Green Jobs 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.
Green Jobs 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.
Green Jobs 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.
Green Jobs 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 .
Green Jobs 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.
Green Jobs 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.
Green Jobs 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.
Green Jobs 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 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.
Green Jobs 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.