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FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT DATE 1984 Feb DOC PAINT075 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article from Painters and Allied Trades Journal NEWS AND FEATURES page 5 Bankruptcy Laws Used by Union Busters 6 Mondale's Commitment to Workers Cited Winning inin 1984 13 General Executive Board Minutes + E DEPARTMENTS _ page . Inside Front Cover From the General President Local and District Council News 18 Sports and Recreation 19 - Financial Report Inside Back Cover DEVOTED TO THE TRADE INTERESTS OF ESIDENTIAL ' COMMERCIAL .- HDUSTRIAL fiSIGN fiPICTORIAL fiAUTOMOBILE AIRCRAFT @ ACHINERY @ RAILWAY EQUIPMENT AND SCENIC PAINTING DECORATING fiPAPERHANGING The General TreasurerReports S. FRANK RAFTERY ue General President 1750 New York Avenue N.W.N.W. Washington D.C.D.C. 20006 ROBERT J. PETERSDORF - General Treasurer . . LAZING # CARPET @ LINOLEUM SOFT SOFT LEO PAINT AND VARNISH MAKING RUSH MAKERS AND TO THE | TRADE MOVEMENT IN GENERAL member or h subordinate body blishing programs souvenirs or | other description other ocuments of any must not Signate them as The Official Journal of Onational Brotherhood of Painters and and Trades Journal either upon the blication itself or their advertising forms or stationery - 1750 New York Avenue N.W. ; WashingtonD.C. 20006 General Vice Presidents BERNARD SNIEGOWSKI 1st District -~ 1443 Westchester Boulevard - _. Westchester Ill 60153 * 7909 Bayberry Drive Alexandria Va+ 22306 3... Coos OO 100 Devon Lane future in spite of the vitality of the business community Purposelycreated unemployment to bring down inflation has suffering brought misery and to millions and most certainly will be an issue in 1984. Wage and price con- trols are humane and handed but would cut into Someday a great leader like Lech Walesa will come along to rally and unite the working class in regaining their fair They'll '. share of our wealth No government won't like him arrest him from time to time The FBI will make . a file on him Business won't like him He'll be called a hooligan and a rebel rouser We have our backs to the wall and we're ready to come out fighting We're just waiting for that leadership There will be a struggle for of the rich and powerful A no with President spite of huge cuts in social programs funding and and resulting suffering Reagan is asking for more cuts in spendingand a raise in the already huge waste- military spending program The militant foreign policy of President Reagan and wars he our people dyingin should most certainly issue in 1984. We are losing the long standing trust and friendship of our allies and deepening the enmity of . A military confrontation is fast approaching face an is made Reagan places reliance on weaponry as the need for our national security weapons that if used mean the extinction of life go merrily on developing atomic energy and weap- while the knowledge of waste disposal escapes us atomic wastes- contaminate our natural resources and animal life . * Fraternally ... Floyd Ferrell equality to rival any we have seen in the past Yes the likes of Lech Walesa will emerge someday in - America and no some people won't like him But out of this turmoil as in each turmoil that America has gone through in the past we will emerge as an even greater equality symbol of freedom and , to to all the world - Fraternally Joe B. Sullivan San Diego Local 333 L. -* Dear Editor I just received the December Journal I was reading vt about Poisonous Paint the New Villain of Dynasty on . page I can remember having a belly full of bricks for years fromspraying pure lead paint when I was a very dumb young man I didn't know anybetter and there protection were no laws of then Also it was during the | ; bigdepression depression of the 1930's and you were lucky to have . , +o: any kind of coulda job If you didn't didn't havea job that would kill Akron Local 841 _ v I retired in 1974. My years as amaster painter were Walesa of is a hero the free world Business government and labor laud his fight against tyranny He demonstratesgreat strength and character against great in hisfight. forjust treatment for the working masses spent in Louisville Ky I was recording secretary once and president of Local 118 four terms was president whenGuy Leber was business agent and also whenhe : movedup to general vice president of the International country But would the likes of a Lech Walesa really be welcome country Would government embrace man who | policies which create high unemployment for the elderly and needy says the status . + for not having a majorinjury orsafety violation Ican say people : the Du Pont Company reallycares abouttheir etc.