Our focus and our campaign are simple: grow market share, organize workers, and

represent our members.

Brad has made protecting Oregon’s energy sector, creating opportunities for skilled

trades workers, and securing the future of our industry a central focus of his political and

policy work. As Chair of the Northwest Coalition for Energy Choice, Brad has testified

before policymakers across Oregon, advocating for energy choice, opposing policies

that could eliminate natural gas opportunities, and supporting the responsible growth of

data centers and other energy-intensive industries that can create significant

construction and maintenance opportunities for our members.

Brad also serves on the Washington and Oregon Legislative Policy Committee and

Board of the Renewable Hydrogen Alliance (RHA). In addition, he works with

organizations including the Western States Petroleum Association and Oregon

Generation Atomic to advocate for reliable, affordable, and diverse energy resources.

His involvement in these organizations gives him a seat at the table on energy policy

decisions that directly affect Oregon’s economy, energy infrastructure, and the future

work opportunities available to our members.

Brad believes Local 290 must be actively involved in shaping energy policy- not simply

reacting to decisions after they have been made. Protecting market share means

building relationships, advocating for projects, and making sure skilled trades workers

have a voice in Oregon’s energy future.

James has focused on finding new opportunities to grow our market share and create

more work for our members. He successfully negotiated Addendum N & R, creating our

first residential HVAC agreement. He also started SaveWith290.com to expand

residential service opportunities for Plumbing and HVAC members.

James initiated Local 290’s first geofencing campaign to organize and engage

members, and he has worked to put Industry Advancement to work growing our industry

while holding contractors accountable.

These efforts represent two important pieces of Local 290’s future: protect the work we

have while actively creating opportunities for more work.

But growing our market share starts with organizing workers. Our goal should be to

bring more workers into Local 290 and build a union that people want to be part of. That

starts with treating our members and the workers we are trying to organize with respect.

Respect is not optional. It is fundamental to building trust, strengthening our

membership, and growing our union.

The challenge in our jurisdiction is not the workers. The challenge is the continued

presence and growth of non-union contractors. Every non-union contractor represents

an opportunity to organize more workers, bring more work into the union, and expand

our market share.

The larger our market share, the stronger Local 290 becomes.

More market share means more work opportunities, greater bargaining strength, and a

stronger voice for our members. It means a stronger future for our apprentices, our

journeymen and women, our contractors, and our retirees.

This is not about choosing between political advocacy and organizing. We need both.

We need to protect the work we have, pursue new opportunities, organize workers, and

make sure every member knows that their union is working for them.

Our goal is to build a Local 290 where members are respected, workers want to join,

contractors want to compete for union work, and everyone understands that we are

stronger when we stand together.

Grow the work.

Organize the workforce.

Represent our members.

Unite 290!