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PAGE 2 | October 21, 2016 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS All-union courthouse project breaks ground HEELS ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE? MAYBE JUST THIS ONCE. Leaders who made the courthouse project possible, starting with County Chair Deb Kafoury (left) line up Oct. 4 to break ground. Be- low, Multnomah County Judge Nan Waller shows what the current courthouse is made of: century- old unreinforced masonry. (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) Established in 1900 in Portland, Oregon as a voice of the la- bor movement. Published on a semi-monthly basis on the first and third Fridays of each month by the Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non-profit mutual benefit corpo- ration owned by 20 unions and councils including the Ore- gon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Office location: 4275 NE Halsey St., Portland, Oregon Mailing address: P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213 Phone: (503) 288-3311 Web address: http://nwlaborpress.org Editor & Manager: Michael Gutwig Associate editor: Don McIntosh Office manager: Cheri Rice Printed on recycled paper, using soy-based inks, by members of Teamsters Local 747-M. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual subscriptions are $14 a year for union members, $22 a year for all others. Pay by credit card online at nwlaborpress.org/subscribe, or send a check to our mailing address (above) along with your name, address and union affiliation, if any. Group rates of $10.08 a year per person are available for 25 or more subscriptions; call 503-288-3311 for details. CORRECTIONS: See an error? Please let us know at editor@nwlaborpress.org or by phone at 503-288-3311. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: If you move, let us know at nwlaborpress.org/subscriber-services or by mail at our mailing address (above). Be sure to provide your old and new addresses and the name/number of your local union. Please allow three weeks for the change to take effect. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS P.O. BOX 13150 PORTLAND, OR 97213-0150 The replacement for the cen- tury-old Multnomah County Courthouse broke ground offi- cially Oct. 4 on the west end of the Hawthorne Bridge. It will be the state’s largest public works project in recent years, expected to employ over 500 construction workers by the time it’s completed in 2020. And they’ll all be union, thanks to a project labor agreement worked out in partnership with the Columbia-Pacific Building and Construction Trades Coun- cil (CPBCTC). “We are looking forward to working with the County to de- liver an on-time and on-budget project,” CPBCTC Executive Secretary-Treasurer Willy My- ers told the Labor Press. Hoffman Construction is the construction manager and gen- eral contractor on the project, which will be funded jointly by the State of Oregon and Mult- nomah County. The old court- house was built in 1914. It’s be- ing replaced chiefly because, built of unreinforced masonry, it would be unsafe in an earth- quake. The courthouse project will also serve to increase the partic- ipation of women and minori- ties in the local construction workforce. The goal is that at least 20 percent of the appren- tices and journey-level workers on the project will be minorities, and for at least 25 percent of ap- prentices and 6 percent of jour- ney-level workers to be women. “When it comes to work- force, union density equals di- versity,” Myers said. The project also has a goal of contracting 15 percent of the work to firms owned by minori- ties and women and emerging small businesses. “I think [this courthouse] will stand as a symbol of justice,” said Oregon State Sen. Richard Devlin, who helped secure funding for the project as co- chair of the Legislature’s Joint Ways and Means Committee. Oregon General Election Ballots can be returned by mail or at any official drop site in Oregon. All ballots must be received by 8 p.m., Nov. 8 POSTMARKS DO NOT COUNT 140
