International Operating Engineer - Winter 2019

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Operating Engineer 

Winter 2019 • Volume 162, No. 1 

Brian E. Hickey, Editor 

Jay C. Lederer, Managing Editor 

06 2019 Training Course Schedules 

Offered at the International Training Center 

12 Locked Out and Fed Up 

Government shutdown harms innocent workers 

14 Scabby Targeted for Extinction 

Beloved labor symbol under attack by NLRB 

16 Time to Get Uncomfortable 

Member Assistance Programs save lives 

Departments 

05 From the General President 

06 Training & Education 

12 Politics & Legislation 

19 Canadian News 

20 Local Spotlight 

22 GEB Minutes 

28 Union Death Benefit 

[cover] Dave Eiynck of Local 70 (left) and Michael Habib 

of Local 501 hit the Physical Plant rooftop to take part in a 

Photo Voltaic Class at the International Training Center. 

[photo] Jay C. Lederer, IUOE 

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general officers 

James T. Callahan, General President 

Brian E. Hickey, General Secretary-Treasurer 

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From the General President 

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Brothers and 

Sisters. I hope you all had a safe and 

joyous holiday season. 

The state of our great organization 

is strong and growing stronger every 

day. I am proud to announce that at the 

close of 2018, our International membership 

has grown to 395,000 members. 

That marks a nearly 10 percent 

increase from the economic downturn 

we endured a decade ago. 

This growth is no accident. The diligence 

and hard work of our organizers 

at the Local and International levels 

has been critical to steady growth 

across the board. By visiting worksites, 

holding off-hour meetings, and making 

thousands of home visits, they have 

introduced our union to a new generation 

of Operating Engineer. Those efforts 

will continue as we rise to meet 

demand. 

And IUOE members are in demand 

like never before. Our contractors have 

increased their hiring for qualified Operating 

and Stationary Engineers and 

our Locals have answered the call with 

the safest, most efficient hands in the 

business. 

Our high training standards make 

IUOE members the first choice among 

owners, contractors and building management 

companies. Those skills and 

knowledge have been taught through 

our network of first-class Local training 

programs, and now expanded through 

courses at your International Training 

Center. 

There is a reason that Operating 

Engineers are sought by every major 

contractor and facility owner throughout 

North America. That reason is quality. 

Any honest owner will tell you that 

they prefer the best-trained individual 

operating or maintaining their multimillion 

dollar investment. And hands 

down, those individuals are always Operating 

Engineers. 

Our skills are in high demand in 

both Canada and the United States, but 

we still face serious threats to our livelihoods. 

The latest came via a thoughtless 

government shutdown that affected 

more than a million federal 

employees and contract workers, including 

scores of Operating Engineers. 

Although direct employees will receive 

back pay, contract employees 

who were locked out of work have not 

received the same guarantees. We will 

continue to fight until Congress and 

the White House provide back pay to 

every single worker and contractor 

who was forced to go 35 days without 

a paycheck. 

IUOE members in Canada will also 

be keeping an eye on politics this year. 

A Federal election is scheduled for October, 

and our locals will once again 

work to mobilize members in every 

Province to elect a pro-worker majority 

government. 

Four years ago, we ramped up our 

political activities to help elect a proworker, 

pro-infrastructure Prime Minister. 

Since then, our activism at the 

Federal level has helped bring back 

worker protections and strengthen collective 

bargaining rights. 

We pressed for more energy infrastructure 

and supported the Government’s 

purchase of a major pipeline 

project that was about to be abandoned 

by the private sector. We also engaged 

the Government on several major trade 

deals to protect our jurisdiction. 

Whether we like it or not, elections 

matter and have a major impact on job 

creation, fair wages and our rights to 

organize and bargain collectively for 

Operating Engineers everywhere. We 

must continue to engage on every front 

to keep our momentum going. 

[James T. Callahan] 

The improved economy and increasing 

demand for skilled Operating 

Engineers are creating opportunities to 

capture an even greater market share. 

In addition to prioritizing new organizing, 

we will continue to work closely 

with Helmets to Hardhats to offer our 

veterans an opportunity to enter our 

trade. 

We have also stepped up our outreach 

and commitment to boosting the 

number of women in our trade. For 

many years, we have supported the 

annual Women Building Nations conference, 

which is organized through 

the Building Trades. I am proud to announce 

that we are also developing our 

own group focused on women within 

the Operating Engineers. 

I have appointed Linda Hamilton 

from Local 132 to head up that effort. 

Linda is a 23-year member and currently 

the dispatcher for the local. She 

is constantly advocating for women 

in the trades and improving opportunities 

in our craft. We are honored to 

have her bring that commitment to the 

International level. 

Overall, our union is in the strongest 

position it has been in more than 

a decade. Work hours and job placements 

are up for H&P, Stationary and 

Pipeline hands. Our investments in 

training and organizing have scaled up 

to meet the high demand. Our great 

organization is poised to maximize our 

opportunities and conquer every challenge 

that lies ahead. 

Have a great year. Work safe. 



Training & Education 

Stationary Engineer Training for 2019 

The 2019 Stationary Engineer training schedule for courses taught at the International Training & Conference Center located in 

Crosby, Texas is now available. A partial list is published on the opposite page. For the most up-to-date class information, please 

visit the International website at: https://www.iuoe.org/training/international-training-and-conference-center 

International 

Union of 

Operating 

Engineers 

2019 Stationary Engineer 

Training Course Schedule 

Location: International Training Center — Crosby, Texas 

If you have any questions, please contact Russel Duke, at rduke@iuoe.org 

Photo Voltaic Class 

VFD & Electrical 

Troubleshooting Skills 

Building Automation Systems 

Schedules may be revised periodically as new courses are added. Check www.iuoe.org for updates. 



