OAKVILLE, ONT. — Mike Gallagher, business manager of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 793 in Ontario, has been re-elected as the seventh vice-president of the general executive board of the IUOE.
The union represents nearly 400,000 union members from across North America.
The election took place recently at the 39th general convention of the IUOE in Hollywood, Fla. Gallagher was first appointed to the general executive board as an international trustee in October 2005. In May 2011, he was appointed as an international vice-president.
He has been a vice-president for seven years.
Gallagher is a past-president of the Construction Safety Association of Ontario and won the Roy A. Phinnemore Award in 2013 for his contributions to construction health and safety, states a release, adding more recently, he was instrumental in convincing the government that rotary drill rig operators in Ontario require mandatory training. Gallagher has also spearheaded events to raise money for charitable causes.
“The issues that operating engineers face here in Canada are often the same ones faced by our brothers and sisters south of the border, namely organizing new companies and training the next generation of crane and heavy equipment operators,” said Gallagher, who is also president of the Canadian Conference of the IUOE, in a statement.
“I look forward to working with the rest of the general executive board to chart a bright future for our union and its members.”
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