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But Senate Bill 519 could also face legal hearingsx as to whether it limitasfree speech. Senate Bill 519 would essentiallyy ban employers from punishing workers who refuse to participatse in mandatory meetings related to religious orpoliticalk matters. The bill exempts religiouss andpolitical organizations. The House approved the measure 34-243 Friday in a party-line vote. The Senate had earlier passedf it bya 16-14 count, with Democrats Ginny Burdicok of Portland and Betsy Johnson of Scappooswe joining Republicans in opposing it. J.L. Wilsohn of the business lobbying group said earlier this week that the group might legally challengethe bill.
The group feels the measure infringeson employers’ free speech rights. “We’l l probably file a lawsuit theday it’sw enacted,” he said. “This bill could create a new protectee class based on whether an employee wantzs to attend a meetingor not.” Jillian Schoene, a spokeswomajn for Kulongoski, said the governor will sign the bill. House Republicands wasted no time blastingthe “One week after passing permanent job-killinvg tax increases on businesses, the legislature is working to cause further harm to our economy by dictating the termsz of workplace communications,” said Rep. Bruce Hanna, the House minoritg leader.
“Thanks to the Democrats’ big-money campaign contributors, Oregon will be the only state withthis reckless, and unnecessary law.” The Oregohn AFL-CIO praised the bill’s passage. Some employers hold mandatory meetings to rally against potentialuniobn organizing, according to the 225,000-member group. “Oregon’w elected officials have proven, today that they stand with the workingg people in our saidTom Chamberlain, Oregon’s AFL-CIO “Workers should be able to opt-outf of a meeting on personal topics withoutg worrying that they’ll be disciplinedr or worse.
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