IUOE News December 2014

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District Two Members can feel proud to be part of our union Curtis Harold, Business Representative Greetings Brothers and Sisters. Another year has come and gone, and with all of the Bargaining and Projects this year, time has moved very quickly. We have had a good year for civil works upgrades and Road Building. Emil Anderson is finished for the year installing Fibre Optic cable from Campbell River to Port McNeil, but plans are to continue to Port Hardy. The membership has worked many hours this summer for Dawson Construction upgrading the Malahat. As of this article, the majority of the heavy blasting and subgrade work is slowing down. The finishing work still needs to be completed and Island Asphalt crew are laying down as much blacktop as they can before the weather really turns. Work being performed on the Malahat this year has been well thought out. Traffic plans and due diligence from Dawson and Island Asphalt have made for minimal impact on wait times, coupled with a practiced-not-just-preached approach to public and worker safety. This has shown the difference from the non-union contractors that had the contract last year. Dawson was low bid on rock removal work at Maple Bay which should keep them on the Island till mid next year. The John Hart Dam is gaining some momentum, and currently Upland Contracting is digging the Portals to the tunnel. Frontier-Kemper has received most of the equipment for the tunneling and once the portals are down to grade, they can get started drilling and blasting. We have had a staggering number of inquiries and applications about potential work on the project. But being underground, it will not see the amount of Heavy Equipment operators that some seem to think. We will be able to fill the positions with our members locally. Bargaining We have ratified the OK Industries Group and Chew Excavating so far, and we are close to getting a deal to bring to the membership with Upland Contracting and Hub-City Paving. We have ongoing bargaining with Hazelwood Construction, Port Hardy Bulldozing, Robinson Rentals, BFI - Progressive Waste Services, the District of Port Hardy, and Hyland Precast. I would like to acknowledge those who have been coming to the District Meetings. We are pleased to see great turnouts to the Nanaimo and Victoria meetings. The fact that the younger generation are increasing in numbers at the meetings speaks highly to the membership and leadership, showing how important it is to be an Operating Engineer. Everyone can feel proud to be a part of this Union. We continue to be a resource to every worker in B.C. with our membership always at the forefront. Whether it is Collective Bargaining, Benefits, Pension, Training, Grievances or just knowing that you are part of the important donations to the Children’s Charities we participate in. collectively we do better. As the year closes and the weather turns for the worse, please be careful in whatever line of work you are doing this winter. IUOE and your families need you to be safe and make it home at the end of each day. The fact our members have the confidence to deny unsafe work, without fear of repercussions because of representation is something many of the workforce out there have yet to experience. Have a great Christmas and Happy New Year this holiday season. All the best wishes to you and your families. 50 Year Member, Brother Floyd Werning brought in his 1964 dues book as well as the attached picture of him waving out of his cabin in the tower crane in November 1965. ‘We were sitting down inside our cabins but as you can see it was quite primitive. There was no walk way out to the cabin or even any hand lines. Hardly any rules if any then’ says Brother Werning. This was the second crane in Vancouver to have a cabin. 12 News December 2014
District Two Brothers Steele Gorosh and Mike Pool with Gorosh Cranes pictured with Tom Kinnear (Business Representative). Brothers Gorosh and Pool were lifting an HVAC unit from an office building in downtown Nanaimo. Brother Ben Kazakof on his Caterpillar D8 Dozer. Brother Kazakof is working for Dawson Construction on the Malahat Island Highway expansion project. Brothers Mike Parker, Tom Kinnear (Training Coordinator), and Brother Ray Hewer from Dawson Construction. The crew was prepping highway shoulder on the Malahat section of the Island Highway for paving. Dawson Construction was awarded the earthworks and grade prep‎ portion of the highway expansion project, with Island Asphalt finishing the Asphalt Laydown (paving) portion. Brother James Knowles (Mobile Crane apprentice) operating a Linkbelt HTC86-60 on the Saanich Municipal Water Reservoir project for Advantage Cranes. Brothers Ken McKinnon, Chris Day and Clint Garrison from Duncan Paving on Vancouver Island with Tom Kinnear (Training Coordinator). The crew was doing a full depth reclamation of a parking lot in Duncan, and prepping for paving. News December 2014 13
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