^l^H^ ii ' ' ,; i Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University 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. i 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 / 5 .1 i 1 1 [ ■ 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. 1^ "■''liP| IPBI^i i~i ^^^m Btrr'Tii^ ^^H^^^^TTj ntijl ■ pMil JANUARY, 1986 11 Ottawa Report^ 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 19 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 20 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. 22 CARPENTER 'Building America' Exhibit Scores Five-Year Success, Ready For More Display In Tlie New Year —Are You Interested? T=3v$-Tt l_ isirurtion Master" 1W — — .„^ m ■VfT U 1- L, U l» — . vw m m mmmm □ OEIQQ Qoaoo The UBC's big centennial exhibit, "Build- ing America," first put on display at the 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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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. /_ -.^^fc' ^' ^B ll hd 1 M i V 11 M *^. \^ 11 h'red Martin, left, i^ives the podium to Robert .Spencer, a recent retiree of Local 3103. 24 CARPENTER 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. FREE CATALOG For a free government catalog listing more than 200 helpful booklets, write: Consumer Information Center, Dept. B, Pueblo. Colorado 81009. UIE COnCRnTUlllTG . . . 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: POSTER CHILD fj h^ r^l 1 c^ m ^•^^B^B 1 l-_ /'iic /^^ll^l ^^H 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 Devastated by Flood Waters « ^ t ■ I^^-lM. 3" ' ■ .':':' \ ft- li 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. 26 CARPENTER 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. 1 ^^'% 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. 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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 LAYOUT LEVEL • ACCURATE TO 1/32" • REACHES 100 FT. • ONE-MAN OPERATION Save Time, Money, do o Better Job With This Modern Woter Level 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. 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Justice is iKe Goal of iKe Later Movement m^^mum april. i9is h^i^^h Several readers have written us asking for reproductions of the 1915 Carpenter cover, like the one shown above and suita- ble for framing. The reproduction is now available in dark blue on white, tan, gol- denrod, green, salmon, cherry, or yellow. Readers may obtain such reproductions al SVi" X IP/:" dimensions by sending 50« in coin to: General Secretary John S. Rogers, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. 101 Constitution Ave., 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 %iii GO^P 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 32 CARPENTER forvioo TiM Br«liMirho«4 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"TerepTione:"5rl3; 1985 T^E IRWIN COMPANY j I GOOD -gas" m[ ZJ> 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 striking 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 ^. Make safety a habit. } Always wear safety goggles when using Stnking tools 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 Local Union 198 Local Union 405 Local Union 727 Local Union 1250 Local Union 1278 Local Union 1379 Local Union 1509 Local Union 1861 Local Union 1889 Local Union 24.'!5 Local Union 510 Local Union 599 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 Local Union 2080 Local Union 15 Local Union 225 Local Union 275 Local Union 710 Local Union 1073 Local Union 1 1 10 Local Union 1400 Local Union 1421 Local Union 1822 Local Union 2018 Local Union 2162 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 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 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. Carpenters Hang It Up Patented Clamp these heavy duty, non-stretch suspenders to your nail bags or tool belt and you'll feel like you are floating on air. 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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! 40 CARPENTER 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 THE CARPENTER 101 Constitution Ave., N.W. Wasitington, D.C. 20001 Address Correction Requested BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Depew, N.Y. Permit No. 28 YOU'RE IN LUCK,Y0UN6STER,THE RIGHT 10 JOIN A UNION IS STIU AllVE ANP W£U INTHEU.SAandCANAPA! "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." —Samual Gompers, First President, American Federation of Labor Brotherhood Innovators Bring Treasure Houses to Life SEE PAGE 8 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. 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Social Security or (in Canada) Social Insurance No. NEW ADDRESS. Citgr State or Province ZIP Code CARPBmER ISSN 0008-6843 N^^ ^^^ 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. NOTE: Readers who would like additional copies of our cover may obtain them by sending 50^ in coin to cover mailing costs to, The CARPENTER, 101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. 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 Continued on page 4 How interest rates cut into your payctiecl( The chart at right shows how interest rates have changed in five years. Credit card interests rates — which almost all of us pay now — are not coming down. We should make our protests regarding credit-card interest known at this time. Demand that your credit cards charge interest which is closer to the inflation rate — now under 4% a year. Billions of dollars have gone to line the pockets of credit card companies and banks — because of these huge interest rates. FEBRUARY, 1986 2S -1 Percent 20 - IS 10 INTEREST RATES 1980-1985 Credit Cards 24-Month Personal Loans Prime Rate N^' -I 1 I u. 5 3 0 S < 2 1980 « a S < 1981 a a S < 1982 3-Month 'R'easury Bills -1 — I — I — I — I I I >> W i» « 3 0 S < 2 1983 2 3 S < 1984 S 3 s < 1985 rONSUMKR FRDERATION CHART 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. '3S" c nmn — y~ — m L, U u i_ L~ m L. 