People Archives - Page 6 of 17

Taking a building trades agenda to the Oregon Capitol

Feb 17, 2021

Electrician Wayne Chow, lobbying for the building trades in Salem, knows the difference a union makes, having suffered wage theft first hand.

Ready for prime time

Feb 4, 2021

A Portland building trades union member is a contestant on Season Two of CBS’ hit prime time reality show Tough as Nails.

IBEW’s Marcy Grail to chair Energy Facility Siting Council

Feb 4, 2021

The council is responsible for large electric generating facilities, transmission lines, gas pipelines, and radioactive waste disposal sites.

A dedicated union volunteer retires

Feb 4, 2021

Ellen Ino, a tenacious union volunteer and political campaigner, retired recently after decades of service to the labor movement.

Sheet metal worker by day, race car driver on weekends

Oct 12, 2020

Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 member Chris West competes in stock car races nearly every weekend throughout the summer.

New hands at helm of nurses union

Apr 15, 2020

Sarah Laslett joins ONA after 17 years as a labor educator. Her priorities will be organizing, empowering stewards, and bargaining for the common good.

Barbara Byrd wraps up 41-year career in labor movement

Oct 17, 2019

After 41 years as a labor educator and 14 years at the Oregon AFL-CIO, Barbara Byrd is retiring for real.

New leadership at the Oregon AFL-CIO

Oct 2, 2019

Graham Trainor, 38, and Christy O’Neill, 32, won the unanimous support of delegates at the Oregon AFL-CIO’s biennial convention.

THE UNITER

Sep 5, 2019

Tapped for the job at a time of crisis, Tom Chamberlain helped reunify Oregon’s labor movement.

Union racer represents Local 701 training center on the speedway

Aug 12, 2019

Every Saturday from April to September, Operating Engineers Local 701 member Cory Garrison races his red 1970 Monte Carlo at Sunset Speedway.