After 12 years on Portland City Council, Amanda Fritz leaves office Jan. 1. Fritz is a former psychiatric nurse and member of Oregon Nurses Association, and her late husband was the president of his AFSCME union local at the Oregon State Hospital. Labor Press reporter Don McIntosh spoke with her by phone Dec. 14.
Amanda Fritz
What are you most proud of in your 12 years at City Hall? With respect to union issues, working with UFCW and others on paid sick time. [Fritz led passage of a pioneering city sick leave ordinance in 2013.] That changed state law, and hopefully will change national law as well.