At the April membership meeting Local 189 members reached an agreement on 2 candidates for political support. AFSCME Local 189 would like officially endorse Nick Fish and Andrea Valderrama. Nick Fish was elected to the Portland City Council Position No. 2 in a special election in 2008. Commissioner Fish has continued his service by being […]

By Don McIntosh Less than two weeks from now — Feb. 26 — the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the most significant labor law case in decades. In Janus v. AFSCME, a lawyer for an anti-union group will argue that requiring union-represented public employees to pay anything at all to the union would be an […]