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Show Thursday. IWember Railroads still remain most unionized private industry - WASHINGTON (API For more than a century-- , the nation's railroad unions have constituted the aristocracy of American labor. But mergers, spinoffs, deregulation and technical innovation are eroding that elite status. Since the 1920s, rail union mem- bers have enjoyed the highest wages and the most protection from the government of any unionized "Todav there are about 400.000 railroad workers in America now compared to 4 million in 1946." says Thomas R. Donahue, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO- . "That's a 90 percent loss of union jobs and that's the kind of history we live with. " Rail, employment now is only 45 percent of what it was in 1967 and ed many ot me jurisdictional ana omous division. Hardin's er unions. d one-tent- "We've reached a juncture in the history of rail labor where 15 unions contenting for the representation rights for 325.000 members is no longer practical." said D W. Collins, the UTU's assistant secretary-tr- "While those who are working are still at the top of the scale in wages and benefits, the constant disruptions and 'there would appear to be more to come." says Richard 1. Kilroy. president of the Brotherhood of Railway amd Airline Clerks (BRACi. "While those who are working are still at the top of the scale in wages and benefits, the constant disruptions and fear of losing their jobs have taken some of the joy out of it." With a pay scale of $13.64 per hour, the 100.000 active railroad employees belonging to Kilroy s union are among the highest paid clerical workers in the country. But to maintain that status with a 6.5 percent pay increase spread over four years. BR AC and the other rail unions this year conced- 200,000-memb- However, the locomotive engineers, who themselves pulkxl out of the AFL-CItwo decodes ago. were not yet ready to give up their elite status at the pinnacle of rail labor by merging with lower-paitrainmen and conductors. "There could be something down the road. I suppose, but the time for it is not now." said BLK President Robert Delaney. The Carmen's union, on the other hand, looked upon a merger of its 23.000 working members into a bigger union as the only route to their survival in the distant future. The union had lost 21.000 working recreation. When Jakubowski gazes at the green forests summits of the and here for snow-silvere- d Adirondacks, he sees the green and silver of dollars and cents. "The Adirondacks are fantastic secret in the Unitthe best-keed States." Jakubowski said in an interview at his new wilderness home, the palatial Camp Topridge built by the late cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. Jakubowski, who calls himself a "normal, hardworking guy" and a "crazy Polish kid from Camden." has been raising eyebrows among North Country folks ever since he bought Topridge for $911,000 at a controversial state auction in 1985. The compound, with 45 19th century buildrustic elegantly ings perched on a wooded spine of 105-ac- land between two lakes, was given to the state by Mrs. Post's heirs in 1974. Because the statt Constitu- tion's 'Forever Wild" clause proland hibits sale of state-owne- d Adironwithin the 6 million-acr- e dack Park, preservationists protested the auction. "They thought I was going to put in high-rise- s here, or put in a motel or something," said Jakubowski. who agreed to strict limits on the property's use as a condition of sale. "As you can see. I'm just living here, minding my own business." This past summer. Jakubowski riled historians in Plattsburgh, on Lake Champlain. when he outbid the state and bought Crab Island for $190,000. The local historical society tried to get the state to seize the island from Jakubowski. They said selling Crab Island, the gravesite of 150 American and British sailors who died in a key battle of the War of 1812. was like selling Arlington National Cemetery. "I just fell in love with it. I knew there was historical significance there, but I didn't expect this uproar," said Jakubowski. "I'm going to save it. I'm a man who saves everything." Jakubowski has bought a string of other properties in the Adirondacks, including a spring-wate- r "But after that first rush of pleasure, the likely consequence would have been irreparable harm to the lives of far too many members." he said, citing the thousands of air traffic controllers, airline workers and copper miners who "serve as reminders how dangerous a strike can be in these times." Instead. Kilroy and other rail union chiefs, noiably Fred Hardin Unof the United Transportation ion, are turning to mergers as a way to increase power at the bargaining table. BRAC last summer absorbed the r Brotherhood of Railwav Carmen as a semiauton- - piggyback operations where truck trailers or ship containers are simply loaded onto flat cars. Also, many railroads that used to build own non-unio- Bob Brown Recent for Park Agency, in the which regulates land-us- e region. "A guy like Roger Jakubowski shows people the entrepreneurial spirit can work, and that maybe it can work for them too if they're willing to take a risk and start a new venture. It's very healthy for the park's economy." "Agent of the Month Bob Brown" holds the record at Bill Brown Realty for producing the highest num ber of transac-- i io n s in on el month (14 1. He has won "Agent of the t Month'' ' -i ' l- ' v v t J Filter among filters e filter at PPti Marcus Fuselier reaches up to replace an Industries Lake Charles, La., chemicals plant. Air fed through the intakes combusts with natural gas in the turbines to produce power and steam for chlorine and caustic soda manufacture. The filter elements are checked regularly and replaced, if needed to prevent