The Oregon Labor Dispatch: July 3, 2025
UPCOMING EVENTS
OHSU Rally for a Living Wage
June 27 at Mac Hall Lawn at 4 p.m.
Oregon AFSCME Local 328 and ONA are rallying for living wages at OHSU.
SEIU 503 - 2025 State Worker Day of Action
July 10 - Locations Statewide
SEIU 503 is deep in the heart of bargaining and things are starting to heat up! Their next big action will take place on July 10th with 80 pickets across Oregon.
Click here to find a location near you.
July 19 & 20 in Portland
The Oregon AFL-CIO and affiliates will have a booth at Pride and will march in the parade on Sunday. If a member of your union’s LGBTQIA+ affinity group would like to participate in planning or aid in turn-out, please have them contact emily@oraflcio.org.
Click here to register to march in the parade
TAKE ACTION
Join the Federal Fight Back: Phone Bank to Support AFGE
We are asking Oregon Labor to mobilize in this fight by lending us member organizers, leaders and organizing staff to join in making organizing calls to AFGE members. We will have in-person and remote options available from 5:00 - 8:00pm on Monday, July 14. RSVP today to sign up!
Tell your members of Congress to oppose any legislation that cuts Medicaid, SNAP, or leaves working families behind while the rich get richer.
RESOURCES
The Oregon AFL-CIO’s compendium of resources to address federal threats against workers from immigration to LGBTQIA+ rights.
MUST READ
July 1, 2025 | AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler’s statement on the Senate passage of the budget reconciliation bill.
OREGON LABOR
ODOT director calls legislature’s transportation bill failure ‘shocking,’ ‘scary’ warns of layoffs
July 1, 2025 | Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Oregon Legislature adjourned for the year Friday without passing a transportation funding bill that the department needs to maintain staff and close a more than $300 million shortfall.
July 1, 2025 | UnionJobs
The Portland Community College Federation of Faculty and Academic Professionals is hiring a lead organizer to be based in Portland.
FEDERAL ATTACKS
In dramatic reversal, Senate votes to kill AI-law moratorium
July 1, 2025 | The Washington Post
In the predawn hours Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted 99-1 to strip from the sprawling tax and immigration bill a provision that would have blocked states from regulating artificial intelligence for the next decade.
US Senate passes Trump's sweeping tax-and spending bill, setting up House battle
July 1, 2025 | Reuters
U.S. Senate Republicans passed President Donald Trump's massive tax-and-spending bill on Tuesday by the narrowest of margins, advancing a package that would slash taxes, reduce social safety net programs and boost military and immigration enforcement spending while adding $3.3 trillion to the national debt.
Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation
July 1, 2025 | The New York Times
The Trump administration has declined to release nearly $7 billion in federal funding that helps pay for after-school and summer programs, support for students learning English, teacher training and other services.
ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS
Judge blocks Trump’s early termination of temporary protections for Haitian immigrants
July 1, 2025 | Politico
A federal judge in New York has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to strip immigration protections from Haitians fleeing instability in their country.
THE LABOR MOVEMENT
90 Years After Its Passage, the National Labor Relations Act Is Under Siege
July 2, 2025 | In These Times
The coordinated attacks on the labor movement and workers rights are continuing to chip away at union density—and corporate America is moving in for the kill.
STRIKES & COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
July 1, 2025 | WHYY
Philadelphia’s largest blue-collar union is on strike following weeks of negotiations over pay. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33 represents 9,000 city workers, including sanitation workers, city mechanics, 911 dispatchers and school crossing guards.
GRAPHICS TO SHARE
2025 OREGON MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE COMMUNICATIONS TOOLKIT
On July 1, Oregon’s minimum wage will increase across the state. These increases are the result of legislation that passed in 2016 because of hard work and advocacy on the part of Oregon unions and allies. Each year we celebrate this significant step forward for minimum wage workers, while also highlighting the work that still needs to be done.