International Operating Engineer - Fall 2015

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Wind on the Water
Operating Engineers break new
ground with offshore wind farm

i n t e r n at i o n a l
Operating Engineer
Fall 2015 • Volume 158, No. 4
Brian E. Hickey, Editor
Jay C. Lederer, Managing Editor
16 Job Corps Expands in Wyoming
First facility to specialize in energy industry
10 Battling the California Drought
Operating Engineers on the front lines
14 Cover: Wind on the Water
First offshore wind farm in U.S. gets underway
18 Canada Elects New Government
IUOE gets active in federal election
Departments
05 From the General President
06 Education & Training
08 Safety & Health
10 Politics & Legislation
18 Canadian News
22 GEB Minutes
28 In Memorium
[cover] Operating Engineers from Local 57 and Local 25 are
part of the team building the first offshore wind farm in the
United States.
[photo] Deepwater Wind
[right] Photo courtesy of IUOE Local 115
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International Union of Operating Engineers
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general officers
James T. Callahan, General President
Brian E. Hickey, General Secretary-Treasurer
Jerry Kalmar, First Vice President
Russell E. Burns, Second Vice President
James M. Sweeney, Third Vice President
Robert T. Heenan, Fourth Vice President
Daniel J. McGraw, Fifth Vice President
Daren Konopaski, Sixth Vice President
Michael Gallagher, Seventh Vice President
Greg Lalevee, Eighth Vice President
Terrance E. McGowan, Ninth Vice President
Louis G. Rasetta, Tenth Vice President
Mark Maierle, Eleventh Vice President
Randy Griffin, Twelfth Vice President
Douglas W. Stockwell, Thirteenth Vice President
Ronald J. Sikorski, Fourteenth Vice President
trustees
Kuba J. Brown, Chairman
Bruce Moffatt, Trustee
James T. Kunz, Jr., Trustee
Joseph F. Shanahan, Trustee
Edward J. Curly, Trustee
RETIREMENT
Local 12 Business Manager and 1st International
Vice President William “Bill” C. Waggoner
announced his retirement this summer after a
long and accomplished career.
Waggoner began his career with the Operating
Engineers in 1951. He was elected Business
Manager of Local 12 in 1976 and has served as an
International Vice President since 1980.
Waggoner is highly regarded as a dedicated
union leader and tough negotiator. He also held
leadership positions with the California Labor
Federation and California Building Trades Council.
From the General President
Growing from the Grassroots
Local worker activism the key to future success
As the year comes to a close, we
continue to see encouraging signs that
we are regaining the ground lost in the
Great Recession. Our Stationary and
H&P locals have reported that work
hours and job placements are up for
the year.
Through their hard work, this has
translated into more fruitful organizing
opportunities. All of these metrics
are signs that the IUOE is growing our
membership back to where we were
before the recession hit us seven years
ago.
We have experienced this
resurgence despite a political climate
that is very hostile towards labor unions
and the middle-class. Conservative
politicians wrongly believe that the
sacrifices necessary to heal the wounds
of failed budgeting and the financial
collapse on Wall Street should be borne
on the backs of middle-class workers.
Labor’s detractors have seized this
opportunity to strip basic rights and
benefits of working people and to
silence our voices at the workplace and
in the voting booth.
Well, I say enough is enough! We
must begin to take back our future
from those who look no further than
their next Super Pac check and who
have forgotten what it means to pay a
mortgage, raise and educate kids, and
provide healthcare for their families.
We must affect change by becoming
more active and more vocal on the local
level. We must utilize our strengths
in a grassroots campaign, beginning
in each and every one of our own
backyards. We need to start electing
more union members to school boards,
as mayors, county commissioners, and
state legislators—all the way up to the
Governor in each and every state.
Look at the recent successes
building trades candidates have had in
places like Boston, Chicago, St. Louis,
Kansas City, New Jersey, and all across
the country, who made preserving
middle-class jobs and the rights of
workers their top priorities and won.
Each year, school boards across
the country make decisions awarding
millions in local tax dollars towards
capital construction projects. These
decisions directly affect building
trades work. It only makes sense that a
member from the Operating Engineers
should be party to the decision making
process.
It has been said that today’s county
clerk can very well be tomorrow’s
governor. Often times my office has
been guilty of focusing primarily on the
big federal races—President, Senate
and Congress. Well, I’m here to tell you
that we plan to find a new balance and
bring a renewed focus to where we can
make a real difference for Operating
Engineers—in our hometown races
that influence where our people work
and live, and where our voice can be
heard over the influence of big money.
The strength of our membership
can be a powerful agent of change in
our communities and our country.
Today’s politicians know quite well
how many people vote in the district
they represent and which local issues
matter to them.
One only needs to look at the
tremendous victory our brothers and
sisters in Missouri recently had in
defeating anti-union legislation there.
So-called Right-to-Work, backed by
wealthy special interests, was turned
away because of grass-roots activity
by union members. Through personal
and sustained contact by our members
to their local elected officials, our
[James T. Callahan]
collective voice carried more weight
than the out-of-state billionaires.
Let’s continue to build on these
successes and become a force to be
reckoned with when it comes to labor
issues and how our tax dollars are
being spent on public construction and
school projects.
We can’t hold back the financial
onslaught of the billionaire, antiunion
funders by solely competing to
outspend through our treasuries. But
we can fight back and win with the
most powerful weapon we have—our
collective voice.
As your General President, I am
requesting that every member do a
few simple things to make us more
powerful as a union. Make sure that
you are up-to-date on your voter
registration, get your family registered
and then become a more visible and
active constituent in your community.
Attend a school board or city council
meeting. Meet a local legislator and let
them know what issues are important
to you as a union Operating Engineer.
We must all work together to take
back the power of policy making for
our future success.
Work safe and enjoy a holiday
season filled with friends and family.
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Education & Training
Job Corps Expands Opportunities in Wyoming
Wind River facility first to specialize in energy field
THE IUOE National Training Fund
Job Corps Program (IUOE Job Corps)
has expanded their opportunity to
recruit and train interested candidates
in the field of heavy equipment
operations and heavy equipment
mechanics at the new Wind River Job
Corps facility located in Riverton,
Wyoming. Under the jurisdiction of
IUOE Local 800, the program will offer
two heavy equipment operator classes
and one heavy equipment mechanic
class.
The program is open not only to
Wyoming residents, but surrounding
states as well. The IUOE Job Corps
is a federally funded program that
offers pre-apprenticeship training to
students between the ages of 16 and
24, who desire to pursue a career in the
construction field.
