Attorneys for Read Excavating Co., Inc. have appealed an arbitrator's decision awarding a handicap-accessible conversion van to a Local 150 Operating Engineer who sustained work injuries resulting in quadriplegia.
Stephen McKenzie, an experienced operating engineer from Texas, relocated to Lockport, Illinois in 1998. Upon his arrival in Illinois, McKenzie began working on a permit basis through Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, while accruing sufficient work credits to become a full- fledged union journeyman operator.
On October 20, 1999, McKenzie was employed ...
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