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FILE NAME: Saberhagen (SBH) DATE: 1968 June 24 DOC#: SBH012 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Minutes of the IDCNA Board of Directors Meeting *T, ' MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INSULATION DISTRIBUTOR-CONTRACTORS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, IN C. 24 JUNE 1968 MARRIOTT MOTOR INN - CHICAGO, IL L . PRESENT: Mr. J . Kenneth Dixon, Mr. A . M arvin G ibbon s, Mr. Theodore H. B rod ie, Mr. Duane C . Luse, P resident P resid en t-E lect V ice P resid en t Treasurer Mr. Donald Bradshaw (re p re sen tin g Mr. K.M . M cCaffree) Mr. Palm er C o v il Mr. Leon Choate Mr. James P . Ennis Mr. Gordon W. H arrison Mr. Ja c k Mclrmes Mr. Homer P o rte r Mr. Leland E . Sw eetser Mr. W illiam B. W ilkes Mr. Pat Xount GUEST: Mr. Ja m s W.R. Brown, Mr. John C . P o llock, Legal Counsel Executive D irector Mr. C h a rles Vaughn, P a st P re sid e n t and Chairman o f th e IDCNA Convention Committee Bates 730 PRODUCED JM - 83 Page 2 P re sid e n t Dixon c a lle d th e m eeting to o rd er a t 9:00 a .m ., thanking a l l who came and s t r e s s in g th e im portance o f the su b je c t m a tter. The m inutes o f the Board o f D ire c to rs M eeting h e ld in Houston, Texas, January 25-26th were approved as p rin ted . P r e sid e n t-E le c t Gibbons rep o rted on the background o f th e eheetm etal v s . a sb e sto s w orkers ju r is d ic t io n a l problem and th e r e p lie s r e c e iv e d from h is q u e stio n n a ire . He req u ested a g en era l d isc u ssio n on t h is e n tir e m atter du rin g w hich the fo llo w in g was rep o rted : 1) Ken D ixon - Read th e SWICA r e so lu tio n , a copy o f which went to A lb e r t E . H utchinson o f th e A sb e sto s Workers and Edward Carlough o f the S h ee tm etal W orkers. T h is r e s o lu tio n read a s fo llo w s : (Dated May 25, 1968) " ......... th e a p p lic a tio n o f a l l m etal .016 and lig h t e r w ill be a ssig n ed to th e A sb esto s Workers - a l l o th e r gauges w ill be a ssig n ed to th e Sheetm etal Workers 2) James E nnis - R eported th a t the South eastern co n tra cto rs f e l t the A sso c ia tio n sh o u ld make a r u lin g to a llo w a sb e sto s w orkers to do a l l work they can w ith t h e ir t o o ls . In r e p ly to t h is i t was p o in te d out th a t -She A sso cia tio n cannot a ssig n work. S) Duane Luse - f e l t th a t p a rt o f th e d i f f i c u l t y was in communication and s tr e s s e d th e p o in t th a t when ta lk in g about m etal ja c k e tin g , the wording sh ou ld be 'm etal ja c k e tin g over in su la tio n " . 4) Jam es Brown - R eported th a t co n tra cts w ith both u nions cause problem s and th a t i t was a q u e stio n o f good fa it h in th e assignm ent o f work and th a t the A sso c ia tio n m ust sta y out o f the assignm ent b u sin e ss. 5) Don Bradshaw - R ep orted th a t th e Western S ta te s has approved a r e so lu tio n to fo llo w p a st p r a c tic e s in each in d iv id u a l area and make assignm ents accord in gly. 6) B i ll W ilkes - Reported th a t in the N ortheast th e lo c a l agents o f each union have made an agreem ent between th em selves and th ere i s no problem nor trou ble. P re sid e n t D ixon rep o rted th a t Mr. H utchinson and Mr. Baas had been d ela yed and would appear a ft e r lu n ch . He, th e n , c a lle d on Mr. C h a rles Vaughn, Chairman o f th e Convention Com m ittee, to g iv e a re p o rt on th e Convention program . Mr. Vaughn review ed