The Wind River facility is not the only
Job Corps training center in the state,
but is unique in that all the training
offered there has been designed
around the growing energy industry.
In addition to offering the IUOE heavy
equipment and mechanics programs,
the center will include the first-of-itskind
petroleum technician training,
construction welding, carpentry,
electrical and heavy truck driving.
Kevin Miskelly, IUOE Job Corps
National Director, was excited to
speak about the thirteen new pieces
of heavy equipment that were
acquired at the start of the program.
The equipment was purchased from
various manufactures, including
John Deere, Case, Caterpillar, Hamm
and JCB. Miskelly is quick to point
out that “having such a wide range of
equipment offers students a good base
to serve a pre-apprenticeship as they
seek entry into local apprenticeship
programs.” The mechanics shop is
also very well equipped with modern
tooling and a 20 ton gantry crane to
train entry level mechanics.
The IUOE NTF Job Corps Program
at Wind River began to accept
students in late October, with the first
class looking to graduate early in the
summer of 2016. If you are interested
in employing one of the graduates as a
direct entry apprentice, or are looking
to refer a candidate to this program, the
IUOE Job Corps contact information
can be found on the IUOE web site at
www.iuoe.org
TOPCON GPS Training Keeps Instructors
on Cutting Edge of Technology
TO KEEP IUOE instructors at the
top of their game with the latest GPS
equipment training and technology,
the IUOE National Training Fund
hosted a multi-day GPS Tran-the-
Trainer course in August at TOPCON’s
headquarters in Livermore, California.
The course provided valuable
training tools, materials and updates to
GPS equipment that IUOE instructors
can take back to their local union
training programs. A dozen IUOE
instructors from seven locals around
the country participated in the course.
[L to R] 1st Row: Gregg Strede L478, Kelly
Roblee L17, Rich Rose L12, Brad Walker
L649
2nd Row: Jason Smoot L12, Jay Turner L12,
John Leeman L158, Todd Shreves L649
3rd Row: Bob Kahl L66, Ken Bork L139,
Joe Morris L12, Keith Aker L12, John Dice
TOPCON Instructor
HAZMAT
Building Competency in the OSHA Trench, Excavation and
Soil Mechanics Class
TWENTY-NINE INSTRUCTORS
from 23 IUOE Local Union
Apprenticeship and IUOE Job Corps
Training Programs attended the
Trench Safety course in Beckley,
West Virginia from September 15-
17, 2015. Instruction and discussion
topics covered: trench and excavation
associated hazards and safety issues,
requirements for sloping and benching
for different soil classifications,
protective system requirements,
trench box design, tabulated data,
inspection, and the requirements
and responsibilities of an Excavation
Competent Person.
Hands-on activities included
installing hydraulic shoring, operating
two different manufacturers’ quickdisconnect
attachment systems
(Caterpillar & John Deere), identifying
and verifying different trench
configurations by referencing the
OSHA Excavation Standard, and
demonstrating methods of soil testing
using a penetrometer, shearvane, and
thumb and plasticity tests.
Each student was provided the
opportunity to demonstrate a soil
textural classification, also known as
an olive jar test. The test involved using
a sieve and catch pan to fine grade
soil, make the required soil mixture
and place into an olive jar, shake
and spin the jar, then let the mixture
settle, mark the layers, and record
the measurements to determine the
percentage of silt, sand and clay using
the USDA Textural Classification chart.
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Safety & Health
NIOSH’s World Trade Center Health Program Treats
9/11 Responders & Survivors
Operating Engineers may be eligible for no-cost healthcare services
country in its time of need. IUOE
members were among the 90,000
responders involved in the rescue,
recovery, and cleanup efforts. In
the months following 9/11, IUOE
members worked around the clock
at Ground Zero, toiling under
hazardous conditions.
Although this response work
occurred over a decade ago,
many first responders continue to
experience physical and mental
health symptoms as a result of their
work. Chronic cough, asthma, acid
reflux, certain cancers, depression
and PTSD (among many other
conditions) could be a 9/11-related
condition.
I WAS THERE.
Now I’m a member of the
World Trade Center Health Program .
FOURTEEN YEARS LATER, major public health concerns
continue for the thousands of responders and survivors
(workers/residents/students) who were exposed to the
health hazards in the aftermath of the World Trade Center
collapse on September 11, 2001. Responders and survivors
who were present in the impacted area are still developing
illnesses related to their exposures and many have yet to
enroll in the NIOSH-administered World Trade Center
(WTC) Health Program.
The number of enrollees in the program does not reflect the
full population of responders and survivors exposed to WTCderived
contaminants. It is estimated that 400,000 people
were exposed in the days, weeks, and months following
the attacks. There are currently over 71,000 responders and
survivors receiving care from the WTC Health Program.
The WTC Health Program was established under the
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010
enabling workers who participated in the rescue, recovery,
cleanup, restoration, and support services as well as those
who were present, lived, worked or went to school in the area
to receive no-cost medical screening and treatment.
First responders arrived from all over the New York City
area and across the nation to answer the call and help our
Even responders who are not
experiencing symptoms are still
eligible for an annual monitoring exam through the program.
The WTC Health Program provides no-cost medical
monitoring and treatment for responders and survivors with
WTC-related conditions in the New York metropolitan area
as well as throughout the country. Physicians affiliated with
the program can provide specialized healthcare for 9/11
responders and survivors across the country.
General President Callahan, a 9/11 responder himself,
urges IUOE members to take advantage of the program.
“Every Operating Engineer involved in the World Trade
Center recovery and clean-up should enroll in the
monitoring program. Don’t take chances with your health.
Early detection and treatment saves lives.”
For more information, please call the WTC Health
Program directly at 1-888-982-4748 or visit their website at
www.cdc.gov/wtc or connect with NYCOSH’s hotline for the
program at 1-855-498-2243.
1 Newman, DM. 2014. Protecting Worker and Public Health During Responses
to Catastrophic Disasters- Learning From the World Trade Center
Experience. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 57: 1295-98.
2 “Fact Sheet on HR. 1786/S.928 Statistics that show the Size and Scope of
the 9/11 Health Crisis facing Responders, Survivors and their Families.” Citizens
for the Extension of the James Zadroga Act. 2014
Were you there? Providers in the New York City area, and across the country,
monitor and treat conditions related to the September 11th terrorist attacks – like
asthma, heartburn, certain cancers, depression, and PTSD. These providers treat
responders and volunteers who participated in rescue, recovery, or clean-up on or
after 9/11, as well as those in the WTC dust cloud or who lived, worked, or went to
school or daycare in lower Manhattan south of Houston or into parts of Brooklyn.
