IMPORTANT ELECTION INFORMATION!
We only have 5 days until election day and many consequential elections across Oregon this year, including pro-union Governor Tina Kotek's re-election, that will determine the future of our union rights, our job security, and our communities' health and safety.
Everyday union members are canvassing across the state to make sure our fellow workers have a voting plan and will have their vote counted in the Nov. 3 election.
We need your help to ensure union members show up and vote labor down the ballot. Please sign up for a shift or two between now and election day!
Share That Oregon Elections Are Safe!
Oregon's elections are secure, accurate and fair, convenient for voters, and transparent thanks to union postal workers and letter carriers, elections workers, and county clerks.
The Oregon Labor Federation is continuing to do everything we can to make sure Oregonians are voting, that our votes and ballot boxes are protected, and that our voices will be heard if attempts to alter elections or their results are done across the country.
Read our post on what you should know to help us keep our elections safe.
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Canvass for SEIU 503 Member Chelsea Alionar for Keizer City Council!
Chelsea is running for Keizer City Council Position #4 because she believes Keizer is ready for transparent elected leadership who prioritizes the needs of everyday people. She's focused on responsible budget management, preserving our green spaces from unnecessary development, and maintaining city services to keep our community safe and thriving. Learn more here.
The AFT, in consultation with our partners in the Twin Cities, passed a resolution demanding the Minneapolis-based business speak up against the atrocities being committed by ICE. After Target refused to heed the demands of Twin Cities organizers and stand up to ICE, the AFT passed another resolution urging members to shop locally instead of at Target. Find alternative stores here.
Starbucks Workers United baristas have inspired people all over the world in their fight for a better future at one of the biggest global brands. Five years and 700 union wins later, Starbucks is still refusing to finalize a fair, first union contract with reasonable pay, hours, staffing, and protections. That’s why now, working people and their allies across the nation are stepping up to back baristas.
Upcoming EventS
ONA's Providence Home Health and Hospice Workers Benefits Rally
Oct. 29 from 5-6pm at 4400 NE Halsey St Portland, OR 97213
On the heels of the joint venture between Providence Home Health and Hospice and for-profit Compassus, workers are demanding better health care from their new for profit employer! Join them in amplifying their voices!
Pluck the Duck Rally
Oct. 30 at 12pm at EMU Amphitheater
The contract University of Oregon is offering GTFF workers is unliveable. Join them for a rally demonstration followed by a march on Johnson Hall and a picket! Sign the petition to support workers!
Joy in Organizing - A conversation for organizers (online)
Nov. 10 at 6:30pm
Joy In Movement Building: Movement building is hard work, but it should also be a place where we find joy, connection, and community. Join us for a conversation about how we cultivate joy in organizing, celebrate our wins, and sustain ourselves and one another through challenging times. Check out our other upcoming trainings here!
Must Read
AFL-CIO Honors Labor Icon Dolores Huerta
Oct. 28, 2026 | AFl-CIO
Dolores Huerta will forever be a shining example of the best of the labor movement, embodying the fighting spirit of our unions and workers for generations.
With union support surging, Oregon labor gets out the vote
Oct. 29, 2026 | PNS
Unions are more popular now in the U.S. than they have been in generations, and in Oregon, members are capitalizing on the moment by hitting the streets to encourage people to vote in next week’s midterms.
Oregon Labor News
Oregon-Based Group Becomes First Ballot Initiative Campaign to Unionize
Oct. 29, 2026 | Campaigns & Elections
The steering committee of the Eugene Clean Energy Fund, a Eugene, Ore.-based group pushing for a ballot measure to create efficient renewable energy programs and infrastructure, has officially recognized a campaign staff union and agreed to a tentative collecting bargaining agreement.
GTFF holds practice picket
Oct. 21, 2026 | The Daily Emerald
The graduate teachers union and University of Oregon administration has not come to an agreement on pay or health insurance.
Federal News
AFL-CIO drafting ‘gold-standard’ AI legislation
Oct. 29, 2026 | Semafor
The AFL-CIO is drafting its own “gold-standard” AI legislation it hopes lawmakers can pass next Congress, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler told Semafor. The bill, which will touch on “worker protections and privacy and data protections” as well as “ideas around economic impacts,” will be the union federation’s “highest priority,” Shuler added.
US Supreme Court denies immigration judges the power to shelve deportation cases
Oct. 27, 2026 | Reuters
The US Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to reinstate the authority of immigration judges to temporarily postpone deportation cases, keeping in place an agreement between President Donald Trump's administration and Republican-governed Texas that bars the once-common practice.