IUOE News December 2014
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SHAPING<br />
THE FUTURE<br />
Securing future projects<br />
through Project Labour<br />
Agreements is Priority One<br />
<strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong><br />
www.iuoe115.com
ON THE COVER Dawson’s Indian Garden<br />
Pit out in Savona BC, Brother Scott Reid<br />
ripping the mountain in the D8 CAT.<br />
<strong>IUOE</strong> <strong>News</strong> is the official<br />
publication of the International<br />
Union of Operating Engineers<br />
Local 115.<br />
Local Executive Board<br />
Business Manager<br />
Brian Cochrane<br />
President<br />
Wayne E. Mills<br />
Vice-President<br />
Brad Randall<br />
Recording Secretary<br />
Brian Lefebvre<br />
Financial Secretary<br />
Don Swerdan<br />
Treasurer<br />
Frank Carr<br />
Guard<br />
Everett Cummings<br />
Conductor<br />
Doug Fisher<br />
Trustees<br />
Brett Chapman<br />
Brian Moore<br />
Curtis Wright<br />
Auditors<br />
Chip Dhaliwal<br />
Goretti Guibault<br />
Craig McIntosh<br />
District Executive Board<br />
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2 - Curtis Harold<br />
3 - Brad Gerow<br />
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Contents<br />
Business Manager<br />
We must invest time and work now to secure our future................................................................ 1<br />
President<br />
Outreach, training and strong skills will make our union grow....................................................... 2<br />
District 1<br />
We need to speak up in support of construction projects.............................................................. 3<br />
Canada must get out in the lead in the production of LNG............................................................. 4<br />
We need to organize, and identify unfair and shady practices ....................................................... 5<br />
Over 140 high-rises under construction in Lower Mainland............................................................ 6<br />
Offering support to our Tumbler Ridge members.......................................................................... 7<br />
Hoping for positive outcome in complex bargaining .................................................................... 8<br />
Union Organizing<br />
Sledgehammers and security guards stand between workers and a fair wage................................ 9<br />
Just another hurdle put in place for unions by our federal government........................................ 10<br />
Dispatch<br />
Let government know you support Site C................................................................................... 10<br />
District 2<br />
Members can feel proud to be part of our union......................................................................... 12<br />
District 3<br />
Lots of work means lots of organizing opportunities................................................................... 14<br />
District 4<br />
Hoping for some big projects to become reality soon.................................................................. 15<br />
District 5<br />
Oil and gas industry keeping things busy in the Northeast.......................................................... 16<br />
District 6<br />
If you have questions, make sure you ask a real union member.................................................... 17<br />
Benefits Plan<br />
Exploring the ins and outs of drug claim reimbursement............................................................. 18<br />
Training Association Report<br />
Courses starting up for another year at our Training Site.............................................................. 19<br />
FEATURE NEWS ARTICLE<br />
How Important is Liquified Natural Gas?..................................................................................... 24<br />
Regular Features<br />
Membership Service Awards...................................................................................................... 27<br />
Welcome to our 260 new Local 115 members............................................................................. 38<br />
Member Service Awards List...................................................................................................... 39<br />
Pensions Awarded..................................................................................................................... 40<br />
Local 115 District Offices and Meeting Notices............................................................................ 41
We must invest time<br />
and work now to<br />
secure our future<br />
Business Manager<br />
Brian Cochrane,<br />
Business Manager<br />
It is hard to believe that we are already in <strong>December</strong> and<br />
<strong>2014</strong> is quickly coming to a close. It is the time of year to do<br />
a review of the things that we have completed and celebrate<br />
successes.<br />
With the completion of the Burnaby office renovation,<br />
<strong>2014</strong> gave us an incredible opportunity to reflect back at the<br />
amazing 83 years of service Local 115 has brought to our<br />
membership, the province of BC and the Yukon.<br />
There are so many members who have contributed their<br />
lives to serving others for the Local Union, improving standards<br />
for our membership in good times and bad; and we owe<br />
them all a debt of gratitude.<br />
Many of the things we take for granted today including<br />
pension plans, training, safety, and benefit<br />
programs, as well as good collective<br />
agreements have developed and evolved<br />
over the decades due to strong leadership<br />
and a committed membership. We have<br />
a lot to be proud of and have good reason<br />
to celebrate these achievements.<br />
Continuing to shape the future for our<br />
members is a never ending set of tasks.<br />
With moving targets and our influence on Government policy<br />
at all levels, it is becoming increasingly important to maintain<br />
and grow our presence.<br />
Meetings in Victoria<br />
Recently I and quite a few members of the leadership of the<br />
BC Building Trades met several Ministers in Victoria, regarding<br />
upcoming major projects and trades training issues.<br />
The highlights of our efforts were meetings with Rich Coleman,<br />
British Columbia’s Deputy Premier and Minister of<br />
Energy and Mines; Shirley Bond, the Minister of Jobs, Tourism<br />
and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour;<br />
and John Rustad, the Minister of Aboriginal Relations and<br />
Reconciliation.<br />
At the time of writing, and as <strong>2014</strong> comes to a close we are<br />
awaiting a few key decisions from both industry and government<br />
that will have a huge impact on Operating Engineers.<br />
Now that the Province has nailed down its tax structure for<br />
LNG development, we are awaiting the Final Investment decision<br />
from PETRONAS to give the green light. This project<br />
along with the potential for Site C Hydroelectric Dam will be<br />
great news for OE’s and all of the Building Trades.<br />
We have been spending much time this year to try and<br />
maximize our opportunities and secure this work under Project<br />
Labour Agreements. Given the projected demand for<br />
skilled workers, and to ensure BC gets the value for our<br />
resources, there is no doubt that this will be the best model for<br />
these projects.<br />
Tumbler Ridge shutdown<br />
With the continued pressure on coal prices, our members at<br />
Peace River Coal in Tumbler Ridge<br />
will soon be looking for work as the<br />
company has elected to shut the<br />
mine down at the end of the year.<br />
This is going to be a tough transition<br />
for the entire community as<br />
the boom from the last few years<br />
comes to an end, for now.<br />
As some of the major projects start<br />
to come on-line, hopefully sooner than later, we will be trying<br />
to place as many members as possible into these projects.<br />
It is very frustrating to know that our Governments both<br />
Provincial and Federal have supported HD Mining to utilize<br />
Temporary Foreign Workers from China as they will soon be<br />
some of the only people left working in Tumbler Ridge!<br />
At the time of writing, and as <strong>2014</strong><br />
comes to a close we are awaiting a<br />
few key decisions from both industry<br />
and government that will have a<br />
huge impact on Operating Engineers.<br />
BC Federation of Labour Convention<br />
As many will have heard, Brother Jim Sinclair has decided not<br />
to run for the President’s position at the BC Federation of<br />
Labour this year. The BC Fed Convention is being held<br />
November 23rd to 28th so by the time you receive this we will<br />
have a new leader for the Federation.<br />
Jim has done a very good job advancing the labour movement<br />
in BC, and has managed to work with us on a number of<br />
issues from Trades training , to LNG development and Temcontinued<br />
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<strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong> 1
President’s Message<br />
Text to come.<br />
Winter is upon us and we need to remember that the weather<br />
can cause us problems, both on and off the job. Winter is<br />
enjoyable but you need to be aware of conditions and take the<br />
necessary precautions to stay safe.<br />
The Kitimat Modernization Project will be wrapping up<br />
shortly with “Hot Metal” scheduled for the end of March or<br />
early April 2015, and they should be into final cleanup and<br />
landscaping in the fall. The <strong>IUOE</strong><br />
peaked at about 225 people working<br />
on this project; this is 30% more<br />
than originally scheduled. This<br />
project is the largest private sector<br />
project that BC has seen so far, with<br />
Outreach, training and<br />
strong skills will make<br />
our union grow<br />
Wayne E. Mills,<br />
President<br />
We believe that the projects<br />
in the north are promising and<br />
it should be great in the next<br />
few years<br />
over 3,500 hourly Building Trades people working on site.<br />
We hope to hear before the New Year, or shortly thereafter,<br />
on one or maybe two of the larger LNG projects getting the go<br />
ahead from their respective boards. The Petronas in Prince<br />
Rupert, and the LNG Canada (Shell) in Kitimat, seem to be<br />
the two that are still in the running. And if/when they get<br />
their go-ahead, it will mean the beginning of site development<br />
and pipeline work to feed the plants.<br />
With a little luck, that would be in the fall just about the<br />
time KMP has wrapped up, so it does look promising, but<br />
stranger things have happened. The Trades have a PLA<br />
(Project Labour Agreement) with one contractor, and Memorandums<br />
of Intent with two others regarding LNG projects. If<br />
one of those contractors or groups is the successful bidder,<br />
there will be a lot of work for OE’s under collective agreement<br />
for the next 4 or 5 years in the North-West.<br />
At the time of writing, the Tri-Pac (OE’s, Teamsters and<br />
Labourers) are still in meetings with Enbridge regarding the<br />
NGP. The PLA we are working on covers the Roads, Tunnels<br />
and Site Development. The pipeline trades (UA, OE’s, Teamsters<br />
and Labourers) have a Memorandum of Understanding<br />
regarding that work.<br />
In the spring of this year, the Building Trades met with<br />
Constructors and had some frank discussions about upcoming<br />
work. In late October, we met with a number of owners of<br />
these tentatively scheduled projects. The same questions were<br />
raised with both groups: “Can we supply skilled Tradespeople?”,<br />
“What is our capacity to train apprentices?”, and when it comes<br />
to training “What relationship do we have<br />
with the First Nations communities?”.<br />
The owners and bigger contractors also<br />
expect ZERO incidents and anything other<br />
than that is unacceptable to them. At a recent<br />
Union Management meeting with the KMP<br />
contractors, Bechtel said that they had two<br />
million hours with no lost time accidents, which is impressive.<br />
Always remember—no one wants to get hurt, no one wants<br />
anyone to get hurt, and this new safety system is here to stay.<br />
Partners in Trades with First Nations<br />
In early October, I had the opportunity to participate in the<br />
Partners in Trades with a number of the First Nation organizations.<br />
We have a number of First Nation groups that speak<br />
very highly of the Operating Engineers and our Training<br />
Association. Case in point is the Nisga’a Nation who said how<br />
they had sent a number of people to various training providers<br />
around the province and in comparison, ours had no<br />
equal.<br />
Business Manager’s Report<br />
continued from previous page<br />
porary Foreign Workers. He has been tireless and relentless,<br />
worked in challenging circumstances balancing both the<br />
interests of Public and Private sector unions;, and on behalf of<br />
the Operating Engineers I wish him all the best in the next<br />
phase of his career.<br />
As we look forward into 2015, the Local will be working on<br />
developing new Organizing strategies for all sectors of our<br />
membership. Even with all of the potential work and opportunities<br />
that lie ahead, we must remain strong and at the forefront<br />
in maintaining our market share. Our history has given<br />
us a great foundation and it is crucial that we continue to train,<br />
grow and organize to create a better future for Operating<br />
Engineers.<br />
On behalf of the Officers, Executive Board and staff of Local<br />
115, I wish you and your families a safe and festive Christmas<br />
season along with best wishes for a successful 2015.<br />
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They told the crowd how they wanted to build a soccer<br />
field complex and had spoken with our Training Association<br />
and agreed to send 8 people for training plus 2 that would<br />
become instructors/mentors. Upon their completion, they<br />
started working on the soccer field and within a few days<br />
dispatch called and sent one of the people to work on the<br />
KMP project. And a few days later, dispatch called and sent<br />
another, and again and again.<br />
Within the month, all of those that had gone through the<br />
training were out working for a signatory contractor, and even<br />
though their soccer field is still sitting, waiting to be completed,<br />
they were very pleased with the outcome of the training.<br />
I got up and spoke to the group about that situation and<br />
said I couldn’t really apologize because that is what the Operating<br />
Engineers Training Association does—we train to<br />
supply our over 250 contractors to fill their needs for safe<br />
skilled workers in the industry. I said that we do not train for<br />
the sake of training, nor do we make a profit on our training.<br />
Our training is at a standard that is higher than what other<br />
groups call for because we train to supply our contractors with<br />
safe skilled people.<br />
In closing, and without sounding like that broken record,<br />
we believe that the projects in the north are promising and it<br />
should be great in the next few years with the growth and<br />
work because of the resource industry.<br />
Growing our membership<br />
I will say it again now, more than ever, that we need to increase<br />
both our membership base (with qualified operators, trainees<br />
and tradesmen), and increase the market share for Union<br />
contractors.<br />
