International Operating Engineer - Summer 2017

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

Operating Engineer 

WWW.IUOE.ORG • SUMMER 2017 

The Road to Success 

Alternate pathways help women 

enter and succeed in the skilled trades

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

Operating Engineer 

Summer 2017 • Volume 160, No. 3 

Brian E. Hickey, Editor 

Jay C. Lederer, Managing Editor 

08 Value on Display 

Closing the skills gap in Georgia 

16 The Road to Success 

Helping women enter the skilled trades 

22 A Monumental Event 

Canada recognizes the building trades 

Departments 

05 From the General President 

06 Education & Training 

11 Member Spotlight 

12 Politics & Legislation 

20 Canadian News 

24 GEB Minutes 

32 Union Death Benefit 

[cover] Women particpating in Project: Accelerate! get 

hands-on instruction at Operating Engineers 324 training 

site. 

[photo] Dan McKernan, IUOE Local 324 

[right] Local 115 member Brad Northcott, Certified Rock 

Truck Operator, takes passengers up the hill in the rock 

truck during the local’s annual open house. 

[photo] IUOE Local 115 

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From the General President 

Get Back to the People’s Business 

Summer in Washington, DC is 

famous for its sticky heat and humidity. 

But the hot air being generated by 

Congress on Capitol Hill these days 

could set new records. We know that 

an Operating Engineer worth their 

salt could harness all that steam and 

do something productive with it. The 

problem is there aren’t any Operating 

Engineers serving in Congress. 

As we go to press, the Senate is still 

wrestling with the subject of healthcare. 

Weeks and months have been wasted 

while the House and Senate have 

been spinning their wheels, trying to 

justify passing a law that would make 

healthcare unaffordable for tens of 

millions of Americans. No matter what 

your political affiliation, this is bad 

policy. It does not move us forward as a 

country. It does not create jobs. A large 

majority oppose it. It’s time to move on. 

That doesn’t mean we should ignore 

healthcare. On the contrary, it is vitally 

important and must be addressed. As 

Operating Engineers, we know how 

important high quality, affordable 

healthcare is to us and our families. 

Our Health & Welfare programs are 

such a central benefit in our collective 

bargaining agreements that we would 

rather strike than see that coverage 

diminished. 

As working people, we also know 

that healthy workers are productive 

workers. When we are on the job, we 

can focus on the work, not worrying 

about getting quality care for a child 

or spouse, or how we will afford it. We 

can feel even better when we are on a 

job site or in a building where we know 

those working alongside us are also 

covered. That should be the goal. 

As a technical matter, the current 

healthcare law needs some changes. 

It can, like so much public policy, be 

improved. But throwing it out and 

throwing millions of hard working 

people into poverty, just because it 

was passed by a previous President is, 

in a word, malpractice. Governing out 

of spite will not put our country or its 

people on a path to prosperity. 

Meanwhile, other equally important 

matters have been kept on the sidelines. 

During the election, Republicans and 

Democrats alike made bold promises 

and equally bold, if vague, policy 

proposals for a massive investment in 

infrastructure. Popular by all accounts 

and critically important to creating jobs 

and boosting prosperity throughout the 

country, almost nothing of substance 

has been done to date. 

I know you have heard it here 

before, but it bears repeating. The jobs 

created through building and repairing 

our aging transportation, water and 

energy infrastructure is the lifeblood of 

our union. Operating Engineers, along 

with millions of other workers in the 

building trades, count on these jobs to 

buy a home, send a kid to college and 

retire with security and dignity. 

What little progress we have seen 

these past six months is a mixed 

bag. Some positive steps towards 

streamlining permits and regulations 

around pipeline and infrastructure 

projects have moved forward. 

However, we have also faced attacks on 

prevailing wages. 

In the Senate, during committee 

debate on defense spending, an attempt 

was made to repeal both Service 

Contract Act and Davis-Bacon Act 

prevailing wages. Critically important 

to both Stationary and construction 

side Operating Engineers; a bipartisan 

group of Senators was successful in 

having the language removed from the 

spending bill before a vote was held. 

On the House side, an amendment to 

weaken Davis-Bacon prevailing wages 

was also offered in a defense spending 

[James T. Callahan] 

bill and was defeated resoundingly by 

a strong bipartisan vote on the House 

floor. These victories are a product of 

Local and International union efforts 

to have close working relationships 

with lawmakers from both parties. 

The bipartisanship on display in 

these significant, yet behind the scenes 

instances is exactly what’s missing on 

the main stage today. It wasn’t very 

long ago that Congress actually worked 

together to get big things done, like 

infrastructure, or Social Security, or 

even healthcare. 

It’s time for that kind of action 

now. We need our elected officials to 

come out of their trenches and get to 

work. We need to stop the attacks on 

working people. We need to strengthen 

healthcare, not diminish it. We need 

to get back to work rebuilding this 

country, from rural to urban and 

everywhere in-between. 

I hope you take a minute this 

summer to call your members of 

Congress or go see them when they 

are back home for recess. Tell them 

we need teamwork and we need to 

move forward. Tell them we need 

more Operating Engineers getting the 

job done out there, or we may need 

to send some up to Capitol Hill to do 

something about all that hot air. 

Have a great summer. Work safe. 

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Education & Training 

Operators Get Airborne with Drones in New NTF Offering 

AS IUOE CONTINUES to lead 

the way in training with the latest in 

technology, the first National Training 

Fund (NTF) Train-the-Trainer for 

Drone Operation was held in June. 

This course provides a 

comprehensive look at the use 

and versatility of unmanned aerial 

vehicles—better known as drones—in 

today’s construction industry. Drones 

are being used more frequently by 

contractors because they are cheaper 

than manned aircraft and faster than 

human surveyors, and they collect data 

far more frequently than either, letting 

construction workers track a site’s 

progress with a degree of accuracy 

previously unknown in the industry. 

The new NTF course also helped 

prepare the 24 participants to take their 

Commercial Drone Pilot’s License Test 

which is administered by the Federal 

Aviation Administration (FAA) and 

required for commercial drone use. 

Within two weeks of class completion, 

several participants had already taken 

and passed their FAA test with flying 

colors. 

Local 150 hosted the event at their 

Wilmington, Illinois training facility. 

