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Work Heating Up
Northeast natural gas expansion
fuels jobs and training
Operating Engineer
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Winter 2014 • Volume 157, No. 1
Brian E. Hickey, Editor
Jay C. Lederer, Managing Editor
Keystone XL Awaits Final Decision
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Right-to-Work Battles Spread
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Pipe Dreams Can Come True
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Canadian Local Invited to Asia
Departments
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Gulf Coast segment complete, begins operations
New fights spring up across state, national borders
Jobs and training come to Connecticut local
British Columbia Trade Mission Includes IUOE
05 From the General President
06 Education & Training
18 Healthcare
18 HAZMAT
20 Local Spotlight
24 GEB Minutes
28 In Memorium
[cover] A multi-billion dollar natural gas expansion in
Connecticut is fueling more jobs and specialized pipeline
training for IUOE Local 478 members.
[photo] Sean Gallup/Getty Images News
[right] The first pilings of a new span that will replace the
existing Tappan Zee Bridge have been placed in the icy waters
of the Hudson River in New York.
[photo] EarthCam
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From the General President
[James T. Callahan]
Opportunities on the Road Ahead
Proactive engagement will define success
A NEW YEAR has begun, full
of promise and opportunity. The
economy has shown signs of life as we
prepare to put this long term recession
in the construction industry behind
us. A productive summer gave back
some of the gains towards the end
of the year, as we slid back to double
digit unemployment in the industry.
However, bright spots abound with
solid membership gains in many
regions of the International.
I’m
cautiously optimistic that work will
pick up across the board in the second
quarter of this year.
One of these bright spots has been in
oil and gas pipeline work. The recently
completed Gulf Coast segment of the
Keystone XL Pipeline resulted in over
2 million hours of work for Operating
Engineers. A decision on building the
Northern segment is still pending, but
a recent environmental assessment
issued by the State Department
gives us hope that it will be approved
this spring. Pipeline projects of all
kinds will benefit from a new, three
year National Pipeline Agreement
negotiated between IUOE and the
Pipe Line Contractors Association last
month.
As we emerge from the recession,
we are still facing well funded and
coordinated attacks on our collective
bargaining
rights.
Capturing
employment gains and defeating
external threats means standing united
with the other trades. To that end, the
IUOE has re-affiliated with the Building
& Construction Trades Department as
of the beginning of the year. Raising
our collective voice and acting with
common purpose will benefit not
only our members, but all union
construction tradesmen throughout
the U.S. and Canada.
If the downturn has taught us
anything, it’s to not pine over the
current predicament, but to prepare
and position ourselves to capture as
many jobs as possible for Operating
Engineers as demand for our highly
skilled members increases. In that vein,
I want to underscore the International’s
role in assisting all local unions
whenever possible, understanding that
one size does not fit all. First and foremost, we will rise and
fight alongside any state or provincial
local that comes under attack by socalled “right to work” legislation or
similar threats to the rights of Operating
Engineers. Several state legislatures
and the Ontario provincial government
are moving in this direction right now.
In addition, the mid-term federal
elections this November could see
an influx of lawmakers to Congress
who would further advance an antiworker agenda. We will never be
able to match the deep pockets of
corporate political funding, but we can
overcome it through member action. It
is critically important that we engage
in these political battles and that every
member carry the union’s message to
co-workers, families and friends.
Second, we are moving forward
with a comprehensive effort to gain
market share in the South. Industry
analysts believe that the Gulf Coast
region is poised to see investment and
development in the oil and gas sector
as high as $190 billion over the next
10 years. Industry heads have voiced
concerns with the mega-contractors
over their ability to meet the future
demand for qualified workers.
To address this, we must make a
commitment to train more individuals
and show them what the union
advantage has to offer. Planning is
underway to build a National Training
Center based in the South to capture
the work that we have traditionally
enjoyed in other regions—notably
Crane, Stationary, Heavy Highway, and
Petrochemical. In turn, high quality
training will serve as a foundation for
an all out Southern organizing effort.
There have been numerous
inquiries from union crane and heavy
equipment vendors who are interested
in participating with us. They see the
potential of shaping policy and safety
regulations nationally with such a
partnership.
Some may say that these are lofty
reaches and that it has the potential of
becoming a white elephant. I believe
that whether the Gulf Coast takes
off as predicted or not, the potential
to increase our market share in the
Southern part of this country begins
with training and is too important to let
such an opportunity pass us by.
Our union is poised to make solid
gains in the coming year. We will be
proactive instead of reactive; and we
won’t shy away from a fight when
warranted. Solidarity is the hallmark
of the Operating Engineers and
standing shoulder to shoulder with
other building trades will benefit all
members—past, present and future—
as we pursue these new opportunities.
Work safe and have a prosperous
new year.
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Education & Training
Training Instructors Come Together
for Crane Curriculum Review
THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND (NTF) presented
a crane curriculum review and rollout for 65 Training
Administrators and Instructors in January at the Maritime
Institute Conference Center in Linthicum, Maryland. The
review included statements from many of the subject
matter experts that helped design and guide this project to
completion.
Also included was a synopsis of the 31 modules in the
new crane training instructor manual, with a snapshot of the
31 power point presentations, including almost 1100 slides,
many with embedded videos for the classroom. This new
curriculum, which took approximately a year and a half to
complete, met with the group’s approval and many requests
for order information.
IUOE Training Directors and Instructors who are
interested in ordering copies of the manual can contact Steve
Brown at (202) 778-2665 or sbrown@iuoe.org
Stationary Engineers Helping to Develop New National Skills
Standards for Energy Management
THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND (NTF) is currently
working with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to
address new national energy management skill standards.
IUOE training, including the NTF’s Energy Conservation
curriculum, helps members develop state-of-the-art craft
skills. In turn, IUOE Stationary Engineers play a pivotal role
in implementing energy management programs.
The DOE is currently working with the National Institute
of Building Sciences on a project called “Better Buildings
Workforce Guidelines.” The IUOE is represented on the
project’s Commercial Workforce Credentialing Council
Board of Advisors by Stationary Department Director Russell
Duke.
Several IUOE Stationary Engineers are also helping to
ensure the union’s voice is heard in setting national skill
standards, by serving as industry practitioner subject matter
experts or alternates. They are participating in a formal
process called job task analysis which will describe in detail
the essential skills needed for energy-related job categories.
