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Reflections<br />

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i n t e r n at i o n a l<br />

<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong><br />

<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2013</strong> • Volume 156, No. 3<br />

Brian E. Hickey, Editor<br />

Jay Lederer, Managing Editor<br />

08 Health & Welfare Coverage<br />

A benefit you and your family can count on<br />

10 Jobs on the Waterfront<br />

IUOE calls for quick passage of water resource bill<br />

12 Local Spotlight<br />

<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s team up with Fire Fighters<br />

14 Full Steam Ahead in California Desert<br />

Operators erect world’s largest solar power plant<br />

Departments<br />

05 From the General President<br />

06 Education & Training<br />

10 Politics & Legislation<br />

18 Canadian News<br />

20 HAZMAT<br />

24 GEB Minutes<br />

28 In Memorium<br />

[cover] The Ivanpah Solar Generating System in California’s<br />

Mojave Desert is near completion.<br />

[photo] BrightSource Energy<br />

[left] Local 302 Apprentice John Carlson checks his son<br />

Cam Carlson’s technique at the Top Hand competition in<br />

Ellensburg, WA.<br />

[photo] Steven Cumbridge, Local 302<br />

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From the General President<br />

[James T. Callahan]<br />

Widening Our Reach<br />

Expanding opportunities so all may benefit<br />

By all accounts, our General<br />

Convention this spring was an<br />

unqualified success. We have returned<br />

home with a refreshed spirit of unity<br />

and a renewed vision to advance this<br />

great organization into the future.<br />

I thank all of those who participated<br />

and encouraged this General Executive<br />

Board to fulfill the mandate that was<br />

brought before the delegates at the<br />

convention. Moving forward, I intend<br />

to concentrate on some basic tenants<br />

that are central to our mission as a<br />

trade union.<br />

We will continue to build our<br />

strength through training and<br />

concentrate on areas where our<br />

market share has waned. We must<br />

work to convince those in such areas<br />

that we consistently deliver the most<br />

productive, safest and cost efficient<br />

operators in both the H&P and<br />

Stationary fields.<br />

Since the beginning of the year,<br />

many Fortune 500 companies have<br />

begun to invest billions in capital<br />

construction projects again. The best<br />

example is within the energy sector,<br />

where investment dollars are flowing<br />

into pipelines, oil and gas refinery<br />

expansion, renewable sources like<br />

wind and solar, and construction of new<br />

LNG export facilities. Industry experts<br />

predict that industrial construction in<br />

many parts of North America is in the<br />

beginning stages of a long term boom.<br />

However, many of these same<br />

companies express a growing anxiety<br />

that they will be unable to find the<br />

skilled craft workers needed to build<br />

these facilities on time and on budget,<br />

and maintain them with skill and<br />

expertise. Fueling these fears is the<br />

fact that large numbers of the current<br />

skilled craft workforce will be retiring<br />

within the next five to ten years.<br />

In response, we are expanding our<br />

training capacity on several fronts.<br />

First, the National Training Fund has<br />

been working on developing a specific<br />

training program for members working<br />

in refineries and petro-chemical<br />

plants. The Stationary <strong>Engineer</strong>s<br />

Apprenticeship and Training Trust<br />

(SEATT) will set a new standard for<br />

petro-chemical industry skill training.<br />

Continuing the IUOE model of joint<br />

input from local unions and employers,<br />

there will be on-going review of training<br />

standards so that they reflect current<br />

technology and work practices.<br />

We are also expanding our<br />

crane certification opportunities.<br />

Certification is an important aspect<br />

of IUOE training and proof that IUOE<br />

craft skills are widely recognized in the<br />

various industries where our members<br />

work. The <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s<br />

Certification Program (OECP),<br />

available only to IUOE crane operators,<br />

shines a spotlight on this talent. To<br />

help emphasize OECP’s focus as a<br />

truly national certification program, a<br />

Midwestern office will be opening in<br />

the near future.<br />

In concert with an advanced<br />

training program, we are instituting<br />

a comprehensive organizing strategy<br />

to truly convince contractors that our<br />

business model can supply their most<br />

prized asset—highly skilled employees.<br />

Recently, organizers and staff<br />

convened at Local 926 outside of<br />

Atlanta for an intensive, multi-day<br />

training and strategy session. The<br />

Southern region, historically not<br />

welcoming to the labor movement, is a<br />

prime example of where we intend to<br />

build capacity and gain market share.<br />

By expanding our arsenal of strategies<br />

and tactics, I am confident that we<br />

can successfully organize within any<br />

industry in any part of North America.<br />

Finally, it’s absolutely critical that<br />

we remain a credible voice on Capitol<br />

Hill. We must be vigilant and safeguard<br />

the laws that continue to serve all<br />

working men and women from those<br />

who claim to work for all, but really<br />

serve at the knee of a powerful few.<br />

Over the past two years, there have<br />

been nine separate votes in the House<br />

of Representatives to repeal Davis-<br />

Bacon prevailing wage law. Working<br />

with our allies in the construction<br />

trades and with a bi-partisan group of<br />

pro-worker Representatives, we have<br />

defeated these attacks from right wing<br />

Republicans each time.<br />

Additionally, we must continue to<br />

advocate for policies and investments<br />

that create opportunities for both<br />

businesses and union workers.<br />

Passage of the Water Resources<br />

Development Act is a prime example<br />

and should be the top priority of<br />

Congress this year. Every billion dollars<br />

invested in water projects creates about<br />

10,000 construction jobs, including<br />

hundreds of <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s. The<br />

Senate has done their job, passing the<br />

bill with strong bi-partisan support.<br />

We will be working with the House to<br />

get a bill passed and signed before the<br />

end of this year.<br />

In closing, I would like to recognize<br />

the true engine that drives this<br />

organization forward—the members.<br />

The men and women who have stood<br />

iron willed on behalf of their locals<br />

and who have carried us through<br />

good times and hard. Thank you for<br />

your hard work and solidarity. Let’s<br />

continue to move forward together.<br />

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Education & Training<br />

Local 68 Honors Training Center Graduates<br />

Local 68 held a graduation dinner<br />

in April to celebrate the achievements<br />

of 23 students that the Local 68 Training<br />

Center graduated. The graduation was<br />

held at the Park Savoy in Florham Park,<br />

N.J.<br />

Students enrolled in the Local 68<br />

Training Center’s rigorous Apprentice<br />

Training Program are required to<br />

complete 600 hours of classroom training<br />

and 8,000 hours of on-the-job training as<br />

part of the requirements of graduation.<br />

Each graduate also earned Black Seal<br />

Steam, Blue Seal Refrigeration and CFC<br />

Universal licenses.<br />

Robert Haitmanek, Local 68 Training<br />

Director, presented the Thomas F. Barry<br />

Student Excellence Award to Michael<br />

Gansert. This award is given annually to<br />

the graduating student who maintained<br />

the highest standard of excellence during their school<br />

attendance.<br />

The late Thomas F. Barry, a Member of Local 68 for more<br />

than 45 years, served as an instructor for the Local 68 Training<br />

Center for 33 years and as a Trustee of the Education Fund<br />

for 19 years. Michael Gansert’s name will join the names<br />

of previous recipients whose names are engraved on the<br />

memorial award that displays the image of the instructor<br />

for whom it was named. The award hangs in the Local 68<br />

Training Center in West Caldwell, N.J.<br />

“Congratulations to all of the graduates who we recognize<br />

tonight,” said Thomas P. Giblin, Local 68 IUOE Business<br />

Manager. “We appreciate the support their families have<br />

shown and we proud of their dedication and achievement.”<br />

Seated from left to right: Nelson Sousa, Maurice Goodman, Gregory Gliwa, Tony Richey, Sean Giblin, Michael Gansert, Dwane Howell, Michael<br />

Morgan, Carlos Ochoa and Valmir Smajlaj. Standing from left to right: Thomas Giblin - Local 68 IUOE Business Manager, Edward Boylan - Local 68<br />

IUOE President, Kenneth Olsen, Bartosz Koniuszewski, Cody Yost, Anthony Scorciolla - Local 68 Training Coordinator, Patrick Lynch - Local 68 Training<br />

