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AFT
International
SEIU and AFT join call for cease-fire in Gaza
SEIU and American Federation of Teachers became the fourth and fifth national unions in the United States to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Health Care
AFT launches ‘code red’ campaign to pass hospital staffing ratios
The union will spend half a million dollars on a radio, Pandora, Facebook and Instagram ad buy asking for pressure on policymakers.
Union democracy
Professors union affiliates with AFT, AFL-CIO
Delegates to the American Association of University Professors’ biennial meeting voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers.
Worker safety
When are elected officials going to get serious? Unions condemn the continued mask shortage
Remember the proverb about the kingdom that was lost for the want of a horseshoe nail? Today, America is in crisis over the want of a 60-cent mask.
Politics
Republican operative sends counterfeit union mailings to mislead Washington voters
The mailers try to trick voters into writing in the names of candidates who aren’t running … to drain support from union-backed candidates who are.Â
Politics
A top national union leader, on the stump for Oregon Governor Kate Brown …
AFT national president Randi Weingarten praised the governor for preserving health care for low-income Oregonians.
Union Organizing
At Springfield’s PeaceHealth Sacred Heart hospital, medical techs vote overwhelmingly to unionize
The new 350-member bargaining unit will be part of Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals.
Union Organizing
University of Oregon faculty unionize
The group of 1,900 will be jointly members of AFT and AAUP.
National
Apollo Alliance merges into BlueGreen
Two labor-environmental coalitions have merged as of July 1. The Apollo Alliance, launched in 2003 as a coalition of environmental, labor, business and community leaders, is now a project of the BlueGreen Alliance.
Workers Rights
Anti-union campaign causes private school closure
Enrollment drops after Portland French School spends $170,000 opposing efforts to join AFT.
Politics
May 17 ballot measures could put union members to work
Local union groups are supporting two Portland Public Schools property tax measures and several school board candidates.
