Local 97 is the exclusive representative for nearly all employees in NWD Headquarters of the US Army Corps of Engineers - both in Portland, Oregon and Omaha, Nebraska. Supervisors, personnel specialists, and a few confidential employees are excluded from coverage, but the majority of employees (approximately 120) are now in the IFPTE bargaining unit. Founded in 1997, we added Omaha to the unit in 2001 after the former North Pacific and Missouri River Divisions combined into the new Northwestern Division. The Northwestern Division employees are responsible for water resources development throughout the Columbia and Missouri River Basins and military construction throughout the northern states west of the Mississippi River.

Board Members:

President, Gordon Taxer, 503-808-3903
Vice-President, Patti Lee 402-697-2528
Secretary, Sheryl Bainer, 503-808-3776
Treasurer, Pam Hertzberg 503-808-3754

Trustees;

Mike Bainer, 503 808-3964
Laila Berre, 402-697-2518
Karl Bryan, 503-808-3894
Ann Denholm, 402-697-2687
Bill Doan, 402-697-2646
Laura Kemp, 503 808-3837
Abelina Martinez, 503-808-5079

Mailing address, Phone number:

IFPTE, Local 97 P.O. Box 2870, Portland Oregon, 97208

IFPTE Local 97 Office, 503-808-4003