IATSE Local 28 Archives

Metro pushes to privatize Convention Center AV department

Sep 14, 2022

The Metro regional government wants to contract out audio/visual jobs at the Oregon Convention Center – jobs that are currently held by union workers.

Blazers must recognize stagehands union

Apr 13, 2021

An April 1 union vote could get members of IATSE Local 28 back to work at Portland Trail Blazers and Portland Winterhawks home games.

IATSE marks one year out of work due to pandemic

Mar 18, 2021

Many members of IATSE Locals 28, 488, B20, and 154 haven’t worked a day since the pandemic turned life upside down a year ago.

THE YEAR OF COVID

Mar 3, 2021

March 11 will mark a year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. The pandemic hit the local union movement highly unevenly.

Blazers workers left out in the cold

Dec 30, 2020

Union crews that typically work Portland Trailblazer home games at the Moda Center have been replaced with non-union workers.

John E. Clatworthy, 1947-2020

Oct 5, 2020

Clatworthy worked for the Portland Opera and was president of IATSE Local 28.

‘Together4Oregon’ fundraiser helps unemployed

Aug 6, 2020

Labor’s Community Service Agency was among 4 non-profits helped by a live funderaiser on KGW-TV July 18 to help Oregon residents hit hardest by COVID-19.

Labor confronts police brutality

Jun 17, 2020

Union members are taking part in protests, joining morning-after cleanup parties, and even walking off the job in support of Black Lives Matter.

IATSE delivers food to out-of-work members in need

Apr 1, 2020

More than 200 members are out of work at Keller Auditorium, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Rose Garden Arena, Memorial Coliseum, and elsewhere.

Laid-off costume department workers volunteer to make protective masks

Apr 1, 2020

Hospitals and home health care workers are facing a shortage of masks, and are calling for donations.