Operating Engineer - Fall 2014

i n t e r n at i o n a l
Operating Engineer
WWW.IUOE.ORG • FALL 2014
Tear Down This Wall!
Operating Engineers move a river
to remove an obsolete dam

i n t e r n at i o n a l
Operating Engineer
Fall 2014 • Volume 157, No. 4
Brian E. Hickey, Editor
Jay C. Lederer, Managing Editor
18 Our Work: Energy
Natural gas fueling jobs up and down the line
12 Right-to-Work (for less)
Corporate backed attacks go local
14 Move a River to Remove a Dam
Massive reclamation project underway
Departments
05 From the General President
06 Education & Training
10 Politics & Legislation
18 Canadian News
20 HAZMAT
22 Healthcare
23 Member Spotlight
24 GEB Minutes
28 In Memorium
[cover] Local 3 Operating Engineers are in the midst of a three
year project to remove the San Clemente Dam in California.
[photo] www.sanclementedamremoval.org
[left] Cranes at dawn.
[photo] www.craneblogger.com
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From the General President
A Union for All Seasons
In good times or bad, our bond is unbroken
ONCE AGAIN WE come to the close
of another year. It’s been a year where
the IUOE had an increase in man hours
and a steadily improving work outlook,
and for that I’m sure we are all grateful.
Projects large and small, public and
private throughout the United States
and Canada have begun to roar back to
life. In some regions, Locals have been
challenged to keep pace and meet the
demand for our skilled hands, but thus
far have met those needs successfully.
All would agree that these are good
problems to have, especially after the
darker days of the recent recession.
However, even in these improving
times, we must seize the opportunity
to increase our market share and grow
our membership. Failure to do so
risks ceding that ground to non-union
entities. We will not let that happen on
our watch.
Success will come by taking
advantage of our stellar training
programs offered through our Locals.
Members, no matter how long they
have been initiated, should look to
upgrade skills and be prepared to fill
the void created by the ever increasing
demand for our highly skilled, safety
conscience operators. Every member
should look to be an organizer and a
mentor to those who aspire to join our
ranks.
As I reported at the regional
conferences this summer, we have
systematically begun to recruit and
replace, mainly through attrition, a full
cadre of International Representatives
in the field and new department
heads at IUOE headquarters. These
individuals have hit the ground
running and are ready to assist
any Local throughout this great
organization. I am pleased to report
that these appointments have already
begun to improve our operations and
alter jurisdictional standings for the
IUOE. I wish to thank those Business
Managers who selflessly allowed me to
tap into the talent they have developed
and recommended to serve throughout
the regions.
I am truly excited and proud of the
team that we are building to protect
and serve the IUOE membership.
We can all do our part by being ever
watchful over the jurisdiction that our
predecessors have fought to maintain
and be ever mindful that we are all
stewards of this great organization.
We have all been charged with its
oversight and to deliver to our sons
and daughters a better station than we
found.
This year the International hosted
several well attended conferences
covering Legal, Political and Legislative,
and Healthcare issues. In addition, the
National Training Fund continued to
provide high quality offerings for H&P,
Stationary, Pipeline and Petro-Chem
instructors. These events, including an
upcoming International Rep training,
have enabled IUOE leaders and staff
to keep our organization firing on all
cylinders.
By the time this reaches you, the
results of the US mid-term elections
will have been tallied. Regardless of
the outcome, we will continue to find
ourselves fighting to maintain our rights
to bargain. The political environment
has turned hostile towards working
people and unions. We must stand
together and push back.
My message to every member is that
loyalty to your local union is now, more
than ever, paramount. If one thinks
back truthfully about what your Local
union offers to the well-being of all our
lives — not just fair wages, benefits and
safe working conditions — you find it’s
so much more. It’s the place where we
turn to at the best of times to enjoy the
friendships forged through common
[James T. Callahan]
struggles. More importantly, it is the
hand we seek during the tougher times
in our lives.
When a child or loved one falls
ill and when insurance limits have
been exhausted, it’s often the union
health & welfare trustees who find new
avenues to move mandated insurance
parameters. When one of our own falls,
it’s not only an earned death benefit,
but the union brotherhood who rallies
to emotionally and financially soften
the loss to a friend’s family.
Likewise, many of us have struggled
to put our children through college, only
to have them face insurmountable debt
when they graduate into a job market
that has little to offer. Fortunately, we
have had our local union to turn to. It’s
there that they get trained and referred,
and truly begin the process of achieving
their own American Dream, unlike the
empty promises of the diploma mills.
Make no mistake, we are in a real
fight to protect our way of life. I ask
each and every IUOE member to
reflect on where we would be if not
for our Local union. No matter what
our small differences may be, our
loyalty to the Local union and the
bond of brotherhood throughout the
International is what sustains us and
allows us to keep fighting, to keep
bargaining for all our futures.
Please have a safe and a joyous
Holiday Season.
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Education & Training
Beckley Hosts OSHA Electrical Class for Local Instructors
IN SEPTEMBER, THE NATIONAL HAZMAT Program
hosted an OSHA Electrical Standards Safety Course in
Beckley, West Virginia, for 28 instructors from 20 local unions
and Job Corps Centers.
Topics presented were OSHA General Industry and
Construction Industry Standards, electrical terms and
hazards, circuitry and polarity. Differences between ground,
grounding conductors, ground/neutral, ground rods, and
ground grid testing were demonstrated. Other topics covered
were Arc Flash and Arc Flash personal protective equipment,
changes in the National Electric Code 2014, and Power
Generation, Transmission, and Distribution.
During the hands-on exercise, students built an electrical
testing board that displayed a switch, GFCI, and receptacle,
complete with correct wiring that each student took back
to their local to demonstrate circuits and wiring principles
during their classes.
One of the participating instructors commented that
the class was an, “…excellent class that had a nice balance
between codes and applications.”
[below] Instructor from MSHA demonstrates a panel box wiring
and circuit breakers.
[right, top] Kevin Allsup (Local 234) using a “Hot Stick” to disconnect
a fuseable link to a transformer.
[right, bottom] Chris Rumsey (Local 825) diligently works on a
circuit board.
[photos] IUOE HAZMAT
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Our Work: Energy
Natural Gas Boom Brings Work Up and Down the Line
OVER THE LAST DECADE, natural
gas production in the United States has
redefined the term “boom times” and
Operating Engineers have been among
the beneficiaries, as skilled hands have
been in high demand. During this
period, the center of the natural gas
universe has been the Marcellus shale,
which lies beneath the states of Ohio,
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New
York.
Marcellus is the largest shale gas
play In North America, accounting
for close to one-fifth of the country’s
total gas production. It is is estimated
to hold about 141 trillion cubic feet
of technically recoverable natural gas
reserves. The play’s proximity to highdemand
markets on the East Coast
makes it attractive to gas producers,
since it enables lower transportation
costs.
Production from the Marcellus has
been soaring, growing from less than
2 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) in
2007 to about 16 bcf/d currently, and
production could rise to as much as 20
bcf/d by 2020.
As production has grown, so
have job opportunities for Operating
Engineers within all phases of the
production stream. Upstream jobs –
site preparation, well pad construction,
drilling and reclamation – have been a
steady source of work for Operating
Engineers within the Marcellus region.
Midstream and downstream work
– particularly pipeline construction –
have also brought new opportunities to
Operating Engineer members, helping
to overcome the decline in other
construction sectors caused by the
recent recession.
