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UA Local 290
Collective bargaining
DCTU contract expires, but no deal with City of Portland
The seven-member union coalition has requested the help of a state mediator.
Collective bargaining
Unions wary as Portland bargaining begins amid plans for cuts
Job security will be a top concern in bargaining between the City of Portland and a union coalition
Jobs
Construction workers building ‘the cloud’ in Central Oregon
Oregon east of the Cascades is becoming one of the world’s prime locations for data centers.
Building our communities
Unions promote home fire safety at hockey game
Plumbers 290 and Fire Fighters Local 43 tied 0-0 tie at the annual “Broom Ball” Winterhawks match.
Workers Rights
Strikes were up in 2011, but still extremely rare
The Verizon and NFL strikes were the year's biggest.
People
Architects honor Local 290 member David Roberts
American Institute of Architects honors the work on a Eugene swimming pool boiler.
Union democracy
Shropshire elected business manager of UA Local 290
Shropshire outpolled Lou Christensen, assistant to the business manager, 897 to 655.
People
John Endicott retires as business manager of UA Local 290
Endicott, 58, has been Local 290 business manager since March 2002.
Portland
Military veterans deployed to Local 290 steamfitters apprenticeship
In the Veterans In Piping program, 250 veterans around the U.S. are training to be steamfitters.
Collective bargaining
Plumbers and Fitters Local 290 ratifies new three-year contract
A new three-year contract provides for increases of $1.75, $2, and $2.25.
Jobs
High school students get lessons in pipe trades at UA training center
Plumbers and Fitters Local 290 has opened its training center to students from the Tigard-Tualatin School District.
Building our communities
Plumbers Local 290 defend ‘broomball’ title from Fire Fighters
The event promotes residential fire sprinkler systems as a life-saver.
Collective bargaining
DCTU reaches tentative contract with City of Portland
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.
