AFT-Oregon

New PFTCE Profile with Important 66 & 67 Information!

Our first 2010 edition of the PFTCE Profile is now available on our newsletter page.  Please be sure to read through it as contains the AFT-Oregon Convention and AFT National Convention Delegates elected at the January 6th member meeting.  Also there is an informative article about ballot measures 66 & 67, and why you should vote YES on these measures.

Vote YES on 66 & 67!!

Ballots will begin arriving in less than a month, but most voters still don’t know there’s an important election in January that will decide the  fate of Oregon’s schools and critical services.   On January 26th vote will decide whether or not to make corporations and the wealthiest Oregonians pay their fair share.

Measures 66 and 67 protect nearly $775 million in education funding for pr K-12 and community colleges.  Don’t Let Corporations Get Away with Paying just $10 in Taxes.

Did you know…

  • 2/3rds of corporations doing business in Oregon pay just $10 a year in income taxes?
  • The $10 corporate minimum tax hasn’t changed since 1931?
  • Last year the average family of four paid $6,100 in taxes?  That is more then Prudential, Sprint, MasterCard, and 297 other corporations combined!
  • 93% of the state budget foes to vital services like education, health care, public safety and human services

It’s time for a change!  That’s why Oregon Legislative passed two targeted tax increases on large corporations and income above $250,000 for couples.

If you’re not in a household making more then $250,000, or running a large corperation, you won’t be paying anymore under these measures.

January’s special election will affect our Classified Employees!  A YES vote is a vote for Classified Employee’s jobs! For more information, visit: http://voteyesfororegon.org/

Please support our PAT friends!!

Please view the following PAT rally flyer and attend the rally if you can.

Ballot Measures 66 & 67 - Sign the Pledge TODAY to Vote YES!

AFT-Oregon is hoping that you will pledge to support  Ballot Measures 66 & 67 this January.

Political Action Update!

On Monday, October 5th, I received a call asking me to head off to Washington DC the next morning to participate in the Wednesday, October 7th “Health Care Fly-In“.  I had the opportunity to visit legislators, relating classified employees’ need for fair health care reform.  Even though I was sent by AFT National, I represented PFTCE foremost, and also the rest of the members of AFT in Oregon.

Please take the opportunity to let your legislators know your story.

~Louise Currin