International Operating Engineer - Spring 2016

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

Operating Engineer 

WWW.IUOE.ORG • SPRING 2016 

Die-hard Dredging 

For career dredgemen, it’s more 

than just a job. It’s a way of life.

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

Operating Engineer 

Spring 2016 • Volume 159, No. 2 

Brian E. Hickey, Editor 

Jay C. Lederer, Managing Editor 

16 SEATT Training Milestone 

Program graduates first class of operators 

08 Deadly Dust 

OSHA’s new silica rule will save lives 

12 Cover: Die-hard Dredging 

More than just a job, it’s a lifestyle 

16 Election 2016: Special Series 

Republican nominee “loves” right-to-work laws 

Departments 

05 From the General President 

06 Education & Training 

08 HAZMAT 

10 Healthcare 

16 Politics & Legislation 

20 Canadian News 

24 GEB Minutes 

32 Union Death Benefit 

[cover] Buckets of sediment are dredged from shipping 

channels at the Port of Redwood City in California by 

members working for R. E. Stait. 

[photo] John O. Matos, IUOE Local 3 

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INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER 

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From the General President 

Making the Most of Opportunity 

Meeting a challenge head-on is how we operate 

We have a big year ahead us. The 

construction season has begun, the 

economy is coming around, more 

money is being invested and more 

work hours for IUOE members as a 

result. We have a great opportunity to 

increase our market share and grow 

our ranks through organizing. And, 

there’s that small matter of electing a 

new President. 

Like any year, we will have 

opportunities and challenges. 

It has been a very challenging 

time politically, with attacks across 

the country by right-wing groups 

attempting to diminish our voice and 

roll back our basic legal protections. 

But it’s not all bad news; in fact we have 

had some solid victories along the way. 

The federal highway bill that passed 

at the very end of last year was a huge 

victory for Operating Engineers. 

The bill – Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation or FAST Act – is a fully 

funded, $305 billion dollar program 

over the next five years and the largest 

piece of job creating legislation coming 

out of the federal government. 

The legislation includes $70 billion 

dollars in new revenue for the Highway 

Trust Fund and in the first year both 

the Highway Program and the Transit 

Program have significant increases. 

The following four years grow at slower 

rates, but the program is on solid 

footing. All major funding provisions 

require the payment of Davis-Bacon 

prevailing wages to Operating 

Engineers. 

On healthcare, we won a two-year 

delay of the Affordable Care Act’s 

“Cadillac Tax” on high cost health 

insurance plans. The tax would have 

ensnared a number of IUOE plans and 

would grab more health and welfare 

plans over time. The postponement 

until 2020 now leaves the issue in the 

hands of the next administration and 

Hillary Clinton has said publicly and 

told us privately, that she favors a full 

repeal of the tax. 

But most of the action has been in 

state capitals and while we can claim 

credit in a number of states, these have 

been defensive victories. We fought off 

some of the worst attacks, but still had 

some setbacks. 

On Right-to-work, our locals in 

Missouri and New Mexico played key 

leadership roles in fighting off this 

extreme anti-union legislation. And in 

Kentucky, Operating Engineers made 

sure that the state legislature held onto 

a pro-union majority, heading off antiworker 

bills there. 

In Michigan, Operating Engineers 

led the building trades’ effort 

to challenge petition signatures 

circulated by the Associated Builders 

and Contractors to repeal the state 

prevailing wage law. They were able 

to disqualify tens of thousands of 

signatures and stop the effort. 

Unfortunately, we did experience 

a setback earlier this year in West 

Virginia as right-wing Republicans in 

that state reversed generations of prolabor 

solidarity by passing a Rightto-work 

law and repealing prevailing 

wage. However, we are already fighting 

back there. 

Angered by their legislators’ 

retreat from labor-friendly positions, 

eight West Virginia IUOE members 

have declared their candidacies for 

legislative office. In addition, all 

legal avenues are being explored 

and lawsuits have been filed by labor 

groups to overturn Right-to-work. 

I can only touch on a few of the fights 

that IUOE locals have had to wage, 

expending valuable time and resources 

fighting back against the right-wing 

Republican agenda. The list is a lot 

longer and the attacks keep coming. 

What we can clearly see however, is 

[James T. Callahan] 

that political engagement at every level 

is a necessity if we are to maintain our 

collective bargaining rights, wages, 

benefits and pensions into the future. 

This year we have another big 

election to win. The race for President, 

and the policies the two candidates 

promote, will have a ripple effect on 

all the local, state and Congressional 

elections being contested in November. 

The presumed nominees, Hillary 

Clinton and Donald Trump, both claim 

to be on the side of working men and 

women. 

But only Clinton has a record of 

working with unions to create jobs. 

Trump has fought unions and denied 

workers a voice at the bargaining table. 

I urge everyone to look closely at their 

records and not just their rhetoric or 

showmanship. A great place to start is 

www.engineersaction.org 

Volunteering some time to work 

on local campaigns can make a real 

difference for your family and your 

fellow Operating Engineers. Who 

knows? It might even be fun. I hope 

everyone will take some time to do so 

this year. 

As we go to press, we are closely 

watching the developments of a 

massive wildfire in and around Fort 

McMurray, Alberta. Many Operating 

Engineers living and working there 

have been affected. Please keep them 

in your thoughts and prayers. Work 

safe. 

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Education & Training 

SEATT Training Program Graduates First Class 

Petro-chemical operators committed to advancing careers 

EARLY THIS YEAR, the Stationary 

Engineer Apprentice Training and 

Trust (SEATT) graduated its first class 

of operators at Western Refining in El 

Paso, Texas. 

During six weeks of intense training, 

the students were instructed in topics 

that all petro-chemical operators 

need to know to be safe, efficient, and 

productive. 

“It was challenging to get all the 

training completed in the time we 

were allowed. However, everyone was 

ready for the next step in their career,” 

explained Local 351 Trainer Jay Clark. 

The bedrock of the SEATT 

program are the program’s trainers. 

SEATT recruited highly skilled and 

experienced operators from the 

refinery to instruct the students. Local 

351 Union Chairman Lauren Titus was 

one of those talented instructors. 

Classes ranged from Basic Hand 

Tools to Valves, Boilers, Reactors, 

Distillation, Turbines, Compressors, 

Instrumentation, Furnaces, Cooling 

Towers, Heat Exchangers, Physics, 

Chemistry, Safe Work Permitting and 

Hot Work Permitting, as well as various 

other subjects. 