There are a few ways to do this but the key is involvement<br />
of our current membership, which means you. If you are<br />
working for a non-contributing contractor, organize them.<br />
This increases the unionized market share and builds strength<br />
in your agreement and your benefits.<br />
If you know of someone that is a qualified, skilled operator<br />
and has the skills needed to work for our contractors, talk to<br />
them, get them into the hall and get them signed up. We will<br />
continue to grow and prosper.<br />
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year<br />
I want to say Merry Christmas to you, your family and friends,<br />
and have a happy, safe holiday season. Good health and prosperity<br />
for 2015. Also remember to take time for those less<br />
fortunate than ourselves, by maybe extending a helping hand.<br />
Thank you for the work put in by our Stewards, Safety Reps<br />
and Committee members on behalf of the Union and the<br />
members you work with. As always, may the best things that<br />
happened to you in <strong>2014</strong> be the worst of your problems in<br />
2015 and safe travels.<br />
As another year comes to a close, many of the questions we<br />
asked at the beginning of the year regarding which major<br />
project will be given the green light to start construction still<br />
have not been answered. Opposition to all major construction<br />
projects in B.C. remains strong, dividing people, organizations<br />
and politicians with the economy versus environment<br />
debate or “I just don’t want it in my back yard.”<br />
As Operating Engineers, construction projects are our livelihood.<br />
We must support them, because we have lost support<br />
from traditionally labour-friendly politicians and other<br />
unions.<br />
The Site C dam project in Fort St. John did pass the federal<br />
and provincial environmental assessment review process and<br />
now awaits provincial government approval to go ahead,<br />
along with resolving<br />
native land claims. This<br />
may be the first of the<br />
major projects to start<br />
construction.<br />
One of the keys for<br />
construction of a major<br />
project will be its labour<br />
force, which will include<br />
training and apprentices.<br />
We need to speak<br />
up in support of<br />
construction projects<br />
Craig McIntosh,<br />
Business Representative<br />
District One<br />
Opposition to all major<br />
construction projects in<br />
B.C. remains strong,<br />
dividing people,<br />
organizations and<br />
politicians<br />
One component of learning the trade is mentorship.<br />
Mentorship comes from on—the—job training from experienced<br />
journeypersons. As a mentor you are a teacher who<br />
coaches and motivates an apprentice at the same time. The<br />
mentor should identify the point of the lesson, demonstrate<br />
the skill, provide the opportunity for progress, give feedback<br />
and assess progress.<br />
Not all journeypersons make good mentors. I was fortunate<br />
and did have experienced operators who stepped up and<br />
showed me the tricks of the trade. As an apprentice it is important<br />
to listen, interact positively with mentors, understand<br />
and respond to instructions.<br />
In closing—wishing you and your families a Merry Christmas<br />
and a healthy prosperous New Year.<br />
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District One<br />
Canada must get out<br />
in the lead in the<br />
production of LNG<br />
Everett Cummings,<br />
Business Representative<br />
By the time you read this article, the Delta Tilbury LNG<br />
storage facility project should be started. This is a $350 million<br />
dollar project for Fortis; the General Contractor is Bantrel<br />
Construction, with DL Baker being a sub-contractor for<br />
building the storage tank. This project will mean over 2 years<br />
of work close to home.<br />
There is also a possibility that Fortis may even do an expansion<br />
prior to the job being<br />
completed, almost doubling the<br />
size of the project. The new facility<br />
will be mainly for loading<br />
trucks, but when this project first<br />
came out, they talked about using<br />
it for residential homes at peak times, and even water tanker<br />
loading off the Fraser River. This may still come into play on<br />
the second phase of the expansion.<br />
British Columbia needs to get behind LNG plants for<br />
selling off shore; these create good paying jobs, support<br />
communities and help train apprentices for the future. There<br />
are many trades that are needed now and into the future, and<br />
British Columbia needs to get<br />
behind LNG plants for selling off<br />
shore. These create good paying<br />
jobs and support communities<br />
if we don’t get jobs to train on, we will have TFW coming in<br />
while Canadians sit at home.<br />
I was reading some stats that are surprising: they say that<br />
40% of the world does not have modern energy (that also<br />
includes oil), and that in the next 30 years it will increase to<br />
56% with the world’s growth. Even with technological changes<br />
using energy from wind, solar and dams, oil will remain the<br />
biggest provider of energy at 85%.<br />
It’s important to get LNG running before other countries<br />
start providing this valuable source of energy. With BC selling<br />
LNG around the world, it will only help in changing the stats<br />
mentioned above into using modern and cleaner energy<br />
alongside oil.<br />
With the Road Building construction slowing down for the<br />
winter in the Utility and Paving industries, the membership<br />
has to help your Brothers and Sisters. You need to check union<br />
cards of people you don’t know or that show up on the job<br />
sites. There are people in seats out there that<br />
should not be on a machine.<br />
You can’t have the attitude “I am okay, I am<br />
working”. You could be next on the dispatch<br />
list to go out, but then someone is sitting in<br />
your seat! It is up to everyone as members to<br />
have all of our membership in mind when protecting our jobs.<br />
It could be a bit of a slower year in 2015 with some of the big<br />
projects being wrapped up such as the major paving jobs and<br />
the completion of several overpasses.<br />
I would like to take this time to wish you and your families<br />
a Merry Christmas, and a prosperous and safe New Year.<br />
Work Safe!<br />
IDL Projects 870 Hitachi<br />
working in the North.<br />
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We need to organize,<br />
and identify unfair<br />
and shady practices<br />
Don Swerdan,<br />
Business Representative<br />
What a year! Even as this year comes to a close, there remains<br />
a number of sets of negotiations that continue.<br />
B.F.I. Island<br />
During this set of negotiations, I have been assisting Brothers<br />
Curtis Harold, Bob McLean, Steve Lawson, Wade Foster and<br />
Trevor Smith. The crew recently rejected the Employer’s last<br />
proposal and Brother Harold has<br />
been in contact with the Company<br />
and is in the process of setting up<br />
meetings to resume negotiations.<br />
The issues remaining are primarily<br />
monetary and the Company has<br />
identified their biggest hurdle as<br />
being that of the competition. “The playing field is not level<br />
and the competition continues to eat our lunch” the Company<br />
has stated on more than one occasion.<br />
We as members know these non-union players in this area<br />
and we need to get out there and organize these Companies,<br />
get these deserving employees under a Collective Agreement<br />
and bring their working conditions and safety standards to<br />
where they should be. This will only happen with the help of<br />
our membership and their commitment to constant and<br />
continued communication with these people.<br />
All this being stated, we will be meeting with the Company<br />
soon and there is no doubt that we will be having a ratification<br />
vote in the very near future.<br />
These “fly by nighters” are<br />
decimating this industry by quoting<br />
substantially reduced pricing and<br />
providing inferior service.<br />
Hiway Refrigeration<br />
These negotiations have just started and the Company has<br />
come out of the gate with dialogue on the competition and<br />
how they are undercutting and “bastardizing” the industry.<br />
There are “Companies” (one and two man operations) that<br />
are essentially working out of their vehicles, motel rooms and<br />
in one case out of a shipping container in the Lower Mainland!<br />
As you probably figured out, quite a number of these “fly<br />
by nighters” are neither from here nor do they have any roots<br />
here.<br />
These “fly by nighters” are decimating this industry by<br />
quoting substantially reduced pricing and providing inferior<br />
service. They‘ll only remain in B.C. long enough to pull whatever<br />
money that they can out of our economy and leave at a<br />
District One<br />
moment’s notice, leaving the industry and our accredited<br />
service providers to repair the carnage and damage caused<br />
(no pun intended). Again, as with B.F.I., we as members have<br />
a responsibility to find and identify these “companies” and<br />
their employees. We cannot relent in this pursuit.<br />
Rempel Bros. Concrete<br />
We have just commenced bargaining and the Parties have<br />
exchanged their respective proposals. The crew’s expectations<br />
are that there will be a “leveling of the playing field” but, in<br />
this case, to their advantage.<br />
When looking at the industry and Lehigh’s other operations,<br />
it is clear that the crew is absolutely correct that their<br />
wage package is less than a number of others. Even though the<br />
negotiating committee has not heard this from the Company,<br />
yet, there are a number of non-union haulers in the Valley<br />
that are wreaking havoc with the pricing in the Industry.<br />
Again, not to sound like a broken record,<br />
we need to organize these haulers with the<br />
help of our membership to ensure we<br />
continue to make the gains our members<br />
deserve.<br />
Negotiation dates have been set for<br />
November and <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
Urban Wood Waste<br />
Negotiations have concluded and we were successful in ratifying<br />
a first Collective Agreement for these soon-to-be members.<br />
Welcome to the 60 new members employed by Urban!<br />
Special thanks go out to Urban Shop Stewards Steve Farrell<br />
and Ted Thomas as they proved to be an invaluable resource<br />
during the course of collective bargaining.<br />
In closing, I want to wish all members and their families a<br />
safe and happy Holiday Season and Happy New Year.<br />
Jack Cewe Crew, paving Kingsway and Coast Meridian in Port<br />
Coquitlam. L to R - Angie Herod, Frank Zecca, Sergio Gallina,<br />
Darren Hudson, Amadeus Bevlivaqua, Matt Scardillo, Leo<br />
“Paqualle” Baldinero. Bottom - Cyrus Salehi<br />
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District One<br />
Over 140 high-rises<br />
under construction in<br />
Lower Mainland<br />
Frank Carr,<br />
Business Representative<br />
As the year draws to an end, it allows us with an opportunity<br />
to reflect on the previous twelve months. Much like the year<br />
before, there are many notable changes and successes that<br />
have been reported in our communications over the year.<br />
A major accomplishment is the Head Office renovation<br />
which is now complete, and we are all benefiting from our<br />
modern new facility. In September, we had the great honour<br />
of General President James T. Callahan attend our General<br />
Membership meeting. Brother Callahan addressed the<br />
membership, recognized our efforts and<br />
assisted in the official opening of our<br />
impressive office building. The response<br />
to the renovation and the new look of<br />
the building from the membership,<br />
employers and affiliates has been very<br />
positive and congratulatory.<br />
The long warm summer has now been overshadowed with<br />
near record rainfall during the month of October, but the<br />
amount of work hasn’t subsided as most industries in the<br />
Lower Mainland are busy with only a few exceptions. Currently<br />
there are over 140 new high-rises under construction with<br />
Attending the BC Economic Forum: Women as a Catalyst for<br />
Growth at the Vancouver Board of Trade are; L to R, Sister Goretti<br />
Guibault, Heavy Equipment Operator with Brasco in Kittimat,<br />
Sister Sheryl Lucyk, Crane Operator at Vancouver Pile Driving<br />
and Frank Carr Business Representative<br />
many more planned; residential construction is busy and the<br />
Road Building, Utility and Paving crews are finishing up their<br />
year-end projects.<br />
Lehigh’s Gilley’s Quarry on the Pitt River has Pacific Site<br />
Concrete crushing on site and they plan to be working there<br />
until <strong>December</strong>. Geopac has been awarded their biggest<br />
project to date at the Annacis Island Sewage Treatment Plant.<br />
The project will be roughly nine months with six crews; in<br />
addition, they will be performing WIC drain installation at<br />
the Tsawwassen First Nations development until the new year.<br />
The next phase of the Fortis Tilbury LNG project should be<br />
starting soon; the project is roughly $400 million and includes<br />
processing, a distribution facility and a large storage tank. We<br />
have had preliminary meetings with Bantrel and DL Baker,<br />
and if all goes according to plan, we should be filling orders<br />
for the 2 year project soon.<br />
With regard to upcoming negotiations, we will be conducting<br />
proposal meetings for Pacific Industrial Movers and Pitt<br />
River Quarries. Brothers and Sisters, please keep track of your<br />
proposals and we will post and mail<br />
out meeting notices in due course.<br />
Recently I had the opportunity to<br />
attend the BC Economic Forum for<br />
Women as a Catalyst for Growth via<br />
the Building Trades with Sister<br />
Goretti Guilbault (Executive Board<br />
Member, Local 115 Women’s Skills Development Liaison,<br />
Dozer Operator) and Sister Sheryl Lucyk (Marine and Pile<br />
Driving Crane Operator working at Vancouver Pile Driving)<br />
and Brother Brad Randall, Vice President and Administrator<br />
of the Training Association.<br />
It was reported at the forum that less than 4% of construction<br />
workers are women. The Sector we participated in<br />
focused on Growing Women in Non-Traditional Roles and<br />
Emerging Sectors (e.g. Science, Technology, Engineering and<br />
Mathematics (STEM) fields and a number of key growth<br />
sectors such as Construction, Forestry, Utilities and Mining).<br />
Kirsten Wilson, President of Jack Cewe Ltd., co-led the<br />
committee as the discussion focused on barriers women face,<br />
key solutions advancing women and an action plan for change.<br />
The recommendations will be forwarded to the Premier’s<br />
Office for direction and implementation.<br />
Congratulations to Brother Tom Kinnear on his move from<br />
the Training Association to Business Representative.<br />
Thank-You to the Shop Stewards and members that get<br />
involved and assist us throughout the year; our continued<br />
success depends on you.<br />
Best wishes to you and your families this holiday season!<br />
A major accomplishment is the Head<br />
Office renovation which is now<br />
complete, and we are all benefiting<br />
from our modern new facility.<br />
6 <strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>
Offering support<br />
to our Tumbler Ridge<br />
members<br />
