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New Operating Engineers union hall will make ‘powerful statement’

By: Dave Thompson|April 15, 2024
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    • Jim Sweeney, president of International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 150, welcomes a crowd to ceremonies Thursday, April 11, marking the start of construction of its new union hall in Rock Island. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    A new state-of-the-art union hall building will soon start taking shape in southwest Rock Island.

    A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week for a multi-million dollar union building project for the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 150  District 8 hall at 3511 78th Ave., West.

    Construction on the new hall, which will be located near…

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