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October 2005 IBEW Journal

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Retired

Joseph Anthony McCafferty

First District International Executive Council member and secretary Joseph A. “Tony” McCafferty retired from his council position effective August 1, 2005. He had served on that body since his election in 1991.

Brother McCafferty, who was a longtime business manager of Norristown, Pennsylvania, Local 380, said, “We are as strong now if not stronger than we were in 1991. Financially we are on very solid ground. I think the IBEW is going to be around for a very long time.”

A journeyman inside wireman, Brother McCafferty was initiated into Local 380 in 1961. Soon after topping out of the apprenticeship program, he was appointed to the Montgomery County AFL-CIO council. Brother McCafferty was appointed to the local’s executive board in 1971 and soon became recording secretary. He was elected business manager/ financial secretary in 1985. During his tenure, Brother McCafferty was trustee of the health, welfare and annuity fund, secretary of the joint apprenticeship committee and the labor management committee. He also served as president and secretary of the Eastern Pennsylvania Business Managers Association. Brother McCafftery retired as Local 380 business manager in August 2003.

As milestones in his years on the IEC, Brother McCafferty counted the election of a new international president, President Hill in 2001, and the successful 1996 effort to strengthen the pension benefit fund.

Brother McCafferty and his wife, Eleanor, have one son, two daughters and four grandchildren.

Brother McCafferty ac­cepted an appointment as temporary Third District International Representative, effective August 1. In his new job, he will be assisting intensified organizing efforts in central and western Pennsylvania. The officers, staff and members of the IBEW thank Brother McCafferty for his years of service and wish him continued success.

Appointed

Joseph P. Calabro

Joseph P. Calabro was appointed to the International Executive Council for the First District on October 1, 2005, to replace Joseph McCafferty.

Brother Calabro, who attended Rutgers University, was only 29 years old when he became business manager of Newark, New Jersey, Local 1158 in 1993.

Local 1158, representing employees in the public and private sector in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, has grown under his leadership from 1,800 members to almost 3,500 today.

Brother Calabro has led several labor and community bodies, receiving numerous awards for his leadership. He is past chairman of the Essex Labor Coalition; co-chairman of the Essex Labor Advisory Committee; trustee of the New Jersey State AFL-CIO Community Service Agency and a member of the Columbian Foundation, a charitable community service organization.

He helped estab­lish the “Child Safe Program,” in Essex County, which en­ables youngsters in need of help to go to any county facility or vehicle displaying the “Child Safe” sign.

Brother Calabro, married and the father of two, is an avid boatman, racing for many years in the Offshore Power Boat Racing Association circuit throughout the country. He was a two-time national champion and also won the world championship in his boat class.

The officers and members of the IBEW congratulate Brother Calabro on his appointment to the IEC.

President Hill (right) administers the oath of office to newly appointed First District IEC member Joseph Calabro (left) and Sixth District IEC member Gregory Lucero.