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i n t e r n at i o n a l<br />
<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong><br />
www.iuoe.org • spring 2013<br />
38 th GENERAL CONVENTION
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i n t e r n at i o n a l<br />
<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong><br />
Spring 2013 • Volume 156, No. 2<br />
Brian E. Hickey, Editor<br />
Jay Lederer, Managing Editor<br />
08 Our Work: World Trade Center<br />
Operators cap <strong>of</strong>f country’s newest landmark<br />
10 Member Spotlight<br />
Tweeting from atop Canada’s tallest crane<br />
12 Battle to Build Keystone Heats Up<br />
<strong>International</strong>, multi-front campaign underway<br />
16 38th General Convention<br />
“Honor the Past, Shape the Future”<br />
Departments<br />
05 From the General President<br />
06 Education & Training<br />
12 Politics & Legislation<br />
20 Canadian News<br />
22 HAZMAT<br />
23 Health & Safety<br />
24 GEB Minutes<br />
28 In Memorium<br />
[left] A spire is hoisted to the top <strong>of</strong> One World Trade<br />
Center bringing the tower to its full height <strong>of</strong> 1,776 feet.<br />
[photo] Mark Lennihan/AP<br />
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James T. Callahan, General President<br />
Brian E. Hickey, General Secretary-Treasurer<br />
William C. Waggoner, First Vice President<br />
Patrick L. Sink, Second Vice President<br />
Jerry Kalmar, Third Vice President<br />
Russell E. Burns, Fourth Vice President<br />
Rodger Kaminska, Fifth Vice President<br />
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From the General President<br />
[James T. Callahan]<br />
Shaping the Future Together<br />
Strength in unity propels us forward<br />
As General President, my<br />
guiding principle each and every<br />
day has been “the members are the<br />
union.” Along with General Secretary-<br />
Treasurer Hickey and the Executive<br />
Board, we work with purpose to grow<br />
and secure opportunities for all our<br />
members and to build inroads for<br />
the next generation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Operating</strong><br />
<strong>Engineer</strong>s.<br />
I was honored to receive the<br />
unanimous support by the delegates to<br />
the 38th General Convention to serve<br />
as General President for a full term.<br />
The delegates in attendance—over<br />
600 strong—took to heart our theme<br />
“Honor the Past, Shape the Future”<br />
and conducted the important work <strong>of</strong><br />
our union diligently.<br />
There is an old saying, “May you live<br />
in interesting times.” Some say it’s a<br />
curse, but like it or not, we do live in very<br />
interesting times. In the five years since<br />
the last convention, our union, our two<br />
nations and the entire world, witnessed<br />
significant changes—a global financial<br />
crisis not seen since the Great<br />
Depression; soaring unemployment in<br />
the construction industry; the winding<br />
down <strong>of</strong> two very long and costly wars;<br />
and two presidential elections marked<br />
by extreme political polarization – to<br />
name just a few.<br />
Make no mistake, like many unions,<br />
we took our hits and many members<br />
have faced difficult times. But despite<br />
these challenges, the state <strong>of</strong> our union<br />
remains strong and is growing stronger<br />
every day. More jobs are being created,<br />
membership is climbing and our<br />
pension funds are realizing concrete<br />
gains with an improving stock market.<br />
The improving economy is<br />
welcome news, but serious threats<br />
remain to our union and the broader<br />
labor movement. These attacks come<br />
disguised in the cleverly deceptive turn<br />
<strong>of</strong> phrase: “Right-to-Work.”<br />
Let’s be clear. So called “right-towork”<br />
is a lie. Under these laws workers<br />
lose rights and no work gets created—<br />
it’s a political trick to cripple unions<br />
and dismantle collective bargaining.<br />
These laws drive down wages for every<br />
worker, union and non-union, and<br />
damage the overall economy.<br />
What started in Wisconsin quickly<br />
spread to Indiana and Michigan last<br />
year, where we fought alongside our<br />
allies to defend collective bargaining<br />
rights. Today, this “right-to-work” virus<br />
continues to spread through other<br />
states and some Canadian provinces as<br />
well.<br />
I pledged then and I pledge<br />
again now—we will spend whatever<br />
resources are necessary to confront and<br />
combat these attacks wherever they<br />
occur. We didn’t ask for this fight, but<br />
you can be sure we will bring the fight<br />
to them! We will educate and we will<br />
mobilize. We will never surrender to<br />
collectively bargain for our members.<br />
Our best defense against the<br />
increased anti-labor activity we are<br />
seeing is to have a better <strong>of</strong>fense—<br />
and organizing is a major part <strong>of</strong> that<br />
strategy. We must re-double our efforts<br />
to educate, motivate and organize new<br />
members at every turn.<br />
We have instituted a more aggressive<br />
organizing model to increase and<br />
enhance our market share within both<br />
H&P and Stationary. We are leveraging<br />
technology and strategic research to<br />
undertake comprehensive campaigns.<br />
We are building density and beginning<br />
to organize our core jurisdictions in less<br />
labor friendly markets. These efforts<br />
are finding success—from stationary<br />
engineers on the Las Vegas Strip, to<br />
petro-chemical workers in Texas, to<br />
crane operators in Florida.<br />
Right now, as our economy begins<br />
to grow again and as we welcome<br />
home thousands <strong>of</strong> military veterans,<br />
we must seize the opportunity to reintroduce<br />
the <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s to a<br />
new generation. One way to do this is<br />
by showcasing our training programs.<br />
Training is what sets us apart and<br />
enables our members to stand out as<br />
the most productive and safest workers<br />
in both H&P and Stationary. Our<br />
training programs have set the gold<br />
standard within the crafts we work<br />
and, moving forward, we will continue<br />
