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Columbia-Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council
Jobs
New Multnomah County Courthouse: Built by union labor
The four-year, $324.5 million project both set and met goals for the participation of women and minority workers and contractors.
Portland
Building Trades Council joins group challenging Portland’s ban on new fossil fuel terminals
The yet-to-be-named coalition is preparing to file a petition for review with the Land Use Board of Appeals.
Jobs
Union pension fund invests in new urban office campus in NW Portland
The 300,000-square-foot urban office development is expected to be completed in late 2017.
Jobs
Unions champion Longview coal export terminal
Officers of construction and industrial unions turned out Oct. 24 to support a controversial coal export terminal proposed for a former industrial site in Longview.
Jobs
Pension funds put union members to work in Lake Oswego
It’s a $103 million re-do of the Wizer Block, once home to unionized Wizer’s Oswego Foods.
People
Bricklayer Matt Eleazer featured in episode of Brotherhood Outdoors
A fishing expedition with the Bricklayers president will air on the Sportsman Channel
Portland
Building Trades leader Willy Myers tapped for Portland Development Commission
Mayor Charlie Hales appoints Myers to succeed John Mohlis of the State Building Trades Council
Jobs
Cowlitz Tribe casino will be union built
The project has been held up in court by challenges from the City of Vancouver and Clark County
Jobs
Propane terminal owner commits to build with union labor
The $500 million project at the Port of Portland would also mean up to 40 permanent jobs
Politics
Columbia Pacific Building Trades announces political endorsements
The group includes 28 construction union locals that represent about 20,000 workers
Politics
Labor groups oppose Tigard ballot measure targeting high-capacity transit
At stake is a massive construction project that would employ union labor
Union democracy
Sheet Metal rep to head building trades council
Willy Myers succeeds Jodi Guetzloe Parker, who resigned mid-term.
Politics
All labor-backed candidates for Vancouver City Council win
Genetic food labeling initiative I-522 fails
Politics
As Clark County looks at charter change, union members run for ‘freeholder’
Four unionists are among 110 vying for 15 spots as charter “freeholders” in the Nov. 5 election
Jobs
All signs point to a union-built convention center hotel
Metro's "statement of principles" asks the developer to use union workers
Jobs
Kinder Morgan scraps plans for coal export plant at Port Westward
The turning point was PGE's rejection, citing potential coal dust impact on its natural gas plants
Workers Rights
Sick leave mandate causes concern among building trades unions
Union leaders say it could get tricky in a high-wage, short-term industry like construction
Portland
Breakthrough: City of Portland commits to build union, and use minority workers and contractors
New “community benefits agreement” uses public construction spending as a public policy tool
Local
Columbia-Pacific Building Trades makes endorsements in local races
The trades back Mary Nolan for Portland City Council and Dave Hunt for Clackamas County Chair.