Brett Chapman,<br />
Business Representative<br />
Brothers and Sisters—it’s that time again.<br />
As some of you may or may not have heard, the Coal Mine<br />
that the Operating Engineers represent, Peace River Coal<br />
(Anglo-American) just twenty minutes outside Tumbler<br />
Ridge, announced in mid-September that<br />
they will be shutting down the mine and<br />
putting it into a care and maintenance state.<br />
This has been a direct result of coal prices<br />
continuing to plummet. This has really come<br />
as no surprise considering that Walter<br />
Energy, Quintette, Brule and Willow Mines shut down just a<br />
short time ago leaving the town of Tumbler Ridge in shock.<br />
And make no mistake—Peace River Coal being the last viable<br />
functioning mine outside of Tumbler Ridge shutting down<br />
will in fact DEVASTATE the town.<br />
Since I have been the representative at PRC for the last 27<br />
months, I have made many friends in Tumbler Ridge and can<br />
honestly say that it will be heartbreaking to see hard working<br />
District One<br />
Brothers and Sisters and their families out of work due to a<br />
crumbling industry.<br />
The Operating Engineers are doing everything possible to<br />
help provide alternative arrangements to accommodate as<br />
many of the 300 members that will be affected by the shut<br />
down, and be out of work by mid-January.<br />
The Operating Engineers are circulating as many resumés<br />
as possible to our signatory companies to help find gainful<br />
employment for our Brothers and Sisters going forward.<br />
On the bargaining front, we have completed negotiations<br />
and have ratified with 100% acceptance at Great West Equipment.<br />
Brothers at Great West Equipment will enjoy a $2.00<br />
increase in the first year, 2.5% in the second and 2.5% in the<br />
third year. This also includes a $0.50 cent increase in their<br />
Peace River Coal being the last<br />
viable functioning mine outside of<br />
Tumbler Ridge shutting down will<br />
in fact devastate the town.<br />
pension the first year, $0.25 cents<br />
in the second year, and a $0.25<br />
cent increase in the third year,<br />
bringing it to a total pension<br />
contribution of $6.00 an hour by<br />
the time this contract ends…<br />
ENJOY Brothers.<br />
I would like to reflect on all the hard work the Shop Stewards<br />
have done this past year and thank you very much for all<br />
the support you have given me in helping represent our<br />
members. Remember: I can’t do it without you.<br />
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all Brothers and Sisters, and a<br />
HAPPY NEW YEAR… be safe and we will see you in the field!<br />
Brother Don Willison with B&B Contracting working at 196th Street and 32 Avenue in Langley.<br />
<strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong> 7
District One<br />
Hoping for positive<br />
outcome in complex<br />
bargaining<br />
Chip Dhaliwal,<br />
Business Representative<br />
Brothers and Sisters, it continues to be a very busy time for me<br />
with all the Collective Agreements that required bargaining<br />
this year.<br />
Collective Agreements have been ratified at BC Conveying,<br />
Canadian Heating Products and Pacific Radiator while the<br />
Wastech deal was ultimately achieved after a process called<br />
Mediation/Arbitration. This is when a third party tries to<br />
mediate with the two parties for a time. If an agreement is not<br />
reached, then this third party imposes a settlement on the<br />
Union and the Company.<br />
The Union and the Company agreed<br />
that after ten months of complicated<br />
and arduous bargaining, perhaps we<br />
were at a stalemate. We agreed to meet<br />
in early September with two last days<br />
to get the less contentious issues off the<br />
table before Mediation/Arbitration began on the third day.<br />
The Wastech Agreement is a complicated one to bargain as<br />
there are essentially three different bargaining units:<br />
1. In the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, the members<br />
are spread out over twenty-seven facilities. These facilities<br />
deal with the solid waste and recycling needs of this Regional<br />
District.<br />
2. The second element of the Wastech Agreement is the Metro<br />
Vancouver Solid Waste Landfill facility in Cache Creek.<br />
The dedicated and conscientious members in Cache Creek<br />
are responsible for handling all the solid waste that Metro<br />
Vancouver directs to that facility. They are also responsible<br />
for the upkeep and maintenance of the facility while fulfilling<br />
all the regulatory requirements that a facility of this type<br />
requires.<br />
This conference will help me make<br />
more informed decisions based on<br />
factual information when dealing with<br />
all the issues I encounter daily.<br />
3. The third part of the puzzle is what was referred to in<br />
bargaining as “The Coast”. The resolute and determined<br />
crew from “The Coast” service the five facilities in the<br />
Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. This crew has the added<br />
responsibility of handling hundreds and hundreds of<br />
customers daily, all the while operating heavy equipment in<br />
and around these customers.<br />
Bargaining these three distinct entities and geographical<br />
areas at the same time requires a lot of patience. We would<br />
never have reached an agreement if not for the dedication and<br />
practical knowledge of the shop stewards and bargaining<br />
committee members involved. Brothers and Sisters Al<br />
Gibbons, Donna Ive, Lance Milward, Ken Kiley, Stewart<br />
Unrah and Darlene Donchi were all an integral part of<br />
bargaining.<br />
Brothers Delan Iankovs at BC Conveying, Fahim Mohammad<br />
at Pacific Radiator, and Russ Naugle & Steve Hession at<br />
Canadian Heating Products also provided excellent representation<br />
for their respective crews during bargaining.<br />
Carney’s Waste will be voting on<br />
the company’s final offer soon. Atlas<br />
Copco Canada will be having a ratification<br />
and a strike vote shortly<br />
also.<br />
Williams Machinery and Catalys<br />
Lubricants bargaining is winding<br />
down, and we should have something for the respective crews<br />
to vote on soon.<br />
The Union will commence bargaining with Atlas Copco<br />
Thiessen in late November and with Hertz Equipment in early<br />
<strong>December</strong>.<br />
I have attended courses on Accommodation/Return to<br />
Work and Bullying and Harassment recently. These are issues<br />
that I am increasingly dealing with on a regular basis.<br />
In mid-November, I will be attending the BC Labour<br />
Review. This is a “state–of-the-law” conference. It will be<br />
instructed by “experienced union and management lawyers”<br />
who will help us “understand new developments in labour law<br />
and their impact on unionized workplaces”. I am looking<br />
forward to this conference, as the legal landscape we operate<br />
in is forever changing. This will help me make more informed<br />
decisions based on factual information when dealing with all<br />
the issues I encounter on a daily basis.<br />
In closing, thanks for your continued support, Happy Holidays<br />
and stay safe.<br />
8 <strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>
Sledgehammers and<br />
security guards stand<br />
between workers and<br />
a fair wage<br />
Brian Lefebvre,<br />
Director of Organizing<br />
Currently the Organizing Department is involved in multiple<br />
campaigns throughout the Province. One of the hurdles we<br />
face is gaining access to the work<br />
sites.<br />
Our Organizers have been faced<br />
with dealing with Security Guards<br />
who deny them access to the site —<br />
which isn’t too bad, as we always<br />
find a way around this hurdle.<br />
Sometimes we are met with a<br />
person who is wielding a sledge hammer at us to try and deny<br />
us access. Again, we found a way around this hurdle as well.<br />
It just goes to show how far some Employers go to keep<br />
their Employees from earning a fair wage, benefits and<br />
pension. We must ask ourselves Why?<br />
If we try to break down what has happened and continues<br />
to happen in Construction, it can be simply broken down to<br />
this:<br />
• A Project is put out for Tender by the Owner of the Project.<br />
• The Contractor with the lowest bid to build the Project is<br />
awarded the Job.<br />
What we are finding is that Non Union Contractors, and<br />
those Contractors that have substandard Collective Agreements<br />
with other so called Unions, have an approximate $3.00<br />
to $11.00 advantage on the Hourly Rate, Stat/Holiday Pay,<br />
Benefit Contributions and Pensions when compared to our<br />
Signatory Contractors.<br />
The difference in remuneration adds up on a Tender Bid as<br />
you multiply that out over the projected man-hours of the<br />
Project. Especially when you consider Material costs and<br />
Equipment costs (give or take a bit) are the same.<br />
Remember, some Project Owners do not care about the<br />
terms and conditions the workforce works under on their<br />
Project. They just want the Project completed for the lowest<br />
price possible.<br />
So why do employers go to all sorts of lengths to keep Organizers<br />
away from job sites and their Employees? They have a<br />
competitive advantage which comes from the back pockets of<br />
the women and men that work for them, plain and simple.<br />
It just goes to show how far some<br />
Employers go to keep their<br />
Employees from earning a fair<br />
wage, benefits and pension<br />
Union Organizing<br />
So why do we organize? Why bother?<br />
• To educate those in our industries to the benefits of working<br />
under an <strong>IUOE</strong> 115 Collective Agreement and the support<br />
they will receive as a Union Member. Plain and simple,<br />
some people in our Industry just don’t know what their<br />
skills are worth and others don’t care as they have some sort<br />
of “Deal” with their employer.<br />
• To raise the standards for remuneration in our Industries<br />
in BC, thus leveling the playing field for our Contractors<br />
when they are competing for Projects.<br />
• To gain Market Share which assists us when we are at the<br />
Bargaining Table on your behalf.<br />
Now this is where you can assist us. As<br />
you are the boots on the ground at a lot of<br />
these Projects throughout the Province,<br />
give us a call (toll free at 1-888-486-3115)<br />
and let us know where you’re working, who<br />
you are working for and what other Contactors<br />
are at your location. As I mentioned<br />
earlier, site access is a hurdle we face and if<br />
we have eyes and ears on the projects, it goes a long way to<br />
assist us.<br />
Sisters and Brothers, I would like to wish you a safe and<br />
prosperous Holiday Season from My Family to yours. Enjoy<br />
your time with Family and Friends and please, if drinks are<br />
involved, arrange a ride home. Let’s remember this Holiday<br />
Season for the right reasons.<br />
Cheers and all of the best in 2015.<br />
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<strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong> 9
Union Organizing<br />
Just another hurdle put in<br />
place for unions by our<br />
federal government<br />
Rob Duff,<br />
Organizer<br />
With the upcoming amendment to the federal labour code<br />
Bill C-525, our federal government will change the face of<br />
organizing at the federal level to the<br />
detriment of all unions. Claiming it’s all<br />
about democracy and protecting<br />
workers’ rights, while the effects of eliminating<br />
card check are well known by<br />
conservatives. Bill C-525 can be linked<br />
directly to the Conservative Party’s<br />
recent attack on undermining workers’ rights and Labour<br />
unions.<br />
Bill C-525 is a private member’s bill to amend federal union<br />
certification and decertification rights. On June 5, 2013,<br />
it is up to all of us to fight for<br />
our rights and put a stop to<br />
this madness our federal<br />
government is proposing.<br />
Conservative Alberta MP Blaine Calkins (Wetaskiwin) introduced<br />
this Private Member’s bill into the House for First<br />
Reading. Now the time is fast approaching that this bill will<br />
become law, and further eroding the ability of Unions to organize<br />
at the federal level.<br />
Currently federal labour laws allow for what is known as<br />
automatic certification or “card check”. The Federal labour<br />
board can accept signed union membership cards as evidence<br />
of support, or it can order a vote. Why do they want to get rid<br />
of automatic certification based on the card<br />
check? Because the evidence shows that eliminating<br />
automatic certification or card check<br />
makes it harder for workers to unionize. As<br />
members of the Operating Engineers, it is up<br />
to all of us to fight for our rights and put a stop<br />
to this madness our federal government is<br />
proposing. When do we say “enough is enough”?<br />
Contact your local MP to voice your concerns:<br />
www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/compilations/houseofcommons/<br />
MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC<br />
Let government know<br />
you support Site C<br />
Jim Flynn,<br />
Dispatcher<br />
Hello All! Well, I guess summer is over and we are finding<br />
out why this is called the “Wet Coast”. As I write this report,<br />
there have been a few dispatches for the John Hart Project,<br />
and the Kitimat Project has kept most of the members<br />
dispatched there working steady.<br />
Now that the Site C Dam has passed its environmental<br />
review, we will hopefully see this mega project start to move<br />
Dispatcher’s Report<br />
forward. Please let BC Hydro and the Government know that<br />
this project needs to be built under the Allied Hydro Agreement.<br />
Building it under this Agreement means good jobs for<br />
BC workers, and it also helps the young workers to have a<br />
chance for apprenticeships that will benefit the Province for<br />
years to come.<br />
From January 1, <strong>2014</strong> until September 30, <strong>2014</strong>, our<br />
districts filled orders as follows:<br />
• District 1 – 506<br />
• District 2 – 64<br />
• District 3 – 186<br />
• District 4 – 598<br />
• District 5 – 69<br />
• District 6 – 98<br />
That is 1,521 orders filled in 10 months. In closing, I would<br />
like to wish all the members and their families a Happy and<br />
Healthy Holiday Season.<br />
10 <strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>
Are you Ready to Lead, Ready to<br />
Follow and interested in joining our<br />
team as an <strong>IUOE</strong> 115 Organizer?<br />
Submit a resume outlining<br />
your experience and send<br />
it to the attention of:<br />
ORGANIZER<br />
FAX 604-291-8861 or<br />
EMAIL organizer@iuoe115.com<br />
MAIL <strong>IUOE</strong> Local 115<br />
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<strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong> 11
District Two<br />
Members can feel<br />
proud to be part of<br />
our union<br />
Curtis Harold,<br />
Business Representative<br />
Greetings Brothers and Sisters. Another year has come and<br />
gone, and with all of the Bargaining and Projects this year,<br />
time has moved very quickly. We have had a good year for<br />
civil works upgrades and Road Building. Emil Anderson is<br />
finished for the year installing Fibre Optic cable from Campbell<br />
River to Port McNeil, but plans are to continue to Port<br />
Hardy.<br />
