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Associated General Contractors
Jobs
Oregon Supreme Court hears AGC suit against project labor agreements
The lawsuit is one of a handful around the country that are challenging agreements that public agencies make with construction unions.
Collective bargaining
Laborers rise $9.25/hr in new agreements
Traffic flaggers — who have one of the most dangerous jobs — will get even bigger raises, starting with an immediate raise of $8 an hour.Â
Jobs
Battle breaks out between labor and AGC
It took two years and a state law for building trades unions to bargain a deal with ODOT. Now a contractor group wants to blow it up.
Oregon
At the Oregon Legislature: Labor’s agenda inches forward
Will the Oregon Legislature ban anti-union ‘right-to-work’ ordinances?
Union democracy
Carpenters Local 156, formed in a 2011 merger, splits into two
Local 156 is replaced with newly formed Locals 1503 and 271.
