Northwest Carpenters Union is proud to partner with Labors Community Service Agency Presents from Partners and the Portland Fire Department Toy and Joy Makers. Gift box pick up will be December 12-13th INTERESTED IN DONATING UNWRAPPED TOYS? DELIVER TO Northwest Carpenters Union offices Local Union Halls Jobsite QUESTIONS?Call… Read More
Carpenters, Help Save Construction Apprenticeships! Friends and Family of the Trades Carpenters, help save construction apprenticeship by opposing the IRAP apprentice initiative – this is being by certain groups and only serves to WEAKEN our great apprenticeship programs and long term opportunity and quality of work. The federal… Read More
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) recently affiliated 13 Local Unions of the Carpenters Industrial Council (CIC) with the PNWRCC. Today we welcome the members of Local Unions 1017, 2761, 2197, 2750, 2767, 2780, 2784, 2949, 3091, 151, 2058, and 1136… Read More
Fighting to make the American Dream real for everyone Mark McDermott brings interactive workshops for leaders, staff, stewards, activists and apprentices with a focus on labor history, economic justice educa- tion, coalition building, communications skill building and strategic planning. He produces educational and training materials designed… Read More
In a historic election at the November 17, 2018 delegate meeting the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters elected Evelyn Shapiro (Carpenters Local 30 Renton, WA) with an overwhelming majority of the 155 delegates present. This election marks the first woman to be elected to… Read More
At the May 20, 2017 quarterly meeting delegates voted to make our organization a sanctuary organization by adopting the following declaration: We declare that the PNWRCC is a sanctuary organization that welcomes, defends, and fights to protect immigrants. We publicly affirm that we will neither… Read More
A relief fund has been established by the Southern States Millwright Council, Central South Carpenters Regional Council, and the UBC to aid UBC members, their families, and their communities affected by this devastating flood in Louisiana and Alabama. Hundreds of carpenters, millwrights, pile drivers and other… Read More
For those wishing to view Kelly Coffing’s full presentation from the August delegate meeting in Spokane, please check: Stabilized Income Plan (SIP) Info The page will be available going forward to supply PNWRCC members with information regarding SIP. The video can be found under the… Read More
The Carpenters Trust of Western Washington has posted a Q&A of recent pension related inquiries they have received. Please take a look, and give it a read- especially if you are a participant in the WWA Carpenter pension. This information has been provided by the… Read More
The Telephone Town Hall Tentative Agreement explanation and electronic vote process for the AGC/GCCA Agreements experienced a high number of unforeseen technical difficulties. The Contract Administration Department has heard a number of concerns from members of calls being dropped, unable to connect, or not being… Read More
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