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Journeyman Minna Long started a new job Aug. 28 with the Washington State Building Trades Council.

Larry Taylor is on a mission: training members on how to use the tools of democracy in their unions.

Never one to seek the limelight, she served the Laborers for decades as a tireless foot soldier for the cause of labor.

The addition of Rebekah Whittaker and Janet Bauer means LERC can expand its reach of research and trainings.

Jordan Fosdick, a service technician at the natural gas utility, will represent nearly 600 members of OPEIU Local 11.

A union crane operator earns a police commendation for keeping cool when it mattered.

Nurses are burned out and quitting the profession like never before. One psychiatric nurse shares why she quit her job at Unity.

Bus operator Cindy Kassab, a member of ATU Local 747, heads into retirement with honors after a record 47 years driving for TriMet.

Workers who help homeless addicts can be one mishap away from homelessness themselves. Their union gives hope it can be a longterm calling.

Local 49’s new organizer Matt Lambert is ready to scream the union gospel from the rooftops.