Register to play or sign up for a sponsorship at the Charity Golf Classic!

This fun annual event is occurring Sunday, August 16, 2025 at the Meadow Park Golf Course in Tacoma, WA. We’re proud to represent the stationary engineers who work at this course.

Register here:

Golf Charity Classic 2025.pdf

Local 302 members, we are proud to be your Union! However, we are not your “employer”. We get this question often, so we wanted to clarify.
 
IUOE Local 302 cannot confirm your current or prior employment status since we are not your employer.
 
To avoid any issues with loan applications, make sure to provide the contact information for the company/employer you’re currently employed and paid by and/or previous employers.

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

Shine and Show 2025.pdf

Join us at the annual Top Hand Competition held at the Ellensburg Training Center on Saturday, June 21 from 10am - 4pm!

-Adults and kids can operate heavy equipment, cranes, and simulators.
-Cheer on IUOE operators as they compete for cash prizes and bragging rights.
-Separate kids' area with bouncy houses, toys, sand box, piñata, and more.
-Food vendors and drinks for sale.

We'll see you there!

Top Hand 2025 Flyer.pdf

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.

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