Working for a Better Portland — a new political action committee formed by three local labor organizations — launched a website Oct. 15 to promote union-endorsed candidates.
The group, which announced its existence on Labor Day, is a joint effort of Laborers Local 737, Portland Fire Fighters Association (IAFF Local 43), and the Northwest Oregon Labor Council (NOLC). NOLC — the Portland-metro-area council of AFL-CIO unions — has 103 affiliated local unions representing 58,922 workers in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, and Columbia counties.
The new site, workingforabetterportland.com, lists unions supporting 12 candidates for Portland City Council. It also explains how Portland’s new ranked choice voting system works, and provides voters tools to find out which of the new districts they’re in.Â
