Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

To generations of Spokane residents, the Trentwood rolling mill represented steady, blue-collar employment, with the kind of paychecks that bought homes, put kids through college and made family vacations possible. But the plant today is a much different operation than it was even a few years ago.

Section:Gallery

Sun., Dec. 6, 2015

Kaiser Aluminum still displays its iconic sign atop the Trentwood facility. Instead of lighting with troublesome neon, flood lights now shine on the letters.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Scott Endres is Kaiser Aluminum’s vice president of rolled products.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
A brochure shows the parts of an airplane supplied by Kaiser Aluminum products.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Dan Wilson is president of United Steelworkers Local 338. Many of its members work at Kaiser Aluminum.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Longtime Kaiser Aluminum employee Jim Erickson works on maintaining the cranes.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Tom Henson, a heat treat operator at Kaiser Aluminum, controls a crane, using suction pads, as it picks up a 5,000-pound product sheet at the Trentwood facility.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
A United Steelworkers flag sits atop an audio control box in the Local 338 union hall on east Trent Avenue.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Kaiser Aluminum employee Greg Clark rolls past the heat treat furnace at the Trentwood facility.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Students from Orchard Center Elementary School sent notes of thanks to the United Steelworkers Local 338 hall on East Trent Avenue.

Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo