JULY 2005 VOL. 19 NO. 6

BUSINESS MANAGER’S REPORTBY GARY A. PRICE

Congratulations new Officers& Delegates

And congratulations to return-ing Officers as well. By the timethis is read, the election should beover. It is hoped that during thenext three years our Local willmake progress in organizing theelectrical industry as well as in-ternally organizing ourselves.There are many challenges ahead.Knowledge and the vision of whatwe could be, with the solidarity ofworking together, we can get there!N.E.T.D.A.

That stands for “National Elec-trical Training Directors Associa-tion”. The annual meeting was atthe Marriott downtown waterfront.These gatherings allow the Train-ing Director to learn better toolsto increase the difference in knowl-edge and skill between Union andNon-Union workers.9th District Progress Meeting

The meeting had great infor-mation with an opportunity to learnfrom other west coast Locals thathave common problems. The pre-sentations from the I/O broughteveryone up to speed on theprogress of the I.B.E.W. It is wellunderstood that we are not wherewe should be!REP Trainees

Greg Moore will be movingout of Dispatch and on into Orga-nizing. Karlena Bromiley will bestarting in Dispatch. The goal is tohave three trainees at all timeslearning about being a BusinessRepresentative. Each trainee willhave nine months to learn and be

exposed to the job. Thisis all part of the projectto increase the resourcesof Local 46 for knowl-edgeable Officers, Repre-sentatives, Stewards, andmembers.Ownership of yourLocal

Who do you thinkowns our Local? It is truethat the InternationalOffice has control of ourcharter. It is also true thatthe I.B.E.W. Constitu-tion enables the Interna-tional Office to havesome control of the deci-sion making process in our Local.The Local’s success is still in thehands of the Members. If you donot believe that the Local is work-ing as well as it should and youthink it should change, spend thetime to learn how it works, youmay then know how to fix it. TheLocal will only work as well as theMembers make it.Union Leadership Classes

This August the Union Leader-ship classes will be starting upagain. There are twelve classes,each class takes a day. Theseclasses are designed to give Mem-bers knowledge about a particular

part of the process in the Union.When you have the knowledge,and have answers to the questionsthat others ask, you are helpingyourself as well as improving theLocal.November Elections

Local 46 is very interested inthe Port of Seattle Commissionersraces this year.

The incumbent, Lawrence T.Molloy, needs our help to remaina Port Commissioner. Peter Coatesneeds our help to become a PortCommissioner. We all need to helpthe Port of Seattle Commission tobecome a lit t le more Laborfriendly.

Here Ye! Here Ye! Here Ye! or is it Hear Ye?Volunteers needed to help out at this year’s picnic.

Picnic date: August 21. Location: Nile ParkPlease contact Jim Tosh - 253-395-6528 -jimt@ibew46.com if you can lend a hand.

Business Manager Gary A. Price handing retiredmember Ronald Irving his 60 year pin. Ron drove all the

way from Gresham, Oregon for this meeting!

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UNIT OFFICERS2002 – 2005

Many members have stepped up to the plateand supported both their Union and their Unit,whether it is Wire, Teledata, etc. These membershave served the Local and their Unit as Chairman,Vice Chairman, Recording Secretary, or on theExecutive Committee.

Some of these officers were elected in 2002and have served continuously since that date.Some have stepped up to fulfill a vacancy. Theyall deserve the gratitude and appreciation for theservice they have or still do perform. Some haveeven volunteered to help again and so will con-tinue to serve the membership.

When you see one of these members on the jobor at a meeting, please extend your appreciation tothem. Without Brothers and Sisters like these wewould have no Union at all. From all of us to all ofyou who have served, thank you so very much forhelping our Union survive.

BremertonChairman: Kyle KatzmanVice Chairman: Susie SchulmeyerRecording Secretary: Steve GurrExecutive Committee: John Mattson, Joe Lesh

MarineChairman: Ken BergesonVice Chairman: Frank FormanRecording Secretary: Fred Schwyhart

Oil BurnerChairman: James HoffmanVice Chairman:Recording Secretary: Tom Bell

ResidentialChairman: Chuck CubineVice Chairman: Mike LauerRecording Secretary: Mark OienExecutive Committee: Ron Walker

StockmanChairman: Monty WoodRecording Secretary: Tim Duclos

TeledataChairman: Kirt GardinerVice Chairman: Kathee BavartRecording Secretary: Dave MorseExecutive Committee: Todd Adams, KarenBoshear, Mark Samuelsen, Julie Southwick

WireChairman: Greg MooreVice Chairman: John FraineRecording Secretary: Maggie Romero SchabExecutive Committee: Monica Bergeson, CarlD. Boe, Doug Johnson, Scott Sprinkle

2002 - 2005 Exam Board members (L-R):Chris Konker, Debra Kidd, Matt Brown, Steve Schmele and Frank Forman.

