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After a COVID hiatus, Labor Day picnics organized by central labor councils (CLCs) are mostly back this year and are set for Monday, Sept. 5.

IBEW Local 48 members and their families attended the union’s annual picnic outside the union hall on Sunday, July 9.

Carl Gibson will compete in the ‘straight truck’ category at the National Truck Driving Championships Aug. 16-19 in Indianapolis.

Two years after a noose incident on a downtown Portland job site, signs of change are percolating in the construction industry.

Tired of the tedium, the pomposity, the gaffes of the annual Academy Awards? That’s management’s award ceremony.

Support from their unions, and anti-harassment policies, could make a difference, says the biggest-ever survey of women in construction.

Unable to meet for 18 months because of coronavirus restrictions, the group began meeting again this month.

Local union apprenticeship programs have had much more success than non-union getting Black, Hispanic, and women workers into construction.

Portland Community College offers an English class about class – the working class.

Contractors increasingly say they will sanction hostile and harassing on-the-job behaviors that used to be overlooked or laughed off.