Building Community Archives

A rummage sale will feature items used in local TV and movie productions, plus original art and crafts made by crews.

Labor’s Community Service Agency has launched its 2023 toy drive competition, and this year it’s expanding the number of contestants.

About 2,000 union members and their families came out to the Labor Day picnic held at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds this year.

A City of Portland maintenance worker was impaled by a metal bar at work. His union has launched a fundraiser to support him as he recovers.

The award supports the children or grandchildren of union members in unions that are affiliated with the building trades council.

Two $1,000 scholarships are available to dependents of union members whose locals are affiliated with the council. Applications due Sept. 18.

Machinists Lodge 63’s annual motorcycle poker run, known as the Chuck Drake Memorial Guide Dog Dash, raises money for Guide Dogs of America.

Local 452’s Memory Makers program is in its 21st year. It gives medically fragile children and their families an outing to the county fair.

Over a dozen union members were honored for outstanding contributions to labor and the community June 3 at an annual appreciation dinner.

R&B. Barbecue. And a chance at a family wage. The Community Pulse Series is meant to recruit people of color to the trades.