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Portland Rising Get on the bus AGAIN!
Get on the Bus Feb. 7th!
Portland Rising Day of Action
Tuesday, February 7th - Start 11:30 am
Get on the bus - stand up for Good Jobs for All - No Cuts and support worker campaigns throughout the Portland area. Reserve your seat on the bus now!
Portland and Vancouver Rising - Hundreds Cross the River in Solidarity
Hundreds of people fed up with corporate greed and Wall Street avarice marched from Portland to Vancouver uniting struggles on both sides of the river. Supporters from Occupy Vancouver greeted the marchers as they arrived in Vancouver. On the other side of the bridge, Occupy Portland swelled the numbers to more than 500.
Click on the photo for a larger image - The bridge was filled with marchers from end to end and photo doesn't really do it justice! Read more...
Occupy Portland Solidarity March
Dismal Unemployment Numbers Point to Continued Recession for Workers
After stunningly bleak jobs creation numbers in August, September’s jobs
creation numbers released today added little hope for millions of
unemployed and underemployed people. In the month of September, 103,000
jobs were created and 45,000 of these are Verizon workers returning from
a strike. 125,000 jobs must be added each month to keep up with new
people entering the job market.
Today’s unemployment and job creation numbers confirm that we are not in any economic recovery that working people would recognize. Read more...
Verizon Strike - A Private Sector Wisconsin?
Verizon workers went on strike on Sunday, August 7th. The reason?
Despite record profits, Verizon is refusing to bargain and is demanding
that its workers add to those profits from their own pockets. In the last four years alone, Verizon made more than $19 billion in
profits and compensated their top five executives more than a quarter of
a billion dollars. Read more...
Verizon Workers on Strike!
45,000 Verizon workers are on strike. As Verizon workers call for picketing Verizon wireless stores across the country in support, JwJ supporters joined the picketing of the downtown Verizon store. Above is a Democracy Now story on the strike.
Cool Video from Portland Rising Bus Tour - Check it out!
Check out the latest video on the Portland Rising bus tour from Joe Anybody - described as exciting by one wag!
Portland Rising Bus Tour Video
Excellent video from Peter Parks on the Portland Rising Day of Action - June 30.
