IBEW 280

IBEW Local 280 Picnic

This Saturday, September 11th

There will be a live band, great raffle prizes (including a weekend at a resort), and all kinds of fun and games for the children!! Pack up your family and come have a great time this Saturday ! If you have any questions please give us a call here at the Hall. See you this weekend !

State Fair Booth

Brian Samp and Ned Goldman manning the Labor Booth at the State Fair. A big thank you also goes out to Greg Sanderlin, Mike Sliper, Greg Creal, Dave Baker, Dennis Caster and Bill Kisselburgh, all who volunteered to help out. Your help was greatly appreciated !

NW Art & Air Festival

Molly & Eric Davis and Greg Miller at the NW Art & Air Festival held this past weekend in Albany. Local 280 is a sponsor of this event each year and the Hot Air Ballon ride is raffled off at the Joint Unit Meeting each August.

Is Coming to Salem!

From September 6th through the 12th Rich Duncan Construction will be building an Extreme Makeover House in Salem. For those that are able to help out you can register here.

9th District Progress Meeting

Local 280 was proudly presented with this Award for Number of Members Receiving COMET Training in 2009 at the Annual Progress Meeting held last week in Anaheim, CA. Of the 30+ Inside Locals in the 9th District we tied with Local 357 for 1st place. Way to go!

United Way Golf Tournament

Local 280 members and retiree at the United Way Golf Tournament. From left to right: Trace Privratsky, Mike Sliper, Pete Parker, Bill Kisselburgh, Joe Rundle, Josh Miller, Chris Bate and Travis Johnson. Local 280 donates to United Way every year which in turn helps support senior services, people with special needs and youth programs in our community.

A fund to help apprentices during these difficult economic times has been established. Show your support for the Brotherhood and donate today.

To Donate:

There are donation boxes at the Union Hall & Training Center

Collections will be taken at each union meeting

Make a direct donation at the IBEW/SJ Federal Credit Union (Apprenticeship Assistance Fund)

Make checks payable to: Apprentice Assistance Fund

Welcome to Local 280

In our continuing effort to leverage the most efficient means of communicating with our members, contractors, industry leaders and the general public, we are working to provide you with timely and relevant information on our website.

Local 280 is comprised of over 1,200 loyal men and women in the Willamette Valley and Central Oregon. Our jurisdiction includes six counties in the valley: Linn, Benton, Lane, Marion, Polk, & Yamhill and across the Cascades into Deschutes, Jefferson, & Crook counties. Our classifications include inside, commercial, industrial, residential, and limited energy work. We have over 140 active signatory contractors who have committed to providing good wages, working conditions, and benefits to their employees.

Our knowledgeable and experienced staff is here to provide you with any help we can. We encourage you to explore the website. If you have information, such as work in other locals, you think is relevant to our members, please send an email to local280@ibew280.org