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Cement Masons Local 555
Union democracy
Ávalos follows Kossak as Cement Masons Local 555 business manager
Geoff Kossak retired Dec. 27. The local appointed business agent José Ávalos Guzmán to serve the two years remaining on his elected term.
People
Cement Masons honor Bill Wynn for a half century of service
Wynn, 71, worked as a cement mason, but also served as president of the local, and coordinator of its apprenticeship program.
Training the Next Generation
Handcuffs to Hardhats
A new program in Oregon gives women prisoners a chance to prove themselves in a skilled trade and enter promising career upon release.
Culture
A QUEST FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Interviews with 12 local construction tradeswomen reveals, no surprise: They want the same chance to succeed.
Training the Next Generation
Handcuffs to hardhats?
Three locals are launching a pre-apprenticeship program for inmates in the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Training the Next Generation
Local 555 trailer stolen
Instructors at Cement Masons Local 555 training center are looking for a trailer. Their trailer.
Culture
Celebrating across the Generations
Cement Masons Local 555 and Plasterers Local 82 on Dec. 10 gathered to recognize newly graduated apprentices and longtime members.
Jobs
Amazon shuts out union workers in Woodburn
Local building trade unions have been picketing the colossal construction site to protest out-of-state contractors and subpar wages.
Culture
CBS’ Tough As Nails casting Season 4
The reality show celebrates hard-working men and women who aren’t afraid to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty.
Training the Next Generation
Journeyman card counts toward college credit
Mount Hood Community College has agreements with over a dozen union apprenticeship programs to award equivalent college credits.
People
Ready for prime time
A Portland building trades union member is a contestant on Season Two of CBS’ hit prime time reality show Tough as Nails.
Culture
Local cement mason competes in Season 2 of the CBS reality show Tough as Nails
Liz Nichols, a seven-year member of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons union, is one of 12 contestants on the show.
Green Jobs
Green jobs, but not for you
Oregon construction unions say state-subsidized clean energy work is going to nonunion out-of-state firms and out-of-state crews.
Workers Rights
Plasterers uncover wage theft at luxury apartments in Eugene
When building trades unions police abuses in the construction industry, they're defending all workers, not only their members.
Jobs
TriMet awards transit project to union-signatory minority contractor
Raimore Construction will be the general contractor on the $60 million construction portion of the Division Transit Project, which will be the largest construction contract awarded to a minority contractor in Oregon history.
Training the Next Generation
The next generation of Cement Masons
Cement Masons Local 555 and Plasterers Local 82 drew a record crowd of 243 to their annual holiday dinner.
Culture
Cement Masons and Plasterers celebrate at holiday party
Cement Masons Local 555 and Plasterers Local 82 recognized longtime members and graduating apprentices at their annual holiday dinner Dec. 2.
People
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.
People
Tragedy strikes Cement Masons Local 555 … again
Journeyman mason Maurice “Mo” Starks, a member of Local 555, was killed in a roll-over car crash on I-405 in Portland.
Building our communities
House fire claims UFCW Local 555 member and injures member of Cement Masons Local 555
A fund has been set up to help the family.