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IUOE members already have a tremendous impact
on facility energy management as part of their day to
day responsibilities and their craft skills will increase in
importance as new technologies and work processes are
implemented. The NTF is committed to maintaining the
highest quality standards in the expected expansion of both
training and certification activity for energy conservation.
Training Standard Project Puts Instructors Through the Paces
A TRAINING STANDARD PROJECT (TSP) administration
and evaluator training class was held at the Southern
Apprenticeship Training site in Memphis, TN this past
September. Twelve IUOE and Job Corps Instructors
participated in the three day class. Instructors represented
Locals 624, 513, 627, 3, 320, 841, 649, 627, 66, and 181.
The training covered how to properly administer a TSP
checklist on tasks performed with the excavator, backhoe,
dozer, grader, loader, and scraper.
Actual demonstrations with the equipment helped
participants practice mock evaluations of an operator’s skill
level in performing the task with the piece of equipment.
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Healthcare
Your Health: 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors
Learn about
your condition
and treatments
by asking your
doctor and
nurse and by
using other
reliable sources.
SADLY, MEDICAL ERRORS can occur anywhere in the
health care system: In hospitals, clinics, surgery centers,
doctors’ offices, nursing homes, pharmacies, and patients’
homes. Errors can involve medicines, surgery, diagnosis,
equipment, or lab reports. Errors also happen when doctors
and patients have problems communicating. The best way
you can help to prevent errors is taking part in every decision
about your health care. These tips tell what you can do to get
safer care.
4.
When your doctor writes a prescription for you, make
sure you can read it. If you cannot read your doctor’s
handwriting, your pharmacist might not be able to
either.
5.
Ask for information about your medicines in terms
you can understand—both when your medicines are
prescribed and when you get them:
• What is the medicine for?
• What side effects are likely? What do I do if they
occur?
Medicines
1.
2.
3.
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• Is this medicine safe to take with other medicines
or dietary supplements I am taking?
Make sure that all of your doctors know about every
medicine you are taking. This includes prescription
and over-the-counter medicines and dietary
supplements, such as vitamins and herbs.2
Bring all of your medicines and supplements to your
doctor visits. Talk about them and find out if there are
any problems. It can also help your doctor keep your
records up to date and help you get better quality
care.
Make sure your doctor knows about any allergies and
adverse reactions you have had to medicines. This
can help you to avoid getting a medicine that could
harm you.
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• What food, drink, or activities should I avoid
while taking this medicine?
6.
When you pick up your medicine from the pharmacy,
ask: “Is this the medicine that my doctor prescribed?”
7.
If you have any questions about the directions on
your medicine labels, ask.
8.
Ask your pharmacist for the best device to measure
your liquid medicine.
9.
Ask for written information about the side effects
your medicine could cause. If you know what might
happen, you will be better prepared if it does or if
something unexpected happens.
Hospital Stays
10. Ask
all health care workers who will touch you
whether they have washed their hands. Handwashing
can prevent the spread of infections in hospitals.
11. When
leaving the hospital, ask your doctor to
explain the treatment plan you will follow at home.
This includes learning about your new medicines,
making sure you know when to schedule follow-up
appointments, and finding out when you can get back
to your regular activities.
Surgery
12. If you are having surgery, make sure that you, your
doctor, and your surgeon all agree on exactly what
will be done.
13. If you have a choice, choose a hospital where many
patients have had the procedure or surgery you
need. Patients tend to have better results when they
are treated in hospitals that have a great deal of
experience with their condition.
Other Steps
14. Speak up if you have questions or concerns. You have
a right to question anyone who is involved with your
care.
15. Make sure that someone, such as your primary care
doctor, coordinates your care. This is especially
important if you have many health problems or are
in the hospital.
16. Make sure that all your doctors have your important
health information. Do not assume that everyone has
all the information they need.
17. Ask a family member or friend to go to appointments
with you. Even if you do not need help now, you might
need it later.
18. Know that “more” is not always better. It is a good
idea to find out why a test or treatment is needed and
how it can help you. You could be better off without it.
19. If you have a test, do not assume that no news is good
news. Ask how and when you will get the results.
20. Learn about your condition and treatments by asking
your doctor and nurse and by using other reliable
sources.
When you
pick up your
medicine from
the pharmacy,
ask: “Is this
the medicine
that my doctor
prescribed?”
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Politics & Legislation
Keystone XL Gulf Coast Completed, Northern Leg Still Pending
THE
STATE
DEPARTMENT
recently released a final environmental
impact statement, the fifth one in five
years, for the Keystone XL project, the
1,179-mile northern leg that would
stretch from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele
City, Nebraska. The State Department
conducts the environmental review
and makes recommendations on a
Presidential Permit for projects that
cross international borders.
In a
previous review, the State Department
called the Keystone XL its “preferred
alternative,” stating that it’s a better
environmental and economic option
than other alternatives or even
no project at all. The new study is
consistent with past findings.
In a statement, General President
Callahan called on the Obama
Administration to green light the
project as soon as possible. “Thousands
more skilled construction jobs—jobs
that feed families, pay mortgages, send
kids to college—hang in the balance of
the President’s decision. Today, this
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decision just got easier. ”
After earlier delays in the
environmental review, TransCanada
moved forward with the Gulf Coast
segment of the project, which did not
need a Presidential Permit. In January,
the company began shipping crude
oil through the recently completed
segment. The Gulf Coast segment
begins in Cushing, Oklahoma and
extends south to Nederland, Texas.
The construction of the 487-mile
crude oil pipeline involved more than
11 million hours of labor, including
over 2 million hours of work performed
by members of Operating Engineers
Locals 178, 450 and 627. The Gulf Coast
pipeline will have the initial capacity
to transport 700,000 barrels per day
with the potential to transport 830,000
barrels per day to Gulf Coast refineries.
In addition to the Keystone Gulf
Coast segment, work has begun on
the 48-mile Houston Lateral Project,
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which will transport oil to refineries
in the Houston area. The final route of
the Houston Lateral involves building
a pipeline through the Texas counties
of Liberty, Chambers and Harris to
Houston’s refining center. Operating
Engineers have already logged over
200,000 hours on that project.
Both
pipelines
are
critical
infrastructure projects for U.S. energy
security and the American economy.
Approval of the northern leg of the
Keystone XL Pipeline has the potential
to reduce the amount of oil the U.S.
imports from Venezuela, the Middle
East and other unstable regions of the
world by up to 40 percent.
