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The new face of Oregon’s building trades

Robert Camarillo, the new leader of Oregon’s construction unions, is a 41-year-old first generation American with the heart of an organizer.

Oregon native named to top job at AFL-CIO’s Department For Professional Employees

Jennifer Dorning is the first woman to hold the post at the coalition of 24 national unions in professional, technical, and other highly skilled occupations.

New faculty at LERC

Long-time Labor Notes leader Mark Brenner will focus on teaching, while UCLA sociologist Lina Stepick will serve labor as a researcher.

Construction trades unions say goodbye to retiring OHSU president Joe Robertson

Robertson was lauded as a ‘Building Trades champion’ for transforming the South Waterfront and Marquam Hill with union labor.

Sam Gillispie signs out

Gillispie, 69, is retiring after a 43-year career in the union movement working for AFSCME and UFCW Local 555.

IBEW’S DONNA HAMMOND: A lifetime of beating back barriers of race and gender

A dose of sass — and a sense of when to pick her battles — helped overcome many obstacles in an overwhelmingly white male construction workplace.

ATU Local 757 blasts TriMet’s pick for general manager

Union leaders hoped the board would hire a change agent from outside to take the transit agency in a different direction.

AFT staffperson killed in Christmas Day crash

Deirdre Mackey was a program coordinator and financial specialist at American Federation of Teachers-Oregon.

Oregon Bricklayer Ken Bader gets ‘Outstanding Instructor Award’

Bader is a longtime member of Portland-based Bricklayers & Allied Crafts Local 1.

SEIU Local 503 executive director to step down

Brian Rudiger will remain until a successor is appointed.

Glaziers Local 740 honors Bill Vonderohe with ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award

The longtime recording secretary has missed only two union meetings in over 55 years.

5 questions for Stacy Chamberlain

Oregon AFSCME's new executive director talks about growing up union, about the threat of a pending Supreme Court case, and about what gives her hope.

Machinists rep Joe Kear retires

Kear helped reform the local Machinists union, and persuaded Daimler not to close its Portland truck plant.

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Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. names Kelly Kupcak to succeed Connie Ashbrook. Barbara Byrd retires from UO LERC.

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Oregon Working Families Party state director Karly Edwards is leaving to work for the Oregon Nurses Association.

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SEIU organizing director Will Layng will lead Portland Jobs With Justice. Martin Taylor returns to lead Oregon Nurses Association.

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Oregon governor populates boards with labor figures; D Pei Wu departs Portland JwJ

Laborers leader Dave Tischer clocks out

Tischer, 54, retired Jan. 1 after 19 years as a leader in Locals 320 and 737.

Brett Hinsley hired by Cement Masons international

Business agent Geoff Kossak was appointed by the Executive Board to complete Hinsley’s unexpired term as business manager.

Eryn Byram new executive director of Labor’s Community Services

She succeeds Vickie Burns, who retired in January.

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