IUOE News Summer 2015

NewsWE’REBC’S DAMBUILDERSPublication Mail Agreement No. 40011378Summer 2015www.iuoe115.com

ON THE COVER Top Photo: Seven Mile Dam (1967)Bottom Photo: Bridge River Dam (1946)IUOE News is the officialpublication of the InternationalUnion of Operating EngineersLocal 115.Local Executive BoardBusiness ManagerBrian CochranePresidentWayne E. MillsVice-PresidentHerb ConatRecording SecretaryBrian LefebvreFinancial SecretaryDon SwerdanTreasurerFrank CarrGuardEverett CummingsConductorDoug FisherTrusteesBrett ChapmanCurtis WrightAuditorsChip DhaliwalGoretti GuilbaultCraig McIntoshDistrict Executive Board1 - Al Cooper2 - Curtis Harold3 - Brad Gerow4 - Herb Conat5 - Mike Spiruda6 - Rob FoskettPublication CommitteeBrian CochraneWayne MillsLynda ArlandDon SwerdanEditorial ServicesSusan Armstrong, COPE 378Jen Rasmussen, COPE 378Design and Layoutwww.workingdesign.netContact Details4333 Ledger Avenue,Burnaby, B.C., V5G 3T3Telephone: 604-291-8831Fax: 604-473-5235Website: www.iuoe115.comE-mail: iuoe@iuoe115.comPleaseRecycleContentsSpecial FeaturesIUOE Local 115 Annual Financial Statements (FYE 2014) ............................................................. 18Shop Steward Appreciation Dinners .......................................................................................... 21IUOE Local 115 2015 Election of Officers & OE Benefits and Pension Plan Trustees ....................... 25IUOE Bursaries And Scholarships ............................................................................................... 39ReportsBusiness ManagerIUOE 115 fights to keep dam-building union ...............................................................................1Assistant Business ManagerOrganizing new members has far-reaching benefits ................................................................... 4PresidentLong range planning looks to global and local developments ....................................................... 5Union OrganizingMembership’s engagement is key to all our organizing successes ................................................. 6DispatchContact your MLA to demand jobs go to BC and union workers .................................................... 7District 1Taking pride in our professionalism and certification ................................................................... 9Anti-union law passed; make your voice heard! ......................................................................... 10Project Labour Agreement will provide lasting benefits .............................................................. 11Holding steady on negotiations and looking forward to success ................................................ 12Investing in infrastructure will mean more work hours ............................................................... 13Get involved with the union and stand strong for our future ....................................................... 14New building and union professionalism impressing employers ................................................ 15District 2New municipal governments may bring projects back ............................................................... 17District 3A roundup of projects underway this season ............................................................................. 20District 4Open site policy bad for workers, government, and the economy ............................................... 22District 5Gambling on cost overruns and delays will cost us all ................................................................ 23District 6Stay alert and avoid a complacent attitude is the way to stay safe ............................................... 24Benefits PlanNew limits on prescription drug expenditures ............................................................................ 33Training AssociationIUOE Training Association celebrates half a century of excellence ................................................ 34Regular FeaturesWelcome to our new Local 115 members – January - April 2015 ................................................... 7Membership Service Awards ................................................................................................... 41Honouring our members .......................................................................................................... 42Pensions Awarded .................................................................................................................... 46Remembering our members ..................................................................................................... 48Local 115 District Offices ........................................................................................................... 49Meeting Notices ....................................................................................................................... 49

IUOE 115 fights to keepdam-building unionBusiness ManagerBrian Cochrane,Business ManagerOur Union has a long and proud history of dam building.The Allied Hydro Council, a body representing IUOE 115and the other Building Trades, has been building dams in B.C.since 1961. It is a highly successful arrangement that ensuresdam projects get the best-trained workers in the province, andgives the contractors a guaranteed supply of labour. Anydisputes between different contractors or trades are handledthrough a centralized process,ensuring harmony on the job “We’re not just going to shutsite, and keeping the project up and go away. We’re goingmoving efficiently.to fight this at every step.”All of that has changed withB.C.’s latest dam project. Antiuniongovernment ideology has replaced the tried-and-truepragmatism of the Allied Hydro Council. For the first time inB.C.’s long history of dam building, the provincial governmentand BC Hydro decided to force an ‘open site’ model for theproject, rejecting the Allied Hydro Council modelcompletely.And we weren’t just going to take that lying down.So we took BC Hydro to court. That forced BC’s PremierChristy Clark to come out and admit that under the constitutionof Canada, unions absolutely did have a right to go to SiteC and organize. Fortunately the Premier came out right afterwe filed suit and said Hydro was wrong to do that, but it wasvery clear to us that the tone was being set for this fight.The bottom line is the provincial government wants tokeep us off this project as much as they can. We won’t take it.We’re not just going to shut up and go away. We’re goingto fight this at every step. We will travel to every cornerof this province to warn people about the unnecessaryrisks to the Site C project that are being imposed, ifthat’s what it takes.I recently visited Victoria, with long-time IUOE 115member and past President Brother Jack Whittaker, to lobbysenior government officials directly. Brother Whittaker, now78, was a unionized worker on the construction of the W.A.C.Bennett Dam back in 1964. He now owns and manages aunionized construction company, and knows just what kindsof risks there are with large-scale projects without a labouragreement.continued on next pageIUOE 115 Business Manager BrianCochrane with retired dam builders,walking to meetings with seniorgovernment ministers in Victoria, B.C.(PHOTO: CHAD HIPOLITO for THE GLOBE AND MAIL)News Summer 2015 1

Business Managercontinued from previous pageAs Brother Whittaker told the reporters covering our visit,“I’m here as a concerned citizen of B.C. because they are goingto escalate that job. They are going to extend the time frame.They are saying 10 years. They’ll be lucky to do it in 15 years ifthey do it open shop because it will be chaos.”I believe Jack is absolutely spot on. Could you imagine a $9billion dollar project, with thousands of workers, and nocomprehensive labour agreement? Highly skilled craft workerswould be moving around the job site from one company to thenext, seeking slightly better salaries and benefits, or runningfrom bad managers.These contractors would have no way of keeping stableworkers. They’d be constantly tugging at each other’s workforce. And the workers would have no grievance system, so allof these little disagreements would blow up into huge disruptions.It would be total anarchy.That is the message being delivered by the Operating Engineersand their allies throughout the province.The BC Building Trades has even created a website,www.buildsitectogether.com, where members of thegeneral public can voice support for the Building Trades in itscampaign to ensure that B.C.’s latest dam stays union.I’m pleased to tell you that this campaign has alreadyyielded some results. On May 28th, BC Hydro and the BCBuilding Trades announced that they had come to an agreementon an operating framework for Site C. Under thisagreement, any contractor that can demonstrate to BC Hydrothat they have a labour agreement with the Building Tradeswill receive bonus “weighting” on their bids for Site C relatedwork.In effect, BC Hydro has now acknowledged that the bestway to ensure a reliable supply of skilled, trained tradespeopleis by working with Building Trades, rather than against them.More work needs to be done in order to secure a full PLA, butit’s a step in the right direction, and evidence that the BuildingTrades’ message is finally being heard.One way or another, this dam is going to be built Union.This is our history, the legacy of our past members, and we’renot about to give that away. The people of British Columbiadeserve cost certainty, and a safe and efficient work site.Happy 50th Anniversary to theTraining AssociationOne of the key reasons we’re starting to win the Site C fight isbecause IUOE 115’s members are the very best at what theydo. Our members are in high demand. One reason they are sohighly sought by employers is the great work of our TrainingAssociation.This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Training Association.On behalf of all of us in Local 115, I want to highlightIUOE 115 Business Manager Brian Cochrane with BrotherJack Whittaker, past IUOE 115 President, in front of provinciallegislature in Victoria, BC.the invaluable contributions the Training team has made toour Union over the years. I could not be more proud of thework they have done in elevating the skills IUOE 115 brings tothe table.The past 50 years have seen enormous changes, includingnew Red Seal trades, new types of equipment, and highersafety and training standards. At each step in that evolution,the IUOE 115 Training Association has led the way, settingindustry-leading standards. Many of these new skills anddesignations were developed in conjunction with the TrainingAssociation, and that strength is something that makes ourUnion a true leader in our industry .On behalf of IUOE 115 and all of our members, past andpresent, I thank the Training Association for their highlyproductive work over the last fifty years, and best wishes forcontinued success in many years to come.On a similar note, I also want to recognize all of the volunteerswho helped make this year’s Training Association OpenHouse another huge success. As you can see from the photoson Page 35, we had a great turnout, including a special visitfrom BC NDP leader John Horgan, who truly enjoyed hisopportunity to be in the operator’s seat of some heavy equipment.Our Open House event could never happen without thevaluable work of our volunteers, and on behalf of the Local Iwant thank all of you for helping out.Bill C-377 Is a threat to you and your familyBill C-377 is a piece of legislation that is of particular concern toyour Union, which just passed through Parliament early in July.2 News Summer 2015

Business Manager Brian Cochrane with BC Premier Christy Clark at the Point Hope shipyards for an announcement on funding forshipyard skills training. Clark also announced an agreement with the BC Building Trades on a Site C labour agreement.In short, this law is designed to force unions to disclose a largeamount of their members’ personal and financial information,and compel unions to make expensive, complicated and lengthymonthly reports to Revenue Canada. Many non-partisanexperts and even Conservative politicians have said that the billis unfair, pointless, and likely unconstitutional.Despite a national campaign by organized labour againstthe bill, and the strong objections of pension administrators,the Canadian Bar Association, seven different provincialgovernments, and the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, theHarper Government still managed to force the bill throughParliament at the last minute. To add insult to injury, theHarper government also overruled the Speaker of the Houseand changed the Parliamentary rules at the last second so theycould avoid more debate on the bill.While we are confident that the Supreme Court will overturnC-377 based on a number of different constitutionalchallenges. We need to take a long, sober look at this new law,and realize that our anti-union opponents will stoop to anylevel to attack our livelihoods. It is especially important thatwe all remember this naked act of aggression against ourUnion, and keep it in mind when voting in the October federalelection.There are a number of parties to choose from, after all, butonly one of them voted to ram through an unfair, undemocratic,and unconstitutional law that was specifically designedto rob you and your family of your privacy. Use your votewisely!LOCAL 115GENERALMEMBERSHIPMEETINGSaturday,Sept. 19, 9:30amThe OE Hall in Burnaby,4333 Ledger AvenueNews Summer 2015 3

Assistant Business ManagerOrganizing newmembers has farreachingbenefitsBrian Lefebvre,Assistant Business ManagerI would like to start off by thanking Business Manager BrotherBrian Cochrane for appointing me Assistant BusinessManager of the local Union. This position will be a great challenge,and I look forward to representing our great Local andthe membership in my new capacity.Brother Cochrane has assembled a great team which isworking diligently on behalf of the membership, advancingtheir interest and the interests of the Local on a daily basis.Organizing will still be a part of my responsibilities asAssistant Business Manager. As we move into the busierseason of construction, the Organizers have already rampedup efforts to organize the unorganized. Local 115’s to organizingremains priority one.The benefits to our members of the Union’s organizingefforts are far reaching. As we succeed in organizing morenon-union contractors and in raiding the likes of the ChristianLabour Association of Canada (CLAC) and the CanadianIron, Steel and Industrial Workers Union (CISIWU), weincrease market share in our core industries. That “levels theplaying field” for the contractors with whom we have a relationship.In turn, we increase the probability of success whenour contractors are tendering work.Simply put, when our current and/or recently organized/raided contractors succeed in tendering work, you as membershave more employment opportunities, and an overall increasein hours worked through the year. Not only does this equateto a larger number on your T4 at the end of the year, it alsoequates to increased Pension and Benefit contributions whichprovide security for you and your family, now and in thefuture.What can Members do to assist in Organizing?1. Let us know when you are working outside the Union’sjurisdiction (CLAC, CISIWU or non-union). Give us acall. Let us know: how many people you work with; howmany job sites there are.2. Stay in contact with the Union Rep/Organizer: Advisethem of any of your concerns about the campaign; plus,the more information we all have, the better our chancesfor success.3. Participate in meetings the Union holds for the organizingcampaign. Help kill the Rumour Bug. Keep the Unioninformed about questions or issues that arise from thecrew so we can have the answers for them.4. Have conversations with your co-workers about theUnion campaign. Pass the Union’s information to yourco-workers.5. Inform the Union of any rumors at your workplace relatedto the Organizing campaign.6. Stick to the Facts. If there is a question from your coworkersand you are unsure of the answer, don’t just give ananswer, get the facts and then respond. TRUST IS KEY.Facts build trust.Key points on how you can assist in Organizing:• Give us a call• Stay in contact• Keep the Union informed• Have conversations with co-workers• Get the factsCommunication from you, the member, to the Union, andfrom the Union to you, is paramount. It all comes down tocommunication and facts. If we are going to continue tosucceed, better informed decision are made with facts.Together we can increase Market Share and EmploymentOpportunities for IUOE Local 115 members and create securityfor employees in our core industries.Recently we have hired Brother Andrew Hamilton as Organizerfor our Northern Regions (District 4 & 5). He is based atour District 4 office in Prince George. I would like to welcomeAndrew, who brings a high level of integrity and accountabilityto the team.The addition of Andrew brings the number of full-timeorganizers to four, positioned strategically throughout theProvince: Rob Duff and John Munro in Burnaby and BryanRailton in Kamloops.Feel free to contact our Organizers at anytime at the numbers and emails below:Burnaby: (604) 291-8831 or 1 (888) 486-3115Rob Duff – rduff@iuoe115.comJohn Munro – jmunro@iuoe115.comKamloops: (250) 554-2278Bryan Railton – brailton@iuoe115.comPrince George: (250) 563-3669Andrew Hamilton – ahamilton@iuoe115.com4 News Summer 2015

Long range planninglooks to global andlocal developmentsWayne E. Mills,PresidentOne of our priorities as your Executive Board is long-termplanning for the continuing success of the Local. BusinessManager Brian Cochrane, the Executive Board, and your tableofficers deal with issues that may arisetwo, three, five, and even 10 years downthe road, and the leadership for this longterm planning is in very good hands as wemove forward.One of these long-term future projectslinked to world markets is the LiquefiedNatural Gas (LNG) plants. With the purchases and movementamong oil and gas producers, we should hear a positiveannouncement this summer.When the Final Investment Decision (FID) is given, it willtake another 12–18 months to ready full construction mode.With a two-train LNG plant, and an 800 km pipeline neededto service it, planned for the Prince Rupert and Kitimat areas,these projects would peak in size about 30 months after FID atover 9,000 workers, including both trades people and management/officeworkers. For the IUOE, we would peak aroundthe same time with 250 Heavy Duty Mechanics, 350 Crane/Hoisting, and 1,200 Heavy Equipment Operators.In the first six months, the projects would ramp up work toabout 850 IUOE jobs, then increase by an additional 1,000, toabout 1,800 jobs over the next 24 months, and then winddown at about the same rate, making for a good four-year run.Three projects are close to a FID. If one goes, the othersshould not be far behind. Oil and gas companies have shownin the past that they will not wait for the competition to grabthe first part of the market. That would mean both projectswould go ahead almost simultaneously. Three projects of thismagnitude would mean many jobs in the north for OperatingEngineers. If all goes to plan, it’s going to be busy a coupleyears down the road.President’s MessageAnother project that your Union leadership is workinghard on is BC Hydro’s Site C Dam on the Peace River. For thefirst time in 50 years, BC Hydro is contemplating building amajor dam without a Project Labour Agreement (PLA). Atrisk is 9 billion taxpayer dollars.This project has the potential for 900 IUOE jobs and farreachingeffects on the future generations of workers andtaxpayers in B.C., and other PLAs across the country.Our Business Manager Brother Brian Cochrane has beeninstrumental in leading the fight and herding the BC BuildingTrades in one direction on this battle. With no PLA and buildingthe dam as a non-union open site, there is no clear answeras to who will be looking overthe contractor’s shoulder andpolicing the need to involveapprentices, trainees and FirstNations.This begs a bigger question:where are the workers foundwithout going out of country for a cheaper work force? TheRequest for Proposal says they would like the contractors toconsider using locals, apprentices and First Nations, but withno enforcement. What does that mean, in actual practice?With no PLA in place, the IUOE and the other BuildingTrades will be stripping trades people from the Site C projectto fill the Union jobs elsewhere. We will also be organizing theunorganized and raiding out the rat unions. BC Hydro andthe Provincial Government are betting $9 billion taxpayerdollars that labour stability is not that important.Now for a safety minute. With summer upon us, safety isnot only a matter for us on the job, but off as well. Whetheryou are at work or home and are about to do a project, stopand think about the safest way to do it. It only takes a coupleof minutes and can save you some aches and pains, maybeeven your life.With the Kitimat Modernization Project getting closer to“hot metal” and winding down, I would like to say thank-youto all the local stewards who have stepped forward. A specialthanks goes to Milt, George and Chris for the additional workthey have all done over the life of this project, especially sincea couple of the contractors and some of the other trades havebeen a bit of a handful.I hope your summer is safe and enjoyable.BC Hydro and the ProvincialGovernment are betting with taxpayers’money up to 9 billion dollars that labourstability is not that important.News Summer 2015 5