U.S. crude oil production has been
growing significantly in Oklahoma,
Texas, North Dakota and Montana.
Currently, producers do not have access
to enough pipeline capacity to move
their product to the large refineries
along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Both projects
will address this constraint.
U.S. Senate Races to Dominate 2014 Election Cycle
CONTROL OF THE United
States Senate hangs in the balance
in the November elections.
A
spate of retirements by longtime
Democratic Senators puts a number
of highly vulnerable seats in play
and jeopardizes the current 55-45
majority held by the Democrats.
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA)
Powerful Committee Chairmen,
many of them close friends of the
IUOE, are heading for retirement at
the end of their terms, having had
enough of the bitter partisanship that
now characterizes American politics.
After 30 years in the Senate,
longtime champion of working people
Tom Harkin of Iowa, Chairman of
the Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions Committee, will retire this
year.
General President Callahan
thanked Chairman Harkin for his years
of service. “Few elected officials have
so proudly stood shoulder to shoulder
with Operating Engineers to fight the
good fight. Everyone knows where
Tom Harkin stands on the bread-andbutter issues of working folks,” he said.
Congressman Bruce Braley (DIA) will attempt to fill the vacancy left
by Harkin. He will face the winner
of the multi-candidate Republican
primary in November. Braley has
been a fierce advocate for Operating
Engineers since being elected to
the House of Representatives in
2006, consistently voting to uphold
Project Labor Agreements, support
Davis-Bacon
prevailing
wages,
and to invest in rebuilding the
country’s crumbling infrastructure.
Carl Levin, Michigan’s Senior
Senator and Chairman of the Armed
Services Committee, will also retire
after six terms. Another Congressman
and staunch supporter of IUOE Local
324 waits in the wings to replace him.
Representative Gary Peters (D-MI),
seeks to fill the vacancy created by the
loss of one of the Senate’s giants. Peters
knows that the middle class was built on
the backs of hard-working Americans
who play by the rules and that they are
being squeezed by policies that favor
millionaires and huge corporations.
Peters is leading the fight against bad
trade deals and working hard to restore
the battered construction economy
through investments in transportation,
water and energy infrastructure.
Other powerful Senate Committee
Chairmen leaders are also choosing
to retire this year: Jay Rockefeller, West
Virginia’s Chairman of the Commerce,
Science and Transportation Committee;
Max Baucus, Chairman of Senate
Finance Committee from Montana;
and South Dakota’s Tim Johnson,
Chairman of the Senate Banking,
Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.
A shift in power in the U.S Senate
could see a slew of anti-worker
legislation work its way through the
chamber in coming years. Already,
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
of Kentucky has signaled his desire
to see a national Right to Work bill
pass under his leadership, should
the
Republicans
gain
control.
Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI)
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Right-to-Work (for less)
New Battle Lines Are Drawn in Fight Over Worker Rights
A NEW YEAR brings new legislative
sessions, but an old foe is still targeting
workers and their unions.
IUOE
locals in Ohio and Pennsylvania are
continuing to battle against Right to
Work supporters, while several other
states have been marked for action by
the American Legislative Exchange
Council (ALEC) and the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce. Workers in Missouri,
Oregon and Anchorage, Alaska are
under fire from anti-union, right-wing
politicians bent on widening the huge
wage gap between CEO’s and average
employees.
Unfortunately, corporate greed
knows no bounds – not even
international borders. In the US and
Canada, anti-worker politicians are
seeking to erode the basic workplace
rights that employees have earned
through negotiation over decades.
Why? Anti-labor politicians are giving
political payback to their billionaire
financiers while dismantling Labor’s
political power.
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The anti-labor, Tory conservatives in
Canada are working to erode the Rand
Formula (also known as automatic
check-off ) designed to protect against
free riders – non-union employees
who enjoy the benefits of membership
without paying their fair share. (See
related article on page 13)
Conservatives
say
Right
to
Work is a worker freedom issue.
Monte McNaughton, a provincial
Conservative and labor critic from
Ontario, Canada says “Our proposal
is about worker choice. It is simply
about the worker being able to choose
whether they want to belong to a union
and pay union dues or not.” Sound
familiar? That’s because language
similar to that is being used to move
“workplace freedom” in Ohio.
This is simply a race to the bottom
for workers. In Anchorage, Alaska Local
Ordinance 37 severely hamstrings the
ability of public employees to bargain
collectively.
In Oregon, a citizen
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initiative there is designed to enact
Right to Work on public employees and
limit workers’ influence in politics.
And in Missouri, anti-worker
legislators have crafted a message
around
economic
competition
between states. They say the Show
Me State will lose jobs to Michigan or
Indiana, if they do not pass Right to
Work legislation. When asked about
the studies that prove wages are lower
in Right to Work states, Missouri State
Senator Ed Emory conceded, “sure
they go down.” Makes you wonder who
Senator Emory thinks he represents.
Labor will never be able to match
ALEC and the Chamber dollar for
dollar in these fights. But what we lack
in funding, we make up for in member
action. The conversation has to move
past meetings and the workplace. It
needs to happen at the dinner table, in
our communities, and at the ballot box.
Whenever an opportunity appears, we
must be ready to engage.
Could U.S. Style “Right to Work” Laws Come to Canada?
Rand rightly argued that collective
bargaining,
grievance
handling,
benefits
administration,
pension
administration, and training is of
benefit to all members of a union,
added to higher wages and workplace
representation.
Rand
therefore
concluded that it’s only fair and
reasonable for all union members
to pay for these services which all
members benefit from. His decision
ultimately directed that employers
must deduct union dues from each
paycheck and remit those funds to the
union to keep the agreements in place
and the union functions viable.
Imagine what trade unions and
unionized workplaces would be like if
this well established mandatory dues
check off formula was eliminated.
WHITE ROCK M.P. Russ Hiebert’s
Bill C-377 isn’t the only anti-worker
legislation facing Canadian labour.
There are strong indications that
Conservatives want to bring U.S.-style
‘right to work’ laws into Canada in the
near future.
Of course, the name is misleading.
There’s nothing in these U.S. laws which
guarantees or makes effort to improve
or grow opportunities to work… only
the right to avoid paying union dues for
the services the organizations provide.
Both Ottawa area Conservative
Minister Pierre Poilivere and Ontario’s
provincial
Conservative
Leader
Tim Hudak have recently expressed
support for legislation to do away with
mandatory dues check-off in Canada.
