President’s Report October 2022

October Accomplishments

Local 88 & Oregon AFSCME Meetings

  • Cabinet Meetings
  • E-Board Meetings
  • Membership Meetings
  • AFSCME Staff Weekly Meetings – group and individual 
  • Oregon AFSCME Executive Board – Quarterly
  • Oregon AFSCME Executive Committee – Monthly
  • Oregon AFSCME Presidents and Board Briefing – Monthly
  • Oregon AFSCME Building Comm – Portland  AFSCME building is being sold.

Politics

  • County Elected Officials Meetings 
    • Commissioners Jessica Vega Pederson 
    • Chair Kafoury, Kim Melton and Serena Cruz (COO) 
    • Joy Fowler (ODE Director) 
    • Auditor Jennifer McGuirk 
    • Andrea Damewood – Director CIU (Complaints Investigation Unit)
    • Cynthia Castro for Comminionser Sharon Meieran 
  • Elections 2022 – Member Recruitment for Canvasses & Phonebanks
  • Oregon AFSCME PAC meeting and Candidate events 

Communications

Enhanced communication to support bargaining & ratification

Steward Support

  • Departmental Steward Meetings
  • Departmental Labor Management Meetings 
  • Lead Steward Meeting – Monthly
  • Email secretary@afscmelocal88.org to receive auto zoom invites for Local 88 Eboard and General Membership meetings.

Member Engagement

Bargaining

  • General Unit – Bargaining sessions held October 6 & 20 and Subcommittees: Addendum D and part time employees  
  • Physicians – Sessions held October 13
  • Pharmacists -completed planning process & will start bargaining in Nov. 
  • Ratification Sessions – 18 events (in person & online) events Oct 25 – Nov 6.

Advocacy Projects

  • Worker Safety – Focus on multiple safety issues at the library
  • Microaggression Team – working with union members on individual cases

Priorities for November

  • Continue to Onboard New Leaders (DEI Manager, Communication Specialist, Vice President, Trustee)
  • Eboard to begin working with Mark Brenner – meeting parliamentarian and leadership development consultant 
  • Members to ratify the 2022-2025 contract – online voting Nov 7-14 
  • Bargaining: Physicians and Pharmacists
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