Nearly a year after joining Teamsters Local 174 of Tukwila, Wash., 50 Corliss Resources drivers ratified a contract with the Seattle market ready mixed producer. Contract terms include wage increases, employer-paid family Teamster health care coverage, pension contributions, and work rules to protect bargaining unit members. A decision on Teamsters representation followed the producer’s January 2022 acquisition by Heidelberg Materials.…
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Seattle Teamsters local secures long-sought Corliss Resources contract
Sources: Teamsters Local 174, Tukwila, Wash.; CP staff Nearly 11 months after joining Teamsters Local 174, 50 Corliss Resources drivers have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a contract with the Seattle market ready mixed producer. Contract terms include wage increases, employer-paid family Teamster health care coverage, pension contributions, and work rules to protect bargaining unit members. Local 174 represents the majority…
Read MoreLehigh Hanson adds Georgia market assets in Meriwether RM deal
Sources: HeidelbergCement AG, Germany; CP staff Lehigh Hanson Inc. has acquired the assets of Meriwether Ready Mix, a Griffin, Ga. operator serving residential and commercial building customers from four plants south of Atlanta. The transaction is a bolt-on to Lehigh Hanson’s Fairburn Ready Mix business, whose seven plants are located mostly along the Interstate 85 corridor from Fairburn, Ga., near…
Read MoreLehigh Hanson closes on reserves-rich Corliss Resources
Sources: HeidelbergCement AG; CP staff Lehigh Hanson Inc. has finalized the acquisition of Sumner, Wash.-based Corliss Resources Inc., one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest, family-owned aggregates and ready-mixed concrete producers. The deal includes sand & gravel operations with annual shipments of 2 million-plus tons, reserves exceeding 175 million tons, and four ready mixed concrete plants serving the Greater Seattle area,…
Read MoreNLRB denies Corliss review of Teamsters-petitioned, dump driver-only unit
Sources: National Labor Relations Board; CP staff
In a 2–1 decision, the NLRB has rejected Corliss Resources’ request for review of a decision allowing an election for Teamsters Local 174 to represent the Sumner, Wash., aggregate and ready mixed producer’s 29 dump truck drivers.
Read MoreNLRB recognizes Corliss dump driver unit, separate from mixer cohorts
Sources: National Labor Relations Board, Region 19, Seattle; CP staff
NLRB Regional Director Ronald Hooks has ordered Sumner, Wash.-based ready mixed and aggregate producer Corliss Resources to proceed with an election to determine if Teamsters Local 174 will represent dump truck drivers in collective bargaining.
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