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Join us for AFT-Oregon's annual all-day training event, Winter School 2025, held at Chemeketa Eola in Salem. 

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Join us for a great day of planting the seeds of new skills at our annual training event! 

AFT-Oregon is proud to host its 2025 Convention at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center on May 9-11, 2025.

Two recently retired local union presidents were honored by the Northwest Oregon Labor Council at its 24th Annual Labor Appreciation Dinner. 

Members and supporters of Oregon Coast United Employees, AFT Local 6020 gather at a rally before a board meeting of the Oregon Coast Community College. This is the second consecutive contract negotiation that has ended up in mediation, and members let the board know that they are tired of the endless delays. 

AFT-Oregon leaders stand in solidarity with those who are exercising their fundamental rights to protest injustice, hold institutions accountable, and exercise academic freedom. We stand in opposition to police repression and the suspension, expulsion, or retaliation of our union members and the students we serve at Oregon’s colleges and universities, such as at PSU and UO where demonstrations are ongoing.

The AFT-Oregon Executive Council has vacancies for Vice-President at Large positions in accordance with our Constitution.  Vice-Presidents at Large act as liaisons to locals; attend EC meetings as voting officers; and work within our federation to accomplish our goals, which include developing more focused VP roles over the next two years in accordance with the Expanded Executive Council amendment we passed at convention; increasing engagement and participation opportunities for local leadership and rank-and-file membership; and improving transparency, accountability, and accessibility of our federation proceedings.

AFT-Oregon's Annual Training Event

Join us for AFT-Oregon's annual training event, Spring into Power.

Saturday, April 13, 2024

If you are involved with your local’s communications or social media, you are invited to AFT-Oregon’s Communications Symposium, which will be held online Friday, Feb. 16 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. We are hoping to gather leaders from many locals to have a collaborative and fruitful discussion.

In the first hour, local leaders will share best practices for contacting members and the bargaining unit using communications and social media tools. In the second hour, we’ll discuss how locals and AFT-Oregon can best support and amplify the messages of our fellow unionists. 

Employees of Friends of the Children - Portland voted today to form a new union named FriendsPDX Union Network (FUN), which is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers-Oregon. The vote, conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, was approved by 93% of the voting employees.

Delegates to the AFT-Oregon's 69th Convention in Sunriver elected a new Executive Council on April 30, 2023. The delegates elected Ariana Jacob, PSUFA Co-Chair, to be the new president. The Executive Vice President will be Ted Cooper, GEU, and the Secretary will be Fara Broughton, CGE President. The Treasurer will be Bill Harbaugh, UAUO Treasurer and the Vice President for Political Action will be Hollie Oakes-Miller of PCCFFAP.