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FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT DATE 1978 Jan DOC PAINT051 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article from Painters and Allied Trades Journal Journal - NEWS AND FEATURES page Inside Front Cover From the General President 7 IUD to Stress Organizing Jobs 8 Labor Law Reform Gets Grassroots Effort 12 Shipyard Paint Jobs Keep IBPAT Duo Busy 31 The General Treasurer Reports DEPARTMENTS page . 17 Labor Beat 19 Canadian Labour 21 Local and District Council News 26 Sports and Recreation 27 Financial Report DEVOTED TO THE TRADE INTERESTS OF GLAZING fiCARPET fiLINOLEUM e SOFT BRUSH TILE PAINT AND VARNISH MAKING BRUSH MAKERS AND TO THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT IN GENERAL Any member or subordinate body publishing programs souvenirs or other documents of any description must not designate them as The Official Journal of Brotherhood or as The Painters and Allied Trades Journal either upon the publication itself on their advertising contract forms or stationery Robert J. Petersdorf Publisher 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 Published monthly by the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades Second Class mail entry authorized at Washington D.C. POSTMASTERS ATTENTION Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to THE PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES JOURNAL 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 Subscription Price 2.00 per year Single copy 20 cents PRINTED ON UNION MADE PAPER PRINTED WITH UNION MADE INK VOLUME 92 No. 1 JANUARY 1978 The official journal of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades organized March 15 1887 and the only publication issued under its auspices 3 BY t PRINTED IN U.S.A. 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 General Vice Presidents BERNARD SNIEGOWSKI 1st District 1443 Westchester Boulevard Westchester III 60153 A. L. MONROE 2nd District 7909 Bayberry Drive , Alexandria Va 22306 JAMES WOLFORD 3rd District 100 Devon Lane Williamsville N.Y. 14221 JACK T. COX 4th District 2212 DuPont Drive Irvin Calif 92664 GUY LEBER 5th District 1930 Bishop Lane Louisville Ky 40218- JAMES B. COX 6th District 8800 Blue Ridge Ext No. 10 Kansas City Mo. 64138 WILLIAM A. DUVAL 7th District 1750 New York Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 The Decade of Job Safety Le Does Your Is your personal protective equipment giving you the protection you think it is Maybe not Workers who use personal protective equipment such as eyecup goggles or some industrial helmets may not be getting all the protection they think they are according to Robert H. Schutz head of the Na- tional Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's NIOSH test- ing and certification branch Schutz in a recent speech before National Safety Congress says that only about half of the eyecup goggles and less than 15 percent of the class B industrial helmets his branch tested met critical parts of the latest American National Safety Institute standards The results of the NIOSH tests are more fully explained in technical reports from the Institute he says but that the Protection Gear Protect following percentages of equipment meet these standards Men's Safety Toe Footwear percent Faceshields percent Welding Filter Plates percent Women's Safety Toe Footwear- 0 percent Firefighter's Helmets percent Flexible Fitting Goggles per- cent Glass Plano Safety Spectacles percent Linemen's Rubber Insulating Gloves percent Men's safety toe footwear stan- dards were used to test women's footwear because no standard exists for women's safety toe footwear NIOSH also has tested respirators and has specific recommendation regarding which type and brand name provides protection against various industrial airborne hazards _from the pollution caused by abrasive blasting to the fumes of various chemicals . The Institute says that not all oc- cupations are required by law to use NIOSH certified equipment but that workers seeking maximum protection from accidents and injuries should use personal protective devices labeled as passing NIOSH certification tests The Institute says Schutz also asks that persons experiencing problems with personal protective equipment - notify the manufacturer as well as either the Mining Enforcement Safety Administration the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health We also recom- mend you contact the IBPAT to in- sure prompt action Job Health Group Cites Selikoff Dr. Irving J. Selikoff of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine received the Society of Occupational Environmental Health Award at a Washington banquet in his honor December 5th for his prolific contribution in the research of asbestos diseases . In 1965 Dr. Selikoff identified asbestos as a major cause of cancer among workers including tapers Selikoff had spent 24 which has helped launch IBPAT's Decade of Job Safety SOEH President Dr. Joseph K. Wagoner presented the award to Selikoff He cited Selikoff as a crusading scientist and for his long term regard of professional workers Dr. Selikoff a jovial grandfatherly figure accepted the - award He expressed gratitude to his colleagues and satisfaction from working in a field where medical findings were quickly published from around the world The banquet closed with a lengthy but vivacious address from Judge Miles Lord U.S. District Court for Minnesota and a long time supporter of Hubert H. Humphrey who had sent his warm regards through Lord Judge Lord's address swung from biting humor biting in the area of ecology consciousness Describing himself as a convert to ecology Judge Lord told the group of internationally known doctors industrialists ecologists and labor representatives that he would confess his sins Lord's sins included iron mine waste and use of DDT on a state . level against Minnesota mosqui- tos Then he pointed the finger of guilt at industrialists frightened bureaucrats and uninvolved labor unions There is no ecol- ogy ethic in this country ... ... yo). Dr.Selikoff where it is not a sin to kill for , profit Lord stated that if the public regard towards ecology does not change that we will be faced with the ultimate cost benefit analy- sis which is some must die so that others may profit Present for the SOEH Award Dinner Dinner were OSHA administrator Eula Bingham who had just become SOEH's president for the coming year and IBPAT'S Research Director Henry Wilson THE JOURNAL = 11