We’re at the most important fork in the road our economy has faced in 100 years because of AI and new tech.

Working people need a voice at the table to decide how technology is used on every job site — and NABTU is leading the way to build a better future for all of us!

Renewable energy surged at RECORD PACE in 2025, with 692 GW of new capacity added worldwide as solar and wind rapidly undercut fossil fuels and strengthened energy security.

Technofacism? Why Palantir’s pro-West ‘manifesto’ has critics alarmed Palantir's 'manifesto' has been described as an 'AI-driven threat to humanity’s existence' and 'technofascism'.

Technofacism? Why Palantir’s pro-West ‘manifesto’ has critics alarmed.

Palantir’s ‘manifesto’ has been described as an ‘AI-driven threat to humanity’s existence’ and ‘technofascism
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Support these data centers: SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, BOOKSTORES

Happy National Library Week! 💙📚

Work Zone Awareness Week highlights the dangers faced by roadside workers & motorists with hundreds killed and thousands injured each year. “Safety isn’t just a moment—it’s a mindset we carry every single day,” said LiUNA Int'l VP & Northwest Regional Manager Bob Abbott
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Pledge: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Is A Union Paper for A Union Town We NEED to make sure the new Post-Gazette owners understand that the PG is a union paper in a union town with readers who expect robust staffing and local news coverage. The new owners are clearly inv...

Our @pghguild.com union siblings fought for YEARS to win back their rights at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Sign their petition to tell new ownership (Baltimore Banner) to support robust staffing of local news coverage and bargain in good faith with union journalists!

Like so much else Trump has done, he’s turned what was once a great department into a fucking mess. And it frankly breaks my heart.

robertreich.substack.com/p/goodbye-and-good-ridda...

EVENTS THIS WEEK April 21 - PIRC Migra Watch Training 7pm virtual April 22 - We are worth more! PSUFA Picket 12:40 - 3pm (meet at SW Broadway & Montgomery) April 22 - Rainbow Bloc Whistle Wednesdays 6 - 8pm Lucky Lab Hawthorne April 24 - PAT Just Sign It Campaign Launch 7:30 - 9:30 virtual April 25 - May Day Community Art Build 12 - 4pm, Don't Shoot PDX Annex 927 NW Everett April 25 - Sign Making for Kids May Day Rally 1-3pm PAT Union Hall (345 NE 8th St)

Check out some great May Day leadup events this week!

📅Find more at the calendar here: calendar.online/e1b54153262f...

Pages 6 and 7 of the May Day Strong zine SPREAD THE WORD... AND TAKE ACTION! Right now... Check out the pledge and find events at maydaystrong.org Ask your friends, co-workers, and fellow students to join you on May Day. Ask your boss/business if they'll consider closing on May Day. Post to email lists and put up flyers in your neighborhood. Share this zine! You can get a file to print at zinefun.fyi! Before May First... Make a plan to take time off of school or work. Buy what you need from local small businesses - in cash! On May First... If you can skip work/school, go to a protest! But even if you can't there's lots you can do! Join a local activist group - find your organizing home! Call your reps about an issue you care about - and tell them you're doing May Day Strong! Volunteer or donate to a local mutual aid group! Throw a cancel party with your friends to get rid of services you don't need! Try not to buy anything - especially not from a billionaire! Have fun! Action and solidarity can be incredibly joyful!

May Day Strong zine pages 4 and 5. PEOPLE POWER WORKS... AND YOU CAN USE IT! History shows that when enough people withhold their time, work, and money... authoritarian regimes and their corporate sponsors LOSE THEIR POWER! [image of Julie Peppito "A better world is possible" protest sign] We need to be ready if Trump tries to overturn the NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. But it takes TIME AND TRAINING to organize that kind of action. So a coalition has called for NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, AND NOW SHOPPING on May 1, 2026! [logos of indivisible, 50501, DSA, and Move On] ...and dozens more groups and unions! Yes, it's just one day... but think of it as PRACTICE. We're building strength for big fights! When you turn out for MAY DAY STRONG, you're helping prepare your community to turn out a THOUSAND TIMES STRONGER in November!

No Work, No School, No Shopping: May Day Training Call · Indivisible This May Day, we’re calling for a day of No Work, No School, No Shopping. We're flexing our economic power as workers, students, and everyday people to send a clear message to Trump: we will not do...

Find out how you can participate in the nationwide day of economic disruption on May 1 and learn more about the strategy behind economic noncooperation at the upcoming May Day training call.

