Local 189 Municipal Employees of Portland, Oregon

President's Thanksgiving Message

AFSCME 189 Family,

After our last membership meeting it has become abundantly clear that I owe you a thorough explanation for our long break in bargaining, and why we are in this protracted process to begin with. As promised in our last meeting, as DCTU President I called a special meeting of the representatives and business agents last week who comprise our bargaining team to discuss the state of bargaining, whether we felt appropriate progress was being made, and whether or not to declare impasse with City Management. After much deliberation and weighing of options, we collectively…

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