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International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)

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  • New national union aims to unite nurses

    Delegates from three major unions of registered nurses, meeting in Phoenix on December 7, merged their forces into a new national organization, the National Nurses United. The three founding affiliates --- the California Nurses Association, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, and the United American Nurses --- report a combined membership of 150,000. To thunderous applause from some 150 delegates, one of the three elected co-presidents proclaimed that this creation of the "largest union of direct care nurses is about a century overdue."

  • Engineers L. 98 disqualifies rivals, avoids elections

    The business manager of the 1,200-member Local 98 of the International Union of Operating Engineers in Massachusetts glided in easily to a second term this year because there was no one on the ballot against him. Todd Downey tried to run but was disqualified. No election necessary. Ken Moulton, a critic of business manager Eugene Melville, tried to run for president, the second highest spot, but he too was disqualified. Grounds for Moulton's disqualification? He was disqualified because he had been nominated by Todd Downey who was disqualified.

  • Appeals court backs union curbs on the internet

    The U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia has upheld a union rule that places new burdens on candidates who want to use their own independent web sites to campaign for union office. The court's decision gives the green light to those nervous union officials who hope to develop new ways to limit the potential of the internet as an instrument for union democracy.

  • “Clean up our union with democracy”

    Many unions, confronted by corruption, are talking about ethics. But what are they doing about it? The Operating Engineers union has just retained an ethical officer to implement an elaborate ethical practices code. The ILA has just doubled its ethical staff to two. The New York City AFL-CIO Central Trades Council, whose former president just went to jail for stealing piles of money, has amended its bylaws ethicswise. The AFL-CIO has had ethical practices codes in several versions for 50 years. Latest to mount the ethical bandwagon after some of its important officers stole over a million dollars, is the SEIU, whose ethical codes, among the most pretentious, are applied by an intricate combination of appeals and committees.

  • New Voices at AUD construction trades conference, and Workshop Reports

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    Fair hiring, fighting pension abuses, and a Bill of Rights for Building Trades Unionists were up for discussion at AUD's national conference of construction workers in Brooklyn, November 8 and 9.

  • Can union democracy coexist with union conglomeration?

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    If the New England carpenters who are seeking to have their regional council defined as a local eventually prevail in their lawsuit (see page 8) it will be a substantial victory for union democracy. Officers of the council, which spans six states from Connecticut to Maine, would be elected by direct secret ballot of the council’s 22,000 members instead of by delegates elected in the 26 locals. But such a geographically expansive local would still present immense obstacles to any insurgent group seeking to make a change.

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  • OperatingEngineers

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  • IUOE Watch

    "Welcome to IUOE watch. Have you ever wondered what the IUOE does with your dues money. How much do we pay our leaders. Do we as dues paying members have a say in our International. Are we indeed Democratic? What and who exactly controls the content of our union newsletter? Have you ever heard about the scandals and Federal investigations that go on in the IUOE? Ever want to run for Local or International office? Good luck with that one. Can you remember the last election in the IUOE? Was it 1955?

  • DavesDirtyRatBastardsHuntingClub

    "Since Dirty Rat Bastards can be found daily in all walks of life. Daves Hunting Club brings us all together to indentify them."

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