Training & Education 

Construction Training for 2019 

The 2019 Construction training schedule for courses taught at the International Training & Conference Center located in 

Crosby, Texas is now available. A partial list is published on the opposite page. For the most up-to-date class information, please 

visit the International website at: https://www.iuoe.org/training/international-training-and-conference-center 

International 

Union of 

Operating 

Engineers 

2019 Construction Training Course Schedule 

— General Membership — 

Location: International Training Center — Crosby, Texas 

If you have any questions, please contact Chris Treml, at ctreml@iuoe.org 

New Crane Technology & Operations 

Earthmoving Fundamentals 

Practical Training & Testing 

Schedules may be revised periodically as new courses are added. Check www.iuoe.org for updates. 



Job Corps 

Corporate Partners Help Bring Training to the Next Level 

THE IUOE JOB CORPS PROGRAM 

has been working for a number of years 

to bring manufacturer-based computer 

diagnostic training to their Heavy 

Equipment Mechanic programs across 

the country. Manufacturer structure 

and vendor jurisdictional boundaries 

has created barriers in obtaining the 

equipment for these training programs. 

The IUOE National Training Fund 

is a partner with Caterpillar Inc. 

nationwide for equipment and training 

needs, including those at the new 

state-of-the-art International Training 

and Conference Center in Crosby, 

Texas. With the help of Chris Treml, 

IUOE Construction Training Director, 

the IUOE Job Corps also became part 

of this venture. 

Working with Chris Treml and Tom 

Smith, Corporate Accounts Product 

Support Manager from Caterpillar Inc., 

resulted in the Job Corps Mechanic 

Programs having complete access to 

Caterpillar SIS and Caterpillar E/T 

software to assist in training mechanic 

students. IUOE Job Corps has been 

able to purchase laptops, as well as the 

required hardware from Caterpillar 

at a reasonable cost for all of the 

mechanic training facilities throughout 

the country to perform cutting-edge 

training and necessary diagnostics on 

late-model Caterpillar equipment. 

Caterpillar has also offered 

regional training to all IUOE Job Corps 

Mechanic instructors, ensuring the 

students are talking full advantage of 

this exceptional opportunity. 

Joe Dixon, IUOE Regional 

Coordinator for the Job Corps 

said of the arrangement, “We have 

been working diligently to gain this 

technology, this is a huge advancement 

for our program and our students. We 

are excited to offer graduates with this 

type of knowledge to the work force.” 

He added, “this would not be possible 

without the partnership established 

by the IUOE and the Caterpillar 

Corporation.” 

The IUOE Job Corps Training 

Program is a pre-apprenticeship 

program offered for young men and 

women between the ages of 18 and 24. If 

you are interested in the opportunity to 

train as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic 

or Heavy Equipment Operator, please 

contact Joe Dixon @ 724-675-8022, or 

inquire through the IUOE International 

website at www.iuoe.org/training/ 

iuoe-job-corps 

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Politics & Legislation 

Federal Shutdown Leaves IUOE Members Locked Out of Work 

Labor Notes 

IUOE Grows, but Overall Union Membership Dips Slightly 

ON JANUARY 25TH, the White 

House and Congressional leaders 

agreed to end the longest government 

shutdown in U.S. history, which 

dragged on for 35 long days. The 

temporary agreement only keeps the 

government open for three weeks until 

February 15th when another shutdown 

could possibly occur. 

The shutdown affected 

approximately 800,000 federal 

employees. Nearly 500,000 contract 

workers of the federal government 

were also unable to work, including 

hundreds of Operating Engineers. 

Part way through the shutdown, 

direct federal employees were given 

assurances that once the government 

was reopened, they would receive back 

pay. Workers for contractors however, 

were not given a similar assurance, 

and they are unlikely to get any 

remuneration for that lost time on the 

job. It was essentially a lockout by the 

federal government. 

Workers unexpectedly without work 

had to figure out how to pay their bills 

and provide for their families while 

missing two consecutive paychecks. 

Many federal employees, from the 

FBI to the TSA, were still required to 

report to work as they were designated 

essential workers. 

IUOE members were not immune 

from the shutdown. Local 99 

(Washington, D.C.) members felt the 

brunt of the dysfunction in the federal 

government. The Local had members 

laid off in workplaces across their 

jurisdiction, with the biggest unit being 

affected at NASA complexes. 

The shutdown had other unintended 

consequences as well. While the 

government was shut down, permitting 

agencies did not have staff to issue 

permits on many construction projects 

which employ Operating Engineers. 

For example, the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 

Jordan Cove LNG project in Coos Bay, 

Oregon is likely to be delayed, further 

delaying work for Operating Engineers 

and other craft workers. It was due in 

mid-February but will likely miss that 

timeline now. 

Another example of how the 

shutdown will have a ripple affect on 

IUOE members and everyone else 

building the nation’s transportation 

infrastructure is the fact that the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

furloughed 88 percent of its workforce. 

The highway program is funded by 

“contract authority” in the FAST Act 

— America’s surface transportation 

law — and doesn’t depend on annual 

appropriations. 

That means the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) is still fully 

funded and busy processing grants to 

states to build roads and bridges, which 

is such a huge employer of Operating 

Engineers. But transit still depends 

on annual funding, which resulted in 

massive layoffs of FTA employees. The 

problems would’ve rippled through the 

whole surface transportation program 

had it gone on any longer. 

About halfway through the 

shutdown, thousands of union 

workers rallied alongside furloughed 

federal workers outside the AFL-CIO 

headquarters in Washington, DC, 

just down the street from the White 

House. Speakers shined a light on 

the harm the government shutdown 

caused to families across the country 

and the negative consequences for 

our economy and country. Unions 

will continue to fight until Congress 

and the White House pass a long-term 

funding bill and provide back pay to 

every single worker and contractor 

who was forced to go 35 days without 

a paycheck. 

THE BUREAU OF LABOR Statistics 

(BLS) recently reported that the 

percentage of U.S. workers who were 

part of a labor union fell slightly in 2018 

to 10.5 percent, from 10.7 percent of 

the workforce in 2017. 

In both 2017 and 2018, there were 

approximately 7.2 million public sector 

union members and 7.6 million private 

sector union members. 

Union membership in the 

construction industry dropped to 12.8 

percent in 2018 from 14.0 percent in 

2017. 

