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The Gathering:
We Can Make a Difference!
Labor Day at Oaks Park!
May 2008
The Gathering Volume 8 Number 2Together We Make A Difference!
Faculty and Academic Professionals at Portland Community College
Portland Community College Faculty Federation / Local 2277 / AFT /
AFL-CIO
Table of Contents
Letter from Michael
Dembrow, Position on PCC Bond Issue, Letters to the Editor,
Retirement Dinner, Calendar of Events, Future of our Health Insurance,
Five Under 35,
Climate Change Summit, AFT Convention Photos..
Will be slow-opening|
Michael Dembrow and Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain
at the Victory Party. Michael was elected Oregon State
Representative for House District 45 in NE Portland!
Another legislator in Salem looking out for working people.
Civic-engagement matters. This is a meeting of endorsed candidates in Oregon.
, Take a look at the most current issues found in The Gathering.
http://www.writingresource.info/documents/Gathering2008-1.pdf
This file may take time to download, but is worth the effort
Up to $50 million dollars of our OSEA and AFT members’ money
from health insurance payments is going to be kept by the OSBA!
What can we do about it?
Some good news! While the PCC Bond issue may still have some
problems The Faculty and Academic Professionals' Federation:
AFT/AFL-CIO/Local 2277 has decided to back the bond based on a written
agreement from the administration that the Full-Time/Part-Time Ratio
(Currently nearly 70% of teachers at PCC are part-timers) will not be
further compromised when staffing the facilities funded by this bond.
and there is much more
Inside this issue:
Information about the Bond Issue
"Disappearing" Funds
Union Membership Increases
A New Partnership with OSEAAFT Winter School
Letters to the editor: An excellent question from Sam Rosenthal...
A Calendar of Events for Spring
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