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Columbia River Crossing showing signs of life

Officials are still looking into the financially viability of an “Oregon only” project.

Coalition calls for scaled-down phased-in I-5 bridge over the Columbia

Three pages worth of names sign a letter calling for "phased option"

Planned occupation of NW Portland’s main post office thwarted

Department of Homeland Security police stood in a post office entrance.

All signs point to a union-built convention center hotel

Metro's "statement of principles" asks the developer to use union workers

Columbia River Crossing: Dead in the water

The I-5 bridge project, along with promised construction jobs, ran aground in the Washington Senate.

Allen Brennan joins AFL-CIO to help laid-off workers

He'll be kept busy by a series of layoffs this summer.

Protesters disrupt airport mail facility in Portland

Morning mail runs were blocked in a protest against privatization

Union-rebuilt Edith Green federal building: A model green remodel

The 18-story 1974 structure was stripped to its girders and rebuilt as a model of sustainability.

Kinder Morgan scraps plans for coal export plant at Port Westward

The turning point was PGE's rejection, citing potential coal dust impact on its natural gas plants

More signatures needed on petition to save Post Office

Leading the petition is U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio in conjunction with a bill to save the Post Office

Kaiser Permenente dental hygienists protest

More protests are planned over a plan to eliminate periodontal hygienists.

Five protesters arrested at Salem mail processing facility

About 100 union members will lose jobs if the Salem plant closes in June.

Building trades sign project labor agreement on proposed coal export plant in Longview

Pact encourages local source hiring of construction workers.

Postal Service backs off plan to end Saturday mail

Postal Service Board of Governors overruled the postmaster’s plan to go to five-day delivery.

Rally to save U.S. Postal Service delivers big crowd in Portland

Mail centers in Pendleton, Bend will close this year.

For soon-released inmates, hope of a union construction career

A first-time skills class prepares 16 female inmates for high-wage construction jobs on release

City of Portland settles with Local 483: No more contracting out at Parks & Rec

Laborers 483 has a win in a decade-long struggle over contracting out at Portland Parks and Rec.

Daimler Trucks to lay off 250 union workers at Swan Island plant

The Portland maker of heavy-duty Western Star trucks currently has 930 union workers.

Oregon Building Trades backs bill to build new bridge

House Bill 2800 would allow the state to borrow up to $450 million