Community Assembly to Create a People's Budget
Community Assembly to Create a People's Budget
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- Date: Saturday, April 7, 2012
- Time: 1:00pm until 5:00pm
- Location: First Unitarian Church of Portland Oregon - 1211 SW Main Street, Portland, OR 97205
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Purpose
Occupy Portland’s Labor Solidarity Committee invites all people to join us in a Community Assembly to create a people’s budget that works for all of us. Our intention is to launch a campaign and action plan to achieve a city budget and spending proposal that addresses the primary concerns we all share, such as jobs, no cuts to services, housing, transportation, health care, education, etc. We plan to outreach to labor unions, community groups, Occupy, and the broader 99% to join us in a fightback against the planned city cuts to essential services, while putting forth a budget for the 99%.
Other details
Resolution in Support of a Community Assembly to Create a "People's Budget".
WHEREAS, [union/community group] acknowledges that there is an economic crisis facing the residents of Portland; and
WHEREAS, [union/community group] recognizes that the economic crisis was caused by and continues to be driven by the corrupt actions of the major financial institutions and multinational corporations; and
WHEREAS, [union/community group] acknowledges that the City of Portland should serve the interests of working people and the poor, rather than the richest 1%; and
WHEREAS, [union/community group] recognizes that the City of Portland's fiscal crisis was not caused by excessive spending, but rather by a lack of revenue resulting from the economic crisis, itself caused by bank greed and corruption, and compounded by regressive tax policies.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that [union/community group] calls on Portland City Council to enact a City budget and other relevant legislation that serves the 99% and does so with NO CUTS TO JOBS OR PUBLIC SERVICES.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that [union/community group] will help ensure that such a budget comes into being by supporting the call for a Community Assembly--consisting of labor, community and Occupy groups -- to craft a People's Budget to be submitted to Portland City Council.
FINALLY BE IT RESOLVED that [union/community group] will assist in building the Community Assembly by mobilizing its membership to attend and, to the best of its ability, provide other useful resources to help ensure the largest and most representative turnout possible.
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