PFTCE Local 111

Portland Federation of Teachers and Classified Employees, PFTCE Local 111 represents nearly 1,400 Portland Public School District No. 1 classified employees. Join your union!

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Important Layoff and Assignment Information

Please visit Belinda’s Blurbs for layoff and assignment information and resources.

Bargaining and Furlough days

See what President, Tom Smith has to say about Bargaining and Furlough days in his most recent update of “Thinking Out Loud”.

Last member meeting of the year tomorrow - please join us!

Tomorrow we’ll be meeting in the Dixon Diner @ BESC, on the 2nd floor, at 5:30pm.

Please join us at this important meeting as we:
- Perform the “swearing in” of newly elected Executive Board Members
- Congratulate Austin Graves, the PFTCE “Alice Fay” Scholarship winner
- Discuss layoffs & layoff meetings - June 9th 3:30 - 5pm and June 19th 10 - 11:30am @ BESC

We hope to see you there!

New PFTCE Profile!!

Be sure to check out our latest newsletter!

Welcome to the new PFTCE.org!!

We’re thrilled with our new look, and hope you are, as well! One of the greatest advantages of this new website is that we can now provide regular updates, when they happen, and keep YOU, our membership, abreast of the activities taking place in YOUR union!

Election Update

Michelle Batten, incumbent PFTCE Treasurer, has been re-elected to the PFTCE Board!  Congratulations, Michelle!

Tom Smith is Thinking Out Loud

For the latest bargaining updates, and other important news, read what President Tom Smith has on his mind when he’s “Thinking Out Loud!

Congratulations, Scholarship Winners!

Two scholarships have been recently awarded to PFTCE members and their families! PFTCE member, Eva Gonzales (ESL-EA), was awarded the “Shirley Gold” Scholarship by AFT-Oregon in April at the AFT-Oregon annual convention! On May 8th, the son of member, Annie Graves (Paraeducator), was selected as the recipient of the PFTCE “Alice Fay” Scholarship! Best wishes, to both of you, in your educational endeavors!

No Increase to AFT-OR Per Caps!

At the annual AFT-Oregon convention, PFTCE delegates stood strong to oppose an increase of the amount we pay to AFT-Oregon (aka: per caps). With the support of other locals, we were able to maintain our dues as they currently stand.

Please Join Us!

Don’t forget to join us at our final member meeting of the year on June 3rd, at BESC. We’ll be meeting in the Dixon Diner, on the 2nd floor, at 5:30pm! We hope to see you there!