Portland Jobs with Justice
A Labor-Community Organizing Hub
18th Annual Faith Labor Breakfast
~ Join us for our 18th Annual Faith Labor Breakfast: All At The Table ~ You are invited to gather with workers, local faith leaders, and the rest of the JwJ community as we break bread, hear powerful stories, and sing out in celebration…
2020-2021 Strategic Priorities
Steering Committee Vote on Strategic Priorities: Monday March 2, 2020 Over the past few months beginning at our Executive Committee Retreat in November of 2019, the following strategic priorities have been discussed, reviewed, and revised multiple times by both our Executive Committee and Steering…
Send Us to JwJ’s 2020 National Conference!
As you know, Jobs with Justice is a national coalition of labor, community, student, and faith organizations that come together to fight for workers’ rights and economic, racial, and gender justice. Our National Conference is in March 2020 in Atlanta. We need to raise $2,000…
Living Wages and Neutrality: Why Unions Should Support Universal Preschool Now!
The Universal Preschool Now! (UP Now) 2020 ballot measure campaign is a grassroots, community-driven push to create a free, publicly funded, year-round universal preschool system for all kids in Multnomah County. Large metro areas like Washington D.C. and New York City have had extremely…
Change the Contract: Portland Needs Police Reform Now
The Portland Police Association is gearing up to launch negotiations for a renewed union contract for the Portland Police Bureau. Here at Jobs with Justice we know that Police Contracts are unlike most public sector contracts. Police Union Contracts act as a shield to…
JwJ Annual Dinner: Ricardo Levins Morales marks 50 years at the crossroads of art and social justice
The activist uses art to tell stories – something he says is essential to organizing by Casey Miller | 25 Oct 2019 Originally published by Street Roots Ricardo Levins Morales describes himself as a “healer and trickster organizer disguised as an artist.” The social justice artist is…
