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Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters
Union democracy
Carpenters union dissolves NW regional council
A new Western States Regional Council of Carpenters spans 12 Western states and totals almost 90,000 union members.
Union democracy
Carpenters international union dissolves eight Northwest locals
United Brotherhood of Carpenters transferred more than 19,000 members into five newly chartered locals. No explanation was given.
Union democracy
Northwest Carpenters placed in trusteeship
The council's top officer Evelyn Shapiro has resigned amid allegations of vote rigging in a Seattle contract ratification vote.
Green Jobs
Renewable diesel fuel refinery will be union built and operated
Construction work on the $1.6 billion project could begin in early 2022 at Port Westward near Clatskanie and employ 800 workers.
Jobs
Roadblock in the Broadway Corridor?
A deal on a community benefits agreement is held up over equity for construction workers.
Jobs
TriMet awards transit project to union-signatory minority contractor
Raimore Construction will be the general contractor on the $60 million construction portion of the Division Transit Project, which will be the largest construction contract awarded to a minority contractor in Oregon history.
Union Organizing
Boise Cascade busts Carpenters Union campaign in Medford
A union campaign among 375 workers at a pair of southern Oregon plywood mills ended in a crushing union election defeat.
People
A sister to lead the Brotherhood
The region's largest construction union, 23,000-member Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, has a new top officer: Evelyn Shapiro. Shapiro, 40, is the first woman ever elected to head a regional council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters in the United States.
Jobs
Union-backed coalition pushes bold vision for Broadway corridor project
Redevelopment of the 32-acre downtown site will set the tone for what kind of city Portland will be.
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
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
Culture
A union office like something out of Portlandia
A Carpenters union office is the setting for a skit in Portlandia’s Health Care episode
Oregon
Labor gets ready for an action-packed session of the Oregon Legislature
With strong Democratic majorities in the state house and senate, the mood is optimistic
Jobs
Unions endorse oil distribution center proposal in Vancouver
Construction unions will sign $210 million project labor agreement with Vancouver Energy
Union democracy
Carpenters Local 156, formed in a 2011 merger, splits into two
Local 156 is replaced with newly formed Locals 1503 and 271.
Jobs
Union pension funds finance new Portland office building
The nine-story Pearl West project will be LEED Silver rated.
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
Workers Rights
Jeweler closes sidewalk when union shows up
Nonunion R&H Construction and Kassab Jewelers are accused of violating workers rights.
