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Machinists Lodge 63

Building our communities

Young Machinists bring Christmas to foster teens

Union volunteers coordinate with caseworkers in Gresham to compile a list of “needs” and “wants” for foster teens in their care.
Building our communities

Bikes for kids, with the help of longshore workers and Boeing Machinists

Boeing Machinist volunteers assembled 80 bikes for the children of unemployed union members.
Building our communities

Young Machinists deliver Christmas to teenage foster kids

Younger members of Machinists Local Lodge 63 step up big in East Multnomah County.
Building our communities

Young Machinists raise funds to bring Christmas to foster kids

Boeing Machinists are delivering Christmas trees — for a $20 suggested donation — to raise funds for gifts for teenage foster kids in the Gresham area.
Building our communities

Northwest Oregon Labor Council banquet recognizes union supporters, raises cash for labor charity

The Labor Appreciation and Recognition Night banquet raised a record $21,000 for Labor’s Community Service Agency.
People

’Fighting Machinist’ completes Hood to Coast route … in a wheelchair

ALS doesn’t stop Sam Beekman’s quest for adventure.
Building our communities

IAM helps combat ALS

The president of Machinists Lodge 63 takes the ice bucket challenge.
People

‘Fighting Machinist’ Sam Beekman is in the battle of his life against ALS

Beekman, a Boeing machinist, will take part in the 3-mile Southwest Washington Walk to Defeat ALS
Building our communities

Quilt raffle to benefit Guide Dogs

The group provides service dogs, free of charge, to the blind.
Building our communities

Guide Dog Dash motorcycle poker run raises cash for a good cause

Providing guide dogs to the blind has been a "pet" cause of the Machinists since 1948.
People

Machinists, Metal Trades, DCU have void to fill with Scott Lucy retirement

Lucy has been with the Machinists for 35 years.
Building our communities

Teach a kid to fish …

Union volunteers are a big part of the annual Klineline Kids Fish-In in Vancouver, Washington
Union democracy

Machinists Union challenge slate moves forward

A Portland Boeing worker is in the running for national IAM office
Union democracy

Boeing controversy fuels challenge to top Machinist posts

After an investigation, DOL is overseeing a re-run of the election for national Machinists officers
Collective bargaining

In a stand for the middle class, Machinists reject Boeing offer

Highly profitable Boeing wanted a long-term deal with anemic raise and an end to pension
In Memoriam

Richard Martin, 1948-2012

The career Boeing machinist was longtime recording secretary of Lodge 63.
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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