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Cascade General
Collective bargaining
Shipyard workers at Cascade General ratify new contract
It was the third contract vote for members of the Portland Metal Trades at Vigor shipyard
Workers Rights
Shipyard workers picket smoking ban
Shipyard workers at six Vigor worksites protest imposition of smoking ban without consulting union
Jobs
Reinvigorating Portland’s shipyard: Vigor’s massive new dry dock could mean hundreds of jobs
13 years after selling America’s largest floating dry dock, Vigor bringing one back to Portland
In Memoriam
Jim Ridderbusch, 1935-2012
The retired member of Operating Engineers Local 701 died Jan. 6 after being hit by a car.
