NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS |
Just weeks after IPS listed as
‘unfair,’ workers have a deal
Workers at Integrated Power
Services (IPS) ratified a new
three-year union contract April
10 by a 13-2 vote. Bob Petroff,
assistant directing business rep at
Machinists District Lodge W24,
thinks IPS improved its offer in
order to resolve a pending unfair
labor practice charge and remove
an “unfair listing” by Northwest
Oregon Labor Council (NOLC).
The workers are jointly repre-
sented by W24 and Boilermakers
Local 104 as part of the Metal
Trades Council. At the Council’s
request, NOLC removed IPS
from its Unfair List April 26.
IPS had balked at making
raises retroactive to the Oct. 1,
2020 end of its previous contract.
But in return for the unions with-
drawing the charge, it offered a
$750 signing bonus, more than
back wages would have been.
The new agreement runs through
Sept. 30, 2023.
IPS repairs electric motors and
generators across the United
States and Canada, including at
NW 21st and York in Portland.
Pay runs from $22 to $33 an
hour.
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NOLC’s Labor Appreciation Night canceled due to COVID-19
For the second year in a row, the
coronavirus pandemic has put a
stop to the Northwest Oregon La-
bor Council’s annual Labor Ap-
preciation and Recognition Din-
ner. The event, which started 25
years ago, is a special evening hon-
oring men and women identified by
their peers for outstanding contribu-
tions to labor and their community,
and is a fundraiser for Labor’s
Community Service Agency.