In the face of unprecedented 

attacks, it is surprising that overall 

union membership only decreased by 

a 0.2 percentage point. These attacks 

include so called “right-to-work” 

taking effect in Kentucky and West 

Virginia in 2017; the Supreme Court 

ruling in favor of business in Janus v. 

AFSCME, making it unconstitutional 

to require public sector employees to 

pay “fair share” fees to cover the cost 

of collective bargaining; and public 

sector union members in Wisconsin 

must recertify every year and win by 

a simple majority of bargaining unit 

members, not actual votes cast. 

Despite the overall decrease in union 

membership in the labor movement 

last year, the IUOE welcomed over 

6,000 new members and the total 

International membership reached 

395,000. A big part of that increase was 

a direct result of the IUOE successfully 

winning 75 percent of its 2018 NLRB 

elections. 

Looking back at 2018, the Operating 

Engineers successfully grew the union 

and strengthened our position with 

a state-of-the-art training facility 

in Texas and by getting more union 

friendly candidates elected at the local, 

state and federal level. 

The IUOE is optimistic about 

growing even more in the future as more 

people realize the value of employing 

skilled union members. Furthermore, 

a 2018 Gallup poll showed that 62 

percent of Americans approve of labor 

unions, a 15-year high. The tide might 

be finally turning. 



Labor Notes 

National Labor Relations Board Targets 

‘Scabby the Rat’ for Extinction 

[opposite page] The NLRB General 

Counsel seeks to limit the use of Scabby 

on peaceful demonstrations such as 

this one at the Algonquin Township 

Highway Department in Crystal Lake, 

Illinois. 

[left] The very first inflatable rat, 

designed and used by Local 150, based 

in Countryside, Illinois. The official 

notice of “Scabby” being selected as the 

name of Local 150’s inflatable rat. 

[below] Scabby is an important tool 

in communicating to the public when 

workers are being mistreated. 

[article & photos] Ed Maher, Local 150 

THE WARRIOR FOR workers’ rights 

we lovingly know as ‘Scabby the Rat’ 

is always where we need him, but 

he presently needs a little bit of help 

himself. An attack against our friend 

Scabby is being coordinated by rat 

contractors, management lawyers, and 

the National Labor Relations Board 

(NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb. 

In particular the efforts of Robb – 

formerly a management-side attorney 

– are reportedly highly personal, 

with Bloomberg quoting a source 

at the NLRB saying, “GC hates the 

rat.” He allegedly directed agency 

attorneys to revive a complaint that 

the NLRB regional office had already 

dismissed, made by an Illinois 

excavating contractor against IUOE 

Local 150. At issue is the use of Scabby 

outside of traditional picket settings, 

including bannering and other public 

demonstrations. 

It will take more than a personal 

vendetta to deflate Scabby, however. 

A steady stream of judgments over the 

past two decades have agreed that the 

use of Scabby the Rat is protected free 

speech under the First Amendment, so 

the NLRB will have to overturn settled 

law – including its own decisions - to 

advance its argument that the use of 

Scabby is “coercive” or a “signal picket.” 

The NLRB is asking a federal judge 

to classify Scabby as the same as a 

picket, and therefore subject to much 

harsher regulations—including federal 

court injunctions and damage lawsuits. 

In an ironic twist of fate, the judge 

hearing arguments over the NLRB’s 

injunction request is Judge Ruben 

Castillo, who wrote the very first 

decision designating ‘Scabby the Rat’ 

as a tool of free speech in 2001. 

In an era where Free Speech has 

been expanded in such Supreme Court 

decisions as Citizens United and Janus, 

this attempt to limit free speech that 

benefits workers is another example 

of the NLRB’s current general counsel 

tipping the scales to benefit businesses. 

Scabby is a child of the IUOE. He 

was born 31 years ago in Countryside, 

Illinois at Local 150’s organizing 

department. The inflatable rat was 

first used in 1988, and after a naming 

contest in the November 1988 edition 

of the Local 150 Engineer, was formally 

named Scabby. 


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Healthcare 

It is Time to Get Uncomfortable 

Program provides resources to assist members 

IT IS TIME to get uncomfortable about addiction, suicide 

and behavioral health. These issues are affecting everyone 

on the jobsite and the Operating Engineers have been in 

the forefront in addressing the issues with local unions and 

leadership across the United States and Canada. The statistics 

are staggering! Shockingly, construction has the second 

highest rate of substance abuse amongst all workforces 

(SAMSHA) and is first when it comes to suicide (Shoot, 2018), 

which ends up being four times the national average. 

A Member Assistance Program is a peer-to-peer based 

confidential assistance service. It enables union members to 

talk to other union members who are trained in peer support 

to recognize the problem, react to the problem by creating 

a pathway for the member to seek help, and recommending 

them to resources, which have been gathered through 

networking with other organizations by the Local. A peer’s 

main job is to support the person who is struggling. Research 

shows that early intervention with a peer when dealing with 

substance abuse, behavioral health disorders and suicide 

helps save lives. 

In May 2018, delegates to the 39th IUOE General 

Convention passed a resolution to assist and encourage 

all locals to begin a Member Assistance Program. The 

International is in the process of designing a four-day course 

that gives interested members, business agents, and business 

managers the tools they need to build a Member Assistance 

Program. Participants will attain the basic knowledge on 

how to begin a peer program within their home local. 

Peer-to-peer programs have long been successful in 

creating the pathways to help struggling people receive the 

help they need. It is time that we recognize the value that 

peers have and the benefit that they can provide to those 

struggling. The first offering of peer training will be April 

29th to May 2nd at the IUOE Training & Conference Center 

in Texas. Please note this course will be offered under the 

National Training Fund. 

For more information, contact Kyle Zimmer, kzimmer@ 

local478.org or Ashley Dwyer, adwyer@local478.org 

Against All Odds 

Apprenticeship helps operator overcome 

hardships and find happiness 

BEFORE STEPHEN JONES found 

the Operating Engineers, he’d had a 

rough life. When he was 11 years old, 

he joined his mother when she decided 

to leave his father, who struggled with 

drug abuse, but their financial troubles 

would result in frequent moves from 

one home to another. 

“I didn’t really understand why; I 

just knew it was time to start packing 

and meet new friends at a new school,” 

he said. 

