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IBEW 332I n t e r n a t i o n a l B r o t h e r h o o d o f E l e c t r i c a l W o r k e r s

Vol.1 Issue 6 December 2

Business Managers Report

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Do you know who these guys are? Any idea when this picture was taken? Please cal l or e-mail Liejesinger@ibew332.org with your answers. The fi rs t person to answer correct ly wins a Local 332 Swshirt , so hurry and get your answers in. The winner wil l be announced in the next issue of the Local Newslet ter. (Persons pictured do not qualify) . Last issue winner on page 4

P i ct u r e C ont est

I would like to thank everyone who helped with phone banking,passing out flyers and getting out the vote in the recent recall election.We did a great job in Santa Clara County and the polls showed it.The Bay Area vote was 67% against the recall, unfort unately itwasn't enough. Labor is not sure where we stand with the newGovernor but he has surrounded himself with people from the Wilsonadministration. Some are good and others not so good, it's a waitand see. Sadly, Chuck Cake of the Department of Industrial Relationsand Henry Nunn of the California Apprenticeship Committee willlose their jobs. I would like to say a special thank you to JimWilliams who did a fantastic job of recruiting volunteers and organizing Local 332's effoagainst the recall. Brother Williams was presented with a plaque on behalf of Local 3

and it's members in appreciation of his hard work and dedication.

Jay and I recently attended an Organizing Conference in Chicago where PresidentHill reported that the IBEW has lost 30,000 members in the last year. President Hemphasized the need for more organizing throughout the country. The I/O position is tin those locals where the Business Manager or other officers of the local do not wanorganize, the officers will be removed or the local's jurisdiction might be downsized. Tnew theme is the "Power of E", the E stands for Education of Electricians for the purpof organizing. We must remove the barriers that exist to organizing the unorganized.Local 332 we continue to make Organizing a priority. We are interviewing for a seco

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Local 332 Newsletter

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IBEW Local 332

2125 Canoas Garden Avenue, Suite 100

San Jose , CA 9512 5

Telephone.. . (408)269-4332Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (408)979-5500E-Mail :ejesinger@ibew332.orgWEB Page addres s : www.332.org

O f f ic e H o ur s:Monday Friday 8 a .m. to 5 p .m.Closed for lunch dai ly 12:30 p .m. to 1 :30 p .m.

D is p a t ch H o ur s:Monday F r iday 6 :30 a .m. t o 8 :00 a .m. & 4p .m. to 5 :00 p .m.Dispa tch Hot l ine 979-5533

E d i t o r i a l S t a f fRobert V. Tragni.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Executive Editor

Elizabeth Jesinger........... ............ .Managing Editor

C o n t r i b u t in g W r it er sVince Cosent ino Ana MedinaDon Dixon Dick Perez

John Sawte l le

C o n s t i t u t io n a l O f f ic er sGera ld E . P fe i f f e r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pres iden t Robert Seaberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vice President Earl Talbott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TreasurerRobert V. Tragni.................................Financial SecretaryAlan Wie teska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Record ing Secre tary

E x ecu t iv e B o a r dTina Best Kevin KavanaughMark Cose ntino B ru ce R am ir ez

Ja y Ja mes

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Business Managers ReportContinued from front page

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organizer and hope to have someone on staff soon.have also signed several new Contractors recently andengaged in talks with others.

Local 332 has received our renewal rates for Health & Wefor 2004. The rate increase from our providers avera18%. The rate per member is now $787.41 per moThe Trust is monitoring this very closely and I will proupdates on this matter.

In the last newsletter I spoke about the Tri-Trades jeffort on securing jobs through filing Environmental ImReports (EIR's). The three we've inquired about have alrestarted people asking, what are the Trades doing and are they doing this? We want Project Labor Agreeme

A Special Called Meeting was held on October 29, 2

to discuss reducing the retirement age from 60 to 58cost of $0.75 per hour. There was a great turn outmuch discussion was held on the pros and cons of this propThe motion to reduce the age was passed overwhelmiwith a vote of 350 voting for the reduction in retiremage and 6 members against. Accordingly, effective Jan1, 2004 the wage rate for Inside Journeymen will be reduby $0.75 per hour to $41.82. Apprentice rates will bcomputed accordingly.

Local 332 had it's first ever Old Timer's Night on Oct17 at Lou's village, with close to 200 persons in attendaIt was a great event and great fun for everyone. Pins wpresented to members with 40 or more years of servicthere was a mix of actives and retirees. The retirees gvisit and catch up with old friends they hadn't seen in yin some cases. We've received a number of cards and lefrom the Old Timer's thanking us for the great time andmemories. We hope to be able to continue this tradiand are looking forward to next year's event.

