March 26
KBOO 90.7 FM 6-7pm Mondaynite
Union Issues and Concerns
Maribeth
and Ken host
Ken Allen, executive director of
AFSCME Council 75 -- Maribeth Healey executive director
of Oregonians for Health
Security`
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 11am!
Wednesday is a big day in the Faculty Federation's effort to secure more equitable treatment of
part-time faculty and create more full-time faculty positions here in Oregon. Through AFT-Oregon, we have introduced HB2578, legislation that attempts to improve the situation in various ways.
You can read all about FACE at www.pccff.org/face.htm. Check it out!
Michael Dembrow
March
29th: On March 29th, 2007
get active!
Thursday Night at 6:45-7:45pm,
at Beaverton Library upstairs in the Historic Collections Room.
The
Wordsmith Collection,
Inc. &
ActiveResource.org will sponsor a meeting for
Volunteers(and paid interns) who are
interested in civic engagement!
We will be getting together for snacks, conversation, editing assignments,
computer server committees, and
the initiation of the bookmobile art project.
Come join us Thursday, March 29th,
There will be food!
Jobs
with Justice: Dinner provided, at
SEIU Local 49, 3536 SE 26th
In the months leading up to the massive nationwide Mayday rallies on
immigration many of us in the labor movement have asked ourselves...
-Are the current struggles of immigrants relevant to us?
-What are the causes of immigration?
-How do we discuss these controversial issues as they come up in our unions
and at work?
It is time for us to get together and talk. Join us for dinner, an
informative panel discussion and conversation on immigration issues that
concern all workers.
President Bush will be in Medina Friday morning June 16, at 10:45 AM,
2006 for a GOP money fund-raiser at a private mansion. Please help
protest this president and his failed leadership. (Illegal WAR, illegal
imprisonment, domestic spying, white house leaks, media manipulation,
congressional manipulation; and many other abuses of executive power and
the constitution.) Help stop the "Bush
corporate-war-money-machine"; There are protests being planned in Medina
and Bellevue Washington (10201 NE 4th St next to Bellevue Square),
Friday morning, June 16th, at 9:00am. Speakers at 9:30 am, march at
10:00am. The protest organizational meeting is Thursday at the
University Library at (5009 Roosevelt Way N.E.), in the University
District at 6:30 pm. Open to public (seats 100)
Friday, June 16
7:00pm
St. Francis of Assisi Church,
330 SE Morrison St.
As a fundraiser for The Portland Alliance and for Code Pink Portland,
The founder of Global Exchange and co-founder of Code Pink will speak
about her most recent efforts to stop the war in Iraq and bring the
troops home, about the work that needs to be done to transition from our
war economy to an economy that promotes peace, and she will read from
her most recent book, Stop the Next War Now! Effective Responses to
Violence and Terrorism.
Sunday March 19th, 7:00pm
United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 247
(2215 N. Lombard)
Venezuela World Social Forum!
National Student Labor Week of Action
This month, students and workers will hit the streets for the Seventh
Annual National Student Labor Week of Action. From March 27
through April 4, Jobs with Justice’s
Student Labor Action Project will commemorate the lives of Cesar Chavez
and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by highlighting the plight of workers
nationwide.
During the week, students and workers will demand living wages,
university codes of conduct that support worker’s rights, an end to
union-busting tactics and the freedom to form unions and bargain
collectively for all workers. To find an event in your area and
learn more about the Student Labor Week of Action, go to Jobs with
Justice’s website at
http://www.jwj.org.
Beaverton Literacy Council is revitalizing their organization...
contact
tflanga@pcc.edu
if you are interested in serving on their board.
They now serve 350
ESL clients... a vital resource for more than twenty years...
On October 1, the Shoot First Law went into effect in
Florida: The law grants sweeping criminal and civil immunity to anyone
who pulls the trigger when they feel 'threatened' -- and specifically denies
legal recourse to innocent bystanders killed or wounded in the crossfire,
even if the shooter acted negligently.
Tell Governor Kulongoski that "Shoot First" is a horrible
policy idea for Oregon.
"Torture
undermines the moral and legal principles on which society is based. Moral
authority and the ability to pressure allies are lost when world leaders
resort to torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading practices."
Some Representatives
are reportedly trying to strip the anti-torture amendment. Please
send an email and call your Representative today to urge them to
keep the Anti-Torture Amendment exactly as passed by the Senate, and
to support the fundamental right to due process by opposing the
Graham Amendment!
Click here to take
action now.
The White House is vigorously opposing
the bi-partisan McCain anti-torture language in the Defense
Appropriations Bill. Vice President Cheney is lobbying to exempt the CIA
from the language that would prohibit torture and inhumane treatment of
prisoners. CALL your Senators and Representative today to urge them to
include the McCain language WITHOUT exceptions.
Monday, Jan 23 at 6:00 pm -
PPS Administration Building, 501 N. Dixon, Portland
Join us Saturday at Noon!
As part of International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, the
union movement is mobilizing to demand workers are guaranteed a
fundamental human right: The freedom to have a union voice on the job
As part of International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, the union
movement is mobilizing to demand workers are guaranteed a
fundamental human right: The freedom to have a union voice on the
job.
As Congress returns from Thanksgiving break, many representatives are
examining and changing their position on Iraq. They've seen the polls
showing that most of America wants our troops home1, and they've
read the articles with military and foreign policy experts saying a
responsible exit makes sense. Today, every one of them needs to hear a
steady, day-long avalanche of phone calls to
get out of
Iraq.
Take Action: Oppose the
1,000th Execution in the United States
Robin Lovitt is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on November 30,
which would mark the gruesome milestone of the 1,000th execution in the
United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Amnesty
International is concerned that most of the small amount of DNA evidence
presented at trial linking Lovitt to the crime was illegally destroyed
by a court clerk to free up space in court storage rooms, before Lovitt
could appeal against his conviction.
Take Action!
Urge Governor Warner to make a difference by granting clemency to Robin
Lovitt. » ACT NOW
Online Action Alerts Onward Oregon
makes it quick and easy to send messages to our decision makers.
Our technology will find your state (or federal) officials by your
street address,
making it easy to send multiple messages.
Visit our
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