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Teamsters Local 162
Jobs
UPS closes its Swan Island hub to install automation
The company will lay off 244 members of Teamsters Local 162. The delivery hub will close June 30 for over a year.
Union Organizing
Bend trash haulers at Republic Services look to join the Teamsters
Bend solid waste workers are set to vote in-person on Jan. 11. Workers in Redmond have also asked for a union election.
Workers Rights
Anheuser-Busch could be delivered nonunion if Maletis Beverage succeeds in busting Teamsters
Owner Rob Maletis withdrew union recognition after a majority of employees signed a petition that they no longer wish to be represented.
Collective bargaining
Strike protests Portland beer distributor’s illegal behavior
Maletis distributes Anheuser-Busch products and craft beers, ciders, and wines to bars, restaurants, and grocery stores.
Collective bargaining
Beer distribution workers may strike
Teamsters Local 162 members are losing patience with Maletis' suggestion to back out of the union’s fully funded pension plan.
Union Organizing
Widmer Brewery goes union
Workers at the Portland brewery joined Teamsters Local 162, making it one of a handful of U.S. craft breweries with union representation.
Union democracy
Shakeup in Teamsters leadership
Teamsters general president Jimmy Hoffa Jr. is retiring at age 80, and his chosen successor just lost a leadership vote in a landslide.
Union Organizing
Imperfect Foods busts union
Another ‘progressive’ business shows its true colors. “It was the anti-union campaign I would expect from a company like Walmart or Amazon.”
Collective bargaining
Portland-area Safeway.com drivers win raises in first Teamster contract
The contract locks in raises of $2.25 an hour and enrolls workers in the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension.
Workers Rights
Secret audio shows Columbia Sportswear plot to fire unionist
In the recordings, managers list the names of union supporters they want to fire and talk about how to build a case that will stand up to NLRB scrutiny.
Union Organizing
Safeway.com drivers become the first home grocery delivery workers to unionize
Workers stood strong for their union in the face of union-buster ride-alongs in their trucks.
Union Organizing
Union campaign at Columbia Sportswear
When warehouse workers started looking at joining the Teamsters, billionaire CEO Tim Boyle came down to the shop floor to try to talk them out of it.
Collective bargaining
Vigor shipyard workers vote to authorize strike
Tired of being disrespected, shipyard workers are demanding a family-friendly work week.
In Memoriam
Lynn R. Lehrbach, 1937-2017
The career union rep worked on civil rights for the UAW, and later served as political director for Teamsters Joint Council 37.
Collective bargaining
Beer hauler moves to bust Teamsters union
Teamsters Local 162 is facing a union-busting effort by a local MillerCoors distributor.
Collective bargaining
Teamsters strike Oregon City-based beer distributor
A new bargaining session with a federal mediator is scheduled for Dec. 2.
Jobs
KKR-controlled Sealy to close North Portland factory
Despite offers of union concessions, Sealy will close its Portland plant in March and lay off 128.