They want to scrap the ‘Rand Formula’
which has been so important to trade
union development in Canada.
The ‘Rand Formula’ is an agreement
between employers and unions that
was put in place in Canada shortly
after the 2nd World War. Following a
bitter and lengthy auto industry strike
in Windsor Ontario in 1946, Supreme
Court of Canada Justice Ivan Rand
established mandatory dues check-off
as part of an arbitrated settlement. The
‘Formula’ was subsequently adopted in
all provinces, and has been a valuable
cornerstone of Canadian labour law
ever since.
The Rand decision basically says
that all members of a trade union
should pay dues in exchange for the
services it recognizes that members
receive from their trade union.
All
union
members
would
continue to benefit from the collective
agreement—but individual members
would be free to decide whether or
not they pay dues. Obviously some
members would decide not to pay
(discreetly or openly, with or without
any valid reason).
That in turn would create “free
riders” who would continue to benefit
personally from the union contract
without having to pay for it, while
unions would still have an expensive
obligation to represent and provide for
all members, paid-up or not. Imagine
the tension, conflict, and financial
stress this would create in unions and
workplaces. Members still paying dues
would greatly resent those choosing
not to, or simply join them.
Eliminating the Rand Formula
is a deliberate recipe for conflict in
the workplace, disputes amongst
employees, and severe weakening or
failure of their unions.
Article: Kevin Willemse/IUOE Local 115
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Pipe Dreams Can Come True
Work in the political trenches pays off for Operating Engineers
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Feature
IN THE ICY DEPTHS of another New England winter,
residents of Connecticut have peace of mind knowing that
relief is on the way. That relief, besides the change of seasons,
will be spearheaded by the men and women of IUOE Local
478 as they trench and set enough new natural gas pipeline to
connect over 300,000 homes and 75% of the state’s businesses
to a cheaper and cleaner alternative to heating oil. The work
is part of an estimated $7 billion home heating expansion
championed by Governor Dannel Malloy, but supported
from the very beginning by the Operating Engineers.
Connecticut is home to Local 478, a 100 year old hoisting
and portable local that has seen the pendulum of history
swing between tremendous prosperity and economic
distress. From the Great Depression of the 1930’s through
the Great Recession of the past decade, Local 478 operating
engineers have overcome adversity by taking whatever steps
were necessary to reinvent themselves and their trade.
When the recession hit in 2008, Connecticut was already
in the midst of a jobs crisis as the State’s once strong
manufacturing based economy was on life support. Many
economists predicted that just as the Northeast was the first
region hit by the recession; it would also be the last to recover.
That made the saying “Find something else to do until 2022”
ring true when it came to Connecticut’s heavy construction
industry. Despite this dire prediction, Local 478 operators
had three characteristics which had seen them through
difficult times in the past. They had an active political
program, a formidable new business organizing strategy and
an unwavering commitment to training and retraining their
members. As long as the Local kept those three objectives at
the forefront, their chances of beating the odds were good.
Opportunity knocked in 2010 when the Local met with
then gubernatorial candidate Dannel Malloy and they seized
it. Malloy was already well known to the Local as Mayor of
the City of Stamford, where he had helped create thousands
of new jobs and obtained more than $90 million in Federal
and State funding for public construction projects. But there
was more. Malloy had substantive policy papers detailing
his plans to increase construction jobs by redeveloping the
State’s university campuses, improving and expanding the
State’s roads and bridges, and laying hundreds of miles of
[left] Local 478 members practice manuvering sidebooms as part
of the Pipeline Training Program.
[photo] IUOE Local 478
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pipelines to bring natural gas from shale
plays in other states into Connecticut.
Local 478 now had a gubernatorial
candidate with a proven track record
and innovative ideas to get behind and
they went to work. During the campaign,
Local 478 members phone banked,
precinct walked and door knocked tens
of thousands of Connecticut voters.
The Connecticut AFL-CIO stated that
Local 478 put in more campaign hours
than any other local union in the state.
In fact, they put in more political hours
than all the other local unions put
together.
As soon as Dan Malloy was sworn
in as Connecticut’s Governor, he
began working in conjunction with the
Operating Engineers on a number of
his proposals including the $2 billion,
10 year expansion of the UConn
Campuses, rebuilding the State’s roads
and bridges and, the crown jewel
of his public construction plan, the
Governor’s Comprehensive Energy
Strategy.
The plan would require
constructing new transmission and
distribution pipelines that would allow
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more than 300,000 homes and 75% of
that State’s businesses to convert to
natural gas for their energy needs.
Still, the Connecticut Legislature
needed to be convinced on the merits of
the energy plan. So Local 478 Business
Manager Craig Metz and COPE Director
Nate Brown reached out to the gas
utilities and joined forces with them
to push the Governor’s energy plan
through. The successful lobbying efforts
by both the union and the utilities went
on into the final hours of the legislative
session. In the process, Local 478 hit
its second objective of finding new
business since the big three gas utilities
were now in a solid alliance with the
union.
Through it all, the Local’s biggest
challenge remained their ability to train
and deliver enough operating engineers
with pipelining skills to meet the
manpower that was going to be needed.
The best way for that to happen was for
the International to send the National
Pipeline Training Program instructors
to Connecticut to teach their intensive,
three-week program.
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[top] Local 478 members taking part in the Pipeline Training Program show off their new
skills to members of the media and invited guests.
[below, left] IUOE General President Callahan and Local 478 Business Manager Craig Metz
stand with local members, pipeline trainers and union staff at the training facility.
[below, right] Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy spoke at the press conference.
[photos] IUOE Local 478
support of IUOE General President
Callahan, Pipeline Training Director
Mike Gavlock and his staff conducted
two back-to-back pipeline training
programs.
Participants completed
rigorous training on the sideboom, the
angle dozer and the backhoe.
During the first training session,
Local 478 hosted a pipeline training
showcase and press conference.
Business
Manager
Craig
Metz
introduced General President Callahan
and Governor Malloy who touted the
benefits of natural gas and praised
the union for their foresight and
commitment to producing the nation’s
best trained pipeline builders.
General
President
Callahan
assured the Governor of the IUOE’s
commitment. “If this work is so
plentiful, we’ll make sure that you have
the best trained people to complete
the job.” Callahan’s assurance that the
International and Local 478 would
ensure that Connecticut’s pipelines
were built right, built safe and built to last
was applauded by Connecticut DEEP
Commissioner Daniel Esty, Connecticut
AFL-CIO President Lori Pelletier, State
Senator Dante Bartolomeo and State
Representative Lonnie Reed who were
also in attendance.
