Tell Congress: No Troops on our Streets! Protect Immigrants in LA and Around the Country!

Congress must act before it’s too late. Send a message to your members now demanding they call on the Trump administration to withdraw military troops from our communities and rescind the deployment order.

Following dangerous ICE raids across Los Angeles where federal agencies arrested and abducted many of our loved ones and neighbors, Angelenos responded by taking to the streets and exercising their First Amendment right to protest. During those demonstrations, LAPD and federal law enforcement agencies aggressively arrested members of the press, protestors, organizers and others – including the leader of California’s largest union, David Huerta.

Now, President Trump has deployed thousands of federalized National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles – and is threatening more troops in our communities. This dangerous abuse of power is a direct threat to our basic constitutional rights: lawful protest, free expression, and speaking out against injustice.

Protect Multnomah County’s Climate + Sustainability Programs!

Multnomah County’s nationally recognized climate justice and sustainability programs are at risk of being cut. Sign the petition here, and email the commissioners: district4@multco.us, district3@multco.us, district2@multco.us, district1@multco.us

These programs directly protect our communities from pollution, rising energy costs, and climate disasters like heat waves and wildfire. If we don’t speak up now, we could lose essential services that save lives, support vulnerable residents, and hold corporate polluters accountable. Local officials need to hear from you – your voice can help stop these cuts and keep Multnomah County on the path to a safe, healthy, and just future.

Petition: Write Governor Kotek to Win a Better PSU Board of Trustees!

former PSU-AAUP President and community leader, Mary King, has announced her candidacy for Sheryl Manning’s PSU Board of Trustees seat. Email Governor Kotek and ask her not to reappoint Sheryl Manning to the PSU Board, appoint Dr. Mary King!

This choice couldn’t be starker: Mary King, a retired PSU Economics faculty member and PSU-AAUP leader, a champion of faculty and academic professional working conditions and student learning conditions, and an Oxford educated economist who focuses on the public good.

Or Sheryl Manning, the Board of Trustees member who’s most vocally championed cutting “to the bone,” who comes out of Arthur Anderson, and owns a significant amount of Portland’s commercial real estate. Email Gov. Kotek today!

Tell the Oregon Legislature: Striking Workers Should Receive Unemployment Benefits

Take action today and send a letter to Oregon lawmakers asking for them to support SB 916B and by doing so, protect working people who are using their legal right to strike.

Striking workers and their families should not be pushed into poverty for exercising their legally protected right to strike. This policy helps level the playing field, helps put money back into the local economy during a labor dispute, and helps ensure negotiations happen sooner rather than later.

Oregon Passes First-in-the-Nation Bill to Block Corporate Takeovers of Medical Practices

“SALEM, Ore. – Today, the Oregon House passed SB 951, landmark legislation to ensure that medical practices in Oregon are owned and controlled by licensed medical professionals, not corporations. The bill responds to a growing national trend of corporate and private equity takeovers of independent medical practices, which data says is putting profits over patients.” Read the rest of the press release here.

Single-Payer Day of Action Rally on Saturday, May 31! 12pm Tables, 1pm Speakers

Join BerniePDX and many others locally and nationally to rally for universal healthcare! Join us at 12pm to get plugged in with groups leading transformative work in our communities. Then at 1:00pm, we’ll kick off a powerful program featuring speakers fighting to make universal healthcare a reality in our state.

Our health care system is broken—and it’s killing us. For-profit insurers and corporate middlemen deny care, drive up costs, and profit off our pain. Decades of piecemeal reforms have only made things worse: skyrocketing prices, massive waste, and some of the worst health outcomes among wealthy countries.

We say: enough. We demand a system that puts people before profit—where health care is treated as a human right, not a business.
We are calling for:

  • The elimination of private insurance companies and for-profit care.
  • A national, publicly funded single payer program that covers everyone—comprehensively and equitably.
  • A transformation of our health care system to serve communities, not corporations—freeing caregivers from corporate control and putting power in the hands of the people.

This event is happening in Portland, but we’re not stopping here. Activists are organizing sister actions across Oregon and around the country. 

Location: Dawson Park, 1 N Stanton St.

Take Action to Stop and Reverse Federal Staffing and Budget Cuts!

From Federal Unionists Network: Congress needs to understand that their political futures depend on standing with the American people, not abandoning them when it matters most. We don’t want more speeches or symbolic gestures. As we fight to keep our jobs, we need them to do theirs and fight for the people they serve.

We’re calling for every Member of Congress to demand that agency heads halt all implementation of budget and staff cuts, and also firmly oppose ANY illegal cuts that have not received proper congressional authorization.

Send a letter to your Representatives TODAY using the links above, and tell them that you support Rep. Tlaib’s “Dear Colleague” letter opposing these senseless cuts to our crucial agencies and departments.  Together, we can – and will – protect federal jobs and the essential services our communities depend on.