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New interactive tool looks at critical repairs needed at National Parks in Oregon

Oct 2, 2018

Tool breaks down $116.5 million of overdue repairs by park and type.

Private monopolies failed to deliver fiber. Now it’s time for municipal broadband.

Sep 18, 2018

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.

Introducing the Moxy: Union pension funds will finance a new downtown Portland hotel

Sep 5, 2018

Construction begins in October at 10th and Alder on a 12-story, $50 million “boutique lifestyle” hotel under the Marriott International’s Moxy brand.

Union-backed coalition pushes bold vision for Broadway corridor project

Aug 21, 2018

Redevelopment of the 32-acre downtown site will set the tone for what kind of city Portland will be.

Ironworkers protest Facebook

Apr 18, 2018

In a major expansion of the Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon, a general contractor is using low-wage nonunion ironworkers from out of state.

Shame on Fortis? Or should it be ‘Shame on Facebook?’

Apr 4, 2018

Building trades union leaders are irked that some of the work on the Facebook data center in Prineville is going to nonunion subcontractors that pay below area-standard wages and use workers from out of state.

Union Iron Workers erect new roller coaster at Oaks Park in record time

Mar 13, 2018

The Adrenaline Peak roller coaster opens March 24.

Trump’s amazing infrastructure ‘bait-and-switch’

Feb 14, 2018

“Trillion” was just a marketing slogan. Now Trump wants to sell Bonneville Power assets.

OE 701 cries foul at Boeing use of “rat” contractor at Gresham plant

Feb 13, 2018

Integrity Machinery Moving is accused of underbidding union contractors while employing nonunion workers and paying them below area-standard wages and benefits.

UO’s new $1 billion Knight Science Campus will be built under a PLA

Feb 13, 2018

Oregon State Building Trades signed a project labor agreement with UO and Hoffman Construction on the project, which will be built in four phases over 10 years and employ up to 1,300 construction workers.