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October 2005 IBEW Journal Transitions Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 Retired Brother Turner has been appointed temporary International Representative by President Edwin D. Hill, assigned to join a building trades campaign to organize the residential construction market in Arizona. Brother Turner says, “It was great to be part of the planning for the new International Office and meeting members and leaders throughout the Sixth IEC District.” As business manager of Tucson, Arizona, Local 570 from 1988 until 2004, Brother Turner represented workers in a broad range of occupations including those members who fly surveillance radar balloons on the U.S.-Mexican border. He also served as president of the Arizona State Association of Electrical Workers and as secretary-treasurer of the Southern Arizona Building and Construction Council. He retired as business manager last winter. Brother Turner is enthusiastic about his new assignment. “There is an opportunity to get the work back and reverse the ‘race to the bottom’ in pay and benefits in the residential sector,” he said. Arizona has 3,500 to 5,000 residential electricians and 35,000 to 45,000 construction trades working on new housing. The time is right, he says, to organize this immigrant work force. The IBEW wishes Brother Turner well in his new position.
Appointed A journeyman lineman and longtime Local 66 leader, Brother Lucero represents 3,000 utility and outside members in 57 counties across south Texas. Within the IBEW, he serves on the National Utility Restructuring Committee, the National Outside Construction Task Force and the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus. Brother Lucero was initiated into Local 66 in 1977, when he was hired into the Houston Light and Power apprenticeship program. A lead steward, he was an instructor at the apprenticeship school and served on the Houston Light and Power apprentice lineman committee. At the local level, Brother Lucero served on the negotiating, salting, market recovery, organizing and political action committees. He was elected business manager and financial secretary in 1992. Brother Lucero is president of the Texas State Association of Electrical Workers and serves on the executive board of the Harris County AFL-CIO. A strong advocate of labor/ management partnerships, he is on the planning board of the Houston Built-Rite Partnership, a tripartite alliance among business owners, contracting companies and the Houston Gulf Coast Building and Construction Trade Council. Brother Lucero is also on the planning committee for the Texas State Labor/Management Conference. Married with two children, Brother Lucero enjoys fishing, hunting, baseball, football and NASCAR in his spare time. The officers, staff and members of the IBEW congratulate Brother Lucero and wish him luck in his new position.
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William Turner retired as a member of the International Executive Council for the Sixth District on August 1, 2005. 
The IBEW is pleased to announce the appointment of Houston, Texas, Local 66 Business Manager Gregory Lucero as Sixth District International Executive Council member, effective August 1, 2005. He replaces William H. Turner, who retired.