Our '89 Communion Breakfast plans are still "on hold" as we await word from the office of the U.S. Secretary of Labor, ELIZABETH DOLE. The Guild's history includes presentations by three Secretaries of Labor: JAMES MITCHELL, JAMES REYNOLDS, and JOHN DUNLOP. We'll let you know as soon as we know!
In light of the pending Breakfast program, the general membership meeting for April has been cancelled The Executive Board will meet on Wednesday, April 12th at 6:30 p.m. to conduct necessary business.
KUDOS
March 31st marked the final "duty day" for the remarkable Secretarial team at the Regional AFL-CIO office. DOROTHY HINCHEY and PAT CASH have jointly managed that office for the past 15 years -- first under FRANKLIN MURPHY, then JOHN O'MALLEY, and now FRANK MYERS. The Labor Guild expresses not only best wishes on their retirement but also thanks each of them for a job well done these many years with such good cheer and competence! MARIE GRANDE has shifted over from the Mass AFL-CIO office to assume the duties at the Region VI11 off ice.
FIRST WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY
April 28th has been designated by the national AFL-CIO to observe the first Workers' Memorial Day. In recent years more than 10,000 workers are annually killed on the Job as a result of injury, some 70,000 workers are permanently disabled, and more than 5.6 million suffer some form of industrial injury. Special activities will be conducted at six sites which underwent a disaster. Here in New England the focus will be at the L'Ambience Plaza, Bridgeport,CT. For info: (617) 227-8260.
LANDRUM GRIFFIN
Enclosed is a flyer on the May 3rd Workshop on "Financial Reporting & Election Procedures For Local Unions", sponsored by The Labor Guild. This Is the third consecutive year that a team from the U.S. Dept of Labor and the IRS have been invited to present an overview of the Landrum-Griffin Act requirements. The previous two Workshops were fully booked, so we suggest that those interested mail in the completed registration form early.
LEN SPRAGUE, the first Business Mgr. of IBEW Local *2222 under its new AFL-CIO Charter in 1971, is retiring from AT&T employment. Len served for six years in that union post. A gathering of former professional colleagues and co-workers will fete Len on April 7th at Lantanas in Randolph at 7:00 p.m.. For infa FRANK CONNORS (508) 531-0707.
Two long time vocational education teachers in the Boston School system — FRANK LAQUIDARA and JIM MAHONEY -- will be honored at a retirement dinner on that same night (April 7th) and at the same location (Lantanas). For many years these two individuals worked very closely with the Building trades Apprenticeship Directors.
SIXTEENTH ANNUM The Boston Bar Association will hold its annual Public Sector Labor Relations Workshop on Saturday, May 6th, 9:00 a.m., at the Harvard Law School, Langdell North Middle Classroom.
GUILD PRESIDENT: Paul Hannon. Boston Gas Workers * 12003, USWA
VICE PRESIDENT: William F. Murphy. Painters Council *35
We have all heard the statistics — the shrinking number of people entering into the labor market, with an increasing percentage of them coming from among high school dropouts and fractured family units — the breakdown in the quality of much of the urban education system --the expanding percentage of employment opportunities that require a relatively sophisticated workforce.
Collectively they add up to the conclusion that employment training and functional literacy will be one of the top priorities on both economic and social grounds for the nation. Certainly this issue is not new. The early 60's in particular saw a spate of new training programs as part of the War On Poverty. But the field has evolved in such a haphazard fashion, with many areas of duplication and others of neglect, that it requires much restructuring if we are to successfully confront these challenges before us. Massachusetts has been among the leading states in its efforts to consolidate and refine its employment training resources. Let us in this column seek to sketch out some of these changes and to look at the unfinished agenda.