The NTF Blackboard program was 

used when the SEATT program was 

being designed. Blackboard’s ability 

to be tailored to unique equipment, 

and units, in the refinery industry has 

proven to be a valuable asset. 

SEATT looks forward to continuing 

to work with participating employers 

in establishing a highly skilled pool of 

future petro-chemical operators. 

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HAZMAT 

Deadly Dust: OSHA’s New Silica Rule Will Save Lives 

Confined Spaces 101 Mobile App Now Available 

THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY 

AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 

(OSHA) announced its final rule 

in March to improve protection for 

workers exposed to respirable silica 

dust. The final rule is effective June 23, 

2016. The rule is written as two different 

standards: one for construction 29 

CFR 1926.1153 Respirable Crystalline 

Silica, and one for general industry 

and maritime 1910.1053 Respirable 

Crystalline Silica. 

Employers covered by the 

construction standard have until 

Jun 23, 2017 to comply with most 

requirements. Employers covered by 

the general industry and maritime 

standard have until June 23, 2018 

to comply with most requirements. 

There is additional time to offer 

medical exams to some workers and 

for hydraulic fracturing employers to 

install dust controls to meet the new 

exposure limit. 

Crystalline silica is a common 

mineral found in many naturally 

occurring materials like sand, concrete, 

stone and mortar. It is also used in 

many products like glass, pottery, 

ceramics, bricks, concrete and artificial 

stone. 

Inhaling very small (“respirable”) 

crystalline silica particles causes 

multiple diseases, including silicosis, 

an incurable lung disease that can lead 

to disability and death. Respirable 

crystalline silica also causes lung 

cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary 

disease (COPD) and kidney disease. 

PICTURE THIS: You’re 

getting ready to tackle a 

job and you’re not sure if 

it’s a confined space. If it 

is, is it safe to enter? What 

do you do? The IUOE 

NTF National HAZMAT 

Program recently released 

a Confined Spaces 101 app 

that can help. 

Following OSHA’s 

guidelines and the Decision Flow 

Chart for the general industry found 

in OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1910.146, 

the app provides general guidance 

through questions and steps that need 

to be taken to help you decide whether 

the space is safe for entry or is a permitrequired 

confined space. Additional 

features include definitions, workers’ 

notes, and additional 

references. 

Available for both 

Apple (iTunes) and 

Android (Google 

Play) devices, the 

app can be used 

without an Internet 

connection after it 

has been successfully 

downloaded. So if 

you’re at a remote jobsite, in a big city, 

or even at home, you will be able to use 

this app wherever and whenever you 

need it. 

Go to any search engine and type 

“Confined Spaces 101” and the logo 

above will appear. 

What does the silica Construction Standard require? 

About 2 million construction workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica in over 600,000 workplaces. 

OSHA estimates that more than 840,000 of these workers are exposed to silica levels that exceed the new 

permissible exposure limit (PEL). The new PEL is 50 micrograms/cubic meter of air. The standard requires 

employers to limit worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica and to take other steps to protect workers. 

Employers can either use a control method laid out in Table 1 of the construction standard (see regulatory 

text and table 1 at www.osha.gov/silica/SilicaConstructionRegText.pdf), or they can measure workers’ 

exposure to silica and independently decide which dust controls work best to limit exposures to the PEL in 

their workplaces. 

Regardless of which exposure control method is used, all construction employers covered by the standard 

are required to: 

• Establish and implement a written exposure control plan that identifies tasks that involve exposure 

and identifies methods used to protect workers. This includes procedures to restrict access to work 

areas where high exposure may occur. 

• Designate a competent person to implement the exposure control plan. 

• Restrict housekeeping practices that expose workers to silica where feasible alternatives are available. 

• Offer medical exams every 3 years for workers who are to wear a respirator for 30 or more days per 

year. 

• Train workers on work operations that result in silica exposure and ways to limit exposure. 

• Keep records of workers’ silica exposure and medical exams. 

What does the silica General Industry and Maritime standard require? 

About 295,000 workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica in over 75,000 general industry and 

maritime workplaces. OSHA estimates that over 100,000 workers are exposed to silica levels that exceed the 

new PEL of 50 micrograms/cubic meter of air. 

The standard for general industry and maritime requires employers to: 

• Measure the amount of silica that workers are exposed to if it may be at or above the action level of 

25 micrograms/cubic meter of air averaged over an 8-hour day. 

• Protect workers from silica exposure above the PEL of 50 micrograms/cubic meter of air averaged 

over an 8-hour day. 

• Limit workers’ access to areas where they could be exposed above the PEL. 

• Provide respirators to workers when dust controls cannot limit exposures to the PEL. 

• Restrict housekeeping practices that expose workers to silica where feasible alternatives are available. 

• Establish and implement a written exposure control plan that identifies tasks that involve exposure 

and methods used to protect workers. 

• Offer medical exams every 3 years for workers exposed at or above the action level for 30 or more 

days per year. 

• Train workers on work operations that result in silica exposure and ways to limit exposure. 

• Keep records of workers’ silica exposure and medical exams. 

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Healthcare 

IUOE Nurses Keep Up the Fight for Patient Rights 

and Worker Rights 

IN APRIL, more than 200 JNESO District Council 1 

health care workers gathered for their biennial convention 

in Atlantic City. Members attended seminars on emerging 

issues in health care, addressed union matters, and earned 

the continuing education units (CEUs) required to keep their 

licenses current. 

“Every other year, JNESO membership gathers for 

our Convention and it demonstrates the strength and 

unity of our organization,” said Elfrieda Johnson, Board 

President of JNESO District Council 1. “Our successes at the 

bargaining table and in the legislative arena are rooted in the 

participation and active engagement of our members, and I 

am thrilled with the record turnout at this year’s Convention.” 

Throughout the four day convention, members discussed 

various issues at length. Three priority areas that were 

addressed are often inter-related—the need to codify safe 

nurse-to-patient staffing ratios; addressing violence in 

the workplace; and supporting the expansion of collective 

bargaining rights for healthcare workers. 

Safe Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios 

Representing more than 5,000 health care workers in New 

Jersey and Pennsylvania, JNESO has long advocated for safe 

nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals and ambulatory 

care centers throughout both states. 

In December 2015, nurses and patient advocates took a 

step toward legislative victory when safe staffing legislation 

was posted for a vote before the New Jersey Assembly Health 

Committee. After more than twenty years, this bill was finally 

voted upon by a legislative committee, and JNESO nurses 

were there to share their first-hand experiences and be a 

strong voice for safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. 