Coordinator, Justin Teague, Robert Haitmanek - Local 68 Training Director, Peter Hubert, Kevin Deacy, Oscar Cano, Turner Pride and Raymond Jacunski.<br />

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Enhanced Training Meets Industry’s Needs in Atlantic Canada<br />

Local 904 member Shannon Collier gets some quality time on<br />

the OEC’s new crane simulator.<br />

Local 904’s <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s College (OEC)<br />

in Holyrood, Newfoundland has expanded its Tower Crane<br />

<strong>Operating</strong> Program, featuring a virtual crane simulator for<br />

students to train on. The OEC plans to use this simulationbased<br />

training along with their actual 6 Ton Potain MD125B<br />

tower crane to produce the large number of crane operators<br />

that will be required to construct the $14 billion ExxonMobil<br />

Hebron project, a concrete gravity-based oil platform<br />

currently under construction in Bull Arm, Newfoundland.<br />

Twenty years ago, OEC offered its first tower crane<br />

program, to train operators to work on a similar offshore oil<br />

site, the Hibernia project. In a partnership with the Hebron<br />

Project and the Provincial Government, OEC is offering a<br />

specialized 12-week Tower Crane Program to train tower<br />

crane operators for the current project<br />

“The <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s College provides operators<br />

with the opportunity to upgrade and enhance their skills, and<br />

to produce an on-going supply of apprentices and certified<br />

journeypersons to the construction industry. Now, because<br />

of the strong partnership that exists between the Provincial<br />

Government, the college, <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s Local 904 and<br />

industry, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians will have the<br />

opportunity to avail of the only tower crane program offered<br />

in Atlantic Canada,” said Lorna Harnum, Administrator for<br />

the OEC.<br />

Although some of the 1992 graduates are employed on<br />

the Hebron Project, there was still an identified need to<br />

train more tower crane operators. After several months<br />

of planning, the first 12-week Tower Crane Program began<br />

on March 18. All 11 graduates from that class are currently<br />

employed on the Hebron project.<br />

That class also made some history when Jackie Smith,<br />

Local 904 member from Chance Cove, became the first<br />

female Red Seal tower crane operator in the province.<br />

OEC currently has eight students enrolled in the second<br />

12-week tower crane program, with a graduation date<br />

scheduled for August 30, <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

“By utilizing both the tower crane simulator and the<br />

actual tower crane, we are seeing amazing results from our<br />

students in the practical component of the program. The<br />

simulator certainly prepares the students long before they sit<br />

in the seat of the tower. Students can’t believe how realistic<br />

the simulator really is,” Harnum said.<br />

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Healthcare<br />

IUOE Health & Welfare Coverage: A Benefit You<br />

and Your Family Can Count On<br />

IUOE health plan trustees, staff personnel and<br />

advisors gathered in Chicago on July 15th to deliberate on<br />

the ramifications of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the<br />

continued delivery of health benefits to a half a million IUOE<br />

members and their families. The 140 meeting attendees<br />

heard extensive presentations from panels of health fund<br />

professionals and local union business managers on the ACA’s<br />

impact on member coverage, plan benefits, plan finances<br />

and collective bargaining. Attendees also participated in<br />

small group exercises to discuss to explore further the effects<br />

of ACA, specifically on IUOE coverage.<br />

The timing of this meeting was critical as key features of<br />

the ACA are set to begin in 2014. Members and their families<br />

will be need to make informed decisions on their health<br />

coverage options and will be seeking guidance on these<br />

options from their local union and health plan leaders.<br />

The meeting’s “bottom line” was that IUOE members<br />

should continue to receive their benefits from their health &<br />

welfare funds or employer coverage, if not in an IUOE fund<br />

but receive health coverage through your job.<br />

Beginning on October 1, <strong>2013</strong>, Americans will be able to<br />

enroll in individual health plans through state and federal<br />

health exchanges for health coverage beginning on January<br />

1, 2014. The exchanges are being designed to provide<br />

transparency in the benefits and premiums for the various<br />

health plans offered. The idea is that for the first time<br />

individuals and families will be able to comparison shop<br />

for health coverage, just as they can now shop for consumer<br />

products such as televisions and refrigerators. Additionally,<br />

depending on family income, subsidies will be available from<br />

the federal government to help purchase health coverage.<br />

In reality, this decision will not be difficult to make, a “no<br />

brainer,” as some would say. It is an absolute fact that health<br />

coverage delivered by IUOE health plans is clearly superior,<br />

more extensive and more economical than any health plans<br />

that will be available on the health exchanges.<br />

The health exchanges are intended for individuals or<br />

families that either don’t have coverage, have high cost<br />

coverage that they purchased themselves, or have poor<br />

and/or costly coverage provided through their employer.<br />

Coverage purchased on the exchange will also vary in<br />

cost depending on your age, health conditions, smoking<br />

status and geographical region. IUOE health coverage is<br />

group coverage and the purchasing power of the combined<br />

participants lowers the cost to all regardless of age or health<br />

status.<br />

In the coming weeks, you can expect to be barraged with<br />

advertisements in the mail, on the radio, television and<br />

internet on health plans offered on the state or federal health<br />

exchanges. Remember this: if you have IUOE health<br />

& welfare coverage or employer coverage negotiated<br />

through your union contract, keep it. High quality health<br />

coverage is an important benefit that you get as an <strong>Operating</strong><br />

<strong>Engineer</strong>.<br />

The main purpose in creating the<br />

Exchanges was to provide affordable<br />

medical coverage to individuals without<br />

such coverage—not to replace existing<br />

coverage.<br />

Nonetheless, there is a perception among<br />

some employers and individuals that state<br />

Exchange-based coverage can be a viable<br />

alternative to existing multiemployer<br />

coverage. This perception is based upon<br />

the belief that coverage will be more readily<br />

available and more affordable with the help<br />

of federal tax subsidies.<br />

The slides appearing on pages 8 and 9 were<br />

produced by Segal Consulting.<br />

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*<br />

* Actual benefits vary by IUOE Health Fund.<br />

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Politics & Legislation<br />

<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s Call for Investment in Ports, Harbors, Waterways<br />

Creating more jobs for<br />

<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s through passage<br />

of the Water Resources Development<br />

Act should be the top priority of<br />

Congress this year, according to<br />

General President Callahan.<br />

A strong bipartisan Senate majority<br />

passed the legislation in May to renew<br />

the nation’s law governing investments<br />

in ports, harbors, levees, and inland<br />

waterways. That show of bipartisanship<br />

that passed S. 601 in the Senate with<br />

83 votes needs to carry over into the<br />

House of Representatives.<br />

Press reports suggest that<br />

Transportation Committee Chairman<br />

Bill Shuster (R-PA) has drafted<br />

legislation and is ready to conduct<br />

hearings and pass the legislation when<br />

the House Republican Leadership<br />

is able to make time for the bill’s<br />

consideration on the floor of the House.<br />

General President Callahan called<br />

for quick passage of the bill. “Leaders<br />

in Congress are actually holding us<br />

back. We need to pass the bill as soon<br />

as Congress comes back after Labor<br />

Day,” said President Callahan. “There<br />

is no reason that Congress can’t send<br />

the bill to the President’s desk this fall.”<br />

Every billion dollars invested in<br />

water projects creates about 10,000<br />

jobs in the construction industry,<br />

including hundreds of IUOE jobs. The<br />

bipartisan legislation will authorize<br />

critical water-resources investments<br />

and speed the project-delivery process<br />

at the Army Corps of <strong>Engineer</strong>s, where<br />

a backlog of projects and a long list of<br />

needs plague the program.<br />

A provision of the bill would increase<br />

the spending authority for construction<br />

of the Olmsted Dam on the Ohio River<br />

between Illinois and Kentucky. Without<br />

lifting this authority, construction<br />

being performed by Locals 181 and<br />

318 on the dam could come to a halt.<br />

Local 181 Business Manager Howard<br />

Hughes said, “We simply can’t afford<br />

another delay on Olmsted Dam.” The<br />

Army Corps of <strong>Engineer</strong>s warns that it<br />

could take three years to restart work if<br />

construction activity is halted.<br />

[top] Olmsted Locks and Dam currently under<br />

construction 17 miles upstream from the confluence<br />

of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. [photo]<br />

Bill Gilmour/U.S. Army Corps of <strong>Engineer</strong>s<br />

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Passing of Frank Lautenberg Temporarily Re-aligns U.S. Senate<br />

