Portland Jobs with Justice
A Labor-Community Organizing Hub
COVID-19 Organizing Response
Organizing with Food Service Workers in this Time of Crisis Calling all Portland Food Service Workers! We know food service workers are already experiencing huge stress because of shop closures and illness concerns! We are ramping up outreach efforts because we know folks need…
Working: A Photo Series
Portland Rising, a committee of Portland Jobs with Justice, is calling on working people from all walks of life and all workplaces to submit photos of yourself at work! Everyone who works has a workplace and work “tools.” Your own workplace is a familiar site, but often hidden to anyone…
2020 Virtual Annual Dinner
Unfortunately, it will not be safe for us to gather indoors for a large dinner event by September when our annual dinner is scheduled. So in the spirit of social responsibility and doing our part to help us get through the COVID-19 pandemic as…
We Shall Overcome: A message from leaders of Portland Jobs With Justice
By Rev. Cecil Charles Prescod and Will Layng (This article was originally published on 7/28/20 on the national JwJ website) Every day and night over the last two months, Portland, Oregon– our city and home–has seen mass protests against police brutality in the wake…
What Does It Mean to Abolish the Police?
Here at Portland Jobs with Justice we wholeheartedly support police accountability, and we have a history of doing so. We were part of the network that successfully fought to get Portland out of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and we are actively engaged with…
Underlying Conditions
Two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s estimated that 100,000 U.S. residents have died of complications of COVID-19. Over 90% of patients hospitalized for COVID suffer at least one underlying condition, primarily hypertension, obesity, lung disease, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease. The effects on our…
