International Operating Engineer - Spring 2015

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Spring 2015 • Volume 158, No. 2 

Brian E. Hickey, Editor 

Jay C. Lederer, Managing Editor 

12 Prevailing Wage Under Assault 

States move to cut workers’ wages 

14 Home Field Advantage 

Operating Engineers hit the gridiron 

20 Canada Faces Federal Decision 

Locals prepare for coming campaign 

Departments 

05 From the General President 

06 Education & Training 

08 Safety & Health 

10 Politics & Legislation 

18 Canadian News 

22 GEB Minutes 

28 In Memorium 

[cover] Local 49 Operating Engineers are part of an all union 

team building the new Vikings Stadium in downtown 

Minneapolis. 

[photo] Tom Hayes/IUOE Local 49 

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INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER 

[left] Operating Engineers with Local 302 chipped away a 

circle on the wall of the access pit that was built to access and 

repair Bertha, the tunneling machine. The Bertha-sized circle 

allows for a cleaner breakthrough when the machine moves 

into the pit. 

[photo] WSDOT 

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From the General President 

Meeting the Challenge Together 

Foes bent on attacking workers and wages 

THANKFULLY, THE GRIP of 

another brutal winter has released 

and we look to be entering a red hot 

construction season. Demand for our 

skilled operators is strong. Our local 

training centers are buzzing, getting 

apprentices started and upgrading 

seasoned journeymen. Many locals 

are expanding and upgrading training 

facilities and the National Training 

Fund continues to add equipment and 

curriculum. 

Positive signs indeed, but things 

could be better. On the federal level, 

important infrastructure investments 

that create and support thousands of 

Operating Engineer jobs remain stalled. 

The utter failure of Congressional 

lawmakers to pass legislation that 

builds and maintains our nation’s 

roads, bridges and transit systems is a 

national embarrassment. 

Transportation funding should be a 

no brainer. For every $1 invested, our 

country’s gross domestic output grows 

by almost $2. For every $1 billion 

invested, over 43,000 construction jobs 

are created. 

The gamesmanship being played 

by members of both political parties 

is more about saving their own jobs 

than creating new ones for working 

people. The IUOE continues to call for 

Congress to increase investments in 

the Highway Trust Fund and to enact 

a multi-year transportation plan that 

delivers stability for states to make 

long range construction plans. Passing 

a series of short term patches is not 

responsible governing. 

The International intends to hold 

every member of Congress accountable 

on this and other issues that affect our 

collective bargaining rights, prevailing 

wages, healthcare and pensions. It’s 

about action, not words. If elected 

officials won’t act in the best interests 

of our members and their families, 

then we must act. 

There is no lack of legislative 

action on the state level this year, 

unfortunately most of it is extreme. 

We have seen an unprecedented 

attack on unions and workers’ rights 

within multiple state legislatures. The 

coordinated push by well funded, antiunion 

groups continues to escalate. 

So called Right-to-Work has always 

been an attack on union strength. But 

now, the same right-wing groups are 

targeting workers directly by moving 

to cut wages through the repeal of state 

prevailing wage laws. We must rise up 

to meet these aggressive attacks head 

on. In coordination with our Locals 

we are mobilizing, but we need every 

Operating Engineer to be active in 

these fights. 

Many folks don’t like politics 

and I understand that. Our lives are 

busy enough with work and family 

obligations. However, right now we are 

witnessing just how much politics can 

directly affect our lives – for good and 

for bad. We must stand together now 

to turn things around and protect our 

families. In the next round of elections, 

we must ensure that we pay close 

attention and use our resources and 

votes to elect pro-worker candidates at 

every level of government. 

Those types of decisions are fast 

approaching for Operating Engineers 

living and working in Canada. A federal 

election has been called for no later 

than October 19 this year. The current 

Conservative government has taken on 

some of the same attributes as the antiworker 

forces operating in the States. 

In particular, Bill C-377 is currently 

before the Senate and is solely 

intended to weaken Canada’s labor 

movement for political advantage. The 

International has engaged in the fight 

to defeat the bill and will be working 

with local affiliates this year to help 

mobilize IUOE members for the federal 

election. A special website has been 

[James T. Callahan] 

launched to provide our members with 

more information and will be updated 

as the federal election approaches. 

Please take a minute and visit www. 

engineersaction.ca to find out more. 

Every April, the labor movement 

in the U.S. and Canada takes time to 

remember our brothers and sisters who 

have been killed or injured on the job 

and to raise awareness about worker 

safety. This year, I was honored to be 

part of a memorial dedication at Local 

793’s head office in Oakville, Ontario 

held on Canada’s Day of Mourning. 

The monument they have built is a 

moving tribute to Operating Engineers 

everywhere and epitomizes what 

our union is all about. It’s always 

shocking when we lose someone on 

a job, but knowing that their family 

and co-workers have the support of 

almost 400,000 Operating Engineers 

looking out for them is uplifting. Our 

brotherhood is a bond unbroken here 

on Earth and beyond. 

It is also that bond that will see 

us through the challenges and 

opportunities we encounter along the 

way. Let’s continue to work safe and 

look out for each other. Have a great 

summer. 

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Education & Training 

Local 3 Officially Opens New Training Site 

National Training Fund Adds Brokk Demolition Training 

THE IUOE LOCAL 3 Apprenticeship 

Program began in 1961, when early 

trainings were held wherever possible, 

such as in high schools, gyms and 

colleges throughout the union’s fourstate 

jurisdiction, which includes 

California, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii. 

Nearly 150 people attended the 

historic event, including International 

Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) 

representatives; Local 3 officers, staff 

and apprentices; Joint Apprenticeship 

Committee (JAC) coordinators and 

instructors; employer representatives; 

both the vision and the commitment 

of labor and management to continue 

to provide the highest-quality training 

of its kind in the nation well into the 

future.” 

Third-step Gradesetter Apprentice 

Emmy Sanchez is a part 

of that future and said 

having a new training site is 

exciting because of the many 

opportunities it will offer. 

“It was difficult to train 

in the wintertime [at the old 

site],” she said. “Now we’ll 

have a better area to be on.” 

THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND 

(NTF) has taken the next step in 

maintaining our craft by leasing a Brokk 

100 remote controlled demolition 

machine. Locals will have access to the 

machine to perform upgrade training 

for their members on a rotating basis. 

This piece of equipment plays a vital 

role on today’s demolition projects, 

as well as construction sites of every 

size. The unit is 3.8 feet high and 2.6 

feet wide, which allows it to access 

confined areas. Maximum horizontal 

reach is 12.1 feet, and vertical reach 

is 14.1 feet. A 20-horsepower electric 

motor powers the unit. 

