Executive Club Reminder!
7:00 pm ⊕ Wednesday September 5th ⊕ Airport Shilo Inn
Kate Brown is having trouble.
Oregon's "Sanctuary" repeal on the ballot.
Janus decision is having an effect on unions.
Union dues being refunded on demand.
A court actually favors a conservative complaint.
Did we cross into a parallel universe?
Did we sleep through Armageddon?
Or did the left finally just push too far left,
and set Oregonians to grumbling about it?
Let's ask our September speakers:
Mike Nearman has successfully gotten a petition to
repeal the Oregon "Sanctuary" law onto the November
ballot. No doubt the lawless behavior of some illegal
immigrants has gotten on Oregon voters' nerves.
Debora Nearman added her voice to the Supreme Court
review of the case of Mark Janus versus AFSCME,
complaining of having to pay union dues which were in
part used to fight against her husband Mike Nearman.
She has now gotten a refund of her union dues.
Aaron Withe has prevailed in the lawsuit filed by the
City of Portland, and the judge even chastised the city
for pursuing it in spite of already being forced to
deliver the originally-requested list of names --
which provoked Portland to sue to prevent the request
-- to Freedom Foundation.
This stuff is just plain awesome, and (snicker)
Kate Brown's on the wrong side of it all. What's next?
Join us for Wednesday Freedom Night!
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Portland Airport Shilo Inn ~~ 11707 Northeast Airport Way
Bring a friend! ~~ $20 select menu option ~~ no host bar
And of course, the cigar room, afterward
Next meeting after this: October 3rd
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The Freedom Foundation is a regional think and action tank dedicated to removing government unions influence on the political cycle.
August has been a great month for Freedom all over the board, here are a couple of notable ones:
Remember when the city of Portland
sued us because we wanted access to public records? Well, not only did a judge deem that the lawsuit was a
waste of time, but also awarded us over
$22,000 in attorneys fee's to be paid by the city. This lawsuit was, to put lightly, a total witch hunt from the laborers union and the City of Portland. It was an effort to use our resources on a frivolous lawsuit, but even in Portland justice was served.
Our outreach is in full swing to Janus effected public employees. In fact, since the decision, over 3,200 public employees in Oregon have decided to opt out of their unions with our help. That leads to over $3.3 million dollars in lost revenue annually for the unions.
Hundreds of employees have also approached us wanting legal action to be taken on their behalf against their unions. It seems they're not accepting the outcome of the Janus decision (unsurprisingly). By next month I'll be have news on this legal action to combat their schemes.
As I always I'd encourage readers to support our fight and become a Freedom Fighter by donating through our website today:
https://www.freedomfoundation.com/donate/
Lastly, we have some more lawsuits coming out against various government unions, sign up to our e-mail updates
here to keep up with current information.
Aaron Withe, Oregon Director of
Freedom Foundation (.com)
awithe@freedomfoundation.com; 503-951-6208; PO Box 18146, Salem, OR 97305
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