Workers at Daimler Trucks North America’s Portland, Ore., plant that makes Western Star trucks have approved a contract, ending a three-week strike, the Oregonian newspaper reported.
The Swan Island plant manufactures about 30 Western Star trucks a day.
Members of machinists and painters unions began picketing the plant July 1 after employees voted to reject a proposed three-year contract that had been recommended by management and union leadership.
Members of those unions approved new contracts, and employees represented by the Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union, who had been respecting strike lines, also approved the contract’s terms, the Oregonian reported.
Unions had sought a $1.95 increase on an average $23.33-an-hour wage, while Daimler offered a $1.30-an-hour pay raise.
The new contract terms include a $1.55 an hour raise and lasts 40 months, the newspaper reported. Wages at the plant had been frozen for four years.
Daimler Trucks North America spokesman David Giroux said the company considers the contract details to be confidential, but confirmed the strike was settled, adding that DTNA is pleased that operations have resumed.