Following the press conference, over
100 attendees including elected officials,
utility
company
representatives
and pipeline contractors got to see
a demonstration of IUOE pipeline
training instructors and their students
performing
hands-on,
in-theseat practical training as Local 478
operating engineers began laying a new
foundation for Connecticut’s energy
future.
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HAZMAT
Local Union Instructors Achieve OSHA Master Trainer
and Safety and Health Specialist Certificates
WHY WOULD INSTRUCTORS pursue OSHA recognitions that require a minimum of 160 hours of training? Because
these recognitions validate a high level of professional development that enables instructors to meet changes in workforce
requirements and the needs of working safety professionals. The OSHA Certificate program provides instructors with a solid
background in OSHA regulatory compliance requirements and complex occupational safety and health issues. This program
has been designed by experienced safety and health professionals and includes training in key areas. Core courses give a
strong foundation in the fundamentals of occupational safety and health. Elective courses enable instructors to focus on the
specialized needs of their workplace.
The IUOE NTF’s National HAZMAT Program
congratulates the following 8 IUOE instructors who
have recently achieved the OSHA Master Trainer
Status from West Virginia University’s National
Resource Center for OSHA Training.
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Keith Adolf, Local Union 825
Bobby Barwick, Turner Job Corps
Hamona Dowell, Local Union 3
Kenneth Keirn, Local Union 158
Rodney Piper, Local Union 825
William Selzer, Local Union 181
Hugh Snow, Local Union 4
Darryl Wagler, Atterbury Job Corps
The National HAZMAT Program also congratulates
the following 3 IUOE instructors who have recently
achieved the OSHA Safety and Health Specialist
Certificate from West Virginia University’s National
Resource Center for OSHA Training. These instructors
may now choose to attend the Teaching Techniques –
Beginner course, an additional 32 hours of training to
earn the OSHA Master Trainer Status.
• Kerry McCormack, Local Union 4
• Sam Redden, Local Union 99
• Henry Simms, Local Union 501
IUOE instructors may refer to the HAZMAT Health and Safety Community for instructors on Blackboard for more information
on the OSHA Safety and Health Specialist Certificate and the OSHA Master Trainer Status. Instructors may also contact the
National HAZMAT Program at (304) 253-8674 or hazmat@iuoehazmat.org with questions.
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National HAZMAT Program 2014 Trainer Course Schedule
THE 2014 TRAINER COURSES are designed to meet instructors’ needs, maintain instructor credentials, and expand the
instructors’ skills and knowledge to meet the changing requirements of the local unions’ membership. The following trainer
courses are scheduled for 2014.
*Dates and courses are subject to change.
Packets with complete information are being sent to Business Managers, Training Directors and Instructors with additional
information including how to apply for a class and class location.
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Local Spotlight
Local 37 Dedicates New Headquarters in Baltimore County
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
Operating Engineers Local 37 recently
opened a new home located in
Dundalk, Maryland. The ceremony
was attended by a slew of local
politicians, as well as many members
of the Union’s executive board,
including Joseph F. Shanahan, Robert
A. Holsey, Jr. and Charles E. McGee,
Jr. Local 37 represents approximately
1,800 members.
Baltimore County Executive Kevin
Kamenetz opened the event by praising
the union’s decision to relocate to
Dundalk.
“It’s good to have Local 37 here in
Baltimore County,” Kamenetz said.
“This is a great move for the union
...and obviously the role that they will
play in the community is exemplified
by the turnout of elected officials,
because we do value your presence.”
Kamenetz followed his speech
by presenting an Executive Citation
commending Local 37 for over 113
years’ worth of work.
‘’The International Union of
Operating Engineers has served as a
valuable advocate for operating and
stationary engineers, significantly
enhancing the quality of Life for
‘families throughout Baltimore County
and the state of Maryland’ Kamenetz
said. “Your commitment to protecting
the rights of Maryland’s workers
should be a source of great pride for
your organization.”
[above] Local 37 leaders and elected officials cut the ceremonial ribbon to open the new
headquarters building in Dundalk, MD. [photo] IUOE Local 37
Shanahan dedicated the new building
to Ronald Buchholz, Jr., a member who
died in 2012, from injuries incurred in
an automobile accident.
Buchholz rose up the ranks of the
union in an extremely short amount
of time, becoming the vice president
in approximately seven years’ time.
According to Shanahan, he was a
beloved member of the union who had
a future as bright as any.
“Ronnie’s death has affected
everyone differently, and we all have
Joseph Shanahan, Local 37’s
Business Manager and International
Trustee, then had an opportunity to
speak, saying that the day marked
another milestone for an already
storied union.
After the ribbon was cut to signify
the official opening of the building,
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fond memories of our time with him,
and each grieves in a different manner,”
said Shanahan. “It is for that reason the
sitting officers and our executive board
and members have come together in
wishing to honor Ron’s life.”
A plague has been placed outside of
the new home for Local37. “We wanted
to put this plaque up so that everyone
who comes in here knows about
Ron Buchholz,” Shanahan said. The
dedication was followed by a moment
of silence in honor of Ron’s life.
Virginia Treacy: Dedicated Trade Unionist Calls it a Career
BORN AND RAISED in the Bronx,
the eldest of five siblings, in what
she calls a traditional Irish/Italian
household; Virginia “Ginny” Treacy
wanted to be a nurse since reading her
Nurse Nancy, Golden Book as a little
girl. She pursued that dream graduating
from the Beth Israel Medical School of
Nursing in Manhattan in 1971.
Ginny loved working with patients,
but she soon realized fighting for
fair wages, benefits, and working
conditions for nurses would help
elevate patient care. Nurses took care
of patients and patients’ families, but
who was taking care of the nurses? In
her early days, Ginny realized nurses’
awareness to issues beyond patient
care was non-existent; nurses felt
powerless in the face of management
and/or physicians.
After several years as a practicing
RN at several New York /New Jersey
hospitals,
Ginny
realized
that
organizing nurses at the facilities in
which they worked was the only way
for nurses to gain equitable treatment
in the workplace. Her first effort as the
internal organizing chairperson in the
hospital where she worked resulted in
an election loss but a new job as a labor
representative for JNESO the labor
division of the New Jersey State Nurses
Association (NJSNA).
