It’s official: there will be five statewide measures appearing on your ballot this fall. Each one could have a serious impact on your job, your family, and your community. Here’s a look at each.
If the case of Janus v. AFSCME is supposed to spell the end of unions– as corporate-funded shadow groups would have you believe - you wouldn’t have known it based on the actions of AFT-Oregon members, fellow union members, allied community groups, and elected officials.
Deirdre Mackey and her daughter, Grace Misztal, two beloved members of the AFT-Oregon family, were tragically lost on December 25, 2017, but their commitment to justice lives on. At the 2018 AFT-Oregon Convention, members unanimously approved a resolution to establish two social justice scholarships in honor of Deirdre and Grace.
Denyse Peterson, PCCFCE Local 3922 Member and VP of Political Action, and a Cascade campus classified employee in the Liberal Arts and Pre-College Programs Division, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Multnomah Education Service District. With Ms. Peterson's appointment, the MESD board now consists of all female directors, a first in MESD history.
Thousands of members of the American Federation of Teachers from across the nation gathered in Pittsburgh from July 12-16, 2018, at the 2018 National Convention. Click here to learn more.