Painters District Council 5 Archives

R&H Construction pays $193,000 to settle wage theft case

Apr 20, 2023

Strung along by their employer and then Oregon’s labor bureau, workers got paid in February for work they did in 2021.

Clarence Noon, 1939-2021

Mar 17, 2021

Noon was a business rep for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 55 and later Council 5.

City of Portland union coalition has new leadership

Dec 16, 2020

DCTU—a coalition of six unions—negotiates a collective bargaining agreement that covers about 1,100 City of Portland employees in all.

Wages rise over $3 an hour in new Painters contracts

Jul 1, 2020

The July 1 raises are the culmination of a ready-to-strike strategy the union set in motion in 2017.

Who won the Presents From Partners’ Toy Challenge? The results are in

Jan 1, 2020

Five unions competed for bragging rights in the annual Presents from Partners Toy Challenge.

STARs of Painters/Drywall Finishers Local 10 and Floor Coverers Local 1236

Jun 6, 2019

After completing skill advancement and safety courses, members of Painters & Drywall Finishers Local 10 and Floor Coverers Local 1236 got cash and other bonuses at the May 31 STAR Awards banquet.

OSHA fines Ross Island Bridge paint contractor $189,000 for safety violations that led to near-fatal accident

Jun 20, 2017

After an accident that seriously injured two workers in a 37′ fall, OSHA levies its biggest fine in more than five years, saying contractor Abhe & Svoboda knowingly put workers at risk.

UNSAFE AT WORK

Apr 19, 2017

At the ODOT bridge contractor where a 40-foot fall sent two workers to the hospital, at least four former employees say they were let go after complaining of dangerous work conditions.

Abhe & Svoboda fires union salt amid safety complaints

Mar 16, 2017

Nonunion paint contractor Abhe & Svoboda faces civil rights, labor and safety complaints on a $22 million Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) painting project underneath the Ross Island Bridge.

UNDER THE ROSS ISLAND BRIDGE: Investigating a low-bid nonunion contractor, a union finds problems aplenty

Feb 15, 2017

Under the Ross Island Bridge Feb. 8, a painter plummeted 40 feet and landed on his own son, putting both in the hospital.