to prioritize training throughout every<br />
level <strong>of</strong> our union.<br />
Each time we gather together,<br />
whether at a local membership<br />
meeting or a general convention, we<br />
are reminded that our strength as a<br />
union lies in our unity. We have found<br />
that no matter where we come from or<br />
what work we dedicate our lives to, we<br />
have a common bond. And that bond<br />
will propel us forward in the years<br />
ahead.<br />
Our union has been tested under<br />
extremely difficult circumstances.<br />
However, by working together, we<br />
have shown that our union can turn<br />
challenges into opportunities and<br />
advance the interests <strong>of</strong> our members<br />
and their families.<br />
Moving forward, we will shape a<br />
better future for <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s<br />
and we will do it together. Of that, I<br />
have no doubt.<br />
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Education & Training<br />
Celebrating 50 Years <strong>of</strong> Training, Local 39 Graduates 51 Apprentices<br />
Local 39 celebrated a historic milestone this year<br />
when the San Francisco based Stationary <strong>Engineer</strong> local held<br />
their 50th Annual Apprentice Graduation. The affair was<br />
well attended by the graduates, their family members and<br />
co-workers. The Grand Ballroom <strong>of</strong> the world famous San<br />
Francisco Hilton was the setting for this Golden Anniversary<br />
event.<br />
A sense <strong>of</strong> pride was evident to all who attended as the<br />
evening’s host, Business Manager and IUOE Vice President<br />
Jerry Kalmar introduced Local 39’s newest journeypersons.<br />
They enter the next stage <strong>of</strong> their careers covering a broad<br />
spectrum <strong>of</strong> industries represented by Stationary <strong>Engineer</strong>s,<br />
Local 39.<br />
Each year, the local honors one individual with the<br />
coveted Apprentice <strong>of</strong> the Year Award, aptly named the<br />
“Richard Ganley Award” honoring long time member and<br />
contributor to the Joint Apprenticeship Program, Richard<br />
“Dick” Ganley. The criteria for receiving the award are the<br />
overall achievements based on classroom grades, attendance<br />
and work evaluations culminating in a “best <strong>of</strong> the best”<br />
among a class <strong>of</strong> hard working and deserving candidates.<br />
This year’s recipient <strong>of</strong> the Richard Ganley Apprentice <strong>of</strong><br />
the Year Award is Andrew DeCavia. Along with his new found<br />
honor, Brother DeCavia received $1000 for his outstanding<br />
performance throughout his four year apprenticeship.<br />
The evening’s celebration was heightened when Business<br />
Manager Kalmar proudly announced this year’s recipients<br />
<strong>of</strong> the “Local 39 Educational Scholarship.” Three deserving<br />
children <strong>of</strong> Local 39 members received four year college<br />
scholarships <strong>of</strong> up to sixty thousand dollars each. With this<br />
year’s awards, the local has raised over $1 million dollars<br />
through its Scholarship Golf Tournament to provide college<br />
scholarships to the children and/or grandchildren <strong>of</strong> Local<br />
39 members.<br />
This year’s proud recipients are Olivia Carreon, daughter<br />
<strong>of</strong> Local 39 member Kerri Moore, Rachel Epling, daughter<br />
<strong>of</strong> Local 39 member Michael Epling and Natasha Jones,<br />
daughter <strong>of</strong> Local 39 member Mark Jones.<br />
Local 926 Puts New Deere<br />
Equipment to the Test<br />
Tweleve Pieces <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> new John Deere equpiment are<br />
making their way around the country as part <strong>of</strong> NTF’s Lease<br />
Program with the manufacturer. Recently, Local 926 utilized<br />
a top <strong>of</strong> the line Deere backhoe at their training site in Rex,<br />
Georgia. Contact NTF for program details.<br />
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Local 926 backhoe class from L to R: Director <strong>of</strong> Training &<br />
Safety Rich Shakespeare, Instructor Johnny Spann, George<br />
Propes, Dakota Kabina, Wayne Rampley, Mark Parson,<br />
Anthony Nash, Nick Lee, and Jonathon Hackett.<br />
NTF Conducts First Basic Instructor Class <strong>of</strong> the Year<br />
The National Training Fund presented the first<br />
<strong>of</strong> two Basic Instructor Classes for 2013 at the Conference<br />
Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum, Maryland<br />
on April, 8-12. This 4 ½ day class helps new and recently<br />
hired instructors develop excellent teaching techniques<br />
in adult learning and meets the requirement set forth<br />
by the Department <strong>of</strong> Labor’s Education and Training<br />
Administration for Registered Apprenticeship. Below are the<br />
latest members to attend and complete this class.<br />
Front Row L to R: J. Forlenza (15), K. Kroeger (Inst), B. Hickey (399), L. Nagle (399), J. Blum (70), J. Machak, (99), M. Turner (Inst); Second<br />
Row L to R: A. Johns (JC), J. Miller (137), S. Redden (99), G. Long (399), H. Skopik (501), B, McLaughlin (399), S. Meany (137), P. Peterson<br />
(15), J. Welp (181), L. Titus (351), N. Ridgway (318); Last Row L to R: A. Luviano (501), S. Marsyla (70), R. White (399), M. Van Der Sluis (501)<br />
R. Jones (407), C. Wilson (JC), G. Wilson (501), J. Rafferty (399), C. Mortensen (501).<br />
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Our Work: World Trade Center<br />
Gleaming Spire Tops Off New World Trade Center Tower<br />
As spectators and construction workers applauded<br />
below, Local 14 crane operator John Schaffner set a silver<br />
spire atop New York City’s One World Trade Center on May<br />
10, bringing the structure to its full 1,776 height.<br />
The 408-foot spire, which weighs 758 tons and includes a<br />
broadcast antenna and light that will be visible from up to 50<br />
miles away, is a permanent signal <strong>of</strong> triumph that restores a<br />
key part <strong>of</strong> the city skyline shattered by the 9/11 terror attacks.<br />
“This really is a symbolic moment because this building<br />
really represents the resiliency <strong>of</strong> this country,” Port Authority<br />
