Pacific NW Ironworkers Training Center

This is disappointing:

Ilani hires non-union The Cowlitz Tribe's casino in Ridgefield, Washington, has committed to use union construction firms up to now.

Today in Union HISTORY
APRIL 2
1909 – The Union Label Trades Department is chartered by the American Federation of Labor. Its mission: promote the products and services produced in America by union members, especially those products identified by a union label, shop card, store card, and service button.
1923 – The Supreme Court declares unconstitutional a 1918 Washington, D.C., law establishing a minimum wage for women.
1995 – Major league baseball players end a 232-day strike, which began the prior Aug. 12 and led to the cancellation of the 1994 postseason and the World Series.

FYI: Child daycare an issue for many ironworker families:

Oregon child care construction grant program winds down More than 180 projects across Oregon have received funding from the program.

When we stand together as a union family, WE WIN. Ironworkers of Local 29 are proud to be the brothers and sisters of AFT Local 5017, Nurses and Health Professionals.
PORTLAND, OR (March 24, 2026) — More than 60,000 healthcare workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with Kaiser Permanente, including more than 4,000 workers in Southwest Washington and Oregon. Lauded as a “historic” victory by the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (AFT Local 5017), representing the Pacific Northwest workers, the tentative agreement (TA) secures significant wage increases, benefit improvements, and a greater voice on the job. OFNHP’s previous contract with Kaiser expired in September of 2025.
The TA comes after Southwest WA and Oregon healthcare workers joined 40,000 of their siblings to strike Kaiser Permanente for five days in October. It was the biggest healthcare strike of 2025, uniting workers across Hawaii, California, Oregon, and SW Washington in the fight for better working conditions and improved resources for patient care

(Editor's note: Throughout the working world, in the U.S., care for our young children is one of the biggest issues facing workers. We seem to be incapable of establishing national policies to address this issue. As a parent you need quality childcare in order to focus on your work. Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries may have a solution for you.)