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INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER

i n t e r n at i o n a l 

Operating Engineer 

Winter 2015 • Volume 158, No. 1 

Brian E. Hickey, Editor 

Jay C. Lederer, Managing Editor 

17 Transportation Infrastructure 

Big decisions on long-term funding loom 

18 Right-to-Work (for less) 

Labor battles erupt again in state capitals 

14 Job Corps: The Next Generation 

Local programs sow the seeds for success 

Departments 

05 From the General President 

06 Politics & Legislation 

10 Education & Training 

16 Safety & Health 

18 HAZMAT 

20 Canadian News 

22 Member Spotlight 

24 GEB Minutes 

28 In Memorium 

[left] IUOE Local 49’ers continue to work on the new Vikings 

Stadium despite the harsh Minneapolis winter. 

[photo] Leila Navidi/ www.startribune.com 

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From the General President 

[James T. Callahan] 

Building a Better Future Today 

CARRYING FORWARD POSITIVE 

momentum into the New Year, Locals 

from across the International have 

reported an increase in man-hours 

throughout all of our traditional H&P 

work. By all indications, this trend 

looks likely to continue. 

But the feast or famine nature of 

construction presents many challenges 

to manning projects. We experienced 

this last year with a shortage of crane 

operators in parts of the United States 

and Canada. Now is the time to recruit 

those who remain unorganized, while 

the work is plentiful. Our commitment 

to organizing, in both H&P and 

Stationary, is steadfast and we will 

continue to deploy the resources 

needed to compete in this expanding 

market. 

We must also remain vigilant to 

maintain our core jurisdictions. As 

we have seen with every construction 

boom, our attention often gets turned 

to the large and mega projects, along 

with our contractors, leaving a void to 

be filled by the non-union shops. In 

this void, we also see union-friendly 

contractors move in from other types 

of construction, who choose to assign 

our core work to other crafts that they 

are more familiar with. This leaves us 

fighting on two fronts. 

Let’s learn from these past 

oversights and keep our eye on the 

smallest of projects, where even 

just one Operating Engineer may be 

needed, as it will serve to protect our 

core work. 

For over a year, the International’s 

Stationary Affairs Department has been 

working with the Department of Energy 

and the National Institute of Building 

Sciences through the Commercial 

Workforce Credentialing Council. 

They have developed voluntary 

national guidelines concerning four 

energy related jobs, including Building 

Operating Professional, which is work 

normally performed by Stationary 

Engineers. 

This year, we will pursue recognition 

of our Energy Conservation Course 

through the Interstate Renewable 

Energy Council. This will give our 

Certificate of Completion even greater 

industry recognition. 

The high standards that we helped set 

for the Building Operating Professional 

Certification are so comprehensive that 

the non-union employers are upset 

with the rigor and training required 

to obtain it. They are trying to water it 

down, but we are resisting. We believe 

that most Stationary Engineers that 

have completed our apprenticeship 

program, followed by the Energy 

Conservation course, will be well 

suited to fill these certified rolls. 

As we press forward, we must also 

contend with political forces that are 

openly hostile towards organized 

labor and working families. As a result 

of the mid-term elections, political 

power shifted in Congress and we are 

faced with new Senate leadership that, 

along with an extremely conservative 

majority in the House, is less inclined 

to agree with us on our core issues. 

We anticipate attempts in both the 

House and Senate to repeal or weaken 

the Davis-Bacon and Service Contract 

Acts and possibly to pass a national 

Right-to-Work law. Anti-worker 

extremists are also trying to weaken 

the National Labor Relations Board, 

which has recently passed a series of 

rules that would help level the playing 

field for workers who seek union 

representation. 

All of this will play out as the 

International, along with other allies 

in labor, business and equipment 

manufacturing, press Congress for a 

long-term transportation bill. In July, 

Congress patched an $11 billion dollar 

hole in the Highway Trust Fund to 

extend the law through this May. 

But short-term patches, using 

budgetary gimmicks, will not 

address the growing problem of our 

substandard transportation system. 

The Highway Trust Fund is the largest 

federal infrastructure program and a 

key job creating engine for Operating 

Engineers. Passing a comprehensive 

bill is a top priority for the International. 

Most urgent are the anti-worker 

bills being proposed in various states. 

Legislatures in Michigan, Missouri, 

Nevada, New Mexico, West Virginia 

and Wisconsin are considering bills 

to establish Right-to-Work, impose 

paycheck deception and attack 

prevailing wage. In Illinois, newly 

elected governor has bypassed the 

legislature to attack unions directly, 

issuing an executive order which 

equates to a form of Right-to-Work. 

On all these fronts, the International 

is working with our Locals to stand up 

and fight back, using all political and 

legal tools available. But many people 

don’t understand the full impact of 

these laws and what they would do to 

working families. 

That’s where you, the members of 

this great organization, have a powerful 

role. All of us must commit ourselves 

to spreading the word—to family, 

friends, neighbors and our elected 

representatives—of what it means to 

be in a labor union and what’s at stake. 

I am confident that by standing 

together and raising our collective 

voice in support of our union brothers 

and sisters—no matter where we live 

or what job we do each day—we will 

prevail and continue our progress 

towards a better future. 

Stand up. Be heard. Work safe. 


Politics & Legislation 

Can the New Congress Get Anything Done? 

THE 114TH CONGRESS is 

underway with Republican majorities 

in both the House and the Senate. 

Right out of the gate, Congressional 

leaders made passage of the Keystone 

XL pipeline their top legislative 

priority. The House acted first and the 

Senate followed, both with bipartisan 

support, passing legislation that took 

the decision away from the President 

and deemed the pipeline ready for 

construction. 

As of this writing, President Obama 

plans to veto the bill when it reaches his 

desk and continue the current process 

of review by the State Department over 

the merits of the project, a process 

that has been going on for six years 

now. Although the pipeline project 

did garner widespread support in 

Congress, there are not enough votes 

to overcome the anticipated veto. 

There are a number of new faces 

in Congress, with many members 

supportive of Operating Engineers, 

from both sides of the aisle, not 

returning to Washington. The IUOE 

Legislative and Political Department 

has been meeting with new members 

and identifying those who are willing 

to work with us on core issues like the 

preservation of the Davis-Bacon and 

Service Contract Acts, investing in our 

national infrastructure, and protecting 

and strengthening the overall rights of 

workers. 

Legislation of importance to 

Operating Engineers in the 114th 

Congress is the authorization of a 

new, long-term highway bill and the 

updating of the laws that govern energy 

production for projects such as natural 

gas pipelines, liquefied natural gas 

export facilities and power plants. 

We also anticipate fights on the 

floors of the House and Senate over 

anti-union legislation, such as bills 

to repeal or weaken the Davis-Bacon 

and Service Contract Acts and even an 

attempt to pass a national right-to-work 

law. Rabid union foes like Rep. Steve 

King (R-IA), Sen. Mitch McConnell 

(R-KY), and others, have signaled that 

these fights are sure to come over the 

next two years. 

The International will be doing 

everything it can to move our pro-jobs, 

pro-worker agenda, while fighting off 

any anti-union legislation. Members 

can keep up to date on all of these 

legislative issues by routinely checking 

the IUOE web site and get active by 

signing up for the Engineers Action 

and Response Network (EARN), also 

through the web site. 

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Road Ahead for Long-Term Transportation Bill Still Unclear 

OUR NATION’S ROADS stretch 

more than 4 million miles and support 

3 trillion vehicle miles each year. 

But in 2013, the American Society 

of Civil Engineers graded our roads 

a D on its Report Card for America’s 

Infrastructure, in part because 

congestion alone cost the economy 

an estimated $101 billion annually in 

wasted time and fuel. Our bridges, too, 

merited only a C+. 

It shouldn’t take horrific 

events like the 2007 collapse of the 

I-35W Mississippi River bridge in 

Minneapolis – which killed 13 people 

– and the 2013 I-5 Skagit River Bridge 

collapse north of Seattle to remind us 

that our transportation infrastructure 

is under-funded and falling apart. 

More than 25 percent of our bridges 

are either structurally deficient or 

functionally obsolete, and that’s simply 

unacceptable. 