NEW LOCAL OFFICERSSwearing in of New Officers - July 13, 2005

BUSINESS MANAGER / FINANCIAL SECRETARYPOSITION PENDING RUN-OFF

PRESIDENTArchie Van Valkenburg

VICE PRESIDENTGregory E. Moore

RECORDING SECRETARYFrederick (Fred) O. Monroe

TREASURERChristopher Charles Konker

EXECUTIVE BOARDBill Baker Steve MurphyShannon Hagen Maggie Romero SchabRich Lehman Rick Wheeler

EXAM BOARDFrank C. Forman Teresita T. RonquilloDebra Jo Kidd Steve Schmele

DELEGATES TO THE 2006 CONVENTIONGreg Boyd Hank McGuireElwood Evans Maggie Romero SchabGreg Galusha Jim ToshShannon Hagen Rick WheelerVirgil Hamilton

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OFFICERS OF LOCAL 46President Brett OlsonVice President John FraineRecording Secretary Fred MonroeTreasurer Karlena

BromileyBusiness Manager & Financial Secretary Gary A. Price

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERSSteven K. Murphy Mark WoodkeArchie Van Valkenburg Rick WheelerMargaret Romero Schab John R. Mattson

BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVESNorman “Bud” Allbery Fred MonroeGeorge Duncalf Brett OlsonElwood Evans Greg Moore*Kenn Hasling Jim RingelJanet Lewis Jim Tosh

ORGANIZERSGreg Boyd Virgil HamiltonGreg Galusha Hank McGuire

EXAMINING BOARD MEMBERSMatt Brown Debra KiddFrank Forman Steve SchmeleChris Konker

*Interim Business Representative

253-395-6516Call the Job Line directly, anytime of day. It is updated by

5:00 p.m. weekdays.Online at www.ibew46.net

NOTICE:The Marine Apprenticeship Committee has pledged that the recruitment,selection, employment, and training of apprentices during their apprentice-ship shall be without discrimination because of race, color, religion, na-tional origin, age or sex. In order to promote equality of opportunity, theMarine Apprenticeship Committee hereby pledges to take affirmative ac-tion to encourage minorities and women to complete the apprenticeshipapplication and enter into the eligibility pool.

FOOD BANK UPDATE

Work has picked up and many mem-bers are finally able to return to work,but there are still many members suf-fering after months and months of un-employment. Fortunately, those whohave been working consistently con-tinue to give generously to the foodbank. Thanks to Valley Electric, JanetLewis, IBEW Local 46 past PresidentRichard ‘Dick’ Nelson, David Haley,IBEW 46 Retirees Club (over $200from their June meeting), Tom Brennan,and retired member Spence Moll. Manyothers have donated non-perishablefood items. All of your help is appreci-ated and makes a difference to thosethat are in need.

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Called “one of the most influen-tial thinkers of the progressivemovement,” George Lakoff haswritten Don’t Think of an El-ephant, an analysis of what hap-pened in the 2004 election. Heexplains why people vote theirvalues and identities, oftenagainst their best interests, andshows progressives how to thinkin terms of values instead of pro-grams. Lakoff is a professor ofcognitive science and linguisticsat University of California, Ber-keley.

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• Dental coverage will returnto the previous levels prior tothe 2003 changes, up to amaximum of $2,500 per cal-endar year per eligible per-son.

• Medical costs will be coveredat the 90% level for servicesfrom a Preferred Provider in-stead of at 80%. Coveragefor services from Non-pre-ferred providers will remain at60%.

• Increase in treatment for sub-stance abuse problems willincrease to $15,000 lifetimemaximum. This benefit is in-creased from $10,000 to$15,000.

The above is not the official noticeof changes.

The Trust will send out an officialnotice to participants of the

changes.

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TELEDATA UNITNEWS

By Business RepresentativeJim Tosh

The Sound and Communication Unitcontinues to grow and I don’t mean justin numbers. If you’ve been to a Soundand Communication Unit meeting dur-ing the past several months you haveseen the increased attendance and Ihope you have also taken note of theincreased participation during the meet-ings. These members are speaking out.They’re voicing their opinions andthoughts. They speak with a passionand conviction in their voices that canonly come from the heart. Most impres-sive to me is that it’s getting done in anorderly fashion and with a showing ofmutual respect to each other.

These members are learning andwant to learn more. Over ten Techni-cians have signed up for the next Stew-ards class. Most of them are Foremenand are running their own crews butthey understand there’s a need forknowledge, especially when it will ben-efit their jobs, their crews, and theircontractors. A well-run job pays divi-dends to everyone associated with it;from the bottom all the way to the top.Several members of the Unit have takenthe Leadership classes that have beenoffered through the Hall and they havecommented about their own increasedunderstanding of how things work, frompensions to grievances. Take advan-tage of those classes the next time theyare made available.

Remember, at the August meetingwe will draw one name from the hat tochoose a representative from the Soundand Communication Unit to go to thisyear’s Voice Data Video/Building Sys-tems Convention.

This year marked the graduation ofthe largest Sound and Communicationclass yet. Hopefully our class sizes willcontinue to grow and this is a sign ofthings to come. Congratulations to thisyear’s graduates: Katherine Almond,Roland Arreola, John Christian, BrianDean, James Durham, Jr., Stephen

Gerfin, DanielG r e s h o w a k ,David Higgins,Brian Janku,Justin Kaiser,

Phillip Lessley, Joshua Maker, JesseMiller, Kenneth Moore, Jeff Perantie,Mark Ramey, Toni Spears, and RamonVerdugo. Never stop learning; absorball the information you can.

The Sound and Communication Unitwould also like to offer congratulationsto the 177 Commercial graduates.

Retiree Spence Moll was recentlyheard to say “I used to have a photo-graphic memory, but lately I seem to berunning out of film and I haven’t beenable to convert to the new digital sys-tem.” If all of our memories last as longas Spence’s we have nothing to worryabout!

BROADCAST UNITNEWS

By Business RepresentativeFred Monroe

The Broadcast unit has several ongoing events:

KING TV: We are continuing to-ward arbitration on the issue of the opera-tion of the microwave trucks. Arbitrationis scheduled for August 18, 2005.

