Press Kit

Media Contacts

Business Manager
Brian Cochrane

Phone: 604-291-8831

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President
Lionel Railton

Phone: 604-299-8341

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Quick Facts:

  • Local 115 of the International Union of Operating Engineers represents over 10,000 workers
  • We represent workers in construction, road building, transportation, mining, aviation and various industrial sectors throughout British Columbia and the Yukon
  • Local 115 is part of one of North America’s largest and longest-established trade unions.

 

NEWS RELEASES

Operating Engineers contribute to Burns Lake Fund

January 31, 2012

Workplace safety can never be taken for granted

Operating Engineers contribute $5,000 to Burns Lake Fund

Burnaby, BC – The B.C. Operating Engineers announced today that it is
contributing $5,000 to the United Steelworkers Burns Lake Fund.

“We stand with our brothers and sisters in Burns Lake, their families
and community,” said Business Manager Brian Cochrane. “This is what
unions do. We stand together in difficult times. This devastation
touches us all.”