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At Jobs with Justice, our goal is to build a strong, progressive labor movement that works in coalition with community, faith, and student organizations to build a broader global movement for economic and social justice.
With our new blog, we expect to advance that goal by providing a space for Jobs with Justice staff, leaders, and allies who are building the movement for workers’ rights and economic justice to write about and discuss the campaigns and issues we are working on locally, nationally, and globally. We hope this blog creates space to explore new ideas and strategies for JwJ.
What kinds of articles can you expect to see on the JwJ Blog?
- Stories about campaigns that build power for working people, including stories about local union organizing campaigns, efforts to win labor law reform, economic recovery, health care, immigrant rights, global justice, and more.
- Articles about how we are building a grassroots network of sustainable, strategic, and powerful coalitions.
- Descriptions of the leaders and activists who are leading our fights, including students, young workers, and Workers’ Rights Board members.
- Writing about the new strategic alliances we are developing in order to build power for working people.
We hope that our blog will be a source of information for activists across the country. We are building a movement – join us!
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Everybody in, Nobody Out!
Hi Folks,
We cold use some help with a canvas to get items for the silent auction at our
upcoming Jobs with Justice and Voz Workers Rights
Education Project Solidarity Salsa Party.
Silent Auction Item Canvas
For those of you who have attended our Annual Salsa
Party you might have noticed that we
have a pretty amazing silent auction full of various auction
items. The way we get those
items is by asking individuals and local business who
support our work to give us really
cool stuff.
On July 16th and 17th we will be going out
in teams to ask local business
to give us a donation. It is a lot of fun and a really good way to meet
other JwJ
and Voz volunteers. If you are interested in joining us or would like to
donate
an item yourself give me a call at 503-236-5573.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Eliana |
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Portland
“D5”
On
Saturday,
December
5, a
coalition
of
trade
activists
will
hold
an
indoor
rally
followed
by
an
outdoor
action
in
Portland,
Oregon
to
commemorate
the
10-year
anniversary
of
the
Seattle
WTO
protests.
This
event
will
call
for
an
end
to
the
expansion
of
harmful
free
trade
policies,
and
is
open
to
other
issues
related
to
prioritizing
human
need
over
corporate
greed.
The
activists
that
initiated
this
concept
will
focus
on
building
a
strong
event
in
Portland,
but
have
also
begun
circulating
a
Call
to
Action
encouraging
organizers
in
other
cities
to
organize
their
own
events
on
December
5th.
This
is
called
the
“D5”
day
of
action.
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Jobs
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Portland Jobs with Justice has a bank account at Key Bank which
was recently approved for $2.5 billion as part of the national
bailout. But instead of using the money to give relief to those
hardest hit by the economic crisis, Key Bank is misusing their
bailout money to buy other banks and underwrite Oak Harbor
Freight lines where workers have been on strike for almost five
months! At our February Steering Committee meeting we voted to
withdraw all Jobs with Justice funds from Key Bank and ask our
member organizations to do the same until Key Bank takes action
to sever its relationship with Oak Harbor. Call Jobs with
Justice at 503-236-5573 or email
andrea@jwjpdx.org
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Town Hall on
the Economic Crisis
The Economic Crisis Town Hall Was A Big Success!
About 1000 people showed up and got
involved. At our steering committee meeting we decided
that we need to dive into the most critical areas...
Workshops:
***Building a Green Economy – We
have a historic opportunity to
rebuild our economy into one that is
green and sustainable; one that
creates millions of good paying jobs
and also addresses climate change
and fossil fuel use. How do we do
this? And how do we ensure that
those historically left out are able
to prosper in this new green
economy? Session Leaders: Barbara
Byrd, Oregon Apollo Alliance and
Oregon AFL-CIO;
Jeremy Hays, Green for All.
***Health Care
– Our health care
system costs much more than the
universal systems in Canada, Europe
and Japan. And yet, millions of
Americans are without health care.
How do we break out of this system
and create one that provides
universal health care for all?
Session leaders: Dana Welty, Oregon
Nurses Association and Jobswith
Justice; Tom Leedham,
Secretary/Treasurer Teamsters Local
206.
***Local Alternatives to the
Corporate Economy - A partnering and
caring economy is the backbone of
healthy community. Join us as we
explore alternative models, existing
networks and new ways to facilitate
economic exchange in our community.
Session Leaders: Brush, Tryon Life
Community Farm; Tim Calvert, City
Bikes; Real Wealth of Portland;
Rebecca Hyman, writer and professor.
