AFSCME Local 88

Member Action Team (MAT) Meeting
2025-02-24 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-03-10 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-03-24 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-04-07 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This is your opportunity to support bargaining for a strong contract!
This is an ad hoc committee that meets to engage members. During bargaining cycles this involves working as a conduit of information from the membership to the bargaining delegates and committee, and from the bargaining team to the members. Outside of bargaining the work is more focused on signing up new members, activating members, and identifying potential leaders.
Ready to join the MAT or join the meeting? Fill out the Join the MAT webform to join the fun.
Learn more about MAT
Questions? Email 88cabinet@afscmelocal88.org.

Bargaining BIPOC Virtual Listening Session
2025-02-25 11:15 - 13:15
Bargaining with Multnomah County for our 2025 – 2028 contract begins on February 20th. As we prepare, we are in the process of gathering input from diverse voices within our membership. We especially want to hear from AFSCME Local 88 Members and non members alike who are Black, Brown, Indigenous, or People of Color – to ensure the issues that matter most to you are centered in our negotiations.

Your voice is important – please join us!

Important: Participation in this session must be on your personal time. You may attend during your breaks, lunch or other off-duty hours. If needed, you may also join with supervisor approval. Feel free to join when you can and stay as long as you are able.

Register to attend. After registering, you should automatically receive the meeting link. To protect the safety and privacy of our community, please do not share the meeting link with anyone. Thank you!

Bargaining Listening Session - Immigrant & Refugee Focus Group 2025
2025-02-26 13:00 - 14:30
Your Local 88 Bargaining team is in the process of gathering input from diverse voices within our membership as we prepare to negotiate a fair 2025 – 2028 contract with Multnomah County.
We especially want to hear from AFSCME Local 88 Members/non members alike who are from the Immigrant and Refugee communities – to ensure the issues that matter most to you are centered in our negotiations.
Your voice is important – please join us!
Important: This is a Local 88 Union led event. Participation in this session must be on your personal time. You may attend during your breaks, lunch or other off-duty hours. If needed, you may also join with supervisor approval. Feel free to join when you can and stay as long as you are able.
Please see the following form to register or submit feedback for the listening session.

Wear Green for the first day of bargaining!
2025-02-27
Today is the first day of bargaining! Wear green to show your solidarity and support for the bargaining team.
Download a virtual background to use during meetings, change your work profile picture, and print bargaining updates to share on your union bulletin board.

Executive Board Meeting
2025-03-05 18:15, 2025-04-02 18:15
The Executive Board meets the first Wednesday of every month at 6:15 p.m. Any member in good standing is welcome to attend.
Register online by 6:00 p.m. the Monday before the Executive Board Meeting you wish to attend. Use your personal email address. Late registrations are not guaranteed participation.
Request to add an agenda item Submit the webform by 8:00 a.m. the Friday before the meeting. Agenda items submitted after that are not guaranteed to be added to the agenda.
Trouble joining the meeting? Email 88cabinet@afscmelocal88.org for support.

Bargaining - Wear Green to show support
2025-03-06
Bargaining is happening today! Wear green to show your solidarity and support for the bargaining team.
Download a virtual background to use during meetings, change your work profile picture, and print bargaining updates to share on your union bulletin board.
Stay up-to-date on all things bargaining related
Follow us and help share messages of solidarity on Facebook and Instagram
Sign up to observe a bargaining session

Unity Break: Contract Listening Session
2025-03-11 11:00 - 14:00 | Multnomah Building, 501 SE Hawthorne, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
Come grab a slice of pizza and get some Union swag!

Ask your bargaining team questions and get information about the 2025 contract bargaining process!

Stop by during your break!

Tuesday, March 11th
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Multnomah Building, Room 126 (first floor)

If you are not yet a dues-paying Local 88 member, please ►sign up here◄!

Our member strength is crucial to what we can get in our contract negotiations.Together, we can make the meaningful changes you care about, and we encourage you to get involved!

