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Operating Engineers Local 701

Topping-out ceremony at new Multnomah County courthouse

The steel framework on the new courthouse is near completion.

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.

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.

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.

Tillamook Cheese maintenance techs go non-union

About 250 production workers at the facility continue to be represented by Teamsters Local 58.

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.

Vigor shipyard workers vote to authorize strike

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

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. 

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.

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.

Operating Engineers Local 701 returns to Oregon Building Trades

At the building trades’ convention, Operating Engineers were welcomed back to a round of applause.

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.’

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.

Operating Engineers Local 701 picket at Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant

A new complaint says a contractor, Veolia North America, broke federal labor law.

REVOLT OF THE MANAGERS

At the City of Portland, a group of managers rewrote a project labor agreement template — by taking out the ‘labor’.

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.

New leadership at Operating Engineers 701

Former president Jimbo Anderson ran on a slate with a dozen other members and won, defeating incumbent officers.

Workers at Cemex join Operating Engineers Local 701

A previous effort to unionize failed after union supporters were fired.

FERC revises schedule on Jordan Cove LNG

The federal agency is looking at an alternative pipeline route to the proposed Coos Bay terminal

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