Click on the image above to support the Labor Education & Research Center(LERC) at U of Oregon. LERC just found out that the President of the University of Oregon is planning to cut university funding for the Labor Education and Research Center by 68 percent. Most other academic programs are facing 2%-10% budget reductions. This disproportionate cut would devastate our program and make it impossible for LERC to fulfill its mission. This is an attack on the Oregon labor movement and is fundamentally unfair. We need your help to save LERC! 1) Write University of Oregon President Michael Schill TODAY asking him toTREAT THE LABOR CENTER JUST LIKE THE OTHER PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY.You can send an email from the form on our website. 2) If you are part of the University of Oregon community, please sign our petition in support of LERC . 3) Download the Save LERC poster and show your support on social media. Be sure to tag @savelerc and @uoregon on twitter, and like the Save LERC facebook page . 4) Spread the word - forward this email to your friends and colleagues, and visit our website www.savelerc.com where you can get the facts about LERC . 5) Send your messages of support and stay in touch with the Save LERC campaign. Solidarity! Save LERC http://www.savelerc.com/

A member of ours reached out and asked that we share this with everyone. Two Iron Workers were killed over the wknd. on a worksite, dismantling a crane in South Lake Union. This link is to the Iron Workers Credit Union, where you can donate to funds in support of their families. One member was from Local 86 out of Seattle, and the other was from Local 29 out of Portland. Two additional people were also killed in the tragedy. https://ironworkersfcu.org/ironworkerssupportingironworkers/