Portland Jobs with Justice
A Labor-Community Organizing Hub
WALK THE LINE: Portland Jobs with Justice 22nd Annual Faith Labor Breakfast
A special announcement from Faith Labor Committee Co-Chairs, Dan & Hannah:
Come, join us as we celebrate workers who WALK THE LINE for justice, dignity, safe working conditions and adequate compensation.
The past year has seen some amazing victories. Hear their stories. CELEBRATE.
There are a lot of strategic challenges this year. Hear their stories. PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT.
Join us for the 22nd Annual Faith Labor Breakfast! Tuesday February 20th at 7:30am at St Andrews Catholic Church. Masks required.
Contact Hannah at hsloanebarton@oregonafscme.org with any questions
More Ways to Show Up this Solidarity Season, and a note of gratitude!
Solidarity Season Social! Thank you for joining us on Wednesday, December 6th for our Solidarity Season Social to celebrate the many victories of the Portland-area labor movement, and the many ways you show up all year long for workers rights and a just economy!
As Kyle from Oregon Nurses Association bargaining team at Providence-Portland Medical Center shared, “TIME may have named Taylor Swift as the person of the year, but to me, unions were the person of the year.” We agree!
In case you missed it, and want to support the work of Portland Jobs with Justice with a generous end of the year donation, click here to make a donation, or better yet, become a monthly sustainer! More fundraiser events below!
SOLIDARITY! Dance Party to Benefit JWJ!
On Saturday, December 16 from 8pm – midnight at Workers Tap, join hubbstyle, discojazz, dj cam, and more for a dance party in which 100% of proceeds benefit Portland Jobs with Justice!
Kicking Ass for the Working Class, benefit show for Portland Jobs with Justice!
A metal show to benefit Portland Jobs with Justice, with Misery Whip, Mind Palace, Spit Locket, Well, Aggro.
no drugs, no alcohol, no drama, respect the space!
$10 All Ages
8pm Friday, January 19th
Bridge City Sessions (1440 SE Powell Blvd)
From Portland to Missouri the JWJ network is mobilizing to support striking UAW International Union members!
Join JWJ as we mobilize to support the power of workers standing together against corporate power, withholding their labor for transformative contracts. It is a generational fight!
Stay plugged into the #StandUpUAW Strike by subscribing to the Portland JWJ newsletter, plugging in to JWJ’s Solidarity Hub, and by signing up for Big Three updates here!
UAW Local 492 in Beaverton – Stellantis – Portland Parts Depot (10030 SW Allen Blvd, Beaverton) continue their 24/7 strike until the Big Three offer a fair deal.
Take a picket shift, organize a group picket, and let us know if you do! (Email sarah@jwjpx.org)!
Let’s get out there and support the workers fighting hard for the future of the working class!
The UAW’s transformative and unequivocal demands include: equal pay for equal work, full seniority status for temps after 90 days, defined benefit pensions for all workers, the restoration of cost-of-living adjustments, the future of electric vehicles being union-made, and for a fair share of the Big Three profits! A UAW win is a win for working people and the climate!
Portland-area UAW Members Stand Up to Corporate Greed, to Inequality, and Strike for Economic Justice!
On September 14th, autoworkers began their historic “Stand Up Strike” by walking out of a Ford assembly plant near Detroit, a GM factory in Wentzville, Missouri, and a Jeep plant run by Stellantis in Toledo, Ohio. The “Stand Up Strike,” as the UAW is calling it, is modeled on strikes in the 1930s, when GM workers occupied plants to protest inequality
OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS:
- Profits at Ford, GM and Stellantis have gone up 65%
- CEO pay at the companies has gone up 40%
- Big Three spending on stock buybacks is up 1,500%
- Average new car prices are up 34%
- Inflation is up 20%
- Autoworker wages are up just 6%
Those numbers don’t add up for workers. The Stand Up Strike will make things right.
On Monday, September 18th UAW President Shawn Fain warned the Big Three that if they refuse to make serious progress by noon on Friday, September 22, more locals will be called on to stand up and join the strike. During Friday’s update, UAW said they are making progress at the bargaining table with Ford, but time had run out for the other two automaker giants (GM and Stellantis.) UAW President Shawn Fain announced the new strike targets and invited everyone to join workers on the picket lines, “from our friends and families all the way up to the president of the United States.”
“We will be everywhere from California to Massachusetts, from Oregon to Florida,” Fain continued, and now, more than 5000 UAW members have walked out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers in 20 states.
In Oregon, that means UAW members who work at the Stellantis Parts Distribution Center in Beaverton (10030 SW Allen Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005) are ON STRIKE! Monday through Saturday, 7am – 7pm
Stand with UAW members who #StandUp for all of us! Join autoworkers out on the picket line! Bring food, drink, signs, and cheer! Send us your photos, tag us in your posts, and pick up a Realtree JWJ logo shirt to wear on the picket line – just like Shawn Fain!
More actions you can take:
Tell the Big Three: Record Profit Means Record Contracts. No Exceptions!
Grab a Graphic to Share on Your Timeline!
Record a 30 second to 1-minute-long video explaining why you support UAW workers. Send the video to uawdc@uaw.net. Tag us in your video!
Join us for JWJ’s 2023 Annual Dinner: Justice Jamboree
We are excited to announce the 2023 Portland Jobs with Justice Annual Dinner! With your support, our organization has been a hub of support for working people in our city for over thirty years. Thank you for helping us to grow and deepen our movement for justice within the Portland community!
In addition to a delicious meal, cash bar, and silent auction, we’re thrilled to announce our keynote speaker, the notorious journalist, author, and all around trouble maker, Kim Kelly! From Teen Vogue to her own book Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, Kim has spent countless hours writing about the stories of workers everywhere, particularly the most marginalized.
Thursday, September 7, 2023 | 6:30pm-9:00pm
The World Forestry Center in Miller Hall
4033 SW Canyon Rd. Portland, OR 97221
Masks are required when not eating or drinking.
Thank you for keeping our communities safe! Contact Jill at Jill@jwjpdx.org for questions.
Pledge Solidarity with Strike-Ready UPS Teamsters!
Join the Oregon Strike-Ready Coalition! Rally & BBQ June 25th
Over 340,000 Teamsters at UPS are gearing up to fight for better pay and treatment on the job when their contract expires on July 31, 2023. And on Monday, June 5th, Teamsters across the country began taking a strike authorization vote! If the company doesn’t respond to their demands, they are preparing to take part in the largest strike in American history. The UPS contract is a standard setter. It’s always true that when workers win we all win and with UPS the effects will be felt nationwide!
Will you and your organization pledge Solidarity with the UPS Teamsters fighting for a strong contract and fair wages?
Sign-up here to join the picket line, circulate strike-ready pledge cards, attend a fundraiser, and/or bring food & supplies to the picket line!
Get in touch with Jamie at jamie.partridge1@gmail.com if your organization can invite the campaign to your members’ meeting to make a pitch and circulate pledge cards!
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