Union OrganizingMembership’s engagement is keyto all our organizing successesRob Duff,OrganizerAs I have said countless times, our membership is our bestasset in organizing the unorganized. With all of the hurdlesthat are put in place to deter us from organizing, our membershiphas stepped up once again.We only have so many ways to make contact with nonunionjob sites. Through the efforts of our members atHarrigan Rentals & Equipment, WesternOne EquipmentRentals, B.C. Rentals, Williams Machinery, Hertz Equipmentand United Rentals, we have been able to reach out and beginthe education process of the non-union side of theirindustry.Our membership’s engagement is one of the keys to any ofour organizing successes past and future, and I cannot stressthat fact enough!For some time now, we have been undertaking the task ofsecuring work for IUOE Local 115 membership at theproposed Site C Dam. We have been lobbying our provincialgovernment, and holding meetings with BC Hydro seniormanagement.I will put it to you now: Local 115 needs your voice. Wehave created a web site that is available for all of you atwww.buildsitectogether.com to log on and have yourvoice heard. Brothers and Sisters, it is time for you to make adifference and be a part of shaping the future of your Union.Together we can send a loud message to our ProvincialGovernment that the Operating Engineers are the ones whobuild the province of British Columbia. So my challenge toyou is this: get involved, make a difference, have your voiceheard, and make a (Site C) Dam difference.I would also like to send out a warm welcome to our newmembers at Emterra Environmental in Cumberland. Thisorganizing drive was a great success, and I want to congratulateand thank everyone involved. With 20 people castingballots on June 19th, the Operating Engineers were able to get17 affirmative votes.One reason this was possible was the hard work and determinationof one of our Local 115 members, Rod Grimardfrom Campbell River. Rod has set the example of what weshould all be doing as Operating Engineers. By speaking topeople within his industry, he was able to help educate theuneducated by simply explaining the benefits of belonging tothe Operating Engineers. By getting involved, BrotherGrimard was able to make a difference!On April 28th, BC Building Trades representatives lay a wreath at the new Convention Centre, in Vancouver commemorating theNational Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. From left to right: Brothers Orefeo Pagliacci, Justin Chapman, MarvMagnison, Dennis Olsen, Tom Sigurdson, Dan Jajic, Lee Loftus, Craig McIntosh , Frank Carr, Josh Towsley, Kelvin Campbell.6 News Summer 2015

Contact your MLA todemand jobs go toBC and union workersJim Flynn,DispatcherWith the wait for one of the province’s megaprojects toannounce a start date, and BC Hydro’s refusing to build SiteC under the Allied Hydro Agreement, the year has been slowso far.Despite much hard work by our Business Manager BrianCochrane and the BC Building Trades, BC Hydro continuesDispatcher’s Reportto ignore the fact that all major hydro projects for the last 50years have been built by Union workers.BC Hydro’s decision to go with an open managed site comeswith its problems: no fair wage commitments, no apprenticeships,and no commitment that the jobs go to BC workersfirst, then Canadian workers before bringing in TemporaryForeign Workers. I would encourage every member to contacttheir MLA and demand that the jobs go to BC workers. It isyour money that the government is spending on Site C.If you do go to work on Site C non-union or under a CLACcontract, contact the Unions Organizing Department at1-888-486-3115.Get out to your local District meetings and get involvedwith YOUR UNION.Please work safe!Welcome to our 316 new Local 115 members – January - April 2015Paul AciekGabriel AdamHeherson AggabaoOsamah AhmadTyler AkreMichael AlexanderAli AliMark R AllanCharlene AllardDiego AlvarezCarlos AmaralGarett AnatoleRyan J AndersonScott AndersonTrent AndresFernando AparriEmeterio AquinoBrett ArkiMichelle AyrheartBrian BaekgaardRanvir BainsDoner BalisacanMedgar BarnesHenry D BartakAlan BauerChristina BeekinkDave BelangerGordon BentleyJustun BevisInderjit BhabbaMelanie BlairMichael D BodnarukDarren J BoisclairKenneth BonsonBon BonZonDaniel BorthwickDavid BowcottJody BowleyEvan BranterDennis BrekkaasMatthew BroughtonMichael BrownKen BukovacDavid BurgessChristopherCairns-TannlerGreg CampbellJoe CanningMike CanningTim CarlsonChristopher CashaRuel CastilloEugene ChamberlandBimal ChandJustin CiolfittoTyler CliffordSeth CloughCraig CombsJaimelito CondeBrent ConnollySean CookeOwen CramptonRhett CroftMike CrossBilly CruzRobert CruzGerald CuipkaDavid DemarellNick DeMerchantGurinder DeolJoe DeschenesManoj DevasiaJevan DhillonDarren DillmanPaul DiltsMariano DionisioLucas A DomingosFredrick E DoolanNolan P DoornbergRicky DoradoRichard DyckCatherine EdmondsonJustin EllerbeckEnvar Emini BerdefeshRandal EvansRichard FagelaSteven FarrellGlenn FawcettJarred FiesselRebecca FoxShawn FoxJeff FrettsEarl FriedValentino FrondaArtur FurmanikAdam GantAkoj GarangAntonio GaspardJoshua GeorgettiAlistair GibsonBaljit GillManinder GillKevin GirroirEduard GjoniDenis GodardRyan C GogoScott GordonAnthony GorehamCody GresiukCole HagenRobert (Brent) HarrisLeonard HarryCorey HaughianTony HebbReilly HenriRichard A HenryRalph HerfortAndrew J HiebertChad HillDavid Hillscontinued next pageNews Summer 2015 7

Welcome to our 316 new Local 115 members – January - April 2015from previous pageNathan HillsMark HillsDavid HillyardStephen HockeyDave HoffmanStuart E HollandTerrence HolmesBradley HoltAmadeo HonaThomas HooperBrian HubandRandy HudsonMichael HughesThomas HuntingtonIan HurleyAustin IngramMichael IrvingGrayden J IsaksenMarol JalAdam JanveauxMatt JanzenRyan JenkinsGerd JochimskiGlynn JohnsonGeoff JohnsonJonathan JonesJordan JosephAaron KaartinenKevin KelmKeith KennedyLandon KerrZafir KhanAshwat KhanZachary KillamAbe KlassenRandy KlattCory KosinecMarek KozarynTanya KremarDerek KuharchukFred LandonDonald LangilleSteve LavigneMarvin LeckyJeff LefebvreKuldip LehalCraig LeslieColin LesterAaron LiddicoatSteven LindforsJustin LockeRudy LoewenMichael LoewenChristopher LongJordan A LouieRolando MabilogKevin G MacDonaldChristopherMacDonaldBo MahonNicholas MaidaTalwinter MannCraig MarshallAndre MartinSteven MassyDanny MatticeJeremy McCaseyTed McCullyMiranda B McMahonAurelio MercadoCurtis MercereauRichard MesserRobert MiddlekoopNick S MiguelLarry MillerKathleen MillerBrad MilneHassan Mohammed AliJohn MooreJeffrey MorrisonLyndsay MoskalShane MucheNajibullah NaseriJames NealeBradley E NerosJames NeurauterJohnathan SNewton-SlavinKien-Trung NgoJason NguyenChristian NicerioRobert NobleAaron NocitaNasir NurTanya NyakasChristopher ObergJohnson OchiengPatrick O’ConnellTom OhisaMichael OlkanychJohn OstendorfPardeep PaddaMichael ParkerNeil ParmanNorman PawlukDante K PescadorJesse PetersonTrevor PierceyHans PodzunMarilyn PorterDustin T PospolitaCraig PottingerEric PrisonDallas QuiringJoel RambacMichael RamirezRobert RamsayKulbir Singh RandhawaEric RayfieldChris RedshawMark ReisingerLuisito RoblesBlair R RocheCalloway P RollerKristopher RossWade E RowanRodd RushkaNelson SaborioAustin SagerJoshua SampsonRaul San MateoStephen SandarAaron SauerSylvio SavoieJohn SawatskyLennard SchackColin ScheckLuke SchierlingHank SchmulandChris SchwindtZachary SharlowPatrick SimsGoldy SinghFranklin SinghRun Chang SiuAlex SmithChris SmithJerry SolimanBrian SorokanMaureen SpencePeter StachowAnders StarheimDalon StarnesJay SteinkeJerome StewartBertram T StewartBrad StewartMatt StrebchukDayne SutherlandTravis SuttheryTim TailleurFrank TelfordTrevor TewariTed ThomasMarvel ThompsonDeanna ThomsonShawn TomlinsonArthur ToopTed TowneTyler TretheweySheldon J TschritterRichard TseManuel TumulakStephen UlrichGeorge VanderdeenRuperto VillanoChris VisserRandal VoykinMatthew WalkerDavid WattsClarence A WaughGeorg WeidnerMichael WiensFloyd WilliamBrian WilliamsonRicaldo WilsonChristopher WilsonJoshua WincharMatthew WoodcockDavid WoytulaJoe S YacovelliEvan YorkRecordo YoungRyan YoungMing Lun YuAnthony ZanattaKelvin ZentnerShawn ZornWilliam Zutz8 News Summer 2015

District OneTaking pride in ourprofessionalism andcertificationCraig McIntosh,Business RepresentativeUnfortunately, I have to begin my article with sad news: OnMay 22, 2015, Conair pilot and IUOE 115 member WilliamHilts, 38 years old, was killed when his AT-802 Firebossamphibious water bomber crashed near Cold Lake, Albertaduring firebombing operations. Will had been with Conairfour years and said flying water bombers in BC and Albertawas his dream job. Our condolences to Will’s family, friendsand co-workers.You can visit Will’s memorial page atwww.forevermissed.com/william-hiltsThe pilots at Conair have ratified a new four-year collectiveagreement. Many thanks to the Union Committee for gatheringinput from the pilot group and the many days involved inbargaining. The pilot group voted 90% in favour of the agreement.I can’t say enough about the professionalism and skill ofthis group of approximately 75 pilots who do aerial firefightingin BC, Alberta, Yukon and Alaska. During negotiations theProvince of Alberta decided not to exercise the option to extenda contract for Conair to supply six Fireboss air tankers and abird dog plane. Instead of laying the pilots off and parking theplanes, the company has decided to use the group as sparesthis summer where any jurisdiction can call on Conair forOUR MEMBERS ARE OUR STRENGTHWe need your voice in theSite C fight. Every opportunity we haveto communicate with a politician is achance for us to tell our side of the story,and remind them that some of theirconstituents are in unions and don’tappreciate their attempts to block us fromparticipating in Site C.www.buildsitectogether.comaerial firefighting tanker service. With the winter’s low snowpack and the dry spring, this spare capacity is badly needed tosubdue wildfires this summer. This is shaping up to be one ofthe worst wildfire seasons in BC history.I attended a public consultation meeting with the BC ReadyMix association as a subject matter expert on Concrete PumpOperator certification for BC. This long-running project hasbeen close to me, as I am a director of the Operating EngineersTraining Association and I worked as a Concrete PumpOperator for 20 years. As with the Crane Operator certificationin BC, Fulford Certification will be contracted to assessoperator competencies of knowledge and practical skillsperformed on the job. The standards and test elements havebeen developed over the years through the ConstructionSector Council, the Ontario College of Trades and the OperatingEngineers.The goal is to have a test assessment in place and pilot agroup of operators before the end of the year. Concrete PumpOperator certification in BC has taken many years to developand it is important that operators are recognized for their skilland abilities and successfully complete their certification.At our April District 1 membership meeting we had a greatturnout of members receiving their HEO (Heavy EquipmentOperator) or APLT (Asphalt Paving Laydown Technician)certificates. Congratulations to all members who have takenthe time to study and challenge the written exams to receivetheir provincial certifications.In the Lower Mainland the residential housing market ishot again with prices at all-time highs and buyers biddingover asking price. The high rise condo market is also hot withmany new excavations being dug by our contractors. Areasaround existing Skytrain stations and along the new EvergreenLine are busy with construction sites.Work safe.✔Get involved! Log on and share your viewsat www.buildsitectogether.com✔Contact your MLA! Let your local MLAknow that you support a Project Labour Agreement(PLA) for Site C. You can find your MLA atwww.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm✔Spread the word! Tell your friends andfamily that without a PLA, the Site C project is at riskfor huge cost overruns, and there is no guarantee thatBC workers will get a fair share of the jobs.News Summer 2015 9

District OneAnti-union lawpassed; makeyour voice heard!Everett Cummings,Business RepresentativeUnfortunately for us all, the Harper government was successfulin ramming through Bill C-377 before taking its summerbreak. This bill is going to add a big expense to the accountingside for unions across the country. But it’s not just an attack onunions, themselves; it also singles out individual unionmembers for a variety of personal information disclosures.I’m sure this law will get challenged under the Charter ofRights, because it will force the posting of union members’names on a website, declaring the money people receive fromunions in the way of pension payments, death benefits, or anyother payments over $5000.With this being the day and ageof people preying on the elderlyfor scams, it does not soundlike the Harper governmenteven cares about the safety ofCanadian citizens, or whetheryou belong to, or have family in a union.When this next federal election comes you need to get outand vote, and when voting, remember your A, B, C’s: “AnythingBut Conservative!”Frontier Kemper has completed the Twin Tunnels forThis bill undermines the rights ofassociation and freedom of expression.Unions would become the most watchedand scrutinized organization in the country.Local 115’s setup of the Mobile Crane Competition on April 15that the BC Skills Competition held at the Tradex in Abbotsford.Metro Vancouver’s water supply and treatment filtrationplant. That project kept members working for many yearseither with Bilfinger Berger or Frontier Kemper. This undergroundwork gave our members experience in tunneling andthe equipment that’s unique to this type of work.From the new access road that was built and the clearing oftrees, to the final completion of the tunnel, the project spannedabout 12 years. Not many can say they have been on aconstruction project for that length of time. A few Heavy DutyMechanic Apprentices and Crane trainees completed theirapprenticeship, start to finish, on that job, along with othertrades. The new tunnels and filtration plant will filter 1.8billion litres of water a day.The other tunnelling project is the Fraser River crossingwith the McNalley/Aecon joint venture. That is also a waterproject for Metro Vancouver. Back in December the TunnelBoring Machine (TBM) had a mechanical problem aboutthree quarters of the way on the crossing. The way theyrepaired this machine in the soft material was an idea youdon’t come across very often. They built a platform above theriver using Fraser River Pile andDredge, then bored down in theground around the TBM. Then theground was frozen all around it withnitrogen oxide to make the river bedsolid. The mechanics went through ahatch on the TBM to get in front of itmaking the repair. They then had to wait for the ground tothaw before they could check the repair to see if they couldcomplete the tunneling. Once the machine was up andrunning they would have another six weeks before the tunnelwas completed.The next tunneling project that is coming up (once theengineers have figured the best direct line) is another watertunnel beside the Iron Workers Bridge. The engineering firmhas come up with three options for this tunnel:1) The “Deep Tunnel” option, with a depth 80 metres belowthe Beach Yard, below the chance of liquefaction. This isthe most expensive because of the depth and the shafts.2) The shallow option is at 45 metres but is in highly liquefiablesoils making it difficult to do. I would think if it’sdifficult, that could be the most expensive option giventhe history of tunnelling in the Lower Mainland.3) The final option is an inclined tunnel, somewhat keepingwith the deep tunnel option, but with a lower cost. Thetunnel starts on the north side at 45 metres declining at a2.5 per cent grade, resulting in a deeper shaft in the southside’s bedrock. This would make it easier to excavate andconstruct than having a shaft that deep on the north side.In closing, have a great safe summer: work safe and playsafe!10 News Summer 2015

