Union fever spreading at Cascadia Behavioral Health Dec 18, 2019 Last year, 270 Cascadia workers joined AFSCME; now 220 more are on route to joining them.
Physicians-in-training unionize at OHSU Oct 21, 2019 About 830 doctors are about to become members of Oregon AFSCME.
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.
