Laborers Local 737 Archives

Never one to seek the limelight, she served the Laborers for decades as a tireless foot soldier for the cause of labor.

Local 737 represents laborers in construction, shipyards, and road maintenance, plus several hundred public works employees.

R&B. Barbecue. And a chance at a family wage. The Community Pulse Series is meant to recruit people of color to the trades.

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.

The strike shut down production at the company’s asphalt roof tile plant at 6350 NW Front Ave. for two and a half weeks.

Training center director Aida Aranda, who died Feb. 27, was a proud Laborer and a dedicated advocate for apprenticeship.

Three days after voting down a company contract offer, workers at a Northwest Portland roof shingle factory walked out and shut it down.

The annual charity drive is a way to make holidays a little brighter for union families that find themselves in hardship.

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

More than 60 union leaders, general contractors, public project owners, trade groups, and others took part in a Dec. 3 Safe From Hate summit.