Project LabourAgreement will providelasting benefitsTom Kinnear,Business RepresentativeWith the opportunity of major projects slated in the nearfuture for British Columbia, it is imperative the OperatingEngineers play a role in their construction and operation. Thefirst step is having all levels of government listen and act onprinciples held by the Operating Engineers. YOU have thatvoice to be heard. The role, strength and power each and everymember’s voice has should not be underestimated.These major projects in natural resource and electricgeneration (specifically the Site C Dam) need to be built undera Project Labour Agreement (PLA) for a variety of reasons.Under a PLA, the Site C Dam will provide lasting economicand social benefits for northern communities, Aboriginalgroups and the province.A PLA will also provide a safe, secure labour culture andenvironment — key to attracting both domestic and foreigninvestment. These investments play a crucial economic role inthe provincial development of LNG extraction, conveyanceand sale at home and offshore.This economic growth equals billions of dollars in pipelineDistrict Oneconstruction, compression plants, civil utility and infrastructureprojects that will be built by Operating Engineers. This equatesto long lasting jobs, apprenticeship opportunities and pensionablehours for our membership many years into the future.Each and every member can play a role in achieving our goals.What can YOU do?Be active and be heard! Let your municipal and provincialleaders know the social and economic benefits these projectswill bring if constructed under a PLA. You can do this byspeaking directly to them in their office, writing a letter ore-mailing them.Be active in town hall meetings, and speak in favour whenthese topics arise. Write a letter to the editor of your localnewspaper. Call in to your local radio talk show and speakwith pride as an Operating Engineer, and how we can helpbuild the future of British Columbia.It can be as simple as having a conversation with friendsand family, explaining to them the importance of PLA’s andtheir significance to British Columbian workers and theirfamilies.Another important way that the membership can be involvedis to log on to the website www.buildsitectogether.com andmake your voice heard.Get involved, be involved. You are a voting constituent andyou have a voice to be heard! These jobs will play a critical rolein economic and social development for your families and thecommunities you live in. They should be built Union…..theyshould be built by YOU!!!Work Safely.Business Representative TomKinnear (right) with BrotherChris Brodoway. Chris works forSterling Crane and was doinglifts on the Evergreen LineProject in Coquitlam.News Summer 2015 11

District OneHolding steady onnegotiations andlooking forward tosuccessDon Swerdan,Business RepresentativeAs featured in photos on page 21, a number of Shop Stewardstraining courses have been held in Nanaimo, Kamloops andPrince George. All the courses were well attended and thelevel of participation and engagement of the membership wasimpressive.I’m involved in negotiations with Rempel Bros. Concrete.This is a Poly–Party certification with the Teamsters Local 213with Brothers Mike Levinson, Business Representative andRick McIvor, Shop Steward, representing that crew’sinterests.On the OE side we have Brothers Will Rolleman, ShopSteward; Darren Shish, Shop Steward and Tom Kinnear, BusinessRepresentative, and myself. OE is leading thenegotiations.This set of negotiations has been challenging becauseRempel Bros. has proposed some significant economicchanges to the Collective Agreement. The last proposalreceived from the company was categorically rejected by thecrew. At the same time, a strike vote was held, which wasaccepted by a significant majority of the crew.We have since resumed bargaining and have reached atentative agreement and the negotiating committee is recommendingacceptance.There has been considerable movement by the company ona number of key areas. At the time of writing, the ratificationvote is scheduled for mid-July.Brother Curtis Harold and I just wrapped up collectivebargaining and a successful ratification vote with B.F.I. IslandDivision which covers all locations except the Victoria Division.There were significant increases in wages and substantivechanges to language in this agreement. Thanks to BrothersSteve Lawson, Wade Foster and Trevor Smith for all theirassistance as part of the negotiating committee during thistime as they all did a helluva job. Special thanks to BrotherPaul Cameron for his input and insight at the Courtenaylocation.Hiway Refrigeration has ratified their proposal. Thecompany had initially tabled some concessions but these werewithdrawn, the primary reason for a successful vote. Thanksto Brothers Dave Thoms, Jeff Edwards and Rob Northam forall their efforts as members of the negotiating committee.Negotiation of a new Collective Agreement for the recentcertification of Emterra on Vancouver Island is coming soon.Congratulations to Brothers Rob Duff and Curtis Harold fortheir outstanding efforts in certifying this new group of soonto be members.Until next time…IUOE LOCAL 115Annual Defence Fund: Due JulyThe annual defence fund dues of $40 was payable as of July 1.If not already paid, please be sure to pay this additional amount with your nextdues payment.12 News Summer 2015

Investing ininfrastructure willmean more work hoursFrank Carr,Business RepresentativeI am happy to report the successful conclusion of a few rounds ofbargaining. We have recently ratified a new four-year agreementwith Pacific Industrial Movers, a division within the PacificGroup of Companies. We successfully negotiated decent increasesto wages, benefits and pension, along with extensive changesto the language contained in the Collective Agreement. Thankyou to our bargaining com mittee members BrothersJason Copp, Lars “Thor” Froystad, Mike Stone and TomKinnear. Brothers, your experience within the industry enabledus to build a Collective Agreement that reflects the work you areinvolved in - well done!Similarly, bargaining with PittRiver Quarry, Depots and PortableCrushing is complete with asuccessful ratification vote. Theduration of the agreement isthree years, with a 6 per centincrease in wages over the term,pension and benefit increasesand many language changes. The Union’s bargaining committeeincluded Brothers Frank Gormley and Tom Kinnear.Thanks to them for bringing their experience in the industryto the table, and offering their input and assistance in securinga fair contract for the membership.We have negotiated and ratified a new (first) CollectiveAgreement with Babcock Support Services (Canada) Inc. Thecompany owns and maintains the mobile heavy equipmentfleet leased and used by Lafarge. The members were workingunder the Pitt River Quarry agreement but the Union and thecompany agreed all parties would be better served if Babcockhad their own agreement.The duration of the agreement is 32 months, and it includessignificant wage increases and the Union’s pension and benefitsplans. It also contains language from both the constructionand industrial sectors, including dispatch language, sick leave,seniority, job posting, recall rights and many other clausesbased on the industrial sector.The Heavy Construction (ICI), Crane Rental, Steel Erectionand Pacific Group of Companies Collective Agreementsare up for renewal. Proposals were received by the Union’sbargaining committee and submitted to the BargainingThe Liberal Government should takeresponsibility for the result, show someleadership and begin a program thatcontinually improves the region’stransportation and transit system.District OneCouncil of BC Building Trades on May 4th at the BuildingTrades Policy and Proposal Conference.The $9 billion Site C Dam Project is at the forefront of newsreports as it gets closer to meeting many obligations before itcan be built. Reports outline that the project will be open forbidding by non-union contractors to keep the costs down andBC Hydro plans to build it Open Shop or as they refer to it, asan Open Managed Site. There will be no common wages orworking conditions across the construction site and theproject will likely run the risk of cost overruns and labourissues.Our Business Manager, Brother Brian Cochrane, is tirelesslyleading the campaign along with your local unionrepresentatives and the BC Building Trades to build theproject under a Project Labour Agreement (PLA). Pleaseshow your support in building the Dam under a PLA bysigning up at www.buildsitectogether.com and by contactingyour local MLA — the project should be built by legitimateunions and workers like you.The result of the Metro Vancouver Transportation andTransit Plebiscite was a disappointment. Financial support inthe amount of $1.1 billion was alreadyreserved for BC infrastructure in thefederal Building Canada Fund.With traffic congestion in the LowerMainland getting worse every day thetransportation and transit systemupgrades are needed. The Liberal Governmentshould take responsibility for theresult, show some leadership and begin a program that continuallyimproves the region’s transportation and transitsystem under a Project Labour Agreement with the BuildingTrades.Have a safe and enjoyable summer and I hope to see you atthe next district meeting.Brothers Troy Burstyk and Alex Twynstra working for VancouverPile Driving on the Cressey site in Richmond.News Summer 2015 13

District OneGet involved with theunion and standstrong for our futureBrett Chapman,Business RepresentativeAs we move through 2015, there are many ongoing battles inthe Labour movement. For instance, the fight against BillC-377 continues, as this law has now been passed by Parliamentand rammed down our throats. There’s also the fightwith BC Hydro and the provincial government over the Site CDam regarding an open managed site, and the dark cloudwhich is traveling across North America on so-called ‘right towork’ legislation. On these fronts alone we need the Brothersand Sisters of all Unions to get involved andmake a stronger commitment to our individualLocal Unions to fight back againstthese important issues.The Site C Dam should rightfully be builtunder a Project Labour Agreement (PLA)with the Building Trades, which has beenthe way dams have always been built in BC, right up to thecurrent John Hart Dam retrofit. These dams have been builton time and on budget, saving the taxpayers of BC untoldmillions of dollars in mistakes and delays. Taxpayers areresponsible for the $9 billion Site C project, and that aloneshould be incentive enough to have this project follow thetried and true PLA model.I challenge all Brothers and Sisters to attend the monthlyUnion meetings and get involved. Know your CollectiveAgreements, talk to your Shop Stewards and support them asthey are the front line when it comes to the start of the grievanceprocedure.On the bargaining front, due to the economy slowly slippingaway once again, it has been a challenge when it comes tonegotiating with employers. As I look at the bargaining that Iwill be faced with this year I can only hope that the economywill turn around sooner rather than later.Up for negotiations this year are Deere-Hitachi, First Truck(formally known as Freightliner), Harbour InternationalTrucks, and Wajax Equipment. Bargaining will more thanlikely carry on into next year for some of the shops before ratificationas they will be firing up near to the end of the year.Not only is this a federal electionyear (we all need to get outthere and vote to punt the Harpergroup), we are also going throughelections for your Local Union andI must say that Brother BrianCochrane has done an exceptionaljob as our Business Manager, and, I hope, will continue to beour leader for the coming years.Brothers and Sisters, be safe out there and we will see you inthe field…As I look at the bargaining that I willbe faced with this year I can onlyhope that the economy will turnaround sooner than later.Brothers Steve Tidder (L) andJason Vipond (R) working forKansen Crane at the Old RidgeTheatre and Bowling Alleysite at 16th and Arbutus inVancouver.14 News Summer 2015

New building andunion professionalismimpressing employersChip Dhaliwal,Business RepresentativeDeals have been ratified at Williams Machinery and AtlasCopco Thiessen since my last article.The Williams Machinery deal was ratified with a strong“YES” vote. The Bargaining Committee made gains in benefitsand wages. The crews received wage increases of 3, 2.5, 2.5and 3 per cent. The Central Interior crew received an additionalraise in the pension contributions from the company.One of the biggest hurdles during bargainingwas the company’s proposal for a newjob classification to be added to the CollectiveAgreement. The new job classificationwas for a Flex Service Rep. At the initialRatification vote, the voting document was defeated becauseof the Lower Mainland crews’ lack of trust in how this new jobclassification would affect them and how it would work. The“NO” vote allowed the Bargaining Committee to go back tothe table with leverage to make the required changes to thenew job classification and to achieve better wages andbenefits.Brother Greg Fahlman is to be commended for his expertiseand his level-headed approach during bargaining. Hiscontribution was invaluable. Thank you Greg for all your helpand your hard work!Atlas Copco Thiessen was also ratified with a strong “YES”vote. The crew now has stronger language for overtime, overtimedistribution, job postings, contracting out, bereavementand union/management meetings. There were substantialincreases in shift premiums as well as increases to lead hand,charge hand and first aid attendants. There was also a movefrom a two-tiered pension contribution table to a singlecontribution system for all members, as well as a sizableincrease in the contribution levels for the next four years.Brothers Simon Every andKurt Larson were extremelyhelpful during bargaining. It isalways nice to have BargainingCommittee members whohave answers for every question. Their level-headed approachand knowledge about the shop and the industry in generalwas inestimable. They are great Shop Stewards for a greatcrew.When management saw what aprofessional organization we were,they would want to be a part of it.District Onecontinued on next pageFrom the left are Brothers Randy Grisewood (Training Coordinator), David Shaw (Self Launching Segmental Gantry Crane operator),Ken Goy (Telehandler operator), Fred Perry (Boom Truck operator) and Brett Chapman (Business Representative) on the EvergreenLine in Coquitlam for the placing of the last segment. A total of 1005 concrete segments, weighing between 23 & 26 Tonnes, werelifted into place by the 300 Tonne gantry crane.News Summer 2015 15

District Onefrom previous pagePacific Radiator had a fire at their shop in Langley.Normally they operate in two buildings across from eachother, but they’ve been forced to move all their equipmentand operations into the one building until they can renovatea unit thankfully available next to theirs. I have nodoubt that this move will make the operation even stronger.Good luck to all involved.Wastech has announced that Metro Vancouver will beclosing its Matsqui location. We are currently working onan Adjustment Plan for the members. I am confident theUnion and the company can come up with an adjustmentplan to everyone’s satisfaction. Wastech is also currentlytrying to complete all the requirements for a new landfill inCache Creek.Metro Vancouver is distributing an RFP this summer forthe work of all transfer stations. It is preferred MetroVancouver select a company with a strong union workforce,like Wastech to do the work. The company that replaced allthe work that the members did in Matsqui has a non-unionworkforce, at the moment.I was recently approached by Williams Machinery towork hand-in-hand with management in orientating newemployees. The manager, Chris Hart, told me that when hecame to our newly renovated offices to bargain the new agreement,he was impressed with the building. As we werebargaining, it hit him that here was this organization in a veryprofessional building with all these dozens of people workingaway to make sure their members were well taken care of.After the Collective Agreement was signed, Chris approachedme with the idea that we promote the company and the Unionto prospective new employees together.One of the ideas we discussed was that new employees begiven the time to go to our office and be given a tour and anintroduction to the Union. I am enthusiastic about the ideaand have put together a plan. I hope to incorporate this partnershipwith other companies.Williams Machinery is not the first partner company tocomment on how impressed they were with the newly renovatedbuilding. This sentiment from the company is exactlyhow Brother Brian Cochrane envisioned it would be aftercompanies witnessed a professional group of people in a veryprofessional building. He emphasized to me that whenmanagement saw what a professional organization we were,they would want to be a part of it. His vision was dead on, as Ihave had other organizations share similar feelings since wehave moved back into our office. It’s good to know that theman steering the ship knows exactly where it is going.Be safe and thank you for your continued support.SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIESVarious bursaries and scholarshipsare available for IUOE Local 115members and their families.Application deadlines arethroughout the year.Check our website formore details.• Pipe Line Contractors Association ofCanada – Cal Callahan Memorial Bursary• Donald Smith Scholarship• M.L. (Mike) Parr Bursary• Betty Spalton Scholarship Fund• Community Savings Credit Union OECUPioneers’ Memorial Bursary• IUOE Canadian Conference Bursaries• B.C. Building Trades CouncilFred Randall Bursaryiuoe115.com/for-members/scholarships16 News Summer 2015

