AFSCME Council 75 is the Oregon division of the left-of-center American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union. The group represents over 25,000 government workers in Oregon and has been one of the leaders on left-of-center labor advocacy in the state. ³

PERS Activism

AFSCME 75 has focused extensively on resisting changes to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), advocating for increased corporate taxation to pay for benefits to public employees. ¹⁴ AFSCME 75 spent $357,676 on political campaigns in 2017. ¹⁵ AFSCME 75 remitted $153,939 to Political Fund ORAFSCME, AFSCME 75’s political action committee. ¹⁶

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