Calling all current stationary stewards and those interested in being stewards: Join us to learn why the Steward is one of the most important roles in the Union and how to be the most effective in this leadership position.

Stationary Steward Workshop Flyer May 2025.pdf

Attention IUOE Local 302 members: Starting May 7, 2025, to access certain federal facilities, your driver’s license or state-issued ID must be a REAL ID.

If you work at a federal facility, check with your employer to see if this applies. Find out how to get your REAL ID at www.tsa.gov/real-id. 

REALID-25_FactSheet_PQ.pdf

Calling all members who are part of the Local 302 Health & Welfare and Pension plans:

You and your spouse are invited to attend the upcoming benefits meetings in a city close to you. Come learn more and get your questions answered about the Local 302 Health & Welfare and Pension plans. There will be presentations, and staff will be available to answer any questions you may have regarding your medical coverage or retirement plan. We'll see you there!

Local 302 Benefit Fairs - 2025 - Letter 011725.pdf

The Training Center is seeking an experienced and dynamic individual to serve as the Training Trust Administrator for the Alaska Operating Engineers Employer Training Trust (AOEETT).

This executive-level position involves directing and managing a comprehensive statewide training program in the Operating Engineers Industry.

Apply here: https://aoeett.org/job/training-trust-administrator/

Applications due by Wednesday, March 19, 2025.

Save the date for the Shine and Show held at the Bothell Hall, Sunday, June 8, 2025.

Shine and Show 2025.pdf

There has been a change to medical and prescription drug benefits for IUOE Local 302 Medicare-Eligible Retiree and/or Dependents.*

Your new Medicare Advantage with Prescription Drug (MAPD) Plan is now provided by Humana Medicare Advantage with Prescription Drug PPO Plan effective January 1, 2025. In addition to the new plan, you can now work with RetireeFirst, a Retiree Benefits Management solution and advocacy service provider. Please direct any questions to RetireeFirst at 855-250-9941. Read the attached flyer for more information.

*This only applies to Medicare retirees who have maintained Local 302 healthcare AND members who are eligible for Local 302 retiree healthcare and are becoming eligible for Medicare coverage

RetireeFirst flyer 012825.pdf

The Fall 2024 Loadline is available now. Get an update on the following and more:

* Annual Holiday Party information

* Expanding the Snoqualmie Casino Hotel and Valet Garage

* Mt. Vernon’s massive new library is a ‘national model’ for rural development

* Local 302 advocates for Olympic Peninsula member jobs, tackles traffic issues

* Seventy-Ninth Convention of the Western Conference of Operating Engineers

* Turning low-activity waste into glass at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant

* Modernizing Alaska’s most critical port for future generations

* Bridging a rocky gap in Alaska’s Denali National Park & Preserve

* Helping the community after natural disasters

* Heavy equipment and stationary updates

* Member Spotlight: Brenna Moore

* Heavy equipment and mechanics and service oilers needed

* Thank you to everyone who attended the annual golf charity classic

* Welcome to our newest signatory organizations

* Local 302 staff and member highlights

*SwiftMD is now Revive

*Trench safety tips

*Retiree Jerry Shull gives back to Skagit Habitat for Humanity

Read the electronic version here.

If you're a member and aren't receiving the Loadline in the mail, contact our office to make sure your address is up-to-date: (425) 806-0302.

In keeping with tradition, Local 302 collects and donates new, unwrapped toys, and/or canned food to our regional labor agencies.

If you'd like to contribute, please bring these items to the holiday party in your district.

Starting January 2025, OE Federal Credit Union will handle Paid Time Off Pay for eligible Local 302 members. Deposits will be made monthly into OE Federal accounts, with the first one on  March 15, 2025.

Members working under the two following contracts must create an account with OE Federal Credit Union to access their Paid Time Off funds:

• AGC & MLAWW Western Washington Master Labor Agreements

Register now HERE.

Local 302 PTO OE Federal 2024 Flyer.pdf

How does this affect individuals?

• There will be no changes to available services and benefits.
• For current and future care needs, continue logging in at www.swiftmd.com. Over the next few months, they'll migrate you to the new portal. They’ll automatically log you in to your Revive member portal when the time comes.
• You can log in with your existing credentials (user ID and password) to access care.
• Your medical records will still be available in the portal.

IUOE Local 302 members and their eligible dependents are invited to participate in the 2024 Pacific Health Coalition fairs located across Washington and Alaska.

Lab tests and flu shots are paid for 100 percent by your health plan at no cost to you. Registration opens August 1. Pre-registration is required here: www.coalitionhealthfair.org/

The Summer 2024 Loadline is available now. Get an update on the following and more:

• Reflections from our retirees
• Register now for the Pacific Health Coalition fairs
• Signatory contractor CR Construction shares insight into women building construction careers
• Members take pride working for Skookum Contract Services at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
• Local 302 members: Let’s keep our reputation strong to ensure privately funded projects
• Welcome to Central Washington signatory contractor East Slope Earthworks
• Spokane County’s Bigelow Gulch Corridor Safety and Mobility Project
• Cooper Landing Bypass Project: Building Alaska’s longest single-span bridge
• Local 302 operators brave the elements at the Willow Project on Alaska’s North Slope
• Getting ready for retirement
• Local 302 members make the City of Buckley, Washington a great place to live and work
• Congratulations to the 2024 Top Hand Competition winners
• Alaska Training Center heavy equipment operator and service oiler applications available September 1 - 17, 2024
• Western Washington Stationary Engineers Training program provides customized training for stationary units
• Prevent heat stroke and heat exhaustion on the job site

Read the electronic version here.

If you're a member and aren't receiving the Loadline in the mail, contact our office to make sure your address is up-to-date: (425) 806-0302.

WELCOME to our newest Local 302 signatory contractors!

• VECTOR SERVICES serving Western Washington
• FLOWLINE serving Western Washington
• J.P. HOGAN CORING & SAWING CORP serving Western Washington
• EARTHWORK SOLUTIONS serving Western Washington
• EAST SLOPE EARTHWORKS serving Western and Eastern Washington, and Northern Idaho
• PROSPECT CONSTRUCTION serving Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
• HASKELL CORPORATION serving Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
• TRINITY LAND SURVEYING serving Southern Idaho

Support unions and do business with these organizations today.

Interested in becoming a future Local 302 contractor? Improve your bottom line: Signatory Union contractors have access to a skilled and trained workforce, and more projects, improving their overall market share. Call us today to learn more: (425) 806-0302.