Painters District Council 5 Archives - Page 2 of 2

Toothless law: 3 years in, still no penalty for flagrant unionbuster

Jan 3, 2017

The three-year legal saga of a local union-busting paint contractor shows how weak U.S. labor law can be.

Federal judge orders employer to hire seven union painters

Oct 15, 2014

Edwards Painting violated federal labor law 18 separate ways.

At an upscale Pearl District apartment project, a union blows the whistle on wage theft

Oct 1, 2014

General contractor Lorentz Bruun pays $85,000 to settle DOL case against woman-owned paint subcontractor

New leadership at Painters Local 10

Jun 25, 2014

Mike Keebaugh succeeds Roben White, who opted not to run for re-election

Painting contractor tells NLRB he would rather close up shop than go union

Jun 18, 2014

Company owner represents himself in five-day trial

NLRB says painting contractor broke federal labor law

Apr 1, 2014

Nonunion Edwards Painting of Oregon City will go before a judge May 6

Strike on horizon at City of Portland

Oct 16, 2013

City denies vacation requests, and union gets “ready to walk”

Unions wary as Portland bargaining begins amid plans for cuts

Feb 12, 2013

Job security will be a top concern in bargaining between the City of Portland and a union coalition

DCTU reaches tentative contract with City of Portland

Oct 15, 2010

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.