The Oregon Labor Dispatch: January 9, 2026
- Oregon AFL-CIO
- 6 hours ago
- 3 min read
Curated news stories, graphics, and information for Oregon’s workers.
SUPPORT WORKERS
These 135 vital healthcare workers are fighting for a contract that prioritizes the wellbeing of providers and patients. Support Here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
TOMORROW: Labor Vigil for Safe Communities
Jan. 9 at 11 am at Pioneer Square
Join union members from across the West Coast as we stand together to protect our communities and keep them free from fear and violence.
Jan. 19
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.
AG Rayfield Federal Oversight & Accountability Town Hall
Jan. 21 at Revolution Hal
Join AG Dan Rayfield & 4 visiting AGs for a town hall on the anniversary of the first lawsuit challenging the president’s illegal actions. State AGs are on the front lines of holding this administration accountable – from tariffs to birthright citizenship to gender-affirming care. And they’ll keep fighting for us in 2026
Save the dates: CBTU Black History Month
February
Save the date for the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists' series of events next month. "The Working Class: The Sleeping Giant Awakens" will be a multi-event series throughout February, with events planned on Feb. 5, 12, 19, and 26.
MUST READ
Jan. 8, 2026 | Portland Mercury
A man and a woman are hospitalized after being shot and injured during an encounter with immigration agents in East Portland. Oregon officials are imploring DHS to leave the state.
Jan. 7, 2026 | Gresham Outlook
PCUN Executive Director Reyna Lopez tackles how the Oregon Business Plan Leadership Summit failed to discuss
the most significant destabilizing force facing Oregon’s workforce today: the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids and enforcement actions.
OREGON LABOR NEWS
Jan. 2, 2026 | ONA
Legacy Health Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) have overwhelmingly voted to ratify their first union contract, marking a historic victory for frontline healthcare workers and a major turning point in labor relations at Legacy Health.
Jan. 8, 2026 | Oregon Capital Chronicle
More than 12,000 Oregon farmworkers lived in housing provided by their employers last year.
But the quality of that housing, in some cases, did not live up to the standards of other Oregon rentals.
Dec. 29, 2025 | OPB
Oregon lawmakers passed hundreds of bills in the first half of 2025, but many are only now getting ready to impact your life. Absent special language, bills become operative on the next Jan. 1 after they are passed.
FEDERAL ATTACKS
Jan. 8, 2026 | AP
Before Renee Good was fatally shot behind the wheel of her vehicle by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, the 37-year-old mother of three dropped off her youngest child at an elementary school in Minneapolis, the newest city she called home.
Jan. 8, 2026 | Reuters
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed Democratic-backed legislation that would restore expired health insurance subsidies, as millions of Americans face significant price hikes for coverage.
ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS
Jan. 8, 2026 | Harvard Political Review
On June 20, 2025, the White House published an article touting its mass deportation policy as a success in removing “…scores of dangerous criminal illegal immigrants” from the United States.
THE LABOR MOVEMENT
Jan. 7, 2026 | Labor Notes
Labor federations around the world are condemning the Trump administration’s acts of war in Venezuela.