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Laborers Local 737

Jobs

TriMet awards transit project to union-signatory minority contractor

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.
Union Organizing

Four migrant day care centers join Laborers 737

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

Laborers representative Kyle Estes killed in head-on collision

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

Building Trades’ conservation project helps Boy Scouts

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

Union members volunteer at fishing derby

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

Vigor shipyard workers vote to authorize strike

Tired of being disrespected, shipyard workers are demanding a family-friendly work week.
Union democracy

Metal trades council elects new officers

Jason Joeckel of Laborers Local 737 is the new secretary-treasurer of the Metal Trades Council, which represents workers at the Portland Shipyards.
Union democracy

Laborers Local 737 elects its first business manager

Zack Culver won the vote for business manager Aug. 17 in the first completed union officer election of the statewide merged local.
Building our communities

Northwest Oregon Labor Council banquet recognizes union supporters, raises cash for labor charity

The Labor Appreciation and Recognition Night banquet raised a record $21,000 for Labor’s Community Service Agency.
People

Laborers leader Dave Tischer clocks out

Tischer, 54, retired Jan. 1 after 19 years as a leader in Locals 320 and 737.
People

Laborers’ Ben Nelson new Oregon AFL-CIO organizer

Nelson, a dedicated union organizer, was most recently Laborers Local 737 business manager.
Union democracy

Introducing Laborers Local 737

Laborers Locals 296, 320, and 121 merge to make Local 737
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