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IBEW Local 48

Building Community

LET THERE BE LIGHT!

Dec 1, 2018

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

Job Training

Portland hosts (and wins) IBEW Western States Electrical contest

Oct 2, 2018

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

Jobs

Union-backed coalition pushes bold vision for Broadway corridor project

Aug 21, 2018

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

Feb 26, 2018

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

Jan 30, 2018

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

Jan 29, 2018

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

Jobs

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

Dec 12, 2017

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

Building Community

Union electricians light up the Grotto festival of lights

Dec 8, 2017

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

Building Community

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

Oct 30, 2017

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

In Memoriam

Norman Malbin, 1949-2017

Oct 16, 2017

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

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