IUOE Local 542 Winter 2021 Newsletter

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THE LOCAL 542 BiG SCOOP WINTER 2021TABLE OF CONTENTS3 Business Manager’s Report5 President/Assistant Business Manager’s Report6 District 1 Reports12 District 2 Reports14 District 3 Report16 District 4 Report18 District 5 Report20 C Branch Report22 Legislative Report24 Organizing Report25 Civil Rights Committee Report26 Benefit Funds Report28 Apprentice & Training Report30 Volunteer Activities31 Member Assistance Program32 Member Milestones33 Free College Information34 Member Service AwardsJames GittensVice PresidentCover photo taken by Paul Carey, District 1 Business AgentLOCAL 542 OFFiCERSBob HeenanBusiness Manager/IUOE 1 st Gen. Vice PresidentRob WalshRecording SecretaryJames ReilleyPresident/Asst. Business ManagerVincent AscioneFinancial SecretaryJames JonesTreasurerSign up to access Member Resources at www.IUOE542.comFollow us: @IUOE542 @IUOE542OFFICERSRobert HeenanBusiness Manager, IUOE 1 st GeneralVice PresidentJames ReilleyPresident and Assistant BusinessManagerJames GittensVice PresidentRob WalshRecording SecretaryVincent AscioneFinancial SecretaryJames JonesTreasurerEXECUTIVE BOARDDistrict 1Donte Harris, Sr.Chris MaysJeff DanesePaul BechtelBenjamin MullinsDistrict 2Shawn HawkeyDistrict 3Richard KeenDistrict 4Dave OlshefskiDistrict 5Josh JacobsC BranchJason EppersonConductorMark RobertsGuardCharles LeslieTrusteesRichard CarlsonZack MatsagoChristian McKeownAuditorsDaniel BrooksAngelo AcevedoMarlin Gentry© 2021 by IUOE Local 542.All rights reserved.
BUSINESS MANAGER’S REPORTBOB HEENANBusiness Manager & International 1 st General VicePresidentHappy New Year! Here’s hoping 2021 will be a better year for all of us.For most of the past year, our Union has been tested in ways that we could havenever imagined before the COVID-19 pandemic. We have had to adjust the waywe service our members to reflect our concern about the way this highlycontagious virus was being spread and how out of control it was before newlydeveloped vaccines started coming into circulation.We have seen the economic impact of lost jobs and wages reach into our industryand directly impact the lives of our Local 542 members. The disruption caused bythe pandemic has slowed our economy down so much that it will take most of thecoming year, if not longer, to fully recover.Our Union has not been alone in dealing with this crisis. Many workers in otherindustries, like travel and entertainment and front-line health care workers, havebeen even more devastated.Vaccines and more competent national leadership are on the way, and there is alight at the end of the tunnel. The reality, however, is that it is a very long tunnel;and we all must stay focused and disciplined as we move towards the eventualend of this pandemic.Despite the many challenges Local 542 has faced, we have adapted to new waysof doing business and redoubled our efforts to represent our members and serveas a resource to help us get through this together.(continued on page 4)LOCAL 542 BUSiNESS MANAGER ELECTEDFiRST ViCE PRESiDENT OF IUOEThe Executive Board of IUOE Local 542 is proud to announce that our BusinessManager, Bob Heenan, has been elected as First General Vice President of theIUOE Executive Board.IUOE General Secretary-Treasurer Brian E. Hickey announced his retirement onJanuary 12, 2021, and First General Vice President James M. Sweeney waselected to fill the vacant position brought about by the retirement.General President James T. Callahan then nominated our Local Union’s BusinessManager, Bob Heenan, to the post of First General Vice President of the IUOE.Local 542 has never been represented at the highest level of leadership on theExecutive Board of the International Union of Operating Engineers.Business Manager Heenan’s elevation to this new position shows that GeneralPresident Callahan recognizes his years of dedicated service to our Union’smembership, as well as the extraordinary leadership that he has demonstratedover his career.IUOE Local 542 is proud to share our Business Manager Bob Heenan with ourentire International Union.LOOKiNGAHEADTO 2021Despite the manychallenges Local 542has faced, we haveadapted to new waysof doing business andredoubled our effortsto represent ourmembers and serve asa resource to help usget through thistogether.Sign up to access Member Resources at www.IUOE542.comFollow us: @IUOE542 @IUOE5423
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