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Machinists Lodge 1432

Collective bargaining

New contract at Clarios 

Workers at the Clarios auto battery plant in Canby, Oregon, ratified a new four-year agreement Feb. 20 that limits mandatory overtime. 
Union democracy

Battery plant shop steward to lead Local 1432

Andrew Davis, a machinist and chief steward at the Clarios auto battery plant in Canby, says he'll work to get members more involved.
Collective bargaining

Machinists 1432 wants end to two-tier at Clarios

Members voted 94% to say they’re ready to strike if no deal is reached, and more than 40 volunteered as strike captains if it comes to that.
Building our communities

C-TRAN named North American mid-sized ’Transit System of the Year’

The honor was conferred by the American Public Transportation Association.
In Memoriam

Gary Will, 1938 – 2017

Will spent 31 years as a local and national representative of the Machinists Union.
People

Dan Sass ends long career at Machinists Lodge W24

Starting at Lodge 1432 in 1971, Sass rose to become secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Machinists
Portland

Crown Cork & Seal shuts Portland can plant

The St. Johns facility was the last Oregon manufacturer of cans.
Building our communities

Unions raise $15,995 for MDA

Union members collected $15,995 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association at the 22nd annual Labor Bowl Challenge.

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