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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.
Jobs
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.
