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The Northwest Carpenters are an industry leader in the Northwest. We train, dispatch and represent over 23,000 highly skilled craftspeople across Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. The Northwest Carpenters works with our partner contractors to provide reliable and professional service to meet the growing needs of the northwest construction industry.
Our members get jobs done right, on time and on budget for contractors across the northwest. Expert training, a commitment to craftsmanship and fair compensation ensure that our members work accurately and efficiently on jobs big and small.
The “Last Best and Final” from the NW Wall and Ceiling Contractors Association
We had agreed at the bargaining table to translate the entire document into Spanish along with a letter from our Contract Administration Department and mail to our members. Now it appears that some contractors have begun to distribute it, so we have to post the English version now while we are still working on the translation and mailing. NW Wall and Ceiling Last Best Final Here it is NWCCA Final Spanish En Espanol
Vanessa Downing Operating Engineers 302 Apprentice Killed
Vanessa Page Downing, 26, dies; she’d built a new life for herself
Vanessa Downing was weeks away from finishing her welding apprenticeship — and completing her transformation from homeless “Ave Rat” to inspiring role model — when she was killed in a workplace accident June 24. She was 26.
In one of her final Facebook messages, Vanessa Page Downing channeled ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes to sum up her new attitude toward life: “With a big enuf bar and the right fulcrum I can lift this whole … WORLDDDDDDDD.” Read the rest of this entry »
Contract Negotiations Update:
Western WA Wall and Ceiling - Negotiations will be continuing beyond June 1, 2010. All of the current Terms and Conditions of the Agreement remain in place while bargaining. All members should continue working Tuesday, June 1, and beyond until you recieve official notification from the Union that the situation has changed. You will recieve the same rate of pay and benefits as you have been working for over the last year.
Portland Piledriver Badly Injured
On the morning of June 11, 2010, Curtis Thorne, Piledrivers Local 2416, Portland, Oregon, was injured doing what he loves to do. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time when a load of metal came falling down on top of him. Read the rest of this entry »