Eight years later, California’s more 

permanent training facility, the 

Rancho Murieta Training Center 

(RMTC), officially opened putting 

the union on the map as the leader of 

apprenticeship standards and paving 

the way for apprenticeship training 

throughout the country. 

Today, Local 3 continues to pave 

the way for construction training, as 

the union cut the ribbon on its new 

training site. The new site is more than 

30 times the size of the old one and will 

allow apprentices to train year-round. 

and state apprenticeship officials, 

including California’s Division of 

Apprenticeship Standards Chief Diane 

Ravnik. 

“Viewing the miles of roadways 

leading into the facility, I could not 

help but think that the apprentices 

who laid-out the beginnings of these 

roadways may one day have their own 

sons and daughters training there to 

be the next generation of Operating 

Engineers and be able to tell them, 

‘I built it,’” Ravnik said. “It [the new 

training site] is a true testament to 

Apprentices have already 

been training at the new site, 

including simulating the 

building of on- and off-ramps, 

cul-de-sacs and subdivision/ 

underground work, which 

is all part of the first phase 

of development. They also 

provided the paving. 

As of now, all the heavyequipment 

is at the site, 

except the cranes. 

“The opening of the new 

training site that allows us to 

train year-round only proves 

our steadfast commitment 

to training today, tomorrow and well 

into the future,” said Local 3 Business 

Manager Russ Burns. 

[above] L to R: Financial Secretary Steve 

Ingersoll, Business Manager Russ Burns, 

Vice President Pete Figueiredo and 

President Dan Reding dig in at the ribboncutting 

ceremony for the new training site. 

[article & photo] Mandy McMillen/Local 3 

Valuable specialized training 

is now available in this area of our 

industry. The NTF has a schedule of 

upcoming locations for the Brokk and 

it has already been put into service for 

trainings at IUOE Local 4 in Canton, 

MA. 

Ontario Hosts 

NTF Basic 

Teaching 

Techniques Class 

THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND 

(NTF) continues to strive to have the 

highest caliber training instructors to 

produce the best skilled workers in the 

world. 

The Basic Teaching Techniques 

class was held March 16 - 20 and hosted 

by Local 793 in Ontario. This course 

has proven to be instrumental for the 

new, as well as the seasoned instructor, 

and is one of many instructor training 

courses available through the NTF. 

[above] L to R back row: Jeffrey Vincent (Executive Director, IUOE National Training Fund), 

Greg Runions LU 793, Duncan Walker LU 721, David Francis LU 501, Harold McBride 

(Executive Director of Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario – OETIO) and 

Sheldon McLean LU 870. 

L to R front row: Curtiss Biliak LU 870, Ray Doyle LU 793, Roy Peach LU 904, Deven Harvey 

LU 721, Ken Kroeger Instructor and Richard Coulas (OETIO Director of Training). 

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Safety & Health 

Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership Releases 

NIOSH Best Practices and Field Guide 

that effectively reduce potential silica exposure below OSHA’s 

new proposed permissible exposure limit (PEL). 

During the ceremony, Dr. Christine Branche, Director 

of the Office of Construction Safety and Health at NIOSH, 

spoke on the devastating effects of crystalline silica exposure 

and highlighted the recent release of an asphalt milling best 

practices document to ensure milling machine worker safety. 

“Some 1.7 million U.S. workers are exposed to respirable 

crystalline silica in a variety of occupations, including road 

and highway workers,” Branche said. “It is incurable, but 

completely preventable.” 

Retired IUOE Safety & Health Director Emmett 

Russell was on hand to receive a Distinguished Service 

Commendation presented by NAPA President Mike Acott. 

Russell was a valued member of the Silica/Asphalt Milling 

Machine Partnership representing the interests of Operating 

Engineers and also made important technical contributions 

that were incorporated in creating the engineering controls 

that will become standard equipment on milling machines. 

“Thanks to this constructive partnership between 

industry, equipment manufacturers, labor, and regulators, 

engineering controls that ensure worker protection during 

roadway milling operations will soon be standard equipment 

on milling machines,” said NAPA President Mike Acott. 

“It shows the sort of progress that can be made when 

government, labor, and industry work together, in a voluntary 

fashion, to address real-world issues.” 

WITH A VARIETY of new equipment and innovations as 

a backdrop, members of the Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine 

Partnership were recognized during the World of Asphalt 

show in March. The ceremony marked the successful 

completion of the partnership’s efforts to develop and 

validate engineering controls for silica dust in asphalt milling 

operations. 

The Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership — which 

is made up of the National Asphalt Pavement Association 

(NAPA), milling-machine manufacturers, labor, academia, 

and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) — has worked over the past decade to design, test, 

and implement engineering controls for milling machines 

Also released was a 

field guide developed 

by NAPA and CPWR 

— The Center for 

Construction Research 

and Training covering 

best practices for milling 

operations. The “Field 

Guide for Controlling 

Silica Dust Exposure on 

Asphalt Paving Milling 

Machines,” can be 

downloaded from http:// 

goaspha.lt/1DxPbLr. 

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Politics & Legislation 

Deadline Nears to Fund Transportation Infrastructure 

AS THIS ISSUE of International 

Operating Engineer goes to press, the 

federal Highway Trust Fund is once 

again moving closer to insolvency and 

Congress is facing a May 31st deadline 

to find a suitable funding solution. 

Although a majority of Congressional 

lawmakers agree that a long-term, 

fully funded bill is what’s best for the 

country, there is not much agreement 

on what is the best funding source for 

reauthorization. 

Reauthorization of the highway 

bill is the top priority of the IUOE this 

year. The legislation affects thousands 

of Operating Engineers and many 

thousands more construction workers 

from other trades. Another short-term 

extension would hurt state and local 

economies by not having the ability 

to contract long-term infrastructure 

projects, due to the uncertainty of 

funding, and decreasing the amount of 

tax revenues that would be generated 

through infrastructure investments. 

Reauthorization of a multi-year 

highway bill will create good paying 

jobs for hundreds of thousands of 

construction workers and provide the 

nation’s economy with a major boost. 

This is in addition to the overall public 

service this bill would provide by 

rebuilding the country’s’ unsafe and 

crumbling roads, bridges and transit 

systems. 

A big part of the funding dilemma 

could be solved by raising the 

federal gas tax, which the trust fund 

traditionally relies upon and which 

hasn’t been raised since 1993, and 

adjusting it for inflation. However, the 

Obama Administration and leaders 

in Congress have indicated they have 

little appetite for raising the gas tax at 

this time. 

To make matters worse, there is 

a glaring lack of leadership from the 

Senate Finance Committee Chairman, 

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), whose 

committee is charged with passing 

funding for the highway bill. Senator 

Hatch’s inaction on this vital piece of 

legislation will prolong the amount 

of time taxpayers are forced to travel 

on unsafe roads and bridges as they 

commute to work and take their kids to 

school. 

