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AFSCME Local 189
National
We are the 99 percent: Unions get behind the Occupy movement
Unions line up in support of Occupy Wall Street as the movement explodes.
People
AFSCME 189 elects Hussey president
Debbie Hussey, a union steward at Portland’s 911 call center, outpolled fellow state board member Carol Justice.
Collective bargaining
DCTU reaches tentative contract with City of Portland
Following months of often contentious bargaining, a coalition of seven unions representing 1,800 city employees reached a tentative agreement with the City of Portland on a new three-year contract.
