Know Justice: Central Oregonizing at the Becky Johnson Community Center

Learn about Bend’s sawmills and their history of union organizing.

This is an in-person program. Masks are optional at all in-person library events.

Take dive into the history of Bend’s sawmills and the efforts of workers to organize at Bend sawmills between 1916 and 2000.

Michael Funke produces The Radical Songbook podcast at www.theradicalsongbook.com. He has 15 years of radio experience and 30+ years as an editor for alternative and union publications. He is a former Newspaper Guild steward and former organizer for Central Oregon Jobs with Justice, a community-labor coalition.