Building Community Archives - Page 17 of 24

Union love at the Starlight Parade

Jun 4, 2014

It’s not every day people cheer when they see you coming.

Two local unions to take part in May 31 Starlight Parade

May 13, 2014

Letter carriers and electricians entries will be seen live by 250,000 spectators

Union members raise $11,000 for MDA

Apr 30, 2014

The Muscular Dystrophy Labor Bowl has raised $362,025 since 1989.

Teach a kid to fish …

Apr 29, 2014

Union volunteers are a big part of the annual Klineline Kids Fish-In in Vancouver, Washington

Iron Workers step up to the plate in Oregon City

Apr 16, 2014

Volunteers build a baseball practice facility for Oregon City High School.

Union members pass the hat, collect $450 for slain worker

Mar 5, 2014

AFSCME member Grady Waxenfelter was shot by a truck driver while doing his job as a weighmaster

IBEW Local 48 volunteers help light up The Grotto Festival of Lights

Dec 18, 2013

A holiday tradition for some members of IBEW Local 48 is volunteering to help wire and power all of the lights — 500,000 of them — at The Grotto’s Festival of Lights. Local 48 members and

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

Dec 18, 2013

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

Dec 4, 2013

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

Dec 3, 2013

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