A ratification meeting was held on November 4, 2003Sound & Communication members. Members from allArea locals met at Local 332 and discussed the packbeing proposed. Members present voted to accept the propwhich provides for a three year agreement with incretotaling $4.40 over the life of the agreement. In addito language changes throughout the agreement, a Public WCompliance Fund will be instituted with $.020 per hour bcontributed ($0.10 from member $0.10 matching funds fthe employer).

Residential members met on November 13, 2003 to distheir upcoming wage allocation which is tied to work hoA second meeting is scheduled for November 24.

Congratulations to Brother Semyon Solomon. Brother Solosubmitted a photograph to the 2003 IBEW Photo Conand won first place!! Brother Solomon's photo was seleby a panel of judges from over 150 entries received. Lfor the photo in the December issue of the IBEW Jour

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Gree t ings Bro thers and S is te rs ,Donald K. Dixon Sr .

T ra in ing D i rec to r

From my side, things are going great here at the JATC. We have all of the 1st year,

2nd year, three of the four 3rd year and four of the six 5th year classes in day school,with very positive results. The balance of the apprenticeship classes are ongoingnight classes, as in the past.

Our summer journeyman classes were well received and 44 certificates were awardedfor the PLC and the LonWorks classes. The summer CAD class is continuing thruthe fall. We plan on expanding the offerings for next year, an in-house CPR/FirstAide program, expanded certification prep classes, and Fire Alarm upgrade classes,to name a few.

Please keep watching this column for news of a Safety Fair in the early spring, we plan to offeran opportunity for all to attend an assortment of safety classes here at the Bern Court campus.

PLATT Electrical Supply, along with Idea l tools, have become great supporters of our program.They have graciously donated three tool boards with a variety of Klein, Ideal, Fluke, Greenlee,3M and Dottie tools and materials, which ar e on display in the halls of the JATC. With the helpof these and our other training partners, this program will c ontinue to be one of the leadingElectrical Apprenticeship in the country.

My name i s Ana Medina. I was born

n Mexico City, Mexico. I am a United

ta tes c i t izen . I am a mother. I am

union member. I am an immigrant .

am a Freedom Rider .

The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride

was conceived to commemorate and

ay tribute to the Spirit of the Original

961 Freedom Rides of the U.S. Civil

Rights Movement

The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride

was conceived as a non-violent vehicle

o bring civi l r ights and immigrat ion

olicy concerns to Washington lawmakers

nd to the count ry as a whole .

Non-violent protest is a lesson learned

from the tradi t ion of the Civi l Rights

Movemen t .

The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ridershave taken the sp i r i t o f that lesson

to ride to Washington D. C. and Ne w

York City, to promote basic civil r ights

for a l l .

When immigrant workers are denied

civil and worker rights, they are often

forced to work for lower wages and

no benef i t s . This s i tuat ion not only

forces immigrant workers into substandard

l iv ing condi t ions , bu t a l so lowers

the standard of living for all workers.

The Purpose of the Immigrant Workers

Freedom Ride Was to Focus Attention

on; Workers right, Civil rights, Immigration

reform, and Fami ly reuni f icat ion .

Workers rights include the right to

organize and negotiate for better wages

and better working conditions. Workers

al so have the r igh t to negot ia te for

health benefits, medical, dental, vis

Workers have a r igh t to a pens ion p

that wi l l p rovide the worker wi th

independent comfor tab le re t i reme

Civi l Rights means that human bei

deserve respect of their civil rights whe

documente d or not . We need to ens

civ i l l iber t ies and due process for

including immigrant s. Voter registrat

and political education will ensure polit

participation of new American citiz

Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride (part 1)This is a Record of My Experiences September 20 - October 5 2003

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News From NorCalVince Cosentino,Regional TrainingDirector

NO CHANGES ON WECA APPLICATION FOR S&C

APPRENTICESHIP

My question to Mr H. Nunn, Chief of DAS on October 14was; Will the DAS respond to NorCal's objection to thisWECA S&C apprenticeship application ? Mr Nunn'sanswer was, "Because of the political climate at this time(i.e. Govenor election) answers may be delayed."

NEW CD's FOR S&C INSTRUCTORS TO ENHANCE

THE EXISTING METHODS OF TEACHING BASIC

ELECTRONICS.

A company called UCANDO has developed a "live action"series of CD's that can help with basic presentation andinstruct ion of the following: DIRECT CURRENT, ALTER-NATING CURR ENT AND SEMI-CONDUCTORS.NorCal will provide each of the nine S&C Locals with aset of the 3 CD's at the next Committee/Trust Meeting onNovember 25, 2003.

