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July 10, 1886 is the day electric lineman Henry Miller — IBEW’s first president — was fatally injured while working to restore power.

PLAs enhance competition and diversity, according to a newly published study of 95 construction projects at the Port of Seattle.

Construction of the bridge itself is expected to take 5 to 6 years, and the project overall is expected to will last up to a decade.

The closure of Oregon’s only international shipping container service in October could affect nearly 1,500 jobs across the state.

HITT Construction replaced Local 16 union crews with a non-local, non-union subcontractor at the last minute.

Facing multi-million dollar budget deficits, Vancouver’s two school districts are on track to eliminate 402 positions.

Union janitors with SEIU Local 49 are protesting a decision at the Brewery Blocks to hire a non-union janitorial firm.

It took two years and a state law for building trades unions to bargain a deal with ODOT. Now a contractor group wants to blow it up.

Although there’s no indication that the cuts are linked to their organizing efforts, workers say they feel anxious and disrespected.

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.