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AFT-Oregon
Union Organizing
Workers unionize at Friends of the Children
Workers at the nonprofit Friends of the Children Portland voted 40-3 to join AFT-Oregon in mail ballots counted June 1.
Union democracy
New direction for AFT-Oregon
Meeting April 28-30 in Sunriver, delegates transformed the state organization’s structure and replaced its entire top leadership.Â
Union Organizing
Saying turnover hurts care, workers at nonprofit Friends of the Children want to join AFT-Oregon
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.
Collective bargaining
Teachers at virtual public school get union contract
The state’s only teachers union at an online-only school ratified its first contract in a unanimous March 10 vote.
Union Organizing
Doctors announce union at St. Charles in Bend
A newly formed union has requested a union election among 304 medical professionals St. Charles Medical Group.
Union democracy
AFT-Oregon elects new leadership
Jaime Rodriguez succeeds David Rives as statewide union president.
Union Organizing
Oregon State University faculty launch union campaign
OSU professors could join the union that represents fellow faculty at UO and PSU, and WOU.
Collective bargaining
PSU grad student faculty ratify their first-ever union contract
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.
People
AFT staffperson killed in Christmas Day crash
Deirdre Mackey was a program coordinator and financial specialist at American Federation of Teachers-Oregon.
Union democracy
To get ready for anti-union court decision, AFT-Oregon gets busy organizing
As another anti-union case heads to the U.S. Supreme Court, priority will be shoring up support from represented workers.
Politics
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
Two state senate Dems with long ties to labor will leave office when their terms expire this year
Politics
In Oregon’s new higher ed boards, labor gets a seat or two
Business will be amply represented on the new governing boards.
People
David Cecil named chief of staff at AFT-Oregon
The former graduate teaching fellow has 13 years in the labor movement
Politics
Sizemore files bankruptcy to skirt paying unions
The longtime union foe faces millions in damages as a repeat violator of ballot initiative laws
Union democracy
Oregon Nurses Association joins American Federation of Teachers
ONA says the move will enhance nurses' voice in an era of hospital consolidation and cost-cutting
People
Dick Schwarz retires from AFT-Oregon
The longtime AFT leader helped bring down perennial union foe Bill Sizemore.
Union Organizing
OSU grad students crash donor party
Oregon State University is refusing to recognize a union of graduate research assistants.
Collective bargaining
Teachable moment
With a weeklong strike, Chicago teachers deliver a blow to a corporate agenda for schools
Oregon
Sordid Sizemore saga continues
‘I am not a convicted racketeer!’ Bill Sizemore declares in new federal lawsuit.
Politics
Union foe Bill Sizemore spends 18 days in jail
The anti-tax crusader jailed for failing to file tax returns; and more jeopardy may be on the way.
