Portland Troublemakers School
Last year I attended my first Labor Notes conference in Chicago and felt like I found my people in the labour movement. An organization that centres grassroots organizing, class analyses, equity and inclusion and worker power is for me and something that is missing in Canada. I wrote at length about my experience there: Day One - Labor Notes Conference Stories from the West Virginia Teachers' Strike Day Two - Labor Notes Conference Day Three - Labor Notes Conference When I saw that Labor Notes was having a Troublemakers School (TMS) in Portland over my birthday weekend, I knew I had to go! So I roped my pal Trish into coming with me and we roadtripped down to Portland for some coffee, donuts and organizing training. There's no other way I would want to spend my birthday than with 400 other union activists. We drove across Portland to the Pacific Northwest Carpenters Institute. We entered the union hall, registered and grabbed seats. I met a w