IBEW Local 48 Archives - nwLaborPress

Members of IBEW Local 48 ratified three agreements in the last month that cover nearly all of the union’s 6,000 members.

A new report paid for by the district confirms what union tradespeople who maintain schools have been saying for years.

R&B. Barbecue. And a chance at a family wage. The Community Pulse Series is meant to recruit people of color to the trades.

Unions are once again taking part in Portland’s annual Rose Festival parades. Here’s a list of who to look for.

Interviews with 12 local construction tradeswomen reveals, no surprise: They want the same chance to succeed.

The one-year contract covers work on single-family homes, duplexes, and some multi-family buildings in Oregon and Washington.

The one-year contract between IBEW Local 48 and NECA covers more than 750 workers in the Sound & Communications unit.

Whatever they were paid, the consultants failed in their mission: Workers voted to unionize with IBEW Local 48 in August.

Portland International Airport workers represented by IBEW Local 48 and Laborers Local 483 are tired of working without raises.

Tina Kotek has appeared at union meetings and alongside numerous labor allies in the days leading up to the election.