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Ironworkers Local 29
Building our communities
At Local 29 hall, a night on Santa Lane
Weather couldn’t stop the Iron Workers holiday event. Over 175 cars and 700 people came out for gifts, hot chocolate, and photos with Santa.
People
IBEW honors life savers
Three Local 48 members helped save the lives of two ironworkers after a roof collapse on a construction project in summer 2020.
Culture
Iron Workers Local 29 Retirees Club is back to meeting again
Unable to meet for 18 months because of coronavirus restrictions, the group began meeting again this month.
People
On the job with Iron Workers Local 29
Courtney Newberg found her dream job in a tough, traditionally male construction craft.
Worker safety
Construction industry confronts suicide in the ranks
Construction workers commit suicide at three times the national average. More die by suicide than job site injuries or accidents.
Building our communities
Iron Workers Local 29 goes contactless with ‘Night on Santa Lane’
The union parking lot became a winter wonderland, replacing a party the union has held for members and their kids and grandkids for 34 years.
Building our communities
COVID changes union holiday plans
The pandemic is impacting union holiday traditions. The Grotto and Elsinore events are cancelled, but ironworkers will hold a drive-up event.
Jobs
New Beaverton arts center tops out
The $51 million 43,000-square-foot complex will feature a 550-seat performance venue, an art gallery, meeting rooms, and a showcase plaza.
Green Jobs
Green jobs, but not for you
Oregon construction unions say state-subsidized clean energy work is going to nonunion out-of-state firms and out-of-state crews.
Worker safety
Fund set up for two ironworkers hurt in roof collapse
James Sackett and Justin Rothgeb, members of Iron Workers Local 29, were badly injured June 10, when a roof partially collapsed on the new Portland General Electric headquarters under construction in Tualatin.
Jobs
TriMet awards transit project to union-signatory minority contractor
Raimore Construction will be the general contractor on the $60 million construction portion of the Division Transit Project, which will be the largest construction contract awarded to a minority contractor in Oregon history.
Union democracy
New leadership at Ironworkers Local 29
Challenger Jason Fussell outpolled incumbent Joe Bowers, becoming business manager effective Jan. 2.
Building our communities
Santa visits the children of iron workers
The annual event has been going since 1985.
Jobs
Operating Engineers pickets question Boeing’s Integrity
When Local 701 pickets went up against a non-union equipment operator, members of Iron Workers Local 29 and other unions walked out, teaching apprentices the meaning of solidarity.
Building our communities
Donations pouring in for the families of ironworkers killed in Seattle crane collapse
More than $128,000 has been donated to the families of two ironworkers killed in an April 27 tower crane collapse in downtown Seattle.
Worker safety
Portland ironworker killed in crane mishap in Seattle
An ironworker from Seattle Local 86 was also killed in the accident at Google’s new campus project.
Jobs
Union labor is remaking Portland’s Providence Park soccer stadium
The project will employ 120 union members at its peak.
Building our communities
Presents From Partners’ Toy Challenge: The results are in!
IBEW Local 48 led the pack among unions donating to the this year's toy drive.
Jobs
Topping-out ceremony at new Multnomah County courthouse
The steel framework on the new courthouse is near completion.
People
The new face of Oregon’s building trades
Robert Camarillo, the new leader of Oregon’s construction unions, is a 41-year-old first generation American with the heart of an organizer.