Because the gas tax hasn’t been 

raised in more than twenty years, the 

Highway Trust Fund is at constant risk 

of insolvency. Last August, Congress 

narrowly averted bankrupting the 

Fund by passing the Highway and 

Transportation Funding Act of 2014, 

which provided funding through May 

31st of this year. But that means that in 

just a few short months, if Congress fails 

to pass a new surface reauthorization, 

the Department of Transportation will 

be forced to ration highway and transit 

funds for states. 

It’s not enough for Congress to 

simply pass another short-term 

extension at that point, either. Truly 

effective infrastructure construction 

and repair takes place over the long 

term: you can’t build a new highway or 

bridge in just a month or two. Without 

certainty about long-term federal 

investment, many states have already 

begun to pull back from transportation 

projects – exactly the opposite of what 

our surface transportation network 

and economy need now. 

And without a long-term funding 

plan, transportation jobs will 

continue to languish. While many 

parts of the economy have improved 

significantly from the Great Recession, 

unemployment in the construction 

sector still stands at 9.8 percent. 

While most of the economic effects of 

transportation investment accrue over 

the long-term, 68 percent of jobs related 

to infrastructure investment are in the 

construction sector – so investing in 

surface transportation means investing 

in good jobs for Operating Engineers 

and other construction crafts. 

There is hope: many in Congress 

have stopped ignoring the urgency 

of this problem and have begun to 

propose solutions to this funding crisis. 

Some have called for an increase 

in the federal gas tax and indexing it 

to inflation for future investments to 

the Highway Trust Fund. Others are 

looking to tax barrels produced at the 

refinery level, instead of at the pump, 

in order to prop up the fund. And 

others, including President Obama, are 

looking to generate billions through 

international corporate tax reform and 

dedicating that revenue to the fund 

over the next six years. 

Several other proposals have also 

been floated, but it’s unclear which 

of these might gain momentum and 

consensus before the Highway Trust 

Fund becomes insolvent, yet again, at 

the end of May. 

The IUOE has allied with other 

labor and business groups to pressure 

Congress into passing a long-term bill 

that will make serious investments in 

our roads, bridges, and transit systems 

and that will bring good paying jobs to 

Operating Engineers for years to come. 


Right-to-Work (for less) 

Labor Battles Erupt Again in State Capitals 

Fights underway over Right-to-Work and prevailaing wage laws 

EMBOLDENED BY PASSAGE of socalled 

Right-to-Work laws in Michigan 

and Indiana, the throttling of collective 

bargaining rights in Wisconsin, and 

the cutting of pension benefits in New 

Jersey over the past few years, state 

lawmakers once again are targeting 

unionized workers in multiple states. 

Newly elected Illinois Gov. Bruce 

Rauner issued an executive order on 

February 9, allowing public sector 

workers to refuse payment of “fair 

share” union dues or their equivalent. 

Rauner has also called for the creation 

of local “right-to-work zones” and for a 

prohibition against political donations 

from unions with state contracts. 

At the same time, Rauner is 

attempting to head off an expected 

legal challenge from organized labor 

by filing his own lawsuit against more 

than a dozen unions, including the 

IUOE, claiming that fair share dues are 

unconstitutional. 

Meanwhile, Right-to-Work bills 

have gained traction in Missouri, New 

Mexico and West Virginia that would 

prohibit public and/or private sector 

unions from collecting mandatory 

dues or their equivalent in workplaces 

that they’ve organized. The bills have 

already cleared committee hurdles in 

Missouri and New Mexico. 

In Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott 

Walker had dodged the question for 

months, the right-wing Republican 

controlled legislature is now rushing to 

pass Right-to-Work after the governor 

vowed he would sign it into law there. 

And in Kentucky, right-to-work 

ordinances have been passed in five 

counties this year, though their legality 

is being challenged in court. 

Further attacks aimed directly at 

building trades unions have cropped 

up with bills designed to repeal state 

prevailing wage laws in Indiana, 

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Michigan, Missouri, Nevada and West 

Virginia. 

This renewed targeting of the 

unionized workforce is primarily 

the result of November’s Republican 

sweep, in which the GOP seized the 

governorships of Massachusetts, 

Maryland, Arkansas and Illinois, all 

previously Democratic, while losing 

only Pennsylvania. 

The Republicans also acquired 

control of 11 previously-Democratic 

legislative chambers, including the 

West Virginia House, the New York 

Senate and the Nevada Assembly and 

Senate. According to the National 

Conference of State Legislatures, 

Republicans haven’t controlled this 

many state legislative seats since 1920. 

The International is working closely 

with Local affiliates to track and push 

back on these and other emerging 

threats. Mobilization campaigns 

are underway in 

several states and 

members are urged 

to contact their 

state legislators 

directly to voice 

their opposition 

to these attacks 

on collective 

bargaining rights 

and prevailing 

wages. Members in 

these battleground 

states are receiving 

information on 

how they can help 

and should also 

check in with their 

local Business 

Managers to find 

out more. 

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Education & Training 

Stationary Engineers Keep Things Chill All Winter Long 

variable frequency 

drives (VFD’s), which 

is an integral part of the 

cooling tower’s winter 

operation. VFD’s are 

commonly used to 

control the water flow 

to the cooling tower 

and a separate VFD is 

employed to control 

the speed at which 

air flows through the 

cooling tower. 

TYPICALLY, WE THINK of our 

chilled water plants as part of an 

operation that only occurs during 

warmer weather when ‘comfort’ 

cooling is required. However, times 

have changed with the addition 

of computer server rooms and 

other critical systems that require 

mechanical cooling around the clock, 

every day of the year. In regions where 

outside climates can reach well below 

32 °F, this can prove quite challenging 

when operating a condenser water 

plant and its cooling towers. 

In the Chicagoland area, Local 399 

Stationary Engineers utilize the IUOE’s 

on-line Blackboard training modules 

for Cooling Towers, as well as other 

resources, to ensure their operators 

have a full understanding of how these 

systems are to operate under adverse 

conditions. 

During the cold winter months, 

Stationary Engineers must understand 

the effects of the air flowing though the 

tower and water flow rates, as well as the 

importance of knowing how the wetbulb 

temperatures effect the cooling 

towers operation. Continuously 

monitoring and controlling the flows of 

both the air and water to these cooling 

towers and correctly interpreting the 

data is critical for both the operation of 

the condenser water loop, as well as the 

structural integrity of the cooling tower 

itself. Using this knowledge keeps the 

cooling towers water flowing at desired 

temperatures and operating within 

safe and acceptable ice formation 

limits, which eliminates the possibility 

of a catastrophic structural failure. 

The cooling tower design and 

operation features various primary 

and ancillary components which 

require maintenance from a highly 

trained and skilled engineer. One of 

the components often used are the 

Jim Rafferty, 

an IUOE Local 399 

instructor, guides 

trainees through some 

of the ‘mysteries’ of 

basic programming 

and operation of the 

VFD’s. Some of the 

ancillary components, 

such as solenoid valves 

and electric heat trace, 

require additional 

training and are offered 

as part of the Local’s 

training curriculum. 

The example above is just one of 

the numerous challenges and the skills 

sets needed to operate these complex 

systems correctly, many of which 

require specialized training. But these 

are the challenges and opportunities 

that when conquered, help us to excel 

in our profession. As technology 

and processes change, our collective 

responsibility is to communicate those 

changes to the Local Unions so they 

have an opportunity to develop ways to 

educate, support and strengthen all of 

the members. 

[above] Atop of Chicago, Local 399 

members Ed Juracka, Mike Lynch and 

Brian Yanahan keep the cooling towers 

running at maximum efficiency, no matter 

what the weather conditions. 

[article & photo] Tom Phillips/Local 399 

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Local Instructors Complete Training Standards Project 

THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND 

conducted a Training Standards 

Project (TSP) Train-the-Trainer course 

December 16 to 18, 2014. Twenty local 

trainers participated at the event which 

was hosted by Local 150 ASIP, using 

their indoor training arena. 

The TSP is a valuable practical 

evaluation tool for Operating Engineer 

training programs. The TSP is a time 

tested instructor tool that has become 

an industry standard over the years. 

This class is held to give the instructor a 

better understanding of this evaluation 

process, which can then be used for 

each local’s specific needs. 

