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Hundreds of workers, students, and activists rallied in downtown Portland to support PDX teachers in their historic vote to go on strike. Our energy and spirits were high in spite of the biting cold.
By DON McINTOSH, Associate Editor
After nearly a year of contentious negotiations, about 1,300 City of Portland workers had a chance to vote on a new union contract this week and last. They are members of the seven-union coalition known as the District Council of Trade Unions (DCTU). DCTU represents 1,583 City workers, but a little over 300 of those are “fair share” employees who chose not to join the union and therefore don’t get to vote on the contract. rest of story: ThePortlandAlliance.org/nwlaborpress
Lawrence Lessig's March to End Corruption
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company:In the footsteps of Doris "Granny D" Haddock, activist Lawrence Lessig led a two-week, 185-mile trek through the winter cold in New Hampshire to raise awareness of corruption in American politics.
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Socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant's response to Obama's
State of the Union address in January. Please listen!
Community Public Hearing
on PDX Police vs DOJ
more details:
www.theportlandalliance.org/portlandoccupier
Federal Judge Michael Simon will convene a
public hearing on 18 February.
He’ll then rule on whether a proposed settlement agreement – between the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and the City of Portland – for civil rights violations in the bureau’s use of force… is fair and just.
Judge Simon will not make the ruling today. He's going to listen to testimonies (which will take at least 2 days). Then he's going to give the City, the Portland Police and the AMA Coalition another couple of weeks to possibly edit the settlement. He'll then rule on the issue on March 11.
We believe a case study … of Keaton’s homicide and Fred’s pursuit of justice for his son …will illuminate deficienciesin the proposed settlement AND enter the Keaton Otis tragedy intoa public record.
more info at: http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/otis
Join us for this popular event, sponsored by Jobs with Justice, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and the NW Oregon Labor Council. And Endorsed by The Portland Alliance.
Kim Bobo isthe Executive Director and founder of Interfaith Workers Justice. She is the author of Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Americans Are Not Being Paid, And What We Can Do About It and co-author of Organizing for Social Change. In 2009, she was named one of UTNE Reader's 50 Visionairies Who Are Changing Your World.
Then at 6pm, Join us at SEIU Local 49, 3536 SE 26th Ave (just south of Powell Blvd. for a
conversation with Kim Bobo and low wage workers on how we can build an economy that works for everyone, the struggle of low wage workers for respect on the job, and against wage theft. Kim will give the national perspective on this crucial movement for change.
Unveiling the Dangers of GMO foods and Toxic Food Dyes
by Don Dupay http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/toxicfood
All my life (until now) I have been eating packages of yellow cheese puffs. I love the damned things, the cheesy taste and all. Absentmindedly
I recently put on my reading glasses and looked again at the pretty pictures of the cheesy things displayed on the package. I noticed one of the ingredients was yellow dye #6, what the hell, I thought? I always believed they were yellow colored because of the cheese on them. But no...they are dyed yellow. Now my detectives mind went into action, I discovered there are other dyes, including blue #1, blue #2, green #3, red #3, red #40, yellow #5, yellow #6 and citrus red #2. Worse yet, the cheesy things were cooked in corn oil, a GMO poison created by the Monsanto company.
Portland Films: The Alliance Film Guide
Scheduling, Reviews, and More...
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/film
At the heart of the film is a simple proposition: what is a good society, and what role does the widening income gap play in the deterioration of our nation’s economic health? We are endeavoring for Inequality for All to be a paradigm-shifting, eye-opening experience for the American public. We want to accurately show through a non-partisan perspective why extreme income inequality is such an important topic for our citizens today and for the future of America.
Starts Friday October 11th
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At the heart of the film is a simple proposition: what is a good society, and what role does the widening income gap play in the deterioration of our nation’s economic health? We are endeavoring for Inequality for All to be a paradigm-shifting, eye-opening experience for the American public. We want to accurately show through a non-partisan perspective why extreme income inequality is such an important topic for our citizens today and for the future of America.
Starts Friday October 11th
60
Bobby Worthy, CEO and President of The Justice League, leads a chant outside of the Duval County Courthouse as the jury enters the fourth day of deliberations in the trail of Michael Dunn, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Jacksonville, Fla. Large crowds gathered outside the courthouse to wait for a verdict in the Dunn trial. Dunn was convicted Saturday of attempted murder in the shooting death of a teenager during an argument over loud music, but jurors could not agree on the most serious charge of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Kelly Jordan) http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/skanner
By George Curry,
NNPA Columnist
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