UNION LAYOFFS SINCE
JANUARY 2008
ROBERTS MOTORS (Closure)
Portland, Eugene, Medford, Red-
mond
Union(s): Machinists Local 24,
Teamsters #305
Number Affected: 162
SEALY MATTRESS (Seasonal/
Temporary Layoff)
Union(s): Steelworkers #330,
Teamsters #162 and #206
Number Affected: 150
Bakers Local 114 Secretary-Treasurer Terry Lansing (right) shows displaced
workers from Kerry Sweet Ingredients around a job fair it hosted March 1.
Bakers #114 holds job
fair for nonunion crew
Portland Bakers Local 114 held a job
fair March 1 for nonunion employees at
Kerry Sweet Ingredients in Tualatin.
Kerry, one of the world’s largest
manufacturers of food ingredients, with
headquarters in Ireland, announced in
December that it would close its Tu-
alatin plant in June 2008 and lay off 80
employees. The plant makes cookies
and ice cream.
Workers tried to join Local 114 start-
ing last spring, but faced a brutal anti-
union campaign. Management held
mandatory meetings, fired a key union
supporter, and threatened to close down
if the union won.
Local 114 filed several unfair labor
practice charges, along with 19 objec-
tions to employer conduct prior to and
during the union election – which it lost
in August by just nine votes.
The regional office of the National
Labor Relations Board investigated the
complaints and forwarded eight charges
to the full Board in Washington, D.C.
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There the Bush-appointed Board found
no merit to the charges, and validated
the election.
In December, the company said it
was closing.
“We made a commitment to these
folks, and we’re standing behind it,”
said Eric Anderson, an international rep
for the Bakers Union. “This is a win-
win for everybody.”
The union set up a job fair at the
Plumbers and Fitters Hall in Tualatin,
where they invited representatives from
unionized shops United States Bakery’s
Franz Bread and Smith Cookies;
Kroger Clackamas Bakery; Safeway
Bread Plant; and Bimbo/Oroweat Bak-
ery, to come interview prospective em-
ployees and take applications.
Fortunately, March and April are
busy months for the baking industry, so
the union is confident it can find work
for some of the displaced Kerry em-
ployees.
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COE MANUFACTURING
(Cessation of manufacturing)
Union(s): Teamsters #305
Number Affected: 45
BAY VALLEY FOODS (Closure)
Stienfeld pickles;
Union(s): Teamsters #305
Number Affected: 88
OHSU (Layoff)
Union(s): AFSCME #328
Number Affected: (Unknown)
Possibly 200-300 “program spe-
cific”
NONUNION LAYOFFS
SINCE JANUARY 2008
MERIX CORPORATION
(Closure)
Number Affected: 131
KERRY SWEET INGREDI-
ENTS (Closure)
Number Affected: 80
NATIONWIDE INSURANCE
(Closure)
Number Affected: 230 call center
employees
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