The membership has worked many hours this summer for<br />
Dawson Construction upgrading the Malahat. As of this<br />
article, the majority of the heavy blasting and subgrade work<br />
is slowing down. The finishing work still needs to be completed<br />
and Island Asphalt crew are laying down as much blacktop<br />
as they can before the weather really turns.<br />
Work being performed on the Malahat this year has been<br />
well thought out. Traffic plans and due diligence from Dawson<br />
and Island Asphalt have made for minimal impact on wait<br />
times, coupled with a practiced-not-just-preached approach<br />
to public and worker safety. This has shown the difference<br />
from the non-union contractors that had the contract last<br />
year. Dawson was low bid on rock removal work at Maple Bay<br />
which should keep them on the Island till mid next year.<br />
The John Hart Dam is gaining some momentum, and<br />
currently Upland Contracting is digging the Portals to the<br />
tunnel. Frontier-Kemper has received most of the equipment<br />
for the tunneling and once the portals are down to grade, they<br />
can get started drilling and blasting.<br />
We have had a staggering number of inquiries and applications<br />
about potential work on the project. But being<br />
underground, it will not see the amount of Heavy Equipment<br />
operators that some seem to think. We will be able to fill the<br />
positions with our members locally.<br />
Bargaining<br />
We have ratified the OK Industries Group and Chew Excavating<br />
so far, and we are close to getting a deal to bring to the<br />
membership with Upland Contracting and Hub-City Paving.<br />
We have ongoing bargaining with Hazelwood Construction,<br />
Port Hardy Bulldozing, Robinson Rentals, BFI<br />
- Progressive Waste Services, the District of Port Hardy, and<br />
Hyland Precast.<br />
I would like to acknowledge those who have been coming<br />
to the District Meetings. We are pleased to see great turnouts<br />
to the Nanaimo and Victoria meetings. The fact that the<br />
younger generation are increasing in numbers at the meetings<br />
speaks highly to the membership and leadership, showing<br />
how important it is to be an Operating Engineer.<br />
Everyone can feel proud to be a part of this Union. We<br />
continue to be a resource to every worker in B.C. with our<br />
membership always at the forefront. Whether it is Collective<br />
Bargaining, Benefits, Pension, Training, Grievances or just<br />
knowing that you are part of the important donations to the<br />
Children’s Charities we participate in. collectively we do better.<br />
As the year closes and the weather turns for the worse,<br />
please be careful in whatever line of work you are doing this<br />
winter. <strong>IUOE</strong> and your families need you to be safe and make<br />
it home at the end of each day.<br />
The fact our members have the confidence to deny unsafe<br />
work, without fear of repercussions because of representation<br />
is something many of the workforce out there have yet to<br />
experience. Have a great Christmas and Happy New Year this<br />
holiday season. All the best wishes to you and your families.<br />
50 Year Member, Brother Floyd Werning brought in his 1964<br />
dues book as well as the attached picture of him waving out of<br />
his cabin in the tower crane in November 1965. ‘We were sitting<br />
down inside our cabins but as you can see it was quite primitive.<br />
There was no walk way out to the cabin or even any hand lines.<br />
Hardly any rules if any then’ says Brother Werning. This was the<br />
second crane in Vancouver to have a cabin.<br />
12 <strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>
District Two<br />
Brothers Steele Gorosh and Mike Pool with Gorosh Cranes pictured with Tom<br />
Kinnear (Business Representative). Brothers Gorosh and Pool were lifting an<br />
HVAC unit from an office building in downtown Nanaimo.<br />
Brother Ben Kazakof on his Caterpillar D8<br />
Dozer. Brother Kazakof is working for Dawson<br />
Construction on the Malahat Island Highway<br />
expansion project.<br />
Brothers Mike Parker, Tom Kinnear (Training Coordinator), and Brother Ray<br />
Hewer from Dawson Construction. The crew was prepping highway shoulder<br />
on the Malahat section of the Island Highway for paving. Dawson Construction<br />
was awarded the earthworks and grade prep portion of the highway expansion<br />
project, with Island Asphalt finishing the Asphalt Laydown (paving) portion.<br />
Brother James Knowles (Mobile Crane apprentice)<br />
operating a Linkbelt HTC86-60 on the Saanich<br />
Municipal Water Reservoir project for Advantage<br />
Cranes.<br />
Brothers Ken McKinnon, Chris Day and Clint Garrison from Duncan Paving on<br />
Vancouver Island with Tom Kinnear (Training Coordinator). The crew was doing<br />
a full depth reclamation of a parking lot in Duncan, and prepping for paving.<br />
<strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong> 13
District Three<br />
Lots of work means<br />
lots of organizing<br />
opportunities<br />
Brad Gerow, Business Representative<br />
Bryan Railton, Organizer<br />
Gerow<br />
Well Brothers and Sisters, it is the end of another construction<br />
season and winter is now upon us.<br />
<strong>2014</strong> has been another busy year in District 3. During the<br />
season, we have seen the majority of hours coming in from<br />
our paving and crushing contractors. This year we have seen<br />
Dawson, Emil Anderson, Westlake Paving, Vernon Paving<br />
and B.A. Dawson Blacktop picking up a number of paving<br />
projects in the District and keeping the crews busy right<br />
through to the end of the season.<br />
Emil Anderson has been busy in Kelowna with the Sneena<br />
Road project, in Westbank on Highway 97, as well as work on<br />
Westside Road. 672462 BC Ltd had<br />
a very busy year with the two<br />
highway projects east of Kamloops;<br />
these are both twinning the Trans<br />
Canada Hwy. The next section east<br />
of this work, Phase 2 of Hoffman’s Bluff, has been put out for<br />
tender and we are currently waiting for it to close and see who<br />
it is awarded to. Utility work has been busy in the area, with<br />
Conex and CGL picking up a great deal of this work over the<br />
year.<br />
Work at Mica Dam is slowing down with the cement plant<br />
taken out this fall, leaving just a couple of crane operators to<br />
do the lifts for the last phases of the project.<br />
Sterling Crane has had a busy season with shut-downs and<br />
taxi work in the area.<br />
The shops in the area have been keeping very busy this<br />
year. The resource industry that we rely on in this Province is<br />
strong and keeps our members working. We are currently<br />
involved in and have completed bargaining for:<br />
• RJames Western Star Kamloops and Kelowna • Cummins<br />
Western Canada • Grand Forks Sand and Gavel • Kamloops<br />
Augering and Boring • District 3 Road Building Agreement<br />
We are currently working on a new project with the membership,<br />
known as the “Strategy Team” that is serving as another<br />
avenue of membership engagement. These meetings are held<br />
on off days, usually on a weekend, and are meant to be informal<br />
talks about issues we face as workers every day and how we can<br />
collectively seek solutions.<br />
Railton<br />
We must educate our friends<br />
and neighbors on the benefits<br />
of the labour movement.<br />
Currently we are focused around<br />
the Road Building Indus try and the<br />
upcoming negotiations; however we<br />
are opening them up to all members<br />
and non-members as well. The goal<br />
here is to work with our membership<br />
so we can activate and better educate<br />
the general work force on a greater<br />
scale, on a variety of issues that face<br />
the Local Union and the industries we<br />
represent.<br />
We will be setting meeting dates all through the winter, so<br />
if you would like to get involved or you have any question,<br />
please do not hesitate to contact us.<br />
On the Organizing front, we are quickly approaching the<br />
commonly known “raid season” for your Local Union.<br />
Whether we are dealing with CLAC or some other form of<br />
“pretender”, the winter months are usually the most common<br />
time of year when workers can decide to join a Real Trade<br />
Union.<br />
Of course they love to line it up in the slowest time of year,<br />
where workers are less likely to consider such a decision.<br />
However, with combined actions with our<br />
membership, our hope is to reach out to as<br />
many of these workers as possible and re-establish<br />
relationships.<br />
Focusing on that message, we would like to<br />
stress the importance of collective action. There is so much<br />
more to being an Operating Engineer than allowing you to<br />
work for signatory contractors and shops.<br />
We must be leaders in our industries. We must educate our<br />
friends and neighbors on the benefits of the labour movement<br />
because at the end of the day, the division between non-union<br />
and union is our greatest weakness.<br />
It’s not just the wages, benefits or pension plans, but pushing<br />
for higher standards of working conditions as a whole, as<br />
working people. If we do not, then we cannot rely on corporations<br />
or government to do it for us. When we work together,<br />
there is very little that can stop us. However when we are<br />
divided, that’s when we become victims.<br />
So we would challenge you to take that minute to talk to<br />
your friend working non-union, stop by that non-union job<br />
just down from your house and work with your Local Union<br />
to organize together. Every contractor and every shop that<br />
joins means one more job that can be filled with an Operating<br />
Engineer and one less contractor undermining the working<br />
conditions established by our forefathers.<br />
Finally, with Christmas right around the corner, we would<br />
like to take a minute and wish everyone a very safe and Merry<br />
Christmas and Happy Holidays on behalf of Brad, Bryan and<br />
Sherry.<br />
14 <strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>
Hoping for some big<br />
projects to become<br />
reality soon<br />
District Four<br />
Herb Conat and Wayne Kemp,<br />
Business Representatives<br />
Conat<br />
Kemp<br />
<strong>December</strong> is always a good month to reflect back on the past<br />
year, and look forward to upcoming projects. District 4 this<br />
past year was filled with collective bargaining, with the majority<br />
of Shop Agreements and Road Building Paving and the<br />
Utility Industry Agreements, including the Temporary<br />
Foreign Workers!<br />
The paving industry as a whole, throughout District 4,<br />
employed many Operating Engineers with<br />
the majority of this work located in the<br />
Terrace/Kitimat/Prince Rupert (Pacific<br />
Northwest) areas.<br />
Equipment and truck shops have been<br />
holding their own, with some busier than<br />
others; but on average it has been a successful<br />
year. The construction industry has been changing since the<br />
start of the year, as many of these projects are nearing completion.<br />
Members are waiting patiently for pipelines and LNG<br />
projects to break ground. This year there have been pockets of<br />
work but not to the degree that Premier Christy Clark had<br />
promised on her campaign trail.<br />
With these multiple proposed projects within the Districts,<br />
ensure that your tickets are current and take the opportunity<br />
to upgrade your skills to be fully prepared for the next wave of<br />
construction work in the Province. Contact the Operating<br />
Engineers Training Association for further information.<br />
This brings us to the upcoming year with all the discussions<br />
around LNG and Site C — will it become a reality?<br />
Business Manager Brian Cochrane has been working determinedly,<br />
devoting multiple days and<br />
hours to ensure that the Operating<br />
Engineers are a participant on these<br />
projects and to ensure that we get the<br />
main share of this work.<br />
This Province needs a large industrial<br />
project like an LNG plant or an<br />
oil pipeline like with Enbridge or Kinder Morgan. With both<br />
of these projects, the Operating Engineers are prepared,<br />
skilled and trained to be able to supply the manpower to have<br />
a successful project.<br />
In closing, it is the men and women of this great organization<br />
that make us all proud to be an Operating Engineer, and<br />
we wish you all a safe and Happy Holidays.<br />
This Province needs a large<br />
industrial project like an LNG<br />
plant or an oil pipeline like with<br />
Enbridge or Kinder Morgan.<br />
Cee-Jay Projects Ltd. Crushing gravel on highway 29<br />
near Fort St John. Brother Calvin West – Plant operator,<br />
Brother Cody Krahn – Loader operator, and Brother<br />
Dakota Nelson – Loader operator.<br />
LEFT: Dawson Construction water and sewer job in Fort St<br />
John. Brother Mike Toll running Cat 328D excavator, and<br />
Brother Erik Boake placing man hole.<br />
<strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong> 15
District Five<br />
Oil and gas industry<br />
keeping things busy in<br />
the Northeast<br />
Mike Spiruda,<br />
Business Representative<br />
<strong>2014</strong> has been a very good year for members working in the<br />
Northeast.<br />
The oil and gas industry has provided many hours<br />
of employment supporting the drilling industry, plant<br />
construction and turnarounds at various processing<br />
facilities.<br />
Many members have been busy with the Chetwynd<br />
to Dawson Creek power line upgrade project with IDL<br />
Projects for B.C Hydro. Dawson Construction has gone steady<br />
all season with various utility and water-sewer projects.<br />
On October 14th, the Environmental Ministries of both<br />
the Federal and Provincial governments issued the long<br />
awaited Environmental Assessment Certificates along with 80<br />
conditions for the proposed $8 Billion Site C dam. It will take<br />
some time yet before the provincial government decides<br />
whether or not to go ahead with the project.<br />
TIPS FOR BETTER PIX<br />
• Outdoor posed and action shots are great.<br />
• Watch for the flare that can be reflected on safety vests. Also,<br />
look out for hard hats that can throw harsh shadows on faces.<br />
• Try to get an <strong>IUOE</strong> logo in there!<br />
• With group photos, have people arranged in a semicircle<br />
rather than a straight line.<br />
• To avoid harsh shadows, move people a step or two away<br />
from back walls.<br />
• Please use and send high resolution images.<br />
Energy & Mines Minister Bill Bennett has since said that<br />
Site C is only 1 of 3 options the government is considering to<br />
recommend to provide new electrical power. They are also<br />
looking at a combination of renewable sources such as independent<br />
power producers, natural gas generation, wind power<br />
and run of river projects.<br />
It seems the provincial government must also negotiate<br />
with other stakeholders as well before proceeding.<br />
On October 21st, the provincial government finally<br />
announced their Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Tax plan that<br />
the major players have been patiently waiting for to enable<br />
them to make final investment decisions. The LNG industry<br />
has gotten very competitive<br />
around the globe this past year so<br />
hopefully the new tax structure<br />
will be enough to encourage a<br />
couple of companies involved to<br />
spend the billions of dollars<br />
