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Honor Roll
This section is reserved for Officers who go ubove and beyond.We will be posting these shortly. Any Member can recommend someone for this page. Please let us know of any deserving situation.
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Our Beloved Vice-President & Chief Steward 2000-2002
| Wally Brown |
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| 1947 - 2004 |
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  Wally Brown, 56, died Saturday, March 27, 2004, in North Richland Hills.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday at Shannon Rose Hill Funeral Chapel. Burial: noon in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive visitors 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Brown owned and operated Ethics Garage and Resale and worked part time for Kohl's department store in Grand Prairie.
Mr. Brown served during the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army. He worked with the El Paso Sheriff's Department as a homicide investigator and with the attorney general's office as an investigator. He also worked for the Cockrell Hill Police Department.
Survivors: Wife of 19 years, Norma Brown; son, Patrick Ponce and wife, Priscilla, of Arlington; daughters, Valerie Ponce and Tafana Brown of Fort Worth; sister, Odie Brown of Flint, Mich.; and grandchild, Teresa Ponce of Arlington.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 3/30/2004. | |
One voice carries complaints to management that things are not right. One voice asking for changes in the system. We need to keep that one voice going strong. To be heard you must be respected. To earn respect you must be professional. To be professional you must be polite and respectful of the Management's authority.
You must stay strong with your beliefs. Even when things look bleak, you must remember to keep your cool. If you get in a yelling match with your supervisor, you will probably lose. Negotiation only succeeds if both parties keep talking. Once it gets out of control, nothing gets accomplished.
Always remember to obey the orders of your Supervisors unless it threatens life or limb or is a violation of Law. If you feel the order is not right, write it down, date it, and sign it. Then call your Union Representative. Let us work on the problem without risking your job. Sometimes it takes awhile to get a task accomplished, so be patient. These problems did not start overnight and they will not be solved overnight.
Keep up the Good Work
Ronald E. Smith President Local 203
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BLind Man
Woe is the blind man who cannot see
Everything that the Unions do for you and me.
We strike and picket and say low rates are not fair.
40-hour workweeks, overtime, benefits, and pension
And yet you don't seem to care.
How long must you suffer and do without?
All because of a man who fills your head with doubts.
Broken promises and dreams that you wish would come true.
All you have to do is run a little faster and I promise I will make it up to you.
Please wake up and realize what I say is true.
The only one who can make a difference is you.
Someday, I hope to see all the blind men walking with me.
Proud and tall we will stand.
Who deserves it more than the working man?
"Don't believe it!" your boss will say.
Of course he will, he wants the rest of your pay.
Don't be scared.
Do what you think is right.
Stand up for yourself.
Come join the fight.
Listen to your boss and foreman and all you will see
Is nothing because a blind man is all you will be.
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One day a farmer's donkey (Bob) fell down into a well.
The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure
out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, and the well
needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve
the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him.
They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.
Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads
later, the farmer finally looked down the well, and was astonished at
what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey
was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the
animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon,
everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to
getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells
just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!
Remember the five simple rules to be happy
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.
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