On behalf of the 15,000 members of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 18, we welcome you to our website. Local 18 has been serving the needs of Ohio Operating Engineers for more than seventy years.
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The Keystone XL Pipeline project is in danger of denial by the White House. Please call President Obama at (202) 456-1414 or e-mail the administration at president@whitehouse.gov and let them know we need this work!!! Find out more.


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