Daimler Trucks North America Archives

Daimler started producing the long-awaited eCascadia this summer, and plans to start deliveries of the all-electric big rig later this year.

Four unions at the Portland truck plant ratified new five-year agreements that raise wages $4, and hold the line on health insurance costs.

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley got a look at Daimler’s new electric trucks on a visit to a Swan Island electric fueling station .

Daimler will make its next-generation electric Freightliner trucks in Portland, where Freightliner began … and raise starting pay $4 an hour.

It’s part of a “pure play” trend in which publicly-traded companies focus on one line of business, so that stock correlates with its sector.

Up to 10,000 Portland-area workers are getting paid more while working less thanks to a layoff prevention program.

Coming in March: Union jobs with family wages and benefits.

A new plant manager welcomes retirees back to see their old workplace and coworkers.

But workers, and even the pension plan, could come out ahead.

Kear helped reform the local Machinists union, and persuaded Daimler not to close its Portland truck plant.