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IUOE District 6

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  • In the Operating Engineers (IUOE)

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    Local 18 elected officers of this Ohio-based 14,000-member union in September. Patricia Kohl won a spot on the local executive board as representative from her 2,700-member Division 6, a remarkable accomplishment for a woman running on an insurgent slate in this overwhelmingly male hardhat local. Nevertheless, in the larger interests of her union's democracy, she is challenging the conduct of the elections, even though it could jeopardize her own victory.

  • Reform breakthrough in Ohio Operating Engineers L. 18

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    Patricia Kohl, heading an insurgent slate, has just been elected to the executive board of Operating Engineers Local 18 as one of the two delegates from her Division 6. It was a remarkable achievement. Most members of this hardhat local are men who run the big equipment you see on construction sites. In her 2,700-member division, she outpolled two men to win election.

  • Action in the Operating Engineers: reformers campaign in Locals 18 and 66

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    In Ohio Operating Engineers Local 18

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