MAY 2021 VOL. 55, NO. 5 Local 18 CALENDAR REPORT TO THE MEMBERS MAY by Richard E. Dalton, Business Manager 1 8-Hour – HAZWOPER Refresher – Miamisburg Training Center Summer is rapidly approach- steady during the winter 1 8-Hour – CCO Refresher (1 of 2) – ing, and now is the time to months. Local 18 currently has Miamisburg Training Center make sure you are ready for approximately 1,000 members 3 All Districts – Advisory Board mtgs. work. Is your vehicle ready, in the various shops. These do you have a spare change members spend winter months 8 8-Hour – Forklift Combination – of clothes, are your dues paid preparing equipment for spring Cygnet Training Center up, and do you have copies of startup. Once construction be- 8 8-Hour – CCO Refresher (2 of 2) – current certifications? Don’t be gins, the equipment shops will Miamisburg Training Center caught unprepared when the perform major repairs on an 10 All Districts – Membership mtgs. dispatcher calls for work. as-needed basis and maintain 12 District 2 Info. mtg. – Lima Spring has been relatively their rental equipment fleet. 15 8-Hour – Signal Person – mild, and the rains not as bad Local 18 Stationary groups Cygnet Training Center as some previous years (at the are trying to get back to some- 15 8-Hour – CCO Exam – time of this writing, April 1), what of a normal business. Miamisburg Training Center so work should be starting COVID-19 shut some facilities quickly. Most contractors have down while others were cut 17 District 6 Info. mtg. – stated they have a fair amount back on hours. Repairs were Guernsey County Fairgrounds Don’t be of backlog to start off the con- prioritized and performed 19 District 1 Info. mtg. – Ashtabula struction season. caught based upon emergency need 21 8-Hour – Signal Person – The ODOT budget for the and not routine maintenance. Logan Training Center year has been set, and it is unprepared Now that the health crisis is 24-26 24-Hour – Skid Steer – around two billion dollars, improving, it is catchup time Cygnet Training Center which is a nice budget for the when the for these Stationary groups. 27-28 16-Hour – Trench Safety – state and Local 18 Operating The Business Representatives Cygnet Training Center Engineers. Many of our road- dispatcher calls for the Stationary group have ways are beginning to show been busy negotiating agree- 31 Memorial Day signs of large potholes, which for work. ments for the members in vari- will need some repair. ODOT ous facilities, working through JUNE has indicated that it will be the trying time of COVID-19. 7 All Districts – Advisory Board mtgs. awarding smaller-size projects this season to Many negotiations have taken place via Zoom 14 All Districts – Membership mtgs. allow for additional bidders, more competi- as company representatives have been unwill- tion, and an anticipated better savings for the ing to travel. 16 District 2 Info. mtg. – Lima state. As gasoline prices start to rise again, let 16 District 1 Info. mtg. – Ashtabula At the time of this writing, Local 18 is cur- us hope we hear some news about getting 21 District 6 Info. mtg. – rently in negotiations with the OCA Highway the PTT Cracker plant built. Talk of the plant Guernsey County Fairgrounds Heavy and AGC Building Contractor Associ- started to dwindle when gas prices dropped 21-25 40-Hour – Crane I – ations for successor agreements scheduled and it was not worth the cost to build the Logan Training Center to expire on April 30, 2021. Once a tentative plant, but it may be in more favor now. The 26 Executive Board mtg. – agreement has been reached, ballots will be Iron Ore plant in Ashtabula was put on hold Columbus District Office, 1 p.m. mailed to all eligible members to vote their back in January, and it is still quiet today. 27 Semi-Annual State mtg. – choice. Please take the time to vote. Typically, Petmin Group, which is building the plant, Hilton Columbus/Polaris, only 25 to 30 percent of the ballots sent out says it is still “a go” to build but has not said 8700 Lyra Drive, 10:00 a.m. are returned, determining the next three why they stopped the construction or when years' wages and conditions. it will restart. continued on page 19 Work in the equipment shops has been continued on page 4 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF LOCAL UNION 18 AND ITS BRANCHES, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS IMPORTANT NOTICE SUBCHAPTER II Official Publication of Local Union 18 and its branches BILL OF RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS International Union of Operating Engineers § 411. Bill of rights; constitution and bylaws of labor organizations Richard E. Dalton Business Manager (a) (l) Equal rights. — Every member of a labor organization shall have equal rights and Editor and privileges within such organization to nominate candidates, to vote in elections or refer- Thomas P. 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