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James 鈥淛imbo鈥� Anderson recently was elected by acclamation to a fourth three-year term as an officer for Operating Engineers Local 701. He took the oath of office Sept. 13 led by John Downey, the union鈥檚 general president, according to Northwest Labor Press.

Since Anderson first was elected in 2016, he has led Local 701鈥檚 construction of a state-of-the-art training center in Canby. Under his leadership, the union also has bolstered its pension plan, more than doubled its treasury, and increased its membership by more than 400 people.

Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, Anderson grew up in a family of union steel mill and ironworkers. He worked as a structural iron worker in Los Angeles before moving to Oregon, working for Campbell Crane and joining Local 701 in 1994. He helped unionize the concrete pump industry and windmill work, and increased union market share in the crane industry.

Local 701, headquartered in Gladstone, represents about 3,800 members who operate heavy equipment in building and road construction and work as stationary engineers who operate and maintain building equipment.