Zine cover reading: MAY DAY STRONG Friday, May 1, 2026 HERE'S WHAT YOU DO No school, no work, no shopping

Made a #MayDayStrong zine! Here's what we're all doing on Friday, May 1, 2026, friends -- and why! Check out the zine in this thread and check out maydaystrong.org for events near you!

Oregon open for business: Study shows more biz openings than closings On this edition we talk with OSU Doctor of Applied Economics Richard Acquah-Sarpong about his study which showed that since 2012 more businesses have opening in Oregon than have closed. Then we talk t...

Oregon On The Record talked to an OSU PhD whose study found that actually, more businesses opened up in the past decade than closed.

#klcc #oregonstateuniversity #businessgrowth

Anyway, our public libraries deserve more support. Let's fight to ensure they receive what they need to pay library workers fairly, to do the necessary capital repairs/upgrades, and to afford lots of books and other resources, and to offer programming.

Good night everyone. #NationalLibraryWeek

👫And we need your help to make it a success! Can you sign up to help Day-Of? form.jotform.com/pdxmaydayeve...

Over 75 local migrant/immigrant rights, community, and labor groups are #MayDayStrong!

Rotunda of the US Capitol where people are standing, many in military camouflage, holding signs that read "End the War on Iran" among other messages.

The #BraveOfUS stand up and confront power and that's exactly what @vetsaboutface.bsky.social is doing with 150 veterans and active duty military in the Capitol rotunda right now to demand Congress end this criminal war on Iran.

Anti-Data Center organizing is really ramping up especially in the South.

Yintah | Clinton Street Theater A focus on the impact on the lives of the Wet'suwet'en people who live on unceded territory, as they oppose the construction of multiple pipelines.

Tonight at Clinton St Theater is another May Day leadup event, hosted by Defense Fund PDX & JWJ!

Know Your Risk training starting at 5:30 PM. Doors open at 5:00 PM; film screening of Yintah starts at 7:00 PM.

Interested in a career in the cannabis industry? @pcc.edu is launching five 16-wk online cannabis education workforce programs and one 8-wk program starting May 5. Learn about things like cultivation, product development, retail and compliance.

#CannabisJobs #workforce #Portland

60 million workers say they’d join a union if they could. Only 10% have one.
That’s not a lack of interest. That’s a system rigged for bosses.
Time to change the rules and put power back where it belongs: with working people. #UnionsForAll

May Day is next week and there are many ways you can join the massive day of economic disruption, from refusing to shop, to walking out of work, to attending a demonstration: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i...

Students and workers rise up on May Day. Mass call. Wednesday April 22, 8pm ET

Higher ed workers and students are rising up on May Day! Join HELU, Bernie Sanders, and our partners for a MASS MEETING on April 22 at 8pm ET to prepare for May Day 2026.

RSVP actionnetwork.org/events/no-wo...

Budget Comment and Testimony Form The public is invited to provide year-round written comments related to the City of Portland's budget, or testimonies on specific Council Agenda items related to the budget process. These comments wil...

If you don't think the mayor should shift voter-passed climate funds to the Moda Center, you need to submit a comment

350 PDX's talking points: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

www.portland.gov/budget/comme...

Our East Portland offices are almost ready to open! Finally!

Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusat...

ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusations fell apart under scrutiny.

Portland May Day 2026: Workers & Migrants Unite · May Day Strong Because when the billionaires break every rule, it’s going to take more than a rally to stop them. **Our Objectives for May 1st** -Expose and oppose Trump’s fascism and the neglect of migrants at ...

👫And we need your help to make it a success!
Want to help day-of? Sign up here to volunteer: form.jotform.com/pdxmaydayeve...

If your organization would like to table at the Noon community fair, please sign up here: form.jotform.com/261031134949...

Mobilize link below, RSVP and share! 👇👇👇

Workers & Migrants Unite May 1 - May DAy 12pm - Community Fair 1pm - Rally 3:30pm - March

Over 70 groups are joining together to uplift #WorkersandMigrantsUnite and #WorkersOverBillionaires this May Day! 📢✊

If your organization would like to join this day of unity, endorse here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

kid stapling a flier to a telephone pole on hawthorne blvd

PDX D4: Pick up fliers ANY weekday from 9:30 - 5:30pm at NWJP office (310 SW 4th Ave., Ste. 320), call ahead to ensure someone will be there: 503-525-8454

Fliers!

We are hitting the streets with May Day flyering action! Today, JWJ hosted District 2 flyering in N/NE Portland!

PDX D3: Pick up fliers from the Filipino Bayanihan Center (1537 SE Morrison St) Sat, April 18th 1 - 2pm.

PDX D1: Sun, April 19th at 12pm, Midland Library