New municipalgovernments maybring projects backCurtis Harold,Business RepresentativeWe have enjoyed another great start to the year, with somechanges in local government, and different regions breathingnew life into some infrastructure projects. For example, theVictoria Wastewater Treatment Plant is back in the conversation,though finding a home for the project is an issue. Whilethere was no appetite for the proposed location in Esquimalt,some other regions have expressed interest in having it intheir neighbourhood. The Esquimalt location would be thefirst choice as there is a basic treatment plant already there,and the tie-ins for pipe and utilitieswould be more convenient, but regardlessof the location the project would seea great amount of heavy equipmentwork with plenty of sewer upgrades.Victoria’s new Mayor, Lisa Helps,commenting on the Johnson StreetBridge project which is being done by PCL Westcoast, says,“If you want to know how not to build a capital project comeand talk to us”.This project has been plagued by problems from the wordgo. Some local contractors have had problems being paid ontime, production has been behind schedule. The project isway over budget, and materials for the project have not beenideal.I refer to this project because it is not covered by any labouragreement. It is a precursor to what this provincial governmentis risking with any acceptance of an open shop modelfor Site C. There are many examples of cost overruns andsmaller local contractors receiving far less as a settlement forpayment after working for some of these general contractorson projects in this province. I can only hope the massiveefforts of this Local and the public outcry will be enough tohold the government accountable for their actions and makethem realize that the taxpayers know what is best for them,not this government.Currently the John Hart Dam is more than 100 metresunderground, and excavation of the power house is gettingready to start. They are starting a third shift as the materialbeing removed will be on a scale that demands it. The shop isup and running and they are working on building theDistrict Twowarehouse and other laydown areas. At the intake they havecompleted the new bridge, and Fraser River Pile is on sitebuilding a coffer dam. It will be some time before any significantcrane work will start for the ASL-JV (Aecon, SNC LavalinJoint Venture) which will be the start of concrete work at thepowerhouse.Our members have been doing an excellent job on site;while the project has had some growing pains, we are workingwith the membership and the senior staff on a few issues thatwill have resolution very soon. This project is covered by theAllied Hydro Council Agreement, and over 80 per cent of theproject is local hire within 90 kms of the project. The stimulusto the local economy has already made an impact. I can onlyimagine what a project like this would be like without amicableways of dealing with differences and everybody on theirown, paying when and how they choose.A big announcement that was made recently is the purchaseof Chew Excavation by the Ralmax Group. IUOE Local 115have had certification with Chew for over 56 years, and sinceJohn Chew passed away a couple ofyears ago their leadership teamhave had a few unforeseen challengeswhich has led to theproposed change in owners. ChewExcavation has had a successfulcouple of years and currently has asignificant amount of work on the books, because the longterm employees know their job and execute their work to astandard that most strive to achieve. John Chew was a manwho cared about jobs and families, not just the bottom line,which is why the current owners of Chew have entered intothe agreement with the Ralmax Group, as the owner IanMaxwell shares those same values and has an excellent relationshipwith IUOE 115.Point Hope Shipyard has had a busy year and continues tolook forward to their upcoming expansion. United Engineering,Harjim Industrial Services and Island Plate and Steel willall benefit from the expansion when they end up with a stateof-the-artnew facility which will house all three companiesunder one roof. This will create efficiencies and allow them tobe very competitive.We are currently in bargaining with Hyland Precast, PacificSite Concrete and Robinson Rentals. The District of PortHardy had taken a strong Strike Vote. BFI Canada was ratified.We have just finished an essential service application at theLRB.Please make it out to the District meetings and meet yourBrothers and Sisters working in different industries. Work safeout there this summer and have fun with loved ones and families.I look forward to seeing you over the summer.I can only hope the massive efforts ofthis Local and the public outcry willbe enough to hold the governmentaccountable for their actionsNews Summer 2015 17

IUOE 115 Annual Financial Statements (FY 2014)March 20, 2015Operating Engineers Local 1154333 Ledger AvenueBurnaby, BC V5G 3T3Attention: Mr. Frank Carr, TreasurerDear Mr. Carr:Re: International Union of Operating Engineers Union Locals 115and Operating Engineers (U) Building Ltd.To assist in your membership report, the combined income (loss) for the Local Union for the year endedDecember 31, 2014 are as follows:Combined Income (Loss)Excess of revenue over expenses2014 2013General - Note 1 $ 1,771,176 $ 1,106,445Death Benefit (22,312) (106)Defence (201,565) (3,160)Organizing 362 7,685Building 39,451 36,045Convention (27,599) (58,616)Advancement 366,755 308,550Minor Sports 14,125 6,9501,940,393 1,403,793(U) Building (532,098) (398,901)Total $ 1,408,295 $ 1,004,892Note 1 - General FundOperating excess of revenue over expensesbefore amortization and other income $ 1,336,267 $ 643,602Amortization 164,108 125,111Excess of revenue over expenses before other income 1,172,159 518,491Investment income and (U) Building interest 772,942 587,954Loss on disposal of capital assets (173,925) -Excess of revenue over expenses $ 1,771,176 $ 1,106,445ACCOUNTING › CONSULTING › TAX601 - 205 NEWPORT DRIVE, PORT MOODY, BC V3H 5C9T: 604-949-2088 F: 604-949-0509 www.MNP.ca18 News Summer 2015

The net assets (assets less liabilities) of the Local Union by Fund at December 31, 2014 are as follows:Combined Net AssetsThe net assets (assets less liabilities) of the Local Union by Fund at December 31, 2014 are as follows:2014 2013Combined Net AssetsNet assets2014 2013General - Note 2 $ 25,197,007 $ 27,729,516Net Death assetsBenefit General Defence -(less Note advance 2 to (U) Building)571,709$ 25,197,007 828,280594,021$ 27,729,516 1,029,848Death Organizing Benefit 571,709 28,606 594,021 28,243Defence Building (less advance to (U) Building) 828,280 792,540 1,029,848 753,088Organizing Convention (84,793) 28,606 (57,194) 28,243Building Advancement (less advance (less advance to (U) Building) to (U) Building) 5,838,472 792,540 5,471,719 753,088Convention Minor Sports (84,793) 108,764 (57,194) 94,640Advancement (less advance to (U) Building) 33,280,585 5,838,472 35,643,881 5,471,719Minor (U) Building Sports(less advance by Local 115) 7,316,800 108,764 3,545,218 94,640Total $ 33,280,585 40,597,385 $ 35,643,881 39,189,099(U) Building (less advance by Local 115) 7,316,800 3,545,218Note Total 2 - Adjustment to Net Assets for loan to (U) Building Ltd. $ 40,597,385 $ 39,189,099UnionNote 2 - Adjustment to Net Assets for loan to (U) Building Ltd.(U) BuildingTotalSurplus (deficit) per financial statements $ 45,880,566 $ (5,283,181) $ 40,597,385Union(U) Building TotalAdjust for loan to (U) Building (12,599,981) 12,599,981 -Surplus Balance (deficit) per above per schedule financial statements $ 45,880,566 33,280,585 $ (5,283,181) 7,316,800 $ 40,597,385 40,597,385Adjust for loan to (U) Building (12,599,981) 12,599,981 -Combined Balance net per assets above increased schedule (January 1, 2014 to December $ 33,280,585 31, 2014) $ 7,316,800 as follows: $ 40,597,385Union (U) BuildingCombined net assets increased (January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014) as follows:Total2014 $ 33,280,585 $ 7,316,800 $ 40,597,385Union(U) Building Total2013 35,643,881 3,545,218 39,189,0992014 Increase in combined net assets $ 33,280,585 (2,363,296) $ 7,316,800 3,771,582 $ 40,597,385 1,408,2862013 35,643,881 3,545,218 39,189,099We trust the above will assist you in your presentation.Increase in combined net assets $ (2,363,296) $ 3,771,582 $ 1,408,286Yours truly,We trust the above will assist you in your presentation.MNP LLPYours truly,MNP LLPFarhan Shaheen, CPA, CAFS/aoFarhan Shaheen, CPA, CAFS/aoNews Summer 2015 19

District ThreeA roundup ofprojects underwaythis seasonBrad Gerow, Business RepresentativeBryan Railton, OrganizerBrad GerowSummer is here and the construction season is well underway.We have had a good start to the year so far, with a number ofhighway and city projects in District 3.Dawson Construction is working with 672462 BC Ltd. onthe paving of Highway 1 east of Kamloops and they plan tohave the new section of highway completed by the end ofJune. In the Aberdeen area, they are working on a new trafficcircle for the intersection of Hugh Allen and Versatile Drivenear the new casino. Paving work is also being done in theAshcroft and Cache Creek areas.Emil Anderson has a number of projects on the go for thisyear. Their paving crews are currently working on jobs in theHope area, and in Kelowna. They have a number of gradingjobs as well, including one on Westside Road in West Kelowna,and the Hoffman’s Bluff Phase 2 project East of Kamloops onHighway 1. Emil Anderson has also picked up a project onSunday Summit on Highway 3 east of Hope. This is a roadwidening job where they will move scrapers currently runningat the Hoffman’s Bluff project when it is complete.In Kamloops, B.A. Dawson Blacktop is working on anumber of projects. They were awarded the Paul Lake Roadpaving as well as paving for the Overlander Bridge rehabilitation.They were also the successful bidder on the ColumbiaStreet widening from 2nd to 6th Ave, including turn lanes andpedestrian upgrades. There are a number of other smallpaving jobs around the local area for them as well.Con-Ex has a couple of large projects on the go this year.The first one is a continuation of their work in Juniper withthe Juniper West subdivision project, extending the main roadas well as additional streets, and doing site prep and servicingfor the new housing development. They are also continuingtheir work at Orchards Walk at the east end of ValleyviewDrive. This is a subdivision with single and multifamilyhousing, as well as retail. Con-Ex is doing all of the site servicingfor this new area, as well as the ground work for the futurephases. Richard Salle Contracting has been working withCon-Ex on both of these projects doing all the scraper work.The main dirt moving work should be done within the nextmonth and then it will move onto the servicing phase.Eagle Rock is currently working up atNew Gold Mine west of Kamloops witha contract to do the tailings pondupgrades and raising. This contract is inconjunction with some of the localbands in the area. The crushing crewsare working from a couple of spreads;the first one is in Skeetch Pit runningtwo shifts and supplying the New GoldProject, and the second is in theBryan RailtonAshcroft area preparing material forpaving there.C.G.L. is continuing to pick up work throughout thedistrict, doing utility work for Telus and Fortis and work indowntown Kelowna.On the bargaining front there are a number of contractsthat we are going through right now. We have completedbargaining with Cummins Western Canada, Con-Ex,Rjames Management Group in Kamloops, and WestlakePaving. Current bargaining includes Wajax, PremiumTruck and Trailer in Kelowna, Rjames Management GroupKelowna, McLeod’s By-Products, and Interior RoadBuilding.Industrial shops in the District are keeping busy rightnow. The heavy duty side is still working in the mines, andforestry has had a bit of a revival as well. With the newhighway construction in the area, both truck and equipmentshops are getting in on the work coming from thatsector.It’s great to see signatory contractors picking up a strongwork load so far this year, which creates jobs for ourmembership. However, as members, we cannot simply relyon the contractors to provide employment; we must activelyseek to organize additional contractors which in turnwill provide greater employment opportunities. A simpleconversation between a member and a non-union workercan quickly escalate into an organizing drive, which createsone more opportunity to dispatch members.We all want to continue contributing to our pension andaccumulating hours towards our benefits and for that weneed to continue building our base of contributing employers.For those of us already dispatched, that five-minuteconversation could lead to one more employer to bedispatched to when the job finishes. For those who arewaiting on the dispatch list, come in or call the Hall to seewhich non-union employers are working in your area thatyou may be able to assist in organizing.We are far stronger as a collective, Brothers and Sisters.Work Safe!20 News Summer 2015

Our hardworkingShop Stewardskey to buildingour unionOver the month of March, IUOE Local115 held our annual Shop Steward trainingsessions and Steward AppreciationDinners in each of the Districts outsideof the Lower Mainland.As part of our normal events forIUOE 115’s Stewards, not only did wehave a Training Session during the dayand Appreciation Dinner for each ofour Stewards, but we also took theopportunity to include our ServiceAward presentations for long-timemembers after the Stewards’ Dinnerswere complete.This gave us the opportunity to notonly celebrate the hard work, longhours, and often thankless service ofour current Stewards, but also to recognizethe past contributions of our longtimemembers in building the Union wehave today.On March 7th, Districts 3 and 6 coordinateda joint event for their membersin Kamloops, with 63 members, staff,and their spouses.On March 14th, Districts 4 and 5 alsoheld a joint dinner in Prince George,with 77 members, spouses, and staff.District 2 then held the last of thedinners in Nanaimo on March 28th,with 68 people attending.District 1 has not yet arranged aShop Steward training event or appreciationdinner, but will be arrangingone soon, so stay tuned!Once again, we thank our Shop Stewardsfor the contributions they make tothe Union through their hard work, dedication,and long hours. We also extendour thanks to their spouses and familiesfor their patience and support.Special FeatureNews Summer 2015 21

District FourOpen site policybad for workers,government, andthe economyHerb Conat and Wayne Kemp,Business RepresentativesHerb ConatWayne KempSite C is a big issue for all members across the province. If theLiberal government and BC Hydro succeed in their open sitepolicy, the repercussions will be felt for years to come. It isvital that the project proceeds under a Project Labour Agreement(PLA) to guarantee First Nations and local hiringprovisions, pay and benefit equity and the establishment ofproper apprenticeships and training.This project is being funded by the people of this provinceand it must be they who benefit themost from the construction of thedam. The Allied Hydro Council hasnegotiated PLA’s on every major projectsince the WAC Bennett Dam and ithas proven to be a successful and profitableprocess.PLA’s provide contractors access to the most skilled workersavailable within this province and the government is makinga huge mistake by trying to circumvent this proven andreliable system.We must do all we can to convince them of their folly. Visityour local MLA and inform them of the provincial govern-All the money supposedlysaved by keeping out thebuilding trades will disappearin a smoke and mirrors show.ment’s short-sightedness.Ask them why they insist on strayingfrom a time-tested formula and calmly explain why theyare wrong. An open site policy will leave the door wide openfor temporary foreign workers, labour disruptions, constructiondelays and cost overruns.All the money supposedly saved by keeping out the buildingtrades will disappear in a smoke and mirrors show, leavingthe province and country by the bucket load.Hopefully by the time you read this wewill have won our fight and we will be in theinitial stages of bargaining a proper PLA. Ifnot, still make that appointment with yourMLA. Tell them how dissatisfied you arewith their close-mindedness and tell themthat you will be back to say “I told you so”when they fall flat on their faces.Thank you to the stewards and safety reps for their timeand dedication in supporting their fellow brothers and sistersin the work place. With your efforts, it makes our work saferand more respectable.IDL (ICL) crew on the site of the new Northland Dodge dealership under construction in Prince George, B.C. Left to Right: Jeff Hein,Adam Schlueter, Ryan Mummery, Preston Aitchison, Robin Allen, Mike Sims, Daniel Howell, Kevin Davidson, Ryan Bachinski, TomVanderbrink, Devon Rochon, Chris Clark, Roland Therrien, Ray Mutas, Craig Combs, Cory Therrien, Nathan Cripps22 News Summer 2015