At 13, Stephen was diagnosed with 

stage 3 fibrosis of the liver, a severe 

medical condition that added to 

the hardship he and his family were 

experiencing. It also required so much 

hospitalization that he had to be held 

back during his eighth-grade year. Then 

one day in high school, he came home 

and was told to start packing again. 

“We stayed in a Motel 6, but the 

money shortly ran out,” he explained. 

Member Spotlight 

[above] Local 3 Operator Stephen Jones works on the University of California at Merced’s 

2020 project. 

[above] A new video and other resources are available to Locals and members in the Substance Abuse Resource 

Center on the IUOE website. Please vist: https://www.iuoe.org/members/substance-abuse-resource-center 

Stephen and his mother started 

sleeping in the back of a van, their 

many pets nestled between them, 

while a brother slept in the front. It was 

a hard time, made harder by the fact 

that Stephen’s older brother was sent 

to prison. 

“I was 15, homeless and my role 

model had just been sent to prison,” he 

said. “Devastation started to kick in.” 

Despite his living conditions, 

Stephen worked hard so he could 

graduate high school a year early 

through an independent study 

program. He not only achieved his goal, 

graduating in 2010 instead of 2011, but 

graduated as valedictorian. 

“It was the proudest moment of my 

life!” he said. 

He decided to go to college in 

Nebraska, only to discover that he 

didn’t qualify for financial aid because 

his father had been using his Social 

Security number to rack-up debt. With 

college out of the question, he moved 

in with his grandmother. He saw a Job 

Corps commercial while watching 

television at her house, called the 

number and was accepted into the 

program a week later. 

“To this day, it’s the only commercial 

for Job Corps that I’ve ever seen!” he 

said. 

On his first day of training, a 

longtime friend committed suicide. 

The grief was tremendous, but a Job 

Corps instructor took him aside, 

encouraged him to stay in the program 

and prayed for him. With the support 

of the Job Corps staff, Stephen finished 

the program in only five months, a 

process that can take up two years. 

That prayer on his first day also helped 

him find faith, which continues to be a 

source of strength for him, motivating 

him to help others. 

...Continued page 18 


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Member Spotlight 

Stephen wanted to become an 

Operating Engineer, so he took a skills 

assessment at the Operating Engineers 

Local 3 Journeyman and Apprentice 

Training Center (OE3 JATC) in 

Sloughhouse, Calif. At first, he was 

confident, as he had been an all-star in 

Job Corps, but after spinning the tires 

on a scraper, his anxiety took over, and 

he choked on the rest of the tests. He 

broke down crying on the way home, 

thinking he had just blown his chance. 

Fortunately, it wasn’t over, and he was 

asked to return and participate in fiveweeks 

of training. 

“This chance has given me 

everything and more than I could 

imagine,” he said. 

His instructors at the OE3 JATC 

mentored him, reminding him that he 

was going to be something someday. 

At the end of the five weeks, he passed 

all of his tests with the highest scores 

in his class. Within two days, he got 

his first dispatch to a large project. 

He was doing a great job and learning 

fast, but his housing situation was still 

uncertain. For two weeks, he slept in 

his truck at the jobsite. When the crew 

he was working with learned of it, they 

purchased a trailer for him. 

“I still have a tight relationship with 

them all!” he said. 

Before finishing the Apprenticeship 

Program, Stephen worked as a 

foreman, met his wife, bought his first 

house and even purchased a home for 

his mom. Today, the hard times of his 

childhood are behind him and he’s 

become a highly sought-after operator. 

“I have my wife and my two dogs, 

and they are my world!” he said. “I’m 

able to provide for them and it’s the best 

feeling!... I love the life I’ve been given 

and I owe a lot to the Apprenticeship 

Program!” 

[story] John O. Matos, Local 3 

[photo] Salvador Cid III, Local 3 

EnginEErs Action rEsponsE nEtwork 

Because elections matter 

IUOE LOCAL 115 is gearing up for 

an exceptionally busy year in British 

Columbia, with major public and 

private projects ongoing or ready to 

launch. 

“For most of this decade, we fought 

to hold our own in an anti-union 

climate,” said Local 115 Business 

Manager Brian Cochrane. “But the 

tide has turned in BC. We’re getting 

opportunities to take on new work, and 

that’s pushing us to build our capacity 

for organizing, member recruitment 

and training,” 

Local 115 members have been 

active on BC Hydro’s $10B Site C 

dam project since summer 2018. The 

number of IUOE positions is forecast to 

reach 150 this spring, with additional 

jobs if new subcontractor agreements 

fall into place. In total, more than 3,000 

people are at work on Site C. 

“The pool of experienced local 

labour is small in the northeast, with so 

many people committed to the oil and 

gas industry,” said Local 115 Business 

Representative Brian Lefebvre. “We’re 

bringing in members from around the 

province to fill that gap.” 

confident our members will play a key 

role in the success of these projects.” 

On BC’s highways and bridges, the 

Operating Engineers and sister building 

trades will get their first opportunity in 

Canadian News 

New Year of Opportunity Across British Columbia 

2019 to implement a new Community 

Benefits Agreement with the provincial 

government. Building on BC’s historic 

Project Labour Agreement model, 

the new Agreement puts increased 

emphasis on apprenticeship and on 

trades opportunities for Indigenous 

people and women. 

“The replacement of the Pattullo 

Bridge in Metro Vancouver will 

demand the best from all the trades 

in the Operating Engineers – crane 

and heavy equipment operators, 

mechanics, welders and more,” said 

Business Manager Brian Cochrane. 

“We’re looking forward to proving that 

the union model on public projects is 

safer, more cost-effective, and better 

for communities.” 

“The other big highway project that’s 

coming up is the expansion of Highway 

1 across the eastern half of BC. It falls 

under the same Community Benefit 

Agreement, with jobs and training for 

folks in small Interior towns. We’re 

encouraging the Government to get 

this one rolling as soon as possible.” 

