REMINDER: Christine Drazan Has Always Been Anti-Worker

For Immediate Release
Monday, September 7, 2026
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Portland, OR -

As Oregonians celebrate Labor Day, here is a reminder of Christine Drazan's long and consistent record of opposing pro-worker legislation. As a legislator, Drazan has defined her career by trying to keep Oregon workers unsafe and underpaid. Some of her most notable anti-worker positions have included:

• Opposing strengthening prevailing wage laws that would ensure tradesworkers receive fair compensation for their work.
• Voting against stronger enforcement of retirement benefits for Oregon workers.
• Opposing legislation making it unlawful to falsely impersonate a union representative, exposing workers to deceptive practices.
• Voting against legislation that would allow striking workers to access unemployment benefits.
• Voting against legislation aimed at reducing violence against workers in health care settings.
• Voting against legislation to protect Oregon's child labor standards from being weakened by federal rollbacks.

Her campaign is also being bankrolled by anti-labor interests. Last week, Drazan's PAC received $700,000 from the Associated General Contractors, a major construction industry group that sued the state last year to challenge a requirement that union labor be used on state-funded infrastructure projects.

At every opportunity, Christine Drazan has shown Oregon workers that she will not stand up for their rights, wages, or safety.

"Christine Drazan has made it abundantly clear that she will always choose protecting big corporations over working families," said Democratic Party of Oregon Chair Nathan Soltz. "She has opposed every piece of pro-worker legislation that has come before her. At a time when workers' rights are under attack nationally, Oregon needs a leader that will stand up for workers, not another pro-billionaire politician like Drazan who will do everything she can to hold them back."

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