The IUOE has been working 

with labor, industry and business 

allies to move Congress towards 

reauthorization of the transportation 

bill, but as of this writing it looks more 

realistic that Congress will approve yet 

another short-term extension which 

will only delay a real solution to the 

problem. If so, this would be the 33rd 

short-term extension of the highway 

bill in the past six years. 

A number of proposed bills this 

session incorporate repatriation as 

the revenue source for the Highway 

Trust Fund. However, Sen. Hatch is 

dead set against a repatriation tax 

to fund highways. He wants to use 

revenue from such a tax to help pay for 

a lower overall corporate tax rate, the 

centerpiece of the Republican plan for 

tax reform. 

Due to the lack of leadership 

and inability of Congress to work 

together on what used to be noncontroversial, 

bipartisan legislation, it 

is almost a foregone conclusion that 

the transportation funding issue will 

need to be addressed again later this 

year. 

Surface Transportation Reauthorization 

Proposed Legislation 

The following are some of the proposed transportation bills that have 

been introduced in Congress this year: 

Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act (H.R. 1846) – Introduced 

by Rep. James Renacci (R-OH) and Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ). The bill would 

increase the federal gas tax, which has been set at 18.4 cents per gallon since 

1993, and to index it to inflation starting in January 2016. It would rise again 

in three years unless Congress comes up with a new way to pay for federal 

transportation projects. 

Grow America Act – Introduced by the Obama Administration, it would 

invest $478 billion in transportation infrastructure. The proposal relies on 

funding it says can be drawn from taxing U.S. corporate profits being held 

overseas. This corporate tax proposal, known as “repatriation,” would require 

companies to bring back earnings to the United States at a 14 percent tax 

rate, generating an estimated $238 billion in revenue for the government 

that could be used to pay for infrastructure improvements. 

Infrastructure 2.0 Act (H.R. 625) – Introduced by Rep. John Delaney 

(D-MD). The bill would tax existing overseas profits accumulated by U.S. 

corporations. They would be subject to a mandatory, one-time 8.75 percent 

tax, replacing deferral option and the current rate of 35 percent. 

Invest in Transportation Act of 2015 (S. 981) - Introduced by Senators 

Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rand Paul (R-KY). This bill would also extend 

the Highway Trust Fund and create jobs through a form of repatriation of 

corporate profits. The Invest in Transportation Act incentivizes companies to 

bring some of the estimated $2 trillion in foreign earnings that are being held 

overseas back to the United States. 

Move America Act of 2015 (S.1186) – Introduced by Senator Ron 

Wyden (D-OR). This bill creates Move America Bonds, to expand tax-exempt 

financing for public-private partnerships, and Move America Credits, to 

leverage additional private equity investment at a lower cost for states. 

Through cheaper and more flexible access to debt and equity, the Move 

America Act gives states the tools they need to expand investment in roads, 

bridges, ports, rail, and airports. 

Rebuild America Act (S. 268) – Introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders 

(I-VT). A five-year transportation bill that would authorize $1 trillion in 

infrastructure investments. Sen. Sanders does not identify any type of 

funding method to reach the investment goal. 

Stay up-to-date with the status of the highway bill and other important 

legislation by checking-out the IUOE web site on a regular basis. 

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Politics & Legislation 

Is Prevailing Wage the Next Right-to-Work? 

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO 

repeal prevailing wage laws are gaining 

traction in statehouses around the 

United States. In combination with 

efforts to pass so-called Right-to- 

Work laws, these attacks are part 

of a coordinated effort to undercut 

labor unions and weaken collective 

bargaining rights, particularly of union 

construction workers. 

In April, Indiana’s Republican 

controlled legislature narrowly voted 

to repeal that state’s prevailing wage 

law, called the common construction 

wage, which had been on the books in 

various forms for 80 years. The law sets 

pay standards for construction workers 

on publicly funded projects. 

In West Virginia, where Republicans 

took control of the Legislature this 

year for the first time since the 1930s, 

lawmakers ended the prevailing wage 

for projects bidding at $500,000 or less. 

In Nevada, where Republicans 

dominate the statehouse, lawmakers in 

March exempted school construction 

projects from that state’s prevailing 

wage requirement. 

Proposals to repeal prevailing wage 

laws entirely have been offered in more 

than a dozen states, including Michigan 

and Missouri, as well as Wisconsin. 

In Illinois, newly elected Republican 

Governor Bruce Rauner, an anti-union 

zealot, has spent an enormous amount 

of his first months in office attempting 

to weaken labor unions. He has called 

for changes to the state’s prevailing 

wage law and has attempted to blame 

the law for the oversized budget 

deficits the state is facing. Outraged 

by the governor’s deceitful tactics, 

members of the IUOE have sprung into 

action and packed local government 

meetings across the state to expose 

Rauner’s anti-union agenda. 

States began passing prevailingwage 

laws during the Great Depression 

of the 1930’s in an effort to prevent 

public projects from using local 

tax dollars against local workers, 

undercutting community wage 

standards by awarding bids to outof-state 

contractors. The laws, which 

exist in 32 states as well as on federal 

contracts, require private contractors to 

pay workers, union and non-union, on 

public projects wages in line with those 

earned by people doing comparable 

work in the same region. 

Efforts to repeal the laws have been 

around for decades, and groups like 

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the American Legislative Exchange 

Council (ALEC) and the Associated 

Builders and Contractors (ABC) have 

included repeal as a model policy for 

years. But as Republicans have gained 

power in the states — they control 68 of 

98 partisan state legislative chambers, 

the most in the party’s history — they 

have found new traction on prevailing 

wage. 

Anti-union groups like the ABC 

have exploited the opportunity to 

aggressively push their agenda. With a 

flurry of so-called Right-to-Work laws 

enacted recently in parts of the Midwest 

— states like Indiana, Michigan and 

Wisconsin — the prevailing wage has 

taken center stage. 

The breathless pace and boldness 

of such proposals have been embraced 

by right-wing politicians, but it has 

put some moderate Republicans 

in an uncomfortable position. 

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin 

Vos, a Republican, lamented to a 

conservative Milwaukee radio talk 

show that the issue makes some of his 

fellow Republicans nervous. “While I 

support the repeal of prevailing wage, 

(it) is an actual cut in wages to an 

awful lot of folks around the state, and 

that’s where I think that a lot of folks in 

vulnerable districts worry about having 

taken a vote for right-to-work and then 

another one that would reduce wages,” 

Vos said. 

Unfortunately, the moderate voices 

are too often drowned out and bullied 

by the right-wing who touts their 

attacks on unionized workers as a 

badge of honor. 