While this was indeed an historic step forward, the fight 

for full passage of safe staffing ratios in both state capitals 

continues. 

Violence in the Workplace 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

(OSHA) reports that over 2 million American workers are 

victims of workplace violence each year. The health care 

industry leads all other sectors in the incidence of nonfatal 

workplace assaults; particularly in emergency departments 

[above] JNESO Board members are sworn in at 

convention. L to R: Board President, Elfrieda Johnson, 

Board members Valerie-Clary Muronda and Regina 

DiSalvio. 

and in psychiatric settings. Nurses serve on the frontlines 

of health care delivery, and are often the targets of violent 

encounters - both verbal and physical. Workplace violence 

continues to be a serious occupational risk that requires 

targeted responses from employers, law enforcement, the 

community, and state legislators. 

Collective Bargaining for Health Care Workers 

Patients and their families expect nurses and other health 

care workers to fight for them at the bedside, even when it 

conflicts with the profit motive of hospital administrators, 

insurance companies, and others in the health care industry 

who put the bottom line above patient interest and safety. 

When unionized nurses are fighting for their patients, the 

union is fighting for our nurses. 

Charles Wowkanech, president of the New Jersey State 

AFL-CIO, which represents one million working men and 

women and their families, addressed the convention. “Nurses 

advocating for patients and safety are doing so because they 

have protection from retaliation as unionized nurses. They 

are asking for standards on behalf of every patient in New 

Jersey, and every nurse and health care worker who cannot 

speak up. Their voices need to be heard!” 

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Feature 

DECKHAND JAMES FAAS has many tattoos, but two of 

the most prominent ones are of a bucket dredge on his right 

hand and a cutter-head on his left. He’s worked on rigs using 

both during his 14-year career in dredging, as they are used 

to deepen shipping channels and remove underwater debris. 

However, the tattoos are more than just body art; they are 

an outward symbol of how working in this trade becomes so 

much a part of those who do it. 

“I can’t think of doing anything else,” said Leverman 

Steven Pryor. He’s been an Operating Engineer working on 

dredging rigs for 29 years. Growing up on the coast in Eureka, 

Calif., he was only eight years old when he decided he was 

going to work on the water. Today, he has no regrets in making 

that career choice. 

“I didn’t get a college degree, but I’ve had a great career 

that fed my family,” he said. His family includes “two-andthree-quarters 

grandkids” (one was still on the way at the 

time of this writing), and two sons, one of which, like Pryor, 

works on the water for Dutra. 

Not only do dredgemen travel and work long hours to 

support their families, but many work alongside family 

members. Even when there are no direct family connections, 

there is a distinct family feel on these rigs. Crewmembers 

often gather in the kitchen or around the grill to prepare 

lunch and jokingly argue about who’s been raiding the food 

in the pantry. They poke fun at each other the way siblings 

do, a sign of how comfortable they become on these floating 

jobsites. 

Being comfortable around your fellow crewmembers 

doesn’t just make going to work on a dredge easier; it’s vital 

to the safe functioning of the rig. The dangers of working 

on the water, such as climbing up wet steps and ladders, 

being around moving parts and equipment, stepping over 

gaps between rigs and boats or over lines and ropes, means 

crewmembers have to constantly be mindful of their own 

safety and that of their coworkers. 

For crews working in the yard, there are different dangers 

and challenges, including those that come with welding, 

working with electrical lines and having to fabricate parts in 

the shop for equipment built decades ago. 

[right] The crew aboard R. E. Stait’s DB Palomar includes, from left, 

Deckhand David Koue, Deck Engineer Fritz Fields, Deckhand Felix 

Castro, Leverman Bill Kombrink and Capt. Greg Center. 

[article & photos] by John O. Matos, IUOE Local 3 

Die-hard Dredging 

For career dredgemen, it’s more than 

just a job. It’s a way of life. 

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“Some of these rigs are World-War- 

II-era, built in the 1940s,” said Master 

Mechanic Greg Wright who works in 

the Manson Yard in Richmond, Calif. 

“You can’t just go out and buy the part; 

you have to make it yourself.” 

Yard crews consist of Heavy Duty 

Repairers (HDRs), but as Apprentice 

Remy Trifforiot pointed out, work on 

dredging rigs “is a totally different 

world” from what he learned working 

on loaders and dozers. That’s why HDR 

Fred Baca makes it a point to clarify 

that he is a Marine HDR. 

Though the work is often hard and 

dangerous and involves long weeks 

and long hours, it’s impossible to miss 

the die-hard enthusiasm members in 

this line of work have for their jobs. 

Part of that is because they understand 

the importance of what they do in the 

larger scheme of things. 

“What we do is important,” said 

Pryor, as he pointed to a large ship being 

unloaded in Stockton, Calif. “Look at 

that ship and consider all the jobs that 

one ship is tied to. If we weren’t here 

doing this, those ships couldn’t get in 

here and those jobs wouldn’t exist.” 

“Our work keeps the cost of shipping 

and the price of goods down,” added 

Deckhand Jason Shanahan. “What we 

do supports our whole economy.” 

It’s obvious that what dredgermen 

do creates close camaraderie and 

provides the satisfaction of skilled and 

challenging work, a sense of purpose 

and an understanding of the value 

of their job. It’s no wonder, then, that 

die-hard dredgers like Faas would be 

willing to wear their pride on their 

(tattooed) sleeves. 

Water Infrastructure Funding 

Awaits Action in Senate 

In March, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed 

the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016. The $9.4 billion bill 

will support the nation’s ports, waterways and clean water infrastructure. 

The legislation will now go before the full Senate for a vote. 

This bill “prioritizes projects to improve ports and waterways for 

increased global competitive advantage and supports needed flood control 

projects that protect millions of people and billions of dollars’ worth of 

infrastructure,” said Senate Environment and Public Works Committee 

Chairman, Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK). 

The legislation identifies $4.5 billion worth of water-related infrastructure 

projects and contains $220 million in direct emergency assistance for Flint, 

Michigan, and other communities where the drinking water supply is 

contaminated. 

In a letter to Senators, General President Callahan commented that, 

“the Water Resources Development Act will deliver immediate economic 

benefits to construction workers and the whole nation.” If the WRDA gets 

signed into law, it will create thousands of job opportunities for Operating 

Engineers. 

