AFSCME Local 189 Archives

Housing Bureau employee Chris Flanary, a member of AFSCME Local 189, is one of the first to file for the all-new Portland City Council.

Mayor Ted Wheeler had second thoughts about his own budget proposal. City unions say his last-minute changes will lead to layoffs.

The deal with AFSCME Local 189 comes after Portland City Council chastised auditor Simone Rede for bargaining.

Simone Rede, newly installed as Portland City Auditor, didn’t think a first union contract needed to be so hard.

AFSCME says Portland city management bargained in bad faith and implemented its re-entry plan without union agreement.

AFSCME’s Portland Police chapter chair says understaffing is causing delays retrieving towed cars or getting police reports for insurance.

Following drawn out and contentious union negotiations, City of Portland managers are now accused of interfering in strike votes.

The unit of 1,180 city workers in the District Council of Trade Unions could strike as soon as Jan. 19, after bargaining since July 2020.

City attorneys and HR managers, opposing a union effort by three workers, ended up opening the door to a union for workers across the city.

DCTU—a coalition of six unions—negotiates a collective bargaining agreement that covers about 1,100 City of Portland employees in all.