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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

KKR-controlled Sealy to close North Portland factory

Despite offers of union concessions, Sealy will close its Portland plant in March and lay off 128.

Oregon State Capitol becomes Niketown for a day

Building trades and the Oregon AFL-CIO support the tax method freeze for big companies.

The day the Twinkie died

Hostess Brands goes out blaming unions for its demise

Holiday postal customers greeted with ‘No closures, no cuts’ message

Postal elves plastered Portland's main post office with protest signs Nov. 30.

USPS hiring freeze hurts veterans, postal workers say

Veterans are a fifth of the postal workforce, but USPS hasn't made permanent hires for 5 years.

Construction workers building ‘the cloud’ in Central Oregon

Oregon east of the Cascades is becoming one of the world’s prime locations for data centers.

Developers agree proposed Wood Village casino will be built union

Voters would first have to approve allowing a private casino just east of Portland.

Huts for the homeless, and handcuffs to hardhats

Oregon unions will train state prison inmates, and build shelters for homeless.

Kalama grain terminal expansion will employ some union labor

Union officials say JH Kelly will do 85 percent of the work on a $50 million grain silo expansion.

Union pickets call on Port of Kalama to ‘Hire Local Labor’

Will Cargill grain terminal’s $100M expansion hire local union labor or low-wage out-of-town crews?

Union labor and pension funds build state-of-the-art hospital on Southern Oregon coast

Coquille Valley Hospital’s new facility was constructed under a union project labor agreement

Pacific Power slashes workforce

Four months after a $50 billion dividend, Pacific Power cuts workers, some of whom had moved to take the job.

Columbia Pacific Building Trades signs deal for coal terminal

Unions pledge support for the project, and its developer pledges to build union.

Oregon takes baby step to restoring shop classes

Two union training centers partner with high schools to revitalize career and technical education

Laborers to Portland City Council: Stop the Cuts

Looking to avert cuts in roads and parks, union finds $120 million in an obscure City fund.

At Vancouver grain terminal, imported labor draws questions from lawmakers

Hundreds of non-local construction workers are brought in to work on the Vancouver waterfront.

Officials turn out to highlight jobs on TriMet Milwaukie light rail project

TriMet says the $1.5 billion project will create up to 14,500 jobs by its September 2015 finish.

Workers slam planned cuts to Portland roads and parks

Laborers Local 483 members turn out for a protest near Legacy hospital.