the work o f the Convention Committee and rep o rted th a t o u tsid e o f la s t m inute d e t a ils , the sp e a k e rs, m eals and o th e r arrangements had been com pleted. However, th e Chicago A sb esto s Union wanted to h o st a fu n c tio n s in c e th ere was an e x c e lle n t r e la tio n s h ip between the Chicago co n tra cto rs and the U nion. He sa id th a t th e Union i s ta lk in g about a c o c k ta il p a rty and d in n er to be h eld downtown a t , p erh ap s, th e Marina Tower R esta u ra n t. Mr. Jim E n n is moved, w ith Mr. Ja c k M clnnes seconding, th at the Board accept the in v ita tio n i f the d e ta ils can be s u c c e ssfu lly worked out by Mr. Vaughn. The r e so lu tio n was approved. Bates 731 PRODUCED JM-83 i r Page 3 O ther Convention d e t a ils , as approved, w ere: (1) R e g istra tio n fe e w ill be $100 p er co u p le , $80 fo r s in g le s . (2) C h ild re n a tten d in g any o f the fu n c tio n s w ill be on a paying b a sis and the fa th e r w ill be re sp o n sib le fo r the ta b . (3) A ll g u ests must pay the reg u la r fe e . (4) In v ita tio n s are to be se n t to p eo p le who a tten ded th e M ontreal C on vention . (5) A m eeting fo r th e lo c a l A sso c ia tio n E xecu tive S e c re ta rie s would be h eld on Sunday, O ctober 6th and th e ir expenses borne by the lo c a l A sso c ia tio n s: and a ls o th a t a l l o f them sh ou ld be on th e IDCNA m a ilin g l i s t i f they are not already so lis t e d . Mr. Duane L u se , T rea su rer, rep o rted on the fin a n c ia l s itu a tio n , s tr e s s in g th a t th e 1968 budget o f $39,600 "w ouldn't run a n y th in g ", and th a t w h ile the bank balance was $3 3 ,6 4 5 .7 8 , t h is amount was a lrea d y earmarked fo r the manual and o th e r o p era tio n a l m a tters. Mr. Theodore B rodie made a m otion th a t a t the O ctober m eeting a vo te sh ou ld be taken by th e Board o f D ire c to rs rega rd in g th e dues str u c tu r e a s recommended a t th e Houston m eeting. There was no seco n d , b u t a g en era l d isc u ssio n fo llo w e d in c lu d in g the rea din g o f e x c e rp ts from th e dues program subm itted to th e Board a t the Ju ly m eeting in M ontreal. P re sid e n t Dixon req u ested th a t Mr. Pat Yount c a ll a m eeting o f th e Dues Committee as soon a s p o s s ib le , and rep o rt back to the Board a t the O ctober m eeting. A te n ta tiv e tim e fo r t h is m eeting was e sta b lish e d a s la te A u gu st. The Union req u ested th a t a copy o f th e IDCNA NEWSLETTER be m ailed to a l l B u sin ess A g e n ts. A m otion was made, seconded, and c a r rie d th a t t h is be done. Morning s e ssio n adjourned fo r lunch a t 11:55 a.m . M eeting resum ed a t 1:00 p .m . w ith Mr. A lb e r t H utchinson and Andrew Haas o f th e A sb esto s Workers Union in a tten da n ce. Mr. H utchinson spoke h ig h ly o f th e r e la tio n s h ip o f th e Union w ith th e c o n tr a c to r s, and looked fo r in cre a se d co op era tion in th e fu tu r e . A d isc u ssio n on the SWICA r e so lu tio n and th e m etal ja c k e tin g problem i t r e la te d to was liv e l y and h ig h ly in fo rm a tive to both th e Union and the Board. I t was sta te d th a t IDCNA sh ou ld rem ain n e u tra l in t h is p o s itio n and the fo llo w in g le t t e r was a u th o rised to be m ailed to a l l IDCNA members s ta tin g t h is p o s itio n : L e tte r Sent June 28, 1968: TO ALL IDCNA MEMBERS: The Board o f D ire cto rs concluded, th a t i t i s n ot appropriate fo r the A sso cia tio n