The Oregon Labor Dispatch: December 11, 2025
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UPCOMING EVENTS
TONIGHT: Workers Rights Board: Labcorp in the Hot Seat
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!
Day Without an Immigrant/Día Sin Un Inmigrante
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
Starbucks workers are still without a labor deal four years after their first union win. Here’s why
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
Striking Legacy Health Workers Make (Slight) Headway
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
Lawmakers launch bipartisan, last-minute bids to force vote on ACA subsidies
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.
13 House Republicans join Democrats to advance bill reversing Trump's union crackdown
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
AFL-CIO joins defense of Somali-Americans after Trump hate attack
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.