This year’s debate over the common 

construction wage in Indiana was 

different compared to twenty years ago. 

When Republican lawmakers called for 

repeal in 1995, union workers objected 

in large numbers. Then Governor 

Evan Bayh, a Democrat, negotiated a 

compromise that, in essence, scaled 

back and renamed the law but did not 

end it. Not long after, Republicans lost 

full control of the legislature, and the 

issue faded until now. 

State Representative Jerry Torr, 

a Republican, who offered the 

prevailing-wage repeal in Indiana this 

year also led efforts to pass the 2012 

Right-to-Work law — an episode that 

he told The New York Times most likely 

made passage of the prevailing-wage 

repeal possible now. “I think people 

found out that you could do something 

bold like that and survive an election,” 

he said. 

“When you use the least-skilled, 

least-costly labor, what you wind up 

with is cost overruns, construction that 

doesn’t last as long and short-term 

costs that are not projected in the initial 

bid,” said Indiana State Representative 

Scott Pelath, the Democrats’ leader in 

the House, who also spoke to The New 

York Times on the issue. “What we 

see here is a willingness to look only 

Attempt to Repeal Davis-Bacon 

Prevailing Wage Defeated in House 

REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE 

Steve King (Iowa) led another effort 

to repeal the Davis-Bacon prevailing 

wage with an amendment to the 

Military Construction and Veterans 

Affairs Appropriations Act. This was 

the ninth time in the past eight years 

that Rep. King has attempted to strip 

the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage from 

an appropriations bill with a legislative 

amendment, not including his standalone 

bills to repeal the Act completely. 

And for the ninth straight time, the 

Operating Engineers successfully beat 

back his efforts. 

Success in defeating this 

amendment was made possible 

because thousands of IUOE members 

mobilized through the Engineers 

Action and Response Network (EARN) 

and contacted their Members of 

at one side of the ledger and a trend of 

ignoring what creates real prosperity.” 

Since Indiana notoriously pushed 

through Right-to-Work in 2012, 

Republicans have gained even more 

seats in the legislature and hold 

majorities so large that Democrats are 

unable to block anti-worker legislation 

that has been pushed by extreme rightwing 

lawmakers. Republican Governor 

Mike Pence has supported these efforts 

and has signed legislation that repeals 

the prevailing wage. 

Building prosperity for middleclass 

workers is at the heart of the 

labor movement. The International is 

working closely with local unions to 

fight back. Mobilization campaigns are 

underway and members are urged to 

contact their state legislators directly to 

voice their opposition to these attacks 

on collective bargaining and prevailing 

wage. 

Congress directly to urge them to vote 

against this anti-worker amendment. 

The final vote of 186-235 included 

52 Republicans who voted along with 

every Democrat against the measure. 

This bipartisan vote to retain Davis- 

Bacon prevailing wage is a testament 

to the IUOE’s philosophy of building 

relationships with Democrats and 

Republicans around the union’s core 

issues and not along party lines. 

The Operating Engineers thanks 

every member who took action. If you 

haven’t signed-up for EARN, please do 

so today on the IUOE web site. 

To see how your elected official 

voted on the amendment, visit this 

website – http://clerk.house.gov/ 

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Feature 

FROM THE VERY FIRST athletic stadium in Greece to our 

modern day megastructures, teams of highly skilled builders 

have applied their trade to create some of the most iconic 

buildings in the world. Significant public and private capital 

investment in stadium construction is once again flowing in 

major American sports markets. And the demand for skilled 

operating engineers on these jobs has soared. 

The biggest investments, along with the biggest stadiums, 

are being made by teams in the National Football League 

(NFL). At over $9 billion in annual revenue, the NFL is by 

far the most lucrative sports league in the world. But that 

doesn’t mean they don’t have competition. 

The biggest threat to the NFL’s top ranking isn’t baseball 

or soccer; it’s what is commonly referred to as “the fan 

experience.” Football fans, like most of society, have 

embraced technology. High-definition television, ondemand 

sports packages and the Internet have combined to 

compete with game day ticket sales. 

To counter this, team owners are replacing or upgrading 

facilities that will draw more people out. Stadium designers 

are creating more aesthetically pleasing venues packed with 

technology and amenities, leading to more intricate and 

technically demanding construction requirements. 

The proliferation of retractable roofs and the expansion of 

building footprints have combined to increase the amount 

of steel and concrete used in each project. The amount of 

equipment and number of skilled operators required to 

perform the work safely and on time has escalated right 

along with the designs. 

In places not usually friendly toward unions, IUOE locals 

and their signatory contractors have been tapped to supply 

the best hands possible on these huge jobs. The new Falcons 

Stadium in downtown Atlanta is a prime example. 

In order to meet the design requirements of the new 

$1.4 billion 71,000 seat stadium, union contractors proved 

competitive, even in a right-to-work state, because of the 

quality of their operators. Seven contractors signatory 

to IUOE Local 926 are working at the site, with operating 

engineers involved in the structural and concrete work, as 

well as site work for the electrical and mechanical systems. 

“This job is not under any [project labor agreement] PLA, 

but our contractors were still able to compete and obtain 

the work. In a right-to-work state it is necessary to be able to 

compete and work alongside of, and even provide support to, 

non-union workers,” explains Local 926 Business Manager 

Phil McEntyre. 

A similar story is playing out Florida, also a right-to-work 

state, where the Miami Dolphins have begun a two-year, 

$400 million renovation of Sun Life Stadium. A major part of 

the renovation involves the installation of a state-of-the-art 

canopy that will provide shade and rain protection on game 

day to about 90 percent of the seating area. Operators from 

Home Field 

Advantage 

Local 49 operating 

engineers are halfway 

through building the new 

Vikings Stadium in downtown 

Minneapolis. An 

artist rendering at left. 

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IUOE Local 487 are currently performing the foundation 

work on the four masts that will support the canopy roof. The 

contractor installing the roof will also use Local 487 crane 

operators when that work begins in January 2016. 

Even in more union-friendly parts of the country, 

getting stadium projects from concept to construction takes 

considerable effort because they often involve a healthy 

investment of public tax dollars to build. For years, IUOE 

Local 49 was an outspoken supporter of a new Minnesota 

Vikings stadium because they knew what it would do for 

operating engineers who had been sidelined during the 

recession. Their efforts paid off as the team agreed to build 

the new stadium 100 percent union under a project labor 

agreement. 

The new $1 billion stadium, the largest construction 

project in the state, is located next to the former Metrodome, 

which required a phased demolition and construction 

schedule. According to Local 49 Business Agent Tom 

Thompson, the operators who have worked on all phases of 

the demolition and construction are some of the best he has 

seen. 

