It’s been a few years since Bill Adams has worked as an extra. At 85, he doesn’t get called as much as he used to. But for the last three months, he has commuted to the picket lines from his home in Long Beach about once a week. “I’m just tired of the multinational greed,” […]
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Screenwriters won a historic victory against AI. The rest of us should follow
The writers won. I know that sounds jarring. It’s more common to hear something like, “the writers are arguing among themselves over some unimaginably trivial point of grammar”. But right now, the writers won. The 148-day-long Writers Guild of America strike is over. Now, the hard part begins. The new WGA contract, which will almost […]
Auto workers in Beaverton join nationwide strike
More than 40 workers at the Chrysler Parts Distribution Center joined with 18,000 striking auto worker across the country who are demanding better pay and benefits, among other things.On one of the first drizzly days in Beaverton this fall, Joseph Acosta sat under a pop-up tent in front of the Chrysler Parts Distribution Center. The […]
Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers begin 3-day strike
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington began a three-day strike Wednesday morning, joining about 75,000 other workers on the picket line after a contract deal was not reached Tuesday night. The regional strikes affect Kaiser Permanente facilities at Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas, Cascade Park Medical Offices in […]
Portland Teachers Solidarity Campaign: All Union Action!
Portland teachers are fighting for Safe, Sustainable and EquitableSchools for Every Student. To win this union contract will take all ofus — teachers, parents, students, and community members (especiallyunions, neighborhood associations, faith organizations, businesses, andelected officials.)GET INVOLVED! We are leafletting parents as they drop off/pick up theirkids at schools… Leaflet, petition, door-knock, and canvass businesseswith […]
Join the Fight to Make Things Right at the Big Three!
Ford, GM and Stellantis made a combined QUARTER-TRILLION DOLLARS inNorth American profits over the last decade. But UAW members never gottheir fair share. Over 25,000 UAW members at 43 facilities in 21 stateshave now joined the historic strike against Ford, General Motors, andStellantis. New strike locations: Ford – Chicago Assembly, Local 551* General Motors – […]
Ashland Cooling Center Information
Sunday cooling center: So far the confirmed one is this Sunday from 1 to 8 pm in the Gresham room in the Ashland library. Volunteers are needed or the other days will not happen. Mon-Wed (and probably Thurs) will be at Calvin Hall, Presbyterian Church, Siskiyou & Walker St. Time: 1-4 pm and 4-8 pm […]
We The People: Discussing Homelessness
On We the People for August 2, 2023. Jason Houk talks with Lacey McCoy about her families efforts to secure housing in Ashland Oregon. We discuss possible solutions to the growing homelessness crisis. https://archive.org/details/we-the-people-202308020900
Variety:Writers Strike: AMPTP, WGA Set Meeting to Discuss Resuming Long-Stalled Contract Talks
By Gene Maddaus, Cynthia Littleton Carol Lombardini, president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, reached out to her counterpart at the Writers Guild of America in an effort to restart negotiations, sources told Variety on Tuesday. That is the first communication between the two sides since May 1, when talks collapsed and […]
Amazon warehouse coming to Central Point; construction to start Aug. 7
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — An Amazon warehouse is coming to Central Point, with construction to begin August 7. “It’s happening,” Central Point Mayor Hank Williams told NewsWatch 12. “There’s going to be one, it’s going to be in the area over by Costco, and I understand that local contractors have done things like the groundwork.” […]