The participants were: Jeffrey Braun, 

Local 649; Robert Shaw Jr., Local 15; 

Tom Gordon, Local 14; Ken Powell, 

Local 178; Kyle Rey, Local 542; William 

Montegari, Local 542; Neil Arneson, 

Local 302; Bill Finke, Local 302; Mike 

Loera, Local 3; Derik Neff, Local 66; 

Jim Coates, Local 399; Craig Corbett, 

Local 49; Mark Adams, Local 49; 

Mike Kuklo, Local 49; Tom Sundly, 

Local 49; Kirk Denison, Local 12; 

Rich Shakespeare, Local 926; Gary 

Mashburn, Local 926; Jesse Wagner, 

Local 835; Robert Seman, Local 18; 

Steven Rogers, Local 57; Edward 

Zambarano, Local 57; Ken Bork, 

Local 139; Jeffrey Ebarb, Local 501; 

Derek Sather, Local 324. Also shown 

in the group photo is Local 150 

Training Director Brian Roland, IUOE 

Newly Revised OSHA 502 Outreach Class Held in Oregon 

HAZMAT 

THE NATIONAL HAZMAT 

Program held an OSHA 502 Update 

for Construction Industry Outreach 

Trainers in May at Local 701 in 

Gladstone, Oregon. Thirteen Outreach 

Trainers from twelve IUOE Locals and 

Job Corp Centers attended the threeday 

program. 

This was the first OSHA 502 

Update using the newly revised OSHA 

Outreach Trainer Update format. 

Instructors no longer have to prepare 

for and deliver a presentation. Instead, 

the class focuses on Outreach Program 

requirements, procedures, required 

course documentation, lessonslearned, 

and participatory methods. 

Construction Training Director Chris 

Treml, and course instructors Dave 

Bowers, Local 150; John Leemann, 

Local 158; and Len Casteel, Local 324. 

New Construction Industry 

PowerPoint presentations and the 

elective module for the 30-hour OSHA 

Outreach course, “Foundations of 

Safety Leadership” were presented 

and the materials were provided to the 

instructors. Attendees also exchanged/ 

shared a teaching technique, training 

prop, or demonstration that they use 

during their classes. 

Some examples include: a 

safety slogan contest; personal life 

experiences concerning accident 

prevention and near misses; handson 

demonstrations detailing the effect 

of shock loading, sling tension, and 

electrical gradients; a roundtable 

jeopardy presentation; and ideas for 

relating the training to the members’ 

work environment. 

Feedback from the attendees 

found that the new revisions OSHA 

implemented to the Update format 

were far more informative and they 

walked away with tools they can use for 

their own classes. 

Attendees included: Kevin Allsup, 

Local 234; Scott Browning, Atterbury 

Job Corps; Frank Buchreiter, Local 12; 

Garry Edmondson, Local 9; Greg Haas, 

Local 49; Lisa Holland, Local 701; Noah 

Ridgeway Local 318; David Sanders 

Local 701; John Saunders, Mingo Job 

Corps; Dushan Shepeard, Local 103; 

Andrew “Archie” Smith Local 841; 

Michael Strunk Local 3; Dennis Stump 

Local 953; and Patrick Bell as instructor. 

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Value on Display at Local 926 Training Facility 

Union promotes apprenticeship and state workforce partnership 

guests, which included federal and 

state elected officials, contractors and 

industry representatives, who came to 

hear the apprentices’ stories and watch 

them demonstrate some of the skills 

they are mastering. 

“Some people end up going through 

career changes in life. Things happen. 

Or you get out of high school and you 

realize that college is not the thing for 

you. So we offer the other four-year 

degree, as we like to say in the building 

trades. The Operating Engineers 

provide a real career instead of just a 

job opportunity,” Byrd explained. 

Georgia State House Minority 

Leader Stacey Abrams expressed her 

admiration for what Local 926 has been 

doing for her state. “I think that the 

role that the Operating Engineers play 

is an example of what we need to be 

doing across the state, which is training 

workers every single day to take the 

jobs that are available,” Abrams said. 

[above] Apprentice Theus Dillon demonstrates simulator training to a group of dignitaries attending the Local 926 open house in June. 

[opposite page] Apprentice Jamie Kephart receives direction while getting the feel of the Local’s new John Deere 650K Bulldozer. 

THE WORK IN Georgia is growing 

fast and with that comes the challenge 

to develop Operating Engineers who 

can efficiently operate and maintain 

equipment. The comprehensive 

knowledge of mechanic skills, along 

with hands-on operations gained 

during apprenticeship training, 

is at the heart of Local 926’s Joint 

Apprenticeship & Skill Improvement 

Program. 

Recently, Local 926 developed 

a relationship with Workforce 

Innovation & Opportunity (WIOA) 

programs across the state of Georgia. 

This partnership is helping to bridge 

the skills gaps and aiding in the start 

of careers, which in turn launch 

individuals and families into the 

middle-class. WIOA, a federally funded 

program that encourages and supports 

the training of eligible adults, increases 

the quality of the workforce, while 

advocating the reduction of welfare 

dependency. 

On a bright June morning, Local 

926 hosted an open house to showcase 

and promote this new partnership 

by featuring a group of current 

apprentices. 

“We actually had to pay our water 

bill, and that was next door to the 

Workforce Program. My wife happened 

to see the pamphlet for the Operating 

Engineer program. She signed me up. 

Then I got an email basically saying 

come in for training. It’s a weird story, 

but that’s how I got into this line of 

work,” explained Apprentice Theus 

Dillon. 

Each Apprentice on hand at the 

open house had a different story of how 

they found their way to the Operating 

Engineers, but they were eager to share 

how much better their future prospects 

look, now that they are on a path to a 

real career. 

Local 926 Business Manager 

Mitch Byrd welcomed the assembled 

“We don’t have a labor shortage in 

Georgia. We have a skilled shortage, 

and this is the kind of place that 

solves that skill shortage and makes it 

possible for folks to take care of their 

families and build the state, and so I 

just wanted to make sure I came today 

to say thank you for the work you do. 

Thank you for the service you give to 

Georgia,” Minority Leader Abrams said 

to the assembled crowd. 

As the program concluded, guests 

toured the training site, observing the 

apprentices as they maneuvered a 

mobile crane, excavator and the Local’s 

brand new dozer. 

“I think my career outlook right now 

is very bright. I know the path that I’m 

embarking on. I know what I want to 

do with my future. I know basically 

who I’m becoming as a man, as a father, 

and what I need to do to take care of my 

family,” Apprentice Dillon explained 

after finishing a session on the Local’s 

simulator. 

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Engine Mock-ups Add Fuel to Job Corps Mechanics Training 

Holding Her Own: Member Promotes Union Values 

Member Spotlight 

SUSAN “SUSIE” KRINGEN is many 

things: Wife, mother, biker, mentor, 

Local 3 Political Action Committee 

(PAC) member and native North 

Dakotan. She’s also one of the best allaround 

Local 3 operators on the USA 

Parkway job in Nevada. 

Some women have memories of 

playing with Barbies in giant doll houses 

– for Susie, they’re of big equipment 

and moving dirt. Consequently, she 

became an expert early on by sheer 

exposure. 

Local 3 Operator Susie 

Kringen works on the USA 

Parkway job in Nevada. 