IUOE local instructors that 

participated in this Train-the-Trainer 

course were: William Neely (Local 3), 

Jim Baldridge (Local 3), Jenny Crist 

(Local 3), Mark Shepler (Local 66), 

James Grider (Local 181), Allen Moore 

(Local 181), James Romanco (Local 

234), James Edvenson (Local 234), 

Noah Ridgeway (Local 318), Jason 

NTF Basic 

Teaching 

Techniques Class 

Finishes Strong 

Sissom (Local 318), Jason Stephens 

(Local 450), Glen Roberts (Local 450), 

Rusty Redman (Local 520), Dean 

Andrews (Local 520), George Kirton 

(Local 955), Shanon Brickey (Local 

965), Jeff Cramer (Local 150), Glenn 

Minyard (Local 150), Troy Butler (Local 

150), Chris Tomblin Local 150). 

THE NATIONAL TRAINING 

FUND hosted its final Basic Teaching 

Techniques Train-the-Trainer course 

of 2014 at the Maritime Institute in 

Linthicum Heights, Maryland last 

September. There were 24 instructors 

representing 14 different IUOE Training 

Programs. This course has proven to 

be instrumental for both new as well 

as seasoned instructors. Attending 

this course also helps keep our training 

programs in accordance with the 

new Federal 29-29 Apprenticeship 

standard. 

[above] L to R front row: Sean Poyner LU150, Kelly Roblee LU 17, Jason Stephens LU450, 

Skip Turner Instructor, John Mason IUOE, Ken Kroeger Instructor, Chris Treml IUOE, Mark 

Brandt LU99 - Second row L to R: Rich Rose LU 12, Bill Esser Job Corps, Dean Black LU 150, 

Josh Williams LU 17, Claire Smith LU 158, Tony D’Arca LU 324, Derek Sather LU 324, Jason 

Debler LU 450, David Sansone LU 406, Matt Ulm LU 649, Bubba Tillis LU 925, Back Row L to 

R: Shayne Cooper LU 132, Gary Bowers LU 99, Greg Tucker LU 158, Mark Otto LU 150, Bruce 

Prosser LU 150, Tom Sundly LU 49, Frank Bongiovanni LU 150, Matt Bainbridge LU 101, 

Todd Peterson LU 150. 



A Hot Spot to Train: Wisconsin DNR Techs Run the Course 

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE who get 

thrown into the fire, literally. 

Sometimes they’re called to 

work in the middle of the night 

and find themselves dispatched to 

forests, swamps, hillsides, fields, or 

residential neighborhoods they’ve 

never seen before, not even in daylight. 

Surrounded by smoke and engulfed 

in darkness, the only way to know for 

certain where they are is to keep an 

eye on the digital topographic map 

displayed on the Global Positioning 

System in their bulldozer’s cab. 

These Wisconsin Department of 

Natural Resources forestry technicians 

try to stay in touch with each other by 

radios in their dozers as they push and 

plow dirt and vegetation to create fire 

breaks. But in the heat of the moment, 

too many excited voices speaking at 

once can overwhelm transmission 

frequencies. Radio batteries can 

fail. Or a host of other issues can be 

counted on to show up to the party at 

the worst possible moment and hinder 

communications. 

At any moment during the fire 

fight, these public servants can find 

themselves alone, abruptly. Whether 

they choose to stay in the fight or 

look for a safe route away from the 

flames, the techs must be trained 

and confident in their skills as heavy 

equipment operators. 

“Welcome to Coloma,” Operating 

Engineers Local 139 Vice President/ 

Training Director Dan Sperberg told 

the statewide workforce of more than 

90 techs gathered at the Joseph J. 

Goetz Jr. Training Center for just such 

a confidence-building exercise. “We 

are pleased to have you here, where 

thousands of Operating Engineers 

learn their trade or acquire new skills 

each year.” 

Known as the DNR Fire Equipment 

Operator Conference, the meeting 

marked the first time Local 139’s school 

has hosted the event since 2005. While 

139ers have not fought forest fires 

in Wisconsin, the school and DNR 

partner in firefighter training, Sperberg 

said. 

“We have not been used yet, but 

we have been on call,” he said. “We 

are trying to establish a heavy-dozer 

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division for fighting forest fires because 

the DNR uses lighter equipment and 

there may be a need for a heavy dozer, 

which we have. So it is possible that 

Operating Engineers or our contractors 

could be used to help fight a forest fire.” 

Jennifer Peterson, a 13-year forestry 

tech from Winter, Wis., said the 400- 

acre school offers a unique setting that 

suits her educational needs. “It’s about 

being able to push the equipment to 

the limit and seeing what we can do 

with them and we can do that here,” 

she said. “I think the training center is 

awesome. I wish we had our own.” 

Peterson typically operates a 450 J 

John Deer dozer, a machine the DNR 

calls a tractor plow because it sports a 

blade in the front along with the rear 

plow/disk. Along with the fighting fires, 

the techs have other assignments such 

as cutting trails through wooded areas 

or tilling soil in the preparation for 

planting tree seedlings. 

Forestry techs serve the taxpayers 

of Wisconsin mainly in state forest 

and on county-owned lands. However, 

when fighting fires or assigned timber 

management responsibilities, they also 

can work on private property. 

The DNR trucked in its dozers and 

fire engines from around the state to 

the Coloma training center, allowing 

the forestry techs to practice on the 

machines they operate and to sharpen 

their mechanical knowledge of the 

vehicles. 

Gathered around a dozer with the 

techs, Local 139 Instructors Rockie 

Sobeck and Ed Comstock asked and 

answered questions on topics ranging 

from how to adjust track tension to 

the importance of greasing and how to 

judge the reliability of towing straps. 

A highlight of the techs’ training had 

them running dozers in five obstacle 

courses set up by training-center staff. 

The courses included operating a dozer 

horizontally, along the edge of a steep 

embankment, traversing a series of 

parallel ditches, pushing dirt uphill 

and downhill and running over a route 

strewn with logs. 

“The stations here are not normal,” 

said Colin Nowaczyk, a 24-year forestry 

tech from Barnes, Wis. “The basic 

(DNR) courses around the state are 

more of just an obstacle course and not 

as extreme as here.” 

[left] A trio of techs run their dozers simultaneously 

through a series of parallel ditches cut into 

the training center’s sandy soil. This exercise was 

one of five obstacle courses created to test the 

techs’ skills as heavy equipment operators. 

[below] The parallel-ditch obstacle course 

proves challenging for one tech. 

[bottom] Forestry Technician Andrew Oberto 

measures track tension on a dozer. 

[article & photos] Dave Backmann/Local 139 



Job Corps Partnership in Montana Brings Benefits to County 

THE NATIONAL TRAINING 

FUND (NTF) Job Corps Program for 

pre-apprentice Heavy Construction 

Equipment Mechanics and the 

Deerlodge County Road Department 

in Anaconda, Montana partnered 

together when the mechanics program 

was looking to develop a work-based 

learning site for trainee’s to gain 

valuable real world experience before 

completing the program. The county’s 

shop foreman, Ben Andrews, was so 

impressed with the pre-apprentice 

program and the students’ knowledge 

and skills, that he initiated an 

expansion of the new partnership. 

The NTF Job Corps Program took 

on the task of refurbishing a Caterpillar 

D-7H dozer for the Anaconda 

Deerlodge County Road Department. 

NTF Job Corps Instructors from Local 

400, Ken Kohl and Curtis Schneider, 

provided supervision and guidance 

as the Job Corps students worked on 

the Caterpillar D7. Students removed 

the engine and rebuilt all of the major 

engine components and reinstalled the 

engine; removed, rebuilt and reinstalled 

the torque converter, hydraulic pumps, 

transmission pumps, track pads and 

also resealed the hydraulic winch. The 

county purchased all parts and supplies 

needed for the job, and the NTF Job 

Corps furnished the knowledge and 

manpower. 

Larry Sturm, Anaconda Deerlodge 

Road Department spokesman, 

stated that the partnership has saved 

thousands of dollars from a very tight 

county budget. Mr. Sturm went on to 

say that this particular dozer would 

see many hours not only maintaining 

roads, but would also aid in snow 

removal during the severe Montana 

winters. 

