City of Portland Archives - Page 9 of 9

Breakthrough: City of Portland commits to build union, and use minority workers and contractors

Sep 18, 2012

New “community benefits agreement” uses public construction spending as a public policy tool

To halt layoffs and rescue schools, Mayor Adams dips into little-known internal funds

May 15, 2012

City workers sigh relief, but wonder: Why a budget rollercoaster when money there all along?

Laborers to Portland City Council: Stop the Cuts

Apr 17, 2012

Looking to avert cuts in roads and parks, union finds $120 million in an obscure City fund.

Unions start to weigh in on Portland mayor’s race

Jan 31, 2012

AFSCME 189, the largest City union, backs Jefferson Smith, while IBEW 48 favors Eileen Brady.

Workers slam planned cuts to Portland roads and parks

Jan 31, 2012

Laborers Local 483 members turn out for a protest near Legacy hospital.

Laborers get an audience with City authorities

Nov 18, 2011

Laborers Local 483 went before Portland City Council Nov. 16 … and got about the usual response.

Big Pipe project wraps up ahead of schedule

Nov 5, 2010

Rosie, the 530-ton tunnel boring machine, has finished tunneling on the East Side Big Pipe project, the largest public infrastructure project in Portland’s history. At its peak, more than 100 members of Laborers Local 320, and 150 members of Operating Engineers Local 701 worked on the project.

DCTU reaches tentative contract with City of Portland

Oct 15, 2010

Following months of often contentious bargaining, a coalition of seven unions representing 1,800 city employees reached a tentative agreement with the City of Portland on a new three-year contract.

Portland parking meter techs win fight against outsourcing

Feb 5, 2010

Six parking meter technicians will get $28,300 each because City violated outsourcing rules