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Unions host holiday party for kids of out-of-work members

Kids got toys, stockings, lunch, and a visit with Santa

Union family raises funds to pay for cutting edge treatment for son with cerebral palsy

One-year-old Oscar Triplett would be flown to Panama for a treatment not covered by insurance.

Laborers 296 gun raffle nets big cash for union charities

A Remington semi-automatic netted $1,315 each for conservation and hardship aid.

Bricklayers win national award for work on historic Oswego Iron Furnace

Members of Local 1 repaired and restored the 44-foot-tall historic landmark.

Carpenters Food Bank closes its doors

For 30 years, union volunteers handed out food boxes, up to 850 a month

Carpenters Food Bank will close

Begun in 1983 to help unemployed and striking union members, it ran 30 years

Labor Roundtable holds awards dinner

Vancouver group names Temple Lentz of OFNHP "union member of the year"

Two Oregon schools receive $5,000 AFL-CIO ‘Adopt-A-School’ grants

Grant money will support curriculum on workers’ rights and civil rights.

Construction workers help nab bank robber

Scott Adams, a member of Roofers Local 49, was the first on the scene.

Roofers Local 49 gets flag from injured veteran

Injured Iraqi war veteran Sgt. Rob Boyce honored Roofers Local 49 with a special presentation at their union picnic Aug. 25 — an American...

Machinists’ motorcycle Guide Dog Dash brings in $4,000

Fifty-four motorcycle riders participated in the 7th annual Guide Dogs Dash Aug. 25, sponsored by Machinists Lodge 63 and IAM District W24. This year’s event...

Labor history comes alive at Clark County Historical Museum exhibit

The exhibit launched July 11 with major help from more than two dozen local unions.

Roofers come to aid of disabled war veteran

The soldier in Afghanistan jumping from a helicopter that was under mortar attack.

Motorcycle ride raises cash for kids

Unions for Kids motorcycle poker run nets a record $64,000 for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital

NALC’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive sees sharp increase

This year, union letter carriers collected 37,000 tons of food nationwide, and 526 tons in Oregon

Guide Dogs the big winner at Machinists salmon derby

Warm weather scared away the fish, but fisherfolk donated $10,000 to the cause.

Union letter carriers, electricians will march in Starlight Parade

The event draws more than 250,000 spectators to downtown Portland

Union bowlers raise cash for muscular dystrophy

Since the event's inception in 1989, union members have donated $351,000 to MDA

Washington CLUB golf event on course to reach $1 million in donations

The charity golf event has been held for the last 13 years in Bremerton.

Teach a kid to fish: Unionists help at Klineline Fish-in

Over two dozen union members volunteered to help more than 3,000 kids ages 5 to 14 learn to fish.
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