KOMO TV: The TV Broadcast Tech/ TV News ENG Coordinators continueto negotiate for their first collective bar-gaining agreement. Production Techs andEngineering group are in the process ofdeciding their status.

KIRO TV: Currently all seems to bewell. Looking for a new Shop Stewardsince Bill Apker has moved. If you areinterested, please contact me at 253-395-6520.

ORGANIZINGBy Organizer Greg Galusha

BUSINESS CLASSESOur last Business class “Writing a

Business Plan” is scheduled for Monday,July 18, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30p.m. The cost is $50.00, only if you canafford to pay it. If you cannot afford topay, sign up anyway and the Union willgrant you a scholarship. To sign up, callthe front desk at 253-395-6500.

The last two classes, “ContractorsBusiness Class” and “Residential andSmall Commercial Estimating” were ex-cellent. We had several members whohad either started their own companies,or were in the process; attend the classes.Some of these members were alreadyhiring other members off of the books.

YELLOW PAGE AD WORKS!The Yellow page ad is beginning to

hit the streets as of this writing. Ourcontractors are beginning to receive phonecalls from the ad.

Check out the web site atREScontractors.net. The phone numbersfor the ad are SEATTLE - (206) 903-6976 EASTSIDE - (425) 644-9819SOUTH KING - (253) 813-1467.

If you know people looking to haveelectrical work done on their house referthem to the website or the yellow page ad.

9TH DISTRICTPROGRESS MEETINGBy Member Archie Van Valkenburg

It was a great honor to serve IBEWLocal 46 at the 61st Annual 9th DistrictProgress Meeting in San Francisco, June15 - 17, 2005. For members who do notknow what a Progress Meeting is, or whatit might consist of, it can be summed up asa meeting where all IBEW BusinessManagers, and some Local Union Offic-ers and Organizers meet with the topleaders within the IBEW. Individualslike International President Edwin D. Hill,International Secretary/Treasurer JonWalters and 9th District International VicePresident Michael S. Mowrey, plus manyothers.

Now, imagine for a moment all ofthese people from all over the 9th District,meeting in one room for three days toreceive workshops and reports and todiscuss where the IBEW is headed andhow we shall get there. Personally, I wasoverwhelmed with all the information. Iwill try to give a PowerPoint Presentationat the August General Meeting to showsome of the statistics that were given andmaybe some pictures.

Thank you once again for allowingme to represent the Local.

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PENINSULA REPORTBy Business Representative

Jim Ringel

I would like to take a moment todiscuss lawsuits against your LocalUnion. We have rules that tell us howwe run our Local Union, elect ourLocal Union Officers, the duties ofour Union Officers, and so on. Theserules are defined in the IBEW Consti-tution and our Local Union Bylaws.All of you should keep a copy of bothand know what they say. The Consti-tution is very difficult to change oramend.

1) It takes 15 Local Unions ofwhich no two Locals can be from thesame State or Province to petition foran amendment.

2) If the (IEC) International Ex-ecutive Council deems an amendmentis necessary, it may have the (IST)International Secretary–Treasurersubmit the amendment to the LocalUnions for a vote.

3) By majority vote represented ata regular session of the (IC) Interna-tional Convention, which meets onceevery five years.

Our Local Union Bylaws are a loteasier to amend or change. You maymake a motion at a General Meetingof the Local Union to amend, change,or add a new Bylaw. The motion maynot be discussed at that meeting. TheLocal will mail out a notice to allLocal members informing them of themotion that was made and that themotion will be discussed and votedon at the next General Meeting. If themotion is voted in, it has to be sent tothe (IO) International Office for theirapproval. If they do not approve themotion, then it becomes null and void.If they approve the motion, then youhave successfully changed our LocalBylaws. That is how the system wasset up to change the rules for runningyour Local Union.

In the past we abided by theserules and accepted them whether weliked it or not. It is in my humbleopinion that the ways in which we runour Local Union are fair to all or themajority of the members in our LocalUnion and that the majority of themembers are happy with the way itworks. When we want to change some-

thing within the Local Union struc-ture, we should consider whether thischange is best for the majority, or asmall minority, of the Local and letthat be our guiding light.

When some individuals can’t gettheir way by trying to change thingswithin the Local structure, then theytake things into their own hands andfile lawsuits against their Local Union.This is very expensive for every mem-ber of our Local Union, because themoney to fight a lawsuit comes fromour General Fund, which we all payinto with our Dues money. Some-times we win and sometimes we losethe lawsuit. But either way, the Mem-bership bears the burden of the cost.

It is also in my humble opinionthat the majority of lawsuits are onthe basis of ‘what’s good for me’,rather than ‘what’s good for the ma-jority’. Lawsuits are a big reason whyLocal Unions have become weaker,and I am not sure how much more wecan endure before it affects our abil-ity to maintain. We are seeing moreand more of the ‘Me Me’ attitude outthere taking potshots at us. Each timea ‘Me Me’ lawsuit is filed, whetherwe win or lose, we all lose in the longrun. Again, I want to make it veryclear that these are my humblethoughts, and not the thoughts of theLocal Union.

If you have a particular subjectyou would like us to explain or talkabout, give us a call, or you mightwant to submit an article yourself.Until next time, ….

