Oregon AFSCME: ‘No endorsement, no financial support’ for PERS cutters Oct 2, 2019 All but a few Democrats voted to cut public employee retirement contributions. Now they’ll go without AFSCME’s support for re-election.
DePaul treatment center agrees to recognize union Sep 18, 2019 DePaul Treatment Services, an addiction treatment nonprofit, has voluntarily recognized AFSCME as the union for its 122 employees.
Public employees file lawsuit to protect PERS retirement benefits Aug 16, 2019 Plaintiffs say SB 1049 is a breach of contract, an illegal taking, and violates the Constitution.
How working people and unions fared in the 2019 session of the Oregon Legislature Jul 3, 2019 Lawmakers passed paid family leave and boosted school budgets, but also cut public worker compensation and punted on climate.
Oregon lawmakers vote to cut public employee retirement contributions Jun 6, 2019 Democrats led the charge to divert up to 2.5 percent of public worker pay to shore up PERS.
Refugee nonprofit won’t be union-neutral May 1, 2019 IRCO rejects AFSCME’s play-nice request and fires a union supporter.
Multnomah County may require non-profit contractors to stay union-neutral Mar 13, 2019 A “union-neutrality” ordinance could be one of several reforms aimed at improving Multnomah County social services. Currently, low pay and heavy caseloads at nonprofit contractors are producing high turnover and lower quality services.
AFSCME on-call workers to Multnomah County: ‘no thanks’ Mar 13, 2019 Multnomah County is proposing to recognize 100 on-call workers as part of the union, while leaving 200 out.
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.
