Building Community Archives

Sending aid to union families in hardship

Jan 4, 2023

This year, the annual Presents from Partners project hosted by LCSA helped about 180 union families, including about 500 kids.

Hot chocolate. Warm winter coats. And a chance to climb into Engine 8.

Dec 14, 2022

Students at Marshall Elementary in Vancouver got a visit from fire fighters—and Santa Claus—Dec. 6 as part of a union effort to provide coats for kids.

Presents from Partners

Dec 14, 2022

The annual charity drive is a way to make holidays a little brighter for union families that find themselves in hardship.

Presents from Partners set for Dec. 17

Oct 7, 2022

Labor’s Community Service Agency will hold the annual event in which the union community donates holiday gifts to families in need.

Hogs for dogs

Aug 24, 2022

Harleys – including those owned by Machinists members – hit the road for a fundraiser to train seeing-eye dogs.

Machinists reach out to veterans in need

Aug 17, 2022

Machinists hosted a barbecue at a transitional housing village for veterans in a growing partnership between the union and nonprofit Do Good Multnomah.

AFSCME sends solidarity funds from Oregon to Amazon Union

Jun 1, 2022

A local AFSCME affiliate and its Oregon statewide council are contributing $10,000 to support the independent Amazon Labor Union.

LCSA helps homeless union members get back into housing

Jun 1, 2022

Labor’s Community Service Agency, a nonprofit connected to United Way and local labor groups, is helping union members get back into housing.

Fire, possibly arson, at Voz day laborer center

Apr 20, 2022

Early morning April 6, a fire destroyed a minibus and damaged offices of nonprofit Voz Workers Rights Education Project.

Some serious union gumbo

Mar 2, 2022

For $20, attendees got seafood gumbo, corn bread, and dessert. This year, they sold out of gumbo after 350 bowls, and had to lock the doors.