WRDA also authorizes $4.9 billion for drinking water and clean water 

infrastructure over five years. The bill would increase investments in the 

nation’s aging drinking water and wastewater infrastructure by modernizing 

State Revolving Loan Fund programs, reauthorizing funding to control 

sewer overflows and providing assistance to replace lead service lines. 

“Many Americans get their drinking water from crumbling pipes,” said 

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the committee’s ranking member. “This bill 

begins the much-needed work to ensure safe reliable drinking water.” 

In addition, the legislation would authorize 25 new Army Corps projects 

in 17 states, including projects to restore the Florida Everglades; revitalize 

the Los Angeles River; improve ports in Charleston, South Carolina; and 

provide flood and hurricane protection in Louisiana. 

The legislation includes full Davis-Bacon prevailing wage standards as 

it moved out of committee. An effort from right-wing Republican Senators 

to repeal the labor standard when it moves to the floor of the Senate is 

expected. 

[photos clockwise from top] Deckhand James Faas displays his tattoos; bucket of sediment dredged from the shipping channels at the Port 

of Redwood City; [L to R] Dutra Deckhand Jason Shanahan, Capt. Craig Haufler, Deckhand Albert Apodaca and Deckhand James Faas; Capt. 

Craig Hauffler andDeckhand Jason Shanahanwork at the Port of Stockton; the crew aboard Dutra’s DB 24 includes, from left, Site Safety and 

Health Officer Karen Maples, Deckhand Cody Mana, Deckhand Kenny Hasbrouck, Deck Engineer Mike Davis and Capt. John Boykin. 

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Election 2016: Special Series 

Republican Presidential Nominee “Loves” 

Right-to-Work Laws 

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential 

nominee, is in lockstep with the right-wing of his party 

on labor law. Adopted by the delegates at the national 

convention in 2012, the Republican Party platform is clear. 

It states: “We support the right of States to enact Right-to- 

Work laws and encourage them to do so to promote greater 

economic liberty. Ultimately we support the enactment of 

a National Right-to-Work law to promote worker freedom 

and to promote economic liberty.” Donald Trump agrees. 

In a recent interview, Donald 

Trump says, “My position on Right-towork 

is 100 percent. I love the Rightto-work. 

I like it better because it is 

lower. You are not paying the big fees 

to the unions…It gives great flexibility 

to the companies.” (You can listen to 

the Trump’s radio interview at www. 

engineersaction.org.) 

Right-to-work laws force union 

members to pay for services delivered 

to “free riders” – individuals who 

think it is ok to work under a collective 

bargaining agreement and let everyone 

else pay for maintaining and enforcing 

its provisions, even grievances. 

Trump is right. Right-to-work is 

lower. States with Right-to-work laws 

have lower wages, lower pensions, and 

less safe workplaces. 

Elected Republican Party leaders 

in Congress and State Capitols across 

the country have doggedly pursued the 

Right-to-work “plank” in the party’s 

platform. Four states have gone Rightto-work 

in just the last five years. Earlier 

this year, a Republican-controlled 

legislature in West Virginia, a state 

with a proud union tradition and some 

of the highest levels of public support 

for unions anywhere in the country, 

steamrolled public opinion and the 

Governor’s veto to enact Right-to-work 

laws. And it does not stop there. The 

Legislature also repealed the state’s 

prevailing wage law. 

Right-wing, anti-union forces are 

also mobilizing nationally. Failed 

Republican Presidential candidate 

and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul 

introduced Senate Bill 391, the National 

Right-to-Work Act. Twenty-seven other 

senators joined him as sponsors of 

the bill, including the Senate Majority 

Leader Mitch McConnell and former 

Republican presidential candidates 

in the Senate – Ted Cruz, Lindsey 

Graham and Marco Rubio. National 

Right-to-Work legislation, H.R. 612, 

was also introduced in the House 

of Representatives. Right-to-work 

will be one of the top issues on the 

congressional agenda if Donald Trump 

occupies the White House next year. 

TRUMP FIGHTS UNIONS; UNDERMINES 

LOCAL WAGE STANDARDS 

Donald Trump has pursued a race 

to the bottom in Right-to-work states. 

The Las Vegas Strip is 98% unionized 

for hospitality workers, members of 

UNITE-HERE. Stationary Engineers 

– members of Local 501 – maintain 

a strong and growing presence in 

Southern Nevada, where they work 

closely with UNITE-HERE members 

to raise the standards for all workers 

in the industry. Members of Local 501 

have dramatically increased their size 

and strength in the city over the last 

few years, winning major organizing 

drives and achieving strong wage gains 

in their first contracts. Donald Trump 

seeks to undermine those standards. 

Despite its high levels of 

unionization, Nevada is a Right-towork 

state. It has high wage standards 

because of the strength of union 

members, but Donald Trump seeks to 

erode those standards. That should not 

be a surprise. Trump believes that the 

federal minimum wage of $7.25 – a rate 

that has not changed for seven years – 

should not be raised. 

Trump has said, “…wages are too 

high. We’re not going to be able to 

compete against the world.” In a 

different interview, Trump stated that, 

“Having a low minimum wage is not 

a bad thing for this country. We can’t 

have a situation where our labor is 

so much more expensive than other 

countries’ that we can no longer win.” 

In Las Vegas, Trump teamed up with 

billionaire casino tycoon Phil Ruffin to 

develop the Trump International Hotel, 

where they have aggressively fought a 

multi-year effort by 500 hotel workers 

to organize a union. According to the 

workers, they have been subjected to 

surveillance, intimidation, and even 

fired for supporting the union. 

Trump Ruffin Commercial LLC has 

pursued a classic anti-union campaign, 

hiring a union-busting consultant, and 

employing strategies to deny workers 

their rights and lower the industry’s 

local standards. 

Workers at Trump International 

Las Vegas earn $3 less an hour than 

union members that work identical 

jobs on the Strip. They don’t receive 

pensions and they have to pay for their 

own health care. Workers at Trump 

International pay $128 every two weeks 

to maintain health insurance that is 

delivered by employers at no-cost to 

union workers elsewhere on the Strip. 

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Election 2016: Special Series 

“I love the Right-towork. 

I like it better 

because it is lower. 

You are not paying 

the big fees to the 

unions.” 

[Donald Trump speaking to 

SC Radio Network, 2/17/16] 

TRUMP HIRES UNION BUSTERS, NOT UNION WORKERS 

Trump Ruffin Commercial LLC hired a prominent antiunion 

consulting firm to fight workers’ effort to unionize. On 

March 3, 2015, Donald Trump himself signed the paperwork 

required by the Department of Labor to report hiring the antiunion 

consultant Labor Relations Institute (LRI) Consulting 

Services, Inc. 