In the last couple of years Massachusetts has seen the establishment of The Massachusetts Jobs Council as the central planning and coordinating authority, and the consolidation of state delivery agencies. The Jobs Council is comprised of 22 members from all segments of the community -- legislators, state and local government officials, business, unions, and various civic organizations. The Secretary of Economic Affairs serves as Council Co-Chair along with a rotating member of the business community. In Nov of '88, it submitted a report to the State Legislature: "A Long Term Strategic Plan For Training & Employment - Related Education In Massachusetts". This document will frame the debate about future employment training initiatives. Copies of this Report are available through the Secretary's Office. Phone: 727-8380.
At the state agency level the former Division of Employment Security has been linked with the Office of Training & Employment Policy to form the new Dept of Employment and Training. This expanded department has recently launched the Building Opportunity Program, which seeks to prepare minorities and women for entry into the building trades unions and construction work.
Earlier, this department was involved in the administration of the controversial "ET: Choices" aimed at providing welfare recipients a routtout of poverty ~ and off of welfare rolls.
At the local level, the Private Industry Councils (PICS) have sought to mirror the diversity of the Mass Jobs Council. Currently, this body is assuming a new name — Regional Employment Boards — with organized labor and the education community now being represented by two delegates each, rather than one.
In addition to the programs cited above, this combination of regional and state bodies has sponsored a Re-employment Assistance Program (for dislocated workers) — Adult Literacy / Basic Education Program -- Commonwealth Futures (for at-risk high school students) -- Commonwealth Careers Program (job readiness for employment in the health care and human service industries).
This list is impressive. Statistics reveol, however, that even with them we have been losing ground Why? Is it the deficiency of the administration or funding of the programs? Perhaps. This chaplain senses the answer more properly resides in our failure to acknowledge the Immense scopo of the problem.
As a society, our leadership, the media, etc., have been selective in their focus. For example, we have highlighted the potential dynamism contained in the remarkable heterogeneity of the American population around such symbols as the Statue of Liberty's Anniversity, without somewhere acknowledging the pressures and violence that are aggravated by racial and ethnic diversity. So too, the practice of allowing our "unemployment statistics" to be formulated by automatically excluding that marginalized populace who are not seeking jobs from being counted as unemployed. Thus, at a recent conference, this chaplain heard an urban economist estimate the unemployment of minority youth at 75*, rather than the 25 - 40* figures officially stated. Then there Is the great human damage generated by the mushrooming drug culture end the erosion of the two-parent family.
It seems that only a mammoth national effort to address the needy and damaged among us will turn the tide. With the current anti-tax mentality apparently on the rise, we seem miles away from such an effort. We can only hope that the moral voices from the various segments of our nation will very soon ring out loud and clear that we have this crucial task to confront and solve.April 1989
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ODDS & ENDS
There is still life in the Boston Public Library! In early June, MARY KERRS of the Copley Square Branch and current Pres of the Professional Educators Assoc there, will marry Guilder GEORGE EMBLETON. George was for many years the Pres of Library Local *1526, AFSCME and is now on the staff of the New England Region of AFSCME. Former Chief Steward of Local * 1526, RON GOLIBER will serve as Best Man. Ron is now on the staff of SEIU Local *285.
In 1974, when Atty IRWIN SPRINGER started teaching an Alternative Dispute Resolution Course (ADR) at Suffolk Law School, 6 students enrolled. Fifteen years later (at age 84), he continues to offer this course at the Law School --now with an enrollment of 70 to 80!
Another senior Guilder who refuses to "retire" is JOHN BERCURY. John was the Guild Pres way back in 1954, and for several decades held leadership position in the Boston Postal Workers Union. John's name is among the list of new students enrolled in the degree program in Labor Studies at the U Mass College of Public & Community Service.
LAURA SPENCER, Human Services Coordinator for AFSCME Council *93 and LOU MANDARINI, Business Mgr of Laborers Local *22 and Sec of the Mass Building Trades Council, will be honored as Woman and Man Of The Year at the Oompers, Murray, Meeny Conference in late May.
