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Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council
Jobs
Columbia Pacific Building Trades signs deal for coal terminal
Unions pledge support for the project, and its developer pledges to build union.
Politics
More unions take action in Portland mayor’s race
Eileen Brady has five labor endorsements, Charlie Hales has one, and Jefferson Smith has two.
Buying Union
Unions call for boycott of Columbian newspaper
Two labor groups are calling for a boycott of The Columbian, the Vancouver daily newspaper.
Union democracy
Paul Riggs to take the helm at Columbia Pacific Building Trades
At a special business managers' meeting, IBEW member Paul Riggs was elected executive secretary-treasurer of the Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council.
