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Monthly Archives: December, 2017

Culture

Cement Masons and Plasterers celebrate at holiday party

Cement Masons Local 555 and Plasterers Local 82 recognized longtime members and graduating apprentices at their annual holiday dinner Dec. 2.
People

Oregon Bricklayer Ken Bader gets ‘Outstanding Instructor Award’

Bader is a longtime member of Portland-based Bricklayers & Allied Crafts Local 1.
Union democracy

New officers at AFSCME Local 88

Newly elected AFSCME Local 88 president Percy Winters, Jr. succeeds Jason Heilbrun, who did not seek re-election.
Building our communities

Union electricians light up the Grotto festival of lights

For members of IBEW Local 48, setting up power for The Grotto’s Christmas Festival of Lights is a 30-year holiday tradition.
Retirement

Daimler Trucks withdraws from Machinists pension

But workers, and even the pension plan, could come out ahead.
National

Furor over GOP tax bills

Senate Republicans passed a sweeping package of tax changes in the dead of night Dec. 1. The bill reduces taxes dramatically on corporations and high-income taxpayers, while raising them slightly on many working people.
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