The expansion of this valuable
domestic resource is now producing a
steady flow of jobs even further down
the production stream. One of these
projects, a new $1.3 billion dollar
power generating plant – fueled by
the abundant, low-cost, clean burning
natural gas coming out of the Marcellus
shale – is putting Local 147 Operating
Engineers back in the seat after some
pretty lean years.
“It has been many years since
Local 147 had a big job such as this,”
says Business Manager Darold Kemp,
referring to the Brunswick County
Power Station being built by Dominion
Virginia Power in rural southern
Virginia.
The 1,360-megawatt natural gas
power station will serve a growing
customer demand in the state, as
well as replace electricity from two
aging coal-fired power stations that
are being retired for economic and
environmental reasons.
Construction began in September
2013, and the project is currently
on budget and on schedule to be
generating electricity by the summer
of 2016, according to Dominion. The
utility awarded the overall design and
construction contract to Fluor, who
brought in National Steel Erection,
Inc. based out of Kentucky. NSE is the
only subcontractor utilizing skilled
union labor and has fifteen Local 147
Operating Engineers working on site.
The combined-cycle power station
will use natural gas to fire three
combustion turbines – essentially
super-sized jet engines – to generate
about 810 megawatts. The heated air
from the combustion turbines will be
captured and used to create steam that
will spin another turbine to produce
about 550 megawatts. To accomplish
this, it will have the largest air-cooled
condenser of its type ever erected in
the United States. The station’s total
output of 1,360 megawatts can provide
electricity for about 340,000 homes.
[above] L to R: (three on front row) Mike Kowalski, Business Agent; Ray Rhode, job Steward
and crane operator; Mike Dock, NSE Superintendent (four on second row) Travis Conner,
crane operator; J.W. Wright, crane operator; Jerry Conner, Business Agent; James Dodd Jr.
apprentice (five on third row) Bobby Falkner, crane operator; Gerald Simpson, Training Director;
Shawn Treadwell, apprentice; Chris Giles, crane operator; Tim Morgan, apprentice
(Eight on back row) Randy Sisco, crane operator; John Dunavant, crane operator; Lee Freeman,
crane operator; Trey Freeman, apprentice; James Dodd, crane operator; Timmy Giles,
forklift operator; Dave Michl, NSE Project Manager; Zachery Freeman, crane operator.
[photo] JDarold S. Kemp, Business Manager, Local 147
An investment on this scale
generates a lot of tax dollars in addition
to jobs. An estimated $824 million in
new economic activity statewide and
a 45 percent increase to the county’s
general property tax revenues means
stronger schools and improved
services where Operating Engineers
live and work.
In addition, the extension of the
gas pipeline to serve this power station
offers the promise of even more work
for members of Operating Engineers
Local 147 in the future.
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Politics & Legislation
Next Congress Will Have Its Plate Full of Big Issues
AS THE 113TH CONGRESS
comes to a close in December, what
do Operating Engineers have to look
forward to in the next Congress? Will
it be another two years of partisan
gridlock and obstruction, or will the
politicians finally get things moving
again and rebuild America?
Keystone XL
Congress is again expected to try
to approve Keystone XL pipeline,
the crude oil pipeline from Alberta
to Nebraska, with an on-ramp in
Montana to move Bakken crude to
refineries. The TransCanada-owned
pipeline project will employ thousands
of Operating Engineers in the United
States and Canada.
A strong majority in the House of
Representatives is ready to move this
project forward. Currently, at least 57
Senators support the project, though
60 votes are necessary to send the bill
to the President’s desk.
Those 60 pro-jobs, pro-energy votes
could be in place after the mid-term
election. However, there still won’t be
enough votes to override a presidential
veto – a two-thirds majority of 67
senators – but look for an effort to
package Keystone XL with other must-
have legislation for the President, thus
making it difficult for him to throw out
the “baby with the bathwater” with his
veto pen. Operating Engineers will be
pushing every member of the House
and Senate to support this important
project in the next Congress.
Transportation Funding
Congress patched the hole in
the Highway Trust Fund in the
summer, cobbling together $11 billion
in funding for the program that
extends it until May 2015. This saved
thousands of Operating Engineers’
jobs in the process. Congress averted
the immediate crisis, but has been
unwilling to wrestle with the long-term
problem – enactment of a fully funded,
multi-year highway bill.
A long-term funding solution
is necessary before the May 2015
deadline. The highway and transit
program has an annual shortfall of
roughly $15 billion a year. Inflation
has eaten away at purchasing power
and increased vehicle fuel-efficiency
has reduced revenue into the Highway
Trust Fund.
The highway and transit program
is the biggest infrastructure program
of the federal government. It is a key
job-creation engine for Operating
Engineers and the American economy.
The Highway Trust Fund delivers
most of the nation’s funding for roads,
bridges, and highways.
Money into the Highway Trust
Fund, which is mostly derived from the
gas tax, is walled off and insulated from
other federal government spending. In
order to plan for massive transportation
investments, planners and engineers
need certainty that the money will be
there over the long-term.
Domestic Oil and Natural Gas
The dramatic increase in domestic
oil and gas production has led to
economic opportunities across North
America and across the IUOE, from
power plant construction in Virginia to
liquefied natural gas export facilities in
Maryland and Oregon.
However, the permitting process
and other laws have failed to keep
pace with this rapid growth. In order
to maintain that growth the regulations
and laws that govern energy production
must be updated and modernized. For
example, it takes an act of Congress to
approve a pipeline through a national
park, even though there may be
existing utility corridors in the park
that, if used for an oil pipeline, could
reduce environmental impact along
the route. That outdated law limits
energy infrastructure, jobs, and oil and
gas production. The IUOE will work to
bring the nation’s energy laws into the
21st century.
The union will stay focused on
creating jobs and supporting good
wages and benefits in its legislative
agenda, independent of what party
controls Congress or the White House.
Creating jobs is not a Republican issue
or a Democratic issue. It’s just common
sense.
Record Job Gains Achieved in Oil & Gas,
More to Come as Industry Continues to Expand
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION
and prices have powered the creation
of thousands of jobs for Operating
Engineers. This relatively cleanburning
fossil fuel is displacing other
sources of power production and
leading to significant changes in where
North Americans obtain their fuel
supply. The rapid growth in production
could help the US and Canada reduce
dependence on foreign energy sources
and create opportunities in virtually
every sector of the economy.
Stationary Engineers have seen
a resurgence of jobs, particularly in
the Petro-Chem industry, as energyintensive
manufacturing benefits from
the relatively low cost fuel.
At the same time hoisting and
portable members have seen
employment in the oil and gas pipeline
industry hit a new all-time high this
summer, reaching over 143,000 jobs for
the first time on record.
Developers of the North American
resource are now moving to export the
clean fuel to destinations in Europe
and Asia. The Cove Point project
in Maryland just received the goahead
from federal regulators and
the all-union project should begin
construction in the near future. The $5
billion project that will be built under a
Project Labor Agreement by Kiewit.
The Jordan Cove LNG project in
Coos Bay, Oregon, will also reach
a significant permitting milestone
before year’s end with multiple
public hearings being conducted in
December. Construction could begin
in 2015.
These are massive, multi-billion
dollar, all-union investments that will
generate millions of hours of work
for Operating Engineers and other
construction trades.
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Right-to-Work (for less)
RTW Quietly Mutates, Taking Attack on Workers to City, County Councils
New tact’s ultimate goal: get to ‘corporate-friendly’ Supreme Court
LIKE A DEADLY DISEASE mutating
into an even deadlier form, right-towork
has mutated in a new, more
sinister direction.
Quietly, the American City County
Exchange (ACCE) –– an initiative of the
archconservative American Legislative
Exchange Council (ALEC) –– has
begun working to pass right-to-work
laws at the city and county level.
Or at least that appears to be its
public goal.
A review by the Labor Tribune of the
group’s initial efforts clearly indicates
a new right-wing strategy, one where
RTW backers, whether they win or
lose at the local level, expect legal
challenges from the losing side that will
ultimately get the issue before the U.S.
Supreme Court.
The legal challenges, funded by the
National Right To Work Foundation
or the ultra-conservative Heritage
Foundation, will wind up before what
one reporter called “the corporatefriendly
U.S. Supreme Court.”
Until now, ALEC has contented
itself with providing template antiunion
legislation for captive state
lawmakers to submit as their own to try
to cripple workers’ rights and collective
power at the state level. Missouri is
one of the states where ALEC has been
extremely active. The failed RTW bill in
this year’s legislative session was one of
ALEC’s cookie-cutter bills.
LOCAL COMMUNITIES EASY PICKINGS
The new approach bypasses
statewide efforts –– usually expensive
and time consuming –– in favor of
enacting boilerplate bills in local
cities, towns, villages and counties
where the effort is far less expensive
and the influence of radical right-wing
corporations and politicians is easier to
exert.
At the local level, ACCE has two
routes to travel: a local initiative
petition, if it’s allowed by state law, or
passing a local ordinance through the
city council.
Currently, legal experts say such
efforts are illegal. The common
understanding is that federal law,
under the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, allows
only states to enact RTW laws.
That has not deterred the ACCE.
Heritage Foundation legal scholar
Andrew Kloster, speaking at a recent
Heritage Foundation forum, said the
issue is simply not mentioned in Taft-
Hartley, leading most to assume that
Congress meant for only states to have
that right.
And whether it’s legal may not
matter. Win or lose at the local level,
ACCE’s strategy is to prompt litigation
–– at great expense to city and county
councils –– with the ultimate goal of
getting the issue to the U.S. Supreme
Court.
INITIAL TARGETS REJECT EFFORT
ACCE is currently focusing its
efforts on three cities in Washington
State. However, Ohio, Kentucky,
Pennsylvania and New Mexico have
been announced as targets as well. All
are worker-friendly states that do not
have an anti-worker, anti-union RTW
law.
Just last month, city councils in
two of the three targeted Washington
State cities — Sequim and Shelton
— unanimously rejected bills to ban
union security clauses and outlaw
strikes in their employees’ union
contracts.
It only took a few hundred signatures
to get the measures before the city
councils. But the law was considered
so onerous that even the lone Right
Wing member of the Sequim council
voted to kill the measures. During
the public debate on the Sequim
issues, one conservative right-wing
speaker branded opponents of the
anti-union measures as “communist
sympathizers” and slammed
“unemployment checks” as “nothing
more than taking from one group and
giving to another.”
BARGAINING IN PUBLIC
In the third city, Chelan, the local
chamber of commerce is supporting
an initiative petition drive. Here,
under the guise of “transparency,” the
proposed ordinance not only impacts
city employees’ contracts, but seeks to
force collective bargaining sessions to
be open to the public.
City attorneys in Sequim and
Shelton concluded that the effort
was illegal. Additionally, the Sequim
city attorney said the propositions “…
attempt to do indirectly what they
cannot do directly; collectively bargain
through initiative. They put …taxpayers
in jeopardy of paying for potential
unfair labor practices.”
Reporter David Groves of the
Washington State Stand said, “The
city-by-city campaign against unions
mirrors the new strategy of ALEC . .
. to attack unions at the city and local
level.”
Groves goes on to note: “The
conservative Heritage Foundation just
released a report urging that localities
should “experiment” with local rightto-work
ordinances in an attempt to
set up legal challenges that could go all
the way to the corporate-friendly U.S.
Supreme Court.”
TAKING THAT ADVICE
It seems too that other Republicancontrolled
municipalities are already
heeding the Heritage Foundation’s
urging:
• In Fort Wayne, Indiana, the
city council’s Republican
supermajority pushed through a
series of bills—including its very
own local right-to-work law—
that make it far more difficult for
unions to represent government
employees.
• In Illinois, Bruce Rauner,
Republican candidate for
governor, cites the creation of
local right-to-work zones as one
of his top policy priorities.
• In Pennsylvania earlier this
year, the statewide association
of county commissioners
encouraged officials across the
state to pass their own countylevel
laws restricting unions’
ability to collect mandatory dues.
‘DID AWAY WITH UNIONS’
Fort Wayne’s anti-worker efforts
have taken an even crazier approach.
In June, the city council approved a
law that effectively eliminates the right
of many municipal employee unions to
play any role in bargaining, rendering
most of the unions powerless. This did
not apply to public-safety workers,
however, who became the subject of
a different law, passed in July, that
imposes a more straightforward rightto-work
ordinance on police and
firefighters.
“Now, we don’t even have a seat at
the table,” says Lloyd Osborne, business
representative of the Operating
Engineers Local 399 that represents
“We can’t go on
(workplace) property to
represent or even speak
to our members—or who
used to be our members.
They completely did away
with the unions here
under a local ordinance.”
- Lloyd Osborne,
Business Representative,
IUOE Local 399
street maintenance and water utility
workers. “We can’t go on (workplace)
property to represent or even speak to
our members—or who used to be our
members. They completely did away
with the unions here under a local
ordinance.”
NO LEGAL PRECEDENT
“Legal costs for the cities targeted
by the Freedom Foundation are
already beginning to mount and could
go much higher,” Groves notes
In an article in the Washington
Examiner, ACCE director Jon Russell,
while conceding there is little legal
evidence supporting the group’s
argument that cities and counties
can pass such laws, notes that there is
virtually no case law on the subject.
Thus ALEC’s/ACCE’s “get it up to the
U.S. Supreme Court” strategy begins to
take shape.
DIMINISH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
The Washington State Labor
Council reports:
“At ALEC’s 2014 spring meeting,
Utah Senator Howard Stephenson
(R-Salt Lake City) called for diminishing
local control of politics. He said,
‘School boards and city councils take
away liberties quicker than the federal
government. Local governing entities
can be a roadblock to the ALEC agenda,
so their power needs to be preempted
and removed.’”
The Council notes the Freedom
Foundation, an Olympia, WA-based
conservative organization with
close ties to ALEC, “uses words like
‘transparency’ and ‘choice,’ but they
hide the fact that they are funded by out
of state billionaires and their agenda is
straight out of the corporate playbook.
They could not pass these ideas on a
statewide level, so they are trying to
destroy workers’ rights on a city-by-city
level.”
[article] Ed Finkelstein, Labor Tribune
Reprinted with permission from
www.labortribune.com
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Feature
Moving a River to Remove a Dam
Local 3 Operators up to the task on massive reclamation project
BUILT IN 1921, California’s San Clemente Dam once
supplied drinking water to the Monterey Peninsula. Today its
reservoir is choked with silt. Twenty years ago, state inspectors
deemed the dam unsafe. In the event of an earthquake or
flood, a collapse would send a wall of mud spilling down the
Carmel River and the valley below, endangering lives and
property.
Dam owner California American Water and state and
federal resource agencies decided the obsolete dam had
to come down. Traditional demolition wasn’t an option
because of the dirt and water that would spew forth, so
engineers decided to move the river instead.
