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Jordan Cove liquid natural gas project withdraws application for permit to dredge in Coos Bay

The Oregon Department of State Lands denied the company’s request for an extension and indicated the permit would likely be denied. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is expected to make a final determination on the project next month.

Congressman Blumenauer hears of late and missing mail as a result of postal speedup

A U.S. Postal Service pilot project called “Consolidated Casing” was supposed to speed up mail carriers and decrease the number of routes.

TriMet awards transit project to union-signatory minority contractor

Raimore Construction will be the general contractor on the $60 million construction portion of the Division Transit Project, which will be the largest construction contract awarded to a minority contractor in Oregon history.

Now open to the public, the Portland Hyatt Regency Convention Center was largely union-built

The hotel opened Dec. 19– on budget, and ahead of schedule.

Tilesetting jobs were the one union sore spot on the Hyatt project

Bricklayers Local 1 warned Mortenson that there’d be problems with non-union contractor.

Close to 100 layoffs at Owens-Brockway glass

A new factory in Mexico, and a decline in local bottle orders, are factors in idling a furnace.

Shipping returns to Portland’s Terminal 6

South Korea-based container carrier SM Lines will get a state subsidy to ship to Portland. A longshore union slowdown has been blamed for shippers pulling out, but other factors increasingly make container shipping to Portland a challenge.

On the Job with IUEC Local 23

A combination electrician, iron worker and finish carpenter, elevator constructors are highly-paid specialists among building trades workers.

Backers of Major League Baseball sign ‘harmony agreement’ with labor

Once a baseball team is secured, a stadium built, and workers hired, unions in the harmony agreement will have access to workers within their jurisdictions, and can organize them via card-check.

Union employer Vigor Industrial sold to private equity firms

As part of the deal, Vigor will merge with an 800-employee ship repair and maintenance company in Norfolk, Virginia.

Oregon AFL-CIO files ballot initiative to reduce self-checkout at grocery stores

The Oregon AFL-CIO filed a prospective ballot initiative July 18 to regulate the number of self-checkout stations in Oregon’s grocery stores. “The goal of our...

Operating Engineers pickets question Boeing’s Integrity

When Local 701 pickets went up against a non-union equipment operator, members of Iron Workers Local 29 and other unions walked out, teaching apprentices the meaning of solidarity.

Portland City Council votes to end funding for five community recreation facilities

Up to 56 newly unionized workers will be laid off.

Georgia-Pacific Coos Bay: Another Oregon lumber mill closes for good

Georgia-Pacific abruptly closed its Coos Bay lumber mill April 11, permanently laying off 94 members of Machinists Local Lodge W261.

Plasterers Local 82 showcase their work for visiting architects

Apprentices demonstrated historical restoration, venetian plastering, stuccoing, and more.

County’s new health headquarters is union-made

Most of the work on the $94.1 million project was done union, and all parties worked to ensure women and minorities got opportunities on the project.

Rat spotted at Pearl District apartments

At Modera Glisan Project, nonunion temps are operating outside elevators instead of skilled Operating Engineers.

Union labor is remaking Portland’s Providence Park soccer stadium

The project will employ 120 union members at its peak.

On the job with IATSE Local 28

Almost no one knows what they do, but entertainment riggers are the workers that make the spectacle of show business possible.

On the Job with Plasterers Local 82

You might think plasterers would mostly be working in plaster, but today, fireproofing makes up half of Plasterers Local 82’s work.

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