News and Updates — Jobs with Justice

News and Updates — Jobs with Justice:

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Union For Kids Motorcycle Poker Run And Chili Cookoff

Jun 09, 2012 09:00 AM, IBEW Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way

Come join this fundraiser for Doernbecher Children's Hospital.  A signed Harley Davidson is being raffled!

Voz Workers' Rights Education Project 2012 Celebration!

Jun 15, 2012 06:00 PM, Eliot Center, First Unitarian Church, 1226 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR

Featuring Keynote Speakers Pablo Alvorado of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and Tom Potter, Former Mayor of the City of Portland.

Enjoy dinner, drinks, silent auction and live salsa by Dina & Bamba Y Su Pilon D'Azucar.

Troublemakers Gather - Report Back From The Labor Notes Conference

Jun 17, 2012 06:00 PM, Letter Carriers Union Hall, 5265 NE 42nd (South of Killingsworth)

A panel discussion with the following speakers:

Jamie Partridge (Letter Carriers 82), Lorene Scheer (SEIU 503), Jordan McIntyre (Painters 10), Al Bradbury (SEIU 49), Chris Beck (OSEA 40), Amy Spenglemeyer (UA 240), Wesley Bucholz (Laborers 483), Fernando Gapasin (OSEA Metro), John Walsh (Graphic Communications/Teamsters)

Also, delicious desserts, raffle.

Help retire the debt of members of the Occupy Portland Labor Solidarity Committee who went to the Labor Notes Conference in Chicago, May 4th - 6th.

A Workshop On Jobs And The Climate

Jun 20, 2012 05:45 PM,Musicians Union Hall, 325 NE 20th (south of Sandy Blvd)

• How can we create jobs while addressing the climate crisis?
• How can we work together to assure that these are good jobs?
• How does the Governor's 10-Year Energy Plan address these issues?

Principle Speaker: Jeremy Hays

of Clean Energy Works Oregon and Green For All.  Jeremy works on public policies to tie climate work to pathways out of poverty and unemployment, and to create living-wage jobs.

Pitch A Tent 

Jun 08, 2012 09:00 AM, Right 2 Dream Too, NW 4th & Burnside

Pitch A Tent for the Right to Survive, a public campout designed to raise awareness about the criminalization of homelessness in Portland and across the nation, and the creative solutions that can be implemented immediately to address this human rights crisis.

Cool Video from JwJ Annual Dinner

Check out this great video from Peter Parks highlighting this past year's activities.

May Day 2012

Around 5000 people took part in the rally and march on May Day.  See pictures of the event in our photo gallery.