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Frontier Communications to close dispatch center in Beaverton, laying off 57 workers

The dispatch center will close April 11, impacting members of IBEW Local 89.

$790 million Portland Public Schools bond could spell years of work for the trades

If approved by voters, it would be the largest construction construction bond issue in Oregon history.

Apprentices can benefit from energy infrastructure projects

Keep Washington Competitive, a business-labor coalition that supports energy infrastructure projects, arranged a tour of IBEW training center for elected leaders.

Presses go silent at former Graphic Arts Center

91 workers will lose their jobs in the closure.

Staples boycott ends with union win

The National Labor Relations Board ordered the US Postal Service to stop privatizing union members' work.

Boeing terminates contract with union paint contractor

147 Machinists-represented workers will be terminated, though many may end up being hired by the new contractor.

Union pension fund invests in new urban office campus in NW Portland

The 300,000-square-foot urban office development is expected to be completed in late 2017.

Unions champion Longview coal export terminal

Officers of construction and industrial unions turned out Oct. 24 to support a controversial coal export terminal proposed for a former industrial site in Longview.

Multnomah County breaks ground on all-union courthouse project

The state’s largest public works project of recent years will employ over 500 building trades workers by the time it’s complete in 2020.

Portland truck plant layoffs put Machinists pension in danger

Daimler’s Portland truck plant set a new record this summer: Fewest manufacturing jobs ever. The plant, which entered the 21st century with about 3,000...

Jordan Cove boss says LNG project needs assist from Oregon’s Congressional delegation

Only U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader has publicly supported the project.

‘You saved my town’ — GOP state rep says Building Trades worked with him to save Prineville

Mike McLain credits building trades unions for a tax law change that led to data center construction in the high plains.

Google Fiber pulls the plug on Portland

Google is putting planned fiber roll-outs in Portland and other cities on hold.

On USPS birthday, Portlanders deliver a message

A bill in Congress would end door-to-door delivery nationwide

Oregon Tradeswomen wins $650,000 to recruit women region-wide to the trades

The grant is one of three the U.S. Department of Labor awarded nationally.

Teamsters oppose beer mega-merger

The union says merger would hurt both workers and consumers.

Tradeswomen recruit — at the Women in Trades Fair

The premier showcase for skilled tradeswomen continues to gain momentum in its 24th year.

Will Google Fiber be installed union in Portland?

The company's $300 million high-speed Internet rollout could spell years of work for hundreds of union linemen.

Pipeline to good jobs: Congressmembers tour UA Local 290 training center

The union-funded center graduates high-in-demand journeymen who make $42.83 an hour.

Film unions hail expansion of Oregon tax credit

Grimm, Portlandia, and the upcoming TV show Librarians are among the beneficiaries.

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