[article & photo] Mandy 

McMillen, IUOE Local 3 

THE NATIONAL TRAINING 

FUND’S (NTF) Job Corps Heavy 

Construction Mechanic Training 

programs have historically faced the 

challenge of training on a limited 

budget, coupled with a lack of variety 

and availability of actual equipment 

repairs. Recently, an initiative was 

undertaken to create diesel engine 

mock-ups to represent various 

common repairs trainees will face once 

employed in the field. The talents of 

these Mechanic Instructors are evident 

in the design and construction of the 

new diesel engine mock-ups they 

have produced for the NTF Job Corps 

programs. 

The ultimate goal of the engine 

mock-ups is to function as originally 

designed. They offer the trainees the 

hands-on experience of repair and 

maintenance of a diesel engine and 

its’ support systems. The completed 

mock-ups were a compliment to the 

NTF Job Corps mechanic instructors’ 

abilities and desires to assist their 

trainees in becoming successful entry 

level apprentice mechanics. 

Once the engine mock-ups were 

put into use, the trainees were not 

only able to see the components of a 

diesel engine and how they function, 

but also remove and install the various 

components and parts; all while 

learning to recognize wear and failure 

in the process. 

By utilizing the engine mock-ups 

during early days of training, as well 

as other drive train and hydraulic 

mock-ups created by the mechanic 

instructors, the trainees are able to 

relate much easier to the equipment 

repairs they must perform on a daily 

basis. Utilizing the new training mockups 

has resulted in students performing 

more timely repairs, requiring less 

guidance, and completing the tasks 

with confidence. 

Any local IUOE apprenticeship 

programs interested in engine mockup 

design and manufacture should 

contact Joe Dixon, IUOE NTF Job Corps 

Regional Coordinator at jdixon@iuoe. 

org 

“My dad and grandpa and stepdad 

had gravel trucks and worked in 

excavation; that’s what I was around,” 

she remembered. “I was always in 

gravel trucks, dump trucks, loaders – 

you name it. I grew up in the dirt.” 

Even though her first husband was a 

union member in North Dakota, Susie 

didn’t know much about the union 

or what it had to offer. That changed 

when they moved to Nevada in 1995, 

and Susan joined the Laborers right 

away. At first, however, she didn’t have 

many local connections, so she got into 

warehousing. 

“I saw these women working 

paycheck to paycheck, and I didn’t 

want that,” she said. “I wanted to do 

something with my life.” 

That “something” was joining the 

Local 3 Apprenticeship Program in 

Nevada in 2006, and the experience 

changed everything for her. 

“This is exactly what I wanted …” 

she said. 

She journeyed-out in 2010 – still has 

the belt buckle to prove it – and worked 

at the Granite Lockwood Quarry, where 

she operated the crusher. In October 

of last year, she was sent to the USA 

Parkway job with Ames Construction 

and has been there ever since, 

operating everything they put in front 

of her and enjoying the connections 

with the crew on the job, including two 

other female operators. 

Throughout her life, Susie has put 

a high value on people, networking 

with them, connecting with them 

and learning from them. After joining 

Nevada District 11’s PAC, these 

values have helped her, while she 

gets an insider’s look at the political 

issues Nevada faces. Last year, she 

participated in Nevada’s giant weekend 

precinct walks, benefiting from the 

new perspective of sharing the union 

message with local residents right at 

their front doors. 

“It was so interesting,” she said. 

“You’re scared to walk up to somebody’s 

door, but there was passion this year 

about what we wanted to have happen 

with the country. Just to go out and 

hear the people, from their own words. 

You don’t know what you’re going to 

get every time you knock on a door.” 

As she is known for, Susie held her 

own, and felt connected in a much 

bigger way after the experience. “It was 

fascinating for me to see all the people 

[precinct walking] from California, 

even the Retirees. It really opened up 

my eyes to see how you really vote your 

paycheck.” 

This paycheck Susie has worked so 

hard for and precinct walked to protect 

is important to her, to all women, she 

explained. 

“Women should be able to stand 

on their own two feet. I make my own 

money. I know I can take care of myself. 

That’s so important.” 

She has been a great advocate of the 

Apprenticeship Program to women, 

often volunteering at career workshops 

for them. 

“I’ve met a lot of people that I just 

want to help,” she said. 

She also brought the benefits 

of a union career to her stepson, 

Thomas Willliard, who joined the 

Apprenticeship Program last year. 

“I love my job and am able to have 

nice things, able to afford luxuries,” she 

said. “[Local 3] changed my life for the 

better. I look forward to going to work 

every day ... and me and my husband 

are set up to have a bunch of fun.” 

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Politics & Legislation 

Michigan Legislature Funds ‘Helmets to Hardhats’ Initiative 

Attacks on Prevailing Wage Pushed Back in Congress 

THE STRONG SUPPORT of 

Operating Engineers 324 and 

other building trades unions 

helped move the Michigan 

Legislature to approve funding 

for an initiative that will connect 

Michigan veterans with quality 

jobs in the construction trades. 

The Legislature allocated 

$200,000 in its Workforce 

Development budget to help 

fund a state chapter of the 

national “Helmets to Hardhats” 

program. The funds will be used to 

recruit and assist military veterans in 

transition to certified apprenticeship 

programs in the construction industry. 

As a result of the set-aside, Michigan 

will become the third state, after 

New York and Minnesota, to have its 

own state director to coordinate and 

administer the Helmets to Hardhats 

program. 

“As we look to fill the growing 

demand for highly skilled construction 

workers, veterans have the experience 

and determination that is necessary 

to succeed in the trades,” said Doug 

Stockwell, business manager for 

Operating Engineers 324. “The Helmets 

to Hardhats program here in Michigan 

is an example of what is possible when 

we put supporting our nation’s veterans 

ahead of partisanship. I want to thank 

the Legislature for supporting this 

important and innovative program.” 

Helmets to Hardhats is a national 

non-profit that connects veterans in all 

branches of service – National Guard, 

Reserve, retired and transitioning 

active duty – to opportunities for skilled 

training and careers in the construction 

industry. The innovative program takes 

advantage of G.I. Bill benefits that 

cover the costs of moving back to their 

home state or relocating to Michigan to 

pursue a job opportunity. 

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“Our veterans protect us and 

keep us safe every day,” said Sen. 

Mike Kowall (R-White Lake), whose 

leadership on veterans’ issues was 

instrumental in getting the Helmets to 

Hardhats program started in Michigan. 

“I am proud to help ensure the men and 

women who serve our country have 

opportunities back home to use their 

expertise, skills and training to find 

good-paying jobs and opportunities. 

Jobs for our veterans is good news for 

Michigan.” 

