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O n t h e H e a l t h a n d We l f a r e f r o n t , t h e d o u b l e d i g i t i n c r e a s e s t h a t t h e p r o v i d e r s
are imposing are taking their toll on our Plan. In addition to actives and their
families, Local 332 has over 900 retirees who receive medical coverage through
our Plan. The Trustees will continue to look at ways to deal with the many
complex issues that we are faced with in an effort to continue to provide the
best possible coverage at as little cost as possible to you.
A N e g o t i a t i n g C o m m i t t e e c o m p r i s e d o f D a n L i r a , D i c k P e r e z , G e r a l d P f e i ff e r,
Pete Reyes, Bob Tragni and myself has been involved in negotiations with NECA
f o r t h e p a s t m o n t h . A m e e t i n g o f a l l I n s i d e Wi r e m e n a n d A p p r e n t i c e s h a s b e e n
Picture Contest
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Do you know who these guys are? Any idea when this picture was taken? Please call or e-mail Liz at
ejesinger@ibew332.org with your answers. The first person to answer correctly wins a Local 332 Sweat-
shirt, so hurry and get your answers in. The winner will be announced in the next issue of the Local 332
Newsletter. (Persons pictured do not qualify) . Last issue winner on page 6
2 June 2003
Local 332 Newsletter
Business Managers Report
Published by: Continued from front page
IBEW Local 332 s c h e d u l e d f o r We d n e s d a y, M a y 2 8 , 2 0 0 3 a t t h e H y a t t
S a n J o s e A i r p o r t a t 4 : 3 0 p . m . We e x p e c t t o h a v e a n
2 1 2 5 C a n o a s G a r d e n Av e n u e , S u i t e 1 0 0
San Jose, CA 95125 agreement to vote on at that time, please be sure and
Te l e p h o n e
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attend.
Fax.................(408)979-5500
E-Mail:ejesinger@ibew332.org
W E B P a g e a d d r e s s : w w w. 3 3 2 . o rg I would like to thank the members who responded to
our recent call for COPE membership. The response
Office Hours: was terrific, however there are still a number of you
Monday Friday 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Office closed 4:00 p.m. first Tuesday of each month who are not signed up for COPE. As a result of correspondence
Office open until 6:00 p.m. all other Tuesdays
received, we researched our files and found that some
Dispatch Hours:
Monday Friday 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. & 4 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. members had previously signed cards but had not been
Dispatch Hotline 979-5533 entered into the system, thank you for your letters,
Editorial Staff the matter has been corrected. As for the rest of
Te r r y D . Ta n n e r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E x e c u t i v e E d i t o r you, you probably meant to respond and just never
E l i z a b e t h J e s i n g e r. . . . . . . . . . . . . M a n a g i n g E d i t o r got around to it, so we will be sending out another
Contributing Writers letter and card in the hopes that you will decide to
Vi n c e C o s e n t i n o Jay James take part in your Unions' Committee on Political Education
Don Dixon
Barbara Cox
Neil Struthers
S a l Ve n t u r a (COPE). Funds collected through COPE go to support
Labor friendly candidates and issues, won't you please
Constitutional Officers help us in these endeavors?
G e r a l d E . P f e i f f e r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P r e s i d e n t
R o b e r t S e a b e r g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vi c e P r e s i d e n t
P e t e R e y e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tre a s u r e r A s a r e s u l t o f t h e w o r k p i c t u r e b e i n g s o s l o w, w e
Te r r y D . Ta n n e r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F i n a n c i a l S e c r e t a r y
Richard Perez......................Recording Secretary
have had more of a demand for Member Assistance.
The Committee has been working hard on reviewing
Executive Board and acting on the requests as promptly as possible,
Ti n a B e s t Kevin Kavanaugh
Mark Cosentino Bruce Ramirez but unfortunately by the time a request comes in, it is
Jay James usually an emergency because people prefer to wait
than to have to ask for assistance. That being said,
ADDRESS CHANGES that is what the Member Assistance Fund was set up
When changing your address, please complete this form to do, is help fellow Local 332 members in need. It
and mail it directly to the Union Office. We, in turn will i s e x p e c t e d h o w e v e r, t h a t o n c e a m e m b e r i s a b l e t h e y
notify the Stephen Chelbay Company/United Administrative will pay back the member assistance fund. In this
Services and the IBEW Journal.
w a y, t h e r e w i l l b e f u n d s a v a i l a b l e f o r t h e n e x t s i s t e r /
brother who may need it.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Social Security No. ___________________________Card No. ________________________ I would like to thank the following for their contributions
Name:
___________________________________________________________________________________
to the Member Assistance Fund: Michael Taylor, Jerry
(Please Print) C o o p e r, P a t E g a n , D a n R h o d e s , S t e v e Wr i g h t a n d
Address: the Electric Federal Credit Union. The 50/50 raffle
___________________________________________________________________________________ winners were: Mike Hadjas won at the 4/1/03 meeting
(City) (State) (Zip)
Telephone No.:________________________________________________________
and donated his half ($93.00) back to Member Assistance,
(Area Code) Paul Shaimas was the winner at the 5/6/03 he too
Effective Date: ______________________________________________________________ donated his half ($97.00) to Member Assistance. All
proceeds from this year's picnic will also be donated
Member Signature:_______________________________________________ to the Member Assistance Fund.