Vice Chair Scott Rechler told TODAY’s Matt Lauer, who was<br />
perched on the 104th floor with other <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s to<br />
witness the process. “These people, the thousand men and<br />
women who have worked here tirelessly, really as a tribute for<br />
the people that perished on 9/11 right on this site.”<br />
The needle will be held in place by a temporary structure<br />
until iron workers finish <strong>of</strong>f the permanent base in the<br />
coming weeks.<br />
The 1,776 feet — or 541 meters — is symbolic <strong>of</strong> the year<br />
1776, when the U.S. declared its independence.<br />
The building is rising at the northwest corner <strong>of</strong> the site<br />
where the twin towers were destroyed. The area is well on<br />
its way to reconstruction with the 72-story Four World Trade<br />
Center and other buildings.<br />
The elegant spire gives the building the extra height<br />
needed to claim the status as the tallest structure in the U.S.<br />
and the third-tallest in the world, although building experts<br />
dispute whether the spire is actually an antenna — a crucial<br />
distinction in measuring the building’s height.<br />
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a<br />
Chicago-based organization considered an authority on<br />
such records, says an antenna is something simply added to<br />
the top <strong>of</strong> a tower that can be removed. By contrast, a spire is<br />
something that is part <strong>of</strong> the building’s architectural design.<br />
Video <strong>of</strong> the event can be seen at www.iuoe.org<br />
Local 14 crane operator John Schaffner is ready<br />
to make the historic lift. [photo] Bill Farrell<br />
[right, photo] September 11 Families Association<br />
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Member Spotlight<br />
Operator Tweets Atop Canada’s Tallest Crane<br />
Local 793 member Robert McFarlane chronicles<br />
Toronto from on high<br />
[above] One <strong>of</strong> the hundreds <strong>of</strong> photos that Local 793 member Robert MacFarlane has shot from the cab <strong>of</strong> his crane 702 feet above Toronto<br />
and posted on Twitter. [right] MacFarlane on ground level in front <strong>of</strong> the L Tower. [photo] Jordan Chittley/Yahoo! Canada News<br />
[story by] Curtis Rush, The Toronto Star<br />
Follow Robert MacFarlane on Twitter: @SkyJacked793<br />
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FROM HIS DAILY perch high in the sky in Toronto, crane<br />
operator Robert MacFarlane can see Niagara Falls out one<br />
window and Canada’s Wonderland out another.<br />
As the L Tower rises to 58 stories on The Esplanade,<br />
MacFarlane is blessed with some <strong>of</strong> the most stunning views<br />
in the city as he hoists construction materials to the top <strong>of</strong> the<br />
condo development.<br />
It’s in those quiet moments, sitting in his solitary seat 702<br />
feet up in his crane operator’s cab, that MacFarlane is struck<br />
by the beauty <strong>of</strong> a sunrise over Lake Ontario, or the majesty <strong>of</strong><br />
a hawk or falcon swooping among the tall buildings.<br />
Those are the scenes he wants preserved. So, with no<br />
previous photography experience, he comes to work each<br />
day equipped with two point-and-shoot cameras and a<br />
smartphone.<br />
“I’ve even stopped the crane and said,<br />
‘Boys, hang on a minute … . They’re<br />
amused by that.’”<br />
In any kind <strong>of</strong> weather, whether it’s blazing sun, cool<br />
mist or wicked winds, MacFarlane snaps hundreds <strong>of</strong><br />
photos, making him something <strong>of</strong> a skyscraper shutterbug<br />
extraordinaire.<br />
Many <strong>of</strong> those photos end up on his new Twitter account<br />
@SkyJacked793.<br />
His Twitter handle comes from the fact that the vernacular<br />
for raising a crane is “jacking it up,” and 793 is his union local.<br />
Inspired by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield’s tweets<br />
from the <strong>International</strong> Space Station, MacFarlane opened the<br />
Twitter account recently and began posting photos from his<br />
high vantage point.<br />
“It’s pretty cool,” the 54-year-old Scarborough father <strong>of</strong><br />
three says, standing at ground level outside the L Tower.<br />
“The bank towers are taller, but not everybody can go<br />
outside, like I can. It’s not the same. I can open my window<br />
and just lean over and take a shot if I get one. I love taking<br />
Humber Bay pictures. I can’t get enough <strong>of</strong> those.”<br />
The crane he works in, he’s been told, is the highest freestanding<br />
crane erected in Canada right now, affording him a<br />
360-degree unobstructed view.<br />
Sometimes he takes photos from inside the cab, and other<br />
times, the 6-foot-5 MacFarlane will lumber out onto the<br />
platform to get that perfect shot.<br />
Rarely will a big event below escape his photographic eye.<br />
He has seen accidents on the Gardiner Expressway and<br />
recently a fire evacuation from a building along Queens Quay.<br />
The native <strong>of</strong> New Brunswick has been a crane operator<br />
for 20 years and currently earns about $40 an hour.<br />
He’s not expecting to become a social media star among<br />
crane operators, although he suggests he’s the only crane<br />
operator in the world doing what he’s doing. Taking photos<br />
from his crane operator’s cab will remain a hobby.<br />
He fully realizes that this is a rare moment in a crane<br />
operator’s career.<br />
Once the L Tower is completed, MacFarlane will have to<br />
wait years to get to this level again — if ever.<br />
“You only get a shot at this once,” he said. “Every day<br />
there is beauty on the lake, and little swaths <strong>of</strong> the city that<br />
will light up while everything else is in shade, and one chunk<br />
in Mississauga will be glowing in the sun. I just gotta get that<br />
picture.”<br />
Sometimes, an early-morning scene with the sun streaking<br />
the sky purple or orange is too beautiful to miss.<br />
“I’ve even stopped the crane and said, ‘Boys, hang on a<br />
minute … . They’re amused by that.’”<br />