“Now I’m on a real job,” joked 27-year member Bob
Mote, as he stepped out of his lube truck. The Local 3
Operating Engineers working on the $84 million removal
and reclamation project are cutting a 450-foot-long canyon
through the ridge behind the dam and carving a new river
channel. This Herculean task, the largest dam removal in
state history, will also involve building a diversion dike to
direct the water along its new course.
Mote explained that he has been “keeping the iron
going” on a giant fleet of some 50 pieces of equipment,
which is burning about 4,500 gallons of fuel a day. Granite
Construction, a coast-to-coast heavy-hitter in mining,
earthwork and highway/bridge construction, is providing
both the design of the project and its implementation.
Local 3 is supplying about 60 operators, including more
than 12 apprentices who are getting important skills while on
a job of this size. According to Job Superintendent John Steck,
some apprentices were chosen because of their willingness
to travel. Besides local hands from the Carmel Valley area,
operators have come from Fairfield, Fresno, Redding and
even as far as Nevada to work on the project.
During the three-year timeline that is strict at best –
requiring day and night shifts – operators are re-routing the
Carmel River into San Clemente Creek, using the abandoned
reach as a sediment storage area, creating a diversion dike
and earthen dam and excavating the combined flow-reach
down to pre-dam elevations – all before they can even think
about taking that old dam down.
This has involved a massive excavation effort – some 1.2
[right] An aerial view shows the San Clemente Dam removal
project. Operators are re-routing the Carmel River into San
Clemente Creek before taking down the 93-year-old dam.
[photo] Mandy McMillen/IUOE Local 3
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million cubic yards of dirt across 68
acres – as well as the tricky business of
draining an entire basin, de-watering
wells, securing a 72-inch-diameter
drainage pipe into the side of a mountain
and using dynamite to blast through
rock when it’s too difficult to break-up
with earth-moving equipment.
This is “land reclamation” at its finest,
and everybody is excited – everybody
– including environmentalists, utility
owners, unions and politicians, because
no one has been able to execute a dam
removal project of this size and actually
strengthen relationships between public
and private entities in the process. A
number of public agencies and private
sources are partnering to share the costs
and the utility will donate the land to
the Bureau of Land Management once
the project is completed.
Conservationists and fisherman are
also looking forward to the Carmel River
flowing freely again. The project will
reopen a seven mile stretch of historic
steelhead trout habitat, including three
potential spawning tributary creeks,
which were blocked for more than 90
years and led to a perilous decline in the
native fish population.
Surrounded by hills and valleys
covered in evergreens, the job site’s
scenic location has been a positive
for many Operating Engineers who
have grown accustomed to working on
busy freeways, with traffic flying by or
honking loudly as its halted.
“I love where it’s at,” said 13-year
member Mike Fritzler.
But the landscape has also provided
some interesting challenges. “Mud,
wet sand, rock,” were just some of the
elements Fritzler named off the top of
his head.
Apprentice Brandon Schumacher, a
local Marina resident, said, “I grew up
here looking at these mountains and
didn’t know there was a dam.”
The mountainous terrain
surrounding the dam caused some
initial difficulties before the job could
even start. Hauling in the equipment
around steep curves, up hills and
Apprentices Kristi Wilson
and Brandon Schumacher
operate the giant haul trucks
that carry the fill away from
the Carmel River.
through forests “was a feat of its own,”
said job site Master Mechanic Jeff
Brown.
This job has been “very cool,” the 24-
year member said, because it provides
“different challenges … uniqueness; it’s
not the usual thing, design-build.”
With so many challenges and
unknowns on a job of this size, no
two days are alike, explained 15-year
member Jerry Wilson, who has worked
on a dam job before, but never one
quite like this. He lives in Modesto,
135 miles away, and has no complaints
about leaving his house every morning
at 3 a.m. and getting home at 9 p.m. For
awhile, Wilson worked 12-hour night
shifts, seven days a week, claiming he is
a bit of a workaholic.
“I love what I do,” he said. “I’m not
on the same machine every day.”
The river rerouting phase is wrapping
up soon, with the third phase beginning
in spring 2015. That’s when Local 3
Operating Engineers will finally get to
take down that crumbling concrete dam
and see the river run free once again.
[below] Dozer Operator Jerry Wilson commutes almost 300 miles to work on the San
Clemente Dam project. [photo] Mandy McMillen/IUOE Local 3
[photo] Mandy McMillen/IUOE Local 3
Excavator Operator Chris Baldwin
loads haul trucks as part of the giant
San Clemente Dam removal project
in Carmel Valley.
What makes removing a 93-year-old,
106-foot-high dam difficult?
• Groundwater
• Bedrock
• Mud
• Wet sand
• Permitting processes
• Steelhead trout
• Red-legged frogs
• Hanging a 72-inch-diameter pipe
from the side of a mountain
• Hauling 50 pieces of heavy
equipment into mountainous,
forested terrain
• Strict timelines
• Taking down a mountain
• Using dynamite
• Visibility during night shifts
• No cell phone service
… But Operating Engineers Local 3
are up to the task!
Map: http://www.sanclementedamremoval.org
[photo] Mandy McMillen/IUOE Local 3
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Canadian News
Hundreds Gather to Celebrate Complete Renovation of
IUOE Local 115 Headquarters
Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario
Recognized for Excellence
IT WAS A DAY OF CELEBRATING achievement as IUOE
Local 115 (British Columbia, Canada) opened the doors to
hundreds of active and retired members to see the sparkling
renovation of its 43-year-old headquarters building.
Business Manager Brian Cochrane welcomed General
President James T. Callahan, members, guests and especially
some of the Local’s former officers involved in the decision
to construct a new office back in 1971, relocating from
Vancouver city to the site of a plant nursery in then sparsely
populated Burnaby.
“This building underscores the success of
Local 115. It gives everyone a sense of
home and history.”
- General President James T. Callahan
“We moved from Vancouver to the sticks, as Burnaby was
seen then. 43 years later we got some prime real estate as a
result!” Cochrane told the crowd on September 20, 2014 at
IUOE Local 115’s General Membership Meeting.
But now with extensive renovations to a building used
[above] L to R: Brian Lefebvre, Recording Secretary; Wayne Mills,
President; Brian Cochrane, Business Manager; James T. Callahan,
General President; Brad Randall, Vice President, Frank Carr,
Treasurer; and Don Swerdan, Financial Secretary.
[photo] IUOE Local 115
not just by the Local, but the entire
BC labour movement, Cochrane
remarked that it will serve well for
decades to come.
“We took a building with a 43-
year history and updated it for the
next 40 years,” he said.
Cochrane and Callahan paid
tribute to past Business Managers
Mike Parr and the late Fred Randall,
who were among those responsible
for the decision to purchase a large
plot of land for just $35,000 to
build the office, on land now worth
millions.
“It’s great to see the tribute to the
older members who put their skin
on the line for the local,” Callahan
said.
Callahan, Cochrane and IUOE
115’s Table Officers participated
in lowering a time capsule into
the ground in front of the newly
renovated building with a miniature crane.
Former Local 115 President Tony Tennessy, a 50-year
member, said of the building: “There’s a lot of history here.”
And former Business Manager Gary Kroeker noted: “This
has been the hub of the wheel of the Operating Engineers.
This was the magnet.”
Cochrane said with the renovations complete, the union
is ready to make more history as British Columbia gears up
for several major construction projects that will depend on
the skills of the Local’s membership.
