PFSP Local 111 reaches tentative
deal at Portland School District
The Portland Federation of School
Professionals (PFSP) Local 111 has
reached tentative agreement on a two-
year contract at Portland Public Schools.
PFSP, an affiliate of the American
Federation of Teachers, represents
nearly 1,200 clerical staff, educational
assistants, library assistants, campus
monitors, special ed paraeducators, oc-
cupational and physical therapists, com-
munity agents, sign language inter-
preters, career center coordinators, site
technology specialists, transportation
route schedulers, and other non-certi-
fied employees in the school district.
The tentative agreement covering
the 2013-2015 school years gives cur-
rent PFSP represented employees a 1
percent increase in pay, as well as a
salary step increase, for those eligible,
in each year of the contract. Those at
the top of the salary scale will receive a
one-time longevity stipend of 1.5 per-
cent. In addition, the District will in-
crease the employer contribution to
health insurance premiums by $50 in
each year of the contract.
“Both bargaining teams believe we
have reached an agreement that will
benefit all of the employees we repre-
sent,” said Local 111 President Belinda
Reagan, “particularly in the light of the
two-year salary freeze experienced by
this group during our current contract.”
Further details of the agreement
won’t be released until the contract is
ratified by both sides.
Look for AFL-CIO’s booth
at Oregon State Fair
SALEM — The Oregon AFL-CIO
will once again be part of the Oregon
State Fair. Their booth, located in the
Central Canopy area, will be staffed
with union volunteers during the en-
tire two weeks of the fair, which runs
Aug. 23 through Labor Day.
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