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Politics & Legislation<br />
<strong>International</strong>, Multi-Front Campaign to Build Keystone XL Pipeline<br />
The battle to build the 1,200-<br />
mile Keystone XL Pipeline is being<br />
waged on several different fronts –<br />
in Congress, in regulatory agencies,<br />
and on the ground. The campaign<br />
rages while the 500-mile Gulf Coast<br />
segment <strong>of</strong> the crude-oil pipeline from<br />
Cushing, OK, to Port Arthur, TX, which<br />
was originally part <strong>of</strong> the Keystone<br />
XL, is currently under construction,<br />
employing over one-thousand<br />
<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s.<br />
Because the project crosses the<br />
U.S.-Canadian border, the project<br />
requires a Presidential Permit, which<br />
is issued by the State Department. In<br />
November 2011, President Obama<br />
halted consideration <strong>of</strong> the permit<br />
for Keystone XL, saying that the State<br />
<strong>of</strong> Nebraska needed more time to<br />
consider alternative routes around<br />
the sensitive Sand Hills area. Instead<br />
<strong>of</strong> losing precious time on the portion<br />
<strong>of</strong> the pipeline that does not cross the<br />
border, TransCanada secured permits<br />
for the Gulf Coast project that would<br />
help eliminate the immediate supply<br />
glut in Cushing, OK, and move crude<br />
oil to refineries in Port Arthur, TX.<br />
Members <strong>of</strong> Local 178, 450, and 627 are<br />
building the project in their jurisdiction<br />
now.<br />
After the President delayed the<br />
project, Nebraska moved forward<br />
with its environmental review <strong>of</strong><br />
the pipeline, ultimately rerouting<br />
the Keystone XL completely around<br />
sensitive area. Nebraska Governor<br />
Dave Heineman said in his January<br />
22, 2013 letter to President Obama and<br />
then-Secretary Clinton that the state<br />
had “completed its evaluation” and<br />
that the project “...would have minimal<br />
environmental impacts in Nebraska.”<br />
The State Department incorporated<br />
Nebraska’s new reroute into its<br />
review and recently released an<br />
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)<br />
for the project seeking public comment.<br />
The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Union</strong> joined the<br />
other pipeline crafts in sending a letter<br />
to the State Department, which called<br />
for the project’s expedited approval.<br />
Members <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s<br />
filed thousands <strong>of</strong> comments<br />
supporting the project in that part <strong>of</strong><br />
the process. The project awaits its Final<br />
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Environmental Impact Statement, one<br />
<strong>of</strong> the last key steps in the nearly fiveyear<br />
effort to secure a permit. While<br />
uncertainty and bureaucratic delay has<br />
plagued the process, a final decision is<br />
likely to come in the Fall.<br />
On the ground, the fight continues<br />
to win the hearts and minds <strong>of</strong> decisionmakers<br />
on this critical North American<br />
energy project. <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s<br />
are leading rallies in state capitals<br />
across the Midwest to rally support<br />
for the project. Local 49 in Minnesota,<br />
Local 324 in Iowa, and Local 513<br />
in Missouri mobilized hundreds <strong>of</strong><br />
members and community leaders<br />
to get involved in the environmental<br />
review and let the Administration know<br />
just how important it is to the lives<br />
and livelihoods <strong>of</strong> union construction<br />
workers. Glen Johnson, Business<br />
Manager <strong>of</strong> Local 49, led a rally on<br />
the steps <strong>of</strong> Minnesota State Capitol,<br />
where he said a pipeline is the “best<br />
transportation system for oil.”<br />
On April 18, members <strong>of</strong> Local<br />
513 helped organize an event with<br />
community and industry leaders in<br />
St. Louis to support the critical energy<br />
infrastructure project. Joining the<br />
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster<br />
joined union members at the rally,<br />
where he said, “We’re talking about<br />
good jobs, good jobs for skilled trades<br />
men and women in manufacturing,<br />
transportation and construction, jobs<br />
for welders and electricians, pipefitters<br />
and carpenters, teamsters and<br />
engineers. And where there are new<br />
jobs for skilled labor, there are going<br />
to be jobs for other Missourians…It’s<br />
good for all <strong>of</strong> us.”<br />
Keystone XL advocates in Congress<br />
are looking for ways to advance the<br />
project. During consideration <strong>of</strong> the<br />
budget, Senators John Hoeven (R-NE)<br />
and Max Baucus (D-MT) <strong>of</strong>fered an<br />
amendment in support <strong>of</strong> the Keystone<br />
XL. The vote received a filibuster-pro<strong>of</strong><br />
62 votes in the United States Senate,<br />
overcoming that key 60-vote threshold<br />
in the chamber. Seventeen Democratic<br />
Senators supported the project.<br />
In the House <strong>of</strong> Representatives,<br />
legislation is moving to directly approve<br />
the permit in Congress, much like what<br />
was done in the 1970s to approve the<br />
Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPS), the 800-<br />
mile pipeline that brings crude oil from<br />
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to port in Valdez.<br />
The Northern Route Approval Act, H.R.<br />
3, is making its way through the process,<br />
with support from the IUOE, which<br />
testified before the House Committee<br />
on Natural Resources in support <strong>of</strong> the<br />
legislation. General President Callahan<br />
said, “After almost five years <strong>of</strong> review,<br />
it’s time to unlock the jobs this massive<br />
private investment will create and put<br />
<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s to work.”<br />
left] Members <strong>of</strong> IUOE Local 234 turned out in force at the state capitol in Des Moines to support the Keystone XL pipeline. [above] IUOE<br />