In the March election at WE Local *201 (G.E.), incumbents KEVIN MAHAR and JOHN O'CONNOR were returned to office as President and Treasurer respectively. CHARLIE RUITER.JR is the new Bus Agent, RIC CASELLI is the new VP / Rec Sec. Trustees are: PETE DOW, STEVE HERRICK, and LYN MEZA.
FULL HOUSE
It's not 3 Aces and 2 Kings, but more than 160 students who gather here on Monday evenings for our "full house" in this Spring Term. The two courses that have more than 40 scholars in their rooms are: The Legal Rights of Stewards and Collective Bargaining.
By popular request the class for the long holiday weekend (Patriots Day, April 17th) has been cancelled. This means that graduation will be on May 22nd instead of May 15th. Guilders in this vicinity are invited to stop by any Monday evening while we are in session for a cup of coffee and a visit.
LABOR STUDIES PROJECT
BOB COOK, a member of Iron Workers Local *357 (Western, MA) and a graduate student in Labor Studies, U Mass - Amherst, has recently launched an ambitious project. Supported by staff and/or funds from The National Iron Workers and Employers Apprenticeship -Journeymen Fund, the Massachusetts Foundation For Humanities and Public Policy, the State Executive Office of Labor, and The U Mass LRRC, Bob is coordinating an effort to fashion a Labor Studies course for Apprentices in the Iron Workers Union and other interested building trades unions.
As conceived, the course would cover twelve three-hour sessions. It hopes to consolidate general labor history and cultural and political influences, labor law, union structures and administration into a coherent single course: the time table calls for an interim report for the July 1989 National Iron Workers Apprenticeship Training Conference, with the final recommended course published and distributed by mid-1990.
Bob would be grateful for any suggestions and pertinent resource information: Robert Cook, 111 A Draper Hall, UMass, Amherst, MA 01003 (413) 545-4875.
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
- Rusk in -
He obviously never lived in New England!
The Private Industry Council of the Merrimack Valley has a new slate of labor representatives: CATHERINE DeCESARE (CWA *1366) — JERRY O'LEARY (former UFCW and now with the Industrial Accident Board) and Guild Exec Board member BILL RYAN (Operating Engineers *4 and Pres of the Merrimack Valley Building Trades Council). Last year's Cushing-Gavin Awardee, TONY SAPIENZA (Grieco Bros) is the current President.April 1989
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UP-COMIN6
On April 8th, The Mass AFL-CIO Frontlash Program will hold an all-day educational conference to discuss COPE, Media Consulting, and Legislative Lobbying. The program is open to all and will be held at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 1181 Adams St., Dorchester. Info: STEVE SULLIVAN at 298-0850.
A joint Coalition of Union Women (CLUW) and the Mass AFL-CIO will hold a conference: "Bargaining For Our Families" on Saturday, May 18th at the Boston Park Plaza. For info call: MADELEINE JANOVER, CLUW (212) 242-0700 X275. Cost of $20 includes lunch.
On Wednesday, May 24th, the Boston Chapter of the Industrial Relations Research Assoc (IRRA) will hold its Spring Dinner Meeting at Anthony's Pier IV. The speaker will be the new Director of Region I, NLRB, ROSEMARY PYE. Ms Pye was formally sworn in at a special ceremony on March 22nd.
"The Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988" and its implication for federal contractors and grantees, is the subject of a seminar to be sponsored by the U.S. Dept of Labor on Monday, May 8th. Speakers will include senior compliance administrators, principals from several regional law firms, and the Exec Director of the Assoc of L-Mgt Administrators and Consultants on Alcoholism (ALMACA). Sheraton-Tara in Braintree, 9:00-4:00., Cost $225. For info: JOHN T. FLYNN 565-2281.
