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Category: Oregon
Freedom Foundation Continues to Give the Best Christmas Gifts
Since arriving in Oregon five years ago, our team has worked tirelessly to inform government employees of their rights, with the U.S. Supreme Court finally affirming in 2018 what we knew all along — that mandatory union membership in the public workplace is unconstitutional.
Santa Claus to Children Everywhere: “Set out those milk and cookies”
Santa Claus stopped by your Freedom Foundation last week to film a special message for children wondering if COVID-19 would keep him tucked away in the North Pole this Christmas.
SEIU 503 Exposed for Yet Another Scheme to Steal Workers’ Money
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.
Freedom Foundation Appeals Union Forgery Lawsuits To 9th Circuit
Attorneys for the state of Oregon and its largest government employee union will get two more chances — this time before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — to explain why workers who’ve already expressed their desire to opt out of membership and dues should be forced to continue with both on the basis of a forgery.
Freedom Foundation Takes Stand Against SEIU 503’s Political Assessment
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.
COVID Hysteria Punishes Those with Disabilities
Liam is a curious, intelligent and social 11-year old boy. He also uses a wheelchair, due to disabilities caused by cerebral palsy.
He is non-verbal, but has learned to communicate by eye movement using a communication device. Liam needs help and assistance with the tasks of daily life, but he leads a happy existence with a loving family and his many friends.
Freedom Foundation response to newer, tougher COVID restrictions in Washington, Oregon, and California
“The Freedom Foundation was appalled to learn about our governors’ new shutdown mandates in Washington, Oregon and California. To think …
OSU Employees Learn the Truth About How SEIU Spends Their Dues
Whether it’s dictating to government workers what they “need to know” or recruiting them to phone bank for their preferred candidates, union bosses like those at SEIU 503 are quite fond of telling other people how to vote.
Union Attacks Non-Member, Freedom Foundation Sues
Lyssa Williams is a rail operator for the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District (TriMet), public transportation system in Portland, Ore.
Freedom Foundation: Returning Control of Union Dues to the Workers
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.
