Jobs Archives - Page 16 of 29

Presses go silent at former Graphic Arts Center

Feb 1, 2017

91 workers will lose their jobs in the closure.

Staples boycott ends with union win

Jan 17, 2017

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

Boeing terminates contract with union paint contractor

Dec 5, 2016

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

Oct 27, 2016

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

Unions champion Longview coal export terminal

Oct 26, 2016

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

Oct 4, 2016

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

Sep 19, 2016

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 production workers, today has 570. That’s after the most recent round

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

Aug 30, 2016

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

Aug 30, 2016

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

Aug 29, 2016

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