DISPATCHRE-SIGN TODAY

AND EVERY DAY!By Dispatchers

Bud Allberyand Greg Moore

Too many members lose theirnumbers because of their failure tore-sign. I can’t tell you how oftenI’ve heard the words “but I’m only aday late” or “I thought my re-signday was…” or “I was sick andcouldn’t get in”. Well, if you re-signed every day, or every week, guesswhat – you won’t lose your numberdue to a failure to re-sign. There is nopenalty for re-signing daily, weekly,or anytime within your thirty days.Re-sign often. Don’t wait.

There is a HUGE penalty for re-signing after your 30 days have lapsed.You lose your number and you couldhave had that number for a year ormore. And we can’t fix it foryou….after all then we would be treat-ing you differently than others.

Journey Wire calls are starting topick up. The Books are moving fast.Some people have receivedcheckmarks, so be ready for a call.During these times, it is crucial thatyou either bid online or come in todispatch when there are calls. Don’tlet a call pass you by.

CWA, AFL-CIO SAY: BUY CINGULARFrom UCS News Service – Mar 2005

The Communications Workers of America and the AFL-CIO are urgingcell phone-using unionists to go with Cingular, “the nation’s largest wirelesscompany and the only Union wireless company.”

Some 22,000 Cingular employees who are CWA members have higherwages than their counterparts at Verizon Wireless, the Union says, and havebeen able to Unionize without employer interference.

Verizon Wireless, however, continues to throw roadblocks in the way ofworkers who want representation. Late last year the National Labor RelationsBoard issued a complaint against the company for multiple unfair laborpractices including illegally firing workers for Union activities and retaliatingagainst other activities, among other things.

The AFL-CIO notes that Union members are eligible for discounts onCingular phones through the Union Privilege program. More information isavailable at www.unionprivilege.org/cingular-wireless.cfm

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SQUARE D INSEATTLE:

THE BATTLE OF THEPLANT CLOSURE

By Business RepresentativeHank McGuire

Back in the mid 1980’s Local 46had a manufacturing contract with theSquare D Company in Seattle. Theymade panel boards of every size andconfiguration. The Seattle facility wasone of the most productive in the U.S.according to the Company itself.

I was assigned to take on repre-sentation of the employees by Busi-ness Manager Dave Jordan. So thefirst thing on the agenda was to visit theplant and meet everyone. Now they hadnot had much representation up to thispoint. So I wasn’t sure what to expect.Most likely they would be indifferentor even a little hostile.

Wearing my best Local 46 IBEWjacket into the plant, I went to SquareD. Walking through the production areato find the Steward, everyone started tomake interesting sounds. There werechicken cackles, hisses, laughing andother entertaining welcomes fromunseen nooks and crannies. Be braveand sticks and stones came to mind.Still, it was unsettling.

Definitely not good! Thankfullythe Steward showed up to greet me. Hewould look around in an effort to iden-tify our welcoming committee and getthings settled down. Man alive, thiswas a great way to spend part of the day.

The Steward and I talked about theplant and life at Square D. They had afew problems and liked the managerrunning the plant. So I went upstairsto introduce myself to the plant man-ager.

In view of the fact the members hadprovided such a warm reception, I couldhardly wait to speak to the boss. Thisguy looked all business too. But as wetalked my initial impression changedrapidly.

It turned out the manager startedon the shop floor and worked his wayup. He knew the business from thelowest rung of the ladder on up. Herespected his employees, while not put-ting up with ‘slack-offs’ or ‘problemchilds’. Workers were generally treated

well and, it turned out later, really hadno complaints about the manager.

The few items I brought up weretaken care of promptly in a reason-able way. There was none of this “usversus them” attitude. The critical keyhere is the manager’s empathy withworkers. This is what made the Se-attle Plant so productive. It maysound trite but happy workers areproductive workers.

As more visits to the shop weremade there were fewer impersonationsof various animals and the Shop Stew-ard, the manager and I were able tocordially work out any problems.

One of the guys had a bad day andkicked in the door to his locker. He sortof lost it and went postal for a fewminutes. We worked a solution quicklyand shared the outcome with the rest ofthe shop. The employee had to replacethe locker door. Everyone thought thiswas fair.

The key was quick response andquick resolution of the problem andsharing what was going on with the restof the employees. This was truly a part-nership between labor and management.This was how it should be.

Then the worst happened. Cor-porate decided to close the plant. Assoon as it happened I went out to talk toeveryone. They were down and beaten.So I asked them if they wanted to just sitback and do nothing or if they wanted tofight. Now this is important. They didn’tthink there was anything that could bedone but said if something could bethought of they were up for it. “Whynot start with a press conference?” Iasked and they thought that was agood idea.

The next day a large roll of brownpaper was riding on my shoulders. Wehad decided to make a sign asking Cor-porate not to close the plant. The nextthing you know two people picked upa 2X4 and ran it down a 20 footassembly table. Breakers and everyother part you can think of hit thefloor. As I watched like a deer caught inthe headlights, someone took the roll ofpaper from me. It hit the table androlled to the end.

“What are you guys doing”!? Towhich they replied, “What can theydo to us? Fire us!?” This brought thehouse down with laughter. The paintcame out and they made the sign. We

got coverage on a couple of TV stationsand lots of members gave interviews.This was when TV stations actuallyreported news.

We all wrote to the CEO, too. Themanager had slipped me the name andpersonal address of the CEO’s actualhome address. We decided to take outa full page ad in the community news-paper where the CEO lived. At firstthe paper didn’t want to do it but finallyagreed to run the ad. We spoke of ourworkmanship, the plant’s productivity,and the families that would be adverselyaffected and asked very publicly for theCEO to reconsider the closure.