Learn More.
Call 1-888-982-4748 or visit www.cdc.gov/wtc
World Trade Center | Pentagon | Shanksville, PA
WTC Health Program
Image is a model portraying an
actual member of the World Trade
Center Health Program.
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Politics & Legislation
Legislative Action to Battle California Drought Puts
Operating Engineers on the Front Lines
OVER THE PAST four years,
California has experienced one of
the worst droughts in state history.
Reservoirs across the state are severely
depleted, holding only 54% of their
historical average. The Sierra Nevada
snowpack contains just 5% of the
normal water content, obliterating
the previous record low of 25% water
content. Snowpack is critical because
when it melts, it refills the reservoirs
during the hot summer months.
According to the California Climate
Tracker, 2015 saw the highest average
temperatures in 120 years of recordkeeping.
These warmer temperatures
have only intensified the effects of the
drought and led to the most destructive
wildfires in California history, burning
over 800,000 acres this calendar year.
Researchers have estimated that the
total drought related economic loss to
state agriculture is about $2.7 billion.
Governor Jerry Brown’s
administration has worked closely
with the state legislature to implement
new regulations and pass legislation
to deal with the drought. Several of
these proposals invest heavily in water
related infrastructure projects and will
require thousands of skilled Operating
Engineers to complete the work.
• The state has committed more
than $870 million in drought relief
since last year to assist droughtaffected
communities and provide
funding to better utilize local water
supplies.
• Senate Bills 103 and 104 provide
$687.4 million to support drought
relief. The legislation includes
$549 million from the accelerated
expenditure of voter-approved
bonds, Proposition 84 and
Proposition 1E, in the form of
infrastructure grants for local and
regional projects that are already
planned or partially completed.
• Assembly Bills 91 and 92 fasttracked
more than $1 billion in
funding for drought relief and
critical water infrastructure
projects (e.g. water recycling
and infrastructure and flood
protection).
• Proposition 1, California’s $7.5
billion water bond: includes
funding for surface and
groundwater storage, ecosystem
and watershed protections and
restoration, and drinking water
protection.
• The Bay Delta Conservation Plan,
which the Governor introduced
and is currently pending, is a
five-year project that would fix
California’s primary water delivery
system at an estimated cost of $14.9
Emergency drought barrier construction nears completion on
West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
[photo] CA Department of Water Resources
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billion. This project alone would
create over 40,000 construction
jobs.
Governor Brown was also successful
in securing nearly $20 million in
federal drought relief for California’s
Central Valley Project through the U.S.
Department of the Interior.
To combat the drought at the
federal level, California Senators Diane
Feinstein (D) and Barbara Boxer (D),
introduced The California Emergency
Drought Relief Act (S.1894). Some of
the key elements of this legislation are:
• The RIFIA loan program:
Authorizes $200 million for
the Reclamation Infrastructure
Finance and Innovation Act
(RIFIA). This loan-guarantee
program will allow water districts
and municipalities to leverage
loans and loan guarantees
for water projects, reducing
repayment loan costs by as much
as 25 percent. This is modeled after
TIFIA, a successful loan-guarantee
program for transportation
projects.
• WaterSMART grant improvements:
Authorizes $100 million in
increased funds for the Bureau
of Reclamation’s WaterSMART
program to help finance water
reclamation and reuse projects as
well as water efficiency initiatives.
• Title XVI water recycling program
reforms: Authorizes $200 million
in increased funds for the Bureau
of Reclamation’s water recycling
and reuse program (Title XVI) to
help fund projects to reclaim and
reuse wastewaters and naturally
impaired ground and surface
water.
This legislation is currently being
considered at the Senate Energy and
Natural Resources Committee, chaired
by Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski.
In the U.S. House of Representatives,
California Congressman David
Valadao (R-21) introduced the Western
Water and American Food Security Act
of 2015 (H.R. 2898). This legislation
passed the House on July 16th by a vote
of 245 – 176, and is also currently being
considered in the Senate Energy and
Natural Resources Committee.
Congressman Jared Huffman,
representing California’s second
congressional district, has also
introduced legislation - H.R. 2983,
Drought Recovery and Resilience Act
of 2015. This bill has not yet been voted
out of committee.
These various state and federal
initiatives will create tens of thousands
of construction jobs and the Operating
Engineers will be on the front lines
building these water infrastructure
projects and playing a vital role in
helping Californians survive this and
future droughts.
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Politics & Legislation
Bipartisan Energy Efficiency Bill Moves in the Senate
ENERGY AND NATURAL Resources
Chairwoman, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK),
and ranking member, Maria Cantwell
(D-WA), have introduced the Energy
Policy Modernization Act of 2015 (S.
2012). Several provisions in the bill will
increase work opportunities for both
Stationary and Operating Engineers
across the United States.
effective. The end result will be more
affordable energy, more abundant
energy, and more functional energy
systems throughout the U.S. to
strengthen and sustain our energy
renaissance.
This legislation will also help
modernize our electrical grid, enhance
This legislation will also help with
streamlining the permitting process for
LNG exports, which will create jobs for
our construction locals.
The International has supported
passage of the legislation since it
was introduced and the Murkowski-
Cantwell energy bill was approved
by the Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee by a vote of 18-4
on September 9, 2015. Ten Republicans
and eight Democrats voted in favor of
moving the bill for consideration by the
full Senate.
Key provisions of the bill include:
• Makes it easier for schools and
nonprofits to improve energy
efficiency
• Provides grants to expand the
energy efficiency workforce
IMPORTANT TIME-SENSITIVE INFORMATION FOR WORKERS
EMPLOYED BY POWER PLANTS OR BY POWER PLANT CONTRACTORS
Legal Notice
If you or a family member ever worked at a power plant, you may have been exposed to asbestos –
and you may need to act quickly to preserve your legal rights
Energy Future Holdings Corp., Ebasco Services, Inc., EECI, Inc., and a large number of affiliated
companies (“EFH”) owned, operated, built or maintained power plants throughout the U.S. and in other
countries. Asbestos was present in a number of these plants, exposing workers and their family members
to debilitating and potentially fatal diseases.
