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Boaz Dillon
Policy Analyst
Boaz Dillon works as a policy analyst for the Freedom Foundation Oregon office. His responsibilities include an array of policy research and reform efforts, primarily centered around labor relations, education and government transparency within the state of Oregon. He was born and raised in the Illinois Valley in southern Oregon. In May of 2018 he graduated with a bachelor’s of science from Corban University majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Forensic Psychology.
AFSCME 75’s Stacey Gets Spooked Over Records Request
The Freedom Foundation had made public information requests for union-represented employee data for research and outreach purposes.
Public Record Advocate Resigns Rather Than Cater to Kate Brown
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown allegedly created the position of the Oregon public records advocate to further transparency in Oregon government. And given the state’s well-deserved reputation for being anything but, it sounded like a good idea at the time.
SEIU 503 Endorses Green New Deal
It’s no secret the actual concerns of their members take a back seat to leftist politics as far as government unions are concerned. SEIU 503 proved this rule in spades by endorsing the Green New Deal.
Oregon Governor Attempts to Block Freedom Foundation Outreach
During Oregon’s 2019 legislative session, the democratic supermajority introduced House Bill 2016 at the behest of public sector unions. H.B. 2016, dubbed the “union wish list bill”, aimed to prohibit the Freedom Foundation from conducting outreach to public employees
OEA President Once Again Falls Back on Lies to Counter Freedom Foundation Outreach
During his testimony, John Larson, president of the Oregon Education Association, pleaded with lawmakers to ensure the measure was passed in order to prevent the Freedom Foundation from being able to contact OEA’s members to inform them of the constitutional rights.
AFL-CIO Hope to Limit Self-Service Checkout
This past week, the AFL-CIO filed a ballot initiative that would restrict and limit the number of self-checkout kiosks in Oregon.
SEIU 503 Beats Chest Over Wage Increases
In Oregon, SEIU 503 recently negotiated its first contract with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services since the landmark 2018 U.S. Supreme Court rulings in Janus v. AFSCME that allows public employees to opt out of union dues and fees and still keep their job.
Fast Food Unions
For years, unions have seen fast-food employees as an untouched cash cow from which to milk dues. The workers seem to union leaders like ideal targets of opportunity because fast-food employees typically are willing to trade relatively modest wages for the opportunity to get a foot in the door of the labor market.
Even Unions Can’t Always Get What They Want
A little a month after its last hearing in the Oregon State Senate’s Committee on Workforce, House Bill 2016, the so-called union “wish-list,” this week received a work session.
Oregon Teacher’s Union Statewide Strike
On May 8, the Oregon Education Association lead a statewide strike in what it called a “Day of Action.” Walkout marches organized by the largest teacher’s union in Oregon will take place in Portland, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Medford, Bend and Salem.
