“The more you can slow down this machine, the more you can disrupt deportations. And people are literally dying when they get deported. So, it's not hyperbole to say that people's lives are at stake here.”
- @jwjpdx.bsky.social
“The more you can slow down this machine, the more you can disrupt deportations. And people are literally dying when they get deported. So, it's not hyperbole to say that people's lives are at stake here.”
- @jwjpdx.bsky.social
Letter from 30 Oregon unions and Labor Organizations: Protect Our Community From ICE Violence
N me Feb 5 to mayor, Aisling.S.Coghlan, DA... v ^ Mayor Wilson and District Attorney Vasquez, Attached, please find a letter from 30 unions and organizations urging action in response to the January 31, 2026 tear gassing of children, the elderly, and union members by ICE agents. In solidarity, ... 2.5.26 - Letter from Participati... PDF PDF
Thank you for reaching out. My team reads every email, and yours is important. However, due to the high number of emails my office currently receives, the following resources may be the fastest way to get what you need. I have a request for Mayor Wilson: • Event or speech inquiry. • Media inquiry. • Policy inquiry I have a public safety or livability concern: If you're having an emergency, please call 911 immediately. In case of a non-emergency law enforcement issue, please call 503-823-3333 or use the Portland Police Bureau's online police report. If you need help, you can request help from an outreach worker or call 311. If you need to report a problem in your community, please use one of the following links or call 311: • Report a camp • Report trash • Report_graffiti • Report an abandoned vehicle • Report a non-emergency traffic safety issue To report other issues, or for general information or public records requests, please call 311.
We got a stock auto reply and nothing else.
Since we sent the letter, 20 more unions signed on to the demands.
Gov. Kotek tried to destroy preschool for all on behalf of the rich and was defeated handily by parents, teachers, unions, and socialist electeds.
Now she’s retreating by announcing some vague panel to study the issue.
The working class is strong when we fight together for what we deserve. 💪
The Mayor did not respond to a letter from labor organizations and unions demanding he enforce the law against ICE.
25.02.2026 18:09 — 👍 21 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 1
Over 50 unions and labor organizations have called on Wilson and District Attorney Vasquez to enforce the law against ICE and their landlord.
Wilson’s suggestion that children, the elderly, & union members caused ICE to tear gas us is beyond the pale.
PPB swore in court ICE used excessive force.
Good showing. I went to Vasquez’s office with a delegation of union members who were tear gassed & he refused to come out and meet with us.
His staff (AFSCME members) were very lovely though & let us leave a detailed message about how we were assaulted and want ICE to face Justice for their crimes.
We… would prefer that our members’ bosses not be armed at the office…
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LABOR SAYS: ICE OUT / NO HUMAN BEING ILLEGAL FEB 20 | 12-1PM MEET AT MULT. CO. COURTHOUSE CORNER OF SW MADISON & SW 1ST) MARCH TO PORTLAND CITY HALL March on Vasquez & Wilson Our city has banned the use of tear gas. Our state has a long tradition of sanctuary. In this charged historical moment, these values must be more than words; they must be enforced. The Oregon labor movement will continue to organize to protect our neighbors.
🚨March on Vasquez & Wilson🚨
Demand the Mayor and DA enforce the law to protect Portlanders against fascist thuggery.
Labor says: ICE OUT!
🗓️ Feb. 20, 12 PM, MultCo Courthouse (SW Madison & 1st)
On Tuesday Feb 10th, 2026, I was wrongfully terminated from my position at Sheri's Ranch for union activity.
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Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
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Here is District Attorney Vasquez’s response to our letter.
We have not received a response or acknowledgment of receipt from Mayor Wilson.
union logos for 30 Oregon unions and labor organizations
Today, 31 unions & labor organizations representing over 130,000 workers in Portland and OR sent a letter to @mayorkwilson.bsky.social & District Attorney Vasquez demanding that they enforce the law and get justice for the children, elderly, & working people tear gassed by ICE on 1/31.
05.02.2026 17:56 — 👍 101 🔁 41 💬 2 📌 1
“In a February 5 letter, dozens of Oregon labor unions called on Vasquez and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson to take “immediate action in response to the violent federal crackdown” on last weekend’s union-led protest outside the ICE facility.“
06.02.2026 00:44 — 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
“The actions of ICE on Saturday are indefensible. The time for action from our elected leaders was months ago. A substantive response that reins in these thugs is well overdue, and enforcing existing laws & ordinances is the bare minimum the Mayor and DA Vasquez must be doing.”