“Now we’re ready for another big step forward in our
Local’s long record of success – with a new, modern and very
functional office we can serve the members better than ever
as we plan for growth,” Cochrane explains. “We’ve combined
an amazing history with the foundation for a great future.”
THE OPERATING ENGINEERS Training Institute of
Ontario has been recognized by the International Foundation
of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) for excellence in training
and apprenticeship programs.
At a conference on Aug. 11, the IFEBP presented IUOE
VP and Local 793 business manager Mike Gallagher, OETIO
executive director Harold McBride, and officers of the union
with the 2014 Excellence in Apprenticeship and Training
Award for the success of the Hoisting Engineer: 339A Branch
1 Mobile Crane
Apprenticeship
Program.
The presentation
was made at the 47th
Annual Canadian
Employee Benefits
Conference in
Calgary, Alberta. The
award is presented
every two years
to training and
apprenticeship
programs with
exceptional overall
structure, including
recruitment,
retention and
instructor training.
Gallagher said the
union and training
centre are honoured to receive the award.
The union and training centre were nominated for the
award by the Crane Rental Association of Ontario.
“This is verification that we are on the right track
when it comes to training crane apprentices,” Gallagher
said. “Training trustees and staff at the OETIO are to be
commended.”
Michael Wilson, CEO of the IFEBP, said in a statement that
the success of the program is undeniable.
“The crane operator’s program is quite innovative and
can serve as a model for other training and apprenticeship
programs facing recruitment challenges,” he said.
After a study verified that there was a skills gap due
to generational shifts, the OETIO began ramping up its
apprenticeship programs. The recruitment efforts involved
educating employers on the value of apprentices and using
mentors to help retain and engage apprentices.
In terms of instruction, the OETIO began placing an
emphasis on technique as well as the technical aspects of the
training.
A unique aspect of the program was the recruitment of
Aboriginal apprentices. About 800 Aboriginals have been
trained in heavy equipment and crane operations at the
OETIO over the past eight years.
The IFEBP provides education on employee benefits,
compensation and financial literacy to Canadian and
American workplaces.
[above] L to R : Ron Hillis, Local 793 executive board; Alex Law, Local
793 treasurer; Ray Goodfellow, director of business development
at Mammoet Canada Eastern Ltd., management trustee on the
Local 793 Training Trust Fund, and president of the Crane Rental
Association of Ontario; Bob Turpin, Local 793 executive board;
Harold McBride, OETIO executive director; Bryan Zoran, IFEBP; Joe
Redshaw, Local 793 president; Mike Gallagher, Local 793 business
manager and International Vice President; and David Turple, Local
793 executive board.
[photo] IUOE Local 793
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HAZMAT
Climate Change: How Will it Affect You on the Job?
ACCORDING TO THE National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center, the
summer of 2014 was the warmest summer on earth since this
information was first recorded in 1880 and August 2014 was
the warmest August on record for the globe. 1 What about last
winter? If you lived in the southwestern U.S. you saw record
highs, especially in California where it was the warmest
December 13th – February 14th on record. Meanwhile,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Iowa saw their third coldest
temperatures on record.
Heat waves and extreme cold are only two examples of
climate change that will impact human health and place a
burden on Operating Engineers while working on the job
and responding to natural disasters. While all workers will
be affected by climate change impacts, we must be ever more
watchful of the more vulnerable populations, such as older
workers and workers who may have medical conditions.
The hazards that Operating Engineers may be exposed to
due to climate change can be considered in seven categories:
(1) increased ambient temperature, (2) new and increased
types of air pollutants, (3) increased ultraviolet exposure, (4)
increases in extreme weather events, (5) greater exposure to
vector-borne diseases, (6) increases in green jobs; and (7)
facility upgrades. 2
Operators exposed to higher ambient temperatures
are at risk of heat stress and stroke, decreased immune
function, and fatigue, which can cause loss of productivity
and risk of accidental injury. Working in extremely cold
conditions can lead to injury, illness and death. Operators
must take extreme care to protect themselves from frostbite,
hypothermia, chilblains and trench foot when working in
these cold weather conditions.
Poor air quality days increase as warm, stagnant air
increases the formation of ground-level ozone. 3 Operators
working outdoors are the most vulnerable to increased
emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants which will
be coupled with increases in naturally occurring pollutants,
such as ragweed pollen. Pollen itself may become more
prevalent as pollen season occurs earlier and lasts longer.
Stationary engineers may also be vulnerable to the impacts
of air pollution, as indoor air pollution can reach 2 to 5 times
the concentration of pollution in outdoor air. 4
Ozone depletion is exposing outdoor operators to
harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation which can be directly
attributed to several eye diseases, including cortical cataract,
conjunctival neoplasms, and ocular melanoma, skin cancer,
and disturbed immune function. Operators can protect
themselves from these UV radiation effects by wearing
sunglasses and sunscreen.
From heat waves to heavy downpours to wildfires and
Category 5 hurricanes and F5 tornadoes, extreme weather
events are the most visible impacts of climate change. The
disasters from these events cause catastrophic damage to
infrastructure, residences and buildings in communities
across the country causing unknown hazards for emergency
responders, skilled support personnel and all workers
involved in the recovery phase of the disaster. In addition to
the physical dangers resulting from disasters, these events
can have a tremendous impact on the mental health of
workers. Workers who are also residents of the impacted
community can also be affected – mentally and physically –
when their families, homes and communities are impacted
by a severe weather event.
Outdoor workers such as construction workers and
disaster site cleanup workers must be aware of the dangers
of vector-borne diseases and expanded habitats. Longterm
changing ambient temperatures, humidity, rising sea
levels, and environment are causing vector-borne infectious
diseases (such as malaria, West Nile and Lyme diseases),
poisonous plants and venomous wildlife to become more
prominent and widespread, putting operators at risk for
exposure. 5
Workers must also remember that their own health and
physical condition plays an important role in their individual
susceptibility to climate-related occupational hazards,
such as age, weight, degree of acclimatization, metabolism,
previous and pre-existing medical conditions (respiratory,
1
The Washington Post, September 18, 2014
2
Shulte & Chun 2009; Weinstock 2014, in press
3
U.S. EPA, 2013
4
U.S. EPA, 2012
5
U.S. EPA, 2013
cardiac and diabetes to name a few), use of alcohol and drugs,
genetic characteristics and type of work clothing worn.
Training and information can play a vital role in preparing
operating engineers to deal with and adapt to already present
and emerging challenges related to the impacts of climate
changes. The IUOE National Training Fund is working to
continue to develop and provide you with that training and
information to keep you safe and healthy on the job and at
home.
IUOE Works with NIOSH
to Address Safety in the
Oil and Gas Industry
THE IUOE WAS INVITED to attend the NIOSH Oil and
Gas Extraction labor stakeholder meeting September 22,
2014, in Washington, DC. NIOSH invited stakeholders in the
oil and gas industry to provide input on its ongoing research
activities evaluating health and safety issues associated with
the extraction and shipment of oil and gas. Initial research
shows that motor vehicle accidents as well as traditional
struck-by and contact with equipment are by far the biggest
hazards associated with oil and gas extraction.
NIOSH distinguishes between two phases of the process:
upstream processes which involve the extraction and
production of oil and gas, and downstream which involves
the movement via pipeline. While the upstream processes
only employ 29% of employees in the oil and gas industry,
64% of fatalities occur in this sector. The majority of fatalities
occur in transportation followed by traditional hazards such
as contact with objects, struck by objects and falls.
