The Skanner News Columnist Bill Fletcher, Jr. in Oregon This Weekend

Bill Fletcher, Jr., The Skanner News columnist, author and past president of the TransAfrica Forum, speaks in Oregon and Vancouver, Wa., at multiple events this weekend. May 18, 6 p.m. at the Ainsworth United Church of Christ, 2941 NE Ainsworth St., Portland; May 19, 1:30 p.m., Red Lion Inn, 3301 Market St. NE, Salem; May 20, 6:30 p.m., Central Oregon Social Justice Center, 155 NW Irving Ave., Bend; and May 21,  5:30 p.m., Hilton Hotel Vancouver, 301 W. 6th St., Vancouver.

Fletcher is on the editorial board of the Black Commentator; is senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, and was an active rank and file union member in the Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America. His newest book is, "They're Bankrupting US! And 20 Other Myths about Unions."