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Operating Engineers Local 701

Training the Next Generation

Maybe shoulda Googled ‘rat contractor’?

Crestline, a heavy civil general contractor headquartered in The Dalles, doesn’t have a state-approved apprenticeship program.
National

New NLRB acting attorney backs off lawsuit against Scabby the Rat

The previous general counsel, a management-side labor lawyer appointed by Trump, tried to muzzle Scabby the Rat as soon as he took office.
Union democracy

City of Portland union coalition has new leadership

DCTU—a coalition of six unions—negotiates a collective bargaining agreement that covers about 1,100 City of Portland employees in all.
Workers Rights

What’s Portland Public Schools hiding? Possibly wage theft?

Construction union reps say the district delays, redacts, and charges exorbitantly for public records they need for wage theft investigations.
Building our communities

Local unions coordinate food distribution for workers idled by the COVID recession

Some union locals are experiencing 100% unemployment but the food boxes are available to anyone in need, union or not.
Building our communities

Union card gets $1 off beer

Paddy's, Produce Row, Cadillac and three others owned by Portland restaurateur Josh Johnston are offering a discount to patrons who show their union card.
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.
Jobs

Rat visits PGE

Portland General Electric’s new lineman training facility is being constructed at least in part by nonunion labor.
Jobs

Roadblock in the Broadway Corridor?

A deal on a community benefits agreement is held up over equity for construction workers.
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.
Workers Rights

Rat spotted in Vancouver, Washington

General Labor & Industrial Staffing Services' response to the arrival of a giant inflatable rat? Call the police and threaten legal action.
Training the Next Generation

New construction tech debuts at Local 701’s Canby facility

For a week in early March, journeymen and apprentices in Operating Engineers Local 701 got hands on with a new breed of high-tech heavy equipment.
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.
Collective bargaining

Raises at Schnitzer scrapyard

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

Union racer represents Local 701 training center on the speedway

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

Operating Engineers business manager James Anderson wins second term

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

Operating Engineers pickets question Boeing’s Integrity

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.
Building our communities

Crisis team at Local 701 training center

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

Rat spotted at Pearl District apartments

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

Union labor is remaking Portland’s Providence Park soccer stadium

The project will employ 120 union members at its peak.
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