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Verizon strike goes nationwide

May 9, 2016

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

IBEW 48: More diverse than it used to be

Mar 1, 2016

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 all-white all-male union until 1941, but today, about one in five are

To break into Portland’s residential market, electricians union offers incentives

Oct 6, 2014

Plus5PDX warranties union electrical work for an additional five years

IBEW Local 48’s Keith Edwards retires after 44-year career

Dec 31, 2013

Edwards, 64, was IBEW’s first black business manager

We are the 99 percent: Unions get behind the Occupy movement

Oct 18, 2011

Unions line up in support of Occupy Wall Street as the movement explodes.

IBEW members vote to strike Pacific Power

Aug 22, 2011

If no agreement is reached, workers expect to strike or be locked out the day after Labor Day.

To diversify, IBEW recruits

Aug 3, 2011

NECA-IBEW trains and dispatches black Portlanders who want a starting spot in the electrical trade.

How to tell summer is here: It’s union picnic season

Jul 1, 2011

This year in the Portland area, union picnic season gets under way next weekend, continues throughout the summer, culminates Labor Day with the area’s biggest union picnic (the Northwest Oregon Labor Council picnic at Oaks Park), and wraps up the weekend after that for several unions.

Union contractor installs solar vehicle charging station in Portland

Jul 1, 2011

The first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, a solar-powered charging station for electrical vehicles opened June 8 at the Portland Development Commission parking lot. It’s the creation of Christenson Electric and EV4 Oregon.