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Teamsters Local 58
Union Organizing
Tillamook workers stay union
With 87% turnout, Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) workers voted 111 to 91 to stay with Teamsters Local 58.
Union Organizing
Tillamook creamery to vote on whether to stay union
Teamsters Local 58 currently represents production workers at the Tillamook County Creamery Association, which makes a variety of dairy products.
Collective bargaining
Teamsters reach agreement with American Medical Response
Over 600 ambulance crew members are voting on a a tentative agreement that brings more predictable schedules, more paid time off and raises.
Worker safety
For paramedics, assaults become part of the job
Assaults on paramedics and EMTs have changed the nature of a job for workers who didn’t historically face on-the-job violence.
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.
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.
Collective bargaining
New Teamsters contract at AMR raises wages 21 percent over four years
The 600-member unit provides ambulance service to Multnomah and Clackamas counties in Oregon, and Clark and Cowlitz counties in Washington.
Labor History
A look back: Astoria’s radical immigrant labor past
Astoria, the U.S. oldest western settlement, was a waterfront boomtown full of radical immigrants
Collective bargaining
Teamsters ratify four-year contract at AMR
AMR provides ambulance service to four metro-area counties
