On Thursday, February 24th we had our first negotiation session with the County management and with the exception of April we will be meeting regularly with the County on the first and third Thursday of each month. Our union bargaining team presented a proposal to reduce the length of new workers’ initial trial service period […]
AFSCME Local 88 is proud to join more than 60 labor unions, activist organizations, elected officials and business and community leaders in endorsing Jessica Vega Pederson as our next Multnomah County Chair. We need a leader who can bring together stakeholders from all walks of life to craft meaningful policy that improves the lives of […]
Since March 2020, Multnomah County has operated a set of social distancing shelters and isolation hotels in order to serve homeless people during the pandemic. These have often been staffed with temporary workers hired as On-Call Staff Assistants. Though on-call employees have been represented by Local 88 since February 2020, the County treated these shelter […]
On the list of things that have been negatively impacted during the pandemic, top among them is the issue of worker safety. This is an issue that our union takes very seriously. At all points during the work day, we should all feel a sense of physical and emotional safety. Myself and Local 88 leader […]
