Painters Local 10 Archives

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.

A day after the lopsided vote to reject SPCO’s offer, a competing contractor group offered $4.30 an hour over the same time frame.

After weeks of escalating strike action, Painters Local 10 reached a deal that if ratified will raise compensation by $3.50 to $4 an hour.

The pickets are protesting contractors’ failure to provide information that would justify their refusal to offer more than a 25¢ raise.

Local 10’s new president, Mark Fleming, is a 38-year member of IUPAT who has worked for Thompson Metal Fab since 1998.

Local Painters union members have been falling behind for a generation. They’re not gonna take it any more.