Meanwhile, in the larger context
the professional landscape for nurses
was changing. In 1968, nurses began
organizing in the public sector. In
1974, there was a change to the law,
the National Labor Relations Act
that allowed private sector nurses to
organize in their workplaces. Nurses
and healthcare workers realized their
collective
voice was louder than
speaking alone and soon nurses at
facilities began exercising their rights.
of Operating Engineers becoming
JNESO District Council 1-IUOE-AFLCIO with a multi-state jurisdiction.
Currently
the
District
Council
represents just over 5,000 RNs, LPNs,
and professional/ technical members
in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
A firm believer in educating
membership, Ginny credits her
Executive Board, Local Leaders,
members, and staff for their zealous
devotion to the Labor movement as the
main ingredient to JNESO’s successes.
Ginny found her way into the Labor
movement in 1977. She became the
Executive Director at JNESO in 1980.
In 1985, she led her membership, at the
time 2,300 Registered Nurses, out of the
NJSNA and started the independent
professional health care union, JNESO.
Ginny had cut her teeth negotiating
several contracts and strikes and gained
a fierce reputation with members, and
management alike, for negotiating a
tough but fair contract.
In 1992 under Ginny’s leadership,
JNESO members voted overwhelmingly
to affiliate with the International Union
Over the past 37 years, Ginny’s
position at JNESO has evolved from
her traditional duties of organizing,
negotiating,
and
representing
members to include varied educational
presentations from assertive behavior
workshops to steward and advanced
steward training. Ginny has often
expressed the belief that working for
JNESO has been “nursing” on a slightly
larger scale. Like the health care
professionals we represent, trying to
make life better, optimizing our quality
of life while taking care of business.
Ginny is married and is the proud
mother of two adult daughters. She
is a loving mother-in-law and the
proud grandmother of 17 month old,
Kylie. When not working she can be
found on the golf course in any kind
of weather or planning her next golf
excursion. Although Ginny is retiring,
she will remain available for advice
and guidance and for special projects
and educational programs in the years
ahead. Ginny looks forward to spending
quality time with her granddaughter
Kylie and spending more time on the
golf course.
[above] Virginia Treacy, Executive Director
JNESO-District Council 1, IUOE [below]
Treacy in 1971 upon graduating from
nursing school. [article & photos] JNESODistrict Council 1
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Canadian News
Cochrane Part of Official BC Jobs and Trade Mission to Asia
IN A SIGN of respect for the strong
advocacy role played by IUOE Local
115 on behalf of its members, Business
Manager Brian Cochrane was invited by
the province’s Premier, Christy Clark,
on a recent Jobs and Trade Mission to
China, Korea and Japan.
of jobs available to IUOE Local 115
members,” says Cochrane. “We
will work with local, provincial or
national governments who respect our
members’ interests and we will put
aside differences to reach common
goals of mutual benefit.”
Local 115 has been a strong critic
of Clark’s right-of-center BC Liberal
government on important issues like
unemployment and workers’ rights,
but also recognizes that obtaining
needed investment to create jobs is best
The government estimates that up
to 70,000 jobs could be created through
LNG exports, many of them in LNG
plant construction.
It is telling that Cochrane has also
country to BC while denying jobs to any
qualified Canadians who applied.
While the Court case was not
successful in overturning Temporary
Foreign Workers permits, IUOE Local
115 and building trades unions won the
most important battle – in the court of
public opinion, Cochrane said, which
forced government to make positive
improvements to the program.
“IUOE Local 115 will continue to
monitor the Temporary Foreign Worker
Program and take action to protect our
members’ jobs,” said Cochrane.
The new role being played by IUOE
Local 115 is an indication that effective
public advocacy by the union is being
noticed and that the importance of
IUOE Local 115 as a key source of skilled
workers for key resource sector jobs is
being recognized.
[L to R] Brian Cochrane (Business Manager, IUOE Local 115), Lee Loftus (President, BC
Building Trades), Christy Clark (Premier of British Columbia), Tom Sigurdson (Executive
Director, BC Building Trades), Glen Hilton (Business Manager, IBEW Local 993)
achieved when labour, business and
government can find agreement.
So Cochrane joined other private
sector labour leaders, business
representatives
and
government
cabinet minsters to support Premier
Clark’s efforts to bring new jobs to
British Columbia through investment in
natural resource extraction, especially
Liquified Natural Gas exports.
“Our union’s most important role
is to protect and increase the number
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“Operating
Engineers
are
acknowledged leaders in training
workers for skilled jobs across North
America,” Cochrane said. “Our union
can help employers and governments
meet labor market needs but there has
to be support for our members and
unionized jobs at the end of that process
or it doesn’t work.”
played a prominent role in challenging
Canada’s use of Temporary Foreign
Workers from China to develop coal
mining projects in northern British
Columbia.
Cochrane says participating in BC
Premier Clark’s Asian mission helped
both the government, employers
and IUOE Local 115 members, by
showing potential investors that
despite differences, all parties can work
together to create jobs.
Last year Canada’s Conservative
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
changed the Temporary Foreign Worker
Program to end abuses after IUOE Local
115 and other unions went to Federal
Court to fight a government decision
allowing HD Mining – a Chineseowned firm – to bring workers from that
“The previous Premier either
attacked or ignored our union – we are
still here and he is long gone,” Cochrane
said. “We will work in good faith with
governments of any political stripe so
long as they respect our union and our
members – that’s a bottom line that will
never change.”
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uOttawa Power Plant Engineers Celebrate Long Careers
chilled water, natural gas, telephone
lines and electrical cable.
The building is unique in that the
side that faces King Edward Avenue
is made entirely of tinted glass and
exposes all the power plant’s pipes,
wires and machinery to the view of
passing motorists and pedestrians.
[Back row, L to R] Shawn Casey (20 years),
Mike Noonan (2nd Class Relief, Recent
Hiree), Bob Guenette (retiree 23 years),
Wayne Hedges (retiree 47 years), Henri
Major (1971-1996 1st Class Shift Engineer,
Plant Chief 1996-2008 - retired), Jean
Bordeleau (retiree 43 years), Marc Paul
(2nd Class Shift Engineer, 40 years), Julien
Bedard (2nd Class day shift, retired 1995)
AT A SPECIAL retirement event
at the University of Ottawa, Local
772 Power Plant Engineers in
attendance celebrated their years of
experience and career highlights with
great stories of working together and
all the changes at the Plant over the
years. The Engineers in attendance
constituted about 285 years of Power
Plant experience. Marking 47 years
upon his retirement, Wayne Hedges’
colleagues tried to convince him stay
on for another three years so he could
hold a record of 50 years working for the
university as a Power Engineer, without
success. Wayne was anxious to enjoy
his well-deserved retirement. several other buildings. The building
also houses administrative offices,
shops, storage areas and two snowmelting pits. Some three kilometres of
tunnels link buildings throughout the
campus, centralize to meet at the Plant.