required to build the LNG facilities and related pipelines.<br />
Petronas (Progress Energy) seem to be the current frontrunner<br />
with their Pacific Northwest LNG project. We should<br />
hear of a final investment decision from them late this year or<br />
the first quarter of 2015.<br />
I would like to thank all of the Stewards for a job well done<br />
in <strong>2014</strong> and wish the Best of the Holiday Season to all.<br />
The LNG industry has<br />
gotten very competitive<br />
around the globe<br />
We want your photos!<br />
If you have a fond memory to share, a recent shot<br />
which shows off your skills, or just want your crew<br />
shown off in the magazine, send us your pictures<br />
for the next OE <strong>News</strong>!<br />
Digital Images<br />
• Please use the highest quality settings on your camera,<br />
phone or device when taking photos.<br />
• You can upload your images at: www.iuoe115.com/media/<br />
submit or email them to media@iuoe115.com<br />
• You can also send CDs or USB drives of photos to our office<br />
address. Don’t worry, we’ll get them back to you!<br />
• If you swing by your local office or meeting, you can bring<br />
your pictures with you and ask that we quickly download<br />
them.<br />
• Always provide the location, date, name of person(s) in the<br />
photos, and a description of what is taking place.<br />
Printed Photos<br />
If you have printed photos, they will be returned. These can be sent to:<br />
Lynda Arland, Manager, Administration & Special Projects, <strong>IUOE</strong> Local 115<br />
4333 Ledger Avenue, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 3T3.<br />
16 <strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>
If you have questions,<br />
make sure you ask a<br />
real union member<br />
Rob Foskett,<br />
Business Representative<br />
As we come to a close in <strong>2014</strong>, I would like to touch on the<br />
various contract negotiations I have been working on this<br />
year.<br />
In the West Kootenays, Columbia River Reload is due for a<br />
renewed agreement, and after some issues, we are presently<br />
scheduling bargaining dates to meet with them down on the<br />
coast.<br />
Castlegar/Trail/Nelson Ready Mix negotiations began in<br />
early November, and seem to be moving along well.<br />
New Denver Public Works bargaining has been a true test<br />
as of late. We have presently involved the Labour Relations<br />
Board to mediate an agreement, as it would seem we have<br />
reached an impasse in negotiations. It was going very well<br />
until we had a change in Administration for the Village, and<br />
then went off on a very rough road. We could have used some<br />
of our Selkirk Paving members’ skills to smooth out this path,<br />
but in any case, we hope to reach an agreement soon.<br />
In the East Kootenays, our membership at Maxam Bulk<br />
Systems are coming to the end of their Collective Agreement<br />
at the end of the year, and Pre-Bargaining proposals have gone<br />
District Six<br />
out to the membership for their ideas on what is needed in the<br />
agreement. Many, many language changes are needed, and<br />
this is possibly the top of the heap for proposals to negotiate.<br />
With the Line Creek Mine in the Elk Valley, we have had<br />
some marathon sessions resulting in quite a lot of “Intent<br />
Clarifications” within new and altered language in the Collective<br />
Agreement. It would seem that “Walk us through this, so<br />
we all understand exactly what it means” can be a big help for<br />
not only right now, but if need be in the future.<br />
Pages and pages of notes revolving around one single article<br />
of the agreement clarify any and all misunderstandings as to<br />
what an article means. This alone should prevent quite a few<br />
Arbitrations in the future. We recently had numerous voting<br />
sessions to catch as many of the membership as possible, and<br />
they showed us that the Line Creek membership is a group<br />
made up of Solidarity!!! This is exactly what we wanted to see.<br />
In addition, I want to stress a VERY IMPORTANT message<br />
for the Line Creek gang!!<br />
It is, and I cannot stress this enough, extremely important<br />
that if you have any questions regarding anything to do with<br />
your collective agreement, or of a Union matter of any sort,<br />
that you either speak to an active Council Member, Shop<br />
Steward, Safety Rep, or Business Rep for the correct<br />
information.<br />
Don’t let someone tell you that you are not entitled to something,<br />
which you very well could be. Check with someone<br />
from the Union to be sure!!<br />
In closing, from my family to yours, I want to wish you and<br />
yours happy holidays, and a safe and very prosperous New<br />
Year!!<br />
Taking Plug out at the Waneta Expansion Project in<br />
Waneta BC. Photos courtesy of Brother Larry Madrigga.<br />
<strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong> 17
Benefits and Pension Plan Report<br />
Exploring the ins and<br />
outs of drug claim<br />
reimbursement<br />
Shawn Hatch,<br />
Administrator<br />
The Operating Engineers Benefits Plan covers the cost of<br />
prescription drugs based on the following reimbursement<br />
formula*:<br />
• 80% up to $1,500.00 per family per year<br />
• After $1,500.00 has been paid, reimbursement reduces to<br />
30%<br />
(*subject to two-year maximum of $20,000.00 for all claims)<br />
Since the introduction of the Pacific Blue Cross Drug Card,<br />
many members are claiming more frequently. As a result,<br />
some members are reaching the 30% threshold for the first<br />
time. It is important to remember that the 30% threshold is<br />
not a new rule. It has been in place for many years.<br />
Some members are also experiencing reimbursement levels<br />
which do not match our 80%/30% reimbursement formula<br />
exactly.<br />
These variances are usually due to the fact that the member’s<br />
pharmacy is charging a dispensing fee greater than the pharmacare<br />
maximum of $10.00, or is charging a manufacturer’s<br />
markup greater than the pharmacare maximum of 8%.<br />
If a pharmacy is charging in excess of these maximum<br />
levels, the member will bear the extra cost resulting in an<br />
overall level of reimbursement which is less than the 80%/30%<br />
formula.<br />
For example, if a member purchases a drug with a<br />
wholesale price of $100.00 at a pharmacy that applies a 15%<br />
markup and a $15.00 dispensing fee, the total charge to the<br />
member will be $130, and 80% of $130.00 is $104.00.<br />
However, on this example the member will not receive<br />
$104.00. When the manufacturer’s markup and dispensing<br />
fee limits are applied, reimbursement will be $94.40 calculated<br />
as follows:<br />
• Wholesale Price $100.00<br />
• Allowable Manufacturers Markup Of 8% $8.00<br />
• Allowable Dispensing Fee $10.00<br />
• Total Eligible Expense $118.00<br />
• Reimbursement At 80% $94.40<br />
Members can shop and compare the price of prescription<br />
drugs by visiting www.pharmacycompass.com. This web site<br />
will enable you to compare the cost of your prescriptions at a<br />
number of different pharmacies in your area.<br />
If you are not sure whether a particular drug is covered by<br />
the plan, visit www.pac.bluecross.ca where you can search the<br />
status of a particular drug in the “Drug Lookup” box. Information<br />
is also available by phone at 604-419-2600.<br />
Fair Pharmacare information can be obtained at www.<br />
health.gov.bc.ca/pharmacare including information on<br />
whether your drug is covered by pharmacare. Information is<br />
also available by phone at (Metro Vancouver) 604-683-7151,<br />
or toll free at 1-800-663-7100.<br />
In closing, we would urge members to purchase generic<br />
alternative drugs whenever medically appropriate. We have<br />
been advised that in over 98% of cases low cost alternative<br />
drugs are medically appropriate.<br />
The cost savings to the plan can be significant. It is estimated<br />
that in 2013 drug costs for our plan could have been<br />
$300,000.00 less if members had purchased low cost alternative<br />
drugs instead of the brand name. Help us help you by<br />
controlling costs wherever possible.<br />
WEAR YOUR UNION PRIDE<br />
toques $11<br />
baseball hats $14—$18<br />
long sleeved shirts $25<br />
hooded sweatshirts (zippered) $40<br />
hooded sweatshirts (pullovers) $48<br />
microfibre vests $45<br />
golf shirts $48<br />
custom lined hoodies $48<br />
Plus more to choose from!<br />
Visit www.iuoe115.com to<br />
view our full range<br />
of Local 115 merchandise<br />
and order online<br />
18 <strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>
Courses starting up<br />
for another year at<br />
our Training Site<br />
Brad Randall,<br />
Training Administrator<br />
Staff changes<br />
Brother Tom Kinnear started working for the Training Association<br />
over 3 years ago as a Training Coordinator and over<br />
that time has done a great job representing our membership.<br />
In October of this year, Tom started working for the Local<br />
Union as a Business Representative. I know<br />
Tom will continue to do a great job and we<br />
all look forward to working with Tom in his<br />
new capacity.<br />
Training programs<br />
Hours of employment for our members<br />
continues to improve year after year. <strong>2014</strong><br />
was another banner year for Operating Engineers. We’re<br />
keeping our fingers crossed for 2015 however the outlook at<br />
this time appears to be a little uncertain.<br />
Currently we have over 480 apprentices and trainees, 85%<br />
of which are currently employed. We provided upgrading<br />
training to over 350 members this year on the job and will<br />
continue to provide on the job training for our members and<br />
contractors on an as needed basis.<br />
We have a very busy year coming up at the Training Site.<br />
Starting in January we are providing our regular Plant Operator,<br />
Grader Operator, Asphalt Laydown Technician, Mobile<br />
Crane Common Core and our 12-week Heavy Equipment<br />
Operator courses.<br />
Zajac ranch<br />
The Zajac Ranch for Children provides camps for children<br />
with chronic life-threatening and/or debilitating conditions.<br />
The ranch opened its doors to children in 2004. It has<br />
welcomed over 1,000 children and numerous volunteer<br />
doctors and nurses. The camp also provides support for the<br />
children’s families.<br />
The <strong>IUOE</strong>TA has volunteered time and equipment at the<br />
ranch since its inception, helping with various projects. This<br />
current project is being led by our instructor Brother Robyn<br />
Bishop. He has taken 2 students per day for about a week from<br />
our Heavy Equipment Operator Course.<br />
During their presentations,<br />
they spoke of how proud they<br />
are to have agreements with<br />
the Operating Engineers<br />
Training Association Report<br />
This helps out the ranch, and gives our<br />
students valuable experience in a work<br />
environment. We will continue to<br />
support this very worthwhile cause.<br />
Tool allowance<br />
The Operating Engineers Tool Allowance<br />
provides reimbursements for tool expenditures for<br />
Heavy Duty Mechanics, Servicemen, Millwrights and<br />
Welders. To qualify, you must be a member in good standing,<br />
dispatched in the trade in which you are applying for and have<br />
worked a minimum of 250 hours between September 1, 2013<br />
and August 31, <strong>2014</strong> for an employer who contributed to this<br />
fund.<br />
Applications were sent out to qualifying members in the<br />
first week of October and the deadline for submissions is<br />
Brother Rico Salema being presented with his Heavy Equipment<br />
Operator Certificate of Qualification with Loader endorsement<br />
by Brothers Tom Kinnear and Darren Suehsschlaf (Training<br />
Coordinators). Rico was working for Geopac in their Delta yard in<br />
the picture.<br />
Brother Chris Godfrey being presented with his Certificate of<br />
Qualification and Certificate of Apprenticeship for Welding level<br />
“C” from Brother Tom Kinnear (Business Representative). Brother<br />
Godfrey works for Upland Excavating in the Campbell River shop.<br />
<strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong> 19
Training Association Report<br />
<strong>December</strong> 31, <strong>2014</strong>. If you qualify for this allowance but have<br />
not received your application, or have any questions, please<br />
contact the Training Association at (604) 299-7764.<br />
Northern Gateway Business Summit<br />
Northern Gateway Pipelines sponsored the Northern Gateway<br />
Business Summit in Prince George on October 21st and 22nd.<br />
This conference was designed to provide information about<br />
Northern Gateway’s supply chain strategies, requirements and<br />
opportunities. It also provided an opportunity to network<br />
with Contractors and representatives from the different<br />
Aboriginal Communities that may be involved with the pipeline<br />
projects.<br />
Training Coordinators Brothers Jeff Gorham and Randy<br />
Grisewood attended the trade fair portion of the conference.<br />
Participating in the conference provided us opportunities to<br />
speak with those in attendance about the benefits of using<br />
unionized labour.<br />
Signatory employers, Formula Contractors and OJ Pipelines<br />
delivered presentations at the conference. During their<br />
presentations, they spoke of how proud they are to have agreements<br />
with the Operating Engineers and if any of the<br />
non-union companies in attendance wanted to find out how<br />
they could have access to the same skilled labour that they<br />
should speak to them.<br />
We should all be very proud for receiving such commendation<br />
at such an event. This is truly a reflection of the skill and<br />
dedication of our members that have worked for these companies<br />
over the years. Congratulations to all of you who took the<br />
time to “Rise Above”, as it is your efforts that have given the<br />
Operating Engineers the great reputation we have.<br />
Annual pensioners’ banquet<br />
As a Trustee of both your Pension and Benefits Plans, I had the<br />
pleasure of attending the recent Annual Pensioners’ Banquet.<br />
This year it was held again at the Italian Cultural Centre in<br />
Vancouver. It was great to see the retirees, having contributed<br />
so much to the organization over the years, now enjoying their<br />
hard-earned pensions, getting together with old work mates<br />
and reminiscing about the jobs they worked on in the past.<br />
Once again the staff did a great job organizing this event.<br />
On behalf of the Training Association staff and your Board<br />
of Trustees, I would like to wish all of the membership and<br />
their families a very Merry Christmas and a healthy, safe and<br />
prosperous New Year.<br />
Work Safe.<br />
Keep those old<br />
boots working.<br />
Donate your<br />
used gear.<br />
Your used work gear can help a worker in need. Don’t throw it out!<br />
Make a donation. Each <strong>IUOE</strong> Local 115 District Office is accepting used<br />
construction and work gear. It’s donated to the Burnaby Association for the<br />
South East Side and distributed to workers who will make good use of it.<br />
BRING YOUR DONATIONS TO YOUR <strong>IUOE</strong> DISTRICT OFFICE.<br />
20 <strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>
Training Association Report<br />
Mobile Crane Level 2 Lattice Friction class are Brothers Brad Carr, Brad Heddle,<br />
Chris Hartinger, Matt Beemer, James Knowles and Mark McGregor (Instructor).<br />