Ken Kohl, Lead Instructor for the 

NTF program, believes that the training 

the students received while working on 

this dozer was second to none. “The 

students did an outstanding job and 

were very proud when the dozer rolled 

out of the shop and into the dirt. This 

repair was something you just can’t 

simulate through mock-ups or simple 

training, it added a new dimension to 

the hands-on training we were able to 

offer our students.” 

This partnership not only allows the 

mechanic students to be exposed to 

many aspects of equipment repair, but 

it also adds a sense of responsibility and 

pride by knowing that the equipment 

is going out and performing actual 

work. It is a winning combination, the 

students gain real hands-on experience 

and the county is able to save valuable 

tax dollars. 

The successful partnership is 

continuing with the NTF Job Corps 

Program currently working to refurbish 

a Case 550E for the Anaconda 

Deerlodge Road Department. 

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Major Newspaper Features Sacramento Job Corps Program 

IN JANUARY, The Sacramento Bee 

ran a feature story on the local NTF Job 

Corps program and it’s success helping 

young people from the community 

attain valuable skills and a pathway to 

a successful career. 

The article tells the story of Eric 

Martinez, a recent Job Corps graduate, 

who found a way out of dangerous 

street life and into a job working on 

the construction of a new downtown 

sports arena. 

The folowing is an excerpt from the 

original article. The entire story can 

be found at: http://www.sacbee.com/ 

news/local/city-arena/article6605784. 

html 

Apprentices trade Sacramento street life for arena 

construction jobs 

BY DARRELL SMITH - DVSMITH@SACBEE.COM 

01/14/2015 10:21 PM 

Martinez, 24, is one of 70 “priority 

apprentices” being plucked from 

low-income Sacramento-area 

neighborhoods to help build downtown 

Sacramento’s new arena. “Pushing 

dirt,” Martinez says, plying a new 

trade aboard graders and bulldozers 

he learned to drive as a product of 

Sacramento Job Corps’ equipment preapprenticeship 

program, a pipeline to 

the arena project. 

Taught by local construction 

workers, young men and women on 

the margins learn how to operate heavy 

equipment at Job Corps’ sprawling 

Meadowview center before they move 

to “The Ranch,” Operating Engineers 

Local 3’s Rancho Murieta training 

grounds. There, they receive seven 

weeks’ more paid instruction with the 

opportunity to apprentice with the 

union and work with local construction 

firms. 

Through the pre-apprenticeship 

program, Martinez impressed his 

instructors with his tenacity, work ethic 

and willingness to learn. 

“He was easy to teach and eager to 

learn,” said Jaime Espinosa, Martinez’s 

instructor at Job Corps. “Eric had to put 

the work in to get what he could out of 

the program. Here, you have to work for 

it and he did. … It’s an absolute win for 

those who want to get it done. He made 

the decision. He’s 24 years old and he’s 

set up – if he continues to do what he’s 

supposed to do.” 

Martinez then latched onto a job 

with Granite Construction Co., in South 

Lake Tahoe, early last year as part of his 

RANDY PENCH RPENCH@SACBEE.COM 

training before landing the arena job 

in October. He still remembers that 

first Granite paycheck, how he cried 

when he saw it for the first time. He 

thought about his mother’s words in 

tougher days, her encouragement and 

challenge to him. 

Read more at: http://www. 

sacbee.com/news/local/city-arena/ 

article6605784.html 


Safety & Health 

Leading Construction Groups Call for OSHA to Correct 

Long-Awaited Crane Operator Certification Requirements 

TEN OF THE NATION’S leading construction industry 

organizations today launched the Coalition for Crane 

Operator Safety (CCOS) – a group dedicated to ensuring 

the swift revision and finalization of the crane operator 

certification requirements within the Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Cranes & Derricks 

in Construction Standard, which has been more than two 

decades in the making. CCOS is working with members 

of Congress and the Administration to ensure that crane 

operator certification requirements in the Standard are 

amended and finalized in a way that provides the highest 

degree of safety for the construction industry and the public. 

CCOS – whose membership includes labor, management, 

equipment manufacturing, insurance underwriters and 

accredited certification organizations – is specifically 

calling for OSHA to rescind the crane capacity certification 

requirement, as well as a provision that essentially equates 

employer certification with qualification. 

OSHA’s final requirements, published in 2010, contained 

these two provisions, which the industry argues are 

counterproductive and a misinterpretation of the intent of 

OSHA’s Cranes and Derricks Advisory Committee (C-DAC) 

– a group of 23 construction industry leaders commissioned 

by OSHA to develop a consensus document that formed the 

basis of the rule. 

“The uncertainty and delay around the new crane 

operator certification requirements jeopardizes the safety 

of construction workers and the general public,” said James 

T. Callahan, general president of the International Union of 

Operating Engineers, a member of CCOS. “It’s essential that 

OSHA gets it right, but we believe they can revise, correct, 

and re-issue the new certification regulation well ahead of 

the November 2017 extension date.” 

Since all but one of the 42 sections in the 2010 Standard 

have been agreed upon and enacted, the industry is now 

waiting on OSHA to correct the two ineffectual provisions 

and present clear and effective certification requirements. 

“Our primary issue with OSHA’s position on these matters 

is that it ignores the intent of C-DAC while adopting a literal 

interpretation of the language of the rule which, in some 

cases, was inserted by OSHA after C-DAC had completed 

and submitted its draft document,” said Bill Smith, executive 

vice president of NationsBuilders Insurance Services, Inc., 

CCOS member, and former C-DAC representative. “For the 

record, it was never the intent of C-DAC that crane operator 

certification should be according to the capacity of the 

crane, nor was it ever the intent of C-DAC to imply that crane 

operator certification was equal to qualification.” 

Requiring certified crane operators to be retested on a 

higher capacity crane of the same type does not advance 

safety and imposes tremendous financial burdens on 

employers and individual crane operators. This means that 

an operator certified to operate a 100-ton crane would not 

be permitted to operate a 200-ton crane of the same type, 

despite wide consensus in the industry that certification 

based on capacity is unnecessary and burdensome. 

“Adjudicating operator certification requirements 

based on capacity would add significant new complexity 

for employers and their employees without yielding any 

discernible improvement in safety,” said Stephen Sandherr, 

chief executive officer of The Associated General Contractors 

of America (AGC), also a CCOS member. “As significant, no 

national safety study has found any additional safety benefits 

beyond certification by type, and OSHA has not analyzed 

the costs, benefits or other consequences of certification by 

capacity.” 

OSHA’s new “deemed qualified” provision – the second 

provision included in the agency’s 2010 certification 

requirements that has surprised CCOS members and the 

construction industry at large – eliminates the employer’s 

duty to train and qualify operators, which has existed since 

the passage of the OSH Act in 1970. 

“On the issue of certification equaling qualification, all 

organizations, companies, unions and interested parties 

agree that simply having certification does not automatically 

qualify an operator for any piece of equipment,” said Joel 

Dandrea, executive vice president of the Specialized Carriers 

& Rigging Association and member of CCOS. “Together, we 

are calling upon OSHA to fix and finalize the crane operator 

certification requirements, and we intend to work with both 

the Administration and Congress to make this happen.” 

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IUOE Safety & Health 

Committee Formed 

THE INAUGURAL MEETING of the International Union 

of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Safety and Health Committee 

was held January 14, 2015 at IUOE Headquarters in 

Washington, DC. The eleven member committee is comprised 

of IUOE members representing various backgrounds such as 

cranes, heavy equipment, stationary, pipeline, and training. 

Each member was invited to join the committee based on 

their craft experience and their commitment to safety and 

health. Committee members are: 

• Marty Turek IUOE Local Union 150 

• David D’Ostillio IUOE Local Union 478 

• Tom Gordon IUOE Local Union 14 

• Mike Rivers IUOE Local Union 12 

• Lee Graham IUOE Local Union 324 

• Pat Petersen IUOE Local Union 15 

• Jim Coates IUOE Local Union 399 

• Dan McNulty IUOE Local Union 39 

• Mark Maher IUOE Pipeline 

• Chris Treml IUOE H&P Training Director 

• Russell Duke IUOE Stationary Training Director 

The committee will serve as an advisory group as well 

as represent IUOE interests during policy and rulemaking 

proceedings by providing real world feedback to the IUOE 

Safety and Health Director Donald Booth. Some of the topics 

covered during the meeting include the proposed rule by the 

Federal Motor Carrier Association on Commercial Driver 

Licenses, crane curriculum, OSHA rules currently being 

developed, ANSI proposed and current standards, NFPA 70E 

Arc Flash training, Ebola preparedness, and OSHA training. 

