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A coalition of over 100 labor, community, faith, and student groups fighting for Workers' Rights and Economic Justice!
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Join JWJ at our upcoming breakfast to continue building solidarity with immigrants & all working people!
We look forward to the keynote by Alaide Vilchis Ibarra, Co-Director of Together Lab!
Tues, Feb 17, 7:30 - 9am
St. Andrew Catholic Church (806 NE Alberta)
We look forward to the keynote by Alaide Vilchis Ibarra, Co-Director of Together Lab!
Tues, Feb 17, 7:30 - 9am
St. Andrew Catholic Church (806 NE Alberta)
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📢 What you need to know about mitigating Oregon's budget crisis: Senate Bill 1507 explained.
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
February 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
📢 What you need to know about mitigating Oregon's budget crisis: Senate Bill 1507 explained.
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
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Tell lawmakers to support SB 1507, which eliminates some tax cuts for the rich and corporations and helps protect the services all Oregonians count on.
Sign here: https://bit.ly/4qtvEVX
SB 1507 explained in-depth here: https://bit.ly/3LXLRVi
@forallfamiliesoregon #orleg #orpol #salemoregon
Sign here: https://bit.ly/4qtvEVX
SB 1507 explained in-depth here: https://bit.ly/3LXLRVi
@forallfamiliesoregon #orleg #orpol #salemoregon
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Tell lawmakers to support SB 1507, which eliminates some tax cuts for the rich and corporations and helps protect the services all Oregonians count on.
Sign here: https://bit.ly/4qtvEVX
SB 1507 explained in-depth here: https://bit.ly/3LXLRVi
@forallfamiliesoregon #orleg #orpol #salemoregon
Sign here: https://bit.ly/4qtvEVX
SB 1507 explained in-depth here: https://bit.ly/3LXLRVi
@forallfamiliesoregon #orleg #orpol #salemoregon
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We're living in a terrifying new reality. Trump's DHS mob are killing US citizens, kidnapping kids and terrorizing hard working immigrants - including the farm workers who feed us.
Call your Senators TODAY! Tell them don't fund ICEs terror campaign!
act.seiu.org/a/do_not-fun... #ICEout
Call your Senators TODAY! Tell them don't fund ICEs terror campaign!
act.seiu.org/a/do_not-fun... #ICEout
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
We're living in a terrifying new reality. Trump's DHS mob are killing US citizens, kidnapping kids and terrorizing hard working immigrants - including the farm workers who feed us.
Call your Senators TODAY! Tell them don't fund ICEs terror campaign!
act.seiu.org/a/do_not-fun... #ICEout
Call your Senators TODAY! Tell them don't fund ICEs terror campaign!
act.seiu.org/a/do_not-fun... #ICEout
In just over a week, share a table with workers' rights supporters and learn how we can show up for immigrants and their families!
Join JWJ at our upcoming breakfast to continue building solidarity with immigrants & all working people!
We look forward to the keynote by Alaide Vilchis Ibarra, Co-Director of Together Lab!
Tues, Feb 17, 7:30 - 9am
St. Andrew Catholic Church (806 NE Alberta)
We look forward to the keynote by Alaide Vilchis Ibarra, Co-Director of Together Lab!
Tues, Feb 17, 7:30 - 9am
St. Andrew Catholic Church (806 NE Alberta)
February 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
In just over a week, share a table with workers' rights supporters and learn how we can show up for immigrants and their families!
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David Douglas walks out:
>>Carrying a Mexican flag in one hand and a sign reading, “Hot people melt ICE” in the other, Matilda said she was happy to see so many of her classmates coming together for a common cause.
www.opb.org/article/2026...
>>Carrying a Mexican flag in one hand and a sign reading, “Hot people melt ICE” in the other, Matilda said she was happy to see so many of her classmates coming together for a common cause.
www.opb.org/article/2026...
Student-led protests against federal immigration actions continue in Portland
Students at David Douglas High School in Southeast Portland walked out of class Friday to protest recent actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.opb.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
David Douglas walks out:
>>Carrying a Mexican flag in one hand and a sign reading, “Hot people melt ICE” in the other, Matilda said she was happy to see so many of her classmates coming together for a common cause.
www.opb.org/article/2026...
