Machinists Lodge 63 Archives

Harleys. Poker. Must be Machinists lodge 63.

Aug 24, 2023

Machinists Lodge 63’s annual motorcycle poker run, known as the Chuck Drake Memorial Guide Dog Dash, raises money for Guide Dogs of America.

Carl Gibson does it again

May 17, 2023

Machinists Lodge 63 member Carl Gibson will be representing Boeing at a national truck driving competition Aug. 16-19 in Columbus, Ohio.

Washington’s best straight truck driver? A Boeing machinist

Jul 13, 2022

Carl Gibson will compete in the ‘straight truck’ category at the National Truck Driving Championships Aug. 16-19 in Indianapolis.

Portland Nabisco maintenance workers get raises

Mar 17, 2022

Machinists, electricians and operating engineers at the Mondelez-Nabisco bakery in Portland have new contract agreements.

New leadership at Machinists District Lodge W24

Dec 1, 2021

Directing business representative Wayne Thompson has retired, and Brandon Bryant and Will Lukens are the new top officers.

Machinists win second grievance at Mondelēz

Feb 4, 2021

Mondelēz agreed to pay $1,040 each to 34 Machinists Lodge 63 members for having subcontracted demolition work on a production line.

Brian Severns, 1949-2020

Nov 2, 2020

A shipyard worker, he served the Machinists as assistant directing business representative and led the Portland Metal Trades Council.

Mondelēz pays $33,493 to settle grievance over outsourcing Machinists work

May 13, 2020

The settlement ends a two-year battle over subcontracting work on a Portland bakery production line that makes Ritz crackers.

Machinists mourn loss of Dick Schneider

Apr 1, 2020

Dick Schneider, a 51-year member of Machinists Local 63 and a former representative of the Machinists’ international, died March 17 of cardiac arrest.

Machinists and electricians get raises of up to $10,000 at Nabisco

Feb 18, 2020

Bargaining dragged on and on. Then workers got ready to strike.