The Oregon Labor Dispatch: December 11, 2025
- Oregon AFL-CIO
- Dec 11, 2025
- 2 min read
Curated news stories, graphics, and information for Oregon’s workers.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Dec. 11 at 6pm at PSU
The Portland Jobs with Justice Workers’ Rights Board invites the community to a hearing on conditions at Labcorp facilities and ways to encourage productive negotiations between the union and Labcorp representatives.
Dec. 13 at 2pm in Portland
Join the picket line with striking SBWU baristas!
Dec. 18
PCUN is calling for a series of general strikes that center and empower immigrant workers in a time when many fear to leave their homes. They are asking for solidarity in joining in standing with farmworkers and immigrant workers across the state.
MUST READ
Dec. 9, 2025 | CNN
Liz Shuler, president of AFL-CIO, told CNN that the lack of a contract at Starbucks after four years is a sign labor laws need changing. “People want to feel they’ve taken this risk and done it for a reason, and that would be to have a contract,” Shuler said.
OREGON LABOR NEWS
Dec. 8, 2025 | Willamette Week
After saying it would only meet again with the union when the strike ended, Legacy agreed to mediation. But the conversation left the union underwhelmed.
FEDERAL ATTACKS
Dec. 10, 2025 | The Washington Post
Two bipartisan groups of House lawmakers launched last-minute bids Wednesday to force votes on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.
Dec. 10, 2025 | ABC 45
Thirteen House Republicans joined Democrats in advancing a bill that would reverse President Donald Trump’s executive order to crack down harder on federal worker unions on Wednesday evening.
ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS
Dec. 10, 2025 | People’s World
Minnesota public officials, including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz, both DFLers, jumped to defend both Omar and Somali-Americans. So did state AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham.
THE LABOR MOVEMENT
Dec. 2025 | AFL-CIO
Find that perfect holiday gift that carries a union label and is made in America. Shipping gifts this year? Make sure to ship using a union carrier like the U.S. Postal Service or UPS.
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