In 2012, the most recent data available from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, 138 workers were killed on the job — an
increase of more than 100 percent since 2009. In fact, the
fatality rate among oil and gas workers is now nearly eight
times higher than the all-industry rate of 3.2 deaths for every
100,000 workers.
Oil and gas extraction and shipment are of particular
importance to Operating Engineers due to the significant
number of Operating Engineers employed in the pipeline
industry as well as operating engineers employed by oil and
gas site operators for the purpose of site preparation and site
reclamation.
NIOSH is exploring methods to communicate its research
through training and other means of outreach to educate
workers and employers on the inherent hazards associated
with the work and in an effort to address and reduce the
fatalities and injuries associated with these hazards.
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Healthcare
What Are the Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity?
Member Spotlight
Union Investment Pays Off for Workers and Community
BEING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE isn’t a cosmetic
problem. These conditions greatly raise your risk for other
health problems.
Coronary Heart Disease
As your body mass index (BMI) rises, so does your risk
for coronary heart disease. This is a condition in which a
waxy substance called plaque builds up inside the coronary
arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your
heart.
Plaque can narrow or block the coronary arteries and
reduce blood flow to the heart muscle. This can cause angina
or a heart attack. (Angina is chest pain or discomfort.)
Obesity also can lead to heart failure. This is a serious
condition in which your heart can’t pump enough blood to
meet your body’s needs.
High Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the
walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. If this pressure
rises and stays high over time, it can damage the body in
many ways.
Stroke
Being overweight or obese can lead to a buildup of plaque
in your arteries. Eventually, an area of plaque can rupture,
causing a blood clot to form.
If the clot is close to your brain, it can block the flow of
blood and oxygen to your brain and cause a stroke. The risk
of having a stroke rises as BMI increases.
Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease in which the body’s blood glucose,
or blood sugar, level is too high. Normally, the body breaks
down food into glucose and then carries it to cells throughout
the body. The cells use a hormone called insulin to turn the
glucose into energy.
In type 2 diabetes, the body’s cells don’t use insulin
properly. At first, the body reacts by making more insulin.
Over time, however, the body can’t make enough insulin to
control its blood sugar level.
Diabetes is a leading cause of early death, heart disease,
stroke, kidney disease, and blindness. Most people who have
type 2 diabetes are overweight.
Abnormal Blood Fats
If you’re overweight or obese, you’re at increased risk
of having abnormal levels of blood fats. These include high
levels of triglycerides and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and low
levels of HDL (“good”) cholesterol.
Abnormal levels of these blood fats are a risk factor for
coronary heart disease.
Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is the name for a group of risk
factors that raises your risk for heart disease and other health
problems, such as diabetes and stroke.
You can develop any one of these risk factors by itself,
but they tend to occur together. A diagnosis of metabolic
syndrome is made if you have at least three of the following
risk factors:
• A large waistline. This is called abdominal obesity or
“having an apple shape.” Having extra fat in the waist
area is a greater risk factor for CHD than having extra
fat in other parts of the body, such as on the hips.
• A higher than normal triglyceride level (or you’re on
medicine to treat high triglycerides).
• A lower than normal HDL cholesterol level (or you’re
on medicine to treat low HDL cholesterol).
• Higher than normal blood pressure (or you’re on
medicine to treat high blood pressure).
• Higher than normal fasting blood sugar (or you’re on
medicine to treat diabetes).
Cancer
Being overweight or obese raises your risk for colon,
breast, endometrial, and gallbladder cancers.
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is a common joint problem of the knees,
hips, and lower back. The condition occurs if the tissue that
protects the joints wears away. Extra weight can put more
pressure and wear on joints, causing pain.
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a common disorder in which you have one
or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you
sleep.
A person who has sleep apnea may have more fat stored
around the neck. This can narrow the airway, making it hard
to breathe.
KEVIN HAGANS, a married
father of two, is a member of Local
14-14B. He is currently working
on the Riverside Drive project in
New York City, a 100% union-built
property located along the Hudson
River in the Upper West Side of
Manhattan. The project is being
financed by the AFL-CIO Building
Investment Trust. Kevin expects to
be on the site until the foundation of
the building is complete.
Kevin, who has been an IUOE
member for the past 31 years, is
currently the Master Mechanic on
the development project. When
asked what this work means to
him, Kevin explains, “Providing a
very good livelihood for my family
and, of course, having steady
employment. It is also important for
the project to be done
with experienced and
skilled union labor.”
The AFL-CIO
Building Investment
Trust (BIT) is an
equity partner in
the construction
of the $420 million
development project
that Kevin is helping to
build. It will stand over
40 stories tall, totaling
nearly 750,000 square
feet. It will include
approximately 590
apartments, with 80%
of the units priced at
market rate and 20%
as affordable units.
The building will also
include retail space,
unique access to green space, and a New York City public
school that will be constructed on the first five floors.
In addition to Riverside, the AFL-CIO Building
Investment Trust has eight other projects currently in
development across the country. Total development cost
for these projects is approximately $1 billion, and they are
expected to create some 5,000 union jobs throughout the
course of construction. That means roughly 10 million union
construction hours are currently underway, and more jobs
will be created once these projects are complete.
Over the past 26-year history of the program, since
beginning operations in 1988, the BIT has invested $5.5
billion for the development and acquisition of more than 180
office, retail, multifamily, hotel, warehouse, and mixed-use
properties across the country. As of June 30, 2014, the BIT
had a net asset value of $3.15 billion and a portfolio of 53
properties across the United States.
The AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust is a bank
collective trust servicing qualified union pension plans, for
which PNC Bank serves as the trustee. One mission of the BIT
is to provide investors with competitive risk-adjusted returns
through investments in institutional-quality commercial real
estate that seek to generate competitive levels of income and
long-term capital appreciation. The BIT acquires, constructs,
and owns a diverse portfolio that spans the country. It also
provides collateral benefits such as union job creation
and economic development by utilizing one of the most
comprehensive union labor policies in the U.S. real estate
industry.
[above] IUOE Local 14 member Kevin Hagans is the Master
Mechanic on the AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust’s 56-acre
Riverside Center development project in New York City.
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In Memorium Death benefits paid July-September, 2014
July 2014
Local 003
Alameda, CA
Edward Ostenberg
Eddie Sylvester
Local 004
Medway, MA
Roger J. Johndro
Antone Rose jr
Local 009
Denver, CO
R .V. Carlson
Marlin Deraad
Local 012
Pasadena, CA
Donald Autrey
Edward Boyd
Russell E. Bundy
Jesus Corona
Frank Craig
Burt Day
Stanley Drake
Jay East
Lawrence Ferguson
Eddie Gomez
Woodrow W.
Hadley
Lawrence Hochhalter
James Johnson
Arthur W. Kirk
Rex Knock
Billy Loven
Gilbert E. Masl
Robert Pavlovich
Harce Ramey
Lloyd Reed
Richard Rinehart
Eugene Roberts
Charles Scott
Reuben Sell
J. Seratte
Donald E. Todd
Doyl Townsend
Jerry Tutokey
Alberto Vasquez
Local 014
Flushing, NY
Charles V. Conners
iii
James Lavacca
Local 015
Long Island city,
NY
Stewart W.