Local 49 joined the Laborers and other Minnesota construction unions outside the Minnesota State Capitol. [above, right] <strong>Operating</strong><br />
<strong>Engineer</strong>s are busy building the Southern leg <strong>of</strong> the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas and Oklahoma.<br />
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Politics & Legislation<br />
Ports, Harbors, Waterways Legislation Passes Senate<br />
On May 15, the United States<br />
Senate overwhelmingly passed the<br />
nation’s Water Resources Development<br />
Act <strong>of</strong> 2013, which governs investments<br />
on the nation’s inland waterways, locks<br />
and dams, ports, harbors, and floodcontrol<br />
projects, ensuring competitive<br />
maritime transshipment <strong>of</strong> agricultural<br />
products, fuel shipments, and much<br />
more.<br />
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Senate Environment and Public<br />
Works Committee, was able to forge a<br />
compromise with Republicans on her<br />
committee, which led to unanimous<br />
support for the bill when it passed out<br />
<strong>of</strong> her committee. That show <strong>of</strong> support<br />
built momentum as the legislation<br />
moved to the Senate floor, where 83<br />
Senators supported it on final passage.<br />
“Getting 83 votes in favor when<br />
bipartisanship is missing in the Senate<br />
is very important. Now is the time for<br />
the House to act so we can ensure that<br />
the benefits <strong>of</strong> the bill are realized,” Sen.<br />
Boxer said in a statement following the<br />
vote.<br />
IUOE General President Callahan<br />
joined the call for quick passage <strong>of</strong> the<br />
bill in the House <strong>of</strong> Representatives.<br />
“Now is the time to quickly move this<br />
bipartisan legislation in the House<br />
to create jobs and put <strong>Operating</strong><br />
<strong>Engineer</strong>s to work,” said President<br />
Callahan.<br />
A billion dollars invested in water<br />
projects creates about 10,000 jobs in<br />
the construction industry, including<br />
hundreds <strong>of</strong> IUOE jobs. It is estimated<br />
that the bill will create or sustain about<br />
500,000 jobs across the United States in<br />
all sectors <strong>of</strong> the economy.<br />
The bipartisan legislation will<br />
authorize critical water-resources<br />
investments and speed the projectdelivery<br />
process at the Army Corps<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s. The bill would also help<br />
ensure that the nation’s harbor and<br />
port navigation channels are fully<br />
maintained by expending Harbor<br />
Maintenance Trust Fund revenues for<br />
their authorized and intended purpose.<br />
The Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund,<br />
before these changes, collected<br />
revenue from freight shipments to<br />
maintain the nation’s harbors, but past<br />
Administrations, both Democratic and<br />
Republican, refused to spend all <strong>of</strong><br />
the money raised for that purpose on<br />
harbor maintenance. The <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Union</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s, working<br />
closely with other industry allies, has<br />
been trying to resolve this issue for<br />
years.<br />
Another section <strong>of</strong> the bill, S. 601,<br />
would create an innovative financing<br />
program to leverage government funds<br />
for water infrastructure projects. This<br />
program is modeled after one that exists<br />
in the highway and transit law, and is<br />
designed to provide low-cost financing<br />
to public-private partnerships, as well<br />
as ports, states, and local governments.<br />
[photo] Brant Sanderlin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution<br />
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38th General Convention <strong>of</strong> the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Union</strong><br />
Delegates elect Callahan General President, issues call to action to defend<br />
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Feature<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s<br />
rights and grow membership<br />
Delegates to the IUOE’s 38th General Convention,<br />
held in Hollywood, Florida from April 28 to May 1, took to<br />
heart the convention theme, “Honor the Past, Shape the<br />
Future,” by adopting 17 constitutional amendments and 27<br />
resolutions that establish the priorities and positions <strong>of</strong> the<br />
union going forward.<br />
The delegates unanimously elected James T. Callahan<br />
as General President and Brian E. Hickey as Secretary-<br />
Treasurer to their first full terms. All current <strong>International</strong><br />
Vice Presidents and Trustees were also unanimously elected.<br />
“I am proud to lead a union <strong>of</strong> dedicated and skilled trade<br />
unionists who build and maintain North America every day,”<br />
said Callahan. “Once again, our union is called to action.<br />
We must stand up against powerful interests who want to<br />
silence workers, kill private and public sector unions, and<br />
marginalize working families.<br />
“Now, more than ever, we need to make bold investments<br />
and find innovative solutions that will create jobs, pay a fair<br />
wage – a union wage– and support middle class families.”<br />
Resolutions dealing with organizing, training,<br />
occupational health and safety, prevailing wage, economic<br />
and labor issues, and pension and healthcare benefits also<br />
were passed unanimously, as were other resolutions dealing<br />
with various issues.<br />
Featured speakers at this year’s convention included<br />
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL); Ambassador Gary Doer,<br />
Canadian Ambassador to the United States; Richard L.<br />
Trumka, President AFL-CIO; Douglas McCarron, General<br />
President - United Brotherhood <strong>of</strong> Carpenters; D. Taylor,<br />
President - UNITE-HERE; and Stephen Lindauer, CEO -<br />
Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>Union</strong> Constructors.<br />
The convention theme was prevalent throughout the<br />
four-day event and delegates returned home energized and<br />
unified for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.<br />