To the west, Royal Dutch Shell and 

partners are ready to start construction 

on a $40B liquefied natural gas project, 

combining an LNG terminal on the 

Pacific coast with a 675-kilometer 

supply pipeline. This represents the 

largest private-sector investment in 

B.C. history, with more than 5,000 

people to be employed at the main site. 

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“The expansion of the liquefied 

natural gas industry is a huge 

opportunity for tradespeople in BC,” 

said Local 115 President Wayne Mills. 

“IUOE signatory employers have 

already been awarded significant 

portions of the work and we’re 



Local Spotlight 

Local 4 Honors Veterans with Annual Donation 

to Helmets to Hardhats 

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF 

Operating Engineers Local 4 annually 

contributes $10,000 to Helmets to 

Hardhats in honor of local veterans 

and in recognition of Veteran’s 

Day. Established in 2003, Helmets 

to Hardhats is a national, nonprofit 

program that connect National Guard, 

Reserve, retired and transitioning 

active-duty military service members 

with skilled training and quality career 

opportunities in the construction 

industry. 

As part of the Massachusetts 

Building Trades, a longtime supporter 

of the program, the Operating 

Engineers Local 4 are committed 

to this program that effects positive 

change for service members in the 

community, placing more than 575 

military veterans in union construction 

jobs in the Commonwealth. 

Overall, the Massachusetts Building 

Trades Unions raised more than 

$50,000 at this successful 2018 event. 

Local 15 Awards Deserving Scholarships 

ON JANUARY 3, 2019, Local 15 

President and Business Manager, 

Thomas A. Callahan, held an awards 

dinner honoring the winners of this 

year’s Local 15 Scholarship. 

The Local had a total of 21 candidates 

submit an application and essay 

for review. This year’s topic was to 

research the United States Supreme 

Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME. 

All candidates presented outstanding 

work with detailed facts to argue 

their case. 

The Scholarship awards were presented 

to the top four candidates with 

exceptional applications and well-detailed 

essays. The winners were: 

• Kailey Valenti 

(John Valenti, Local 15D) 

• Serafina Vitali 

(Daniel Vitale, Local 15D) 

• Nolan Stewart 

(Richard Stewart, Local 15) 

• Ian Healy 

(John Healy, Local 15D) 

President Callahan, along with 

Denise Richardson, Executive Director 

of the General Contractors Association, 

presented each of the winners 

with a check in the amount of $5,000 to 

put towards their education. 

Local 351 Shop Stewards Go To School 

[above] Francis X. Callahan, Jr., President of the Massachusetts Building Trades Council and Darrell Roberts, Executive Director of 

CMRAVE/Helmets to Hardhats and Richard Eckler, Helmets to Hardhats Representative hosted a fundraiser on November 8th 2018 at 

the Massachusetts State House in Boston, MA. IUOE Local 4’s Business Manager William D. McLaughlin, President Michael J. Bowes, Vice 

President David F. Shea, Instructors Thomas McEvoy and Peter Carpenter presented a donation. 

[article & photo] Local 4 

ON JANUARY 19, 2019 Local 351 

held a Shop Steward training at its El 

Paso, Texas office. 

The training was conducted by Mr. 

Grainger Ledbetter, Asst. Specialist, 

Labor Education Program at the 

University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 

In addition to all the literature 

provided by Mr. Ledbetter, the training 

also included different exercises for 

the Stewards to practice dealing with 

different real-world scenarios that 

most employees will encounter at their 

workplace. 

[L to R] Raul Dominguez (Technica), Gilbert Duran (Aecom), Leovardo Montero (Pride Industries), Octavio Aguirre (Pride Industries), Ulisis 

D’Binnion (Tatitlek), Enrique Rodriguez (Alligiant), Grainger Ledbetter (Instructor), Marina Lopez (Aecom), Maria Likes (J & J), Robert 

Ramirez (J & J), Armida Quezada (Technica), Stella Garcia (Sodexo), Juan De la Torre (Local 351), Eddy Tarin (Pride Industries), Justin Barlott 

(Local 351), Gerardo Hernandez (Technica), Ruben Garcia (Tatitlek), Mario Muñiz (Pride Industries, Guadalupe Muñoz (Pride Industries), 

Jason Pillow (Marathon), Kenny Willey (Technica), Ed Division (Technica), Jon Fitzgerald (Marathon), Thomas De la Cruz (Technica). 



Union Death Benefit 

Benefits paid 

October - December, 2018 

OCTOBER 

2018 

LOCAL 003 

ALAMEDA, CA 

CHARLES D 

LUKE 

DON CUSHMAN 

BOB D 

BRANAUGH 

SIDNEY POWELL 

JIMMY CLARY 

CHARLES 

DUTSCHKE 

ROBERT RIVERA 

LOCAL 004 

MEDWAY, MA 

KENNETH C 

MCKENZIE 

ERNESTO GUIGLI 

ANTHONY L 

CAMERIO 

DARWIN A 

KITTREDGE J 

LOCAL 012 

PASADENA, CA 

GILBERT GOMEZ 

BRYANT SMITH 

EUGENE E. 

GENDREAU 

RICHARD A. 

BREESE 

PAUL M. EATON 

HENRY 

VASQUEZ 

JOHN L. WALL 

DON KIUNKE 

WILLIAM H. 

MEAGHER 

DELMAR L. 

