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Oregon AFSCME
Collective bargaining
Several top Oregon union leaders arrested
Ten union leaders and supporters refused to leave the offices of nonprofit Volunteers of America Portland, which has stonewalled union bargaining.
People
Sam Gillispie signs out
Gillispie, 69, is retiring after a 43-year career in the union movement working for AFSCME and UFCW Local 555.
Collective bargaining
Volunteers of America presents an anti-union ‘final offer’
CEO Kay Toran proposes no raises and a "right to work" rule that would undermine the union.
Workers Rights
Meet the “anti-union” organizers
Freedom Foundation is showing up at workplaces and knocking on doors in Washington and Oregon to try to talk workers out of paying union dues.
Collective bargaining
At Volunteers of America, still no contract
The publicly funded non-profit has adopted a ‘right-to work’ stance.
Collective bargaining
Strike at Lane County
A week-long strike shuts county clinics and dumps in a dispute over pay and health care.
Jobs
PSU food service contract changes hands, union contract remains
At PSU, Salt and Straw ice cream and Stumptown Coffee will be served by AFSCME members.
People
5 questions for Stacy Chamberlain
Oregon AFSCME's new executive director talks about growing up union, about the threat of a pending Supreme Court case, and about what gives her hope.
Collective bargaining
State worker unions reach tentative agreement on ‘lean budget’ raises
Oregon AFSCME's new two-year contract covers 3,000 employees at 14 state agencies.
Oregon
Labor may go to the Oregon ballot on tax reform and workers rights
Oregon’s biggest unions are laying the groundwork for initiatives on the 2018 ballot — in case this year's Democratic-led Oregon Legislature doesn’t deliver.
Collective bargaining
City managers rejected union solution to reduce the time 911 callers spend waiting on hold
AFSCME Local 189 said a sizable pay raise would help recruit and retain more staff, but an arbitrator picked management's counterproposal.
Politics
May primary election results for Northwest Oregon
Passage of two big bonds is good news for local building trades unions
Union democracy
2017 Oregon AFSCME convention
The 25,000-member union has fights ahead over budgets and a looming anti-union court case.
Politics
Labor weighs in on May school board and bond elections
Most of the endorsements are for school boards and school bond measures.
Union democracy
Oregon AFSCME executive director Seville resigns
The union Executive Committee named Stacy Chamberlain as interim director.
Oregon
Election night yields mixed scorecard for Oregon labor
Labor held the line in most races, but several losses stung.
Politics
Oregon election results
Here are the union-endorsed races in Oregon we're following on Election Night
Union Organizing
At Volunteers of America, alcohol and drug treatment workers are ready for a union
The group of 63 workers will vote next month on whether to join Oregon AFSCME.
People
Local labor movement personnel changes
Heather Conroy, Alma Raya, Stacy Chamberlain, Jaime Sorenson, Joe Esmonde
