Local 322 Outside Organizer Bruce
Buckner swears
in newly organized local union members employed
by outside contractor SchulteTA, Inc.
L.U. 322 (govt,i,lctt,o&u), CASPER, WYLocal 322 has
seen a lot of changes in the past year. Rick Oakland, former business
manager, has moved on to the International Office Construction and
Maintenance Department. Chris Morgan was appointed business manager.
Garry Nettik is still the assistant business manager/organizer and
Scott DeGroot was hired as an organizer working out of the Casper
office. Rocky Anderson, former local union president, was hired
as the training director and T.J. Woods, former E-Board chair and
local president, was hired as day school instructor.
With the help of Outside Organizer Coordinator Bruce Buckner, the
local has been successful in organizing two new outside contractors,
SchulteTA, Inc. and Short Powerline Service.
Congratulation to this years 15 graduates of the Inside Apprenticeship
Program Lucas Becker, Richard Beld, Brain Chamberlain, Michael Cook,
Jason Edwards, Ira Fischer, Jareb Goodrich, John Hokanson, Nathan
Kysar, Marc Littell, Ron Martin, Jerod Pesek, Gabe Ragsdale, Chris
Sutherland, Matt Talbott. Congratulations to these men and their
families.
Visit our new Web site at www.ibew322.org where you can chat with
members and visit our job board.
L.U. 332 (c,ees,i,o&st), SAN JOSE, CAThere have been many
changes around our office lately. After five years as business manager,
Terry Tanner has retired. Terry can be proud of all his accomplishments:
new contracts, expanded membership, bigger roles for women and S&C
members and most especially, our beautiful, new union hall. It has
become a model in the city of San Jose for how to build "green"
buildings.
Also retiring is Pete Reyes, a business agent for four years. Pete
has been active as long as hes been a member. He understands what
the union does for its members and always gave back with his service.
By a unanimous vote of the Executive Board, Asst. Bus. Mgr. Robert
Tragni was elected to serve out Terrys term as business manager.
Bro. Tragnis position was filled by Jay James. This created an
opening on the staff and Dick Perez was appointed as a business
agent. These men will do a great job. Congratulations to all!
The work situation has improved this summer because of all the
school construction work. About 200 inside wiremen are on the out-of-work
list. But, once school starts, work may slow down again. As long
as the high tech industry is in a slump, so are we.
Dont forget about the upcoming state certification exam. Drop
in on any Saturday for classes at the Electrical Training Center.
We will be working hard to defeat the recall of Gov. Davis. He
has done a lot of good for working people and deserves to serve
his term. Contact the hall to see how you can help.
"Every advance in this half century: Social Security, civil
rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another came with
the support and leadership of American labor."Jimmy Carter.
L.U. 354 (i,mt,rts,spa) SALT LAKE CITY, UTAt the 8th District
Progress meeting, Pres. Edwin D. Hill swore in our new local union
president, Richard Kingery.
Our annual service award party took place in July. A $250 gift
certificate to Sportsmans Warehouse was presented to Bro. William
Chaplin III.
Our thanks to Bill and to all those who received their years-of-service
pins: 60-year member Spencer G. Derbidge; 55-year members Ronald
E. Carr and Kenneth Baum; 50-year member James Henderson; 45-year
members Michael Binyon, Leland Anderson, McCarroll Peterson, Hi
Gibson and Alvin Maughn; 40-year members Richard K Kristensen, Robert
Plett, Robert F. Thomas Jr., Donald A. "Jump" Smith, Brent
W. North and Michael E. Inskeep; 35-year members Dale L. White,
Sheryl E. Walker, Charles (Chuck) Callahan and Thomas A. Richard;
30-year members D. B. Bently, Russell E. Ferre, Gregory Gordon,
Richard K. Bertoch and Michael R. Florin; 25-year members David
D. Forsberg, William B. Hall, Carl Brailsford, James R. Clark, Rodney
Fryar and Shawn J. Murphy; 20-year member Michael E. Crookston;
and 5-year members Paul Kristensen and Christopher Bone.
L.U. 364 (catv,ees,em,es,i,mt,rts& spa), ROCKFORD, ILLocal
364 families recently came together for our annual membership picnic
held at our halls grounds. Bro. Ray Pendzinski once again coordinated
the event and everybody had a great time as always.
Work in our area and in surrounding locals, as seems to be the
case most everywhere, has been very slow and employment opportunities
for our members as a result, remain scarce.
Local 364 recently established a Supplementary Unemployment Benefit
fund so that in the future, members who might be hit unexpectedly
hard by unforeseen negative economic times might have a bit of a
social safety net if they need it.
We need to oust the current occupants of the White House, get our
economy rolling again, and get everybody back to work.
L.U. 380 (ei,es,i&it), NORRISTOWN, PAAt our July 22 local
union meeting, past Pres. Ira Robbins swore in the newly elected
officers. They are as follows: Pres. Boe Lawless, Vice Pres. Dave
Schaaf, Rec. Sec. Roger Day, Treas. John Porco, Bus. Mgr./Fin. Sec.
Kenneth R. MacDougall, Executive Board members Tom Friel, Chris
Gratton and Dennis Wolfgang. Examining Board members Richard Gibson,
Bill LaFountain and Ken McLaughlin.
Afterwards, Ken MacDougall thanked former Bus. Mgr. Tony McCafferty
for all he has done. Ken also outlined his future plans for the
local.
The last few months have seen the passing of five of our local
brothers: Tom McClure, Sr., Ed McKeever, Tim Smith, Larry Sopko
and Jason Cirafisi. Our deepest sympathies go out to the families
of these fine men. Jason Cirafisis sudden death was especially
tough news, because Jason was in his third year of apprenticeship
and was a top-notch apprentice, both in school and on the job and
will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
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