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Amid a severe bus driver shortage, starting pay jumped from $17 to $25.24. Plus a $7,500 sign-on bonus. These are union jobs with benefits.

During a brief visit to Portland, President Joe Biden said union workers and apprenticeships will be vital in rebuilding U.S. infrastructure.

The Regional Workforce Equity Agreement, which was led by local building trades union reps, will lead to dozens of project labor agreements.

AFSCME’s Portland Police chapter chair says understaffing is causing delays retrieving towed cars or getting police reports for insurance.

They spent years working on pipelines. Now they deploy water trucks to wind and solar farms and areas with wildfires.

Media giant Tegna Inc. is being acquired by the New York based hedge fund Standard General for $5.4 billion.

Local building trade unions have been picketing the colossal construction site to protest out-of-state contractors and subpar wages.

In a major renovation of the Oregon Supreme Court, union plasterers are retaining the building’s historic character.

Building trades leaders were steamed when Metro commissioner Mary Nolan voted “no” on funding for a bridge over the Columbia River.

By signing with SMART Local 16, Clint Ochampaugh gets access to the highest-skilled employees in the industry through its hiring hall.