I have watched in horror as federal armed agents have terrorized Minnesotans over these past few weeks. Our members have been subjected to flash-bangs, tear gas and physical force by masked aggressors. Innocent people have been abducted by anonymous agents without badges or warrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have gone door to door, leaving children terrified, and have brandished their weapons against peaceful protesters—including students and educators on school property.

We cannot look away. Our members in Minnesota are proudly and bravely speaking up for safe communities

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Join AFT-Oregon, along with our coalition partners, to rally at the capitol to increase funding for education, healthcare and other important goals. Meet at the Oregon Capitol in Salem on Thursday, Feb. 5 from 11 am to 1 pm. Tell lawmakers, “Protect Oregon families, not the ultra-wealthy!” RSVP here.

Oregon families are already struggling with skyrocketing health care costs, rising food prices, and housing that’s increasingly out of reach. Now, we face a new and urgent threat: billionaire tax giveaways passed in Washington, D.C. that would force devastating cuts to services here at home in

On December 23, 2025, your bargaining unit leaders, backed by your elected officers, OFNHP staff, and our international union’s Director of Collective Bargaining, reached local Tentative Agreements (TAs) for the last five remaining OFNHP bargaining units.

I am proud of how these leaders and bargaining teams came together to deliver inclusive agreements, agreements where every OFNHP bargaining unit was seen, and where every unit made gains.

While most bargaining happened at separate tables (outside of our local Common Issues Table), we stayed in close coordination the entire time. We relied on

Educators and nurses are professionals. Their work is some of the most sacred work people can do, and their professional judgment should be respected. But this administration wants to undermine these workers’ stature in society to pay for the tax cuts the rich got this summer in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”—the same bill that cut healthcare and caused the skyrocketing Affordable Care Act premiums this December.

Here’s the deal: A proposal by Education Secretary Linda McMahon is now circulating that would eliminate the “professional” status for advanced degrees for nurses, physician assistants