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Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council

Politics

Candidate for Labor Commissioner wants to make Oregon a ‘right-to-work’ state

It would make the state more attractive to business, Bruce Starr tells radio host Lars Larson.
Politics

Anti light rail measure passes Clackamas County

Labor defends light rail, but it's not enough.
Union democracy

Avakian, Starr spar at Oregon building trades gathering

Energy infrastructure was a flashpoint at the annual building trades convention.
Jobs

Developers agree proposed Wood Village casino will be built union

Voters would first have to approve allowing a private casino just east of Portland.
Portland

Building Trades’ John Mohlis reappointed to PDC board

At PDC, Mohlis has pushed for minority contracting and apprenticeship training.
Politics

Oregon Building Trades Council endorsements

The building trades back Dwight Holton for attorney general and make picks for Oregon Legislature.
Politics

Jobs will again top labor agenda at Oregon Legislature

Lawmakers will push to lessen outsourcing, put trades to work, and divest from Wall Street banks.
Oregon/Washington

Avakian, Witt woo building trades unions

Building Trades unions meet on the Oregon coast to consider endorsements and set policy.
Portland

I-5 bridge design gets thumbs up from construction unions

Building trades unions reacted favorably to the April 25 announcement by governors John Kitzhaber of Oregon and Chris Gregoire of Washington.
Politics

Building trades miffed at Metro for bypassing Shiprack

Building trades unions are miffed that the Metro Council didn't appoint Bob Shiprack to a vacant seat in District 6.
Local

Shiprack seeks open Metro seat

A freshly retired union official seeks to fill an open seat on the Metro Council.
Oregon

Mohlis, Byrd named to governor-elect’s transition team

Oregon Governor-elect John Kitzhaber campaigned on job creation, and even before taking office announced the formation of five teams aimed at helping grow Oregon’s economy. Each team will develop statutory and regulatory recommendations for the legislative session that begins Feb. 1.
Jobs

Back to work: Intel to spend nearly $4 billion to build Hillsboro fab

Microchip giant Intel’s announcement Oct. 19 that it will build a brand new development fabrication plant at its Ronler Acres Campus in Hillsboro was music to the ears of construction union officials. Intel said as many as 6,000 construction jobs will be created.
Union democracy

Mohlis, Riggs sworn in as Building Trades officers

John Mohlis was sworn in as executive secretary of the Oregon State Building and Construction Trade Council, and Paul Riggs of IBEW Local 48 was elected to finish out Mohlis' executive secretary term at the Columbia-Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council, which expires December 2011.
People

Construction union icon Shiprack retires after 25 years

Bob Shiprack, an icon of Oregon construction unions, retired Oct. 1 as executive secretary of the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council. Shiprack said he likely will do consulting work, primarily on clean energy and solar, but has no plans to run for elected office or to lobby.
Jobs

DeFazio tells Building Trades: More infrastructure investment needed

At the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council convention in Roseburg, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio asked for labor’s help making the case that more public investment is needed to pull the country out of the Great Recession.
Union democracy

Mohlis to succeed Shiprack at Oregon Building Trades Council

John Mohlis, executive secretary-treasurer of the Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council, was elected by acclamation to succeed Bob Shiprack as executive secretary of the Oregon State Building Trades Council. Shiprack is retiring after 25 years at the helm.
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