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Sheet Metal Workers Local 16

Collective Bargaining

Sheet Metal Local 16 wins $23.25 raise

Oct 10, 2023

Journeyman compensation will rise to $94.51 by 2027 in the contract with Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association.

Collective Bargaining

Sheet metal workers ready to strike

Aug 24, 2023

If arbitration fails to produce a new master agreement, roughly 1,750 members at nearly 60 contractors could strike.

Job Training

They got a free education. Now they get a free degree.

Jul 21, 2023

Mt. Hood Community College now offers associates degrees to journeymen sheet metal workers.

Collective Bargaining

Sheet Metal Local 16 votes on strike as bargaining bogs down

Jul 21, 2023

The master agreement with signatory contractors expired June 30, and bargaining has reached impasse. Members will take a strike vote Aug. 5.

Building Community

Recruiting out in the community

Jun 16, 2023

R&B. Barbecue. And a chance at a family wage. The Community Pulse Series is meant to recruit people of color to the trades.

Culture

A QUEST FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

May 17, 2023

Interviews with 12 local construction tradeswomen reveals, no surprise: They want the same chance to succeed.

Workers Rights

360 Sheet Metal must pay $118,000 more for wage theft

Apr 6, 2023

The contractor stiffed its workers of $200,000 on multiple Southwest Washington public construction projects.

Collective Bargaining

Strike protests lawless sheet metal employer

Aug 17, 2022

Workers at a Vancouver sheet metal shop have been on strike since late July, bolstered by a strike fund and solidarity from union members across trades.

Building Community

Union holiday stockings spark angry confrontation

Jan 7, 2022

Sheet Metal Local 16 organizer Darrin Boyce says the company owner’s daughter was furious: The union was giving out Christmas stockings!

Jobs

A “SMART” business decision

Jan 7, 2022

By signing with SMART Local 16, Clint Ochampaugh gets access to the highest-skilled employees in the industry through its hiring hall.

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