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Events & Actions
Thursday, 12/19 & Friday, 12/20: Local Amazon Workers on Strike!
Time’s up for Amazon in its refusal to bargain with the Teamsters at its facilities! Join the picket line to show solidarity with thousands of workers – lets tell Amazon that they cannot simply choose not to bargain!
Location: 1250 NW Swigert Way, Troutdale
Thursday, Jan. 9, 5:30pm Doors, 6:30pm Panel: Rumble on the River Community Forum #19 – Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund/PCEF
This Rumble is all about PCEF: its origins, evolution and implementation.
“The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits initiative was passed by 65% of Portland voters in November 2018. It provides a consistent, long-term funding source and oversight structure to ensure that our community’s climate action efforts are implemented to support social, economic and environmental benefits for all Portlanders, particularly communities of color and people with low incomes. The initiative was supported by a broad coalition of groups and individuals and represents the first environmental initiative in Oregon led by communities of color.”–City of Portland/BPS
Panel:
- Sam Baraso. Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund Program Manager, Current Chair for Willamette Partnership
- Khanh Pham. Newly elected Oregon State Senator, District 23.
- Micah Meskel. Assistant Director of Urban Conservation for the Bird Alliance Of Oregon
- Moderator: Margaret Butler. Former Executive Director of Portland Jobs With Justice. Currently with XR-PDX and Climate Jobs
- PCEF recipients will join the panel to describe their projects.
Location: Dharma Rain Zen Center, 8500 NE Siskiyou Street Portland 97220
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 7am-9pm: Socialist Job Fair
*Sick and tired of your current employment / under-employment / unemployment?
*Alienated and alone at work, without a socialist in sight?
*Get a job organizing with other socialists!
Hosted by DSA. Event Location TBA.
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TELL METRO COUNCILORS: NO TO CUTTING $ 17.5 Million for building affordable housing and ending houselessness!
Metro Council is poised to vote on a ballot measure to adjust the Supportive Services Measure passed in 2020 to assist households experiencing homelessness or severe rent burdens.
We support changes improving cross-county alignment of strategies for alleviating our affordable housing crisis; investing a portion of funds to expand permanently affordable housing; and extending revenue collection beyond 10 years.
However, these changes will not succeed in alleviating our crisis if Metro follows through on a 10% tax cut on earnings above 125 K for single households and above 200K for joint filing households in 2026, followed by a 25% cut in 2031. It is predicted that such a deep tax cut will lead to a $17.5 million annual loss in revenue!
Please click here to send a message to all the Metro Councilors urging them Say No to Cutting $17.5 million for building affordable housing and ending homelessness and housing insecurity!
Learn more about this issue on Welcome Home’s website.
BOYCOTT NEW SEASONS
The New Seasons Labor Union is calling for a customer boycott of all locations for the rest of the holiday season. Please uphold the boycott to support their contract negotiation efforts!
March for Bernie Rally, January 23, 2016