Help save our apprenticeship programs.

Hello.  This is James Callahan, General President of the International Union of Operating Engineers. I’m calling about an issue of great importance for our members. Anti-union contractors want to destroy the Operating Engineers’ apprenticeship programs, but your voice can help us stop them.  We need you to email prepared comments to the Department of Labor about the importance of our training.

 

This can easily be done through a website portal.  Please go to saveiuoeapprenticeships.org today.  There is a deadline for input coming up very soon so please visit the site today. You can also submit a comment as a friend or family member of an IUOE member. Your participation will help save the IUOE apprenticeship programs.  Thank you.

 

 

Regarding recent allegations, charges and communications, you may have heard or read on social media concerning the Local, please be aware that the duly elected officers of Local 612 are following the process in the Constitution and Bylaws of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Local 612 for resolving internal disputes. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Hall  253-572-9612 and ask to speak with an Officer or Business Representative. We will continue to post updates on this website. For the sake of our members and the future of Local 612 please do not depend on information you may have read or heard about on social media.

 

Please see the attached letter and flyer from General President Callahan.

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Are you a top hand?

Join us for some friendly competition.

Bring the family out and watch your fellow operators show their stuff.

Click on the flyer below for all the details on this years Top Hand Competition.

2019 Top Hand Flyer

 

Dozer Day at the Puyallup Fair Grounds June 1-2.

We are looking for operators to teach kids how to operate equipment.

Please click the link below to volunteer. You will be provided a lunch if you register.

Saturday and Sunday there are two shifts per day. 9:30-1 or 12:30-4:30

It’s a fun day to get kids excited about a future in construction.

Please help spread the word. This event is growing larger each year.

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Please read the attached correspondence from your General President regarding the 2019 Flag Day Initiative.

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A message from General President James Callahan:

 

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

As was discussed at the Winter Meeting last month, we have developed an online registration system for the International Training Center. I am pleased to announce that the system is now live and ready to start processing course registrations and travel arrangements. The system can be accessed directly at:  https://iuoe-itrs.org

In addition, members can find out more about the Training Center, watch a video and register for courses through our main website:  https://www.iuoe.org

Course offerings and their descriptions will continue to be added to the Training Schedule. I hope you will share this information with your local leadership, training directors and, most importantly, the rank-and-file membership.

Thank you for your continued support as we work together to bring world-class training opportunities to every IUOE member.

Please see the attached file if you, or someone you know, participated in the response and recovery efforts in New York City following the attacks on September 11, 2001.

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Important Notice

2019 is an election year for IUOE Local 612

Brothers and Sisters,

In accordance with IUOE Local 612 Bylaws; Article V and the International Union of Operating Engineers Constitution; Article XXIV, IUOE Local 612 will be open for elective offices in 2019.

• Nominations for the Election Committee at the April District Union Meetings
• Nomination of elective offices at the May District Union Meeting
• Elections will be held in August 2019

The elective offices of this Local Union include Business Manager-Financial Secretary, President, Vice-President, Recording-Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, three (3) Trustees, three (3) Auditors, Conductor and Guard.

The nominations shall be held in the month of May and candidates seeking nomination for office must file nominating petitions in support of their candidacies signed by not more than two-hundred (200) members or two percent (2%) of the entire membership, whichever is less. To be eligible for nomination, petitions must be turned in no later than at the time of nomination. Petitions may be picked up at any of the District offices.

District 1 office is located at 1555 South Fawcett Ave in Tacoma and Union Meetings start at 7pm on the third Monday of the month unless otherwise notified.

District 2 office is located at 612 South Tower Ave in Centralia and Union Meetings start at 7pm on the last Wednesday of the month unless otherwise notified.

 

In Solidarity,

Todd J. Mickelson

IUOE Local 612

Business Manager

 

The SR 167 Completion Project team is kicking off 2019 with lots of activities. Some of the key highlights include:

Conducting an online open house as part of our National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Re-Evaluation that analyzes whether there are any new potentially significant adverse environmental effects of the SR 167 Completion Project – Phase 1 Improvements. The online open house will provide information about the Re-evaluation and an opportunity to provide comments on the findings. The online open house will be open for comments from January 14 to February 13, 2019.

Holding an Access Hearing. The Access Hearing will provide property owners next to the proposed SR 167 alignment the opportunity to comment on how the project will affect the access to their property once the project is complete. The hearing will be held on March 14, 2019 at Puyallup City Hall at 6 p.m.

Evaluating contractor qualifications. Contractors will be submitting their qualifications to build the SR 167/70th Avenue E. Bridge Vicinity Replacement Project over I-5 in late January. We expect to select a contractor in June and begin construction in the fall.

Stockpiling surplus clean fill dirt. We continue to stockpile clean fill dirt for future use on the SR 167 Project. The fill dirt is being stockpiled on WSDOT right of way near the Puyallup Recreation Center. This and future deliveries of approved fill dirt will help reduce project costs.

Continuing real estate acquisitions. We have now acquired over 80 percent of the needed right of way land for the planned improvements. If you have specific questions about property to be purchased for the SR 167 Completion Project, please contact Allen Partin, the project real estate manager, at partinc@wsdot.wa.gov or (360) 357-2718.

Contact HoffmaC@consultant.wsdot.wa.gov for more information.