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AFSCME Local 88
Union Organizing
Do Good Multnomah agrees to recognize union for its 270 workers
They join a union that also represents workers at homeless service providers Central City Concern, Transition Projects, and Home Forward.Â
Union Organizing
More than 360 workers join existing union at Central City Concern
The Sept. 12 union vote doubles the number of workers represented by AFSCME Local 88 at the homeless service nonprofit.
Union Organizing
Homeless service nonprofit could go wall-to-wall union
AFSCME Local 88-1 is asking the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election for about 450 workers at Central City Concern.
Collective bargaining
Under-market workers get pay bump at Multnomah County
About 300 union workers at Multnomah County will get raises this month to bring their salaries in line with other public sector employees.8
Collective bargaining
Multnomah County and AFSCME sign union contract for dentists
The contract covering 20 Multnomah County dentists sets the total number of patients they see in a 10-hour shift to 21.
Collective bargaining
Multnomah County dentists authorize strike
Dentists say seeing more patients per day will lower the quality of care they offer to Medicaid enrollees and uninsured or homeless patients.
Collective bargaining
Dentists at county clinics picket over workload
Dentists at the county clinics treat some of the area’s poorest residents: Medicaid enrollees, uninsured, and homeless.
People
Union: How to turn a job into a careerÂ
Workers who help homeless addicts can be one mishap away from homelessness themselves. Their union gives hope it can be a longterm calling.
People
The job: Put an end to homelessness
Katie DeSantis was homeless for 20 years. Then she secured stable housing, earned a degree, and began working for homeless service agencies.
People
At work, finding homes for the homeless
Formerly homeless herself, AFSCME Local 88 member Salma Azizza today works to get unsheltered people into housing and get the help they need.
Collective bargaining
Multnomah County: You’ll get your pay … later
The county says workers won’t get retroactive raises—ratified in November with back pay stretching back to July—until February.
Collective bargaining
AFSCME Local 88 members ratify Multnomah County contract
The vote came after about seven months of bargaining and a handful of rallies AFSCME staged outside county facilities.
Collective bargaining
Tentative agreement at Multnomah County
If approved, the contract would bring a 5% cost-of-living adjustment retroactive to July 1, along with a $2,500 immediate bonus.
Collective bargaining
AFSCME members ratify new deal with Transition Projects
The contract covers case managers, residential advocates and other workers helping people transition from homelessness into housing.
Workers Rights
AFSCME says Meieran threatened retaliation after non-endorsement
A Multnomah County Commissioner took it very badly when county workers union AFSCME Local 88 backed her opponent.
Collective bargaining
Workers ratify contract at Central City Concern
Central City Concern workers will get raises totaling 14.5% over the coming year and another 3% in 2024 under the new contract.
Collective bargaining
Multnomah County may be near deal on contract
AFSCME Local 88 and Multnomah County are closer to agreement on a new three-year contract covering more than 3,000 county employees.Â
Collective bargaining
Central City Concern workers push for better wages
AFSCME Local 88’s previous three-year contract with Central City Concern expired June 30. Wages are a sticking point in bargaining.
Politics
County ballot measure would provide lawyers to tenants facing eviction
Tenants rights advocates are petitioning for a Multnomah County initiative to provide free legal representation for tenants facing eviction.
Politics
Cure for Clackamas County ballot box blunders: Vote out the county clerk
Well before the latest fiasco, AFSCME member Catherine McMullen had concerns about Clackamas County elections.
