Portland-area janitors and their allies demonstrated outside M Financial Plaza and the Whole Foods Building, protesting that the buildings’ owner, JPMorgan Chase—the largest bank in the U.S.—is using a non-union janitorial company with a history of violating workers’ rights. 

Linda Sporer showed up multiple times to testify before the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) as well as the Oregon Legislature to help committees understand how these changes would impact security officers, increase safety, reduce turnover, and create a more professional and fair security industry.