“Operating Engineers keep 

Michigan running, from building 

and repairing roads to operating the 

stationary boilers that keep our kids 

warm and safe in school,” said Lee 

Graham, director of labor management 

for Operating Engineers 324. “Many 

veterans have prior experience with 

heavy equipment, construction tools 

and other equipment, giving them a 

solid foundation for the skilled trades. 

Through the Helmets to Hardhats 

program we look forward to putting 

more of our nation’s veterans to work 

in important careers that make an 

impact every single day.” 

The demand for skilled trades 

people is the highest in decades in 

Michigan as road rebuilding and other 

infrastructure projects, like the new 

bridge to Canada, get underway. 

“States like Michigan 

that have a dedicated state 

coordinator see the number of 

veterans in the skilled trades 

triple and even quadruple,” 

said Darrell Roberts, executive 

director of Helmets to Hardhats. 

“For many of the 150,000 to 

225,000 men and women 

discharged from military service 

every year, the building and 

construction trades represent 

a huge opportunity to build on 

their skill sets and find goodpaying 

careers back at home.” 

Helmets to Hardhats was founded 

in 2003 and operates nationwide 

to connect honorably discharged 

veterans, both enlisted personnel and 

officers, with high-quality, engaging 

careers in the building trades. Helmets 

to Hardhats is administered through 

the Center for Military Recruitment, 

Assessment and Veterans Employment 

(CMRAVE). Helmets to Hardhats is 

not a placement program, but with 

mentoring and counseling they help 

make the connection between career 

providers and potential candidates. 

Each year, Helmets to Hardhats 

receives 14,000 to 30,000 resumes and 

registrations from military service 

members’ who have an interest in a 

career in the construction trades. 

[article] Dan McKernan, IUOE Local 324 

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A LITTLE MORE than six months 

into the 115th Congress and antiworker 

forces are launching multiple 

attacks on the wages and working 

conditions of blue-collar folks by 

trying to weaken or repeal the nation’s 

prevailing wage laws. The most recent 

attacks on working folks came in the 

nation’s annual defense legislation. 

John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of 

the Senate Armed Services Committee, 

renewed his decades-long attack on 

prevailing wages. In the Senate version 

of the National Defense Authorization 

Act, the one-year annual authority for 

defense policy and spending, Senator 

McCain included a repeal of both the 

Service Contract Act and the Davis- 

Bacon Act. 

Thousands of Stationary Engineers 

are employed at Department of 

Defense facilities around the country, 

operating and maintaining those major 

institutions. The Service Contract Act 

establishes wage and benefit standards 

that support IUOE members at those 

operations and ensure that American 

taxpayer dollars are not used to 

undermine our standard of living. 

Davis-Bacon prevailing wages 

sustains the wages and working 

conditions of millions of construction 

workers, supports local hiring and 

local contractors, and helps ensure 

high-quality public construction on 

some of the biggest engineering feats 

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Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) 

worked closely with Jack Reed (D-RI) 

the lead Democrats on the committee 

to prepare an amendment to remove 

the repeal language from the bill. 

Seeing the united opposition of 

Democrats, combined with the support 

of Republican Senator Dan Sullivan 

(AK), Chairman McCain relented 

and agreed to remove the language – 

without a vote. 

Senator Donnelly said, “I believe 

hardworking Americans should be paid 

a fair wage, which is why I introduced 

an amendment to strike the antilabor 

provision from the bill. I have 

long supported policies that provide 

workers fair wages, a safe workplace, 

and the right to collectively bargain. 


Politics & Legislation 

Strong worker protections help build 

our middle class, strengthen our 

communities, and allow our economy 

to grow.” 

HOUSE VOTE DECISIVE 

Anti-worker forces in the House of 

Representatives also used the National 

Defense Authorization to devise 

a strategy to weaken Davis-Bacon 

prevailing wages. Congressman Paul 

Gosar (R-AZ) offered an amendment to 

change the way Davis-Bacon prevailing 

wage rates are calculated by the U.S. 

Department of Labor. 

The problem with his proposed 

method of calculating wage rates? It 

would slash Davis-Bacon wage rates all 

around the country, and his method of 

calculating wage rates does not include 

any fringe benefits – no pension 

contributions, no family health care, 

and no investment in apprenticeship. 

Operating Engineers, other 

construction unions, and big parts 

Senator Joe Donnelly, (D-IN) 

of the contractor community came 

together to beat back the effort. A 

large bipartisan majority defeated 

the amendment, 183-242. Every 

Democrat voted against the effort to 

weaken prevailing wages, and fifty-one 

Republicans opposed it. 

Several Republicans leading the 

charge against the amendment – Mike 

Bost (R-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), 

and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) – said 

in a letter to their colleagues, “The 

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, (R-PA) 

Gosar Amendment directs the use of 

alternative surveys and data sets to 

determine local prevailing wages that 

do not take into account the value of all 

compensation benefits, such as health 

care, employer-sponsored retirement 

plans or employer investments 

in working training…We strongly 

encourage our colleagues to protect 

the livelihoods of the hardworking 

men and women in the construction 

trades...” 

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Feature 

FIFTEEN WOMEN CLIMBED 

aboard the heavy equipment at the 

Operating Engineers 324 Construction 

Career Center, eager to try their hand 

at one of Michigan’s most crucial and 

skilled construction professions. 

The group of women were 

completing week four of a seven-week 

course called Project: Accelerate! 

The cutting-edge program is aimed 

at helping women explore careers in 

construction by providing seven, eighthour 

sessions in different skill areas. 

Project: Accelerate! 

Alternate pathway helps women enter 

and succeed in the skilled trades 

For their fourth week, Operating 

Engineers 324 provided the opportunity 

for participants to gain hands-on 

experience with the heavy machinery 

that operators use every day to build 

Michigan’s roads and bridges at their 

The construction industry 

brings women the closest to 

parity in earning potential. 

Howell training facility. These tools 

included cranes, excavators and other 

heavy equipment. The Howell facility 

is a 555-acre, world-class training site 

with modern and technical classroom 

facilities. 

“The demand for highly-skilled 

workers in Michigan is high and 

growing,” said Lee Graham, Director 

of Labor-Management for Operating 

Engineers 324. “The Operating 

Engineers are proud to help encourage 

and train the next generation of female 

operators, and provide opportunities 

for women across Michigan interested 

in the building trades to get their start.” 

[right] Women participating in Project: 

Accelerate! visit the Operating Engineers 

324 training site to gain hands-on 

experience with the tools of the trade. 

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Feature 

Project: Accelerate! is a free, sevenweek 

program that exposes women 

ranging from entry- level workers to 

CEOs, to career opportunities and 

options in design, engineering, the 

construction trades. 

