Our member unions invest approximately $15 million annually for training apprentices and continuing education for our journeymen and women—without a dime of public money, we have developed and maintain what we believe is the best trained, most highly skilled construction workforce in the world, right here in Oregon. Our members are not only committed to excellent craftsmanship, but to being stellar citizens within their communities. We have a long history of donating labor and working with local suppliers to donate materials to build everything from dugouts for little league baseball, homes for Habitat for Humanity and shelters for battered women. Our unions in conjunction with our signatory contractors founded the charity B.U.L.L. Session, which has raised over $4.3 million for the community’s most valuable assets—our children. Charity recipients include: Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Special Olympics Oregon, and Wheel to Walk Foundation among several others. We are actively involved in the Helmets to Hardhats program to help our military veterans make a swift transition from active duty military service to civilian careers in the construction industry. In addition, our locals open their halls at no cost for a wide range of community activities, from veterans’ job fairs to providing our facilities, equipment, and instructors to high school engineering and robotics classes.