Brother Jeff Warkentin being presented with<br />
his Heavy Equipment Operator Certificate of<br />
Qualification with Loader endorsement. Jeff works<br />
with BA Blacktop at the North Vancouver Asphalt<br />
Plant.<br />
Heavy Equipment Class. Brother Steve Carter (Instructor), Sheldon Tschritter, Luke Mueller, Bertram (Buddy) Stewart, Jason Neighbour,<br />
Lorren Marks, Hayden Rowan, Arthur Johnson Jr., Moses Johnson, Jesse Tynan and Robyn Bishop (Instructor).<br />
<strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong> 21
Training Association Report<br />
Brothers Jeff Gorham (Training Coordinator), Garry Jabs (Instructor), Travis<br />
Ofukany and Brad Randall (Administrator). Brother Jabs provided a one-onone<br />
1-week finish grader course for Travis working for Brentwood Enterprises<br />
on their twinning of the Trans-Canada Highway from Pritchard to Hoffmans<br />
Bluff.<br />
Heavy Equipment Operator apprentice Sister Leanne<br />
Hughf operating a grade compactor for Greenbelt<br />
Excavating. Leanne was compacting sub base on a<br />
road project in Tsawwassen.<br />
Imperial Paving road crew, Brothers Jeff Walker, J.J. Walker, Jeff Berglin, Rocky<br />
Pastro, Burt Savelle, Mike Diesiwik and Don Dick. The crew was working in<br />
South Burnaby on a utility replacement project.<br />
Brother Will Terpstra being presented with<br />
his Mobile Crane Operator – Lattice Boom<br />
Friction Certificate of Qualification with Red<br />
Seal Endorsement by Brothers Brad Randall<br />
(Administrator) and Darren Suehsschlaf (Training<br />
Coordinator).<br />
22 <strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>
Training Association Report<br />
Mobile Crane class driving piles with our 60-ton<br />
American crawler. We would like to thank retired<br />
members Brothers Glen Seeley and Grant<br />
Washington for volunteering their time to come<br />
out to the training site and assist our instructors in<br />
passing on their knowledge from the pile driving<br />
industry. Thanks again guys.<br />
Brother Dan Girard being presented with his Heavy Equipment Operator<br />
Certificate of Qualification with Excavator endorsement from Brothers Tom<br />
Kinnear (Training Coordinator) and Curtis Harold (Business Representative).<br />
Dan is working with Hazelwood Construction on the Toba Inlet project on<br />
Vancouver Island.<br />
Brother Robyn Bishop (Instructor) providing instruction to one of our Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) students and the Zajac Ranch<br />
for kids.<br />
<strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong> 23
How important is<br />
Liquified Natural Gas?<br />
How important is the potential Liquified Natural Gas [LNG] industry to<br />
British Columbia’s economy—and to jobs for <strong>IUOE</strong> Local 115 members?<br />
There is much debate and constant<br />
news about LNG plants in B.C. under<br />
consideration, in planning stages and<br />
sometimes being put on hold temporarily<br />
but just one statistic may give<br />
members some idea of how significant<br />
LNG can be.<br />
If just one large LNG plant is<br />
constructed to export gas to the Asian<br />
market, it will require 15,000 beds to<br />
accomodate all the workers needed for<br />
the project!<br />
Between the liquefaction facility and<br />
the pipeline that would be created to<br />
send natural gas to the west coast, a<br />
recent report from FirstEnergy Capital<br />
corporation estimated that a single LNG<br />
project could require as many as 15,000<br />
beds.<br />
Not 1,500 but 15,000 beds—that<br />
represents more than one bed per every<br />
existing member of our local!<br />
And that’s with only one plant—the<br />
B.C. government hopes for three to five<br />
LNG plants to proceed in the next<br />
several years.<br />
“When you visualize that, you realize<br />
that LNG represents an enormous<br />
opportunity for <strong>IUOE</strong> Local 115—not<br />
just current members<br />
but thousands of potential<br />
new members,” says<br />
Business Manager Brian<br />
Cochrane.<br />
“LNG could be the<br />
biggest boost our union<br />
and B.C.’s economy has seen in decades<br />
— that’s why we have to work hard to<br />
make sure LNG proceeds,” Cochrane<br />
says.<br />
If five LNG plants were operational<br />
by 2020 the benefits would be huge—for<br />
B.C. and our membership.<br />
“LNG could be the<br />
biggest boost our union<br />
and B.C.’s economy has<br />
seen in decades.”<br />
Studies indicate five LNG plants<br />
could mean:<br />
• Up to 75,000 permanent new jobs;<br />
• More than 39,000 average annual<br />
jobs over a nine-year construction<br />
period;<br />
• Over $98 billion in new capital<br />
investment; and<br />
• Potential new government revenues<br />
in excess of $100 billion over the next<br />
30 years.<br />
We know there are no guarantee—<br />
and each private company involved will<br />
make its own decisions based on the<br />
price and market for LNG while<br />
competing globally with other producers,<br />
the cost of construction and<br />
operations and other<br />
factors well beyond<br />
our control.<br />
But one thing we<br />
can control is creating<br />
public support to<br />
proceed with LNG<br />
plants.<br />
And <strong>IUOE</strong> Local 115 is asking its<br />
members across the province to help<br />
create a positive response to the LNG<br />
industry.<br />
Unfortunately, some environmental<br />
groups oppose LNG, particularly<br />
because of the hydraulic fracturing or<br />
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fracking process needed to remove<br />
natural gas from underground.<br />
There have been unscrupulous<br />
reports about a multitude of alleged<br />
problems caused by fracking but in<br />
reality the track record is very safe and<br />
this method of extraction has been used<br />
successfully for decades.<br />
What’s more—the industry is heavily<br />
regulated—and no one wants to create a<br />
problem that could shut down a profitable<br />
multi-billion industry.<br />
LNG is also the cleanest fossil fuel<br />
available today—producing significantly<br />
less greenhouse gas<br />
emissions than oil, gasoline,<br />
coal or other<br />
products. It’s not perfect<br />
but it’s readily available<br />
today and potentially<br />
both cheaper and greener<br />
than other alternatives.<br />
Already the LNG<br />
industry is making<br />
serious investments in<br />
B.C.—more than $6 billion since 2012<br />
towards developing LNG for export and<br />
$1 billion more spent preparing for<br />
construction of LNG facilities and<br />
transportation networks.<br />
“These LNG companies are spending<br />
real money—and they wouldn’t be<br />
doing that if there wasn’t a strong belief<br />
LNG plants will be built,” says Cochrane.<br />
“This is our union’s opportunity of this<br />
generation—and we have to make the<br />
very most of it.”<br />
Cochrane is asking all members to<br />
contact their local Member of the Legislative<br />
Assembly—MLA, their Member<br />
of Parliament—MP and their mayors<br />
and councilors to tell them <strong>IUOE</strong> Local<br />
115 supports the LNG industry<br />
proceeding.<br />
Letters to the editor of newspapers,<br />
calls to talk radio shows and other<br />
methods of getting them message out<br />
are also important, Cochrane says.<br />
And Cochrane adds that <strong>IUOE</strong> Local<br />
115 support for the LNG industry is not<br />
unconditional.<br />
“These LNG<br />
companies are<br />
spending real<br />
money — and they<br />
wouldn’t be doing<br />
that if there wasn’t a<br />
strong belief plants<br />
will be built.”<br />
“We want to see LNG construction<br />
and operations proceed with union<br />
representation for the workers doing<br />
these jobs and we do not want to see<br />
thousands of Temporary Foreign<br />
Workers filling jobs that could be done<br />
by qualified Canadians,” said Cochrane.<br />
“Our union’s support for LNG<br />
depends on companies reaching Project<br />
Labour Agreements with our union,<br />
other BC Building Trades unions and<br />
not be reliant on the Temporary Foreign<br />
Worker Program and other trade deals<br />
to bring in non-Canadian<br />
workers on these projects,”<br />
he said.<br />
Cochrane noted with<br />
concern, comments reportedly<br />
made by B.C. Premier<br />
Christy Clark in India<br />
regarding the possible use<br />
of temporary foreign<br />
workers.<br />
“We believe that British<br />
Columbians have to be first<br />
in line for these jobs, but it’s also true<br />
that there will be some need for some<br />
temporary workers to come in and<br />
support these projects when there are<br />
peaks in production and construction<br />
because we simply don’t have enough<br />
people,” said Clark after the Times of<br />
India reported she suggested Temporary<br />
Foreign Workers from that country<br />
might find jobs in B.C.<br />
“We understand that in some circumstances<br />
there may be shortages of<br />
certain skilled trades but B.C. and<br />
Canada have relied far too much on<br />
temporary foreign workers to the detriment<br />
of our own members and other<br />
skilled Canadians,” said Cochrane,<br />
noting that there are 74,000 Temporary<br />
Foreign Workers in B.C. currently.<br />
It’s up to <strong>IUOE</strong> Local 115 members<br />
and leadership to ensure that not only<br />
does LNG go ahead but that union<br />
members are hired for this important<br />
industry, Cochrane concluded.<br />
One of the leading LNG<br />
projects that is closest to<br />
going in BC is the Pacific<br />
NorthWest LNG which is<br />
a proposed natural gas<br />
liquefaction and export<br />
facility on Lelu Island within<br />
the District of Port Edward<br />
on land administered by the<br />
Prince Rupert Port Authority.<br />
The facility would liquefy and export<br />
natural gas produced by Progress<br />
Energy Canada Ltd. in northeast B.C.<br />
Pacific NorthWest LNG will create<br />
new economic and social benefits for<br />
the local community, BC and Canada<br />
in an environmentally safe and<br />
sustainable manner.<br />
Key Facts about this Proposed<br />
Project:<br />
• Facility operations would create an<br />
estimated 330 long-term careers, plus<br />
approximately 300 new local, spinoff<br />
jobs in the community<br />
• Construction of the facility would<br />
create up to 4,500 jobs at peak<br />
activity<br />
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Member Recognition<br />
Members who passed away<br />
August to October <strong>2014</strong><br />
Name Age Date Passed<br />
Ward, Roger B. 70 August 13, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Newman, Charles 86 August 19, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Amyotte, Mark L. 85 August 21, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Grohs, Hans J. 80 August 24, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Durrell, Robert J. 75 August 25, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Person, Donald G. 89 August 28, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Masztalar, Mike 79 September 4, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Vukelic, Milan 61 September 8, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Lee, Denny 70 September 10, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Wilderman, Samuel 87 September 11, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Yip, Ken 72 September 11, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Cook, Arthur R. 75 September 18, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Corrins, William J. 79 September 18, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Rabbitt, Patrick A. 79 September 23, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Sorensen, Kjell 70 September 24, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Goy, Rudy 91 September 30, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Borkowsky, Gilbert V. 73 October 9, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Miller, James G. 75 October 11, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Veasey, Herbert E. 79 October 11, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Donaldson, Leonard 89 October 16, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Friske, Leonard 78 October 16, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Perron, Peter 56 October 17, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Whitford, Malcolm F. 44 October 18, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Moretto, Antonio 78 October 22, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Vanderberg, Wayne G. 76 October 25, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Gorrie, George A. 80 October 27, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Tremblay, Guy 77 October 28, <strong>2014</strong><br />
HOSPITALIZED MEMBERS AS OF OCTOBER 30, <strong>2014</strong><br />
Smith, Richard - Royal Columbian Hospital<br />
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Membership Service Awards August <strong>2014</strong> to October <strong>2014</strong><br />
Honouring our members<br />
OUR 60-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
Brother Donald Oswald is congratulated by General President<br />
James T. Callahan, President Wayne Mills and Business Manager<br />
Brian Cochrane.<br />
Business Manager Brian Cochrane congratulating Brother Alonzo<br />
T. Saunders.<br />
OUR 50-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
Brother John Grimwood with President Wayne Mills.<br />
Brother Rob Flemmin with District 3 Organizer Brother Bryan<br />
Railton.<br />
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Member Service Awards<br />
OUR 50-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
District 3 Organizer Brother Bryan Railton, Brother Paul Matvenko<br />
and Vice President Brad Randall.<br />
Brother Herman Klassen with District 2 Business Representative<br />
Brother Curtis Harold.<br />
Recording Secretary Brother Brian Lefebvre with Brother George<br />
Kiss and District 3 Business Representative Brad Gerow.<br />
Recording Secretary Brother Brian Lefebvre congratulating<br />
Brother Ken Hansen.<br />
Recording Secretary Brother Brian Lefebvre with Brother Roy<br />
Cameron and District 3 Business Representative Brad Gerow.<br />
Brother Lionel Schilling being congratulated by District 5<br />
Business Representative Mike Spiruda.<br />
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Member Service Awards<br />
OUR 50-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
President Wayne Mills congratulating Brother Eric Belaschke.<br />
Brother Joseph Buholzer with District 3 Organizer Brother Bryan<br />
Railton.<br />
Recording Secretary Brother Brian Lefebvre with Brother Gord<br />
Patterson and District 3 Organizer Brother Bryan Railton.<br />
Brother Dan Patton being congratulated by District 2 Business<br />
Representative Brother Curtis Harold.<br />
Brother Floyd Werning with District 2 Business Representative<br />
Brother Curtis Harold.<br />
Recording Secretary Brother Brian Lefebvre congratulating<br />
Brother Alfred Hardy.<br />
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Member Service Awards<br />
OUR 50-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
Brother James Erickson with District 3 Business Representative<br />
Brad Gerow.<br />
Brother Jack Webb with District 3 Organizer Brother Bryan<br />
Railton.<br />
District 3 Business Representative Brad Gerow congratulating<br />
Brother John Nicholson.<br />
Brother Asaph Ginter with District 3 Business Representative Brad<br />
Gerow.<br />
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Brother Ralph Daniluck.