Designed to be modular and 

interactive with information 

delivered on a number of levels to 

the participants, Project: Accelerate! 

is a fast-track opportunity to sample 

options, reinforce experience and 

expose strengths. 

“Women are just as interested 

in careers in construction. The 

construction industry brings women 

the closest to parity in earning 

potential. We, as an industry, 

need to be innovative and look at 

underrepresented communities, and 

that means women,” said Rita Brown, 

Founder and National Director of 

Project Accelerate! 

Women who are interested in 

a particular area can move into an 

apprenticeship after completing 

the eight-week Project: Accelerate! 

program, which is sponsored by 

a coalition of more than a dozen 

businesses, trade unions, and colleges. 

“This is all industry funded. We 

build that pipeline connecting people 

to opportunities with the cooperation 

of our partners. We help ourselves to 

move forward,” said Brown. 

[article and photos] 

Dan McKernan, IUOE Local 324 

18 INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER 


Canadian News 

Local 115 Open House Features Heavy Equipment, 

Family Fun and Politics 

MAYBE IT WAS the change of season, 

or the winds of political change. Either 

way, June 17th brought good weather 

and a large and energetic crowd, to 

IUOE Local 115’s 22nd Annual Open 

House and Heavy Equipment Rodeo. 

Among the guests were two new 

NDP members of the British Columbia 

legislature, part of the first labouroriented 

government to be elected in 

the province in 16 years. 

The New Democratic Party (NDP) 

was founded in the early 1960s as a 

partnership between the Canadian 

Labour Congress and progressive 

legislators. Local 115 looks to the newly 

elected NDP government to make 

changes that will benefit union families. 

After gaining the support necessary 

to form a minority government, in the 

provincial election on May 9, 2017, the 

BC NDP has promised action on labour 

relations, housing and public transit 

– priorities that would be good for the 

construction sector as well as for all 

British Columbians. 

Local 115 Business Manager 

Brother Brian Cochrane said, “We are 

long overdue for balanced Labour 

Legislation which gives workers the 

rights to organize, and a greater scrutiny 

on the employer dominated unions 

in BC which has had a major negative 

impact on our members in construction 

over the last 16 years. 

“With a long list of issues important 

to Operating Engineers and the Labour 

movement, Local 115 has wasted 

no time in meeting with the new 

government leadership to make sure 

our voices are heard,” said Cochrane. 

“We need good jobs for our members, 

a strong economy and more training 

funds to create career opportunities 

[above] Local 115 member Leanne Hugh, HEO/APLT Apprentice, guiding a visitor on digging 

a hole with a mini excavator at the annual Open House. 

for Operating Engineers in the years 

ahead.” 

Local 115’s 40-acre training site, 

surrounded by forests and mountains 

at the edge of Greater Vancouver, was 

an ideal backdrop for a discussion 

with government officials on the value 

of training, infrastructure investment 

and union membership. More than 

1,000 people had come to see the heavy 

equipment, many of them Local 115 

members with their spouses, children 

or grandchildren. Visitors who might 

be thinking about a career in the trades 

got the chance to try out a full range of 

simulators, cranes, and backhoes, or 

cruise up a dirt road with the operator 

in a rock truck. 

“Our training centre is a major asset 

in building our credibility with political 

parties’ right and left,” said Cochrane. 

“We contribute millions of dollars in 

value to the B.C. economy every year, 

and we do it with the active support of 

signatory employers.” 

“The B.C. Building Trades are an 

influential force in B.C. public life. The 

IUOE has been a big part of that, partly 

due to our commitment to training and 

workforce development,” said Local 115 

Business Manager. 

On publicly funded projects, the new 

Provincial Government has committed 

to Project Labour Agreements 

which will include opportunities for 

apprenticeships, and expand union 

jobs throughout BC. 

With training activity at the Maple 

Ridge site expanding steadily over the 

past 25 years, a growing number of 

Local 115 members can look back on 

upgrading their skills here. Local 115 

member Brother Randy Grisewood 

earned B.C.’s first interprovincial 

journeyman certificate in mobile crane 

operation when he came to the school 

in the early 1990s. He is now a trainer 

and skills assessor. Interviewed at the 

open house, he said the training centre 

contributes to union pride as well as 

union influence. He said the school 

stands above the community and forprofit 

colleges because the training is 

practical and industry-driven. 

“The benefit of coming here is that 

you know Local 115 is going to send you 

to work for their contractors. The Local 

recruits people who will succeed in their 

training and on the job. In the mobile 

crane trade or any heavy equipment 

trade, you’re almost guaranteed to go 

from here and get a really good job in 

the local industry.” 

“At the IUOE 115 Training 

Association, we really stress the union 

advantage,” said Training Administrator 

Brother Jeff Gorham. “Our contractors 

are not going to submit the cheapest 

bid, but our trainee graduates know 

how to work smarter, work safer and 

complete the job on time.” 

“It’s really important to have these 

types of union-operated facilities,” 

said Bob d’Eith, a newly-elected NDP 

MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission, the 

constituency that takes in the Local 

115 training site. “Because the unions 

are training for the skills we’ll need in 

the future. I’m really proud to have this 

facility in my riding in Maple Ridge.” 

NDP MLA Lisa Beare from Maple 

Ridge-Pitt Meadows brought her own 

small daughter and her spouse to the 

event. “It’s so exciting seeing so many 

families out, and so many kids working 

with their hands in this beautiful 

environment,” she said. “It’s a fantastic 

opportunity, and I thank the Operating 

Engineers for putting it on.” 

“B.C. has had one of the strongest 

economies in Canada in recent 

years, and that meant jobs for our 

members,” said Cochrane. “We want 

that to continue. But we also want 

the new government to support us in 

development of the next generation 

of IUOE skilled craftspeople, invest 

in building world class infrastructure 

and creating safer worksites. We know 

that giving politicians a chance to visit 

our training site gives them a better 

understanding of what we bring to the 

table, and the importance of the work of 

our membership.” 

“There will be much work to do in 

the coming months and years ahead 

and with a more labour friendly 

government, the opportunities for IUOE 

members are looking much brighter.” 

[above] L to R: Local 115 Training Association 

Administrator Jeff Gorham; NDP Maple 

Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA Lisa Beare; Local 

115 President Wayne Mills; NDP Maple 

Ridge-Mission MLA Bob d-Eith; and Local 

115 Business Manager Brian Cochrane 

[left] Local 115 Business Representative 

Josh Towsley, showing a visitor how to work 

the gears of a little electric excavator. 

[article & photos] IUOE Local 115 

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Canadian News 

Canada Dedicates Monument to Building Trades Workers 

[above] Among those in attendance for the monument dedication in Ottawa were 

(L to R) Steven Schumann, IUOE Candian Government Affairs Director; Marc Lafond, 

Local 987 Business Manager; Gilles Lariviere, Local 905 Business Manager; Prime Minister 

Justin Trudeau; IUOE General President James T. Callahan; and Brian Cochrane, Local 115 

Business Manager. 