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Date— I SIg Sign Here— CP4 FEBRUARY, 1986 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." 20 CARPENTER 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. 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Be an Active UBC Member. Lock Into American-Made/Union-Made Lock Out Unemployment Union LAb«l and Sarvlo Tradss Departmeni, AFL-CtO 't^^'^' ^^ 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. 22 CARPENTER nppREiiTicESHiP & TRnininc 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. S^» - * ■ * « 6- Jw ..^^fj -^^ Jy| t^ ^Kt dk ^ 1 >. Sa i Kk.!j ^ 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. 24 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. 26 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. Retirees Participate in Scranton Clambake w PI 1 ^ PI W ^^ vf ^-T n ■^ ^ ^^1 r*A ii^ ^\ 1 AJX H \^^^m ■•^^ HH m '•!#' vA ^^.^ ifli^j . ;1 [ \ ^:fl. ■V* m Hfl Members of Retiree Club 16 assembled at the annual clambake of Local 261. Scranton, 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 29 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 Continued on Page 38 30 CARPENTER forvlce To Th* Bir«llMvh«od BROOKLYN, N.Y. In 1935 Albert F. Unkenholz joined UBC Local 2305. Today, 50 years later, he's still a proud member of the Brotherhood in what is now Local 902. 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. 1 ,.■-■■; J i mxA i A U ' s \ As^^ii \-:f/ ; ^pV™''^^ ^ ■^-v^ ! ^ i^^^'-fl Toledo, Ohio — Picture No. 3 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 CARPENTER Kj ^ L^, rtriilfcjL i ^^^B^' -»'" jH| W ^' M ^^m^^^ml ^^^m K . ^*****^ I^MjV -i ..^ J lMii_ ,^ Norwalk, Conn. — No. 1 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 Nonwalk, Conn. — No. 3 WB^^^3St HHHHLBBIi H^HHBHH mrnxmaww^ HuK m^ V • jR HJVUM0II4U«^ .9] ^B f wB^^^i^Sl jiKI ^^^^■c^-^^H ^^ w^^ P^ I^Hm^I ^^ ^^'v \Kli ^^^^H ^^H wl wSm c^^^^^^^H ^^H Vt'>M ^H k ^^^^l^^l 1 K..^.^. ^^B^JH .^^^^^^^^^^H Norwalk, Conn. — No. 4 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 l3 Mm^^ ■F FEBRUARY, 1986 33 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 Bukowsl1.^- XESHSKyi.'t-yXf't :ws:v 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 ■:^^^- '^i^i ■:^^jj^^^mi^l^^^Mff-' V- i*;.;. .! v-...: :Ml^s^ 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. 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Citr State or Province ZIP Code ISSN 0008-6843 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. NOTE: Readers who would like additional copies of our cover may obtain them by sending 500 in coin to cover mailing costs to, The CARPENTER, 101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. 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 8 CARPENTER ONTINUES 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 Continued on Page 36 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 CARPENTER 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 It is one of mankind's most familiar, yet misunderstood diseases. It strikes so many people — 1 in 20 Americans has it — it has become commonplace in our lives. 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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 ^^^P^^H I^^^H ^jshI^^^^^^^^^^I ^^jjMa H •' ' ' y '^^^K__^_)ttl tMA mi St"''jk.-j. 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 Th( Undfri Br.iihnh.«Hl «( C,i(| tte hmnci conilructcd by hunicb r. *n.l l-..n»n M Amenta CIIBC'l Ytlxit btrun a 1 lh»i UK Louinau-PuUk wood producta. Tht It lorni prnducu induilry. * 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. 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City_ State. details about 30-day trial offer. r^l-i 17 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 ^, Make safety a habit. ) Always wear safety 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. 18 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 19 loni union nEuis 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. ■.■■ - ; .. j..^ II. -.- - ! r^ P-rffK I' 1 1' --■-■ -„ jtrvr [^S f/.f ■J > % . kl ^ :'>^^ it ^ ■»■¥" " — ■ i mKiflHi' Local 83 President Paul Wile presents The Craft Transformed to the convention dele- 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. • 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. 1"";^ m i 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. IRWIN. SCREWDRIVERS •K)Orchofce pfthre durable Jrwimbe. r oc hondi&s, • Philtfps aria flat Ops wihintsimisafieletlaesoire. twoifable., J.. . pneqJShn crass groonaf^r " Blades es^ieedgovefnmetit perf^£scr«wheaiitlt, - - - . ^ .. ^ .^ ^..JJIs^f^6^P-(-*0OSBR/BS.) THE IRWIN COMRXNY 1 k REPUTATION BUILT WITH THE FINEST TOOLS L..„4(ilmittgtQq..Qhip 45177. U.S. A.- Telephone A13/38gr38tl,,£r4ltx.a4165p, 1)1985 THE IRWIn COMPANY I MARCH, 1986 21 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 Is .1 — I 1 lt/i(/> c> cl i /Marsupial O lA Z 4 O m P.O BOX iai6 ELGIN. IL 60120 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; Send News CARPENTER magazine is always grateful to receive news of our mem- bers. Write CARPENTER magazine, 101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Wash- ington, D.C. 20001. 36 CARPENTER 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. Local Union, dry 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. Shelton. MARCH, 1986 37 Local Union. Cify 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 38 CARPENTER CORDLESS CAULKER RAIL CUTTING TOOL A rail cut-off tool, which can cut many roll-formed and extruded rail sections, is available from Seiders Manufacturing, Inc., 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 the rail clean. 