Everyone pulled together. Every-one was empowered. We were all onthe same side and we trusted eachother. This was a Union fight and thesewere Union brothers and sisters. Thisbeing in the trenches together is whatreally forges the steel of Union solidar-ity.

The plant did close. The employ-ees bought a cake and we all enjoyed it.Many said they had no idea what itcould be like to really be part of con-certed Union action. About a year or solater I was on a Boeing constructionjobsite when the Square D Steward ranover to say hello. He was the Stewardfor his shop in the Boeing plant and saidhe would never forget our fight andwhat the Union now represented to him.

And here is the kicker. The plantmanager asked me for a letter ofrecommendation. I gladly wrote itexplaining the manager’s ability to workin partnership with the employees andtheir collective bargaining representa-tive. Of course today the letter would bethe kiss of death!

You see, when someone workstheir way up from the lowest positionthere is a good chance they will haveinsight into what it is like to be anemployee. And if they have MoralValues, they treat their employeeslike they would like to be treated.This is why the shop was so highly ratedfor production. This is why my job wasmore rewarding and why the employ-ees were, for the most part, happy.

Now we have so many collegegraduates who know nothing aboutpeople and how to provide a positivework environment to increase respon-sibility and production. Instead theyget pushy and make the employees an-

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gry. Some of these nitwits even calltheir employees nasty names like trollsand donkeys.

These types of owners who ascribeto the Corporate Values being taughtin Business Schools today and shoplevel foremen who aren’t secure enoughto treat employees with respect will justhurt themselves in the long run. With-out us workers, they really don’t haveanything except a degree and someswagger. Partnering is somethingdone between equals who developtrust and respect for each other.

PREVAILING WAGERATES & PROJECT

LABOR AGREEMENTSBy Business Representative

Janet Lewis

Some of our members are workingunder various Project Labor Agree-ments (PLA’s). The terms and condi-tions in PLA’s may be different than theWireman, Stockman or Sound andCommunication’s Agreements. Thisarticle will attempt to answer some ofthe questions that may come up on PLAprojects.

Almost all of the PLA’s in progressat this time are for public works jobs.Public works jobs include schools, uni-versities, city, county, state, and federalprojects, public hospitals and highwaywork. The current PLA’s in Local 46jurisdiction include: SeaTac Airport,Sound Transit, Seattle Monorail, Se-attle City Hall, Roosevelt High School,Harborview Hospital, and BrightwaterTreatment Facility. These are all pub-lic works jobs subject to state or federalprevailing wage law.

Prevailing wage law takes pre-cedent over any language in aPLA.

That means that the Wireman,Stockman or S&C contract wage rates,overtime rates, and Holiday pay applyon PLA projects. For example, if thePLA states that all overtime will bepaid at 1½ times the regular rate, thePLA will conflict with Prevailing WageLaw. If you are on a public works joband are receiving less than your con-tract rate, call the Union Hall immedi-ately. You may be paid less than the

law allows. The one exception so far isRoosevelt High School where the pre-vailing wage rate at the time of bid wasfrozen for the entire project.

Another difference between the pre-vailing wage language, PLA’s and ouragreement language is that shift paypremiums are not included in pre-vailing wage calculations. MostProject Labor Agreements have lan-guage that specifies that shifts will beworked for straight time, unless all threeshifts are working at once. If day,swing, and graveyard shifts are all inplace on a project, then swing is paidfor 8 hours but works 7½ hours andgraveyard is paid for 8 hours but works7. If only a swing and/or graveyard areworked, the pay rate is straight daytimerate.

The grievance proceduretimelines may be different onPLA’s.

Another difference in PLA’s is thata grievance must be filed sooner thanthe 30-day limit found in our otheragreements. Most PLA’s require that agrievance be filed within 5 days of theoccurrence of the violation. Don’t waitto file a grievance.

Other differences in PLA languageinclude payoff at layoff, Steward re-mains on the job as long as electricalwork is performed, and drug testing.Most PLA’s have separate pre-employ-ment and random drug testing.

Copies of Project Labor Agreementsare available from the Union Hall uponrequest. Any Business Representativecan answer questions about your spe-cific PLA job. Don’t hesitate to call.

2005 PICNIC-NOT THE PICNICYOU REMEMBER!

By John Jessop,Unity & Picnic Committees

The Unity Committee is really work-ing hard to make the picnics better andbetter every year. Our goal is to makethe picnics more than just seeing yourold toolie, journeyman, or apprentice,but to make it an event that you want tobring your family to. Hopefully we areaccomplishing this. If there is anythingyou like, dislike, or would like to see atupcoming picnics, let us know and if itis possible, we will make it happen.

First off, we moved the picnic to ahopefully more suitable environmentfor the family. The picnic will be at theNile Temple and will be for us exclu-sively. We shouldn’t have to worry toomuch about people intruding on ourpicnic. We are expanding on what weadded last year. We are having vendorsback, bringing many goodies to giveaway as well as donating many prizesfor us to revel in! We will be givingprizes out all day donated by the ven-dors and the various companies. Chiefamong them is Platt, so please keepthem in mind with your tool needs. Thevendors will be contributing to the costof the food as well. It will continue aslong as it is beneficial for all of us. Weare working on getting the racecar back,maybe two of them and, back by popu-lar demand, the inflatables for the kids!!This year’s picnic t-shirts will againhave pockets as many have asked. Newto the picnic this year will be Bingo anda Dunk tank for the adult in us. Thetentative list of volunteers for the dunktank include: Tom Smith, Joe Hughes,Gary Price, along with many of thestaff!! Come out and dunk your favoriteperson!! We will be charging for thedunk tank to raise funds for the FoodBank, so please come out and finan-cially support this great endeavor!!!

