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Bakers Local 364
Trade
Work slows at Portland plant as Nabisco shifts production to Mexico
Week-long plant shutdowns prompt 18 U.S. Senators to write to company CEO.
People
Portland Bakery Union member Shad Clark made international VP for Western Region
The former Local 114 business agent has a long history as a union worker and activist.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco union standoff leads to wave of retirements
Representatives of Mondelēz unions from around the world will meet in Chicago Sept. 20-21.
Collective bargaining
Union standoff widens at Nabisco
BCTGM says Mondelēz’ Mexican workers are represented by a bogus company-dominated union.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco wants to end Bakers’ pension
BCTGM says it won't agree to end the pension. The previous contract expired Feb. 29.
Collective bargaining
Nabisco recruiting strikebreakers before union bargaining begins
Ads seek temporary workers at $28 an hour “for a possible labor dispute.”
Worker safety
Accident at Thompson Metal Fab takes life of Sheet Metal worker
Michael Carpenter, age 33, was killed on the job March 15.
In Memoriam
Melvin “Pete” Oscar Peterson, 1927-2011
Melvin “Pete” Peterson was president of Bakers Local 364 for 20 years.