***Rebuilding the Safety Net
- What
remains of our local and national
safety nets is disappearing. Come
learn where the holes are and how to
step in to help build inclusive and
just safety nets. Session leaders:
Verna Porter, Alliance Retired
Americans; Varner Seaman, Sisters of
the Road; Susan Stoltenberg, Impact
NW; Janet Hawkins, Multnomah County
Commission on Children, Families and
Community.
***Strengthening Our Democracy
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Making democracy work. Reflections
on successful campaigns to effect
change and brainstorming on new
efforts that could lie ahead. The
brass tacks of moving the
progressive agenda at city, state
and federal levels. Session leaders:
David Delk, Alliance for Democracy;
Jody Wiser Tax Fairness Oregon.
***The Economic Crisis in Oregon -
The national unemployment rate is
7.2%, Oregon's is 9%, and Oregon's
revenues are plunging faster than
other states, due to dependence on
income taxes. Must public services
be cut? What alternatives are
presented? Can a safety net for the
most vulnerable be constructed? How
can we increase state revenues?
Session Leaders: Mike Leachman,
Oregon Center for Progressive
Policy; Melissa Unger, SEIU 503.
***Ending Militarism, Promoting
Peace & Creative Foreign
Policy - Vast military expenditures,
creating nothing useful, sap the
real economy, and a foreign policy
based in carrying and using military
force requires ever greater military
budgets. How extensive is the
damage, and how can the swords be
beaten into plowshares? Session
Leaders: Will Seaman, Portland
Peaceful Response; Katia, American
Friends Service Committee.
***"Push Me" Said Obama to
Progressives: But How? - The most
powerful forces in US life want
economic recovery, but on their
terms. They will resist any program
that fundamentally challenges their
power and profits. What will it take
to win programs that really change
the system and redistribute wealth
and power? In organizing around the
economic crisis, how can we build
the broad and united movement
required? Session Leaders: Johanna
Brenner, Sociology and Women's
Studies at Portland State; Kevin Van
Meter, Dicentra Collective; Jason
Sheckler, Cross-Trade Solidarity
Network.
***Global Justice - Debt
Cancellation for Us and the World, a
Just Response to the Global Debt
Crisis - In the global perspective,
the US will be joining the ranks of
debtor nations that have been living
with the consequences of large debt
for years. Join this panel to
explore the need to organize
politically to deal with the banking
system from a position of strength.
Session leaders: Patricia Rumer,
Jubilee USA national board; Paul
Thiers, Professor, Washington State
University; David Carrier,
Economist, Jubilee Oregon; Bob
Brown, Jubilee Oregon co-chair.
***Why Unions? - We will look at the
30-year assault on the right to
organize unions and the role of this
attack in causing the economic
crisis. Is the time for unions over?
Do workers still want and need to
form unions? Discuss how the
landmark campaign to reform labor
law called the Employee Free Choice
Act is key to getting out of the
economic crisis. Session leaders:
Jeanne Carpenter, Laborers Local
483; Ben Nelson, Laborers
International Union; Andrea
Townsend, Jobs with Justice.
***Stopping the Global Race to the
Bottom
- "Free trade" pacts like
NAFTA and the WTO have devastated
working families on both sides of
the border and have caused huge
displacement of people. They also
mandated the financial services
deregulation responsible for much of
the recent economic collapse. What
opportunities exist to get rid of
these failed trade policies? How can
we work together to enact new trade
policies that actually improve
living standards for working people
in Oregon and around the globe?
Session leaders: David Bacon, Labor
Journalist; Arthur Stamoulis, Oregon
Fair Trade Campaign.
***Housing
– Housing is a right
stated in the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, yet in the U.S.
close to 100 million people are
without adequate housing. With
increasing foreclosures and a
worsening economy, that number will
grow. What can we do to work toward
housing security? Session Leaders:
Reverend Renee Ward; Phil Goldsmith,
National Lawyers Guild; Michael
Anderson, Oregon Opportunity
Network; Angela Martin, Our Oregon.
***Uniting Across Racial and Ethnic
Divides - A fight for economic
justice requires us to be united.
However, the economy enforces
barriers along racial and ethnic
lines that are difficult to cross.
We need to understand these barriers
and learn ways to overcome them.
Find out how people in our community
are starting to build much needed
bridges. Session leaders: Kayse Jama,
Center for Intercultural Organizing;
Judith Mowry, Office of Neighborhood
Involvement; Romeo Sosa, VOZ
Workers' Rights Education Project. |
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