Workers rejected management’s efforts and voted to 

form a union. Trump Ruffin then sued, asking the National 

Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to overturn the election result. 

The NLRB rejected the claims of Trump Ruffin and recently 

certified the union as the exclusive bargaining agent. Trump 

Ruffin still refuses to sit down and bargain with the hotel 

workers. 

The contract Trump signed hiring the anti-union 

consultant calls for them to develop the Trump International 

Hotel into “a ‘hard target’ by making it difficult for an 

organizer to get cards signed using typical tactics.” The 

contract with Trump Ruffin and LRI can be found on the 

Department of Labor website – a link to it is also on the www. 

engineersaction.org website. 

This is not the first time Trump has hired anti-union 

consulting firms. In 2007 and 2008, Trump hired Kulture 

Consulting to conduct “informational” meetings intended 

to persuade workers in Atlantic City not organize at his 

properties there. 

TRUMP SUPPORTS OUTSOURCING AMERICAN JOBS 

In a blog post written for his now defunct Trump 

University, the Republican nominee wrote, “I understand that 

outsourcing means that employees lose jobs. Because work is 

often outsourced to other countries, it means Americans lose 

jobs.” Despite the harm outsourcing does, Trump concludes 

that “sometimes it’s a necessary step.” He said that sometimes 

workers need to “look at the bigger picture.” 

Trump has stated one way to stop automakers’ expansion 

to Mexico is to close union plants in Michigan and open them 

in lower-wage states. In April, Ford Motor Co. said it would 

add 3,800 jobs in Mexico as part of a $2.5 billion investment 

— on top of the 11,300 Ford already employs in Mexico. 

Trump suggested those jobs could remain in the U.S. if 

they were moved from Michigan and the Midwest to a lowerwage 

state, presumably a right to work state with low union 

density. “You can go to different parts of the United States 

and then ultimately you’d do full-circle — you’ll come back 

to Michigan because those guys are going to want their jobs 

back even if it is less,” Trump said. 

In his own words, Trump says he is prepared to lower 

the wages of unionized American workers, increasing their 

economic insecurity and making them more vulnerable. 

Links to the blog post are at www.engineersaction.org. 

Clinton Addresses Building Trades Conference 

SECRETARY HILLARY CLINTON, the presumptive 

Democratic nominee for President, repeatedly brought 3,000 

construction workers to their feet with strong pro-worker 

pledges – and a few jabs at the leading Republican hopeful 

– when she addressed the annual Legislative Conference 

of North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) in 

Washington, DC. In her remarks, she committed to always 

standing up for prevailing wages, project labor agreements, 

and the men and women of the building and construction 

trades. 

“I will not let anyone undermine collective bargaining 

rights, and I will not let anyone undermine prevailing wages 

or project labor agreements,” Clinton said. 

In his keynote address, NABTU President Sean McGarvey 

said, “…only one candidate has shown respect for Building 

Trades members, their jobs, and their families. And that’s 

Hillary Clinton.” 

The thousands of union construction workers in 

attendance roared their approval, waving signs in the 

cavernous hotel hall included the slogan “Hardhats for 

Hillary.” Ten of the 13 member NABTU member unions, 

including the IUOE, had previously endorsed Clinton’s 

candidacy, with many of their members pounding the 

pavement for her this election season. 

Clinton backed her sweeping statements with specific 

proposals. She repeated her proposal for a 5-year $275 

billion plan to rebuild U.S. bridges, roads and mass transit, 

now funded by the federal gas tax. She added a public-private 

partnership, funding a $250 billion national infrastructure 

development bank, for “projects of regional or national 

significance.” 

Clinton was particularly passionate, and got a storm of 

applause, when she described the infrastructure disaster, 

and partisan political moves, that poisoned the drinking 

water in Flint, Michigan with lead. And she praised the quick 

response by labor unions in the face of this crisis and others 

like it. 

“American workers don’t quit and I won’t quit on them,” 

Clinton pledged. 


[above] Secretary Hillary Clinton with General President Callahan 

at North America’s Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference 

in April. 

[left] Former President Bill Clinton spoke at IUOE Local 649 in 

Peoria, Illinois while campaigning for his wife in March. 

[L to R] Teresa Braun, Vice President; Lisa Kohl, Trustee; Aric 

Gartner, Business Rep; Frank Bollinger, President; Darren Smith, 

Business Manager; President Clinton; Brett Villarreal, Financial 

Secretary/Business Rep; Tony O’Brian, Business Rep; Danny 

Hollenback, Apprenticeship Coordinator; Joe VanDran, Business 

Rep; Matt Ulm, Instructor. 

The IUOE has taken the time to research the records of the candidates on key pocketbook issues important to Operating Engineers. 

We understand that your vote is a personal decision. We hope that you find this information helpful when you make that decision 

in the privacy of the voting booth. Please see www.engineersaction.org for more information. 



Canadian News 

Local 115: “We are BC’s dam builders!” 

Campaign questions lack of job guarantees for B.C. workers 

AT THE END OF MARCH, IUOE 

Local 115 ran an ad in a special section 

of the Vancouver Province newspaper 

titled “Building B.C.” This was part of 

the local’s ongoing efforts to pressure 

the British Columbia government and 

BC Hydro, the crown corporation that 

delivers power to the province, to use 

Project Labour Agreements for the Site 

C dam. 

Site C dam is an $8.3 billion mega 

project being built in northern B.C. on 

the Peace River and has been billed as 

the last large-scale dam that will ever be 

built in the province. “For the first time 

in over 50 years, Operating Engineers 

are not the exclusive workers who will 

be completing this project. We are 

working hard to turn that around,” says 

Business Manager Brian Cochrane. 

The newspaper ad accompanied 

an article highlighting exactly why it is 

so important to hire local workers for 

projects paid for by British Columbian 

taxpayers, and why it is even more 

imperative to build those massive 

infrastructure investments using union 

labour. The article was widely circulated, 

and since then, media coverage has 

embraced the union’s stance that B.C. 

workers should be building the projects 

coming out of their taxes. 

Historically, Local 115 members 

have been B.C.’s dam builders. “During 

the 1960’s, when the majority of B.C.’s 

large power-producing dams were 

built, it was Operating Engineers 

who exclusively built those major 

projects. This is the first time in more 

than 50 years BC Hydro and the B.C. 

government have moved away from 

the Project Labour Agreement model,” 

Cochrane explains. 

