International Operating Engineer - Spring 2018
The quarterly magazine of the International Union of Operating Engineers.
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Union Death Benefit<br />
Local 148<br />
Saint Louis, MO<br />
Glen J. Janes<br />
John W. Snyder<br />
Local 150<br />
Countryside, IL<br />
Roger H. Cull sr<br />
James Feld<br />
Lawrence E.<br />
Fitzgerald<br />
Stanley D. Hann<br />
Vincent H.<br />
Modaff<br />
Roy D. Schmidt<br />
Gordon M.<br />
Sherman<br />
Rolland W.<br />
Smith<br />
Robert E.<br />
Sticken<br />
Richard<br />
Swanson<br />
Glenn A. Waspi<br />
Local 158<br />
Glenmont, NY<br />
Raymond K.<br />
Donley<br />
Jack N. Smith<br />
John D.<br />
Vanderwarker<br />
Local 181<br />
Henderson, KY<br />
Campbell<br />
Anderson<br />
Billy R. Johnson<br />
Local 302<br />
Bothell, WA<br />
Sheridan L.<br />
Goodwin<br />
Hugh R. Maffei<br />
Local 317<br />
Oak Creek, WI<br />
David M. Brown<br />
Local 318<br />
Marion, IL<br />
James A. Sisk<br />
Local 324<br />
Bloomfield<br />
Township, MI<br />
Stewart A.<br />
Bowden<br />
Gerald L.<br />
Darrow<br />
Emmett Foster<br />
Keith E. Paul<br />
Oliver Rose<br />
Robert E. Titus<br />
Francis J.<br />
Walraven jr<br />
Leo L. Walter<br />
Local 399<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
Michael<br />
Boggins<br />
Local 406<br />
New Orleans,<br />
LA<br />
Wilfred Ardoin<br />
C .D. Carpenter<br />
jr<br />
Ashton J.<br />
Leblanc<br />
Joseph C.<br />
Simon<br />
Turner E. Slayter<br />
Samuel R.<br />
Upton<br />
Local 407<br />
Lake Charles,<br />
LA<br />
Cleve L. Christ<br />
Local 428<br />
Phoenix, AZ<br />
Harry Marcott jr<br />
John B. White<br />
Benefits paid<br />
February - April, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Local 450<br />
Mont Belvieu,<br />
TX<br />
Richard W.<br />
Moore<br />
Local 463<br />
Ransomville, NY<br />
James J. Verost<br />
Local 497<br />
Jerry Franks<br />
Local 513<br />
Bridgeton, MO<br />
Donald W.<br />
Couch<br />
William G. Day<br />
Eugene C. Kelso<br />
Kenneth J.<br />
Mitulski<br />
Norman J.<br />
Schroer<br />
Local 542<br />
Fort<br />
Washington, PA<br />
Michael<br />
Donchak<br />
Michael J.<br />
Mullery<br />
Local 543<br />
Richard L.<br />
Peterson<br />
Local 564<br />
Richwood, TX<br />
R .E. Luster<br />
Local 612<br />
Tacoma, WA<br />
Donald Doubek<br />
Franklin D.<br />
Murray<br />
Local 649<br />
Peoria, IL<br />
Jerry W. Fate<br />
Alfred L.<br />
Neuendorf<br />
Merle D. Wolfe<br />
Local 758<br />
Dubuque, IA<br />
Lavern A.<br />
Pfiffner<br />
Local 793<br />
Oakville, ON<br />
Reginald E. Tyler<br />
Local 825<br />
<strong>Spring</strong>field, NJ<br />
Ned Bayconish<br />
Billy J. Sexton<br />
Local 826<br />
Acie W. Phillips<br />
Local 917<br />
Chattanooga,<br />
TN<br />
Clarence J.<br />
Mitchell<br />
Anti-union politicians<br />
want to cut your pay.<br />
Crony capitalists<br />
and their friends<br />
in Washington<br />
keep attacking<br />
the prevailing<br />
wage laws that<br />
protect <strong>Operating</strong><br />
<strong>Engineer</strong>s. We<br />
can’t afford to<br />
let them win.<br />
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BENEFITS PACKAGE – Medical, Retirement and Pension<br />
Taxpayer money should<br />
support skilled workers,<br />
not greedy contractors.<br />
The Davis-Bacon Act requires that<br />
workers on government funded<br />
projects be paid equal to local<br />
prevailing wages for similar work so<br />
tax dollars aren’t used to undercut<br />
workers’ pay.<br />
Repealing Davis-Bacon<br />
means more workplace<br />
injuries and fatalities.<br />
Untrained, low-paid workers mean<br />
unsafe working conditions, which<br />
lead to more injuries and fatalities.<br />
epi.org/publication/bp215<br />
The federal government<br />
sets prevailing wage<br />
rates, not unions.<br />
The prevailing wage rate is<br />
determined by a survey of all local<br />
construction wages conducted by the<br />
US Department of Labor.<br />
Prevailing wage does<br />
not raise the cost of<br />
construction.<br />
Workers paid a decent wage are more<br />
productive. Studies show that cuts in<br />
wages can actually raise the cost of<br />
construction projects.<br />
faircontracting.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Wage<br />
differential-method-critique-Duncan-2016-1.pdf<br />
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24 INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER<br />
Serve Your Country Secure Your Future<br />
www.helmetstohardhats.org<br />
Tell your Members of Congress to oppose any efforts to<br />
weaken the Davis-Bacon Act. Call today: (202) 224-3121<br />
SPRING <strong>2018</strong> 25
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