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Events & Actions
TELL METRO COUNCILORS: NO TO CUTTING $ 17.5 Million for building affordable housing and ending homeless!
Metro Council is poised to vote on a ballot measure to adjust the Supportive Services Measure passed in 2020 to assist households either living homeless and under severe rent burdens.
We support changes improving cross-county alignment of strategies for alleviating our affordable housing crisis; investing a portion of funds to expanding 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 homeless 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!
ACTIONS TO MAKE POLLUTERS PAY
ACTION ITEM #1: Fill out this short survey with your name, email, and click the “support” button for putting big corporations on the hook for their negligence through this ordinance.
Then cut and paste this comment, or something like it, into the survey’s space for feedback:
I support a strong, enforceable risk bond ordinance that includes a penalty of $25,000/day for non-compliance, applicable to all facilities regulated by the DEQ Fuel Tank Seismic Stability program and going into effect within 2 years.
ACTION ITEM #2: Show up in red at 11:00am on Thursday, Nov. 21 to watch the Multnomah County Commissioners discuss the ordinance at the County building on 501 SE Hawthorne!
Background: Time to demand that polluters pay up front for damages, clean up and putting our lives & environment in danger! Zenith and cronies must take steps to prevent huge oil spills, fires and deadly toxic fumes from fossil fuels and other toxic chemicals being released from old tanks on the riverfront – given the odds of a big earthquake, forest fire or train derailment.
Saturday, Dec. 14, 12-2pm: City Workers Practice Picket
The City of Portland has pledged $1.8 Million for the Thompson Elk statue, but hasn’t put a serious economic offer on the table for the hardworking employees who provide direct public services?!
Join Santa and AFSCME 189 in a family friendly event with union carols, pictures and letter writing – to the North Pole for the kids, or City Hall for grown ups!
Location: SW 4th and Main, Downtown PDX
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.
March for Bernie Rally, January 23, 2016