Building Community Archives - Page 18 of 24

Bricklayers win national award for work on historic Oswego Iron Furnace

Nov 12, 2013

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

Carpenters Food Bank closes its doors

Oct 30, 2013

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

Carpenters Food Bank will close

Oct 2, 2013

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

Labor Roundtable holds awards dinner

Oct 1, 2013

Vancouver group names Temple Lentz of OFNHP “union member of the year”

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

Sep 20, 2013

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

Construction workers help nab bank robber

Sep 4, 2013

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

Roofers Local 49 gets flag from injured veteran

Sep 4, 2013

Injured Iraqi war veteran Sgt. Rob Boyce honored Roofers Local 49 with a special presentation at their union picnic Aug. 25 — an American flag that flew with U.S. soldiers in Iraq. For Sgt. Boyce,

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

Sep 4, 2013

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 was re-named the Richard Martin Memorial Guide Dog Dash in

Labor history comes alive at Clark County Historical Museum exhibit

Jul 17, 2013

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

Roofers come to aid of disabled war veteran

Jul 3, 2013

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