Laborers Local 737 Archives

Construction industry confronts suicide in the ranks

Sep 1, 2021

Construction workers commit suicide at three times the national average. More die by suicide than job site injuries or accidents.

Construction coalition plans campaign to end on-the-job harassment of women, minorities

Dec 16, 2020

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, but not for you

Jul 14, 2020

Oregon construction unions say state-subsidized clean energy work is going to nonunion out-of-state firms and out-of-state crews.

Pandemic effects ripple across the construction industry

Apr 15, 2020

Across the building trades, opinions vary about whether to stay working or stay at home in the midst of a pandemic.

Laborers Local 737 donates masks

Apr 1, 2020

The union training center donated its supply of N-95 protective masks to front-line health care workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.

TriMet awards transit project to union-signatory minority contractor

Feb 5, 2020

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.

Four migrant day care centers join Laborers 737

May 21, 2019

Workers at four non-profit child care centers in Marion and Clackamas counties voted 61 to 56 to unionize with Laborers Local 737.

Laborers representative Kyle Estes killed in head-on collision

Sep 14, 2018

Estes was on his way to Portland for a union training when an oncoming driver swerved into his lane.

Building Trades’ conservation project helps Boy Scouts

May 29, 2018

Volunteers from Roofers Local 49 and Laborers Local 737 teamed with the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance to construct a shooting sports complex.

Union members volunteer at fishing derby

May 2, 2018

About 2,500 kids ages 5 to 14 got to keep two fish, and every child got a Zebco rod and reel.