– @jwjpdx.bsky.social
“What we witnessed on Jan. 31 was not law enforcement — it was state violence against families, workers, and children exercising their constitutional rights. Mayor Wilson & District Attorney Vasquez must act with urgency to enforce our laws & protect Portlanders from further harm.” - CWA 7901
05.02.2026 17:56 — 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
union logos for 30 Oregon unions and labor organizations
Today, 31 unions & labor organizations representing over 130,000 workers in Portland and OR sent a letter to @mayorkwilson.bsky.social & District Attorney Vasquez demanding that they enforce the law and get justice for the children, elderly, & working people tear gassed by ICE on 1/31.
05.02.2026 17:56 — 👍 101 🔁 41 💬 2 📌 1
Tear gas and whizbangs have been a familiar sight for people living near the Portland ICE facility. Recently, a projectile shot through an apartment window across the street, frightening a 70-year-old Yemeni woman inside who called her daughter crying, saying she "couldn't breathe."
05.02.2026 15:00 — 👍 33 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 2
A large protest, dubbed “Labor Against ICE,” is expected to start near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland on Saturday. At least 30 unions endorsed the protest and planned to attend in some fashion.
31.01.2026 16:00 — 👍 129 🔁 41 💬 5 📌 3Meg Ward, president of @cwa7901.bsky.social , said there are still concerns that the federal government could launch an operation in Oregon on a similar level to what’s occurring in Minnesota. She said the protest could be a training ground for how labor unions in Oregon respond.
31.01.2026 21:48 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We got gassed but we are not backing down.
ABOLISH AND PROSECUTE ICE.
CWA 7901 Stands With Minnesota General Strikers! January 23, 2026 will be a day that will be remembered as the beginning of the end for the ICE regime grasping the throat of the nation's working class. A coalition of unions - including our sister local CWA 7250 - in collaboration with community groups, has called for a general strike of no working, no shopping, and no school.
CWA 7901 welcomes this as a necessary precondition for nationwide labor and community action against ICE terror. Our union siblings in Minnesota are leading the way for the entire labor movement, and our union pledges to support fully in every possible way. LOCAL 7901
CWA 7901 Co-signs the demands of the Ice Out Of Minnesota Day Of Truth & Freedom Coalition 1. ICE must leave Minnesota now. 2. The officer who killed Renee Good must be held legally accountable. 3. No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming Congressional budget and ICE should be investigated for human and Constitutional violations of Americans and our neighbors. 4. We call upon Minnesota and National Companies to become 4th Amendment businesses, cease economic relations with ICE and refuse ICE entry or using their property for staging grounds. LOCAL 7901
CWA 7901 has endorsed the January 31st Portland event: Labor Says ICE Out! We'll join our siblings in the Oregon labor movement to stand together against ICE terror. Oregon has seen terror recently with the shooting of two community members and we must act to prevent further bloodshed in our streets from unaccountable federal goons. COM LOCAL 7902
Jan. 23, 2026 will be remembered as the beginning of the end for the ICE regime grasping the throat of the US working class. A coalition of unions - including our sister local CWA 7250 - in collaboration with community groups, has called for a general strike of no working, no shopping, & no school.
22.01.2026 22:31 — 👍 57 🔁 19 💬 2 📌 1
NEW: Portland Councilor Loretta Smith allegedly fired a staffer for union organizing. An unfair labor practice complaint, filed today, claims Smith showed increasingly hostile behavior to the worker following the union announcement, culminating in his termination last week.
14.01.2026 04:07 — 👍 1151 🔁 503 💬 28 📌 24
“The termination of a lead union organizer during the fragile, initial phase of a union drive is an exceptionally severe act. […] This action, taken by the City's highest elected and appointed officials, constitutes ‘egregious’ conduct[.]”
14.01.2026 04:00 — 👍 24 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
“The termination of a lead union organizer during the fragile, initial phase of a union drive is an exceptionally severe act,” reads the complaint, filed Tuesday with the Oregon Employment Relations Board.
This comes a day before the council prez election. Smith is currently a nominee for the role.
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17.12.2025 23:06 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Monday, Dec. 8, 6:30-8:30 PM
AFL-CIO Building
3645 SE 32nd Ave
Portland, OR 97202
RSVP: tinyurl.com/a9r9xyx6
Food provided!
Portlanders currently have a generational opportunity to plan and design a different future.
Join Communication Workers of America Local 7901 for an information session and comment writing workshop about the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub Policy Project and the Economic Opportunities Analysis.
The CEI Hub, a six mile stretch of fuel storage tanks between the Willamette River and Forest Park stores 90% of Oregon's liquid fuels.
Everyone who works in or near this geography is at risk of the impacts of a world-historic industrial disaster.
We, as workers, can prevent this future.