>>Carrying a Mexican flag in one hand and a sign reading, “Hot people melt ICE” in the other, Matilda said she was happy to see so many of her classmates coming together for a common cause.
www.opb.org/article/2026...
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Lots of action this week on transportation-related bills in the Oregon Legislature.
Here's my guide to the bills I'm tracking this session ---> bikeportland.org/2026/02/06/t...
Here's my guide to the bills I'm tracking this session ---> bikeportland.org/2026/02/06/t...
The bills I'm tracking this legislative session
12 bills worth watching.
bikeportland.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Lots of action this week on transportation-related bills in the Oregon Legislature.
Here's my guide to the bills I'm tracking this session ---> bikeportland.org/2026/02/06/t...
Here's my guide to the bills I'm tracking this session ---> bikeportland.org/2026/02/06/t...
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BREAKING: San Francisco public school teachers, counselors, and nurses have walked out on strike.
6,000 members of the United Educators of San Francisco are striking to fight for fully funded health care for their families and a raise to keep up with the Bay Area cost of living.
6,000 members of the United Educators of San Francisco are striking to fight for fully funded health care for their families and a raise to keep up with the Bay Area cost of living.
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: San Francisco public school teachers, counselors, and nurses have walked out on strike.
6,000 members of the United Educators of San Francisco are striking to fight for fully funded health care for their families and a raise to keep up with the Bay Area cost of living.
6,000 members of the United Educators of San Francisco are striking to fight for fully funded health care for their families and a raise to keep up with the Bay Area cost of living.
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Working people are worried about how AI will impact their job and their future. That’s why 80% of Americans want common-sense guardrails for AI.
Decisions that lawmakers make now will impact workers for years to come, and they must protect working people.
Decisions that lawmakers make now will impact workers for years to come, and they must protect working people.
AI-powered robots are coming for trade jobs
www.politico.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Working people are worried about how AI will impact their job and their future. That’s why 80% of Americans want common-sense guardrails for AI.
Decisions that lawmakers make now will impact workers for years to come, and they must protect working people.
Decisions that lawmakers make now will impact workers for years to come, and they must protect working people.
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$450 Million each year that could have gone to schools, roads, and other basic services... We need to close these tax loopholes for data centers..
Tax breaks have made Oregon a top destination for data centers, which will save more than $450 million in property taxes this year alone through exemptions granted by local governments.
Bigger data center tax breaks? Oregon senator is dropping the idea
The bill still calls for 1,700 acres of new industrial land near Hillsboro.
www.oregonlive.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:05 AM
$450 Million each year that could have gone to schools, roads, and other basic services... We need to close these tax loopholes for data centers..
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Are you tired of journalism by parachuting east coasters?
Sick of stories with clickbait headlines that lack context and reporting to explain what's really happening?
Want stories that illuminate the Northwest without bombarding you constantly for your attention?
Welcome to the Western Edge.
Sick of stories with clickbait headlines that lack context and reporting to explain what's really happening?
Want stories that illuminate the Northwest without bombarding you constantly for your attention?
Welcome to the Western Edge.
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Are you tired of journalism by parachuting east coasters?
Sick of stories with clickbait headlines that lack context and reporting to explain what's really happening?
Want stories that illuminate the Northwest without bombarding you constantly for your attention?
Welcome to the Western Edge.
Sick of stories with clickbait headlines that lack context and reporting to explain what's really happening?
Want stories that illuminate the Northwest without bombarding you constantly for your attention?
Welcome to the Western Edge.
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“The impact on the folks who are in these vulnerable statuses,
who are being targeted right now is, this is such a dramatic,
such a profound sense
of being hunted,”
said [Oregon’s] Walker Keller.
who are being targeted right now is, this is such a dramatic,
such a profound sense
of being hunted,”
said [Oregon’s] Walker Keller.
Grateful to The Guardian for asking local reporters to contribute to stories like this.
