 MEETING
MOMENTS
At
the May 6th General Meeting the Installer Pension Program Committee
was dissolved by its chairman and a new committee was appointed. A motion
was made and passed to grant the new committee access to legal council
which is on retainer to the union. The committee is to report back to installers
at the next specially convened meeting with a choice of plans for installers
to vote on.
The Negotiating Committee
reported that a 4th session with Big G (also on may 6th) proved highly productive and a settlement was 'in the
air'. Don't be surprised if you receive a letter (sometime this month)
calling a special meeting to vote on a new contract and maybe a new pension
program for installers. Some specifics of the tentative agreement were
read at the meeting . . so you should have been there.
Also discussed at this meeting were:
. . Who's responsibility for enforcing union jurisdiction at trade shows
. . The establishment of a new classification of shopman/installer (a shopman
who is working temporarily as an installer on a jobsite but retains his
shopman's benefit program like the dental plan and the current pension)
. . The establishment of a new classification and wage scale for warehouseman/forklift
operator handling deco (to cover the two positions currently held by 510
members at GESco) and the possibility of another inter-union jurisdictional
dispute . . this time with the teamsters.
WEATHER
REPORT
April
was cancelled for Wingnuts.
Installers waited in unemployment
lines for the end of picket lines against the hard line of Quentin Kopp.
Farsighted labor could not distinguish between Directors elected by stockholders
and Supervisors elected by registered voters. At Brooks Hall two shows
went in and out thru picket lines and up and down without wingnuts. The
forecast for May is also overcast . . the strike goes on.
The best line appeared in
Common Sense (May 1975) "Respect for picket lines is essential in establishing
union strength and safeguarding the right of all workers to strike for
better wages and working conditions. 'One for all and all for one' is the
foundation of the labor movement.
THE STATE OF NEGOTIATIONS
by
a member of the committee
Most brothers know by now
that the union is negotiating wages on two fronts (waging negotiations
on two fronts?) anyhow, after unanimously voting down the last offer of
the Curtain Conglomerate, strike sanction was requested from the San Francisco
Labor Council. The committee is now waiting for the council, which is presently
busy with the city strike, to appoint someone to attempt to mediate the
differences before granting 510 strike sanction. Negotiations with Big
G, which were going slowly but appeared positive, stopped entirely with
the coming of the city employees strike. At the last session tentative
agreement had been reached on most of the non $ items and talk of $ had
just begun.
COST
OF LIVING
U.S.
LABOR DEPARTMENT STATISTICS
| Family of 4 |
Austere Level |
Moderate Level |
Minor Luxuries |
| National Average |
$ 9,800 |
$ 15,500 |
$ 22,500 |
| S.F.Bay Area |
$ 10,721 |
$ 16,589 |
$ 24,229 |
| 1975 % Increase |
7% |
8% |
8.2% |
PENSION
PLAN
It
was learned by a few concerned brothers that the alternatives
for a new installer pension plan are very limited and the change over is
not a simple one. First a legal document is required which defines the
plan and dictates the proceedures and the requirements for participation.
The plan must then be qualified by the Internal revenue service . . which
makes the money exempt until withdrawn at retirement . . which is set at
59.5 years of age. (It is possible to have a non-qualified plan . . without
IRS approval . . but that would mean that installers and maybe employers
would have to pay tax on the money.) The plan, which ever one is chosen,
must also be submitted to an administrataive agency for an estimate of
the cost of administrating it and then to a bank for its approval as executors
of the funds. It must also be submitted to the installers for a vote of
their approval and to all employers for their agreement to participate.
Installers are still a long long way from their projected goal.
MORE
STATISTICS
. .
As of April 1st Installers on the 'A' List numbered
99 (including 16 shopmen) with 25 on the 'B' list and 40 on
the 'C' list.
. .
The Pacific Automotive Show at the Cow Palace employed a record 240
installers. 180 for Big G and the rest for other contractors.
. .
According to a Convention Industry Magazine survey, San Francisco is tied
with Dallas for 4th place in a popularity
poll of cities most desired as a convention site. We seen to be doing very
well even without a major convention facility.
. .
Only 16 Installers have paid their
buck for the Wingnut. Cost run over $25 an issue including postage. Makem
pay. Don't let anyone read your copy of the Wingnut or zerox the Wingnut's
guide to Wingnuts.
CONVENTION SCHEDULE
| MAY |
11-15 |
ADVERTISING PUBLISHERS |
FAIRMONT |
GESCO |
| MAY |
11-13 |
COMPUTER CARAVAN |
CIVIC |
? |
| MAY |
15-19 |
ANESTHESIOLOGY |
HYATT |
GESCO |
| MAY |
16-19 |
PURCHASING MANAGEMENT |
HILTON |
? |
| MAY |
21-25 |
INSURANCE ACCOUNTING |
HILTON |
? |
| MAY |
22-24 |
ACE HARDWARE |
BROOKS |
GESCO |
| MAY |
25-27 |
SEMICON |
SAN MATEO |
GESCO |
| JUNE |
6-9 |
WESTCOAST SALESMEN |
SHERATON |
? |
| JUNE |
6-11 |
BIOGICAL CHEMISTS |
BROOKS |
? |
| JUNE |
112-16 |
COMMUNICATIONS |
CIVIC |
? |
| JUNE |
16-24 |
DIABETES ASSOCIATION |
HILTON |
GESCO |
| JUNE |
23-25 |
WEST COAST BUILDERS |
FAIRMONT |
GESCO |
| JULY |
2-4 |
CALIF MINEROLOGICAL |
COW PALACE |
? |
| JULY |
15-17 |
OFFICE MACHINES |
BROOKS |
? |
| AUG |
3-7 |
ULTRASOUND |
HYATT |
GESCO |
| AUG |
7-10 |
GIFT SHOW |
BROOKS |
GESCO |
| AUG |
22-25 |
SALESMEN |
SHERATON |
? |
| AUG |
22-26 |
ANESTHETISTS |
HILTON |
GESCO |
| AUG |
30-03 |
AMERICAN CHEMICAL |
BROOKS |
? |
THE NEXT GENERAL MEETING IS JUNE 3rd 1976
THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
THE UNION HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN
There will be discussion and reports on the current program . . its costs and coverage . . and there will probably be voting on changes, deletions and additions to the plan . . according to the decisions of the members present.
