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FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT DATE 1980 Jan DOC PAINT069 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article from Painters and Allied Trades Journal LIB MAR CATHERWOOD CORNELLUNIV IVES HALL ITHACA NY Onthe Cover IBPAT Labor prepare to meet the challenges of the 1980's A special Conventions Report begins on page 4 : a, . . ; : - NEWS AND FEATURES page - 7. 7. AFL Sets the Course for the Decade . 8 New Leaders Take AFL Helm 10 George Meany a Craftsman Retires 12 We Will Not Quit 22 IBPAT Program Activities Increase DEPARTMENTS page Inside Front Cover From the General President 15 Local and District Council News 25 Sports and Recreation 27 Financial Report Inside Back Cover The General Secretary Reports DEVOTED TO THE TRADE INTERESTS OF - RESIDENTIAL ' COMMERCIAL . INDUSTRIAL @ SIGN PICTORIAL COACH @ AUTOMOBILE @ AIRCRAFT e MACHINERY fiRAILWAY EQUIPMENT @ SHIP AND SCENIC PAINTING.. ; DECORATING @ PAPERHANGING GLAS WALL COVERING DECORATIVE AND - ARCHITECTURAL GLASS WORK GLAZING @ CARPET @ LINOLEUM fiSOFT TILE PAINT AND VARNISH MAKING S. FRANK RAFTERY General President 1750 New York Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 ROBERT J. PETERSDORF General Treasurer 1750 New York Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 BRUSH MAKERS AND TO THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT IN GENERAL 2 General Vice Presidents | Any member or subordinate body BERNARD SNIEGOWSKI publishing programs souvenirs or other 1st District description documents of any must not ; designate them as The Official Journal of = 1443 Westchester Boulevard ee Journal . the Brotherhood or as The Painters and Allled Trades either upon the publication itself on their advertising . contract forms or stationery . PuRbolbisehretrPublisherPetersdorf Editor : WashingtonWashingtonYork Ave. N.W. _ Westchester III 60153 . District A. L. MONROE 2nd 7909 Bayberry Drive 0s =. Alexandria Va 22306 Maat District JAMES WOLFORD3rd 100 Devon Lane WilliamsvilleN.Y. 14221 . i | Published Published monthly by the ; International Brotherhood of Painters and authorized Allied Trades Second Class mail entryand at Washington D.C. " -VOLUME 94 No.1 JACK T. COX 4th District 2212 DuPont Drive- Irvine Calif 92664 - GUY LEBER 5th District t POSTMASTERSISSN 0030-95302030-9532 ATTENTION Change of address cards on Form 3579 N.W. should be sent to THE PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES JOURNAL 1750 New . York Washington D.C. Theofficial journal of the Interna- tional Brotherhoodof Painters and Allied Tradesorganized March 15 issued publication ,_ 1887 and the only under its : auspices 1930 Bishop LaneLf a ~ LouisvilleKy 40218 Jorn B. _ JAMESCOX 6th District Ridge - 8800 Blue Ext No. 10 : = Kansas CityMo. 64138 NIERNATIONAL NIERNATIONAL WILLIAM A.DUVAL 7thDistrict 1750 7 New York Avenue N.W. = PRINTED IN U.S. WashingtonD.C. 20006 Dr. Irving J. Selikoff of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine internationlly respected authority in occupation medicine and recipient of this year's Murray Award dressed Local 1486 Members at an IBPAT Training Seminar in East Islip Long Island recently Organizebdy Local 1486 President and Business Manager Ed Capaldo and attended by 80 specially invited members the seminar was videotaped for use by New York educational stations and as an IBPAT training mod- The IBPAT Training Seminar ; : ect Advisor Bernard served as the first step in Local 1486's newly implemented health and safety acitvities In the near future President sq and Business Manager Ed Capaldo hopes to establish an hourly contribu- tion to the local's health and safety programs which currently include an- pq --ual chest rays range plans for call time attention to health aand safety issues and participation in the IBPAT Apprenticeship In- structor Training and Jobsite Monitor- ing Programs BS ey A delicious catered lunch contributed to the enjoyment of the long seminar good opportunity and provided a for in- formal discussion General Representa- tive Carl Blum center loads up as he confers with OSHA Representative Richard Pierce and Local 1486 President and Business ManagManageer r Ed CaCappaallddoo _ ee After answering their questions for 30 minutes from the podium Dr. Selikoff spent a good portion of his lunch hour speaking face with Local 1486 members Left to right are Dr. Selikoff Mrs. Selikoff IBPAT Producer Marilyn Larson and Brother Bill Jones Dr. Selikoff's 1976 funded investigation of health hazards in the paint trades led IBPAT to begin its massive and highly regarded health and safety training efforts ; : Seeing his findings so widely and effectively disseminated was very grati- fying for Dr. Selikoff who remarked It is programs such as yours that will give us a future in which there will be no more asbestosis no more dibromo- 4 chloropropanes no more vinyl chlo- rides and where people will live and work with dignity and without occupationdaelath and disease IBPATIOSH programs designed specifically for assistance to local of IBPAT Dr. Selikoff and officers tell the story of a very suc- seminar Left to right are IBPAT General Representative Carl Blum Local 1486 President and Business Manager Ed Capaldo Financial Secretary Secretary Bill Hen- derson Dr. Selikoff Local 1486 Vice President Ray Hunsucker Business Repre- sentative Francis Smith and Recording Secretary Robert Lattanzio - to Project and District jer Michael imme unions and district councils include IBPATIOSH . Apprenticeship In- structor Training Jobsite Monitoring and Medical Surveillance The advantage to affiliates geared up for IBPAT assistance is strong local control and resolution of healtanhd safety matters with the suppoofrthte International's resources reports - latency members he " mean- Dr. Selikoff explains what calls the : trap to Local 1486 Many workplace cancers take 10 10 to 30 years to develop in the security > : time workers enjoy false Dr. Selikoff told participants no one should the construction trades them to smoke and urged them to throw away their Local ' - cigarettes One enlighted Local 1486 member did just that rs .: : * : More reports will follow as other affiliates cross the threshold of par- efforts ticipation in | founded ; beneficial health and safety efforts efforts