LEWIS 

LOCAL 014 

FLUSHING, NY 

RICHARD E 

LEPORIN 

LOUIS W 

MONTEGARI 

JOHN J FOLEY 

PETER GROGAN 

RICHARD 

MAIKOWSKI 

LOCAL 015 

LONG ISLAND 

CITY, NY 

NICHOLAS P 

ROMEO 

WILLIAM L 

MONTEGARI 

BARCLAY A 

DAVIS 

THOMAS W 

KEHOE 

LOCAL 018 

CLEVELAND, OH 

DELBERT L 

RAMEY 

JOHN KUBASAK 

JR 

HARVEY 

MCFARLAND 

ARTHUR D 

AUKERMAN 

MYRON L 

HAMRICK 

JACK L OWSLEY 

TILFORD G 

RAMSEY 

DAVID A 

BLUMENTHAL 

ROGER GARLIC 

MARION D 

NUSSBAUM 

JAMES H WAYNE 

TONY WYDE 

KERMIT D 

WILLIAMS 

LAWRENCE 

METCALF 

LOCAL 030 

WHITESTONE, 

NY 

THOMAS J 

MCSHEA 

LOCAL 049 

MINNEAPOLIS, 

MN 

CARL J 

SCHNEIDER 

DAVID R 

THORSON 

RICHARD L 

REIGSTAD 

DARRELL W 

LONG 

LOCAL 066 

PITTSBURGH, PA 

DINO R GICONI 

DONALD E 

SMAIL 

EDWARD D 

RHODES 

WILLIAM E 

JOHNSTON 

CHARLES J 

STYSLINGER 

CLARENCE H 

SNYDER 

ROBERT D 

GALLAGHER 

LOCAL 077 

SUITLAND, MD 

JAMES SEALE 

LOCAL 098 

EAST 

LONGMEADOW, 

MA 

ROBERT E 

GURALL 

LOCAL 101 

KANSAS CITY, 

MO 

PAUL F MENARD 

LOCAL 103 

INDIANAPOLIS, 

IN 

RONALD E 

DILLON 

LOCAL 115 

BURNABY, BC 

DONALD J 

NICHOLS 

DOUGLAS E 

LAMPMAN 

WILFRED J 

HANSEN 

LOCAL 132 

CHARLESTON, 

WV 

WALTER E DAVIS 

TOY L TENNANT 

LOCAL 139 

PEWAUKEE, WI 

VILAS O 

PETERSON 

DONALD 

PANKRATZ 

WILLIAM L 

FRIEDLI 

WILLIAM L 

KLEMKE 

JOHN W BERAN 

ROGER L FRAHM 

REINHOLD D 

PONICK 

LOCAL 150 

COUNTRYSIDE, 

IL 

GLEN E WILL 

JAMES R 

STELLARS 

JOHN D BOWEN 

EDWARD L 

CONLEY 

OLAF C OLSON 

DONALD LAMPI 

LARRY 

ROBINETT 

DIETER 

JENTZSCH 

WILLIAM J 

DEGOEY 

BILL WOLFF 

BERNARD 

FOOTE 

LEONARD H 

MUELLER 

LOCAL 158 

GLENMONT, NY 

CHARLES C 

EAKER 

WALTER A 

KONIEWICZ 

ROLAND G 

OLSON 

LOCAL 181 

HENDERSON, KY 

CHARLES R 

ROSS 

THOMAS E 

FERGUSON 

WILLIAM G 

CAVANAH 

LOCAL 280 

RICHLAND, WA 

NICKOLAS W 

BRIAN 

LOCAL 302 

BOTHELL, WA 

THOMAS E 

HALGREN 

JERRY D BUNO 

DONALD K 

BOYLE 

GROVER E 

FRIEDRICH 

LOCAL 310 

GREEN BAY, WI 

NEIL R 

ANDERSON 

LOCAL 318 

MARION, IL 

CLYDE TAYLOR 

DONALD R 

NIEKAMP 

RALPH M NEAL 

LOCAL 324 

BLOOMFIELD 

TOWNSHIP, 

RAYMOND R 

SMITH 

RUSSELL W 

BALLOR 

FRED H 

PATTERSON 

LOCAL 347 

E G FRAZIER 

LOCAL 399 

CHICAGO, IL 

ROGER J 

GUTHRIE 

WALTER HARTGE 

JOSEPH E IVEK 

GUY J FABRIZIO 

LOCAL 400 

HELENA, MT 

ROBERT TAHIJA 

DONALD 

PONTIUS 

LOCAL 406 

NEW ORLEANS, 

LA 

BRIDGES C 

PARDUE 

JOHN M 

CARLSON 

LOCAL 428 

PHOENIX, AZ 

HENRY W 

HELMS 

ELVIN R 

QUARLES 

LOCAL 463 

RANSOMVILLE, 

NY 

LEONARD 

YOUSETT 

PAUL ARDANUY 

JAMES PRIM 

RICHARD J 

BERNIER 

LOCAL 487 

MIAMI, FL 

RALPH E BAILEY 

LOCAL 513 

BRIDGETON, MO 

GARLAND R 

STROTHER 

JAMES A WOOD 

ELFORD D 

SMITH 

LOCAL 520 

GRANITE CITY, IL 

CLAUDE J NEALY 

JR 

LOCAL 542 

FORT 

WASHINGTON, 

PA 

MICHAEL 

DELLAQUILA 

EDWARD 

SCHUSTER 

LOCAL 701 

GLADSTONE, OR 

NORTH E. WEST 

LOCAL 793 

OAKVILLE, ON 

NELLO 

BATTISTONI 

LOCAL 816 

ARTHUR C 

NEUMANN 

LOCAL 825 

SPRINGFIELD, NJ 

MARTIN 

CHIAROLANZIO 

ANGELO 

MANZO 

RUDOLF M 

ALTINGER 

JOHN 

CZYZYKOWSKI 

HARRY 

CHOWANSKY 

LOCAL 882 

NEW 

WESTMINSTER, 

BC 

HANS H 

HAUPTHOFF 

LOCAL 912 

COLUMBIA, TN 

EDWARD CROSS 

JR 

LOCAL 926 

REX, GA 

HAROLD D 

LONG 

LOCAL 955 

EDMONTON, AB 

NORMAN BUDD 

COUTTS 

NOVEMBER 

2018 

LOCAL 002 

ST LOUIS, MO 

FRANCIS R 

BRADY 

LOCAL 003 

ALAMEDA, CA 

SIDNEY POWELL 

ALEX OLIVERA 

LOCAL 004 

MEDWAY, MA 

ROBERT R 

MARDEN 

EDWARD J 

DEEGAN 

LOCAL 012 

PASADENA, CA 

T. E. 

SUMMERVILLE 

DAVID Y. 

BROOKE 

GARTH HAWLEY 

ROBERT C. 

RANDLES 

JAMES T. 

BOWMAN 

JOHN C. DAY 

GARY G. 

ANDREWS 

JAMES J. 

