Welcome to the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) the largest public employee union in the United States. Across this great nation AFSCME represents over 1.4 million public employees. AFSCME Local 189 represents approximately 1,200 Union members in the Portland-Metropolitan area. We represent AFSCME members in the City of Portland, City of Cornelius (General Unit & Fire) and the Bureau of Communications 911 (BOEC). Each operate under separate collective bargaining agreements with their respective jurisdications. AFSCME Local 189 joins with over 100 AFSCME locals across Oregon - representing nearly 25,000 public employees - known as Oregon AFSCME Council 75.
AFSCME Local 189 is a member of the District Council of Trade Unions of DCTU. The DCTU bargains collectively with seven other Unions representing over 1,800 public employees in the City of Portland. The other DCTU unions include IBEW Local 48, Operating Engineers 701, Laborers Local 483, Plumbers Local 290, Machinists Lodge 1005 and Painters District 10.
Mission Statement
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 189, a community of Union Brothers and Sisters, continuously seeks a better way to build respect and trust for our family by protecting member's rights through collective bargaining, enforcing the contract and the development of strong political, community and labor based relations.
Through the effective mobilizing of our members, we seek to maintain open communication and accountability.
Martin Luther King
"We are challenged on every hand to work untiringly to achieve excellence in our lifework. Not all men are called to specialized or professional jobs; ever fewer rise to the heights of genius in the arts and sciences; many are called to be laborers in factories, fields and streets. But no work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. If man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that the host of heaven and earth pause to say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well." Martin Luther King
AFSCME Investor Education
The AFSCME Investor Education program provides members access to quality investment education in a convenient, on demand format.
Send Us Your Ideas!!!
We want to hear from you. In a recent survey 78% of our membership were pleased with the Union. But we know there are always ways to improve. Let us know by clicking the link to the left "Contact Us".
Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lost his life in Memphis, Tenn., where he had gone to support striking sanitation workers in their fight to get the city to recognize their union, AFSCME Local 1733.
Today, AFSCME is helping to raise the funds to build a memorial to him on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The groundbreaking occurred Nov. 13, 2006, and the dedication is scheduled for 2008.
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