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Longtime labor legislator Paul Holvey faces an Oct. 3 recall election in House District 8 in Eugene.

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Masih, 52, has practiced law for more than 25 years. She’s spent most of her career with Bennett Hartman, a prominent pro-labor law firm.

Despite a six-week walkout by Senate Republicans, Oregon labor tallied a respectable number of wins in the 2023 legislative session.

Proposed measures could tighten ethics rules, bar secret caucus meetings, and institute public campaign finance.

The effort comes after Holvey stymied UFCW’s priority legislation, a bill to require cannabis companies to sign labor peace agreements.

A bill to toughen OSHA penalties is on its way to Governor Kotek’s desk after committee room drama and a failed GOP attempt to gut the bill.

SB 907 passed out of the state Senate with a bipartisan 21-8 vote on April 13 and is now being taken up in the House.

Oregon’s May 2023 special election is mainly for school boards and special districts, plus filling a few vacancies in city and county office.

Want to show union solidarity? Consider voting in school board races. Local elections affect communities and the workers that live there.

A number of labor-backed bills in the Oregon Legislature have good chances of becoming law, including one to increase Oregon OSHA’s fines.