Frank R. Lautenberg, the<br />

five-term Democratic U.S. Senator<br />

from New Jersey, passed away June<br />

3, <strong>2013</strong>. He was 89 years old. The<br />

multi-millionaire owner of the payroll<br />

processing company ADP never forgot<br />

about working men and women<br />

during his long and distinguished<br />

Senate career. He will be remembered<br />

as a champion of the middle class,<br />

organized labor and the <strong>Operating</strong><br />

<strong>Engineer</strong>s.<br />

Greg Lalevee, Local 825 Business<br />

Manager and International General<br />

Vice President, said that, “Frank<br />

U.S. Senators Robert Menendez, left, and Frank Lautenberg pose for a photo during the<br />

topping off ceremony in 2009 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.<br />

Photo: Mike Stobe/Getty Images<br />

Lautenberg will be missed by Local<br />

825. He fought every day for blue-collar<br />

workers. He never forgot what makes<br />

New Jersey and America strong.”<br />

Senator Lautenberg’s passage<br />

allowed Republican Governor Chris<br />

Christie to appoint a successor. He<br />

tapped the state’s Republican Attorney<br />

General Jeff Chiesa to fill the seat until<br />

Garden State voters have their say<br />

in a special election on October 16.<br />

Governor Christie’s appointment adds<br />

another Republican Senator to Capitol<br />

Hill, giving the Democrats a slim 54-46<br />

majority in the upper chamber, at least<br />

temporarily.<br />

The special election features a<br />

hotly contested Democratic primary,<br />

where the winner is expected to go<br />

onto victory in October. Newark Mayor<br />

Cory Booker, State Senator Barbara<br />

Buono, Congressman Rush Holt, and<br />

Congressman Frank Pallone will square<br />

off in an August primary election for<br />

the right to take on an outmatched<br />

Republican candidate.<br />

Attack on Prevailing Wage Turned Away Again in House<br />

In June, Congressman Steve<br />

King (R-4 Iowa) introduced an<br />

amendment to repeal Davis-Bacon<br />

prevailing wage requirements on<br />

construction of military facilities and<br />

veteran’s hospitals. Every Democrat<br />

in the House of Representatives,<br />

along with 36 Republicans, voted in<br />

support of Davis-Bacon prevailing<br />

wages for a final vote of 192-231.<br />

“This amendment will drive<br />

down wages for every worker,<br />

union and non-union, and<br />

damage the overall economy,” said<br />

General President Callahan on the<br />

introduction of the amendment.<br />

Since 2011, anti-worker<br />

Republicans have attempted to repeal<br />

the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage<br />

law on nine separate occasions, with<br />

Representative Steve King responsible<br />

for three of the nine votes. The<br />

IUOE and our allies have defeated<br />

these attacks from right wing antiworker<br />

Republicans every time.<br />

Congressman Sanford Bishop<br />

(D-Georgia), a longtime ally of the<br />

<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s, vigorously<br />

fought for preserving the Davis-<br />

Bacon Act on the House floor during<br />

debate on the amendment. As<br />

Rep. Bishop said, “Driving wages<br />

down will not help balance the<br />

Federal budget…Davis-Bacon wages<br />

actually save construction costs.”<br />

The Davis Bacon Act is a commonsense<br />

policy that requires that workers<br />

on federally-assisted construction<br />

projects be paid no less than the<br />

wages paid in the community for<br />

similar work. The law simply prevents<br />

the federal government – a large,<br />

influential construction owner –<br />

from using precious tax dollars to<br />

undercut wage standards of local<br />

workers. It ensures that construction<br />

contractors compete for public-works<br />

contracts on a level playing field.<br />

You can see how your member<br />

of Congress voted by going to the<br />

IUOE web site at www.iuoe.org<br />

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Local Spotlight<br />

Apprentice Operators Team with Local Fire Fighters for Training<br />

Roland Gosselin, an 18 year<br />

member of IAFF Local 1363 in Rhode<br />

Island wrote in recently to express<br />

his appreciation for the assistance he<br />

received from IUOE Local 57.<br />

A class of 20 new IAFF members<br />

were nearing the end their recruit<br />

training program. These recruits<br />

went through 20 weeks of extensive<br />

training, which included all facets<br />

of firefighting, technical rescue and<br />

emergency medical training. One of<br />

their technical rescue classes included<br />

trench rescue training.<br />

Gosselin reports that logistically<br />

speaking, the training would not have<br />

been accomplished without a lot of<br />

outside assistance and one group in<br />

particular was Local 57 <strong>Operating</strong><br />

<strong>Engineer</strong>s. “They were instrumental in<br />

providing us a facility to dig trenches for<br />

our trench rescue operations training,”<br />

Gosselin says.<br />

The fire fighters reached out to<br />

Local 57 Business Manager Jim White<br />

for assistance and “without hesitation<br />

committed to helping us.” By involving<br />

Local 57 apprentices at their training<br />

facility, both training programs<br />

benefited. “It was truly a win-win for<br />

both parties,” says White. The fire<br />

fighters had a controlled site to teach<br />

their program and at the same time<br />

Local 57 apprentices earned hours<br />

towards their operating credentials.<br />

“Without their commitment to our<br />

recruit class, it would have made this<br />

training impossible,” Gosselin added.<br />

“I’m wondering if something could<br />

be placed in the IOUE magazine to<br />

show our great thanks to Local 57 and<br />

to also show how unions support other<br />

unions,” Gosselin requested.<br />

International <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong> is<br />

happy to oblige. Our hats off to IUOE<br />

Local 57 and IAFF Local 1363. This is<br />

what solidarity looks like!<br />

[photo] Roland Gosselin, IAFF Local 1363<br />

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Full Steam Ahead in the California Desert<br />

<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s Erect World’s Largest Solar Power Plant<br />

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Feature<br />

Viewed from above, it could be mistaken as an outpost<br />

on the parched surface of Mars. Actually, the glittering<br />

array of towers and mirrors that has been methodically and<br />

precisely constructed by Local 12 operating engineers in<br />

the Mojave Desert may be the next big thing in clean energy<br />

production.<br />

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is claimed<br />

by its developers, BrightSource Energy, NRG Energy and<br />

Google, to be the largest solar thermal system in the world.<br />

When all three of its units are operating by the end of the<br />

year, its 392-megawatt output will provide enough energy to<br />

power 140,000 homes in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and, in some<br />

cases, Northern California.<br />

Local 12 members, working for general contractor<br />

Bechtel, are important players in the construction of the $2.2<br />

billion project, which is taking place on approximately 3,500<br />

acres of federal public land managed by the Bureau of Land<br />

Management.<br />

Built under a project labor agreement, it’s estimated that<br />

the Ivanpah project will employ more than 2,100 construction<br />

workers and support staff, as well as 86 operations and<br />

maintenance employees, over its three year build out. Local<br />

12 had around 250 operating engineers working at the site<br />

during the peak of construction.<br />

Ivanpah will produce electricity the same way that most<br />

of the world’s electricity is produced – by creating high<br />

temperature steam to turn a conventional turbine. However,<br />

instead of burning fossil fuels to create the steam, the system<br />

is exclusively solar powered.<br />

Over 300,000 software-controlled mirrors, called<br />

heliostats, will track the sun in two dimensions and reflect<br />

the sunlight to boilers that sit atop three 459 foot tall<br />

towers. When the concentrated sunlight strikes the boilers’<br />

pipes, it heats the water to create superheated steam. This<br />

high-temperature steam is then piped from the boiler to a<br />

standard turbine where electricity is generated. From there,<br />

transmission lines carry the power to homes and businesses.<br />

The energy is so clean, it’s the equivalent of taking 70,000 cars<br />

off the road.<br />

The heliostat arrays require precise placement to direct<br />

the sun’s power for maximum heating of the boilers. In<br />

[left] Local 12 <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s carfully place one of more<br />