“I’ve been around for 35 years and it’s been one of the 

best groups of operators I can remember. Great team effort, 

working together, knowing their job and getting it done 

together,” Thompson said. 

By the time it’s completed in 2016, about 7,500 union 

construction workers will have been employed on the project. 

“Before pulling down some of the tower cranes, we had 

about 50 operating engineers working the site at the same 

time. A lot of forklifts, crawlers and tower cranes. The 

foundation work and demolition of the old stadium was all 

Local 49,” Thompson explained. 

Site work has become more technical as building 

footprints have expanded and as many of the newly built or 

planned stadiums have been in tricky downtown locations, 

like Atlanta and Minneapolis. Even the spaces around the 

buildings are getting more lavish. Owners are spending 

more on plazas and other finished outdoor spaces. Enlarging 

the perimeter means more site work and paving – and more 

hours for operating engineers. 

More stringent seismic requirements in California have 

also added to the site requirements there, as IUOE Local 3 

operators experienced when they worked to build Levi’s 

Stadium, home to the San Francisco 49ers, which opened last 

year. Local 3 operators were one of the first to break ground 

on that project, putting in storm, sewer and water utilities. 

Going forward, NFL team owners and the league are 

talking about building one or possibly two new stadiums 

in Southern California over the next few years. St. Louis is 

also in the midst of new stadium planning in a bid to keep 

the Rams in that city. These plans may cause heartburn for 

some football fans if their home team moves away, but for 

the teams of Operating Engineers entrusted to build this 

generation’s modern stadiums it is good news indeed. 

[clockwise from above] Local 926 members building the new Atlanta Falcons Stadium [rendering inset]; Local 3 operators laid the 

groundwork for Levi’s Stadium completed in 2014 [photo inset]; Local 49 member on the Vikings Stadium project; Local 487 members are 

installing the roof masts for the renovation on Sun Life Stadium in Miami [rendering inset] 

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Local 115 Fights BC Hydro Over Union Pact 

IN 1961, British Columbia Premier 

W.A.C. Bennett proposed the 

construction of a number of new dams 

along the Peace and Columbia rivers, 

including a massive, 2,800MW project 

that would later bear his name. These 

dams would form the basis of a modern 

economy in the province, and would 

set the standard for renewable energy 

production in western Canada. 

However, it wasn’t long after first 

proposing the project that Bennett 

became concerned about the potential 

for labour disruptions and a lack of 

skilled workers on these vital, and 

expensive, mega-projects. To avoid any 

potential disruptions, he oversaw the 

formation of the Allied Hydro Council, 

a body representing all of the trade 

unions, including IUOE Local 115. The 

Allied Hydro Council in turn signed a 

single contract that promised no strikes 

or lockouts. Labour harmony was 

achieved, and numerous dams were 

constructed or retrofitted without any 

unnecessary disruptions. 

All of that has changed with B.C.’s 

latest dam project, as anti-union 

government ideology replaces the triedand-true 

pragmatism of Bennett. 

The Site C Clean Energy Project is 

an 1,100 megawatt dam slated to be 

built on British Columbia’s Peace River. 

Unlike all of the modern dams before 

it, the provincial government and B.C. 

Hydro have decided to force an ‘open 

site’ model for the project, rejecting the 

Allied Hydro Council model completely. 

B.C. Hydro and the provincial 

government even went so far as to 

propose site terms that would bar any 

union organizing on the site. IUOE Local 

115 Business Manager Brian Cochrane 

wasn’t about to take that lying down. 

“We had to take B.C. Hydro to court, 

just to get BC’s Premier Christy Clark 

[above] L to R: IUOE 115 Business Manager Brian Cochrane with Brother Jack Whittaker, past 

IUOE 115 president, in front of provincial legislature in Victoria, BC.[photo] IUOE Local 115 

to come out and admit that under 

the constitution of Canada, unions 

absolutely do have a right to go to Site 

C and organize. Fortunately the Premier 

came out right after we filed suit, and 

said Hydro was wrong,” Cochrane said. 

“However, that was only the first 

skirmish in a larger war. The bottom 

line is, they want to keep us off this 

project as much as they can get away 

with, and we won’t take it. We’re not 

just going to shut up and go away, we’re 

going to fight this every step of the way,” 

Cochrane added. 

Cochrane has been active across the 

province, leading the charge among 

the B.C. Building Trades to ensure the 

Allied Hydro Council continues to form 

the basis for any labour agreements at 

the site. 

Cochrane recently travelled to the 

provincial capital of Victoria, joined 

by long-time Local 115 member and 

past President Jack Whittaker, to lobby 

senior government officials directly. 

Brother Whittaker, now 78, was a 

unionized worker on the construction 

of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam back in 

1964. Whittaker now owns and manages 

a unionized construction company, 

and knows just what kind of risks come 

to large-scale projects without a labour 

agreement. 

Whittaker called the government’s 

plan for an open-managed site “foolish”, 

adding, “I’m here as a concerned 

citizen of B.C. because they are going 

to escalate that job. They are going to 

extend the time frame. They are saying 

10 years. They’ll be lucky to do it in 15 

years if they do it open shop because it 

will be chaos.” 

Cochrane echoed Whittaker’s 

message. 

“Could you imagine a $9 billion 

dollar project, with thousands of 

workers, and no comprehensive labour 

agreement? Highly skilled craft workers 

would be moving around the job site 

from one company to the next, seeking 

slightly better salaries and benefits, 

or running from bad managers. These 

contractors would have no way of 

keeping their workers; they’d be 

constantly tugging at each other’s work 

force. And the workers would have no 

grievance system, so all of these little 

disagreements would blow up into huge 

disruptions. It will be total anarchy.” 

That message is being delivered by 

Operating Engineers and their allies 

throughout the province. The B.C. 

Monument Dedicated at Local 793 

Head Office 

A CEREMONY WAS held April 28 

at Local 793’s head office in Oakville 

to dedicate a monument to honour 

members of the union who’ve died in 

construction site accidents or from 

occupational illnesses. 

IUOE General President James T. 

Callahan attended and spoke at the 

event. 

The ceremony was held on Canada’s 

Day of Mourning. A minute’s silence 

was observed during the ceremony. 

The monument and garden consist 

of an entranceway, three outer arches 

and two inner arches with garden 

elements and outdoor lighting. 

There is a seven-foot diameter IUOE 

logo cast in bronze at the centre of the 

monument, symbolically locating the 

union at the heart of the structure. 

Names of 36 deceased Local 793 

members have been engraved on the 

columns of the monument. 

The monument will provide a place 

of reflection for Local 793 members and 

Building Trades have even created a 

website, www.buildsitectogether.com, 

where members of the general public 

can voice their support for the Building 

Trades in their campaign to ensure that 

B.C.’s latest dam stays union. 

