Employment. Labor market.
The project will employ 120 union members at its peak.
Almost no one knows what they do, but entertainment riggers are the workers that make the spectacle of show business possible.
You might think plasterers would mostly be working in plaster, but today, fireproofing makes up half of Plasterers Local 82’s work.
Is Oregon’s largest transit agency incapable of operating a single shuttle bus? You might think so given a recent TriMet board action.
More paper mill closures ahead? The nation’s second largest paper producer just gobbled up the fifth largest.
The steel framework on the new courthouse is near completion.
Multnomah County and four other cities are waiting for Portland City Council to authorize its share of funding for a study of what it would cost to install fiber-optic cable door to door.
Tool breaks down $116.5 million of overdue repairs by park and type.
Coming soon to Portland City Council is a union-backed plan for public-owned Internet access that would be cheaper than Comcast and 40 times as fast.
Construction begins in October at 10th and Alder on a 12-story, $50 million “boutique lifestyle” hotel under the Marriott International’s Moxy brand.