JENNINGS 

PATRICK E HOYT 

THOMAS W. 

ROBINETTE 

CHARLES HUME 

LOCAL 014 

FLUSHING, NY 

JOHN J 

MAKOFSKE JR 

LOCAL 015 

LONG ISLAND 

CITY, NY 

CHARLES E 

WESTFALL 

LOCAL 018 

CLEVELAND, OH 

JOHN J 

WOODWARD 

CLYDE MILLS JR 

ROBERT 

FERENBAUGH 

MAURICE E 

SCHMUCKER 

BERLIN E SETTY 

CHARLES R 

HICKS 

EDGAR H SLOAN 

KAROL J VALEK 

DONALD B 

ROBINSON 

ROBERT 

GESSNER 

GERALD A 

BROWNING 

DONALD A 

PEIFFER 

DENNIS N 

MILLER 

ROBERT E 

MCCLURG 

ROBERT L SHAW 

CLARENCE E 

BASILETTI 

VERNON R 

CAMPBELL 

LOCAL 049 

MINNEAPOLIS, 

MN 

RAYMOND G 

KIMMES 

RAYMOND 

LUUKKONEN 

LOCAL 066 

PITTSBURGH, PA 

ROBERT STITT 

ROBERT F 

BRADY 

JOHN W KESLAR 

CHARLES J 

STYSLINGER 

ARTHUR L 

FISHER 

JOHN SOROKA 

LOCAL 068 

WEST 

CALDWELL, NJ 

PHILIP BAKER 

CLIFFORD L 

GILMAN 

LOCAL 101 

KANSAS CITY, 

MO 

LEROY KENNEDY 

LOCAL 115 

BURNABY, BC 

BRUCE E 

PAUSCHE 

LOCAL 132 

CHARLESTON, 

WV 

PARKS H HALL 

LOCAL 139 

PEWAUKEE, WI 

WILLIAM L 

KLEMKE 

LOCAL 150 

COUNTRYSIDE, 

IL 

LLOYD M 

WINFREY 

RENO 

GIANGIORGI 

EUGENE F 

ECCKER 

ALFRED 

GRIMALDI 

ROBERT V 

KNUTSON 

JOHN W 

PHILLIPS 

ALLAN J 

WIELDGORSKI 

EDWARD M 

CARDONA 

MARLIN L 

PARRETT 

SOLOMAN SAMS 

MICHAEL 

CONNON 

LOCAL 181 

HENDERSON, KY 

HENRY F MOORE 

CHARLES L 

HARDWICK 

LOCAL 216 

BATON ROUGE, 

LA 

HENRY S PIERCE 

JR 

LOCAL 302 

BOTHELL, WA 

ROBERT W 

MITCHELL JR 

LOCAL 305 

SOUTH RANGE, 

WI 

ROBERT A 

HORYZA 

LOCAL 310 

GREEN BAY, WI 

FIRMAN BALZA 

DOUGLAS 

ZIMMERMAN 

LOCAL 324 

BLOOMFIELD 

TOWNSHIP, 

NORMAN D 

POPP 

LEONARD M 

LABUTTE 

JOHN L APPLE 

BERNARDINO 

IACOBELLI 

ARLEN CLARK 

ROBERT LA 

LONDE 

PAUL F NEELY 

STEVEN T 

SWEENEY 

LOCAL 450 

MONT BELVIEU, 

TX 

AMEL D 

MOELLER III 

LOCAL 463 

RANSOMVILLE, 

NY 

DONALD 

MCCALL 

LOCAL 513 

BRIDGETON, MO 

JAMES D THORN 

LOCAL 542 

FORT 

WASHINGTON, 

PA 

MICHAEL 

DELLAQUILA 

SAMUEL H 

LERCH 

LOCAL 547 

DETROIT, MI 

DONALD E 

BLENKLE 

LOCAL 612 

TACOMA, WA 

MARION V 

WILLIAMSON 

KIM J MENZEL 

LOCAL 627 

TULSA, OK 

J E SHRUM 

LOCAL 649 

PEORIA, IL 

LEROY LANTZ 

LOCAL 673 

JACKSONVILLE, 

FL 

RAYMOND 

CHATHAM 

LOCAL 825 

SPRINGFIELD, NJ 

CHARLES W 

SCHIMPF 

EDWARD J 

WILSON 

LOCAL 828 

FLIN FLON, MB 

JOHN G 

ZORETICH 

LOCAL 841 

TERRE HAUTE, IN 

CHARLES G 

WHEAT 

LOCAL 912 

COLUMBIA, TN 

RANDALL W 

BAKER 

BOB D GRAY 

LOCAL 917 

KNOXVILLE, TN 

WILLIAM E 

WALLS 

LOCAL 965 

SPRINGFIELD, IL 

JOHN W 

STEWART 

DECEMBER 

2018 

LOCAL 002 

ST LOUIS, MO 

MARIAN J VEST 

LOCAL 003 

ALAMEDA, CA 

WILLIAM C 

SQUIBB 

PATRICK PETERS 

RICHARD 

MARTINEZ 

RICHARD 

BOUNE 

CARLOS E 

LAGRANGE 

GARDELL 

JENSEN 

DONALD 

HARRELL 

ROBERT GOMEZ 

WILLIAM C 

SCHNEIDER 

EUGENE 

EBISUYA 

ROBERT DRAKE 

LOCAL 009 

DENVER, CO 

EDWIN E HILL 

KENNETH H 

CROWELL 

LOCAL 012 

PASADENA, CA 

ROY S. 

LUNDQUIST 

PETE R 

GUERRERO 

FRED A. BRECK 

DANIEL E. 

YOUNG 

HERVERTO S. 

CHAVEZ 

HOMER 

DOLLARHIDE 

JOHN LOPEZ 

CECIL A. 

KINDRED 

GASPAR J 

ALONGI JR 

GEORGE H. 