Everyone in British Columbia has 

benefited over many years from the 

legacy of the hydro dams built in past 

decades according to Cochrane. Those 

projects met the highest environmental 

standards and have produced reliable 

power for industry and communities to 

this day. 

However, in the first six months of 

this new project, there have been two 

breaches of environmental conditions 

caused by non-union crews. In addition, 

the company created a job posting for a 

human resources assistant where one 

of the outlined responsibilities was 

helping navigate the process required 

to bring in temporary foreign workers. 

That part of the job posting was later 

redacted when the media began asking 

questions, but that doesn’t mean the 

scope of the job has actually changed. 

Local 115 submitted several freedom 

of information requests on how many 

B.C. workers are employed on the 

project. Despite vague talking points 

repeated frequently by spokespeople 

for BC Hydro and the provincial 

government, the information showed 

that as little as 65 percent of workers 

on the project are local hires—even 

less considering that permanent 

administrative staff in a regional office 

were included in the numbers reported. 

The ads are part of a larger campaign 

to win a commitment to employ B.C. 

workers, and union workers, on the 

Site C dam, as well as future LNG 

projects currently under consideration 

by the Canadian federal government. 

A centerpiece of the campaign is a 

website titled, “Jobs for Northern BC” 

found at www.jobsfornorthernbc. 

ca. While spreading the campaign 

message, the website is also gathering 

the names, occupations and contact 

information of job seekers throughout 

British Columbia—those potentially 

looking for work on the Site C dam or 

future LNG projects. 

“Since our ad ran, BC Premier 

Christy Clark has made a big deal about 

awarding a small portion of the work to 

BC Building Trade unions, including 

Operating Engineers. However, in the 

scope of the project, of the hundreds of 

workers employed on Site C, only four 

positions are going to IUOE Local 115 

members,” adds Cochrane. 

In light of this, Local 115 will 

continue to apply pressure to both 

BC Hydro and the B.C. government to 

hire local workers. They want to make 

sure the legacy of Operating Engineers 

continues—they are, and will always be, 

B.C.’s dam builders. 

[above] The newspaper advertisement 

run by Local 115 as part of the “Jobs for 

Northern BC” campaign. 

[left] An artist rendering of the Site C Dam 

located on the Peace River in Northern 

British Columbia. 

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Canadian News 

Massive Pipeline Replacement Begins in Saskatchewan 

Local 870 works to bring more First Nations people into the trade 

facilities on either side of the Canada-U.S. international 

border. The total length of the pipeline replacement is 

1,031 miles (1,660 km). 

On the Canadian side of the border, Enbridge 

Pipelines Inc. has announced plans to undertake an 

approximately $4.9-billion replacement program for 

most of its Line 3 pipeline running between Enbridge’s 

existing Hardisty Terminal in east-central Alberta and 

Gretna, Manitoba. 

Replacing the pipeline is the most efficient way 

to maintain the reliability of Line 3, and it’s also the 

most timely and reliable transportation solution for 

transporting Western Canadian crude oil to refinery 

markets in Chicago, the U.S. Gulf Coast, and the Eastern 

U.S. and Canada. 

IN PREPARATION FOR one of the 

largest pipeline replacement projects 

ever undertaken, Local 870 put on 

a joint venture training school with 

Enbridge in Saskatchewan. The main 

focus was on training First Nations 

people from around the province to 

gain the necessary skills required to 

work on the pipeline project when it 

gets underway this year. 

The $7.5-billion Line 3 Replacement 

Program (L3RP) is the largest project 

in Enbridge history, and includes 

replacing the existing pipe with modern 

pipe materials utilizing modern 

construction methods — resulting in 

restoration of one of Enbridge’s primary 

pipelines along its Mainline crude oil 

system. 

The training courses covered all 

aspects of a normal pipeline work, 

including grading, ditching and side 

boom operation. Twenty-four people 

from the First Nations and Local 870 

took part in two week courses over a 

three month period. 

Classroom work covered training 

videos, exams and equipment safety, 

but quickly transitioned to hands on 

work. Each student trained only on the 

single piece of equipment they signed 

up for to get maximum seat time. 

Most of the students taking equipment 

training already had some type of 

equipment experience, unless they 

were there to take oiler training. 

Side boom operators learned how 

to place 36 inch pipe in a ditch working 

together with another side boom. They 

learned to work in tandem moving a 

pipeline around a right-of-way and 

around certain obstacles. 

Backhoe operators learned how to 

dig a safe man entry ditch, how to dig 

bell holes, stairs and side bends. 

Dozer hands and Graders learned 

how to cut ROW and put it back to its 

original state. And every person was 

trained on hot line safety in every aspect 

of every piece of equipment. 

Under the L3RP, the majority of the 

existing Line 3 will be fully replaced 

with new pipeline and associated 

22 INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER SPRING 2016 23

Union Death Benefit 

Benefits paid 

February, 2016 - April, 2016 

February 

2016 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Claude Bierman 

Robert A. Blagg 

Frank 

Debenedetto 

Sterlin Lima 

Richard Lowery 

Royce Props 

Malon Webster 

John S. Zamora 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Daniel J. Concio 

Kenneth E. Heath 

Gerard F. 

Mcdonough 

Edgar 

Noseworthy 

Gerard F. Pothier 

Local 009 

Denver, CO 

Delmar Wagner 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

William Fitzwater 

John Knight 

Jerry Little 

Harold Michaud 

Larry Miles 

Victorio Ornelas 

Kenneth Pullin 

Elwood Tweet 

John Worthen 

Raymond Wright 

Local 015 

Long Island city, 

NY 

Louis Drago 

Robert H. 

Engelhard 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

Kenneth L. 

Burgwardt 

Charles Stevens 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Melvin D. 

Brillhart 

Eugene L. Colby 

Paul E. Couts 

Roy E. Dosson 

Peter F. Ehrbar 

Lyle Everetts 

George H. 

Haughn 

William R. 

Hawkins 

Raymond Hayes 

John V. Lewis 

Roger F. Mahnke 

Thomas Murphy 

Glen Noaker 

Thomas F. Parrill 

Louis E. Pontious 

Local 037 

Baltimore, MD 

Milton C. Cole 

Dale Oneal 

Local 066 

Pittsburgh, PA 

Joseph E. Arnett 

Murdick C. 

