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Machinists Local 1005
Jobs
Layoffs coming at Daimler’s Portland truck plant
The company is offering $55,000 buyouts as it prepares to slash production from its current 21 trucks a day to 12.
Building our communities
Machinists march to support veterans
A Memorial Day walk raised money for nonprofit Do Good Multnomah to build a new clean-and-sober veterans shelter in North Portland.
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...
