AFT-Oregon Archives - nwLaborPress

Workers unionize at Friends of the Children

Jun 16, 2023

Workers at the nonprofit Friends of the Children Portland voted 40-3 to join AFT-Oregon in mail ballots counted June 1.

New direction for AFT-Oregon

May 5, 2023

Meeting April 28-30 in Sunriver, delegates transformed the state organization’s structure and replaced its entire top leadership.

Saying turnover hurts care, workers at nonprofit Friends of the Children want to join AFT-Oregon

Apr 6, 2023

The group pairs kids with paid mentors for at least 12 years. Mentors, called friends, spend three to four hours a week with 8 to 10 children.

Teachers at virtual public school get union contract

Mar 15, 2023

The state’s only teachers union at an online-only school ratified its first contract in a unanimous March 10 vote.

Doctors announce union at St. Charles in Bend

Jun 29, 2022

A newly formed union has requested a union election among 304 medical professionals St. Charles Medical Group.

AFT-Oregon elects new leadership

May 21, 2019

Jaime Rodriguez succeeds David Rives as statewide union president.

Oregon State University faculty launch union campaign

Mar 14, 2018

OSU professors could join the union that represents fellow faculty at UO and PSU, and WOU.

PSU grad student faculty ratify their first-ever union contract

Mar 14, 2018

The three-year deal covers about 800 workers and is the culmination of a joint campaign by AFT-Oregon and American Association of University Professors.

AFT staffperson killed in Christmas Day crash

Dec 29, 2017

Deirdre Mackey was a program coordinator and financial specialist at American Federation of Teachers-Oregon.

To get ready for anti-union court decision, AFT-Oregon gets busy organizing

May 3, 2017

As another anti-union case heads to the U.S. Supreme Court, priority will be shoring up support from represented workers.