Local Motion
June 2007
Union election activity in Oregon and SW Washington,
according to the National Labor Relations Board
and the Oregon Employment Relations Board
Elections held
Results:
Company
Date
Union
Location
First Student
6/5
OSEA
Aurora
Union
No
Union
37
38
City of Newberg Police
6/8
NDPSA vs. OPEIU 11
Newberg
23 0
Peninsula Truck Lines
6/12
Teamsters Local 962
Redmond
2
0
Laidlaw Transit
6/15
Teamsters Local 206
Wilsonville
52
45
Oregon Department of Corrections
6/15
AOCE vs. AFSCME
Safeway (decertification)
6/20
UFCW Local 555
Salem
Burns
Santiam Canyon 9-1-1 Communications Center
6/21
SC911DA vs. AFSCME
Sandy
0
BOARDMAN, Ore. — After years
of wrangling, Threemile Canyon Farms
and the United Farm Workers Union
(UFW) have entered into a collective
bargaining agreement covering some
250 dairy and farm workers.
The agreement, the first of its kind in
Oregon, was ratified July 16, bringing
to an end all labor disputes, boycotts
and lawsuits between the parties.
“Just as we remember our past,” said
Arturo Rodriguez, UFW president, “We
recognize that this agreement blazes a
new agricultural path into the 21st cen-
tury.”
Key provisions in the new contract
include employee participation in the
union’s medical insurance and pension
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fused to even recognize the union. Farm
workers are exempt from federal bar-
gaining laws, and only a handful of
states have laws that provide collective
bargaining rights for farm workers. Leg-
islation to establish collective bargain-
ing for farm workers in Oregon has
been stymied.
In November 2006, a neutrality
agreement was reached between the
two parties with the help of Gov. Ted
Kulongoski. Negotiations began in De-
cember and were concluded this week.
Threemile Canyon Farms began op-
erations in 2000 and is located on
93,000 acres of Columbia River Basin
land in Boardman, about 150 miles east
of Portland.
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Location
# of employees
plans, establishment of a workforce
training program, and assurance of safe
working conditions. The contract pro-
hibits either party from taking a labor is-
sue to a third party, and it outlines meth-
ods in which the parties will resolve
labor disputes should they arise. The
pact formalizes a process for employee
advancement within the company, es-
tablishes a workers’ code of conduct,
and allows Threemile Canyon to merge
the dairy and agricultural business into
one operation while providing the com-
pany with flexibility to accommodate
the needs of its workforce.
Workers have been trying to win a
contract at Threemile Canyon since
February 2003, but the company had re-
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United Farm Workers Union signs first
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