OAKVILLE, ON, June 20, 2024 /CNW/ - Mike Gallagher will lead the International Union
of Operating Engineers, Local 793 ("I.U.O.E. Local 793"), for an
unprecedented eighth term after he was re-elected unopposed to his
position as Business Manager.
"To my knowledge, this is the first time in our history that we
have been so united as an organization to elect the entire team
unopposed," Gallagher said in a thank you letter to the more than
19,000 members of Local 793. "It is a great privilege to represent
you and fight for you and your family for better job site
conditions, benefits, training opportunities, jobs, and first-class
pension and benefit plans.
"With your support, we will continue to build a better union and
future for you and your family."
Each member of the existing leadership team was also re-elected
unopposed, including:
Officers
Dave Turple
(President), Mike Scott
(Vice-President), Rick Kerr
(Treasurer), Brian Alexander
(Financial Secretary) and Steve
Booze (Recording-Corresponding Secretary)
Executive Board
Jordan Glendenning, Jeff Hewitt, John
Kelly, Paul Knight, Virgil
Nosè and Justin O'Neill
Trustees
Mike Barons, Kyle
Schutte and Martin Tassé
Auditors
Eric Giroux,
Stephen Rubinoff and Andrew
Saunders
Conductor
Gord Vandevenne
Guard
Shawn McLeary
Gallagher has been the Business Manager since 1996, when members
turned to him and his team to get the Local back on track following
a period of turmoil that resulted in its placement under
International supervision.
Since then, however, the Local has only gone from strength to
strength - exiting International supervision, building up its
finances, rapidly increasing membership, expanding training
opportunities and bringing its pension and benefits plan
in-house.
As the union's new five-year Strategic Plan was recently
finalized, his focus will now be on delivering on its ambitious
goals, especially in the areas of organizing, training, health and
safety, and reaching out to traditionally marginalized groups in
construction, such as women and members of Indigenous
communities.
"The Team Gallagher commitment is to build on our progress in
Ontario and Nunavut. Progress that you know and trust,"
Gallagher said. "We will continue to improve the lives of members
and their families through growing a strong union that provides
quality and progressive agreements, world-class training and
platinum level life & health benefits and pension plans that
you can count on now and depend on in the future."
About I.U.O.E. Local 793: The I.U.O.E. Local 793 is a
long-established construction trade union which received its
original Charter in 1919. Today, the Union proudly represents more
than 19,000 crane and heavy equipment operators and other skilled
workers employed in all sectors of the construction industry,
industrial and mining sectors across the province of Ontario and the territory of Nunavut. Members of Local 793 operate mobile
cranes, tower cranes, concrete pumps, bulldozers, excavators,
graders, tractor loader backhoes and many other types of heavy
equipment.
SOURCE International Union Of Operating Engineers - Local
793