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Maybe shoulda Googled ‘rat contractor’?

Apr 14, 2021

Crestline, a heavy civil general contractor headquartered in The Dalles, doesn’t have a state-approved apprenticeship program.

New labor representation on Apprenticeship Council

Mar 17, 2021

Laborers Local 737 political assistant Danielle Garza joins several other unionists on the Oregon Apprenticeship and Training Council.

Subsidized child care helps parents enter building trades

Aug 4, 2020

For parents who want in to the building trades, finding childcare has been a hurdle. Now a Labor’s Community Service Agency program is making a difference.

STARS banquet canceled, Painters still receive bonuses they earned

Apr 29, 2020

Part of a program to field the best-trained workforce in the industry, Local 10 members get bonuses for skill advancement and safety classes they take.

Bricklayers Local 1 apprentices compete

Mar 18, 2020

The annual contest in bricklaying, tilesetting, marble, and pointer/cleaner/caulker requires participants to build a project from a blueprint in five hours.

New construction tech debuts at Local 701’s Canby facility

Mar 17, 2020

For a week in early March, journeymen and apprentices in Operating Engineers Local 701 got hands on with a new breed of high-tech heavy equipment.

Oregon Tradeswomen is moving to Gresham

Dec 4, 2019

On Jan. 10, the group will move into a newly renovated 8,300-square-foot space, part of the 5.5-acre Rockwood Rising development.

Building trades sounds alarm on DOL apprenticeship proposal

Aug 16, 2019

In June, the U.S. Department of Labor proposed to give private organizations free rein to create new watered-down standards and self-certify subpar apprenticeship programs.

STARs of Painters/Drywall Finishers Local 10 and Floor Coverers Local 1236

Jun 6, 2019

After completing skill advancement and safety courses, members of Painters & Drywall Finishers Local 10 and Floor Coverers Local 1236 got cash and other bonuses at the May 31 STAR Awards banquet.

Plumbers & Fitters Local 290 apprentices test their skills at annual contest

Apr 16, 2019

About 100 apprentices competed, and the top finishers in each discipline will take part in the Western Regional Apprentice Contest this June in Idaho.