than 300,000 heliostats onto its pylon at the Ivanpah Solar Electric<br />

Generating System in the California desert.<br />

[photo] Local 12<br />

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addition to the crane work and grading, Local 12 operating<br />

engineers were trained to work on some specialized auger<br />

and pile driving equipment that set the pylons on which<br />

the heliostats are placed. Operators engaged in the grading<br />

and pylon installation utilized the latest in GPS technology<br />

to meet the precise specifications necessary for this kind of<br />

power system.<br />

If Ivanpah is successful, it could be a model for other<br />

massive solar projects on public lands. In a recent speech,<br />

President Barack Obama said he has directed the Department<br />

of the Interior to issue permits for an additional 10 GW of<br />

renewable energy on public lands by 2020. This is on top of<br />

the 10 GW of permitting that has been issued since 2012.<br />

In early June, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell<br />

announced the approval of the 350 MW Midland Solar<br />

Energy Project in Nevada and the 100 MW Quartzsite Solar<br />

Energy Project in Arizona, along with the 70 MW New York<br />

Canyon Geothermal Project in Nevada.<br />

BrightSource Energy is currently working through the<br />

permitting process of its 500-megawatt Palen project, to be<br />

located on public land about 60 miles east of Indio, California.<br />

The project would use the same technology as Ivanpah,<br />

with two soaring solar towers, each surrounded by 85,000<br />

heliostats. Projects like Ivanpah and Palen are essential to<br />

California’s ability to meet its 33 percent renewable energy<br />

goals with a balanced mix of power. Local 12 members stand<br />

to benefit from the construction boom in solar and other<br />

renewable energy projects in the years to come.<br />

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[clockwise from top] Ivanpah’s three 459 foot generating towers<br />

will produce 392 megawatts of power; specialized augers prep<br />

the ground for pylon installation; hundreds of Local 12 operators<br />

work at the site during its thre year construction; artist rendering<br />

of a solar electric generating station.<br />

[photos] Local 12 and BrightSource Energy<br />

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Canadian News<br />

Local 115 Open House Reaches Out to Future <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s<br />

Local 115 hosted their 18th<br />

Annual Open House and Heavy<br />

Equipment Rodeo at their fully<br />

equipped 40-acre facility in Haney,<br />

British Columbia.<br />

Local 115’s Training Association<br />

features over 25 pieces of fully<br />

operational heavy equipment along<br />

with mobile computer simulation<br />

classrooms situated on an open site that<br />

replicates real-life working conditions.<br />

There were also numerous pieces<br />

of equipment sponsored by Union<br />

Contractors on display. The crowd<br />

of over 1,000 visitors enjoyed a day of<br />

operating the machines, great food and<br />

fun contests, and learning more about<br />

the role of the Union, and the need for<br />

the development of future trades skills<br />

within the province.<br />

Local 115 Business Manager Brian<br />

Cochrane says that the importance<br />

of hosting the Open House cannot<br />

be overlooked. ”British Columbia’s<br />

economy is in the midst of a massive and<br />

ongoing expansion in the residential<br />

and industrial sectors that calls for<br />

an increasing number<br />

of skilled tradespeople<br />

and operating engineers.<br />

Local 115 and our Training<br />

Association are here to<br />

ensure that we are able to<br />

meet and make the best of<br />

these growing needs with<br />

skilled, qualified workers”,<br />

says Cochrane.<br />

British Columbia<br />

is indeed seeing large<br />

amounts of investment<br />

in skills-intensive, large<br />

scale projects over the<br />

coming decade. Worldclass<br />

LNG plants and<br />

pipelines are being fast<br />

tracked by the Provincial<br />

Government to meet<br />

the growing energy<br />

demands in Asia. “Site<br />

C”, a proposed $8 billion<br />

hydroelectric dam, is<br />

currently completing an<br />

environmental review<br />

process and will produce<br />

around 5,100 GW hours<br />

of electricity each year<br />

once in operation.<br />

Vancouver’s Skytrain<br />

rapid transit system is undergoing a<br />

$1.4 billion extension, major highway<br />

improvements total over $3.3 billion<br />

over the next few years, and the $6.5<br />

billion Northern Gateway oil pipeline<br />

project represents the largest private<br />

investment capital in the province’s<br />

history.<br />

Even Donald Trump sees the<br />

potential in Vancouver and has<br />

announced a $360 million investment<br />

into an iconic 63-storey hotel and condo<br />

development in the downtown core.<br />

While this translates into thousands<br />

of potential job opportunities for<br />

trades workers in B.C., academics and<br />

labour organizations warn that a major<br />

shortage of trades and professional<br />

skills will see demand outstrip supply<br />

by 2016. Increased investment and<br />

accessibility to training programs is<br />

going to be crucial in meeting demand,<br />

and Local 115 is making significant<br />

investments to make sure that <strong>Operating</strong><br />

<strong>Engineer</strong>s are well positioned to secure<br />

these opportunities.<br />

British Columbia is well known for<br />

historically utilising migration policies<br />

to address its seasonal and short term<br />

labour demands. Neighbouring inland<br />

provinces assist in filling the gap where<br />

possible, but with the continued “red<br />

hot” job market in Alberta, skilled<br />

tradespeople are competing with one<br />

another across Canada. The Canadian<br />

Federal Government’s controversial<br />

Temporary Foreign Worker program<br />

has been called on to supply labour<br />

as well, mostly from Asia, where some<br />

employers are trying to access cheap<br />

labour. With national unemployment<br />

rates at over 7 per cent, providing skills<br />

training and relocation is the preferred<br />

option for <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s!<br />

“All of these developments,<br />

these challenges and opportunities,<br />

point squarely at the importance of<br />

developing a skilled workforce right<br />

here within BC,” continues Cochrane.<br />

He believes that their Open House is<br />

more than just a way to showcase their<br />

Local’s training abilities and equipment<br />

to members; it’s a way to secure the<br />

future of their existing and future<br />

members, and contribute towards the<br />

continued prosperity of B.C.<br />

“By getting potential future<br />

apprentices, journeypersons and<br />

operators out to our training facility and<br />

actually running the machines, we can<br />

get them excited about their futures as<br />

a qualified worker in a province that<br />

desperately needs their skills.”<br />

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Political Leaders Come Calling at Local 793<br />

Ontario Premier<br />

Kathleen Wynne and<br />

federal Liberal Party Leader<br />

Justin Trudeau paid separate<br />

visits to Local 793 facilities in<br />

Oakville in June.<br />

Wynne attended a Liberal<br />

Party fundraiser in Local 793’s<br />

banquet hall on June 13. Five<br />

high-ranking Liberal cabinet<br />

ministers also attended the<br />

event which was sponsored<br />

by the union.<br />

On June 20, Trudeau was<br />

at the Gary O’Neill Learning<br />

Centre adjacent to Local 793’s<br />

head office and tried his hand<br />

on virtual reality simulators and at the<br />

controls of a crawler crane. He also met<br />

with union officers and apprentices and<br />

spoke to staff.<br />

Both Wynne and Trudeau spoke at<br />

the respective events.<br />

Wynne said she wants to work with<br />

contractors and unions to build Ontario<br />

and make the province a better place to<br />

live.<br />

“We need to build this<br />

province up together,” she<br />

said. “I want to work with<br />

you, your sector, to solve<br />

the province’s problems.<br />

We need to build on our<br />

strengths and your industry<br />

is a big part of that.”<br />

The premier received<br />

standing ovations before and<br />

after she spoke, signaling<br />

that she’s on the right track.<br />

The audience included<br />

representatives of contractors<br />

and labour organizations.<br />

Local 793 Business<br />

Manager and International<br />

Vice President Mike<br />

Gallagher provided closing<br />

remarks at the event and noted that it’s<br />

time for Ontarians to focus on building<br />

a better province.<br />

[L to R] Local 793 president Joe Redshaw with Ontario Premier Kathleen<br />

Wynne and Local 793 business manager/IUOE VP Mike Gallagher at a<br />

Liberal Party fundraiser in the union banquet hall.<br />

“It’s time for us in Ontario to change<br />

the channel and get down to the<br />

business of making a better society for<br />

our families and our kids,” he said. “We<br />

need to roll up our sleeves and build the<br />

infrastructure that needs to be built.”<br />

Gallagher said Ontarians shouldn’t<br />

forget the lessons learned from the<br />

debacle of the so-called Common Sense<br />

Revolution that came to the province<br />

under former Premier Mike Harris.<br />

[L to R] Harold McBride, executive director of the <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s<br />