Cochrane remains confident that the 

Operating Engineers will win the fight. 

“One way or another, this dam is 

going to be built Union. This is our 

history, the legacy of our past members, 

and we’re not about to give that away. 

The people of British Columbia deserve 

cost certainty, and a safe and efficient 

work site.” 

families who have lost loved ones. 

Local 793 Business Manager and 

IUOE VP Mike Gallagher said in his 

remarks that the government and 

health and safety agencies have to take 

action to reduce deaths on worksites. 

“We have to increase our efforts 

tenfold and we have to go out there 

and we have to tell the government the 

only consideration that matters is not 

whether they get re-elected or not,” he 

said, “it’s whether our workers get to 

return home at the end of the day.” 

Gallagher said there are new 

technologies, new equipment and new 

methods coming into the workforce, yet 

the system moves slowly. 

“We move at a glacial pace to get the 

job done, to protect the workers that we 

send out to work every single day and 

it’s a damn shame,” he said. “We should 

move faster, put a higher priority, stop 

every other consideration except for 

protecting workers out on the job.” 

IUOE General President Callahan, 

who lost a brother due to an illness from 

[above] The monument outside Local 

793’s head office in Oakville. 

[photo] IUOE Local 793 

the cleanup after the collapse of the 

World Trade Centre in New York City, 

said the monument and garden are a 

moving tribute to Operating Engineers 

and fallen workers. 

“This is a thought-provoking 

monument, I have to say,” he said in 

his remarks. “Walking through there, it 

stirred up what the Operating Engineers 

are all about.” 

When a family member is killed 

at work, Callahan said, it’s one of the 

most devastating things to get over 

because there was no opportunity to say 

goodbye. 

“If there’s any solace to that, it’s 

when your loved one fell they never 

touched the ground because there were 

380,000 Operating Engineers that ran to 

them spiritually and looked out for their 

families afterwards, and that’s what a 

brotherhood is all about.” 

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Canadian News 

IUOE, Labour Unions Gear Up for Federal Election 

THE IUOE PROUDLY participated 

in the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) 

Election Preparation Conferences that 

took place across the country. The 

CLC conferences made 15 stops, crisscrossing 

the country. Kicking off in 

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on January 

9, 2015, they ended in Thunder Bay, 

Ontario on March 21, 2015. 

These conferences were organized 

by the CLC in co-operation with 

provincial labour federations, 

municipal labour councils and affiliate 

unions, like the IUOE. The two main 

purposes of these conferences was to 

prepare working Canadians for the 

upcoming federal election which is 

legislated for no later than October 

19, 2015, and to inform participants of 

how important it is to elect a federal 

government that shares their goals, 

values and vision for Canada. 

Participants left the conference 

ready to return and speak to their 

communities, families and workplaces 

on four key national issues: good jobs, 

retirement security, health care, child 

care. Four issues that are critical for 

hard working Canadian women and 

men. 

The conference discussed the 

current federal government’s history in 

dealing with these files since they took 

power in 2006 and the current status of 

each issue: 

Good Jobs – Despite a steady stream 

of radio and television ads touting 

the successes of the government’s 

“economic action plan,” the national 

employment rate in June 2014 was 

not much better than at the low of the 

recession in June 2009. Today, Canada 

has 638,810 fewer jobs than it did in 

June 2008. Though some job growth has 

happened, it has been concentrated 

in an increase of precarious part-time 

jobs with little future. Most impacted 

by these changes in the labour 

market have been young workers— 

shouldering an unequal portion of 

the unemployment rate. Meanwhile, 

the federal government has drastically 

expanded its Temporary Foreign 

Worker (TFW) Program and reduced 

the numbers admitted through the 

permanent immigration program— 

historically an important source of 

labour for Canada. 

Retirement Security – Seniors 

are approximately 16% of Canada’s 

population, a number expected to 

grow to 25% within a generation. 

Alarmingly, a significant number 

of Canadians are about to reach 

retirement with inadequate savings 

and limited access to good pensions. 

Less than 40% of working Canadians 

have access to workplace pensions. In 

the private sector it is worse, with less 

than 25% of workers having pensions 

through their workplace. For young 

workers the situation is abysmal, 

with only 13% of those under 29 

reporting workplace pensions. Despite 

the terrible numbers, the current 

government raised the age of eligibility 

for retirement income benefits from 

65 to 67 years—withdrawing support 

just as a large number of unprepared 

workers are about to retire. 

Health Care – Universal Health Care 

is a major part of the Canadian identity, 

with access to health care being based 

on an individual’s need, rather than 

a person’s wealth or privilege. The 

Canadian Health Care system has 

never before needed the stewardship of 

good strong government to make sure 

that the system changes and improves 

to address the always changing needs 

of the Canadian people. Unfortunately 

over the last nine years the current 

government has not done their part, 

instead eliminating the Health Council 

of Canada and refusing to work with 

the provinces and territories while 

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making plans to slash $36 billion from 

Canada’s health care system. 

Childcare – Access to good quality, 

affordable childcare is a major problem 

in Canada. For families with more than 

one child, child care is the second 

highest expense after housing—that is 

if they can even find a daycare spot. The 

importance of affordable and available 

childcare is critical to every young 

Canadian family regardless of political 

stripe. If childcare costs exceed the 

income of one parent, there is little 

incentive for that parent to work. 

In Quebec, the provincial universal 

daycare system provides affordable 

daycare for children from birth to age 5. 

Currently half of all children in Quebec 

under the age of 5 are enrolled. The 

next federal government needs to look 

at this critical issue and have a plan for 

the future of Canadian children. 

Armed with information on these 

four issues, Canadian IUOE members 

are ready to pitch in and work towards 

positive change in the next federal 

election. 

BC Building Trades Board Meets With 

Liberal Party Leader 

MEMBERS OF THE BC Building 

Trades Executive Board and the 

Construction Labour Relations 

Association of BC met recently with 

Federal Liberal Party Leader Justin 

Trudeau at the International Union of 

Operating Engineers Local 115 office in 

Burnaby, BC. 

The meeting was an important 

opportunity for the new leader to hear 

about key issues in the construction 

industry in BC. 

Participants discussed the failures 

of the Temporary Foreign Worker 

program and its abuse by employers. 

In 2013, the BC Building Trades 

challenged the program when the 

International Union of Operating 

Engineers Local 115 and Labourers 

Union Local 1116 took HD Mining to 

court for hiring foreign miners when 

local Canadians were available to 

work. Since the case was dismissed 

two other coal mines in the area have 

closed leaving HD Mining the only 

operational mine in the Tumbler Ridge 

area. To date, not a single Canadian 

miner has been hired. 