The Safety and Health Committee has already 

demonstrated its expertise by reviewing and providing 

feedback on a number of draft ANSI standards and providing 

guidance on testing proximity detection devices intended 

for use on cranes. The committee will meet periodically 

throughout the year. 


HAZMAT 

Deadline for Revised Hazard Communication Standard 

Fast Approaching 

THE NEXT DEADLINE for the revised Hazard 

Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200), which was 

published on March 26, 2012, is approaching fast. The 

deadline is June 1, 2015. This is the date by which the Hazard 

Communication Standard will require new Safety Data Sheets 

(formerly Material Safety Data Sheets) to be in a uniform 

format and include specific section numbers, headings, and 

associated information. Employers were required to train 

their employees on the revised Hazard Communication 

Standard, including Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of 

Classification and Labeling of Chemicals, by December 1, 

2013. Training should have included the new label elements 

and safety data sheet (SDS) format. 

The employer must ensure the Safety Data Sheets are 

readily accessible to employees for all hazardous chemicals 

in their workplace. The SDS is now required to be presented 

in a consistent, user-friendly 16-section format. Sections 1 

through 8 contain general information about the chemical 

and sections 9 through 11 and 16 contain other technical and 

scientific information. While the SDS must contain sections 

12 through 15, to be consistent with the UN GHS, OSHA 

will not enforce the content of these sections because they 

concern matters handled by other agencies. 

phone number, recommended use, restrictions on use. 

Section 2: Hazard(s) Identification: includes all hazards 

regarding the chemical; required label elements (hazard 

classification, signal word, pictograms, precautionary 

statement(s), description of any hazards not otherwise 

classified). 

Section 3: Composition/Information on Ingredients: 

chemical name, synonyms, chemical abstract service number 

and other unique identifiers, impurities and stabilizing 

additives; trade secret claims. 

Section 4: First-aid Measures: important symptoms 

and effects, acute and delayed first-aid instruction by route 

of exposure, recommendations for immediate medical care 

and special treatment needed. 

Section 5: Fire-fighting Measures: suitable extinguishing 

techniques, equipment, chemical hazards from the fire; 

recommendations for special protective equipment or 

precautions for firefighters. 

Section 6: Accidental Release Measures: lists emergency 

procedures; protective equipment; proper methods of 

containment and cleanup. 

The 16-section Safety Data Sheet will consist of the 

following: 

Section 1: Identification: product identifier used on 

label (any other common name or synonym), manufacturer 

or distributor name, address, phone number, emergency 

Section 7: Handling and Storage: lists precautions 

for safe handling and storage, including incompatibilities; 

provides advice on specific storage requirements. 

Section 8: Exposure Controls / Personal Protection: lists 

OSHA’s Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL); Threshold Limit 

Value (TLV); appropriate engineering controls, personal 

protective equipment (PPE). 

18 INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER

Section 9: Physical and Chemical Properties: lists the 

chemical’s characteristics (vapor density, flash point, vapor 

pressure, pH, among a total of 23 required). 

Section 10: Stability and Reactivity: lists chemical 

stability and possibility of hazardous reactions. 

Section 11: Toxicological Information: includes routes 

of exposure, related symptoms, acute and chronic effects, 

numerical measures of toxicity. 

National HAZMAT Program 

2015 Trainer Course Schedule 

THE 2015 TRAINER COURSES are designed to meet 

instructors’ needs, maintain instructor credentials, and 

expand the instructors’ skills and knowledge to meet the 

changing requirements of the local unions’ membership. 

The following trainer courses are scheduled for 2015. 

Section 12: Ecological Information (non-mandatory): 

information to evaluate environmental impact of the 

chemical(s) if it were released to the environment. 

Section 13: Disposal Considerations (non-mandatory): 

provides guidance on proper disposal practices, recycling 

or reclamation of the chemical(s) or its container, and safe 

handling practices. 

Section 14: Transport Information (non-mandatory): 

guidance on classification information for shipping and 

transporting of hazardous chemical(s) by road, air, rail, or 

sea. 

Section 15: Regulatory Information (non-mandatory): 

identifies the safety, health, and environmental regulations 

specific for the product that is not indicated anywhere else 

on the SDS. 

Section 16: Other Information: includes the date of 

preparation or last revision. 

The IUOE NTF National HAZMAT Program will provide 

training materials and assistance to local unions and local 

union instructors to meet the training requirements in the 

revised Hazard Communication Standard. A module has 

been inserted into the existing HAZWOPER 40-hour manual, 

OSHA Construction Outreach and HAZWOPER Annual 

Refresher manuals. 

Additionally, the HAZMAT Program created a 4-hour 

HAZCOM program that includes an instructor manual, 

student manual, class exercises, PowerPoint presentations, 

and a HAZCOM Pocket Guide. 

If you have questions please contact the National HAZMAT 

Program at (304) 253-8674 or hazmat@iuoehazmat.org. 

Packets with complete information were sent to Business 

Managers, Training Directors and Instructors with additional 

information including how to apply for a class and class 

location. If you would like to submit an application to attend a 

trainer course please contact the National HAZMAT Program 

at (304) 253-8674 or hazmat@iuoehazmat.org. 

WINTER 2015 

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Canadian News 

Group Advancing Development of National 

Demonstration of Skills Test for Mobile Crane Operators 

AN INDUSTRY COMMITTEE 

led by the Asia Pacific Gateway Skills 

Table (Skills Table) is advancing 

the development of a voluntary, 

Canada-wide demonstration of 

skills test (DOST) for mobile crane 

operators, a key occupation serving 

many industries. 

In recent years, industry 

stakeholder groups have expressed 

support for harmonization of 

competency standards and a 

national DOST to provide benefits 

to industry, operators and the public in terms of: increased 

safety; reduced costs and red-tape; greater employer 

assurance in meeting liability of worker competency; and 

more fluid employer and worker mobility, says Lionel Railton, 

chair of the project committee. The committee, working 

closely with the Canadian Hoisting and Rigging Safety 

Council, is seeking to develop and pilot a voluntary, national 

mobile crane operator (lattice boom friction and hydraulic) 

DOST. This standard is being developed to complement the 

existing Red Seal endorsement. 

“We want to develop a national, mobile crane operator 

DOST based on existing best practices, both nationally and 

internationally. Ideally for jurisdictions currently using a 

DOST, it would be adopted and used going forward; and, 

for jurisdictions not currently using a DOST, when choosing 

to engage, our standard would be used in the introduction 

of their activities,” says Railton, who is also the Canadian 

Director of the International Union of Operating Engineers. 

The IUOE has advocated for a national DOST for more than 

20 years. 

The committee -- comprising industry employers and 

labour -- has now published the first iteration of a working 

background report focused on mobile crane DOSTs and 

related research found both in Canada and internationally. 

A working group of national subject-matter experts will hold 

their second meeting in Toronto in March. Consultation with 

industry stakeholders in various provinces is set for mid-year. 

The need for a standardized DOST comes at a critical 

time. Shortages in this industry have been well documented 

in recent research, as well as in direct union and employer 

feedback from across Canada. Data from BuildForce indicates 

excess demand for mobile crane operators in many provinces. 

Citizenship and Immigration Canada has included crane 

operators as one of the 29 occupations that are given priority 

in the immigration application 

process because of short supply. 

Several provinces in Canada 

offer mobile crane operator 

training programs that include 

theory testing, practical 

assessment through a DOST 

method, certification and Red 

Seal endorsement. However, 

approaches to DOSTs vary across 

the provinces and territories. This 

fragmented approach to mobile 

crane operators DOST activities 

across Canada creates many negative impacts, including: 

• Restricted labour mobility: Available crane operators 

can’t travel to another province for work due to 

jurisdictional requirements to meet a specific DOST 

standard. 

• Increased red tape: Employers are faced with the 

administrative burden of continually demonstrating 

new workers’ competencies. 

• Liability risk: Employers in jurisdictions without 

compulsory practical assessment criteria shoulder 

increased liability for ensuring their workers’ 

competency. 

