BUSINESS MANAGER’S REPORT

With the summer season now in full swing and the good weather finally here, I hope you and your families are well and enjoying this great time of year. I am extremely confident that the work outlook will continue to be robust and provide ample opportunities for the Operating Engineers throughout the remainder of 2023.

Special thanks to all who volunteered and participated in our second annual Local 4 5K challenge, which was held on Sunday, June 11 at Medway High School. This exciting day brought spirit, unity, and laughter to this "health is wealth" gettogether. Thanks to Greg Geiman, LauraJean Hickey, and the staff for their great efforts with our fitness challenge.

Congratulations to the graduating class of the 2023 Local 4 Apprenticeship and Training Program. Your hard work and dedication over the last four years in our highly-recognized program will surely set the stage for a prosperous career in Local 4. Great job to all 13 graduates!

Just a friendly reminder, please register for our 6th Annual OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 4 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION GOLF OUTING. This will be held on Sunday, August 27 at Stow Acres Country Club. All proceeds will support fighting for children's charities. Please make an effort to attend this event.

I would like to recognize and thank Brother Dave Dobson for his outstanding work as a Business Agent for Local 4. His dedication and service to this great Local Union are very much appreciated. I wish him and his wife, Terry, all the best in their upcoming retirement. Congrats!

As many of you have heard, I will be retiring on September 1, 2023. When I began working as an Operating Engineer in 1987, I followed in the footsteps of others who helped to build this great Local, including my father, my uncle, and my cousins. Now, after 36 years — as the top apprentice in my class, as a journeyman, as a Business Representative, and as the Business Manager — I have left my own footsteps for others to follow.

I am proud of all the work I have done as a member of Local 4, but serving as your Business Manager since 2017 has been an honor and a privilege, and certainly the pinnacle of my career. I have worked hard each day to improve this organization and the opportunities that it provides for you and your families. My job, like that of any Business Manager, is to leave the Local better than I found it. I am confident that I have done so, and I am grateful for all the support and confidence you have given me in that effort. Having said that, Local 4 is on track to becoming a $2 billion organization. The most important thing I will take from my 36 years with Local 4 is the hundreds of valued friendships. I look forward to continuing those friendships, as my wife and I enter this new and exciting phase of our lives.

Thank you to all the Brother and Sister Members I've worked beside — and for — over the course of my career. Thank you to all the outstanding Business Representatives and highly valued staff members who have

CONTACT

(508) 533-1433 w.mclaughlin@iuoelocal4.org served and will continue to serve Local 4. Thank you to Greg Geiman and his entire staff at the Funds Office. Thank you to Mike Carey and his staff at the Training Center. Thank you to our Union Hall staff, especially Amanda Johnson. Having said this, I know this Local is in great hands. God bless all of you, and God bless Local 4! President Mike Bowes will be succeeding me as our new Business Manager. I have no doubt that Mike and his team of Business Representatives will continue to advance this great Local Union. Congratulations to Mike Bowes, Dave Shea, Chris Carey, Jim Marenghi, Tayla Rose, and Kevin Murray on their new positions. I wish all of them the very best in the future.

Gratefully, William D. McLaughlin Business Manager International Trustee

CONTACT

(508) 832-9152 m.bowes@iuoelocal4.org