ON MAY 16 2017, the Prime Minister 

of Canada, along with the General 

Presidents of fourteen North American 

building trades unions and members 

of the public, gathered in Ottawa for 

the dedication and unveiling of the 

Canadian Building Trades Monument. 

The monument, supported by Canada’s 

Building Trades Unions (CBTU), was 

fabricated in Ontario with Cambrian 

black granite sourced from Quebec. 

The design features a pair of plumb 

bobs, described by CBTU Chief 

Operating Officer Robert Blakely as 

the “intersection of gravity and human 

ingenuity,” and a carved toolbox with 16 

granite tools representing the tools of 

the trades; the tools are “integrated and 

interdependent,” said Blakely, just as 

the construction trades stand together 

at worksites. 

Situated in a prominent setting in 

the heart of the nation’s capital, the 

monument is intended to both celebrate 

the contributions of the women and 

men who work in the building trades 

and to commemorate deaths in the 

sector. A procession of representatives 

of tradespeople from across the country 

laid single roses to honour the living 

and the dead. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with 

other members of government, 

acknowledged the value and strengths 

of Canada’s tradespeople and spoke of 

the pride that Canada has in the work 

they do to build the country. “As I think 

about the kind of future I want to build 

for my kids, I get to take a few minutes 

to look out my window to see the work 

you people do,” said Trudeau. “We are 

so proud to host this monument in 

our nation’s capital to celebrate the 

work of building trades in building our 

communities, the sacrifices made, to 

inspire a better future.” 

IUOE General President James T. 

Callahan was in attendance, along with 

members and business managers from 

IUOE locals across Canada. Danny 

Bertrand, a crane operator with Local 

793 was on hand to hoist the final curtain 

with a crane in the grand moment of 

[above] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (center) inspects the newly unveiled monument 

dedicated to Canada’s building trades workers. [photo] CBTU 

the monument’s unveiling. In lieu of a 

ribbon cutting, four apprentices of their 

respective trades joined in cutting pipe, 

cable, glass and brick to mark the role 

each trade plays on a single worksite. 

Construction on the monument began 

in the fall of 2016, when the site was 

excavated, foundations were poured 

and the footings for the enormous 

plumb bobs were built. Work was 

completed a few months later, with the 

unveiling set to coincide with CBTU’s 

Federal Government Repeals Anti-Union Legislation 

AFTER A HARD FOUGHT campaign 

by unions, activists and organizations 

across Canada, the Government 

of Canada has successfully passed 

legislation to restore fair and balanced 

labour relations by repealing two 

punitive anti-labour laws put in place by 

the previous Conservative government. 

Bill C-4 was one of the first bills 

introduced by the new government. 

In 2015, the newly-elected Liberal 

government had vowed to clean up 

the raft of anti-union laws that the 

Conservatives left behind after nearly a 

decade in power: “It is our fundamental 

belief that unions have, and continue 

to play, an integral role in the growth 

and strength of the middle class in this 

country. We will work in partnership 

with Canadian workers to ensure they 

have a real and fair chance at success.” 

Now, nearly two years later, Bill C-4 

has finally passed all the steps required 

for it to become law. The two laws 

repealed by the bill were Bill C-377 

and Bill C-525, private members’ bills 

introduced by Conservative Members 

of Parliament as part of the previous 

administration’s ongoing agenda 

to undermine workers’ rights and 

weaken the labour movement. Backed 

by employers and employer interest 

groups, such as Merit Canada and the 

annual national conference. 

The process to get the monument 

built took shape over a decade ago, 

and has been a long and sometimes 

challenging process. In looking back on 

the process, Blakely speaks with pride at 

what a monument to the trades among 

Canada’s other national monuments 

means to tradespeople across the 

country. “Craftsmen and craftswomen 

are the backbone of society and they 

deserve to be honoured amongst the 

National Citizens Coalition, they were 

ideologically-driven bills designed to 

make it more difficult for unions to 

advocate for workers and for workers to 

join a union. 

Bill C-377 amended the Income Tax 

Act to require labour organizations 

to provide financial information for 

public disclosure. It imposed onerous 

reporting obligations on all unions, 

well beyond those required of charities, 

non-profits, and employers. 

Bill C-525, dubiously entitled the 

“Employees’ Voting Rights Act,” 

eliminated automatic “card check” 

certification in favour of a two-step 

process involving a mandatory secret 

ballot vote in addition to card signing. 

It also changed how unions decertify 

by allowing a minority (only 40%) to 

initiate a decertification vote. 

Getting these bills repealed has been 

a long, six year battle for the labour 

movement, one in which Operating 

Engineers have played a significant 

role. The grassroots lobbying efforts by 

our locals and their members have been 

vital to getting Members of Parliament 

and Senators on board with successfully 

passing Bill C-4 and repealing these 

draconian bills. 

mighty and the famous,” said Blakely. 

“Those notables only are important 

because they are standing on the 

shoulders of the builders of Canada, 

who now have a place of honour and a 

place of remembrance.” 

At the same time that Bill C-4 was 

being passed, the Liberal government 

also ratified International Labour 

Organization (ILO) Convention 98 on 

the “Right to Organise and Collective 

Bargaining.” It sets out rights for workers 

to organize and to negotiate collective 

agreements. It protects all workers from 

anti-union discrimination, including 

job termination for participating 

in union activities. By ratifying the 

convention, Canada recognizes the 

crucial role that strong unions and 

collective bargaining rights have in 

reducing inequality, protecting workers, 

and improving labour and working 

conditions. 

These actions are an acknowledgement 

from the federal government that labour 

unions and the people who make up 

their membership are an integral part of 

Canada’s social fabric. As it was in this 

case, Operating Engineers will continue 

to be at the forefront of the campaign 

to ensure that all Canadian workers are 

able to work in an environment where 

they have an active say in their safety, 

security, and well-being. Without the 

hard work of our members, we would 

not be in the position we are today. 


SUMMER 2017 

23

Union Death Benefit 

Benefits paid 

April, 2017 - June, 2017 

April 2017 

Local 002 

St Louis, MO 

Leroy H. 

Schroeter 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Anthony M. 

Gutierrez 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Ricardo 

Baldassari 

James M. Derwin 

C .Difelice 

Joseph H. Lowe 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

Paul Armendariz 

Agapieto 

Delgado 

Gilbert Esparza 

August George 

Kenneth Hansen 

Earl Helzer 

Roger Janssen 

Milton 

Kovacevich 

Paul Mchale 

Thomas N. 

