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IUOE Local 98

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  • 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.

  • Race, gender and unfair hiring in construction: two cases

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    Holden in Operating Engineers Local 98

    Anthony Holden, has been a member of the Operating Engineers for 28 years; he is one of the rare black members of the 1,500-member Local 98 in Massachusetts. Because he is trusted as a standup unionist, he has been elected and reelected to the local's executive board many times, even though the membership is almost exclusively white. In all this time, he remained independent minded and outspoken, not hesitating to criticize the business manager when he felt it necessary.

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