Painters Local 10 Archives

Newly unionized shipyard painters in Portland and Seattle will get better health insurance and raises totaling $4.06 an hour over 3 years.

The deal with wall and ceiling contractors aligns with the one ratified in May with the larger Signatory Painting Contractors Organization.

For the second time in a row, Painters Local 10 obtained historic pay raises for members. Readiness to strike made all the difference.

Facing a May 1 strike date, painting contractors came back to the table proposing $9.66 in raises over three years.

About 320 commercial, industrial and bridge painters may strike May 1 if they don’t reach agreement with union-signatory contractors.

Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former member of the Black Panther Party, was a radio journalist who had exposed police abuses in Philadelphia.

Specialty Finishes workers in both cities are now represented by Painters Local 10, which is preparing to bargain a first contract.

A dozen workers who paint vessels on Swan Island in Portland have unionized, increasing the union density at the Vigor Industrial shipyard.

Painters Local 10 has asked for an election to represent workers employed by Specialty Finishes, located at Portland’s Vigor Marine shipyard.

The first contract to be negotiated since members regained the right to strike contains the biggest raises in a generation.