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Or. Rev. Stat. § 662.020 (2026)

Declaration of policy as to labor organizations

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      662.020 Declaration of policy as to labor organizations. In the interpretation of ORS 662.010 to 662.130, 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:

      (1) 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.

      (2) 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.

      (3) The definitions of and limitations contained in ORS 662.010 to 662.130 upon the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of this state hereby are enacted. [Amended by 2023 c.9 §51]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1980–1997 · leading case: City of Roseburg v. Roseburg City Firefighters, Local No. 1489, 639 P.2d 90 (Or. 1981).
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City of Roseburg v. Roseburg City Firefighters, Local No. 1489, 639 P.2d 90 (Or. 1981). · cites it 2× “It did so in terms which left no question as to the importance of the interest and, although statutes regulating labor disputes have been modified over the years, the declaration of public policy in ORS 662.020 remains unchanged since its adoption in 1933: "* * * [T]he public…”
Vaughn v. Pac. Nw. Bell Tel. Co., 611 P.2d 281 (Or. 1980). “130, nor shall any such restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction be issued contrary to the public policy declared in ORS 662.020.” 7 ORS 662.405 provides: "It hereby is declared to be the public polity of the State of Oregon that the best interests of the people of…”
Rauda v. Oregon Roses, Inc., 935 P.2d 469 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 6× “ORS 662.020 provides: "In the interpretation of ORS 662.”
Louisiana-Pac. Corp. v. Lumber & Sawmill Workers, Local No. 2949, 679 P.2d 289 (Or. 1984). · cites it 2× “ORS 662.020 declares the public policy of Oregon in part to be: “Whereas under prevailing economic conditions, * * * the individual unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect his freedom of labor * * * it is necessary that he…”
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