Member Service Awards<br />
OUR 50-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
Brother George E. Brown.<br />
Brother Clare Vernon.<br />
Brother Roger Heslop being congratulated by District 1 Business<br />
Representative Brother Everett Cummings.<br />
BACK ROW: Brothers Siegfried Baum, Edward Bonderud Sr., General President James T. Callahan, Business Manager Brian Cochrane,<br />
President Wayne Mills and Brother Gary Tourigny FRONT ROW: Brothers Peter Hyra, Fred Stanyer, William Davis, and Eddy Echelli<br />
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Member Service Awards<br />
OUR 40-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
BACK ROW: Brothers Antonio Pires, Samuel Johnston, General President James T. Callahan, President Wayne Mills, Business Manager<br />
Brian Cochrane, Brothers Gary Coulter, and Brad MacKenzie. FRONT ROW: Brothers Bruno Bonamin, Michael White, Ted Sawatsky, and<br />
John Damiani.<br />
District 2 Business Representative Brother Curtis<br />
Harold congratulating Brother Bob Pearce.<br />
Recording Secretary Brother Brian Lefebvre with Brother Peter<br />
Moskalyk and District 3 Business Representative Brad Gerow.<br />
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Member Service Awards<br />
OUR 40-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
District 3 Organizer Brother Bryan Railton with Brother Kenneth<br />
Thomson, and Vice President Brad Randall.<br />
Brother Wes Neumeyer being congratulated by District 4 Business<br />
Representative Herb Conat.<br />
District 3 Organizer Brother Bryan Railton with Brother Ken<br />
Materi, and Vice President Brad Randall.<br />
District 2 Business Representative Brother Curtis Harold<br />
congratulating Brother Walter Johnsen.<br />
Brother Bruce Hardy being congratulated by District 3 Business<br />
Representative Brad Gerow.<br />
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Member Service Awards<br />
OUR 30-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
President Wayne Mills, Brothers Gunter Oldendorf and Greg Kokoszka, Business Manager Brian Cochrane, and General President<br />
James T. Callahan.<br />
Recording Secretary Brother<br />
Brian Lefebvre with Brother<br />
John Stephenson and District<br />
3 Business Representative<br />
Brad Gerow.<br />
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Member Service Awards<br />
OUR 20-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
President Wayne Mills, Brother Darren Nicol, General President James T. Callahan, and<br />
Business Manager Brian Cochrane.<br />
Brother Andy Mihalcheon being<br />
congratulated by District 3<br />
Business Representative Brad<br />
Gerow.<br />
Recording Secretary Brother Brian Lefebvre with Brother Mike<br />
Booth and District 3 Business Representative Brad Gerow.<br />
District 3 Business Representative Brad Gerow with Brother Frank<br />
Hinger and Vice President Brad Randall.<br />
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Member Service Awards<br />
OUR 10-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
Recording Secretary Brother Brian Lefebvre with Brother Glen<br />
Okino and District 3 Business Representative Brad Gerow.<br />
Brother Victor Garside being congratulated by District 2 Business<br />
Representative Brother Curtis Harold<br />
Business Manager Brian Cochrane with Brother Pete Metcalfe<br />
and District 2 Business Representative Brother Curtis Harold.<br />
District 2 Business Representative Brother Curtis Harold<br />
congratulating Brother Mark Jordison.<br />
Graham Funk and John<br />
Scammell Parish &<br />
Heimbecker, Abbotsford.<br />
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Member Service Awards<br />
OUR 10-YEAR MEMBERS<br />
SCHOLARSHIP<br />
President Wayne Mills, Brother John Oelkers, Business Manager<br />
Brian Cochrane, and General President James T. Callahan<br />
Brother Kevin Bodrick being congratulated by District 2 Business<br />
Representative Brother Curtis Harold<br />
Brother Gord Patterson with Keirnan Heyman receiving<br />
the Don Smith Scholarship from District 3 Organizer Bryan<br />
Railton.<br />
SMS Technicians servicing a<br />
PC 8000 At Copper Mountain<br />
Mine in Princeton BC.<br />
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Member Recognition<br />
Welcome to our 260 new Local 115 members<br />
Kyle Aasen<br />
Patrick Abramson<br />
Tristan G Alexander<br />
Dean Amendt<br />
Chris Anthony<br />
Craig Arduini<br />
Jarrett Arnouse<br />
Caleb Bailey<br />
Christopher Balde<br />
Darell Baldeo<br />
David Bannick<br />
Randall Baxter<br />
James R Bayaborda<br />
Ted Baynes<br />
Adam Beaton<br />
Dylan Beer<br />
John Beka<br />
William A Bergen<br />
Jonathan Berry<br />
Cody-Lynn Bickert<br />
Mike Bishop<br />
Jagdeep Boparai<br />
Jason Boyes<br />
Gregory Braun<br />
Stephen Braun<br />
Vern Brkich<br />
Adrian Brown<br />
Khen G Chang<br />
Sandeep Cheema<br />
Christopher R Chiavacci<br />
Daniel Chutskoff<br />
Chris Clark<br />
Codie Clark<br />
Matthew Clauson<br />
Blair Clow<br />
Darren Cochrane<br />
Chad Cole<br />
Tim Coleman<br />
Craig Cooper<br />
Charles Corney<br />
Kenneth Cote<br />
Neil Cox<br />
Sean Crane<br />
Gary W Crawford<br />
Timothy Crofton-Sleigh<br />
Amrit Darred<br />
Trevor Davies<br />
Randall T Dawley<br />
John Deadman<br />
Omelan Decyk<br />
Martin Demuth<br />
Clayton Dixon<br />
Robert Duffy<br />
Dan N Dutra<br />
Joseph P El-Abed<br />
Shawn E Elliott<br />
Jeff Embree<br />
Dustin Epp<br />
Edward Esguerra<br />
Nicholas R Eskelson<br />
Paul Fahlman<br />
Christopher Fenlon<br />
David Ferguson<br />
Travis Flug<br />
Mitchell J Fraser<br />
Brendan Frost<br />
Justin Fyn<br />
John Galloway<br />
Ryan Galloway<br />
Ashley Gilkerson<br />
Varinder P Gill<br />
Roy Gillberg<br />
Scott Gillespie<br />
Andrew Gillingham<br />
Troy Gillis<br />
Robb L Glass<br />
Tristan Glasson<br />
Eric Goldhart<br />
Derrick Gordon<br />
Eric Gortzen<br />
Kenneth A Goy<br />
Pam Green<br />
Gian S Grewal<br />
Turner N Gullickson<br />
Mathew K Haarstad<br />
Garrick E Halinen<br />
Christine Harris<br />
Jordan Hatchwell<br />
Andrew Hawkins<br />
Michael Hebden<br />
Chelsea Henwood<br />
Brad Herman<br />
Ysmael Hernandez<br />
Matthew Higgins<br />
Matthew Hildebrandt<br />
Brad Hillman<br />
Adam Hobbs<br />
John Hoggard<br />
Nicholas Huget<br />
David Hughes<br />
Abrar Hussain<br />
Kiefer Jackson<br />
David Janze<br />
Steve Jennex<br />
Robert Jerome<br />
Erick A Jique<br />
John Jmayoff<br />
Chad Johnson<br />
Lee C Kachkowski<br />
Robert Kenny<br />
Allen Kenore<br />
Manfre Ketterer<br />
Jordon C Kinnear<br />
Tyler S Kinnear<br />
John Knox<br />
Michael Kooistra<br />
Ken Kreamer<br />
Darren Krell<br />
Brad Kress<br />
Ronal Kumar<br />
Luke Lafontaine<br />
Sebastien Laporte<br />
Kyle J Laprairie<br />
Jerrid P Larkin<br />
Willis LaRose<br />
Aaron J Larsen<br />
Russel Lea<br />
Michael Lewis<br />
Dennis Ley<br />
Nathan G Lillie<br />
Mathew Lindsay<br />
Corey Lopp<br />
Brenndan Lowden<br />
Stephen Lowrence<br />
Bryce Lucas<br />
Brad Lyons<br />
Steven MacDonald<br />
Kyle J Macedo<br />
Alan MacIntosh<br />
Matt MacMillan<br />
Jan Maegaard<br />
Dwayne Majkowski<br />
Ryan R Mann<br />
Michael Mason<br />
Chad Matlo<br />
Brady Maycock<br />
Christopher J<br />
McDonald<br />
Jared McDougall<br />
Joseph McFadyen<br />
Michael McGill<br />
Andrew McGillis<br />
Darcy McGuire<br />
Brandon McKamey<br />
Matt McLaughlin<br />
Corey A Meecham<br />
Paul Mercer<br />
Patrick Miles<br />
Erin Miller<br />
Logan B Mills<br />
Liam Moloney<br />
Brad Moore<br />
Shelly Moore<br />
Roy A Morgan<br />
Jeffrey Morin<br />
Gregory Murray<br />
Terrance Nash<br />
Azizur Nayeemi<br />
Chris Neufeld<br />
Anthony Nicholas<br />
Randolph Nicolas<br />
Kelly Nieman<br />
Tony Odorisio<br />
Mason Oglow<br />
Allen Orbino<br />
Lester O’Rourke<br />
Greg A Palmer<br />
Nathaniel Palmer<br />
Alfred Pankratz<br />
Brenden Parr<br />
Justin Passey<br />
Quinn Patrick<br />
John Patterson<br />
Robert S Pavan<br />
Darren Penner<br />
Ryan Pennington<br />
Kale Pietz<br />
Robert Pollock<br />
Reo J Puleo<br />
Jas Rana<br />
Eric Raymond<br />
Spencer Reed<br />
Guy Rimmer<br />
William A Robertson<br />
Robert J Robinson<br />
Ronnie Roe<br />
Lennox Roper<br />
Blaine Roshinsky<br />
Joe Sabino<br />
Artem Safronov<br />
Jim Salanski<br />
Rene Sanche<br />
Reid Schnyder<br />
Shawn Scholze<br />
Mel Schroeder<br />
David Setterfield<br />
Tyrone Seymour<br />
Nathaniel Shalay<br />
Richard M Shantz<br />
Daniel L Shellard<br />
Steven Sheppe<br />
Cameron T Shukin<br />
Gurpreet S Sidhu<br />
Clinton Sieben<br />
Brady J Simpson<br />
Bikramjit Singh<br />
Tyler Smart<br />
Carol Ann Smith<br />
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Member Recognition<br />
Member Service Awards<br />
Jordan R Smith<br />
Shane Smith<br />
Bradley Snider<br />
Clifford Sokoloski<br />
Christian Sorenson<br />
Nathan Spence<br />
Delroy Stephenson<br />
Hagen Steward<br />
Hazen Tanner<br />
Travis Taylor<br />
Phil Thatcher<br />
Eldon Thideman<br />
Clayton Thiel<br />
Lanny Thompson<br />
Ryan Tipper<br />
Clint Toews<br />
Todd Tolmie<br />
Chris D Trenholme<br />
Michael J Troiano<br />
Westin Trudell<br />
Brian VanDenBrink<br />
Simran Virk<br />
Gary Walker<br />
Jamain Wallen<br />
Aaron Weinbender<br />
Colby D Weinrauch<br />
Theo Welp<br />
Paul Whitmore<br />
Jonathan Whyte<br />
John A Wiebe<br />
Adam D Wilkes<br />
Edwards Willems<br />
Victoria Willett<br />
Chris Williams<br />
Joe Williams<br />
Joseph Williams<br />
Doug Wilson<br />
Alan Winchester<br />
Derick Wong<br />
Darryl Wood<br />
Jerad Wright<br />
Viachislayv Yushko<br />
10 year service pin<br />
Michael R Anderson<br />
Jason Armstrong<br />
Stephen J Baher<br />
Cornelio Baldonero<br />
Donald L Barkhouse<br />
Brian C Becker<br />
Robert D Bramley<br />
Kevin Brodrick<br />
John H Bush<br />
Chris J Campbell<br />
Wesley J Clements<br />
Wallace Crum<br />
Dennis Cusmano<br />
Kelly Dolen<br />
Steve A Driscoll<br />
Aleksei A Efremov<br />
Robert E Fennell<br />
Bill E Flora<br />
Victor B Garside<br />
Patrick A Gibson<br />
Stacy D Grigg<br />
Robert E Haddrell<br />
Shawn A Halvorson<br />
Richard F Harman<br />
Gregory A Harris<br />
Robert W Hedden<br />
Dennis R Hegan<br />
Stephen C Hewson<br />
Brian P Jamieson<br />
David E Jarvis<br />
Kenneth J Johnston<br />
Keith D Julius<br />
Peter W Kaushakis<br />
Andre L Laprairie<br />
James W Laverriere<br />
Jim Lumsden<br />
Adrian N Mahyr<br />
David Massullo<br />
David R Mcdonell<br />
Pete F Metcalfe<br />
Wayne D Meyer<br />
Luke J Milligan<br />
Andrew Mundie<br />
William J Murphy<br />
Kenneth R Nastrom<br />
Joseph O Newman<br />
Reginald P Nixon<br />
Steven P O’Donnell<br />
John R Oelkers<br />
Glen Okino<br />
Ben Olde-Heuvel<br />
Ajit S Parmar<br />
Philip J Perry<br />
Jonas Ponce<br />