More information about the 38th General Convention,<br />
including the video presentations that were shown, can be<br />
found at the <strong>International</strong>’s website: www.iuoe.org<br />
[left] Former General President Vincent J. Giblin administered<br />
the oath <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice to the newly elected General Officers and<br />
<strong>International</strong> Trustees.<br />
[following pages] Scenes from the 38th General Convention that<br />
was held in Hollywood, Florida where over 600 delegates from<br />
104 locals took part.<br />
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Canadian News<br />
Local 793 Reaching out to First Nations Communities<br />
IUOE Local 793 has embarked on<br />
an aggressive campaign to recruit and<br />
train more First Nations peoples for<br />
careers as <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s.<br />
The union and its training arm – the<br />
<strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s Training Institute<br />
<strong>of</strong> Ontario (OETIO) – are reaching out<br />
to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples<br />
to fill the skills gap.<br />
The goal is to get First Nations<br />
peoples into apprenticeship programs,<br />
train them, and then match them with<br />
contractors across Ontario.<br />
About $3.7-billion in work is<br />
expected to come on stream in<br />
northwestern Ontario in future years<br />
– mainly roads and infrastructure to<br />
support growth <strong>of</strong> the mining industry.<br />
Much <strong>of</strong> that work is expected to be<br />
near First Nations communities.<br />
Local 793 wants to ensure that young<br />
people from First Nations communities<br />
are properly trained and ready for the<br />
jobs.<br />
Mike Gallagher, Local 793 Business<br />
Manager and IUOE <strong>International</strong> Vice<br />
President, has spoken repeatedly about<br />
the importance <strong>of</strong> getting Aboriginals<br />
into training.<br />
He firmly believes that First Nations<br />
peoples should be trained for jobs in<br />
the construction industry instead <strong>of</strong><br />
bringing in temporary foreign workers<br />
from abroad.<br />
“We need to reach out to them,” he<br />
told a general membership meeting <strong>of</strong><br />
Local 793 on March 24 in Oakville.<br />
Gallagher also spoke about the issue<br />
at a conference <strong>of</strong> Aboriginal leaders<br />
and training <strong>of</strong>ficials in Thunder Bay on<br />
March 26.<br />
The conference brought together<br />
First Nations skills and employment<br />
training agencies to discuss a solution<br />
to bridging the skills gap in Canada.<br />
“One <strong>of</strong> the best things we can do<br />
for our children is give them a career,<br />
give them a skill, and an apprenticeship<br />
<strong>of</strong>fers them that,” Gallagher told<br />
delegates at the conference.<br />
He said unions like Local 793 will<br />
bargain collective agreements that<br />
protect workers and ensure First<br />
Nations communities benefit from<br />
developments that take place on their<br />
lands.<br />
“I want to encourage the elders and<br />
the chiefs <strong>of</strong> the First Nations peoples<br />
to work with organizations like mine<br />
– the <strong>Operating</strong> <strong>Engineer</strong>s – or other<br />
groups out there because you have to<br />
have some permanent benefit from<br />
development that occurs on your land,”<br />
he said.<br />
Local 793 has been working with<br />
First Nations communities for some<br />
time now.<br />
Ten years ago, the local negotiated a<br />
collective agreement with Kiewit for a<br />
road project known as the Garden River<br />
Project in Sault Ste. Marie. The project<br />
employed many First Nations workers.<br />
Since 2006, the OETIO has trained<br />
more than 700 First Nations, Inuit<br />
and Metis people from Ontario,<br />
Nunavut and Saskatchewan. Many<br />
successful graduates are now working<br />
in the mining, construction, roads and<br />
pipeline sectors.<br />
In the past two years, the OETIO has<br />
trained at least eight First Nations crane<br />
apprentices. One <strong>of</strong> those apprentices<br />
is Tanya Uiselt, a 20-year-old member<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Moose Cree First Nation who<br />
is Local 793’s first Aboriginal female<br />
tower crane apprentice. She is working<br />
at the Lower Mattagami hydroelectric<br />
generating project in northern Ontario.<br />
In the last six months, though, Local<br />
793 and the OETIO have stepped up<br />
efforts to reach out to First Nations<br />
communities.<br />
Six staff members were appointed to<br />
committees that support the Aboriginal<br />
Apprenticeship Board <strong>of</strong> Ontario. The<br />
OETIO has also developed a new IUOE<br />
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trade-entrance upgrading course for<br />
crane and heavy equipment candidates.<br />
This enhances the ability <strong>of</strong> First Nations<br />
peoples to pass the IUOE trade entrance<br />
exam.<br />
The OETIO, meanwhile, has also<br />
hired Brian Pelletier, an Ojibway and<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the Serpent River First<br />
Nation, for its outreach program.<br />
Brian has worked with First Nations<br />
communities across Canada for more<br />
than 30 years.<br />
The initiatives appear to be paying<br />
<strong>of</strong>f as training staff has noticed that<br />
more First Nations funding agencies<br />
are coming to the OETIO campuses<br />
for two- or three-day site visits. More<br />
First Nations funding agencies are also<br />
sending their clients to the OETIO,<br />
as agency representatives are more<br />
aware <strong>of</strong> the training possibilities being<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered at the campuses.<br />
Last December, 20 First Nations<br />
peoples came to the OETIO in<br />
Morrisburg for a four-day introduction<br />
to heavy equipment program.<br />
Eight <strong>of</strong> the 20 returned afterwards<br />
to participate in a 10-week heavy<br />
equipment program. In April, another<br />
15 First Nations trainees attended the<br />
same introduction to heavy equipment<br />
course at the OETIO in Morrisburg.<br />
