April 2019 - nwLaborPress

Plasterers Local 82 showcase their work for visiting architects

Apr 30, 2019

Apprentices demonstrated historical restoration, venetian plastering, stuccoing, and more.

Oregon AFSCME elects officers

Apr 30, 2019

Jeff Klatke was re-elected president unopposed.

Former IBEW business manager Ed Barnes honored as “First Citizen” of Clark County, Washington

Apr 30, 2019

Barnes is the first union official to receive the Community Foundation’s exemplary citizenship award.

Two years after a horrifying bridge accident, Abhe & Svoboda still hasn’t paid any fine

Apr 16, 2019

The company that received OSHA’s biggest fine in years is still bidding on new ODOT bridge work.

Time to ban a slow-moving killer

Apr 16, 2019

The daughter of a union plumber wants to end the occupational disease that claimed her father.

Trump’s new NAFTA: Is America’s trade policy at a crossroads?

Apr 16, 2019

When Portland Congressman Earl Blumenauer learned he’d be the new chair of a House trade subcommittee, the first call he made was to Oregon AFL-CIO president Tom Chamberlain.

Multnomah County takes on wage theft

Apr 16, 2019

The county could soon draft union reps to help with enforcement.

Union ‘super heroes’ turn out for MDA bowl

Apr 16, 2019

A record 139 bowlers representing nine union-sponsored teams raised $8,441.

Plumbers & Fitters Local 290 apprentices test their skills at annual contest

Apr 16, 2019

About 100 apprentices competed, and the top finishers in each discipline will take part in the Western Regional Apprentice Contest this June in Idaho.

Union Organizing

Two more shops vote to join Burgerville Workers Union

Apr 16, 2019

Workers at the Montavilla and Convention Center restaurants have officially voted to unionize.