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Culture
Cement Masons and Plasterers celebrate at holiday party
Cement Masons Local 555 and Plasterers Local 82 recognized longtime members and graduating apprentices at their annual holiday dinner Dec. 2.
Unions are wall-to-wall at Keller Auditorium
With the recent unionization of dancers at the Oregon Ballet Theatre, their shows are now executed by an all-union workforce.
University of Oregon LERC celebrates 40 years of support for labor
The $1 million a year university extension program helps unions with training and research.
New documentary film looks at the life of farmworker union leader Dolores Huerta
Dolores will screen in Portland and Eugene, and will air on OPB in February.
Local 290 apprentices compete in regional contest
Pavel Kovalenko and Michael Kitt took second place.
The future of Glaziers Local 740
Work right now is plentiful, and journeymen earn $38.35 an hour, plus $16.82 an hour for fringe benefits.
West Coast roofers compete
Female apprentice Suzanne Young of Local 49 took first place in 7th annual West Coast Roofers Apprenticeship Competition.
Labor’s future in the age of Trump
Working people must learn from history if they want to rebuild the labor movement and take the country back.
Women in the Trades
Nationally, women have never accounted for more than 3 percent of building trades workers. We asked three women building trades workers to share their stories.
Troublemakers take over Local 290 hall
Over 200 rank-and-file union activists took part in Portland’s third biennial Labor Notes “Troublemakers School.”
Annual contest challenges Bricklayer apprentices
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 held its annual apprenticeship contest April 1 at its training center in Northeast Portland.
Sheet Metal Local 16 apprentices shine at regional contest in Pasco, Washington
Thirty-five apprentices from 11 locals took part in the competition, which had been on hiatus since 2012.
Today’s lesson: Unions matter
Since October, a new union speakers campaign has visited more than a dozen local high school and college classes.
A ‘barn raising’ at Painters & Tapers Training Center
The Portland training center added classrooms, offices, and support space to what was a one-room warehouse.
Unionists waking up to bias
Given the prevalence of unconscious racial preferences, just outlawing racial discrimination isn’t going to be enough.
5 questions for anti-bias trainer Barbara Diamond
The Portland labor attorney says union staff need to confront issues of race, gender, and disability.
IBEW 48: More diverse than it used to be
A new online video by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) calls attention to diversity in Portland-headquartered Local 48. Local 48 was an...
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.
