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A new program in Oregon gives women prisoners a chance to prove themselves in a skilled trade and enter promising career upon release.

Mt. Hood Community College now offers associates degrees to journeymen sheet metal workers.

At their massive training center in Canby, operating engineers are skilling up and readying the next generation.

A switch to daytime classes is leading to dramatic gains at the Plumbers and Fitters Local 290 training center in Tualatin.

NOT JUST FOR MEN: Over 2,000 students and hundreds of job seeking adults attended the Oregon Tradeswomen career fair, back after the pandemic.

Culture change in construction is real, and it’s happening, Local 290 member Kasey Finegan told lawmakers and their staffmembers.

Three locals are launching a pre-apprenticeship program for inmates in the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.

Apprentices at the UA Local 290 Training Center square off in four specialties: HVAC, plumbing, steamfitting, and welding.

Instructors at Cement Masons Local 555 training center are looking for a trailer. Their trailer.

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and former Rep. Kurt Schrader requested the funding through the federal government spending bill Congress approved in December.