• Additional costs: When a crane does not operate, the 

rest of the site operations are significantly impacted. 

Employers incur costs due to project delays because of 

an empty seat until an operator is available. 

• Increased safety risk on the worksite: By not having 

to demonstrate their competencies in a consistent 

manner, crane operators may perform lifts incorrectly. 

A DOST is a practical assessment that requires the 

candidate to perform a particular task, or set of tasks, to 

demonstrate competence before working on a job site. A 

DOST was identified as “the single most important form 

of assessment” in a Canadian Council of Directors of 

Apprenticeship survey of tradespeople, employers, educators 

and labour representatives. 

“We know there is strong and increasing support for the 

standardization of practical assessment in labour training. 

Importantly, we know it can be done in Canada, as seen in 

other occupations,” says Railton. “Although the needs and 

interests of industry vary across the jurisdictions, we have 

seen successful agreement on benchmarks for a trade, 

allowing each jurisdiction a degree of freedom.” 

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Operating Engineers Take to the Ice for Worthy Cause 

FORMER NATIONAL 

HOCKEY LEAGUE star 

Brad May crosses the 

red line, looks up and 

makes a pass to a Local 

793 Operating Engineer 

streaking across the blue 

line. 

Yes, you read that right 

— a Local 793 Operating 

Engineer. 

May, who played 

18 seasons in the NHL, 

joined a team of Local 

793 representatives in a 

tournament at Sixteen Mile 

Sports Complex in Oakville 

to raise money for Easter 

Seals Ontario. 

Twelve teams participated in the Celebrity Hockey Classic. 

Each team had an NHL star on the roster. May was drafted 

to play for Local 793 at a VIP event held the night before the 

tournament. 

The Local 793 team played three games in the tournament. 

The team consisted of business reps, members and staff, and 

was coached by Ron Hillis, the union’s director of organizing. 

Local 793 business manager and IUOE VP Mike Gallagher 

was in the stands, supporting the Local 793 team. His 

daughter, Breeann, was one of the players on the union team. 

“Our players looked pretty good out there on the ice,” said 

Gallagher. “More importantly, though, we supported a good 

cause and raised funds for Easter Seals Ontario.” 

Lisa-Marie Smith, co-ordinator of the tournament and 

senior development officer with Easter Seals Ontario, said 

the money goes towards helping children with physical 

disabilities. 

“We’ve had a great tournament,” she said. “It’s been 

amazing.” 

The tournament raised a total of $120,000. Local 793 raised 

about $12,500 and was one of the top three fundraisers. 

“That’s a great figure,” Smith said of the money raised by 

Local 793. 

May, who won a Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks in 

2007, said he enjoyed playing with the Operating Engineers. 

“It was fun,” he said, during a break between games. 

“They’re a solid, solid hockey team.” 

May wasn’t a stranger in the Local 793 dressing room. He 

recalls playing with Local 793 business rep Mike Schutte when 

the two were in training camp with the Phoenix Coyotes. 

“He (Schutte) came to training camp in Phoenix and 

played a couple of games. That was in 2002, I think. He was 

a really good player. I haven’t seen him in 10 or 12 years so it 

was kind of nice to see him here today.” 

May said he doesn’t get a lot of time for hockey these days, 

as he does a lot of broadcast work in the evenings now, so it 

was nice to lace up the skates for a good cause. 

“I cover so many hockey games in the evenings and 

there’s a lot of late nights so I don’t get to play a lot of hockey 

anymore.” 

It didn’t take May long to get back into the swing of things, 

though. 

“I feel pretty good,” he said. “I love hockey. Every time I get 

on the ice I think, ‘Why don’t I do this all the time?’ I enjoy it.” 

He admitted, however, that the muscles were a bit sore. 

“I think the body is starting to seize up,” he said. 

The most important thing, said May, is that funds raised at 

the tournament go to a good cause. 

“At the end of the day, it’s about raising money for a good 

cause and that’s Easter Seals,” he said. “It’s just great.” 


Member Spotlight 

St. Louis Operating Engineer Honored by American 

Institute of Architects 

THE SPRINGFIELD, Missouri 

chapter of the American Institute 

of Architects (AIA) named 

Randy Martin of Byrne & Jones 

Construction its “2014 Craftsman 

of the Year” for work he did 

on athletic and recreational 

improvements at Missouri State 

University. 

Martin, who is a member of the 

International Union of Operating 

Engineers Local 513 in St. Louis, 

was presented with the award 

at the Springfield Contractors 

Association annual “Salute to 

Construction.” He served as the 

site superintendent for the sports 

division of Byrne & Jones while 

building MSU’s new athletic 

track and three synthetic turf 

fields as part of the $24 million 

in new construction and improvements to the campus. The 

construction required Martin to oversee the import of 15,000 

tons of rock delivered in 750 truckloads. 

“We’re very proud of Randy,” said Pat Kammer, President 

and Business Manager of the 513 local. “Any time somebody 

shows excellence in their field and their one of our members, 

we are extremely proud of the skill set. He showed, in an area 

where unions aren’t predominantly the choice, that we could 

go down there with a union contractor, make money, and do 

a heck of a job. 

[above] General President Callahan [left] congratulates Randy 

Martin on his achievement, along with Local 513 Business Manager 

Pat Kammer [right] at a recent general membership meeting. 

[below] Martin on the job for Byrne & Jones Construction. 

[photos] Local 513 

Byrne & Jones is the St. Louis region’s largest commercial 

paving contractor, serving in three divisions — concrete, 

sports and asphalt. The firm typically builds and maintains 

parking lots, athletic fields, tennis courts, underground 

drainage systems and paved surfaces. 

“For somebody to receive that type of an award just goes to 

show you the training that is entailed to be a union operating 

engineer,” said Jeff Aboussie, Executive Secretary-Treasurer 

of the St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council. 

“Operating engineers have one of the best training sites in the 

state, and this is just a testament to the work they do.” 

[article] Collin Reischman, The Missouri Times 

Originally published Dec. 16, 2016. Reprinted with permission. 

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IUOE Jurisdictional Enforcement Goes Amphibious 

The Dredgeman, a boat used to enforce the Great Lakes Floating Agreement, is a joint effort of the International and Locals 49, 139, 150 

and 324. Local 139 launched a new era in marine-contract enforcement aboard the deck of this boat in the waters of Lake Superior. From 

left are Business Agents/Organizers Darrin Bursaw and Casey Aronson; Marine Business Agent/Organizer Allen Bingham; Joseph Osmak, 

Dan Westlund and Steve Raspotnik, Local 139 retirees; and Organizer Mike Ervin. This was an Unfair Labor Practice picket conducted 

against Terra Contracting Services LLC in Ashland, Wisconsin. 

Local 542 Honors Long-Time Members 


In Memorium 

Death benefits paid 

October, 2014 - January, 2015 

October 2014 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

George K. Aoki 

Chancey Cook 

William Cox 

Jay E. Crownoble 

Cecil Fritter 

Derryl L. Futrell 

Hilario Gascon 

Allen R. Greenhaw 

Lloyd Keldsen 

Lester Krueger 

Alfonso Lagrange 

Thomas Lemon 

Samuel Lucero 

Edwin H. Matlock 

Mickey G. Mccortney 

Arthur W. 

Mcpherson 

Calvin Mcphie 

Arthur Mihelcic 

Edward Ohanesian 

Clyde L. Olson 

Frank Rees 

John E. Speck 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Willie B. Cook 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

David Hawthorn 

Paul Kastorff 

Mickey Mcguire 

Local 014 

Flushing, NY 

Robert Koshefsky 

Robert P. Mccarthy 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

Nelson J. Bieger 

Charles A. Gerstung 

Clifford Troutman 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Homer F. Evans 

Lyle E. George 

Bernard M. Harrison 

John R. Paulin 

Paul D. Riley 

Jack L. Sayers 

Floyd Spicer 

Carl E. Zimmerman 

Local 066 

Pittsburgh, PA 

Herman E. 

Campbell 

Louis Mcmaster 

Joseph J. Soda 

Local 068 

West Caldwell, 

NJ 

John S. Mc seveney 

Local 077 

Suitland, MD 

Douglass S. 

