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Operating Engineers Local 701
Worker safety
Operating Engineers Local 701 member killed in crane accident
OSHA is investigating why a 35-foot beam detached and pierced the cab of his crane
Jobs
Unions endorse oil distribution center proposal in Vancouver
Construction unions will sign $210 million project labor agreement with Vancouver Energy
Jobs
Southwest Washington students get taste of construction careers
About 1,200 high school students took part in the construction job fair
Collective bargaining
City of Portland workers reject contract
Tallied Feb. 10, the vote is 462 for and 635 against.
Collective bargaining
City of Portland reaches tentative deal with unions
Members will vote in the coming weeks whether to approve the new four-year contract
Collective bargaining
After DCTU says no to privatization, City of Portland declares impasse
City's declaration that bargaining is done sets timeline for strike as soon as Feb. 12
Building our communities
Union family raises funds to pay for cutting edge treatment for son with cerebral palsy
One-year-old Oscar Triplett would be flown to Panama for a treatment not covered by insurance.
Collective bargaining
Strike on horizon at City of Portland
City denies vacation requests, and union gets "ready to walk"
Collective bargaining
City of Portland pushes to end protections against outsourcing
Talks with a 1,600-employee union coalition are stalled over job security — and good government
Collective bargaining
DCTU contract expires, but no deal with City of Portland
The seven-member union coalition has requested the help of a state mediator.
Collective bargaining
Unions wary as Portland bargaining begins amid plans for cuts
Job security will be a top concern in bargaining between the City of Portland and a union coalition
Jobs
Construction workers building ‘the cloud’ in Central Oregon
Oregon east of the Cascades is becoming one of the world’s prime locations for data centers.
Politics
Breakthrough: City of Portland commits to build union, and use minority workers and contractors
New “community benefits agreement” uses public construction spending as a public policy tool
Collective bargaining
Governor Gregoire brokers end to ILWU-EGT dispute
The settlement appears to avert a clash planned for the arrival of the first ship.
In Memoriam
Jim Ridderbusch, 1935-2012
The retired member of Operating Engineers Local 701 died Jan. 6 after being hit by a car.
Washington
Showdown looms in Longview
Land and water protests are planned for the arrival of the first ship at a new grain terminal.
Oregon/Washington
Trumka: ILWU dispute with 701 is jurisdictional
An Oregon AFL-CIO E-Board resolution condemning Operating Engineers Local 701 in a dispute with ILWU at Longview has been nullified by the national AFL-CIO.
Oregon/Washington
Longshore union goes ‘all in’ at Longview grain terminal
A determined struggle by ILWU at a new grain terminal is complicated by the entry of another union.
Jobs
Big Pipe project wraps up ahead of schedule
Rosie, the 530-ton tunnel boring machine, has finished tunneling on the East Side Big Pipe project, the largest public infrastructure project in Portland’s history. At its peak, more than 100 members of Laborers Local 320, and 150 members of Operating Engineers Local 701 worked on the project.
Collective bargaining
DCTU reaches tentative contract with City of Portland
Following months of often contentious bargaining, a coalition of seven unions representing 1,800 city employees reached a tentative agreement with the City of Portland on a new three-year contract.
