Journal Spring 2023

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Top Stories: Together We Shine

Group of Eugene Interpretors

April 13, 2023 at 12:26 pm

OSEA Members Are Powerful When We Get Together

t’s been more than a month since Legislative Education Day (LED), and I am still riding high from the excitement and energy I felt when OSEA members gathered at the State Capitol.

April 14, 2023 at 12:42 pm

Diversity Over Division In Beaverton

OSEA Beaverton Chapter 48 took a stand for diversity and inclusion on Monday, February 27, with a rally celebrating “diversity over division” in Beaverton schools.

Conference 2023

April 14, 2023 at 12:54 pm

Together We Shine: Conference 2023 June 22 to June 24 in Portland

Conference is our union’s most important event of the year.

April 14, 2023 at 3:39 pm

OSEA Board Candidate’s Statement

Any OSEA member in good standing can run for a seat on the Board of Directors.

April 14, 2023 at 3:25 pm

3 Resolutions Will Go Before Delegates

If adopted, resolutions amend OSEA’s Constitution, Board Policy, organizational positions and Standing Rules, shaping union actions in future years.

State News

April 17, 2023 at 3:20 pm

OSEA Members Fill the Capitol to Speak Up for Education Workers

Close to 100 OSEA members from across the state gathered in Salem on Sunday-Monday, March 5 to March 6, for OSEA’s Legislative Education Day (LED).

April 17, 2023 at 3:16 pm

Remembering Central Oregon OSEA Activist Linda Bradetich

OSEA Lifetime Member Linda Bradetich passed away on February 24, 2023, after a long battle with cancer.

Members in Action

Siuslaw Chapter 57 held a “Solidarity Sunday” pizza party with prizes and union information for bargaining unit members.

Oregon AFL-CIO President Graham Trainor, OSEA President Sarah Wofford, Beaverton Chapter 48 President Kyrsti Sackman, Everice Moro of ROSE, Justin Dowell and Chapter President Kris Dowell of Centennial Chapter 113 volunteer at a union-sponsored citizenship clinic.

Myrtle Point Chapter 16 had great turnout at a chapter meeting in February, which kicked off a membership drive.

Stephanie Rogers, Sheila Heley, Brannan Rogers, Gina Stockton, Marena Ballard, Mary Hopkins, and April Sexton of Cottage Grove Chapter 32 model new chapter T-shirts which are raffled at chapter meetings.

Anna Taylor of North Clackamas Chapter 71 uses OSEA’s new bulletin board kit to updates the chapter bulletin board at New Urban High School.