Oregon Statutes - Chapter 661 - Organized Labor; Union Labels - Section 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 and employee, to change that relation, to assume and create a new relation for employer and employee or to work and labor as an employee, shall be held and construed to be a personal and not a property right.

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