Building Trades joins group battling opioid addiction Oct 17, 2019 The RX Abuse Leadership Initiative of Oregon launched Oct. 1 at the Northeast Portland union hall shared by Bricklayers Local 1 and Cement Masons Local 555.
2019 Oregon Building Trades Convention Sep 17, 2019 About 175 delegates and guests heard about the national building trades fight with Trump, and resolved to hold future conventions biennially.
What’s at stake for working people in the 2019 Oregon Legislature Jan 30, 2019 Majority Democrats have some big agenda items in the 2019 Oregon Legislature, including a carbon cap, renters rights, and revenue reform.
The new face of Oregon’s building trades Sep 18, 2018 Robert Camarillo, the new leader of Oregon’s construction unions, is a 41-year-old first generation American with the heart of an organizer.
Industrial Athlete campaign to launch at Intel jobsite Sep 18, 2018 The campaign will focus on improving health in the construction industry, which is disproportionately affected by heart disease and stroke.
Ironworker Robert Camarillo will head Oregon Building Trades May 29, 2018 The council coordinates the state-level political efforts of 21 affiliated building trades unions.
Labor highlights from the 2017 Oregon Legislature Aug 1, 2017 Lawmakers passed landmark labor laws, but dropped the ball on tax fairness and housing.
National building trades sees natural gas as ‘once in a generation’ opportunity to grow ranks Sep 2, 2014 The annual Oregon building trades convention drew a who’s who of the state’s top elected officials
Port of Portland drops plan to develop West Hayden Island Jan 16, 2014 Union leaders angered over loss of industrial land
Portland-based Boilermakers Local 500 consolidates with Local 242 in Spokane Nov 12, 2013 The new local represents 550 construction boilermakers in Washington and Oregon