Building Trades executive members 

called on the Liberal leader to support 

policy that puts Canadians first in 

line for resource jobs, to which Justin 

Trudeau agreed in principle. 

Participants at the meeting also 

discussed using apprentices on 

publically funded federal projects. 

Federal Conservative government 

policy merely asks contractors to 

report if they have apprentices 

working on public projects. This does 

not go far enough. Representatives 

from the Building Trades asked the 

Liberal Leader to commit to placing 

apprenticeship quotas on federal 

projects. 

Over the coming months 

representatives from the Building 

Trades and IUOE Local 115 will 

continue to meet with Liberal and New 

Democrat Members of Parliament and 

advance our issues in the upcoming 

federal election. 

[left] Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau 

meeting with the British Columbia Building 

Trades Executive Board in Local 115’s 

main Boardroom in Burnaby. 

[photo] IUOE Local 115 

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In Memorium 

February 

2015 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Peter J. Ciaramitaro 

Noland Clayton 

Gary A. Dickson 

Jack W. Hartley 

Clarenc E. Heacock 

Filbert Munoz 

Frank Souza 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Arthur J. Diaz 

Ralph Mariano 

Thomas H. Mcdonnell 

Local 009 

Denver, CO 

Alva L. Bussian 

Paul W. Pickard 

Ronald M. Sanford 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

Ralph Allison 

Matias Alvarado 

Howard Arnett 

J. Bucy 

Noble Burton 

James Crabb 

Tony Crisalli 

Junior Dodd 

Douglas England 

Edward Erranova 

Walter Green 

Carroll Hammons 

John Henry 

Loren Hill 

Jay Hubbs 

Quenton Jackson 

Harold Jackson 

Kenneth Knoettgen 

Edward Lunsford 

Al Nichols 

Raymond Ruh 

Robert Saville 

Charles Sellentin 

Charles Zard 

Local 015 

Long Island city, 

NY 

Albert C. Basile 

Joseph Mugno 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

Frederick Eye 

Edward N. Schurr 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Irvin R. Betz 

Roger Carper 

James V. Delmonte 

Richard J. Eisenmann 

John D. Green 

Jack Keverkamp 

Eugene J. 

Schadle 

Steve Wasylko 

Local 037 

Baltimore, MD 

Raymond B. 

Bivens 

William W. Moxley 

jr 

Samuel M. Walbeck 

Local 049 

Minneapolis, MN 

Charles L. 

Buehner 

Fred Lange 

Morgan Simonson 

Local 066 

Pittsburgh, PA 

Joseph Casertano 

William E. Crusan 

Louie Lopshansky 

Eugene D. 

Moretti 

John R. Nestor 

Local 068 

West Caldwell, 

NJ 

William T. Mcfadden 

Local 101 

Kansas City, MO 

Harold Alexander 

Paul Perry 

Local 115 

Burnaby, BC 

Leonard A. Donaldson 

Bernard Soucie 

Wayne G. 

Vanderberg 

Local 137 

Briarcliff Manor, 

NY 

George A. 

Combs 

Local 138 

Farmingdale, NY 

Charles J. Hein 

John R. Moon 

Richard Pearson 

Donald L. Wright 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

Lawrence Matkey 

John Zinkowich 

Local 147 

Norfolk, VA 

Carl E. Simpson 

Local 148 

Saint Louis, MO 

Robert V. Coovert 

Local 150 

Countryside, IL 

Sam A. Cipolla 

James Northern 

Billie Rucker 

John L. Simonelli 

Louis J. Sineni 

William E. Snow 

Sam J. Ventrella 

Edwin E. Weber 

Local 158 

Glenmont, NY 

Donald Ames 

Frank Deluke 

Joseph Fabozzi 

Louis M. Kotasek 

William A. 

Toohey 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

Earl D. Deater 

Robert B. Dellinger 

Rod W. Graber 

Clarence B. 

Green 

Local 310 

Green Bay, WI 

Arba Rupert 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

Gerald D. 

Dankert 

William C. Huffmaster 

Terry L. Marsh 

Edward J. Simmonds 

Gerald R. Spear 

Robert Tyler 

Local 351 

Borger, TX 

Clarence G. 

Mcgehee 

Local 369 

Cordova, TN 

Kenneth Lampley 

Local 381 

El Dorado, AR 

Joe C. Nesbit 

Local 399 

Chicago, IL 

Ronald C. Bartoli 

Richard J. Miller 

Local 400 

Helena, MT 

Lawrence D. 

Crouse 

Wallace H. Floren 

Death benefits paid 

February, 2015 - April, 2015 

Local 407 

Lake Charles, LA 

Clarence Fisher 

Local 428 

Phoenix, AZ 

Gary Jennings 

Local 513 

Bridgeton, MO 

Joseph A. Meyer 

Local 520 

Granite City, IL 

John W. Curtner 

Fred C. Eisenhauer 

William J. Sutter 

Local 542 

Fort Washington, 

PA 

James Caputo 

John H. Haney 

William F. Waring 

Paul O. Whitted 

Local 627 

Tulsa, OK 

Louis Davis 

Local 649 

Peoria, IL 

John L. Hawksworth 

Local 701 

Gladstone, OR 

Charles Anderson 

Art Arionus 

Eldon Hunt 

Ewell Stephens 

Local 793 

Oakville, ON 

Owen Doherty 

Anthony Formica 

Local 825 

Springfield, NJ 

John L. Cannon 

Mario S. Castoro 

Charles L. Cooke 

James Egan jr 

Alfred G. Tanguay 

Local 912 

Columbia, TN 

Charles Odom 

R .B. Potts 

Lonnie W. Russell 

Local 955 

Edmonton, AB 

William H. Badry 

Edward Warkentin 

March 2015 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

James H. Audrain 

William Bossert 

Douglas Bratton 

Richard Goshi 

Theodor Johnson 

L .C. Kent 

Steven Maxwell 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Walter H. Curtis 

Robert C. Smith 

Local 009 

Denver, CO 

Lynn Curtis 

Clifford G. Lyons 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

Benito Acosta 

Travis Cadwell 

Fred R. Cannon 

Manfred Carlson 

Betty Carrillo 

Peter M. Casarez 

Jerry Claborn 

Rodney Cook 

Dante Dusi 

Jack Edmondson 

Diamond C. 

Farr jr 

Marion Freeman 

Delbert Galloway 

Harvey W. Glamuzina 

Roger Key 

Charles Kincaid 

James Mc nulty 

jr. 

