Oregon Statutes - Chapter 661 - Organized Labor; Union Labels

• 661.010   Lawfulness of labor unions.
  Working men and women may organize themselves into, or carry on labor unions for the purpose of lessening the hours of labor, increasing the wages,...
• 661.020   Labor not a commodity; employment rights are personal.
  (1) The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. (2) The right to enter into the relation of employer...
• 661.030   Collective bargaining for lawful purposes is legal.
  No person shall be indicted, prosecuted or tried in any court of this state for entering into or carrying on any arrangement, agreement or combination...
• 661.040   Limitations on fees charged laborers by collective bargaining agents; access to and inspection of records; accounting.
  (1) No organization, association or person, legally authorized to act as collective bargaining agent or representative of laboring people, shall make any charge or exaction...
• 661.210   Counterfeiting of union label and possession or sale thereof prohibited.
  Whenever any person or any association or union adopts or uses any label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement for the purpose of...
• 661.220   Unauthorized use of label, name or seal of union prohibited.
  (1) No person shall use or display the genuine label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement of any person, association or union in...
• 661.230   Procedure for recording union label.
  (1) Every person, association or union that adopts or uses a label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement as provided in ORS 661.210,...
• 661.240   Certificate of recording; effect of record; limitations on filing of similar labels.
  (1) The Secretary of State shall deliver to any person, association or union filing or causing to be filed any label, trademark, term, design, device...
• 661.245   Fees for filing, copying and certifying records.
  The Secretary of State shall collect the fees described in ORS 56.140 for each document delivered for filing under ORS 661.210 to 661.280 and for...
• 661.250   Civil remedies for infringing or counterfeiting.
  (1) Every person, association or union adopting or using a label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement as provided in ORS 661.210, 661.220,...
• 661.260   Liability for false or fraudulent filing.
  Any person who files or causes to be filed, or who files or causes to be filed on behalf of any other person, association or...
• 661.270   Who may bring action on behalf of unincorporated association or union.
  In all cases where the association or union is not incorporated, suits under ORS 661.210 to 661.280 may be commenced and prosecuted by an officer...
• 661.280   Attorney fees.
  In any action under ORS 661.250 or 661.260, the court may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party. [Amended by 1981 c.897 §97; 1995...
• 661.990   Penalties.
  (1) Violation of ORS 661.040 is a misdemeanor. (2) Violation of ORS 661.210 or 661.260 is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more...

Last modified: August 7, 2008