As part <strong>of</strong> the effort, Local 793 and<br />
the OETIO are also helping employers<br />
hire First Nations peoples when a<br />
project is undertaken near where<br />
Aboriginals live. For example, the local<br />
recently helped employer HP White<br />
recruit several First Nations peoples for<br />
work on the McLean’s Mountain Wind<br />
Farm project on Manitoulin Island.<br />
Getting First Nations peoples<br />
into training opportunities is a winwin<br />
situation for both the <strong>Operating</strong><br />
<strong>Engineer</strong>s and First Nations<br />
communities, as Local 793 needs people<br />
to take up the trades and First Nations<br />
communities have young people who<br />
are eager to work.<br />
Local 115 Efforts Result in Federal Reforms<br />
to Worker Program<br />
IUOE Local 115 says federal<br />
government reforms to the Temporary<br />
Foreign Worker Program are a very<br />
positive first step in response to the<br />
judicial review they pursued because<br />
HD Mining was allowed to bring<br />
201 Chinese coal miners to British<br />
Columbia.<br />
But they also warn that there are<br />
many problems with the Temporary<br />
Foreign Worker Program that must be<br />
resolved to ensure qualified Canadians<br />
are not losing jobs to imported workers<br />
– and called on the federal government<br />
to ensure the BC Building Trades are a<br />
key part <strong>of</strong> meaningful consultation on<br />
remedies.<br />
The federal government changes<br />
include removing an option that allowed<br />
employers to pay 15% lower wages than<br />
Canadian prevailing wage rates, ending<br />
an Accelerated Labour Market Opinion<br />
process to bring in Temporary Foreign<br />
Workers, giving government increased<br />
authority to suspend and revoke worker<br />
Local 115 Business Manager Brian Cochrane<br />
speaks from the floor <strong>of</strong> the IUOE General<br />
Convention on a resolution pertaining to<br />
temporary foreign workers in Canada.<br />
permits for abusing the program and<br />
ensuring foreign languages are not job<br />
requirements.<br />
“The BC Building Trades went<br />
to Federal Court because qualified<br />
Canadians were being excluded from<br />
jobs they should have been hired to<br />
fill and the evidence we produced<br />
forced significant changes today,” said<br />
Brian Cochrane, Business Manager <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Union</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Operating</strong><br />
<strong>Engineer</strong>s Local 115 – one <strong>of</strong> two unions<br />
granted the judicial review.<br />
“This is a great initial victory for<br />
Canadians. We took an abused, flawed<br />
and not well-understood program that<br />
was undermining Canadian workers’<br />
interests and shaped a better process<br />
for the country,” Cochrane said.<br />
The BC Building Trades are waiting<br />
for Justice Russel Zinn’s decision on<br />
the judicial review <strong>of</strong> the HD Mining<br />
permits and believe it will come down<br />
in the next few weeks.<br />
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HAZMAT<br />
Local <strong>Union</strong> Instructors Achieve OSHA Master Trainer<br />
and Safety and Health Specialist Certificates<br />
Why would instructors pursue OSHA recognitions<br />
that require a minimum <strong>of</strong> 160 hours <strong>of</strong> training? Because<br />
these recognitions validate a high level <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
development that enables instructors to meet changes in<br />
workforce requirements and the needs <strong>of</strong> working safety<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essionals. The OSHA Certificate program provides<br />
instructors with a solid background in OSHA regulatory<br />
compliance requirements and complex occupational safety<br />
and health issues. This program has been designed by<br />
experienced safety and health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals and includes<br />
training in key areas. Core courses give a strong foundation in<br />
the fundamentals <strong>of</strong> occupational safety and health. Elective<br />
courses enable instructors to focus on the specialized needs<br />
<strong>of</strong> their workplace.<br />
The IUOE NTF’s National HAZMAT Program<br />
congratulates the following 20 IUOE instructors who<br />
have recently achieved the OSHA Master Trainer<br />
Status from West Virginia University’s National<br />
Resource Center for OSHA Training.<br />
• Joel Crooks, Local <strong>Union</strong> 542<br />
• William Davis, Local <strong>Union</strong> 825<br />
• Adam Ferguson, Local <strong>Union</strong> 302<br />
• Harold Garrett, SAT<br />
• Michael Gonoud, Local <strong>Union</strong> 14<br />
• James Haitz, Local <strong>Union</strong> 66<br />
• Mitchell Kealoha, Local <strong>Union</strong> 3<br />
• Chris Kovacic, Local <strong>Union</strong> 501<br />
• Timothy Manning, Local <strong>Union</strong> 280<br />
• Gary Niedbalski, Local <strong>Union</strong> 571<br />
• Ken Phillips, Fort Simcoe Job Corps<br />
• James Presley, SAT<br />
• Cheryl Reynolds, Local <strong>Union</strong> 841<br />
• Thomas Spangler, Local <strong>Union</strong> 150<br />
• Richard Spencer, Local <strong>Union</strong> 501<br />
• Karen Stephens, Local <strong>Union</strong> 101<br />
• Scott Swick, Local <strong>Union</strong> 478<br />
• Chris Tomblin, Local <strong>Union</strong> 150<br />
• Martin Turek, Local <strong>Union</strong> 150<br />
• George Wallis, Local <strong>Union</strong> 825<br />
The National HAZMAT Program also congratulates<br />
the following 14 IUOE instructors who have recently<br />
achieved the OSHA Safety and Health Specialist<br />
Certificate from West Virginia University’s National<br />
Resource Center for OSHA Training. These instructors<br />
may now choose to attend the Teaching Techniques –<br />
Beginner course, an additional 32 hours <strong>of</strong> training to<br />
earn the OSHA Master Trainer Status.<br />
• William Baggett, Local <strong>Union</strong> 953<br />
• Scott Browning, Indiana Job Corps<br />
• Mary Denes, Local <strong>Union</strong> 158<br />
• Richard Dobie, Local <strong>Union</strong> 158<br />
• Victor Esparza, Local <strong>Union</strong> 12<br />