Gambling on costoverruns and delayswill cost us allMike Spiruda,Business RepresentativeIt was a very slow spring breakup this year in the Northeastbut the work picture should improve now that we have movedinto the summer months.Business Manager Brian Cochrane has been workingrelentlessly leading the BuildingTrades in striving to secure a ProjectLabour Agreement (PLA) for the $9billion Site C Dam on the PeaceRiver near Fort St. John. BC Hydroand the provincial governmentbelieve that an “open shop model” isthe way to go on this massive taxpayer funded project.Starting with the WAC Bennett Dam at Hudson’s Hope in1963, all of the major hydro projects in this province havebeen built on time and on budget with a PLA. Those PLA’sprovided common working conditions, uniform wages, benefitsand quality job opportunities for all British Columbians.Why would anyone want to fix something that isn’t broken?PLA’s on previous multibillion dollar projects have a provenPLA’s on previous multibilliondollar projects have a proven trackrecord of remarkable success byutilizing a stable workforce.District Fivetrack record of remarkable success by utilizing a stable workforce.It is bizarre that BC Hydro and the current governmentare willing to gamble on cost overruns, calamity and constructiondelays that will ultimately cost all of us in the end.A small amount of preparation work was scheduled tobegin in June, but tender deadlines have been pushed back afew times and there are half a dozen court cases pendingregarding the validity of the Site C itself. We are hopeful thatBC Hydro and the government can see the light of day andrealize that a PLA is the appropriate way to build a project ofthis magnitude.B&B Contracting has the main utility construction for theStation 44 business and housing project in Fort St. John.Premay Pipeline L.P. is stockpiling 190 km of 42” pipe atChetwynd, Hudson’s Hope and Fort St.John for the North Montney Pipeline projectwhich should begin construction laterthis year. We hope to see a positive finalinvestment decision from Petronas regardingtheir proposed Pacific Northwest LNGplant and related pipeline by the end of July.The past four years have provided Local 115 members withmany great job opportunities, pension contributions and benefitsunder the leadership of Business Manager BrianCochrane, current Officers and Executive Board members. Asthis year is an election year, I trust that you will support theentire current Executive Board should an election be requiredgoing forward.Have a Safe Summer!Left to right are Steve Jennex, Josh Turcotte, Dave Molyneaux,Allister Kennedy, about to perform a dual lift near Fort St Johnfor Progress Energy.News Summer 2015 23

District SixStay alert and avoid acomplacent attitude isthe way to stay safeRob Foskett,Business RepresentativeNow that we are in the warmer weather we continue withvarious contract negotiations in District 6. We have been deepinto bargaining with several of our companies, with somegoing well, and others not so much.Many factors are involved in recent negotiations such asthe oil industry, the coal market, changes to government policies,and the general economy, but at the end of the day we aretrying to achieve the best deal possible for our members inthese trying times.• Nelson/Castlegar/Trail Ready Mix achieved a renewedcollective agreement with the members,ratifying a new agreement this year.• Cummins Western Canada reached a newagreement with the membership, ratifyingtheir new collective agreement thisyear.• Maxam Explosives is moving along verywell, despite a rocky start.• The Road Building Agreement bargaining sessions areseeing great discussion for all involved.• Selkirk Paving bargaining has begun and is moving alongwell with proposals going back and forth between thecompany and the union.• Line Creek contract negotiations have seen some tryingtimes with some heavy hitters involved, such as MediatorVince Ready, to try to convey new and fresh ideas, but thatwas not successful.• Columbia River Reload and the Union have agreed to puttheir contract negotiations on hold temporarily until laterin the fall, due to the market conditions.• Terrapure Environmental in Sparwood and Cranbrook(formerly known as Newalta) have recently joined ourUnion and we are in the preliminary stages of negotiating afirst collective agreement for our new members.The District 6 office and the Elk Valley locals of the Steelworkersfor Elkview, Coal Mountain, and Fording River havere-energized the Elk Valley Mine Coalition recently. With allthe meetings that we held, a lot of information and advice hasbeen shared between the site Representatives. Thatcommunication helps each of us in dealing with current situationsat each site, as well as any potential matters that mayoccur in the future.We have the commitment to teamwork between the Unionsrepresenting the coal mines in the Elk Valley, but I challengethe membership at each of these sites to bond together for amore unified stance as well. Solidarity is the key, and we needto get rid of the division among members at each site, specificallythose working at Line Creek, and work together to forma solid group.With Teck’s attitude towards the Unions and their members,we have enough of a fight on our hands without having to dealwith a bargaining unit that does not get along. This “ME” attitudethat some of our members have shown, and the dramathat comes with it, has got to go!With the summer months upon us, I also want to leave youwith some eye-opening thoughts on safety.We all have taken safety for granted at times. When webecome complacent in our everyday lives, and I cannot stressit enough, that is when we are the most vulnerable.Too many of us are under thebelief that we are indestructible,with either a “Superman mentality”,or more often than not, the “itwill never happen to me” attitude.Both of these descriptions are onwhat I like to call the widowmakerside of the fence, and it will only be a matter of timebefore that attitude will come back to haunt us.The majority of us have had the thought cross our mindsabout what our families would do, or how they would cope ifwe were killed in an accident. But how many of us havethought of what we would do, or how we would cope if wesurvived an accident but became 100% dependant on themfor every single thing that we take for granted now?Complacency both at work and away from work is wherethis carelessness comes from and that is the culture that needsto change. The “I’ve done it like that for 20 years and it hasnever failed” argument is heard all too often in the world. JustWestern Industrial Contractors working onbecause we did it like that for 20 years doesn’t make it right: itBoundry Road in Prince George, BC.Complacency both at work andaway from work is where thiscarelessness comes from and that isthe culture that needs to change.makes us lucky. So before the next thing you do, either at workor not, ask yourself these two questions:1. Is this the safest way you could do this procedure?2. If you knew that this time it would fail and you wouldsuffer the consequences, would you still do it the sameway?Please don’t gamble with your life by trying to save time indoing something, DO IT SAFELY EVERY TIME! Your familywill thank you for it.24 News Summer 2015

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 1152015 Election of Officers & OE Benefits and Pension Plan TrusteesThe candidates noted have all been duly nominated, and have accepted and met all the eligibility requirementsdefined in the By-Laws and Working Rules of the Local Union and the Constitution of the International Union ofOperating Engineers at the time of printing. Attached for your reference are their biographies.Business Managerand OE Benefits and Pension Plan TrusteeBRIAN COCHRANEWith thanks to my nominator, I amboth proud and honoured to acceptthe nomination to run in the 2015Election of Officers for the positions ofBusiness Manager and Trustee of theIUOE Pension and Benefits Plans. Ihave had the privilege of serving themembership of Local 115 for over 25years in a variety of roles and capacities,and look forward to not only thechallenges but more importantly the opportunities of thenext four years.Over the last two decades, one thing that has proved tobe certain is that change is constant and the lesson that “wecan either lead change or be led by it” has never been moreaccurate. Fortunately I have had the opportunity to workwith some great leaders and very dedicated Operating Engineerswho have worked tirelessly to improve the lives ofour membership and all working people. I have learned alot from them including the fact that there is no substitutefor hard work and determination combined with the needfor continual learning in order to stay in front of the curve.We owe them all a debt of gratitude as they have helpedshape the strong foundation of our Union.I am proud of the efforts of the leadership of our organizationand being able to personally contribute to findingpositive results for our members in countless grievances,arbitrations, negotiations, organizing, political campaigns,improved trade skill certifications, and safety legislation.Most recently the two largest campaigns I have led onbehalf of protecting jobs for Operating Engineers were theSupreme Court fight with HD Mining which resulted inchanges to the Federal Temporary Worker Program and thefight with BC Hydro to ensure the Building Trades and OE’shave a fair shot at maximizing opportunities on BC’s largestHydro-electric dam project in history.Over the last 25 years I have attained the experience, andserved in the following roles on behalf of our membership:• Business Manager – IUOE Local 115• Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the IUOE 115 Pensionand Benefits Plan (ATMS Certified)• Director of the IUOE Local 115 Training Association• IUOE – International Pension Plan Trustee• Director of the British Columbia Building Trades• Officer of the BC Federation of Labour• Member of the Premiers LNG working group• Director of Community Savings Credit Union – theunions’ credit union (formerly Operating EngineersCredit Union)• Director of Concert Properties – (Pension Investmentand Union Building)• Director TransCDA – Transportation Career DevelopmentAssociation responsible for leading initiatives forHeavy Equipment Operator Red Seal programs, AsphaltLay down, and plant programs• Simon Fraser University Labour Studies Program graduate• UBC – Executive Education certificate in leadershipWorking collectively with our members has been a privilege,and I appreciate your continued support and confidenceover the next four years.News Summer 2015 25

PresidentWAYNE MILLSI have been a 115 hand since 1979 anda crane operator by trade as was myfather. In my 36 years as an IUOEmember I have lived and workedthroughout this province.I am 56 years old, the father of threeand grandfather of five and have beenmarried 31 years to my wife Roxana.We have been living in Surrey since2010 when I transferred down from Prince George to continueworking for the Union.I have been a member of the local Union’s ExecutiveBoard since February 1993.I served as a Local Union Auditor from 1993 to 1999 andI was elected as District 4 Executive Board Rep in 1999,2003 and 2007.I moved my family to Prince George in 1995 to workas a Business Rep for the Union. While I lived in PrinceGeorge, I served four terms as President of the District LabourCouncil and served as the Recording and FinancialSecretary of the Prince George and District Building andConstruction Council during that time.I sat on the committee that helped establish the Red SealProgram (Inter-Provincial) for crane operators in 1993 and1995.I was appointed to the Trades Advisory Committee (TAC)in 2000 and became the Vice-Chair for Construction CraneOperators.In 2003 I was appointed and still serve as a Trustee to theIUOE Training Association.In May of 2005, I ran for the Provincial Legislature in thePrince George Mount Robson riding.The Table Officers appointed me to the position of FinancialSecretary in 2008 and I was elected to the position in2011. In July of 2012, I was appointed by the Table Officersto fill the unexpired term of President of the Local.I served on the executive board of the Prince George EastLittle League (now Prince George Youth Baseball) from1997 to 2000 when the three leagues merged. I also coachedthe 8-to-12-year-olds from 1996 to 2005.For hobbies, besides my grandkids, I like to fish and huntbut have been very limited in enjoying these activities sinceI moved to the Lower Mainland.Recording Corresponding Secretaryand OE Benefits and Pension Plan TrusteeBRIAN LEFEBVREI am the Assistant Business Manager,Recording Corresponding Secretary,and a Benefits and Pension PlanTrustee for the Local Union.First, I want to thank my nominatorsfor the honour of being nominatedfor the position.I was raised by parents who wereboth members of Unions. My father,Paul Lefebvre, has been a memberof IUOE Local 115 since 1965 and my late mother, KarenLefebvre, was a member of the TWU since the mid 70’s.I have been married to my wife Raelene since 1993, andwe have two sons, Brandon (20) and Brock (18).I am a Red Seal Certified Commercial Transport Mechanicby trade. I started my career with Local 115 on January6, 1999 as a Business Representative in the District 3(Kamloops) Office. An opportunity arose in May 2005 inthe District 6 (Cranbrook) office, and moved there with myfamily to replace a Business Representative who was retiring.In December of 2010, I was appointed to the positionof Trustee to the Benefits and Pension Plans. In the summerof 2014, our family moved to the Lower Mainland to takeon the challenge of my new appointment to the position asDirector of Organizing in the District 1 office in Burnaby.Most recently in June of 2015, I accepted the position andassumed the role of Assistant Business Manager.It has been a great honour for me to represent the membershipof Local 115. I have seen and dealt with a lot ofour membership during my time with the Local, dealingwith a wide spectrum of issues ranging from concerns ourmembership faces on the job, to issues they may be goingthrough in their personal lives. I truly believe that I dealtwith these issues as one would have expected a BusinessRepresentative should, while keeping honesty and integrityas part of my guiding principles.26 News Summer 2015

Financial SecretaryDON SWERDANWhile employed with Laidlaw WasteSystems I became, and have remained,a proud member of Local 115 sinceDecember of 1988.In May of 1994, I came on staff as aBusiness Representative.I was appointed to the ExecutiveBoard as an Auditor in July of 2008and became the Recording CorrespondingSecretary in Septemberof 2010. I am now, and have been, the Financial Secretarysince July of 2012.I was appointed to the position of Trustee of the OperatingEngineers Benefits and Pension Plan in September of2011.Some of my additional responsibilities include BusinessRepresentative training, Shop Steward training and I act asthe legal representative of the Union that reviews all mattersprior to a grievance proceeding to Arbitration.I have truly enjoyed the challenges of each of the respectivepositions that I hold, from Collective Bargaining to Arbitration,the examination and analysis of our Benefits andPension Plans to the training that I am privileged to provideto the membership and staff.With thanks to my nominator, I would also like to thankthe membership for their continued support.Treasurerand OE Benefits and Pension Plan TrusteeFRANK CARRI am a Business Representative inDistrict 1 (Vancouver) representingthe membership and am responsiblefor organizing new members in boththe Construction and Industrial Sectors.I live in Port Coquitlam with mywife and two children. I have beenon staff with the Local Union for 15years. In 2003 I was appointed to theLocal Union Executive Board as the Guard. I have held theposition of District 1 Representative, and I am currentlyyour Local Union Treasurer. In 2009 I was appointed aTrustee to the Operating Engineers’ Benefits and PensionPlans, and I attend the Canadian Conference as an ExecutiveBoard Member.I enjoy being an active supporter of the Union movementand I am a delegate with the New Westminster DistrictBuilding and Construction Trades Council, VancouverDistrict Labour Council and the BC Federation of LabourPolitical Action and Apprenticeship Committees.In support of trades training, I was recently selected toparticipate via the Industry Training Authority on the ConstructionSector Advisory Group. I have also been involvedat the committee level with the Washington State CraneOperator Mobility Project, Heavy Duty Equipment TechnicianEnhanced Challenge Pathway Project and the AcceleratedLearning for Mobile Crane Apprentices Project.I joined the Union in 1993 while working as a HeavyEquipment Operator in the demolition industry and assistedin organizing the company I was working for. Shortlythereafter, I registered with the IUOE Training Associationas a Mobile Crane apprentice. In 1998 I received my RedSeal certificate as a Mobile Crane operator while workingin the Heavy Construction, Crane Rental, Pile Driving andSteel Erection Industries.My activism is motivated by my desire to advocate forworkers’ rights and to represent and advance the interestsof the Union. I am responsible for presenting the UnionMembership Orientation Program to the students takingcourses at the Training Site in Maple Ridge, educating theparticipants on the importance of representation, organizing,market share, bargaining, pension, benefits, training,political action and the other important services supportedby the Union.Brothers and Sisters, it is a privilege to represent themembership of our great Union and work with a dedicatedteam of representatives. Thank you to my my nominatorsand to our members for your. trust and support.News Summer 2015 27

