Operating Engineers Local 701 Archives

Raises at Schnitzer scrapyard

Sep 5, 2019

At Schnitzer Steel’s North Portland scrap yard, a unit of 123 workers has ratified a new contract.

Union racer represents Local 701 training center on the speedway

Aug 12, 2019

Every Saturday from April to September, Operating Engineers Local 701 member Cory Garrison races his red 1970 Monte Carlo at Sunset Speedway.

Operating Engineers business manager James Anderson wins second term

Aug 5, 2019

In officer elections scheduled for July, all incumbent Local 701 officers ran unopposed and were elected by acclamation.

Operating Engineers pickets question Boeing’s Integrity

Jun 18, 2019

When Local 701 pickets went up against a non-union equipment operator, members of Iron Workers Local 29 and other unions walked out, teaching apprentices the meaning of solidarity.

Crisis team at Local 701 training center

Jun 18, 2019

Operating Engineers Local 701 made its 87-acre training facility available to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department for training.

Rat spotted at Pearl District apartments

Apr 2, 2019

At Modera Glisan Project, nonunion temps are operating outside elevators instead of skilled Operating Engineers.

Union labor is remaking Portland’s Providence Park soccer stadium

Mar 12, 2019

The project will employ 120 union members at its peak.

Topping-out ceremony at new Multnomah County courthouse

Nov 13, 2018

The steel framework on the new courthouse is near completion.

Operating Engineers Local 701 celebrates its centennial

Sep 18, 2018

Oregon was a very different place when the International Union of Steam Operating Engineers chartered a new local Sept. 18, 1918.

Operating Engineers Local 701 sets up shop at Boring Brewfest

Sep 5, 2018

Operating Engineers Local 701 and its affiliated AGC training center set up shop at the inaugural Boring Brewfest fundraiser, bringing a mini-excavator and computerized tower crane simulator for members of the public to try out.