Pierre Pruneau<br />
Scott W Rankin<br />
Ryan B Reagh<br />
John N Roberts<br />
Jose P Rodriguez<br />
Dean K Roe<br />
John T Rogers<br />
Scott W Roppel<br />
Monty D Ross<br />
Blair C Roze<br />
Wayne H Schmidt<br />
Stephen R Scott<br />
Albert J Smith<br />
Andrew Smith<br />
Neil Sutherland<br />
Robert G Taylor<br />
Michael E<br />
Tomashewsky<br />
Alan Watts<br />
Brian K Wayment<br />
Doug White<br />
Gregory Wickstrom<br />
Jeremy D Williamson<br />
Bill F Wright<br />
Lesley D Zimmer<br />
20 year service pin<br />
Dean A Adams<br />
Allan J Ashby<br />
Carey A Atchison<br />
Stuart Atkinson<br />
Don W Ayotte<br />
Fred E Becvar<br />
Zachary S Bengert<br />
Michael W Booth<br />
Lyndon G Bordon<br />
Sean D Broderick<br />
Daniel J Brown<br />
Dale H Bryant<br />
Michael R Callister<br />
Roland Cayer<br />
Mike Clement<br />
Geoffrey A Colls<br />
Eric G Cosman<br />
Terrence F Doyle<br />
Allen M Farkash<br />
Robert H Gibson<br />
Ronald A Gunderson<br />
Colin G Hamilton<br />
Clifford T Hawthorne<br />
Kevin L Hendrickson<br />
Steven Hession<br />
Frank J Hinger<br />
David W Horobec<br />
M D Kay<br />
Joe A Leblanc<br />
Damon J Leeson<br />
John C Lundquist<br />
Bill Macrae<br />
Andy Mihalcheon<br />
Mervin P Milligan<br />
Carlos Molina<br />
Shirley Morison<br />
Darren A Nicol<br />
Marc A Palmieri<br />
Christopher R Pitcher<br />
Jozef Polak<br />
David J Renzie<br />
Don L Rowley<br />
Shuichi Sakaguchi<br />
Douglas J Seed<br />
Rod W Singer<br />
Allan S Smart<br />
Robert W Smart<br />
Frank Strain<br />
Laurence R Taylor<br />
Syd Temperton<br />
Don G Tennant<br />
Allen R Tuckwood<br />
Chris A Van Der Vlist<br />
Jeff A Vaughan<br />
Natalie A Vaughan<br />
Charles D Walcot<br />
Phillip E Walcot<br />
Alison E Walker<br />
Daniel C Webb<br />
Mike P Whaley<br />
Leonard L White<br />
Eric Y Wong<br />
Joseph T Wong<br />
30 year service pin<br />
Allan M Burak<br />
Gerry W Burtnick<br />
Don E Doberer<br />
Trevor A Halliday<br />
Kenneth R Hamilton<br />
Shane W Hebditch<br />
Colin G Kidd<br />
Greg F Kokoszka<br />
James B Kopp<br />
Doug J Lamdin<br />
Matthew C Lanktree<br />
Bruce G Longstaff<br />
William F Macdonald<br />
Garry E Marcinowski<br />
Frank A Matheson<br />
Charles D Mears<br />
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Member Recognition<br />
From previous page<br />
Keith W Dietz<br />
Peter P Moskalyk<br />
Michael H White<br />
Lance N Jones<br />
Merle I Miller<br />
Steve J Morgan<br />
Gunter Oldendorf<br />
Carmen P Pascoe<br />
Ray P Pisoni<br />
Gordon R Procknow<br />
Brian H Ralston<br />
Michael J Roberts<br />
Ronald R Rutkowski<br />
Dwayne M Sorenson<br />
Robert A Stenberg<br />
John I Stephenson<br />
David R Taylor<br />
Frank D Wanner<br />
Daryl J Williamson<br />
Rick B Woods<br />
40 year service pin<br />
Bruno Bonamin<br />
Russ S Bryson<br />
Murray E Case<br />
Jens C Christensen<br />
Arthur K Collett<br />
Daniel R Connal<br />
Geoff T Cornwall<br />
Gary L Coulter<br />
Remi E Coupal<br />
John Cowin<br />
John Damiani<br />
Tom C Davies<br />
Carman H Dobbs<br />
Gilles Dompierre<br />
Samuel B Doupe<br />
Erhard Duesterdiek<br />
Brian W Elder<br />
Tom M Field<br />
Egbert N Flinterman<br />
Donald H Fuller<br />
James M Gibson<br />
Richard D Gill<br />
Alfred E Gustafson<br />
Dwayne A Hartson<br />
Samuel J Johnston<br />
Charles E Jones<br />
Ben E Kazakoff<br />
Bruce D Lawson<br />
Darryl T Lewis<br />
Alf C Lokken<br />
Elmer E Lucht<br />
Leo C Lundbek<br />
Brad F Mackenzie<br />
Pat Maddigan<br />
Ken A Materi<br />
Kirk Mcintosh<br />
R. Roy Mcintosh<br />
Mark D Mclean<br />
Roy A Mcneil<br />
Jim J Mcneill<br />
Don G Morris<br />
Dean W Nendick<br />
Wesley O Neumeyer<br />
Gary M Nicholson<br />
Sandor A Pap<br />
Robert W Parker<br />
David Parnell<br />
Edward J Pazur<br />
Ronald A Perry<br />
Antonio T Pires<br />
Gary C Porter<br />
Lawrence A Quechuck<br />
Elmer L Quiding<br />
Douglas G Rattray<br />
Leo P Reaume<br />
Ted W Sawatsky<br />
Robert S Sen<br />
Jack K Silzer<br />
Ben A Smith<br />
Jerry R Smith<br />
Remo O Stefani<br />
Albert T Stinson<br />
Laurie A Stretch<br />
Ronald M Tanner<br />
Douglas L Terrie<br />
Luciano Terzariol<br />
Kenneth Thomson<br />
Gordon H Trottier<br />
Leonard Wells<br />
Harold A Wray<br />
Robert J Wright<br />
50 year<br />
service watch<br />
Ronald P Abernethy<br />
Frank W Baker<br />
Siegfried Baum<br />
Eric P Belaschke<br />
D W Bell<br />
Harold S Blows<br />
Edward A Bonderud Sr<br />
Doug R Cameron<br />
Roy Cameron<br />
Arthur R Cook<br />
Burton L Cook<br />
Ralph P Daniluck<br />
William S Davis<br />
Andy V Dumonceaux<br />
William E Elphinstone<br />
Asaph Ginter<br />
John A Grimwood<br />
Hans J Grohs<br />
Ken A Hansen<br />
Alfred W Hardy<br />
Howard D Heigh<br />
Roger B Heslop<br />
Chuck W Hoisington<br />
Peter R Hyra<br />
George O Kiss<br />
Herman Klassen<br />
James T Mainer<br />
Francesco Manetta<br />
Paul Matvenko<br />
William C Mcnab<br />
Charles Newman<br />
Gordon F Patterson<br />
John R Patton<br />
Bryan R Peterson<br />
Ronald G Pretty<br />
William J Ryder<br />
Lionel W Schilling<br />
Matthew Smillie<br />
Fred E Stanyer<br />
Paul Tardif<br />
Gary Tourigny<br />
Phillip Ulrich<br />
Clare W Vernon<br />
Jack Webb<br />
Samuel Wilderman<br />
Dennis C Wilkes<br />
60 year service<br />
plaque and vest<br />
Sergio L Biscaro<br />
Gar H England<br />
Donald J Nichols<br />
Donald L Oswald<br />
Alonzo T Saunders<br />
Pensions Awarded<br />
AUGUST <strong>2014</strong><br />
Avis, Larry<br />
Caldwell, Wayne<br />
Coutts, Alfred<br />
Cutts, Larry<br />
David, Cliff<br />
Edge, Paul<br />
Fodor, Franklin<br />
Hayes, Larry<br />
Ilott, Thomas<br />
Johnson, Clyde<br />
McIntosh, Armand<br />
Oelkers, John<br />
Ray, George<br />
Whaley, Mike<br />
White, Marty<br />
SEPTEMBER <strong>2014</strong><br />
Brown, L. Dale<br />
Brunel, Alan<br />
Candiago, Giuseppe<br />
Fielder, Edward<br />
Gabor, William<br />
Gallant, Mike<br />
Johnson, Chuck<br />
Kerr, Richard<br />
Michalak, Tino<br />
Mohr, Ed<br />
Moore, Brian<br />
Palazzo, Giuseppe<br />
Thompson, John<br />
Thompson, Kathleen<br />
Thomson, Keith<br />
OCTOBER <strong>2014</strong><br />
Genovese, Brian<br />
Glen, William<br />
Hunter, Kent<br />
Lindstrom, Ron<br />
Lumsden, Bill<br />
Marchessault, Dennis<br />
Moir-Smith, Roger<br />
Morris, Don<br />
Pedersen, Norman<br />
Postill, Robert<br />
Sandstrom, Stan<br />
Saunders, Frank<br />
Van Berlo, Wilhelmus<br />
Verge, Richard<br />
Weisbeck, Rodney<br />
Wyatt, Mark<br />
40 <strong>News</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2014</strong>
Contact Details<br />
Local 115 District Offices<br />
District 1 and Main Office<br />
4333 Ledger Ave., Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3T3<br />
Phone: 604-291-8831 Toll Free: 1-888-486-3115 Fax: 604-473-5235<br />
E-mail: iuoe@iuoe115.com Online: www.iuoe115.com<br />
Business Manager: Brian Cochrane<br />
President: Wayne E. Mills<br />
Mgr. Administration & Special Projects: Lynda Arland<br />
Office Manager: Arlene Lindsay<br />
Business Representatives<br />
Frank Carr Brett Chapman Everett Cummings<br />
Chip Dhaliwal Tom Kinnear Craig McIntosh Don Swerdan<br />
Dispatcher<br />
Jim Flynn: 604-473-5231<br />
Director of Organizing<br />
Brian Lefebvre<br />
Organizing Representatives<br />
Rob Duff: 604-473-5206<br />
John Munro: 604-473-5272<br />
Bryan Railton: 250-320-4840<br />
Benefits and Pension Plans<br />
Shawn Hatch, Administrator<br />
Direct line: 604-299-8341 Fax: 604-473-5236<br />
Training Association<br />
Brad Randall, Administrator<br />
Direct line: 604-299-7764 E-mail: oetp@iuoe115.com<br />
District 2<br />
Vancouver Island:<br />
Curtis Harold, Business Representative<br />
35 Wharf Street, Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2X3<br />
Mailing Address: PO Box 213 Stn A, Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 5K9<br />
Phone: 250-754-4022 Fax: 250-754-5513<br />
District 3<br />
Kamloops-Revelstoke-Okanagan:<br />
Brad Gerow, Business Representative<br />
785 Tranquille Road<br />
Kamloops, B.C. V2B 3J3<br />
Phone: 250-554-2278 Fax: 250-554-1766<br />
District 4<br />
Central Interior-Yellowhead:<br />
Herb Conat & Wayne Kemp, Business Representatives<br />
Unit B, 3339 8th Avenue<br />
Prince George, B.C. V2M 3R8<br />
Phone: 250-563-3669 Fax: 250-563-3603<br />
District 5<br />
Peace River and Yukon Territory:<br />
Mike Spiruda, Business Representative & Organizer<br />
Site 20, Comp 19 SS2<br />
Fort St. John, B.C. V1J 4M7<br />
Phone: 250-787-9594 Fax: 250-787-9491<br />
Tumbler Ridge Mining Office:<br />
220 Main Street, Tumbler Ridge, B.C. V0C 2W0<br />
Phone: 250-242-3888 Fax: 250-242-3881<br />
District 6<br />
East and West Kootenays:<br />
Rob Foskett, Business Representative<br />
103 Centennial Square, Sparwood, B.C V0B 2G0<br />
Mailing Address: PO Box 1567, Sparwood, B.C. V0B 2G0<br />
Phone: 250-425-2161 Toll Free: 1-888-605-9955 Fax: 250-425-2166<br />
Meeting Notices<br />
District 1<br />
BURNABY: 1st Thursday of every month<br />
7:30p.m. at 4333 Ledger Ave., Burnaby<br />
Except March & September (due to General Membership Meeting)<br />
District 2<br />
Monthly meeting locations alternate:<br />
NANAIMO: 2nd Monday of odd months<br />
6:00p.m at the Coast Bastion Inn, 11 Bastion St.<br />
VICTORIA: 2nd Wednesday of even months<br />
6:00p.m. at the Pro Pat Legion Branch 31, #292 - 411 Gorge Rd. E.<br />
CAMPBELL RIVER/COURTENAY:<br />
Members will be advised of meeting date, time and place.<br />
District 3<br />
Monthly meeting locations alternate:<br />
KAMLOOPS: 2nd Thursday of even months<br />
7:30p.m. at the Union Hall, 785 Tranquille Rd.<br />
KELOWNA: 2nd Tuesday of odd months<br />
7:00p.m. at the Teamsters Hall, 185 Froelich Rd.<br />
District 4<br />
PRINCE GEORGE: 2nd Wednesday of each month<br />
8:00p.m. at Coast Inn of the North, 770 Brunswick St.<br />
PRINCE RUPERT, TERRACE, KITIMAT, SMITHERS:<br />
Members will be advised of meeting dates and times.<br />
District 5<br />
Monthly meeting locations alternate:<br />
FORT ST. JOHN: 2nd Tuesday of odd months<br />
7:30p.m. at the Masonic Hall, 10441 100th Ave.<br />
DAWSON CREEK: 2nd Tuesday of even months<br />
7:30p.m. at the George Dawson Inn, 11705 8th St.<br />
TUMBLER RIDGE/PEACE RIVER COAL:<br />
Members will be advised of meeting date, time and place.<br />
WHITEHORSE:<br />
Teamsters Hall, 407 Black St.<br />
Members will be advised of meeting dates and times.<br />
District 6<br />
Monthly meeting locations alternate:<br />
CASTLEGAR—1st Wednesday of odd months<br />
7:00p.m. at the Super 8 Inn, 651 18th St.<br />
CRANBROOK—1st Tuesday of even months<br />
7:00p.m. at the Labour Centre (Boardroom), 105 9th Ave. South<br />
ELK VALLEY COAL CORP:<br />
Line Creek Mine<br />
Members will be advised of meeting dates and times.<br />
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