NEW MEMBERS
BARTHOLOMEW A. COAKLEY of Abington - Bricklayers and Allied Crafts Local *52
BRIAN KEATING of Brockton - Murphy's Electrical Contractors
JOAN M. MARTIN of Cambridge - Attorney, Boston Edison
STEPHANIE M. MURPHY of Cambridge - Student at Lesley College
JOHN L. REYITTE of Lansing, Ml - Michigan Fed of Teachers, Michigan State University
RESOURCES
The Research Dept of the national AFL-CIO has just published a packet of 28 charts and data sheets on the international trade picture as of the end of 1988. It Is the most comprehensive such effort that this editor has seen published. AFL-CIO, 815 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. (202) 637-5000.
VOL 1, NO 1 of the Rhode Island Labor History Society NEWSLETTER arrived in the mail this week. This R.I. group seems to have generated encouraging momentum. It is sponsoring a variety of educational programs. Annual dues $ 15 (individual), $25 (organizational): c/o Labor Research Center, University of R.I., Kingston, R.I. 02881.
ROOSEVELT DAY DINNER
The Mass Chapter of Americans For Democratic Action (ADA) will hold its annual Roosevelt Day Dinner on April 12th at the Hynes Convention Center. Four organiations will receive special citations: The Harvard Clerical & Technical Workers Union, Health Care For All, Blackside Inc., and The Committee For Quality of Life (Prevailing Wage Question). Keynote speaker is JAMES HIGHTOWER from Texas. 5:30 social - 7:00 dinner. $50. Info: 482-3648.
COALITIONS FOR JUSTICE
The March 17th issue of the State AFL-CIO Newsletter notes that a broad coalition of labor, churchs, and other community groups in the Merrimack Valley has just been started. The group seeks to address a range of issues including affordable housing, employee ownership, and education in that region. It represents an off-shoot of the coalitions formed on The Prevailing Wage Referendum. Guilder KEN GALDSTON is the Executive Dir of the new project. He brings to this endeavor several years of similar coalition work with the Naugatuck Valley Project.
The Tax Equity Alliance of Massachusetts (TEAM) was the beneficiary of a special fundraislng breakfast sponsored by the Mass AFL-CIO in early April. The Alliance is comprised of several community, church, and labor groups, as well as private citizens interested in promoting a more progressive tax structure. JIM BRAUDE, formerly with the UAW,is the Exec. Director.
LABOR LIFE VOL XIX No 3
THE LABOR GUILD, Archdiocese of Boston
GUILD BREAKFAST - APRIL 25
Breakfast Chair MARTY CALLAGHAN, Pres., Printing Pressmen #3, reminds us that the annual Communion Breakfast will be held on Sunday, April 25th. Per custom, the morning will start with a Church service at St Cecilia's, Belvidere St, Boston at 10:00 a.m., followed by the 11:15 Breakfast at the nearby Hotel Colonnade on Huntington Street.
We are pleased that STEVE COYLE, former Director of the BRA will be the Breakfast speaker. For the past 8 years, Steve has been the CEO of the national AFL-CIO Housing Trust Investment which coordinates investment of union pension funds in the construction and rehabilitation of residential, commercial and industrial real estate. Currently, roughly $750 million are invested annually. Since its inception, the office has financed 60,000 housing units and 2,000 apartment buildings.
Readers will find enclosed a Breakfast ticket as a reminder. Those planning to attend are asked to call or mail in their subscription to the Guild office as early as possible to assist us in our hotel arrangements. The Breakfast cost remains at $20.
SOLD OUT
For the second time in the past two years, the Guild's Night School was "sold out" before the opening of classes — this year delayed a week because of a wild snow storm. More than 60 different Locals (including 12 individual Locals of AFSCME Council #93) are represented this term. The largest delegations are from: AFSCME #1067, Branch #34 Letter Carriers, Carmen's #589, Boston Fire Fighters #718, IBEW Locals #1505 (Raytheon) and #2222 (Bell Atlantic), Mass Nurses Association, Steelworkers #8751 (Boston School Bus Drivers), and Teamsters #259. This represents a rich mix of occupations and public - private organizations. In addition, there is the usual block of students from government regulatory agencies, management representatives, and interested private citizens — a mix which contributes substantially to the educational experience that occurs here each term.
