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Oral history interview with Everice B. Moro

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11026

Scope and Contents

Audio recording of an oral history interview with Everice B. Moro that was conducted by Madelyn Miller at Moro’s home in Portland, Oregon, in five sessions from March 3 to August 19, 2018. Accompanying the audio is a digital color photograph of Moro. The interview was conducted for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program, which collects oral histories of individuals who have advocated for working people of Oregon, including public figures, union members, and workers.

In this interview, Moro discusses her family background and early life in Portland, describes how she became an education assistant in the Estacada School District in 1980, and talks about the different classes she taught, particularly special education. She speaks at length about her involvement with the Oregon School Employees Association (OSEA), including her work in contract negotiations to improve pay and working conditions for Estacada employees. She shares her reasons for retiring in 2011, and speaks extensively about participating in a lawsuit, Moro v. State of Oregon, in 2013, when the Oregon State Legislature passed amendments to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) pension program that would have resulted in cuts to the benefits of retired public employees. She describes changes the legislature has made to PERS since she began working for the Estacada School District, and how those changes affected low-income public service employees. She talks about her labor-rights advocacy work with OSEA and on the Northwest Oregon Labor Council. She discusses working with Portland Parks and Recreation during the 1960s, speaks about the increase in the cost of living in Portland during the early 21st century, and particularly describes how her neighborhood in Southeast Portland has changed. She reflects on her work in special education for children and adults, including at the Waverly Baby Home, the Pearl Buck Center, and in the Estacada School District, and speaks about reductions in services for people with disabilities since the 1980s. She closes the interview by discussing the ramifications of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME.

Dates

  • Creation: 2018 March 3-August 19

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Copyright for the photograph of Everice Moro is undetermined. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Copyright Undetermined - https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/

Biographical note

Everice Brolliar Moro, nee Everice Rae Brolliar, was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1949. She attended Lane Community College and Clackamas Community College. In 1976, she and David Moro were married; they later had two children. She worked as a teaching assistant for the Estacada School District for about 30 years, and served as vice president and president of the Estacada chapter of the Oregon School Employees Association (OSEA). After she retired in 2011, she joined ROSE, an organization for retired Oregon school employees.

Sources: Vital records in Ancestry.com; information provided by Moro in her interview; “I’m just one little old lady who said ‘hey, this isn’t right,’” American Federation of Teachers website, 2015 (accessed April 25, 2025), https://or.aft.org/news/im-just-one-little-old-lady-who-said-hey-isnt-right; "Rose Leadership and Zone Coordinators," Retired Oregon School Employees website, undated (accessed April 25, 2025), https://rose.osea.org/leadership/

Extent

2.78 Gigabytes (5 audio files (WAV, 4 hr., 19 min., 8 sec.) + 1 digital photograph (JPEG, color))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Oral history interview with Everice B. Moro, conducted by Madelyn Miller in five sessions from March 3 to August 19, 2018, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Moro discusses her career as an educator in the Estacada School District from 1980 to 2011, her involvement with the Oregon School Employees Association, and her participation in a lawsuit, Moro v. State of Oregon, in 2013, when the Oregon State Legislature passed amendments to Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) program that would have resulted in cuts to the benefits of retired public employees.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, August 2018 (Lib. Acc. 29333).

General

Forms part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program.

General

An incomplete transcript (77 pages) is available for in-person use at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Title
Guide to the oral history interview with Everice B. Moro
Status
Completed
Author
Sarah Stroman
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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