EFH has filed for bankruptcy. The bankruptcy court has set 5:00 p.m. EST, December 14, 2015 as the
deadline for filing all asbestos-related claims against EFH. This deadline applies to anyone who currently
has an asbestos-related disease resulting from exposures at EFH-associated plants (“manifested claims”)
and anyone who may in the future develop an asbestos-related disease (“unmanifested claims”). This
includes:
• Employees of utilities operating EFH-owned power plants
• Employees of construction companies that built those power plants
• Employees of contractors that performed construction and maintenance services in these power
plants, and
• Members of the families or households of these employees, who may have been exposed to
asbestos carried home from the plants
Local 609 Recording Secretary and Capital Mechanical Coordinator Mike McBee on the
right (backround) and Mechanical Coordinator Fernando Luna in front. [photo] Local 609
The legislation builds on recent
technological breakthroughs and
promises to bring substantial benefits
to American families and businesses
while protecting the environment.
It will save energy, expand domestic
supplies, facilitate investment into
critical infrastructure, protect the
grid, boost energy trade, improve the
performance of federal agencies, and
renew programs that have proven
cyber security safeguards, maintain the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, provide
a streamlined process for natural gas
export projects, and ensure a qualified,
well-trained workforce.
Passage of this bill will create
work for IUOE Stationary Engineers
who perform work related to making
schools, office buildings, and other
facilities more energy efficient.
• Revises federal building energy
efficiency performance standards
• Requires federal agencies to
reduce their building energy
intensity by 2.5 percent per year
from 2016 to 2025
• Reauthorizes the Weatherization
Assistance Program, a DOE
program to assist low income
communities with energy
efficiency, and the State Energy
Program, a DOE program to help
states maximize the benefits of
renewables and energy efficiency
• Improve electrical reliability and
energy efficiency
• Promotes the development of
hydropower, geothermal, and
methane hydrates
• Reforms the federal permitting
process
You can find a full list of EHF’s plants at www.EFHAsbestosClaims.com.
Asbestos-related illnesses include mesothelioma, lung cancer, laryngeal cancer, pharyngeal cancer,
stomach cancer and asbestosis. Some of these diseases may not become evident for as long as 50 years
after exposure.
Many companies that have gone into bankruptcy after exposing their workers to asbestos set up special
trust funds to compensate individuals who later developed asbestos-related illnesses. Despite protests by
worker advocates, EFH has refused to establish a separate fund. The bankruptcy court is instead requiring
everyone with a potential claim to file now. It is important that you file a claim before the December
14, 2015 deadline if you have ever worked in an EFH facility, directly for the utility or for a contractor that
performed construction or maintenance work in an EFH facility – even if you do not currently have an
asbestos-related disease.
You can obtain specific information about which power plants are involved and how to file both
“manifested” and “unmanifested” claims at www.EFHAsbestosClaims.com or by calling 1-877-276-7311.
If you believe this applies to you and/or a member of your family, it is important that you act quickly to
review the directions on the website, collect the information you need to support your claim, and consult
with an asbestos attorney, if necessary, so you do not miss the December 14, 2015 filing deadline. Failure
to file could result in a loss of your right to recover for a current or future injury. Don’t delay, act today!
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Feature
Wind on the Water
Operating Engineers break new ground with
first offshore wind farm
OPERATING ENGINEERS in Rhode Island made history this summer when
they lifted and set the first foundational structures for a new wind energy project
many years in the making. What makes the project unique is that the 400-ton steel
jackets that support the wind turbines are being placed in the open ocean, three
miles off the coast of Block Island at depths of about 100 feet under water.
The Block Island site, developed by Deepwater Wind of Providence, R.I., is the
very first offshore wind farm in the United States. Operating Engineers from Local
57 and Local 25 are performing the work as part of a joint venture between Weeks
Marine and Manson Construction who are serving as Deepwater Wind’s offshore
foundation installation contractor.
The five foundational installations kicked off the first phase of construction for
the 30-megawatt wind farm. During the construction season this year, more than
a dozen construction and transport barges, tugboats, crew ships and monitoring
vessels were buzzing with activity at the offshore construction site.
Securing a PLA with Deepwater Wind means that
more than 60 highly skilled Operating Engineers are
on the job.
When completed, the project will consist of five turbines connected to the
mainland by an underwater cable and the company expects the turbines to begin
producing electricity by fall 2016. Deepwater Wind is promoting the Block Island
Wind Farm as a demonstration project and as a precursor to larger offshore wind
farms scheduled to be constructed in Rhode Island and New Jersey waters.
“We know the world is watching closely what we do here, and we’re incredibly
proud to be at the forefront of a new American clean-tech industry launching right
here in the Ocean State,” said Deepwater CEO Jeffrey Grybowski in a company
press release. “This moment has been years in the making – and it’s just the start of
something very big.”
While offshore wind projects have blossomed across Europe over the past 20
years, many projects in the United States have been stalled because of concerns
over costs, shoreline aesthetics and disruption to ocean life.
Deepwater Wind went through an extensive permitting process that involved
nine different state and federal agencies. It took five to six years to wade through
the bureaucracy, but they had the support of Operating Engineers Local 57 and
other stakeholders to push the project forward.
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Feature
“Local 57 has been involved since
2007 in the permitting process, the
legislative process, as well as, securing
a Project Labor Agreement for the
Block Island Wind Farm,” Business
Manager Jim White told the Operating
Engineer.
Securing a PLA with Deepwater
Wind means that more than 60 highly
skilled Operating Engineers are on the
job.
The cranes on the water are owned by
Weeks Marine of Cranford, New Jersey.
The Weeks Marine 533 machine is the
primary heavy lift crane. It is rated as
a 500-ton capacity, barge mounted lift
crane. It is one of three Weeks Marine
heavy lift cranes being operated on the
project. In addition, each barge also
carries an 888 Manitowoc which are
used to service the heavy lift cranes.
Local 57 members operate all of the
cranes at sea, as well as support cranes
on shore including a 4100 Manitowoc
and a M80 Manitowoc. Local 57
members also tend to the repairs and
welding of all the hoisting, portable
and sea going equipment.
Operating Engineers working on the
Block Island Wind Farm have had to
endure their fair share of foul weather.
“Near misses of recent hurricanes
have resulted in Local 57 members
riding out 20 foot seas on the boats and
barges. Those types of seas are not for
the faint of heart,” explains Business
Manager White.
The United States currently has about
15,650 MW of offshore wind projects in
various stages of development, with
approximately 3,305 MW due online by
2020, according to the U.S. Department
of Energy’s “2014-15 Offshore Wind
Technologies Market Report.”
