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Transit union cries foul as TriMet contracts out shuttle service for its own drivers

Is Oregon’s largest transit agency incapable of operating a single shuttle bus? You might think so given a recent TriMet board action.

So much for antitrust? Government approves merger of paper mill giants

More paper mill closures ahead? The nation’s second largest paper producer just gobbled up the fifth largest.

Topping-out ceremony at new Multnomah County courthouse

The steel framework on the new courthouse is near completion.

Municipal broadband now before Portland City Council

Multnomah County and four other cities are waiting for Portland City Council to authorize its share of funding for a study of what it would cost to install fiber-optic cable door to door.

New interactive tool looks at critical repairs needed at National Parks in Oregon

Tool breaks down $116.5 million of overdue repairs by park and type.

Private monopolies failed to deliver fiber. Now it’s time for municipal broadband.

Coming soon to Portland City Council is a union-backed plan for public-owned Internet access that would be cheaper than Comcast and 40 times as fast.

Introducing the Moxy: Union pension funds will finance a new downtown Portland hotel

Construction begins in October at 10th and Alder on a 12-story, $50 million "boutique lifestyle" hotel under the Marriott International's Moxy brand.

Union-backed coalition pushes bold vision for Broadway corridor project

Redevelopment of the 32-acre downtown site will set the tone for what kind of city Portland will be.

Ironworkers protest Facebook

In a major expansion of the Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon, a general contractor is using low-wage nonunion ironworkers from out of state.

Shame on Fortis? Or should it be ‘Shame on Facebook?’

Building trades union leaders are irked that some of the work on the Facebook data center in Prineville is going to nonunion subcontractors that pay below area-standard wages and use workers from out of state.

Union Iron Workers erect new roller coaster at Oaks Park in record time

The Adrenaline Peak roller coaster opens March 24.

Trump’s amazing infrastructure ‘bait-and-switch’

“Trillion” was just a marketing slogan. Now Trump wants to sell Bonneville Power assets.

OE 701 cries foul at Boeing use of “rat” contractor at Gresham plant

Integrity Machinery Moving is accused of underbidding union contractors while employing nonunion workers and paying them below area-standard wages and benefits.

UO’s new $1 billion Knight Science Campus will be built under a PLA

Oregon State Building Trades signed a project labor agreement with UO and Hoffman Construction on the project, which will be built in four phases over 10 years and employ up to 1,300 construction workers.

Daimler’s Portland truck plant will soon be hiring

Coming in March: Union jobs with family wages and benefits.

Merkley comes out against Jordan Cove natural gas export terminal

National Building Trades call the change in a position a betrayal.

Federal rules have delayed coal export project 5 years, IBEW Local 48 rep tells Congress

Millennium Bulk Terminals wants to turn a mothballed aluminum smelter into the West Coast’s largest coal export terminal.

Sinclair merger could lead to TV news layoffs

IATSE warns local TV news will worsen if FCC allows Sinclair takeover.

After the Veterans Day parade: a union protest

AFGE says Veteran's Administration understaffing is becoming a national scandal.

Portland ready to move on Community Benefits Agreement

After months of hibernation, a plan to increase opportunities for women and minorities in construction will go to Portland City Council Nov. 8.

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