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Driverless Cars Are Doing Something Worse Than Crashing YouTube video by More Perfect Union

Great piece from More Perfect Union on what's not talked about enough. While despite the safety illusion Waymo creates, the reports of Waymo rides gone wrong continue to pile up, there's a big picture threat AVs pose to jobs for low wage workers.

#saynotowaymo #waymohellno

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@councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorepg.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social
@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social

The fight against Autonomous Vehicles in Oregon aint over! Portland Bureau of Transportation is proposing rules that would enable testing & permitting of AVs. Essential transit workers & safety on our streets are at risk! Learn more & speak out by April 4th

Portland.gov share.google/ZLh0w4bI9APu...

Surprised they could even ballpark on the map where Paraguay is 😆

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BREAKING: Today Portland City Councilor Steve Novick introduced a proposal (a collab between Council & our union) to CAP UBER & LYFT'S TAKE RATE AT 20% and give riders & drivers FARE TRANSPARENCY!

Honoured to take next steps in our journey. Let's get after it!
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#sharethefare #driverpower

Tomorrow (Wednesday, 2/25) night! Come to 350PDX's Action Night!

After a short film, Councilor Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social will speak about chemical munitions legislation, and a panel discussion will follow.

Details & RSVP: 350pdx.org/event/tear-g...
#Portland #PortlandProtest #teargas

Action Night! Tear Gas: Film & Speakers - 350PDX: Climate Justice When we scheduled our February Action Night, “The Dangers of Tear  Gas,” we did not realize how timely the event would be. Federal agents have once again escalated the use of chemical […]

Federal agents are poisoning our neighborhoods with chemical weapons. Come to 350PDX's action night at 6pm, Wed., Feb. 25 for a short film screening, panel discussion, & some preliminary info on the ordinance I'm developing to limit tear gas in Portland.

RSVP at 350pdx.org/event/tear-g...

#TearGas

Portland City Council Votes To Reshape Its Committee Structure https://loom.ly/Bjj3aH8

#saynotowaymo #waymohellno Thank you for standing up for our commUNITY of essential transportation providers!

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BREAKING NEWS:

HB 4085, which would've allowed dangerous, unpopular, job-killing robovehicles into our state in 2026 IS DEAD! Community members have spoken, and this bill missed the mark on so many levels. Oregonians don't need AVs, Waymo, Lyft & Uber do!
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#saynotowaymo

PLEASE STAND WITH OREGON UBER/LYFT DRIVERS
&
SAY NO TO DANGEROUS, JOB-KILLING ROBOTAXIS!!!

E-MAIL THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE & URGE THEM TO OPPOSE HB 4085:

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Waymo is lobbying lawmakers to allow experimental, unsafe, discriminatory, job-killing robotaxis into our state. Oregon rideshare drivers & passengers demand fair pay & transparency, not this!

Let's come together as a community and say #waymohellno!

#saynotowaymo #NOonHB4085

Man I fucking hate a bully.

My blood is boiling watching the videos of kids, families, and union members getting gassed by ICE.

The force that teargassed workers, families, children, and elders who were peacefully protesting is the same force that has kidnapped sick kids and murdered two Minneapolis neighbors on our streets.

We can’t appeal to the moral conscience of a system that has none. We have to win.

Anti-ICE protest draws massive crowd at South Portland facility, feds deploy tear gas Thousands of demonstrators who marched to the ICE building were met with pepper balls and tear gas within minutes of their arrival.

Trump's ICE has no place in Oregon. The use of tear gas against families, children, and peaceful demonstrators yesterday is a horrific abuse of authority that undermines public safety and violates constitutional rights. Federal agents must stand down and be held accountable.

The ACLU wants to hear from any families with kids or anyone who was significantly impacted by the use of chemical munitions at yesterday’s protest. Please email my office so we can help connect you with their legal team.

Our driver community has been targeted nationally & even just recently in Portland. Today union & community members demonstrated peacefully against ICE. Unfortunately we were assaulted by federal agents. How can you shoot tear gas & flashbang grenades at kids & pets?! This will not stand!

#iceout

Congrats NSLU! Workers right, worth the fight!

Thanks @councilormorillo.bsky.social for being in community with us. Looking forward to continuing to work together for fairness & equity for rideshare drivers and passengers. Our community cares about driver rights, and it means alot that Council does too.

#sharethefare #UnionStrong #driverpower

A rolled up flier left at a person's door, which invites the recipients to a District 2 town hall in Lloyd Center at 5:30 pm on Friday 12/19.

If you're in the Lloyd area, you might have seen a flier at your house. I might have missed you at the door, but please come out to our Town Hall in Lloyd Center next Friday (12/19) at 5:30!

Wednesday:
- Homelessness Response System Key Performance Indicators
- State & Federal Legislative Agendas for 2026

Thursday:
- Financial audits of FY 2024-25
- Initiating a pilot, for the parks bureau, for a new system of budgeting
- And finally, appointing the PSR Committee!

See you there!

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING 12/17-12/18
Council is holding its monthly evening meeting this Wednesday, 12/17 (6-9 PM scheduled, we'll finish the in-progress item at 9 so it could go a bit longer), with extra items scheduled for 12/18 (2-5 PM).

Full agenda at the link. Here are some highlights:

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THIS IS WHAT WORKER POWER LOOKS LIKE!!!

#sisepuede

Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their workers.

Utah has repealed a law that barred public unions from negotiating on behalf of their members.

Republican Gov. Spencer Cox approved the rollback of one of the most anti-union laws in the country after thousands of union members rallied outside his office for a week.

apnews.com/article/utah...

This driver was paid barely ½! Riders don't know they're being gouged or that their driver's being undercut. Say no to algorithmic discrimination & arbitrarily high commissions, and yes to FAIR PAY & TRANSPARENCY!

#driverpower #sharethefare #UnionStrong

Thank you for flagging this, Karla with a K! We've got the same messaging for Mt. Hood. But we know they're going to charge the customers a fortune and undercut us on our pay. Give me FAIR PAY!

#DRIVERPOWER #SHARETHEFARE

Pull up & be heard. AG Dan Rayfield wants to hear directly from Oregonians about what matters most to our communities. Join the Oregon Priorities Town Hall in SW Portland on Wed, Dec 17 at 6pm. ASL & Spanish interpretation available.
Get registered here: http://bit.ly/Dec17AG