Every year, the Oregon AFL-CIO advocates in the state legislature on behalf of workers — and finds out which lawmakers are friends where it counts. After the legislative session ends, the labor federation produces a scorecard that rates lawmakers, taking into account not just actual votes on bills, but actions that helped or hindered bills, and even examples where legislators helped workers outside the Capitol to form a union or bargain a fair contract. The scorecard puts lawmakers into four categories: Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze, plus an Honorable Mention category for those who may not have voted consistently with labor but helped deliver on at least one top priority.
OREGON SENATE
Platinum
- Michael Dembrow
- Arnie Roblan
Gold
- Ginny Burdick
- Kathleen Taylor
- Richard Devlin
- Lew Frederick
- Sara Gelser
- James Manning
- Laurie Monnes-Anderson
- Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward
Silver
- Peter Courtney
- Lee Beyer
Bronze
- Rod Monroe
- Floyd Prozanski
- Chuck Riley
Honorable Mention
- Brian Boquist
- Alan DeBoer
- Bill Hansell
- Mark Hass
- Betsy Johnson
- Jackie Winters
OREGON HOUSE
Platinum
- Tina Kotek
- Jennifer Williamson
- Margaret Doherty
- Chris Gorsek
- Paul Holvey
- Nancy Nathanson
- Rob Nosse
- Dan Rayfield
- Barbara Smith Warner
Gold
- Teresa Alonso Leon
- Jeff Barker
- Phil Barnhart
- Ken Helm
- Diego Hernandez
- Ann Lininger
- Sheri Malstrom
- Susan McLain
- Mark Meek
- Carla Piluso
- Karin Power
- Tawna Sanchez
- Janeen Sollman
Silver
- Janelle Bynum
- Paul Evans
- Julie Fahey
- David Gomberg
- Mitch Greenlick
- Alissa Keny-Guyer
- John Lively
- Pam Marsh
- Jeff Reardon
Bronze
- Brian Clem
- Brad Witt
Honorable Mention
- John Huffman
- Bill Kennemer
- Caddy McKeown
- Andy Olson
- Greg Smith