These tunnels are used to carry steam,
[Front row, L to R] Andre Forget (Shift
Engineer 2001-2008, Plant Chief
2008-present), Todd Nobert (2nd Class
Shift Engineer, 25 years), Paul Lagasi (2nd
class Shift Engineer, 26 years), Stephan
Berger (3rd class shift Engineer, Recent
Hiree)
[below] The uOttawa Power Plant
The Power Plant is state of the art,
built 40 years ago at a cost of $4.5 million
and inaugurated in 1973, it is some
20,000 square feet in size. The plant
provides controls for all environmental
and mechanical systems throughout the
campus from one central location. Also
located in this complex is a sophisticated
computerized “watchdog” network that
controls temperature, humidity, clocks
and atmospheric conditions in several
laboratories, as well as conditions in
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Death benefits paid
October - December 2013
In Memorium
October 2013
Local 004
Medway, MA
Anthony Barbere
William Bonito
Frederick J. Daly
Donald Medeiros
Jesse L. Morse jr
Robert W. Poland
Frank J. Rines jr
Local 012
Pasadena, CA
Lou Azevedo
Clarence J. Benke
Preston Bickerstaff
Jimmie Brazelton
Carl F. Brooks
Alfred Castro
Dewey Coffman
Stanley Coker
John Culbertson
Miguel De quevedo
David Elder
Jerry Frugia
Donald Gallon
Ray Goin
Robert Groesbeck
Eddie Henderson
James Holmes
Albert Iannarelli
Thurman Jones
Ronald E. Knapp
B. Knowles
Nick Marez
Joe E. Marks
Edward Maxon
John Moody
Edwin Ramsey
Fred J. Silberberger
Dewayne Stout
Clyde Thomason
Francisco Yriqui
Local 014
Flushing, NY
Walter E. Dearing
Ernest V. Digiacinto
William Edkins
William R. Morrison
Albert Scarpati jr
Local 015
Long Island city, NY
James J. Fortune
Henry E. Wallace
Local 016
Harold W. Carter
Local 017
Lakeview, NY
George C. Dovey
Harry J. Gerlach
Leo J. Stoll
Local 018
Cleveland, OH
Carl Auletta
Eugene H. Barr
Patrick A. Corcoran
William P. Givens
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William B. Hilyard
Daniel G. Kelovsky
Charles Kiskadden
Jerald B. Lenning
Dan L. Meager
Harlen Mercer
Robert L. Morris
Frank T. Perry
Richard H. Schilling
David N. Schunatz
Wallace E. Servey
John Shockley
Talmadge J. Stephens
Patrick J. Wright
Local 034
Louis Rassier
Local 036
Ilo Billings
Local 037
Baltimore, MD
James J. Hartsell
Local 049
Minneapolis, MN
Tingvald G. Evenson
Otto A. Haake
Darold E. Olberg
Robert Sesser
Vinal L. Severeid
Local 066
Pittsburgh, PA
Michael J. Barbish jr
James R. Ceyrolles
George O. Dick
Daniel F. Grega
Larry E. Moore
Frederick B. Neuner
Carl L. Rea
Edwin L. Smith
Byron C. Steele
Robert A. Strauser
Paul R. Thompson
Thomas R. Chiado
David L. Goodfriend
Odis H. Goodrich
Warren Hall
Dennis A. Heidmann
Charles S. Novak
Wayne Nuss
Michele Santucci
Local 520
Granite City, IL
Roger J. Behrmann
James D. Easley
Larry J. Nalley
Local 158
Glenmont, NY
Donald B. Brinkman
Francis Dolan
Local 542
Fort Washington, PA
Robert H. Clark
Local 181
Henderson, KY
Bobby J. Vaughn
Local 302
Bothell, WA
Harold Bibbee
Travis W. Brock
William E. Cooke
Andrew F. Crane
James B. Ellis
James G. Mariotti
George T. Ovenell
Lee Young
Local 324
Bloomfield Township, MI
Paul J. Brulla
Gerald L. Diponio
Robin Dougherty
Lester J. Lutat
Elmer Mott
John Paull
Richard D. Price
Donald E. Riedel
Norman Titsworth jr
Rinaldo Vella
Local 351
Borger, TX
Donald E. Hill
Local 071
W .D. Milroy
Local 375
Loyd N. Rowe
Local 103
Indianapolis, IN
William H. Shafer
Local 385
Arnold J. Perdue
Local 115
Burnaby, BC
Wesley K. Brooks
Edwin F. Dobrindt
Jake Enns
John Kirkpatrick
Tony Purcha
Sandy Snihor
Local 139
Pewaukee, WI
Adrian B. Cherney
Eugene Dedolph
Robert J. Johnson
John Michalek jr
David L. Wishau
Local 150
Countryside, IL
Local 400
Helena, MT
George E. Linnell
Local 406
New Orleans, LA
Vernon F. Hebert
Local 428
Phoenix, AZ
Ray L. Edwards
Local 450
Mont Belvieu, TX
Jimmy Pace
Local 478
Hamden, CT
Edward Ryan
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Local 525
Noah Everett
Local 552
H .C. Ferguson
Local 624
Jackson, MS
Billy L. Rogers
Local 701
Gladstone, OR
Roger L. Larson
Melvin Leikas
Eugene Watkins
Local 793
Oakville, ON
Douglas E. Brown
William L. Hineman
Local 825
Springfield, NJ
George R. Soehngen
Local 826
George C. Franklin
Local 832
Rochester, NY
James Chest
Local 841
Terre Haute, IN
Charles O. Hendricks
Local 900
Oak Ridge, TN
Kenneth E. Thomas
Local 912
Columbia, TN
Buster B. Hargrove
Paul F. Lanius jr
Local 917
Chattanooga, TN
Fred H. Brown
Local 926
Rex, GA
R .B. Andrews
Local 955
Edmonton, AB
Sidney J. Gould
November
2013
Local 002
St Louis, MO
Thomas E. Jansen
Joseph Knefelkamp
Local 003
Alameda, CA
David A. Bardine
Martin Best jr
Ronald Burns
Loyal R. Conde
Henry D. Cosio
Lawrenc E. Hale
Leo W. Harrison
Roy A. Harrison
Ruben Hernandez
Clarenc Hutcheson
James Johnson
Howard Kahue
Jim D. Kepley
Bill Lauderdale
Cliff J. Lawrence
Frank Lodl
James E. Nevois
Edward W. Peterson
Wayne D. Poole
Marcus H. Seaford
William Tullis
Elfawn Wall
Local 004
Medway, MA
Francis A. Buchanan
Richard L. Faulkner
Louis J. Francioso
Joseph A. Gauvin
Dana Witham
Local 009
Denver, CO
Claude D. Canton
Osa A. Kelley
Local 012
Pasadena, CA
Harold Allee, jr.