Bargaining - Wear green to show support!
2025-03-13, 2025-03-27, 2025-04-03, 2025-04-10, 2025-04-17, 2025-04-24, 2025-05-01

Bargaining QTBIPOC Listening Session
2025-03-18 12:00 - 14:00
Registration Form

We want to share information about the bargaining process, and we want to hear from diverse voices within our workforce. We especially want to connect with and hear from AFSCME Local 88 represented employees (members or not) who are Queer and/or Trans; Black, Brown, Indigenous, and People of Color.

Your voice is important to Local 88 and to this process, please join us in solidarity!

Important: Participation in this session must be on your personal time. You may attend during your breaks, lunch or other off-duty hours. If needed, you may also join with supervisor approval. Feel free to join when you can and stay as long as you are able.

Day: Tuesday, March 18th
Time: 12pm – 2pm
Where: Virtual Google Meeting

Registration is required. To protect the safety and privacy of our community, please do not share the meeting link with anyone.

Thank you!

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General Membership Meeting
2025-03-19 18:15
General Membership Meetings are held the third Wednesday of every month at 6:15 p.m. Any member in good standing is welcome to attend.
Register online by 6:00 p.m. the Monday before the General Membership Meeting you wish to attend. Use your personal email address. Late registrations are not guaranteed participation.
Make a motion Submit the webform by 6:00 p.m. on the Monday before the meeting. Agenda items submitted after that are not guaranteed to be added to the agenda.
Request to add an agenda item Submit the webform by 8:00 a.m. the Friday before the meeting. Agenda items submitted after that are not guaranteed to be added to the agenda.
Trouble joining the meeting? Email 88cabinet@afscmelocal88.org for support.

Day of Action: In-Person and Virtual Listening Sessions
2025-03-20 11:00 - 14:00
Bargaining and Member Action Team members will be hosting several listening sessions across County locations – in person and virtually, between 11am and 2pm on March 20th.
If you have questions about layoffs, want better wages, want to protect your telework options and benefits – this is where you wanna be!
Here are the locations where we’ll be:

Central Courthouse – 1200 SW 1st Ave, Portland, OR 97204
Central Library – 801 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97205
McCoy Building – 619 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
Multnomah County East – 600 NE 8th St, Gresham, OR 97030

Our virtual sessions:

An open door option for teleworkers! (12pm -1pm)
Disability Listening Session (1pm – 2pm)

Ongoing ways to support bargaining:
Wear green on Thursdays to show your solidarity and support for the bargaining team and your union siblings.
Download a virtual background to use during meetings, change your work profile picture, and print bargaining updates to share on your union bulletin board.
Stay up-to-date on all things bargaining related
Follow us and help share messages of solidarity on Facebook and Instagram
Sign up to observe a bargaining session

Market Adjustment 2025 Informational Session
2025-03-25 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-03-25 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-03-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-03-26 18:00 - 19:00
Learn more about Market Adjustments. This is our chance to win fair wages that reflect real market conditions.
We will discuss:

The Science Behind Market Adjustments
How to Identify Comparable Jobs
How to gather & review public-sector data.
How to craft your proposal and build evidence-based wage arguments
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY – HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE

Please fill out this form and plan to attend.

Bargaining Listening Session: Facilities
2025-04-09 05:30 - 08:00 | Prophet Center 1
Local 88 Listening Session
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
5:30 am to 8:00 am

Location: Prophet Center-1-Morley Rm (12)
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles

Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/qas-imgo-qcy
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 812-307-5423‬ PIN: ‪249 615 249‬#

Local 88 Social at Worker’s Tap!
2025-04-10 18:00 - 21:00 | The Workers Tap, 101 SE 12th Ave, Portland, Oregon, 97214

Bargaining Listening Session: Dental Hygienists
2025-04-14 19:00 - 20:00
Bargaining Check In with RDHs
Meeting link: meet.google.com/wbe-yexj-gbj
Join by phone
(US) +1 804-876-2943
PIN: [REDACTED]

Local 88 General Membership Meeting
2025-04-16 18:15

Member Action Team (MAT)
2025-04-21 18:30 - 19:30
