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IBEW Local 48

Collective bargaining

Verizon strike goes nationwide

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

Portland-area ADT workers stay nonunion

Possibly spooked by an East Coast lockout, they vote 14-10 not to join IBEW 48
Our Jobs

New submarine-hunting drone is union built in Oregon

The drone sub is made by members of Iron Workers Shopmen’s Local 516 and IBEW Local 48.
Collective bargaining

KGW-TV on trial for labor violation

KGW wants an end to union jurisdiction, but won't show why it needs that
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...
Oregon

Governor Brown appoints two labor nominees to workers’ comp committee

Kevin Billman of UFCW and IBEW Local 48 staff attorney Diana Winther are nominees for MLAC.
Building our communities

Giving Back: IBEW Local 48 members gather warm clothes and blankets for homeless

Union Gospel Mission gets a union assist.
Building our communities

Volunteers from IBEW Local 48 help light up The Grotto Festival of Lights

Continuing a 28-year tradition, IBEW Local 48 volunteers install 500,000 lights.
Politics

IBEW’s Gary Young appointed to Port Commission

Young takes the spot held by former ILWU Local 8 president Bruce Holte.
Culture

Old Glory rises at IBEW Local 48 union hall

The flag once flew over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Collective bargaining

At Siemens, solidarity got the goods

A group of NW medical imaging techs got a first union contract with big gains.
Oregon

A landmark session, but Oregon labor wanted more

A big Democratic majority led to high expectations, but Oregon lawmakers balked at minimum wage and other labor priorities
In Memoriam

Bruce Zimmerman 1944-2015

Zimmerman was president of IBEW Local 48 and assistant director at the NECA-IBEW Training Center
Collective bargaining

Facing Gannett, KGW unions pass a test of unity

Defying a company negotiator, the unions attend each other’s contract negotiating sessions
Collective bargaining

Unions protest anti-union moves by KGW

Parent company Gannett wants to end union jurisdiction.
People

Wayne Morse Award goes to IBEW 48’s Joe Esmonde

The award, for integrity and passion, was presented by the Democratic Party of Oregon
Collective bargaining

KGW unions to demonstrate in Pioneer Square April 25

In contract bargaining, Gannett is proposing to eliminate union jurisdiction.
Clark County

Clark County residents blast proposed right-to-work resolution

Clark County Councilor Dave Madore plans to push local measure targeting public employees
Collective bargaining

Gannett pushes an exotic proposal at KGW, KING-TV

Three unions — IATSE, IBEW, and SAG/AFTRA gear up for conflict
People

Labor attorney Susan Stoner retires after decades defending bus drivers

An important figure in Local 757, she also authored a series of historical mystery novels
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