"Legislators join protest of likely closure of Salem mail facility. The protesters, organized by Communities and Postal Workers United, a national grassroots network, claim that a 2006 Congressional mandate, which forces the U.S. Postal Service to prefund retiree health benefits 75 years in advance, has created a phony financial crisis. Not only would the postal service have been profitable without the mandate, says CPWU, the USPS has also overpaid tens of billions into two pension funds. The activists call on postal management to suspend cuts and closures and allow Congress to fix the finances by repealing the prefunding mandate and refunding the pension surplus. Twin bills, HR 630, sponsored by U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio (Oregon) and S 316, sponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont), would fix postal finances and prevent plant and office closures and service cuts. Oregon State representatives Hoyle and Clem have introduced House Joint Memorial 15, with thirty sponsors, urging Congress to pass this Postal Service Protection Act of 2013."
April 9,2013 Solidarity with Indonesian Adidas garment workers
Published on Apr 14, 2013
Tuesday April 9th, 4pm. Solidarity with Indonesian Adidas garment workers. Adidas America HQ, Portland, Oregon. Adidas owes a total of $1.8m in legally mandated severance pay to 2,700 workers whose factory closed. As part of the action two of the workers tried to deliver a petition signed by former workers.
"People have only as much liberty
as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.” Emma Goldman
BREAKING NEWS AT THE ALLIANCE: SYSTEM GRAVELY BROKEN:
RESPONSES TO CHASSE DISCIPLINE REVERSAL
The two officers who had been disciplined in the brutal beating death of James Chasse, Jr. were ordered to have their records expunged and back payments made for the 80 hours each was suspended.
As long as we continue without police accountability in Portland, avoidable killings of innocent people will continue.