We will also have volleyball, maybesome badminton, bocce ball, and forsure, horseshoes. We will continue tohave all the other great things that wehave had in the past; sack races, water-melon eating contest, hay money, waterballoon toss, etc… Bring your familydown and have a great time!!!

Here Ye! Here Ye! Here Ye!or is it Hear Ye?

Volunteers needed to helpout at this year’s picnic.

Picnic date: August 21.

Location: Nile Park

Please contact Jim Tosh -253-395-6528 -

jimt@ibew46.comif you can lend a hand.

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PAC REPORTBy Business Representative

Kenn Hasling

During the third week of May,your PAC Chairman Rob Andersonand I went out to Washington D.C.to attend Representative AdamSmith’s 9th District Day. We arriveda day early so we could visit withour elected officials in their offices.Rob did a fantastic job of coordinat-ing the visits before we left Seattle.We had the opportunity to attendSenator Murray’s coffee meetingwhich she has every Wednesday; aswell as meet with RepresentativeMcDermott, Representative AdamSmith and we talked to SenatorCantwell’s aid. We expressed con-cerns that are important to the mem-bers. Some of the issues that we gotthe chance to talk about: CAFTA,shipbuilding in the Puget Soundregion, the privatization of SocialSecurity issues, healthcare costs and

of course thee c o n o m y .Some of theo f f i c i a l sseemed a littlesurprised thatthe economyisn’t as goodfor our members as is sometimesbeing reported. They were very in-terested in the stories that we toldthem.

At Representative Smith’smeeting, it was a fantastic line upof speakers. The list included:Senators Murray and Cantwell;Representative Adam Smith; Con-gressman Curt Weldon, Depart-ment of Defense Deputy UnderSecretary Philip Grone; Presidentof SEIU Andrew Stern; Departmentof Veterans Affairs Secretary JamesNicholson; Department of Com-merce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrezand many others.

Some of the issues discussed by

the speakers were asfollows:

Fighting privatiza-tion of the electricalindustry; transporta-tion issues; port secu-

rity; funding health care costs. Oneof the things brought up was the factthat it costs $1,300 less to build a carin Canada than in the U.S. becauseof the healthcare costs for employ-ees. Representative Adam Smithstated that the U.S. spends 25%more money per capita than any-where else in the world and thatwe’re getting less for that money.

On the final day of our visit wehad the chance to visit the Interna-tional Office’s new building. Theymoved into the new building lastJanuary, so they are still gettingsettled in, but the building is some-thing that all IBEW members can beproud of.

Left: Kenn Hasling,Senator Patty Murrayand Rob Anderson afterSenator Murray’sweekly Coffee Meeting.

Below Center: KennHasling and RobAnderson in the NewInternational OfficeConference Room.

Below: Rob Andersonoutside RepresentativeAdam Smith’s office inWashington, DC.

2005 VOL. 19 NO. 612

SOLIDARITY WITHALASKA AIRLINES

WORKERS NEEDEDSubmitted by Dean Peoples

Corporate officials at Alaska Air-lines have handed down a challengeto all organized labor with the May 13lock-out of 472 ramp and baggageworkers in Seattle, members of IAMLocal 2202. In a cynical move to takeadvantage of low-wage workers,Alaska has hired a non-union con-tractor to provide replacements forthose they fired. We need to do what-ever we can to support their efforts todefend their union by attending theirevents, sending messages of support,and making donations.

Here are some basic facts accord-ing to IAM members I spoke to on thepicket lines at the Alaska stockhold-ers meeting, and at corporate head-quarters: Union negotiators hadoffered $10.8 million annually in payand benefit concessions, but when themembers rejected company demandsfor 30% wage cuts Alaska locked themout. Pilots at Alaska recently took20% in cuts. Flight Attendants, Cus-tomer Service, and Clerical person-nel are currently negotiating, andmechanics will be negotiating soon.

The IAM Dist 143 web site carriesthe following statements:

“In a display of arrogance reminis-cent of how Frank Lorenzo de-stroyed Eastern Airlines, Alaska Air-lines CEO William S. Ayer illegallylocked-out 472 Seattle IAM RampService members under the cloakof 3:00 a.m. darkness.

“If Alaska is looking for a fight thatmay prove fatal to the airline, theyhave found one,” said RobertRoach, Jr., General Vice Presidentof Transportation for the Interna-tional Association of Machinists andAerospace Workers (IAM) in re-sponse to Alaska Airlines’ unilateraland illegal lockout of 472 IAM-rep-resented Ramp Service Workers inSeattle, WA.

“The IAM leadership, our mem-bers and our attorneys will take alllegal actions necessary to preserveour members’ jobs,” said Roach.“The IAM earlier this week asked the

National Mediation Board to bringthe parties together to resolve alloutstanding issues. We still believethat the dispute should be solvedthrough negotiations, but we areprepared to do whatever is neededto protect our members.”

Alaska’s action violates both theIAM’s collective bargaining agree-ment with the carrier and the Rail-way Labor Act.

“Alaska CEO Bill Ayer assured theIAM as late as 8:00 p.m. Centraltime last evening that no decisionhad been made to subcontract ourmembers work,” said IAM District143 President Bobby De Pace.“Alaska management further indi-cated that a decision would not beforthcoming until the end of themonth. We hoped to resolve our is-sues at the bargaining table, butapparently Alaska wants a war.”