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(Closed first Friday each month, federal holidays & union office holidays)
For about a year and a half there has been an effort to purchase a flagpole for
the JATC. In the latter part of 2001 fourth year apprentice Jim O'Conner donated
a n A m e r i c a n f l a g t o t h e J AT C w i t h t h e h o p e t h a t i t w o u l d f l y o v e r t h e b u i l d i n g
o n e d a y. A l o t o f r e s e a r c h w a s c o n d u c t e d t o f i n d a U n i o n m a d e , A m e r i c a n m a d e
product, and to get a good price. Then this year the JATC Trustee's were presented
with a proposal and approved the purchase of a flagpole.
Wi t h c o o r d i n a t i o n f r o m J AT C D i r e c t o r D o n D i x o n
and Instructor Carl Latona, staff and volunteers
dug a hole and poured the base for the pole. They
then installed an outdoor light to shine on the flag
at night. Rosendin Electric volunteered a boom truck,
and on March 12 the new flagpole was set.
Nineteen members of the Women's Committee attended the Women Building California Conference
in Sacramento on March 15 and 16. The conference was sponsored by the State Building and
Construction Trades Council of California (SBCTCC)
in collaboration with Tradeswomen, Inc.
In Memorium
Brother Jacob Marquez: Sincere condolences
to the family of Brother Jacob Marquez. Brother
News From NorCal
Marquez was a 22 year old - third year inside Vi n c e C o s e n t i n o ,
apprentice. He passed away in a tragic motorcycle R e g i o n a l Tr a i n i n g D i re c t o r
accident on May 17, 2003
Brother Robert Peeples: (retired)
J a m e s I . K i n g : ( re t i re d ) Tr a v e l i n g B ro t h e r
Daniel Martino: ( r e t i r e d ) PROTECTING OURAPPRENTICESHIP
John L.Rodriguez: (retired) -father of John &
Dan Rodriguez
This office has been directly involved
Hardy Scates: - Owner Penn Electric (signatory with a large effort to appeal the
to Local 332 for over 30 years)
(DAS) Division of Apprenticeship
Our condolences go out to Brother Orville Mendenhall
and his family on the death of his wife.
Standards approval in September 2002 of the Western
Fire Burglar Association for a competing apprenticeship
in California for Fire/Life Safety scope of work. Recently
at a California Apprenticeship Council (CAC) meeting
it appeared the there may be some light at the end of
IBEW Local 332 the tunnel. I will keep you informed in future issues.
21st Annual Picnic
& N O R C A L R O U N D TA B L E M E E T I N G S :
Electro Skill Meeting March 18, 2003 marked the first meeting to develop
ideas that will have common benefit to all the Locals
S a t u r d a y, J u l y 1 2 , 2 0 0 3 Training S&C Apprentices in NorCal. ie: "a common
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. cost" to all Locals to train apprentices for BiCSi
Coyote Ranch various Levels - "an internet method of pre-testing"
St e a k D i n n e r $ 5 . 0 0 for existing Fire/Life Safety and future VDV certification.
Hot Dog Dinner $2.00
E M E R G I N G T E C H N O L O G I E S : " C C T P & Vo I P "
CCTP -Closed Circuit surveillance systems on "Twisted
Tickets now available at Local 332 Pair," cable instead of coaxial cable. VoIP (Telephone)
$2.00 more at the entrance. " Vo i c e o v e r I n t e r n e t P r o t o c o l " i n s t e a d o f s t a n d a r d
plain old telephone (POTS) lines.
A l l p ro c e e d s t o M e m b e r A s s i s t a n c e F u n d
H I G H E R S T U D E N T TO I N S T R U C TO R R AT I O
Our training programs are not isolated from the economy
elements that affect all other educational entities.
C o n g ra t u l a t i o n s We w i l l h a v e 2 0 o r m o r e s t u d e n t s t o o n e i n s t r u c t o r
in the future, up from an average of 12 to 15 students
Congratulations to Business Agent Sal Ventura p e r i n s t r u c t o r. T h i s c h a n g e i s d r i v e n b y b o t h t h e
and his wife Jenny on the arrival of a daughter, pressure from State of California Governor Davis
Kacie Elena born April 3, 2003 . Kacie reducing training funds and the need for training centers
Elena weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces, to control overhead costs.
