Article: EWEB questions union's resolve.(Utilities)(Union members decline to confirm Monday's vote tally, but EWEB officials say it was 75 to 64, the closest vote to date)

Article: EWEB officials claim Triad offer ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  September 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... in selling for about $2 million. The eastern parcel, about 23 acres next to Bertelsen, is owned by Weyerhaeuser Co. EWEB officials have not yet contacted Weyerhaeuser. The land is immediately north of Weyerhaeuser's building materials distribution ...

Article: Utility to weigh relocation options.(Utilities)(Triad? Arlie? ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  February 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard The Eugene Water & Electric Board for more than five years has thought about moving some of its operations away from the downtown riverfront. But until Triad Hospitals Inc. came knocking on EWEB's Fourth Avenue door last spring, talk of a relocation

Article: Eugene, Ore., utility union rejects contract offer.
Register Guard (Eugene, OR);  June 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Jones said he and other union leaders support Monday's ... are taking the risk." Most union workers approached on Monday ... said they'd been asked by union leaders not to comment. Ross ... think we deserve better." EWEB officials asserted last week that they ...

Article: EWEB contract is rejected again.(Utilities)(A union ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  June 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Jones said he and other union leaders support Monday's ... are taking the risk." Most union workers approached on Monday ... said they'd been asked by union leaders not to comment. Ross ... think we deserve better." EWEB officials asserted last week that they ...

Article: `The status quo is not good,' EWEB union bargainer ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  May 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Register-Guard Labor unions will often go on strike ... quo is not good." The union's 155 workers - linemen ... holiday. As of now, the union has no strike fund to ... strike, Johnson said. EWEB officials claim to be scratching their heads over why the union would strike over such ...

Article: Union sets July 4 as EWEB strike date.(Utilities)(The ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  June 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... benefits. For example, an EWEB union worker pays $205 in monthly ... to figures provided by the union. That compares with averages ... annual catastrophic care. EWEB officials have said their top priority ... very competitive." The union represents about 155 electric ...

Article: EWEB workers consider strike.(Utilities)(Union leaders say ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... hazard pay. Johnson said the union offered several contract changes ... rejected by the utility. The union local was established in 2004 ... Dec. 31. The 155-member union - the only one at EWEB - represents ... construction and maintenance crews. EWEB officials have stressed their determination ...