The federal government has issued
nine commercial leases for wind
farms off the coasts of Massachusetts,
Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
Another auction is in the works for New
Jersey later this year.
At a ribbon cutting ceremony for
the Block Island Wind Farm in July,
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell
said Deepwater Wind will serve as a
model for all of these projects.
“I think that this will give them a
competitive advantage because they’re
learning some lessons here that are
difficult,” said Jewell. “And they are
expensive and people will be learning
from Deepwater Wind. But they’re
ahead of the game, because they
have the expertise now that they’ve
assembled together to make this
happen.”
Jewell said now it is up to the
federal government to offer incentives
to spur renewable energy and make it
profitable. That means tax incentives
like the ones already given to the oil
and gas industries. In the meantime,
all eyes are on Rhode Island, where
the country’s first offshore wind farm is
well underway.
“As Business Manager, I’m very
proud to have Operating Engineers
working on this innovative, first in the
nation, offshore wind farm,” Jim White
said.
[left] 400-ton steel frame jackets await
placement on the ocean floor three miless
off of Block Island .
[photo] Local 57
[right] One of three Weeks Marine heavy
lift cranes on station at the Block Island
Winf Farm site.
[photo] Deepwater Wind
[previous page] Local 57 Operating
Engineers making a lift at sea.
[photo] Deepwater Wind
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17

Canadian News
Historic Federal Election Sees Liberals Take Majority
Trudeau promises more infrastructure, better labour relations
Canadian Conference 2015:
A focus on political activism
other groups that were isolated and
targeted by Stephen Harper.
The Liberals also announced $25
million for union training centres and
reinvestment of training equipment.
They plan to continue to support the
provinces in skills training delivery with
renewed labour market agreements.
THE CANADIAN Regional
Conference was hosted this year by the
Atlantic Region at the end of August in
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Many of the meetings and speakers
focused on the Canadian Federal
election. The Election Writ had been
dropped on Sunday, August 2.
Senator Cowan provided a
recap and personal thoughts on the
process through which Bill C-377 was
developed and passed through both
the House of Commons and the Senate.
He also expanded on what changes
must be made to the Senate to make it
an effective and respected voice for all
Canadians.
[above] Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau speaks at Local 793’s head office in Oakville, Ontario on August 27 where he proposed
increasing the country’s investment in infrastructure. [photo] Grant Cameron/Local 793
LASTING A TOTAL of 78 days,
Canadians endured one of the longest
federal elections in Canadian history.
On October 19, the nearly ten year
rein of Stephen Harper’s Conservative
Government came to an end. The
Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau,
who had begun the election campaign
in a distant third place, won the election
with a significant majority. Prior to the
election the Liberals had just 34 seats
in Parliament, but emerged with a
majority 184 seats on election day.
In addition to being one of the
longest elections in Canadian history,
this election also produced the greatest
voter turnout in nearly 22 years, at
just over 68% of eligible voters casting
ballots. The Liberals plan to act quickly
on their priorities and promises. Prime
Minister-elect Justin Trudeau and his
Federal Cabinet will be officially sworn
in on November 4 and it is expected that
Parliament will be called back before
December.
Both the Liberals and the New
Democratic Party (NDP) ran on a
campaign of “Change,” while the
Conservatives ran on their economic
record. The Liberals were able to
distinguish themselves from the NDP
and became the chosen agent of
change. The turning point occurred
on August 27, when the Liberals
announced a historic new investment
in infrastructure at IUOE Local 793’s
Oakville training facility.
Standing alongside dozens of IUOE
members, Trudeau promised that
the Liberals would nearly double the
government’s investment in building
infrastructure to $125 billion, from
the current $65 billion, over the next
decade. This meant the Liberals will
run a small budget deficit over the next
few years to pay for these investments,
while the NDP promised that they
would not run a deficit.
This bold approach to rebuilding
the nation’s roads, bridges and transit
systems, while creating thousands
of construction jobs, shifted the
momentum of the campaign. The
Liberals began to increase their support
almost daily all the way through to
election day.
On other important issues to the
Operating Engineers, the Liberals have
promised to repeal several pieces of
anti-union legislation—Bills C-377 and
C-525 in particular—enacted under the
Conservative government. The Liberals
want more collaboration and a stronger
working relationship with labour and
This federal election marked the
first time the IUOE took an active role
in Canadian political campaigning.
The International and Local unions
invested a significant amount of time
and resources to educate and mobilize
the membership. Members received
direct mail, were contacted by phone
and directed to the website www.
engineersaction.ca to learn more about
the parties’ positions and federal voting
procedures.
The IUOE believed that our
membership, as well as middleclass
Canadians, would continue
to suffer under another Stephen
Harper Government. The Harper
administration spent nearly a decade
undercutting labour unions and the
middle-class with policies that favored
corporate interests over working people.
Under the Conservative Government,
the Canadian economy had fallen into
recession and had faced six straight
deficits.
Canada needed a change. Operating
Engineers were there throughout the
campaign and now have an opportunity
to work with a new government to
advance the interests of our members
and their families. IUOE looks forward
to working with the Liberal government
and holding them accountable to their
promises as they implement policies
that benefit all working people in
Canada.
Among the guests invited to speak
at the conference were two Members
of Parliament running for re-election,
Megan Leslie (NDP) and Roger Cuzner
(Liberal), as well as Senator Larry
Cowan, Leader of the Opposition in
the Senate, and Hassan Yussuff, the
president of the Canadian Labour
Congress (CLC).
Leslie spoke to the Operating
Engineers assembled in Halifax about
the value of our work and contribution
to Canadian infrastructure, and
about the balance Canada needs to
strike between jobs like ours and the
environment. She was not re-elected
on October 19th, despite being well
respected by all parties for her work on
the environment file. She was a casualty
of the so-called ‘red wave’ which
brought in a surprise Liberal majority.
As a Liberal, Cuzner handily won his
re-election in October. At the conference
he spoke about the Conservatives’
anti-labour policies, like Bill C-377
and C-525, and how the Conservatives
were trying to divide Canadians. He
focused on how the Liberals would be
more respectful of all Canadians and
how they would work with the labour
movement. At the top of their campaign
agenda was repealing Bills C-377 and
C-525. While in opposition, Mr. Cuzner
had served as the Liberal parties Labour
critic.
Yussuff spoke about the need
to defeat Stephen Harper and the
Conservatives and reminded us of their
attacks on Canadian labour rights and
Canadian values. He touched on the
“Better Choice” campaign which was
the campaign the CLC was running up
to and during the election. Yussuff also
emphasized how mean spirited and
divisive the Conservative Government
had been to Canadians and how it
would only get worse if they were reelected.