GuardTHOMAS KINNEARI have been a proud member in goodstanding of Local 115 for over 12years. I am 37 years of age and currentlyreside in Coquitlam with mywife and two daughters.With thanks to my nominator, I amseeking your support in the electionof Union officers, to the position ofGuard.As a member of the Local, I haveworked in the roadbuilding industry throughout the provinceof British Columbia. I was indentured as an apprenticeby the IUOE Training Association, and successfully becamea Journeyperson complete with my Certificate of Qualificationsas an Asphalt Paving Laydown Technician.In 2011 I was hired on board to the IUOE Local 115Training Association in the role of Training Coordinator.During my tenure, I had the privilege of assisting dozensof apprentices through their initial training, finding apprenticeswork within the Local’s signatory companies andseeing our members through to the completion of theirapprenticeships with the highest certification attainable intheir trade or craft.In the fall of 2014 I was hired to serve the Local by BrotherBrian Cochrane, as a Business Representative. My tenurehas been extremely rewarding, as I have enjoyed assistingthe membership through a multitude of impediments andhurdles. Education and professional development havebeen at the forefront in recent months, and will continue inmy efforts to better serve the Membership.I look forward to being politically active in the municipal,provincial, and federal arenas. It is imperative that weensure the Local’s ideologies and voices of our membersare heard and acted upon by the political parties in power,whoever they may be.I would like to thank you in advance for your support inmy bid to represent the IUOE Local 115 as an officer in therole of Guard, and look forward to the opportunity.ConductorDOUGLAS FISHERI first became involved with IUOELocal 115 in 2005 as one of the leadersof an organizing campaign at myworkplace, Rempel Bros. ConcreteLtd. For the first time in the Company’s35‐year history, we successfullyachieved an application for UnionCertification at the Labour RelationsBoard of BC.It wasn’t until a subsequent campaign in 2010, however,that we successfully certified the IUOE as our bargainingagent. Due to hard and fast efforts with the Union’s dedicatedsupport, we simultaneously thwarted a ‘top‐down’ certificationattempt between the Company and CLAC. As aresult, we successfully solidified our employment landscapewith the strength and values of Local 115.Since the certification, I have been actively involved asa Chief Shop Steward for a 130‐member unit. I sat on thenegotiating committee for our first collective agreement,which took 16 months to reach ratification. In 2014, I wasappointed by the Union to the position of Conductor on theIUOE 115 Executive Board.This Union has made a dramatically positive impact inmy family’s lives. It is a pleasure to serve in both the workplaceand on the Executive Board as my way of saying,“Thanks, Local 115!”Local Union TrusteeBRETT CHAPMANWith thanks to my nominator, I amnot only proud but very honoured toaccept the nomination for the positionof Union Trustee on the ExecutiveBoard in the IUOE 2015 election.Before I started my career on staffwith the IUOE, I was an Crane Operator.I have worked on the CanadaLine (Sky Train) for RSL/SNC Lavalin,the Golden Ears Bridge for BilfingerBerger, and the Twin Tunnels Water Filtration projectin North Vancouver for Frontier Kemper. All of these companieswere signatory to the Operating Engineers.28 News Summer 2015

I was hired by Brian Cochrane, our current BusinessManager, and have been on staff with the Local for the pastfour and a half years as a Business Representative. I alsocurrently hold the position of Union Trustee on the ExecutiveBoard.During my time as a Business Representative, I have enjoyedthe opportunity to work with many of our membersin regard to resolving job site issues, assisting with shopstewards training and organizing the unorganized throughoutthe province of British Columbia.I strongly believe that working to educate our memberswill create a better future for Operating Engineers and myexperience in these areas will be of value to Local 115 infuture years to come.My current position with the Local has, and will continueto, provide me the insight and opportunity to gain newideas and a greater knowledge to be able pass along to ourmembers.I thank you and appreciate your continued support.Local Union TrusteeBRYAN SALEMAI was born and raised in Kitimat,B.C. and moved to Victoria in 2008.Prior to moving to Victoria, I spenttime working in painting, roofing,welding and CNC burning. With noreal future in Kitimat, my wife and Idecided it was time to leave and inNovember 2008 I started working atPoint Hope Maritime and neverlooked back! I started working as alabourer at Point Hope, which gave me the opportunity tobecome a painter, and I am now the Leadhand for bothpaint and labour. Point Hope and the Operating Engineershas also provided me the opportunity to gain certificationin areas such as confined space rescue, dry dock training,first aid and many more. In 2012, I became the Shop Stewardfor the Operating Engineers and I currently representalmost 70 members at Point Hope, Harjim and United Engineering.As a proud member of the Operating Engineers, I lookforward to your continued support in the future.Local Union TrusteeCURTIS WRIGHTI am a Driver by trade. I have been amember of IUOE Local 115 for over25 years and am currently employedat Waste Management where I havebeen Chief Shop Steward since 1998.Since becoming Chief Shop Steward,I have also participated in every BargainingCommittee and negotiationwith Waste Management.I have served on the Executive Board since 2001, and alsoserved as a Director of the Operating Engineers (U) BuildingLtd. for the past decade.I am proud to represent the membership of IUOE Local115 in these capacities and enjoy working with my fellowExecutive Board members in addressing the challenges ourUnion faces each day. I would like to thank my nominatorsfor their support and look forward to working on your behalfas a Trustee.Local Union AuditorGURDIP (CHIP) DHALIWALI am seeking your support for electionas an Auditor on the IUOE Local115 Executive Board.I have been on staff at the Local foralmost five years as a Business Representative.I first became involved withthe Operating Engineers in 1992. Ihad been working for Masterwash(Vinoco Oil) for almost a year whenLaidlaw Environmental, a large corporationfrom the United States, bought Masterwash. Itbecame apparent rather quickly that we needed the OperatingEngineers to represent us and along with a few others,I assisted Brothers Brian Cochrane and Brad Mackenziein organizing our company. I was asked by our BusinessRepresentatives to participate in our first ever round of collectivebargaining. I then served as Shop Steward and bargainingcommittee member for the better part of the nextsixteen years at Laidlaw Environmental. After leaving LaidlawEnvironmental, I worked for Wastech Services, anothercompany signatory to the Operating Engineers. I was employedat Wastech Services for about three years and servedas Shop Steward for a little over a year.News Summer 2015 29

I came on staff at the Local in 2010 as a Business Representative,and I’ve spent almost five years on staff bargainingand administering collective agreements. Over this timeI have taken a variety of courses and classes and all of themhave contributed to my skills and abilities which helped meto better serve the membership.I was appointed to the position of Auditor on March 16,2010 and have proudly served on the Executive Board eversince.In closing, I would like to thank my nominator and amproud and honoured to seek election as an Auditor on theExecutive Board and appreciate your continued support.Local Union AuditorGORETTI GUILBAULTI have been a proud member ofIUOE 115 since March of 2008. I ama certified Heavy Equipment Operatorby trade, and enjoy learning newskills and trades each day on the job.I have been on the Executive Boardas a Local Union Auditor since 2012,as as the Women’s Skills and DevelopmentLiaison, a position that letsme promote, support, and mentor women in the Trades.I am very grateful for all of the opportunities IUOE 115has afforded me, and enjoy volunteering at various unionevents and I serve on the Executive Board as a way of showingmy gratitude for the Brothers and Sisters who have beeninstrumental in my professional development.I thank my Nominator for their support, and I hope tocontinue working to promote women in the Trades and inour union.Local Union AuditorCRAIG MCINTOSHI joined the IUOE Local 115 in 1981as a Concrete Pump Operator, and Ihave pumped concrete on many projectsfor over 20 years, mostly in theLower Mainland.In 2001, I came on staff with theLocal Union in the Burnaby officeand have worked as an organizer andBusiness Representative. I have hadthe opportunity to be involved in negotiations and representingthe membership in many different industries.In 2005, I was appointed to our Local Union ExecutiveBoard as an Auditor.I have appreciated the membership’s support in the pastand look forward to your support again for the position ofAuditor in the 2015 election of the IUOE Local 115 ExecutiveBoard.District 2 RepresentativeCURTIS HAROLDI have been working union since I was18 years old. I saw at an early age thebenefits of being part of a union, whichplayed a major role in my decisions asI continued my working career. Afterworking in several industries, I wasdrawn to becoming a mechanic and Iworked in various fields of that industryincluding repair shops, film productionand shipyard.I was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and movedto Vancouver Island to start working for the Ralmax Group.During my time there, I learned to operate heavy equipment,became a certified crane operator, and also became aRed Seal mechanic. I could not have had a more fitting job,as working in these classifications was rewarding, challengingand fun.The International Union of Operating Engineers Local115, which represents all of those industries including theRalmax group, have been instrumental in my decision inbecoming involved in the Union.I started going to the District meetings on Vancouver Islandas well as in Burnaby, and tried to involve myself inany way that I could. I became a Shop Steward and continuedto assist the Local by lobbying and making a difference30 News Summer 2015

at a time when the government continued their efforts ineroding the Labour Code as an attack on all Unions.After being around the leadership team in IUOE Local115, I decided that there was no question of where I neededto be. The dedication of this Local to the membership onevery possible aspect spoke to my experiences early on, andI knew I could continue to make a difference. As IUOE Local115 representatives, we have worked tirelessly to securework for members and provide benefits and training to astandard that others have tried to achieve, and also to buildpartnerships in industry which helps everyone. I have hadthe pleasure of being part of the team at IUOE Local 115and working under the leadership of our Business ManagerBrother Brian Cochrane which has left me with no doubtthat the International Union of Operating Engineers Local115 is the benchmark to achieve.District 3 RepresentativeBRADLEY GEROWThank you once again for the opportunityto represent you as the ExecutiveBoard Representative for District3.I became a member of the Localin 1997, when I worked as a ticketedCommercial Transport Mechanicand Shop Steward. During this timeI saw first hand the need for strong representation. In 2006I became a Members’ Representative with the Local, and Iwas honoured to be elected to the Executive Board in 2011.Through my experience as both a Union Member employedas a Mechanic working on the floor, to my work as aMembers Representative with the Local, my approach hasalways been level headed, respectful and strong.In the past four years as the Executive Board Representativefor District 3, I have shared your issues with the Executive,developed relationships with the local MLAs and theTrades Authority. I have always had an open door policyand will continue to work hard for the membership.I am a family man and this summer I will been marriedfor 16 years with two great children; a nine-year old daughterand a seven-year-old son.I believe that the Construction and Trades people thatbuilt this province deserve to continue to work and live in aprovince that provides family-supporting jobs.Thank you for your vote.District 4 RepresentativeHERB CONATI have been a member of the OperatingEngineers since 1979. I wasbrought up in a Union house, as bothmy father and brother worked in theroad building industry and wereproud members of the Local.As a rank and file member of theLocal, I worked for almost 20 yearswith many of our contractors inheavy construction, road building, inpaving and elsewhere. Throughout that time I was an activemember of the Union involved in camp committees,safety committees, and I also worked as a Shop Steward. Ialso believed that it was every member’s obligation to helpto organize the unorganized and eventually my efforts asan organizer were recognized and I was asked to join thestaff of the local for three months to help in the organizingdepartment.That was almost 20 years ago, and I have been on staffever since. I started an organizer in the Lower Mainlandand eventually returned to the North where I was raised andworked out of the Prince George office. In Prince George Ihave had the privilege of working with many of our membersand employers throughout Northern BC. I have alsoserved and continue to serve on the Local’s Executive Boardand as a Trustee with the IUOE Training Association.News Summer 2015 31

District 5 RepresentativeMICHAEL SPIRUDAI was initiated into IUOE Local 115 onNovember 18, 1981. I spent the nextmany years running hoes, dozers, loaders,and graders on a variety of pipeline,road and heavy construction projectsfrom Sparwood B.C. to Haines Alaska.In 1996, I replaced a retiring BusinessRepresentative as an Executive Boardmember for the Local and was thenhired as an Organizer in Northeast British Columbia. I graduallymoved into the role as a Business Representative lookingafter our members employed in pipeline construction, roadbuilding, crane rental, heavy construction, coal mining, andshops. I have been involved in bargaining numerous collectiveagreements on behalf of our members, as well as working onbehalf of my Brothers and Sisters throughout District 5.As a proud 35-year member of the Operating Engineers, Ilook forward to continuing to work on behalf of our members,and thank my nominator for their support.District 6 RepresentativeROBERT FOSKETTI am 44 years of age and currently livingin Sparwood with my wife and two sons.I have been a proud member in goodstanding of the IUOE Local 115 for 11years, as a result of my employment as awelder with Transwest Mining Systemsin the Elk Valley.My calling as a Business Representativefor the Union began when I becamea Shop Steward for the membership atTranswest which eventually led me to becoming the ChiefShop Steward. I was Chief Shop Steward for several years beforeleaving the company in January of 2013 to pursue my careerwith the Local as a Business Representative.It has been a great honour to serve the membership duringmy time on staff with the Local. I have dealt with a widerange of members’ problems from both the job site to issuesconcerning members’ personal lives and I will continue to representour members to the best of my ability.In July of 2014, I was appointed to fill the unexpired term ofthe District 6 Representative on the IUOE Local 115 ExecutiveBoard.It is with tremendous pride that I represent the East andWest Kootenays in this capacity. With thanks to my nominator,I ask for your support in electing me as the District 6 Representativeto the IUOE 115 Executive Board.32 News Summer 2015

Benefits and Pension Plan ReportNew limits onprescription drugexpendituresShawn Hatch,AdministratorPacific Blue Cross preferred pharmacy networkTo help manage ever increasing drug costs, the OperatingEngineers’ Benefits Plan encourages members to purchasetheir drugs from pharmacies that limit their profit margin toeight per cent on the manufacturer’s wholesale price and theirdispensing fee to $10.Pacific Blue Cross has partnered with BC’s leading pharmacyretailers to offer members guaranteed low mark-up anddispensing fees on prescription drugs.With many convenient locations, the Preferred PharmacyNetwork (PPN) includes:• London Drugs• Costco• Overwaitea Foods• Save-On-Foods• PriceSmart FoodsOur members are free to shop wherever they wish.However, if a pharmacy mark-up is above the eight per cent orthe dispensing fee is above $10 the Plan will not cover theexcess charges.WEAR YOURUNION PRIDEPacific Blue Cross plan members who shop in the networkwill receive:• Superior value on pricing of all acute and chronic medications,including high-cost specialty drugs• Guaranteed low dispensing fees• Health and wellness support through clinical programofferings• Support with prior authorization and enrollment inPatient Assistance programs for high-cost drugs• Refill reminders to promote medication adherence• In-store specialsPPN pharmacists will offer Pacific Blue Cross membersconcierge-type service; for example, consultation advice onmore affordable drug therapies for their conditions, with afocus on generic utilization. These pharmacies will alsoensure coordination with BC PharmaCare and patient assistanceprograms for high-cost specialty drugs.Plan members simply need to present their Pacific BlueCross card at any network pharmacy to take advantage ofmembership.Direct billing expands to include more providersPacific Blue Cross has launched pay-direct billing for extendedhealth care providers in B.C. Similar to a dental claim, theexpanded pay-direct billing makes it more convenient formembers to claim for chiropractic, physiotherapy, acupuncture,naturopathy, podiatry, massage therapy and vision careservices. If your care provider is registered with Pacific BlueCross for pay-direct, members will be able to find out immediatelywhat is covered and will only be required to pay for themember’s portion of the charges. Check with your serviceprovider to see if they are registered for pay-direct with PacificBlue Cross.Diabetes test strips - new reasonableand customary limitsOn January 1, 2015 Pacific Blue Cross began to limit diabetestest strips to 3,000 per member per calendar year. A largersupply can be obtained with medical evidence submitted toPacific Blue Cross. This limit is in line with BC PharmaCarepolicy and is designed to encourage members with type 2diabetes who do not take insulin to test less often.TO ORDER IUOE 115 BRANDED JACKETS,T-SHIRTS, AND OTHER CLOTHING,PLEASE CALL 604-291-8831,OR TOLL-FREE AT 1-888-486-3115.News Summer 2015 33