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 drapery rails and can be applied in many areas where a fast, clean, safe cut-off is required. For more information and prices, contact Seiders Manufacturing, Inc., 5821 Femrite Dr., Madison, WI 53704 or call 608-222- 0054. 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- poration, 1 Winnenden Road, Norwich, CT 06360. Toll-free: (800) 243-0870, In Con- necticut: (203) 886-0151 or contact your local AEG power tool distributor. FOR ROOF-MOUNTS The National Roofing Contractors Asso- ciation announces the release of "Guidelines for Roof-Mounted Outdoor Air-Conditioner Installations." 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Date— I SIgnt CP-6 MARCH, 1986 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 40 CARPENTER 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 Address Correction Requested Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Depew, N.Y. Permit No. 28 April 1986 ■•■ ■■' .'\- Un'fted Bfoiherbood of Carpenters & Joiners of America Founded 1881 tL r-^ UV-,^„i»S&.- CONVENTION CALL /7n/tef 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 -^nfv' ^^"'•« Worm ^ ^^..^^ 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 ats 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. r *' ■M ^^Bk^v^^I -■- -3 ''-^v MmiW^M ^.^M ^^^mJP^^ 3tmt^^ • • ^rO ^ » A 1930s southwcsler-.sivU hard luil with a metal lamp bracket for a carbide lamp. 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 Continued on Page 17 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 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 A* m4 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 SOMERSET *2 PAPER MACHINE PROJECT TEAM CONTRACTORS - UNIONS ENGINEERS RAFTSMEN - APPRENTICES - SUPPLIERS u.w™4 SAFETY PERFORMANCE iioi ua»ii miiMT »ni«m«MMii » rfllwWN* aWIBAN HCWRS WfiXlD S760O TAKMfF CARKHTEIt CURREffr MAN rawm 800 X COMPLETE 1119 m A OiuOato: JliE 1 ^PIPP =1^-1 Maine PRIDE 3 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. W ^W^ ' "~\ ^ ^^jj East St. Louis Stewards "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. Dh___ 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. 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). Attend your Local Union Meetings Regularly . Be an Active UBC Member. 38 CARPENTER LID REMOVER Tightly sealed lids on plastic buckets can now be safely and quickly removed with the Quick® Bucket Opener, effectively prevent- ing a leading cause of low back injuries among workers. Lid removal problems have become of such concern in all industries where these versatile buckets are used that previous removal instructions have been eliminated by virtually all bucket manufactures. 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Pricing and ordering information is avail- able from Rose/DeFede Inc., P.O. Box 6192, Hayward, CA 94540. HEAT-COOL GUIDE A comprehensive guide to the Plen-Wood system, an underfloor heating and cooling system that reduces construction costs, saves energy, and provides more comfortable liv- ing and working environments is available from the American Plywood Association (APA) and other wood products associa- tions. The 36-page brochure, entitled The Plen- Wood Syslein. was produced jointly by the five member associations of the Wood Prod- ucts Promotion Council — APA, American Wood Council, National Forest Products Association, Southern Forest Products As- sociation, and Western Forest Products As- sociation. Based on a concept that is as old as the ancient Romans, the Plen-Wood is a simple, yet effective heating and cooling system. 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[Name I Address_ I City [state APRIL, 1986 state __^^^^i^_____^___ 39 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. Permit No. 28 5\ DooCk QdhgLS Bm spLpQmgCi'Qm© St. PauVs Ice Palace [DBDOS Eafi^DB 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. May 1986 ' ,^ w-.W- - ' -■^ ' Ak . f ^ li^ f 1 1^14 1 m f^^ Unifed Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America Founded 1881 r riT^fl^- ■ M '..."p. »fi ■•^ \f 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 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 ISSN 0008-6843 1*0?^ 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 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.(X) in advance. IS ' -'HCIO/tLC'* Printed in U.S.A. NOTE: Readers who would like additional copies of our cover may obtain them by sending Sdi in coin to cover mailing costs to, The CARPENTER, 101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Adapted from a cartoon bv Stampone. AFL-CIO News He 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 'A'':^^'f~?^'-'^ 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 Continued on Page 5 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 Continued on Page 16 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 Continued on Page 38 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- :-^^B Hl^II^'^ J 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 11 Washington Report M.riiii I I I 1 i 1 .J^ «-■--. '-^ ^ ,, ^^"""^ HI JSmm M w w ^ IIP 1 D ■ a J 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. 14 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 15 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. Milled Face make hard work easier! Take the new Vaughan Wallboard Tool, for example. Its striking face is ground flat on striking face is milled to give a rough- ened surface for good topcoat bond. Choose ^3V^' or 16" hickory handle. 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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 le. 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 ji/ I r 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. 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