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 […]
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 […]
