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Operating Engineers Local 701
Jobs
Topping-out ceremony at new Multnomah County courthouse
The steel framework on the new courthouse is near completion.
Labor History
Operating Engineers Local 701 celebrates its centennial
Oregon was a very different place when the International Union of Steam Operating Engineers chartered a new local Sept. 18, 1918.
Building our communities
Operating Engineers Local 701 sets up shop at Boring Brewfest
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.
National
Missouri voters trounce ‘right-to-work’
The anti-union law went down by more than 2-1. Oregon unionists, acting in solidarity, were there to lend a hand.
Union Organizing
Tillamook Cheese maintenance techs go non-union
About 250 production workers at the facility continue to be represented by Teamsters Local 58.
Jobs
Shame on Fortis? Or should it be ‘Shame on Facebook?’
Building trades union leaders are irked that some of the work on the Facebook data center in Prineville is going to nonunion subcontractors that pay below area-standard wages and use workers from out of state.
Collective bargaining
Vigor shipyard workers vote to authorize strike
Tired of being disrespected, shipyard workers are demanding a family-friendly work week.
Jobs
OE 701 cries foul at Boeing use of “rat” contractor at Gresham plant
Integrity Machinery Moving is accused of underbidding union contractors while employing nonunion workers and paying them below area-standard wages and benefits.Â
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.
Culture
Unions are wall-to-wall at Keller Auditorium
With the recent unionization of dancers at the Oregon Ballet Theatre, their shows are now executed by an all-union workforce.
Union democracy
Operating Engineers Local 701 returns to Oregon Building Trades
At the building trades’ convention, Operating Engineers were welcomed back to a round of applause.
Portland
Unions say City’s revamped policy to increase women and minorities on construction projects is a step backward from current Community Benefits Agreement
They say it’s a step backward from the existing ‘Community Benefits Agreement.’
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.
Workers Rights
Operating Engineers Local 701 picket at Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant
A new complaint says a contractor, Veolia North America, broke federal labor law.
Portland
REVOLT OF THE MANAGERS
At the City of Portland, a group of managers rewrote a project labor agreement template — by taking out the ‘labor’.
Jobs
Portland’s model Community Benefits Agreement could be replaced with ‘CEIP’
Building trades officials say City of Portland managers want to bypass a union-backed agreement that provides more opportunities for women and minority construction workers.
Union democracy
New leadership at Operating Engineers 701
Former president Jimbo Anderson ran on a slate with a dozen other members and won, defeating incumbent officers.
Union Organizing
Workers at Cemex join Operating Engineers Local 701
A previous effort to unionize failed after union supporters were fired.
Jobs
FERC revises schedule on Jordan Cove LNG
The federal agency is looking at an alternative pipeline route to the proposed Coos Bay terminal
Jobs
Cowlitz Tribe casino will be union built
The project has been held up in court by challenges from the City of Vancouver and Clark County
