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Machinists Local 1005

Collective bargaining

Machinists ratify new four-year contract at Ash Grove cement

At a cement quarry in Eastern Oregon, a new four-year contract creates a worker training program and provides a 14% raise overall.
In Memoriam

Steve Hillesland 1947-2023

The retired union representative of Machinists District Lodge 24 died May 2 at the Portland VA Medical Center at the age of 76. 
International

Sweatshop protest comes to Adidas

Led by Kalpona Akter, president of the Bangladeshi Garment and Industrial Worker Federation, about half the participants were from Machinists Lodge 1005.
Union Organizing

Machinists battle de-cert effort at Pierce Pacific

Machinists Local Lodge 1005 and District Lodge W24 are reminding Pierce-Pacific workers of the benefits of union representation.
Building our communities

Machinists reach out to veterans in need

Machinists hosted a barbecue at a transitional housing village for veterans in a growing partnership between the union and nonprofit Do Good Multnomah.
Collective bargaining

Daimler Machinists: $4 raise plus essential worker bonus

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

Daimler: The future of Freightliner is electric

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

Freightliner comes home

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

Back to work at Daimler

Daimler Trucks North America reopened its Swan Island Western Star truck plant April 20 with lots of measures in place to prevent COVID-19 virus.
Jobs

COVID-19 prevention leads Daimler to close Portland truck plant

The closure impacts roughly 700 members of four unions, and comes amid concerns that workers can't all maintain six feet distance.
Building our communities

Machinists help disabled kids ‘catch a memory’ at fish hatchery

Non-profit Tillamook Anglers hosted the 27th Annual Fishing Day for Kids with Disabilities.
People

Machinists District Lodge W24 rep Britt Cornman retires after decades in the labor movement

In a career that spanned mines, mills, railroad carrier, oil fields, and an assembly line, his support for the union once nearly got him killed.
Jobs

Daimler’s Portland truck plant will soon be hiring

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

Back to work: Daimler truck plant opens up for a visit from retirees

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

Daimler Trucks withdraws from Machinists pension

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

Machinists rep Joe Kear retires

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

DEAL: Daimler and unions reach agreement on a new 5-year contract at the Portland truck plant

Wages will rise by $3.25 an hour for the plant's 500+ workers.
Jobs

Portland truck plant layoffs put Machinists pension in danger

Daimler’s Portland truck plant set a new record this summer: Fewest manufacturing jobs ever. The plant, which entered the 21st century with about 3,000...
Union Organizing

Baggage handlers at PDX vote to join Machinists Union

Workers at ABM Onsite Services West cite low wages, lack of training, and job safety
Collective bargaining

City of Portland pushes to end protections against outsourcing

Talks with a 1,600-employee union coalition are stalled over job security — and good government
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