How to Build Economic Justice in Oregon
All Oregonians deserve to live in dignity. Everyone who calls Oregon home — Black, brown, and white; rural and urban; immigrant and Indigenous; people of any gender identity or ability — should enjoy economic security and the ability to flourish.
Yet, economic injustice is widespread. More than half of jobs pay too little to adequately support a family, leaving many Oregonians struggling to afford their next meal, stable housing, and quality childcare.
A better future is possible; we are not locked into this inequitable reality. History shows that, by working together across differences, we can overcome injustice.
To build something as important as economic justice, we need a plan. This Action Plan sets forth key policy reforms to increase Oregonians’ economic security, boost worker power, and advance tax justice that, when enacted, will lead to a more equitable and prosperous state. We invite every Oregonian to engage with us in advancing the transformational goals of this Action Plan.
Worker Power
History shows that worker power is essential to an economy where everyone can live in dignity...
Worker Power
History shows that worker power is essential to an economy where everyone can live in dignity and has an opportunity to thrive. This Action Plan boosts worker power by setting minimum pay and working conditions across industries, extending the right to organize to workers currently denied that right, raising the minimum wage, and other key reforms.
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Economic Security
Realizing our human potential depends on having the resources to meet our material needs...
Economic Security
Realizing our human potential depends on having the resources to meet our material needs. Having enough income enables us to afford a home, food, and the other essentials of a life with dignity. This Action Plan increases economic security by establishing a Guaranteed Income program, investing in child care, and ensuring all Oregonians have access to food.
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Tax Justice
Oregon needs a tax system that asks proportionately more of the rich...
Tax Justice
Oregon needs a tax system that asks proportionately more of the rich than of those with lower incomes, raises sufficient revenue to meet the needs and aspirations of Oregonians, and reduces economic disparities that are the product of our nation’s history of racial and gender exclusion and oppression. This Action Plan moves Oregon toward a progressive, adequate, and equitable tax system by investing in working families through the Earned Income Tax Credit, raising taxes on the rich and corporations, and other key reforms.
Read Full Action PlanEnacting the policies outlined in this Action Plan would provide a robust foundation for economic justice, but they are still not enough to fully realize that vision. There are policy areas that are also vital for improving the lives of Oregonians that also demand concerted action: housing justice, environmental justice, criminal justice reform, policies like reparations and land back that directly remedy past injustices, and more. While no one document can fully encompass the policies needed to ensure that all Oregonians can live in dignity, the policies set out in this plan are essential.
It will take all Oregonians coming together to make transformative change happen. For the well-being of this and future generations of Oregonians, now is the time to realize this vision of economic justice.
