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IUPAT Local 101
Training the Next Generation
Celebrating the launch of their careers
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades’ Regional Training Center in Portland honors a new class of graduating journeymen.
Collective bargaining
Drywall finishers get $9.25 an hour over three years
The agreement covers about 400 workers employed by contractors in Associated Wall & Ceiling Contractors of Oregon.
Workers Rights
R&H Construction pays $193,000 to settle wage theft case
Strung along by their employer and then Oregon’s labor bureau, workers got paid in February for work they did in 2021.
Union democracy
Introducing IUPAT Local 101
Drywall finishers in Oregon and Southwest Washington now have their own union local.
