Oregon

Sheila Garber works sales/purchasing at Englund Marine & Supply. She gives some great reasons to vote NO on Measure 81.

To find out more about Measure 81: nomeasure81.com

To find out more about Sheila Garber or Englund Marine: englundmarine.com/

Ryan Gaughan, a ten year employee of New Seasons, was fired on February 6th, 2012, allegedly over taking an extra scoop of rice and tofu on his lunch break.

A more plausible reason for termination of his employment lies with the fact that Ryan has been a long time workplace organizer, working for safer conditions and equitible pay scales for employees.

As a result of this unfair desisicion by management, members or Portland's wider community showed up on Valentine's Day in mass to support Ryan and show their displeasure with "the friendliest store in town."

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On March 10th, New Seasons Market Workers’ Voice is calling for another rally dubbed “The Rally to Restore Friendliness.” The message is directed toward store management and company officials who are currently being investigated by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for firing a worker shortly after he and other coworkers presented to them a series of concerns regarding disciplinary practices, pay inequities, and the direction of the company.

For more info: http://newseasonsmarketworkersvoice.org/

Come show your support.

People in over 80 cities across the US participated in creative and direct actions against corporations that benefit from their relation to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a shadowy “non-profit” that buddies up state legislators with the biggest business interests in the world.

In Portland over a thousand people braved the freezing sideways rain to participate in a well organized (and unpermitted) march with affinity groups staging multiple actions along the route.

program:  Evening News Book content:  0 program date:  Tue, 01/31/2012 Short Description:  University Of Oregon Unionizing Interview Visibility Site category:  News & Public Affairs KBOO Station News Featured content:  Display this node in featured content lists on home & landing pages. The effort to unionize the University of Oregon’s faculty is gaining momentum. Proponents have begun passing out cards for supporters to sign as they seek endorsements from faculty members not yet involved in the push for unionization.  The faculty need to collect at minimum fifty percent approval from within the proposed bargaining unit, which means they need around one thousand signatures. 6:09 minutes (1.76 MB)

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program:  Evening News program date:  Mon, 12/05/2011 Short Description:  Literacy for 3rd graders in OREGON Eugene, Portland and Wallowa County are Oregon's entries on a list of more than 150 cities and counties that have pledged to make early literacy an urgent priority for 2012. Research shows that children who don’t read at grade level by third grade are less likely to graduate from high school. In collaboration with Oregon news service, dan Johnson reports: 2:20 minutes (2.13 MB)

On November 13th 2011 the people of Portland came out by the thousands and took to the streets to celebrate a growing culture of resistance and defend the Occupy Portland encampment from eviction by the popo.

Portland enters its third day of occupation with over 1000 people actively holding space at the Chapman Park Camp in downtown.

As preparations for the Portland Marathon continue, many are nervous about being fenced in and locked down from 4am till 4pm tomorrow.

Despite fears and lively debate and consensus making in the People's General Assembly, at times comprised of over 500 participants, the occupation is becoming more organized and spirits are high.

Occupy Portland is by far one of the largest and most vibrant occupations in the country-- would be occupiers take note!

 

This stupor-sized serving of Freedumb Fries is a comedy of terrors featuring Beyoncé home videos gone wrong, homeless camp ins at the the famous rose-petals-covering-horse-poop Rose Parade, the story of anti-war veteran Brian Willson, and an animated guide to counterinsurgency by a budding scholar.

We decided to Super-size this edition to include spotlights on In Other Words' lending library, a visionary community effort by the last non-profit feminist bookstore in the country, and a feature on the recent crackdown on public art murals in Portland, and the artists who just keep on painting.

How We Gonna Take Out the Iron Gate Dam? - 7.15.10 Klamath Dams Scoping Meeting
The next phase has begun in the process to remove the Klamath Dams in Northern California and Southern Oregon. From July 7th - 15th, 2010 Public scoping meetings were held up and down the Klamath Basin by the federal government to further determine the benefits and risks of removing four dams on the Klamath River. The final meeting was held on the mid-Klamath in Orleans where people of all ages offered comments, prayers, poems, and song... The pictures in this short video only capture a small portion of all the individuals and groups who have taken part in the campaign to remove the dams and restore the river. The spirit of resistance is strong, and the capacity for ongoing creative action is bottomless! From: klamathmedia Views: 156 2 ratings Time: 02:59 More in News & Politics

http://submedia.tv/stimulator/2009/07/16/the-present-insurrection This Week: 1. State of the Future Report 2. Obama Acts on Climate Change 3. The Gangstas meet again 4. Le Boom Boom! 5. Squatting an airport 6. Earth First! blockade 7. EnCana's holey pipeline 8. Bobby Mac east it 9. Jedi Mind Tricks 10. Defending the resistance