Hutchison 

Local 101 

Kansas City, MO 

Glenn R. Haid 

Local 115 

Burnaby, BC 

David Pegg 

William J. Vigar 

John Welsh 

Local 132 

Charleston, WV 

Roger L. Milam 

Local 138 

Farmingdale, NY 

Norman Kurrass 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

Ray J. Foelker 

Wendle E. Johnson 

Donald G. Rogers 

Local 150 

Countryside, IL 

Jerry F. Crosek 

Ronald L. Davis 

John L. Holmes jr 

E .C. Lamb 

Joseph A. Novak 

Stanley E. Stockton 

Andrew Truslow 

Local 158 

Glenmont, NY 

James A. Milliman 

Thomas R. White 

Local 178 

Fort Worth, TX 

C .W. Barrett 

Local 181 

Henderson, KY 

James P. Jones 

Walter W. Lucas 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

Elmer D. Blackwell 

Charles R. Extine 

Levern A. Gulke 

Franklin D. 

Jackson 

Lawrence C. Nice 

Oscar P. Olsen 

Marvin Stougard 

Roy E. Troberg 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

James Benn 

Lawrence E. Bush 

Dale Case 

Glenn Dove 

Russell V. Essary 

Joseph J. Friedmann 

Maurice Gauthier 

Gerald A. Giesin 

Leroy T. Harrison 

Alexander S. 

Lunsford 

James R. Mcclanathan 

Philip Scarborough 

Barry E. Sedlock 

Edward Sherman 

jr 

Robert Sylvester 

Local 370 

Spokane, WA 

Rene Shurtliff 

Local 399 

Chicago, IL 

John T. Hickey 

Nils A. Lillund 

Percy D. Nichols 

James Sheehy 

Local 428 

Phoenix, AZ 

Elger L. Cutler 

John B. Gann 

Milton T. Goldsmith 

Gerald C. Lucas 

Local 478 

Hamden, CT 

Edward Wozniak 

Local 627 

Tulsa, OK 

Cecil E. Crowley 

David Slawson 

Local 649 

Peoria, IL 

Henry N. Bergman 

Philip C. Buelow 

Local 653 

Mobile, AL 

Charles W. 

Thomley 

Local 701 

Gladstone, OR 

Curtis Daniels 

Local 793 

Oakville, ON 

Donald Brooks 

Herbert A. Lentz 

Local 825 

Springfield, NJ 

Robert L. Gorman 

Frederick J. 

Macco 

Local 955 

Edmonton, AB 

Richard A. Neilson 

Leslie Smith 

November 

2014 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Jack Anderson 

Oscar Barnes 

Claude Bierman 

Robert E. Corcel 

Henry Friese 

Clyde German 

R .L. Graybeal 

R .Halvorson 

Arthur Mangalin 

Rex W. Matthews 

Frank A. Morrell 

Gordon Pace 

Hardy Reeves 

Leroy Rose 

James F. Ross 

Tom Sakoda 

Fred Sweet 

Wilford Tueller 

R .N. Wheeler 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Frank N. Vacher 

Local 009 

Denver, CO 

Winton R. Bradford 

Oliver Gray jr 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

Edward Abasta 

Frank Boyd 

Charles Burch 

Robert Dawson 

Marcus Deleon 

Manuel Delgado 

Donald Dudas 

Arnold 

Houghtaling 

Elmer E. Kitley 

Richard Lewis 

Robert Luna 

Roberto Martinez 

Sam Mckell 

Robert Milanovich 

Glenn Murphy 

Gailan Olson 

Madison Payne 

Anthony Ramus 

John Runnells 

Joseph Souza 

John Sparks 

Stephen Velarde 

Donald Welsh 

Local 015 

Long Island city, 

NY 

Ugo Bellomo 

Joseph W. Hade 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

Leroy G. Arber 

Gary A. Yox 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Charles Bunker 

Robert J. Carder 

Giovanni Colagiovanni 

Homer M. Gross 

Carl D. Howard 

Jearl A. Krauth 

Chester C. Littleton 

Garth M. Poynter 

Ralph S. Roche 

Donald J. Ruffing 

Robert C. Schaefer 

Alva Schlegel 

Harold M. Schweitzer 

Kenneth M. 

Smith 

Thomas Strittmatter 

Local 038 

Richard J. Castillo 

Local 049 

Minneapolis, MN 

Raymond B. 

Kaatz 

Keith A. Ryan 

Local 066 


Donald Q. Bowers 

James E. Devore 

Local 068 


NJ 

James C. Ferguson 

Local 070 

White Bear lake, 

MN 

Peter Solberg 

Local 101 


Robert E. 

Churchill 

Myron Ellis 

Local 106 

Glenmont, NY 

Angelo J. Delduce 

Local 132 


Neal Price 

Charles A. Reed 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

Robert L. Allison 

Leo Delaney 

Joseph Granberg 

George Grund 

Raymond J. 

Micolichek 

Arthur H. Nickel 

Local 148 

Saint Louis, MO 

Robert L. Symmonds 

Local 150 


Frank Bauer 

Ralph W. Beck jr 

Herschel W. Boyd 

Kenneth L. 

Brogdon 

Charles R. Brown 


Harry J. Groebner 

Norman L. Hands 

James L. Minnaert 

Robert G. Page 

Donald L. Polzin 

Hans H. Sunken 

Local 158 

Glenmont, NY 

Donald S. Borgeest 

Duane A. Bunyea 

Paul E. Kennerknecht 

Harold R. Ward 

Local 178 

Fort Worth, TX 

James H. Shires 

Local 181 

Henderson, KY 

George R. Waters 

jr 

Local 216 

Baton Rouge, LA 

Larry Myers 

Local 234 

Des Moines, IA 

A .Buckley 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

Robert E. Bondurant 

Stanley N. Chandler 

Lawrence O. Deel 

Clarence R. 

Mathis 

Charles A. Rogers 

Richard D. Welling 

Local 310 

Green Bay, WI 

Myron Rybicke 

Local 317 

Oak Creek, WI 

Ronald J. Reich 

Donald E. Wiedmann 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

Roger A. Bates 

Lewis R. Bone 

Joseph Cavaliere 

Nino R. Cicchini 

Elmer J. Devlaminck 

Douglas J. Featherston 

Vincent C. Gillenkirk 

John Malatin 

George W. Montroy 

Stuart Nicol 

Edward Noble 

Edward Rexius 

Joseph W. Rutherford 

Joel A. Scheffer 

Dale H. Smith 

Joseph C. St cyr 

Charles E. Weis jr 

Local 370 

Spokane, WA 

Eldon R. Gough 

jr 

Local 375 

Edward E. Harvey 

Local 381 

El Dorado, AR 

Elmer Glover 

Local 399 

Chicago, IL 

Charles Biagi 

Denis Mcquinn 

Local 407 

Lake Charles, LA 

Isaac N. Abshire 

jr 

Local 450 

Mont Belvieu, TX 

Morris R. Mclain 

James L. Mclain 

Local 463 

Ransomville, NY 

Edward H. Lester 

Local 478 

Hamden, CT 

John Pettibone 

Local 513 

Bridgeton, MO 

Anthony Barbagallo 

William Mooney 

Local 520 

Granite City, IL 

Kenneth L. Dunahee 

Gerald R. Hopper 

Melvin W. Lark 

Local 537 

Keith Clippert 

Local 542 

Fort Washington, 

PA 

Earl C. Brownawell 

Richard Ralph 

William A. Russell 

jr 

Local 612 

Tacoma, WA 

Jerry C. Wells 

Local 624 

Richland, MS 

J .A. Bourque 

Local 627 

Tulsa, OK 

Bert B. Smith 

Local 649 

Peoria, IL 

Albert Schmitt 

Local 660 

Paul D. Hillhouse 

Local 793 

Oakville, ON 

Harold J. Brayton 

Albert J. Lajoie 

Local 912 

Columbia, TN 

Charles E. Wales 

Local 955 

Edmonton, AB 

Bruno Berwald 

Nickolas Bikow 

Local 965 

Springfield, IL 

Clarence Pruett 

December 

2014 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Milton Birkhahn 

Alfred C. Blonquist 

Jerl L. Dearman 

Dino Dimarzio 

Jerold Eisenhut 

Joe M. Garcia 

Thomas E. 

