Construction industry confronts suicide in the ranks Sep 1, 2021 Construction workers commit suicide at three times the national average. More die by suicide than job site injuries or accidents.
IBEW Local 48 hosts ‘drive thru’ picnic for 6,700 members Aug 11, 2021 Members pre-registered and were assigned time slots and the picnic was held in shifts over two Sundays in July.
Newell W. “Tim” Joy, 1925-2021 Jul 14, 2021 As business representative at IBEW Local 48, Joy helped found the union’s Edison pension trust in 1969. He was 95.
COVID close call Jul 14, 2021 IBEW rep Scott Zadow, hospitalized with the virus, says COVID is no joke. This month local labor is partnering PBGC to host vaccine clinics.
Northwest Oregon Labor Council elects new officers by acclamation Jun 2, 2021 As NOLC’s new president, IBEW Local 48 business representative Scott Zadow will lead delegate and Board meetings.
Taking a building trades agenda to the Oregon Capitol Feb 17, 2021 Electrician Wayne Chow, lobbying for the building trades in Salem, knows the difference a union makes, having suffered wage theft first hand.
City of Portland union coalition has new leadership Dec 16, 2020 DCTU—a coalition of six unions—negotiates a collective bargaining agreement that covers about 1,100 City of Portland employees in all.
IBEW Local 48 offers a $1,000 bounty for new members Nov 3, 2020 There’s so much work right now for members of IBEW Local 48 that the union is offering a bounty for qualified electricians who sign on.
COVID changes union holiday plans Nov 2, 2020 The pandemic is impacting union holiday traditions. The Grotto and Elsinore events are cancelled, but ironworkers will hold a drive-up event.
Green jobs, but not for you Jul 14, 2020 Oregon construction unions say state-subsidized clean energy work is going to nonunion out-of-state firms and out-of-state crews.