On the final day, a resolution was
unanimously adopted which said the
IUOE in Canada would adopt an “ABC”
campaign – Anyone But Conservative
campaign—which meant the IUOE
would support either NDP or Liberal
candidates depending on which had
the best chance to defeat a Conservative
on a riding-by-riding basis. We were
successful in that campaign.
Though the political and other
business discussion were serious and of
utmost importance, the conference, as
always, was a chance for union sisters
and brothers to gather socially and reacquaint
themselves. One particular
highlight was an elaborate lobster
dinner organized by our hosts at the
famous Shore Club outside of Halifax.
The host locals are to be congratulated
for the wonderful conference they put
together which was thoroughly enjoyed
by all who attended.
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Canadian News
Pipeline Training on the Upswing in Canada
Local 793 invites contractors and media to live demonstration
IUOE LOCAL 793 held a media event
at its training campus in Morrisburg,
Ont. on Sept. 29 to officially launch
a new pipeline training program.
Courses are being held at the Operating
Engineers Training Institute of Ontario
(OETIO).
Mike Gallagher, an IUOE Vice
President and business manager of
Local 793, said the union has made
a considerable investment in the
program and shown commitment to
the industry. “We are really showing a
commitment to our industry,” he said.
“I am very, very proud of what we’ve
done here.”
Gallagher said the project would
employ more than 3,000 Operating
Engineers across the country “so
it shows the value to the Canadian
economy that this job will bring.” He
noted that pipelines are the safest way
to move oil and it would be foolish
not to go ahead with it, as there are
refineries already built in the east that
could handle the oil.
He encouraged politicians of all
stripes to take a look at the economic
benefits that the pipeline would bring to
Canada. “It will bring good jobs across
the country. We all need to get behind
it and build it with Canadian workers.”
IUOE Canadian regional director
Lionel Railton said Local 793 and the
OETIO have shown their commitment
to the industry with their investment
in the training program. Pipelines
like Energy East are “nation-building
projects” and the Operating Engineers
are ready and willing to build them, so
“let’s get it done,” he said in his remarks.
John Soini, Energy East project
director at TransCanada Pipe Lines, said
that he was “extremely impressed” with
the OETIO and the training program.
He said the program and OETIO
campus will enable workers to get the
skills needed to meet the demand for
planned pipeline projects.
He also noted that TransCanada is
committed to using the skilled trades
and 76 per cent of pipeline work done
by the company across Canada has
been given to unionized companies. “I
am pleased that our company has a long
history of working with the building
trades,” he said.
Soini thanked the OETIO for
investing in the skills training of pipeline
workers. “Having Operating Engineers
involved in Energy East will make sure
this pipeline gets built right.”
[left] John Soini, Energy East project
director at TransCanada Pipe Lines,
with Local 793 business manager Mike
Gallagher at a media event to launch a
pipeline training program at the Operating
Engineers Training Institute of Ontario in
Morrisburg.
[below] Sidebooms in operation at the
pipeline training course at the Operating
Engineers Training Institute of Ontario in
Morrisburg.
[photos & article] Grant Cameron/Local
793
The local purchased two John Deere
850 side booms at a cost of $1.35 million
and two used D6 dozers for $373,000
to be used in the three-week pipeline
training courses. The union is also
putting $11 million into renovations
of the OETIO building. The OETIO
plans to hold eight courses a year in
Morrisburg.
The media event was held to
showcase the program and give
contractors an opportunity to view
field training in progress at the OETIO.
Contractors were shown a pipeline
training video and were taken on a tour
of the site.
In his remarks, Gallagher noted that
there will be a demand for more pipeline
operators if the Energy East project
gets the green light. The project would
transport about 1.1 million barrels of oil
per day from Alberta and Saskatchewan
to refineries and port terminals in
eastern Canada. The pipeline would
run 4,600 kilometres and pass through
Ontario.
20 INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER FALL 2015 21

In Memorium
Death benefits paid
July, 2015 - September, 2015
July 2015
Local 003
Alameda, CA
Teimei Chena
Steve B. Cisneros
Ian Crinklaw
Albert Dias
Joe M. Garcia
Willard Lair
Richard Tipton
Rodolph Walters
jr
Local 004
Medway, MA
Dale G. Locke
Local 006
Duwayne Bateman
Sam C. Trager
Local 007
Bernard Birk
Local 012
Pasadena, CA
Walter Alley
Jay L. Allred
Ronald Brennan
Harry Burch
Robert Cauthron
Glen Chadwick
Thomas Conrad
Lorenzo Correa
Richard Crafts
William Dowd
Harry Elliott
Ray Hale
Wayne Hamby
Frank Hawman
Charles E. Maddux
Ray Monges
Seiyei Okuma
Robert Osenga
Harry Peyton
Richard Snider
James Thomas
Mitchell Tomovich
Local 014
Flushing, NY
Robert W. Daly
Michael Franzese
Alonzo J. Howell
Kenneth R. Manchester
Sidney Miller
Angelo A. Palladino
Lucches Rivara
Albert Stork
Martin G. Wade
Local 015
Long Island city,
NY
James C. Browning
Benjamin
Demartino
Peter F. Doyle
John H. Huntemann
Fidio Iovenitti
Eugene F.
Pfleiderer
William F. Schmeelk
Local 016
Harold Snyder
Local 017
Lakeview, NY
John G. Szalay
Local 018
Cleveland, OH
Robert A. Baumann
Michael H. Dunn
Kenneth D. Garrett
Claude E. Lockhart
James R. Stewart
Harley L. Washington
jr
Local 025
Millstone Township,
NJ
John W. Thorp
Local 030
Richmond Hill,
NY
Thomas Gentile
Local 039
Sacramento, CA
Robert Perry
Local 049
Minneapolis, MN
Gordon S. Price
Don R. Shaughnessy
Merlin R. Zempel
Local 066
Pittsburgh, PA
Emile E. Alexander
Rayford Benford
jr
William B. Egloff
Robert C. Engle
Ivan L. Myers
Louis J. Pfendler
Anthony J.
Podliski
Raymond Posel
Ray D.
Rudibaugh
Lee E. Woomer
Local 068
West Caldwell,
NJ
David Brantley
Local 070
White Bear lake,
MN
Joseph F. Schouweiler
Local 077
Suitland, MD
Robert M.
