Get to know the members of AFSCME Local 88.
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Member Profile: Jeanne Ramsten
Who are you and how did you get to where you are? I’m a Portland raised baby boomer, but the last (poorer) half of boomers, and had Portland parents. My grandfather was an immigrant, but never talked about that. I attended David Douglas High School and went on to major in biology at PSU. I
Member Profile: Robin Easton-Davis
**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
Member Profile: Ebony Klinger
**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
Member Profile: Jordana Sardo
**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
Member Profile: Jersey Rodriguez
Jersey (They/Them) June 27, 2022 Jersey (They/Them) June 27, 2011 “A bad situation can be fixed by one deep, truthful conversation. These days people would rather lose you than fix the situation at hand.” Unknown My name is Jersey Rodriguez, I am a trans masculine person and my pronouns are They/Them. My passion is to
Local 88 Leader attending Harvard Law School
Percy Winters, Jr. As a single father, one of the things I push my kids to thrive at is their education. It is very important for me to instill in them what an education means, where an education can take you, but most of all, no one will be able to take an education from
Meet Rachael Riley, new eboard rep for Government/Library Position #3
My name is Rachael Riley and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I am a native Oregonian (but recently moved to Vancouver) and spent my childhood mostly in southern Oregon. I am a Gen X only child to a lesbian single mother who has struggled with addiction all of her life. My childhood was rough. We were
Meet our new Communication Specialist
Hello my name is Angie. I work for Mulnomah County’s Department of Community Justice as a Records Technician for the Child Abuse Unit. My entire professional career has been in an administrative setting where I could put my organizational skills and passion for learning new things into action. I am from and still live in
Member Profile: Penelope Morton
Get to know the members of AFSCME Local 88. They’ll share aspects of their personal, work, and union life so you can have an in depth view of who they are. For our next profile, meet Penelope Morton, Lead Steward for the Department of County Management (DCM). I grew up in a small town, Klamath
Member Profile: Percy Winters, Jr.
Get to know the members of AFSCME Local 88. They’ll share aspects of their personal, work, and union life so you can have an in depth view of who they are. For our first profile, we would like for you all to get to know Percy Winters Jr as he transitions from Local 88 President
