IATSE Local 28 Archives

Bodyvox dance company stagehands join IATSE

Mar 16, 2023

Although the company seemed a little perturbed with the effort, supervisors did not make any overt attempts to stymie the union.

Bodyvox dance company workers to vote on IATSE

Feb 2, 2023

The union election will cover all stagehands and production workers at the Northwest Portland dance studio.

Metro privatizes AV at Oregon Convention Center

Jan 4, 2023

On Dec. 18, a week before Christmas, all seven part-time AV technicians at the publicly-owned event space were laid off.

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.