Gilbert 

Donald Lankford 

Richard C. Linhares 

W .Longwill 

Burt Match 

Filbert Munoz 

Paul R. Perreira 

George E. Reitz 

Robert G. Roesbery 

David Williams 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

David F. Bean 

Frank R. Conboy 

Ronald C. Derosier 

Local 009 

Denver, CO 

Oliver Gray jr 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

Eddie Cole 

Clifford Eubanks 

Clifton Fowler 

Forrest Gossett 

Jose Romero 

John J. Tracey 

Local 014 

Flushing, NY 

Franklin R. Harbison 

Local 015 

Long Island city, 

NY 

Paul Borchart 

Diego Catinella 

Ramon Deyubero 

John A. Mcateer 

Nicholas Nubile 

Local 016 

A .V. Engel 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

David L. Schumer 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Herbert L. Crawford 

George K. Lavender 

Andrew R. Roush 

Frank O. Scala 

Ernest Szabo 

Local 025 

Millstone Township, 

NJ 

Leopold A. Feitzinger 

Local 049 

Minneapolis, MN 

Virgil K. Arett 

Local 057 

Providence, RI 

Armando F. 

Terenzi 

Local 066 


Clare Chiaramonte 

Carlo E. D amico 

Joseph Egan 

John D. Giles 

William H. Hall 

Andrew Murin 

Local 099 

Washington, DC 

Harry C. Sampson 

Local 103 

Indianapolis, IN 

Glenn Thornburgh 

Local 115 

Burnaby, BC 

Clarence Byron 

Jim Fenkarek 

Russell Griffith 

Hans Grohs 

Charley Newman 

D .G. Person 

Victor Provencal 

Jack Ross 

John A. Wahl 

John K. Williams 

Ken Yip 

Local 123 

Welch, OK 

Delbert E. Hill 

Local 132 


Denver Hall 

Larry R. Knotts 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

Harold Mc 

donald 

Robert Stenjem 

Lyle A. Sweet 

Louis L. Ziegler 

Local 147 

Norfolk, VA 

James R. Evans 

Local 150 


Martin J. Delaney 

Calvin W. Gill 

Chester E. Gorski 

James T. Hughes 

Randall E. 

Hutchinson 

Roger R. Salinas 

Herman W. Senkpeil 

Gilbert C. Vierow 

Local 158 

Glenmont, NY 

Harry J. Liddington 

Grant S. 

Rosekrans 

Chester Scerra 

Local 286 

Auburn, WA 

William Kolze 

John Schimling 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

Gordon K. Anderson 

Local 310 

Green Bay, WI 

Anton Schmidt 

Gay C. Wissen 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

Salvatore Antonini 

Don Durham 

Thomas Legault 

James Phillips 

Lavern H. 

Schmidt 

Local 351 

Borger, TX 

Joe B. Roy 

Local 399 

Chicago, IL 

Clifford R. Fox 

Local 513 

Bridgeton, MO 

Edward D. 

Bradley 

Albert J. Crader 

Ira V. Pauley 

Local 515 

Ernest Bartholomew 

Local 542 

Fort Washington, 

PA 

Laurence Commareri 

Walter J. Kucinskey 

WINTER 2015 

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Death benefits paid 

October, 2014 - January, 2015 

James F. Kulenguskey 

Ralph P. Maffei 

Charles W. Minnich 

Thomas Moor 

William R. 

Young 

Local 589 

Rodney R. 

Driggs 

Local 609 

Seattle, WA 

Raymond Burris 

Local 627 

Tulsa, OK 

Clifford Miller 

Local 649 

Peoria, IL 

Ronald F. Klein 

Local 660 

James N. Skidmore 

Local 701 

Gladstone, OR 

Joseph Baker 

William Coffey 

James Gaines 

Martz Gebhart 

Jack Kidwiler 

Lyle Waldo 

Local 825 


Charles Kavcsak 

Edward J. Sieckowski 

Local 912 

Columbia, TN 

Fulton Rankin 

Local 917 

Chattanooga, 

TN 

Hugh R. Noe jr 

Floyd N. Poteet 

Local 943 

Paul Stefanko 

Local 955 

Edmonton, AB 

Edward Labonte 

Richard A. 

Neilson 

January 

2015 

Local 001 

Thornton, CO 

Lloyd L. 

Ramseier 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Charles D. 

Colopy 

Charles Hasebe 

F .Mcnally jr 

William Pauole 

Fred Rennison jr 

Manuel Rocha 

Billy J. Wright 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Edward G. 

Burns 

Paul D. Chaisson 

Wm M. Cronin 

Thomas C. 

Schena 

Local 009 

Denver, CO 

Lee D. Briley 

Rex Whitted 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

C. Jensen 

Geylor Nelson 

Local 014 

Flushing, NY 

William Jackson, 

jr. 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

Richard King 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Earl W. Anderson 

Leroy H. Bauer 

Philip M. Belville 

Robert Boswell 

Robert Collins 

Rodney D. Cox 

Lawrence G. 

Daft 

Emanuel S. 

Koepfer 

James G. Spoon 

James O. Stewart 

Earl L. Williams 

Local 030 

Richmond Hill, 

NY 

John E. Mccance 

James M. Scherz 

Local 049 

Minneapolis, 

MN 

Dale Baysinger 

Robert B. Bona 

Franklin J. Mc 

lain 

Frank Nordstrand 

William 

Schoborg 

Ronald Youngdahl 

Local 066 


Larry H. Blair 

William Henderson 

Jesse Mcelroy 

Robert L. 

Townsend 

Walter L. Yoakum 

Local 068 


NJ 

John M. Verhage 

Local 098 

East Longmeadow, 

MA 

Donald Boufford 

Local 101 


William Thompson 

Local 115 

Burnaby, BC 

Leonard W. 

Friske 

Mike Masztalar 

Herbert E. 

Veasey 

Sam Wilderman 

Local 137 

Briarcliff Manor, 

NY 

Jeronimo M. 

Dasneves 

Local 138 

Farmingdale, 

NY 

Theodore Jurek 

jr 

Patrick Tufano 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

Maynard Jacobson 

William Steichen 

Local 148 

Saint Louis, MO 

George J. 

Lukens 

Evan R. Woods 

Local 150 


Vince Ciocchetti 

Jeremiah T. 

Crouch 

Donald J. Mcmanus 

Tom C. Panouses 

Mijo S. Pericak 

Jerry T. Powers 

Local 158 

Glenmont, NY 

Frank Banner 

Local 181 

Henderson, KY 

Kenneth R. 

Howle 

Linden D. Smith 

Joe D. Uland 

Local 234 

Des Moines, IA 

Edward Dillman 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

Melvin M. Cernich 

Harley K. 

Raymer 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

Jack R. Campbell 

Stanley E. Eddy 

Carl Kangas 

Vacius Lelis 

Gerald E. Mack 

James Oberstar 

Stanley W. 

Roelofs sr 

Rocco Taglione 

jr 

William C. Verrette 

Local 326 

Homer Francisco 

Local 370 

Spokane, WA 

Gene Ward 

Local 381 

El Dorado, AR 

Wayne Husbands 

Local 399 

Chicago, IL 

Richard C. Dick 

Local 463 

Ransomville, NY 

Leroy F. Pitre 

Local 478 

Hamden, CT 

Roderick J. 

Arpin 

Local 501 

Los Angeles, CA 

Van H. Leavitt 

Richard E. Stevens 

Local 513 

Bridgeton, MO 

Ivan L. Myers 

Harry Swinger 

Local 649 

Peoria, IL 

Clifford R. Williams 

Local 701 

Gladstone, OR 

Dexter Hambright 

William James 

C. Stringer 

Local 793 

Oakville, ON 

Wayne Kew 

Bernard Mckenna 

Norman L. 

Pierce 

Elmer C. Wardrop 

Local 825 


Erwin Gawrys 

Local 826 

B .W. Cota 

Local 841 

Terre Haute, IN 

Raymond G. 

Johnson 

Local 912 

Columbia, TN 

Sam M. Edwards 

Local 926 

Rex, GA 

Charlie W. Stone 

Local 955 

Edmonton, AB 

Ernest A. Chorney 

Local 965 

Springfield, IL 

Charles R. Evans 

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