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New contract at Cascade
General; new officers at
Metal Trades Council
The Metal Trades Council of Port-
land and Vicinity has a new slate of of-
ficers and a new contract at Cascade
General Ship Repair.
Gary Moore of Laborers Local 296
is executive secretary-treasurer of the
organization. Tim Carrier of Painters
and Allied Trades District Council 5 is
president and Hank Mroczkowski of
the Pacific Northwest Regional Coun-
cil of Carpenters is vice president.
Other officers include Bill Elzie of
Teamsters Local 162, recording secre-
tary, and John Candioto of Sheet Metal
Workers Local 16, sergeant-at-arms.
Executive Board members are Mike
O’Rourke of Plumbers and Fitters Lo-
cal 290; Lee Duncan of International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Lo-
cal 48; and Stan Danielson, business
manager of Insulators Local 36.
Trustees are Lance Hickey of Boil-
ermakers Local 104; Scott Lucy of Ma-
chinists District Lodge 24; and Jack
Miller of Operating Engineers Local
701.
The Metal Trades Council is com-
K
prised of union locals that represent
some 500 workers at Cascade General,
which operates out of Swan Island in
Portland.
Shipyard workers ratified a new
three-year contract that provides for
wage increases of $1 an hour in each of
the next three years; full maintenance
of benefits for health insurance; and
pension hikes of 10 cents an hour the
first two years and 5 cents more in the
third year.
Moore said the council turned back a
push by the company to freeze seniority
and to open the door to subcontracting.
“It was difficult negotiations,”
Moore said. “Our guys voted over-
whelmingly for strike authorization,
which I think bolstered the bargaining
team.”
Moore said work has been good at
the shipyard. “I’ve been seeing progres-
sively more and more work coming in
over the last three years,” he said.
The contract was ratified by a two-
thirds margin and went into effect July
16.
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