
Originally from Idaho, Parker moved to Oregon to attend Corban University, where plans to graduate with Bachelor’s degree in Political Science next spring. When she’s not working as a policy associate for the Freedom Foundation, she loves to be out on water—whether spending the day at the coast, or the weekend on Coeur D’ Alene Lake. Some of her favorite things include dancing, The Beatles, and her Australian Labradoodle, Dooley.
After nearly 16 years of membership — including several years as a shop steward and almost $18,000 paid in union …
Another day, another dawn and a new refund paid in full by the Service Employees International Union, Local 503. Thanks …
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Once is a mistake, twice is a pattern. Anything more is deliberate, and Freedom Foundation recently exposed yet another of the Service Employees International Union Local 503’s deliberate efforts to steal money from Oregon’s public employees.
Public employees don’t have to pay union dues or fees and they certainly don’t have to support political causes they disagree with — at least not according to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Janus v. AFSCME.
Christopher Day, a worker represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 756 (ATU), was so fed up with the union’s antics that he opted out and decided that if he ever joined again, it would be on his own terms.
Money talks — especially money that flows freely from the pockets of guilty union officials.
Ten days into the month of August and the Freedom Foundation’s Oregon office has already filed another forgery lawsuit against …