Note added December 1997
Union members were forbidden access to the names, addresses and phone numbers of other union members by the union's officers. No matter how persuasive the argument these officers remained adamant in their refusal to divulge this information. They self-righteously
claimed they were protecting the privacy of members. Yet they freely gave the list of installer names and phone numbers to 'company foremen'. Even a one time flunky foreman appointed by an out of town employer severly delinquent in benefit payments and still bouncing payroll checks from his last visit.
This inability to communicate off the jobsite throttled the desemination of information and turned the democratic process of trade unionism into a political process which a few individuals could control.
The major obstacle to the organizaton of workers was overcome by a wingnut emptying a wastebasket. I was never able to determine how the document found its way into the wastebasket but within the hour it was in my dirty little hands. I promptly published a new edition of the wingnut and included it as a suppliment. Here I have eliminated the phone numbers because they are 20 years old.
Old timers should take a moment, read the names and reflect. Also note the names that are absent.
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THE WINGNUTS GUIDE TO WINGNUTS
APRIL 1976 . . JOURNEYMAN INSTALLERS 'A' LIST
and a few shopmen
Adams, Lou
Alexander, John
Angeles, George
Arnold, Bob
Attaway, Brad
Barbar, Sam
Barone, Bob
Barr, Loren
Benshadler, Gerry
Bertucci, Bob
Blackman, Manny
Boeddiker, R
Borden, Matt
Brock, Harry
Brown., Jim
Brown, Jim F
Burkett, Dave
Calvin, George
Carter, Dennis
Cerda, Phil
Clark, Bill
Collosi, Ernesto
Cordoni, Dave
Cunhs, Leo
Dawson, Russell
DeBattista, M
Dubois, George
Egan, Dennis
Egan, John
Erickson, George
Fairchild, Maynard
Ferris, Roger
Flusty, Tom
Gajaski, R
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Gale, Herb
Graham, Robert
Grannucci, Tino
Griefendorf, Ken
Griffin, Gerald
Grossman, Glen
Grossman, Paul
Guinasso, Evan
Gwin, Ken
Hall, Larry
Harms, Lee
Hofmann, Paul
Holly, Richard
Jandura, Fred
Jessen, Robert
Joerres, Wilhelm
Johansen, John
Jorgensen, James
Jove, Steve
Junsch, Bob
Kant, Harlan
Kelley, Mike
Kennerly, Gordon
Kilbury, Dell
Kinkaid, Larry
Klayman, Leon
Kohbieter, Gerard
Kriedt, Dave
Lascy, Tim
Leard, Lonnie
Lefkowitz, Sam
Luskowski, Nick
Lyons, Dave
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Maccan, Peter
Madsen, Sam
Merer, Dan
Miller, Richard
Mowry, Vern
Navarette, Al
Nelson, Henry
Paiva, John
Peasley, Jim
Price, Phil
Price, Marty
Pointer, Leo
Pointer, Steve
Potter, George
Sabourin, Ed
Schauer, Don
Shafer, William
Silmi, Abed
Slock, Lenny
Smith, Leon
Smith, George
Smith, Tony
Stack, Gerald
Stefanowski, Bob
Toback, Dan
Toback, Joe
Tsongas, GEorge
Vogler, George
Waters, Jamie
Webb, Stan
Webster, Doug
Wilkinson, Bill
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B LIST INSTALLERS
Abrahams, Art
Belson, Dan
Borgstedt, Paul
Cronin, Robert
Detoy, Tom
Gold, Robert
Hester, Bill
Junsch, Ted
Lee, Jerry
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Maglio, Mel
Miller, Roger
Munson, Kathy
Olivardia, C
Payne, Lavert
Richardson, D
Rodarmor, William
Rose, James
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Ross, Tom
Show, Alan
Spenser, Sam
Sugiyama, Ron
Sullivan, Mark
Tucker, Claude
Viveiros, Henry
Wiley, Jim
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C LIST INSTALLERS
Conroy, Edmond
Mesusan, Bill
Kaufman, William
Montgomery, Ed
Corrigan, L
Wahlstron, F
Conroy, Ross
Cohee, James
Richards, Paul
Berglund, William
Levin, John
Evans, James
Weinberg, Terry
Campbell, D
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Olsson, Eric
Carrasco, V
Christensen, E
Washerman, D
Parker, Steve
Wyatt, Keith
Pudoff, Gary
Morton, Jeff
Metauten, M
Kelley, Greg
Agujar, P
Dailey, Chris
Berkish, M
Vasquez, Steve
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Spencer, Robert
Wendekier, R
Kubik, Gale
Briley, Paul
McNicholas, C
Wooding, Ron
Wong, Gene
Brilliant, Barry
Buschman, Brad
Lopez, C
Vasquez, Ken
Minero, George
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Written, collected and published in the interests of the common
good. The Wingnut will publish any idea, opinion or information of general interest and concern to Installers. Wingnut 65A (that's me) is going fishing for the summer and will not publish again till fall.
THE COMPLAINT DEPT
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