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Decades of underinvestment and escalating attacks on higher education are hurting workers and students across Oregon. Higher education workers are organizing like never before to protect our campuses, defend educators and students, and win the investments our communities need. Our collective action has never been more critical, and we can’t stop now.

On Saturday, October 11th, higher education workers from AFT-Oregon, SEIU 503, OEA, Oregon AAUP, OSEA, AFSCME Council 75, and APSOU will gather at Western Oregon University for the 2025 Oregon Higher Education Labor Summit. Throughout the day, we’ll explore and discuss key topics around higher education funding, legislative and organizing goals, and building the cross-union relationships that make us stronger. 

AFT-Oregon Labor Day Events

Join AFT-Oregon leaders and members Labor Day - Monday, September 1 at 9am for a breakfast and rally at Glenhaven Park, 7900 NE Siskiyou St, Portland, OR 97213 (next to McDaniel High School.)

This event will launch Oregon Rising’s coordinated labor and community campaign against fascism and for a livable planet, strong schools, housing and worker justice, affordability and dignity for all.

Oregon Rising is a newly formed network of labor and community groups convened to build coordinated labor actions across our state inspired by the Minnesota Week of Action in 2024 and the Tennessee for All coalition. It was initiated by Jobs with Justice and Portland Association of Teachers and AFT-Oregon and PSU-AAUP are on the coordinating team.

Delegates to the AFT-Oregon's 70th Convention in Seaside elected a new Executive Council on May 11, 2025. All positions were uncontested. The new Executive Council's two-year term will begin on July 1, 2025. 

The delegates also passed several amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws and several resolutions. They also elected delegates to the AFT and Oregon AFL-CIO conventions. 

AFT-Oregon is pleased to invite nominations for local awards for 2025. This year those recognized for their extraordinary service to their local, the state federation, or the labor movement in general will also receive a monetary award of $250. The awards will be announced at the AFT-Oregon Convention on Saturday, May 10, 2025. 

Nominations must be postmarked or time stamped by midnight March 17, 2025.

AFT-Oregon is pleased to invite members in good standing with their local to apply for educational scholarships for 2025. There are four scholarships available, and each scholarship winner will receive $3000. The scholarships will be awarded at the AFT-Oregon Convention on Saturday, May 10, 2025.

Applications must be postmarked or time stamped by midnight March 17, 2025.

Documents for the 2025 AFT-Oregon Convention

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.