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Electric big rigs are now union-made in Portland

Oct 6, 2022

Daimler started producing the long-awaited eCascadia this summer, and plans to start deliveries of the all-electric big rig later this year.

The future is electric

Sep 14, 2022

With flood of federal investments on the way, union electricians are looking to electric vehicle infrastructure as a massive growth industry.

Shouldn’t electric cars mean good jobs?

Jan 7, 2022

Gordon Lafer says the federal government should put workers’ rights conditions on the coming billions in subsidy.

Daimler: The future of Freightliner is electric

Sep 1, 2021

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley got a look at Daimler’s new electric trucks on a visit to a Swan Island electric fueling station .

Renewable diesel fuel refinery will be union built and operated

Mar 31, 2021

Construction work on the $1.6 billion project could begin in early 2022 at Port Westward near Clatskanie and employ 800 workers.

Colossal energy storage project in Columbia Gorge will be union-built

Mar 18, 2021

The Goldendale Energy Storage Project would be the area’s biggest project since the Columbia River hydro dams were built.

PGE’s new windfarm: union-built

Jan 12, 2021

When complete, the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility will be one of the nation’s largest wind/solar/battery combinations.

Environmental groups say green jobs need to pay a living wage

Jan 12, 2021

At least 16 groups have signed a letter to senators supporting a call by the Oregon State Building Trades Council for “high-road” standards.

Green jobs, but not for you

Jul 14, 2020

Oregon construction unions say state-subsidized clean energy work is going to nonunion out-of-state firms and out-of-state crews.

Merkley bill: Green jobs should be union jobs

Aug 6, 2019

A bill in the U.S. Senate would incentivize private renewable energy projects to sign union-brokered project labor agreements and follow the federal government’s Davis Bacon prevailing wage requirements for construction.