Baright
Tony Sangiamo
Local 017
Lakeview, NY
Patrick Casillo
Herbert Chaffee
William Sluga
Local 018
Cleveland, OH
Floyd D. Burton
Tony Canitia
Willard Cumbo
Roger D. Evans
Rudy L. Heniger
Paul M. Knott
Fred F. Rasnick
Norman B. Short
William L. Wilson
Ralph E. Wright
Local 020
Cincinnati, OH
Elmer J. Bendix
Local 025
Millstone Township,
NJ
Charles D. Chamberlin
Warren A. Reed
Local 039
Sacramento, CA
Jess Agosta
Local 049
Minneapolis, MN
Ronald C. Anderson
Sidney Cole
Dewayne J. Holtz
James E. Jones
Wilbur L. Lankford
Local 057
Providence, RI
Leonard Macari
Norman P. Marzano
Philip G. Nardone
Local 066
Pittsburgh, PA
Benjamin Calano
Bales A. Davis
Harold E. Detwiler
James Dott
Robert C. Householder
Kenneth C. Johnston
Ralph Nicassio
John Pangersis jr
Local 068
West Caldwell,
NJ
Louis Sherman
Local 070
White Bear lake,
MN
Wallace J. Elling
Local 077
Suitland, MD
Robert M. Johnson
Local 099
Washington, DC
Primo S. Fleri
Local 101
Kansas City, MO
Horace J. Smith
Local 103
Indianapolis, IN
Samuel F. Kochel
Leon Skinner
Local 106
Glenmont, NY
Jesse Garner
Local 115
Burnaby, BC
Eric Canning
Lorne S. Christie
Henry G. Dykmans
William B. Hazen
Ronald B. Mckinnon
Joe A. Musialek
Olen Totland
Local 123
Welch, OK
Jack A. Corser
Local 132
Charleston, WV
John R. Bailey
Monte A. Weaver
Local 138
Farmingdale, NY
Peter Goldstein
Local 139
Pewaukee, WI
Ralph G. Schuh
Richard C.
Thiemke
Floyd Udeen
Local 148
Saint Louis, MO
Joseph E. Bauer
Carlyle W. Louer
Local 150
Countryside, IL
Oren A. Blain
William E. Carter
Anthony Gallotta
Edward L. Graefen
Lyle H. Heinz
Raymond A.
Kowalski
Bernard Krugman
Leo Kwiatkowski
Lester W. Sengpiel
William E. Tegtmeier
Local 158
Glenmont, NY
Kenneth Goodway
Herbert L. Newell
Robert Nightingale
Lendol Youker
Local 181
Henderson, KY
Chester Vaughn
Local 234
Des Moines, IA
Merwin K. Kielmann
Eddie Sivola
Local 302
Bothell, WA
Glendon E. Armstrong
Dallas Guilkey
Donald L. Jepson
Local 317
Oak Creek, WI
Paul Galles
Richard A.
Stadler
Local 318
Marion, IL
John Mientus jr
Local 324
Bloomfield
Township, MI
John Abbas
James T. Buck
Albert Chie
K .D. Colborn
Jack J. Curtis
Harry E. Fox
Stephen Hintzman
Lawrence L.
Morningstar
Kenneth Morris
Harry P. Murphy
Paul W. Souders
jr
Richard A. Teeter
Local 340
Amarillo, TX
Bryan E. Jones
Local 347
N/A
Cecil E. Corgey jr
Harril H. Necessary
Local 370
Spokane, WA
Harry W. Garrett
Local 399
Chicago, IL
Floyd W. Bandy
Joseph N. Mascha
William A. Patterson
William Zabinski
Local 406
New Orleans, LA
Julius T. Kirkland
Local 410
N/A
Raymond Fiorini
Local 428
Phoenix, AZ
Manuel Cuevas
Local 478
Hamden, CT
Ralph Capello
Samuel R. Peckham
Local 501
Los Angeles, CA
William W.
Bishop
Local 513
Bridgeton, MO
Darrell W. Grobe
Ralph S. Ostmann
Local 515
N/A
Leon J. Horn
Local 542
Fort Washington,
PA
Edward J. Dillon
Richard E. Goodbred
Bernardo Marra
Michael A. Mazza
Clayton W.
Reesor
Harvey E. Stuckley
Local 543
N/A
Terrence R.
Martin
Local 571
Omaha, NE
Eugene J. Kraniewski
Local 612
Tacoma, WA
Joseph F. Gotchy
jr
Valentine F. Hellman
Jack M. Kennedy
Lawrence Musick
Local 653
Mobile, AL
Roy L. Peterson
Local 701
Gladstone, OR
Ervin Botts
Duane Hunt
B. Lamar
Robert W. Phillips
Wallace
Townsend
Local 721
Dartmouth, NS
Eric W. Levy
Local 825
Springfield, NJ
Eugene L. Carpenter
Local 832
Rochester, NY
Alton D. Larmon
Walter C. Mitchell
sr
Andrew A. Musson
Local 841
Terre Haute, IN
William A.
Thomas jr
Local 865
Thunder Bay, ON
G .Galvin
Local 891
Brooklyn, NY
William Fulton
Local 912
Columbia, TN
Marion Reece jr
Local 925
Mango, FL
George E. Dudley
Local 955
Edmonton, AB
Mike Guzak
August 2014
Local 001
Northglenn, CO
Stefan Manczur
Local 003
Alameda, CA
Premiti Ames
Alvin Burgo
Russel Culp
Bruce C. Gill
Ernest P. Hull
Le Iverson
Wayne E. Kaffka
James Lee
Joe Lowrey
Virgil Magud
Alfred Perry
Jimmie Pugh
Richard Tresidder
Max L. Weaver sr
George Yoshida
Carl E. Young
Local 004
Medway, MA
Joseph E. Dambrosio
Robert E. Dragoo
Edward G.
Keegan
Gilbert J. Lopes
Local 009
Denver, CO
Harry A. Dockstader
Thomas F. Foster
Willard Roach
Local 012
Pasadena, CA
Edward Floyd
Daniel Garcia
Ferris George
Donald Graham
Leroy Jenkins
Norman Lemus
Garnett Mc kinney
Jack Missamore
Frank Oram
Jack Simmons
John Stevens
H. Vanderwork
Alfonso Zamaro
Local 015
Long Island city,
NY
Joseph A. Marinelli
Beecham A.
Murphy
Local 018
Cleveland, OH
Robert E. Gaff
Paul L. Harnist
Robert Knight
Oswald Lovejoy
Robert F. Miller
Harry A. Pratt
John Spontik
Local 025
Millstone Township,
NJ
Charles Guarnier
Local 030
Richmond Hill,
NY
Alfred Delmoro
Local 039
Sacramento, CA
Charles T. Stewart
Local 049
Minneapolis, MN
Howard Sorensen
Local 066
Pittsburgh, PA
Troy Cross
Donald L. Devore
Ralph A. Fischer
Anthony A.
Latorre
Anthony Naples
James E. Sargent
Raymond C.
Taylor
Carl S. West
Local 068
West Caldwell,
NJ
Patrick Ward
Daniel Williams
Local 095
Pittsburgh, PA
Earl W. Mccorkle
Gilbert T. Sonick
Local 101
Kansas City, MO
Joe W. Englert
Claude D. Hensley
Francis L. Vandusen
Gerald Wisthoff
Local 103
Indianapolis, IN
Jack Becker
William D.