As always, LL readers are invited to stop by any Monday evening to "audit" a class or two. Such a visit is always good for one's morale.
GUILD PRESIDENT: Kit Plunkett, Mail Handlers #301
VICE PRESIDENT: Frank Madden, Boston Carmen's #589
CHAPLAIN and EDITOR: Edward F. Boyle, SJ. There will be an Guild Exec Board Meeting on Tuesday, April 13th at 6:30 pm..
REMINDER
The liver Foundation Marathoners are once again seeking to raise money in their run on April 19th for the treatment of this disease. Donations should be mailed to PATTY SAVAGE, 12 Governor's Rd., Groveland, MA 01854. Checks to be made out to the American Liver Foundation. Guild Exec Board member BOB BANKS, Training Dir., Iron Workers Local #7, has been the key spirit in this charity.
FACULTY AUTHOR
Atty ROBERT SCHWARTZ, veteran school faculty member, has a new book out, HOW TO WIN PAST PRACTICES. Using the Q&A format that he has applied so well in his earlier books, Bob offers a very readable and comprehensive treatment in 110 pages of this often neglected topic.
The author has also prepared a substantially revised and updated third edition of THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF UNION STEWARDS. Both books cost $9.95 and are available from Worker Rights Press, P O Box 391887, Cambridge, MA 02139. Phone 1 800/ 576-4552. 883 Hancock St., Quincy, MA O217O tel: 617X786-1822 Fax 617X472-2486
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CHAPLAIN'S
On March 22nd, the 8th Annual Massachusetts Labor-Management Conference was held at Northeastern University. The Conference focus on "A Family-Centered Labor Market Policy" was grounded on two basic premises. First, that Massachusetts needs to do a better job of helping individuals balance their responsibilities of home and family. Second, the business and labor representatives — or the operation of the market place — cannot accomplish this goal alone, but need the contribution of a host of community organizations.
The scope of the problem was clearly laid out in a position paper prepared by PAUL HARRINGTON and his colleagues at the Center For Labor Market Studies at N.U.. The study of the trend in 1983-1997 on income: real income of married couple families where both spouses hold college degrees rose 45% to $102,000/year vs the income of married couples where both spouses had failed to complete high school fell 23% to $26,000; the single mother-family fell 6.4% to $15,000. The data on participation: in 1997, nearly 80% of mothers with children under 18 worked an average of 1600 hours/year (30 + hrs/ wk); single mothers average almost 1700/wk..
As several presenters elaborated the issues here are overlapping: the hourly wage rate for most non-college grads has been essentially stagnant the past 15 years with income growth only realized by more and more hours at work. This practice has already placed special burdens/injuries on family — and community — wellbeing. Moreover, there is a finite limit to the number of additional hours one can work; a limit that the most responsible single-parent families have reached.
This was the sobering context for the March 22nd conference. The work family relationship can never be fully "solved", but only incrementally improved, and clearly, no conference alone can solve any problem. Nonetheless, this conference seemed to be an excellent start, judged a success on three grounds: the quality and diversity of the presenters; the similar characteristics in the 170 plus of conference participants; and
finally the number and quality of the sponsoring organizations.
The day's panelists included a group of thoughtful and enthusiastic research scholars (LOTTE BAILYN of MIT - ANN BOOKMAN of Holy Cross - MARGIE PITT-CATSOUPHES of B.C. and NEETA FOGG of N.U.); labor-management practioners including KATHY CASAVANT of the Mass AFL-CIO -LESLIE PHILLIPS of the Newspaper Guild -TONY SAPIENZA of Riverside Mfg - and GREG THORNTON of the Boston Globe; BISHOP WILLIAM MURPHY of the Boston Archdiocese and Rev. FRANK KELLEY of the Black Ministerial Alliance, representing the faith communities; and State Senator STEVE LYNCH and JACKIE COOKE of the U.S. Dept of Labor. Moderators were PAUL HARRINGTON of N.U., TOM KOCHAN of MIT, and TRIPP JONES of MassINC..