Training Institute of Ontario, Local 793 business manager/IUOE VP Mike<br />

Gallagher and federal Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau.<br />

Meanwhile, a week later, Liberal<br />

Party Leader Trudeau told an audience<br />

that the federal government is falling<br />

short on training the next<br />

generation of Canadians.<br />

“I feel that this current<br />

government is going in<br />

the wrong direction in its<br />

training program,” he said.<br />

“The federal government<br />

has to make sure Canadians<br />

have the skills to do the jobs<br />

that are out there. We need<br />

to have a pan-Canadian<br />

conversation on that.”<br />

Trudeau said too many<br />

young people today end up<br />

dropping out of programs<br />

because of financial<br />

difficulties or because they<br />

don’t have a clear path to employment.<br />

He noted Canada’s labour force is more<br />

mobile now and the federal government<br />

should be in the business of making sure<br />

Canadians have the skills necessary to<br />

do the jobs that are out there.<br />

“That’s why we have to have a<br />

Canadian conversation about how<br />

we’re making sure that those people in<br />

the workforce now and those who are<br />

heading towards the workforce right out<br />

of high school are given the<br />

opportunity to contribute,”<br />

he told the audience.”<br />

After Trudeau spoke,<br />

Gallagher raised the<br />

issue of the government’s<br />

Temporary Foreign Worker<br />

Program (TFWP), noting<br />

it’s “essentially a failed<br />

government policy.”<br />

He said First Nations<br />

communities have young<br />

people who can be trained<br />

for jobs, but the government<br />

allows companies to bring in<br />

foreign workers.<br />

“It’s not fair,” Gallagher<br />

said.<br />

Trudeau agreed with the assessment,<br />

noting that the TFWP “is a program<br />

that’s become so badly managed.”<br />

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HAZMAT<br />

Union’s HAZWOPER Training Meets DOE Reciprocity Requirements<br />

Any IUOE member who has worked at a Department<br />

of Energy (DOE) site and then moved to another DOE site,<br />

or even another area on the same DOE site, knows how<br />

frustrating it is to be told you have to retake training even if<br />

you just had the same training.<br />

This is no longer true for your HAZWOPER training, if<br />

you took it from an IUOE National Training Fund (NTF)<br />

approved class and the DOE contractor is participating in the<br />

DOE Training Reciprocity Program. This may also mean that<br />

when you go to work at a DOE site with a subcontractor you<br />

will no longer have to retake your training first – you can go<br />

to work right away.<br />

Since 2009, the NTF – National HAZMAT Program has<br />

been working with DOE Office of Health, Safety and Security<br />

(HSS), DOE National Training Center (NTC), and a Union<br />

Focus Group (NIEHS Union Grantees) to improve the quality<br />

of training while increasing efficiencies and improving<br />

transportability of training across DOE contractors, facilities,<br />

and sites.<br />

The NTF National HAZMAT Program’s training center<br />

located in Beaver, West Virginia was visited April 30 –<br />

May 1, <strong>2013</strong> to assess the organization’s HAZWOPER<br />

training program. The Validation Team’s audit against the<br />

NIEHS Minimum Criteria, which includes administrative,<br />

curriculum development, instructor qualification, program<br />

quality control, and student proficiency as part of the audit,<br />

was conducted to determine if the program’s HAZWOPER<br />

training meets the requirements for training reciprocity<br />

within the DOE complex.<br />

When the assessment was completed the Validation<br />

Team unanimously stated that the NTF program “would<br />

be recommended with no restrictions immediately” for<br />

HAZWOPER reciprocity training in the DOE complex.<br />

This is the first in a series of trainings that the NTF<br />

National HAZMAT Program intends to submit for reciprocity<br />

approval. Watch for future announcements about training<br />

you have taken and its reciprocity status at Department<br />

of Energy sites. At this time, Rad Worker II will be the next<br />

training to be submitted.<br />

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IUOE Family Members Awarded<br />

Union Plus Scholarships<br />

Winners Honored for Achievement and Union Values<br />

Union Plus has recently awarded $150,000 in scholarships<br />

to 115 students representing 36 unions, including eight<br />

winners representing the International Union of <strong>Operating</strong><br />

<strong>Engineer</strong>s (IUOE), in the <strong>2013</strong> Union Plus Scholarship<br />

Program.<br />

“The union movement believes strongly in education, which<br />

for generations has helped working people to advance their<br />

own careers and improve the lives of their children,” says<br />

Leslie Tolf, president of Union Privilege, the organization<br />

that provides Union Plus benefits for union families. “These<br />

days, however, rising tuitions and expensive student loans<br />

are putting higher education out of reach for many working<br />

families. That’s why we continue our long commitment to<br />

funding college scholarships to help union families achieve<br />

their dreams.”<br />

Learn More About the Union Plus Scholarship Program<br />

Union Plus Scholarship awards are granted to students<br />

attending a two-year college, four-year college, graduate<br />

school or a recognized technical or trade school. Since<br />

starting the program in 1991, Union Plus has awarded more<br />

than $3.5 million in educational funding to more than 2,300<br />

union members, spouses and dependent children. Recipients<br />

are selected based on academic ability, social awareness,<br />

financial need and appreciation of labor.<br />

Visit UnionPlus.org/Education for applications and benefit<br />

eligibility.<br />

Meet the <strong>2013</strong> IUOE Honorees<br />

IUOE Local 3—Andrew Gonzales<br />

Andrew Gonzales of Winters, CA, whose father Ralph Gonzales Jr. is a member of IUOE Local 3, has been awarded a $500<br />

scholarship. Raising and showing livestock is one of Andrew’s great passions. Another is the small town he calls home and<br />

where he volunteers his time serving others. He is grateful for the union wages that help keep his family strong, saying “We<br />

are an example of a middle-class family who works hard to be successful community<br />

members.”<br />

IUOE Local 12—Bansari Patel<br />

Bansari Patel of Westminster, CA, whose father Ashokbhai Patel is a member<br />

of IUOE Local 12, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship. People sometimes<br />

ask Bansari if his parents have pressured him to become a doctor. No, he tells<br />

them, “This has been entirely my choice.” His father’s union membership, on<br />

the other hand, has strongly affected the way Bansari sees the world. Unions<br />

create hope for working people, he says, and “I want to be able to do the same.”<br />

IUOE Local 18—Rachel Whynott<br />

Rachel Whynott of Northfield, OH, whose father Kevin Whynott is a member of<br />

IUOE Local 18, has been awarded a $750 scholarship. When it comes to service,<br />

Rachel not only talks the talk, but also walks the walk with genuine commitment<br />

and compassion. The third-year medical student volunteers her time at a<br />

free clinic, has gone on a medical mission to Honduras and helped to educate<br />

people about breast cancer. “As a physician,” she promises, “I hope to continue<br />

to give my time to the underserved both at home and abroad.”<br />

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Bansari Patel


IUOE Local 150—Tayler Miller<br />

Tayler Miller of Fairbury, IL, whose father Bruce Miller is a member of IUOE<br />

Local 150, has been awarded a $500 scholarship. Some of the people in Tayler’s<br />

town hold anti-union feelings out of ignorance. So she tries to tell them the<br />

truth about her father’s 38 years in IUOE, about the good wages and benefits of<br />

his union job, and about the way IUOE stood by him when he was injured. “We<br />

have been truly blessed,” Tayler says. She is studying radiography.<br />

IUOE Local 324—Courtney Doan<br />

Courtney Doan of East Lansing, MI, whose father Dean Doan is a member of<br />

IUOE Local 324, has been awarded<br />

a $750 scholarship. Courtney<br />

Rachel Whynott<br />

works with animals, volunteers<br />

with animals and aspires to a career taking care of animals. The veterinary<br />

medicine student would like to start her own large animal practice one day,<br />

serving a need in Central Michigan while nurturing her abiding passion.<br />

IUOE Local 399—Rachel Pellegrino<br />

Rachel Pellegrino of Chicago, IL, whose father Robert Pellegrino is a member of<br />

