ORS 662.020
Declaration of policy as to labor organizations

In the interpretation of ORS 662.010 (Labor disputes) to 662.130 (Contempt proceedings), and in determining the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of this state, as such jurisdiction and authority are defined and limited in those statutes, the public policy of Oregon is declared as follows: Whereas under prevailing economic conditions, developed with the aid of governmental authority for owners of property to organize in a corporate and other forms of ownership association, the individual unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect the individual unorganized worker’s freedom of labor and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of employment, wherefore, though the worker should be free to decline to associate with the worker’s fellows, it is necessary that the worker have full freedom of association, self-organization and designation of representatives of the worker’s own choosing to negotiate the terms and conditions of employment and that the worker shall be free from the interference, restraint or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; therefore, the definitions of and limitations contained in ORS 662.010 (Labor disputes) to 662.130 (Contempt proceedings) upon the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of this state hereby are enacted.

Source: Section 662.020 — Declaration of policy as to labor organizations, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors662.­html.

Law Review Citations

51 OLR 241 (1971)

662.010
Labor disputes 662.020
Declaration of policy as to labor organizations 662.030
Restrictions in employment contracts on affiliation with labor or employer organization unenforceable 662.040
Injunctions in labor disputes generally restricted 662.050
Specific acts that are not enjoinable 662.060
Restrictions on injunctions to prohibit doing in concert acts enumerated in ORS 662.050 662.070
Liability of associations and officers and members of associations for unlawful acts of individuals 662.080
Hearing and findings of certain facts are prerequisites to injunction 662.090
Notice of hearing 662.100
Compliance with obligations involved in dispute and making reasonable effort to settle as prerequisites to injunctive relief 662.110
Findings of fact prerequisite to injunction 662.120
Appeal to Supreme Court 662.130
Contempt proceedings 662.205
Definitions for ORS 662.205 to 662.225 662.215
Prohibitions on use of professional strikebreakers 662.225
Prohibited conduct by professional strikebreaker 662.405
Declaration of policy 662.415
State Conciliation Service established 662.425
Mediation services 662.435
Services for state agencies and political subdivisions 662.445
List of qualified arbitrators 662.455
Conciliator 662.805
Definitions for ORS 662.805 to 662.825 662.810
Declaration of policy 662.815
Picketing sites where perishable agricultural crops are being harvested restricted 662.820
Employer to display bilingual notices of picketing restriction 662.825
Jurisdiction to enjoin violations 662.992
Penalties
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Current through early 2024

§ 662.020’s source at oregon​.gov