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AFSCME Local 189

Portland

Union officer launches run for Portland City Council

Sep 14, 2023

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.

Jobs

Out of nowhere, Portland budgets for staff and service cuts

Jun 2, 2023

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

Collective Bargaining

At last, auditor’s office gets first union contract

Jun 2, 2023

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

Collective Bargaining

City Council says new auditor was wrong to make deal with workers

Apr 6, 2023

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

Collective Bargaining

AFSCME 189 files charges after City Auditor orders workers to return to office

May 4, 2022

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

Jobs

Behind the badge, police support staff face backlog and burnout

Mar 17, 2022

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

Collective Bargaining

City unions in Portland near the brink of a strike

Jan 19, 2022

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

Collective Bargaining

City of Portland unions declare impasse

Dec 16, 2021

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.

Union Organizing

Hundreds of unrepresented City of Portland workers get a chance to unionize

Feb 17, 2021

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.

Union Democracy

City of Portland union coalition has new leadership

Dec 16, 2020

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

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