IUOE Local 399, has been awarded a $4,000 scholarship. Rachel is an awardwinning<br />

volleyball player, exceptional student and an active volunteer. She also<br />

works up to 20 hours a week at an ice cream shop, and has done so since she<br />

was 14. “I strive for excellence in my performance and my ice cream cones,” she<br />

says. The hardworking daughter of a two-union household (her mother is an<br />

AFT member), Rachel is studying medicine on the path to become a doctor. “I<br />

will stop at nothing until I am one,” she says.<br />

IUOE Local 825—<br />

Ellysa Lamperti<br />

Ellysa Lamperti of Port Murray,<br />

NJ, whose father David Lamperti<br />

is a member of IUOE Local<br />

Courtney Doan<br />

825, has been awarded a $1,000<br />

scholarship. Elyssa is a high-achiever who has played three varsity sports and<br />

captained two of the teams, all the while earning grades that have put her in the<br />

top 10 of her class. Alyssa knows “pride, professionalism and integrity” are important<br />

hallmarks of the IUOE and she intends to incorporate those hallmarks<br />

while pursuing a career in engineering.<br />

Ellysa Lamperti<br />

IUOE Local 841—Ethan Fitzwilliam<br />

Ethan Fitzwilliam of Mason, IL, whose father Tom Fitzwilliam is a member of<br />

IUOE Local 841, has been awarded a $750 scholarship. Watching his father and<br />

grandfather in their jobs operating heavy equipment helped inspire Ethan to a<br />

career. “I want to be the guy that helps design these great machines,” he says.<br />

