ESSN

Who We Are

The Eugene-Springfield Solidarity Network/Jobs with Justice brings together labor unions, religious congregations, and community organizations to support the civil and economic rights of all working people – especially the right to a decent standard of living, the right to a stable job, and the right to organize.

We divide our work between building broad-based community support for worker issues, and establishing community standards that promote good jobs.

ESSN works to create long-term strategic alliances, develop the leadership of working class people and their allies, and build power for workers and their communities.

ESSN/JwJ is funded in part by the generous support of the following foundations: The Ralph L. Smith Foundation, The McKenzie River Gathering Foundation and The Unitarian
Universalist Fund for a Just Society.


ESSN Leadership

2005/06Steering Committee

  • Lucy Lahr (co-chair)
  • Jeanine Malito (Co-chair)
  • Bob Bussel
  • John Evans
  • Gary Gillespie
  • Deanna Kilger
  • Patrick Wade
  • Jeff Jackson
  • Ron Teninty - Alternate

Program Committee 2005

  • Lucy Lahr (Service Employees International Union 503)
  • Lora Vess (Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation)
  • Stefan Ostrach (Teamsters 206)
  • Cary Thompson (Helios Resource Network)
  • Teresa Callahan (1st Methodist Church JAMM)
  • Roger Morris (Oregon School Employees Association)
  • Dennis Soper (SEIU 503)
  • Tom Shackleford (Amalgamated Transit Union 757)
  • Linda Peterson (AFSCME 3214)

Hope Marston -- Website

Claire Syrett -- Organizer


ESSN/JWJ Coalition

Religious

  • Eugene Friends Social Concerns Committee
  • Eugene Friends Meeting
  • Faith in Action
  • Interfaith Alliance for Worker Justice
  • First United Methodist Church
  • St. Mary's Episcopal Church Social Aid Committee
  • Work Group on Church and Society, First Methodist

Labor

  • Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757
  • American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees 1724 (AFSCME)
  • AFSCME 2831
  • American Postal Worker Union Local 679
  • Eugene Education Association
  • Eugene Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 851
  • Graduate Teacher Fellows Federation, AFT 3544 (GTFF)
  • Lane County Branch of the IWW
  • Lane Community College Education Association (LCCEA)
  • Lane County Central Labor Council
  • National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 916
  • Oregon School Employees Association Chapter 1
  • Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 503 District 3
  • SEIU 503 Local 085
  • Teamsters Local 206
  • United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 1273

Community

  • Citizens for Public Accountability (CPA)
  • Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC)
  • Committee in Solidarity with the Central American People
  • Lane County Commission on Children and Families
  • Lane County Democratic Party
  • Pan Asian Community Alliance
  • Progressive Lane Activist Network
  • Q: A Queer Resource for Social Change
  • Socialist Party of Oregon
  • Southeast Neighbors Board
  • Trainsong Neighbors
  • University of Oregon Multicultural Center
  • Whiteaker Community Council