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AFSCME Local 1790
Jobs
More homeless shelter layoffs
Do Good Multnomah is implementing its fourth round of layoffs in a year, even as the the number of homeless on Portland streets increases.
Jobs
Homeless nonprofit collapse puts 120 out of work
Portland shelter workers and homeless clients are paying for the misdeeds of nonprofit executives at Sunstone Way.
Union Organizing
Sequoia mental health workers join union
Defying an anti-union campaign, they voted 2-to-1 to join AFSCME Local 1790.
Jobs
Scandal-plagued homeless service nonprofit will close
Sunstone Way execs are accused in a whistleblower lawsuit of misspending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars.
Jobs
Union smells something rotten at Sunstone
Sunstone Way, a Portland homeless nonprofit, is accused of misspending hundreds of thousands. Workers there say Sunstone execs need to go.
Collective bargaining
After 16 months of talks, AFSCME reaches deal for first union contract at New Avenues for Youth
The contract covers about 110 workers at the homeless youth nonprofit, and will raise the minimum wage there from $17 to $21 per hour.
Collective bargaining
Union pickets go up at fundraiser for homeless nonprofit
No contract after 16 months? Workers at New Avenues for Youth decided it was time to make their case to donors.
Union Organizing
Workers at homeless nonprofit New Avenues For Youth file for union
The unit of 118 workers would be in AFSCME Local 1790, which represents workers at All Good Northwest, Janus Youth Programs, and Outside In.
Union Organizing
Workers launch union drive at New Avenues For Youth
Three dozen workers and supporters marched into the nonprofit's offices in downtown Portland on Dec. 6, demanding voluntary union recognition.
Training the Next Generation
Apprenticeship training model expands to mental health workers
Local union members who work in mental health and addiction treatment are enrolling in on-the-job, union-supported workforce training.
Oregon
National three-digit suicide hotline launches
At Oregon's Lines for Life, newly unionized call-takers expect a jump in call volume as the program rolls out.
Union Organizing
Support workers at tiny house villages for homeless vote to join AFSCME
In ballots counted June 2, a group of 46 employees who operate tiny house villages for the homeless in Portland voted 15-3 to unionize.
Union Organizing
Union fever spreading at Cascadia Behavioral Health
Last year, 270 Cascadia workers joined AFSCME; now 220 more are on route to joining them.
Union Organizing
Janus Youth Programs employees vote to join AFSCME
Many workers at the non-profit earn barely above minimum wage.