to take any a ctio n w ith resp e ct to the ju r is d ic tio n a l d isp u te between the A sb e sto s Workers and the Sheetm etal Workers in v o lv in g in s u l a tion ja ck etin g . r Each em ployer has th e r e s p o n s ib ilit y to a ssig n work and i t was f e l t th a t any {t aemc tpiolonyebry's thdee cAissisoonc iaontiotnh iws omuladttbeer. an im proper in te r fe r e n c e .w ith the A . MARVIN GIBBONS, LABOR COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Bates 732 PRODUCED JM-83 I Page 4 Mr. Theodore B ro d ie , H ealth and S a fe ty Com m ittee, in tro d u ced to th e Board D r. Ir v in g Taborshaw o f C a lifo r n ia , oho was p re se n t a t th e re q u e st o f AICWS. Mr. B rodie made a com plete re p o rt on th e n a tio n a l H ealth and S a fe ty Program and th e proposed jo in t e ffo r t s o f the C o n tra cto rs, th e Union and the M anufacturers w ith whom he has been m eeting fo r th e p a st se v e r a l m onths. A d isc u ssio n o f IDCNA's p o s itio n w ith D r. Ir v in g S e lik o f f and th e e n tir e program fo llo w e d w ith q u e stio n s a s to th e method o f fin a n c in g . E stim ated c o s t o f the program ran from $500,000 to o ver $1 ,0 00,000 o ver a fiv e -y e a r p e rio d . V arious methods o f fin a n cin g such a program were d isc u sse d , but no f in a l recommendations were a r r iv e d a t . A g en era l d is c u ssio n was had a s to th e rea son s fo r and th e im portance o f the A sso c ia tio n 's p a r tic ip a tio n in t h is program and o f i t s fin a n c ia l a b ilit y to do so . D r. Taborshow gave a d e ta ile d re p o rt on th e occu p a tion a l hazards o f a sb e si w orkers and gave some o f h is g rou p 's resea rch e xp e rie n ces rega rd in g a s b e s t o s is and lung c a n c e r .. . .w here and what kin d o f ca re th e worker g e ts, how to tr e a t the c o n d itio n , how to p reven t the ca u se, in d u s t r ia l h yg ien e, housekeeping, d u st co u n ts, th e jo b i t s e l f . . . .a n d he b r ie f ly review ed h is pending assignm ent w ith AICWS. M r. Dixon then asked th e q u e stio n , ''What ste p s can t h is Board take on t h is d a y?" A g en era l d is c u s s io n fo llo w e d and a r e so lu tio n was made by Mr. Gordon H a rriso n , seconded by Mr. Donald Bradshaw, th a t Mr. B rodie be a uth orized to t e l l th e ad hoc com m ittee o f the N ation al H ealth and ."-fare Group: 1) th a t IDCNA i s d e fin it e ly su p p ortin g th e program 2) th a t a c le a r e r p ic tu r e o f the t o t a l c o s t and fin a n c in g o f th e program be determ ined 2) th at any research grant be eq u a lly dissem inated to those organizations who a re c u r re n tly doing work on t h is problem . Mr. Leon Choate made a m otion, seconded by Mr. Leland S w eetser, th a t IDCNA g iv e se r io u s co n sid e ra tio n to th e p o s s ib ilit y o f a supplem entary program and co n so lid a tio n o f fu n d s to D r. Taborshaw and h is a s s o c ia t e s . The Board unanim ously vo ted t h is m otion. P resid en t Dixon, a t the req u est o f Mr. B ro d ie, appointed Mr. Leon Choate, Mr. Gordon H a rrison and Mr. Joh n B o llo c k to se rv e w ith him on th e H ealth and S a fe ty Committee and to a tten d the m eetings o f th e g ro u p 's ad hoc com m ittee. A m otion was made, seconded and vo ted th a t i t sh ou ld be noted in the m inutes th a t th e IDCNA o f f ic e s are to be lo ca te d in S ilv e r S p rin g , Marylar. a fte r Ju ly 1, 1968. M eeting adjourned a t 4:00 p.m . Bates 733 PRODUCED jin-83