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Grace Helland
Paralegal
Homeschooled through high school and went through Oak Brook College of Law’s paralegal program for her senior year. Before coming to the Freedom Foundation, she worked as a kitchen substitute in the Sweet Home High School and she also worked with TCB Security as event staff at multiple county fairs and other events such as the Rose Festival in Portland and Oktoberfest in Mount Angel.
In her spare time, Grace enjoys writing poetry, creating song arrangements, playing any instrument she can get a hold of, observing the great outdoors, and hanging out with her family – her parents, 2 sisters, and 8 brothers.
Freedom Foundation precedent cited in case challenging COVID regs
A resilient Springfield eatery won a satisfying victory last month over the state of Oregon and its oppressive COVID overreach. …
SEIU sues Oregon employee for exposing forgery
Not only does the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) believe it’s OK to forge an employee’s signature on a membership form so it could continue collecting dues despite her stated desire to leave, but now it’s insisting the victim be punished for complaining about it.
Lawsuit challenges AOCE’s opt-out bluff
(Eugene, Ore.) — The Freedom Foundation filed a federal lawsuit on June 22nd on behalf of four Oregon corrections officers …
‘There’s Nothing Heroic About Using My Money to Fund Causes I Don’t Support’
“We do the essential jobs that keep Oregon working. We’ve been called ‘heroes’ during the pandemic. We risk our lives …
Ricardo Figueroa Stands Up to OSEA
Seems like the Oregon School Employees Association is adopting a new strategy to raise money for its political purposes — making “mistakes” and ignoring its members’ requests to opt out.
Public Employees Finding Out the Real Bully Is One Taking Their Dues
Public-sector employees who enter the “playground” of the state are told by their purported defender, the union, that the playground bully is the employer.
For Unions, Delays are the Product of Disobedience, Not Incompetence
James Whitebread first opted out of AFSCME 75 a year ago this month. Shortly thereafter, he received the same response from the union hundreds of public-sector employees across the state have – he was informed he couldn’t opt out until an arbitrary, 15-day window of opportunity opening the following April — seven months later.
