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Operating Engineers Local 701
Collective bargaining
Kaiser settles with engineers on eve of strike
The 86 workers who keep Kaiser's equipment going got a decent offer only after they gave Kaiser a 10-day notice that they planned to strike.
Culture
Operating Engineers Local 701 hosts a heavy equipment rodeo
The rodeo included trials of skill, like using cranes and back hoes to carefully maneuver heavy loads through obstacle courses.
Building our communities
Raising funds for kids with cancer
A union-sponsored St. Patrick’s Day party will net over $25,000 for Children’s Cancer Association this year once expenses are tallied.
Collective bargaining
Trades workers ratify contract at Home Forward
The three-year contract covers 56 trades workers. It raises starting pay $9 an hour on average and adds new safety provisions.Â
Workers Rights
Jacked Co: Unfair. And quite likely unsafe.
Picketing outside a construction work site Dec. 11, Local 701 staff saw first-hand that a non-union crane operator treats workers poorly.
Collective bargaining
Still no deal after Local 701 ends strike at Corvallis landfill
Mechanics who maintain equipment at the Coffin Butte Landfill in Corvallis ended their strike Nov. 13 after two months on the picket line.
Collective bargaining
Corvallis landfill strike now in its second month
Picketing outside the privately owned Coffin Butte landfill, they’re in a fight against a $13.5 billion a year Goliath.
Collective bargaining
River dredgers ratify contract with Port of Portland
Wages will range from $44.41 to $52.36 an hour under the new four-year contract with Operating Engineers Local 701.
Collective bargaining
Corvallis landfill mechanics: We’re done with company stonewalling
Republic Services, which operates the Coffin Butte landfill, cancels bargaining at the last minute and gave non-union workers a raise.
People
The skill to save a life
A union crane operator earns a police commendation for keeping cool when it mattered.
Training the Next Generation
A place to call their own
At their massive training center in Canby, operating engineers are skilling up and readying the next generation.
Jobs
Eugene bans natural gas in new house construction
Building trades union officials from UA Local 290 and Operating Engineers Local 701 were among those testifying against the ordinance.
Jobs
Cities look at banning natural gas
A handful of unions say prohibiting natural gas in new construction is bad for workers, for energy diversity and for cost.
Union democracy
At Local 701, a vote of confidence from members
Operating Engineers Local 701 business manager Jim Anderson ran unopposed for re-election this year, the second time in a row.
Jobs
From workers to business owners, but union all the way
They spent years working on pipelines. Now they deploy water trucks to wind and solar farms and areas with wildfires.
Collective bargaining
Portland Nabisco maintenance workers get raises
Machinists, electricians and operating engineers at the Mondelez-Nabisco bakery in Portland have new contract agreements.
Jobs
Amazon shuts out union workers in Woodburn
Local building trade unions have been picketing the colossal construction site to protest out-of-state contractors and subpar wages.
Union democracy
Local 701 returns to live meetings
Headquartered in Gladstone, Local 701 brings together 3,600 crane and heavy equipment operators and stationary engineers.
Collective bargaining
Kaiser Permanente strike called off
The massive strike was averted when management dropped its anti-union two tier demand and agreed to raise wages 10% over the next four years.
Training the Next Generation
Operating Engineers recruit at the rodeoÂ
Operating Engineers Local 701 became a sponsor of the Canby Rodeo this year, and set up its popular mobile simulator at the fair.
