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Laborers Local 737
Portland
Laborers 737 pulls its backing of Rubio for Portland mayor
The union's political director says her record of unpaid parking tickets and other infractions was ‘beyond the pale.’
Collective bargaining
Laborers rise $9.25/hr in new agreements
Traffic flaggers — who have one of the most dangerous jobs — will get even bigger raises, starting with an immediate raise of $8 an hour.Â
Building our communities
Raising funds for kids with cancer
A union-sponsored St. Patrick’s Day party will net over $25,000 for Children’s Cancer Association this year once expenses are tallied.
People
MMA marks a new start for a laborer with a checkered past
Martial arts helped Jimmy Jennett recover from drug addiction, and he opened a gym in 2018 to share his story.
Collective bargaining
Trades workers ratify contract at Home Forward
The three-year contract covers 56 trades workers. It raises starting pay $9 an hour on average and adds new safety provisions.Â
Workers Rights
Shipyard workers in an uproar over paint damage to cars
An improperly contained cruise ship paint job resulted in paint particles floating almost a half-mile to the employee parking lot.
Oregon
Laborers honor Paul Holvey with new award
The Jodi Guetzloe Parker Legislative Champion Award recognizes state legislators who went above and beyond for the Laborers union.
People
Jodi Guetzloe Parker’s life in Labor
Never one to seek the limelight, she served the Laborers for decades as a tireless foot soldier for the cause of labor.
Union democracy
Culver re-elected at Laborers Local 737
Local 737 represents laborers in construction, shipyards, and road maintenance, plus several hundred public works employees.
Building our communities
Recruiting out in the community
R&B. Barbecue. And a chance at a family wage. The Community Pulse Series is meant to recruit people of color to the trades.
People
End of the line
The chief union steward at Portland's shipyard is retiring after 35 years on the waterfront, and 30 years as a member of Laborers Local 737.
Collective bargaining
Laborers strike at CertainTeed ends with bigger raises
The strike shut down production at the company’s asphalt roof tile plant at 6350 NW Front Ave. for two and a half weeks.
In Memoriam
Aida Aranda, 1962-2023
Training center director Aida Aranda, who died Feb. 27, was a proud Laborer and a dedicated advocate for apprenticeship.
Collective bargaining
Laborers strike shuts CertainTeed shingle plant
Three days after voting down a company contract offer, workers at a Northwest Portland roof shingle factory walked out and shut it down.
Building our communities
Presents from Partners
The annual charity drive is a way to make holidays a little brighter for union families that find themselves in hardship.
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.
Culture
Construction coalition plans campaign to end on-the-job harassment of women, minorities
More than 60 union leaders, general contractors, public project owners, trade groups, and others took part in a Dec. 3 Safe From Hate summit.
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
Pandemic effects ripple across the construction industry
Across the building trades, opinions vary about whether to stay working or stay at home in the midst of a pandemic.
Building our communities
Laborers Local 737 donates masks
The union training center donated its supply of N-95 protective masks to front-line health care workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.Â
