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FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT DATE 1975 Aug DOC PAINT038 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article from Painters and Allied Trades Journal AUGUST AUGUST 1975 CIRCULATING Brotherhood skills skills on displaydisplay the Cover Craftsmen possess- ing a myriaodf skills comprise ranks of our Brotherhood NEWS AND FEATURES Inside Front page Cover From the General President . 2 Brotherhood Craftsmen Display Their Skills : 6 Joint Health Committee Evaluates Test Results House Passes Situs Picketing Bill 10 Soviet Author Speaks Out Against Detente 13 DC 2 Honors Hunn as Eagan Assumes Top Post DEPARTMENTS page 14 Local District Council News 16 Labor Beat 17 Canadian Labour 18 The Sports Scene 19 General Executive Board Minutes 29 Financial Report DEVOTED TO THE TRADE INTER^ STSOF RESIDENTIAL # COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL # SIGN 'PICTORIAL COACH AUTOMOBILE @ AIRCRAFT e MACHINERY e RAILWAY EQUIPMENT e GLAZING e CARPET e LINOLEUM e SOFT TILE PAINT AND VARNISH MAKING BRUSH MAKERS AND TO THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT IN GENERAL Any member or subordinate body other publishing programs souvenirs or other documents of any description must not designate them as The Official Journal of the Brotherhood or as The Painters and Allied Trades Journal either upon the publication itself on their advertising contract forms or stationery MICHAEL DISILVESTRO 7 pe Publisher and Editor ~ ; 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. Additional entry at Indianapolis Indiana . 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 MAD^ PAPER PRINTED WITH UNION MADE INK VOLUME 89 No. 8 AUGUST 1975 The official journal of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades organized March 15 1887 and the only publication issued under its auspices TT Tay LABOR PRESS S. FRANK RAFTERY General President = 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 MICHAEL DISILVESTRO General Secretary 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 General Vice Presidents BERNARD SNIEGOWSKI 1st District 1443 Westchester Blvd. Westchester Ill 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 Dr. ; Irvine Calif 92664 GUY LEBER 5th District . 305 Oxfordshire Lane Louisville Ky 40222 ROBERT J. PETERSDORF 6th District 13639 Ferris Ave. Apple Valley Minn 55068 WILLIAM A. DUVAL 7th 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 District FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT DATE 1975 Aug DOC PAINT038 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article from Painters and Allied Trades Journal AUGUST 1975 CIRCULATING Brotherhood skills skills on displaydisplay NEWS AND FEATURES Inside Front Cover From the General President _ 2 Brotherhood Craftsmen Display Their Skills 6 Joint Health Committee Evaluates Test Results 8 : House Passes Situs Picketing Bill 10 Soviet Author Speaks Out Against Detente 13 DC 2 Honors Hunn as Eagan Assumes Top Post DEPARTMENTS page 14 Local District Council News 16 Labor Beat 17 Canadian Labour 18 The Sports Scene 19 General Executive Board Minutes 29 Financial Report DEVOTED TO THE TRADE INTER^ STSOF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL SIGN 'PICTORIAL COACH # AUTOMOBILE e AIRCRAFT e MACHINERY e RAILWAY EQUIPMENT e . GLAZING e CARPET e LINOLEUM SOFT TILE e PAINT AND VARNISH MAKING BRUSH MAKERS AND TO THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT IN GENERAL Any member or subordinate body other publishing programs souvenirs or other documents of any description must not designate them as The Official Journal of the Brotherhood or as The Painters and Allied Trades Journal either upon the publication itself on their advertising contract forms or stationery ~ MICHAEL DISILVESTRO Publisher and Editor , 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. Additional entry at Indianapolis Indiana 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 MAD~ PAPER PRINTED WITH UNION MADE INK VOLUME 89 No. 8 AUGUST 1975 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 COM S. FRANK RAFTERY : General President 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 MICHAEL DISILVESTRO General Treasurer 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 . General Vice Presidents BERNARD NIEGOWSKI 1st District 1443 Westchester Blvd. Westchester Ill 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 Dr. Irvine Calif 92664 GUY LEBER 5th District . 305 Oxfordshire Lane Louisville Ky 40222 ROBERT J. PETERSDORF 6th District 13639 Ferris Ave. Apple Valley Minn 55068 WILLIAM A. DUVAL 7th 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 District The Decade of Job Safety _ Joint Committee Evaluates Health Tests Nothing is more impor| tant to our Brotherhood than safety and health and in this area few ac- tivities are more impor- tant than the National Joint Safety and Health Committee which periodi- probably are not a major prob- lem + respiratory problems associated with sandblasting are controllable if proper precautions are taken although silicosis is still a serious problem the effects of titanium on the over 200 paint makers who were Medicine attended the day meet- meet- ing Dr. Selikoff director of Environ- mental Medicine at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York and the nation's leading authority on environmental medicine showed Committee members slides which cally brings together the accumulated experience of IBPAT industry and examined with pulmonary and blood tests are awaiting further refinement of the blood test specialists in occupational safety and medi- cine The Committee meet- ings are but one aspect of IBPAT's ranging safety program General President S. Frank Raf- tery at our 23d General Convention last September declared this to be The Decade of Job Safe- ty The Joint Committee is a vital component of IBPAT's efforts to provide analysis asbestos in spackling compounds has raised serious health ques- tions as to its effect on both drywall finishers and- painters who handle spackling com- pounds the whole area of lung disease and the mixed dusts that are in the working.environment