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Oregon Legislature Passes Historic Investment in Public Safety Workforce

Salem, Oregon - Oregon's 82nd Legislative Assembly passed HB 4045, the Public Safety Workforce Stabilization Act, an historic investment in Oregon's public safety workers..

OregonSaves Welcomes Childcare Providers to State Retirement Program with $5 Million Boost from American Rescue Plan Funds

The Oregon Retirement Savings Board and State Treasurer Tobias Read today announced that $5 million of dedicated American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars are being disbursed by Oregon's Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) to fund the OregonSaves retirement accounts of more than 900 Oregon childcare service providers.

Celebrating Black History Month

The Oregon Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) cordially invites you to join us for a month-long recognition of Black excellence in conjunction with the Pacific Northwest Labor History Associ

Tentative Agreement Reached

After our first mediation session and months of bargaining, your bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with the city on June 29 for a new three-year agreement.

SACU Workers Announce Vote of No Confidence Against SACU Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 26, 2023

Legislative Session 2023 - Story of the Week - June 20, 2023

Bargaining Update #8

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Bargaining Update

The bargaining team has requested to enter into mediation with the City and has canceled the previously scheduled bargaining session for June 15. We will let everyone know once mediation dates are scheduled.

We know members will have questions about what comes next, so we'd like to share this helpful document explaining the process.

Bargaining Update #7

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Bargaining Update

First, we want to thank everyone who came out to the rally to support the bargaining team, it was a great turnout of employees from across the city!

Legislative Session 2023 - Story of the Week - June 12, 2023

Bargaining Update #6

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Bargaining Update

Bargaining with the city continued on June 2.

Mandatory standby for public works employees has emerged as a sticking point with management demanding significant changes to the current practice. We have met with public works employees twice on this issue and ran a survey, the overwhelming majority do not support these changes.

Bargaining was scheduled for June 5 but was canceled. The next scheduled sessions are June 8 and June 15.

2023 Oregon AFSCME Convention Report

I attended the 2023 Oregon AFSCME Convention in Salem on April 29 and 30 as 2975’s delegate.  Here are a few of the highlights. 

We voted to collect one dollar per member per year for a disaster relief fund, beginning this July.  This fund, not to exceed $100,000, is intended for Oregon AFSCME members and may include disasters not declared so by the Governor.