Oregon Bill Bans Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings
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When Oregon workers are choosing to form a union and bargain for a better life, they would not be forced to attend coercive, mandatory anti-union meetings by management under the Worker Freedom Act passed Monday by the Oregon State Senate. It now goes to the House, where it won approval in 2007.
The legislation will make it illegal for an employer to discipline or fire a worker who chooses not to attend a meeting on politics, religion or union organizing during work hours.
Says Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain:
Workers should not have to give up their opinions or be lectured about their employer’s beliefs to get a paycheck.