IUOE Local 115 TrainingAssociation celebrateshalf a century of excellenceOver the past 50 years, the Operating Engineers Local 115have trained and upgraded the skills of thousands of OperatingEngineers. Craftsmanship, responsibility, safety andtraining have always been our trademark. It is what has madethe IUOE Local 115 one of the most respected trade unions inthe industry. It has always been the quality of our membersthat has continued to make us the best at what we do.The original Operating Engineers Joint ApprenticeshipBoard was established in 1965 as a Joint Board. The Boardconsists of four Trustees fromlabour and four frommanagement.The employer group thatwe originally partnered withwas the AmalgamatedConstruction Association ofBC, who appointed the management Trustees, and the Unionappointed the labour Trustees. The first Administrator of ourTraining Plan was Brother Fred King, followed by Brothers JoeMorrison, Fred Randall, Tony Tennessy, Allan Bruce, andmost recently Brad Randall.We first started moving dirt in Kamloops in the early 70’son First Nations land where we built our shop to maintain andrepair equipment. In 1974 Brother Fred Randall became theAdministrator, and in 1975 the shop was dismantled and theTraining Facility was moved to Maple Ridge, where we stilloperate from today.In 2009 the name was changed to the IUOE Local 115Training Association and we were registered as a not for profitassociation.Craftsmanship, responsibility, safety andtraining has always been our trade mark andhas made the IUOE Local 115 one of the mostrespected trade unions in the industry.Skills Canada CompetitionSkills Canada BC (Skills BC), in association with SkillsCompetences Canada and World Skills, offers a unique opportunityfor young people across the Province to experiencecareers in the skilled trades and applied technologies.Skills BC host thirteen regional competitions and oneprovincial competition each year. Winners of the regionalcompetitions advance to the Provincials where they have achance to advance to the National and/or World Skills competitions.These competitions serve two purposes:1. Celebrate and reward students for excellence in theirmastery of a skilled trade and technology skills thatdirectly involves industry in evaluation of studentperformance.Training Association2. Create an interactive and engaging environment for thethousands of young people who attend the competitionsas spectators.In April 2013, we ran the first mobile crane competition asa demonstration. With the success of that demonstration,Skills BC approved the Hydraulic Mobile Crane Operator as aregular competition in which the top three apprentices wouldreceive either a gold, silver or bronze medal.We had five mobile crane apprentices participate in thisyear’s competition on April 15, 2015. The apprentices weretested on their theoretical knowledge, rigging, pre-operationalinspection, set up, crane operation and shut downprocedures. For the practical portion of the competition theapprentices operated the Training Association’s 30 ton GroveRough Terrain Crane.IUOE 115 congratulates BrotherMitch Elias from RKM Crane Servicefor winning the first Gold Medalissued by Skills BC. Mitch is well onhis way to becoming a highly qualifiedJourneyperson Crane Operator.To ensure that the competitionwas a success, many extra hours were put in by volunteers andthe training staff. IUOE thanks the staff, and Brothers GordonLindberg and Grant Washington for volunteering as judges.Our Annual Open HouseSaturday, June 20th marked our 20th annual Open House andheavy equipment rodeo, which brought over 800 current andfuture members and their families to our Maple Ridge trainingsite.The weather cooperated and we enjoyed sunny skies allday. Those that attended got to try operating many differentpieces of equipment, excavator, backhoe, dozer, loader, roller,crane and the most popular, the rock truck.As always, there was additional equipment supplied to usby SMS Equipment, Parker Pacific, Finning, Wajax andTrimac. A huge thank you goes out to these equipment dealersand the more than 100 volunteers who came out to lend ahand. Without the efforts of the volunteers we would not beable to hold such an event. Also, thank you to Brother MarvinSalvail who once again did an outstanding job taking picturesof the annual event.In conjunction with the open house, we raised over $1,700in donations for Dollars against Diabetes. Thanks to all whodonated.34 News Summer 2015

OUR ANNUAL OPEN HOUSESaturday, June 20th marked our 20th annualOpen House and heavy equipment rodeo,which brought over 800 current and futuremembers and their families to our MapleRidge training site, including special guestBC NDP Leader John Horgan.Training Site Photos and RecognitionLocal 115 member Anna-Marie Peterson assists visitors inoperating heavy equipment.Left to right: IUOE 115 Treasurer Frank Carr, Financial SecretaryDon Swerdan, President Wayne Mills, BC NDP Leader JohnHorgan, Business Manager Brian Cochrane, and AssistantBusiness Manager Brian Lefebvre.Visitors trying their hand at operating rollers.BC NDP Leader John Horgan operating a Bobcat.A young family member watching how to operate an excavator.News Summer 2015 35

Training Site Photos and RecognitionThe three Mobile Crane apprentices receiving their medalsat the BC Skills Competition are (left) Brothers Cody Jackson(Bronze), Mitch Elias (Gold) and Daniel Foster (Silver).Congratulations!Brother Garrett Ewasluk being presented with his Mobile CraneOperator - Lattice Boom Hydraulic Certificate with Red SealEndorsement, by Brian Cochrane (Business Manager), BrotherBrad Randall, and his stepfather Brother Barry Conroy.Brother Michael Mayo being presented with his HeavyEquipment Operator Provincial Certificate of Qualification byBrother Jeff Turner (Training Coordinator).Brother Stewart Milby being presented his Heavy DutyEquipment Technician Provincial Certificate of Qualification withRed Seal Endorsement from Brother Darren Suehsschlaf (TrainingCoordinator). Stewart completed his apprenticeship with SMSEquipment in Surrey.Brother Alex Lomas-Runquist being presented with his HeavyEquipment Operator Provincial Certificate of Qualification withLoader Endorsement from Brother Randy Grisewood (TrainingCoordinator). Alex completed his apprenticeship with Pacific SiteConcrete.Brothers Mark Simpson and Brendan Simpson being presentedtheir Asphalt Paving Laydown Technician Provincial Certificate ofQualification from Brother Jeff Turner (Training Coordinator).36 News Summer 2015

Training Site Photos and RecognitionBrother Geralt Dyck being presented with his Heavy EquipmentOperator Provincial Certificate of Qualification from Jeff Turner(Training Coordinator) at the Kelowna District Meeting.Brother Dave Southern being presented with his Heavy DutyEquipment Technician Provincial Certificate of Qualification fromBrother Darren Suehsschlaf (Training Coordinator) and BrotherBruce Kohlhofer ( Heavy Duty Equipment Technician). Daveworks for Upland Excavating on Vancouver Island.Brother James Knowles being presented withhis Mobile Crane Operator – Hydraulic UnlimitedTonnage Provincial Certificate of Qualification fromBrothers Brian Cochrane (Business Manager) andRandy Grisewood (Training Coordinator). Jamesis working for Advantage Crane on VancouverIsland and was presented with his certificate atthe 44th annual BC Building Trades Conventionin Victoria, BC. Brother Knowles is continuing onwith his apprenticeship to achieve his Certificate ofQualification for Mobile Crane Operator – LatticeBoom Friction with Red Seal Endorsement.Brother Evan Moffett being presented with his Heavy DutyEquipment Technician Provincial Certificate of Qualificationwith Red Seal endorsement from Brother Jeff Turner (TrainingCoordinator). Evan completed his apprenticeship with GreenbeltExcavating.Brother Tyler Brown being presented with his Heavy EquipmentOperator Provincial Certificate of Qualification with excavatorendorsement by Brother Jeff Turner (Training Coordinator). Tylerserved his apprenticeship with Emil Anderson Construction.News Summer 2015 37

Training Site Photos and RecognitionBrother David Belisario being presented with his Heavy DutyEquipment Technician Provincial Certificate of Qualificationfrom Brother Darren Suehsschlaf (Training Coordinator). David isworking for SMS Equipment in Williams Lake.Brother Chris Fast being presented with his Asphalt PavingLaydown Technician Provincial Certificate of Qualification atthe Annual General Membership meeting by Brothers DarrenSuehsschlaf (Training Coordinator), Harry Fast (Father) and BradRandall.Members from the Paving industry being presented with their Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) and Asphalt Paving LaydownTechnician (APLT) Provincial Certificate of Qualification, at the April District 1 membership meeting, from Brian Cochrane (BusinessManager) (at far left). Receiving their Certificates are (l to r) Brothers Tyler Beaune HEO, Gary Haack HEO, Clifford Hanson HEO, StevenHanson HEO, William Hencheroff HEO, Chris Hicks HEO, Howard McInroy HEO, Tony Romano HEO, Eldon Thideman HEO, JeffreyTurner HEO, Daniel Wiens HEO, Stefano Baldonero APLT, Frank Baratto APLT, Jeffrey Berglind APLT, Michael Bowcott APLT, StephenCarter APLT, Dennis Cusmano APLT, Don Dyck APLT, William Hencheroff APLT, Drew Hudson APLT, Jody Kungle APLT, Volker Loos APLT,Gordon Macklin APLT, Byron Middleton APLT, Nick Peters APLT, John Postill APLT, William Rogers APLT, John Scomazzon APLT, AnteUdovicic APLT and Al Willis APLT.Brother Tyson Kopke beingpresented with his HeavyDuty Equipment TechnicianProvincial Certificate ofQualification from BrotherDarren Suehsschlaf (TrainingCoordinator). Tyson completedhis apprenticeship with SMSEquipment in Surrey.38 News Summer 2015

IUOE bursaries and scholarshipscan help fund post-secondaryeducation for your familiesPipe Line Contractors’Association of CanadaCal Callahan Memorial BursaryAMOUNT: Total $20,000 maximum.May be divided between more thanone applicant.A bursary, or bursaries, is awarded inthe fall of each year by the Pipe LineContractors Association of Canada to ason, daughter, or legal ward of personswho derive their principal income frompipeline construction.CRITERIA: To qualify, the parent orguardian of the applicant must beemployed by, or have a history ofemployment with, a firm that is amember of the Pipe Line Contractor’sAssociation of Canada. The applicantmust be enrolled full time in studies atany recognized Canadian university orcollege in a program leading to adegree or diploma in any field.DEADLINE: Applications must bereceived by the Executive Committee ofthe Pipe Line Contractors’ Associationof Canada no later than September30th, and must be supported byevidence of enrollment in a fall orwinter session during the current year.APPLICATIONS: Visit www.pipeline.ca/bursary.html, or call 905-847-9383.BC Building Trades CouncilFred Randall BursaryAMOUNT: $500 each to two successfulcandidates.The British Columbia Building Tradesestablished two bursaries in memory ofFred Randall, former MLA and BusinessManager of Operating Engineers Local115.CRITERIA: Applicants must be amember in good standing enrolled in aunion-recognized trades trainingprogram, and submit a 250-word essayon the topic of “Commitment to TradeUnion Principles”. The committee willmake its selection considering thefinancial need, proficiency in the trade,and the applicant’s commitment totheir union. Joint training boards fromeach affiliated local union can submit aname from their membership forconsideration. The two selections willbe made from those applicants.Following the committee selection, thesuccessful applicants will be awardedtheir bursary upon confirmation of theirattendance in their training program.DEADLINE: June 30thAPPLICATIONS: C/O Brynn Bourke,Researcher- BC Building TradesPhone: 778-397-2220Apply via email atbbourke@bcbuilding trades.orgCommunity Savings CreditUnion OECU Pioneers’Memorial BursaryAMOUNT: Awards vary up to amaximum of $3,000. The amounts aredetermined primarily by the costs andlevel (year) of the program as well asthe need.Originally established in 1989 byOperating Engineers Credit Union,which merged with CommunitySavings Credit Union in 2008, theMemorial Bursary provides an annualdonation in honour of OperatingEngineers Credit Union pioneers.Awards from the Community SavingsCredit Union OECU Pioneers Memorialbursary are designed to helpdisadvantaged youth pursue highereducation.CRITERIA: Demonstrated financialneed. It is expected that the mainfunding is in place and every effortthrough normal channels available tostudents to access funds has beenmade. This includes applying forgovernment student loans and schoolbursaries.Acceptable grades are required.Applicants must be B.C. residents (asdescribed by the student loans criteria)who are Canadian Citizens or haveLanded Immigrant status.Applicants must be in attendance at apublic post-secondary school withinthe province of B.C. when theapplication is submitted.Applicants attending accredited privateschools will only be considered if theprogram is not offered at a publicschool.Applicants must provide a statement asto why they are not attending a publicschool and provide a receipt for tuition.Applicants attending at a school out ofprovince will only be considered if theprogram is not offered within B.C. Astatement regarding this mustaccompany the submission as well as areceipt for tuition. For students whosehome town is near the Alberta borderwhere it makes economic sense toattend school in that province, requestswill be considered.Students taking part in overseas fieldtrips or exchange programs are noteligible unless it is a requirement toobtain the degree.Programs of study may be vocational,technical, technological or academic.Graduate and postgraduate studentsare not eligible. However students onNews Summer 2015 39

designated programs of study requiredto become a professional such as alawyer, doctor, teacher, etc. may apply.Consideration is also given to maturestudents.DEADLINE: Applications for Fall 2015term are due October 15th.APPLICATIONS: Please apply on-lineat http://cufoundation.org/student-info/Betty Spalton Scholarship FundAMOUNT: $1,500 for study and livingexpenses.The Betty Spalton Scholarship Fund wasestablished in 1999 to provide financialsupport to individuals obtaining aneducation in fields associated with theroad building and heavy constructionindustries.CRITERIA: Preference will be given tostudents who are female and/ormembers of minority groups, andshould be Canadian citizens. Programsof study may be either full or part-timeat any BC college, university, technicalor trade institute. Individuals returningback to school to upgrade their skillsand knowledge are welcome to apply.The application should include:A brief 250-500 word essay explainingtheir interest in obtaining an educationin the field, and their career goals.Transcripts from any secondary andpost-secondary institutions attended.A current resume.DEADLINE: Deadline for applications isMay 31st of each year.Applications: All applications shouldbe submitted to the following address:Betty Spalton Educational Trust FundB.C. Road Builders and HeavyConstruction AssociationSuite 307, 8678 Greenall AvenueBurnaby, B.C. V5J 3M6Donald Smith ScholarshipAMOUNT: Up to $1,000Scholarship awarded in the name ofDonald Smith.CRITERIA: Awarded annually to theson, daughter, or legal ward, a member,or a member’s spouse who is in fulltimeattendance at UBC, SFU, Universityof Victoria, UNBC, or BCIT, pursuingstudies in engineering, industrialrelations, or law at either the graduateor undergraduate level. Awards arebased on academic standing.DEADLINE: Applications to besubmitted before September 30th, andawards to be presented in November.APPLICATIONS: Sandie Bird(Operating Engineers’ Benefits PlanOffice)Phone: 604-299-8341, extension 407Apply by email at sbird@iuoe115.comIUOE CanadianConference BursariesAMOUNT: Ten bursaries of $750 each.Two of these ten are allotted for BC.CRITERIA: The bursary recipient mustbe the spouse or dependent of an IUOEmember, entering the first year orsubsequent year of a full time course ofstudy (at least two years in length),leading to a diploma, certificate, ordegree from any recognized publicCanadian college or university.Applications must be supported bytranscripts of high school achievementor other evidence of ability to succeed,a letter of recommendation from anindividual with personal academicknowledge of the applicant, astatement of interests and goals, and anessay of under 1000 words on thereason why the bursary will be ofassistance, or the impact that being thedependent of a union member has hadon the applicant’s life.DEADLINE: August 1st, 2015.APPLICATIONS: Greg Hoath,Secretary-Treasurer, CanadianConference, c/o IUOE Local 772,1030 Upper James Street, Suite 401,Hamilton, ON, L9C 6X6M.L. (Mike) Parr BursaryAwarded annually to a son, daughter orlegal ward of a member of theInternational Union of OperatingEngineers Local 115 entering first-yearstudies.BURSARY AMOUNT: Total $2,000. Maybe divided between more than oneapplicant.CRITERIA: Applicants must be a son,daughter or legal ward of a member ofthe International Union of OperatingEngineers Local 115 entering first-yearstudies in any discipline at a recognizedCanadian college, university orvocational school as a full-time student.High school transcripts may berequested. Awards are based uponsecondary school academic standing.DEADLINE: Applications to besubmitted before September 30 andawards are presented in November.APPLICATIONS: Sandie Bird(Operating Engineers’ BenefitsPlan Office)Phone: 604-299-8341, extension 407Apply by email at sbird@iuoe115.com40 News Summer 2015

