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Portland Jobs with Justice

Union democracy

CWA Local 7901 placed in trusteeship by national union

The union has suffered from significant internal turmoil in recent years.
People

Mark Medina joins the staff of Portland Jobs with Justice as worker center organizer

The Worker Center project of Portland Jobs With Justice is a response to an explosion of union interest among low-paid service workers.
People

When faith meets labor, it fuels a fight for the common good

Reverend Dr. David Wheeler, a local labor advocate, situates himself in a long line of progressive, socially engaged Baptists.
Labor History

A new self-guided tour of Portland Labor History

It includes Francis Murnane Memorial Wharf, a public memorial to a longshore union leader; a labor history mural at PCC Sylvania; and more.
People

Amazon Labor Union: ‘a marathon, not a sprint’

Leaders of the new union were the guests of honor at the annual Portland Jobs with Justice dinner this month.
People

PERSONNEL REPORT

Portland JwJ has a new leader, as does Unite Oregon, and Governor Brown appoints a new batch of labor officials to state advisory boards.
People

Leadership change at Portland Jobs with Justice

Will Layng is leaving as executive director to return to SEIU, where he formerly worked as organizing director at Local 49.
Green Jobs

Environmental groups say green jobs need to pay a living wage

At least 16 groups have signed a letter to senators supporting a call by the Oregon State Building Trades Council for "high-road" standards.
Workers Rights

2019 Scrooge of the Year: BURGERVILLE

Burgerville has twice been nominated for Scrooge of the Year by the group Portland Jobs With Justice, but this year, the fast food chain won the most votes for its record of firing union supporters and stonewalling union negotiations.
In Memoriam

Father Robert Krueger, 1929-2019

Krueger, a Catholic priest who supported workers struggles for justice, was a frequent presence at union rallies and picket lines.
Workers Rights

First Transit named 2018 Scrooge of the Year

Scrooge of the Year goes to an individual or entity that was particularly hard-hearted to workers.
People

PERSONNEL

SEIU organizing director Will Layng will lead Portland Jobs With Justice. Martin Taylor returns to lead Oregon Nurses Association.
Culture

Today’s lesson: Unions matter

Since October, a new union speakers campaign has visited more than a dozen local high school and college classes.
People

PERSONNEL

Oregon governor populates boards with labor figures; D Pei Wu departs Portland JwJ
Workers Rights

Hearing on Instafab safety record erupts in shouting match

One year into a strike, Oregon House speaker Tina Kotek headlines the Workers Rights Board panel
Analysis

A pope for the common people

Francis, more than other recent popes, has kept a focus on economic morality.
Workers Rights

You take one of us on, you take all of us on

Portland Jobs With Justice carried out a three-hour-long protest June 17, including a rally outside City Hall calling for a $15 minimum wage, a...
Collective bargaining

AFSCME wins big gains for Metro temp workers

An agreement between the Metro regional government and AFSCME Local 3580 will deliver raises of up to $3.92 an hour to about 50 newly...
Jobs

Postmaster General named ‘Scrooge of the Year’ by Jobs with Justice

The group accuses him of dismantling the postal service
Green Jobs

Musicians Union hall goes solar

The union hall benefits from a new Oregon pilot program of feed-in tariffs
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