There were numerous, thoughtful, analyses, and information presented during the day. There is the challenge to move from impressive corporate policies on paper and/or labor contract clauses to easy, flexible access by the workforce where mid-level supervisors are often under conflicting organizational goals. There is also the opposing need for low-income, under-educated workers to receive additional training and education for upward mobility when there is a surplus labor market discouraging employers from either providing such opportunities or initiating any family-friendly outside benefits. There is also the erosion in recent years of government support of affordable housing or adequate financing of workers and their families when confronted with unemployment.
There is an agenda here which requires the collaboration of all the constituencies represented among the conference sponsors — and then some! Clearly, both the executive and legislative branches of government must be involved, so too, the variety of providers servicing family-linked needs, and the various media to provide far greater visibility to the negative impact of recent labor market trends. But, this chaplain that future sessions among the sponsors will be the first steps in fashioning initiatives by business, government, and the broader community which will jointly improve the ability of people to balance work and family responsibilities
April 1999
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UP COMING
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service Regional Director, KENNETH KOWALSKI announces that the FMCS will hold a regional seminar at the Electrical Contracting Industry Training Center on Freeport St in Dorchester on Wed, April 14th, 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. The conference seeks to inform attendees of the broad range of assistance/training provided by this federal agency. Workshops that day include: Grievance - Mediation; Contract Administration; Interest-Based Bargaining; Labor-Management Committees. There is no charge for the session. Space, however, is limited and registration to the Regional Office should be completed by April 8th. Tel: 973/645-2200 FAX 9737 297-4860.
EARLY NOTICE
In conjunction with the Industrial Relations & Research Assoc and the American Bar Assoc, the Regional Office of the National Labor Relations Board will hold an all-day Conference on National Labor Relations Law & Procedures on Wed., June 9th at Boston University Law School. Info call ROSEMARY PYE at 617/565-6770.
United For A Fair Economy will sponsor a northeast interfaith conference Putting Your Values Into Action: A Religious Response to Growing Inequality. The tentitive program looks ambitious, with several nationally recognized speakers invited. For info: STEVE WILSON 6177 423-2148
The University of Rhode Island Labor Research Center will hold its 12th Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference at the W. Alton Jones Campus on Friday, April 16th. Among the Conference topics: FMLA, ERISA, NLRB, OSHA, and other federal programs. Registration $85. Call 4017 874-2239 for info.
This year's Annual Conference for Vocational & Technical Education, sponsored by the Ctr for Occupational Ed at U Mass 7 Boston will be held on May 5th at the Ramada Inn, Auburn, MA. BRETT LOVEJOY, perhaps the most influential national advocate of career education in the nation, will be the featured speaker. For info call Sumner Rockman at -6T77Z87-79T9T
On May 6th, the U.S. Dept of Labor will hold a special Workshop at The Labor Guild on Union Financial Reporting & Election Procedures. See the enclosed flyer for further details.
The 55th Annual Eastern Seaboard Apprenticeship Conference will be held May 9 - 13 at the Foxwood Casino in Mashantucket, CT. For conference information call JACK GUERRERA at 860/ 263-6085.
The Annual Gompers-Murray Meany Educational Conference, sponsored by the AFL-CIO will be held on May 26-28 at the usual SeaCrest, Falmouth location. More info next month.
ODDS & ENDS
Guilder GERRY McDONOUGH, former SEIU #285 staffer, has a new position: General Counsel to the new State Treasurer SHANNON O'BRIEN.
Guilder MICHAEL BOYD has moved from his position as Executive Sec of the Massachusetts Correctional Officers Union to the investigative staff of the new Norfolk County District Attorney WILLIAM KEATING.