IAM District 143 represents AlaskaAirlines’ 952 Ramp Service employ-ees. Alaska’s 2,600 IAM-repre-sented Customer Service Agentsare in separate negotiations with thecompany. Both IAM agreementsbecame amendable on January 10,2004.

A statement which locked-outemployees passed out at the airportasks that people report problems fly-ing on Alaska to the IAM atlocal2202@qwest.net. They also re-quest people call Alaska Airlines anddemand they rehire their employeesby calling 206.870.6062 (press 7) oremail bill.ayer@alaskaair.com.

Local 2202 can be contacted atPO Box 3491, Kent, WA 98089.( 2 0 6 ) 8 7 8 - 5 4 9 8 . E m a i l :news2202@hotmail.com. Visit thewebsite: www.iam2202. org for fur-ther information.

RETIREES’ CLUBMEETING

By President Karl Krull

STUPENDOUS meeting June8th. Mr. Streater put on a GREATshow (see photos on page 13);better than promised. Too badNOBODY brought ANY of theirold fishing lures, etc. to join infun. I forgot to note how manywere in attendance but it was over30!

Gary Price talked mostly aboutthe present Health & Welfare fund.

I forgot to call on the HumorCommittee. Maybe three jokes inSeptember.

At September’s meeting Mr.Tom J. Clark will tell us someabout the Medicare and Medicaidsystems. I am inviting all activemembers nearing retirement tocome and listen.

For information on medicalsavings, services, opportunities,etc., contact: Senior Informationand Assistance at www.seniorservices.org; Benefits Check Upwww.benefits checkup.org; JoanLewis at the State InsuranceHelpline at www.insurance.wa.gov or call toll free at 1-800-397-4422; Elaine Young with theNational Asian Pacific Center @www.napca.org or call 206-624-1222. This information is fromthe Seattle Times, Wednesday,June 8, 2005; pp F1 and F2.

Don Morgan called me aboutthe idea of a retirees meeting “upnorth”. Tom Day and Chuck Myersare also interested. If any of themcall me and release their telephonenumber, I will start putting you intouch with each other. Hint: TomDay’s number has appeared inearlier issues.

We are still looking for volun-teers for a Health & Welfare TrustCommittee.

Anyone interested in being in-terviewed for the History Projectof Local 46, please call the Hall.

The JATC can still use help.Call Bill Bowser at 425-228-1777.Remember our museum. Got anylockable display cases? Photo-graphs?

2005 VOL. 19 NO. 613

Safety reminders: Eye pro-tection is cheaper than eyes. If youget sleepy, pull off the road to napand lock the doors.

We have control of our pen-sion fund and we MUST keep itso.

Is your current address and tele-phone number on file at the Hall?

Have I mentioned that the“Pride of America cruise ship wasmostly built in Germany? Have Imentioned that the Disney Cruiseships were built in Italy? Have Imentioned that the City of Seattlepowers that be have helped createjobs by buying a FLEET of for-eign made trucks?

It’s time to start preparing forthe next Port of Seattle Commis-sioner elections.

If you were planning to applyfor the $350,000 – yes, ThreeHundred, Fifty Thousand dollar aYear University of Washingtonjob as head bookkeeper, forget it.They finally found a woman inCalifornia, who would accept thejob.

We need two more jacket or-ders. Order your Retiree Busi-ness Cards at $26.00 per hundred.

By the time you read this weshould have our newly elected andor re-elected officers, etc. firmlyin place. Congratulations to youall and let’s everybody get behindthem to push and help.

Gerry Boawn and FrankForman volunteer probably morethan most retirees OR active mem-bers. Thanks you two!

NOTICE: Bring money to theSeptember meeting for the FoodBank and/or Sick Fund.

We can use donations or loansto our medical equipment;(crutches, canes. Wheelchairs,etc.), lending library. Bring it tothe Hall or call me to pick it up foryou.

Those of you with time on yourhands suffering from retiree bore-dom looking to start in a new sport,or continue where you left off, theCascade Rifle and Pistol Club hasa huge, brand new, multi-milliondollar shooting facility nearRavensdale, just ten miles east ofKent, out on Kent-Kangley Road.It’s open to the public at times.Membership, including much ex-tended access, is cheap. Call 425-

Dick Streater showing off some of his ‘historical’ fishing gear at the Retirees Club Meeing!

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C PENINSULAEES’ CLUB

d Member Chuck Cook

bers had breakfast at theling Alley Restaurant inout 9:30 a.m. Seventeen their significant othersent. The forum of the

meeting was open and several topicswere discussed by those present.

A Retiree Election ObserverFirst, as an independent observer

of the First Official Local Electionfor your new elected Local Officersand National I.B.E.W. ConventionDelegates held at the New Hall, Imust convey to you that your ElectionJudge Jennifer Klock and her twelveTellers have conducted the best runelection this Local has had in many,many years. Their efficiency and pro-fessional approach to their task was apleasure to watch. Sister Klock andthe Election Boards’ many hours ofwork prior to this election on the newElection Guideline Book for I.B.E.W.Local 46, clearly shows the great im-provements over the past mistakes ofelections past. I say this as havingbeen a past Teller and Election Judge,the hours required for this election ofthe Judge and Tellers to give you a‘clean’ election called for them tocross all the T’s and dot all the I’s asrequired by the Local, I. O. rules,State and Federal Laws. I can attestthis crew did just that, with a mara-thon effort on June 14th from 6:30a.m. until after 2:30 a.m. the nextmorning to bring you the Elected Of-ficers Talley’s, ASAP. The Conven-tion Delegate Ballots were tallied lateron the morning of June 15th as theystarted after a short rest time at 8 a.m.,again working with only short breaksand meal times to complete this taskby 9:40 p.m. when the last recordswere sealed for storage and the meet-ing hall cleaned.

