Buy a Book; Help an Unemployed Union Member

Powell's Books, the famous Portland, Ore. bookstore and the nation's only unionized online bookseller, is working with its union and customers to help 31 workers who are being laid off due to declining sales.

For each transaction made via the union's website, Powell's will donate 7.5 percent of the purchase price to an assistance fund for the displaced workers. Click here or go to www.ilwulocal5.com, the website for International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 5.

Front and center on the website’s homepage is a link to Powell's. Click there to shop and you'll help fellow union members get back on their feet.