NORCAL IS REVIEWING WEB-ENABLED

PRE-CERTIFICATION TESTING.The scope of work for the NorCal apprentices tolearn are Fire Alarm, Data/Telephone, Pro Sound

Video, Life Safety, Electronic Sys tems Basics andConstruction Safety. At this time we do not knowwhat exact subjects will be in the state certificationtest. NorCal will keep researching for methods toprovide classes and resources for all S&Cpeople to pass the eventual State VDV Certification

NORCAL FILEMAKER SERVER SYSTEM (TO

TRACK APPRENTICES) MAY BE CONVERTED

TO UNION MANAGER SYSTEM.Since 1998 NorCal has provided each S&C Locathe ability to access a single computer via a standard

modem on the web to review all local apprentice'records. Many Inside Electrical locals have convertedto Union Manager and this means at some time inthe future it would be logical to convert the existingFileMaker records to the new system. This wouldmake the process of computer record keeping simpler task.

IBEW COOKBOOK

We ha ve be e n in f o r me d by the I /O tha t t he 4 th D is t r i c t i s a t t e mpt ing to c ompi le r e c ipe s f r om Loc aUnions a c r oss the c oun t r y in hope s o f p r oduc ing a n IBEW Cookbook .

The book to be en t i t led "Welcome to a Tas te of IBEW" wi l l r equire months of prepara t ion wi th

projec ted comple t ion t ime for sa le of books by June 1 , 2004. The book is be ing publ ished in an e f fo

to r a i se f unds f o r the 2006 In te r na t iona l Conve n t ion .

The y a r e a sk ing tha t me mbe r s submi t the i r f a vo r i t e r e c ipe a s soon a s poss ib le a nd ha ve se t a J a nua r

1 , 2004 deadl ine for rec ipes . Your name, Loca l and Dis t r ic t number wi l l be pr in ted in the cookboo

a long wi th e a c h r e c ipe se l e c te d f o r p r in t .

Fo r ms f o r submi t t ing r e c ipe s have be e n r e c e ive d a nd a r e a va i l a b le th r ough Loc a l 332 . The y wou l

l ike r e c ipe s submi t t e d on the se f o r ms o r on a d i sk in "Mic r oso f t Wor d" f o r ma t .

P le a se c on ta c t L iz a t ( 408) 979 -5526 f o r f o r ms o r f o r a dd i t iona l in f o r ma t ion .

Business Manager Bob Trag

presents p laque of appreciat

to Brother Jim Wil l iams at

November 3 , 2003 Membersh

M e e t i n g .Holiday D a t e I R es . S /C MH

Chr i s tmas Day 12/25 X X X X

Non Work Day 12/26 X X

Ne w Yea rs Day 1/1 X X X X

Dr. M.L. K ing J r. 1 /19 X X X X

Scheduled Hol idays & Non Work Days

December 2003, January 2004

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ELECTRICIAN CERTIFICATION

IBEW/NECA sponsored legislation relatingo the implementation of Electrical Certification wasigned into law by Governor Gray Davis. The measure

allows the California Apprenticeship Council (CAC)o extend the deadline for certification if they determinehat more t ime is needed to process the appl icat ions ,

give the tests and certify the electrician.

t is important to note that the legis lat ion does NOTAUTOMATICALLY CHANGE THE DEALINE for certification,t only ALLOWS, IF NECESSARY the CAC to extendhe deadline if they determine that more time is neededo implement the program.

t i s a l so impor tan t to no te tha t i t was IBEW/NECAwho sponsored and pushed for Electrician Certificationegislation. The Certification program is another tool

for us to use in combating the non-union element. Certificationassures Contractors/Customers that the work is beingperformed by a skilled, l icensed electrician.

Unfortunately , our members are s low to get with theprogram. Many feel that i t ' s not something to worryabout. Well the truth is that contractors will start askingo see your cer t i f i ca t ion when you are d i spa tched to

hem for employment. Members not meeting the certificationcriteria will most l ikely be turned back.

n addi t ion to holding classes at the apprent iceship ,classes are now being conducted at Local 332 on Wednesdaysmmediately following Dispatch. Any member wishingo attend may do so simply by showing up. How much

easier can we make th is?

We need all members certified and the sooner the better!

Loca l 332

An n u a l

Hol iday Pa r tySaturday, December 13, 2003

11:00 AM - 2 :00 PM

Photos with Santa

Crafts for the Kids

Refreshments

Pens ion Mee t ings

There wi l l be Pens ion Meet ings as fo l lows:

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 5:30P.M.Wachovia Inves tment Seminar

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 9:00 A.M.