Member RecognitionMembership Service Awards Jan - April 201560 yearWarren V CardinalWilliam R EricksonFrancis J Tuyttens50 yearMerril R FieldLorne ArnoldFredricksonTom GalbraithStephen E GeorgePeter H GiesbrechtGordon V HillPaul A LefebvreMichael A McGuireRoy L McKibbenR C McNuttBernard O OlsonEdward ShumeRalph W TherresGeorge E WagarHorace A WalkerWilliam WalshGerald L WeatherstonFred J Wishlow40 yearFred V AlexanderJohn R AliprandiniAntonio C AntunesClifford F BaerWilliam M BaronBernd BartkowskiLawrence P BelangerJohn L BowersGraham BoydLouis W BranchiJames D BrewerLeonard G BrownGeorge R Brown-JohnAllan L DawnAngelo DipersicoRonald W GaudetRobert J GlennieRobert F GollerTim G GormanNeil C HerronJim E KinnearJohn E MathersTrevor R MatthiasLloyd M McKayCharles J MountainLionel A MunsonCesare PeluccoFredick J PockrantGerald W PockrantMichele PontilloLyle G RalstonJames F RankinIan P RobertsonJim B ScottFred A Scott - PolsonGregg J SpencerJames B SuttonBarry E ThompsonJung-Boun UmDennis H UphillWilliam R VarleyAndrew N WestwoodJames A Wright30 yearFrank O AllredDavid J BlayneyJames Bert HBurnell-HiggsPhilip D GagnoFred M HedinWilliam C HurleyJohn L MacDougallSteve W NeilDoug W PetersAnton W Wenzoski20 yearDavid E ArdellKen R ArmstrongVernon L BallSteve R BeckettBrian S BlairDarrell W ChardCraig A DavisLen Den BoerShane DrombolisKirk E EastmanAllan ElliottTom A EricksonJohn R FrancisLen R FrancisMichael R GaudreauTerry A GaudryDavid M GeletaLeith W HartleyDouglas J HaswellRonald P HeinrichsDale C HeistadTerry C HumeDelan P IankovsDennis R JosephsonPatrick G KennedyDarrell J KlaverNorman F KnowlesLawrence KoobatoffRobert KoolBruce R KorsvollMike D KostalBrett M LucinDoug B MacKerethAllen D MarchiJason P MarshallBrian N MartinTammy L McInnesRonald C McIntreKenneth W McNeilArnold MeinenGary D MillJohn P MontroyLawrence E MorganGregg C MuscroftGary M OlsenMark OrrRemo S PastroRick A PopoffRay H RicardPatrick F SchulekMurray A TrefryBrian C Van HorneDon G WillardMervin WiwcharukStefon K WojtalaJohn C Wray10 yearWayne P AnderliniTod W AuringerAlan F BalattiAllen R BeaudoinRon W BenkoSteven M BodnarukSteve G BorgKevin R BouvetteMichael A BowcottJohn A BradleyJohn B BrownJames R BryantPaul B CameronBill A CannellIoan J ChitRussell V ClineOliver G CordtsThomas G CrayfordBill J CrowtherBruce H DalbyGalet DaqoustCliff L DavidJeff L DegenhardtKen K DibbDon J DocksteaderJonathon EdwardsWilliam D EllisonRobert S FoskettLars T FroystadCameron E GarrisonGlenn GladmanJames GordonDallas HagerudCurtis J HaroldG. Winston HarveyJustin D HeathcoteSteve W HebertChristopher J HillCharles A HouldenKevin P HucalDarryl R HuwylerSteve E JeffersonBruce A JonesJames D KlunBrahim KocaTrever M KudrykStephen D LawsonEric J LeafJerry R LegaultGreg A LewisTravis T LightfootsParminder S LudduRonan C MacConGordon J MacKlinPaul MandrykChad R MartinKarl MartinRobert B McLeanMalcolm G McNayJohn NiemiBleddyn R OwenJason PennerJoshua D PettigrewDavid R PilkeyLloyd V RachJames RebeloPaul J RichardsShawna RydallCody J RyderMarko D SandriChad M SchillKevin F ShawRobert SiedersChad SiskaChad P SmithJames M SpenceJarett M StevensonEllis SweetBrad A TallmanBarry R ThompsonJovito T TorranoRoland E UmerskiA J VroonMark R WallbankMichael V WeberJames E WilkinsonRichard I ZakrzewskiDenny ZannellaNews Summer 2015 41

Membership Service AwardsHonouring our membersOUR 60-YEAR MEMBERSBrother Kenneth Defehr with PresidentWayne Mills and Business Manager BrianCochrane.Brother Warren Cardinal with District 3Business Representative Brad Gerow.Brother Frank Warren with PresidentWayne Mills and Business Manager BrianCochrane.Brother Francis Tuyttens with District 3Business Representative Brad Gerow.Brother Helmut Bahr with District 3Business Representative Brad Gerow.OUR 50-YEAR MEMBERSDistrict 3 Business Representative BradGerow congratulating Brother ArchieCarson.42 News Summer 2015District 3 Business Representative BradGerow congratulating Brother JimMorrison.Brother Anthony Wood with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.

Membership Service AwardsOUR 50-YEAR MEMBERSBrother Arnold Ballum with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane and PresidentWayne Mills.Brother Emile Dumont with PresidentWayne Mills and Business Manager BrianCochrane.Business Manager Brian Cochranecongratulating Brother Lee Schille.Brother Lenard Lippert with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Brother Greg Ziebart with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Brother Claude Rochon with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Brother James Wargovcsik with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Brother John Zalewski with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Brother Horst Braun with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.News Summer 2015 43

Membership Service AwardsOUR 50-YEAR MEMBERSBrother David Ellison with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Business Representative Brian Cochranecongratulating Brother Doug Stowe.Brother Hugh Booth with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Brother Gordon Stromquist with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane and PresidentWayne Mills.Brother Bill Walsh with Business ManagerBrian Cochrane and President WayneMills.Brother Claude Belisle with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Brother Elwood Jacobson with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Left to right: Business Manager Brian Cochrane with Brothers Klaus Ortwein, DavidEllison, Claude Belisle, Elwood Jacobson, and Horst Braun.Brother Klaus Ortwein with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.44 News Summer 2015

Membership Service AwardsOUR 40-YEAR MEMBERSBusiness Manager Brian Cochranecongratulating Brother Arthur Lebrun.Brother Douglas Van de Kerckhove withBusiness Manager Brian Cochrane.Brother Michael Iannidinardo withBusiness Manager Brian Cochrane.Brother Robert Richardson with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Brother Ray Poilievre with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.Brother Miles Kennedy beingcongratulated by Business Manager BrianCochrane.Left to right: Business Manager Brian Cochrane with Brothers Greg Ziebart, ClaudeRochon, Lenard Lippert, Hugh Booth, James Wargovcsik, and John Zalewki.Brother Howard Wong with BusinessManager Brian Cochrane.News Summer 2015 45

Membership Service AwardsOUR 20-YEAR MEMBERSBrother Jack Peebles with District 3Business Representative Brad Gerow.Delbert MacDonald with District 4Business Representative Herb Conat.OUR 10-YEAR MEMBERBrother Anthony Houska with District 3Business Representative Brad Gerow.Member RecognitionPensions AwardedFEBRUARY 2015David AeicheleMurray AuldBendixon BekkerLawrence BrecknerKerry CorriganFrancois DavignonCraig DavisWilliam FitzgeraldKevin GibersonKelly GrantBarry HannaThomas JacobsenEdward LeakeGlenn LoeppkyGary McKorykMark McLeanTony MincieliDonald NorrishMichele PontilloPhillip ShannonWayne ToughMARCH 2015Craig DesautelsKeith GarciaWilliam HadikinJack HembroffMelvin IrmenDale KerrGeorge KingStephen LindsayRobert MaybinJames MoskalykDavid OliverAntonio PiresTerry SloneyBruce VailBert Van HerkRobert WiebeChristian ZehnerAPRIL 2015Roger ArmstrongChristopher BenoitCordell BridgeMichael GermanWilliam GilmoreJohn HarrisonDerek LuznarRichard PearsonIan RobertsonDarrell Work46 News Summer 2015

Member RecognitionREMEMBERING MARK LITTKE“Well Lad, What’s New?”This is the greeting that you would get from Markwhen you walked into the coffee room at Brentwood’soffice in Kamloops, where you would find him in hischair at the table. Mark loved dirt and everything aboutit, and his favourite thing to do was watch it move.Mark started his company back in 1969 with two partners,Ralph Therres and Dell Slack. The business in thosedays was located in the Lower Mainland and revolvedaround Gradalls. Over time they were among the first toget into Hopto machines which were the first step towardstoday’s modern excavators.Mark always had the thought of putting his machineson the rails to do work for the rail companies and in thelate 70’s he did. Mark was able to make a cart that hecould load a Gradall on and he was off on a whole newadventure.Over the years Mark bought out his partners andmoved his operation to Kamloops. As time went on, theoperation continued to grow into the business it is today.Over the years Mark employed a lot of OperatingEngineers and trained countless young men and women howto move dirt.Mark will be missed by his family both at work and home.It is said that when you look back over your life and thememories make you smile, that is success. I am sure Mark issitting somewhere with that smile on his face watching thenext generation move dirt.Mark Littke:December 28, 1942 - February 10, 2015OUR MEMBERS ARE OUR STRENGTHA federal election will beheld in the Fall of 2015.When we step back andlook at things like Bill C-377,it’s clear how criticallyimportant it is that we electa government that respectsworkers’ rights.This election is your chanceto make your voices heard –don’t pass it up!Take this opportunity! If you see a candidatecampaigning in your neighborhood, be sure tointroduce yourself and ask some questions. This isyour chance to be heard!Where do they stand on the issues? Here aresome sample questions you can ask candidates tosee how they stack up:Do you support a $15/hour minimum wage?Do you support the anti-union Bill C-377? Willyou vote to repeal it if it passes?Do you support significant reforms to theTemporary Foreign Workers’ program?Do you support responsible development ofCanada’s natural resources?News Summer 2015 47

Member RecognitionName Date Passed Name Date PassedJanuary 2015David Black January 30, 2015Richard Burroughs January 22, 2015Stanley Geluch January 28, 2015Blair Grand January 21, 2015Andrew Platsko January 17, 2015Kjell Sorensen January 6, 2015Gerald Umbach January 28, 2015Kenneth Wakeman January 30, 2015William Woolner January 31, 2015February 2015John Berry February 25, 2015Dale Brown February 14, 2015Kevin Carey February 8, 2015Peter Dignard February 11, 2015George Hoytema February 4, 2015Patrick Scholtz February 16, 2015Edward Sidor February 24, 2015March 2015Bernard Bietenbeck March 4, 2015Judy Clarkson March 18, 2015Joseph Detjen March 15, 2015Harold Johnston March 10, 2015Alvin Kendall March 24, 2015James Malange March 20, 2015Wesley McKay March 8, 2015Anthony Pinel March 6, 2015Ronald Rhodes March 31, 2015April 2015Lorne Broughton April 7, 2015John Carroll April 3, 2015Steve Gourley April 15, 2015Walter Joy April 18, 2015Ivan Kuzmick April 1, 2015Frank Mirabelli April 12, 2015Wilfred O’Brien April 1, 2015Valentin Rohde April 4, 2015Bill Sorensen April 9, 2015Charles Supernault April 3, 2015George Szitowski April 26, 2015The following member was not included in the lastnewsletter as we were notified of their death afterpublication.William Reid December 10, 2014Members who passed away48 News Summer 2015

Contact DetailsLocal 115 District OfficesDistrict 1 and Main Office4333 Ledger Ave., Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3T3Phone: 604-291-8831 Toll Free: 1-888-486-3115 Fax: 604-473-5235E-mail: iuoe@iuoe115.com Online: www.iuoe115.comBusiness Manager: Brian CochraneAssistant Business Manager: Brian LefebvrePresident: Wayne E. MillsMgr. Administration & Special Projects: Lynda ArlandOffice Manager: Arlene LindsayBusiness RepresentativesFrank Carr Brett Chapman Everett CummingsChip Dhaliwal Tom Kinnear Craig McIntosh Don SwerdanDispatcherJim Flynn: 604-473-5231Organizing RepresentativesRob Duff: 604-473-5206John Munro: 604-473-5272Bryan Railton: 250-320-4840Andrew Hamilton: 250-612-7034Benefits and Pension PlansShawn Hatch, AdministratorDistrict 2Vancouver Island:Curtis Harold, Business Representative35 Wharf Street, Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2X3Mailing Address: PO Box 213 Stn A, Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 5K9Phone: 250-754-4022 Fax: 250-754-5513District 3Kamloops-Revelstoke-Okanagan:Brad Gerow, Business Representative785 Tranquille RoadKamloops, B.C. V2B 3J3Phone: 250-554-2278 Fax: 250-554-1766District 4Central Interior-Yellowhead:Herb Conat & Wayne Kemp, Business RepresentativesUnit B, 3339 8th AvenuePrince George, B.C. V2M 1N1Phone: 250-563-3669 Fax: 250-563-3603District 5Peace River and Yukon Territory:Mike Spiruda, Business Representative & OrganizerSite 20, Comp 19 SS2Fort St. John, B.C. V1J 4M7Phone: 250-787-9594 Fax: 250-787-9491Tumbler Ridge Mining Office:220 Main Street, Tumbler Ridge, B.C. V0C 2W0Phone: 250-242-3888 Fax: 250-242-3881District 6East and West Kootenays:Rob Foskett, Business Representative103 Centennial Square, Sparwood, B.C V0B 2G0Mailing Address: PO Box 1567, Sparwood, B.C. V0B 2G0Phone: 250-425-2161 Toll Free: 1-888-605-9955 Fax: 250-425-2166Meeting NoticesDistrict 1BURNABY: 1st Thursday of every month7:30p.m. at 4333 Ledger Ave., BurnabyExcept March & September (due to General Membership Meeting)District 2Monthly meeting locations alternate:NANAIMO: 2nd Monday of odd months6:00p.m at the Coast Bastion Inn, 11 Bastion St.VICTORIA: 2nd Wednesday of even months6:00p.m. at the Pro Pat Legion Branch 31, #292 - 411 Gorge Rd. E.CAMPBELL RIVER/COURTENAY:Members will be advised of meeting date, time and place.District 3Monthly meeting locations alternate:KAMLOOPS: 2nd Thursday of even months7:30p.m. at the Union Hall, 785 Tranquille Rd.KELOWNA: 2nd Tuesday of odd months7:00p.m. at the Teamsters Hall, 185 Froelich Rd.District 4PRINCE GEORGE: 2nd Wednesday of each month8:00p.m. at Coast Inn of the North, 770 Brunswick St.PRINCE RUPERT, TERRACE, KITIMAT, SMITHERS:Members will be advised of meeting dates and times.District 5Monthly meeting locations alternate:FORT ST. JOHN: 2nd Tuesday of odd months7:30p.m. at the Masonic Hall, 10441 100th Ave.DAWSON CREEK: 2nd Tuesday of even months7:30p.m. at the George Dawson Inn, 11705 8th St.TUMBLER RIDGE/PEACE RIVER COAL:Members will be advised of meeting date, time and place.WHITEHORSE:Teamsters Hall, 407 Black St.Members will be advised of meeting dates and times.District 6Monthly meeting locations alternate:CASTLEGAR—1st Wednesday of odd months7:00p.m. at the Super 8 Inn, 651 18th St.CRANBROOK—1st Tuesday of even months7:00p.m. at the Labour Centre (Boardroom), 105 9th Ave. SouthELK VALLEY COAL CORP:Line Creek MineMembers will be advised of meeting dates and times.News Summer 2015 49

A completed pipelinein British Columbia.Many people do not understand the care and expertise spent building a major pipeline.Operating Engineers work to the strictest environmental standards, so that often the surrounding habitatis in a better state than it was beforehand. Our families live and work here too,so we want the safest, cleanest pipeline project in the world.INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 115With over 11,500 members and 80 years of experiencein pipeline and resource projectsBrian Cochrane, Business Manager.1-888-486-3115iuoe115.com