Machinists Local 1005 Archives

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.

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.

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

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.

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.