/news/2011/04/07/local-plumbers-union-pickets-contractor-over-labor-negotiations/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Wed, 02 Jul 2014 05:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 /news/2011/04/07/local-plumbers-union-pickets-contractor-over-labor-negotiations/#comment-150553 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 05:52:45 +0000 /news/2011/04/07/local-plumbers-union-pickets-contractor-over-labor-negotiations/#comment-150553 […] (Photo by Sam Tenney/91ÊÓƵ) Meanwhile, the strikes are impacting business, Gormley said. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit … […]

]]> /news/2011/04/07/local-plumbers-union-pickets-contractor-over-labor-negotiations/#comment-100967 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:10:47 +0000 /news/2011/04/07/local-plumbers-union-pickets-contractor-over-labor-negotiations/#comment-100967 […] It looks like theyve created and initiated a strategy of selective and targeted strikes, Wall said. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit … […]

]]> /news/2011/04/07/local-plumbers-union-pickets-contractor-over-labor-negotiations/#comment-57499 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:25:11 +0000 /news/2011/04/07/local-plumbers-union-pickets-contractor-over-labor-negotiations/#comment-57499 Are you friggin’ kidding me? At $56 an hour these guys make far more than the most of us, and their wage growth has far outpaced the typical worker over the last 15 years. Now they want another 14% increase in the next 2 years, at a time many employees are facing stagnant or declining income. The last plumber I hired spent 25% of his time on the clock telling me his political views.

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