He says being a mechanical engineer would be the “best job ever.”<br />

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In Memorium<br />

Death benefits paid May - June <strong>2013</strong><br />

May <strong>2013</strong><br />

Local 002<br />

St Louis, MO<br />

Gilbert Simpson<br />

Local 003<br />

Alameda, CA<br />

Dyle Adams<br />

Ken R. Allen<br />

H .A. Anderson<br />

James Avilla<br />

John Badarello<br />

Gibson Barlow<br />

Vincent N. Bellue<br />

Lee R. Brannum<br />

Carvel Brinkerhoff<br />

Ronald Cadman<br />

Jack Ching<br />

T .Ermitano<br />

Don Etheridge<br />

Robert L. Evans<br />

Alfred Free<br />

Clinton Green<br />

Kenneth Green<br />

Gilmor Griffith<br />

Harold Humphers<br />

Joe Isonio<br />

John Kamoku<br />

Richard Manske<br />

Charles E. Mcclure<br />

Lynn E. Messman<br />

Robert A. Mills<br />

Tomas Moitoso<br />

Michael Murray<br />

Lavern Pedersen<br />

Marino Rossi<br />

Bruno Scatena<br />

Sargent A. Shira<br />

Elbert Spalinger<br />

Philip Speck<br />

Richard N. Stinson<br />

John G. Thornton<br />

Richard Trimble<br />

Manuel Villa<br />

Jack Weaver<br />

Evan H. White<br />

Don H. Wood<br />

Local 009<br />

Denver, CO<br />

Edward Albrandt<br />

Edmund R. Benefiel<br />

Allen Buffington jr<br />

John G. Estabrook<br />

James C. Halderman<br />

J .G. Pults<br />

William S. Stewart<br />

G .M. Tucker<br />

Local 012<br />

Pasadena, CA<br />

Thomas Alexander<br />

Duane Anderson<br />

Alfred Bagne, jr<br />

Orval Beeman<br />

Elwin F. Callihan<br />

Richard Cross<br />

Harley Davis<br />

Manuel Dominguez<br />

Robert Duran<br />

William Dyer<br />

Murl Ferguson<br />

Albin Gorrell<br />

Harold Harper, jr.<br />

Joseph Harris<br />

Ronald Henderson<br />

Marshall Howell<br />

John Kitchenka<br />

Local 014<br />

Flushing, NY<br />

Cornelius Gleeson<br />

Salvatore A. Rossano<br />

Charles P. Santoro<br />

Alex J. Zukus<br />

Local 015<br />

Long Island city, NY<br />

Mr Andrews<br />

Thomas J. Bartunek<br />

Peter Bellini<br />

Silvio Burdo<br />

Joseph D’andrea<br />

Norman W. Lemmerman<br />

Mr Manna<br />

Jose A. Nogueira<br />

Frank J. Skobel<br />

Michael A. Valenti<br />

Raymond Varley<br />

Local 017<br />

Lakeview, NY<br />

Richard J. Moskal<br />

Robert E. Schultz<br />

James R. Stevenson<br />

Local 018<br />

Cleveland, OH<br />

Winferd Allen<br />

Fred M. Anderson<br />

Dale C. Beal<br />

Steve Blankenship<br />

Richard E. Chaffin<br />

Emil Cristell<br />

Walter M. Dye<br />

Harry J. Etter<br />

Kenneth Fiig<br />

Arthur W. Flowers<br />

James C. Freeman<br />

Jay Hartman<br />

John C. Heeter<br />

Roy D. Howell<br />

Ronald G. Hradisky<br />

Ralph Hutchins<br />

Joseph H. Jones<br />

James E. Mccalister<br />

John M. Mccoury<br />

Francis E. Mcgrath<br />

William R. Miller<br />

Harry Norris<br />

Raymond J. Oster<br />

James R. Porter<br />

Jack H. Postlethwait<br />

Francis M. Stevens<br />

Gary E. Szapa<br />

Carl T. Ward<br />

Amon A. Worthington<br />

Local 025<br />

Millstone Township,<br />

NJ<br />

Charles Haynes<br />

Alvin M. Matlack<br />

Local 030<br />

Richmond Hill, NY<br />

N .N. Garzilli<br />

Local 036<br />

John J. Schultz<br />

Local 037<br />

Baltimore, MD<br />

Holmes Atkinson<br />

William E. Haase<br />

Roy Mimna<br />

Samuel S. Veit jr<br />

Local 039<br />

Sacramento, CA<br />

Sherman Brooks<br />

Local 049<br />

Minneapolis, MN<br />

Harold L. Christianson<br />

Frank Goodwin<br />

Lloyd A. Gragert<br />

Robert D. Gunderson<br />

John A. Johnson<br />

Frank G. Kath<br />

John R. Krogh<br />

Clarence Lentz<br />

Local 057<br />

Providence, RI<br />

James H. Randall<br />

Local 061<br />

Stanley Jaskiewicz<br />

Local 066<br />

Pittsburgh, PA<br />

Ralph H. Baumgartel<br />

Carl F. Blum<br />

William Boske<br />

Calvin Felix<br />

Charles F. Huber<br />

Clayton Humphreys<br />

Claire Jamison<br />

Joseph A. Martuccio<br />

George B. Neighbors<br />

jr<br />

Frank Reston<br />

Lester Scott jr<br />

Frank Stroz<br />

Hiram R. Zimmerman<br />

Local 070<br />

White Bear lake, MN<br />

Olvin Juve<br />

Charles Pelvit<br />

Local 077<br />

Suitland, MD<br />

Robert F. Wolfrey<br />

Local 098<br />

East Longmeadow,<br />

MA<br />

Charles Granger<br />

Local 101<br />

Kansas City, MO<br />

Delbert L. Bearce<br />

Jack Decker<br />

Carl F. Miller<br />

Charles L. Peterson<br />

Clinton Ramsey<br />

Arno H. Woltje<br />

Local 103<br />

Indianapolis, IN<br />

Raymond L. Boggs<br />

Local 115<br />

Burnaby, BC<br />

Cornelius A. Meyers<br />

Local 132<br />

Charleston, WV<br />

Jackie L. Turner<br />

Local 138<br />

Farmingdale, NY<br />

Jon Ceffalia<br />

Dominick Iovino<br />

Local 139<br />

Pewaukee, WI<br />

Delbert Carlson<br />

George Galetka jr<br />

John D. Gundrum<br />

Leonard Inda<br />

Frank A. Lewis<br />

Norman Meland<br />

Joseph T. Parisi<br />

James Perger<br />

Local 143<br />

Chicago, IL<br />

Daniel J. Mc allister<br />

Local 148<br />

Saint Louis, MO<br />

Martin L. Reary<br />

Local 150<br />

Countryside, IL<br />

Duane F. Baker<br />

Wilbur Bramlet<br />

James F. Cerami<br />

Albert Crater<br />

Robert J. Dankoff<br />

Roy E. Hansen<br />

Russell H. Litzau<br />

Merle L. Mcgraw<br />

J .E. Robinson<br />

William J. Serna<br />

Robert Shaw<br />

Mell R. Smith<br />

Ronald Stanoch<br />

James W. Stroup<br />

August S. Terry<br />

Henry W. Vetterli<br />

Local 158<br />

Glenmont, NY<br />

R .G. Best<br />

Donald R. Gerke<br />

Joseph Jupin<br />

Louis S. Laduke<br />

Joseph Liberty<br />

Thomas Stark<br />

John V. Valason<br />

John G. Wild<br />

Local 181<br />

Henderson, KY<br />

Roy Brown jr<br />

George W. Carter<br />

Walter Coomer<br />

Kenneth E. Hoke<br />

Darrell L. Holben<br />

Robert Kirkpatrick<br />

Kenneth Sirls<br />

Welby Young<br />

Local 234<br />

Des Moines, IA<br />

Russell S. Dougan<br />

Reed Inman jr<br />

Local 302<br />

Bothell, WA<br />

Ray L. Deitz<br />

Ralph A. Jahner<br />

Jim S. Roe<br />

James L. Rogers<br />

Norman A. Scott<br />

Richard Woodring<br />

Local 310<br />

Green Bay, WI<br />

David L. Flory<br />

Local 312<br />

Birmingham, AL<br />

Austin L. Sanford<br />

Local 317<br />

Oak Creek, WI<br />

David J. Uhlir<br />

Donald Veenendaal<br />

Local 318<br />

Marion, IL<br />

Samuel Ulen<br />

Local 321<br />

Travis Turner<br />

Local 324<br />

Bloomfield Township,<br />

MI<br />

Glenn E. Arden<br />

Bill L. Bazaire<br />

Noelan Bokenhagen<br />

Robert Forker jr<br />

Robert S. Frankowski<br />

William K. Harkonen<br />

Wesley Mc culloch<br />

James L. Milbocker<br />

Gust D. Miller<br />

Robert E. Miller<br />

Angelo M. Morelli<br />

Jack L. Richards<br />

Raymond E. Ritter<br />

Robert B. Ross<br />

Albert R. Ruggles<br />

William B. Simons<br />

Wilbur A. Staley jr<br />

Jack R. Stermer<br />

Local 347<br />

Vernon G. Plowman<br />

Local 351<br />

Borger, TX<br />

Joe Boren<br />

Local 369<br />

Cordova, TN<br />

Billy G. Chapman<br />

Local 370<br />

Spokane, WA<br />

Donald L. Auverson<br />

Acel V. Brown<br />

Delbert L. Dupont<br />

Du Henderson<br />

George W. Julien<br />

Local 399<br />

Chicago, IL<br />

Michael J. Leonard<br />

Edward G. Shields<br />

Local 400<br />

Helena, MT<br />

Donald A. <strong>Summer</strong>felt<br />

Local 406<br />

New Orleans, LA<br />

William A. Blackwell<br />

William H. Smith<br />

Local 428<br />

Phoenix, AZ<br />

Paul R. Shepherd<br />

Burton Underhill<br />

Local 450<br />

Mont Belvieu, TX<br />

Foy A. Dacus<br />

Billy C. Edwards<br />

Donald I. Hair<br />

Local 501<br />

Los Angeles, CA<br />

Johan H. Celie<br />

George Wommer<br />

Local 513<br />

Bridgeton, MO<br />

Carl W. Collard<br />

James L. Shumard<br />

Wayne B. Wencker<br />

Local 520<br />

Granite City, IL<br />

Tom Aldridge jr<br />

Theodore R. Brown<br />

Harold G. James<br />

Darvin D. Lochmann<br />

Local 537<br />

Glen R. Hutcheson<br />

Local 542<br />

Fort Washington, PA<br />

John Krim<br />

John Martucci<br />

William Mcdonnell<br />

George Rohrbach<br />

Sam Stocchi<br />

Robert L. Stover<br />

Felix Tauscher<br />

William C. Truax<br />

Local 543<br />

Frank Brooks jr<br />

Local 564<br />

Richwood, TX<br />

W .B. Clinton<br />

Joe W. Collins<br />

Local 589<br />

Gerald Crater<br />

William J. Mucci<br />

Local 627<br />

Tulsa, OK<br />

Herbert E. Weaver<br />

Local 649<br />

Peoria, IL<br />

Roy L. Call<br />

Jim Quiram<br />

Arvile E. Winkler<br />

Local 701<br />

Gladstone, OR<br />

Robert Betts<br />

Don M. Degrange<br />

Marvin Garrett<br />

Leonard Heitkemper<br />

Delmar F. Olson<br />

Ray Pluid<br />

Local 793<br />

Oakville, ON<br />

R .W. Niemi<br />

Melvin D. Simpson<br />

Jerry Stmarie<br />

Donald Whalen<br />

Local 825<br />

Springfield, NJ<br />

