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Machinists Local 1005

Union Organizing

Machinists battle de-cert effort at Pierce Pacific

Oct 7, 2022

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

Building Community

Machinists reach out to veterans in need

Aug 17, 2022

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

Nov 5, 2021

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

Sep 1, 2021

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

Jun 16, 2021

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

Apr 29, 2020

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.

Building Community

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

Oct 1, 2019

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

May 21, 2019

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

Dec 27, 2017

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

Retirement

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

Dec 19, 2017

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

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