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Worth considering how your local gov't is handling this. We no longer have FEMA to back up local emergency management failures. And if money is the problem with local planning, I suggest looking at your law enforcement budget first.

Tenants at Gray's landing win! Judge limits tear gas use at Portland ICE facility-

“The Court finds that Plaintiffs have shown a deprivation of their constitutional liberty interest in bodily integrity, and that Defendants’ conduct over the course of the last eight months shocks the conscience"

Below, you can plug into City Council's Budget Work Sessions focused on key budget topics throughout March.

TIMELINE:
-Mayor's Proposed Budget released: No later than May 5 (likely mid-April)
-Budget approved: By May 20
-Final adoption: By June 18

It's March! We are nearing budget season at City Hall!

The City is looking at yet another general fund budget deficit of $66 million+ so we'll need to fight that the City upholds our shared values.

You can learn about the City's budget process at this recording
www.portland.gov/civic/events...

• 🛒 Groceries are up
• 🏠 Rent is up
• 🏥 Healthcare is up
• ⚡ Utilities are up
• 👶 Childcare is up
• 🚜 Farm bankruptcies are up
• 📉 Unemployment is up
• 🩺 Millions losing healthcare
• ⚔️ War with Iran
• ⛽ Gas prices surging

Major industry groups that shed jobs in February.

Private sector overall: -86,000
Hospitality -27,000
Healthcare -28,000
Manufacturing -12,000
Tranport/warehouse -11,000
Construction -11,000
Information -11,000
Federal gov't -10,000
Professional/biz -5,000
Mining -2,000

Wow. Just wow.

The U.S. unexpectedly loses 92,000 jobs, adding to worries about the economy The job market showed further signs of weakness last month as employers cut 92,000 jobs. The unemployment rate inched up to 4.4%, from 4.3% in January.

The job market showed further signs of weakness last month as employers cut 92,000 jobs. The unemployment rate inched up to 4.4%, from 4.3% in January. n.pr/4ucqZuv

Thanks for asking! You can chip in by Venmo to @IMAPDX and specifying "Jose legal fees" or "Jose basic needs."

Cut Out the Wall Street Middlemen From Our Pension Funds Pension funds are using average Americans’ retirement savings to fuel the financialization of our economy and concentration of oligarchic power in Wall Street’s hands. It doesn’t have to be this way.

A pension is one of the last ways a working class person (usually a union member) can accumulate an even modest amount of wealthy, as do financial services also sees it as a way to transfer that wealth to the 1%. There is no reason for it to be that way.

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Today! March 6th from 3:30 - 5pm 1305 SW 12th Ave, Portland OR Fight Like Jose Emergency Rally Immediate Medical Attention for Jose! Release Jose! Consulate, Pay Jose's Legal Fees!

URGENT‼️3:30PM RALLY TODAY outside the Mexican consulate!

Join Defend Migrants Alliance & IMA for a rally for Jose, who has been unjustly detained in ICE custody for over 7 months and needs immediate life-saving medical attention.

We call on the consulate for medical and legal support!

The path forward isn’t chaos or division. It’s collective action. When we organize, we create economic security, stability, and hope. FULL STOP.

Solidarity & Safety: Know Your Rights! · Protect Oregon Join us for a virtual Know Your Rights training. Participants will learn about their constitutional rights, what to do during interactions with federal agents, how to verify a judicial warrant, and ho...

Join the upcoming (virtual) Know Your Rights training!

📆Saturday, March 14
🕡6 – 7:30pm PDT

☑️Registration information below:

ICE Wants to Buy Warehouses for Mass Detention. Communities Are Fighting Back. People across the political spectrum are realizing these federal detention warehouses will harm their communities.

The overdue firing of Kristi Noem will have no bearing on the continued plans for unwanted warehousing of human beings across the country.
The spotlight should focus on these warehouses (de facto concentration camps) during Markwayne Mullin's confirmation hearing.
truthout.org/articles/ice...

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New Trump Rule Would Make It Easier To Fire Federal Workers Unions say that by weakening seniority protections, the proposal would pave the way for politically motivated firings.

Unions say that by weakening seniority protections, the proposal would pave the way for politically motivated firings.

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate

ProPublica has released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees flip.it/gyWru8

1) give employees actual protections
2) properly fund the agency and provide it with consistent, decently-funded professional legislative oversight

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Or 3) become a “forerunner” in AI usage

Great news on a historic TA on a first union contract! This contract covers roughly 500 lab workers at Labcorp!

This contract win demonstrates, once again, that through collective organization, workers can fight an anti-union, for-profit corporation & improve health care for all! ✊❤️

💥📢Stand with Strike-ready PCC workers this Saturday!

🪧And sign up for a picket shift! Bring your friends and family! forms.gle/BPb1GNbRFqW9...

We were assaulted

City Council Directs $150,000 to Legal Support for Immigrants and Refugees Sophie Peel

The money will go to SOAR Immigration Legal Services, a program by the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon that the city already funds.

ICE freezes Newport detention center plans Newport’s mayor wants assurances the agency will not revive its plans in the future.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has abandoned efforts to build a detention center in Newport, at least for now, according to court filings first reported by the Statesman Journal.

Judge expresses skepticism toward federal force at ICE building, expects to rule soon The core issue of the case is the treatment of people demonstrating at the ICE building, which has been a rallying place for opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies.

A federal judge appears poised to continue blocking federal officers from using tear gas and chemical munitions on protesters after days of testimony that revealed a lack of legal guidance and training for the agents tasked with protecting the ICE facility in Portland.

Four Union Strategies to Fight on A.I. A corporate artificial intelligence frenzy is sowing fear for workers on a massive scale. Seventy-one percent of people in the U.S., according to a Reuters poll on A.I., are concerned “too many people...

"A.I. is a management power grab, disguised as an inevitable technical upgrade. To fight it, workers can use four strategies proven in the past: name the real problem; unionize it; ransom it; and block it."
labornotes.org/2026/03/four...

‘It’s already difficult’: Portland teachers lobby for education funding PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A frustrating legislative session continues for Oregon educators who are still trying to get lawmakers to spend more money on schools. Many districts, including Portla…

“You want unemployment to go up? Keep cutting education funding,” said Angela Bonilla, president of Portland Association of Teachers. “It’s already difficult.”

We join educators demanding lawmakers act aggressively to fund schools, for instance- tap into the education reserve fund, or use kicker $.

YouTube video by eGov PDX Portland City Council AM Session 03/04/26

Good morning, Portland! At today’s meeting we’ll be considering funding for immigration legal aid, an amendment to PCEF's Climate Investment Plan, business tax exemptions and more. Follow along here while I post #LiveFromPDXCouncil26

CHOICE TOTAL Veleria M. Levy 4,949 Nasif Majeed 1,889 Tucker Neal 376 Tie Not Reported Not Participating

2. Last night, primary elections in North Carolina told a different story: if you abandon trans people, your Dem voters will abandon you. The state's most prominent anti-trans Dem, Nasif Majeed, fell to progressive challenger Veleria Levy, who ran on a pro-LGBTQ+ platform, by more than 40 points.

ICE has attacked Spokane

Spokane’s people have battled back including getting public policy passed

American support for abolishing ICE hits record 50% in new poll It's the 1st time in YouGov's polling history that support for abolishing ICE has reached 50%.

Half of Americans now support abolishing ICE, compared with just 39% who oppose eliminating the agency, according to a new YouGov poll.

t's the first time in YouGov's polling history that support for abolishing ICE has reached 50%.

www.axios.com/2026/03/04/t...