[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 125 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        DAVE MOORE: A GUARDIAN FOR WORKER FAIRNESS IN SAN DIEGO

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 12, 1996

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, I rise today to recognize 
Dave Moore, the business manager and financial secretary of Local 465 
of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, who will be 
justly honored as the 1996 Labor Leader of the Year by the San Diego 
County Building & Construction Trades Council on September 14, 1996.
  Dave Moore was born into a union family in Schenectady, NY, and went 
on to spend his life in the larger union family that is the labor 
movement. Arriving in San Diego in 1960, he was quickly hired by San 
Diego Gas & Electric Co. His leadership qualities were obvious within 
his union, which made him a steward in 1962, and he achieved the 
position of journeyman lineman by 1967.
  As Dave Moore's skills and knowledge increased, so did his zeal to 
serve--and to lead--his coworkers and his union. All of these qualities 
were duly recognized when, after 8 years as a steward, Dave was elected 
to his union's executive board. So successful were his two terms that 
he was appointed assistant business manager.
  Dave was elected president of Local 465 in 1980 for two terms, and 
then served for two successive terms as the Local's business manager. 
Never forgetting his roots or his union brothers and sisters, he 
resumed work at San Diego Gas & Electric Co. for 3 years before being 
reelected as the Local's business manager for the third time in 1995. 
Dave Moore is a back-to-basics labor leader, ever watchful and alert to 
threats to the dignity of workers and always working and fighting for 
fair pay and fair treatment. He has worked to gain benefits such as 
health care, pensions, and parental leave, not only for his own family, 
but for the whole union family.
   Mr. Speaker, I join labor leaders and many others in San Diego in 
congratulating Dave Moore on receiving the Labor Leader of the Year 
Award from the San Diego Building & Construction Trades Council.

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