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OHSU’s Refusal to Pay a Living Wage Leads to Workers Announcing Impasse
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OHSU’s Refusal to Pay a Living Wage Leads to Workers Announcing Impasse

Portland, OR — After ten months of bargaining, over 8,000 workers represented by Oregon AFSCME Local 328 have declared impasse following Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) continued refusal to agree to a fair contract that reflects the rising cost of

OHSU’s Refusal to Pay a Living Wage Leads to Workers Announcing Impasse

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City of Portland Independent Police Review Workers To Go On Strike
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City of Portland Independent Police Review Workers To Go On Strike

PORTLAND - After providing the City of Portland with the legally required ten-day notice, workers for the Independent Police Review (IPR), represented by Oregon AFSCME Local 189, will walk off the job and go on strike outside of City Hall on Wednesday, November 5th, starting at 8am.

City of Portland Independent Police Review Workers To Go On Strike

Percy Winters Jr. and the organizers of the annual NWPEDC
Longtime Oregon AFSCME Leader Honored at Annual Diversity Conference
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Longtime Oregon AFSCME Leader Honored at Annual Diversity Conference

If you’ve ever attended an Oregon AFSCME Convention, board meeting, Political Action Committee event, or any kind of statewide action in the past two decades, you have most likely shared space with Percy Winters, Jr.

Longtime Oregon AFSCME Leader Honored at Annual Diversity Conference

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Independent Police Review Workers Provide City With 10 Day Strike Notice
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Independent Police Review Workers Provide City With 10 Day Strike Notice

PORTLAND - After nearly a year at the bargaining table and seeing zero progress toward a contract with basic successorship language, the 11 Independent Police Review (IPR) staff represented by AFSCME Local 189, provided the City of Portland with the necessary 10 day-notice on Wedn

Independent Police Review Workers Provide City With 10 Day Strike Notice

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IPR Workers Deserve Job and Union Protections in the Transition to Portland’s New Police Oversight System

Workers at the Independent Police Review (IPR), represented by AFSCME Local 189, held a practice picket with over 100 members and supporters to demand that the City of Portland preserve their jobs and their union as the city transitions to a new police oversight system.

IPR Workers Deserve Job and Union Protections in the Transition to Portland’s New Police Oversight System