Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters

ConstructionWashington, United States51-200 Employees

The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters is a regional labor organization within the carpenters’ union, representing workers in carpentry and related trades across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska. It operates as part of the Northwest Carpenters Union, which is affiliated with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Based in Kent, Washington, the council focuses on issues affecting its members, including safety, wages, benefits, training, and working conditions.

The council encompasses more than 24,000 workers across a range of carpentry-related crafts, such as carpenters, piledrivers, drywallers, millwrights, trade show workers, shipwrights, and related trades, with the aim of maintaining and improving safety, wages, benefits, training, and working conditions in the region. It traces its lineage to the broader union founded in 1881, reflecting a long history of training and professional standards in the trade. In 2017, the organization launched a podcast series addressing wage theft and tax fraud in the construction industry, illustrating engagement with industry-wide labor issues.

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