House fumbles special session, legislators to try again Sunday

SEIU 503 Executive Director Melissa Unger organized members and employees of the state transportation department at the Oregon Capitol on Aug. 29, 2025 to press lawmakers to pass critical funding that could help stave off 500 layoffs. She and members were livid that so few House members showed up, a quorum for doing business could not be met. (Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

It was a rough start to the Labor Day weekend for members of SEIU Local 503 and the Association of Engineering Employees, the labor unions representing hundreds of Oregon Department of Transportation workers slated to lose their jobs Sept. 15.

On Friday morning, about 100 members of the unions rallied on the steps of the Capitol. They came to press lawmakers, who are convening for a special session on transportation funding for the state, to…

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