W .D. Blakesley
Darron Evans
Robert Gillies
Robert Gray
Raymond Lawson
Joseph Moreaux
Chester Moreland
Darrel Myers
Delbert Nelson
Mickey Phillips
Theron Quinton
Patrick Quiroz
Robert Rasmussen
Billy Sadler
Hans Stoltenberg
Kenneth Swanson
Bill Tolbert
Local 018
Cleveland, OH
Duane E. Fry
Ronald J. Gilgenbach
Alton P. Myers
Bruno Plavney
Charles R. Sapienza
Daniel L. Schomaeker
Dennis W. Spieth
Cloyce H. Swisher
Rudy Veselko
Local 039
Sacramento, CA
Stanley Andersen
Lennard H. Anderson
Charles W. Heatherly
Local 049
Minneapolis, MN
James G. Beeman
John Dannis
Harley A. Johnson
John E. Larson
Charles Warner
Local 066
Pittsburgh, PA
Eldon Baringer sr
Jack Barr
William Bowan
Charles H. Brown jr
Ronald P. Ferraro
Ray E. Landy
Thomas J. Lockaton
Local 068
West Caldwell, NJ
William Gould
Albert Pekarek
Anthony Pikul
Local 098
East Longmeadow,
MA
Waldron W. Chesney
Earl R. Daniels
Clarence D. Macmahan
George E. Thibeault
Local 101
Kansas City, MO
Jim Fiser
Anthony C. Wagner
Local 103
Indianapolis, IN
Solomon Ratliff
Albert J. Yates
Local 014
Flushing, NY
Martin Griff
Jeremiah J. Sullivan
Local 138
Farmingdale, NY
John Albanese
James J. Duffy
Local 015
Long Island city, NY
James Margro
Local 139
Pewaukee, WI
Clifford Fischer
Danny V. Gunnlaugsson
Victor P. Woellner
Local 017
Lakeview, NY
Dale A. Barkewitz
Local 147
Norfolk, VA
Roger F. Robinson
Local 150
Countryside, IL
Donald L. Fenn
Paul Gumber
Alfred Justak
John P. Omeara
Norman D. Spoor
Louis M. Tedesco
George Vomish
Charles Watkins
Thomas H. Wellman
Local 158
Glenmont, NY
Eli F. Bickom
H .Bohl
Howard Foster
Local 178
Fort Worth, TX
Jack D. Hubbard
Local 181
Henderson, KY
Walter Emmitt
James R. Gant
Marshall L. Mc coy
Leslie Willis
Local 216
Baton Rouge, LA
Lee T. Cassels
Local 302
Bothell, WA
Tony Arthur
George W. May
Local 310
Green Bay, WI
Donald Riebe
Local 318
Marion, IL
Robert E. Ross
Local 324
Bloomfield Township, MI
William Cummings
Elwood C. Elwell
Eugene Fortura
Lyle E. Goss
Lanny R. Haring
Robert T. Harris
Emery H. Johnson
Paul A. Schmittou
William Trimper
Local 347
Willie Frazier
Local 351
Borger, TX
C .C. Chelf
B .L. Ingram
Local 370
Spokane, WA
Thomas L. Reilly
Local 399
Chicago, IL
Donald B. Floeckher
Dale E. Richeson
Chester Woodworth
Local 406
New Orleans, LA
George R. Newton jr
Local 428
Phoenix, AZ
Richard J. Brown
Local 450
Mont Belvieu, TX
Hulen Hopson
J .D. Smith
John I. Wiggins
Local 463
Ransomville, NY
Edward A. Redmond
Local 501
Los Angeles, CA
Fred R. Duncan
Wayne L. Howard
Robert Sweeney
Local 513
Bridgeton, MO
Loyd Harthimmer
Eugene J. Norton
Local 520
Granite City, IL
James H. Spreter
Local 542
Fort Washington, PA
Rudolph J. Czekalski
Paul S. Mock
Louis R. Paulo
Bill Thornhill
John P. Trahey
Local 564
Richwood, TX
C .D. Dornak
Local 571
Omaha, NE
Arlan G. Ehlers
Local 612
Tacoma, WA
E .H. Turner
Local 670
Ardmore, OK
Altus Gillaspy
Elwood K. Morris
Local 701
Gladstone, OR
John Carlson
Calvin Curtis
Theodore A. Renner
Local 825
Springfield, NJ
Fred J. Bulas
Local 826
Cecil O. Ryals
Local 841
Terre Haute, IN
Ernest Meador
Local 891
Brooklyn, NY
James J. Lynch
Frank N. Minissale
Local 965
Springfield, IL
Leonard D. Cotton
December 2013
Local 002
St Louis, MO
Roy V. Hartman
Local 003
Alameda, CA
Joseph Biasca
James Dickey
Charles C. Evans
Walter E. Haws
Wendell Kochis
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Joseph Schneider
Alvin Silva
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George W. Smisek
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Kenneth G. Reifenstahl
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Cleveland, OH
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Charleston, WV
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Cordova, TN
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Spokane, WA
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Chicago, IL
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Phoenix, AZ
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Terre Haute, IN
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Thunder Bay, ON
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Chattanooga, TN
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Local 925
Mango, FL
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Local 926
Rex, GA
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Springfield, IL
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Local 513
Bridgeton, MO
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Local 520
Granite City, IL
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Local 542
Fort Washington, PA
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Local 547
Detroit, MI
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Local 564
Richwood, TX
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Gladstone, OR
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Oakville, ON
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