David Mcmullen 

Jimmy Pryor 

Local 015 


NY 

Thomas F. Diamond 

Anthony J. Frandina 

Edward Oberlander 

James D. Orlando 

Gino L. Sozio 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Donald Corder 

Jackie L. Fuller 

Russell Gatchel 

Robert P. Gibbs 

Richard G. Hite 

Richard N. Joy 

Jack R. Lashley 

Alvin Meade jr 

Gerald L. Shook 

John R. Smith 

Charles Stanford 

Donald E. Woodruff 

Local 020 

Cincinnati, OH 

William G. 

Grooms 

Local 036 

Clyde M. Hedin 

Local 037 

Baltimore, MD 

Harold W. Hosier 

Local 049 

Minneapolis, MN 

Vern C. Carlson 

Douglas M. 

Hegna 

Edward O. Johnson 

Paul J. Kloeckl 

Ernest E. Marquette 

Arthur T. Olson 

Local 057 

Providence, RI 

Francis R. 

Pearcey 

Local 061 

Richard Karpinski 

Local 066 


John J. Bruno 

Frank Caffro 

Edward G. 

Codori 

Eugene Fedders 

Raymond Hongisto 

Dewitt B. Palmer 

Joseph J. Phillips 

Otto L. Stricek 

Local 068 


NJ 

Charles Devito 

Local 098 

East Longmeadow, 

MA 

Gordon N. Owen 

sr 

Local 101 


Beverly G. Heim 

Sam Mccoun 

James Mcmenemy 

James I. Stanaland 

Local 103 

Indianapolis, IN 

Charles E. Didion 

Donald G. Draper 

Edmond 

Gryszowka 

Local 115 

Burnaby, BC 

James G. Clouston 

Douglas G. Davis 

Richard Mcnamara 

Ronald R. Roshinsky 

Gordon W. Street 

Kenneth J. Wakeman 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

Francis C. Bitters 

Leslie G. 

Boustead 

William N. Graff 

Edward Klinkhammer 

John Oswald 

Millard C. Sorenson 

Local 147 

Norfolk, VA 

Johnie L. Miller 

Local 150 


Raymond J. 

Andersen 

Vincent Chirillo 

William P. Convery 

Ernest W. Cureton 

Edward R. Eisner 

Thomas Feltenz 

Paul F. Halter 

Edward Heissler 

John R. Ladgenski 

Sam Nuzzo 

John Pohar jr 

Lee Rannfeldt 

Daniel J. Rich 

Ruben Riemer 

Richard L. 

Shryock 

William C. 

Tomsovic 

John L. Vittori 

Richard Webber 

Wilbur W. Wright 

John W. Zuidema 

Local 158 

Glenmont, NY 

Milton E. Marchand 

Local 181 

Henderson, KY 

Thomas J. Chapman 

John D. Clark 

Meredith W. 

Cloud 

Howard L. King 

Local 234 

Des Moines, IA 

Donald G. Steinfadt 

Local 286 

Auburn, WA 

Ewald J. Havist 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

Ben Heflin 

Chester B. Hill 

Byron A. Peterson 

Bud Shauf 

Local 303 

Julius Z. Zsigmondovics 

Local 312 

Birmingham, AL 

Gerald Crews 

Local 318 

Marion, IL 

Donald E. Johnson 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

Daniel T. Owens 

Alpha Phegley jr 

Edward L. Poe 

Dale A. Schrader 

Robert J. 

Shaughnessy 

Local 399 

Chicago, IL 

Thomas M. Corridon 

Local 400 

Helena, MT 

Everett W. Allen 

Preston Blum 

Local 406 

New Orleans, LA 

Joseph T. Blanco 

Marvin K. Griffin 

Henry L. James 

Nathan Laporte 

Harlwin A. Miller 

Calvin O. Wainwright 

Local 407 

Lake Charles, LA 

H .T. Worthington 

Local 478 

Hamden, CT 

Edwin R. Bienvenue 

John A. Guros 

Howard W. 

Knapp 

Nicholas Martino 

Local 501 

Los Angeles, CA 

Henry Corbin 

Robert H. Fox jr 

Local 513 

Bridgeton, MO 

Baptiste Bonzani 

jr 

Johnnie R. 

Davolt 

Sam M. Poindexter 

Local 515 

Thomas E. Marlow 

Joe R. Morris 

Local 520 

Granite City, IL 

Daniel A. Wofford 

Local 525 

Richard T. Pile 

Local 571 

Omaha, NE 

Alvin J. Skow 

Local 589 

Joseph P. Boggins 

Local 612 

Tacoma, WA 

Frank R. Valenta 

Local 627 

Tulsa, OK 

Don Briscoe 

James M. Oliver 

Local 647 

Knob Noster, 

MO 

Gayle E. Honey 

John A. Petrick 

Local 653 

Mobile, AL 

James P. Walker 

Local 670 

Ardmore, OK 

Rodolph Smith 

Local 701 

Gladstone, OR 

Robert E. Billings 

Frank Mcjunkin 

John Short 

Local 825 

Springfield, NJ 

Nunzio J. Dagostino 

Gregory Kapsky 

jr 

Merritt Mead 

Donald D. Reed 

Bernard Wayman 

Local 841 

Terre Haute, IN 

Harley Stremming 

Local 891 

Brooklyn, NY 

Leonard E. Polikoff 

Local 912 

Columbia, TN 

Lewis A. Hann 

Local 917 

Chattanooga, TN 

C .W. Gates 

Local 955 

Edmonton, AB 

Robert Marshall 

Henry 

Stallknecht 

Local 965 

Springfield, IL 

Richard L. Grubb 

Oscar L. Kuder 

April 2015 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Antonio Barela 

Rodger Eliason 

Robert H. Fieguth 

Curtis Flowers 

Dean Jennings 

Jay S. Ortmayer 

Harvey Powell 

Ted A. Scott 

Ross E. Sliger 

Felix Torres 

Albert N. Walker 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

George C. Duquette 

John S. Federico 

Robert F. Kilduff 

Robert C. Kizik 

Emil J. Osiecki 

Charles D. Sayers 

Kenneth Wilder 

Local 009 

Denver, CO 

Charles N. Bell 

Raymond L. 

Brillhart 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

Floyd Garrett 

Cruz Longoria 

William Mcburney 

Joseph Mcelroy 

V. Nietzke 

Richard Payton 

Harrison Proctor 

J. Smith 

Darrell Ward 

Local 015 


NY 

Sebastian J. 

Dimarco 

Harold Hayhurst 

Howard C. 

Heitner 

Howard E. 

Plattner 

Edwin Slavin 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

William C. Brothers 

Walter Evaniak 

Earl Mcdonald 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Warren L. Davis 

Harold J. Davison 

Harry C. Hagemann 

Robert N. Holler 

Homer E. Hysell 

Richard Lokar 

Donald J. Perry 

Fred F. Ritchie 

Keith Swalley 

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