Massey
James F. Persinger
Local 095
Pittsburgh, PA
Robert Celender
Local 098
East Longmeadow,
MA
Wilbur B. Persons
Local 101
Kansas City, MO
Junior S. Grisham
C. Page
Ivan Rinehart
Local 115
Burnaby, BC
B .Bietenbeck
Lorne D. Broughton
Donald G. Gawley
Stanley J. Geluch
Alvin D. Kendall
J .T. Malange
William Raosavljevich
William G. Reid
Bill Sorensen
Edward R. Wilkinson
Local 132
Charleston, WV
Elmer Mitchell
Calvin S. Sizemore
Local 138
Farmingdale, NY
David Rey
Milton Sable
Local 139
Pewaukee, WI
Gerald E. Danielson
Ferdinand J. La
bine
Marvin G. Moczynski
Kenneth F.
Myszka
Joseph E. Paske
Russell L. Woodstock
Local 143
Chicago, IL
Ray D. Bauer jr
Local 150
Countryside, IL
Orvis Callahan
Nick J. Eliopoulos
Norman A. Green
Gordon J. Heitman
Ovid W. Hunsley
Raymond M.
Jorsch
James F. Kinser
Floyd J. Minnegan
Walter F. Panek
Aldo J. Ratossa
James Russell
Leon Russell
Ronald T. Shindle
George J. Steltzer
Local 158
Glenmont, NY
Sebastian Cristo
Kenneth Griffin
Everett C. Slater
Local 181
Henderson, KY
Melvin R. Woodford
Local 226
Leslie E. Thomas
Local 234
Des Moines, IA
Arthur D. Greene
G .Reynolds
Local 280
Richland, WA
Richard H. Poetter
Local 302
Bothell, WA
Richard T. Albert
John A.
Broostrom
Alex F. Buchanan
Jack D. Davis
William H. Hays
Local 305
South Range, WI
Gordon E. Hill
Local 310
Green Bay, WI
Paul C. Spletter
Local 317
Oak Creek, WI
Robert F.
Jankowski
Kenneth G.
Schulz
Glenn A. Sorenson
Local 318
Marion, IL
James R. Tanner
Local 324
Bloomfield
Township, MI
Julius Brower
James F. Bumstead
Gordon L. Herrington
Dale A. Hind
Danny L. Koski
David A. Milbocker
Walter J.
Moilanen
Jack R. Standen
Emil R. Vancura
Local 347
Alvin J. Cutler
Local 370
Spokane, WA
Warren R. Folda
Theodore R.
Porter
Local 381
El Dorado, AR
Billy J. Dailey
Local 400
Helena, MT
Harold S. Anderson
Local 406
New Orleans, LA
Alvin L. Atchley
Evans Guillory jr
Joseph R. Jarreau
Jacob W. Landrum
Local 407
Lake Charles, LA
John H. Smith
Local 428
Phoenix, AZ
Pete F. Larez
Lenard R. Maddux
Local 501
Los Angeles, CA
W .G. Dawson
Local 513
Bridgeton, MO
David Hengst
Ray R. Kenney
Wayne A. Lyle
Richard N. Mitchell
Local 515
Loy M. Tucker
Local 520
Granite City, IL
Joseph T. Gilmer
Local 525
Alvin J. Arth
Local 542
Fort Washington,
PA
Donald P. Bernosky
Gerard W. Lynch
William Mershon
Richard L. Quallio
Local 564
Richwood, TX
F .L. Waller
Local 571
Omaha, NE
Elvyn Brooner
Local 649
Peoria, IL
George C. Fennell
James W. Smith
Local 653
Mobile, AL
Herman C. Agerton
Douglas Dunnam
Local 660
James R. Byrd
Local 701
Gladstone, OR
Stanley Jurkiewicz
James L. Smith
Local 793
Oakville, ON
Thomas J.
Blakely
William J. Gallagher
George Lamont
Barry K. Nobbs
Local 841
Terre Haute, IN
Charles W. Alt
Local 891
Brooklyn, NY
Richard C. Dix
Local 926
Rex, GA
Robert E. Womack
Local 955
Edmonton, AB
Josef Jani
Alfred Kreisler
Gerald M. Leudy
Dale S. Nichols
Joe Ridsdale
Roy A. Strasdin
Local 963
Vancouver, BC
J .A. Sperandeo
Local 965
Springfield, IL
Wade A. Brown
Lyndle Main
Ronald J. Ruzic
August 2015
Local 003
Alameda, CA
Jimmie Bennett
James Bogle
William S. Conner
Glen E. Duncan
Benny J. Gardner
Ben E.
Hutcheson
Marshal Lewis
John Lindahl
Lloyd Short
S .M. Spurgeon
Claude E.
Thompson
Local 004
Medway, MA
Raymond C.
Boogaard
Walter E. Madsen
jr
Reginald E. Pepin
Robert J. Travers
Local 009
Denver, CO
James R. Danzl
Local 012
Pasadena, CA
Roger Dethlefsen
Raymond Dodd
Guadalupe
Garcia
William Jereczek
Anthony Larocco
Enoch Lunsford
Jerome Morgan
Lawrence Neese
Andrew Nelson
Lonny Osdale
Delmer Patton
Stephen Pehar
Wilburn Riley
Sam Rollins, jr.
Eddie Tatum
Roy Thompson,
jr.
Charles Wise
Local 014
Flushing, NY
Dominick Amendolara
Local 015
Long Island city,
NY
James Eisert
Charles E.
Olisewski
Palmino Porzio
Dominick J.
Saldamarco
Robert L. Taylor
Local 017
Lakeview, NY
Earl Hebdon
Theodore Hojnowski
Local 018
Cleveland, OH
Harry R. Allen
John J. Baber
Rodney E. Brown
Wayne W.
Burdge
Jessie C. Hamilton
Thomas R. Pelton
Charles W. Porter
Walter Puckett
James Sberna
Kenneth E. Smalley
Sam Spires
Paul E. Stapleton
Leamon Tinch
Richard E. Trebec
Local 066
Pittsburgh, PA
Harry W. Beightley
jr
Richard K.
Danser
George Etling
John J. Gibbons
jr
Glen Groves
John Mancini
William A. Newhouse
Joseph Soda jr
George B. Waite
Local 068
West Caldwell,
NJ
Walter P. Bernadyn
Robert Calmbacher
Michael Chanda
Charles J. Latero
Henry Sands
Local 101
Kansas City, MO
Ralph C. Caviness
Garland F. Graham
Donald H.
