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A proposal years in the making to sell Portland Public Schools headquarters to Albina Vision Trust is moving forward.

In court filings the antitrust agency says letting the two giants join would harm union grocery workers in particular.

It’s the final chapter in a fight over two jobs, a dispute that shut down container shipping in Portland for years.

The nonprofit musical theater company is laying off its union musicians, saying it will use recorded music in upcoming productions.

Portland City Council is asking the U.S. Postal Service to hold a local public hearing about its plan to consolidate mail sorting in Oregon.

During severe weather, hundreds of union-represented workers keep the region running, from electric linemen to snowplow and bus operators.

More than half of Washington supermarkets are either Kroger or Albertsons owned. The merger would eliminate head-to-head competition.

Two conservation groups oppose the low-carbon fuel project, which is to be built all-union in an industrial area along the Columbia River.

Instead of sorting mail in the post office closest to their routes, letter carriers will drive to a massive sorting facility in Hillsboro.

The proposal to replace the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River got its first big federal commitment Dec. 15: a $600 million grant.

The bureau is cutting 15% of its staff as the volume of building permits drops. Interest rates and Portland’s reputation are taking a toll.

If Biden’s FTC approves it, a combination of Kroger and Albertsons would create a near-monopoly. The two of them own 40 grocery chains in all.

Helmets to Hardhats and other groups are ready to help when veterans make the shift to life after military service.

Over the objection of unions and Governor Kotek, the Vancouver-based hospital chain is closing most units at its Eugene hospital as of Dec. 1

Teamsters Local 117 fought the closure of the minimum security prison in Yacolt, Washington, where about 115 members worked. But it lost.

Union job cuts in the city's transportation bureau would mean more potholes and fewer streets plowed for snow.

The Sacred Heart Medical Center University District closure would need the approval of the Oregon Health Authority.

About 75 paper mill workers represented by AWPPW Local 1 will lose their jobs in October when the plant closes.

If the public teaching hospital buys the private health system, it would eclipse Intel as the largest metro-area employer.

A new report paid for by the district confirms what union tradespeople who maintain schools have been saying for years.