Chuck Moffitt, 1952-2019 Feb 15, 2019 Moffitt was an accountant at the City of Portland and a union officer in AFSCME Local 189 and Oregon AFSCME.
Police union raids AFSCME at 911 Jan 30, 2019 Members of the Portland Police Association hand-delivered letters to emergency communications dispatchers inviting them to leave their union, AFSCME, and instead join the police union.
Reversing course, OHSU agrees to recognize grad student union Jan 14, 2019 The two sides have agreed to begin bargaining by March 15.
OHSU fights effort by grad student researchers to unionize Nov 16, 2018 They work over 50 hours a week doing lab research, but OHSU says they’re students, not workers.
Workers vote to unionize at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Nov 13, 2018 About 270 mental health and addiction recovery workers unionized with Oregon AFSCME in a series of elections held in October and November.
OHSU grad students unionize with AFSCME Sep 5, 2018 Union authorization cards signed by a majority of the 250 students were submitted Aug. 29.
Union-backed coalition pushes bold vision for Broadway corridor project Aug 21, 2018 Redevelopment of the 32-acre downtown site will set the tone for what kind of city Portland will be.
AFSCME members ratify first contract at Volunteers of America Jul 16, 2018 The employer’s hard-line stance crumbled a week before VOA’s annual fundraising gala, which the union planned to picket.
Oregon public employee unions drop corporate tax transparency initiative to focus on defensive ballot fights Jul 12, 2018 To unite business and labor against a pair of anti-tax measures, governor Kate Brown brokers a stand-down on a union-backed initiative.
At Outside In, an overwhelming vote to unionize May 22, 2018 A union campaign that began in the wake of a stabbing ended with a 88 to 18 vote for AFSCME.