Wachovia Inves tment SeminarA n d

Pre-Ret irement Seminar

SOUND & COMMUNICATIONSHEALTH & WELFAREOPEN ENROLLMENT

There will be an open enrollment period from Novembe1, 2003 through January 31, 2004. Members wishinto change health plans must do so by January 31, 2004A mailer has gone out to all S & C members. No replis necessary if you do not wish to make any cha nges

The monthly reserve bank deduction will be $570.0per month effective December 1, 2003. This changwas determined necessary to protect the solvencof your Trust.

DATE TYPE LOCATION TEE TIME COST * DUE DATE

JAN.17th.SAT. CLU B RANCHO CANADA, EAST 9 :30 A.M. $82. 00 ca r t i nc l . 1 1/ 22 /2 00 3

JAN. 18 th.SUN. CL UB RANCHO CANADA, WEST 9 :30 A.M. $72 .00 ca r t i nc l . 1 1/ 22 /2 00 3

CARMEL VALL EY

G ol f S ch ed u l e

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OPEN ENROLLMENTThere w i l l b e an open en ro l lmen t pe r i od f roth rough December 15 , 2003 . Members w iamoun t o f t h e i r Pa r t B con t r i bu t i on may doClas s i f i ca t i on Change Reques t and re t u rn inDecember 15 , 2003 . Changes w i l l b e e f f ec t

P l ease no t e t ha t T rave l e r s who e l ec t Ou tgo iremain i n t he Whi t e Ca t ego ry .

The next open enro l lment per iod wi l l be in Jue f fec t i ve Ju l y 1 , 2004 ) .

I /O DUES INCREASE

Memb ers who s e l f -p ay d ues p l ease no t e t ha t I /O d ues a re

being increased by $1.00 per month effective January 1, 2004.

Accordingly, monthly I/O dues effective January 1, 2004 will

be $24.30

Brother Semyon Solomon who is pictured

here receiving a 40 Year Service Pin

at the recent Old Timer's Night dinner,submitted a photo into the IBEW Photo

contest and won first place. Look for

the photo in the December issue of the

Journal. Brother Solomon is a past

president of IBEW Local 332. (Pictur ed

left to right, President Gerald Pfeiffer,

Business Manager Bob Tragni, Semyon

S o l o m o n )

Ol d T i mer s N i t eOl d T i mer s N i t e

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LOCAL 332

MEETING SCHEDULE

MEMBER SHIP MEETINGS (All Members)

Tuesday, December 2, 200 3 - 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 5:30 p.m.

SOUND & COMMUNICATIONS

Wednesday, December 3, 20003 - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 7, 2003 - 5:30 p.m.

All Meetings are held at the Union Hall

unless otherwise noted:

2125 Canoas Garde n Avenue

San Jose, CA 95125

I n M e m o r i u m

David L . Johnson ( Re t i re d)

Roy J . Durbin ( R e t i r e d )

Cur t i s C . F le tcher ( Re t ir ed )

Don Wilk inson ( R e t ir e d )

Lawrence "Red" Pi tchford(Ret i r ed)

Rober t L izo t te ( R e t ir e d )

Gera ld L . Gardn er ( Re t i re d)

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Have a Safe and Happy Holiday

December 2 0 0 3

International

Brotherhood of

Electrical

Workers, Local 332

2125 Canoas Garden Ave., Suite 100

San Jose, California 95125

NonprofitOrganizationU.S. Postage

PaidSan Jose, CA

Permit NO. 1133

T he Local 332 Agreement is paying big d ividends with many large projects i n the works .On e su ch p ro j ec t i s a 1 2 ac re , 2 5 0 u n i t ap a r tm en t co m p lex wi th t h ree (3 s to ry b u i ld in g s

wi th u n d e rg ro u n d g a rag es ) an d o n e o n s l ab , fo u r s t o ry bu i ld in g . A l so i n c lu d ed o n t h e

premises wil l be a community center with a recreat ion room, pool faci l i t ies and al l on s i telighting.

Foreman Nick Lara s ta ted tha t th i s wi l l be a two year

project and will nee d up to twelve men in the future to

man the job. Presently there are two Local 332 wiremen,

J o ey J a rd in e an d J aya Tres s l e r wo rk in g o n t h e s i t e .

The Evans Lane Apartments are locate d off of Almaden

Expressway and Canoas Garden Avenue. Another sizeable

pro jec t jus t coming ou t o f the g round fo r H A Bowen

is a 150 uni t apartment complex at Branham Lane and

Monterey Road.

Have a Safe and Happy Holiday