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Boilermakers Local 104
Union Organizing
Gunderson workers stay non-union
The union defeat came three weeks after the government contractor paid union-busters to talk to its workers.
Union Organizing
Boilermakers union blitz at Gunderson
Gunderson workers were represented by Boilermakers and other unions until the 1980s. Today, wages and benefits lag behind the union standard.
Worker safety
Dirty drinking water? Portland shipyard workers say no thanks
Complaints started coming in that at some of the stations, the water was coming out discolored with debris.
Workers Rights
Shipyard workers in an uproar over paint damage to cars
An improperly contained cruise ship paint job resulted in paint particles floating almost a half-mile to the employee parking lot.
Collective bargaining
Vigor shipyard workers vote to authorize strike
Tired of being disrespected, shipyard workers are demanding a family-friendly work week.
Union democracy
Metal trades council elects new officers
Jason Joeckel of Laborers Local 737 is the new secretary-treasurer of the Metal Trades Council, which represents workers at the Portland Shipyards.
Collective bargaining
Shipyard workers reject Vigor contract offer
More than 1,000 employees in Portland and Puget Sound have been working under the terms of an extended master collective bargaining agreement that expired Sept. 1, 2017.
Collective bargaining
Vigor shipyard workers vote to extend contract to Sept. 1
The extension will give the sides more time to address problems with multi-employer pension plans.
Collective bargaining
Swan Island shipyard workers reject contract offers
The unions also win an unfair labor practice charge at Vigor Shipyard
Jobs
Vigor christens new drydock at Portland’s Swan Island shipyard
The 960-foot Chinese-built vessel is the largest floating drydock in North America