Edward M. Augustyn<br />

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Harry G. Barnum<br />

John J. Connaghan<br />

Liberato Luberto<br />

Robert H. Manalio<br />

Harvey Myers<br />

Martin J. Saban<br />

Wasily Samojlenko<br />

Local 832<br />

Rochester, NY<br />

William T. German<br />

Local 841<br />

Terre Haute, IN<br />

Larry D. Bottorff<br />

Vernon Jamison<br />

Local 912<br />

Columbia, TN<br />

Earl T. Gilliam<br />

Ralph C. Judd<br />

Local 917<br />

Chattanooga, TN<br />

Jack C. Huckabee<br />

Donald H. Mowell<br />

Terry Wilson<br />

Local 925<br />

Mango, FL<br />

Jerome Radike<br />

Eudorse Thomas<br />

Local 926<br />

Rex, GA<br />

Charles W. Corbett<br />

James D. Sellers<br />

Local 965<br />

Springfield, IL<br />

Davy L. Schriber<br />

Harry R. Simpson jr<br />

June <strong>2013</strong><br />

Local 003<br />

Alameda, CA<br />

Vance Abbott<br />

Kenneth Alford<br />

Edward Bettencourt<br />

Stephen E. Blanchard<br />

Thomas Bruntz<br />

Gerald Carpenter<br />

Anthony Costa<br />

J .A. Deshaies<br />

Loreto Eros<br />

Charles Harborth<br />

James C. Houston<br />

James N. Jewett<br />

Donald Politovich<br />

Pat D. Shanklin<br />

Local 009<br />

Denver, CO<br />

Richard H. Pence<br />

Local 012<br />

Pasadena, CA<br />

John Brennan<br />

John Buckley<br />

W. Campbell<br />

Everett Cecil<br />

Robert Costanzo<br />

William Cotton, jr.<br />

Bennie H. Coulter<br />

Earl D. Cummings<br />

Roy Danbo<br />

Claude Everett<br />

Richard Guthrie<br />

Fred Hall<br />

Vincent Lopez<br />

Manuel Lopez<br />

Ronnie L. Lunde<br />

Billy Lyons<br />

Joe F. Martinez<br />

Michael Mc carty<br />

Claude Mc whorter<br />

Jesus Medina<br />

Jose Meza<br />

James Miles<br />

John Mondragon<br />

Eugene Montgomery<br />

Willis Moss<br />

Leonard Nagel<br />

Mark Nash<br />

Thomas Nelson<br />

Chas. Niemeyer, jr.<br />

Dorn Painter<br />

Oscar Payne<br />

Donald Potts<br />

James E. Smith<br />

Stephen Wilder<br />

Donald Wilson<br />

Raymond Witt<br />

Edward Word<br />

Local 014<br />

Flushing, NY<br />

John F. Canavan<br />

Flavio F. Darini<br />

Theodore Feaser<br />

Raymond Miller<br />

James R. Muro<br />

Local 015<br />

Long Island city, NY<br />

Robert T. Bender<br />

Frank Corso<br />

Thomas L. Haaren<br />

Joseph Reichenbach<br />

Peter Rosano<br />

Ben Rotello<br />

Anderson <strong>Summer</strong>s<br />

Mauro P. Yarusso<br />

Local 017<br />

Lakeview, NY<br />

Robert E. Ferringer jr<br />

Paul A. Graff<br />

Roy Raber<br />

Arthur Snyder jr<br />

Local 018<br />

Cleveland, OH<br />

Biagio W. Ali jr<br />

Delmar D. Cochran<br />

William Earhart<br />

Earl A. Erwin<br />

Walter P. Fornal<br />

John D. Goostree<br />

John Hill<br />

Tony Kolinsky<br />

Lawrence A. Long<br />

Marion L. Mcqueen<br />

Willard H. Parrott<br />

Herbert Peters<br />

Ernest Pitts<br />

Carl Seymour<br />

David C. Smith<br />

Ira J. Steele<br />

Charles G. Stepanek<br />

Walter E. Williams<br />

Local 066<br />

Pittsburgh, PA<br />

James R. Flick<br />

Joseph S. Furey<br />

Richard G. Hibbard<br />

James A. Hunt<br />

Seaborn Jacobs<br />

Joseph D. Justice<br />

Robert Knavel<br />

Joseph Mikula<br />

Glen A. Rose<br />

Pete Sobek<br />

Frank W. Stevens<br />

Clyde B. Underwood<br />

Local 068<br />

West Caldwell, NJ<br />

Nicholas Merentino<br />

Local 077<br />

Suitland, MD<br />

Gerhard O. Kibat<br />

Local 101<br />

Kansas City, MO<br />

Alvin W. Davis<br />

Olin W. Miles<br />

Local 115<br />

Burnaby, BC<br />

Bernard C. Arnold<br />

Tito Cariolato<br />

Peter E. Cordonier<br />

Karl W. Doerksen<br />

Jack Henderson<br />

Kenneth G. Hill<br />

John Petrow<br />

Walter Thompson<br />

Sam Towe<br />

Harold B. Watkins<br />

Peter M. Young<br />

Terry Zadow<br />

Local 138<br />

Farmingdale, NY<br />

Leonard G. Favata<br />

Curtis F. Greene<br />

William J. Hillsdon<br />

Benjamin Nunziato<br />

Local 139<br />

Pewaukee, WI<br />

Earl Briggs<br />

James R. Brown<br />

William Denzin<br />

William A. Dionne<br />

Leslie Haferman<br />

Douglas Hartshorne<br />

Joseph C. Weston<br />

Local 147<br />

Norfolk, VA<br />

William M. Jefferies<br />

Local 150<br />

Countryside, IL<br />

Floyd Belton jr<br />

Larry J. Boss<br />

Raymond J. Brinlee<br />

Tom Carroll<br />

Merlin R. Guthrie<br />

Joseph C. Hewett<br />

Robert Homan<br />

George Huppenthal<br />

Andrew Kopatich<br />

Kenneth H. Krase<br />

Eugene E. Lasecki<br />

John J. Loughlin<br />

Donald A. Mcnally<br />

Robert N. Minor<br />

Melvin P. Nicholas jr<br />

Robert F. Okeefe<br />

Charles T. Ottow<br />

John W. Reinhardt<br />

William B. Root<br />

Gerald Santschi<br />

Attilio Scolaro<br />

Julius J. Turczyn<br />

Kenneth A. Varney<br />

Donald J. Visoky<br />

Edward Wiggins<br />

Local 158<br />

Glenmont, NY<br />

Lawrence Carr<br />

Joseph D. Chontosh<br />

Kenneth E. Tomasi<br />

Local 181<br />

Henderson, KY<br />

Frank H. Armstrong<br />

Woodruff Conover<br />

Delmer Dehart<br />

V. L. Morehead<br />

Jimmy C. Whitaker<br />

Local 302<br />

Bothell, WA<br />

Lyle C. Edgington<br />

David N. Flynn<br />

Leroy E. Foster<br />

Clarence L. Hotaling<br />

Delmer W. Kaufman<br />

Herman H. Leite<br />

Clair Shull<br />

Jay T. Smith<br />

Anthony C. Vonder<br />

becke<br />

Wayne Westover<br />

Local 312<br />

Birmingham, AL<br />

Norman Henderson<br />

Phillip W. Shew<br />

Local 324<br />

Bloomfield Township,<br />

MI<br />

Lawrence F. Belloli<br />

Jerry L. Cousineau<br />

Edwin Dayton<br />

Durwood Dunlap<br />

James L. Fessenden<br />

John H. Johnson<br />

Albert S. Lucio<br />

Albert Malone jr<br />

Harold E. Martinson<br />

Clifford L. Mitchell<br />

Russell Oliverio<br />

Darrell L. Paddock<br />

Raymond Perry<br />

Wayne R. Ray<br />

Virgle J. Richardson<br />

Leo S. Sape<br />

Marshall Stoevsand<br />

Alvin C. Thill<br />

George J. Varilone<br />

Local 370<br />

Spokane, WA<br />

Ronald S. Ferry<br />

Everett Grant<br />

Robert L. Miles<br />

Local 399<br />

Chicago, IL<br />

Patrick Enright<br />

Ervin C. Keister<br />

Local 428<br />

Phoenix, AZ<br />

Walter E. Cox<br />

Local 450<br />

Mont Belvieu, TX<br />

Arnold B. Compte<br />

B .H. Keller<br />

Local 478<br />

Hamden, CT<br />

Edward Taggart<br />

Local 501<br />

Los Angeles, CA<br />

J .P. Campbell<br />

Martin F. Hickey<br />

Local 513<br />

Bridgeton, MO<br />

Earl W. Blattel<br />

Floyd L. Coonce<br />

Arthur J. Moilanen<br />

Quinon Sprayberry<br />

Local 520<br />

Granite City, IL<br />

Harvey L. Brock jr<br />

Local 542<br />

Fort Washington, PA<br />

Edward Bonczkiewicz<br />

Lambert L. Cline<br />

Joseph F. Derose<br />

Michael Dombroski<br />

Albert Filippo<br />

Mark M. Heffentrager<br />

David C. Mandell<br />

John D. Nocera<br />

Edward Sokol<br />

Gary E. Walter<br />

Local 612<br />

Tacoma, WA<br />

Gary E. Sevold<br />

Local 649<br />

Peoria, IL<br />

Benjamin F. Piercey<br />

Local 701<br />

Gladstone, OR<br />

Alan Harper<br />

Vern Howard<br />

Jerry D. Hrabik<br />

Robert Vincent<br />

G .Walden<br />

Frank Weston<br />

Local 793<br />

Oakville, ON<br />

Joseph D. Benson<br />

Leo Di felice<br />

Gary Ogden<br />

Local 825<br />

Springfield, NJ<br />

Victor P. Greggi<br />

Frederick J. Koerner<br />

Local 917<br />

Chattanooga, TN<br />

Raymond E. Faulkner<br />

Local 926<br />

Rex, GA<br />

Gale E. Barber<br />

Local 955<br />

Edmonton, AB<br />

Aime B. Bessette<br />

Walter Steele<br />

Local 965<br />

Springfield, IL<br />

Paul Patton<br />

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The historical Construction Equipment Association’s 28 th Annual<br />

INTERNATIONAl CONvENTION<br />

ANd<br />

Old EqUIpmENT ExpOsITION<br />

August 16–18, <strong>2013</strong><br />

hosted By International Union of<br />

<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s local 150 at the<br />

local 150 Apprenticeship and skill<br />

Improvement program Center,<br />

19800 West south Arsenal Road,<br />

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shOW hOURs:<br />

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Saturday, August 17: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM<br />

Sunday, August 18: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM<br />

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available free to HCEA members for historical<br />

displays only. Call the HCEA office at 419-352-5616.<br />

Free admission to vendors and exhibitors!<br />

OpERATORs:<br />

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hCEA BANqUET:<br />

Saturday, August 17. Social hour at 6:00 PM,<br />

dinner at 7:00 PM. $39 for adults, $13 for age<br />

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Only 46 seats available; book early!<br />

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