Portland Jobs with Justice

Thank you to the members of Council who are putting the services Portlanders rely on first, and stopping the Mayor's reckless cuts to frontline union jobs!

The Services First amendment will be heard at the Portland City Council Adopted Budget hearing on June 10, 2026. https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/mitch-green/news/2026/6/2/services-first-budget-amendment

Days before the largest-ever layoffs at Portland State, faculty & students rallied to demand an alternative:

“President Cudd: the worst of this can be avoided. There’s still time to stand with the PSU community & save this university.”

“This is one of a million little ways that the union is working together to ensure that we’re bringing people in,” said International Scholar and Faculty Advisor Katie Trencheny. “Showing them why this is important so we can make sure this is the PSU we all want it to be.”

Portland State University faculty rally to stop dozens of potential layoffs Portland State University faculty rallied Wednesday, demanding the University stop the dozens of potential layoffs.

Gather with health care activists tonight (8pm on Friday, June 5th) in the "Pink Triangle" off SW 12th & Harvey Milk St for a candlelight vigil to honor those already lost and the millions more who will certainly die if funding is not restored. 🕯

Sign up to attend here: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/961661/

Behind the so-called Big Beautiful Bills cuts to health care are a human lives. On Friday, June 5 at sunset, activists and union members are coming together for a candlelight vigils across the country to honor those we’ve lost. Find an event near you: https://www.sevendaysinjune.org/

Horrifying.

"None of the agents knew anything about the workers in the van prior to stopping them. They were farmworkers who had been driving to work early in the morning when they were pulled over by immigration officers in downtown Woodburn.

According to court documents, the agents had no reason to suspect any of the passengers were in the country illegally except for their race and ethnicity when they stopped the van."

ICE agents use facial recognition app in Oregon arrests, body camera footage shows PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Recently released body camera footage shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using facial recognition technology on a group of people they stopped in Oregon on Oct…

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The Numbers Don’t Lie: Vote-by-Mail Is Safe, Secure, Reliable | American Postal Workers Union “As postal workers, we have proven that we can efficiently process and deliver ballots during every election season.” Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard discusses the efficacy of vote-by-mail and mail-in ballots.

Health Care for All-Oregon (HCAO) and East Portland Indivisible's week of action to elevate universal health care is underway! It's 7 days of 7 demonstrations of why health care is broken and why we fight for universal health care! https://www.hcao.org/sevendays

Join HCAO throughout the week for one of the many educational events. This will be followed up by a candle light vigil for all who have or will lose their lives due to medicaid funding cuts.

Lastly, rally with HCAO on June 7th, 3pm at Dawson Park for an hour of inspirational speeches including Marylou from the Universal Health Plan Governance Board, HCAO's President Valdez Bravo, and fun events before and after the rally.

Come stand in solidarity and prove that we as Oregonians want universal health care now. Register here: https://mobilize.us/s/dH24uv

"Two people who were hired to gather signatures for a Portland ballot initiative that would use clean energy funds to hire police say they were trained to mislead the public about the proposal."

Elections Complaint Alleges Canvassers are Intentionally Misleading Public About Police Funding Initiative - Portland Mercury Two people who were hired to gather signatures for a Portland ballot initiative that would use clean energy funds to hire police say they were trained to mislead the public about the proposal. If true, the conduct would violate state elections rules, and could spell trouble for the petitioners and t...

Mobilize TODAY to save union jobs in Portland!!!

Tues, June 2 at 5:30pm with City Councilors demanding the City save union jobs!

Join us to help workers fight back!

Keep in touch with what's going on in the community-labor movement here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-mailing-list?source=direct_link&

The International Trade Union Confederation - ITUC's Global Rights Index is the world’s comprehensive survey of the violation of workers’ rights.

For the first time, the United States has landed on their watchlist. The US is less safe and less free for workers.

America's workers deserve better. https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-reacts-placement-united-states-ituc-global-rights-watchlist