Oregon Code § 243.670·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
(2).
(j) Attempt to
influence an employee to resign from or decline to obtain membership in a labor
organization.
(k) Encourage an
employee to revoke an authorization for the deductions described under ORS
243.806.
(2) Subject to
the limitations set forth in this subsection, it is an unfair labor practice
for a public employee or for a labor organization or its designated
representative to do any of the following:
(a) Interfere
with, restrain or coerce any employee in or because of the exercise of any
right guaranteed under ORS 243.650 to 243.809.
(b) Refuse to
bargain collectively in good faith with the public employer if the labor
organization is an exclusive representative.
(c) Refuse or
fail to comply with any provision of ORS 243.650 to 243.809.
(d) Violate the
provisions of any written contract with respect to employment relations,
including an agreement to arbitrate or to accept the terms of an arbitration
award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept arbitration awards as
final and binding upon them.
(e) Refuse to
reduce an agreement, reached as a result of collective bargaining, to writing
and sign the resulting contract.
(3) It is an
unfair labor practice for any labor organization to engage in unconventional
strike activity not protected for private sector employees under the National
Labor Relations Act on June 6, 1995. This provision applies to sitdown,
slowdown, rolling, intermittent or on-and-off again strikes.
(4) It is an
unfair labor practice for a labor organization or its agents to picket or
cause, induce, or encourage to be picketed, or threaten to engage in such
activity, at the residence or business premises of any individual who is a
member of the governing body of a public employer, with respect to a dispute
over a collective bargaining agreement or negotiations over employment
relations, if an objective or effect of such picketing is to induce another
person to cease doing business with the governing body members business or to
cease handling, transporting or dealing in goods or services produced at the
governing bodys business. For purposes of this subsection, a member of the
Legislative Assembly is a member of the governing body of a public employer
when the collective bargaining negotiation or dispute is between the State of
Oregon and a labor organization. The Governor and other statewide elected
officials are not considered members of a governing body for purposes of this
subsection. Nothing in this subsection may be interpreted or applied in a
manner that violates the right of free speech and assembly as protected by the
Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Oregon.
(5) It is not an
unfair labor practice or a violation of subsection (2)(a) of this section for
the exclusive representative of an appropriate bargaining unit to charge the
following employees in the unit reasonable fees and costs for representation
that are unrelated to the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement,
provided that the employees are not members of the labor organization that is
the exclusive representative and have not voluntarily entered into a fair-share
agreement:
(a) A police
officer of a city or municipal police department;
(b) A sheriff or
deputy sheriff;
(c) A police
officer commissioned by a university under ORS 352.121 or 353.125;
(d) An employee
of the Department of Corrections or of Oregon Corrections Enterprises; or
(e) A parole or
probation officer who supervises adult offenders.
(6) An injured
party may file a written complaint with the Employment Relations Board not
later than 180 days following the occurrence of an unfair labor practice. For
each unfair labor practice complaint filed, a fee of $300 is imposed. For each
answer to an unfair labor practice complaint filed with the board, a fee of
$300 is imposed. The board may allow any other person to intervene in the
proceeding and to present testimony. A person allowed to intervene shall pay a
fee of $300 to the board. The board may, in its discretion, order fee
reimbursement to the prevailing party in any case in which the complaint or
answer is found to have been frivolous or filed in bad faith. The board shall
deposit fees received under this section to the credit of the Employment
Relations Board Administrative Account. [1973 c.536 §4; 1995 c.286 §2; 2007
c.296 §1; 2011 c.593 §2; 2013 c.663 §6; 2019 c.429 §11; 2019 c.439 §1; 2023
c.47 §1]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 243.670
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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