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On the eve of #BannedBooksWeek, we want to highlight some of the work Powell’s Books leadership has been doing lately to “fight censorship at all levels” and uphold the company’s “[commitment] to the principles protecting free speech” (from the Powell’s employee handbook)...

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October 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The union for Powell’s workers @ilwulocal5.bsky.social ILWU Local 5:

"A company whose entire business model is dependent on human creativity should be safeguarding against any technology that exploits, devalues, or displaces it."
September 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Powell's is the latest organization to get caught out using AI slop - by readers, @ilwulocal5.bsky.social, fellow indies, and community members.
Everything you need to know about the Powell’s AI slop snafu—and what we can all learn from it.
Another day, another duel with AI slop. Unfortunately a recent deep fake has come in the guise of a friend. Last Friday, Powell’s Books of Portland, Oregon—one of the country’s best lov…
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September 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“We are demanding a seat at the table in negotiating how automation and AI impact our membership and that adequate safeguards be put in place so that these new technologies work with our members and all working people.” 👏👏👏
August 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Highlights: Cassandra, who works at Wild Lilac, a Preschool for All Pilot site, reads part of a statement she helped draft as part of their teachers union, @ilwulocal5.bsky.social, "if P4A is paused or eliminated, it will have a catastrophic effect on students, families, and teachers."
August 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Having recently adopted a resolution declaring ILWU Local 5 to be a Sanctuary Union, we are so proud to see our International Executive Board taking this position of solidarity with migrants.
At their meeting last week, the ILWU International Executive Board unanimously passed the following Statement of Policy Condemning Attacks on Migrants

www.ilwu.org/ilwu-stateme...
August 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Here's to 25 more 🥳
August 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“Through our work at CCPU we have witnessed the power of advocacy in the lives of the providers we serve which has highlighted to us the importance of organizing our own labor. In order to best support members, it is important for us to also organize & advocate for ourselves." 1/2
July 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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📣Please share this far and wide, so we can tell @tinakotek.bsky.social and the legislature HANDS OFF PRESCHOOL FOR ALL! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Governor Kotek and the Legislature: Hands off Preschool for All!
There is an existential threat to Preschool for All developing in Salem, and unless we can rally enough community outrage and response, the program could be effectively killed as soon as this week. ...
actionnetwork.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
IMPORTANT UPDATE:

We discovered that the settings for this email address were preventing messages from coming through.

It's fixed now! But if you sent an email to community@ilwulocal5.com earlier today, we won't see it.

Please re-send, and thank you for the solidarity!!
What has Powell’s leadership been doing lately to fight censorship and defend free speech?

tinyurl.com/censorship-at-powells
April 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What has Powell’s leadership been doing lately to fight censorship and defend free speech?

tinyurl.com/censorship-at-powells
April 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As organizations committed to creating fair access to resources for vulnerable populations and strong workplace standards, we are proud to announce that Urban Gleaners is joining ILWU Local 5 in solidarity by becoming a fully unionized workplace!

Our press release: drive.google.com/file/d/121JU...
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Some news: you can now support the ILWU Local 5 Strike Fund through our Bookshop affiliate page! bookshop.org/shop/ilwulocal5
February 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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A reminder that @powells.bsky.social tried something similar back in the day -- and ultimately lost -- in their early battles with @ilwulocal5.bsky.social. RIP Mighty Marty Kruse, and solidarity with Randy Foster! djcoregon.com/news/1999/10...
Powell’s employees, union protest firing
Labor tensions continue to rise at Powell’s City of Books. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 5, which represents Powell’s
djcoregon.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We are sow 🌱 excited to announce: we are growing…again! This time, a new union workplace takes root at Zenger Farm!

Join us in welcoming these workers to ILWU Local 5 and congratulating them on their voluntary recognition! You can read our joint press release here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UgAG...
February 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"The physical distance between SCRAP workers in Portland and in Richmond is irrelevant. Here is a natural expression of community…In this movement, the miles between workers are only a number. SOLIDARITY knows no borders." —Ryan Van Winkle, ILWU Local 5 President 🧵
January 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Negotiations with Portland Street Medicine are underway! We have a long road ahead but are looking forward to arriving at a contract that is fair and supports our work in providing medical care to our patients."
January 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We’re making history! Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education staff have unionized with the full support of our board and leadership." (1/2)
January 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Workers have been *busy* this year! 🧵
December 31, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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BREAKING: The biggest strike against Amazon in U.S. history is happening right now.

The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.

The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.
December 19, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Unsure which bookstores are unionized? Our friends @ilwulocal5.bsky.social made a map for that: bit.ly/UnionBookstoreMap
Unionized & Unionizing Bookstores - Google My Maps
Created by members of ILWU Local 5. Help us complete this map! Please send additions and corrections to UnionBookstoreMap@gmail.com.
bit.ly
December 12, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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We’re asking Street Roots’ board to promptly recognize our union, and are seeking your support to help them understand why the community supports the organization: for its newspaper, its advocacy efforts, and, most of all, its vendors.

Please sign and share our letter!
UNION, PARTNER, AND ELECTED Sign On - Support Street Roots Workers’ Union Drive
Please join us in asking Street Roots’ board of directors to promptly recognize our union. We are elated that all eligible staff unanimously support this union, which we made public December 2. While ...
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December 6, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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On Forbes’ biggest day of the year - the release of ‘30 Under 30’ - we have walked off the job in a 24-hour work stoppage in protest of @forbes.com continued intransigence at the bargaining table and repeated labor law violations. (1/3)
December 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM
25 years ago, about 25 Powell’s Books workers — members of then newly formed ILWU Local 5 — travelled from Portland to Seattle to protest the #WTO Ministerial Conference alongside hundreds of their #ILWU siblings, and tens of thousands of other activists and unionists. 🧵
December 1, 2024 at 7:36 PM