that reduces turbine efficiency. dirt huild-up three at Bill Brown Realty, and hel has distinguished himself as an standing real estate Bob. originally from Southern California, BYU and served on Colorado. Leon professional. Riverside in has attended a mission to Jeannot Leon A. Jeannot has joined the Utah Division of Ford, Bacon & Davis. Incorporated as District manager of Business Development. In his new capacity, he will be months out of the eight months of his employmentl for "He's inspirational. A good example." said Steve Ermann. ecospecialist J i- Trends more than a century. Business and civic leaders in the economically depressed Adirondack region, where tourism is the main industry and unemployment rates run high, have welcomed Jakubowski's money and enthusiasm. the Adirondack their in are buying them instead from outside, and often manufacturers. Lake Ozonia in St. Lawrence County, where he says he plans to build vacation homes; a mile of Lake Champlain shoreline; a store in Saranac Lake: and the Big Tupper Ski Center. "I'd like to buy the whole Adirondack Park." said Jakubowski. pacing animatedly before a blazing, cavernous stone fireplace. "I say they'll put it up for sale eventually." That would take an amendment to the state Constitution, which has nomic development freight cars shops company on Lake Champlain; Pittsburgh's WKDR radio station; protected J members since 1981. partly because railroads are using fewer but bigger boxcars that require fewer repairs and are relying more on 50.000-membe- the Adirondacks $h'J v ' d Kilroy Millionaire move-i- n has locals raising eyeorows PAUL SMITHS. N.Y. (AP) -Roger Jakubowski quit high school to peddle meat when he was 17. when bought his first Rolls-Royc- e he was 19 and went on to build a fast-foo- d multimillion-dolla- r and pinball empire on New Jersey's boardwalks. Now, the entrepreneur has retreated from the coastal New Jersey fast lane and immersed himself in the wilds of northern New York's Adirondack Mountains. He hasn't come for the quiet life in the woods, though, and he isn't x V easurer. fear of losing their jobs have taken some of the joy out of it." I. J - 30,000-membe- blue-coll- ar Richard located in the BbBron investor and recently as a valuable member of the Bill Brown Realty Board of Directors. Receiving his broker's license in 1983. Brown is a graduate of both the John Lambleau School of Real Estate and the Tom Hopkins course, and he is now pursuing the GRI and CRS designations. As an investor and investment counselor, he has produced investment seminars and bought and sold many pieces of income property for his own portf olio. As well as working for Osmond and Martensen Real Estate companies he has owned his own brokerage and has served as Chairman on the Public Relations Committee for the Utah County Board of Realtors. Not only distinguished as an out Salt Lake City fice of Ford. ofBa-co- n Davis & where he will have responsibli-t- y for marketing LA and sales activil.t'on .It'unnul ties lor the min and minerals ing processing industries. Jeannot has over 23 years of experience in engineering, sales marketing and management with engineered products and services for the mining process and transportation industries. A graduate of Drury College, he holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He is also a member of the Society of Mining Engineers. Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute, Society of Value Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers. Jkhls E.K. Lane E.K. Lane was recently honored as Bill Brown Realty's Salesman of the Month. Originally from Bath, Maine, Lane received his real estate license in the San Francisco Bay Area and practiced as a broker in Richmond, Fremont, and Vaca-villAfter earning his license in Financial Planning. E.K. came to Provo in 1981, and in 1982 joined Bill Brown Realty. He has been Bill Brown Realty Salesman of the Year in 1984 and" Salesman of the Month three others months of this year. 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SPIRIT RISTMAb CH OF the Capture Zenith Compact VHS Camcorder 31 90,000 tradesmen. To some degree they still do, despite an onslaught of challenges from rail owners who. until Tigress deregulated the industry in 1980 could, with a wink from the government, pass along rising labor costs. "That formalized mating dance has broken down," says Charles Rehmus, retired director of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Michigan and a leading expert on railroad-labo- r relations. Traditionally, this was an industry that did riot fight the unions once the (1926) Railway Labor Act was put in place." Rehmus said. 'No question, the primary sufferers of deregulated transportation modes have been unionized workers, who in the hundreds of thousands have taken wage cuts, lost their jobs and seen their standard of living fall." Still, the nation's 23 major Class 1 railroads remain the most unionized private industry in the country. Only the government-ownePost Oflice has a higher concentration of union members. Unlike the Post Office, however, h the railroads have only the employees thev had at the end of World Warll. - Pago union of trainmen, conductors and firemen for years has been trying r unsuccessfully to absorb the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers into its fold, most recently two months ago. Hardin pulled the ITU out of the AFL-CIlast April after it was censured for trying to win 2.01V Amtrak employees away from oth- work rules it had won over the past decades. "I assure that it would have given me, and I'm sure many of you. great pleasure to put rail management in the hot seat they had reserved tor us." Kilroy said in a ratification package mailed to BR AC members last March. THF HERALD, Provo Utah, 4, lORfi ' Ji |