Business Manager Active at State’s Job Summit

Business Manager Sink was one of seven statewide leaders who recently took part in “The Ohio Governor’s 21st Century Energy and Economic Summit.” Its purpose was to take a look at a jobs-friendly energy policy for the state.

One of the key topics the panel covered was “How can management and organized labor better work together on business and regulatory issues to ensure Ohio’s competitiveness in the U.S. and global economy?”

Among Business Manager Sink’s salient points were that unions need to:

  • Become a partner for industry
  • Use jointly-administered programs, especially training
  • Retrain for new technologies
  • Use best practices in maintaining and supporting health and welfare and pension plans so they do not go from being benefits to becoming liabilities for either the worker or the employer

As he stressed, “the company has a desire for profits and the worker has a desire to make a living.”

To see a video of Pat’s remarks, click here, then choose Breakout Session: Ohio Manufacturing

 

General President Giblin installs Local 18 officers

It’s a festive occasion, with serious overtones, as IUOE General President Vincent Giblin installs Local 18 officers and executive board members for their three-year terms.

(l-r) Treasurer Joseph Lucas, Financial Secretary Premo P. Panzarello, Vice President Richard E. Dalton, IUOE General President Vincent Giblin, Business Manager Patrick L. Sink, Recording-Correspond Secretary Mark A. Totman and Vice President Steve D. DeLong.  

 

A New Spin on Seeding

Rough terrain! Adverse weather conditions! Deadlines! Not the best place or time to be seeding.

But, when you've got more than 625 miles of pipe to put down in eastern Ohio as part of Spread K of the Rockies Express Pipeline, you better find a way to seed.

Price Gregory's Paul Cumbie found a way without spinning his wheels. He got a helicopter to spin its rotors.

And in less than two days seeding was completed on more than 30 miles of the right-of-way workers had been attempting to complete for three-and-a-half weeks.

 

Officials discuss economic benefits of Rockies Express (REX) Pipeline

Discussing the value of the REX Pipeline at a recent press conference near Wilmington, Ohio are: (l-r) Steward Bert Milhone, Legislative Representative Mark Totman, District 4 members Sherman Massie and Mike Black, Business Manager Pat Sink, Doug Walker, President of REX Pipeline, and Allen Fore, Director of Community Relations, REX Pipeline.

REX President Doug Walker discusses the economic benefit of the pipeline construction.

 

Rockies Express Pipeline Means Jobs for Our Members, Increased Revenues for Muskingum County

Letter from Pat Sink (in PDF format)

 

Crane work in Cleveland and Columbus makes news

Tim Parsley checks the bolts on his 300-foot-high tower crane, similar to the one in the background, as it hovers over the Nationwide Children's Hospital construction site.

Parsley, a crane operator for 21 years, guides the machine over the 12-story, 700,000 square-foot expansion. The work is scheduled for completion in 2012.

The images were photographed by Columbus Dispatch Photographer/Doral Chenoweth.