Culture

22nd annual Screen Actors Guild awards

The Union Oscars: SAG film and TV awards are chosen by union members, and honor collective work

How the Oscars began as a tool for union-avoidance

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded in 1927 to stop film industry unions.

Old Glory rises at IBEW Local 48 union hall

The flag once flew over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Marcus Mariota’s Heisman Trophy stand at UO is union made

Sheet Metal Local 16 members at Specialty Metal Fab made the elaborate trophy stand at UO.

Summer Institute for Women comes to Portland

This year’s Institute drew 150 attendees, including about 60 from Canada

A union office like something out of Portlandia

A Carpenters union office is the setting for a skit in Portlandia’s Health Care episode

Stories of women in the trades to be presented on stage

The play is based on in-depth interviews with 15 African-American tradeswomen from around the U.S.