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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.

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.