International Union of Operating Engineers
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| Full name | International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) |
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| Founded | December 7, 1896 |
| Members | 374,521 |
| Affiliation | AFL-CIO, CLC |
| Key people | James T. Callahan, president |
| Office location | Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| Website | iuoe.org |
The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is a trade union within the United States-based AFL-CIO representing primarily construction workers who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers (also called operating engineers or power engineers) who maintain heating and other systems in buildings and industrial complexes, in the United States and Canada.
Founded in 1896, it currently represents roughly 400,000 workers in approximately 170 local unions and operates nearly 100 apprenticeship programs.
IUOE Local 3, based in Alameda, California, is the largest building and construction trades local in the U.S., with jurisdiction covering four states: California, Nevada, Hawaii and Utah. Most of Local 3's 42,600 members work as heavy equipment operators, and construction workers, but the local also represents public employees, such as maintenance workers and peace officers, Technical Engineers, Surveyors and Construction Inspectors as well as Building Inspectors. Local 3 is headed by Business Manager Russ Burns.
IUOE Local 4, based in Medway, Massachusetts, has over 4,500 members in central and eastern Massachusetts (including Boston, Massachusetts), eastern New Hampshire, and Maine.
IUOE Local 14-14B, based in Flushing, New York, represents approximately 1,600 members working in the five boroughs of New York City.
IUOE Local 98, based in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, represents approximately 1,300 members in Western Massachusetts, Western New Hampshire, and Vermont.
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