• Michael Holcomb, Local <strong>Union</strong> 302<br />
• Pete Larramendy, Local <strong>Union</strong> 12<br />
• Dennis Manown, Local <strong>Union</strong> 66<br />
• Randy Norris, SAT<br />
• Brian Prather, Local <strong>Union</strong> 3<br />
• George Staley, Local <strong>Union</strong> 649<br />
• Ira Summerhill, Local <strong>Union</strong> 66<br />
• Scott Vieu, Local <strong>Union</strong> 143<br />
• Jack White, Local <strong>Union</strong> 673<br />
IUOE instructors may refer to the HAZMAT Health and Safety Community for instructors on Blackboard for more information<br />
on the OSHA Safety and Health Specialist Certificate and the OSHA Master Trainer Status. Instructors may also contact the<br />
National HAZMAT Program at (304) 253-8674 or hazmat@iuoehazmat.org with questions.<br />
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AFL-CIO: Job Safety And Health Law Outdated, Enforcement Lagging<br />
Saying the nation’s basic job<br />
safety and health laws are outdated,<br />
enforcement lags due to lack <strong>of</strong><br />
inspectors, fines are too small and its<br />
criminal penalties when a worker dies<br />
on the job are virtually non-existent,<br />
the AFL-CIO is calling for a massive<br />
overhaul and strengthening <strong>of</strong> federal<br />
job safety legislation.<br />
In its annual Death on the Job report,<br />
released on May 6, a week after Workers<br />
Memorial Day, the federation paints a<br />
bleak picture <strong>of</strong> job safety enforcement.<br />
It notes that prior improvements in job<br />
death, injury and illness statistics since<br />
the Occupational Safety and Health Act<br />
was enacted in 1970 have stalled for the<br />
last three years.<br />
In 2011, the most recent figures<br />
available, the report said, 4,693 workers<br />
died on the job, or 3.5 per 100,000<br />
workers. The injury and illness rate<br />
also was unchanged for three years, at<br />
3.5 per 100 workers.<br />
“Workers in the United States need<br />
more safety and health protection, not<br />
less. Four decades after the passage <strong>of</strong><br />
OSHA, there is much more work to be<br />
done,” the report declares.<br />
“In 2013, it is unacceptable that so<br />
many hardworking men and women<br />
continue to die on the job,” said AFL-<br />
CIO President Richard Trumka. “No<br />
one should have to sacrifice his or<br />
her life or health and safety to earn a<br />
decent living.<br />
“Yet, elected leaders, business<br />
groups and employers have failed to<br />
provide adequate health and safety<br />
protections. At the same time, too many<br />
politicians and business leaders are<br />
actively working to dismantle working<br />
people’s right to collectively bargain on<br />
the job and speak out against unsafe,<br />
unjust working conditions. This is a<br />
disgrace to all those who have died.<br />
America’s workers deserve better.”<br />
In the report, the federation makes<br />
the case that “the Occupational<br />
Safety and Health Act is now more<br />
than 40 years old and is out <strong>of</strong> date.<br />
Congress should pass the Protecting<br />
America’s Workers Act to extend the<br />
law’s coverage to workers currently<br />
excluded, strengthen civil and criminal<br />
penalties for violations, enhance<br />
anti-discrimination protections and<br />
strengthen the rights <strong>of</strong> workers,<br />
unions and victims.”<br />
But the report also admits such<br />
reforms are unlikely, and it blames both<br />
political parties and business pressure.<br />
It notes the Democratic Obama<br />
Administration has sat for more than<br />
two years on needed rules to protect<br />
workers against safety hazards, such<br />
as silica. And the GOP-run Congress is<br />
intent on cutting job safety funding.<br />
Other key points in the report<br />
include:<br />
• Workplace safety suffers from lack<br />
<strong>of</strong> inspectors. There is one job<br />
safety inspector for every 66,000<br />
workplaces nationwide. At that rate,<br />
a workplace would get a visit from<br />
a federal inspector once every 131<br />
years. States which run their own<br />
OSHA programs are better, but not<br />
by much: One visit every 76 years.<br />
• The most-dangerous state for workers<br />
is North Dakota, where 12.4 workers<br />
died for every 100,000 in the labor<br />
force. Next came Wyoming (11.6),<br />
Montana (11.2), Alaska (11.1) and<br />
Arkansas (8.0). The least-dangerous<br />
state was New Hampshire, again<br />
(1.2 per 100,000), followed by Rhode<br />
Island (1.5), Washington (1.9),<br />
Connecticut (2.2) and Massachusetts<br />
(2.2).<br />
• The national death rate on the job<br />
was 3.5 deaths per 100,000 workers.<br />
And though the report did not say<br />
so, four <strong>of</strong> the worst five states in<br />
fatality rates – all but Alaska – are socalled<br />
“right to work” states with low<br />
unionization rates and, when unions<br />
exist, high numbers <strong>of</strong> “free riders”:<br />
who do not have to pay for union<br />
efforts at protecting workers on the<br />
job.<br />
• OSHA’s fines are too small and don’t<br />
deter employers. If a worker dies on<br />
the job due to company negligence,<br />
action or inaction, the most the<br />
company can face is a misdemeanor,<br />
good for six months in jail for the<br />
responsible company <strong>of</strong>ficer. As<br />
a result, there have been only 84<br />
prosecutions in worker death cases<br />
in 42 years.<br />
“The average penalty for a serious<br />
violation <strong>of</strong> the law in FY 2012 was<br />
$2,156 for federal OSHA and $974<br />
for the state plans. For FY 2012, the<br />
median initial total penalty in fatality<br />
cases investigated by federal OSHA,<br />
after settlement <strong>of</strong> $5,175.” The state<br />
median was even lower, $4,900.<br />
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UNION<br />
120<br />
60<br />
300<br />
240<br />
360<br />
180 420<br />
ORGANIZED<br />
LABOR<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
OF<br />
540<br />
0 600<br />
OMNIA<br />
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<br />
OPERATING<br />
DEC. 7, 1896<br />
ENGINEERS<br />
480<br />
VINCIT<br />
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24 international operating engineer