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Portland Metal Trades Council

Collective Bargaining

Shipyard workers approve contract by 70%

May 4, 2022

Wages rise $3.95 an hour under the new agreement, which covers nearly 1,000 metal trades workers at Portland and Seattle shipyards.

Collective Bargaining

For shipyard workers, contract … or strike

Apr 21, 2022

Union shipyard workers in Portland and Seattle will decide April 28 whether to approve a new tentative agreement with employer Vigor Marine.

Collective Bargaining

Shipyard workers vote again to authorize strike

Mar 31, 2022

The Metal Trades Council is planning a community support rally at the Portland shipyard’s main gate at 9:30 a.m. April 9.

Collective Bargaining

Shipyard workers reject tentative agreement

Mar 17, 2022

Metal trades unions will hold a second strike vote after 900 Portland and Seattle shipyard workers rejected a deal with Vigor Marine.

Collective Bargaining

Metal Trades unions ask shipyard owner: ‘Where’s the love?’

Jan 19, 2022

Unions and Vigor Marine remain far apart in bargaining for a contract representing several hundred workers at Portland and Seattle shipyards.

Union Democracy

Metal Trades Council selects leadership

Jan 19, 2022

Delegates to the Metal Trades Council of Portland and Vicinity held a Jan. 10 election to name its top officers.

Collective Bargaining

Workers could strike at shipyards in Portland and Seattle

Dec 16, 2021

By over 95%, Portland and Seattle shipyard workers voted to authorize a strike if the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department can’t get a contract.

Collective Bargaining

Strike averted at Vigor shipyards

Mar 29, 2018

A new four-year contract will raise wages $4.35 an hour.

Collective Bargaining

Shipyard workers reject Vigor contract offer

Jan 16, 2018

More than 1,000 employees in Portland and Puget Sound have been working under the terms of an extended master collective bargaining agreement that expired Sept. 1, 2017.

Collective Bargaining

Vigor shipyard workers vote to extend contract to Sept. 1

Feb 28, 2017

The extension will give the sides more time to address problems with multi-employer pension plans.

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