Jacques
C .D. Mills
Carl E. Reekie
Charles E. Reiman
Harrison C. Ross
Lawrence E. Vohs
Local 115
Burnaby, BC
Victor B. Fulton
Milton R. Gay
Frank F. Kryzanowski
Ronald B. Rhodes
Local 138
Farmingdale, NY
Fred J. Laliberte
Joseph Olszewski
Edward Stahley
Local 139
Pewaukee, WI
Robert A. Hagstrom
Ralph R. Hubbartt
Alex J. Mac
kenzie jr
Local 147
Norfolk, VA
Darrell V. Spruill
Local 150
Countryside, IL
Edmond F.
Anglim
Roy Bauer
Grant Divelbiss
Alfred W. Foschi
Robert J. Harms
Albert G. Heimos
Jerry S. Kemp
Thomas F. Leuver
Stanley J.
Maslanka
Edgar Mcghee
Jack C. Miller
T .Patterson jr
Charles Quinn
Terence P. Saunders
James G. Shick
Local 158
Glenmont, NY
James P. Austin
Nyman H. Derr
Richard J. Dudley
Ernest Germain
Kiethren Payne
Paul Zedar
Local 181
Henderson, KY
Lonnie Allen
Lewis Charley
Vance Woods
Local 302
Bothell, WA
Robert L. Davis
Jimmy R. Horne
Norman D. Hoxie
William J. Keel
Bill R. Schumann
Local 324
Bloomfield
Township, MI
James G. Adamson
Jerry L. Branch
Gary L. Burgess
John Crouch
Kenneth Fox
James E. Judge
Helmer Julin
Edward W. Kelly
William J. Newsome
Leonard J.
Schlieter
Gray W. Smith jr
Hubert Vantiem
Larry C. Wolfgram
Jack D. Wood
Local 370
Spokane, WA
Arthur Lavalley jr
Local 399
Chicago, IL
Matthias J. Ruh
Local 406
New Orleans, LA
Jimmie Walls
Local 520
Granite City, IL
Raymond R.
Taubig
Local 542
Fort Washington,
PA
Thomas Garlick jr
Raymond H.
Kleinsmith
James C. Kresge
Ronald L. Moyer
Henry Porter
George R. Speakman
Local 612
Tacoma, WA
Leonard Champion
Kenneth L.
Johnson
Thomas M.
Murphy
Local 627
Tulsa, OK
John E. Haines
Local 653
Mobile, AL
Jackie L. Middleton
Local 701
Gladstone, OR
Glen A. Curd
Colvin Cutshall
Richard E. Grolbert
Joseph A. Orford
Gary F. Pettit
Local 793
Oakville, ON
James Anderson
Ronald Germaine
Local 800
Bar Nunn, WY
De Wick
Local 825
Springfield, NJ
Glen Baker
Local 925
Mango, FL
Ernest M. Smith
jr
Local 965
Springfield, IL
Charles A. Copley
Thomas Logsdon
September
2015
Local 003
Alameda, CA
Edward Bowers
Gary Burg
Derrell Fish
Leo Martinez
Harold Puckeylow
Martine Rego
Loren E. Rodoni
Gary Rottier
Jackson Santos
David Spain
Local 004
Medway, MA
Joseph Federico
Jack M. London
Local 009
Denver, CO
Lewis W. Johnson
Local 012
Pasadena, CA
Roger Garten
Roger Hearne
James Hills
Vernon Hinkley
B. Kramer, jr.
Brandt Loucks
James Manglis
Robert Mecham
Gerald Nelson
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In Memorium
Death benefits paid
July, 2015 - September, 2015
Your union. On the go.
Eldon Paulson
L. Sowell
Raymond
Thompson
C. Todd
Harold Tuckey
Paulo Valenzuela
Local 014
Flushing, NY
Karl W. Fennekohl
Michael A.
Franco
John Frank, jr.
Lawrence Koch
Local 015
Long Island city,
NY
Dominick Colaci
Peter F. Gokey
Edward M. Kavanagh
Ernest P. Mormile
Charles G. Pagano
Harold R.
Poplees
Local 017
Lakeview, NY
Jerry L. Herling
Local 018
Cleveland, OH
Thomas E. Baker
Mark J. Banjazek
Alva E. Bates
Paul J. Breitenstine
Eddie W. Fiddler
Andrew M. Haller
James D. Humbert
John J. Jurkiewicz
Eddie K. Laing
John R. Laughlin
Dwight B. Morris
Walter R. Schneider
Dean E. Secoy
John W. Shelton
Louis Shultz
John W. Tokos
Local 037
Baltimore, MD
Charles W.
Michel
Local 049
Minneapolis, MN
Roger B. Carlson
Local 066
Pittsburgh, PA
Milford L. Blum
Loye Eberhart
Paul G. Hill
Darrell S. Welsh
Local 068
West Caldwell,
NJ
Carlos Gaset
Local 101
Kansas City, MO
Donald W. Clary
James A. Dale
Jerry L. Griffith
Gary L. Rowley
Local 103
Indianapolis, IN
John P. Ballard
Local 115
Burnaby, BC
Charles Herbert
William Millikin
Wilfred Pehl
Peter Van breugel
Local 132
Charleston, WV
Danny R. Catron
Roger Frederick
Charles V. Myers
Local 139
Pewaukee, WI
Ross Arttus
Donald E. Buerosse
Michael L. Cianciolo
Edward A. Huse
William Neumann
Robert H. Raemisch
Robert C. Redell
Donald D. Reinert
Alfred R. Vlasnik
Local 150
Countryside, IL
Perry Cox jr
Samuel J. Curry
Robert Faulk
Thomas J. Forbes
Eugene R. Maracic
George G. Phillips
Thomas E. Reimann
Martin W. Smith
Richard D. Valentino
Local 158
Glenmont, NY
Milton E. Harrington
Leigh Holliday
Local 178
Fort Worth, TX
William H.
Wedge
Local 181
Henderson, KY
Virgil A. Hardin
Jeff T. Lively
H .B. Smith jr
Ray Welch
Local 234
Des Moines, IA
Eugene Miller
Robert O. Zagar
Local 302
Bothell, WA
Floyd Archer
Clyde L. Berline
Roger A. Fletcher
Leonard L.
Honsey
Sidney L. Ledford
Sidney N.
Lehman
Harry G. Young
Local 324
Bloomfield
Township, MI
Dailey O. Bell
John Bennard
Kenneth J. Bennon
Ernest E. Davis
George H. Derossett
Harold L.
Gunderson
Robert G. Hendee
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