SMITH 

LOCAL 015 

LONG ISLAND 

CITY, NY 

ENRICO PEREZ 

JOSEPH T 

SCHMELZ 

ROBERT 

BRENNAN 

LOCAL 018 

CLEVELAND, OH 

WARREN C 

CARMICHAEL 

FRED T BARTON 

EMERY L ADAMS 

KENNETH L 

JONES 

DENNIS A 

CONTINI 

LOCAL 037 

BALTIMORE, MD 

HOWARD 

CHENOWITH 

LOCAL 039 

SACRAMENTO, 

CA 

RANDLE 

RHOADES 

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NON PROFIT ORG 

US POSTAGE 

PAID 

KELLY PRESS, INC. 

LOCAL 049 

MINNEAPOLIS, 

MN 

GORDON D 

ALLEN 

LOCAL 057 

JOHNSTON, RI 

ROBERT J 

COELHO 

LOCAL 066 

PITTSBURGH, 

PA 

THOMAS 

TATSAK 

DONALD 

BLACK 

RICHARD 

BOLDEN 

LOCAL 068 

WEST 

CALDWELL, NJ 

PERRY G. 

NELSON 

VINCENT J. 

GIBLIN 

GEB Minutes 

Call of Meeting 

LOCAL 070 

WHITE BEAR 

LAKE, MN 

JOHN 

WICKLUND 

LOCAL 071 

CHARLES 

LARONDE 

LOCAL 101 

KANSAS CITY, 

MO 

MERLIN M 

WAGNER 

JAMES E 

PEDLEY 

LOCAL 115 

BURNABY, BC 

MARSHALL G 

SAUNDERS 

JOHN G 

THOMAS 

EDWIN J WEISS 

KENNETH A 

SCHWAGER 

ROBERT J 

PICKRELL 

General President Callahan 

called the meeting of the 

General Executive Board 

to order at 7:40 a.m. on 

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 

IUOE Headquarters in 

Washington, D.C. General 

Secretary-Treasurer Hickey 

then read the call of the 

meeting, whereupon the 

roll call was taken which 

disclosed all members 

of the General Executive 

Board were present. Also 

present were Chief of Staff 

Joseph Giacin, General 

Counsel Brian Powers, 

Chief Financial Officer John 

ARNOLD 

BALLUM 

LAURIE G 

HUMES 

CLAYTON A 

PETERSON 

JOHN G KELLEY 

LOCAL 132 

CHARLESTON, 

WV 

AVERAL A O 

DELL 

LLOYD L 

TRACEY 

LOCAL 138 

FARMINGDALE, 

NY 

GEORGE GREBE 

LOCAL 139 

PEWAUKEE, WI 

KENNETH 

TESCH 

LE ROY 

BEHRENS 

RAYMOND K 

REDELL 

Loughry, Associate General 

Counsel Matt McGuire, 

Director of Jurisdiction Terry 

George, Regional Directors 

Alan Pero, Lionel Railton, 

Martin “Red” Patterson, 

Todd Smart, and Carl Goff, 

and Assistant to the General 

Secretary-Treasurer John 

“Jack” Ehrhardt. 

Case No. 1 

Minutes of the Previous 


Meeting 

LOCAL 148 

SAINT LOUIS, 

MO 

HERBERT L 

BEUTEL 

The minutes of the General 

Executive Board meeting 

conducted May 3, 2018 

were approved and made a 

part of the official records 

of the Board. Copies of 

LOCAL 150 

COUNTRYSIDE, 

IL 

CHARLES W 

SMITH 

DAVID D DAVY 

FRANK WUCKI 

JOHN A BURNS 

BILLY F 

BRAZELTON 

TIMOTHY L 

CODY 

LOCAL 158 

GLENMONT, NY 

SALEM N 

FERRIS 

LOCAL 181 

HENDERSON, 

KY 

JACKIE REDICK 

KENNETH 

SQUIRES 

HAROLD 

CROUCH 

GLENDON W 

HART 

LOCAL 302 

BOTHELL, WA 

JAMES L 

BRODHEAD 

NORMAN 

RICHARDSON 

PHILLIP O 

HOPEN 

DONALD G 

GREGORY 

JERRY A 

MALIDORE 

ROBERT E 

PLOGHOFT 

LOCAL 324 

BLOOMFIELD 

TOWNSHIP, 

RAYMOND F 

STONER 

ARTHUR 

KATZER JR 

GLENN R 

HARMER 

these minutes had been 

distributed previously to all 

Board members. 

Case No. 2 

Expenses and Actions 

Taken Since the Last 


Meeting 

Payment of expenses 

incurred and actions 

taken by the International 

Union since the last Board 

meeting were thoroughly 

discussed. It was regularly 

moved and seconded that 

all such expenses and 

actions be approved. The 

motion was put to a vote and 

unanimously carried. 

LOCAL 406 

NEW ORLEANS, 

LA 

BAILEY J 

WALLIS JR 

LOCAL 478 

HAMDEN, CT 

RALPH MOREO 

LOCAL 501 

LOS ANGELES, 

CA 

BEN HUR H 

BERRY 

LOCAL 513 

BRIDGETON, 

MO 

GRADY L 

ANDERSON 

JAMES 

WILLIAMS 

LOCAL 612 

TACOMA, WA 

SCOTT B RAY 

LOCAL 627 

TULSA, OK 

KENNETH C 

HUNTER 

LOCAL 653 

MOBILE, AL 

L G RILEY JR 

LOCAL 793 

OAKVILLE, ON 

RICHARD K 

FORAN 

LOCAL 912 

COLUMBIA, TN 

LONNIE E 

DANIELS 

LOCAL 965 

SPRINGFIELD, 

IL 

BON T FOOTE 

ROBERT L 

WEGER 

WILLIAM G 

EWALD 

DOUGLAS L 

BOYUM 

Case No. 3 

Adoption of Agenda 

General President Callahan 

presented a schedule and 

agenda of the General 

Executive Board’s sessions. 

It was regularly moved 

and unanimously carried 

to adopt the agenda as 

presented. 

Case No. 4 

Financial Report 

Chief Financial Officer John 

W. Loughry, CPA presented 

the International Union’s 

internal financial results for 

the month ended April 30, 

2018 compared to the results 

of April 30, 2017. Loughry 

Printed in the U.S.A. 

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