Sal and Jenny have one other daughter, Emily
2 years old.
Golf Schedule LABOR
DATE TYPE L O C AT I O N TEE TIME COST * D U E D AT E H I S T O RY
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June 21, Sat Club Bayonet 9:00 A.M. $112 cart incl 5/17/03
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Congratulations to the
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June 22, Sun Aw a r d s Black Horse 9:00 A.M. $112 cart incl 5/17/03 following on completing
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Fort Ord, CA
the Local 332 Labor History
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July 19, Sat Club The Dragons 10:00 A.M. $125 cart incl 6/21/03
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Reno,
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D a w s , L e s P r a i s e w a t e r,
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* Pay at previous month’s tournament or mail to IBEW GOLF CLUB, 985 Sixth St. Gilroy Ca. 95020. Please pay Jim Sutherlin, Chris
b y c h e c k o n l y. M a k e c h e c k s p a y a b l e t o I B E W G O L F C L U B a n d p l e a s e n o t e f o r w h i c h t o u r n a m e n t i t i s f o r o n t h e c h e c k .
Matt and Dave Matt
Fees are refundable only when you contact a board member 15 days before the tournament date. David Brown's
phone number s (408) 842-9140 and Ray Gilcrest's phone number is (408) 265-0450.
6 June 2003
P i c t u r e C o n t e s t Wi n n e r
The winner of the Picture Contest in the last issue of the Local 332 Newsletter
is Kevin Kavanaugh. Kevin immediately recognized the class picture, it was
the graduating class of 1983 and Kevin graduated in 1985. Among those pictured
w e r e : B o b Ve r H o e v e n , B r u c e C l e m m , D a v e G a r c i a , M i k e C o n w a y, J o h n F a z i o ,
K e n F u s s e l l , B r u c e H i c k e y, B o b J o n e s , D a n A d r a g n a , J a n e C a r r i l l o , C h a r l e s
A l a n i z a n d Te d E m m e t t . K e v i n w o n a L o c a l 3 3 2 s w e a t s h i r t , w a n t t o t r y a n d b e
our next winner? Name as many of the persons in this picture as you can, take a
guess at when the picture was taken. E-mail your answers to ejesinger@ibew332.org
or call Liz at 408/979-5526.
June 2003 7
J u n e 11 , 2 0 0 3
JATC
908 Bern Court, San Jose
We will return to the Local 332 offices for our July meeting to be held
July 9, 2003 with a speaker on Chiropractic Care.
J o i n u s i n t h e d i s p a t c h o ff i c e o n t h e s e c o n d We d n e s d a y o f e a c h m o n t h
at 9:30 a.m. for coffee and doughnuts.
Meetings start at 10:00 a.m.
G e t We l l w i s h e s g o o u t t o F r a n k L o n g , H e l e n M i g n o s a a n d E l a i n e
Gibson. Continued good wishes go out to Marge Wieteska and Waldo
Wa g n e r. I l l ? P l e a s e c a l l C h a r l i e M c I n t o s h , R e t i r e e C l u b P r e s i d e n t
at 266-7356.
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Pictured here are two IBEW 332 recent retirees. John Green
(in the front) recently retired and Will Long retired since December
2 0 0 2 . Wi l l a n d J o h n g o t t o g e t h e r a t t h e p l a c e o f J o h n ' s n e w
employment. He and his wife Liz, moved to the Russian River
area. Liz took over management of a NACO resort and she
wasted no time putting John to work. He is now one of her
Rangers, hence his new transportation and uniform. His wife
says she likes a man in uniform. He traded one foreman for
another. John has a beautiful place to semi-retire and Liz will
only be a few years behind him. They then plan to explore the
USA in their beautiful motor home, visiting (not working) at
a l l t h e T h o u s a n d Tr a i l s a n d N A C O r e s o r t s .
Quiz
LOCAL 332 MEETING SCHEDULE
Answers
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS (All Members)
T u e s d a y, J u n e 3 , 2 0 0 3 - 5 : 3 0 p . m .
T u e s d a y, J u l y 1 , 2 0 0 3 - 5 : 3 0 p . m .
S O U N D & C O M M U N I C AT I O N S
#1 B. 1999 - 310-16(T), note 8
(conduit fill) We d n e s d a y, J u n e 1 1 , 2 0 0 0 3 - 5 : 3 0 p . m .
We d n e s d a y, J u l y 9 , 2 0 0 3 - 5 : 3 0 p . m .
#2 C. 1999 - 370-169(b)(1)
#3 C. 1999 - 600-2 All Meetings are held at the Union Hall unless otherwise noted:
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San Jose, CA 95125
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