Portland Jobs with Justice

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

PIRC Winter Coat Drive Please bring coats with working zippers, no holes, no or like new condition! Coats for all ages needed, from baby to adult sizes! Drop Off March 2 - 5th Monday - Thurs 10am - 4pm 1821 SE Ankeny St, Portland

Support PIRC's winter coat drive, going on now! 🧥

Drop off Monday March 2 - Thursday, March 5th
10am - 4pm
1821 SE Ankeny St

America’s teachers are working two jobs and barely getting by | CNN Business Ashley loves her day job teaching math, reading and science to fifth-graders in Washington. But like many other teachers, Ashley relies on a side hustle or two to get by.

The overwhelming majority of American public school teachers (71%) hold at least one side job, according to a new survey released today.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/b...

If it was Too Much to put PCEF $$$ towards saving The Bus, it’s too much to put it towards handouts for billionaires.

Rigged for Ruin Methane: An Accelerating Threat to Health & Climate March 24, 345 NE 8th Ave Doors/Tables 5:30pm Panel 6:30pm

The upcoming Rumble forum #29 will center on METHANE, An Accelerating Threat to Health & Climate. www.oregonpsr.org/rumble29

📅Tuesday, March 24th
📍Portland Association of Teachers Office (345 NE 8th Ave. Portland)
👉Doors and Info Tables at 5:30 p.m. Panel at 6:30 p.m.

More Than 31,000 Health Care Workers in California, Hawaii Continue To Strike A panel of union members call on the health care giant to return to the bargaining table in “good-faith” for contracts.

inthesetimes.com/article/cali...

Women LEAD. Women ORGANIZE. Women WIN.

And yet — women are still underpaid, pushed out of leadership, & forced to fight for rights we already won.

Women workers have always driven progress. Now we’re defending it.

This #WomensHistoryMonth, we don’t just honor women’s leadership. We protect it.

BREAKING: The Oregon House has passed HB 4027, which creates sustainable funding for the state Bureau of Labor & Industries to protect working Oregonians.

Tell the Oregon Senate to join the House and pass the bill as well. Oregon workers deserve a well funded and functioning labor bureau.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, even incompetent as a figurehead.

A gambler lights a cigarette at a slot machine in Harrah's casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Sept. 29, 2023. (AP File Photo/Wayne Parry)

"Workers should not be forced to choose between their health and their livelihood. And, many casino workers, especially those who are unionized, specialized, or geographically tied to Atlantic City, leaving is neither simple nor realistic." @nj.com

📰 ow.ly/NgS350Yo9Ev

ICYMI, a huge decision yesterday requiring the feds to obtain a warrant for arrests of immigrants in Oregon. Worth reading to get a feel for the operationalized illegality involved.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Members of the Oregon Education Association met Friday and Saturday for our PAC Convention and 75% of participants voted not to endorse a gubernatorial candidate. We are sending a message to our electeds and candidates: no longer will you be able to do the bare minimum and get our support.

How come “How are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?

The top 1% in America now hoard $55.8 trillion — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.

UAW Pushes for Green Jobs And Affordability in California Can unions lead the push toward an environmentally sustainable future, and secure more good jobs in the process? With the Trump administration attacking federal investments in green industries from el...

Can unions lead the push for environmental sustainability and win more good jobs in the process? With the Trump administration attacking federal investments in green industries, the @uaw.org is attempting this strategy at the state level in California labornotes.org/2026/02/uaw-...

Workers Need More Paths to Join the Labor Movement [This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? We will be publishing more contributions here and in our magazine in the months ahead. C...

To build an organized working class that can take on the billionaires and ICE’s reign of terror, the labor movement should be steadily bringing in a lot more motivated people into its ranks, write Roz Hunter and Megan Svoboda of @organizeworkers.bsky.social labornotes.org/2026/02/work... 🧵1/6

Legislators need to prioritize child care! It is the foundation of our economy!!!

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National Treasury Employees Union response:

“Regardless of whether the IRS continues to recognize NTEU as the exclusive representative of its bargaining unit employees, there is no dispute that the Federal Labor Relations Authority certified that status, and has taken no action to undo it."

"According to a city spokesperson, the rule will not be enforced retroactively, even though the policy went into effect on Jan. 1."

So, no penalty for teargassing thousands of us Jan 31...

I know the system is new. But I was under the impression that it was for the City Council and Mayor to make policy "commitments" and for the City Manager to carry those through. *Not* for the City Manager to decide what the City's commitments are.

Great news!

The way authoritarianism is defeated, Fellini said, is “death by 1,000 cuts.” He hopes the letter urges the mayor to consider how his inaction helps the federal government get away with policies that harm people at risk of deportation

👀Read the letter in full here: www.portland.gov/council/dist...

Thank you to all our labor leaders and councilors consistently pushing the mayor and admins to follow through on this!

I'm proud that Braided River Campaign @braidedriverpdx.bsky.social co-signed this letter with
@councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social @cwa7901.bsky.social @jwjpdx.bsky.social
and superpower orgs. Let's go!

ICYMI: JWJ is among the 16 education, labor, and environmental organizations urging Portland's mayor to create strong rules for enforcement as a bulwark against federal attacks. 👇

We're excited to partner with @jwjpdx.bsky.social at the Toxic Roots Comference. Registration is LIVE: bit.ly/TOXICROOTS

WGA East members at HuffPost ratify fourth union contract - Editor and Publisher Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) members at HuffPost and management reached a deal on their fourth three-year collective bargaining agreement. The contract was unanimously ratified by the 69-membe...

Congrats to @huffpostunion.bsky.social members on their new union contract that includes wage increases, AI and severance protections, and sick leave and parental leave improvements. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/wga-...

Trump administration cannot force states to supply food stamp data, US judge rules A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from cutting off funding for 22 Democratic-led states to administer food stamp benefits unless they turned over data on millions of people who received the aid.

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from cutting off funding for 22 Democratic-led states to administer food stamp benefits unless they turned over data on millions of people who received the aid.

"The results have been clear, Uber and Lyft charge passengers more and pay drivers less, and both companies' profits are way up." (National Employment Law Project)

What this Ordinance does? The draft ordinance implements two major changes to the City of Portland's TNC Code - Increases fare transparency for riders and drivers - Caps TNC take rate at 20%

Did you know that when you take a ride from Uber/Lyft and you are ripped off by surge pricing, the driver is too?

They only see ~10% of the fare you paid

Tune into Labor/WD Committee for the public hearing on fare transparency & CAPPING Uber/Lyft's corporate greed! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMDW...

COCC is not alone: Two other Oregon community colleges, four school districts face possible strikes this spring SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Contract negotiations at four Oregon K-12 school districts and three community colleges remain unresolved after a year "and are rapidly approaching strike threats in all seven lo...

“Underlying it is the core truth that the funding system for Oregon schools has made no sense for decades, which has created a hunger-games scenario where seven school districts and colleges across Oregon are all simultaneously within 15-55 days of striking."