Carsten
Local 106
Glenmont, NY
Donald Derose
Vassil C. Ruhanen
Local 115
Burnaby, BC
Edgar Boutwell
Frank J. Clark
Ron Dredge
Jack E. Fleming
John H. Hartley
Fred Melling
Donald Thomson
Joseph Tomac
Local 132
Charleston, WV
A .C. Geyer
Local 138
Farmingdale, NY
James Small
Local 139
Pewaukee, WI
William Bernitt
Lewis A. Yuker
Local 148
Saint Louis, MO
G .F. Clostermery
Charles C. Oliver
Local 150
Countryside, IL
William E. Berg
Thomas Byrne
James Gemberling
Jerry A. Harder
Carson L. Hon
Richard J. Lajoy
Henry U. Rail
Gerald L. Weber
Ben B. Zona
Local 158
Glenmont, NY
Reginald Burleigh
George Ihlenburg
Michael J. Regan
Robert L. Youngs
Local 275
Vinton, IA
Douglas Holt
Local 286
Auburn, WA
John R. Ernst
Local 302
Bothell, WA
Gordon H. Benedict
Andrew Green
Dale A. Hillmer
Louis N. Hurst
Jacob E. Jacobsen
William A. Johnson
Melvin W. Shaffer
Local 317
Oak Creek, WI
Kenneth L.
Schattner
Local 318
Marion, IL
Rollie S. Matlock
Local 324
Bloomfield
Township, MI
John A. Fike
Otis Henderson
Walter Poquette
Wayne Rhodes
Local 347
N/A
Otto C. Patterson
jr
Local 370
Spokane, WA
William L.
Monaghan
Local 382
N/A
Elvis Dunn
Local 387
N/A
Sophia F. Morris
Local 399
Chicago, IL
Garnet D. Sneed
Local 406
New Orleans, LA
Jim Kinabrew
Local 407
Lake Charles, LA
J .E. Moak
Local 409
Buffalo, NY
Bernard Kaczmarek
Local 450
Mont Belvieu, TX
W .D. Gamblin
Local 474
Pooler, GA
Etheredge L.
Rooks
Local 478
Hamden, CT
Stewart H. Kingsbury
William M.
Wright jr
Local 513
Bridgeton, MO
Frank L. Kunce
Don F. Wolfe
Local 525
N/A
Alvin W. Amrein
D .D. Rundle
Local 547
Detroit, MI
Dominic Mazzola
Local 649
Peoria, IL
Donald E. Daniels
Edward L. Rushing
Local 670
Ardmore, OK
L .F. Ashley
Local 701
Gladstone, OR
Don Alexander
Kenneth Briar
Voy Powell
Robert Turk
Local 793
Oakville, ON
Raymond S.
Randle
Local 825
Springfield, NJ
Lawrence E.
Melanson
Eugene J.
Perkowski
Walter D. Radzio
Local 826
N/A
J .O. Huitt
Local 841
Terre Haute, IN
Alfred W. Wise
Local 912
Columbia, TN
Leslie H. Allen
Julian Sharp
Local 950
Milwaukee, WI
Daniel Maciejczak
Local 955
Edmonton, AB
Walter Juba
Ernest W. Posehn
Local 965
Springfield, IL
Harold L. Cooley
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Denver, CO
Verne L. Hamberger
Local 012
Pasadena, CA
Glen Malcolm
Curtis Murray
Robert Nodland
Bob Patterson
George H. Randall
Tony Rios
Otilio Robles
Rodolfo Sigala
Ben B. Thomas
Donald Winter
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Long Island city,
NY
Frank Pedote
Matthew E. Reilly
Joseph Tschinkel
Local 016
N/A
Gale E. Gardner
Local 017
Lakeview, NY
Carmen Pariso
Ward F. Raynor
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Cleveland, OH
Robert Dravis
Paul E. Grooms
Harrison M.
Jones
Ervin F. Kattelman
David C. Metcalf
John A. Noll
Joseph Przytulski
Wendell A.
Smitley
Donald Whetstone
Robert A. Williams
Richard L.
Young
Local 030
Richmond Hill,
NY
Patrick J. Egan
Local 037
Baltimore, MD
Thomas B. Scott
Local 049
Minneapolis,
MN
Jack W. Buck
Adolph J. Hanken
Andy E. Jenson
Joseph H.
Klocker
Burton R. Kraabel
Roger E. Peterson
Leonard Sellheim
Local 066
Pittsburgh, PA
George L. Bumbarger
Paul H. Butler
Ira D. Clare
Raymond
Lorenzi
Carlton L. Olson
John Pearce jr
John H. Santypal
jr
Harry G. Smith
Walter Szedny
John J. Wozniak
Local 068
West Caldwell,
NJ
Stephen Mcguire
John Mooney
Local 098
East Longmeadow,
MA
Lawrence E.
Duval
Local 099
Washington, DC
James A. Davis
Local 101
Kansas City, MO
George B. Richardson
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Local 115
Burnaby, BC
Harvey A. Herbert
Local 139
Pewaukee, WI
Charles W.
Curavo
Vernon R. Tilque
Edward Weiland
Local 147
Norfolk, VA
Ernest C. Bryson
Local 148
Saint Louis, MO
Le Guymon
Charles B.
Holster
Local 150
Countryside, IL
Herman D.
Artist
Alfonso Buvarskis
Donald Everson
Franklin Gott
Leonard W.
Legrand jr
Thomas Pickering
James H. Stafford
Ronald Woodward
Local 158
Glenmont, NY
George P. Bennett
Herschel Davis
Barry Haggerty
John I. Sincebaugh
George Waldron
Local 181
Henderson, KY
James Lashley
Local 234
Des Moines, IA
M .H. Bickford
Local 286
Auburn, WA
Lynn O. Larsen
Local 302
Bothell, WA
Calvin D. Blevins
Robert Harmon
Kenneth V.
Johnson
Herbert M.
Johnson
Melvin Kiviaho
Stanley H. Perry
Local 317
Oak Creek, WI
Earl W. Reiss
Local 318
Marion, IL
Sherman R. Frey
Local 324
Bloomfield
Township, MI
Leonard W.
Bailey
Loreto Cocco
James J. Gordon
jr
Reino Hakkila
Adrian Maki
Richard A. Meyers
John L. Nelson
Robert J. Porter
Local 332
N/A
Earnest Howell
Local 382
N/A
Morris R. Herring
Local 399
Chicago, IL
William Murphy
Robert A. Sitniewski
Local 406
New Orleans,
LA
James C. Arnouville
sr
John Audibert jr
Hardy Malone
Local 407
Lake Charles,
LA
E .L. Butler
Lafate H. Franks
Local 450
Mont Belvieu,
TX
David J. Hall
Local 478
Hamden, CT
Richard W.
Moyher
Local 513
Bridgeton, MO
Huston Helmig
Fred C. Nicolay
Paul J. Rathgeber
Vincent Schimweg
Ronald Thorn
Local 520
Granite City, IL
Floyd F. Lay jr
Local 525
N/A
John L. Mccrary
Edward Merchant
Local 542
Fort Washington,
PA
Don R. Dantonio
Eugene Deluca
jr
Samuel George
Walter Hinkel
Carl H. Kistler
James D. Shade
James J. Smith
John W. Subers
jr
George E. Weidensaul
Local 612
Tacoma, WA
Richard B. Wood
Local 701
Gladstone, OR
Arlie Mollgaard
Local 825
Springfield, NJ
Edward P. Flanagan
Thomas F.
Moran
Frank Piscitelli
Local 877
Norwood, MA
Edward E. Robertson
Local 925
Mango, FL
Cecil R.
Dempsey
Local 926
Rex, GA
Cledith W.
Bruner
Philip B. Klein
Local 955
Edmonton, AB
Zane Bahry
Local 967
N/A
Raymond Mccormick
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