Introducing Laborers Local 737 Aug 18, 2015 Laborers Locals 296, 320, and 121 merge to make Local 737
Vigor christens new drydock at Portland’s Swan Island shipyard Nov 4, 2014 The 960-foot Chinese-built vessel is the largest floating drydock in North America
Home Forward becomes first local body to guarantee $15-an-hour minimum wage Nov 3, 2014 The wage floor means raises for the 33 least-paid employee at the public housing agency
Jack Roy follows Ken Morgan as head of Laborers Local 296 Aug 11, 2014 The 900-member local represents construction and shipyard laborers
Teach a kid to fish … Apr 29, 2014 Union volunteers are a big part of the annual Klineline Kids Fish-In in Vancouver, Washington
Laborers 296 gun raffle nets big cash for union charities Dec 3, 2013 A Remington semi-automatic netted $1,315 each for conservation and hardship aid.
Union-label green jobs — in your attic — for no money down Feb 21, 2013 Clean Energy Works Oregon eliminates upfront costs for homeowners and pays workers a living wage.
BrucePac’s immigrant workforce says no to union Jul 27, 2012 Three years after a union campaign began at BrucePac, vote is more than 3-to-1 against unionizing
Laborers sign two home energy contractors Jun 22, 2012 Retrofitters Abacus and Faison commit to being “high road” employers
Fired BrucePac workers reinstated Sep 20, 2010 BrucePac, a Willamette Valley cooked meat processor, has offered reinstatement and back pay to three of the 17 union supporters it fired in June 2009.
