Join BerniePDX and the Portland Association of Teachers to knock doors for FOUR incredible School Board candidates! Christy, Rashelle, Jorge, and Stephanie will fight for students and ensure that more school funding goes into the classroom, not admin salaries. Come meet the candidates and knock doors with us at 1pm on May 10.
WHAT: BerniePDX & PAT School Board Canvass
WHEN: Saturday, May 10, 1-4:30pm
WHERE: Creston Park neighborhood, off the parking lot at SE 47th Ave and Powell
Senate Bill 951, which safeguards physician-led care by limiting corporate influence over medical decision-making in Oregon, passed the Senate on April 8th. SB 951 is scheduled for a public hearing in the House Committee on Behavioral Health and Health Care on Tuesday, April 29, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.
We expect opposition from large corporate entities that profit from the current system, so we need clinicians, advocates, and patients to show up and speak out about why this bill matters!
Submit written testimony here.
Contact members of the House, especially those on the Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee (emails listed here). Phone calls or individual emails are best. Be sure to email your own Representative and mention that you’re a constituent. Learn more about SB951 here.
KGW: Portland City Council tentatively agrees with appeal against PGE plan to cut trees in Forest Park
“All 12 Portland city councilors Thursday voted to tentatively grant the appeal from opponents of a Portland General Electric (PGE) plan to expand its transmission line footprint in Forest Park.
On Thursday afternoon, those opponents presented their appeal to Portland City Council, decrying the environmental impact of PGE downing trees and filling in wetland areas. They argued that a city hearings officer mistakenly decided the project’s environment review.” Read more here.
Historically and to the present, police serve as strike-breakers across the nation and in Portland, always siding with bosses against organized workers—with the police association lining up with their commanders.
The effort to bring the PPA into the Labor Council represents a total repudiation of core labor values, which are grounded in solidarity, racial & social justice, and collective action.
From our friends at JwJ: On March 26, Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez was violently kidnapped by ICE. An inspiring union leader of a growing movement in Washington to organize workers for justice, this brazen targeting of immigrant communities and the organized labor movement cannot stand.
On Saturday, Portland unionists joined Coalition of Independent Unions in a rally led by Mark Medina, JWJ Worker Center and Coalition of Independent Unions organizer to draw attention to Lelo’s detention. Pressure halted Lelo’s deportation, now we must demand his release from detention!
Call Washington Attorney General’s office: 360-753-6200
More calls, donate link, and actions to take at this link!
From our friends at Portland DSA: Willamette Week just reported that local real estate ghoul Greg Goodman is organizing our local billionaire and mega-millionaire class against Preschool for All. We need your help to fight back!
If so, we want to hear from you!
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Providence is attempting to spin off its nonprofit home health, hospice and community palliative care programs into a joint for-profit enterprise run by private-equity-owned Compassus.
Right now, this Providence/Compassus joint venture is being reviewed by Oregon’s Health Care Market Oversight program. Healthcare workers and community members are speaking up to share their concerns about transparency, patient care, and the potential negative effects on health outcomes in Oregon’s vulnerable communities with this joint venture.
For-profit, private equity healthcare generally leads to higher prices, lower access and worse healthcare. Research shows private equity corporations consistently cut staffing and services, increase patients’ costs and illness, and contribute little to our communities’ long term health and wellbeing. The bottom line: Partnering with private-equity will lead to higher costs and worse care. Now is the time to act!
Canvass with the Portland Association of Teachers for our school board candidates this Saturday! April 12, 1-4pm, Woodstock Park, 5012 SE Harold St. RSVP Here.
BerniePDX is excited to announce our Portland Public Schools Board endorsements! We endorsed these candidates because they will fight for more school funding for the classroom, not admin salaries. If elected, they promise a collaborative relationship with the teachers’ union, as opposed to the status quo of hostility and paternalism. They will also strive to protect students who are under threat from the Trump administration and increase services for students in need.
With public education under attack from the highest levels of government, it’s more important than ever to elect a school board who will fight for Portland students and support teachers. Please join us in supporting Christy Splitt in Zone 1, Rashelle Chase-Miller in Zone 4, Jorge Sanchez Bautista in Zone 5, and Stephanie Engelsman in Zone 6!
Visit berniepdx.us/2025-school-board-endorsements to learn more about the candidates.
Protect renters and stop corporate rent manipulation!
Landlords and property management firms are using algorithmic pricing software to coordinate rent increases, artificially inflating prices and worsening Portland’s housing crisis. These tools prioritize profits over people, displacing tenants, reducing affordable housing options, and deepening inequality.
Click here to email your City Councilors and urge them to support the Algorithmic Rent Pricing Ban Ordinance.
Or give them a call:
