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IBEW Local 48

Building our communities

LET THERE BE LIGHT!

IBEW Local 48 electricians keep with 31-year tradition by helping light up The Grotto light festival.
Training the Next Generation

Portland hosts (and wins) IBEW Western States Electrical contest

IBEW Local 48 apprentice Ethan Rinier took first place in the 2018 Western States Electrical Contest for newly graduated journey-level electricians.
Our Jobs

Union-backed coalition pushes bold vision for Broadway corridor project

Redevelopment of the 32-acre downtown site will set the tone for what kind of city Portland will be.
Collective bargaining

Vigor shipyard workers vote to authorize strike

Tired of being disrespected, shipyard workers are demanding a family-friendly work week.
People

IBEW’S DONNA HAMMOND: A lifetime of beating back barriers of race and gender

A dose of sass — and a sense of when to pick her battles — helped overcome many obstacles in an overwhelmingly white male construction workplace.
Union democracy

Metal trades council elects new officers

Jason Joeckel of Laborers Local 737 is the new secretary-treasurer of the Metal Trades Council, which represents workers at the Portland Shipyards.
Our Jobs

Federal rules have delayed coal export project 5 years, IBEW Local 48 rep tells Congress

Millennium Bulk Terminals wants to turn a mothballed aluminum smelter into the West Coast’s largest coal export terminal. 
Building our communities

Union electricians light up the Grotto festival of lights

For members of IBEW Local 48, setting up power for The Grotto’s Christmas Festival of Lights is a 30-year holiday tradition.
Building our communities

‘Unions for Kids’ poker tournament raises cash for Doernbecher, LCSA

The 6th annual Poker Tournament raised $10,000.
In Memoriam

Norman Malbin, 1949-2017

As longtime attorney at IBEW Local 48, he used his knowledge of the law to help union members and working people.
Culture

Labor’s future in the age of Trump

Working people must learn from history if they want to rebuild the labor movement and take the country back.
Buying Union

Need some electrical work done? Here’s $200 to help you get it done with a union professional

As part of a campaign to win back residential work, IBEW Local 48 is ready to contribute $200 toward your next home electrical project.
Politics

May primary election results for Northwest Oregon

Passage of two big bonds is good news for local building trades unions
Collective bargaining

KGW returns to labor peace

A long-festering union dispute comes to a close as the third union at KGW-TV ratifies a new contract.
Building our communities

Union electricians help light up The Grotto Festival of Lights

Thirty IBEW Local 48 volunteers put in over a million LED lights.
Oregon

Election night yields mixed scorecard for Oregon labor

Labor held the line in most races, but several losses stung.
Politics

A union electrician runs for the Oregon legislature

5 Questions for Oregon House Candidate Ray Lister.
Building our communities

Having a Blast

Union clay shoot raises funds for charities
People

Local labor movement personnel changes

Heather Conroy, Alma Raya, Stacy Chamberlain, Jaime Sorenson, Joe Esmonde
Union democracy

IBEW Local 48 reelects Gary Young

Young outpolled challenger Jakob Juntunen 711 to 665 in a July 12 runoff election.
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