Nakamura 

Ramon Tovar 

Local 014 

Flushing, NY 

Anthony J. Basile 

Ronald S. 

Fennekohl 

James 

Mcpartland 

Local 015 

Long Island city, 

NY 

Egidio M. Cravedi 

Paul Manetta 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

Irving L. Jordan 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

William A. 

Cochran 

George W. 

Everiss 

George K. Ewing 

Robert R. Ezzo 

Marvin H. 

Frankenstein 

James L. Loless 

Ramon F. Luallen 

James A. Matson 

Emmet R. 

Mejean 

John D. Yaw 

Local 030 

Whitestone, NY 

Patrick 

Mcloughlin 

George J. 

Schwarz 

Local 037 

Baltimore, MD 

Walter L. 

Littlefield 

Local 039 

Sacramento, CA 

John E. Mount 

Local 049 

Minneapolis, MN 

William 

Freiermuth 

P .H. Jacobson 

Richard A. 

Knudson 

Local 057 

Johnston, RI 

Rocco Potenza 

Local 066 

Pittsburgh, PA 

Raymond Grove 

jr 

Don F. Matthews 

Clair J. Polliard 

Lester E. 

Whitmire jr 

Local 095 


Harry G. 

Armstrong jr 

Local 098 

East 

Longmeadow, 

MA 

S .R. Bruce 

Gilbert M. Smith 

Local 101 

Kansas City, MO 

Richard R. Hugill 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

Charles A. Bauer 

Everett D. 

Bowman 

Eugene W. Olson 

Ralph A. Sirek 

Thomas E. Van 

alstyne 

Local 148 

Saint Louis, MO 

Carl W. Rhymer 

Local 150 

Countryside, IL 

Jack W. Austin 

Myron L. Davis 

Jack W. Heiny 

Arnold E. 

Hutchens 

Clifford J. 

Schaefer 

Antoni A. Tokarz 

Local 178 

Fort Worth, TX 

B .J. Fouts 

Local 181 

Henderson, KY 

Harold Ashley 

Larry J. Johnston 

Darrel Lowery 

Local 234 

Des Moines, IA 

Cletus Klein 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

Neils Christensen 

Kenneth B. 

Flewelling 

Frederick H. 

Savage 

Harry J. Strah 

Clarence J. 

Thompson 

Charles R. Wolfe 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

Bruce D. Carter 

George A. Clark 

Carl E. Cluley 

George R. Geer 

William R. Green 

Kenneth Hallam 

Franklin D. 

Poupore 

James W. Walker 

Thomas Warstler 

Local 347 

Sam L. Knowles 

H .L. Parsons jr 

Local 381 

El Dorado, AR 

Dorwin S. Vinson 

Local 399 

Chicago, IL 

Lloyd C. Nybo 

Local 400 

Helena, MT 

Donald E. 

Garness 

Local 406 

New Orleans, LA 

John R. Redd jr 

Local 478 

Hamden, CT 

Salvatore Casa 

Ernest H. Roberts 

Local 501 

Los Angeles, CA 

Edward F. Stoehr 

Local 520 

Granite City, IL 

Charles L. 

Wallace 

Local 542 

Fort 

Washington, PA 

Charles W. 

Ledford 

Donald W. Lewis 

Louis J. Martucci 

Raymond J. 

Mitchell 

Anthony Spanich 

Tito Trapuzzano 

Local 547 

Detroit, MI 

Orrin Cobane 

Local 564 

Richwood, TX 

George W. Ellis 

Local 589 

Delmar Tysinger 

Local 647 

Knob Noster, 

MO 

Wayne Ecclefield 

Local 649 

Peoria, IL 

Robert A. Hubble 

Local 701 

Gladstone, OR 

Wayne Miller 

Local 825 

Springfield, NJ 

Grover C. Blend 

Harry A. Ewan 

John Spahr 

Local 826 

Byron B. Smith jr 

Local 841 

Terre Haute, IN 

R .R. Wilson 

Local 891 

Brooklyn, NY 

Arthur E. Jeffreys 

May 2017 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Phyllip Arnold 

Billy B. Bridges 

M .L. Darrough 

Albert Desantis 

Donald Frick 

Thomas 

Garahana 

John Goulart 

Takao Honda 

Harry Johnson 

Frank King 

Al L. Mckeague 

Richard Pundyke 

David G. Williams 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Robert B. 

Caldwell 

Stanley Coccia 

Kenneth J. 

Dooley 

Local 009 

Denver, CO 

Joseph E. Berta 

John M. Taggart 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

Refugio Baca 

Robert W. 

Backlund 

Harold Boggs 

Billy J. Brewer 

Frank Cabral 

Herman Carter 

George Day, jr. 

Gordon M. 

Franks 

Robert A. 

Hardwick 

Don Johnson 

Charles Johnson 

Elmer Lennick 

Gerald Marshall 

Leo Martinez 

Raul Montoya 

I. Perkins 

Arthur Rodrigues 

Norris Shannon 

Gerald Stark 

Local 014 

Flushing, NY 

Paul A. Dilacio 

Local 015 


NY 

Jeremiah F. 

Mahoney 

Robert E. Morena 

Charles G. 

Raymond 

John L. Tassi 

Louis N. Tomeo 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

Samuel Bamrick 

Guy Patterson 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Anthony Agresta 

Chester A. Bailey 

Ellis G. Bohon 

Dennis L. Boss 

Robert L. Burgan 

Perry Hall jr 

Dwight G. 

Hauenstein 

Edward W. 

Lunceford 

Dale E. Marks 

Shelby L. Meyer 

Carl H. Pigg 

Richard R. 

Schartman 

Arthur C. 

Schneider 

Paul H. Smith 

Rollie C. Wilson 

Paul N. Young 

Jack Zimmerman 

Local 037 

Baltimore, MD 

William G. Gray 

Claude Rorrer 

Local 049 


Joe J. Dembouski 

Donald Hanson 

James P. Jungels 

Charles L. Kuehl 

Myron E. Miller 

Jesse A. Tomme 

Earl W. Wolf 

Local 057 

Johnston, RI 

Roy Damiano 

Local 066 


Leo D. Beane 

Robert Coulter 

David Glass 

Charles W. 

Hinchberger 

Joseph J. Hogan 

Donald 

Kaczmarek 

James Shook 

William Sorba 

Larry D. Tepke 

Frederick Wilson 

Local 068 

West Caldwell, 

NJ 

Michael Kenny 

Frank Scozzafava 

Local 070 

White Bear lake, 

MN 

Harlan D. 

Harthun 

Local 071 

Frank H. Chabin 

jr 

Local 077 

Suitland, MD 

Thomas C. 

Craddock 

Clifford 

Dennison 

Local 098 

East 

Longmeadow, 

MA 

Unico Gregory 

Local 101 

Kansas City, MO 

William A. 

