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Carpenters union dissolves NW regional council

Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters is no more. According to disclosures filed with the U.S. Department of Labor, United Brotherhood of Carpenters General President Douglas McCarron directed the regional council to dissolve on June 6. Its geographical and trade jurisdiction, and $115 million in assets, were merged into the Southwest Mountain States Regional Council of Carpenters, headquartered in Los Angeles.

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Plasterers Local 82 signs new master agreement

Plasterers Local 82 on July 1 signed a new master agreement with signatory contractors in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The contract covers roughly 130 Local 82 members working for the contractors that make up the Associated Wall & Ceiling Contractors of Oregon and Southwest Washington (AWCC). It runs July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027.

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Painters agreement raises compensation $9.86 over three years

Members of Painters Local 10 voted by about 90% June 29 to ratify a new three-year agreement with Associated Wall & Ceiling Contractors (AWCC). The deal aligns AWCC with terms that union members ratified in May with the larger Signatory Painting Contractors Organization (SPCO).

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Union Craftsmanship

The Harver Company, a union wall and ceiling contractor, walked away from a May 4-6 industry trade show with triple honors for the work done by members of Plasterers Local 82 on the Oregon Supreme Court building. At the 2023 Wall and Ceiling Conference and Trade Show in Huntington Beach, California, the job was awarded Project of the Year, Best of the West, and the People’s Choice Award chosen by attendees.

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