Bracken 

John Damiani 

Willard E. 

Fletcher 

Donald J. 

Noonan 

Harold H. 

Simmons 

Local 068 

West Caldwell, 

NJ 

Frank Fury 

Emil Witowsky 

Local 095 


Robert L. 

Gebhart 

Local 101 

Kansas City, MO 

George Boyle 

Frank P. Chiles jr 

James 

Mcmenemy 

Harold E. 

Woodley 

Local 115 

Burnaby, BC 

Ed B. Carlson 

David E. Doudiet 

Lewis J. Haslam 

Trevor L. Lea 

Steve Melesko 

William J. Ryder 

Alonzo T. 

Saunders 

George M. Smith 

Local 132 

Charleston, WV 

Freddy L. Carr 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

Lyle R. Carlson 

Allen J. 

Christman 

Leroy Foss 

Edward L. 

Guthman 

Carl P. Hirth 

Gust Kalander 

Harvey L. Rath 

Gerald 

Sandstrom 

Local 150 

Countryside, IL 

Lee E. Ballerini 

Vernon L. Butler 

Delbert L. Clem 

Ronald L. Drago 

Gaynor Edwards 

Carl Erickson 

John Gedmin 

Eddie Harrison 

Leslie B. Howe 

Bruce T. Hutton 

John L. Koshnick 

Richard L. 

Meyers 

Buelford E. 

Odeen 

Harold F. Packer 

George Roberts 

Lloyd Spry 

James E. Tolbert 

Local 158 

Glenmont, NY 

Carl Boak 

Allen Decker 

William R. Herb 

Eugene J. 

Kindlon 

Thomas E. 

Travison 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

Ted L. Biles 

George H. 

Buermann 

Joe H. Butler 

Jerome D. 

Hanson 

Leonard D. 

Hoover 

Daniel Johnson 

Jack T. Mathews 

Donald G. 

Nichols 

Peter Shadura 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

James A. 

Brocklehurst jr 

Gus J. Bronson 

Robert M. 

Dominski 

Elwin C. Ranshaw 

Richard O. 

Russell 

Local 399 

Chicago, IL 

Melvin L. Daley 

Richard T. Wren 

jr. 

Local 400 

Helena, MT 

Duane D. Benson 

Louis D. Smith 

Local 406 

New Orleans, LA 

Willie F. Adams 

Donald Lovett 

Local 428 

Phoenix, AZ 

Dick H. Brown 

Louis A. Moreno 

Joseph H. Polkus 

Melvin R. Weeks 

Local 513 

Bridgeton, MO 

Fred Luntzer 

Local 520 

Granite City, IL 

Carl E. Lay 

Mark R. 

Mcdonald 

John R. Taylor 

Local 542 

Fort 

Washington, PA 

Allen D. Godshall 

Michael G. 

Liposhitz 

Harold London 

Donald F. Young 

Local 612 

Tacoma, WA 

Edward F. Loper 

Local 627 

Tulsa, OK 

Robert Mccurry 

Everett Shanks 

Ballard Stanford 

Local 649 

Peoria, IL 

Marvin Coziahr 

Local 653 

Mobile, AL 

Orvil W. Herring 

Dallas Miller 

Local 701 

Gladstone, OR 

Warren Mattson 

William Stovall 

Charles Wafford 

Melvin Woodrum 

Local 793 

Oakville, ON 

Ray Chambers 

Jean N. Dumais 

Local 825 

Springfield, NJ 

Alfred J. 

Davidson 

Merritt Mead 

Local 926 

Rex, GA 

Neal Ledford 

March 2016 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Clinton Adams 

Floyd Anglin 

Jim Copeland 

Reuben Dockter 

James E. 

Donovan 

Albert Erickson 

Warren Fenner 

V .P. Harris 

Stanley Huston 

Arden F. Johnson 

Harold Jones 

Manuel Juarez 

Vincent 

Mckindley 

Loran B. Mcpeak 

Frankln D. 

Peterson 

Stanley 

Stevenson 

Mario Viarengo 

T .C. Waddell 

Cliffor Young 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Thomas A. 

Heighton 

Patrick J. Hunt 

Maurice 

Normandin 

Bartolo J. Panto 

Raymond J. 

Sousa 

Local 009 

Denver, CO 

Ralph L. Dunham 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

Salvador Alcala 

Kenneth Bernerd 

Tony Bettencourt 

James Brown 

Robert Brown 

W. Brumbaugh 

Elvin Brush 

Tony Cordasco 

Leslie Curry 

Richard Eden 

Frank J. Espinosa 

Thomas Harder 

David E. Hinman 

Carl Kotzin 

Leo Lowe, jr. 

Larry B. Minton 

David Oliver 

Joseph Palajac 

Charles Parker 

James Payne 

Charles Rasey 

William Rhoades 

Robert L. Rush sr 

Ronald Salas 

Vincent Serrano 

jr 

Wesley 

Shaughnessy 

Walter 

Shoemaker 

Daniel Vasquez 

M. Weitz 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

Delwin H. 

Forward 

Ronald J. Walker 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

David L. Carroll 

Joe Davidson 

Walter Iker 

Charles K. 

Jennings 

Harvey G. Mace 

James Nolan 

Jerry Oday 

Melvin C. 

Wohlfrom 

Local 025 

Millstone 

Township, NJ 

Theodore F. 

August 

Walter Lippincott 

Walter F. Scott 

Local 037 

Baltimore, MD 

Thomas D. 

Darnell 

Charles 

Hartdagen 

Local 049 

Minneapolis, MN 

Fred Dereschuk 

Local 066 


Anthony R. 

Cantolina 

Alexander N. 

Capasso 

Ross W. Cottle 

Charles Indyk 

Robert M. Labarr 

William T. Miller 

George H. 

Wagner 

Layton B. Wasson 

Local 068 

West Caldwell, 

NJ 

Frederick Mai 

William 

Mcgovern 

Wayne Pierson 

Local 101 


Benjamin R. 

Crosby 

Local 115 

Burnaby, BC 

Paul Bortnick 

Joseph H. Detjen 

Edward Riemer 

Hans D. Rosvold 

Francis J. 

Tuyttens 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

Richard L. Beller 

Gerhardt Bratz 

Walter L. Geary 

Robert L. Lemke 

Robert A. Risch jr 

Norman Sontag 

Local 150 


Lloyd S. Boeve 

George Boyle 

Valentine M. 