Effective May 1st, Guilder LARRY GRAHAM will retire as Business Manager of the Elevator Constructors Local #4. A 43-year member of that Local, Larry has served in various leadership posts for more than 30 years. On June 12th, the Local will mark its 100th Anniversary with" a Dirmer^Dance at the Boston Park Plaza. For info: 617/783-3687
Congratulations to RICK REILLY, ^"veteran American Arbitration Assoc Vice Pres and wife JUDY McMORROW, B.C. Law School Professor, on the •arrival of their month-old daughter ANNA CLAIRE. In late January, Rick along with AAA President WILLIAM SLATE, II, convened a national • Labor-Management Arbitration & Mediating Task Force that included JOHNATHAN HIATT, General Counsel of the AFL-CIO and JOHN FEERICK, Dean of Fordham Univ Law School. The Task Force goals include providing a nationwide feedback system to AAA on Labor-Mgt concerns.April 1999
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WORKER OWNERSHIP
NEW MEMBERS
On February 2, 1998, Share Group of Somerville, MA decided to close its Springfield facility, leaving 35 workers and managers without a job. On March 18th of this year, the firm reopened with a new name, Springfield Telemarketing Group and new ownership -the employees. Interestingly, the workers in the former corporation were members of UAW #2322, and they will continue to be represented by this same Local. This unusual arrangement was brokered by CHRIS MACKIN of Ownership Associates. By the way, there are approximately 7.7 million workers employed in some 11,000 employee stock ownership programs nationwide. For further information on various worker-ownership options contact Chris at 6177 868-4600.
RIP
WARREN OLSEN, retired AFSCME Intl Rep in New England, passed away on March 1st at the age of 77. A former UAW Business Rep, Warren served in various leadership positions with AFSCME for over 30 years.
Longtime Financial Secretary of Bricklayers Local #3, FRANK BOLOGNESE, died after a short illness on Feb. 28th. Throughout his life, Frank had been active in Italian American social organizations in East Boston and Revere.
NATIONAL CTR FOR LAITY
Founded a few years after Vatican II, this Catholic social justice center located in Chicago has sought to promote the better integration of faith and workplace activity diligently and perseveringly. Its monthly newsletter "Initiatives" is perhaps the best resource for information on current projects on this issue among all faith communities. (National Ctr For The Laity, 10 E. Pearson St #101, Chicago, IL 60611. Tel and FAX 773/ 776-9036)
On April 15-16, the Center will be sponsoring a national conference in Chicago "Monday Into Sunday". This chaplain was surprised and pleased to be invited to make a presentation on "Labor-Management Perspectives".
FRANCOISE CARRE of Cambridge - Research Director, Radcliffe Public Policy Institute
RICHARD CASILLI of Lynn - Business Agent, IUE Local #201
JACK J. CANZONERI, Esq. of Newton McDonald & Associates
MARK CUSHING of Boston - Director of Client Relationship, Sales & Marketing, U.S. Trust Company of Boston
PAUL EUSTACE of Mliden - Retired
JERRY FISHBEIN of Dartmouth District Manager, Southern New England Dist Council, UNITE
JOHN HOERR of Teaneck, NJ Author/Journalist and Consultant
MICKEY LONG, Esq of Boston - Legal Counsel, Iron Workers of New Eng District Council
ALLEN McWADE of Norwood, Business Mgr -Int' Union of Operating Engineers #877
JOHN P. MEADE of Weymouth • President, Steelworkers Local #9432, Servicedge
JOHN TEMPLETON of Amherst - President, SEIU Local #509
CALENDAR
Apr 14 FMCS Workshop
Apr 16 URI 12th Annual Labor Conference
Apr 16 Retirement Dinner, Bob Petronella
Apr 25 Labor Guild Mass and Breakfast
May 5 Vocational & Tech Ed Conference
May 6 U.S. Dept of Labor & Guild Workshop
"Financial Reporting"
May 9 ESAC Conference
May 10 Guild School Graduation
May 12 Mass Building Trades Convention
May 26 Gompers, Murray, Meany Conf
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