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Now open to the public, the Portland Hyatt Regency Convention Center was largely union-built

Jan 15, 2020

The hotel opened Dec. 19– on budget, and ahead of schedule.

Tilesetting jobs were the one union sore spot on the Hyatt project

Jan 15, 2020

Bricklayers Local 1 warned Mortenson that there’d be problems with non-union contractor.

Close to 100 layoffs at Owens-Brockway glass

Dec 17, 2019

A new factory in Mexico, and a decline in local bottle orders, are factors in idling a furnace.

Shipping returns to Portland’s Terminal 6

Dec 4, 2019

South Korea-based container carrier SM Lines will get a state subsidy to ship to Portland. A longshore union slowdown has been blamed for shippers pulling out, but other factors increasingly make container shipping to Portland a challenge.

On the Job with IUEC Local 23

Aug 1, 2019

A combination electrician, iron worker and finish carpenter, elevator constructors are highly-paid specialists among building trades workers.

Backers of Major League Baseball sign ‘harmony agreement’ with labor

Aug 1, 2019

Once a baseball team is secured, a stadium built, and workers hired, unions in the harmony agreement will have access to workers within their jurisdictions, and can organize them via card-check.

Union employer Vigor Industrial sold to private equity firms

Aug 1, 2019

As part of the deal, Vigor will merge with an 800-employee ship repair and maintenance company in Norfolk, Virginia.

Operating Engineers pickets question Boeing’s Integrity

Jun 18, 2019

When Local 701 pickets went up against a non-union equipment operator, members of Iron Workers Local 29 and other unions walked out, teaching apprentices the meaning of solidarity.

Portland City Council votes to end funding for five community recreation facilities

Jun 6, 2019

Up to 56 newly unionized workers will be laid off.

Georgia-Pacific Coos Bay: Another Oregon lumber mill closes for good

May 1, 2019

Georgia-Pacific abruptly closed its Coos Bay lumber mill April 11, permanently laying off 94 members of Machinists Local Lodge W261.