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Labor Radio: Starbucks Workers Organizing

Air time: Mon. Feb. 28, 6-6:30pm | Listen Now Hosted by Jamie Partridge & Laura Wadlin Produced by: KBOO 90.7 fm Starbucks Workers United organizing has spread like a wildfire to over a hundred shops across the country in just two months.  Here in Portland, three shops on the westside have filed for a union […]

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Changes to Local 88 Policies and Constitution

This message serves as notification that these changes will be discussed at the March 2, 2022 executive board meeting. Please make time to review the changes (indicated in purple font) in each of these guiding documents.  Policies Constitution Changes to the constitution will be read aloud, as required at the  March 16, 2022 general membership […]

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LCSA: Help for Houseless Union Members

Labor’s Community Service Agency, an organization that AFSCME Local 88 partners with and that serves local union members in need.  LCSA has seen an increase in homelessness among union workers in Portland and as a result LCSA has obtained private rooms at a local transitional housing program.  These rooms are free to union members experiencing […]

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Bargaining Update 2/25

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 […]

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