working.environment of the painter taper and floor coverer need further research and further research is needed to determine the effects of various materials on the central nervous rays while some drywall workers in the trade 20 or more years have abnormal rays Dr. Selikoff said that of 10 spackling compounds analyzed by his associates at Mt. Sinai nine were found to contain asbestos He indicated that mixing spacklingdrywall compounds exposes the drywall finisher to 10 times the current quality standard set by the Occu pational Health and Safety Administration for such work Sweeping the floor after sanding the finished our members with safe system of workers in the trade and healthful working conditions The with three areas of complaint regard to central nervous system involve loss of conscious- OSHA standards governing asbes tos in the air wenags Preliminary findings of the IBPAT mobile medical van testing program were evaluated during a recent meeting of the National Joint Safety and Health Committee held at Brotherhood headquarters in Washington The Committee comprised of members of our Brotherhood in- members of our Brotherhood contractor and industry representatives heard Dr. Irving J. Selikoff of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine say that initial by no means final -test findings indicate that IBPAT members do not seem to exhibit symptoms of lead poisoning skin lesions resulting from exposure to painting materials ness narcotic symptoms and neurologic abnormalities - The Committee the only such vertical manufacturer labor safety group in the U.S. lems affecting both drywall finishers and painters Dr. Selikoff observed that serious research must also done with regard to the floor cover elected IBPAT Research Director Francis X. Burkhardt its secretary General Vice President Jack T. Cox is chairman of the Committee which was formed following our Brotherhood's 1969 General con- vention Representatives of IBPAT the Painting and Decorating Con tractors Association Gypsum Drywall Contractors International the especially floor sanders who may be exposed to the same asbestos fibers as drywall finishers Future examinations by Mt. Sinai will clude floor coverers Dr. Selikoff indicated that what ever the exposure to airborne hertos a strong correlation between workers who smoke National Paint and Coatings Asso- ciation Pittsburgh Paint and Glass Industries the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and the Mount Sinai School of . ettes get lung cancer at a rate times higher than smokers who not work with asbestos 6 THE JOURNAL at of 10 alyzed by nai estos He Dr. Selikoff's test findings be verified by further testing throughout the U.S. and Canada-re based on the examination re- sults of more than 1,000 painters paint makers and drywall finishers Scores of Brotherhood members have been tested by IBPAT's Mobile Diagnostic Unit which has performed examinations in New York Los Angeles St. Louis and Toledo Ohio The mobile diagnostic van from which initial test results are coming . inis a cooperative effort of IBPAT and the National Institute for Oc- cupational Safety and Health NIOSH which contracted with Mt. Sinai School of Medicine to operate the van Dr. Selikoff said that members are being tested for among other things exposure to titanium lead asbestos silica wood dust quartz and polyvinyl chloride Serious findings of cancer and cirrhosis of the liver among workers exposed to polyvinyl chloride a comparatively new substance illus- trates the need for continuous studies into new materials Polyvinyl chloride is just one example of the health hazards posed by rapidly changing technology The fact is man has created a new environment but he has not created a new man General President Raftery said : We still have the same physical characteristics that our ancestors had we still need clean air to breathe and clean water to drink We have developed no second sight that tells us when a seemingly harmless vapor is doing insidious damage to our health he said As a result of Dr. Selikoff's research to date the National Joint Safety and Health Com- - mittee suggested that the fol- lowing areas receive further : . study e } Clinical studies in prog- : ress Workplace environmental evaluation Toxicological evaluation of paint materials Nervous system toxicity Lung disease in painters -pathology Cancer hazard epidemi- ological laboratory Mutagenicity laboratory , and Accidents Continued testing is important for IBPAT members consistently rank among the top five construc- tion trades in the average number of worker's compensation awards they receive Painters and allied trades- men constantly face many workrelated health hazards whether working with compounds found in paint varnish solvents and exotic coatings or with such materials as gypsum board IBPAT . members also work often in extremely dan- gerous places skyscrapers or on.bridges on.bridges Exposure to level agents can cause chronic illness and the onset of these illnesses often is not noticed Therefore they go un- recognized uncounted and uncom- pensated SO For atte.nattteintoionn has been on accidents on what you can see happen the loss of an arm a leg an eye and the loss of life Gen- eral President Raftery has said What we are concentrating on now is what you cannot see mate- rials that the microscope measures and the laboratory analyzes The harmful effects of these chemicals can be just as disastrous just as disabling just as permanent and , death just as certain Shown during the recent meeting of the National Joint Safety and Health Committee in G. T. Destefano PPG Industries Dr. John F. Finklea NIOSH General PresidentPresident Washington are from left to right MSSM Richard H. Gimer GDCI Frank Chebatoris David Barr IBPAT General Counsel Robert GDCI S. Frank Raftery Dr. Irving G. Selikoff Ken Bridbord NIOSH John Pecoraro IBPAT Jack Cox IBPAT BPAT Lou Sline PDCA Dr. William Roland NPCA John Alfarone , IBPAT William Duval IBPAT Francis Burkhardt Nicholson MSSM William MSSM also present but not pictured were Alex Belforte PDCA Carl Bradley PDCA and Kingsley Kay IBPAT and Howard Leederman GDCI Cepparulo Richard Dye AlbertAlbert Ross Peter Verkerke and James Damery