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IBEW Local 48
People
IBEW Local 48 member uses Heimlich to save life of colleague
Kim Gilliam's quick reaction came two weeks after an EC company first aid training.
Politics
Unions start to weigh in on Portland mayor’s race
AFSCME 189, the largest City union, backs Jefferson Smith, while IBEW 48 favors Eileen Brady.
Local
Troutdale City Council gets earful from IBEW Local 48 members
The contract for a new police station went to an out-of-state, nonunion electrical contractor.
Politics
Four unions endorse Novick, Nolan for seats on Portland City Council
The four unions have taken no action yet in mayor’s race.
Building our communities
IBEW volunteers help deck the halls at The Grotto
Union electricians install half a million lights, and fiberoptic and animated displays, each year.
Union democracy
Longview’s IBEW Local 970 merges into IBEW 48
The merger brings IBEW Local 48 to around 3,800 members.
Union democracy
Davis to chair IBEW’s District 9 pension fund
IBEW Local 48 business manager Clif Davis will chair a pension fund with assets of over $600 million.
People
IBEW organizer appointed to convention center board
Bob Carroll succeeds Ed Barnes on the Vancouver Public Facilities District board of directors.
Portland
To diversify, IBEW recruits
NECA-IBEW trains and dispatches black Portlanders who want a starting spot in the electrical trade.
Portland
Unions for Kids poker run raises $50,000 for children’s hospital
A record 477 motorcycle riders took part in the ninth annual “Unions For Kids Poker Run and Chili Cook-off” June 11.
Oregon
IBEW’s Malbin to co-chair prevailing wage advisory panel
Norman Malbin is in-house counsel for the IBEW Local 48.
Building our communities
Union volunteers help build home for injured Iraq war veteran
Members of several trades unions were among scores of volunteers who helped build a new home for injured Iraq war veteran SPC Kevin Pannell. Pannell was serving in Iraq with the 1st Cavalry Division when he was severely injured on June 13, 2004.
Building our communities
IBEW and NECA light up The Grotto, once again
Volunteer electricians from IBEW Local 48 helped The Grotto in Northeast Portland get ready for its annual Festival of Lights electricians, mounting panels and assembling temporary power boxes that supply power to more than half a million lights and fiber-optic and animated displays.
People
Construction union icon Shiprack retires after 25 years
Bob Shiprack, an icon of Oregon construction unions, retired Oct. 1 as executive secretary of the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council. Shiprack said he likely will do consulting work, primarily on clean energy and solar, but has no plans to run for elected office or to lobby.
Collective bargaining
DCTU reaches tentative contract with City of Portland
Following months of often contentious bargaining, a coalition of seven unions representing 1,800 city employees reached a tentative agreement with the City of Portland on a new three-year contract.
Politics
Union electrician runs for Oregon House
In suburban South Salem, career union electrician Claudia Kyle is making an energetic run for state representative. Kyle, a Democrat, is challenging two-term incumbent Republican Kevin Cameron, owner of a 12-location restaurant chain, Cafe Today. Kyle is a licensed electrician and a 31-year member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Union democracy
Paul Riggs to take the helm at Columbia Pacific Building Trades
At a special business managers' meeting, IBEW member Paul Riggs was elected executive secretary-treasurer of the Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council.