With all eyes on Minneapolis, cities across the US, including in Oregon, are still feeling the impacts of Trump’s cruel deportation machine.
“We can’t simply make them all fearful to engage.”
With all eyes on Minneapolis, cities across the US, including in Oregon, are still feeling the impacts of Trump’s cruel deportation machine.
“We can’t simply make them all fearful to engage.”
‘A profound sense of being hunted’: with all eyes on Minneapolis, ICE arrests continue quietly across the US
Immigration operations are still stoking fear and disrupting the ability to go to work, school or doctor’s appointments
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“The impact on the folks who are in these vulnerable statuses,
who are being targeted right now is, this is such a dramatic,
such a profound sense
of being hunted,”
said [Oregon’s] Walker Keller.
who are being targeted right now is, this is such a dramatic,
such a profound sense
of being hunted,”
said [Oregon’s] Walker Keller.
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Tax cuts for giant corporations and the super rich.
Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else.
Trickle-up economics.
Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else.
Trickle-up economics.
February 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Tax cuts for giant corporations and the super rich.
Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else.
Trickle-up economics.
Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else.
Trickle-up economics.
There was no justification for ICE firing tear gas at kids and into buildings a hundred yards away because some people were at the gate.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...
As someone who was there it was clear that ICE intended to fire teargas on the labor march, directing shots over the heads of those closest to the building and firing munitions directly at the crowd. They even chose munitions that would have the widest possible effect.
Shameful that the Portland Mayor said that “outside agitators” were responsible for triggering ICE’s assault on thousands of union members last Saturday. Then @pdxoregon50501.bsky.social threw out the ED of @jwjpdx.bsky.social for holding the mayor accountable.
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM
There was no justification for ICE firing tear gas at kids and into buildings a hundred yards away because some people were at the gate.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...
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DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The Mayor’s rhetoric excuses ICE’s atrocity and uses classic red baiting language of “good protestor/bad protester,” which wasn’t even applicable since it was an entirely non-violent march that was teargassed. Organizers of every generation have been called “outside agitators” by the powerful
February 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The Mayor’s rhetoric excuses ICE’s atrocity and uses classic red baiting language of “good protestor/bad protester,” which wasn’t even applicable since it was an entirely non-violent march that was teargassed. Organizers of every generation have been called “outside agitators” by the powerful
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As someone who was there it was clear that ICE intended to fire teargas on the labor march, directing shots over the heads of those closest to the building and firing munitions directly at the crowd. They even chose munitions that would have the widest possible effect.
Shameful that the Portland Mayor said that “outside agitators” were responsible for triggering ICE’s assault on thousands of union members last Saturday. Then @pdxoregon50501.bsky.social threw out the ED of @jwjpdx.bsky.social for holding the mayor accountable.
February 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
As someone who was there it was clear that ICE intended to fire teargas on the labor march, directing shots over the heads of those closest to the building and firing munitions directly at the crowd. They even chose munitions that would have the widest possible effect.
Labor Says ICE Out!: "Thousands of people turned out, many wearing union gear and carrying their union banners. The Northwest Labor Press reported that marchers filled the streets for nine blocks."
Photo below is of Portland's rally & march! 🔥👇
Photo below is of Portland's rally & march! 🔥👇
More unions across the country are taking a stand against Immigration and Customs Enforcement since the January 23 mass strike in Minneapolis and the January 24 killing of Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse and union member labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
More Unions Are Saying ‘ICE Out’
More unions across the country are taking a stand against Immigration and Customs Enforcement since the January 23 mass strike in Minneapolis and the January 24 killing of Alex Pretti, an intensive ca...
labornotes.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Labor Says ICE Out!: "Thousands of people turned out, many wearing union gear and carrying their union banners. The Northwest Labor Press reported that marchers filled the streets for nine blocks."
Photo below is of Portland's rally & march! 🔥👇
Photo below is of Portland's rally & march! 🔥👇
Join us as we support Kaiser healthcare professionals on their picket line at Sunnyside Medical Center this coming Mon, February 9!
Come out, raise your voice, and help demand justice for patients and their care providers!
🪧Sign up for picket shifts here: actionnetwork.org/forms/inform...