Second is the sad response/returnof only 1121 ballots by the generalmembership of 3806 eligible voterscertified by the Election Board. Forthe 2685 that failed to exercise theirvote for the elected officers, that thesemembers may later become upset with,

please remember that your strongestVOICE is in your VOTE in any Localelection. YES, your vote does make adifference! For the 2685 Union mem-bers that could not be bothered toVOTE by ballots that were sent toyour door, and a postage paid returnenvelope included for you to sendback your ballot, don’t ‘talk the talk’,unless you are willing to ‘walk thewalk’. The members that do supportthe load of their Local, they are thepillars of the Local’s strength. ThisLocal is missing about three quartersof its membership strength.

Third, you now have a runoff elec-tion and in your future elections,please make your VOTE count andshow a strong voice of solidarity foryour Local. Don’t let others divideyou by complacency and non-action.

PicnicsGolf at the Seattle picnic.

Campout at the Bremerton picnic.Check with the picnic committees fordetails, as well as our Local’s website and in this Sparks. More fun to behad for everyone.

Upcoming Retiree MeetingDates on the Peninsula

Silverdale - 2nd Thursday at 9:30a.m. Sequim - 3rd Thursday at 10:30a.m. for July, August and September.Come on down, or over, for food, funand information. We may even have aspeaker, everyone is welcome! Pleaseread Brother Karl Krull’s wonderfulwords of wisdom and humor for thelighter side.

Again, my hat is off to the Broth-ers and Sisters that are conductingthis election. P.S. Remember yourvote does make the difference, sotake the time and be a real UnionMember!! VOTE!!!

r more information.ater, who came to ourg, is a world famous

n old and humorousle, lures, etc. If younvolved in his hobby, I’ll get you his num-eople in Shelton are getting a big timeeration going at theport. They have fourars committed for it so and I’ll find out moreyou. Of course, theretat for Humanity, the, any hospital, park,up, visiting shut-ins,ank, driving elders,l aides, any church,nd JATC, etc. whered something to do.

n come to a Retireet you could even mown! So, if you’re bored,n fault. Get off yourdo SOMETHING!f a lot of bitter wran-sperate legal maneu-

f the Local 46 Retireesbents survived intactge at your trough for

r!206-937-4757. in September. Love

’s Larry AYSON.

2005 VOL. 19 NO. 615

UNION MEETING SCHEDULE

Building Managers 1st & 3rd Tue 5:15 p.m. Executive Board RoomExecutive Board 1st & 3rd Tue 7:00 p.m. Executive Board RoomGeneral Meeting 2nd Wed 5:00 p.m. Auditorium

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Exam Board 2nd Tue 5:30 p.m. Classroom 2EWMC 1st Thu 6:00 p.m. Classroom 4Organizing Committee 1st & 3rd Tue 4:30 p.m. Classroom 2PAC 4th Wed 4:30 p.m. Executive Board RoomRetired Members 2nd Wed 10:00 a.m. Classroom 3Safety Committee 1st Thu 4:30 p.m. Classroom 2Sick & Visitation 3rd Thu 5:00 p.m. Classroom 2Union Meet-up 1st & 3rd Thu 5:00 p.m. Classroom 4Unity Committee 3rd Thu 5:00 p.m. Executive Board Room

UNIT MEETINGS

Broadcast 4th Wed 1:30 p.m. Please Contact Your Rep.Marine 1st Wed 5:30 p.m. Classroom 4Marine Apprenticeship Classes Every

Mon & Wed 5 - 8:30 p.m. Classroom 3Motor Shop 1st Wed 6:30 p.m. Executive Board RoomOil Burner 1st Wed 6:30 p.m. Executive Board RoomResidential 1st Wed 5:00 p.m. Classroom 4*Stockman 1st Wed 5:00 p.m. Classroom 4*Teledata 1st Wed 5:00 p.m. Classroom 1 & 2Wiremen

Bremerton 3rd Wed 7:00 p.m. Bremerton HallPort Angeles 4th Wed 6:00 p.m. Port Angeles HallSeattle 1st Wed 5:00 p.m Auditorium

Office Hours 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Lunch Closure 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Dispatch Office Hours 6:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Wireman Dispatch - Book 1 7:00 a.m.All other Books & Units Dispatch 8:00 a.m.

Re-Sign Hours (Main Office) 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.(Except during lunch closure)

You Must Re-Sign Your Number within Thirty (30) Days.

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BUSINESS MANAGER’S REPORT 1UNIT OFFICERS2002 – 2005 2NEW LOCAL OFFICERS 2FOOD BANK UPDATE 3TELEDATA NEWS 4ORGANIZING 4BROADCASTNEWS 49TH DISTRICT PROGRESS MEETING 4PENINSULA REPORT 5CWA, AFL-CIO SAY: BUY CINGULAR 5DISPATCH 5SQUARE DPREVAILING WAGE 72005 PICNIC- 7PAC REPORT 11SOLIDARITY 12SEATTLE RETIREES’ CLUB 12OLYMPIC PENINSULA RETIREES’ CLUB 14