Jobs

The WAO jobs committee works to change the conversation on jobs and the economy. We started in North Portland, sending delegations to Work Systems and WorkSource, to ask those organizations to better serve North Portland, and be more transparent in facilitating job opportunities from local employers, including the hundreds of jobs the community is hoping to see from SoloPower’s new manufacturing facility in Cathedral Park.

Our jobs committee has been participating in national days of action around job creation and infrastructure spending. We organized a protest to shut down the Steel Bridge on November 17, 2011 to draw attention to our nation’s failing infrastructure and the employment opportunities associated with solving that problem. And our members traveled to Washington during the first week of December to participate in Take Back the Capitol protests, bringing the 99% to Washington DC to protest in the capitol building, in our representative’s offices, on K street and at the Chamber of Commerce, all to demand good jobs as a national priority.

In the coming months, we’ll be working locally to keep the focus on what Oregon, and the rest of the country, needs: good jobs not cuts in services.

Jobs
“Good jobs are the foundation for a strong economy and strong communities.

• Fight wage theft!
  Is your boss stealing from you? When you work for a living, every dollar counts. Breaks denied, unpaid overtime, tips withheld, time away from our families – they all add up. Are you not paid for all the hours you work? Are you required to ...
• Portland's low-wage frontline workers facing cuts
  On January 30, 2012, 150 low-wage workers gathered outside of Legacy Emanuel Hospital in North East Portland and marched into Dishman Community Center to protest the proposed cuts from Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and Parks and Recreati...
• Oregonians Headed to D.C. to Take Back the Capitol
  We Are Oregon is joining actvists from around the country as they convene in D.C. to take back the Capitol. However, We Are Oregon activists had an opportunity to lobby Senator Jeff Merkley at the airport as he was sharing a flight out of PDX. Acti...
• Beverly Scott
  Beverly Scott is a retired grandmother of nine. She found that when she retired she did not have enough to live on and is currently looking for work. Like many who are older Beverly has had a difficult time finding a job in this economy. Listen to ...
• Hundreds Turn Out to Declare and Economic Emergency for the 99%
  Hundreds turned out at the Rose Quarter Transit Center to demonstrate on the Steel Bridge to draw attention to the lack of jobs and Congress' inaction on investing in this country's infrastructure and putting people back to work. The Steel Bridge ...