On January 1, 2010, Oregon Senate Bill 519 became effective, making Oregon the first state in the country to bar employers from requiring employees to attend meetings to learn about the company’s views about unionization. The law has several components, including the creation of a new classification of wrongful termination lawsuits and the requirement that all
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Organized Labor Resorting to Hardball Political to Pressure for Labor Law Reform
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As we reported in “With EFCA ‘Reform’ on Hold in Congress, Unions Turn to State Legislatures for Labor Law Change,” Kris Maher wrote an article discussing the signing into law of the “Worker Freedom Act” in Oregon, which prohibits employers from holding mandatory meetings with employees to discuss union organizing. In Washington state…
With EFCA “Reform” on Hold in Congress, Unions Turn to State Legislatures for Labor Law Change
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In his article, “Unions Push Issues in State Capitals,” published in The Wall Street Journal, Kris Maher discusses organized labor’s attempt to effect labor law change in state legislatures while pursuing a similar goal nationally in Congress.
Mr. Maher focuses on the Worker Freedom Act passed by the Oregon Legislature and signed…