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Culture

Union logos get a little love

A new Twitter account dedicated to sharing union logos has quickly developed a fan base in the union Twitter world.
Collective bargaining

Verizon strike goes nationwide

The East Coast landline strike spreads, with solidarity pickets around the country.
Culture

IBEW 48: More diverse than it used to be

A new online video by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) calls attention to diversity in Portland-headquartered Local 48. Local 48 was an...
Jobs

To break into Portland’s residential market, electricians union offers incentives

Plus5PDX warranties union electrical work for an additional five years
People

IBEW Local 48’s Keith Edwards retires after 44-year career

Edwards, 64, was IBEW's first black business manager
National

We are the 99 percent: Unions get behind the Occupy movement

Unions line up in support of Occupy Wall Street as the movement explodes.
Collective bargaining

IBEW members vote to strike Pacific Power

If no agreement is reached, workers expect to strike or be locked out the day after Labor Day.
Portland

To diversify, IBEW recruits

NECA-IBEW trains and dispatches black Portlanders who want a starting spot in the electrical trade.
Oregon/Washington

How to tell summer is here: It’s union picnic season

This year in the Portland area, union picnic season gets under way next weekend, continues throughout the summer, culminates Labor Day with the area’s biggest union picnic (the Northwest Oregon Labor Council picnic at Oaks Park), and wraps up the weekend after that for several unions.
Green Jobs

Union contractor installs solar vehicle charging station in Portland

The first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, a solar-powered charging station for electrical vehicles opened June 8 at the Portland Development Commission parking lot. It's the creation of Christenson Electric and EV4 Oregon.

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