Heinrich 

Martin G. Kagel 

Robert E. 

Kuechenberg 

Bruce Lambert 

Russell E. 

Luedeking 

Leo M. Misdom 

George D. 

Vermillion 

Local 158 

Glenmont, NY 

Ralph Denson jr 

James Dineen 

Fred D. May 

Herbert 

Thompson 

Charles L. Tuttle 

Local 181 

Henderson, KY 

Thomas F. Guess 

jr 

Carl A. Yeager 

Local 234 

Des Moines, IA 

Lloyd Hinrichsen 

Maynard 

Kleinsorge 

Harvey C. Ritz 

Dorrance Sheely 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

Eugene M. 

Hancock 

Marvin L. 

Mcallister 

Eugene 

Musgrove 

James D. 

Schuerman 

Werner F. 

Wilhelm 

Walter G. 

Williams 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

Nathan 

Andersen 

Edward Dirla jr 

Lyle M. Mc bride 

John Mcdonald 

jr 

Joseph W. Mucha 

Ugo Pietrantoni 

Richard R. Slone 

Wayne K. Zepp 

Local 399 

Chicago, IL 

Daniel F. Brennan 

Robert B. 

Edelson 

Thomas R. 

Landvogt 

Laurence 

O’connell 

Timothy F. Wren 

Local 400 

Helena, MT 

Jack E. Rogers 

Local 406 


John Purpera 

Local 428 

Phoenix, AZ 

George I. Herfel 

Richard M. 

Vanweelden 

Local 450 

Mont Belvieu, TX 

Lester O. Dennis 

Lonnie M. 

Granger 

Jack W. Sutton jr 

Local 513 

Bridgeton, MO 

Thurman E. 

Coomer 

Lester Flamm 

Carl J. Peterson jr 

Ted Wilson 

Local 520 

Granite City, IL 

Eugene R. 

Hediger 

Local 542 

Fort 


George V. 

Beerley 

Leon Bieber 

Albert H. Brandt 

Ralph A. Bryant 

Clemon E. 

Bullock 

Henry Jones 

Donald Mcgrath 

Robert D. 

Peterson 

Howard E. Smith 

Francis Wells 

Local 612 

Tacoma, WA 

Dallas W. 

Stiegelmeyer 

Local 642 

Dean O. Gregory 

Local 701 

Gladstone, OR 

L. Canaday 

Norman L. Goree 

Robert Kaltsukis 

Ronald M. Roark 

Joseph Wigle 

Local 793 

Oakville, ON 

Gino Iulianetti 

Floyd Mckinley 

Local 825 


Arlyn C. 

Cunningham 

Louis J. Olori jr 

Local 917 

Chattanooga, TN 

Terry L. Belk 

Leonard Boyd 

Paul H. Hinchey 

Local 926 

Rex, GA 

Eugene Laney 

Local 955 

Edmonton, AB 

Roosevelt 

Trachuk 

Local 965 

Springfield, IL 

Wayne A. 

Hendricks 

April 2016 

042016 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Vincent Delaney 

Albert Fowler 

Robert Ghormley 

Paul R. Jones 

Jacob Mckenzie 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Clarence W. 

Ryder 

Stewart C. 

Weymouth 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

Patrick J. 

Coponiti 

Edward Crone 

Lloyd Hanks 

Kenneth Helton 

James Stice 

Local 014 

Flushing, NY 

Donald J. Gerber 

George Morrison 

Local 015 

Long Island city, 

NY 

Samuel 

Consolazio 

Robert Dipasqua 

Michael 

Materasso 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

Norman E. 

Charette 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Mario J. Frate 

Theodore A. 

Lahmers 

Jerry Levere 

Harold E. Lowery 

Jack L. Mann 

John F. Newsom 

Wellman G. 

Rivers 

Richard C. Sand 

Charles W. Smith 

Connison Wilson 

Local 066 


Joseph P. 

Salcone 

Local 101 


F .C. Bettis 

Louis M. Espy 

Willard W. 

Mutchler 

Local 115 

Burnaby, BC 

Ted Arp 

Theodore Copley 

K .Defehr 

Terry E. Johnson 

James T. Mainer 

Stan Wozny 

Monty Young 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

Ronald Klock 

Burnell Mc 

dermott 

Harry W. Miles jr 

John Nemath 

Local 150 


Doyle R. Crane 

Charles T. Cullina 

Pete Debartolo 

David Manthe 

Kenneth T. 

Pociask 

T .J. Scanlon 

George P. 

Scanlon 

Joseph Simeri 

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Union Death Benefit 

James J. 

Stancato 

Local 158 

Glenmont, NY 

Benny A. Haney 

John J. Shortell 

Local 234 

Des Moines, IA 

Allen R. 

Hutchison 

Richard L. 

Smithart 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

Curtis D. Abbas 

Casper N. Aberle 

Clayton Avery 

Billy J. Dodson 

Donald H. Mac 

donald 

Edward J. Poor 

Willis E. 

Tennyson 

Local 312 

Birmingham, AL 

Clyde F. Sims 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

Fred T. Amarose 

Percy L. Angell 

Robert J. Baut 

Herman Bosack 

jr 

Roger L. 

Clements 

Gino Dicarlo 

William M. Henry 

A .A. Krueger 

Thomas 

Matthewson 

Clarence S. 

Perala 

Gerald A. 

Shoebottom 

Richard R. Slone 

David F. Smith 

Russell A. Wing 

Local 370 

Spokane, WA 

Alfred G. Braaten 

Local 406 


Alfred L. Rohli jr 

Local 428 

Phoenix, AZ 

George I. Herfel 

Local 501 

Los Angeles, CA 

Henry Corbin 

Local 513 

Bridgeton, MO 

Scott E. Collins 

Harlan M. 

Riechers 

Ray Stetina 

Local 542 

Fort 


John C. Clark 

Donald R. 

Eckman 

Stephen H. 

Emery 

Waldo F. Floyd 

Giuseppe 

Fontana 

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February, 2016 - April, 2016 

Samuel R. Nulton 

Sylvanus J. 

Nutter 

Local 627 

Tulsa, OK 

Ruedell Doshier 

Local 653 

Mobile, AL 

Leonard G. 

Colvin 

Local 793 

Oakville, ON 

Wilson S. Booth 

Guilherme De 

melo 

Local 825 


Kenneth J. Shinn 

Local 917 

Chattanooga, TN 

Ulyss E. Teague 

Local 965 

Springfield, IL 

James C. Horath 

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