Come out, raise your voice, and help demand justice for patients and their care providers!
🪧Sign up for picket shifts here: actionnetwork.org/forms/inform...
February 7, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Join us as we support Kaiser healthcare professionals on their picket line at Sunnyside Medical Center this coming Mon, February 9!
Come out, raise your voice, and help demand justice for patients and their care providers!
🪧Sign up for picket shifts here: actionnetwork.org/forms/inform...
Come out, raise your voice, and help demand justice for patients and their care providers!
🪧Sign up for picket shifts here: actionnetwork.org/forms/inform...
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Now the responsibility is clear: move these dollars quickly, lawfully, and in alignment with what actually keeps people housed and what Portlanders are calling for.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Now the responsibility is clear: move these dollars quickly, lawfully, and in alignment with what actually keeps people housed and what Portlanders are calling for.
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I am escorting the Crespo-Gonzalez family, including their seven year old daughter, back to Oregon now.
Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
February 7, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I am escorting the Crespo-Gonzalez family, including their seven year old daughter, back to Oregon now.
Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
And hey, it's a good thing that councilors voted to approve the oversight hearing!
We need a public hearing so that members of the public can follow the money (and the timing of it's discovery by council) because this is too important to rely on a pinkie swear that it won't happen again.
We need a public hearing so that members of the public can follow the money (and the timing of it's discovery by council) because this is too important to rely on a pinkie swear that it won't happen again.
News of the pallet of cash comes two days after the City Council voted to open an investigation into $21 million previously found through an audit. The release of public records and oversight hearings are expected later this month and in early March.
The Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) is sitting on $106 million in unspent funds, far more than was previously reported. City Administrator Raymond Lee outlined the funding in a memo Friday afternoon.
February 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM
And hey, it's a good thing that councilors voted to approve the oversight hearing!
We need a public hearing so that members of the public can follow the money (and the timing of it's discovery by council) because this is too important to rely on a pinkie swear that it won't happen again.
We need a public hearing so that members of the public can follow the money (and the timing of it's discovery by council) because this is too important to rely on a pinkie swear that it won't happen again.
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the budget scandal indicator is tipping into the red on this one
February 7, 2026 at 12:11 AM
the budget scandal indicator is tipping into the red on this one
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In 20 years tracking city politics I have never seen anything as absurd as the discovery of tens — then hundreds — of millions of dollars that was supposed to be serving us and was instead laying fallow in a bank account someone forgot about.
The Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) is sitting on $106 million in unspent funds, far more than was previously reported. City Administrator Raymond Lee outlined the funding in a memo Friday afternoon.
Update: Portland Housing Bureau's Unspent Funds Reach $106 Million
News of the unspent money comes two months after city councilors learned the city's Rental Services Office amassed $21 million in revenue, which went unreported for months.
www.portlandmercury.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
In 20 years tracking city politics I have never seen anything as absurd as the discovery of tens — then hundreds — of millions of dollars that was supposed to be serving us and was instead laying fallow in a bank account someone forgot about.
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Labor unions urge Gov. Gavin Newsom, California lawmakers to rein in artificial intelligence
Labor unions urge Gov. Gavin Newsom, California lawmakers to rein in artificial intelligence
National union leaders urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to protect workers as AI threatens to replace or surveil employees — and warned that failure to do so could hurt his presidential ambitions.
www.latimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Labor unions urge Gov. Gavin Newsom, California lawmakers to rein in artificial intelligence
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Registration is open for the LRAN/JWJ National Conference in Atlanta, May 14-16, 2026.
@jwj.org #LaborResearch #UnionYes
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@jwj.org #LaborResearch #UnionYes
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Registration Open for LRAN/JWJ National Conference
Registration is open for LRAN/JWJ National Conference in Atlanta, on May 14-16, 2026.
www.lranetwork.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Registration is open for the LRAN/JWJ National Conference in Atlanta, May 14-16, 2026.
@jwj.org #LaborResearch #UnionYes
www.lranetwork.org/news/registr...
@jwj.org #LaborResearch #UnionYes
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