HOYLE CALLS ON SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURERS TO ALLOW WORKERS TO UNIONIZE FREELY
For Immediate Release: January 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Val Hoyle urged Analog Device Inc. (ADI) and Microchip Technology Inc. (Microchip)to consider adopting neutrality agreements toensure employees can organize freely and without interference. Rep. Hoyle sent the lettersin response to public reporting and outreach from workers concerned aboutlow wages, delayed raisesandfurloughs, and other challengesat ADI’s plant in Beaverton, Oregonand Microchip’s plant in Gresham, Oregon. Rep. Hoyle also released the following statement:
“I fully support the rights of workers at ADI and Microchip to organize and collectively bargain for better wages and working conditions,” said Rep. Hoyle. “Conditions at these companies are making it hard for workers to support a family and make ends meet. Both companies should adopt neutrality agreements that allow workers to organize without the fear of retribution. Companies must know, if they want to do business in Oregon, they have to respect workers' rights to organize.”
“Rather than engaging in meaningful discussions to secure well-paying, sustainable jobs, semiconductor companies, like Microchip and ADI, continue to avoid making enforceable commitments to the future workforce,” said Communications Workers of America’s (CWA) Director of Government Affairs, Dan Mauer. “Semiconductor industry workers are entitled to guaranteed, family-sustaining wages, comprehensive benefits, safe working conditions, and the right to organize free from retaliation. Tackling these issues demands transparency and we applaud Congresswoman Hoyle for standing up for workers and holding the industry accountable!”
“The semiconductor industry is a cornerstone of Northwest Oregon’s economy, and yet many of the workers remain consistently underpaid, disrespected, and are forced to endure unsafe working conditions while the corporations who employ them enjoy record-breaking profits and lavish compensation packages for their CEOs,” said Graham Trainor, Oregon AFL-CIO President. “As more jobs in the Silicon Forest are created with federal dollars, it is essential that they are family-wage, safe, high-quality jobs. That must remain true as facilities are constructed and expanded, and for the people who will work inside of them. Workers at ADI and Microchip are calling on their employers to remain neutral during union organizing efforts. The entire Oregon Labor Movement stands in solidarity with them, because we know that a union contract is the most effective way to ensure these jobs deliver on their promises and potential.”
The National Labor Relations Act’s (NLRA)gives workersthe right to organizeand bargain collectively over wages, hours, and other working conditions.Rep. Hoyle believesit’s imperative that workers be allowed to organize free from corporate influence and without thefear of retribution.
Read the full letter to ADI, here.
Read the full letter to Microchip, here.
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