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THIS YEAR’S LABOR DAY PICNICS

Every year on Labor Day, union members come together to celebrate family and community. Here are this year’s events.

Unions react to the MAX killings

One of the murdered Good Samaritans was a union member at the City of Portland.

IBEW Local 125 appeals for funds for man burned in an unprovoked attack at Denny’s

Burns are one of the biggest hazards for the outside linemen Local 125 represents.

Northwest Oregon Labor Council banquet recognizes union supporters, raises cash for labor charity

The Labor Appreciation and Recognition Night banquet raised a record $21,000 for Labor’s Community Service Agency.

Sewer pipe scuttles Oregon AFL-CIO plan to turn HQ into worker housing

The plan, conceived last spring, was for union pension funds to finance a multi-story union-built project.

Union members score big with bowling fundraiser for MDA

Eighty-five bowlers representing 21 union-sponsored teams raised $8,536.52 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association April 9.

Union electricians help light up The Grotto Festival of Lights

Thirty IBEW Local 48 volunteers put in over a million LED lights.

BULL Session delivers again to six children’s charities

This year's union-management charity events raised $293,000 for children’s charities.

Rebuilding Heritage Village with union help

Volunteers fix up homes to prevent evictions in a manufactured home community.

Kids’ Chance gives scholarships to kids of fatally injured workers

Since its formation three years ago, the program has awarded $64,550 in scholarships.

Machinists’ Guide Dog Dash motorcycle poker run raises $4,400

Machinists Lodge 63 and Machinists District W24 raised $4,400 for Guide Dogs of America Aug. 27 at the Chuck Drake Memorial Guide Dog Dash...

Having a Blast

Union clay shoot raises funds for charities

A DAY FOR PICNICS — Labor Day is Monday, September 5

Every year on Labor Day, union members come together to celebrate family and community. Here are this year’s events.

Oregon School Employee Association helps deliver first books

Union members get 80,000 books into the hands of low-income kids in Beaverton, Sweet Home and Woodburn.

Help in a housing crisis: Oregon AFL-CIO to turn its HQ into worker housing

A new union-funded, union-built development would combine union offices with affordable housing

2016 Labor Appreciation & Recognition Dinner

This year’s NOLC awards event raised $2,500 for Labor’s Community Service Agency.

Unionists help stamp out hunger

About 4,000 letter carriers in Oregon and SW Washington took part in the 24th annual food drive

Union members help raise money for MDA

105 bowlers on 26 union-sponsored teams raised $10,582 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Retired Bakers union member walks to defeat melanoma

Melanoma survivor Robin Zimmerman lost his wife in 2008 after a four year battle with the disease.