Swindler 

Joe Zeller 

Local 106 

Glenmont, NY 

William Gerlach 

Local 115 

Burnaby, BC 

Benjamin L. 

Alyward 

Larry 

Chmielewski 

Phillip N. Gamble 

Peter Lydynuik 

Edward J. Mabley 

Micheal 

Macdonald 

John E. Painter 

John Riesen 

Anthony T. 

Sawchuk 

John Szouronski 

Kenneth L. 

Worsley 

Local 132 

Charleston, WV 

James A. Legg 

Carlos Miller 

Local 138 

Farmingdale, NY 

Rocco Denicola 

James Denicola 

jr 

Donald Marino 

Graham R. 

Mccaw 

Local 139 

Pewaukee, WI 

James H. Burrow 

Frank L. Carr 

Gordon 

Dobberfuhl 

Elmer F. Helm jr 

John L. 

Hlavachek 

Frank Mc 

dermott 

Earl A. Van 

minsel 

David A. Velie 

Local 148 

Saint Louis, MO 

James T. Chism 

Raymond K. 

Edwards 

Local 150 


Alfred E. 

Brouette 

Thomas M. Burns 

Laurence A. 

Butler 

Tony E. 

Fetherling 

Charles Gorman 

David B. Hull 

Edward M. 

Londos 

Gerald Mantta 

Everett W. 

Mcmanaway 

Floyd C. 

Pederson 

Frank A. Williams 

Local 158 

Glenmont, NY 

Terry L. Bean 

Fred Lamora 

Kenneth W. 

Smith 

Robert Sullivan 

Local 181 

Henderson, KY 

James B. 

Haggard 

Earnie Owen 

Phillip W. 

Patterson 

Local 234 


James Lawson 

Local 302 

Bothell, WA 

John D. Bryan 

Lanny Frazier 

Local 324 

Bloomfield 

Township, MI 

Melvin C. Aho 

Larry T. Blevins 

Kurt E. Bradley 

Francis M. 

Erpelding 

Marco Gambaro 

Charles Holland 

Dean La joye 

Wayne F. Mascho 

Eugene G. 

Matteini 

Mike Morelli 

William N. Noyes 

Charles L. Reedy 

Francis E. 

Rutkowski jr 

Aldo Vitale 

Local 347 

Douglas W. Hiser 

Local 381 

El Dorado, AR 

Harvey B. Owens 

Local 428 

Phoenix, AZ 

Tony C. 

Villanueva 

Local 450 

Mont Belvieu, TX 

H .J. Harrington 

jr 

Local 501 

Los Angeles, CA 

Albert Cohen 

Robert I. Miller 

Robert F. Moreno 

Lawrence O. 

Rogge 

Local 513 

Bridgeton, MO 

Walter 

Barbagallo 

Lee T. Chatman 

Charles D. Hurt 

Kenneth R. Lake 

Harold Peters 

George W. 

Sutton 

Local 515 

Donald O. Coe 

Charles F. Dillon 

Local 520 

Granite City, IL 

Harold W. Sinclair 

Local 537 

Donald Nigh 

Jerome D. Tonn 

Local 542 

Fort 


Donald L. 

Barnett 

William T. Burkey 

Alan B. Cassalia 

Arthur F. 

Denoncour 

Melvin C. 

Freeland 

Lawrence Gallo 

Marlin G. Henrie 

Lewis R. Kessler 

Gerald F. Moran 

Orlando Pellicott 

Walter A. Spatz jr 

Local 547 

Detroit, MI 

Arthur D. English 

Local 564 

Richwood, TX 

Classie L. 

Swenson 

Local 649 

Peoria, IL 

John Lockenvitz 

Ronald T. 

Schenck 

Local 653 

Mobile, AL 

John A. Manning 

Robert J. Raybon 

Local 701 

Gladstone, OR 

Ralph Donovan 

Ankar V. Hanson 

Local 793 

Oakville, ON 

Ernest T. 

Beaudoin 

Patrick Coyne 

Claude J. Joly 

H .Mc phail 

Lee W. Moorcroft 

Clifford Trapp 

Local 825 


Edwin Clark 

John J. Fulton 

Michael Pacella 

Local 832 

Rochester, NY 

Roy S. Hughes jr 

Waden Mcclellan 

Local 841 

Terre Haute, IN 

James Gore 

Willious C. 

Hopkins 

David L. Lake 

Larry J. Petak 

Local 891 

Brooklyn, NY 

Vincent J. Olivieri 

Local 917 

Chattanooga, TN 

Howard R. Basler 

Don D. Helton 

N .D. Jarvis 

Herman E. White 

Local 926 

Rex, GA 

J .U. Tibbitts 

Local 948 

Tommy Stewart 

Local 953 

Albuquerque, 

NM 

James L. 

Hightower 

Local 955 

Edmonton, AB 

Norris H. 

Johnston 

June 2017 

Local 003 

Alameda, CA 

Fred R. Barrett 

Lonnie Deaver 

William E. Martin 

Harold Meadows 

Local 004 

Medway, MA 

Robert E. 

Cavanaugh 

Local 009 

Denver, CO 

Gay N. Lewis 

Local 012 

Pasadena, CA 

Robert Crow 

Earl Davis 

John Dickinson 

Agustin 

Gonzales 

George Knapp 

Don Marshall 

Thomas Minter 

Hershel Simpson 

Robert 

Sponheim 

Local 014 

Flushing, NY 

Richard A. 

Famiglietti 

Local 015 


NY 

Robert E. Agnew 

Theodor Buczak 

Robert Miller 

Walter J. 

Monshaw 

Local 017 

Lakeview, NY 

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Union Death Benefit 

Benefits paid 

April, 2017 - June, 2017 

Edward Gresco 

Lawson 

Hollenbaugh 

Local 018 

Cleveland, OH 

Harry W. Davis 

Delmar W. 

Johnston 

Clarence Leach 

Lawrence E. 

Mcquade 

Robert D. 

Petering 

Donald Richards 

Earl Shepherd 

Robert Shook 

Ralph E. Williams 

Paul D. Williams 

Local 020 

Cincinnati, OH 

Robert F. Walston 

Local 036 

La Christianson 

Local 049 


George Mutch 

Local 066 


Regis Gillum 

Frederick A. 

Johnston 

Donald R. Powell 

Lloyd Snyder jr 

Local 068 

West Caldwell, 

NJ 

Theodore Decker 

John Morrison 

Ralph Zizza jr 

Local 070 

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Local 115 

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Robert R. Ambler 

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Arnold R. 

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James B. Glenn 

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Edgar C. 

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Local 832 

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Robert V. Smith 

Local 882 

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Rex, GA 

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Local 965 

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