**Sent to all members by email January 30, 2025. Didn’t get it? Check your spam folder and add 88cabinet@afscmelocal88.org to your contacts. Need to check your membership? Contact the Member Services Center. We know many of us have heard from our department or division managers that the County is facing a budget shortfall, and they […]
**This article was originally published in Northwest Labor Press January 3, 2025. Who are you and how did you get to where you are? I was born and raised in Columbia, Missouri, a small college town with two private colleges and the major state university. To me, Columbia felt more like a “pass-through” town because […]
**This article was originally published in Northwest Labor Press December 6, 2024. Periodically we profile AFSCME Local 88 members who share aspects of their personal, work, and union life so you can learn their story. For this profile, we invite you to get to know Ebony Klinger, longtime county employee and union activist. Who are […]
**This article was originally published in Northwest Labor Press November 1, 2024. I was born in Spokane, WA but moved to Lake Oswego when I was 1.5 years old, so I consider myself a Portland native. I went to Ida B. Wells High (formerly Woodrow Wilson High). I have two younger sisters who also still […]
